Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 32, Number 131, Decatur, Adams County, 1 June 1934 — Page 1

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'R.LOT FUND FOR DROUGHT RELIEF

Ihl RELIEF lIMFORECAST | llbut no rain I Illi* I ’ inp<-r:tt m e Pre--■diiß'l I" Most Os , I Stricken \rea I Itt® rf:lief is |p»Ml"l.i> IN DI \N \ ■ I ctfdgo, June I.— <U.R> — A * ■l.stemg heat wave brought ■ ing crop loss, and Ktotfl suffering to portions li! * Ki ih»|> -idlewest today. ,I ' V id ago where ttie mer |a at 101 at noon, the became a activity. Sensational wheat placed it far IKbove a dollar and nearly 20 . the price Keek. i I FOMWayne. Ind., June 1. — * I Ered ■ unprecedented June 1 Eeat way while many sought ■t:..ghtfrel:ef at lake resorts. I An.Bl time record for June here at 1 p. m. when ■re flB ury soared to 100 de- “ f j ||(',hic|ii<», .Imu* 1- (l ' R ) and fa 11 in g the BHMb 1 today promistd 24 hours from i! EfiveX i heat wave such as ® me Cnji' il States has exper- ‘ Kicetljonlv once or twice ■ ■‘lure, ■ Distin tlv lower tempera■res w< re predicted in the -issippi lower Mis ■sterdsj registered as high as ■'Jnsettfed atmospheric condiKns ■' - most of the great ■of *•< w.-rs, Weather bureau ■wastes refused to promise more ■ n 1 "sibility .” ■The Komise nf imminent relief . ■ought little joy to farmers of _■ 1931 iniddlewestern "desert." rainless •sw! byid.iys of glaring, biazin:. /■tiering heat have brought ruin I i’ore.4 of thousands of families ■An ahi st unhoped for wheat ■re— i [itember futures Hosed I U 03‘V yesterday on the Chi •go boa I of ttade was only a ■tire to (tiers of thousands of ■ore tii es of wheat land who Bji'eted ittle, if any. wheat. ■George 16. Farrell of the agriadjustment administ'a ■ti estimated that wheat fields ■’ being abandoned to the exfct of l.uiiti.OOO bushels daily. ■Growers of corn, oats, rye, bars' map virtually every staple ■ richest agricultural were almost as direly |<COI®N!TED nv page~ve> a KES ARRIVE TO AID DOCTOR i|!uin®uplet Girls Are Plac- | edlDn Natural Diet I Physician ■ < ‘°W of wet nurses arrived at | P Diom. farmhouse today where human mites, born In one 1 dbed, flourished in an old sash M hat water incubator. r Al! Dafoe, who attended extra s dinary accouchement of rs ' Olivia Dionne, ordered the girls on a natural diet. e JW nurses came from the Human milk was from Chicago. Heretofore the Uh ' ! received milk mixed “ syrup through an eve apper. Datoe weighed the babies IPn tfe.v were taken out of the Cu * > ®tor for feeding and found the largest weighed one and < continued oisr page six) •on Farr Delegate «o State Convention P°o fair has been named dele- ® to Represent, the Decatur Lions It their annual state convenln to be held this year at Marion 1 June 3,4, an< ] 5 Rabbi Jacob •rshish of Cincinnati, Ohio, will tkri principal speaker.

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♦ # Editor Os Annual Receives Letter From President I Miss Barbara Kridk, editor of the Raveling*, the Decatur high school publication has receive 1 a letter from M. A. LeHand, private secretary to President Roosevelt, thank- , Ing Miss Krick for the issue of the publication which she sent to the President recently Following is the letter Miss Krick received: The White House Washington May 28, 1 "My dear Miss Krick Your friendly letter of re ent date has been received by the Pre sklent. He requests me to convey to you and to everyone concerned his hearty appreciation of the com pliment paid him in the dedication of the 1934 issue of your high . school publication. He is very glad I to have tlie copy which you w ere ! good enough to sen t him. You may be sure that lie is in- | deed grateful for your words of ap I proval. Very sincerely yours, M. A. LeHand, Private secretary. ROTARIANS HEAR STATE SPEAKER . Conservation Department Speaker Talks To Rotary Club ' ' Ira P. Nelson, a representative of , rhe state conservation department. I spoke to the Rotary club members •I at the weekly luncheon meeting 'i held at the Rice hotel last evening. The purpose of the department, t Mr, Nelson stated, was to increase ' wild life; create refuges ami and covers for binds and wild life: instill true sportsmanship principles in individuals and aid in bringing I about a more friendly understand--11 ing between hunter and land owner. I The conservationist told of the ’ I program now being fostered by , I Kenneth Kunkel, director of the , i state fish and game division. The , | lakes ami rivers are being stocked I with game fish; pheasants ant quail are released in field and wood and in the south part of the state, deer are stocked. Wild life is one of the ble singi given to man and he should help protest it. Wanton destruction has I entirely effected the wild pigeon from America, Mr. Nelson emphas ized. Mr. Nelson complimented the AdI ams County fish and game conserI vation league on the showing made ! here. He mentioned that the local i chapter had a membership of 427. , I The speaker said that game ward- , ens were not credited with the uum- ' her of arrests made in their district but judged from the amount of con etructive wonk done in the com j munity. . i Mr. Nelson spoke in favor of the, proposed changes in the fish and game laws, giving the director ot I the departnjent authority to fix open seasons at different times in j various teritories. Roy Johnson, president of the lo- : cal conservation league, was chairI man of the program. MUNCIE PLANT IS PICKETED Packing Company At Muncie Is Picketed by Strikers Today Muncie, Ind., June 1 -(UP)' 'Between 75 and UM) angered, striking . employes of the Fred Eckart Packing company picketed the Kuhnei Packing plant here today without. violence. Feeling, however, ran high afteran accident early today sent one picket to the hospital slightly injured. , I Charles Savior. 30, was struck down accidentally by an automobile driven by Fred Dlx. company sales manager. Incensed pickets claim it was intentional, and say they will file a technical charge of assault j against Dfx. Streets leading into the plant, located at the north edge of the city, have been blocked, and only approximately 35 men remain on duty inside. Strikers threaten to slop all movements of livestock into the ON EIVEi

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STRIKE THREAT STILL LOOMING OVER COUNTRY Many Labor Difficulties Are Besetting Administration TEXTILE WORKERS MAY STRIKE MONDAY By the United Press Threats of major strikes in the | sti-,4 and textile industries affecting about 500,000 workers directly i ami another 5'10,000 indirectly added today to the labor difficulties besetting NRA. Steel workers, scheduled to j hold a convention June 10, are ! ready to strike June 15 "to help I the President" force a conference between the iron and steel institute and union representatives, i i The union wants recognition and i collective bargaining. More than a quarter million tex-1 i tile workers threaten to walk out i ‘ Monday unless the NRA modifies : its order curtailing operations in I the textile industry 25 per cent. ; The textile industry, one of the | first to feel the benefits of in- : ' creased employment, now finds i I itself in tlie position of having i to accept governmental limitation of production. Administrator! Hugh S. Johnson was to confer today with Thomas F. McMahon, president of the United Textile j Workers in an effort to avert I the strike. Other developments: Toledo. O. Central Labor Union | appealed to President Roosevelt | to take a hand in strike at Electric Auto-Lite plant; state officials plan speedy withdrawal of troops i from strike zone; Toledo Edison I j employes postpone strike vote as j 'mediators negotiate under 21 hour ! truce. San Francisco — General shin-! ping strike threatened as long-i shoremen's union studies peaeel proposal that it accept partial tCONTTNItHD GV PAGE SIX) —n | TO REORGANIZE SCOUT TROOP 64 St. .Joe Troon Will Become Part of Catholic School Program Boy Scout troop No. 64 known as St. Joe troop, is to be reorganized i and made a part of the boys’ work ■ ■ program in the St. Joseph's Catho-! lie school, under the direction of' Rev. Father Joseph Seimetz. pastor and Rev. Father Joseph Hennes, j ; assistant. An organization of those interest-1 j ed in forming the troop was held i last evening at the Catholic school j John Lane, field representative of | the Anthony Wayne boy scout area , Fort Wayne, attending. James Murphy, manager of the Western Union Telegraph office in this city, volunteered to serve as scoutmaster. He will be assisted by Marcellus Miller, as assistant scoutmaster. Father Hennes was named advisor of the troop and will aid in organizing the unit and in carrying out the programs. i Other committee members are: j ! Arthur R. Holthouse, chairman; I Joseph Laurent, chairman of the ! thrift committee; Harold Daniels | I chairman of the educational com-1 imittee; H. P. Schmitt, chairman of : the outdoor and transportation I committee. Enrollment blanks were efrqutat(CONTINUEn ON PAGE FIVE) Conservation League Meets Monday Night The Adams county fish and game conservation league will meet at 8 o’clock Monday evening at the auction school room in Belmont park. All members are urged to attend. Pastor’s Brother To Preach Sunday Rev. J. G. Roberts of Indianapolis brother of Rev. C. J. Roberts, pastor of the First United Brethren will preach at both morning and evening services at the local church Sunday. Rev. Roberts arrived here today for a short visit. •

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, June 1, 1931.

Incubator for Quintuplets '! i ■jBH. r i sRf |B : t ■ ... ..... The old fashioned incubator which was rushed from Chicago to 1 Calander, Ont., to aid the Dionne quintuplets. The incubator is ! shown as it was placed in a fast car at Toronto for the 240-mile dash to the Dionne cabin. Royal Canadian police led the way.

CHURGH CHOIR HERE SUNDAY Fort Wayne Choir Will Give Concert At Zion Reformed Church The choir of Hie St. Johns Re ' formed church of Fort Wayne will present a sacred concert in the 1 local Zion Reformed church Sun day evening at 7:30 o’clock. The (concert will be presented under I the direction of Fred Bloemker. Soloists will be Helen Limbert, . Juanita Brown, Everett Myers and] Mr. Bloemker. Mrs. Doyal White; 1 will be the accompanist. Although ‘ admission will not be charged an i i offering will lie taken. Following is the complete pro-1 I gram: | "Coronation" Schuler | Choir ."Santa Maria" Speaks | Juanita Brown, Margaret and Helen Lissner ("Beautiful Savior” Christensen j Choir "Power Enternal". Rossinni | Helen Limbert and Juanita Brwn "Sanctus’’ Gounod Choir Offertory. i "On the Cross That He Carried” Wildemere Juanita Brown I “Inflammatus" Rossinni Choir (Quartet from Rigoletto Verdi Helen Limbert, Juanita Brown, Everett Myers, Fred Bloemker “Amen Chorus” from Holy City ...Gaul Choir LOUIS LUDLOW IS CANDIDATE Representative Enters Race For Nomination ' As U. S. Senator Indianapolis, tod., June I—(UP)1 —(UP) —-Rep. Louis Ludlow of the 12th I congressional district today became the ninth candidate to seek the Democratic nomination for United States Senator. In a letter to Indiana Democrats Ludlow promised that if he is nominated and elected, the keynote of his policy will be service. He has had an eye on the senatorial race for several weeks and had indicated on several previous occasions that he would accept the nomination it it were offered. He was unopposed and renomillation as 12th district congressman in the May primary. Among the other prominent con- ! tendens for the senatorial nomina- ' tion are R. Earl Peters, Fort Wiayne ; Clarence Manion, Notre Dame Uni- ! versity; Shsrman Minton, New Ali bany, Public counselor of I he public j i service commission,and George Rauch, Marion, a former congress- j man. Peters is the anti-Adminkstration i choice, having Ibeen at odds for | several months with the organiza-1 tion of Gov. Paul V. McNutt.

Superintendents In Meeting At Bluffton Twelve county superintendents of schools from northern Indiana met Thursday in Bluffton to discuss school problems. The meeting was in charge of Frank E. Day. superintendent of the Wells County schools. Speakers at the morning session were Superintendent Adrian Little, Huntington, whose subject was "Departmental Work,” and Superintendent D. O. McComb, Fort Wayne. Afternoon speakers and their subjects were Superintended tiUtlun ' Striker, Adams County, "Teachings 1 , and Penmanship"; Superintendent i Carl Stallman, Auburn, "Program land Studies for Rural Schools." and Superintendent Harry Lewellyn, of Warsaw." 1934 N. E. I. Program." CITY POOL TO ‘ ; OPEN SUNDAY Municipal S w i m in i n g Pool To Ooen: Registration Tomorrow The city municipal swimming pool located in the water works park will be opened Sunday after noon, W. Guy Brown, director, announced today. Tlie opening date was moved up this year because of the heat wave which has enveloped the city. Mr. Brown will again be in l charge of the boys and Miss Geraldine Hower of the girls. The pool Sunday afternoon will be open to ; everyone who has qualified by reg- ( istration. A complete outline of the rules and regulations, including when the ( pool will be open to different | ■classes of swimmers will be puib-' lished in Saturday’s edition of the* Daily Democrat. ■Boys under fourteen years of age will be examined this year by Mr. Brown and boys and men and women over fourteen must be examined by a physician. Girls under fourteen, must receive their certificates front Miss Hower. People afflicted with colds, running sores and skin s diseases will be asked to refrain from using the pool. In order to open the pool by two j o'clock Sunday afternoon it was necessary to begin the filling of the pool with water this morning. on page four) o Poling Funeral Rites Saturday Funeral services for Robert W. Poling, 6S, who died at his home, 427 Fornax street, this city, at 2:15 o’clock Thursday afternoon, will be | (held Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock j 'at the home. Rev. U. S. A. Bridge . I will officiate and burial will be I made in the Decatur cemetery. The Moose lodge will have the i ! services at the graveside and mem- j ( bers of the lodge will act as pall ! bearers. ! The body will be removed to the I Poling home on Fornax street from I the Lobenstein Funeral parlors at ■ Monroe late this afternoon and may be viewed until time for the I funeral.

