Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 86, Decatur, Adams County, 9 April 1936 — Page 1

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President Ousted •. ,< i ■ Spanish leftists who scored a. smashing triumph in 'the recent election won another victory when they voted to oust President I Niceto Alcala Zatnora, president | of the Spanish republic, almost five years to the day after he had driven the former King Alfonso .from Spain. PLAN SUNRISE ~ SERVICE HERE Sunrise Service Will Be Held Here Easter Sunday The program was announced today for the Sunrise service to be held on the Decatur Country club grounds Easter morning at 6:30 o’clock. In case of rain the ser-i ( vices will be held in the Presbyi terian church. | This program is the first project' of the young peoples group, which is being organize,! in all the Protestatie -ehtin hos tn ftie cffV. Only young people will be on the pro 1 gram. It is planned to make the . .service an annual event. Services will be held on the hill | across the road from the club house and south of the creek. A 30-foot | cross will be placed on the hill. The program is: Opening, trumpet call — Harold Teeters, John Schieferstien, Arthur Sundermann, Lawrence Anspaugh. I Eileen Jackson and Zulu Porter. Song by the congregation—" The ' Old Rugged Cross,” Miss Bernie , Franklin, instructor of music in the Petroleum school and daugh- ' ter of the Rev. and Mrs. W. H. j Franklin of this city, will be the, leader. The U. B. church orchestra will furnish the music for the accompaniment. Scripture — Psalms 34:13-16; John 11:24-26. Charlotte Butler. Prayer — Bernadine Kolter and Lester Johnson. | Special music, selected, PresbyI terian young peoples choir. 1 Talk—" What is Life?”, Robert Heller. I Special music, selected, Marjorie ! Miller. Talk — "Immortality," Edward Martz. Special, selected, M. E. young peoples choir. Offering. Song, congregation, "Up From the Grave, He Rose.” Benediction, The Lord's Prayer. Silent Prayer (few moments). Taps — Congregation will break silence. JOINT MEETING WILL BEHELD Holy Name Society, K. Os C. To Meet Monday Night A joint meeting of the Holy Name society of St. Mary's Catholic church and the Knights of Columbus will be held Monday night at 8 o'clock at the K. of C. hall. Matters of Interest to the members will be discussed. Lawrence Beckmeyer, president of the society announced. Committees for the annual Catholic school picnic and the Centennial will be appointed. Following the business session a social hour will be enjoyed. SandI wiches and refreshments will be served. Mr. Beckmeyer also announced that members of the Holy Name society would not receive Holy Communion in a body Sunday, because of Easter, the entire congregation receiving the Sacrament during the masses.

ALL WISCONSIN DELEGATES TO BACK F. D. R. Borah Assured Os 22 Os 24 G.O.P. Votes; Landon Favored Milwaukee, Apr. 9—(U.R>—AH of Wisconsin’s 24 delegates to the Demcoratlc nattlonul convention I will support President Roosevelt ; for renominatlon, and at least 22 ! of the 24 delegates to the Republican convention will vote for Sen. William E. Borah. The complete slate of delegate candidates pledged unequivocally to support Roosevelt was elected at Tuesday's primary. Only three "Jeffersonian” Democrats dared oppose Mr. Roosevelt and the Roosevelt-pledged slate, and these were soundly beaten. Republicans, split between the •'liberals” and the "old guard,” presented two slates —one pledged I for Borah, the other against Bortlh but otherwise uninstructed. The Idaho senator, appealing to Illis long-standing friendship witn ' the LaFollette brothers, won at least 22 delegates. Contests for the other two seats were so close that they may not be determined until last returne filter in from late-reporting districts, perhaps today. Wisconsin's progressives apparently split their powerful vote he- ( tween Republican and Democratic I ballots. Most of them voted DcmI ocratic. and were largely responsiI hie for Mr. Roosevelt’s <wo-to-one I victory over Borah in the presidential preference ballot, a contest separate from the delegate race and in which only the president ajid Borah appeared. Landon Leading Washington. Apr. 9 — (U.PJ —The Republican national convention will meet just two months from today and probably choose a pres(CONTINt'ED ON PAGE? SEVEN) o SUNDAY SCHOOL TO GIVE PLAY Easter Play Will Be Given At Evangelical Church Sunday The Junior and intermediate de-! partments of the Sunday School of | the First Evangeical church will: present an Easier -play titled "The Symbol of a Cross,” by Mattie B. Shannon, in the church auditorium, . Sunday evening at 7:30 o'clock. The story takes place in the year 30 'A- I), and is centered around the life of Altdiel, a carpenter, who because of his excellent workmanship has recently be*n given the contract by the Roman government to make the crosses upon which all criminals against the state will die. The part of the carpenter is taken by Billie Joe Spahr. The rest of the characters are: Patricia, his wife —Peggy Gaunt Lois, their daughtei —(Beety Brown Reuben, their impulsive eon who is a hefper in his father’s shop— Dick Linn. Chloe, a maid servant — Phylis Kolter. Caiue. a Roman official—Bob Maloney. Phillip, a disciple of Jeeus — Dick HammondThe special music will be given by the girl's chorus: Evelyn Jane Graber, Ruth Hammond, Marjory Arnett. Betty Fuhrman, Patsy McConnell, Betty Melchi. and Marilyn IBonifas. They will sing “Christ the Lord in Risen Today” iby Charles Wesley, and “Christ Arose” by Robert Lowery- They will be accompanied at the organ by Mies Dorothy Spuller. o Sacrament Good Friday Evening The Sacrament of the Holy Communion will be observed at the Zion Reformed church on Good Friday evening, at 7:30 o’clock. This plan for the quarterly communion was adopted last year and met with such a favorable response on the part of the members that, it will be repeated. A class of adults will be received into active membership during the service. The pastor's message will be “The Rending of the Veil.” The girls' choir will render special music. o WEATHER Rain tonight and Friday; slightly warmer extreme east tonight; somewhat colder Friday north.

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Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, April 9, 1936.

Police To Arrest Violators For Parking Near Hydrants

"Parking In front of fire hydrante' is agalnut th" law and it la not nee-' essary to iasue ordens or give instructions what to do with violators,” (members of the local (board of public worku and safety stated today. "Police will arrest those who violate the law. There Is no excuse for violating this law or ordinance. Why, even a child knows it is against the law to park in front of a' fire hydrant and older people also know- If they insist on violating the law, they muet take the consequences" members of the board were qquoted aa sayingThe Decatur ordinance provides a .penalty as follows: “Any (person, 1

CUB MOVEMENT IS EXPLAINED Bryce Thomas Tells Os Program To Decatur Lions Club "The Cub movement is an attempt -to fulfill the naturaj urge of boys under the age limits of the Roy Scouts to belong 'to some such activity," Bryce Thomas, chairman of the Adams county district Boy Scout committee, told the members of the Lions club Tuesday evening. Mr. Thomas said that the movement began in 1929 and was sponsored at that time by 3,506 leaders. These leaders felt that the existing laws of scouting were unfair, in barring younger boys from the I movement. The national scout headquarters is now recognizing the need for “cubbing.” Mr. Thomas explained the difference between the Boy Scout i and the Cub laws. The Scout motto is "Be Prepared.” The cub' motto is "Do Your Best.” The scouts have their “oath” and the cubs their promise to “Do our I best; be square and obey the laws I of our country.” The cub uniforms ; ' arw blue, trimmed in white. The speaker stressed the need for mothers’ cooperation in the; Cub scouting program. He said that there is a Cub troop in Deca,tur, Blnffton and Portland, two in Garrett and several in Fort Wayne. Clyde Hendricks of Fort Wayne, I the Fort Wayne Anthony Wayne chairman of the Cub committee of Area, was a guest of the club. ' Floyd Wolf. John Hamilton and 1 Paul Dailey of Fort Wayne were also guests of the club. Carl 1 Baxter was in charge of the program. Among those who attended the recent three day Cub training school at Bluffton was Lloyd Cowens, president of the Lions club. RUSH PLANS TO PAY PENSIONS Payments Under New Set-Up Not Likely Before June Indlanapois, Ind., April 9 —(UP) — While organization of the new public welfare department under the social security act is being completed as rapidly as possible, Wayne Wayne Coy, state director, said today that old age pension payments under the new setup probably will not be started until June. in the meantime, pension (payments under former laws, administered by county -commissioners, will I be continued, he said. Approval of the old age and blind . pension and dependent children .pro-1 gram by the federal security (board j in Washington yesterday enaJbled Coy to rush com petion of the organization of the new state welfare department. Machinery for the new setup will be in operation within 30 days. Rules and regulations for operation of county departments are being prepared and will be submitted to local units after the state board ap'proves local board appointments. Fifty-five of the 92 counties have appointed boards and named directors, Coy said. A meeting of county officials with the state board is planned within the next three weeks, at which time the security program will be discussei. Approximately 43,000 persons are exxpected to be benefited under the new security program in IndianaOs the number, 34300 will receive age pensions; 940 blind pensions. 1 and 7,80'0 dependent children will be given assistance. Estimates of pensions will aver(CONTINUED ON PAGE? SEVEN)

I persons, firms or corporations violating uny of the provisions of this ordinance shall upon conviction be fined in uny sum not less than one dollar nor more than SIOO, for each violation thereof to which may be added Imprisonment not exceeding i 90 days " I (It is also a violation of a state law to ipark in front of a fire hydrant. State police officers can make arrests for violation. The law (provides a distance of 10 feet from the hyJ- ; rants. Parking in front of the hydrants jeopordizes public safety and other ■ persons property and cannot be tol- [ erated. Mayor A. R. Hothouse, I chairman of the board of public works and safety, stated.

Await Action On Obtaining Site Further action on the locating of a receiving station here for a, branch of the Crampton Canneries, Inc., of Celina. Ohio, is awaiting results of a joint meeting of the county commissioners and the board of the Adams county tnemor- : ial hospital. The property now being consid- ' ered, south of the hospital, is ■ owned by the county. A proposal that the county lease ' or sell the ground was offered the l commissioners by Roscoe Glendenning, Clifford Saylors, H. P. Schmitt, Merle Ellenberger, and Jameu Eiberson, directors of the Chamber of Commerce. Harry Swisher Dies At Bluff ton Today 1 Bluffton. April 9 — (Special) — Harry Swisher. 72, prominent Bluffton lumber dealer and Rotarian, died this morning. He is survived by two sons and one daughter. Funeral .services will be at 3:30 Friday p. m. at the home. He was heed of the i Mercer Lumber company in Bluff- ■ ton. o CALL EXPERTS IN AIRCRASH Public Hearing Is Ordered Into Crash Which Killed 11 Uniontown, Pa.. Apr. 9.— (U.P.) —- Three survivors o fthe wreck of the air-liner “Sun Racer” that killled 11 men, may provide the only clues to its cause, federal investigators believed today. They ordered a public hearing for this afternoon. Department of commerce officials, responsible for operation of the radio beacons by which airliners fly,* summoned technical experts and officers of TWA and more than a dozen disinterested other witnesses to an inquiry in the Uniontown postoffice at 2 p.m. They invited agents of the senate air safety committee and of the department of agriculture s weather bureau to sit with them. After the hearing, the investigators hoped to interview three survivors, especially Miss Nellie Granger, petite, black eyed stewardess. who tugged Mrs. Meyer Ellenstein. wife of the mayor of Newark, N. J., and Charles G. Challinor of Cleveland from the wreckage before it caught fire and then ran six miles down the mountain side to the nearest house to telephone her superiors. Although Mrs. Ellenstein and Challinor were stronger today, both still were in critical condition. Mrs. Ellenstein suffered , compound fractures of both legs. Both of Challinor's # arms and one I leg were fractured. Miss Granger, I bruised and suffering from shock, said she “felt sick” but she was in no danger. From Miss Granger's first accounts of happenings in the big twin-motored passenger liner just before it struck a mountain ridge, both TWA and department of com(CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) -O-T Two Scarlet Fever Cases Are Reported Adams county has two cases of scarlet fever according to the morbidity report issued this week by the Indiana division of public health. One case was reported last week. No other infectious diseases were reported in the county. Cases of communicable diseases reported in the state are: tuberculosis, 53; chickenpox, 57; measi les, 30; scarlet fever, 264; smallpox, five; whooping cough, 37; typhoid fever, none; diphtheria, 11; Influenza. 116; pneumonia, 52; mumps, 112; meningitis, six and malaria, two,

WILL REBUILD AREA STRICKEN BY TORNADOES Model Communities To Be Built; F. D. R. Views Storm Center ——-™ (By United Press) Federal, stale, and local authorities of tornado torn Galneeville, Ga., and Tutpelo, Miss., announced victry in a fight against disease today and began plans to build model communities where workmen utill search in debrie for bodies of missing persons. Revised Red Cross tabulations established IS3 dead in Gainesville and 213 in Tupeelo. With 37 deaths in other tornadoes in Arkansas. South Carolina. Alabama and Tennessee, the tornado death toll stood at 433. The WPA cut thrugh red tape to initiate reconstruction of house and store buildings while state authorities made swift use of $2,560,000 allotted by President Roosevelt from timergency relief funds. Mississippi and Georgia had $1,600,000 each, with the remainder divided among other affected Visits Area Warm Springe. Ga.. April 9 — (UP)—President Roosevelt today saw the aftermath of Georgia's de\astating tornadoes as his special train moved through fields flooded by swollen streams. The train arrived here at 9 A. M. The President is enroute to Washington after nearly three weeks of cruising and fishing in southern waters. The chief executive’s special at one time ran over tracks a foot under water. This was on the outskirts of Macon where the Ocmulgee river was rising. Near Warm Springs, reached on schedule, fields were inundated by streams tha thad left theier banksA heavy rain was falling as he left his train. The downpour, however, did not (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) i O Public Library To Close For Services The Decatur public library will be closed from this evening until 3 p. m. Friday. o Ed Green Funeral Services Are Held Funeral services were held this morning at 10 o’clock for Ed Green, Adams circuit court bailiff, at his home on North Second street. The Rev. M. F. Sundermann. pastor of the D catur Evangelical church, officiated- Burial was made in the Decatur cemetery. TOWNSEND IS MAIN SPEAKER Lieutenant Governor Gives Address At Fort Wayne Today Fort Wayne. Ind.. Apr. 9. —<U.R> —The state government was pictured as Indiana's greatest farmer here today by Lieut. Gov. M. Clifford Townsend in an address at the semi-annual meeting of state institutional superintendents and their assistants. Townsend's address was the highlight of an all day meeting at the Fort Wayne state school attended by about 150 state institution officials. The public estate,,the lieutenant governor said, covers 16,797 acres of land, valued with improvements, at $13,614,788. At 15 of the 18 state institutions scattered from the Fort Wayne state school in the north to the Evansville and Madison hospitals in the south, extensive farming operations are carried on to provide for patients and inmates. Farm products raised by these institutions last year, Townsend estimated, were worth $618,732. The largest acreage is at the state farm at Putnamville, while the women's prison at Indianapolis is at the foot of the list with 15 acres. Only three state insti-i tutions —the Soldier’s Home at La-' fayette and the Blind and Deaf Schools at Indianapolis — produce no farm products, according to: Townsend's report. The state differs from the average farmer, the lieutenant governor pointed out, in that its principal crops are of the truck variety rather than ordinary staples. Peas, beans, cabbage, corn, tomatoes and potatoes are the most important. In addition to providing food, (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR)

City To Observe Good Friday With Special Services

Paralyzed Pilot > ■ 'J. s ' l ‘ w ■Da i > ffis j. j -aL I r ’ / 'S 1 1 « a*. X W ' 1 i Although she lias never walked since an attack of infantile paralysis at the age of three. Miss Betty Snell of St. Thomas, On- 1 tario, Canada, recently won her • private pilot's license. Miss Snell, who has to be carried to her plane ' and lifted into the cockpit, seeks 1 to become a commercial pilot. i PLAN COOKING SCHOOL HERE City, Electric Dealers To Conduct School Here Next Week The electric light department of the city of Decatur in conjunction with local retailers of electric ap- 1 ! pliance.s will sponsor a free cook- ■ ing school at the Knights of Pythias home on North Third street the i evenings of Wednesday. April 15 1 and Thursday, Aipril 16The school will be held for the ’ purpose of demonstrating the ease, 1 convenience and ecoromy of cooking with electricity. No admission will he charged for ' the school. Door prizes of electrical ■ appliances will be given each even- ' ing. Mrs. Almo Harshbarger, national- ' ly known cooking expert, will be in ' charge of the school. 'ln announcing the schools, those in charge stated that the new city heating electric rate furnishes the most economical sort of cooking. The new type of electric cooking stoves further give economies to the •users. The heating rate now is four cents for the first 25 K.W H. and two and a half cents per K.W'H. for current used over that amount. _ Medical Society Will Meet Friday i Dr. Beaumont S- Cornell of Fort I Wayne will speak at the regular meeting of the Adams county medical society Friday evening at city hall. The meeting will be held at 8 p. m. All doctons are urged to foe present. De Voss Is Named As Special Judge Bluffton. Ind., Apr. 9.— (U.R) — Judge Huber DeVoss of Decatur has been chosen as special judge in the case in circuit court here of Eva Raber against Leslie F. McClure and others. You’ll Want To be in the EASTER Parade AND YOU'LL find the big parade of values in tonight's Daily Democrat Shop from the advertisements in this issue. Decatur Merchants feature special Spring and Easter merchandise and invite your patronage. SHOP IN DECATUR—SHOP THROUGH THE DAILY DEMOCRAT.

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All Churches Os Decatur Plan Special Services For Good Friday ;Stores To Be Closed. UNION SERVICES Citizens of Decatur will unite In reverence tomorrow at Good Friday services, with all business virtually suspended during the Three Hours front 12 noon to 3 p. m. All churches of the city have planned special services during the day and will be thronged with worshippers. The Protestant churches will hold union services at the Methodist Episcopal church during the entire three-hour period. The Three Hours will be observed at the St. Mary’s Catholic church during the same period. The Zion Lutheran church will hold Good Friday services at 7:30 p. m. with Holy Communion. Suspend Business Practically every retail establishment in the city will be closed during the entire three-hour period from 12 noon until 3 p. m. Industrial heads announced today that they would cooperate in every possible manner to enable employes to attend at least a part of the special services. Union Service The eight Protestant churches will each contribute a portion of the program at the union services at the Methodist Episcopal church. Each of these churches will present a 20-minute program, including special music and short sermons by each of the church pastors. Following a short musical prelude, services from 12:10 to 12:30 will be conducted by the Church of God. with the Rev. Glen Marshall preaching. The 12:30-12:50 period will be conducted by the First Evangelical church, with the Rev. M. W. Sundermann delivering the sermon. The Methodist Episcopal church will conduct the 12:50-1:10 service, with the Rev. H. R. Carson preaching. From 1:10 to 1:30, the service will be presented by the First Baptist church, with the Rev. Homer J. Aspy as preacher. The Christian church will conduct the 1:30-1:50 period, the Rev. Kenneth Timmons leading. From 1:50 to 2:10, the Presbyterian church will be in charge of the service, with the Rev. George Walton delivering the sermon. The Rev. Charles M. Prugh will deliver the sermon during the Zion Reformed service, from 2710 until 2:30. The closing service will be conducted by the United Brethren church, with the Rev. H. W. Franklin preaching. The joint service will close with silent prayer and meditation. St. Mary's Church The death of Jesus Christ on the Cross is commemorated in a solemn impressive manner in St. Mary's Catholic church. (Beginning at 7;30 o’clock the mass of the Pre-sanctified Is said. The host consumed by the priest during this mass is consecrated on Holy Thursday, the day on which the church commemorates the in(CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) | 0 BORNE FUNERAL RITES FRIDAY Funeral Services Will Be Held Friday For Albert Borne Funeral services will be held Friday for Albert Borne, 56. Kirkland township native, who died early Wednesday morning at the Methodist hospital after a week's illnestt of pneumonia. Services will be held at 2 p. tn. Friday at the D O. McComb Sons funeral chapel in Fort Wayne, with the Rev. David Grether oflielating. Burial will be made in Elm Grove cemetery at Bluffton. Survivors include a daughter, Helen of Fort Wayne; two sons, Donald and Darold Borne of Kirkland township; the mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Borne of Kirkland township; four brothers, Edward ot) Kirkland township; Henry ot Fort Wayne, August of Angola and Dr. Louis Borne of Muskegon, Mich , and three sisters: Miss Christina Borne of Decatur, Mrs. Wesley Mankey of Kirkland township anti Mrs. Newton Mechling of Craig« ville.