Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 36, Number 275, Decatur, Adams County, 21 November 1938 — Page 1

XXVI. No. 275.

plicago’s Stock Sfarfeet Paralyzed I By Strike Today

HL c k Handlers Go lon Strike, Tying Up World’s Largest (livestock Market. ■ CI' 1 WORKERS N„V. 21— (U.R> —The luunllers' the ]„ hhißhis' organiz- ■ fdL: ■■ ■ a congress of inHg organization affiliate. K' C today paralyzing the Ky-j ; jr.-stock market. K |S . Li;. <1 opening of CIO workers livestock and in groups about the . yards which exwide area of ChiWfor hours later the U. S. de>f agriculture reported tra.'i.sai tiotts had taken K^g : before 10 a. m„ howordered the strikers it was believed K ajk-t inieh! reopen under Kq> , wl'li American oi Labor handlers on Mbe f -st attempt of AFL men E»ke ■work mt the livestock Kes fcistoniarily handled by K failed when a group of warned the AFL men Kciiland Company and a few K* buyers made purKm t'ith th" provision that K Aid In invalid if the stock K nit weighed by 2 p. m. n sAial detail of police under ■I Itthn Pendergast, chief of ■ (Kago's uniformed forces, ■t on special duty at the scene. MKg.ist estimated 178 handRs »»e on strike. CIO spokes■t slid the number was closer ON PAGE FOUR)

®0 MEN HURT -J IN FALL TODAY Wo Men Injured As ■Bffold Breaks At f Boya Company Sanders, 22. of Craig I--'' Von Gunten, route 6, were injured f on which they iny to do some plastering :ifai Soya Company. BW nill - " o ke. pitching them [jtwt t© the floor. .. physician reported ■ I Jiat Sanders susmod vertebra, a com- .■ of the left leg, fracriirht and dislocation Bjt?fcht foot. ■gginten. less seriously injur-t'Bßl-v sustained lacerations hands and knees, and ■•praiß 1 right shoulder. i Ek ~ ■WCauses Slight | Damage Here Sunday '■ ;l ' ffiel ’ e department was BB'' W. (). Brown residence S*. Seventh street, at 1:30 ■“■Jff'ia-. " llen a sn >all roof fire Be^f oVi '" near the chimney, extinguished with only BH| nia Ke. Mgts Os Columbus | Dance Tuesday Night jMfrdghts of Columbus will K** Whanksgiving dance for the ■ their lady friends and B e£n ~*? p of ’heir families Tuesday at the K. of C. hall. ot C. will hold the fifth supper next Monday Novprnb er 28, at 6:30 for their wives or sweetsupper will be followF ! ' s ® Rni 'ial program and dance, g '®erature readings ■ “EMOCRAT thermometer I’O-on 8 ' 38 2:00 >’- m 60 r m 40 3:00 p.m 61 fiß weather |BHp aßln o cloudiness In exI^^H’ ou th tonight and Tues- ■ •hdt° St ' y c| outiy in central ■ siis‘u° r,h with rain Tuesda y; warmes j n east and colder in north I Tue sday, much colder f '"Wy night tl

