Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 173, Decatur, Adams County, 24 July 1939 — Page 1

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State Policemen Patrol Highway* I olHcera Truman Hierle of Itluffton and K«»rl Warnock of Portland were both In Itacatur today and imtrolllny th- hiahwayn leadlna into th- city Tin* atat<* offtawra ar« uldliiK hi Imillc** work in Adatna county durI 1 jiir»*d arm miatalnrd recently while arrcAthiK » dltuird-rly drunk In Geneva. He eipecta to return to duty late thia week. LENDING BILL DEBATE OPENS i BEFORE SENATE , 1 Senator Barkley Presents Lending Bill To Senate Today ■ i Waahlnirton. July 2« — <VP| — , rteniocratic leader AHiin W. Hark- ( ley today placed Ptealden: Woo**- | velfa li.CSi.tHHI.t'OO lendlna bill lie-fo-e the senate for He dea- , c. (bed It aa da* I a nod to bring to- | •v-ther "Idle men. idle equipment | and unutted aavinga." t In a report which he filed in lie- i half of the senate committee. Burk- | ley hailed the program aa "an anportant approach to a balanc** t between federal espendlturca and t revenue” becattae of its s. If 1 Iqui- j det tint feature. "The pprinc tple embod'e-l in thia ' program help* bring abou* a higher < national program and lessens the 1 n.-c'd for expenditure of relief and ' work projects." Barkley said. Barkley hoped to get the bill 1 through the senate by Wednesday night. He said the senate might I moot Tuesday nigh’ if he Mt the | . measure could be passed by that I time. Enter Stretch Washington, July 2< —<VP|— Congr.-ss entered the adjournment stretch today and spurted toward the finish line with little hut social K**cutlty amendments and the new , It uditig bill to alow its aL'ido. Hocial security is in a tangle betanse of amendments which wonld Increase federal eontritMTions To old age pensions but, slniTl’anrous- , !y. fix a minmimnm below which state allotments could not fall. Advocates of higher fed. tai contributions were hit hard by the latter provision because some states, , notably Texas, do not or can not meet the new minimum monthly a lot mmt now suggested Th.- social security amendments are in , conference after four da..s of deadlock and discussion will ba resumed today. Lending legislation is being shaped somewhat amay from the form in which Mr. Roosevelt usbmlttej 1 it and still must meet the test of stiff opposition in house end senate. Rm the adminiatra : on has v o'.ipitmiiaed a hit on foreign loan* and the provision of federal funds i for toll roads and toll bridges. The senate hanking and currency committee trimmed |310.0t4,M0 • M i from the program and it would piovlde as offered to the senato iCONTINUKfi ON FAiiKTiIHEKT lheatur l-H Club To Meet Tuesday — Members of the Decatur 4 11 club are to mart at the Decatur juniorsenior high school Tuesday after-' < iii Kin at I:3d o'clock. All members I I are urged to be present and bring their record books. BAND CONCERT TUESDAY NIGHT Catholic School Band To Present Concert Tuesday Nijfht The complete program for the hand concert to be given Tuesday night at s o'clock on the court Louse ramp was announced today by Albert Sellemeyer. local band , director. The concert Tuesday night will be presented by the Decatur Catholic school band. The program follows: Safety March. Fort Royal March. The Little Gray Church — Serenade. JHland March. Magnets Overture. Aline March. Eels—A Trombone Zipper, Riga March. Yare Overture. » Pivot Man March. Normal March. I Star bpuuglud Uauuer.

UDOORHEADS DRAFT PROGRAM OF LEGISLATION Indiana Liquor Interests Draft Program To Police Industry Indianapolis. July 24 — <UP> — A drastic self-regulatory program designed to police the liquor Industry and stave off a trend which may lead to prohibition was draft-' ed today by leaders of the Indiana liquor industry. Th.-y met here and the program, drawn by E. W Arens. Indianapolis. president of the Indiana retail alcoholic beverages association. set-med certain of passage. The fdkr major points in the program were: 1. Creation of the united Indi-! ana Iwverage institule as the agency of the entire liquor Indue- • try to check unethical practices within the Industry and to restore the liquor business to "public favor." ! 2 Sponsorship of a law which , would make anyone found carry- i ing an open package of liquor on •I in his car subject to i a fine of f.lo and coats and suspension of his driver’s license, if driving at the time. 3. Sponsorship of a law which wonld make minors who misrepresent their ages to buy liquor subject to a fine of 325 and coats. 4. Sponsorship of legislation ' that would force all restaurants, soft drink stands and other night spots not selling liquor to close ! In the same hour that liquor selling establishments are forced to dose. ESCAPE INJURY IN AUTO CRASH Decatur Drivers Report Accident With Hit And Run Driver Two Decatur drivers reported early Sunday to Fort Wayne police that they were involved 'u accidents witb a htt and run driver. Edwin Booth, of Line street, reported to authorities ther * that the other driver, purportedly under the influence <rf tntoxiiating lluuor, had strttok his car about four miles north of here. The Booth auto was damaged but the driver of the other car did not stop, he told author-1 *tieS A C. Preuss of North Fourth street told Fort Wayne police that the car of the same description had forced him off federal road 27. as he was enroute to Fort Wayne. N j one was hurt. Harry C Offutt Jr., formerly of tins city, 'was charged witn reeklex* driving at Angola by state officer Sam l*atton .after his car bad been involved in a collision on federal road 27 nem Garrett Saturday at midnight. Kilty Kelley, an employs of the Bcrghoff Gardens at Fort Wayne, who was driving Offut'a car prior to the crash, was taken to a Fort Wayne hospital for treatment. tkffut was detained in Angola for investigation and then released after being charged with reckless ■lr.vmg. Kenneth Wolf of Garrett, driver of the other car escaped unhurt. as did Offut. Apparently due to low visibility, the Offut auto was in the wrong lane of traffic, oftlcera reported. o Former Decatur Girl In Recital At Miami A Miami, Florida, paper recently carried un interesting article concerning Miss Marjorie Dunn, a former Decatur girl. Miss Dunn appeared in a joint recital with Mr. Roth, head of the Conservatory ' of Music, and also In a concert at Flamingo Purk. Miss Dunn la associated with the Conservatory, la a teacher at the I t'nlversify of Miami und director of St. Stephen's Episcopal church choir. —————o— — ll ■ Decatur Girls' Band Will Sponsor Movie — The Decatur Girls' band will sponsor a benefit movie at the Cort theater Friday and Saturday night. “The Kid From Kokomo" Is the name of the feature to be shown. Tickets may be secured from members of the band after Tuesday. All members are asked to call at the high school building at 4 p. m. Tuesday to secure their tickets. All proceeds will go to the | gills' baud. I

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Dccutur, Indiana, Munday, July 21. 1939.

Seven Hurt in Subway Fire • u L 4 jn ik—Owl I Seven workmeq were hurt In fire which raged in the Chicago subway now under const met ion. Iteadly carlam monoxide gas baffled the efforts of filemen to extinguish the underground blase. Masked firemen are shown going down to the inferno

TEMPERATURES AGAIN SOARING Hot Sun Brings End To llt'.tl Rt 'jiitt* Ol l’;i-t Few Days Citizens at Decatur and community were expected to be swvßering under the rays of a hot »un late this afternoon as the mercury, started another one of Ita ramEverything .was calm th*a morning at 8 o'clock a* rhe mercury la th* Democrat thermometer stood: at 72 degrees and a fa'rty Miff 'ireeze aided In cooling the fevered: brows of those citizen* who suffer I gicatest from the heat. However, by noon. It was plainly' discernible that unless clouds in-' tervene and shut out tlm sun at* least temporarily the city was destined to suffer through a hot after- 1 noon. At noon the Democrat th-rmome-ter recorded a reading of 82 de-, grees above —the highest mark on that hour since Thursday. July 13, when the thermometer read 91. The fact that citizens had been' enjoying the week’s respite from tli«* hot weather further added to tho discomfort today when the ra-l pi<l change took place. While no recordt were expected* to be broken thia afternoon, it seemed inevltaiile that Dccaturite* must »i»fß*r from a new beat wave, | at least temporarily. Auto Radio Missing, Taken By Daughter Fr**d Fullenftamp this city,! thought for a time he had been tho victim of the city s 'most daring thief.” He arose thia morning, ( i*tered his car and found his radio musing Th** radio had been remov. cd from under the dash hoard and th < dial hud even been taken from the panel. Officer Adrian Coßfee started to investigate. It was soon learned-1 however, that a group t>i yottnt folks. Including Mr. Fui'enkamp's daughter, had taken the missing lustrument. They had needed it for their Sunday entertainment at a' party.

United Press Writers Doubt European Warfare In 1939

(Editor's Note: Webb Miller. European general manager of the United Press, canvassed his diplomatic reporters abroad by cable over the week-end for their latest confidential reports on the outlook for peace or war. Today the famous war correspondent and foreign news executive presents, against his own background of 22 years In Europe, a digest of the response to that unique canvass. Miller is in New York en route buck to his post In London after a holiday in Michigan and California. t By Webb Miller (United Press stuff correspondent) New York. July 24 <U.R> In all probability Europe will scrape through 1939 without a general war. But in September or October, when this year's big showdown comes. Europe will Work up to a dangerous crisis that will make almost as much news as the outbreak of a war. Adolf Hitler must have a vic-

Hawkins Child Is Taken From Hospital Charles Frederick Haskin*, of route six. who suffered a skull fracture July 11 when trampled by an enraged horse at hi* father's farm. William Hawkins. July 11, was dismissed fro mthe Adam* county memorial hospital today. He had lieen confined there since that date. COUPLE FINED IN CITY COURT Decatur Man And Woman Found Guilty Os Assault And Battery Tony Schumacher and Mrs. Lilly Masters were fined II aad costs each this morning in city court by Mayor Forrest Elzey after 'hey had been found guilty of -targes of assault and battery. Both of the local people were found guilty by Mayor E!*ey after be had heard evidence In the trial last Friday. They h-*d both entered not guilty plea* wpon arra’ggmenL They were arrested Friday after Harley Guilder and his wife. Mar'owe. had signed affidavits Issued by Prosecutor Arthur E. VogSewede charging them wl'L the offense The charges allegedly followed a free-forsill arising out of the alleged scalding of the Gunder children by Mrs. Masters, according ta testimony brought out in the trial. 'Mayor Elzey imposed the fine today after he had taken the punishment under advisement when evidence In the trkil wa» concluded. The fine was paid and they tfere released. Accepts Position At Sugar Company Stanley State of Chiiago has accepted a position In the accounting department of the Central Sugar company, succeeding Wald**mar Bnrhop. who has been transferred to the Fort Wayne office of the . McMillen Feed Mills. Mr Slate and hl» wife will establish a residence here.

tory, If he In balked at hantlg It In likely that ho will snatch a cheai> victory In soutlieaatern Europe at th* expense of Slovakia. Hungary or Jugoslavia After brinalng hit* people up to their present pitch he can scarcely mark time Indefinitely, Those are the net conclualnna arrived at after a personal off-the-record cable canvass of leading United Pr<‘as diplomatic reporters In Enaland and on the continent. Only a month ago men In Washington with access tn secret reporta from all over Europe told me that the chancea of war In 193'.* were fifty fifty. Since then, despite London foreign office deniala. there are definite teaaona to believe that the British are urging Poland to he as unprovocative as possible toward Germany on the Oantig question. And. as at the time of Munich. Britain's attitude is a controling factor. After parliament adjourns (CONTINUED ON PAUB fOUR)

Attica Man Admits Attack And Murder Os School Girl On Golf Course Near Home

BRITISH HEAD DENIES PLANS FOR NAZI LOAN Chamberlain Denies New Appeasement Move Made To Hitler By joe Alex Morris tl'nlted Press foreign news editor! Great Britain sought today to escape from the shadow of any new appeasement move that might undermine the sternness of Europe's security front against aggression The resurgence of appeasement deliste developed as a result of,an informal ronference Is-tween R. 8. Hudson, secretary for overseas trade, and the skilled Nasi ecomimic expert. Dr Helmuth Wohlthat, who went to London ost*-nsl-Idly to talk alamt whaling but stayed to discuss whether Adolf Hiller would turn German industry from war preparations to peace time activities in return for an international loan. , Hudsons talk a i'h WohLb.it »i- <li“* .--• <! tty !’■ mt- Minnow Neville chamberlain hi the house of commons, where th*- cabinet leader denounced suggestions that Britain was attempting to make a hug*- loan to Hitler as the price of European peace He said the Hudson-Wohlthat talk was "not unusual." that it ivmcenied "finI ancial steps" to aid international recovery only in a vague way and that it did not in any way constitute an offer of a loan to tiermany. II- assured commons that the government was not considering any discussions designed to buy Hiller off His statement Indicated that Hudson wmildl keep his job. Chamlierlain. however already had been facing severe difficulties In the far east where Japanese claimed — in the face of British views to the contrary a victory in getting Britain to recognize that the Japanese army is operating tinder special difficulties tthat is. war conditional in North China and have the job of peace and order. That recognition was wanted by Japan to facilitate her operations, to require Britain to avoid aiding Chinese foes of the Japanese and l possibly to ciaqierate in Japan's 1 economic and financial program While Chamberlain insisted in the house of common* that tb* government sax in no way backing down in China, It sax obvious that the far eastern negotiations had added nothing to the cabinet's reputation for firmness and that i the Hudson-Wohlthat revobatbms had the makings of a political rumpus of the first order if the 'prime minister permitted any new ap|»*aaemetit trend in Europe “I still have the feeling that If ICONTINL'BII ON FAO I? FIVKI OPALKRUGHIS TAKEN BY DEATH Miss Opal Krutfh Dies At County Hospital Saturday Night Miss Opal Kruxh. 37, life-long resident of this CMMntliil'y, died Saturday night at S:3O o'clock at the Adams county memorial hospital. Death was attributed to cotnplica- ; tlons following dn extended illness. She was born in Blue Creek township Frtbruary «. 1902, the -'aughter of Charles A. a*id Rosa Merrlman-Krugh. Surviving are the father, the st< p-mother. and two sisters: Mrs. Gordon Atchesoti ami Mrs Lloyd Ahr. both of this city. She was ameniibi r of t'ae Methodist church of this city. Funeral derives will be held Tuendry afternoon at 12:3o o'clock at the homo and 1 o'clock at the church. The Rev. R. W. Graham will officiate and burial will be in the Decatur i cemetery. The body will be returned to the tegjdenee, corner Grant and Line : streets, this evening from the 8. H. Black funeral hotne and may be | viewed there until time for the I services.

PASTOR WRITES OF HIS SAFETY Preacher Kidnaped By Arabs May Be Released In Short Time Jerusalem. July 24 HJ.R>-- Gerold R Goldtter, Akron. <>.. preacher. reported In a letter today that he was in good health and spent most of hl* time playlug cards with the Arab retiels who kidnaped him Wednesday. The letter disclosed that Goldner was being kept In a dry well must of the tune, so that he would be safe from search parties. Ait unidentmed Arab called at Y. M. C. A. headquarters today and said he had mailed the letter from Bethlehem because be feared search by military patrols on the Jerusalem road. He was sent back at once with f*H>d for Goldner. who mentioned In his letter that he was tired of Arab food. A I. Miller, of Sioux City. lowa, general secretary of the Y. M. C. A. iwft for Bethlehem in hope ihat Goldner's safe release would lie iffected within a few hours. Goldtier's letter w*as addressed to his father. Dr. Jacob 11. Goldner of Cleveland, who suffered a heart attack Saturday because of worry and sleeplessness. Dr Goldner was induced to leave hi* le-d this t ‘tCONTINVED ON PAGE FIVE! $12,000 SUIT IS FILED HERE Damage Suit Is Venued Here Today From Allen County Court A suit has been filed lit Adams circuit court in which Leroy G. J.me* of Waterloo Is asking sl2.<"h> fur damages allegedly sustained in an auto accident north of Fort Wayne last year. Th** suit was vfuued hete from the Alien county circuit court. in his covnplalnt Jones demands the sum for injuries which be avers were sustained when a ca* '3 which h<» was riding, driven by Dennis I I'arquedt. was involved In a collison with an auto transport truck driven by Staley 8. Bmltb as the Mirtorcar Transport Company. . He charges u**gligvtvc»* and care*,csani*«s on the part of the defendant in negotiating a curve six miles north of that city at the time the wreck occurred on Muy I. 1938. He alleges he sustained Injuries to his back .hips. arms, ha ads and lacerations on his body and face. Ho avers he was working as a junior at a salary of 1100 per month previous to th- wreck and wa* an abledmdled healthy man, 63 years old After the wrack, he avers he w.>» unable to work and had to hire a man at the salary of ISO per month to do his work. He also complains that he had to spend large sums of money for snedica] supplies and doctor bills. beptenvlier 4 was set the re■urn date. Plan l't*tiv;il At St. John's Sunday The 8t John's Y. P. 8 will spon- ! xor a mid-summer festival Sunday . evening. July 30 at the St. John a Grove north of Deciitur on federal ■ road 27 Entertainment will bo furnished and refreshinenta will be served. Special music will also be presented The public Is invited to at--1 tend. Bays ( alls Meeting Os All Committeemen 1 IndiHiinpolls. July 24 — (U.P) — State chairman Fred Buys of the Democratic state committee today ‘ called a meeting of all county chairmen and vice-chairmen for 1 next Sunday in Indianapolis. This will lie the first organize--1 tlon meeting of the 1940 campaign ' and plana for waging a stiff campagin will be discussed. Bays said. 1 The chairmen and vice-chairmen 1 will he entertained at a luncheon. • Bays said. The state committee's 1 vaudeville nets, which are used at » political meetings throughout the 1 state, will be presented.

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(irvens Keeper, Father Os Three Children, Confesses To Brutal Attack-Slaying. STRANGLED GIRL l-afayette, Ind. July 24 —(UJW— Thomas Boyce, 27-year-old Attica greens keeper, today confessed the slaying of pretty Elizabeth De* Brulcker. Attica high school girl whose mutlliated body was discovered Saturday in a crude grave in a washout on the Harrison Hills country club golf course, officers announced. Prosecutor R C. Fenters announced that Boyce broke down and made an oral statement admitting he mistreated the girl and then strangled her after officers bad questioned him since Saturday night. Present when Boyce confessed tiesldes Fenters were deputy sheriff George Keller, and state policemen Paul Rule and Robert Bowman. Fenters said that Boyce broke down and cried aa he told how he met the girl <>n the golf course, enticed her into walking with hint to a secluded embankment on the golf course, then attacked her. strangled her and held her head under water. Because feeling was running high against him in Attica, he was rushed immediately to Indianapolis I and placed In the Marion county jail for safekeeping. A technical charge of manslaughter was to be tiled against him pending convening of the Fountain county grand jury in September. Boy<e told the officers, Fenters said, that he met the girl midway between the tee and the green on the sixth hole of the golf tourae about 1:30 or 2 p. m. Friday. After talking with her for a few minutes, he suggested that she accompany him to the nearby embankment. Bhe agreed to go with him Shielded from view by the em--1 bankment. Boyce then attacked the girl. Fenters said He became 1 frightened and decided he would have to do away with her. Boyce was quoted aa saying. He took the girl's red halt and wrapped it around her throat. She did not struggle much. Boyce told ib*- officer*. Then he stuck hey head under water and held it there until she was drowned. He then carried the body a few feet away and scooped out a shallow grave with his hands. He plated the body in the grave and scooped dirt and gravel over it, h*» told officer* Boyce denied using a shovel for digging the grave. He said that shovel marks found there were made last week by him. Before burying the girl, Boyce took her underclothes and handkerchief and placed them iu a rawing basket which she was carrying This sewing basket was a main factor in Btiyce's downfall for his fingerprints were found on the top of It last night, officers said. Th** basket had been guarded carefully until the prints were taken. Boyce was arrested by Fountain county Sheriff W H Ramsey und tCVNTINI'ED ON PAGE 9TVEI ARRESTED FOR PASSING AUTO Churubusco Man Arrested Near Here For Traffic Violation The first arrest on one of thd new traffic violations defined by the state legislature in its recent rr salon was reported today State Policeman Eart Warnot k arrested Jesse ‘H. Dlffendaffer of Chnrttlmsoo Saturday evening on g tlmrge of improper pass'.eg. Dlffendaffer was arrested be. cattse he passed an auto traveling Iti the same direction without being assured of 1W) feet Clearance from oncoming traffic. The new law makes suc'a passing a violation although the road may bo flat and straight where the passing occurs. It was revealed by Prosecutor Arthur E. Voglewade lu reviewing the new statutes. Dlffendaffer was to bo arralnged before John T. Kelley, justice of I the peace, this afternoon to anewer . to the charge.