Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 36, Number 212, Decatur, Adams County, 8 September 1938 — Page 1

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

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DEFENSE ASKS DISMISSAL OF HINES’ TRIAL Defense Attorney Assails Character Os State Witnesses New York. Sept. B.— |(U.F!> —The defense of Tammany leader James J. Hines opened today with a plea for dismissal of the 13-count in-! dlctment that may send him to prison for 27 years on charges of having sold protection to the Dutch Schultz lottery racket. Defense Attorney Lloyd P. Stryk-1 er was to present a motion assail-' tng the character of most of the I state's 51 witnesses; branding 4.-' 000 pages of testimony a ‘‘frameup," and arguing that the charges were erroneous and that lottery 1 banking was of itself a trivial of- | sense because people bought the ! chances voluntarily. He was attempting in one swoop to destroy the state's case that closed yesterday after a witness told of a prophetic warning made to Hines and the gangsters three years ago: that they would find the newly appointed rackets investigator, Thomas E. Dewey, “a rough, tough, relentless prosecutor." Stryker was to submit copies of his motion to District Attorney Dewey and Judge Ferdinand Pecora. Court was to convene at noon CST for arguments on the motion. It was believed that the arguments would require the rest of the day and that a recess then would be taken until Monday, when the first defense witnesses will appear. A recess had be«m called for Friday because of the funeral , of Patrick Cardinal ayes. Saturday is a customary court holiday. A. BOYD MAY IS TAKEN BY DEATH Well Known Decatur Resident Dies After Only Short Illness —J A. Boyd May. 84, well known Decatur resident, died this morning at 11:20 o'clock at the Adams county memorial hospital after an illness of less than a week. Death was caused by a bronchial hemorrhage. Mr. May who has become pramin-, ently known throughout the city and community ae a gardener and grower of melons and horseradish, was suddenly stricken last Saturday afternoon and taken to the hospital. The deceased was born in Allen county, August 10. 1834. the son of Jesse and Christine May. He moved to this county with his parents when a young lad. His wife preceded him in death. Surviving are the following children: Charles May and Mrs. Goldie Allen of Bluffton. William of Cleveland, Ohio; Richard at Richmond, Christine and Lillian of Bluffton. Two children are deceased The following brothers and sisters also survive: Nelson May of Poneto, Mrs. Jerry Barkley of Monroeville. Mrs. Willis Magner of this city and Mrs. Charles Moore of Pheonix, Arizona. Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the local Church of God with the Rev. Glen Marshall officiating. Burial will be made in the Clark’s Chapel cemetery. The body will be removed Friday evening from the Gillig & Doan funeral home to the residence of a nephew, Roily Donnel, 503 North Seventh street, and may be viewed there until time tor the funeral. Democrats To Picnic At Fish Lake Sunday LaPorte, Ind.. Sept. 8 — (UP) More than 4.000 Democrats are expected at a LaPorte county Democratic picnic Sunday at Fish Lake near here. Omer Stokee Jackson,; Indiana attorney general and state Democratic chairman, will be the principal speaker. George Beamer of South Bend, congressional candidate from the third district, also, will speak. I

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NEW SIDEWALKS BEING BUILT New Sidewalks Are Reins Constructed In Business District New sidewalks are being coni structed in front of the McConnell properties on Monroe and North Second streets. The work is being done by the WPA crews. New walks are being built in front of the Winnes shoe store and Vigrans on Monroe street and along all the buildings on Second street from the Monroe street corner north to the MeI Connell alley, except in front of the - the moose home. The old concrete was hauled to the Acker sewer in the north part of town as a base for the sewer tile. Workers struck a quicksand deposit and the stretch had to be filled in with ballast. The WPA workers yesterday completed a new walk on Monroe street and First street around the George Foos property, formerly the old Waring residence. Following the completion of the sidewalks the WPA crew will construct the new curb and sidewalks on Dierkee street, between Washington and St. Mary’s street where 12 new houses have been built for employes of the McMillen Feed Mills and the Central Soya company. The men are doing a good job. o Indianapolis Youth Is Killed By Auto Indianapolis, Sept. 8.--<U.R>— Myron Bouwell, 8-year-old boy who was struck by an automobile yesterday as he was about to board a school bus on the outskirts of the city, died of his injuries several hours later in a hospital. He suffered a fractured skull and both legs were broken. The driver of the car, Harry Guion, was arrested and charged with reckless driivlng. GRADUATES TD ENTER COLLEGE Twelve 1938 High School Graduates Seek Higher Education Twelve members of last year's graduating class of the Decatur nigh school will continue their education at colleges, universities and training schools this fall, a survey made in the offices of W. Guy Brown, high school principal, revealed today. Five of the graduates will enter I Indiana university at Blooming- i ton. Three will enter nurses' ■ training at St. Joseph hospital in: Fort Wayne and the others will go to various institutes of learning. Those who will go to Indiana university are: Thomas Andrews. 1 James Ehinger, Dan Holthouse, j Dwight Kimble, James Krick and; David Macklin. The latter is a| graduate of the 1937 class. Those who will go to St. Joseph hospital: Kathleen Banning. lino- 1 gene Bright and Dorcas Hoagland.; The others: Frank Grether, Mission House college, Plymouth. Wisconsin: Arthur Heller, Indi-; ana Central, Indianapolis; Janet Schrock, Western college, Oxford; Phyllis Tooke. Syracuse, New York, and Zula Porter. Ball State teachers' college. Muncie. Young Andrews and Kimble were awarded scholarships to the schools which they enter this fall.

