Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 20, Decatur, Adams County, 23 January 1936 — Page 1

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Telephone Company Does Heavy Business Herman F. Eh Infer, general man- j Lgor of the Citizen! Telei;thorncompany, informed a reporter of, thta office, that the telephone com- i p.’iuy handled more calls Wednee- | jay, than any day in the history of ; i lie company. Mr. Ehinger aestired the people | that every effort la being made to give the best poenlhle service in their connection* through the local company. o SEVEN DEATHS ADE REPORTED IN THIS STATE Temperatures In State Range From Five To 21 Below Zero Indianapolis. Jan. 23. — (U.R) —At least, seven deaths were reported in Indiana today as Hoosiers fought relief from one of the most i severe cold waves in recent years. Temperatures throughout the state ranged from five degrees below zero along the Ohio river to j 21 degr.eu ibelow in the northern 1 part. fransporatlon was nearly paralyzed by the severe cold and drifting snows which blocked highways and impeded train, bus and interurban schedules. Russell Betzner, 36, Whitley county, was struck and killed oy an auto as he wulKed along a highway near Columbia City. He sought uelp after his machine had been caught in a snowdrift. Jeff Shriver, 52, blinded by wind and snow, was killed when he walked into the patn ot a Wabash railroad train at Peru. Estel Grubbs, student at Trli State college at Angola, was struck i and killed by an automobile as ne | ran from the campus to his roomj ing house. Clarence Robertson. Linton, mine superintended, was a victim of a I heart attack as he was driving in the low temperatures. Roy Cone, a bus driver, was kill'ed when his machine struck a truck near Terre Haute. Mrs. Eleanora Hurst, Jasper, was burned fatally when kerosene with which stye was attempting to start a fire in a stove exploded. Mrs. Roland .Munn, 50. was burned to death shortly before midnight last night when the Silver Moon dance hall, two miles north of Auburn, where she lived with her nusband and daughter, caught fire from an overheated furnace. Mrs. Muhn. who had left the I burning building with her husband and daughter, Mrs. McClure, returned for a radio and was overcome by smoke. The nusband and daugliier rushed into the building, seeking her, but were forced to leave. The body was found in the ruins. The Indiana Railroad reported it was unable to run its traction cars between Muncie and Fort Wayne and between Newcastle and Rich- ■ mond o Discontinue Service Because Os Weather Revival servicea at the First United Brethren churcn have been discontinued for the week on account of the weather. The regular cervices will be held Sunday. o— CI RRIER BOYS BRAVE WEATHER Democrat Delivered Wednesday Dosnite SubZero Weather Loyal to their jobs, the Daily Democrat carrier boys delivered their paners yesterds.v afternoon despite the sub-zero temperature. Only a few cases were reported where It was Impossible for the boys to make delivery of the "Home Paper." The 15 carrier boys deliver 1300 papers in Decatur every evening. They reported, at the Dally Democrat, with cheeks as red as home' grown tomatoes, full of pep and ready to go. Delivery of the Ds.’ly Democrat was made to every part of town, including the Bellmont park and Homestead districts. This copy of the paper will reach your home through the service of the carrier boy, a friend to all and one who performs his task cheerfully and doesn’t let. the weather “get him down."

LOCAL SCHOOLS j ARE CLOSED BY COLD WEATHER — Indianapolis Salesman Narrow ly Escapes Freezing To Death Business and traffic in Decatur were practically at a standstill today, with persons not forced by business reasons to leave home, staying close ty the fireside. The public schools were dismissed at noon todiy but Wa’ter Krick, superintendent, announced that classes will be resumed Friday morning If weather conditions permit. k The Catholic school was dismissed at noon Wednesday and likely will not be resumed until Monday morning. A number ot rural pupils were forced to rema’n in Decatur all night Wednesday. While a.'l railroads into the city are running nearly on scheduled time, automobile traffic has been 1 reduced practically to a standstill. No busses have gone eoutb out of Decatur since shortly before noon Wednesday. The last bus went to Fort Wayne at 6:30 p. m. 1 Wednesday. Another bus made a trip to Fort Wa.yne early this morning lot at 2 o’clock this afternoon no further service had ’ been available. 1 Highway number 27 from Decar ’ tur to Berne wao opened to traffic this morning. However, the high- ’ way south from Berne was still ’; closed but may be opened late this •' afternoon. Much heavier snowfall was rei ported south of Berne titan was experienced farther north. Walter I Gladfelter, in charge of the pre- ■ cipitation gauge here, reported ■ three and three-fourths inches of snow fell in Decatur. While no official government : thermometer io located in Decai ttur, the most accurate reports iu- . dicated temperature ot 20 to 22 (COX'TTNt’F.D ON PAGE SIX) “ I 0 TRIAL DELAYED AT HUNTINGTON ’ Bad Weather Prevents Judere DeVoss From Hearing Pleas ' | Huntington. Ind., Jan. 23. —Wednesday's blizzard forced an indefi- ’ nite postponement of the Northern Indiana Power company contempt ■ I case agai’nst Mayor Clare W. H. I Bangs and ethers in circuit court. Judge Huber M. DeVoss of De- ■ catur, evidently presuming that he I would not be expected to come . here during the storm, did not > communicate with attorneys in the > case. City Attorney Claude Cline waitt ed In the court chambers until i after 11 o’clock and then lett the . building. Judge DeVose may ap- . pear In circuit court Thursday if weather and road conditions permit. Mr. Cline had delivered to attorneys for the power company, WedI nesday, a plea in abatement which ‘ he will file against the amended rffidavit and information charging contempt of court. Other pleadings have teen prepared by Mr. •, Cline for filing in the event the court's decisions are unfavorable on the abatement plea. Judge DeVoss had intended to hurry the case along thie week, while his court was in vacation. Slippery roads caused the jurist to i postpone an appearance in court ' here, Tuesday. I First Demurrer Sustained A defense demurrer to the original affidavit and information was • sustained by the court last Friday. He made arrangements then to take the case up again this week. The mayor and other defendants are charged with violation of a permanent injunction against the extension of city electrical service Mayor Bangs had not returned to the city from Rockford, 111., late Wednesday afternoon. He addressed a masu meeting of citizens and city officials there Tuesday night. ’ —o Merriman Funeral Services Saturday Funeral services for John W. Merriman will ;e held at the Black funeral home Saturday morning at 9:30 and at the evangelical church ;at 10 o’clock. Rev. M. W. Sunder- ! maun, aaskrted by Rev. H- R. Carson. will officiate. Burial will be in 1 the Decatur cemetery. The body may be viewed at Black’s funeral i home any time.

Decatur. Indiana, Thursday, .January 23, 1936.

Ixniisiana’s New First Family y’k. b IBy lggllp* 8 ] JJudgs Richard Lechs and f«<nily ’ 1 i Nomination of Judge Richard Leche as governor on the Democratic ticket, a victory which virtuaJly assured him of election next November, gave the late Huey Long’s political machine a smashing triumph, since Let-lie was the Long faction’s choice over Cleveland Dear, antiLong leader.

PORTLAND ASKS IMPROVEMENTS Seek $179,000 From Federal Funds To Improve Plant Portland, Ind., Jan. 23.—The city council voted to request the sum of $179,000 from the federal government for improvements at the muncipal light plant. Os this amount, 45 per cent will be an outright grant and the remaining 55 per cent to be paid from earnings from the plant. The proposed improvements include the installation ot a 3.000 k. m turbine, new condensers, reconstruction of the switchboard, the installation of a new ash conveyor, constructing underground lines from the plant to Main street and enlargement of The building. At the present time the city plant is equipped with three turoines, of 500 k. w„ 1,000 k. w., and 2,000 k. w„ respectively. It is now being operated to capacity. The firm of Bevington-Williams, Inc., Indianapolis engineers, has oeen retained to prepare papers, plans and specifications for the .iroposed new improvement. The council also has decided upon a new schedule of lower electric rates which will be submitted to the public service commission, as follows: Domestic, first 30 k. w., J cents, next 30 k. w., 4 cents, all □ver 60 k. w., 2ty cents. Ccmmer■lai, first 30 k. w., 6 cents, next 70 k. w., 4 cents, all over 400 k. w., 3 cents. Power rate, first 6,000 k. w., 3 cents, next 4,000 2A4 cents, next 10,000 k. w., 2 cents, all over JO.OOO k. w., 1 cents. o ADD TO GAST FOR MINSTREL Additional Characters Named For K. Os P. Minstrel Mor? names have been added to *ho wealth of local talent already rafit in th' 1 Knights ot Pythian production, "Minstrel Flashes.” to be riven at the De atur Catholic high 'chool auditorium next Monday and Tu'eday. January 27 and 28. The Interlocutor for the n'.fns’rei ratting will be the Rev. Harry Thompson, who In his inra liable way, will introduce the colored stars of the show. The end men singers will include such blackface elans, as Fred Schurg’r. De? Fryhack. Oscar Lankenau, W. F. Beery, Roy Mumma, and Walter Gard. Miss Eva Acker will sing a few Aunt Jemimma mammy songs along with Mrs. Tillman Gehrig, the Harlem blues singer Solo selections will be sung by Paul Briede, Elmo Smith and Paul Saurer. The second setting of the play will be a series of comedy skits, portrayed by leading comedy talent. "The Poison Ivy Ballet” the feature dance of the evening will be sponsored by the leading business men of Decatur. Three Individual girl chorus troupes will complete the evening’s entertainment.

Beekeepers Hold Annual Meeting 1 The Adams county beekeepers | held their annual meeting at the Brock Store Wednesday afternoon. Duo to the extreme weather condl- ■ tlons many of th keepers were unabl to attend, but the attendance was large enough to conduct the session. James E. Starkey, state apiarist, presided o '’ er the session, and outt lined a plan for the beekeepers in conjunction with th county's effort to abolish foul brood. He also gave many helpful hints on better bee--1 keeping o OFFICERS SAVE 10D CHILDREN Sheriff’s Deputies Ride i On Horseback To Rescue Children •| St. Clairsville. 0., Jan. 23. —(U.R) I —Sheriff s deputies on horseback • rescued 100 school children last night from buses buried in 16-foot , snow drifts in this hilly, sparsely i settled section of the West Vir- , ginia boundary. ■ Sheriff Howard Duff ot Belmont I county, returning with the last of - the rescue parties, said the chil- • dren, some of whom had been I stranded since noon, were all ac- , counted for and "appeared in good , shape.” [ "We brought them all in or left • them at their homes along the way," the sheriff said, “except for 14 that we had to leave at a gari age at Fairpoint, five miles north. They had to spend the night there.” • Snow which ctritted over the state during the day made many rural roads impassable. Near Findlay, in northern Ohio, 18 pu- : pils and a school bus driver were : stranded for four hours in a drift I but made their way sately to a farmhouse. With the temperature at 10 bei low zero, the school bus was abandoned, Guy Emmons, driver of the bus, informed school officials that >’ snow came up “over the windows.” Sixty students in Champaign county faced the prospects of ! spelling the night in two school builuings. Bus drivers could not reach the schools. , The sheriff said deputies and highway department crews discovered a missing school bus containing more than 40 children halfway between St. Clairsville and Glencoe, seven miles south. Two other buses containing 60 children were located near Fairpoint. "Actually, you couldn't see the buses at all." the sheriff said. "The drifts were 15 and 16 feet deep, and snowplows that set out simply bogged down and wouldn’t budge." o Harvey Kitson Escapes Injury In Auto Crash Bluffton, Ind.. Jan. 23 —Automobiles driven iby Harvey Kitson, Decatur, and a Dr. Lang, South B'end physician who stated he is planning to locate in Decatur, collided on , state road 1 two miles north of Bluffton Wednesday afternoon, Mr. Kitson escaped injury, while Dr. Lang sustained two fractured ribs. The collision occurred when Dr. Lang lost control of bte auto , when ho struck a snow drift. Both i cars were badly damaged.

School Children Marooned In School House All Night As Severe Blizzard Hits County

Record-Smashing C o I d Wave Claims At Least 29 Lives In Middle West; See Relief. ALL TIME RECORDS (By United Press) The middle west and east numbly looked forward today to relief from a record-smashing sub-zero □last which claimed at least 29 lives, tangled transportation, caus-1 jd fires, closed schools and inflictjd untold misery and suffering. As the w’ind subsided and the storm moveu eastward from its ,ocal point in Minnesota and North Dakota, rising temperatures were forecast, to be accompanied by sno wtonight and tomorrow wafted in on southeastern breezes. International Falls, Minn., which yesterday had the coldest recording in its blustery history at 55 below zero, was one degree colder today. The government thermometer on the international bridge into Canada registered 56 below ( tuis muunng. me official reading for International Falls toSay was 38 degrees below, one degree colder than yesterday. Devil’s Lake, N. D.. which had a low of 38 below, registered 28 today. Minneapolis, which yesterday had an all-time record chili of 3.5 below, today had 28 below with the mercury rising. Chicago had 18 below In the city and 24 below in the suburbs this morning, but hopefully watched the rising thermometer. Firemen at Franklin, Ind., fought i all through the night at 18 below zero a blaze which threatened to 'destroy the entire downtown disI triet. Two were killed in a Chii cago fire and firemen answered L 72 other alarms at residences where vigorous stoking of furnaces had overheated pipes and revealed defective flues. An all time record was set at Lexington, Ky., which had 15 below zero. (Ohio was paralyzed at 16 below. Temperatures in i'\ east subsided with only 2 below in New York. 6 below at Harrisburg, Pa., zero in Philadelphia and nine above at Boston, Drifting snow made roads in the middle west impassable, and halted motor traffic. The Illinois highway department broadcast a warni ing all over radio stations to motorists not to drive over the high- . ways except in extreme emergency. School buses in several places were stalled and in northeastern Ohio 100 children were rescued by posses on horseback and in sleighs. Schools were closed in Chicago, rural Minnesota, and in parts ot Illinois, lowa and Wisconsin. The tri-city area about Davenport. la., reported a milk shortage impending because farmers were (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) SPRAY POND FROZEN OVER Ice Is Thawed To Supply Water For Municipal Plant The spray pond at the city light and water plant, north Fifth street, gave the appearance of a miniature Niagara Falls this morning. Tons of les hung to ths pipes, fence and north side of the garage where the wind carried a spray of water against the building. Th? water from the condensers in the building Is emptied into the pond at around 50 degrees. With the extreme drop in tsmpsrature yesterday afternoon and night, the water froze as it poured into the ipond. This morning water was being hrated to thaw the ice eo that the supply in the pond could be used within the plant. Frank Burns, chief engineer at the plant stated that heaedway was being made and that sufficient supply was being obtained for the condensers. o Medical Association Postpones Meeting The Adams county medical assoiation postponed their Friday meeting indefinitely on account ot the | cold weather.

MONROE SCHOOL TEACHER FOUND NEARLY FROZEN Miss Elizabeth Leyse Narrowly Escapes Death Wednesday Miss Elizabeth Leyse, 21. Cralgville, teacher of English and social ' studies in the Monroe high school, narrowly escaped freezing to death | late Wednesday afternoon. Her automobile, in which she was returning home from school, | cte.’led in a deep snowdrift in Kirkland township, six miles east of Bluffton. A farmer, Elmer Gerber, residing nearby, saw the car and when he investigated he found Miss Leyse unconscious at the wheel. Mr. Gerber summoned help and the girl was carried Into a neighboring farm house and revived. This morning it was thought her feet and ears had possibly been frozen but her general condition otherwise was satisfactory. Mfiss Leyse is a niece ot Mrs. Frank Peterson. 515 Penn street, Decatur. F. D. R. SEEKS ADDED FUND TO FARM PROCRAM Appropriation To Carry Out Payments To Nation’s Farmers Washington, Jan. 23 — (UP) — President Rooeevelt today asked a $296,185,000 supplemental appropriation of the house appropriations committee to carry out rental and benefit payments on farm contracts i under the old AAA program. The supplemental appropriation will be used to carry out wiiat the administration considers to be its "moral obligation” to complete contracts made with farmers before outlawing of the AAA. It brings the estimated cost of the administration substitute farm iprogram to $756.185.009, as $440,000,000 is being asked to pay benefits under the proposed new farm plans. The request was laid before the committee while congressional lead»rs preesed for early action on the administration new soil conserva-tion-domestic allotment farm plan to replace the invalidated AAA. The new plan, which has encountered some undercover opposition, would give the secretary of agriculture broad powers to pay benefit to farmers cooperating In the program, al- , though no contracts could be made. o Urges Scattering Os Foods For Birds — Roy Johnson, president of the Adams county fish and game conserve-, i tlon league, this morning urges resi-1 !dents of Decatur and Adams county to scatter food and grain over the snow to enable birds to survive the cold weather. The heavy snowfall has made it impossible for quail, pheasants and other birds to obtain any food. Farmers knowing these birds are on theeir farms are especially urged to scatter grain near their nesting places. o Hugh Barnhart Is Out For Congress Rochester, Ind., Jan. 23. —(U.R) — Hugh A. Barnhart, Rochester newspaper editor, yesterday announced his candidacy for the Democratic I nomination for representative in congress from the sejbnd Indiana district. Barnhart, former director ot the state highway commission, Is the son of the late Henry A. Barnhart, who represented the old 13th disstrict in congress for eleven years. : o WEATHER Cloudy; snow west and south portions tonight and Friday; >1 and northeast Friday; slowly rising temperatures.

