Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 140, Decatur, Adams County, 12 June 1936 — Page 1

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CUB SCOUTS TO BE ORGANIZED Organization Meeting Will Be Held Tuesday Evening An organization meeting of the Cult Scouts will lie held Tuesday afternoon at 4:15 o'clock at the Central school building and boys who have registered are requested to attend. I About 30 boys, between the ages of 9 to 12 have joined the Cubbing organization. The Pack meeting Tuesday will be j the first general assembly of the Cubs and p'ans will be made to - select the individual dens, den; chiefs. den mothers, and location of the different dens. Plans for the organiza-’ion meet-: ing were made last night at a meet-, ing of th- .eneral committee held: at the Rice hotel- Those attending were, Rev. Homer .1. Aspy. cub master; Charles Langston. chairman; Earl Colter, Lloyd Cowens, Glen HiP. Tillman Gehrig. Cal E. Peterson, Bryce homas. boy scout commissioner. Rev. GeorgeO. Walton and Rev. Charles Prugh, assistant cub masters. The organizing of the dene corresponds with the troop organizations in Boy scouting- The Cub organization is for boys under the age of 12. at which ago they beeonie ell(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) 0 Flag Dav Will Be Observed Sunday The 1160th anniversary of Ute making of the American flag by j Betsy Ross will be celebrated Sun-, day, June 14. By act of congress the , day is known as Flag Day. Members of the American Legion requested local merchants to display the flag Sunday- — —o , Elzey Celebrates His 87th Birthday Wliliant Elzey, of 611 Marshall street, celebrated his 87th birthday today with a walk uptown. "BUI,’ as he -s affectionately known, made daily trips until ill health forced Pin,' to abandon the practice. He has lived his entire 87 yeans in Adams county, and is planning to ] .participate in the Centennial cele-brat-ion in August. ( • ——o Plan Reception For Evangelical Pastor The congregation of the First i Evangelical church will give a re- < Xt on at the church Thursday f evening at 8 o’clock tor Rev. and . Mrs. George S. Lozizer and fam ly. All members and triends of the I church are cordially invited to attend.

Dale McMillen, Jr. To Graduate Saturday Harold W- McMillen, secretarytr usurer of the Central Sugar comany of th-’..s city and Stewart McMil- , len of Fort Wayne, left today for Evanston, 111., where they will at , tend the animal commencement exercises at Northwestern University Their brother. Dale McMillen. Jr., will be graduated from the university Saturday. The three brothers will leave Sunday for Ely. Minnesota and Canada where they will enjcy a two weeks fishing trip. o DISCUSSION ON GAS IS HEARD Ethyl Corporation Representative Speaks To Rotarians E. C. Crane of the Ethyl gasoline corporation, gave a highly interesting discussion on gasoline at the weekly meeting of the Decatur Rotary club Thursday evening at the Rice hotel. Despite the fact that gasoline is one of the most widely used products in the world, the speaker said that little is known by the general public about the product. Oil was first struck in Titusville, Pa. in '1854. The oil was processed for kerosene, and with no | known use at that time for gaso I line, billions of gallons were destroyed. The use of gasoline was j first started about 1894, when the I automotive industry was launched. At the present time, tile gasoline and automotive industries, <ll- - and indirectly employ one lout of every 10 working men in the I United States. , One of the first problems encountered by automobile manufacturers was a motor “knock”. At I first thought to result from the spark, the trouble was finally traced to fuel. After years of research and experiment, iodine whs used (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) Tunnel River For Natural Gas Line A crew of about 50 men is assembling for wonk north of Decatur where they will tunnel under St. Mary’s river for the laying of the mains of the Columbia Gas company which skirls the north part of the comity. The 22 inch ipipe will be laid under the river bed. The line will go dowif four Ifeet in the rock. It will be necessary to dam the river so the work of excavation can go on. Pipe for the new gas line which runs from Texas to Detroit has been strung along the route through the county and the crews are following the laying of the mains. Several of the men are making headquarters in this city.

ONLY DAILY NE WS PAP E R IN ADAMS COUN T Y

Decatur, Indiana, I'riday, .Ifine 12, 1936.

