Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 36, Number 211, Decatur, Adams County, 7 September 1938 — Page 1

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Twins Are Born To Former Local Woman Mrs. Fred Fnllenkamp has recelv-1 ed word of the birth of twin daughters to Mr. and Mrs. Al McKinzie of Fort Wayne at the St. Joseph I hospital Tuesday noon. Ono of the I twins died shortly after birth. Tho 'surviving one has been named Ju-1 dith and is getting along satisfactorily. Mrs. McKenzie was formerly Miss Lucile Corbett of Decatur. BOARD STUDIES COUNTY BUDGET County Council Expected To Finish Study Late This Afternoon The county council, concluding Its annual session, late this afternoon cut $9,192 off the county general fund budgets and SIB,OOO from the county welfare department fund. It was unofficially estimated this would result in about a five-cent tax levy decrease, dependent upon the amount needed for balances. No appropriation for WPA for materials was requested by the county commissioners. The Adams county council ex- | pects to complete late this after- ■ noon the examination of the 1939 I budget for all of the county’s ' estimated expenses next year. Members of the council said i Tuesday night at the conclusion lof the first day's session that ■ several cuts had been made in department expenses, but that the : entire budget had been returned today for examination of total reductions. Based on the county's valuation i of approximately 25 million doli iars, each slice of $2,500 in the I budget will result in a one cent decrease in the tax levy to be collected in 1939. The budget as proopsed would require the highest levy in severlal years. The published levies proposed for 1939. but not including an appropriation for WPA I materials in 1939 as well as the : levies in effect this year are: proposed 1938’ County revenue .54 .24 County bonds .01 .04 . County welfare .15 10 Total .78 -38 I Following the final approval of i the budget by the council. Adams County Auditor John W. Tyndall will be required to set the levies at such a figure as will raise sufficient funds for the expenses of next year, plus that needed to I carry over until a draw can be ' made on the county treasurer for; ! the taxes collected in May of 1940 ! and payable to the county auditor 3rwwtrun tßViiMiauns*«».w«. Additional Appropriations This working balance is usually maintained from year to year, but the two proposed additional appropriations, one for right of ways and one proposed for W’PA ex ■ penses in 1939 may eat up the i working balance, necessitating the levying of additional taxes to reestablish it. The proposed appropriation of $25,000 for the purchase of right I of ways for the extension of the Bluffton-Geneva road through Adams county and the extension of i 101 south through St. Mary's township is requested from the 1939 budget. The issuance of; bonds for the purpose was denied , (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o — MODE CHILDREN ARE ENROLLED > Enrollment In City , Schools Is Increased Five Today J ■ 1 The enrollment in the schools of • the city was increased by five to- , day, making the total now reach • j 1.368. Schools started Tuesday in I the city. ■ 1 City superintendent of schools ' Walter J. Krick reported the followI Ing new enrollments: North Ward, one in the fourth grade; South ward one in the first and one in the second grades; Riley building, one in the second grade, and upper grades, one in the fifth grale. This makes a total of 967 enrolled in the public schools. Sister Rosemary, principal of the Catholic schools, reported that a new enrollment in the first grade cancelled a withdrawal, to leave tho total at 401. County superintendent of schools Clifford E. Striker was unable, today to give the figures on the rural school enrollment. Rural school pupils registered last Friday.