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DARROW BOARD OF REVIEW IS STILL ON DUTY — Functions As Usual Although Supposedly Dead At Midnight — JOHNSON AGAIN ATTACKS REPORT Washington, June I—<ll.R1 —<11. R) —The i Darrow NRA review board functioned as usual today, although it | was to have died al midnight last, : night. President Roosevelt had an , ’ nounced the board would go out lof existence May 31, but it the, I board was abolished, the members ' 1 and staff have not been notified. Tlie board appeared oblivious also of a new attack on its famous I report by NRA Administrator ! Hugh S. Johnson. Johnson, speak-1 ( ing before the National Catholic I 1 Alumni Federation, characterized ' (he report as "the most audacious perversions of the truth ever pre-: i sented to the American people.” "Far from oppressing the little 1 fellow.” said Johnson, “our records I ( show that NRA lias not only halt I ed this tendency in its tracks but , has squarely reversed it. “In the first 48 hours after the ! Darrow report were received 4,000 'ittle fellow letters of violent protest against that report. ' Just think of it the greatest forward social movement of our j day and age is to be sabotaged to advance tlie selfish political <<•< >NTI Nl'l-’l > <>v PAGE S!X> Former Resident Os Berne Killed Paul Felber of Berne has recelv I e.l a telegram telling of the death ' I of Herman Sipe, 21, a former Berne resident. Sipe was killed in an automobile accident Wednesday but the wire failed to give details or funeral arrangements. Harvey Sipe of Berne is an uncle of the deceased and many other irelatives live in Alams county. (The young man is survived by the wife and one child. o Madison Street Sewer Repaired H. F. Linn, city street commis- ■ sioner and force of men have been j busy working on the Madison street ' sewer which empties into the St. I Marys at the end of the street. The sewer became blocked the other day and work was started on opening it. The sewer was filled ' with tin cans, dirt and debris and I the line is clogged several feet back. Dumping debris is forbidden at ithe site and the city will erect ' some kin I of fence which will pre- ! vent persons from throwing rub- ( ; bish into tlie sewer. KIDNAPERS ARE FOUND GUILTY — Gettle Kidnapers Given Additional Sentence By Federal Jury Los Angeles June 1 —(UP)—Any chance that the three kidnapers of ( William Gettle might obtain free- , dom after serving 10 years of their "life sentences" disappeared today i with an additional 37-year federal sentence pending against them. Hope of freedom on parole van-! ished when a federal court jury convicted James Kirk. Roy Williams, i and Larry Kerrigan of sending extortion letters through the mail in I the hope of collecting $60,000 ransom from Gettle's family. Judge Paul J. McCormick sentenced them to 37 years in federal prison "if. as and when you are paroled from j San Quentin penitentiary." Loretta Woody and Mona Galli- ! ghen, women friends of the trio, | .also were convicted on the fedI eral charge and were to be sen* i tenced today. I The men were tried on the fedI eral charges to obviate all chance of parole from slate's prison. They were sentenced to life in San Quentin after Gettle was freed by officers but the sentence permitted a ! possible parole after It) years. Oral notice of appeal was served I by their attorney. '

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Bluffton Doctor Named Councilman Bluffton, June 1 —(Special) —Dr. H. D. Brickley, local physician, has been elected by the city council to till the vacancy caused by the resignation of G. T. Markley. Mr. Markley had resigned as councilman to become mayor following the death of John W. Kelley. GIVE PROGRAM j NEXT SUNDAY Children’s Day Program At St. John’s Reformed Church A children’s day program will be I presented at the St. John's Reform■ed church at Vera Cruz Sunday ( evening at 7:30 o’clock. The complete program follows: i Prelude. Recitation — A Children's Day Resolution Kenneth Moser. Recitation A Nation-Wide Broadcast--Wayne Minger. Song With Skies of Blue — I Chorus. Scripture— Berniece Zurcher. Prayer—Rev. H. H. Meckstroth. i zßecritation Free Parking — Dwight Neuenschwander. Exercise — What Makes Children’s Day Wortli While Group of four. Recitation —Two Roses —-Phyllis Moser. Quartet — For You Walter children. Exercise —Five Little Flowers I Group ot five. Recitation First Appearance — Junior Croy. Song —We Belong to Jesus — I Group of five girls. Recitation—A Little Boy's Piece I —Gene Gilpan. Recitation — My Verse — Bobby j Steiner. Exercise —On Children's Day— Group of four. Recitation — Why? — Quenten Moeschberger. Song—God's Gift —Chorus. (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) GEO.SCHRANK DIES SUDDENLY Blue C reek Township Farmer Drops Dead At Home Today * George W. Schrank, .S 3 year old farmer of Blue Creek township, dropped dead at his home at 8 o'clock this morning. Death was due : to heart trouble. Mr, Schrank had been ailing for ! the past year. 'At the time of his death he was visiting with members of his family in the yard at the Schrank home ami suddenly fell ! over. Mr. Schrank was born near Lex- ' ington, Kentucky, April 18, 1851, a ■son of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Schrank. ! His marriage to Louisa Willard i took place in 1817'3. She preceded her husband in death in 1918. Mr. Schrank had resided on the farm in ■ Blue Creek township for the last j 50 years. Surviving are two daughters, i Mrs. Albert Jack of Muskegan Michigan, and Mrs. Henry Wallace of Blue Creek township, a sister, Mary iand five brothers. Henry, Jack, Fred, Charles and Lewis Schrank, all of Kansas City, Missouri. One grandchild also survives. Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at l:'3O o'clock, standard time, at the home and at 2 o'clock at the Mt. Hope church in in Blue Creek township. Burial will |be ma le in the church cemetery. Rev. J. O. Mosier of Van Wert. 0., will officiate. The body will be returned to the home from the S. E. Black funeral home late Saturday afternoon. o Oliver And Fryback Buy Insurance Agency G. H. Oliver and Dee Fryback have purchased the general insurance agency which has been operated by C. L. Walters and Harry Essex. The new owners also operate the State Auto Insurance agency here, with office rooms 1 and 2 In the Peoples Loan and Trust company building. Mr. Walters will devote his time I to the practice of law and Mr. Essex is now employed as field man • for the Central Sugar company.

