Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 298, Decatur, Adams County, 17 December 1936 — Page 1

b XXXIV. No. 298.

■ill BUILDING I|S PETITIONED | FOR TOWNSHIP Bombined SchooLCom- ■ munity Building At 9 Pleasant Mills i i( . a tinn has been made ?v |H' Mir y\ township for a grant public works n/lminisli.' tl , aid in construction of a j|9~ school anil community at Pleasant Mills. ■fv application was filed this following action t>v tlm /. ...h Oiv board. < nmpn - ■Tot Sannt'T Cottrell, <lmirm:<.n I Si,|ff ( .ri'> and Sherman \Hi p,. n McCullough, township D Bichette Custer, local and Charles Houck. architect. ■■rte preliminary plans jxovhba building approximately <»", j,y n.T feet, and will be joined (he present school house. ba.e ni.'io will contain tine rooms, two for boys and far gid', two shower rooms. and a heating plant, to heat for both the new the present building. ■Ln auditorium, 55 by SO b-t. i„ constructed for the first A stage will be built on . ,-i. of this loom, running tlm Mil length. {■The basketball floor in the attdi will be of regulation siz ■. seats accomodating will be placed on the during games, while perm seats opixwite the stage w ■; another 500. It is that for stage and community gatheiiiu than persons ■■Th" s. ond floor will comic class rooms, each 23 by 2S and an office. |B Th" application asks for a. >:r.i L'ti.noi from the fed.-ial covering 45 per < ' tit < total cost, which has torn fiotn preliminary pi? SSB, 000. Long Needed community building and addinv pwie tw>.. _ — . _(> Ills HENDRICKS | TRIAL FINISHED 9'losing Arguments Are 9 Given Today In ExK tortion Trial 9 BULLETIN ■■l August Hendricks. Monroe was found not guilty of extortion by Judge Thomas ■W. Slick in federal court at Fort Wayne late this after- ■ noon. Judge Slick held that evidence was not conclusive. ■H either as to Hendricks having the letter or to plac- ■ ing the letter in the mail box. BH Final arguments were present. <1 afternoon by attorneys in the I of August Hendricks. 53. Mon- | township farmer, in the fedcr. B court at Fort Wayne. |H Hendricks is being tried on a of violation of the postal s in connection with an alleged ■ttempt to extort $3,000 from ( B"»w Strickler, his neighbor. ■ James R. Fleming, U. S. district in rebuttal this afternoon, to refute testimony prethis morning by the defense. ■_Edwin R. Thomas, defense at- , placed handwriting exports . ttle stand this morning in an j ort to show that the alleged j letter was not. written , tlle defendant. ■ presented Wednesday , ON PAGE KiGH ib, B$- _ 1 I the Uhu< 6 SHOPPING f t _ DAYSLEFT Hf . s c 8 e | buy : IfCWISTMAS hStlfe || seals 11 II ' ■ I— > ].y

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

City Fire Department Answers False Alarm The local fire department ans|Wered a false alarm at the Albert Beery residence on Wlnehster | street shortly after tl o’clock last evening. A chimney burning out gave the appearance of a tire The original call to the depart ment stated that the fire was lo- ’ rated at the Alvin Baker residence on Studebaker street nearby This was also found to be false. SOME CABINET CHANGES SEEN Doubt Major Shake-up, However; McNutt Meets Roosevelt j Washington. Dec. 17 — (UP) White House sources today said it , wan highly improbable that there wou'd be any major shake-up in the cabinet or other government agencies when the new Administration formally is begun. In this connection, observers were reminded that "it is not the habit of Mr. Roosevelt to have shake-ups in his official family.” Nevertheless, reports persisted l hat there would be at least two cabinet changes. Postmaster General James A. Farley is understood to be anxious to get back to private business. Harry Woodring is serving under only a temporary appointment as secretary of war. While there is no formal rule, it was assumed that all cabinet members wi l l submit their resignations at the end of the present administration. One high appointive officer explained he was named for four years and although he wa., serving at the pleasure of the President, he did not believe he was appointed for a term longer than that to which Mr. Roosevelt was elected in 1932 Consequently as a matter of form he will tender hie resignation. Discuss Appointment Washington, Dec. 17 —(UP) —Gov. Paul V. McNutt of Indiana entrusted his political future to President Roosevelt today after a conference -at which a federaTsppoffitment for the retiring Indiana executive was discussed. McNutt will conclude his state administration Jan. 11 after four years of state support of the New Deal program of Mr. Roosevelt. The greatest stumbling block in the political path of tho Indiana governor was believed to be his open disagreement with James A. Farley, National Democratic chairman. They have clashed several times since Indiana failed to join the Roosevelt bandwagon early in 1932 National Democratic conven lion. There has been no concreted effort to heal the breachMcNutt is considered by his midwestern supporters as a candidate for the Democratic Presidential nomination in 1940. A federal ap - Pointment would enhance serious consideration of his candidacy at that time. The Indiana governor has been (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) HOME ROLE TO BE DEMANDED County, Township Officials Demand Retention OfPower Indianapolis. Dec. tention of complete home r power in Indianapolis, was d manded today in group meeUngs nf the Indiana county and town ship officials association annual eO A V n e “o t rg°a n fight against “gov-' emment control of counHes from Indianapolis, was urged by James A. Slane, Lafayette, executive sec '"TprXo^"^ 0 association j,.:; .X'x £< counirgovernments some of the powers frat have been taken away f Te h w m arne S d an officffil 9 to guard against attempts to abolish town opened this morning with a joint -doled late this a« ernoon ames Probst , T NeW hTuT 'sS Everett E er McVicker. Marion, northern See president; Charles KnowMt Vernon, southern vice “ ’ . marles M. Dawson, Indian de " ? treasurer, and James Slane, ap " ’.. executive secretary.

i EX-KING WILL PLAY SANTA TO • MANY CHILDREN Ex-King Edward To Be Santa Claus To Austrian Children (Copyright 1936 by United Press) Enzesfeld, Austria. Dec. 17. — IfU.R) — Edward. Duke of Windsor, is going to play Santa Claus for the children of Enzesfeld, it was understood today, in a red suit and white beard. Baroness Eugene Rothschild, hostess of the recent king-emper-or. has drafted him, because of his popularity with children, to assist as Santa Claus in the dis- - tri but ion of presents at the t Christmas party she will give for > all the children of the village. The party Is an annual one a.nd - the duke is assured of a full i attendance. But the first formal engageI ment of Edward VIII as he seeks seclusion here is expected to be , as guest of honor at the 96th birthday party of Mrs. Jane Kent I Saturday. Mrs. Kent is one of a circle r>f ’ British horse trainene and gardeners whom the Rohtsehild family brught to Austria many years ago to take charge of their racing ’ sta.hles and introduce a new form of landscape gardening to their estate. Mrs. Kent invited the duke to ■ lie her guest of honor at her ■ birthday party at the cottage she shares with the family’s present trainer and his family. Even normajly the cottage is a , model of cleanliness and flower- . bedecked charm, but it is underI going a thorough scrubbing in expectation that the duke will consent to attend. While the duke awaits new let- , tens from Mrs. Wallis Warfield Simpson, for love of whom he abdicated his throne, the secret service men assigned for him went on a. hunt today for a mystery (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) , I —oANNUAL HRB HERE SATURDAY I Annual G. E. Christmas Party Here Saturday Evening Plans for the annual Christmas i party of the local General Electric plant employes were announced as complete by the employes in charge. The party will again be held in the Decatur Catholic high school auditorium, Saturday night, starting at 7 o’clock. Tickets are now being distributed to employes and members of their families. Admission to the party will be gained only by presentation of this ticket. The program for the party was announced as follows: Christmas Carols by local string orchestra. Playlet, “Schooldays of Father and Mother,” cast Os characters I selected from plant employes. Entertainment by pupils of dancing classes of Miss Patsy Fullen- ! kamp. ’ Clown act by G. E. employes. i Selection by string orchestra, introducing Santa Claus and his , assistants. Santa Claus, aided by his corps of assistants, will distribute candy, . toys and Christmas balloons to more than 230 children of factory employes during the party. ' At the conclusion of the program i a dance will be held in the auditorium, with music by Bob Johnson and his orchestra. The party has always proven to be one of the ; outstanding of the Yuletide season and this year’s event is expected to provide plenty of entertainment for all who attend. Burt Gage is general chairman Jof the party with numerous com. ' mittees aiding in making final , plans. Announces Taxes Will Not Be Increased Washington, Dec- 17 — (UP) — Senator Pat Harrison, D., Miss., ■ chairman of the Senate finance committee, said today after a conference , with President Roosevelt that there will be no increase in taxes, and i that the imporved National fiscal . picture pointed toward a balanced ■ budget by 1938. wnitA Harrison came to the White ■ House with Rep. Robert Doughton chairman of the house ways and means committee, and talked over the tax program in general. I

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, December 17, 1936.

Dedicate New Organ Sunday —~~—” vml a W I Bi& - A ■JE-.C.. ■ J Edgar Bohn Helen Limbert The new organ at. the remodeled Zion Luthera.ii church in this city will be formally dedicated Sunday evening at 7 o’clock. Edgar Bohn, well known Fort Wayne organist, will play a recital, with Miss Helen Limbei’t as soloist.

OUTLINE 1937 FARM PROGRAM Agricultural Planning For 1937 Is Outlined Here A program of agricultural planning for 1937 was outlined at a meeting held in the mayor’s court room in the city hall Wednesday. A brief summary of the 1937 outlook was given by County Agent L. A. Archbold. This was followed by a talk by C. M. Long. ’dis. trict supervisor on control programs. who called attention to the need of agricultural planning. An 11-point program was suggested as follows: develop the , farm business so as to take advantage of this period of more profitable farm operation, though it means some advance in operating ■ costs; give increased consideration to proper use of the land; give careful attention to the use of high ■'quality seeds. Give more attention to tillage and field operations and to use of lime, legumes and high grade fer- ' tilizers: increase production of high yield, adapted legumes; give consideration to the favorable feeding situation likely to exist ; the latter part of 1937 if a normal crop fs harvested. An 11-point program was suggested. This will be carried in full in this week’s issue of the Decatur i Democrat farm page. E. W. Busche was chairman of the meeting and the others pres- ' ent were: A. v. Stoppenhagen, Victor Bleeke, Grant Owens, Wm, Faurote, Winfred Gerke, W illiam 1 Patterson, Kermit Bowen, Henry 1 Meyer, Homer Arnold, Ralph S. Myers, and County Agent Archbold. At the close of the meeting those ; present elected the following of--1 fleers for the 1937 season: E. W. ' Busche, chairman; Ralph S. My. iers, vice-chairman; Wm. Faurote, i secretary; directors, Victor Bleeke and Wm. H. Patterson. ; t A meeting will be called in the county agent’s office the evening • of December 28, in which a reprei sentation from the townships will be invited to attend. All this work ■ is preliminary to the township meetings that are to follow, and it is quite likely that the new 1937 conservation program will be ex- , plained in these meetings. , <5 1 C. Os C. Directors Will Meet Tonight I A meeting of the board of directors of the Decatur Chamber of 1 Commerce will be held at 7:30 oclook this evening at the Rice hotel. ’ The members are urged to attend.

Only One Week Remains To Join Decatur’s Good Fellows

[ One week from tonight is Christmas Eve! Only one week remains to be a Good Fellow! The Good Fellows club, sponsor- [ ed in Decatur every year by the Delta Theta Tau sorority, is annually this city’s finest act of char- : ity. While conditions admittedly are J greatly improved in Decatur, there still are many unfortunate boys and girls who will miss the joys of | the Christmas season unless aided by the Good Fellows club. The fund has gone over the S2OO mark but much more is needed to care adequately for the families investigated by the sorority memi bers. | In all the emotions of life, there

To Remove Over 4,000 From WPA .lobs In State Indianapolis, Dec. 17. — (U.R) — More than 4,000 persons will have been removed from the state WPA relief rolls by the end of Decern- • ber, Wayne Coy. state director, announced toda?. Reasons given for the dismissals were lack of funds with which to carry on the various relief propects, the fact that some have found other means of support; some eligible for social security benefits and others were not suited for their jobs. TO ENTERTAIN ALL EMPLOYES ' Cloverleaf Creamery Plans Annual Christmas Party Tuesday 1 Approximately 400 employes of ' the Cloverleaf Creameries, Inc., ' and members of their families are expected to attend the annual ' Christmas party, which will be held in the Decatur Catholic high school auditorium next Tuesday , night The event will open at 6:30 o’clock with a rabbit dinner [ served by the members of the St. Agnes Sodality. Following the banquet, a program will be presented. The prol. gram will include a stage show, featured by dance routines and f specialties, popular songs and acts. Santa Claus in person will appear at the party to distribute , gifts to all children present. Sev--1 eral executives of the company 1 will deliver short talks. As the final entertainment of the evening, a popular orchestra from Marion will play music for a dance to be held in the auditorium. Employee of the creamery from ■ 'Warsaw, Huntington, Fort Wayne ’ and Decatur will attend the party. ! Members of the various committees in charge are busily arrang- ! ing final details in an effort to ’ make this the most successful ' social event of the company. : — ’ | Good Fellows Club : — ——* Previous total $193.33 Otto Hoile TOO A friend TOO Roy Johnson 5 00 i Mr. and Mrs. Philip Carper.. 1.00 Good Fellows Friends 1-00 Patsy Ann May 25 Junior May 25 Loose Change 50 ' American Legion 5.00 ■ j Historical Club 2 00 Total - $ 2 1033

. is none to excel the feeling on Christmas morning of the first glimpse at the Christmas tree. There is a wild scramble to see if Santa Claus really delivered the greatly desired articles, most wanted. Many of Decatur’s average citizens, although realizing the tine deeds accomplished through the Good Fellows club, are apt to for-i get, particularly under improved conditions, that there are still ' many unfortunate and needy families in the city. Those planning to contribute to the Good Fellows club are asked to do so at once, to enable the Delta Theta Tau members to or- . ganize the heavy task of distribution of the gifts on Christmas Eve. i Be a Good Fellow, give now! |

DEDICATE NEW ORGAN SUNDAY Organ Recital Sunday Night At Zion Lutheran Church Another feature program in connection with the recent dedication of the new Zion Lutheran church will be an organ recital on the new Gottfried organ, recently installed, to be give at 7 o’clock Sunday evening at the church. The recital will be presented by Edgar Bohn, organist and organ builder, of Fort Wayne, representative of the midwest factory branch of the A. Gottfried Co., Erie, Pa., and Miss Helen Limbert of Fort Wayne, well known soprano soloist, will sing groups of vocal numbers among them some wellknown Christinas selections. Mr. Bohn and Miss Limbert are both recognized as highly accom plished in their respective fields of music, and a pleasant musical 1 treat is in store for music lovers who will come to the church Sunday evening. The public is cordially invited. A free-will offering will be received during the intermission, which is intended for the organ fund. 16 Rank Organ With Chimes The new organ was built by the I A. Gottfried Co., Erie, Pa., and is a 16 rank straight organ with elec-tric-pneumatic action. An added feature of the organ is the set of Deagan chimes, consisting’ of 25 bars, making the entire instrument one of outstanding quality and beauty. While the organ contains abundant power, it is remarkably complete in the various tonal voices —flutes, strings, reeds and diapasons, with graduations of tone from the softest strings to the mightiest diapason chorus, with many beautiful solo qualities intermingled. and yet, the voicing has been so carefully and artistically done that when the full organ is played the result is a glorious ensemble of pure rich tone, every stop blending in perfect harmony, with no single stop predominating. The action of the organ is of the latest in electro-pneumatic design. The richly designed console is equipped with an unusual number of couplers, combination pistons and accessories, and. since the entire instrument is under expression. the organist has complete command over every resource of the organ. The program for the recital follows: Praise Ye the Father Gounod Allegretto Maestoso E Pumposo. This composition is widely known in the form o fa Triumphant Anthem of Praise. Pastorale Hubbard—Wm. Harris This number depicts the shepherd peacefully plying his flute as he whiles away his time keeping watch over his sheep. Sonata in E. Major, Adagio and Allegro Handel Arranged for the organ by E. B. Bohn. We have here one of Handel's most beautiful numbers orig(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) . o MURDER TRIAL IS CONTINUED Another Man Arrested On West Coast For Part In Killing Brookville, Ind., Dec. 17 —(U.R) — Introduction of defense testimony began in the murder trial of Heber L. Hicks today while two htaje policemen flow toward San Francisco to obtain Frank Gore Williams, 38, also under indictU»nt for the slaying of Harry A. ■ Miller, retired Cincinnati, 0., fire captain. Word of Williams’ capture in San Francisco wa,s received latei yesterday just as the prosecution was completing its case against, Hicks, accused of plotting the “head and hands” killing and hiring three men to commit the i crime. John Joseph Poholsky, 35, and Williajn Kuhlman, ’27, the other two accused of the murder, are { held in the Franklin county jail. ■ here awaiting trial. Kuhlman, returned Tuesday following arrest in Portland, Ore. | - during a theater robbery, was the concluding prosecution witness. He admitted firing four shots into the body of the unconscious victim, who had been beaten and : I seized at his summer home on the Whitewater river south of here, as they rode along a road beside the Ohio river, “(somewhere near Vevay.” Poholsky allegedly severed the (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

Searching Party Is Launched For Missing Airplane

SANTA CLAUS HERE MONDAY Junior C. Os C. To Sponsor Party Here Next Monday Night i Orders for Christmas presents . will be taken by Santa Claus Mon. • day evening, when he gives a party ; for the children of Decatur and > this community. At the request of the Chamber i of Commerce the Junior Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring the party again this year. Master of ceremonies for Santa ■ Claus’ party will be Captain Earl Hammond, arctic explorer, who will drive the dog team, taking children tor free rides through the streets of the city. Santa Claus this year is bringing with his 23 Eskimo dogs, a reindeer, sleds and sleighs. He has two trailers, which are Allied with exhibits of arctic displays. One of the dogs brings greetings from the arctic and will spend the evening shaking hands with the children. Captain Hammond drove dog teams in two movies. “Eskimo” and i' Men of Two Worlds.” He also furnished the Northern properties . and technical advice on the North for these shows. The dog teams are led by two huskies. “Igloo” and “Fang.” In order not to tire the dogs, turns are taken, only part of the pack pulling the sled at one time. In addition there are seven puppies, for the children to see. In the advent of a lack of snow Santa Claus has made arrange- . ments to equip the sled with rubber tired wheels. • CHURCH PLANS FOR SERVICE Annual Mission Festival At Zion Lutheran Church Sunday The annual mission festival will be held at the Zion Lutheran church Sunday morning. Double services have been arranged, at which two Lutheran pastors from Fort Wayne will give special addresses. The first service will be held at 8:30 o’clock in the German language, at which time the Rev. Walter Bachs, pastor of the Mt. Zion Lutheran church, Wayuedale, will officiate, and another service in the English language has been scheduled for 10:30 a. m. at which the Rev. E. W. Weber, institutionl al missionary of Fort Wayne and j vicinity, will give the address. Both pastors have been in Decatur before and are well known to many j Ltflheran friends from this city. The annual mission festival is usually held at the Lutheran church during the first weeks of l September, but due to the buildS ing program of the local church it was postponed so that the festival could be held in the new church. The new church was dedicated last Sunday. The mission festival Sunday morning will also give an opportunity to people from this city and vicinity to visit the new church edifice which has been acclaimed by many as one of the finest in this territory. Fruit Growers Meet At Mpnroe Today - j Orchardists and berry growers of Adams county met this morning above the Model hatchery in Monroe to discuss problems of their business. Monroe McCowan, extension specialist from Purdue university, talked this morning on : “tree fruits.” This afternoon he spoke on “small fruits.” Schuller Infant Dies Wednesday Eugene Allen Schuller, Infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Schuller, living near the Wells-Adams county line, died Wednesday afternoon at 12:15. Death was caused by an en-j ! mrged thymus gland. A twin died at birth on September 16. Funeral services will be held Friday at the home in Wells county. The body will be removed from the Zwick funeral home this afternoon. Burial will be made in the Freidi hiem cemetery.

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Little Hope Is Held For Rescue Os Any Os Seven Persons Lost In Big Transport Plane. SNOW HAMPERS Salt Lake City, Dec. 17 <U.R>— An aerial searching party that has been grounded two days by a snow storm that raged among the peaks of the Wasatch mountains took off today in an attempt to locate the Western Air Express transport that disappeared 52 hours Mio. None of the veteran pilots or airline executives who acted as observers from the six planes that left the airport here shortly after 9 a. m. MST., held much hope for finding the four passengers and three members of the crew alive. I Even if they had survived a crash the snow storm and bitter cold would have made life in the desolate Alpine region most difficult. The only clue to the possible location of the plane indicated that none could have survived a crash. Superintendent John I. Hees of the civil conservation '■orps reported late yesterday that his searching party had sighted a path through the scrub trees 11,000 feet up on Lone Peal near Pleasant Grove that apparently had been made by a plane speeding into the mountainside. In addition to the swath through the trees Hess said he saw a scarred rock ledge that might have been struck full force by the 10-passenger Boeing transport. He believed that the big air liner struck this ledge, then bounced over into a deep gorge. Hess said the trees had been (splintered from trunk to the top branches and the shale ledge was shattered. It was in this region htat residents reported hearing the roar of airplane motor# speeding through the fog toward the two-mile high I peaks of the Wasatch range early Tuesday. South winds today swept away |the fog that shrouded the peaks I in this vicinity, 35 miles south of here, for the past two days, making search futile. Although the sky was overcast the ceiling rose a.nd flying conditions at midmorning were good. Civilian and army craft were pressed into service for the search in the Lone Peak and Mount Timpanogos areas today in preference to the heavy Western Air Express transports. These smaller craft can dart with greater safety among the jagged canyon walls and narrow chasms. Meanwhile more than 250 men, including farmers, forest rangers and CCC crews converged from three points on Lone Peak. Superintendent Hess led 80 CCC workers back to the place where he believed the plane crashed. (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) —o — WEATHER Cloudy, probably snow north and snow or rain south portion beginning tonight or Friday; not much change in temperature. DECATUR MAN’S BROTHER DIES Bruce Bebout Dies Wednesday At Home In Ashtabula, Ohio Bruce Bebout, aged 66, of Ashtabula, Ohio, former resident of Decatur and brother of Abe Bebout, of this city, died at his home In the Ohio city late Wednesday afternoon. The cause of hie death was not announced. He had been ill for some time. He was torn in Jefferson township, the son of Joshua and Eliza Bebout. After his marriage he moved to Ashtabula nearly 10 years ago, where he was engaged in the lumber business. He is survived by the widow, six daughters and one son, besides the following brothers aud sisters; Abe, of thiis city; John, of Blue Creek township; Mrs. Phillip Wendol, of Berne; Mrs. James Foremaji. Blue Creek township; Mrs. William Foreman. Willshire. Ohio and Mrs. Lavera Brewster. of Jefferson township. Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at the home in Ashtabula, Ohio.