Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 33, Number 65, Decatur, Adams County, 16 March 1935 — Page 1

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SHELBYVILLE GOES TO SEMI-FINALS

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Vol. XXXIII. No. 65.

Yeggs Get Layer Os Dust For Effort The yeggH who stole a 600 pound safe from the Hoosier Grain and Supply 'company at Voder, VVedmwday night were disappointed when they found the reward for the lubor wan a layer of dost. The safe had not bes'o in tyte for several months. Entrance wus gained by breaking out a glaes In the door and unlatching the lock. Allen county authorities have no clues. CONFIRMATION CLASSES READY Services Will Be Held In Reformed And Lutheran Churches, April I I The names of members of confirmation classes in the Lutheran and Reformed churches in Adams and Allen county, have been announced by pastors of the respective churches. The conference classes will he examined on Paint Sunday. April 14 and received into the churches at the morning services. Special programs and services will he planned for the day. The names of the churches, pastors and continuants are as follow* : Immanuel Lutheran Church Rev. .M. J. Frosch, pastor Harry Steele, Lewis Koldewey, j Harry Bleeke, Ervin Thieme. , Ralph Grote, Ixirenz Thieme. Alice Refnking, Lucile Schearer. Paula Thieme ami Hilda Thieme. I Zion Lutheran Chuch. Decatur Rev. P. W. Schultz, pastor Edna Frltcha. Raymond Franz, Fred Hoffman. Flora Marie Lankenatl. Lloyd Spiegel, Charles Marbach. Ralph Conrad. Marie Miller. Marvin Miller, Vera Sauer, Kath-.-rine Weiland. EllyiL ’’Westriek. Roy Lehrmann. Lloyd Wagner and Eileen Baumann. Zion Reformed Church. Decatur Rev. Chas. M. Prugh, pastor Robert Egly. Laurence Rash. Junior Owen-, Mary Pickford, Juanita Cable and Betty Zinsmasler. Magley Reformed Church Rev. D. Grether, pastor Chalmcr Borne. Glenden Borne. Alvin Gerber. Richard Gerber, Arthur Girod, Carl Hildebrand, Raymond Kolter, Leona Frueehte, Rachel Helmrich. Harriet Miller, Mary Worthman. St. Johns Lutheran Rev. E. Truelzsch Edgar Bultemeier, Alvin Kninstein, Jerald Schroeder. Marion Schroeder and Robert Schenmann, Ester Bulmahn. Hilda Bultemeier. Irene Marhenke, Kathleen Koenetnann, Lonine Kleine. Friedheim Lutheran Church Rev. C. B. Preuss Walter Nuerge. Wilbert Gallmeyer, Karl Moellering. Albert Miller. Delbert Springer. Irene Conrad. Mailde Seheuniann. I-U-j cinde Eickhotf. Esther Kiefer. Linda Ostermeyer, Elda Kiefer, and Etna Fuhrmann. Preble Lutheran Rev. Robert G. Gaiser Louis Koenemann. Aldine Bulte(CONTtNUBD ON PAGE TWO) STATE COMPLIANCE BOARD IS NAMED Fred Hoke Heads NRA Board; Ft. Wayne Man Named By Governor; Follows New State Law Indianapolis, Mar. 16.— (Special) —Governor Paul V. McNutt today I named the state NRA compliance hoard to administer the state NRA act passed by the recent legislature. Members of the board are as follows: Fred Hoke, of Indianapolis, until recently chairman of the Federal national emergency council, chairman; Charles Kpllpf. Corydon. manufacturer; Robert Foster, Indianapolis, lumber dealei; Frank Morgan. Fort Wayne representative of labor. At the same time the governor designated the'staggered terms of the members of the newly appointed alcoholic beverage commission as follows: Henry A. Quigley. Republican, Kokomo, term to expire Dec. 31. 1935; Judge David A. Myers, Republican. Greensburg, to expire Dec. 31. 1936; Russell J. Ryan. Indianapolis, Democrat, term to expire Dec. 31. 1937 and Paul Fry, Democrat, excise administrator, to serve at the will of the governor, for no more than four years.

