Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 36, Number 135, Decatur, Adams County, 8 June 1938 — Page 1

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'■*■sso,ooo S CONTINUE J KIDNAP HUNT - r «' . e lt ks Congress T ° Ai<l ■ I In Search UR ' with He ”EH| (j , ,h old .lames It abductors. -a taken i.no.m in vest igaTion ion. fl | vu! .... ali' t her any were a. officials announced Mr. hail asked tor the addiappropriation for the FBI Kjn?..."l in the final defied Tin y said that he had the money on their a last Saturday. a Wei, |i «i . reaches the sen xippleinellt the te requested by llk, approved by the . fm of agents ' lack of hope for a “break" depended upon of some of the bills in ttrsoin paid by Janies Sr., for return of his only , of the seventh major K Idnaping since 1932. of appearance of some it lilies in all parts of ■ ttxtt.Ty. imt none have been if any actually have been K, ci'll have kept the fact guarded. .. K'lul) Members » Entertained Here gsßgß * of approximately memIfi KjolHT .■ i.a'on county 411 clubs IV ■Bi'ertained at a noon lunchin the Rice hotel dining Kt b; Hie McMillen Fe d Mills. o PROJECTS Tiff OISCUSSF.iI WPA Project Supervisor ■ Appears Before City ■■Council Tuesday ■A. E. Quackenbush, project ■ -riser for the WPA in this dis■kt Ippeared before the city Tuesday night to give the ■htus i new WPA projects, Io new ruling from ■fgiveiionmit. no sanitary sewer ■Meets are to be approved by Be fcveiinneiit unless the city in they are to be located has steps towards the establishof a sewage disposal plant. not two or three projects, now pending. S* approved was not known by ■ quacki nbiish. who promised tn investigating the posopened for the Lamlin Brunner sewers, which were • •built with WPA labor. The Lumber < oinpany submitted for the Brunner sewer, bid was submitted by the and Supply, which could ■**" be tabulated without further The bids were referrstreet ami sewer commit ■* 1,1 tonjunction with the civil ' 1 estimates of the cost of the of the Sam Acker were filed by the civil engia total for material of and a total for labor ami of $7,863.16. A prelimincalling for the laying sewer with WPA labor wit". ON PAGE FOUR) ■ TEMPERATURE READINGS ■ ■ DEMOCRAT thermometer IB a. nt . 62 B Unit) am .m . 6!) H?*" 71 ■ 2: ” P. m 75 ■ 2: |®p. m. so IB WEATHER fair, somewhat war|Wr r tonight, except in extteme ■ Bhhwest portion; Thursday|^W rea smg cloudines, followed I ■ showers i n west portion in S Hf erno °n. somewhat warmer in ■ ,W st portion.

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Ozark Smile Queen 1 ■ ilAr F ■l CSgF ■' - V. % ' \ | 5 /■ \ f j ** v ■ Boonetta Walker This comely brown-eyed brunet, Boonetta Walker, a school teacher in Erie Community school in McDonald county. Missouri, ’was chosen as Ozark Smile Girl for 1938 and will reign at the annual festival in the mountain country. G.E. PICNICS PLANNED HERE Foremen’s Picnic Saturday, Annual Plant Picnic .June 18 Plans for two social events of the Decatur General Electric plant personnel! were announced today. The annual G. E. foremen’s picnic will be held Saturday, June 11 at Sunset park. The supervisory force of both the Decatur and Fort Wayne works of the company will attend. Bill Heim, of the local plant, is general chairman of the event. The annual softball tilt between the Decatur and Fort Wayne fore-1 men will be a feature of the picnic.; Committees Follow Eats: Bert Gage, chairman; Ray-j mond L«itz, George Auer. Enter-j taiument: Carl Smith. Refresh-: ments: Frank Braun. Club Picnic The annual G. E. club picnic will. be held at Sunset park the following Saturday, June 18, opening at 2 o'clock with a iparade from the j General Electric factory to the park grounds. Mrs. Dora Miller is general chair-1 man of the affair. A dance will be I held in the afternoon, an acrobatic tumbling act will be presented by I A. F. DeLagrange at 4 p. m , a lunch will be served at 5 p. m. with a dance and party following. The committees: Entertainment; Ida Schearer, chairman; Agnes Center, Andrew Hilton, Transportation; Herman Keller. Party: Herman Lengerich, chairman; Hilda Gaunt, Irene Schafer, Erna Weiland; Amanda Bieberich, Tilman Gehrig. Refreshments: Bryce Roop, chairman, QJohn Loshe, Chet Mclntosh, Chet Kleinknight, Frank Gillig. Solomon Bowser and Mub Omlor. Serving: Eileen Wells, Lorena Reppert, Miriam Shoaf, Harriet Schockey, Mary Jane Fritzinger. Soft drinks and ice cream: Kenneth Eady, chairman; Harold Heller,, Jerome Omlor, Ralph Roop, Raymond McDougall and Bob Miller. BERNE YOUTH IS HELEASED Ornell Stauffer Pleads Not Guilty To Drunken Driving Ornell Stauffer, 'Berne young man who plead not guilty to charge of drunken driving, was released under s3flo recognizance bond .-hor before noon today. Stauffer was charged with the offense as the result of an auto accident north of the city Memortalj Day. Three Fort Wayne persons, who were injured were trough. o the local hospital and later released. The two companions of Stauffer, Jter Habegger and Lawrence Morand were unhurt in the crash Suffer appeared in circuit court thfs morning v-lth his father, wearing a bandage h " ,ch,n -“ S ) reS t U he O s minor injuries sustained in “tiufier was apprehended and questicmed by Sheriff Dallas Brown following the collision,

MURDER STORY IS DISCLOSED IN MINE CASE Widow Tells Os Union Organizer Murdered In Cold Blood London, Ky., June 8 <U.R)~ Mrs. j Minnie Clouse, head of the clan of i Clouse, swore today that her hus-1 band was killed four days after he became active in the United! ; Mine Workers and that he never | I had a chance to defend hiinseli ; because she put his pistol to her 1 : nose and there was "nary a smell j of burned powder.” The Clouse clan —all relatives of I the slain Lloyd Clouse, a union organizer—came up from "bloody Harlan” to testify for the government in the trial of 19 coal corporations and 44 individuals on charges of terrorizing United Mine Workers in the southeastern Kentucky coal field. They came here to avenge, after a fashion, the death of their kinsman, for the government contends that the man who killed Clouse was Bill Lewis, one of the Harlan county deputy sheriffs on trial. Lloyd Clouse was shot down on the highway, in the glare of a truck s headlights, on the night of April 24. 1937. The government seeks to prove that his death was another phase of the conspiracy between Harlan county coal operators and deputy sheriffs to remove union organizers from the field —sometimes alive, sometimes dead. Yesterday Jasper Clouse, brother of the dead man, testified that Deputy Sheriff Bill Lewis and three other men opened fire on the Clouse brothers without warning as they walked out of a saloon carrying two pints of liquor and two packages of cigarettes they had just purchased. Today Mrs. Clouse, mother of nine, told what she knew about it. She had on a pink shirtwaist, a white skirt, brown stockings and black shoes when she walked past the rope where the defendants sat (CONTINUED ON PAGE FfVE) BIBLE SCHOOL EXERCISES SET Kirkland Bible School Commencement Exercises Friday Commencement exercises for the 1 Kirkland Daily Vacation Bible I school will be held at the Kirkland i school auditorium Friday evening I at 7:30 o'clock. Rev. H. H. Meckstroth of the St. John and St. Luke Reformed church will deliver the commencement address. Rev. Meckstroth received his A.B. degree at Franklin and Marshall college, then spent three years at Central Theological Seminary at Dayton, Ohio, graduating in 1927. He has been active in the Kirkland Bible school for the past eight years. The board of Christian education, composed of all the ministers of the community, have selected | Mrs. E. S. Lochner to direct the I school again next year. Waldo Lehman, county president of Christian education, will present diplomas to the 19 graduates A total of 269 children were enrolled in the school, representing 33 different churches of 15 denominations. The list of graduates follows: Maxine I,ouise Byerly, Betty Mae Longenberger, Maxine Louise Meyer, Grace Margaret Grether, Kenneth Dale Walter, Dwight Laverne Roth, Donald Rolland Poling Paul Richard Baumgartner, Delores Mae Ginter, Evelyn Lucile > Clowser, Norma Barbara Lehman, Mary Elizabeth Borne, Mary Ann Yake, Floyd Lavern Zurcher, Eleanor Mae Mankey, Delores Marcile Worden. Don Husson Arnold. ; Carl Lee Mankey and Trueman Owen Bell. — o — Ohio Man Injured ,j Near Decatur 1 oday ' Charles Hhnney, 59, of Delphos, i, Ohio, route 2, received serious in- , j juries when a motorcycle on which he was riding turned over on a curve on U. S. highway 27 five , m iies south of Decatur at 10 a. m. . this morning. It was reported by a witness that ' a truck passed Mr. Hanley and shortly after he appeared tc lose , control of his motorcycle. He was taken to the Adams county memorial hospital, where it was . ,eported that he suffered a fractured shoulder bone and other injuries.

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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, .June 8, 1938.

Pass Through City Enroute To Festival A carvan of 18 busse’S and 40 autos passed through Decatur early this morning enroute to the Van Wert. Ohio, peony festival. The busses were transporting baud members and the cars were carrying residents of Huntington, Wells, Blackford, and Marion counties to the event. State Patrolman Truman Blerie I led the procession and State Patrol- j man Daugherty followed the long i line of autos. Sheriff Dallas Brown | and Chief of Police Sephus Melchl directed traffic during the time the ' caravan was passing through on federal highway 224. CONFEREES IN COMPROMISE ON | WAGES Compromise Wage Provision Is Agreed On For Measure — Washington, June B—<U.R) —Con-1 ferees on the wages-hour bill today agreed on a compromise wage pro-j vision for the measure, settling one of the chief points of dispute which had aroused threat of possible senate filibuster against the bill. Whether the threat of filibuster had been entirely removed by the compromist was not immediately certain. The compromise wage provision accepted by the conferees provides: 1. Establish a25 cents per hour minimum wage ih the first year and increase the rate to 30 cents I per hour in the second year. 2. Establish industries boards ! and an administrator to fix wages; between 30 cents and a goal of 40 cents during the next five years. 3. Provide for flat 40 cent minimum after seven years, unless an industry coild show that such a rate "would substantially curtail employment opportunities.” Conferees felt that agreement upon the disputed wage provisions would expedite final decision on hours ciauses and other remaining features of the bill. Sen. Allen J. Ellender. D., of Louisiana, voted against the compromise. complaining that it had ■ violated promises to southerners j that a statutory time limit in which ’ industries must reach 40 cents I would be fixed. Asks Railroad Aid Washington, June 8 — <U.R) — President Roosevelt is exerting last-minute pressure on congress for passage of two railroad-aid bills I before adjournment, it was learned J today. Coupled with other overnight developments, this information made a Saturday adjournment increasingly improbable. Senate majority leader Albeit W. Barkley, D., Ky., was the only leader still hoping for an end of congress this week. The White House program, it was learned, proposes enactment of two railroad measures: 1. A bill to permit the reconstruction finance corporation to (CONTINUED ON PAGE &IX) PASTOR SPEAKS TO LIONS CLUB — Rev.R.W.Graham Speaks To Decatur Lions Club Tuesday "Graciousness" was the theme of the address delivered by the Rev. Ralph Waldo Graham, pastor of the First Methodist Episcopal church, before the members of the Decatur Lions club in the weekly meeting at the Rice hotel last night. “Many books, one probably better known than others, have been I written on 'how to win and keep friends,” the speaker stated, “but the keynote of the subject is graciousness.” The fact that graciousness and the art of using it well is an important factor in obtaining success was cited by the speaker, who related its advantages in service and social club work. i The Lord Jesus is the outstanding example of one who has the I ability of being gracious, especially to all people, regardless of class 1 or social rating, the speaker asserted. The speaker closed his address by citing specific instances where graciousness has been used with innumerable beneficial results. Clyde Butler, local garage owner, had charge of the program. The Lions club will hold the annual election of officers at the next meeting, Tuesday night, June 14.

COUNCIL NAMES I JOSEPH HUNTER Joseph Hunter Re-Elect-ed To Second Term On School Board | Joseph Hunter, employe of the | Citizens Telephone company, was unanimously re-elected to his second term as a member of the city board of education. He is now treasurer of the board. Mr. Hunter was the only candi- ( date to present a formal applica- f tlon for the job. The council referred to the street. and sewer committee a request for I the installation of a curb and the ( laying of a cement sidewalk on ; Patterson street. This was filed : 1 by John Stults, who specified Wl’A i‘ labor should be used. An application was filed by Yost ■ ‘ Brothers stone quarry that a num- , ber one wire be "extended to it for . the use of the heavy machinery ! 1 now in use at the plant. The plant j 1 'is now serviced by number six | ’ I wire, making a much lighter line . ' ' than desired. The extra current is I ! | necessary for heavy conveyors, it j was reported. it was requested that the city | extend the lines to the quarries, a ' I distance of approximately three ' miles north of Decatur on the river road, free of charge to Yost Brothers. A report from the city electrical department was given, estimating the cost of the 7% miles of wire, the new poles and the new transformers to be required at more than $3,000. The matter was referred to the board for further investigation. An application was filed by the city board of education and others for the approval of an alley improvement between Fifth and Seventh streets, to run one block from Adams to Jefferson streets. WPA labor was specified. This was referred to the street and sewer committee. A letter was read from Walter Gilliom, county engineer, stating that concrete markers are being made in his office for open drains and that a limited number will be . available to the city this year. RESOLUTION IS I ADOPTED HERE “Cooperate With Roosevelt” Club Adopts Resolution | The first in a series of resolu-: : tions formally commending the ad-1 ministration of President Roosevelt and pledging support to his plans has been adopted by the “Cooperate With Roosevelt” club l of the Young Democratic organization of Adams county. The resolution, as adopted by I ' the club, released today by Edwin J H. Kaufman, club president and | chairman of the Cooperate with Roosevelt program, follows: “Whereas, we believe that the ! state Young Democrats organization has embarked upon a worthy effort in the inauguration of the ‘Cooperate with Roosevelt’ campaign; ! “Whereas, we believe that such a campaign merits our earnest sup-1 port in order to obtain widespread | truthful information concerning the President’s recovery program; | "Whereas, our local organization has the facilities to assist in the advancement of such a campaign, “Whereas, the state organization has called upon us for our assist(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) Unemployed Register At City Hall Today * - - - - A large number of persons were registered or reregistered this afternoon for the unemployment insurance payments by Kenneth W. Swaim, district supervisee of this work. The meeting was held in the city council rooms. In addition to former General Electric and KrickTyndall Tile Mill employees, the laborers at the Central Hoop Mill | plant here, which'burned last were registering for the first time. - Krueckeberg Rites Held This Afternoon Funeral servlcee for Edwin Krueckeberg, well known Union township World War veteran, who died Monday at the Hines hosffttal in Chicago were held this afternoon at the Emanuel Lutheran church with the Rev. M. J. Frosch officiating. Burial was made in the church cemetery. Death was atributed to diptheria and a streptococcic infectlon, following an illness of 20 years. I

WITHDRAWAL OF TWO SEEN IN SENATE RACE Forecast Jackson, Gordon To Withdraw From Nomination Indianapolis, June 8. — <U,R)i — Withdrawal of Sam Jackson of Fort Wayne and Alex Gordon of Indianapolis as candidates for the Democratic U. S. senatorial nomination was forecast today by administration leaders on the eve of the Bass I.ake rally at which Lieut. Gov. Henry F. Schrlckor will accept the Townsend organization's offer to become the party candidate next fall. Neither Jackson nor Gordon would confirm the report but administration sources predicted that once Schricker comes into the open with am announcement both men will withdraw and throw their support to the lieutenant governor. Such action would give Gov. M. Clifford Townsend's organization a solid front both in next month's convention and in the strenuous campaign to follow. Goruon gave strong indication that he still was on friendly terms with the administration by anouncing that he will be present at the Bass Lake rally tomorrow to hear Schricker make his announcement. Jackson told the United Press he has not decided whether to attend Schricker's “coming out party." The Fort Wayne attorney would be the more likely of the two to remain in the senatorial race, lie i was the administration's first choice of a candidate and for several weeks last winter launched his campaign with the acit but nevertheless definite approval of the state organization. Some quart- j ers felt that he might be embittered at the manner in which he was : unceremoniously dumped over- ; board in the midst of his opening I j drive. I Opposition from labor quarters > resulted in Jackson’s downfall. Gordon's entrance into the field was considered a direct thrust of labor at the Jackson campaign. For Gordon, an administration stali wart and Democratic member of I the unemployment compensation i commission, also is president of j the Indiana Brotherhood of Locomotive, Firemen and Enginemen union. Even though Jackson were reluctant to withdraw, it was suggested that enough administration (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) Test Fire Whistle At Noon Thursday Don’t be alarmed or attempt to rush to the fire Thursday noon i when you hear the fire whistle blow l ; was the advice given today (by Frank Burns at the city light and power plant. Mr. Burns stated that the fire whistle would be sounded at about 12 o'clock Thursday noon for the purpose of testing out a new’ whistle valve. At least 12 blaets will he given. o LOCAL FIREMEN TO CONVENTION Annual Firemen’s Convention Opens Today At Warsaw Two representatives of the Decatur department left today for Warsaw, where they will attend the annual convention of the Indiana state industrial and volunteer firemen’s association. Arthur Baker and Cedric Fisher, both members of the Decatur volunteer fire fighting force, will represent the local organization in the business meeting. Several other members of the Decatur force are planning to attend at least one of the sessions of the ' convention, which opened ar. noon today and will continue throughout tonight and Thursday. It is not known whether the local (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) L ry- —— Two Autos Collide At Street Crossing A car driven by Mrs. Harrold Sautter was struck this morning at the intersection of Third an 1 Fifth | streets. It was reported to police, by one driven by Eugene Gase of south I of the city. The rear of the Sautter automobile was damaged, but no I one was injured.

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Quizzed by G-Men S 'W Pinning their hopes on finding the kidnapers of James Bailey Cash. Jr., of Princeton. Florida, through tracing the registered bills used in ransom payment, G-men questioned Betty Howard, barmaid at a Miami establishment, as to her acquaintanceship with one of the suspects in the case. CITY COUNCIL HOLDS MEETING Part Os Trees, Shrubbery In Homesteads Reported Dying Approximately one-third of the trees and shrubbery planted in the parks in the homesteads development last fall are dying for lack of water, Forest Elzey, chairman of the park committee, stated at the regular meeting of the city council Tuesday evening. Mr. Elzey said there are no water mains in the park areas, which may be used for watering purposes. He had no recommendations to make. He said the government, which in conjunctions with the Chamber of Commerce, last year purchased the shrubbery and trees, has no appropriation available for the extension of water mains, according to Ferd Litterer, the governments, representative for the project. Dee Fryback, a member of the board of directors of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce, appeared to request what rate would be charged by the city for the Decatur Free Street Fair and Agricultural Show next August. This was referred to the board of public works and safely with power to act. Mr. Fryback reported petitions are being prepared for the city of Decatur and the state highway department for the use of the streets during the street fair. Street Project Approved Mayor A. R. Holthouse and Herman Gillig, chairman of the street and sewer committee, reported they had appeared before the board of county commissioners requesting the improvement and extension of Bollman street along the south city corporation limits. This street leads west from the Homesteads development to Russell street. The commissioners agreed to purchase the right of way for the (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) Pigeon Builds Nest At Court House William Schumacher, courthouse custodian, has a new problem on his hands—how to get rid of a pigeon nest built on a top window sill on the east side, two stories above the street. A first nest was disposed of by the custodian, but the new one has defied his best efforts as a “human fly.” Since the nest is full of eggs and the mother pigeon !« constantly sitting In the next passersby have suggested to the custodian that he wait until the young ones are hatched and voluntarily leave their precariously perched home.

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Stiffer Resistance By Loyalists Endangers Europe’s Peace; Japs Still Killing. CONTINUE RAIDS Canton, China, June B—t<JP) Japanese planes bombed the American directed Lingnan University campus today, killing an estimated 200 persons and and bringing the death toll to more than 1,000 in 12 consective days of bombardment. By Joe Alex Morris (United Press Staff Correspondent) The swiftly mounting tempo of war today threatened a chaotic collapse in China and international friction In Spain imperiling Europe’s peace. Although devastation in China was spreading to frightful proportions, the greatest immediate danger of a new explosion centered around possibility that the Spanish civil war would wreck Great Britain’s new realistic policy of guaranteeing peace by deals with Europe's dictatorial powers. The 1938 model peace plan initiated by Britain was based on quick completion of the victory which rebel Generalissimo Francisco Franco appeared to have within his grasp in Spain. It involved an Italian pledge to send no more volunteers to aid Franco and a British attempt to “isolate" the Spanish war by closure of the frontiers and gradual withdrawal of foreign forces. A sudden stiffening of Spanish loyalist resistance, including receipt of fresh materials, now threatens to change the picture by an indefinite prolongation of the war. Persistent reports of fighting between the Spanish rebels and their Italian allies indicate a basis for loyalist claims that the insurgents are threatened with "disintegration." Franco reportedly has appealed to Italy and Germany for additional troops —knowing the dictatorial powers cannot now afford to permit a loyalist triumph. Then grover developments created danger that the Italo-British agreement—foundation stone in the peace structure —would lie shaken. Bombing planes from Spain raided French border towns. Others — known to be rebel craft — began hitting British interests where it hurt the most by sinking British ships in loyalist waters. France prepared to shoot down any further raiding planes but the British government was in the embarrassing postion of wrecking its own realistic peace policy by any retaliatory action and was still hesitating Meanwhile, Italian Premier Benito Mussolini, who has kept himself in the most favorable trading position throughout the recent months of diplomatic shadow boxing. took full advantage of the situation. Virginlo Gayda, who often speaks for the Fascist premier, implied in an editorial in the Giornale D'ltalia at Rome that Italy might have to send more troops to Spain if France does not curb the "growing arrogance of communists." In effect, the editorial charged that France was taking advantage of the Italo-Brit-ish pact to bolster the position of (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) BAND CONCERT HERE THURSDAY. Second Concert Os Season To Be Given Here Thursday Night The complete program for the band concert to be given by the Decatur band on the court house ramp Thursday night at 7:30 o’clock was announced today by, the director. Albert Sellemeyer. Th» program follows: March—Our Director—Bigelow. Overtrure—Cinderella — Rosen« kranz. March—Footlifter—Fillmore. Overture —Festal —Hazel. March—His Honor—Fillmore. Overtrure —Pretzissa —Skaggs. March—Adams—Huff. Janina—Novelty—Drumm. Cotton Top Rag — Two Step — Huff. Overture —La Cassacade—Miller. March—Fort Chester—Huff. Galop—Go—H u ff. Star Spangled Banner —Smith.