Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 33, Number 91, Decatur, Adams County, 16 April 1935 — Page 1

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jrs to f'cur Impromiseon ■NOSMEASURE Eanistration's Bonus Kposai Meets Vets’ K Opposition Edington. April 16— (U.R) — ill, • I»»UUS issue opposition , t Harrison of the senate romtnit'ee has not been the plan is satisthose who have been for immediate cash paythe 'I ::'- ' ' factions be--I atceng themselves might be that congress without enacting the various bonus plans Kir once offering its comthe administration would position to say to the that it eould not be for failure of congress to bonus bill. senators who are tin for re-election next K t make sinti'ar claims. bill, which does not for immediate cash payanother to the growEof bonus plans. They P Patman bill, which has the house, for immediate Mnt through issuance of curVinson bill, rejected> in the house, H)iui for immediate payment, j the treasury to | or get the money ’ taxation. T.-; ■ u, bill for redeem-s-rvice certificates bonds. Thomas bill for pay■tf the certificates in 1937. ■ Harrison compromise is a ■tatinn of the Tydings and ■a measures. In addition, it a statement of congres- ■ policy declaring opposition ■ pension plan for world war ■ bill also provides: ■faturity of the adjusted ■ certificates in 1938 in■c! 1945. government bonds for those ■Mire to cash their certffi■>XTt\’t'Er> OX PAGE SIX) f’RGE POLING IS Ilaimed BY DEATH f of Decatur Woman Dies •outlay Night At Home ; Near Bryant. J** Poling, 72, of near Bryf ther of Ervin Poling of Ad- ■ county and Mrs. William f 1 of Decatur, died at his ■at 10 o’clock Monday night. ■ followed a stroke of paralf hich Mr. Poling suffered at ■°ck Monday evening. I"’’ born ' n da V county Octo--1’62, a son of Mr. and Mrs. e oling. H e resided on a east of Reiffsburg until 15 a ffo when he move near BryDvors include the widow,' , r . en ' Ervin Poling, Adams », Levi Strahm. Wells | •• Mrs. William Strahm, De- ! ’ and Charles Poling, Fort I ' a brother, Samuel Poling f nt. and a sister, Mrs. James Louisiana. K l w rVices will b » hel( ’ > “ , dnesda y afternoon at > nt church and burial will w ' n , the G ™vel Hill cemeWeß ‘ of Bryant. ' th ® r New Store 0 Open In Decatur ieL e ( ? l U iT r n of Wella f ’°” nt y oufh e Ber ii«tein building ?bv^ n<l alr?et ’ M„X Charleß ilea»' S ,0 open aa authorized ’nd Mr, nC v t obe operated b y “L ?• K A Woodtali and In tires "th ,T he new * tore wi ” «orles,"eSri" 68 ’ auto | *are clric equipment and ). Ths h In I | WIU open in a week •delfed and dlnß n ° W being and redecorated.

