Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 36, Number 252, Decatur, Adams County, 25 October 1938 — Page 1

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Defendant Given Verdict By Jury A jury in the court of Justice o’. Peace C. 11. Muselman Saturday returned a verdict in favor of the de1 ' fendant in the complaint on promissory note suit of (). F, Gilliom | against George Uhrick. The amount I Involved was >SO. , o— - STEEL AND AUTO INDUSTRIES IN BUSINESS LEAD I Business Upturn Encouragement To New Deal Leaders Washington, Oct. 25.— ,(U.R> — A ■ business upturn led by steel and automobiles encouraged President • Roosevelt today as he resumed 1 study of a budget deficit problem ' which depends for solution large- ' ly upon sharp curtailment of relief spending. Ths business upturn is iinmed- ' lately important politically, as ' well as economically, because the 1 off-year general election is only a 1 fort-night away. 1 Polls and reports of individual 1 surveys forecast Republican gains in house and senate but no shift in congressional control. Farm prices have slumped despite new' ' deal programs and the first new deal re-employment drive was I checked by the 1937-3 S depression. ' These two factors will explain most of any gains Republicans ‘ make Nov. 8 in national and state offices. Nfr. Rosevelt returned last night , from his Hyde Park. N. Y.. home. ' On Thursday he will receive from j: a special board a report on the i railyway dispute in which nearly • i $1,000,000 workers have voted to . i strike if management cuts wages | 15 per cent to save an estimated I $250,000,000 in annual operating , cpsts. II Chief Justice Walter P. Stacy, of the North Carolina supereme I court,-Dean James M. Landis, of •! Harvard law school, and Prof. •I Harry A. Millis. University of Chi- ; I cago, have been listening to man- ■ agement and labor testimony on (tONTINCED ON PAGE FIVE) O CITY COUNCIL TO BE ELECTED All Decatur Councilmen I May Be Os Same Political Party The City council may be filled with members of only one political party, according to a ruling made by the state board of election commissioners on examination of an amendment to the state election law. , At the present time, the city couni cil is composed of four Democrats | and one Republican. This came aII bout under a former law, under i which each political party in a city ■ I this size was permitted to nomini ate only four candidates. This com- • pelled the election four years ago •I in the fall of at least one Republi- > can, as there are five members of ■ the city council in Decatur. The new ruling, made shortly before the primary election last May permitted each party to nominate five men. This fall the five highest will be elected, regardless of political affiliation. This would permit a complete democratic council in Decatur. Candidates for council on both tickets as well as candidates for other city offices in Decatur have ~7cONTINUED on PAGE FIVE) 0 Jefferson Seniors Will Present Play ' “Tell The Judge” is the title of ' the three-act play to be given 1 Thursday and Friday evenings,,November 10 and 11 at the Jefferson 1 high school auditorium by the sen- ■ lor class of that school. Admission ’ is 15 and 25 cents. Tickets are on sale by the class members. i —o TEMPERATURE READINGS 1 DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER ■I 8:00 a.m.-41 2:00 pm—6B > 10:00 am—sl 3:00 p.m.—66 ' Noon.. 60 I WEATHER Fair tonight and Wednesday; not so cool tonight, warmer in east and south portions Wednesday.

Canton in Flames After Capture by Japanese —— . . „ i I* 1 4,1 W -«■ ■’f *|i WmIB,. - p' View of the city of Canton, China, in flames after Japanese capture

Here is a view of the Chinese southern metropolis, I Canton, now reported in flames following its cap- I ture by Japanese troops. The principal business |

REGISTRATION I IN CITY HEAVY Heavy Registration Figures Are Revealed In Decatur Registration figures from the office of County Clerk G. Remy Bierly released today revealed that an unusually heavy vote is in prospect for the fall election November 8. According to these figures 395 more persons are registered in the city than there were two years ago when a city election was not held. Each of the precincts shows a substantial gain over two years ago without exception. The honor of being the largest precinct in the city, held so long by 3-B. was taken away this year by 1-A, which topped the 3-B registration by six votes. The city precincts, the registration in 1936 and 1938 follows: Precinct 1936 1938 1-A 710 781 1- ? 425 607 2- 590 614 2- ' 401 415 3- 603 647 3-B ■ - "15 "" 5 Total 3,444 3.839 While the report from the city health officer showing the number of persons who have died since the registration office was opened is not complete, it is thought that the report will have but little effect on the total, reducing it by less than 40. Interest in the city election is thought to be in a large part responsible for the heavy registration. The candidates for office on the Democratic ticket: Arthur R. Holthouse. mayor: Mrs. Alice Christen, clerk-treasurer; Geo. W. Meyer, councilman, first district; George (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) TO HOLD GROUP RALLY THURSDAY Missionary Society Rally To Be Held At Fort Wayne Church A group woman’s missionary society rally will be held in tlio Crescent Avenue Evangelical church of Fort Wayne Thursday. The morning session will begin at 9:30 oclock. An afternoon session will be held following the noon-day lunchThe group is composed of the Evangelical churches in and near Fort Wayne. The Fust Evangelical church of this city will be represented in the Rally by a number of the members of the local W. M. S. and the Y. P. M. C. Mrs. J. O. Tricker of Decatur is the chairman of the rally. She, with the several members of her committee, are interesting program for the occasion The special guest speaker for the day will be Rev. E. C. EoYang, who is a member of the China conference of rhe Evangelical church. He is in this country, having come here to represent his people in the general conference of the Evangelical church, which recently held its session in the Moxham Evangelical church in Johnstown, Pennsylvania.

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Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, October 25, 1938.

Huntington Lawyer Is Suicide Victim Huntington, Ind.. Oct. 25—(UP)— A motive was sought today for the suicide of Louis W. Lichtsinn, 26, attorney, whose body was fund in his automobile i>y a neighbor. He had died of carbon monoxide asphyxiation. A hose led from tne ex- , haust pipe into the car’s interiorr Lichlsinn. a Valparaiso university i graduate, was an unsuccessful candidate last may for the Democratic nomination for prosecutor. I The widow survives. , 1,000 WOMEN TO VISIT CITY Women From Neighboring Counties To Tour Local Plants Decatur will be host to approximately 1,000 ladies Wednesday, and others on November 2 and November 9. Mrs. E. W. Busche, county president of the township home economic clubs, announced . today. The visitors Wednesday will be members of home economic clubs in 27 counties who annually make a tour to an industrial plant and ; other places which affect them personally or affect their clubs. The invitation to make Decatur I the site of the annual tour was given by Mrs. Busche some time ago at a' meeting of home econ- ■ omics clubs representives at Purdue. Adams County Agricultural i Agent L. E. Archbold, through the .[ county agents and the home economic club demonstrators, recently seconded the invitation. The program Wednesday in- ' eludes registration at 10 o’clock in the morning, to be followed by a tour of the Central Sugar company's refinery and the oil extrac- ' tion plant of the Central Soya i company. At noon a basket dinner will be held at the Decatur Country Club I and possibly one or two other , places. Ice cream, cake and coffee, donated by the Central Sugar Company and the Cloverleaf . Creameries, Inc., will be served by \ the ladies of the Monroe M. E. | church. i The welcoming address will be delivered by Mayor A. R. Holthouse !of Decatur. Music will be furnI ished by the Gretehen Stucky's aci cordian band. In the afternoon a tour will be ' made of the Cloverleaf Creameries, Inc., and the Decatur Home- ' steads development. Counties which are to be represented Wednesday are: DeKalb, 1 Allen, Noble, Whitley, Wells. Steu- ' ben, LaGrange, Elkhart, LaPorte, ': St. Joseph’s, Kosciusko, Marshall, ’ j Starke, Pulaski, Fulton, Miami, I Porter, Lake, Jasper, Newton. • Benton, Warren. Fountain. Mont- ’ I gomery, Putman, Vermillion and • Parke. Other Indiana counties in a radii' us of 150 miles of Decatur are to . visit the city on November 2 and ■ November 9. ’ - "* 11 "" ** Red Cross Executive Board Meets Friday The executive board of the Ad--1 ams county chapter of the Ameri--1 can Red Cross will meet at the Win--1 nes shoe store Friday evening at 1 7 o’clock. Wall Wemhoff, chairman, ' urges all members to be present, Has important business will be dis- ■ | cussed.

I sections of the city were wiped out by fire. Japanese soldiers spread through the city to halt I looting of abandoned shops.

PA SYSTEM TO BE INSTALLED l *“ Public Address System Being Installed In New School J .... ... Undoubtedly one of the most ul-tra-modern and effeciency increasing phases of the new quarter-mil-lion dollar Decatur junior-senior ■ high school will be the public adi dress system now entering the last I stages of installation, The new school is to boast a system unequalled by rev.’ high schools in the state of Indiana. ’ All control of the system is to be i supervised and directed from the i principal’s office under principal W. Guy Brown. 1 Here, a huge, nearly seven-foot cabinet contains two popular make all-wave radios and dial controls, an electric record player and instant room-communication switches. With the system, it will be possible for the principal to contact ( any one or aii of Hie rooms simultaneously. To this feature is added the fact that a switch on the master control enables the recipient of the principal's message to answer by means of the two-way transmitter installed in the torn speakers. A two-channel outlet permits two educational radio broadcasts to bo given to separate rooms of the ; school. Thus elementary grades may hear an educational children’s lecturer while one or more of the high school classes may hear a broadcast of an educational feature in ! | their age division. Phonographic recordings may also be sent to the students as well as announcements, addresses and ' radio programs. In addition to the microphone in the principal’s office ■ a desk microphone will also be in- ' stalle din the offices of Sttperin- ' tendent Walter J. Krick. On the stage in the auditorium . tCONTINUED ON. PAGE FIVE) TEACHERS TAKE ACTIVE PARTS Decatur, Adams County Teachers On Convention Program - I Members of' both the city of De1 catur and Adams county teaching corps will take an active part in the northeastern Indiana teachers' asso- ! ciation convention, which opens at ;Fort Wayne Thursday, a review of ’ the program revealed today. In addition to W. Guy Brown, principal of the Decatur high school i holding the office of vice-president of the association, the executive . board includes: Walter J. Krick, I j city school superintendent; C. E. 1 Striker, county school superinten- . dent and E. M. Webb, Berne school i superintendent. J Lowell Smith and Mrs. Agnes Yager of this city and William H. ; Spugeon of Berne are on the no- ( I minating committee. P. Bryce Thomas, Central school principal is a member of the gram- . mar grades section committee for Thursday afternoon at 1: 30 at the . Shrine auditorium. Miss Mildred ■ Worthman, Decatur high school economics instructor, is a member of the committee in charge of the ’.section meeting Thursday afternoon (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) I

Japanese Troops In Hankow; Hopes Os Spanish Loyalists Dimmed By World’s Actions

VOLUNTARY GIFT AIDS MILL FUND Krick-Tyndall Re-Build-ing Fund Over $8,500 Mark An unsolicited donation by E. W. Busche of $25 helped push the barometer in the Krick-Tyndall Tile Mill drive past the $8)600 mark at noon today as the committee neared the "home stretch." with less than $1,400 to raise ot the original community pledge of SIO,OOO. Members of the committee said they were unusually pleased with the Busche contribution due to the fact that he is a Monroe township resident and could not be personally benefitted by the success of the campaign except in the knowledge that 100 men may be re-em-ployed in gainful employment. The total at noon today was SB,616, including both cash and pledges. Arrangements were perfected this morning to see the remaining names on the prospect list. These persons have been contacted but have not yet made their final decisions. It is hoped these individuals and concerns will push the campaign over the 100 per cent mark with their contributions. 1 The committee explained that to the average business house or person in Decatur, these are not contributions but investments in the community for the reasons that if the industry were re built the community would retain a $200,000 industry on the tax duplicate, which would tend to lower taxes; would have fewer unemployed, which also would tend to lower taxes; would have a SIOO,OOO annual pay roll, and would make a happier, more stable community. EXTENSION OF MAIN APPROVED WPA Project For Water Main Extension Here Is Approved Mayor Arthur R. Holthouse was ' notified today by Senator Freder-' ick Van Nuys of the approval of a WPA project for the extension i I of the water mains along certain streets in Decatur. Application for the labor project was made several months ago by the water department and signed by Mayor Holthouse. The city will furnish the material in the way of pipe and it is planned to extend the mains on 1 Grant street. Fifteenth street, Twelfth street and other points. Senator Van Nuys’ telegram reads: “Happy to advise approval i of WPA allotment of $4,970 to im- ! prove municipal waterworks sys- : tem throughout the city. Pleasure to nave been of service.” The project will be opened this fall and carried through the winI ter months, following the complej tion of street work. Recently a new project, that of I tree surgery and trimming was opened in the city, providing em- ' ployment for 12 men and a super- ‘ visor. The tree trimming work is done without charge to the property owners. The WPA sidewalk crew will begin work November 4 on. the building of the new walks around the junior-senior high school on , Jefferson, Third and Fourth streets. Approaches to the building will also be built. The sidewalk and curb project will continue until freezing weather. Brennen Funeral Is . Held This Morning — Funeral services were held this morning at the St. Mary’s Catholic church for Jimmy Brennen, 15-year-I old popular Decatur youth, who ’ died Saturday morning of Hodgkins disease. Rev. Father Joseph J. Seimetz officiated and burial was in the St. Joseph cemetery. The lad’s two cousins, William Herber and Harold Conroy, Jr., both of Fort Wayne, and his former classmates, Robert Laurent, Robi ert Kuhnle, John Noonan and Fred I Coffee, were pallbearers.

DIES ASSERTS I NATION SHOULD DEPORT ALIENS Says Germany Seeking To Extend Influence Into U. S. New York. Oct. 25 (U.R) Rep. Martin Dies, D., Tex., said today | that what Germany did In build Ing up sympathetic blocs in Czechoslovakia and Austria "she is now attempting to do in the United States.” Soviet Russia and Italy are using similar methods here, he said. The chairman of the house committee investigating unAmerican activities addressed the New York Herald Tribune's eighth annual forum on current problems. The opening day's sessions covered I two themes, "keeping the mind of the nation young” and “shall we i break with tradition?” Dies spoKe on the question "shall we break with tradition in handling the alien?” Dies charged that Germany, Italy and Russia maintained agents in this country to Indoctrinate Americans with the principles of Nazism, Fascism and | Communism. The result, he said, has been "an increasing clamor for governmental regimentation and bureaucratic control of our economic and social life." He welcomeu President Roosevelt's move to check spies, but said aliens like Harry Bridges. Pacific coast CIO leader, who he alleged is a communist, “are more dangerous than spies.” The remedy. Dies said, is deportation of men like Bridges. 1 stronger immigration laws to keep out aliens who come here I ‘for the sole purpose of introducing the virus of alien isms;"; I stopping of communist activities! lon government projects; and pos- ' sibly legislation to outlaw the Communist pat ty and the Nazi Bund. Mrs. Ogden Reid, vice presi--1 dent of the Herald Tribune, presided at the sessions and introduced the speakers. j Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, in a broadcast from Cincinnati, de- ' plored “a kind of fear complex” which, she said, stressed "what to j fight ageinst rather than what we | should be trying to accomplish.” I Alien forces cannot "destroy a democracy which meets the needs of its people,” she said. Aided Communists Washington. Oct. 25 — (U.R) »- California agriculture has been a "major focal point” of communist infiltration since 1933, Harper Knowles, Oakland. Cal. testified today before the house committee investigating unAmerican activi(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) AMERICAN BANK SYSTEM LAUDED FDIC Chairman Says System Is In Excellent Condition Bloomington. Ind., Oct. 25—(U.HI —Leo T. Crowley, chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance' corporation, today told the Indiana banking conference that the ! American banking system is “currently in excellent condition.” Addressing 150 Hoosier bank executives and employes at Indi ana University, Crowley expressed the hope that “the combination of better supervision, better bank management. and federal deposit insurance will soon elim- ■ inate losses to depositors as a i social menace.” Crowley denied that he and ' Jesse Jones, head of the reconstruction finance corporation, disagree over the types of loans ' commercial banks can properly 1 make and asserted that both the FIC and the RFC believe banks ' should “actively seek out sound ■ opportunities for credit extension in their communities.” i “Far too little is actually i known.” he said, "about the legiti- • | mate demand for long-term credit . tor small business. There are in I many communities business loans i (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR)

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World’s Two Great Wars Reach Climatic Stage In China And Spain This Week. CAPTURE HANKOW By Joe Alex Morris (Copyright 1938 by United Press) The world's two great wars reached climactic stages today in China and Spain. In China. Japanese armies captured the big inland city of Hankow after driving defending armies still deeper into the Interior, while in Spain the hopes of loyalists were dimmed l>y the progress of international negotiations to isolate the civil war and permit the insurgent forces to tighten a food and war materials blockade. The developments of this week may have a decisive effect on the ultimate outcome of the two conflicts. China Artillery and bombing planes cleared a path through which Japanese troops crashed into Hankow, already set afire by retreating soldiers of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek. Blasts of dynamite under public buildings, flames sweeping through the three sister cities of the Wuhan district (Hankow, Hanyang and Wuchang) and many thousands of refugees struggling toward safety in the wake of retiring troops, marked the Japanese triumph after months of bitter fighting up the Yangtse valley. United States bluejackets and other foreign troops landed to protect foreigners, including 125 Americans, in the danger zone. Scattered through the story of bloodshed and terror on the Yangtse were indications of what may come next in China. There was, first, the Chinese declaration that their armies would fight on. Generalissimo Chiang was reported directing the i re-establishment of front lines i westward from Hankow, in the ; vast interior regions where prolonged resistance might be offered the invaders. At the same time, Japanese officials re-emphasized their determination to destroy the nationalistic trend —which they describe as communistic and anti-Japanese —built up in China by the generalissimo. War Minister Gen. Seishiro Itagaki said in Tokyo that Chiang would be destroyed even if Japanese soldiers had to occupy every square inch ot China. In between these two declarations were influences working for a settlement. Great Britain and Germany, both with big commercial stakes in the far east, were persistently reported to be pressing for mediation. Their hopes were brighter than at any time since Japan began the conquest of China. The Japanese now hold the nerve centers of China throughout the great eastern seaboard area and as far inland as Hankow, some 500 miles from the coastal city of Shanghai. The huge Chinese markets —■ Shanghai, Canton, Peiping, Nanking, Swatow and their surrounding territories -are under Japanese dominance and henceforth will be primarily Japanese trade areas rather than British or ( (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) BAROMETER ! of the KRICK-TYNDAL CO. DRIVE (Noon Reports) GOAL $10,000.00 OCT. 20 OCT. 28 OCT. 27 OCT. 26 OCT. 25 $8,616.00 OCT. 24 $8,465.00 OCT. 21 $8,348.00 OCT. 20 88.178.00 1 OCT. 19 $7.81.3.00 OCT. 15 87.510.00 ’ OCT. 14 $6,781.00 OCT. 1.3 86.626.00 , OCT. 11 16,334.00 OCT. 10 $6,224.00 OCT. 6 $5,472.00 OCT. 5 $4,860.00 t OCT. 4 $1,307.00 1 OCT. .3 $3,300.00 ’ OCT. 1 $2500.00