Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 69, Decatur, Adams County, 20 March 1936 — Page 1

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L()l Bloomingdale t one Bandit Slain ■ fnsuccessfiil Hold- ■ Attempt Today. le.u.er cu es tpiale. Ind- Man ” 20 ~i ■, han . .aslii' ■ •> ~alldlt ■Lf.l-iv in an uwll.-. ••••*•. Kr attonipt ' !l '‘ "loom-1 hank-concentrat'-l at Jun■j ‘ an abandon'"' dirl race . Epksi gr.-tiu.K ■(Be minutiae patrotnWernei -:■■-! !>•’ *aw abandon an automobile', K enter lenee wo m!s. The , KjlUm. l- license jilates 517- j Ifiootin: was di-< overed by p I ■ -1-: Kreport <1 f.e ■''• ■' short ’ Kr. Ktflhe hollies of the cash-1 ■ Led carter, 30. and the | ■y.d bandit Both had been il Kou'h the head. ■e wer- no witnesses to t.he . Kbut it was believed at leant ' E r bandits had juvrtic ipated. | Km Carter’s car. parked be-|' Kbatik, and the machine in Key had driven t . the scene. ' Lities believed Carter sur- I ■ the bandits attempting to i L vault when he entered the. ■ ' : Ln basement w indow at the Khe bunk indicated the ban-!' L entered the building dur-1 ‘ Kiiltht ■tr apparently was able to Lt rage before the bandits,, k A .115 calibre pistol he objfroffi a drawer in the cage;, inti beside his body. It had! M four times. body of the slain bandit lay , tof the lock d vault. ’He was i, bx feet tali, shabbily dressed ' king with no marks of idenM Piles found in his pock«cit« of matches bearing adneat of a St. laiuis restaur--8 ?t-tol had been fired once, tr pistol cartridges were itt front of the vault indicat!'«st two oth'>r men had parn the shooting, police Kw storm which had kept ‘ residents indoors aided the •lice® in making their escape t Tracks in the snow inditowever they had headed wt of town. tagdale, a town of less than i Waiion. is in Parke County. I fe northwest of the intersecS. roads 41 and 36. Pt descriptive matter availtit broadcast over the state r»dio network and authorii eastern Illinois were asked ( Perate in the search. wen’s Democratic (lub Holds Meeting Plendid meeting of the Adams I Women's Democratic club *"*Geneva last evening at wbodist church. The Methofes served a delicious four 1 <Jinner and an interesting * followed with Francis Prominent Fort Wayne at- ' »s the speaker of the even•frothy Wells and Miss L ?'ey played a xylophone _ ts Clara Parrot, 4th DfetMirman, was present an<l ft ‘?, words ' Mrs - Emi, y Bell ™ county vice clrairspoke briefly. . »®es Briggs of Geneva was of the meeting 'Pr M irtL Sn " th Knapp ot De ’ ' About thir, y ladies ere attended. Pl ease Give Old lnd New Address el ”"0ed Or Die r '" 9 y ° Ur Paper y ° Ur ° !d •'Wrdinq'i" l9 '* com P' led 6r c '*y ana rU ?' r ° Ute ’ tow " 1 that th. , ° 11 '• necessary i "i: t addrtM be to another ,r ° m °" e your ls you chan ge kl rout. r ° m Decltu| - | rural route thr? Deeatu, ‘ I'hat you ee " Ptease state l ch »nged fron? nt the paper |’ u ‘'thr e , roU ‘ e °" e to

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GREAT BRITAIN DETERMINED TO SECURE PEACE Locarno Powers Reach Agreement To Handle Rhineland Situation London, March 20 —(I P) —Cap- ’ tain Anthony Eden, foreign secretary. told the house of commons today that Britain is out to restore confidence in international law and . ipave the way for the rebuilding of I I European security. Eden reported to the house on the j I agreement for handling the Rhine-1 ■ land .situation which was reached! by the Locarno powers. The agree-1 ment was published simultaneously! | in a white paper. A white paper revealed that the | I powers had agreed to ask the league i I council to convoke an international I !conference which would consider | |the following: 1 Agreement to reinforce collec-| tive security and sanction. 2. Disarmament. 3. improvement of economi' and ! I c ommercial relations. 4 Adolf Hitler’s peace proposal.! i i which include- a 25 year European I security agreement). Eden did not mention inclusion | lof non-Eur yean powers, but it was I I generally believed the United, : States and Japan might be invited i making it a world conference. It was noted that he used the I [term "world conference.” He said Ith? Locarno negotiations envisages! | ,'a w rid conference under the a us-! pi.as of the league to consider, ini |ord?r, certain dftopoeals made by | ; the German chancellor, questions of [security and limitation cf arma , I ments and economic relations heI twe n nations. New Locarno Plan Parie, Mar.H 20. — (UP) — The, new Locarno plan, demilitarizing aj 12H mile strip on'the Geiman side of the frontier and providing for energetic action by Britain. France, land Belgium if Germany refuses it. : was made public today. T.ie terms are stiff, and provide %r occupation of the New German zone by British and Italian Troops. They also providq that the world (.CONTINUED ON PACE EIGHT) o QUARTET Will GIVE PROGRAM Manchester College Quartet To Give Program At Local Church The Manchester college quartet will appear at the First Evangelical church in this city Sunday, March 22. The quartet will present one number during Sunday School services at 9:15 a. m. and two number during the regular morning worship service. The quartet will present a complete program of sacred music during the evening service at 7 o'clock Sunday evening. The evening program follows: One Softly Now the Light of Day. Prelude. Opening Beautiful Garden of Prayer. The Old Rugged Cross. The Rose ot Sharon. Two Solo Shall I Crucify My Savior. I Want My Life to Tell. Wjuit You Like Men. Three Roll Jordan Roll. Smilin' Thru’. Mighty Lak’ a Rose. Keep in the Middle ot the Road. Short Talk Four Nearer My Ood To Thee. In the Garden. Offertory. Five Somebody Cares. Lead Kindly Light. Benediction Quartet. o WEATHER Cloudy, snow this afternoon and early tonight east and south portion; colder extreme south tonight; Saturday fair, somewhat warmer.

Rescuers Reach Marooned Citizens of Pittsburgh L . ; . .pp ? * .JyL - ■ if ireiOai | ■mSE j z ./ J - Hundreds of Pittsburgh citizens who were marooned in stores ami office buildings when the overI flow of the three rivers which converge in the Steel City flooded the downtown area wore finally brought to safety by riding “piggy-back'’ on the shoulders of policemen and volunteers. Hunger, thrist and fire | added to the tenors of the situation as power and gas service failed.

OPEN DRIVE TO AID SUFFERERS Adams County Chapter Opens Drive To Raise SI,OOO For Flood Area The Adams county chapter of the Red Cross opened its drive to- | day to raise the SI,OOO quota set |by the national chapter for aid to the disaster-stricken families in I the eastern flood area. The chapter in the meeting last night decided to raise the quota i ■by voluntary and free-will contri-; hutions. These contributions may l>e made by placing money in the ; Red Cross boxes in six different . places. Boxes are expected to be , placed in the First State bank. Gen-, eral Electric factory. Post Office,; Democrat office. The Rice ’’lot 1. and the Winnes Shoe Store, which will be the hqaduqarters. Miles Annie Winnes. secretary of; the county organization, stated | this morning, “the Adams county chapter will give SIOO from the; treasury toward making up the; SI,OOO quota, and i ith the appeal i of the President ringing in their ears, the people should respond) with the fullness of their hearts in making up the balance for such a worthy cause." The national chapter has asked for money instead of food and clothing as such items would constitute a shipment, which could not go through because of the flooded conditions. This is the first time, according to Miss Winnes. that the local chapter has been called to aid in the relief work of any large disaster since September 29. 1927, when they were called to help alleviate the suffering caused by the tornado in southern Illinois, Indiana and part of Missouri, and the mine disaster in Mitchell. The local chapter in charge of Wai Wenihoff. chairman; Avon Burk vice-chairman; Miss Winnes, secretary", and Mrs. Faye Smith Knapp, publicity chairman, will report twice weekly to the national chapter and send in the contributions gained. Heidelberg Choir Presents Concerts - A large crowd heard the Heidelberg college choir in a program of sacred and secular numbers at the Zion Reformed church last evening. The choir had previously sung for the students at the high school in the afternoon and for the Rotary club in the evening at 6:30 o'clock. The voices of the 3- students blended perfectly in the singing of request numbers of the audience, chosen from a printed program. Several extra numbers were also asked by those present. Miss Martha Keller, pianist of the choir, played a special arrangement.

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, March 20, 19M.

Edward Johnson Is Injured At Factory Edward Johnson of 312 South Tw If th street, -suffered an extremely painful injury to his right hand yesterday morning when it came in ' cobta t with the buzz-saw at the LaFountain Handle factory, where Mr. Johnson is employed. Mr. Johnson suffered lacerations of the thumb, index and middle fingers and the amputation of the ring finger of his right hand wa»s necessary. He is getting along fairly w. 11. Former Resident Os India Will Speak I Miss Ruby Ei her of India will’ speak at the St. Paul chutch, south I Os Decatur Sunday evening at the Christian Endeavor services. Miss ' Eicher will speak on India, bavin-: ' form rly resided at Nargaan, E.s ' Khandesh. CLUB MEETING IS HELD TODAY Adams County Federation Os Clubs Meetins Here Today ■ I Th*B spring convention of the (Adams county federation of clubs was ' held today in an all-day session at ’ the Zion Reformed church. The 1 meet was open d at 9:30 this morning with an address of greeting by Mrs. Ralph Yager and the response ' by Mrs. C. E. PetersonMrs. A. C. Hudges. of Yorktown. . district (president of the organization delivered the principal address ' of the morning session, speaking i on the value of the individual club . to the county organization. Miss • Vivian Burke, .president of the local order conducted the business ses- ' sioni Mrs. Alien Courtney, trustee for . Fort Wayne was scheduled to speak i this afternoon on "Living to the fullest." following a luncheon served (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) o Six Persons Burn To Death In Arkansas J Jonesboro, Ark., Har. 20. —(U.R) —Six persons were burned to death !in a plantation home Are near here today. The dead are Edgar Meek. 30, his wife and two small children; his father-in-law and brother-in-law. Meek’s mother-in-law escaped. Regular Legion Meeting Monday The regular meeting of Adams post number 43 of the American Legion will be held at the hall on South Second street Monday night at 8 o’clock. Walter J. Bockman will have charge of the program.

TODAY IS FIRST DAY OF SPRING Official Opening Os Spring Is Launched With Snowfall The first off! ial day of spring' was ushered in at 12:58 this after-; noon wearing the white mantle of; winter, fashioned from the .snow; , which started falling at 6 o’clock ' this morning and increases! in in-1 I tensity until mid-afternoon. Contrary to the belief of the; ' weatherman, who (predicted fair) I weather for the initial anpearance; 1 f the long-awaited Spring with her i warm days and soothing sun-shine, i the day opened with a wet and “.soggy snow, which, unable to with-1 i.-tand the warm temperature pre-1 i vailing, slowly turned into slush i and sleet, making walking and drlv-! ing hazardous. Temperatures of about 40 degrees returned this rr.rrning after dropping nearly to the freezing point during the night. The weather man. evidently undismayed by his mistaken prediction of today’s forecast again (promised fair and warmer weather for SaturdayFarmers of the community, buoyed by the hopes of warmer weather, substituted mud plows for enow plows this-week in preparation for the spring planting of cate and beets . Several of the tillers of the soil hitched their teams to the (plows in effort to make un for lost time j occasioned by the severe winter, according to reports received. In e-harp contrast to these reports is the fact tha tin the second week of February. 1931 many of the rural residents had completed their (.CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) o —— Fort Wayne Firm Robbed Os S6OO Fort Wayne, Mar. 20 — (U.R) — Two unmasked bandits held up the Randall Investment company here late yesterday, (owed the president and two employes at the point of a gun. and escaped with I more than S6OO in currency. — o Candidates File For Offices Here Additional candidates who filed today for office were: Cal E. Peterson for Republican precinct committee from Decatur Second Ward A. Will Sc.herry precinct committeeman from South Kirkland on the Democratic ticket. J. Frank Merriman for precinct committeman from South Blue , Creek -on the Democratic ticketDavid J. Schwartz, Berne R. No. 1 filed his candidacy for delegate to the Democratic state convention from District No. t l French township. North and Middle Monroe.)

Quarter Os Million Persons Homeless As Result Os High Waters In Dead

GIVES REPORT ! ON BOND SALE OF CENTENNIAL Centennial B o n d Sale I Reaches $3,808 Mark This Afternoon The Centennial "Good Will'’ bond barometer climbed to the $3,808 mark, chairmen of the group committees, reporting approximately SBOO in bond sales to H. F. Ehinger, chairman, last night. The manufacturers, wholesalers iand utilities group, under the chairmanship of Harold McMillen, is ■ within S2OO of going over the top. i Subscriptions totaling SI,BOO have ! been reported to Mr. McMillen and , others are to be heard from. The retailers group, under A. R. s Ashbaucher and James F. Kocher report sales of $1,330. This classi- ' flcation is expected to take a big ! jump over the week-end. several ! subscriptions being anticipated through the mails. Clayson Carroll, chairman ot the ! store, factory and office employes [group, reported total subscriptions lot $250. This division will receive several large contributions in the next day or two and it is expected the amount will exceed the divis- ' ion’s quota ot SI,OOO. Dr. Ben Duke reported that his | committees sold bonds totaling I $l5O to the professional men and women in the city. A few of the I committee members have not yet | | reported to the chairman. City, county, state and federal! ‘employes have already contributed i I $l3B and additional sales have not j yet been listed. Herman Myers, I chairman of this group, expects a | 100 per cent sale among the em- j (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o Calvary Evangelical Plans For Revival Revival meetings will open at the 1 Calvary Evangelical church Monday at 7:30 >p. m. The Rev. M. W. Sondermann will ipreach each evening. and special music will be directed by Ernest Foreman, with Miss Doras Ehifferly at the piano. Regular eervic e will be held Sunday/ I with Bible school at 9:30 a. m. and I Lprayer and fellowship meeting at [ 10:30. o PLAN INDIANA SOCIAL RELIEF Administration Os Social Security Program Is Being Outlined Indianapolis. Mar. 20. — (U.R) — The newly-created public welfare I and unemployment insur an c e i boards were to meet today to plan > administration of the state s far- • reaching social security program. i The boards were expected to i consider selection of admiifisTrat- : ors for both divisions. I Wayne Coy, director of works • progress administration in Indiana, ■ and former secretary to Gov. Paul V. McNutt, was considered a leading candidate for administrator of the welfare setup I Clarence Jackson, Newcastle, director of the gross income tax division, was mentioned as a probi able director of tlfe state employ- . ment stabilization board. , Both positions are four-year ap- . pointments, serving at the pleas- [ ure of the board and governor. The maximum salary for each position is $6,000 annually. One of the first actions of the welfore board, empowered to ad- ! minister pensions for aged and blind and relief for crippled, orI phans and other handicapped per- . sons, will be to notify circuit court . judges of their authority to appoint [ county welfare boards. Under terms of the act, judges . mihst name five-member bi-partisan ’ (CONTINUED ON PAGI-7 SEVEN) — , 0 > Junior C. of C. Directors To Meet > There will be a meeting of the i directors of the junior chamber ot . commerce at the Rice hotel Monday evening at 7 o’clock.

SEEK INDIANS AT CENTENNIAL Decatur Red Men Seek To Obtain Native Red Men For Centennial Visitors at the Centennial celebration in August will have an opportunity to see dependents of the first Inhabitants of North America, if plans of the local order of Red Men materialize as expected. Efforts are being made by the lodge members to secure a number of fullblooded Indian warriors to take part in the pageant of the Centennial. This announcement was made today following a meeting of tihe order on Wednesday evening and arrangements to secure the Red--1 skins were started today. The Indians are expected to be brought from one of the reservations maintained by the government in the western territories. The lodge also appointed the committee to have charge of the TriState Red Men meet here in the fall. The membens selected are: JM. Breiner, chairman; A. N. Hilton, Jacob Musser. This committee, as officers of the lodge, are planning for 100 members of the Red Men to take part in the pageant in full Indian regalia. The local members will attend the meeting in Greenville, Ohio on April 11 to ask the attendance of all of the Ohio lodges. 0 ESCAPE INJURY IN AUTO CRASH Niles, Michigan, Residents Escape Serious Injury Today Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Harras, of i Niles. Michigan escaped serious inJ juries when the car in which they were riding .rashed into a telephone pole about five miles north of this city at 10 o’clock this morningMrs. Harras, who was driving the . ar. turned out avoid striking an oncoming auto and crashed off the slippery road into the pole. She was taken to the offices of Dr. Eicher where her head wounds i were dreesd. Mr. Harras escaped inI Jury. According to the reports the couple was returning to their Michigan home from a trip to FloridaNumerous other minor accidents w re reported by travelers, one salesman stating that a total of five 1 cars had slid from the slushy roads | into the ditch on the Fort Wayne road. Local authorities warned drivers to go slowly and avoid taking I any chances. Autos Collide At Street Crossing iA, car driven by Fred Ahr, of this city and one occupied by a party ot travelers from Connersville collided at the intersection of Monroe and Second streets at 10 o’clock this ( morning. Little damage was done to the cars and no one was injured. . Berne C. Os C. To Honor Bears i .—_ The March meeting of the Berne c Chamber of Commerce will be held Monday evening at the Berne audi- > torium. The banquet will be served c at 6:30 o’clock. Paul “Tony” Hinkle, Butler uni- ” veeity coach, will be the principal speaker and the ißerne Bears will be guests of honor. SHOPPING , NEWS! Tonight’s Daily Democrat again contains the messages of local merchants telling you of Saturday Shopping Specials. Read them carefully for they mean savings to you. You’ll need groceries over J the week end! You’ll find plenty of good things to eat at low prices. There are many other savings , listed, too. so shop wisely by shopping through tonight's 9 f DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

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Epidemics Threaten Many Cities In Wake Os High Water; More Than 15(1 Persons Dead. MANY HOMELESS (By United Press) Latest flood developments In brief: Death toll groseex 150Quater of million or more persons homeless. Connecticut river floods Spring field. Mass., Hartford, Conn., and scores of smaller places on rampage to Long Island Sound. Springfield and Hartford without power. Ohio river flood engulfs Marietta, 0.. as water begins to recede at Wheeling and other up river points. Pittsburgh drying, but faces serious drinking water shortage. Susquehanna begins to recede, leaving huge destruction in southern New York and central Penneylvania. Epidemics in many flooded cities: health precautions rushed. Delays Vacation Washington. Mar. 20. — (U.R) “ President Roosevelt again delayed the start of his vacation today to marshall vast government forces preparing to feed and house the needy and combat spread of disease in stricken states. Every agency of government was coordinated in the drive to send relief to flood areas. t Sanitary engineers were dispatched by the public health service to Pennsylvania and West Virginia to aid in restoring disrupted I water systems, examine food supI plies, vaccinate refugees against the ravages of typhoid, and hasten II removal of sewage. President Roosevelt renewed his appeal for at least $3,000,000 con I tributions to aid the Red Cross in sending rescue workers, food, clothing and medical supplies to distressed areas. Proposals were made in congress to appropriate relief funds rang- ' ing from $5,000,000 to $1,000,000,000. Red Cross reports indicated that flood distress was increasing hourly. Latest estimates were that at ■ least 2.700,000 persons had been driven from their homes by tho high waters. Houses Swept Away Wheeling. W. Va., Mar. 20. —(U.R> —Three big frame houses were (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) LIST DONATIONS TO RED CROSS i Adams County Chapter Starts Drive To Aid Flood Sufferers J Ths Adams county chapter ot • the Red Cross in addition to the contribution boxes in various local ’ business firms has located relief stations in Berne with Wm. Spur- ’ geon chairman, and in Geneva with James Kelley chairman. ( The list of contributions ajul ’ the donors at the local stations to date are: Adams County Chapter of Red Cross $1(M).OO ; H. M. Crownover 5.00 E. N. Wicks 5.00 , Wai Wemhoff 2.00 j Roy Runyon 2.00 . Mrs. Hattie Andrews .23 [ A Friend .50 A. E. Winnes 2.00 J. L. Kocher 5.00 Total $121.75 Bank Distribution Is Started Today Reports from the offices oB Lutz and Myers, of which Mr, Lutz is the special representative of the department of financial in* stitutions in charge of the liquids* tion of the Peoples Loan and Trust company bajik, show that very few of the depositors who are entitled ito distribution checks have called for their money. Clerks in the office stated that; only a dozen or more persons call* ed today for their checks. Those entitled to the distributions are to call at the office, as the firm doen not have a complete mailing list ot' depositors. A total of $11,542.73. representing four per cent of the on hand at the time of elosing t will he paid.