Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 36, Number 80, Decatur, Adams County, 4 April 1938 — Page 1

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“Most Beautiful” . ihO. w* n' ■ .t Illi wjjEjL Virginia Judd, adjudged by the i country's leading advertising art directors, meeting in New York, as most beautiful model in America, is pictured alrove. The beauteous lass, who hails from Indianapolis, is wearing jewels worth $1,000,000

FREE COOKING ~ SCHOOL OPENS . —- First Showing Os Democrat’s Free Cooking School Today The second presentation of the free motion picture cooking school. | at the Adams theater, sponsored by I the Decatur Daily Democrat will be given Tuesday afternoon, start' ing at 2 o'clock. The inaugural presentation was given before a crowd of 500 this as- ! ternoon at the theater. “A Star in My Kitchen" is the j title of the picture, actually filmed in Hollywood with several featured , Hollywood players included in the j cast. In addition to the entertainment and educational household hints in j i the picture itself, free recipes and door prizes will be distributed The prizes, furnished by local merchants and national firms, are I awarded at each session through a registration system. Several young ladies of the city.' acting as hostesses, are assisting in the registration and distribu- J tion of recipes and prizes. | Housewives of the community | have been extended special invitations by the newspaper to attend at least one of the performances. A special late showing will be held Wednesday afternoon for girl ! students of the two Decatur high ■ schools. The show on that day will start at 2:45 o'clock. Doors will be open tomorrow at 1:30 o'clock in the afternoon. o ■ — Supreme Court Again Upholds Taxing Power Washington, April 4 — (U.R) - j The supreme court today presented another in a series of decisions to which it has affirmed extension of state and federal taxing powers, I The new opinion, rendered by a T to 1 decision of the court, upheld] of Louisiana's elec-j ' trical energy tax and power gen--1 erated by the Arkansas-Louisiana pipe line company to he used in interstate pumping of natural gas. JACOB WAGNER DIES SUNDAY Decatur Man Dies Sunday At Daughter’s Home In Monroeville Jacob Wagner, 83, of 11th street. 1 Decatur, died at the home of his ■ daughter, Mrs. Lase Gerardot in Monroeville Sunday evening at 7 i o’clock. Death was caused by comj plications and infirmities of old \ age. The deceased was born in Switz- : erland, September 24, 1855. He married and came to this country where he settled in Allen county. ; About 15 years ago he moved to . Adams county, where he resided until his death. He was a retir’ed farmer. His wife preceded him in death 28 years ago. Nine children surI vive. He had no other relatives in this country. Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at the Gerardot hon e in Monroeville at 1:30 and at 2 o'clock at the Lutheran church. Burial will be in the Odd Fellows cemetery at Monroeville, t