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

CLUB PROCMM HEBE TUESDAY County 4H Club Achievement Program Here Tuesday Night The Adams county 4-H club achievement program will be held Tuesday evening at 7:30, in the Decatur high school auditorium. This achievement program is a summarization of all the 4-H club activities throughout the entire year. Eighteen clubs with 251 members this year completed their. work under the instruction of the following adult and junior leaders. Miss Marjorie Dilling. Preble; Mrs. Rudy Meyer and Miss Hilda Bultemeier, St. Johns; Mrs. Vernon I Custer and Mrs. Ed Debolt and Miss Vera Beihold; Miss Hazel Yake, Kirkland; Miss Juanita Leh- I man, Washington; Miss Mildred Worthman and the following Junior leaders: Monica Schmitt. Hilda Williams. Alice Reinking and Lydia Frosch, Decatur: the Misses Mary Koos and Myrtle Clements, St. Marys: Geraldine Ray. South St. , Marys: Mrs. Paul Gould, Mrs. John Floyd and Mrs. Reuben Steury and I Miss Arveda Mazeline, Monroe; I Mrs. Charles Abraham, Mrs. Martin Sprunger and Mrs. Don Sweeney, Berne; Mrs. Hiram Wittwer and Miss Wanda Neadstine. Blue i Creek; Mrs. Anna Farrar and Mrs. Mary Fenstermaker, Wabash; and Miss Catherine Mosser, Jeffrson Lawrence Beckmeyer was leader of the boys in Root township; Rev M. J. Frosch and Lorenz Thieme in Union; Stanley Arnold, Kirkland: Elmer Nussbaum, Millard Schwartz and Leo Nussbaum, Monroe: and Peter B. Lehman, Henry ' Aschleman. Sol Mosser, Dale D. Moses and Eli Schwartz, the adult calf club committee. The junior leaders will have charge of the program Tuesday | evening: Alice Reinking will lead community singing; a panel discussion of the 4-H club activities will be given by several of the Junior leaders: Marjorie Dilling will discuss 4-H club work in general; Hazel Yake will give an ac- | count of the state fair school of home economics; Stanley Arnold will discuss Junior leader work and the Junior leader conference; Franklin Steury, a member of the dairy judging team, will discuss the judging work and Arveda Mazelin. county winner of the demonstration contest, will dis- j cuss demonstration. Moving pictures taken of the club members on their picnic and calf club tour will be presented. The final feature of the evening ] will be the presentation of pins to | all members who completed their club work this year. These mem- I bers are as follows: Berne: Margaret Allspaw, Sarabelle Beer, Marceline Brandt, Harriet and Bernadetta Eley, Jean M. (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) 0 FORMERCOUNTY TEACHER DIES Mrs. Rose Mann Vogan Dies Saturday: Funeral At Geneva Tuesday Mrs. Rose Mann Vogan. 34, na-l tive of Adams county and a former teacher in the Adams county j schools, died Saturday afternoon in j Cleveland, Ohio, following a three week’s illness and an operation. She was a member of the Methodist church in Cleveland, the Order of Eastern Star, and the Daughters of America. She is survived by the husband, Herbert, Vogan; the parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Mann of Geneva: six sisters, Mrs. Frank Farlow and Mrs. Dora Amspaugh both of Geneva; Mrs. Joseph Schaadt, of Rpckford, Ohio; Mrs. Archie Becher and Mrs. H. H. Been, both of Fort Wavne;' Mrs. Gaylord Dennison, of Van Nuys, Cal.; and two brothers, L. A. Mann of Geneva and F. RayMann of Jerome. Ida. j The body was brought to the home of the parents in Genevai today. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p. m. Tuesday at the First M. E. church in Geneva. Burial in Riverside cemetery at Geneva.

