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Decatur Receives Respite From Cold The city enjoyed a respite front; 11 he severe cold today, and temperntnre going up to the thawing point. 1 A light snow tell during the night. ' making the i< ewovere<| walkn donbI ly treacherous this morning. Probable snow and colder weathlor Is again predicted for Sunday. o MAYOR BANGS LOSES FIGHT ON UTILITIES State Commission Denies Establishment Os Huntington Plant Indianapolis, Feb. 7 — (U.R) CQaire W. If. Bangs, militant ; mayor of Huntington, lost a major Kittle today in his fight with the Northern Indiana Power company, when the public service commisijsion denied him permission to establish another utilities contI pany in that city. The commission denied Hie municipal light and power company I an indeterminite permit and refused to declare a public conven- : I ii-nee anil necessity for a second i-lectric utility. The decision dissipated Bang-,' j I last hope for defeating the private I utilities by establishment of a ! competing company. He still.- however, li.is UM “city toy'' electric plant with which he ' (fONTINTKD ON I‘AGJI SIX! 0 To Leave Saturday To Attend Funeral Mrs. Ed Keller and Mrs. Francis | Bogner will leave tomorrow for It llevtte. Ohio, to attend the funeral of their brotbar-in-law. A’an Barklow. Mr. Batklow died from injuries received from a falling wall while fighting a fire recently. Mr. Barklow who is fire chife at Bellevue iri well known here. o —_ MERWIN MILLER TALKS TO CLUB County Cow Tester Addresses Decatur Rotarians Thursday Merwin Miller, cow tester for J the Adams county dairy herd Improvement association, delivered an interesting discussion on the improvements made in dairy herds throughout the country, at the regular meeting of the Decatur Ro--1 tary dub Thursday evening at t*ie Rice hotel. Mr Miller traced the work aci eomplished by dairy farmers of this county during the five years he has served as cow tester. The first step toward increased dairy production and economical methods, was taken in Denmark, one of the finest dairy countries in the world, in 1892. In that year, herds were tested for the first time for butterfat content. The first association of this type in the United States was formed in Michigan in 1905. In the first year, the cows in herds of the association averaged 215 pounds of j butterfat each. Last year, with 1800 associations and 364,215 cows, the average butterfat yield was I 322 pounds. The Adams county dairy herd improvement association was launched at Berne 12 years ago. The average butterfat production per eow at that time was 250 pounds. A peak of 360 pounds was reached in the county before the recent drought, causing a severe feed shortage. However, production in the county,was built back to an average of more than 350 pounds during 1935. Mr. Miller concluded his discussion with the problems of dairy farmers in combatting diseases among the herds and the .breeding of battle. George Krick, chairman of the evening’? program, cited figures to idoNTINUED ON PAGE FIVE; —— <) Special Program At Legion Meeting j Special entertain'ment has been obtained for the regular meeting of Adams ,poot number 43 of the American Legion. Monday night at 8 o’clock. Miles Roop, program .chairman, announced entertainment as follows: German band; 'Rubinof an-d his violin; Italian accordian player; drill team from Fort Wayne. Lunch and refreshments will be eervofj following the ■meeting.

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Ohio became the center of the stage for the first act of the political drama revolving around the Republican presidential nomination when Senator William E. Borah, of Idaho, informed an Ohio delegation that lie would enter the state primary. May 12. The Ohio delegation which visited Borah. ; s'-ated center, included Roscoe McCulloch, former