80V. MURPHY ACTS TO HALT POWER STRIKE • ■ 1 Michigan Governor Acts ! As Mediator To Halt Utility Strike i Detroit, April 4— (U.R) - Manage- 1 inent and labor met today in a con- j ference designed to end Michigan’s far-flung utilities strike as Gov. Frank Murphy, acting as mediator, issued a stern disapproval of the, seizure of property The governor predicted he would | settle this strike as he did the | great automobile sit-downs of 193637 "promptly and in friendly coni ference." As in conferences last spring which ended the paralyzing Gen- ' eral Motors and Chrysler strikes,, the federal government was represented by Janies F. Dewey, ace ] > conciliator of the department of labor. He arrived in Detroit this morning at Murph's request. Before entering the conference j room. Murphy commented sharply: "There should never be any taking over of property." j He refused, however, to expand ’. lon this flat pronouncement or to comment directly on the seizure by : ' members of the utility workers organizing committee of all major ' plants and sub-stations of consumers power company In the Saginaw Valley — an area of more than : 500,04)0 population Edward Stonkus, national direc- | tor of the UWOC. refused to say whether he would call his followi ers out of the plants they have I controlled and operated since Fri- | day if the governor requested him to do so. Stonkus went into the I conference with a retinue of five L'WOC officers and a union attor--1 ney. Before the meeting began. MurI phy, who had rushed home from a ' Florida vacation to mediate the ' strike, conferred privately with I . DDan E. Karn, vice president and ' general manager of Consumers I Power. Murphy was accompanied by Attorney-geenral Raymond W. ' Starr and Chairman George A ' Krogstad of the state board of laI bor and industries, whose earlier ' attempts to settle the dispute were (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) CHINA TROOPS CLAIM VICTORY Fierce Chinese CounterAttacks Reported In Shantung Shanghai. April 4—(U.R)—General Gen Sugiyama, Japanese minister of war, has made a flying visit to Peiping to bolster the morale of Japanese forces weakening before fierce Chinese counter-attacks in Shantung province, semi-official reports said today. After the visit, Japanese reports ■ said, the Chinese counter-offensive in Shantung province was halted. Heavy reinforcements were rushed i to the front. Foreign military sources assert- : ed they had received private reI ports that almost an entire JapanI ese division had been wiped out in i the battles of Taierhchwang and Linyi, a few miles north of the main Chinese defense lines along the Lunghai railroad. Chinese reports estimated that 20,000 Japanese troops were killed in the 10-day battle, greatest of the war. i Both sides claimed Taierhchwang. In Peiping, a Japanese spokesman asserted that the invading forces occupied the town Sunday. Two hours later official I Chinese reports claimed the ChinI ese were in possession after driving! ■ out the Japanese who at one time I held two-thirds of the town. The official Chinese reports also | said that Chinese units crossed, 1 the Grand Canal and occupied; Hanchwang, a few miles northwest of Taierhchwang, in a surprise attack. Chinese authorities said that the re-capture of Taierhchwang indicated the effectiveness of new mechanized units superior to the “old fashioned" Japanese tanks. The Japanese claimed that the (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) I 0 Mrs. E. W. Lankenau Undergoes Operation Mrs. E. W. bankenau of West i Monroe street underwent a major i operation at the Adams county hospital this morning as the result of; injuries sustained in an automobile accident about a month ago. Mr. Lankenau is superintendent of the Decatur branch of the General ElecI trie company.

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Decatur, Indiana, Monday, April 4, 1938.

Pleads Not Guilty To Petit Larceny Hurry laiwson was released under $250 bond this afternoon after lie plead hot guilty to a charge of petit larceny before Judge Huber M. DeVoss in Adams circuit court. The case of John Krebs was continued. Krebs Is charged with ©pointing a motor vehicle while under the Infleunce of intoxicating liquor He was arreeted Friday night by State Patrolman Truman Blerle, Lawson was arrested today by Sheriff Dallas Brown and Patrolman Bierie. MURDERS WIFE, TAKES OWN LIFE Indianapolis Man Commits Act Shortly After Divorce Granted Indianapolis, Apr. 4.—<U.R>~The severed body of John L. Harris, 29. was round today on the tracks of the Monon railroad approximately 12 hours after he had murder-1 ed his 26 year-old divorced wife. Dorothy. Charles Thompson, 55, found Harris' body. Police who investigated said he probably lay facedown on the tracks in front of a passenger train. The suicide brought to a quick end the search for Harris, who entered a drug store late yesterday and shot down his former wife as she was leaving her work as cashier. Her body was found in the basement with four .32 caliber bullet holes through her head and shoulders. Harris fled before police arrived. Ray Antle. the slain divorcee's father, waiting outside to take her home, did not suspect that the city ambulance which drew alongside his car was taking his daughter's body to the city hospital. Mrs. Harris obtained a divorce three days ago after a long separ--1 ation. Antle said there had been numerous quarrels and Harris several times had threatened to shoot his entire family, including his 7-year-old soun. Harris' father, when questioned, said his son had told him he was going to kill his wife, their child and then commt suiede if the divorce was granted. o Palestine Travelog At Church Tonight A travelog of Palestine will be presented to the Zion Lutheran church this evening by Prof. Ottomar Krueger, president of Concordia college. Fort Wayne. The program will begin at 7:30 o'clock and is given under the auspices of the Zion missionary society as a feature of the regular monthly social evenings. The program by Prof. Krueger has been widely acclaimed as both educational and interesting. After the travelog, refreshments will be served by the ladies of the church in the church hall for which no charge will be made. During the lunch hour a musical program will be given by the Light children. The public is cordially invited to the church this evening. _ — Q— Geneva Woman To Aid County Clerk Miss Anne Romey, of Geneva, has been employed in the office of the county clerk to assist in handling the extra duties, occasioned by the approaching May primary election. Miss Romey will assist the county clerk and his two deputies. Hiram Wittwer For Precinct Committee i Hiram Wittwer, of Blue Creek | township, hae filed his candidacy ] for precinct committee of South Blue Cree>k. instead of advisory , board, as first listed. I

