Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 36, Number 246, Decatur, Adams County, 18 October 1938 — Page 1

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| WILDING WROVED BY IpWA. SCHOOL ■ School Board Apices Acceptance Os ■ >ew Building l as «’ f '' ,e |, junior-senior high .choo C was made today by the L>l board following the Lection Monday. f approval of the project L yesteiday following the L «ne( tloiiFtour of inspection was L pWA officials. city school Members, school leaders. L representative of oath ■of contracting L who made the tour wore: K Pfeiffer. I*WA traveling L ott Blister. I’WA resiEtineer; !• <’ Annen. ownIpiMentative; Ira B. Fuhr■oy .Mununa and Joseph 1.. L members of the city board.and Walter.!. Krick. ihool superintendent. [contractor's representatives Lp on the tour: John L r of Schltinerer & L, general contractors; [ Tibbeis. of Tibbets I’lumbHeatiug.ihe plumbing, heatid ventilation contractors; L, of the electrical con[Krick stated that a final L will be given the buildHng the next few days and Los the building will tae.i are >u w engaged in k away structural work febris in the yards. Elecb and painters are also > nearing the end of their In the interior of the buildItion of goals and marking playing floor remains to be in the gymnasium. I Foremen To ■eel Here Wednesday Eeeting of the foremen’s as■on of the Fort Wayne works | General Electric company E held here Wednesday eve- ■ jiaitlTig at 7 O’clock. ■ meeting will be opened with ■n served in the G. E. recreIrootns of the local plant. A ■m and entertainment will r emeu from the two Fort b plants and the local fac■rill be in attendance. Burt bf the local plant is in charge. Jstrial Board Holds Hearing Here ■earing was conducted today ■resHntatives of the state in|al board in the court house r ■by Charles St it zer against the ■l’ll Feed Mills about two ■ ago. Stltzer claimed he susB injuries necessitating mediIlls and was unable to work I period. The case was taken I (tnisideration. I Wert Man To Speak To Lions 1 Smith, of Van Wert, Ohio, (peak to the Decatur Lions tonight on “The Peculiarities residents." Mr. Smith is the * of a book by that title and Wered an authority. E. V. ®" is in charge of the meetML MAN'S SISTER DIES -1 rank Berger Dies °nday At Home In tort Wayne ' Lorraine Berger, 38. sister Parr of this city, died ' at her home, 1729% South e te street in Fort Wayne. ' deceased was born in De- . '“ gust 13 ' 19 00, the daughJohn W. and Amy E. Parr ~ lesided in Fort Wayne "er marriage to Frank Berg'a member of the First ' hurcb of Decatur. >' lng are the husband and d n S: Fred Parr Os Deca ’ kp? arr ot Fort Wayne and a "° f Pocatella - Idaho. Ob f 9ervices wlu be held at Ctafant-Perry and Pook’s ay »n me ln Fort WasniP Wed- ’ at 'ernoon at 1:30 o’clock. Mliut e \ J charleß Cookinghatn «ur L Urial will lle in lbe " cemetery.

