Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 159, Decatur, Adams County, 6 July 1936 — Page 5

Breat drought EISSPREADING llrmers Prepare To Take ■ WI’A lobs To PreI vent Starvation ■Minneapolis. July 6. (U.R> The ■r noi thwcHt drought spread ■"' ~| today and farmers pre | > 0 co to work on WPA pro- ■'',‘ h) keep their families from E-l. ■■niversity of Minnesota experts Kried crops are in a eritleal EEte easl "I the Dakotas, and that ■, hcr serious losses will result ■ rain conies this week, ■eather bureau officials said no |K ,‘ wa s in sight-only seven more ■vi of scorching sunshine. ■Meantime the federal govern'■nt prepared to as many a. I a poo farmers to work on MPA ■ Ljeets ut fi'e static Farmers ’■| « crops are burned beyond ■ip.' applied for fobs on road and construction projects. of farmers reported W ere destitute, in the Dakothere is not enough grain to livestock: pasturage has ■trued to a crisp brown. Gardens shrunk to bare expanses of IHK Uk ked earth, and usually grassy r^H wns are dry and brown. ■ brass hoppers and chinch bugs corn, small grain, and in flve state *- jßMliamages mounted well above Reports from grain and livestock E | "Perfectly Air Conditioned” [■might and Tuesday I ■ FREI) MacMURRAY I CAROLE LOMBARD '■ “THE PRINCESS COMES ACROSS” SC" Skipworth Geo. Barmer. jI^BILSO—Co or Cartoon. Traveltalk ’Chic" Sale Novelty. 10c-25c ■ o—o i Thurs.—Mary Astor, MelDouglas. “And So They Hvct Married.” W - THURS ERL SAT? * BR Official Pictures- Blow by Blow | LOHS-S( HMELING ■ FIGHT Better Than A Ringside Seat! II First Evening Shows at 6:30 E * * Sunday -The Most Talked Picture of the Year! Four from Liberty Magazine! THREE” Merle Obergn, Hopkins, Joel McCrea. I <4®> ■ "Cool and Comfortable" ■Tonight and Tuesday ■ T * 0 - ,u 9h Packed Features! ■ ‘BUNKER BEAN” Owen Davis Jr., big cast ■ and "THREE OF A KIND” ■ Evalyn Knapp, Chick Chandler. ■ Evenings 10c-20c ■ 0 A s a t—Ken Maynard in Bj "Avenging Waters.” K Sunday — Richard Arlen. "it With The Iron Door" and Baldwin's "August Week ■ * !BS,a,9a * K ®SSS!SSSSSmS«aKE«S»

I NOTICE • topcrty owners are ordered to cut and clear all weeds off their premises located in the city ot Decatur, on or before July 15th If this is not done the weeds will be cut by the C| l.v street department and the cost charged '•gainst the property owners. Bo not pile the cut grass and weeds on paved greets. I his is in compliance with the City ordinance. DR. R. E, DANIELS Secretary of the City Health Board-

section* ill the huge area extend I ing from Montana to Ohio and aa I far south ub southern (Jiuelauippi ■ i told tho same story of farmers sac ’ ing poverty, with starving cattle, I burned out fie’ds. and empty food and seed bins. Some typical examples: ! Theodore Krueger. Deadwood. S. I).: "Some stockmen are hauling water in tank trucks five to 10 miles; About 13,000 sheep and 16,000 cattle are grazing on forest ’ land in the Black Hills National | park. We have no room for more cattle or sheep and Heaven help the ones we have if we don't get 1 rain soon. " Jay H. Seymour. Nobles county. 1 Minn.: "If we don't get rain soon. 1 we won't get any crop at all." o— — ■ CORNER STONE (jCONTINUBD- F.BQM PAgKt>NW> emotionaj outbursts sometimes • marred the work yet on the whole i the contribution of the camp i meeting wan most helpful in sci curing the membership and lead- | ership of the early American I church in the middle west. Rev. Carson went on to show I how a group of Methodist minis- . ters in 1864 bought on Lake Chau- > tauqua. N. Y. a camp meeting i ground and tluU here developed i 1 the Chautauqua movement. John f H. Vincent, later Bishop A’incent, r I brought the educational type of evangelism into the Methodist i program where it remains to this I day. From the Chautauqua movement , came the reading circle ajid other types of mental and moral selfE improvement groups of which the i literary club is a modern example. ’ Then came the lyceum which ’ brought the program of the Chautauqua indoors for winter as well us summer. In the meantime the Bible assembly came into being as a part of the camp meeting program and later the Epworth League institute and other types of church summer assemblies and camps for young people. All of the modern camps and usst-mblies are the flower of the early camp meeting with its social, educational and moral emphasis, Rev. Carson stated. The next special service in the Methodist Episcopal church will be held on July 26 when the Rev. Mr. Carson will treat the advent Jof the various deuominaJions into Adams county when he takes as ~ his subject, "The Church in Ad- , ' ams County." A final service in which the older members of the church will leave a part will be ' held on Oct. 11. two days before the 95th anniversary of the annual conference action in making Deeajur a regular pastoral charge With a resident minister. — o .Trade In a Good Town — Decatur I .. - | CORT >: Cool-Air Conditioned 1 Tonight - Tomorrow WILL ROGERS in Mark Twain’s story I “A CONNECTICUT YANKEE” with Myrna Loy and Maureen O’Sullivan. ■ Don't miss seeing this great pic- ' ture. It was Will Rogers greatest. ADDED —Ken Murray and Sessa fras in "The Wife of the Party" and Fox News. 10c -25 c Wed. - Thurs. Bette Davis - Geo. Brent , "GOLDEN ARROW" I Coming—Dick Powell and Marion Davis "Hearts Divided."

Mother and Daughter Flogged fl • j .M. ,V - * > • i **\£L« »■< I < « * % JK ■■■H I. ‘ w nP I * nei Fow l«r | 'jjl Mrs. Berthe Fowler [ _ ‘ " ■ ■■■■'Jk— 1 ..'1... :at*. Officials continued their investigation into operations of « group of night-riding “vigilautes", following the alleged flogging and headshaving of "undesirable" men and women in the swamp region near Wilmington, N. C. Shown above are Mrs. Bertha Fowlerrand hftr daughter, Inez, two of the victims of the hooded band, which is said to have been led by a fanatical minister. *. *4

LABOR MOVES TO ORGANIZE Organizers Seek To ionize Steel Workers; Fear Violence Warshingtou. July 6 — (UPI — organizers spread through the nation's steel mills and automobile and rubber factories today to i unionize t>2b,ot)o workers in the face J of a threat of resistance. Union reports that employers were arming and drilling deputies' indicated preparation for a long and ' possibly bloody conflict in one of 1 the greatest mass drives for organization in the history of American labor. Organizercs already in mil! and factory towns reported to the com-' mittee for industrial organization that companies are preparing a mill-. tary-like campaign of resistance to unionization efforts. Labor leaders ! warned that “force would be met 1 with force.” j industrialists, they charged, are I arming and drilling helmeted "loy-j al workers” and deputies behind 1 barbed wire fences. Spies have been j sent to labor meetings to "intimid- 1 ate and coerce" workers, it was I charged. « ■ Confidential reports to the department of labor, which is keeping a close tab on developments, indicate that approximately 2,(MH) men are armed in the vicinity of Akron. <).. long a trouble-center in the rubber industry. John L. Lewis, chairman of the j C. 1. O. and president of the Vhited Mine Workers, breaks his silence i tonight in a nationwide radio address in which he is expected to 1 reply to mill owners' declaration of war on him. While he speaks his industrial efforts will approach a crisis from another direction -threat of expulsion j from the American federation of labor. Members of the A. F. of L. executive council gathered for an important session there this week. The -sixteen members were called ' by Wil'iam Green, A. F. of L. -president. to consider disowning Lewis ’ and his 11 allied union heads forming the C. 1. O. Lewis ignored demands that he disband his organi-j zation and declined a summons to appear with his aides to “show, caiace why they should not be sue-! pended from the federation.”

Fountain Beautifies Exposition ' I I r I MBR ■Riw i* & I ■ WORLD'S FAIR OFFICE FRONT.—One of the picture spots ot the $25,000,600 Texas Centennial Exposition which opened in Dallas June (i, is the changing-color fountain and pool before the Administration Building, which reflects the beautiful mural over the lobby door.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT MONDAY, JULY G, 1936.

