Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 159, Decatur, Adams County, 7 July 1939 — Page 1

XXXVII. No. 159.

RHLEADERS IE ELATED ON cNUTT STATUS ana Democrats Elated j )ver Reaction To Candidacy July 7 (ÜB-lndl I . m „r»ts from imt lunal <«"> ’ X. Trask Mr lUte t>T.»urh (MV Mlhly ela'cd ** |( I*llrr tanner Go*- »’• ( It hl« XlUin ,- d *** a Lui possibility one ***k lu return hwe from Manila w xttltud- l» •*»*’* ®" Ml of public react ion to Mri n-turn (rum his 'enure •* . MBiniMimMT lo th* •‘hlllp-l UUixi» I" 'be light of *he' . Mouie boom on his behalf. 1 j... been proxr*’saing Sti*ad- ■ na more I han six months. . moO significant fact dis-' 11, here in the direct ahout-| a ibe tutkmally known polltUsrarrrs who a year “*•> e4 tanrred or molted al the jfoMl aspirations of McNatt j Hoosier political allien. ( rt M> Sult visited the United , i a February and March last HU wan Brst touted as White ( » nuterial. he wan greeted ( n<h pkrasi-s as "the adnols b Wabash" and “beautiful , BrXstt." derisively indicating ( |, campaign was based on pnotul Bf»p«’arstMf. . < pti Senator iiiiiii Minton iter Hoosier politicians threw ps rarktall party for McNutt Hblnrton in 1938. thia demonbn was considered "pretnavnuteur. ill-timed, blatant" | doom- sealing as far as hln , Irntlal aspirations were con--1 The activities of McHale. ' gipaixn manager, and others Iraptinx to line up support ; 1 r q advance of the 1940 i-on-1 M were considered to be pre ' By juvenile I sot so today, as evidenced n following: Tin* Magarino which always < treated McNutt with every-1 I bat reverence, devoted its 4M* pu t are thia week to the 1 r pavemor. plus more than I columns of pictures and deBtr writing to a serious sur--8 his presidential posslMltes I hading article. McHale already lists more IM voluntary requests for tag engagements for McNutt i lauuediate future. Hr has been succeaaively 1 tyrd In an extremely favorhrht in some phase of his r by such (ommentatora as Md ('tapper. noted W ashingtoiamalst; the New York s on his administration In the Minss; a Topeka. Kan., news- 1 f ehch declared Kansas fav-1 btann 194#; four nationally • moving picture newsreel i Ijtatioiig which covered his tomhig celebration here; Dennewspapers which gave •si prominence t o his visit mm»’“ M,,,.. frorn jg ßnHa . t It Lindley, the biographer of I dem Roosevelt who reputedfry close to the White House, h numerous tn her mlscelan- j npOMions He is considered politically Mat that a boom was start- ■ sb'* his knowledge or sane- • run him for vl. president 1 l»»r. a possibility which he yiM-BP QU paq, y|VB) ~ , Democrat Wee Will Be Closed Saturday off^ at 'n r . hai,y 'we will be C | (W( | s a t- 1 J.bftfrnoon while work II m/' , in ' l,a 'l' l| k a new !fSS dMks ttnd »mi fixtures in *f ic “ /i 1 t? ttM far bi «* Jfc j* TTlhcwl with ler» win an<l enters. J *! * w !* any tele. * I Mnnd Ce office it?“t > h ,nOniinß - due tu iL r i "’ he frlilf * t wl ' U,,n "f the *orkm2 10 r . ew a * ,lo °n «i??h 7i“ ■'.« <ii«#c kk ’ * f* x turen at •»h<i"Ln he , ’ aper for them win* at ,he offica iisu avaiiHi ’ i ‘-«’ "• restaurant. * f htw J. nConVf,nienced tilh c “n make it " th e o&H Wrvice to bett„ *'* *° arrangrea, lers an i ßcc,)nini o<late vrs an 'l patrons.

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Eormer Local Girl Taken To Hospital MIM fllorlu t'rablll of Fort Wayno a former bevvtiur girl, slopped here tor a short time thi# mutnlng us she was i>elng moved from the Ham. <|ton. Ohio hospital to the Uutheran honpiial In Fort Wayne Mim Cmblll suffered several fractured vertebrae and riba in a head on automobile collision at Hamilton. Ohio Wednesday. She will be confined to bed for about thiee montha. While here she stopped at Ute home of her uncle. Adrian Girard of Ped Central avenue. SENATORS FIGHT EFFORT TO LIFT ARMS EMBARGO 31 Senators To Fight Change; New Trouble In Far East Washington. July 7.— (UR) — A Hoc of 34 senators announced today that they will talk to death any proposal to remove from the neutrality laws the present authorisation for embargoes against ship menta of arms to belligerents. Headed by a veteran isolationist, Sen. Hiram Johnson. R , Calif., the bloc met today to plan strategy Il pledged unalterable opposition "to the repeal or modification of the present neutrality law prohibiting the sale or eiportation of arms, munitions or Implements of war to nations rtigaged In war.** If leaders of the bloc can maintain their lines Intact in the face of determined oppxttlon from the admlnistraton. they almost certanly would be able to blo< k attempts of President Roosevelt s followers to remove a modified arms etnbargn clause from the house-ap-proved neutrality bill. Hoth Mr. Roosevelt and Secretary of State Cordell Hull have declared their opposition to the embargo danse. After the strategy meeting, the 34 senators issued the following statement: "We are unalterably opposed to the repeal or modlgcatlon of the present neutrality law prohibiting the sale or exportation of arms, munitions or implements of war to list lons engaged in war. "We are against any discretion Iteing lodged tu the hands of any thief executive to determine an aggressor or aggressors during any war abroad. "We believe in the real neutrality of pur nation in the case of any armed conflict. “W’e are determined tq maintain 'our position by every honorable and legitimate means at our command." The ultimatum was Issu.d on the eve of a meeting tomorrow of the senate foreign relations committee to consider the house-ap-proved neutrality bill. The group apparently threw its opposition against even the modified house version of the embargo in denouncing any "modification" of the existing strict embargo. Troubles Threaten By Joe Alex Morris. (VP. Foreign News Editor) JupaneWe anger against activities of the western powers in China threatened new troubles in the far east today on the second anniversary of the war against Chinese <lt*iierallaaimo Chiang Kai-Shek "Never before has Jajian borne such hatred for Britons," an army apikesman said at Tokyo after po-' l,<H> h><> to tCONTINITED ON PAQE POUR) LIST PROGRAM FOR CONCERT Arlington Ensemble To Present Concert Sunday Night The c<unp|ete program for the concert to Im given by «he Arlington c tiscmble at the Zion Ruformed • hurch Bunday evening includes claMlcai numbers from many well known composers. The numbers to be presented are as follows; "Impreasario Overture"- Mogart Russian Fantlsfe"— Prim I * Htitnoreskv" — Dvorak ■•Kaleidoscope" — Arlington. "Spring Bong" — Mendelssohn "Second Hungarian Rhapsodic'— Lisxt. Violin Holos; "Parasuelean Serenade" — Arlington. "Concerto in G. Mqjor"—Deßerlot Wlenlowskl. "Finale" (William Tell)— Rossini ’Beautiful Blue Danube—Strauss

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TORSO MURDER SUSPECT TELLS OF KILLING ONE Cleveland Bricklayer Confesses To One Torso Murder Cleveland. O. July 7— <u.P) — Sheriff Martin L. O'Donnell an- ' nounced late today that Frank Ihdxil. a G 2 year-old Bohemian ! bricklayer, questioned for two days as a suspect In Cleveland's ; 13 torao murders had confessed to I killing Hrs Flora Bawdey Poll Ho. I victim number hair, and cutting up her body The sheriff said that Dolxll ad milted killing Mrs. Polillo after with her In her Harm on Cleveland's east aide the day before her lardy was found in a i nearby alley In January. I»3C The sheriff hoped that the con | . fees lon would lead to a solution of i the other II decapitations which ; • have puxxled police for nearly five years O'Donnell said Dolxll told hltn he had rut Up Mrs. Polillo's lardy in the bath tub "where we found the hlrrod stains " He made several trips carrying : the pieces of her body In a banket to th< alley when* they later were found He said he bark the head , lo the foot of Hut 49th street and "threw it in the lake." Mrs Polillo's head has Ireen one ' of. six never recovered. Seven of the 13 victims have been men. •lx women. The sheriff said Dolxil said an off shore wind wan blowing at the I time and he assumed the head was can-led far out Into Lake Erie. Dolxil han been in the United ’ States .15 years. He la S ft. C Inches tall and has been described I as a "wiry Tarxan " He worked formerly In a packing hous<- where he gained experience tn carving He has had a passionate craving for knives. colie<-tlng several. Four were found In his home yesterday when It was searched. Dolxil had moved four times I 1 (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) STATE AUDITOR 0, K.'S REPORT AccountiriK Os Handling Os County (Jeneral Fund Is Approved An accounting at 4he f1f144,«&3.gf1| handled by the county in the general fund during the first sixxnontlM of this year has been prepared by ; auditor Victor Eicher and approved by Frank G. Thompson, state audi- . tor. Checks have been Issued in th* county auditor'a office to the vnr- ' 'ons local, county and state taxing units for the distribution of funds for the first six months. The June settlement sheet shows . that current, delinquent taxes and penalties payable In the year 1939 ' amounted to 34N1.b03.34. To thia was added by the auditor a sum of 411»77.43 for taxes due from persons not originally assessed. An addition i Ji charge of 397.37 was made for di opped taxes whk'i were found lo be collectable. This makes a total < due thia year of 3432.790.39. A sum of 3344 403 33 Is still due. The report shows that credit is claimed for 3393 64 as certificates of error issued to persons who have beqn erroneously charged with taxes, due to failure to Include mort J rage exemptlona. to soldiers or reserve officers, who claim exemptions or for other similar teaaons. Tnla makes a total chargeable amount of 3344.994 97 not collected, i Deducting this figure from the <482.j 780.39 due this year showy that a total of ♦a37.7ttft.42 waa collected In * r-nrral 'property taxes last spring. Most of the remainder Is not due until the November Installment. To the sum of tsxes collected L i ndded the following: <8.491.47 col I lected by hunks and savings hanks;' i 950.88 collected by-building end loan I aasoclatlMfi and 1723.28 collected 1 from persona who are pa> ng de jlluquent taxee on a morotorium plan. ; — — (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) ■"<> II ■■■ll I— Autos Collide At Street Crossing • I awissssssassm Car# driven by Dr. Floyd Grand- ■ staff and Oscar Kohne, of route four, collded late Thursday after- ! noon at the Intersection of Second end Monroe streets. The Kohne car | I was damaged considerably. Officer , >| Roy Chllpote investigate.

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, July 7, 19‘W.

Begin Work on RaiNing Sub —_ —— - I - . I■ ! • l - • \ z- ' • ■to CTljlL ’ Lowering pontoon to sunken sub First of seven huge pontwoM la aixatt ready to tn* lower.-d to the aide of the sunken submarine Squalus off Portsmouth. N II . as navy men begin the work of raising the 111-fated submersible with its cargo of 26 dead seamen aboard.

OUTSIDE BANDS TO BE AT FAIR School Bands From Other Communities To Appear During Fair — BMm At least W MUalda scbcol bands 1 are expected to appear here during I the 1939 Decatur Free Street Fair and Agricultural Show. Will Rowers chairman of bands and parades, stated today. Mr. Bowers Mated that more than that number have been contacted and that contracts with at leant !■» ‘ will probably be signed witbin the tten week. Moat of the bands that were contacted are from neighboring communities. All of the bands have esi tabllshed a reputation dur'ng the raat few years by appearing at var- ■ .ous celebrations. The bands will apepar. cn Wednesday. August 3 of the fair wee*. Like the floats, they will make two appearances that day. one in the , afternoon and one in th* evening. The delegation of bands of course will be headed and featured by the new Devoiur combined hands, under the direction of Albert.Sellatn "yer. More than 100 pieces from the girls' band, the boys' bund, the Decs-, tur Catholic band, have been combined into one organisation during the past few months by Mr Selleme yer. The complete list of bands that will appear here la expectej to be released by Mr. Bowers socn. LEADERS GIVE SOCIAL TONIGHT Junior Leaden Hold lee Cream Social At Bleeke School The Adams County Junior leaders are sponsoring an Ice cream social thia evening at the Bleeke school house, four miles east on' 221 and two miles north. The program will begin at N p. tn. CRT and la aa follows; Vnltm Township Puekerhuddle Mudslingers. Plano solo. Reims Koenemun. Reading. Ixtla Jean Bchug. Instrumental number. Don and Rill Shady. Reading from Miss Star. Buss solo. Ix-Roy Schwarts. Plano solo. Lydia Frosch. Reading. Catherine Schmitt. Dust. Florene and Naomi Steury. . Bopramo solo. Alice Reinklng. Instrumental. Florence Biens and Regina Thieme. Plano duet. Edith and Edna Marbach. Refreshments of Ice cream, cake, pies, and soft drinks will also be sold. The public Is Invited.

Swimming Pool Is Opened To Public A swimming pool on tho R. K. Fleming farm baa been opened to the public. Mr. Fleming announced Itaday. The pool is located north of “I Decatur four miles. A charge of 10 cents is made to each person using the pool. The pool is opened all day on week days until In p. m Sundsv swimming is restricted from noon • nutll 10 p. m. No swMouuua ta per t. mlt ted after hours. — o • DISTRICT MEET : HERE TUESDAY i I Older Youth Organization To Hold Meeting Here Next Tuesday The fourth district of the older 'youth organisation of lndl.ua win hold Its quarterly meet in < on July , 11. at the Central school gymnaaium , In thin city, with the Adams County Teens and Twenties club tn charge , of the meeting. ij The program consisting yf Larrv ,' Biandon, si-eaker; Bill Rrjan. req creational leader; Spanlsii music;: piano and drum duet; Teens atql i Twenties Club chorus, and sld.•I lights of the worlds fair tn moving ■ j pictures, will begin at 7:X# p. m. C. S. T. Refreshments will also be 1 served. The older youth organisation or Indiana, wkh which tho Adams ' County Teens and twentl-s club Is affiliated, has been In existence for a number of years tor the purpose or organising Indiana youth and tn I '.remote Its welfare. The local I T< ens and Twenties Club has s i large membership of si with Robert I (CONTINUED ON I'AUE FOUR) - Three New Homes Arc Being Built Three houses are being con*' stracted In the Rice addition on Mercer avenue, on the east side* of th.e street. The owners of the new homes are Dan Braun. Herman Braun and John Alberdlitg.; , Modern small bungalows will be ' constructed. The basements are now iH-ltig built. Two houses are already located In the Rice addition, they Itrlng Carl (lorber's and 11 V. D-Vor's. John L. Ib’Voss, who represent* I ed Mrs. Rice In the sab* of the lots.; ' also stated that a lot had been sold to Cal Steury of thia city In the addition. - 1 O* ■ LAST CHANCE Decatur’s city-wide Twin Dollar Day is to end Saturday might. Hundreds of bargains are still available in stores and business houses for the thrifty shoppers who will attend the sales. This is the first city-wide sale held j here in many years.

Secretary 0/ Navy Swanson Dies This Morning; Served For Years In Public Office

THOUSANDS ARE I ■REPORTED IDLE ON WPA WORK Strike Protesting M age Reduction May Halt Projects Washington. July 7— <U.P) —* Btrikes protesting reduction of wage rates under the 1940 work relief bill threatened today to slop w<»rk on WPA construction proI Jects employing an estimated lM.flfifl men Thousands were Idle as a r.-sult | of organised labor opposition to a provision of ihe *3l.7sS.6<h>.«mm) rei lief bill sulmliluting a security pay | scale for the prevailing wage formerly paid skilled workers. More Workers Were scheduh-d to strike today. Under the security wage system, which became effective Wednesday. skilled laborers are required to work approximately 13u hours , month for the same pay they formerly NH-elved for as little ss s<) hours. Union leaders, fearing that abandonment of the prevailing I wage would cause private employ- ; ers to reduce their pay scales, rolled protest walk-outs In New York. Chicago. Cincinnati, Milwau--1 kee. Minneapolis and in smaller > communities. Some of the walkI outs were spontaneous protests of WPA workers themselves i Chairman Clifton A. Woodrum. ; D.. Vs., of the house committee which drafted the relief bill, said i "there’s not the slightest chance" r of congress restoring the prevall- ( Ing wage system to meet the strik- . • ei s* demands. Woodrum, leader of house economy advocates who altered sharp * ly the administration's relief plans for the current fiscal year, said he was opposed to any change in i the provision abolishing the prevailing wage system He said "another wave of squawks" would lie heard on Sept. I when workers who have been in WPA rolls for 18 months were dropped to make way for new applicants. The strike spread despite a warning by WPA administrator |F. ('. Harrington that strike,s would be dropped from the rolls If they do not return to work within five days. The major strikes were: Milwaukee- - Projects employing approximately go.ooo workers in Wisconsin were egpsctsd to he shut down today. Twenty thousand were Idle yesterday, and union leaders called walkouts affecting 40.000 hiore. New York Representatives of 135 American federation of labor const ruction unions ordered : strikes on projects employing between 38. AM) and 30.000 persons. Minneapolis WPA offl< lair estl-i mated 11,000 to 15.000 were Idle .In the afltmsapolls-Bt. Paul and Duluth areas. Detroit Al a labor meeting last night, a strike of 45.000 workers on 35«» Wayne county WPA projects was scheduled for next Tuesday. Cleveland—Walkout orders were (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) REFUTE STURT OF EPIDEMIC „ City Health Board Secretary Refutes Typhoid Fever Danger Dr. R. E. Daniels. Mcrotary qf the city board of health, in answer to queries regarding the se'lnusnros of the typhoid fevee situation here, staited that only one case hu« been ( ■-ported to date. Thd statement of Dr. Daniels spiked rumors that several enact, hadItosn reported and that the dlrroso was spreading. Dr. Daniels Mated tliaf no caaex had been reported to tl|e board aniong residents of the city. The only case reported wax that of a patient at the Adams county mamorlal hospital, who Ilves In the rural section. Ha slated emphatically that thero was no cause for alarm or worry over an epidemic, as result of the I one case.

NEW OFFICERS ARE INSTALLED Ernest W. Buschc Is Installed As Rotary Club President Hrnest W. Busche. <me of Adams ■ ounty a leading farmers, was Installed as president of the Decatur Rotary club at the weekly meet-’ Ing Thursday evening at the Rico hotel. Mr. Bua< he aucceeda W. Guy Brown, high school principal, who has served as president for the past year. Other officers of the club who assumed duties last night are: Pete Reynolds, city editor of the Dally Democrat, vice president: James E. Murphy. Western Union manager. secretary; George Auer, of the General Electric company, treasurer; Charles D. Eh tn ger. secretary of the Cltlsens Telephone ■-onipany. sergeant-at-srms. Mr. Buache. In assuming the office as club leader, outlined plans for the yesr and discussed the objects and purposes of Rotary. Mr. Brown, as retiring president, expressed his appreciation for the cooperation of the members during his administration. Avon Burk, president of the Decatur club when it was first organised. presented Mr. Brown, on behalf of the club, a past president s pin. Permanent committees for the year, as announced by Mr. Busche. follow: Aims and objects: Dr. Fred Patterson. chairman; James Kocher and E W. Lankenau. Club service: A. R. Holt house, chairman; J. W. Calland and H. P. Schmitt. Voocatlonal: George Auer, chairman; Henry Bromer, W. Guy Brown. A. D. Suttles, Charles D. (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) HIT RY TRAIN, DIES INSTANTLY Brothpr-in-Law Os Decatur Woman Is Killed At Monterey Henry Fuller, 67. brother-in-law of Mrs. Catherine Kauffman of 312 South First street, was k.lled instantly aliont noon Thursday when struck by a fast eastbound Eriej passenger train al Monterey, 14 Miles west of Rochester. Mr, Fuller. Erie railroad agent at Monterey, was killed abortly after he picked up a bundle of way bills which had been tossed from a westbound freight onto the pas-svnger-loading platform, which separates the tracks at Monterey. Fuller apparently was examining ■ the way bills and walked Into th* path of the New YorL-bound passenger train without being aw a r e of his danger. Fuller, a native <*." Ilammbr.d. had teen Erie yardmaster thero for a number of years. Later he was a telegraper and had been at Monterey two years. • He is survived by the widow, formerly Miss Iva Nlnu oKe. and several < htldren. who reside at Hammond. Funeral services will bo held at M.vnterey at 9 o'clock 8-iturd«y morning. The body will be brought to this city for burial In the Deca-| tur cemetery. The funeral cortege Is expected 10 arrive here shortly after noon Saturday. No Trace Reported Os Missing Youth No trace had been reported late today of Gilbert Macke,.son of W. C. Macke of Preble township, who has been reported missing from hid homo since Wednesday. Sheriff Hd Miller Is leading the search for the youngster. TEMPERATURE READINGS DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER 8:0t)s m 81) 2:00 p.tn. .98 10:00 a m 86 3:00 p.tn 98 Noon 90 WEATHER Much cloudiness, scattered thundershowers In central and north portions tonight or Saturday; warmer in centra' portions tonight; coolsr In north portion Saturday

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Popular Navy Secretary Dies In Camp On Rapidan River After Being 111 Several Years. FORMER SENATOR Washington, July 7— (VP)— Ths senate adjourned after a 15-minute session today during r which It adopted a resolution authorising a stats funeral Mon- . day for secretary of the navy Claude A. Swanson. The funsrql wifi be held in ths senate chamber. Washington, July 7— (U.R) —• ' Secretary of Navy Claud* A. Swan- ' son. elder statesman of the Demo--1 cratlc party, died at 8:06 a. m. today in a Blue Ridge mountain L camp on the R.ipidan river in bls - native Virginia He waa 77 years old. ' His death waa announced from the White House where Mr. Roose- ' velt had been Informed a few mln--1 utes earlier that death had created ' a third vacancy in hla cabinet. • The president's statement expreas- ’ t-il profound sorrow st the passing ' of his friend snd adviser. “Il is with profound sorrow." he said, "that 1 have learned of ' the death today at the Rapldan Camp. Va„ of the greatly loved Claude A Swanson. 1 “I join with the entire country in mourning him an one whose many years of faithful service to ' the nation have endeared him to all. His wise counsel and his philosophic understanding of human problems will live after him In the hearts and minds of those ' of us who have had the privilege ’ of being his associates. "He brought to the public aer- ' vice not only ability and Integrity but a loyalty to principle and to ' duty from which no consideration could move him. "Ry his example he has provided »n Inspiration for all public servants. I personally mourn the passing of a steadfast and Inti- . mate friend' The news of Swanson's death was announced in a statement by President Roosevelt. The state- , ment waa read by a White House secretary over a telephone circuit set up simultaneously to all press association offices In Washington. The camp where Swanson died - was the fishing retreat created by > former President Hoover early In his administration, the place t where Republican strategy waa , mapped against depression and toward the 1933 presidential campaign. It was there prior to the 1930 London naval conference that the ’ late Ramsay MacDonald, then 1 British prime minister, met with Hoover In a significant develop- ’ ment of a world-wide movement ' toward disarmament. Sitting there on a log In the forest the I two men charted an arms limita- ‘ lion course from which It waa ■ Swanson's fate to turn away. 1 Swanson waa a mighty factor In the re-establlahment of United States naval power under two L Roosevelt administrations Swanson had been 111 for years. He collapsed just before a White House dinner In January. 1937, and long hud appeared in public t only with the assistance of an attendant. Yesterday at 7 a m. Swanson suffered a stroke as he ICONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) ~ O REVIEW RUARU STILL MEETING Board Os Review Hopes To Complete Session Next Week 1 ——- I Although the session officially , ended July 1, th* county tax review board is still meeting daily in an effort to dose out its work as soon as possible. Ernest Worthman. ex-officln chairman of the board, stated that It was unlikely that the board would complete Its work thia week On Saturday the board will have worked an extra week The pay for the appointed members of the board was terminated Saturday, the end of the 28-day session. Checking of assessment records and added duties resulting was responsible for the major portion of the delay, the members stated. Members hope to wind up the session sarlg next week.