Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 51, Decatur, Adams County, 1 March 1939 — Page 1

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

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Lana Farmer |AnJ Wife Slain, I Girl Is Attacked

| T(l ’iwtir" hile A1 L : Search Started ■ Hired Hand ReLed As Missing. | itwith rifle [ nbur3 . Ind.. Mar ' 1 t waiter Edkert of the E itete po"« a " nounC ‘ Ee todey that a suspect Kmurderofafarmerand Kfeind the rape of the.r ■ir-o'd daughter had been Em near Ramsey. Esuspect was the Brand s Eein. Cliff Redmond. 25. Ed been missing since an ■ after the crime. ■bsrt. Ind • ' ,;11 1 tU.R> A Kand his wife ■tbrir farm home just north L last night and their 12E daught.-r was raped by an Eassailanl. Chief of Police Eth Williamson said today, ■tffliplr Mr. and Mis. Paul Kern apparently shot with ■ rifle While they slept. The Bg then entered an adjoining E and raped the girl. Krities said the hired man. Ktdmond. 25. was missing, K would not definitely idenK with the crime. KtOttd s description. however. Broadcast throughout the state Ej put out for his appre- ■ girl. Gloria, tnl<l Police she jnkened together with two |r children— Tommy. 10. and 4—about midnight by the |of shots in her parents’ bed- ; Then the assailant entered thildrens room where he Mily assaulted the older girl. I threatened them all with if they informed authorities, thildren said they were so Bred they remained in bed pitffll before running across to the home of a neigiiboi. re. a doctor was summoned oUcials informed of the ieck had not been made to I anything had been stolen. Blice said the crime apparwas either one of drunkenor intent to commit rape. fy said the couple was shot Md that the attack on the fcwed. The girl was under ta's care today and evidentfered no serious cousequenlice said the girl was extremenous and could give little deI information other than that one san participated in the haarder and raping. tet-s planned to question p farther today and hoped fre definite information. tter of the murder victims Wy were able to nut up a ft Their bodies were still iwhen police arrived at the irians To View Talking Picture •ta? picture on “Celite, the diatom.” will be shown [»«ekjy meeting of the Deca- ' Thursday evening at the M The picture, produced John Manville company, M ‘te, which is used in ™ sugar and soy bean oil * uses, is produced. NorCentral Soya company ,1H be chairman of the ESSING IS TODAY ’“’'Assessment Work In Adams c °unty Today •Gse 1 * 01 * ot . asßes s‘ng » with th orn ng ln Adams fct at Ihe e 2 rioUß assessors bor Ph, . °® ces of County l7w w ««hntan to re let nßtruc tions. I X?r Cti ° nS the men ‘aadstartt BUpp,ieß and Sure u 2 Ut t 0 “ 1,," trustees, Will Winces liep'utieTw lp asßeßßor ' and ««ned to work amOng th ° Be ' 1 halt of?he >r 1 WUI aßßens the Hthta/ I*' 1 *' T ’ ®aka£.Mr - WinneSß f May”J; 8 mußt be complet--10 iuw>

SPAIN EXPECTS EARLY RETURN TO MONARCHY Son Os Former King Alfonso Likely To Be Enthroned Paris, Mar. I.—(U.R) Restoration of the monarchy in Spain, perhaps within a year after the end of the civil war, was forecast in Spanish nationalist circles today. I The decision as to the extent of •'totalitarianism'' in the new state will be entirely up to Gen. Francisco Franco, it was emiltia sized. Informed sources believed he would assume a position similar to that of Premier Benito Mussolini in Italy, where he actually runs the state but nominally is subject to the king. While monarchists expressed confidence that Prince lion Juan. I son of former King Alfonso, would I eventually be enthroned, the form of government which peace will bring already has been definitely indicated by Franco. The Spanish falangists (fascists) program calls for a totalitarian corporative and Catholic state, with the monarchists, falangists. requetes and Catholic action marged into a single party to be known as the ‘‘falance espanols traditionalists.” This party would be strongly fascist and—as in Germany and . Italy—would be the sole political group, acting as an intermediary . between the state and the people. Republican parliamentary and i executive institutions would be scrapped, and Franco would i>« the “caudlllo" or supreme head of the state as Adolf Hltldr is the "fuehrer" or leader of nazi Germany and . Benito Mussolini is “il duce" of Italy. i As "Caudillo,” Franco would (CONTINUED ON PAGE TIIKEK/ DEATH CLAIMS MRS. STEWART Mrs. John F. Stewart Os New Haven Dies This Morning Mrs. Effie M. Stewart, of New Haven, sister of Hansel L Foley, principal of the Kirkland township high school, died at 3 o'clock this ( morning at the St. Joseph hospital in Fort Wayne. Death was caused by complications following an illness of more than two years. Mrs. Stewart, the wife of John , F. Stewart, 0(533% South street in New Haven, was a member of the Old Time Religion Tabernacle in ! Fort Wayne, 11 Surviving besides the husband Sire a son, Hansel, at Home; one sister, Mrs. Martin Jaberg of Chicago, Ill.; and four brothers. Hansel ' L. Foley; I. F. Foley. Ohio City, O.; [ E. S. Roley, Cleveland. O.; and A. W. Foley, Lima, Ohio. She was pre't ceded in death by the parents, -Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Foley, a son Irvin who died in Infancy; and two sis- . ters, Ardola and Mary Ellbn. Funeral services will be held at I (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) Pleads Guilty To Assault Charge Charles Frank Brown, who plead- ’ ed not guilty Tuesday to a charge of assualt and battery, changed his plea to one of guilty this morning before Mayor Forrest Elzey and ' was fined $1 and costs. Brown was charged with striking Sarah Frederickson, of this city. The affidavit was signed by Cora Coring, also of ffecatur. He was to . have been tried Thursday morning. o Township Trustees Meet Here Today ——— The regular monthly meeting of the trustees of Adams county was , held in the office of C. E. Striker. . county school superintendent. i The meeting was held on this j date since the trustees aiso had to . report so rthe assessor's meeting. . Routine business was conducted | during the session.

Neil Currie, Jr., Presents Coffin Award To Bert Gage The above picture was taken by Paul Edwards at the presentation of the Charles A. Coffin award to Bert Gage, general foreman of the General Electric company. The award was given by Neil Currie. Jr., general manager of the General Electric company. Fort Wayne. Mr. Gage, in shirt sleeves, is shown accepting the certificate from Mr. Currie. Others in the picture are: Back row: Alva Buffenbarger. Russel Owens. Anthony Delagrange. George Buckley, Frank Braun. Carl Smith, William Heim. Charles Langston. Ray Leitz. George Auer, Albert Fruchte. Cash Lutz, all members of the G. E Foreman's organization. Front row :P. C. Morganthaler, assistant manager of Fort Wayne works; E. W Lankenatt. superintendent of the Decatur works; Mr. Gage. Mr. Currie. Cliff H. Matson, superintendent of the Fort Wayne works and Arthur R. Holthouse, business manager of the Decatur Daily Democrat.

KELLY. GRE£N NOMINATED IN CHICAGO VOTE Win Smashing Victories In Chicago Mayoralty Nominations Chicago, Mar. I.—(U.R)—Mayor Edward J. Kelly, head of a Democratic organization which has held political control of Chicago since ■ 1931, won renomination in Tues- | day's primary with a greater popular vote than the combined total of one Democratic and two Republican opponents, almost complete . returns showed today. Dwight H. Green, 42-year-old for-; mer U. S. attorney who aided in . prosecuting gang leader Al (Scarface) Capone for income tax evasion, won the Republican nomination and the right to oppose Kelly in the April 4 general election. Kelly rolled up an almost two ’ to one margin over State’s Attor-1 ney Thomas J. Courtney in the Democratic race. Green beat William Hale (Big Bill) Thompson. . thrice mayor of Chicago, by almost. four to one. Bitter contests in both parties brought out the heaviest mayoral primary vote in Chicago history. Election board officials estimated < the total vote would reach 1.134,- < • 000. almost double the record of i ’ 658.251 in the 1935 primary. Kelly 1 set a record in that year with 481.572 votes. i I incomplete returns from the 3.- i • 648 precincts gave: Democrats (3.580 precincts): | i Kelly 592,214; Courtney 309,776. Republicans (3,596 precincts): j: , Geen 209,876; Thompson, 61,731. i The vote showed a gain for Re- i publicans and loss for Democrats i as compared to the comparative j , strength of the parties in the 1938 primary for U. S. senate, congressional, county and state offices. On the basis of incomplete re- i (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) | , 1938 LICENSE I PLATES VOID Deadline For New Plates Started At Midnight Last Night i Dotted here and there among the automobiles on Decatur • streets today could be sighted a I .pair of 1938 license plates, despite ; the fact that the law required purchase of new tags before midnight last night. State police have been issued ’ orders to arrest anyone driving with old plates today. However, no reports were received of arrests for this offense. At the license bureau the siege continued. Scores of auto owners flocked to the bureau this morning in an effort to purchase the tags at an early hour. 1 Many who called at the bureau late Tuesday, turned back when they saw’ the crowd congregated 1 there. The rush at the bureau was ex- ■ pected to continue throughout the day as local residents made an j effort to comply with the law.

