Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 30, Number 70, Decatur, Adams County, 22 March 1932 — Page 1

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kOUTHERN INDIANA HAS SEVERE STORM

BIOTOLLIN Kuthland is M HONORED | Lie Wind* Do Dam- ■ Totalling Millions ■j n Several States ■th TOI-I ■ b MOI NTING ■ bulletin ■, ( death -dll ,rom ,he ■ re storm Ah ch swept ■' n states ate Monday ate today at ’B6. Many mining. I Ala „ M al . 22.-W.P) ■ loinc httdino that whir■roi krti it’s x'Utliland late ■v swept 75 to l"0 per-' their Heath, injured ■ ,mme. and crumbled ■ in at iea-t seven near-. ■ 1W ns. relit f workers re-| r ■d today. ■rising eddies from thei ■ storm killed and injurK ir . in -■■•t’ens as widely ■...,! as points in Kentucky, j Mississippi and, ■ ,i.nimuiii’ in Alabama, j ■ «. !<• increasing ■ Sli.'t:T W II Gillespie of county declared: death toll in my county ■ reach with injured I ■ final reports are in.” ■ based Ins estimate on the | ■(),..' ~.1,11 i . ~!•-a pel,el rated ■ by relict workers revealed! ■s,< loss of lit. and property ■ghport. yist across the Black ■for river from TnsealOoaa, ■ ui •li- Sta<e university. ami ■ anini.e 6" mins southeast ■orthport. wue hardest hit. ■1: • »■<>,.-. newspapermen. K officials and others who ■. hrouirl, the splintered deb■lu marked the )>ath of the ■tdeallnv winds, reported that estimate- m the dead and ON' PAGE FIVK> IRIKE BREAK ' IS PREDICTED I Pennsylvania Miners eturn to Work; Insurgents Still Hold Out ‘a.. Ran, , pa.. \| , r , h -_>e <U.P) P tir»t break in the insurgent k“ ot aathianic miners occurrioday when nmre than "80<» etn'is? Maxwell Colliery returned I t rk. atier being aligned wita •trike for nine days. Mindful of jeers and hoots t.aket- who stood in a pouru n’he Maxwell miners marchiy the men and women who alto hm ton hole them and fed the pita. Klim., of y le united Mine F-e.s anil coal operators an•tfed that the number of atrik,Jl dlsttlct No. 1. lias been re!fl i.> about Ui.twj. Another 5,’«re idle because ot mines bebored or lack of coal orders or lush cast of operation. ■rulers of the outlaw strike, ( intended thete had been e change in the situation and a.Ty in.ino men were on fa — — o- • Paul Church To dold Special Service M*ter servees will be held in I- Paul Church, located one °»e halt miles south of the ( ounty Infirmary, Friday »ntoou from 12 to 3 o'clock. h,7 J ' E ' Smith, pastor of tne ' 1 ' *’*') have charge of the ser- • which will he featured with a T '' ,n ’ P'ayer, and music. -as public is Invited to attend ■ 'l'Riani, and visiting pastors *' roine to a isi.st in the service, funeral Is Wednesday ht" 161 ? 1 Bervltfe » for Adolph Sei- . ''ho died at the Adams Counn]„]' traa , ry Sunday afternoon, will s'' 1 * ednas<J ay morning at the kt hna tcforlne d church at Berne. . Wy was removed to the Biene h , * er Funeral Parlors in Berne etun ' WiU renlain until time of

