Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 28, Decatur, Adams County, 1 February 1936 — Page 1

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

North Ward Plans Annual Operetta "laizy Town" in the name of the two act operetta selected by the North Ward for the annual spring perfornuini e. April 3 han been eel- , cted us the date. Practice has al--1 ready begun and the operetta promieiM to he an unusually interesting one. The .book and lyrics w<tc writ- ' ten by Estellu Merryman Clark and ilie music by 0. A. Grunt Schaefer. COMPLETE CAST FOR MINSTREL Knights Os Pythias Production Will Be Given Next Week The complete cast for the Knights of Pythias’ production, • Minstrel Flashes,” on next Monday and Tuesday, was announced today by Jay Gamster. director. The show will be given at the Catholic school auditorium. , "Minstrel Flashes" is a John B. Rogers production and is divided into a series of eleven separate flashes of local talent, in the guise of colored minstrels. Each flash is an individual act of its own. In the first flash a group of high school boys and girls, as the hotel guests, carry a song and dance routine with TV Guy Brown as the hotel manager. The second flash reveals a dozen bell hops in full uniform, with Mrs. Clyde Butler as Mammy and Mrs. Bon ; Duke as Mandy, singing negro I solos. Solos and chorus songs by Oscar lainkenau, Jim Anderson. George Morris, Fred Etigle, Dr. DeVor and Gerald Strickler. These two flashes are placed in a minstrel setting, with end men and their jokes. Flash number three stars Donald, Betty and Richard Zinsmaster in their original interpretations. Number four features "The Announcement,” by Charles Brodbeek and Joe Hunter. Flash five features “You’re a I Flower From an Old Bouquet,” by the hotel guests, with Janies HarkI less «nd Jayne Krick as the solists. Flash six. "A Bit of Life" with .Robert Ashbaueher. Dnna Fenimore and Jay Alton. Flash seven, "Down On the Farm” with a tap dance by George Morris and Donabelle Fenimore, accompanied by twelve charming I lady dancers. Flash eight. "Long Distance, Please,” with Ed Eichhorn’, Mary Jane Beery and James Ehinger. Flash nine. “Syncopating Sinners,” with Donabelle Fenimore and chorus. Flash ten, “It’s How You Say It,” with Donald Death, Gladys Miller. Ralph Steele, Flora Mario LankI enau and James Darkless. Flash eleven. "Wedding Day," I grand finale. o Kathryn Edwards Is Reported 111 Kathryn Ann Edwards, 6-year-old daughter of Mr.‘and Mrs. Paul Edwards, 104 West Adams street, has been seriously ill with double pneumonia since Thursday. She became ill Monday with a severe ear infection and pneumonia developed. Iler condition was reported as better this morning. o SOCIETY WILL GIVE PROGRAM U. B. Christian Endeavor Plans Program Sunday Evening The adult Christian Endeavor society of the United Brethren church will observe Christian Endeavor day with the following program Sunday evening at fi o’clock. Piano prelude. Hymn. Scripture, I Cor. 12:1-12, Zelda ’ Cochrane. Prayer, Rev. W. H. Franklin. Harmonla selections. Betty Jean Roop. Duet. Irene Light and Vivian ■ Hitchcock. Address. Christian Endeavor and its relation to the church, Bertha Bunner. Mixed quartet. ’ Address —Some things the C. E. society should do for Its members individually, R. E. Murnrna. i Hymn. i Report of the triangular group i rally held in Fort Wayne, E. A. I Crider. Duet, Mario Deßolt and Zella ’ Baker. Mffpah

Nation Honors Roosevelt on 54th Birthday f v Jan JMaat AaJ ■ V® President Roo.evelt Mr*. Roo*evelt end Ginger Roger. w

This excellent photo of President Roosevelt, left, | was taken on his 54th birthday, an event celebrated by more than 6,000 parties throughout the United I