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN A DAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, September 8, 1938.

Modern “Big Bertha” on parade

Two More Coaches Named In Seduction South Bend, Ind., Sept. B—(UP)8 —(UP) Savka Berich. 16. today had filed a supplemental complaint to her S6O,-1 000 seduction suit against a high school football coach demanding 850.000 from Bernard F. Witucki, head football coach, and John D. 'How. basketball coach for countenancing and abetting the alleged crime. The original suit is against George F. Bakser, assistant coach at Washington high school. The other coaches also are of Washing- , ton. The girl charges that the defendants enticed her into an automobile ride which ended in the alleged seduction in Erskin Woods. NELSON NAMED SPECIAL JUDGE Nathan Nelson Special Judge For Bank Night Test Case Nathan C. Nelson has been appointed special judge in the bank night case, brought by the state of Indiana against Isidore and Roy Kalver. owners and operators of the Adams and Madison theaters. The two are technically charged with "operating a lottery, acting as agents for a lottery and permitting a lottery in their building.” A petition was filed and sustained asking for a change of venue from Judge H. M. DeVoss in the Adams Circuit court for the following reason: “On account of the bias and prejudice of said court against this affiant as such plaintiff,.and which bias and prejudice this affiant says now exists." It was signed by Isa- 1 dore A. Kalver. Nathan C. Nelson was appointed special jude by agreement of the parties. The case is now pending in the Adams*circuit court, but was filed during the annual summer vacation, ’and so no date has been set for its ; trial. It is probable it will be set on the callendar when Judge DeVose calls the docket of criminal ! eases on the last of this week or the the first on next. o— ————— Mrs. John Heller Is Named On Committee Mrs. John Heller today was ap-[ pointed to the hospitality commit- 1 tee for the annual fall mooting ot the Indiana Women’s Democratic! club. The meeting will be held the Spink-Wawasee hotel, at Lakej Wawaeee September 17. Sec. Frederick Van Nuys will be the principal , speaker. o— County Council To Meet Again Friday A special meeting of the county I council will be held Friday morn-; ing, at which time the council will, ! be asked to pass an ordinal! author -1 ; izing the issuance of bonds to pay j I the county’s share ot the proposed ; *60,000 addition to the Adams! I county memorial hospital. The council wil lalso sign the appropriations for 1939, which it approved Wednesday afternoon. o — Noted Movie Actor Undergoes Operation Hollywood, Sept. B—(UP)—Wil--111am Powell, the actor, successfully underwent an operation today to! complete major surgery performed! upon him nearly a year ago

(barrel 25 feet in length and possesses a range of about 20 miles, remtn’reent of the “Big Bertha” which shelled Paris during the World War. firing shells a distance of 75 miles.

SEN. VAN NUYS CRACKS G. 0. P. Asserts Democratic Party Can Take Care Os “Its Own House” Peru, Ind., Sept. B.— (U.P>—Senator Frederick Van Nuys last night told the annual Miami county Democratic rally that the Democratic party “can take care of Its own house" in response to demands that he explain his charges against the party’s state organizatipn before he was renominated for the senate. Yesterday afternoon the Republi- ’ can state committee placed an advertisement in the Peru Tribune demanding that Van Nuys explain [ what he meant by his charges of I “corruption" in the statehouse machine'and huge income tax pay- > ments by a Democratic politician. Van Nuys took cognizance of this Republican challenge and cracked back at the G. O. P. for itiE ; past “scandals." "When I think of Teapot Dome and other scandals which disgraced the Republican party right here in Indiana not so many fears ago, I think the Republican state committee has a lot of nerve,” said Van Nuys. “Evidently the Republican committee wants to wallow in the mud. Well, I can wallow in the mud, too. but that isn’t the kind of a campaign I want to wage. “Where evil practices have crept into the national and state Democratic party, the party itself is big and brave enough to clean its own house." he continued. “We don't need any help from the Republican state committee. It has enough to do to keep its own skirts clean. “Pople want to know what have you done and what are you going :to do in the future. That is the | kind of a campaign I am going to wage in Indiana. Let the Republicans take care of their own house ! 'CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o PLAN HISTORY MARKERS HERE County Council Approves Historical Markers For Adams County George V. Schort, superintendent ; of the state historical marker project bureau, was In the city Wednesday to confer with French > Quinn, local historian, regarding the installation of the markers in Adams county. Approximately 50 markers are to be set in various parts of the county, under the present plans, to mark the sites ot historical interests. While the entire project would cost approximately $2,000, it was explained that the only cost to the county would be less than SSO. WPA Is to furnish the labor and ; the cost of the standard for the marker is the only cost to the county. Mr. Quinn, who appeared , before the county council in sess- | ion Wednesday reported that ap- ! proval had been given, subject to j legality. Approximately 35 of the markers have been agreed upon by Mr. 1 Quinn, Mr. Schort, research men i of the state department and other j interested persons, they stated. One of the features pointed out j in the project is the fact that the : markers are to be scattered throughout the entire county, and i are not to be centered in any particular section.

