Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 143, Decatur, Adams County, 16 June 1936 — Page 1

XXXIV. No. 143.

rOWNSEND WINS NOMINATION

tremor McNutt I Hits Critics In I Keynote Address

■nd ( liallcllßUS (LO.I*. ■ ( impure Previous Uhninistra■,n With Democrats. ■dicules G. 0. p. .lune 16 - (U.R) r .. SS i.p citation of state administration i <•< ■ offered for the I!':’.'; campaign today in ilv address of Gov. Paul V. Wore lhe party's bit-n-convention. ridicule at state and R.piddici'.n activities of ■. u,, weeks, the governoi any comparison of adminidiations . .«•■ ,I'id President I! records. M.- bnz. party has -i»h.y ■ part in every nationand every political and development since the the ISth century." McNu.t instance the party l its capacity to meet safeguard the liberty of and provide a wa.v of to our people. The years give adeqnat ■ told the 1.845 cheering that the Republican ionv< tn ion at ('lex. land was a. dull, life.' s- and which adopted a which could bo dev.crib- d couplet: on the rocks with LanKnox'.” Mr Republican national platMis so full of compromises. Ms. contradictions and stradthe candidate had to parts of it before the could put the dor tltype," he charged. Mting the attack to state M, he charged the Republic an ■ platform is convincing evi- ■ that the Republican party is utterly incompetent the affairs of state. Mlh 16 long years of the most extravagance in tit• Ms of the state standing Mlaat performance in pmdh Republicans now projump to the other extreme the state on hot air." in M. v propose to eliminate th'clause in the tax limias applied to rural repeal the gross inlaw, do away with the M«vy for common school othe general fund, a.ud enMj’t Income tax law, stipphMfriNPßp ON PAGE EOCIi) lICHES PLUM ■ION SERVICES ■estant Churches To •M Services During |1 luly, August M s for the Sunday evening ■services, sponsored annually Decatur ministerial assort were announced today by ■ ev - G. 0. Walton, president ■ association. fftteetings held during July ■JWst at each of the Protes■Wches, with a pastor from ■-feiit church delivering the M'will start at 7:30 p. m. ■ s 'inday, July 12, the asso- ■ will present Zaku Verdi as ■ r Mr. Verdi is a native of H a> and will lecture on “By ■at'-rs of Babylon." Tie will K s native costume and sing ■ S( >ngs in his ntaive tongue. ■ e rvice will be held at the ■ Brethren church. M Un <iay, August 2, the open ■ °f Centennial week, the Hl Will be conducted at the ■ . Stounds on the hour de- ■* for Protestant churches. K Hle choir will present a . H* Program. a nationally is scheduled to ■ DNUED on PAGE FOUR)

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Honor Pastor %*! The Rev. George S. Isizier. new pastor of the First Evangelical church of this city, will lie honori ed with a reception at the church | at 8 o'clock this evening. HONOR PASTOR AT RECEPTION Reception At Evangelical Church Tonight For Rev. Lozier Arrangements have been completed for a reception for the Rev. (1. S. Lozier, who was appointed pastor of the Evangelical church of this city, Sunday, May 3. The reception will be held in the church auditorium tonight at 8 oc.'oek. Friends of the church and Protestant ministers and their wives have been invited to attend. J. O. Tricker is chairman of the iprogram committee. Other members are: Mrs Fred Linn. Chester Reynolds. Earl Butler and (Alva. Buffenbarger. Special accordian music will be i played by Mrs. Ivan Stuckey. Each cf the Protestant ministers of the | city will give a short welcoming address. This will be followed by a response toy Rev. Lozier. Rev. Lozier was transferred to the local church from the Indianaoils Broadway Evangelical church to succeed the Rev. M. W. Sondermann. who served eight years here before being transferred to Celina. Ohio. Rev. I.oz.ier was born in Bremen, where he attended the local schools. Tie was graduated from the Evangelical Seminary at Naperville. Illinois, in 1913. His charges since that time have been: Portland. 1913 to 1915; vilie, Illinois, 1916 to 15)18; Firet Evangelical church at Louisville. Kentucky, 1918 to 1925; South Bend Broadway Evangelical church. 192a t 01932; Rochester 1932 to 1934, and I Indianapolis Broadway, 1934 to 1936 Rev and Mrs. Lozier have two daughter*. Ruth is making hethome in this city and will enter the junior class of the Decatur high school next fall. The other daughter Naomi, is a missionary In the Red Bird mission in the Cumberland mountains in the eastern par of Kentucky. She is spending het vacation with her parents here. Delay Tri-County Meet To July 8 The tr'.-county meeting of Pythian Sisters which was to have been held at Montpelier Wednesday has been postponed until July .. Members are asked to take note of the change of plansHalleck Charges Political Machine Washington, June 16 -JVP)' ~ • f-hm-ges that "the entire postal ser | Vis !s being mobilized as a new deal canton matdnns, were made thß h0 ” 86 ' civil service committee.

