Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 165, Decatur, Adams County, 13 July 1936 — Page 1

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ORMER MAYOR DES SATURDAY II FORT WAYNE ’illiam 11. Reed Is Found Dead Os Heart Attack Saturday TWO for® fr npca, " r miK> ’° L suddenly over the week-end |. p3rt disease, aggravated by ■ extreme heat. tudwn W. Teeple, 79, mayor of lir from 1909 to 1913 diet! In Lur of angina peotorte Thurs- , night at 8:30 °’ clo ‘*- H. Reed. 74. Fort i vn e attorney, and mayor of Lur from 1891 to 1894, died at, ( home in Fort Wayne Saturday. ' L t'ouirty Coroner Dr. Walter Knife gave a verdict of death coronary selerosis. Funeral services for Mr. Teeple : r held Sunday afternoon at the sick Funeral home on North rood street, hi addition to the , >nds and relatives a large num-1 r of Decatur attorneys attended. . . »as the Second oldest member > the association. TllP Rev. Harry W. Thompson. Sclated at the services. Burial I, made in the Decatur rentery. of which Mr. Teeple was jstee and treasurer. jlr Reed was found dead on a hng Saturday morning on hie rch. where he had spent the [lit in an effort to escape the trctne heat. Mr Reeci was born hi Oak Warr Ohio, and obtained a law de-| te at Ohio Northern university j 1887. He practiced law’ in De-1 tar for 12 years. He was first Bciated with the late John burger in the firm Schurger | d Reed. Later former judge of i i Adams circuit court David E. ilth joined the firm and the me was changed to Schurger, ■ ed and Smith. Following the death of Mayor H. Dent. Mr. Reed was named a special election on January | 1891. to fill out the unexpired ■m. He was re-elected for a II two year term from 1891 to 13. but served until September M because of a change in the I tas to the time of choosing nicipal officers. Mr. Reed left Decatur 37 years o and had been an attorney, miinent in civic affairs in Fort tyne. He was an active memr of the Democratic parties in lb Adams and Allen counties. He served a four-year term on I i board of trustees of the Fort true public schools from 1925 1929. During 1928 and 1929 he s president of the board. Surviving ate the widow. Mrs. | Ha Reed; two sons, Robert, »rts editor of the Fort Wayne imal Gazette and Wade, also Fort Wayne; four grandchildren, lister. Mrs. Mary Anspaugh, and ; o brothers, Frank and Peter, all Lansing, Michigan. funeral services were conduct--11 the Klaehn & Sons' funeral he in Fort Wayne this morning lv:3u am. Dr. Paul H. Krauss, for of the Trinity Lutheran' •rch. officiated. Members of i Allen county bar association I Tf d as pall bearers. Burial 8 mails in the Antioch cem“f at Hoagland.

nnual Moose Picnic Will Be Held Sunday annual Moose picnic for fc! iers of Adams lodge 1311 and '’lilies will be held at Hanpark all day Sunday. 5 19. it was announced today “i Ashbaucher, secretary. I basket dinner will be held at II following entertainment and es m the morning, which will immediately after the i ’■ urnmi ttae of several members '-en appointed to preipare the tin. *° r < ' a Y. and an intercession has been promised. 0 May Final Day or CCC Applicants fcx to w?i e IMt day on whk h hmn, De rec eived for the for ccJ ment fr ° m Adams R ■ I . C can w FHtativß le , L1 ’ leback ’ district rep- ■ John m n° f t ?' e GOUR ' wi U ,be I from 910^ o 8 ° tfiCe here Tueß ' m t ° fiH<,Ut #i) «wSh le ’ y ° Ung men mußt amti- ages Os 17 t 0 28 and Ik or tak ™ llles on relief. WPA Citation n 8 Part ‘ n the fann re ‘ more Pr .t Brain ' Men Who have * 'ban is han flve months and !y Ca » show °? thS may reinlie t if Pers. ° W honorable discharge

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

The Pestilence I ; ,i.iu.‘ * l miA TT-i 'fii'i i- i*i i IhO l X . .5 k- ’, ... .. A farmer of Miller, South Dakota, gazes disconsolately out the window of his home through a screen covered with grasshoppers which have already destroyed his crops.

LOCAL WOMAN’S BROTHER DIES Henry F. Moellering Dies Sunday Morning At Fort M ayne Henry F. Moellerlng, 73. brother of Mrs. G. H. Wehmeyer of this city, died Sunday morning at his home, 312 East Washington, (boulevard, Fort Wayne. Death was caused by nephritis, and came after an extended illness. MT. Moellerlng was pieeßTenrof the Moellerlng Construction company and was active in many other business activities in Fort Wayne. The deceased was born in Fort Wayne January 11. 1863. a son of William and Anna Moellering. He married Margaret J. Miller of that city. Surviving Mr. Moellering are the widoyr, Mrs. Margaret D. Moellering; two sons, Henry J. Moellering and Robert C. Moellering; a daughter. Miss Margaret E. Moellering; a son-in-law. Walter H. Meitz; five grandchildren; a brother, Charles E. Moellering. and three Bisters. Mrs. H. A. Gerberding and Mrs Clara Miller, all of Fort Wayne, and Mrs. G. H. Wehmeyer of Decatur. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at a time to be announced later. Brief services will be held at the residence followed by cervices at St. Paul's Lutheran church with burial at Concordia Lutheran cemetery. Friends are requested to omit flowers. BIDS OPENED THIS MORNING Seven Bids Are Opened For Site Os Berne Post Office

Seven bids were opened today tor sites for the proposed Berne post office and federal building. Postmaster Rena Zehr, who opened the bids, will submit them to Washington where final action will be taken. The low bld at $2,500 was submitted by the Simson heirs’ property and the Jacobs property on North Jefferson street. The site is 132x132 feet Second lowest bid was for the A. J. Moser and Company property, a vacant lot east of the auditorium, for $4,950. The E. A. LuginbiTl property on South Jefferson street, where the Berne Hay company building is located, was offered at $9,700. Two sites were offered for $lO,-, 000. They were: the 132x132 foot lot owned by Arthur Wittwer of Fort Wayne and occupied by the O. K. Grocery and Lunch, and the Berne Hardware-Doyt McCrory property on Franklin street, directly north of the Evangelical church. The Andrew Gottschalk property on Main street with a 66x132 dimension on the south and an 88%x132 foot dimension on the. north was offered at SII,OOO. The highest bid was submitted (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE)

STATE DEATH TOLL MOUNTS TO 76 TODAY No Immediate Relief Is Forecast As Heat Sears Indiana Indianapolis, July 13. — (U.R) — With relief still 24 hours away, the death toll of a scorching twoweek heat wave in Indiana reached 78 today as the temperature rose with the sun toward new high I marks. Forty-four deaths were recorded in the state over the week-end. Thirty-four persons died from effects of the stiffling heat, which prostrated city life and continued to burn into the value of farm crops. Several million dollars damage already has been done to state crops by the drought, Purdue university agricultural leaders said, and they added that the cost would be much greater unless rain comes soon to save the corn. Only local thundershowers relieved the sunbaked state over the weekend. There has not been a substantial state-wide rain for more than a month. "Generally Yair and continued warm" was the forecast of the U. S. weather bureau today. Tuesday will become unsettled, but continued warm, the forecast added. For eight consecutive days the temperature has bounded to the century mark and over in most sections of the state. Southern portions have received less rain than those in the north. ' Eight persons died in Indianapolis yesterday from effects of the heat. They included Kim Shing Chin. 77-year-old Chinese laundryman; Miss Inez Elliott, 55; Mary Beaver. 56; William H. Bradley, 73; John Whitehead. 48; Peter Stanich, 48; Cole Gleeth, 55; Joseph Levinson, 78. State heat deaths yesterday in(CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE)

