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Rev. C. B. Preuss To Be Honored In Special Services At Church Sunday

The Zion Evangelical Lutheran congregation of Friedheim, teven miles northwest of Decatur in Ad ants county, will honor its pastor, the Rev. C. B. Preuss, j n two special services, Sunday, May 12. The anniversary of the occasion marks the completion of Rev. Preuss' 50th year of continuous service in the ministry of the Missouri Synod of the Lutheran church. Rev. Preuss will retire from active work in the ministry on the day marking the completion of his i 50th year of service. His success- , or will be called at a special voters I meeting which will be held on Friday evening. May 17. This meetI ing will be in charge of the Rev. Karl Wyneken, visitor for the cir-1 1 cuit. Two special speakers have been , invited for the celebration. The Rev. F. A. Kiess of Toledo, Ohio. ’ will deliver the sermon in the morning service, and the Rev. C. A. Rook of Battle Creek, Michigan,' will preach the anniversary sermon in the afternoon service. Both speakers are well known to the members of this parish. Rev. Kiess Is a native of the Friedheim congregation, and received his early I schooling in the parochial school , of. that church. He was also confirmed there. Special music by the children of ! the day school of the congregation under the direction of Professor Nielson, teacher of the school, and the mixed choir of the Bethlehem ' Lutheran church of Fort Wayne. ; under the direction of Professor G. I M. Schmidt wil add beauty and impressiveness to the services. Solos

Welty Child Dies At Berne Today Lewio Daniel Welty, four year Id eon of Mr. and Mrs. Arvine Welty of Berne, died at 8:30 o’clock thM morning- Jfre child ltdLpieen ill -sine.' Saturday from streptococcic infection. The parents and a sister, Ruth Ann. 19 months, survive Funeral arrangements h»ive not been completed but will prob bly ibe held . Sunday aft rn-oon. o LIECHTY BROS. LOWBIDDERS Berne Firm Submits Low Bid For Heating System At Infirmary Liechty Brothers of Berne were tentatively awarded the contract tor installing a new heating sysI tern at the county infirmary by the board of commissioners Wednesday afternoon. Their bid was $3,189. They will be required to draw up a detailed account of the materials they I expect to use and to submit it to ’the architect for final approval. Four contractors bid on the work. A number of alternates and different combinations of equipment were submitted and considered. Liechty Brothers bid was for two boilers but only one stoker. Their bid was $3,739 with two stokers. They agre?d to deduct $550 if only one stoker was used. [ Other bids were as foiows: A. J. j Moser & Company of Berne, two stokers. $3,924. one stoker. $3,349; Industrial Piping and Engineering company, two stokers. $3,667, one stoker, $3,240; Schwegman, Witte I company of Fort Wayne, two stok|ers, $3,929.74; one stoker. $3,487.74. Bids were also filed by G. <’■ I Baumgartner of Berne and 1 ost Brothers of Decatur for the construction of a re-enforced concrete coal bin and a stock watering tank. These could not be considered je- ! cause of the size of the appropriiation. . , The commissioners found that the appropriation voted by the county council for the purpose of repairing the (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) —O Mrs. Reinchield Is Reported Recovering Mrn. Lester Reinchield of Fort Wayne, who underwent an operation at th? kcal hoapitnl Friday morning. A.pril 26, for correction of an inverted vstotnuch. was able to s up for a half hour today. The operation was successfully (performed by Dr. C. Ray an Dr. Floyd Grandstuff of this city. .

•;». "- ~ will also be sung by the Rev. August F. C. Btiuek, a native of the i Friedheim congregation, and Har-1 old Nouffer, a student at Concordia college. A large tent has been erected in the rear of the church to accomo- i date the large number of people i that are expected to participate in the celebration. The tent will also ] be used to serve a dinner at noon, under the direction of the Ladies Aid society of the congregation. | The ladies expect to serve several thousand people cafeteria style. Rev. Preuss was born on August 18, 1860 in Brandenburg. Germany. < He is the eldest son of Christian F. and Mary (Schoenemann) Preuss, who were born and mar<CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

BERNE SCHOOL JANITOR DIES Daniel Winteregg Dies At I His Home In Berne Wednesday Night I D.niel Wintaregg. 67, janitor of, ; the Berne schools for 32 years, died at his home in Berne Wednesday j night at 11 o'clo.ik of streptococcic I intecticn nnd heart disease. Mr. Winteregg was janitor at the I school building at the time he be--1 came ill. He wao ii former member I, of the B?rne t wn council and was I a m.'mber of the M nnonite cihurch. He was born in Wayne county. Ohio on September 19, 1967, a son iof David nnd Mary Winteregg. On March 19, 1893 he wan married to | 'Caroline Gilliom. The couple spent j j their-entire married life in Berne.) ■I Survivors include the widow and ) : the following children: Mrs. Leslie, ■‘Stucky, Berne; Mrs- Harry Stoner,) ! I Centralia, Illinois; 'lvan Winteregg' •| of VnnNess, California; Earl Win- ' Bregg. Los Angeles, California. I i Two brothers. John Winteregg of ■ Berne and Joe Winteregg of Lisbon, ’ North Dakota, also survive. Two ’ sons, three sisters and a (brother are deceased. ’ Funeral services will be held Sat-1 1 urday afternoon ut 1:30 o'clock ut "(th? home and at 2 o'clock at the I ■ Mennonite church. Burial will be in the M. R. E. cemetery. i o — PAY HONOR TO BRITISH KING Lords And Commons Pay Tribute To King George V Today London. May 9 -(UP)- King ’ George V.. hits lords spiritual and • temporal, and .members of the hotis? of commons exchanged congratulations today that in a world ’ shaken by revolution the British Empire stands firm as its Rock of [Gibraltar. ‘ | The King and Queen rode in. state : procession to Westminister Hall—the hall of Parliament—to receive congratulations of the Lords and Commons and tibe high court judges on the King's 25th anniversary as , Monarch. ■ They rode past the window, in Whitehall, in front of which 284. years ago, Charles ,| was beheaded j %v the victorious CrontwelUans. Lord Sankey, the Lord High Chancellor, addressed the king in b o half of the lords and captain EdI ward A. Fitzroy, speaker of the ’ house of commons, repraaanted the ON PAGE SEVEN)

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, May 9, 1935.

ASK IMMEDIATE RETURN FILING Assessors Ask Early Filing of Taxpayers’ Sheets And Schedules Although May 15 is the last day fixed by law for making personal' property assessments and for tax payers to file their schedules and I balance sheets with the township [ assessors or County Assessor K. J. Worthman. a request was made by the officials today to have them filed by May 10. John Cline, son of Washington township assessor Jay Cline, is looking after his father's work at ' the court house. Mr. Cline fell and I fractured his right hip several weeks ago. Deputy Washington l township assessors E. A. Beavers and Lee Stults are sorting the i schedule blanks, preparatory to making up the records. Property owners who have not yet been assessed and those who had the blanks left with them by the assessors, are requested to get them in at once. The Washington township assessor and the deputies are located in the county commissioner's room in the auditor's office. County dog taxes must be paid by May 15. County assessor Worth(CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) _O— Select Jury P’or Will Contest Case The case in which John A. Lhaman and others are attempting to have the will of the late William T. Waggoner declared invalid continued today with little possibility ! that it would be concluded this afternoon. The defendants, Laban G. Gage and others began the examination of their witnesses this afternoon. The members of the" jury are: Carl Adler, David Roth, Floyd Ehrman, Ray Nidelinger. Ivan Roth. William Harding. Ernest Buuck, J. W. Meibers, Walter Reppert, Reuben Roiney, Ernest Tumbleson, and Edwin Kruckeberg. CONTINUANCE OF APPEAL SOUGHT — Remonstrators to Wabash River Dredge Seek Court Continuance Attorney Herman Myers and Phil Sauer, county commissioner, this morning served notice on the attorneys in Portland for the petitioners of the Wabash drain that a peti-| tlon for a continuance of the brief will ibe filed in the state supreme court where an appeal is now pending. The county was among the remonstrators to th- proposed dredging of t'be Wabash river, which suit was beard before special Judge Henry ) KJster of Princeton several months ■ i ago. Judge Kister decided against i the remonstrators. The case w> s appealed to the, state supreme court by the remcn-. strators. A rule which must be fol-1 lowed by parties appealing cases to j I this court is that they furnish print- j I ed copies of the testimony. County Attorney Henry B. Heller j ) prepared the brief and the work of having it set in type was begun.) Later it was found that there was | a possibility that federal funds : might be obtained to do the work.) The preparing of the printed brief was suspended until it can be discovered whether the government will make an appropriation for the ditching. The brief must be filed in the state supreme court by May 15 unless a continuance is obtained or the appeal will not be considered. The notice to the attorneys for the petitioners was tihe first step in asking for a continuance. A hearing must ibe held on this. Nothing definite has been learned from the government cowerning the possiUity of getting federal funds. o Regular Legion Meeting Monday lAdams post No. 43 of the American L gion will meet in regular session at the bill on South Second street Monday evening at 8 o’clock. All memibers are urged to be present.

1 Decatur Boy Takes Scholarship Exam I Paul F. Woods, local boy partici- ! pated in the first flight exam Ina-j tion of a eebolanship award made ) annually to some Indiana male high school senior by Grain Dealers National Mutual Fire Insurance Com- ' pany of Indianapolis. This is the fifth year of the award end in that ' period of time over twenty-five i hundred boys have taken the exaI imlnatlon. The scholarship is for $500.00 and i given with the idea in mind that I I young men may prepare for ibusl-, ness as they would for tiny other | | (profession. The sum provides for all expenses during the winner's first | ( year In any college of his choice in tihe state, providing he takes a course in commerce, finance or business administration. CITY OFFICIALS ATTEND MEETING Decatur City Officials Attend Municipal League Meeting Several city officials, including Mayor A. R. Holthouse, City Attorney H. 11. Myers ' nd Councilmen H. M. Gillig and Andrew Appelman, attended the spring conference of the ilndlana Municipal League in Muncie last evening. Paul Fry, 'State excis? director spoke at one of the sessi ns. Mr. Fry stated that as soon i s the state | completed the organization for enforcing the new liquor control law, that rigid enformement of the proi visions would fallow. Mr. Fry also raid that the n?w law prohibited the sale of liqquor or any alcoholic beverage on Sunday. either in clubs or in places licensed to sell during toe week. ■ Mr. Fry stated that the state control board would be largely gnkled> by the kcal rec-mmending beards I in granting I: enses to dealers. He I said th t the state was prepared to revoke any license on first offense. Leo Kirsch, a member of the local board attended the meeting. F. M. Logan, state PWA engineer of Indianapolis spoke at the banquet 'melting held at th? YWCA. Mr. Logan stated that applications for federal loans and gnaits or grants only, could be made now. The former policy of the f deral i government making a grant of 30 I per cent of the improvement and (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) 0 County Treasurer Office Is Closed The office of County Treasurer John Wechter was closed today in order to give him and his deputies Jan opportunity to balance their books. The last day for paying the spring installment of the taxes was Monday. Checks are still coming through the mail and if [postmarked before midnight of I st Monday are considered as ipaid on time. The heaviest rush experienced at ' I the treasurer's office was last Friday- The last day rush to pay taxes ■ Monday was not as heavy as ordin- | i ary. EHLEH TO HEAD DECATUR ELKS J. H. Ehler Elected Exalted Ruler Os B. P. O. Elks Lodge J. L. Ehler, prominent life insurance agent of this city, was elected ■•’xalted ruler of the Decatur B. P. O. Elks at the annual election of officers, held Wednesday evening at the club home on North Second street. Other officers chosen by the organization are: esteemed leading knight, Hugh Holtoouse; esteemed loyal knight, Pete Reynolds; esteemed keturing knight. Otto Gase; secretary. Harold Daniels; treasurer, Earl B. Adams; tyler, Charles Lang; trustee for three years, Herman Ehingen Mr- Ehler will ba delegate to the national convention with Fred Schurger elected alternate. The new officers will be installed at the .'fVst regular n| 'eting in June, which likely will be held Wednesday June 5. Great interest was shown in toe • election last night, with .more than 60 members present.