HEAVY LOSSES IN NORTHWEST FROM DROUGHT Showers Bring Relief In Dakotas But Other Sections Sutter (Copyright 1936 by TTP.) Chicago, June 16.- <U.R> — FreI quent showers in the Dakotas to- ' day broke a drought that threatened to become the worst in the IllsI tory of the northwest and which i was reported by grain statisticians I to be costing American farmers a million bushels of wheat dally. Weather reports from the northwest told of scattered rains throughout North Dakota, the largest spring wheat producing state. Precipitation was reported heaviest along the Canadian border. Southern and eastern sections of the wheat belt received little relief. In the nation's grain marts traders sold wheat futures in small amounts on the strength of the ' weather news. 1/ut there was no rush to liquidate as the drought situation still was regarded as critical. Price losses were confined to a cent a bushel or less on Chicago and Minneapolis exchanges. Estimates on spring wheat killed by drought since June 1 run as high as 40.000.000 bushels, and many farmers in the Dakotas and Montana are reported ready to abandon their fields as worthless even for pasture. After two and a half months of the lightest rainfall on record in I North Dakota, the chief spring wheat producing state, most grow'ers said their crop will be n com piete failure unless good moisture comes within a week. The serious implications of the extended dry weather were reflected by the boom in wheat futures yesterday on the nation's leading grain exchanges. The spring wheat markets. Minneapolis and Duluth, soared 5 cents a bushel, the maxi(CON’ttntted on page FIVE) 0 , GARTH HOOVER GETS IST BOND Veterans Os Adams County Are Receiving Bonus Payments Garth Hoover, now of Fort Wayne and formerly of 616 North Seventh street, Decatur, was the first to receive his bonus from the Decatur post office, according to Postmaster Phil O. Macklin. The bonus in the form of bonds was given Mr. Hoover Monday afternoon, Postmaster Macklin stated. Raymond Kohne. service officer of Adams post number 43. of the American Legion announced today that approximately $325,000 in bonds will be distributed among approximately 550 veterans. The bonds are in SSO denominations. When the amounts are uneven, checks are given for the balance. The maximum that may be given any veteran is $1,585. providing half had not been withdrawn in 1931, when an opportunity was given veterans to borrow on the bonus. The average in the county is approximately SSOO, Mr. Kohne stated. The bonds are based on a payment of $1 a day for service in this country and $1.25 a day for overseas service plus interest. Providing the bonds are not cashed they will bear three per cent interest. Postmaster Macklin stated today that bonds will be distributed by city and rural carriers as fast as they are received in the post office. As they are mailed under restricted registration each letter must be signed by the veteran himself. Each bond carries the name of the veteran. Veterans desiring cash for their bonds may turn them into the post office, which will forward them to Indianapolis from where checks will be mailed. These checks may be cashed at the post office or at banks. Bonds may also be sent direct oy the veterans, but certain provisions must be followed.

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana. Tuesday, June 16, 1936.

