Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 22, Decatur, Adams County, 26 January 1937 — Page 1

XXXV. No. 22.

iIVER IS RAGING TOWARD NEW CREST

Bounty Quota For ■flood Relief Aid I Is Oversubscribed

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

! CITY COUNCIL, - SCHOOL BOARD FAIL TO AGREE Officials Divided On Se--11 ' i lection Os Architect r For Building f I Members of the city council and * Decatur school board are divided f on the selection of an architect to ■ prepare plans for the proposed high school and community center >’ building. 1 I-ast evening, at a special meet--8 ing of the council, a ballot was 8 taken a,s to the council’s preference of an architect. The council voted four to one in favor of - Pohlmeyer and Pohlmeyer of Fort ’- Wayne. 8 The school board unanimously I endorsed A. M. Strauss of Fort “ Wayne and sent a communication J to the council stating its reasons 1 for preferring Mr. Strauss. f The school board was notified t of the council's action, but it was » impossible to get the members together for a discussion of the t matter. ’ , The school beard's letter to the -'council reads: - “To the Mayor and Common i ' Council, ’ Decatur, Ind. I I "For several weeks different i architects have been submitting i tentative sketches and suggestions “ relative to the proposed building I of the new Decatur high school and community building. The ■ majter has been given our careful attention and we have conferred at length with the architects. “We wish to inform your honorable body that the sketches preI pared by A. M. Strauss and the | general outline of the building, both as to exterior e,nd interior, appeal to us greatly. We feel that if he were employed, a building (suitable both as a school and a community center could be designed to the satisfaction of the school board and the city of Decatur.. “Before further steps are taken in the matter, it is our understanding that an architect’s estimate . must be furnished a,nd we kindly | ask your cooperation in this rei spect. 1 "Signed Ira Fuhrman, President "ISSgned Carrie T. Haubold, Secy. "Signed Jos. A. Hunter, Treas." i Councilman H. M. Gillig stated he wasn't sure if the council had 1 authority to select ajt architect or if it was the school board’s duty j ' to make the selection, since the (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) O STUDENTS WILL AID IK DRIVE High School Students To Obtain Signatures For Telegram Students of the Decatur high school today volunteered to collect signatures on the gigantic birthday greeting telegram to be sent Presindent Franklin D. Rooeevelt Saturday evening. The signatures cost 25 cents each and form one of the most profitable phases of the Birthday Ball for the President's Party to be held here Saturday evening at the Decatur ' Catholic auditorium The Western ’ Union telegraph company is transmitting the ta'egrams free of charge I in order that all the proceeds may I bfe devoted to the uee of victims of! infantil paralysis. A canvass of the business houses [ will be made this week by the high school volunteers. 1 Signatures will also be collected ■ at the Birthday Ball, and the telegram will be seat Immediately after. The card committee for the affair will meet this evening at 7 o’clock in the Decatur Democrat office. Mrs- Paul Handler and Mrs. David Adams are co-chairmen. Other mem-i (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) •

SLOAN REFUSES TO CONFER ON 1 STRIKE CRISIS . [’resident Os General Motors Refuses Perkins’ Plea Washington, Jan 26—(U.P>-The second attempt by Secretary of 1 Labor Frances Perkins to bring 1 Alfred P. Sloan, Jr., and John L. , Lewis face to face in an aj tempt to settle the General Motons strike collapsed today with Sloan's re- - fusal to attend the proposed cot)fereoca. Sloan, president of the J 1.500.. 000.000 automobile concern, declared in an open Defter to Miss Perkins that “we mttef decline to 1 negotiate further" as long as I United Automobile workers sit- > down strikers hold GM plants. I Personal intervention by Presi- - dent Roosevelt appeared to be the , 'only move which could prevent a - “fight to the finish" in the eon-' 1 troversy which has thrown out of . - work more than 135.000 G. M. eraI ployes. F Lewis, chairman of the commit- : tee for industrial organization sponsoring the strike, steadfastly . has refused to withdraw strikers from GM plants. He said he ! "would not even consider" such a ; move because it would weaken the UAW position in negotiations. [ Sloan’s attitude had not changed . since he came here last week for . conversations with Miss Perkine, . flanked by three other GM executives. Miss Perkins tried at that . time to brnig Sloan and Lewis to-1 gether. but Sloan wthdrew. He «aid he would return at the re-' quest of the president. "We sincerely regret,” Sloan wrote Miss Perkins, "to have to say that we must decline to J 'negotiate further with the union, while its representatives continue ' (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o RESERVATIONS FOR BANQUET Many From Decatur To Attend Annual Boy Scout Banquet ■ — .... I The names of those who have already made reservations for the annual meeting of the Anthony Wayne Area Boy Scout Council to be held at 6:30 o’c'ock Thursday night in the Fort Wayne Community center were announced today by Glenn Hill and Dr. E. P. Fields. Tickets cost 75 cents each and $l5O a couple. Tables for eight are ibeing reserved. As a part of the program a recep- : tion will be held for Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Van Horn. Mr. Van Horn is the new area Boy Scout executiveThe feature address will be dei livered by Thomas J. Keanes, na- | tional director of senior scouting. Those who have made reeervai tions are: Mr. and Mrs. Cal E. Pet-j jerson; Mr. and Mrs. Carl Pumphrey, ’ E- W. Bueche, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd j Cowens; Sylvester Everhart; Low(CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) Gives Coat Off Back To Flood Sufferers The coat off his back was one of the donations made Monday by a volunteer who helped P ae '* the loa(1 of clothes and food for the flood sufferers along the Ohio river. The man was wonking at the American Legion home and, becoming warm, hung his coat on the wall. After the truck was gone he looked for his coat and found that it had been packed by mistake and was already on its way to southern Ind{iana. < NOTICE TO PUBLIC — We are still receiving clothing, bedding, food stuffs, canned goods, shoes and any articles that you feel will help the flood sufferers. Please bring to the Legion Home at 1 Decatur and we will see that It is forwarded. We will con- 1 tlnue to do this until ordered < otherwise from headquarters. ' If you desire any special in- ' formation call 317. J. HENRY FAUROTE, Commander Adams Post i 43, American LeffTon.

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, January 26, 1937.

Mobilize Relief for Flood Area CL 8 * I > i ■/ ; " r " f| < IMHB . / ‘ A. ' I ■ "■ i .it.- —— Directing the intensive $4,000,000 campaign launched by Washington to relieve stricken flood arras, Rear Admiral Cary T. Grayson, chairman of the American Red Cross, studies a map of the devastated area wiiere it is estimated that moie than 400,000 Isave been left homeless.

CALL MEETING FOR FLOOD AID — Knights Os Columbus Ask To Contribute To Flood Sufferers In a called meeting last night, *he members of the Knights of Columbus order heard a special message sent to grand knight Bob Gage, 'appealing for clothing, foodstuffs j and other necessities to be used in i flood areas. The appeal was made to all: ! Knights in this lodge to contribute j by bringing the necessities to the ! local home- From there it will go to the headquarters, where it will be distributed to the sufferers by the K. of C. flood workers. The Knights of Columbus have; always been one of the foremost in j the field of relief in such disasters, contributing more than $150,000 toward relief in the Pittsburgh flood ( last year, in addition to putting their own men in the field of relief. All members are urged to respond to the appeal of the state lodge in making the contributions. Meeting Thursday On Thursday night the members of the lodge will entertain their wives and sisters in a card party at the local home. Those who did no t receive invitations are cordially invited to attend. The meeting opens at 7:30 o’clock. o Catholic Juniors Give Play Tonight The junior c’ase of the Decatur Catholic high school will present a class play, “Intruding on Horace," I' at the school auditorium tonight at 8 o'clock. The price of admission i will be 25 cents-

Good Fellows Aided Many Os Decatur’s Needy At Xmas

The Delta Theta Tau sorority, sponsors of Decatur's Good Fellows club, today announced the complete report of expenditures of the club for spreading Christmas cheer among the needy and unfortunate of the city. The Good Fellows club, for many years the agency for this commun- • ity in aiding the distressed of the city to more fittingly observe the I holiday season, the past year distributed $397.70 in food, clothing; and toys. Started with asubstantial donation by the Delta Theta Tau sorority, the Good Fellows fund was raised by various civic and social organizations of the city, and swelled by contributions from individual citizens. Members of the sorority worked, for weeks prior to Christmas, making investigations, gathering contributions, not only of cash, but of i

Eighty Head Os Horses Are Sold The Decatur Riverside Sales re I ported one of their best sales in history yesterday when 80 head ot horses were disposed of at auction. Buyers were present from New . York, Pennsylvania, Michigan and I Ohio. During the sale, a total of, i $34.90 in cash was raised for the ' Red Cross by voluntary contribution. ONE BORROWER IS DELINQUENT Only One Member Os Loan Association Here Is Delinquent Only one member of 'he Adams county national farm loan association is delinquent in his payments, , according to the financial statement read by E- Burt Lenhart, sec-retary-treasurer at the stockholders meetng held Monday in the Knights of Pythias home. There are 152 members with farm mortgage loans outstanding, amountlng to $445,900, and 137 with land bank commissioner loans of $247,600. The delinquent payment , amounts to $42 or only .7 per cent of the total due. Fred Schurger, investigator for j the association, explained that the i money could have been collected, ; but that it would have worked a cerious handicap to the borrower. At one time this man was behind three payments. He has now reduc- I ed it to one payment and ia expected to pay in full early this year. In the afternoon session Monday 1 Mr- Schurger explained the loans of <CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)

clothing and used toys, and finally, in the distributions to the needy families on Christmas EveIn the Christmas Eve distribution, the sorority members have been assisted for the past several years by members of the Decatur lodge of the B. P. O. Elks. Sixty families were given aid on Christmas of 1936 by the Good Fel--1 lows club, and this figure included 185 children. I The itemized account of the Good Fellows distribution follows: Hosiery. 155 pairs, $35.72; overalls and trousers, 49 pairs, $38.68; 43 shirts, $22.88; gloves, 17 pairs, $6.33; 15 sweaters, $16.18; underwear, 79 garments. $53.48; four boys’ jackets, $4.89; 12 boys’ suits, $7.79; 76 dresses, $46.53; one coat, $10; 36 yards of print, $8.25; toys, $28.20; shoes, 26 pairs, $49.21; candy and peanuts, $21.50; groceries, $32.50; meat, $15.56.

Rain Ceases In Ohio Valley But Flood Waters Threaten To Drive 200,000 More Out

Federal Troops Are Sent To Flood Areas; Every Resource Os Military Service Off ered. ALLOCATE FUNDS Washington, Jan. 26. —NU.R) —The war department today dispatched additional federal troops to emergency duty in midwestern Hood areas and allocated $900,000 for emergency construction of refugee camps. While all government relief agencies cooperated with the Red Cross in efforts to evacuate refugees and relieve suffering, Compauy B of the Fifth regiment of army engineers at Fort Belvoir, Va„ mobilized complete campaign equipment and prepared to leave immediately for devastated areas near Louisville. Ky. Simultaneously, the war department announced that President Roosevelt had made $900,000 available for allotments previously made for conservation work, to construct concentration camps where refugees may be fed. clothed and housed. The fund was divided among the three corps areas most seriously affected by the flood, as follows: Fifth corps area, headquarters jat Fort Hayes, Columbus, Ohio, I $400,000. Sixth corps area, headquarters I at Chicago, $300,000. Seventh corps area, headquarters at Omaha, $200,000. The 110 men of the engineer ’company will augment five com- ! panies of federal troops sent into the Louisville district last night to patrol devastated areas and aid rescue efforts. Almost TOO regular army soldiers now are in flooded areas. Gen. Malin Craig, army chief of staff, said “every available resource" of the military services is being used in the effort to rescue marooned families and care for refugees. The company of engineers will leave about noon for Fort Benjamin Harrison in Indiana, then will be dispatched to danger points. The engineers, it was explained, will not be armed, as they will not be engaged in patrol or police duties. They will carry full field equipment. The $900,000 allotted by the departmeiii will be used for construction of temporary buildings such as mess halls and infirmaries to shelter flood refugees where tents ' are not suitable. The camps will be located on high ground, safely removed from danger of inundation. The camps 1 will be built by the army and ad- ’ ministered by the Red Cross. The department was informed | — —— (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) AGRICULTURAL SHOW FAVORED Farm Leaders Favor Another Agricultural Show In August The Adams county extension program planning committee met I Monday night, at the call of | County Agent L. E. Archbold and I made a report of the various extension activities and recommen- ■ dations for 1937. Those present were: H. P. Schmitt, superintendent of live- ' | stock at the last agricultural show; Benjamin D. Mazelin, chairi man of the Adams county crop imI provement association; Victor i Rleeke, county chairman of farmiers’ institutes; E. W. Bueche, head ! of county planning; Homer W. Ar- ' nold. county chairman of soil con- | I servation program; Dale Moses, ichairman of the dairy herd improvement association; Chas. Poe, ! resettlement administrator; Henry Dehner, chairman of the Gold Medal colt club committee; Mrs. E. W. Busche, county chairman of ■ the home economics clubs; Mrs. Helen E. Mann, 4-H clulb leader; j P. B. Lehman, chairman of the Guernsey breeders’ assn.; George (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) I

Named Deputy '' i "v* ft!" ■ ' MP* t < ji ? 1 I% “ Il I I Miss Bernice Nelson, former , clerk of the Adams circuit court, : today was appointed deputy to Mrs. Faye Smith Knapp, county ' welfare director. She succeeds Mrs. Richard Arnold, who resigned. effective February 1. BERNICE NELSON NAMED DEPUTY Miss Nelson Is Appointed Deputy To County Welfare Director ’ The Adams county welfare board today announced the resignation of Mrs. Richard Arnold and the appointment of Mies Lernice Ne'eon as deputy to Mrs. Faye Smith Knapp county welfare director. Mrs. Arnold’s resignation becomes effective February 1 when Mies Nel- ■ son will officially begin her duties. Miss Nelson will spend the balance ! of this week learning her work. | Mrs. Arnold has served in her present capacity since May 15, 1936. Until her appointment, she had ' served as a member of the county we’fare board from the time of its organization. Mrs. Arnold was deputy county clerk under Milton C. | , Werling and David D. Depp. Miss Neleson is a graduate of the I Decatur high school. She studied social service one year in a Chicago I college. She acted as deputy clerk under her father, the late John Nel- | eon, one full term and part of a second term. After her father’s death she was appointed county clerk to fill his unexpired term. For several years she has been employed doing secretarial work for the Paul H. Graham company. In announcing Miss Nelson’s aip- j pointment this morning the county. welfare board stated that she would I divide her time between investigation and clerical work. o Flood Bulletins Rise of Foot Washington, Jan. 26.—^U.R> —The Ohio river will rise another foot from Huntington, W. Va., to Cairo, 111., and will reach its crest in that ( area tomorrow and Thursday, the weather bureau predicted today. Huge Sun Available Washington, Jan. 26. — (U.R> — President Roosevelt is prepared to allot the entire $790,000,000 emergency relief appropriation for flood relief "if necessary,” chairman James P. Buchanan of the appropriations committee told the house of representatives today. Cancels Allocation Washington, Jan. 26. — (U.R> — The war department today cancelled without explanation, its pre- ' viously announced allocation of; ' $900,000 for emergency construc- ■ tion of refugee camps in the flood zone. It was understood technicalities in the law prevented allocation of the funds from emergency construction work allotments. Splits Duties Indianapolis, Jan. 26.—((U.R)I—Organization 1 —Organization of new flood relief head- ; quarters in Indianapolis to halt confusion and duplication of effort which has attended evacuation of 1 I (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

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Danger Os Panic Among Homeless Latest Fear Added To Flood, Fire And Pestilence. 83 KNOWN DEAD The government warned today that the greedy Ohio, generating a “super flood’’ In the Mississippi Valley would rise another foot from Huntington, W. Va.. to Cairo, 111., by tomorrow, heightening the peril of 700,000 refugees plagued already by disea.se. hunger and | fear in 11 flooded states. With 83 persons already dead I and scores more believed drowned. the rise would endanger thousands of persons marooned in flood battered buildings or stranded behind straining levees. A | crest of 81 feet was forecast for i Cincinnati, where for a time today jthe stream was stationary at 80 i feet. j An expected cress ot 59.5 feet at : Cairo would bring the stream to I within six indies of the flood wall on which 4.000 men were working to prevent its collapse. The only dry epot for Louisville’s 200.000 homeless if the i stream roaches an expected crest of 57.5, will be a small area down- ; town near city hall and in Cres- | cent Hill and the Highlands. Police at Loufeville were orderied to shoot looters on sight as food and other supplies ran low, nnd authorities contemplated coni fiscatlon of food, clothing and I gasoline. ' At Wheeling, W. Va.. the Ohio was 11 feet above flood stage and was expected to rise another two or three feet. U. S. army engineers prepared for a long siege throughout the i valley. Portsmouth, 0.. where gasoline tajiks were torn loose and , their contents spilled over the surface of the flood, the 25.000 refugees were told that the city would |be inundated for another two weeks. Added to the menaces of flood, fire, pestilence, and food and water shortages was the danger of pa.nic among the marooned and homeless. Martial law was declared at , Louisville where 200,000 persons ' were concentrated in temporary shelters. Southern Indiana’s flooded regions were governed by martial la.w. An emergency dictatorship was set up at Cincinnati. Reports of panic among 1,000 refugees at Mounds, 111., resulted in a request for national guajdsI (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o DECATURITES INFLOODAREA Local Residents And Former Residents In Flood Area Proof that Decatur, despite the fact it is located more than 100 miles from the nearest flood-strick-'en area, is not entirely free from its disastrous effects, was amply proven today, when it was revealed that several residents and former residents are either in the grip ot the floods or in direct contact with the results. Substantiating the fact that efforts are being made to keep the horrible facts of the flood from the already panic-stricken areas, was noted last evening, when Miss Naomi Butler, former Decatur young lady, related the events to her brother here in a telephone conversation. Miss Butler, in calling her broth--1 er, Clyde Butler, local garage man, I to appeal for lights and kerosene lamps, stated that the horrors of the disaster are "beyond the comprehension of anyone not in the immediately stricken area." Despite the fact that radio an nouncers and newspapers of th( vicinities are constantly condending but few lives have been lost, Miss Butler stated that “the bloated bodies of drowned victims were | (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR)