Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 87, Decatur, Adams County, 10 April 1936 — Page 1

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■eat BRITAIN ■ill SEEK NE* M PENALTIES l kllb Intensify Drive | Ethiopia As Crisis ■ Grows (irave H Al" ,UR) Great K 'ignoring luilian talk of io'li'V ' hi " H Wl ’ U|ll ■ „,. w p.-naiti.-H against Italy ■t, war on Ethiopia it a final H ~<Drt failed. , , Hhonv Ed-n. British foreign ■U’ntad” ’lf announcement, ■“onnnitttee of 13. which is ■pagu moil without Italy. ■ consul. : th" Italian HthiH situation. V,. a show down between h wants to make sure ■ iulv stops its war at once. Kratn.. ean r to win Italy back Kainite! front' against GerK iu the Rhineland dispute. K. comniitt. e decided to aduntil April Id so that Salva■p,. Madariaga of Spain, its Kuan, could make a last effort ■ payable settlement of the ■ t> . in a conference with Ital- ■ !?' d. locates Tuesthen threatened, if Madar-1 K report of his conference was ■rorable. t.> seek convocation of Hleague committee of IS April] Kelt li.iy vote new penal-1 ■against Italy. ■eu and I’ierre Etienne Flandashed bitterly, it was learn-j It the meeting of the commit-] of 13, which ho joined late afi, n,. « .th Premier Paul Zeeland of Belgium, here for hineland conference this afterimmittee seemed exhausted It they left the meeting, giving t a week to show that it means ». The alternative is an oil argo-and a grave European Intensify Drive (Copyright 1935 by UP.) me. Apr 1" <U.R> — Italian lanes blasted Ethiopian towns ,y Italian soldiers pressed their i toward Dessye, and Italians lorne talked anew of the possij of war in Europe. N only had Premier Benito. ONTIXITP ON PAGE SEVEN) o — UNA TRIAL SET APRIL 16 orian Knapke Pleads Guilty To Slaying Own Brother telina. Ohio. Apr. 10. — Florian tpke. 24, Thursday pleaded guillo a first degree murder charge , We Common Pleas Judge H. A.' ler and his trial was set for 'll 16. Judge Miller ordered trial »re three judges. napke pleaded guilty to charges murdering his brother, Linus tpke. 16. last month. Nr prisoner confessed to authI” of Mercer county after aiding his brother’s funeral serf! His confession climaxed tt days of conjecture, but Floras the only logical suspect in murder. I” 1 boys’ mother saw Linus ■hiding toward the house from [ tarn one March morning and estigation disclosed several .22 ibie rifle bullet wounds in his W and body. The boy died in a tPital before he could be quested, l f| ording to the story allegedly d authorities by the older brothan argument between the boys aiisen while they were doing , 0!t8 about the barn. Florian recently returned from six « employment as a farm hand ' , Kneipp sanitarium at Rome L n ‘ r and Linns, he said, re- ’ "is attempts to direct tho m work. irhn .‘ hootin ß his brother once, is alleged to have propped againßt a ladder and iv a , T eral bullets ‘"to his ’ at close range. — — ~ o—— Sutton Will Dpen Jewelry Store °t n ?/ th ‘ B C ' ty Wi " iir«u ’ store and wa tch ret Seh.v T kn ° Wn aS the Sut ‘ lop will h\ St ° re ’ Sa,urda y- The Hl-, p.,,.. ' C locate d in the England Ireet. ’ store on South Second iatthep?, 1 ’ formerly employ‘is citv 2a P ? rey jewelr y store in u f ° r the paet a * ver al ’avne. b£en em ployed at Fort

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Missionary Returns To Home From China Mr. und Mrs - . 'Henry S. Adams, Fortville, vieited in Decatur today with the former’s brother, L. 1). Adams enroute to New York City to meet their daughter, Mies Marie Adams, who is returning from Peking, China. Miss Adams hae been in the Methodiat -Episcopal Mlesion at Peking for the past 15 years and this Is her third trip home. She will arrive in New York Tuesday. Mias Adams in well known here having lectured and visited here a nunifier As tien<*. _______ 0 MCMILLEN IS CLUB SPEAKER Bale McMillen,Jr., Speaks To Decatur Rotarians Thursday Dale McMillen. Jr., son of the president of the Central Sugar company and associated industries of this city, and a student at Northwestern university, gave an interesting address on Europe at the weekly meeting of the Decatur Rotary club Thursday evening at the Rice Hotel. The speaker made an extensive tour of European countries last {summer, in company with seven other college students and a young professor. During their approximately three [months in Europe. McMillen and his companions visited France. Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Austria, {including the principal cities. Nearly half of their time was spent in Germany, McMillen stated.* and he went on to explain the reactions of himself and party to the German people and various activities in that country. The speaker traced briefly the history of Germany, stating that the country had never really been an united nation until the advent of Adolf Hitler to power. | The Germans. McMillen said, are ; not naturally politically minded {and welcomed Hitler's rise to power as a real opportunity to nationalize the country. Tn""conclusion, the speaker said that in comparison with other European nations. Germany has increased economically 25 per cent more in the last five years than any other nation of the European continent. Harold McMillen, brother of the {speaker, was chairman of the meeting. Dale W. McMillen and Harry Offut were guests at the meeting. M. E. Church Will Receive Easter Class In addition to the preparatory class of eight members which was received into the Decatur Methodist Episcopal church on Palm Sunday, a group of nearly 20 will be received in the Easter class. Most of these come by transfer , from other churches. The following have given their names to the pastor, the Rev. H. R. Carson, as desiring to enter the ] fellowship of the church on Easter Sunday morning: Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stitzer, Mrs. Charles Fletcher, Mrs. Bertha Sheets, Mr. and Mrs. Chalmer O. Porter and sons, Robert and John; Mr. and Mrs. O. G. Baughman, Miss Gladys Miller, Merle Ellenberger, Mr. and Mrs. John Bright, Mrs. Dessie Dolch and daughter. Virginia Dolch. DEMOCRAT CLUB TO HOLD MEET Adams County Democratic Women’s Club To Meet Thursday The Adams county Democratic women’s club will hold their monthly meeting Thursday night in the court ro. «n at 7:30 o’clock. Officers will be elected for the coming year. The first part of the meeting will be a business session. Officers will be eected for one year terms. • At 8 o’clock a .program will be held and will be open to the puiblic. All candidates in the county will be introduced. The program will be announced later. ’ Mrs. G. Remy Bierly will be the chain.T.an. Other members **«’ the I committee are: Mrs- A. R. IHoltho'use, Mrs. Burl Johnson, Mrs. Roy • Archbold, Mrs. Miles Roop, Mrs. ( Cleo Arnold, Mrs. Dallas Brown, I Miss Regina Murtaugh. Miss Gene--1 vieve Kitson. Miss Rose Schurger. The Geneva committee is as fol- ■ lows: Mrs. J. it- L»-.ng, Mrs. Harold i Mattox. Mrs. Charles N- Brown. I The Berne committee is: Miss ; Violet Schindler, Miss Catherine Causer, Mrs. Edgar Yoder.

HUGE AIRSHIP NEARING HOME IN DIFFICULTY German Dirigible Fights Headwinds With Motors Bucking Paris, Apr. 10.—(U.R)—The German dirigible Hindenburg, fighting a stiff wind with two of its four motors crippled, struggled up the valley of the Rhone today toward the German border. The giant airship, in difficulty on its return from a maiden voyage to Rio De Janeiro, sent the following message: "Due to two engines being out of commission, we are unable so reach the necessary height of 3,000 meters (9,840 feet) to cross the Alps. Consequently, we will follow the Rhone valley.” Previously, the dirigible had planned to cross the Swiss border in a direct line for its home base of Friedrichshafen. At 11:30 a. m. the Zeppelin radioed that it had passed over Valence at a height of 5,500 feet. Valence is on the Rhone, 60 miles south of Lyons. All night, after Premier Albert Sarraut personally gave permission for the ship to fly over France despite anger over Germany’s reoccupation of the Rhineland, ground crews at airports stood by to receive the ship in event it wanted to land, and warships were alert. At the naval airport at Cuers, near Toulon naval base, sailors were called in to aid the regular personnel. A wireless flash from the ship announcing that one of its motors was out of commission and asking permission to fly • over France brought immediate friendly response. 0 Mt. Tabor Church Postpones Cantata The cantata which was to have been given Sunday by _ the Mt. Tabor church at Bobo, has been postponed indefinitely. The evening worship subject will be, "Christ is Arisen.” The Mt. Tabor Ladies Aid Society will meet Tuesday evening at 7:30 o'clock with Ora Gilpen. COLLEGE GLEE CLUB TO TOUR Local Youth Is Member Os Heidelberg College Chorus Tiffin. Ohio, April 10— Tho Heidelberg men's glee club, composed of 28 voices under the direction of Prof. A. S. Ebersole, will leave Monday. April 13. for a 12-day concert tour which will take them into four states. In this time they will travel a distance of 1300 miles and will be heard in a series of about twenty concerts, including four broadcasts, one in each of the four states.

The itinerary includes Sugar Creek, New Philadelphia and Bellaire in Ohio, Wheeling in West Virginia, Washington D. C. and Baltimore, Maryland, Philadelphia, Allentown, Lock Haven, Warren, Monroe in Pennsylvania, and Cleveland in Ohio. They will .broadcast from radio station WWVA, Wheeling, April 15, from 2:15 to 2:30; from WCBM, Baltimore, from 11:15 to 11:30 on April 18; April 20 they will broadcast from Allentown, Pa.; and April 25 at 11:30 they will be heard in a half-hour program over radio station WTAM, Cleveland. Richard Brodbeck, freshman from DecatuT, Ind., is a member of the tenor section of the club. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Brodbeck, 210 N. Seventh St., Decatur. — o Pleasant Dale Church Plans For Easter Play The Pleasant Dale church will present an Easter play, "Jesus Only.” at the Kirkland community building Sunday evening at 7:30 o’clock. This play is a story of the death and resurrection of Christ. The public is invited to attend. — o Regular Legion Meeting Monday Adams post number 43 of the American Legion will hold the regular meeting at the new home at Madison and First streets Monday evening at 8 o’clock. All members are urged to attend.

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Freddie’s Mother Seeks Custody > • 'J fi a llj fw*™ . A ■' -1 i Wr ■L Pi fl A r ...y:. > ■ JM Prospects of a bitter legal battle over custody of Freddie Bartholomew. 10-year-old motion picture star, loomed as Mrs. Lillian Mae Bartholomew, top. arrived in New York to contest the decree awarding her eon to the care of his aunt, Miss Myllicent Bartholomew, shown below, with Freddie who earns $1,500 a week. The juvenile star s aunt claims credit for his screen career while Mrs. Bartholomew contends that Freddie left his English home merely to visit his aunt in NewYork and that he "watr virtually kidnaped. ’

D. E. BOLINGER DIES THURSDAY I David Elmer Bolinger Dies Thursday At Van Wert David Elmer Bolinger. 73, retired farmer, died at the home of his son Frank at Van Wert, Ohio, Thursday afternoon. Death was due to apoplexey. About a month ago Mr. and Mrs. Bolinger sold their 1 farm southwest of Monroe and were ready to move into their home in Monroe when the former became ill and was taken to the home of his son in Van Wert. The deceased was born March 5, 1863 in Miami county, Ohio, a son of Samite and Nsiah Bolinger. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church of Willshire. He resided in Indiana most of his life. Surviving besides the widow are two sons' Frank. Van Wert and Ralph, Berne, one daughter, Mrs. Harold Krick. Fort Wayne. Three children are deceased. One sister, Mrs. Lessie Goyer also survives. Funeral services will be held Sunday at 9 a. m. C. S. T. at the Ralph Bolinger residence, eight miles east of Berne, with Rev. Henry Klopfenstine in charge. Burial will be made in the Albright cemetery near Kokomo. The body will be removed from the Lobenstein funeral home this evening and may be viewed by friends and relatives at the Ralph Bolinger residence.

Kiddies To Be Entertained With Egg Hunt at Elks Home

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egg hunt on the spacious lawn of the Elks home on North Second street. Promptly at 2:30 p. tn. Sunday, the kiddies of Decatur and vicinity, ranging in ages front 1 to 7 years, will be turned s>ose on the lawn to search for the treasured colored eggs. Not only eggs, but the Easter bunny will bring several of his rabbit friends and these will be freed on the lawn, with the lucky kiddie capturing the bunny, gaining permament possession. Every kiddie in Decatur or Adams county or merely paying a visit here, is invited to join in the treasure hunt. The only limit is one of age, with no children over seven years of age permitted to participate in the bunt. This limitation was made to give the little

Sunrise Service Sunday Morning Easter sunrise communion services will be held at the Eighth Street United Brethren church Sunday morning at 5:15 o’clock. The Rev. Luke Martin will conduct the services, to which the general public is invited. —: O— : LIST PROGRAM LAST MEETING Kirkland PTA Will Hold Final Meeting Tuesday Night The last meeting of the Kirkland iparent-teachers’ a-soctation for this school year will be h-ld at the Kirkland gy.r. at 7:30 o’e'.-vk Tuesday, April It. The program for the meeting will •be: invocation — The Rev. Matthew Worthman. Bluffton. Music—Berne IS piece accordian bandShort Address—Rev- Worthman. Song—Mary Jane Worden of Decatur. Music —Clark and hie Washboard band of Monroe. Entertainment — The Great La Dell ? .I Fort Wayne. Music —Berne accordian band. The committee in charge of the program is: Mr. and Mrs. Earl Arnold, Mr. and Mre. Franklin Fruchte Mr. and Mrs. Noah Arnold and Miss Mary Dettinger.

tots more of a chance to obtain their share'of the eggs. Members of the Elks lodge will be on hand to assist the kiddles in their search for the eggs. In addition to lodge members, R. C. Ehinger, general chairman for the party, has announced that a number of Boy Scouts, dressed in uniform, will assist in patrolling the sidewalks around the home and j also aid in directing traffic. Officials of the odge, in making every effort to assure the kiddies ' of one of the biggest treats in their | lives, have announced that the egg hunt will be held Sunday at 2:30 p. m., regardless of weather conditions. Should inclement weather make it impossible to hold the hunt on the lawn, the entire house will be used as hiding places for the eggs, {with the kiddies permitted to roam over the entire home in their search for the coveted colored eggs. Mr. Ehinger, tlje general chairman, has requested every Elk to be present at the home not later than 1 o’clock Sunday to make final arrangements for the hunt.

The Easter bunny will pay his annual visit to Decatur Sunday and will help the Decatur Elks entertain hundreds of kiddies with an

GOOD FRIDAY OBSERVED IN CITY TODAY Business Is Suspended During Three Hours 01 Services Today Citizens of Decatur joined the millions in the world today who payed homage to Christ in commemoration of His three hours upon tho cross. Special services have been or will be held in every church in the city today. At 7:30 o’clock this morning the mass of the pre-sanctified was observed at the St. Mary's Catholicchurch. Adoration of the cross began immediately following this mass. At noon -today all business houses in the city were closed to permit the employes to attend the special services. The postoffice and the Cloverleaf Creameries also closed. Union services were held in the Methodist Episcopal church for eight of the Protestant churches, from noon until 3 o'clock. Those taking part in this/ service were the Methodist Episcopal. Evangelical, Christian, Baptist, Zion Rei formed, Presbyterian. United I Brethren and the Church of God. [ Eac h church presented a 20 min ute program. The St. Mary’s Catholic church ! observed a three hour service beginning at noon. At 12:45, 1:45 land 2:45 the public Way of the Cross was made. Private devotions were held throughout the service. At 7:30 o’clock tonight a sermon on the crucifixion will be delivered by the Rev. Father Bede Scully, O.M. Cap., of Huntington. Holy Communion will be taken at the Zion Lutheran church thia evening in a Good Friday service. Special services have also been ' announced for the Zion Reformed; Christian and Evangelical churches tonight. Easter services will be held in I every church in the city. An innovation this year will be the sun- | rise service planned for the Deeatur Country Club grounds at 6:30 I o'clock. This will be put on entirely by .young people of the Decatur Protestant churches. Strickler Infant Dies This Morning A daughter. Kathleen, born to Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Strickler at the Adams county memorial hospital this morning died at 3:30. shortly after birth. Surviving besides the parents are the grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. CG. Strickler and Mr. and Mrs. N. E. Dunnafon and a sister, LaVon. The body will be taken from the Black funeral horn? to the ('■ G. Strickler residence, 734 Mercer Avenue this afternoon. Funeral servic s will be conducted Saturday at 2:30 1. m. by Rev. Glen Marshall and burial will be in Decatur cemetery.

DECATUR WOMEN TO CONFEHENCE Local Women To Attend M. E. Conference At Kokomo A number of Decatur ladies are exxpected to attend the special conference sessions to ibe held in the Kokomo M. E. church Thursday afternoon and evening. More than 250 M. E- churches will be represented. Members of the Woman’s Foreign Missionary society, which has auxiliaries in "these churches, are especially interested in this "Mission of Fellowship from South America.” These auxiliaries are helping to support the (missionary work which Methodism has carried on in Chile, Peru. 'Bolivia. Argentina and Uruguay during the past 100 years. Two women members of the South America fellowship will tell of the work of the Methodist Episcopal church on that continent, and picture the changing condition of womanehood there during recent years. They are Mrs. Margaret Ross Miller, wife s£ Bishop George A. Miller of Santiago. Chile and Mrs. Minnie E- Gattinoni, wife of Bishon Juan E- Gattinoni, of Buenoe Aires, Argentina. Mrs. Miller will speak on “Women Under the Southern Crose." which us aso the title of a book she wrote in 1935; and Mrs, Gattinoni will apeak on "Women’s Work for Women."

Second Annual Banquet Os Insurance Company ilndlanapollx April 10—Invitations have Iteen extended to directors atockholders, pollcyh-.-ldeiv, of the Standard life Insurance Company of Indiana for the second annual banquet which will be held in Indianapolis, April 17th The annual dinner and entertainment will be held in the ballroom of the Columbia Club. Already several hundred reservations have (been made, and company officials expect a capacity attendnee. Judge Charles E. Smith of Andenscxn will act as toaadimastero GARDEN EXPERT HOLDS MEETING Indianapolis Man Speaks To Homesteaders Thursday Night Max M. Kirchner of Indianapolis, garden expert, spoke to the homesteaders and members of the South Ward P. T. A. at a meeting held in the South Ward school building Thursday night. Mr. Kirchner outlined a general gardening practice for any community and talked specifically upon the needs of gardens at the homesteads project.

He recommended that the ground first be built up by plowing under organic matter and suggested soy beans this summer followed by rye, to prevent erosion. He stated that it would be best to follow a twoyear rotation using half of the ground each year for truck and the other half for soil building purposes. Because of the inability of most of the homesteaders to obtain manure he urged the application of a commercial fertilizer, recommending either a 2-12-6 or a 4-16-8 mixture. This could be followed ] by side dressing when the crops' are being cultivated. Lime could | [best he applied to the soil build-] I'iig crops, in proportions to make the soil only slightly sweet. He then outlined a garden schedule of planting in order that vege-, tables could be obtained through-1 out the growing season with a peak ill production at canning period time. Crops to be planted from April 1 to May 1 are: asparagus, cabbage, Chinese cabbage, horserad(CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) GRADUATES TO HEAR WILSON Dr. Walter Wilson To Address Berne High School Seniors Commencement exercises for the Berne high school will be held Monday. May 25. in the Berne Auditorium. Dr. Walter Wilson of Kansas City, Mo., will be the speaker. Dr. Wilson was obtained at the request of the 38 agradates from the school. He has spoken in Berne several times and is very popular. The baccalaureate services will be held in the Berne Mennonite church on Sunday. May 24. The alumni banquet will be held on Friday, May 22. The annual junior senior reception will be held on Friday. May 15. On Friday, April 17, the senior class of the Berne high school will give its annual play. It is a threeact comedy. “New Fires.” It will be presented at 7:45 o’clock in the Berne auditorium. Tickets may be obtained at the Berne Book Store at 25 cents for adults and 15 cents for children. One of the high lights of the school year will be the music festival to be given on the nights of Wednesday, April 23, and Thursday, April 24, in the Berne auditorium at 7:30 o’clock. On this program will be vocal and instrumental selections, duets and trios and many other numbers. On the program will be the girls glee club with 60 voices and the boys glee club with 30 voices. A mixed chorus of the best voices from the two glee clubs will also be heard. There will also be the ,40-piece beginners orchestra and the 25-piece advanced orchestra. This will be under the direction of Fremon Burkhalter, music instructor in the school. On May 5 the music department will take part in the annual music festival at Ball State Teachers College at Muncie. The two glee clubs will take part in the affair. Each club will give two numbers. o WEATHER Mostly cloudy, showers tonight and probably Saturday morning; little change in temperature.

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PROMISES AID FOR SOUTHERN STORM AREAS Roosevelt Promises All Federal Aid Possible To Victims Gajuesville, Ga., Apr. 10 — (U.R) —President Roosevelt, speaking from a train platform where oil flares lighted part of the tornado debris in which 200 persona died Monday, last night promised all the aid the government can give •to tornado victims of six states. The president stopped in Gainesville 30 minutes, en route from Warm Springs, Ga,. to Washington, to quesiton state, city, and Red Cross officials about problems of rehabilitating more than 1,000 families here, and an equal number in Mississippi and other southern states, pauperized by storms. More than 2,000 persons, many of them homeless, many of them wearing bandages with arms in slings, many of them mourning relatives, met the presidential special. Before Mr. Roosevelt appeared on the. observation platform he talked with William Cajl Hunt, assistant disaster director of tho American Red Cross, for 20 minutes. Hunt told him that 165 bodies had been recovered from Gainesville’s ruins, that 31 persons were missing and believed dead, and that 1.000 families have registered for ajd. The president spoke extemporaneously after receiving the report. "I am proud of the fine spirit you people of Gainesville have shown and the thorough going I manner in which you have begun your own rehabilitation,” he said. "It is a sad occasion which brings my stop in Gainesville but I have been in touch with this great disaster ever since Rod ] Cross officials informed me of it | early Monday. My every deep I sympathy goes to the families of the bereaved

"The federal government has done and will do everything in its power to make things easier for you. There are sufferers like you in five other states. The federal government will stay on the job until the work of rehabilitation is finished. "I hope to come back to Gainesville when the building is done to see you courageous people at a better time.” Mr. Roosevelt allocated $2.500.. 000 of emergency relief funds to the six tornado stricken states of the south before he returned from his Bermuda cruise. Stockholders Name Board Os Trustees Stockholders of the Peoples State Bank .of Berne eected a board of trustees Thursday to conclude liquidation of the closed institution. Trustees named are Fred Rohrer. Lawrence Yager and Sam Nussbaum. The bank liquidation will be turned over by the department of financial institutions. The bank has .paid depositors a total of 91 per cent and will soon make a final distribution of nine iper cent. o OR. RUPNOW IS NAMED SPEAKER Fort Wayne Pastor Will Address Rural School Graduates Dr. F. H. Rupnow. pastor of the St. John's Reformed church at Fort Wayne, will give the commencement addresses to the rural high schools. He will speak at the Geneva, Hartford. Jefferson, Monroe, Kirkland, Monmouth and Pleasant Mills high schools. Time lost when schools were! forced to close because of cold weather is being made up on Saturdays. Other schools will close a few days later than usual. The commencement dates will he front April 25 to May 3. The majority of the schools in the county observed Good Friday with special programs. Soma were closed. Others dismissed cla.sses this afternoon to permit students to attend special church services. The commencement program for the county high schools will be announced soon by County Superintendent of Schools Clifton E, Striker.