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Wagon Struck By Automobile Today Ambrose and Jerome Geimer reported to authorities today that a wag .n on which they were riding on ' state rood 627 near the Borum Run ' bridge was struck by an automobile 1 shortly before noon today. The automobile attempted to ipaee . them when another car approached The automobile was forced to pull over into the wagon. The boys were not injured. The wagon carried two cords of wood. The two passengers of the automobile stopped but did not leave their names. (J : NAME CHAIRMEN FOR YOUTH WEEK : — „ Co-Chairmen For Each Day’s Activities Named By General Committee 1 Committees to have charge of 1 ! each day’s activities during Youth i Week, which will be observed in 1 ; Decatur from Saturday, April 27. Ito Saturday. May 4. inclusive, were announced today by Pete Reynolds. general chairman; Mrs. Ralph Yager, president of the ' Woman’s club, and Bryce Thomas. ' president of the Rotary club, other members of the general commiti tee. The Youth Week observance ' this year i« sponsored jointly by ’ the Woman's and Rotary clubs. I The Rotary club has been actively interested in this observance since ‘ Its inception several years ago. Committees named for each day I consist of co-chairmen from the Woman's club and Rotary club. ’ These chairmen will have direct I charge of each day's program and will be assisted by other members of the two organizations. I The committees named are as , follows: Saturday. April 27. Youth Recog- ■ nition Day. Two committees have been named for this day. Miss Electa Oliver and Albert Sellemeyer are chairmen for the parade; Miss Blanche McCrory and Carl C. Pumphrey, chairmen of the recognition program. Sunday. April 28. Youth Day in the Churcheo —Mrs. C. M. Prugh and Rev. Father Josenh Seinietz. Monday. April 29. Youth Day in Vocations —Mrs. E. W. Lankenau ami Harold McMillen. Tuesday. April 30. Youth Day in Schools—Mrs. C. 0. Porter and M. J. Mylott. Wednesday. May 1. Youth's Health Day and Evening at Home (CONTINUED ON PAGE STX) 0 Theater Invites Relief Workers All the people on work and poor i relief in Adams county have been invited to fee the guests of the ! Madison Theater this evening. No tl’arg? will be mad. 1 to these persons. Catholic Graduation Exercises Date Set June 8 is th? date set tor the annual commencement program for the Decatur Catholic eighth grade end high school. The program is not completed. There will be ut lt> graduates from the high school and about 30 from the eighth grade. —— BERNE LIVESTOCK BUYER DIES TODAY Eli Riecen, Brother of Mrs. Fred Braun of Decatur, Dies This Morning Eli Riesen. 75, prominent Berne livestock buyer and brother of Mrs. Fred Braun of this city, died at his home »t 11:30 o'clock this morning. Death was due to complications. He had been aliling for several months. Mr. Riesen had spent practically his entire life in and near Berne. ' Ils was a well known livestock buyer and w>is a farmer stockyard operator at Berne. Survivors include the widow, three children, Harve of Berne; Mrs. Cordelia Sprunger, Goshen, and Surilda of Berne; and the following brothers and sistens: Mrs. ' Caroline Baumgartner of Berne; Gideon Riesen of Berne; Mrs. Eli Sprunger. Bluffton; Sam Riesen of Celina. Ohio: Mrs. Fred Broun. Decatur; Barbara Riesen of Bluffton, and Mrs- Lena Grove of Muncie. Funeral arrangements have not been completed.

COLD WEAIDED IS TDDEATTO MID-WEST CROP — Fruit And Field Crops Threatened Throughout Mid-West ■ Chicago, Apr. 16.— (U.R) — Gusty I "baby” blizzards drove spring far I back into the southland today and ' threatened destructJbn of fruit and field crops in virtually all the middlewest. ' Government forecasters said temperatures may rise late today ' to nearly normal levels but warned gardeners and farmers to keep smudge pots burning and truck beds covered overnight. They expected minimums of 20 to 25 degrees this morning from Canada to Kentucky and Montana to Pennsyl- , vania. Snow. dust, gales, and freezing 1 temperatures made life a misery 1 for residents of both farms and •; cities yesterday from the Rocky ■ mountains to the northeastern ' coast. The mercury sank to zero at Cutbank, Mont., and 10 degrees ' in Duluth and Superior, Win., and fell 50 degrees in other northwestern cities. Clouds raced southward before a 45-mile an hour wind, creating ' freakishly recurrent snow squalls and bright sunshine in quick succession. In Fort Wayne, Ind., motorists turned on headlights in midafternoon and five minutes later blinked in the glare of a mid-spring sun. Threatens Peach Indianapolis, Apr. 16. —<U.PJ —Continuance of freezing weather today threatened serious damage to Indi1 ana's $500,000 peach crop. Weather bureau forecasts said ' temperatures would drop as low as 27 tonight and that a kilkug frost is almost certain to result. Miner Justin, state agricultural '' statistician at Purdue university, said that only peach trees and flowers would be damaged by the cold. He pointed out that grain, strawberries, apples, pears and plums are not far enough advanced to be affected. Peach orchardists in Gibson. Pike (CONTINUED ON PAGE STX) I 0 COUNTY BOARD DELAYS ACTION Commissioners Delay Final Action of Letting Os Paint Bids — Final action was not taken Mon- , day ihy the county commissioners on , the paint to he used nt the county . infirmary. Ten bids were offered on ea h of the various types of paints and suppliee needed. The quality of the paint offered is being investigated and it is prot Nih'e that the I n w bids will not be accepted. The bids probably will lie accepted at the next meeting of the ccmm'ssioners. ' The painting is to be done by FERA lai'rorerw. A project has al- ' ready been approved for the work. , The painting will not be done until weather conditions improved. The letting of bids on a new heating o’Mnt at the county infirmary • was also decided upon. Legal notice I will be given Wednesday. R. W. Noland, a consulting rnech1 nnical engineer of Fort Wayne, has drawn uin specifications for the new heating plant. These epecificntione will ibe available at the court house . later this week. o— Edwin Taylor Fined For Intoxication Edwin Taylor of near Geneva, was fined five dollars and cost, ameunting to sls, by Mayor Holthouse in mayor's court Monday eve-1 ning. An affidavit charging Taylor with “being found drunk in public” wns filed. He plead guilty to the charge. The fine was paid. Official Board Will Hold Meeting Tonight The official board of the First Evangelical church will meet in special session tonight at 7:30 o’clock.

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Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, April 16, 1935.

Students in Anti-War Strike ■ ■ WH WW 1 ! 1 WUjWWrfl fl ' /'J * i I / fl | IF Ml ''‘ b X W In Reyburn Plaza, below Philadelphia, high school students listened to Mine Caroline Wood. Byrn Mawr student, while Vassar girls, above, carried protest banners in nation-wide student anti-war demonstration.

ERWIN FUNERAL 11 HERE THURSDAY 1 — .. I Body of Mrs. Mantie Erwin Will Be Returned Here For Burial i ‘ The body of Mrs. Mantie Erwin, well known Decatur woman who was fatally injured when struck by an automobile at West Palm Beach. Florida. Sunday afternoon, wil larrive here at 12:27 Wednes-j day afternoon over the Pennsylvania railroad. ■ The body will be taken to the W. 11. Zwick and son funeral I home, from which place services will be held at 2:30 o’clock Thursday afternoon. Burial will ' i be made in Decatur cemetery. Mrs. Erwin was crossing a side [ Greet near the apartment, where she resided, when a car driven by, Walter McClellan, West Palm . Beach, struck her. Major injuries resulted and Mrs. Erwin died at midnight Sunday. The driver was held under technical arrest, pend- , ing an inquest Thursday. John Falk of Peru, a broiher of the deceased, was expected in the I . city today to complete arrange-j ments for holding the funeral. Mr Falk went to Florida with his , sister last January, returning I home a few weeks ago. Mrs. Erwin was a life long resident of Decatur, making a ternnorary residence with her niece. I Miss Mary Callow, following the | death of her husband, Daniel N. Erwin in 1933. o Public Schools To Close Here Friday The Decatur public schools will be closed all day Friday in observance of Good Friday, superintendent j of schools Walter J. Krick announc-1 ed today. School will be resumed Monday, following Easter. Pupils in the schools are expected to attend the Good Friday services to be held at the Zion Reformed church from 12 to 3 o’clock in the afternoon.

Decatur Democrat To Press At Noon Friday Conforming with the annual custom of Decatur business houses in closing for the Three Hours between 12 noon and 3 p. m. on Good Friday, the Decatur Dally Democrat will go to press at noon Friday, • April 19. All advertising copy for Friday’s issue MUKST be in this office not later than 4:30 o’clock Thursday afternoon. News items must be called in by 9:30 o’clock Friday morning. The Democrat is taking this step in order that employes of the newspaper may attend special cervices at the Decatur churches during the Three Hours.

Ft. Wayne Federal Court Opens Monday Fort Wayn.’. ,;nd , April 16 —(UP) i -The spring term of federal district court will open here next Mon- ■ day, it wa.s announced here today by James R. Fl ming, U. S. District attorney. Fleming said there will be no trials held during the term which j will last a week or ten days. The court will gj to South Bend after the term h re and will hear several war risk insurance cases there. WINDEROSION 10 BE FOUGHT Representatives Os Five States Meet To Discuss Program Garden City, Kan.. April 16. — (U.R) — A lull in the dust storms which have swept the middle and southwest with increasing frequency since February today greeted representatives of live i states who came here to initiate ’ a campaign against wind erosion. Minor dust storms were reported in a dozen western states, afflicting sections a? far apart as ' southern Idaho and southwestern Texas. None, however, equaled in intensity the" devastating storm ’ which originated Sunday in northi eastern New Mexico and the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles. A violent wind blew down hangars at Salt Lake City. Utah, damagi ing several airplanes. Blasts of sand tormented persons in the streets. A new storm struck Pueblo, Colo., yesterday reducing visibility to zero-zero. Light dust drifted over the Oklahoma panhandle and western Kansas yesterday The states represented in the I conference here are Kansas, Colorado. Oklahoma, Texas and New Mexico. M. L. Wilson, assistant secretary of agriculture, came here with Gov. Alfred M. Landon of Kansas and R. 1. Throckmorton. (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

THREATENS TO HOLD UP FUND TO LOUISIANA - < Ickes Serves Notice On Senator Huey P. Long * Today Washington. April 16 — (U.R) — 1 Public works administrator Ickes I today eerv. d notice on Sen. Huey P. Long. D.. La., that "no public works money is going to build up any share-the-wealth political machines.” Threatening to rescind all federal allotments to Louisiana, Ickes eaid: "1 don’t think Senator Ixrng is going to dictate to us how' we 11 t run our program in Louisiana. "PWA money has never gone to build up any political machine, and it won't be used by Senator Long to further his share-the-wealth plan.” Characterizing Long as “The ! Emperor of Louisiana,” Ickes bitterly criticized his plan of distri- , I bating wealth. “Ixrng by action of his legislature will keep a lot of men out of work if he makes it impossible for , PWA to make grants.” Ickes said. “Perhaps part of his share-the-wealth program will distribute money without creating work. "That would be a new and profound economic theory.” Ickes' attack on Long was inspired by a bill now pending before the Louisiana legislature to place under Ixmg’s direction the ; e pending of ail funds obtained . from the federal government by local governing agencies. Ickes’ referred to the Ixmisiana ■i state assembly as a “Longisla- j ture." Asked specifically if be would' . cancel the $1,8(M).(W) allotment to New’ Orleans for a sewer project. ; Ickes said: “I wouldn't be surprised.” Defies Government , Baton Rouge. Ixi.. April 16— (U.R>—Senator Huey P. Long today defied the federal government to withdraw a $1,800,000 PWA allot(CONTTNUED ON PAGE STX) O John Garber Dies At Infimary Today , John Garber, 82, a resident of ■ Wabaoh township. Adams county I for over 40 years, died al the Adorns i County infirmary at 6 o'clock this i i morning- Death was due to cancer ! \ of the throat. Mr. Garber had resided at the infirmary since February 17 of this year. He hod been bedfast since that date. He was born in Bern, Switzerland on May 19, 1852 and came to this country 52 years ago. He resided in . Adams county for a number of yean? and was a well known stone mason. He was never marriedThere are no surviving relatives in this country. The body has been removed to . the Wells Brothen? undertakers at i Geneva. Funeral arrangements have , not been completed. , o PLAN CONFERENCE IN MONROE IN MAY Announce Youth Conference Will Be Held in Monroe I May 24, 25 and 26 Arrangements are being made for an Interdenominational Youtlb’s conference to tie held at Monroe May 24, 25 and 26. Rev. E. S. Morford, pastor of the Monroe Methodist church, has been appointed general chairman of the conference, and Everett Johnson of Decatur will . act as assistant. According to plans, arrangements will be made to accomodate from 1,000 to 1.500 young persons. The ' t urpose of the conference is to ere- . ate greater interest in Christian living and to- challenge youth to a more consecrated life of service. Special messages for young peo- . pie will be giv n by prominet speakers. Dr. Robert Lee Stuart, president of Taylor University, will be present and also a large group of young people from Taylor. This conference is a result of the Indiana interdenominational youth's conference held at Upland recently. A special invitation is extended to all young ipeople to attend- The complete (program will be publiehed later.

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Taxpayers Meeting Wednesday Evening A largo crowd is expected to attend a taxpayers' meeting to be held in the county court house Wednesday evening at 7:30 o’clock. Speakers on the program will be C L. Walters and John L DeVoss of Decatur and C. H. Musselman of Berne. A petition will probably be presented a, the meeting against the proposed consolidation of Allen, Adamo and Noble counties. The three county commissioners and the 12 township trustees have already gone on record us opposing the move. MEMBER DRIVE I TO BE OPENED Junior Chamber of Commerce Plans For Membership Drive Preliminary plans for a membership drive for the Decatur Junior Chamber of Commerce were laid at a meeting of interested persons at the Rice hotel Monday evening. A second open meeting will br held in the mayor’s room in the city liall Wednesday at 7 p. m. At this time the membership cards i wlil be distributed to the com-’ mittees. Membership. it was decided Monday night, will l>e open to young men and women over 16 in Decatur who are employed or ex-1 pect to be employed or who are part owners in local business houses, offices or industries. A complete social program for che year is being outlined. The junior organization will cooperate with the senior Chamber , membership fees of one dollar a I of Commerce in civic affairs. The 1 year will be pooled with the senj ior organization’s funds to be used | in getting new factories and improving the city. One of the first things on the 1935 program will be the sponsoring of the Memorial Day services in Decatur. A special public observance of this day will be held this year because of the few re(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) QUALIFY FOR MEMBERSHIP Thirty-Five New Members M ill Be Taken Into M. E. Church Sunday A preparatory members class of 35 is named by the Rev. H. R. Carson of the Decatur Methodist Episcopal church as eligible for full membership, following a training class which has been in progress for the last twenty weeks. Almost all of the class made their decisions during the recent evangelistic campaign, conducted by the Rev. Carson with the assistance of the Lewis evangelistic party. They will be received into full membership in the church next Sunday morning. The names of those in the class who have completed the course are as follows: Robert Ahr, Edwin Louis Ahr, Melville Barber. Bernice Barber, Kenneth Beery, Mary Jane Beery, Frederick Bixler. Mildred Blythe, Marilyn Carroll, Charles K. Champlin, Jr., Marcille Christner, Richard Colter, James Colter, Thomas Colter, Annabelle Doan. Virginia Doty, Marion Friedt, Anola Friedt, Margaret Hancher, Juanita Hitchcock. Doris Hitchcock, William Thomas Hunter. John Joseph Hunter. James Max Hunter, John Krick, Joan Krick, Annis May Merriman. Virginia McManama. Leigh Edgar Nelson. Ramona Oliver, Robert Porter, John Porter, Thomas Roop. Elizabeth Roop and Vernon Smit ley. Quite a number of others who have made decisions have partially completed the preparatory course or will soon be enrolled in a second class which will end on Pentecost Sunday. Mid-Week Passion Service Wednesday The mid-weelk passion service of the First Evangelical churoh will be held Wednesday night at 7:30 o’clock. Choir practice will be held at 8:30.

