Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 36, Number 142, Decatur, Adams County, 16 June 1938 — Page 1

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■oriJa Kidnaper Sentenced To Die I In Electric Chair

; W apf rOl Jimmy Cash W| in (’t’(lToDeathOn| H 01 Guilty; No Set. ;■ (U.P) Atkinson today |H' ' .1... . ,11 ii- chair for . .■“■tiled 01,0 cl ra'.i.i applications of |R, juslb- tiillSoppo ., hi, need to death Anton C. r Chicago. The death sentpronounced just 19 days HH ■ • y.d boy ... Ir „in Ins 'nh and ll' ‘ ...... with handle ■s. v . SnK |> i on.' ot l-'loi Ida . ■ ...,k . <ut ion alm. oi ■ of tic kidnaping. ■Ki,. ■ . upon ih w I.:’ ... lie ||H' ~L . i.ins, m who th1 .Old McCalls sup story, sail! stalo law I■■ h-:. 'he executed p.itali’ I- th'' fcedral Um! .' lighter seiitem by ’ i.H jury In Ihe .M, . no jury was nn .• Im had ent, ied : and Atkinson had Im lentence. ■My L.,. farmhand, wlm is |M - ~nd displayed :•• . 1,. Is aid himself sent to death. |B :.■: say a Word during th.--lood before J mt to hear the judgment. under Im.n at lu a. ''”od mutely to h at the \tkinson make no deniom ■ '. ~11 present that this ■ ." he said to the 1 |M - the court. "I prefer there should be no denmn |M ' « of applause d or anything else." Pierce McCall." be M judge, ■’having pleaded ' an indictment charging the offense of kidnaping '"l,filling one James Bailey Jl '. tor ransom, what have ' ■'•')’ Why judgment should SB S ' I *' he rendered and sentence s ”'l upon you?” shook his head, indicaf hail nothing to say. nothing." Judge Atkin "the court in its and she court having the evidence in the case. ■* l *>at you are guilty of the »f kidnaping for ransom, tit" same being a capital ol the laws of the state Jhl’lU.l is the sentence of the law, judgment of the court I xxx be remanded into ■ custody of the sheriff of Dad. BBs Florida, and be safely eon ON PAGE FOUR) W*»ess Association K Will Meet Sunday Monthly meeting of the Ad j ""inly holiness ssociation “ e held Sunday, June 19 at M. in t | le Conroe Tabernacle ,’hev. Kay Hance of Bethany. “°nta, will be the speaker. “■ music Will also be present “e Rev. Vernon Riley, assoon sec retary, has announced. Public lias been cordially in M. TEm PERATURE readings THERMOMETER :* a -® 70 2:00 p.m 72 J Ja »> 70 3:00 pm. 72 " 72 WEATHER f r o tneral| y fair tonight and somew hat cooler in and south portions tonight.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Doomed To Death I: ■ i i ' w r " Jill ’ i / Franklin Pierce McCall, 21. last night was found guilty of kidnapUtg five-year-old Jimmy Cash at Princeton. Fla. The verdict, under Florida law, carries a mandatory death penalty. FIREWORKS ON JOLY FOURTH American Legion To Stage Fireworks Display Here July 4 One of the most elaborate fire works displays ever staged in Decatur will be presented by Adams post number 43 of the American Legion Monday night, July 4. thej committee in charg* announced to-, day. The display will again be staged’ in the west part of the city, in a large field soutli and eaet of the Hanna-Nuttman park. Thousands of persons attended the pyrotechnic display presented by the Legion post last year and an even more elaborate display is being planned for July 4. Details for handling the immense traffic problem created by the jamming of thousands of ears Into the city for the fireworks display are being worked out by Legion officials in cooperation with city police and the county sheriff's office. The committee in charge, James K. Staley and Harry Milter, will announce further details regarding the fireworks display within a few days. George Foos Taken From Hospital I oday George Foos, local young man, who sustained a fractured leg several weeks ago was dismissed today from the Adams county memorial hospital and taken to his home, corner First and Monroe streets. | The leg was broken when a log fell on him. —’“ ANNUAL PICNIC FORG. E. CLUB Annual G. E. Club Picnic To Re Held Here Saturday Plans for the annual G. E. club picnic for all employes of the local General Electric plant have been completed, it was announced today The annual event will be held j Saturday afternoon at 2 o < of Employes will meet at the local plant at 2 o’clock and a caravan of ( . ar3 will escort them to the picnic Sr A dance and entertainment will be on the afternoon program. A. . grange will pesent a program 0( acrobatic tumbling at 4 p ' and lunch will 'be served at 6 C1 A dance and party will follow the evening luncheon. Mrs. Dora Miller fe genera chai - the event, assisted ny of committee chairmen and to tte •»' “, by membership cards. I

DISTRICT MEET IS HELD HERE District Firemen’s Meeting Is Held Here Wednesday Night A large list of state fire officials and prominent organization members attended the fourth district meeting of the Indiana Firemen'a association, held last night at the local engine house on Seventh street. Firemen from Decatur and Berne were in attendance and heard the' officials speak. Plans for activities of the association for the coming year were outlined at the meeting. The list of officials was headed by Clem Smith, of Indianapolis, I state fire marshall and association i I chairman. Other notables included: Gordon I Scherer, of Indianapolis, state chief inspector of the arson department; I Arnolfl Meister, of Anderson, association secretary; Gerald Schulte, |of Hammond, association president; ■ Mike Hyland, of Indianapolis, chairIman of the legislative committee; Edward Flick, fourth district chairman, of Fort Wayne; Everett Litchfield. Fort Wayne, associaiion director; Leon Wheeler, chairman of board ot directors, of and L. L. Baumgrtner, of Berne, director. Fire Chief Charles Robenold, chief of the Decatur fire department was in charge of arrangements for the meeting. o Report Herman Ulman In Serious Condition The condition of Herman "Slim” Ulman, assistant county road supervisor, was reported as serious today by the attending physician. Mr. Ulman was placed in an oxygen tent at the Adams county memorial hospital, where he has been confined since undergoing an emergency appendectomy Saturday. o — Former Mayor Is Taken To Hospital David Coffee, former mayor ot 1 Decatur, has been admitted to the I Adams county memorial hospital lor medical treatment and rest. He I has been in poor health recently. DEATH CLAIMS WILLARD HOWER Adams County Native Dies Wednesday At Barberton. Ohio Willard D. Hower, 64. a native and until five years ago a resident < of Adams county, died Wednesday at his home in Barberton, Ohio, 'near Akron. He was an employe of the city of Barberton. Until he left five years ago, he resided in Bobo. He was born, February 18. 1874, the son of Adam and Alcena Steele and was a member of the First Baptist church at Barberton, Ohio. Surviving are the widow, Mathilda Heath-Hower; a stepson. Harry Goudy, of Barberton; two sisters, Mrs. Lewis Shilling of near ’Decatur; Mrs. Charles Beery, of [Clarkston. Washington, and three brothers, M. E. Hower, of Decatur; Charles of Nashville, Tennessee, I and Alva, of Big Timber, Montana. [ The body will be returned here F/iday and may be viewed at the ! Lewis Shilling home, near the state I line in Adams county, after SaturI day morning. Funeral services will be held at i ■L-ovriNlT'm ON PAGE THREE? ’ — —O' Report Ross Johnson In Serious Condition E. W. Johnson left last evening for Gary where he was called by the serlotiß Illness of his brother. Ross Mr. Johnson former Mayor i of Gary, has been unconscious for [ ihe past 30 hours. Continue Probe Into Mill Fire “No new developments as yet”, was the answer given by Clem Smith, state fire marshall, and Gor(;on Scherer, chief arson when questioned regarding e . POO Decatur Cooperage blaze two weeks agoThe state fire officiate, who were attending the fourth district meeting of the Indiana Firemen s association here last night, stated that J investigation was sill being continH ed into the fire, which was believjed intentionally started.

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, June 16, 1938.

Next Sunday To Be Father’s Day Next Sunday, June 19 will be marked in Decatur and community as Father’s Day. The day has been natioally set aside as one in 1 which tribute will be paid to the fathers. Local merchants have arranged special displays of appropriate Father's Day merchandise includ- [ ing clothing, smoking supplies. 1 sport goods and similar items, of ' widen "Dad" will be the recipient ' on his day. o APPOINTS THREE AS APPRAISERS Judge DeVoss Approves Condemnation Proceedings For Road Judge Huber M. DeVoss in the Adams circuit court has approved the condemnation of nine tracts of land, requested by the board of I county commissioners for right of way purposes along the new prol posed state road, from the termin- [ ' ation of the Bluffton road at the Adams-Wells county line in French I township southeast to Geneva. The order was made against ' those property owners, who refus- . ed to sell the land when approach- ■' ed by Phil Sauer, a member ot the board of commissioners and delegated by the board to obtain the right of way. Henry B. Heller, ■ I county attorney, represented the ! county on order of the commisI sloners. Under the agreement with the I state, the county is to purchase I I the right of way. The state and ’ ! federal governments will jointly [ improve the road and the state ■ \ will maintain it. For the purpose i of the purchase of the right of way, the county council recently ap-i ■ j proved the appropriation of $25.- ■ j 000 to be raised by a bond issue , i by the county. | Judge DeVoss appointed Charles [ 0. McKean, Theodore Hobrock and Arthur W. Blakey as dpprais-1 era to fix the value of the con-1 damned land. He ordered them to ) ’ report to the county clerk. June | 20 at 9 a. m. to be sworn in as appraisers. He set June 30 as the ' j date when their reports would be I I due. ' The defendants in the various • [ suits as well as the net amount [ of land to be condemned are: Edi'h E. Munro and Asa C. Mun ro, represented by C. L. Walters, [ 1.28 acres. ( Oma. Benjamin and Mary Mesh- | ' berger, .67 acres. I John and Bertha I. Mosure, .60 acres. Effie and Frank Filer, represent- < ! ed by C. L. Walters. 1.12 acres. Luther and Fannie Martin, repre- ’ seated by C. L. Walters, .68 acres. . John A. Lindsey, Milton Miller | and the Fletcher Joint Stock Land Bank, .21 acres. George, Rose and Guy T. Shoemaker, .66 acres. Flossie O. and Byron O. Hart, represented by John I. DeVoss and Clarissa M. Shanks, .64 acres. ‘ John F. and Ida Moeshberger, ' .69 acres. The commissioners are also plan- ' nlng to purchase the right of ways necessary to extend this road southeast to the Ohio state line near Jay county and to extend ' i road 101 south through St. Mary’s ' township. __ o BAND CONCERT HERE TONIGHT Decatur Boys’ Band 4o Present Band ( oncert This Evening The Decatur boys band, under the direction of Albert Sellemeyer mu- ■ sic instructor in the Decatur echools will give a concert on the band I stand on the south side of the court ’ house this evening at 7:30 o clock. • This is one of the series of free ’ concerts being given this summer, ' bv the various school bands. A special feature will be given by the I Various school bands. A stpemal tea-1 ture will be given by the German ' band during the program. _ The program for tonight wi e« , March-” Our Favorite”-"Jeweß. “Sabbath Morn Voluntary Jew e " Marcll —“losth Calvary”—Steini "'.March—“American Bov ”~^ e ’’ 9 ’ Overture -“Recreation -Wells. March—'‘Normal’’— Bennett. Two selections to be given by the [ L--W.U.. Serenade “At Evening Time Jewell. “In Line of March” —Huff.

YOUNG FARMER IS FOUND DEAD Homer Noble Is Found Dead On Porch At Home Near Berne — Whether Homer Noble, 29. whose dead body was found on the front porch of his home southwest of Berne late yesterday, committed suicide or died a natural death, | was not definitely known late to-, day as authorities awaited results of a post mortem examination. Coroner Robert Zwick, after further examination, late this as- ■ ternoon said that his death was . apparently suicide. Tlie body of Noble was discovered by a Berne physician, who had ’ 1 been conducting a mental examin- | [ ation of the young farmer. Sheriff ! Dallas Brown and Deputy Leo Gil- | lig. who had been ordered by the j court to return him to jail here to await committment to the state [ hospital for the insane at Rich- [ mond, arrived on the scene short- | | ly after. Coroner Zwick, who was called upon the discovery of Noble’s body, and the Berne physician i agreed that he had been dead I about three hours. A preliminary j examination led. the coroner to believe that he had died a natural death, but reports by relatives that | he had purchased strychnine in I Bluffton Tuesday enhanced the ' possibility that he might have taken his own life. Noble’s body, clad only in underwear, was found on the porch of the home, which bore evidence of an insane man’s work. The entire interior of the house was ran(sacked, furniture, dishes, pitcures and mirrors broken and clothing i strewn over each room. Although the cap to the strychnine container was found, the bottle could not be I located. Mrs. Noble, formerly Miss Violet | Brinneman, of Wells county, who l moved to Adams county with her I husband and family several weeks i ago, told authorities that he had ; ' been drinking heavily for weeks , and that he had forced relatives i out of file house with threats of I killing them. Examine Stomach The body was taken to the Bierie ' & Yager funeral home in Berne, I where Coroner Zwick and a Berne | [ surgeon conducted a post mortem . (CONTINUED ON PAGH FOUR) [ o SET SESSION DATE FRIDAY Gov. Townsend May Set Special Session Date Tomorrow I •Indianapolis, Ind., June 16 —(UP) State representative William Black of Anderson said here today that a date for the special session of the . legislature to consider a $4,4.ffi),00U appropriation bill for a sta.e con-, struction program probably will be set tomorrow by Gov. M. Clifford Townsend. Black said that the special legislative committee comiposed of himself. Edward Stein of Bloomfield. I speaker of the house, and Frank j Thompson of Bluffton, house major- | ity leader, will report to the Gov- ’ ernor tomorrow. This committee hae been consulting Democratic legislators to determine if they would consider only the appropriation 'bill sought by Townsend to match PW A b ederal funds, and not stray to other! controversial legislation not wanted by the administration. Black said that 30 of the 31 house members whom he had con-, tacted had agreed that they would not consider any matters except the appropriation bill. He said that he had talked to Stein and Thompson by phone and they reported a similar attitude among the legislators they had seen. No Republican house members were consulted, Black inI dicated. Confronted with a favorable re(CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) ' ; ' 0 . Denies Connection In Mystery Death Clifford Habegger, of Muncie, who was reported as a suspect in the mysterious death of Augustus Glass of Delaware county, has written his parents, Mr. and Mis. Jacob A. Habegger In Berne, denying the charges. In the word to his parents, Habegger stated that he was wanted only as a material witness and not as a suspect in the murder of the 32-year-old man, whose nearly decomposed body was found in an abandoned gravel pit.

Senate Approves Recovery Bill, Moving Congress Nearer Adjournment; Override Veto

FLOOD, FAMINE ADDED WARFARE PLAGUE CHINA Misery Os Millions Intensified By Ravages Os War And Nature Washington June 16—(UP) — Sen. William H. King, D. of Utah, proposed in the senate today that the United States sever diplomatic relations with ! Japan. King made his suggestion during debate on a resolution sponsored by chairman Key Pittman, D., of Nev. of the senate foreign relations committee condemning the "inhuman bombing of civilian population.” The resolution was passed late this afternoon. By Joe Alex Morris, (UP. Staff Correspohdent) Warfare, floods an d famine , spread more deeply today into the heart ot devastated China. From the rampaging Yellow river in the north to the rain-swol’en Yangtse and still further southward to Canton and Kwangs! province the misery of millions was steadily intensified by the ravages of war and nature. Japanese invaders, aided by airplanes dropping supplies istead of bombs, fought for their lives against the still mounting Yellow river flood which has taken many ! thousand lives over hundreds of [ square miles on the inundated noiTTiern front. Chinese communists, hopefully ! watching the Yangtse river overflow its banks along the Japanese military route to Hankow, demandj ed that Genealissimo Chiang Kaiion threat of losing their support i Shek defend the capital to the last and cracking open the all-China front. ChiTiese troops massed at Kiukiang. south of the Yangtse and about 100 miles from Hankow, to meet the Japanese thrust up the river route. Japanese announced that they ■ intend to push their military campaign, already dominant in the north, to the far southern city of Canton which is being bombed by 1 airplanes almost dail. Japanese aerial bombardment was extended to Kwangsi provj ince in an effort to force a further split in the Chinese defenses by I persuading Gen. Li Tsung Jen and i Gen. Pai Chung-Hsi that they ' I should return from the Haiißow | front to Kwangsi to defend their ' j home territory. There was little hope for immedi iate relief in any part of China, i On the contrary, the floods were only getting a good start. The I warfare definitely had entered a ! new phase which Japanese expeet- ! ed to end only with complete col-, [lapse of the Chinese government > (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) YOUNG PEOPLE PLAN TO CAMP — Zion Reformed Young People To Attend ( amp Next Week Young people of the Zion Reformed church will spend next v eek attending the annual youth camp of the Evangelical and Reformed church, which is held at Camp Alexander Mack on Lake Wawbee, near Milford. Twenty-one 'young peonle are registered for the camp, and will be accompanied by Rev. C. M. I’rugb, who is a member of the faculty, as well as serving in the capacity of dean ot men. Those who are registered for the camp, and who will leave Sunday afternoon, are: Richard Buckley, Richard Goldner, Robert Egty, Max Heare, Rex Heare, Paul Lord, Robert Lord, Milton Hoffman. Fred Kirsch, William Schafer, Howard Gehrig. Earl Bromer. Robert Hunter. Lawrence Rash, Donald Fruchte, John Genber, Kathryn Schroyer, Lois Frank. Betty Hunter, Phyllis Hunter, and Esther Fisher,

Rejects Millions i wi . \ 3 V X- tX-- -Ji t - Defying parential objection and a threat to "cut her off without a cent,” Andrea Luckenbacli, 18-year-old daughter of Commodore Edgar Lucketibaeh, shipping magnate, married Billy Dobbs. 22-year-old butter-and-egg salesman, at Great Neck. L. I. Andrea will come into a $1,000,000 fortune from her mother when she is 21. even if the shipping magnate cuts her off. PROMISES AID IN WPA PROBE —. I Jennings Po Assist \an Nuys In Probe Os Political Use Os Funds Indianapolis, Ind., June 16 —(UP) [ —U. S. Sen. Frederick Van Nuys will be assisted by Indiana Works! Progress officials in investigating reports that WPA funds are being used for political purposes, Administrator John K. Jennings said today. Van Nuys, who has been ousted from the state Democratic Parly and will run for re-election on an Independent Ticket, had charged that in certain instances WPA funds were being used against him. He promised to forward about 10 complaints to Jennings. ‘II promised the Senator there would be a prompt investigation and a report made to him,' Jennings said. "So far there has not been a single sulietantiated case where anyone in the Indiana WPA during the 'primary has violated my order of last March, forbidding political activities by Administrative or sifivrvlsory employes. I do not intend to have any violations during ' the fall campaign.” Jennings said that he would not attend the Democratic