Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 33, Number 110, Decatur, Adams County, 8 May 1935 — Page 1

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■council ■s PLAN FOR Bites sights SHvlcm |H |,|G ' i<le |Mit Tinies More Here . oip HI W.n • "nil elreet. j a < k<cii Jrffeisuli ■Kra:>.. ’ . ‘Gina system anil th>> t;,„ , moved that i the ,f th. -t.mdards ■K7 |HK -.... •• ornamental equipped with two i i .. equal uphe 18 feet, atilt, from the the hithrn to the base ■ ; posts and iidits replace the • • single light -'ni.i'' i 'hat the cost "..••• and s7.mm. ' -'mg the The present circuit not heavy carry th" proposed adand new cable vih be installed. - nt will pay th" cost of inthe circuit, less any the citv can obtain the piiii.ii. works allotFERA labor. ><, i of tlte most modern and sßr to-tiling systems ' i ■■ prosent light > i.imile power each. '!■«■ <\<trin each post jflß ur approximately eight - itioti than the |M| single standards. ■iibbery to beautify city And Dumping Bounds To Be BeautiSfied This Spring |^B first planting of shrubbery E^B nI of the c jty dumping I oa ''Cfth Second street. Place this spring, Council Elz y. chairman of t.'ie |K r ' c ininiitti-e, informed the last -evening. has purchased SSO w rth and most of it will be n front of the dumping to hid-- the place from committee is also preIBJ"’ 1 Gasoil s activities in th? of Le.gi on Memorial |B* t Cf Works parks. Shrubbery R ct cut anc | arrangements mode with the two 1 ,<al f or fj-.g furnishing of ■, and for the beds in rks - Mr. Elzey stated. of corotru.-ting a. ceP ™ t 0 house the valves of th' running froni the city e reservoirs, was referr6watftr committee with . ac ‘- At present it is neceslg up valves every few oraer t 0 make repairs. An was giv3n Gt Er> PAGE SEVEN) fetal Day Here Sunday, May 12 Wi " b** observed at ■adj ,?" nly memorial hospi Bath nai w ln keeping with ■ ' iron»k H ° spital r,; .y observKanad Unlt<!d States BfiX that < tay. Biten ! !h p Pltman ' R N - Kie hoard °J ’ he local ho3pit B«n h»» tr,listeefl of the inhna e J nvlte<l th e public to ■ ' hospital Sunday.

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j Votes Conservative 1 F ® flfj SBgji S Important significance was at- ' taehed to the decision of the United States supreme court, by ( u five to four vote, declaring | unconstitutional the federal rail- , road retirement act. because of ( the switch by Justice Owen J. . Roberts, above, to the side of the i _ i four court members popularly , I classified as conservatives. ' , 11 CITY TO BUILD HOMESTEAD LINE; jl Mayor Is Authorized To Sign Contract For Line Extension The city council Tuesday night . authorized Mayor Arthur R. Holt- ' house to sign a contract for the I city with the Subsistence Home- . steads Division of the United States Department of the”aterior relative ta the erection and maintenance of the electric light and telephone poles and wires at the homesteads. The contracts were written by: the government and were submitted to the city through Ferd L. bitterer, attorney. The major provisions are that i the city be permitted to erect light ' poles along a route which runs behind the houses. This has already been done. To eliminate the necesi sity of a duplicate set of poles and . wires the contract provides that i the city shall permit the stringing 1 of telephone wires to the poles. The city inserted a clause into ; the contract which would require i the government or purchasers of i the individual lots to leave the I poles up for a period of at least 2(T years. The council also agreed to enter into contract with the Citizens Telephone company by which in j return for $l5O the telephone company would be permitted to hang ita wiree to the city poles. The telephone company will be given a one-fourth undivided interest in the poles and agree to pay onefourth of the cost of maintenance. M. J. Mylott. superintendent of the city light and power plant ex-1 plained that the telephone company’s wires would require only about one-fourth of the poles and other equipments. Fee Is Guaranteed A letter was read to the council from Austin A. Watrous, project manager, of the Decatur homesteads. This stated that the government would guarantee the pat ment of $5 per house at the hometCONTTNITEn ON PAGE THREE) Passed Counterfeit Money, Is Released A Tan. whose name was withheld by offisf'ilfl. wan arrested Tuesday afternoon after h-e had been charged with W ssing a counterfeit half I dollar. He was searched by sheriff ; Dalia* Brown, who found a gun in his clothing. The -man hod no permit to carry h’-e gun with him. He stated that ! th? permit was at his home. Sheriff Brown released him i-fter a eearch I of his pockets disclosed no counterfeit money. The officials were confident that be was the victim of cfrcumtstancee and laid passi d tle imioney without knowing that it waa counterfeit.

TWO BILLION !' EAR-MARKED > FOR RELIEF — Eight Types of Projects i Ear-Marked For Immediate Work — Washington, May B.—(U.R) —President Roosevelt launched his drive I to end unemployment today with ear-marking of $2,000,000,000 of the i work-relief fund. The sum will be apportioned as i specified by congress and will be i ready for expenditure Just as soon 1 as the projects for the eight types of work named are approved. The -projects embrace highway construction, grade crossing elim- [ ination, rural rehabilitation, rural ■ elecrification, low-cost housing. I sanitation and soil erosion control,! the CCC, and similar activities of a public nature. The remaining $2,000,000,000 of the $4,880,000,000 appropriated will | be held in reserve to be thrown into the spending breach if the program lags behind the announced schedule of ending dole relief by I July 1. 1986. He previously had [ ear marked $380,000,000 for direct | relief until his program can be placed into full operation. Announcement of plans to spend I $2,000,000,000 immediately was I made by Frank C. Walker, director t of the national emergency council,, after a four-hour White House con-1 ference in which 20 allotment board officials participated. The sums ear-marked were: 1. Highways, roads, streets, and ■ (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) MEMBERSTALK | TO LIONS CLUB Walter Krick, Dr. Ben Duke And Roy Mumma Talk On Vocations Walter J. Krick, superintendent I of the public schools, Dr. Ben i Duke and Roy Mumma addressed, the regular meeting of the Decatur Lions Club at the Rice Hotel! Tuesday night. This program was in keeping with the new practice of the club of calling on the various members , , of the organization each month to speak for a limited time on their vocations. Mr. Krick told of the progress ■ of the educational system, of its achievements, of how the newer system sought out the cause for. every unfavorable act of a stu-1 dent' and then of its progress in | correction of delinquency. | He said academically an effort, was made to give the school work in an a'tractive story form. Mr. Krick told of the progress in sciences through actual applica- ' tion of its di«coveries. Dr. Duke told why he chose medicine as a profession, and I spoke generally of the doctors varied experiences, of how that ' group of professional people see the joy of a new birth and then the sadness of lifeVs ending. Roy Mumma told how and why he chose to be in the lumber business. He stated he had served in variousi capacities .a.'f an apprentice and finally of the thrill a lumber merchant had in providing the lumber for the home of the newlyweds XoNTTNTTED ON PAGE SEVEN) I — —-C— ' ( Appelman Grocery Being Remodeled The interior of the 'Appelman Grocery, corner of Monroe and Sev- ' enth streets is being remodeled. A new floor i-s being placed in the store. An electric refrigerator is also being installed, including a dienlav ca«e for me ta and perishable ford products. Counters ore also Deing rearranged. Whil the new refrigerator was being unloaded. George Appelman. senior member of the firm, had his left foot injured. A roller under the refrigerator caught the side of his foot and severely injured it.

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, May 8, 1935.

Decatur Policemen Blossom Out In New Shiny Uniforms This Morning

With the first sunshiny May day. Decatur’s policemen 'blossomed out in trig and stylish new uniforms. Chief of Police Seph Melchi and Senior Officer Ed Miller appearing on the street in regulation blue whip-cord outfits this morning. The uniforms include puttees and the flashy Sam Brown belts with holster attached. New caps, known as the New York policeman’s cap, top off the officers. Officer Floyd Hunter will wear his uniform tonight. The fourth otlcer will order his outfit in the near future. The officers were receiving hundreds of comments today from citizens. It seemed that the public thrilled to the fine appearance of the policemen, groomed in the new uniforms. ’ The uniforms were made to ASK CITY BUY BIGHT OF WAY City Council Is Requested To Extend North Tenth Street Ralph Rice. Root township trusi tee, and a group of men requested ’ the city council Tuesday to pur- ( chase a right of way which would permit the extension of Tenth street north of Washington street i to the River road. Mr. Rice stated that the coun y I commissioners had agreed to build the road if the city would I obtain the land. He etated that ! the road is on the city corporaI tion and township line but that his township was without funds I to purchase the ground, which is priced at about S2OO. The matter was referred to the , city street and sewer committee. However, Mayor Holthouse stated that the city has no funds appro- ‘ printed for such purposes this ' year. One of the benefits of the new j street, Mr. Rice said, would be that it would remove a portion of the heavy traffic of beet trucks j in the fall going to the Central ' Sugar company, from Fifth street. The proposed street would intersect the river road at a point just I west of the Pennsylvania tracks. It would also provide a more direct route into town for the Root township school buses and would eliminate the necessity of crossing a railroad at an unguarded point. o 13 CANDIDATES ARE INITIATED Loyal Order of Moose Observe 21st Anniversary Os Founding A class of 13 candidates was initiated into the Decatur chapter of the Loyal Order of Moose Tuesday evening >it the lodge come on North Second street. The ritualistic ceremonies were splendidly exemplified by the Fort Wayne degree team, recognized es one of the leading degree and drill teams in thia section of the country. Last night’s meeting also was the 21st anniversary of the founding of the Decatur lodge. Minutes of the first meeting of the lodge were read by Charles Heore, present secretary i ,nd a list of members who have served as dictator since the founding was mad by the secretary. Following tihe initiation ceremonies, William Anderson, Indianapolis, supreme prelate, sipoke on the purpose and aims of the Loyal Order of Moose. Mr. Anderson (particularly stress'd the gretit work being done by the Moose lodge in maintaining the splendid home or the widows and orphans of members of Mooseheart, •Illinois. He also praised the Decatur lodge for its ability to carry on through the days of depression and for its present work in increasing the membership of the order. Following the imieeting, a free lunaheon was served to the local and visiting members.

order through the Peterson & Everhart clothing store. They were received this morning and officers Melchi and Miller immediately "dressed up.” The policemen pay for their own uniforms, the city purchasing the belts and holsters and a few of the accessories. When appointments were made by Mayor Holthouse the first of the year, the officers voluntereed to purchase new uniforms with the idea of giving Decatur a well , groomed police force. Mayor ; Holthouee expressed his pleasure this morning and complimented the policemen on their neat and good looking appearance. The uniforms include breeches and regular long trousers, the latter to be worn in extreme hot weather. — I Arrest Seven Men As Auto Thieves ' Chicago M.iy B—(UP)— Seven man charged with recent thefta of automobiles and acceseoriee were; held to the grand jury today by . Judge Joseph A. Graber. I Top 1 bonds of $480,000 were set for three, wiio confessed to 73 robberies and the theft of two automobiles. They are William Heaton 35. Howard Woodham, 20. and Hol-1 I I lis Trevelyan. 17. Thomas Oman, 20, and William Reynolds of South Bend, Ind , were I ! bound over for aut :mobile theft and | others bound over were Gliriimirl Nowicki, 18. and John Gorel. 20, ■ charged with stripping 35 automo- , biles. o— BIBLE SCHOOL ( I OPENS MAY 27 I Decatur Vacation Bible School Will Run For Four Weeks 1 — ! ’’ Plans for the 1955 Decatur Vaca-' ’ i tion Bible school are being complet--1 ed, it wa*s announced today by Rev.! 1 i C. M. Prugh, the dean of the school. • i The committee, consisting of Rev. ' | Prugh. Rev. 11. R- Cansen, and Rev. ■ G. O. Walton, hl is been investigat- ' ing the possibility of inaugurating ' an entirely new curriculum for the ! 'school this year- It is now definite--1 ly assured that an entirely new set Oif courses will be offered, the moet modern and up-to-date text books being purchased to replace the ones in use for the ipast several ! years. “The materials and programs I are absolutely the newest and fin- | est that «an be purchased in the . general field of religious education today. There will 'be no duplication ' of courses offered in previous years." This was the statement of the comimittee in charge of the ' school. The sch ol will op n Monday morning, May 27, and will continue for four weeks, closing Friday. June 21. There will be ten classes in the I (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) , O II Board Considers Bids On Boilers The county commissioners were 1 pin session today tubulating blds on ‘ j the proposed new boilers at bhe ■ ■ county infirmary. A number of (bids ' have been submitted. The county council oip'propriated $3.5414) for the 1 improvement. At 2 o’clock this 1 afternoon the commissioners had not been able to determine the low bidder. o Program Given By Three Local Girls Three Decatur girls gave a program beore the Standard Oil Deal- ■ ers me ting at the Eagles hall In i Fort Wayne Tuesday night. > The program was: tap dance, Vlrl ginia Lee Kuhnle and Norma Kel- ,' ler; song and dance, Rosemary Fill- •; ieukamp and Donabelle Fenimore, i land acrobatic waltz, Virginia Lee I Kuhnle. : The chairmen of the im«aeting were: E- E. Sparks, Fort Wayne; > R. L. Jenkins of Peru; H. Hatha--1 way, New Haven, and W. J. Kuhnle, Decatur.

ILLINOIS AID CRISIS GROWS MORE SERIOUS Over 800,000 Men, Women And Children Facing Starvation Springfield, 111., May B—(U.R>—8 —(U.R>— j Illinois legislators, despairing of any relaxation in the governI nient’s refusal to carry on relief in the state, plunged into a new ha’tie today for funds to feed 350,000 hunger-driven families. The lawmakers fought against mounting reports of starvation and destitution throughout the state and the threat of another hunger march on the statehouse. Hundreds of men and women from disbanded dole lines, marchI ing behind banners "either feed ■us or shoot us,” swarmed over the capital grounds yesterday and announced that they would return in larger numbers unless; food is provided. i More than 860,000 men. women and children in 84 of the s ate s I 102 counties were without benefit ' of organized aid today, the eight!) . I since federal relief administrator ’ Harry L. Hopkins shut off FERA | funds un’il the legislatre provides $3,000,000 as its chare of unemployed relief. Private charities, struggling to provide food and milk for chil- | dren. reported that their meagre funds were exhausted in many I communities. The Illinois emergency relief commission, i'.s food depots padlocked, said hundreds of indigenta had entered "a state of suffering." Demonstrations broke out in several cities as the crisis approached its pitch. Five women, crying "give our j babies food," and six men were ' arrested in Chicago when police | broke up a demonstration in front of a closed relief station and a I (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) I o Policemen Answer Calls Last Night Night policemen Floyd Hunter and Adrian Coffee answered four calks last evening. No arreste were made. Two calls were made Lisa result of arguments in homes, one was to investigate prowlers in the vicinity of First street and the . other to investigate auspicious looking characters in an auto on West Monroe street. MAYOR BANGS | FOUND GUILTY — Huntington Mayor, Five City Employes, Guilty Os Contempt Huntington, Ind., May 8. —(U.R) — Mayor Clare W. H. Bangs and five employes of the municipal electric light plant were found guilty of contempt of court and assessed a total of $1,951 damages in Huntington circuit court today. The judgments were assessed by special Judge David C. Smith, Fort Wayne, for violation of a circuit court order restraining the city from extending its electric light j facilities to the commercial field. The injunction was granted on a petition of the Northern Indiana Power company, which also asked SIO,OOO damages against Mayor Bangs, five employes of the city plant and five consumers of city electrical energy. Judge Smith ruled that no dam* ages should be assessed against the consumers. He urged them to disconnect their lines to the city plant within five days. Immediately after Judge Smith announced his decision, attorneys for the power company demanded that Bangs and the other defendants be sent to jail until the judgments arc satisfied. The deirand brought forth a lengthy argument on both sides. After an hour's argument Judge Smith ruled that Mayor Bangs would have to post a bond of sl,(ICONTINUED ON PAGE THREE)

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Hail the Queen If ■ d a Youth and beauty won royal recognition when Ruth Martin Simpson, above, was crowned May Queen at the American university, Washington. D. C. WILL CONTEST CASE ON TRIAL — William Waggoner Will Contest On Trial In Circuit Court A suit to contest the will of William T. Waggoner was being tried before a jury in the Adams circuit ■ court today. The complaint was filed by the ! following persons: John A. lAta-' ! man, Orva Striker. Mary Lusk. Es'tella Deßolt. Charles Waggoner, I John Waggoner, Harvey Waggon- ' er, Alonso Waggoner, Archy Wag- ' goner, Harry Waggoner. Glenn Waggoner, Robert Stopher, Albert Stopher, Harvey Stopher, Frank | Stopher. Leotta Zintmaster, Opal I Biel, Hazel Stephenson, Celia L ! Shingle, Harry Zintmaster, Edwin ! Zintmaster. Henry Lhaman, Laura I Voorhees, Charles Stopher and ' Clem Stopher. i The following are named as defendants: Laban G. Gage, Edna ■Hedington. Dot Barr. Madge John-| i son, Elizabeth Lobsiger, Alfred Hollinger, Grace Bixler. Eli Bixler. Ella Sweaney, Julia Campbell, Jennie Smith, Martin Smith, Mina Bollenbaucher, Peter Bollenbauchi er, Wilma Meyer, Floyd Meyer, Russel Waggoner, Goldie Waggoner. William Waggoner, Clarence C. i Lehmaji, Clarence T. Lhaman. Isabell Hedington, George Hedington. Amand Miller, Mary W. Kerr, Harry Hecker, Edwin Hecker, Alice I | Stopher, Marion Wayne Stopher, | • Charles Lewis Stopher and Minerva Murphy. The complaint states that Wil- • liam T. Waggoner died in Adams i county on November 30, 1933. He I left surviving him one sister and i the following nieces and nephews: i Orva Striker. Mary Lusk, John A. Lhaman, Estella Deßolt, Charles Waggoner, John Waggoner, Garfield Waggoner. Harvey Waggoner, Alonso Waggoner, Archy Waggoner, Harry Waggoner, Glenn Waggoner, Robert Stopher, Albert . Stopher, Harvey Stopher. Frank I Stopher, Laura Voorhees, Charles I Stopher. Henry Lhaman and Clem Stopher. and the following children (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) 0 Local Woman At Annual Meeting Mrs. C. E. Bell, treasurer of the j East Central missionary board of the Baptist church is in Terre Haute this week, attending the annual meeting. Mrs. Bell has been treasurer o the society for the past seven years. o Decatur People To Attend Services Several members of the local I. O. O. F. and Rebekah lodges will attend Rev. Paul Rader's Tabernacle services at Fort Wayne next Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock, DST. The service will be in observance of Mothers’ Day and is sponsored by the Fort Wayne Odd Fellows and Rabelkah lodges. Tihe program will also be broadcast over radio station WOWO,

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ROOSEVELT IS EXPECTED TO VETO MEASURE Patman Inflationary Bonus Bill Is Passed By Senators Wat-Kington, May 8 — (UP) The Patman bonus bill wag tied up in the senate today by a maneuver designed to protect from a speedy presidential veto that might catch its supporters off guard. Senator Elmer Thomas. Democrat, Oklahoma, directed the movement as a means of delaying action until several Patmanites can be present to vote to override the certain veto. — Washington, May B—(U.R)—The8 —(U.R)—The powerful American Legion lobby today rallied its supporters in a campaign to override President Roosevelt’s expected veto on the fatman inflationary bonus bill in both senate and house. Administration leaders wero confident the senate would sustain the veto, but Legion leadersstaked everything on bringing sufficient presence on wavering I senators before the bill Is re- ■ turned, to assure victory. Although the Legion had supI i-orted the more orthodox Vinson | bill, the din of the final senate roll call approving the Patman | bill had hardly died when Frank N. Belgrano. national commander, announced that the Legion’s full support was behind the Patman measure. Belgrano said the Legion hoped the President would not use his veto power, but if he does, Belgrano indicated the Legion was I working to override it. Leaders conceded the house i prooably will overrida Ute veto, but said they were “certain" of enough votes to block a twothirds majority necessary for similar action in the senate. They anticipated a veto within the next , 10 day<s. Speaker Joseph W. B'yrns pre- ; dieted that the Patman measure would pass the house over the President’s veto but with a substantial reduction from the 318 to 90 majority by which the measure was first adopted. "However,” Byrne said. “I believe all indications are that the Patman bill will be defeated in the senate on an attempt to pass it over a veto." Majority Leader Joseph T. Robinson said: “I don’t believe the senate will override a, veto. The vote on the Patman bill indicates that." The vote on the Patman bill ((CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) WILL CONSIDER LABOR MEASURE Wagner Labor Disputes Bill Will Be Brought Before Senate Washington, May 8 — (U.R) —A tentative program giving the controversial Wagner labor disputes bill a definite place in the senate order of business was decided upon today in a surprise meeting of the Democratic steering committee. Majority leader Joseph T. Robinson called the senate Democratic leaders together in an efscramble which had developed j fort to settle the free-for-all among sponsors of different bills at conclusion of work on the bonus measure. While it was emphasized that some changes might be made if development® warrant, the program was listed in the following order: 1. The Norrie TVA bill, amending the Tennessee valley act to broaden powers for sale of power and purchase of private utilities. 2. The NRA resolution extending the NRA umtil April 1, 1936. 3. The Wagner labor disputes bill. Since the social security and utility bills are on the Whit House preferred list, a place would be found for them if they came from commUtee® before the three pending measures are disposed of.