Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 36, Number 160, Decatur, Adams County, 8 July 1938 — Page 1

XXVI. No. 160.

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Heads Rotary

» \ Lil 4 wii ~ ■ jM ■Ek tr. I . s*. . W. Guy Brown, principal of the Decatur high school, was installed as president of the Decatur Rotary club Thursday evening Mr. Brown succeeds Walter Gard, Pennsylvania railroad agent. SEARS OFFICIAL OFFERED POST BY PRESIDENT Donald Nelson Offered Post As Wage-Hour Administrator (Copyright 1938 by United Press) Washington. July 8- (U.R) -President Roosevelt has offered the post of wage-hour administrator to Donald M. Nelson, Sears, Roebuck & Co., vice president and former NRA official, it was reliably learned today. Nelson is said to have told Mr. Roose veg that he could not accept the job on a permanent basis because of his business connections. It was* understood that this condition caused last minute reconsideration of the appointment and led the president to delay announcement of the appointment until after he left Washington. Whether Nelson ultimately will take the job on a temporary basis was not learned. Nelson would neither confirm nor deny that he had been offered the post when he was reached in Chicago today. “Anything about the wage-hour post will have to come from the White House,” Nelson told the United Press. However, administration sources said Nelson had been offered the post and that only the question of permanency of his tenure had held up the announcement. At 49. Nelson is a vice president of the company he joined in 1912 as a chemist to work one year in order to attend the University of Chicago where he hoped to get a PH. I), degree in economics. He is married and has no children. He was resident director of the industrial advisory board of NRA in 1934. When S. Clay Williams succeeded Gen. Hugh Johnson as administrator, Nelson became assistant administrator and chairman of the board. Later, he was code (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o Decatur Girls’ Band To Play At Berne The Decatur girls’ band will give a band concert Saturday evening, July 16, at Berne, sponsored by the town of Berne. The concert will be an exchange with the Berne band, which will appear in thie city later in the summer. o SUMMERS RITES SET SATURDAY Funeral Services Will Be Held At Ossian For David Summers

Funeral services will be held Sat-1 urda-y afternoon for David Summers i retired farmer who died late Thursday at the Adams county memorial hospital. The services will be held at 2 [ o’clock at the A. S. Elzey funeral home in Ossian and burial will ibe ] made in the Oesian cemetery. Surviving, besides the widow, are ] a son, Lloyd Summers of Decatur, two daughters, Mrs. George Simmerman of Decatur aud Mrs. Edith Hendry of Ossian. Fourteen grandchildren also survive. Five brothers and sisters preceded him in death. After retiring from an active farming life, the deceased made his residence in this < i city for a number of years.

F. D. R. MAKES FIRST ADDRESS ON LONG TOUR Gives Approval To Sen. Bulkley'Jn Marietta, Ohio Speech Marietta, 0., July 8. — ((J.R> — 1 President Roosevelt, in the first addresl of his politically significant trip to the Pacific coast, gave iinferential approval today of Sen. Robert J. Buckley, D., 0., an ardent new dealer who seeks reelecIlion this fall.

