Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 27, Number 111, Decatur, Adams County, 9 May 1929 — Page 1

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■OUR HURT WHEN I GASOLINE TANK I EXPLODES HERE llhamlttned Underground I I Tank At Saylors (Jarage I Explodes At Noon |BnJURIES ARE I NOT SERIOUS |HB iif an abandoned .enroll vaseline tank in front of Saylors Motor Cor., garage on. |K, lllllg men and tore a hole in the I about 1" lent " ideal 12 o'clock ' ■■ Milton Swi-imagea, who was stand lS on the ground directly above tbe tank is located, was thrown I feet m the air and fell on ■ < head in the brick alley, about 151 from 'he location of the tank. He] a deep cut on his head and j bruises. 1 Injured By Flying Dirt m Wesley Titus anil Keith Parrish! sealed on an automobile belongK ng to Saylors Motor Co., which was between the tank and the ■Mliiiilding and both were injured by the’ moving dirt, following the explosion. KI Tints received several bad cuts anti' on his face and a bruised arm? received burns about his left !Hpye and several minor bruises. I I Ray Keller the fourth person near scene, was standing on the side|Bwalk on First street and was talking | [■to the other three men. The force of! fxplosion knocked Mr. Keller's off and broke them. He was) ■only slightly bruised by the llyingj ■dirt. I 1 Cause Is Undetermined f I Dirt was thrown over automobiles ■ parked along First street, bnt no ser- ■ ious damage was reported. The cause ■ul' the explosion is undetermined. The ■ underground gasoline tank was placed! ■in its present location by the Silver! ■Plash Gasoline company, of Fort | ■Wayne, but had not been in use for ■ about two years. ‘ An electric cable passes through the ■ ground directly above the abandoned ■ tank The above-grpund lead into the ■ tank was open, and it is not thought ■ any pressure could form in the tank. i Some persons who examined the ■ tank after the explosion said that, in ■ all probability, its cause was either ■ from a short circuit in the wire cable I or from a lighted mat<4. Mr. Swearingen, who was knocked ■ unconscious by the explosion, was ■ taken to a physician wiio reported ■ that his injuries were not serious. I Mr. Parrish and Mt. Titus also were I given nfrdical attention. One side of I Mr. Titus' face was severely burned I and bruised by jhe flying dirt, but unless infection sets in. it is not thought their injuries will be serious. Youth’s Body, Severed At Waist, Found On Tracks Mitchell, Ind., May ».—;U.R>-Sever-ed at the waist, the body of an unidentified 18-year-old youth was found lying on railroad tracks near here early today. . The body was found by trainmen. An investigation of the boy’s clothes revealed a pocketbook containing the name "William Lucus, Cincinnati, O." Officers expressed the belief that it "as not the dead youth's name, however. o— MARGARET PUSEY CALLED Bf DEATH Hartford Township Woman Hies After Extended Illness Due To Cancer Geneva, May 9.— (Special) —Mrs. , argaret Pusey, 77, died at 3:30 . Cl ° ck ’ Wed “ eS(,a y afternoon. May 8, ’ at her home ,in Hartford town- ■ op. Death was due to cancer, from .' Btle h a d suffered for some time. 1SM IS P,lßey was born August 10, , ' ,ter husband preceded her in a i, severa l years ago. Surviving Ch* i children: Noah and Ed Sr 68 Pllsey ’ Hartford township: ' of Geneva; Mrs. Mary Andn ° n ’ °* ® lu^ton - and Mrs. Fred b,, nl ? e ' of kong Beach, California. One tn, / '' Aaron Zeigler resides in Harttol<l township. J"neral arrangements are delayed P„,'.', lnR " <1 " 1 r ° rm *he daughter in ' altfornia

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Ensign Wilfred Bushnell, top. was aide to Lieut. T. G. W. Settle, bottom, ; who piloted Navy balloon. No. 1 in the I annual elimination contest, from the starting pcint at Pi'tsburgh, Pa., and landing on Prince Edward Island, Canada, a distance of about 900 miles, surpassing the record established two years ago by Rasmussen, of 570 | miles. The Detroit Times balloon. , however, is still to be heard from.

S. S. CONVENTION TO BE HELD HERE Washington Township Sunday Schools to Convene In Decatur Sunday, May 12 The Washington township Sunday school convention and Bible memory and story telling contest, will be held Sunday afternoon. May 12, at 2:00 o’clock, at the Evangelical church in this city, Eleven churches will co-op-erate in the event. The program will be carried out as follows: Song. Invocation. Election of delegate to state S. S. convention at Shelbyville, .lune IS, 19, and 20. Selection— Evangelical orchestra. Address—George Saunders of Bluffton. Bible reading contest: Robert Reber, St. Paul church, John . 20; 1-19. Harriet Kunkle, Presbyterian church Matt. "5; 1-19. Paul Hendricks, Zion Reformed, Matt. 5: 1-19. Louis Sovine. United Brethren, PsaJms 1 anil 8. Agnes Nelson, M. E. church. Psalms 23 and 24. Madeline Spa h r. Evangelical, Psalms 23 and 24. Mildred Johnson, Baptist, Matt. 5; 1-19. (To be filled!, Antioch church, Psalms 1 and 8. Offertory. Election of officers. Bible story contest. Presbyterian church, Betty Frisinger. Zion Reformed church, Bernadine Kolter, "Call of Samuel." 1 Sam. 3. U. B. church, Marcella Gilbert, "Good Samaritan," Luke 10; 2537. M. E. church, Marion Baker, Nehemiah and the Building of the Walls," Neh. 1,2, 4. 6. Evangelical church. Esther Sunderman, "Christmas Story,’’ Luke 2; 8-20 and Matt. 2; 1-21. Decision of the judges. The general public is cordially invited to attend. Masses To Be Held On Standard Time Sunday The masses at the St. Marys Catho•lic church in this city will be held at 7 B’3o and 9:45, central standard time, on next Sunday. The daylight saving time schedule will not be observed Sunday. At the 7 o’clock mass, about 90 children will make their solemn communion. The Rev. Father J. A. Seimetz, pastor, announced today that those children who were confined to their homes on account of sickness would be given an opportunity to make their solemn communion at a later date, a second class being planned.

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Undecided Whether To Op-1 erate Offices On Daylight Saving Or Standard Time To do or not to do. That is the question which county officers in the court house here are facing in regard to daylight saving time. Since the city of Decatur lias adopted daylight saving time, effective beginning at midnight next Saturday night and continuing until September 28, the officers in the court iion.se are undecided as to whether their offices I will operate on standard or daylight saving time. The county commissioners are reported to have said that the big clock in the court house tower would not lie moved forward to correspond to (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) Q ANNUAL CLEANUP FINISHED TODAY City Trucks Make Complete i ! Circuit Os All Alleys And Streets In City I Amos Fisher, city street eommis sioner, stated today that his force of ' men would complete their part in con- ’ nection with the annual city cleanup, ( this afternoon. Mr. Fisher has had a twree of men and trutks hauling away tin cans, bottles and other rubbish , since Tuesday morning, and the trucks have made a complete circuit of all alleys and streets in the city. Mr. Fisher stated that the trucks would not answer calls to any part of the city,to haul away rubbish after today. He also issued a warning to all persons who have, ashes in the alleys near the-i rpreyiises to have them hauled Sway at once. Q — Berne To Have More Boulevard Street Lights Berne, May 9. —(Special)—• Petitions for boulevard street lights on four streets in Berne have been signed by a huge majority of the property owners on those streets and will lie granted by the town council, it is said. The streets are Jefferson as far north as Berne street; West Water street west to the state highway; Sprunger street north from the auditorium to Center street, and Center street west to the slate highway. , More than fifty posts will he needed for the four streets. BIBLE SCHOOL CLOSES FRIDAY Pleasant Dale Community Finishes Fourth Annual School This Week Next Friday, the Pleasant Dale community will close its fourth daily vacation Bible school. There are 252 , pupils enrolled in the school, with 12 fully graded classes. The children have been transported free of charge by the people of the community? who realize how much a - school of this kind means to child] life. Much of the success of the! • school is due to the splendid cooperation of these people. , There cannot be too much said of ■ the splendid cooperation on the part of pastors, Sunday school superinten- ■ dents, teachers, parents and trans- , porters as all have worked together for the one goal, success. The children and teachers meet each morning at 8:30 o'clock in the church for worship. After this, the five older classes are transported to . the Kirkland high school building where their classes are conducted, while the seven smaller classes- remain at the church. The school will give a closing program at the Kirkland community building, Friday evening, at 7:30 o’clock, demonstrating some of the work that has been done during the ! term. The hand work exhibit will be open to those who wish to see the ! things the children have made, from , 6:30 to 7:30 o’clock, at the high school building. . There are twelve members of the , graduating class this year. The Rev. i D. M. Byerly will give a short comi mencement address. The public is urged to attend this program.

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W, J. MOUGEY HAS IMPORTANT POST! Former Decatur Man Represents General Motors Corporation In Sweden New York, May 9. — (Special) W. J. Mougey, formerly of Decatur, Indiana, and now managing director of General Motors Nordiska, Stockholm, Sweden, arrived here today on the S. S. Kungaholm to attend tlie managing

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directors' conference of the General Motors Export company to be held at Buckwood Inn. Shawnee-on-Del-aware. Pa., May 22-30. Before he joined General Motors Export company in 1918, Mr. Mougey was associated with the Pennsylvania railroad company at Fort Wayne and the Willys-Overland company, of Toledo, Ohio. Mr. Mougey is ason of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Mougey, former Decatur residents, who moved to Toledo several years ago. After completing grade school at the St. Joseph Catholic school in this city, Mr. Mougey took a business course in. Fort Wayne. Since he became affiliated with General Motors, he has represented the , company in Singapore, China, Siam. 1 French Indo and on the Island |of Java. His family has always gone I with him. He has been in Sweden ! for several years and holds one of the most responsible positions in the ' big General Motors coroporation. o—, —— Fire Damages Paper Factory Indianapolis, May 9. —(U.R) —Authorities today investigated the origin of a fire at the United States Paper Box company plant here which caused damages estimated at $200,000. CLASS (IF 19 TO BE CONFIRMED Zion Reformed Church To Hold Confirmation Ser vices Sunday Morning Next Sunday morning, May 12, the confirmation services for a class of nineteen catechumens, ten girls and nine boys, will take place at the Zion Reformed church. The class was publicly examined at last Sunday's services, after having received a course of religious instruction. An appropriate service has been arranged for the class on Sunday. The pastor, the Rev. A. R. Fledderjohann, will deliver a message on the subject, "Appreciative Followers of Jesus." The choir will sifig, “Give Me Thy Heart’’ and the consecration hymn, “I Love Thy Kingdom Lord” will be sung by the class. The names of those who are to be confirmed are: Girls—Mary Cowan, Martha Dishong, Ruth Lininger, Virginia Miller, Leia Palmer, Celesta Shaffer, Mareile Shoe, Lula Strahm, Marie Teeter ants Iverna Werling. Boys—Robert Aeschlimann, Donald Aeschlimann, James Cowan, Paul Hendricks, Milton Hoffman. Harold Kolter, Raymond Musser, Frederick Shroyer and Edwin Weidler.

EARL PARK BANK HELD UP TODAY Bandits Get $15,000; Kidnap Man And Tie Him To Chair In Bank Earl Park, Ind, May 9- (UP)—Between four and five bandits broke into tlie Earl Park state bunk early today and escaped with approximately 115.000, it was learned this afternoon. Tlie bandits kidnaped Roy Carter, of Harvey, 111., a salesman, and tied him to a chair in the institution. Carter said he was motoring across the state and became sleepy. •“! pulled my ear in front of the bank and went to sleep. The next tiling 1 knew several men were tying me to a chair inside the bank," Carter explained. STOCKHOLDERS OF BANK SUED All Stockholders of Defunct Wells County Bank Os Bluffton Sued B'uffton, May 9. -(U.R)—The Hoosier Condensed Milk Co., today filed suit against Cecile Bailey and fiftyseven other stockholders in the Wells , County bank, which closed here Feb. | 13. The suit is filed by the milk company in behalf of all creditors. The stockholders named in the suit are in five different counties, Blackford, Marion, Randolph, Deleware and Wells. The cap! al stock of the bank is SIOO,OOO and in tlie complaint filed today to make the stockholders pay 100 per cent assessment, it is claimed $1,472,210 is due creditors, . and that the assets of the bank are $1,154,600. This-suit is similar to the one filed in the Studebaker bank case here, which has been appealed to the su(CONTINCEn ON PAGE SEVEN, O — Cleveland Couple Killed By Train At Newcastle Newcastle, Ind., May 9. —(U.R)— When their automobile was struck by a passenger train at a crossing near here L. G. Hewins, 40, and his wife, Jeanette, 35, isotli of Cleveland. Ohio, were killed instantly. Tlie train, a crack St. Louis to New Yoik flier, was travelling at a terrific speed wheii the accident occurred. GLEE CLUB TO SPONSOR SHOW D. H. S. Boys To Sing Between Shows At Benefit Movie This Evening The Boy's Glee Club of Decatur high school will present a short musical program, this evening, at the Adams theater, between shows of the Glee Club benefit movie. This was to have been a part of the National Music Week program, but due to the advance in date from May 17 to May 16 of the South Ward Operetta, it. was necessary to make arrangements for tlie program at this time, which will be carried out as follows: “We Meet Again Tonight Boys," Glee Club “Little Mother O' Mine," vocal solo I Cleora Baker Quartet. “Drink ip Me Only With Thine Eyes", Harold Melchi. James Burk. David Heller, Lewis Butcher Solo, “Sleepy Hollow Tune" Florence Anderson Piano solo Louise Haubold Vocal solo, “Any Old Port in a Storm" . James Engeler "Soldier's Chorus” from Faust Glee Club The picture to be shown tonight and tomorrow night will be Richard Dix in “Moran of the Marines," with Ruth Elder and Bobby Vernon in “Bugs, My Dear." Proceeds will go to the Glee club. o School Board Lets Contract For Coal At a meeting of the Decatur school board held last night. E. L. Carrol and Son received the contract to furnish the school city of Decatur with 325 tons of coal for the 1929-30 school year Following the awarding of thu contract, the school board transferred regular business and then adjourned.

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Her Romance Wredied After learning on her wedding eve that the man of her choiice was already married, Hortense Stone, of Seattle, Wash., has disappeared and no clue to her whereabouts lias been found. Fear is felt that she may have done herself hafm urged on by disappointment.

DEATH CLAIMS HARRIET HOWER Wife Os Frank Hower Dies Os Cancer Here Wednesday Evening Mrs. Hariiet Hower, was born April 1889. the daughter of Mac\nd Amanda Burkhead. She has resided in Adams county throughout her life, file mother. Mis. Mac Bulkhead passed away last December 27. May 2, 1925, she united in marriage with Frank Hower, tile surviving husband. No children were born of this union. Mrs. Hower was a member of the United Brethren church and took an active part in the church work before her health failed. She realized that death was approaching and made all of htu own funeral arrangements. Surviving are the father, Mac Burkhead, the husband, and the following sisters and brothers: Mrs. Ona Hines, of Portland; Mis. Mary E. Bowser, and Mrs. Pearl Ballard, of Coldwater, Michigan; John and Jesse Burkhead, of this city; Ed Bulkhead, of Lafayette; and Mai tin Bulkhead, of Sturgis Michigan, who was a twin brother of Mrs. Hower. Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the home, and at 2:30 o'clock at the United Brethren chinch. The Rev Cecil R Smith, of Ligonier, will officiate assisted by the Rev. R. E. Vance, local United Brethren pastor. Burial will be made in the Decatur cemetery. iTo Hold Bible Story Telling and Memory Contest The Bible story telling and memory contest of the Root township Sunday schools will be held at the Mt. Pleasant church, Sunday evening, May 12, at 7 "30 o'clock. An interesting program has been planned and the* public is cordially invited to attend. The Rev. B. S. Latch will deliver! a short address during the evening and vocal music will be furnished by John and Oliver Walters. In the memory contest, Esther Schnepp will represent the Union Chapel Sunday School and Martha Fuhrman, the Mt. Pleasant. Jeanette Brown, of Union Chapel, and Charles Barnhouse, of Mt. Pleasant, wil be the contestants in the story telling contest. o Most Healthiest Boy And Girl Are Named Lafayette, Ind., May 9.—(U.R) - For the first time in the history of Indiana’s health contest, lx>th boy and girl champions were named from the same county, at Purdue university today. The winners this year were Dorothy McNeff, 15. and Harold Deatline, 17, both from Morgan county. They were chosen at the annual boy's and girl's club roundup and will represent the state in the national jqnior health contest to lie held next December at the national club congress in Chicago. The girl scored 99.5 and the boy, 99,6.

