Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 174, Decatur, Adams County, 25 July 1939 — Page 1

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No Meeting Os Boy Scout* This Week The weekly meeting of Deeatnr H«v s*ix>i»t», Afheduled tor Wedn««div afternoon, will not be held tomorrow. Sylveeter Everhirt, *cout conmlMlonrr, announced today. The board of review will meet at the Central achool building Friday rvenlng at 7 o‘eiock taetcad ot Monday, bwauae of the opening of the Street Fair. A court at boni or will be held at the coneluaion ot -the board meeting. TRUSTEE GIVES COST ESTIMATE ■LI.,. Washington Township Trustee Estimate Cost Os Belief In a written statement leaned to the Dally Itemoerat. John M Doan, truatee of Waahington townahip. In which Decatur ta located, eatlmat•*d that a poor relief levy of 4S to r.o centa on the sloo would be ne- < eaaary for townahlp purpoaea next year. Mr. I Sian'a tabulated atatement on the numbet of poor relief caaea ahowa 13<t for June I>3>. compared to IOS In June 193 s and 5» in June 1937. Ilia atatement followa: "The atate law requirea that each Township Truatee aubmit to the County Auditor, on Budaet Form No. 7. prescribed by the State Board of Accounts, an estimate of the poor relief requirements for the coming year. "We have carefully gone over our records for the past three years, beginning July 1.19 M. up to and Including June 30. 1939. and find that we have had a steady increase in poor relief, both in cases handled and expenses Incurred. except during a period In 1937 when general business and labor conditions were much better. At that time the W’ashlngton Township case load averaged about 60 cases and I*"" or *9OO a mouth expense. as in October of that year the minimum case load was 45 famines A general decline in business had Started by Sspleiuber 1, buf”dld not affect the relief load here until November, when the case load jumped to 73, December. 98, January, 47<. February. 178. It gradually decreased again until employes of the former Krick and Tyndall Company and the Decatur Cooperage Company bad drawn their unemployment compensation insurance In June of that year we were down to a case load of 100. but July atarted an increase, showing a maximum of 313 families in both February and March of 1939. "In making estimates for another year's requirements we find It very difficult to know just what to expect in the way of the number of laborers on WPA. as the National appropriation was cut about 40%. "At a meeting with Mr. Hayes. Wayne Township Trustee of Allen County, and several other trustees. Forrest Woodard, District supervisor of WPA. stated that the new Belief Law. effective January 1. 1940. provides that all sponsoring units of WPA Projects must ( provide tn their budgets now being prepared, sums equal to 25% of the total project coats; for example. If the county road project or the city newer, street and alley projects are not properly financed by the sponsoring units to operate another year the WPA ProtCONTINVKD ON PAO» FIVE) ~ SWINDLE PLOT IS ATTEMPTED Old Mexican Swindle Scheme Attempted On Berne Resident A reoccurrence of the age-old swindle scheme, so prevalent three years ago. has been reported In Heme John C. Roldnwr. of Berne. Is the latest person who reports having received a letter from a purported prisoner of the Mexican government. « The letter offers Mr Soldner a one-third share In a fortune of *285.000, which Is "inside a trunk being held by custom officials." All that Is necessary, according to the letter, for Mr. Soldner to "share In the fortuue." is for him to go to Mexico and lift the embargo expense on the trunk. The scheme was branded a I "swindle" three years ago when residents of Preble township reported receiving the letters. The letter was mailed from Tampico. Tampa. Mexico purportedly through a Mexican named Jaun Berrallonga, who Is supposed to be aiding the prisoner, u Mr. |"L."

WORLD POWERS I ‘ MAKE BOAST OF | WAR READINESS 11 , Fear Os New Troubles In August Cause Concern In Europe By Joe Alex Morris tVnlted Press foreign news editor) The world's big powers boasted of their preparedness for war today With the fear of new International troubles In August still cauai Ing concern In European capltala, developments Included: 1 Navy commissar admiral N. O. Kuxnetsov of Russia declared In a navy day speech that the Bovlet a now have more submarines than any other power In the world and more than the combined underwater fleets of Germany and - Japan, which probably possess 300 such craft. 3 —Two hundred and forty Brit ish bombing planes and hundreds of French fighting craft joined In: unprecedented war maneuvers over France on the 30th anniversary of Louis Bleriot'a flight' across the channel. 3 —The German submarine fleet went through mass diving demon- , st rat ions In the Baltic, with all except the flotilla of a fleet of, 71 underwater craft participating Berlin prepared for air raid urill I *-- The second naval squadron - of the Italian fleet sailed westward ' from Rhodes to join the seventh squadron for Italian maneuvers in . the Mediterranean. The unusual demonstrations of. preparedness, to be followed by ' German-Italian maneuvers near i the French frontier in northern Italy, came by coincidence or otherwise immediately after British prime minister Neville Chamber-1 lain formally had disavowed ■ efforts of his overseas secretary. R S. Hudson, to sound out informally the attitude of Nail circles tCONTINL’EP ON PAGM FIVE)~ ARRANGE PLANS FOR PET PARADE I’et Parade To Be Feature Os Tuesday Os Decatur Fair Week Detailed plans for the second annual Pet Parade, to he held Tuesday afternoon. August 1. as one of 1 1 the features of the Decatur Free Street Fair and Agikullurti Btow. wore made at a meeting of the committee In charge Monday evening. The Pet Parade will be blid down the fair midway at 4 o’clock Tuesday afternoon. All children of the county, under ' 14 years of age. are eligible to enter their pets in the patade. This affair is sponsored Jointly ty the fair association and the reJcrtatlon department. George F. Laurent and Sylvester Evcraart are joint chairmen of the event. The children, with their pets, all gather In the jail yard not later than 3:M o'clock Tuesday in order that thl parade may be atarted promptly at 4 o'clock. Signa will bo placed about the yard designating ' the meeting place for the different *ypes of pets. The parade will move north on F.rst street to Jefferson, then west’ I s.iomi n.oOi on tha midway II to Jackson, urhere It will oisband. Tne block between Jacksm and Marshall streets will be used for ( dietrlbutlon of the scores of prises ' to be given the winning con eatanta. The parade will be Juided by the Decatur Girls band, directed by Albert Seliemeyer. Boy Scodta and I Cub Scouts will aaalst with lining i up the kiddles and their pets and i along the line of march. Misaea Jeanette Wlnnca and Zula Porter are cochairmen In ; charge of the judging and obtainI mg the prises. Workers have been provided by the Tri Karpa. Pal lota XI. Delta Theta Tau and Eta > | Tan Sigma sororities. Judges will be Veronl'*a Linn. Jeanette Holtbouse. Gladys Chami ■ tCONTINt’KD ON PAGE HIX) ’ 0 Transient Admitted To Local Hospital Harry Crohn, a transient, who was found lying along the road between Berne and Decatur last week was admitted to the Adams county memorial hospital today for i treatment. He had been treated st n Bertie physician's office when first found suffering from a heart i' ( ailment.

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Decatur, Indiana. Tuesday July 25, 1939.

Victim, Confessed Killer - \ ■ f | — T‘W , J Thomas Boyce Elizabeth Oe Bruicker State police and authorities at Attica. Ind . asserted that Thomas Boyce. 27 year-old country club greens keeper, had made an oral confession to the slaying of 11-year-old Elisabeth De Itrulcker.

ECONOMY BLOC SHELVES BILL Administration And Economy Bloc Join Forces Against Bill • ——— Washington. July 25 — (U.R) — The administration and the senate economy bloc joined forces today 1 and shelved a bill that would have I authorised many new rivers, harbor and flood control projects* The senate commerce committee had increased the bill from the house-approved total of 1X3.545.100 Its 1407000.000 Chairman Joseph W. Bailey. I)., ' X. C.. said that the committee de- • ' < Ided in an emergency session to I refuse the bill a special order and that it could pass at this session only by unanimous consent. "It was the concesus of the com--1 mlttee. called In special session," ' Bailey said, "that it would be bet-J i ter not to bring the bill up at this session " Speaking individually. Bailey commented that '1407.mxt.000 is en- I tirely too much to authortie in , view of the condition of the tress- { ury He said the move to shelve the ; bill developed after "a conference with Mr. Barkley t Senate majority l-ader) made It appear that bringing up of the 1407.000.000 bill at this time would not be encouraged by the administration." The senate committee had added approximately 5S projects to the house bill, which provided for only 70. A doxen of the added projects averaged 520.000.000 each. Views Vary Washington. July 25 — (U.R) — President Roosevelt's senate leader opposed him today on a plan to tax the securities the government will Issue to finance the new lending program. But a consistent op(CONTINUED ON PAG* rtVB) F, 0. R. RETURNS TO WASHINGTON Political Partnership With James A. Farley Still Intact Washington. July 25—(UP)—Preindent Roosevelt returned to the 'rpital today for the windup of congress with his political paitnerahlp with postmaster general James A. Parley still intact but not publicly Insured against future rupture, j He motored to the Whlt-r House *.o confer with rhe house and senate majority leaders. Hap. Bam Ray- - burn, D.. Tex., and Senator AMten W. Barktey, D. Ky. The was expected to develop a full review of the legislative altuat'on and Mr. Roosevelt will learn nt first hand the prospects for administration bill in the adiourusnont rush. He will stay In Washing'on until congress leaves. A week end of speculation over the third term question anted In a* meeting between Mr. Roosevelt and Farley at Hyde Park and tn unliiumluatlng statement from the Pres I-' dent. Farley previously had Implied that the report of a thl-d term break hud been •'lnspired." It Is understood that some of Farley's asso(CONTINLBD ON PAUaroUK) *

Plea In Abatement Is Sustained Here Justice John T. Kelly sustained a plea in abatement, filed this morning by defense attorney. John L. Tie Voss In the labor account suit of Harold Donald against Howard Parr, betng heard In justice of peace court. Attorney DeVoas filed the plea on the grounds that the statute provides for the filing of a case with the nearest justice of peace when no such court is established In the township where the case arises. He contended that since the defeudsnt resided In Blue Creek township the case should have been taken to Berne, the nearest justice of peace court. H. R. McClenahan is attorney for the plaintiff. CONSERVATION EXHIBITS HERE ■ State Conservation Department To Have Exhibit At Decatur Fair • — Pair officials announced today I thet the state department of conservation will have an exeibit at the Decatur Free Street Fair and Agricultural Show next week. The ewMßrvatian exhibit will be located in the Industrial exhibit tent on the Schmltl field, directly east at the city along federal highway 324. Both the cattle and horse shows will also be located on this field. This exhibit has been obtalne-l through the cooperation of the Adems county fish and game conservation league, which hit one of the largest mesnl ershlps of any such league in Indiana. Definite information has not been oiitalbed on the exact contents of the conservation exhibit, but a varied display of aaln.als it expected. of the wtivltiea of the state conservation department will be given and Illustrated literature will be diatrtt>u;ed. A state game warden may be stationed at the exhibit and will be assisted by members of the Adams county league. — o — Senate Restaurant Damaged By Fire Washington. Juky >6—(TTPt—Fire which broke out In the kitchen of the senate restaurant In the United States capitol was qulck'y extinguished -early today after causing damage estimated at 1300 Eight pieces of fire apparatus were rushed to cspttol bill when smoke was discovered billowing front the capitol roof. A lu-mlnut > ."arch disclosed that a grease pot used for cooking potatoes, boiled over on an overheated stove which tparently had failed to turn of owing to a valve failure. Thn flames ignited debris i na soctl.-n of the ventilator. —- o - - MEET WEDNESDAY The board of directors of the Chamber of Commerce snd other street fair heads will meet at the office of John 1.. DeVoee Wednesday evening at 7 o'clock. This will be the final meeting before the opening of the fair next week and all directors and chairmen are asked to be present.

Ohio Clergyman Is Released By Arab Rebels On Payment Os $2,500 Ransom

CHARGE BOYCE i IN MURDER OF ATTICA GIRL Man Held Fo r AttackMurder Attempts T<» Repudiate Confession Attica. Ind . July 25- tUJO-R C - Fentera. Fountain county proaecu- ' tor. today prepared to charge . Thomas Boyce. 37-year-old greenskeeper, with murder In connection | with the slaying of pretty Ellxa- * beth De Brulcker. 11-year-old junior high school girl last week and Indicated that a special aeaaoln of the fcrand jury would be called to , consider voting an Indictment against him. Meanwhile. Boyce, held by state police in technical custody In the Marlon county jail, denied vigorously a confession made before Fentera. deputy sheriff George Keller of Fountain’county, and 1 two state police officers. "They're trying to pin It on me." he said. "I'm not going to talk until I see my lawyer. The man I want. If I can get him. is an Attica lawyer, but I haven't got In touch with him yet.” State police said that Royce refused to sign a written confession although a transcript of his verbal confession was offered him shortly - after he broke down In tears be- - fore his questioners and related i how he had attacked the girl and 1 strangled her. i Police asserted, however, that the confession was made before witnesses and that it would invalid whether he signed a written >document or not. The 11-year-old girl was attack- , ed and strangled Friday as she i walked toward the Harrison Hills , golf course where Boyce was em--1 ployed after leaving a 4 11 club sewing meeting. , Royce was arrested shortly after her body was discovered in a crude ; grave at the edge of the golf , course and confessed to the slay j Ing yesterday after hours of grillI lug by alate police and Fountain , county authorities. . Fenters announced his decision to file murder charges against the I caretaker immediately after a conference with Omer 8. Jackson, state attorney general. It was re1 ported that the complaint would : be filed In justice of the peace ’ court and that Royce would be ’ hound over to the grand jury. ' Don F. Stiver, superintendent of 1 atate police, said that Royce was held by them In "technical cueI tody” at the Marlon county jail ' Earlier It had b~en indicated that - he would not Ire returned to Foun- ? tain county until his trial. ' Antipathy toward him was still high here. Boyce was hastily re- ‘ '(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) _ STATE PROBES ■ JAIL SUICIDE I ■ 1 State Police Head Discount* Story Victim Was Beaten Indianapolis. Ind . July 25—(UPI )l —Don F. Stiver, superintendent of > state police, today said that an inI vestlgution Into the death of Sam- . net Goldstein. S 3. Indianapolis . jutrK dealer who committed suicide !n a Fort Wayne jail whe-e he wan ! held In connection with a series o7 ! northern Indiana thefts, would ne , tontlnued by two state pullremen. He discounted, however, charges ; by Dan C. FUnacnn. Fort Wayne I attorney that Goldstein was beat- , rn by state poßecmen who quea- . tlone him concerning the thefts, i He said he waa conv'nccd the , charges were Jwithout Imsls in ! fart." "Goldstein waa caught red-hand-ed." he asserted. "There would have been no reason f>r beating , him to obtain a confession had anyone desired to do to." Goldstein was charged with comI pllcity in thefts of copper wire from the -Indiana tall road at varied points In northern Indians Aaron Pearson, 31, John Harnish 35. an<l Paul Rogers. 32. all of Noblesville, I were charged with the thefts and j were held at Fort Waiyne

SUIT IS FILED FOR CONVERSION New Court Action In Taken In Mann-Singleton Affairs A suit for conversion and damages has been filed In the Adams circuit court by Ed B-rllng and Everett Singleton against Harol. Clifford. Wilson and Carl Mann. The suit alleged that the first named plaintiff, as receiver, leased real estate north of Decatur to the other plaintiff, with each to receive half of the crops dicing the years 1938 and 1940. The complaint allegea that the defendants wrongfully and unlawtn'ly entered the land an I combined 14 acres of clover, converting | the seed to their own use. The «eed value was estimated at 835 ti. The complaint further alleges that the defendants refused to comply with the demands of the plaintiff that they cease to combine. The complaint asks damages of *3tk>. The damage suit fol levs two criminal sulta, which zllecedly arose from a debate ove- owner- . ship of the land. Dario, Wilson and Cliff-rd Mana •ere recently flood *f> and costs earn on charges cf trexpars filed by Singleton, while a ciurge of ■;sealt and battery filed by Single ton against Clifford Mann is stilt tending. Mann pleaded rally to ths •stter charge, while the flrst conviction was appealed to circuit ■ court by the three men. September 4 la the return date on the damage suit. ADAMS COUNTY YOUTH IS OEAO Harry Schamerloh Dies This Morning Os Cerebral Meningitis Harry Schamerloh. 24. died thia morning at 4:10 o'clock at the Adams county memorial hospital. Death was caused by cerebral meningitis following an illness of five weeks. His death waa the first attributed to that cause In recent years in this vicinity. He was stricken five weeks ago after returning from a vacation trip. Nchamerloh waa bom in Union township March 26. 1915. the son of Mr. and Mrs Adolph Schamerloh He waa well known In the county, having played baseball for a number of years with the Union Acea. For the past three years he had been employed by the International Store here and worked part time at the Central Sugar company. He also worked at the state fair the past two years. He was a memlx-r ’of the Immanuel Lutheran church in Union township and lived his entire life In that vicinity. Surviving, besides the parents are a brother. Arthur of Fort Wayne, u sister. Margaret at home and a brother. Frederick, also at home. Mrs. William Schamerloh and Mrs Fred Rultemeler. both of this county, his grandmothers, also survive. Funeral services will he held Thursday afternoon at 1:W o'clock <i Sfi at the home and l;3<» o'clock at the church, with the Rev. M. J. Frosch officiating. Burial will Im* In the church cemetery.', The body will be returned to the residence from the Zwick funeral home Wednesday afternoon and may be viewed there until time for the funeral. Granddaughter Os President Bettor Fort Worth. Tog. July 35—TUP) — Ruth Chandler Roor»velt, 5, tnanddauahtor of President Roosevrlt, was "doing nicely" today in Memorial hospital where the was treated for a slight brain concussion caused Indlreeily by a goat. Hospital physicians said the Injury waa only "aibad bump" and that Ruth probably would be dlsrhurg'-d from the hospital within a few days. The goat waa one of seveial kept bv her father. Elliott Roosevelt, on his nearby ranch. While she and other children were playing with i' late yesterday It buttal her In the cheat. She fell, striking her. , head.

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Rev. Ge roti Id Goldner Os Akron, Ohio, Is Freed By Kidnapers After Six Days Held Captive. UNHARMED Jerusalem July 36 —(UP)— The R»v. Gerould Goldner, Akron. Ohio ’ clergyman, has been released by i Arab bandits who kidnaped him for ransom .It waa announced tonight. Goldner had been held s*nce last Wednesday in the hills south of Jet* [ usalem by Arabs who dmnanded ' *2.300 ransom. The ransom waa sent tn the kidnapers through an emissary after intricate negotiations. Goldner was back la Jerusalem ' tonight, unharmed but appearing exhausted. He was reunited with ’ his father, the Rev. Jacob Goldner ; cf Cleveland, Ohio, who arranged the ransom. | Young Goldner was kidnaped ' when returning with bls father ' from a visit to a monastery south of Bethlehem last week. They were 1 traveling on donkeys when accosted by a Bedouin, who later was ' Joined by 10 other desert bandits. The fact that they wert Americans was beloleved to have been a factor in saving their lives. The father was released, and with ' his donkey boy. returned to Bethle- ' hem to raise the ransom, which orb g.nally was set for *s.oei Later it ' was stated that an Arab emissary contacted the kidnapers carrying ’ *2.500 tn silver which Dr. Goldner ‘ saM he was able to raise with the ' aid of contributions from his parishioners in Ohio. ‘ o “Duke” Stoops Marks ♦isth Year As Printer The Petersburg Press prints an | article about M. Me C. “Duke" | Stoops, former newspaper publisher :ird a former postmaster of that T-lace. celebrating his 68'h year aS . a printer. The news item reads: "It was on the 14th day of July 1871. that he did his first day a work In a print shop in Decatur. The paper was the Decatur Herald i and It lasted jut a week and five 1 days.” The stride states that Mr. Ma stoops has always maintained hit lover for the printer’s trade and ard the newspaper busino>'4. Retiring from the weekly newspaper field several years ago. Mr. 510 • Sloops was named poetmarter of Pcterabutg. at would not be surprising to see Mr. McStoops visit Decatur during fair we«4c, as he has seldam missed one of the annual events. — —" o Girls’ Band Movie At Adams Theater Tickets for the “Kid from Koko mo" a movie at the Adams theater Friday and Saturday, sponsored by the Decatur Girls' band will go on sale Wednesday morning. It wag erroneously announced be’ote that ihe show will be staged at the Cort theater. Tha girls will get their tickets thia evening. JUSTICE KELLY ISSUES FINES One Man Fined On Two Counts; Other For Improper Plmtaf John Roaseranan was given twd fine* in John T. Kelly’s Justice of peace court here thia morning wh»n he pleaded guilty to two charges arising out of an auto »c c<dent. ' Bosserman wase rtiarg-d with reckleus driving and letvng the tcene of an accident following x • fresh July 22 on federal highway • 27 norlh of Decatur. Tho charges were filed against • Bosserman after Edwin Booth, driv. ■ or of the other car involve) In th» crash, signed the affidavits. Justice Kelly fined Bowerman i IS and costs on each count Officer I Truman Bierie of the state police ’ made the arrest. Jesse H. Dtffendaffer of Churn- : busco. who was arrested bv Officer Bierie for improper passing under I the new statute was fined *1 and i coats by Juatlce Kelly late Monday i He was arrested for passing an ‘i auto without 100 feet clearance I from approaching traffic.