Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 27, Number 302, Decatur, Adams County, 21 December 1929 — Page 1

WEATHER Mostly fair tonight ( , n d Sunday. Continued cold.

RISING TEMPERATURE HOPES BLASTED

Community Christmas Carol Singing Will Be Monday Night

iHUDREN TO ■ PARTICIPATE IfJ OBSERVANCE ■l j s s Dessolee Chester ■ Will Have Charge of I Carol Singing Ikiddies” WILL [ RECEIVE TREAT I The Decatur community ■hrislmas observance w ill be ■eld Monday evening at 6:45 ■clock at the corner of Lib■rty Way and Third street. ■ll Decatur school children of K e first, second, third and Erth grades of both the pub-! Eand Parochial schools will Eticipate in the singing of K- Hinas carols under the superEnn <>f Miss Dessolee Chester, ■pel visor of music in Decatur! ■tiuols. ■ A fine program has been planned ■ml the public fs urged to attend. Kenis are asked to bring their ■ihlren to the observance. Boy ■cuts have been obtained to aid ■ placing the children who will Kke part in the singing and th? ■ants will have direct charge dur■g the observance. ■ It was necessary to change the ■lans slightly and instead of hav■g a large decorated Christmas | ■ee, the two small trees at the side ■ the I’eace niouncent on the Court ■oust l square will be deco.). ted i Kith colored lights. Because of the ■avy snow, it was impossible to, ■<nre the tree which the Cjvic sec-' ■ion of the Woman’s club had in-i ■ended to use for the observance. I Miss Chester, who will have ■liarge of all the singing has asked tor the co-operation of all people Attending the program and also has tsked that traffic on Third street ind Liberty Way be stopped during die singing of the carols. laical Boy Scouts will have liarge of the traffic situation tinier the supervision of Commissiontr Bryce Thomas and motorists will >e asked to use other streets durng the program. Following the community singing, Santa Claus will present all the imall children attending the event with a treat of candy and nuts. The program will last about an hour and those in charge of\he observance Urge all Decatur people to participate. Miss Chester is remaining over in Decatur until Tuesday to personally direct the singing and the committee of women in charge of the Cominunity observance stated today tlia this year, in all probability will he I the greatest ever held in Decatur CONGRESS OUT . FOR HOLIDAYS Will Reconvene Jan. 6 And Assume Work Left Unfinished Now Washington, Dec. 21.—.(U.R) Congress adjourned today until .lannary e. With only a handful of members Present in the house and senate, routine business was transacted ail d members dispersed to homes and downtown department stores for their Christmas shopping. The house adopted several resoIndons including the senate resolution authorizing the rank of rear admiral on the retired list of the navy for Commander Richard E. Byrd now conducting a scientific exploration of Antarctica. An extended address by’ Senator Smith W. Brookhart, Republican, •""a, on the subject of cooperative Marketing, one of his hobbies, was •he otdy senate business. Brookh art said this is the 81st birthday °f “cooperation" started in a small *“y in England. He advocated adoption of cooperation on a wider acale for the benefit of the farmer. IS ELECTROCUTED Trenton, N. J. Dec. 21 — (UP)~ Peter Judzinowski, who kidnapped a New York child and killed him in •he marshes near Secaucus, was executed for the crime last night at •he state prison here.

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Vol. XXVII. No. 302.

Pedigreed Rabbits Go On Auction Block Here

Reppert Faculty And Students to Stage Rabbit Auction 1 ou have attended stock sales or, many kinds of Adams ounty ha-/ long been famous for sales of spit n-' did horses, pure bred cattle and! wine, sheep and poultry but you, never wit nos: <<| j sale of pure bred pedigreed rabbits, for the first event of this kind will be held in Decatur on Saturday, January 111 and will attract wide attention. The i industry is rapidly becoming a real one in the United States, where $35.01i0,im0 worth of ribbit hides alone, not to mention the meat, were (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) ! LIMA NET TEAM IS SNOW-BOUND Nine Automobiles Are Held Up By Drifts East of Decatur ♦ 4 TO PLAY TONIGHT The St. Rose, Lima, basi ketball game with the De- 1 | eatur high school Commodores scheduled for Ft iday I night will be played at Cath- I | olic h'gh school gymnasium |i at 8:15 o'clock tonight, Rev. f Joseph Hession announced today. The game was post- ' poned from last night lie- j cause the Lima team failed | | to arrive in Decatur. ♦ ♦ Tired and weary from a night of fight ng snow drifts. St. Rose high school basketball team of Lima, 0., which left that city Friday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock arrived in Decatur at 10 o'clock this morning. After digging out of several drifts the boys finally surrendered to the inclement weather and stopped at the William Klench farm residence, five miles east of Decatur for a few hours rest early this morning. The players and about 25 basketball fans left Lima in nine automobiles and made good progress until s.riking the Van Wert to Decatur road. Then the trouble started. The car. leading the pack would strike a drift and as others would pull up behind the first car. the boys would get out and shove the first car through to make a path for the others. At 9:30 o’clock last night a number of volunteers from Decatur departed to help shovel the machines out of the snow. It was slow work and by the time the cars were ready to come to Decatur it was after midnight. Another drift was struck and the players were sent to the Klenck home to get some rest. Most of the fans returned to Lima leaving the players and two automobiles to proceed on to Decatur today. One car carrying two players and Tlie Rev. Father Richard Babel got as far as Fort Wayne and was forced to remain in that city all night. The players and Rev. Gabel (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) . 2’ moreLT CHEER UP ? CHRISIMAS IS ALMOST HERE

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COL REPPERT'S SCHOOL OPENS DECEMBER 30 Fifty-Seven Enrolled For Mid-Winter Term of Auction School TWO ADDED TO FACULTY The twentieth term of the Reppert Auction School will open in Decatur, December 30, it was announced today by Col. Fred Reie ■ pert. The classes for the school will be held in the K. of P. home m Third street and the Decatur offices of Col. Reppert will lie leadquarters for the students. Fiftyseven students already are enrolled for the approaching term of the school and it •is highly probable that about 20 more will be | here when the school opens. The present enrollment covers a wide territory in the United States and Canada, the records show. Students are enrolled from 18 state and four Canadian provin-1 ■s. Two naw instructors, Col. R. G. Kinman, Covington. Ky., Amerca's ’ending tobacco auctioneer ■nd Col. L. C. Hoover of Denver. Col., real estate auctioneer, have been added to the faculty. When the students arrive it is necessary for them to pass a physical examination' before beginning the course. Dr. L. E. Somer- has been obtained as physician for the school. The position was formerly held by Dr. J. S. Boyers. The mill-winter term will last 30 days and Col. Reppert stated that in all probability this year's •lass wotdd be the largest midwinter class : ince the founding of the school. Instructors in the school include. Cols. Reppeit and Roy Johnson, of Decatur: John Letham, Lake Geneva. Wis.: Earl Garten, Greensburg; IL L. Iglehart, Elizabethtown. Ky.; C. B. Drake, Mazon. Ill; G. L. Pettit, Blootnfle'd. la.; Guy (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) PLANPROGRAM FOR SUNDAY Sunday School Pupils of Christian Church to Entertain The annual Christmas program 1 of the Christian Sunday School will be held Sunday evening, December 22, at 7 o'clock at the ' church. A good program has been planned and the public is cord- ' ially invited to attend. Following is the program: ' Selection Sunday School orchestra Song, ““Chr'st is Born’’ School Responsive reading. 1 Recitation, ‘‘Welcome’’ Kathryn King 1 "Messiah is Here’’ Young People's Choir Recitation, “There's a Light" Ina Anderson Song, "Ring Christmas Bells" School Exercise, "The Christmas Bells" Dorothy Ogg, Kathryn Bailing, Kathryn Kohls, Peggy Staley. Duet, "Star of Heaven," Josephine and Florence Anderson Recitation Margaret Kelly Recitations Several small children Solo. “The Heavenly Stranger’’ Kathryn Exley Song, “The Lowly Manger" Choir Recitation, “Merry Christmas" Sylvia Ruhl Duet. "Child Forever Blessed” Isabel Cloud, and Florence Anderson. Solo, “Star of Love Divine” Mary Kohls Song, “Ring Out Again" Schoo! Exercise, “Christmas Dinner” Several girls Playlet, "Grandma’s Christmas’’ Cast including Mrs. Homer Ruhl and six small children.

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Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, December 21, 1929.

