Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 36, Number 50, Decatur, Adams County, 28 February 1938 — Page 1

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I Lauds Battleships J V HI w« 4’’ Rear Admiral Arthur B. Cook la shown as he appeared before the i House Naval Affairs Committee in I Washington where he upheld the use of battleships as the backbone of national defense. Cook claimed I one battleship has the “firing power" of 450 bombing planes. , GEORGESTULTS SEEKS OFFICE Decatur Grocer Seeks ReNomination To City Council George Stults. well known gro- j i ceryman, today announced his candidacy for the Democratic nom- j ination for city councilman. Mr Stults is seeking renomination, being elected to his first term i in 1934 and taking office. January i 1, 1935. Under the law. councilmen are j . now nominated from councilmanic i districts, although they are voted on at-large. Mr. Stults comes from the second councilmanic district. | Elected with the present city administration, Mr. Stults has assisted in carrying out the "Build Decatur" program. He is a member of the electric light and water! committees, the finance and other important committees of the coun-1 cil. Other members of the present council are being urged to announce their candidacy and it is expected that formal announcements will be j made by them in the near future. The new law, which was effec-. I tive in 1934. provides that not more than four members of any political I party can be elected to the coun- j (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) To Occupy New Berne Post Office Saturday The Berne post office will move into its new federal quarters next Saturday, Mrs. Rena Zehr, Berne postmistress, announced today, . Mrs. Zehr received a telegram today from the federal post office headquarters at Washington, asking the change to be made as near March as possible. TAX DUPLICATES ARE PREPARED — All Duplicates With Exception Os City Os Decatur, Now Ready Tax duplicates for all unite with ! the exception of the city of Decatur . can be secured now at the county treasurer’s office, Treasurer Jeff Liechty announced today. Those already completed include Monroe, Berne, Geneva and the 12 townships. Mr. Liechty stated that the duplicates for Decatur are expected to ibe completed by the end of the ! week. The duplicates may be had by ca’ling at the office or writing to learn the amount of the spring installment on the tax payment. The force has been busily engaged for the past several weeks in an effort to Insure speedy preparation of the receipts. In addition to Mr. Liechty and his deputy, Miss Alice : Lenhart, Mrs. Lou Miller hae been added to the office force. Decatur taxpayers are urged by the treasurer to wait until the latter part of the week to call for duplicates. Announcement of the fact will be made when the duplicates are completed, i

GEORGE BROWN FATALLT HURT HERESATURDAY Bedford Machinist Fatally Injured On Construction Project George Brown, 52, Bedford machinist. died Sunday night at 9:35, o’clock at the Adams county me-! ■norlal hospital from injuries sue-1 tained Saturday, while engaged in i ■•onstruction work at the local General Electric factory. Brown was hurt late Saturday I afternoon when hit by a "gin-pole" 1 used in the construction work. He ; was taken to the local hospital I where it was learned that he sustained a fractured skull. He died about 45 hours later. Death was attributed to the fracture. Brown, whose home is In Bedford. had been an employe of the Bedford Machine & Foundry company for the past 28 years. He j was sent here by the company some time ago to aid in the construction work He was a foreman in the work, i According to the story reconI structed by workers, slack in a cable allowed it to come loose ■ from the winch, permitting the pole to fall to the pavement. The ; pole struck Brown in the head. Brown’s family at Bedford was immediately notified. His daughter aud son-in-law, whose names were not learned, arrived here shortly after the accident. His body was returned to Bedford for burial. Funeral arrangements were not learned here today. I The construction work has been ! I underway at the local plant for I ' some time. Building of a new ad-! dition is part of the work in which j the crew was engaged. o MCNUTT REPORT GIVEN f. D. R. Philippine Commissioner Continues Discussion With Roosevelt Washington. Feb. 28 — (U.R) — ! Philippine High Commissioner Paul j V. McNutt confers with President ; Roosevelt at the White House to- ; day in the third of a series of conferences which may result in a 1 new long-range policy toward the Philippine Islands. McNutt, questioned whether indefinite postponement of the date ! of Philippine independence might be considered in the near future, I told the United Press: "I don’t think that question can |be answered right now. It there should be at some future date a re-examination of the entire political status of the Philippines, the postponement of the date of independence undoubtedly would be taken up." Other official sources indicated that the inclination of the present congress in the direction of international “isolationism" will prevent i the administration from suggesting a “re-examination" at this time. McNutt has been going over the whole subject of American policy in the far east with President ' Roosevelt. He said that one of the I subjects being considered in the White House conferences is the ■ possibility of promoting Manila, in the Philippines, as the United States trading outpost In the far east. Until the Sino-Japanese conflict Shanghai has held that posiI tion. McNutt indicated that the deter- ’ mination of American policy in regard to a far eastern trading outpost would have a great deal to do with deciding America’s future disposition of the Philippines. McNutt said that he reported to the president on the possible necessity for locating a new far eastern tradi ing outpost. McNutt denied reports that he was scheduled to testify before a house military affairs sub-commit-tee on the possibility of extending ' the military fortifications of the Philippines. The former Indiana governor (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) Seek To Safeguard Health Os Workers Indianapolis, Feb. 28 —Safeguardthe health of thousands of workers in Indiana industries will be the function of the state bureau of industrial hygiene established this week. Working in co-operation with the state labor division, state inuuntrial board and industry, the new' bureau will study health hazards in industry and propose means of elimlnat- | ing them.

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Decatur Man Unhurt In Auto Collision A pedestrian was Injured and a Decatur driver escaped unhurt Sunday night in a collision in Fort Wayne. The local driver. Richard Kiting, of route two, according to i Fort Wayne authorities, momentarily took his eyes from the road, crashing into a car ahead. The car. driven by Joseph Meehan, of Anderson, surged forward, striking John Killkelley. who was crossing the intersection. He sus- ; tained a bruised leg and was taken to the Methodist hospital. Bit-1 ' ing and Meehan were not hurt. AUTO LICENSE | DEADLINE NENE Moratorium On Auto License Plates Ends At Midnight Today is the last day for autc ‘ I owners to drive their cars with 1937 license plates, the time ending at midnight tonight. Tomorrow, under the law. all car owners will be required to display ; their new 1938 plates. Owners using old plates are liable to arrest, i The local license bureau report-1 ed a brisk business today from car owners, who had taken advantage of the 60 days grace given by Governor Townsend at the first of the year, and waited until nearly March 1 to secure their new tags. Drivers were required to have their operator's licenses on January 1. but statistics from license buieau offices disclosed the fact that evidently many waited until the tag deadline to get their driv- , er’s licenses. Ends At Midnight Indianapolis, Feb. 28 — (U.R) — ■ Gov. M Clifford Townsends two month moratorium on the purchase of 1938 automobile license plates ends at midnight tonight and state police tomorrow will start arresting motorists driving with 1937 plates. It appeared today that Stiver's I order will affect about one-fourth : of Indiana's approximate one mil- ', lion automobile owners. Frank Finney. state motor , vehicle commissioner, said that not - more than 75 per cent of the state’s j motorists have obtained new llj cense plates. Townsend said last week that the deadline on license plates also included display of the windshield certificate of title, the so-called , "gadget law” which has been under , attack in several court suits, notably one in federal court here on . which ruling is expected soon. o Sale Os Two Farms Is Reported Here The John A. Harvey Realty company of Monroe reported the sale of two Adams county farms today. Dr. Floyd Grandstaft of this city purchased the Floyd Smitley farm of 40 acres in Monroe township. The farm is located one mile north and one-half mile east of Monroe. The Jacob Koos farm of SO acres in Union township was sold to Chaimer Sheets of Root township. The farm is located one and one-half miles eas of Decatur. Both farms are well improved. Mr. Harvey stated that real estate sales are good. ' He has c'osed several deals within the past month. USED CAR WEEK OPENSSATURDAY National Used Car Week Sale Will Open Next Saturday I ' Used car dealers of the city were preparing today for the first day of the national Used Car Week sale, opening Saturday, March 5. Local dealers will join with those all over the nation in a $1,250,000 advertising and promotionla campaign, designed to start a volume . movement of the second hand ’ automobiles now in the hands of dealers. Estimates of the used cars now in the hands of the nation’s car dealers range as high as 800,000, although there has been reported a noticeable easing of the jam in I the past few weeks. At least five local leaders are .' expected to take part in the sale, with several of them opening an advertising campaign this week. . j Besides reducing used car , - stocks, which the manufacturers i assert would be reflected almost ; immediately in a substantial in- .! crease in factory activity and etni ployment, the national drive is ex- • pected to aid in eliminating many ■ old and unsafe vehicles, now in operation.

G-MEN SEEK TO ENO SPY RING Three Arrested As Spies Furnishing U. S. Army Information New York, Feb 28—<U.PJ—A redhaired hairdresser of the North German Lloyd liner Europa emerged today as the key figure in the federal government’s drive to i smash a spy ring accused of furI nishing U. S. army information to ’ a foreign power. G-Men resumed their policy of secrecy after announcing the ar- ' rest qf two soldiers —one a desert-: er—and Johanna Hofmann, the 26-year-old hair dresser, but it was learned that they were searching I for two. and possibly three more I members of the ring. A federal grand jury will invest!- j I gate the activities of Miss Hos- i inann, Erich Glaser, 28, a private stationed at Mitchel Field, N. Y , and Guenther Gustave Rumrich, 27, a former sergeant and deserter.! Investigators, engaged in the most intensive spy hunt since the ‘ world war, regarded Miss Hof-' j mann as the most important capI tive. She was arrested when the Europa docked Thursday. She possessed letters offering SI,OOO for plans of the navy’s new air- 1 craft carriers, Enterprise and York ! town. She had also a code and ■ the key to it. There was nothing to indicate that Rumrich and Glaser had known each other, or anything about each other, until Miss Hofmann was arrested. Rumrich implicated her. and it was believed that she implicated Glaser. G-men were most active. Reed j Veterli, director of the local office of the federal bureau of investigation, directed the hunt. His subi ordinates, sometimes as many as - six at a time, made mysterious (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) HARMON TRIAL OPENED TODAY ) Selection Os Jury Delays Opening Os Rape Trial Today > ■ A jury probably will not be obI tained until late this" evening or . Tuesday in the Burl Harmon rape case, being tried in the Adams cirL cult court before Judge Huber M. DeVoss. Harmon is charged with the rape of a 14 year-old Geneva girl, September 12, 1937. Arrested the same , day. he was released on bond, Octo- ' ber 7, and has been free under sl,000 cash bond. He is married. The defendant is represented bj' 1 Arthur Unversaw, appointed as pau- ; per attorney by the court, and H. R. McClanahan, employed by his ' father. Prosecuting Attorney Arthur : Voglewede is unassisted. : The attorneys spent the entire morning in a preliminary examina--1 tion of the regular panel of the petit ’ jury. Shortly before noon (Jharles ! Knapp, of Decatur, was excused ■ premptorily. Walter Bockman was 1 called as a talisman. Saturday Howard S. Springer, of • Washington township was drawn by 1 the jury commissioners as a member of the regular panel to replace : Charles Nyffler, of Berne, who was excused by Judge H. M. Del oss. I Other members of the regular panel of the petit jury are: Edith r Yoder, Hartford township; Edna Deam. Root township; 'Fred Thieme Sr., Decatur; Clyde Harden Union township; Ed Reppert. Decatur; Peter Hess, Washington, William Beery, Hartford township: Otto Stucky Berne; Ed Arnold, Kirkland township, and Vernon C. Aurand, Decatur. t Revolutionary Plot Uncovered In Ecuador ‘ Quito, Ecuador, Feb. 28—(UP)— ’ : Authorities announced today they ; had discovered a revolutionary plot ’ in behalf of Velasco Ebarra, former 1 president, who was overthrown in f 1936. Many persons were arrested, in- ■ eluding Mariano V elntlmil.a, former congressman, and Alfonso Eguigur- • en who was chief of police under 1 Ebarra. i —o , Ask Supreme Court To Deny Capone Petition I Washington, Feb. 28 —(UP) —The r federal government teday asked the t supreme court to deny the petition t of Alphonse (Scar Face Al) Ca- - pone, former Chicago gang leader, -for a review of lower court deci- - sions affirming a one-year sentence r which he must serve after complet- • ing his present term in Alcatraz penitentiary.

