Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 36, Number 162, Decatur, Adams County, 11 July 1938 — Page 1

delegates Gather ■or Convention Os Xdiana Democrats

H l|t . Nomination Is JCoi-idered Likely On| Ballot; DeVoss| I Still Favored. LXx WITHDRAWS LidiJi'" iiSl ju,y u- — ~ E™ < Lre today, most of them fXXn. H 'P'" 1 bv aP ‘ minty that Senator Fredf tin Nays will be renomin- .. mumblings FJjK \ .v-.' |. nomination. A taking Na'f iwnsend. who controls the stulehuse organization, tof t> ! "" s ' P“" 111 ,h *' lan<l ' FL I . . th" muv. rsations U 3 about two things: the of the state ticket and for th.- presidenL; nolination in 1940, both Refcbliajand Democratic. ‘‘Pat ' Manion, Notre concerning an insurgent FijOt' It". '■ '■ seeking ~ import for his 1:,! ' shoulil a eliminate Van Nuys for •iis atJlloosevelt votes. mSB'II'-i-A-- th.se ijn. veffiKts were completely inde-W-rnlJ and destined to be 111a state convention in whi<h -the state administration jcont an estimated 80 per cent ?of the fates. The inme of former Gov. Paul V M.iutt. present Philippine Is- ” cantfc- l’«49«> presidential was on everyone'3 So « hi about the poHtfe] fi’nir. •>( l-i- a' Gov. Henry *F Sete ' ll statehouse sena- . t<>l^9 > ' Uli'il 111 .‘-pipe" to Van Nuys. Schricker |is .|B n to be ambitious to befeoiOovernor in the 1940 clecA*ei -I'l'- issim there was a igrwdgla: ■ >!' dis. ussion about Seni;i!or®l ’Minimi, permanent |thafKn of the state convention, pho ■ known to have been suBmH’ irked by the Van Nuys |r mciiiation since he is a "100 brr celt' new dealer who favred Isttpren® court reform and the federal ■organization bill, both of iwhieh Van Nuys opposed. I The | minors were, not always phispered, that Minton will be rkieked upstairs" before 1940, probfcbly * a federal judgeship, and phat®ss.!ilv governor Townsend |*iH® a senatorial candidate in film ne general election. I Relative to the state ticket, orI it. in ■nocratic State ■invention To Be ■Broadcast Tuesday persons- may follow the pre-] L®*W S 'he It.-m .era'i:- State "'i> al the Coliseum at the unds at Indianapolis] Jlii - 1-' over the two Indradio broadcasti’tg eta- * in go on the air at 10 in t,le niol ning when State dlW 1 ' "''" rs. .Jackson will call iriS~ Sat, ' S 10 <>rill ’ r - Tl ’is station on th,. a j r until the con . .‘‘W is ov, ' r ’ having canceled *® rtlal programs to give this • other station. WIRE, will be--39 broadcast at 10:35 a. m. and on 'lie air until 11 o'clock LW tyl " '"'lgor. This station wil! 1-3 t 0 the c< ’ nvpllti< >n floor at 1,1 ieport the proceedings. wi Jf r , nw M - Clifford Townsend aidm IVer t!le ke y ,10t e address! Sherman Minton will •“W chairman. readings THERMOMETER Jane 80 2:00 p.m. 92 ■ WEATHER ■°7 or ' ess unsettled tonight W Uesday ; continued warm.

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Justice Dies I ■ * Justice Benjamin Cardozo Funeral services were held this afternoon for Benjamin Cardozo, justice of the United States supreme court, who died Saturday ■ iiuli t after a long illness GOVJOWNSEND CALLS SPECIAL MEET JULY 19 Indiana Legislature To Meet In Special Session Next Week Indianapolis. July 11—(U.R) Gov. 1 M. Clifford Townsend today issued I a proclamation calling a special session of the Indiana legislature ] for 10 a. m. July 19. to enact a] “relief and recovery program." I The legislature will be asked to appropriate funds for a state building program and to provide tax relief by distributing funds from the $24,600,000 state treasury surplus to help counties pay poor relief costs. Townsend indicated in the call that he would not ask for funds to I construct the proposed $3,000,000 ’ state office building. If this pro-; ject were omitted, the building program was estimated to amount to about $5,000,000. Included in the building program are additions to the various state hospitals and the state fairgrounds and construction of a new tuberculosis sanatorium in southern Indiana. The program will be financed 55 percent by state funds and 45 percent by grants from the federal public works administration. Townsend's proclamation said: “Whereas, the people of Indiana are desirous of co-operating and .taking advantage of the recovery program of President Franklin I).: Roosevelt, and “Whereas, the state of Indiana | (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) DECATUR GIRLS’ I BAND IS WINNER ' Wins First Prize Os SSO At Dunkirk Red Men Meeting The Decatur girls’ band was awarded first prize in the band divi-! sion of the tri-state Red Men parade held at Dunkirk Saturday as a part of the three state convention. The band waa given SSO for winn- ’ ing first place from half a score of i other bands entered fro'm this sec- 1 tion of the state. The band is directed by Albert i rfellemeyer, local band leader and director, and is composed of 48 menrbers. Several dozen members of the. Red Men lodge from this city attended the convention and took part in the business and social activities. J. M. Breiner of this city was a member of the float judging committee. The lodge members today expressed their appreciation to the band members, and to those who aided in furnishing transportation to Dunkirk.

JAPS CONTINUE TO ADVANCE ON : CHINESE FRONT Japan Redoubles Offensive Up The Yangste River Today By Joe Alex Morris (United Press Staff Correspondent) : Japan’s redoubled offensive up the Yangtse moving dangerously close to American and British war- : ships—hammered stubbornly today i toward the other defenses of Ilan-] kow. Chinese defenders made every step of the advance slow and cost-1 ly. but the invaders fought their way close to Kittkiang in an effort 1 to establish a base for effective aerial attack on the provisional, capital. 135 miles away. China's bombing planes struck i at the Japanese at Anking and near Kittkiang. reporting that two warships had been damaged and at - least one other vessel sunk. Guer- | illas seeped in behind the Japanese to shash at their communication! lines and the main Chinese defense army, aided by rising river waters, gave ground only after severe fighting. The United States gunboat Monocacy, with 46 aboard, lay in l the Yangtse within a few miles of Kittkiang from which she. moved! during a Japanese bombardment ! of the city. American naval officers said the gunboat would re-' 'main ready to Trreteet —Uoreted States citizens. The British gun-! boat. Cockchafter, was believed' nearby. In Spain, another pounding offensive gathered momentum when rebel generalissimo Francisco Franco’s main army occupied the Sierra ] Espadan range in a two-way drive I toward Valencia. The insurgent I advance has moved during the last two weeks only with greatest difficulty and after severe losses. One line of attack has been via ■ Nules along the coast toward Sagunto which is the next immediate objective. The second thrust was) over the Sierra Espadan range 1 from which the rebels today moved down on the loyalist defense lines. Military experts believed Sagun-' (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) DELEGATES TO STATE MEETING Adams County Delegates Leave For Democratic Convention 'Headed by Nathan C. Neteon, county Democratic chairman and other Democratic political leaders, Adams county’s delegates to the state convention were in ndianapolis today for the opening session. The proxy vote of those who were unable to attend the convention Is carried by Chairman Nelson. Those who left either late Sunday or today were: Anton F. W. Thieme, Harold Sautter, Henry Gallmeyer, Emerson A. Beavers, Dallas Brown and John L. I DeVoss, of Decatur. C. H. Muselman and David J. j Schwartz, of Berne. Marcus Stahly and William Heet- ] er of Geneva: Steve Longenberger | of Pleasant Mills. Adams county’s diegates to the : convention are attending this con- ! vention with a special purpose in I mind; that of encouraging and ad- ] vacating the election of Judge Huber M. DeVoss of Decatur to the appellate bench. 1 Adams county’s delegation is confident of securing the balance of the I delegates’ support in naming the j candidate from this county, which ] has never had supreme or appellate ] court representation. o Tourist Uninjured As Auto Crashes An unidentified tourist, reported | to be from California, escaped serI ious injury late Saturday when the 1 car he was driving ran into the ■ ditch on federal road 224, west of ! the city. ! The driver, it is reported, was ; fighting a small swarm of Dees into i which he had driven his car, when I the accident occurred. o Wiest’s Condition Slightly Improved J. C. Weist, who was injured in an automobile-truck accident in Jefferson township several days ago appeared to be slightly improved. He is in a serious condition at the Adams county memorial hospital.

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Decatur, Indiana, Monday, July 11, 1938.

As Count Answered Bab’s Suit X r Jr i ''xW. ' I ' 1 x 'AYf I Count Reventlow with attorney Here is Count Kurt Haugwltz-Reventlow, left, with his attorney, as he appeared In London court to answer charges of threatening his estranged wife, the former Barbara Hutton. He was freed on SIO,OOO bail after denying the charges. In addition to his trouble with “Baba", the count finds himself In the position of a “lone wolf" since the rift between him and his elder brother. Heinrich, oyer the affair.

CARDOZO RITES ARE HELD TODAY Quiet Services Held Today For Deceased Court Justice Port Chester, N. Y., July 11.— (U.R>—A quiet funeral, attended by Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, three supreme court justices and rela- ■ today for Associate Justice Bentives and close friends, was held jamin N. Cardozo, who died of heart disease Saturday night <t the home of Judge Irving Lehman |of the New York court of appeals. I He was 6S. There were no honorary pall bearers. The coffin rested in the ’library of Judge Lehmans home i during the ceremony. Relatives' and the three justices had seats iin the room. Other mourners were in the adjoining living room. The funeral was at 2 p. m. EDT., with the Rev. D. A. Jessurun Carjdozo. who is no relation of the deceased. of the Congregation Shear- ! ith Israel of New' York, officiating. The burial was at 4 p. m. in the Cardozo family plot in Cypress I Hills. N. Y. Three motorcycle poI licemen escorted the procession. Names of the three justices who (were expected at the funeral were i not announced. Among the messages of regret, which came from all parts of the world, was one from Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes, who is in Italy, saying, "Inexpressibly grieved to learn of Justice Cardozo's death.” ■ Willis Van Devanter, retired justice. messaged: “The passing of Justice Cardozo is a great loss to our country. He was an able judge ' and an ideal citizen.” Justice Harlan F. "Stone messaged, "I learn of Justice Cardozo's j death with profound sorrow and (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) CLUBS PREPARE FOR EXHIBITS Home Economics Clubs To Have Exhibits During Street Fair — The Home Economics clubs of Adams county are preparing for their exhibits in connection with the Decatur Free Street Fair. The clubs of Hartford, Wabash and Jefferson townships are featuring a living room display in the window of the Zwick Furniture store. These three clubs met with the representatives of the Zwick store last week. The Root and Union and Decatur ' I clubs will display an ideal kitchen, ' also at the Zwick furniture store i and the leaders and chairmen of ! these clubs will meet Monday asI ternoon to complete their plans. The Schafer store is cooperating with the Kirkland, Washington and Monroe clubs in exhibiting a dining room and they will meet with the Schafer store representative this afternoon. The St. Marys, Blue Creek and Homestead clubs are planning to feature a bed room display at the Sprague furniture store and the ' Berne Happy Homes, Berne Swiss Village and the M. W. F. clubs will have an exhibit on safety features in the Lee hardware store.

Over Three Million In Contracts Awarded Indianapolis, Ind.. July 11 —(UP) —Thirty-one contracts amounting to more than $3,000,000 (Ml for construction and improvement work of Indiana roads were awarded during June, the State highway commission announced today. This was the second consecutive month in which the commission awarded contracts totalling more than $3,000,000. Included in the June awards were projects for work on state highways and feeder roads in 29 counties —Spencer, Allen, Greene, cass, Switzerland. Putnam, Hendrirtke. Marion, St. Joseph. Daviess. Lawrence, Crawford, Washington, | Hamilton, Adams. Franklin, Wells, Ripley, Pike, Marehall, Madison, Kosciusko, Benton, Owen. Posey, Morgan, LaPorte, Scott and HanI cock. —o COAST-TO-COAST FLIGHT ENDED! Flying “Blind,” Unheralded Flier Completes Long Flight Roosevelt Field, N. Y.. July 11. <U.R> —It was a “nice flight’ all . right but nothing extraordinary. Douglas P. Corrigan said today. He was not talking about the , Howard Hughes flight to Paris. Nor was he referring to that of I Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, whose ’ “Spirit of St. Louis” Corrigan helped to assemble in 1927. Corrigan, 31, and matter-of-fact, | was talking about the unheralded non-stop flight from Long Beach, i Calif., to Roosevelt Field which he , himself completed Saturday night. : The flight, made in an eight-1 year-old Curtiss Robin which cost Corrigan S9OO. might never have come to public knowledge if one j of the flier's friends hadn’t men- | tioned it in passing to a newspap- | er man covering the Hughes flight. Corrigan took off from Long Beach i Friday at 2 p. m„ CST. and flew j the $2,700 miles in 10 minutes less than 28 hours. He flew “blind . | , just as Lindbergh did when he | I crossed the ocean, without radio . : and with only a $65 bank-and-turn I indicator and a homemade inclinometer to aid him in handling the ’ tiny craft. He wore no parachute. I When he landed Corrigan had only five gallons of gasoline left ' of the 250 with which he started, j The plane will hold 320 but he wanted to be certain it had plenty j of lifting power over the Rockies,! he said. The flight, during which he encountered dust storms over New , Mexico, thunderstorms at El Paso | and heavy rains forced him off the | course at Memphis, cost Corrigan ’ just sllo.ls—sllo for gasoline and (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) Q Neck Broken As Auto Hits Buggy ’ I Mrs. Catherine Miller, 29, resident of an Amish settlement near Leo and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob ' Eicher of Berne, is reported slight- , ly improved at the Methodist hospf- . tai in Fort Wayne after sustaining i a broken neok Saturday when a i buggy in which she was riding, was ■ struck by an auto. The hueband and two children escaped injury.

Howard Hughes Reaches Paris In Less Than Half The Time Required By Col Lindbergh

COMMITTEE TO DRAW PLATFORM FOR DEMOCRATS Platform To Endorse Roosevelt; McNutt’s Bid For Presidency Indianapolis, July 11. —KU.RX The Democratic convention's resolutions advisory committee went into executive session tday to draw up a platform to be submitted to the delegates tomorrow. Members of the committee completed hearings on the platform last night. They are expected to be named to the convention platform committee at district caucuses tonight. The platform will endorse President Roosevelt and his policies | 'TOO per cent” and wil Isupport ] former Gov. Paul V. McNutt in his ] drive for the Democratic presiden- ! tial nomination in 1940. Among those submitting platform suggestions over the weekend were representatives of the American Federation of Labor, the committee for industrial organization, the Associated Retailers of Indiana, the Indiana League of Women Voters. the Anti-Saloon League and the Young Democratic Clubs of Indiana. The A. F. of L. delegation was headed by Carl H. Mullen, president of the Indiana state federation of labor, and Adolph J. Fritz, secretary-treasurer. It sought legislation further safeguarding right of workers, including public employes, to organize and bargain collectively with employers, a state insurance fund for payment of workers* compensation: ]an improved workmens’ compensation law; statewide primary 'law; minimum wage and hour law.) Free text books in all public | ! schools: improved safety legislation for workers; complete eliminj ation of prison made goods on the 'open market; a wage collection I law; the election of all court I judges; a law regulating labor disI pute activities of detective agencies; complete elimination of child labor; civil service for public servants, and more adequate appropriations for the state division of labor. Recommendations of the CIO included a state Wagner labor act. taking over by the state of work- ; men's compensation insurance and enactment of a state maximum | hour and minimum wage law. L. F. Shuttleworth, managing director of the associated reltailers, ; demanded a substantial reduction !in the present one per cent gross income tax on merchants. “Now we are in a declining market and inventories are depreciat- ] ing more rapidly than they in- ’ crease, and it seems inevitable that ]a vast majority of Indiana’s merj (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) CLOSE HIGHWAY FOR IMPROVING Workmen Start Final Improvement To Second Street ■ Workmen today started putting [on the final layer of Ky-Rock on | federal road 27 through the city of ' Decatur, again placing the detour I on the northern entrance to the I city. ] Today traffic on road 27, leaving I th'e city to the north, is being routed east at Monroe street on federal road 224 to the Piqua road and then again north to the junction with 27 at Miller’s Bend. This is the same detour that was followed while the first coating was being given the highway. For the present, intra-city traffic may still use North Second street j as tar as the traffic light intersection at the extreme north end of the street. The road is blocaded from that point north across the bridge. The work will move south day by day until road 27 through the entire city has been re-coated. Al- ' though the rock needs set but ■ about a day until it can be opened 1 for use, it is expected to take some time before all of Second street can be re-coated.

'SPECULATE ON SUCCESSOR TO DEAD JUSTICE President Expected To Delay Cardozo Successor Appointment Washington, July 11. — (U.R> — President Roosevelt was expected today to defer until' congress convenes hi January his third opportunity to appoint a justice to the supreme curt for the vacancy caused by the death of Justice Benjamin Nathan Cardozo. Because there is no pressing need to replace Cardozo immediately, it was believed that the president would not make a recess appointment, although that method has been approved by Attorney General Homer S. Cummings. While the president can make an appointment during a congressional recess, the nominee still would be subject to the senate's approval when it convenes. But the court does not convene until October 4 and, when it recessed for the summer, was up-to-1 date with its work. These factors and the fact that the court's liberal bloc still will maintain control, even with the new vacancy, were expected to influence Mr. Roosevelt to withhold his appointment until at least late in the fall. While official Washington mourned the death of one of the nation's most distinguished jurists, speculation on his successor began immediately. The list of potential nominees remains about the same as when Mr. Roosevelt appointed Hugo L. Black and Stanley F. Reed to succeed retired Justices Willis Van Devanter and George Suther(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) VIOLENT DEATH TOLI IN STATE Traffic Collisions Again Take Major Portion Os Toll (By United Press) Thirteen persons died in Indiana over the week-end. nine in traffic accidents on crowded highways, two by drowning, one in a motor boat explosion and an aged man was fatally hurt when struck by a train. Raymond Jarrett, 26, and Mrs. Emma Spear, both of Attica, were killed and three other persons were injured seriously when the automobile in which they were riding collided with a truck and crashed into a tree near Crawfordsville. Jarrett was killed instantly and Mrs. Spear died several hours later in a Crawfordsville hospital. Desco Hayes, 21-year-old son of I Mr. and Mrs. Porter Hayes of] French Lick, died in a Washington I Ind., hospital from injuries suffered I when hie automobile collided with a truck on a country road near French Liok. Three persons died in Marion, county accidents. They were Mr. and Mrs. Edward Dransffeld of Indianapolis, killed when their automobile collided with a truck near the city limits. They were returning home from a Wisconsin vacation. William Carson, 4,0. also of Indianapolis, died in the city hospital from injuries suffered when struck by an automobile at a downtown street in(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) O —— Gov. Allred Os Texas Named Federal Judge Wichita Falls, Texas, July 11— (UP)—Before M 1,600 cheering Texans. President Roosevelt Ln a surprise gesture today named Gov. James V. Allred of Texas as U. S. district judge for the southern district. Reaffirming his determination to name younger men to the federal bench the president remarked: “Gov. Allred, I hand you herewith the official appointment as U. S. district judge. May you be happy in this post of great responsibility. May you serve the people of the district, of the state and of the United States tor many years to come.”

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Millionaire Sportsman Flier Makes Flight In Sixteen And Half Hours Today. TO KEEP ON Leßourget Airport, France, July 11—(UP) Howard Hughes and a crew of four, attempting a speed dash around the world, flew from New York to Paris in record breaking tife of 16'/z hrs. today, but then were delayed by radio trouble, which may prevent taking off for Moscow until morning. Le Bourget Airport. France, July 11 —(U.R)-Howard Hughes shot his "scientific" monoplane across the Atlantic from New York to Paris in 1614 hours today and immediately made ready to continue on a speed dash around the world. The millionaire sportsman-aviat-or and his crew of four, flying by radio through clouds on the last part of the trip, averaged approximately 218 miles an hour to land here at 4:58 p. m. (9:58 a. tn. CST.) Their elapsed time was 16 hours, 38 minutes. That was less than half the time required by Col. Charles A. Lindbergh on his historic flight. Lindbergh and Hughes are the only two fliers ever to have made it direct from New York to Le Bourget. As soon as he landed here, Hughes finally confirmed what long had been understood — that he would try to extend his trans-At-lantic flight into a speed dash across Russia, Siberia, the far northern Pacific and so back to New York. Wiley Post set a record of 7 days. 18 hours and 49 minutes for such a flight. At the speed Hughes made on the first lap. he should be able to lower that record by a wide margin if all goes well. It was understood his goal was to get around the world in about four days. Hughes announced that he hoped to take off on the next leg, from Paris to Moscow, about 6:30 p. m. and to reach Moscow in 7’4 hours or at 7 p. in. CST. It is roughly 1,500 miles from Paris to Moscow. If all goes well, Hughes expected to stop only about an hour and a half in Moscow and then take off for Irkutsky, which is about 3,000 miles -farther on eastward. Irkutsky is in the south central part of Siberia, near the shore of Lake Baikal and just a short distance north of the Mongolian border. Refueling of the big, twin-engined Lockheed was begun almost immediately after the landing here. Hughes also ordered the oil emptied and renewed, as he had had some trouble with the oil pump. Hughes did not take time to talk to reporters, or even to receive the welcoming officials, until he had supervised the draining of the old oil. “We flew blind for eight hours while waiting for daylight, and then flew by instruments,” he (CONTINI ED ON PAGE FIVE) o ORCHESTRA TO GIVE CONCERT United Brethren Orchestra To Give Concert Tuesday Night The orchestra of the United Brethren church will present a« concert at the Legion Memorial park on Winchester street Tues« day evening at 7:30 o’clock. An ice cream social will also liti held in connection with the coni cert. The public is cordially invited to attend. Following is the program for tha concert: March —Matinee —Huff. March—Royal Fort —Huff. Novelty—Stop—Bermitt. Sacred selection —Billy Sunday’s Successful Songs. March —Ironclad —Huff. Serenade —Idle Fancy—Bennett. Overture —Amition Bennett. March —Royal Pageant—Huff. Schottische — Eyes of Brown —< Huff. March — Military Escort —Bennett. Serenade—Still Night—Huff. March —Hippodrome—Huff. Serenade —Moonbeams —Huff. March —Normal Bennett. March —Activity—Bennett,