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JEN STATES TO : RECEIVE FUNDS . OF GOVERNMENT I More Than Five Million Dollars Is Allotted By Administrator 1 ADDITIONAL FUND THOUGHT LIKELY With thermometers registering 100 degrees above at noon, Decatur and vicinity was being treated to sizzling weather to- ' day. - ! There was a little breeze which made the temperature v : bearable. Washington, June I.— CU.R) —Expressing grave concern /' over the increasing intensity ■of the midwestern drought, s ! Relief Administrator Harry ! L. Hopkins today made a pre- ' liminarv allotment of $5,476,1000 for relief in 10 stricken i states. ( This money is for immediate expenditure. Hopkins said ! he expected additional funds would be necessary. j "The drought takes precedence around this office over everything else," he said. “It is serious bus- | iness.” - ( On his wall was a map of the j United States with the drought area marked by a blotch of red and blue in tlie northwest and midwest. _ I Hopkins said lie feared the distress i area would grow larger day by day. Money from tlie relief administration will be used for relief of s farm families, or livestock feed, for seed of quick growing forage >’ crops and for projects developing - wells and diverting water from lakes and rivers. Wisconsin will receive $1,600,000; i ■ North Dakota, $500,000; South Dai kota. $1,050,000; Kansas. $200,000; 1 Nebraska, $276,000; New Mexico, > SIOO,OOO. Montana. $350,000; Idaho. ! $250,000; Wyoming. $150,000 and ' Minnesota, $1,000,000. "Tlie continued lack of rain and ( the recent high temperatures over ( large parts of the drought area . I have increased its severity,” Hop- ' kins explained. "Water supplies are very low | and much ot it is being hauled from the still remaining supplies. ) it has been reported from some localities that cattle are taking dust into their lungs from the I heavily laden air and much of It is getting ito their stomachs through H nibbling down tlie sparse stubble . I (CONTINUED GN PAGE SIX! —,_—— — i I Special Meeting At Moose Home Tonight 5 1 All members of the Mooee lo.lge 1 are asked to meet at the home at 1 ;7:30 o'clock this evening. Arrangei ineuts will be made to attend funer- ' 1 al -services for Robert W. Poling, a I i member of the local lodge. Satur- ■ j day afternoon. : VIEWS DIFFER ON NRA CODES f State (’ode Authorities Held Meeting In Indianapolis Thursday — ( Indianapolis. June I.— <U.R> —Con- - ( dieting views on the success of the ’ ( NRA in Indiana were expressed by i state code authorities who met here II yesterday. .; Charging that the recovery set- ,! up was not enforced, lacked ex- ( amples, and was too much eentralj: ized in Washington, critics ot the 1 NRA claimed the program was poorly organized. Others, particularly members ot the petroleum code authority, under which oil companies and filling r stations operate, asserted the NRA "has been, and will continue to be ( the salvation of American business." Fred Hoke, state NRA complij ance director, who called the meet- : ing warned the group that citizens , must cooperate and make it a suet I cess "or it is going to be done for ns. maybe in away we do not like.” "Regardless of what administrad! tion is in power the NRA will be made a success,'' Hoke declared, j j "We must promote this for our own (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE)