Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 31, Number 133, Decatur, Adams County, 6 June 1933 — Page 1

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INDIANA IS VOTING ON REPEALTODAY

kIE IN STATE KT TEST Os k BEALVALUE (■ In Indiana Will Bearing ■ Qn Other Voting L< CONFIDENT , I OF \\ INMNG VOTE lln<Wi’ :l l" l ' is - lune (UR ! M>led on repeul ol ,\|||( lltllllt'lll lod.IV . BajjelM-tion expected Io ■vefii important bearint’ late of prolii ■ i'ntil Hi' 1 importance of i Ixliaw s '" le ~onl 11 ll:dion- ! ■ staldP'ii'd was stressed. in the campaign was Llhlie. <•>. n as prohibition amt . . siarted pointing mi' t^M^reactions to the Hoosier ■t.. r . quickened to th'* I Knt ' '-lection officials pre handle more than Eiamal ballots. di' dry Indiana ■t«-s repeal, it. means the end ■ pißbinmi." predicted William state president of the ■sociafon against the prohibiKn iJendment. ■•‘WjJcoi. aider today's eb-itimi K, Mt rial test of prohibition," EprrinLndeat of the Anti-Saloon ■“Oft' nine states voting .m I, quLtion so far, all followed by ratifying. But voles to retain the 18th wn&ient, it will have a treendoe moral effect on other ateg llisted in the doubtful ass. .<ll' prolwiblv will mean defeat of the repeal resLeawli of the repeal movement ere Muro confident of victory an ■eir opponents when tin lUsßetmd at 6 a. m. today. Ippealists were encouraged overwhelming anti-prohi-sentiment expressed by voters yesterday, believ it will influence the vote na. ll of 329 delegates will be to the state constitutionmtion in Indianapolis June t-h county is alloted one plus one for each 10.000 on Paul V. McNutt concluded ipaign for repeal last night radio address from his o ’halnu r Miller Has .law Broken Chafru ■ .1. Miller, Decatur Rout nt at the Adams County lemdria Hospital where he is retreatment for a fractured aw at ,lle Union Cha*1 ' church, northeast of tli>« St _’:3o o'clock Mondav afterioon. Mr-Blilb-r fell as he w is walking steps into 'Pie basem. nl striking the rig.it his jaw on th ■ steps. Tin KteaAg physician stated be suf fracture and dislo. dim m Hl o Awarding County Contract* commissioners indii afternoon th.it they would the awarding of the install equipment in the coinfolrt station fn the Wjß’d of he court house. bids were submitted for August Walters, Harold and A. J. Moser and Co. .“> ds ranged from $468 to There was a difference the specifications, *W>imissioners stated. — o Youths Given High Grade ’’•oomington, Ind., June 6. >BCiai) — Janies Engeler and c wd Schug of Decatur are J® o ®* ,llp group of 372 Indiana students who were neilh nor late for any military the school semester These students will rimt a grade of " A " for thelr > work, according to Col. tl. commandant of the ‘“•'ty'B R. O. T. C. unit.

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Herman Ernest Grover Electrocuted This Morning l

Superintendents Elected Monday County school superintendents. ■ elected yesterday in nearby counties include. Adrian Little, Huntington. D. O. McComb. Fort Wayne, Allen county. Henry W. Bortner of Redkey, Jay county, and Frank , E. Day, Bluffton, Wells. County. All ; the superintendents were re-elected except Mr. Little in Huntington county. He defeated H. Mahan. Mr. Little is a republican and the decidI ing vote was cast by tihe county i auditor. ANNUAL PICNIC NEXT SATURDAY Second Annual G. E. Club Picnic Will Be Held At Sun Set Park i The second annual (1. E. club picnic will be held Saturday, June 10, at Sun Set Bark. Bert Gage, i general chairman, stated that all 1 the present General Electric employees are considered members of the club and are invited with their families. At 8:30 a. tn. DST. all the members will meet at the local plant and go together in their automobiles to the park. Transportation will be furnished to those who do not have their own cars. Softball and baseball games are being arranged. Horseshoe pitching and various contests are also being planned. Prizes will be awarded to the winners in all contests. A nine piece orchestra from Ohio has I een engaged to furnish the |musti for dancing in the afternoon. I A special German band will parade the pirntc grounds during the day. At the noon hour a delicious picinic dinner will be served free of charge. Other refreshments of ice cream, lemonade, and orangeade i. . ; 1.. ■t. from tiro atfHlilQ