DEVOSS CIVEN COMMISSION AS ELECTED JUDGE Adams Circuit Court

Judge Commissioned To Appellate Court Judge Huber M. DeVoss of this city received his commission of election as a judge of the appellate court, second division, from Governor Clifford M. Townsend last Saturday. Commissions were issued to all the Democrats elected In the state and to Janies M. Tucker. Republican, who was elected secretary of state over Edward D. Koenemann, Democrat. Judge DeVoss was second high in the vote for appellate judges, second division, in the election November 8. His total vote was i 774.037. Judge DeVoss had a lead of 3,223 over Fred E. Hines, Republican and 1,661 over Dan C. Flanagan, of Fort Wayne, Republican. In some counties he was pitted ; against Flanagan and in others against Hines. His total vote, however, is larget than either Republican candidate. Contests are being filed by the Republicans in a number of the counties. Judge DeVoss has been served with notices of contest In several counties and expects peri vice in all the counties where the Republicans are contesting the i vole and asking for a recount. The completed official vote for I the state candidates follows: United States Senator I Frederick Van Nuys (D)—788.386 | Raymond E. Willis (R)__ 783,189 Secretary of State Edward D. Koenemann, D 774,303 James M. Tucker (R) 775.364 Auditor of State Frank G. Thompson (D)..776,992 ! Louis R. Markun (R) 771.408 Treasurer of State I Joseph M. Robertson (D) 776,280 (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o — DEATH CLAIMS HARRY ELSTON Retired Farmer Dies Sunday Evening At County Hospital Harry N. Elston, aged about 65, ; retired farmer, died Sunday evening at 5 o’clock at the Adams county memorial hospital. Death was attributed to pneumonia. The deceased was born in Darke county, Ohio, the son of John and Laura Elstou. He was never married and has no near relatives living. He had livd in St. Mary's township for 40 years but had been rooming in this city since last March. Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Gillig & Doan funeral home. Burial will be made in the Willshire, Ohio, cemetery. The body was taken to the Gillig & Doan funeral home and may be viewed there until time for the funeral. o Geneva Juniors To Present Play The junior class of the Geneva high school will present a three-act mystery, “The Phantom Be.lls,’’ at | the high school auditorium TuesI day evening at 7:30 o’clock. Adrnis- | .-ion will be 15 and 25 cents, with ■ reserved seats 30 cents. Members of the cast are: Marie Stucky. M. F. Reicheldeffer, Miriam I Greene, Louise Smith, Berwyn Sprunger, Robert Morningstar, Norman Grile, Edith Hoffman, Frank- ; lin Armstrong and Weldon Lehj man. o — Wild Party Stories To Be Investigated Huntington Park, Cal. Nov. 21— (UP) —A story of barnyard parties in which high school boys and girls danced in the nude was to be given today in juvenile court. Police Indicated that six of the seven students involved would be charged with statutory rape and that many other youths, noth boys and girls of high school age, would be involved in the investigation. The youths all are between the ages of 16 and 18. Police chief Will Hultquist said they dented taking part in the nude parties but that officers obtained sufficient evidence to warrant a juvenile court hearing and the filing of charges | against the boys involved.

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN A ?A M S COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Monday, November 21, 1938.

Held in $20,000,000 Will Plot

Christian Harold Sheaffer (right) is shown with his lawyer. Otto Kraus. Jr., after he was released on $2,500 bail in connection with an alleged will plot to gain control of the $20,000,000 snuff fortune left by Mrs. Henrietta Garrett. Ten other persons were ordered held by the Philadelphia authorities. .

LLOYD BEAL IS KIDNAP VICTIM Decatur Mechanic Forced To Drive Two Gunmen To Peru Lloyd Beal, mechanic at the Phil L. Macklin garage, was kidnaped Saturday night and forced at the point of a gun to drive two armed men to Peru, he reported to police early Sunday morning. Beal told police upon his return that he had just driven out of the garage about 9 p. m. Saturday and puled onto Second street when two men jumped upon the running board of this auto. Saturday night crowds failed to take any special notice of the Incident, Mr. Beal stated, and the one man ordered him to “keep driving.” Driving out Monroe street to the Decatur cemetery, the pair ordered him to stop and searched him. Mr. Beal stated that while they were enroute to the cemetery he haa slipped his wallet between the scat and back cushion of the front seat. After searching him, they crawled into the back seat and ordered him to drive to Peru. With the exception of a time when one thug asked the other for a match not a word was spoken on the entire trio, Mr. Beal stated. After arriving at Peru, the men ordered Beal to stop the car and with a warning to “get going,” got out of the auto. He was not mis-, treated in any way, Mr. Beal stated. Upon being released he reported to Peru police and upon arriving j home about 4 o’clock Sunday morning contacted local authorities. Mr. Beal stated that he had seen one of the men in the city. The other was s perfect stranger. —o CHUBCH PLANS BEVIVAL MEET Revival Services Open At U. B. Church This Evening Evangelistic services are in progress at the First United Brethren Church, corner of Ninth and Madison streets. Rev. and Mrs. Harry Richer of Peru, outstanding musicians and singers will have charge of the singing beginning tonight and continuing to the evening of December 4. In addition to the regular services, Rev. Richer will sing to the grade children at the Cen-1 tral school Wednesday afternoon and at the union Thanksgiving service Thursday morning. The local pastor, Rev. James A. Weber, will bring messages each night from the book of Hebrews. Penny editions of the book are available for the use of the worshiper. The topics for the week are as follows: Monday—“ What are Angels? Do we need them today?” —Hebrews 1. Tuesday— "The tragedy of Neglect" Hebrews 2:2. Wednesday—“ls He your Brother?” Hebrews 2:1-18. Thursday—“ Help for the Tempted” Hebrews 2:18. Friday—" Harden not your Heart” Hebrews 3:4:10. The meetings are open to the public each evening at 7 p. m-

