Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 150, Decatur, Adams County, 26 June 1939 — Page 1

■ XXXVII. No. 150.

BATE VOTES 10 FIX SILVER ,W 77.5 CENTS ■ , n Strips Roosevelt f ■ S,O Dollar Devaluation Powers n*".>n. Juno 26 — it r, -onaiorx j.. l,i..<| t> r.- a «i,ry prlc. - . H. .. cti-d silver ■n> action voted after i amir a« u atunnniK ■ ■ adminlstrat'on »:>.•> !■• has emphasix.-d that it devaluation js.w.-r , | weapon In case o’ 11. of world monetary dtx- | -f Mr Roos.-veß .|. \ , .i ■ torlty was voted 17 to i. < now »u » i- increased to cent, Of 41 tO 30 | .i <>n came In th ■ ta. e of L ■••'I effort by to avoid the * I- succeeded in for. inc a vo'.. on the two . of the a maneuver. ■ on • BH "< present dt'Valll. t.o'i «. II as the s.' extended. ■<> . nd H:: affect 'be st.i' However, that too will t.e I unless the ■!.(. ■ ; tt^B-.o'. 'a'-y bill is midnight. H|H- '' ]■ Brought Into hr ' e- of the Ada nhospital again t..'iy ex ' S |<! ■ ..-ir approvin' t ■ available * >!.. . girl born Sit' d ’ ■» Nr and Mrs Frederic' of near Deci’'!’ kept alive by the t.a'"- * ■ birth The Infant w.-'gl.'-t i " and one I th. icubator was rec. rlv e.v. n hospital by the 11 lota Xi SKty. |w EWELL IS ■KEN BY HEATH ■. Otto Ewell Dies Sunr By At Home In Preble ■ Township , B- Mary Ewell. SC wife "f Ewell, of Preble h.w'>-hip Sunday afternoon I Mrs Ewell had been In h.-alth aince n stroke sh. about 1" years tigo she had anoth- *"■ ■!••■ and had be. I" dfast was a native of Preble the daughtei < f II- my and Lisette Autna" ■"" l born February 2# I'"' ■:t member of the St I' i church betides tin husband children. I.aitt I :t< I ■” Ewell and Mrs Violet of Hoagland. rural a slater. Mrs \ mt Si hen ■n. of 3132 Fairfield avenue. ■ Wayne, and two gtatidehil Two slaters and broth ■ r< deceased 'al Mrvlcea will Is 11. Id nt 1:30 o'clock 11 ST I home and at "'b" 11 at the St Paul * l.u'l" ■■'b Burial will be In th. cemetery The Rev W II pastor of (he cliui.li I - body la to he removed Cu.m funeral horn- thl- .if' ■> and may be'view' d n< after 7 o'clock this .■.■■ until the time Os th., fun. ■ ■ t EMPER ATURE readings thermometer m 7<» 3 tm |i in B WEATHER Moitly cloudy, probably local ’ "Tshoweri tonight and ■“••dhy; cooler Tuaada/c

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Her Cry Was Heard v r y J|| I '' * J I”' 1 W « r ' ,lu ‘l». 13 monthsold. of Weat H.ixhury, Matta, ex--1 f***"**'* her opinion of the whole ■. matter a* neighbors complain to ptdlce Carol's crying could Is- heard , 'ajmost a mile away '• Mrs Henry Uardxala answered there was no MasM.hiis.-lts law to prohibit a child from crying ROSE M. CLARK TAKEN BY REATH Prominent Decatur Woman Dies At Hospital This Afternoon Mrs Hose M. Clark, S7. promln- ’ ent local lady and member of a pioneer Decatur family, died shortly after 2 o'clock this afternoon at the Adams county memorial hospital iAeath was attributed to compll-! cations. Sh.- had been 111 only three weeks. At that time she submitted to an operation at the hospital Her condition became gradu- . ally worse, however, until her jdeath. Mrs. Clark was a life-long resident of this city. She was born I In Decatur September 24, 1871. the daughter of John and Margaret Mei|p*rs. a pioneer family of this community. HeY husband. Dr. Charles f» i Clark, preceded her in death In February. 1923. She was a member of the St. Mary's Catholic church, of the St. Mary's Sodality and of the Catholic Ladies of Columbus. Two < hlldren Bernard Clark and Mrs. Hugh Holthouse. both of thia city; a brt.ther. Jack Melta-ra. also of Decatur, and one grandI child survive. Two brothers and two sisters preceded her in death. I The death of Mr Clark, while | not entirely unexp. . ted. came as a shock to friends and relatives, i Although not seriously ill. she had been In ailing health and three weeks ago de< ided to submit to ' 'the operation. When she fulled to recuperate after the operation, relatives became appr> hensive and during th« past few days she remained in a critical condition at the hospital. Funeral arrangements were not completed at a late hour this asI ternoon. -o — Decatur Auto Is Damaged In Crash A car owned by Ben Schroyer of this city, was damaged Sunday afternoon on North Second street when Involved in a collision with an I Ohio car. Officer Hoy Cliilcote Investigated. ONE COMPLAINT IS FILED TODAY One Geneva Resident Files Complaint With Board Os Review The Adams county hoa-d of review will hear residents frnsn Decatur who have complaints on iissessments Tuesday from 8:30 »• m. until 4 p. m.. excluding the noon four. This will I* the ls»« da/ In whl ‘’ l ‘' ' the board will hear the cotnplninu Today «"•" aside for Oeneva, Berne and Monroe. | Only one complaint was registered today. That complaint was 4iven hy a Oeneva resident. The board Is' gcheduled lo wind up Its work on Friday. Ernest Worthman. chairman of the ty virtue of his office of county assessor, stated, however, that he expected that two or three more -lays will be required by the board • o complete Its work. The bqard first convened on Juno i r> and has been In session on weet days in the county commissioner J I room of the court house since that J day.

COLLEGE HEAD IS SOOGHT AS SHORTAGE FOUND Louibiana State Univer* xity Head Sought, Huge Shortage Reported Baton Rouge. La.. June 2« <u.R) i—Dlstrtet Attorney Dewey J. Rancteei said today he would wait two or three days before presenting Informal lon regarding the disappearance of James M<mroe Smith, president of laiulelunu State university. to a grand jury. Smith disappeared Sunday after Gov. Richard W. Leche, who had planned to resign today, announced a shortage of "several hundred thousand dollars'* In the school's funds Meantime, the capitol that Huey lx.ng built reverberated under the deluge of the scandal, causing the greatest excitement since Ixuig. the Isiuisiaus kingfish was fatally shot in Its marble corridors four years ago While state police searched for the ruddy-cheeked Smith, who resigned liefore fleeing. Sanches I "Xplalnetl that more time was tie.-d'-d to collect evidence to present to the grand jury. After asking for and receiving. Smith's resignation Governor le-che said he would remain In office Indefinitely. He had plann«ed to relinquish the office to lieu- 1 tenant governor Earl Long, brother of the late Huey Long. Louisiana's dictator first as governor and later as U. 8. senator. Huey Long made Smith presluent of his "dream college" on Nov 17. 19M. It was believed that Mrs Smith and her nephew. J Emory Adams who once managed the university bookstore, had fled with Smith, neither could be located early to-, day Nor could Mrs Owen Ware. Smith s daughter and an expectant mother, be contacted for comment. I,ient,-Gov. UiliK refused to root- ‘ (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) TWO FINED ON INTOXICATION Decatur Man. Transient Fined In City Court This Morning • Two men were fined In city court i his morning by Mayor Forrest KI-1 *ey when they pleaded guilty to < harges of public intoxication. Leniency was shown Hsrrj Funk, of Piqua. Ohio, n transient, when he pleaded with the court on the rroutids that he lias a wife and six ehilureu. Funk was charged with public in nxlcatlon. but chief Borders stated that Investigation revealed the transient had gone up on the porch of a local home, demanded food and grabbed a little girl by the um>. leaving bruise marks. The chief recommended a penal farm sentence. Mayor Elzey flnad Funk »1 and coats and sentenced him to 3o days at the penal farm. The sentence was suspended on the condition that he leave town after serving out his fine. Funk pleaded lllneas. He stated ’ to the court that he had come from ConGiiental. Ohio In a box car. that he had been ill and unable to eat for four days being confined to the box ■ (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) Petition Is Filed To Dismiss Suit A written petition for a dlwnlssal at the plaint Ilf's cost was filed by the plaintiff Saturday In Adams circuit court In the contract suit of George Harvey against 8. V. Wagoner. Darwin Leite Suffers Shoulder Dislocation Darwin f*lts. son of Mr end Mrs. Raymond Lelts. of this city, suffer- f od a reoccurrence of an old injury j In a freak accident at the municipal swimming pool Sunday. Young la-ltt's right arm was pull cd out of place fron the shoulder bone socket as he reached for the tower post while In the water. He was taken to the office of a local physician, where the bona was replaced and taped. Darwin, who graduated from the Decatur high school this year, first unstained the same Injury while acting In the capacity of yell lead- | er al the school. |

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Decatur, Indiana, Monday, June 26, 1939.

To Leave Decatur i » Rev James a. Weber, for the imst two years pastor of the Flrat United Brethren church In this ( city, has resigned the local charge •o fill the chair of Bible and religious education at Indiana Central college In Indianapolis Rev , Webor will remain In Decalnr until the latter part of August REV.WEBERTO - LEAVE DECATDR United Brethren Pastor To Take College Teaching Position Rev. James A. Weber, for the uast two years pastor of tne First; United Brethren church In tnla city.l, has resigned the local charge, to ac- * - ept a position at Indlanv Central j College in Indianapolis, wnere he will fill the chair of Bible and rell-. k'ous education. Rev. Weber was elected to the c!»air by the college board followlag the resignation of D. 11. Gllllatt, 1 D. D.. Ph. D.. who will fill the chair of homeletics and practical theology al ItonebraJce Seminary; Rev. Weber will remain in Decamr until the latter part oi August.' when be will leave for Indianapolis to assume his new duties. Indiana Central College was or'united in 19of> and now hai an enrollment of 400 to 600 siud< nta each year. The school is located In University Heights, about thra-« miles M>uth of Monument Circle, on a spa- , clous to-acre lot. and is surrounded by natural beauty. Students from - United Brethren homes in Minnesota. Wisconsin. -Michigan. Illinois, b'entucky and Indiana attended this school. Rev. Weber In expressing regret st leaving Decatur, stated that the new position would offer a larger Yield of counseling and preaching to youth, as every student In the college passes through the Bible department. Week-ends and summers will be spent In preaching, teaching I and working In youth camps. Ar- 1 rangementa have been mad- so that lime will be allowed Rev. Weber for further schooling toward a higher degree. Rev. Weber graduated from Indiana Central College In 1929. was elected as association young peo- 1 pie's director of his denomination (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVB) ISSUE APPEAL AGAINST NOISE Hospital Attaches Ask No Fireworks Near Institution — Attaches of the Adams county memorial hospital Issued an urgent appeal today, asking that local cltiiens. especially youngsters, refrain from shooting fireworks in the vicinity of the Institution. The hosptal attaches especially asked parents to urge their children to refrain from this practice and to endeavor to Impress upon the youngsters the need for observing the request. Several patients, who are more seriously 111. suffered greatly from the noise of the fireworks explosions over the weekend, hospital at-: : taches slated. The noise was especially harmful to the condition of one young man, who Is suffering from cerebral menlngltlls, they stated. Police were called to the Institution several times over the weekend. Hospital attaches stated that they thought since the mischief was probably being committeed by youngsters, the sight of a uniformed policeman would halt the setting off of the firecrackers. Local police have signified their Intentions of cooperating with hos pita! attaches by picking up vlo- | lators of tbb request.

JAPS ANNOUNCE BLOCKADE FOR CHINESE PORT Complete Isolation Os Foreign Shipping At Swatow By I’nlled Press The (ar eastern situation: Shanghal-v-Neutral sources report heavy airplane flglPlng on Manehukuan-Outer Mongolian border for more than a month; Japanese and Russians Issue conflicting claims of heavy losses by each other. Tientsin Japanese fake diplomatic offensive against British by protesting that they exaggerate alleged indignities Inflicted on Britons Hankow United States consular authorities prepare protest against recent Japanese air bombings. endangering Americans Tslngtao — Admiral Harry E. Yarnell, American commander, arrives on cruiser Augusta; announces he Is sending a warship to Peltaaho where there are many Americana. Peiping Standard OH expected to protest order of Japanese-spon-sored Peiping government to surrender leases along North China railroads. - London - Japanese foreign minister has promised Immediate investigation of Tientsin incidents, l-ondon hears Complete Isolation Hong Kong. June 26 <U.PJ The Japanese naval rommind at Swa--1 tow today announced complete Isola lio of foreign shipping at that Important south China port “pending the progress of military operallona '* The Japanese, who claim that Swatow has le-en a port of entry . for munitions for the Chinese armies. said that the landing and embarking of passengers as well as the loading and unloading of cargoes had l>een prohibited Mail and provisions for foreign (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)~ SHERIFF OPENS TRAFFIC DRIVE Two Arrests Made At Pleasant Mills As Drive Is Launched Two arrests were made over the week-end at Pleasant Mills by Sheriff Ed Miller as auihorlties started a urive to curtail speeding through the smaller ounmunitlea of the , county. John F. Marshall of Fort Wayne and Clarence Kohne of -Murray were the two arrested by Sheriff .Miller ; on the charge. Marshall was to appear before Justice of Peace John T Kelley late ■ his afternoon to answer to tne i charge. Kohne will appear Tues4ay. « Sheriff Miller urged the coopera- ■ il-m of local residents in ndtservmg the traffic regulations and called i attention to the fact that a continuous campaign will be conducted against speeding through the snial--1 ler communities. Preble. Mngley. Monmouth. Pleasant Mills and other thickly popuiated rural areas will tie Included tn the sections under surveillance by authorities. Sheriff Miller stated. The campaign was inaugurated , because of the increased number of • peed law violations and several accldents. the latest of which claimed the life of Rev. Alva Harr a Pleasant Mills preacher. o — ' 4 111 I" ■' • Praises Decatur As Best Town In 100-Mile Radius Dr. E. H. Alspaugh. mayo- of Will- , rhlre. Ohio, visited In the city today and stopped In at the Dally Democrat office to renew his subscription. While here Dr. Alspaugh paid tribute to the city of Decatur by saying that It Is "the beat town under 15,tw0 population within 100 miles" In his written statement, Dr. Alspaugh said "I have been located In the town of Willshire tor more than a quarter of a century and am well qualified to apeak with reference to the standing of towns ami eltles within a radius of 75 to 100 miles. I wish to go on record as saying that Decatur is the best town under 15,000 population within W miles. •Un Willshire we say. 'lO minutes | to Decatur,’ ”

