Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 28, Number 101, Decatur, Adams County, 28 April 1930 — Page 1

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|IY-THIRD ■hi EVENT ■jRAWCROWD Will Be ■l Speakers on |Miy'- Program K XS AT M’lUi ( I I P. . ■/.•ments were KU •..day for the annual conven-l Eighth district 1 Clubs which ' Decatur Coun- ' ■ - -i.>ll will start oid the afteril be called to 1 -:’o o’clock. state presiMrs. Edwin viio-president of and Mrs. ' ■■'.ident -peakers at the Mrs. John W shin Will lie de e-poits of various and district of officers ' In fore the <dose ill those attend will lie served the Count iv liitnheon will be tn ■> I. Vance, district :• Luncheon res-i.-i made by tonight Vane* it was stated. of tomorrow's will be devoted to a and i xamin.it ion The general session who desire conveyBtoli .volition headqiiartEr«Lkeo - , communicate with !•’ I'.hinger, chairman committee. the three addresses at session, the district BtiAs committee will present •port The report of this comone of the importBews of the convention as ft tlie year’s policy of the K. Bohn S. Peterson of this ■CTINTED ON PAGE SIX) —o liiE LiQUOR lan BLASTED St > Agents Investipte Plan of Anderson I BSteel Worker officers are in the alleged plan of McLaughlin. 58, Andermill worker, to promote through circulars he prepared at an Anderoffice. He was held P<Bfedera,l officers. was said to have H*' l with the printing firm letters printed to ho [M prospective customers lll'' ll * the country, soliciting Canadian rye at S4O a Metter instructed customers PBtheir checks to Bert Meat the Lincoln Naadmitted having the to be mailed from Bg Police were told he in'■l° make advance collecn,l send his customers with rye grain inalcoholic beverages. k - —o Gets New Safe S : Dtrg, in,]., April 28—(UP) ■ckage worth several thouM's dollars lay in a street at W'u’g overnight and was tin■tl. Mbs. the safety was due to Bt of the obpect. It weighed ■ns. I 8 Ihe safe for the new Najauk. Now, the safe is safe h e building.

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New Anaesthetic Used Frequently at Local Hospital Th? new anaesthetic, called sodium a'nytal, which is being used throughout the middlewest and is creating much comment in newspapers, because of its great success, has been in use in Adams county for five months, physicians disclosed today. There have been many operations at the Adams County Memorial hospital the last five months by the use of the new anaesthetic, which is giv« n the patient by injection into Hie veins. One prominent Adams county physician lias used the discovery 34 times with great success. Physicians who have tried the new discovery say it is ideal for operations, because the patient sleeps naturally under Ms influence and awakens without the usual after-illness. All local physicians who have used the sodium amythal say it will soon Ik* used almost exclusively in the next few years. Dr. Lynn W. Elston of Fort Wayne used the anacesthetic for the first time last week and reported the results to be "highly satisfactory." FAST TIME IS IN USE HERE Clocks Turned Ahead an Hour Saturday At Midnight After a twisted Sunday morning, Decatur citizens today were fitting out-their daily schedule to comply with daylight saving time which became effective in this city at midnight Saurdav night. Fort Wayne to Decatur busses will continue to run on standard time, it was said today. Their time will be the same as before the fast time became effective, but the Ims company clocks will not be turned ahead. Decatur Post Office employes also will continue to operate on standard time. City mail deliveries will be an hour later than usual from now until next October. Schools, churches and factories started today to observe the new time and most local business firms are using the fast time. A few of the mot e conservative local people refuse to change times and are still using standard time in their homes. The new time, which has a dozen different names but is commonly called daylight saving time, is effective in most of northern Indiana and southern Illinois. Michigan ami Ohio also use the fast time. Yost Brothers Get Contract on Drain Yost Brothers of Decatur were low bidders on the David J. Schwartz. drain, petitioned for by it) farmers of southern Adam's county. The Contract was let Saturday. The low bid was $1,650. Other bidders on the project were Macklin and Zehr, Edwin Beer and John Hendricks. The ditch is a tributary on the Blue Creek drain. ROOT 4-H CLUB HOLDS MEETI Nd Officers Chosen for Year at Saturday Afternoon Meeting The Root Township 4-H Girls Club met at the home of the club leader, Nirs. S. P. Kunkel, Saturday afternoon. In the business session, the following officers were elected: President, Mary Jane Kunkel; vice-president, Betty Frisinger, secretary, Charlene Barnhouse; treasurer, Harriet Kunkel; news chairman, Alice Jane Archbold; monitor, Neocia Yoh; song and yell leader, Pauline Affolder. Light refreshments were then served to the following: Louise Gage, Betty Frisinger, Mary Jane and Charlotte May Reber, Pauline Affolder, Alma June Wynn, Alice Jane Archbold. Edna Beane. Eleanor Johnson, Gwendolyn Parrish, Bereneta Lytle, Neocia Yoh, Marguerite Kitson, Charleno Barnhouse, Mary Jane, Harriet and Sanna Kunkel.

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MORE PROPERTY CONDEMNATION SUITS BROUGHT Four Suits Are Filed For Right of Way on Road Near Berne HEARING DATE SET FOR MAY 7 Jarnos Ogden, attorney general of Indiana through his first assistant | Conner D. Ross has brought four ' more condemnations suits against ; Adams county property owners to I secure rights of way for improve--1 mints to be made on state road 27. south of Decatur near Berne. The suits were filed late Saturday in Adams circuit court and the court ordered summons issued. All summons are returnable May 7. Each suit is identical, except that the property description of each is different. The suits set out that portions of the properties sought to be condemned are necessary for certain road improvements and the state asks that same be condemned in order that certain paving projects might be carried out. The first suit is entitled State of Indiana vs. Enos Lehman and Sarah Lehman. The second suit Is the state against Noah Ellenberger and Leah Ellenberger. The third suit is against Clement R. Gottschalk, Mahala Gottschalk and The Peoples State bank. The final suit filed was the State diaiasl Smith Shoemaker. _ Other Court News In the estale of Anna B. Winnes, inventory number one was filed. Annie E. Winnes is administratrix of the estate and has filed bond in the sum of $3,200. Sue on Notes Two suits were brought in Adams circuit court to collect on overdue notes. One is entitled Ulysses Stauffer against H. E. Martz ami Mrs. 11. E. Martz. Judgment for S3OO is demanded. The other suit is Clark J. Lutz vs. James F. Arnold, demand $250. The first summons is returnable May 5 and the second. May 7. D.W. DEBOLTIS DEATH’S VICTIM Decatur Man Dies Sunday Following Operation Friday Dora Wilson Debolt, 46. wellknown Decatur man, died at the Adams County Memorial Hospital Sunday afternoon at 4:15 o'clock following an operation for appendicitis. Mr. Debolt worked on the Erie Railroad where he had been employed for many years, until Friday, April 18, when he became afflicted with appendicitis. Later the appendix burst and an operation was pet formed last Friday in a futile attempt to save his life. He was born in Adams County, September 2, 1883, the son of Abraham and Susanne Frodline- Debolt. On November 21, 1992 he was united in marriage with Miss Vella Cook, who survives together with (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o Rev. Scherry Resigns At Vera Cruz Church The Rev. Otto Scherry, prominent Reformed pastor of Vera Cruz and well-known in Decatur has resigned his charge in that town and will move to Ohio soon, where he will accept a new charge. Rev. Scherry has been pastor at Vera Cruz for several years and is well known in Adams and Weihs counties where he has often delivered addresses at church gatherings. o Lions To Entertain Mothers On May 13 The Lions Club will hold its Mother’s Day program two weeks from Tuesday Instead of a week from Tuesday as previously announced. The date being May 13, at the Christian church. • i

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Decatur, Indiana, Monday, April 28, 1930.