Survivors Happy After Rescue a? 30 oPr ■ 'J® ■ / “■

fao'.o nows rescued passengers and crew of the S S. Victoria ar rivinj: on a aftei a rough voyage up New York Bay, through a

HANGSTU PLANE 8Y FINGER TIPS Man Rides For Ten Minutes Hanging to Tail Os Plane Camden. N. J. Dec. 21 —(UP) — William Combe 30 took perhaps the most thrilling airplane ride in his . tory and thank-d heaven today that j he had strong fingers. For he took it clinging to the tail of a plane and it lasted ten long minutes, during which numbing coli threatened to break its grip and let him plunge to death. Combe, a Moorestown farm broker, was helping a group of farm h inds hold a plane on. his sister’s fi rm near here while pilot Don Darby of Mirlon. Pa., chief pilot of the Curtis-Wright flying service, warmed up the craft. As the plane took off. Combe did not let go quickly enough. Squhming and kicking, he hung on while Darby, unaware of hs passenger, headed for Central airport here. As the plane circled the field. 411 inspector saw Combo's plight and tried to signal the pilot, but the plane swept to a landing. Just i before it touched the ground. Comblet go and fell in some sand. Although suffering inten-sly from cold he was not injured seriously enough to require medical treatment. 1 __o Choir To Meet The Zion Reformed Church choir ■ will meet for practice at 7 o’clock tonight. It is the desire that all j members be present. 0 Freighter Sends Out Summons For Help Boston. Dee. 21. — (U.R) The steamer Santa Ana. is leaking badly and in distress 130 miles south of the Isle of Pines, South of Cuba, according to an S. O. S. relayed to the Tropical Radio com-: puny here today. The S. O. S. timed 10 a. m„ had ' been picked up by the United Fruit ' company's steamer Abangarez while the latter craft was about 20 miles northeast of Cozumel Island, off the Yucatan peninsula, Mexico. The message stated that the United Fruit steamer Toloa and' the steamships Gatlin and Atlielchief were speeding to the Santa! Ana’s assistance. Is Severely Burned Mt. Vernon. Ind., Dee. 21. (U.R) —Herb Kreie, Standard Oil company tank wagon agent, was burned about the head today when electric current shorted into a pipeline connecting a railroad tank car with storage tanks, and set fire to fumes in the car dome. Cold weather was believed to have prevented the main Ixidy of gasoline from exploding. No explanation could be given as to how the current was developed. Kreie will recover.

1 dense fog. The S. S. Victoria was I I rammed and sunk by the S. S. -1 Algonquin. The passengers can be 1

Much Suffering Reported Among Farm Folks In Adams Co. Adams county residents, especially those residing in the rural, sections, have undergone more! suffering the last few days than at any time the last several years, according to a checkup made among local physicians, and the few farmers who have braved the deep snow banks and have come j to Decatur for reimbursed food sup ' plies. During the last several winters, farmers have laughed at the cold weather and always have manag(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) EXPLANATION IS DEMANDED Hoover Asked to Disclose His Connection With Sugar Lobby Washington, Dec. 21. (U.R) A , request that President Hoover I issue a definite etatement dear-1 ing up evidence before the senate lobby investigating committee, j purporting to connect him with | sugar lobby activities, has been j made by Rep. Garner, Texas. Democratic floor leader of the House. “If Governor Smith had been elected president last year." Gar tier said in a statement i-sued here, “and .such references to him as president had been disclosed as have been disclosed about Presi ! dent Hoover by the Caraway (lobby) committee, it is not too 'much to say that impeachment proceedings would have been di - cussed in t lie house of representatives before now. "In justice to the presidential office. Mr. Hoover owes to 'he country a direct, definite and positive declaration on the subject, i Failing this, a great many people i wi 1 Cfcenl the evidence as provI ing that the President of the Unitled States has been participating |in the secret conspiracy against the interests of his own countrymen engaged in Hie sugar industry." 0 Mrs. Arthur Smith Dies At Fort Wayne — Mrs. Katherine Chapin Smith, | 1 wife of Arthur E. Smith, purchasing agent of Allen county and well known here, died Friday morning after an Illness of several months with cerebral gilonri. Funeral services will be held Monday afternoon at two o'clock from the home. I The husband and one son. Franklin ■who is a student in the University ■ of Michigan, survive. . o Officers Acquitted 1 Burnsville, N. C. Dec. 21 (UP) Eight McDowell officers were ac , quitted today of charges of second degree murder In connection with • the fatal shooting of six textile strikers at Marion, October 2.

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DEATH GALLS HUERTA CHILD i Two-Year-Old Babe Dies Following Illness of Some Time Lupe Huerta, two year old daugh-, ter of Mi. and Mrs. Biltzar Huerta I died at her home on North Second; Stre-t at 12 o'clock last night. Death was caused by a malignant ' tumor with which the infant suffered fm sometime. Little Miss Huerta was born in Decitur. November 5. 1927 the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Baltzar Huerta. She is survived by laith parents and two brothers and sisters. Funeral services were held this afternoon at 3 o'clock at the S’. Mary's Catholic church with Rev. | J. A. Seimt tz officiating. Burial was made in the St. Joseph Cemetery. Elks Lodge Buys $lO Health Bond — W. Guy Brown, County Chairman! lol' the Tuberculosis League today I reported the sale of a Sit) health I bond to the Elks Lodge of this city. FORMER LOCAL RESIDENT DIES Albert Schurger, 63. Dies In Midland. Mich.; 11l Several Months Albert Schurger, 63, White Cloud Michigan formerly of Decatur, died at 9:31) o'clock Friday night at the horn • of a daughter at Midland. Michigan, a telephone message to that effect being received late Ft'!diy night. Mr. Schurger had been in poo" health since February of last yeat, and underwent two serious operations for the removal of bladder stones. He was born in this county, eldest sen of the Late Mr. and Mrs. John Schurger. When a young min he learned the baking trade and was In business here sever il year* , going to Monroeville. Indiana, wherhe conducted a bakery for six years then moved to White (’loud about I twenty years ago and resided tiler; until Ills condition became, so scions that he was taken to Mid Lind. I Mrs. Schurger, who was formerly Miss Ida Rohrer, also of this city, died in August. 1927. Two daughter;, Mrs. Leota Morris, Midland, Michigan and Miss Mareele of New York survive their parents. Other relatives of Mr. Schurger are the following brothers and sisters: Mrs. Kale Scherger. Fostoria. Ohio: Mrs. Lena Rohrer, Pine River, Minn., Mrs. Louisa Kurbf , Delphos, Ohio; Sister Isadore. Marquette, Michigan; Fred and Miss Christina Schurger, at home. Funeral services will he held at White Cloud Monday morning at 11 o’clock. Fred Schurger and sister, Miss Christens will leave Sun i day morning for that place to attend.

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TAKE IT ALL. SON! G eelislnr • Ind.. Ilee. 21 <U.P) There Was at least one person n> whom Indiana's blizzard was a source of unrestrained delight. “Oil. mamma! Can't we take that nice snow back with us J l to show the people at home?" It was 5-year old Robert Vaughn. Pensacola, Florida, speaking It was the first snow lie bad ever seen. He and his parents an* visiting in Greensburg. MERGER PLAN ISSUED TODAY Would Have'2l Main Rail-

roads in Nation; Five in. fcasi Washington, Dee. 21 TU.RJ The Interstate Commerce Commi slot) issued today Its final merger phut noposing 21 railroad systems for the nation and five in the important eastern trunk line territory. in eastern territory, the com mission proposed that the New York Central and the Pennsylvania sy terns should remain substantially as at present constituted. The p’an was offered after eight years of study in obedience to \ congressional mandate included in the 192 D transportation net, but the commission made it plain the scheme was not mandatory. It is idea of a model railroad structure for the nation. Five great systems were propos ed for the eastern territory. These would lie based around the Pennsylvania. New York Central. Baltimore & Ohio, Chesapeake & Ohio -Nickel Plate, and Wabash. Seaborn d Air Line. The Baltimore and Ohio system was allocated the Reading company. the Central railroad of New Jersey, the Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh, the Detroit. Toledo and Ironton, the Chicago, Indianapo’is and Ixmisviile, (one-half interest), a nuinlM’r of other aubsidiary lines and trackage rights over the Western Maryland between Shippensburg. Pa., and Cherry Run. W. Va. The Chesapeake and Ohio railway would obtain the Hocking \ a ley, tlte Erie, the Delaware. lankawsinna and Western, the Nickel Plate, the Pittsburgh and Shawmut, the Detroit and Toledo Shore I Line, and a large number of short lint s. Tlte commission projwised a new truck line system built up about the Wabash and including the Lehigh Val'ey. the Wheeling :.nd I.ike Erie, the Pittsburgh and We t Virginia, the Western Mary land, the Akron, Canton ami Youngstown, tlie Toledo. Peoria and Western, and a numlwr of other important lines. The Seabeard Air Line railway was al oealed to the Wabash as was also (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) Mrs, .1. E. Murphy Has Arm Fractured Mrs. J mes E. Murphy participated hi an accident yesterday afternoon in which she received a broken arm and minor Injuries. Mrs. Murphy and her son Janies Murphy wete returning by anti from Piqua. Ohio where they bad visited. The roads had been cleared considerably along the way until about two miles west of Willshire. Ohio, where the automobile struck a deep snow drift. Thlrfking the car was turning over, Mis. Murphy jumped from the cat, breaking her arm. She was taken to Willshire, where tlie injures were dressed and brought to tins city on the Nickel Plate last evening. She was r<‘ported to lie restin; fairly well today. ♦ ♦ GOOD FELLOW CLUB i ♦ ♦ Previous total $312.18 A Good Fellow .50 A Friend .50 Total to date $313.18

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STATE HIGHWAY CREWS WORKING HARD ON ROADS Zero Temperatures Are Predicted For WeekEnd In Indiana NO MORE SNOW IS EXPECTED Indianapolis, Dec. 21.—<V-W —Hopes for early relief from the cold wave were blasted j by U. S. weather bureau fore- I tists tmlay. Continued cold mav be expected until the first of next week, .1. H. Arm- ! ngton, meteorologist at Indianapolis said. The report indicated, how- I "vir. that aside from low temperatures. conditions would be favorable for a ieturn to normal conditions. No further precipitation was anticipated, with fair weather in the offing tor the week-end. State highway crews were making good progress today, with 5.000 men scattered throughout the snowbound regions of the northern half of the state, but they had a tremendous job ahead of them. Main mads were being opened one by one. with the prospect that most of these would be in reason- • ably good condition by Sunday. It seemed probable, however, that side roads would continue to be blocked until next week. Condition of main highways as reported to the state highway department todAy: Fort Wayne district: road 3 opened today to Muncie; road 27 open Fort Wayne to Portland; Road 311 was closed today front road 27 opened Fort Wayne to Coldwater. Mich, the Ohio state I’ne to Chicago. Northern Indiana: Road 20, Lagrange to Ohio line, probably open by tonight; road 6. closed east and west of Waterloo; rigid 27, closed north of Kendallville; road 67. open: road 20, blocked near Elkhart. probably open Sunday; road 2, Goshen to I ,'gonier, open. All roads in the Monticello district will remain closed today. Central Indiana: Road 34, open Indianapolis to 9 miles west of Crawfordsville: closed Covington to state line; road 36, west of Rockville, open today; road 50, will he blocked at Medora for several days; load 41 closed south of Kefitland; road 21 blocked between Marion and Pent by eight-foot diif.s; road 31 open to 12 miles north of Peru; road 43 blocked six (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) 700 SAVED IN SHIP MISHAP Second Water Disaster Occurs in East; None Reported Hurt New York. Dei. 21. (U.R) More than 700 passengers wore safely transferred from a sinking vessel and brought ashore here in the second serious harbor accident within a few days. The double-decked and brilliant-ly-llghted ferryboat West Point, transporting commuters and several hundred immigrants across the Hudson to Weehawken, N, J., was rammed last night by a heavy car float, a craft used to take freight cars across the river. Water gushed into the ferry, flooding the engine room and caus'ng her to list badly. Immediately the captain sounded the siren and a fleet of other crafts, including a ferry, came to the West Point's aid. Some took off the passengers, while others kept the ferry more or less upright by holding their prows against it. After all passengers were off. the ferry was beached on the Jersey mill flats. Those aboard the West Point wore at a loss to account for the collision. The night was clear, visibility good, and the ferry was bi ightly-lighted from stem to stern. Wednesday the Bermuda liner Fort Victoria was rammed by another liner in a fog and sank in the lower harbor after her passengers had been rescued.