Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 36, Number 204, Decatur, Adams County, 29 August 1938 — Page 1

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IS H. CAPEHART DEMOCRAT?'NO' SAYSCAPEHART Dispute Casts Doubts On Industralist’s Political Faith Buffalo, N. Y.. Aug. 2R — (U.R) — Homer E. Capehart, who last Saturday spent $30,000 In Indiana to boom Republicanism, is listed by the hoard of elections as a Democratic candidate for office, the Buffalo Times said today in a copyrighted story. An executive of the Wurlitzer musical instrument company. Capehart played host to some 9,000 Republicans at a mammoth cornroast on his farm at Capehart, Ind.. for state and national G. O. P. leaders. The Times said Capehart's name appears In three places in the local, elections bureau, and that he is a candidate for committeeman, fifth district, town of Amherst, as a Democrat. On his petition, filed Aug. 16, were the signatures of several prominent Democrats. The final day to decline the candidacy was Aug. 19. It was not declined, the Times said. Washington, Ind., Aug. 29 —<U.R) —Homer E. Capehart wealthy industrialist who sponsored a hundred percent “cornfield conference" near here last week end. today denied “as silly and ridiculous" an assertion In Buffalo. N. Y . that he is seeking an office as a Democrat In Amherst. N. Y. “1 am a voter of Indiana," Capehart told the United Press. "And I maintain my legal residence in this state. I don’t vote in New York and I live in the town of Snyder when I'm out there. “I’m not running for anything. I never did run for office and I have no intention of ever running for office. You can say for me that the story is absolutely silly, ridiculous p.nd untrue. I know nothing about Amherst or any committeemen." o

Campaign To Pay Ott‘ Baer Mortgage Begun A campaign to raise funds to payoff the mortgage on the home of Paul Baer’s mother in Port Wayne is being made by the Disabled American Veterans of the world war. Pout Baer was an ace aviator in the war and met his death in an airplane accident. Mrs. Baer is 72 years of age. A mortgage on her property has become delinquent. It is the purpose of the Veterans organization to pay her debt and following her death make a permanent shrine of the Baer home to the memory of Paul ißaer. Samuel C. Cleland and J. L. James are trustees of the fumi. Persons wishing to make contributions should send them to either of the above men in Fort Wayne. DETOUR MAY BE j LIFTED ON ROAD U. S. Highway 27 Improvement South Os City Nearly Done A probability that the detour on federal road 27, south of the city, would be opened within the next two weeks was seen today by construction heads in charge of improving the road. William Harvey, the contractor on the improving of road 27. stated this morning that he expected to have the road opened for traffic, within that time. However, some time is expected to elapse before the berms alongside the newly conditioned pavement will be completed, he stated. The stretch of road about three and one-half miles on length to being re-surfaced as part of n series of road improvements conducted by the state. Traffic will not be allowed on the highway within that section until the detour is completely lifted. Caution must then be used, due to working along the sides.

ACCIDENTS ARE CAUSE OF DEATH OVER WEEK-END (iary Hay Ride Brings Death, Injuries To College Students Indianapolis. Aug. 29.—<U.R>-Six j persons died and 22 were injured in automobile acidents on lloosler highways over the weekend. A gay hayride party 10 miles ! east of Gary ended in disaster I when a truck crashed Into the rear of the wagon. Ann North, 22, I Webster Grove. Mo., a student at Northwestern Cniversity, was killed and eight others injured. Most were students celebrating the j close of summer school sessions. Injured seriously were Harriet McCandless, 20, Pittsburgh. Pa.; Edna Stephen, 21, and Eldon Lin- | niger, 27, both of Gary. They were taken to a Gary hospital. The truck driver, Charles Lenzllle. Benton Harbor, Mich., was | charged with manslaughter and re- ; leased on $2,000 bond. Burn to Death Frank Craft. 25, and his 19-year- , old wife, Gail, of Liberty, burned ; to death when their truck sideswiped a car one mile east of Conj nersville and caught fire. They were trapped In the cab when thu gas tank exploded. Lester Longs, 29, Terre Haute, died of injuries received in an I auto crash on U. S. 4.6 west of 'Riley. Calvin Jackson. 20, Lewis, was not injured. Leland Mayfield. 30, Cloverland farmer, was fatally injured when he was struck by a car driven by R. L. Butter of Brazil. Mayfield was hit as he alighted from his car and started across the highway to his home. Richard Caldwell, nine-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ota Caldwell, j Centerville, died in a Richmond hospital of injuries received a month ago when he was struck by an automobile. WPA Worker Killed Charles Hover, 58, a WPA workI er, was killed instantly when struck in front of his home in

(CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) FORMER DECATUR MAN IS INJURED A. Baumgartner Seriously Hurt When Interurban Hits Car Arthur Baumgartner, 50. residing four miles north and three miles east of Bluffton was seriously Injured at 8:30 o’clock this morning when a south bound interurban struck his Model A Ford at the Lancaster school crossing three miles north of Bluffton on state road 101. Mr. Baumgartner was unconscious and bleeding profusely. He was rushed to the Wells county hospital by John Shafer. Ossian automobile salesman and Dwight Niblick, farm boy. Shortly before noon the victim had partly regained consciousness hut could remember nothing of the accident The physicians reported that he has a fairly good chance to recover adding that recovery depended on the developments of the next 24 hours. Mr. Baumgartner suffered a fractured skull, a deep scalp cut, a deep gash on the right side of his neck and a broken arm. All of the victim’s front teeth were

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City Swimming Pool Closes Here Tonight The municipal swimming pool will close tonight for the winter season, Marion Feasel, pool supervisor, announced today. The pool has enjoyed one of its most successful seasons, climaxed last week with a huge water carnival that attracted hundreds of people. Registration figures at the pool are not available to date. TEMPERATURE READINGS DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER 8:00 a. m 10:00 a. m 76 Noon •• *3 2:00 p. RS 3:00 p. m. 89 WEATHER Considerable cloudineta, local showers in extreme southwest tonight, Tuesday becoming fair; somewhat cooler in extreme north portion.

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Decatur, Indiana, Monday, August 29, 1938.

Paints to Pay Babv Bill 1 07 ■ Harry Yost, 31, and unemployed, is shown painting the 50-foot flagpole atop Hahnemann Hospital, Philadelphia, to pay bill for his baby's birth there. Scam after this picture was taken the rope snapped, injuring Yost.

NEW SCHOOL IS NEARLY READY - Root Township Pupils To Begin Classes In Old Structure — The Monmouth school construe-1 tion is progressing a« well as was anticipated, although school will be begun in the old structure. Ralph W. Rice, the Root township trustee ha« announced. The use of the new building will be begun shortly after the taking up of school this fall. Weather con-! ditions will determine the exact j date of occupancy of the new building. Basket ball practice and early j fall games will be held in the new j gymnasium. Many of the school I functions are scheduled for tho combined gymnasium-auditorium 1 also. Workmen are now engaged on the interior finishing of the structure including the laying of the floor. Doors are being hung and other fixtures being installed preparatory to the setting of the school furniture.; When completed, it its expected that the school will be one of the most modern in this part of the state. It is in the form of an addi-' tion, made necessary by larger enrollments in recent year 3. Root township school officials have stated. x _o Beard Auto Damaged By Unknown Trucker A “hit and run" truck driver side :;wiped a parked automobile owned by Kenneth Bear<9 this morning at 9:20 o’clock on North Second streec in front of the home In which Mr. | Beard lives. The car was damaged | to the extent of about SIOO, he rear fender and part of the body, having been smashed. A witness, who did not obtain the license number, saw the accident and said the rear fender of the truck was nearly torn off. Police began an immediate investigation. REV. MARTIN , IS RETURNED Local Pastor Is Re-As-signed To Eighth St. U. B. At Conference The Rev. Luke J. Martin, pastor of the Eighth street U. B. church in this city was re-assigned to the Decatur pastorate Sunday by the Auglaize conference at Rockford, Ohio. Bishop C. A. Mumma read the stationing committee’s report nt the close of the conference Sunday evening to a large crowd, which had attended the sessions at the U. B. Camp grounds In that city. This Is the fourth year that Rev. Martin has been pastor of the local church. Plans are now underway for the erection of a new church at the corner of Nuttman avenue ar.d Eleventh street. Building operations will probably begin late this fall or early next spring. With the re-assignment of Rev. Martin to the local church, the con- , gregatlon and pastor are looking forward to an even more success-' full year than last. [

Local People Attend Meeting In Illinois The Rev. and Mrs. Charles M. Prugh. Mrs. George Thomas, Mrs. | Dallas Goldner and Mies Betty Hun-; ter left today for Elmhurst, Illinois where they will attend the annual meeting of the Mid-ivest synod of the Evangelical and Reformed church. The sessions of the meeting will begin this evening and continue through Wednesday. Mrs. Prugh is in charge of all the j devotional periods for the women's section of the synod and is a mem- 1 her of the executive board of the i synodical women’s missionary soc-. iety. VOTE 10 QUIT DUES PAYMENT Automobile Workers Break From CIO; Charge Dictatorship Milwaukee. Wis., Aug. 29 — (U.R)- - Leaders of 46.000 members of the j United Automobile Workers of. America urged their International • executive board today to discon-, tinue paying a monthly per capita j assessment of five cents to John L. Lewis' committee for Industrial organization because, they charged, he had attempted to destroy the autonomv of their organization. The recommendation was contained in a resolution adopted at a closed meeting by 345 delegates of 51 U. A. W. locals in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Illinois. The delegates met as an advisory council and had no legislative or administrative powers. The resolution protested "unwarranted and unprecedented interference by Lewis.” and was interpreted as a blanket endorsement of Homer Martin, U. A. W. international president, who has been involved for several months in a dispute with four international! officers for control of the union. The executive board ousted the officers Aug. 6 on chargps that they had attempted to gain control of the U. A. W. so they could turn it over to “communists.” Lewis had proposed that all controversial questions in the U. A. W. be submitted to the C. I. O. for final decision. He also had suggested that the ousted officials— Vice Presidents Ed Hall. Richard i Frankensteen. Wyndham Morti- j mer and Secretary - Treasurer! George Addes—be reinstated and j that the questions of their dis- j charge be submitted to the next' international convention.The resolution was adopted last j night after Martin had spent more j (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) ■ —o Library Committee Will Meet Tuesday A meeting has been called in J the city library Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock for all members of 1 the committee which is sponsoring | the drive to collect good used books and magazines for needy negroes through the Faith Cabin Libraries in South Carolina. Tuesday is the last day on which books can be used as they are to be shipped Wednesday morning. Representatives from churches, which have agreed to help with j the shipping of the books, are requested to attend the meeting Tuesday also. Picture* of libraries may he seen [on page five.

