Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 33, Number 266, Decatur, Adams County, 9 November 1935 — Page 1

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Sesota and ft COME TO iAR BREAK '5 a By lowa Gov--1 Jf C auses Trouble Ou Eve Os Gamc 1 Mal'b. Nov ‘ 9 - (UIR) ~ A L * relations be1 «n lava, and Minnesota threat--J t*' aS ,h ® ,W ° R ' g T, ’ n “3, pip. < mins game F'-tzfe m. •: ribnt<‘<i to Gov. ' . I, i , . ~i l"«a that the _ treatment" . ilppi negro halfI E Hawkeyes. that B”. grHl',.,l -hortly before game ■L {wfo Davenport. I'Kitaj fling at 11 hieh P ,tcb I EertnWa esterday refused th fit-ofi athletic field for practin 1 ..'imorl and removed Rock Island. Mississippi policemen |X|*, I'.ntment for. guardJU|jmi*i.la t. .a• h will'd his jEcrtae- it: Mmie-apoli to . one iKinicatl " 'I. I'niversiiy of lowa. PiKSwt' ■ i " t' 11 ’" 1 ' 1 ,o )b,ain iKtrtijis treatment for his playJKffift i " l '’ • l "” r lh " Bcoverfcr Herring, here to atthe possibility to the Mmm-sota playI Bl Mtwy during their star. ■ ■aEii.. ot.i team, or any nothing to w he lowa th' to Hawkeye fans, was K f». 'list Simmons was Kugltel up in last yeai’s game ' Kft jEni -' . sinh an extent. 'Hi had to carried from the K Tuifcil reached such a crestlio and downKwn st ' l.i-t night following ■ P'diiemen swung - student h F a< hilarity. ,Hk kg) mass meeting on the the spark for mp tratioti. About 2,000 ntillEr stp and al’imni. gatlier.-d down-WlOlr.-:ed ■' l " l,f dozen limes 'Kpith Ml re. -street cars .Biis'ss, bore the brunt of the iBMH 1'..:.- rocked auto biles iBWli- carrier- so severely b.-came Ser IBuHtani'Mih - Mere n .lily up■ttp dice restored eerniprovided an escort for with boisterous to cra.sh movie were stopped by officers Elw rlshed to the theater enB 1 * 6 *! ■' wi ‘iging billies. No ary** T er “ made, police eaid. UIL WOMEN I lATTEND MEET Women Attend || ftfetrict Catholic Wof I men’s Meeting w. Smith and Mrs. attended the second S.B ri;: ’ of district meetings of and . ommittee chairmen National Council of Cath|SEP 0| h | 'n lle 'd at the home of j‘ E. O’Connor in Fort I F, 'iday. Mrs. •O'Connor is of the local deanery. P. McDonald was | lu hostess at the meeting. IV- Lawrence Manahan, St Patrick's church, as | l 'J^E spea ker addressed the as*W °« Art in the Church.'' Lgr WPre lnar ' e f° r the nationbsK rPnti ° n ° f the N ' C C W ' t 0 BEBr' in Fort Wayne November Sir 11 ' December 13, at a L/**’ meeting, Mrs. Herman will talk on “Attitudes " King will report on of Our Sunday Visitor. 'o - — WEATHER with local thunderstorms W>able tonight and Sunday ■Vtly warmer tonight; colder day.

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W arning Issued On Purchase Os Shrubs — A warning to householders in thia area haa been iaaued to exer else care in the purchase of trees and shrubs from itinerant peddlers. It has been reported that ‘ peddlers selling shrubs grown In the South have been active here I this fall, and that the shrubs are ! not acclimated to this area and will not live through the winter. | The Indiana law requires livens I ing. of all peddlers who do not i raise the shrubs they sell. The) law further provides that each I plant bear a tag of approval from the state entomologist. NEW VERSIONS OF OLD BIBLE Decatur Ministerial Association Sponsors New Exhibit Today The exhibit furnished by the Decatur ministerial association, which has already attracted considerable attention in the Decatur Democrat window, was changed this week. The exhibit now illustrates the: trend towards modern translations of the Bible. The ffrst exhibit showed many copies of old translations. The new exhibit includes: A New Testament translated by James Moffatt, loaned by the Rev. G.. O. Walton. A linear parallel edition of the; ■ Holman Bible containing in com bined text the authorized and revised versions of the Old and New Testaments, loaned by the Rev. M W. Sunderinann. Two volumes of the New Testai ment, translated into modern speech, loaned by the Rev. Glen E. Marshall. A New Testament, American translation, by Professor E. A. Goodspeed, loaned by the Rev. C. M. Prugh. A Nave's Tropical Bible, and a reference passage Bible, loaned by the Rev. H. W. Franklin. Two copies of the Evangelical! Messenger illustrating the title; page and a page from the first' edition of the Coverdale Bible. , Rev. Sundwmaan. ehairman m the ministerial association’s committee sponsoring the exhibit com mented as follows: “One of the cardinal dates in the I i history of American life and letters is the year 1535 when Myles | Coverdale gave to England and so Ito us, the first complete Bible in I the English tongue. “It is a strange development in I history that an Oriental book, born ; and bred in the distant East, writ- | ten down by poor people living hardly and harshly on the very i verge of subsistance, composed by I men subjected to kings and tyriants, filled with images of strange exotic splendor, should yet have , become the foremost English ! classic, the glory of our English I speech, the guide and inspiration of the world s wealthiest people. “This book has come a long way. Translated into nearly every known lauguage of the world today. Even today it outsells every other book. Our own speech is clearer, simpler, stronger. “We are now displaying the var(ICONTINL'ED ON PAGE THREE) . Church Members Visit Home At Lebanon, Ohio In response to an invitation by 1 the Otterbein Home, an institution for children and aged people at Lebanon, Ohio and representing a part of the st. Joseph conference, the Rev. Misses Cline and Hollingsworth. their conference delegate,! Mrs Gladys Koos and eight other laity of the church made the tfip to Lebanon Wednesday. The laity included Mr and Mrs. Freeman Schnepp and daughters. George Cramer, Mrs. Addie Rabbitt, Mrs. Florence Bauman and Mrs. Sue Burrell. They motored to Dayton. Ohio and visited the church publishing house and the United Brethien building. The latter is the highest building of the city, a 21 story structure with width harmonizing with its height. It was an inspiration to the membership to note the machinery, equipment and output that stands back of the organized church. Sister Os Decatur Woman Died Friday Word has ben received here of the death of Miss Elizabeth Hoffman. 78, sister of Mrs. Matt Harris of this city, who died Friday at her home in Logansport following a short illness. Four staters and two brothers survive. Funeral services will be held at Logansport Monday morning. Mr and Mrs. Matt Harris left today to attend the funeral.

SEARCH SEA, JUNGLES FOR NOTED FLIER No Trail Found Os Sir Kingsford-Smith And Companion Singapore, Straits Settlement, Nov. 9 —(U.P) —Ships and airplanes . searched the sea today, and, natives beat the treacherous > I jungle, in dimming hope of finding! Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith and J. F. Pethybridge, feared lost on an England-Australia flight. i Wireless messages flashed out to liners and freighters in the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Ben- ‘ gal seeking to trace the Lockheed monoplane Lady Southern Cross in which the great Australian uvaiator and his co-pilot were seen late Thursday fighting for life in shark-infected waters, only 200 feet above a stormy sea, 150 miles from the coast of the Malayan peninsula. ('. J. Melrose, fellow Australian i aviator on a solo flight to Aus-1 tralia, was the last man to see | the Lady Southern Cross. Flames were shooting from its exhaust. He joined in the search today. Melrose and the crews of two i great royal air force bombing . planes took off at dawn for Vic- , toria Point, 700 miles up the coast j at the southern tip of Burma, to. fly out over the Andaman Sea looking for the plane. Other bombers, on a visit to Taiping between Singapore and Victoria Point, took off at dawn. The 10,850 ton aircraft carrier Hermes got up steam here to cruise up the coast and reinforce ! the many ships that were cooperating in the search. All along the coast of the peninsula. Malay and Burma natives ' beat through the jungle area of the cor.'