Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 102, Decatur, Adams County, 28 April 1936 — Page 1

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' I <>r Decatur’s ■.nlcnmal << h ion E . (her Top: K n i Plans Outlined. ■eCT BILLBOARDS . (', ni.-n'ii-il I Will’ UU ’.>■ --I- '•'•■l' "i- wp. np>:: >’>’ H" r,,lan F. I ,„ I?: v- < |K U , tof a '"tai "I *'• r iP,l S r ' ll ,l) da "'' ,„• had h--«n set by the * |q —•- :-:.i ■ " f S ""' • v. Ai;a- "■ h.l- hern m :■■■! Hr Ehinger and ('-n'.-'i'i"' 1 'initials stated driV'- 'he sale of '** < • r.i :!i- <l -nd .1 total j^K r , than L •■xpect'-d to t<> Decatur’s "i ,x " ■? n<xt summer. 1 Pageant Report ’’!>«■ th- w-kly ne-tdig of the . Monday Fred general , -•-■! interview he president officials of the John B RogPatterson and Mr. Pum- , he company at Fostoria. last week and conferred officials. of the script for the which will be tho out-f.-a'ur.- „f ’lie Centennial were given the local ■ ' lead Ht : 1 net ion ' n--d by Dr. ,•« f-age six) ®WI. HEALTH ■■AYBBSERVED Speak To Stu■ents; Hold City ElecS| tion Wednesday and health day was tixlay'c ..f the national Boys and *-ek observance in Decatur. " oft! e week's H E. Daniels, secretary of board of health, spoke to of tin central gradeschool I C'-cal ass.-mbly this morning J. Kohne. president of the board, addressed the (pupils St. Joseph grade school. on subject, also in a speassembly. special softball game, beth" ( entral team, city grade and the local Rotary. Postponed thi.s afternoon be■B* "* Wel grounds and threatenVote Wednesday of the grade schools * eler,( ‘d to city c.fficee at a ci,y election Wednesday Ms lh * a! h o'clock, with the elec--11 e hel'l at the public library. BL >0 aiate ® have been chosen, as ,he "Go-Getters’’ and ■t' al, ei.s. ' From these slates "' elected a mayor, city clerk,llrpe members of the (otincil, fire chief, city tvf <pon>. s,r< ' Rt commissioner. of the Decatur Rotary the Boys and |B' f bX ] IX£ Er| ON PAGE SIX) lB ee "® e Violation I I Lharge Is W ithdrawn Bhi't wm'" a ' acUon brou « bt for ha-K Conner of this city ■s di» 6 1 nn ® without a license ■ «l bussed today on a writ of ■turitev'pi" flled by Prosecuting Brie „ .. E<im,lnd A. Bosse. 11 19t , Was filed 011 February wL t6 T Ponßer bad been Kun« ' by a JUry in the Bore t„ Uit Colut a f ew days Bbe char» actton on the ■to the 6< i .^ e treaded not gttilBeased minal cll arge and was ■Thr- o»° n a $ 250 bond. [WtB O s fy Was ® us hed by memIBer the R state barbers’ iboard Baling wl th a ? ) tmen 1 t of legtelation h licensing of barbers.

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I Venezuela President Inauguration on April 29 of Eleazar Lopez Contreras, former army officer, as new president of Venezuela marks the beginning of a new era for the South American nation which had been ruled for the past 25 years by the late dictator, Juan Vincent Gomez. ALBERT KELLER TAKES SECONO Local High School Senior Finishes Second In Rotary Contest Ai'iert Keller, senior in the Decatur high echo .1, won second place hi the discussion contest held in the Central high school building in Fort Wayne Monday night. Mr. Keller is the son of Mr. and Mrs- Arthur J. Keller of 706 North 'Second street. He has been an honor student in the Decatur high school and recently was awarded the se .’.nd Rector scholarship at DePauw University, granted in Adams county. Two weeks ago Mr. Keller won first place in a contest sponsored by the local club at a regular meeting. This entitled him to comtfiete in Fort Wayne in the district contest against boys from Kendallville. Auburn. Columbia City. Fort Wayne and Bluff- .nThe hoys talked on the Fourth Objective of Rotary which deals with international relations. The papers were prepared by the boys and were pronounced excellent by (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) COMMUNION AT LOCAL CHURCH Class Os Boys, Girls To Receive Communion At St. Mary’s A class of 22 boys and 16 girls will make their first Holy Comniunilon at St. Mary's Catholic church Sunday, May 3, at the 7 o’clock mass. The services will consist of the receiving .-.f the sacrament, the renewing of baptismal vows and sermon by Rev. Father Joseph Seimetz, ■pastor. A solemn high mass will be ■jeleibratedThe members of the class are: Patrick Briede, Victor Braun, Richard Braun, Louis Coffee, Joseiph Daniels, John Downs, Charles Faurote, James H'ess, Robert Kows, James Kortenber, Robert Kruse, William Lengerich, Norbert Lengerich, John Miller, Daniel Miller, James Roop, iHUbert Schmitt, Robert Steigmeyer, Thomas Ulman, Richard Wemhoff. Owen Wemhoff, Vincent McClintock. Miriam Appelman, Agnes Eyanson, Naureen Fullenkamp, Celeste Geels. Mildred Geimer, Justine Heiman, Irene Heiman, Bernice Kintz, Catherine Kohne, R*se Marie Kohne, Mary A. Laurent, Marjorie Rumschlag, Catherine Schmitt, Mary Tonnellier, Patricia York, Joan Bierly. The children will be enrolled in the.scapular of Mt. Carmel at the afternoon services.

ROPER DEFENDS NEW DEAL AND ITS POLICIES Commerce Secretary Speaks To U. S. Chamber Os Commerce Washington, Apr. 28 — (U.R> — Responsibility for getting the government out of private business rests solely upon business itself, Daniel C. Roper, secretajy of commerce, told the 24th annual meeting of the United States chamber of commerce today. Answering previous speakers who had charged the government with invasion of private industry, curtailment of private initiative and competition with private business, Roper said: “The best way to take the bureaucracy out of government is to place more responsibility on non-government agencies. "While it is true that during the emergency period the federal government assumed many of the responsibilities of individuals, industries, and municipal ajid state governments, it does not mean that these responsibilities properly belong to the federal government." Roper's defence of the new deal and its policies was made after Harper Sibley, president of the I . S. chamber of commerce, had given an inferential ajiswer to the administration’s challenge to industry to take up the slack of unemployment. Sibley told the convention that 5,000,000 persons had been returned to the payrolls of private enterprise by the end of 1935. Roper answered charges of interference by proposing a ten point program of co-operation between government and business which, if carried out. he said, would lead the nation out of the depression and return all employable persons to gainful occupation. Roper advised business and industry to put its own house in (QQ.NT.INUED ON PAGE SIX)

REBUILTUNIT Os LICHT LINE Citv Rebuilding Unit Os Light Line Supplying Monroe Current Work is progressing on the rebuilding of a unit of the City light and power line in the south end of town, which supplies the Monroe light and power line with electric current. From the Krick-Tyndall junction, the line is being replaced with a new number two wire. Due to the increased load on the Monroe line in and around the town, the old number six wire became inadequate. The number two wire carries nearly twice as much electric current. The capacity of the wire is 110 amperes, compared to 70 amperes on the number six wire. The electric light committee of the council, of which George Stults is chairman, and members of the electric department made an inspection of the line sometime ago and ordered the extension. Twelve new poles, in addition t" about 3,000 feet of wires are being erected. The town of Monroe is also rebuilding sections of its distribution systef, due ta increased demand for light and power. Heavier wires, and additional transformers are being erected. The Monroe line, from the Decatur city limits at the Ben Biting (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o Kilowatt Production Reaches High Peak Kilowatt production at the City light and power plant reached a new peak yesterday. The production was 31.300 kilowatts, the (highest on record in history of the plant. The entire load at the Central Soya company wae hooked on the city lines. The electric load was still running heavy this morning and a higher record might be established. M. J. Mylott, superintendent and Frank Burns, engineer, stated that the highest previous point was made last November 19, when 31,000 kilowatts went through the switchboards. _ —o WEATHER Ooccasional rain with local thundershowers tonight and Wednesday; slightly cooler extreme northwest portion.