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200 Children And Seven Teachers Forced To Spend Night In School At Hartford Township. CARRIES FOOD BULLETIN At 2:30 o’clock this afternoon. C. E. Striker, county school superintendent, in a telephone message to the Decatur Daily Democrat, stated that all pupils had been removed from the Hartford township school. However, pupils are still marooned in the Jefferson school. Several hundred children from the rural schools of Adams county i were unable to reach their homes I Wednesday afternoon because of the severe cold and drifting snow and were still reported marooned at noon today. The entire student body of 200 pupils and the seven faculty members of the Hartford township consolidated school were marooned in the school house all night. Isolated by the blizzard which blocked all roads with huge drifts, the children remained huddled in the school house since yesterday. Food was carried through the drifts by William Anderson, a I farmer i.ving near the school, and was rationed among the children by their teachers. The only means of communication with the school was through the Anderson farm. Russell Steiner, principal, organized his little staff ot teachers to lead the children in games to pass away the time, huddled as closely as possible around wood stoves. ! Mrs. Ruth Mahoney, domestic science instructor, directed her charges while they stirred up ' batches of cookies and prepared j meals for hteir schoolmates. Mr. Anderson said efforts were) being made to open nearby roads to remove the children before the possibility of the fuel supply running short. Other teachers marooned aro Arthur Gerwig, athletic coach, David (’ranter, Edna Glendenntng and Thelma Wilson. Others Marooned All children In the Jefferson township school were reported isolated in the school house, with highway trucks fighting desperately to reach the school. Three of the children are reported ill. Rural pupils attending the Geneva school were housed in pri- | vate homes throughout the fftight. The bus driver started out Wedne yty afternoon in an effort to take the children to their homes but was forced to return to Geneva. Bobo Twenty-eight children were forced to stay ovemignt in the Bobo school house. A few pupils in Union township reached their homes, with the remainder staying at the home of their teacher. Most of the Monmouth school students reached home but 16 of the pupils, halted by deep drifts, stayed all night at the farm residence of Rudy Fuelling. Rural pupils attending she Monroe school, 30 in number, wera (rONTTNI ED ON PAGE RIX) Q FRANKLIN FIRE CAUSES DAMAGE Danw Estimated At $40,000 Is Caused By Fire Today Franklin, Ind-, Jan. 23 —After a ; flve-h-our fight in temperatures 18 degrees below zero, city and volun- - teer firemen early today had under • control a fire which threatened tho I ’ downtown district. ■ | The fire at no time blazed spect taoularly. but ate its way through i three offices, causing damage estimated unofficially at $40,000. j Firemen worked in shifts, and > after eaech turn of duty they stalk- . ed into a warm room nearby whera ■ relief workers beat their coats with . pollra clubs to free them from jackets of ice. Their gloves were frozen to their hands and were melted oft before stoves. The blaze starte dat 1:30 a. tn., presumably from an overheated stove .