Choice For Governor * 1 wl a- - asR & £ . \ \ M. Clifford Townsend

NEW OFFICERS f WILL BE NAMED Evangelical And Reformed Churches To Name Officers Today Fort Wayne, Ind.. June 16—(UP) I —Officers of the Evangelical and , Reformed church, meeting here in 1 the first biennial convention, were to be elected today. A single slate of names was approved yesterday. The nominees are: president. Dr. | George Warren Richards, Lancast- ] er. Pa., first vice-president. Dr. L. W. Gobel, Chicago; second vicepresident, Judge D. .1. Snyder, Greensburg. Pa., third vice-presid-ent,- J. C. Fisher, Evansville. Ind . Stated clerk. Rev. J. Ralph Stein. Philadelphia, Pa.; treasurer, F. Az Keck, St. Louis, Mo., associate trea-1 surer. Milton Warner. Philadelphia Pa. Rev. F. A. Muesch, New Albany. Indiana who has served as associate stated clerk for two years, declined nomination, and a candidate will be named for his office this morning. Tlie executive committee of the church will be composed of the president. first vice-president, trea.sur(CONTINUED ON PAGE FT VIC) COUNCIL HOLDS | SPECIAL MEET Adams County Council Cuts $l,lOO From Appropriations The Adams county council slashed $l,lOO from the requested appropriations in a special session held this morning in the county commissioners room in the court house. The council also adopted a resolution in honor of the late Janies Kenney of Jefferson township who died on March 27, 1936, while a member of the county council. The council cut the request for an appropriation of SIOO for two drinking fountains on the court house square 'to $45. Charles Brodbeck, superintendent of the city water department, informed the council, that the state health department had approved a model of fountain with two bubblers. Previously the council had been informed that two fountains would be necessary as the state refused to appprovo ordinary two bubbler types of fountains on the grounds that cross streams of water are (CONTINUED ON PAOE SIX)

Receives Rules On Squirrel Seasons County Clerk G. Remy Bierly has received a ccpy of the law regarding the hunting seasons for equir- ; rels from the state conservation department. Adams county is located in the southern area and its season opens August I'o and continues to OctoI ber 8. Allen county is In the north- ' ern area with a season from SepI tember 1 to October 30. — o HENRY HELLER IS CHAIRMAN — Chairman Os General Historical Committee For Centennial — Henry B. Heller has been named chairman of a. general committee from the Adams county historical society to assist in the display of historical relics and records during the Centennial celebration from August 2 to S. The society will formulate plans for the permanent organization of ■ tKe society to provide for the disiplay of the relics and records af- | ter the centennial celebration. Mrs. Herb Kern is chairman of I the Centennial committee which will have direct charge of all hisI torlcal exhibits during the week. > Fred Koller has been appointed by the Adams county historical society as chairman of the com|mittee in charge of displaying the ' articles already loaned to the society, now on display in corridors of the court house, and to arrange for other loans to the society. The complete list of members of ■the official centennial committee is: Ways and Means Mrs. Herb Kern, Mis. W. E'. Smith. Mrs. Hattie Obenauer, Mrs. Rena Huffman, Mrs. Clara Briener. Mrs. Dick Burrell. Mrs. Minnie Teeple. Mrs. Mary K. Blossom, Mrs. C. A. Dugan. Mrs. Dick Burdg, Miss Mary K. Leonard. Mrs. Edra Dellinger. Miss Lorena Reppert, Miss Betty Macklin. Miss Regina, Murtaugh, Mrs. Art Claus, Mrs. Alva Nichole. Mrs. Vincent Bormann, Mrs. Gladys Engle and (CONTINTTED ON PAGE FIVE) O WEATHER Fair extreme south, increasing cloudiness central and north with showers or thunderstorms Wednesday and probably extreme north tonight; warmer tonight and along Ohio boundary Wednesday.

