Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 36, Number 167, Decatur, Adams County, 16 July 1938 — Page 1

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TWIN DAY WILL FEATURE FAIR Twins Day To Be Observed On Thursday Os Annual Street Fair Visitors to the Decatur Free Street Fair and Agricultural show [ on Thursday. August 4, will have plenty of reasons to think they arc I seeing double. On that day. for the first titne| in the city's history, a “twin's con-1 vention” will lie held. Fair officials have set aside the day as "Twin Day" and have Invited twins from all over the county and neighboring communities to take part in the day's activities and enter the contests. The contests are open to any twins. Entries or inquiries are to I be mailed as soon as possible to! "Secretary. Decatur Free Street Fair, Decatur. Indiana.” A total of SSO in cash prizes will i be awarded by the fair officials during the day for winners of the i various contests. The top prize will go to the most: identical pair of twins. Other ] prizes will be given to youngest,! 1 oldest and others. Judging of the contests will be conducted on the city streets dur- j ing the afternoon, following a | twins' parade through the midway : The convention of twins is an in-. novation in the city and fair officials hope to make it an annual feature of the Decatur fair. Similar conventions have been held - yearly in Fort Wayne with hun- ■, dreds of twins taking part Invitations to these twins and others who have taken part in twin conventions have been issued by j fair leaders. o Withholds Plea In Embezzlement Case Bluffton, July 16—Gerald Moser,' 25. of Woodburn, charged with embezzlement in an affidavit filed by Amos Steury. withheld his plea when he was arraigned before Judge Pro Tern Dwight Gallivan in the Wells circuit court here Friday. He was remanded to jail , for a hearing later. His bond was set at SSOO. He is alleged by Steury j to have collected $65 belonging to! the latter and to have appropriated the money to his own use. SPANISH WAR IS TWO YEARS OLD Bitterest Civil War In Modern History Near End Os Second Year (By United Press) The bitterest civil war in modern history reached the end of its second year today. On July 17. 1936, telephone service between Madrid and other European capitals was interrupted. When service was resumed, I under censorship, it was announced that “incidents” of an unimportt ant nature had occurred in SpanI ish Morocco and at a few points - in Spain. What happened was that in Morocco an unscheduled clash oc- [ curred between soldiers of the I Spanish foreign legion and left I wing elements. This precipitated an uprising* which Spanish right wing elements were planning but were not ready to launch. As news of the Morocco clash spread through Spain, officers commanding garrisons seized power,' turning against the gvernment. In bloody fighting, loyal soldiers, police and government supporters suppressed the rebel elements in the country’s three biggest cities, I Madrid, Barcelona and Valencia, i and the war was on. In American newspapers the big i news of July 16 was the pointing of a pistol at King Edward VIII by Andrew McMahon, an eccentric, and the Townsend convention at Cleveland, which the Rev. Charles E. Coughlin addressed. o Steel, Automobile Boost Stock Market New York. July 16.—((U.R>- Steel : ■ and automobile issues led the ' stock market higher in a moderI ately active session today. Bonds also advanced, while print cipal commodities eased slightly. Business news was featured by substatial advances in steel sched- . ules for next week. Department | store sales for the week ended ' July 9 made best showing on year 'to year basis since January. Gossip in the financial district said the nation's steel operating wage j would reach 50 to 60 per cent of capacity before the end of August.

■ Mayor La Guardia Welcomes Aviators at City Hall ■ Abu ~ya -—j “ BBr/ f ? ? Hb'* f-F w -<•' ■ '] I \\ W \L. x / ’< I I v o ; B 4 1 -dsßOHe' - '*’ f * 1 f i BrIBWBJU Edward Lund, Richard Stoddart, Thomas Thurlow, Mayor La Guardia, Howard Hughes and Harry Connor

Hailed by Mayor Fiorello La Guardia as an achievement which | might help promote world peace, New York's chief executive paid signal honors to Howard Hughes, millionaire sportsman and his ciew of four when they gathered on the city hall steps for an I

HORLICK HEIR TO FIGHT WILL Son Os Horlick Heiress Announces Plan To Contest Will Racine. Wig., July 16.—<U.R) — . William Horlick Sidley, son of the late Mrs. Maybelle Horlick Sidley, malted milk heiress, repealed to the United Press today that he would contest his mother's will. Sidley and William Perkins BhII, Toronto attorney, are principal beneficiaries under terms of the will disclosed here yesterday. Each was 'bequeathed $250,000 plus onethird interest in the residual esI tate. Mrs. Sidley, daughter of the late William Horlick. founder of the I malted milk business bearing his name, died at Toronto last week at the home of Bull, whose guest i she had been for more than a year. Young Sidley refused to state i specifically on what grounds he would contest the will, which was drawn at Ottawa last April. He added, however, that he felt there were some differences on the quesI tion of how the will was made out. He als odisclosed that he had found aother will made ut in 1934. ' Still another was made out in 1926 : or 1927. he said. This, he said, ’ was the one he and his attorneys were looking for. Sidley, who refused to be quoted directly, declined to reveal terms of the two wills made out ! prior to that of last April. He did say, however, that Bull was not mentioned in the first two documents drawn up. Estimates of the value of his mother’s estate ranged from $2,000,000 to $20,000,000. Young Sidley, who was named as one of five executors of the will that made him and Bull principal beneficiaries, said he had retained the Chicago law firm of Sidley, McPherson, Austin and Burgess. His uncle. William P. Sidley, is a mem(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) TIPTON TO BE HOST TO GLOBS Older Youth, Young Adult Clubs Meet At Tipton Monday Rural older youth and young adult clubs of 10 counties will hold their fourth quarterly district meeting in the Tipton Park, onehalf mile south on Main street, Tipton, July 18, at 8:00 p. m. "Recreation” will be the subject ] for the evening meeting. The state ] leadership training school held at : Purdue University June 20 to 24 ' will be discussed. Tipton county is host to the ' group and will provide the evening’s entertainment. Russell Trant, Blackford county, district president, will be In charge of the meeting. Tipton extends a cordial invitation to all the county clubs in district 4. and representatives are I expected to attend the meeting ! from Adams. Blackford, Grant, Howard. Huntington, Jay, Miami, Tipton, Wabash and Wells. Boyd Stepler, of route 2 Decatur, is president of the Adams county group, a unit of this district.

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Robert Engeler At Photography School Winona Lake, Ind.. July 16 —(Spe-| , cial) —Robert D. Engeler, 105 Ad-' ams Street, Decatur, Ind., is attending the Winona Lake schol of photo-: I graphy. This school, which is under j the auspices of the photographers" association of America, offers two I courses here each summer, a commercial and a portrait course. William Gerdes. New York City only pupil of the internationally ’ famed Pirie MacDonald Photograph-er-of-Men. heads the permanent faculty as director, and instructor in portraiture. He ie assisted by a I corps of nationally known photo-, . I graphers and instructors in both | ,| courses. Engeler is a student in the com-1 .: mercial course, and Edward J. Cook, I of the Kaufman and Fabry Studios.] • Chicago is the iustructor-in-chief of 1 • this course. ( . o DELAY OPENING OF MAIN STREET J » Second Street Will Not Be Opened To Traffic For Several Days Second street, through the busi-' ’ ness district, will not be opened to ' partial traffic until Wednesday ’ and then may be delayed by un- j favorable weather conditions. ’ The final coating of the black top pavement was not laid as soon as was desired because of the rains 1 this week. Next Wednesday, it is hoped that through the business district, traffic may be opened on the sides of ' Second street. It is planned to barricade the center of the street ! and permit one way traffic on the sides. 1 ] Unless this plan is followed, it I 1 is feared that there will be some ' parking on the sides of the street. ' It is necessary for proper curing of ' the black top that the streets ’ receive some slow traffic at first. Probably by the following Saturday. the entire street may be opened, with controlled parking. In the meantime, some difficulty has been met in keeping cars off the street. Friday night at 7:30 i o’clock, a car with a Pennsylvania .! license drove up an alley, pulled j onto the street and parked. The driver and his family left their car and ate in a local restaurant to ■ obtain the doubtful honor of being the first persons to park on the ' new pavement. This morning a farmer drove his car with a trailer attached down ’ an alley to come onto the street. He was quickly waved off by road men. o Tocsin Man Escapes As Auto Is Demolished — Bluffton, July 16—James Daley,] 31, of Tocsin, had a narrow escape from death late Friday when he ■ leaped from his stalled automobile I an instant before it was crushed j . by a speeding Indiana traction car ■ , on a crossing four miles north of here. Daley was backing his car from a driveway when it became stalled on the tracks. He barely had time to leap to safety before the traction car crushed it against a post. Daley's father was killed in a similar accident about 14 years ago at a spot 500 feet from the crossing where Daley’s car was struck ] i today.

official public reception. Shown in the photo, left to right, are j Edmund Lund, Richard Stoddart, Thomas Thurlow, Mayor La Guardia. Howard Hughes and Harry Connor. Upwards of one million were on hand to greet the flyers.

INDIANA CORN CROP IS LOWER — Forecast Far Under Last Year But Near 10Year Average Lafayette, Ind., July 16 — Indiana's corn production for the current season was forecast at 141,645,000 bushels as compared with 211.770.000 bushels last year and the ten-year average of 143.334,000 ; bushels, according to the monthly i crop report as of July 1. issued today by M. M. Justin. Purdue UniI versify agricultural statistician in ' cooperation with the U. S. Bureau of Agricultural Economics. The report showed that on July 1 the 4.047,000 acres of corp, though quite varied over the state 1 in the stage of growth, was generally free of weeds and making normal growth. The yield per acre was forecast at 35 bushels as compared with 45 last year and the ten-year average of 32.2. It was pointed out that June weather condition were generally I favorable for crops and farm work. In the northern two-thirds of the state rainfall was much greater than normal and in the southern one-third about normal. The first ten days were quite rainy, delaying farm work, but two weeks of favorable drying weather followed, with considerable rainfall the last I week. The drying weather gave farmers opportunity in most instances to rid corn fields of weeds and to make progress with hay harvest. Winter wheat production, with a forecasted yield of 17 bushel per acre, was estimated at 33,728,000 bushels as compared with 34,592,000 bushels last year and the ten year average of 27.694,000 bushels. Wheat harvest was reported well advanced for the season, although interrupted by end of the month ' rains. Stocks of wheat on farms were estimated to be about 50 per cent more than average. Oats production was estimated at (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) TO START WORK ON LAKE SOON Artificial Lake,Recreation Grounds Are To Be Built Work on the new Adams county lake and recreation grounds, located two miles from Decatur near the , Dent school house, is to be started I in about two weeks, Alec W. Tan- ' vas, WPA water conservation director of Adams county, stated ' today. Present plans call for an artifi- [ cial lake, from 12 to 16 acres in size, with the picnic grounds in addition. The work will be done by WPA labor under the direction of Mr. I Tanvas. After the completion of the project, thes grounds and lake may be used without charge. Ben Schroyer. local packing company director, donated the ground | to the county with the understanding that the recreation facilities would be built. A similar project is now being built in Wells county by the same group of workers and work will start on the local project as soon j as the Wells county site is finished.

Seeks Early Trial For Ohio Officials I Columbus, Ohio, July 16—(U.K) — i Attorney-general Herbert S. Duffy said today that he will demand early trial for 18 state officials in- • dieted on charges of soliciting money from state civil service employes for Gov. Martin Davies’ campaign funds. Duffy, who directed a special ■ grand jury investigation of “cam- ■ paign shakedowns.” said he was • unwilling to wait until the fall i term of Franklin county court for I their trial. i j o Will Return Sunday From Long Cruise Mr. and Mrs. Harold W. McMillen of West Monroe street, will rer turn Sunday from a three weeks j cruise to the West Indies. They ■ sailed from New York and landed at Jamaica, where they spent sev- ■ i eral days on the island. They re- ■ turned to New York yesterday and will arrive in Decatur tomorrow. ■ I o PLANS SOCIAL THIS EVENING Epworth League To Hold Ice Cream Social This Evening The Epworth League of the De ] ] catur Methodist Episcopal church will sponsor an ice cream social on the church lawn this evening ] from 6 to 8 o'clock. The church orchestra will present a musical program during the social. I The complete program follow’s: ’] Majestic Overture —J. S. Zamecnik. I I Festival March—J. S. Zamecnik. My Savior—J. S. Zamecnik. ] Praise Ye The Lord—Zamecnik. Eastern Morn—J. S. Zamecnik. Prelude —J. S. Zamecnik. Hosanna —J. S. Zamecnik. La Cinquantoine —Gabriel-Marie. Pilgrim’s Chorus from Tannhauser—Wagner. !• The general public is cordially I invited to attend the social and i orchestra concert. No Damage Is Caused By Fire This Morning I The local fire department made a run to the Central Soya company this morning when a dust | fire occurred in the solvent plant. , No loss was reported from the ■ blaze, which started when dust around a stack ignited and follow- ]] ed up the stack. The fire was re- . I ported at 4:30 a. m. o — Scout Cubs Meet Monday Afternoon 1 II Scout Cubs are asked to meet ] Monday afternoon at 1 o’clock at the municipal swimming pool, be- ■ | fore going to the Hanna Nuttman ■ ] Scout cabins. o Combined Bands To Practice Monday l i There will be a combined band , practice Monday evening at 7 o'clock, instead of the boys' hand, Al--1 b'?.rt Sellemeyer, director, announci , cd today. The 'practice will be held . at the high school auditorium.

Sam Insull Dies Os Heart Attack In Paris Subway

TWO MEXICANS ARE SEIZED IN NARCOTIC DRIVE Curryville Beet Workers Arrested On “Mexican Hay” Charge The arrest of two Curryville Mexican beet workers by Sheriff Dallas Brown, state police and a federal narcotic agent early this morning climaxed more than one and one-half years of intensive investigation by authorities of two counties in an effort to wipe out a “marihana ring.’’ The raiding party composed of the local sheriff. State Patrolman Truman Bierie. Commissioner Bill Bell. Deputy Sheriff Jerry Lands of Wells county. Federal Agent Frye of Chicago and Officer George Druckamiller of Bluffton, swooped down on the farm home of Jesus Velez, 75-year-old beet worker, about 4 o’clock this morning and apprehended the purported leader of the ring that authorities believe has been responsible for most of the “Mexican hay” in circulation here the past few years. Approximately one pound of unadulterated marihuana seeds, in addition to a bag of raw weeds, were confiscated by the authorities. It was estimated that the can of unadulterated seeds would bring about SSO or S6O through its illegal sale in making the “loco weed" cigarettes. The two arrested were: Jesus Velez. 75. Mexican, of Curryville. Cruz Oliva. 35. Mexican, also of Curryville. Hay in Attic The “hay” was found securely tucked away in an attic corner of the farm home of Velez, who. although arrested and convicted once of selling the weed, has for the past two years defied detection, despite the concerted efforts of Adams and Wells county authorities. It was only after hours of intensive searching that the officers were able to locate the illegal narcotic. Velez, a white-mustached Mexican who often visits in the city, will be held in the county jail until federal agents move him either to Chicago or Fort Wayne for trial in federal court. There he will be tried on a charge of violating the narcotic laws. Oliva, who, in broken Spanish, constantly contends that he either knows nothing or “no spikka da English." was in the home at the time of the raid and is being held (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) O 100 Bombs Dropped On Hankow, China Hankow, China. July 16 -(U.R) — Twelve Japanese airplanes dropped 60 bombs on Hankow today from an altitude of 10.000 feet and later nine planes dropped 40 bombs. Some bombs were believed to have struck the airdrome. o ONE MAN HURT THIS MORNING One Man Taken To Hospital After Accident On Street Work One man was hurt and three others escaped injury early this morning while working on the resurfacing of Second street in this city. The four men were riding on the front of the grader, used in resurfacing the street, when a two-by-four on which they were standing, broke, throwing them to the ground. Ross Davis, 23, of Amboy, an employe of the Brooks Construction company, who has the contract for resurfacing the street, was the one injured. He was taken to the Adatns county memorial hospital, where an X-ray was taken of his hip to determine if the hip bone had been fractured. The rest of the men returned to work after the implement had been repaired.

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Former Utilities Head Is Victim Os Sudden Heart Attack While Riding Subway. BURIAL IN ENGLAND Paris. July 16—(U.R)— Samuel Insull, former head of the great mid-western utilities empire which collapsed and ruined thousands of investors, died in a hospital here today after a heart attack in a subway station. Insull, one-time associate of Thomas A. Edison, was stricken while riding in the subway. He arrived at the Paul Marmotan hospital in a coma, by a taxicab. The former magnate reached the hospital at 1:10 p. m. (6:10 a. m. CST) and died shortly after his admittance. Emergency treatment failed to revive him and he was dead when Dr. Edmund L. Gros, chief of staff of the American hospital, arrived. Mrs. Insull was not with her husband at the time of the attack. She was called to the hospital but arrived after the 7X-year old financier had died. She became hysterical. Mrs. Insull remained by the body and communicated with her son in Geneva, 111. Mrs. Insull said the body would be sent to England for burial and that her niece is arriving here tomorrow from England to make arrangements. She said she had been in Europe for several months and that Insull had arrived in Paris on Monday to join her. He toured Paris last night and also watched the Bastille day celebration. Before retiring, he said he felt fine. Hospital authorities announced that Insult's body had been placed in refrigeration pending a police decision on whether to hold an autopsy. Insull was given several injections after his arrival at the hospital at 1:10 p.m. Paris time, but there was no sign of revival. His (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) BREAK OUT OF ILLINOIS JAIL Two Prisoners Saw M ay Out Os County .Jail At Joliet Joliet, 111., July 16.—KU.R)—John Hritz, 25, Gary. Ind., held on a charge of murder, and Leonard Lattos, 22, Joliet, charged with robbery, sawed their way out of the Will county jail early today. Sheriff Michael Breen said the escaped prisoners let themselves out of a window 30 feet above the ground by means of a rope made from their canvas cot covers. “I'm convinced they had outside assistance,” Breen said. “They must have let a string out the windows last night to an accomplice who tied a hacksaw to it. “I believe the accomplice was waiting for them in an auto when they let themselves down.” The east wing of the jail, where the two were lodged in top tier of the cell block, 15 feet above the floor, fronts onto the yard adjoining the sheriff's home. The prisoners sawed their way through their cell window, gaining a court. They also were forced to saw through a second barred and screened window before making good their escape. Hritz was charged with murder in connection with the Zappa slaying. They were arraigned about 10 days ago and were to have gone to trial during the September term of court. Lattos was charged with automobile uzeft. Breen asked state and county police to aid in the search for the prisoners. o.. - TEMPERATURE READINGS DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER 8:00 a.m 74 10:00 a.m 78 9:00a.m 75 11:00 a.m 80 WEATHER Probably local showers or thunderstorms north portion tonight and Sunday and beginning late tonight or Sunday south portion. Slightly warmer tnight. Somewhat cooler Sunday in north portion.