Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 37, Decatur, Adams County, 12 February 1936 — Page 1

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fSiBCIS UM S<tElfflAU?E JaiEFWOHS the fl Committee Takes ( | For Local Self ■9 Government <u.r) H ; ?W" " will b" 1 " - u h fir-t iU'wling at K , ,;, n . bill providing f‘pnbli. , . i'M'i ut ions V g" K !9-n.Bi b'p i bail man ~.. tri- . V M' Nii" “ f Ik" ■-!'"' ml sesMarch 2. ■ • a „■' pt-.x :-i.>n< that u> - riil .ia;r Pi n- \| decided. made oK"srni with '■ * :;,! !aws '" . ■ . ....... .... .. _ . ill'HL«. .1 be the majority ... . ..... [fef ’. wk in the state. decidedly disKnvjl centralization of the state '' n,i ‘ti-i'ard-I iii »itho«t hesitation. 16th Special jpn<im.apolis. Fi n. 1:’ - (U R) - ■■m lat- i.ai-;.ii"is convene n for a session of the assembly, it will he the ■th sp eta! s.,<irn .ailed since Be L.diar.a , oust it iu ion was in 1851. was lasting 36 days. Sescalled 1861. ■ft ■•’>9. 1572. and ISSI each ■■ ■ <»f sMbrt " called and ethers called before ■h tnr it"-h century were III" ill 1877; 1879, 21 and 1885, days. ■t ' session of the Gov. it lasted 13 days. B” »- llov James !' Goodrich ■PSF*' l ' sessions, one for one tile Other for 19 days. governing I i... , . cessitated a one- ' ''V 'it' “N I AGE SIX) - Bks' Valentine s Dance Saturday dance for members will be held at the B. on North Second night. Dancing will with a good orchestra Admission cents per couple, Growers | !To Meet Saturday requests that all "ho raised tomatoros for canning factory last sum asked to attend a meeting Met! ( ' ,|l|rl "’"'it in th© Adame courtji. mriP Saturday after- - Important bum|^W b he transacted and every BfJJ asked to be present. HB Cst Deadline Saturday 11 A. M. I^^F Mdlin6 fnr < ' ntriw ’ >n the Rot*. 18 .? 1 °’ t!ock next Saturday r»tiJ ri . zes of s3 ’ s2 ’ ”• end ' Os ticket » to see -Ah ti e i are bein 8 offered for Iwi ' &tter of not more than EMr Ue sub l ec ' ''Why Defoul a be,Uei ' Place to live in ™L, ? mrß " The let- , be mai!,,<l to the Adanw »nt a r L oorasaittee of 111 '•wide the winners.

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Scouts Attend Kites Honoring Lincoln Waller .1- Krick. Decatur avhoo) . uperintendent, and r«presentativv« ol each of tho four Hoy Scout troop* I attended rite* at the tdatuo of Ahraluttn I.inctdn in Fort Wayne this afti-rnoon. Scouts of lAtnerlca annually pay hortiage to the onartyred proßldent at the nearest Lincoln 1 memorial. Scouts In attendance front Decatur were: Hill Brown, troop Gl; Fred Caraon. troop 62; Bob Porter, troop G 3; Paul Brunton, troop 64. FARM MANAGING SCHOOL PLANNED Farm Management School To Be Conducted At Monroe Monday Fanners of Adams county who are interested in increasing their incomes are planning to spend Monday at the farm manageifent school to bo held in the Model Hatchery building at Monroe, to hear the following subjects discussed by O. G. Johanningsmeier of the Purdue farm management department: 10 a. m.—How two actual farms in the northeast county area are ' organized for profit. 11 a. m.— Important factors in farm planning. t 1 p. m. —Recent trends that affect farming and the outlook for 1936. 2 p. m.—Planning tho farm business for 193 G to make more profit under the changing conditions. Actual business of two farms that have been among the most profitable hi the northeast county area during thte past years will be discussed. What farm records have brought out to help farmers increase th#?r incomes will be discussed. The men that will lead the discussions have analyzed more than 4.000 farm accounts kept by farmers in Indiana during the past six years. These men have information that will be helpful in planning the farm program for 1936. Prizes have been arranged for a guessing contest. The crop and livestock program will be given for a certain farm and those present will be given an opportunity to guess on the income for that particular farm. Prizes for this guessing contest have been donated by the Geneva Milling company of Geneva. o Church Board To Meet Thursday The official board of the Christian church will meet at the home of Dorphus Drum Thursday evening at 7:30 o'clock. All members are asked to be present.