BROTHERS ARE IN LOCAL JAIL Three Shaffer Brothers Charged With Public Intoxication The roster of the county jail was entirely taken up by the name of Shaffer today, when three Shaffer brothers were lodged there as result of a drunken brawl on Kekionga street Saturday night. Ira and John were arrested at 6 o’clock Saturday evening as an aftermath of the brawl, when Chief of Police Sephus Melchi and Policeman Floyd Hunter arrived on ‘he scene. Policemen Coffee and Miller arrested Jake Shaffer Sunday morning about 1:30 on the same charge. All three men were charged with public intoxicatioh and will be tried later. Paul Johnson, of Fort Wayne reported to police Saturday night that he had bebn the victim of ■stick-up men enroute here from Fort Wayne on road 27 detour. Five men in a Ford V-8. he stated, held him up about eight miles north of the city and robbed him of S6O. Police are investigating the case. John Krebs, employe of the Central Sugar company ran into the detour sign at the corner of Fifth

and Monroe streets Saturday night. The car after striking the sign, ran up on the sidewalk and hit the iron fence surrounding the prop- ■ erty. Mr. Krebs was accompanied > by a beet worker. The men agreed to pay for the damage. ! Mrs. Harve Brodbeck reported ■ I Sunday morning that thieves had entered her chicken coop some time during the night and stole 15 ! or 18 young chickens. o Water Gallonage Records Listed The water gallonage records for i the first six months of the year reiported by Frank Burne, chief engineer at the municipal plant, show that nearly double the amount of water was dietributed in June as was used in January. The number of gallons pumped was 53,503.500 gallons divided as follows: January, $5,704,900; Feb- ■ ruary, 6,334.100; March. 9,912.100; I April $8,80'2,8005 May, and June 12,447,0001 Indications are now that the gal- ! lonage for July will exceed a pre- ■ vious months of the year. However--1 Charles Brodbeck manager of the water department, said there -is no 1 anticipated danger of the exhausti ion of the local supply.

Decatur, Indiana, Monday, .Inly 13, 1936,

Decoration Company Representative Here Marvin Carty, representative of the Evans flag and decorating company of Terre Haute, official decorators for Decatur's Centennial, arrived in this city this morning. He will contact local merchants concerning decorations for store fronts and will also contract to build floats for the parades. Anyone wishing to contact Mr. I Carty Is asked to cal! Bob Helm, chairman of the decorations committee. MANY PLAN TO ATTEND LUNCH Centennial Queen, Attendants To Be Feted Tuesday Evening Several carloads of local people will attend the luncheon at the Holsum bakery in Fort Wayne Tuesday night in honor of Frieda j Scherer, Decatur Centennial queen, her attendants, Mildred Teeple and Ruth Elzey, and the court of honor. All persons who are planning to attend the luncheon are asked to meet at the Rice hotel tomorrow night at 6:30. The luncheon is scheduled for 7:30 at the bakery on Calhoun street in Fort Wayne. Any one who is unable to be at the hotel, may drivd directly to the bakery. Girls from each of the townships who are in the court of honor are asked to meet at the hotel. Those unable to furnish away will be provided with transportation there. A definite number could not be ascertained, but it is expected that nearly 100 will attend. Dut to a postal mixup at Fort Wayne, part of the invitations were not mailed. Any member of the various Centennial committees is invited to attend, even if he or she has not received an individual invitation. The personnel of the bakery will be on hand to take the visitors on a 15-minute tour of the bakery under the supervision of Herbert L. Somers, president of the organization and E. C. Forks, advertising manager. The tour will be open to anyone who wishes to attend. Mrs. Ethel Conaway Peters, home service director of the company, was in Decatur today making final preparations. Mrs. Pet- > ers stated that the bakery will be air conditioned for the luncheon (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

Pleasant Mills Man Overcome By Heat Glenn Mann, of Pleasant Mills, was overcome with the heat at 11 o’clock this morning. He was taken to hie home and a Berne physician called, who reported his condition was not serious. o Joe Leeper Injured In Accident Today Joe Leeper, 33, of Roanoke sustained two cracked ribs at 11:30 this morning, when the car in which he was riding d while passing a truck on a country road, seven miles north of this city. Henry Borst. 18, Huntington, driver of the car was not injured. By skillful maneuvering, Marion Marshall, 28. Richmond, was able to avoid striking the passenger car which turned over directly in front | of his truck.. A local physician was called and the man's injuries dressed at a nearby farm house. The car was badly damaged.

South Dakota Governor Tells Story Os Utter Crop Failure

(Editor’s note: Gov. Tom Berry of South Dakota, in a survey of the drought situation in his state written exclusively for the United Press, predicts a further drop of $40,000,000 in South Dakota farm income this year. His dispatch follow.) By Tom Berry Governor of South Dakota (Copyright, 1936 by United Press) Pierre. IS. D„ July 13— <IJ.R> — Outside of perhaps twelve counties in the southeastern corner of this state, there will be almost a total crop failure for 1936. Six weeks ago, prospects were never better for a fine crop in all parts of South Dakota, but since that time continued drought and a repetition of the grasshopper plague of 1933 and 1934 has wiped out practically ali of the small grain and com. For the fourth consecutive year, this state has been the victim of drought, and to an extent, of graisshoppers. In 1935, there was an improvement and enough feed

HEAT RELIEF HOPE SMASHED Continued Hot, Dry Weather Is Predicted For Community Decatur ami community's hope of relief from the scorching hot weather, predicted by the weather bureau for tonight or tomorrow, was blasted today when the forecast could find no relief in sight for several days. With no fatalities resulting in the | community for the record-breaking heat wave, much suffering was reported. John Steigmeyer, of South First street was overcome Sunday morning when he started to open the front door of hie home to admit his wife, returning home from church. Mr. Steigmeyer, who had been euftering from a cold was unable to attend church. When he started to open the door, he fell, striking his head severely. The attending physician reported that he was improving today, however. Temperatures in Decatur, unofficially hovered around 102 in the ehade today, and rampaged to as high as 120 in the sun. A new thermometer of the dial type, insta'led by a local firm on .Monroe street has been kept topsyturvy by the high temperatures. The i thermometer registers to 115. and ■ has room for five more degrees, and still heat from the sun, and reflection from the building caused the swinging hand of the instrument to drop completely out of sight durJ ing most of today. One thermometer, •capable of ! registering 115 degrees, gave way entirely and burst. Several factory employes, suffering from the heat, were forced to lay off work part time. Farmers in .the community are unable to work their horses but a few hours in the evening. Re'ief seekers enroute to lake resorts, report that the scorching (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

NOTED PASTOR DIES SUNDAY I Dr. S. Parkes Cadman Dies In Plattsburg Hospital New York. July 13 —<U.R) —FolH lowers from ma,ny faiths today mourned the death of Dr. S. i Parkes Cadman, acne-time Engi lish coal miner who became one of i the meet beloved and influential i men in America. His body was brought here today from Plattsburg, where he died yesterday, a week aflter he wa.s stricken with appendicitis and peritonitis. He was 71. Funeral services will be held at 1 11 a. m, Wednesday in BYwiklyn 1 Center Congregational church, ■ which he had served as pastor for 35 years. Bishop Francis J. McConnell of the Methodislt Epis- . copal church —the faith in which Dr. Cadmaji was bom and in | which lie maintained membership , —will conduct the service at the request of the family. It is probable that Dr. Cadman would be alive today if he had not insisted on "doing hfe job,” as he put it. Stricken with appendii citis at Westport, he completed his sermon at Westport Communi trONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR)

was raised to care for the livestock. This year, however, the drought has destroyed pastures, and there is an acute livestock problem particularly west of the river where the principal industry is livestock raising. Over a period of ten years. South Dakota showed an average cash income from farms of $170,218,190. The cash income in ' 1934, the last year for which accurate reports are available, dropped to $63,985,000. It is my opinion that in 1936 there will be a further drop of at least $40,000,000. One of the reasons for this is the depletion of our livestock herds because of conditions in 1934 and 1933. Despite four discouraging years which would have completely destroyed the morale of an average i citizen, the people of South Dako- . ta have not given up. They still believe that the situaition now (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR)

Hope Os Relief In Midwest Fades; Deaths From Heat And Drought Mount Hear Thousand

LABOR LEADERS AIR OWN VIEWS Leaders Os Two Union Factions Relate Own Views (Editor's Note —A dispute over the comparative merits of craft type unions and industrial, or "vertical,” unions is the crux of the strife now threatening to divide the American Federation of into two organizations. Because of the importance of the question, the United Press induced the leader of each of the warring factions to explain his cause in his own words.) By John L. Lewis Chairman of the Committee for Industrial Organization. (Copyright 1936 by United Press) Washington, July 13 —<U.R> —An i "industrial union” includes in its membership all workers in an industry, such as iron ajtd st£el manufacturers — whether unskilled, semi-skilled or skilled, or whether they work by hand or head. Under its procedure, the wageearners in each plant are organized into local unions, and these, in return, through district organizations, are integrated into national unions. The industrial union's basis of action and its economic strength, therefore, are designed to be coequal and coterminous with the management or ownership of industry itself. A "craft union.” on the other hand, restricts its membership to skilled w’orkers in a trade or occupation sich as carpenters, loeo- ' motive engineers, granite cutters, j and so on through—more than a hundred classifications. They are the outgrowth and a survival of a past period in American economic development of more than hajf a century ago when industrial enterprises were small and highly localized, and when human skill and training were the dominant factors in industry. They cannot cope effectively with the problems which confront industrial workers employed in the basic-masß-production indus-

(CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) Additional Names For Pageant Cast Six names were omitted Saturday in the list published of the children from the ag« of eight to 10 years, who are taking part in the hietorica' pageant, to be presented during the first three days of the Decatur Centennial celebration. The children are Edna Mae Schultz. Phyllis Owens. Helen Jean Owens. Kathleen Shackley, Charleen Shackley and Betty Brueck. The schedule of rehearsals is published each evening in the Decatur Democrat. MOSSED RITES HELD TODAY

Christian Mosser Died Saturday At Richmond Hospital Funeral services for Christian Mosser, 54, who died at 1 o’clock Saturday afternoon at the Easthaven Hospital in Richmond, were held this afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Gen|eva United Brethren church.’ Burial was made in the M. R. E. cemetery. Mr. Mosser’e death was due to a sunstroke. He had worked in the fields on the hospital farm Saturday morning and was overcome by the heat. He had been at the hospital for 18 years. He was born in Hartford township, a son of Solomon and Elizabeth Mosser. He was married to Prudentia Soldner, who survives. Mr. and Mrs. Mosser had resided in Geneva for many years and he operated the New Corydon stone quarry. Surviving besides the v’idow are the children: Willis, Lawrence. Melvin and Edith, at home at Geneva; four brothers, Joe of Oklahoma; John of Montana; Noah of Fort Wayne and Sol of Geneva, and a sister, Mrs, Cliff Mertz of west of Berne,

Directs Publicity I i j j W- J Alfred H. Kirchhofer (abovel prominent Buffalo, N. Y„ editor, has been named to the important post of publicity director for the Republican campaign by John D. M. Hamilton, chairman of the Republican national committee. SOUVENIR MONEY FOR CENTENNIAL “Wooden” Money Is Issued As Souvenir Os Local Centennial An issue of wooden nickles, dimes and quarters was floated today by the Decatur Centennial association to advertise the city's 100th birthday, which becomes one of the few cities in history to have its own currency. The only difference between Decatur's money and "paper press money” of post war Europe is that this issue is redeemable in United States currency at any time before Thursday, August 6. The issue was distributed through the merchants, who will give the money as change. It will be acceptable at any store in the city. The money has been printed on the best three-ply veneer in the United States. It is nearly the size and nearly as pliable as a paper dollar. On the front of the money are the phrases. “Decatur Centennial Souvenir” and “1836 —A Century of Achievement—l 936.” The denomination is printed on each side of, the picture of Commodore Stephen Decatur. On the hack of the money is a statement giving the details of the manner in which it will be redeemed. This is signed by the Decatur Centennial Association per Carl Pumphrey, president; Arthur Voglewede, secretary and Dan Niblick, treasurer. The statement is: “This wooden certificate on back is issued by the Decatur Centennial Association as a souvenir of the Decatur Centennlay “Achievements of a Century” and Historical Pageant, August 2 to 8, 1936. It is redeemable in 5 (10 or 25) cents in coin of the United States of America at the office of said Decatur Centennial Association, 125V6 N. Second St., Decatur, Indiana, up to and including August 6, 1936.” Although the money will be redeemed in cash if desired on or before August 6, the Centennial association expects that a large portion of the money will be retained by souvenir collectors. o Mn iacob Koontz Dies Sunday Night Mrs. Jacob Koontz, Sr,, of South Whitley, died Sunday night of infirmities. She was about 90 years old and had been in failing health for several months. A son, H. L. Koontz, of South Whitley, well known in Decatur, survives. Funeral services will be held Wednesday morning. ■■■ ■ o WEATHER Generally fair and continued warm tonight and Tuesday.

