Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 33, Number 199, Decatur, Adams County, 22 August 1935 — Page 1

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l o! runon Folks Pay I Final Tribute To 1 Rogers And Post'

Lral Services Held For Ifanious Humorist And ■ \oted Aviator This As- ■ ternoon. ■highest honors ■ IV- J 2 <U.P V The Km’on who r€,Rurd ' d ■Rogers as one of them, paid ■ L rest,.-. ,- to th.- comedian „ a gigantic but orderly iKL., ration. K?, h > rate of L 5.000 “ n bour " ■ marched through Forest ■L Memorial park where his I 9er vices were to be held in the afternoon, to have a ■x.liiri*- of the plain bronze ■ffin in which t h(> humorists'c, K r Jay In state KL ho t sun beat down upon The marchers had ■Jami in line for hours. They Hr denied a last look at the ac K but there was but little Kubling , . . Kowar-1 the coffin, closed by K |sion of the widow, Betty Rogers, these "middle K,-admirer tossed touching if Kg offerings. ■from Omar to Bill in pausing read a note attached to ■oiled lariat ami a bunch of Kgrrs. thrown from the proceshr an unidentified man with ■mather beaten face. ■fritr.<!..• crowd, prodding along Hg abreast, w-re flung faded Kiing bunches of flowers, pickKfrom backyard gardens. Klere end there a man wept op-1 K or a woman put a handker Kit to her eyes but there were K, emotional demonstrations. ■The widow gave no reason for the coffin sealed and it sonm since Rogers reHtUdly only i> reived minor face in the Alaskan air in which he and his friend, ■Hr Post, round the world flier, Kt their lives last Thursday. ■ Hero’s Funeral ■ Okiabm.i City. Aug. 22- <U.R> ■iky Post was given a hero's Mural today. More than 25,000 ■low Oklahomans paid homage K the state accorded him its ■best honors. ■ Shortly after noon the bronze ■sket containing the body of the ■nous aviator was taken from ■e marble rotunda of the state Kitol to the First Baptist I ■There it rested on a huge bank ■OKTTtn’En ON PAGE THERE) ■ o lew Zealand Will | Back Great Britain ■ Wellington. N. z„ Aug. 22~(UP) til Great Britain is involved in war Zealand will be also, Prime ■hter G. W. Forbes announced ■ay ■hs statement, listing New Zen- ■ Mas the first of the Dominions ■ rally to the mother country in ■ Italian -Ethiopian dispute, now a world crisis, was ■**m r sponse to many inquiries. that if there was war. ■Hament would be summoned to f 8 1 ’ the position before there ■a any declaration.

fV ill Rogers’ Friends Form A rentable World’s Who’s Who

l*Edt:oT’s note: The following is ; f 8 fourth of a series of articles i P the life of Will Rogers, written i pßobert Burkhardt, long-time as- < |~“ le of the cowboy-humorist at F® studios). I J I hy Robert Burkhardt, Written for the UP. I ’Copyright 1935 by UP.) I Hollywood. Aug. 22.—(U.PJ— Prob-1’ FJ no man in our time had such distinguished collection of intiP* te friends as Will Rogers. The , r might well be published in a , I7° 8 "’ho of the world. , L mgs. prime ministers, presidelators, famous diplomats, r-o writers, leaders in every line 1 F industry where proud to call the ' r ai e Oklahoma cowboy their RWd. i Mussolini, Von Hindenburg, King ’ t/ rge ' Lloyd George, Clemenceau, ’ Bald Rl ' , ‘ me Minister Stanley * ilb *’ n ' Ramß ®y Macdonald, King ' forrner President Calles of Jan lr ° ® talln ’ military leaders of ' srai statesmen and genPres^ 1101 mentlon our own ' ent8 > most of our senators

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URGELISTING OF Public Officials Os County Are Urged To Submit Projects — Ptebllc officials in lAdams county : have received tetters from Wayne I Coy, administrator of the works progress administration in Indiana. " urging the immediate listing of enough projects to keep from 60 to 76 per cent of the employables on J relief at work for one y. ar. These projects .should be fil-d with William F. Owens, district dirl ector of the WPA who is located at. 222 West Wayne street, Fort ; Wayne. The letter stated In fart: “It is extremely urgent that each county, township, city, town, school i corporation and ail other municipal every possible iproject to WPA which covers a needed improvement of a public benefit. “Tbeae projects must be eufflcknt in number to put to work a . number of men equal to approxi- ■ I mately 60 to 75 per cent of the fa- ! milies in number to employ these! ■ men continuously for one year. “Communities should submit enough proj , ts to allow for some rejections. “The responsibility for the submission of projects is entirely up to . local officials. The WPA is ready to put men from the relief rolls to .1 work, but can not do so unless th re i are WPA jobs to which they can be . , assigned. "At the peak of the FERA <pro- ■. gr im. 55,000 families received I wages from federal aid funds for; I work. The FERA program etas been 1 gradually reduced until at the present time, relatively few are work-, ing on FERA projects. “This has caused the direct re ] l lie cests of the townships to In- ' i crccise. In some cases, the cost of | ' direct relief for August was double , i that for June. “At the present time it is cati- ,] mated that 106.000 families are on 1 1 relief in Indiana. The WPA hopes I to work from 60,000 to 80,000 of these men, which would mean a huge saving to the taxpayers of the state of Indiana.'' o Commissioners Will Receive Sealed Bids On September 4 the county comi missioners will receive sealed bids • for four tons of 2-12-6 commercial ; fertilizer to be delivered at the 1 county Infirmary in 125 ,pound bags, I properly mixed. • The commissioners will also re- ' ceive bids the same day for the fur--5 nishing of a filing cabinet to be us-d I in the office of the clerk of the cln uit court. o ’ One Scarlet Fever Case Is Reported i . I One case of scarlet fever was re- , I ported in Adams county in the mor- > bidity report of Obe Indiana division ? of public health, for the week ending Saturday, August 17.

and Wading congressmen, political and industrial leaders — they all were on his viditing list, a'i enjoyed his keen witticisms. Rogers’ public was constant and never wavered from the time he first flashed across the American scene until he came at lajst to the, end of the road, in the midst on another of his glorious adventures.: Wealth did not change him, | neither did movie stardom nor social prest-Ige. Al-hough he was a millionaire, he retained the dress, the bearing and speech of am humble man. While it may be denied. Bill’s trips about the world were not all entirely under’aken because of his love of travel or to provide new( material for his writings. On sev-i eral occasions, at least, it is indicated that he actually was an "unofficial ambassador” when delicate! situations prevailed. For aviation, he was the greatest publicist it has ever known. In the last ten years, Will figured that he had travelled more than half a {CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN)

ASK CHANGE IN BILL BEARING ON NEUTRALITY White House Seeks Change In Measure Passed By Senate Washington, Aug. 22. — <U.R> — The house tossed amother hazard into the congressional rush toward adjournment today when its foreign affairs committee, under Wb'.te House pressure, begun drafting a compromise on neutrality legislation designed to keep the United States out of a possible foreign war. With threats of waj - sounding more loudly from Europe, the sen- ’ ate passed neutrality legislation | I yesterday, making it mandatory for ] ‘ the president to embargo war ma-] I terial shipments to belligerents. The stale department wanted the I 'egislation to make it discretionary with the president and, today,! the house committee rejected the senate resolution and decided to draw up a compromise. The decision was reached at a one-hour executive session aj which chairman Samuel D. McReynolds reported the White House’s position. The committee voted to turn over to a sub-committee the job of drafting a compromise which would meet administration requirements and give President Roosevelt a ■ free hand ,'.n dealing with war crises. Mcßeynolds indicated that he ha. 1 staunch hopes for action this ! session and hoped the sub-commit- ! tee would have a compromise bill in shape for full committee action I before tonight. He said he had received Infor- ■ ma "ion from Sen. Gerald Nye, R., ] N. D„ that the senate bill provision for licensing munitions manuI facture under a munitions control | board con'd be sharply revised to (CONTINUED page TWO* O LODGES HOLD MEETING HERE Pythian Sisters Hold TriCounty Meeting Here Wednesday Sixty m?mb?ra of the Pythian Sister lodges at Bluffton. Tocsin, Osi sian and Decatur attended the tri-, ] county meeting held in the Knights I of Pythias home on Third street ; here Wednesday. Counties included in the group are Blackford. Welle end Adame. ' The meeting opened with a potI luck luncheon at the neon thour after which the bueiness session and program were held in the lodge room. Mrs. Delton Passwater (presided] over the business meeting in the! absence of the president and vicepresident. The song, "America 1 ’ was sung and Mrs. Abner Elzey of Ossian, led in prayer. t was decided to hold the next tri-county meeting in Tocsin in November. The .program for the afternoon included two guitar duets by Mrs. Grant Fry and her daughter, Miss Wanda. Miss Zulu Porter gave two reading's and Miss Vera Porter ' entertained with trombone selections, accompanied at the piano by Miss Evelyn Adams. IBonnie Kreigh of Tocsin gave a reading and Rub'n Grisley of Tocsin sang a vocal selection. A duet was sung ,'jy two girls from Tocsin, and a clever dance and song number v.t s presented by a child from Tocsin. Th? Bluffton organization entertained with a contest, and a reading by Marlene Anderson. Model Airplane Club Will Meet The Decatur Model Airplane club will hold its first meeting Friday at the regular meeting place. 609 West Madison street. The purpose of the meeting will be to reorganize the club, and every member is urged to be present. The meeting will open at 7 o'clock. o Two Persons Drowned When Row Boat Sinks Logansport, Ind.. Aug. 22 —(UP) ! Two p mens were drowned in n. gravel pit near here late yesterday when a row boat to which they had i been clinging drifted Into deep water and sank. The victims, John Kendall, 25, and Laurel Smitih, 17, were attending a ipicnlc of the Rich Valley Uni- . vtrealist chunch.

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Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, August 22, 1935.

Co-ed Makes Good J W& ** ( / j ' 1 t * f / LJWte Deserting her studies at Univer- < sity of Wisconsin for the stage, < Miss Esther Kipen, above, made 1 good as soloist with Paul White- 1 man's band. She plans to finish 1 her education after a whirl in the I white lights. BUDGETS SHOW TAX INCREASE; Jefferson And Union Township Tax Levies To Be Higher An increase of .67 cents on the SIOO will be asked for Jefferson" township in the 1936 proposed budget which must raise $10,067 by tax- ] ation. The budget, filed by Chaj-les i |C. Abnet, trustee, shows that the ] . total net valuation is $923,165. The amount of money to be raised in each fund wPI be: township, i $1,107; tuition. $4,615; special I school, $3,607; poor, $738, and total, | ;10,067. levy of sl.lO will be required to bring this amount of money. The I ■jate now in effect is 43 cents on the SIOO. A comparison of the 1936 and ] 1935 levies is: Fund 1936 1935 Township .12 .07 : Tuition 50 .14 [ Special School 40 .16 | Poor 08 .06 Total sl.lO .43 A 50-cent increase will be asked i in the 1936 levy for Union township by the trustee, Howard Mauller. The present rate is 39 cents and Ihe proposed levy would be .89. *The net taxab'e valuation of the township is $961,464. The amounts requested in each of the funds are: township, $961; tuition, $2,403; special school. $4,134; poor, $1,057, ajid total, $8,555. . ! A comparison of the 1936 and 1935 tax levies is: Fund 1936 1935 | Township ..._ 10 .10 | Tuition 25 .09 Special School 43 .06 I Poor 11 Total 89 -39 rO I TESTIFIES AT SENATE PROBE Utility Officer Tells Os Entertaining High Officials Washington, Aug. 22 — (UP) — Bernard B. Robinson .arefully laid his cigarette on the edge of the Senate lobby clearing table today •ind related how he had entertained half a dozen high government officials at cocktail and dinner parties and that H. C. Hopson, associated Gas und Electric Kingpin, had paid the bills. The dapper Robinson smoked a dezezn cigarette in rapid order as he responded to inquiries concerning his entertaiment cf Marvin Me- | Intyre, presidential secretary, and Lawrence Robert, usstetant secretary of treasury, with the revelation that be had served drinks and ] given parties for a number of'government officers during the bitter fight on ti'ie utilities “death sentence.” Hie testimony brought from the committee a bitter denunciation of; Washington's “Insidious” social lofty. Among those he named as accepting his hospitality were Morris Clark, justice department attorney. (OQNTINUED ON PAGE TWO)

SPECIAL FUND i TO BE ASKED Special Appropriations Will Be Sought From County Council Special appropriations totajlng $16,954.91 will be asked of the county council when it meets September 3 to consider the budgets for 1936. The appropriations will be for ■ the balance of 1935. Miscellaneous appropriations are i asked to pay expenses for which no provision was made previously.'' Some of the appropriations are: I clerk, telephone, $10; auditor, telephone, $10; treasurer, telephone, $10; recorder, telephone, $10; superintendent of schools, telephone, j $10; assessor, telephone, S2O; auditor’s office, assistant clerk, $250; school fund loan expense, SSO; > court house, insurance, $1,200; superintendent of schools, books and stationary, $25; surveyor, reajloting ditches, $300; clerk, books and stationery, $150; clerk, fees and costs, SSO; circuit court ditch expense, S4OO. The county infirmary is requesting $2,535 to complete the year. These requested appropriations are: stoker for new boiler, $550; watering tank for stock, $300; ! thrashing grain, $150; electric current, $100; vasollne, kerosene and] tractor oil. $200; supplies, disinfectant, $250; wages for employees, I $150; fertilizer, $35; new wheel on windmill, SSO; new parts for tractor, $250; cement, sand and crushed stone, SSOO. The highway department is asking $11,300 to complete the year. These requests are: gasoline and 'oil, $400; road material —stone and gravel, $6,000; current obligations —1934 bills, $2,700; clerk hire, $200; night-of-ways, $2,000. Several items in the 1933 and 1934 budget for which claims were not filed or which the council in I (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) SHOW FEATURES OF COAL BILL — .. „.' Gufley Control Bill Has Far-Reaching Provisions Washington, Aug. 22.—tU.R>—The Guffey bill to set up a “little NRA" for control of the bituminous coal •Industry will —if enacted affects ] the man who mines coal, the man who buys it for his furnace, and the ma.n who owns the mines. Advocates of the bill explain some of its far-reaching provisions as fallows: (How it affects the coal miner) The fundamental remedy for the •industry is to control production, prices and trade practices. This is ! accomplished through a commission appointed by- the president with consent of the senate. Fixing standard hours of labor and wages is vital. The daily and I weekly hours agreed upon in con-, tracts between producers of more than two-thirds the annual national tonnage and the representatives of more than half the fnine workers shall be accepted by all pro ] ducers. The wage scale is negotiated by ] collective bargaining between employer and employe in each district. using the same principle of representation as that established ] for determining hours of labor. (How it affects the consumer) Labor costs amount to about 65 per cent of the cost of production. With the labor contracts agreed upon, district boards establish minimum prices for each grade and size of coal. These prices become effective only with approval of the commission. The commission has power to require the producers to maintain uniform systems of accounting cov(CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) O Watchman Badly Hurt By Yeggs I Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 22 —(UP) I l -Yeggs invaded the Holcomb and Hoke manufacturing company of-1 ' ficee hsre today, beat u night watahj man into insensibility, battered four . safes and escaped with an undeter- | mined about of money. The watchman, Ed Jordan, 65, was bo severely beaten with a heavy pkije of lumber that he may die, hospital attaches said. o WEATHER Fair tonight and Friday; moderate temperature.

UTILITY BILL'S PASSAGE URGED BY ROOSEVELT President Urges House To Pass Bill Approved By Senate Washington, Aug. 22 —(UP)—The Democratic leadership arranged to I make owe last effort today to win house approval of a public utility ] holding company bill acceptable to ],the administration. President Roosevelt went directi ly into blie last-minute fray with a 1 tter to Rep. Samuel Rayburn, D„ Tex. chairman of the house con--1 fereee who had stood out against i the compromise. Hs urged its approI val by the house although adding that it did not go a» far as he would ' like. The administratio nand the eenUte had long held out for absolute abolition by 1942 of all utility hold ] ings beyond the first degree and 'outside of a single unified utility system. The house twice rejected bhat. The compromise would permit holding companies through the sec- ' end degree. That is, two holding i companies still could ibe superimposed on operating companies, but not more. The holding companies I would have to be ipart of an inteI grated system. Administration leaders believed ' many house members who opposed the original measure would vote for the compromise, although house conferees repeatedly rejected it. The vote will coms on a motion by Rayburn to instruct the conferees to accept it. The instruction it •adopted would be mandatory and would be followed by swift final opproval of b'le bill in both houses. o City Os Huntington Files Reply Briefs Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 22 —(UP) —Reply briefs on two petitions of the city of Huntington asking the public service commission to order the Northern Indiana power com- ] pany to furnish "standby” service i to the municipal electric plant were i filed today by Clauds Cline, city | attorney. One of the briefs point'd out ti*'nt there has been a contract between ths city and power company since 1915 which (provided for “standby” service by the latter to the municipal plant. The other pointed out that a con- ! tract signed by the city und the i Indiana Bell telephone company in 1895 provided that the municipal electric plant lines were to share the ,poles used by the telephone and power companies. o Three “Overalled” Bandits Loot Bank North Baltimore, 0., Aug. 22— j (UP) — Three “overalled" bandits robbed the Hardy bunk here of $5,000 today, forcing employes and two patrons to line up against the wall while they rifled the cash drawers i and the vaults. Descriptions of the men indicated they were the funis trio that robbed a bank at R shier, near here. WALLACE TALKS I TO PRODUCERS Agriculture Secretary Predicts Great Soybean Future Evansville, Ind., Aug. 22—<U.P.) — ] Members of the American Soybean association went on a slght--1 seeing tour of Evansville and ! Vanderburgh county today) enthus- ' ed by prediction of secretary of agricultture Henry A. Wallace that their industry faces the brightest, future of most agricultural products. Wallace, speaking before the annual convention yesterday, said ! the soybean industry would occu- ] py an important place in the ag- ' ricultural and commercial world. In the course of his address, ! tho cabinet member also defended the agricultural adjustment program of the corn-hog division but ] said: “The possibilities of what might ' happen to agriculture during the next three or four years makes me shudder.” “We still have ready to put in- ] to production 35,000.000 acres of land taken out of production by the AAA,” he said. i “If this land is placed in pro(CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN)

British Cabinet Decides To Keep Embargo On Arms

F.D.R. SPEAKS TO BOY SCOUTS President Asks Support Os Objectives Os Constitution Washington, Aug. 22 — (UP) —I President Roosevelt, in his first nation-wide radio address in months I last night asked support in attain-1 ing "objectives of the constitution : of the United States,” Hs told Boy Scouts assembled 1 I throughout the nation to hear him that n spirit of unselfish coopera-1 ' tion is a real part of American citi-1 zenship. Quoting from the preamble of the | said: “Ths success of that constitution is dependent on the attitude of mind and degree of the spirit of unselfish I cooperation that cun ibe developed , in individuals.” Individuals who opposed practical 1 far-seeing “honest community action’’ are holding back the objectives of the constitution, the Pres- , ident said. Throughout his six-minute talk the President mode frequent referi ence to the constitution. His re- . marks were interpreted as keeping alive the issue of constitutionality I of New Deal ‘measures, raised by I 1 critic of the administration. He made no refcrenicie to recent demands of former President Herbert Hoover that he reveal specifi- ' cally what changes, if any, in the . constitution that Ge proposes. Continuing his constitutional i ' theme, the President told the scouts [■ "When you go' out into life you will come to understand that the r individual in your community who .' always says ‘I >.an’t’ or ‘I won’t' — a ! the individuals who by inaction or x opposition slows up honest, practi- ,■ i cal, far-se ing community effort — is the fellow who is holding back f civilization and holding back the i objectives of the constitution of the >' United States.” ’ ! He reviewed sicout objectives and . ’ raid the scout motto “Be Prepared," ] applies “just as much to the wider -! service which is your opportunity * | when your full civic responsibilities i ' are attained." I * Stressing community cooperation. I . Mr. Roosevelt said "I do not have I to remind you that one individual who lags behind slows up the whole i (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) J o Alleged Killer Os “G-Man” Under Guard Indianapolis. Ind., Aug. 22 —(UP) George Barrett, alleged slayer of a department of justice agent, was held under guard in icity hospital 1 here following his removal from Hamilton. Ohio. Barrett allegedly shot and killed Nelsen Klein, federal agent, dur- ' ing a gun battle at Liberty, Ind..' ' last w ek. The prisoner wus woundi ed seriously. The federal grand jury will meet here August 30 and an indictment I against Barrett will be sought by ) district attorney Val Nolan.

Chamber Os Commerce Is Appreciative Os Fair Aid

The Decatur Chamber of Commerce, in appreciation of the splendid cooperation given this city’s I business organization in the suc-i cessful promotion of the Decatur; , Free Street Fair and Agricultural ‘ Exhibit, today expressed the thanks , of the business men of the city to those who assisted the executive I committee in arrangements for the ( , fair. The expression of the Chamber iof Commerce appreciation was as i follows: ’ I "This organization of Decatur business men, cognizant of the ’ value of wholehearted cooperation i 1 in promoting the Decatur Free : Street Fair and Agricultural Ex- i * hibit, desires to thank the Individ-;i uals and organizations who made l ' success of the fair possible. 5 i "To Mayor A. R. Holthouse, oth- i ’ jer city officials, the light and water . departments; the city police de- ’ partment, street department and ■ f fire department, we express thanks r for their aid in conducting the fair in a clean and orderly fashion and " their splendid assistance In hand-1 ling the huge crowds and In clean-;

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Great Britain,France Will Start Further Steps In Effort To Avert War Between Nations. UPHOLD COVENANT (Copyright 1935 by United Press) Ixindon, Aug. 22 — (U.R) — The ] British cabinet, in an anxious special session, decided today to withhold any punitive action I against Italv pending renewed in--1 ternational efforts to avert war ; in Ethiopia. The government, faced with a I grave situation threatening not | only war in Africa but in Europe las well, decided provisionally to maintain the embargo on shipment of arms to both Italy and Ethiopia while France and Britain start further peace efforts through diplomatic channels. Lifting of the embargo against Ethiopia would have constituted a direct break with Italy, branding her as | the aggressor. It was said reliably, however, that the embargo would have to be maintained until the meeting i of the league council on Sent. 4. i implying that if Italy rejects fresh i peace overtures, the ban would be lifted. The question will be under constant government consideration. While making a gesture cf friendliness and conciliation toward Italy, however, the cabinet reaffirmed Britain's determination to uphold the league covenant and existing treaties despite , Italy’s defiance. Thus, if Italy still refuses to ! compromise, the government feels free to act in concert with other i nations to punish her. j ' As they met today, passing lit- , tie groups of idlers in Downing street whose presence is always a sign of crisis, the situation was as follows: 1 — Its 22 members, comprising conservatives, national laborites, and national liberals, with conservatives predominant, have been | divided among themselves as to i the best policy in the national , and the British empire interest. 2 — A cabinet sub-committee on foreign affairs decided at a steering meeting yesterday that the first necessity was to reach agreement among themselves and adopt a definite program of action. 3 — There was general agreement that Great Britain, in the i Italian-Ethiopian dispute, must be ] prepared fully to honor its obligations under the league cf nations covenant. One of the ob(CONTTNT’Fyn ON PAGE TWO) O Rev. Sundermann To Attend Assembly Rev. M. W. Sundermann, ipastor of the First Evangelical church will attend the assembly at Maple Grove rear Huntingburg. Indiana, over the week-end. There will be no preach- ! ing service at the church Sunday. The regular Sunday School will coni vene at 9:15. At the evening service the church wil Ijoin the union service at the U. B. Church, where the ] Rev. H. R. Carson, of the M. E. | church will prcuch the sermon.

ing up the debris at the conclusion of the fair. "We also desire to express our appreciation to the following per- ' sons, representative of the various !organizations which dfconsored exhibits during the fair: Home Economics clubs, Mrs. E. W. Busche, (county chairman; Girls’ 4-H clubs, sewing, baking, food preparation, health, room improvement — Mrs. Helen Mann, county club leader (and junior leaders; 4-H calf club; Gold Medal colt club, Henry L. Dehner, county chairman; Guernsey Region show, Peter B. Lehman and Dale Moses;; Jersey Parish show, Merwin Miller and Sol Mosser; county school exhibit, C. E. Striker, county superintendent of schools; Adams county fish and game conservation league, Roy Johnson. president; Cloverleaf Dairy Day, W. A. Klepper, whose dairy day observance brought the largest crowd of the week to Decatur. (Signed) "Decatur Chamber of Commerce "J. W. Rice, president.”