EXPERT CITES U.S,NEED OF AIR SUPREMACY Designer Os Commercial Clipper Planes Before I Committee Washington, Feb. 28 — (U.R) — i Glenn L. Martin, designer of comI mercial clipper planes, told the house naval affairs committee to- | day that air supremacy is necessary to maintain a battleship line of defense and envisioned a day when 142-ton fighting planes' will be capable of carrying war to an enemy 11.000 miles away. Martin, called to add his expert testimony in the controversy over vulnerability of battleships to aerial attack, told the committee he already is studying plans for 250.000 pound fighting planes—dwarfing the greatest war planes ever J ! designed. 1 "We must have supremacy in ! i | the air to maintain our line of ! battle ships.” Martin told the com-1 mittee studying President Roose- ( j velt's billion dollar naval expansion program. : , He was questioned by Rep. Ralph ■ I E. Church, R., 111., on development of bomb-carrying fighting planes. The builder of the China clipper | and the Soviet clipper and other huge flying boats revealed that he has made a $2,500,000 plant extension to provide for building a 250,000 pound plane that would dwarf even the biggest planes now in use. Such a plane, Martin said, could 'cruise 11.000 miles at an altitude j of 25.000 feet carrying two 2,000 pound bombs, at a speed of 380 ! miles an hour. | I If the cruising range were short- i ened to 3,000 miles, it could carry 64.000 pounds of bombs, he said. Martin said he “cannot see any ■ limit" to size of aircraft for millI tary use. i In response to Church's questions Martin told the committee that the | uew "aerial mine” which the in- i ventor, Lester P. Barlow, claims would have a devastating effect | in naval warfare, should be given 1 a "pretty thorough trial.” He said he had examined some of Barlow’s designs. Jap Troops Drive Shanghai. Feb. 28 — (U.R) — The Japanese campaign in Shanghi province. on the west central front, neared a climax today as columns drove in from three directions to storm Linfen, temporary seat of the Shansi provisional government. Reinforced from bases in the north, east and west, the Japanese were forcing their way into the Yellow river triangle, on the borders of Shensi, Shansi and Homan provinces, where the river course shifts from north to south to the east. They took up positions enabling them to drive across the river into Shensi province against the Chinese eighth route (former communist) army stronghold and also to move southward through Honan province toward the provisional Chinese national capital at Hankow. The eighth route army, under the command of Gen. Chu Teh, has been harrassing the Japanese for months w’ith guerilla attacks. Since their capture of Nanking the Japanese have made a gigantic . COK'TTNTTRn GN PAGE FIVE) o CHURCH HOLDS FIRST SERVICE Friedheim Lutheran Church Holds First Anniversary Service "We are living in an entirely dif- ’ ferent age from that of our foreI fathers, who organized this congregation. Many things have chamged in church-work; modern methods and systems are being used.” thus spoke the Rev. W. H. Werning, pastor of the Friedheim Lutheran church Sunday, in the first of a series of sermons commemorating the 190th anniversary of its found-1 ing. ‘lßiut one thing has not changed and dare not be altered. We cling to the word of God, which will remain Ln all eternity. "No church today is true unless I it has the pure word of God and holds it steadfastly in its faith,” the i Rev. Werning stated. i Two services were held. The Rev. j . C. B. Preuss of Fort Wayne, for- • mer pastor of the church in its ear- , Her days, delivered a sermon in ■ German. i The theme of the Rev. Wcrning’s ■ address was "The Mother Church ; : in Jerusalem a Beautiful Model For I | Churches Today.”

Seeks Hearing [ IW ■ 1 Im; ' t' J Harry Bridges (above), C. I. O. leader and president of the Longshoremen's Union, is asking the Senate Joint Committee on Commerce and Labor for a hearing on what he terms “wild and loose- j lipped” charges made against him ' by Joseph P. Ryan, A. F. of L. officer. BYRNES URGES BILL PASSAGE Pleads For Reorganization Bill; Disagree On Relief Bill Washington. Feb. 28 — (U.R) — Sen. James F. Byrnes. D., S. C., seeking to guide President Roosevelt’s reorganization bill through the senate in the face of opposition by a minority coalition, today pleaded for enactment of the measure for greater “efficiency and economy.” Opening the senate fight on the measure, Byrnes emphasized the need for a sacrifice of some jobs in the interests of federal economy. "There is no way to accomplish that without giving the president the power," he cried, striking at one of the main protests of the opposition against giving Mr. Roosevelt what they consider too much power. Sen. Harry F. Byrd, D., Va., assailed Byrnes’ argument on grounds that more power was proposed for the president than necessary. Byrnes said that both state government and business had improved steadily their efficiency in recent years while the federal government had done nothing. "For 50 years virtually nothing has been done,” Byrnes said. “The president would have to call in a private detective to help locate some of the 130 bureaus and agencies that exist. And even then he would never have heard of some of them.” He recalled that Presidents Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson made earnest but vain efforts to reorganize the federal machinery. Byrnes reviewed other recommendations by other presidents for greater efficiency and economy. Fail To Agree Washington, Feb. 28 — (U.R) — Senate and house conferees failed today to agree on a final version of the joint resolution appropriating $250,000,000 for additional work I relief and returned the measure to I the senate for another vote on the so-called. Woodrum amendment issue. The question which the senate : will be asked to pass on again is whether the restrictions of the Woodrum amendment in the pres- ! ent law shall be lifted in order to j permit the works progress administration to spend the $250,000,000 deficiency appropriation at its own discretion without spreading it over a specified period. The senate had amended the resolution as it passed the house in order to lift the restrictions as applied to the $250,000,000. In conference, the house members declined to accept the senate amendment and the senators refused to . recede. Chairman Alva B. Adams, D., | Colo., said the conferees were reporting a disagreement to the senate and asking another vote on the question. The senate adopted the (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) O Seeking Nomination As Township Trustee Groce Tope, of St. Mary’s township, announced today that he would be a candidate for the nomination of township trustee on the Democratic ticket in the May priI rnary. Mr. Tope ran for the office | four years ago.

