Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 185, Decatur, Adams County, 7 August 1939 — Page 1

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KENNNETHBEER WINS CONTEST Kcrord Breaking Crowd Witnesses Horse Bull* ing Contest Before a record breaking crowd •st (mated nt alrout S.MtO persona, the county's best heavyweight horse pulling contest In history was held Saturday morning. It took a load of more than three tuns of cement blocks on a mud sled to eliminate the last of the three contestants. The track, which waa in g<a»d shape early Saturday morning, began to dry towards noon under the hot sun and made more surface tension and consequently mor<> difficulty for the horses to pull the heavy loads The unexpected Weights dragged by the teams caused the officials to nearly run out of cement blocks ' On the next weight. It would have - lieen necessary to "Weigh In” a man to sit on top the blocks as an extra load. It waa a photo-finish between the two top contestants. Kenneth Beer, with a team weighing 3.700 jMiunda. and Glen Myers with a team tipping the beam at Moo pounds Beer’s lighter team finally pulled a weight of ( Soo pounds nine feet, seven inches, to win Ito and first place Glen Myers’ team pulled the same weight nine feet.: one inch, six Inches behind the winner. However, it t«mk a ruling <>f the judges to determine the winner as the Heer team stepped on the out of bounds top,- in his record breaking pull The judges ruled that the team did not step over the rope and that stepping on It did not constitute a foul. Myers won |3S. The "dark horse" of the pulling contest was a white mare which waa teamed up with a sorrel and waa owned and driven by Louis Haines This team weighed only 1 3.1(0 pounds and au<-<-e.-d»-d In pulling more than twice ita weight or (.380 pounds, eight feet and eight Inches The white mare waa one of the best “pullers" ever seen at a local contest and "layed down and stretched out" to pull unbelievably heavy weights. The team made two pwlls to ns twe* nrremr* | and then the owner voluntarily | withdrew It rather than risk straining his plucky little team.' which, although the lightest lu the (CONTINUBD Ofet PAGte FlVBj LOSS IS NOTED IN VALUATIONS Nearly $200,000 Loss In Utilities Valuation In County — A list of the 1*39 valuations of utilities In the county aa received In the county audltor'a office to- | day from the state tax hoard dis- | closed a net loss of *196,017 County officials were preparing to make a trip to Indianapolis Tuesday In au effort to learn If the valuations aa made by the Mate tax hoard are In error. A compilation of the valuations shows that utilities In each of the taxing units of the county show a definite loaa. ranging from I*! up •o *42.710. despite numerous Improvements believed to have lieen made. only three utilities In the county showed a boost In their valuation for the year These three were the Preble Telephone Company, thi United Telephone Company and the Hallway Express company. Biggest losses were shown by the Chicago & Erie railroad, the Indiana Service Corporation, th* Pennsylvania Railroad and th* NYC * St. Louis railroad. The total losses were *1*6.7611 and the total gains only *761. thus giving the let loss of (1*6,017. Following la a Hat of the taxing unlta, the I9ig valuation and the t*to valuation: Vnlt Iggy )940 Blu* Creek *39.173 *31.339 French 45.1193 41.909 Hartford 37.941 JB . JM 9 Jefferson 9.945 9.340 Kirkland .. .... 219.919 309.947 Me»nr<w 237.3(7 313.297 Koo< 36*.6.33 331.990 Hi. Mary's.... 496.*91 4(0.376 Vnto " 7.302 7.220 «CONTINt?EI> ON PAGIO FtVK> 0 Church Treasure Hunt Postponed One Week Tha. Young People's Treasure Hunt, which wins to be held at the "Irzt United Brethren chuich Friday evening has been postponed one week. Hephus Jacksen, Helen Bheeta and Allien Porter are tha vommlttea in chargs.

Soviet Chiefs to Three-Power War Parley 9L' ——- _ AH % w ' r fe..« 1 F .-V- * /.4 « t Three of the five highly placed Soviet war chiefs meeting the French and British milltarv mission. 1.. gimve Left. I. General Bort. M Bhapoahklnov. chief of staff l" K "menti Voroshilov. Hovlet comtnissai for war; and right. Admiral Nikolai G Kuznetsov commissar of the na?v t" diwew” oatrdlnallote of the fight Ing forces of their countries In the event of war (

FAIR IS CLOSED SATURDAY NIGHT Annual Free Street Fair Marked Entire Week With Crowds Decatur was near normal tods’ after a week of noise, ar.usosnen* end hilarity during the annual Deca'nr Free Street Fair and Agricul'ural Show, which closed Sunday sight. The week was marked by some of the largest crowds erer to attend the Decatur tteir, with the midway still well filled when activities ceased at midnight Saturday night. Promptly at the stroke of midnight. workmen with the rides and shows and operators of concessions' .darted the arduous task of tearing' down what they had s« npeg(y •» f night* previously. . fly dawn, practically sll stands were down and the city Creel department was busily enraged In cleaning the streets of resultant d>*bria and a sow hours later fe v vestiges of the fair remained. Fair officials and directors of the Chamber of Commerce, sponsor if the annual event, pronounced tho 1»39 fair a success In every departrient. Particular ptalse was beard over the splendid arrangement vt the livestock shows and the exhibits of industries and farm machinery and eulpment. located on the Schmitt field for the first time this year. * Large crowds visited tbs horse and cattle show and the 'industrial displays throughout the week and the horse pulling contes s Friday and Saturday drew the largest numoer of persons ever to wpness such contests in this county. No serious accidents nor disorders marred the city’s biggest event.) (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIV«) ARRESTS MADE OVER WEEKEND Drunken Driving, Keek* lets Driving, Intoxication Filed A series of arrests over the weekend resulted In a "full bonsv” at the county jail. Sheriff Ed M.iler reported thia morning. Rudy Velasques, of Scot* Ohio is being held on a charge of driving; while under the Influence of into*’eating liquor following his arrest by 1 Officer Russell Prior of the state police. He was arrested on federal; road 234. east of Decatur Edward Pohl, of Delphos. Ohio, was also arrested near the same place hy Officer Prior on a charge of reckless driving. He was charged with passing two cars on the curv*J just east of the city limits. He pos*ed a 118 appearance bond Walter Stoll, of Fort Wayne route seven, was arrested by State Patrolman John Morgan on a charge of driving while under the Influence of Intoxicating liquor and Walter V. Magner of Bluffton, route four, was arrested by Officer Truman ISerle on a like charge. -Herb Louche, of this city, was also lodged in Jail, following his arrest by Officer Roy Chllcote on t charge of public intoxication. i Most of the offenders were expected to be arraigned in court late 1 today. I 1

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None Injured In Auto Accidents Two cars were Involved In a minor accident on Fifth and Monroe I rtreeta this morning. No serious damage was reported. A party of colored persona from Fori Wayne , also escaped unhurt Sunday morning when the car in watch they were riding sideswiped a truck nnr the traffic light on North Second street. Sheriff Ed Mlllpr luvestlgated the latter accident, while Officer Russell Prior conducted the inves-' t Uta Hon this morning MUST APPROVE MEDICAL EXAM Decatur Postmaster Likely To Ke Selected In 60 Days Washington. D. C„ August 1— (WNBI— With competition for the Decatur post mastership narrowed to three candidates, the poetoffice denartment said today that tbs I oatmaster will be selected within <0 days The three favored candidates at Decatur, are. Joseph C. Laurent. Leo W. Kirsch, and Mrs. Lxtla P. Macklin, who were certified by the eivil service commission to ths postoffice department a* the highest ranking candidates on the basis of the examination tor the job. The post office department has asked the aid of advisors on CMpltol Hill In determining which of these persons will be the next postmaster at Decatur, although under civil service rules the department leservea the right to make Its own selection Il Is almost certain, off'cials sal J. that the postmaster will be chosen from among the three candidates. I 'hough it is possible that the candidates first selected may not be I the one finally selected. Before the "chosen" eat be plac-I-d on the senate nomination Hat. ' hiwever. the departmen* must obtain a medical certificate, a fingerpr'nt chart, and a persona; history (CONTINVRD UN PAUK~Mxi G. E. Employes To Meet Tuesday Night The (lenenal Electric Employes Association -will meet Tuesday evening at 7 o'clock In the rooms above the Dully Democrat office. Th*- members are invited *.o attend. — 1 0- ' " ■ Regular Lions Club Meet Tuesday Night The program st the regular meeting of the Decatur Lions club Tues day night will be In charge of phit Bauer. Mr. Sauer has promised sn Interesting address by a good speaker. “ 1 - " -~o Final Band Concert Here Tuesday Night The last of the free summer concerts will be given by the Decatur high school band Tuesday night at h o'clock on the court house ramp, tinder the direction of Albert Bellenteryer. F*nd practice will be reld tonight at 7 o'clock in the Junlor«enInr high school building. Thia wUI also be the final practice before the band goes to the Jay county fal<Trfday. All members are t'rged to attend. t

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STAGE MANHUNT SUNDAY NIGHT I State And County Authorities Stage Hunt For Alleged Rohber i - ■| The biggest manhnnt in recent ( years eras staged last night southeast of Herne, as sheriff's agentsfrom two counties and a squad of state police officers surrounded a farm In that vicinity In an effort to capture a grand larcency suspect. John Hlestand. 71. who has been charged with stripping an auto be j longing to John Boice of Geneva of all Its accessories, was the object of the search. Officer Russell Prior of th# state police force and Sheriff Ed Miller ' went to the Buffy Reichert home, three and one-half miles east and one and one-half miles south of Berne, where Hlestand was stay Ing. with a warrant for hla arrest Neighbors reported seeing Hle- ' stand fleeing through a corn field ' at the rear of th.- farm, as the 1 local authorities pulled n p In front State Officers Truman Blerle. j Earl Warnock. Grannon and Merkel • were called In to aid In the search. 1 as well as David Dubach. Berne i town marshall, and a posse, latter 1 Sheriff Charles Immel of Jay Coun- ■ ty and a posse with bloodhounds I joined In. The hunt kept up for approxl--1 mutely five hours through corn-' • fields and woods In that vicinity, I ' Hlestand. however, made good his ■ escape and about I o'clock this ' morning Sheriff Miller and Officer : Prior returned i The bloodhounds led the posse through the heart of the thickets In that vicinity, hut lost the trail i after a several hours' chase. Officers feel assured that Hle(CONTINineD ON PAGB FIVRA ‘ FIRST AUCTION SESSION HELD Reppert School Os Auctioneering Is Opened Today i - 1 A total of 44 students had eni rolled tn the Fred Reppert School ; of Auctioneering at an early hour • today, and a number more were ( expected hefore the close of the , day. The school opened this morning , with preparatory work for classes, i ( which are to be held dally at the ■ classrooms in Belmont park for ( the next three weeks. Col. Fred Reppert supervised thro gist rat loti of the students and made preparations for the open- 1 Ing. The first of the public auction sales will be hold Saturday afternoon. Following la a complete list of the students who were enrolled ; this morning: Arthur C. Allen. Jr.. Fort Collins. Colorado: Lyle Aegerter. Seibert, Colorado; Gery Boyce. Wallkill. New York: James H Blease. Bar ney. Georgia: Lentle Beck. Sikeston. Missouri; Donald Bailey. Wil- . mlngton. Ohio; L. A. Brown. Lynchburg. Ohio; Ralph Bender. Uhriche- , vllle. Ohio; Dennis Bloom. Streator. Illinois; J. H. Blakemore, Irving, Kentucky: Raymond Berkley, Pay- , no. Ohio; Harvey L Boudreau.; 1 tCONTINUBD ON PAGO JflVO) |

Former Governor Leche Os Louisiana Is Indicted By Federal Grand Jury Today

TWO CONVICTS 1 ARE HELD AS TRAIN ROBBERS Escaped Federal Convicts Are Nahhed Today By Village Cop Momence. 111., Aug. 7—(UP)—A 1 viHage constable making h's night--1 ly rounds early today captured two ■-scaped federal convicts whose desclptions were said to ta'.ly with 'hose of two bandits who escaped after an abortive attempt to steal a •5(.ooo U. S. payroll from a main train last week. Constable William Bukowski hr•■ested Gerald Montague. 21. Kankakee. 111., and Walter Smith. 22. Cincinnati, Ohio., at a tourist cssnp when he discovered their automobile was on the "reported stolen" UM. He said the men adm?.ted they • scaped guards on a prison train carrying them from the Federal penitentiary at Atlanta to the L« wlwburg. Pa . Prison July 26. Two of three men who tried to bold up an Klionls Cen'ral train . JuLy 31 escaped and a third was shot by mall clerks and captured , Deputy sheriffs Gene Ln Fontaine and Walter Bauer of Kankakee county questioned the men. They said the description of the fugitive train rtddwra in foldi'-s sent itmt by the federal bureau of investigation tallied with the prisoners. Chief postal inspector A A. Imus at tTik-ago dispatched inspector Cecil Gant to question the prisoners. Itakowskj’a suspicion was aroused by different license plates on tho front and rear of the car at a tourist camp. He called two depntte* and seized the men while they slept. He said they told him they had (CONTINUBO ON PAGB nVK) TRAFFIC TOLL : HIGH IN STATE Weekend Traffic Toll In Indiana Heavy; At Least 14 Die 'By United Press Fourteen persons died In Indiana automobile accidents In traffic and over the week-end as a result of more than a score were injured, a survey showed today Harold "Nick" Bohnert, 21. of Jasper, died early today In a hospital at Washington of a skull fracture and crushed chest lie received yesterday afternoon during a "jalopy" race at Peten' >rg. Frank Watson. 39. colored, died in an Indianapolis hospital of injuries received When he was struck by an automobile a week ago. Anthony Paur. 6(. of Gary died hi a LaPorte hospital aa the result of Injuries received in an accident last Thursday Floyd Klinger. 44. died at Ufayette of injuries received when he was struck by an automobile. Frank Halley, 30, of Oakland City, was killed In a collision there. Herschel Edwards. 40. of Bed ford, was kill*-*! Instantly early Bunday morning when the car In which he waa riding was struck by a fast Monon freight train nt u grad* crowing 10 miles southeast <»• Bedford Clyde Burge of Mitchell. the driver. Mrs. Edwards. Ted t'asada of Oolitic. Mias Dorothy Turley and Mrs. Lena Ford, also of Mitchell, were injured In the (I'ONTtNI'ED 08} PAOW FIVE~ CommiMionen Meet In Monthly Session Allowing of bills Mid other roufine business opened the regular monthly meeting of the Adams ounty board of commissioners today. K. Os C. To Inntall New Officers Tonight Newly -elected officers of the !>• catnr council. Knights of Colombui,. will ta Installed tonight In ths meeting, which opens at * o'clock. Cornelius Ge Im er I* tn be Installed aa grand knight of the order. All ( members are übged to attend.

SOLONS LEAVE WASHINGTON AS CONGRESS ENDS Republicans Fire Parting Shot At Administration Heads Washington. Aug 7— (UJD — Republican congressmen fired a parting shot at the Roosevelt administration today In a review of th* first session of the 76th congress which adjourned Saturday night. In a formal statement, house minority leader Joseph W Martin. Jr. R.. Mass, said that the “era of rash and reckless experimentation la ended." He pledged the Republican members of congress to continue to fight for “fundamental Americanism." Republicans, he said, would battle "new deal socialism at every step of the road." because "America again is seeking the paths of orderly progress under law." While senators and congressmen hurried from the capital. President Roosevelt reviewed the work of congress with his senate leader Alben W. Barkley. D., Ky„ at a White House luncheon yesterday. Later, he talked by telephone to speaker William II Bankhead and house majority leader Sum Rayburn. D.. Tex “I feel sure that congress will be In a different mood when it returns and after Ita members have talked to the folks back home." said Barkley, who fought In vain for enactment of the administration's lending bill and ita neutrality program Martin ■listed 14 “accomplishments under the banner ot honest Americans by Republicans" In cooperation “with the real Democrats" Among them were: Rejectlm of the lending bill, scrapping of the neutrality pro gram, tax revision to aid business, social security reviskm. enactment of the Hatch “clean politics" bill, passage of a house resolution providing for a congressional Investigation of the national labor relations board, rejection of power to raise the national debt limit above the existing statutory ceiling of *45.000.<MM).0(M1. and defeat of a proposal to spend more money | “on the crackpot" Florida ship csnal. "The people of the United States are tired of hit-or-miss government,” Martin said. “The country wants to get out of the red. and liack to work. It wanta to try honest bookkeeping, honest poll-' tics and honest Americanism for a change." The coalition of Republicans and conservative Democrats, which was responsible for most of the defeats suffered by the administration during the seven-month session. was th* target of a sharp attack delivered by Sen Claude Pepper, D. Fla. new dealer, in tCONTtNL'KU ON PaGM Fl'te) BERNE NATIVE DIES SUNDAY Mrs. Albert Hazen Dies Sunday In Alexandria, Virginia Word has been received tn Berne or the death ot Mrs. Florence Hazen. 39. of Alexandria, Virginia, lit u hospital In that city. She had been 111 a short time with pneumonia. Mrs. Hszeu was well known in Berne and Adams county, having been born In Bern*, th* daughter ■if Mr. and Mrs. John Rchrer. She attended the Berne schools and resided In that city until about 10 years ago. At the time of her death h< r husband. Albert Hazen, was employed In Washington. D. C. and < omznuted between hla home an I Washington. Mrs. Hssen Is survived by the hitsl*nd, the mother. Mrs. Emi'y Rhorer, of Fort Wayne, a daughter Marcella, aged 10. and two brothers and two sisters The body Is to be removed to Columbia City, where funeral aervices will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Smith funeral home. Burial will be at Co I uni- | bis City. ■ •■ I—ill ’

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I*eche And Three Others Named For Conspiracy To Defraud The U. S. j Government. ' TAX EVASION New Orleans. Aug. 7— <UJD ■— ' Former governor Richard W. Leche today was Indicted on federal charges of conspiracy to violate the Connally hot oil act and with conspiracy to defraud. The federal government also indicted three other persona high In the state political and oil cir- , des. Lwhe. whom the late U. S. senator Huey Long called "jug head." waa charged with conspiracy to . violate the Connally hot oil act and with conspiracy to defraud the United States In a (149.000 commission deal in November and De- , cernber. I*3(. 11 Indicted with him In one of three Indictments returned were Seymour Weiss, former treasurer of the Long organisation; President Freeman W. Burford of the East Texas Refining company at Dallas. Texas, and the Refining company Itself Weiss and Leche were accused of getting ,67.000 each out of the deal In a second indictment today Weiss waa charged with income tax evasion of approximately *30.000 tn 1936. allegedly includ- , Ing funds from the hot oil tranl taction. The third indictment charges U'etsa and Louis Leeage. suspendI ed former assistant to the preel- . dent of Standard Oil company ot . Louisiana, with conspiracy to ■ evade payment on Weiss' income, i Assistant United States attorney . general O. John Rogge, commissioned by his boas to "return honor. justice and democracy to Louis- . • iana.” conferred all night with hla j aides. Rogge returned by airplane . from Washington last night. He tCONTINUKH ON PAGW FIVE* JOHNSON LEADS KENTUCKY VOTE Lieut. Gov. Keen Johnson Leading For Governor Nomination Louisville, Ky . Aug. 7 —(UJO— Lieut. Gov. Keen Johnson, supported by the American federation ot labor for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination, held a lead ot nearly 13,000 votea over John Young Brown, congress of industrial organizations candidate, aa tabulation of ballota from Saturdays primaries was resumed today. The outcome of their contest will decide snother test of the political strength ot John L. Lewis, CIO president. He endorsed Brown, an attorney for bis United Mino Workers affiliate in Kentucky, to defeat Johnson, who. In sddltlon to his AFL support, was backed by Goc. A. B (Happy) Chandler and the state Democratic organization. The contest overshadowed others In both Democratic and Republican primaries Under Kentucky Isw counting of votes ceased st midnight Saturday until today. The last unofficial returns from 1.149 of the state's 4.320 precincts gave Johnson 94,977. snd Brown. 72.994. Charles D. Abnett, Louisville, secretary of state, and Ulysses G. Foster. Le Junior, other Democrat,ic übernstorlal candidates, were out of the running. Bin the Republican gubernatorial contest, circuit judge King Rwope. Lexington, held a 3.000 vote lead over hla closets rival John 8. Coop--1 er. Somerset. L. O. Smith, mayor I of Harland, and G. Tom Hawkins. Praise, had dropped far behind. Re i turns from 39* preclncta gave • Swope 24.367. and Cooper 16,0(2 1 The ele«'tl<te was one of the quietest In Kentucky In years and i - (CONTINUED ON PAGE NIX) ®- TKMPERATURK readings DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER 9:00 am... 76 2:00 p.m...79 1 10:00 a.m. 77 1:0* p.m ..*o Noon 7* 1 —— WEATHER Mostly cloudy, thundershowers tonight and probably In ■ north portion Tuesday mornlog; slightly warmer.