Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 32, Number 133, Decatur, Adams County, 4 June 1934 — Page 1

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•OSSIBLE FOOD SHORTAGE IS FEARED

fri-E RELIEF SSFELTFROM tao CSRAIN tiered Showers In fcs of County Sunday; I None In Decatur |gTERN STATES [GET SOME RELIEF Tit 3:4* •*- ;k this afternoon. | ,eniper«t ire had dropped to r” degrees lower B' 'p. '.'■ A few drops of | fell about 2 o'clock. l-attered showers over the (tv late Smultiv .il'b r [, brom hl oiilv tenipor■h no ru n ;■! :»D in I >eea|ll»e jK-ine htio burned ill Illis |!1MWO|I<"! A tllerillnllH'l ■in Pecfctur rcdislend '.»7 ■lie shad' < Ml’ieial r< :t<l■at Beßi 11 in"'ii i"d i. rainfall L stJM I' ’ll l"-l ’ ' 91 K B. A ’ls ■ty #|e 01. I' S l i'. fl BW> irary Relief i I fteSHEBi ~&aH' ' SodK. last to if tin ,ll> . w *’• lla '. i iii soaked up from Bfosrth to Iwo inches of ram '■ SHOW A mi •ho oasle! >; ' ON PAGE I ) ■Bf NOTRE I UME IS DEAD ■I L. O'Donnell wEarly This Morning £)t Infection bqgt JB—<i Ind., June 4.—(U.R), lie Rev. Charles 1,. O'Donnell, Cy pre»i<|oiit of Notre Dame 'entity ln<| one of the most Heat Odu tors of tho Catholic early today. streptqr us infection of the S" and throat was the cause of th. lope for recovery of the com Miveljj,jmuthful executive, who I'4 Save t u ned 50 in November, ■ *“S£o> rd mouths ago when filled to t ally from an infection I' which he was stricken in "h of Ije year. a ’t Shcjaments of the church e Mffiilii stored several weeks k When bis death appeared emi hul| he rallied surprisingly I recently had appeared improv h ® Prlesl t only public appear--8 since h.. was stricken was at Notre Dame commencement ex«es last une 4 when he bethe olden jubilee laetare '"'Hipon John McCormack, the r 'WIMUED ON page fived o wmitteemen Will Meet Here Saturday '•hanßr Nelson. Democratic "ty !chai i man. has called the 1 ®eetlnr of the precinct com"Mbeu. i The meeting will be 1 Saturda , June 9. in Democra headqiuariers. above the Daily 'ucratieffice. J®*'*- o tension Given To Pay Dog Taxes ■W.Noll. trustee of Washington "ship, at, ounced today that the [ or Paying dog taxes in this lls hlp. had been extended to Sat“L June 9. After that date the bffle&lll be turned over to the u r Prfcecutor for collection.

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Vol. XXXII. No. 133.

To Wed Astor Heir i “ j J — : New portrait study of Ellen Tuck • French, of Dedham. Mass., whose engagement to wed John Jacob ] Astor. 3rd. of New York, was announced recently. When Astor was engaged to Miss Eileen Gil-; lespie, who changed her mind. Miss French was scheduled to have been a bridesmaid.