SAFE AND SANE < < ONT IN UED 1-' K< > M I’ A< 1E ON E) ed throughout Saturday and Sunday, with the exceptions of the restaurants, confectioneries, theaters, garages, filling stations and cigar stores. Q WILL EXHIBIT JAGK ONB) ready been made by the agronomy department of Purdue at the soils and crops farm and on the outyielding experiment fields where their outstanding merit lends encouragement to these further trials throughout the state to determine local adaptation of these new varieties. As an indication of the widespread sources of these pewvarieties it is worth noting that the following state experiment stations have contributed, lowa, Missouri, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio, and the Dominion of Canada experimental farms. The Alaska, Cartier, Gopher, and Wayne varieties will be seen on the Patterson farm. Q APPROVE FUND (CIINTIMIRPHtOV withdrawn by Clerk G. Remy Bierly before the county council met several weeks ago. Special appropriations of $4.5511 were allowed for the county highway department. These were: repair of equipment, $1,000: telephone. SSO; gas and oil, $1,500; tile, sewer pipe and culverts, sl,000; road tools. SSO and rights of way, SSOO. Senator Borah Not To Bolt Republicans (Copyright 1936 by United Pres-s) Boise, Idaho, July 6 — (U.RI — Senator William E. Borah will not bolt the Republican, party, lie said today. “Bolting the Republican parly," he told the United Press, “is not part of my plan. Fundamentally I have been a member of the party so long -that such a move wbttld be absurd. 1 would have nothing to gain by such a maneuver.” The shaggy haired veteran of 30 years in the senate refused, however, to disclose his 1936 campaign plans. He intimated he had not yet definitely decided to seek re-eleotion although political observers here believe he would not fail to do so.

TWO ARE HELD INSECLUSION Mystery Grows In Supposed Murder Os Ex-Fire Chief Indianapolis, July 6. —- (U.R> Mystery surrounding the supposed slaying of Harry A. Miller, retired Cincinnati, 0.. tire captain, spread today over the whereabouts of two "suspects." Capt. Matt Leach of Indiana state police “disappeared" over | the holiday week-end with the two - persons he had detained in investigation of the case. The prisoners were Miss Margaret Flora Miller, eccentric 66- | year-old (ormer opera singer and I self-styled good detective, and Heber L. Hicks. 38, her ex-convict chauffeur-handyman. Warrants charging the pair with murder reportedly were held by D. C. Bakes, acting sheriff of Carroll county, Kentucky, whore a , head and hands identified as those of Miller were found in a cementi Ailed box, submerged in 10 feet of water. Stephens L. Blakely, Covington. Ky., attorney, spent the week-end in Indianapolis in a futile attempt to othain release of Miss Miller and Hicks, who were detained by Indiana authorities without charges. Attaches at state police headquarters said they thought the captain was at a lake for the weekend. Calls to Leach's home were answered. Miss Miller and Hicks were tak I en at her cottage on White River, near New Trenton, Ind., last Thursday and brought here for questioning. They were taken from the , jail here the following night. o COUNTY BOARD - - I (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) The drinking fountain will be ' placed on the northeast coiner of the court house square. By an agreement with the city council, after th? fountain is installed the maintenance and water supply I will be furnished by the city water department. When the side walks were repaired along the north eide of the court house ' square, a connection was made by the water department for the fountain. A chimney at the county jail must be replaced. o Resume Questioning Os Murder Suspects Indianapolis, July 6. — (U.R) Questioning of two persons held without charge in investigation of the supposed slaying of Harry A. Miller, retired Cincinnati, O„ tire ‘ captain, was to be resumed today

by Capt. Mutt Leach of the itate 1 police. Leach returned (rout a week-end trip to Carroil county, Kentucky,' convinced the (ormer Are captain; had been murdered but undecided whether the crime was committed - in Indiana, Ohio or Kentucky. He refused to disclose the hid ! ing place of Miss Margaret Flora j Miller, 66, sister of the missing man, and Heber L. Hicks, 38, her ex-convict chauffeur-handyman held for questioning in the case. —o Held For Driving While Intoxicated Floyd Hill, of Fort Wayne was ar-' routed Saturday afternoon at 1;30| on a charge of operating a motor : vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor- The arrest was : made by local Policeman Ed Miller | a few minutes before the American - Legion parade. He was released on i SSO cash -bond Sunday morning i after being held in the county jail, over night. He will be tried at 7; o'clock tonight before Mayor Arthur : R. Holthouse. Q Church Brotherhood Will Meet Tonight The men’s brotherhood of the First Evangelical church will meet at the church tonight at 7:30 o’clock with the July section in charge ot the program. Reginald Clifton, blind boy, will entertain with music and will also give a short talk on his school life. Q All Committees To Meet Tuesday Night All committees for the Centennial historical pageant will meet at the city hall Tuesday evening at 7:30 o'clock. Gerald Novak, director for the John B. Rogers producing company, will be present and will outline plans lor the -pageant. o No Immediate Relief Promised In Indiana Indianapolis, July 6. — (U.R) —A forecast of “fair and warmer” today precluded hopes for relief from searing heat which gripped the state over the holiday weekend. J. H. Armington, meteorologist at the U. S. weather bureau, said the mercury might reach 100 in Indianapolis. Central and sauthern sections of the state were similarly affected. There still was a deficiency of 1 ' rainfall reported in most areas of i the state, with resultant damages j to crops. o Gets Fire Scare Albany, Ore. —(llP) —When sev-; eral fire engines arrived, all they found was 8-year-old Shirley Sherwood crying. She had tried to mail a letter in tho red box on the corner turning in the general fire alarm.

The Best Things In LIFE IT’S easy to say that “the best things in life are free.” But think a moment. Aren’t the things you value most the ones you’ve worked and planned and saved for? This very day, perhaps, you’re looking forward to making some purchase that will mark another milestone in satisfaction and achievement. It may be something comparatively costly, like a new home —a car—a vacation spent in travel. Or it may be simply a party dress—a set of breakfast china—new curtains for the living-room. You can take real enjoyment in the anticipation of such an investment. But be sure the realization doesn’t disappoint you. Before you huy, read carefully the advertisements in this newspaper. Consider real values. Weigh the merits of one product against another. Find out where and when you can take advantage of price reductions. Then buy with confidence. You can always be surer of high quality and fair price when the article you purchase is advertised by a reputable firm.

NEW HAVEN LAD j DIES IN WRECK i Young Man Well Known Here Is Killed In Auto Accident Rubert Federspiel, 21 and Charles Blackwell, 19, isotli of New Haven, victims in an auto accident neaj- that town shortly i after midnight Friday night, were i both well known in thte city, the ' l»oys and their families having I visited here frequently. Blackwell was almost instantly | killed when the car in which he and his companion were riding - struck an earth barricade 81 feet I from a bridge near New Haven, j The light car, reportedly tnavel- ! ing at a. fast speed, careened to the right of the bridge, leaped the 15-foot embankment and : crashed into the etone aibutmeut after burying its nose in the ground. Federspiel. driver of the car, i remains in the St. Joseph's hospital in Fort Wayne in a serious condition with a skull fracture. He regains consciousness only at intervals. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Federspiel, of New Haven, both of whom are well known here. Surviving Blackwell besides the ipaj-ents, Mr. and Mrs. Richard . Blackwell, are two brothers and j tive sinters. Funeral services are to be held Wednesday morning at the St. John’s Catholic church in! New Haven. oLocal G. E. Employes Are Given Awards Al Schneider and Paul Meyer, employes of the local General Electric i iplant. headed the list of 135 winners I ' in the suggestion awards made by the Fort Wayne works for the i month. Mr. Schueider received an award , of SBO for his suggestion Lu provide I a wire hook on winding machines. Mr. Meyer received an award of s3o Tor his suggestion of a change in towels for wash rooms. Other major award winners for the month included Alma Endelee, and Thurman Fuhrman of the Fort Wayne plant. Mr. Fuhrman is a former local youug man. —o I Ten Persons Are Hurt Near Portland Portland. Ind.. July 6 — (U.R) — ‘ Ten persons were injured, one seriously, in a head-on collision early today on U. S. road 27, three miles south of hare. George Hathaway, hie wife, and their seven children were all taken to a hospital after their catcrashed with one driven by Clyde' Marrell of Dublin. j

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