Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 36, Number 99, Decatur, Adams County, 26 April 1938 — Page 1

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Government iKsserfs Defiance * ■1 Os Nazi Demand ®a:>r i

I 8 Reject Demands j Nazi Leader For tional Power In j rnment. fc'DOWN NEAR ./gs Staff Correspondent) lovakia's defiance of Nazi or power today indicated show down In Germany a tor domination of cenje. . . ivernment leaders rejectI, of Nazi chieftain Konin that Czechoslovakia ( in the orbit of greater the same time a itni-official comment at iported Henlein and at- , Czech alliance with 1 Russia. , results of the Nazi adphaslzed Adolf Hitler's intention of bringing akia under German ecoiosee and of breaking with France and the it it also brought into is the possibility of a sturn 3.500,000 Sudeten o the Reich. lority rights of these lizens of Czechoslovakia made the basis for the ct with the Czechs —a it intentionally was opmanner to make com--tually impossible, n objective is to break last post-war barrier allied victors, and parrance. erected around a ermany to prevent the expanding into central t the vigor of Hitler's attack has increased return of the Sudeten night be more than a threat. iove by the Reich would mediately in similar 'oland and Hungary for ED ON PAQE THREE) IEN PLAN HEDY SHOW ith Circus BackTo Be PresentTwo Nights cus", a comedy show us (background, will be >y the Decatur fire deThursday and Friday il 28 and 29 at the Dedic high school auditor's at 8:15 o'clock each gement of a circus In an manner, the bearded madly in love, an ataising $2,000 in a few tatty other complicating tinning throughout the ‘dly make the play most e local persons w ho will acterizations in the pree: Dick Parrish, as Bob er of the circus: James s Pete, the ticket-taker; tss, as “Squeak" Bob’s the cast are: Fred EngSchearer, Bob Engeler, k, Marcia Martin, Marti, Roman Lengerich, In, Bill Roop, Simeon ® ON PAGE THREE) Decatur Man Is Winning Band anee high school band, irst place in the district band contest last week directed by Henry Busy of this city, te visited with his par'd Mrs. Fred Busche in ,er the week-end. The * entered in the state “tington next month. o——*ture readings iT thermometer jjS 2:00 p.nt 86 ....74 Pm 88 ;h warmer in east and •f'ons tonight; Wedding unsettled with northeast, and showoler in extreme northlon in the afternoon.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

NAME ELECTION BOARD MEMBERS Democratic Election Board Members Are Announced Today The complete list of Democratic ! precinct election board members was filed today with the county j clerk by Nathan C. Nelson. Demo- 1 cratic county chairman. Because of the large vote the following precincts were granted two clerks: West Root, Decatur j lA, 2A, 3A, IB and 38, Berne A. B and C, and Geneva. A. Following is the list of election board members and the committeeman for each precinct: East Union Committeeman, Wm. Krueckeberg Inspector — Louis Koldewey. Judge—Edwin Sehamerloh. Clerk Herman Ulman. Sheriff —Edgar Krueckeberg. West Union Committeeman, Victor Bleeke Inspector —Roland Grote. Judge— Fred Ulman. Clerk —Victor Bleeke. Sheriff—Simon Thleme. East Root Committeeman, Winifred Gerke Inspector —Otto Fuelling. Judge—Jacob Wagner. Clerk—Donald Holle. Sheriff—August Witte. West Root Committeeman, Charles Magley Inspector—Fred T. Schurger. Judge—Charles E. Magley. Clerks Janevn Draper and Fb*>ence Heuer. Sheriff —Peter Gaffer. North Preble Committeeman, Theodore Ostermeyer Inspector —Theodore Ostermeyer. Judge—Rudolph Meyer. Clerk—H. F. Nielson. Sheriff—Elmer Bultemier. South Preble Committeeman, Rudolph Linnemeier Inspector —Milton C. Werling. Judge—Martin Bienz. Clerk—Walter Peck. Sheriff—Gerhardt Bieberich. North Kirkland Committeeman, R. H. Kolter Inspector—Harve Beery. Judge—Harry Worden. Clerk—Albert Beineke. Sheriff -Jacob Borne. SouTh Kirkland Committeeman. James D. Brown, Jr. Inspector—James O. Manley. Judge —Edward Howard. Clerk —Theodore Heller. Sheriff—Sylvan Strahm. North Washington Committeeman, Cyril Heimann Inspector —John Arnold. Judge—Henry Borns. Clerk—Helena Miller. , (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) DISTRICT K. P. MEETTHURSDAY District Meeting I o Be Held By K. P. Thursday Evening All arrangements have been completed for the district K. of P. meet- ’ ing. to be held at the local Knights • of Pythias home Thursday evening, ! it was announced today. Harvey T. Walker, of Montpelier. . grand chancellor of the state i Knights of Pythias; Carl R. Mitchel, . of Indiana!polls, grand 'keeper of re- | cords and seals, and other K. of I\ notables will be present. W. F. Beery, chancellor-conunan-der of the local organization, will be in charge of the meeting. A carry-ln supper at 6:30 o’clock will open the evening, followed iby music and entertainment and addresses by the prominent lodge officers In attendance. All Knights of Pythias, Pythian Sisters and their families are invited to attend the meeting, which will be in the form of a rally. Local K. of P.'s are urged to be present early to assist in welcoming the visiting delegations from other lodges in the district,

GREATBRITAIN BOOSTS INCOME TAX PAYMENTS Increase Made To Aid In Payment For Huge Rearmament Program London, April 26 — (U.R) — The British taxpayer was informed to day that he must pay an increased j basic income tax of 27% per cent instead of the present 25 per cent to meet an expenditure in the com-j I ing fiscal year of more than ; $5,000,000,000, the greatest since I 1922. Sir John Simon, chancellor of the I exchequer, in introducing the annual budget in the house of commons, with the inclusion of $1,715,1625.000 for defense, announced , that the basic Income tax would be \ Increased to five shillings sixpence I in the pound from the present five shillings. That represents approximately $1.37 out of every $5 of earned income at the basic rate, although J exemptions and allowances lower the actual amount paid. The lowest brackets, Simon announced, will he exempt from the increase Some members of commons promptly dubbed the tax a policy of "soak the middle classes,” since the surtax was not Increased. The tax is higher than at any time during the world war, although from 1919 to 1922, to meet post-war burdens, the tax was six shillings, or 30 per cent. The chancellor also announced lan increase of twopence (four I cents) per pound in the duty on ! tea and an increase on the gasoline tax of one penny (two cents) ! to ninepence (IS cents) a gallon. The duty on hydrocarbons will be raised to ninepence (18 cents) beginning at 6 p. m. today, and the same increase tax will be applied to heavy oils and power alcohol as to gasoline. Simon budgeted for total expen(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) 30 CHILDREN IN COMMUNION Class Os 30 Boys And Girls To Make First Communion Sunday ' A class of 30 boys and gills will make their fi. Holy Communion at St. Mary’s Catholic church Sunday morning. The children will receive the sacrament during the 7 o’clock high Iliads. The Rev. Father Joseph Seimetz, pastor will officiate. In addition to receiving Holy Communion, the children will renew their baiptismal vows. There are 12 boys and IS girls in the class. They are: Boys Eugene Baker, Robert Braun, James Ehler, Cletus Heimann, Richard Mies, Richard Rumschlag, Donald Schmitt, James Ulman, Donald Voglewede, Arthur J. Wilder, Richard Somers and William Rauch. Girls Norm* J. Appelman. Bernadette Braun, Henrietta Faurote, Marjorie Gase, Catherine Gass. Agnes GeirnI er, Macine Keller, Jane F. Kelly, ' j Doris Koenig, Donna L. Kortenber, i Patricia A. Meyer, Rose Noonan, | Mary A. Ripberger, Kathleen Terveer. Janet Zeser, Clara Schurger, j Clarice Rumschlag and Lorraine t Rauch. New-Born Baby Is Found Murdered t Shelbyville, Ind., April 26—(UP) Police worked on three clues today in their investigation of the slaying of a new-born ibaby whose ' body was found on a dump heap near St. Paul Fridajy. ’ Attempts were being made to ’ trace the source of the cardboard box in which the baby’s paper-wrap- ’ ped body was placed. Price code * marks were found on the box. > a woman reported that she saw ' three or four women in an autoI I mobile near the dump Friday rnorn- ! ing. ___ Berne Town Marshal ; Investigating Thefts r — - i Marshal David Dubach of Berne - j is investigating three petty pilferings reported to have occurred in i that town Sunday night. At the - Stanley Baumgartner home, sls and 1 several valued articles were taken. | a pockt watch was stolen at the > ! home of Theodore F. S-prunger and -1 at the Truman Heller home a i watch, a ibaby ring and $3 were | taken.

April 26—

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, April 26, 1938.

Speaks Tonight l&fc ||pwg| ■ sPtli i SB Thurman A. Gottschalk, state director of public welfare, will he the principal speaker at a joint < meeting at the Decatur Country club this evening at 6:30 o’clock. The meet Ing Is sponsored by the] county federation of clubs. Ollier clubs to attend Include the Wo-1 j man’s club, business and proses- • sional women’s club, the Rotary 1 and Lions clubs of this city. M. J, TICKLE ENDS OWN LIFE THIS MORNING Former Wren Elevator Operator Commits Suicide By Hanging The body of M. J. Tickle. 64, forj mer elevator operator at Wren, Ohio was found this morning at 9 ! o’clock, hanging from a barn rafter. IA verdict of suicide was returned by the Ohio county coroner. Tickle, it was reported, had made i an unsuccessful attempt at taking : his life sometime ago by inhaling ; carbon monoxide fumes from his i auto. Despondency is believed to have ! been the cause of the suicide, the 1 third In this commnnity within the J past few' months. j The James Dudley home where 1 Mr. Tinkle lived is locted on federal road 224, one and one-half miles east of the Indiana-Ohio line. The deceased was born December 23, 1873. Surviving are four children: Mrs. May Bentz, of Van Wert Ohio; Mrs. Irene Putman, Van Wert; Eugene of Colorado and Doyt, of Wren. Two brothers, Ben F. Tickle of Blue Creek township and William, of Pittsburgh; a sister, Mrs. Lola Wiley, of Rodkford, Ohio, also sur-j vive. The ibodiy was taken to the Buchanan funeral home at Will- ! shire Fettneral. Arrangements have not been completed. — o Cubbing Meeting Here This Evening A Cubbing meeting will be held at the ipublic high school building i at 7:30 o’clock this evening. An interesting exhibit of hobbies and other articles will be on display. A group of Fort Wayne men, including Clyde Hendricks, former | Monroe resident, will conduct tonight’s meeting. Organization of; Den mothers will also be started i at this meeting. HEART ATTACK CAUSES DEATH Mrs. Edward Booth Is Found Dead In Bed Early This Morning Mrs. Lola Bertha Booth, wife of Edward B. Booth of Washington township, was found dead in bed this morning by her husiband when he returned from the 'barnyard after doing his early morning chores. The coroner pronounced death due to angina pectoris and estimated that Mrs. Booth had been dead since about 2 a. m. The deceased was born near Huntertown, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Wood. She had lived in Adams county for the past 18 years and was a member of the Monroe M. E. church. The deceased is survived by her husband and one son, by a former marriage, w'ho resides in Fort. Wayne. I Funeral services will be held Thusday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock at the residence and at 2 o clock at the M. E. church in Monroe. Rev. \ E. S. Morford will conduct the seri vices, assisted by Rev. Vernon Riley.

