Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 219, Decatur, Adams County, 16 September 1931 — Page 1

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KEAN FLIERS REPORTED SAFE IN ALASKA

■orse And Cattle Parade Starts Today’s Fair Progran

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Vol. XXIX. No. 219.

Discuss Farm Problems & thw 4 tPStR J".. ■atfl’Ske. 4 '-I Bi < Mi h • WtiitiiM ■Bl *• - Stressing the need of an intensive campaign to build up strong county farm IMreaus and obtain appointment of more federal agents, the agricultural conference in Chicago admitted the importance of •arousing farmers to support co-operative principals. Among the furin leaders at the inerting were .lames C. Stone, chairman of the Federal Farm Board (seated). L. J. Taber, master of the National Grange (left) and Edward O'Neal, president of the American Farm Bureau.

OFFICIALS TO ATTEND MEET Mayor Will Head Local (ioroup To Municipal Convention Members of the city council. May . or George Krick. M. J. Mylott, sn I perintendent of the city- light and power plant and other city officials are planning to attend the annual I convention of the Indiana Municipal ! league at, Huntington Thursday i and Friday. Subjects of interest in the man agement of municipal plants will ' be discussed at the meeting. Members of the council and Mayor Krick aie planning to attend the break fast and roundtable discussion to he held Thursday morning at the ! LaFountaine Hotel. The operation of city light and ■ water plants the method of keep- , ing proper records and subjects of J general interest to city authorities ' in the management of municipal ; plants will receive much attention by the speakers on the program. Several prominent men are listed on the program. FOUR KILLED IN AIR CRASH — Passenger Plane Falls In California; Pilot, Three Passengers Die San Francisco, Sept. 16—tUP) — Four persons were killed today when a north bound air-mail plane fell into San Francisco bay while circling for an emergency landing. Oil and gasoline from the crippled motor spattered on the water, and caught fire, engulfing the wreckage in flames. The pilot and three passengers were trapped inside the capin. They were: Kirk Herre of the Seattle Star, Seattle, Wash.. F. I. Sheahan. and W. H. Bissel of San Francisco, both en route to Portland, and Ray i Boudreaux, the pilot. The plane, a United Air Lines ship making the regular early morning run to Seattle, took off shortly before 4 A. M. Boudreaux apparently ran into immediate difficulties, for the plane was heard returning (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) o Accepts New Position Miss Isabelle Odle today started work as secretary of the local branch of the Franklin Security Co. Miss Odle will take the place of Mrs. Bertha Sowers who resigned.

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Mexican Is Held Indianapolis, Sept. 16. —(U.R) — Thomas Alameda, alias Alwmeid. 25. a Mexican who aAmiUed having served a prison term for burglary. and who was under suspended sentence from Indianapolis •municipal court, today was held charged with shooting with intent to kill, resisting arrest, and vagrancy. after he allegedly tried to Km Patrolman John O’Brien. As the policeman stopped to question William Humphrey, 25, negro, • Louisville, his Mexican companion fired at O'Brien. The patrolman slipped on wet pavement and the bullet missed him. The two men ran. but were captured an hour later. JURY AWARDS PLAINTIFF SSO First Case of Present Term of Court; Was Suit On Note A jury in Adams circuit court late Tuesday night found for the plaintiff in the sum of SSO and $lO for attorney fees in the case of Jesse Schafer, et al, doine business under the name of Urban City garage vs. John Kaiser and wife, suit on note. The case consumed two day’s time to try and several bitter arguments by attorneys for the parties ensued. The defendant was alleged to have bought a truck from plaintiff later returned the truck without taking up a note for $250. It was the first jury case of the present term of court. A verdict was reached late last night. Other Court News American Security Co., has brought suit against Lawrence Williamson on note and foreclosure. Summons returnable September 30. o Judging Starts Today Judging in the Agricultural Department of the street fair, located in the Bowers building on Monroe street, was conducted today by Frank P. Hoopengardner of Ossian. The judging will be completed late this afternoon and winners in the various divisions will be announced Thursday, it was stated. There were 121 Adams County farmers who entered farm products in the exhibit, Avon Burk, superintendent. stated today, and a total of more than 600 products was entered. The largest exhibit is the apple division, and practically every var iety of apple Is on display. The Agricultural Department was closed to the public during the judging today, and will again be open to spectators after the awards are made.

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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, September 16, 1931.

LEHMAN TEAM WINS IN HEAVY PULL CONTEST Hundreds Watch Pulling Contests Held At Niblick Field MARTIN TEAM PLACES SECOND In the horse pulling contest lor teams weighing more than 3.000 pounds, Dan Lehman of Berne won first prize! when his team pulled the dynamometer 13 feet with a load equivalent to 10.258 pounds in the fourth round of the contest. His team weighed 3,390 pounds. Several hundred people watched the teams this morning. The event was staged on Niblick’s field, east of the Monroe street river bridge and was the second pulling contest in connection with the Decatur street fair. Eight teams entered the contest. Oscar Martin’s team weighing 3.645 pounds placed second wherf it pulled the machine eight feet 1 eight inches. The team belonging to Albert Teeple and Yost Bros., I placed third, pulling a load equivalent to 38,000 pounds, 13 feet, eight (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) MANY ENTRIES IN DAIRY SHOW II i Prizes For Herds Are Big Drawing Card For 1 Bigger Ow ners i! In the tents at the corner of . I First and Jackson streets you can 1 see the finest display of cattle ’ ever shown' here, 122 head and - "(his does not include the calf en- ■ tries l»y the clubs as in former - years. There are 37 head of Jerseys, 37 Guernseys, 25 Holsteins and 23 Ayreshires, this being the first, year that Ayreshires have been entered. This year also is the first time I that prizes have been offered for I herds, four cows or heifers and i the cattle on display would do Justice to a state exhibit. . , The judging will start early I' Thursday morning on the lot on tiorth Second street, just south of the Dr. E. G. Coverdale residence, where the cattle will be paraded I and the awards made. ’ (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) ) o DECATUR MA N‘S ; SISTER DIES 1 Mrs. Lillian Rorick, 45, Sister of Michael Sorg Expires Tuesday Mrs. Lillie Rorick, 45, of Fort Wayne, rural route No. 4 and sister of Michael Sorg of this city, ( died at 2 o'clock Tuesday morning at St. Joseph’s hospital after an illness of three days of thrombosis of a blood clot. She was a member of the St. Joseph’s Catholic church at Hessen Castle anid of St. Mary's Altar sodality there. Surviving are the husband. 1 Nathan J. Rorick, six daughters, > the Misses Catherine, Mary, Eve- ' lyn, Edna, Virginia Mae and Alberta Rorick; five sons, Robert, ) James, William, David and John. I (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) o France Funeral Is Held i Funeral services for Mrs. Mars garet France who died at the home • of an adopted daughter in Pleasant ! Mills, were held at 1:30 o’clock • (C. S. T.) at the Baptist church at Pleasant Mills, this afternoon. Rev. I Henry Day of Pleasant Mills offi- - dated and was assisted by Rev. A. i B. Brown, pastor of the Baptist > church of this city. Burial was in Decatur Cemetery.

Gives Line of March V. H. Aurand, chairman of the stunt and automobile parade to be held Thursday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock, today announced the line of march. The parade will form on North Fourth street, proceed to Marshall street, east to Third street south on Third to Adams street, east to Second street and then north on Second to Jackson street. Automobile dealers who will participate in the parade were notified today of the position they would have in the line of march*. The General Electric band will lead the parade. o POST OFFICE ROOF PLACED — Work of Putting Title On Roof Nearly Completed At New Site The work of putting the root on I the new Post Office building, Liberty Way. will be completed this weeit, Theodore Swimmer, superintenden of Anderson and Company, general contractors on the job stat- ’ ed today. Reeder and Sons. Indianapolis have the sub-contract for putting lon the tile roof. There was a little ' delay in going ahead with the job , this week because the government inspector found fault with the size , nails used in several rows of tile placed on the roof. The government specifications call for a copper one and three-1 fourths inch hail to be used and . also speeifis that the nail shall ex- ! tend one inch in the wood under the tile. Technically the inspector found that the nails lacked about one-eighth of an inch of having the r I proper depth in the wood and sev- ' eral rows of tile on the east end I had to be nailed over. New walks on Liberty Way and | curb on Third street are being laid ‘| by the government, this Item of 1 work being in addition to the regu- * lar contract. Improvement of Alley r When asked if the government would pave the alley between Liberty Way and Jefferson, along the 1 (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) S . o— —— HOLINESS MEET ' IS ANNOUNCED r 1 f Adams County Association j Will Gather Sunday At Monroe ) The regular monthly meeting of the Adams County Holiness Association will be held Sunday. September 20, at the tabernacle at Monroe. The Gospel Messengers of Fort * | Wayne will be incharge of the meetI ing which will begin at 2 o’clock (C. S. T.). Services will also be held in the , evening by the same group of gospel workers. Rev. A. J. Oyer of Fort Wayne, a fluent speaker and well known preach’er, is in charge ( of the group and will deliver the I day's addresses. The services Sunday afternoon ’ and evening will consist of Instru- ’ mental and vocal music and messages by Rev. Oyer. The officials of the Adams County Holness Association extend a welcome to everyone to come to the tabernacle next r Sunday and enjoy these services. The Gosjel Messengers is an organiz.ation for spreading the gospel by means of radio broadcasting and ' conducting services upon invitation. o County Records O. K. Reports from the state board of accounts for the year 1929 and 1930. showing all funds in balance, were received today by County Audtor Albert Harlow covering his office •- for the two year period. Examlna--5 tion of the records in the auditor's t office was made this year for exc aminers O. A. Hutchins and C. F. t Lautzenheiser. No charges were . made against the auditor and all - funds were found in balance Mr. . Harlow’s report was the first to be t received here by county officials 1 since the examination of the public records.

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F. E. Gooding, Owner Os Amusements, Visits Fair

FREE ACTS GET BIG APPLAUSE •• Hundreds Watch Divers At Monroe Street Eank Thrill Audience The three free acts being shown I in connection with the first three! days of the Decatur Free Street i Fair are creating more favorable ; coment than any similar acts ever given in Decatur. Each of the three' is given twice daily, afternoon and [ night and Tuesday huge crowds I watched the The big feature of the three acts j is the diving show on Monroe street in front of the City Hall building. ' The Marsh sisters, two attractive' ladies perform for several minutes ! with fancy dives. One of the ladies I then climbs the 40 foot lader and makes a swan dive into the canvas tank, which has about 5 feet of water. There is a clown in the company which amuses the kiddies. I The feature of the act is the 70 1 foot dive by one of the men in the ; troup. At night the performer lights! his body and dives head-first into I the tank, which also is flaming (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) DRAINAGE CASE TAKES RECESS Judge Kister Grants Time In Which To Prepare New Motions Judge Henry Kister resumed the beisoh this morrlng i.n the Wabash River Drainage case and immediately granted ‘‘timeout’’ until 2:’Q o'clock this afternoon to permit attorneys for the petitioners to prepare further demurers. Attorneys Whitaker, Whipple and Kloeb worked several hours on the papers which wore presented and briefly argued late this afternoon. It was explained by Judge Whitaker that besides the remonstrances filed by Adams county, the city of Bluffton. Wabash and Hartford townships and a joint township remonstrance, there are four others. These include: First —Remonstrance as to the cause, directed against the report. Second —Remonstrance by those (CONTINUED ON °AGE TWO) SAYS LAWYERS ARE ON TRIAL Attorney General Ogden Delivers Address at National Convention Atlantic City, N. J., Sept. 16.— (U.R) The legal profession in the| United States is on trial, for the public does not have the respect for lawyers that it formerly held. Attorney General James M. Ogden. Indiana, told members of the National Association of Attorneys General at their 25th annual meeting here today. "We are no longer startled to read and hear the severest criticism of the profession of law," Ogden said. "On account of the place we attorneys general occupy in the estimation of the public it falls upon us to remedy the situation as (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) 0 Pony Races Held In the pony "aces held at Niblick’s field following the horse pulling contest this morning. Forrest Beer won the race for ponies over 46 inches and under 56 inches. Other winners were . Jack flolthouse, second. Lawrence Konig third. The prizes were four, two and one dollar. In the race for ponies under 46 inches Ralph Funk won first places ‘‘Shorty’’ Lee, second and David Wynn, third.

