Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 46, Decatur, Adams County, 22 February 1936 — Page 1

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ME PASSES ■OUTE T 0 M HO BILL ■ conservation Act To tcpAHl' l -— V cd By House I MWI ,nl<lll <ons. rvati.-n act <band imme .’-tv KtV wl,i ' h ■; rl . Th ,. vote was «> ■ may apt'"’'” Ilf Kh'tn a t'ontVren*'” " r 31 b ,.. asriftiltural leaders ""h the B««ure. the bill proba.’lv ■ j Prudent HooS.-Vell week and receive his WL'.„ denature. Itejui tnifit ■L’nta officials, however. ■ _ Wl y of several weeks ■Jf administrative deta.ils of are worked out. (’■ I'avis. AAA adminisK . n , will direct the new nteinwhile. appealed to , p plant portions of tlvir| K, erosion controlline.' < rot*. Km litem to have sufficient Kenrein the new program to Kthe switch in crops before Ktaw definitely what the, K nra t will do for them in ; K estimated 25,1(00.000 tot K, iril acres of land would be K| lr . : from tntetis.. production Ktosoi'-,onset. :< ' >ps this ■ sneer th- mw program. Last I ■ Mder the AAA. 34.000.000 I K tfre withheld from produc-f Knott as the new program is i Kai into law Davis and secreKi>i agriculture Henry A. Wai-1 Krill call a conference of land-1 K college experts, extension fee officials. and soil-conserva-; to work out a detail•dmtnistrativM program. Wdent Roosevelt, meanwhile, upert-d to send a tax progro.m Wgross to raise $500,000,000 a rto replace processing taxes* Weed out when the supreme rt sold the AAA unconstitu-, ni six weeks ago. The recomllktions are expected next • Se temporary two-year soil | terration program to be re-1 f«l iu 1938 by 48 state “little it" was Jammed through both »s despite strong opposition tb senate from those who kSTIXTEO ON’ PAGE THREE) iplets Celebrate Birthday Anniversary ** triplet daughters of Mr. 1 J. A. Zerkel, the Mes‘“s fiances Schnepp, Ruth J and Esther Kelly, celebrat- >» forty-first birthday anni®ty at the home of their nari Friday. **ring the noon hour a de-; 18s dinner was served to the i W| iig guests; '• and Mrs. Ralph Schnepp, | “<• Mrs. Frank Drake, Mio , a ™ Kelly, Mrs Gr&ce Ever-1 p™, daughter Charlotte, Mrs. I 8 n ” 8 ' Mr and Mls - William i "■ wk Drake and the Misses ,)ral «' and Ruth Smith.

Carriers Encounter Difficulties In Delivery

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Fights lor Life * I' '1 - W IKbSM <z w! J1 \ ’ L ■ V I ! U Hero is Emnia Willis. 18-year-old farjn girl, as she appeared at her trial at Andnrko, Okla., on charges of slaying her father liecause of his refusal to allow her Ito keep a date wfth a neighbor ‘ boy. SUMMER SCHOOL AT INDIANA U. ■ 1936 Summer Session At Indiana University Opens June 17 Bloomington, Ind., Feb. 22 —June ' 17 has been announced as the date ( for the beginning of the 1936 sum i mer session at Indiana university. Tire regular nine weeks' term of ’ summer session will run until Aug. ( | 12. the three weeks' sesion until | | Aug. 29. and law school will be in ( session until Sept. 1. This year's summer session will i i be the forty-seventh annual sumj mer term of the university. As in i the past, the work of the summer I session will be divided into five parts. The nine weeks’ term which includes work in the college of ; arts and sciences, graduate school. | .school of education, school of med-; i icine, school of business administration and school of music will be equivalent to a half of a regular school semester. The three weeks’ session which will run from Aug. 12 to Aug. 19 is a distinctive feature introduced 12 years ago. Only one course may; be taken during this season. It consists of selected intensive courses for teachers and graduate students. The law school work will be divided into two terms, the first running from June 17 to July 28 and the second from July 29 to Sept. 1. The summer term of the biological station conducted for zoological research workers and pre-med-ic students will begin June 20 and end Aug. 14. The biological station is situated at Winona Lake. Ind. which location affords extraordinary opportunities for the best work in zoology. The requirements for admission are the same for the I. U. summer session as for the regular year. o WEATHER Coludy to partly cloudy toi night and Sunday, nronably some snow Sunday north portion; rising Temperature Sunday and in north west tonight.

I ienced, and the minor accidents encountered during the worst cold ' spell in the last three-quarters ot a century. The rural carriers have an aveage of 63 miles per route in the six rural routes of the local office, many times being forced to cov,er twice that amount in the course of carrying the mails. In one instance, Hubert Zerkel, carrier on route 4, drove a distance ot 95 miles on a normal 55 mile route. Harry Fritzinger, carrier on route 3, I turned entirely around on the slippery road and was forced to back the car in reverse the distance to the next farm to turn around in the lane. Gerald Durkin, is substituting for Earl Butler on route ", wfilT is suffering from a cold as a result of the exposure, and Duck Buuek is subbing for Charles Maloney. (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWOi

LENTEN SEASON OPENS FEB. 26 Schedule Os Services At St. Mary’s Church Is Announced The schedule of evening services and the names of the speakers who will deliver the sermons at St. Mary's Catholic church in this <'ity during the Lenten reason were announced today by Rev. Father Joseph Seimetz, pastor. The first evening service will be held Ash Wednesday, February 26 at 7:30 o’clock. Thereafter the services will be held every Tuesday evening. The general topic of discussion will lie “The Church.” Five visiting priests, all from Fort Wayne will speak at St. Mary’s church during the lenten season. On Friday nights the services will consist of the Way of the Cross anil Benediction. The services will liegin at 7:30 o'clock. Following is the schedule for the six weeks' services, together with the name of the speaker ami the subject of the sermon. February 26—“ The church as the World pictures her” —Father Seimetz. March 3—“ The church as She wa,s really constituted" —Rev. Carl Holsinger, St. Peters church, Fort Wayne. March 10—“ How the church of Christ may be recognized” — Rev. Charles Girardot. St. Joseph's church. Fort Wayne. March 17 — “The Government of the church” — Rev. Clement Ewald. St. Jude’s church. Fort Wayne. March 24 —“The Mystical body of Christ”—Rev. S. J. Ryder, St. John's the Baptist church, Fort Wayne, March 31—“ The priesthood in the church”— Rev. Leo A. Hofttnan St. Andrews’ church. Fort Wayne. Father Seimetz will exchange pulpits with five of the Fort

(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) O AMOUNTS PAID FARMERS HERE Over Million And Half Dollars Placed In Adams County Farms Indianapolis, Feb. 22. — Government agencies have placed $1,508,700 at the disposal of Adams county farmers during the last two years, Clarence Manion. Indiana director of the national emergency council, disclosed today. The money was poured Into Adams county by the farm credit administration of Louisville, Ky., which embraces the Federal land hank, the production credit corporation and the emergency crop and feed loans, the agricultural adjustment administration, the rural resettlement administration and a number of minor agencies. Reports made to Mr. Manion as of last December 31 showed that the Federal laud bank and the land bank commissioner had 453 loans outstanding in Adams county for a total of $1,038,700. No emergency crop and feed loans were made, while the rural resettlement administration actually advanced $5,900 out of $28,405 in approved loans for the county. The production credit corporation made 140 loans for a total of $50,970. (Production credit figures are estimated). Jfr. Manion emphasized that the $1,118,081 loaned by these four agencies will all be repaid to the government. A. A. A. rental and benefit payments which totaled $390,619, Mr. Manion revealed, were made as follows : June 30, 1934—Wheat $8,148. July 1, 1934 to June 30, 1935— Wheat, $11,125; sugar, $22,213; corn-hogs’. $273,458. July 1, 1935 to Oct. 31, 1935— Wheat,, $10,066; sugar, $1,115; corn hogs, $64,492. - - Divorce Is (Jranted By Portland Judge Anna K. Smith of this city was awarded a limited divorce for three years from Othmar E. Smith, also of this city, Friday afternoon by Judge Hanson P. Mills in the Jay circuit court, i'he case was venued from the local com t. The case had been under advisement for several weeks. The plaintiff was awarded custody of two girls, aged four and two and granted alimony of $55 monthly. The defendant was granted the right to visit the children at reasonable times and places.