THREE NATIONS JOIN TO FORCE LEAGOE'S HAND Great Britain. France And Italy Join In Condemnation Geneva. Apr. 16. — (U.R) — Great Britain, France and Italy adopted i steamroller tactics today to force ’ through the council of the League lof Nations a resolution strongly | condemning Germany for re-anu- | iug in violation of the Versailles treaty. The three powers adopted a firm, united front and passage of the resolution tomorrow virtually was assured. The resolution implicitly (provided that treaty violations shall be dealt with by the members of the league as provided in the covenant —thus opening the w ; ay for economic penalties against Germany if necessary. The council adjourned without taking a vote. When the vote is reached, Denmark and Poland, who oppose such strong condemnation of Germany, probably will abstain. A unanimous vote is required, which the abstentions would per- ■ mlt. The resolution says that the council "declared that Germany failed in the duty which lies on all members of the international community to respect undertakings which they contracted, and condemns any unilateral repudiation of international obligations.” Further, the resolution said, “this unilateral action, by introducing a new and disturbing element into the international situation, must necessarily appear (b be a threat to European security.” I The resolution enunciated the following principles: "Scrupulous respect for all treatyobligations is a fundamental principle of international life and an essential) condition so rthe maintenance of peace. ... It is an essen(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) Jury Is Selected For Barker Trial St. Paul, Minn., April 16—(UP) —A jury for the trial of Arthur (Dec) Barker and 10 co-defendants accused of the .Edward G. Bremer I kidnaping wae completed today. In a surprise move, attorneys for i t>he defense and for the government • waived remaining challenges and accepted the 12 jurors tentatively seated when court adjourned yesterday. The government immediately prepared to swing into presentation of its evidence. The first witness called was Bremer himself. Bremer was to relate, for the first, time publicly, the complete story of his $200,000 abduction early last year, his captivity for 22 days, and final reLase in Rochester, Minn. ADMITS SLAYING OF TWO PERSONS j Indiana Harbor Man Confesses to I Killing Sweetheart and Her Hsuband Indiana Harbor, ilnd.. April 16— • (UP)—Albert Ortega, 37, .Indiana ■ harbor, who killed two persons and ■ wounded three others, was held to- • day for action by the Lake County ■ Grand Jury after confessing the crime. 1 One of his victims was Mrs. Mos--1 ta Orta, 31, Indiana Harbor, who • had been his sweetheart. She was ' slain and thrown out of Ortega's 1 car in the sand dunes near Gary ' after telling him she had another 1 lover. Ortega's car became stalled in ■ the sand so he walked back to an 1 Indiana Harbor tavern where the '' woman’s husband, Enrique Orta, 39, ' i was a bartender. Ortega opened fire, .putting three ’ bullets through Orta’s ibody and wounding him so seriously he may ’ die. Pedro Laguna, 35, operator of the 1 tavern, was killed when he grappled with Ortega. Two patrons of the piece also were shot when they attempted to r Interfere. They were Francisco Ohagolla, 35, and Emilio Gonzales, 37. f Both are expected to recover. » Police said that Ortega then shot himself through the hand and gave t up. He confessed when questioned at the Indiana Harbor jail.