WITNESS TELLS OF RECEIPT OF CAMPAIGN FUND Dodge’s Campaign Manager Tells Os Funds Received From Hines New York, Sept. 7 —(U.R) —The man who managed William C. | Dodge's successful campaign for ; district attorney in 1933, testified today in the James J. Hines trial that he obtained SII,OOO of campaign funds through Hines. The witness, Henry Sobel, said I that some of the money was handed to him in a sealed envelope by a man whom he could not identify. Members of the Dutch Schultz lottery gang, which Hines is accused of protecting, had testified previously that Schultz and ! Hines were anxious tp elect ; : Dodge because he was a man who i j Hines could “handle.” They said , I that altogether the Schultz mob j i gave Hines about $30,000 for use , I in helping elect Dodge, a TamI many man who preceded Thomas ! E. Dewey as district attorney. Following Sobel's testlihony, | I Dewey announced that he would , conclude* his case today. He said his next witness could not arrive until 3 p. m. and a recess was taken until then. Sobel said that John F. Curry, then the leader of all of Tam- I many, appointed him campaign 1 manager for Dodge. When they discussed campaign funds, he said. 1 “Curry said for me to go up and see Mr. Hines and he’ll arrange j that you will get contributions for the campaign.” He went to see Hines, and! Hines said "he would see that I got a contribution.” They met again in the office I of Joseph Shalleck, lawyer and ' close friend of Hines . Sobel said i he had to wait a while and then ; someone handed him an envelope ! in which he found one SI,OOO bill and three SSOO bills. The same performance was re- ■ 1 peated later. That time, when ; ' Sobel opened the envelope, he found $1,500 in it. Thereafter, Sobel said, he teleI i iCONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) AGREEMENT ON MINIMUM WAGE “General Agreement’’ Reached For Iron And Steel Industry Washington, Sept. 7. — (U.R> ' Chairman Thomas Holland of the ■ I public contracts board said today that “general agreement" had been reached on minimum wage recommendations for the iron and steel industry. Holland and his colleagues—Oscar R. Stackbein and Major Rob-! ert N. Campbell—probably will pre- i sent their recommendations to Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins within two weeks. Miss Perkins will make the final determination , 1 of minima which must’ be paid bygovernment suppliers holding contracts in excess of SIO,OOO. I There was no indication of what • , minimum or minima would be rec I ommended by the board, but it was ' believed likely that there would be I several different wages for vary- ! ing regions. ! CIO vice-chairman Philip Murray, : who requested the wage determination on behalf of the steel workers' organizing committee, asked I the board to fix a 62% cent minii mum for the eastern district, 60 cents for the western, and 45 cents for the southern. The wage determination is made ’ under provisions of ttte Walsh- ! Healey act, constitutionality of which never has been tested. Sev-, ' eral steel firms warned the board , when furnishing wage information that they might challenge validity jof the statute. 1 The board has received data ' from 197 iron and steel firms, • which employed a total of 333,000 I persons in August when the indus--1 try was operating at less than 4u ; (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) ‘ Beverage Board To Hold Hearing Here , - i The Adama county alcoholic bev- > erage board will conduct a hearing ■ Thursday, September 22 on the application of Adams lodge 1311. i Order of Moose, for a liquor - wine and beer retailer’s licence. The I hearing will be held in the county I commissioner's office of the court-j | house. &

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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, September 7, 1938.

As President Invaded Maryland i mb? i / wR * Mt f mW F jwwr ■■ > ■ v’ President with Representative Lewis After making a speech at Denton, Md„ enthusiastically indorsing Representative David J. Lewis for the Democratic nomination for U. S. Senator, President Roosevelt and Lewis left by automobile together. Roosevelt's address climaxed a bitter administration fight against Senator Millard E. Tydings, one of those marked for the New Deal "purge.”