Announce Detailed Plans For Livestock Show For Annual Fair In August

VIOLENT DEATH TOLL IS HEAVY IN THIS STATE Fourteen Persons Met Violent Death In State Over Weekend By United Press Two persons were killed snd three others possibly fatally hurt today In an automobile accident , near Deedsvllle. north of Peru, i which raised Indiana's violent I death toll for the weekend to 14. i Dead in the Deedsvllle crash I , were Ronald Kingsley, manager of the Marion Chamber of Com-1 mvree. and Mrs Helen Dills of I, Huntington. Kingsley was killed i Instantly and Mrs. Dills died en ■ route to a Peni hospital. Also critically Injured was 1 Thomas J. Wilson, president of the Marlon National bank, who . was riding with Kingsley and Arthur Case, n-tlred Marlon maniifacturer. All were reported en route to South Bend from Marion Mrs. Dills' husband. William, suffered a crushed chest and other Internal injuries as did their son. William Jr. Alice Mae Williams. 16. of Huntington. who was riding with the Dills family Is In the hoe pltal at Peru with undetermined injuries. The crash occurred at the Intersection of routes 31 and 16 just ' west of the village. The Dills family was reported going to Culver Fred Parka, 20. of Walmsh. was the only witness to the crash. At New Albany. Ind.. Karl II Orr. 27. Indianapolis racing drlvi er, was killed when his midget car failed to negotiate a turn and rolled over several times at high speed. Ernest Warne, 38. of Anderson. 1 was killed when (he car which be was driving collided head-on with 1 1 a machine driven by George Reich- ' aid. 22. of Napoleon. 0.. near Fort , Wayne Three others. Including Helt hard, were injured Troy Haviland, 75. of Richmond, was fatally injured when an automobile struck a tricycle which he , rode on a candy-peddling route he , maintained. Dennis J. Pennington, 67. of Jes , 1 fersonvllle. a guard at the U. S ■ quartermaster's depot, was injured i fatally when a bicycle he was riding as he made his rounds collided with another bicycle ridden 1 by William Visaing..Jr, 15 1 Ralph W Si.itf. 17 yeai old Portland athlete, was killed near Portland when he was thrown > from a rumble seal when a tire ' on the car in which he was rid • Ing blew out. August Ei'kmeir. 53. of Terre Haute, was Injured fatally when . his truck collided with a car drlv(CONTINUED OM PAGE TWO) PARTITION SUIT IS FILED HERE ; Administrator Files Suit 1 To Partition Real Estate In Geneva Thurman Drew, of this city, as 1 administrator of the estate of the , late Thomas Drew of Geneva, has filed a suit In Adams circuit court to partition real estate in the town of Geneva. The suit names as defendants owners of the Geneva real estate nhil other persona holding an in- ' terest In the estate. In addition to himself, the plain- ' tiff names as defendants: Ralph, • Tillie, Charles, Saruh. Louise, • Mary, George and Burley Drew; I Margaret and Warren Wells, Peggy ' and Gwendolyn Dunn. Nathun C. . and Catherine Nelson. i The lattar two defendants are holders of 1 mortgage on the real . estate. Vincent F. Kelley of this I city Is attorney for the plaintiff. ■ Ladies Aid Plans Ice Cream Social i > The ladles' aid of the Malley Re- • formed church will sponsor an Ice I cream social on the parsonage lawn 1 Thursday evening nt 7:30 o'clock. ■ A special musical program has been i urralnged and the public is Invited | to attend.

Killer’s Captive Ruby Doty. 32 (above), told Lansing. .Mich . (sdlee how hitchhiker shot to death her companion. George Hall, of Detroit, father of two. and then made love to her at gunpoint Ptdice said they were Investigating one baffling point of her story. FIREWORKS ON JULY FOURTH Lcxion T<» Present Annual Fireworks Display Here July I Further plans lor th" annual Fourth of July fl-eworSs display. sjHinsored by Adams post nuwbwr 43 <»f the American le-glon, were' announced today by James K. Staley. general chairman, and members | of the committee. The display will be presented next Tuesday night. July 4. In the large field directly east of tne Ilan-nah-N'uttman park. This was used last year and aided in making the display one of the boat ever seen In Decautr The pyrotechnic display annually draws thousands of pe;sons to D-catur wh Fourth of July and with thia display under the direction of experienced handlers of explosives, aids in cutting the accident toll from fireworks caused by inexperienced and careless handling at private celebrations. ia'gion officials today issued traffic regulations which will preva'l the night of the Fou-tli. made necessary because of the heavy volume of traffic near the acene of the display. Autos may be driven Imo the field from federal highway 224 from the Muth and from Washington stree', estended from the north. No entrance will be permitted through the Homewood addition. Many hundreds of autos can be parked In this field and by observing these' traffic regulations, the cant can 1 I'o handled more speedily and with leas traffic snarl than without auchi regulations. Legionnaires will be assisted IE handling the traffic by county, city| and state officers. The display will be started' promptly at 8:3(» pm. aad l-egton Officials stated today that this year's display will be larger and more elaborate than in any previous year. Tratlic Ordinance Violations Plentiful Violations of the city traffic ordinance limiting parking time on Second and Monroe streets were plentiful over the week-end. Chief Janies Borders disclosed today. Fourteen red tickets were given by police over the week-end for overtime parking and three were is-1 sued for exceeding the speed limit. The tickets coat the violators *1 each. Robert Hill wss added to the po-> Ute force over the week-ead, during the absence of officer Seplma Mel- < bi. who Is on vacation. Ni«ht Club Looted TcJay Os SIO,OOO Covington. Ky.. June 26.—(UR) —I Two bandits invaded Beverly Hills. I smart suburban Cincinnati night | club, today, and forced a woman bookkeeper to hand them between fk.noo and SIO,OOO. Mrs. Katherln Easton, the bookkeeper. was alone in the office, counting the money, when the two men entered, aha told police.

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■ ——i ■ ■ Entire Livestock Show To Be Housed For Fair At Schmitt Field East Os City. FREE PARKING Detailed plana for a larger, more ’ pretentious livestock show than t ever before conducted in Decatur | or Adams county were announced i today by Pete Reynolds, general ; chairman, and H P. Schmitt. Ilve- ' stock chairman, of the Decatur I Free Street Fair and Agricultural . Show. One of the feature details Is the announcement that the entire live- • stock show, both cattle and horses, will be housed on the H. P. Schmitt field, directly east of the | city across the Monroe street bridge along highway 224. Announcement of the change was made following a meeting Saturday night of cattle and horse breeders, at which meeting a majority vote favored the change A change In location was made Imperative as the lot at First and Jackson streets will not be available thia year for the horse ahow. This lot was purchaaed recently by the Moose lodge and plans are now being discussed for erection of a new lodge home on the site The livestock show has been the outstanding feature of the Decatur Free Street Fair and Agricultural show since the annual fair has* been sponsored by the Decatur Chamber of Commerce, atartIng In 1935. In previous years, the horse show has been housed on the IM described above, and the cattle shflw on the city parking lot at : the east end of Madison street. Free Parking Ono of the finest features of the new liM-atlon for the livestock show, fair officials stated, will be the addition of a large plot of ground for free parking The show will be housed at the weat side of the Schmitt field, and the entire east side of the field will be open for free parking The fair association emphasized that there will be no charge permitted of any kind for parking In thia field. The field will be well lighted and ample police protection will Im- provided at all times. Horse Pulling Horse pulling contests, another (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) Missionaries Will Speak Here Tuesday Miss Marfde Snyder and Miss Luel la Miller, who are doing missionary work among the mountaineers tn Big Laurel, Kentucky, will present a lecture and slides of their work among the mountaineers at the First United Brethren church, i Tuesday evening at 7;30. The meeting will be held In the i iMsemettt of the church under the sponsorship of the Work and Win I class. The public Is cordially invited. There will be no admission I < harge but a tree will offering will : be taken. BERNE REVIEW IS SOLD TODAY Witness Purchases Review; Final Publication Made Today With today's issue of the Berne Review, the ownership of the paper snd Its publication rlghta . passed to the Berne Wltneaa, It I was announcer! today by the pubUshers of the latter paper, The Berns Review was estate ' Halted In October. 1925, hy C. II Musrlman as a twice a week pubi llcailon. The sale and consolidation of 1 the paper does not Include the job > printing department operated by the Berne Review company. Mr. Muselman will continue to operate this buainess which la located In the company's own plant. A cash consideration was made > In the purchase of the Review by 1 the Witness The exact amount ! wax not made public. No announcement wax made as ! to the editorial force of the Witness and It was not known if former employes of the Review would be employed on the merged newspaper The Heme Witness publishes on Monday. Wednesday and Friday of each week.