Military Forces Os Nations Placed On War Basis To Face Future Happenings In Crisis

BEET SLICING OPENS FRIDAY

Central Sugar Co. To Start Processing Campaign Tomorrow The annual processing campaign of the Central Sugar company will open at 6 o’clock Friday morning, It was announced today. p Jack Neering. plant superintend- • ent. today requested all men on the ; slicing day crew to report before 6 o’clock Friday morning, instead of Saturday as first planned. The decision to change the opening date was made today after more beets than were anticipated were brought into the yards. By tonight I it is expected that approximately 1,000 loads of beets totaling about 5.000 tons, will have been weighed r in at the scale house. By about Monday the entire force will be approximately 300 persons in addition to the crew of men which has been employed during ’ j the entire year repairing, cleaning 1 and replacing the old machinery. ' ! It is anticipated that the first ’lot the 1938 Sparkling Crystal ; sugar will be processed and bagged ’ by the middle or last of next week. It has been unable to determine , 1 the exact yield of the early beets as under the ticket system with groovers. only part of the beets are de- . livered at a time, tut the size of > the beets brought into the plant indit cate they will be at least normal [ and possibly better than average. . If this Is the case, the total tonnage . due to the large harvested acreage will be the largest in the history f of the plant. I The sugar content and purity t j tests are running about a month ■ ahead ot normal, but will, not be )1 conclusive until the processing is • | under way. > i —o— DECATUR PUPIL HAS HIGH MARK Thomas Andrews Makes Highest Achievement Score In History ' Thomas Andrews, son of Harry [ C. Andrews, of this city, who will ['enter Indiana university next week ■on a scholarship made the highest . ’ achievement score ever gained by a ; , Decatur high school student, it was !! revealed today. , j R. A. Adams high school instruc- ■! tor, who conducts the test for each ! graduating class, revealed today that young Andrews’ rating was the highest ever established at the local high school. It was also disclosed that his I rating was higher than fests given to 1.900 college freshmen, and topp- | ed the ratings of 9,000 graduates ot ! larger city schools, including New I I York City. The test has been given by Mr. ,! Adams at the Decatur high school ’ | for the past nine years. Andrews' high rating was showen after a survey made of the Sonnes-Harry achievement test among hundreds : of other schools. Regular Legion Meeting Monday 1 There will be a regular meeting , of the American Legion Monday , evening at 8 o’clock. Installation of officers will be held at this time ' and all members urged to attend. C. Os C. Directors Meet Friday Night The board of directors of the De--1 catur Chamber of Comme-ce will ' meet at the office ot the president. ’ John L. De Voss, Friday evening lat 7:30 o’clock. All directors are ’ j asked to be present, as important ! business will be discussed. Berne Youth Suffers Fractured Left Arm • Stanley Luginbill, nine-year-old son ot Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Lugin- ; bill, of Berne, is recovering from a > fractured left forearm, sustained 1 earlier in the week while playing I with a group of playmates. He was ■ returned home from the local hospital Wednesday.

BRITISH LABOR HEADS DEMAND CZECH SUPPORT Demand Parliament Be Called To Take Action Against Hitler - ■ • London, Sept. 8. —<U.R> —A secret conference of the highest officers and officials of Ahe defense services has been convened in London because of the central European crisis, it was understood today. One version was that the conferferences were discussing the advisability of making public the precautionary measures the armed forces have taken quietly during the last two weeks. This news was disclosed as Maj. Clement Attlee, leader of the labor party, demanded in behalf of the labor party and the British trades unions that the government suminoTi'parliament at once to take the lead in a line-up of Europe's democracies against the nazi reich. It was asserted that an inter-de-partmental conference was convened in London today, attended by the highest officials of the navy, army, air force and home office air raid precautions department. Authorities maintained secrecy but it was known that Leslie HoreBelisha, war minister, had canceled plans to attend army maneuvers near Winchester today. Attlee, the labor party leader, accompanied by other labor members of parliament, left a congress at Blackpool today for London to fight for’a special session of parliament. His demand was that parliamen should consider the "grave international situation.” Parliament is due to meet November 1. Attlee made his demand in a letter to Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain. He acted in pursuit of a joint manifesto issued by the national executive of the labor party and the general council of the British trade union council. The manifesto denounced Germany and demanded that parliament meet to take "a positive and unmistakable lead for collective defense against aggression and to safeguard peace." The manifesto said that “the British government must leave no doubt in the mind of the German government that they will unite with the French and Russian governments to resist any attacks on Czechoslovakia.” The rpture of negotiations between the Czechoslovak government and its German minority, because ot alleged “brutality" by Czech police and soldiers toward sudeten Germans, had precipitated a new crisis. Leaders were worried not only because they believed that there must, be an agreement of some sort before Monday, when Adolf Hitler is to make a full dress for(CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) 0 FORMER LOCAL RESIDENT DEAD Word Is Received Os Death Os Thomas A. DeVoss In Texas Word has been received here ot the death of Thomas A. DeVoes, 67, of Dallas, Texas, who was formerly a railroad man about 30 or 40 years ago in this city. Mr. DeVoss was born in Parker City, Ind., and during his career, which began when engines burned wood, he worked as telegraph operator. bill clerk, ticket clerk and passenger agent. Since I'9ol he had worked at Dallas, as assistant passenger and ticket agent on the Cotton Belt railroad, the Santa Fe Railroad and later as depot ticket agent for the Santa Fe and Rock island and Frisco railroads. Funeral services and burial were held in Dallas. While in this city Mr. DeVoss was passenger agent for the Pcnneylvania and Erie railroad offices. He was a cousin of Judge H. M. De Voss and Mrs. L. A. Graham of this city.

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Great Britain,France And Belgium Moving Toward War Footing To Meet Dangers. MINORITIES ACT By Joe Alex Morris United Press Staff Correspondent. Military forces of Great Britain, France and Belgium swung toward a war footing today to face any eventuality in central Europe. For the moment, there were hints of encouragement from the Nazi side of the crisis over Czechoslovakia. Fuehrer Adolf Hitler, said to be seeking direct discussions with Great Britain, apparently has urged Sudeten German leaders to resume peace talks Interrupted yesterday by alleged mistreatment of Nazis by Czech police. But there was little to encourage hopes for a fundamental solution of the quarrel and powerful liberal and labor elements in Great Britain were demanding that the government stiffen its stand immediately against throats directed at the Czechs. In Europe’s military field, these developments emphasized the gravity with which the general situation is viewed: 1. A secret conference of Britain's highest defense officers was understood to have met to consider, according to reliable reports, making public the precautionary measures taken quietly by the armed forces during the last, two weeks. 2. France, with frontier and colonial areas reinforced to full defense strength. drastically shook up high army posts, including the naming of Gen. Joanny Garchery as inspector general of infantry. Mobile guards took over the port of Marseilles, vital link with the colonies, which has been stiike-bonnd. 3. The Belgian government was disclosed to have taken vigorous security measures in harmony with France's reinforcement of the Maginot line on the German frontier. The French and Belgian defense works are coordinated to provide a great military barrier stretching northward from the fortified Swiss bolder to the Netherlands. Thus, coincident with yesterday’s grave interruption of peace negotiations between the Nazis and the Czechs, the three great European victors in the world war were acting in concert on' a. united military front which served to back up their diplomatic influence at Prague and Berlin. There was. particularly in England. a significant burst of protest against any sacrifice of Czechoslovakia's independence as a means of solving the minority crisis. The government of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain has said merely that substantial Czech concessions are necessary, but there has been a growing belief among liberal and labor leaders in the last several days that part of the cabinet considers necessary concessions to mean virtual capitulation to Germany's Adolf Hitler. “United Front" Prague, Sept. B—(U.R> —Sudeten German party leaders announced today a “united front” with Hungarian. Slovak and Polish minority representatives on the Czechoslovak minority issue. While British mediators struggled to overcome yesterday's breakdown in peace negotiations between Nazis and Czechs, Carl H. Frank, sub-chairman of the Sudeten party acting for Konrad Henlein, met with representatives of the Hungarians, the Slovak peoples party and the Polish defense committee. On the basis of an official communique issued later by Frank, the minority groups reached a “complete agreement" which unit(CONTINUEYD ON PAGE THREE)" L 0 TEMPERATURE READINGS DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER 8:00 a.m 64 2:00 p.m 78 10:00 a.m 69 3:00 p.m 78 Noon 74 WEATHER Generally fair in south portion, cloudy in north portion tonight and Friday, probably with showers; warmer Friday, except in extreme southwest portion.