Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 33, Number 101, Decatur, Adams County, 27 April 1935 — Page 1

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|DE OPENS lervanceof MS' WEEK And Boys Os DecaF Parade To Open Ak's Observance unfavorable weather, H boys of Decatur opened K a l Youth Week observShis dtv with a parade ; Bg through the business Hunt showers throughout King led many of the into believe the Khdit ho cancelled, thus Kown the number of youths Kii>■irade was led by Miss ■Duke, riding a pony. She ■owed bv the three Girl Kops. Next in the line of Has Harold Johnson, also K pony. The Boy Scout ■ere the next paraders. It p cal it r Girls’ band, cotn- ■ > << hool girls, ranging ■e fifth grade to high ol Jpniors, made an excellent ■ n on the many who witparade. The band, diK Albert Sellemeyer. playK he parade and also gave ■oncert on the court house ■oilowing the parade. c : was followed hy the r (by scouts, decorated bicy- ■ model automobiles and a ■quintet with banjoes, ■tilire program was planned ■ Electa Oliver and Albert ■y. ■ co-chairmen of the I Judges’ Award ■nition to the paraders was ■ three judges, Miss Vivian ■W. A. Lower and R. C. ■. The Psi loti Xi girl ■oop was awarded first ■the Tri Kappa troop secid the Woman’s club troop ■ only a few scouts able to the Lions Boy Scout las granted first place. ■Brennan was recognized as ■he best decorated bicycle. I Recognition Day ■ today known as Youth ■iton Day. page 5 of tee ■lily Democrat is devoted ■ to the youth of Decatur, ■pace was made possible I the cooperation of Miss ■ McCrory and C. C. Pum-■to-chairmen. assisted by 800 l officials and teachers. B o bad Changes Operator’s Hours ■ Pennsylvania railroad has ■’ <1 that there will be a tele•nerator beginning Sunday ■cation from 10 r. m. until I Formerly the operator was ■tation from 11:45 p. tn. unit). nt. IMUTSCHLER IDS COMPANY F Over Active Manpent of Mutschler | Packing Plant F Mutschler, proprietor of ■tschler and (Son Meat mars Monroe street, will r Pr active management F'onie the president of the r“ r Packing company Monping. [Mutschler will replace his I Albert Mutschler, who Lpril 3. phroyer will be the vicer n an d Mr. Carl Palmer, NT and treasurer of the PV Mrs. Albert Mutschler, FJ' stock holder will become of the board of direcUster, who has been . e in Mutschler’s and Son Rrket for six years; will be- , >e nianager of the shop oni ay when Edgar Mutschto m* n devot 'ng hi” . 'he managership of the Uppany. Mr. Lister will I Q by Mrs. C. L. August ! *anklin Keller. officers of Mutschler’s [ taoi i? mpany expect to make Lh ChangGß in the polis tt, > as ma *ie the concern bd tr institutions of ' Nol ’theastern Indiana.

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Condition Os Mrs. Golden Unchanged The condition of Mrs. Frieda Golden, 32, Fort Wayne, sister of Mrs. Dave Adame of this city, who sufmered severe injuries in a fall In FLrt Wayne Thursday night, was reporlLd to be about the same today. Mre. Golden Buffered a fractured skull when fell down a flight of etaire at the Popeye lunch room on Maumee avenue. Her condition is ivgarded as critical. SCHOOLS WILL OBSERVE DATE Tercentenary of Founding of Secondary Education To Be Observed On April 23, 1635, the citizens of Boston in a town meeting voted “that our brother. Philemon Promont, shall be intreated to become schoolmaster for the teaching and nourtering of children with us.” This expression from the citizens of a new country began the movement which has now resulted in the modern high schools. Schools all over the United ' States this year are celebrating ' the tercentenary of the beginning | of one of the greatest if not the I greatest step toward better citizenship and a higher plane of civilization ever made in the United States. W. Guy Brown, principal of the Decatur high school, has announced that the local school will join with the others this Spring to commemorate the anniversary of the founding of secondary education. At the first successful secondary school in America founded at ' Boston, Ezekie Cheever taught , for 30 years and became one of i the leading educators in this I field. The first secondary schools wore [ liased on the Latin school system ;of England. In New England this , early school was based on the ■ Calvinistic conception in which I the church and the state shared j the costs. In the middle colonies the paI rochial school idea was dominant. This system served only the needs of the church. The Southern colonies established a system of tutors for the children of the planters. They considered free public education a charity pro ject. A desire for a wider spread of knowledge following the Revolutionary War brought on the academies which soon replaced the grammar schools as institutions of secondary learning. The academies were partially supported by the state but also charged tuition I fees. By about 1850 there were i more than 6.000 academies with more than 200.000 pupils. High schools were born of a desire for tuition-free state supported schools. The first was located in Boston in 1821. The high schools were first known as “people's colleges.” In 1840 there were still only about 50 public high schools in the United States. By 1890 it had become the dominant form of secondary education. As new states [ were added to the I nion they ac-1 cepted without quesiton the principles of the high school system. Significant now in the growth of high schools is the beginning of the municipal junior colleges. Seven years ago there were 14> public and 236 private junior colleges enrolling 45,000 students. — President To Outline Program Highlights Washington April 27 — (UP) — I President Roosevelt's firesido address to the nation tomorrow night will outline highlights of the administtntion irrogram remaining | before congress in addition to discussing work relief, the White Hous’? revealed today. Mr. Roosevelt, it was learned, will present his views on extension of the NRA. social security, and utilities regulation. He also will explain in detail how tlhe $4,880,000.000 plan to iput the idle back to wonk will be operated. Church Managers To Meet Monday There will be a meeting Monday night of the managers of the church softball league at 8 o’clock in the public high school building.

I RUSH PLANS TO EXPEDITE U. S. WORK PROGRAM — Harry Hopkins To Hold Key Position In Re1 * lief Policies Washington, April 27 — (U.R) — President Roosevelt’s anti-depres-sion ••council <>f war” completed , jilans today for spending $4,884),- , 000,000 in the next 14 months to , take 20.000,000 persons off the dole. Nine heads of both regular and ■ emergency governmental agencies, who will direct the program, met for almost four hours with the chief executive. They left the Whise House shortly after midi night. Results of the conference mad 3 1 it apparent that the key position of the program, largely a fourman affair with the President the , [ adminlstrator-in-chief. has been assigned to Harry L. Hopkins, hard-boiled chief of the new divi- , sion of works progress. "We’ll actually start Veceiving applications as soon as we’ve orgI j anized a staff to handle them.” ,' said Frank (’. Walker, director of the division of applications and [ information. “They will be passed on to i chairman Harold L. Ickes and his I works allotment board, then to President Roosevelt and those finally approved will be constructed by various governent agencies. It will be Hopkins’ job to see that work is done according to specifi- ,' cations.” Hopkins, 42-year old New York- , I er, will be the “Simon Legree” of . the program, cracking the whip ' over each work-relief region estalr f lished to expedite the drive. His will be the job of seeing that work on every project is carried out as rapidly as possible. 1 that every potential hour of employment is squeezed from each development, that jobs are given I to needy on relief. j . Hopkins, in short, will be responsible if the program lags behind in its schedule of spending almost $11,000,000 a day between ’ (CONTTMUET) OX PAGE TWO) GIVE PROGRAM FOR MINSTREL FEE Minstrel Will Be Presented Here Monday Evening i! — I I The program for the FEE minsti ■ rel “Dixie Moon” to be held at the Decatur high school auditorium ■ Monday evening at 7:30 o’clock was ■ 1 announced today by Mrs. Violet [My nt, instructor and director. [ The minstrel is sponsored by the 1 1 Knights of Pythias lodge and the Pythian SistersThe program is: Opening chorus, “Dixie”—Entire company. I “Dinah”—Orchestra “Ths Bull-Dog”—Quartet. "Instr»i mental” -|’reste Loriu>s. Bass Solo, “On Billows Ricking” Charles Brock “Dust off That Old Piano” Fred Engle and chorus Instrumental—‘Kirchner glrte “Lookie, bookie, Lookie, Here Comes Cookie’’ Fred Engle. Com'edy song — Quartet. Clusing song — “Dixie” The orchestra is under the direc- . ’ tion of Bob White. The quartet is [composed of Earniss Foreman, RusI sell Baumgardner, Homer Arnold ; 'and Clifford Mann. The proceeds of the show will be used by the sponsoring organiza(CONTINUED ON PAGE 9TX) (O' Two Persons Killed, Two Others May Die •Chicago April 27 —(UP)— One| young couple was killed and two young companions Injured probably fatally (- <lay by a Pennsylvania railroad train which struck their motor car om the southern edge of Chicago- All were from Gary, .Ind. Thomas H. Hiler, crossing watchman, told police the young people’s car approached the crossing at high speed and disregarded a warning light and whistle. Signal gates were broken from their piosts, he said, in another accident last night.

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Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, April 27, 1935.

Lynching Bill Storm Center \ kJ / Mil hHRo Senator Smith Senator Costigan One of l e most controversial measures before the senate is the anti-lynching bill introduced hy Senator Edward P. Costigan. Colorado, and bittei ly opposed by soii'tl'rrn, senators headed by Senator Ellison D. Smith of South Carolina. Costigan’s bill would place heavy penalties on officers who failed to prevent lynchings such as is shown above.

NO COMPETITION TO LOCAL PLANT Rural Electrification Program Not To Compete With Plant Herman Myers, city attorney, was assured at Indianapolis Friday that the state public service commission had no intention of permitting the organization of light and power corporations in Adams county in competition to the local municipal plant. A petition for "certificate of piiK lic convenience and necessity for the organization and operations of the Indiana Statewide Rural Electric Membership corporation" was recently published in the Decatur Democrat upon an order received | from the state public service commission. This petition was filed In Indianapolis by Arthur D. Waterman, a j representative of the Indiana Farm Bureau. Similar petitions were filed for each of the 92 counties in the state. Martin J. Mylott, superintendent of the municipal light and power plant, received a letter today from the Indiana Farm Bureau which is sponsoring the “Rural Electric Membership Corporation.” The letter states in part: “The new corporations may not receive authority in areas now otherwise adequately served; and the farm leadershin opposes the construction of either new generating plants or new main transmission lines, if arrangements can be made with existing plants so that such construction can be economically (CONTTNUED ON PAGE SIX) o Dr. Palmer Eicher Takes Short Course Dr. Palmer Eicher of this city will leave for Detroit Sunday morning, where he will take a three-day course at the Dtetnolt Receiving hospital on "proctology.” This is a postgraduate course conducted by tlhe University of Michigan. o Masons To Hold Smoker Tuesday A smoker will be held at the Masonic hall Tuesday evening at 7:30 o'clock. There will be an interesting program and all Masons are urged to attend.

Youth Recognition Day All Decatur is united today in honoring the YOUTH of the city, on this, the opening day of the annual Youth Week observance, celebrated throughout the nation. Today is Youth RECOGNITION day. and in keeping with the spirit of the day. the Democrat is glad to present, on page 5 of today’s issue, a special page dedicated to the RECOGNITION of the girls and boys of Decatur. Youth Week will be observed for eight days, ending Saturday, May 4. Sunday, April 28. will be Youth day in Churches'; Monday. Vocation Day; Tuesday, Youth Day in Schools; Wednesday, Health Day; Thursday, Entertainment and Athletics; Friday, Citizenship Day; Saturday, Youth Day Out-of-doors.

Democratic Women Plan Spring Party v — The Adams County Democratic Woman’s Club will hold a spring 1 [.party and guest meeting a ttlhe Library Monday evening May 13. Each member will have the privilege of inviting a gueet. Thf' memDens of the •crmmfttees appointed are as follow?: program. I Mrs. Herman Myers, Mrs. Grval Smith and Mrs. Harold Mattox; re- • freshments, Mrs- R. A. Stuckey. Mrs. Leigh Bowen, Mrs. Tom Durkin ami Mrs. George Dutcher; invitation, Mrs. Dick Boch, Miss Alice , Lenhart. Miss Bernice DeVoss, Mrs. | Edgar Yoder and Mrs. Charles i decorations, Mrs. Gerald Kohne and Miss Ruth Vizard. RETAIL LIQUOR FEES ARE SET Retailers In Adams County Must Pay License Fee Os $725 Indianapolis, April 27..— (U.R) — Liquor retailers’ licenses under the 1935 state alcoholic beverages act will range from $625 to SI,OOO annually, Paul P. Fry, state excise administrator, announced today. Fry said that all applicants for licenses from the alcoholic beverages commission will be checked regarding gross income tax payments. Persons who have failed to comply with the gross income tax lawwill be denied liquor licenses, he said. Basic cost of the licenses is establihed on a basis of population in the largest community within a county. 'The lowest rate, for counties which contain only small cities or towns, was set for 25 counties. The highest rate, SI,OOO, was set for Marion county, only one in the state to contain a first class city. The next to the lowest license fee is $725. It was set for 41 counties. They include Adams, Blackford, Wells and Whitley. Pennsylvania To Cut Running Time Sunday the Chicago train on the Pan-nsylvUnia railroad will leave Decatur at 4:42 p. m. instead of 4:52 p- m. The line is cutting 15 minutes from its schedule between Cincinnati and Chicago.