Elks Thanksgiving Dance Wednesday The annual Thanksgiving eve: dance will be held at the B. P, O. Elks Wednesday night, starting at 9:30 o’clock. Bill Miller and his band from Fort Wayne will provide music for the dance. The dance will be limited to to members and out of town guests. Admission is $1 per couple reservations are to be made at the I club by Tuesday afternoon. —o CLASS HATRED CHARGE HURLED — Dies Charges Some Government Workers Foment Class Hatred Washington, Nov. 21 — (UP) — Chairman Martin Dies, D., Tex., of l the house committee investigating unAmerican activities, said today that secret testimony of federal of-1 micials before the committee Saturday revealed "alarming” indications that certain individuals within the government are promoting class hatred. Disclosing that the officials appeared before the committee Saturday, Dies said that the witnesses “don’t want their names made public.” he added that they testified under oath for tike record. He asserted that their testimony indicated a “very alarming situation” >n the government. He. asserted that it appeared there are individuals “who make class hatred their primary tactics and carry out the philosophy of men like David J. Saposs" (Chief economist for the National Labor Relations board). Dies last night made public excerpts from an article Saposs wrote I lor the December 1931 issue of Labor age, in which Dies charged the economist advocated that workers use force against the capitalist form of government if political ac-| tion failed. Noting that Saposs had been I cuoted iu morning newspapers as saying that this statement did noti represent his own views but was a report of a meeting, Dies inserted the entire article in the committee record. He read from the context in an attempt to show that the excerpts he made 'public actually j were Saposs’ opinions. He described Saposs as “typical of the economic crackpots who have come to Washington and who range from outright solialists to communists." “This committee,” he said, “In the limited time left to us, will expose many as possible of these men." o Children’s Bazaar Tonight, Tuesday The public is invited to the supper to be served this evening and Tuesday, beginning at 5 o’clock at the St. Joseph’s school on Fourth street. The supper precedes the opening of the annual children’s bazaar. The doors of the bazaar will open about 7:30 this evening. The affair is held in the auditorium of the school and attractive booths, stands and amusements have been arranged for the pleasure of the patrons. The St. Joseph school will be dismissed Wednesday for ths Thanksgiving holiday. Classes will be resumed Monday, Nov. 28.

EUROPE ENTERS I NEW PHASE IN PEACE PROBLEM Atni - Semitic Excesses Cause Stiffer British Attitude By Joe Alex Morris (Copyright 1938 by United Press) Europe today entered one of j the most significant phases of po-; litical maneuvering since the fourpower peace conference at Munich. The realignment of European powers which began at Munich with Germany in a dominant .role is beginning to shake down, and the real basis for future peace efforts may be laid this week j when British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain goes to Paris for conferences with French Premier Edouard Daladier. Weak points in Germany’s position astride central Europe are developing. The Nazi antisemitic excesses have stiffened both Great Britain and France in their dealings with Fuehrer Adolf Hitler; have prompted both nations to announce flatly that they are not considering return of prewar German colonies. Furthermore, while Britain and France have turned away from Germany and toward better relations wi’h Fascist Italy, the Reich has run head-on Into grave trouble on the path of her “march to the east?’ This has developed at wo points In particular: 1 — Hungary and Poland, flanking the German eastward march through Czechoslovakia, resented the intervention of Hitler which prevented Hungary from getting the Province of Ruthenia and a common frontier with Poland in the dismemberment of Czechoslovakia. Terrorists have moved in where diplomacy failed and both Hungary and Poland were reported today to have troops on their fron-1 tiers ready to march into Ruthenia for “police” action due to reports of widespread guerilla fight Ing. Prague has charged the renorts are false and German newspapers have warned the two countries to avoid trying to force the issue, but there have been indications that Germany’s axis partner, Italy, was sympathetic with the Hungarian aims. 2 — Great Britain, balked in Chamberlain's efforts to complete a quick deal for peace with Hitler because of British public protests against Nazi anti-semitism, has swung toward a new approach to the problem. Aided by France, Britain has chiseled into the Ber-lin-Rome axis by ending or seeking to end the democracies’ dis- [ tercnces with Fascist Italy and by; an important series of conferences intended to improve relations with the small powers in the Nazi orbit. Os tnose conidbees, King Carol. of Rumania, and Prince Paul, regent of Jugoslavia, who arrived in London today, were the most j important. Carol, who journeyed from England to Paris for further talks and will continue his po(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

LOCAL MAN IS UNDER ARREST Ralph Isch In Custody For Impersonating State Officer Ralph “Pete” Tsch, 29, Decatur laborer, was being held in the Ad■ims county jail here today after oeing charged with impersonating an officer. He was arrested Sunday morning about 1 o’clock at his home by Officers Adrian Coffee and Roy Chllcote. The arresting officers charge that Isch stopped Albert Rekeweg, of route two, Central Soya company cmiploye at the intersection of Fifth and Second streets, about 3:40 o’clock Saturday afternoon and “arrested” him for speeding. Isch, it is charged, told Rekeweg he was driving at the rate of 35 miles per hour, according to his car, the speedometer of which was checked by the state police department. When asked for credentials, Isch allegedly told Rekeweg that he had" a whole pocket full of badges at the police office,” Rekeweg, after paying $1 demanded by Isch, became suspicious and called police. He accompanied the officers to the Isch home and Identified him as the one who had (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

Senator Van Nuys Seeks Writs For Halting Recount

HONOR PASTOR HERE SUNDAY Rev. Charles M. Prugh Is Honored On Sixth Anniversary Honoring their pastor, Rev. Charles M. Prugh. on the sixth anniversary of his ordination, the congregation of the Zion Reformed church presented a new pulpit vestment at the close of the services Sunday morning. The new gown ie made of heavy corded silk with front panels of black velvet, and with velvet chevrons on the sleeves, signifying the doctor’s degree. The presentation was made by J. Henry Graber, elder, who explained that It was in recognition of the attainment of the degree, as well as an expression of appreciation for the pastor's services during the six years of his pastorate in the local church. In his sermon entitled "Spiritual Illiteracy," the pastor urged the reading of good, Christian literature, and dei lored the widespread reading of salacious magazines. which have a demoralizing effect, especially upon the youth o No Rotary Club Meet This Week W. Guy Brown, president of the Decautr Rotary club, announced today that there will be no meeting of the club this week as the ’-egular meeting date falls on Thanasgiving Day. The club will meet again Thursday, December 1. o FINISH SLICING THIS EVENING Sugar Factory To Complete Slicing Operations Tonight Slicing oprations at the Central Sugar company are scheduled to be concluded for the 1939 beet processing campaign some time between 8 and 9 o’clock this evening. More tons of beets and more pounds of Sparkling Crystal White Sugar will have gone through the plant than at any other time in its history. More than 30,000,000 pounds of sugar will have been produced. About 104,000 tons of beets will have been processed. The last of the special crew of persons, which totaled about 400 persons, will not be released from the plant until about the middle of the week, due to the necessity of completing processing of the beets already sliced. The permanent crew of men will will continue work repairing and cleaning the machinery and making such replacements hi the equipment as necessary. Another force of men will be required to handle the sugar yet in the store house until it is sold and moved. o— -• Howard Circuit Court Judge Dead Kokomo, Ind., Nov. 21--(UP) — Funeral arrangements were made today for Joseph Clinton Herron, 72 Judge of the Howard circuit court and dean of the Howard county bar bar association, who died at his Home here yesterday of a heart attack. Herron was a past president of the bar association and had practiced law here for more than 50 years. He was Kokomo City attorney from 1910 to 1914.. Surviving beside the widow is a daughter. — „ , —-o Former Local Lady Suffers Broken Hip Frank Downs of this city has received word that Mrs. G. B. Work of Columbus, Ohio, fell about 10 cays ago and broke her hip. Because she is past 90 years old, it Is feared she will not recover She is the widow of the late Rev. G. B. Work, who was pastor of the Decatur M. E. church more than 40 years ago. She now lives in Columbus, Ohio, with a daughter, Mrs. Kate Work Downs.

