Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 33, Number 275, Decatur, Adams County, 20 November 1935 — Page 1

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' ft PERSONS jrtEHEHED BY mKONED SODA IB , Francisco I’er- •'* |sonßP>‘' :,(i 1 rom ,o ’ s ‘ ; o l| Baking Soda ■,..J | a-ut.anc.sco. Nov. 20.—HJ.P) taij _MunLpal Judge Alden Ames >,J warrants for the i arrMt O s two metl char9ed ■OM with# '°s arsenic laden baknd tod held responsible for S at ItsTthree fatalities among the jjjfamil.es who purchased ,u- of death.'* named in the warrants Ij J^K O rr.s Rosenthal of the rJH store ■' t"e Manno ><>nlnl 1.1 ■' n i|. v !n 4 ’ ■•' • " Ihi ""■ | "’ liwSfr* ,H> rat,io t 0 wurn ■ ,1 ( ILeS-Sim 'l'hi.<. aluady ' I ■ (fIK. i .n. aloil th.,' ißhe W> ; ->Hla contained so I fcutii ar.fe' nii'Xideand fluorine . taken ißwnally (ui’Ve fatal. Police. 1 nBMiHP* ,low ,^ie i )(, ‘ aon ' ?ot liKnto the I" can a.ti in v .st at i|«|ifolTl !> Shufelt. 53, T>"'■y'f dawpter. and Mary Ogle, 61. ■ Sine till' : "lio used the soda Kb eookiti or to relieve stomach • 3 TbeWtia . nine from a "cnt- ' ■rate” dei rtment store. In 1 ulk. ■ SlHl ptflds had been sold in two (I it had entered ifcl1 ItIIOLIS MEET I WPS FINISH f ■Natiftal Council To Hold I C«ng Session At I t. I ft’ayne Today I I ', pg^yu.''' .ml. ri‘ '.MSI ■Kllism” will be ' • I>;I:• >n.- to ■ d ■ BC anal council ot I'ath >'i. I Tile Ji ' be ,■■ PW ..Cilia into :,m to. . \;.oiiici. d . ' ' clergy. ■ FttMr ■ suiijej the r.'sohiti ,n---■®itte«-*ero birth control and re■ngtoas rsecution in Mexico. ci' ■* 9 - b a urrent complaint gainst t io :,... aj ami t . (ritual lax- ' "l"i n age. and 'leiic.iicia. ■lion trflh. who . omloi'.o coin ra--t the practice '.",1 in a plainly worded as of America at their Seattle thio Io..!) i JE**C' ireep into the rosolut ions announcement that, one ■ W<M n . ( - rn itself with the social ■ aecuritjl act. 'KjKhfy Slani "i thf* Roosevelt adwas .strongly ’apt. roved in an address by Bisliop p- Lucey of Amarillo, who ."rtfe 1 ' American business men “ 'Vork Progressing [ On New Balcony tha^y f Pl t ’ lp new balcony at bHB P “’ 1 Heater wae set today ill tt te thought the balcony will Within the next two "si'fe. 0 Skating Party For Junior C. (’. Tonight funl r Chamber of Cotnparty will be held at roller skating rink at **ft’W 0 ' li th: ' J evenin S- The rir.b £ ’. e L openef l to members and iWr jF 11 '" 11 KUee,s only. Admission a person.

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I New Peak Load At Municipal Plant M. F. Mylott, superintendent of the municipal light and power plant, | and George Stulta, chairman of the light and power committee, announced today that the largest load in the hlutory of the local Hpht and power plant was carried during th<> ■ 24 hours Tuesday. The total load for the day wa« 31,000 KWH.’ The heaviest load came at 1:30 o’clock Tuesday afternoon when the turbines were gen erating 2,100 KWH. The Central Soya company used city current for 10 hours Tuesday. OUTLINES FOR ! FARM PROGRAM i ARE ANNOUNCED Reductions Proposed For Practically E v e r v I Major Crop Washington, Nov. 20I— (U.R) — Broad outlines for the AAA proi gram of the next to years were I revealed today by the administra-1 tion’s planning specialists. Reductions in total acreage of nearly I every major crop were recommended. The convention of the Associa-1 | tion of Land Gra.nt Colleges was cJtoßen as a sounding board for I the details of what President | Roosevelt ha's termed "the longi time program for agriculture." H. R. Tolley, collaborator with the AAA program planning division and director of the Giannini i i Foundation ot Agricultural Economics, and Oris V. Wells, acting chief of the planning division, were the exponents. A regional study, carried on duri ing the last six months with the help of the agricultural experij ment stations in every state, reI suited in the following proposals. In the corn belt, acreage of corn I and oats should be reduced wi.h I a corresponding increase in soy- • bean, hay end pasture acreage. For the “short-time" period, 1 mB-40. a limit of SS.omjHW acres , of corn and a total production of 2,248,000,000 bu.hels was recomI mended. It would be a drop of i 11,000,000 acres from the 1929 ' base and 7.000,000 acres from rei ported 1935 acreage. This would result during the ■ short period in a decrease in hog ; i numbers, substantial increase in i dairy cows and milk production and moderate increases in beef ' rattle and sheep. In the south, a decrease in cot- j ; ton acreage below the normal ( level wk recommended with an ; increase in total crop lands ajid ■ production of southern feed crops. Thus, cotton acreage would be about 35.009,090 acres, or about 11 (CONTINUED ON PAGR SEVEN) o Regular Meeting Os Elks Tonight The regular meeting of the R. P. O. Elks will be held at the home on North Second street at 8 o’clock tonight. All members are urged to attend. o ECONOMY STORE OPEN THURSDAY Greater Economy Store Will Reopen Thursday Morning The greater Economy store, operated by Sam Brooks and occupying two store rooms will ci.en for business Thursday morning. The building formerly occupied.) by the Fisher and Harris grocery in the center of ths block on the 1 west eide of Second street, has ijeen added to the department store. Two large archways have been .made between the rooms and each room has an entrance on Second street. The additional room will house the ladies ready-to-wear department, including coats, dresses, lingerie, shoes and millinery. New shoe cases, counters ami beautiful electric- fixtures have been ( installed in the store. Established about 14 years ago by Mr. Brooks, the store has added many departments and the acquiring of the second building permit to expand and include more complete lines of wearing appareal, dry goods, boots and shoes. The stores were closed today getting ready for the opening of the enlarged departments at 9 o’clock to-1 morrow ..norning. The .store employe about a dozen clerks. I

COUNCIL WILL RECEIVE BIDS FOR TURBINE Bids To Be Received December 13 For Turbine, Other Equipment The city council will receive sealed bids for a. 2,090 KWH turbine. condenser and building of an I addition to the City Light and i Power Plant,' Friday, December 13. it was decided last evening. Proposals for the turbine and I other equipment and -plant addiI tion, will be received under regn- . lations prescribed by the public works administration, assuming thr.t a 45 per cent grant will be made to Decatur towards the purchase of the machinery and building. December 15 has been set as the deadline for entering into contract for public works whi'-li the federal government helps finance ami in order to comply with the regulations, F. M. I-xigan, state director of the PWA. advised city officials to advertise for bids intj mediately. The project totals $110,300 on engineer’s estimate and Mr. Login has informed city officials that , the federal grant will be $49,800, leaving $60,500 to be paid by the i city utility. The city has not yet received the offer from the government, but assurance has been given that it will be forthcoming and in ord- | er to have contractu awarded by December 15, Mr. Ixigan stated it 1 was necessary to advertise for proposals. The council expressed iUself favorable to the project and indicated the formal offer would be accepted when made. The board of public works r.’id safety, composed of Mayor A. R. Holthouse, City Attorney Herman Myers and Andrew Appelman, were empowered to enter into contract with the I consulting engineers. Bevington ' and Williams, for the final plans and to sign necessary contracts ■ with the fctlerai govefnnieiit. II -J —.—o_ _T_ GENEVA SCHOOL BIDS REJECTED W abash Township Trustee Rejects All Bids As Too Hijjh All bids for the construction of the Geneva school house were rejected by Jesse Mann, Wabash township trustee, because they were too high. The bids were opened Monday. Four bids for the general contract were made, all of which were over the appropriation made by the government and the town- - ship. New invitations for bids will be advertised by the township. These will be opened by the trustee in the presence ot township officials, attorneys, engineers and a representative of the PWA office, Friday, December 13 at 9 o’clock. The architect is revising the plans in order to provide alternates which will make it possible to build the school house with the existing appropriation. Bidders will be required to specify exactly what amount of the new construction will be made from salvage of the old Geneva building and two one-room school houses in the township. These i buildings were torn down under a WPA project. The bricks will be used on the inside walls and new facing bricks will be required. An amount of other material will be | re-used. ‘ Under the PWA regulations the construction must begin on De- ; cember 15. This will give the successful bidder only two days to begin operations. o Lions Entertained By Girls’ Sextet — A girle’ sextet claying braes instruments and directed by Albert Sellemeyer entertained the Lions at the regular -reeting Tueeday ] night. Members of the sextet were Zulu Pcrter. Elle n Jackson. Mary Max-j | ine Hilton, Lois Sovine, Bernice) Beineke and Helen Jean Kohls. The members of the chib also' voted to attend in a body the zone I Lions' club meeting at Fort Wayne next Tuesday in honor of the new district gov mor for Northern IndI iana, P. E. Greenwait of Marion. I No local, meeting will be held in I Decatur next week.