LIST PROGRAM OF CONFERENCE HERENEXTWEEK Complete Program For Annual Indiana Evangelical Conference Mrs. Clarence Smith will be general secretary of the central committee on local arrangements of the eighty-third session of the Indiana annual conference of the Evangelical church which will be held in Decatur beginning Tuesday. Miss Arline Becker will he the [transportation manager. Mrs. Fred Linn, who has been president of the Ladies Aid society of the local Evangelical church for 26 years will direct the organization in the serving of the meats to the guests at the Knights of Pythias home at noons and evenings. Mrs. U. E. Cramer will serve breakfast to the delegates who will not be able to get them at their homes. Members of the congregation and a few friends will house the delegates and in most instances give them their breakfasts. The Rev. M. W. Sundermann stated today that there will be at least 167 persons at the convention and probably more. With the congregation of the local church there will be at least 300 persons attending the daily sessions. The complete program is: Tuesday, April 30 2:30 P. M. Annuai meeting of the Conference Board of Examiners. Rev. D. O. Wise, chairman. 4:00 P. M. Address: "Qualified for the Ministry.” Rev. George S. Lozier, Pastor Broadway Church. Indianapolis, Ind. [5:30 P. M. Dinner. 7:30 P. M. Service under the direction of the Conference Board of Examiners. Rev. D. O. Wise, presiding. Music by the Calvary Evangelical church choir. Address: “Revival or Revolution.” ; Rev. R. H. Mueller, Pastor (First Church. Indianapolis, Wednesday May 1 9.00 A. M. Annual meeting of the Indiana Conference Missionary Society, Rev. E. Garfield Johnson. president. 12:00 M. Luncheon. 2:00 P. M. The Opening Session | of the Eighty-Third Annual I Indiana Conference of the Evangelical Church. Bishop George E. Epp. D. D., Cleveland. Ohio, presiding. Communion Meditation, by the Bishop. Holy Communion Service conducted by the Bishop and [ District (Superintendents. Mr. E. B. Bohn will preside at [ the organ during this service Business Session. 5:30 P. M. Dinner. 7:00 to 7:30 P. M. Organ recital by Mr. E. B. Bohn. 7:30 P. M. Service in the inter-1 est of the Indiana Conference | Missionary Society. Address: “Christianity at ' Stake,” by Rev. Carl Heinmiller, general field secretary of the Missionary Society. Anthem: “Let Mount Zion Rejoice.” Mrs. Frances Eady, organist, First Church. Mr. E. B. Bohn will play the organ at this service, except the anthem. Thursday. May 2 9:00 A. M. Devotional Services by (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) io Holiness Group To Meet Sunday The Adams County Holiness Association will meet Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Geneva United Brethren churcih, instead of Monday, as was previously announced. o One Scarlet Fever Case Is Reported One case of ocarLt fever was reported in Adams county in the morbidity report for the week ending Saturday, April 20. The number of cases of scarlet fever in ths state inct’cased from 145 for the week ending April 13, to 169 for the week of April 20. I

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Rita Ann Loshe Injured Friday Rita Ann Loshe, two year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Loshe of this city, is suffering from a painful injury sustained when she accidentally slipped under a car being punked in the garage of J. Fred Fruchte on north Fourth Street Frl<iay evening. Rita Ann, with other children was j playing (behind the car as it was ' backe d into the garage. 'She slipped and a wheel'iof the car passed over her foot. Wheth) r any bones are fractured will not be known until an X-ray examination is made this I afternoon. MAYOR'S CASE IS CONCLUDED Judge Smith Takes Huntington Contempt Case Under Advisement Huntington, Ind.. Apr. 27.—(U.R) —Special Judge David Smith, Fort I Wayne, today had under advisement contempt charges against Mayor Clare W. H. Bangs and 10 other persons in connection with 1 the Huntington utility tight. Final arguments were completed 1 late yesterday and Judge Smith asked attorneys for both sides to file additional briefs. It was indicated the decision would not be made before the middle of next week. The Northern Indiana Power Company filed the contempt charges, asking SIO,OOO damages, on the contention that extension of the municipal electric plant’s facilities into the commercial field was a violation of a court injunction. Defendants in the action with Bangs are five city employes and five customers of the city plant. Bangs should lie forced to bear the major portion of the penalty,! Fred Bowers, attorney for the pow-' er company, said in his closing' statement to the court. Bowers asked that leniency be shown the five customers on the I provision that they sever their con-1 nections with the city plant. Claude Cline and Mayor Bangs [ presented final arguments for the, defendants. Cline charged that the power (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) O CONDITION OF PATIENT GOOD Mrs. Reincheild Is Recovering From “Inverted Stomach” Operation Mrs. Lester Reincheild of Fort i Wayne, who underwent an oper- [ ation Friday morning for the cor- , rection of an “inverted stomach” . was recovering in good shape this l I morning. The operation, one of the rarest in surgical practice, was perform- [ ! ed .by Dr. C. C. Rayl, assisted by i Dr. Floyd Grandstaff, at the Adams | County Memorial hospital, Friday [ morning. Dr. Rayl stated this morning that Mrs. Reincheild was experiencing no more pain than is ordinary in abdominal operations. As in all such operations she will be given no food until Monday. Mrs. Reincheild had been afflicted with the disarrangement since birth, although her condition was not diagnosed until Dr. Rayl gave her an X-ray examination. In about two weeks, when Mrs. I Reincheild is released from the Adams County Memorial hospital, she wil Iprobably be able to eat and digest her food as well as any one else. Mrs. Reincheild, who is 51 years of age was never troubled seriously by her "inverted stomach" until about six months ago. The condition was remedied by pulling the organs back through : the diaphagm. By closing the hole Dr. Rayl expects that the organs l will remain in their normal condiI tion. Mrs. Reincheild is a sister of [ John Chilcote of near Decatur. Special K. of C. Meeting Monday The Knigibte of Columbus will hold a special meeting at the K. of • C. hall Monday night at 8 o’clock to I complete plans for thte initiation i program, which will be held SunI day, .May 19.

VIOLATION OF WORLD TREATY WILL CONTINUE Fleet of Submarines Reported Soon To Be Constructed (Copyright 1935 by United Press) Ixmdon, April 27— (U.R) — Germany has notified Great Britain that she intends to complete her violation of the Versailles treaty military clauses by building a fleet of submarines, it was said on reliable authority today. It was revealed officially at the [same time that Germany has warned British aviators to keep away from prohibited areas under pain of severe penalty. Supplementing information as to the submarine plans, it was learned from German quarters that the German notification was made to the British government at Berlin ' yesterday. It was believed the communication was made to the British naval attache. News of the submarine plan — which was denied by a governj ment spokesman in Berlin —came ' as Great Britain was planning to hold informal naval limitation talks with Germany here. There was talk in London of the possibility that Britain might cancel these talks but German sources here were confident that they might be held, and probably next week. The cabinet, it is understood, will discuss the submarine situ., tion Tuesday, and the government probably will consult (France and Italy. Submarines are absolutely forbidden Germany by treaty. Such construction would mean that Germany has openly violated all , the military clauses — army, air and navy. o Funeral Rites For Miss Werder Monday Funeral services for Miss Eliza- . beth Werder, 86, of «02 West Marshall street, who died at her home Friday afternoon, will be held Monday morning at 10 o'clock at the home. Rev. Charles M. Prugh, pastor of the Zion Reformed church, • will icffieiafe and burial will be [ made in the Decatur cemetery, The body will be removed to the Werder home at 4 o’clock this afternoon from Zwick's Funeral home and may be viewed until time for the funeral o Hansel Foley Named Kirkland Principal Hansel Foley, now teaching in a consolidated school near Connersville has berm (named principal of the Kirkkind high school during •tihe next school term. He will (begin (his duties next September. Mr. Foley was a former principal : of Kirkland high school. He will replace Robert Mann. CHURCHES TO HONOR YOUTH Youth Day In Churches Sunday; Vocational Day Monday, April 29 Youth Day in the Church will be , observed in Decatur tomorrow on the second day of the annual Youth Week observance. All churches of Decatur will give special recognition to the girls and boys of their congregation with special services. Chairmen of the Church day are Mrs. C. M. Prugh of the Woman’s club and Rev. Father J. J. Seimetz of the Rotary club. Monday will be Youth Day in Vocations. AC the opening of the . afternoon session, pupils in the eighth grades of the Central and ■ St. Joseph's schools will be taken on a tour of inspection of the General Electric plant and the Central Soya company. The girls will first tour the General Electric works, then going to the Soya company. The boys will visit the industries in the reverse ' order. i The youths will be conducted i through the plants by Mrs. E. W. • Lankenau and Harold McMillen, cochairmen for the day.