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GEN. PERSHING RALLIES FROM LONG ILLNESS General Pershing Takes Nourishment, First Time In Four Days Tucson, Ariz., Feb. 28.— (U.R) — Gen. John J. Pership, displaying vitality that surprised physicians, rallied today and took nourishment through the mouth for the first time in four days. The commander of the American Expeditionary Force and the only living man to hold the rank of general of the armies had a restless night, but at dawn his condition began to improve. Suffering from a heart ailment and impaired kidneys, Pershing lies on a narrow bed in a little cottage named “Apache” for the tribe that gave him his baptism of fire w’hen he was an Indian fighter 52 years ago. The first bulletin of the day on Pershing’s condition was issued shortly after 8 a. m. MST (9 a. m. CST) by Dr. Roland Davison. It read: "Although General Pershing had a very restless night, he seems somewhat better this morning and took fluids by mouth for the first time in four days. He has been conscious for much longer periods. "The body temperature has returned to almost a normal level and the heart is still competent.” Dr. Davison brought no such optimistic news around 1 a. m. today when he walked down the white corridors of the desert sanitorium, a hospital seven miles from Tucson. Taking a pink slip of paper out of his pocket, he read another bulletton. “While I can point to no specific change in General Pershing’s condition, the pulse, temperature and respiration remaining the same, I definitely feel he has lost ground during the evening and is not as well. He is resting quietly now, but there was a period of considerable restlessness a short time ago.” There had been hope last night in the little cottage where members of Pershing’s family—his sister. May; Warren, his only son, and Frank, a nephew—are living. Two successive bulletins before the last one had contained notes of optimism. But Pershing is 77 and his heart is weakened from exercise in his later years that was too ttrenuous. Until this illness he frequently went horseback riding, exercise he learned to appreciate in 1886 when he was just out of West Point and had been assigned to the campaign against the Apaches and Sioux in I this part of the country. Besides a failing heart, his kidneys have almost ceased to function and yesterday uremic poisoning set in. The battle he waged all day yesterday and last night against the poison in his system drained his strength. Shortly before midnight he became restless. The Pessitn- ■ istic bulletin followed. At times a coma mercifully blotted out the pain around the General's heart. But he rallied at sur- . prising moments such as yesterday when Dr. Davison entered the | room and Pershing turned his head on the pillow and said: “Good morning, doctor.” The week-end brought to a con- . \ elusion a kindly conspiracy in which Pershing attempted to con- , ceal the gravity of his condition ! (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) 0 TEMPERATURE AT LOW FOR MONTH ). Temperature Drops To 16 Above Zero Here This Morning 1 1 i A record low temperature for - February was set today, the last - day of the month, despite the W’arm • 1 sun that shone brightly at an early > hour. At 8 o'clock this morning the • Democrat thermometer registered ■ 16 degrees above zero, the lowest •' since January 31. when a reading of 5 12 above was observed. ’ Nearest to this low mark, previous to this morning was 21 above, observed on February 16. Local residents misled by the bright sun that gave promise of a ? warm day, were surprising'y greetfed by a cool, brisk wind. Forecasts for tomorrow, the firet ) day of the new month, gave evid- ■ ence that March would enter in the > proverbial manner of the lion. A promise of rising temperatures s was offset by the prediction of cloudy weather and probable rain,