Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 31, Decatur, Adams County, 5 February 1936 — Page 1

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RE-ADVERTISE FOR CITY BIDS City Council To Rc-adver-tise For City Plant Equipment J Complying with Instruction!, reIcelved from F. M. Logan. Htato director of the I’WA. the city council in sesnion last night, voted ito re-advertiee for bids for a 2,0*10 ! KWH turbine. condeiiHer, egcltnr set and switchboard to be inatulled ;U the City Light and Power plant, proposals to bo received up until two o'clock on Tuesday, March 3. The council, in compliance with orders received from the state I’WA director, also voted to reject all blds received on December 13, 1935. i The council was advised by Mr. Dogan that the original bldw be i rejected because of the similarity lin prices, in the case of the turbine and condenser the bids were identical. The turbine was quoted ut $50.44'1 and the condenser at ; $19,755. There was a small differ- | cnee in the quotations on the exciter and switchboard. The council recommended that a General Electric turbine and a Westinghouse condenser ite purchased. The contract for the building which will house the new turbine and other equipment was awarded to the Indiana Engineering and Construction company of Fort Wayne, on the low bid of >9,450. No other award of contract was made by the I’WA. The PWA is making a 45 per cent grant to the city towards the cost of the project, the total not exceeding $49,500. The balajice of . the cost will be paid by the elecItric department of the city plant. Mr. Ijogun informed eity officials that eight other projects for eimilar materia) were rejected by the i PWA on the grounds that the bids i were identical. Mr. Logan authorized the council to re-advertise for bids and expressed his willingness to cooperate with city officials in obtaining the grant and completing tlw project As at the December letting, a PWA representative will in all proliability attend the meeting i here on March 3 and advfee with I city officials in the receiving of ! bids. IGED MAN DIES FROM EXPOSURE Andrew W. Lash Is County’s First Victim Os Extreme Cold ! Adams county's first death directly traceable to the severe cold weather of the .•.•ar was recorded late Tuesday afternoon, when Andrew William Lash, 85, died at | the home of his daughter, Mrs. Arnold Simon. Berne. Mr. laish lived alone on his farm near Craigville. Two weeks ago. he was found in the yard near his home by neighbors. Suffering from badly frozen hands and feet. Mr. Lash was taken to the home of his daughter. Physicians attributed his uFlith directly due to the extieme cold. The deceased was horn in Wells county January 20, 1851, a son of Isaac and Sarah iatsh. He had made his home in Wells county during his entire lifetime. The daughter, Mrs. Simon, is the only surviving relative. Funeral services will be held Friday aftemooli, with the time and place yet to be determined. Local Garage Man Speaks To Lions Clifford Saylors, local garage owner, gave a very interesting Impromptu speech at the weekly Lions meeting last night in the Rice hotelGlen Smith, state firemareball was unable to attend, and Mr. Saylors took hie place at the speaker's chair. Mr. Saylors described eventful happenings on his recent trip to Florida, including the trip on a glass bottom boat on the ocean. The boat was used for undersea exploration. He also gave an account of his deepeea fishing exiperienceo to the fishermen members of the club, in which he himself had caught three of the big fish, the heaviest of which weighed 17 poundu. Charles Robenold, local fire chief had charge of the .programWEATHER Fair tonight and probably Thursday; continued cold tonight; not so cold Thursday afternoon.

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RUSSEL EARLE TO BE SPEAKER Fort Wayne Youth Worker To Speak At Boy Scout Banquet Russel H. Earle, Fort Wayne, will be the speaker at the annual Hoy Scout banquet at the Zion Reformed church Tuesday. Febrni ary 11. at 6:15 o'clock, it was an- 1 . nounced today by Carl Pumphrey, chairman <* the program committee. Mr Earle has spent the last 11 years in boys' and girls' work in schools, Sunday schoioffiT. ThuTTfl groups, youth conferences and individual consultation. As the present state chairman of vocational guidance activities among the Indiana Kiwanis clubs, he is in contact with thousands of boys and girls. As international vice-chair-man of the committee of Kiwanis vocational guidance, he is assisting with the formation and pro-[ inotioinff activities in Canada and the United States. He is a graduate oi Frankfort] high school, DePauw and lowa I universities, and has been a teach ! er hi the LaCrosse and Frankfort ’ high schools. In his public rela ’ tfons experiences, he has been a member of the state Y. M. C. A . committee, state Hi-Y officers training conference, president of the Indiana teachers classical association, and editor of the Kiwanis bulletins for the state in 19351936. A court of honor will be held on that night and troop and merit awards will be made. Scout songs (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) I O 1 936 CITYDOC I LICENSES HERE j All Dog Owners In CityMust Purchase City Licenses The 1936 city dog license tags have arrived, and may be purchased at the clerk-treasurer's office in the City hall. The old tags have expired and each owner must secure liiu new tags imniedla.tely. The city tax was imposed last year in an effort to rid the city I of any number of stray dogs, that | had been running at large and I destroying property. The law i states that the price of the tax | tag is 50c, and that every dog in the city must have the tag attached to his collar or harness. Dogs are not allowed to run loose in the city, even though tagged, and the council will announce the selection of an official dog-catcher in the near future, whose ditties are to enforce the provisions of the law. Last year, after the enforcement of the law, the city was rid of a number of undesirable dogs and an effort wIU be made again this vear to prevent the doge from frequenting the buainessdls-] itricts in droves, as was the case j before the enactment of the j present license. Renewing of the compensation a,nd public liability insurance was referred to the finance committee.

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Father-Son Banquet At Church Thursday The father and son banquet will be hfld at the First United Brethren church in the church basement Thursday evening at 7 o'clock. Glen Hill will be chaits man. Ollie Mills will lead the sing ing and the Zinsmaster family will furnish special music. C. E. Striker, county school sup erintendent. will be the principal speaker. Short talks will be made by Frank Bohnke. “What a father should expect of his son." and Donald Bohnke. "What a son should expect of his father" _. o DEATH CLAIMS MRS. REPPERT Mrs. Fred Reppert, Sr„ Dies This Morning At Vera Cruz | Mrs. Fred Rupert, Sr.. 87, mother lof Col. Fred Reppert of this city, idied this morning at her home at j Vera Cruz of complications and old I age. ! Mrs. Reppert was horn in Preble [township. April 23. 1848, a daughter ' of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Sellemeycr. | [she was married November 3. 1866. and had made her home at Vera Crouz for the ipast 34 years. Her husband preceded her in death December 31. 1928. Seven children surviving are: Fred. Decatur: Mrs. Rudolph Schug, Berne, Will Reppert. Monroe; Mrs. Charles Walters and Mrs. Calvin Yager, Vera Cruz; Mtv. John Fulk and Mrs. Jake Pfeister, both of I Bluffton, Two brothers, Herman 'and Fred Sellemeyer, reside in Decatur. Another brother, William, (lied last week. There are 25 grand--children and 19 great grandchildren surviving. Funeral services will be held at the St. John’s Reformed church at Vera Cruz Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock, with the Rev. H. H. Meckstroth officiating. Burial will be | made in the church cemetery. - Junior Drake Suffers Broken Ankle In Fall Junior Drage, non of Mr. and Mrs. Cla . e Drake, of No. 4# at the homesteads, slipped and fell on the ice Tuesday, on the way to school, breaking the small bone in his ankle. Th» young man was taken to the hospital, where the bone was ! set, and then returned to his home.

■ ■■ WATCH TOMORROWS DEMOCRAT for Special Bargains in the big. city-wide STUDENT DAY SALE SATURDAY, FEB. 8 Decatur Merchants are planning shopping Special: which will mean big savings to you. SHOP WISELY SATURDAY. i

STUDENTS ARE MAKING SURVEY Proprietors An <1 Employes Listed As Part Os Centennial Plans The Junior Chamber of Com- . merce, under the direction us Deane . Dorwin. president, is making a survey ot all business houses in Decai tur this weekThe survey, which is being made with the assistance of several high school students, is for the purpose of collecting data to be used in connection with Decatur and Adams county's celebration of Centennial week next August 2 to 8. inclusive. The students are obtaining a list of all retail stores, names of the proprietors and all employes. , The list will be kept as a permanent file by the Junior Chamber of ' Commerce to be used when the necessity arises for plans for the Cen- . tennial 'celebration. Any ipersons whom the students may fail to visit, are requested to call the information to the high school office, phone 725. Creates Enthusiasm Preliminary plans for the Centen- ' nial celebration, as prepared by the I executive committee, are meeting with an enthusiastic reception from Decatur and Adams county citizens and all indications point to the [ greatest celebration ever held in this city. Particularly enthusiastic reception is reported of the pttroposed “good will" bonds which aro to he purchased by individuals and firms to finance the Centennial observance. A total of $6,000 has been fixed as the tentative cost of the celebration. COUNCILHOLDS SPECIAL MEET Adams County Council Holds Special Session This Morning The Adams county -council met in I special session this morning at the 1 auditor's office and acted on the requests for additional appropriations. Every councilman attended the meeting. The members of the council are: Henry Dehner. Chris Eicher James Kenney. Evert Banter, August Conrad, Dean Byerly, James A. Hendricks. I The appropriations, which were | for .payment of outstanding claims I not presented before the close ot the year, were allowed as advertised Seven additional appropriations from the 1936 budget were acted on. The request for SSOO for an insurance appraisal was reduced to S3OO. Charles Robenold and W. E. Moon ; have been employed to make the appraisal of 'county property for the purpose of adjusting insurance carried on them. o All M. E. Church Meetings Postponed AU meetings for this evening at the Decatur Methodist Episcopal church have been postponed. This includes the mid-week service, the official board meeting and the Intermediate Epworth league party. I

STRIKE THREAT FOR NEW YORK CITY AVERTED Strike Called Off; Pickets Enforce Strike Rule In Illinois New York. Feb. 5. (U.R) A threatened strike of elevator operators that would have inconvenienced hundreds of thousands of workers in Manhattan was called i off today. The strikers claimed a victory saying building owners agreed to wage increases and the closed shop. A three-year contract will be signed tomorrow between the 1 building service workers union and ■ employers, it was announced. Intervention Likely Pekin, 111., Feb. 5.- (U.R) - Flying squads of union pickets enforced “strike rule" in this industrial community today, halting deliveries of food and fuel. Likelihood of national guard interventiou became greater. A “general staff” of labor leaders, bustling about the dingy, haltheated quarters of the Pekiu trades and labor assembly, directed strategy aimed at paralyzing the corn- | inanity of 16.000 as a demonstration in behalf of 700 striking disI tillery workers. Thirty-two unions i 1 are cooperliting. A survey 26 hours after call for 1 a "general strike” went out of union headquarters indicated the , movement was far from 100 per cent effective. The town's biggest factories — the Quaker Oats Companies. Corn Products Company, and Fleischmann's yeast —were operating normally. Strike leaders assorted 3,000 men were out hut State's Attorney . Nathan T. Elliff said approximately 1.500 workers participated in the walkout, including the distillery crew who have been out two weeks demanding a closed shop, collective bargaining, and elimination of the speed up Fifty pickets' maintained siege of the American Distilling company. scene of recent tear gassing (CONTINUKI' >N T-AGK SIX) ADAMS COUNTY I NATIVE DIES Jacob Baumgartner Dies Tuesday Evening In French Township Jacob Baumgartner 72. life long resident of Adams county, died at 9 o’clock Thursday evening at his home in French township after a week's illness following a stroke of paralysis. The deceased was born in Virginia December 12. 1564, a son of Peter and Mary Haw kins 'Baumgartner. He came to this courity at an ' r early age, remaining here his entire life. He was a member of the Methodist Epiecopal church. He was married July 18, 1930 to Sadie Rogers. Surviving besides the widow are the following brothers and sisters. Mre. Will Smith. Monroe; Sam, 1 Lizie and Pete Baumgartner of ; Bluffton; Lawreirce of Watereloo; Alfred of Bluffton, Joseph of near Decatur and Mrs. ‘Hattie Neal of I Decatur. Two brothers precceded him in death. Funeral services will lie held Thursday at 2 ip. m. at the Pleasant Dale church in Kirkland township with burial in the church cemetery. Tlie body will remain at the Jahn ; funeral houne in Bluffton until time for the funeral. o —.— General Electric Increases Hours The local General Electric plant started a 40 hour week schedule today, due to increased production. The plant had been operating on the 36 hour week previously. 1 E. W. Lankenau. superintendent of the plant, stated that at the present time, no more help would be employed, despite the larger production. o Charles Friend Is Reported Improved Charles Friend, who suffered several injuries when he was trampled . by a cow last Friday is somewhat improved. Hr Friend, who is a patient at the Adams County Memorial hospital has a great many bruises and a crushed chest He will be able to see urgent business callers during hospital visiting hours for a short time,

Nearly Score Dead ■ln Latest Severe i Weather In Nation

FARM. FISCAL ADVISORS TALK ON NEW TAXES Confer At White House; House Works On AAA Su hstitutes • Washington, Fob. 5 (U.R) — President Roosevelt's farm and fiscal advisors conferred at the White House today on tho form of taxes approximating five hundred million doOlars with which to pay cost of suhefftute farm legislation. It was understood that the controversial subject of taxes to dei fray bonus amortization proliably would not be considered. Suggestions of such a tax probably would have aroused widespread Inflation talk in congress. Mr. Roosevelt asked his fiscal aides to call at the White House today if they can assemble necessary data for a further survey of the situation in view of twin congressional movements against new I taxes and for inflation. The White House conference [ would include secretary of the treasury Henry Morgenthau. secretary of agriculture Henry A. Wallace, attorney general Homer S. Cummings, solicitor general Stanley" Reed, and AAA administrator Chester Davis. Il was indicated that emphasis would be placed on substitute taxes to finance the new farm , program, generally estimated at • alsmt $50U.(W0,000 and on legislation seeking to recover $200,00#.- : 000 in impounded processing levlice returned to processors by supreme court order. Congressional Headers have re- j ported little sentiment, against t (IDNIIXTKD ON PAGE FIVE) —o I City Receives Seven Bids On Automobile I Seven bids, including two from, the same company, for the furnishLing of a two-door sedan to be used j las a police car, were tabulated by I the hoard of works and safety ami piesented to the city council last : evening at the regular council; I meeting. | The bids tiled with the clerk-1 | treasurer were Phil L. Macklin & i Co., Plymouth, $633; White and I Zeser Co., Pontiac. $625; Kuhn Chevrolet, Master Chevrolet. $645 ' and Standard Chevrolet, $550: Al D. Schmitt Ford Agency, Ford. J $507; Ellsworth’s Hi-way Service., i Plymouth, $600; Peter Kirsch & Son, Terraplane, $615. Purchase of the car was referr ! • ed to the board of public works! and safety, with power to act, and 1 in all probability, the low bid will be accepted. ALICE GINTER DIES TUESDAY Aged Woman Dies At Home Os Son In Craigville Tuesday Mrs. Alice Jean Ginter, 77, a lifelong resident of Adame and Wells counties, died Tuesday at the home of a eon, Harve Ginter in Craigville. ' Death was caused by heart trouble. The deceased was horn in Welle • county July 22, 1858, a daughter of Joseph and Victor Somers. She married Absalom Ginter July 22, 1880, and he preceded her in death. Surviving are the following children: Homer Ginter, Decatur rural ' route; Mra. Clyde Henachen and ' Harve Ginter, Craigville; and one ! brother, W- M. Somers, Ossian. Four children are decreased. Also surviving are 14 grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Funeral services will he held at I the Harve Ginter residence at 1 p. m. Friday and at I'3o o’clock at ■ the Antioch church. The Rev. E. F- ! Hine of the Craigville U. B. church ; will officiate, assisted by the Rev. • Harold Spencer of the Mennonite Brethren in Christ church at Antioch. Burial in the church cemetery. The body was removed from the Lobenstein funeral parlor at Mon- ■ roe to the Harve Ginter residence this afternoon

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Many Parte Os Midwest Blocked By II c a v y Snow And Ice; Predict Some Relief Thursday. BITTERLY COLD By United Press Snow choked middlewcst and eastern transportation systems today and the nation recruited thousands of men armed with shovels and snow plows to break through the mountajnous drifts. At least 19 deaths were attributed to the arctic wave. Eleven died in Michigan in accidents, fires and from exposure. Armed guards were posted around 10 derailed carloads of coal al Imogene. la., where a furl famine created a state-wide emergency. At Des Moines double shift operation of iowa’o coal mines was pr<>i>ose<l in a plan for union officials by Gov. Clyde L. Herring. One hundred and twenty-five passengers on a Chicago and Northwestern train were rescued after hours of imprisonment amid the drifts at Jackson. Wis. The state ordered 4.000 nun and SOo snow plows out to clear traffic arteries. A school bus was blown off the ! icy pavement near Pern. Ind. None was injured. Emma White, 86,' Evansville, Ind., died of injuries received in a fall. William truck skidded into a tree near Owoscso. Mich. Many schools closed. Supplies were cut to the dagger point in parts of Illinois. Indiana, ! Michigan, Missouri. Kentucky and i Massachusetts. Ashland. Wis., reported the temperature at 28 deI grees Irelow zero. A bitter northwest wind swept ' a new cold wave down from the I Canadian northwest, across the i midwest and toward the eart. I (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) 0 C. C. STURTS MEMBER DRIVE Chamber Os Commerce Launches Annual Drive For Members The 1936 membership drive of j the Decatur Senior Chamber of Commerce opened today, with all members of the drive committee at work early this morning, soliciting the business men in the downtown firms. The board of directors met last. I night in the Rice hotel and appointed the following men on the ! drive committee: D. I). Mollerj kopf, Dee Fryback, C. C. Baxter, Robert Helm, Charles Robenold. ; Lloyd Cowens. C. R. Saylors. Merle ■ Ellenbarger, William Linn, T. J. j Metzler, Alva Nichols, Harry I Staley, Burt. Gage, Felix Maier, Andrew Appelman, E. W. Lankenau, and the president, R. E. Glendenning. , Those members were assigned their respective territories thia morning by the committee in charge, and went to work Immediately. Mr. Glendenning. who t is directing the entire drive program with the committee, stated, this morning that the drive would be limited to a one week campaign, and would be completed by ' the first of next week, weather 1 permitting. ‘ Mr. Glendenning, Dec Fryback, ■ secretary-treasurer, and the com- • puttee, have the list of the pros* i pects, and will endeavor to con* I tact each of them, in the allotted i time. , The goal set for the men is 20(4 , members, old and new. The pres* ■ ent enrollment is 152 members, ! (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) I o • Lenten Season Will Open February 2fi The season of Lent will open on Ash Wednesday, February 26. Tho ; schedule of services to he hold- at : St. Mary’s Cathoic church is being . prapared by the Rev. Father Joseph, i Seimetz, rector, and will be an* . nounced shortly. Father SeLmets ) will exchange pulpits with iprlestj • in Fort Wayne In giving the Lenteu, . sermons each week. The Most Rev, i John F. Noll, bishop of Fort Wayna ■ has assigned the subject of tha i "Church " as the topic of dlscusolon for the Lenten sermons.