Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 124, Decatur, Adams County, 23 May 1936 — Page 1

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■CK LEGION [■mrers will ■J.CE CHARGES aßit Believe Has Scores Os KB Victims ||K " ,i ' 9HK," '- Pl ll "' ■K. II ■ <■> *h<.«- H‘"ll" , t<>- ~.. to "iij, . fib' “ f MT|r ol Wl-lk>T who < I'livii i- -I ; Hi" ditch , .> , , ti .-in,i n;r h K«<t I '''- ail ’<> , ; Ul'l tl..uu.. 'l .< ; Lip-'" ii , : . | K b'i."'."i |K=r. i against u'iy ... S^H... .. I X ' m 11 > ■ members. Tie ■fi tit all.-lily had : . M-fc ■ w.i- slain, said b" Mt ■! li. r. Anthorim i i ' i, ' h a -’ bi seemingly more Bsß-' ■'! Navarro that death ■"''" " " 1 ami th;,! I n; I'b■■ "tin ii still at largo, logion hud ami Im th" other ■peasant Eggs ■ ■Are Being Hatched »• ' ll.liehod for 101 l and game l.-.ign.- (ho Decatur B'lt June s. ■Mr” "• Hi" moisture needl.ing iiioso yogs, it has ■BF — ida.ee ■g»tor """ '•” , 'k an(l turkey ■9 t'eiiuiios about _’f days ine> '.' ll:iVl> not yet been '"" b' a ~'U' as to how the <lli ‘ k! ' wil * be i,ttn<iied : ‘i" hatched. They can until they are ' old. It is probable will be left in the ■F“W '" Hie first two weeks . -0 Decorations I [At Decatur Store BCi2t ll "' AniPl ''ian Legion those charge of deerav,n o f war veterans to iTtersmi clothing n le WO rk. Early urged to decoration F^^B m oria! Day. ■k )nctor To Attend Meeting gggM? II- Frohnapfel will EESP* district meeting of the lr °l || ‘ ar ti<‘ association in »3l k ° hi ° 011 M° nd(l y and onSt lhSy WiU vi6it with their -WtfSr* 1 ' , an int erne at the Chiropractic college.

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To Open Nominations For Centennial Queen Nominations tor queen of Decatur's Centennial ceflobratlon will be accepted next week. Blanks I will appear In the Decatur Demoi crat all next week Nominations must be brought to the Decatur Democrat office or ( mailed to the Centennial Queen ' editor in care of the Democrat office before Saturday, May 31), at midnight. Tho election will be held during tho month of July. BONUS PAYMENT STARTS JUNE 15 Soldiers Bonus Payments Will Be Started In Next Month Raymond B. Kohne, service of-1 fleer of Adams Post 13, American Legion, received word this morning from Harry R. Hall, state service officer, that bonds and checks i for odd amounts of the soldiers bonus would probably start going out in the mails June 15. The state officer mentioned that . it would not be possible for all deliveries to be made immediately, and that 30 days time might be required for all vets to receive their amounts. There will be no way to rush earlier payment, he stated. The Indianapolis regional office will be able to have certified all . applications for settlement that have been received by June 6, utiles unusual circumstances make a delay on the particular application. He assured the veterans that all i concerned are making a determin--1 ed effort to have the bonds and checks delivered at the earliest ‘ possible time. The bonds and checks will be sent, out by registered mail and will be delivered only to the veteran in person, to whom they are ' addressed. A receipts will be obtained from him at time of delivi ery. i When the veteran has changed Tlfs adtlress since making his application, and the bonds cannot be delivered personally at the former address, the applicant should write to the regional office of the veteri ans administration, asking for the change of address blank, form I 1709. CENTRAL PUPIL I AWARDS LISTED — Honor Students Awarded; 69 Are Graduated This Year Awards to students of the Central grade school, for outstanding scholarship records for the entire year, were presented Friday afternoon by Bryce Thomas, principal. Awards were made to the following pupils: Marjorie Miller, 8A; Peggy Gaunt and Irene Light. 8B; Mary Louise Frank. Betty Myers. Annes May Merriman and Alice Yoet, 7B; Elaine Edgell, Helen Fennig ami Mtvy Jane W ilison. 6A; Joan Cowens and Mary Louise McCoy. SA. A total of 69 pupils graduated from tho eighth grade this year. Short exercises were held Thursday afternoon, followed by a picnic at Sunset park. The complete list of graduates follows: William Archbold. Robert Baxter, Edward Beaverw. Hollis Bonifas, Bill Brown. Fred Carson, Robert Collier, Duane Davidson, Richard Drake, Robert Egly. Robert Eichorn, Dick Fennig, Robert Gentis, Richard Hammond. Nod Johnson, Robert Lord. Harry Massonee. Edward Reynolds. Raymond Sheets, Richard Spencer. Robert Stapleton, Richard W alters Esther Baumgartner, Anna Brandytberry, Ethelyn Burnett, Evelyn Burnett. LaVon Debolt. Kathleen Fryback, Violet Girod. Mary Maxine Hilton, Phyllis Hunter Dixie Miller, Marjorie Miller, Clara Morgan. Patay Moser, Elizabeth Reynolds. Betty Ross, Thelma Smith, Margaret Ulman, Dorthea Watrous, Katherine Welland Helen Williams. Ervin Anderson, Charles Andrews, Richard Foreman, Cecil Gause. Ralph Hawkins, Curtis Laturner, Karl Miller. Junior Owens, Max Smith, John Stoner, Edward Toney, Richard Tope. James Kitchen. Robert Porter. Pauline Acker, Allee D s? k " 1 Barbara Duke. Peggy Gaunt, Maty Girod. Doris Hitchcock, Helen. I Kelly, Irene Light, Margaret Rit- • ter, Maxine Smith, Margeiy i Thornton, Jean Zimmerman, MarI jorie Beer.

CONFESSES SLAYING MATE r A 7 x*' on k 4 W - /•' -j Ri ti I\\ z/I ■I \ v I® // / i \ V HFjk i a I . \ 'i iBIB’ kA eib- .A. a, j 1 1 Guy Tajlmadge, 58-year-old Rockford, 111., undertaker’s assistant, allegedly confessed that he shot 1 nud Killed his wife. Beastie, 53, on a lonely road near Oregon. 111., Tuesday, because, it was stated, she refused to comply with his wishes for a divorce. At left. Tallmadge Is shown reading over his confession. mid. at right, as he broke down and wept following his confession. _

BOYS CONFESS TO ROBBERIES Young Lads Admit Robberies; Lenhart Dairy Is Robbed Two small boys, about 12 and 14 years of age, confessed last night when questioned by local author- ' ities to two recent pretty robberl. ies in the city. i The young lads confessed to en- ' | tering the Staley Dairy Products • | company last evening about 6 , o’clock when the manager was in |the back room, and getting away, I with about $6 in cash. Authorities apprebi-nclW th e’ > boys later in the evening, as they • had been seen in the vicinity. The > loot was hidden near the river, and - the boys attended a theater per- > i formance. II They also confessed to entering the Maier Hide & Fur company a| week ago Wednesday and escaping I with ’about $8 in cash. They were I also linked with looting several I private homes. Thieves, apparently of higher 11 caliber, broke into the Lenhart Dairy company sometime during ' | the night, and escaped with a large sum of money. Adrian Lenhart, proprietor stat■•ed that he could not determine the exact amount but it was about ISO. The thieves entered by a rear door, between closing time of 6:30 last night and 7 o’clock this morn- ' ing. The door was forced open and the combination broken from the safe. Local authorities who are investigating the robbery believe that it was engineered by outside “talent,” Several clues, including a rubber heel print, are being followed. o MONROE BIBLE SCHOOL OPENED Total Os 86 Enrolled In Monroe Summer Bible School The first summer Pible school, which opened in Monroe Wednesday, is being received with fine ; . enthusiasm, and classes are progressing rapidly, according to Roland Sprunger, superintendent. A total of 86 students are now enrolled in the work, with visiting pastors delivering addresses at the sessions. Teachers of the classes, conducted in the Monroe high school are: Marguerite Lewellen, Louis Niles, Mrs. Everett Rice, Walter Sommer, Pauline Buckmaster, Mrs. Paul Bahner, the Rev. Elbert Morford, Opal Sprunger and the Rev. E. S. Morford. A three weeks course Is scheduled with the closing exercises to be held on June 9. Transportation for the children has been furnished by interested persons. Virginia Stults Dies At Warren Mrs- Virginia F. Stults, 78, mother of Morris E.- Stults of Bluffton, I di = d at S a. m. Friday at the Methodiet Memorial Home in Warren after a six weeks illness froln I dropsy.

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Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, May 23, 1936.