AUTOWORKERS BEATPROPOSAL OF COMPROMISE w Toledo Chevrolet Workers Refuse Conciliation Proposal Toledo. O„ May 9— (U.R) —Renewed deadlock faced federal con- 1 ciliators in the automobile labor ; controversy today after Chevrolet workers here voted down a pro-1 posal to return to work on the company's terms. Fate of automobile production I at the peak of the rush season 1 was in jeopardy as Edward F. i McGrady, assistant secretary of i labor, attempted to reopen nego-1 tiations in Detroit between officials of General Motors corpora-1 tion and the United Automobile Workers union. The Chevrolet workers voted to continue the strike here by a majority of more than two to one, ' 1251 balloting to reject the com-1 promise proposal and 605 voting to accept it. The outcome was a decisive victory for the American Federation ■ of Laobr, which urged workers to refuse the proposal. The truce plan previously had been rejected by union officials, and was submitted to a vote of the workers only after pressure had been brought by a newly-organized independent workers society. Immediate effect of the poll in 17 otfier General Motorsl plants shut down as a direct result of the local strike was uncertain. With the walkout continuing here, where all Chevrolet transmissions and gearboxes are made, assembly plants and body works I cannot operate. 1 It was expected that the comi j>any would reopen some if not all of its plants within a fewdays, despite continuance of the lalior deadlock. Union officials j probably would oppose such a move. In several plants strikes (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) O MAYOR BANGS GOES TO JAIL Huntington Mayor Says He Will Not Pay Assessed Judgment Huntington, Cnd„ May 9 —(UP) — Mayor Clare W. H. Bangs continued his tight against the Northern Indiana power company from a jail cell today rather 'than post a $2,000: bond. “If it is necessary that T go to jail to win freedom from power company dictation for the people of Huntington, I’m ready to go", Bangs said. “Under no circumstances will i! post any bond." Sheriff O. E. Johnson said the mayor did not » sk for any special privileges and that non? would ibe extended. Fangs and five employes of the municipal electric plant were found guilty in Huntington circuit court yesterday on contempt charges preferred by toe cour.ipany. The power company charged they had violated a. court injunction for bidding extension of city light facilities into the commercial field and asked SIO,OOO damages. Special judge David E. Smith, (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) o Democratic Women Will Meet Monday The regular meating of the Adams County Democratic Women’s Club will be held Monday night at 7:30 o'clock in the Library hall. During the short business meeting the election of officers will be held. Musical num'bers will be given by Berne and Geneva- Anna L. Wells, probation officer of Alien county, will given talk on her w, rk witi'.r girls. Senator Thruman A. Gottschalk of Berne will apeak to the organization on the subject. "Taxation and County Reorganization.'' Senator Gottschalk served as chairman on the governor's committee on taxation and reorganization. The program will be followed with a social hour. Each member of the club is asked to invite a guest to the meeting.

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Heads Pastors ■■ ' i - I The Rev. George O. Walton, of j the First Presbyterian church, I this afternoon was elected presi- ) dent of the Decatur ministerial association. He will fill the unexplred term of the Rev. A. B. Brown, who resigned recently as pastor of the First Baptist church. REV. WALTON TO HEAD MINISTERS Presbyterian Pastor Named President of Decatur Ministers The Rev. George O. Walton, ■ pastor of the Presbyterian church. I was elected president of the De- ■ catur Ministerial association at a i meeting held in the county court I | house this afternoon. I Rev. Walton will fill the unex-' I pired term of the Rev. A. B. i Brown, who resigned several ) weeks ago as pastor of the Baptist church. ; Rev. Brown has no definite plans for the future. He will leave Decatur on about May 14 and will attend a church convention in Chicago. Rev. Walton’s term will extend until December of this year. Rev. Walton has been pastor of lhe local Presbyterian church since September of 1932. During : that time he has been quite active in church and civic affairs. The ministers this afternoon ) laid further plans for the estab- j 1 iishment of the Daily Vacation Biiile school this summer. Com- , plete details will lie announced ialer. o Work Started On City Parking Lot Two FERA workers are working on tii? city parking lot, corner of First and Madison streets. Fill-ins are being made and actual revamping of the grounds will begin next week, Ralph Roop, civil works com- ' missioner announced. The city street force is engaged this week in the clean-up campaign. The repair of tore Madison street or court house sewer will get underway next week, Mr. Ro?p said and it is hoped . the lot can be op ned to the public early next month. o— LABOR SWINGS TOWARD F. 0. R. Big Business Swinging Away From New Deal But Labor Favors It Washington, May 9 —(U.R) —Big] ■ business has swung steadily away I from President Roosevelt in the) past six months and labor is coming closer to the new- deal. Btfth labor and business are beginning to find the positions they will occupy in the 1936 presidential campaign. Political observers expect these trends to continue. Chairman James A. Farley of [ the Democratic national committee says: “We never had the support of big business, or at best it was only passive. We will depend next election on the masses.” Movements of the American ( Bankers association and the United States chamber of commerce chart the trend of big money I away from Mr Roosevelt. The . bankers met here in convention last October, suppressed their (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR)

HUNGER MARCH IS STARTED ON STATE CAPITOL Illinois Legislature Again Refuses To Pass Needed Legislation Sprinyfield, 111., May A — (U.R) — Unemployed hunger marchers staging a "starvation seige ’ on the I state legislature wired President i Roosevelt tor aid today. Tlie legislature gave up hope of an Immediate solution of the perplexing relief problem and adjourn- ) ed until next week, but the hunger marchers, their ranks increasing (hourly, seemed undismayed aud penned this telegram to Washington : , “We, the citizens of Illinois, hungry men and women, have converged on Springfield and intend to remain here until relief stations reopen. Governmet in Illinois has practically broken down. The politicians are playing politics with our misery. "We are appealing to you as our President to intervene in the Illinois situation, reopen relief stations and feed our starving men. women and children. We will starve en masse before we leave without the assurance that relief stations will be reopened.” The demonstration of men, women. and children from disbanded dole lines was called after the house of representatives, in a violent night session, defeated Gov. Henry Horner’s sales tax relief ) program. Federal relief administrator Harry L. Hopkins shut off all FERA funds to the state nine days ago because of the legislature’s refusal to enact the program—providing $3,000,000 a month in state relief funds. Food depots closed throughout the state as resources were exhausted. Private charities, staggering under the load suddenly thrust upon them, gave up in despair. Funds remained in only seven of the state’s 102 counties today and actual starvation mounted hourly. Sporadic demonstrations cutside padlocked relief stations were rei ported from several sections of the istate. Soup kitchens were set up by ) Parent-Teacher groups at Quincy to feefl the destitute in the manner of w-artime refugees. The Illinois emergency relief commission said suffering was acute and that growing danger of sickness and epidemic existed. Typical of the plight of 1,200,000 indigents suddenly thrown upon their own resources was the family of George Henderson at Ottawa, in the north central section of the state. Henderson's wife aud five small children hoarded scraps of food remaining from a sls relief order given them two days before the relief shutdown. A log siege of illness as gripped the family. The youngest child, four years old, is quarantined witli scarlet fever and (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) - FORMER BANK HEAD IS FOUND GUILTY Noah Amstutz, Former Harlan Bank President, Faces Sentence Os 2-14 Years Fort Wayne, Ind . May 9 —(UP) ] Noah Amstutz, 52, former president and member of the bo.ird of directors of the Harlan State Bank, was found guilty on the second count of an indictment charging bank loan of funds to an officer of the bank without written consent ot directors, in Allen circuit court here yesterday. Special Judge D. Burns Douglass, who heard the case, deferred judgment until June 7. The conviction carries a sentence of two-to-14 years In the Indiana state prison and a fine double the amount alleged to have been Illegally borrowed by the defendant. Amstutz was found guilty on tihe second count of an indictment, one of thirteen returned against him in March, 1934, charging that he Illegally obtained the aggregate sum of $3,561.54 from the bank funds us a ' borrower from December, 1931, to ! October, 1932. Attorneys for Amstutz announced that they would file a motion for a, new trial and if tihe motion is overruled, the case will be appealed to the Indiana supreme court.