Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 112, Decatur, Adams County, 9 May 1936 — Page 1

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i mendment to liIEW TAX BILL I AD TO LABOR LJlment Hailed As KtHJiner To Short ■ | Work Law ». At i l ' Pff’s*** -lIKdX u ' i ' ■' ■* u - ri * ""■ EE filing WMS ' (i . ii. > '.'l'l'' Hopkins to .. to KStlli,. th., house for HL| ” ..ppropHatimi . - to .4mi ."OH.- would ;] li. illegally tn ■ * lli'ii'.' leaders boat . ; ..... oil'" ' . 'ii' wages to tioV!BL■ inip.'i taut victory in AIEI tilt ;'■ horter work,^t n n flt.. hi.it,-.. 1.i1.0i commitK. aalaiitlioi of the -10 hour Krk-1W I'ii' predicted the would in intlusKy ineJasitiy ’’ s wß « e levels. ■The (Sint:-, in the bill was acI ~i' ■ . appropria■Kr Mr idnnnistr.iiion prevßhii-' wages- were being Mir New York Bhi'V ellv.'.i ; ■>i i iv. rvwhere. that be aeeepted lE<M.. an. written into the Ks Mi li <1 n’t tnea.n that i M i, ' r 5 F r; will I ’ l ' or ’ e ** Mr ’- i 'ii-t industry will i lift ROOMS | JO BE LISTED Rooms- Available During Week To Be Listed —mailable for sleeping Sartfl for visitors to Decatur's during the week of to S will be listed in an booth on the midway. ■El'm'.'iis, member of the committee of the Centie invitations comhe in charge of this I the celebration. of the committee rehome owners fching to take advantage of the to house part of the 1 .,--. during the til'' 'li' ii' names witlt Mr. iiBL w iaillpil wiih " ,e ° it ' Hrs ,o >'."lo' of convenien"1 persons the rooms and the prices i ’he Centennial the rooms classified and an effort <1« . nt.- upon standard ratl|itl>'l'l'lll types of aceomo- ■ lions. committee ex EHE ,IU ' many of the former »f the city who plan to Decatur during the birthhave relatives and [ ,I! yINUED ON PAGE FIVE) Started On Assessments luid ll ' P astiessors Will Winnes Cline and Mrs. Ireta Fryfor assessor E. A. Eona? A' 6 '' r ° rl<in K in the com■•al" f ' ■ ' n l,|p co,llt house on tor the assessing just of all assessments are Sor gi '''? Pllable c °unty Asse.s®tatafe <S * ""tfthman to make th" ■or 11 Po '' "" May 20 thp final dav FI.S a3aeßsi ng details. Northman state,] todav B'fsslp/"'’ ’’ f thp DGta 'nr busk '■sa.gX Ct ’ t!le last teritory to be Kcemi. 1 coai P lp t«l with the ■store- a tew P’Ck-wps of ■wAl, . (ice 6 10fat «i in other KtisinZ a tW °. stores who w ere in ere in March but whose RM‘‘ av " u ‘°ved to other places-

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She Didn’t Know Z ’ ’•’***’ f .Jr ; / k - < t J When questioning by G-men who captured Harry Campbell, notorious ga.ngster in Toledo. 0., revealed that hsi wife, a dark-eyed brunet, above, was ignorant of his true identity and criminal activities, they released her. GIVE PROGRAM OF CONFERENCE Youth Conference To Be Held At Monroe May 15-17 The program for the Youth's conference to he held at the Monroe tabernacle May 15-17 has been practically completed. It was announced today that the Berne Aceordiati hand, under the direction of Marcus Schindler will furnish a 3bunmnte eonceft' at rhe Sunday evening session of the conference. The conference will open Friday evening. May 15. at 7:30 o'clock, with the orchestra'and introductions. Rev. R. E. Manlier will he the speaker that evening. Saturday morning will open with chapel service at 9 o'clock. Blaine Bishop will conduct the evangelistic hour at this service. Dinner will be served at the Monroe high school front 11:30 to 1 o'clock. Saturday afternoon session will start at 1 o'clock and will feature the Cleveland colored quintet and Rev. Edison Habegger The Saturday evening session will open at 7 o'clock. Rev. Harold Wiswell of Fort Wayne will be the speaker at this session. The Sunday morning session will open at 0 o'clock with a sunrise prayer meeting in charge of Jack Miller. Marguerite Meyer will conduct a Union service at 10 o'clock. Sunday afternoon Dr. Robert Lee Stuart will be the speaker, and Sunday evening Rev. P. B. Smith of Bluffton will bring the conference to a dose. Special music will be furnished by the Decatur U. B. church, the Berne Missionary and Mennpnite churches, Berne West Missionary church, St Paul Christian Union church and by the colored quintet.

SCHOOL CIRCUS WELL ATTENDED Full House Attends Opening Performance Friday Night A full house of 1,000 persons attended the opening performance of the Combined Adam Hindpaw and Barndoor Bailhay Ringless circus, presented by students of the Decatur high school. Friday night at the Central school grounds. A second performance of the amateur circus will he given this evening at 8 o’clock. Two parades will be held today, one at 4 o’clock and one at <. 30 o'clock. The circus opened Friday night after the coronation of the king and queen. Ernest Wilson and Helen Jean Kohls, freshmen in the high school. Freshmen were 'selected as king and queen of the circus because this class sold the most tickets. W. Guy B-own was in charge of the coronation rites. On the program of the circus was the equestrian act, the wonderful slack wire performance, the elephant act, pyramids, Katherine, the Arkansas giraffe, the cadets, (OONI’INUED. ON PAGE I'IVE)

GIANT AIRSHIP FINISHES EPIC MAKING FLIGHT German Dirigible Ends Flight Over Atlantic Ocean (Copyright 193 G by UP.) Lakehurst Naval Air Station. N. J.. May (U.R) The German dir-! Igible Hindenburg, 803 feet of 1 majestic beauty, arrived today on the first commercial airship flight between Europe and the United States. Its arrival marked the inauguration of regular passenger, mail, and freight airship service between Europe and the United States, and established a date in the history of air transport. In a velvet smooth, almost noiseless flight of 3,600 miles from Friedrichsafen. Germany, the Hindenburg lopped nearly a day and a half from the westward airship record set by its veteran sister ship, Graf Zeppelin. The flight was one of ten round trips to be made this summer. It means that within a month, when the American clipper planes start regular passenger service across the Pacific, it will be possible, as an ordinary paying passenger, to travel around the globe in a matter of days, comfortably, by air. The Hindenburg, leaving Friedrichsafen at 4:30 p. m. Wednesday passed up the Rhine, across Holland, down the English channel, along the English coast, across the Atlantic — breasting, without disturbing the flower vases in its cabins. a torrential rain storm and tossing air currents, and into its American port. It was sighted over Long Island just before dawn today, in a setting of surpassing beauty, and flew up needle shaped Manhattan Island. level with and almost touching the Empire State building tower, turned down the length of ■ the Island again as crowds on Broadway cheered, and in the gathering day arrived at Lakehurst as the sun was warming up. lt_ was sighted at Lakehurst at 3:43 a. in". iCSTI and towTTHTTtrtes later was over the field. It flew on to the south, turned east and (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

CLUB WOMEN TO ATTEND MEETING 47th Annual Convention Os Indiana Federation Next Week Clubwomen attending the 47th annual .convention of the Indiana Federation of Clubs at Indianapolis, May 12, 13 and 14. will have the opportunity of hearing for the first time in the history of the Federation in Indiana, representatives of both the Democratic and Republican parties speak in the open forum hour. On May 14, at 10:50 a m. Mrs. Hugh Miller. D., Philadelphia and Mrs. John William McCanly, R., Menomie, Wis., will discuss "Trends in the two great parties as seen through the women’s eyes.” At the breakfasts, luncheons and dinners throughout the three days, speakers of note will give food for thought on vital subjects of the day. While there will be conferences of presidents, department chairmen, reports, serious study of international relations, legislative problems, the program also includes an informal reception at the Claypool and a tea and reception at the Herron Art Institute with members of the seventh district as hostesses. It will also be a singing convention. Each ot thirteen districts is bringing its chorus, singing its own district song. A prize is to be given for the district having the best chorus. The appearance of the Delaware comity orchestra club, a group ot 24 young women, all artists, will be one of the outstanding musical features of the program. The Indianapolis Star will award prizes for the best press reporting done by club, county and district chairmen. Mrs. W Guy Brown, president ot the Decatur Woman’s club and Miss Vivian Burk, president of the Adams County Federation of Clubs will represent this district. A number of others are planning to attend. o WEATHER Partly cloudy tonight and Sunday, followed by local thundershowers west Sunday; continued warm.

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Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, May 9, 19.36.

Decatur Nonagenarian Dead « WMWra vs® vjfcx.'xMrs. Jane Acker, age 96. died at her home, 227 South First street at about 10 o'clock this morning. Mrs. Acker was Decatur’s oldest resident. She was born in St. Mary’s township. Adams county, in October, 1840 and lived here for nearly half a century.

CORNERSTONE | WILL BE LAID To Lay Cornerstone Os New Geneva School j. Building May 14 Construction of tho new Geneva consolidated school building is i progressing rapidly, according to reports, with ceremonies of laying the cornerstone scheduled for I Thursday. May 14 at 7 p. m. The cornerstone will be laid by Rudolph H. Horst. South Bend pub . Usher who is grand master of the j Free anu Accepted Masons of In I diana. Masonic officials will assist lin the ceremony. State Senator Thurman Gottischalk. of Berne, will take part in .the exercises and the Shrine band [from Fort Wayne will furnish the I music. The procession will form i in front of the Masonic lodge home lin Geneva at 6:30 p. m. and march to the ceremonial site. John Premer. former Geneva resident, stone cutter from Fort Recovery, Ohio, is engaged in refacing and re-lettering the cornerstone of the old building which will serve as the cornerstone for the new SIOO,OOO consolidated building. George Shoemaker, president of the township advisory board is reported to be ill at his home and may not be able to attend the ceremonies.. The other members, Fred Mathys and Eli Augsbu'rger, will attend.

Local Girl Tells Os Interview With Lowell Thomas, Lecturer

Dolores Klepper, daughter of Mr. and Mrs W. A. Klepper of this city, had the pleasure recently to interview Lowell Thomas, world traveller, lecturer, writer and radio commentator, while riding on a train. Miss Klepper is a student at Georgian Court College in Lakewood. New Jersey. She was returning to the school after a visit with her parents here, when she met Mr. Thomas. Her interview was published in the “Court Page,” magazine published by the school and ia as follows: “To know Lowell Thomas is to see a true citizen, a fine statesman, and most of all, a man deeply concerned and active in the events of our nation and neighbor countries. "It gives me the greatest satisfaction to learn from him the steps that led to his success In his sincere, humble and pleasing manner he related the painstaking effort put forth to achieve his goal. Truly. his life was not a commonplace one. It was the hard Knocks and constant plugging that raised him to the level he has attained and bolds. The following facts were

France Confer Loses In Primary Election | According to the list of winners | in the Democratic primary in Lake county, as sent out from there today, Ray J. Madden was nominal- ? ed for county treasurer, defeating France Conter, former Decatur man and present treasurer of Lake county. It was one ot tha. hotly, contested battles there and there i was much interest in the outcome , by Center's friends here. The re(l port did not give the figures. MONROE MAN DIES FRIDAY William W. Hendricks Dies Friday Afternoon At Hospital i ' William Walton Hendri.ks, 76. 1 Monroe, died at the Adams county ’ memorial hospital Friday at 3:10 1 p. nt. Death was due to heart t«'uble. 1 . The dceeaaed was born in Monroe township May 4. 1859. a son of Ma.shach and Margaret Hendricks He was a painter by trade. For the past 55 years he had made his home with Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Johnson of Monroeand after their deaths , continued living at the Johnson residence. His entire life was spent in ’ Monroe and vicinity. He was never married. The only known survivor is a 1 niece. Mrs. Wesley Haggard. Five i rrONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

' given to me by Mr. Thomas with an earnestness that was truly delightful. , I “Lowell Thomas was born April 6, 1892, in the village ot Woddington, Darke County, Ohio, near the Indiana line. His parents were both country school teachers “When he was eight years of age, they moved to Colorado where his father became a physickaSi and surgeon attached to the gold mines of the famous Cripple Creek district. For nine years he lived at an altitude of 10.000 feet, a few miles away from the mines, at a place called Victor. At thirteen, he went to work in the gold mines, i riding a horse eight hours a day ■ over the mountains, to 'prospect holes' and small mines, collecting gold ore samples to be assayed. He spent summers working both underground and 'on top' as an ore sorter, mucker, trammer and driller. He finished high school at the age of sixteen, and had his first I taste of writing as an editor of a high school newspaper called the ( ’Sylvanite.’ ” "The first college he attended * (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO),

CITY'S OLDEST RESIDENT DIES THIS MORNING Mrs. .lane Acker Dies This Morning After Extended Illness Mrs. Jane Acker, 96, Decottu's oldest resident and nmmber of one I of the earliest and most prominent I pioneer families in Adams county, died at 10 o’clock this morning of old age and infirmities. She had been ill for several weeks. Until three years uro Mrs. Acker had been quite uctlve. Since that time she bad remained in her home at 227 South First street but had been able to get around the house until her fatal Illness. A native of Adams county, she was born in St. Mary’s township. Her family for many years was prominent in Republican affairs in the county and was associated I with much of the early develops- 1 ment of this territory. Until almost the very end. Mrs. Acker’s mind was active and she was able to recall times in Ada,ms county when Indians were still common visitors and wolves endangered the lives o travelers. Mrs. Acker was born in a two room log cabin between Bobo and Pleasant Mills, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Zacaria. Smith, October 9, 1840. Her father was the first elected sheriff of Adams county. Ho was on the original commission which selected the name of “Bluffton" for the Wells county seat. While she was still a girl her father was drowned and her mother raised tho family of five children a,nd managed to keep all of the 600 acre farm but 80 acres intact. When Mrs. Acker was 10 years old the family moved to a new hewed log house, one of the finest in Adams county. Mrs. Acker married Irvin Acker in 1860. The family moved to Decatur in order that the children might attend the local schools. He preceded her in death March 2. 1923. Surviving Mrs. Acker are three daughters. Miss Eva Acker at the home on South First street. Mrs. Dora Myers of Hartford township and Mrs. Frank Blissner of San Jose, California. Mrs. Lois Black, a gianddaughter. ajso makes her home with Mrs. Acker. There are 15 grandcchlldren and 15 great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Monday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock at the home. Tile Rev. Kenneth Timmons, pastor of the Christian church of this city, will have (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o Ben Lange Injured Friday Afternoon While delivering a gas drum to the Green Kettle Friday afternoon. Ben Lange slipped The drum fell on his foot and fractured two of the i~H cn the right foot. o NAME THREE TO APPRAISE LAND Judge De Voss Names Appraisers For Land Wanted For Road Judge Huber M. DeVoss late yesterday afternoon found for the plaintiff in the suit of the Adams county commissioners against C. Dallas Spuller. Union township farmer, for appropriation of land, and appointed three men to act as appraisers of the land. Charles Arnold, Victor Uhlman and T. J. Durkin were appointed by the court to appraise the land, which is being sought by the board in constructing state road 101. Included in the appraisement to be made by the men is the report on the value of the land, value of improvements, damage to the real estate and the benefits, if any, to be derived from taking out the tract. A board of appraisal had been previously selected by the commissioners and Mr. Spuller before the condemnation proceedings had been opened. These men, Leo Kohne, Ed Moses and Theo. Hobrock had appraised the land as follows: $l6O for the land. S6O for fences and $9 for three trees deemed valuable for lumber. The appraisal of these men was rejected by the land owner. Work on the road is progressing at presenT, except on the part owned by Mr. Spuller pending outcome of the suit. Bertha Spuller. Earl Butler and Mae Butler were named as co-defendants in the suit, having interest in the land.

Girl Speaker w '.a». • 1 . Miss Marguerite Myers of Chicago, girl preacher, will be one of the talented speakers at the Youth conference of Adajns county to be held a tthe Holiness Tabernacle at Monroe, May 15, 16 and 17. She is lioth an evangelist and . a preacher. WILL EXPLAIN VALUE OF WPA Government Expert To Address Club Women Os Indiana Indianapolis, May 9 — “The last-' ing value of the works progress . administration" is to be explained ’ to more than 300 women from all | over Indiana by Mrs. Ellen S. ; Woodward, Washington, national director of women's activities of the works progress administration, I at the state conference on women's ! work to be held here on May 15.! in the Riley room of the Claypool I hotel. Mrs. Woodward, a native of Mississippi, has had a varied and sue-, cessful career, in 1924 she was elected to the Mississippi legislature, where she was the second i woman to serve in the house of representatives. For three years she was director of civic development, a division of the Mississippi state board of development, a state wide organization devoted to the industrial, agricultural, social and educational advancement of the state. Then she served as executive secretary of the state board of development, a post never before held by a woman. She also servpd as executive secretary of the research commission of Mississippi. In 1932 she was made one of the five mem hers of the executive committee ot . the Mississippi state board of pub-, lie welfare, concerned with the ad-1 ministration of relief work from its beginning. Since 1933 she has been in Wash-i ington as director of the women’s division, first of the emergency relief administration, then of the works progress administration. Un-1 der her supervision, projects have! been planned and put in operation 1 which have given work to needy, destitute women all over the Unit ed States. The Indiana conference will ; bring together all clubwomen.! township trustees, directors ot W I PA women's projects, and others! in the state interested in welfare work. Members of the Works Progress Administration district advisory committees in the eleven Indiana WPA district are to be special guests. Committee members from the second district who will attend are: Mrs. Fay Smith Knapp, Decatur; Mrs. Alice Foster McCullough, Ft. Wayne; Mrs. L. A. Woodward, Ft. Wayne; Mrs. James Cronin, Hartford City; Miss Ethel Williams, Marion; Mrs. Eunice Markley, Bluffton; Mrs. Helen Clugston, Col umbia City; Miss Hazel Mandal-1 baum, Wabash; Mrs. A. H Cole. Peru, and Mrs. Glenn Smith, Hunt ington. o Decatur Ranks High In Safety Campaign With no persons killed, Decatur stood at the top of the list for the months of December, January, February and March in the safety program sponsored by the governor’s committee on public safety for Indiana. Adams county stood 19th in the list for the same period. Two persons lost their lives in automobile fatalities during the time. ■ o— McAhren Funeral Services Sunday Funeral services for Mrs. Emily Boyer McAhren. 64, will Ibe held at the home, one half mile north ot Monroe at 1 o’clock Sunday afternoon and at 2 o’clock in the St. Paul Christian Union church southeast of Decatur. Burial will be made in the Deval ur veiueterj\

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, FINAL PAYMENT ORDERED MADE TO DEPOSITORS Judge Orders Final Distribution To Berne Bank Depositors Judge Hubert M. DeVoss today ordered Robert T. Kramer, special 11 representative of the department of financial institutions, in the matter of the liquidation of the Peoples State Bank of Berne, to make final distribution of 10 per cent to I depositors of the bank. This perI eentage, together with the divi■lends heretofore paid by the bank, will amount to u one hundred per I cent distribution to depositors. ITo make the last 10 per cent payment, the sum of $14,383.20 is re1 quired.. The court further ordered accruled interest paid upon all certifiI cates of deposit and savings ac- ! counts to the date of closing of the bank, July 13, 1932. This reI quires the sum of $3,699.66. Since i it was not possible to obtain waivers on al! interest accrued since the date of closing of the bank, the j court ordered interest paid to de- , positors who refused to sign waiviers in the amoutn of $724.91, this being the amount claimed by deI positors who refused to sign waivers. | The total payment ordered made at this time, including principal land interest amounts to $18,807.77, all of which is being paid from funds derived from the general I liquidation of the bank. With the making of this final distribution all depositors have received the face amount of their deposit. Checks have been preI pared for this final payment and I distribution will be commenced : May 13. Depositors should arrange to call for their checks as promptily as possible as no checks will Ibe mailed. History of Trust The Peoples State Bank closed July 13, 1932, and was placed in 1 liquidation under a liquidating agent April 22, 1933, ten per cent 1 distribution was made to deposi- ' tors.. On October 25. 1933, the trust ot the Peoples State Bank i was taken over by the department ■of financial institutions of the i State of Indiana. Since the date the department took charge the following distributions have been made: On June 2, 1934, a 15% distribution was made of $15,680.90. October 29, 1934 a 15% distribution was made of $17,547.64. May 31, 1935. la 15% distribution was made of $21,486.15. August 30, 1935 a I special distribution was made to depositors who were stockholders 'and who had not received their respective percentages on the first I two dividends, which distribution ! amounted to $9,744.30 and was held as a payment upon stock I assessment. September 13, 1935, a 1 30% distribution amounting to ! 042,973.14 was made; on November 1. 1935, a 15% distribution amountling to $21,532.88 was made, and the final payment being made at this time of 10% amount sto sl4,(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) 0 MANY WORKING AT HOMESTEAD Thirty-Three Now Doing Repair Work To Houses At Homestead Thirty-three persons were at work at the Homesteads project here today with the prospect that the force will be increased to more than 100 in a few weeks. A crew of 14 men are working at the repainting of the interior of the 48 houses and making repairs. A crew of eight men is laying the foundations for the new garages to be constructed under the $15,000 extra appropriation recently granted the local project. Six foundations will he completed today. Monday, 11 more men will he put to work on the garages. Later, carpenters will be hired. Efforts are being made to use as many local persons as possible on the construction. It is expected that this community will not be able to supply the demand for labor. Other improvements to be .made this summer a.t the project are screens tor all of the windows, ; coal bins, laundry tanks and water connections to the basements. Plans for furthering of the landI scaping have not been completed, li It is expected that this will be i done either this summer or next 1