Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 32, Number 122, Decatur, Adams County, 21 May 1934 — Page 1

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SHMATE FIRE OSSSATURDAY ITIEN MILLION liieaffu titgins Rebuilding Activities At Burned Stockyards RIGIN (F blaze ‘4isun§etkrmined — 'PT- flfpv *JI UJ.R) liik hoselslicams sli. I I itched into smouldering go today began it- $10,000,000 Bie of the grettlistory. >ws and trucks I n streets where ! o fire engines ar.d rieked frenzledly | r. Carpenters and j iw buildings into j etnen at their side \ ~~ ptiown totteiiiu 1 mill ol Mid 2 s destroyed bv Saturday s! The first Ppiiprehensive survey . damage wlought by the fir J ; ,jcb began Saturday afternoon id still fl«« i sporadically into iinacing flaan yesterday after «in placed the monetary loss j at hJapproximatfly $10,000,000. na - Fire inutfOb l companies estiSvflp that tOeir liabflities would lal more than $6,000,000. The ; <timate of ftotal damage was 5 ' ■by Tfcom s J. Sheehan, atiney for the fire departm. nt. tier checklag reports of uneer- ***"■«»« and"oft eials of companies hate hnildlojfs were destroyed. HBB Th* fire ||*l> tnient itself !o-i l(t,«Ki worth of equipment. Officials of that 1,100 persons |<is»s tirr)pl|i fin Inirtis and other I iiitiilr.il u.re nt j j A "baiSness as usual" sign was ««» oat Inth> livusto. k exchange, rift emeapney arrangements . n*de to handle incoming ship I f« t ■ •••*•*• ♦»♦• ♦ e • tft' iKTiMT9*rv nv pa av. ptx> j V Iftfs Available At phinger’s Ofliee g AH persons who are to place at* in the various cemeteries of lams county on Decoration Day ' reasked to cal I for the flags with i the next lev. days at the office • ffeoEhtngei in the Peoples Loan ■ ad Trust company building in this Seventecnfcags still remain to e distributed. « nd Bible School OpMs This Morning Ml Daily Va ation Bible School • j letifeti thu tHnning at the Central tool. AM fa. i!ty members anil e|j*rs were present for the opett- )|] 250 children are AtMtered A few who had en- ( dlld were absent today because of ■MOT dtlier reasons. No regis#ns will be accepted after Wed- j of tfcte week. Iteen die ‘ 111 AIRPLANES tv e Airplane Crashes Take Heavy Toll Over Week-End Byiillnited Press Thirteerl fethous. including two killed during the t „ Jive airplane accidents. ttother plane was reported to have Ariz.. forest flrejlmt was unidentified. Two men-. Willie K.rv.-i of K! iso and flam y Lunch of Wink, B *j» and two 12-year-old boys, r W* Anderson and Bobbie Sezler Wink, were killed as hundreds Persona watched at dedication the new Wink airport. At Port Huron, Mich., two army ‘Wj died in a flaming plan, which j[]J(*shed Just after leaving the found. lAout Frank J. Findlay, Jj Satroit, Pvt. George J. Scott, hlcago, were the victims. Another soldier, James Henick. ail Maynard Luskavsav, IS yearI civilian student pilot, fell kith j Sot & nd were burned at Muscatine, I?• Tfcejr, had been warned the tone was in bad condition. lAt Annapolis, Md., three WashT WsnanK '

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SCHOOL YEAR I CLOSES TODAY Class Day Exercises At Public High (’lose School Year The Decatur high school year was closed this morning with the ! class day exercises held in the J auditorium at 10:20 o'clock. Each class had a portion of the program. Gerald Strlckler, president of the senior class, handed Elmer Schultz, president of the 1 Junior class, a spade decorated with the school colors and emble- | matic of the work necessary to complete high school, j The freshmen presented Professor Hugh Andrews, the slack wire ! artist, in another thrilling and death defying feat. Professor Andrews was introduced by : David Macklin, president of the ! freshman class. Robert Itrodbeck, trainer, led the rare Lady , Goop through a number of amaz- | ing tricks. The Goop has bei n | taught how to tell ages since it l was presented at the athletic car- | nival I The sophomore class with Miss Eloise Lewton, as sponsor, gave a i historical playlet and review. Among the characters delineated I were Queen Isabella, Pal Revere. ! George Washington, Sir Walter | Raleigh, Mae West, Rip Van : Winkle and others. The Juniors with Miss Whalen i as sponsor presented a play en- : tilled "Ask Me Another.” James i Harkless and William Elston ! were the chief characters. The seniors with Miss McOrory i as sponsor held a bathing beauty i contest. Charles Ehinger was awarded first place by the Judges, lelena Rayl, Kathryn Engeter and j Margsyet Campbell. Other contestants were: James ..Gowaw as Mkw* England, George ' Heare as Miss Ohio, Richard Mailand as Miss Michigan, Paul j Strickler as Miss Florida. Oscar i *TcONtTnUEP ON PAGE FOUR! FOUR MEN ARE | UNDER ARREST — Three Are Charged With Arson; One With Theft of Auto Four arrests were made Sunday by Sheriff Rurl Johnson and depj ntv sheriff D. M. Hower. Neal Smith, 42, South Twelfth ! street, is charged with the theft of an automobile owned by Garth Hig- | gins of ftluffton. The car was stolen from a parking place on Short street early Saturday morning, May 6. The auto was parked there by [ Kenneth Higgins, Rluffton, an employe of the Decatur Casting oom- ! patiy. The oar. when found, had , been stripped. Several of the parts were recovered at Smith’s residence, while other parts had been sold, some of which were recovered In Wells county. Obed and Ralph Gilliom and John Bertech, all of French township. were taken into custody Sun- : day on arson charges. The youths are alleged to have set fire to the ; farm home of John Lobsiger, French township, Friday night. LltI tie damage was caused by the fire. The three young men have ibeen released on bond, while Smith is still lodged in the county jail. — — Auxiliary Meeting Postponed One Week The meeting of the American Legion Auxiliary will not be held Tuesday night as planned. It has been postponed until Tuesday, May 29. Twenty-Four Men Now Working On Highway Starting with 18 PWA men four weeks ago the working force on U. S. highway 27 has increased (o 24. The total payroll for the four weeks is $1,907.50. The work on the highway was renewed this spring on April 22. The men are widening the road and improving it north of the city. The pay roll for the four weeks is: April 28, $287.40; May, 5, $500.60; May 12, $509.50, and May 11 $5lO The work is administered’ through the Fort Wayne re-em-ployment office and is supervised locally by Doris Stalt§r.

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Where It All Started mill 11)11 IMWMWM i-: • *». '•»'**. ■»» ■» -v - nw——>■ * * •'*— A picture of the beginning of Chicago’s greatest fire disaster since 1871. Flames are shown eating through (lie tinder-like wooden pens and sheds of S'vitt A- Co., at Thirty-fifth and Morgan streets.

LEAGUE WILL OBSERVE DAY Walther League Will Celebrate 41st Anniversary Wednesday The Walther League of the De- ! catur Lutheran church will Join 1 with similar societies all over the , * United States and Canada to cetcI j brate the 41st anniversary of the founding of the organization with i candle light services. Wednesday, May 22. in the Lutheran, .school j house. 1 j The local league wilt! be host to ' j the Preble and Hoagland societies and is planning on entertaining ! about 80 persins. Frieda Schearier is chairman of the program i committee and Faina Holle of the I luncheon committee. • The program will begin at 8 pm. A. J. Keller, toastmaster, i will give the opening prayer and j welcome tile members and guest-.! I Rev. Paul Erhultz will deliver an I' address on “The League and 1 Christian Fellowship." [ At 9 o’clock Rev. Acker will deI liver an address on “Candle- ! Lighting and Its Meaning.” At r, this time all the Walther Imagoes - in the Missouri Synod will light a I large candle and sing the Walther i i I-eague song. r A one act play has been arrang- j ■| ed to follow this rite. The cast ; i j of characters is: Linda Marbacli. | | Viola Hunter, Margaret Hoffman, j ' Harold Sauer, Richard Mailand | and Albert Keller. Two songs, i ’ followed by an address by Oscar I - Lankenau will close the program. | A luncheon will be served after j I the program. The tables will be j i decorated with black and orange, j ■ the league colors, and small can- \ i dies. A large three layer cake: with a large caudle will be'placed on a special table. o — BERNE WOMAN GETS DEGREE — Martha Burkhalter To Receive Degree From Seminary New York, May 21—The degree! of master of Religious education j will be conferred on Martha Rose | Burkhalter of Berne at the 24th an- 1 mial commencement exercises of [ the Biblical Seminary in New York j to be hied here the evening of May j 28th, according to information re- j leased today. The Berne resident, who received her A. B. degree from Bluffton j College, chase as the subject for { her thesis “Higher Education of ( Women in India Under Christian j Auspices.” The commencement program will i open Friday, May 25th with a recep-1 tion in honor of the 27 graduates! who will receive eix different de- j grees. The ibaccalaureate sennon | will be preached the following Sun-1 day by President W. W. White and the graduating exercises will be j held the next evening, following a reunion and alumni luncheon. Professor W. T. Thompson of Richmond, Va., will be the speaker.

Decatur, Indiana, Monday, May 21, 1934.

Annual Commencement Exercises Tonight The fifty-third annual commencement ever vises of the Decatur high school will be held this evening In the high school auditorium at 8 o'clock. The exercises will be followed by the senior reception in the school gymnasium. Dr. L. A. Pittinger, president of Ball State Teachers College, will deliver the address entitled “On Coming of Age". Principal W. Guy Brown will present the graduating i class and Dr. Burt Mangold, presi- ; dent of the Decatur School Board, will present the diplomas. The gymnasium lias been decorfor the reception with flowers sand the school's colors, purple and : gold. Rndv Errlngton and his orjehestra will furnish the music for . | dancing. LOCAL MAN'S ! MOTHER DIES Mrs. Mary Macklin Os Geneva Dies Suddenly Os Heart Attack Mrs. Mary Macklin, age 72, of Geneva, mother of Phil L. Macklin of this city, died at the supper table | of a heart attack at her home at j about six o’clock Sunday evening. Her son and members of his faj mily had returned home a few minj utes before from a visit with Mrs. | Macklin, when word was received (that she died suddenly while at the i table. i Although in failing health for a | few years, Mrs. Macklin was up and I around yesterday and as was the ! custom her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren gathered 1 at her home on Sunday for a weekly visit. She complained of a shortness in breath and was assisted to the front porch where she spent mast of the afternoon. , Mrs. Macklin suffered a sun stroke two years ago and the extreme hot weather yesterday seem- , ed to aggravate her condition. The mother of a large family, -j Mrs. Macklin received great pleasure in having her sons, daughters j and members of their families visit j "fUONTINUBB Of* FAGK THREE) j Convention Held At St. Paul Church ! ' V number of Sunday school workjers and persons Interested attendj ed the Sunday School convention in j Washington township which was j held at the St. Paul church Sunj day. i Rev. Matthew Worhman of Bluff- ! ton was the principal speaker and (a fine program of music was pre--1 sented during the afternoon. Ernest Foreman was the leader of the ' song service and Rev. Frank En- ! gle gave the Invocation. o Optometrists To Meet At Ft. Wayne A meeting of Zone Three of the i Indiana Association of Optometrists ! will be held In the Chamber of | Commerce rooms at Fort Wayne tonight at 8 o’clock. Dr. N. A. Bixler of this city, secretary-treas- j urer of zone three will attend the j meeting.

