Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 36, Number 210, Decatur, Adams County, 6 September 1938 — Page 1

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lunfry’s Death ■Toll Is Near 400 ■On Triple Holiday

Ml Take Heaviest Krtion Os Toll Over l. :r Holiday lorl aHer D«y■hjivois TOI’S Rd today ■L Wi- ‘'■' !h S " U,K W. . :!>•• highways. KT ! '- k “.t . p. hv. s taken ■;...■ i " v """ k ■ trail twice as K’-.;;.. 'flan from all Kw of K'., s -mfy ;i <i-’P‘'e K;,. millions thronged j. ;l j Shootings, and suicides and airfor ST deaths. »!! i states Kv nt viol-tit deaths with Jy-n y.ck w.l- second w ith was ta \t a :'li ilea tits. »!.. liities ■ highest number of any ■ Michigan followed with 29. f’.inisyli . u :'h 24. Mjrtli and Indiana 23. Btai'S boasted < slates ■jrisaii. Mai fluid. Nevada. ■Tjkiioi Rhode Island am! Hi Carolina. No violent deaths . led from ■) Itstes. ■ 23 In Indiana Mith rami- violent i v to at least ■jers'i.s in Indiana over the M day 1-ii'o: eii-ond M additional de.,ilis evp.-cted ■day a::: ' iousiy ■ met death in atliomo- ■ ittidi'.'s d ■ w > 1 timed K, two suicides while burns ■ pit won' is h io ( ..tinted lie death. b dead were: ■ fire months old baby of .and Mrs. Ray Parker. Greenl killed in a collision near eacastle Monday Mrs. Parkftt ..-•<! severe head injuries, biter Ceikus. 24. of Chicago. neJ in Lake Michigan near f Monday when his kayak slie W. Sommers, 26. of Vaifa). committed suicide by inhwriNTEn ON PAGE FIVE) 0 IMUP, BIDENT DIES list Roth Dies This Morning Following Extended Illness kfi’t Roth, 70. died at 6:15 o'4 this morning at hie home in tad township, one mile south St Kirkland high school. Death: I Mused by heart trouble and| fctions and followed an ill-1 •of seven months. deceased was born in Swit-I * March 25, 1868. a son of! ■and Margaret Doth. He came b country about 50 years ago. j ■arried Anna Ebnit June 6, 1890 I " lls county. Mr. Roth was a 1 ,#er of the St. Luke’e church **’ a farmer by occupation. following children survive- •_ Albert, David and Mrs. Har™<ey, all living near Deca4il° fred of Fort Wayne. One and three daughters are dee Fourteen grandchildren five. '“«al services will be held “' afternoon at 2 o'clock at Sts church in Kirkland town- ,. , th the Rev. H. H. Meek- . ta charge. Burial whl be in rc " cemetery. The body will “med to the residence this J front the Jahtf funeral home. ' tMPER ATURE READINGS tEMOCR AT THERMOMETER Ejjj ®J 2:00 p.m 86 hon ‘ 5 3:00 p.m 90 —.Bo M weather Oneida Cl ° Udy tOn!^hi and Mhuna pr ' >babl y showers CnS o er, ? ms in =nd fad ay and °t n * : Warmer Wed ‘ tr» me ,’" d ,n nor th and exast portions tonight.

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COUNCIL OPENS BUDGET STUDY County Council Begins Consideration Os Officers’ Budgets The Adams county council today began its annual consideration of | budgets submitted by county Os | fleers, preparatory to setting the ! 1938 county levy payable in 1939. : The rate as set will be subject to further possible revision downward by the county tax adjustment board and the state board of tax commissioners. It is probable that the regular i session will be concluded Wednesday. Friday, the council will be recalled in special session to consider an appropriation of approximately $60,000 for a nurses home i addition to the Adams county memorial hospital. The county must appropriate the entire amount although it Is planned that the county pay 55 per cent of the cost, the balance to be obtained by a PWA grant. Large Amount Asked The council in its session today will consider paring the $177,327 asked by the county officers from the general fund which would require the highest rate in many years in Adams county—73 cents on the SIOO. an increase of 35 cents over the prevent levy of 38 cents on the SIOO. The budgets as estimated by the county officers are normally reduced by the council. The council will also consider I the highway budget, although no tax levy was advertised for it, all | revenue being derived from the re-. turn from the state of the gas tax ‘ coHeelions. One of th problem which must I be decided by the council, is the I maintenance ot a working balance in the general fund, which might be depleted by special appropriations proposed by the commissioners. Want Right of Ways One of these is the appropriation of $25,000 for the purchase of right ot ways which is the county's only requirement in obtaining I three new state roads in the coun- > ty. Part of the right of ways have been purchased. The slate board of tax commissioners recently rul-1 cd the county CO"!.'. ► '«>n<ls.;‘ for right of way purposes. Another of the pi A?-. '* , . priatlons, which would be new next year and was not anticipated un-1 til a few months ago. would be the I providinig of funds estimated at 1 about $25,000 for WPA materials in 1939. Unless this is provided. It is unlikely the county could cooperate wish the government to any ' extent in providing work for WPA men. If the general fund’s working I balance were depleted by these appropriations, it probably would , be necessary to increase the county tax levy, even though other budI gets should remain practically the’. ' same. An increase of five cents is requested by the county welfare dej (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) TWO YOUNG MEN UNDER ARREST Monroe Township Man Arrested On Malicious Trespass Charge i Two Adams county young men . are being held in the county jail . here on charges of malicious trest passing, following their arrest Moni day. i Ralph Gilllom, 25, and Everett , Frauhiger, 31. both of Monroe townj ship, were arrested yesterday by Sheriff Dallas Brown and lodged in the county jail, pending arraign-1 rnent in Adams circuit court. The pair are charged with break-1 Ing windows in a henhouse on the I farm of Chriet Byer in flfat townchip. Charges were filed in the circuit court today by Prosecutor Arthur E. Voglewede. Their arrest followed an investigation by the sheriff after he was called to the Byer farm by the owner. The damage to the building was ( reported extensive.

F. 0. 11, FIGHTS OPPONENTS OF HIS POLICIES President Pleads For Voters To Elect New Deal Supporters Washington. Sept. 6 — (U.R) — I President Roosevelt's drive i against conservative Democratic leaders took definite form today as a summons to agricultural and industrial labor to unite politically and permanently. His stated, objective is to keep the Demo- 1 cratic party "liberal.” On the issue of a liberal party' supported by those elements and I others among the electorate, Mr. Roosevelt made a spectacular i Labor Day appeal to Maryland voters to remove Sen. Millard E. Tydings from the senate. Back at his Hyde Park head-1 quarters today, he awaits returns : from the primaries in the next' fortnight for scattered popular i judgment on his party plans His address indicated that he feels that the take is as great ts those for which Washington I and Lincoln played because "our ! own time has brought a test of our American union.” i 1 "The great test for us in our I time is whether all groups of our j people are willing to work to-, gether for continuing progress," i he said. • By coalition, he said, he hoped to keep the Democratic party both liberal and alive and he pledged himself as party leader “to try to keep it liberal.” "As President of the United States." he continued. "I conceive < that course to be in the best int- j i erests not of the Democrats alone 1 but also of those millions of American men and women who are affiliated with other parties or with no party at all.” Then, with sharp emphasis he said: “And I have the right, in sin(CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) O FORMER LOCAL RESIDENT HURT I 1 Millard Baumgartner Critically Injured In Auto Accident — Millard C. Baumgartner, 53. a former resident of Decatur, now living t in Fort ayne, is confined to the Methodiet hospital in that city suffering from a basal skull iracture, ' sT-Viaiiivd Su..ia..'-in aa .into accident near Hesse t astle on federal road 27. s'outu o'tt’*' Wayne. Mrs. Anna Kuetemeier, 49. of Indianapolis was killed in the accident, i Her husband, Carl and Mr. Paumgartner are both retorted to be critically hurt. Kuetemeier received a skull fracture, a left knee fracture and other cuts. The other pasengers in the Indianapolis auto, Mary Lenz, Eleanor Koeppen and Louise Boesche, all of Indianapolis, were less seriously hurt. Police, after investigating the accident, reported that the former local resident was on the wrong eide of the road when the crash occurred and states that motorists had told them Baumgartner zigzagged from one side of the road to the other when they followed him to Fort Wayne from this city. Mr. Baumgartner is the father of Russell and Juanita Baumgartner of this city. o Auto Stolen Here Is Found Stripped An auto owned by Oscar Huffman, of this city, was stolen from a parked position in Decatur Saturday evening about 7:30 o'clock and later located near Vera Cruz. The auto had been stripped of a radio, tires and other accessories. I Sheriff Dallas Brown reported. Sheriff Brown and hie aides are checking on the theft in hopes ot apprehending the thief at an early date. o Washington Township Residents To Meet All voters and residents of Washington township have been asked to attend a meeting Thursday night ' at the Washington school house for the purpose of diecussing the proposed consolidation of the Washington township and Decatur city | school systems. The meeting open at 7:30 o'clock.

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Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, September 6, 1938.

■ “Borrowed” Child Returned Home - W ' z r >' Vivian Platt, alias Lauries March, is pictured (left) after arrest in | New York City in connection with the "kidnaping" of two-year-old Bobby Daly, pictured after he was returned to his mother s arms. The girl, who described herself as a widow from Chicago, said she borrowed the child to help her get a Job as a waitless.

ARREST MAN AS DRUNK DRIVER Fort Wayne Man Arrested After Accident Near Decatur Last Night One arrest and two hurt, neither seriously, was the result of Adams county's traffic accidents over the Labor Hay holiday. Arthur Schonigg of Fort Wayne, is being held Ln the Adams county jail on a charge of drunken driving following an accident on federal road 27 detour south of the city list night about 8 o’clock. Schonigg was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Leo Gillig after th» car he was driving allegedly crashed into a miik truck, driven by a Dayton, Ohio man.. whose name was not learned. No one was hurt. Four persons almost mira-ulously escaped serious injury and possible death Monday morning about 1:15 o’clock when a car driven by Marlowe Schieferstein of this city overturned east of Decatur on federal t oad 224. The car left the curve near the Ahr filling station and overturned several times before coming to a stop in the ditch against a telephone pole. Schieferstein and his wife were taken to the office of a local physician for treatment of their injuries. Schieferstein’s brother-in-law and his wife were uahart. r t&K city, .escaped injury Saturday night when the car he was driving was sideswiped by an auto occupied by two (CONTINUED ON PACE THREE) 0 British Steamer Fired By Bombs Valencia, Spain. Sept. 6—(UP)— Five bombing planes from the direction of Mallorca today dropped 50 bombs on Alicante, setting fire to the British steamer Marvia. Three civilians were killed and nine wounded. ADAMS COUNTY MAN SENTENCED Eugene Krugh, Wanted Here For Forgery, In Ohio State Prison Eugene Krugh, of east of the city, who is wanted in this city on a charge of forgery, was sentenced to the Ohio state prison from Columbus on a similar charge last Saturday, Sheriff Dallas Brown stated this morning. A charge against Krugh had been pending in the Adams circuit court, after he allegedly gave a forged check for S2O to Jesse Sutton, local jeweler. The charge alleges that Krugh I issued the forged instrument Io Sutton on August 26, purportedly made by Corey Krugh and Mrs. Krugh fn favor of Russell Roberts. The names of Russell Roberts and Eugene Krugh appeared on the reverse side of the check as endorsements. The check was WTitten on the Rockford National Bank at Rockford, Ohio. Local authorities were unable to locate Krugh after the alleged forgery, as he had returni ed to Ohio.