CITY MAIN TO BE EXTENDED City Council Approves Extension Os City Water Mains An extension of the city water 1 mains, recommended by the water I dejtartmefit and committee, was approved at the regular meeting : of the city council Tuesday night. The mains are to be of six inch, I pipes. Material will be furnished I by the city and labor by the WPA. The improvements will be: Thirteenth street from Jackson street to Nuttman avenue and east to Twelfth street. Fifteenth street from Madison ; to Adams and east to Fourteenth I I street. Schirmeyer stre *. from StudeI baker to Reiter street and east to | Winchester street. Grant street from Winchester I to Line street. The council also authorized the city to sell to the Remington-I Rand, Inc., an old filing cabinet no "niufjei ; system of issuing bills from the I municipal plants. The offer of $65 cash was accepted. City Attorney John L. DeVoss i notified the council he had in- 1 formed officials of the Pennsylvania railroad of objections of j property owners on Eighth street to a proposed junk yard to be I located on the railroads property I between the freight station and the old board and flier building. —o FT. WAYNE MAN GIVEN RELEASE Carl Schonigg Freed From Jail After Doctor’s Examination Carl Schonigg. first known as Arthur Schonigg, of Fort Wayne, who j had been held in the county jail as a drunken driver following an accident Labor Day, was released last night after examination by a physician. Schonigg, who stated he had but 'two bottles of beer within several hours before the accident, steadfastly denied being intoxicated and blamed a head injury for his actions following the accident. A physician summoned to the jail ’ corroborated Schonigg's statement and said that euch a head injury could make a man act and walk groggy, as well as making his speech partly incoherent. After checking his actions for several hours previous to the accident, authorities decided to release him. Deputy Leo Glllig, who investigated the accident south of the city, described the actions of Schonigg. after the accident. Schonigg, he said, staggered about mumbled incoherently, was profusely apologetic and kept callj ing for “the sarge” when confined at the jail.

Ex-Bluffton Newsman Dies At Indianapolis Indianapolis, Sept. 7. —<U.R>—Edward W. Clark. 68. veteran Indianapolis newspaperman, died yesterday in a hospital here after a brief illness. He received his early newspaper training on the old Bluffton Bugle, published by his father, after he giaduated from Bluffton high school. Twenty-eight years ago he founded a community paper here. The Spectator, and published it I continuously until his death. Burial will be in Indianapolis. o EDUCATION DAY AT STATE FAIR Educational And Children’s Dav Celebrated At Capital Indianapolis. Sept. 7— (U.P) — I Three educational eras and the' buildings in which each was | mu . -rr LTn-, j„ i house, the frame school of 50 years ago and the modern school ; building—were to be exhibited at j the Indiana state fair today as a nart of educational and children's day. More than 10,000 youths were | expected to crowd the old fashioned classrooms during the day 1 and their attendance was expect-; ; ed to break the fifth day record i for the fair. j Total attendance for the first | four days was 219.030. which is | 407 ahead of the mark at the corI responding time last year At- 1 tendance yesterday was 50.409. a; gain of 4.868 over the fourth day i last year. ' Three Knightstown youths to-. day were acclaimed junior live-1 | stock judging champions of Indi- ' ana. The team yesterday won the contest with a record total i J of 1,799 points out of a possible [ j 2.250. They were Robert White. 1 - Eugene Beck and Russell Hardin, j , The coach was A. C. Sharpe. i The boys will represent Indiana in the national contest at the 4-H t club congress in Chicago next . i November. They received a S2OO | trophy and $l5O for expenses to ■ .' Chicago. Russell Hardin came through with more honors in the judging ’ on all classes of livestock. He won a SIOO scholarship to Purdue ’ University by placing first IndiI vidually. ' i Greyhound, world champion trotter, failed to break his own ' record in an exhibition mile yest; terday but lowered the Indianapo1 1 — (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) O— Herbert V. Aurand Is Safety Chairman , i Herbert V. Aurand, of Decatur, a • member of Adams post number 43 of the American Legion, has been 1 appointed safety chairman for the s fourth district of the Legion. The - appointment was made by 'Fred 1 Lynch, Kendallville, district com- [ mander. %