Decatur, Indiana. Wednesday, March 1, 1939.

Regional Labor Board Director Appointed Washington, March 1 — (UP) — Tne National Lal>or relations board announced today appointment of Garnet L. Patterson, former Akron 0.. municipal judge, as director of its 13th regional office, succeeding! Leonard C. Bajork who resigned' Monday. Patterson's territory will include the Northern halves of Illinois and Indiana with headquartersat Chi-; eago. He has been connected with the board for four years, including I service as regional attorney at Detroit and Seattle and acting region- . al director at Seattle. INVITF PUPILS ENTER CONTEST Adams Post Os Legion Joins In Oratorical Contest Students of the schools in Adams county have been extended an invitation to take part in a national oratorical contest sponsored by the American Legion. Ed Jaberg. local chairman of the event announced today. Mr. Jaberg. E. M. Webb, superintendent of the Berne schools; C. E. Striker, superintendent of the county schools and Walter J. Krick, superintendent ot the Decatur city schools, form the board in charge. Principals and teachers of all schools have been asked to select representatives from their respective institutions. These representatives will participate in a county contest to be held prior to March 11, the winner of which will go to the district contest and if successful to the state and national. A $4,000 scholarship to any university which the winner desires, will be awarded to the one who . takes first place in the national I contest. Medals for first and second places in the county contest will be given by Adams Post No. 43, American Legion, of this city. Contestants may chose their own subjects, using “Americanism" as the theme.

LENTEN MEDITATION By Rev. R. W. Graham (First Methodist Church) “PRAYER—THE LIFE CENTER” Mt. 21:13, “My house shall be called the house of prayer." The place of prayer is an opportunity of mystical contact with the Heavenly Father and thus, a source of spiritual power was recognized, used and emphasized by our Lord throughout His ministry. The expanded program of organized religion has always faced the danger of becoming absorbed in the “making of the program go” and forgetting the unique significance of prayer, the "life center” of a growing, glowing religious experience. Highly developed organization may become a temptation to aid or exalt oneself in prestige and power rather than an opportunity to lose oneself in the service of God and mankind. “Averice,” says one, “covered with the veil of religion” is one of those things on which Christ looked with the greatest indignation in the church As Christ sought to cleanse or purge the "temple" and call to light its special place in the prayer life of people, He also acted and spoke in reference to His true temple, the church, to show that nothing that was worldly or unholy should have any place among His followers or in that heart in which He should condescend to dwell. These days of Lent should be days when we should re-evaluate our religious activity and program, purge all useless and worldly endeavors and come again to the “life center” of prayer and an experience of real spiritual contact with our God,

STATE LIQUOR MEASURE GOES TO GOVERNOR Townsend Expected To Sign Markland Liquor Reform Bill Indianapolis, March 1— (U.R) Liquor reform seemed certain today as the long contested Markland bill went to Gov. M. Clifford Townsend for the signature which will make it law. The governor was expected to sign the measure. Final action of the legislature i on the bill was taken iu the senate last night when it accepted the report of a conference committee appointed to make final minor amendments. Members of the conference committee were Sens. Walter Arnold. South Bend and Frederick Eichhorn. Gary both Democrats, and Reps Glenn Markland, Zionsville, and Frank Millis, Campbellsburg, both Re publicans. Earlier, the bill escaped another delay when Republican members of the house pushed it through despite an attempt by Democrats to break the quorum with a walk out. Democrats asserted they needed more time to consider the amendments proposed by the sen ate and by the conference com mittee. Principal amendment made by the committee was to correct an oversight of the senate which leg islators said would have permitted Sunday sales of liquor. The cons mittee also made amendment extending the time limit on credit between wholesalers and retailers from 7 to 15 days, requiring tha' notifications of the excise com mission be printed in two paper in the county, and that taverns b permitted to remain open until I a. m. on New Year's Eve. As the bill went to the gover nor. it contains five major points (1) Abolition of the port-of entry system; (2) Lifting ofter ritorlal and numerical restriction on wholesalers; (3) Closing hour set at midnight on week night (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR)

House Votes Sweeping Probe Os Every Branch Os Indiana Government By A Committee

LABOR LEADERS AGREE TO MEET IN CONFERENCE Secretary Perkins Says Conference To Open Next W eek Washington. March 1— (U.R) — Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins announced today that the new oeace negotiations between the American federation of labor and the congress of industrial organizations will begin within a week. She said she will call the nego- ' fating committees into session ifter she confers with President Roosevelt when he returns from his cruise with the navy. The President is due back Saturday. Expediting efforts to establish oeace between the AFL and the CIO, Miss Perkins said she would review recent developments with Mr. Roosevelt. Her conference with the president apparently will be held almost immediately after his return. Mr. Roosevelt requested last week that the new peace efforts be made. Negotiations in an effort to settle the three-year-old fight were -enewed after CIO President John L. Lewis named a three-man negotiating committee, including himself. AFL President William Green named his committee Saturday shortly after Mr. Roosevelt had asked that the two factions again attempt to settle their differences. The next move was up to the administration. It was believed that Mr. Roosevelt would set the date for the initial meeting and that it might be held at the White House after he returns March 4 Although naming of committees by the AFL and CIO marked the CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) FARM BANQUET THURSDAY NIGHT Annual Farmers Banquet Will Be Held At .Monmouth School The 15th annual Adams county farmers banquet will be held at the new Monmouth school house Thursday evening, starting promptly at 6: 30 o’clock. More than 200 tickets have been sold to date and another large crowd is predicted for this annual affair, one of the largest gatherings in the county's calendar. Robert Phillips, history professor at Purdue university, will deliver ‘he principal address. George Krick will preside as ‘oastmaster. Presentations of awards and medals will be made by Peter B. Lehman, Sanford Frazee, Ed Neuhauser, and B. D. Mazelin. Music during the banquet will be nrovided by the Brite family. The ] Adams county home economics -horus, under the direction of Mrs. C. T. Habegger, will present special selections preceding the principal address. A chicken dinner will be served by the Root townsh'p home economics club. o Zion Lutheran Lenten Service This Evening The second in a series of six nid-week Lenten services will bo conducted at the Zion Lutheran church this evening beginning at ’:3O o’clock. The pastor of the church, the Rev. Paul W. Schultz, will deliver the sermon. The public is invited to attend the service. TEMPERATURE READINGS DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER 8:00 a.tn 24 2:00 p.m 27 10:00 a.m 25 3:00 p.m 28 Noon 27 WEATHER Fair tonight and Thursday except cloudy in extreme south portion Thursday. Somewhat colder in northeast portion tonight, slowly rising temperature Thursday. j