Speaking at an historical celei bration commemorating the establishment of the Northwest Territory in 1788, Mr. Roosevelt said | that he believed the American people were not afraid of their capacity "to choose forward-look-ing representatives to run their . government." His address was devoted chiefly jto a discussion of the "human west in the 18th century and toparallel” of the migration to the day’s "mental migration ... to ' create new conditions —of security." Continuing that parallel, after referring to new deal laws which ! protect savings accounts and : homes, he said that the cavalry I captain who protected the log cabins of the northwest territory “is now supplanted by legislators, like Senator Buckley, toiling over the drfating of such statutes and over the efficiency of government maI chinery to administer them so that such protection and help of government can be extended to the full.” This was the president’s only reference to Buckley who faces a ■ difficult primary race on Aug. 9 against former Gov. George White. But it was expected that this statement would be interpreted as full administration endorsement of (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) W. GUY BROWN HEADS ROTARY High School Principal Installed President Os Rotary Club W. Guy Brown, principal of the Decatur high school, was installed as president of the Decatur Rotary club in the weekly meeting of the organization Thursday evening at ! the Rice hotel. Mr. Brown succeeds Walter Gard. ( Pennsylvania railroad agent, who : will remain on the board of directors for the ensuing year. Other officers of the club are: I Clarence E. Bell, vice-president; I George Thomas, secretary; Ernest [W. Busche, treasurer; and Leo i Kirsch, sergeant-at-arms. Mr. Brown, in his inaugural ad- | dress, outlined the aims and ob--1 jects of the club for the year, with the guidance of the club for the best service to the community. In closing, the new president I said, “our actions, words, deeds i shall be an exemplification of the i heart and soul of Rotary—‘he profits most who serves best’.” Permanent committees to serve during the year, appointed by Mr. Brown, follow: Aims and objects: Dr. Fred Patterson. chairman; James Kocher and E. W. Lankenau. Club service: Arthur R. Holthouse, chairman; J. Ward Calland ' and H. P. Schmitt. Vocational: George Auer, chair- ] man; Roy Johnson, Arthur Suttles, I Henry E. Bromer. Community service: Clarence Stapleton, chairman; A. R. Ashi baucher, J. Fred Fruchte, Paul i Hansel. International service: Ernest I Busche, chairman; Clarence E. I Bell. James Elberson. i Classification and membership: l Carl C. Pumphrey, chairman; E. I 1 W. Lankenau, Thomas Smith. Program: Pete Reynolds, chair- ! man; Walter Gard, Carl Gerber. Fellowship: H. W. McMillen, I chairman; A. R. Ashbaucher, Rev. j George O. Walton. ( Finance: Ernest Busche, chairi man; Cal E. Peterson, Roscoe Glen- ■ dening. Public information: Pete ReynI ' (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) ■ o Quarterly Meeting At Church Sunday The regular quarterly meeting of ' the First Christian church will be held at the church Sunday morning followed by a pot luck dinner at the noon hour. All committees are requested to have their reports ready I for Sunday’s meeting.

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, July 8, 1938.

Dr. Elzada Clover Lois Jotter An intensive search is under way in the torrdnt-swept chasm of the Colorado river between Lee s Ferry, Artz., and Green River, Wyo., for Dr. Elzada Clover, left, well-known botanist, and her assistant, Lois Jotter, members of a University of Michigan expedition.

WOMAN DIES AS PLANE CRASHES Two Persons Injured As Plane Crashes In Montana Today Billings, Mont., July 8. —i<U.R> —A woman pasesnger was killed and two other passengers were injured early today when an east-bound Northwest Airlines transport plane crashed three minutes after taking off from the Billings airport. The dead woman was Mrs. N. S. Mackie. Evanston. 111. She died an hour and a haff after the crash of a head injury suffered when thrown clear of the plane and onto ■a rock. The injured were N. S. Mackie, husband of the dead woman, dislocated shoulder, bruises and jshock. Mrs. W. J. Timdale, Slocum. British Columbia, minor head injury and bruises. Pilot Walt Bullock and co-pilot iL. S. Doan and five other passengers on the plane, P. S. Brislawn, ■ Wallace. Idaho; C. V. Gary. Chicago; W. C. Bellenger, Bremerton, Wash.; A. L. Neimeyer, representative of the department of commerce, Seattle, Wash., and C. B. |Tussum, Billings, were not injured. The plane, one of the line’s new twin-motored Lockheed “Zephyrs,” took off frm the airprt at 2:35 a. |m. (MST). It gained an altitude of 1,000 feet and headed northeast into the wind. Then it plunged to earth. The craft seemed to stall mo- : mentarily in mid-air then started j spiraling down. With a tremendous crash it landed on its tail. iThe impact demolished the plane. ! The two injured were brought I • I (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) SUNDAY NIGHT SERVICE PLANS First U. B. Church Holding Special Services Each Week i Sunday evening "Good Will Flights to Thrilling Places,” are bei ing sponsored by the First United 1 Brethren church, corner of Ninth and Madison. Due to the fact that the church year of this denomination c oses Sept. Ist the local church has not united with the union services. This Sunday evening at 7:30, the congregation will set sail on the "Spirit of Decatur” to the “Dissect-, I ing room of the hospital of Life” to I see “What makes a man spiritual?” i Special music by the trumpet trio and Julia Rose Passwater vzill enrich the journey. On July 17 the journey will center in "the land Where Folks Act Like ! Mules.” July 24, fairy land will be visited, “The Land Where You Get Something for Nothing.” July 31, the objective will be “The i Home of a Gambler.” Each of these services will fea< ture singing and inspiring special music. Those who attend will be given first class passage. Preceeding each evening service at 6:30 o’clook. there are five Christian Endeavor Societies meeting for the adults, young people, Intermediates, juniors, and junior jewels. The public Is cordially Invited.

Seek Botanists Feared Drowned

G. E. Officials Are Entertained Here Neil Currie, Jr., works manager, |IC. H. Matson, general superintendent and about 15 division superhiI tendents of the Fort Wayne Works ;i of the General Electric company, were guests of local G. E. officials at a dinner served at the Elk’s home last evening. E. W. Lankenau, superintendent of the Decatur works, was host to the Fort Wayne men. In the afternoon the regular meeting of the superintendents was held in the 1 club rooms of the Decatur plant. Assisting Mr. Lankenau at the dinner were Bert Gage, assistant superintendent, George Auer and Ray Leitz, of the local office. The Misses Mary Jane Fritzingler, Lorena Reppert, and Vivian | Lynch served the dinner. SCHOOL COSTS ARE REPORTED Cost Per Pupil In City School System Fixed At $73.41 The school cost 'per pupil in the Decatur school sytem the past term was $73.41 Walter J. Krick, city cchool superintendent, announced today. While no comparison could be ; accurately gathered, it is known . that the cost is unusually low for cities the size of Decatur, and is considerably lower than in previous years. I The cost per pupil in the elementary grades was $<54.93 and in the ; high school, $88.83. The high school ! cost per capita is more than $2 less •j than last year’s cost. Mr. Krick stated. 1 Last term there were approximately 600 children enrolled in the ; elementary schools of the city and approximately 315 enrolled in the high school. o Confectionery Plans Formal Re-Opening The formal opening of the newly redecorated and remodeled [ Wertzberger's Confectionery will be held Saturday morning, it was announced today. A new modern black glass front has been installed and the bridks above the first floor have been renovated. A new ceiling, lights and linoleum have been installed and the interior of the building has been completely redecorated. It is now one of the most modern confectioneries in the state. a Regular Legion Meeting Monday There will be a regular meeting of the American Legion at the home ! Monday evening, July 11 at 8 o’I clock. Final nomination of officers j for the ensuing year will be made at this time. All members are urged to attend. o Holy Communion At Presbyterian Church The Communion of the Lord’s Supper will be observed at the local Presbyterian church next Sunday morning. The service of baptism will also be conducted. This is the regular quarterly Communion and all members are expected to be present.

SEN.VANNUYS MAKESFORMAL BID ACCEPTANCE Formally Accepts Offer By Townsend To Seek Renomination Indianapolis, July B—(U.R)—lndiana democracy was prepared today for the first time in a year to present a united front in the fall campaign following a series of “harmony conferences” climaxed last night by Sen. Frederick Van Nuys’ formal acceptance of Gov. M Clifford Townsend's invitation to become a candidate for renomination at the party convention Tuesday. The problems created by the senator's return to the fold were discussed at a lengthy conference of party leaders, including the governor’s closest advisors and two of Van Nuys' chief aides While they huddled, Van Nuys sat in his hotel room half a block away and conferred with Indiana Democrats who have remained constant to him since his dismissal from the party by Townsend almost a year ago, ostensibly for opposing new deal reform measures. Not once during the day did Van Nuys meet Townsend. Nor did he confer personally with any of the governor’s intimate advisors although there were numerous telephone conversations and the senator’s two emissaries. Reginald Sullivan. Democratic candidate for mayor of Indianapolis, and E. Kirk McKinney, former state HOLC 1 director, passed back and forth < with messages and advice. Following this maneuvering, national committeeman Frank McHale, one of the motivating factors in arranging the peace parley, issued a statement declaring that: “It was the opinion of all pres- , ent that any misunderstandings that heretofore existed have been i overcome and that complete hari mony now prevails. ! "That it is definitely understood | that Senator Van Nuys will become | a candidate before the Democratic state convention for the office of I United States senator. “In their opinion he will be I nominated.” The senior senator was jovial j when he greeted newspapermen a short time later. He passed around copies of his statement, written in the form of a reply to Townsend's invitation for him to return to the party and head the ticket next fall. “We have differed in the past over certain legislative proposals over which congress and the national administration labored long and conscientiously,” the statement said. “I ain ascribing to you. and to . all who believe as you do, that your conclusions were actuated by sincere convictions. I want to assure you that my stand on such controversial issues is sustained by like convictions. To my way of thinking this is a wholesale condition. Thus only have the profound fundamental questions with which (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) o PETIT LARCENY CHARGE FILED I Harrv Lawson Is Charged With Theft Os Auto Tire And W heel i A charge of petit larceny was filed in circuit court this morning , against Harry Lawson, 26, of Blue Creek township. Lawson was arrested late Thursday by Sheriff Dallas Brown and Marshall David Dubach of Berne on charges of stealing a tire and wheel from the auto of Arman j Habegger on Wednesday. This is to be Lawson's third ap-! pearance in an Adams county j court. He was arrested twice previously on charges of forgery and petit larceny. He was released four months ago from the reformatory, where, he had been sentenced from the | Wells circuit court on a charge of issuing a fraudulent check. The tire and wheel was valued at sl9. Sam K. Schwartz, of near Berne, a member of the Amish sect, who was with Lawson at the time of the theft, was exonerated after questioning. o Conservation League To Meet Monday Night Members of the Adams county fish and game conservation league will hold the regular monthly meeting Monday night, July 11 at the local Moose home. All members are urged to attend.

Palestine Civil War Fears Grow After Bombings

COMMITTEE TO STUDY PLATFORM Advisory Committee Opens Hearings To Fix Democratic Platform Indianapolis, July B—(U.R)—With Sen. Frederick Van Nuys as the day’s leading witness, the Democratic resolutions advisory committee started public hearings at 9:30 a. m. today to obtain material for the party platform to be adopted next Tuesday at the state convention. Van Nuys, who will head the ticket as a candidate for reelection, was expected to appear before the committee this afternoon. He will explain his views on the stand Indiana democracy should take concerning national events. The senator's appearance was awaited with widespread interest inasmuch as he was a chief opponent of President Roosevelt's judiciary reform and governmental reorganization measures and was ousted from the party a year ago because of this. The advisory committee was appointed by state chairman Omer Stokes Jackson. The data it gathers will be turned over to the convention resolutions committee, to be selected at district caucuses Monday evening. Scheduled to appear before the committee today in addition to Van Nuys were Sen. Sherman Minton and heads of various state departments. Other groups will come before the committee tomorrow, such as the farm bureau, the taxpayers (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) RECEIVE BIDS - HERE JULY 18

School Board Re-Adver-tises Two Old School Buildings The Decatur school board today announced it will re-advertise for bids for the removal of the North Ward and Riley school buildings in the city of Decatur. Bids are to be filed with the I school board on or before 7:30 p. m., July 18. Only one bid was received this week by the school board —that of Yost Brothers of Decatur who offered to demolish the buildings for the material epntained in them. However, the law requires the school board receive at least two third of the appraised value of the buildings and so they must obtain about S6OO. The bid was rejected. The two ward buildings are being destroyed as part of a PWA agreement made between the board and the government before the government would allocate a 45 per cent grant on the construction of the new junior-senior high school. The schaol board must ehow proof of the demolishing of three old buildings, one of which was the Central building, before the government will make its final payments. School board officials indicated that if satisfactory bids were not obtained at the next letting, the two buildings might be auctioned off to the high bidder. ♦ ♦ Collier’s To Carry Roosevelt’s Answer To Article In Post | Rochester, Minn., July B—(UP8 —(UP) — James Roosevelt, the president’s secretary-son said today in a formal reply to a recent Saturday Eovening Post article that Collier’s magazine has agreed to publish all the data on his insurance business. The Post, in an article written by Alva Johnson and entitled "Jimmy’s Got It,” asserted that young Roosevelt’s earnings soon would make him one of America’s richest men. Young Roosevelt said that,” with a view to correcting improper conclusions drawn from statements so adroitly dressed up to resemble a factual account," he had offered Collier’s “the facts and access to all my 'personal and business files and records concerning my operation in the insurance business.”

Pi ice Two Cents

Renewed Terrorism In Palestine Increases Death Toll To 37; Over 100 M ounded. TAYLOR ELECTED By Joe Alex Morris (United Press Staff Correspondent) Fears of a three-cornered civil war among Jews. Arabs and British troops arose in Palestine today as a result of renewed terrorist bombings. A hand grenade which police suspected was thrown by a Jewish woman killed four more Arabs and wounded 15 near the American colony stores in Jerusalem to bring the death toll iu three days of rioting to 37, with more than 100 wounded. Scores have been arrested. Great Britain has had violent difficulties in the holy land since it took a league of nations mandate over Palestine after the world war, and cooperated in establishment there of a great industrial and farming area to which Jewish immigration was encouraged. The influx of Jews created anger among the Arab population and eventually there were clashes which on several occasions have spread into sporadic warfare as at present. British efforts toward conciliation and solution of the economic and political problem involved have been ineffective and today machine guns were mounted on the roofs of public buildings in Jerusalem and Haifa, while frontier patrols fought, back a band of 600 Arabs seeking to cross from trans-Jordan to aid their fellows in Palestine. Two warships have been dispatched to the scene, 8,000 troops are on emergency duty, 4,000 more are expected from Egypt and still more have been asked of London. One of the greatest dangers was on the frontier over which materials and men for an Arab war against the Jews —with the British in the position of trying to curb I both —might be coming. Extensive I patrol and airplane guards were being maintained on the border. Terrorism died down in Shanghai. meanwhile, after a one-day wave of bombings directed by Chinese patriots against Japanese and pro-Japanese residents. It left in its wake further fuel for anger between Japanese troops dominating Shanghai and the foreign forces stationed there. Japanese . uthoritiea conferred with U. S. mai ine officers reportedly to protest against action of marines in evicting Japanese police from the American defense sector of the international settlement, to which they had gone searching for Chinese bombers. At least eight Japanese were killed in the sporadic bombings which also killed and wounded many Chinese. Hundreds were arrested. Japanese armies continued their drive up the Yangtse toward Hankow. spread out in the Hukow and Lake Poyang area about 160 miles below the provisional capital. In Shansi province to the north the Chinese reported they were holding off the invaders and similar reports came from the Swatow area where the Japanese have sought another coastal foothold. Elsewhere on the world front: Spain—The insurgent attack on Saguuto and Valencia ran into (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) o NEW OFFICERS ARE INSTALLED Knights Os Pythias Im Stall New Officers Thursday New officers were installed foff the next six months term at tha Knights of Pythias lodge, Thursday night. John R. Parrish acted as in* stalling officer. The new leaders of the organiza* tion are: Bob Heller, chancellor, commander; W. F. Beery, vice* chancellor; James Cowan, prelate;] Robert Ashbaucher, master at; arms; W. F. Dellinger, inner guard* Gerald Vizard, outer guard, Georga W. Stults, master of work, David, Adams, master of finance. Officers who hold over for an* other six months are; Joe A. Hun* ter, keeper of records and seals and J. Fred Fruchte, master of the exchequer. The trusteee are A. D. Suttles* Charles Knapp and W. Guy Brown (