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Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, April 28, 1936.

CROWD ATTENDS MASONIC PARTY Many Attend Masonic Stag Smoker, Card Party Monday Night A large group of men attended the stag emoker and card party held at the Mwonic home last night, as th ' first cJt a gerles of such events eponsored by the members of the order. The party was attended by 55 mem here of the order and eight invited guewts- Games of pinochle and bridge were played, with novel and entertaining prizes awarded to the winners at each of the tables. George Harding closed the event with a short talk. The committee in charge of last night's event was Clarence Beavers, Robert Kridk and Chester Mciintash. Tentative plans »have already been made for a fish fry, which will proba'bly be held May 18. Following the games last night a luncheon of ice cream, cake nd coffee were served by mmebers who acted as waiters. o HILDA ULMAN DIES MONDAY Mrs. Bernard Ulman Dies Monday Afternoon At Home In This City Mrs- Hilda Maria Ulman, 36. wife -f Bernard J. Ulman, died at her home on 1131 North Second street Monday afternoon of myocarditisMrs. Ulman was born in Adams county on May 7, 1899, the daughter of Martin and Caroline Reinking, j Besides the husband, there are surviving six children, including Gerald, a five-months old infant s.-,n. Other children are Margaret. Alice. Ralph. Marlene and Philie. There are two surviving ibrothers, Walter Reinking of Fort Wayne and Louis Reinking of Preble, one .half-sister. Mw, Olga Springer of Fort Wayne, one step-sister, Emma Beiberich of Peoria, Illinois, and one step-bs .ther, Fred Beiberich of Preble. Mrs. Ulman was a member of the St- Mary’s Catholic church of this city. She had lived in or near Decatur all her life. Funeral services will be held at the St. Mary's Catholic church Thursday at 9 a. m- The Rev. Father Joseph J. Seimetz. pastor of the church will officiate. Burial will be made in the St. Joseph's cemeteryThe body will be removed from the Gillig and Doan funeral h...ne this afternoon and may be viewed after 7 o’clock this evening until time of the funeral. 0 Road Work Positions Practically All Filled Reports from the office of the county road superintendent show that nearly every available position on road work in the county under WPA and CCC is Billed at the present. There are about a dozen men employed under WPA program and a capacity number under the CCC. The office has been besieged with appleiants during the past few weeks, but there are about fifty applications in line now. according to reports. Every effort is being made by the officials to locate men on the jobs as rapidly as possible and they ask persons desiring work to cooperate by waiting until there is an opening. o Legion Drum Corps To Meet Wednesday The American Legion drum corps is requested to meet at the legion home Wednesday evening at 8:00 o’clock. All members are urged to attend.

To Call Decatur Centennial “Achievements Os A Century”

"Achievements Os A Century!” Decatur’s Centennial celebration from August 2 to 8, inclusive, will be officially known by the above title. Selection of “Achievements Os A Century” as the official name was made by the judges of the slogan contest conducted by the publicity committee, at a meeting of the four judges Monday night. The prize award of $lO will be given to Mrs. Marie Dailey, 1043 North Second street, who contributed the winning slogan. The four judges were in session for nearly two hours, selecting the