MORE MEMBERS ADDED TO GROUP Additional Members Are Added To Decatur C. Os c. The Chamber of Commerce mem-b-rsbip drive committee reported more new naxes to add to the list air ady received. As the members of the drive committee have boen divided total paii ■. ••avh of the two men in th- group to canvas their I respective territory, a definite; j check Up i.uujd not be made .today, [but it was estimat'd that 10 more enrollments had been secured. There is a possiblity that the drive will be extended an extra week, as some of the committee have signified their unwillingness to qpvc r their territory under the present weather conditions. 11. E. Glendenning, (president of the organ- ; ization, had previously set the completion of the drive to be made I next Monday. The goal of 200 members, old and | new. set by the committee, will tin-. I doubtedly be reached as about one--i half ot the number needed to reach ■ the goal have aready been procur--ed. ■ The Junior - Chamber of Com-i meree drive had been delayed during the past week, but’ the drivel was renewed today by the commit-j tee, under the direction of Frank Wallace. No limit has been set as to the expiration of the drive in the junior order. Membership fees in the Senior ! Chamber $2.50 per year and in the j Junior Chamber $1 per year. LEGION PLANS FOR CONTEST Nation-wide Oratorical Contest Sponsored By Legion i Indianapolis, Ind.- Feb. 7 —(VP) —j i A nation-wide oratorical contest on > a (patriotic (subject will be sponsors ed among all high school students s of America this spring by the Am- ! erican Legion. The St- Louis national conven- ; tion of the organization adopted a i resolution authorizing the contest as an important Americanism activity for the Legion during 1936. r instructions regarding procedure ! to be followed in conducting the . contest have been sent to all of the Legion's 58 departments. . The national Americanism L com- ) mission, which will award a sevenvolume set of official source records of the world war to each stats winner, was suggested that the subjest of the orations, ibe "The statue rof liberty—A symbol of America.” ' This subject was chosen since the l 50th anniversary of the preeentaf tion of the statue of liberty of (America will be celebrated in 1936. The source records describe in . historical style the unfolding of j s the World War. Each volume opens ■ with an outline narrative which i gives a general picture of the perliod covered in the government state[lntents, individual articles and his [ tori-c documents that follow.

Decatur, Indiana. Friday, February 7, 1936.

United States senator from Canton, seated left: Daniel E. Akorgan, of Cleveland, farmer city manager. seated right; standing, left to right, John S. Knight, Akron publisher; Max Myerovich. of Youngstown, and C. Nelson Sparks, former mayor of Akron. Col. Frank Knox, of Chicago. puMisher, also announced he would enter Ohio primaries.

Elizabeth Voglewede Suffers Broken Hip Miss Elizabeth Voglewede. 415 Jackson street, had the misfortune to fall off the stepo of her backporch. breaking her right hip. The accident occurred about 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon and Miss vogle-' wede was unable to summon help tor about 45 minutes. She finallymanaged to drag herself in the house where she called her brother on the telephone. An ambulance v.as called immediately and she was taken to the hospital. Iler condition was reported as being fairly good i today. o — BOY SCOUTS TO MARK BIRTHDAY Local Scouts To Meet Saturday To Observe 26th Anniversary The twenty-sixth birthday of the ; ; Boy Scouts of America will be ceie- ■ i brated by the local scouts at a I meeting in the Central school Saturday at 4'o'clock. A tenderfoot investure ceremony will be held 1 for the new scouts, and a lunch will be served following the cerei mony.. . • • , Plans have been made for the i scouts to listen in over the tadio to the national birthday celebration. which will be broadcast over the national network from 5:15 until 6 o'clock. President Roosevelt will talk to the scouts during the broadcast, and all scouts throughout the nation will be led in repeating the scout oath by Chief Scout Executive. James E. West. On Sunday, the scouts will at ii tend the various churches, where j special services have been arranged In their commemoration. Troops •61. 62 and 63 will attend the Zion Retained church, where the Rev. 'I Charles Prugh, the pastor, will deliver the sermon entitled, "The Spiritual Value of Scouting.'' Troop 64 will attend a special mass at the St. Mary's Catholicchurch, in charge of the Rev Fath i er Joseph Hennes. The tickets for the annual Boy [ Scout banquet at the Zion Reform-' ed church Tuesday evening are almost sold out, according to the reports from the ticket committee. A few tickets may still be procured from Harold Daniels. Walter Gladfelter or Lowell Smith. The tickets are selling for 60c. o [Court House Matron Is Injured In Fall Mrs. Mary McClure, matron of the woman's rest room at the court house, suffered a broken left collar bone yesterday noon when she fell on the slippery pavement as she waa returning from the grocery to her home. She is getting along as well as could be expected. WEATHER Partly cloudy to cloudy south, probably occasional snow north tonight and Saturday: rather cold with much colder Sunday or Sunday night.

BUILDING SALE IS ANNOUCED Downtown Business Building Purchased By McConnell Bros. Area estate transaction, involving the sale of the first brick hueine.ss building erected in the up-town district in Decatur, was closed today by Jess G. Niblick and Richard ..nd Fred McConnell. Mr. Niblick sold the three story brick building at the northeast corner of Monroe and North Second streets to the McConnell Brothers, members of the F McConnell and | Sons wholesale tobacco concern of : I this city. The sale also included the vacant i j lot north and the vacant lot east I of the store bidding. The price paid | i was $6,0 n O. The building has a frontage of 23 i feet on Monroe street and extends I j north 76 feet on Second street. The ' vacant lot on Second street has a I frontage of 30 feet and the one on Monroe street fronts 18 feet on that street. The entire plot of ground, including the site of the building fe 41 feet on Monroe street and 106 feet on Second street. The building, the first floor of which is occupied by the Winnes shoe store, was built by Joseph and I Perry Crabbs, pioneer residents of I Decatur, in 1856 and 1857. The third story was constructed a,bout five years laterThe McConnell brothers will hold the porperty for investment puriposes and at present do not propose (CONTISCKD ON PAGH FOI’P.) CRIME SPEAKER HERE THURSDAY Former Convict Speaks On “Crime Does Not Pay” Here Thursday j A small crowd braved the icy streets last night to hear Nelson | Colvey, reformed convict, deliver ian address on “Crime Does Not I Pay," at the Catholic high school auditorium. Mr. Colvey appeared under the auspices of the Adams Post of the American Legion. Mayor A. R. Holthouse, in introducing the speaker, stated that he admired the courage and sincerity of the man in appearing before the pullc and denouncing the life of a criminal, and that he hoped those in attendance would be able to gain a word of caution from the lecture. Mr. Colvey. who is still a comparatively young man, spent 19 years of his life in reformatories and prisons, before he decided to "follow the straight and narrow." His criminal career began at the age of eight, when he was first sent to the reformatory, being termed an incorrigible and typical bad boy. He then gave a resume of his entire life, which was a successession of terms in jails and prisons. The longest that he had been able to remain out of the law was tor a period of seven (CONTTXITIW OS PAGE SIX)

F.D.R LIKELY TO PRESENT HIS CANDIDACY SOON — Roosevelt’s Formal An-| nouncement Is Expected In Near Future Washington, Fob. 7. <U,R) president Roosevelt's formal an nounieineiit of candidacy for Democratic renomination to the presidency is expected shortly from the White House. Mr. Roosevelt probably will fol low the precedent established by his predecessor and tile formal consent In Ohio for selection of national convention delegates in his name. Former President Hoover filed such consent in 1932, the first presidential election in which Ohio's unique law prevailed. Sen. William E. Borah of Idaho, is the only Republican entered in Ohio so far. Hoover did not enter his name in the Ohio preference balloting. Ohio voters have two votes on their primary day, May 12. They elect delegates pledge to the candidate of their choice and on the same ballot indicate by name the individual they pefer for president. Final decision on entering Mr. Roosevelt's name in Ohio has not been reached, the United Press was informed. But his advisers believe his name will not be missing when Ohio polls. The "stop Roosevelt” movement I appears to lack aggressive Detno- ! i-ratic leadership in Ohio. At least ! no statesmen have arisen there to 'challenge Mr. Roosevelt as he has ■ been challenged in New York, i Massachusetts. Georgia, Louisiana, I and California. Alfred E. Smith ! probably will bring White HouseJ lammany relations to showdown in ; New York City. Smith is expected to seek elec ! tion to the Democratic national convention us a district delegate If taminany accepts Smith —a wig(CONTINtfED ON PAGE SIX) DEMOCRAT CLUB ' HOLDS MEETING — Young Democratic Club Oi County Meets Thursday Night The Young Democratic club of' Adams county held the first meet- 1 ing of the year for the club last ' night in tin ity hall. A compara-' tively small aumber turned out for the meeting, due to the inclement : weather and conflicting social occasions. Plans were made to select the Ad ; lams county delegate to the first i state convention for the Young | Democrats of Indiana. This affair I is exp.-cted to be the first big event I of the organization, and the beginning of active planning for the coming campaign. The local organization has a total membership of approximately 650, and has been very active since its organization two years ago. Robert Heller is the president of the local club, ana the meeting was somewhat hampered by his absence last evening, as he had all the statistical information, of the activities of the organization in his possession. Severin Sehnrger, who had charge of last night's meeting, stated that the delegate to the convention would be named in a few days. Mr. Heller was also honored iby an appointment on the program committee of the state convention. The convention will be held at Indianapolis on February 28 and 29. A large number of the local club meniibei*> are expecting to attend, as this will be the first opportunity for the young Democrats in this county to actively engage in the politclal campaigns. Mine Workers Heads Refuse Salary Boost Washington. Feb. 7—(UP)—The United mine workers convention ended on a dramatic note today with executive officers turning down proposed salary increases and delegates emphasizing their determination to press the fight for industrial unionization. The unionization fight, opposed by the American federation of labor which favors craft unions, has caused a serious split in the ranks of American labor. President John L. Lewis sent the 1.7'00 delegates back to the nation’s coal pits with a speech refusing to accept a pay raise from $12,000 to $25,000, which was voted yesterday over protests of some delegates. Other executive officers also turn rd down increases-

Special Session Is Planned For State Assembly

FUEL SHORTAGE STILL SERIOUS IN MANY STATES Miners Agree To Work Overtime; Brief Respite For Indiana (By United Press) Shivering middle states from Wisconsin to Alabama reported serious fuel shortages today and coal miners agreed to work an extra day each week until the emergency is averted. United Mine Workers, in con vention at Washingion, voted to disregard contracts calling for a 35 hour week. Gov. Clyde L. Herring of lowa said many families still were suffering from fuel shortages and that wood supplies were insufficient to make up the need for coal. Wisconsin industries besieged railroad oflb ials for quick shipments and said they were threatened with a shutdown unless relief was hastened. Alabama miners, the state suf-1 sering from unprecedented cold | and floods, reported they would I work extra hours until the need i was abated. A blizzard covered the District of Columbia with more than a foot of snow in nine hours, paralyzing transportation in the capital as a ' new ice storm swept up the east ern coast from Florida. A brief respite from sub-zero temperatures was reported in the midwest but a return of frigid temperatures was forecast. Icy i roads made traffic conditions haz-j ardous. Railroads reported their main lines dear. Kennth La Chance, 5. left in bed i to protect him from the cold, was burned to death at Escanaba.' Michigan, when the bed clothing i caught tire. Wisconsin officials estimated the ■cost of snow removal at $5,000,000,' (and said coal hills were up $4,800. | I 000. The north of Florida fore led an eastern airlines plane carry ’ ing six ihtsoiis to land on ap un-, (rONTIXT’ED ON PAGE SIX) Committeemen Not To File Petitions' — County Clerk G. Remy Bierly statled today that he had received notice from the state board of elec-1 i tion commissioners, that candidates for precinct committeemen in the! coming election will not be required to file a petition, signed by onehalf of one percent of the voters, as is the case for other candidates for office. o LOCAL MEN TO BE DELEGATES Rev. I’rugh, Ferd Litterer Delegates To National Church Synod .Ferd Litterer. Decatur attorney, was elected lay delegate to the national Evangelical • Reformed synod convention, at the closing session of the Fort Wayne claesis, held Thursday afternoon at the Gra.ce Reformed church in Fort Wayne. Rev. Charles M. Prugh, pastor of the Zion Reformed church of this city, was chosen alternate ministerial delegate to the general synod convention. Rev. F. H. Rupnow of the St. John’s Lutheran church in Fort Wayne, was named ministerial delegate and Col. W'. M. Hand of Culver Military Acad emy alternate lay delegate. The synod will hold its convention at Rev. Rupnow’s church, beginning June 10. The meeting will be in session for 10 days, with headquarters at the Keenan hotel All religious services and business sessions of the convention will be St. John’s auditorium. Dr. George W. Richards, Lancaster. Pa., president of the synod, will preach the opening convention sermon. The classis voted to hold its tall meeting at the Millersburg Reformed church in October, the exact dates to ihe set by the executive (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

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Gov. McNutt Announces Special Session To Pass Social Security Law In Near Future. MEASURE PASSES fnd’anapolfs Fob. 7— (U.P) - i Plans for u special session of tin Indiana legislajure moved forward ' today whi-n Gov. Paul V. McNutt i announced he was ready to call a special joint committee, named Io prepare u stale social security law. The governor made the announcement when informed the United States houtue of representatives had passed the deficiency appropriation bill which provides security funds. He added that the names of the committee of ten- five from each house of the general assembly - would be announced by Speaker Ed Stein of the lower house and Lieut.-Gov. M. Clifford Townsend, pnniding officer of the senate later today. The committee will moot to consider a model state bill prepared by administration leaders in Washington. The governor indicated that as soon as the committee agreed on the bill, which will be ! presented at the special session, : the legislature would Be called Adopts Report , Washington, Feb. 7 —(U.R) -The (house today adopted the conference report on the $367,000,994 deficiency appropriation bill aft'-r less than three minutes of dis- (< ussion. The bill now goes to the White House, the senate having , accepted the report yesterday. The deficiency hill was the first I supply bill to complete its course through congress. This is the measure which failed of passage on the last night of - the previous ' (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) COLD WEATHER BOON TO CROPS Heavy Snows, Abnormal Cold Seen As Aid To 1936 Crops (Copyright, 1936, by UP.) Chicago. Feb. 7.— (U.R) —Heavy ; snows and abnormal cold may tie hard bn the shivering city dwellller’s coal pile but they will put i money in the pockets of American I farmers, the U. S. department of agriculture revealed today. F. C. Bisson, for eight years associate marketing specialist in the department's Chicago office. s*iid wheat crops comparable to the big years of 1931 and 1932 may be expected as result of the heavy snowfall. Some of the disastrous esI feds of three years’ drought will be overcome. Freezing temperatures, in some eases piercing dftep into the ground, are expected to destroy ! chinch bugs which for two years have damaged grain sind corn crops. Bisson foresaw particular benefits in the great winter and spring wheat areas of the north and southwest. The drought in those two areas reduced sub-soil moisture to a minimum, he said, wreaking havoc , with wheat yields. I Water levels, aided by heavy ■ spring rains in 1935, should return to normal with the addition of this winter’s snow. A much heavier spring wheat planting this year is expected as an early re- ■ suit of improved soil conditions. Winter wheat, already in the i ground, will see no change until I 1937, Bisson believed. Damage may have occurred in i (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUP.) o —■ — Brass Sextet Gives High School Program The brass sextett under the direrI tion of Albert Sellemeyer furnished 1 the program at the chapel exercises • held in the Decatur high school au--1 ditorium at 8:15 this morning. The 1 following program was enjoyed; * "Under the Double Eagle" by the ■ sextet tramibonc solo "Slidin Some" 1 by Helen Jean Kohls; trumpet solo, "Framcisca Polkai.’ Zulu Porter; 1 German band selection, sextet, ' French horn solo. Mary Maxine HilL ton; cornet duet, Eileen Jackson ’ and Zulu Porter; German hand eele< ’ ion, sextet.