Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 116, Decatur, Adams County, 16 May 1939 — Page 1

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Butler University Student Is Missing Now Cnxlie. |n<|.. May 14—tL't‘) — Renewed effort* to contract Cecil 1 Lockhart, Butler university atudnu* I who dlaap|M.ur<Hl hat week, were I'ltig made today try hh father, ihlel of police here, after u raid lioated in Rapid City R. |>. wax re •■rived by the mother of one of the i youth's friends. The card waa mailed to Mrs. Perry Nichols, of near ItidUnapolle jat 7:30 p. m. May 11. Rhe immed lately notified the youth's parents. I. 11. ALUMNI HOLD BANQUET Mrs. Ralph Yaxer Elect* ed President Os I. U. Alumni Mrs. Ralph Yager was elected I president of the Adams county Indiana university alumni society at the annual Itanquet. held Monday night at the Rice Hotel. She succeeds county clerk Q. Remy Blerly, who retired after serving two yearn. Other new officers are Hansel Foley. Kirkland lownahip principal. succeeding W Guy Brown, ’ IhM-atur high school principal, as vice-president, and Mias Louise Hauhold. Hecatur. succeeding Koi-1 and Sprunger Monroe schisd principal. as secretary-treasurer. The principal speaker Monday night was Dr. K. L. Yeager, of the psychology department of Indiana I’nfverafty, who told of the new developments at the university. Compliments Wells He paid tribute to the work of * Herman Wells, new president ot thw nnverslty, “who”, he said, “obtained his present position through his own ability and efforts. No one spoke for him and at first no one considered him.” He told how President Wells came unheralded to head the school of business and of the phenomenal growth of this school to the beat in lhe country. “When the time came to select an acting president no oftier names were mentioned.” he said After serv- , Ing in this capacity for several * ■MMUhx he wan endorned by the alumui association, the faculty and the students for permanent president of the university. Since President Wells tcsik office , the development of the Behead has I astonished educational leaders over the country. He said committees have been appointed among the faculty to better the. school and all suggestions offered Jby them have le-en adopted by ‘ President Wells If possible Bryan Praistd Dr. Yeager also gave praise to president emeritus William Lowe Bryan, who retired as president of the university several months ago. He said President Bryan was one of the greatest educators tn j the country and even now devotes' a considerable part of his time In j an advisory capacity to the new officials. The work ot Indiana university la to provide a "means of education for every boy and girl who desires and Is willing to learn." Dr Yeager said. "The Idea Is* well expressed In a recent article published by President Wells entitled. Vulture at the Cross Roads' and in an article to lie written on the subject. 'Nine Mlles from Paragan.' by President Bryan. I (CONTINUED ON PAUK TWO) RAILROAD PAYS FOR INJURIES Agreement Ma d e By Parties After AutoTrain Collision - Evidence that an agreement had been reached by the Nickel Plate tallroad and Mrs. Juanita De Bolt In settlement for Injuries she recetrrd last year in nn auto-train crash waa reveale din circuit court recj urda today. i The court dockut shows that : Lloytl Debolt, hualmnd of Uie young lady, who la under 21 years of age filed application for letters of guardianship and after the letter* I ware ordered and confirmed, execuc-i cd a covenant not Io sue. The consideration from the railroad. far which the covenant was authorised, waa 11,00 V to .he court entry. Thia was authorised in consideration for the injuries I received by Mrs. Deßolt. Miss Agnes Beer. 18. wtw fatally Injured In the wreck, which occured at the High street crossing of the railroad the night of December j 13. 1838. Dale Bedwell, driver of the I nutd was less seriously injured. |

SWEDISH FLIER DARES ATLANTIC IN SMALL PLANE Starts Hop J n Smallest Plane Ever To Attempt Eeat St. Johns. Newfoundland. May 1C — It'Pi - Charles Bai*man. a 24 year old adventurous Swecdlah flier flow out over the North At'antlc toward Sweden today in tho smallest Plane ever to attempt a flight to Europe. Backman took off alone at 8:«o a. m. CST from Rotwood airport for Sweden, in a light monoplane powered by a motor of only »'A liorsepower. Thw plane waa the '•ne in which Clare W. Bunch of St. lain Is established a non-otop I-os Angeles-New York record for Ight plane on April 3. Carrying enough fuel for 45 hours -n the air. the Swedish flier hoped io reach Sweden in 29 bonis at a ipeed slightly above 100 miles an hour. The tout distance of his flight at that speed would tie api proximately 3.000 miles. The takeoff from Big wood was under favorable weather conditions. Weather bureau officials sa'd Back man had a tail wind along the north east coast of Newfoundland, extending to the straits ot Iwlle Isle, thence a strong side wind. Backman flew from St. Louis to 'langor Maine on Sunday and cum; here yesterday. “We just wanted to show that it could be done”. Bunch Mid in St. Lonia. “This Is the smallest plane ever to attempt a trans-Atlantic flight.” - - 'O' - I Marion Collex? . Choir At Geneva M irlon Ind.. May 1«—Ih-of. Her man Baker, director of the Marion College School of Music, wit’ be the conductor of the Mariou Colleg? choir when it gives a sacred con.cert at the Geneva Methodist Jihurch at 7:30 p. m. Monday, May !?, Rev. Fawns, pastor has annonne|«d. SCHOOL ANNUAL IS PUBLISHED Decatur Public High School Issues Annual Yearbook Distribution of the 1939 edition of the "Raveltngs.” annual yearj te.ok publication ot the Decatur Jun-i.>r-aenior high school was announced today. The book, bound in a striking cop-per-colored cover. Is consld* ,r ed one ot the best In the histor.- of the 1 •ciwol. One of the moat noteworthy feature* of the publication thia year is the section devoted to the seventh and eighth grades, which form the junior high auuool. Athletic*. ! .iTtlal and educational activities ot ■>ieae student* are given conilderatlon. Picture* of the new quarter-mil-lion dollar junior-senior high school, naturally, are given special pref*-. , ence in the book. Most outstanding of these photo* I* a hnge full-wltdh ' view of the new *tructure Candid camera ''shots'' ot faculty r.iemlw<rx and student* furnish the hi ok with an unusual appeal. Both stories and appropriate picture* are devoted to educational, social and athletic program* of the school. Mis* Gladys Miller was editor-in-{thief of the publication and Jack Trick er waa the bunlnra* manager. Sigurd Anderson and Ml** Mildred Worthman served a* faculty advisor*. The other member* of th* staff: I Dixie Miller. Krnrl Bremer, Ralph Scott. Robert Gent I*. Bill Kpahr. Richard Hammond. John McConnell Robert Stapleton. Katherine Knapp. Jean Zimmerman. Ruth Blcneke. Marjorie Maatwnnre, Bar-bnt-a Burk, and Lewis Koldrway. The book* are scheduled to be distributed to the atudent* the latter part of thia work. Finley Kelly Rites Thursday Afternoon Funeral service* for Finley Kel- : ly. who died Monday noon at the A-l*ma county memorial hospital, •will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Geneva M. E. church and burial will be In the Riverside cemetery, near there. The body may b* viewed at the Welladlhardy fun- . oral home until time for tho serII

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KING'S OCEAN VOYAGE ENDED King And Queen Os England To At Quebec Tomorrow Qnebpc. May 16—(UP)—The Bner empress of Australia moved Into the month of the St. Lawrence river early today briuglns their 1 Utltannli- Majesties for a M-day tour. A revised program. necessiut-1 ed by a twoday delay at sea. will ‘tutMe Daniel C. Roper, new United S.ates Minister to Canada, to prerent his credentials personally to the King Friday. Ordinarily. Roper would be recelved by laird Tweedsmuir. o<*verMrGenerat but hie Majesty will te pre siding at the Royal assent cerenion , tes In Parliament at Ottawa that day. and will receive him. Roper's appointment ytt made utter the original program for the relay tour, months in preptatlon. had been completed. The royal assent ceremonies, at whir'll the Kiner repeats the phrase "le rol le veut" ! (The King wills iti as each biU passed by Parliament la read, also will have an American flavor. The most important bill la one ratifying th> now Canadian-American trade treaty. and It wll Ibe given relay assent. 1 The new treaty was considerably i harnged from the fomier one. to i conform with the new Anglo-Amerl-ican trade treaty. Steaming up the St. laiwence at (CONTINUHD ON PAOH TtlllKKt DEATH CLAIMS AARON MOSER Retired Farmer Dies Suddenly At Home Southwest Os Monroe Aaron Moser. 71. retired farmer, died suddenly last evening at 6<4f> ! o'clock at hie ld>me south west of j Monroe on the Adams-Wells county line. He was found lying on the floor of his home by a daughter nnd son-in-law. Mr. and Mrs. William Pfister. Coroner J. Jerome Yager attrfI bated death to heart trouble He wan born In Adams county tune 4. 1867, the, son of Ja>-vb and Mary El Ila bet h Moser. H'.s wlfAlhlns Klopfenstein-Moser, preceded hlni in death iu 1937. Surviving are the following childI ran: Obed of muffion. Mrs. Carl F'.'tik of Slssna. Illinois. Mrs. Harold Edwards, Martha and Ray of Fort Wayne. Guy of Bel.-lt. Wisconsin; Mrs. Harry Dubach. Mrs. Pfister. Mrs. Fred Moser, and Harold Moser, all of near Bluffton. A brother. Noah, also survives. One s«n. three brothers and two sisters preceded hhn In death. Funeral services win be held Thursday morning at « o'clock at the home and 10 o’clock at (he (Christian Apostolic church, with i burial In the church cemetory.