M. Clifford Townsend Named By Democrats On First Ballot; Other Candidates Withdraw

SPECIAL DAYS WILL BE HELD AT CENTENNIAL ! Each Dav Os Centennial Week To Be A Special Day Special features for each day of Decatur’s Centennial celebraition. to be held in this city August 2 to 8, inclusive, were announced at the weekly meeting of the centennial executive commitliee Monday evening. With the celebration opening on Sunday, the day will be designated as Church day. Three religious services will be hold during the! day. A special field mass will be conducted by the St. Mary’s Catholic church of this city ait 10:30 a. m. Elaborate preparations are being made for the most impressive Catholic ceremonies ever held in this city. Special Lutheran services will be held early in the afternoon. A speaker of national prominence will be secured a.nd special music will be presented. The Protestant churches of the t city will join in a union service during the vesper hour. The Decatur ministerial association is making arrangements for a nationally known speaker and the Berne chorus will sing special mimic. 1 The historical pagea.nt. touted as the outstanding feature of the Centennial celebration, will be presented on Sunday. Monday ami i Tuesday nights. Tuesday has been designated as ' Homecoming day. Special features will be arranged for former residents of Decatur, who will I make of Decatur's birthday party a real homecoming, an opportun- '' ity to welcome and visit friends of I years past. A dazzling fireworks display. ‘ the most elaborate ever presented in Decatur, will be given Wednesday night. A special display has been arranged by the Van Wert Fireworks company, depicting by the means of fireworks the history of Decatur and Adams counity. Thursday, August 6, lias been - designated as Fraternal day. Each fraternal organization in Decatur will dispatch special invitations to organizations in surrounding territory Ito attend the Centennial (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) FIRST LADY TO VISIT CAPITAL Mrs. Franklin Roosevelt To Speak At Indianapolis Tonight Indianapolis, Ind., June 16—(UP) —Residents of Indianapolis today prepared to welcome the first lady of the land, Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, wife of the PresidentMrs. Roosevelt will deliver an ad- ' dress at the Murat temple- tonight on the subject “the purpose of government Homesteads.” a field in which she has evidenced great interest. The First Lady came here from Grayville, 111., where thousands of farm folk gave a huge picnic celebration in her honor. Prior to her address Mrs. Roose- , veil will attend a reception at the home of Gov. and Mrs. Paul V- McNutt. After her appearance at the town hall she will go to the theater to witness a performance of the federal players. Mrs. Roosevelt will be an overnight guest at the Governor’s home, leaving tomorrow for Lafayette where she wil Ispeak before Purdue University students in connection with a course on “science and leadership."

Convention Spots Indianaolis. June 16 - (UP) Henry Schrlcker. stale senator from Knox, was nominated for lieutenant governor today by the state Democratic convention. Schrlcker got all of Morgan county’s 13 votes to boost his total to 954 and aseured his nomination. Edward H. Stein, Bloomfield. and William E. Storen, the other candidates, then acted to make Schricker’s nomination unanimous. 'lndianapolis. June 16. — (UP)— Thomas I). Taggart, French Lick, was elected national committeeman from Indiana by delegates to the national conventio nat the Democratic party's state meeting today- Mrs. Samuel Ralston was named national! chairwoman. Indianapolis June 16 (UP) , Nine incumbent state officials were i renominated without opposition tor I the postions they now hold, I>> acclamation of the state vonventlon today. They were: Secretary of state- - August Mueller, Indianaolis. State treasurer —Peter F. Hein, Crown Point. State auditor Lawrence Sullivan Princeton. Superintendnet of public instruction—Floyd I. McMurray. Thorntown. Reporter of supreme and appellate courts —Miss Emma May. Terre Haute. Judges of the appellate court— William F. Didine. Jasper, and Fred 'A. Weicking. Hartford City. Judge of the supreme court— Walter E. Treanor. Bloomington, and Curtis W. Roll. Kokomo. o — ONLY 15 GIRLS IN QUEEN RACE Five More Eliminated In Contest For Centennial Queen Five more contestants in the race for queen of Decatur's Centennial celebration were dropped last night after the counting of the week-end deluge of ballots by the publicity committee. Only 15 of Decatur’s fairest now remain in the contest to decide who shall retgn over the gigantic celebration planned. Another contestant, Mildred Tet'de, in second place, passed the mi'llon mark, gaining a total of 1,060,050 votes to date. Fred'.a Scherer, leaeder since the first day of the contest, remained in first place with 1,442.760. Ruth Elzey held third (place i with 821,150. The feature of the contest today was the rise of Patricia Fullenkamp to fourth place, sue- '• ceeding Kathryn Engeler. Miss Fullenkamp now has a total of 697,450 only 450 votes more than Miss Engeler with 697.000 in fifth 'Place. Others who survived the cut are Gladys Harvey, Bernice Closs, Isabelle Odle. Rosemary Holthouse, Phyllis Krick, Kathryn Hower. Betty Macklin, Rosemary Milfcr, Marjorie Carroll, and Evelyn Kohls. Plenty of white ballots are now on hand at thee Centennial office above the A. and P. and may he secured by participating merchants ' by calling at that place. Pink ballots have been discontinued. The third and final cut of the contest will be made next Monday, when all (but 10 contestants wiM be eliminated. The contest closes on Saturday night, June 27. I Youths Suspects In Foster Killing s Danville, 111., June 16 —(UP)— • Four youths were held by Danville . police today (pending advices from < Indlarfhplote authorities as to whetli > er they were wanted in connection i with the slaying last month of fed • eral agent John Foster at St. John Ind, __,

