Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 184, Decatur, Adams County, 4 August 1936 — Page 1

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■CIS OF MIES ON ■ eYHIBIT HERE ■ |ur Industries Have H kr e4iuK I Yhihits ■ . uM.i'i"! w-th that haV *‘ W. ~, ' ~, i. ■■"..j,. ' :tr " f “ l,,ur ' hiSKII'i' 111 £ , h ~<,. is the MeInc.. including « Linets from the Cen- - Mill" along with a BB b-.m a niinIlia' used in the t-.i-y This exhibit is lo- !■''. M S.-. oiid streets. I is located nirenie w- st end of Lib K." | H s|>lays here include ■ as I ■ ■ ssories of the I®'... ... r Kirs( h & Son. Hudson and Oblsmos him" Motor Sales. ■'t> A Kill : Chevrolet and Sales. Reo. east of the auto . - k lieel inn ... ■ ■ farm implea iu! In'- "Hal trucks. . near Third K-s lixiii'-d -he Gene Strat■p,.,-. .\h ■ ■ sponsored by ■.- ..■a • i o emeries. Inc. ■ ri ■ < p. rsonal and the famed Kn.im'y author, as well as . ,dle t ted from days of the county. 'i.is t-xhi! it is a display furnislmd by the My■fcv 11 fed> road ■ facings, i.i winnowers ami products of the Decatur ■fct. .ciipem leal are the ex■(nrby ■b General Electric company ■1 display of all electric appli■l electric refrigerators, ami Mi in the exhibit on the ex■mSTED O\- page FIVE) o ■ ■•RESIDENTS ARE HONORED lomecomers” Gather At Christian Church Today tay former residents of Deca•nd Adams county, and other teted persons were taking adkr of the assembly hall for Heromere". located in the Chris<lturch today. te church, secured by the Cental committee for the conven•ot former residents to chat •tolden times, will ibe open durlite remainder of the week also, ks registered today, known as •wonting Day" of the Centen- ■ ’Two young ladles were in Re of the registration booth in flabby, where all former DecaturIwere asked to register, stating ® they lived here. r’ 1 ' and entertainment was furW the visitors, and members te Rotary and Lions clubs of the »furnished automobiles to transtheni on a tour of the city, Jrr they visited the Homesteads Pether .points of interest, includP»rious industries. [■ to On Traffic Violators Is On of the first victims of the state 6 campaign against reckless ’* E. E. Andenson, 50, Shirley, rti guilty to drunken driving ' ourt today and was fined costs and sentenced to 30 in jail. h p wag arpefl f e( j near '’in Sunday as the state pol-ar-v e began. - -—o— Scouts To Meet Wednesday, Friday Scouts in the city were tinne tOday to be at the inforboth Wednesday and Friday I L a ' 6: ' 30 °' cl< ’ ck in uniform. °oth is located on the northlr.~runer of the court house lapi „ e ®° y Scouts will assist in S the traffic during the big on those nights. |

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Denies Story m I ; wife >' K \ Heated denials that he was the I "George" named in Mary Astor’s diary were voiced by George S. Kaufman, above, noted playwright. when he was subpoenaed >to appear in court to tell of his acquaintance with the film star. Miss Astor seeks to regain custody of her four-year-old daughter from her ex-husband. Dr. Franklyn Thorpe. LIST WINNERS IN EXHIBITS Winners In 4-H Girls Club Exhibits Are Announced Winners in the 4-H girls club exhibits were announced this morning. Judging of the exhibits wan ) conducted by Mrs. Retta Geiger, of Albion, Miss Bessie Sale, of Bluffton and Miss Bragg, of Winchester. All three of the judges are voca- ! tional home economics teachers. Blue, red and white ribbons were given to winners in each of the four ' c’oesees in canning and five classes of clothing and dressmaking. First year canning: Berniece Mathyw. first; Marie Miller, second ! and Anita Stolp. third. Second year canning: Dorothy Werling. Ruby Miller and Wilma" Miller. Third year canning: Donnaßelle Arnold, first. Fourth year canning: Beatrice Hyths, first. First year clothing: Naomi B. Steury. first; Alice Tumbleeon. second and Virginia Venis, thirdSecond year clothing: Barbara Lehman. Mary Louise McCoy and Irene Mathys. Third year clothing: Dorothy Hoffman. Anita Stolp and Ma'rgaret Moses. Fourth year clothing: Marguerite Witson, Mary C. Arnold and Donna Belle Arnold. Fifth Year .clothing: Agues Schultz. Margaret Poling and Juanita Lehman. • 0 WEATHER Cloudy, rain south portion; cooler except extreme south tonight; Wednesday cloudy, rain extreme south portion. BOARD ORDERS PLANS DRAWN Commissioners Order Plans For Court House Addition The county commissioners, in their regular monthly session today ordered Charles Houck, Muncie architect, to draw up plans for the addition to the court house. The new room will be occupied by the county welfare board- Tentative plans call for the remodeling of the j room, now used to store coal. This will have a new floor Installed, the walls refinished and a ventilating system built. An outside stairs will be built Connections will be provided, by which entrance to the room can be gained from the interior of the ’ building. A group of petitioners appeared ■ asking a black top road near Linn Grove. The board was unable to promise the road because of insufficient funds in the county highway | appropriation.

23 MAJOR OIL COMPANIES IN 0. S. INDICTED Federal Grand Jury Indicts Many Under AntiTrust Law Washington. Aug. 4—<U.R) —In a 1 sweeping Sherman anti-trust action. the justice department today ! made public details of indictment of 23 major oil companies, 58 individuals. land three publications on charges of price fixing and pooling gasoline purchases. it was one of the most extensive allegations of anti-trust law violation in recent years. Heading the list of thone indicted were the nation's major oil firms, including Standard Oil of Indiana. Socony-Vacuuin Oil Co.. Cities Service, Continental Oil, Calf Oil, Pure Oil Co., Shell Petroleum Sinclair Refining. Texas Co., Tide Water Oil, Mid-Continent Petroleum, Phillips Petroleum. Kelly Gil, Barnsdall Refining and the Globe Oil and Refining Co. The defendants were charged with conspiring to raise and fix the prices of gasoline eold in interstate commerce, principally in 10 different mid-western states. The indictments were returned by a federal grand jury at Madison, Wis., as the outgrowth of an inveetlgation ordered last May by Attorney Generaj Homer S. Cummings. Individuals indicted included: Edward G. Seubert, president, Standard of Indiana; Allan Jackson, vice-president. Standard of Indiana; Edward J. Bullock, vicepresident. standard of Indiana; Ira A. Smith, buyer. Standaixl of Indiana! John A. Brown, president, Socony Vacuum; Charles L. Jones, vice-president. Socony Vacuum; Charlee A. Arnott, vice-pres-ident. Socony Vacuum; H. T. Ashton, manager of Lubrite division, Socony Vacuum. A. G. Maguire. Itoard of directors chairman, Wadhams; R. R. Irwin, manager, White Eagle division. Socony ‘Vacuum; Bryan S. Reid, general manager Chicago division, Socony Vacuum. DESCENDANT OF FOUNDER HERE Youngest Descendant Os Thomas Johnson Visits Decatur Among the many thousand persons who witnessed the important part Thomas Johnson flayed in the founding of Decatur, as portrayed by the local character in the historical pageant, was another Thomas Johnson, six year old son of Douglas Johnson, and youngest living descendant of the famed personage. Young Thomas traveled here with his parents from their Garrett home to see the pageant and take part in the 100th birthday celebration of the city his grandfather aided in establishing. Mrs. Rebecca Chaney, who was 90 i years old in May of this year, is , the oldest liging descendant and a daughter of the elder Thomas Johnson. Due to her advanced ag 3 she was unable to attend the celebration. Mrs. Chaney was born here but moved about 50 years ago. lu writing to Mrs- Ada Martin, of this city, granddaughter of Thomas Johnson, the aged lady stated that 1 she would have been more than pleased to attend. Barton Johnson, aged 75. of Kansas City, Kansas is the only other living child., thus only two of the 14 children born to the elder Johnsons are living today. Neither was able to be here for the Centennial. Mrs. Martin's brother, Jacob, now owns the farm, which Thomas Johnson secured from the government the same year the city was founded. Jacob purchased the farm from his father and is now living there. The farm is located in Washington township near the Washington church. The farm has never been owned by other than Thomas Johnson or his direct descendants. BULLETIN Indianapolis, Aug. I—<U-P> Gov. Paul V. McNutt, in his office here this afternoon for a short time, announced at his press conference that he would attend Decatur’s Centennial celebration Friday, The governor will deliver a dedicatory address at 3:30 p. m.

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Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, August 1, 1936.

Possible .1 udge? Huber M. DeVoss, judge of the Adams circuit court siince 1932, has been mentioned as one of the ' choices for appointment to the appellate court, succeeding the late Fred Wiecking, who died suddenly last week. MENTION LOCaT JUDGE FDD POST I Name Os Judge DeV OSS Mentioned For Appellate Court Judge Huber M. DeVose of this j city !b among those being favorably I mentioned for appoinment by GovJ ernor Paul V. McNutt, to succeed the late Fred Weicking. as judge of the appellate court. Others under consideration, ac- ’ cording to a dispatch from Ind'.anaI polis. include Clarence R. McNabb of Fort Wayne, Clarence E. Manion . of Notre Dame university. Mark Storen of Michigan City, Russell Smith of I-a porte, James Em«h- . wilier of Hartford City, Orlo Deahl of South Bend and Virgil Simmons • of Bluffton. Judge DeVoss has served with dis- ■ tinction as judge ci' the Adams cir- • cuit court and has frequently .been • called to serve as a special judge on important cases In other counties. He ranks high as a jurist of ability and has the enthusiastic and unanimous support of the citizens of this county. 1 The appointment to fill the vac--1 ancy until a successor is elected (CONTINUED ON PAOE THREE) o Give Figures On Cost Os Welfare Indianapolis, Aug. 4 —(U.R) —The - far reaching public welfare pro- : gra.m enacted by the 1936 special > session of the state legislature I will cost Indiana's 92 counties .: (slightly less than $3,000,000 dur- . ing 1937. the state public welfare i board estimated today. The estimate of $2,961,947. approximately $159,000 less than wjls estimated !by Gov. Paul V. Mc--1 Nutt at the opening of the special .! sesstion, was saved on county ’ budgets. Additional contributions of s').- ! i 718,609 by the state and federal 1 governments for old age pension, paid to crippled and dependent ' children, assistance to mothers, ' etc., will increase the total cost 1 of the program to $12,680,557, it ' was estimated. ' o FDEE ACTS ARE WELL DECEIVED Large Crowds See First Performances Os Free Acts Large crowds witnessed the opening performances of the three free acts scheduled to thrill the throngs at the Centennial. Fousts Flying Devils, well known trapeze and tumbling artists are appearing on the corner of Second and Jackson streets. They have given two performances, one Monday afternoon and one this morning. The Flying Valentinos,, perfornt- ■ ing on a trapeze on Monroe street between Third and Fourth streets opened the schedule of free acts Monday afternoon before a large crowd, despite the fact that the Midway did not officially open until last evening. Rita and Dunn, high wire experts gave their first performance on the tight wire trapeze on the Central school grounds last night before an unusually large crowd, many just returned from witnessing the pageant. This performance was again given this afternoon. The schedule of the act may be , found in another column today.

4-H CALVES JUDGED TODAY Winners In Part Os Division Are Announced Today Ayrshire, Jersey and Guernsey 4-H calves were judged this morning by E. T. Wallace, extension I dairyman of Purdue University, as j the livestock show formally got j under way. The rest of the 4-H club calves will be judged this afternoon. The judging took place in the big tent on the city’s free parking j lot at th corner of First and Madison streets. All cattle are housed in this tent this year and the horses have been moved to the Adi ams county highway garage at the > ’corner of Jackson and First street, 1 and the tent across the street. ■ Wednesday, the Guernsey re--1 gional show will be held at the cattle tent, with W. W. Yapp of ibe University of Illinois as judge. The judging today of 4-H calf club work was interesting to both farm and city spectators as the reasons for the placings were exi plained to the crowd by Mr. Wallace. The results of this morning's judging were: Ayrshire 1 Champion: Stanley Arnold. Junior calves: Eugene Arnold, first; Thomas Lehman, second, and Ernestine Lehman, third. Senior calves: Katherine Leh1 man, first. Junior yearling: Ernestine Lehman. first: Robert Mann second; I and Katherine Lehman, .hird. Senior yearling: Stanley Arnold, first; Thomas Lehman, second. Jersey Champion: Catherine Mosser. Junior calves: Grace Moser. ' first; Eli Habegger, second; and Lester Habegger. third. Senior calves: Catherine Mosser, 1 first; and Joel Habegger. second. Junior yearling: Catherine Mos--1 ser. first; and Floyd Arnold, sec- ’ ond. Senior yearling: Grice Mosser. ’ first. Jersey cow: Catherin Mosser, • (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREEk TRUSTEES PLAN SCHOOLOPENING Trustees List Rules For Rural Schools Next Year Plans for opening of the town- ’ ship schools were made by the , township trustees in their regular monthly meeting this morning in ’ the county school superintendent's , office. Most important of the changes . made in school governing was that i of requiring a supply teacher to be . named for each township by the township trustee, that teacher to receive, while she is working, a Balary equal to the one drawn by the regular teacher. Township budgets must I be made prior to August 22. Other regulations adopted by the , board state that teachers are not - to leave the building until a'l students have departed, teachers are | to supervise playgrounds, teachers are to report for institute upon call of the superintendent. No salary will be received while the teacher is attending the institute. Principals of all schools will be | instructed that all transfers must | be turned in by the second week of school. The township schools open cn September 8. Mrs. Lucille Lineback, representative of the governor’s commission of unemployed relief, met with the trustees during the meeting in regard to WPA employment schedules • during the winter and fall months. ' Forms were given each trustee. i, o i 1 FREE ACTS i Tuesday ' 7 p. m.—Flying Valentinos, MonI roe street between t ‘ Third a,nd Fourth. • | 8 P- m.—Final pageant perform-; i ance, Niblick field. 9:30 p. m.—Rita & Dunn, Central!, school grounds. !; Wednesday < i 10:00 a.m.—Fousts Devils—Corner ] i Jackson and Second. , 1 1:30 p.m—Rita and Dunn — Cen-’, i tral school ground. I; 4:30 p.m.—Flying Valentinos — ■ Monroe, street be- , tween Third and 4th. I t 7:00 p.m.—Fousts Devils —Corner ■ • Jackson and Second. ! 8:00 p.m. — Spectacular historical ! , parade on Third St. ~ - 9:30 p.m.— Flying Valentinos — •! Monroe street, be-! tween 3rd and 4th. ) 10:00 p.m. — Fireworks display —r 1 Niblick field.

YOUTH HONORED UN CENTENNIAL PROGRAM TODAY Paul Siple Speaks To Youth In Special Program Today : Speaking on the necessity of I preparedness, Paul Siple. national Boy Scout leader and member of two Byrd South Pole expedition® addressed a large crowd of boys, i girls and adults at the Legion ; Memorial park this afternoon. Mr. Siple was selected from 600,000 Boy Scouts to accompany Byrd on his two expeditions to the Anartic. Hie talk today consisted of stories of the difficulties and problems of polar explorations. He told briefly of the loss of life met in the Captain Robert Scott expedition in 1911-12 and the Sir Dougins Mawson party in 1916 at the South Pole, cawed by the lack of adequate supplies and experience, and because of unforseen difficulties. The Byrd expedition had the advantage of portable radios, tractors and other modem equipment. In addition, every step of the trip 1 was planned months ahead of time. He told of the difficulties in making exploratory trips because too much equipment and food made the party too heavy and too little endangered the lives of the men. Mr. Siple also described the three months exploratory trip with a, party of four men. On this trip he acquired 10 per cent of the animal and vegetable specimens ever found in polar expeditions. He made geographical and meteorlogical records as well. The men found evidence that the South Pole tad once been a tropica.! country. During the last glacial age. believed caused by sun spots, the land was covered with tee. Now the ice is receding and scientists predict that it will be inhabitable in 10.000 or 15,000 years. He closed hLs talk with interi esting stories about the penguins ! and the seal at the South Pole. Several interesting articles from the expedition were exhibited by Mr. Siple. At the close of the program the boys and girls marched back to the midway, where at the end of the formation they were presented with popsicles. A number of boys and girls from Fort Wayne. Van Wert and other near-by cities were present. A large per cent of the crowd consisted of adults. The complete program this as(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o Two Men Are Fined In City Court Here Two men were fined $1 and costs I when they were tried in Mayor Arthur R. Holthouse's court last evening. David Myers, son of a Celina, Ohio, attorney was fined on a charge of reckless driving. He was arrested Saturday night. Juen Topia, local Mexican, known as John Young, was fined on a charge of public intoxication. He was also arrested Saturday night by local police. PAGEANT HERE WELL RECEIVED • Final Performance Os Historical Pageant Scheduled Tonight Unless weather prevents, the historical pageant, “A Century Marche® By," will be given for the third and last time tonight. The pageant is free to the public and a cast of about 500 is participating. Thousands have been thrilled with the presentation. The music is wonderful. A Hammond electric organ furnishes the music and the Berne Community chorus sings Ithe different episodes. The music and singing alone are worth going miles to hear. Rev. J. J. Seimetz is the narrator and the entire story of the pageant and musite is broadcast over Ntblick field through an amplifying system. The pageant is directed by Gerald Novak of the John B. Rogers Producing company. Fostoria, O. Dr. Fred Patterson is general chairman of the pageant and Mrs. Chajmer O. Porter acted as chairman of the talent committee. The thousands who witnessed the spectacle Sunday and Monday , [Bight testify to its success.

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1 Youth Speaker Paul Siple. Boy Scout chosen to accompany the Admiral Byrd expedition to the Antarctic, was the on the Youth program this afternoon. Siple will ajso speak at a joint meeting of the Laona and Rotary clubs at 6:15 this evening. PARADE PLANS FOR WEDNESDAY Big Centennial Parade At 8 o’Clock Wednesday Night Preparations for the spectacular parade on Wednesday night at 8 o'clock were announced as complete today by Will Bowers, ehair- • mat) of the parades committee. The giant parade, the largest of the week, will be filled with floats and vehicles of an historical nature, depicting the progress of the county during the past 100 years. The parade will again follow the same line of march, starting at North Third street and following down Third to Adams, thence to First street, where it will disband. Extra police will be detailed to patrol the line of march, in an effort to keep the crowds back, siince some of the floats are so large all the street width Is necessary for passing. A total of 15 bands and a likp number of floats will be in the parade in addition to the historical displays. Following is the line of formation: State police motorcycle esI cort; mounted escort; Decatur girl’s band: Centennial welcome floatj Portland high school band; Centennial queen's float, with Miss Indiana and court of honor: Adam® county float, with Miss Adams County and Saxonaders band; ex cart, first Cadillac and modern Chevrolet; Paulding. Ohio high school band; General Electric float; Van Wert, Ohio high ! school band; Adams Post No. 43. Legion float; Celina, Ohio high school band; Central Sugar company float; first Ford car and modern i Ford; Ford float with Berne ac-1 I cordian band; Central Soya company float; Celina I.H.C.S. band; Cloverleaf Creameries, Inc., float; Wren, Ohio high school band; 4-H club float; St. Henry high school band; Moose float; Lions float; Coldwater, Ohio high school band; Portland Centennial float; Ohio City, Ohio high school band; Morris 5 & 10 float; Elmhurst school of Fort Wayne band; and the Adams Post No. 43, Legion band. Several others are expected to be entered by parade time. No floats will be permitted to enter that are not designed in keeping with the historical note portrayed in the parade. Friday visitons to the Centennial will witness two parades, the livestock at 1:30 in the afternoon and the big Legion parade at night. Arrangements are now being made by the Legion and the parade committee for that day. —,— o - Howard Wisehaupt Chosen As Speaker Howard J. Wesihaupt, nationally known business analyst, who is aiding the executive committee in the Centennial celebration will speak Thursday morning. August 13, at 8:50 o’clock at the summer graduation exercises of the International Business College, it was announced last night by Prof. Jonas ' Tritch, president of the college.

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Largest Opening Night In History Os Fairs Jams Decatur Midway Monday Night. DAY’S PROGRAM The largest opening night crowd in the history of fairs in the city, jammed Decatur’s brilliantly lighted, colorfully decorated Midway Monday night Opening promptly at 7 o’clock, with the commodore’s salute and a short, but colorful parade, the throng of visitons milled about the Midway until midnight, taking in the sights. Decatur’s business district was a beehive of activity all day Monday, with concessionaires working feverishly to prepare their stands for business in time for the grand opening. The opening parade was headed by two state motorcycle officers. Following in an open car, were Carl C. Pumphrey, president of the Centennial association; J. T. Merryman, first mayor of Decatur; and A. R. Holithouse, present, mayor. The American Legion City band i was followed by the Welcome I float, surmounted by the key to the city. The high school band from Mid- ! die Point, Ohio, was followed by ! the float bearing Miss Decatur. ' queen of the Centennial, and her court of honor. The Elmhurst high school band was next in line, preceding the Adams county float, carrying Miss Adams County. The school band from St. Mary’s, Ohio and the Decatur Girls’ band concluded the parade. Pageant i The historicaj pageant, “A CenI tury Marches By.” was presented for the second performance before another large crowd at Niblick field. With many extra men. including volunteer firemen, policing the field, the crowd was much better handled than on the previous night and the pageant was much more j thoroughly enjoyed by the thousands present Weather permitting, the final performance of the pageant will be given at 8 o'clock tonight. Brave Showers Despite a drizzling rain which started falling shortly after 9 o’clock this morning, many persons appeared on the Midway, apparently determined to take full advantage of the Centennial celebration in the face of adverse weather conditions. Free acts were scheduled for this afternoon and tonight. Hometowners, Youth Former residents of ithe city an dcounty, and the present generation of youth were honored by Centennial programs today. Headquarters for former residents are established at the Christian church, corner of Second and Jefferson streets. A registration booth has been placed in the church vestibule and special entertainment was offered during the afternoon. This afternoon, members of the (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) MUST PRUVIDE RELIEF FUNDS County Auditors Advised Provision IMust Be Made Indianapolis, Aug. 4.-(U.R> —County auditors were advised today by the governor’s commission on unemployment relief that adequate provision for poor relief funds for the coming year must be included in budgets and tax levies for 1937. Under poor relief laws of Indiana, the county is charged with the responsibility of making advancement of funds to the townships in payment of poor relief bills as filed by trustees whenever the township has no relief funds to its credit, is was pointed out. In event there are insufficient county revenue funds, it will be necessary for county commissioners and council to provide such funds by making temporary loans or issuance of poor relief bonds, the communication said. Counties were informed that the works progress administration and the public welfare programs will serve to reduce the number of persous on direct rjliet,