Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 36, Decatur, Adams County, 11 February 1936 — Page 1

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BIC DEATH i ■OF WIFE TOLD Dies Os Exposure ■j Feet Os Husband BB nahle To .Move 1 - i -<u.p.' tragic death of a stricken fur feet of her invalidl wan revealed today by caib-d home to, ■OK* they were faring." yfWiiiiam Tuss.-y, iis. left the j <'f her two room house at > ill. Saturday to tend the! room where ■g* ‘ stoop, il sli.. compl.rned ■* P ik her side, and fell to j |gl 9 husband, unable tn move, her dying from exposure He said he thought a' * o'clock that although it became go could not see clearly. for help intermittently Br"' 1 the n teht. but his calls ■•'answered nnip M ,-s. Werre■W her neighborly vinit. o gMher League To I [ Present Play Here •——— - ■■Decatur Senior Zion Walth|^Rpi p wili present a comedy C*l. 111 thle « acts. "The Red■g™' s,e P' c hild." at the Deca■F“fth school auditorium WedjEr?!/'"'l Thursday evenings at Action of the play takes of the cast are: Mrs. Lankenau, Frieda Scherer, Harry Heuer, Mrs, K s „. lailfher . Richard Mailand, Kin L ' a " kPnail - Mrs. Gertrude Rancher. Vera Bleeke, and Betty j Japanese Christian Fo Give Broadcast Ru° y °ou ko I<uswaa - famous e Chie liStia i’' WiU ep6ak » Tl ' ibu ne station k - iSu Wednesday afterpiS. 7 al church workers ura •htpfc’ ,0 * iftt en to the noted

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

ANNUAL SCOUT BANQUET HERE Annual Banquet Will Be Held At Zion Reformed Church Tonight The annual Boy Scout banquet will be held tonight at 6:15 in the Zion Reformed church as the climax in the observance of National Boy scout week. The principal address of the evening will be given by Russel H. Earle, of Fort Wayne, who will discuss the subject of "Youth and the Vocational Trail," with the scouts. The scout training in the earning of the merit badges and awards have in the last four years afforded ihe receiver of the training an apprenticeship in the vocation he has chosen. Mr Earle will detail the outline of the various vocations made possible by this training. Ths program also includes awarding of the achievement awards for the year 1935 by Ix'roy Lane, field executive of the Anthony Wayne Area.and the court of honor, con ducted by the Rev. Father Joseph J. Hennes. Mayor A. R. Holthouse will award the trophy to the troop that ' has shown the most advancement ■ during the past year. Scout songs will be sung during i the program, with George Morris I ' as the leader and .Miss Louise Hau-j I bold accompanist. The program ' i will be closed with the repeating . of the scout benediction. I (About 150 scouts. scout leaders , and interested persons are expected to attend the affair with nearly that amount nt reservations already made and many more expect.ed before tonight. The Rotary i and Lions clubs have cancelled I their weekly meetings to give the ' members an opportunity to attend. These service clijhs, with the American Legion and the Knights of Columbus, will attend in a body. o City Fire Whistle Will Be Repaired In case there is a fire Wednesday morning the fire whistle at the city light and power plant will not sound, for the reason that repairs are being made to a .steam line which operates the siren. Frank ißurus. chief engineer at the plant stated that new packing had to be placed in the steam line 'and it would be impossible to sound jthe whistle. The work will require 'about four hours. Mr. Burns notified Fire chief Charles Robenold and members of the regular fire department and in rase a fire is reported while the w histle is out of order an effort will be made to notify the volunteers by telephone. KENNETH BOID DIES MONDAY Grandson Os Local Resident Dies At County Hospital Here Kenneth A. Boyd, age 17, of near St. Louis, Mich., grandson of Mr. and Mrs. John Kelley. 418 Johns street, of thia city, died at the Adams county Memorial hospital Monday evening of pneumonia. The young man took ill about 10 days a,go and was removed to the hospital. He had been visiting his grandparents for the past month. The youth was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Boyd of near St. Louis, Mich. He was born December 30, 1918 and wan a student in school. Besides the parents and grandparents, he is survived tty a, brother, Robert of Charlotte and a sister, Bernita Aveline of Assyria, Mich. The body was moved to the Gilllg and Doan funeral home, 312 Marshall street, where it may be viewed until time of the funeral. Services will be held at 9 o’clock Friday morning from St. Mary's Catholic church a,nd burial will be made in St. Joseph’s cemetery. The young man's sister was killed in an auto accident in this city several years ago.

COMMITTEE TO DRAFT MEASURE — [Committee Os 21 Legislators Meet To Draft Security Bills Indianapolis, Feib. 11 — (UP) — stripping townchip trustees of their powers to administer poor relief ! and move to bring employers of four | or more persons under the security ,;ut were major considerations be[fore the wpeelal joint legistlative i committee which met here today to ‘ draw up plans for a special session I of the general assembly. Indianapolis, Feh 11. (U.R) —A committtee of 24 legislators met today to draft social security and tax revision measures which will be introduced at the special sess--1 ion of the Indiana general assembly, expected about March 2. The committee, meeting for the . first time since it was naiued by I presiding officers of the senate I and house of representatives, will 1 design a state social security law 1 to conform with the federal reI quirements. i Among the, tasks outlined for • the committee are: 1. Revision of the old-age pen- ' sion law to make it mandatory on ■ ull counties and to provide either state ndministration or state supervision <>f .administration, Indiana now grants a maximum pensioner sls a month to the needy past To l years old. The federal law permits pensions up to S3O a month. I half of which will be borne by the national treasury. 2. The enactment of an unemployment compensation system «\‘X FISTED ON PAGE FIVE) 0 GIVES REPORT ON WATER LINES Charles Brod beck Report ?, On Number Os Frozen Water Lines Charles Brod;beck, manager of the city water department, r. ported to- ' day the number of frozen water lines in the city, including those already thawed and in u®e by the consumers. While the number revealed may seem large, in relation to the neighboring towns and cities, the local residents have- been fortunate in having the use of the water | facilities as much as has been in the ease. M(, jll/.xibeck Hated tihat the nua.'ber of forzezn meters reported in the city was 65. The number of .frozen service lines, that is the line [from the street to the respective houses, was reported as reaching only a figure of 15 or 20. | He also stated that four hydrants at the homestead were reported I frozen on last Saturday, but that asI ter working the remainder of the day, and all day Sunday, the lines were freed. All hydrants in the business district have been inspected during the last few days ,and the department has made a general survey of those in the residential district, as much as was possible by the overworked department. No frozen mains nor bursted pipes have been reported as yet, (There is a possibility that the conIdition may become aggravated with [thawing weather, as the thawing [ground forces the frost down on the pipes. The head of the department stated that 'every effort is Ibeing made to restore water service to these handicapped iby frozezn pipes, and any newly frozen lines should be reported, the men giving the matter attention as early as possible. The continued freezing weather has also occassioned an unusual circumstance, that of the Artificial gas,lines freezing- The moisture in the .pipes settles in the low places and freezzes over, thus preventing the passage of the gas. Numerous cases have been reported to the local gas company. The ifmedy for the condition is shooting alcohol into the line or digging up and thawing the line. Monroe Township Institute Saturday The annual Monroe township in- ' stitute will be held at the Monroe school building all day Saturday. Speakers for the institute will be Mrs. Russ Hershey, Fremont, and John M. Schlegel, Daleville. A special evening program will be held above the Model hatchery. The annual county corn show will be held Friday, with a morning session at 9:30 and the afternoon session starting at 1:30. C. T. Gregory of the Purdue agricultural extension department, will be the speaker

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, February 11,

Sick Victim of Ice-Bound Island .... A HR \ 4 < I ■ 'snu • ■■ I i—— — A party of Maryland state policemen and fishermen were lost for nine hours on ice-covered Chesapeake Hay and one of the party met death us they attempted to bring supplies through a raging blizzard to Tangier Islands where the residents have been Ice-hlound for 16 days. Otis Crockett (above with nurse) is one of the many child victims who have been brought to Washington for treatment

HOUSE UPHOLDS F. 0, R. VETO President Vetoes Russian Ruble Bill; Upheld By House Washington, Feb. 11. (U.R)—The house, in an unusual legislative procedure, today acted to sustain President Roosevelt's veto of the $900,000 Russian ruble claims bill immediately after thte veto message was read. Washington, Feb. 11. — (U.R) — President Roosevelt added the $900,000 Russian ruble bill to the lengthening list of private claims measures returned to con- ’ gress with his veto. The claims measure vetoed today was regarded as one of the most important in the series which i Mr. Roosevelt has vetoed on I grounds that they provided an tini reasonable expenditure of governI ment funds. ' The present measure would have [directed payment by the government of $900,000 to the Internal- ‘ ional Manufacturers Sales Co., of America, A. S. Postnikoff, trustee. Mr. Roosevelt contended action of the soviet government rather than that United States was the cause of the flrm's losses. The claim arose out of losses suffered by the concern during 1918 and 1919 when engaged in supplying goods to Siberian residents under plans which were alleged to have been formulated by the war trade hoard. Mr. Roosevelt couched his veto in strong terms. o French Quinn Talks To Local Society French Quinn, local attorney and historian, delivered an interesting address on Abraham Lincoln at the regular meeting of the Holy Name (society Monday evening at the Knights of Columbus hall. o Legion Band Will Practice Thursday The American Legion City band will rehearse at the Legion hall Thursday evening at 7:30 o’clock. All members are urged to attend.

i Resolution Pledging Support To Agricultural Show Adopted

One of the outstanding features of the 12th annual Attains county farmers banquet, held at the Masonic hall Monday night, was a resolution adopted by the fanners. The resolution, presented by E. W. Busche, president of the Central Beet Growers association, pledged unreserved cooperation to the Decatur Chamber of Commerce in backing the 4-H club and agricultural show, to be held in connection with the Decatur and Adams county Centennial celebration, in Decatur August 2 to 8. Farmers in attendance at the banquet, the leaders from all sections of the county $i agricultural pursuits, by a rousing voice vote, gave their unanimous approval to the resolution. The resolution was presented in response to an address by J. Ward Calland. field manager for the Centra! Sugar company, in which he pledged full support of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce in again

Men’s Brotherhood Will Meet Tonight The monthly meeting of the mens brotherhood of the First Baptist church will be held in the [church parlors at 6:30 this evening The Rev. Morris Coers, pastor of the Bluffton Baptist church, will be the principal speaker. Rev. Coers was formerly of Indiana p- ; oils and served one term in the state legislature.” Th,- meeting will open with a dinner, served by the Philathea class. Harold Stinkier will preside. DEATH CLAIMS HENRY FUELLING Prominent Root Town-' ship Farmer Dies At Home This Morning Henry Fit Hing. 63,'prominent farmer and lifelong resident of Root [township, died this morning at 5:50 at his home. Death was due to enda,carditis. Mr. Fuelling had been ill since last LAugust but wae not confined to his bed until Saturday. The deceased wae born in Root township, December 16. 1872, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry D. Fuelling. He was a member of St. Peter's Lutheran church. He was preceded in death by his wife, Mary E- Fuelling, who died April 25, 1931. The following children survive: Paul, at home; Rudolph, Root townHhip, Mrs. Benjamin Gerke, Union i township. Six grandchildren and tho following Ibrothcrs and sisters also survive, Andrew. Allen county: | Louise. Woodburn, Herman, Jay i c ounty, Mrs. Conrad Selking. Allen ' county, Mrs. Martin Kiefer, Preble township; Mrs. Lizzie Gertz, Fort Wayne. Funeral services will be held Friday at 1 ip. m. (CST) at the resid- ■ <-nce and al 1:30 at the St. Peter’s I Lutheran church with burial in the [ ; church cemetery. Rev. L. J. Dornseif will officiate. The body will be ; returned from Zwick’s funeral homo to the residence Wednesday morn-| ing. — -o WEATHER Generally fair north, possibly light snow south tonight and Wednesday; con tinued cold. i

11 backing the agricultural and live- ■; stock show in 1936. The complete text of the reso- . lution follows: “Whereas: The Decatur Chamber of Commerce has so loyally sup- | ported the agricultural extension , projects of Adams county, especial- > ly shown by the wonderful coopi j eration in making a success of the ■ 1935 4-H club fair and livestock show, and • “Whereas: the members have . 1 again signified their desire to help 1 with the fair, ' combining it with t the Decatur Centennial to be held ■ the week of August 2-8: I "Therefore be it , “Resolved: That »e hereby exi press our heartfelt appreciation , and thanks, and that we pledge i our wholehearted support of the 1 Decatur Centennial 4-H club fair i • and livestock show of 1936, that ■ I they may be outstanding events < • in the history of Decatur and Ad- i .'..ms county.” i

LONE SURVIVOR CRAWLS MILES OVER ICE PACK Survivor Tells Tragic Story Os Two Companions’ Deaths — (Copyright 1936 by United Press) Charlevoix. Mich.. Feb. 11 —(U.R) Coast guardsmen pushed out over ice-covertsl laike Michigan today Keeking the frozen bodies of two men. while a third, his mind numbed to the nightmare of more than 40 harrowing hours with his dying companions, fought for life. Restful sleep shut from the mind of Clayton Brown. 25. the memory of cold, hunger, ami slow death that faced him and his comptt.nlons, trapped in a small skiff in open lake waters. Strengthened by the will to live. Brown stumbled, acrose eight miles of snow and ice -most of the time on hands and knees —to collapse before an Indian cabin on the mainland. More dead than alive, he had drar :ed his frozen fe*>t over jagged ice pax ks. Behind him lay the bodies of his father-in-law. Claude Beardsley, 51. and Earl Cunningham. 38, coastguardsmlan who sacrificed his own life In their attempted rescue. To Indians, who found him on the shore near Goodhart and applied the primitive first aid that saved his life. Brown explained 'through swollen Ups: “I am a young man. T want to live." While the Indians rubbed his frozen legs and arms with snow : and ice cold water. Brown recounted in halting phrases his story of the drifting skiff, the seemingly endless wind, snow, and cold and the despair that followed the death of Cunningham. "We kidded ourselves that help I I would come . . . we prayed almost I constantly that help would cornel | to us . . . Cunningham said noth-1 l ing Ixtfore he died . . . Claude was . worried then ... he talked about [his family his wife, the daughter i who married me . . . and his other son and daughter . . . then he died and I was all alone on the ice.” As physicians ministered to ' Brown in Charlevoix hospital, six i . coast guardsmen under the comi ntand of first class bos'un George Kelderhound. inched cautiously out on the ice. They stepped from the shore near Goodhart almost at the point where Brown ha/l stumbled in. Through a blinding snow storm that grounded the eoast guard plane based at Big Beaver Island, they made their way due west. Eight miles out they expected to (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) —o Trustees, Deputies To Meet February 21 „—. The meeting of the township [ trustees and their deputies will be I held in the court house Friday, February 21 at 10 o’clock a. m., I with the state board of tax commissioners. Haul Weber, special representative of tlie board, requested that iajl trustees bo on hand promptly i at the scheduled time. o CITY PURCHASES NEW POLICE CAR City’s New Police Automobile To Be Delivered This Week Decatur’s new police automobile i will ibe delivered this week by the i All Schmitt Ford agency. The board of public works and safety, to whom the matter of purchase was referred by the council selected a two door Ford V-8 coach for the local agency on the low bid of $507. - A police siren, (police light, and heater will be placed on the car. Tlie letters "DPD”, will be placed on the doors in gold leaf. The auto will be used by tlie police in answering calls and in making a patrol of the city at night. The city has an appropriation of only $l5O a year for operating the automobile nd the expense of mileage will be kept within that amount. Several years ago the police were allowed $lO a month for operating their own autos. Members of the department preferred to have a cityowned car, pointing out the fact that their cars were of old models and more expensive to operate. Regulations as to the care of the car and use are being drafted by the board of public works and safety.

Annual Farmers Banquet Is Held Here Last Night

NEW DEVICE TO ASSIST HEART Electrical Device Has “Resurrected” T w o Apparently Dead New York. Feb. 11. (U.R) An STectrical device that has "resurrected” at least two persons who normally would have been deemed dead is being prepared for test distribution among selected hospitals throughout the country in May. The device's inventor. Dr. Al-i bert S. Hyman, and its sismsor, the Witkin Foundation for the study and prevention of heart disease. believe it will save the lives of many persons doomed to death without it of angina pectoris, certain types of coronary thrombosis, and many types of shock. Dr. Hyman, director of the Witkin Foundation, demonstrated the "starter” last night to the section on aviation medicine of the district naval reserve medical corps. Lt is scarcely tis large as a hand flashlight and uses only om-linh volt of electricity. Action of the "starter" is based, Dr. Hyman explained, on the fact; that the natural “pace-maker” of [ I the heart consists of cells in the right aurlfTe that develop an electric current of about 1-1,000 volt, i It is that current, he said, that; (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) — o i ALL ROADS IN COUNTY OPEN [County Road Superintendent Reports All Roads Cleared County highway superintendent Walter A. Gilliom stated today that all roads in the county would be open by this evening. In various places the work of clearing was extremely difficult due to the hard packed drifts remaining along the side of the roads from previous snows. Tlie local department has an approximate total of 500 miles of i roads to take care oi. Four trucks I were employed in tne work, with l two men I<> a truck at one time. | I The men work in twelve-hour: shifts, day and night. At different intervals, the men were fori-; led to remain in the county high-; [ way garage overnight as a breakdown would call for extra help. The department has suffered the most extreme cold and adverse weather conditions this year in its history. The trucks in many cases were forced to backtrack and redear the roads immediately following the first work of clearing. In one instance a truck record at the office showed a covered territory of 460 miles completed by the truck. The department has been especI ially overloaded with work by the necessity of maintaining open I roads to enable the school children of the various townships to attend I their dailj’ classes. All schools were reported open 1 this morning by Clifton E. Striker, | county school superintendent. o Reports Unsatisfied Judgments Are Paid A total of 33 unsatiefied judgments have been cancelled in the ■ county clerk's office since the statement was issued by the county assessor, Ernest Warthman, to I the effect that all unisatisfied in- • struments must either be cancell- ‘ ed or the intangible tax stamps purchased and placed on the in- • struments, according to the state- ■ ment of the county assessor today. 1 A total of five chattel mort- ' gages have also been cancelled • for the same reason. This ruling ‘ was received by Mr. Worthman last week from the offices of the i state board of tax commissioners : In Indianapolis, and the notices of ) the unsatisfied instruments were ■ sent out from the assessor’s office ■ immediately. “ i In a few of the cancelled instruments, the court costs were not ‘ paid at the time of the cancelling. ’ Mr. Worthmau stated that these I costs are charged against the holder. and must be paid.

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Twelfth Annual Farmers Banquet Attended By Most Enthusiastic Crowd In Many Years. PLEDGE SUPPORT Continued cooperation of the I farmer* and business men mid inI dust rial leaderH of Adams county .to keep the county among the leading communities tn tlie nation | was pledged by farm and busine -.s leaders of the county at the 12th annual Adams county farmers ; banquet, held Monday evening at i the MaAonic hall In this city, i laist night’s meeting, attends! !by approximately 240 men and women, was one of the most enthusiastic ever held in the county. J. Ward Calland. field manager for the Central Sugar company, unreservedly pledged the Decatur Chamber of Commerce to make the 1936 agricultural and livestock show, to be hold in; Decatur in connection with Decatur and Adams county’s Centennial celebration next August, to make the show the best in the county's history. Asking for a pledge from the farmerw to aid in conducting tho I show. Mr. Calland was answered | by E. W. Busche, president of the 'Central Beet Growers association land one of the county’s leading kigriculturalists, who presented a I resolution pledging wholehearted I support to the Decatur business ; organization. The resolution as rend by Mr. | Busche was adopted unanimously with a rousing voice vote by the farmers present. Praises County F.rsel Walley, Fort Wayne, heart of the Walley Agricultural service, i delivered the principal address, replacing O. G. Lloyd, head of the farm management division of Purdue university, unable to attend because of illness. Mr. Walley praised the progressiveness of Adams county farmers, stating that a survey of farming sections throughout the nation, : conducted by a private firm for confidential purposes, showed that Adams county ranks highest in the United States for its progressiveness in cooperation with business men and industries. The speaker said that farmers can look forward with confidence into the future. Lower capital investment, lower interest rates and lower taxes are major factors in Ulis better outlook. In concluding his speech, Mr. | Walley presented the Purdue, agricultural conference attendance I trophy to Mrs. E. W. Busche. | county fa.rm leader, with Mrs. Busche, in turn, presenting the trophy to L. E. Archbold, county agent. Arnold Toastmaster The meeting opened with prayer by the Rev. M. J. Frosch. Whilo dinner was being served ity the ladies of the Eastern Star, community singing was led by Georgo Morris. accompanied by Miss Louise ITaubold at the piano. Dur(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o — COUNIT HOME OWNERS AIDED Home Owners Os County Receive Aid From Federal Funds Indianapolis, Feb. 11. — Adams county home owners have benefitted to the extent of $245,401 through the refinancing and modernization programs of the Federal Housing Administration and the Home Owners' Loan Corporation, Clarence Manion. Indiana director of the national emergency council, disclosed today. The HOLC as of last December 31, had made 110 loans in Adams county for a total of $227,977. Our. of this amount, Manion said, $4- ( 390 was expended for assessments | and $7,484 for repairs. Under title I, the FHA has re< . ceived 26 applications totaling ■ $13,324 and under title 11. 2 applh j cations for $4,100. The FHA, Manion pointed out, does not actually lend the money . but guarantees its repayment tn private financial institutions. Funds advanced to distressed home owni era by the HOL" will be repaid to . the government over a period off fifteen years.