TO DEDICATE NEW HIGHWAY U. S. Highway 33 To Be Officially Dedicated Next Month A motorcade of trail blazing vehicles carrying a precious load of pulchritude the 1938 Michigan HIOSBOIII Queen and her court—will stop May 6 in Decatur enroute to Benton Harbor-St. Joseph, Michigan from Richmond, Virginia. The queen and her court are officially dedicating the newly designated Blue and Gray Trail, US--33. which is a recently completed artery linking two great upple empires of the United States; Richmond and Benton llarbor-St. Joseph. This city will pay homage to the 1 Michigan Queen as well as the Shenandoah Valley Queen who is 1 expected to make the dedication ! : trip. Accompanying the motorcade | will be representatives of Dodge; truck division of Chrysler, Michigan Blossom Festival committee, Blue and Gray Trail association, j Michigan state police and the j American Automobile association. | Decatur is one of a score of key cities that will entertain the motorcade. Other cities on the new federal highway to receive the royal contingent are: Harrisonburg, Va.; Elkins, Weston, Spencer, Ripley, Hartford and New Haven, W. Va.; : Pomeroy, Athens, Nelsonville, Logan, Lancaster, Columbus, Marys-; ville, Bellefontalne, Wapakoneta.: and St. Mary’s, Ohio; Fort Wayne, 1 and South Bend, Indiana. Designation and completion of the Blue and Gray Trail is realizai tion of a dream long cherished by state, feedral and civic agencies [ interested in travel. Not only will the highway link two great fruit producing countries but it will open ; a new road for southern tourists headed toward the resort sections j of the north and for southbound ! travelers exploring the great history lands below the Mason and Dixon Line. ANNUAL SCOUT I DRIVE STARTED Annual Campaign For Funds Launched At Meeting Monday — Mayor Arthur R. Holthouse launched the annual Boy Scout fund campaign last night in an address to Scoutmasters, Scout i executives and other interested persons at a dinner meeting at the Rice hotel. Mayor Holthouse urged the support of the campaign and lauded the worthiness of the Scout activities, proclaiming their merits and advantages in training future citizens. R L. Van Horn, Anthony Wayne area executive, conducted an interesting discussion regarding the launching of the fund campaign and urged the support of the Scout leaders. Thirty workers have been named by Walter H. Gladfelter, finance 1 chairman, and started soliciting ; this morning in an effort to raise | the city’s quota as quickly as possible. Detailed plans for the solicitation of the entire city were mapped out by the members of the finance committee and Scout leaders. Residents of Decatur were urged to contribute generously to the fund, in support of the Scout activities. Food Stores To Close Wednesday Afternoons Proprietors of grocery stores and neat markets in the downtown business district today announced their stores will be closed at 12 noon Wednesdays for the balance of the day throughout the summer season. The closing agreement will be effective tomorrow. Stores agreeing to close are Stults Home Grocery, Kroger Grocery Co., A. & P. Grocery. Mutschler Meat Market, Sorg Meat Market, and Gerber Meat j Market. Fortner Resident Dies At Willshire Funeral services were held this afternoon for Mrs. Anna Klefer-Tay-lor, former Decatur resident, who died Sunday at her home in WillI shire. The services were held at the Willshire M. E. church with the Rev. T. E. Brunner officiating. Burial was made in the cemetery there. The deceased resided in this city from 1900 to 1914 and was well known here.

