Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 36, Number 129, Decatur, Adams County, 1 June 1938 — Page 1

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Decatur Man Fined For Intoxication Dan Death, local man who was arrested Saturday on a charge of public intoxication, was fined 11 and costs in city court late Tuesday I and sentenced to Jail until June 4, w.he n he returns to wortk. Death was arretted by Officers' Ed Miller and Adrian Coffee last Saturday and had been lodged in the Jail from that time until his arraignment. He was returned to fin-1 ish his sentence. GIVE PROGRAM OF EXERCISES FRIDAY NIGHT Catholic High School Commencement Exercises Here Friday Twenty-seven members of the senior class of the Decatur Cath- i olic high school will be graduated Friday night in commencement ex-! ercises at the school. The Rev. Raymond Derrick, pas-1 1 tor of the Immaculate Conception [ church at Portland, will deliver ■ the address to the graduates. The Rev. Joseph J. Seimetz. pastor of the local St. Mary's Cath- i olic church, will present the di- i plotnas to the graduating students, i The high school orchestra will i play the processional, the recess- I tonal and furnish the special music i for the event. This is to be the i 16th annual commencement exercises of the school. , Exercises for the graduating ( members of the eighth grade class , , of the St. Joseph school will also; f be held at the same time. | The exercises will be held at 8 o’clock. Coral and silver are the ( senior class colors and the tea , rose was chosen as the class flower. | The program follows: Processional— Huldigungsmarch ! E. Grieg ' Orchestra, directed by Mr. Al-: bert Sellemeyer. Senior class song—Happy Days Are Gltnding Senior class j Selection Freischnlz €'. M Weber Orchestra Address to Graduates Rev. Raymond G. Derrick, < Pastor of Immaculate Concep- 1 tion Church, Portland, Indiana. Selection—Kamennoi Oslrow A. Rubenstein , Orchestra Song—” ’Tis Our Festal Day” Eighth Grade Graduates Distribution of Diplomas Rev. J. J. Seimetz Recessional— Torchlight March Scotson Orchestra The graduates will entertain their guests at a dance to be given in the auditorium from 9 to 12. The senior class of 1938 includes twenty-seven members, namely: Alice Baker, Lucille Braun, Joan 1 Colchin, Richard Elting, Rosemary Fullenkamp, Richard Gillig, Maxine Girard, Celeste Heimann, Edward Heimann, Luke Heimann, Virginia 1 Holthouse. Ethel Kleinhenz, Helen ' Kohne, William Kuhnle, Margaret Lose. Francis Meyer, Wm. A. Mil- 1 ler, Wm. J. Miller, Agnes Reed, Richard Reed, Jeannette Rum-. 1 schlag, Monica Schmitt, Paul Schmitz, Naomi Schultz, Virgene Ulman, William Voglewede, Louis | Wolpert. The eighth grade graduates num-; (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) VARIETY SHOW HERE JUNE 7 Recreation Department Sponsors Variety Show, Dance Here Tuesday A variety show and dance, conducted under Decatur’s recreation program, will 'be presented at the Catholic school auditorium next Tuesday evening, June 7, at 8 o - clock. An admission price of 15 cents will be charged for this show, with all proceeds to be used in euipping and conducting a Junior baseball league for younger boys of the city. Tickets for the combined show and dance are being sold by a number of younger boys of the city w o have been attending the junior baseim.ll school and Intend to play in the junior league, which is scheduled to get underway the week of , J ’ An interesting array of home talent performers has been lined up bj George Laurent, recreation supervisor, and hie assistants, and a on pagm FOUR) ;

CORDELL HULL OFFERS CANADA SEAWAY TREATY Secretary Os State Offers Reconditioned Treaty To Canada Washington. June I—(UP)—Secretary of state Cordell Hull today offered Canada a reconditioned Great Lakes-St. Lawrence seaway treaty on a deffered payment plan. Hull and his associates overhauled the 1932 treaty, which tailed of passage in the senate In 1934, adding permission for Canadian export o fhydro-electric power to the United States on a temporary basis, and giving Canada more time within | which to construct her part of the naxlgallon-power project. The reconditioned treaty was then sent to the Canadian government as a tentative treaty cverlng the poposed giant development. Except so the deferred payment features and other minor changes, the treaty is practically the same document as that which former secretary of state Henry L. Stimson negotiated with Canada In 1932, In the explanation which accompanied the text, the state department made a gesture apparently | designed to overcome the oppoei-; tion of New York State. New York senators were largely responsible for the failure of the 1933 treaty to' ovtain senate approval. The explanation said in part: “Deep water navigation will mean cheap power. This Wil make possible the bringing together of Great La-kes Iron ore, Canadian and American mineral resources, and waterborne materials. Included in thie is the possible development o fthe extremely righ and relatively undeveloped Iron ore resources in New YYortk state itself.” Although no explanation was made of national jlefense, It was known that the war department believes that the development of the St. Lawrence seaway project would give the United States one of the largest hydroelectric power plants in the world —remote enough to be safe from enemy bombers, but close enough to die eastern industrial area to provide emengency power (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) RIGHT OF WAY SUITS FILED Nine Cases Filed Tuesday To Obtain Highway Right Os Ways Nine cases were filed Tuesday in the Adams circuit court to make this one of the “biggest” days in recent years. The suits involve the purchase of right of ways along the proposed new state road, to extend from the termination of the Bluffton road at the Wells county line in French township, southeast to connect with the present road west of Geneva. This is part of the proposed road to be built immediately with state and federal money. The remainder of the road is to extend east from Geneva to the Ohio line at the southeast corner of the county. Another road scheduled to be improved is the extension south through St. Mary's township of state road 101. Under the terms of the agreement with the state highway department, the county is to furnish the right of ways, which must be 80 feet—wider than existing roads along the routes. After the construction the state is to maintain them. The county council recently approved the appropriation of $25,000 to be raised by a bond issue to provide the Adams county share. The new cases brought in the circuit court were filed on the order of the board of county commissioners, which is the plaintiff in each of the cases. Henry B. Heller, county attorney, prepared the cases on the order of the commis(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) —o Kirkland Bible School Alumni To Meet Friday The alumni of the Kirkland dally vacation Bible school will hold the annual meeting Friday evening in the Kirkland high school. Each member is requested to bring one dish of food for a potluck supper at 6:30 p. m. A good program has been arranged and all members are urged to attend.

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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, .lune 1, 1938.

Kidnapers Get SIO,OOO Ransom v ( 'll ' jH it ■BL. / - ' • z Wm Ww J - J 1 ' I rn/ ' f James Bailey Cash, Jr. Federal authorities launched an intensive search for kidnapers of Janies Bailey Cash, Jr., following payment of SIO,OOO ransom for his release by his father, wealthy Miami. Fla., business man.

ELVER FOREMAN TAKEN TO JAIL Man Convicted Here Is Taken To Michigan ( , City State Prison A six-year legal battle that spread over 24 terms of the Adams circuit 1 court ended today as Elver Foreman, 43-year old mechanic and WPA worker, entered the gates of the Indiana state prison at Michigan City to start serving a 10-year ' sentence for auto banditry. | In August of 1932 Foreman, allegedly, with the aid of Bernao Clark, whose present whereabouts are unknown, bound, gagged and robbed aged Amanda Ayres of Blue Credk township. At least five grand juries returned indictments against Foreman. ’ Clark disappeared, never to be 10-. cated. Some reports stated he wae dead. Others said he was confined in an insane asylum, 'but none were l confirmed. Foreman's attorneys, including al long array of legal minds, kept him from permanent incarceration behind jail bars. Then in June of last’ ' year, after motions to quash the indictments were overruled, after j ’ motions to dismiss the case were i overruled, a jury, relying upon the ' I evidence gathered by Sheriff Dallas i Brown and his aides and presented | (CONTINUED ON I'AllK FOUR) j WRECK VICTIMS ARE IMPROVED Three Accident Victims Reported In Satisfactory Condition The condition of three accident victims now patients at the Adams county memorial hospital was re- j ported as satisfactory today. Peter Minlch of this city, who I sustained a fractured hip when a I car in which he was riding turned | over on a curve near Geneva Sunday, was resting as well as could be expected of a man of his age —7B. Robert Taylor, of near Monroeville who sustained a fractured I cominuted fracture of the femur ' in an accident on a bridge near I Dixon, Ohio, Monday, was reported better. His condition is still serious due to the splintered bone. ' Physicians this morning were 1 unable to complete the reduction 1 of the fractured left wrist and el-1 1 bow of Sylvester Beard of Fort < Wayne, injured in an automobile crash Tuesday night on the detour 1i on U. S. highway 27 north of De-I catur. Mr. Beard also lost con i' siderable blood. 1

— Engle Reported As Recovering Bill Engle, retired rural mail carrier, is recovering from injuries sustained when a team of horses trampled him at his farm heme last weekend. Mr. Engle stated that he had just I opened t.he gate when the seam knocked him down and trampled on him. He suffered several head la-1 I cerations, which required several stitches to close, and a s'de and back injury. PLAN BUILDING OF NEW HOUSES Several New Houses To Be Constructed On Dierkes Street Plans are’ being made for the building of several houses on Dierkes street, between Washington and Meibers streets. The first unit of new houses will include four modern small struci turee on the west side of the street. Property owners in the block will build a curb along the street and t.he street will be improved with Idack top material. The water lines will be extended to the properties on the west of the street. The main is on the east I side and taps will also 'be made to I each lot by the city water department. i The houses will be erected for employes of the McMillen Feed Mills and the Central Soya company. Dale W. McMillen, founder and president of the board of these ■ two companies is personally (helpI ing the employes to obtain a home and will assist in the landscaping of the grounds. It is planned to make the street one of the most attractive residential districts in the city. The city electric lines will be extended to the home site, a new pri- | mary volt line being built in the district. ( o ——■ Dog Tag Plates Received Here < John M. Doan, Washington town- i ship trustee, announced today that I dog tag plates have been received and dog owners have until Juno 15 < | to purchase the tags. i On June 15, the trustee is order- i od to turn the namee of delinquent i owners over to the prosecuting attorney who must prosecute the own- < ers. All police officials, constables, i sheriffs, state police officers and : other authorities are empowered to j destroy dogs found without tags i after June 15, There are now 97 persons In < Washington township who have not t purchased their tags. 4

Hundreds Launch Widespread Hunt For Kidnaped Florida Youth Gone Since Saturday I. — I ■' ' " ■" '■ ■

Authorities Seek Parts Os Levine Boy’s Body In Water In Effort Tot ! Solve Crime. ' WIRE IS CLUE New Rochelle, N. Y., June 1— (U.R) — Officers, operating on the theory that 12-year-old Peter Levine was kidnaped and slain liy a local waterfront character, began grappling in Long Island Sound today for clues. New Rochelle police sought parts of the boy’s body which were missing when the torso was washed ashore at Davenport Neck Sunday night. Detective Lieut. George Reifenberger said, however, that it was “a thousand to one shot" that the boy’s missing bead, feet and hands would be found. The sound near Davenport Neck is 30 to 35 feet deep and 140 feet farther out near Execution Light. Police believe that Peter, kidnaped last Feb. 24 for $30,000 ransom which the abductors failed to colDetroit, June I—(UP) —Federal bureau of investigaton agents today announced the arest in Charlevoix, of William Morrell, 48, whom •bey accused of attempting to extort $20,000 from the parents of kidnaped Peter Levine. They said Morrell was not connected with the abduction. John Bugas, chief of the Detroit office of the FBI, said Morrell had confessed he mailed a letter front Ann Aifbor, Mich., to Murray Levine, father of the kidnaped boy w>hose mutilated body was found 'Sunday near New Roahelle N. Y. lect, was held captive for at least seven days in a waterfront shack, on a boat or on one of several offshore islands in the vicinity. Investigators considered one of I ttwtr most mpwiasl clues l» dtMe I to be the copper wire witli which I the body was bound. Because it had nine strands instead of the customary seven officers believed it might be an imported or specially made brand. The standard American wire is seven-strand. Reifenberger said lie had occasion to examine the wire for a few minutes before G-men took it, and he was almost certain it was an off-brand That seemed to make the wire of greater value as a clue against the kidnaper. The wire has been taken to the scientific labaratory of the federal bureau of investigation in Washington, where G-men had phenomenal success a few years ago in tracing a piece of wood from a ladder left at the Charles A. Lindbergh home and using it as evidence against Bruno Richard Hauptmann, kidnaper of the Lindbergh baby. It was learned that fingerprints had been taken from a smooth rock which the kidnaper of the Levine boy used to weigh down a ransom note found in a vacant lot. Value of the prints as a clue was problematical, though, because police believed that several persons had handled the stone after the note (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) DEAL CLOSED FOR BUSINESS John Joseph Becomes Manager Os City Confectionery Today A deal was closed today whereby John Joseph, former co-owner of the J. & L. Bottling Works here, Is to assume the proprietoriship of the City Confectionery, owned and operated by Paul Briede. Mr. Joseph, for a numiber of years owner and operator of the Green Kettle confectionery, today assumed management of the City Confectionery business. Mr. Joseph purchased the stock of the store and leased the fixtures and equipment. He will operate the confectionery business under the same name. Mr. Briede, who has owned and operated the business for the past several years, will continue to operate the City News Stand and Ma- ( gazine agency. The agency will re- < main in the same business room. 1 The J. & L. Bottling Works recently discontinued 'business and t the partnership between Mr. Joseph 1 and Ben Lang was dissolved. I

PLANES STAGE AIR RAIDS IN SPAIN, CHINA Terrific Death Toll Results From Aerial Bombardments By Joe Alex Morris, (UP. Staff Correspondent) Aerial bombardment — the scourge of modern war — took a terrific toll of lives today in a sudden intensification of fighting in the skies over Spain and China. Half a dozen Spanish loyalist towns, the Majorcan rebel port of Palma and the Chinese cities of Hanko-v and Canton suffered the brunt of bombardments that cost thousands of casualties. Spanish rebel planes of German make unloaded explosives on the market place at the Catalonian town of Granollers and then dived earthward with machine guns flaming to cause the greatest destruction. City officials estimated 300 were killed and 800 wounded. The fourth British ship to become a victim of insurgent bombs —the Penthames —settled in Valencia harbor in another raid while the French merchantman El DJem was smouldering nearby. The loyalist cities of Barcelona, Sagunto, Castellon Do La Plana. San Adrian and Baddalona felt the fury of enemy air raiders. In reply, government planes dashed across the Mediterranean to drop bombs on the Inda airdrome and on three of the rebel blockade fleet ships at Palma. Rebels reported one of the bombs hit a schoolhouse from which children had tied to safety. Other loyalist planes bombed the Genia airdrome at the mouth Ebro river. Fighting planes battled all along the eastern front, with loyalists claiming they shot down 15 enemy (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o PASTOR SPEAKS TO LIONS CLUB Rev. George S. Lozier Speaks To Lions Club Tuesday The highest philosophical ideal of man is the belief that "What is mine Is yours if I may share it with you,” members of the Decatur Lions club were told by the Rev. George S. Lozier, pastor of the Evangelical church, at tile regular meeting of the organization Tuesday night. The program for the regular meeting was under the direction of Bryce Butler. Rev. Lozier spoke on "What is Man” and said: “The main enterprise of the world is the upbuilding of man’s ideals. Some old Ideals are Intact and some have changed." He then described some of the former and existing ideals of men, saying: "The Spartans set as their ideal the athletic man. A nice strong body is desirable but not sufficient as the wind should be the standard of man. “There is the ascetic man — the man who keeps himself to himself —withdrawn from society. This is not always desirable as sometimes man is his own worst enemy. “The patriotic man has many good points if he does not become ' a fanatic on the ideal of dying for ( his country. His ideal should be ] to live for ills country—to build it ( into a better country by better , citizenship. - “The intellectual man is not the ideal because more than pure intellect is required. “The civic man may become I (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) O Local Man’s Son Dies In Georgia Mose Henry of this city was call- 1 ed to Augusta, Ga., last Friday Ibe- • cause of tlie death of his son, Enos ' Henry of that city. Mr. Henry was about 50 years old 1 and his death occurred unexpected- 1 ly according to word received here. Burial was made in Augusta.

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Searchers Fear Kidnaped Lad Dead But Victim’s Father Holds Hope Os Boy’s Safety. SIO,OOO PAH) Princeton, Fla.. June 1— (UJD — Hundreds of southern Florida fishermen, war veterans and farmers joined today in a hunt through the fringe of the treacherous everglades for trace of kidnaped Jimmy Cash. The hunt, delayed on advice of G-men who still hoped the five-year-old boy might lie returned safely, began shortly after noon while federal bureau of investigation agents questioned M. F. Draxton. a middle-aged Princeton carpenter. Jimmy’s father, James B. Cash, Sr., refused to give up hope that the kidnapers, to whom he paid SIO,OOO ransom yesterday, would still keep their promise to return the blond youth safely. W. P. Cash, the boy's uncle, said he had abandoned all hope that tho boy is alive, however, and took an active part in organizing the hundreds of searchers. The hunt for the boy and the hideaway of the men who snatched hltn irom his bed last Saturday liecame a race against time. It Note Is Found Huntington. N. Y., June I—<U.R) —■ A note purporting to disclose the whereabouts of James Bailey Cash. Jr., kidnaped Princeton. Fla., boy was found here today by Harold E. Price, 50-year-old railroad freight clerk. The note, which Price said was in a leather tobacco pouch found on the steps of the Long island railroad depot, said the boy was being held in the Everglades 16 miles from Princeton and that a woman was taking care of him. Price turned the note over to police chief Harold H. Noenstiel, who said an -agent of the FBI was on the way from New York to get it. the child is held in an everglades hideout, the searchers said, he probably could not long survive the sweltering Florida sun, swarms of mosquitoes and other hardships of the swamps. Braxton, who lives near the Cash, home, was picked up by G-men in Princeton and taken to Miami for questioning. No charge had been | placed against him, however, and the G-men gave no hint of what they sought of him. The elder Cash, who had resisted demands for an immediate manhunt, finally surrendered and assented to the search, which began when his son had been missing more than 84 hours. Men poured Into Princeton and Homestead from virtually every village of southeast Florida and the keys to participate in the search. Meeting in a sweltering packing house, they received instructions from E. C. Connelly, ace G-man who flew here to take charge of the search. Many of the men carried arms. Most were clad in denim and hip boots. Twenty-six leaders were chosen (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) ONE INJURED IN ACCIDENT Fort Wayne Man Hurt, To Face Charge Os Drunken Driving Sylvester Beard, 38, of ForS Wayne, drove directly into tho "arms of the law” and a hospital cot Tuesday night when he piloted his car into an automobile on the detour over U. S. highway 27 northeast of Decatur, after local police had been notified a drunken driver was approaching the city. Mr. Beard is confined in 'he Ad« ams county memorial hospital with, a fractured left wrist and left elbow, and is suffering from the loss oil blood. His automobile strudlt one driven ■by W. M. Stewart, who was driving north on the detour accompanied by his son, John. Neither was injured but considerable damage was done to the left side of his new automobile. Beard's car sustained a large amount of damage to tho front end. In the report signed by Mr. StewICOxNTINUEU ON PAGE FOUR).