Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 92, Decatur, Adams County, 16 April 1936 — Page 1

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jjhiopia Refuses ■To Accept Italy ■ Peace Proposals

Efforts To Halt! War |K kc SerioiH Snag, ■■h Refusal■Kl'ME \l»' \N< ’• ■ MMi ~ ■ ■■flOtmta ' ' <l " l '' '” , " l ‘ ■ :’■'■ 1 l '-‘ ! ’■ .(](>( ■■■■.''.: IM'iopi.i inIBM : •!■ !••■■• < ■j Ba: -r. • > Alois!. for the following following th-pi-eed-nt when an wa.s signed by agree--tw.'-n ■ allied and GerEal staffs. Eg. Italv weald lie ready peace talks at Ouchy. M Italy weald keep the com- ”■■ the will be represented at She league must guarantee erurity against Ethiopian in the event Italy agree.; e hostilities. committee of 13 met in 6:55 p. nt. to Mai Mareport of his talks with ■tltai..,' and Ethiopian rvpr—K Resume Advance mini by United Press! :\ri-:t. ON PAGE TWO) BuiW Decatur BBS ■Ml!’!-’-:. ..ng and rede activities are brisk in j Among th* join under- 1 haii — Rr..i.. ril | , ( t jng of the upstairs a,nd down and Three WPA painton the job. First of all BP * ildings to be painted. Sr ‘ IB First and Marshall streets house being torn down. To home on site. apartments — Third !■■" by 2" garage, with apartbeing constructed. iin.-iJs — Colonial being erected. Palmer Eicher's office, North street, house being remodBt* k " office. Extensive im■w’cnents. filling station, northcorner Second and Jackson KB I building and bulk HV F station. R<n Duke's residence. West street, extensive retnodBjfl uil Pucher property, to bo itito modern home. K Zerkle, West Monroe Bt' is remodeling the McCrory f,Oi W. Monroe, into a IkL ? Modern improvements, residence. alur i) Homestead division, Hgt, 0 n ‘ Fn redecorating and repairs to the 48 houses, «r direction of Resettlement 11 Miss Ma.rlon Neprud, manager. R- ' fertilizer factory at (tencompany plant in oper■r 1,1 men employed. K «, Br , OinPr ' building a new house. „, Albert Mutschler, North KK orn roet * re modeHng interior kitchen being P " blic lihrary building, redecorated, ■ B '<lcwm l[s in front of 1)u . 1(] amTu I '7 ri ° n home . corner Ba' . teon rp '""<'- ■ ° r downstairs. Koner R T CiVU works comK Dr J tPd thflt thp street ■IL . m W °” ld s,art a»om ■stern m s °° n ®® the WPA ■on Lm? ,0 ■weSt 1 ?, church ’ Weßt M ovements' P ann,n <? extensive

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AT FORT WAYNE Lutheran Church Pastors, Teachers In Two-Day Meeting The pastors’ and teachers' conference of Northeastern Indiana of the Lutheran church is in session today at the Emmaus Lutheran church at Fort Wayne. The pastors of Decatur and vicinity representing the various churches from hero a.re: the Rev. Paul W. Schultz, Zion. Decatur; the Rev. M. J. Frosgh, Emmanuel, rural Decatur; the Rev. L. Dornrioif, St. Peters, rural Decatur; the Rev. E. Trnelzch. St. Johns, rural Decatur; the Rev. W. Werning. Zion. Fricdheim; tho Rev. Karl Strassburg. Rethlehem. Ossian. The conference opened with a communion service for pastors and teachers at tho Emmaus Lutheran church, with Rev. 11. Abram, of the St. Peter's church. Goeglein and the Rev. Fred Wambsganss, of the Etnmaus church. Fort Wayne, officiating. Conference papers to be presented are "History of Rationalism.” "Duties of the State in the Education of Children." “Harmony of the Resurrection Story” and “Tho Doctrine of Regeneration.” The conference will close tomorrow evening with a concert by the renowned St. Olaf Lutheran Choir of Northfield. Minnesota at the Concordia College Concert Hall. Fort Wayne, beginning at 8:30 o’clock to which tho public is invited. — o Berne Man’s Stolen Auto Is Recovered A 1934 Plymouth sedan wan stolen from the garage of Sam Nussbaum at Berne sometime Wednesday night. Huntington officials reported that the car was recovered (parked on a street in that city this morning. No chi? has been fcaind to the thief. o ~ Historical Program Planned At Church In the absence of the Rev. H. R. Carson, who is attending the North (Indiana conference of the Methodist Episcopal church in K-.komo. a historical program has been planned by the M. E. church here Sunday. W. O Little, who ie ordained as a minister in the M. E- church, will have charge of the devotions. W. Guy (Brown, superinendent of the Sunday school, will read the history of the Sunday school until the war 1886. This history was written by E. A. Hoffman in 1886, and covers the development of the local Sunday School from the time of its division from the Union Sunday School until that date. LOCAL MEMBERS TO ATTEND MEET District Moose Meeting To Be Held At Fort Wayne Sunday About 100 members of Adams lodge 1311 of the Loyal Order of Moose are planning to attend the district Moose convention In Fort Wayne, Sunday afternoon and night. Fourteen lodges will be represented and a elate of 300 candidates is ee.xepected for the initiation. The local lodge will have a class of 20 candidates. The ceremonies will ibe held at 2 o’clock at the Moose home in Fort Wayne. Supreme dictator Ruff will attend the meeting and deliver an address. A banquet will be held at 6 o'clock, followed by an entertainment. Transportation will be furnished those who do not drive their own cars Those desiring to attend the meeting are asked to get in touch with the members at the home. To Install Officers The new officers of Adams lodge will be installed April 28 and will assume their office at the first meeting In May. The officers are, Lloyd Kreischer, dictator; vice-dic- ' tator, John Loehe; Frank Llniger. ' iprelate; Jeee Rupert, treasurer; Ed ' rroXTtNUEF ON PAGE

DEMOCRATS SEE PRIMARY VOTES AS LANDSLIDE Point To Heavy Roosevelt Vote; G. (). P. Choice Uncertain Washington. April 16. — (U.R) — i Democrats today acclaimed presidential primary results so far us evidence of an approaching Roose- > veil landslide and Republicans scanned returns for development of a decisive movement among party members toward any of the several aspirants to the G. O. P. ' nomination. President Roosevelt's Nebraska and Illinois preference primary leads over the combined vote of Republican candidates for party favor was a significant phase of this week's polling. Mr. Roosevelt also out polled Republicans last week in Wisconsin. Political observers disagreed on interpretation of the Illinois Republican primary vote in which Frank Knox of Chicago defeated Sen. William E. Borah by a margin of fewer than 100.(too ballots. Some persons insisted Borah accomplished much againist treinen--1 dous odds. But there never yet has developed a bandwagon stampede in the direction of a loser even though the man on the short end of the returns may have fairly claimed a moral victory. For a fair estimate of the real meaning of Borah’s loss in Illinois it is only necessary to imagine what today's newspaper headlines would be if | the veteran progressive senator' had achieved a decisive victory over Knox in Tuesday’s polling. Borah would be leading the parade today if that had happened and 1 Borah-for-president clubs would be multiplying throughout the land. A good many troubled statesmen who are looking for a place to go would be edging toward the Borah boom. But Borah did not win and there is no evidence of a stampede to ■ i Borah. He must go to the May I 12 Ohio primary branded with de(CONI INt’ED ON PAGE FIVE) o —— GEORGE SHROLL DIES SUDDENLY Decatur Man Dies Suddenly This Morning Os Heart Attack Ge-.rge W. Shroll. 79, well known Decatur resident, died suddenly this . morning of a heart attack at his home on North Fifth street, at 7:15 o'clock. He was employed by the Adanrn C unty Lumber company and had been active until the time of his death. Mr. Shroll wae a lifelong resident . of Adame (county having been born at Oak Grtve, near Berne on May 17. 1856. 'He moved to Decatur about 25 years ago. He wae a member of the Christ- , ian church here. Survivors other than the widow are: three children, Harve N- Shroll. Russel C. Shroll. of this city and Mrs. Charles Root, of Fort Wayne; four grandchildren. Mrs. Grace Brumley, of Indianapolis; Mrs. 'Harold Zwick, of Richt mond, Edwina, of thia city, and Mi s. Francile Winans, of Fort Wayne. Two great grandchildren also (survive. Jane Ann Brumley, of Decatur and Charles Winans, of Fort ; Wayne- Two brothens and sister. Silas A. of Lima. Ohio; John A. of Portland and Mrs I Dora Merica, of Decatur and Mre. Abigail Burch, of Ceelina, Ohio are the other surviv- [ ors. The body was taken to the ! Zwick funeral home here and will bo returned to the home later. Desi--1 nite funeral arrangements have not been made. — 0 11 1 George Shoemaker ' Is Seriously 11l ’ George Shoemaker of Geneva, for- ’ mer county commissioner is seriously ill at hie home- Mr. Shoemaker is suffering from angina pectwis. ' He has had the heart ailment for ’ some time and his condition is conI sidered serious. Little Damage Reported Here Very little damage was reported 1 today from the high wind which oc--1 curred Wednesday night between 6 ; and 10 o’clock. No wires were Mown ■ down on the city of Decatur light ' and (power lines. Two lines belong- • ing to the Citizezns Telephone com--1 pany were temporarily ipoit out of , commfeeion by falling branches.

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President Calls for Pioneering BE wTiiilßßiKW F 7 y z - - Si fillßlßHr i An appeal for youth of United States to become "social pioneers' was sounded by President Roosevelt before a Baltimore rally of Young Democrats of Maryland, aboive. in an address which also urged limitation of jobs to men and women between the ages of 18 and 65.

STUNT NIGHT HERE FRIDAY Woman’s Club Stunt Night At High School Gymnasium Friday I Tickets for the annual Woman's Club stunt night to be held at the Decatur high school gymnasium on Friday night at 8 o'clock aj-e selling rapidly, according to members' of the ticket committee. Admission to the event, the twelfth cf its nature spons-wed by the oganization, will be 10 ■cents for children and 15 cents for adults Money derived from the affair is to be divided between the club and the Pep Champs and Commercial Club, organizations of the school. Several correct'.ms have been made in the program for the evening. The names of B. Swigert and B. Burk w re added to the names of the students in the old fashioned gym class. 'Harold Hitchcock has been withdrawn from the group of living statutes. Zulu Porter ami Donnabelle Fenimor? are t”. participate in the balloon dance with 1 Bright. Other numbers include “Dobin" with his trainer, a bowery dance, military dance, zouave drill and a series of special song and dance numbers. The event for the pant years has replaced the former teachers-mer-chants basketball game, sponsored by the club. Tickets may be secured from any member of the civic section ..f the Woman's club, or fron members of the Pep Champs and Commercial Club. ■ (ft Escape Severe Storm At Bryant Wednesday Arthr Miller -f this city and Frank Miller of Van Wert and Bryan Myers of Wren, escaped a severe storm with cyclone proportions near Bryant last evening- Tho men were driving north towards Decatur on U. S. road 27- They stopped at the lunch stand near the state road intersection and were informed that a heavy storm struck in the vicinity c.f Bryant. Mr. Miller and party (proceeded home without encountering any trouble.

Slogan Contest Deadline Is Midnight Saturday, April 18 All entries for the slogan con- entrant submit a letter ot not test for Decatur's Centennial must more than 100 words, telling be submitted not later than mid- "What the Centennial means to night Saturday, April IS, Roy me.” Kailver, chairman of the Centennial The slogan contest is open to publicity committee, warned today, anyone, and each entrant may subNo entries postmarked later mit as many slogans as desired, than midnight Saturday will be | The purpose of the letter is to deconsidered by the judges. tide the winner of the $lO grand Purpose of the contest is to prize in event the winning slogan select a striking name for this is submitted by more than one city’s 100th birthday party, to be person. held Sunday, August 2 to Satur- All slogans and letters should day, August 8. be addressed to the Slogan EdiSlogans are to be short, with tor, in care of the Decatur Dally the committee suggesting a maxi- Democrat. mum of five words. Judge® to select the most apAccompanying the slogans, the propriato slogan will he announced committee lias asked that each later this week.

Accident Recalls Death 3 Years Ago By a strange quirk of fate, 'lrene i Sells, who remains unconscious at the Adams county memorial hospital as a result of injuries sustained in an auto accident last evening [lives at the same residence on Schirmeyer *4tre Q t that was the scene of a tragic event about three j years ago. Pansy Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Smith, while standing on the porch of the same house was killed from a flying tree stump, blasted from a nearby lot. RURAL SCHOOLS TO GIVE PLAYS Seven Rural Schools To Present Plays Friday Night Tlie second annual series of oneact ple.vs sponsored by the public speaking classes of the seven rural high schools of tiie county will be presented at the Monroe and Hartford township high schools Friday night. Doors of the auditoriums of the two schoofe will lie opened early to accomodate the crowds anticipated. The plays at Imth schools will begin u.t 7:30 o’dock. Schools to particinaie at the Monroe school are Monmouth. Pleasant Mills, Kirkland and the host school. Those at Hartford, other than the home school, will lie Jefferson and Geneva. Admission to each of the auditoriums will be 10 cents to everyone. Proceeds derived from tho aflajr will bo turned back to the public speaking classes of each school. This will he the second event I planned by county school leaders to foster a growing interest in public speaking, and to afford the students and parents in the south half of the county with a comparison of activities in the north, ejid (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) 0 WEATHER Fair tonight and Friday; not much change in temperature.

Alice Brown Killed Instantly In Auto Accident Near Wren, Ohio; One Other Badly Hurt

PREDICT BOOST TO MEN UNDER WORK PROGRAM Labor Congressmen Foresee Higher Wages Under The WPA Washington, Apr. 16 — (U.R) — Increased wages for the 3.500.060 persons on work relief under the 1937 program for which President Roosevelt has asked an additional $1.500.000.000 appropriation, was predicted today by “labor" congressmen. Rep. William P. Connery. D., Mass., chairman of the house laboi committee, eaid he had received assurance from works progress Administrator Harry Hopkins that prevailing wage rates would be paid over a broader range than at present. “The SSO security wage is out.” Connery said. Connery's prediction, however, was disputed by Chairman James P. Buchanan of the house appropriations committee considering j the added relief appropriation to , supplement funds now on hand l after July 1. Present security wage levels, “with some exceptions," will continue under the new program, Buchanan said. Organized labor has fought for prevailing wages to persons on ; work relief and obtained them for j some locajities. Much of the' house support for earmarking, $700,000,000 of the relief fund for non-federal public works projects under the PWA is due to the fact prevailing wages are paid under the public works administration. For Conservation ■Washington, Apr. 16 — (U.R) President Roosevelt called on the nation today to carry on with renewed vigor the government's policy of conserving natural re-. sources. The chief executive spoke at the corner-stone laying of the new I $12,000,000 department of the inferior building now under construction. Secretary of interior Harold L. Ickes joined the president in urging conservation of resources and called on congress to change his department’s name to "the department of conservation. High officials of the government were in the crowd that heard Mr. Roosevelt review what already has been done along conservation lines and saw him lay the corner etone with the trowel used by George Washington when he started construction of the national capital in 1793. C. C. Directors To Meet Tonight The board of directors of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce will meet tonight at tho Rice hotel at 7:30. All members are urged to be preeent as matters of importance will be discussed. SCHOOL PLANS CABARET DANCE Howling Hosts To Hold Cabaret Dance Here Friday, April 24 The second annual cabaret dan c *( sponsored by the 'Howling Hoste, boys organizaztion of the Decatur high school, will be held at the Sunset dance pavilion Friday, April 24, J at 9 p. mRr,berfc Ashibaucher has been named general chairman for the cabaret dance. Mre. Pen Robinson is : chairman of the food committee. ' The floor show is being arranged by Sigurd Andereon and Harry Moyer. > who will act as (master of ceremon- ' ies. Price for the party will be 75 ' cents per *?aple, and includes table 1 reservations. Lewie Smith is chair- ' man of the ticket committee- Reservations downtown will be made by Lewis Smith, Junior Barker, James 1 Ehinger and Bob Brodheek. Reser- ’ as five couples. Admission for high school students unreserved, will be 50 cents . vatlons may be made for as many (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

WORK STARTED ON ROAD 101 Work On Construction Os Highway East Os Decatur Is Started W.. k on the construction of state read 101. e’ast of this city was open--1 ed this morning by men employed ! under WPA labor, about 30 in numI her. I Sam Bentz, of near this city, was i notified of his appointment late yesI terday as foreman of the construe--1 tion. Ferd O'Brien was named as- ! sistant foreman. Both men were selected by the state highway department, of which Ora Baker, of Blufft..i is the supervisor for this district. Neither of these men is to be under the supervision of the WPA. Contrary to former beliefs, work was started on the south extremity of the project, despite the failure of Dallas S; tiller, owner of the south-erm-st tract of land to release the right-of-way. The road is to be extended to the Adams-Allen county line by this I group of men, and Allen county is ' expected to complete the new road through its territory. Efforts are .being made to extend the road further into the northern pact of the state to the Michigan line thus completing a new and modern shortcut to the lake regions and to Detroit. FINAL COOKING SESSION HELD Free Cooking Schoo! Is Concluded Here This Afternoon : iA large crowd attended the last j session of the electrical cftojfing school held at the Knights of Pythi ias home this afternoon- The school ■ was sponsored by the light and powI er department of the city of DecaI tur in -. injunction with the Schafer Store, the H. L. Lankenau company. ' the Decatur Electric company and the Norge SalesMrs. Alma Harshbarger demonstrated the new type of electric stoves and showed how to cook food in the best manner. She urged the conservation of food values by proper methods of cooking and recommended steam cooking as being much better than boiling. The first session Wednesday was opened by Mayor Arthur R. Holthouse wl.i explained the new city electric cooking rate, which is one ■of the lowest in the state. The cost is now four cents per KWH for the first 25 KW'H and 214 cents per ' KWH for current used over this amount. Prizes were won the first day by the following persons: Mrs. H. LLankenau, M.-s. Mary Myers, Mrs. C. D. Teeple, Mrs. Clara Rumschlag. Mrs. Bryce Thomas, Mrs. Ada Martin, Mrs Fred Stauffer and Mrs. Sam 'Hower. Food iprizezs were given to: O. D. 1 Nichols, Mrs. Phil Macklin, Mrs. 1 Theodore Witte; Mrs. Herman Gil1 lig. Mrs. Charles Fetcher and MrsDick Schafer. | The menu demonstrated this 1 afternoon was: Oven: broiled steak (baked (potatoes, carrots, pie, bran muffins and cup ca.kes. Surface heater; beets, green , beans and cabbage. r Cooker; Italian spaghetti. . Mrs. Harshbarger's demonstra- , tion was preceded by a short talk on the advantages of electrical . cooking given by Miss Agnes .. Reusser of Indianapolis. s o —— Decatur Ranks High f In Safety Report ' The city of Decatur was at the top of the list in Indiana during the 1 months of December- January and 9 February, in resipcct to the least '' number of fatal accidents. There were none during the period. ' Adams aounty was 18th in num--3 ber of (persons Ikilled in counties having from 15,000 to 20,000 population Two were killed during the period. R This report wae made by the govr -ernor's committee on public safety ’ for (Indiana.

