Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 31, Number 203, Decatur, Adams County, 28 August 1933 — Page 1

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Speed Boat Crash Kills 3 W*~* " *"* M l - v 7 ■ ■ 13 J 7 1 . ■? e ST -• -T ' f . w—n-~.r—nirmriwiiiinfiTWwn 'i 'WWUBi w»hhii ml i Three persons were drowned Friday night when a taxi speedboat loaded with World's Fair passengers crashed into a cabin cruiser in the harltor at Chicago. Upper photo shows scene during inquest into crash Seated, left to right: Marjorie Clancy, Deputy Coroner S. F. X’yzral. and Helen Collins. Standing, left to right: Francis Drendel, Arnold Kewley. Harold Kewley, Virginia Jensen and R. C. Olson. All except Deputy Coroner Vyzral are survivors of the disaster. Lower picture shows coast guardsmen searching for the Ixxlies of two of the persons drowned over the spot where the cabin cruiser went down. ■■ ' 7

Tramp Is Caught _ * Asleep On Porch A John Doe affidavit was filed i against a tramp caught sleeping I in a swing on the front porch of ! the home of Mr. and Mrs. Dee FryI back on South Fifth street at about . 11 o'clock last night. The tratnp. whose true name was i not learned, had tried to get in , the hack door of Prosecutor Ed I Bosse's home on Adams street, I earlier in the evening. He was I caught by Dee Fryback and arrested by Night Policeman Ed Miller. He will be arraigned before j Mayor George Krick and probably will lie held by loca' authorii ties for further investigation. DICK MACKLIN HURT SATURDAY Suffers Injuries When Auto Overturns Here Saturday Dick Macklin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Phil Macklin of this city, suffered extensive injuries to his right forearm. ahd tlie Harry MillDor auto I mobile was considerably damaged I In an accident Which occurred on , the Archbold road northwest of Dei catur. Saturday afternoon. MaukJin was taken to the Adams I County Memorial Hospital follow- | ing the accident, where lit wtis I found that he suffered from severe 1 lacerations of his right forearm, wounds on his left leg, and lac, raI tions on his scalp and forehead. The Millisor car was driven by i Florian Keller and other occupants were Macklin. Raymond Rixip and | George Dickerson. Keller was driv- ' ing west on the lArchbold toad Sat- ■ urday afternoon at alxmt 2:30 o’clock when the automobile struck loose gravel and he lost control of the car. it plunged into the ditch, turning over several times. Kellar received an injured rib and cuts on the face, but the other occupants of the car were not injured. Tlie automobile was brought to the Saylors Motor company for repairs. Damage to the car was estimated at S3OO. Mercer County Fair September 2 Tli Mercer county fair, held yearly at f’enila, Ohio, will be sponsored by the American Legion this year. The fair will be held September 2, 3. and 4. Live stock exhibits concessions and horse races will feature the program.

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BLUFFTON CITY COUNCIL ACTS Passes Resolution Urging Wabash River Flood Control Project Bluffton, Aug. 28—(Special )— Complying with a req:..st of Mrs. I Virginia E. Jynckes. Terre Hauate, a member of congress, members of the city council met in special ses- • sion t.:is morning on call of Mayor John Kelley and passed a resolution endorsing immediate action on flood control measures as a part of the national recovery proi grant Such a program wi’l call for I dredging and other public work on the Wabash river. The resolution as adopted will be I forwarded to President Roosevelt. ! It is as follows: I To Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States, and all others concerned: Whereas the Wabash river flows ' adjacent to the City of Bluffton, Indiana, and during the winter and 1 spying of every year during times ■ of excessive rains or melting snow, ■ overflows a portion of the City of I Bluffton and a number of highways 1 leading into the city and consider- ■ able farm lands in the vicinity of said city, whereby lives are ani dangered. property damaged, high- *?<* IVTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) 136 HAVE FILED FOR PENSIONS , County Auditor Has List Os 136 Names For 1 Old Age Pensions Although it Is not expected that 1 more than 100 persons will be eli- ' gible to receive old age pensions in ■ (Adams county, 136 names have already been filed with County Audi- ' tor Glen Cowan. The ag requirement for pensions is at least 70 y. ars of age. Applicants must also qualify in several other ways, must lie dependent persons without children to < are for ' th m and must not own more titan sl,'M>o worth of property. The law does not become effective until January 1" 1934. The i county commissioners have asked for $9,000 in the budget for next : year to pay the sls a month penl sions. Formal applications will not be taken until later.

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Decatur, Indiana, Monday, August 28, 1933.