Fort Wayne Company Given 224 Contract Indianapolis. May 16 — (UP) — I The state highway commission today awarded a contract to N. B. I Putnam Company of Fort Wayne for paving of &.g miles on road 234 from road 1 to M icley. The coa-t-act price was gm. 005.12. The commission also announced • the low bidders on several other toad construction projects which are part of the ID3H state program, j fbe low blds totaled 61.11 Z.V32.54. ESCAPE INJURY IN FREAK CRASH Auto Comes To Stop On Porch After Brakes Fail To Hold Three Grafton. Illinois, men escaped Injury late Monday afternoon In a freak accident, when an auto careened out of control over a sldewnlk. through a yard and onto the porch of a Fifth street real- ' deuce. The accident occurred al the intersection of Nutt man avenue , and Fifth street. Faulty brakes were blamed for I the accident. It fa thought that a ' dragging brake Itecame hot and melted the cap end of a brake line, permitting the fluid to escape I 8. R. Watt, 34, driver of the ear. I stated that when the car pulled , up to the dead end street, enroute 1 east, the brakes failed completely The car. which he said was traveling About 23 miles an hour, ran over the sidewalk, mowed down a highway marker, plowed up the I front lawn and took out a corner i pout at the Bertha. Bunner home. The car finally came to a atop I partly on the porch of the real I deuce, owned by Miss Runm-i and' I occupied by Merrill Schnltx and' i family. The men. Including the driver. L. R. Barns and 8. <l. Morrison, owner of the car. all climbed out unhurt. Some difficulty was ex- , perienced In dislodging the auto. Police Chief James Borders In- | vestlgated Dick Schafer, who witnessejJ the crush from the front porch of his Nuttman avenue home, said the auto wan not traveling fast and that he hud noticed the brake atnaklng some distance from the accident scene ■' o Rev. Argo Sudduth , Resigns Pastorate Rev. Argo Sudduth, formerly of Docatur. has resigned as pastor of the Bluffton United B-ethren church, effective June 1. Rev. Sudduth plana to enter the evangelistic field next fall. -——.l in -o-— . Cigaret, Alcohol Rub Fail To Mix Worcester, Mass.. May 16— (UP)—' After giving himself an alcohol rub early today. Henry Thompson 62. lighted a clgaret. He was burned, critically on tihe abdcsiien, chest and at ms before fellow.-oosners smothered the flames.

CONGRESS MAY I. VOTE BUSINESS RELIEF IN TAX • asKßSiamaaaawaaß « 1 Conservatives Likely To Demand Relaxation Os Taxes Washington. May 16 — <UP) — Relaxation of ''business deterrent" ’ taxes was practically assured today under a conservative Demo- , cratlc program presented to the White House almoat us an ultimatum. The plan would abandon the new deal’s undistributed cor truralion surplus tax? Chairman Fat Harrison, D.. Ml**., of the senate finance rom- ' mitten is understood to have pre sente<| conservative proposals to I President Roosevelt. Mr. Roosevelt did not commit 1 himself but objected that the pro--1 gram would penalixe small bustneas. , Differences between conserve- ’ lives and the president are forcing congress rapidly to the brink of bitter dispute over relaxation of so-called “business deterrent" taxes. Harrison was one of a group which conferred two hour* on taxes at the White Hmiae yester day. The president suggested an other conference. Approx linn t e|y $ 1.700 taai.ooo of corporation and manufacturers' excise levies expire this year The ' least the house can do on taxes is to pass a resolution extending these through 1940. If administration pressure limits house action to such a resolution. Harrison Is understood to have Informed the president and chairman Robert L. Doughton. D.. N.C., of lhe house ways and mean* com•niltee that the senate will do the ' proposed tax revising. It then (would Im a question whether the house would stand pat or give In to the senate. Doughton left the White House conference predicting tax revlslci. at this session, but in general terms. Secretary of Treasury Henry Morgentbau. Jr, and underset-re tary John W. Hanes also were preatm t. The president ha* said repeatedly that he would accept corpor ation lax revision provider) it met two requirements: 1. Revised taxes must raipe as much as existing levies. 2. Abandonment of the corporation surplus tax must be accom panied by some other safeguard against tax avoidance. Harrison was understtaul to fee) that his plan meets those require ments. Mr. Roosevelt was said io have received It coolly. The fact, that no concrete progress was reliorted after yesterday's conference Indicates the president doe* i not agree that his requirements would be met by suggested chan ' ge*. The plan Harrison outlined was substantially a* follows; 1. Almndim the undistributed surplux tax. a maximum 2*« per cent levy on accumulations of stirplus by corporation* earning more than 82f>.u<M> net. annually 3. Remove the 82.1 HM) limits (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUH) DR. ROBINSON HEADS BUTLER — I. U. Philosophy Professor President (>f Butler University Indianapolis. May It — qj.R) — 1 Dr. Duniel Sommer Robinson, for 10 year* head of the department op philosophy at Indiana university, today hud accepted the presidency of Buller university to sue ceed Dr. Jarno* W. Putnam He wa* selected by the Butler university latard of director* at a meeting late yesterday. Official*; would not say when he will take office. Dr. Robinson graduated from Butler In 1910, He waa born near North Balem In Hendricks county In 1888. During hl* college career nt Butler he was active In oratory and debuting. He was president of his senior class. He received nn M A. at Yale i university In 1911. He waa award-1 ed a Dgwiht Traveling fellowship for travel abroad during the ensuing year. He studied ,-it the Uni- ; verslty of Berlin and then spent three year* at Harvard university where he received n Ph. D degree In 1917. Dr. Robinson was tin Instructor In philosophy at the university of I Wisconsin from 1918 to 1922 and i (Continued"on fags tjuumT•

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PLAN WELFARE MEET THURSDAY J Local Person* To Attend Welfare Meeting At Fort Wayne l)o<-atur and Adams county will be well represented at the region- 1 al welfare conference to he held Thursday In the Chamber of Commerce building at Fort Wayne, it • waa revealed today. Thoae expecting to attend Include; John M Doan and Miss Betty Hopkins of the Washington township truat.-e'a office; W. Guy Brown. Mr*. Faye Smith-Knapp. Mias Berniece Nelson and Mr*. . Helen Mann of the Adam* county welfare department; Judge J. Fred Fruchte, county school superintendent C. K. Striker. Rev. R. W. Graham ot the community coordinating council. Mr*. P. H Thoma* and Mr*. Harve Shroll of the Adams County Red Cross chapter. Several person* from Berne are also expected to attend. Fifteen countlea of northeastern Indiana are to l»e represented. The event will open at 8:30 a m with registration, follosred by a general session at 9:30 with Mrs. L. P. Harshman of the Fort Wayne Red Cross as chairman and Mayor Harry W. Baals and Robert H Stroud of the steering committee of the conference as speakers. The welfare legislation program starting at 10 o'clock will be divided Into three groups. Mrs. Knapp will be the chairman of the foater home care division. Mincheon will be served at 12:15 o'clock and will be followed by an afternoon session. A general meeting will be held again at 4 o'clock Thursday aftermam. followed by adjournment. All of lhe times are central daylight savings time. SECRETARY TO BE APPOINTED ■ ■ Democratic State Committee Make Selection Today i Indianapolis. May It — (UP) — < The Democratic state committee I will met-t here thia afternoon to elect a new secretary and probab- I ly conduct a general discussion of j the preliminaries to the 1940 can; i Italgn with Fred F Bays, new < state chairman. I The secretaryship is open due I to the resignation effective last i May 1 of James Beattey. who ac ' cepted a positlou a* division director In the public service cum- . mission I There Is some discussion of *c 1 leetlng a member of the state ciqn- 1 mlttei- as secretary and not serving In a full-time capacity ne 1 Beattey djd No acdory would be attached to . the position. Bays Intended to recommi-nd this course to the committee, proh-1 j ably because he Is devoting all his I time to the state chairmanship! whereas hi* predecessor. Attorney-1 general Omer Stokes Jackson, hud the responsibilities of his state i job. H a commit in- member |* selected us secretary, moat fivqitentI ly mentioned has Iteen Roy Etter of New Market, the sixth dial!let chairman. However. If the committee decides to select a full-time aecre- I tary. those who will be considered i Include Ray E. Smith, secretary i of the Indiana Democratic editor- • lai naaoclation; Bernard O'Neil of South Bend, an attorney In the gross Income th* division; John . Hogan of Washington and Ray Culp of Middleton. The committee also may be pre. settled with tho resignation of supreme court justice H, Nathan Swaim a* 12th district chairman. Hudson Motor ('ar Factory Closed Detroit. M.iy 16—I UP)—A labor dispute today forced closing of the Hudson motor car factory, leaving 5.'t00 workers Idle. Official* of the United Automoj bile workers affiliated with the congress nf Industrial organisations said the plant was closed by tho t-mpany when a reduction In IM working force resulted in a slow'down on the assembly Hu*.

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Concessions Likely To Brinjc Soviet Russia Into Non • Aggreaffon Front C ABINET MEETS By United Press A hint that Great Britain waa ready to make concession* In order to bring Soviet Russia Into Europe 1 * ant ( aggression front came from 1-ondim today after a sudden meeting of the cabinet'* foreign affairs committee « The committee considered concesalons proposed by the foreign office experts in reply to Moscow'* desire for a more comprehensive alliance than desired by Britain and France, but the final answer must lie approved tomorrow at a meeting of the full cabinet of Prime Minister .Neville Chamberlain. So far the cabinet of Prime Minister Nev-lib- Chamberlain han been eager to bring Russia Into the united front but in a limited way. Chamberlain hoped to assure soviet (lacking for Poland and Rumania If Britain and Fiance went to the aid of thoae two nations and If Moscow's help were asked. Russia wanted a more solid, broader collective security pact. Today Moscow indicated impatience with the British refusal of a more binding agreement and. In effect, warned London to make up its mind. That waa done diplomatically by suddenly disclosing that Vladimir Potemkin, soviet vice commissar of foreign affairs, would not go to Geneva tor lhe May 22 league of nation* council meeting where he had been scheduled to work out detail* of lhe anti-aggression front plan with British and French foreign ministers. Instead, ivau Maisky, soviet amiMisador to London, will represent Russia at Geneva. Whjle the change In no way pre-vents con elusion of an agreement it waa re- ! Karded a* an attempt by Moscow to cut short the long negotiation* which have been close to a stalemate (mt which neither side dished to drop. France also emphaalxed the key poaitton of the soviet* in the antiaggression lineup when Premie* Edouard Daladler and foreign minister Georges Bonnet worked on a i-ompromlae plan which they may offer to Moscow and Ixmdou. The Paris government has tmt pressure on iamdon to reach an agreement with Moscow and a atronc section of the British house of common* also is eeking to influence the Chamberlain cabinet to speed up negotiation*. The general balfef In diplomatic circle* was that an agreement eventually would lie reached A »urvey of development* in the smaller capitals dlsclom-d a broad scale contest for commercial superiority Germany and Great Britain are taking the lead In the economic (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) DECITUR WOMEN TU CONVENTIUN NCCW Diocesan Convention At Muncie Sunday And Monday A large delegation from th# Decatur chapter of the National Council of Catholic Wooten I* planning to attend th<» Fort Wayne qtiK-esati convention of ttm organisation to be held Bunday and Monday at Muncie, It waa reported today. Mrs. Hugh Daniels, St. Mary * parish chairman, reported that artangetnent* tor lot al member* to sitend are underway and that tho local parlSh is expected to be well represented. « lit. Rev. John Francis Noll bishop of the Fort Waytte diocese, will open the convention with a pontifical mass to he celebrated Bunday morning at the 81. Lawrence church In that city, , Monsignor Thomas Travis will rpeak Bunday evening at the Central high school auditorium and a school of science will be conducted at the St. Lawrence school. Rev. Pursley, pastor of Sacred Heart church st Warsaw and Professor Francis McMahon of Notre Dame university, will be Monday apeaJters.