Ask Auxiliary To Bring Donations All members of the American Legion Auxiliary are requested to bring old .pieces of silk, magazines and funny papers to the meeting to be held Friday evening in Legion hall. o H. P. SCHMITT IS CHAIRMAN f Meat Market Owner Named Chairman Os Horse And Colt Show Hubert P. Schmitt, well known meat market proprietor and breeder of Belgian horses, has accepted the chairmanship of the horse and colt show to be held in connection with the agriculture show during Centennial week. August 2 to 8. Mr. Schmitt was chairman of the livestock show held in Decatur last August. It was one of the most successful ever held in Adams county. Besides the colt show, the regional and parish expositions of the Guernsey and Jersey cattle associations were held here. The cattle and colt show will be one of the big features of Centennial wetlk. Adams county, noted for its horses, has the opportunity to stage one of the greatest colt and horse shows aside from the state fair, that was ever held in this part of the country. Much interest has already been manifested in the agriculture and livestock shows and farmers throughout the county have pledged their cooperation. Lawrence Archbold, county agriculture agent, is general chairman of the agriculture show. Mon(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

SECY. WALLACE DEFENDS FARM POLICY PLANS Henry Wallace Warns Os Dangers Os .Judicial Dictatorship 1 Indianapolis, Feb. 12 (U.P) Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. , Wallace, defending constitutionalI ity of tho administration'© new | farm hill, warned today of dangers t|of a “judicial dictatorship.” ll<> asserted it is “tho duty of citizens and officers of governI ment to point out the error of the I court" when the court makes de. i cislons which these citizens and j officer© believe erroneous in the I light of changing conditions. I "I'nless we can do tilts, preferably in tho calm, tnttfured way in which Lincoln did it. then we have a judicial dictatorship." Wallace said. "Whatever else tho founding fathers may have intended, they did not intend a dictatorship l>y any one of tho throe bra mhos of government, least of all by the branch most removed from contact with or restraint by the people." Wallace poke before the Indiana faun bureau in a Lincoln day address. Ho recalled the manner in which Lincoln led the nation in reversing the dred Scott decision. which led to the Civil war. Ho argued thaj since the government was largely responsible for tremendous increases in crop 'production during the world war it should now have authority to ■ control production. Referring to the now soil conservation program now under consideration by congress, he said it was “a sincere effort to operate (t’OXTINI'KD ON PAGE SIX)

URGES CARE IN SPENDING FUND W orld War Veterans Are Urged To Spend Bonus Carefully Dee Fryback, commander of Adams Post No. 43 of the American Legion, announced today in behalf of the local officers of the legion and veterans, that they were entirely in accord with the sentiments of Ray Murphy, national commander in urging that the bonus the veterans are to receive, should be spent for things es a permanent nature. The national commander, in a speech atTi meeting of the legionnaires at Detroit warned the veterans against squandering the) bonus money, and cautioned them that when the money was gone, “it was gone for good ” He stated that spending the money was their business, but he asked that caution be exercised in spending it. The local organization also pledged its support to the six-point program of service enumerated by the legion head. The program was listed as follows: A campaign of militant Americanism, a campaign of peace, carrying forward of child welfare, the support of highway safety campaigns, community service qnd the care and protection of disabled war veterans. Adams county veterans are expected to receive about $328,090 as their share of the bonus payments, which will be of great assistance to them. According to the state iteads of the Legion, the veterans in dire need of the money will, in all probability, be given the speediest results in filing their applications for payment. o $5,000 Damage Suit Set For Trial Here The $5,000 damage suit of Violet Langer, by her next friend, Frank finger against Donald Dewitte for injuries Buffered in an auto wreck in Fort Wayne in November, 1934 has been set so rtrial on February 21. This Is the second damage suit of the week, both venued from the Allen county circuit court, to be set for trial by Judge Huber M. DeVoss in the local circuit court. The $25.000 damage suit of Everett B. Carey against Sterling Hoffman Jr., and Sterling Hoffman Sr., was set for trial on March 16. The $5,000 suit of Violet Langer against Donald Dewitt was venued to this court on July 2. 1936 and hae been continued in this court J until the action today.

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, February 12, 1936

Principals in Lake Tragedy r ir 1 * Wk 3Mb. ■BSwReB > Earl Cunningham Clayton Brown “I am a young man and I want to live.” Such was the explanation Clayton Brown, right. 22-year-old fisherman of Charlevoix, Mich., gave for his heroic fight against a blizzard which claimed tho lives of his two companions when they wire marooned in ice-choked Ijake Michigan. Earl Cunningham, left, coast guardsman who wont to the rescue ol Cunningham and his fishing companion. Claude Beardsley, froze to death, as did Beardsley, when their skiff was blown out from shore. Brown, after 40 hours, mlanagod to bring the boat to solid ice and crawled on hands and knee© eight miles to shore.

HONOR LIN COIN BIRTHDAY HERE City Os Decatur Joins In Celebration Os 127th Birthday The city of Decatur joined today in the celebration of the 127th birthday of Abraham Lincoln. Although the emancipator of the slaves has been dead for 71 years, the citizens of the United States and foreign countries still commemorate his memory with great ■ fervor of appreciation for a man ! who has done so much for his na11 live country. if The banks remained closed toI day. local service and social clubs. ! fraternities, lodges and sororities 11 aranged special programs in honior of tiie former president of the i United States. The local schools held special chapel programs in an effort to impress the students With |an appreciation for Lincoln. I French Quinn, historian and noted authority on the life of Lincoln addressed the students of the high school this morning. The theme of Mr. Quinn's talk was "the preservation of the union against enemies from within and without by Lincoln.'’ The speaker stated. "Lincoln succeeded perfectly in the government of the people, by the people and for the people. Today the country is again menaced by evil inuences from abroad and within. If Lincoln were here today, he would ask and implore our people to stand fast and protect our liberties, for which millions have sacrificed their lives, that this land might go on fullfilling the high destinies that the founders of the republic visioned. - ' Mr. Quinn’, in closing, presented to the students the part that each (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE, FED EXPENSES BEING CHECKED Problem Os Federal Expenses Attacked By Officials Washngton, Feb. 13—(UP) —President Roosevelt revealed yesterday that government agencies are attacking the problem of Federal expenditures from three angles. Mr. Roosevelt outlined the direction of his conferences with heads of the government lending and spending agencies as follows: 1. Examination of various authorizations of appropriations which will not be used and can be cancelled. t 2. Examination of various appropriations or authorizations which would effect saving or a reduction in the (public debt 3. Appropriations which would have an effect on the actual budget or the deficit. Mr. Roosevelt said the study was being carried out simultaneously with the budget director in all ■three direction#. He eaid that while no definite deadline has been set tor the re(ports he felt that inside of a week he w-ould have pretty good information. Mr. Roosevelt did not mention [any figures or w.hat definite fiscal j I objective was in mind.

Rev. (’arson Speaks To Monroe Students I The Rev. H. R. Carson, pastor , of the Decatur Methodist Episcopal church, spoke at the Lincoln Day program held in the Monroe I I high school this afternoon. His .subject was "Links in the Lincoln Chain." He described his pilgrimages to various Lincoln shrines. r including Lincoln's birthplace at Hodgenville. Ky.; his boyhood home near Lincoln City, Ind.; his ’ early home at New Salem. Illinois, and the home and the tomb in ■ Springfield. Illinois. o PLAN DRIVE TO REMOVE WEEDS Crop Improvement Association To Remove Obnoxious Weeds i - The Adams County Crop InkproveJment asoeiation met this morning 'in the offices of the county agent, to discuss furtherance of the drive , against the Canadian thistle and other obnoxious weeds, that have invested the farms of the county. A representative from each township in the county, together with O. C. Lee. Purdue weed specialist and county agent L. A. (Archbold will launch the drive against the nemesis of the farmer in the near future. The thistle has been reportcd as gaining a strong foothold in . the the county, spreading its harmful results in all directions. The weed is injurious to crops, reduces the yields and reduces the sale value of the infested farm. According to the survey already made, an approximate total of 88 farms are infested. This number includes only those reported, and the men stated that they expect to find practically every farm in evidence of the thistle. Three mehtods of control are expected to be user! in destroying the weed, namely, clean I cultivation, spraying with sodium [chlorates, and the (planting of alfalfa to smother it- The drive will also [be conducted against other obnoxious weeds, including the European 'bind weed. j All farmers are asked to cooperate in this drive with the members of the association. The officers of the association, who will aid in conducting the drive are' Ben I). Mazelin, president, Otto Hoile, vice-pre-sident, John E. Heiman, secretarytreasurer, and the directors, Otto Biberich and Otto Hoile, of Decatur. Ralph Meyers, Geneva and Franklin Mazelin, of Berne. o Bluffton Pastor At Baptist Brotherhood A very interfiling and well attended meeting of the Baptist brotherhood was held last evening at the First Paptist church. A delicious dinner was served at 6:30 by the Philathae class. Horold Strikler was in charge of the meeting. After the banquet Rev. Morris Coors of Bluffton, who was the guest speaker, was introduced by Rev. Homer Aspy. He gave a very interesting talk on the life of Abra ham Lincoln, bringing out Lincoln’s good qualities and opportunities and likening them to the qualities and opportunities of the successful man of today. Rev. Coera stated that the sama qualities apply. | French Quinn was a guest at the meeting and made a short addrefls.

HONOR IS PAID TO ABE LINCOLN AT SPRINGFIELD Old And Young Alike Pay Homage To Martyred President Springfield. 111.. Feb. 12 (U.P) Old and young, among thorn a sprinkling of aged and bent veterans of tho Civil war. joined in pilgrimages to tho tomb of Abraham Lincoln today on the 1271 h anniversary of his birth. Firet there was a pilgrimage of veteran© of Hie Civil, tho Spanish and the World wars. It was sponsored by the American T-egion and other veterans' organizations. J. Ray Murphy, national legion commander. spoke at tho tomb. Termed a year ago by former national Legion commander Frank Belgrano, “the Arlington of the west,” the tomb, atop a hill in Oak Ridge cemetery and the granite shaft which reaches high above the surrounding woodlands, was a center of world interest today. President Roosevelt sent a floral wreath to be laid on the sarcophagus. lieneath which Lincoln's body lies in a casket in a concrete block. Tho casket was seajed secretly to ward off ghouls who in 187 G tried to steal the body. Among tho G.A.R. veterans who journeyed to tho tomb was Jacolt Yocum. Williamsville, located 10 miles north of Springfield. He knew Lincoln personally and remembered casting his first vote for him when the emancipator ran for president. Two Disagree Springfield, 111.. Feb. 12 -(U.P) Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes ajtd Gov. Eugene Talmadge of Georgia inaugurated Lincolns birthday today with exactly opposite interpretation© of how the rail splitter would meet 1 present day problems. Since they disagree on praci tb-ally every other political subject. not one of their auditors al H a Lincoln day celebration last night expected them to agree. To ' Talmadge. a bitter enemy of. Ute ■I new deal, Ickes is "the chinch bug ' from Chicago,” and to Ickes. Tali madge is "his chain gang excellency." I "No president in history assumed l such powers as did Abraham Lincoln." said Ickes, inviting com-'paj-ison with President Roosevelt. Talmadge, who spoke first, let his shock of black hair fall over his eye© as he cried: "Would that we had a man like Lincoln in the White House today. If we did, he would never (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o -* — Dramatic Chib To Present Two Plays i a three-act farce comedy, "Poor I Married Man.” and another comedy “Hick© from the Sticks.” will be | presented at the Pleasant Mills high school February 25 by the V. W. R. S. dramatic club sponsored by the athletic association. The cant of characters, Robert Smtley, Forest Roop. Raymond Vaske. Gerald West. Emma West. Ellen Smitley and Evelyn Vaslte. BANK PROPERTY TO BE OFFERED Four Decatur Residences, Farm Property Will Be Sold Four residence properties in Decatur and a farm in Root township will be offered for sale by C. J. Lutz, special representative of the DeipartinMent of Financial IRifititutions on March 11 and 12. The house and farm are owned by the Old Adame County bank of this city. Two of the houses are located at C 42 and 654 Mercer avenue. One is located at 128 South Third street arid the other at 601 Monroe street. The residences will be sold on March 11. The farm to be sold is known as the Fonner farm. 57% acres, Root township. It will be sold March 12. On March 12. the bank will offer for sale again the old tomato factory building, north of Decatur and the Rodenibeck farm in Root township. Each tract of real estate will be sold for cash, for not lees than the full appraised value, free of liens excetpt special assessments and except taxes assessed in 1935, payable in 1936.

Middlewest Faces Additional Severe Cold And Blizzard

BELOW ZERO IS AGAIN FORECAST More Snowfall, (’older Weather Is Predicted For Indiana ludianapoie. Ind., Feb. 12 - (UP) '—Additional snowfall and a sharp drop in temperatures tomorrow was forecast today by the U. S. weather I bureau here. Snow will ibe general throughout the state tonight and tomorrow and the mercury will drop to zero or below late tomorrow, the bureau said. Lower temperatures will result | from a cold wave sweeping in from the northwest. Rain turning to snow was forecast for the southern sections of the state. Three deaths were attributed to I the weather. William Woodburn, 75, living alone near Patoka, died on exposure after an extended illness, he died in a princeton hospital. Mae Ellen Bowling, nine, was killed near New Bethel when an automobile skidded on an icy road and struck her when she alighted from her father’s car. Icy streets caused a collision of two automobiles hero last night | which resulted in the death of Ward Ratcliff, 28, Ratcliff was riding on the running boerd of one car when , a second skidded into the side. Coal shortages menaced several Uommunfties. with schools again facing the possibility of closing as I result of dintinshining fuel suppliesANNUAL SCOUT BANQUET BELO Annual Boy Scout Banquet Is Held In Decatur Last Night Approximately 125 men and boys atTended the annual Boy Scout banquet, held Tuesday evening at the Zion Reformed church in this city. Bryce Thomas. Adams county ' scout chairman, presided over the meeting. The banquet opened with j prayer by the Rev. H. R. Carson I of the local Methodist Episcopal church. This was followed bygroup singing, led by George Morris, with Miss Louise Haubold ac-1 companying at the piano. Leroy I-ane, field executive of the Anthony Wayne area council, presented ribbons to troops 61, G 2 | and 63 for leadership in activities J during the four months of Octo- i her, November, December and January. Os the 74 troops in the | Anthony Wayne area, only nine qualified for the highest award, three of these in Decatur. These isame three troops. Mr. T.ane stated, also have been awarded the 1932-42 10-year program medals. This program includes enrolling 5(1 per cent of the boys of the of 12 years and a complete four-year scouting program. Lloyd Cowens, president of tho Decatur Lions club and chairman of scout activities for tho county, presented merit badges to individual scouts. Eagle scout badges, the highest awaixl in scouting, were presented to Monroe Fuhrman and Donald Bixler, both of troop 63. Life scout badges were presented to Fred Carson and Dick Hammond, both of troop 62. Star scout awards were given to Bill Brown, troop 61; Robert Porter, troop 63; and Paul Brunton, troop (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o Two Children Born On Lincoln’s Birthday Mrs. Ada Martin, city clerk-trea-surer, entertained at dinner today for two of her children who were born on Lincoln’s birthday. The celebrants were Glen and Miss Marcia Martin. Their birthdays, although three years apart are on February 12, a coincidence found in very few families in the country. o— »— WEATHER Snow tonight and Thursday, possibly heavy, except rain or snow extreme south not quite so cold tonight; much colder Thursday or Thursday night, strong shifting winds.

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Stricken Middlewest Is Warned To Prepare For Severe Storm; Fuel Shortage Threat. TO RATION COAL (Copyright 1936 by UP.) Chicago. Feb. 12. (U.K— Blizzards howled across tho Dakotas, Minnesota, and lowa today anti ihe stricken middlewest prepared for another desperate stand against starvation and cold. Drifts piled rapidly across fresh-ly-cleared highways and railroad ' rights of ways in lowa. Fear was felt that fuel shortages already forcing many fumilios lo burn furniture. may become worse. Farmers and rural residents ' raced ahead of the storm for fn r sli supplies and prepared for an extended siege. Many of lowa's 500 mines, reopened only yesterday, may he foreled to close in the face of the new storm. Wood supplies are exhausted. Highways and sideroads in the Dakotas had not yet been cleared of the last heavy snowfall. Hundreds of communities and small . ranches were reported badly in , need of stipples. Temperatures ranged far below zero and immediate aid was impossible. Minnesota anticipated no widespread suffering but officials said I transportation systems would sufI fer. Schools were closed. Milk supplies were exhausted ■ in many sections. Railroads rushed available supplies of fuel and food to isolated 'communities to stave off the latest | emergency. Two women and two babies died in a blazing farmhouse near Jackson. Minn. At Freeport. 111., livestock was menaced by a roving pack of 'hunger-crazed dogs, and in Inditana three more deaths were attributed to the cold. I Police guarded coal yards and jears at Marshalltown, la., to prei vent raids on coal piles. Many Illinois coal mines were I compelled by contracts to meet demands of railroads end industries which have been upped st» Ito 75 per cent before shipping to private dealers. Fears increased for the safety of nine government workers murooneil on a houseboat in the Ohio I river near Paducah, Ky. With the river rising anti threatening lo crush their boat dnder ice cakes. | the men may bo forced to tlee to Hurricane Island, where there is 1 no shelter. Six ships were jammed in Lake I Michigan off Muskegon. Mich. They include three ear ferries, two freighters and an ice cutter. They will not be able to free them- | selves until the wind changes. An airplane and coast guardsmen ‘on foot were unable to locate tinfrozen bodies of two men who perished on an ice floe when swept ont onto Lake Michigan near Charlevoix. Clayton Brown, fisherman. (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) EIRE DESTROYS HOTEL, TWO DIE Others Feared Missing In Serious Fire At New Jersey Hotel Lakewood, N. J., Feb. 12 —(UP)— Two persons were burned to de a lit. nine were injured eeriottsly, at least. 20 were overcome by smoke, and an unknown number were missing early today as fire destroyed tho Victoria Mansion Hotel. Only the heroism of police sergt. John P. Souen was believed to have averted a major disaster. Two hundred guests were asleep in the hotel when the fire was discovered at 6:35 A. M. The southeast wing was a mass of flames from the third to the fifth floor when the first alarm was turned in. Souen. aided by civilians, raced 'through the corridors, kicking in doors and herding guests in night dress into the cold dawn. Police believed almost all if not. all the guests were out. but could not be sure. Nine persons were taken to tho hospital. At least 20 were treated at the scene for stnoke Inhalation and shock. Cause of the fire was undetermined. j