LABOR HEADS OPPOSE CODE OF OPERATORS -' ' I Bituminous Coal Miners Threaten To Call General Strike START FIGHT ON LABOR SECTION Washington, Aug. 28— (U.R) — The threat of general strike by bituminous coal miners complicated discussion of a coal code today I as organized labor vigorously op- 1 posed a re-written coal agreement presented to the national recovery administration by non-union operators. Labor leaders began a determined attack on the labor section which they find objectionable They were defeated over the weekend in An effort to exclade a similar provision from the automobile code. Administrator Hugh S. Johnson sought to stifle the strike menace by summoning non-union operators and United Mine Workers officials for a continuation of conferences begun last week President John L. I.ewis <rf the mine workers has threatened Johnson with rupture of negotiations anj an appeal to the country. Lewis frequently has said labor was prepared to use force if necessary to make secure the rights It felt were guaranteed by the national recovery act. The coal code problem weakens the impetus of the drive which began today to place employers 100 per cent behind the recovery program by Labor Day. More than 1,500.000 volunteer workers began soliciting enlistments after Recovery Administrator Johnson appealed In a national address last night to keep the Blue Eagle’s “wings clean and talons sharp." i tcnyrrtNUED ON page e'vei Two Cars Collide Saturday Evening Oscar Bieberick and Peter Oaffer collided at the corner of Eighth and Nuttman avenue at about 6 o'clock Saturday evening. Mr. Gaffer was in the act of making . a left hand turn into Eighth street 1 and Mr. Bieberick was driving east . on Nuttman avenue when the two ■ autos collided. Neither of the ni' .i . was injured. The cars were dami aged. i o TRIP WINNERS ARE ANNOUNCED Trips To State Fair and Purdue Round-Up Are Awarded 1 Trip winners in the 4-H Club i Ixiys and girls were announced to- , day by county agent L. E. Archobld. f These winners are named on the ; achievement basis, which takes in- ■ to consideration not only the show : placing, but neatness and completeness of the record book, years in ■ club work, offices held and allround club performance. Pollyanna Lehman and Elizabeth Biehold won the scholarship awards I which give them two weeks’ trainI ing at the state fair school of home economics. They went to Indiana--1 polls last Friday and will remain j two weeks. Betty Meshbarger. Josephine Sales and Kathleen Kenney won . three-day trips to the Purdue round- ' up. This trip will be made next May. Girls winning one-day trips to : the state fair are: Vera Beihold, food preparation; Sanna Kunkel, (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) Harvey Lawson Is Slightly Injured — Harvey Lawson of near Salem was slightly injured early this . morning when 'his car overturned ■ two miles east of Monroe. Lawson came to a dead end in the toad and failed to make the turn, his car go- . ing into a field. (Adolph Kolter disi covered the wweilked automobile! and assisted laiwson in g tting to a physician. His right arm was cut and bruised but the injuries were not serious. His car was badly damaged.

♦ ♦ Wheat Meetings Are Scheduled For This Week The second series of wheat meetings in which applications for contracts will we explained will lx, held during this week. The schedule of meetings is as follows: Union Township. Kohr school, Monday. August 28. at 2 p. tn. Root Township at 8 p. m. at the Monmouth gymnasium. Monday. August 28. French Township at 2 p. m. Tuesday, Angus’ 29 at the Elec tion school. St. Mary's Township, 8 p. m. Tuesday. August 29. at Pleasant Mills. Hartford Township. 2 p. m. Wednesday, August 30. at Linn Grove. Washington Township, 8 p. Hi Wednesday. August 30, Central school. Decatur. Jefferson Township. 2 p. m., Thursday, August 31, high school building. Kirkland Township. 8 p. m. Thursday, August 31. at tile high school. Monroe Township. 2 p tn., Friday. September 1, at Monroe. Blue Creek Township. 8 p. m. Friday. September 1. at Jacob school. WOMEN INJURED AT NOON TODAY Ft. Wayne Women Hurt When Two Autos Collide Here Today. The fourth auto accident occurring in and near Decatur since Saturday afternoon took place at about 12 o’clock noon today when cats driven by Miss Isabel Hower of this city and Lester Zimmerman of Fort Wayne collided at the intersection of North Second sreeT and ' U. S. road 27. One car was upset. Two women were injured. They ' were. Mrs. Blanche E. Brown and her mother, Mrs. George Perkins. 338 Madison street. Fort Wayne. Mrs. Brown received a bruised shoulder and possibly a fractured rib. Her mother received a bump on the head. Miss How r and her sister. Miss Geraldine Hower, were driving a small truck and collided with the auto going north. The young women were driving on state road 27 and a truck ahead of them prevented them from seeing the other car. The car driven by Mr. Zimmerman turned over. Mrs. Brown war riding in the front seat. The Fort Wayne party w’~ driving home att.-r v:.dt ing relatives in Portland. Oder occupants of the car were Ben Martin and William Perkins. The injured worn n were ta.cen to Adams County Memorial hospital where medical attention was given them. Thej- were able to leave the hospital about an hour later. o —- Former Berne Pastor Elected President R v. P. R. Schroeder, former pastor of the Berne Mennonite Church was elect'd president of the general Mennonite Conference in Bluff ton. Ohio. Saturday. The conference is in annua! session at Bluffton. Rev SiGroeder is now lo;ated at; Freeman. South Dakota. ELEVEN HURT BY EXPLOSION Workmen Hurt By Explosion In Standard Oil Refinery At Whiting Whiting, Ind.. Aug. 28.—(U.R)— Eleven workmen were injured in an explosion today which wrecked a still at the Standard Oil Company refinery, the largest plant of its kind in the world. The injured were taken to St. i Catherine’s Hospital at Indiana 1 Harbor, where it was feared some may die. The blast was caused by esj caping gas' in unit 369. Fire that ! followed the explosion was ex- ' tinguislied by the company's tire department, maintained at the i plant for such emergencies Nine of the injured were burned seriously. Ten other workmen were treated for slight injuries and returned to their homes. Quick action on the part of I. S. (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

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DROP LETTERS ! OF INVITATION TO FT. WAYNE Decatur, Adams County Officials Will Aid In Recovery Program PROGRAM PLANNED FOR NEXT THURSDAY Letters of invitation were I dropped from an airplane at 11:38 o'clock this morning for Decatur and the city and county schools to participate in the Fort Wayne and 4th District Recovery Day Parade to be held in Fort Wayne next Thursday. The plane could not land because of the wet field. Invitations were sent to George Krick. M. F .Worthman, and Clifton Striker for the city, city schools and coitnty schools. The airplane, flown by Captain Clarence Cornish with Mayor William J. Hosey, Joseph Lassus and David Erwin, came to Decatur to deliver invitations personally to city ami county officials. Because the field was too wet for landing, the plane circled several times and dropped the invitations. A penciled note on the outside of the cardboard tube in which the invitations were dropped, was a message from David Erwin. "Hello Decatur. David Erwin,” who was born in this city. The letter to Mayor George Krick from Mayor William J. Hosey of Fort Wayne opened: ' "It is my privilege to extend to you and your community an invitation to join in the Fort Wayne and 4th District General Recovery Day Celebration, Thursday, August 21. 1933. “A gigantic parade will start at 5 p. m. daylight saving time. We . qre very desirous that your community enter as many bands, <<>\TIXI’EI> ON PAGK I'WO) o Lloyd Myers Has Hand Broken Here Lloyd Myers, 16, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Myers of D eatur suffered a broken bone in his left hand and severe lacerations on the ihand when tli member was caught in a punch press at the General Electric plant Saturday afternoun. The young man was removed to the Adams County Memorial Hospital where the bone was set and the lacerations sew d and he was later taken to his home. STATE LEGION MEETING OPENS Indiana American Legion Convention Is On At Evansville Evansville. Aug. 28. —(UP) —lmmediate cash payment of the bonus was demanded by members of the Indiana department of the American Legion and one of the principal speakers befpre the annual conventipn here today. A resolution favoring the payment was adopted unanimously during a business session Senator Arthur R. Robinson, principal speaker during the morning session, urged the payment in his attack on the federal economy bill which scaled veterans compensations downward. Evansville, Ind., Aug. 28.—(U.R) — Political interests mixed today at; the state American Legion convention. Gov. Paul V. McNutt and his I Democratic administration leaders were on hand with the governor scheduled to make an address. Sen. Arthur R. Robinson, heading the Republican contingent of! legionnaires, pleaded his own reelection indirectly in a speech reiterating his attack on new veterans' compensation schedules. McNutt, interested in defeating Robinson at next year’s election, was flanked by such state officials (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) .Junior Band Will Rehearse Tonight The Junior Band will meet for rehearsal at the high school building I tonight at 7 o'clock. I

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Slain by Bandit Miss Florence Quinn. 22-year-old Chicago girl, who was shot and killed Saturday by a bandit who was staging a holdup in a Chicago case where the girl was eating her breakfast. OPEN TEACHERS' MEETING TODAY Annual County Institute Opens; Will Be In Session Three Days Practically every teacher in the Adams County schools attended the opening session of the county teachers institute in the Decatur I high school auditorium this morning. The institute will continue ' throughout Tuesday and ' day. . . The attendance this year Is the largest in tjecent years. County Superintendent of Schools Clifton E. Striker stated a few absences were reported on account of illness. Dr. John G. Benson of Indianapolis. director of the Methodist Episcopal hospitals in * Indiana and Dr. John Guy Fowlkes, professor of education at the University of Wisconsin were the speakers on today's program. The program was opened with singing this morning and devotioni als were led by Rev. C. M. Prugh. ptfstor of the Zion Reformed church. Dr. Fowlkes' subject was ! "Methods in Teaching.” In presenting his address lie gave the five points in teaching: the purpose of teaching, the nature of teaching, some personal problems, some personnel problems and the spirit of teaching. The purpose of teaching is the stimulation of ! directing of children and teachers are urged to work witli children with fascination. Dr. Benson talked on "Social i Personality" and endeavored to : impress upon the teachers the value of a social personality. The elementary school teachers will meet at the Tuesday sesrrONTINUED ON PAGE THREE! o Today’s Scores NATIONAL LEAGUE First Game Pittsburgh 000 204 030— 916 2 Philadelphia 110 200 001— 513 3 Swift and Grace; Elliott and Liska Second Game Pittsburgh 01 Philadelphia 00 French and Picinich; Holley and Davis Cincinnati COO 100 001— 2 6 1 Boston 000 000 COO— 0 2 0 Lucas and Vombardi; Brandt and Spohrer. St. Louis 000 03 New York 000 10 Carleton and O'Farrell; Parmalee and Mancuso. Chicago at Brooklyn—Rain AMERICAN LEAGUE Philadelphia 001 Chicago 210 Cain and Cochrane; Jones and Sullivan. New York 000 0 Detroit 004 0 Alien and Dickey; Sorrell and Hayworth. Washington at Cleveland — Rain Boston at St. Louis—Wet grounds I Courtesy City Confectionery I

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PIQUA, OHIO, MAN INSTANTLY KILLED SUNDAY Harold Miller Dies As Autos Collide North Os City Sunday ONE MAN MAY BE FATALLY INJURED One man was killed and three others injured, one probably iatally, in an automobile accident on I . S. road 27, six miles north of Decatur at about 2:30 o clock Sunday morning. The dead: Harold Miller. 27, Piqua. Ohio, died from a compound fracture of the skull when ' thrown against the dash board of hi* auto. The injured: Oscar Miller, 60. New Harrison, Ohio, skull fracture. Critically ill at Adams County Memorial hospital. Willis Little, 25, Piqua, lacerations on the head. Able to return home Sunday. James Fisher, 21, son of John Fisher of this city and driver of the other car. Injuries consist of double fracture of left arm bei low elbow and lacerations on ' hand. He is confined to the hospital but his condition is not considered serious. Two other Decatur men riding with Mr. Fisher. Eugene Durkin and Roger Bebout. received minor ■ injuries and scratches. The accident occurred south of the Louis Kleine farm residence in Adams county. The Ohio party was driving north and Mr. Fisher i and his companions were driving south to Decatur. Mr. Fisher ' claims he was Minded by the ' lights on the Ohio car and was unable to steer his ear towards the side of the road. The left front wheels of both ears locked. (COVrtNtTEn ON PAGE FIVE! Pythian Band Gives Concert Tuesday The public is invited to hear the concert to he given Tuesday evening at 8:30 o'clock by the Pythian Home Band of latfayette. The concert will be given on Liberty Way, opposite tli- south side of the court Ciouse. There are 32 boys and girls in the band. The members of the band will be entertained and lodged Tuesday night in homes of local members of the Knights of Pythias. The band is traveling by motor over the state and D eatur is one of the stops on the itinerary. BEER REVENUE TO AID SCHOOL County Superintendent Figures Amount To Be Distributed The renort made by C. E. Striker, county superintendent of schools at the close of Eie school term last June shows that Adams county has 'an average daily attendance of pupils of 4598. On this basis, the county would be entitled to approximately $5,517.60 from the state’s distribution of the beer and whisky taxes next November. Decatur is credited with an average daily attendance of 1035 pupils and figured at the same per capita. $1.20. would receive $1242. Revenue from' beer and medicinal whisky taxes for distribution to schools in the state will amount to $1,00(1,001) or about $1.70 per pupil, ' state excise director Paul P. Fry ! estimated. Distribution to schools will be on the basis of average daily attendance Fry said. That part of tCie liquor revenue I for school use now amounts to I $683,000, Fry said. By Nov. 1 when the first distribution is due, it | should have reached SBOO,OOO. or : about $1.20 per pupil. He estimated that another $320,I 00,1 will be available for distribution next May 1 when a second sharing of rec ipts will be made That would mean another 50 cents per pupil, according to Fry. The estimates were made to guide school officials now drawing up I budgets.