LOCAL SHOWERS ARE PREDICTED Relief Promised In Indiana: Midwest Greatly Damaged Indianapolis, May 21. —4U.R> —I.i>i cal showers or thunderstorms wtth- : in the next 24 hours will break up a heat wave which sent teineperatures to the highest point of the year over the week-end, officials of ■ the U. S. weather bureau predleti jed toijiiy. The promise of rain and cooler weather came just as farmers j throughout the state were antici- ! pating serious crop damage from the second extended drought of the 'season. Heavy damage to strawberries ! and other small fruit crops already ] has been reported. Pasture lands I and wheat Helds are below normal I I as a result of the extremely dry ! weather and corn planting has been delayed. '' Wheatfleld experienced the high I est temperature in the state over j the week-end. with a reading of 95 degrees Suilday afternoon. Vin;cennes had the highest temperature ’ in the southern portion of the state with a reading of 92. Evansville reported 90 and Paoli 89. Great Damage | Chicago, May 21.—(U.R>—Searing ; heat rolled again today over west- • j ern prairies, taking a new toll or damage in the great drought area, j Local showers were the only relief ' i in sight. Over a dozen states a brazen sun ■ rose with a threat of temperatures | exceeding even those of yesterday, ‘ when the mercury touched 94 in ! Omaha and Dubuque. Dust hazed across the landscape, j adding discomfort to the battle farmers are waging against baked ! fields, chinch bugs, grasshoppers I* • • « • • • -• •••••••♦***•••• (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) THREE PERSONS DROWN SUNDAY Traffic Accidents Claim At Least Four More Lives In State By United Press Three drowning victims were counted today in Indiana 's weekend toll of violent deaths. Traffic accidents claimed at least four [ more victims. Hot weather that prevailed over the entire state sent almost a recI ord number of automobiles onto | highways while others opened the ] summer swimming season. The death of Albert Lambert, 20, while learning to swim in a gravel pit near Roanoke, marked Huntington county's first drowning of the j season. He waded beyond his depth while two companions were | across the pit. An attack of fainting was blamed for the drowning of Albert E. Drake, 31, Shelvybille, while shooti Ing fish in a small pond near his \ home. He was found in water 20 i inches deep. i The body of an unidentified man I » »♦ ♦ ■ ♦ * • ♦ (CONTINUED ON PAG® SIX)

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TRUCK DRIVERS BATTLE POLICE ATMINNEAPOLIS Strikers Attempt To Stop Movement Os Trucks Into City MORE THAN SCORE OF MEN WOUNDED Minneapolis, May 21.--(U.R)—Strik-ing truck drivers fought police in j a desperate hand to hand battle to ! day for control of the city's markets. More than 25 policemen and ! strikers were wounded. Police succeeded in repulsing the i j drivers, who withdrew to await the | j arrival of re-enforcements. The j strikers sought to stop the move-; ment of trucks containing perish j able foods. i An appeal by the truck drivers ! for assistance from other unions j \ brought a vote of 25,000 building | trade union members to strike at 1 I 5 p. m. today. A general secession |of business activity was feared. J Governor Olson warned strikers and employers that he “would not | Island for battle between strikers j I ! and special police that will endang-1 er the lives of citizens." Adjutant \ ’ General F. A. Walsh said the nat [ ional guard was prepared 'To take : complete charge of the distribution ■ of commodities.” Representatives of truck owners I refused to comply with Governor ! Olson's request that they renew negotiations broken off Saturday. Guards on trucks mobilizing at the city limit openly swung heavy ’ clubs as they prepared to run a gauntlet that has virtually halted | food deliveries and seriously cur--1 tailed passenger vehicle traffic. Strikers, who pledged themselves j yesterday at a mass meeting to 1 carry the strike to a conclusion, 1 threatened to 'fight fire with fire.” I I (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) ~ O 44 CANDIDATES ARE INITIATED >| Thirty-one Former Mem-j bers Reinstated By K. of C. Sunday , ; One of the most successful , initiations held in the state in | recent years was staged here; Sunday by Decatur council No. j 564 of the Knights of Columbus, a class of 41 candidates being j ,! initiated. In addition to the new members, ■ 31 men were reinstated. The initiatory work was in charge of | L the Rev. Father Joseph Seimetz, I . 1 pastor of S , Mary's Catholic! church; C. J. Carroll, grand ’ | knight of the Decatur council.' local lodge officers, and the Fort j Wayne degree teams, who exemplified tlie second and third de- 1 i P rePS ' , j The program for the day opened j j with the candidates and members j of the lodge marching to St. Mary’s church at 8:30 o’clock where they attended a high mass.! Father Seimetz acted as celebrant i and delivered a sermon. A uum--1 i tier of visitors were here for the j program. The first degree was exempli- | fied by Father iSetmetz and officers of the local lodge between 11 • and 12 o'clock at the K. of C. hall. 1 Julius Heideman acted as chancellor. The second and third degrees were given in the afternoon beginning at about 2:30 o'clock, j 1 John Schulteis, chancellor, Fort i CONTINUED ON PAGE ST X) Many From Decatur At Marion Sunday Between ICO to 125 persons frojn this city attended the veterans’ hospital day at Marion Sunday. The drum and bug/e corps of the Ad-! am.s post number 43 was Included in the giant parade in which over 15 binds marched. Open house was held from 8 a. m.! until midnight. The inmates staged several calisthenics and athletics events as their part of the program The evening was epe<nt in dancing in the hospital gymnasium. All the state legion officials were present. Edward A. Hayes, national commander, who was schedule to deliver an address, was unable to ; attend because of Illness.

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M. J. Mylott Sees Big Chicago Fire M. J. Mylott of this city was in Chicago Saturday when the big stock yards fire broke out. Mr. Mylott stated it was impossible to get within a half dozen blocks of the conflagration, as the territory around the scene of the blaze was roped off. The up town district was; smothered In smoke and practically every fire apparatus In the city was | called. Mr. Mylott went to Chicago to ha. with his mother, Mrs. Margaret My- i lott, on her 84th birthday anniversary, which occurred last Saturday. He returned home Saturday, night. BACCALAUREATE ! SERVICES HELD i SUNDAY NIGHT Services Are Held Here Sunday For Decatur Seniors REV. ARTHUR BROWN DELIVERS SERMON "Christ is the judge of the run- ; tiers in the race of life. Christ ! as the mark, the prize, the judge jis given the control and He becomes all in all." said Rev. Arthur B Brown in his baccalaureate address Sunday evening before a large crowd at the Zion Reformed church. Sixty-one seniors of the Decatur high school marched in a body to the church and were seated in a special reserved section. Relatives were seated on the main floor and friends in the balcony. Rev. Charles J. Roberta, president of the ministerial association, had charge of the servtees. Miss Lulu Gerber played the organ and Mrs. L. A. Holthouse directed the girls choir of the church which furislicd the music. The scripture reading was given by l)r. U. S. A Bridge. The prayer was said by Rev. George O. Walton and the benediction pro--1 nounced by Rev. M. W. Sunderj mann. Rev. Brown’s sermon was in ! part: I "My subject is: ‘Throe Esseu- ! tlals with One Control.’ The ! three essentials and the one control are embraced in the given | text. We sliail consider them in a positive, comparative and superlative degree The first essential !in view of the present challenge, i is to forget mistakes and failures, | which retard progress. Forgetting (hose things wdiich are behind. ! You cannot improve thut which is ! beyond recall. • "The second is the more essential. To remember the mercies of heaven, relative to your presI ent duty. A summons to thorough deliberation and unbending conj centration in the present tense. Y’ou have arrived at a junction or i turning point which calls for pru- j dence and forethought. And des-i I tiny depends upon present duty. I Confronted as you are with a maze (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) i MANY EXAMINE MOVIE STUDIO Total of 853 People Examine MG Motion Picture Studio A total of 853 persons passed through the MGM traveling studio this morning when it stopped for half an hour in front of the new Adams Theater. The studio, which is a miniature reproduction of the actual studios in Hollywood was constructed at a cost of $150.0i00 as a part of the educational program of the com-; pany. Screen and voice tests are made in the larger cities in an effort to discover new talent. In Decatur only the apparatus was shown to the spectators. The studio is pulled by a large truck constructed to resemble a locomotive. Below the studio are three and a half tons of batteries which furnish the electricity for the sound equipment. The tour is in charge of E. J. Green and a crew of 11 men. Visitors this morning were invited to view the interior of the new i.Aidams Theater which will open June

WILL DISSOLVE INVESTIGATING BODY ON MAY 31 Board’sßeport Challenges NRA System Os Government JOHNSON SCORES HARROW’S REPORT Washington, May 21. *U.R> The J)arrmv board which challenged the NRA system of industrial self-government on the grounds that it destroys small business, will I report again and cease to fxist Mav 31, it was revealed I at the White House today. | Chairman Clarence Darrow slept late at his hotel today but oilier board members continued scheduled NRA code investigations, apparently unaware their work shortly would terminate. Fred P. Mann, Sr.. Devil's Lake, North Dakota, board member, told the United Press Darrow would have a further statement today, i The nation Is seething in discus- ! sion of the veteran lawyer's indictment of NRA and personal proposal that American industry 1 be socialized lo eliminate - “wolfish” competition. William O. Thompson, board member, signed the soclalizaiion 1 recommendation with Darrow. 1 Mann told the United Press that he and Samuel C. Henry and W. 'j W. Neal were not critical of Dae- ’ | raw despite their failure to join ■in the socialization reeommenda- '! tions. I The Report Washington. May 21— <U.R) — Clarence Darrow, grey old master cf the defense, told the American ' ! people today that their only hope | was substitution of socialism for 1 i the NRA. 1 j The major blow of the broadI j * '(('•ONtTnUED ON PAGE SIX) BLAZE CAUSES j SSOO DAMAGE Oil Stove At William Heller Residence Explodes This Morning An oil stove explosion In the kitI chen of the William Heller home on ■ j Patterson street at S:3O o'clock th is I morning resulted In a blaze that rapidly spread through the tiniler- ■ dry wood of the frame building, i causing an estimated damage of SSOO. i The explosion blasted the flames 1 to the garage, a wooden building J connected to the kitchen by a door land which contained two automo- ! biles belonging to the family. Vol- | unteers were able to pull one car • to -safety. The other car was in gear and it was impossible to get I to it before it was destroyed. Flames shot up the partitions and | broke out on the roof. Firemen | brought three streams to play on ; the blaze and got it under control j before neat by houses were threat- , ened. Hundreds of persons rushed to the fire which could be seen over the south part of the city. A number of men volunteered to carry fur- • niture and clothing out of the burning building. A good portion of this was saved without damages from the fire and water. For a time it appeared as if the house could not ‘he saved because fire was breaking out from every ! side. The dry shingles on the roof | added fuel to the flame. As the fire was in the partitions it was diffi- ! cult to locate the source. Kirkland Township Meeting Postponed The Kirkland township meeting of the Women's Christian Temperance ! Union scheduled for Tuesday night at the Kirkland community buildi ing has been postponed. o . Leaders Will Meet Here Next Thursday Miss Meta Martin, extemsion clothing specialist of Purdue university, will meet with the Home ' Economica leaders and presidents at the Masonic hall Thursday, May I I 24, for an all day leaders’ training