Violet Reinwald Revue Here June 7 The annual presentation of the Violet Reinwald revue will ibe held at the Catholic school auditorium in this city Sunday evening, June 7, at 8:15 o’clock. The revue will be presented in two parts, with a Wai of 15 numbers to be present. Three of the numbers will be given iby Decatur pupils, with Miss Betty Jane Toole as instructor. o JUDGE DEVOSS ON COMMITTEE Local Judjje On Democratic Temporary Platform Committee Indianapolis, May 23. —(U.R) —Officials of the Democratic state con I vention were to be selected today at a meeting of the party’s state convention arrangements commit , tee. | Gov. Paul V. McNutt is schedul'ed to be the keynote speaker on state and national affairs at the convention which opens June 16. The committee also will select a ' permanent chairman, secretary, sergeant at arms, chief doorkeep i er ' Appointment of a 12-member ' temporary platform committee to ' j prepare drafts of the party's state i platform was announced by Omer I Stokes Jackson, state chairman. ■ i Perry McCart, Paoli, member of ’ the public service commission and a veteran member of the party’s ! resolution committee, was appointed chairman of the committee. Members of the committee include: First district, Miss Mary Grace' Wells, Gary; second district, Geo. Stevens, Plymouth; third district. Mason Petro, Mishawaka; fourth district, Judge Huber M. DeVoss, Decatur; fifth district, Harvey Cole, Peru; sixth district. Judge Jewell Stevenson, Danville; seventh district, Paul Feltus, Bloomington; eighth district, Floyd Hammer. Huntingburg; ninth district, McCart; tenth district, George Brid enhager, Liberty; eleventh district, Mayor Harry Baldwin, Anderson; twelfth district, H. Nathan Swain. Indianapolis. Virgil M. Simmons, Bluffton, is chairman of the committee on convention arrangements. Other ntent bers are Henry O. Goett, Indianapolis; Alex N. Pursley, Hartford City; Mrs. Sanford Trippett, Princeton, and Miss Eudora Kelley. Nashville.

Do Your Shopping a Day Earlier — Shop next Thursday and Friday, because you can’t do it Saturday. Stores will be closed in observance of Memorial day. Watch the paper for week-end holiday specials. Advertisers are requested to get copy in early and not miss the regular run of business—do as much in five days as formerly “run-up” in six.

BUSINESS IN STATE GAINS Emnloyment, Payrolls Show Gains Three Straight Months Bloomington, Ind., May 23 —<U.R) — Brisk industrial activity, a marked recovery in building trades and hea.vy sales of new and used automobiles caused the Indiana business curve to be above normal for three of the four months of this year, the Indiana university bureau of business research renorted today. Emnloyment and registered their third 'successive gains during April, continuing the gradual progress which has characterized the improvement in these items during the last three years, according to the bureau. The heavy burden still is being carried by the federal and state governments, for public works programs and direct relief, however. and considerable gains in iprivate employment still must be hoped for, the report said. “The Indiana general business curve moved higher during April was within less than a. point of breaking through the rceent high mark of December, 1935,” the re- ; port said. “Perhaps the most notable feature of the past month was the excellent showing in the major industrial lines of the state. Steel mills were operating at new high j levels and pig iron production (CONTINUED ON PAOE SIX) o — G. E. Foremen Hold Picnic This Afternoon Approximately 150 persons will attend the stag picnic for foremen and supervisors of the Fort Wayne works ."f the General Electric company at Sun Set park this afternoon The Decatur foremen and aupreI visors wi’l lie the hosts. Bert Gage, i assistant superintendent of the Dei catur works -Is general chairman of i the affair. The G- E- orchestra will furnish itnusic during the afternoon. o Joseph Kaehr Condition Is Reported Unchanged The condition of Joseph Kaehr j was reported to be still unchanged today. He has been confined in the local hospital since Tuesday, when he suffered several . broken ribs and an injured back , and skull. His condition has remained serious since that time.

ZEPPELIN SETS FLIGHT RECORD ON TRIP HOME Dirigible Hindenburg Prepares To Fly To South America Frankfort, Germany, May 23 — ' (UP)—-Home after a record return from Lakehurat. N- J., the dirigible Hindenburg was made ready today for a flight to Rio de Janeiro, Bra- 1 zil, Monday. Aided by tail winde all the way, the Hindenburg landed at '.te new home port here at 4:14 A. M. (9:14 p. m. Friday CST) after a flight of 48 hours 9 minutes from Ijakehurst. It shaved 19 minutea front its time for the first homeward flight, and could have shaved hours had Capt. Ernst Lehmann elected The Hindenburg flew front New York City to the European coast in 45 hours 32 minutes. Its time front Newfoundland to Europe was but 21 hours. After flying far north of the usual routes, the .Hindenburg veered I southward and passed from Northern Ireland over the English coast, passing over Keighley, Yorkshire, the ship dropped a bouquet of carna- 1 tions with a silver cross. Attached was a letter signed I “Johann P. Schultz, first flying ,' priest.” asking the finder to put I' 1 the cross on the grave of his j' brother, a German world war officer | who died, a prisoner, at Keighley, i ’ Two boys .picked up the bouquet and (put it on the grave. Father, Schultz made the first westward | crossing of the Hindenburg, on his way to the Canadian northland. The next flight of the Hinden-1 . 1 burg to Lakehurst is scheduled for ' June 19o BULLETIN The Decatur Yellow Jackets and Hartford City Airdales will meet at 2 p. m. today qn the Bluffton diamond for the northeastern Indiana conference baseball championship. Decatur defeated Kendallville \ this morning. 8 to 4, and Hartford l City defeated Bluffton, 5 to 1. RULING TO BE GIVEN MONDAY i Ralph Gates May Force Special Republican Meeting Indianapolis, May 23. — <U.R) A| , decision by Monday on whether Re- , . publican district chairmen will de- ■ mand a special reorganization i meeting of the state central com mittee was promised today by Ralph Gates, Columbia City, fourth district chairman. Gates opposed Don Irwin, Frankfort. for state chairman in the regular organization meeting last 1 week but lost when Irwin voted for himself in breaking an ll to 1 11 tie. 1 Recognition of Gene Scamahorn, ’ Rockport, and Mrs. Tom Groves, ’ Huntingburg, as eighth district ■ chairman and vice chairman also • was urged by Gates. ■ Scamahorn and Mrs. Groves - were excluded from the state comI mittee meeting last week on 1 grounds they were not legally elect- . ed in a district meeting. They were re-elected in a “rump” session at Boonville. “Transcending the personal in--1 terest of anyone is the seating of the properly elected chairman and r vice chairman of the eighth dis- > trict,” Gates said. 1 “This district consisting of 10 " counties with a population of 265,1 000 is entitled to representation on < that state committee at once so as - to give the district full participation in The state convention to be ■ held in 10 days.” Gates supporters believe they can oust Irwin In a new organization meeting if the eighth district representatives are seated. o Conferees Agree On Naval Expenditures Washington, May 23. — (U.R) — Senate and house conferees reached an agreement today on the $525,000,000 navy department Appropriation bill, largest peacetime naval expenditure in history. The measure provides for construction of 12 destroyers and six submarines and authorizes build-. Ing of two battleships in the event that other signatories to the London naval treaty undertake similar construction. The bill also would permit building of 333 airplanes.

Legion Memorial Service Sunday (All members of the American Legion, jw-wervlce mfn. (Span)th Ameri un War veterans and members of the Ladies Auxiliary will attend the Memorial services to be held this year at the Z!?u Lutheran church. The program is under the direction of Adams post number 43 of the American Legion. The Rev. Paul W. Schultz, pastor bf lhe church, will deliver the special memorial sermon during the regular church servicesAll, who plan to attend, will meet at the Legion home at 10 o'clock Sunday morning. They will mar h in a body to the church, led by the colors. RECEIVE BIDS FOR ADDITION Zion Lutheran Church To Receive Bids For Improvements Plans and specifications for the remodeling and enlarging of the Zion Lutheran church will be on file at the church office Monday, May 25. and must be obtained within two days of this date, and all bids must be returned within two weeks. The owner reserves the right to reject any or ail blds, or award the contract to the low est, best and most responsible bidder. The plans call for an expendiI ture of approximately $12,000 and in addition, the congregation will install a new organ at an approximate cost of $3,000. New church furniture, new pews, new altar and ! . new chancel furniture will also be purchased. A new front will be built on the present building, and a new foyer i for the middle entrance. A new section will be added to the rear of the present building and will be 30 by 50 feet, with a new side entrance to the main auditorium and the basement. The entire structure, both old and new, will be covered with a light colored, smooth surfaced brick. The basement will include an assembly room with a seating capacity of approximately 250, a stage, kitchen, recreational room, furnace and coal rooms and lava-, tories. The Zion Lutheran church is observing the 35th anniversary of its ' founding this year. The church membership has been more than I doubled in the past 10 years. o Report Cards Given At Close Os School Report cards were given to the I pupils of the Decatur high school , ' Friday afternoon at 1 o'clock. No ■ program was held in connection with the closing of school. Monday the pupils of the sociology classes will visit the state institution at Fort Wayne. W. Guy Brown, principal of the school and sociology instructor, will be in charge of the trip. 0 WEATHER Increasing cloudiness south, local thundershowers north, continued warm tonight; Sunday local thundershowers, somewhat cooler except extreme southeast. PLAN TO ATTEND DISTRICT MEET Northern Indiana Red Men Meeting At Fort Wayne Tonight Representatives of the local order are planning to attend the northern Indiana Red Men meeting in Fort Wayne tonight. The meeting opens at 7:30 in the lodge rooms of Mechannochqua Tribe No. 106, ■ Improved Order of Red Men. Several prominent Red Men will be present at the meet, including: Edward G. Harding, of Indianapolis, great chief of records; Huston S. Pattterson, also of that city, and great prophet of the state order; I Great Senior Sagamore H. W. Van Busick, of South Bend; Ralph • Soule, of Mishawaka, member of ■ the bylaw committee and Glen i Davis, of Elkhart, member of the ■ board of appeals. i Delegations from Huntington, Bluffton, Warsaw, South Bend, Elk- • hart, Mishawaka, Monroeville, : Waren, Columbia City and Atwood • will attend, in addition to the Det catur representation The adoption degree will be conr ferred by the Monroeville degree team. Speakers for the evening • will be Mr. Harding, Mr. Patter son, Mr. Van Busick and Mr. Davis

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SENIOR CLASS IS GRADUATED FRIDAY NIGHT Commencement Exercises Are Held For 55 Graduates “There are too many people in the world today with more power than they know what to do with,” said Dr Robert Williams, president of Ohio Northern University of Ada, Ohio, at the 55th annua) commencement exercises of the Decatur high school Friday evening. Fifty-five seniors and approximately 1,000 guests heard the commencement program in the high school gymnasium. Following the exercises, the annual reception glv- | en by the seniors for their friends and relatives, was held in the gymnasium. George Toy's radio orchestra furnished the music for the dancing. The same decorations were used for the commencement exercises and reception as were used for the other activltites in connection with the closing of school. The commencement program was opened by an accordlan-saxophone quintet followed by the invocation said by the Rev. H. W. Franklin, pastor of the United Brethren church. Three musical numbers were sung by the glee club. This was followed by the address. Robert Johnson sang a vocal solo. W. Guy Brown, principal of the school presented the graduating class. Ira B. Fuhrman, president of the Decatur school board presented the diplomas. The benediction was said by the Rev. Homes J. Aspy, pastor of the First Baptist church. A song by the high school glee club closed the program. Walter J. Krick, superintendent l of the Decatur schools, was in charge of the program and announced the speaker. The glee club numbers were under the direction lof Miss Helen Haubold, supervisor of music, and the band numbers, under the direction of Albert Selletneyer, band instructor. Commencement Address Speaking on “Gateways to Suecess,” Dr. Williams outlined a program designed to lead the seniors through the tangled problems of t hewo tdlrot shrdltt ow thm fw the world to success. He said: “One thing most people are wondering about is what is happening in the world. In my survey of events 1 have found some definite trends. There are some new things being produced which we are too near to clearly understand, j “Science has never had so many instruments. In the last 50 years i it has made more progress than It has since the founding of the republic. Man has annihilated time and space. The railroads have surmounted the poblem of distance which was once though to be the most formidale barrier to man. I remember thrilling to the stories of Jules Verne. I remember reading of his stories of trips to the moon and around the world in 80 days. Today the world has shrunk to thte size of a country neighborhood. The Internal combustion engine has had much to do with this. “It was only in 1828 that our government sent a commission to investigate Indiana, Ohio and this part of the country. The commission reported that the territory was a morass, impregnable and forever unhabitable. “The paradox, tragedy and penalty we pay for progress is that we must make more progress. There is never a time when we 1 can say we have conquered our last goal and reached our last star. “It doesn't seem long since Mr. Dorwln made a trip to the antartic and showed to us the continuity ’ of lite. It is not surprising we are ’ In a state of confusion and bewild--1 erment. r ’ “Young men and women must endeavor to put themselves at ease ’ in a world in which they are living. ! They must recognize that the world was made to live in. Man has survived because he was the most intelligent and most able to I adopt himself to the world. Be- . fore man there were great beasts, ' t which have disappeared because . they could not adapt themselves. f “Some say you are a lost generation. They say that our generp ation made a tness of things. Our generation made many mistakes, but there are many things which .’ must forever be credited to our ’ generation. You must remember j that you are not the best people , that ever lived, neither are you the worst. b “First you must have a philosophy of life. You must commit yourselves to some program. Be- ; fore you will be able to obtain s- (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)