Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 36, Number 125, Decatur, Adams County, 26 May 1938 — Page 1

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JAPAN CABINET CHANCES MADE Reconstruction Seen As Strengthening Jap War Policy Tokyo, May 26. — KU.R> — Prince Fumimaro Konoye, the premier, reconstructed his .cabinet today and proceeded to the imperial palace to consult Emperor Hirohito. Gen. Kazunari Ugaki was named foreign minister, succeeding Koki Hirota. Sehin Ikeda was named finance minister, succeeding Okinubo Kaya. Gen. Sadao Araki was named minister of education succeeding Marquis Koichi Kido. Kido was named welfare minister. a new post. It was reported that there might be more changes later, and particularly that Lieut.-Gen. Seishiro Itagaki might become war minister to succeed Gen. Gen Sugiyama. The reconstruction was regarded as vitally strengthening Prince j Konoye and it was said that it was calculated to assure the most complete unity regarding Chinese war ' policy. Though especial significance was seen in the appointment of an army man to the foreign ministry, the shifts in the finance and education portifolios were regarded as most important. Finance Minister Ikeda is one I of the most influential of Japanese financiers. A graduate of Harvard, has was for many years identified

with the gigantic Mitsui financial' interests and was managing director of important Mitsui interests. He retired in 1936 because of ill , health. Gen. Araki, as minister of education, will take control of education throughout the country and will be able to direct youthful thought to the ideals of Japan as he sees them. Araki. a baron, was was minister from 1931 to 1933 and a member of the supreme car council until 1936 when he resigned. ' He is regarded as one of the strong men of the country, and favors a “strong" policy as regards both China and Russia. Aragi is regarded as typifying the army man. and Koki Hirota. who was replaced as foreign minister by another army man. was a leader of the moderate element. When Koki Hirota was replaced as premier of a previous cabinet, Gen. Ugaki. who now succeeds him as foreign minister, was proposed as premier. The army voted his appointment, but accepted him toi (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) oH A LF BF STREET SIGNS PLACED

Approximately Halt Ot New Street Markers Are Erected — About half of the new street markers have been erected, Ralph Roop, civil works commissioner, announced today as the NY A boys completed this month’s work perThe street signs, giving the name of each street, both north and south and east and west, are erected on the ornamental street light posts. In the districts where there are no ornamental stree lights, the signs will be erected on iron posts. These will be set in concrete. The NYA boys will not y etu ™ to work until June 6. The 30 youths will be divided into three crews of 10 each and each crew will be permitted to work three days It is believed that, the remaining signs will be Placed in service within the two weeks wotk neriod In June. The signs for the nor am south streets are yellow and black* The east and west street names are aluminum and black Ornamental brackets are fastened to the light posts, holding the street (CONTINUED PAC)E SIX> McKean Funeral Service Friday Funeral services for Mrs. John W McKean of Washington township, who died late Tuesday evening, will be held Friday at 1.3 o’clock at the home and 2 o clock at the Monroe M. E. church. Other survivors not m ® n ‘ in Wednesday’s paper include six stepdaughters. They are Floyd Liby and Mrs. Menno Roth of Monroe; Mrs. Ora Shoudell and Miss Alice McKean of Auburn Mrs Mary Klopfenstine of Bluftton and Mrs. Ransom Barkley ot Decatur.

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Ten persons, including seven passengers, met instant death when a Douglas Mainliner, flying from New York to Cleveland, fell in a ravine near Cleve-

OBSERVE POPPY DAY SATURDAY Legion Auxiliary To Sell Poppies Here On Saturday Decatur will pay honor to the World War dead Saturday by wearing the little red poppies, replicas of those grown in Flanders Field. The city and community will join with the nation in the commemoration of Poppy Day, with the auxii liary of Adams Post No. 43, AmerI lean Legion, in charge of the sales. The poppy was chosen as a me- : mortal flower for World War dead, j because it grew where thye fell, i the one touch of-beauty in the des- ' olate battle areas of 20 years ago. ' The ipoppies are made by disabled veterans working in hospitals and convalescent work I rooms, maintained by the Jjegion auxiliary. ’ Women of the auxiliary, working las unpaid volunteers, will distribute the flowers. The money is used to support the work of the American Legion and auxiliary for the wel fare of the disabled veterans, their families and families of the dead. The sale will open Saturday ! morning and continue throughout j the day. Persons approached by : the workers will 'be given a poppy I : to wear in return from a contribu-1 i tion of any amount. RED MEN HOLD j DISTRICT MEET District Meeting Os Red Men Lodges Held Wednesday Nearly 100 members of the Improved Order of Red Men lodge in northeastern Indiana and Ohio gathered at the local Red Meir lodge hall here Wednesday evening in a district meeting. Ed Sutherland, of French Lick, great sachem of the Indiana order of Red Men, was present at the session and delivered the principal address. Harry Clevenger, of Antwerp, Ohio, great senior sagamore of the Ohio Red Men order, also spoke to the members. Charles Kelley, of Warsaw, state finance officer was | in attendance and made a short i a Ik John McCoy, of Dunkirk, was chairman of the group meeting and had charge of arr.ngements. Members of the loci lodge assisted in entertaining the visitors. Following tht business session, a social program was held in the lodge halls.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, May 26, 1938.

I land just ten miles short of its goal. Photo shows all that remained of the giant ship which, witnesses say, was burning as it crashed.

William Kirkland Is Injured In Accident William Kirkland, of east of Decatqr, is confined to the Dubach ‘ hospital at Berne suffering from I 'severe injuries sustained at 8 p. m. Wednesday when the auto he was driving struck a culvert and overturned on U. S, highway 224, east i of this city. Kirkland suffered a light stroke of paralysis while driving, causing him to lose control of the car. His tongue was severely cut and he sustained a deep gash in his throat, , losing a large quantity of blood. He is expected to recover. COMMENCEMENT HERE TONIGHT High School Commencement Exercises To Be Held Tonight Sixty senior students of the Decatur high school will receive diplomas signifying their graduation from the school during the annual commencement exercises tonight at the school gymnasium. The diplomas will be presented I by Ira B. Fuhrman, president of the ■ Decatur city school board. Dr. Andrew W. Cordier, proses-j !sor of history at Manchester college, | North Manchester, wili deliver the commencement address, spealking on “Living Like Kings. All arrangements for the annpal event have been completed. Following the exercises, the gymnasium ' will be cleared for the annual senI ior prom, with Hal Denham end bis orchestra from Indianapolis playing for the dance. The girls' orchestra and higfh ! school glee club will furnish the musical entertainment for the exorcises, with the orchestra playing the opening overture and closing the exercises. The glee club will present two vocal numbers. . , The Rev. R. W. Graham, pastor j of the First M. E. church, will deliver the invocation ajid the Rev. David Grether, ipastor of the Magley (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) —o — Former Missionary Visits In Decatur Miss Esther iSellemeyer left this afternoon for Findlay, Ohio, to visi it with relatives and friends. She will leave tomorrow for Chicago I and resume her trip back to Los Angeles. Miss Sellemeyer, a sister of J. O. Sellemeyer, also formerly of this city, spent several years as I a missionary to China. She is a i member of the Zion Reformed ' church of this city. While here she ■ ' was the guest of Miss Eleanor Repi pert and other relatives.

DEATH CLAIMS SAMUEL SHAMP Well Known Decatur Resident Dies Early This Morning — Samuel E. Shamp, 69, died this morning at 4:30 o’clock at his home,' of Bomplicationa arising from car- ■ cinoma. He had been ill about three years and had been bedfast 10 days. Mr. Shamp was born in Akron, July 8, 1868, the son of Jesse and Rebe'cca Shamp. Coming to Decatur 45 years ago, he was married to Lydia Yager, who survives. He was a member of the Baptist church of this city. Until his retirement a few years j ago, he had spent his entire life, with the exception of four years, as an employe of the Erie and Nickel j Plate railroad companies. He servI ed four years as assistant postmasI ter. Surviving besides the widow, are two sisters, Mrs. Ida Copeland, of Mentone, and Mrs. Teresia Baney of Desko. Two brothers and a sister are deceased. Funeral services wjll be held at the home Saturday afternoon at 2 o’clock. The Rev. Homer J. Aspy, pastor of the Baptist church, will officiate at the services. The body will be returned from 1 the Gillig and Doan funeral home 1 (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) MRS.LOBENSTEIN TAKEN Gt OEATH Mrs.L. L. Lobenstein Dies Wednesday At Fort Wayne Mrs. Mildred F. Lobenstein, 57, | died at her home in Fort Wayne I Wednesday morning at 8:20 o'clock. Death was caused by bronchial asthma. She was a sist-er-in-law of Otho Lobenstein of Monroe. The deceased was born August 24, 1880 in Fulton county, Indiana. Het- husband, L. L. Lobenstein survives. She had been a resident of Fort. Wayne for the past 15 years. 1 Other survivors include two daughters. Mrs. Marie Thompson of Rochester and Mrs. Grace Mon- ' ey of Fort Wayne. Seven grand--1 j children and three great-grand- : children also survive. Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock at j the M. E. church in Monroe with burial in the Ray cemetery. The Rev. E. S. Morford will officiate, j assisted by the Rev. Vernon Riley of the Monroe Friends church.

ASSERTS STEEL LEADERS READY FOR EXPANSION

Tom Girdler Says Steel Industry Willing To Expand New York, May 26 —<U.R> -The j steel industry is ready, whenever private capital is. to expand oper- ! ations on a large scale, T. M. Gird- , ler told the American Iron & Steel Institute today, but the normal flow of capital is dried up “because of uncertainty or fear on the part of millions of large and small ini vestors." Girdler said that although the ' outlook for the immediate future I was obscure, he saw no basic ecoI noinic reason why the current depression should be of i duration. Addressing the 47th general | meeting of the institute, of which | he is president, the chairman of I Republic Steel Corporation proI posed "restoration of confidence” by: "1. The development of a sound national fiscal policy:

"2. Adoption of a predictable government attitude toward indus- ■ try: i “3. Such government regulation I of industry as is in the public interest, but which does not compete with industry or put it in a straitjacket: “4. The laying of a foundation I for industrial peace by sound amendments of the Wagner act, making ft fair to employes and employers alike.” Girdler blamed high taxes and high labor and material costs for present steel prices and said the industry 1 could not adopt any annual wage plan. Asserting that none of the conditions which caused the 1929 crash are apparent in the present depression, he added: “We are now tasting the bitter fruit growing from the fallacy of trying to boost income, output and : employment by increasing costs. We are learning the costly lesson i that high hourly wage rates do not : of themselves insure either a full ■ week’s work or a full dinner pail, i "True progress can be, and has j been accomplished more effectively i by the free functioning of private , enterprise than by any other ecoi' nomic system known to man." , 1 Ernest T. Weir, vice president of . the institute and chairman of the , National Steel Corporation, urged the industry to expand its public (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

TAMMANY HALL HEAD INDICTED James J. Hines Indicted In Numbers Lottery Racket New York. May 26—<U.R)—James J. Hines, powerful Tammany Hall politician and dispenser of federal patronage in New York, was named today in a broad indictment as one of the key figures of a crooked $100,000,000-a-year racket in the numbers lottery in which judges were bribed and violence used to maintain its criminal control. He pleaded not guilty when arraigned in supreme court.

Hines is the first Tammany dis- ■ trict leader to be directly accused i i of a crime in years. He was linked i in the indictment with J. Richard I (Dixie) Davis, legal brains of the. I Dutch Schultz gang, and seven ’ ' other men, including gangster Bo I i Weinberg, who is believed to be in a concrete coffin at the bottom of ! the East River. The indictment, containing one conspiracy and 12 felony charges, named George Weinberg, brother of 80, and Harry Schoenhaus. who are reported to have "talked," Martin Weintraub, and three fugitives —John Cooney, Solly Girsch, and Harry Golf. Davie, Feintnaub, Shoenhaus and | Weinberg will plead in supreme I court tomorrow. In its 18 pages, the indictment traced the consolidation of the numbers lottery from a loose, more-or-less honest enterprise conducted by a dozen rings into a | single organization formed at pisI tol point and operated with fixed (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) o - To Attend District Meeting At Ossian A delegation fiom this city will attend the district meeting of the j Pythian Sister lodges in Ossian Friday. Several members of the i local Pythian Sister temple will serve on the committees in charge | of the meeting.

U.S. Navy Ordered Into Maneuver Off Coast Os Atlantic

LEGION PLANS FOR MEMORIAL DAY SERVICES Annual Services Will Be Held By Legion Monday Morning Plans for the annual observance of Memorial Day, Monday, May 30, in Decatur were announced today by, David Adams, chairman of the committee in charge, appointed by Ralph Roop, commander of Adams post number 43 of the American Legion. Veterans of all wars will meet at the Legion home, First and Madison streets, at 8:30 o’clock Monday morning. The procession will leave promptly at 9 o'clock for the St. Joseph and Maplewood cemeteries, where the Legion will conduct memorial rites for deceased veterans. Rites at the St. Joseph cemetery will be held at the grave of Robert W. Meibers. and at Maplewood at the grave of Albert Mutschler. The annua Iparade will start promptly at 10:15 a. m. All paraders are asked to report on Liberty Way, in front of the post office, where the parade formation will be organized. Headed by the Decatur Girls’ band, the parade will inarch to the Monroe street river bridge, where memorial services for tl-|' sailor dead will be held. The paraders will then return to the court house, for final services at the peace monument. The memorial celebration willrThe memorial declaration will be delivered by Ralph E. Roop, commander, followed by prayer by Eddie Bauer, chaplain. America will be sung, after which the American Legion firing squad will fire the salute to the dead. The service will close with the sounding of taps. All school children are invited to march in the parade or to ride bicycles. Chairman Adams has requested all veterans to wear caps, uniforms. or medals to show their services. Suspend Business Business in general will be suspended all day Monday. Restaurants, theaters, confectioneries, cigar stores, hotels, filling stations and garages will be open, with theaters offering special attractions for the holiday. With Memorial Day falling on Monday, many Decatur residents are expected to take advantage of the double holiday on trips to lake I resorts and to large amusement j centers. No mail deliveries, except special deliveries, will be made either ! Sunday or Monday. The First State Bank and the j public library will be closed all day. The Daily Democrat, follow- , ing annual custom, will not publish ' an edition Monday. JOHN L, LEWIS BACKS BARKLEY

Chandler Objects To “Interference” By Administration Washington. May 26 — (U.R) — New deal administration interference in Democratic primary uon- | tests and charges of coercion of relief workers in behalf of White House favorites is roiling DemoI cratic waters today despite President Roosevelt's insistence that he is keeping hands off. Both Democratic factions were shouting “foul" as Pennsylvania I discharged its primary election obligations last week. Party leaders : and Mr. Roosevelt are striving now to patch the party there but without assurance yet of success. Little more than a week elapsed, however, between the Pennsylvania fireworks and action by Chairman John L. Lewis of the committee for industrial organization to pay his debt to Chairman James A. Farley of the Democratic national committee. Farley endorsed Thomas Kennedy, Lewis' candidate for Demo’CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE).

Price Two Cents.

Shift Os World Trouble Centers To Europe Is Emphasized By Naval Orders. SLOW JAPANESE By Joe Alex Morris (United Press Staff Correspondent) The United States emphasized shift of the world's trouble center to Europe today by directing the navy to maneuver oft the Atlantic coast in 1939. Leaving Pacific waters for the first time since 1934. the war fleet on which President Roosevelt has been authorized to spend another billion dollars will work out Atlantic defense problems at a time when European war threats may be expected to overshadow international dangers in the far east. Speculation on the decision to shift the fleet emphasized three problems: 1. Tactics for defense of the Atlantic coast by meeting any enemy fur at sea. Similar defense problems in the Pacific ocean already have been thoroughly worked out. leading normally to concentration on the Atlantic. 2. Possible establishment of a new or greater base in the Caribbean area. 3. Emphasis on the determination of the United States to meet aggression against North or South America in violation of the Monroe doctrine. The Atlantic maneuvers fit into the president's recent navy message stating that “adequate defense” means the "simultaneous defense of every part of the United States” —a two-oceans defense. Meanwhile, the Czech crisis in Europe appeared lessened for the time being and in the far east the Japanese cabinet was reorganized to give the army greater influence and to strengthen the nation's prosecution of the China war. Chinese counter-attacks on the northern front were increasing and appeared to have slowed down or halted the Japanese offensive toward Kaifeng and Chenchow. While Japanese armies closed in thunderously on Kaifeng in North China, the premier announced reorganization of his cabinet at Tokyo in order to make Gen. Kazunari Ugaki foreign minister, Gen Sadao Araki minister of education and Sehin Ikeda finance minister. The appointment of generals to the foreign and education posts was regarded as particularly sig(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o NEW MAIL STAR ROUTE PLANNED New Route Would Carry Mail From Portland To Fort Wayne

Reports from Berne, where a meeting of postmasters in this community was held Wednesday night, state that a star route will probably be run between Portland and Fort Wayne within a short time. It was reported that the postmasters, who met with a Mr. Hogan, chief clerk from Grand Raipids, advocated the placing of a star route to take the place of the late train on the Pennsylvania, which was recently eliminated from the schedule. The proposed route would leave Portland at 6:30 p. m., central etan. dard time, run through Geneva, Berne, Monroe and Decatur to Fort Wayne, carrying the late mail. It was stated following the meet, ing that the route is expected to be established within the next 30 days. Reports of inconvenience have been reported as result of the change in train schedule and the postmasters stated that eetablisfling of a star route would remedy the situation. TEMPERATURE READINGS DECATUR THEREMOMETER 8 :00 a.m 64 2:00 p.m 82 10:00 a.m 67 3:00 p.m 88 Noon 75 WEATHER Somewhat unsettled tonight and Friday, possibly local showers, not much change in temperature.