Price Two Cents.

Petition Asserts U. S. Senate Only Body To Have Jurisdiction On Senate Contests. WRITS SOUGHT Indianapolis, Nov. 21 — (U.R> — Sen. Frederick Van Nuys, Democrat re-elected over Raymond E. Willis in the Nov. 8 election, today asked the state supreme Court for writs of prohibition to prevent circuit courts from conducting recounts of the vote. The petitions asked the prohibition on grounds that the United Stales senate has final authority in the seating of a senator where there is a dispute. Willis was defeated by 5,197 votes according to official tabulation by the secretary of state. He had joined with the 11 defeated Republican state candidates in filing recount suits in seven counties —Marlon, Vanderburgh, Lake, Vigo, Vermillion, Clark and Franklin The supreme court was expected to follow its usual procedure and grant temporary writs of prohibition which would halt the •ecounts until a hearing was held before the court. This hearing would be to determine whether (he writs should be made permanent. Van Nuys In a formal statelent after the G. O. P. had announced its intention to contest the balloting, said he believed inly the senate bad authority to 1 itermlne which of the candilates wes eligible to be seated. Comnlete tab”latton= bv the secretary of state showed that jvery Democratic state candidate except Edward D. Koenemann won in the election. Koenemann was defeated for secretary of state by James M. Tucker, Republican. The supreme court opened a hearing at 10 a. m. today to determine whether a temporary writ should be issued. Van Nuys, in his petition, contended that if the circuit courts were permitted to conduct recounts he would incur substantial expense even before the major legal questions involved are settled. Such a recount also “will result in an unseemly and undesirable conflict of authority between stale judicial tribunals not having jurisdiction and the senate of the United States which has exclusive jurisdiction.” The G. O. P. petitions which were filed in the seven circuit courts were “not brought in good faith for the purpose of contesting the election of the relator (Van Nuys) to the United States senate, but were brought for the purpose of obtaining through unlawful means, information for the purpose of the respondent (Willis determining whether he had any case to place before the U. S. senate,” the petition said. The senator also contended that the recount proceedings were brought under a state statute which is no longer in force. Under present Indiana law, the (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) HIT AND SKIP DRIVER SOUGHT New Auto Is Damaged When Struck By Hit And Run Driver Approximately four hours after I. Bernstein, local insurance and leal estate agent, has purchased a new car Saturday afternoon, the auto was damaged by a hit-and-run driver. Mr. Bernstein had parked the car on Jefferson street in front of the 'ocal laundry. While It was parked there, a moving vehicle sideswiped [ it. Authorities are looking for the driver of the other car. Other .property damage was reported to police, when an unidentified drive rdrove his car into a lamp post on North Second street it the entrance to the Elks lodge Saturday night. The fence at the driveway was also damaged. An auto was slightly damaged Saturday night about 10:30 o’clock when a car sideswiped the cement signal light base at the Erie railroad crossing on Mercer avenue. The Identity of the driver was not | learned.