SEVERAL RACES HOLD INTEREST IN PRIMARIES Interesting Races Are In Prospect On County Ticket The promise of eight interesting races on the Democratic county ballot In the primary. Tuesday, May 3, is expected to bring out one of the largest votes ever cast in the county. Heading the list of expected "hot” j races is that for judge of the 26th judicial district, with three Decatur! attorneys seeking the nomination to tiie office now held by Judge Huber M. DeVoss, who will be a candidate for appelate court judge at I the Democratic state convention. The three lawyers are: Nathan C. j Nelson. Hubert R. McClenahan and J. Fred Fruchte. all of whom ex- ( pressed confidence in winning the : coveted nomination. The second interesting contest on ! the ballot, in order of atppearance, I will be that displayed between! Dwight Gallivan, Bluffton court reporter and Von A. “Pat” eichhorn, of Uniondale, both candidates for joint senator. The winning nominee will carry the party’s banner in the | fall election for the fight to represent Adams, Wells and Blackford ; counties at the state senate. Next in line is the battle for joint 1 representative of Adams and Wells | counties with three Adams county ; men seeking the party’s selection. Robert H. Heller, Decatur newspaperman; August A. Heimann, lo- ! cal restaurant owner and Walter L. Thornhill, of Geneva, are the three in this race. The race ibetween the incumbent, O. Remy Bierly, and Clyde Troutner, Pleasant Mills school teacher, j who are seeking the nomination for ! i oountiy clerk, also holds considerable interest among voters. Four For Auditor Two last minute candidates brought the total aspirants for the county auditor's job up to four, including John W. Tyndall, incum-; I bent. Victor H. Eicher, Hartford township school teacher; I. B. ! Stoneburner, Decatur auto sales- , man. and F. J. Schmitt, also of Decatur,—the latter two last minute \ aspirants to file—will oppose the incumbent. i John W. Blakey of Union town-1 , | ship and Losier Eckrote, of Linn j | Grove, are the two candidates for j county treasure, the office now held : by Jeff Liechty. . I Although not comparing in num- , | her with the race of four years ago, j the contest so rsheriff this year, • again promises to be one of the high I spots of the primary. One candidate is a former sheriff, j 1 two are former aspirants to the of- ' ■ fice and one a newcomer—that is the way the four seekers of the 1 nomination stack up. Burl Johnson, ' former state patrolman, is the tor- ’ mer sheriff in the race. Ed P. Miller 1 Decatur policeman, was a candidate four years ago, as was dent Baltzell. of St. Mary’s township, George ; Strickler, of near Monroe, is the ,; newcomer. ’ I Continuing down the ballot, a j three-cornered race for county as-! pessor is noted, with Erneet J. 1 Worthman, incumbent, from Preble t township, again in the race; op- » iposed by August Schlickman, of j French township and Eugene RunI yon, of Decatur. 1 The last contest on the county t ■ (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) WILL INSTALL ! HEW OFFICERS , Moose Lodge To Install ; Officers Tonight, Hold Initiation ! Plans have been completed for , the meeting of Adams lodge 1311, • Loyal Order of Moose at the Moose I home tonight, starting at 8 o’clock, t The meeting will be in the form of a combined installation and initiation and initiation session, with newly elected officers assuming the direction of the lodge for the com- • ing year. Gerald Cole will be installed as a dictator of the order and will as- - sume charge of the ceremonies. Ini--0 tiatory ritee will he exemplified for .- a class of more than 20 candidates. a lunceon will be served in the e clubrooms. All members of the or--3 | der are urged to attend. -! Plans are also rapidly progress- . I ing for the annual Memorial serv \ vicets. to be heM Sunday afternoon 1 with Mayor Arthur R. Holthouse delivering the memorial address.

Conferees Reach Agreement Today On Tax Measure

SCOOTS DAY TO MARK OPENING Boys’ And Girls’ Week; Observance To Be Opened Friday * Decatur s observance of National 1 i Boys’ and Girls' week will open Fri- i day, April 29, with the opening day 1 designated as Scout day. 1 , The week's program is sponsored jointly by the Rotary club and 1 i Woman's club of this city, with ' Bryce Thomas chairman of the t : general committee, assisted by Rev. ’ 1 Father Alvin, Mrs. W. Guy Brown, 1 Avon Burk and Jack Ellsworth. Feature of Friday's program will 1 1 be the showing of “Camp Trails," a moving picture produced by the 1 national council of the Boy Scouts 1 of America. The picture will be ' shown Friday afternoon to both the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts. Charles Grunert, field executive of the Anthony Wayne area council of Boy Scouts will conduct the meeting. The Central and St. Joe softball j teams will meet 4t 4 o'clock Fri- | day afternoon in the first game of the annual city series for the Rotary club trophy. St. Joe now has possession of the trophy as the result of its victory in last year's series. The game will go five innings, and will be played at the South Ward diamond, with George Laurent, supervisor of recreation 1 in Dectur, as the umpire. The committee for Scout day is composed of C. C. Pumphrey. Sylvester Everhart and Mrs. Albert ■ Gehrig. CONFERENCE TO ' BE HELD HERE Ft. Wayne Classis outh Conference To Meet Here Sunday The Zion Reformed church of this city will be the scene of a semi-annual youth conference of; 1 the Fort Wayne Classis of the Evangelical and Reformed church ■ Sunday afternoon and evening. | Approximately 250 young people J | from churches of the denomination in the vicinity of Fort Wayne will | 1 be in attendance. The conference will open at 3 p. m. with Clayton Balzer of Fort Wayne, president of the conference, in charge. The young people will attend discussion group conferences during a period of the afternoon. A model program for a young people’s society meeting will be conducted by the group from St. John's church, Fort Wayne At 5:30 p. m. the conference will I gather in the dining room of the I church for a banquet, which will !be featured by special musical ; numbers furnished by the Decatur society. Rev. Harvey E. Harsh, ;I of Culver, who is the director of the camp project, will make anI nouncements concerning the camp jto be held at Camp Mack, Lake | Wawbee, June 19-25. The evening worship service will begin at 7 o’clock, with Miss Ruth Hessert of Fort Wayne presiding. The young people's choir of the local church will sing. The message will be delivered by the Rev. I ‘ Matthew Worthman, pastor of the • First Reformed church, Bluffton. The committee in charge of ! local arrangements consists of II William Schafer, Fred Kirsch, Mil- : died Worthman, Betty Hunter, I Esther Fisher, and Ruth Beineke. Announce Low Bids For High way Work 1 j Indianapolis, April 26 —(UP) —• l Low -bide totaling $1,145,635. 50 for - resurfacing work on Indiana highI ways were announced today by the • state highway commission. Costs of - the project had 'been estimated by ; engineers at $1,290,067.60 II Low bids announced today includ- - ed: Resurfacing of 34.51 miles of • state highways in tho Fort Wayne . district, (nine projects in Wells and > four other counties) Middle West - Road Co., ilndianapolie, $148.8160.20 The resurfacing of Winchester - and Second streets and Mercer avet nue is included in the above pro- - ject. Work is expected to start about June 1.

Price Two Cents.

Tax Measure, Designed To Stimulate Business Recovery, Is Speeded Toward Passage. BEAT AMENDMENT Washington, April 26 —• (U.R) — Congressional conferees today reached complete agreement on the $5,330,000,000 tax bill and prepared to speed the measure to President Roosevelt. The measure, designed to stimulate business recovery, was believed acceptable to both houses, after a compromise in which the house won retention of a "skeleton" form of the undistributed profits tax and the senate obtained liberalization of the capital gains levy. Chairman Pat Harrison, D., Miss, of the senate finance committee and Robert L. Doughton, D., N. C„ of the house ways and means committee, hoped to obtain speedy approval of the bill in bouse and senate so it can be sent to the president before lie leaves on a fishing trip Friday. The conferees rejected an amendment, offered by Sen. William E. Borah, R., Ida , which would have removed the tax exemption from future federal securities. The action was believed taken in view of President Roosevelt’s congressional message yesterday In which lie asked comprehensive action in the field of reciprocal federal and state taxation of securities and salaries. Congressional leaders indicated that the tax exemption proposal was unlikely of enactment at this session in view of the plans for adjournment by June 1. Both Doughton and Harrison believed that the revised tax bill would be a gtiuvulant to business recovery in view of the fact that the corporate levies of the present I tax law were eased The senate repealed the undistributed profits tax but in conferj ence yielded to a house proposal ! fixing the tax at a minimum of j 16% per cent and a maximum of 19 per cent, as compared with the present rates of between 7 to 27 per cent. In return, the senate obtained house consent to a liberal capital gains levy, which Harrison con- | tended was most essential to recov- | ery in view of the fact that it was 1 designed to start the flow of mll- | lions of dollars of “frozen" private I capital into enterprises. Under the present law and the house bill, capital gains would have been added to ordinary income and taxed at regular rates, which are heavy in the surtax brackets. Under the new bill capital gains from property held less than 18 1 months is added to ordinary income for taxation at income rates. For gains from property held between 18 and 24 months the rate is 20 per cent, and after 24 months, the rate is reduced to 15 per cent. Geneva Postmaster Up For Renomination Cong. James I. Farley of the fourth district has submitted the name of Mrs. Hazel R. Widdows of Geneva for renomination as Geneva has been submitted to the post office department and if approved by the department the presidnt will send it to the senate for confirmation. INSTALL SONS OF LEGION HERE Newly Named Officers Will Be Installed Here This Evening Newly named officers of the Sons of the Legion, which was recently ' organized here, will be installed to* • night in appropriate ceremonies at the local Legion home. ! The new organization is composed of the sons of Legionnaires and World War veterans and has a ros- • ter of nearly two score members. John McConnell will head the ! new order for the coming year, hav* 1 ing been named captain by his fel* ; low members. Legionnaires, who have sons iff the order, are especially urged to attend tonight’s meeting, which will • open at 7:30 o’clock. The program of activities, both • social and athletic, for the coming ■ year, will be outlined at the meeting.