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[Local Clerk Is Instantly Killed Last Night When Auto Hits Abutment Near W ren, Ohio. ONE IS SERIOUS One young girl was killed instantly, one seriously injured and two young men also suffered injuries. when a car occupied by the four persons, returning from an ice cream social tore into the cement abutment of the und»spass of the Erie railroad, one mile west of Wren. Ohio, last night about 10:30 o’clock. Miss Alice Brown. 22, clerk at the Economy store here, and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Brown, of east of Wren, and formerly of this city, was instantly killed when she was thrown under the car from the terrific impact. Death was due to a broken neck land cerebral hemorrhage. Miss Irene Sells. 17. daughter <>f Mr. and Mrs. Ora Sells, of Schirmeyer street, of this city, remains in a semi-conscious condition at the Adams county memorial hospital. She is in a critical condition suffering from a brain injury and a. possible skull fracture. Tie* lattending physician, stated that there is hope for her recovery. Clarence Smith, 25, driver of the car, suffered severe head lacerations and injuries to his legs. He was treated at the office of a Wren physician a.nd returned to his home on North Second street. John Brown. 18, brother of tho victim, escaped with minor bruises and injuries. His miraculous escape of serious injuries was ; attributed to the fact that he was i holding his sister at the time of tlie crash. The party was enroute to the home of the victim's parents. Mr. and Mrs. Brown, when the accident occurred. (Smith’s version of the accident states that they were traveling at a fair rate of speed when the abutment, unknown to him. suddenly loomed ahead. Unable to make the S turn at tho underpass, ajid not being able to apply the brakes sufficiently they were driven against the west wall of the abutment. Born In Decatur Alice Brown was horn in this city September 13, 1913, living here during the greater part of her grade school life. She then moved with her parents to tho home near Wren. She was graduated from the Convoy. Ohio high school. Her father was employed by the Fort Wayne-Decatur interurban electric company for a number of years. She was a member of the First Baptist church in this city. She had l>een employed at the local Economy store for the past (several months a,nd had been staying at the home of her grandfather. John Chronister, North Seventh street, during that time. Surviving other than the parlente are: John, the brother who was with her in the accident; and the following brothers and sisters. (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE, OFFICIALS Os LOCAL CHURCH Baptist Church Officers Are Named For Ensuing Year The Rev. Homer J. Aspy todav announced the officers of tlie Baptist church of this city for the coming year. These were najned at a recent meeting of the congregation. Deacons will be: C. E. Bell. IT. N. Slhroll, Cal E. Peterson. S. E. Hite. C. V. Hilyard. Roy S. Johnson and C. W. Moser, Trustees will be: S. E. Hite, C. . V. Hilyard. Ira Bodie, Ernest Lake ‘ and Arthur D. Unversaw. C. E. Bell will be superintendent ' of the Sunday School. The church clerk will be Mrs. Will Winnes. 1 Cal E. Peterson will be the church ■ treasurer. ‘ Miss Jessie Winnes will be the financial secretary and Mrs. C. E. ■ Shamp, the missions treasury, i The president of the Women’s • society will be Mrs. Will Winnes. ' Lester Johnson is the president of the B.Y.P.U. Cal E. Peterson is ■ chairman of the ushers. Mrs. ’ Frank Young is superintendent of the Junior church.