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SINCE 1885 Ira Wagoner, prominent Mon- | | roe resident, renewed his sub | | serlptlon to the Daily Demo- | crat Friday afternoon. While j | in the office, Mr. Wagonin' stat- | | ed that he hud been in this of- i flee to pay his subscription to the newspaper every year since 11 1885, when the imper was a I weekly. Fifty-one years a sub- j j scriber and would rather miss | | a meal than the Democrat. A | | splendid record and we hope j ■ Mr. Wagoner will be a subserib- | ' er for many years to come. » 11 1 - , RULE SIGNING OF PETITIONS County Clerk Urges Care In Signing Candidates’ Petitions County Clerk G. Remy Bierly, in behalf of the county board of election cammission,er.s, hao asked that special care be exercised in the signing of petitions of candidates for county offices in the coming ! elections. The 1935 law states that candidates for county offices must file a petition, containing the signatures of one-half of one per cent of the [votes cast in the 1934 election for the secretary of state for either the Democratic or Republican candidate. The Democratic candidate for county office, must therefore have i 24 signers to hfe petition, and the | Republican candidate 15 signers. I No person, however- may sign the petition of more than one candidate for the same office. The signatures on the petitions of the candidates, both being for the same office, will be nullified. The law does not provide a penalty for this repetition of signatures, and some people have signed the petition of any candidate that may ask for their signature., even though the signer has already signed one or more petitions for the same office. The members of the board have (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o To Take Mart Mylott Home This Afternoon ; Martin J. Mylott, superintendent of the light and power department. | of the City Plant, was planning to go home this afternoon. Mr. Mylott has been a patient at Adams county Memorial hospital since January 9, when he received a broken right leg in an auto accident coming home from Indianapolis. Mr. Mylott is feeling fine and hopes to be able to get around on crutches in the near future. o MANCHESTER TO CONDUCT FORUM — Institute On Christian World Order Will Be Held Next Week Manchester college, located at North Manchester, will conduct an institute of Christian world order Friday and Saturday, February 28 at.d 29. The principal speakers will be Dr. Toyohiko Kagawa, noted Japanese Christfan; Senator Gerald P. Nye; Harold S. Bender, dean of Goshen college: A. S. Roseberger, president of Bluffton college, and C. D. Bonsack, secretary of missions of Elgin, 111. Registration fee for the institute will be sl, whether for one or both days. Lodging will be free. Ministers, educators, leaders of labor and industry, and business men are invited to attend. Registration will be limited to approximately 400 so those desiring to attend are urged to register immediately. The night sessions will be open to the public, with Sen. Nye speaking Friday night and Dr. Kagawa Saturday night. Admission will be 25 cents. Seats will be reserved only for those registered in the forum. Morning, afternoon and evening sessions will be held each day.

MO R E MO N E Y By Charles Grant Begins Today on Page 2

rday, February 22, 1936.

COUNTY SCHOOL GRADUATE LIST Seniors Os Four Adams County High Schools Are Announced Members of the senior elasses of | four county high schools, who are ' eligible for graduation next April, i will number nearly 100, it has been . announced. Monroe high school has [ 22 eligible candidates. Jefferson 17, Hartford 15. and Geneva will graduate 40, one of the largest classes ever to be graduated from the school. Those eligible for graduation in Jefferson are: Donald Foreman, J Olin Minnich, Devon Whitacre, Willis Burk, Wilbur Harshbarger, I John Miller, Eileen Fogle, Eloise j Criss?. Betty Anna Pyle, Aleene ’' Boze, Ila Harshbarger, Kathleen ■ Kenny, Mae Weaver, Faye Weaver, I Donnave Charleston, Clara Gable and Ruth Ineichen. 11 Candidates in Hartford are: Max ■ Grandlienard, Beulah Augsburger, :, John Romey, Marvin Kistler, Burl ■ Whiteman, Charles Llechty, Robert i Pontius. Leon Meshberger, Robert ; Meshberger, M art ha Chrisman, Lola Kaufman, Betty Meshberger, ■ Elizabeth Stably, Naomi Studler i and Marcella Betz. i Candidates from Monroe are: i Olin Lehman, Carl Huser, Roman ■ Llechty, Sher ma n Von Gunten, i Frederick Ray, Johu Christener, ■ Jr.. Vincent Hanni, Leo Nussbaum. Alda Haines, Margaret Burkhead, • Marjorie Blum. Irena Llechty. Dor- > othy Shaft, Vera Schwaftk, Jean- > ette Soliiner, Francile Harvey, James Habegger, Mabel Fricke. > Clarence Hook, Earl Lehman, Dor- ■ I vin Wolfe, and Denver Yoder. Geneva prospective graduates • are; Vivian Arnold, Charles Aspy. • Donalu Aspy, Carl Augsburger, Thomas Bierly. William Briggs, ■ Clarence Buckingham, Ralph • Burke, Juanita Burris, Modjeska . (CONTINt’ED ON PAGE SfX) ELKS LODGE TD HONOR FOUNDERS Charter Members Will Be Guests Os Local Cluh Monday Night i The Decatur lodge of the R. P. O. Elks will pay fitting honor to the charter members of the organization at a special Charter Mem- . her night at the home on North Second street Monday evening. The celebration will open with a banquet at 6:30 p. m., with the charter members seated at a special table. Os the organization formed in 1905, 31 years ago, there are 33 meml*>rs living. Special invitations have been 1 sent to each of the charter members and more than half these i members are expected to be in I attendance. Clark J. Lutz, prominent local | I attorney, will preside as toastmaster during the banquet ami will introduce each of the charter members present. Special entertainment will te provided members following the banquet. The feature of the program will be several bouts lietween entrants in the Golden Gloves tourney at Fort Wayne. All present active members of the organization are urged to attend Monday’s meeting to pay honor to the charter members. Tickets, priced at 50 cents, will ; be on saje at the door the evening of the banquet. —o — Farley Challenges New Deal Critics Jefferson City, Mo., Feb. 22 —• (UP)—Postmaster general James A. Farley carried the campaign for re-election into Missouri today with a challenge of new deal critics to “show me,” He challenged his (political adverearies to “deny the facts" of increased prosperity or "escape the logic of the black entries that has wiped out the red entries of the Hoover period”. Speaking before the Missouri state convention of young Democratic clubs Farley praised the use of the nation for “taking off Its coat and fighting ”

NO IMMEDIATE FLOOD DANGER FOR INDIANA Below Freezing Weather Lessens Danger Os High Waters Indianapolis, Feb. 22.--(U.R) Immediate danger of state wide Hoods in Indiana will be forestalled by continuation of sub-freezing temperatures, the I’. S. weather bureau reported here today. The most menacing flood situation in the state at present is along the ice-choked Ohio river, which threatens to inundate much lowland and cause extensive damage. cloudy to partly cloudy, with snow in the north, was forecast for tonight and tomorrow by J. H. Armington, meteorologist at the U. S. weatii. r bureau. Temperatures will rise slowly tomorrow after dipping to around 20 degrees above zero tonight, he said. Precipita 'on will be limited to snow and the lack of rain will decrease flood dangers on the TThite, Wabash and other rivers in the state. Temperatures reported early today include Fort Wayne. 16; Indianapolis, 24; and Evansville, 30. Ice Gorge Breaks Evansville, Ind., Feb. 22 —(UP) —Flood menace from the surging, ice-choked Ohio river increased today after a temporary break in the gorge between Newburgh, Ind., and Owensboro, Ky.. flooded much lowland and threatened vast damage. , The stream climbed a foot in 14 minutes during the break and last night stood at 39.3 feet, more than four feet above flood stage. Lighthbuse keeper George Peek and his family were marooned in a tiny house on stilts at the mouth of the Green river after a cutter failed to break through ice to them. Engineers stood by the $600,000 ‘ Mead-Johnson river-rail terminal i here as huge floes threatened to i sweep away its weakened piers. : They were prepared to blast the |ice with dynamite. The heavy ice is backed up stream 100 miles from the termendous gorge at Uniontown, Ky„ which has created a damm. Meteorologist M. S. Collon said that if the upstream gorge broke first it would shoot the stream eight feet above flood stage and send down ice that would crush everything in its path. Red Cross officials in Washington dispatched disaster worker (CONTINt’ED ON CAGE THREE)

RADIO REUNION FOR VETERANS Rainbow Division Program Will Be Broadcast Tonight There will be a special ‘ radio reunion" tonight for all the members of the Rainbow division of the Ameri.an forces in the World War. This will be. the third annual "reunion" of the division and will 'he broadcast over the National Broadcasting chain from 10 to 10:30 o’clock, central standard time. The principal speaker will be Col. Roy Garrett, Kansas City, national (president of the Rainbow division. Other speakers will be Col. Brandon Judah. Chicago former Ambassador to Cuba; Col. J. Monroe Johnson, Washington; Col. Grayssn Murphy, New York city and former Gov. Wilbur M. Brucker, of Detroit, past national president of the division. The Rainibow division was noted during the World War and after, due to the fact that it was comprised of soldiers, recruited from 26 states and the District of Columbia. It is estimated that there are over 100 veterans of this division in Adams county. Local legion officials urge all members of this division and other veterans to tune in tonight at 10 o’clock. Regular Legion Meeting Monday A full attendance is urged at the regular meeting of Adams post number 43 of the American Legion at the Legion hall on South Second street Monday evening at 8 o’clock as business of importance will be transacted. Following the meeting, a picture show will be presented and a, ismoker will also be held,

Guns for 12 Gents ’ k. *•»' r v Wi . Jacob Paley --- ■ ■ - ' ■ —• Ono of the rnont sensational disclosures made by the senate munitions committee at its Washington investigation came when Jacob Paley of New York, above, admitted buying more than 3,000 old army machine guns which originally cost the government S7OO lapiece, reconditioning them, and selling them to South American purchasers at a huge profit. NOTE DECREASE IN EMPLOYMENT Slight Decreases Noted In Employment, Payrolls In State Bloomington. Ind.. Feb. 22.--(U.R) Usual post-holiday contraction iu the retail trades caused slight decreases in employment and pay rolls in Indiana in January, the Indiana university bureau of business research reported today. The manufacturing and industrial employment situation remained fairly steady in anticipation of the approaching months of seasonal activity, the report said. “Activity in the automobile trade was again a main feature of the mouth's developments, after two unusual months at the end of the year new car sales contTTiued to advance in January and registered increases over December. “Os even greater importance was the marked increase of used car sales, allowing dealers to cut into the accumulated stocks with which they had started the year. The steady improvement of automobile sales during the last two years, both in Indiana and in the U. S. as a whole, has been an important.' factor working toward a general renewal of confidence. "The extreme weather conditions throughout the state during January placed a handicap on many lines of trade, but. encountered some particular lines. The retail trade was most severely affected and in a number of localities sates; volumes fell below last year’s level. "Coal production enjoyed the greatest benefits, mine operations being held on capacity schedules during the month. “Construction industry register(CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE)

Decatur Centennial Draws Attention Far And Wide

Plans for Decatur’s Centennial celebration next August are attracting nation-wide attention, the latest recognition being a letter received by Mayor A. R. Holthouse from the Tdxas Centennial Central Exposition, Dallas, with an offer to cooperate in completing plane for the success of both events. A suggestion was also made that a delegation of Dallas officials, headed by Mayor George Sergeant, might come to Decatur. Au invitation will be extended them by Carl C. Pumphrey, president of the Decatur Centennial Association and Mayor Holthouse. The letter, written by Phillip E. Fox, chief of the press divlsiou of the Texas Centennial follows: “We would appreciate very much information in regard to the plans of Decatur, for the celebration of its Centennial anniversary. “As you know', Texas is this

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DRAW SCHEDULE FOR CATHOLIC STATE TOURNEY Decatur Commodores M ill Play First Game Saturday Night The schedule for the annual stale Catholic high school basketbull tournament was drawn shortly before noon today at Fort Wayne. The tourney will be held at tbo Central gymnasium in Fort Wayn<« Saturday and Sunday, February 29 and March 1. The Decatur Commodores, on the fa.-e of the! draw, were smiled on by laidy Fortune. Drawing a hyo in the first round, the Commodores will plnv I heir first game in the tourney nt 8 o’clock Saturday night, meeting the v.h.ner of the 'omii BenuMiehigan City game. If successful in copping this contest, the Commies will battle either Cathedral of Indianapolis or Central Catholic of Fort Wayne in the eecond semi-final tilt Sunday afternoon. Memorial of Evansville and St. Mary’s of Anderson are favored to reach the other semi-final bracket. Evansville, is expected to be the favorite over St. Mary’s of Huntington. defending champion, in the first tilt of the Saturday afternoon session. Capacity crowds are expected at I every session except possibly Saturday morning, when the weaker teams are to meet, with the exception of Cathedral. Officials for the tourney will he , Bob Downey of Washington, who turned in an excellent job in last -year's meet; Murray Mendenhall, (coach of the Fort Wayne Centr.4 Tigers; and Jake McClure, former South Side of Fort Wayne mentor. Admission prices will l»e sft • cents for single session and sl.sft for the entire tournament. Fans ;are urged to buy their tickets early as the seating capacity off the large Central gym will bn * overtaxed. The complete draw follows: Saturday A. M. ft—Hammond vs Marion 10—South Bend vs Michigan City (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) O Harruff Funeral Is Held In California A letter from J. O. Sellemeyer, ■ former Decatur resident, now located at Los Angeles, where he is sales manager of the Southwestern Portland Cement Company, says that he attended the funeral services for Bert Harruff at San Bernardino. on February 17. Mr. tllar-h-uff ha«t for many years nerved as i foreman at the company’s mill at that place. Mr. Sellomeyer cays it was a large funeral, conducted by the Masonic lodge of which Mr. Harruff had been master. Mr. Sellemeyer i-nys he is planning to coms to Decatur for the Centennial cele- ( brat ion. o Moose To Initiate Class Next Tuesday The Loyal Order of Moose wilt meet Tuesday night at 8 o’clock in special session in honor of tlnv birthday of Ralph Campbell, regional director of the Moose lodges. The Bluffton drill and degrtrn leant will confer the degree work on a class of 35 candidates. Tha class will be in honor of Mr. Campbell. Plans will also be discussed for the Moose convention oil over 14 lodges at the local homo next Saturday, February 29.

year celebrating its one hundredth anniversary with a $25,000,000 exposition at Dallas. Perhaps there is some way in which Dallas and i Decatur can cooperate in a joint . celebration activity through which ■ both of the cities may secure considerable nation-wide attention and publicity. Perhaps we could i arrange a visit to your city by a, , delegation ot Dallas officials head- , ed by our mayor, Hon. George Ser- ■ geant. ’ “Should this plan appeal to you; ■ please let me know the date on i which your anniversary is to bn I celebrated and also send me general information in regard to Do- ’! catur." Mayor Holthouse will answer the i letter today. The leading press i associations have carried items i about Decatur's Centennial and 1 these have been published in papers throughout the country.