Great Powers Put Pressure On Czech Government To End Danger Os European Warfare

SPECULATE ON SPAIN RETURN TO MONARCHY Reports From Spain Indicate Enthusiasm For 11 War Is Waning London, Sept. 7—(U.R)~ Indirect reports filtering out of Spain hinted today at mounting signs of a break in the two-year-old civil war and revived speculation on re-establishment of the monarchy under Prince Juan De Bourbon- * Battenberg, son of the exiled King Alfonso. 1 Authoritative British sources in close touch with Spain disclosed that advices, received via Portugal, reported differences of opinion developing as to leadership in insurgent territory and told of waning hope for an early or decisive triumph by the armies of Generalissimo Francisco Franco. Confirmation of the advices was impossible, but it was said that the differences in regard to leadership did not necessarily mean that the frequently reported opposition to Franco had become serious. At the same time, and probably most significant in the long run, the advices indicated that enthusiasm among the people for continuation of the war was less I vigorous. Indications were not lacking, it was asserted, that there was fraternization between I nationalist and loyalist troops in certain front line sectors. The conclusion which well-in-formed circles here sought to draw was that the deshe for an 1 end to the conflict was growing ' and that it might soon offer some I hope of mediation. Franco, who I now is in the strongest position. I has been known to look favorably | on re-establishment of the moni archy if peace can be restored. With the death in America yes-1 i terday of Count Covadonga. dis-1 - ——— — - (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) —O

Asks Approval For Historical Markers French Quinn, local historian and attorney, appeared before the county council this afternoon to request I the approval of a payment of $52 ' for 52 historical markers to be lo- - govern- | meat has spent S4O on each of the , monuments and is requiring the ' county to pay only a sum of $1 each ' for them, Mr. Quinn said. | The markers point out the locaj tion of famous old roade, first houses, churches and schools in the : various communities, the Limberlost. the peace monument and other sites of historical Interest in Adlams county, according to Mr Quinn. SEN.TYDINfiS LIKELY TO WIN Maryland Senator I avored Despite Roosevelt Opposition I Washington, Sept. 7.—(U.R>—The I inside word in the capital today is ! that Maryland Democrats probably will renominate Sen. Millard E. Tydings, anti-new deal classed by | I President Roosevelt among the I "conservative-reactionary” DemoI crats. . j Prospects for the nomination of ’ the new deal candidate, Rep. David ,j J. Lewis, lie principally upon a . J possible ground swell of reaction ito Mr. Roosevelt’s Labor Day ! 1 speech at Denton, Md., in which i I he endorsed his man, or upon last- . i minute organizational miracles by J Postmaster General James A. FarI ley. Lewis supporters, however, are I moderately confident and there is ! a tendency among many distinteri ested observers to forecast a close ; race. The intimation that stratei gists are about reconciled to Lewis’ j defeat comes from a qualified and ! renable source. There was no s suggestion that the president, him--3 self, had given up the battle. Mr. Roosevelt did deliberately ..undertake a losing fight tn South I (CONTINUED ON PAGE FXVB).

KEEP UP WORK ON NEW SCHOOL Installation Os Seats In School Auditorium Is Started The assertion of the city school board and other interested persons that the new junior-senior high school will boast of the best and most modern auditorium-gymnasi-ums in this section of the state is rapidly being born out at the school site where construction is rapidly moving toward an end. Workmen in the gymnasium-au-ditorium have started the installation of the wooden seat structures atop the huge steel beams that form the base for the seats. Bricklayers are also engaged in putting the final touches to the Interior of that section of the new school as they lay the brick wa'l that surrounds the playing floor | of the gym. The installation of the modern, acoustical ceiling in the structure has been completed. The blocks in the ceiling, made of the acoustical product, are multi-colored and create a bizarre design. Lights in the gymnasiume auditorium are to bs flush with the ceiling. Progress is also being made on tne huge-stage that sits at the west end of the gymnasium-auditorium. Dressing rooms are being installed and other finishing touches being made. In the school proper the progress already made evidences the prediction that the new building will be ready for occupancy by early November. Terazzo workers are engaged in building the new floors. Meanwhile painters, plumbers and other workmen continue in the various phases I of completing the structure. TWO MEN SEEK CITIZENSHIP

Adams County Residents File Naturalization Applications _» The applications of two Adams county residents seeking naturalization papers, are now on file at the of'ivT-?-s<«“*H".-‘.y..C’erk Jtamjt. ißierly. it was disclosed today. The two are: Jacob A. Habegger, West Van Buren street, Berne and Ernest Ehrsam, of near Monroe. Mr. Habegger. who was oom September 9. 1879 in Moutier, Switzerland, thought that he was a naturlized citizen but only recently discovered that he had not taken the necessary steps. He came to America with his parents when but eight years of useHe had been registered as a legal voter in the county since February 1934 and the records show that he has voted. Mr. Ehrsam came to this country from Germany in March, 1884. Mr. Ehrsam filed declarations of intentions in 1894 and 1918. It was revealed that he had served on Adams county juries in 1917 on two occasions. The applications of both men are now in the immigration and naturalization offices in Cincinnati. —o — Church Os God Plans For Special Services A series of special meetings will open at the Church of God this evening at 7:30 oclock. Rev. Von A. Chesterman, pastor of the Church of God near Huntertown, will speak at the services each evening. Friday night, the Mississippi Four, a colored male quartet, will present a special musical service. . -o Convicted Forger Taken To Prison Harry Lawson, 22, Blue Creek township, waa taken to the Indiana state reformatory at Pendleton today by Sheriff Dallas Brown. Law son who confessed to the forging of about S7OO worth of checks, plead guilty last Saturday to the charge and was sentenced by Judge Huber M. DeVoss in Adams circuit court.

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Peace At Any Price May Be Demanded By Nations Os Europe; Hitler Hails German Labor. SUSPEND STUDY Paris, Sept. 7.— ''U.Ri 1 —Belgium was disclosed today to tave taken military precautions — complementary to French army reinforcements — in order to bring fortification along the German frontier up to full defense strength. Coincident with the comprehensive French program for strengthening armed forces during the current European crisis it was learned that Belgium already had completed “security measures” along the frontier which is coordinated with France’s famous Maginot line. By Joe Alex Morris United Press Staff Correspondent Advocates of peace at any price put up a trial balloon today to test the cost —Czechoslovakia to pay the bill —of avoiding war in central Europe. In London, speculation centered on solution of the Nazi quarrel with the Czechs by means of a plebiscite to determine whether the Sudeten (pronounced Soo-debt-en with accent on second syllable) area should be annexed to Germany. Such a suggestion, discussed in the London Times as a possible last resort, created excitement in diplomatic circles because of the possibility that it represented influential official thought. Official sources in London denied that the suggestion was mare than a private one. In Paris great surprise was expressed that any such proposal should be seriously advanced. but it was understood that informal inquiries would be made in regard to the article. In any event, the pressure of the great powers and particularly of Great Britain has been turned on Czechoslovakia now and the Prague government already is certain to pay a stiff price for past failure to encourage improvement of minority areas. Whether that price will he a real danger to future independence of the republic depends on the kind of bargain Britain and Fiance can strike with Fuehrer Adolf Hitler — probably before next Monday. On Monday, Hitler is expected to deliver his climactic speech pnrty rally at Nuremberg. He will be continually in the spotlight this week as he was this morning when 20,000 German workingmen and 2,000 women goose-stepped past the reviewing stand —carrying spades and picks —to demonstrate the reserve power of the third reich. But the fuehrer’s real declarations of world importance, if he is to make any now, probably will come on Monday, and Great Britain’s diplomats are anxious to guard against any extreme statement in regard to the Czechs. Suspend Study Prague, Sept. 7— (U.R) — The Henlein party executives announced in a communique today that they had suspended their (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o LIBRARY WORK TOLD TO CLUB Mrs. R. I). Myers Speaks To Decatur Lions Club Tuesday Mrs. R. D. Myers, member oC ; the Decatur library hoard, addressed the members of the Lions club • in their regular meeting at the Rice ■ hotel last night. Mrs. Myers spoke to the club regarding the library, outlining its various purposes and advantages, its means of support and the aI mount of use it is given. She also told of the various books : that have been added to the institu. i tion and the new facilities added ■ during the past few years. Dr. N. A. Bixler, club president. I, was in charge of the meeting. Plans I were also made by the club memi bers to attend the scftball game to. ’ night between the Lions and Rotar. ians.