LEE HARDWARE HOLDS EXHIBIT Short Course In Power Farming is Given By Store Friday Approximately 250 farmers and friends from this community attended the short course in power farming at the Lee Hardware Store Friday. The course was planned and supervised by the John Deere Farm Implement company, with the members of the Lee Hardware in charge. Two talking picture features were shown, explaining to the farmers the practicability of the modern tractor and other motor powered farm machines. The pictures pointed out the use* of the newmotor equipment, aa well as the case of the old machines -now in neeon the farm. Each person was asked to regutere, and prizes were awarded to the winners of the drawing. This program is a part of the educational plan of the John Beere company, to impr e s s upon the farmer, the more efficient and practical method of using motor driven farm machines, than the old way of horse drawn implements. The John Deere company is sponsoring these events all over Indiana and northern Kentucky. The representatives stated that the attendance aT TTiese meeting averaged about 200. and the plan was well received by the farmers. DECATUR PLANT ACCEPTS PLAN Relief And Loan Plan Is Favored By Local G. E. Employes With 88.9 per cent of all eligible employees applicants for membership in a relief and loan plan, organization of such a plan at the Decatur plant of the General Electric is assured. Every card returned by eligible employees at Decatur has been in the form of an application for membership, and it is probable that with the return of those cards still out, the percentage of those desiring the plan will b?’ eVen greater. Recognizing the need of establishing some means of providing emergency loans and relief payments. following the termination of the unemployment pension iflan, employee representatives at the Decatur plant presented a formal request that Decatur be permitted to establish a relief and loan plan even though such a plan be not adopted at the Fort Wayne plants. As outlined in the original proposal, an equal amount contributed by members will be contributed by the company. In addition a portion of the surplus in the giwieral fund of the unemployment pension plan will be allocated and become a part of the Decatur relief and loan plan The constitution and by-laws will be formulated within a short time and It is anticipated that the complete organization will be perfected at an early date. Up to the present time the relief and loan plan has been neither accepted nor rejected at Fort Wayne.

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, February 1, 1936.

Decatur Masons Attend Dinner A number of Decatur Masons attended the dinner meeting of San Kedru at the Scottish Rite Temple j in Fort Wayne last evening. San Kedro is composed of all Masons who | take part in conferring degrees. Approximately two hundred and ! fifty attended the meeting. Representatives from Marion and Fair- ’ mont were unable to be present on ’ account of the weather. ■ Eddie Thomas, attorney, was the I principal speaker. Those from here ■ who attended were Wilson Lee, (' ( Langston. C. A. Burdge. Dr. Fred

, — — - .1 I — —' "■ — , — Cleveland, Dallas Planning On Special Centennial Features

Great Lakes Exposition Is Scheduled To Open At Cleveland June 27 'I Cleveland. 0.. Feb. I—(Special) ’] — Celebrating its 100th anniver|sary, Cleveland has invited the world to attend a spectacular birthday party. lf>o days in length. Over four million visitors, it is estimated will visit the Great Lakes Exposition from June 27 to October 4. With 26.000,000 people living within an easy day’s travel and with a number of national conventions scheduled to meet in Cleveland this coming summer, Lincoln G. Dickey, manager of the exposition, has estimated that an averag'e of over 40,- ' 000 visitors will see the Exposition daily. Among the events scheduled for Cleveand this summer are: the National Republican Convention, the National American Legion Convention, National Air Races, and I numerous fraternal, trade and hobby conventions and shows. Exposition officials have announci cd that ground will be broken in , March for a magic city of colorful ’ design, erected on the shores of Lake Erie. Within three minutes walk of Cleveland's Public Square, the Exposition will occupy an area . of over 120 acres and will cover tho major portion of the city’s downtown lakefront. Separate buildings will be provided for transportation. electricity, horticulture and many other similar divisions of the . Exposition. J A large section of the grounds will be devoted to "Streets of the i World” World" where structures carrying out nationality motifs will provide a foreign atmosphere. Sidewalks cases. European gardens, rathskellars. coffee and chocolate shops, as well as markets and bazaars will be found here in profu- ■ sion each with its own corps of : entertainers. Skilled workers in metals, glass, wood, leather and fabrks will make and offer their own , products for sale Architects who are planning the structures housing exhibits, describe their style as "simple, straight-forward, colorful and sev. . ere". The exteriors will boa combination ot simple line with a lavish use of varied color. They prophesy that these designs, being created especially for the exposition, will establish a trend in modern design just as did the buildings of the Columbian Exposition and the Century of Progress. Visitors will approach the Exposi, tion on a wide bridge at a considerably higher level than the grounds. Novel roof designs iu various brilI liant colors, will catch the eye, treating an Illusion of fantastic imagery. Large block letters at the top of the buildings will identify them.

States, including six balls in Washington, all of which were visited by Mrs. Roosevelt, shown chanting with Ging<-r Rogets. s<-reen star.

Patterson. Sim Burk. A. L. Bowen, Earl Colter and Cal E. Peterson. o Temperature Again Goes Below Zero Th > sub-zero weather, prevailing .for the last 10 days ushered in the month of February with a reading of 6 degrees below. Tomorrow, according to his believers, Mr. Groundhog will determine the weather for . the next six weeks. With the sun shining today, indications are that ne wll see his shadow, and return to his home for ■ six more weeks of winter hlbernati ing. Colder weather is predicted for Sunday.

I . National Folk Festival Will Be Presented In Dallas Second Week Os Texas Centennial j Dallas. Texas, Feb. I—(Special)l—(Special) .I — Native America in song and . dance will be reproduced during the . second week of the Texas Centennial Exposition in the presentation . of the National Folk Festival. Arrangements have been made for this national event, the South- ’ ' west phase of which will be built i up out of song, dance and folk play , research in every county of Texas and adjoining states. The Exposition, in this week be- . ginning June 14, will be host to the . festival that has enlisted the dra- ! ma, music, dances and handicraft of i tlie history of the nation during the . three years since its origin in St. , I Louis. Its se. ond presentation was . i last year in Chattanooga, TennesI see. Hundreds of performers from I almost every state in the Union will participate. This presentation is not a professional one. but a program of ama- ( tt urs representing the folk lore of ’ the nation. • - It will begin with the Indians, the ■ First Americans, adding to the Texas Indians’ performances and exhibits the ceremonials and cus- ; toms of the Kiowas of Oaklahonia. ’. In Spanish will be featured folk plays and ballads, dating track to ' ’ the 16th century, and .presented with casts from Albuquerque. New Mexico and the Texas .border. The St. Genevieve singers from Missouri, with players from Vin- ’ jeennes, Indiana and Acadians from | Louisiana will present the French ', contrbution to American culture. Pennsylvania Germans will join ’ i German-Americans from Texas communities with their songs. Lumberjacks from Michigan will send choruses with their wood-chop-pers’ songs. Cowboys of Texas and Arizona I I will give the plains flavor to range songs. 1 Sea chanties will be the contribution of the old sailors from Snug ’ Harbor, Staten Island and New London, Connecticut. From the Appalachain, Tennessee and Ozark ranges will come mountaineers, with folk plays also by the hill people of North Carolina. Work songs as well as epirituals 1 will be sung by massed negro , choruses. This is the program of the National Folk Festival, of which Paul Green of the University of North Carolina is president; Constance. Rourke of Grand Rapids, vice-presi-dent. and M. J. Pickering of St. Louis, business manager. Its board ( of 53 members include G- L. Kttt- , redge of Harvard. Walter Prochard (CONTINUBD ON PAGE TWO)

TURBINE BIDS AREREJECTED BY GOVERNMENT PWA Administration Rejects Bids For City Plant Equipment Bids for the 2,000 kilowatt turbine, Kindenser and exi-iter set for the City Light and Power Plant, which were received by the city council, Decemlier 13. ha.ve Deen rejected by the Administration of the PWA in Washington, according to a message received today by Mayor A. 11. Holthouse from F. M. Logan, acting i-'tate director of PWA. Mr. Logan’s message follows: "Administrator directs identical , non-competitive bids on turbine , generator sets and condensers be rejected. Advice governing procedure will be forwarded within few days.” From the above message city officials believe PWA will order that bids be re-advertised. The three I ids on the turbine were identical, each unit being priced iut $50,440. Concerns which submitted bids for the turbine were. General Electric company; West- . inghouse Electric company; AllisChalmers Co. Six bids of $19,775 were submitted on the condenser by Westinghouse Electric Co; Allis-Chal-mers Co; Ingersoll-Rand Co.; Worthington Pump and Machinery Co.; Foster Wheeler Corp.; General Electric Co. The bids on the exciter sets aaid switchboard equipment wore within a few dollars of being identical. The council received the bide and sultmitted them at once to Mr. Logan, who forwarded them to Washington. Since the pnoject was to be financed with a 45 per cent grant from the PWA, the approval of all I corttrax ts was up to the National ; Emergency council, Public M orks | Administration. Washington. The PWA awarded the general l construction contract to the Indi-1 ana Engineering and Construction company on its bid of $9,450. , No formal contract has yet i been entered into by the city and ■ tlie general contractor, pending ; action of the PWA on the equip- ; ment bide. o Steigmeyer Rites Held This Morning Funeral services were held for | Andrew Steigmeyer at 9 o'clock at the St. Mary's Catholic church this morning. Rev. Seiaietz officiated | at the requiem high mass. Burial was made in the St. Joseph cemetery. RURAL PLANNING MEETINGS HELD County Planning Committee Conducting Several Meetings The county planning committee, under the chairmanship of E. W. Busche, has held three meetings up to date. The first meeting was in Root township on Wednesday. January 29; St. Marys township, Thursday. January 30. and Friday evening, January 31. in Union township. In these meetings County Agent Archbold discussed the charts giving the basic information on agricultural prices and production for the past two or three decades. After this discussion the local committeeman leads a discussion on the probable trends of production for 1936. In the next phase of the meeting the chairman gives experimental information on the soH erosion work that has been done in this country. He then leads the group in a discussion as to the crops that should be grown on tflfferent types of soil to prevent this very serious loss of soil and leads the group to think along the line as to the advisable livestock production ih case these changes iii crops are actually to take place. These questions create considerable interest and in most meetings all present agree that the farms are not as fertile and not as productive now as they were a few years previously; this despite the fact that considerable attention has been given to drainage, new and better adapted varieties, and increased use of fertilizer. They all agree that steps should be taken to prevent soil erosion 'and to maintain, if not increase, soil fertility.

Legion Purchases Hotel Property To Provide For Home

NAME OFFICERS OF INSTITUTES Union An d Hartford Township Elect Officers; Berne Today Officers for the Union and Hartford township farmers institutes were elected at the annual meetings this week. Following are the officers chosen in these two townships : Union The officers elected in the Union township institute were: Victor Bleeke. chairman: John Bleeke, vice-chairman; Marilynne Clem, secretary: Rudolph Weiland, treasurer. Mr. fftllas Spuller had been chairman of this institute for the | past fifteen years. It was with much regret that the members heeded Mr. Spuller's request that | he be not considered for tho poet. During the meeting a discussion was hold on the building of a community building in Union township and received much favorable comment. Hartford The officers elected in the Hartford township institute were: Reuben R. Romey, chairman; Walter | Meyer. vice-chairman; Leßoy Fields, treasurer; Mrs. Henry Meshberger, secretary. The state speakers were Maurice P Shierling and Mrs. W. T. Roberts. They are inspiring their audiences. and as a result the menhtet • [ ship of all these institutes will no j doubt surpass any pervious year’s I records. Berne The Berne farmers' institute is . being held today, and early indical lions are that exhibits and attend- ' ance will be above average. o BONUS BLANKS ARE RECEIVED Applications For Bonus Payments Are Received Here A supply of official applications for exchange of bonus certificates I that veterans of this community I hold, for negotiable bonds of $50.00 1 denominations has been received by ' Adams Post No. 43 from state I headquarters of The American Le- | gion, it was announced here today by Dee Frybaok poet commander. The local Legion Post, with ite workers trained by long experience in handling veterans’ 'papers, has headquarters at Kohne Drug Store, here and will be glad to assist veterans in filling out their applications for these bonds. The offices will be open daily from 8 A M. to 8 P. M. it was announced. Applications for cash payment of the bonus must be made out accurately and some technical points are involved. Legion officials said. To lessen delay, all veterans coming to have theier applications filled out should bring their bonus certificates, or if they have already released it for a previous loan, tho pink slip and their wartime discharge from service. If any one of these papers is lost, the veteran should come anyway, and the Legion will try to straighten out the matter for him. The Legion is glad to help any veteran fill out his application free of cost regardless of whether he belongs to the Legion or not, the post commander said. It should he kept in mind that although the applications may be made now for payment, that they cannot cash their bonds until June 15th. It has been said that the certificates will lie paid then, in the order generally in which tho applications were filled out and filed. Mrs. Aaron Stevens Dies At Kalamazoo Mrs. Aaron Stevens, well known Decatur woman whoue home is at 1109 Elm street, died at the home of a daughter iu Kalamazoo, Mich. The body will be returned to the Black funeral home in this city this afternoon. Other survivors are a son. Harvey Stevens of this city and another daughter at Anderson. Definite. funeral arrangements have, rtot been completed.

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Adams Post 43 Acquires Property G* National Hotel For Use As Home For Veterans. WILL REMODEL A real estate transaction was ofl’icia.lly closed this morning whereby Adams Post No. 43 ot tho American Legion became the owner of tile National Hotel property, southeast corner of Madison and First streets. Tho building will be made into a home for tho Legion, the American Legion auxiliary and veterans of the Spanish-American waj' The building was purchased by Adams Pont 43 from the old Peoples l»an Ac Trust company, through the Department of Financial Institutions, represented by C. J. Lutz of this city. The Legion was represented by a Yommittee composed of David Adams. Ralph Roop and Out Yo»L authorized by tho Post membership to close the deaj. Possession to the property will lie given to the Legion in 60 days. The house, a iranto structure, has a frontage of 48 feet on Madison etreett and extends south 66 feet on Finst street, it contains 16 rooms, the second floor (being divided into bed rooms. Tho downstairs has a lobby, a large living room, dining room and kitchen. The Legion plans to remodel the house mid occupy it as a home for members as soon a.s possession is obtained. It is the desire of the I’ost to make the second floor into a lodge room, taking out all the partitions and devoting the entire space to an assembly room. Adams Post has a membership of about 140. It was organized iu 1919, shortly after the boys returned from overseas and in training camps. , Elmo Smith was the first commander of the local post. Other commanders and the year they ! held office follow; Dallas Brown, 1920: Charles Saunders, 1921: Miles Roop. 1921. unexpired term of Mr. Saamdern; Joseph I-aurnt, >' 1922; Charles Langston, 1923; C. F. Herber, 1924; Joe McConnell. ’ 1925; Charles Brokaw. 1926; Paul |H. Graham, 1927; Ferd O’Brien, 11928: France Conter, 1929; L. V. ’ Riker. 1930; Leo Ehinger. 1931; i Rev. Harry Ferntheil. 1932; Ernest. Stengel, 1932. unexpired term of Rev. Ferntheil: David Adams. 1933 Albert Miller. 1934; Tillman Gehrig. 1935; Dee Fry|lxack, 1936. Officers of the Auxiliary are, Mrs. Ralph Roop, president; Mrs. i Tillman Gehrig, first vice-presi-(dent. Miss Agnes Gase, second vice-president; Mrs. Herb Kern, secretary; Mrs. Adrian Baker, treasurer;- Mrs. Arthur Meyers, chaplain: Mrs. Dallas Brown, ser--1 geaWL at-arms; Miv. (Vernon Aur- ' j and. historian. The executive ’ | commit toe is composed of Mrs. ' 1 Vincent Borman. Mrs. Lloyd Kreischer, Mrs. Leo Ehinger. May be Centennial Event The formal dedication, and open- ■ ing of the new legion home may be an event of Centennial week next August. Plans are being dis- ’ cussed by the legionnafree and an ' invitation will be extended to 1 National Commander Murpihy to 1 attend. Will Vacate Roome ’ With the acquiring of a homo ' the Post will vacate headquarters • in the Graham building on Second ■ street. These rooms liave been occupied by the Legion for sever- . al years. , o Decatur Citizens Warned Against Clul» 1 Decatur citizens were warned, (today against participation in one of tho so-called "suit clubs,” whose c agent has been reported in this city for the past few days. Such ' clubs have been repeatedly ruled ’ by the courts as a lottery and operators of such clubs have been ’ filled. A communication from the Better Business Bureau, Inc. of Indianapolis, warns against the Fashion Tailoring company, formerly ) known as the Rose Tailoring company at Indianapolis, the opent ator of which concern has been t convicted of selling a lottery ticke ct. The Indianapolis bureau alen i. reports that numerous complaints e have been received that merchauy disc as placed by such companlM is unsatisfactory'. i, o — ■ 1 WEATHER i. s Cloudy tonight and Sunday, Know probable; coldar Sunday.