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Blindfold Driver To Be Here Saturday 0 — 0 .Murdock, the great magician, who will drive an automobile blindfoldled. Saturday afternoon at 1 o'clock, , will visit a number of Tteealur 1 stores following the drive and per- ■ form another leaf. The blindfold will not keep him from reading the special announcements in the store and he has planned to visit eight or more stores where blindfolded be will perform his uncanny act. The stores to lie visited are the Adums County lAuto Co.. John T. Myers. Im .. Morris 5 and 10 Cent Store. Niblick and Company. B. J. ’Smith Drug Co.. Green Kettle. Eco- . nomy Store. Nichols Shoe Store. ; Murdock will also appear at the | Adams theater for an afternoon and evening performance. EIGHTY-SEVEN WILL GRADUATE — Township Schools To Hold Exercises For 1932 Graduates ! Eighty-seven young people will | j be graduated from the seven rural ■ high schools in Adams county’ this spring, it was announced by Clifton E. Striker, county superintendent. today. The commencement exercises will be held at the ’ rural high schools from April 25 | to May 2. The speaker for the exercises j | will be named within a few days. ;it was stated. Mr. Striker will award the diplomas. Ten pupils will he graduated from Pleasant Mills high school; 7 from Monroe; IS from Geneva; 20 from Kirkland; 11 from Hartford..* 8 from Monmouth, and 13 from Jefferson. Following is the list of pupils ] who will he graduated Monmouth Russell Eugene Fleming, Alice Marie Reinhart, James Galvin Moses, Theari Edrts Miller Stults. : Fred Lewton Brokaw. Hol n ; Marguerite Fairchild. Doyle Wil--1 liani I.vile, and lb rman Martin I Bittner. The commencement will Io ] held Monday. Ap'il 25. Hartford I Leonard I’. Grandtienard. Frederick .1. Duff. Merle A. Shoemaker, Warren D. Munrb. John S Stahlv. I Albert C. Shoeui.ik< 1. Dale W. ’ Anderson. Max R. Stauffer. Daisy I M Augsliurger. Tlutrell Parr. I Edna Zimmerman The commence ment will be held Tuesday. April 26. Monroe Helen M. Mitchel. Ikdores 1 engeuberger. Olive E. Huser. ; Kuby M. Hendricks. Grace V. Chilcote. Car! L. Bauserman and Wilbur H. Fricke, the commencement to he held Wednesday. April 27. Jefferson Blaino Bailey, Clara Bucking ham. Harold DeArmond. Robert Duff. William R. Gabel, Ethel M. Hunt. Grace Allene Kenney. Vera I M. Ludy. Herbert Miller. Solomon Mosser, Jr.. Wilma Schaudt. Clarence Snyder, and Edith A * Stolz. Commencement to be held on (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) REFORMER GETS PRISON TERM Gilday, Who Shot Youth Sentenced to From One To Fourteen Years Chicago, Mar. 22.— (U.R) — Daniel ■ Gilday, veteran reformer, was sen--1 fenced today by Judge John Prystalski to serve from one, to fourteen years in the state penitentiary , at Joliet for the shooting of Her- . man Knol, 19. Knol recovered from his wound and was the principal witness aI gainst Gilday at the trial at which 1 the latter admitted he had been drinking on the night of the shooting. Knol said he anti'a friend attempted to assist Gilday home and the latter shot him. (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) ' -o 1 Women To Have Charge , The Missionary society of the s First Presbyterian church here will j have charge of the regular midweek I” prayer services Wednesday night at 7 o’clock.

