Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 33, Number 231, Decatur, Adams County, 30 September 1935 — Page 1

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■?j)/iree Men Killed J/n Auto Accident 3 North Os Decatur ——- - -—~

B( Wayne Men \ ictims i - rain-\nt<> ( rash ■ 4 Monnioinh Sunday Wth DEMOLISHED A. I " ’ ' Vayn “ iM.nnffHl 5,1,1,1ay as north 01 Monmouth. all Fort horribly !■; 'k- n 1:1 the trag- ■ Join E:n-: ■' k. and his ■ H - v - 1G - ■ ■ slant!) Chari.-s Edward M iik S ,,H o| John, died at ■ 1,, K Sami..' ■ >‘ing at the . <1 hospital. ong north, was into the and down the !IK‘. 1V The car was ■ ME . "t jumbled steel. Badly Mangled E|r. -• k - was »' badthat identification was h ■■■ ■"•■ell killed at . rail ' miles north ot I-’ I’- Mr. and Mrs. i- later's daugh- ■■: Dayton killed by the south Mseager train The party north. the total to six. .. .. . R Rs the state high The.-., ar., no HL:’■K ■ h.p- . decapitated :■■■.■ ■ 1 - y youth's body terribly battered. '■ I s'.-<v conscious for sb " long enough to ■MI-- oner Robert ai.d sheriff Leo Gil : ■ he , 1 ||.. a fractured skull and other injuries. .••:-• two ■ w also . - i.v page fi ce> ■th Ward PT A K .Meets Wednesday -.x iat ion South Ward <.iioo! will hav - of the fall ee.uson afternoon at 3:00 o'it the school. teaeh-rs ~f the South Ward »'.!! entertain with the anHB ; ea war marks the opening s - a -' t ’ the organization. HHfl'J and n w members are into be present. ■liection of Jaxrestraineo ■deral ely Continues Ban On | Process Tax Sept. 30— <U.R) — continuance of a tern restraining order prohibitJ°l' ec tlon nf approximately in AAA processing taxes In,, iana firms was granted W ty 7 Judge Robert C. Baltzell ■Ji’trict federal court. ■ he court order was based on ■ W’erament s motion to disa suit in which Kingi’.n and E,".’ challenges the constitution- ■ 0 the tax. The Kingan comKd con,l - 4 hds it will lose approxe y $4,750,000 annually it the B ls upheld. K' r ' tlal ' y eVery other milling Bfn > kmg °°mPMy In Indiana K ™ S| milar suits against the BsH e a,tzel > justified his ex- ■ „ 0 the restraining order Bw? mPnting on thp fact *bht ■ nment attorneys have failed ■tnni PS ° nt evldence refuting the Kern nant ' S Charge that it Kt, deter >n i -ne Whether the Em»„ abßWbed by the Processing f umer.° r PaßSed ° n t 0 th<?

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MAN SERIOUSLY INJURED WHEN STRUCK BY CAR Arthur Dixon Critically Hurt In Accident This Afternoon Adams county's second eerioiw traffic accident in letts than 24 hours occurred this afternoon when Arthur Dixon 49, Canton, 111., was I critically injured when struck by an automobile on U. S. highway 27. , one mile north of Oeneva. Dixon was riding with Patrick Allison. Lima, who had parked hie car entirely off the right of way. Dixon apparently stayed behind to . repair a tire. Allison had gone into a nearby farmhouse to telephone. As he wae returning to his car, two autos were approaching at close intervals. After the first auto passed. Allison started across the road. Clit Nussbaum. Berne, driver of the seeI end car. swerved to one side to avoid hitting Allison. The tires of the Nussbaum car skidded in loose gravel, smashing into Allison's auto. When Nussbaum and Robert Braun, other occupant of the Nussbaum car, got out of their car they found Dix:n beside the road. The injured man wae rushed to the Adams county memorial hospital. Examination disclosed that one '»g was badly crashed, necessitating probable amputation. l lt wan feared Dixon also sustained internal injuries and his condition was regarded as extremely critical. Nussbaum and Braun suffered minor cuts about the face and head. TKe Nussbaum car was only slightly damag d. but the Allison ! auto wan practically demolished. o LOCAL SCHOOLS ENJOY PROGRAM Impersonators Os Pres. And Mrs. Lincoln Give Programs Judge Charles Edward Bull, Lincoln impersonator, and Miss Nina Feaser, Mary Todd Lincoln impersonator. entertainer. the . | local schools today with two proII grams. ■1 At 8:30 o’clock this morning I they gave a sketch at the Decatur Catholic high school for the paro- • chial pupils. At 10:30 o’clock this morning they gave a second program at the Decatur public high school for. the high school and Central grade school pupils. The second performance was paid for through contributions made by the pupils of Central and the high school. The first part of the program H consisted of a sketch in which ' Lincoln and his wife were presented in a scene at the White House. The dialogue was actually 1 or in subste.nce the thoughts recorded of the pair in history. Among the scenes presented was one in which Mrs. Lincoln chided the President for failing to deliver an oration at Gettysburg. The newspaper comment of the famous Gettysburg Address was read by Mrs. Lincoln. The ' paper stated that Lincoln gave (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) — —o —— Blue Creek Township Woman Dies Sunday Mrs. Frank Hamrick, 42, died at one o'clock Sunday morning at her home six miles east ot Berne in Blue Creed township. Death was due to complications. She had been ill for several months. Mrs. Hamrick was born in Mercer county, Ohio on April 5, 1893 Her maiden name was Goldie Vining [Survivors include bbe husband, and 1 the following children; Versel Ham■l rick and Mrs. Joseph Arveries of Fort Wayne; Mrs. Clarence Fryj back of Poe; Verle. Harold, Donald, i and Robert, all at home. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, morning at 2 o’clock at 1 the Union church near Willshire. ■ .Ohio and burial will be made at ' Willshire.

As President Roosevelt Addressed Nebraska Farmers

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Pictured here is part of the crowd of forty thousand farmers who gathered at the railroad station In Fremont, Neb., as President Roosevelt delivered his address in defense of the AAA. The President’s specii'.l train arrived here en route to the Pacific coast after a day in the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Missouri. The rural people came into Fremont from miles around to flock about the temporary platform erected alongside the railway tracks, to hear the President speak.

PUPILS GUESTS OF INDIANA U. Local High School Students Invited To Bloomington Saturday Local high school boys and girls reeeiv d invitations today, through a letter to the principal, to be guests of Indiana University, Saturday. October 5, at an all day program of campus tours, science demcnstratioiM. and the opening 1935 football game for Bo McMillen’s "S rappin’ Hoosiers," against Bo’s alma mater. Centre college. Special 25c admission tickets will be available to al! high school WtMtotH—Ttee reduced rale ttULJie provided tliem on presentation of letters of identification from their pirnfipals. Registration in the field house is sch. doled to open at 8 o'clock for the high school guests. Campus tours, chemistry and physics demonstrations, inspection of Kirkwood observatory and scientific sound movies will engage the high school students up to 11 o’clock. Bo M Millen, himself, will talk to the high school students and visiting Boy Scouts in a roundup program in the field house opening at 11 a. m. The 100-piece 1. U. band will play and a wrestling and gymnastic show will close the morn-, Ing program. Following luncheon the visiting high school Students will go to the stadium for the Boy Scout troop review starting at 1 o'clock and the footbal preliminaries at 1:30. T ie Indiana-Centre game will b? called at 2 p. m. Ed Kubale, former team mate of McMillen at Centre, will put a formidable team on the field in his Centre College boys, according to advance reports. o CHUG. DOAN FORM H FIRM Yager Brothers Undertaking Establishment Is Sold Today — With the sale of the Yager' Brothers undertaking establisnment to Herman M. Gillig and J. M. Doan, one of the oldest and most widely known firms in the city changed hands. The transaction, completed to-1 day, did not involve the furniture I store, which will continue to op-1 erate as the Yager Brothers furniture store. As soon a.s remodeling of the | residence can be completed, the | undertaking firm will be located in the Gillig home, 312 Marshall; street and will be known as the! Gillig and Doan funeral home. In the meantime it will be located at | he Yager ?tore. The Yager firm was one of the ! first business establishments in Decatur, being founded in 1865 by the late Leopold Yager, a pioneer resident of Decatur. Mr. Yager was one of the leading morticians of his day and also a master craftsman and furniture maker. Every casket furnished by him, up until 1871, when the fire defrayed most of the business sec(CONTINL’ED ON PAGE FIVE)

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Decatur, Indiana. Monday. September 30, 1035.

Unemployed To Register Monday The next registration period for the Indiana State Employment service will be held at the WPA office at 9 o’clock Monday morning. October 7. Edgar Ludwig, district supervisor will be in the state for the purpase of paking new registrations and interviewing those who »Wi to ref rigster in the service. In order that an applicant be considered for employment, he must register once within each 60 day period. Therefore these who are tin-eiri-loyed at the present time and have not registered within the last 50 days should meet Mr. Ludwig at that time to bring their registration cards up to date. 0 WORK ON DRIVE AT HOMESTEADS Pavement On Homesteads Drive Reported Near Completion The asphaltic black-top road at the Decatur subsistence homesteads development will be finished as soon as the last of the leveling is done. It probably will require one day’s work. The road io of the latest type with a depression in the center to drain off the water. The road is 18 feet wide and the center is about four inches below the edges. By using this plan government engineers believe that only one drain is necessary. The water is collected in the road instead of at each side of it as is done on roa.de with crowns in the center. The road has been designed to ! handle the traffic expected at the . development. None of the drives j is a through street. The soy beans which were j planted in the park areas have been cut and plowed under and are being used as green fertilizer. Timothy has been planted anil | will be left standing as a cover. I j Commercial fertilizer has been ! placed on the ground. The land- ! scanfng was made possible by a ! $1 300 gift from the General Elec- [ trie company. The shrubs will be planted late ; this fall. Trees also will be set out this fall. The original designs for the development called for the planting of at least one speci- ! men ot every tree native to Indiana. The homesteaders are still ocI copying their houses under ternI porary licensing agreements under which the money is paid as rent ; but will be applied to the pur- ! chase of the homes. Final puri chase contra/’ts will not be signed until all the expenses are audited j and the total cost plus interest ! of each house is computed on an amortization plan. | " Chalmer Walters Injured Saturday Chalmer L. Walters ot 919 Harrison street, WPA worker, injured his ‘ left foot and ankle while enroute to the community sale on Monroe street Saturday. He was injured when he stepped into a hole in the brick sidewalk. X-ray showed that injury consisted of torn ligaments and a double fracture.

ANNIVERSARY ENDS SUNDAY Zion Reformed Church Closes Observance Os 75th Anniversary A total of sll3 was obtained in the missionary collections taken during the last three sessions of the 75th anniversary program held Sunday at the Zion Reformed church. Sunday was known as Anniversary Sunday. Three services were held Sunday. The church was crowded at each of the services. All the collections taken Sunday were used for missionary purpcees. Sunday morning the Rev. L. C. Hessert, professor of theology at l the Mission House college and | seminary in Wisconsin was the i speaker. He was pastor of the local church from 1906 to 1914. ; Rev. Hessert talked on the “Significance of History." Mem- ! hero of confirmation classes during his pastorate were guests of i honor at the church. Special vocal numbers were rendered by Mr. and Mrs. Henry Weidler of Detroit, Michigan. , The combined choirs of the church presented special music. A class of new members was . taken in at that service. In the afternoon the Rev. Paul H. Greiser. pastor of the Salem Reformed church at Fort Wayne was the speaker. He used as his I text “Cast Thy Bread Upon the Waters." He stressed the missionary work of the church. Music we.s furnished by neighboring Reformed churches. The closing service was conducted by the Rev. George Greth(CONTINU.iiJ ON PAGE TWO) o WILL ARRANGE FOR BANQUET Annual Father And Son Banquet At St. Mary's Church At a meeting of the prefects of: the Holy Name society of St. Marys Catholic church to be held Wednesday evening, plans will be made for holding the annual lather and jeon day banquet at St. Mary’s church. The meeting of prefects will be held at the Catholic school building at 7:30 o’clock. The father and j •son dav meeting will probably be held on Monday, October 14. The following prefects are asked to attend the meeting Wednesday evening. Francie Wertzberger, William Schumacker, Elmo Miller, Joseph I Coffee, Lawrence Voglewede, Mara : Bra-den, Fred Schulte, Leonard Meyer, Ralph Reed, Edward K'sller, Edward G-:inter, Herman Uleman, Herbert LaFountaine, Peter Loshe Frank Braun, Herman Wolpert. o WEATHER Generally fair tonight and Tuesday, except unsettled north tonight; somewhat warmer east and south, cooler extreme northwest | tonight; cooler Tuesday.

City Sewage Disposal Plant Project Granted By PWA In Washington; Cost $132,727

DRASTIC SLASH ANNOUNCED FOR FEDERAL BUDGET Roosevelt Pares Over Billion Dollars From Federal Deficit Washington, Sept. 30. — (ll.R) — President Roosevelt, promising to l get the nation out of the red without resorting to new taxes, today pared nearly a billion and a quarter dollars from the prospective federal deficit for the current fiscal year. . , In a drastic revision of the budget. prepared and left with the treasury department before he departed on his western tour, Mr. Roosevelt declared that business is improving and therefore increased revenues can be expected. "Thus it is clear to me.” he wrote, I "that the federal government under provisions of present tax schedules will not need taxes or increased rates in existing taxes to meet the expeftse oT its necessary annual operations and to retire its public debt.” In its budget for the current fiscal year ending next June 30, the government had projected expenditures of $8,520,413,609. This estimate was cut in today's revision to $7,752,332,000, a savirtg of $768,081,609. The federal income in this period originally was estimated at $3,991,904,639. Because of increased tax rates and higher tax revenues this estimate was raised to . 1 (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) ■ O MAKING CHECK ON CONTRACTS Checkin? Os Sugar Beet Compliance Contracts Is Started The Decatur factory district compliance committee began today the checking of the contracts preliminary to the final approval ■ of the last 1934 and the first 19:15 AAA sugar beet benefit payments. Members of this committee are George Kallenhorst. Putnam county. Ohio; E. L. Knoblauch. Allen county. Indiana, and Allen Lomont. Allen county, Indiana. The two other members of the advisory committee from which the j compliance committee was chosen are: Clyde Schultz of Union City and Martin Etzler of Convoy, O. E. W. Busche ot Monroe io supervisor for the district. The last of the 1934 payments will amount to about 75 cents a ton on either the expected or the ectual yield, whichever was the I highest. From this payment four or five cents will be deducted for [ the expenses of the committees for the year of 1935. The first of the 1935 payments will amount to about SO cents a ton. The compliance committee is i checking the contracts. As soon as they give their approval to the I contracts bv signing them the ■ contracts will be forwarded to Washington from where the checks i will be mailed. The dates of the mailing of the checks will depend upon the amount of business ahead of sugar beet section of the AAA. Sugar beet growers in this territory have reported that the beets are lifting much easier eince i the rains last week. O' - ■ ■ — Local Man’s Sister Dies At Fort Wayne Mrs. Charles Lenz. 59. -of Fort Wayne, sister of Henry Schulte of this city, died at the Lutheran hospital in Fort Wayne Sunday morning at 4:30 o’clock. Death followed a long illness. Surviving are t>he husband Charlee Lenz, former chief of police of Fort Wayne, two sons, Arthur of Fort Wayne and Elmer of Chicago; two brothers and two sisters. Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at the Zion Lutheran church in Fort Wayne and burial will be in the Concordia cemetery.

I County Clerk Fees Are Listed Today David D. Depp, county clerk, ha* filed a report with County Auditor John W. Tyndall luting the clerk’s fees from July 1, 1935 to September 30, 1935 at a total of $596.90 Court casts collected from civil, probate and criminal cases amounted to $378.50. Fees from marriage I licenses totaled S9B. Other fees | were: Miecellaneoue. $77.40; docket feee. $36; jury fees. $5, and fine, $2. The money is paid to the county by the clerk. 0 FORESEE EARLY INVASION FROM ITALIAN ARMY Ethiopia Rushes Mobilization; Britain Announces Policy ißy United Press) Addis Ababa — Italian military activity on three fronts presages ' early invasion. General Ethiopian 1 mobilization decided on. Rome. — Ethiopian mobilization will force Italy to advance to pro- ■ tect her colonies, authorities de- • clare. Italy's civilian test mobil- ■ ization expected within 36 hours. i Paris. — Britain asks France to - state whether she will fight for Britain it the latter is attacked. London.—Britain announces general policy of aiding any league member attacked in Europe, although making no specific pledge , with respect to any particular conn- . try. Brighton. — Chairman ot British labor party tells convention Italy must be threatened with military * action. Awash.—-Enraged EthTlTpian war-! ) riors swarm along Addis Ababa t railway line, eager for war. Asmara. Italian front. — Thousands of six-foot black warriors . ready to fight for Italy against | C Ethiopians. Valetta, Malta.—Five Italians to I be deported as spies. Final Break Near (Copyright 1935 by UP.) Rome. Sept. 30— (U.R>—Ethiopia's plans for general mobilization may force Italy to make advances at strategic points to insure the safety of its East African colonies, it was said authoritatively today. Officials said that while informaI tion of Ethiopia's imminent inobili- j zation was received calmly here, it : neverthless was “extremely ser-1 ious.” There were strong indications t that the final break in the long crisis was near. Cne official, in discussing Ethi-1 opia's intention to issue a general mobilization call, said that it again demonstrated 'he emperor’s inabil(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) O BANK BANDITS ARE THWARTED Gan? Believed Led By Alvin Karpis Routed At Chicago I ■ Chicago, Sept. 30.-—(U.R)—A gang of bank bandits believed led by Alvin Karpis, public enemy number ■ one, was frustrated by tear gas and bullets today when they attempted to rob the United State . Bank. The general description of the leader of the gang answered that of Karpis. He had a scar on one ; : cheek and the usual bravado which | ' characterized the desperado. Also j the gang was armed with three , machine guns and shotguns as they ' j entered the bank, Thl§ led police Ito believe they were dealing with , a formidable, organized gang. As six of the gang entered the bank one of the clerks stepped on a button releasing a flood of tear gas. William Fleming, bank guard, simultaneously engaged the sextet I in a gun duel. Fleming was struck beneath the heart and may die. Prof. Thorne Deuel of the University of Chicago was she. in the ankle. Mrs. Dorothy Gregory. 29. j 1 and Carl Ruether, 40, bank em-! ployes. were shot in the leg, and j I (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) I

Price Two Cents

Sewage Treatment Plant

Sewage Treatment Plant And Interceptor Sewer Granted Decatur; Other Indiana Projects. GENEVA SCHOOL Decatur's application for an ipterceptor sewer and sewage treatment plant was allowed by the PWA in Washington today, according to a United Press dispatch received by the Daily DeinI ocrat. The petition and preliminary , survey were filed by Charles H. I Hurd, consulting engineer of In- ! diana. The allotment for the sewer and disposal plant is given at 3132,727. W’hen the application was filed Mr. Hurd estimated the construction cost of the Interceptor sewer at $27,000 and the sewage treatment plant at approximately $90,000, the balance being listed for contingencies. Mayor A. R. Holthouse stated ! that since the regular meeting of ■ the council would be held Tuesday evening, a special meeting would not be called for the purpose of discussing the proposed project. Geneva School Also included in the Indiana allotments today was $42,750 for construction of a new grade and high school building at Geneva, replacing one which wae declared by the department of education as unsafe. Other Allocations Washington, Sept. 30— (U.R) — The public works administration today alloted $47,499,248 for 440 construction projects in Ohio, Michigan. Indiana. Arkansas, Monnesota and Mississippi. The Indiana allocation was $6,448,456 for 134 projects. The Indiana projects Included: Decatur. $132,727. sewage treat- ' ment works. Fort Wayne, $72,970, addition to (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o Forty Hours Devotion Here October 25, 26, 27 | Rev. Father Joseph Seimetz, pastor of St. Mary's Catholic church, announced today that tne Forty Hours devotion at St. Mary’s church would be held October 25, 26 and 27. Last Vining Father Seimetz and Father Joseph Hannes, assistant pastor, attended the closing of the Forty Hours devotion at Besacon, St. Luke's church, of which Father Jceeph Heseion, formerly of thia | city is pastor. Park Departments Plan Convention The 20th annual convention of I the Indiana Association of park deI partments will be held in Blooming--1 ton, October 14 and 15th, according to an invitation received by Forest Elzey, chairman of the Decatur park committee. Mr. Elzey and other members of the council ane planning to attend the conference, which will be addreeed by leading park superintendents and recreational directors. A visit to Brown county will also ba made. Among those scheduled as speakers are Adolph Jaenicke, park superintendent of Fort Wayne. PLAN REHEARSAL OF LEGION PLAY Members Os Cast Are Asked To Rehearse This Evening; Tickets Placed On Sale Tickets for the “First Commandment.” home talent show to be presented at the Catholic school audiforium October 8 and 9 by Adams I post number 43 of the American Legion, have been placed on sale. I They may be obtained at the City Confectionery, B. J. Smith drug store, E. F. Gass store, or from any legionnaire. Miss Dykeman, directress, announced all characters in the Moses episodes will rehearse at the legion hall at 7 o’clock tonight. This includes Pharaoh (Moses’ time), Moses, Aaron, Chief councilor, wisemen, chief steward, maidservant, Miriam, Levite women, Helon, Kohath, Makhlah, Joshua, guards, court girls. All persons not having their ! script, may obtain it by calling at | the hall after 6:30. All proceeds , from the production will be placed in a fund to provide a permanent I memorial in this city.