Price Two Cents.

Lieutenant Governor Is Nominated; Greenlee, McKinney Withdraw As Vote Mounts. ADOPT PLATFORM Indianapolis, June 16— (U.R) — The strength of Gov. Paul V. Me- ' Nutt today beet down two oppon- ■ ent* and gave Lieut Gov. M. Clifford Townsend (he gubernatorial nomination on the first ballot at the Democratic state convention. , i So decisive was the victory that i both Kirk McKinney, Indianapolis, und Pleas Greenlee. Shelbyville, withdrew and threw the noniina,|tion to Townsend by acclamation It was a hard fought, battle all j lhe way. however. Greenlee and McKinney withdrew after the roll call had reachzed Shelby county which made the . total for the three as follows: Townsend, McKinney, 27714; Greenlee. 235. Only a few minutes earlier, while Marion county delayed the count for more than 40 minutes in a factional split over an attempt to stampede in favor of McKin- : ney, there had been a fist fight on . the speaker’s platform. Encouraged by the Marion conn- • ty tendency to swing its entire . 231 votes to the former home owner's loan corporation chieftain .| J. Clemin Ellison. Gary, chairman ,| of the Lake county delegation, ■attempted to swing his entire i strength of 107 votes to McKinI ney. Fearing the psychological effect the floor because of a convention rule that no vote could be changed until the roll call was completed. Ellison climbed to (he platform and approached the microphone. Fearing the phsycological effect of any statement he might make, administration supporters bucking Townsend stopped him. Elli- , son delivered a terrific blow to the chin of Wayne Coy. state WPA director, before he was I hustled out of the convention hall. As soon ns the acclamation was made. Townsend Ispoke briefly, thanking the delegates so rtheir support and pledging to lead the ' party to victory in November. Adopt Platform Indianapolis, June 16 — (U.R) — 1 Retention of the gioss income tax ’ with the recommendation that legislation be passed "to correct ' any existing inequalities” was > proposed today in the platform - adopted (by the Democratic state Convention. I The party also was pledged to X (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) q — l ADAMS COUNTY PERSONS NAMED Democratic Appointments Are Made At District Caucus ■ Mrs. Faye-Smith Knapp of this • city, Adams county welfare direc- • tor. and prominent Democratic • worker, was chosen an alternate • delegate to the national Dhuot cratic convention, at the fourth 3 district delegation’s caucus at Ini dianapolis Monday night. s Delegates chosen were William s A. Kunkel, Jr., publisher of the Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette, and a Fred L. Feick. mayor of Garrett. . Mrs. Hajiel Luckey of Wolflake , was named, us the other alternate I delegate. Huber M. DeVoss, judge of the Adams circuit court, was named a member of the platform committee. Judge DeVoss was a member f of the temporary platforn, committee, which met last week. David Depp of Berne, former e Adams county clerk, was named u ’ las assistant sergeant-at-arms, j. I Other selections made at the n I caucus were: Benton A. Bloom, j. i Columbia City, presidential elecj !tor; Ed Kolb. Angola, alternate (.CQNWiUfie ON PAGE yOURX