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OFFICIALS FOR ELECTION MEET Commissioners Name Officers For Contest This Year; Set Districts — The Adams county board of election commissioners met Tuesday night at the office of County Clerk Milton Werling and designated the county offices for which there will boa primary and general election in Adams county. The board also set the delegate | districts for ls>th Democrat and I Republican parties. The members of the board are ' Iz-o Saylors, Democrat; Charles ' Burdg, Republican and Milton C. ' Werling. Democrat. The latter is I a member Ity virtue of his office. I The other two members are apI pointed by Hie two party chair- ' men of the county. Primary elections will be held j ■ May 3 for the purpose of ea h 1 party nominating candidates for auditor, sheriff, treasurer, surveyor. recorder, prosecuting attorney, members of township advisory boards, congressmen, commissioners of first and second disI tricts. The Democrats of Adams county 1 will elect 11 state delegates and ; the Republicans will name six. Following is the districting of the county for both parties: Democrat Party First—East Union. West Union. East Root and West Root. Second—North Preble, South ; Preble ami North Kirkland. Third North Washington. South , Washington. North St. Marys and Soutii St Marys. Fourth — North Blue Creek. South Blue Creak. North Monroe and Middle Monroe. Fifth Berne A, B. and C 1 Sixth--South Kirkland French.l North Hartford and South Hartford. Seventh - North Wabash. East Jefferson and West Jefferson. ‘ Eighth—Geneva A. Geneva B. ’ and Ceylon. Ninth—Decatur First Ward A 1 ■ — (CONTINUED ON PAGE ITVID ADVERTISEMENT BEING TRACED Personal Ad Believed To Have Connection In Lindbergh Case Hopewell. N. J. Mar 22 (U.R)— A < I issitied ‘ personal" ad published in New York today hinted • that Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh ' Ins received evidence from kidnapers of his baby but all other sources indicated the 22-day search had been futile. Authorities de lined to comment on the ad. apparently one of a ) series signed ‘ Jafsie” which have ■ appeared in the New York Ameri--1 can and Bronx Home News. ' The ad read: “Thanks. That little package you sent was immediately deliv--1 ered and accepted as real article. See my position. Over fifty years in business and can't pay without seeing goods? Common sense, makes me trust you. I’lease und-, erstand my position. Jafsie.” I This might be interpreted to mean the kidnapers had sent] some article to Lindbergh but] ! were being informed he was on- ] willing to pay the ransom until he I I "saw the goods" and was convinced lie would receive his own child back. I A cold sleet enveloped the desolate Sourland mountain area ! — „ (CGNTTNUED GN PAGE SIX) John T, Myers Stricken With A Heart Attack John T. Myers, well-known Decatur clothier suffered a heart at--1 tack in Fort Wayne Tuesday afternoon and was removed to the 1 Lutheran hospital in that city. Mr. 1 Myers had gone to Fort Wayne on a business trip and on the way to , that city his automobile had skidded on the icy pavement. It is thought that the skidding aggravated the heart action. When he reached the south part of Fort > Wayne Mr. Myers got out of his car .-.nd was ound ',y a taxi-driver who ? hurried him to the hospital. 1 His condition today was regarded < as improved and the attending phyt sicians said that he had an excellent chance to recover.

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, March 22, 1932.

Heiress Engaged jbHI ■ i \ ■ .i i\ wM Miss Betty Offield. Chicago heiress, who is engaged to marry Jarvis Hunt Jr.. Chicago architect. according to reports from Arizona where both are vacationing. Formal announcement of the engagement will not be made for some time, friends have been told, because of the recent death of William Wrigley Jr., grandfather of Miss Offield. Miss Offield was willed outright one-tenth of tlie I fortune of Mr. Wrigley, estimated at IfO.UOd.ObO, and will share in her mother's share of the estate as well. _ — — - . ■ ~

EAST CHICAGO ; HAS BIG FIRE (Three Buildings Damaged More Than Million; Families Forced Out East Chicago. Ind.. Mar. 22 - (U.R) Three buildings were destroyed and 30 families driven to the snow-choked streets in scanty clothing early today when a SIOO,OOO fire broke out. The fire swept through the structures rapidly and trapped’ several persons who were rescued ( from window ledges Uy firemen. ! One fireman was severely injured jby a falling wall. Foui otlie's I were overcome. The first alarm was turned in by employes on a South Shore electric train. Peering through the heavy gusts of snow they saw a couple trapped at a second story window. The train was halted and fire companies summoned. When firemen arrived they rescued the couple. Roy Zink and his wife. Edward Foster, also

trapped, jumped to safety from :i second story window. He was uninjured. Fireman Arthur Johnson was injured when a wall gave way. Those driven from their homes w-ero sheltered by neighbors. The thre?-story auditorium hotel was destroyed at a loss ot $50.0<)0 in a second fire. Occupants of the structure which was closed for the winter were routed. Fi.'e(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) LOCAL PEOPLES' GRANDSON DIES Robert H. Peterson. Jr. Is Victim of Death; Funeral Here Thursday Robert Hale Peterson. Jr., aged 8. of Dayton, 0., son of Mr. and Mi s. Robert H. Peterson and grandson of Mr. and Mrs. John S. Peterson of Decatur, died at Dayton Monday afternoon following an operation for the removal of his appendix. The l|oy had been sick only a short time. Robert H. Peterson, Jr. was born in Indianapolis in 1924, Surviving are the parents, a sister Joyce and the grandparents in Decatur. The remains will be brought to Decatur tonight to the Peterson home on Jefterson street. Funeral services will be held from the home on Thursday and the time will be announced later. Robert had visited his grandparents here on . several occasions. His father Robert . Peterson, .formerly lived in Decatur.