Home From the Antarctic -1 MRRKlsMraJv'- * ' y 'U' I -3 .. J * « Members of the Byrd crew as they arrived at Quarantine, N. Y.. on the whaler, C. A. Lnmon, following long months in the frozen Antartic as members of the Byrd Expedition. They are: Martin llonne, sailmaker; Norman Vaughan assistant dog driver; Walter Leuthner, Clair I). Alexander, supply officer, and Edward E. Goodale, assistant dog driver. »

PRIZE WON BY JOSEPH STEELE Local G. E. Employe Gets Prize in Slogan Contest Joseph Steele, an employe in the Decatur Works of the General Electric plant, won first prize in a contest conducted by the company for a slogan to be used in the campaign against waste. Mr. Steele used the letters "F. W. W. G. E.” which stand for “Fort Wayne Works General Electric” in making his slogan. The slogan was, "Fight waste witli greater energy", .lie first letter of each also spelling the first line ot the caption. Mr. Steele received a cash prize of sls for the winning slogan. Four hundred forty-four entered the contest and the judges considered 1537 different slogans in selecting the prize winner. Each contestant had the privilege ot submitting as many as five slogans. The second prize was won by Miss Ruby Moser, a coil winder in lie transformer division at the Broadway plant, Fort Wayne. Mr. Steele is a nailing machine operator at the Dectur, plant. The prize was presented to him lit a dinner meeting of tlie Foreman s Association held at Fort Wayne last week. WRITES LETTER FROOISSIJ Fred Chronister Writes Local Relatives; Trip Is Described Fred Chronister, former Decatur man. now in Russia with a crew of men for the Foster-Wheeler Machine Company of New York, Installing oil and gas plants, fitie written bis father, George Chronister as follows: Dear Folks: Should have written you before this but have been so busy sightseeing and getting settled here that I just wasn’t able to find time. , We sailed from New York March Bth and arrived here April 3rd and rather glad when it was over. Had a very pleasant trip over and we stopped and went ashore for sight seeing at Madeira Islands, Gibraltar, Algiers, Monaco, Naples, Athens, and Constantinople. Saw many strange slights and wouldn't have missed it for anything. The tourist crowd on the boat were congenial and that helped. I spent three, days in Constantinoiple before I was able to get ON PAGE SIX)

L. H. Lake Purchases R. I). Christen Home L. H. Lake, Decatur's night watchman, bought the R. D. Christen property on North Third street Saturday. Mr. Lake was the highest bidder, at $2250.00. The sale was conducted by the JohnsonBartlett Auction company of this city. Mr. Lake will move into the property soon. , o — Robert Malley Injured Robert Magley, Daily Demcorat newsboy suffered an injury to his leg when struck by an automobile. The lad was on the rear of the car and the driver, not knowing he was on it, backed his car up. Belt fell off and the wheel ran over his leg. His injitty was not serious. CLEAN-UP WEEK STARTS TODAY Annual Beautification of Local Properties Starts This Morning Clean-up week started in Decatur today. City workmen, cooperating with the Civic section of the Decatur Woman's club will haul rubbish away from all homes free of charge this week, provided it is placed in a container, at the rear of the property. No ashes will be hauled, but the winter accumulation of tin cans and otlier rubbish‘will be taken away. City Street Commissioner Amos Fisher will be in charge of the hauling and he stated today that his men would begin tlie Clean-up campaign today. The hauling will take most of the week, and it is impossible to arrange a schedule of various section's of the city, so all people are urged to have their rubbish placed in containers not later than today. Clean-up week has been observed in Decatur for a number of years and the Civic section is anxious that properties be cleaned up this week. 0 —rEight Young People Will Attend Round-Up Tlie 4-U Club Round-up will be held at Lafayette, the week of May 5. Eight winners from Adams County will make the trip. The winner in the Third Year calf club will be determined all reports on production are received. Those from the county who are assured a trip are: Deah Griffith, Amy C. Schenck Verrea Roth, Mary Jane Kunkel, of the Sewing and Canning Clubs. Ernest Schwartz, Solomon ■ Mosser, Jr., and Elma Steury of the Calf Club. Next week these young people will be given instructions as to where to meet and the time.

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CANDIDATES ARE BUSY IN FINAL DRIVE Light Republican And Heavy Democratic Vote Predicted May 6 BOARDS TO BE NAMED TUESDAY Primary election candidates square off today for the last week’s drive prior to the primary election which will he held Tuesday May 6. Most interest in Adams county is centered in the various Democratic contests. There are no county Republican contests, but in St. Marys and Jefferson townships there are more than one Republican candidate for trustee's posts. The district contest for Republican nomination for congress also is creating interest in Adams county, it is thought that the Republican vote in the county will be light, however, because ot the lack of county contests. In the district Joe H. Davis, Delaware county prosecutor is contest ing with R?P- Albert 11. Vestal for the Republican nomination. Davis is seeking his strength from the (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) SFNIUR PHY WELL ATTENDED “Ghost Parade” Will Be Repeated Tuesday at D.C.H.S. Auditorium A large sized crowd witnessed the presentation of ‘‘The Ghost Parade," a comedy in three acts which was given by the senior class of Decatur Catholic high school at the Catholic high school auditorium Sunday evening and acclaimed it an excellent production. The play will be repeated Tuesday evening, April 29. and the curtain will rise at 8 o'clock. The play was under the direction of Sister M. Vera, C. S. A. principal of the high school and the musical numbers which were presented before the play an ( jetiween the acts were in charge of Mrs. L. A. Holthouse. The plot was a clever one that involved the leading characters in a mystery, the solving of which produced many fnijny scenes. The character parts, Rastus, played by Gerald Gage, and Abigail Jones, played by Viola Schmitz were portrayed in a capable manner. Al! other parts, including the leads were taken by members of Decatur Catholic high school and were well presented. ADAMS COUNTY NURSE HONORED Margaret Henchcn Gets High Honor at Lutheran Nurses Party Miss Margaret Henchen, daughter of S. D. Henchen of Decatur, Route 2. received a special honor at the surprise reception given for the graduating class of the Lutheran Hosiptal by the doctors and nurses of the school. The banquet was held in the banquet and reception rooms of the school at Fort Wayne and more than 100 attended the affair. Miss Henchen received a medal from Dr. B. S. Cornell. She was ac claimed by Misji Anna Holtman, principal of the school, as the most tactful pupil in the sick room, that she never missed a day and always lived up to the rules of the hospital.” Members of the Junior class arranged the affair, together with the faculty members of the school Addresses were given by Lynn W. Elston, W. O. Mcßride, E. H. Underwood, and-sW. W. Duemllng all of Fort Wayne. Awarding of the senior valedictorinn medal to Miss Lillian Retzoff, and the special medal to Miss Henchen together with various toasts, class wills and prophecies, completed the program'.

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Starts in Sail Boat For Long Ocean Trip Miami, Fla., April 28. (U.R) Somewhere off the lower coast of Florida, a lone mariner, Nicholas Gongopolous, slept aboard his 16foot sailboat today, perhaps dreaming of the day three months hence when he hopes to reach his native city of Athens, Greece. Gongopolous' tiny craft is be-1 lieved the smallest ever to ot-j tempt to conquer the Atlantic! Ocean. He took it out of Miami itarbor late Sunday. Aboard tire 16-foot sailboat are 61) gallons of fresh water, canned meats, hardtack, canned beans,» other foods, also four extra sets of sails to propel the boat along the Fulf stream toward Gibraltar and beyond. Gongopolous planned to sail the j boat at night ami sleep during tire day. — —o POST OFFICE PROMISED SOON Rep. Vestal Says He Will “Work Hard” for Building Here Leiters received by local citizens who wrote to lion. Albert H. Vestal, representative in congress from the Eightli district, in appreciation of his efforts in behalf of securing he new Postoffice for Decatur, state “I will keep right on the job and get this building started just as soon as posssible." It is believed that the next step towards the building of the Postoffice will be the advertising t»r bids from contractors tor the erecion of the building. This will be done in legal form and may require several weeks before all details are disposed of. The starting of work on the building will not lie delayed because of any condemnation proceedings, the government being owner of the Niblick lot. corner of Liberty Way and Third street and vacation to residents on the lot can be given on short notice, the sites being leased on a month to month basis. The appropriation bill carries an $85,000 appropriation for the government building in this city. This amount of money will be the building and furnishing of the postot'fice it is believed. It is possible that work on the building may start this summer or before the close of the year. o Giant Bat Is Killed Newcastle, Ind, April 28-(UP) — A large bat, of a species not believed to be native of this section, was killed in the yard of the Marsh residence, at Shively's park, four milas north of Newcastle. The winged mammal measured 17 inches from tip to tip of its wings The head had a peculiar shape, the face somewhat resembling that of a baboon. Mrs. Marsh found the bat lying on the ground in the front yard. Thinking it dead, she kicked it, and it began to scream and flutter. Mr. Marsh came from the house and killed the bat with a poker, it was believed to have been partly paralized by cold. — o ALBERT STUMP TO BE SPEAKER Berne High School to Hold Graduation Exercises May 20 Berne, April 28 —(Special)—Albert Stump. Indianapolie attorney, has been selected as the Commencement speaker at the annual graduation exercises of Berne high school to be held Tuesday night. May 20. The senior class of Berne high school Is the largest in the history of the school this year. There are 42 pupils who will be graduated, 23 girls and 19 boys. Mr. Stump. Democratic candidate for United States senator in 1926 and 1928 is one of the best orators in Indiana and his acceptance to speak here In May was well received by school officials and citizens of Borne.

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ARMED GUARDS BREAK MUTINY THREATS TODAY Ring-Leaders Isolated by Guards and Police to Dungeon DEPUTY WARDEN LEADS BATTLE I Columbus, ().. April 28 (U.R) Another convict rebellion nt the state penitentiarv Atas thwarted lodav when orison officials breed dangerinl'esled ceils and isolated ring-leaders who had been {attempting to incite mutiny. With 200 heavily armed ' policemen and deputies massed in battle formation in the prison quadrangle, guards under direction of Deputy Warden J. C. Woodard entered tlie cell blocks, segregated the trouble-makers and removed them to the penitentiary dungeon. "The time for words has passed" Warden Thomas eaid. “This rebellion must be put down at any cost.” Tlie policemen and deputies were marched into the prison at 6:30 a. m. while 800 national guardsmen and naval reserves under Colonel Robert Haubrich surrounded the prison wall, placed machine guns and automatic rifles at strategic points and armed themselves with hand grenades and tear and gas bombs. The blue coats inside were similarly armed. x Issuing orders that the prisoners return to work in the prison ehops. Warden Thomas directed guards to march tlie men to tlie mess hall for breakfast, then assemble them at the chapel. That was done, and Woodard and one of the so-called ring-lead-ers. Murray Wolfe, exhorted the (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o Will Give Musicale Miss Mildred Wolfe, of Willshire. Ohio, musician will present a musical program at the Decatur High School auditorium, Wednesday evening May 7 under the auspices ot the Mount Tabor Methodist Episcopal church. Miss Wolfe will present a splendid program and will lie assisted by Mrs. William G Hoffer and Miss Lois Myers as accompanists. She is a soloist, [days a xylophone, vil-ra harp, and t.iano, and her program will consist 6f Several numbers on each instrument. The public is invited to attend. CIVIL WAR VET ANSWERS TAPS John H, Williams, 81, Dies At Home of Daughter In Tocsin John 11. Williams. 81, Civil War veteran and life-long resident of Adams county died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. S. B. Ramsey at Tocsin, Saturday night at 8 o'clock. Death was caused by paralysis. Mr. Williams enjoyed his usual health until last Wednesday when he suffered a heart attack and stroke of paralysis, from which he never recovered. He was the youngest Civil War veteran in Adams county, having enlisted when he was 15 years of age at Columbus. Ohio. He served the full time in Company H, of the Tht; ty-ninth Ohio Regiment. O; four brothers and the fathers, the , deceased was the only one to survive the war and return. John H. Williams was born in Tuscarawas county, Ohio, September 11, 1848, the son ot Peter and Mafy Williams, both deceased. ■ While a boy his family moved to Adams county where ' they spent 1 the remainder of their lives. 1 His wife, Mrs. Mary E. Hinkle- • Williams, preceded him in death a year ago. Surviving are two 1 daughters, Mrs. S. B. Ramsey of Tocsin, and Mrs. Anna MalottButler of this city, nine grandchil- • dren, and eight great grandchildren. One brother. Baxter Williams of Avilla also survives. 1 Mr. and Mrs. Williams celebrated 1 their sixtieth wedding anniversary two years ago last March and at ’ that time they were the oldest niarJ (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)