LEGISLATURE PASSED BILLS FOR BUSINESS Most Important Measure Passed By Assembly Was State NRA Law ——- Indianapolis, Ind., March 15(U.R> Following the lead of the na- j tional administration, the 1935 In- ! dfana legislature enacted several tar-reaching laws to regulate business. Most important of these was the | state NRA law, termed by adminis-' tratlon leaders an "Industrial Stabilization Bill." It was passed easily in the house ! but remained in committee in the senate for several weeks before I sufficient strength could be must-1 ered to push it through. The bill sets up a commission of' four members, appointed for one i year by the governor, t'o supervise | organizati n and adherence in state codes of fair competition. Enforcing officers will lie the attorney general and all prosecuting attorneys. An emergency clause made the law effective at once and it will remain in operation until March 31. 1937. Under the heading of business | regulatory measures passed by the ! legislature also should come the 'administration's consumer credit i bills. Pawnbrokers will be licensed | and the state can regulate the relations between pawnbrokers and j borrowers to provide for the care : and disposal of the pledge left for I loan., Another of the consumer credit bills defines the right of buyers \ and sellers and sets up regulations for repossession of goods purchased on conditional contracts. ~ A r«Uaii iwelwUuu-uL sajfiq .I'll! , was passed. It provides for the III (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) . THREE DECATUR MEN GRADUATE Animal Husbandry And Dairy Production Courses Completed Lafayette, Ind., Mar. 16.—(U.R> — Graduation certificates were presented to 107 students in the eight | weeks winter course in agriculture iat Purdue university today by President Edward C. Elliott. Scholarship medals were pre- ■ sented the men with the highest . standing in their respective cours- : es. They were Hugh Wildermuth.; Akron, animal husbandry; Ernest' jW. Yates, North Vernon, general agriculture; /Arnold Oestmann, Hundsdale, 111., dairy production, j and Ralph E. Tyler, Remington, dairy manufacturing. Certificate awards included: (ani-1 mal husbandry) Lawrence Rush/ Armstrong. Springville, with honors; Alren Brown, Huntington; . Jim Carver. Michigan City; Reinhold Koldeway, Decatur; Raymond Myers, Daviess county Maurice R. : ‘ Rouch. Columbia City; Albert' Thrush. Garrett and John T. Wolfe, j Urbana. I General agriculture: Richard' Behmer. Plymouth; Orin H. How-■ | man. Odon; Carl O. Cook. War-1 isaw; Harold Berlitz. Crown Point; I James Heshberger. Bremen; David Howkinson, Cedar Lake; W.Wayne Kline. Culver; Ralph E. Noland, Anderson; Charles R. Petro. Greentown; Albert M. Rodgers. Logansport; Charles O. Russell. Muncie. Howard Stark and Lewis Stark. - Bristol, and Harold H. Wedeking. Mt. Vernon. Dairy production: Carl W. Bogue. Carlisle; Hugh J. Gruner, i Wellsboro: Joseph A. Kroft, Akron; Russell L. Stoughton. Logansport. Dairy manufacturing: Mayne Buchanan. Hebron: J. C. Crane,. Bloomfield: James L. Camp. Largo; Edward Davenport. Russiaville; Clifford W. Hayes, Bedford; Dale K. Hathaway. Garrett; Mervin Hancock. Switz City; John Harvey, South Bend; Paul Hartman. Kokomo; Lowell Lantz. Kokomo; Howard McDonald. Elkhart; i Norman Ring. Dale; Murphy Rose, Rochester; H. W. Smith. Decatur; T. Dale Swem. South Bend; Orval i d" Wright. Worthington, and David C. Wynn, Decatur.

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, March 16, 1935.

Days Os Nearly A Century Ago Are Recalled By Decatur's Oldest Resident f ■/' ' ' ® ' i ■

MRS. JANE ACKER, 95, Has Seen Progress of Country From Pioneer Days to NRA. i One person who is regarding the xjjLnrta us »Ih- NRA and AAA with appreciation is Mrs. lane Acker. 227 South First stree, Adams counity’s oldest woman, who will observe her 95th birthday anniversary next October. Looking back over a long and useful life during the most progressive era in the history of civilization she has seen situations and conditions arise and solve themj selves which are as serious if not more so than the present depression. “I remember when eggs were seven cents a dozen and hogs did not pay for the trouble of bring-; ing them into town.” Mrs. Acker reminisced. “It seems as though I am living in a different world." she continued. She has. however, been unusually su.cessful in adapting herself jto change. Eighty or 85 years ago the "height!) of enjoyment” for a child was to get ahead enough with the strenuous farm work to hunt berries and nuts. Today Mrs. Acker is already becoming tired of the radio,. an invention never dreamed i of when she was a girl. Since the failing of her eyesight i several years ago she has turned Ito the radio for entertainment in the winter time. Her favorite broadcasts are those of football games; CONFERENCE TO BE HELI) AT CRAIGVILLE I United Brethren In Christ Conference Will Be Held Monday; Sessions Morning. Afternoon The Fort Wayne district confer- ' ence of the church of the United Brethren in Christ of the St. Joseph'Conference will be held at Craigville Monday, March IS. Rev. A. F. Knepp is conference superintendent and Rev. B. 11. ’ Cain, the district leader, will preside. The conference will be in two ' sessions, morning and afternoon. The moi ning program will open , ! ' at 9:45 o’clock with devotions and various reports will be given. Dr. O. T. Deever. general secretary of ■ Christian Education of Dayton. Ohio, will give the principal address at 11:30 o'clock. A luncheon and fellowship hour will be held at the noon hour, the I afternoon program opening at 1 ; o’clock with devotions. Rev. Frank Engle of Decatur, pastor of > tho Union Chapel United Brethren 1 church, will conduct the devotions. • The district business session will be held. Rev. E. F. Hine will I discuss church problems and Dr. Deever will also address the after- s noon meeting. 1

and concerts of classical music. Born In Leg Cabin Mrs. Acker was born in a two room log cabin in St. Marys town-, ship, between Bobo and Pleasant Mills. Her father ZaearTa’mfti'lffi''' was the first elected sheriff of this I county which then included more ; territory than now. He was appointed as one of three men who served on a commission ) to name Bluffton. The other two! men were unable to make a deci- ! sion as to the name at a meeting; which Mr. Smith could not attend. 1 The men rode horseback to his* home and he favored the name. I Bluffton, because the city was situated on a bluff. Her father accidently drowned while she was still a girl and her j mother, "who knew how to work” raised five of the children by spin- i ning and weaving on a hand loom. By a strenuous practice of industry and economy, Mrs. Smith was able i jto raise the family and keep all; i but 8o of the 600-acre tract intact. This large farm was divided among i the children. i Mrs. Acker can remember Ind- i ians coming to the farm home on , ponies and jumping the fences. < "Yes, I was afraid of them,” she; i said. Treed By Wolves | At one time when driving some i cattle in from the woods she was i treed by wolves. She waited until i the animals left and then ran . I ! ' (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) !] MOOSE GATHER FOR MEETING: I f District Meeting Opens ] Tonight at Moose Home; i Many To Attend < Approximately 250 perenns are ( exported to attend a district .meet- s ing of the Loyal Order of t,!ie Moose , ■it the Moose home on north Second ( street this evening. , Proparations have been made to ( handle th? crowd by an entertain- ( ni nt committee composed of | Charles Ileare. Adams Schafer and , Joe Burnett. Sol Lord, dictator of ‘ the local ledge, will be the general chairman of the meeting. Degree work will be centered to a clasu of 12 by the Huntington de- t gree and drill team. < Following the degree work a ; luncheon will be e. rved. The oom- < mittee Ln chargee o the eate is Clarence Weber. Grant Fry and Lloyd 1 Krelsher. 1 Delegates ar? expected from tile i following cities: Angola. Amburn, i Pert Wayne, Columbia City. War- i saw, Wabash, Huntington, Peru, i Bluffton, Marion and Van Wert. i