Europe Is On Verge Os War As Hitler Masses Troops In Threat To Czechoslovakians

CLAIMS FILED FOR INSURANCE CHECKS HERE 109 In Decatur, 27,800 In State File Applications Recently More than 27,800 claims for unemployment compensation benefits have been filed in Indiana by persons who had worked In insured employment tiefore April 1 this year but who had had no covered earnings since that date, the Indiana unemployment compensation division announced today. It appears that filing of claims as a result oY repeal of the $lO earning requirement will he considerably below the 50.000-or-more mark predicted by some at the time the legislature removed the $lO clause’," said E. F. Kistniller, deputy in charge of unemployment compensation in the Fort. Wayne district. “Tabulation of reports from offices In this district showed that 2.554 persons filed claims without earnings in covered employment since Aptil 1—2,376 in Fort Wayne, 40 in Blttffton. 29 in Columbia City, and 109 In Decatur. Claims in other counties in this section numbered 22 in Berne, 152 in Hartford City, 435 in Marion, 209 in Huntington. 18 in Ligonier, 34 in Kendallville, 56 in Auburn. Reports from larger cities in the state showed: South Bend 3,233, Indianapolis 2.908, Evansville 1.220. Muncie 1.598. Anderson 1,483 and Gary 1,106. “At the same time only 3,062 persons laid off from insured employ ment filed claims for benefits in the state last week, and almost j twice that number apparently left j the benefit rolls to return to their jolts. With 6.000 returning to work last week, there have been 18.900 beneficiaries re-employed since the first of August and a total of 36.200 to date. Last week's layoff compared to 3,341 the previous week and a high of 10,237 the third week ill May. “The number re-employed in the Fort Wayne district topped 1,900 with 365 going back to their jobs last week, while only 226 Tiled ‘regular’ claims. The high in this district was 555 claims in the week ending April 16. “Benefit payments continue to reflect the volume of re-empIoy-(CONTINUE7D ON PAGE THREE) O President Roosevelt Renews Purge Drive Washington. Aug. 29 — (UP) — President Roosevelt resumed personal command today of his drive to retire conservative democrats from congress. Postmaster General James A. Farley returned to the capital today and Mr. Roosevelt will arrive tomorrow to put practiced hands on | Democratic political controls. DAYTON MAN IS [ FOUND INJURED Car Wrecked On U. S. 27, But Unconscious Victim Will Live James Andrew Otis, 36, of Dayton Ohio, escaped serious injury and ] possible death this morning shortly j before 10 o’clock when the car he was driving overturned on federal road 27 detour south of the city. Otis, who was brought to the local j hospital for treatment, sustained severe scalp wounds and other cuts |and bruises when the light cabriolet |he was driving turned completely over. He was found near the wreck, lying unconscious on the road. The cabriolet top was cnmpletei ly wrecked and laid flat along the | dashboard of the vehicle. Otis told ’ authorities and hospital attaches that he lost control when the car ; skidded in loose gravel. Sheriff Dallas Brown and Deputy Leo Gillig investigated. Otis said he ' was enroute to Fort Wayne, where he had secured a job la a confectionery. The accident occurred about four and one-half miles south of the city.

0. S. GUNBOAT IS IN DANGER Japan Refuses Relief To U. S. Monocacy In Yangtse River Shanghai, Aug. 29— (U.R) —The United Slates gunboat Monocacy, with 45 officers and men aboard, is in grave danger in the upper Yangtse river where it is held by a Japanese blockade, it was learned today. Information was received in Shanghai that several mines have exploded within 80 yards of the gunboat and that the first one exploded 90 minutes after Japanese mine sweepers left the area. The ship has been badly shaken and has been sprayed — though without damage —by mine fragments. Cunners aboard the Monocacy have tried vainly, it was understood, to detonate mines which began to float dangerously near. At present, reports say. the little ship is encircled with pontoons designed to detonate mines. It was learned that after the first explosions Lieut. C'omdr. Clarence V. Conlan, commanding the Monocacy. went ashore at once, protested to the Japanese and said that his government would hold the Japanese government responsible for any "mishap.” The Japanese consulate ignored i Conlan's protest, it was said, and warned him curtly that the Japanese would not accept any responsibility because the Monocacy was in a danger zone. There was growing concern in diplomatic quarters here, because of the peculiar circumstances of the situation, lest another Painty incident occur. GRAND. PETIT JURIES DRAWN Name Jurors For September Term Os Court; Opening Labor Day The members of the petit and grand juries for the September term of the Adams circuit court were drawn today by the board of jury commissioners. The members of the petit jury are: Martha Dettinger, Preble township. Mary Fuchs, Blue Creek township; Forest Pyle, Geneva; Robert Lehman, Jefferson township; Joseph (’. Fogle. Jefferson township; Otto Bieberich, Kirkland township; Ella Grote, Union township; Edwin Bixler, Wabash township; Christ Knipstein, Preble township; Harry Eckrote. Sr., Berne, Walter Goebel, Blue Creek township and Vernon S. Ralston, Wabash township. The members of the grand jury are: Ernest Ehlerdlng. Preble township; Marcus Stahly, Hartford township; Loren Heller French' township; Florence M. Smitley, Jefferson township; Albert Harlow', Geneva and Albert Beer, French township. The September term of the circuit court opens next Monday. Labor Day, September 5. The members of the board of jury commissioners are: Forrest Elzey, Henry Gallmeyer and G. Remy Bierly, county clerk. Non Partisan League To Meet Next Month Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 29 —(UP) Five hundred delegates are expected to attend the third annual conj ference of Labor’s non-partisan leaI gue for Indiana here on September 25 after the call W'as issued today by state president Alex E. Gordon. Gordon addressed the call to “workers, farmers —The people of Indiana" and detailed a declaration of policy of the organization drafted at a conference of 65 state labor leaders. Indianapolis Jail Has “No Vacancies” Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 29 —(UP) —There was good business at the city jail last night and the sign "no vacancies” eventually was hung out. More than 100 persons spent the night in the bullpen, built to accomodate 32. Seventy-one were arrested for drunkenness,

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Great Britain Leads In Democratic Block To Halt Hitler’s Design Against Small Nation. WORST SINCE 1914 Purls, Aug. 29— (U.R) —Fuehrer Adolf Hitler of Germany inspected the Rhine fortifications opposite France today while a French army mussed on the Swiss frontier for maneuvers, 115 miles to the south. It was another of a series us coincidences that have lent drama to the fast brewing crisis of the Czechoslovak minorities dispute. The French troops were massing, 70 miles from the German frontier, at a point where some experts had predicted that Germany, In the event of war, might seek to march on Franch through Switzerland. Thplr maneuvers start tomorrow. The troops were concentrated. in unknown strength, in thn Doubs department, on the plateau extending from Besancon to the U. S. Stocks Down .New York, Aug. 29 —(UP)—America followed the trend of European markets today and dumped stocks until values on the New York stock market had been reduced by $2,000,000,000. War scares in Europe sent prices down on all the leading stock markets abroad. Selling broke out nt New York at an active opening and soon gathered sttch momentum that tickers fell behind. Swiss frontier at the Fontaine pass. Suddenly, in a caravan of motor cars, Hitler and eight generals arrived at Kehl, on the Rhine opposite Strasbourg, to inspect Germany's new frontier defenses. The international bridge was closed at once. The visit waa so sudden that municipal officials of Kehl had no time to prepare :i reception For an hour. Hitler and his generals inspected the defense works on which, it has been reported here, hundreds of thousands of men, many drafted from other parts of the country, are working. After the inspection, Hitler and the generals left in the direction of Offenburg the south and parallel to the frontier—and the bridge was reopened. Hitler left in the direction of the Swiss frontier, where thn French troops are to start thn second phase of the army’s yearly maneuvers. The first phase was opposite the Italian frontier. By Joe Alex Morris United Press Staff Correspondent. Europe staged a dress rehearsal for war today to warn Nazi Fuehrer Adolf Hitler against the danger of starting another world conflict. Great Britain appeared to have assumed an aggressive leadership in rallying Europe's democratic bloc — backed by a vast military power — to bring their combined moral influence to bear as a curb against any sudden Nazi explosion that might touch off a war in Czechoslovakia. The London government was understood to have warned Berlin directly of the possible consequences of attacking the Czechs. Paris hammered home to the Nazi leaders that she woffld fight if her Czechoslovakian ally is attacked. (CONTINUKD ON PAGE FIVE) _ ' POLICE REPORT CRASH, ARREST — Minor Accident Reported; Arrests Made By Officers One minor traffic accident and the issuance of two $1 city traffic violation tickets were reported by city police over the week-end. Care driven by Sam Brooks of 331 N. Fourth street and William Shinnaberry were damaged Saturday about midnight when they collided under the signal light on North Second street. No one was hurt in the accident. Officers Roy Chilcote and Adrian Coffee investigated. The $1 violation tickets were given to a Mr. Byers from Wlllshire, ' Ohio and Gene Knodle, of this city. Both were allegedly speeding on Mercer avenue Sunday night. Officers Chilcote and Coffee were Ihq arresting police.