TWO PRIMARIES HELD TODAY IN EASTERN STATES Pennsylvania, Massachusetts Elect Convention Delegates (By United Press) I Pennsylvania and Massachusetts elected delegates to the Republican and Democratic national conventions today in primaries many observers believed would reveal the trend of political sentiment in the industrial east. While President Roosevelt virtually was assured of pledged delegations from each state, and while election of unpledged Republican delegates seemed certain, both states provided means for voter to state his preference among candidates for the presidential nomination of his party, and these votes will be watched with the greatest interest. Boston, Mass., Apr. 28. — (U.P) — Politicians anticipated definite clues to the present political temper of New England from the writein presidential preference vote in today's Massachusetts presidential primaries. Republicans elect 33 delegates who will be unpledged; Democrats elect 38 delegates who will cast |34 votes at their national convention. The delegation will be a Roosevelt one. In a special place on the ballot, voters will write in their choice for the presidential nominee of their respective parties. The name of no candidate is printed on the ballot, thereby provided the freest possible choice. Political observers believed this preference vote might prove an accurate political barometer. President Roosevelt had virtually no opposition. Os the many candidates for delegateships, only one Democrat, former State Representative Alexander F. Sullivan, had campaigned on an anti-new deal platform. He wants to be a dele(CONTINUBD ON PAGE F+VK) O DEATH CLAIMS ORENGILPEN Former Decatur Resident Dies Monday Night At Fort M ayne Oren M. Gilpen. 40, Waynedale, a native of Decatur, died at the ' Methodist hospital in Fort Wayne [ at 11:50 p. m. Monday after a 1 week’s illness of pneumonia. The deceased wa.s born in Decatur August 28, 1895, a eon of Reuben and Hattie Gilpen. He married Marie Hays of this city in | 1920. He had been employed at the General Electric factory in , Fort Wayne since 1923. He was a member of the Ma- . sonic lodge of Fort Wayne and ■ the Waynedale M. E. church, where he served several years as t superintendent of the Sunday school. • Surviving are the father, the widow and four children: Madei lyn. Louis, Orton and Linden, all • at home; and three brothers; (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) ;— — 0 : Sees Abrogation Os Two-Thirds Rule ’ Washington, April 28 —(UP) — Chairman Jamee A- Farley of the Democratic national committee predicted today that the rule requiring nomination of Democratic presl- ' dential candidates by a two-thirds majority will be abrogated by the i national convention which convenes ■ in Philadelphia June 23. I Farley Eai.ihasized that he was I net attempting to apeak for the convention. but said:

winning slogan from an entry list of approximately 100 slogans. Judges who selected the winning slogan were A. R. Holthouse, mayor of Decatur; Huber M. DeVoss, [judge of the Adams circuit court; ;' Roscoe Glendening, president of ' Decatur Chamber of Commerce, and Walter J. Krick, superinteni dent of the Decatur public schools. The prize winning slogan will be i used as the official title for this ; city’s Centennial celebration and • will be featured in all publicity and advertising material used for i the observance of Decatur's 100th s birthday anniversary.

Three Men Held At Huntington As Suspects In Lima Robbery And Slaying At Indianapolis