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Conrad Gillig Oldest Voter In Decatur With a greater percentage of 111-f legist nttiims tiled for the uppreaching November election the ■ honor of being the oldest voter to participate in tin- fall ballot ‘ casting event is expected to go to i < otirud Gillig J Mr. Gillig. who on August 11. marked Ills fi’nd birthday, votes lin Decatur :lA, giving his ndi dress as 312 .Miimhnll street. Although it is considered possible that the registration clerks may come across the name of an older voter. Mr Gillig holds the crown to date. DAHLOVERPLEA IS REFUSED BY SUPREME COURT End Os Trail Appears Near For Last Os Brady Gangsters Michigan City, Ind., Oct. 18 - i (U.K) —The end of the trial neared today for little James Dalhover, last of the notorious Brady gang which left a bloody trail of murder and bank robbery across Indiana and other midwestefn states. Dalhover paced a cell in the ' state prison death house, his last ; legal avenue of escaping death closed yesterday by the United States supreme court when it refused tg review his case. The Brady ‘‘triggerman,’’ convict- ' ed of shooting state trooper Paul V. Minneman to death following the $2,500 robbery of the Goodland. Ind., bank in May. 1937. was ex- ' pected to be taken before Federal Judge Thomas W. Slick for resentencing. He originally was I scheduled to die June 10. When Dalhover’s life is burned out in the state prison electric I chair, the government will be able I to close its books on a gang which looted banks and jewelry stores of $150,000, killed three police officers and a jewelry store clerk, . sho ther way out of one police trap and engineered a sensational ■ jail break Al Brady, the needle-nosed pool (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) O INJURIES ARE FATAL TO MAN Arthur Baumgartner Dies Os Injuries Suffered August 29 Arthur Baumgartner, 50. a former resident of Decatur, died at 2:30 ' o’clock this afternoon at his home :ou>' iiiiies not ..: a;. <• thr ■ mil-’. ' east of Eluffton of injuries sits- ' rained August 29 when the auto he was driving was struck by an interurban car north of Bluffton. Baumgartner suffered a fractured skull, severe lacerations and a broklen arm. The deceased is survived by the widow, the father, Isaac, of Kansas; four children: Melvin and Esther ; Baumgartner, both of Decatu:; Mrs. ■ Mary Johnson of Fort Wavne and 1 Mrs. Martha Gantze of Geneva, and two brothers. 1 Funeral services will be held at the home Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock, with Rev. Charles Moore , of Craigville officiating. Mrs. James Niblock Dies This Morning Word has been received here of the death of Mrs. Emma Niblock. 1 aunt of Martin J. Mylott, of this city. Mrs. Niblock died today at her 1 home in Middletown, Ohio according to the word received by Mr. Mylott from the nusband, James C. Niblock. Mr. Niblock is a former resident of this city and is well known here ; Several children and the husband survive. Funeral services will bo • held Thursday morning at 9 o’clock ■ I at Middletown. ° «• Hoopengardner Kites Wednesday Afternoon | Funeral services for Mrs. Louis I Hoopengardner, sister of Mrs. U • ‘ E. Moon and W. H. Foughtv of this I city who died Monday at WayneI dale, will be held at the Wayne- ' dale M. E. church Wednesday ati I ternoon at 2 o’clock. Burial will be . In the Decatur cemetery. I Survivors include the husband. ' j seven children, three sisters, two i1 brothers, 11 grandchildren and four great grandchildren.

Wreckage of Planes in Which Five Met Death i ' • •-tar i * . .-fe Charred wreckage of two sightseeing planes

Five persons were killed when two sightseeing airplanes collided in the air over D -trolt. This is the wreckage of lhe planes which burm-d. A witness

W (M. LEHMAN IS PRESIDENT Annual County Sunday School Convention ( loses Monday W. M. Lehman was elected president of the Adams county Sunday school convention Monday at the closing session of the annual twoday meeting. Other officers selected were: (’. E. Striker, first vice-president: Earl Chase, second vice-president; Miss Frances Burkhalter, secre-tary-treasurer; directors of departments —children, Frieda Lehman; young people. Everett Johnson: adults. O. V. Dilling: advisory member. Rev. James A. Weber. “Building on the Rock’ was the theme of the annual convention. Sunday sessions held at the First Mennonite church in Berne and Monday sessions at the Monroe M. E. church. Dr. Wilbur M. Smith, of Chicago, ■ 111., was the principal speaker, using the following subjects: “Testimonies of the Bible. “With my Bible around the Mediterranean.” “Christ, greatest teacher ot all ages,” "What Paul did with his body for the sake of Jesus Christ." D'- Smith also conducted a young people's conference and spoke briefly at the young people s banquet Monday evening. leaders and speakers in attendance were E. T Alberson. state secretary of Indiana council of religious education; Mrs. Violet Rush Geiger of Fort Wayne; Dr C. H. Suckau, Berne; Rev. C. H. Wiederkehr. Berne; Rev. S. E. Cooper, Linn Grove; Revs. G. O. Walton. James Weber, Stacy F. Shaw and George S. Lozier, all of Decatur: Rev. R. F. Hart, Monroe; Mrs. Delton Passwater, Freeman Burkhalter. "E. A. Luginbill, Archie Parr, C. (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) FORMER PASTOR TO SPEAK HERE Rev. Ben H. Franklin At M. E. Church Wednesday Night Rev. Ben H. Franklin, pastor of; he First Methodist church at Go-1 siien, will deliver the sermon Wednesday night at the Decatur M. E. church, where he was formerly pastor. The Goshen pastor will speak at the mid-week worship service as a part ot the special commemoration being given to the churca Centen-( nial this month. The service will start al 7; 30 o'clock. Special music and fellowsnip worship will also be a part of Wednesday night’s service. The celebration of the Centennial of the First Methodist church will be continued until the first of next month. A cordial invitation has been extended to all church members and the general puiblic by the pastor, Rev. R- \V- Graham to attend these cervices. ,i

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Decatur, Indiana, Tuosd ay, October 18, 1938.

♦ ♦ WARNING ' I A second warning was issued ; today to Halloween pranksters | ; by city and county authorities. Halloweeners bringing about tlie destruction of property will be prosecuted, they warned. Among the latest pranks of the pre-Halloween celebrants is ' [ that of hooking a long stick over the horn button of an auto, thus permitting it to sound until the owner releases the pres- I | sure. One lady called police last | night, saying that a sign had been pulled up from her yard ! Police urge cooperation of the general public. HAROLD SCHEELE IS GIVEN FINE Allen County Man Fined For Leaving Accident Scene Harold Scheele, of Woodburn, was fined $25 and costs, amounting to $34.50 wh»n he plead guilty to leaving the scene of an accident befora Justice of Peace John T. Kelly late this .afternoon. He naic' fine and was released. < Harold Scheele ot near Woodburn was to lie tried in John T. Kelly’s justice of peace court this afternoon on charges of 'eaving the scene of an accident. Scheele, it is charged, stiuck a lamp post on Monroe street near First street Monday noon and left without reporting it. Officers stat!ed that exposed wires created a menace to passerbys. Scheele was traced through his license number, secured by a bystander. The beet truck, which he i was driving is owned by Charles Putman of New Haven. He was arested about 4:30 o’clock I (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

Research Worker Blasts Idea Os Caveman’s Perfect Health

— I "Don’t be fooled by the olft-print-|ed comparative picture of an immaculately groomed society matron i and a Neanderthal resident, both sinking their molars into the legs ; of an appetizing chicken —all um ; der the caption of ‘The Caveman Had No Trouble With His Teeth,’’ said the eminent Dr. William J. Mellinger of Santa Barbara, California in an interview with a Demo- ■ crat reporter during his brief soi pourn in the city last night. "They had their dental troubles, too," asserted the nationally known worker in the medical research fields and vice-president of that select medical group — the American Academy of Opthalmology and Otolaryngology. The doctor was visiting with Dr. Ben Duke, local physician and surgeon, during a brief stop enroute to his home from the convention of the society heid recently in Washington, D. C. I To prove his statements, the j ; logic of which is contrary to the |

I told authorities that one pilot apparently was hlimb (I by a bright sun. Among the five killed was a three-year-old boy.

JURY HEARING WILL CONTEST Contest Os William Hilpert Is Being Continued Here — The jury trial in which the will : of the late William Hilpert is be-1 , ing contested, continued today be-: fore Judge Huber M. DeVoss and a jury made up of 10 men and two women. Early this afternoon, tlie defense (ontinued the introduction of evi- , dence in an attempt to prove that . Mr. Hilpert had been of sound mind • during the latter years of his life, 1 when the will was nude. ' The plaintiffs alleged the dei cedent was of unsound mind, biasi ed on the merits of his wife’s relai lives to receive the estate did gave the final disposition of his estate I to a distant relative. It was also ‘ claimed his will had been unduly' executed. The defense witnesses stated I that in their contact with Mr. Hi!-| pert he had appeared of sound mind. Tlie case was brought tv Mar-j i shall and Mary Jane Hilpeit. child-j ren of the late Milton Hilpert, a-; gainst Gertrude Hilpert. tlie widow; ’ to whom was given the life estate! 1; j- ’. - ■ / ■'l,yen the fees from the estate, and to Austin McMichael, who was named executor. Shortly before 2 - o’clock this at-: ’ ternoon, the defense and plaintiffs ’ rested their cases. Judge DeVoss gave both parties an hour to argue J their cases. It is probable the case | ’ will be given the jury about 5 o-: ' clock this evening. Stolen Geneva Auto Found In .lay County ,i ,: A car belonging to Beulah ’! Marks of Geneva, which was stol-’l i en last Thursday has been locatI ed. The ear was found in Jay ; [ county with the auto radio missI ing.

beliefs of many who think tlie | caveman had no dental difficulties. | Dr. Mellinger produced and exhibited to the reporter one of some 300-odd skulls in his collec-J tion, excavated on one of his more j prominent expeditions in search of: a long-lost tribe. Far worse in appearance than I some of our modern "toothless Jennies” was this particular resi- ( dent (or what remained of him), I of a tribe of 700 years ago—who, because of ignorance and lacking the medical knowledge of today suffered untold agony, leaving decayed teeth in his mouth and wearing away teeth and roots clear to the exposed nerve of the jawbone. Dr. Mellinger’s chief object of interest here, however, was procuring from tlie Central Soya company a list of the hundreds of products which have the soy bean as U-UNTINUED ON I’AGB FOUR). |

CONFESSED SPY IS WITNESS IN FEDERAL COURT Tells Os Assignment To Determine Troops On Coast New York, Oct. 18 — (U.R) Guenther Gustave llumrlch. con-1 fessed Nazi spy, testified in fed-’ oral court today that an ospion-; ago contact man in Germany had given him a specific assignment , to find out how many soldiers the United States kept along the western seaboard and particularly how many troops were stationed in the New York City area, i His contact man, lie said, was one Sanders, with whom he had been placed in communication j after lie had sent a letter to , Col. W. Nicolai, author of a Ger-1 I man spy text book, through Adolf I Hitler’s newspaper, the Voelkis-1 ; i-her Heobachter in Berlin. Kumrich. whose confession ’ touched off the spy inquiry and : resulted in the indictment of 18 persons including himself and [ the three defendants in the present trial, came into court today ‘ chewing gum. He draped his j lank body casually in the witness , chair, rested his fact on one hand | dent voice. and spoke in a slow- but confi- j Watching him intently were: Private Erich Glaser of the U. S. j Army, who is accused of stealing | |an aviation code; Miss Johanna Hofmann, alleged messenger for ’ the spy ring, and Otto Herman Voss, who is charged with steal-, Ing and transmitting the plans of an army pursuit plane. !’ Rumrich brought the German ■ , war ministry into the picture—the government contends this offi-j cial Nazi bureau bad direct charge of espionage activities I in discussing an exchange with: j Sanders concerning financial re-! I muneration. I’ndeY the questioning of Assistt ant U. S. Attorney Lester G. Dun-, gan, he testified he had been , asked to get from the government printing office two copies > ’ (imTIM’KI) ON PAGE THREE) ’ FORMER LOCAL RESIDENT DIES Mrs. Pearl S. Blee Dies This Morning At Huntington Mrs. Pearl S. Blee. SS. of Fort | i Wayne, a former resident of De- j I catur and mother of Mrs. Charles i Keller of this city, died this ■ ‘morning at 11:10 o'clock at the; j home of a daughter, Mrs. Eugene j Huntington „ .. *She had be.'U ill tor a time and had been at the home . I of her daughter in Huntington i tor the last three weeks. Death; was due to complications. Mrs. Blee was born in Miami i county, July 15, 1880, the daugh-| ter of Alfred and Elizabeth Cat-. I tin. She wsis married to William Blee, who is deceased. She was a member of the St. Josephs! . Catholic church in Fort Wayne ' and of the Rosary society of the I same church. Surviving are the two daugh- ! ters, a son. James H. Blee, of Fort I Wayne, a sister, Mrs. John ZitzI man, of Allen county, and a broth-, i er, Bert Cattin, of Fort Wayne, ■ and tour grandchildren. f . Funeral services will be held at ; 8:30 o'clock Thursday morning at' the McNulty home in Huntington; iand at 9:30 o’clock at the St. | Joseph's Catholic church, in Roan-; ' oke. Rev. Charles Ceravdot. pas-| I tor of the church, will officiate. i | Burial will be made in the Roan- ' oke cemetery The body may be ; I viewed at the home of the daugh-i (ter. Mrs. McNulty, in Huntington! | from 12 o'clock Wednesday noon | I until the time of the funeral. Attend State Red Men Convention At Capital Four members of Pocataligo; I Tribe. Decatur. Improved Order; I of Red Men. were in Indianapolis j I today attending the state convention of the organization. A. N. Hilton and Jacob Musser are the official delegates of the local lodge and carry the order’s vote in the business sessions. J. I M. Breiner, a member of the lodge's state board of appeals and B. F. Breiner, also a member of the local group, were the others who attended. The meeting will continue throughout the day and the local i men will return home this eve- [ nii’S. I

British Soldiers Lay Siege Today To Old Jerusalem

SAFE CYCLING CARNIVAL PLAN IS COMPLETED Parade, Racing Events To Be Held Wednesday Night Complete plans were announced today for Decatur's first bicycle safety carnival, which will be held on the streets of Decatur Wednesday evening. Co-sponsored l>y the WPA recreation department and the DecaI tur lodge of the B. P. (). Elks, the purpose of the carnival, in addition to providing recreation for the youth of the city, is to teach pi-oper safety rules and regulations for cyclists. i The feature of the safety cari nival will be the bicycle parade ! Wednesday evening, starting i promptly at 7 o'clock. Paraders will assemble at the jail yard and will move west to Second street, north to Marshall, west to Third, ami south to Liberty Way, where the parade will disband. All cyclists, whether or not they have decorated their vehicles, are urged to participate in the parade. The Decatur Girls' band and the Decatur Boys' band will be in the line of inarch. Cash prizes will be awarded by the Elks in throe divisions. First prize for the best decorated bicycle and rider will lie $2.. with second prize of $1 The best decorated tricycle and rider will lie awarded sl. and tile funniest i bicycle and rider will lie given stt. It. I' Ehinger and Walter Gard. ! co-chairmen, have named the t'olI lowing judges: Mrs W. Guy Brown. Mrs. A. R. Holthouse, ! Miss Dorothy Young. C C. Pumphrey. Don Wait and Herman Krt.ei k< berg. Racing Events At the conclusion of the parade, a series of 24 racing events, divided into six classifications, i wili be held around the court house square. The six divisions in which the events will lie held, are: senior boys, junior boys, midget boys, I senior girls, junior girls and midget girls. Prize ribbons for first, second and third places will lie awarded in each event. David Baker is chairman of the judging committee for the events and "ill be auisted by L. E. i ~> 2 *5, -1 i ** I feu Si-I Hugh Andrews and Deane Dorwin will act as starters, and | George Laurent and Joseph Krick as clerks for the events Police To Aid State, city and county police authorities will assist in handling traffic dining the evening Second street will be closed during ' the parade and part of Second street will lie closed during the racing events. Two representatives from the state notice department will speak in’ each of the public and parochial schools Wednesday morning and afternoon in the I (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) DEMOCRATS TO MEET AT BERNE R. Earl Peters To Speak At Berne Rally Thursday Night Plans have been completed for ' the Democratic rally to be held lat Berne Thursday night, party i leaders of that town reported today. R. Earl Peters, state chairman of the national housing authority and former Democratic state chairman will be the principal speaker. The rally will be held in the Berne auditorium. Other addresses are expected to be made by candidates and party leaders of the county and district. Committees have been appointed to arrange details of the meeting, which will be under the direction of C. H. Muselman, town Democratic chairman. , Light refreshments will be serv- [ ed following the meeting.

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Aral) Rebels, Strongly Entrenched, Control City As Troops Open Siege. PLANES DIRECT Jerusalem, Oct. 18 (U.R) — British troops directed by aircraft laid siege to the old city ot ' Jerusalem today. Arab rebels were .strongly entrenched behinll the ancient walls and were in control of the city. Il was the first siege of Jerusalem since Saladin’s in the 12th century. Gen. Allenby entered the city in 1917 but did not fire a single shot, being welcomed by the inhabitants as their deliverer from the Turks. Two thousand British troops were put into action today. As 1 airplanes hovered over the densely populated old city, troops used the government offices, tile high- ' est buildings in the new city ad- ‘ jacent to the old city walls, as a. watchtower. The building overlooked the rebel stronghold in the Mosqtia area, which the British appeared determined not to desecrate by shooting or by occupation . ' Rebels made openings through lhe wall surrounding the Mosque but authorities brought cement, and closed them. Troops were stationed on high buildings outside the walls, including hospitals and churches. With flags, they signalled the movements of the rebels. Rebels had barricaded the gates from the inside, burned the police station and apparently were in control. The troops could reach them only by storming the 1 walls built in 15-17 by Selim I oil Turkey after lie had taken the city from the Egyptians. Tlie modern city, built up outside the walls alter 185 s. was haul • pressed. Although the troops were in command, rebels were encamped in the desert and rocky ■ hills on all sides — and were in ambush along all the roads Even (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) DEATH CLAIMS CATHERINE FOX Mrs. Peter Fox Dies This Morning At Home Os Daughter Mrs. Catherine Amstutz-Fox. 71, wife of Peter Fox. of Linn Grove, died this morning at 12:10 o’clock ' »« C. E Hoagland. Fort Wayne. Death was attributed to paralysis and complications. Th deceased was born in Adams county and spent most of her life here. She was the daughter o£ •’brist and Mary Ann Amstutz. Surviving are the husband ami the followiws children: Mrs. Sarah Nussbaum of Fort Wayne, Mrs. Mary Bell of Fort Wayne, Mrs. C, E. Hoagland of Fort Wayne. Joint of Linn Grove. Mrs. Harold Moser of Geneva: the following brothers and sisters: William Amstutz of! Decatur. Amos of Grabill. Mrs. Carey Templin of Berne. Mrs. Anna Diller of Pandora, Ohio, and Mis. Peter" Klopfenstein of Monroe. j Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the West Missionary churcfi" in ( Berne with burial in the M. R. E. ! | cemetery. 0 _ Local Man’s Father Is Critically 111 Wesley England has beet: calle I to Lepeer. Michigan, due to tins critical illness of his father, Rev. C. . England. Rev. England, who is 8 > I years old, has been active in th » r mlnistery for 65 years. Until his collapse a short timn ago he broadcast the gospel daily ■ from radio station WMPC in Lae I peer. i o TEMPERATURE READINGS i DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER • B:ooa..tn 59 2:”0 p.ni 84 10:00 a.tn 71 3:00 pan S 3 I Noon 80 i WEATHER Showers tonight and Wednesday; somewhat warmer in east and south portions tonight, cooler Wednesday.