0. L. Vance Is Speaker | (). 1.. Vance, local business man. addressed the meeting of the South Ward Parent Teachers’ Association I meetlti’ which was held in the | South Ward School building, 'Tues- i day afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. Mr. Vance spoke on the life of I George Washington. The subject of I the address was in’ keeping with | the bl-centennial celebration of I, George Washington's blrt hd a y | which is being observed this year. . Musical numbers were furnished j by the second grade pupils of the school, and the entire group of I. South Ward pupils. 0 SNOW. SLEET 00 LITTLE DAMAGE I ] Winter Makes Effort To Remain In Decatur; Temperature to Rise ’ Trees, wires, streets and sidewalks were covered with ice and snow this morning in Decatur as winter made an effort to remain in season during the final days of March. Weather forecasters said; the cold wave would be short lived ! and that relief would arrive either, today or Wednesday. The first sleet storm of the! year Sunday night was strengthened by another pouring of sleet Monday night, which later turned to snow. The temperature in. I Decatur this morning was near i j the freezing ma r k hut the sky was

j clear and there were indications] | of warmer weather. j The last week has brought the most severe weather of the present winter months to Adams county. but no serious damage has been reported. Telephony, tele- . graph and light wires woru covai- | ed with ice today, but no gre it damage was reported. i Sidewalks and roads were slippery an<| several minor accident ’ were reported. The snow which I fell late Monday night covered ‘ , the icy walks and made walking' . easier today. FORMER COUNTY j RESIDENT DIES , Frank Laughrey, 65, Is Victim of Heart Attack Monday Night Frank Laughrey. 65 year old ' farmer of Madison towns’ ip. Allen county, and a resident of Adams t county for many years, died at nis I home at 7 o’clock Monday night. > following a heart attack.

Mr. laiughrey spent practically his entire Life ’n Adams county> with the exception of eight years] during which he lived in the West, and in Allen county, where he resided at the time of his death. The deceased was born near ; Pleasant Mills. April 15. 1866, the ] son of Joel and Elizabeth I,aug v rey. both of whom are deceased. His wife, Mrs. Elfie Laughrey. whom he married 42 years ago, survives, together with three sons One daughter preceded him in death. | The surviving sons are: Jessie I of Nashua. Mont.; Hurley of Fort Wayne; and Donald of Dayton. O. Brothers and sisters who survive are: Henry Laughrey of Colfax; ; Mrs. Edna Uhrick of Fort Wayne: I | and Jess Laughrey of Michigan.! j One sister. Mrs. Ida Martz, and a ] brother, William Laughrey, preceded him in death. Mr. Laughrey was a member of] tlie Friends Church in Fort i Wayne. Funeral services will be held , Thursday afternoon. March 24. at 2 o'clock at tlie Friends church .n Monroe. Burial will lie made in , the Spring Hill cemetery. Rev. 1 (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) I ' ' ~ SERVICE WEDNESDAY 'I I ’ Rev. R. E. Vance, pastor of | | the local U. B. church will ] i | have charge of the Wednesday 1 morning business men's prayer service at tlie Chamber of Comi rnerce rooms at 9:30 o'clock. A ] I good-sized crowd attended the i | Tuesday morning service and i ; those in charge believe the ; ' room will be crowded tomor- • j row. 0 0

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VOTE NEARING ON SALES TAX : _ 1 BEFORE HOUSE n Agreement Reached With 1 Opponents of Proposal t As Voting Nears — - 1 ARGUMENT TO PRECEDE VOTE 1 I Washington, Mar. 22.—(U.R) I : —House leaders reached an | ’agreement with the sales tax, ’opposition today which was ’expected to force a vote before night on that key issue of the billion dollar revenue bill. I The deal called for two A hours of debate immediately] on the estates tax provision' and a vote on that at the expiration of the limited debating period. c It also provided that immediate- j ly after the vote on the estates tax. j there should be two hours spent on the 2’4 per cent manufactures ( sales levy. A vote would then be: ( taken on that provision. ' The arrangement was hustled ( (along by the leaders who wore con-] ( I fident that their concessions had ( won enough votes to force passage of the sales tax feature of their emasculated tax bill. The house ways and means com- 1 1 mittee ratified the arrangement in 1 an executive session and authoriz-p led thai it be presented to the house. | Unanimous consent was required]’ to put it into effect. | ■ At the same time acting Chair-, man Crisp of the committee an-]] r.ounced the concessions granted : t —| (u-ONllNl'ieri ON >‘AGE RIX) I I o Two Alitos Collide 11 Two cars were damaged when' a . ] car driven by I’. D. Mashburn of | ( Detroit. Mich., skidded on Mercer,, (avenue, Monday a ternoon. Mr.!, ! Maslibttrn was not in jured in the |, j mishap. Both cars were brought to . , | a local garage foi repair. Hess Funeral Will Be Announced Later Word has been received by, I Yager Brothers; that the body of i Mrs. Amelia Hess. 82. pioneer I I resident of Decinr.i. will arrive tii]I this city Wednesday afternoon at 3 15 o’clock. Mrs. Hess, aged resident ofj Decatur, died at the home of her] daughter. Miss Rose Hess, in | 1 Sante Fe. New Mexico. Monday, i 1 March 21. Mrs Hess was spend-, 1 ing the winter with her daughter ■ in the West and had been in poor health prior to her trip to Same'

Fe. The deceased was born in Germany. October 15. 1850. Definite funeral arrangements have not been made, awaiting the arrival of Miss Rose Hess, who is accompanying the body of her mother to this city. Services will be held from the Peter Hess home on Rural Route’ 5. Decatur, and from the St. ] Mary’s Catholic < hnreh. with burial in the Catholic cemetery. ’ CROP LOANS I CAN BE MADE Federal Representative Visits Adams County To Explain Methods C. H. Heller, representative of the United States department of agriculture visited in Decatur today with county agent 1.. E- Archbold. Heller explained the crop production loan offer made by tlie department. He said that to date Adams county was one of tlie few counties in the state where no crqp loans had been applied for. He represents the department in 25 Indiana conn ties and looks after the loans. Loans can he made on crop production only, according to the loan system and all loans are made through the county agent who turns the applications over to a committee. If the loan is authorized by the county committee it goes to (Heller for final approval. Any farmer interested in the matter is invited to inqure further for details from Mr. Archbold.

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Services Are Planned Two special prc-Kaster services I will'lie held in the Christian Church Wednesday and Thursday nights, Rev. ('. R. Unman, pastor of the church announced today. The services will he held each night at 7 o'clock, with the pastor, in charge. Special musical num- i hers will be a part of the program. Thursday night, in commemora- 1 tion of the Lord's Last Supper, the Lord s Supper will l.e conducted. All members of the church, and the public are invited to attend these holy week services. MEET PLANNED I FOR CHILDREN Institute Planned Here Under Auspices of Religious Study Group An institute of the Adams County ’ children’s division will be held , in the Methodist Episcopal Church : in this city, Wednesday, March 30. I under the auspices of the Adams County Council of Reli;ious Education. The' institute is being held for the purpose of helping parents, teachers and leaders of children in their work. Miss Nellie C. Young, state children's division superintendent of the Indiana Council o: Religious Education will lie present at the meet- ’ ing to lead in the discussion. | Tnere will be both an afternoon |and evening session, beginning at |2 and 7:30 o'clock, respectively. All teachers, substitute teachers ] pastors, superintendents, parents | i teachers training students, and I friends of children are especially i | uried to attend these sessions. , At 6:15 o'clock a covered dt*h ] | luncheon will be served in the base- i I ment of the church, and everyone I l attending is asked to firing one dish lof food. The luncneon will furnish |an opportunity for workers with | children of the various communities , Ito become .better acqquainted (through Christian tellowsliip. _—— 0 _ - SEEK WOMAN ON THEFT CHARGES Muncie Woman Is Want ed In Shelby County i For Alleged Robbery ; Shelbyville. ,nd.. March 22 —(UP) ! Authorities of Shelby county sought I today to obtain custody of Mrs. ] Hazel Green. Muncie, now in jail ; i at Hartford City, to bring her here for trial on a charge of robbing the bank at Gwynneville. Tlie Gwynneville bank was held up last October 2 by a man and a woman, who obtained $422. W. T. Thurston, cashier, and Ira Chapman, who was in the bank during the robbery, reported they had identified Mrs. Green as the woman in ; tlie hold up. Thurston and Green also reported that they identified Robert ’Stewart. 25. captured and sentenced after robbery of the Mt. Sumi mil state bank, as Mrs. Green's I accomplice. I Mrs. Green, indicted on a conspiracy charge in connection with r< ' bery of the First State Bank of Dunkirk, is awaititu trial. Local autorities will request her removal here on the grounds that penalty on conviction on a bank robbery charge will lie more severe than the penalty on a conspiracy charge. o— Workman Shoots Woman Rochester, N. Y., March 22 — <UP)—A discharged employe of a rag plant here opened fire from a hiding place in the factory today killed the woman he«believed caused him to lose his job and then committed suicide. The dead woman was Mrs. Josephine De Lucia. 40. factory hand. The man was Ralph Stacco, dismissed as elevator man several weeks ago. — o— Herb Curtis To Speak Coach Herb Curtis of this city will address the Kiwanis Club of Hartford City, Wednesday night, when the club will entertain the ■ members of the Hartford City high • sch<M>l basketball team with a dinner at the Hotel Hartford.

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HALF MILLION LOSSFORECAST; ONE IS KILLED Storm Sweeps Across Indiana; Lightning, Hail Accompany Cyclone FOUR MISSING NEAR BEDFORD ' Indianapolis, Mar. 22 One fatality, at least six persons injured and damage estimated al more than hall a million dollars were reported today in the wake oi a violent storm lhat swep! across southern Indiana laic I yesterday. Total damage was estimated toI day at SIOO,OOO in Lawrence co'.inI ty alone. I Lightning and hail accompanied j the high wind. The most damage ’ was reported in Evansville, where • the storm struck after killing two persons in Uniontown, Ky. From Evansville it ranged northward through Pike and Martin counties and then to Bedford. Its intensity had been largely spent when it reached Richmond. C. E. Ward. 60. was killed on his farm near Jasonville. Gre-n county, when he was struck by lightning. The Monitor Furniture factory at Evansville was badly damaged, ft suffered the brunt of the loss in the slate. Roofs were blown from a few homes and glass in greenhouses was shattered by hail. Two homes and several smaller I buildings were damaged near J Shoals. Total damage there was | estimated at SIO,OOO. j Mi. and Mrs. Joe Biegle. living 1 near Bedford, were injured wtii-n | their homo was blown from its ; foundation. Everett Spigall and his son. Orel. IS. were hurt slightly when the storm struck a barn in which they were working. ’ Their farm is neat Bedford. At a y Ellen Sowders, 11. was cut on tlui head when struck by debris at the. farm home of her father, less Sowders. Seven houses were reported I damaged neat Spurgeon, in Pike ! county. Mrs. Ueldon Robinson. 1 60, suffered an arm fracture when j her home collapsed. Mrs. RobinI son had fled to the basement ''or | safety. Nearly all communication I lines in the vicinity were btewn ] iCGNTINI'EG ON UM IE s't X» ■ ' O— Will Attend Banquet The Phi Delta Kappa Fraternity’ of this city received an invitation to attend the 27th Anniversary Banquet of the Delta Charter at the Portland Country (’lull. Monday evening. March 28, at six-thirty o'clock. Several members are plann- ] ing to attend, it was stated today, j Tlie Delta chaplet of Portland is the oldest continuously active chapter in the Phi Delta Kappa Fraternity and each year the annual stag banquet is largely attended by out-of-town guests. Last year twenty Phi Delts from this city attended the affair. Reservations may be made with the Portland chapter for $1.50. BLUFFTON MAN ELECTROCUTED William Penrod. Killed While Fixing Wires On Electric Line i. William Penrod. 27. of 904 Wr.-i - South street, a lineman far the i Indiana Service corporation was i electrocuted about 7:30 this morn- • ing when lie accidentally touched a. - wire carrying 6,600 volts of current, i while working on top of a pole near the Jacob Kaehr farm 6 miles east - one half mile north of Bluffton. . Three Bluffton physicians and an - ambulance from Bluffton went to 1 the scene. Fellow linemen had rendered what artfilicial respiration they could and bad taken their injured comrade to the Kaehr farm. The physicians reported that in ? their opinion penrod's death was j instantaneous. George Redd. Bluffton. district manager for the corj poration was the first person in this t city to be notifed of the accdent. H" notified James dark. Fort Wayne, (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)