Railroads To Pav "$32,601 In Taxes Steam railroads will pay $32,601 I this year in property taxes in Adams county, according to figures announced by the Associated Rail- ■ ways of Indiana, representing Class I railroads operating in the state. The railroads tax contributions to the county, the association said, ; will amount to 7.7 per cent of all property and poll taxee levied in the 1 county and to 9.5 per cent of the 1 'axes levied in governmental units traversed by the railroads. • ; In the entire state, the railroads ' will pay $6,871,467 in property taxes ' amounting to 7.1 per cent of taxes levied in governmental units traversed by the railroads and to 6.8 per I cent of all property and poll taxes levied in Indiana. PROPOSED LAKE IS DISCUSSED > Drainage Matters Fo r Schroyer Lake Discussed With Board Drainage matters in connection ‘ with the proposed Schroyer lake on the Ben Schroyer farm northeast of Decatur were taken up today with the board of county commissioners’ ‘I Alex Tanvas, supervisor in charge j of tne WPA crew which will do ■■ the arti1 flcial lake, Mr. Schroyer and a government representative appear--1 ed before the board this morning. The lake will be fed by a natur-1 ■ al watershed. Mr. Schroyer stated. I About 25 acres will be impounded and the necessary engamkmentsl 1 and dams will be constructed by the WPA men. The county commissioners met yesterday and allowed bills. Fol- ' lowing the session today a special meeting will' be held Friday with the members of the Adams 1 county council, relative to issuing bonds for the construction of the I proposed addition and nurses home at the Tfdams county memorial hos- ! pital. Contract forms with A. M. I Strauss, architect for the hospital addition, were submitted to the ' comnlissioners today. The commissioners announced i that they would not sign the print--1 ed bonds for the Wabash river dredg project until mistakes had been'Corrected in the due dates for interst’ coupons and the bond ord- , | inance clarified. l i 0 7 i September Term Os Circuit Court Opens 1 The Adams circuit court began its September term Monday after 1 the annual summer vacation. A large amount of business was tran- ■ ‘ sacted, chiefly concerning the clos-i Ing of eetate cases. Routine business probably will ( require the attention of the court , during the balance of this week. The calling of the docket of civil, criminal and probated cases probab- [ ly will not be done by Judge Huber ! M. DeVoss until the latter part of , this week or the first part, of next week. > Several Important cases may be ■ included on the calendar of the > September term ai’<J the petit jury , wkil Iprobably be called. It is not -1 known whether the grand jury will [be asked to meet. r

Adolf Hitler Defies World To Attempt To Blockade Germany; Is Silent On Czech Problems

