Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 26, Decatur, Adams County, 30 January 1937 — Page 1

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Ifamber Commerce ■gain To Sponsor Show

■ C " Organization To KLor Agricultural l ivestock Show In \nnual Meet. ■me directors al the Knights of . unanimously will he held during fill | week ill AUgUSt, the during 1935 and 1936. ~f organ-1 i... ! ' *^^K u |e ira l planning wu- lead lo the < hambmembers by H. the expressed its aplhe . :vi< group in spoil- '. and liveKL>. which has been acone of the best in the ■t. organiza e.e.. this \ i.ust of 1935. after several when KmA . J . • lehralioii of the kind held. with the 1935 (’. of (' also held a pay ■ the .11. d premmms As spec Week, the ClOVefheld the ■Mt Dairy Ilay here during the ..... ■ ami |Km. - < eh bration. ■Mea- y Hi'.ano-d and improvthe show of the previous t» the Uyler of Commerce and farm . Mtata'.eii' I minty expect one th. finest shows m .. of this size. K Name Directors a ... ted dur■ft l'ir... directors. for three y .ar terms, were I'aiiaiul. manager for company, re-, KL: John L. DeVoss, city atand Pete Reynolds, city tin-Daily Democrat. Felix the Maier Hide and Fur will serie two years, fill-uiiexpi'-ed term of Merle who was transferred M&eek from the local Morris Jackson, Ohio. whose terms expired were Mr. Calland, J. \V. Clifford Saylors. t>f directors will meet Rii<- hotel next Thursday February 4 at 7:30 p. in., ' nfficers and organize for year. |EH Glendening Presides (Hendening, cashier of ■■>■•■•'••• Bank and president i hanib. r (> f Commerce, prathe meeting. expressing his apprecialie () f (] lp organiB^B. ,be!r splendid cooperaH^®d uri iig the past year, Mr. B^B n:i ' n U outlined a few major which the Chamber of er, ' p might consider during these projects were: an seeking to prevent trafarlf on Second street; addia community-wide, vigsafety drive; formation of |^R l)r pr>rated association to conagricultural and liveshows in the city. Centennial Report Niblick, treasurer of the association, read the rf "P°rt of that organizaXiblick re ix>rted that a fund after all exK*, ° f elaborate ? pa,rty h ad been paid, had to th e chamber " V PA<;K SEVEN) ■enter Is Fined, I J uiven Jail Sentence H C ’ l ' p€nt ® r . arrested Thursday * 8 tne d *1 and costa and K’ wtlen ararigned in city R i a t t ore 2 layor Arthur R Ho1 ’ FrWay afternoon on a IK f \ Ol . pilbiic Intoxication. Car-si»,-il’!'evious!y been convict■T charges.

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GIRL SCOUTS AID IN DRIVE FOR FLOOD AID Local Girl Scouts Stationed In Stores; Fund Near $4,500 Twenty girl scouts garbed in the headgear of American Red Cross inurses, stationed at 20 downtown j stores today, were a constant re.min- , der to the Saturday shoppers of the ; need for food, clothing and necesl«itiee of life in an a r ea lees fortunate than that of their own community, the flood -stricken Ohio river valley. Standing ready at al! times to aid and direct shoppers in making contributions. the girls, placed at 10 o’clock this morning will work In shifts until all bueinesn ceases tonight. At the post office, where business is suspended at noon on Saturdays, Berniece Barber, of Troop No. went on duty at 9 o’clock. Open Sunday Afternoon The Red Cross headquarters at the Winnes shoe store will remain cpen Sunday afternoon from 1 until 4 o’clock to accept contributions Wai Wemhoff. county chairman, and Miss Annie Winnes. secretary, will be in charge of the headquarters with a special po'ice deputized to duty there. Expect $5,000 “Give until it hurts.” was the appeal of the chapter heads, who enthusiastically proclaimed that all indications pointed toward the passing ot the $5,000 mark by Sunday evening, a goal toward which they have aimed all week. “Nothing can stop us now-’’ Mr. (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) REGULAR K, C. MEET MONDAY Knights Os Columbus To Meet Monday; Plan For Bazaar The regular meeting of the Decatur council of the Knights of Columbus will be held at the K. of C. hall Monday night at 8 o’clock. The local council will initiate the national educational program against destroyers of religion, notions and families. Robert Gage, grand knight of the local council, has selected his ad jutants, the adjutants have organized their contingents, and the crusade is prepared to advance. The grand knight and Joe Lose, lecturer. are planning for the opening meeting. Final plans will also be shade for the annual bazaar, which will be held at the hall Wednesday night. The hall has been decorated. Two hundred and fifty-six lights have been strung on the ceiling, festooned with red, white and blue ribbons, the colors of ttie American K. of C. The bazaar will be in the form of a dance and card party. Card games and other contests w'ill start at 7:30 p. m„ with dancing beginning at 9:30. Admission price will be 25 cents per person. The Knights of Columbus entertained hteir wives and sisters with a card party at the K. of C. hall Thursday night. A large crowd was present. Luncheon was served following the party. —o Dismiss Irwin Girl From Local Hospital Little Miss Dorothy Irwin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Irwin, of route 3, was dismissed today from the Adams county memorial hospital, where she has been a patient for the past five weeks. Dorothy was brought to the hospital with a ruptured appendix and pneumonia. She was placed in the | oxygenaire and kept there for eight days. After gradual improvement she was able to be taken home today. The oxygenaire, which was purchased by the I’si lota Xi sorority for the Adams i county memorial hospital, was of I invaluable aid in saving the life I of the small patient.

Terrors of Flood Leave Refugees Desolate ______ ' - “ ' JrS

Exhausted by their struggle against the inexorable | force of the flood, these refugees who were forced to flee for their liven when the st. Frajicis river I

JUNIOR C. C. MEETS MONDAY Directors Os Junior Organization To Plan For 1937 Plans for 1937 will ibe formulated at a meeting of the directors of the Decatur Junior Chamber 'of Commerce, to be held in the Rice Hotel Monday evening at 7:30 o’clock. Four new directors will be named at a meeting of the entire organization, the date for which haa not yet been set. At the Chamber of Commerce smoker held Friday night fn the Knights of Pythias home. Bud ! Townsend, vice-president of the! Junior Chajnber of Commerce,! briefly outlined the activities of' the organization in 1936. The year’s program was opened | with an invitational dance. Later ' a club project, the erection of | safety signs around the schools of the city, was approved by the city council and the signs were placed. During the summer the chib subordinated its activities to the Centennial board. Two of its members played important parts in the city’s birthday. Miss Frieda Scherer” was elected Miss Decatur and Miss Ruth Elzey. Miss Adams County. The tennis tournament for men and women was sponsored again by the club this year. During the Christmas season the annual party for the children of Decatur and community was held on Liberty Way. There are now more than 50 members. A drive to obtain the same number will be held in several weeks. PUPILS TO HEAR FLOOD STORIES Dr. Duke, Two Nurses To Speak To High School Monday Monday morning, students and teachers of the Decatur public and Catholic high schools will be given an authentic eyewitness’ story of the disastrous effects of the flooded Ohio waters. Three persons, just returned from the flooded areas where they were . in the midst of the suffering and disease-ridden residents, aiding in the work of immunization, will be the speakersDr. Ben Duke, physician, and two, nurses, Miss Mary Jane Colchin and Miss Frances Reidy are the trio who will speak. The joint meeting of the two schools to hear the speakers will be held in the public high school auditorium, with a special invitation being extended to the ipublic to at- | (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) Equivalency Exam Held Here Today The annual high school equivalency examination was held today in the offices of C. E. Striker, county school superintendent. Several took the exam this morning and | more were expected this afternoon..

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Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, January 30, 1937.

Mayor To Speak To Men’s Brotherhood A. R Holthouse, mayor of Decatur, Will speak on “Burild Decatur,’’ at the regular meeting of the men’s brotherhood of the First Evangeli- . cal church Monday evening. The meeting will be held at the church at 7:30 ip. m. All men of the church are urged to be present. The February section will have ' charge of the program. Robert Garard ie chairman, and other members are: Frank Butler, Will Linn. Fred Chronister, Arbie Owens, Francis Eady, George Sprague and Paul I Spuller. Alva Buffenbarger is preeident of the brotherhood. 0 RESOLUTION IS MEN APPROVAL Chamber Os Commerce Approves Agricultural Show Next Summer A resolution seeking an agricultural show in Decatur during the first full week in August was approved at the Chamber of Commerce smoker, held in the Knights of Pythias home Friday night. The resolution was presented by the Adams county agricultural program planning committee, who thanked the Chamber of Commerce for the cooperation it has given the annual shows in the past. The complete resolution is: "The Adams County Agricultural Program Planning Committee desires to * present the following resolution to the Decatur Chamber of Commerce: “Whereas: For the past three! years the Chamber of Commerce i has cooperated in a splendid way with the Agricultural interests of the county in conducting an exhibit of 4-H Club work, Home Economics displays, dairy cattle and horses, "Whereas: The 1936 Agricultural Exhibit was the tinest on record ; in the county, ! “Be it Resolved: That the county Agricultural Program Planning Committee hereby wishes to ex-| press its sincere appreciation of the interest and cooperation of the Chamber of Commerce and ask that your body help in putting on an Agricultural Show the first full week of August, 1937. , “Planning Committee, H. P. Schmitt Benj. D. Mazelin Victor Bleeke E. W. Busche Homer W. Arnold Henry Dehner Mrs. E. W. Busche Helen E. Mann P. B. Lehman George Krick Roy Price.” o Invite Youths To Conservation Meet All Boy Scoute and junior farmers 1 ! are urged to attend the Monday ( ( night meeting of the Adame county i flush and game conservation league. During the meet a junior club will be organizde for the younger members of the club. Al! persons, whether members of the club or not, are cordially invited to attend. The Rev. Father J. J. Seimetz will be the chief speaker at the meeting, which opens at 7:30 o’clock in, the Moose home-

I went on a rampage in Arkansas, rest from their ordeal in a building at tire state fair grounds at Memphis.

ANNUAL FARM BANQUET SET Annual County Farmers Banquet At Geneva February 11 The annual Adams county farmers banquet will be held in the new Geneva high school auditorium Thursday, February 11, at 6:16 o’clock, it has been announced by the Adams county agricultural planning board. The board has selected Peter J. Lehman, prominent dairymen of southeast of Decatur, to act as toast master of the annual affair. The speaker for the banquet has not yet been announced. The home economics class of the Geneva high school, under the supervision of Mrs. Tom Rhodes, will serve the meal and the tickets will be sold for 50 cents each and, as in past years, the number will be limited. Only 230- persons can be accomodated. Awards will be presented to outstanding farmers in the countyThese were published two weeks ago. . Officials in charge urged that 1 tickets be as soon as possible because of the limited supply. This will be the first time the banquet has been planned for Geneva because of their lack of a room sufficient to accomodate the crowd in the past. o ————— WEATHER Rain tonight and Sunday, turni ing to snow west and north por- | tions Sunday: somewhat warmer east, colder extreme northwest portion tonight; colder Sunday. BOOK REVIEW MONDAY NIGHT South Bend Woman To Present Review Here Monday Night Beatrice Fraser Coon of South Bend will be presented in this city Monday evening by the Dramatic , Section of the Woman’s club at i the general club meeting in Li--1 brary hall at 7:45 o’clock. Tickets are now on sale for 25 cents and may be purchased from members of the section or at the door Monday evening. Mrs. Coon, a graduate of the Thomas School of Fine Arts, Detroit, Michigan, presents book and ' play reviews of any current or stanI dard work on demand. She comes to Decatur highly recommended. 1 Mrs. Coon will review “Idiots | Delight,” by Robert E. Sherwood, 1 a play which won the Pulitzer 1 prize. Mrs. Coon’s ability has been i highly praised in press notices and criticisms. In her repertoire are the following: “Sparkenbrolte” by Charlee ! Morgan; “If I Have Four Apples,” by Josephine Hutchinstm; "Wake Up and Live,” Dorthea Brande; “The Last Puritan," George Santayanna; "Edna, His Wife,” Mar- ■ garet Ayer Barnes; “Winterset.”| Maxwell Anderson; "Honey in the Horn,” Pulitzer prize book by i Harold L. Davis and many other i i I works of literature. i <

Engineers Assert Mississippi River Levees Will Withstand Flood Waters; Death Toll 337

Evansville Starts Task Os Rehabilitation As River Nears Crest In Indiana City. PROPERTY LOSS (Two full pages of flood pictures on pages 4 and 5 of today’s Daily Democrat.) Evansville, Jan. 30. — KU.R) — Evansville began rehabilitating today, hours before the Ohio river flood ■ crest reached it. The crest, expected to send 53.7 feet of water past Evansville dykes, halted 60 miles up river at midnight. Government forecasters said it would start moving again i in a few hours, probably reaching here before noon. A citizens’ committee planned today to take applications from those industrial plants which can operate with city water. First step in rehabilitation will be reopening of plants possessing water, mostly from their own wells. Divers and workmen sought to repair a break in the inundated wtaer system but feared nothing could be done until the water falls i befow the 32 foot level. John K. i Jennings, WPA district director, offered 4,000 men to help clean up more than 400 blocks of the city which have been inundated. Heavy Damage Indianapolis, Jan. 30. — (U.R) — Damage to public buildings, equipment, sewers and streets and roads in 13 flooded counties will exceed $10,000,000, it was estimated today. Estimates of losses were asked by Forrest M. Logan, state director of the public works administration, Gov. M. Clifford Townsend has asked that the federal government share cost of rehabilitating the I (ICONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) SETTLEMENT OF STRIKE FAILS Perkins’ Attempt Fails As Sloan Again Withdraws Washington, Jan. 30.— |(U.R> —A third attempt by Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins to settle the widespread General Motors strike collapsed today after Alfred P. Sloan, Jr., General Motors presi dent, again withdrew. Only a slight possibility remained that peace efforts would be revived — a teleptione conversation between Sloan and Miss Perkins scheduled today. The woman cabinet member had strong hopes last night that her reported attempts to bring together Sloan and John L. Lewis, generalissimo of the striking United Automobile Workers, were nearing success. But, today, distraught and almost crying, she charged that Sloan had “run out" on her. Yesterday Sloan came here from New York unannounced to confer with Miss Perkins. He had withdrawn from her first conciliation meeting 10 days ago and early this week declined her invitation to attend a conference. Miss Perkins said Sloan informed her after he returned to New York that he had no intention of attending any future strike conferences. He referred to the situation as “very delicate” and said he would give Miss Perkins his decision on “points discussed" in a telephone conversation today. o Hitler Begins Fifth Year Os His Reign Berlin, Jan. 30 —(UP) — Fuehrer Ado's Hitler began the fifth year of his rule over Germany today by withdrawing the country’s signature to the clause of the Versailles ' treaty which pronounced Germany guilty of the World War. Immediately afterward he announced the Nationalization of the Reichsbatjk, the Central Banking institution of the country, and of all railroadsHe announced his action in a ' speech before his Nazi Reichstag, in ' which he reviewed his first four years and asked whether he had . not made good his promises. The Reichstag had extended for i four years Hitler’s power to rule < by decree, in contravention if neces- i sary of the Republican constitution i lof Weimar. i

BIRTHDAY BALL FOR PRESIDENT HERE TONIGHT Annual Birthday Ball To Be Held At Catholic Auditorium "Dance that others may walk," has been selected as the slogan for the annual Birthday Ball for the President, to be held this evening at 7:30 and 9:30 o'clock In the Decatur high school auditorium to raise funds for infantile paralysis victims. The most elaborate decorations in the history of the ball in Decatur have been set up in the auditorium with red, white and blue and American eagles, forming the background for the dozens of pictures of President Franklin D. i Roosevelt, to whose successful | fight against the disease, the ball' is dedicated - . The card party will open in the uining room of the Catholic school at 7:30 o’clock and will be con-1 eluded before the beginning of the dance. The $1 admission tickets will admit couples who have played cards, to attend the dance as well. Those wishing to attend the dance alone who do not have tickets may be admitted by paying $1 a couple at the door. Bill Hart's Band Bill Hart and his dictators of rhythm, famous touring and radio Band now working out of Indianapolis after a tour of the middle west, will furnish the music fori the dance. With the 10-piece band is Virginia Hoadley, beautiful young vocalist, formerly with a St. Louis radio station KMOX. During the evening a giant birthday greeting telegram will be sent to President Roosevelt. Signatures lon the telegram will cost 25 cents each and all funds collected will be donated to the Birthday Ball fund, as no charge is being made by the telegraph companies for sending it. The telegram and signers will be published Monday. Roses will again be sold by flower girls during the dance. All proceeds will be used to help victims of infantile paralysis. Seventy per cent will be retained by the local committee and will be placed in the fund for Adams county victims. In the last few weeks the trustees of the fund have purchased a wheel chair, in order that a helpless cripple may go out into the air with the coming of spring. Thirty per cent of the proceeds will be sent to the national committee and used in research work in an effort to find a cure for the disease. A special one hour program will be broadcast by the national committee and may be heard over radio stations WGL in Fort Wayne and WLW in Cincinnati between 10 and 11 o’clock this evening. Fifteen famous bands will be on the program, playing for Birthday Balls over the country. During the hour President Roosevelt will send his greetings to the country. This will be picked up and broadcast at the dance. Former Officer Commits Suicide Fort Wayne, Ind., Jan. 30 —(UP) Louie W. Linker, 60 former ipollce sergeant, gave his friend Frank P. Miller a note yesterday, instructing him not to read it until he got home. Not having hie glasses Miller gave the note to his wife when he reached home. When the note was read to him Miller rushed to Lin- 1 ker’e home and forced his way in. ' Linker’s body was found in the ' attic- He had hanged himself a half hour before. County Council In Special Mee>*j A special meeting of council was held this iJMf consider Items asked ject for Adams jr fare room, cpr court house court house \ court house ma and commitment \ institutions s6l.fk Yod wa ]

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i Despite Threats Os Rain And Cold Weather, State Danger Averted; Known Death Toll Mounts. HEAVY DAMAGE Memphis, Tenn., Jan. 30 —(U.R) Army engineers rushed 1,000 additional men to the Tiptonville levy sector today after a minor earth tremor threatened weakened dykes holding back Mississippi flood waters. The slight earthquake, at 2:57 a. m., rattled windows, shook buildings and rocked the ground. It added a terrifying element to the fight. By United Press One hundred thousand weary volunteers, fighting night and day to subdue the rising Mississippi from Cajro. 111., to the gulf, claimed victory today in their first major test against the mighty river. Despite threats of rain and cold weather, the U. S. army brought I cheer to terror-stricken men. women and children who wondered whether the death and destruction I spread through the Ohio valley was in store for them. Army engineers announced they had beaten back the Mississippi at the most dangerous section in the valley—the levees above Tiptonville, Tenn., where the waters had been threatening to spill into three counties. Two thousand men battled through the night to brace the mud banks. At dawn there appeared little chance that the river i would break through and cut itjself a nexv channel through ReelI foot Lake, and — in a vast real estate transaction of its own making—take thousands of acres away from Tennessee and give them to Arkansas. Rain was predicted for the Ohio and Tennessee valleys, as the flood crest rolled toward Cairo, Hickman, Ky„ and Tiptonville. Engineers did not believe it would affect seriously the flood conditions. A million alrea/iy were homeless in the Id-state area ravaged by unprecedented high waters of the Ohio river and tributaries. Known dead totalled 337. Louisville. Ky.. alone counted 190, according to official announcements, and feared that many more would be found when the yellow, diseaseladen waters recede. Property damage mounted above $406,000,000. The Red Cross reported it had received $2,831,361 in its $10,000.000 drive for flood relief funds. In all parts of the nation benefits were planned to raise money for flood sufferers. States spared from flood offered men and machines to a.-sist in rehabilitation. The Ohio river pushed through its natural banks five miles above Cairo, threatening to isolate the city of 14,000 but relieving pressure against the 63-foot seawall a.t the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi. For days, thousands of volunteers had fought to build up the wall so that it could with(CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) o REV. FRANKLIN MAIN SPEAKER Local Pastor Speaks To College Educational z Council X The Rev. H. W. Fran/fy * of the First Un i church of this regular mid-wiiUf r yr Indiana Centa^^ y' al council y noon. J' .. s . 'I 1 ,. 0/ J f -.1 I ; ill fix Portsmouth, swirls madly down