HOLD PRIMARY ELECTION HERE NEXT TUESDAY Chief Interest In Primary Centers On Four Democrat Races With the primary election only a week off. chief interest among Adams county voters centers in the Democratic and Republican races for Congress and in the three Democratic contests for county offices, including joint representative, prosecuting attorney and recorder. Both the Democrats and Republicans have three candidates for the congressional nomination this year. On the Democrat ticket, James I. Farley, Auburn, who is serving his second term as representative from the Fourth district in the national house of congress, is opposed for renomination by Judge Clarence R. McNabb of Fort Wayne and Thomas P. Riddle of Ray. Political dopesters declare the race is between Farley and McNabb. Both are making an aggressive campaign for the nomination and the race is one of the most interesting of the campaign. Riddle was the I Democratic candidate six years ago. but his campaign this year does | not have the militant spirit which marks the contest between the other two candidates. Both Farley and McNabb have a large following in Adams and the other seven counties which comprise the district. David Hogg, and Fred T. Robinson. both attorneys of Fort Wayne a'hd Howard S. Grimm of Auburn, are Republican candidates for the congressional nomination. Due to the fact that Mr. Hogg is better known in the district, it is believ ed he will be nominated. Adams county Republicans have voted for Mr. Hogg in his former campaigns. Counties which comprise the Fourth district are: Adams, Wells. Allen. Whitley, DeKalb, Noble, Lagrange and Steuben. County Candidates The congressional nominees head the county tickets. The Democratic race for the county recorder nomination is a five point contest, with two women and three men aspiring for the nomination. The candidates are: Mrs. Ruth Hollingsworth. Mrs. Ella M. Peoples. Walter J. Bockman, incumbent, Milton E. Hower and E. Coy Martz, all of Decatur. The candidates are making a county-wide canvas of the voters and predictions of the outcome of the race include everyone of the five candidates, depending of course which candidate is fav(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) O PART OF LOOT IS FOUND HERE Sheriff Recovers Articles Thought Stolen At Lima, Ohio Sheriff Dallas Brown reported last night that he £c.und what is supposedly part of the $15,000 loot obtained by bandits in the Lima. Ohio, jewelry store robbery. All of the articles found were of little value, according to the sheriff who answered the call of a fisherman who made the discovery. Severl plush-covered .boxes of the type used for jewelry, and bearing the name of the Lima Jewelry store were found tucked into two old pillowslips. A cameo broken from a stick-ipin, thought k". he of small value was also included in the find. The abandoned loot was discovered in the Wabash river east of Ceylon, and is thought to have drifted a considerable distance downstream from a bridge, from which it could have been thrown into the watersThe discarded articles were taken to the Adams county jail where they are to be held for authorities if needed as evidence. Sheriff Brown stated that the articles were probably part of the Lima loot as they could have been abandoned by the bandits enroute to Indianapolis where they engaged in a gun battle late last evening.

May Rule Egypt '—l w ! HBM * JißLt 1 Although he is only 16, Prince • Farouk, son and heir of King ' Fuad I, reported critically ill' at 1 Cairo, would rule Egypt in the j eevent of his 68-year-old father’s I 1 death. BOARDS NAMED | FOR ELECTION Democratic Election Board For Primary Next Tuesday Listed Democratic election boards for each of the precincts in Adams county, to serve during the primary election. Tuesday. May 5. ' were announced today by the var-1 ious precinct committeemen: The complete list follows: Decatur 1-A— Lawrence Green. I. Committeeman: Inspector: Joe i Linn. Clerk: Edith Leester. Clerk: I Mary F. Sorg. Judge: Mrs. Flor-j ence Green. Sheriff: Jacob Huff-1 man. Decatur 2-A August Heimann. " Committeeman: Inspector: Fred P. |' Hancher. Clerk: Bernice Nelson. Clerk: Margaret Beal. Judge: M. F. Harris. Sheriff: Gerald Eady. Decatur 3-A — Jess Cole, Committeeman: Inspector: Jess L. Cole. Clerk: Mrs. O. L. Vance. Clerk Verena Niblick. Judge: L. C. Helm. ' Sheriff: Pete Ampsbaugh. Decatur 1-B—Dee Fryback. Com- ' mitteeman. Inspector: Harve Stevens. Clerk: Ireta Fryback. Clerk: George Andrews. Judge Mrs. William Shomaker. Sheriff: John lyDecatur 2-B—David Adams, Committeeman. Inspector: Ferd O’Brien. Clerk: Alvina Smith, Judge: Mary E. Adams. Sheriff: Fred Thieme. Decatur 3B— Harold Daniels, Committeeman. Inspector: Burt Lenhart. Clerk: Esther Kelly, Clerk, Bernice Gloss. Judge: Marcellus Miller. Sheriff: Je-sse Hmst. I Berne “A” — Chris Musselman, Committeeman. Inspector: Frank Habegger, Clerk: Christ Lehman. Clerk: George Bixler. Judge: Robert Riesen. Sheriff: Homer Parrish. 1 Berne “B”— Wesley Neuen- • schwander, Committeeman: Inspec- ' tor: Grover C. Moser. Clerk: Mrs. Dora Winteregg. Clerk: Mrs. Millie Von Gunten. Judge: Milford Bal- • singer. Sheriff: Peter A. Habegger. Berne "C" — D. D. Stauffer, Com- • mitteeinan. Inspector: V. A. Eichen- ! berger. Clerk: Helen Reusser. > Clerk: Eliza Braun. Judge: Rudolph t Schug. Sheriff: Sam Beitler. Geneva “A” — Charles Brown, Committeeman. Inspector: George , A. Howe. Clerk: Clara Anderson. ; Judge: Alfred Kneu ss. Sheriff: . Hugh Hofstetter. > Geneva “B” — Harold Mattax, 1 (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) . , o I Elks To Initiate Class Wednesday i ■ r A class atf approximately 20 cans didates will be initiated into the 1 Decatur chapter of the B- P. O- Elks . Wednesday night at 8 o’clock. t The work will be exemplified by $ the degree team of the local lodge, 3 A free luncheon will be served folj lowing the initiation ceremonies. All members are urged to attend.

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Alibi Os Three Arrested Men To Be Checked; One Officer Slain In Effort To Make Arrest. ROBBED JEWELER Huntington, Ind., Apr. 28 (U.R) —An alibi wan offered by three men today soon after their arrest by state and local authorities for questioning in connection with slaying of an Indianapolis sargeant. The men gave their names as Fred Heller, Detroit, Mich.; George Stanley, San Jone, (’al., and John Schroeder, Cleveland. Hf Iler, driver of the automobile in which the men were riding, said he was a traveling salesman. He said he was hurrying to the bedside of his wife, who is ill at their home. The men were halted by state police and eheriifs officers on U. S. road 24, four miles west of here. Heller said that the automobile he was driving lielonged to a, man named King, with whom he had travelled in the west. He said his automobile had been wrecked at a tourist camp and that King had offered him the use of hie automobile. Stanley and Schroeder were hitch-hikers picked up at Logansport and Peru, Heller said. Authorities said the alibi would be checked immediately. Officer Slain Indianapolis, Apr. 28 —<U.R> —The largest manhunt organized in Indiana since that which followed the bloody trail of John Dililnger -and his desperadoes today scoured 'the state for the slayers of an Indianapolis policeman. The bandit gang shot its way out of a police trap here last night, fatally wounding Sergeant Richard Rivers. 40. aud endangering the lives of a score of small children on the south side. Joe Lambardo, who escaped with four other men from the Carlin- ■ ville. 111., jail last Saturday, was I believed heading the gang. It also was believed by authorities he deserted his original gang and 1 picked up three other desperadoes ! in a mid-western city. The gang had first brush with the law yesterday morning when surprised by police while robbing a jewelry store at Lima, O. One of the gangsters was wounded in the shooting affray. Search for the desperadoes centered on the west boundary of Marion county and near Danville, in Hendricks county, after discovery of two burned automobiles, one of which may have been used as a funeral pyre for a slain bandit. One car. a 1936 Buick, was found? at the county line by deputy sheriffs Paul Shuppert, Herbert (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) o LEGION MEET HELD MONDAY Informal Inspection Is Made Os New Legion Home In This City Approximately 80 persons attended the general meeting here Monday night of the Adams post number 43 of the American Legion, when an informal inspection of the new home on Madison Afreet was made. Besides the Decatur legionnaires there were guests from Fort Wayne Bluffton, Columbia City, Van Wert Ohio, and other surrounding cities in addition to members fr?<m (Berne the southern ,part of the countyThe meeting was opened by Commander Dee Fryback who conducted the business session. He then turned the meeting over to Walter Gladfelter, chairman of the program committee, who in turn prescented L. E. l.wber of Columibia City, past commander of the Fourth District of the American Legion and now membership chairman of the district. Me made a short talk. Letters of congratulation were read from Mayor (Arthur R. Holthouse and from Rcscoe Elberson, president of the Decatur Chamber •of Commerce. Telegrams were received from Fre Hill of Lagrange Fourth District commander. Pleas Greenlee, past state adjutant of the American Legion, and Congressman (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)