AT LEAST NINE DIE IN WRECKS Heavy Toll Taken In Traffic Accidents Over Past Week-End (By United Press) A wsqk-end traffic accident toll , of at hast nine lives was count-1 ed in* Tiidiana to<Tay. . Scores of others were injured as motorists crowded the high-1 .ways socking relief from the! I sweltering weather. Four persons were killed in; Lake county. Myron Emery. 27, j I and Allen Donovan, 20, were kill-; i ed when their automobile collided | with a truck dtiven by Charles Bowersox. 39. Kalamazoo. Mich, j i Mrs. Ruth Merritt. 60, Hammond I I was killed by a hit and run driver. | In another Lake county acci- ] dent Mrs. Emma Curtis. 60, was I injured fatally when she walked | , into the path of a car driven by I Frank Spotkovskv, 25, Hegewisch, | 111. I Cecil Pickett. 24, and his sisIter, Myrtle. 11. wer< killed and i two companions were injured in I Ripley county when the truck in | which they were riding overtnrnled in fresh gravel. The injured. I Bud Bottsford and Miss Mary Fox. were taken to a Milan hospital. Two fatalities were recorded in Marion county. In one accident, Kenneth F. Dugan, 24. captain of * ’continued on PAGE FIVE) NEW EQUIPMENT IS INSTALLED Filter Equipment Being Installed At Central Sugar Plant The new filter equipment is being installed in the plant of the Central Sugar .company and a force. of about 40 men is engaged in the work, 11. C. Oksen. plant superintendent announced today. Since early spring about 30 men have been employed in repairing! the machinery in the big plant. In | addition to the filter system, heaters for the vats are being installed. | The company will also install new evaporators and make several! other changes in the equipment, preparatory to operations next fall.. The success of the plant this year depends largely on weather conditions in the next week, company officials stated. With the extreme dry weather the seed has been unable to germinate. A good rain in the next several, days would at least start the seed and prospects for a 75 per cent crop might be assured. 1 Improvements and renovations 1 of machinery at the factory will be 1 carried on throughout the summer 1 and everything will be put in read- ( iness for the sugar making campaign next fall, the run depending t solely on the beet production. t

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G. 0. P. STATE CONVENTION TO OPEN TUESDAY Bitter Struggle For Positions Ou State Ticket Is Looming OVERSHADOWS FIGHT AGAINST ROBINSON Indianapolis, June 4. — (U.R) — A bitter struggle for positions on the state ticket, overshadowing Sen. Arthur R. Robinson’s tight for reI nomination, was indicated today as delegates gathered here for the Re- ! publican state convention. Don B. Irwin. Republican state chairman, will call the convention I to order in Cadle Tabernacle at 10 a. m. tomorrow. Norman A. Imrie, Culver, will be chairman ami sole speaker if his selection by the arrangements committee is approved today by the state committee. imrie's selection eliminated Rob inson from the convention speak : ing program. Only two other candidates, former Governor Harry G. Leslie and William C. Dennis, president of j Earlham college, have formally en- | tered the race for senator, but it is i believed they will lack the neces- ; sary votes to defeat Robinson. The nomination for secretary of state is expected to precipitate the biggest tight. Among the candidates for that , position are Mayor Roswell O. Johnson, Gary; Fred Woodward, South Bend; Emmett O. Hall, Auburn; Bert Morgan. Indianapolis; j (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) o Thirty Volumes Are Given To Library Mrs. E. N. Wi'.'ks has donated 30 I very fine volumes to the Decatur i high school library in the name of 'the John W. Wicks family. The ■ books were from the private library , of the late John W. Wicks and are : excellent volumes in good condi- | lion. TRUSTEES HOLD REGULAR MEET Township Trustees Meet With Superintendent Striker The township trustees met in regular monthly meeting with C. E. Stricker, county school superintendent, this morning. The trustees signed the diplomas for the eighth grade graduates. The diplomas will be distributed at the 28th annual commencement exercises to be held in this city. Saturday. June 9. More than 260 diplomas were signed. Reports covering the average daily attendance of each pupil in the township schools, the annual reports of hack drivers, giving the number of miles traveled and the I number of children hauled, were filed by the trustees. The totals I will be compiled by Superintendent Striked. A discussion of the uniform report cards to be introduced in the elementary schools took place. Each school will adopt a uniform report card so that data can be more easily compiled and each I school or pupil judged on the same basis. Transfer report statements were also filed by the trustees and will be compiled by Superintendent Striker. The trustees made arrangements to attend the commencement exercises Saturday. The program will he held at the Decatur high school auditorium at two o’clock in the afternoon. Each trustee will present diplomas to the graduates in his township. — —— Lightning Kills Wells County Man Montpelier, Ind., June 4. Lester Chapman, 34, Wells county laborer, was killed instantly by lightning yesterday which struck his mother’s home and set fire to the dwelling. The accident occurred during the first thunderstorm here in several weeks.

Decatur, Indiana, Monday, .June 4, 1934.

Graduates Friday ■* i I “'■ i Bernard J Wemhoff, who will ) j graduate from the University of ; Detroit Friday with a bachelor of ■ i science degree. He is a son of Mr 1 and Mrs. George E. Wemhoff of . | Decatur and lias been particularly . j prominent in campus activities at j the Detroit school. As recognition jof his ability. Mr. Wemhoff has been granted a graduate scholar- | ship at Northwestern university.

'B. J. WEMHOFF WILL GRADUATE f Son of Mr. And Mrs. Geo. Wemhoff Will Graduate At Detroit — ; I Detroit, Mich.. June 4 —(Special) j —.Bernard J. Wemhoff, of Decatur, i Indiana, is among those who will I he graduated at University of DeI trait’s fifty-first annual Commences I ment exercises. Friday, June 8. He [ will receive a bachelor of science ) j degree. ri While at the University, Wemf; hoff was editor of the college newssi paper; president of 'Alpha Sigma i ! Nu, national Jesuit honorary socs iety; president of his sophomore -[and junior classes; chairman of the Sophomore Snowball; a mem, ber of the Student Union board; a member of the Junior Prom committee; president of Delta Sigma Pi, international Commerce frater- ■ nity; and a member of Activities i Honor Society. In recognition of his outstanding journalistic abilities and scholarship, Wemhoff has been awarded I a graduate scholarship by Northwestern university, effective in September. Among those who will receive honorary degrees at the exercises 1 are Charles F. Kettering, vice pre- ' sident of the General Motors Corp. ■ and inventor of the “self-starter"; and Theodore F. MacManus, noted writer and advertising executive. Kettering will deliver the commencement address. While a student at Decatur Catholic high school, Wemhoff was a 1 member of the Indiana Champion- ! ship Commodore basketball team in 1930. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. ’ George E. Wemhoff, 308 N. Bth 1 Street 1 r‘CHIC JACKSON DIES SUDDENLY Creator of Famous Roger ' Bean Comic Strip Dies ’ Sunday of Attack Indianapolis, June 4. — (U.P.) — , Charles Bacon ’’Chic’’ Jackson, 57, . Hoosier philosopher and creator of the Roger Bean family comic strip, died suddenly yesterday of a heart . attack. Jackson was striken as he left his , office in the Star building and died a few minutes later. Police and fire department first aid squads were unable to revive him. ( Funeral services will be conducted here tomorrow afternoon and burial will be at the Beech Grove cemetery in Muncie Wednesday. Jackson was born in Muncie on New Year's eve, 1876. He was edu--1 j cated in Muncie schools and held 'his first newspaper job there as an ’ illustrator and front page cartoonist. He married Miss Margaret Wagner, Springport, a co-worker on the ' Muncie Star, in 1992. They came to Indianapolis in 1907. The Bean family, portarying the *7cON’nNUEII ON PAGE FIVE)

RECEPTION ON TUESDAY NIGHT Junior-Senior Reception At Catholic School Tuesday Night Edward Ehinger, president of the . junior class of the Decatur Catholic | high school announced the program . today for the annual junior senior reception to be held in the school I house Tuesday evening, June 5. As a farewell gesture to the I graduating class the juniors are preparing a banquet, program and i dance for the seniors. This will be , the first activity of commencement | week. The banquet will be served at i 6:30 o’clock in the school dining I I room. The decorating committee t is working on the appointments 1 and decorations of the room. The Rev. Father Joseph Seimetz, ' f pastor of the St. Mary's Catdolic I • : church and the Rev. Father Joseph ; [ Hennes, assistant pastor will make | ! after dinner talks. William Borns i ; will act as toastmaster. Herman . ! Knapke, senior president, will ' speak for his ilass and Edward Eh-1 ■ i inger, president of the Junior class I will respond. After the program Robert Col- ] I chin will conduct a reading of the ! future. i The dance in the beautifully deci orated auditorium will begin at 8 o’clock. Hal Teeters and his or-1 chestra will furnish the music. Wednesday. June 6, the com- i (CONTINIJEJD ON PAGE SIX) 0 Fort Wayne Home • Wrecked By Blast , i I Fort Wayne, Ind., June 4. —<U.R) ■ —Lives of five persons were en- - 1 dangered here yesterday in an ex- ? i plosion of a water heater which , ■ ! wrecked the Charles Wendt Ufijye. I Mrs. Wendt and three of her i children, asleep on The second floor, | ■ : were thrown from their beds. I i Wendt was showered with glass ' - and debris as he sat in a swing on ; > the front porch. f The blast tore away a portion of , the basement foundation. DEATH CLAIMS SARAH FULLER I Well Kno w n Pleasant Mills Resident Dies Sundav Morning ’ Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Fuller, 79, 1 well known resident of Pleasant j ; Mills and mother of Mrs. Charles [ ' Peterson of this city, died early 1 Sunday morning of infirmities, fol- ! ■ ; lowing a stroke of apoplexy. ’ I Mrs. Fuller had been an invalid j since 1917. At that time she suf j ' i sered an attack of the flu and never j 1 regained her health. About two ' ; weeks ago she suffered a stroke ; 1 and death was expected momentary ■ ily. 1 I Mrs. Fuller was a resident of Adams county for about 67 years. She | was born in Harrison county, Ohio, j January 16. 1855, a daughter of Mr.' 'and Mrs. Gilbert Thompson and | I came to this county when she was j ' .12 years old. A. M. Fuller, her husband, died i in 1926. Besides the daughter in this city,; . six other children survive. They "lare: Albert of Detroit; Melville, I Belmont, Calif.; Burton, Los Angeles; Mrs. Lee Custer, Port Isa j bel, Texas; Mrs. Ray Snedeker, I . Cochacton, Ohio; Ralph of Sheri wood, Ohio. j j Public funeral services will be; i held Tuesday afternoon at the Ful-; t j ler home in Pleasant Mills, with the Rev. E. H. Day, Bluffton, of-1 i ficiating. Burial will be made in i I the Decatur cemetery. —o i Distribution Being Made By Berne Bank 1 The Peoples State Bank of Berne 1 is making a 15 per cent distribution. This will be a total of 25 per 1 cent paid by the bank. The (bank was taken over last fall by the Indiana Department of Financial Institutions. Before that : time a large part of the banks lia- i billties were offset by exchanges (between depositors and borrowers. A total of about >2'5,000 is being paid out in the present distribu- : tion. Rudolph Stihug is the special ’ representative and Nathan Nelson attorney for the bank.

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TO PASS MAJOR BILLS BEFORE SESSION ENDS — Definite Date For Adjournment Disbanded After Conference MESSAGE IS LIKELY ON DROUGHT CRISIS Washington. June 4 — (U.R) —| , Congress will go forward with its : (program for passage of major' I measures, including housing legislation, the Wagner labor bill, I j and the silver measure, with no ' definite date set for adjournment, i | Sen. Joseph T. Robinson, majority; I leader said today after a confer-1 ence with President Roosevelt. “it is not possible now to indicate when the work of the ses-. : sion will be finished," said Robin-1 ' son. But ho added later that "I I l am inclined to think after this conference the session will continue for at least 10 days." Robinson said the President I probably would send congress a message on the drought crisis. At the same time Robinson in- j plicated that the amniendments to j | the agricultural adjustment aet; land the bill for control of oil I I production might have to go over: , although that would be decided i upon in further discussions. President Roosevelt took up the ■ pending important matters before congress upon his return from i Hyde Park. N. Y., this morning. | Besides Robinson, those in the 1 conference were Speaker Henry T. Rainey and Rep. Joseph W. j Byrns, D., Tenn. Both of them said that the I question of adjournment would be I taken up later, although Rainey (expressed the belief that his Imus*' could complete its program | ICON’TTNIIRD ON PAGE FIVE) Chalmer Lee Is Injured Sunday Chalmer Lee. 20. son of Mrs. I Clifford Lee of 515 Line street, this city, suifered severe burns I and bruises in an automobile acciI dent which occurred on federal road 27. west of Monroe, early I Sunday morning. The automobile in which Lee I was riding with two other young 1 men. struck loose gravel on the road, ran into the ditch and turn;ed over, pinning Lee under the ■ car. The car could not be moved | and Le? was held under the car ' for about an hour before a young man from Celina. Ohio, arrived at ! the scene of the accident and I succeeded in releasing the young I man. Lee, together with Delva Chilcote, driver of the car, and I George Wontack were enroute to Decatur from Bluffton when the i accident occurred. The car struck i the loose stone just west of the ' Coppess service station west of Monroe. —— o *— ALLEN COUNTY WOMAN DEAD Mrs. Caroline Fruchtenicht Dies At Home Os Granddaughter Mrs. Caroline Barlbara Fruchtenivht, 87, died at the home of her granddaughter, Mrs. Clara Kline in Marion twonship, Allen county. 10 miles north of Decatur on U. S. road 27, at 6:30 o’clock this morning. Death was due to complications ing. Death was diu* to complications. She had been bedfast for the last five weeks. Mrs. Fruchtenlcht had made her home with Mrs. Kline for the past eight years. She was born in Gerbertshafen, ■Germany, July 1, 1X46. She was united In marriage to John Henry Fruchtenlcht, who precede I her in death in 19(1:8. She was a member of the St. John's Lutheran church. One daughter, Mrs. Rosina Dammeyer preceded her in death seven years ago. Two grandchildren and three great grandchildren survive. Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock, standard time, at the home and at 2 o'clock at the St. John's Lutheran church. Rev, A. R. Treulzsch will officiate and burial will be made in the church cemetery

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Asks NRA Probe 3Ck 1 <■ *■ Eiflß ____________ Representative William I. Siro-1 vich. of New York, who introduced I a resolution in the House, de-1 manding an investigation of the ; NRA, covering preparation, opera I tion and effects of every code thus I (far adopted. A special House] | committee would also probe avtiv I i ities of all NRA officials.

MANY ATTEND COUNCIL HERE Phi Delta Kappa Tri-State Council Held Saturday, Sunday The tri-state council convention ' of the Phi Delta Kappa fraternity • closed Sunday evening following al two day session here More than | 125 delegates and guesU aUeoded j the meeting and enjoyed the social I activities planned for the conven-! tion. Registration was held at the Phi > Delt hall on Monroe street where ■ the business sessions were conducted. A general business meeting was ; held Sunday afternoon and the rit-1 ualistic work, initiation and drill : team tompetition was held at the hall. The Fort Wayne chapter won 1 the silver cup in the competitive drill. Gary was chosen as the next ■ council meeting city. The tri-state council meeting will tie held in three months. Among the national officers at-, tending the meeting were Sam Be- | mendorfer of Muncie; Max Shields of Michigan City, Eddie Granland of Fort Wayne; Bill Colvert of Dayton, Ohio and Paul Deaton, Con- : nersville. A caibaret dance was held at the i Decatur Country Club Saturday ( night at nine o’clock with C. H. (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o — Economy Act Dealt Blow By High Court Washington, June 4 —JUP) —The supreme court dealt President ] Roosevelt’s economy act another j blow today. The court ruled that the 1933 ] economy act, which clipped mil-1 lions from the pension rolls did not : deprive war veterans or their bene- : ficiaries under war risk insurance ; contracts of the right to sue for ] benefits. Solicitor General Crawford Biggs estimated that 20,909 war risk insurance contract claims were pending and would be affected by the court’s ruling. __—_—- -0 — » — Board Os Review Meets Here Today Tlie A lains County board of tan review met this morning for the first time in county assessor John Felty's office in the court house. ; Little action was taken because] lof the absence of Glen C/iwan, | auditor, whose presence was required by the Adams County Commissioners who are holding their monthly meeting. Little business will bo transacted before Wednesday. The members of the board are: John Felty, county assessor, presl- jdent by virtue of his office; Glen Cowan, county auditor, secretary by j virtue of his office, John Wechter, member by virtue of his office of county treasurer, and Deane Dorwin of Decatur and L. A. Surunger of Berne, appointed by Judge Huber M. DeVoss.

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ENTIRE WORLD IS SUFFERING FROM DROUGHT Death Toll In United States Alone Is Near 500 Mark HUGE PROGRAM FOR RELIEF IS PLANNED By United Press Drought of unprecedented ] proportions extended over i much of the civilized world j today, bringini’ in its wake l wholesale crop ruination and i loss of life to humans and ■ animals. The death toll in the United States was about the 150 ] mark after a week of stifling j temperatures ami drought. Dried up crops in India. Russia, ] the Balkan states and parts of ! Asia testified to the effect of the i prolonged dry spell. Torrential ] rainstorms in other sections ] promised to ruin those crops not ■ withered by a hrazm sun. Fields of Colorado and Nebrasika and Montana soaked up as i much as two inches of rain over I the week end —rain which arrived , too late to aid scorched crops. States in the Great Lakes region ■ remained dry and the record heat i wave presisted. Possibility of a food shortage ' due to the destruction of wheat and corn in the west was seen as ; experts reported to grain centers | that heavy rains could save but I a part of the crops. Government ; agents began purchase of 1,290.000 j head of cattle for which there is | neither food nor water. President Roosevelt, back in I Washington after a week away ' from the White House, summoned I Relief Admintslrator Harry 1.. j Hopkins and other officials to con- ] * (CONTINUED ON PAOE FIVE** o Junior Band Will Rehearse Tuesday The Decatur high school Junior band will practice Tuesday evening at seven o’clock, instead of tonight. ( The band will play at the peony festival at Van Wert Wednesday. Albert Sellemeyer, director, urges all members to be present. Four Persons Hurt In Auto Accident Four persons were injured in an i accident on the Piqua road to Willshire, Ohio, west of the state line. The car driven by Jack Easthom ! struck loose gravel, skidded off the ] road and crashed into a pole. The accident occurred at three o’clock ! Sunday morning. William Anderson, 937 North Harvey street, Oak Park. Illinois, 1 was the most seriously injured. He ] was taken to the Adame County I Memorial Hospital where it was found lie was suffering from a frac- ] tured left leg above the ankle and ] severe cuts about the face and ; head. Jaok Easthom of near Rockford, Ohio, re elvel cut; on the face and ] head. Orville Shaster of Chicago received cuts about wrist and a ■ sprained shoulder. Lowe Dorvill re- ] ceived cuts about face and head and a .sprained wrist. COUNTY BOARD HOLDS MEETING Adams County Commissioners Meet In Regular Monthly Session The county commissioners met in ; regular session tills morning, it be- ] ing tlie June meeting of the board. ( Bills were checked and allowed at the morning session. Three or four applications for old age pensions were being considered by the board this afternoon, but action had not been taken late toi day. The board will be in session Tuesday. Bids will be received for supplying the winter’s run of coal | at the court house, jail, garage and county Infirmary. Ralph Roop, county engineer filed a report on the maintenance ot roads, together with a map showing the location of every road in the county.