Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 31, Number 134, Decatur, Adams County, 7 June 1933 — Page 1

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■MS COUNTY HORS REPEAL |8Y275 VOTES S Vote C ast Is More K] 5,100; For Repeal ■sl. Against 2,576 B)NNELL and ■ONG DELEGATED ■ms county will vote in ■of repealing the Eigh- ■ Amendment, based on ■official returns from the ■ incts in the county. every precinct report■9:3o o’clock tonight, the ■te east in this county in ■tv's special election was Repeal Against Repeal 8,851 2,576 wet majority in favor of re--275. Decatur voted wet by a Geneva by a margin of les. Berne upset all former I of aridity when it cast 4U9 igainst repeal. The vote in was 167 for repeal and 576 ! repeal. Honors Divided 34 precincts in the county honors in the election. sen precincts returned a wet and 17 voted for the dry The total vote was, wet. iry, 2.576. Majority in favepeal. 275. total vote in the county will 5,200, which is about 62 it of the number of votes r the two leading presidenmlidates in the November i. The number exceeded the stimates, baaed on the vote noon Tuesday. Hhe returns Indicated a wet ■ in favor of repealing the ■enth Amendment, those who ■ the election to go that way ■teard to remark, "Alles ist ■ which interpreted, means ■thing is wet” in Adams coun- ■)!<! fashioned greetings ot ■dheit" were extended by ■oyful over the result of the ■election was one of the most ■ever seen in the history of ■mt... The repealist or those ■g repeal of the 18th amend■were not organized, hut a ■ ord-by mouth campaign was ■ted, based on the assump■at the people had made up ■minds on the question and ■eady to vote. ■se opposed to repeal of the ■ntent conducted a speaking ■ign in the county and through ■lpits of several rural church- ■ result of the referendum in Bounty, Frank McConnell of ■tr and Jacob Long of Geneva ■o to the slate convention in ■apolis, June 26 and cast the fr' s vote in favor of ratifiesfr the 21st amendment, which ■ment repeals the 18th or dry Bnitncrp ON PAGE SIX! {official Returns fcinct Wet Dry front |o6 43 I Root „ 161 53 I Kirkland 34 55 I St. Marys 40 65 ■ St. Marys. 35 89 I Washington .... 112 40 I Washington 78 96 ■ Union 63 31 ■Union 81 27 I Preble 137 23 I Preble 139 5 I Blue Creek / .... 34 60 I Blue Creek 13 36 h . 32 45 I Hartford 31 54 I Hartford 78 53 |e Monroe 28 32 b Monroe 70 128 F>i 66 25 Jefferson 66 37 I Jefferson 14 58 I Wabash 33 70 f Kirkland 55 64 b B ... 35 238 b C 66 197 h’a A 92 93 F® B 88 85 for 1-A 184 141 fur 1-B .... 94 69 •"r 2 A 237 104 tor 2-B .. 94 76 >»r 3-A 205 101 tor 3-B 184 142 Totals 2,851 2,5761 "’et majority... 275

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Vol. XXXI. No. 133.

Herman Ernest Grover Electrocuted This Morning

Superintendents Elected Monday County school superintendents elected yesterday in nearby conn- ! ties include. Adrian Little, Hunting- , ton, D. O. McComb, Fort Wayne, j Allen county, Henry W. Bortner of Redkey, Jay county, and Frank | E. Day, Bluffton, Wells. County. All ; the superintendents were re-elected j except Mr. Little in Huntington I county. He defeated H. Mahan. Mr. Little is a republican and the decid- | ing vote was cast by tihe county auditor. o— —, ANNUAL PICNIC NEXT SATURDAY Second Annual G. E. Club Picnic Will Be Held At Sun Set Park The second annual G. E. club picnic will he held Saturday, June 10, at Sun Set Park. Bert Gage, general chairman, stated that all the present General Electric employees are considered members ot the club and are invited with their families. At 8:30 a. m. DST. all the members will meet at the local plant land 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 been engaged to furnish the .music for dancing in the afternoon. A special German band will parade the picnic grounds during the day. At the noon hour a delicious picnic dinner will be served free ot charge. Other refreshments of ice cream, lemonade, and orangeade will be distributed from the stands. 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. T ransportation Oran Schultz, Paul Reynolds, Adam Schafer and Milion 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 Johnson, 50 of Muncie w’.iich occurred early this morning The di ceased was a cousin of Mrs. Burt Lenhart of this city. William Johnson nd 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 Bloomington, Ind.. June 6. — (Special) —lndiana university's 104th annual commencement exercises here June 12 will honor a graduating class of about 1,000 members. The tentative Adams 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 B. Miner, A M., physics; Eric Nausman, A.8., chemistry. Geneva: Gilbert R. Glendenmg. A.M.. economics. Monroe: Silvon E. Meyer, B.S, business administration. Bachelor of arts degrees lead the list of 796 awards to be made at commencement. About 200 additional students who wijl complete their work this summer will he UcO.VTINGEd’ 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) —Pre- ! ' sident Roosevelt struck boldly to-1 day to allay a congressional revolt against drastic veteran’s economies ! ’signing an executive order raising ; compensation for war disabled vet- ) erans above the original economy program. Under till© 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 defeat ’ in his dramatic battle to keep his veterans’ economy program intact. Responsible Democrat leaders 1 told the United Press a careful par-, 1 ty canvas showed that at the present time a majority ot the house ! favored drastic liberalization of the administration economy pla.n. ’ Dismayed by the results of the poll, promptly communicated to the Write House, the leaders have entered on a policy of (May. They > are relying on the chance that pop- ) ular sentiment will rally behind . Mi. Roosevelt. 1 They use frankly undeuid ?d when . to hazard a test vote. A hurriedly - summoned ‘‘strategy meeting” yest’ terday failed to reach a decision. ) Thu Democratic steering commit(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) INTENSE HEAT OVER COUNTRY Record Breaking Temperatures Reported In 1 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 1 and elsewhere in mid-continent. While it was too early in the > day to tell whether the 117 degree - 1 heat experienced yesterday at . Kiosk, Kansas would be repeated, f indications were today would - prove the hottest June 6 on record I in jnany localities. I “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 tills date At 10 a. m.. the i temperature was 89 and Donnel’s i prediction was it would go to 95 i by midafternoon. The hottest previous June 6 was in 1906 when a reading of 91 was reached. ; In Illinois the oppressive weather handicapped farmers, who have been working night and day to get corn planted. Horses sufferI ed also. In cities throughout the heat i (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) O i Youth Arrested For Impersonation . Indianapolis, Ind., June 6 —(UP) 1 —A young man identifying himself as Joe Bradley, 29. Lexington, Ky„ attorney and graduate of the uni--1 versfty of Kentucky. was under ar- ■ rest here today on charges ot attempting to impersonate congressman Fred Vinson of ttlie Bluegrass state. He was taken into custody after registering at a downtown hotel without baggage and under Vin- ' son's name. Police said he had made an eng i genvent with Gen. George H. Jamerson, commandant ot Fort Benjamin Harrison, and had attempted to meet Gov. Paul Iv. 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 tllie Investigation of J. P. Morgan and Co., may include evidence connecting the sales of ’secunities with payment of income’ taxes. The inquiry was resumed at 12:10 p. m. after the committee had discussed proceedure in an executive session which tasted two hours and a half. O. P. Van Sweringen, Cleveland railroad magnate, was called to resume his testimony about financing I the vast network of Van Sweringen | 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. 43 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 belong. His speech was well received. Following the program, which was presided over by David Adams, post commander, a luncheon was served. Music was furnished by Dave Rice’s German band. Prof. Paul Whithouse and a Legion quartet. The program 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 kltch,en 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 Minister! il association, announced that the regular monthly session of the association will be held at the Central school building at 10 a. m. Wednesday. WILL APPOINT BOARD MEMBER — City Council Will Elect Member of School Board Tonight The election of a member of the Decatur School board will take place this evening 'at the regular meeting of the city council. The term of M. E. Hower, local grocer, expires. It is understood that Mr. Hower is s candidate for re-election. He has served two terms on tllie board. lit is the duty of the council to elect members of the school board. The term of one of each of the three members expires every year. Th other two members are Dr. Burt Mangold and Mrs. Carrie Haubold. Other names mentioned in connection with the election are A. 1). Suttles and Ina Fuhrman, noth well 'known Insurance men of this city. The council will award contracts tonight lor the equipment to be installed In the city light and power plant. Bids were received two [ weeks ago and awards will be made ' tonight.

C. J. CARROLL IS REELECTED Officers of Decatur 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 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 wore 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 he installed. Mr. Carroll stated o—. — Legion Drum Corps To Meet Wednesday The drum corps of Adams post number 43 of the American Legion will meet at the Decatur Country Club at 8 o’clock Wednesday ■ night. Every member of the corps is urged to be present. 0 - — LEAGUE MEETS HERE TWO DAYS Annual Epworth League Convention Here Wednesday. Thursday The annual Epworth League Convention ot' 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 he 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 he Dr. W. T. , Arnold of the First Church at (CCINTTNTTED ON PAGE ETVE4 Mid-week Market Day 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 he 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 Up Sagging High Tension Wire, Is Killed Instantly WIDOW AND ONE DAUGHTER SURVIVE Herman Ernest Grover. 31, Crainville, was killed almost instantly shortly before 4:30 o’clock this morning when he came in contact with a i high tension wire blown down by this ni orni ng ’ s storm, one mile west of the Kirkland high school. Grover, a milk truck driver employed by the Craigville Cheese Company, was driving east on the Kirkland school road. Last night's storm had caused the high :' tension wire to sag about four 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 com- , pletely understand Ehrm an ’ s , I warning and picked up the wire , with the intention of removing it from the road. He flipped the ' wire back over his shoulder, resulting in the fatal burns to his hand and hack. Ehrman rushed to his aid. pull- ' i 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 Herman Ernest Grover was horn July 11, 1901, in Liberty Center, Wells county, the son of Robert ai d Susie Grover. He was united in marriage to Miss Della Marie Gcrl -r. daughter of Gideon Ger11 ber, Craigville. Mr. Grover lived at Liberty 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 1 the Gideon Gi rher home in Craigville at 10 o'clock Thursday morn- ’ ing. Burial will be made in the Elm I Grove cemetery at Bluffton. Trains Rerouted t Two fast eastbound and two west . bound trains were rerouted Sun- . day from the Cloverleaf district I through the local Cloverleaf station . to the Lake Erie and Frankfort Disr trict. This change will mean nothI ing to Decatur as none of these trains stopped here. They carried ■ only through traffic. PHI DELTS TO HOLD BANQUET I 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 'ball 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 Herm an Krueckeberg were chosen to serve aa delegates to the annual convention, which will lie held at Muncie in the early part of July. A special dance will be held at the Decatur Country Club Thursday niglit, June 22. The local chapter likely will secure Bob Dykeman's orchestra, which played for the spring dance here necently, to play for the special affair. John Burnett is cltaiiman of the social commitI tee in charge of arrangements (or i I the dance.

Price Two Cents

County Infirmary Has 6 Fewer Inmates The number of inmates at the County Infirmary has decreased six in the last five weeks, H. P. La Fountaine, superintendent of the institutiem stated today. The number of inmates today is 49, compared with 55 last month. Ot this number 36 are men and 13 are women. All of the inmates are enjoying fairly good health and Mr. La Fountaine stated, "still demand cakes for breakfast”. John Cook is the oldest resident at the infirmary. He is 91 years ol dand Mr. taine stated that he eats three square meals a day and sleeps good.

SLIGHT DAMAGE DONE BY STORM I)ecatur-M o n roe Telephone Line Cut Off For Only Few Hours ' The toll line of the Citizens l Telephone company between De- , catur and Monroe was struck by', lightning during the storm last i i night. Service was curtailed tor , 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 ot i Decatur was reported but investi-, i gatlon 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 ti'ought it 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 might have been an unusual bright (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) O | I ILLINOIS VOTE FAVORS REPEAL Becomes Ninth State To Ratify Repeal of 18th Amendment i Chicago. June 6.— (U.R) —Illinois. ' voting approximately three and a i 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 from 6,416 precincts out of a total of 7,248 precincts in a statewide repeal election yesterday gave: t 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 691.369 as compared with 69,055 for retention , of prohibition With most unreceived returns located in downstale counties prohl hltionists are expected to reduce the size of latest figures to the point that the repealist victory will approximate about three and a half (CONTINUBJD ON PAGE SIX) — o Miss Marie Kolter Graduates Tonight Miss Marie Kolter, daugliter of Fred Kolter of this city, will be, graduated from the Methodist Episcopal Hospital at Fort Wayne tonight. The commencement exercises will lie held at 8 o'clock at the 1 Wayne Street Methodist Episcopal church with Dr. E. C. Wareing delivering tile address. Miss Kolter will receive her diploma together , wlUi 14 other graduating nurses. The baccalaureate service was held Sunday evening with Rev. F. F. Thornburg, pastor c.l the Simpson Methodist Eplscoiml church ot Fort Wayne, in charge. Rev. Thornburg was formerly a pastor ot the local Methodist church. I.

ELECTION EDITION

STATE FAVORS REPEAL BY 3 TO ONE VOTE First Precincts Reporting Practically All From Large Cities RURAL VOTES MAY CUT DOWN MARGIN Indianapolis, June 6. — (U.R) —lndiana appeared to be following the lead of nine other states as early returns piled up a substantial margin for repeal of the 18th amendment. Returns from 754 precincts out of 3,691 showed 171,298 votes in favor of repeal and 61,919 against. Industrial communities were voting to ratify the repeal amendment by margins from 3 to 1 to 16 to 1. Returns came slower from rural communities where prohibition forces expected to show their greatest .strength. Like Illinois, the less densely populated counties were expected to cut down the repeal margin. Returns from 190 of the 331 precincts in Marion county gave 50,-' 441 votes for repeal and 15,889 against. Repeal candidates were leading by 16 to 1 in Vanderburgh county tonight with returns from 39 of 76 precincts showing a popular vote of 17,843 for repeal and 1,372 against. With only 25 ot the 160 precincts missing. Lake county tonight was voting 8 to 1 in favor of repeal. The vote in 135 precincts was 33,461 for repeal and 4,631 against. Close at Greencastle Repeal candidates were trailing by two votes in Putnam county on the basis of unofficial returns from 26 of the 35 precincts. The vote stood. 1.974 for repeal and 1,976 against. Repeal candidates took the lead in Kosciusko county, home, of Billy Sunday, the evangelist, tonight after trailing in early returns. Unofficial tabulations in 16 precincts gave 1.691 votes for repeal and 1,139 against. Wabash Dry With returns missing from Only 9 of its precincts. Wabash county followed expectations tonight by voting 2-1 against repeal. Returns from 31 precincts showed 2,735- in favor of repeal and 4,787 against. Wells Colnty Dry Wells county voted dry in Tuesday’s election. The vote was: tor repeal. 2.882; against repeal. 3,111. The vote was heavier than anticipated. o Chalmer Miller Has Jaw Broken Chalmer J. Miller. Decatur Route 8 is a patient at the Adams County Memorial Hospital where he is receiving treatment for a fractured jaw lie suffered at the Union Chapel U. B. church, northeast of this city at 12:30 o'clock Monday afternoon. o BOARD AWARDS COAL CONTRACT Commissioners Award Contracts For Furnishing Winter Supply Contracts for furnishing the winter's supply of coal to lhe county buildings were awarded today by the l>oard 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 a.nd Coke company was awarded contracts for the county Infirmary coal and the county garage at $3.89 a lon. White asli will he furnished at these two plaoeg. The Kocher Lumber and coal company was awarded tihe contract for fur>nishing Pocahontas at $5.10 a ton to the county jail. The prices for the court house coal and the Jail coal are lower than a year ago. Last year the low bid for W. V. coal was $4.21 a ton and for Pocahontas. $5.25. The price ot white ash was lower, $3.85 a ton.