.t and in the dangerous! tangles of the islands off the i 1 coast. The United Press correspondent (roNTTNI'ED ON PAGE THUER) o TO RAISE FUNHS FOR BOY SCOUTS Campaign To Be Launched For Area And Local Scout Budgets Preliminary plans were made last night at a meeting of Boy Scout executives and troop committeemen for holding a dinnermeeting Wednesday, November 20, at which time the city wide campaign for the soliciting of funds will be launched. Harold W. McMillen, district finance chairman for the Boy Scouts in the Anthony Wayne area, presided at the meeting, held in the mayor's court room at the . city hall. L. L. Hotchkiss, scout director of Fort Wayne attended the meeting. He gave a report of scout activities in the area and told of plans being made in other towns to raise funds to carry on the 1936 program. Decatur is asked to contribute | $515 towards the area council budget, which for the next year totals more than $15,000. About $12,000 of this amount is contributed by Fort Wayne, other towns in the district providing the balance. Last year Decatur contributed $333.25 towards the area budget. The expense of the area office averages about 10 cents per capita i and on this basis, the contributions should total approximately $515. When the campaign is launched an effort will be made to raise additional funds for local scout ac- : tivitiesf It has not yet been determined what the local budget will total, but a goal of about sl,000 will be set, all donations over and above the area quota being used for the four Decatur scout troops. oElks Plan Turtle Dinner And Dance < ’IWI A turtle dinner, bridge party and dance will be held at the Elks home Friday evening, November 15. The dinner will be served from 5:30 to seven o’clock with H. A Colchin in charge Mrs. J. L. Ehler will act as chairman of the bridge committee and card games will be enjoyed from 7:30 to 9:30 o’clock. Dancing will follow the card games. Kenneth Beard is general chairman in charge of the evening's entertainment.

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Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, November 9, 1935.

Kentucky’s New “First Family” ■ —ft' I ' .ry- wilt---r _ j: MMWkSkjK ; i 1 j*. TgCTHggfe- Jr? « Happiness reigned in the home ot ‘jß||r'''. ■ <3 Albert B. (Happy) ('hand!, i when ‘ ' i*a| election i. turn- assured lorn of ss’*-*®**'*"' Js||| being the nexi govertior of K.-ti-tucky His family < ompris.-s two sons ami two daughters, left to KBMMto jßjaßgW tight. Mi.di' ,1. !> Mrs ( h.uidb : . Albert I'. 1: '' Dan. 2. ami Marcella. 1:1.

ROLL CALL TO OPEN MONDAY Annual Red Cross Membership Roll Call Opens Armistice Day The citizens of Adams County will be invited to enroll as mem bers of the Red Cross for 1936 during the nation-wide roll call to be made from November 11 to 28. Those who enroll annually in the Red Cross aid in community ser- . vice, especially pertaining to the ' welfare and health of children and world war veterans. Off F-half of the annual membership fee of one dollar is retained in the county i and one-half is sent to the national -| treasury for carrying on the naI1 ion-wide service given by the A- : merican Red Cross in all disasters . and humanitarian needs. Since January 1, 1935. the Adams county Red Cross chapter has spent $541.99 in community work. The expenditures were as follows: , Decatur and six Northern townships : Milk for children. $66.07. Clothing for children, $12.40. Eye corrections. (27 eases) $171.! 25. ' Tonsilectomies. (3 casesl S6O 00. Service to veterans. $17.45 Berne ant? three townships: Milk for children, $41.36. Clothing for children. $20.46. Eye corrections, (3 cases) sll.00. Tonsilectomies, (2 cases) $35.00. Geneva and three southern townships : Eye corrections. (7 caseS) $27.00. Tonsilectomies, (4 cases) SBO.OO. THREE PERSONS DENY CHARGES Fort Wayne Trio Plead Not Guilty In Mexican Hay Case Fort Wayne, Nov. 9— (U.R) — | Three persons charged with con- | tributing to the delinquency of a I 17-year old girl by inducing her to | smoke loco weed cigarettes, pleaded not guilty when tried in juvenile court late yesterday. The defendants, Harold Boham, 22, his wife Mrs. Margaret Boham, 24. and Doris Martin, 20, all of Fort Wayne, were arrested early this week after the 17-year ole, girl j whose name has not been divoulg|ed told police of a pa.rty she ati tended at which the doped cigar- | ettes and liquor were served. Passing of judgment against the defendants was deferred by Judge Clarence R. McNabb and they , were relaesed on their own recognizance. Two other defendants, Cal Dirtier, 22, and Philip Litfey, 27, who I were arrested this week after po- [ lice had instigated a probe of alleged dope peddling are being held in jail here awaiting trial. Litfey is charged with having sold the doped cigarettes used at ! the party while Girtler is charged i with contributing to the delinquency of the young girl. Police have indicated that other arrests in connection with the | dope peddling may be expected in the near future.

Many Attend Free Medical Clinic Here A large crowd attended the free ! clinic for cases of skin disorders conducted by the Adams county medical society Friday night in the 1 , council room of the city hall. Dr. Duemling of Fort Wayne aided in the diagnosis and treatment •of the skin disorders. Fifteen different cases were examined. The free clinic will be repeated in the near future it was announced today. The organization expressed thanks to the city officials for their cooperation in the use of the council room and the Democrat for the publicity given the project. The next regular meting of the I • medical sdc-iety will be held Fri day. December 13, and at this meet ing the election of officers will be held. — o WPA DIRECTOR TO SPEAK HERE Indiana Water Conservation Head To Address Local Club George Hyman, supervisor of water conservation of Hie Indiana i WPA, will attend the monthly | meeting of the Adams county fish and game conservation league. Tuesday, November 12, at the American Legion hall ffefe. Mr. Hyman is working in coop-j eration with the Indiana depart- ] ment of conservation and the local club in a program to raise the level of the St. Mary’s river and streams j in Adams county by the construe-, Ition of log dams. | This, the men believe, will imI prove the water ways, retard soil I erosion along the banks of the ■ streams and improve the living 1 condition of the fish by dilution I of the sewage and harmful ele1 ments in the water. I Mr. Hyman is coming to DecaI. tur at the invitation of the local i club which has been interested for ! several years in stream improve- , ment. The WPA director will ' answer any questions of the club members on landowners agree- . ments and dam construction. The club has appointed three , committees to cover Adams coun- . ty to examine the St. Mary’s and . Wabash rivers as well as smaller streams to select the best dam sites and to obtain landowners’ agreements. ’’ A WPA project has already been • approved for Adams county to I furnish all the necessary labor., Landowners directly benefited by . the improvement will in most in- . stances donate the logs. A large attendance is expected , 1 at the meeting. Plans and com- , mittees will be appointed to ar- . range for the club’s annual shoot and coon dog chase to be held this month. . I -o ——— Springer Funeral Services Sunday ► — ; Funeral services for Leo Robert Springer, 5. son of Mr. and Mrs. : John Springer, 1014 Patterson t street, who died at the Adams t I county memorial hospital Friday • morning, will be held Sunday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at the ■ home and at 2 o'clock at the Gos- > pel Tabernacle. Burial will be i made in the Ray cemetery at Mon-j I roe.

CAYLOR'S ASK NEW TRIAL IN DAMAGE SUIT Defendant’s Claim Court Erred In $25,000 Damage Case Here Dr. and Mrs. Charles E. Caylor, ’ and Dr. Truman H. Caylor of Bluffton, filed a motion for a new trial this morning in the case brought by Cloid B. Ratliff, who was given a verdict of $25,000 damages, by a jury in Adams circuit court a montht ago. Mr. Ratliff sued for $75,000 damages for alleged X-ray burns which | !he claims were sustained when: 'given treatment for eczema at the, I Caylor clinic in Bluffton several ! years ago. The burns, he alleged, (resulted in the amputation of both ; his hands. Today was the last day to file 'the motion. The defendants had I until 30 days after the return of the verdict to take HITS action. As the time limit ended Sunday and the following day is Armistice I Day, the motion had to be filed on I the 29th day. Among the 25 causes listed for .asking a new trial are: “The verdict of the jury was not sustained by sufficient evidence.” “The verdict of the jury was 'contrary to law ” “The court erred in over ruling defendant’s motion to direct a veri diet at the close of the plaintiff's 1 : evidence in chief.” "The court erred in over ruling defendant's motion to direct aver- ! diet at the close of all the evidence ; J in the case.” The motion also alleges that the court erred in given and reading instructions to the jury and in rul-1 I (jCONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) o . Harvey Lafontaine Given State Office — Harvey C. LaFontaino, su;erin- ! tendent of the Adams county infir-' 1 mary was named vice-chairman of I j the county charities group of the Indiana State conference on social! work at the annual convention which closed Friday night. Mrs. Nyral St • wart Gordon of Logansport, was elected chairman !of the charities group. Joseph E. ' Andtew. Lafayette, was elected president of the conference. o Portland Woman Known Here Dies — Mrs. Herb Kern of this city has been called to Portland on account of the death of Mrs. Jessie Mao Reinhard, c 4, wife of William G. Reinhard, who die dat her home Friday. Mrs. Reinhard was the mother of ( Mrs. Vera Reinhard-Kirkpatrick of j Cincinnati, Ohio, who is well known here and has visited frequently with [ Mrs. Kern. Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the residence in Portland and burial will be in Green Park cemetery. RURAL LIGHTING IS CONSIDERED Rural Electrification Projects Are Being Considered In County Berne. Nov. 9—Rural electrification projects are under way in several Indiana communities and several electric lines are to be built !in this community soon, it was learned today. In Jefferson and Wabash townships projects are un- ! der consideration and will no doubt : go through. In several communities around , Berne, electric lines have been built but some communities are still withßut the power and lights. I John Amstutz was recently elected ' president of a group to aid in get- ! ting the rural communities electrified. The Rural Electrification Administration isToaning money to farmI ers to pay the entire costs of the I construction of the lines. The loan I calls for 3 per cent interest and repayment over a period of 20 years, making the projects self-liquidat-ing. No payments ot principal Is required during the first year. For security, REA will take mortgages on the lines In order that the farms served may obtain the fullest advantages of electric service, and to promote a freer use ot 'electricity which should assure adequate revenue for each project, additional loans (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

Lutheran Speaker 1 sBR / ... Rr. Walter A. Maier, Ph.. D.D.D, professor of Old Testament interpretation at Concordia Seminary. St. Louis, nationally known Lutheran speaker, broadcasts every Sunday at 12:30 p. m. over stations KFUO, WLW. WINS, WCAE, WGAR, CKLW. WJJD, KSTB. A miniature gold cross can be obtained by requesting of Rev. Paul W. Schultz REPORT GIVEN BY COMMITTEE Committee Os Reformed Church Classis Files Its Report The report ot the committee on ; social welfare of the Fort Wayne | Classis of the Reformed churches' was announced today. The report j ! was ordered at the meeting ot the 1 i Claris held in Decatur on October. IS. I Members of the committee were the Rev. C. M. Prugh, pastor ot | the Zion Refromed church. A. Steine. ker and E. W. Baumgartner. The report is: "The Church finds itself today 1 in a world where the principalities j and powers of evil are arrayqd against it on every side. Evil and j vice in all their modern forms and disguises ar • asserting themselves i with a boldness that is unprecedent- , ed in the history of our country. Cerj tain sinful kinds of traffic arc more deeply intrenched in our American [ life and ever before. St. Paul’s injunction, “Love not the world., ((either the things of the world,”l was never more timely than now. “The future of the world and its i civilization is threatened by sel-j fish nationalism and racial exclusiveness of the most dangerous sort. War among nations, the inevitable result of the workings of these sinister forces, has again broken out. and who knows (but that we may be standing upon the brink of [another international catUstrophe? ' '.n our own land the program of Repeal has utterly failed to bring abcut the era of temperance and sobriety which was promised by its advocates. TCie legalized liquor traffic is floodin gits way into every strata of society. Communism with its atheizing tentancies remains a serious threat to tlie very foundational principles of cur social order. The Christian Sabbath, one of the finest traditions of American htaand commercialized by certain groups within our citizenry. In many ccmaiunities County Fairs have been displaced by Street Fairs ! conducted wholly on a commercial I basis and often featuring the very ! lowest forms of amusement. "In view of these prevailing coni ditions, which may undermine the ' moral and spiritual foundations of ! our social life, the Church .must emi. hasize the failure of all proposed substitutes for religion which ' have posed as cures for our individual, national and international ills. I .“Your committee submits the fol- : lowing resolutions: “1. We look with satisfaction upon the progress made in our country for the prevention of war, and , pledge ourselves to continue the dis- ! semination of knowledge and ot truth concerning war, and to lead cur constituents in a determined crusade for ipeace. “2. We pledge ourselves to resist CCONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) O Knights Os Columbus Plan Winter Parties The first in a series of entertainments for the winter season at the Knights of Columbus hall will be held Monday, November 18, with a public card party. Thursday, November 21, all 'members of the St. Mary’s parish are invited to attend a parish dance. Admission will be 25 cents per couple. The annual rabbit supper for K. of C. members will be held Monday, December 2.

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ITALIANS TAKE UP CHASE OF FLEEING ARMY Important Ethiopian Cities Taken As Real War Activities Begin (Copyright, 1935, by UP.) With the Italian 'southern army before Gorrahei (via Mogadiscio, Italian Somaliland), Nov. 9.--KU.R) —The chase of a fleeting Ethiopian army along the trails to the north and to Harar has started as I write this dispatch. ' It is the beginning of the real campaign in the south, which is to take the army of the solith through the Ogaden country to meet the armies assembled by Ras Siyourn in the country before Harar and Jijiga. I have witnessed myself the fall of Gorrahei, an important position which was considered by the Ethiopians—and rigmly—to be the key of the defensive system in the Ogaden region. Gorrahei was taken by armored cars Wednesday night witthout the firing of a shot and it was strongly garrisoned by two united Italian attacking columns Thursday morning. A strong force of Ethiopian tribal warriors and regular infantry had been demoralized and fled in rout terrified Iby the preparatory [bombing ot Italian airplailes. This operation was the keystone of the Italian campaign in the south under Gen. Rodolfo Graziani, called Italy’s foremost colonial soldier and conqueror of the Libyan desert. As the army starts northwest- ' ward and northward, its lines have j extended some 660 miles from the southern base at Mogadiscio on the ' Somaliland coast and we are 62 ' miles from the most advanced field base at Scillave. There is no defense in sight. I Gen. Afework. commanding the Ethiopian stronghold here, fled ; with ills men after being seriousl ly wounded Monday by a splinter I from an aerial bomb, prisoners I told us. The last of the main i, forces fled the city Tuesday night. • I Every deail of the Italian attack was prepared in advance by Gen. Graziani personally. Gorrahei was known to be an , Ethiopian strong point. Gen. Xrfwork, young, ambitious, educated I in Europe, considered fiercely antiItalian. was sent here months ago ' to create about Gorrahei a modern entrenched camp, equipped with three Hues of deep entrenchments, with replacements for machine (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) —o Huge Cheese Is Cut At City Hall Friday A 100 pound cake of American Kraft cheese was cut by Mayor Arthur R. Holthouse in the City Hall Friday afternoon as part of the local observance of National Cheese Week which opens Sunday. The week is sponsored each year to encourage the nation to eat more cheese. The program is designed to help the farmers by the sale ot one of their most profitable products. Officials of the Cloverleaf Creameries. tic., city officials and citizens were present at the program at the city hall Friday. o {RABBIT SEASON OPENS MONDAY Many Licenses Issued By County Clerk David D. Depp The open season for rabbits opens in Adams county Monday ' and will continue uhtll January ! 10. The open season for quail, ' ruffled grouse and Hungarian partridges also opens Monday but 1 closes, December 20. 1 Since the first of the month 47 hunting and fishing licenses wer<» purchased from County Clerk David D. Depp. With the licenses already purchased, this makes a total of 1,327 hunting and fishing licenses issued since January 1, I 1935. As the licenses cover both fish- ■ ing and hunting the number puri chased this month does not indii cate the number of persons expecti ing to hunt. | The licenses sold this year inJclu.de: three non-residence hunt- • ing licenses at $15.50 each; 16, 10- : day non-residence fishing licenses lat $1 each; 13 nofi-residence an- . nual fishing licenses at $2.25 each, - and 1,295 resident hunting and ! fishing licenses at $1 each.