Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 33, Number 102, Decatur, Adams County, 29 April 1935 — Page 1

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WHENCE AT KIL CHURCH Ihstoesmv Helical Church Conflce Will Open ■day Afternoon ■rst meeting of the Indi■irenee. at the First Evan Ear'll, this week, will he E>e board " r examiners of Ereachers. Tuesday. In Ebe admitted into the H the applicant must fur-Bp-commendation from his Krch. signed by two thirds Knbership. After this he Eed by the conference E to his intellectual and E> is satisfactory, this Ell recoinmend him to the ■ conference for license, ■n entire conference will E upon his application. K’clock the Rev. George S. ■pastor of the Broadway ■ Indianapolis, will address Ej, ministers and the board Kn-rs upon: ‘'Qualified for flstry.” The public is infl this address. B will be a public service $ inder the direction of ■rd of examiners, when the E II Mueller, pastor of the •hutch, Indianapolis, will E address upon: “Revival ■elution." The Calvary Ichoir will furnish the speEu for this service. ■conference board of trus■ll meet in the council ■ the city hall on Tuesday fl 7 p. tn. ■rogram for Tuesday is: ■ M Annual meeting of the ■brence Board of Examin- ■ Rev. D. O. Wise, chair■M. Address: “Qualified ■the Ministry." Rev. George ■Lozier. Pastor Broadway ■nil. Indianapolis, Ind. ■M. Dinner. IM. Service under the diBum of the Conference ■id of Examiners. Rev. D. ■Wise. presiding. ■ii by the Calvary Evangelical church choir. ■tens: Revival or Revolt!- I ■on.” r R. H. Mueller Pastor of | Irst Church. Indianapolis. !— —O — ~ ! Escape Serious njuries In Accident lan Keller. Don Gage and Heim escaped serious inks an automobile in which ere riding overturned near rille Sunday evening. HerBll“r received a minor lacover his nose and numer- ' does. o—kr Os Local Woman Is Injured Robert Fritzinger spent Sunfort Wayne with her parents tl Mrs. William E. Davieon. i vison was injured Saturday | on when he was struck by an I ®i>-‘ as he was crossing a l Hie condition is (better. Mrs. | '. who has been ill with heart j b ulso reported better. JRCES granted 1 CIRCUIT COURT forces Granted Saturday by I ldß * DeVoss; one Other Suit is Filed divorcee were granted and M before Judge Huber M. Dethe Adams circuit court Satiefendant, Sarah Straub, deb As provided by law the e d the prosecuting attorney An answer in general j filed by the prosecutor, ritaiee was h'.ard and a di«ranted, the platatiff, Frank Proceedings were taken O. Howe against hie wife Howe. The divorce was V. Uit for divorce filed by I it o, j" the c< “nplalnt allegI ana , d t f6n<Unt Was guilty Os « inhuman treatment." j. \ n<Jant is restrained by fro ® the court from molt n An applioitlon ol >ey was filed. Notice was w returnable. May g.

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Mrs. Reincheild Is Reported Improving .Mrs. lister Reinchield of Fort Wayne was able to drink broth and orange juice this morning at the Adams county memorial hospital where she Is a patient. Mrs. Reincheild was operated on Friday morning by Dr. C. C. , Rayl, assisted by Dr. Floyd Grandstaff. for the correction of an Inverted stomach. The operation was successful and has attracted state-wide attention. as the first of its kind in Indiana. ANDREW C. FOOS DIES SUDDENLY THIS MORNING Veteran City Plant Engineer Is Victim Os Heart Trouble Andrew C. Foos, 51 year old chief engineer of the dty power plant and a prominent local resident for many j’ears, died suddenly at his home. 128 North Seventh street at 9:30 o'clock this morning. following an extended illness. Death was due to acute coronary occlusion. He suffered the first attack seven weeks ago and had been confined to his bed since that time. This attack left his heart with myocarditis. He suffered another attack this morning and death resulted. Mr. Foos had been employed with the city light and power plant for the pant 28 years and was one of the oldest city employes. His first employment at I the plant was as a hauler of coal.: from which he advanced to fire- ■ man of the boilers. He was ap-1 pointed engineer of the plant in which capacity he served five years, and eighteen years ago was named chief engineer. He was re- ' appointed to this post the first of the present year by Mayor A. R. Holthouse. Mayor Holthouse, confined to ills home on account of a throat infection, was greatly moved when notified of Mr. Foos’ death. The , mayor said: “We all thought Mr. I Foos was going to make it and reports from his bedside last week ' gave us encouragement for his recovery. Mr. Foos was a devoted public servant and for more than 18 years served his city well. In view of his splendid record of ' service and ability to handle an important post, it was my pleasure to re-appoint him the first of the year as chief engineer at the power plant. He was ever loyal to his duties. I keenly feel the loss in his sudden death. To his beloved wife, sons and daughters, I I wish to extend my sympathies . | and those of the community over I the lose of a splendid citizen, | I loyal co-worker and friend. Mr. Foos was born in Senecca county, Ohio, on September 12, 1883. He came to this city when a small child and had spent pracj tlcally his entire life here. On (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) DEATH CLAIMS RUSSEL DEBOLT 11 Well Known Decatur Young Man Dies Late Sunday At Hospital Russel F. Deßolt, 33, well known Decatur young man, of 523 Jefferson street, died at the Adams county memorial hospital Sunday night at 11:20 o’clock, following a , several week's illness. Death wad due to septicemia with hypostatic pneumonia. Mr. Deßolt I was thought to l'ie improving when j J hie condition became worse. r.sult-| ing in his (lath last nigf.it. He had been a patient at the local hospital since April 9. ' He was a member of the local United Brethren church and was active in the activities of the 1 church. For several years he had been employed as an assembler at : the General Electric plant- He , was also a member of the Moose lodge. , J Mr. Deßolt was born at Convoy,. Ohio on February 19. 19*2, a son :. of Alphus and Jennie HeathdJe- ' bolt. His marriage to - 1 1 (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

OWNERS OCCUPY FIRST HOUSES AT HOMESTEAD First Eighteen To Move Into New Homes Are Listed Today Homesteaders, over the weekend, began to move into the first 18 of the 48 houses of the local federal subsistence homesteads project south of the city limits. The names of the first 18 are. Everett P. Sheets, Charles F. KelI ler; Gerald J. Grandstaff. Preble; Elmo Miller; Walter B. Crampton. Bluffton; Don Leßrun; Latham Moore. Fort Wayne; Eugene V. McCann; E. M. Llchtensteigrr; > Milton P. Swearingen; Dewey I Neidigh; George J. Buckley, Will- I shire. Ohio; Lawrence R. Walters; 1 Robert B. Helm; Clarence F. Drake; Walter Bollinger; A. C. Hileman. -Fort Wayne, and Gordon Acheson. These IS families are occupying the first houses to be connected with sewers. All other service connections have been made. Many of the homesteaders are planning their gardens. A few expect to plant soy beans immediately and plow them under mxt fall to plant rye. When this has been plowed under it is expected that a good base for future crope and lawns will have been laid. Because the ground is torn up ! by the excavations for sewers and cisterns it will be impossible for (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) MRS. TOPP IS DEATH'S VICTIM Mother of Mrs. Harve LaFountain Dies Sunday At Infirmary Mrw. Elizabeth Topp. 81, mother of Mrs. H- P. LaFountaln, assistant superintend' nt at the Adams county infirmary, died Sunday morning «a.t ' 5 o'clock at her home at the infirmary. She had made here home with her daughter for the past 17 years. Death wan due to heart trouble. Mrs. T-.pp (had been ailing for the past six years. For the last year and a half she had suffered from asthma and had been confined to her ] room. She was born on June 5, 1853 in Lorniin 1 ?, Germany. She came to America in 1876. Her husband, Hub- ! ert Topp, preceded her in death on February 2, 1909. Surviving are four eons and four daughters: John and George of Fort Wayne; Oliver of Coldwater, Michigan and Jo? -- f Delphos, Ohio; Mrs. Oharlee Adung and Mrs. Rome La- i Fountain of Fort Wayne; Mrs. John ’ Hendrick,? of Berne and Mrs. H. P. 1 LaFountain of Adams County. Sixty I grandchildren and 35 great(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) ELIZABETH CONRAD DIES LATE SUNDAY i ii Mrs. John Conrad Dies at Midnight Sunday After Illness of j Three Weeks Mrs. Elizabeth Conrad, 79, wife of John Conrad, died at midnight Sunday night at her home, four and - a (half mile north of Bluffton. She 1 had been ill three weeks. She was born fa Wells county x n ; August 26, 1855, a daughter of Ul- 1 rich and Catherine Schindlier-1 , Strahm. Her marriage to John Conrad took place in Bluffton on July 28, 1894. No children were born to the union but Emma Seesenguth, , who was reared fa the home, survives- j The Ihusband, and two bn thern ( nnd two eistere survive: David Strahm. Wells county; Jonas j Strahm. Adame county, Mrs. Godfrey Rauch. Adame county and Mrs. ( Jdlnn Schwartz -Syraucse, New ( York. Mrs. Conrad was a member of the 1 Christian Anostolie church. Funenil 1 1 services will be held at 9 o’clock | Wednesday morning at the home < and at 10 o’clock at the Christian Apostoic church. Burial will be 1 made in the church cemetery, i Friends are asked to omit flowers.

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Church Conference Speakers Dr. P. A. Heck Rev. Carl Heinmiller Two of the speakers at the annual Indiana conference of the Evangelical church are Dr. P. A. Heck, and Rev. Carl Heinmiller. The conference will open in the local church Tuesday evening. Dr. Heck is general secretary of Christian education. Rev. Heinmiller is field secretary for the Missionary society of the church.

ANNUAL MEET AT FT. WAYNE Methodist Episcopal Church Conference Will Open Tuesday A large number of Decatur people will attend the 92nd session of the North Indiana annual conference which will convene in the First Methodist Episcopal church of Fort Vvaybe on Tuesday evening, April 30, with Bishop Edgar Blake of Detroit presiding. All the programs will be on daylight savings time. Tuesday night will be “World Religion Night" and Bishop John F. Noll of the Roman Catholic i. church will speak on “The Pres- [ ent World Wide War Between Religion and Unbelief", following a musical prelude beginning at 7:00 p. m. All forenoons will be given to business sessions, opening with devotion by the presiding bishop at 8:30 a. m. The afternoons are l given over to representations of the missionary, benevolent and educational work of Methodism and the evenings to popular programs. Wednesday evening will be "World Peace Night” with an address by Rabbi Samuel H. Markowitz. Thursday evening will be “Educational Night" with an address by President G. Bromley <7xnam of DePauw, on "Christian Education—the Bulwark of DemoI cracy”, with a musical prelude by the DePauw choir. Friday evening the conference lecture will be given by Merton S. Rice, of the (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) Helen Voglewede Given Fellowship Miss Helen VogL’wede, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Voglewede io-f this city has received a fellowship leading to a master of science degree in the Laboratory of Technology at St. Louis University, StLouis. Missouri. Mies Vogl'ewede is now a student at Mount Joseph's college-. M unt St. Joseph, Ohio. In June she will be graduated from the school with a bachelor of science degree.

Indiana’s “Santa Claus” Dies Sunday; Fame Was World-Wide

Santa Claus, Ind., Apr. 29.—(U.R) —lt would have been a thankless - task, trying to explain to any of Jim Martin’s million or more , youngsters today that Santa Claus , is dead. For 28 years their letters, trustingly mailed to ‘‘Santa ClausNorth Pole,” came to him by the , thousands at Christmas time. He ( tried to answer every one. James F. Martin, 60-year-old postmaster and patriarch of this little Hoosier hamlet, died yesterday as- , ter a paralytic stroke. The body lay in stale at the home ' hero today. Funeral services will be conduct- . ed at 2 p. m. Tuesday at the Santa , Calus Methodist Episcopal church. ; Tne Rev. William B. Collier, Oakland City, and thff Rev. Arthur K. Daes, Santa Claus, will officiate. i Burial will be at Santa Claus , cemetery immediately afterward. ' Nephews of the pbstmastef from Booneville, Evansville and Dale, will serve as pallbearers. The 75 inhabitants of Santa

Decatur, Indiana, Monday, April 29, 1935.

Tw o Cars Collide Sunday Morning Athough two cars w.-re considerably damaged, no one was seriously injured in an accident at the corner of Second and Jefferson streets at 2:45 o’clock Sunday morningA car going south, occupied by l Robert Burke and Allice Cool of Sal-e.-n and I? ster Farlow and Niina Ellenberger of Berne was struck by a car going coot on Jefferso>n, occupi- ; ed i>y Ralph Johnson and Doyle Smith, both of Decatur. Johnson stated that his brakes would not hold. He struck the Farlow car at about the center and rolled the automobile over. o SCHOOLS WILL HONOR YOUTHS Youth Day In Schools Will Be Observed In This City Tuesday Youth Day in Schools will be marked in Decatur Tuesday ae a part of the city’s annual observance of National Youth Week. Special programs for the public and parochial schools have been arranged by Mrs. C. O. Porter and ■ M. J. Mylott, co-chairmen for the day. Invitations have been extended by all school officials for parents and others interested to visit the schools during the day and also to attend the special programs. This afternoon, girls and boys of the eighth grade of the Central and St. Joseph’s schools were taken on an inspection tour of the General Electric plant and the Central Soya company as the observance of Youth Day in Vocations. Thei youths were conducted during the tour by Mrs. E. W. Lankenau and Harold McMillen, chairmen for the day. Youth Day in Churches) was observed Sunday, with all Decatur churches conducting services particularly fitting to the girls and boys of the congregations. Youth Week observance opened Saturday with a splendid parade in the morning and a page of (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

Claus, given its name by a village wit 50 years ago, said that perhaps he didn’t look like Santa but he certainly lived up to the trust placed in him by children all over the world. With the aid of charitable organizations and private citizens Martin tried to arrange' it so they received Tne gifts they asked. “Some of those letters would tear your heart out,” Martin often said. A large and jovial man, he used to sit on the steps of his country store housing the postoffice and talk about ”‘my youngsters." When he suffered a stroke two weeks ago, paralyzing his left side, scores of letters came urging him to get well. “He was overjoyed by them —we had to read each one to him —that he showed considerable improvement last week," his son, Paul, explained. Born and raised in the hills near here, Martin fought desperately in (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)

TWO COUNTRIES TO CONFER ON NAVAL PROGRAM Germany And Great Britain Plan To Hold Early Conference London, April 29 - (U.R) —Ger- j many, which was revealed today ;as planning a revolutionary subi marine building program, includ- | ing submarines with a cruising i radius of 6,000 miles, capable of , influencing the balance of sea power, approached Great Britain with a program for an Anglo-Ger-man naval conference. Capt. Erwin Wassner. German naval attache, visited Admiral Sir Ernie Chatfield and submitted orally Germany’s proposals for the agenda of the conference. He also announced the personnel of the delegation which Reichsfuehrer Adolf Hitler will send here about the middle of j May. Sir John Simon, foreign secretary, announced in the house of commons today that the German government had intimated orders I had been given for construction I of 12 250-ton submarines and that ■ j “the matter is at present under 1 consideration." Strict secrecy was maintained about Germany’s building plan.Usually well-informed sources, however, said they were based on “global" or total tonnage, which would be alloted at Germany's discretion to any type of ship, such as destroyers or submarines. They also were reported to include five battleships between 25.000 and 30.000 tons each and 16 cruisI ere of about 10,000 tons each. Capt. Wassner s announcement today was interpreted as indicatI ing that the naval talks would be , ' held, despite Germany’s program, I and that the mooted British threat , jto cancel the meeting had been ' dronped. The welghay membership of the I four-man mission indicates the ' high significance which Adolf Hitler attaches to the meeting. I It comprises Joachim Von Ribben- ' trop, Hitler's personal arms i negotiator; Rear Admiral j (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) o— —.— Catholic Senior Play Presented A large crowd witnessed the! presentation of the senior class ! play in the Catholic high school auditorium last evening. “Danger ' at the Cross Roads" was the name I of the mystery drama and the : cast included Richard Hess. Rob- h ert Colchin, Alfred Rumschlag. j Edward Ehinger, Guy Tester. ■ Rosemary Miller, Justine Spangler. Cecelia Noonan, Ruth Vogle- i wede, Madonna Ripberger, Cedric Colchin, Julian Parent, Harohl Baker and William Borns. Pro- j perty managers were James Lose and Richard Ulman. O—DISTRICT MEET IS HELD HERE Women of The Moose Hold Quarterly District Meet Here Sunday More than 136 members of the third district Women of the Moose, registered for the quarterly meeting held in the Moose home in this city Sunday. The next district meeting will be held in Marion, it was decided at the business session. The meeting was in two sessions, afternoon and evening. Following the evening program a banquet was served to more than 200 persons. The afternoon program was opened with a ceremony by Marion officers and team. A tap dance number was presented by Miss Donnabelle Feninior 1 ?. Jess Rice, president of the local Chamber of Commerce, gave the welcome address, in the absence of Mayor A. R. Holthouse. The response was given by Mrs. Tressa. Pal ner of Fort Wuyne, district chairman. The Angola chapter gave the exemplification of balloting and Mrs. Kimmel of Huntington, was the group leader for the discussion of (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

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Give FEE Minstrel At School Tonight Tickets may be purchased at the door this evening at 7:30 o’clock in the Decatur high school auditorium for the FEE minstrel “Dixie Moon" sponsored by the Knights of Pythias lodge and the Pythian Sisters. Tickets are selling at 10 cents for children and 20 cents for adults. The proceeds will be used for charitable purposes by the two sponsoring organizations. FOILS EFFORT TO ROB STORE Attempt Is Made To Enter Roop’s Restaurant Sunday Night An attempt to break into Roop’s Restaurant Sunday night at 10.30 o’clock was frustrated by Purm Hebble. who rooms in the rear of the building occupied by Stanley’s barber shop. Mr. Hebble heard the men attempting to pry the screen off of the rear windows in the restaurant. He ran out of doors. He told the city police, who investigated the case, that there were two men I there. One of them threw a brick or piece of wood at him. The men jumped into an automobile parked on Jefferson street and escaped. The police found that the screen had been torn off one window and the tin off another. Mr. Hebble stated that an attempt to break into the shed had also been made. Harry Staley reported to the police that thieves had jimmied a window at his home on North I Second street Sunday night. Although the thieves entered the house nothing was missed. He noticed the robbery when he went home about 12 o’clock. oJUNIOR C.C, MEETTUESDAY Decatur .Junior Chamber Os Commerce Will Select Officers The Decatur Junior Chnniber of Commerce will meet Tuesday evening at 7:30 o’clock to adopt a constitution. name tih-e board of directI ore and to lay plans for the year’s activities. The meeting will be held ! in the Central school building. Members of the membership comi rnittee will be tasked to make a rejiport on the names obtained. Jesse Rice, chairman of the senior organization, asked today that | every member of the new’ club atI tend this meeting. These young men nnd women will be known as char- - ter members. As u. special attraction French Quinn, tlhle first president of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce, will make a short talk in which he will tell of the organization of the first group and what might be done by I a junior chamber of commerce, i Young men and women in D?ca- | fur over th 1 ? tige of 16 who have not lieen contracted Dy any of the canvassere may obtain memberehip | cards from Jesse Rice at the Rice Ihotel of Roscoe Glendenning at the First Stat's bank. o— Filling Station Is Robbed Last Night Thieves broke into the John iSchnepp filling station located one mile south of Decatur on TL S. highway 27 Sunday night. They obtained between sl2 and sl4 in merchandise including tobacco, candy, cigarets and oil. Evidently the thieves first attempted to remove a glass pane in a west window which they later broke to gain an entrance to the building. A suspicious looking car was seen parked near the filling station about midnight. Two Men Arrested For Questioning Two mon were arrested this noon and held for questioning in the Adams county jail. One of the men is Russell Vanette. The other is a Mexican who did not give his name. Charges of vagrancy may be filed.

ASKS NATION'S AID IN DRIVE FOR RECOVERY Roosevelt’s Radio Talk Regarded As Effort For Public Opinion Washington, April 29— (U.R) — President Roosevelt’s fileside chat ' promise of national recovery to--1 j day placed upon congress responsibility for enacting further so--1 cial, business and banking reform. Mr. Roosevelt spoke last night • from his own fireside to millions of Americans in their homes. He railed for national support in behalf of a legislative program, part of which is denounced by busi- ; ness and banking leaders as radii cal and unwarranted. “Never since my inauguration • in March, 1933,” said the President, “have I felt so unmistakably the atmosphere of recovery.” Mr. Roosevelt's appeal to the , people over the head of congress came midway in a rebellious session which has threatened to sabotage by delay reform measures considered by new dealers to be vital in the fight against depression and for the avoidance of economic difficulties in the | future. The chief executive departed from custom by not only discussi ing pending legislation but by warmly endorsing four bills. ■ The house today took up one of those bills, the administration’s . banking bill. It was expected to ■ i pass the house, but faces a hard i fight in the senate. The «-mate i finance committee took up anoth--1 er —NRA extension. ■ Congressional opinion of the > president’s radio address to the t nation last night was for the most part non-committal, but some little resentment against his warm-heart-ed endorsement of pending legis- | lation was apparent in some quarters. His appeal, although not ; couched in direct language, may f provide in congressional mail bags I the extent to which Mr. Roosevelt enjoys public approval. Mr. Roosevelt endorsed four legislative proposals—the banking I bill, NRA extension, the bill abolishing certain public utilities holding companies, and his administration's social security program. All measures have been delayed by debate and opposition either in com- • rnittee or on the floor of one or I the other chamber. His address in the main was de- > voted to an exposition of his $4,I 880.000,000 work relieT plan for realizing full recovery. He asked ■ the nation to join in "a great nat- • ional crusade to destroy enforced ((CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) o Sheriff Os Wells County Dies Today ’ I Orin C. Lantie, 52, sheriff of i j Wells county, died at 8 o’clock this ■ ‘ morning at hie home in Bluffton I I f complications which developed I I Sunday after it was thought he was : I recovering from a severe illness. ’ Mr. Lantis had be'en ill for the post two years. On April 19 h-e be- ■ came 111 in Miracle wf.i.ile attending to (business. He apparently was re- • covering from this illness when the • new complications d -velcqed Sun- ‘ day. > Surviving are the widow, two daughters, four sons, two ststere and one brother. ACCEPT ELEVEN FOR CCC CAMPS . Adams County Youths to Leave Tonight; All Pass Physical Examinations 1 • Eleven Decatur and lAdams county boys were accepted today at Fort • Wuyne for membership in tfli« CCC 1 ramps. The boys all passed (physical exa- > minations and will leave from Fort Wayne this evening. They will pro- • bably be stationed in southern Indiana at either Madison or Freetown. The boys from Decatur are Hubert Krick. Dale Hunt, Cover McClure, Clarence Michaels and Rays mond Roop. The others are: Clifford Burkhart, route 6; Coral Everi ett, Pleasunt Mills; Robert Bucki (master, James W- Landers and Walf do Mosser all of Geneva, and Luths er Beitler of Berne, route one. t The young men were taken to - Fort Wayne by Wendel Macklin, Mlles Roop and J. M. Doan.