Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 33, Number 194, Decatur, Adams County, 16 August 1935 — Page 1

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HILL ROGERS CRASH VICTIM

Of * Congress Nears d As Bi/Z Is Passed

Victorious As Bracket Incomes "■ire lAeinpt.'d From I|BisTax-K'‘ h Bill- ■ jspEEin pxssage H ■ lent "" " ni ‘ ir '‘<l ,l '- " ■ th-record freaking, two-,.,x.tlle-ricl) bill montht W ■ -I l‘ ,t,l,aby |MLi next week. ■*“ hau,is i ■".Z.d - " ,:lJor ’ -.re half a r.pm-ted out »•• - ill ■° r, ‘ s for . •! of a revenue in ra. ? through tvto ended in a i„t.. ii! favor of the hill ■ ■ . ailed galK and an ara'lio-ie assembof sfna* ov " ’ ■L'... • principally of Kgtmni-a: ii.ans, realiz|K*.' fa' ' .position, were RKw; 1»> I'. take re-d'-awn and o K .-t the Ims»i:!i o. kiy as possdeal l-:"b set adjournHg. refaa- ■nd of next week goal. S.-n.ite majority ■fer Josepii T I: obinson said he <-<mld be ae-. M T . ... ,|. o . possibly K;.. the u.x bill, principal; Ljm ...tderenee are the banking bill, utility hold-. company legislation, T\ A sol.l c lause amend■n a:d ■ .11 alcohol <-onEki ■ Tir -P«"l "l b which the tax ns passed by both houses ■ 14; .1 whine a tax bill was Kit hroaihed tllilV weeks WPS as ’lie lea-t possible time ■i: would be required. ■ lasliiiial.'i: ommier he;rt and Bourwh' in. ’ I'• -inocrat ic ma-iiuin;-i.. d the seemingly VD' ■More passing the bill the sen-ffiiidl-d two mm mlmen's which Kteblr wili be ki’led in coiTCr-! ■ imvrivei-', ■ v '-\GE TWO' Ik allegar IIIES THURSDAY i. ■ormer Decatur Woman Dies At Methodist Home In Warren Wry Charles n. Allegar, 72. Otb-r well known focal woman, at tlie Methodist Home for * aired at Warren. Thursday *aiug. according to word redred here by her brother-in-law. ®nte Dutcher of 416 Fornax Hr. and Mrs. Allegar resided in *atnr for a number of years. r Allegar was head sawer at e 'ocal saw mill for a number Mrs and also served as janiF >t the Central school. [Mrs. Allegar was born in MonHl* on October 16, 1862, a “tighter of Elias and Harriet ■f'erdale. Her marriage to Mr. iegar took place at Monroeville > 1880. _ Surviving are the husband and children: Claude Allegar of ■ ari <>n; Charles Allegar, Jr., of ’til' Dakota; and Mrs. Marie r ‘ Georgetown, Illinois, a “ wr Charles Coverdale of Glens alifornia also survives. Three bit; are deceased. r and Mrs. Allegar entered e home at Warren four years , 0 ' Previously they had resided 11 Marion. w" neral services will be held Ih? ». ay afternoon at 3 o'clock at •Irthodist Episcopal church ' Marion and burial will take ,lase ’n that city.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Chautauqua Speaker I* The Rev. H. W. Franklin, pawtor of the United Brethren church in this city, delivered the principal address at the Rural Free Chautauqua at the Burr Oak U. B Church. Millersburg. Ind., today. Rev. Franklin spoke on “A New Deal for the Rural Church.” On the program also were the four Franklin sisters. daughters of Rev. and Mrs. Franklin. JUDGE SPEAKS” TO ROTARIANS Judge Leonard Os Fort Wayne Speaks On Law Thursday Night George Leonard. Fort Wayne city judge, delivered an instructive address on “Law and its origin" at ■ the regular weekly meeting of the Decatur Rotary club Thursday I evening a.t the Rice hotel. Judge Leonard, in opening his, address, stated tha 1 the best defl-1 nition he knew for liberty is: “Lib-| erty is freedom, regulated by law." j I He stressed the point that all per- j sons are regulated in their every move by laws. Law originated in Egypt, so far as historians have delved, the •speaker said. Judge Leonard then I went on to name the 16 different legal systems which have been in effect in the world since the law's first origin. Os these 16 systems, eight are still in existence in varying forms. The-e systems, with their approxi--1 mate dates, were listed by the speaker as follows: i i_Egypt, 4,000 B. C. to 200 A D. i 3—Mesopotamia, 3,500 B. C. to 200 A. D. 3— Chinese, 2,500 B. C. and still in effect. 4— Hindu, 2,200 B. C. and still in effect. 5— Hebrew, approximately from the time Moses led the Jews out of Egypt, in effect until 100 A. 1). 6_Greek. 1,700 B. C. to 500 A. D. 7 — Maritime, 1,700 B. C. and still in effect. 8— Roman. 600 B. C. to 500 A. D. 9_Celtic, 500 B. C. to 1.400 A. D. 10 —Germanic, 1 B. C. to 1,500 A. D. 11 Church 400 A. D. to 1.800 A.D. (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) o Merchants Sponsor Beauty Contest Merchants of Decatur are sponsoring a beauty contest in this city, with the winner to be selected nt the Adams theater Wednesday night August 21. The winner will be named "Mlhs Decatur”.and will be entered in the state contest at Michigan City later thio month. More than 20 local girls have already entered the contest. ■' " ■ ’O — WEATHER Somewhat unsettled southwest, showers probable east and north portions tonight and Saturday; not much change in temperature.

MAYOR BANGS LOSES COURT RULING TODAY Judge Smith Grants Power Company Permanent Injunction Hun'ington. Ind., Aug. 16.—<U.R) —Mayor Clare W. H. Bangs emerged from his county jail cell for a few minutes today to sit in Huntington circuit court and receive an adverse ruling on his tight with the Nor hern Indiana Power Company. Special Judge David E. Smith, Fort Wayne, granted th<> power company a permanent injunction restraining Bangs from extending facilities of the tiny nrnicipal electric plant into the commercial field. The decision carried witth it assessment of $5 damage* against the city of Huntington, for violation of a temporary injunction, and ordered that more thaii 300 homes now served by the municipal plant be disconnectted. The temporary injunction, which was violated openly under Bangs' instructions, sent the militant I mayor-editor ajid law professor to jail May 8. Bangs went to jail rather than ' post a $2,000 appeal bond after being convicted on a contempt charge and assessed $1,500 daanages. Five city employes convictled with him were freed under bonds signed by the mayor. Five customers of the city plant, j also defendants in the suit, were found guilty of aiding in the viola'ion hut were freed on conditions they sever connections. i The ruling today was on the ’ city’s contention that the “toy” municipal plant was operated as I a .public utility long before Range itouk office January I. Judge Smith ruled that it was •' not. Bangs began selling current 'from the city plant within a few I hours after he took office. He had campaigned with a pledge to make the city plant's facilities available to every resident of (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) o AUCTION SCHOOL ! EXERCISES HELD —— Graduation Exercises Held Today At Reppert Auction School Forty one graduates of the Reipp rt School of Auctionering were given their diplomat this afternoon by Col. Fred Reppert, following a comn. ncement uddrees delivered by th ? Rev. Harry W. Thompson. Th? commencement exercises were held at the auction school grounds local, d in Bellmont Park at 2 o'clock thin afternoon. First on the program were farewell addresses delivered by each of the graduut e. Col. C. M. Carter of Scottsville, Kentucky, gave a sincere and encouraging address. He is an alumnus of the school. Col. Earl Gartln of Greene,burg. Indiaoi, spoke briefly. Col. Gartin han be n with the school since its founding in 1920. Col. Fred Reppert of Decatur, the found r and president of the school delivered a short fanewell address. Ha introduced the commencement speaker. Rev. Thompson, who to instructor of psychology in the school. The graduates were: Russel M. Araientrou, Irwin, lowa Lloyd E. Baysinger, Lena, Illinois, John E. IBethel, Columbus, Ohio; S. L. Bickel, Fresno, Ohio; Paul G. Billbarn. Manch.ster, Iowa; Bryan Blew. Ch. rokee, Oklahoma; Floyd E. Boos, Carthage, Illinois; Walter S. Brittan, Groom. Texas; Charles M. Carter, Jr., Scottsville, Kentucky (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) o Dorothty Durkin To Conduct Kindergarten Miss Dorothy Durkin of 235 South Fhst street, will open her kindergarten on Tuesday, September 3. The sessions of the kindergarten will be conducted during the mornings. Anyone Interested in .the school may call her at her home and make arrangements for the fall term of the school.

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, August 16, 1935.

Brother-In-Law Os Local Man Injured R. R. Siti’aens, brother-in-law of T. J. Metxler of Decatur, and well known here is in a. serious condition at Lakeside hospital in Kendallville, his home town, as the result of an automobile accident Thursday morning. The car he was driving struck the cement .base of the traffic signal in the center of the G. R. and il railroad crossing on West Rush street in Kendallville. Damage to the front of the car indicated that he was driving at >1 moderate rate of speed. He was rushed to the hospital wtliere It was found he was suffering from a skull fracture, fractured lower jaw and serious bruises and lacerations. Although he has regained consciousness, he has been unable to explain the cause of the accident. o NEW OFFICERS ARE INSTALLED George Stults Installed Chancellor Commander Os K. Os I’. I?ew officers were installed Thursday evening for the Knights of Pythias lodge in this city. George Stults, the new chancellor commander, succeeds Dr. Ji. V. DeVor. Other officers of the lodge are: Daniel Christen, vice-chance-’lor; Robert Shraluka, prelate; Robert Heller, master at arms; Dr. Harold V. DeVor, master of work; Albert Beerey, inner guard; William Dellinger, outer guard. Joe Hunter, keeper of the records and the seal; James Bain, master of finance; W. A. Lower, master of the exchequer; Roy Momma, Elmer Elwood Chase, and U C. Annen .trustees. The installing officers were: W. F. Beery, acting grand chancellor; W. Guy Brown, anting vice grand chancellor; O. L. Vance, acting grand prelate; John R. Parrish, acting grand master at arms. Following the installation services the new officers took over their duties and performed the closing ceremonies of the lodge. A vote of thanks was expressed during the meeting to those who assisted in the staging of the dramatization of the story of Damon and Pythias during the Decatur Free Street Fair. Special mention was made to the Cloverleaf Creameries. Inc., th Mutschler Packing Company, the Decatur Democrat (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) o St. Mary’s Township Churches To Picnic The churches of Decatur are invited to attend the annual picnic sponsored by .the churches of north St. Mary’s township to be held Thursday, August 22, in Hilpert's Grove, four miles east of Decatur on the Piqua road. A prograjn will be presented and each church is asked to furnish musical number of a speaker. FIVE ESCAPE SERIOUS HURT Auto And Truck Collide At Road Intersection This Morning Five persons escaped serious injury this morning at 9:30 o'clock when an automobile and a truck collided at a road intersection near the Ed Christen farm, northeast of Decatur. Mrs. Bertha Blakey, route 5, Decatur, was driving west, en route to Fort Wayne. She was accompanied by her daughter and eon-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Herman BTeeke, and their eight months old child. The auto collided with an oil truck, owned by the Elberson service station, driven by Arthur Myers, View of both drivers was obstructed by a corn field. Mrs. Blakey suffered severe gashes on her right arm and right leg. Mrs. Bleeke sustained numerous lacerations about the face and legs. Mr. Bleeke and child were uninjured. Myers sustained numerous minor cuts and bruises. Both the automobile and truck were badly damaged.

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NAZIS OPEN A NEW DRIVE ON GERMAN JEWS Roman Catholics Are Also Attacked In Leader’s Speech I — Berlin, Aug. 16.— (U.K) — Jews 1 waited in terror today for an ex- ' pected new wave of "purging" asI ter the opening oT the long adverI tised campaign in Berlin of Julius ■ Streicher, the Nazis’ No. 1 Jew ■ baiter. • The bullet headed Streicher, at the height of his oratorical form. 'opened his antl-Jewish campaign i with a speech at the sports palace I last night before thousands of I people. J It was but a few minutes after II his speech that he registered h:s ’ I firs: resuP. A group of his auditors left the palace and started a .' demonstration at once. A uniI i formed storm trooper kicked in the (window of a Jewish candy store across .the street from the auditorium, explaining: "The dirty swine tore down a I poster that had been pasted on his s window.” A crowd gathered and some shouted: “Where's the J«-w? Let’s get him!” “SS" men at scenec induced the crowd to disperse. I As they left members of the I crowd shouted: : "Germany, awake! Perish, ■ Jews!” The poster which was supposed • to have been pasted on the store . window was a page of Streicher s , weekly “Der S hermer” In which : for years he has denounced Jews. I Streicher's speech was in his usual vein. It lasted but 2H . hours. His last big one lasted 4>4 ; hours. He attacked Roman Cathl olics as well as Jews. ; He has come, he says, to drive . Jews out of Berlin, and he started on them last night whl’e police ■ kept crowds moving in the main ' streets, particularly in the Krufuert stendam. Berlin's broadway, where I (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) GIVE PROGRAM FOR INSTITUTE Speakers Are Obtained For Annual Teachers’ Institute » — Clifton E. Striker, county superintendent of schools, today announced • that Allen D. Albert, former presii dent of Rotary International, and I Dr. Henry Arnold, president of Witi tenberg collefie at Springfield, Ohio, ' will be tire speakers at the annual county t-eachens’ institute to be held 1 in toe Decatur high school building, 1 Turnday, August 27. Mr. Striker is chairman of the committee which selects the speakers in this circuit consisting of four counties. Dates of the institutes in other counties in this circuit are: ■ Noible. August 28; Allen, August 29, and Whitley, August 30. Th? program for the first day of the local county institute is: 9 i. m. —opening exercises. ' 9:45 a. m.—Music. 9:30 a. m.—Address 10:15 a. in. —intermission. 10:30 a. m.—music. 10:50 a. m.—address. 10:40 a. m.—lntermission. 1 1:15 p. m.—Music. 1 1:80 ip. m„—address. 1 2:15 p. m. —intermission. 2:35 I>. m.-music. 2:55 p. m.—address. ■ 3:35 p. im— adjournment. 1 Both the rural school and the ’ school cities of Berne and Decatur 1 will join in the institute the first 1 day. Institute fees will be sl. 1 On following days teaefiters will meet with their respective princ--1 ipals and superintendents for in- ' structions concerning the next school year. i —o Government To Buy Post’s Famous Plane » Washington, Aug. 16 — (UP) — 1 Government purchase of the Winnie 1 Mae, Wiley Poet's round the world . plane, for display in the Smithsonc ian institution was authorized under a bill passed by the senate today.

Noted Humorist, Wiley Post Are Killed Instantly When Airplane Crashes In Alaska

Col. Lindbergh May Fly To Alaska To Supervise ; Return Os Bodies To I This Country. DEATHS MOURNED ! il Washington, Aug. 16—<U.R>—Col- | Charles A. Lindbergh may fly on I a tragic mission to Alaska to t supervise return of the bodies of • Will Rogers and Wiley Post, kill- . ed in an airplane crash, advices [ today indicated. While the capltol mourned the [ deaths of the famous actor and ! the equally famous aviator, advices to assistant secretary of treasury' Stephen B. Gibbons Indi- I cated that a telephone conversation this afternoon would decide whether America’s premier flier would undertake the mission. Gibbons planned to talk to Lind- , bergh. now at North Haven, Maine by telephone. It was believed I they might decide whether Lind- | bergh would fly the bodies back I or whether they would be return-1 ' ed by the coast guard cutter j Northland, as had been previously j suggested. Coast guard officials reached a ’ sister of Mr». Rogers at Skawh--' gan, Maine, this morning, who , told them that Mrs. Rogers was prostrated and grief stricken. The sister told officials that ; Mrs. Rogers would te happy to j have Lindbergh to take charge I , of returning the body. -At the same time, the coast ' guard said Pan-American Airways had offered its facilities in the re- , turn of the bodies. In an eloquent, quietly spoken ' . eulogy in the senate, majority j leader Joseph T. Robinson describ- d Rogers as "the most be- j . loved” of American citizens. “Probably the most widely i known citizen of the United States and certainly the most beloved (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) No Official Word Is Received Here No official confirmation has been 11 received at the Decatur post office confirming news dispatches from Washington, D. C. announcing a 40 ■ hour week for postal employes. All city carriers and clerks are | now working on a 44 hour w ek. 1 The new reduction in the working . hours will m an n decrease of four hours a week to each employee. The head of the postal department in small offices like Decatur ' has two al-ftrnalives Flit.-: each eny- lcye could 'he compelled to complete the work formerly done in 44 1 hours in 40 or a n w employe could be appointed. o SEEK FUND FOR STATE REPAIRS I’VVA Funds Asked For Heating Plants, Building Os Barracks Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 16—(UP) —Public work administration funds will be sought to complete healing plants at the Evansville state hospital and Indiana State Teacher's college, T rre Haute and to build thre? new state police ibarnacks, the state budget committee- announced last night. Applications for grants of $45,000 to be used on the Evansville project and SB,OOO on the T. rre Haute ' building will be made at once, Ed- ‘ ward P. Brennan, budget director said. 1 Both amounts, representing 45 per cent of the estimated total cost, are allowed for labor under the I'W.A program. » Decision to apply for PWA grants ”i made by the committee to speed tip ; t'hi? work and to "stretch state money" as far as possible Brennan , ; said. I A total of $120,000 was appropriat- ’' ed by the 1935 legislature tor the (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN)

Humorist Killed J r~— Tlk A t Ik- ' 1 * ' 't ■ / ■ ’*4 * ■ \ ■«■■■■■*, / Will Rogers, known throughout ] the world as America’s leading ! ■ humorist, was killed in an air ■ plane crash in Alaska late Thursday evening. Wiley Post, famous , • aviator, pilot of the plane, also i ; was killed in the tragedy. NEW BUILDING ’j i ' HEARINGS SET Hearing On New Geneva Building Will Be Held August 26 A 1-tter was received this morning by County Auditor John W. Tyndall from C. A. Ketchum, secretary of the state board of tax commis--1 sioners slating that a hearing will | hid on August 26 at 2 and 2:30 I p. in. in the county auditor’s office on tlie proposed issuance of bonds i for the construction of a new school ’ i house at Geneva. The state board will send a rep- I I resentative to hear the evidence to I j be submitted by botij the petitioners •una the remonstrators to the new I building. The petition rs and persons in favor of the new building propose that the building be built while federal funds are still available | through the PWA. The estimated ! cost of the new building would be • $1(10,000 of which the township could obtain 45 Ger cent or $45,000 as an outright grnnt or donation from ti e government. The rest would have to be raised locally. The legal advertisements announcing the proposed construction state that $35,000 would be rate d by a bond issue against the school township and $lO,-000 against the civil township. The r maining SIO,OOO, it is believed would be obtained from materials obtained from the demolishing of the old building. A WPA project has been approv(CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) 0 Meyer Child Will Be Buried Sunday Funeral services for Eugene laeroy Meyer, seven-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Meyer of Wells county, who died Thursday morning at 10 o’clock, will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock (DST) at the home, and at 2:30 o’clock iat the St. Mark’s church. Rev. Carl Schnepel will officiate and burial will be in the church cemetery. . The boy’s death followed a tonsilectomy he underwent, earlier Thursday morning. He was a student at St. Mark’s Lutheran school, near his home. Surviving are the parents, two brothers, Lester and Howard; Meyer; two sisters, Verne and, Imogene Meyer, all at home; the ; ' grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ewell of Preble.

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America’s Ace Humorist And Leading Aviator Are Tragedy Victims; Flying In Fog. DIED INSTANTLY (Copyright 1935 by United Press) Point Barrow Alaska. Aug. 16 — (U.P.)-- Wiley Post and Will Rogers, famous air duo, were killed at 8:18 p. m. Thursday (2:18 a. m. Friday E.D.T.) when their plane crashed 15 miles south of here. Lost in a fog and with the engine missing, Post nosed the plane into the Tundra, striking frozen hummocks of moss. It« right wing broken, its nose and engine driven into the cabin, the crash instantly killed both occupants. They became lost In the fog about 5 p. im. and landed their Lockheed Orion low winged monoplane at Walkpi. an Eskimo village. Post made repairs to the plane’s engine which had been missing badly and asked natives the way to Point Barrow. The fog was lying almost to the Tundra and they decided to wait for it to rise. Post and Rogers ate dinner with Eskimos campj ed on a river bank and after the meal decided to take off despite j the fog. Natives said the engine appear- . ed to be running smoother as the | big ship lifted from the river and took off in the blinding mantle I which overhung the country. It was not long after that the ship plummeted into the Tundra. I the motor being driven into the ! cabin by the force of the crash, ( killing Post, who made two suc- • cessful trips around the world. . Rogers was thrown clear of the plane which ground looped over «'nto its back. Rogers’ death also was instantaneous, however. Bodies Crushed Post’s watch stopped ot 8:18 pm.. Point Barrow time. The humorist’s still was running when Sergeant Stanley Morgan of the U. S. signal corps Point Barrow station, and Frank Daugherty, reached the scene. Morgan was notified in Point I Barrow by excited natives and ■ reached the vicinity of the crash renNTINUED ON PAGE SIX) FORMER LOCAL RESIDENT DIES Jasper Lee Dies M ednesday Night At Home In Pennsylvania The body of Jasper Lee, 64, of Westfield. Pennsylvania, brother of the late Clifford of this city, who died at his home Wednesday night at 7:56 o’clock, will be brought to Decatur for burial in the Decatur cemetery. The body wil larrive here at 9:04 o’clock tonight on the Erie railroad and will be removed to the S. E. Black funeral home on Adams street and remain there until time for the funeral. Definite arrangemiente have not been completed pending the arrival of relatives here. Mr. Lee’s death was attributed to cancer. He had been ailing for some time. He formerly resided in Decatur and Monroe, and was born in Adams county, west of Peterson on December 2, 1870. He left here for Pennsylvania about 20 years ago where he had resided since. He was a iSpanish-American War veteran. Surviving are the widow, two daughters. Mrs. Gladys Stephenson of Mohonomingtown. Pennsylvania: Mrs. John C. Gundlock, Cabot. Pennsylvania: two sons, Roy and Herman Lee, both at home. One son is deceased. Two sisters and a brother, Mrs. Margaret McConnehey and Mrs. | Charles Beamer of Fort Wayne and Henry Lee of Allen county, also survive.