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Extreme Western Drought Regions Are Relieved By Rain; Other Parts Continue Hot. DAMAGE GROWS By United Press The drought at a glance. Rain relieved extreme western drought regions. Remainder of agricultural mid-west and northwest doomed to continued sealing temperatures and lack of moisture. Heat and drought deaths bounced to nearly 1.000. Crop damage estimated at more than $400,000,000. Only hope for relief seen in new cool wave moving southeastward from north Pacific. Federal government expands drought relief program. State resettlement administrators from drought regions confer in Washington. Works progress (administration adding thousands to work relief rolls daily. AAA makes ready to institute its cattle buying program. Clouds Evaporate Chicago, July 13 — (U.P.) —Rain clouds which scattered life-giving moisture over ithe western edge of America’s great drought basin “simply evaporated” and the rest of the nation will sizzle for several more days, forecaster J. H. Lloyd of the Chicago weather bureau reported today. “The mass of cool ajr that was expected to spread eastward across the nation has spent its force,” Lloyd said. “Relief did ■ not reach farther easit than tho j Dakotas. Nebraska, a.nd northwestern Minnesota.” Montana, Wyoming and Coloi ratio were the only states that were cooled by week-end rain of appreciable importance, Lloyd said. “The raja fizzled out to scattered showers over North Dakota and northern Minnesota.” he continued. "The general situation for relief from the drought doesn't look as good today as it did Saturday or Sunday.” Lloyd saw some hope in a fresh j wave of cool air now moving in from the north Pacific and spreadI ing over the Rockiee. These ' clouds probably will reach Nebras- | ka tomorrow, he said. There will be local showers in i North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota tonight or tomorrow, lie predicted. The showers prole lably will spread to northwestern Minnesota, northwestern Wisconsin. and upper Michigan. Continued hot. dry weather is in store for Illinois. Indiana. lowa and Missouri. There is no rain in prospect for these states tomor(CONTTNUED ON PAGE FIVE) o HIGHWAY HEAD GIVES REPORT Contracts Awarded During June Total Nearly Three Million Indianapolis, July 13. — (U.R) —• Contracts for construction and Improvement projects in Indiana, highways in 23 counties, costing approximately $2,750,000 were awarded by the state highway commission during June, James D. Adams, chairman, said today. Contracts for grading, surfacing and paving of 31.4 miles of highways, for construction of 13 grade separations, and for the building of 28 bridges and small structures were let. Counties in which the projects were located included: highways, Marshall, Lake, Henry, Delaware, and Madison: bridges and separations. Lake, Pike, Gibson, Hamilton, Vigo. St. Joseph. Henry. Delaware, Allen, Madison and Kosciusko. The awards during June practically completed the highway commission’s 1936 construction program. A major part of the construction will be completed yet this year. The continued dry weather has benefitted road construction and several others are nearing completion. Oiling Bids Indianapolis, July 13. — (U.R> — Bids for nearly 3,000.000 gallons of (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR)