Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 32, Number 266, Decatur, Adams County, 8 November 1934 — Page 1

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Bate returns increase landslide

Road Numbers27Will BeDedicated Friday

KS ADAMS M SPEAKER Im occasion IWTW WW K'j. hHinrwfiw Un CARAVAN ||R<rM THIS CITY aO-mAMU was in readft»r the formal and dedication of HL S2T at the Indianahne at 1 ’.30 o’clock ■ ternwon. ■Lal Iror man showed a HV to cooperate by MfefFi r “fair tonight and] ■ (with rising temper■h the afternoon.” ii will be held in the :,i .slate line, weather jK- tausferred to the gUI I j sun Set rack. about I . seen Decatur antb t .. it inclement weather ■K II Adams. Indiana high will make the prin.l a pres , at the meeting and | fIE- p, ;n be mad io the pubTJ i 1. .Way director will cut I «>m <!••• daring the road open j witiie pigeons will be. jfflr, .ignificant of the ges-H&c'il-will between the Ohio i immunities and demi is sponsored by i iitnmeree of Degjijur Bto; Bands from .••■iti IKfi'. furnish music and the] Sa ■ ‘bibs "f Decatur] Kflshlro will also participate] H’togiam. J. i utz. attorney of this a:; as master of cere-1 introduce the speak-1 ;0 es‘- oad and bridge conunty commissioners i iw.> counties, engineers] indents will be pre. I My M Lutz and Postmaster I ■’jffet ot W illshire u-. chairman of arrange-) out a call today for tor the parade from this ■tW.shire The caravan » Decatur Invitations j Hep. extended by local sacBS wsltors lo visit any sac11; ft-rice during the lifter ■b L. Conter I h Seriously Hi “■ IJWpf liave received L. Conter. is eer■ll and uigieip Hie®care of a ■AS her home in* Gt§ ji» KE PLftKSFQP. KTORY DANCE locrats Will Hold Vfc|v Dance At Indian- | apolis Soon ■ocra’s of Adams county have Invited to attend a statewide ■ratio victory dance in the ■tul Riley room of the Clay-1 lute! at Indianapolis on ISatur- £ '.ght, iNov. 'lf?, according to |t. -'Kelson, Democratic county I state 'house women’s Demo■club is sponsoring the dance. I will ibe provided for those | not wish to dance. The big p jubilee will begin at 10 p. m. ■st until 1 a. m. Tickets are K for $1,50 a couple. Is 'Dorothy (Rose Shlckel, Terre B, is general chairman. She anted that Amos Otstot’s Crimlerenaders of Indiana univerpill play. Miss Shickel said F may dress formally or infor|sts of honor will be Gov. and Paul V. McNatt. Senator-elect prs. Sherman Minton, Mr. and flsas E. Greenlee, State Chairknd Mrs. Omer Stokes Jackson. Rud Mrs. Emory Schroll and [party notables. Belegatlon of local Democrats likely attend, Mr. Nelson said. Ms for t'he victory ball may be lased from him.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Vol. XXXII. No. 266.

A. C. Butcher Slightly Hurt A. C. Butcher escaped serioua jnjiiMr lac: evening when he fell iff a ] water mutai difeh in taint of his > son-in-hi4v..s hotpe, Htvtrfe Ihrtw-r, j Sorfii Eleventh HtKdb'h I Mj U d MYs. Biftolfen w’b:ie.y»uf<\jK of Sieg- ddcsfltffr atftl son'iti'la.w. ita dirtier, When Mfr. Butcher Idft Phe< Jvlhiijf <mM •' lata lfe.ist.tpiyd’ «im Bit- oputo JMi. fa- ,-*itJS-rid taHiW <lNfi ihm r*t »Hv»- itl«> lutalßbi itLUH'.-i ALLCANDIDATES TO BE NOTIFIED Successful Candidates In Tuesday Election To Be Notified County Clerk David D. Depp today announced that afl successful i candidates in Adams county, in- ; eluding state, county, township and I city office must receive their no- ! tices of elections ou or before No- ) vember 16. AH the candidates, whether or ‘ not elected, are required to tde a i statement of expenses with the 'county clerk on or before DecembI er 6. The successful candidates for ] joint senator and representative ' must receive their notices of eleci lion from the sheriffs of the coun_ ' lies in the districts which they are ito represent The successful candidates for the offices of prosecuting attorney, , clerk, auditor, treasurer, sheriff, i coreuer. ami surveyor must receive i theh’ notices from the secretary of ]stale. The successful candidates for jc o unty assessor, eommissionet, i county council, county councilman-at-large, township trustee., towni ship assessor, and township advis- ■ ory board must receive their noI tices from the county clerk. Successful candidates for city oti tices will receive their notices i from the city clerk. ROBERT GOULD DIES TODAY Monroe Township Resident Dies Early This Morning Robert Gould. 5S a resident of Adams county most of his life, diet! this morning at 6'45 <> clock a. lie home of Amos Brandyberry at Monroe of carcinoma. Ule was born in Monroe township ] on Dec. 1-2. 18718 and was the -son of Henvy and Arnney GoulJ. His parents ase both living. He was a <-ari penteggfnd a member of the Fiuenjin I churcte 'Excels for a fe»« yews jseif-*ftt in •Rte.- Ifr HvWk 'S’ WJii» dow. Nfeiife *tfigtb. mg* .vu* nle, of a faster Mrs. Maibeß Youn# of Slippew Rock, Pa.; two brothers, Roy Gould I of Covington, Ky., and Ottls Gould of Huntington; three half brothers, Paul, Persie and Clyde Gould, of Monroe; and a half sister, Rosemo nd. Funeral services will be held at the Brandyberry home at Monroe at 1 o’clock-and at the Monroe Friends church at 1:30 o clock SunTcONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) 1," ~ — ♦ i NOTICE—SUBSCRIBERS The special price of $2.50 of- | i sered to county subscribers of | tho Democrat, during January, ; February and March of the past | 1 two years owing to the low j I .price of farm products, will not j be offered the coming year. I since general conditions have ; improved and the increased cost | of publishing a newspaper | makes it impracticable Subscribers are urged to gb’e | I ' their renewals to members ot I II the Christmas Club campaign ; i with the assurance that the ' [ price ot $3 which has existed I I for many years will be in effect j in the future. This is less than | a penny a day for your home ] paper. ♦ '

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General Views Os New State Highway 527 r~ A..-'-Wii| y Above are pictured two views ot ttta tW s*ote hif*w>’ 3W tfhfl Q»ne ftiettae <rf H* <«1 i*«l In UPP®’’ left tea view of the old gravel road near the ’Devil’s Back Bone”; upjier i'»gln re a. vitow of Hre iu-w liMnwiy stimihw; o)» of the curves east of Pleasant Mills, the lower Decatur to the HvNan-! Ohio state line, will be formally dedicated with appropriate cere- ] monies Friday afternoon. The new road marks an improvement in A dtnus county roods which has long been needed as it gives a new I outlet to through traffic bound north and south.

COUNTY ROADS IN MOD SHAPE County Road Superintendent Gives Report On County Roads “AU but three Adams county | families are out of the mud,” saldj Ralph Roop, county load superintendent and surveyor, today. This statement means that mud • roads run by the front doors of; only three families in the county. Two of these are farm homes built I lon a corner ot a mud road and. gravel road anu the front doors ot ] the houses are only about 500 feet from a gravel road. This is a remarkable improvement over the condition ot the county roads a century ago, as an-1 other article in this edition writ-! te'n by French Quinn indicates. I Paved roads have resulted from i '•ea’.'s ot the hardest kind of work i 1 and by the expenditure of thous-1 l ands of dollars. Six years ago there were still 100 families served hy mud roads. Thee r-oads wete impassable by I 'automobile, tn the spring and fall: of. each w'av. | Today MO* roads hi t,he aountv *(CDNThNUK® ON PA-6E FIVE) ] ©JTTSSHALKIS W MENTION — Berne Man Mentioned As President Pro Tem Os State Senate Indianapolis, Nov. 8 <U.R) —* Democrats retained ample control of the state legislature but lost part of their top-heavy majority, returns from Tuesday’s election showed today. Republican candidates won 35 seats in the house, an increase of 26 over their representation in the <1933 assembly, amt won at least two of the 25 senate posts at stake. On the basis of the 65-35 division in the house. Democrats will have 14 votes to spare for passage of any bill on which representatives are divided along party lines. The now lineup will make it necessary, however, for Democrats to obtain the support of at least i two Republican members for sus- ] (pension of rules to rush through i emergency or administration legislation. It takes 67 votes to suspend the rules. Loss of the two senate seats eee e • (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

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Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, November 8, 1931.

Slight Damage Caused By Fire Slight damage was caused by the roof fire at the Bill Bust evidence on Adams street Wednesday night, shortly before 5 o'clock. The fire starts dfrom a spark from the chimney and was quickly extinguished. Damage was estimated at SI.OO. o — AD AMS COUNTY NATIVE DIES Milton Hilpert Dies At Fort Wayne Following Operation Word has been received here of the death of Milton Hilpert, 06. of 1224 Putnam street, Fort Wayne, who died at the Lutheran hospital at 5:15 o’clock Tuesday evening. Death followed an operation. Mr. Hilpert was born and reared on a farm in Adams county, near Hobo and spent most of his life in end near Decatur. ,ije had resided in Fort Wayne for the past 10 years. Surviving are the widow, Lucie: a son. Marshall, one daughter. Mary Jane, and two foster daughiers, Florence and Betty, and a brother, William of Adams County. Funeral services will be held Friday af-ternoon at 2 o’clock at the Bbtfo United Brethren church near itejnMin an.d burial wyll be made in the uiUHg-h

PROGRAM I Opening and Dedication of Ind, St. At Indiana-Ohio State Line Friday, Nov. 9, 1934 1:30 o’clock p. m. 11 C. J. Lutz, Director of Ceremonies ( i ] Selections Decatur and Willshire Bands Invocation Rev. Emery Smith. Pleasant Mills America .. - Audience 1 Words of Appreciation Mr. Lutz Words of Appreciation Mayor E. H. Alspaugh. Willshire ' Introduction of Road and Bridge Contractors. County Commission- 1 ers of Adams and Van Wert counties. Engineers and Super- t intendents .... Mr. Lutz and W. G. Hoffer Singing, "On the Banks of the Wabash" ' Decatur Higli School Glee Club ) Address Hon. James D. Adams. Indiana State Highway Director Singing, “Beautiful Ohio’’.. Willshire High .School Glee Club Address Hon. Dale Huff. Lima, Ohio Remarks D. E. Snvder, conntv surveyor Van Wert county ( Remarks W. M. Hovland. Indianapolis Invitation to Decatur Mayor George Krick , { Cutting of Ribbon Mr - Adams ; f Ribbon heiel by the Misses Margaret Ripberger and Anita Stetler. Auld Lang Syne. , Caravan proceeds to Decatur for visit to industries. '

GLEE CLUBS TO GIVECONCERT High School Glee Clubs Will Give Program !, Tuesday Night j i The glee clubs of the Decatur |< high school will present a choral' | concert Tuesday evening. Novem-' ; her 13. at 8 o’clock at the high I school auditorium. No admission will be charged and the public is I [invited to attend. Miss Helen Haubold. music sup-, | ervisor In the public schools, will] direct the presentation, and the ac- j 1 compauists will be the Misses > Evelyn Adams and Mary K. Tyn- ] dalk Following is the program: “Prayer of Thanksgiving” iNetherland Folk song , "Serenade” . Beam , Mixed chorus . ; “Song and the Breeze " Dvorak . Freshman girls I “The Cossacks" Van Norman t “Bells of St. Mary’s" Adams] ( Boys' glee club . ( Tbe dance. “Trees" Rasbach ] Martha Caliaml i, Irene Cosner j “Orpheus with bis Lute" .German ] ( "Pierrot's Return” Chaminade , ( “Mammy’s Song" Ware ( Girls’ glee club ! t “Viking Song" Coleridg • Taylor f I ’CONTINUED PAGE E3IVE4 i

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500 Aufos ■II — ~ Yon ar.- asked to join the ante caravan to the Ohio-Indiana state iTne Friday where slate road 527 I will be formally opened and dedii eated. i The committee in charge weald i like to have at least 500 autos in I the parade. The pa-ade will form ] between 12:30 and one o’clock FrL ( - day afternoon on Third street. BRIDGESARE ALL APPROVED Four Bridges On Highway 527 Were Built By Yost Brothers The contracts for the tour bridges ] constructed by Yost Brothers for state read 5217 totaled approximately $42,000. All have been approved anti .iccepted by tho state britifre in- ] specters. Unlike the highway work the bridge work was don® by employee of the local concern instead of PW'A laborers. The first excavations for the bridged were made when the building of the coffer dams was begun on March 7. this year. The -ki.st «onCrete was poured on September 10. Only a few men wrette neqirired attkor that time Wi Hnishing and poMsMtjg the bridge.*, Dumiita life itahnri ■ onsß-uction ,ws>ri4> <ff britfhfk an» itaertfiqr »f al> ut 31' men we»? em»lOFeJ. As ii 09' ctiMwacte the wad* Wife’s ftie men uanuusl from 50 eas'd an how fbr unskilled labor ta tl) cento an how for skilled workers. The men worked only 40 hours ■ a week in conformance to the NRA (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o Mrs. Bell’s Mother Is Seriously 111 — Mrs. Margaret Howard of La. Fon- 1 taine, mother ot Mrs. C. E. Bell of this city is seriously ill. Mrs. Howard is 73 years old and is suffering from infirmities. Little hope is extended for her recovery. Mr. { Bell and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Smith visited last evening with Mrs. Bell, who has been staying with her. mother. o Ticket Committee Wilt Meet Friday All members of the membership committee of Adams post number] 43 of the American Legion and all those selling tickets for the Armis-! tice Diy banquet Sunday are re-j quested to meet at the Legion hall on South Second Friday evening at; ,7:30 o’clock.

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County Council To Meet November 17 A meeting of the Adams county council will be held at the county auditor’s office, Saturday, November 17. for the purpose of acting on requests for several appropriations. The appropriations asked tor toi tai $1260.18, the largest being for S3OO for pension burials. The other . ' items asked for include office funds I and s.-iull appropriations to wipe] out deficits anticipated by the end ! if the year. 6TH DISTRICT VOTE RECOUNT MAY BE ASKED Mrs. Jenekos Is Reelected To Congress By Very Narrow Margin MINTON’S LEAD IS NEAR 60,iM)0 InrManapolfs, Nov. S A re J count of tlie Six-Hi district con ] gressional vote was predicted today after unofficial returns from ah bui one preolnet gave Mrs. Vir- ] gima Jen»kes. Terre Haute, Demo. I erratic incumbent, a lead ot only 254 ever Fred S. PiirueH, Attica Republican The iinotflcinl vote in 368 of the i j 359 prerdßi ta la Hie (Matriet gave: | .lenckes. 65.261. Purnell. (17,067. The miss.T.g preotact fe in Vigo ( county where a recount.was being J conducted in three precincts aft.4r - irreguiuritles In tire original count had been roportedElection officials sold that the official Vigo county vole would not ' be given elit wtil the recheck to j 1 completed. ' Purnell indicated that a recount '' probably would be asked if the, I final vote shows him trailing. A victory lor Mrs Jenckes would give Frederick Imn.dis. Logaiisport I editor, the distinction of being the 1 only Republican to win a congress- j | ] ional seat in Indiana. Two years j ] ago. Indiana elected a Demomalie senatcr, Frederick Van Niya, start | tilled all 12 of tis seats hi t*e I house of representatives with $A»i- ’ i ocrats Sherman Minton. New Albany. : Domocrat. won the election for i ’TcONT.LNUIdD ON PAGE S’X) ’ —•> Mrs. Louise Lynch Named Instructor Mrs Lenlse Lyneti of Geneva teday received word of her appoint- ] ment •.«< occupaitional thenaptot instructor a>t the Central State Bespi-1 J tai. Indianaifislis. Mrs. J. A. Lengef Gonwa rs pre.si lent of H«e btari sf directors of this hesptoal, which to kite tersest of its feted hi Hie state. Mbs. Lywh tafe bad cosidds-r- --• ;ble (OgreritMiet' r» iorrrt itih ionai work of Hms kiudr o — PLANBANOUET 11 IT CONVE NTIBN — Adams County C. E. Convention Will Be Held At Local Church All reservations for the fellow!]ship banquet to be served in connection with t lie Adams County 1 Christian Endeavor convention to he held Saturday evening and Sun- ' day afternoon at the United Brethi ren church in this city, are to be made tonight or Friday morning. The banquet will be served Saturday evening at 6:30 o'clock and ,la splendid program has been arranged for the supper meeting. C. : E. Striker, Adams county superin- ] tendent of schools, will be the toastmaster. Tickets may be obitained for 25 cents. | Following is the complete pro. gram for the convention: 7:45 O’clock Song service—Clyde Sprunger Devotionals — Rev. E. L. Eckerley, Geneva. ’] Music—Berne. Reading—Vivian Lehman. (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

NATION GIVES ITS APPROVAL FOR NEW DEAL Democrats Show Gains In Both National Senate And House SENATOR CUTTING APPEARS W INNER By the t'nited Press Tuesday's election liecaiue I even more of a l)eniocr;itic landslide today as late and I scattered returns added to the country's approval ol the new deal. IJomooßats won 69 ol the 96 seals in the senate, an overwhelming majority. Re-puW-ioans held 25. One Far-mer-Laborlte and one Progressive were victorious. This represented a net Democratic gain of nine seats. In tlie house, with results in six states still incomplete. Democrats i took 311 seats, Republicans 98, I Farmer Laborltcs two. ProgresI sid-es six. Tills gave the DemoI crats a net gain of two seats i likely to bo increased with com- ' plete results. In off-year elections heretofore, : the party of the administration in ' power usually lost or suffered reductions in congressional majorities. New casualties among tlie po- . Htically emminent received a late recruit in Albert C. Ritchie, who 1 was defeated in his effort to win : a fifth term as governor of Maryj land. ' In New Mexico, Senator Bron- , son Cutt-ing, Republican. who ; | seemed defeated in yesterday's ■ return,' took a lead over his Democratic opponent last night j and today seemed re-elected: To Maintain Policy Washington, Nov. 8— <UB) An ! important achninistratean state1 men*, coming in>mediatoniy aft—r the sweeping Democratic victory, , strengthened belief toitaf- Hiat President Roosevelt hopes to pur- ] sue successfully a “middle of the i-sud” policy in t-he recovery iigiit-. ] Secretary of commerce Daniel C. Roper, in tbe first atemnistrag tion expression of policy following live election, emphasized Hiat no ; andtleu turn to left or te right as reisu’ito monetary and ctlfer iseaevery matters was contemplatel. Hvidence t-hat Hie ateiHnistratien would be able to held congress to its program wire gleandespite tlie electien •$ m;Bg- inflationists and ailiui monetary sxperimentiHists. Tlfe new congress will present a eou.sideTybl»- , larger bloc of straight away new deal advoeateH. Tins group could be counted on to ■•pipurt President ] Roosevelt stvoipdy in economic ■tatters. Matty ob-rowo-re biSiowM tho Roper pronotKieeofete and the coogr-ewoontß :o«uigwto »B'i«it tlmt. the “mitodte Ff Pg l road" poliev woo'd meet no obstacle peovitatu buro’fess eonkiiuied its ■Owu inmm« tltamedii winter. Ntiwinikw Os Cflgurt Ojxuw Mov. 19 Tlfe Novyntber tenn iff the Adams ] circuit onrt wu'M not begin until J November 19. This will give the 9 court a two weeks’ vocation. The clerk's office to busy this week | checking up on the cases going ] through the court during the Octoi her term. Perry Oliver James Dies At Craigville Perry Oliver James, 77, died at Craigville at 4:45 Wednesday afternoon. Surviving are the widow and two daughters, Mrs. John Lette, Fort Recovery, Ohio, and Mrs. John Christkiner, Monroe. There are two sisters and three brothers surviving. Funeral services will be held at. 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon at the United Brethren church. Burial will be made at Bluffton. Alexander Hunt Dies Wednesday Alexander S. Hunt. 85, died at 9 o’clock Wednesday night, one halt mile east ot Torsin. Surviving besides the widow are five sons and two daughters one ot whom is William Hunt, Decatur. He has been a • resident ot Wells county for BO years.