Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 90, Decatur, Adams County, 14 April 1936 — Page 1

XXXIV. No. 90.

lUOPENS ■mPJIICHWITH M MONMV Broadcasts Speech < H * :,,n ' ■ pakn 1.3*1 Night ijM .. ■K. ; .„. ugbt !l> i ■K-.-ir.' ! -" 11 '’- h "' .. ■Mp .. ..f ni '.i’-in i' ly " T .^K. : 111- ■'• NRA. 11l- - - ,; i--w.-l. ::<U hours. ■ i >„■,< b, hours. r.. imlu|M.- ■ ' ; ii- • lu-ir I'- oplgetting employment.” ■ M .! unil.-rtak.-■tßa. J «- ». ... ..ill..- s.i th—pay enveliiih- least as today.” m*- < rimiTi I WILLIAMS I IS SELECTED 9io Northern I . FresiSlem To Address I.oca! H Graduates Bo!»-” W president SgHOh:- X. -li.-- I’uiv.-isiti of will d'-iver tin- comI- tinni !>"■ 'niali school. May 22. sp. .\,- Hlsl . s w j|| [,,. IM 1 llll< 'll” gymnasium Ih-.nur I,l,school. The ■*’••. Ulis year |^R“ S " 11 li; i< tw.ee th,, capacity .-h was used last year. i' --1 intendent of H J*" j- i 1 schools, will be p, |)Cruln Mjss Haubold and Albert Selle, ■P]" "nisi.- iusrru. n>rs in the DeH^P rs 'k°"r. u,;| i,,, jn ( harge of ,n,r °duee the Bwh Glly rirown. principal ,<ialUl ' high school, will BK 1 ..'. , 111 " Braihiating class to the ■K 111 s<llo °l board. Ira FuhrK tr , i ! ''" S " i "nt of the board, will the diplomas. " uiiiipi, • . program for com-1 Me' 1 ,- WP< k will ’ ,R ‘ announced ' , said today. B i‘'<ohp? ng class lhis year in the history S| -"’- ‘ AI hri PAGE THREE) B to(| . v Group To 9 Meet Wednesday tr.-'p n ■l ■" I-'IIS interested in i. '' ail<l other phases of M«Refort r f li| ’ will meet at the ■hm,'' <, , ' 10( ‘ k ' The meetB> aid-week lh ° P ’ aCe ot the regu ' Btliekl . "hich have B**ill x "" lg tllP 1- "" n season. s 6 0,,l ‘ n to all interested KSfd'T? 01 the Bil,le " will ■* k ’-Tln. ,? Ur ng ,he next few ■“ k is cha n ' aPl , er < hosen for this 8' ,30n « w] P - 6r 12 nf Eccla siastec. B l0l| !(l btin/o eX| .' ?pp t to attend Htp er g their Bibles and note'Th Biai SV? be held in the H emu ! ' he <hurch . which ■ ' r6s[( "-these services.

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Kao Leas To Speak At Cubbing Meeting Fae Leas, prominent. Fort Wayne attorney, will give the opening trulk on Cubbing at the organization meeting at the Central school building in this city tonight at 7:30 o’clock. Other talks will he made by Floyd Wolf of the Irwin school on ‘‘Stages in Boy Growth,” Byron McCammon on ‘Running the Pack," and by L. 1.. Hotrhkise, area scout executive, and Lester Mayer, of the Walley a,gi icultural service. RE-ADVERTISE ; FOR CITY BIDS City To Ke-Advertise Foi* Equipment At Municipal Plant The city of Decatur will re-ad-vertlse for bids on a 2,000 KWH turbine, condenser, exciter and switchboard to be installed at the iuunici|>al plant. The tentative date set in special meeting of the council held this afternoon was Thursday. May 7. This date is subject to PWA approval. City officials were informed yesterday by F. M. Logan.-state director for the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works, that bids on the turbine were rejected by PWA officials in Washington on the grounds that those received were identical. Two bids on the turbine were received by the council on March 3. The General Electric company and the Westinghouse Electric and manufacturing company each submitted a bid of $50,440 for a 2,000 KWH Bids were also received on a condenser, switchboard and exciter and tentative awards were made by the council. The council recommended the purchase- of a G. E. switchboard and exciter and a Westinghouse condenser, this equipment conforming to that al- ' ready in use at thte city plant. The WPA in Washington made i nn unofficial award of the equipment. other than the* turbine, .n ■ view of the fact that the bids on - the turbine were rejected, the PWA i authorized the rejectfbn of all bids.' Authority was given yesterday 1 by Mr. Logan for the council to, receive new bids on all the equip-1 tnent. This will be the third time j that the council has received bids , on the turbine and other electrical ' equipment. A grant, not exceeding $49,5001 has been made by the PWA to the city of Decatur, towards the cost of building the addition to the (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) Horse Committee Holds Meeting A meeting of the horse show committee of the Decatur Centennial was held Monday evening a,t the county agent's office. Plans sire being made for the affair which will b - one of the attractions of the celebration next August. ANNUAL PICNIC HERE JUNE 14 St. Joseph’s School Picnic Will Be Held At Sunset Park The third annual St. Joseph's school picnic will he held Sunday, June 14. at Sunset park, Father Joseph Seimetz, pastor of St. Mary's Catholic church, announced at the joint meeting'of the Holy Name society and Knights of Columbus meeting last evening. John Baker was named general chairman of the picnic. Members ot various committees will be named within the near future. Dinner will be served in the pavilion. The public is invited. It was also decided to send each family 10 books of tickets for the picnic, two being retained by the family if the other eight were sold. Plan Field Mass Father Seimetz made a talk during the meeting. He dealt with plans pertaining to the picnic and the parish's participation in the great Centennial celebration, the holding of a field mass on Sunday, August 2. nn the Centennial grounds in connection with the opening day ceremonies More definite plans will be announced in a few days. To Be Ordained Plans were also discussed for the parish’s observance of the first mass to be said by Thomas L. Durkin, Jr., son ot Mr. and Mrs. ybo |n ' (.CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT)

PWA PROJECTS ARE ASKED BY CONGRESSMEN Leaders Seek Earmarking Os Funds For Public Works Projects Washington, Apr. 14. — (U.K) — I PWA Administrator Harold L. | Ickes today provided congressionlal PWA advocates with fresh am- ! munition in their drive to earmark relief funds for PWA projects. He denied, however, any connection with the congressional campaign. As PWA congressional leaders I prepared petitions urging the earmarking of $700,000,000 of the sl,500,000,000 proposed work relief fund for PWA projects, Ickes issued a formal denial of any connection with the drive. He then presented a study indicating that PWA re-employment costs on a per man per year basis were substantially lower than those of Harry L. Hopkins work progress administration, which would receive virtually all the $1,500,000,000 under the plan’ proposed by President Roosevelt. The president's plan would virtually force Ickes and his PWA organization out of the picture. A congressional bloc headed by Rep, Alfred Beiter, D.. N. Y„ rebelled against the program. The bloc believes it can obtain 300 signa-' tures by representatives of all I parties in support of its $700,000,-1 000 PWzV program for permanent works projects. The Ickes study, expected to gain support for the congressional block, asserted that a study of 1,000 completed PWA projects showed that it cost the government on the average $741.60 to provide one man a PWA job for one year. The works progress administra-1 tion has figured its comparative cost to be $65 per month or about ' . S7BO per year. Ickes said that he “had nothing | io do with" the congressional drive. “The action," he said, “was start-' ’ ed without my instance and withI out my consent. 1 haven't even (CONTTXUED OX PAGE FIVE) ; TO CONTINUE ASASSESSOR Emerson Beavers to Complete Work As Deputy Assessor N.. appointment is expeeted to be] i made to fill the office of deputy I I aese vior of Washington township.. I despite the appointment of Emenson| Beavers, present holder of the position, as circuit court bailiff, it was .pointed «'t today. Ernest Worthman. county assessor. stated today that Mr- Beavers had made rapid progress in his work of assessing, and that the work in Wasington township was neatly completed He stated that Mr. Beavein was expected to complete hie work within a short time, and that an ar p -ntment of a new deputy would cause considerable confusion in an already established routine. Mr. Beaveiw has not tendered his I resignation as asaeseor an yet and according to reports expects to complete the work. 'His appointment as court bailiff was made by Judge Huber M. DeVaVsen recently to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Ed Green. Most ot the assessors report rapid progress, with the expectation of completing the work within a short time. One or two of the men, (however, have been unable to make the desired headway- The r.ftice of the county assessor is in receipt of a letter from the state department stating that a report showing better progress for the next month is desired. Cooperation of individuals being assessed is asked by the men who have experienced several persons unwilling to submit to the work, which is required by law o Legislator Pulls Gun On Colleague Frankfort. Ky„ A; ril 14--(UP)— The Kentucky house of representatives was thrown into disorder today by Rep. John B. Molette, R., pointed a gun at Rep. Marion T. Mr Carthy. D., after the latter ki. .”ked him down during an argument. M- C. Howard, aide to Gov. A. IlChandler, took the gun from Molette after McCarthy had fled. Both men were excluded from the floor by speaker John Kirtley.

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Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, April 11, 193fi.

Calles Once More in Exile t ~ \ OP! ~ BHi okSh I x'iHl ■L F Detective Romero “ General Callee

' I am very tired —I have nothing to eay," was the comment made by General Plutarco Calles, former dictator of Mexico, when lie arrived at Los Angeles airport, above, after he had again been exiled to the United States. Detective Eddie Romero is at the left. Calles was forced to leave Mexico by President laizaro Cardenas, ajlegedly because of a train wreck which the Mexican government charged Calles ] followers with engineering.

LEGION PLANS FUTURE EVENTS Plan Memorial, Decoration Day Services; Seek July 4 Meeting Future event-* were planned at the regular meeting of Adams post number 43 of the American Legion Monday night at the new Legion home at Madison and First streets. t Ford O’Brien was appointed | chairman to arrange- programs for ,the annual Memorial services, to ■be held Sunday. Mu,v 24, and the i annual Decoration Day sorvicee i Saturday. May 30. The post voted to ask permis- ■ sion to hold the annual district conference here on July 4. A similar conference was held in I this city on July 4 last year, and ' wa.s a splendid success. Permission must be obtained from the I district commander before plans lean be made to hold the confer- | ence here. ! In cooperation with Decatur’s Centennial celebration, Adams ] post voted last night to purchase ]a J 25 good will Centennial bond to aid in financing the celebration. The next regular meeting of the post will be held Monday. April 27. with Walter Gladfelter as I chairman. All ex-service men will be invited to attend the mv-eting. for which a special program will be arranged. o TU MAKE PLANS TO BUILD ROAD Work To Be Started Soon On Improving State Road 131 Ota D. Baker, district highway nuperintendent from Bluffton, is expected in this city Wednesday afternoon to complete plans for the building of the new state highway 101, which will run north and south at a point about three miles east of Decatur. County road officials have returned from a conference with Roy Biberstine, Fort Wayne district highway head, and state that everything ie in readiness. The work on the road is to be done under WPA with a force of about 30 men employed. The discussion scheduled for tomorrow is to decide upon a foreman over the employed men. and usage of materials. Decision upon which end of the new road, work is to begin, will also be made. It was pointed out that work might possibly begin on the north termina.l in Albanis county as the right of-way on the extreme south terminal is now being decided in tho Adams circuit court. This right-of-way Is the only one of 32 that has not been nettled. Thirty-one of the grants have been paid for. The expense of purchasing these rights-of-way were the only items relegated to the conn(CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT)

Rural Electrification Meeting Is Postponed 1 i Ralph Myers, president of the | rural electrification membenship corporation in Adame county, announces that the school for solicit- . cis s. heduled »> be held in Monroe, April 17. has been indefinitely (postponed. Announcement will be made later when the school will be held. Meetings have been held in many of the . | townships the past few weeks relative to the membership campaign J and much interest has been shown jin the rural electrification move- | ment. I ■ o STREET REPAIR PLANNED HERE i Extensive Repair Program Planned For Decatur Streets ; I ■ I An extensive street repair pro- ] gram, limited only to the amount I ' of money available for purchase I I of material and the number of '! men to be furnished by the WPA 1 1 .to do the work, wil! be inaugurated as soon as weather conditions ' permit, Ralph Roop, civil works [ commissioner and members of the j street committee of the council I announced. Plans were prepared sometime ago for the street repair program. The major projects surveyed and on which estimates were prepared ] include Adams street, west from Second street to Thirteenth street; Sixth street, north of Mon|roe to Nuttman a,venue; Monroe | street, west of Pennsylvania rail--11 road to Thirteenth street: Mercer j a’venue, south of Erie railroad to I Grant street: Thirteenth street, ' north of Monroe street to Dayton ] avenue. Tlie projects listed above would be carried out if sufficient money could lie obtained to purchase the materia,!. The five street improvement, which include taking up and relaying of the bricks, putting a new sand cushion under the brick and using an asphalt filler over the brick, total $9,917.38. Application was made a couple of weeks ago by members of the council for WPA funds for material, the city matching the amount appropriated. included in the city budget this year is an appropriation of only SI,BOO for street material. This amount is six times the amount appropriated for 1935. The WPA will allot between 30 and 40 men from street repair work in the city. The WPA work relief roll has been declining rapidly in (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) Considers Locating Factory In Decatur Noah Steury of Berne consulted directors of the Chamber of Commerce today concerning Hie possibilities of locating a novelty company in this city. The new concern, which is (being organized, will manufacture wood b.'ixee for packing the better class of novelties. Several sites are being considered.

FIREWORKS TO BE DISPLAYED AT CENTENNIAL Elaborate Fireworks Display To Be Held Centennial Week The most elaborate fireworks display over staged in Decatur will bo one of the features of this city's Centennial celebration during the week of August 2 to 8. inclusive. The executive, committee, of the Centennia.l. in regular meeting Monday night, signed a contract with the Bowen fireworks company of Van Wert. Ohio. The display will be held one nf&ht during Centennial week, with the definite date to be announced later when the complete week's program has been definitely arranged. The fireworks display will vie with any ever staged, not only in Decatur, but in northern Indiana. The complete display will occupy from one and one-half to two hours of actual time. The Bowen company has arranged an elaborate, spectacular display in line with the Centennial celebration and preliminary [dans for the display, as worked out by the company, were -greeted with enthusiasm by members of the executive committee laet night. Erect Billboards The executive committee a,lso authorized the decorations committee, headed by Bob Helm, chairman, to erect four billboards along the main approaches to the city, advertising the Centennial and welcoming visitors to the city. Each of the billboards will be 6 by 12 feet, actuaj size, with an ■overall coverage of probably 7 by 13. Definite locations for the billboards will be announced later. Pageant Committee Dr. Fred Patterson, general chairman for the Centennial pageajit. has called a meeting of members of all committees working on the pageant for next Mon day. April 20. at 7 o'clock. The meeting will be held in council room at the city hall. Every member is urged to be present, as ] I this is the first general meeting Jot all pageant committees. I 7 0 j County Agent To Speak To Lions County Agent L. E. Archbold will address the members of the Lions club at their regular weekly meeting in the Rice hotel tonight- Mr. Archliold will talk on the much discuss d soil conservation .problem. Inability rJ Andrew Appelman to i take charge of the night's program I caused a last minute change, and Mr- Ar hbold agreed to speak on the subject, which is one of foremost interest at the present time. Walter J. Krick, general program chairman, will have charge of the night’s entertainment. RURAL SCHOOLS SELECT PLAYS Seven Rural High Schools To Give Plays April 17 And 24 Selections of the one-act plays to be given by the seven rural high schools on April 17 and 24, and the students who are to participate, were announced today in the offices of County School Superintendent C. E. Striker. The plays to be given at Monroe in the school auditorium and the ehara,ctens are: “Elmer," with the following Monmouth students in the cast: Herbert Boeger, Marguerite Kitson, Helen Sheets, Alice Hoile, Ellen Fuelling. Helen Heuer, Richard Fuelling. Earl Fuhrman, and Harold Fuelling. "®oniething in Butlers" is the name of the play to be given by the Pleasant Mills students, with the following cast: Rosemary Ray. Verney Edgell, Bertha Death, Earl Lautzenheiser, Ruth Alt ami Marion Burke. “The Obstinate Family”- will be ’ presented by the following students from Kirkland: Stanley Arnold, Evelyn Troxel, Georgia Yaney, Carl Baumgartner, Henry . Marshall, Dorothy Adler. “Dress Rehearsal" will be presented by the following Monroe students: Olin Lehman, Dorwin Wolfe, Elmer Nussbaum, Lester Mazelin, Merlin Sprunger, Sher- . man Liechty, Lawrence Morgan. (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT).

Riots Accompany Primary; Record Vote Seen

TO BEAUTIFY LEGION HOME Legion To Redecorate, Remodel Home On Madison Street Plans for the refiniehing and remodeling of the Natkmal hotel building into a beautiful new spaclous home for the members of the American Legion (post and the auxiliary were advanced la*st evening in the regular meeting of Adame post number 43. Ralph Roop, local engineer and archites t, having drawn a tentative plan of remodeling at the request of the trustees, reported to the membera a number of suggested improvements. The trustees were selected to eerve as members of the committee in charge of the work . «f beaeutifying the new headquarters and have made rapid progress, since the post tc. 2c possession on April 4. These truestees are Tilman Gehrig, chairman; Charles Massonee and Charles Burke. Members of the Auxiliary were given first choice in selecting a room to serve as a lounge. According to the selection of the ladies the large front room in the west will be used by them. This room has a large bay window and will enable the members, to obtain a view of the adjoining street. The room will be made into a comfortable lounging place for members and their friends. According to the plans the large room on the east will be made into a men’s lounge, with a clubroom in the rear- This room will be directly opposite that of the ladies. The canteen is expeeted to be placed directly behind the men's k’«inge and (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) SENIOR CLASS TO GIVE PLAY Pleasant Mills Seniors To Present Play Thursday Night The senior class of Pleasant Mills i high school will present Jay To-1 bias’s most popular play "For Pete’s Sake,” Thursday night April 16, at the high school auditorium at 7:30 P. M. >A more comfortable and convenient seating arrangement has -been . completed and 150 seats have been reserved. These reservd scats may be urchased from members *f the cast. The .price of admission will be 20 cents for all adult tickets. All children's tickets are 10 cents. The complete cast follows: Miss Sarah Pepperdine —Rosemamry Ray. Jasmine Jackson —Bertha. Death Cicero Murglethrope — Wilfred Morrison. Peter Pepperdine—Arthur Anspaugh. ’ Biss Bradshaw -George H. Clark Thorndyke Murglethrope, (Muggsy) Marion ißurke. Mrs. Georgiana Clarkston —Ruth Alt. Nadine Clarkston —Marjorie Habegger. Peggy Clarkston —Dorothy Miller Malvina Potts — Mary Koos. John Boiiver—Verney Edgell. Dupont Darby—Wayne Riley, Muck Crop Farming Meeting Is Planned Roscoe Fraser, extension special- ' Ist on muck crops, will meet the people interested in muck crop farming at a sqpper meeting above the Baumgartner restaurant in Berne at 6:3(1 Friday. After the meal, plans will be laid for demonstration plantings of sugar beets, onions, carrots, land wind breaks. Plans will also be discussed for exhibiting muck crop products here in connection with the farmers’ institute or the county corn show. o WEATHER Generally fair tonight and Wednesday except thunder- ’ showers east and south portions this afternoon or tonight, cooler northwest and extreme west central portions tonight, cooler Wednesday.

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Violence Marks Heavy i Voting In Illinois Primary Today; KnoxBorah Battle. NEBRASKA VOTES Chicugo, Apr. 14 — (U.R) —Men were kidnaped, blackjax'ked and slugged with brass knuckles in Chicago today as Illinois voted in its most bitterly contested and important primary of many years. The presidential hopes of Frank Knox and Sen. William E. Borah were in the balance. Warm sunshine favored prospects of a record vote, perhaps within 100,000 of the 2,600,000 registered. Terrorists’ tactics were general in some Chicago wards. Three men were reported to have been kidnaped. Marvin J. Bae, attorney for Lawrence O'Brien, antiorganization democratic candidate for state representative, was one of those reported kidnaped. Another anti-machine worker was taken from a parking place in an (automobile by four men. A policeman fired several shots after the car. Three other election workers were reported slugged or kidnaped in another ward. “New deal” Democrats caet complimentary votes for President Roosevelt, unopposed in the presidential primary. Republicans made an all-important choice between the Idaho senator and the Chicago publisher. Borah and Knox, admitted liberals. campaigned alike for a balanced budget and supreme court I legislative review. Borah recall- ' ed. for benefit of downstate voters. that he was born on an Illinois farm. Knox, editor of a Chicago newspaper, did not need to argue his right to the seat of “favorite son.” Illinois is normally Republican. Neither Knox nor Borah can well afford defeat in today’s teat —; or even to win by a smaH margin. Because he is a favorite son. Knox must poll a. healthy margin over Borah to ctarry his campaign soccessfttlly into the national convention at Cleveland. He has the support of the Illinois and Cook county (Chicago) committees. Borah, second choice to President Roosevelt in a direct preferential vote in Wisconsin, must carry a strong Republican majorI ity in Illinois to justify his claims to mid-western popularity. In his only other effort to dale. Knox won all of New Hampshire's eight delegate votes. Borah failed to win New York's delegates, but carried 21 of Wisconsin's 24 Republican votes. Nebraska Primary Omaha, Neb., Apr. 14 — (U.R) — Gov. Alf Landon of Kansas appeared in today’s Nebraska primiCONTINt'ED ON PAGE EIGHT) WILL ATTEND CHURCH MEET Rev. IL R. Carson, C. L. Walters To M. E. Conference Young ministers took their examinations today for advancement in, or completion of. the fonr-year theological .course at the second session of the North Indiana annual conference of-the Methodist. Episcopal church, now being held in Kokomo. General sessions will open at th>» Main Street M. E. church in Kokomo Wednesday afternoon. The Rev. H. R. Carson, as a minister, and former Judge C. L. Walters. as a layman, will represent the Decatur M. E. church at the conference. They will leave Wednesday. The morning sessions of the con- , ference are givdn over to th biasiness of the church, with the laymen and ministers meeting separately and then jointly. The afternoons and evenings are given over to special programs which portray Methodism's many interests throughout the world. An evangelistic service is held each afternoon at 4 o’clock at which Dr. Merton S. Rice of the Metropolitan M E. church of Detroit is the preacher. The appointments for the new year are usually read about noon on the last day, (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT).