Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 36, Number 175, Decatur, Adams County, 26 July 1938 — Page 1

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Lort Fighting Keluieen Russian I And Jap Troops

I jse Newspapers Say ..Hour Battle Over! Is Fought Between liers. PS advance ly Joe AIPX Morris pL, Staff Correspondent) JI., the far east and Spain [0 iiP» fury "» la y co " c ' h progress toward relfevdanger of conflict in cenof fighting came Japanese newspapers and -ncy channels from the border where the recent .etween Japan and Soviet (? r a hill side fortified by ■oops was said to have to a pitched battle. . earlier indications that rel was being liquidated a five-hour fight in which y one newspaper at Tokyo (l an soldiers were forced )SS the frontier. Accuracy lispatch remained to lie tut in any event it kept , acute danger of major along the -Manchukuan there Japanese militarists arting under failure of mauds that the Soviets the disputed hill. the south, the Japanese up the Yangtse toward finally broke Chinese deefore Kiukiang and their poked upstream tb shell | retreat of the defending ipanese success —at a high storming Kiukiang drove ts<> from their most powertsie position on the route kw. As usual, they chose taw rather than risk the bn of their main army Ight have held out many 11 of Kiukiang. however, [mean that the capture of [will be easy. The Japancave more than 100 miles ] fhirty miles upstream the I have mined and blocked i although their position is | arable to that ta Kiukiang. i defenses have been greatthened. Military experts he Japanese will be forget there during August, n, government troops releir first important suemonths of desperate reagainst the insurgent toward Valencia. A sudist offensive along the r. which guards the rebel , drove 17 miles into erritory: captured 500 guns and war materials, pose of the drive was to ‘■Bate#’ he rebel thrust toward nlencfland to prevent success of Brebel (, i-tnpt to encircle Madrid BT ai^F ing frnm , ' le eastEOneati ’rouble center continPalestine, Arabs i oral strike for the Jertl&lan Wi a as a sequel to rioting tOorisni arising from their ■MlkHwith Jewish settlers. The in the latest outbreak nloUllt, 'd to 56 of which authorities troops on emergency (he situation under y ilr °l,«l’m isolated killings conpage FIVE) oHOL LEADER ’ M|IKES REPORT KI Striker Releases lai Aggregate AtReport Here inual aggregate and averattendance report of counchildren was released toI E. Striker, county schbol hdent, [Port replaces the former Pon report to the state sttknt of public instruction. Port discloses that there f 5 students enrolled in f Adame county out of the lons of school age living: I boundaries. port also shows that there' [Students attending paro-1 sols of the country. Os this ’ tlb were in Preble town-J r Root, 44 in Union and: | city of Decatur. plated report is to be sent ! he superintendent of pub- j by she local school

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INLAND STEEL SAYS WAGE GUT MAY BE FORCED Warns Labor That Industry Must Cut Wages Or Raise Prices Washington, July 26 - (U.R) Inland Steel Corp, warned labor today that the industry faces the alternative of reducing wages or increasing prices in the near future to avoid serious losses. Ernest S. Ballard, counsel for Inland testifying before the public contracts board, also said the company may challenge validity of the Walsh-Healey act. He declared establishment of minimuh wages for the industry on the present basis would be unwise. ■'While it is desirable to maintain wages as high as economically I possible, they can not be maintained in the face of the present economic conditions without injury to the employes and employers alike,” he said. Ballard said promulgation of fixed minima for the steel industry under the Walsh-Healey act might prove of eventual detriment to the vast industry. Labor representatives are seeking to force the steel companies to establish minimum wages under terms of the Walsh-Healey act which provide that companies fulfilling government contracts must operate under a 40 hour week and pay wages equal to the prevailing scale in their industries. The committee for industrial organization asked that the scale for rnnrmnn labor he fixed on the (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) O BRITISH PLANE RESUMES FLIGHT Pick-A-Back Seaplane Mercury Takes Off From Newfoundland Botwood. Newfoundland. July 26 — (U.R) — The British pick a back seaplane Mercury took off at 1:22 a. m. CST today for Horta, in the Azores. The Mercury, making experimental flights preliminary to commercial air service over the north Atlantic, was beginning the third of a series of hops to Southampton. England. The distance to Horta is 1.507 miles. The plane, with Capt. Donald C. T. Bennett at the controls, flew here from Montreal where it arrived from New York. It landed here at 2:28 p. m. CST yesterday. Lacking the services of its “mother plane.” from whose back it took off in the air with a heavy load for its flight to New York from Foynes, Ireland, last week, the four-engined Mercury had to make the 4,500 mile flight to Southampton in stages. After refueling at Horta, it will make another refueling stap at Lisbon. Portugal. Bennett was accompanied by Alfred J. Coster, radio operator. German Plane Leaves Port Washington, N. Y„ July 26 — (U.R) — The German seaplane Nordmeer was over the Atlantic today, speeding toward the A:A»res Islands, 2,397 miles from the harbor here where it was satapulted at 5 p.m. CST yesterday from the steamer Friesenland. The British seaplane Mercury was over the ocean, ! bound for the same destination. Capt. Joachim Blankenberg and a crew of three were aboard. From the Azores, the Nordmeer will proceed to Lisbon. Portugal, the second stop on a New York to Berlin route that the German Lufthansa is surveying for proposed regular trans-Atlantic service. , A sister-ship, the Nordwind. landed in the harbor at 12:30 p. ni. CST , yesterday after a 16-hour flight 1 from the Azores. o Dorus Staffer On Duty During Fair i Dorus Stalter, local WPA Red | Cross first aid instructor, is to be on duty in the police tent during fair week to give first aid treatment in event of injuries, it was announced today.

“HUMAN CANNONBALL’’ FEATURES FREE ACTS ._ f ' ’■ J'"' , "■>' : JmKK kfr > , A .. ' Captain Von Fendrlck, internationally famous as the “Human Cannonball." will be one of the, feature free acts at the Decatur Free Street Fair and Agricultural Show, which opens next Monday night and con- ■ tinues all week. Capt. Fendrlck is shot from the mouth of a cannon, a distance of 200 feet through space. 1 As a special feature. $1 will be paid for every accepted picture taken in action of the captain during his act ' in this city. Photographs should be mailed to Tommy Sacco. Theatrical Mart, 162 North State St., Chicago, 111. Pictures not earning awards will be returned to the sender. „

OUTDOOR UNION SERVICE SUNDAY Outdoor Service To Be Held Near Presbyterian Church Sunday The union Sunday evening service sponsored by the Decatur Ministerial Association will be held on the north side of the Presbyterian church Sunday evening at 7:30 o’clock. This is the first service of this kind held in the city | Since the Centennial Sunday services of two years ago. The guest speaker for the occasion will be Judge Wm. H. j Schannen. Fort Wayne, whu will speak upon the subject, “Christian I Law Observance." Special music for the occasion i will he furnished hy the combined high school bands under the direction of Albert Sellemeyer. A program of music will be played previous to the opening of the ser-. vice, and the bands will play for the congregational singing during the service. Special lighting and seating arrangements will be provided so that a large crowd can be accom- ] modated. A public address system will be installed for the occasion. Parking of cars will be permitted at the east end of Adams street. The detailed program for the j service will be made public in several days. o—>r— —— Sons Os Legion Will Name Officers Tonight A meeting of the local Sons of the American Legion will be held tonight at 7:30 o'clock at the local Legion home. Officers will be elected for the coming year. All members of the organization are urged to attend. John McConnell is the incumbent j captain. — o WOODMEN TO ATTEND MEET Modern Woodmen To Attend Joint State Meeting At Indianapolis Members of the Modern Woodmen of America in this city are planning to go to Indianapolis, to witness the initiation of the largest class of men and women candidates ever to receive the degree work of the society at a joint state meeting to be held in Tomlinson Hall Saturday night, July 30. The prize drill teams of Marion Camp No. 3558, Indianapolis, and Camp No. 3826, Noblesville, will put on the floor work, assisted by officers of various camps over the state. Indiana Woodmen will be honored by having national director E. J. Bullard of Detroit, as the principal speaker. General Maurice R. Smith, superintendent of agents, of Rock Island, 111., and ational auditor Harry S. Redkey, of Muncie, will also address the meeting. An outstanding musical organization composed of members of Camp No. 6002. Danville, will furnish the music of the evening. f

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Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, .July 26, 1938.

Sister Os Local Residents Dies Mrs. Elija J. Shaffer, 76, sister of Mrs. James Dailey and Martin L. j Smith of Decatur, died Monday at j the home of a daughter, Mrs Mary Heckler, in Marion township. Allen I county. Death was caused by paralysis following an illness of several weeks. Surviving are four sons: Gilbert of Monroeville, James and Vern of! Forest, 0., and Harley of Fort Wayne; three daughters. Mrs. Ida! Schlemmer of LaGrange, Mrs. Ruth Miller of Avilla and Mrs. Heckler; i and the brother and sister in Deea- ! tur. Funeral services will be held at I I the Heckler residence at 12:30 o’i clock Wednesday afternoon and at .lip. m. at St. Mark's Lutheran I church in Monroeville. URGE ENTRY IN SPECIAL DAYS Early Entries Are Urged For Pet Parade, Twins Day At Fair Early filing of entries in the Pet Parade and Twins Day, spacial attractions to be held during the Decatur Free Street Fair and Agricul- , tural Show next week, was urged I today by officials in charge. The Pet Parade will be held Tuesday afternoon, August 2, at 4 | o’clock. Pete may be entered by any boy I or girl, under 14 years of age, living in Decatur. Adams and adjoining counties. A varied list of prizes will awarded to the owners of >ets judged the best in their particular divl- * sion«. Entries are to be filed with George Laurent, recreation supervisor, who is in general charge of the Pet Parade. Mrs. Marion Feasel | is chairman of arrangements for the ' parade and is being assisted by the Tri Kappa, Psi lota Xi and Delta Theta Tan sororities. Mr. Lament is also chairman of the Twins Day observance, the first ever to be held in Decatur. This observance will be held all day Thursday, August 4, and a number of cash prizes will be awarded by the street fair association. Entries for this observance may also be made with Mr. Laurent. No charge of any kinw is being made for entries in either of these special observances during the fair. _ o C. C. Directors To Meet This Evening < Directors of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce and members of tne finance committee of the annual street fair will meet at the auto license bureau this evening at 7, o’clock. All members are urged to! be present. o Wabash Man Taken Into Custody Here Emmett Stahl, of Wabash, was arrested here last night by Sheriff Dallas Brown, on charges filed by officials of that city. Stahl is charged with issuing fraudulent checks in Wabash. He was taken there this morning by state police.

McALPIN QUITS STATE POSITION Dick Heller Announces Resignation Os Purchasing Agent —“ Indianapolis, Ind., July 26 —(UP) I Dick Heller, executive secretary to ; Gov. M. Clifford Townsend, announced today that he has received the resignation of Charles McAlpin, state purchasing agent, effective Aug. 1. No reason was cited for McAlpin’s action, Heller said, and the Governor's secretary also declined to comment. Heller said that McAlpin will be succeeded by Louis L. Needier of I 'lndianapolis, who is legislative dir- • ectur for the Indiana farm bureau. Persons close to the statehouse ' believe, however, that McAlpin’s resignation was forced by the administration. There hae long been dissatisfaction with the method of, purchasing the state's supplies, particularly the printing contracts and purchases for the state institution, I In fact, after widespread complaints several months ago Townsend instructed Heller to make a survey of the purchasing depart- f ment and recommend changes. From that moment on, rumors were heard that McAlpin would be removed aa soon as the Democratic j state convention was over. McAlpin was an assistant in the purchasing department, appointed ■n 1933 by former Gov. Paul V. McNutt. He was made purchasing agent when Paul Fry, who held the ' post at that time, resigned to become state liquor law administrator. McAlpin generally has been regarded as a political associate of Frank McHale and Bowman Elder, who were McNutt’s closest political advisors. UNPAID CLAIMS DISTRIBUTED Auditor Distributes Fund For Unpaid Dog Claims Today The distribution of a $407.75; check which was received from the J state auditor by John W. Tyndall. Adams county auditor, as the county's share of the unpaid dog claims, was being made today by Mr. Tyndall. Kirkland received the lion's share I of the money, getting $1641.63 in the distribution. Next in line was St. | Mary’s township with $75.73. Jefferson received $70.74 and Monroe township, $47.44. The other townships, which eharied in the distribution; Hartford $10.14; Preble, $13.24; Blue Creek. $23.83. The $407.75 represents 26 per cent of $1,568.28, the total amount of the paid dog claims in Adams county. o Boy Scouts To Meet Wednesday Afternoon All Boys Scouts of Decatur will meet at Hanna-Nuttman park Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. No overnight camp will be held this, ! week. |

Indiana Senate Nears Approval ■ To Repeal Windshield Gadget Law; New Title Law Is Drafted

EMPIRE STATE I TOPS IN RELIEF Treasury Releases Figures On Division Os Relief Fund Washington. July 26 — (U.R) — Treasury experts broke down the ■ nation's federal emergency relief dollar today to show how expenditures of approximately $8,600,000,000 have been divided among the states and among various Jobmaking objectives. New York state topped others i with $1,096,202,888 of emergency relief money from April 8, 1935 to June 30, 1938, the period covered by the figures. Next were Pennsylvania. $709.I 090,034; Illinois. $486,742,797; Ohio $465,391,296; and California, $558,774.925. The figures were set down in a report prepared In conformity with an executive order which made the treasury responsible for accounting for emergency relief spending, beginning with April 8, 1935. From that date through the fiscal year i which ended last June 30, congress I appropriated $8,687,821,646 of which ' • agencies made available for spend-1 I ing $8,656,321,646. The works progress aduilnlstraI tion, itself, spent $4,834,974,053 lor 55.7 per cent of funds made available. Other expenditures in--1 eluded: agriculture without public •; roads and farm security allocations, I $136,000,000; bureau of public ,; roads. $506,000,000; farm security ! $556,000,000; rivers and harbors i $164,000,000; civilian conservation II corps, before being transferred . from emergency to permanent , status, $593,000,000; t'WA (from ; emergency relief funds, only» ( j $396,000,000. Classifying an aggregate of ap~(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) NEW JUVENILE I ACT EXPLAINED First Conviction Under New Federal Law Is Announced Today — Springfield, 111., July 26— (UP)— First conviction in any U. S. court ! under a new juvenile delinquency ! law was announced today by U. S. : attorney Howard L. Doyle who re--1 vealed that the conviction was ob--1 tained before district Judge Charles G. Briggle Friday. The convicted defendant was , Chester Richardson. 16, Indianapolis Ind., arrested last week at Greenville charged with allegedly driving a stolen automobile from Indiana, to Illinois. He faces three years detention in a school yet to be selected. Briggle remanded the youth to i await the decision of the U. S. attorney general, who under provi- ' sion of the new law, may place him i in any institution or take “whatever steps may prove to be necessary according to the circumstances of the i case.” “Instead of prosecuting him for alleged substantive offense, how-1 ever,” Doyle said, “He was charged 1 under the new juvenile act with be- ’ ing delinquent and sentenced to the ' custody of the attorney general for 1 three years, who will place him in ; (CONTINUE7D ON PAGE THREE) O — Local Girls’ Band To Play At Berne The Decatur girls' Band will present a band concert Saturday night I on the main square at Berne. Albert (Sellemeyer will direct the band. The engagement there is in return for a concert given by the Barn high school band in this city. Eight Decatur Scouts Are Attending Camp Eight Decatur Boy Scouts are attending Camp Limberlost at Rome City this week, where a total of 109 scoute from the Anthony Wayne area are registered. Decatur scouts attending are: Dale Von Gunten, Gerald Kimble and Jack Giaham, of Lions troop 62; Bob Htiater and Roy Friedley of Rotary troop 61; Jack Hunter, Dick Linn and Howard i Gehrig of Legion troojp 63.

DOCTOB STATES GOV. CHANDLER WAS POISONED Louisville Police Discount Deliberate Poisoning Attempt Louisville, Ky., July 26—(UP) — Major Joseph Burman, head of the state bureau of identification, insisted today Gov. A. B. Chandler’s current illness Is the result of an attempt to poison him and said it was the third euch attempt against the Governor's life. One other such attempt was made at a roadside stand near Covington, and a second at Harlan, Maj. Burman said. The governor became ill last Friday in a Ix>uisviile Hotel and Dr. J. W. Bryan, hotel physl-j cian, said he thought poiecn had been put in Chandler’s drinking water. Louisville police said they found no basis for this assertion. The governor was stricken by a stomach ailment early Friday after he had completed a radio broadcast from his suite in a Louisville hotel. The illness had been diagnosed as : indigestion. Last night. Dr. Bryan, resident physician of the hotel, where Chandler maintains his headquarters, reported in a notarized statement that the governor had been poisoned by water he had drank during the broadcast. "The governor is a victim of poisoned water.” he said. “I do not know what kind of poison it was, but a quantity would have caused death. I presume it was administered by an outside party." When informed of the police announcement that the case would he dropped. Bryan insisted he had facts to substantiate his charge. He said he had summoned a chemist from the University of Kentucky at Lexington to analyze specimens of the governor’s blood. Maj. Joseph Burman, head of 1 the state bureau of identification, I who has charge of Chandler's bodyguard. disagreed with the Louisville police department's finding and announced that the state highway patrol would make a thorough investigation of the case. The Louisville department is controlled by a Democratic city administration which is opposing Chandler in his campaign for the U. S. senatorial nomination in opposition to senate majority leader Alben Barkley. The primary will be held August 6 . Sgts. Tom Shouse. J. W. Stevenson and Jack Hughes, of the Louisville police, conferred with Dr. Bryan at his hotel early today. Later they issued a statement which said: "We do not believe that. Dr. Bryan has any factual basis for his affidavit which states that the ' governor was poisoned in an attempt on his life. We are at a loss to understand why Dr. Bryan ' or the governor did not come to us ’ before this time. When we pinned the doctor down to actual facts he i (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) 0 1 BORMANN NAMED LEGION LEADERS Local Creamery Man Is j Elected Commander Os Adams Post No. 43 V. J. Bormann, local creamery salesman, waa last night elected commander of Adams Post No. 43 American Legion. The election was , held during the regular meeting at ( the losa<Legion home. ( Mr. Bormann succeeds Ralph E. j Roop, city civil works commission- ] er, who has served the past term . in the office. Dr. Ben Duke was elected first vice-commander and Charles Massonee, second vice-commander. Tilman Gehrig was named adjutant and William Linn, finance officer. Those elected to the executive committee: were Ralph E. Roop, Joe Laurent and Walter Gladfelter. The delegates to the convention are Commander-elect Bormann, Mr. Roop and James K. Staley. The alternates are; Walter Gladfelter, Harry Miller and Charles Burke. J. Henry Faurote was elected trustee o£ the jiost £or oug jear.

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Measure Expected To Pass This Afternoon; New T. B. Sanitorium To Be Built In State. DISCUSS PROJECTS Indianapolis. July 26 —(U.R) —The state senate today moved to the passage stage a bill repealing Indiana’s disputed “windshield gadget" law. The bill is expected to pass this afternoon and be sent to the house for speedy Concurrence in amendments made by the senate in the original house measure. The senate also moved to the passage stage a bill creating a new tuberculosis sanitorium in southern Indiana. The new "titleholder certificate law" repeals all previous acts dealing with the subject and substitutes a new law. thus eliminating objections raised by the attorney-gener-al's office to the house bill on I which the senate acted today. The senate provided that a receipt of automobile registration be carried in each motorist's car enclosed in a container with a “prospective, transparent face.” The senate stipulated, however, thathe receipt, or title card may be carried anywhere in the auto so that it can be shown to any peace officer. No provision was made for placing the title card in the car so that it can be seen and read front the outside. The senate also made no provision for the purchase of containers from the state. One of the principal objections to the “gadget” law' was that thi* state made a profit by selling them to motorists for 25 cents each paid at the time the registration certificate was obtained. The new law is expected to be passed finally in the senate this afternoon and sent to the house (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) SEC CHAIRMAN SUPPORTS ACT Douglas Defends Public Utility Holding Company Act Cleveland. July 26.—k'U.R)—Chairman William O. Douglas of the securities and exchange commission charged today that critics of the public utility holding company act “cast the shadow of a hangman's noose on a purpose and program that are constructive and beneficial." , Douglas told the American Bar Association’s public utility lawsection that “we mean business’" in continuing enforcement of the act. “Let us not confuse the interest of investors with the self interest of a few who want to retain control over these economic empires,” he said. Douglas’ speech, ignoring criticism of him as chief of the SEC yesterday by the association s committee on administrative law, was a feature of the program virtual ly turned over to new deal representatives who have undergone severe criticism by the lawyers. Douglas, reviewing what he termed the case of “scatteration versus integration of public utility systems,” said that "inconceivable harm” has been done by characterizing as a “death sentence" that part of the act providing for geographical integration and corporate simplification of utility holding companies. “The fact is.” he said, “that the electric and gas utility industries have become essentially local monopolies by virtue of their economic characteristics, yet many of the large holding company systems have succeeded in expanding their

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