SHOW CONTENTS 1 OF CORNERSTONE ' I: Contents Os M. E. Church ;> Cornerstone On Dis- j play Sunday V The contents of the cornerstone , . of the Decatur Methodist EpiscoI pal church, which was opened for a the purpose of discovering further j historical data in connection with c Decatur’s Centennial, will be plated on display at the church next . I Sunday morning. The historical -committee, consisting of Rev. 11. | I R. Carson, pastor. O. L. Vance. I Mrs. John Tyndall. Mrs. F. V. Mills 1 I and Mrs. E. N. Wicks will be in , charge of the display table. Upon examination, the list of j ■i contents as given in the Decatur ' l Democrat of July 7. 1881, was found to be accurate. Within were copies of the Bible, the Methodist Hymn al. the history of the church and church school and other organizai tions of the church, the conference , < minutes, histories of local lodges, < ■ and local and state newspapers !; ; All were in a splendid state of preservation and looked as if they j ] : j might have been placed within five | < years ago rather than 55 years ago - , > The materials will be replaced ■ ; ■ in the leaden box and hermetically | ■* * VZ>—WXZXZWZW-Z % z- z I I (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) | j CITY RECORDS ARE MISSING —— ' Huntington City Records f Missing; DeVoss Hearing Case J Huntington, Ind.. June 12. —(Spec . ial)—A new charge may be brought ’ -j by dissenting members of the : Huntington city council because of the disappearance of a cash book 1 II and letter file with records of the I - : business done by the municipal i J light and power company. The disappearance was brought t out Thursday in the second con- • tempt trial brought against Mayor i Clare W. H. Bangs by the North- ■ ern Indiana Power company in the t ■ Huntington circuit court before I Special Judge Huber M. DeVoss of 1 > Decatur. 1 Max Pinney, clerk and cashier , of the city’s utility, testified to the j disappearance, as he took the . stand with 12 other witnesses. Pin- . , ney said he saw the missing rec- ’ ords late Saturday and did not discover their absence until Wednes- . day morning. He testified that the cash book | and letter file had been kept in a ( ‘ drawer of a desk in the light de- < , partinent office and sometimes in j ' the vault of the mayor’s office. , Unless the missing records are ( (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) 1

Police Officer Hurt In Jerusalem Riot Jerusalem, June 12 — (UP) — Assiesant (police superintendent Alan Sigr-ist was wounded from ambush late today while driving his automobile near Heriod's gate as Arab disorders continued in Palestine. Sigrist lost control of his car, which plunged down a Hit-foot embankment. British constable Doxat who was a passenger in Sigrist’s automobile jumped clear. He shot and captured one of the assailants. PICNIC HEADS ARE ANNOUNCED Third Annual St. Mary’s Church Picnic To Be Held Sunday Committees were announced today f- r the third annual St. Mary’s church picnic to be held at Sun Set park Sunday. Matt F Harris is general chairman of tlie picnic. The ladies of th--St. Mary’s society are preparing the food which lias been donated by members of the parrish. Members of the general committee are Mr. Harris, chairman; Joe Laurent, Al Geimer and the Rev. Father Joseph J. Hennes. M -mhers of -the lotto committee are Cornelius Geimer and Herman Miller; bingo committee, Arthur Miller and Charles Oinlor; dart game committee, Lawrence Becikmeyer and Peter Loshe; ice cream committee, Louis Kelley and Anstem Hackman. The picnic will begin at It a. m. rain or shine. in the pavilion at the park. The (price for the noon dinner will b- 35 cents for adults and 25 cents for children. The public is invited to attend. During the afternoon there will be a band concert at 2 o’clock by American L’gion city band under the direction of Robert White. There will also be games and refreshments. The ladies will begin serving supper, cafeteria style, at 4 o'clock. Arrangements for free transportation for those without cars have been made. Automobiles will begin leaving -the Catholic school at 10:30 A. M. The funds raised will be used to (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) — o— —■ Union Chapel Church Plans Children’s Day A children's day program will be presented at the Union Cha.pe! church Sunday evening at 7:15 o’clock. A pageant, entitled “Feed My Lambs,” will be given by the Sunday School departmei t of the church. Special music will be (presented by an adult choir.

Chicago Publisher Nominated As Running Mate To Governor Landon On Republican Ticket

Gov. Alf Landon Prefaces Nomination By Going; Beyond Party Platform On Issues. REVIVES DISPUTE (Copyright 1936 by UP.) Cleveland, June 12. — (U.R) — Gov. Alf M. Landon sent the challenge of his personal leadership echoing across the nation today by a bold and politically potent intervention in building the platform on which he seeks the presidency. The new Republican leader, spurred a burst of party enthus < iasnt for his courage—and speculation on the political wisdom of. his maneuver — when by remote I control from Topeka he prefaced his nomination by going beyond ■ the platform to favor a constltu-; tional amendment on hours and wages for women and children it j necessary: a potential future re-1 turn to the gold standard, and a ■ drastic policy on removal of gov i eminent jobs from politics. He revived, too. the long shadow j of a party conflict with Sen. William E. Borah, which leaders believed they had removed in th«last, hectic hours of platform building. The Landon declarations on gold and constitutional amendment conflicted with Borah's strongly expressed views and may yet send the Idahoan on a walk. Some veterans of the party also expressed in private their wish that the Kansan could have stood on the platform as passed by the convention, but they declared tin animousiy their admiration for his frankness, courage and leadership. The latitude of his statement in affecting interests of both east and west equally appeared to have taken the sting from the nominee's disagreement with the resolutions committee's decisions. There was both political drama | and surprise in disclosure to the convention of Landon's challenge lof the decision of party leaders not to accept all of his platform ; | proposals. Red-headed young John D. M. [ Hamilton, the Kansan's manager, [strode out on the long tongue of I the speakers' platform to nomin- ' J ate the Sunflower state's candidate. A white blare of spotlights ' beat down on him as he stood tall I and broad-shouldered and spoke in ■ a ringing voice. But it was Landon's words that 11 the multitude heard. Hamilton beI gan by reading a telegram from the man about to be nominated as . (.CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) FIREMEN MEET HERE IN 1937 l Northern Indiana Annual Convention Here Next Summer 1 Decatur will be host to the 32nd annual convention of the Northern Indiana industrial and volunteer I firemen’s association in 1937. This city's choice as the scene ' for the annual gathering of fire- . men was made at the 1936 conven- ■ tion, held this week at Garrett. The convention attracts hun- - dreds of persons, with approximately 450 firemen registered for the - two-day meeting at Garrett this » week. t The afternoon was featured by I hose-laying contests with Berne's department taking first place by ) laying a 200-yard hose and starting a stream of water in 38 seconds. Miss Medaiu Stansbury was selected queen of the convention in a contest sponsored by the Junior j Chamber of Commerce. She was presented a ring by Mayor Fred B L. Feick. , The high spot of the convention j was the parade which began at 1 j o'clock Thursday afternoon and in eluded many floats designed by 6 local business houses and organ p ( izatlbns and was interspersed by I (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN),

EARLY VICTORY IS PREDICTED FOR TOWNSEND Gov. McNutt. Dick Heller Say Townsend Nomination Sure Indianapolis, June 12.—(U.P) -If ■confidence will win the Democratic , gubernatorial nomination in the state convention next week, Lieut. Gov. M. Clifford Townsend stands | out today as the victory. Townsend supporters claim they I will win on the first ballot. E. Kirk McKinney, Indianapolis. 1 and Pleas Greenlee. Shelbyville, . were confident of ultimate victory . but were willing to admit that it i may take more than one ballot. Dick Heller, Decatur, campaign i manager for Townsend, gave a • "conservative" estimate that his i candidate would have approximatej ly 1.100 votes when the convention ; opens. f S I 8 I Greenlee and McKinney antici pated the 1,845 delegates would be i more evenly divided at the start so that no one candidate would I poll the 923 votes necessary to win i the nomination on the first roll call. Townsend also bad an advant-' ' age which might accrue from the I belief of so-called unattached lead- [ ers that he will win. Gov. Paul V. McNutt, who has ; steauiastly insisted that no one of (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) FRIEDA SCHERER MAINTAINS LEAD More Than Five Million Votes Cast For Centennial Queen Approximately 100 times as manyvotes have been cast in the con- . I test for the naming of the queen ; of the Decatur Centennial as were 1 cast in the last primary election 1 in Adams county, it was discovered with the tabulation of today's votes. There have been 5,001.140 votes 'cast in the Centennial queen con ' test. There were less than 5,000 ' cast in the last primary election. These votes indicate a healthy business condition among Decatur merchants As each vote represents a one-cent sale or payment on book accounts, this means that there has been $50,000 worth of F business done in Decatur in the last 10 days. There are approximately 150 cooperating merchants in the city. 1 They have done an average bus 1 iness of $333 in 10 days. This is an average of $33.34 per day per business house in sales and pay ments on book accounts. 1 The weekend vote shows that i approximately one third of the busr Iness was done on Friday and Saturday. b Large sales by automobile deali- ers and others accounted for only i- a small portion of the business as only SIOO in votes is permitted per i- sale. . Officials of the First State Bank e today stated that business has s been increasing in Decatur as shown by their deposits, which y some times amount to more than h $30,000 a day. y More than 100,000 pads of 100 g ballots each have been distributed among the merchants by the pubs licity committee. A large portion n of these have been cast. They r have been counted by the publicity s committee, with the help of Helen d Suttles and Corolene Townsend in (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) n o 1 WEATHER 1y Fair tonight and Saturday; 1 not quite so cool central >' portion tonight; rising temperature Saturday.

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Frank Knox Os Chicago Chosen Vice-President After Sen. Vandenberg Refuses To Run. FIRST BALLOT (Copyright 1936 by UP.) Public Hall, Cleveland, June 12. —(U.R>- The Republican national convention picked Frank Knox of Chicago today as running-mate to Gov. Alf M. Landon of Kansas in the 1936 presidential campaign. Knox was nominated by the unanimous ballot of the 1,003 dele gates. A floor boom swept Knox into the vice-presidential nomination when Sen. Arthur H. Vandenberg, of Michigan, flatly told the conven tion he would not take the No. 2 position. By the same unanimous withdrawal of all other candidates which preceded Landon's nomlti ation, Knox won the vice presidential honor. Selection of Knox capped a morning of wild confusion on the convention floor and hectic behind the-scenes conferences. These [back-stage maneuvers were devoted to frantic efforts of the Landon managers to induce Vandenberg to reconsider his oft-announced de termination not to run for vicepresident. The sudden turn of the convention broke unexpectedly after last night's session unanimously ratified a 1936 platform and Landon's nomination for presidency. laindon was nominated after tele- : graphically presenting a personal expansion of the convention planks on labor, money and civil service —an expansion which cast once more over the convention the shadow of a possible bolt by Sen. William E. Borah. A few minutes before the convention was convened today—and long after the hour set for meetpug—efforts to get Vandenberg to run finally were dropped. John D. M. Hamilton, Landon manager, said: "The race is wide open.” Permanent chairman Bertrand H. Snell of New York called the delegates to order and Avith most of them still unaware of developments ordered an immediate call of the roll for vice presidential nominations. Delegates still were expecting that Vandenberg would yield and allow himself to be drafted. A floor boom was underway for Knox but largely contingent upon Vandenberg's withdrawal. Minor candidates were present- . ed in impromptu speeches amid jeers of delegates who were unable to determine trotn the lengthy referencs the "man who" and boy(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) 1 O 808 SHRALUKA HEADS K. OF P. Elected Chancellor-Com-mander Os Knights Os Pythias ’ A slate of officers, to be install--1 ed the first meeting in July, was elected by the Knights of Pythias in regular session last night. ' Robert Shraluka was elected * chancellor-commander and Robert '[Heller, was elected vice-chancel--1 lor. Mr. Shraluka succeeds Dan 1 Christen, who was elected master-of-work. 1 Other officers elected were: ' George Morris, prelate; Will Dell- ’ Inger, master-at-arms; Ed Higli--1 land, inner guard; J. F. Rupert, r outer guard. George Stults was f elected as delegate to grand lodge, 1 with James Bain as alternate. 1 John Parrislt, James Bain and Joseph Hunter were appointed as a committee to prepare an up-to-date history of the order and enclose it with the history up to 1875, to be placed in the M E. cornerstone. First rank was also conferred last night.