PRESIDENT WINS IN BATTLE ON WAGE SCALE Relief Measure Will Be Passed Next Week Without Amendment Washington, Mar. 16— (U.R> — | With administration leaders again in control, the senate met today to speed enactment of the $4,880.IHIO.OOO work relief bill. It was the first Saturday weeaion of the current session and reflected confidence of leaden that President Roosevelt’s smashing victory on the bitterly debated "prevailing wage" amendment presaged a break in the new deal legislative jam. The President's preetige. waning after his initial defeat on the pre- ' vailing wage amendment and during the weeks the senate has debated his work relief plan, was ' restored by his victory. Final passage of the bill in substantially the form the White House wishes was assured. The chief | executive was placed in a position to make good his firmly announced determination to ‘‘quit this business of relief." Leaders hoped to obtain a vote on the completed bill early next week. Today the senate debated amendments to reduce the $4,880.- : 000,000 appropriation either to ($2,880,000,000 or $1,880,000,000, which seemed doomed. Organized labor, increasingly militant in its attitude toward the administration, meanwhile declared its intention to rely upon its own economic strength in fighting the battle for maintenance of wage standards. "The working people of the nation will feel that congress failed (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) FARM HOMES IN LINE FOR LOANS Improvements Can Be Made In Rural Sections Under FHA Plan ■' George M. Krick, County FHA Chairman, announced today that FHA loans under title one plan will be available to farm homes under a plan nearly similar to that for the cities. It will be necessary that any improvement contemplated under this plan be considered a permanent improvement. For instance if an electric refigerator is purchased and wired permanently to the electrical line a loan may be obtained. If the refrigerator only j plugs into the outlet a loan cannot lie obtained under the theory that it is not a permanent improvement. One of the most needed improvel ments on the farm home is the kitchen. In the various studies made of | the kitchens certain fundamental facts stand out which are important, especially so in the case of small homes where the burden of [ the house work falls upon one person. Light and ventilation are essential. It is desirable, but not absolutely necessary, that the kitchen be of sufficient size so that two persons can work in it with convenience. The requirements of a kitchen dictate that unnecessary steps be eliminated and that the amount, size and arrangement of the equipment be such that each piece of equipment will be of sufficient size to serve its purpose and be located in relation to the natural sequence of the work. o Legion To Sponsor Roller Skating Party Plans have been completed by Adams Post Number 43 of the American Legion to hold a skating party at the Decatur Roller Rink, Friduy evening, March 29. Skating wil Lstart at 8 o’clock and the ’party will be open to the public. The ; omitiittee in charge has arranged for several features for the evening for which prizes will be given. A small admission charge will be asked, tickets to go on sale in the near future.

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Hauptmann Sees Men Go To Death Trenton, N. J., March 16—(UP) —Bruno Richard Hauptmann, murderer of the Lindbergh ba>by saw three men go to death last night. He shook hands witib them, told "pray to God,” and bade them goodbye. He was calm, matter-of-fact. ir there is any imagination in Hauptmann, it did not tell him that ' unless the courts intervene, some months hence he will be led through the same little door that swallowed his ’three companions in the deabh. house last night. He betrayed no emotion. Connie Scarpone, 26, Michael Mule, 24. and G'-orge De Stefano. I Jr., 26, died in the chair for the murder of John Scozytokowski in a : holdup in Trenton in 1933. DISTILLERY IS RUINED BI FIBE Penn-Maryland Plant At Peoria Suffers SSOO,000 Fire Loss Peoria, 111., Mar. 16.--<U.R>—Fire today swept through the highly inflammable rectifying plant of the, Penn-Maryland Corporation, wills ( Iky distillers. Damage was esti-1 mated at $500,000 and the plant was wrecked. Cause of the blaze was undeI termined. Most of the loss was in whisky in the various stages of manufacture. Included were 17.000 cases ( of whisky bottled and ready to i ship and 900 barrels, some of ‘ which were filled with whisky j ready to use in blending oper- | ations, and some of which were . filled with raw spirits of alcohol. The fire was discovered at about dawn but spread so rapidly when it reached the alcohol that efforts of firemen were unavailing except to prevent its spread. The blaze was spectacular as bottles and bar- i rels exploded in the heat. The Penn-Maryland Corporation is one of the leading distillers in j this capital of thfe distilling industry in America. The rectifying i plant that was destroyed today was located several blocks from the main distillery of the corporation. | The plant employed about 300 people, mostly girls engaged in bottl-1 ing the product. Only the watchman and the night fireman were; on duty when the fire broke out. i however, and both escaped unhurt.' The plant had a capacity of from 3.500 to 4,000 cases of whisky | daily. o— Chicago Fireman Dies After Crash Chicago March 16 —(UP)—Lawrence O’Connell. 29 year old fireman. died in a hospital today, the second victim of a disasterous collision between two speeding pieces , of fire fighting apparatus in the | loop last nightCaptain Frank O’Connor was killed outright and 11 other membens of the crew were injured. TWELVE FROM THIS COUNTY AT PURDUE Decatur, Berne, Geneva And Monroe Are Represented At University This Year. Lafayette, Mar. 16. —(Special)— Twelve young people from Adams 1 county were among the 4,534 per- 1 sons registered during the current academic year at Purdue University, according to the final list of registrants as given out by Registrar R. B. Stone. The enrollment includes students from every county in Indiana, 37 other states and the District of Columbia and nearly a score of foreign lands. These registered from Adams county are as follows: Berne: W. L. Soldner, sophomore in science; Decatur: J. A. J. Bilderback, and I TV. M. Klepper. seniors in science; C. D. Ehinger. freshman in mechanical engineering; D. J. Klepper, freshman in agriculture; A. W. Krick, junior in agriculture. Geneva: A. H. Egly, sophomore) in mechanical engineering: L. L. I Glendenniug, sophomore in physical education; T. E, Kraner, sophomore in mechanical engineering; C. I. Kizer, junior in science. Monroe: Neva S. Fricke, fresh-1 man in home economics; W. H. I Fricke, junior in chemical engineering. *

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BERNE BEARS DEFEATED IN MORNING GAME Shelbyville PilesUp Lead; Score, 28 To 17; Richmond Won Indianapolis, Mar. 16 —<U.R) —The Berne Bears, playing in the second round of the Indiana state basketball tournament were dropped from the contest this morning, losing to Shelbyville by a score of 28 to 17. Shelbyville, considered one of the strongest teams in the tournament, had little difficulty in winning the game. They established a lead at the start and held it throughout the contest. The game was well played by both teams, Berne being considerably handicapped by the ranginess of their opponents and were trailing at the half by a score of 14 to 11. Much credit for the wonderful showing of the Berne Bears was due to the splendid work of Steiner and Dro who were outstanding | in both games played by the team. Richmond advanced to the semifinals today by defeating Rushville 32 to 23. The Fi r st Round Butler Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, Mar. 16.-(U,R>—A new state champion was assured today as eight teams entered the second round of I the annual basketball tournament of the Indiana High School Athj letic Association here. Pairings for the quarter-finals this morning were Rushville vs. Richmond, Michigan City vs. Jeffersonville. Berne vs. Shelbyville, and Anderson vs. Nappanee. Semi-finals were scheduled for this afternoon and the state champJ ion will be decided in the final con- ! test* tonight. ’ Logansport, defending champion, I was defeated by Shelbyville, 27 to 21, in the major upset of the first 1 round yesterday. Princeton, Frankfort. Mentone, Roachdale. Brazil, and Tipton were others eliminated. i After trailing, 13 to 10, at the half, Shelbyville displayed accuracy from the foul line to overcome the lead in the second half. Each team made nine field goals hut the winners held a nine to three ad(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o K, Os C. Meeting To Be Held Monday The Knights of Columbus will hold their monthly meeting at the K. of C. (ball, Monday night, March 18. o FLOOD MENACE STRIKES SOUTH Cracking Os s Levies On St. Francis River Inundates 20,000 Acres By United Press Flood menace on the St. Francis river in s.utheast Missouri and northeast Arkansas, spread southward today, with cracking of eight additional levies at Piggott, Arkansas, inundating an estimated 20,000 additional acres of rich farm lands. To the north, at Kenneth, Missouri. the river level shrank slightly and national guard troops patrolling the levies believed they could hold against the pressure and save a loor danger at Horners, Missouri. Red Cross relief units eared for thousands of refugees in the area, housing bhem in tents and private hemes and feeding them at emergency stations. Five levies broke near Cantwell, | Missouri, and three near Piggott, I Arkansas, today, raising the total number of washed out lemibuukments to 14. Approximately 5,000 persons, meetly farm families, have been, driven from their homes and about 50,000 acres of rich delta lands j have been flooded, it was estimated. Mtiipor C. O. Rainey, in charge of national guard troops at Kenneth, reported that conditions there were well in hand, with practically all ( marooned families evacuated with ■ patrols out today checking to make I sure none had been overlooked.