State convention next month as evidence of| ills good faith in keeping politics out of good faith. It will be the first convention he has missed in 20 years, he said. He was elected as a delegate from Vanderburgh county but will be represented 'by proxy. "As far as the operations of the . WPA in Indiana are concerned I ’ have always and intend to continue to operate it just the same as if the iSfenate amendment to the latest appropriation bill had been adopted making it a felony to use federal funds for political purposes," he declared. In asking the inquiry, Van Nuys expressed the utmost confidence In . Jennings. Teacher Is Added To Berne Faculty Miss June Fogelsong, of New ‘ Paris, will be added to the teaching staff of the Berne public school system this fall. She will teach Latin and art. Other members of the Berne • faculty, who were re-hired, are: E. ■ M. Webb, superintendent; Caroline L. Hirschy, principal; Edison Sprunger, William 11. Spurgeon, I Maynard Hetrick, Judson S. Erne, • Freeman Burkhalter, Glennys Arn- ’ old, Salome Sehug, Ralph McClain, , Martha Sehug, J. D. R. Schwartz, i Helen Atz, Hilda Lehman, Rose Sprunger and Jeanette Sprunger,

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Recovery Bill Figured To Aid Lagging Industry In Nation And Speed Employment. MAY END TODAY Washington, June 16 —(UP) —The senate moved the 75th congress close to sine die adjournment today finally approving in rapid fire matter President Roosevelt’s s3,ist),'rt)o,000 recovery bill and overriding his veto ofa bill extending low farm interest rates. Senate approval of the recovery measure, counted on by the administration to revive lagging industry and speed employment, left only house concurrence on a minor provision necessary 'before the bill goes to the White House for .preside! ial signature. The senate vote to override the farm interest veto places the measure on the statute books despite Mr. Roosevelt’ objection. The house acted similarly yesterday. Only the following essential business remained to be transacted before sine die adjournment: 1. House approval of minor changes in the recovery bill 2. House and senate approval of the conference report on the $293,000.000 final deficiency bill. Leaders believed the session could be brought to an end by late afternoon. Conferees were rapidly completing work on the deficiency bill. Senate action on the recovery bill was speedy. It accepted the house method of allotting $210,000.m in farm parity payments and approved a compromise providing $7,000,000 for rural electrification administration. Only house approval of the rural electrification bill is necessary before the measure goes to [rhe measure goes to the White ! House. The senate agreed to a camproI mlse providing $700,000 for rural I ••lectrification administration exi peases and sent the measure, designed by the administration as its [ major effort to relieve 'business re- , cession to the house for concurrence in this detail. The bill will then go to tWhite House for 'president Roosevelt’s signature Pausing in the midst of consideration of the reoevery measure, the - senate summarily joined the house in overriding President Roosevelt'S veto of a bill to extend to July 1. 1940 low interest rates on federal land bank and land bank commls(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) ———o Brice L. Brown Dies Last Night Brice L. Brown, 24, died at 6 o'clock Wednesday evening at the home of his father, Samuel L. I Brown, three and one-haif miles southeast of Monroeville. Death was attributed to cancer. The parents, four brptheis and three sisters survive. Funeral services will lie held Saturday afternoon at 12:30 o’clock at the home and at 1 o’clock at the St. Mark's I Lutheran church. Burial will I>e made in the I. O. O. F. cemetery at Monroeville. FT. WAYNE MAN TAKEN TO JAIL Sylvester Beard Removed From Hospital To Adams County Jail Sylvester Beard. 38. of Fort Wayne, against whom charges ot drunken driving had been filed in. circuit court following a May 31 auto crash, was taken from the Adams county memorial hospital to the Adams county jail today. Deputy Sheriff Leo Gillig moved the accident victim to the jail shortly before noon, Immediately upon his hospital dismissal. Charges against Heard were filed when W. M. Stewart, also of Fort: ' Wayne, filed an affidavit stating that Beard was drunk at the time their autos crashed on the detour of highway 27. east of the city. Beard sustained a compound fracture of the left arm and suffered from loss of blood, while Stewart was unhurt in the accident. Beard will probably be arraigned before Judge Huber M. DeVoss within the next few days.