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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, November 20, 1935.

Cities Worried Over Relief ~i ; 1 Wl)"< . J:'"''-’-' , ■' S.' — 7r ~j * Means of taking care of direct relief, being abandoned on Dec. 1 by the federal government, were discussed at the annual conference ol mayors of United States at Washington. D. when Mayor Fiorellc La Guardia of New York, left, and Mayor Daniel W. Hoa.n of Mil waukee, right, went into a huddle.

GEHRIG NAMED ON COMMITTEE — Tillmon Gehrig On State American Legion Safety Committee ) Lagrange, Ind.. Nov. 20 — More than two dozen Fourth district American legionnaires have been named to important state committees for 1936 by State Commander A. R. Killian, of Lafayette, according to information received here by Rev. Fred Hill, district ) commander. The committee appointments by Dr. Killia.n are; Columbia City—Ralph F. Gates, committee; Walter, Firestone. graves registration; I and Edgar M. Lorber, special reI serve fund of the finance commit-. | tee. I Angola — Harry Ritter, Re J Cross; Lee Hirsch, safety; and) Dean Cline, conservation commit-1 ) tee. . Decatur—Tllltnaji Gehrig, safety. | Fort Wayne—Chalcie Keller, advertising committee; Clarence i Cornish. conservation; Robert Gaskill, legislative; Earl Mose. • national defense: Frei Zeig, radio publicity; Sam Johnson, speakers) , bureau; Rev. S. J. Ryder, speakers • bureau; Sam C. Clelr.’id. speakers . bureau and Walter Adams, safety. Kendallville — Leo D. Miller.; education of war orphans. Wolcottville — John Dukes, unemployment; Fred Rittenhouse. (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) | FEEDDEALERS | HERE TODAY 400 Men And Women Guests Os McMillen Feed Mills At Dinner i "It’s our purpose to serve you; and to be of help to you in building your feed business," Dale W. McMillen, president of the McMil- | len Feed Mills, of this city, stated in a talk before 400 feed dealers from Ohio, Indiana, Michiga.n an,l Pennsylvania at the Decatur Country club this afternoon. The feed dealers were guests of Mr. McMillen and company officials. Many have dealt with him for a score of years through his former connections with the hay and grr.m business and they came in numbers today to attest to their friendship and their recognition of his leadership in the feed industry. Dinner was served at the club house and music was furnished by a Fort Wayne orchestra. Members and co-workers of the McMillen organization, including the Central Soya Company, t'lo Central Sugar Company and the McMillen Feed Mills were introduced to the crowd. Mr. McMillen gave an interest- > I ing talk on the feed business and | stated “next to milk, soya beans and «oya bean'meals are the best foods for animal or man. By using , the Master soy concentrate and > the soy bean mix you can make a feed richer and better and even (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) |

Installing New Organ At Catholic Church Tlie new Wicks organ is being installed in St. Mary’s Catholic church and will be ready for service by the end of the week. The organ contains 219 pipes and the blower is operated by an elo:trie notor. The new organ is placed in front of the old organ in the choir loft. The organ will be paid for from proceeds fr tn the St. Joseph’s school children’s festival which ) opens next Monday. The festival will continue over to Tuesday evening and dinner will be served in the I school dining room each evening, beginning at six o’clock. EXTENSION OF LINE APPROVED I City Council Approves Extension To Rural Light System An extension to the rural light system to 31 customers was approved at the regular meeting of the city council Tuesday evening. The extension begins at a point a mile a.nd a quarter south of the ) southeast corner of Belmont park and runs east from the Piqua road to the Ohio state line. 1 The new customers are: Jacob Alt. J. F. Dailey, K. Ohler, R. J. Miller, Lucille Miller. J. O. Darr. A. H. Hattery. Floyd Myers, Fred Teeple, Frank S. Myers. L. S. | Shuling. iS. W. Alexander. A. E. ‘ McMichael, Fay Mutschler, Artie IL. Jackson. 11. S. Robinson. Joe Brunnegre/f, Frank Johnson. Fred 'C. Ahr, E. L. Schlner. W. G. Teeple. J. M. Dawson, John H. Helm, W. L. Johnson. Claude Gay, Glen Chronister, Matie Stevens, Ed S. Moses, Howard Mauller, ' Otis E. Shifferly and the Calvary church. | Tiie cost of the lines was proi rated among the 31 customers and ( amounted to $64 each. | Suggestions were made that a signal light be erected at the intersections of Monroe and Fifth streets, because of the traffic over state road 224. A second suggestion was made that the signal light at Five Points be replaced with a three way signal light to eliminate the hazards ot the automobiles coming into the city on sta.'e road 527 and U. S. highway 27 over Mercer avenue and Winchester street. The suggestions were referred to the board of public works and safety. Tlie street commissioner was ordered to mark off and designate parking space along the north side of Madison street for the use of the police cars. By heading their cars west at this intersection the police would be able to (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) 0 Monmouth Seniors To Sponsor Fall Festival The senior class of the Monmouth high school will sponsor a fall festival Tuesday, November 26 at the Mon r.outh school house. Featured on the program will be the most popular girl, and the ugliest man contests. Other entertainments will be swimming matches, boxing, etc. The public is cordially invited to attend.

THREE HUNDRED AT DEDICATION | OF NEW TEMPLE New Masonic Temple Is Formally Dedicated Tuesday Evening Approximately three hundred Maeone, tlieir wives and Eastern Stars enjoyed the dedicatory program and , banquet held Tuesday evening in the new Masonic Temple. During the dinner several num■bera were sung by the Scottish Kite Choir under the direction of Fred Church. Cal E. Peterson, acting as toastmaster introduced the -present j officers of the lodg-b Charles Lang-, <ston, George Harding and Robert 7 Krick. Mr. Langston, worshipful , master, gave a short address of wel-' come. Sam Geake. secretary of the Scottish Rit?. Fort Wayne. Indiana, and Earl Adams, secretary of the local lodge, spoke a few words of I welcome. Mr. Geake brought the personal regrets of Edward Wilson, 33 degree mason, Thrice Potent Master of Scottish Rite Lodge of Fort Wayne who was unable to be here because of illness. Judge James T. Merryman, th? oldest member and Harry Dailey, the youngest member, in point of years of membership, were introduced. An address was given by Judge D. Burns Douglass, 33 degree mason of Fort Wayne whose subject was "What Seest Thou?’’ Judge Douglas stated that what one sees depends on what one is looking for. and that Masonry-is looking forward and not backward. After the banquet the remainder of the services was enjoyed in the lodge rocm. Miss Rudig, Scottish Rite choir pianist, played several -piano selections. ft v. Frank Rupnow of Fort Wayne made the dedicatory address taking the place of David E. Smith, who was unable to attend because of illness. His subject was “The Contribution Fraternalism Can Make to the Emergency of Our Age.” He laid great stress on the . ; building of personality. David Erwin and Archie Spice. 1 Fort Wayne! sang group songs and more numbers were given ’by the 'choir. Dan ing and cards wre en-1 1 joyed later in the evening. Beautiful baskets of flowers were presented by Mayor A. R. Holthouse the Rentz Florist shop, the Decatur Floral Co., and C. E. Petenson. List Examinations For Civil Service The United States civil service commission has rnnounced open competitive examinationis for the district supervisor, bureau of motor carriers, interstate commerce commission. Annual salary for director positions is $5,600 and for supervisors, $3,800. Applications must be on file with the U. S. civil service commission at Washington, December 2. 1935. Full information may be obtained from the Decatur postoffice. LICENSE PLATE SALES DEC, 9 New 1936 Motor Vehicle License Blates On Sale On Above Date The new 1936 motor vehicle li-) cense plates w.T! be placed on sale i at the local license branches on December 9. The last date upon which 1935 plates can be displayed is December 31. The applications, fully made out, are now being prepared in the state house and will be mailed out and received by the car owners a few days previous to the above sale date. The ’ envelope will also contain two driver license applicati’ons, one for the owner and one for another member of the Thmily. which the driver is requested to fill out liefofe going to the branch office. On the application for plates it is only necessary for the applicant to sign his name and write in the name of the county and township where he resides. The signature may be notarized in the branch. The furnishing of the driver license and plate applications by mail makes for the convenience of the public and a prompt issuance in the branches without the delays and crowding occasioned under the old system. The public is urgently requested to cooperate with the department by preserving the application mailed until such time as I the owner wishes to use it as he I will be required to present it to ; the branch to obtain plates. (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN)

First Sunshine In Nearly Two Weeks ' Two unusual experience* were met by citizens of Decatur this morning, Shortly after 9 o’clock u j few flakes of snow fell, heralding . the coming of winter. At exactly 11 o’clock this morn ) ) ing the ettn pierced the clouds for a few minutes breaking the longest i sunless record in the history of weather observations in this district. It has been nearly two weeks since the sun shone in Decatur. RED CROSS ROLL CALL UNDERWAY ■ l< Volunteer W o r k e r s t Throughout County Are Conducting Roll Call The Red Cross roll call is progressing throughout th ? county. The amount raised will not be known until after the Campaign i | closes Thanksgiving Day. j ( J. IL Kelley is chairman of Ge-1 ( neva and William Sprunger of, ( Berne. The home economics clubs under the leadership of Mrs. E. W. 1 Bueche have charge ot the roll call ) in the rural units. Chainmen of the home economies - , clubs are: Mrs. R. W. Rice, Root township: Mrs. Hubert Zerkle, Union town- [, ship; Mrs. Helen E. Mann. Kirkland i township; Mrs. Glen Mann. St. Mary’s township. Mrs. Erwin Stucky, Monroe town- 1 ; ship; Mrs. Rolla Raudenbnsh, Blue Creek township; Mrs. Sol Moser, ; Jefferson township; Mrs. Ada Stonemaker, Hartford (fowjiship. Mrs. Fenstermaker, Wabash -1 township; Mrs. Omer Lehman, the) M. W. F. club, Mrs. Robert Garard, the Decatur club; Mrs. E M. Ray the B me club; Mrs. Henry Breiner f Preble township. Chairmen have reported the fol- ’ lowing volunteer wot'kers to Mrs. Faye Smith Knapp, county chairman. Geneva; Elizabeth Kraner. Jesse) Mann, Ora Hoskinson, K. F. Shoemaker, Margaret Rhoades, Ina I Briggs, Dorothy Laßue, Mrs. J. A. I (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) ■ LEADERSWILL MEET SUNDAY County Christian Leaders Meet At M. E. Church Sunday A meeting of the pastors and 1 church school superintendents, 1 the local church committees on 1 Christian Education or Sunday i schools, the county and township 1 Sunday school officers and other interested persons will be held in | the Decatur Methodist Episcopal church next Sunday afternoon, at I 2 o’clock. The topic for discussion and de- ! cision will be the program of leadership training in the field of ! Christian Education in the local | churches a.nd the possibility of ■ ( : community inter - denominational schools and conferences. The Rev. H. R. Carson, superintendent jof the department of Christian education, in the Adams county j council of Christian education will j be in charge of the conference. Each pastor in the county is asked to bring the superintendent of the Sunday school of Sunday ) schools of his charge to the meet- | ing and to be ready to present various fields in which he feels courses in leadership training might help his work. Church school superintendents are likewise asked to bring a survey of their leadership and to present suggestions for setting up leadership schools in Adams county. o Judge De Voss Will Give Ruling Friday Huntington. Ind., Nov. 20 —(UP) —Judge Huber DeVoss of Decatur will rule Friday in Huntington cir- 1 cuit court on demurers filed by the Northern Indiana Power Co., to 1 ijleas of abatement of Mayor Clare 1 W. H. Bangs and ten others. < The mayor and his co-defendants face contmpt charges for selling ’ current from the municipal electric 1 plant in defiance of a circuit court injunction. ’ -An earlier conviction of the group for violating a temporary restrain- I ing order in the utility tight has ' been appealed. i o WEATHER i Fair tonight and Thursday; ' except partly cloudy extreme I ) north; slightly warmer Thursday.

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SAY ETHIOPIA PLANNING NEW MASS ATTACK Italian Advance Reported Slowed; Strike Is Called In Cairo (By United Press) Latest war developments; Rome.—Lack of Italian progress in south indicated in communique. Announcement says 100 Ethiopians were killed in recent battle at ML Gundi. Addis Ababa. —Government skeptical of report* that 5,000 Ethiopians were killed in recent Italian bombardment. Cairo. —General strike in protest against British rule called. On Northern Front Rome, Nov. 20.—(U.R>—Latest advices from Italian general headquarters at Adigrat today indicated the Ethiopians are planning a strong mass attack on the northern front. Headquarters believe the dispatches said, that the Ethiopians plan to try to break the stronglyfortified Italian advance lines between Dolo and Makale, which would entail serious fighting. Messages from the northern front said information obtained from natives and many reconnaissances by Italian air and land patrols confirmed the offensive Intentions of a large body of Ethiopians concentrated between Scellcot, Antalo and Buja, forming a triangle directly south of Makale. Meanwhile on the southern front, according to Italian advices, troops under Gen. Rodolfo Graziani continued a determined drive toward Harar. Doubt Heavy Losses Addis Ababa, Nov. 20.—<U.R)— The government today asked the north- ' ern army command regarding Italian reports that 5,000 warriors I were killed in a bombardment of I the Ethiopian lines. Officials said they believed thrt figures a fabrication. Reports have reached the capi- - tai of an unsuccessful effort by I Dedjazmatch Ayaleu, commanding [ an army in northwestern Ethiopia, ! to cross the river Takkaz® to at- ' tack the Italians. (Italian reports are that some 1 men have crossed the river). Hundred Killed Rome. Nov. 20.—,((J.R) —One hun- ! dred Ethiopian warriors were killed in a fight at Mt. Gundi, near Hauzien, November 11. an official communique—No. 50 of the campaign— from Marshal Emilio du Bono reported today. The fight occurred on the flank of the Italian columns which penetrated to Makale. Mt. Gundi is 31 miles north of Makale. The Ethiopians were raiders harassing tha Italian lines of communications far OUfiNTINUED ON PAGE THU.EE) Local Restaurant Obtains License Indianapolis, Nov. 20 — (UP) —• Licenses issued today by the alcoholic beverage included: Decatur, August Heimann, (Peoles Restaurant), beer. o CORT THEATER IS REMODELED Seating Capacity increased And Front Entrance Is Remodeled The Cort Theater, owned by Jess and Don Leßrun of this city, has been completely remodeled and tha seating capacity increased. Fifty additional seats have been installed in the theater by removing partitions and a portion of the foyer. The capacity of the theater now is 350 persons. The front entrance and foyer has Ibeen completely remodelled and redecorated with a anodernistio theme. Three tone blue and white have been used In combination with silver effects. Deep blue tones have been graduated to white from the floor to ths ceiling of the entrance way. Silver colored appointments have been used. Straight lines in accordance to the modernistic trend of architecture and decorations have been used in the front. Recently a large electric sign was installed in front of the building. The theater is recognized by theatrical men in the state as one of the best small houses in this territory.

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