Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 50, Decatur, Adams County, 27 February 1936 — Page 1

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[DISTRICT MEET HERE SATURDAY i Local Moose Lodge To Entertain District Convention Here Compile nrranawments for the Xorthfustbrn Indiana dlatrlct coo vention of the Loyal Order of Moons* to he held al the )o< al lodge home on Saturday were announ. ed thia afternoon by (’harlee Heare »<■ r*tary of the local lodt,' Itepr. sentativea from lodges of Fort Wryne, lllutfton, Peru. Logansport, Wabash. Auburn. Angola. Portland. Montpelier. Huntington. Marion. North Man- heater. Colum bia City and Hartford City will moot with the members of the Io 'idl oi..e< at th« gala .ntivenllon. > lilnirr J. HMer, of Marlon, will be In charge of the meeting. Delegates from each of the lodges In attendance will deliver short ad dresses. Sol lx>rd. dictator of the local lodge, will extend the welcome to the visitors, and several members of Adams U»dge 1311 will also speak, telling of the recent accomplishments of the local order. Charles Heare. secretary ot the local order, staled that J; secured for the enUfain.r. ut p lof the convention, . -rUces of| (■ •• U -die. '* . <•»v « magic-1 . i.<i. performances have been. |n>*aiiZying audiences a!» over th- - nlUd States for maty yearn, and who orn-r’ses to ha era ' nmpletely iv * uad ir v’t. .. u tricks for the perfo.inar H. day. The business sesi-ion of the convention will not begin until in the evening, although many delegates are expected to arrive in the early afternoon to enjoy the social festivities. [FUNERAL RITES ARE ARRANGED Tribute Will Be Paid To Rev. L. W. Dornseif At Sunday Services Puneral services for Rev. L. W. Dornseif. beloved former pastor of St. Peter’s Lutheran church in Hoot township, who died Tuesday morning will be held Sunday afternoon at the home in Root township at 130 o’clock and 2 o’clc-k at St. Peterw church. The Re” T. R. Truelzch, pastor of St. Jo?-a Lutheran churnh, will conduct the German Rev. Karl Wyneken, pastor of Trinity Lutheran church in Fort Wayne, will conduct the English services, and Rev. C- W- Rodenbeck, pastor of the Soeet Lutheran church will be in charge of the services t the grave. The grandsons of the deceased pastor will be the pall bearers and the officers of the St Peters church will be the honorary pallbearem. The pallbearers are: Daniel Dorneeif. Theo. Dornseif. Walter Dornseif Edwin Dornseif and Edgar Hoile. The honorary pallbearers are Henry Fuelling. Carl ftoereger. Fred Fuelling, Carl C. Fuelling. Oscar Fuelling. Oscar Clni istainer. and Christ BohnkeThe body of the church leader was moved from the Zwick funeral home this afternoon to the Dorn eeif home where it may be viewed by friends and relatives until Sun(CONTINVBn ON PAGE THREE) Men’s Brotherhood Meets Wednesday The regular tweeting of the men’s bhrotherhood of the Zion Reformed church was held Wednesday evening. Rev. Charlee M. Prugh delivered -n instructive talk on “Old Manuebriptu.’’ Fred Fruchte. Elmer Miller t’fi[ Charles Beineke had charge of the program. The committee for the March meeting is composed of Leo Kirsch, Clark Faugh and Lamoille Fogle. The meeting date has been changed to the fourth Wednesday In »?ch month. Slide Buries Family In Idaho Burke, Idaho, Feb. 27— (UP)--Five members o ft'he Ole Erkkson family were burled in a snow slide that roared down on the Churchhill district today. By 10 4$ A M. (PBT) two arnaH children had been rescued i>’’ diggers from the Heclu mine, v/bicb suspended operations to turn out ’ue crew. Ericlwon, hU crippled wife and one other child may be dead, after more -than an hour wuder the snow.