LENTEN MEDITATION (Rev. Glen E. Marshall) (Church of God) “A HIGH PURPOSE" Jesus entered into Jerusalem amid the shouts and praises of the people. They cried out, “Hosanna to the Son of David, blessed is he that cotneth in the name of the Lord; hosanna in the highest.” Jesus might have turned aside from his goal in life, had he been willing to heed the shouts and acclamations of the multitudes. But his purpose was both high and far-reaching; high enough to do all the will of God; far-reaching enough to provide salvation for every i sin-bound soul. . , Many a life has been wrecked along the way because the life purpose was not high. The things of earth, pleasure, pride, selfseeking. position, riches, and such like, have called and their voices have been heeded; a ruined life has been the fatal result. All this because of no definite, high, far-raching purpose A definite, high purpose results in worth while living. Men with a purpose for their lives are not turned aside by all the voices that call. They have decided the course for their lives and steadfastly follow that course despite the hindrances that may oppose.

NOTED INDIANA DEMOCRAT DIES Dale Crittenberger Dies Suddenly Sunday At Anderson Home Anderson. Ind., April 4 —(UP) — Funeral services will be held tomorrow for Dale Jackson Crittenberger X 2, Editor of the Anderson Daily i Bulletin, former state auditor and a leader in state Democratic activi-1 ties and newspaper circles for nearly 60 years, who died at his home here yesterday. Mr. Crittenberger, one of the oldest active editors and one of the few surviving charter members of the Indiana Democratic editorial association, was taken ill about 10 o'clock Saturday night) and succeumDed early Sunday morning. Coronary thrombosis was given as the cause of his death. He was a native of Harrisonburg. Va., and a candidate of Indiana University In the class of 1876. He had been engaged in the newspaper business and was active in com munity circles here for 54 years. ; Mr. Crittenberger was postmaster at Anderson from 1893 to 189 S and he acted as secretary of the Indiana senate in 1910. He was el-. ected state auditor for a two years term in 1914. 1 Surviving are three sons. John of Indianapolis; Lieut. Col. Willis D.. of Fort Knox. Ky„ and George D., ’ of Anderson; a daughter. Mise Juliet Crittenberger of Anderson; two sisters, Mrs. Ludia Gillespie of Elwood, and Mrs. Esta Ringo of .Middletown, and three grandsone Names Members Goshen, Ind., April 4 —(UP) — Dean Barnhart, president of the | Indiana Democratic editorial association, today named a committee of association officers and mem-, bars to attend the funeral of Dale Crittenberger. noted Anderson publisher and former association president who died yesterday. The committee members are: Ray Smith, editor of the Hoosier Sentinel, chairman: Frank Finney of Martinsville. Dick Heller of Decatur and Ray E. Fleming of India- ■ napolie, all former association pre- | sidents; E. C. Gorrell of Winamac ; second vice- president; Paul Feltus of Bloomington, third vice-presi-dent. and Frank Thompson cf Bluff- . ton, secretary. 1 __L— ™ — i (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o REGISTRATION ENDS TONIGHT Clerk’s Office To Be Open Until 9 p. m. To Register Voters Nine o’clock tonight is the deadline for registration of voters in the county clerk's office. Candidates, party leaders and interested persons have made intensive efforts during the past few days to have unregistered persons ’ register. Deputy registration clerks for [ both Republic and Democratic par ties have endeavored to make a complete canvass of their precincts, to insure the registration of each eligible voter. County Clerk G. Remy Bierly decided upon keeping the office open tonight until 9 o’clock to accomodate last minute registrations and workers unable to get away during the day. Persons becoming 21 years of age before November election may vote in the primary if they register. Persons who have moved into the county are required to register, and those who have changed precincts are required to transfer. Those who have not voted for two years are also required to register Persons desirious of registering are urged to call at the clerk's office as early as possible to avoid ithe expected last-minute rush.

CANDIDATE LIST GROWS AS MORE FILE SATURDAY Two More File For Auditor As Filing Time Closes Saturday Several surprise candidttes were among the many who filed declar- ’ aliens of candidacy for office in | the couuty clerk's office during the zero hour late Saturday, indicating several interesting races for office in the approaching May primary. I. B. Stoneburner, local auto salesman and Francis J. Schmitt, also of this city, filed candidacy , for county auditor on the Democratic ticket, making that race ' four-cornered. John W. Tyndall, incumbent, and Victor Eicher had already filed. Otho Uibenstein. Monroe undertaker, filed for the office of county coroner on the Democratic ticket, 1 the only Democrat to file. Mr. Lobenstein is serving his fifth year as a member of the Monroe town i board and is a graduate of the Indiana embalming school. The expected three-cornered race 1 for county clerk on the Democratic ticket failed to materialize as Otto Hoile made a last minute decision ’ against running. Herman Gillig, incumbent city .councilman from the first district, tiled his candidacy tor city conn- : cilman-at-large, making that a twocornered race, opposing A. C. Butcher. Fred Braun, former General Electric employe here and Dennis Striker, former county councilman, j both tiled their candidacies for county council-at-large. Edward E. Liechty, editor of the Berne Witness, also announced and tiled his candidacy with the secretary of state Saturday for joint representative of Adams and VV ells counties on the Republican ticket. He is a graduate of the Berne high i school and Bluffton college, and for 12 years has held his present posi- ; tion. He is married and has two ' children. The complete list of candidates who filed Saturday: Democratic Herman Gillig. candidate for city councilman-at-large. Fred Braun, candidate for county councilman-at-large. Dennis Striker, candidate for i county councilman-at-large. Otho Lobenstein, candidate for I county coroner. Francis J. Schmitt, candidate for j county auditor. I. B. Stoneburner, candidate for comity auditor. Walter Hofstetter, candidate for trustee. Wabash township. Sam L. Baumgartner, candidate for trustee, Wabash township. Homer C. Augsburger. candidate for precinct committeeman, Berne A. David Adams, candidate tor preIclnct committeeman. Becatur 2-B. J. L. Ehler, candidate for prei cinct committeeman. Decatur 2-A. Lawrence Green, candidate for precinct committeeman, Decatur 1-A. Glenn Agler, candidate for precinct committeeman, North Wa(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) J. EARL BUTLER PLEADS GUILTY Decatur Man Is 1' ined S3OO, Six Months Sentence Suspended J. Earl Butler, former rural mail carrier, who was to have been tried by a Jay circuit court jury today on a charge of sodomy, was fined and given a suspended jail sentence, when he plead guilty to a count of assault and battery. Judge Hanson Mills fined him S3OO and costs and imposed a sentence of six months in jail, when Butler plead guilty to a charge of assault and battery. The sentence was suspended. The evidence was submitted to the court and Butler was found not guilty of sodomy, the sentence and fine being imposed on the other count. Butler was arrested here by Sheriff Dallas Brown on August 10. 1937 on the charge of sodomy, the affidavit signed by a former Decatur young man, now living in Portland. He was released the same day under a $2,000 bond. The case was venued to the Jay court and set for trial today after several postponements. The jury was called to the Jay circuit court this morning but later dismissed.

Insurgent Forces Keep Up Drive To End War In Spain

New Brigadier Gen. Here is a closeup of Brigadier General Karl Truesdell, regimental commander of the 16th infantry, and post commander of Fort Jay, I N. Y.. made just after his promotion to one-star rank.

LIST EXAMS IN WELFARE WORK Plan Examinations To Establish Eligible List Os Applicants An examination for senior and| junior visitors and clerk-steno-graphers will be held at an early date to establish an eligible list of applicants at the local county de- I partment of public welfare, it was I announced today. The eligible list is established to | fill vacancies that might occur at the local office from time to time. Applications for the positions must be filed with the state department not later than April 15, | and must be sent on blanks obtained at the county welfare office. An applicant for a junior visitor must be 23 years of age or over, and must have a minimum formal : education —two years in college, plus two years of allied experience, such as teaching or nursing. A clerk-stenographer is required to be 18 years of age or over and ; a graduate from an accredited high j school. The date of the examination is to be announced later. o Find Youth Guilty Os Manslaughter Angola. Ind.. Apr. 4. —(U.R> —Edwin Willet. 18. Bryan, 0.. convicted of involuntary manslaughter, I awaited sentence today in connec- ■ tion with the death of Chester ’ Crawford, 23, Auburn, Ind., truck driver. Crawford was injured fatally in ; a Clear Lake dance hall fight last 1 summer. Judge Clyde C. Carlin i said he would defer sentence about I one week. The jury of pine men and three : women returned the guilty verdict : after five hours deliberation. o County Calf Club Will Meet Tuesday The reorganization meeting of the Adams County Calf Club will I be held Tuesday evening, at 7:30, at the Monroe high school. SpeI cial music is being arranged for the occasion. It is important that all 1 prospective calf club members I attend this meeting in order to get i instructions on the care and management of the calves. All calves | must be weighed on or before April ■: 15 and all records will start on that. date. 0 Commissioners Meet In Monthly Session The Adams county commissioners ■ met this morning in regular ses- , sion to allow bills and take care of routine business. The trustees also . held their monthly session in the county school superintendent's office to discuss cleaning of schools during the summer vacation.

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I Nationalists Take City Os Lerida; Subject Madrid To Merciless Bombardment. END IN SIGHT Hendaye, French-Spanish Frontier. April 4— (U.R) --The Spanish civil war flamed toward what seemed must be an early end today as nationalists took Lerida. left Madrid's streets littered with casualties after a merciless bombardment, and hammered a path toward the east coast to cut the road between Catalonia and the rest of Spain. Desperate loyalist rear guard I units fought with the ferocity of doomed men at Lerida and other points along the Catalonian front, but their fight seemed hopeless. Italians. Moors and Spaniards of the nationalist army smashed into them in sector after sector, broke through, and kept on. Reports indicated that loyalist prisoners were being taken by the nationalists faster than they could he handled. Entire brigades, it appeared. had been wiped out. In the Caspe-Alcaniz sector on their right (southern) wing, the nationalists were within seven miles of Tortosa, on the BarcelonaValencia road, last artery of communication between Catalonia and the rest of loyalist Spain. They were in posiiton to drive through not only to Tortosa. at the mouth of the Ebro, but to each side of the Ebro delta and the Mediterranean. Loyalists spoke of an occasional counter-attack and they kept up their diversional offensive in the | Guadalajara area northeast of ! Madrid. They had little armies I fighting, as they had been, over central, western and southern : Spain. But their losses on the I Catalonian front were enormous; the nationalist drive was gaining momentum as it went, the loyali ists had little but their bravery to sustain them against overwhelming odds, and military experts be- ' lieved that organized resistance I must collapse soon, which would permit the nationalists to mop up the country at leisure and end the war. It was a war tiiat had lasted 2014 of the most terrible months in the blood smeared pages of modern history; a world war fought in miniature, with men of a score of nations aiding Spaniards to kill Spaniards. It had decreased Spain's population by perhaps 750.000, according to estimates, and left perhaps a million more men, women and children crippled or bearing the livid scars of a fight that spared no one, that had ■ left in blackened ruins, with rats j for inhabitants, towns which the Romans spared 2,000 years ago. As Moors "mopped up" Lerida, charging with hand grenades and knives the defending loyalist remnants, the Italians and Spaniards at the southern end of the front were nearing Tortosa and the sea. They were marching eastward along all roads, trapping more regiments of loyalists as they went. Tarragona, Tortosa. and Vinaroz on the Barcelona-Valencia road were threatened imminently — and (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) FARM HOME IS BADLY BURNED Gus Ehlerding Home Near Preble Is Badly Damaged Sunday The Decatur fire department made two runs Sunday morning within the space of a few hours. The department answered a salsa alarm at the Smith sisters homo on North Third street shortly before noon, when smoke curling alongside the house from the chimney gave the appearance of a conflagration. The members of the department had just returned from Preble where for three hours they had fought a blaze at the Gus Ehlerding farm home. A chimney fire there resulted in an estimated $2,000 loss, Fire Chief i Charles Robenold stated. The roof and upper story of the home were burned away. Although the rest of the house was not damaged by flames, firemen were kept busy checking the flames to | keep them from spreading.