ENROLLMENT IN SCHOOLS HIGHER j THAN LAST YEAR Increase Is Reported In Number Os Pupils In City Schools A total of 1,363 boys and girls today returned to their class rooms in public and parochial schools in the <-ity as ih< - 1935-39 term officially opened. This was an increase of 27 over last year and was due to large enrollment in high schools. The registration in the grades is lower this year than last. The Increase in the high schools is due partially to transfers, families moving to Decatur and the possibility that the employment situation did not attract as many from the schools as in past yours. The figures announced by Walter J. Krick, superintendent of schools, reveal the new juniorsenior PWA high school will have an enrollment of 480 In the six upper classes to lie included. Public Schools Increase The enrollment in the Decatur public schools increased from 928 to 962 this year, while registrations at the Catholic schools decreased from 408 to 401 this year. The figures will be increased by • late registrations. County Superintendent of ' Schools Clifton E. Striker, late this afternoon, was unprepared to make a statement on the enrollment of rural schools in the county in which registrations were taken last Friday. The public school enrollment ' is: North Ward: first grade. <2l: j ; second. 27; third. 25; fourth. 36: total. 109 as compared to the 1937 enrollment of 101. This increase is due to the addition of half of 1 the fourth grade class, which formerly met in the Riley buildi Ing. South Ward: first grade. 26; second. 25: third. 29 and fourth. 40; total. 120, as compared to the 1937 enrollment of 114. The increase in this school was also due to the enrollment of half of the former fourth grade class of the Riley building. Riley building: first grade. 20; ! second. 26; third, 20; total, 66. i as compared to the 1937 total of .of .'be fourth grade in this I building. Upper grades: fifth, 86; sixth. ' 101; total. 187; as compared to j 185 in 1937. Junior High School Junior high school: seventh, I 85; eighth, 60; total. 145. as compared to 117 in 1937. Senior High School Senior high school: freshmen. 78; sophomores. 101; juniors. 64; : seniors. 92; total. 335, as coinparl e dto 326 in 1937. The total of the lower eight (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) CLUB TO MEET MONDAY NIGHT Stream Pollution To Be Discussed At Conservation Club Meet A meeting of the Adams county fish and game conservation league is to be held Monday night. September 12 at 8 o’clock at the Decatur high school auditorium, it was announced today by Roy Johnson, local conservation leader. ' The meeting is to be held for the purpose of discussing the stream pollution problem. G. H. Kleiser, engineer of tho state department of health and sanitation will be the main speaker of the event and lead the dis- ' | mission. Mr. Kleiser will discuss the stream pollution problem in the state and outline the possibilities ’ in Adams county, Mr. Johnson stat- • ed. ■: Every club member Is urged to attend the meeting and a special I invitation has been extended to ’ the general public. ’ The auditorium was secured by ■ the club to insure seating capacity I I for the large crowd expected to | attend.

OPEN YARDS AT | SUGAR COMPANY First Sugar Beets Are Brought In For Annual Fall Campaign The yards at the Central Sugar company wre opened this morning as the annual 1938 sugar campaign began, with prospects of being the longest and largest run in the history of the industry in this area. To Clyde G. Shultz, of Union City, went the honor of bringing in the first load of beets. They were grown on the Ed IBrandon farm on route two Ansonia, Ohio. J. ard Calland field superintendent at the Central Sugar cumjatny, today said the plant was pleased with the manner the beats were coming in from the 10 territories. The only problem met has been that the ground is unusually hard. I making it difficult but not impos-l Bible to lift the beets. It is is planned to have about 6500 tons of beets in the yards, or enough to run the plant about four days in case of bad weather before the processing of ttje beets is started. This insures against closing the p’ant at a later date for lack of beets. It is believed probable the plant will open either the last of this week or the first of next. This morning 100 tons of beets were brought into the yards, although the announced opening hour was not until noon. The beets were accepted, however, at the scale house. It will be impossible to determine the quality until the processing begins. DECATUR LADY DIES SUNDAY Miss Caroline Meshberger Dies After Several Years’ Illness Miss Caroline Meshberger. 78. died Sunday morning at 9:15 o'clock at the home of her sister, Mrs. H. S. Michaud of 338 Mercer avenue, with whom she had resided for a number of years. Death followed a severe stroke after several years of failing health, I Miss Meshberger was i»">rn September 2.' iStiii. m**iv ter of Christian and Anna Koh-ler-Meshberger. She was a member of the Presbyterian church in Decatur. Surviving is the sister, Mrs. Michaud, and a niece, Mrs. Leon s ard Saylors. both of Decatur; two brothers, Edward Meshberger of French township and John of Boulder, Colorado. Her parents. a brother and a sister preceded her in death. Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock at the Black funeral home, with the Rev. George Walton conducting the services. Burial will be in the Decatur ceme1 (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) O Former Local Man Held For Desertion Columbus Patrick, former local resident, was arrested in Lima, Ohio Saturday by Sheriff Dallas Brown and returned to this city to j face charges of child desertion. Patrick is being held in the jail here, pending arraignment in circuit court. Patrick is the father of three children, aged eight, five and two. o James Eady Dies At County Infirmary James Eady, 65, a resident of the county for 50 years, died Sunday night at 8 o’clock at the county infirmary. He was born in Fairfield , county, Ohio November 20, 1972, thd , son of John and Catherine Eady. His wife preceded him in death. A son, Harold of Toledo. Ohio; a , brother, Enoch of this city and a L sister, Mrs. Mary Weimer of Roll- , ing Fort Mississippi, survive. Funeral services will be held r W’ednesday morning at 10 o’clock ’ at the Gllllg & Doan funeral home > and burial will be made in the Decatur cemetery.

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Europe, Striving Towards Peace, Preparing For War In Event Hitler Refuses Mediation. HITLER SPEAKS By Joe Alex Morris United Press Staff Correspondent. Europe talked peace today and got ready for war. Within 10 days — if the diplomatic barometer is right — the ' outcome of Great Britain's attempt to mediate the Czechoslovak crisis should be decided and the question of releasing the armed might mobilized across the face of Europe will be up to one man, Fuehrer Adolf Hitler. Hitler began the public buildup toward that decision today with indications that he has not yet reached a final judgment. A(L : dressing 800,000 Nazis massed at. | a party rally at Nuremberg, lie j defied the world ever again to try I to blockade Germany as was done during the world war. He denounced Jewry and glorified the "greater community” of Germans. But the Nazi dictator made no reference to the one issue on ' which the world is waiting for him to speak. i At Prague, the Czech government, put before the insistent Sudeten (Nazi) German minority ' its “final" proposals for, peaceful solution of their quarrel, repte- , seating still greater concessions . to Germany. In France, soldiers discarded their fancy horizon blue uniforms and put on war-time khaki as reinforcement poured into the great maginot line, where more than 100,000 men face eastward across the river Rhine where almost as many troops have occupied the German Siegfried line. The eFrnch navy took “precatiI tions." army and air force leaves I were cancelled. All officials were ordered to stand by. Colonial governors speeded by airplane to | their posts. Foreign Minister ,I Georges Bonnet called into consultation the ambassadors to the great powers, including Rene Doynel De Saint Quentin, home from Washington. Into their North Sea battle station steamed 42 first line warships of the British fleet, perhaps the most potent single factor in Europe's display of force. And aboard the Nelson was Admiral Sir Charles Forbes, commander of the fleet. At Rome, the Italian naval ministry cancelled the proposed called a naval training ship home from England. In Berlin the population awaited signal for air raid defense drill in connection with maneuvers which already have mobilized more than a million fighting men. In Moscow War Minister Klenienti Voroshilov inspected the red army units maneuvering in the capital district. All of these factors built a tense background for Hitler's proclamai tion. read at Nuremberg in the presence of diplomatic representatives of every power except Soviet Russia. The fuehrer left (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) o DEATH CLAIMS JOHN HIRSCHY ’ Hartford Township Farmer Dies This Morning 1 After Brief Illness f John F. Hirschy, 79, Hartford • township farmer, died at 6:30 o’clock this morning at his home one mile south of Linn Grove, after a week's illness of dropsy and , complications. The deceased was born in Hartford township August 7, 1859, tho ’ son of John and Barabara Staufferr Hirschy. He w - as married to Miss Anna Moser. 1 Surviving besides the widow are a daughter, Ellen, at home; one ' brother, Christ Hirschy. and three ■ sisters, Miss Rosanna Hirschy, Mrs. • Noah Schindler and Mrs. Loma 1 Wanner, all of Berne. ■j Funeral services will be held at | the residence Thursday afternoon 1 at 1:30 o’clock and at 2 o’clock at t the Defenseless Mennonite church. 4 with the Rev. Noah J. Schmucker - officiating. Burial will be made in [the church cemetery.