WILENTZ PLANS I TO OPPOSE ANY AID FOR BRUNO New York Newspaper Says Ladder In Case ’ I Tampered With II " ! Trenton, N J. Feb. 27—(UP)— B»v. Harold G- Hoffman today at . tacked the credibility of Joseph Perrone, taxi driver, who ewore that Bruno R ichard Hauptmann gave him a note to deliver to Or. John F. Condon during negotiations for payment of Lindbergh kidnaping ransom. (Copyright 193(1 by United Press) Trenton. N. J., Feb. 27—(U.K Attorney General David T. Wil. entx opi-ncd a. conference in his Perth Amboy home today to lay strategy for the fight to send Bruno Richard Hauptmann to the electric chair In the week of March 30. The United Press learned that proeocutlon officials now have a ' legal weapon with which to com>hnt any further reprieves thaj may Ibe granted bj Gov. Harold G. I Hoffman. Col H. Norman Schwartxkopf. J MipenuieiHl.-nt of the slate police, and proseentor Anthony M. Hauck of Hunterdon county met with Wilentx in a conference to determine how to protect the structure •Os £ It b:-.v have built aroend the 'lOSvlci-hJ iru: d.-rer of the Lindbergh baby. Prosecution officials have discoverer!. the United Press was told, that an lS9fi court derision otrictly limits the governor’s power of reprieve. Wilentx is prepared to act under that ruling, if necessary, to block further postponement of Hauptmann’s execution. An eminent constitutional 'tu- | thority told the United Pn-ss I there was no way in which Wil- ■ entz could restrain Hoffman from granting another reprieve, because New Jersey sial Hr* provide that 1 the governor is not amenable to any action other than impeachment proceeding- l-y lhe assembly. How ver. if ■ -oifeve is grant si, the foie 'fig .<urse of action is open to the attorney general: He can appear before any judge of the state supreme court and ask (CONTINUED ON PAGE P'OUR) ■ ■o ——- —— Decatur Girls Band Will Sponsor Dance The Decatur high school girls’ band will sponsor a Leap Year dance at the ball room of the new Masonic home Friday evening after the Decatur-Roanoke basketball game. Th. . will be open to the public. Adm..'»<on of cents per couple and 35 cents for single admission will be charged, the proceeds to be owed in rhe purchase of uniforms for the band, which in the only high school girls’ band in the state. WELL KNOWN FARMER DIES Eli Beer,6s,Dies At Home In Kirkland Township; Funeral Saturday Eli Beer. 65. prominent Adams county farmer, died at his home in Kirkland township, five milw west of Monroe, last evening at 6:10 o’clock of a stomach ailment, after an Illness of only seven days. Mr. Beer was a Ifielong resident of Adams county. He was born in Berne March 9, IS7O, the son of Christ and Mary Beer, both of i ? am are deceased. On May 1. 1891. he was united in marriage to Llzetta Llechty, of Berne. Eight children were Itorn to the union, seven of whom survive. One son. Edward, preceded his fa.ther in death. Surviving, besides the widow, are three sons, Homer, of French township: Elmer, of Monroe towndp Malvin. of Fort Wayne; Leroy. of Decatur; three daughters. Mre. Lena Walchle. of Berne: Mrs. Wilma Bertsch, of Frenclt township; Mrs. Sylvia Abnit, o'. Fort Wayne. Two brother#. Isauf Beor, ot Monro- d Cbr'-.t, of Bettie and om, -.<■■■ r ’ Berne, alio t-vv - PUP .al s '-vaen " e ‘‘ Saturday afternoon at 12:30 at the bon<« tuid at 1:30 o clock at the Christian Apostolic church. Burial will bo made in the church cemetery.

Drcatur, Indiana, Thursday, February 27, 1936.

Wljeii Decatur Gave The Toast 1 1 Our Country, Right or Wrong r ' jv J ‘ B 3 ■ ■■ *h //"Bl w JmL 4- ■ i * uB if sS — .vßw*. W - - : J il f a,._? A jffWJL j«d® ai; mw \ ? • /j Th* U. 5. 3. Constitution. > I . MANY rUBT.IU -r’akers with I ber of the board of naval conttnisnationalistic feelings have u-ed the .fdonen*. Decatur was called to Nor- . popular expression, "Our country, j folk. Va.. where he had once lived i right or wrong.” but few persons During a Banquet in his honor i know its origin. The saying was numerous toaets appropriate to the . made by Stephen Decatur, who occasion were given, but Decatur's . commanded the U. S. S. Constitu- was the only one that survived F tion, better known as "Old iron- He said: "Our country! In her sides.” in 1813 during its success- intercourse with foreign nations. . ful expedition against the Barbary may she always be in the right; pirates. In April, 1816. a.s a mem but our country, right or wrong.” Our city was named for the famous naval hero. , —— ■

FLOOD MENACE ’ RELIEVED HERE Cessation Os Rainfall, Colder Weather To Halt High Water With the drop in the tempera-, ttire and the cessation of the re-1 cent thawing, the flood menace in , this locality has abated considerr.bly. despite the fact that the St. i > Mary's river and the small \ streams and creeks were- swollen > considerably dnring the night. According to reports from Wai- ■ , ter (Hadfelter. local river observer . from the gauge at the north 1 I bridge, the reading at 7 o'clock . this morning showed a further rise ' in the river of about six or seven inches Hiring the night. Mr. Gladfelter stated that he was confident that the overtaxed stream would reach the crest some time: during the day and that the wat- , ers would slowly recede from that time. County road superintendent Walter Gilllom and his gang of highway men worked until dark lust evening in an effort to break up ice gorges on the river and j , creeks. Among those opened were the i Scheiman bridge near St. Johns. | north of the city, and a bridge I over a small creek near the Schmitt fertilizer on the river road. One-half pound sticks of dynamite were discharged in the gorge* by the men. Several changes were needed to complete breaking up the thick ice that hod caused damming of the water and flooding nearby fields. The fear that the north bridge over federal road 27 would be damaged by the ice jams was allayed last evening, when the gorge (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) Decatur Man Held On Theft Charge K? -d Diehl, aged 27. of this ,;lt being hi “Id in the Fort W- i ■' on a charge of breakti ■ ~u automobile belonging to Cu ’ h l>oty, of that city. The young man was arrested by Foit Wayne police, after Doty had reported that his auto had been broken into and an overcoat, galoehes, gloves, neat cover, sj*are tire, and wheel and keys to hie car had been stolen. The man, when n.pproh6"d°d at first denied bls guilt, out iatvr admitted having the stolen article* in bis car, which was parked nearby. On investigation, police found a number of other article®, suppos- [ edly stolen. Diehl is being held ; under a bond of SI,OOO.

Speaker Announced For Conference Mias Nellie Young, state director lof the children's work council, of ' Chrietlan education, will be the principal speaker at the Adams county Christian workers' conference at the Pl asant Mills and Geneva United Brethren chunehea on March 14 and 15th. respectively. A. “carry-in” supper will b-> held at the Pleasant Mills church on Saturday evening. It is desired that each one bring their own table service. The Pleasant Mills ladke will iserve the coffee. An invitation is i exteneded to anyone interested in i Christian fellowship. Ed Green Recovering From Operation Ed Green, circuit court bailiff, who was operated on a week ago \at the Adams County Memorial . hospital, is getting along nicely, j He hopes to be able to return home early next week. Mr. Green took ill suddenly and 'an emergency operation was per- . formed. BECOMES OWNER OF NEWSPAPER James R. Blair Purchases Times-Recorder At Americus, Georgia James R. Blair, former city editor of the Decatur Daily Democrat, is now the sole owner of the TimesRecorder, a daily newspaper published at Americus, Ga. Mr. and Mrs. Blair left Decatur in 1931. He became editor and 'publisher of the paiper and part owner. Recently he purchased the interests of his two partners. Americus is a city of 8760 population and Mr- Blair's paper has a circulation of more than 3300. Americus is located In one of the best farming sections in the South and much progress has been 'made in the town. Recently two new factories located there, a branch of the Manhattan Shirt Comnany and a plant of the Dayton '.'eneer and Lumber Mills, one of the largest .manufacturers of fruit baskets, hampers and crates tn the country. Mr. and Mrs. Blair and son are planning to visit Decatur during Centennial week, according to a letter received by his former coworkers on the Daily Democrat staff A trade paper tells of Mr. Blair’s civic leadership in Americus. He is president of the Kiwanis club, director of the Americus baseball | club and of the Americus and Sumter county Chamber of Commerce.

HOUSE ADOPTS REPORT ON NEW DEAL PROGRAM New Farm Program Near] Final Action; Replaces AAA Washington. F«d». 27 <U.P) The house today adopted a conference report on the new deal’s 1M0.000,. 000 farm subshly and sol) conservation program, designed to replace the Invalidate! AAA. The adoption vullowcfl introduc - tion in the senate of u constitutfonal amendment giving congress power to regulate the sale and marketing of all agriculture commcsliticv. The amendment was proposed by Sen. Gerald P. Nyc, R.. N- D. Meantime. Chairman Ellison D. Smith of the senate agriculture committee announced in the senate- that he intended to seek Ilex' Monday to overturn President RooshvßW’s veto of the $50,(100.000 seed-loan ’4ll. Only sena’e acceptance of the conference report remains before it will lie sent to the White House for signature. The agriculture department then will speed the work of putting the program into operation. Chairman Marvin Jones. D., Tex., of the house agriculture committee, had Called up the report and explained that it was virtually the same- as the approved house hill. The bill provided for a two year ’ temporary program under which the aecretaiy of agriculture was given wide- powers to make financial grants to farmers voluntarily complying with the soil conservation features. A permanent program based on federal grants to states for carry(CONTINUBD ON PAGE FIVE) o FORMER LOCAL RESIDENT DIES 4 _ Mrs. L. Rademaker Dies Os Heart Ailment This Morning In Hospital ! Mrs. Lena Rademaker, age 72, ’ widow of the late Cornelius Rademaker, former resident of Decatur. ’ died at 8:4" o’clock this morning at I 1 St. Joseph’s hospital. Fort Wayne of 1 heart trouble. 1 .Mrs. Rademaker took ill a week ago and was removed to the hospital. Her condition was pronotfticed critical aud since- Monday little hope was extended for her recov1 [ery. Her last visit in Decatur wa • during the Christmas holidays. The deceased was born July 25. ' 1863. in Fostoria, Ohio, a daughter 1 of Phillip and Mary Ardner. The family lived in Monroeville a num- ' ber ot years and Mrs. Rademaker spent her girlhood in Decatur. In 1883 she was united in marriage to Cornelius Rademaker, who for many years was prominent in Decatur business affairs. Mr. RadeI maker died in 1922. The family j moved to Fort Wayne in 1920. Surviving are the following children: Mrs. Thomas Ehinger of this I city; Mrs. Charles Wilt. Mrs. Vera I Nelson, Mrs. Margaret Scott, Leon and Richard, all of Fort Wayne: ; Mrs. William Prickman, Toledo. Two children are deceased. Mgs. John Lose ot’ this city is a sister. One other sister, Mrs. Anna Barweiller of Bluffton and two brothers. Fred and Phil Ard ner of Toledo, also survive. The body will be brought to De- ' catur Saturday and taken to the Thomas Ehinger home, corner Fifth and Monroe streets. Funeral services will be held Monday morning at nine o'clock from St. Mary's Catholic church in this city, Rev. Father Joseph Seimetz, officiating. Burial in St. Joseph's cemetery. 0 Smithville School Destroyed By Fire Bloomington, Ind., Feb. 27. —(U.P.) — Fire ot undetermined origin completely destroyed the grade and high school buildings at Smithville. 10 miles south of here, early today. Damage was estimated tinofficially 'at $75,000. The fire started in the grade school building of six rooms and spread to the high school building despite efforts of firemen from Bloomington and volunteers. Handicapped by lack of watei, the firemen formed a bucket brigade. A nearby gymnasium was not damaged. Students had not reported to their classes when the fire utarted. ed. •

Indiana, Kansas Are Threatened By High Waters

PLAN FUNERAL SERVICES FOR CRASH VICTIMS Final Rites Arranged For Walter Hettier, Orville Tinkham Funeral arrangements for Walter Heftier ami Orville Tinkham, who were killed in an auto accident Wednesday morning at the intersection of roads 27 and 124, one mile west of Monroe, were completed today. The car In which the men wore traveling struck a Staddlei Products truck, driven by George Bennett of Fort Wayne The men. both prominent Adams county farmers, were enroute to Bluffton, taking Mrs. Florence Campbell. of Indianapolis, to Bluffton, from where she was to continue her journey home, after attending the funeral of her mother. Mrs. Sarah Hettier, who died last Thursday. Funeral services for Mr. Heftier, aged 62. whose home is in Hili'* Creek township, near Salem, will be held at the Salem M. E. church, Saturday afternoon at 2 o’clock. The body was taken to the home from the Buchanan funeral parlors at Willshire this afternoon, where it may be viewed until the time of the funeral. Survivors are the widow, Mrs. Florence Campbell, his sister, who was with him at the time of the accident, and an adopted daughter, living in Nevada. Tinkham Funeral Services for Orville Tinkham, will be neld Sunday at 10 a. m. at the residence and 10:30 at the Salem Methodist Episcopal church. Rev. C. E. Smith will have charge of the services and l(urfal will he in the Tricker cemetery. 'Mr. Tinkham was born in Blue Creek township. April 16. 1880, .v son of Lorenzo and Hanna Jones Tinkham. He was a member ot the Gleaners and also belonged to I the Methodist Protestant Spring Hill church. He was a lifelong resilient of Blue Creak township. Surviving besides the widow are two brothers and sisters, Mrs. Elva Shady, McMillen. Mich., John D. Tinkham. route 5. Decatur. Harvey Tinkham, route 1. Monroe, and Mrs. Nora Painter of Berne; a foster son, Earl Lautzenheiser. u.t home and the deceased's mother. Mrs. Hanna Jones Tinkham ' who resides at the home of her son. The body will be removed from j Black's funeral home this evening land may be viewed at the residence after 7 p. m. GROWERS WILL MEET MONDAY Committee Calls Meeting Os Tomato Growers For Monday Night Here A meeting of tomato growers will be held Monday evening at. 7'30 o’clock in the court room of the court house, representatives of the growers announced today. Officials of the Adams County Packing Conp., -who operated the factory last year, will attend the meeting. These will include Arthur Palmer and Attorney O'Malley of Huntington. Prosepecta of opereating the tomato canning factory next fall, the growing of tomatoes and other subjects of interest to farmers and growers will Ibe discussed at the meeting. Last year about 170 acres of tomatoes were grown in this community. The canning factory enjoyed about a 60 day run. Growers have received all except the last payment for their tomatoes. Recently an Adams County Tomato Growers’ Association was formed with Joe Koors, president; Otto Bieberick, vine-president and Frank RBraun, secretary-treasurer. The committee will be in chatge of the meeting. o WEATHER Generally fair, colder tonight; Friday increasing cloudiness, slo<wly rising temperature north west portion.

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I Part Os Danger Alleviated By Forecast Os Colder Weather And Cessation Os Rainfall, ASK FLOOD AID Chicago. Feb. 27.-(U.K) Flood waters, riding on the crest of leechoked rivers, spread over Indiana and parts of Kansas today. An army air base was threatened nt Leavenworth, Kan., where huge ice floes in the Missouri rivc-r forced waters over rich farmlands und caused a dozen families tu flee to higher ground. Army bombers may l»- used it break the jam. A crest of 28 foot was expected at Covington, Ind., where the Wabash river was rising at the rate of five inches per hour. A 24-foot stage was expected at Lafayette. Thirty families were rescued from Biddle's Island at Logansport, Ind., by Boy Scouts, tiremen and police. The* body of Mrs. Thomas Penn, 43, swept under a wall of water and ice on Eel river yesterday, was recovered. Snow and falling temperatures alleviated flood danger throughout most of the remainder of the middle west. Hundreds of school children wore believed isolated in rural and village school houses near Sioux Falls, S. Dak., where yesterday's blizzard was reported the worst on record. Authorities said there was no danger, however, as plenty of fuel was on hand. Danger Lessened Indianapolis, Feb. 27. — (U.R) — Flood stage was exceeded by the Wabash river at several northern ana central Indiana points today as the stream carried away water from heavy rainfalls and thaws. Danger of a serious flood was lessened, however, but forecast of colder weather and little or no precioitatton for the next 24 hours. J. H. Armington, of the U. S. weather bureau, reported the White, Maumee and other stale streams were within bounds at most points. Meanwhile, John B. Curry, director of the divisions of projects and planning for the Indiana public works administration, asked federal offices at Washington for an emergency allocation ot $500.000 for flood aid. The program, for which immediate approval was asked, would allow reassignment of workers from any projects in the flooded area. The appropriation would | make approximately 90,000 men ! available in Indiana. Crest of the flood on the Wabash i has been passed at Bluffton, where 1 thte sage now is 12.9 feet, Arming(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o Auxiliary To Meet Members of the Women’s Auxiliary of the [American Legion are asked to bring magazines and old silk to the regular meeting ot tho Auxiliary at the Legion hall Friday evening at 7:30. All members are naked to he in attendance. ■■ - ,0 — Former Hoosier Sends Compliment On Radio Program I ♦ ♦ Miss Helen Haubold. music instructor in the local echoote was tho proud and pleased recipient of a complimentary letter today in rega>’d to the "Decatur Night” broadcast over WOWO in Fort Wayne in which the high school glee club, under .her -direction was featured, along with the address of Harry Moyer, president of the senior class. The letter was sent by W. A. Potter, director of music in tho Raleigh, North Carolina schools, who hoard the program, but was unable to learn Miss iHaubold's name. The letter follows; Music Director Decatur high school, My Dear Miss Helen Something We missed your name, but enjoyed your Glee Club on tho radio, just a few minutes ago; also the young man, Mr. Moyer, who aoid us on Decatur. Being a Hoosier from Indianapolis. I appreciate hearing what the boys and girls are doing in my home state. Sincerely Yours Director of Mueic, Raleigh City achools W. A Potter