Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 36, Number 152, Decatur, Adams County, 28 June 1938 — Page 1

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hr shows fc MADE OF luSTRIA NAZIS Ly Shows Disgruntll Austrian Nazi EleI meats Purged ■ By Robert 11. lies; *’- v I'niP'd Press) ' K.l riP 28 (U.R) A survey KLhlp quarters showed today K;sr:iii’>-d Austrian Nazi elKsubjected to a series ot K’.r-' purges" late in May and Ku June. K y mah oiltents, estimated in Kw'.er- at almost were ■ w th- D.ivhn concentration Kcleansing was carried out by Kjucrckel. Reich commissionKAus'ria. in collaboration with Kh Himmler. head of the seHpo* k Keitel also ordered a r-organi Kot'he Austrian storm troop, 'he radical elements. Kgeneral result was said to be Kjerckel had firmly suppressKt'*'*" l ami even mutinous eieKamong the Austrian Nazis. ■ wanted to profit from union ■Germany, and has established Kerate. but strong -policy. ■ the face of a thousand conKs rumors about what has * King in Austria since Ansi hKinioni. the United Press conKan exhaustive three-day cam Ks reliable sources to establish Kckground of Nazi disgruntle- ■ and Bnerckel's method of d-al-Kthit. Loved that the dissatisfaction K front two main causes. The ■ was the resentment of AustriKiis against what they felt to K over-large number of posts ■to non-Austrians and the sec- ■ rivalry and suabbles among Brian Nazis themselves for party ■government posts. ■tore Anschluss, the Nazis were Bed into three main groups, as r*’' Be Moderates, headed by Dr. Bur Seyssdnquart, who tempor- ■ was in charge of the governB when the Nazis took over: I ■Central group, headed by Capt.| ■ Leopold: and the Radical Bp. represented by the Austrian ■unaires, whose ambitions a-i ■ other things were to christen ■CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) I O

mt Dahlia Is Grown In County >• giant dahlia, grown by Mrs , 1k Braun of route fovr was ight into the Democrat officel ? The coral-hued flower is g lually large for its type, and is g Ight to be one of the largest f tn in the community. catur i-H Club Picnic Thursday lembers of the Decatur -1 11 club 6 been asked by the instructor, t 8 Mildred Worthman, to meet t trsday morning at 10:30 o'clock c the Decatur high school, from j Ife they will go to Hanna-Nutt--1 Park for a picnic. t — o c ?rne Bihle School Exercises Thursday ' t flirty-four boys and girls will bo dilated from the Berne summer ' h'lon bible school at the annual t amencement Thursday evening 1 7:30 o'clock at the Mennonitej' itch. i 1 ) NIGHTS NAME NEW OFFICERS igust Heimann Elected To Head Fourth Degree K. Os C. A hgti3t A. Heimann, local restaur'teur. wae named head of 'he trth degree Knights of Columbus th e meeting at the K. of C. hall ” night. Mr. Heimann v, ill as--1(1 'he office of faithful navigatlor the coming year. ■ L Carroll was elected captain; Schurger, admiral and George llch ln, pn o t. ihher officers named at the meetttast night; comptroller. 1 Terman inner sentinel, Dyonis ■“"titt and outer sentinel. Dan MMick. Ail of the officers will serve a "year term, following installs--111 a t an early meeting. There are Members of the fourth degree •'ehts of Columbus in this city, j

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Water Hydrants To Be Flushed Tonight Several of the water hydrants along West Monroe street, Ninth and Tenth streets, will be flushed this evening. The city water department has been ( leaning the I hydrants throughout town, eliminating the mst which accumulates in the mains. Citizens were advls- 1 ed to draw a pitcher of water for , drinking purposes, as the flushing ■ riles the water for a couple hours I STATE TROOPER DIES. EASTON DENIES KILLING Wounded Bandit Asserts Slain Brother Fired Fatal Shots LaPorte, Ind , t June 28 (U.R) Circuit Judge Wirt Worden today called the grand jury into special j session tomorrow to consider a first degree murder indictment , against Orelle Easton. 25. survivor of two North Dakota bandit-broth-I ers who killed an Indiana state 1 policeman Sunday night. Prosecutor Mark Stolen. Sheriff , Joe Wolf and Deputy Sheriff James Power went to Kankakee. 111., toI day hoping to return Easton here without the formality of extradition. Prosecutor Norman Sallwasser pledged himself to send Easton to the electric chair. The Easton boys, Orelle and'his brother, Clarence, 27, left their Valley City, N. D. home three weeks ago seeking through robbery the riches they saw no hope of obtaining from a drought-ridden fa rm. Their crime career was spectacular but brief. Near LaPorte they fatally wounded State Policeman Ray Dixon. 28. when he sought to . help then get their stalled automobile started. He died late yes-1 . terday at Holy Family hospital. Kankakee police said Orelle bad denied he had shot Dixon. “1 drove the car,” they quoted him, "and my brother handled the guns." After they had wounded Dixon. [ (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) _—. ——o

WELLS COUNTY MAN IS FINED State Police Launch Cain-, paign On Traffic, Speed Violators The opening of a campaign by state police to enforce traffic and speed laws was marked Monday by , one man being fined in city court. Robert Harris, of Wells County, was fined $1 and costs late Monday when he plead guilty before Mayor A. R. 'Holthouse to a charge ot speeding. . . Harris was allegedly driving at the rate of 75 miles per hour through the village of Preble last ( Saturday. He was arrested by State Patrolman Truman Bierie. Patrolman Bierie stated today that state troopers have started a. campaign against traffic violations. This campaign will especially center on speeding through small villages and towns. The Indiana state speed law pio-. vldes that motorists shall not drive , more than 30 miles an hour through : the residential section nor more, than 20 miles per hour through tth, business district ot any city town or village. The statute also include, •built-up" communities, as we ’ small villages. State and federal highway., peclally through small villages, sue '1, as Pleasant Mills, Monmouth Mon roe Preble and Magley will be pa trolled diligently during the sunn mer months in an effort to cruo speeders and reduce the accident rate. daily democrat TO PUBLISH FAIR EDITION * As h s a t S years ‘The will .be of interest to everyone. n ublish this- * !t iS P X7d.y Ju“y 28, and edition Ihursday, z effort as considera , his undertaking. is req r U a l l e ll "advertisers desirspace to get their copy m early. ,onn OUR AD- ■ j YOU.

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One of the wildest kidnaping sprees in history of lhe midwest ended I abruptly neat Wilmington. 111. as deputies shot and killed Clarence I Easton. 5'7, of Valley City, N. D, and captured his wounded brother, |

SHAW DIES IN ELECTRIC CHAIR Robert Shaw Pays Death Penalty For Killing Deputy Sheriff Michigan City. Ind.. June 28.--(U.Ri -Robert Shaw. 27 year-old exconvict, was electrocuted early today at the state penitentiary fori the murder of Henry Spice, a La- ! Grange county. Indiana, deputy sheriff. lie was pronounced dead at 112:09 a. m. CST. Only prison of-1 tlcials. physicians and the prison 1 chaplain were present. Warden | Alfred Dowd said Shaw went to -his death without making a stateI ment. His execution had been set for i midnight Thursday but was halt-, ed by a dramatic last minute reprieve, resulting from the inter-: cession of Warden Dowd. , At that time Dowd said he was not certain that the death sen-! I fence imposed on a plea ot guilty and without a Jury trial was proper. He telephoned Gov. M. Chi-, ' ford Townsend who granted a stay i until today. Then Omer S. Jackson, Indiana attorney general, lulled that the conviction had Iteen ■ proper and the execution was rescheduled. Yesterday Shaw lived his last day for the second time. He went I through the same routine as he had on Thursday. He ate another “last” meal and read the Bible. Shaw was born in Canada and was a British subject He shot and killed Deputy Spice Dec. 3, 1937. while being sought as a suspect in the robbery of a grocery store at Kendallville. Ind. He was 1 captured the next day. I ewis E Hernays, British coni'suf general in Chicago, interceded (CONTINUED OK PAC!I ' : FIVE) SAFETY VAULT REMOVEDTODAY Safetv Vault Door Removed From Former Site Os Local Dank ' practically the last visible evidence of the First State Bank in the old building on Second street ' waß removed this morning as workmen took out the huge safety vault door. I The 10,000-pound door of tin safe was removed through a window of the former bank building by the D. F. Teeple trucking com'’“The door and safe steelwork was purchased from the bank by R. < • Keller, local Jeweler and propn- : etor of thfi Kel,er JeWe '' y m i Mr Keller stated that he would I' „ot install the new safe mill tins fall Meanwhile the door is to ' S kept in storage by the truck- ' i,IB I T CenL crowd of downtown A large ciowu oi « shoppers and passersby was at- ' traded to the old bUildl " g r JmSng to watch the removal of the safe. (

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Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, .lune 28, 1938.

Terms WPA Officer’s Speech “Unfortunate" Washington. June 28 (U.R) The senate campaign expenditures committee today officially charac- . terized an address by deputy works ■ progress administrator Aubrey Williams as "unfortunate." Tho committee in a formal statej ment declared that it had accepted an explanation of the address offered by Williams. A committee memiier reported lie was obtaining a copy of the address in which Williams urged tile workers alliance, an organization of WPA recipients, to “support your friends. j o NEW STAR MAIL ROUTE IS ADDED Fort Wayne To Portland Star Route To Be Started Friday A new star mail route is to be ! added to the local postoffice, effective Friday, July 1, Mrs. Lola P.! Macklin, acting postmaster, stated ! today. Lewellen Lehman of Berne, has been awarded the contract for the route. He will leave Fort Wayne each morning at 5:45 o'clock ami arrive in Portland about 7:45 a. m. He will .-top at Hoagland, Decatur. Monroe. Perne and Geneva to pick up mail and parcels. The northbound route, also carried toy Mr. Lehman, has been moved up about half an hour, Mrs. Macklin stated. Mr. Lehman will leave Portland at 5:45 P- nt. and arrive in Fort Wayne about 8:30 p. m. He will stop at the same offices for pickups. The addition of the morning route is expected to increase the efflclenI cy of the local office in handling mail. The trips will be made daily | except Sundays and holiday s.

Versailles Treaty Signed 19 Years Ago, War Again Looms

(By United Press) Nineteen years ago today tlie Versaillee treaty was signed, deI signed to end war, but today the reace of Europe again was menaced by the bombing of British ships in the Spanish civil war. The British government fought for time, hoping that the situation would solve itself, but it was .pre 1 dieted that a showdown io imminent. Either Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain must take decisive action, meaning belligerent action to protect ships under the British flag, observers said, or the government must admit that the policy of co-op-eration with Italy has broken down. Chamberlain’s wait-and-see policy may be broken down by the mounting indignation In parliament and among the British public against the apparent desertion of the “rule i Britannia" tradition of the sea. . In the wake of yesterdays de-|

I Orelle 25. The pair were trapped in a cornfield when their get | away car became mired, after they kidnaped four pet sons and fatally I shot Roy Dixon, an Indiana state trooper.

MRS. KNAPP IS NAMED LEADER ] Mrs. Faye Smith-Knapp Re-Fleeted By Democratic Women t Mrs. Faye Smith Knapp, of this city, county welfare director, was j, unanimously re elected president I ot' the Adams county Democratic woman's club for the coming year at a meeting held in lite B. I’. 0., Elks club Monday night. Other officers were: Mis. Victor Eicher, of Geneva, vice-president; , Miss Rose Nesswald. of Decatur, secretary, and Mrs. O. N. Smith of Berne, treasurer. This was the last meeting of lite season for the club, which will begin holding meetings again in September after lhe vacation period. The next meeting will be a picnic and probably will be hold in Berne. A committee to examine the constitution of the club and report on I suggested revisions at the next j meeting was appointed. The memj bers are: Mrs. Victor Eicher, chairI man; Mrs. John Heller. Mrs. Arthur Zehr, Miss Mildred Niblick and Mrs. Urcile 'Chase. Three numbers were played by the Decatur aceordian-sextet, composed of Marjorie Miller. Betty Fuhrman. Kathleen Fryhack. Alice Yost. Anna Brandyberry and Patsy McConnell. Bob Heller. Democratic candidate for joint representative from Adams and Wells counties, talked briefly on local government and political parties. The evening was closed with the serving of refreshments. — French Plane (’rashes, Five Persons Killed Paris. June 28 —(U.R) —A French military plane crashed near Heims today, killing five persons. The plane, a bomber, was wrecked at tne edge of the Rhelms airfield.

struction of two British ships by Spanish Insurgent bombers cam? the news from Valencia of a new and destructive bombing of the British-operated port of Gandia on the eastern coast of Spain. (London declared there is no real military objective in the bombing of British ships and that the bombings could not stop shipping to Spain because ot the number of ships engaged, attracted by the immense profits to be gained. It was felt there must be some ulterior motive, designed to cause International trouble. Gen. Francisco Franco, Spanish Insurgent commander, ret.or.ed that the Loyalist ports are a legitimate military objective and that British ships are not the targets of the bombs but liable to suffer because of their presence tn the ports. Franco charged that the international uproad against the bombings I (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

Aged Retired Farmer Is Brutally Beaten Noblesville. Ind.. June 2S. .(U.R> Authorities today were search ing for two brutal robbers who last night severely beat James Van Scyrock, S7 year-old retired farmer. when he was slow in telling where his money was hidden. The intruders struck their vic-! tim on the head several times, leav- I ing him unconscious. They made no attempt to search the residence. . In rushing from the house following the attempted robbery the thieves knocked over an oil lamp setting tire to the room. The blaze , however, attracted the attention of his niece and nephew who exting-! uished the tire. — 0 UNION SERVICE SUNDAY NIGHT College .Musicians To Feature First Union Church Service The first of a series of Sunday . evening union services will be held in the Methodist Episcopal church on next Sunday evening at 7:30 o'clock. The services are being sponsored and promoted by a number of the churches of Decatur. The present series is to continue throughout the months of July and August. It is proposed to introduce anumber of special features in these services throughout the summer. The first of these features will be a sacred concert which will be rendered by the men's octette from North Central College, Naperville, 111. The octette is composed of students from the college. The octette comes highly recommended. both from the standpoint of personal ideals and attitudes of the members and the quality of renditions. The three month's tour of the octette this summer will extend from the central states to the Pacific coast. Both Canada and the United States are included in the itinerary. The sponsors of the union ser- : vices regard it most fortunate that 1 arangements have been made to I bring the octette to our city. The (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) 0 Rev. I’rugh Returns From General Synod The Rev. Charles M. Prugh. pastor of the Decatur Zion Reformed church, returned today from Columbus. Ohio, where he attended the Monday sessions of the general synod of the Evangelical Reformed church. o TEMPERATURE READINGS DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER 8:00 am 60 2:00 p.tn 76 10:00 am. .64 3:00 p.m 80 Noon 70 WEATHER Fair tonight and Wednesday; continued cool tonight; slightly warmer Wednesday except along Lake Michigan.

Buy Fireworks in Berne, But Don’t Shoot You can buy fireworks in Herne, hut you can’t shoot them. According! to an ordinance recently enacted in Berne, no fireworks can bo shot in town. The ordinance, however, does not prohibit the sale of file noisemakers. Tims several Herne metchanta < have displays in windows, will sell tne fireworks from July 1 to 4, but purchasers must step outside the city limits to ignite them. RAIL CAPITAL, UNION LEADERS IN CONFERENCE Discuss Proposed Wage Cuts; Pullman Rates Are Increased Chicago, June 28 (U.R) Repre ’ sentatives of the nation's < lass 1 I railroads and railway labor unions i meet today for preliminary dis i missions toward settlement of a i dispute over a proposed 15 tier cent wage redaction affecting nearly ' 1,000 000 railroad workers. The dispute has provided threats I of a nation-wide strike. Tile wage cut, voted April 2!) by lhe American Association of Rail-’ i roads. representing 142 class 1 ; i roads, was to have been effective | July 1 but lias been postponed by | negotiations. Today's meeting i automatically retains the present I wage scale for 10 days, at least. Coder (he railway labor act there | can be no change in wage scales, until 10 days after all conferences '• have been completed. It was believed union leaders' would ask a postponement of iiego-' tiations today. The session was! ! scheduled to start al 1:30 P m. | C.S.T. Heads of 21 standard railway brotherhoods and the carriers' joint | conference committee of 15 members—five each from the eastern, western and southern railroad associations were to participate in ! the conference. Labor leaders have refused to 'consider any pay cut. contending , that present wage scales are too j lw and a wage slash in lite itidns- ' try would start a spiral ot detlat ion. At a mass meeting in New \ ork City Sunday. 4.000 representatives of the 21 brotherhoods adopted a I I resolution opposing the proopsed ' i ent and threatening to strike rath - ! er than accept it 1 Rail executives have contended that wages must be reduced to i avert what they said would be! ! "disaster," because the roads are ; in serious financial distress, witli. lover one-third of the class 1 ear-. t iers already in bankruptcy and ■ I several other major systems threat-' ' ened. : However, a strike threat could’ (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) - () BULLETIN London, June 28— (U.R) —The British government took issue today with charges by Gen. Francisco Franco that British ships were trading with loyalist Spain in violation of the non intervention agreement. Franco cited 12 alleged viola- , tions. The British government 1 instructed its representative in nationalist Spain, Sir Robert Hodgson, to inform Franco that 1 Britain and the non-intervention ' board had investigated the char- ' ges and found them without substantiation. —o I PUBLIC LIBRARY LOOTED MONDAY ) . Approximately $lO is Obtained In Break-in Monday Night I A thief or thieves broke into the Decatur public library some- ■ time last night and escaped with I approximately $lO in loot. The culprits gained entrance to ' the building by breaking a pane 1' of thick glass out of a rear door. I From there they went upstairs I into the library proper and took 'the money from the change drawer. The other contents of the library | were not molested, a checkup revealed. The theft was not noticed until this morning when the lady attendants grrlved to clean up the rooms. They discovered the broken glass and moulding lying about the room. Police were notified and Immed lately began Investigating th c theft.

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STATE G. 0. P. CONVENTION IS OPENED TODAY Senatorial Nomination Os Chief Interest In State Meeting Indianapolis. Juno 28 — (U.R) Delegates to the Republican state convention started their hotel room huddles today, from which will emerge a senatorial nominee from a confused, five sided race; G. () I*, nominees for state offices and lhe 1938 campaign platform All candidates have headquarters ,in ilie Claypool hotel and rumors, (laims and assertions rqse and fell ,as regularly as the Pacific tide. Interest in the senatorial contest overshadowed all else and in the ' hails and lobbies there was little discussion of the platform, except for general agreement that it should be "liberal and construe- ■ the." Definitely shelved appeared to be proposals to recess the state convention until after the Democrats meet next month as well as suggestion that the Republicans make .my son of a gesture toward Denio- ' eratic Senator Frederick Van Nuys. A survey of the various candidates' headquarters revealed that ' anyone's guess is excellent on who will be the senatorial nominee, on : what ballot the nomination will be made by the 1.7G0 delegates and what the various divisions of support among the candidates will be. A tour around the various meeting plait’s produced the following reports about the senatorial candi- ■ dates: 1 Former Senator Janies E. Watson will have about 600 votes I on the first ballot, much of which will ((>me from aid political friendships and obligations during his 45 years of bidding public office. Whether he can hold this vote is ! highly doubtful. 2. Oliver Starr. Gary lawyer, is credited with having tremendous support in the huge Marion county delegation in addition to the solid SG votes of the first district. Start's Marion county strength is put at | 105 of 223 votes on the first ballot and may run higher later. Stair figured in every poll as a potential nominee 3. Clarence II "Dick" Wills of Kokomo is said to be planning Io "lay low” on the first ballot and I then attempt a rising demonstration of his delegate strength Wills ' is a strong threat for lite nominai tion. 4. Raymond Willis, genial Angola editor, is credited with a large : delegate following in northeastern Indiana counties and is known to be second choice of numerous others, which will contribute to his support after the battle lines are squared away following two or ' more ballots. Willis definitely is ' (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o Highlights Os Republican Meet At Indianapolis Indianapolis. June 28. (U.R) - Notes at random on the Republican state convention: Mrs Grace B. Reynolds of Cambridge City. Republican national cominitteewoman from Indiana, visited each senatorial candidate's headquarters today and wished [each one luck. Dapper, smooth-appearing Oliver Start has three formidable campaign assistants, his two tall sons and beautiful brunette daughter, I appropriately named Oliver. i A largo contingent ot newspapermen arrived today to cover the | convention. Included among the ! early arrivals were Sam Boys, publisher of the Plymouth Pilot; Fos- ' ter Riddick, editor of the Columbia City Post; Dan Kidney, Washington Correspondent of the ScrippsHoward newspapers, who used to , cover the Hoosier statehouse; A. ’ Myron Harris, managing editor oC the Gary Post-Tribune; Ralph ' Snyder, publisher of the Gary Post- , Tribune; Ray Willis. Angola edlJ tor and senatorial candidate; ArIthur Evans, political writer for the !; Chicago Tribune; Charles N. ' ! Wheeler, political writer for the ‘ I Chicago Het aid • Examiner, an d ! many others. ' M. Elliott Belshaw of Hammond, , first district congressional notnl- , nee who was unopposed for tho G. O. P nomination, was an early ' arrival at the convention. Forest Harnes of Kokomo, congressional nominee from the fifth district, was busy shaking hands p and greeting friends in the CIay(.CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)