Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 33, Number 107, Decatur, Adams County, 4 May 1935 — Page 1

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Evangelical Conference To Close Sunday

teTIONS OF ■iSTERS TO foSE SESSION ■inda' \fternoon MeetKif V ill Be Held At Ih-foi ined <htir<h MwWtt-c of the Albright were elected at the sermon this morning announced at 11:30 „re: president. K'cu'.e. Indianapolis. Kefrkident. Jerald Knepper. secretary. L. 0. (jrbana. and treasurer, Weise. Bremen. T : i K lay evening in to at the First Kt>kri fal church with the Rev lie' # "1 t•>at it i Kj*ti"i -' "'ll to be In-Id al K. 1... K i conference. ■t v ■ iiu win ,■. 1! i'-.;. I' l>. and the two ’ ReV. Elkhart and the Rev. ■Ata'- of Indianapolis in.irning at 9:15 o’clock ■ s4d:i. a 10-.1 will lie held tin- "( Adolph Koller. Ee:atend- nt The ladies quartet ; i lunch will sing "My Mb* Ashford The lesson stlTtly ■tie :!• —nt-.! In ihe Rev. I>. O ■eg Elkhart and the Rev. R. of Wabash. former pas Bet Be local church. be preached by the Geora e E. Epp. Special 1..- presented by the ■k < the local church, be invited to attend Fust Presbyterian Hr. (1. B. Kimmel the sermon. all were <!'■• ■i to bi- iu'ss if the business ■<X a . bed by the end of Bl •• n ■ ' session another be held this evening o’clock. main ml.lre is., by the Rev. J. A. Education. He spoke on Were Christians." from his sermon are: what we want to want to do only that BHBrin." in satisfaction. I am in this equation someJesus ''-tii th.' program ■gtTWFf, <>v PAGE SIX) WT LEGION, ■MRY MEET Post And Auxil■v Invited To Avilla iWost Installation Charles Weber, president American Legion has received word from Whitman, fourth disinviting all memunit 4:1 to attend the .joint of the fourth district , Legion and Auxiliary , May 8. will be held at 8:15 I)ST Wednesday night, K/ with a banquet. Officers . I iXn X ' liary " nlt an,i post wi ” t bv state department . p rank Knßsa an(J auxiliary president. Mrs. ( ■pw. business seraion of the , will be held sometime Btdffl m evenin 8- District com- ■■ „ ,? rom will pay tribute : Bturlot mV* ° ? { ’ le nation in Ek Mothp i”s Day. K" Milo J. KT Toledo attorney, will adm<,fi,'ns ’ after w bieh a ' 11 be ®njoyed. All E aro . tl,e local organlza- ■ K “feed to attend.

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Vol. XXXIII. No. 107.

Seek To Overrule NRA Enforcement Plymouth, Ind.., May 4.— (U.R) — Hearing on a temporary injunction restraining state and county officials from enforcing the state NRA code for used ear allowance prices will be conducted in Marshall circuit court May HI. The injunction was obtained by three South Bend automobile sales companies against Attorney Gen. Philip Lutz, Jr., George Rulison, St. Joseph county prosecutor, and Don Kitch, Marshall county prose- | cut or. MEMORIAL HELD AT CONFERENCE Deceased Ministers And Wives Are Honored At Special Service Memorial services were held in the Friday afternoon session for : ministers and their wives who have I di d since the last annual conference. Those to wf’jotn the respects I of the conference were paid in a r i.olution by prayer and an addretw i ty Blrih p George Epp w re: Bishop Emeritus S. C. Breyfogel DD. L-L.D. who died on November , 24. 1934; The Rev. Bryon Gary Smith who died on May 26, 1934. Rev. Smith was a teacher in the Fart Wayne Bible school. Th? R v. J M. Dustman who died Aipril 29. 1935 nt Urbana and whose ' funeral was held at t' e opening day of the conference. Mr. L. J. Ehrhardt who died on June 3, 1934 at Cicero and was the wife of the Rev. L- J. F.hrardt. Mrs. Chari >.a E. G i.it who died on June 12. 1934 at Kokomo, the wife of the Rev. Charles E. Geist of Ko- , i'.omo. Mrs. Henrietta Pauline Schweiter. who woe the wife of tibe Rev. Fn>dcrick G. Schweitzer. Mrs. Thereeia Winter, widow of the Rev. Ge rge Frederick Winter. Mrs. Winter died at Louisville. Kentucky on December 23. Sp-'cial muelc was rendered during this service by a qquartet com- ' p;aed of: Ernest F. Roesti of South Bend; R lib n A. Strauss, Hunting'burg; C. E. KoertgEvansville, and George Long of Louisville. The scripture was read by the Rev. F. C. Berger of Urbana and i the pniyer said by the Rev. F. C. Berger of Urbana and th? prayer oiaid by the Rev. J. H. Rilling of j South Bend. Bishop George E. Epp D. D. gavo the address. He said in part: "Men fear deati’ii for three reasons: first that this lif? which we now live is the only life we know by actriil exi ».?rience; secondHecause death is usually presag'd by pain, and third, everyone of us knows that wh'- n the last summons comes, death offers the end of a career for which we must give an explantation. "There is the fact of immortality. It Is n t all of life to live nor all of deati'i to die. These who have died are in the hearts of many. They are not dead. They live on in their Influence. "They have gone seeking the lights of a better dny that God hath builded." CLEAN UP DECATUR DRIVE NEXT WEEK Annual City Cleanup Week To Start In Decatur Next Monday City clean-up week begins Monday, May 6. and all citizens are urged to help make Decatur a beautiful city by keeping their properties spic and span. Ralph Roop, street commissioner, has arranged for the city trucks to start out early Monday to gather up the tin cans, rubbish, etc. Ashes will not be hauled away. Cans and other rubbish should be placed in containers, boxes, baskets or barrels and win be hauled away free of charge if placed in said containers in lhe alley or in front of houses where it can be picked up by the drivers. The containers will be returned if a notice is fastened on them. The trucks will make one trip through each district during the week. In case rubbish is overlooked. citizens are urged Jo call phone 230 at noon or after 6 P m.

OFFICERS ARE NAMED FRIDAY BY CONFERENCE Indiana Anti-Saloon League President Talks At Church Conference Officers elected for the Indiana conference of the Evangelical are: Court of appeals, D. A. Kaley, Indianapolis, C. P. Mass, R. A. Knepper. E. Garfield Johnson, Elkhart, and reserves J. H. Rilling and J. O. Mosier. , The board of church extension is comprised of the district superintendent. the conference trustee, | the officers of the conference missI ionary society. The conference pro- ' gram committee is composed of the . bishop, the district superintendents. director of Christian Educa- ,' lion, the president of conference branch of missionary societies.! and Reuben A. Stauss of Huntingburg, Charles M. Schuller of Elkhart and Fred Brunner of Me. Car- 1 mel, Illinois, The vice-president is S. H. Baum ; ' gartner of New Haven; statistician,. I. G. Roederer, Huntington, gener--1 al budget secretary-treasurer. Ralph W. I<oose, Wabash; trustee of North Central college and Evan- | gelical theological seminary, Arth- ’ ur H. Doescher, Cleveland, 0..; edi- j tor and publisher of conference ' journal, Reuben H. Mueller of Ind-1 ’ ianapolis; ministerial member of i conference board of trustees, D. A. i Kaley, Indianapolis; lay member 1 on conference board of trustees. “ j Chiirles N. Schuler, Elkhart. / Members of the auditing commiti tee are P. F. Young. Wolcottville; i J. Samuel Pritchard. Syracuse; • Mann Shatto, Lakeville, and V. L. Palmer, Peru. The ministerial membership on -I the board of Christian education ; is composed of C. L. Haney, Elk- j ’ hart; George J. Long, Louisville; and Reuben A. Stauss, Hunting-1 (CONTTNITFTD ON PAGE TWO) 0 COMPROMISE ON BONUS DOUBTFUL Senate Leaders Concede Soldier Bonus Compromise Highly Doubtful Washington. May 4—(UP)—Sen- .; ate Democratic leaders conceded to- j , day that chances of working out a, , l compromise n t 1 ■ eoldier bonus! i qquestion were doubtful. Sen. Pat Purrieon. D.. Miss., con-: . I ceded that had the .senate voted yes-1 ' terdoy. administration forces would have been swept to defeat under a ! powerful bio.' of volet? built up by Sens. Huey P Long. D., La., and Elm r Thomas. D., Okla. The pending question is whether the .senate w’ill occept the Vinson-1 American Legion bonus payment i plan as a substitute for Harrison’s compromise. The vote will be taken Monday in the face of the administration warning that a (presidential vote definitely awaits tho Vinson measure. Harrison sounded the veto tilireat after the senate amended the bill by providing an appropriaion of $2,263 545.684 to pay the veterans’ adjusted service certificates in Its original form, the Vinson plan au- ( ti orlzzed immediate cash payment but did not specify how the money ( should be raised. “We’ll keep on with this thing | until the people veto all the veto- , ’ era" Sen. Ellison D. ('Cotton Ed) Smith, D„ S. C„ shouted in a vigor- , ous plea for enactment of the Patman $2.000,000,000 currency expan- . sion payment plan. i The senate accepted the amend- ; Im. nt by S n- Tom Connally, D„ . would reduce interest rates on ] (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) Meshberger Bros. Awarded Contract -1 Indianapolis, May 4.— <U.R) i Meshberger Brothers Stone com- < pany of Linn Grove was awarded late Friday the contract for wid- 1 ening the shoulder on 10 miles of < state road 9 from Marion to Mt. < Etna. The bid was $21,919. t

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, May 4, 1935.

“Kissing Bandit’s” Kin at Trial Hi * Ww ’ J Mrs. Vinita Stacey Neal Murray Mrs. Matt Stanley Three of the most interested spectators at the St. Paul trial of alleged members of the Karpis-Barker gang, accused of the $2D0,000 Bremer kidnaping, were Mrs. Vinita Stacey, left, sister; Mrs. Matt Stanley, right, sister-in-law, and Neal Murray, inset, son of Edna Murphy, “kiesing bandit,” one of the defendants.

DECATUR GIRLS NAMED WINNERS Mary Eichhorn And Mary Frances Dodd Poppy Poster Winners Mias Mary Eichorn, 731 Mercer avenue, pupil at the Central school | and Mies Mary Frances Dodd. 119 North Second street, Decatur fiiigh I school ipupil, were named winnere in the Poppy poster contest c-nn-ducted by the American Legion Auxiliary here. Each winner was awarded a prize of two dollars. The contest wae open to. grade and high school ipupils in the Decatur public and Catholic achooln and the Berne school. A large number of young people took part in the contest. Tine winning posters will be exhibited in the Decatur Democrat office window by May 15. Mrs. Walter Gladfl I Jir, general chairman announced today- Other postern submitted by the various pupils will ! also n A ou display in the downtown ! store windows on that date. Al- ! though the names did not >nppear on j the p. stere when judged, the entries I will be tagged while on display. The 'preliminary judging was ■conducted Thursday witfii the final judging by Miss Ka iryn Kauff.nan. Mre. Walter Gladfelter and Dr. Burt (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) O 5 ARE KILLED i IN EXPLOSION Children Playing With Matches Set Fire To Gasoline Can Poughkeepsie, N. Y„ May 4. — (U.R)~ Fire started by children playing with matches near an open gasoline can swept through three buildings in the heart of the city's business section Friday, taking the lives of five persons. All but two of the victims were children. The buildings were four-story apartment houses with stores on I the street level. Firemen spent nearly an hour controling the blaze so that the bodies of tnose who perished could be removed. The dead: Edward and Mary Seifts, their two children, Joan, 3, and Rose Marie, and Shirley Elmore. 7. The gasoline can near which the youngsters were playing with matches exploded with a terrific detonation. The flames spread so fast the residents of nearby buildings were ordered to evacuate. Police officials ordered every available man to the scene.

Brothers Given Jail Sentences — 1 Bluffton. May 4—Harve Ladig. | 33, and his brother Walter, 24. were sentenced by Judge J. F. Decker in circuit court hero to ’ J the stale prison at Michigan City and the reformatory al Pendleton. , respectivelyfi having la*?!) found I guilty by a jury late yesterday of second degree burglary for hav- . Ing broken into a building on the John Fraithiger farm near I'nionN dale to steal chickens. The term in each instance, as fixed by statute, is 3 to Ift yeare. The jury's ; verdict disfranchises them for 10 years. TO BUILD MODEL HOMES IN STATE Construction A Part Os National Program Sponsored By FHA Indianapolis, May 4 — Tentative plans for the construction of at : least thirty Model Homes in IndiI ana cities, as part of a national program sponsored by the Federal Housing Administration for the building of 1.000 or more Model Homes throughout the country this j spring, were announced today by R. Earl Peters, state FHA director. The Federal Housing Administration in Washington has designated ' June 15 as National Better Housing Day, Mr. Peters said, and on that day it is planned that ground shall be broken simultaneously for! all the 1,000 or more Model Homes. President Roosevelt will be asked to take part in a nationwide cere- i mony, with local ground-breaking I ceremonies in every city where, one or more Model Homes are to I be built. “On the basis of population, Indiana’s share in tins movement would be twenty-eight Model Hom- ; es.” Mr. Peters said. "From reports already received from FHA county i 'chairmen and field representatives we are confident that at least thir-; ty will be built in this state, and we are only beginning our investigation of the possibilities. I “The first report of a Model Home to be constructed as part of this program in Indiana came from i (CONTINUED GN PAGE THREE) L - —* NOTICE To Water Consumers | i I Water service will be shut j off between the hours of 12 | | noon and 3 p. m. Sunday for I ,| repairs in plant. It is possible I | a low pressure service may be ’ : maintained. Chas. Brodbeck, supt. I ♦ ♦

OBSERVANCE OF YOUTH WEEK IS CLOSED FRIDAY Youth Day In Citizenship ( loses With Mass Meeting Friday Decatur's annual observance of | National Youth Week closed Frii day afternoon, with a mass meet-! ! ing of grade pupils from the Cen- ' tral and St. Joseph’s schools at ’ the Catholic school auditorium, in | recognition of Youth Day In Cltizj enship. A picnic for the Girl Scouts and | I Boy Scouts, scheduled to be held at the Hanna-Nuttman park today., was cancelled because of the heavy rains of this week. Today was to I be known as Youth Day out-of-: doors. Friday afternoon’s program opened witli the entire audience sing-, ing America. Rev. Father J. J. : Hennes, co-chairman, presiding at the meeting, then introduced Miss : Eleanor Pumphrey, co-chairman , named by the Woman'll club- Miss I I Pumphrey spoke briefly on the pur-: j pose of the Youth Day in Citizenship. Walter Krick, superintendent of ! the Decatur ptfblic schools, talked |on Citizenship and Youth in the: , School. Musical selections were present- ! ' ed by the boys’ glee club, the girls' . glee club, and a mixed chorus. Father Hennes then presented awards won by the girls and boys in individual athletic events. A complete list of these winners was published in the Daily Democrat Saturday. April 27. The Boy Scout Court of Honor was then conducted by Father Hennes. Scouts of the four Deca- : tur troops who were honored at the meeting are as follows: Second Class Scouts advanced from tenderfoot to second class, with their troop number, are—Herb Banning, Edward Beavers, and Billy Buck, | troop 62; James Skiles, troop 63; ! Art Baker. Paul Brunton, Norbert | Lose. Paul Schmitz, Vincent Tan- | vas. John Terveer. James Wem- , hoff and William Voglewede, troop ,64. First Class Scouts advanced from second class to first class— Fred Parson.: ' Richard Ham n nd and Frank Krick, troop 62; Robert Porter,! ! troop 63. Merit Badges Scouts awarded merit badges; . are: Bill Brown, troop 61. swimming; Lewis Beery, troop 61, cyd- , ing and pathfinding; Robert Brod-’ neck, troop 61, scholarship; Guy 1 1 Koos, troop 61, gardening; Robert, 1 Maloney, troop 61. gardening, per- ■ —-— I (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) O DEMOCRAT HEADS TO BE HONORED Huntington To Honor Pleas Greenlee, Cliff Townsend And Omer Jackson Friday A three-fold celebration, honoring Pleas Greenlee. Secretary to : Governor Paul V. McNutt, Clifford ’ Townsend, Lieutenant-Governor of Indiana and Omer Stokes Jackson, I Democratic State Chairman, will ! mark a Fifth District Democratic ’ rally in Huntington on Friday. May 10. The Huntington County Democratic Central Committee and affiliated political organizations will I act as hosts in the affair. The fea- | tures of the meeting will be a banquet to be served at 6:30 p. m.. in the Masonic Temple at which all three of the honored guests will speak. Glenn Griswold, congressman from the Fifth District and other Democratic leaders and state officials have promised to .be present, in addition to the three honored guests. More than 500 persons are expected to attend. Particular interest in the affair is developing due to the fact that political gossip has hailed all three of the guests as potential gubernatorial timber in 1936. Reservations for the banquet can be made through Nathan Nelson, local Democratic county chairman, or writing direct to G. Donnelly Sullivan, City Scalos Bldg, Huntington, Indiana.

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Russel Vanette Is Assessed Fine Russel Vanette plead guilty to a charge of vagrancy before Judge Huber M. DeVoss in the Adams circuit court Friday afternoon. He was fined $5- Vanette. with Jeeee Jauregui were arrested Monday. Jauregui has been released from the Adams county jail where the 1 men had been held since their arrest. KOKOMO GIVEN M.E. MEETING 1936 Methodist Episcopal Conference To Be Held At Kokomo Both the Rev. and Mrs. H. R. Carson of the Decatur Methodist Episcopal church will appear on the concluding programs of the I annual conference of the North Indiana M. E. churches now in i session in Fort Wayne. Mrs. Carson was the principal I epeaker at the banquet of the Ministers Wives and Widows association in the Trinity M.E. church , at noon today. Mrs. Edgar Blake, ! wife of the presiding bishop conducted the devotions and Mrs. McDowell gave numbers on the harp. Rev. Carson will be the guest preacher at the Sunday morning . service at the Wayne S reet M. E. church, of which Dr. E. Burns Martin is the pastor. Bishop Blake will preach in the i Em boy d Theatre at 10 o'clock Sunday morning. The afternoon i program will be at First Church | and Bishop Waldorf will speak in ' the evening at the North Side ■ I high school auditorium. Th" con i ' ■ ference will close Monday. • I The Main Street Methodist church at Kokomo, of which Rev. ! Allen B. Rice is pastor, was sue- 1 ceesful in getting the conference | ■ to select his church for the 1936 ' conference sessions. There were no other bids for tho next meeting place. The ministers and laymen in a united session Friday afternoon voted to create an advisory board consisting of one minister and 'lone layman from each district ! which will confer on matters of I conference affairs with the bishop I and his cabinet of district super- : Intendents between meetings of ' the annual conference. . Directors and trustees were api pointed by the conference. Rev. I C. A Hile of OfGian was appoint- ’ i ed one of the directors of the Ep- : worth League institute foundation. I Rev. Carson was appointed to a ! committee on new church toitations for the conference. The Epworth Forest assembly of the church located at I-ake Webster announced i s tentative plans for the program at the institute grounds this summer from July 7 to 14. i The delegates requested that the 1936 sessions open during the . week of April 19. It was ruled that the next fiscal year of th-? conference will end April 30, 1936. Regular K. Os C. Meeting Monday The regular meeting of the K I of C. lodge will be held Monday night at eight o'clock. o Merle Ellenherger Purchases Property Merle Ellenherger Friday purchased the Ira Fuhrman property at the corner of Fifth and Madison streets Friday. This is one of the better homes in Decatur. Mr. Ellenberger plans to live in the house with his mother. The deal was completed through Roy Johnson and Charles Stitzer. Friedheim Church To Honor Pastor The Zion Lutheran congregation at Friedheim in Adams county will celebrate Sunday, May 12, the 50th anniversary of the ordination of pastor, the Rev. C. B. Preuss. A chicken dinner will be served by the ladies of this congregation. The public is invited to attend. Rev. Preuss has been pastor at the Freidheiin church for 42 years.

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DISAGREEMENT OVER POLICIES BRINGS REPLY Controversy Raging Over Success Os New Deal Policies Washington. May 4 <U.R) smouldering disagreement between the administration and big business organizations flared today into a blazing controversy involving success of Ute new deal. President Roosevelt dropped his policy of conciliation to strike forcefully at business organizations which he said misrepresent the views of those whom they claim to speak for. He refused to believe business and industry generally had deserted the new deal. Although lie did not mention the U. S. chamber of commerce directly. his press conference remarks were pointedly directed at that organization’s adoption of resolutions harshly criticizing his administration. The National Association of Manufacturers likewise has been critical. The chamber of commerce in session here this week roundly denounced the new deal and d* 1 manded abandonment of many features of the President’s recovery and reform program. The President spanked the chamber of commerce by failing to follow his precedent of either addressing it or sending a message. The President indicated in plain but forceful langquge that he felt strongly on the subject. His prompt acceptance of the challenge was expected to have several results: 1. It could serve to divide sent--1 Iment within the business organ- ! izations and pexhaps create a fac- ' tion opposing their present leadership. 2. It invited renewed confidence from “liberal" groups which might have felt that the White House was swinging too far toward the right. 3. It showed that the President. while striking out at ‘‘organized" business thought, does not Intend to give the impression of alienating all business and industrial interests. 4. It clarified the situation for 1936 and opened the way for a reiteration of Mr. Roosevelts 1932 pledges in behalf of "the forgotten man.” 5. It gave an opportunity for independent business men to weigh their opposition and determine whether they intend to carry along with the powerful business organizations or accept the President’s views as more nearly expressive of their own opinions. The President referred to chamber of commerce (speeches censoring tlie new deal as glittering generalities containing no mention of the human side of the picture. Ironically, he added that this was scarcely a constructive contribution. Fl WAYNE MEN UNDER ARREST Federal Agents, State Police Stage Liquor Raid In Noble County Wawaka, Ind., May 3 — (U.R) — Franklin G. Hauk, 35. and Mike Osman. 25, both of Fort Wayne, are being held in the Noble county jail at Albion on a charge of manufacture and possession of untaxed liquor following a raid by federal agents and state police on the farm of Frank Knepper, one mile north of here yesterday. Knepper was arrested but released upon his own recognizance. Two 50 gallon stills, 24 barrels of mash and 500 gallons of liquor were found during the raid on a vacant house on the farm. The raid was the first staged under U. S. district attorney James R. Fleming’s recent declaration of war against contraband liquor law violators in the northern Indiana district. Suit will be filed in federal court next week. Fleming said, to forfeit Knepper’s farm and farm property. This action is to be taken as a warning to other violators of the federal liquor laws.