SENATE PLANS OPEN HEARING ON GUAM BASE Naval Affairs Committee To Hold Hearings On Air Base Washington. March 1— (U.R) The senate naval affairs committee announced today that it will open hearings Monday on authorization of a $5,000,000 harbor and airport development at Guam which was stricken from the $48,800,000 navel base bill by the house. Committee Chairman David 1. Walsh, D., Mass., indicated that the Guam development still is a live issue as the senate resumed debate •on the army's emergency defense bill authorizing increase of the air corps up to fi.OOO planes. Walsh said his committee has “an .open mind" on the proposals to authorize harbor developments on Guam—only 1,300 miles from the Japanese mainland. The naval base authorization bill now is before Walshs committee. He said the committee would consider the senate version of the bill, which contains the Guam authorization and an authorization for a base at Jacksonville. Fla., which was not in the house bill. The senate bill makes no men tion of a base at Tongue Point. Ore., although the Oregon base was approved by the house. Walsh said amendments probably would be offered to the senate bill, which might result in restoration of the Tongue Point item and elimination of Jacksonville and Guam to Monday when the various naval officers interested have returned front their maneuvers.” Walsh said. “The committee wants to hear the whole subject discussed before it decideds what to do about the Guam proposition." The senate bill authorizes expenditure of $65,000,000 for naval aviation facilities at 12 sites. Economy-minded senators joined isolationists as debate resumed on the national defense bill. They sought to limit expenditures for new military planes to $170,000,000. The war department had estimated that no more than that amount would be required to increase its air force to 6.000 planes, but Sen. Bennett Champ Clark. D„ Mo., and other members of the economy bloc said I they wanted a guarantee that the (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) 0 Pictures Shown To Decatur Lions Club Members of the Decatur Lions I club witnessed a preview of the j New York Worlds’ Fair in their regular meeting at the Rice hotel last night. The pictures were shown bv officials of the Erie railroad company. o VETERANS TO MEET SUNDAY Spanish - American War Veterans Will Meet Here Sunday Plans for the Northeast Indiana I Spanish-American War veterans’ i reunion meeting, to be held in this City are rapidly nearing completion, it was announced today. Arthur Miller Camp No. 52, ot this city, will «be host to the visiting vets from several camps in the district. The meeting will be held in the courtrooms of the Adams county court house. Camps expected to be represented are: Wabash, Warsaw, Columbia City, Rochester, Huntington, and Fort Wayne. The members of the vets’ auxiliaries will also hold a separate informal meeting during the vets’ reunion. Charles Kitson, commander of the local camp, and other officers will be in charge. The complete program is expected to be available within the next I day or two.

Price Two Cents.

I Republicans To Dominate Committee With Broad Powers To Investigate All Branches. DEMOCRATS FAVOR Indianapolis, March 1 — (U.PJ — The house, with almost unanimous Democratic support, today approved a sweeping investigation of every branch of Indiana's government by a Republican-dom-inated committee endowed with inquisitorial powers of the courts. After some brief parliamentary sparring, the house by a voice vote adopted a resolution sponsored by Rep. Herbert Evans, Republican floor leader, calling for the unlimited inquiry. The investigating committee would be composed of five Republicans and two Democrats appointed by Speaker James M. Knapp of the house. It would have authority to examine every state bureau, agency, commission or department; be able to subpoena witnesses and records; administer oaths; cite witnesses for contempt and have complete power to examine everything in the Democratic administration of Gov. M. Clifford Townsend. The resolution did not stop there. The committee also is empowered to delve into any county government, presumably those controlled by Democrats in which Republicans charged there were . vote frauds in the November election. The tip-off to the terrifically political character of the investi- , gation is that the resolution carries no appropriation for expen- . ses, but provides that the com- . mittee elect officers, including a i treasurer. i When questioned on this point, . Evans said that “if we happen to get any money we will need a II treasurer. [ | This was interpreted to mean [ | that the Republican state commit- [ tee will provide the funds for an , investigation that will provide ■ enough campaign material for the ■ I G. O. P. to win the election in 1940. The investigating resolution says that “certain irregularities in the management and conduct of the various departments and (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) o ORGANIZATIONS MAY BE TAXED Some Churches And Lodges Fail To File Tax Exemptions A probability that taxes will have to be paid on several churches, lodges, and other similar organizations in the county this 1 1 year, was seen today. > The law, passed in 1937 by the state legislature, provided that to . avoid taxation all of these organI izatlons must file tax exemptions . before March 1 with the county , auditor. Victor H. Eicher, county auditor, stated today that it was probable this filing was neglected by several organizations, despite repeated warnings. The law states that the property must be assessed, if the exemptions were not filed by the required date. , A concerted rush was experienced the last few days in the auditor's office as an attempt was made to file exemptions before the dead line. , * LION OR LAMB? : ■, i Well, was it a lion or a lamo? | ’ There are those who believe ' that if the month of March i comes in like a lion it will go | out like a lamb, and vice versa, j j Today, however, there was | > some doubt as to just how the 1 - month did make its entrance. . Most everyone agreed, however, . that with much cooler temper- ■ atures prevailing, it at least | ; resembled the advent of a lion | _ 1 cub. The lamb or lion title could | have been much more easily | ’ ‘ applied last evening when for | several hours a blustery, snow | ‘ and rain-laden wind struck the I city. The more hopeful are | looking forward to a mild exit | of the month of March. ♦ +