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Dean of Ride Concessioners Gets Thrill Watching “Kiddies” While the "kiddies" and grownI ups are enjoying the thrills of the I various rides on the mdiway this i week, a quiet unassuming man is ! going around, inspecting the equipI ment and always thinking of new thrills and methods to make the I rides absolutely fool-proof and safe. That man is F. E. Gooding, Col- , umbus, Ohio, and owner of 20 rides I of various sorts. Mr. Gooding has : been sending his rides to Decatur | for a number of years, but this year i he came along with the rides and ; is enjoying the Decatur Free Street I Fair. The Gooding Amusement Co., of .CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) O WILL RECEIVE ALL NEW BIDS City II all Remodelling Discussed Again By Councilmen Proposals from contractors for ! remodeling the city hall building on Monroe street will be received ! by the council on Tuesday. October I 6. This will be the third time that the council has received bids Tor remodeling of the building, aU bids having been rejected at the former lettings. The specifications for remodeling the building have been changed and pruned so that the entire job will not exceed $4,000. This money will be borrowed from the electric light fund. The front of the building will be changed and offices for the city clerk and treasurer will lie made on the first floor. The old floor will be left in the building and a linoleum covering will be placed over the wood floor. The walls of (he building will be (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) o QUILT EXHIBIT IS BID FEATURE Women’s Department Is Drawing Hundreds To Hensley Building The women’s department, including art and culinary, articles, which is being conducted in the Hensley I building on South Second street, is a popular place for visitors at the Street’ Fair this week. Judging of the various articles displayed began this morning and will continue Thursday. The exhibit this year includes many unusual articles both in the art and culinary division. All persons who have entered articles in the exhibit are asked to , call for them Saturday beginning at three o’clock in the afternoon. More than fifty one quilts have been entered in the department, and 151 cans of fruit and vegetables were judged today. The exhibit includes a variety of articles including oil painting, water colors, and a miscellaneous group of painting, embroidery, infants department. crocheting, and miscellaneous numbers. The culinary division compr is e s homemade bread, cakes, cookies, candy, jelly, canned fruits and vegetables, canned meat, soap, eggs, and many other articles. Miss Nellie Blackburn is in charge of the woman’s department, and she is assisted by Mrs. Fred Linn, I Mrs. Will Winnes, and Mrs. C. D. lew ton. — o — Man Killed Instantly Laporte, Sept. 16. (U.R) Charles Guthrie, 69, Selma, was killed in- • stantly here by a New York Central freight train. Guthrie was i I struck while attempting to push his . stalled auto off the crossing. He I was a brother of Harry Guthrie, editor of the Muncie Star.

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MOYLE, ALLEN FOUND ALIVE, REPORTS SAY Details Not Learned, But Both Are Reported To Be Well ON ISLAND UNINHABITED Seattle, Washington, Sept. 16—(U.R)—Long given up as lost in the North Pacific. Don Movie and Cecil Allen, TokioSeattle fliers, reported safe on an uninhabited island in Bering Sea todav in a brief radio message. Details were meager. Resources of the army and navy communication’s system were used in an attempt to learn more but the radio messime. intercepted here, carried only the news that the fliers had straved off their course and landed safely. The radio, addressed to Frances Bresson. Moyle’s fiance at Arlington, California, was sent out by the navy radio station on St. Paul island. It was relayed by the navy radio and intercepted here by the Harvar radio. It read: “Landed on uninhabited island. O.K. Be in Seattle Sept. 22. Have Frank »put publicity man on job. (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) O ■ Young Man Known In Citv Critically 111 The following from the Oregon Statesman, Salem. Oregon, tells of the efforts which are being made to save the life of Ted Parker, son of Rev. and Mrs. B. E. Parker: “Ted Parker, son of Rev. and Mrs. B. E. Parker, was given n blood transfusion Thursday aT the Salem General hospital in an effort to bolster his vitality and aid his condition which was declared critical. Heart trouble has bothered him most of the summer and kept him confined. ' “Wednesday night it was necessary to move him from the Methodist parsonage to the hospital. Thursday morning 15 of Ted's schoolmates from Williamette university offered to give blood transfusions. Gus Moore, a fraternity brother of Ted’s, proved to be one whose blood could be used and a pint of his was transfused to Ted. This morning it is likely that a transfusion will be made from one of the other volunteers. “Ted entered Williamette last fall and was an outstanding student and activities man. He was a member of the Alphi Psi Delta fraternity, worked on the news staff of the Collegian and wrote the words of the freshman class song for Freshman Glee club last spring. “His condition seemed improved Thursday night following the transfusion of blood and he was resting easier. When brought to the hospital he was so weak that it was decided he could probably not pull through on his own strength. His many friends are 'hoping for his speedy recovery and a niCmber of his fellow students stand ready to offer their blood to help him in his battle” The paper was received here by Mrs. J. S. Peterson, aunt of the lad. o CRAMER PLANE FOUNPWRECKED Air Navigator’s Ship Identified; Body Is Not Y et Located New York. Sept. 16 —(U.R) A wrecked seaplane, picked up in the North Sea today by a British steam trawler, was that of Parker Cramer. American aviator experimenting for a possible air route between the United States and Europe, the Edo Aircraft Corpora tion said. Identification was made by the manufacturer’s /lumber found on the seaplane. Cramer and his Canadian radio operator. Oliver Pacquette, left ‘CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)