■ will be distributed trom the stamis. The picnic promises to be a very unusual affair and Mr. Gage hopes that all present employees and their families will attend and enjoy the day. Between 500 and 600 are expected to be present. ! The committees are: General Bert Gage, chairman: Elsie Brunnegraff, secretary: E. W. Lankenau. Alvy Buffenbarger, Lohnas Mclntosh, Chas. Langston and Frank Braun. Transportation Oran Schultz. Paul Reynolds, Adam Schafer and Milton Brown. Park Bert Gage and Frank Gillig. (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) Cousin Os Local Residents Dead Word was received here of the death of Fred Join son, 50 of Muncie wii(h occurred early this morning. The di ceased was a cousin ot Mrs. Burt Lenhar.t of this city. William Johnson and Mrs. Clara Ball of Peterson. Funeral services will be held Thursday forenoon at 10 o’clock at Muncie. SIX STUDENTS WILL GRADUATE Adams County Students Will Graduate At Indiana U. .lune 12 I Bloomington, Ind.. June 6. —- ■ (Special) —1 ndi an a university’s 104th annual commencement exercises here June 12 will honoi a i graduating class of about 1,000 members. The tentative A lams county list, the major subject of each candidate. and the degrees •sought are ;as follows: Decatur: Josephine Archbold, A. B English: Harry D. Dailey, A.8.. ! physics: Wallace H. Miner, A M., physics; Eric Nattsman, A.H., chemi istry. Geneva: Gilbert R. Glendenlng, A M., economics. ‘ Monroe: Sil von E Meyer, B.S, business administration. Bachelor of arts degrees lead the list of 706 awards to be made at commencement. About 200 addl‘tional students who will complete ’ their work this summer ON PAGE FIVE)

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ROOSEVELT IN ORDER RAISING COMPENSATION President Allays Congressional Revolt With Executive Order MAKES REDUCTION AVERAGE 15% Washington June 6—(UP) —President Roosevelt struck boldly to- ; day to allay a. congressional revolt I against drastic veteran's economies I signing an executive order raising compensation for war disabled veterans above the original economy program. Under tihe new regulations no directly service connected veteran’s compensation will be reduced by more than 25 per cent and the average reduction will approximate 19 per cent. Faced By Revolt Washington, June 6 —(UP) - Confidential polls of house sentiment indicated today that President Roosevelt faced almost certain diefeat in his dramatic battle to keep his veterans' economy program intact. Responsible Democrat leaders told the United Press a careful party canvas showed that at the present time a majority of the house favored drastic liberalization of the administration economy plan. ' Dismayed by the results of tine poll, promptly communicated to the Wi.iite House, the leaders have entered on a policy of delay. They 1 .ire relying on the chance that pop ' ular sentiment will rally behind ■ Mr. Roosevelt. ‘ They are frankly undecided when to hazard a test vote. A hurriedly summoned "strategy meeting" yesi terday tailed to reach a decision. ‘ Tl:r Democratic steering commit(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

INTENSE HEAT OVER COUNTRY Record Breaking Temperatures Reported In Various Sections Chicago. June 6 - —<U.R) —The first major heat wave of the summer gained intensity today over most of the United States. Yesterday's record Breaking temperatures in the western and southwestern wheat belt were duplicated through the corn belt and elsewhere in mid-continent. While it was too early in the day to tell whether the 117 degree heat experienced yesterday at Kiosk. Kansas would be repeated, indications were today would prove the hottest June 6 on record in many localities. ‘‘Relief is on the way.” said C. A. Donnel, government weather forecaster here. “But it will not reach far until late tomorrow.” The mercury at Chicago soared rapidly toward an all time record for this date. At 10 a. m„ the temperature wns R 9 and Donnel’s prediction was it would go to 95 iby midafternoon. The hottest previous June 6 was in 1906 when a reading of 91 was reached. I In Illinois the oppressive weather handicapped farmers, who have been working night and day to get corn planted. Horses suffered also. In cities throughout the heat (CONTTNUWD ON PAGE SIX) I o-- ' Youth Arrested For Impersonation Indianapolis. Ind. June 6—(UP) > _A young man identifying himself as Joe Br idley. 29, Lexington, Ky., ‘ attorney and graduate of the uni- ■ verslty of Kentucky, was under ar- ‘ rest here today on charges of at- ' tempting to impersonate congressman Fred Vinson of tliie Bluegrass • state. He was taken into custody after registering it a downtown hotel without baggage and under Vln- ’ son’s nanne. Police said he had 1 made <ui engagement with Gen. ’ George H. Jimerson, commandant ’ of Fort Benjamin Harrison, and ’.had attempted to inept Gov. Paul ’ I V. McNutt.

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Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, June 6, 1933.

Committee Seeks Broader Powers Washington. June 6 —(UP) —The senate banking and currency committee decided today to seek broader powers so tihe investigation of J. P. Morgan and Co., may include evid'encie connecting the sales of secunities with payment of income taxis®. The inquiry was resumed at 12:10 p. m. after the committee had discussed proceedure in an exiacutive session which lasted two hours and a half. O. P. Van Sweringen, Cleveland railroad magnate, was called to resume his testimony about financing the vast network of Van Sweringen j railroads. COUNTRY CLUB OPENED MONDAY Over 150 Legionnairs Attend Formal Opening Os Club Monday More than 150 Legionnaires attended the program at the Decatur Country Club last night in connection with the opening of the club by Adams Post No. 13 of the American Legion. Dr. H. O. Jones of Berne gave the principal address. He spoke on loyalty to the Legion and emphasized the importance of every world-war soldier to join the organization. He stated that for the ' next 20 years the Legion would be ' the greatest organization of its kind in the country and that it was an honor for anyone to be--1 long. His speech was well received. 1 Following the program, which was presided over by David Adams, post commander, a luncheon was served. " Music was furnished by Dave Rice’s German Land, Prof. Paul

Ill' t Whithouse and a Legion quartet. The nrogram followed an afternoon of golf which included an exhibition match by Pete Duran, professional from the Fort Wayne Elk's country club. Visitors were here from Monroeville. Berne, Geneva. Bluffton and other places. o Summer Kitchen Destroyed By Fire Fire destroyed the summer kitchen at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Rex Andrews in Kirkland township Monday afternoon. Considerable damage also was caused to the rear portion of the main residence before the flames were brought under control by a bucket brigade. —, o Ministers To Meet Wednesday Morning Rev. M. W. Sundermann. president of the Decatur Ministerial association, announced that the regular monthly session of the association will be held at the Cea--1 tral school building at 10 a. m. Wednesday. WILL APPOINT BOARD MEMBER I City Council Will Elect i Member of School Board Tonight The election of a member of the Decatur School board will take place this evening iat the regular meeting of the city council. The term of M. E. Hower, local I grocer, expires. It is understood that Mr. Hower is a candidate for re-election. He has served two ’ terms on tihe board. ilt is the duty of the council to elect members of the school board. ■ The term of one ot each of the • three members expires every year. Th other two members are Dr. Burt i Mangold and Mrs. Carrie Haubold. Other names mentioned in connection with the election are A. D. I Suttles and Ina Fuhrman, both well known insurance men of this city. I The council will award contracts . tonight for the equipment to be installed in the city light and power 1 plant. Bids were received two I j weeke ago and awards will be made I tonight. I

C. J. CARROLL IS REELECTED Officers of Deca tu r Knights of Columbus Chosen Monday C. J. Carroll was reelected grand knight of the Knights of Columbus at the annual meeting of the lodge held Monday evening at the i K. of C. hall. Other officers elected were: Elmo Smith, deputy grand knight; Arthur Lengerich, warden; Charles Miller, inner-guard; Edward Voglewede, outer-guard; Edward Berling. advocate; Frank Barthel, chancellor; Leonard Myers, recording secretary; Theodore Graliker, trustee. Dyonis Schmitt who served several years as trustee retired and Mr. Graliker was elected in his place. The other trustees are Herman Yager, Joe Lose and Mr. Carroll, who by virtue of his office is chairman of the board. A lunch was served following the meeting and a social session held. The remodeling of the club rooms, which were damaged by fire several months ago. is practically completed. The large lodge , room is beautifully done in New- , text plaster and new drapes at the windows. The room is decorated . in a beautiful tint. The reception room, club room and kitchen is , also being redecorated and new , furnishings will be installed. Mr. , Carroll stated. Legion Drum Corps To Meet Wednesday ' The drum corps of Adams post • number 43 of the American Legion i will meet at the Decatur Country Club at 8 o'clock Wednesday » night. Every member of the corps I is urged to be present.

LEAGUE MEETS HERE TWO DAYS Annual Enworth League Convention Here Wednesday. Thursday The annual Epworth League Convention of the Methodist Episcopal Churches of the Fort Wayne District will be held Wednesday and Thursday, June 7 and 8, in the local Methodist Church. Dr. J. T. Bean of Fort Wayne is the district superintendent and Rev. A. R. Sanks is district president. Miss Bernice Nelson of this city is second vice-president of the district. The program will open Wednesday afternoon at 1 o'clock, standard time, with registration and assigning of delegates. The welcome address will be made by Marion Baker of this city and Orval Bair will give the response. Rev. P. B. Smith will talk on “Life Service” and special musical selections will be rendered. A cafeteria supper will be served Wednesday evening from five to seven o’clock in the church basement to which the public is also invited. Among the principal speakers at the meeting will be Dr. W. T. Arnold of the First Church at *(rnvnNUED GN PAGE FTVF) Mid-wpek Market Dav Wednesday— A new trading day feature was established today by several local stores, making Wednesday a Mid week Market Day. Special bargains are offered by the stores and those participating in the Mid-week Market Day invite their customers to take advantage of the bargains offered. Instead of waiting until the last of the week, mid-week specials will be offered by a number of stores. Stores which advertise in the first Mid-week Market Day event are. Mutschler's Meat Market, Martin’s Moat Market, Bell’s Grocery, Kroger grocery. Other stores will be included next week. The ads will be found on page 5 of this I issue.

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TRUCK DRIVER ' OF CRAIGVILLE DIES INSTANTLY Picks Un Sagging High Tension M ire, Is Killed Instantly WIDOW AND ONE DAUGHTER SURVIVE Herman Ernest Grover, 31. ■ Craigville, was killed almost instantly shortly bet ore 1:30 o'clock this morning when he came in contact with a high tension wire blown down bv this mo r n i ng ' s storm, one mile west of the Kirkland high school. Grover, a milk truck driver employed bv the Craigville Cheese Company, was driving east on the Kirkland school road. Last night's storm had caused the high tension wire to sag abm . '.our feet above the road. Floyd Ehrman. a farmer living near the spot where the wire was down, noticed the sagging wire, and hearing Grover approach in his truck, gained the driver's attention enough to cause him to stop. However. Grover failed to completely understand Ehrm a n ’ s . warning and picked up the wire ’ with the intention of removing it from the road. He flipped the 1 wire back over his shoulder, resulting in the fatal burns to his hand and back. Ehrman rushed to his aid. pull- ' ing Grover loose by his trousers I leg. The victim, however, was t practically instantly killed i Bob Zwick. Adams county cor- ' oner, was called to investigate. He reported death caused by accii dental electrocution. Born In Wells County tt ta..„„... ivroo hnfn

Herman Ernest Grover was born July 11. 1901. in Liberty Center. Wells county, the son of Robert i and Susie Grover. He was united in marriage to Miss Della Marie Gerber, daughter of Gideon Gerber. Craigville. Mr. Grover lived at Liberty i Center until seven years ago, when he moved to Craigville. Surviving besides the widow are ' the parents, one daughter. Betty, at home; one sister. Mrs. Ralph Hunnicutt. Bluffton; and three brothers, Clyde of Bluffton and Kenneth andd Dale of Liberty Center. Funeral services will be held at the Gideon Gs rber home in Craigville at 10 o'clock Thursday morning. Burial will be made in the Elm Grove cemetery at Bluffton. Trains Rerouted Two fast eastbound and two west bound trains were rerouted Sunday from the Cloverleaf district through the local Cloverleaf station to the Lake Erie and Frankfort District. This change will mean nothing to Decatur as none of these trains stopped here. They carried only through traffic. PHI BELTS TO HOLD BANQUET Decatur Fraternity Will Observe Third Anniversary Thursday Night The Decatur chapter of the Phi Delta Kappa fraternity will hold - the annual banquet at the fraternit ihall on South Second street Thursday night. The third anniversary of the founding of the local chapter will ■ be observed at this banquet. At the regular fraternity meeting , Monday night. Dr. R.E. Daniels and i Herm an Krueckeberg were chosen to serve as delegates to the. annual . convention, which will he held at Muncie in the early part of July. A special dance will be held at ■ the Decatur Country Club Thursday ■ night. June 22. The local chapter i likelf will secure Bob Dykeman's orchestra, which played for the ■ spring dance here recently, to play • for the special affair. John Burnett i is chairman of the social commiti tee in charge of arrangements for ‘ the dance.

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County Infirmary Has fi Fewer Inmates The number of inmates at thei County Infirmary has decreased six ■ in the last five weeks, H. P. La ' Fountaine, superintendent of the in- ■ | stitution stated today. The number of inmates today is 49, compared with 55 last month. Os this num-; ber 36 are men and 13 are women. All of the inmates are enjoying j fairly good heailth and Mr. I>a Fountaine staled, "still demand cakes for breakfast”. John Cook is the oldest resident at the infirmary. He is 91 years ol dand Mr. LaFoun- , taine stated that he eats three' square meals a day and sleeps good. SLIGHT DAMAGE DONE BY STORM Decatur-M on roe Telephone Line Cut Off For Only Few Hours The toll line of the Citizens Telephone company between Decatur and Monroe was struck by lightning during the storm last night. Service was curtailed for a few' hours while repairs were made. The damage was small, H. F. Ehinger, manager of the company stated. Report A Fire A report of a fire northeast of Decatur was reported but investigation failed to locate the place of damage. Telephone calls were made to farmers northeast of Decatur, but the only information received was that several people saw the sky lighted and thought it i was a fire. Telephone calls were also made ' to Hoagland and Monroeville and no one in those districts knew anything about a fire. The light been an unusual bright (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

ILLINOIS VOTE FAVORS REPEAL Becomes Ninth State To Ratify Repeal of 18th Amendment Chicago. June 6. (U.R) —Illinois, voting approximately three and a half to one in favor of a slate of 50 delegates, pledged to repeal of federal prohibition, joined with eight other states today to ratify repeal of the eighteenth amendment on the basis of returns from approximately nine tenths of the state precincts. Returns trom 6,416 precincts out of a total of 7,248 precincts in a statewide repeal election yesterday gave: For repeal—l.llo,s33. Against—29o,B9l. Repealists swept to victory in practically every industrial section of the state, carrying Chicago by a vote of ten to one and various populous downstate counties by votes which ranged from two to one to as high as eight to one. Returns from 3.491 precincts in Chicago and Cook county gave the repeal slate a vote of 694.369 as compared with 69.055 for retention of prohibition. With most unreceived returns located in downstate counties prohibitionists are expected to reduce the size of latest figures to the point that the repealist victory will approximate about three and a half 11’<iN'i'INl'l?t' ON PAGE SIX) —— o - Miss Marie Kolter Graduates Tonight Miss Marie Kolter, daughter ot Fred Kolter of this city, will be graduated from the Methodist Episcopal Hospital at Fort Wayne to--1 night The commencement exercises will be held at 8 o'clock at the Wayne Street Methodist Episcopal I church with Dr. E. C. Wareing delivering the address. Miss Kolter will receive her diploma together wltih 14 other graduating nurses. The baccalaureate service was ' held Sunday evening with Rev. F. F. Thornburg, pastor of the Simpson Methodist Episcopal church of Fort Wayne, in charge. Rev. Thornburg was formerly a pastor of the I local Methodist church.

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SMALL VOTE IS BEING CAST IN ADAMS COUNTY Only 25 Per Cent of Vote Cast In Decatur At 1 P. M. Today EXPECT ABOUT 50 PER CENT TOTAL A small vote was being cast today in Decatur and Adams County in the special election on repealing the Eighteenth Amendment. At one o’clock this al ternoon the vote in Decatur was just a little more than 25 nercent of the total cast here last November for the presidential candidates. A total of 699 votes bad been cast at one o'clock. The total vote for president last year was 8,802, Roosevelt receiving 5.892 and Hoover 2.910 votes. The canvass made by a Daily Democrat representative of the six city precincts showed the following vote at one o’clock: First Ward “A” —144 First Ward “B” —66 Second Ward “A” —157 Second Ward “B” —74 Third Ward “A"—l2o Third Ward "B" —138. Vote At Geneva The vote in Geneva at one o’clock was: First ward "A”, 90; ward "B”. 80. Vote At Berne The vote in Berne at the same hour was: Precinct “A", 117: precinct "B”. 141; precinct "C", 150. Expect About 50% In view of the small vote in ; Decatur. Berne and Geneva and in I the rural precincts, the prediction was made that the total vote in today’s referendum would not exceed 50 percent of the total vote registered for precinct or for the ; congressional candidate last November. 1 Farley and Hogg, candidates for I congress last year received a total lof 8,772 votes. Farley had 5.340 ! and Hogg 3.432 in the county. No Workers At Polls Today's election was the quietest ever known in the history of the county. In Decatur the vote will probably not exceed the one cast on the daylight saving time question three years ago. There were no workers at any of the polls in Decatur and the election was void of the old fashioned tactics connected with general political elections. No one handed out cards, no one met you at the polls and no one attempted to offer a suggestion as how to vote. It required only a few seconds Io mark a ballot. It was either for ratification or against ratification o>f the 21st Amendment, which amendment if adopted by 36 of the 48 states will repeal the Eighteenth Amendment. Although there was much sentiment expressed by individuals favoring of repealing the 18th amendment, no organization to carry out a campaign was perfected in this county. Both parties stayed clear of the question and (CONTTNUITD ON PAGE SIX) I o BOARD AWARDS COAL CONTRACT Commissioners Award Contracts For Furnishing Winter Supply Contracts for furnisiliing the winter’s supply of coal to the county buildings were awarded today by (he hoard of county commissioners. The Cash coal and supply company was awarded the contract for • furnishing W. V. coal to the court ' house at $4.10 a ton. The Carroll ■ Coal and Coke company was award- - e<l contracts for the county infirmary co il and the county garage at ' ! $3 89 a ton. White ash will be t'ur--1 nlshed at these two places. The - Kocher Lumber and coal company r was awarded tihe contract for furi‘ .nishing Pocahontas at $5.10 a ton to the county jail. s The prices for the court house coal and the jail coal are lower than a year ago Last year the low t bid for W. V. coal was $4.21 a ton and for Pocahontas, $5.25. The i price of white ash was lower, $3.85 la ton.