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HELP OF FARM BLOC EXPECTED BY DEMOCRATS Hoover’s Forces Get Measure Out Os Committee By Vote Os 15 To 9 DEBENTURE PLAN GAINS IN HOUSE — Washington, May 9. <U.R) Dd'etik'il on the farm issue in the senate, the two months old administration o f President Hoover faced tariif opposition in the house today. Hurrying with unusual parliamentary speed, Mr. Hoover's forces got the new tariff bill out of the ways and means committee to the floor cf the house by a strictly partisan vote of 15 to 9, the 15 being ndmiii'isNration Retmblicans and the nine being opposition Democrats. The opposition announced through Rep. Cordell Hull, Dem.. Tenn., that it would not be content with voting against the bill, but would file a minority report? attacking many of ita features. Debate To Be Started latter in the day the advocates and opponents were to announce their respective feeling about the issue from tin- floor, Chairman Hawley of the committee defending the 20 per 'ent general increases provided by thejtill and Rep. John Gardner, tlie ininoiity leader, at.'Acking them. The Democrats are outnumbered hopelessly in the house as far as party lines are concerned but they )>elieve they will be joined by sufficient farm bloc Republicans to alter the administration hill. Republican representatives of 12 western states are to hold a conference tomorrow to Hotel mine their course of action. They frankly<say they are dissatisfied with the measure. Thirteen Republicans, most of whom voted and campaigned for Mr. Hoover last November, combined wi’h 34 Democrats in the senate late yesterday to vote into the administration farm bill the debenture or tariff Isiunly feature which Mr. Hoover lias found to be so objectionable. Tho vote was 47 to 44. Encouraged by tills success, house Doniocrtits. led by Rep. John Garner, of Texas, announced they would rally around the debenture plan. They bail not thought enough of it two weeks ago to force a recotd vote on it when it was ruled out of order in the house, but now they think they can get enough midwesfem votes to make a showing, and perhaps to win. o Dailv Democrat Carriers To Be Guests Os Circus At Afternoon Performance Tlie Daily Democrat carrier boys and their helpers will attend tlie Gentry Brothers circus here Saturday afternoon, as guests of tlie big circus. The boys will meet at the Daily Democrat office at 1 o'clock and will go to Hie circus in a body. Robert Heller, manager of tlie earners, will accompany the boys and be in charge of them. SWIMMING PUUL DIRECTOR NAMED • Max Kidd, D. 11. S. Football And Baseball Coach, Is Selected Max Kidd, football and baseball coach at Decatur high school, was appointed director of the municipal swimming pool at a meeting of the board of safety of tlie Decatur city council held last night. Mr. Kidd will have charge of tlie pool, the dressing rooms and concession stand. He was selected from three applicants. The board of safety, including Herman Gillig. Joseph Hunter and A. R. Aslibaucher, did not set tlie date for the opening of the pool, because of the uncertainty of tile weather, but it is thought the pool will open tho latter part of May or the first of June. The pool will be open each afternoon and night, with the exception of Sunday. Mr. Kidd also will have charge of a summer prgram for boys during the week-day mornings, the cniinittee announced today.

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