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COUNTY BOARD RECEIVES BIDS Bids For New Highway Equipment Arc Received Today The Atlants county board of commlspinners met in specail session this afternoon to award the ’ purchajtinß of the new industrial tractor and multiple blade main- . vainer for the highway department. Bids from four companies were . received, ranging from |?500 to . |3OOO for the fully equipped implements. $3,000 had been appropriated for the purchase. I The firms to bid were: Cockrell Tractor company, of Fort Wayne; J. I). Adams company, J. I. Case company and the H. W. Taylor company, all of Indianapolis. Allowances on the old Galion maintainer as a trade-in on the new purchases ranged from $77 as hid by the Taylor company to $3lO as bid by the Case company. Much difficulty was experienced by the men in tabulating the bids aS each bid contained several proposals. some with high and low pressure tires for the tractor; some fully equipped; some partly equipped and others stripped. The commissioners delayed in the placing of the insurance on the county Iruildingw until the reports of Charles Robenold and W. E. Moon, appraisers, could be completed. The men had previously reported the replacement values but not the present actual value. o Report Jesse Rice Improving Slowly Rlativee received word today that Jesse W. Rice proprietor of the Rice hotel in uhis city, is continuing to show s$ ady. although, slow improvement. Mr Rice has been taking treatment at the Michael Reese hospital in Chicago f r aevaral weeks. o — l STUDENTS PLIN AMATEUR NIGHT I I —— - High School Students To Stage Amateur Night Friday , Students of the Decatur public , high school will present “high school amateur night” at the Ad- , ams theater Friday night. , Winners will be selected by three prominent judges. The show wiii start at G:3O and stags shows will be presented at 7 and 9:15. Stu- , dents are selling the tickets, priced at 25 cents. The cast follows: Harry Moyer Major Bowes Albert Keller. James Wallington George Clark—Guitar and vocalist. Don Death—Vocalist. , Saxophone and Accordian Duet — Selected. Mary M. Hilton—French horn solo Bob Selking. Bob ChamberlainBanjo, guitar. Agnes Nelson, Ruth Porter, Madalen Crider —Trio. W’alter Zuercher —Accordian. Paul Neidligh—Guitar. Junior Barker—Vocalist. Herbert Banning, Lucinda Borne —lmpersonators. Cherry Zimmerman —Fowl Imitator Brass Sextet —Selected. Zulu Porter —Cornet solo. Saxophone Quartet —Selected. Bud Anspaugh—lmpersonator. Naomi Ruth Franklin —Vocalist. Clarence Walthers — Vocalist and impersonator. Annes May Merryman—Cornet solo Decatur High School Glee Club — Under direction of Miss Helen Haubold. o Aged Geneva Man Dies Saturday Albert Pontius, 77, died at hie t home in Geneva, at 11:30 Saturday nigh* Death was due to complications. He had been bedfast for five months. • The deceased was born September 30. 1858, a son of George and Mary Pontius. Surviving are the widow, Ca.rrie Mattrer Pontius, a son Arthur, two daughters. Mns. Joseph Roth of Fort Wayne and Mrs. Merrill Pyle, of Indianapolis: three brothers. Charles, Fred and Clint, and a sister, Mrs. Osia Sullivan, all of Geneva. Funeral services will be hold Tuesday at 2 p. m. at the Geneva, M. E. church, with burial in the Hartford cemetery. o WEATHER Occasional showers probable tonight and Tuesday; cooler west portion Tuesday afternoon

Pittsburgh Bails Out After Flood Recedes itSgiii ' i • „ I • 5,... .<• tie w' fr., r. I w When flood waters in Pittsburgh receded, firemen went to wot k with high pressure pumps ‘ bailing out” buildings in the downtown business section which had been flooded almost to the second story.

PLAN COUNTY CLUB PROGRAM Enrollment Campaign For 4-H Club Members Is Launched The county 4-H club committee 1 met with representatives of the state club office in the office of County Agent Archbold Friday, to outline the county chib program for the coming year. The girls' (Work was outlined by Miss Lula j Whitaker. F. M. Shanklin led the I discussion of the boys' work. Several important changes in the work of the clubs have been made this year, which will add greatly to the [effectiveness of club work. j The enrollment campaf«l» for | club members has started unffer the direction of Mrs. Helen E. ' Mann, county 4-H club leader. Adams county junior leaders will I assist in the enrollment. The local leaders for each of the girls' clubs are secured through the cooperation of the Home Economics clubs of the county. The presidents of these clubs !who will help in this work are: Mrs. R. W. Rice. Root township; i Mrs. Hubert Zerkel, Union; Mrs. Wm. Little, Decatur; Mrs. C. G. Mann. St. Mary's; Mrs. Erwin Stucky. Monroe, Better Homes; Mrs. Omer D. Lehman, M. W. F. club; Mrs. Howard Gilliom. Berne; Mrs. Dwight Daudenbush, Blue' Creek; Mrs. Ada Shoemaker. Hartford; Mrs. Clesant Stanley, Wabash; Mrs. Jim Kenney. Jefferson, and Mrs. Homer Arnold, Kirkland. The enrollment will be completed during the next month and the active work in the individual clubs will start as soon as the rural schools close. Anyone desiring information on the work of the clubs is asked to get in touch with Mrs. Mann or the county agent’s office. RURAL SCHOOLS TO GIVE PLAYS Seven Rural Schools Will Present One-Act Playlets A serie® of one-act plays, two on Ai; ril 17 and two on April 24 will be sponsored by the public speaking lasnes of the eeven rural high schools, it was announced today by C. E- Striker, county school super- j intendent. On April 17 the school® from MoitmoiHthi. Pleasant Mills. Kirkland and Monroe of the north half of the county will present the program at the Monroe auditorium, while the schools from Jefferson, Geneva and Hartford will give their play at the Hartford gymnasium. On April 24 the four schools from the north half will present their play at the Hartford gymnasium, and the three schools from the southern half will go to the M'onroe auditorium. Practice sessions are being held and the complete casts are expected to lie announced in a few days. Teachers of the schools who are in charge are: Miss Helen Burns, Jefferson; Mrs. Nell Pyle, Geneva; Arthur Ferwig. Hartford; Miss Elizabeth Leyue. Monroe; Miss Glennys Arnold. Kirkland; Gerald Vizard, Pleasant Mills and Miss Catherine Weidler. Monmouth.

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Decatur, Indiana, Monday, March 23, 1936.

Three Fire Calls Answered Saturday I The local fire department made | the third run of the day on Saturday when they were cal’cd to the Henry Andrews residence on I Diei-kes street at 3:40 p. m The fire caused by sparks from the chimney resulted in a $5 loss. The department also answered a false alarm at the Theo. Hunt residence on North Fifth street Saturday noon when a smoking furnace ' mislead the occupants of the home i > to believe a fire had been started. [ The first call was to the John Stout- ■ enbury, farm, in Washington town- ; ehip. when only slight damage was . caused. WILL REMODEL LOCAL CHURCH i Zion Lutheran Church Here Will Be Remodeled, Enlarged The • Zion Lutheran church, cor--1 ner of West Monroe and Eleventh streets, will .b? remodeled and en-1 larged, according to steps already taken by the congregation in appointing a building committee and : employing an architect. The architectural firm of Charles R. Weatherhogg of Fort Wayne, has 1 been employed to draw plans and | specifications for the addition and remodeling cf the brick edifice, which was built in 1903. iA building committee, composed of Eno W. Lankenau, chairman; Rev. Paul Schultz, pastor, secretary, I Carl Smith, John Scheimann. Edwin Bauer, and Oscar Lankenau has been appointed. Approval of the architect’s plans will be made in the near future, probably at a .meeting of the voter's assembly of the congregation to he held next Sunday, 'providing the architect can have a draft of the plans to submit to the assembly. The Zion Lutheran congregation , was established in Decatur 35 years lago and it is the intention of the congregation to dedicate the new addition as part of its anniversary program. Rev. Schultz, announced. If wonk progresses rapidly, it is planned to hold dedicatory services during Centennial week next August. Rex. Schultz stated that the exact design of remodeling had not yet been decided on and that final approval would not be given until the assembly meeting was held, : the congregation voting on the plansTentative plans call tor the building of an addition at the rear and on the west side of the .presen* brick structure. City Fire Whistle Is Repaired Today The fire whistle at the city light and power plant was repaired this morning. New packing and a, new spring were installed in the cone. The whistle was sounded a few times while the repairs were being made. Last Saturday when the whistle was blowu, it was so taint it could not be heard in all parts of the city. Volunteer firemen requested that the whistle be repaired and Chief Engineer Frank Burns and assistants at the plant made the necessary repairs today.

OFFICIALS TO HOLD MEETING Cannery Officials To Be Here Saturday To Obtain Acreage Officials of the Crampton Canneries Inc., of Celina. Ohio will again be n the city on next Saturday afternoon and evening to re- ! ceive contracted acreaege for tomatoes and pickles. The meeting : will be held in the license bureau ' office on Madieon street. Ralph Edward Fox and Elmer King, field representatives |of the icompany, Joe Koors. president of the local tomato growers association and Roscoe Glendenning [president of the Decatur Chamber of Ccmmerce were in charge of the I .contracting for acreage meeting held in the city hall on Saturday, and reported a eubetantial amount of acres contracted. Officials of the company stated, however, that considerable more acres of tomatoes and picklee® must be assured- According to these men a total of 250 acres of tomatoes and i 125 acres cf pi kies in contract® would assure the location of a receiving station here with possibility of a factory next year. The men hastened to assure the prospective growers of profitable business that could arise from the growing of these vegetables. The men stated that a good yield of tomatoes w':uld average about 10 tons per a.re which, at the present market price, would net the grower a nice income. All persons who expect to contract for acreage and any person interested in growing are asked to be present at the next mteting on Saturday to enable the officials to secure the necessary acreage. GIRLS GAND TO GIVE CONCERT Decatur Girls Band Will Give Concert Tuesday Evening The Decatur Girls Band, under the direction of Albert Sellemeyer, will give a concert Tuesday evening at 7:30 at the Methodist Episcopal church. The public is cordially invited. No admission fee will be charged but a free will offering will be taken. The Methodist ladies are sponsoring the concert, part of the proceeds of which will be used to assist in the purchase of new uniforms. This band has the distinction of being the only school girls band in the state of Indiana. The complete program follows: March, Normal Bennett Country Gardens E. De Lamater Themes from Mignon A. Thomas March, Military Escort. Selection, Saxaphone-Accordion Duet. Under the Double Eagle Brass Sextette k Love a Lassie ...Clarinet Quartette Twilight in the Mountains Saxaphone-Accordion Quintette Offering. March, Mister Joe Bennett Elves Dance (from Nut Cracker Suite) Tschaikowsky Overture, Zenith March, Project Bennett

BITTED ATTACK MADETODAYON GOV. HOFFMAN Prosecution Official Attacks Activity In Bruno Case Trenton, N. J.. Mar. 23 -<U.R)~ A bitter Indirect attack on Gov. Harold G. Hoffman and counsel of Bruno Richard Hauptmann for recent insinuations against Dr. John F. Condon in the Lindbergh kidnaping was made today by a high member of the prosecution.” This official added that the governor's continued activity In the case seemed inconsistent with his frequently expressed determination to grant no further reprieve to the condemned slayer of the Lindbergh baby who is scheduled to die the night of March 31. “I don’t know what’s in his mind,” the official said, "but all I this sound and fury seems to point to another stay." The official flatly demanded to know why the defense or the governor have not filed charges against Condon "if they have anything to tell.” “The prosecution feels,” he said, "there is no basis for this continuous nagging and persecution of i Condon and that it is just another sign that those interested in i Hauptmann are without any new facts and think they can use this I 75-year old man as a goat.” The statement was the strongest made by a member of the prosecution staff since the governor entered the case. The official emphasized that the governor had I produced no new evidence, that all the innuendoes concerning Condon were threshed out at the trial and the "material” facts had remained unchallenged. "These are that Condon identifies Hartptmann as the man who (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) ELKS PLAN EGG HUNT ON EASTER Children Os Decatur Will Be Given Treat Easter Sunday By special arrangements with the Easter rabbit, the B. P. O. Elks lodge of this city will sponsor an egg hunt on the lawn at the home Easter Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. The hunt, which will be made an annual event, will be op?n to every j child in the city between the ages of one and seven. The Easter rabbit has promised tn lay 1.000 brightly colored eggs over the grounds The affair will be modeled after the egg hunt which is held at the White House in Washington D. C.. ea. h year. There, it has become one of the most beautiful .bits of pageantery in the nation's capitol. Under the direction of Dick Ehinger, general chairman, every member of the local lodge will constitute the entertainment committee for the party. An effort will be made to «see that eai-h child find-' at least one eggParente may accompany their Children to the lodge and watch them from the walks but will not ‘be permitted to assist in the hunt- Arraignments for the affair will be made by members of the lodge shortly before the hunt will start at 2:30 o’clock. Between six and 10 white rabbits will be on the ground to assist the Easter bunny in distributing the eggs and greeting the children. The lodge today requested the cooperation of the parents of the Children of the city in making the afafir a success. Attend Funeral Os Cousin Today Mr. and Mrs. Henry Thomas went to Fort Wayne this afternoon to attend the funeral of Mrs. Myra Vesey, a cousin, whose death at age 57, occurred Friday. The services were held from the home at 406 East Wayne street, where she had lived many years. Mrs. Vesey resided here many years ago, her father being the late Edward Smith. A brother, Arthur E. Smith, also well known here, died a year ago. Surviving are her mother and one brother, Harry, both of Fort Wayne. The deceased was a member of the Presbyterian church and devoted much time to the various orgauizations in support of that church. Her husband, John 11. Vesey, died in 1912. A

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INCREASES IN SALE OF BONDS IS ANNOUNCED Total For Centennial Bond Sale Nears $5,000 Mark i ‘ With the opening of the second week of the Centennial Good-W’ill bond sale launched today, H. F. Ehinger. chairman of the finance . committee, predicted that the sale would go over the top before next Saturday. Sales and pledges of the bonds 1 which go to defray the expense of financing Decatur's one hundredth anniversary celebration the week lof August 2. now total $4,780. More than SSOO was added to the Saturday total. In the employes division, $225 was added to the subscriptions, bringing the amount up to SSOO. ! The quota is SBOO. i The factory, wholesale and utilI ity group will go over the top. subscriptions totaling sl9lO, com- ; pared to the quota of S2OOO. The following totajs were reported by the committee today: Manufacturer®, wholesalers and utilities, $1910; retailers and commercial concerns. $1625; employes. $500; professional group. $310; lodges, clubs and churches, $255; state, county, city and federal employes, >IBO. A meeting of the executive committee and chairmen of the different groups will be held thi® evening at the city hall, Carl C. Pumphrey, president of the Decatur Centennial, announced. o Sister M. Aloysia Visiting Schools Sister M. Aloysia. mother-general of the Sitters of St. Agnes, Fond du Lac, Wie., is a guest at the Sister’s heme in this city. Her visit here is in connection her annual visitation of the schools and communities of the order of St. Agnes. She was accompanied by Sister M. CassimirSister Aloysia is a former principal of the Catholic schools in this city. She was a resident here for nearly 30 years, leaving Decatur about 15 years ago and a few years ago was elected mother-general of motherhouse at Fond du lac. o O. L. Vance To Address Legion The American Legion will 'meet at Legion hall at 8 o’clock this evening. O. L. Vance will be the speaker and will recite a short history of Adams countyo — — GARS OVERTURN IN WRECK HERE Four Persons Escape injury In Crash Saturday Night Occupants of two overturned autos emerged unharmed Saturday night at about 11 o’clock when a heavy passenger car, driven by Miss Patricia Fullenkamp of this city, was struck broadside by a Model T Ford driven by William Whittenbarger, also of Decatur. Miss Fullenkamp accompanied by Miss Corolene Townsend, was driving north on Second street when the lighter car, going west on Marshall street struck the Fullenkamp car, turning it completely over. The lighter car then careened to the other side of the street, finally upsetting nSar the curb. Rufus Werst, who was riding with Mr. Whittenbarger, also escaped injury. Both cars were heavily damaged. The Ford, being considered beyond repair, was towed to a local wrecking company where it was disposed of for junk. The Fullenkamp car was towed to a garage for repairs. Street department officials hurriedly cleaned the shattered glass strewn from both cars from the street and cleaned the wreckage to enable traffic to be continued,

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Threats Os Epidemics Follow Flood In 14 States; Latest Death Toll Estimate 2(H), I WATERS RECEDE (Coyright 1936 by UP.) II Health authorities of 14 states mobilized all resources today to ! halt incipient epidemics of typhoid fever, scarlet fever, pneumonia and measles flaring up in commjunlties from Maine to Kentucky in the wake of floods. With all but a few small rivers receding from the destroying levels of last week, the menace of disease engaged official attention ■ to the exclusion of everything except the immediate problem of sheltering and feeding 200,00 V homeless refugees. National guardsmen enforced quarantines in Connecticut and Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania and West Virginia authorities forbade sale of raw milk. Wheeling. W. Va„ restaurants were forbidden to reopen until inspected and approved. The flood crest of the Ohio river, which with the tributary Allegheny and Monongahela rivers caused most of the damage, approached Portsmouth, Ohio, today. The force that drove it through Pittsburgh's business and indusi trial district last week, and then I inundated Marietta, Wheeling, Gallipolis, Ironton, and a hundred othi er Ohio and West Virginia cities and villages, was spent. A coni Crete dike was expected to keep it out of all but a small unprotected I portion of Portsmouth. Advance surges of its flood crept over the low banks down river in , Indiana and Kentucky and rose steadily toward flood stage at Cincinnati. But Cincinnati was prepared, with 30,000 relief workers ready for emergency duty, and damage not expected to be extensI ive. Rains and melting snow and ice ’ kept the Androscoggin and Saco rivers rising in Maine, but others of New Englands six great drainage streams receded. Rivers that flooded last week in New York, New Jersey, PennsylI vania, and Maryland were virtually normal. Searching for missing persons (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) Q — BERNE NATIVE DIES SUNDAY Mrs. Mabel McAdams Dies Sunday Afternoon At Bluffton Mrs. Mabel McAdams, 44, died ■Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock in the Wells county hospital in Bluffton an hour after giving birth to a nine pound baby girl, Rose Ann The baby is reported to be in good health. Mns. McAdams was a native of Berne, where she wa.s born. November- 23, 1891, the daughter of Ben and Julia Baker Allen. She married Arthur McAdams in 1911 and moved to Bluffton several years ago. Surviving besides the husband ’ are seven children: Cora, Helen. Wendel. Benton. Junior, Roger and the infant daughter, all ax home. Two sisters, Mns. Henry Yoder of Berne and Mrs. Nettie Wilson of Fort Wayne and two brothers, William and Voile Allen ' of Fort Wayne aiso survive. Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the Six Mile church near Bluffton. Burial will be made in the church cemetery. —— o Seven Candidates File For Office Republicans outnumbered the • Democrats in Saturday's list of can- , didates filing for office. Only one Democratic aspirant filed during ; the day, David Adams filing for • committeeman from Decatur Secs ond Ward B. ; The Republicans who filed were: • Frank Kitson for committeeman. ‘ from East Root; Ralph Stanley for . committeeman from Decatur Third > Ward B. Oliver P. Mills for committeeman from Decatur Second - Ward B; Christiana Hilty for comi mitteeman from Berne A; Amos s Burkhalter for committeeman from ! Berne B and John KTTty for cotu« mitteeman from Berne C,