Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 151, Decatur, Adams County, 26 June 1937 — Page 1

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■■CATION OF fcURCH OF GOD |$ SET SUNDAY ■modeled And Enlarg* ■j Church To Be ■formally Dedicated culmination of years of aMT, in in Sunday School in- ■ , mil Im attained Sunday af■7, when Ute addition to the ■K'l, u s (led i» dedicated with ■ u ccrenionies al 2.30 o clo< k church building on Cle.estreet. ■though not imperative at the ■„, the 28 by 16 foot addition south part of the church ■ provide for between 175 and ■ persons- the daily attendance ■tipated by Sunday school lead ■ ,„',> now report that an aver- ■ ol <, |„.rsons attend daily. The ■tase has been gradual but ■ay and very gratifying, tlx-.c ■he addition provides for the installation of the de ■ppeniaiizml Sunday school sys ■'which will enable the Sunday to furnish a better and ■f modern method cd' teaching ■wo class rooms are provided ■the addition, level to the mam ■toriutn. Folding doors may In ■ted to permit the seating of ■roximately 45 more person dur■chureh services. ■ basement under the addition ■ part of the old structure will ■nit the holding of two or three classes. ■list of the labor has been don■d by members and friends of ■ church, working under the ■rvision of Manley Irwin, sup■tKiident of the Sunday school. ■ Regular Services Sunday ■tegular services will be held ■day morning, with Sunday ■ool opening at 9:30 o'clock. At ■morning worship hour at !O:3o ■ick. Ur. J. A. Morrison, presi- ■ of Anderson college and the■ical seminary at Anderson. ■ deliver the sermon on the sub ■ "What is God Like?” A bask dinner will be served in the tutorial park during the noon «r. The dedicatory services will be id at 2:30 o’clock at the church » program will include inspira Bal singing by the congregation, trial vocal music by the "Missi ippi Four,” colored male quar- , songs by persons from neighring congregations. Mayor Arthur R. Holthouse will lend the congratulation of the y. The principal address will be ten by Dr. Morrison, who will eak on “The Unnamed Four.” Church Built In 1914 Although the first services of urch of God were held in 1595. ! congregation met in the horn of members until a church was lilt on the present site in 1913 d dedicated, January 11, 1914. The church was partially deCONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) o ho Men Arc Held As Extortionists fort Wayne, June 26 — (U.R) lice held two men in a technical trge of loitering today in conction with an alleged attempt extortion of $2,500 from George Buist, Fort Wayne accountant. Lawrence Hyatt,-36, and James Cox, 33, both of Indianapolis, re arrested yesterday, Sapt. ol tectives John E, Taylor an- i Raced. ~~ o nny Sergeant Is Accident Victim Columbus, Ind., June 26 —(U.R) juries sustained in an unusual tomobile accident on U. S. road south of here were fatal last j Eht to Sergeant William M. Minis, 39, of the 68th Field Artil fy. Fort Knox, Ky. Vinning was attempting to feed ■ isoline from the fender of a tnov- ■ S automobile to a broken fuel imp in the car when the gasoline I'loded, throwing him from the uchlne. He sustained a skull I scture and burns about the face. 1 —o — p •eek Employment For WPA Workers i Indianapolis, June 26 —KU.R) -C inverted effort to find jobs tor ( I® Persons to be dismissed June < I from the recreation division of •e Indiana works progress admin tration was begun today by state PA officials. Howard L. White of WashingD. C., technical recreation ‘ wsultant of the WPA recreation vision, will make a tour of the ate to interest local officials in « desirability of adding trained 1 creation leaders to their staffs-1>

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( hurch Speaker p JI * Dr. J. A. Morrison, president of the Anderson college and theological seminary at Anderson will deliver the principal address at the dedicatory services Sunday after noon at 2:30 o'clock for the new addition to the (’hurch of God He will also preach the sermon at the 1 morning services at 10:30 o'clock CLOSE OFFICE OF HOMESTEAD Homesteads Office To Be Closed Here Thursday, July 1 The Homesteads office, which has been maintained in Decatur’ under the supervision of government officials for nearly four years, will be closed July 1, it was announced today. Marion Neprud, community manager of the Homesteads project here, will be transferred to the Indianapolis office of the resettlement administration, which is in charge of the Decatur development. She will return to the city frequently. The project is now governed by a local board of directors selected by the residents at the project and including government representations. Ferd Litterer is employed by the local administration as the manager and is in charge of the business details. — , All records of the Decatur Home steads office have been transferred to either Mr. Litterer's office in the Morrison building or to the Indianapolis resettlement administration office. Although every house at the project is now filled it is anticipated that in the future, due to removals from the city and other causes there may be some vacancies. These will be filled, as in the past, ! from an eligible list on the basis 1 ' of priority. In the past applications have been received from Mr. Litterer s office or the Homesteads office. In i the future, it was announced today, all application blanks must be obtained from Mr. Litterer. Officials : urged that persons wishing to move to the project, but who have not filed applications, do so at ■ once in order that their names. may be considered should vacanties occur. o WEATHER Mostly cloudy tonight and Sunday, probably showers and , thunderstorms south portion and possibly tonight north; somewhat cooler east and south j Sunday. — —o—• — MONROE SCHOOL OFFERS COURSE Vocational Home Economics Course To Be Offered Next Year The state department of education has approved the institution of a vocational home economics coutse at the Monroe high school, C. K Striker, county superintendent of schools, announced today. The course will be taught f° first time next year. It is Planned to hold classes for eight motiiths the first year. Three years of the eu ) ject will be offered to students at M The Monroe school is the second in the county to offer the course. Decatur high school is the only other institution offering the " teacher for the not vet been announced. The teacn er', 'salary will be paid by sources other than taxation from the town6h?he subject will offer full credits to sludents enrolling in the course. School Teadem in the county hop to have other schools approved the course in the near future. |

STORM CAUSES HEAVY LOSS IN NORTH INDIANA Heavy Rainfall And High H inds Cause Heavy Losses Ry United Press Communities across northern Indiana totalled their losses today from u severe ruin and windstorm late yesterday accompanied by ' semi-cloudbursts in some areas 1 I and occasional hail. Power and telephone lines were torn down, roads were blocked temporarily by fallen trees, many buildings were damaged and several persons sustained injuries during the storm. Farm crops In several areas were damaged badly 1 also. The storm cut a wide path I through Marshall and Fulton counlies. At Bourbon the roof was ! lorn from one house and falling trees caved in the roofs of two; others. At Rochester a falling tree wrecked the automobile of 1 City Clerk Harry Kaspar. In Plymouth almost two inches of rain fell in 45 minutes. Seventy-five telephone poles were blown down near Plymouth, i temporarily disrupting service into that city. Reports spread that it had been razed by a tornado. Hail damaged crops near La Paz. Lightning struck the Christian church at Whitesville, near Crawfordsville. setting it on fire and causing $7,000 damage. The town of Linden went without electric service after lightning set fire to a tree and the flames binned the main cables in half. (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) O JUDGING TEAM PLACE LISTED Adams County Team Ranked 13th At Purdue Roundup Word has just been received at the county agent's office with regard to the placing of the dairy judging team from this county, which participated in the judging contest at the 4-H club round up at Purdue. The team from this county consisted of Chester : Schwartz of Monroe township, David Mosser of Jefferson towni ship, Stanley Arnold of Kirkland i township, with Glen Griffiths of Kirkland as alternate. Fifty-four teams were entered in the contest, the Adams county team ranki ing 13th. This is a very good record for these boys, considering the fact that it was the first year Adams county has ever had a judging team. Chester Schwartz was high man of the team. Approximately Ist) ' individuals were entered in the j contest and Mr. Schwartz's Indi- ; vidual placing was 10th. This I record speaks well for this young man's ability and for the training I that he received from Sanford Frazee, supervisor of the Adams i county dairy herd improvement association. In preparation for the contest , the team, with their coach, visited I the following dairy herds: Ball Farms, Real Riggins of Muncie; Tram Ice’s Jerseys at Mt. Summitt; Lyons Fairholme Farms at Lewisville; Richard Pauls Hoisteins at Cambridge City; Joe Hill at Richmond; and Breezy Hill Jerseys at Cincinnati. The boys who were in this judgI ing team have returned with new knowledge which they expect to i use in the local club work. On the calf club tour, which was held recently, the judging team gave a I demonstration of the work that they did at Purdue, judging a class of calves from the Dale Moses i Guernsey herd. ■ o State Merit System Raising Standards ,Indianapolis, Ind., June 26 (UP) The state merit system through which public personnel is selected has proved effective in raising ipub];c office standards, R. W. Bunch, director of the bureau of personnel, announced today. Indiana merit plan records show that of the 174 employes of the state department of public welfare, 111 or 64 per cent of them are high school graduates and have attended college for one year or more, Bunch reported. The personnel records also showed that 48 per cent of the state welfare employes are college graduates and 18 of them are holders of i post-graduate degrees.

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Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, June 26, 1937.

Dedicate Church Addition Sunday

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This picture of the ('hurch of God was taken this week as workmen finished the construction of an addition to the south side and as the final coat of paint was being applied. The entire exterior of the church | 1 was painted. The addition is the wing seen to the left of the photograph. |,

GIRL FREED ON MURDER CHARGE ; t 11 Illinois Girl Found Not Guilty; Youth Is Sentenced i Lonoke, Ark., t June 26. —(U.R)—A , jury last night returned a verdict ; of not guilty in the trial of Bernice j Felton, 18. Rockford, 111., charged , with murdering Victor Gates, Little Rock planter. “Oh, I’m so happy,” she cried, throwing her arms around her father, Abraham Felton, Rockford. 111., highway foreman. Only a few minutes earlier, her sweetheart, Lester Brockelhurst who admitted killing Gates and two other men on his “crime tour,” fainted as Circuit Judge W. J. Waggoner sentenced him to die in the electric chair. He was reviv-i ed and taken by state troopers tai i Tucker prison farm near Little Rock where he will be electrocut- ( ed on August 27. . Brockelhurst, who confessed killing Gates and two other men while hitchhiking with the girl who is to I become the mother of his child, was convicted Thursday on identical charges. He fainted when the I verdict of guilty was returned by ' a jury which had deliberated only 422 minutes. The verdict in Miss Felton's ' ease freed her of the murder charge which was filed after she and Brockelhurst were captured at Hawthorne, N. Y., although ar- ' | rested on a minor charge. He ' \ freely admitted the tffree slayings. ’ I Under the sentence, Brokelhurst; ’ will be executed at Tucker prison i farm. Amelia Resumes Round World Tour Bandoeng, Netherlands East In- . dies, June 28—KU.PJ—Amelia EarI hart, resuming her round the | world airplane flight, took oft today for Soerabaya, 370 miles east I of here on Java Island. She was forced to return here yesterday , from Soerabaya for repairs for ) minor motor trouble. BOARD TO END WORK JULY 3 Board Os Review To Complete Work Next Saturday, .July 3 The Adams county board of review will close its books next Saturday. July 3, when all work of the organization will have been 1 completed. Saturday will end a 28-day ses sion of the board, during which time all records of assessments ' made by the township assessors were checked. The board is now engaged in l checking mortgage exemptions. On Monday or Tuesday the board 1 ! will go to Fort Wayne to check ; the mortgage exemptions claimed ! from Allen county. The Wells county -board of reI view from Bluffton was here ■ I earlier in the week to make their ’ check. The counties exchange each year, with the local board going to the other county seat on* 1 year and the other board returning 1 here the next. Checking is also done in Jay county. ’ County Assessor Ernest Worth- ■ man stated today that he did not expect to have figures on the assessment valuations here avail1 able until after the work of the 1 board is finished. | The members of this year s I board besides Mr. Worthman, the ex-officio’ chairman, are: Jeff Liechty and John W. Tyndall. ■ county treasurer and auditor, rei spectlvely; Ervin Farlow, of Gene- ■ va and Frank Heimann, of Wash- ’ ington townships, both appointive members.

Jubilee Singers At Presbyterian Church — The O. Singleton Jubilee Sing-' ers of Irvington. Ky., will bring a ' i special musical program of negro ' < spirituals at the regular morning service of the Presbyterian church ' < Sunday morning. The singers i represent the National Home Finding society, which owns a 600 acre farm at Irvington and has cared for over 700 children. Each child is given an allotment of land and is paid for what he produces on the land. The Jubilee singers are received with enthusiasm wherever they go. ■ Besides these singers the young I people's choir of the ehtireh will also bring special music. The | public is invited to attend The ' service will open at 10:30. CONCERT HERE SUNDAY NIGHT Accordian Band To Present Concert At Evangelical Church A sacred concert will be presented by the Gretchen Stucky accordian baud at the Evangelical church Sunday evening at 7t30 o'clock, in a program sponsored by the Evangelical Dutiful Daughters class. The band is well known to the people of this community and the leader, Miss Stucky of Geneva, has played in Decatur on numerous occasions. The public is invited to attend. The program is: | Prelude —"Volunteer March"’ Accordian Band j Scripture and invocation i Rev. G. S. Lozier "Follow the Gleam" .......... Accordian Band Transferred, “Saved by Grace” Xylophone solo Dorothy Wells “Sharpshooter March” Accordian Band Accordiana—Accordian solo Gretchen Stucky “Minuet in G”. Accordian Band “Only Jesus Satisfies" —Accordian trio —Jean and Waneta Sprunger. Maxine Stucky. “Under the Double Eagle”— Accordian solo Viola Ehlerding “Glow-Worm”—Accordian duet Dorothy & Sarabelle Schlatzhauer “The Rosary”—Accordian duet Harriet Schaffer, Gretchen Stucky Offertory Christine Neuhauser j "Nola” —Accordian solo Maxine Stucky ("Going Home”—Xylophone solo Dorothy Wells | “Let the Lower Lights Be Burning” Accordian Band Benediction. o Redkey Men Taken To Michigan City Joe Jaurigue, Mexican, and Everett Williams, convicted grand larceny thieves, were taken to Michigan City today by Sheriff Dallas Brown, where the pair will start serving 1-10-year sentences on charges of stealing sll4 worth of corn from the farm home of Joel Shaffter, Blue Creek township. Both of the men were residents of Redkey. Operation Necessary For Mrs. George Lozier C. E. Hocker received word from Rev. George S. Lozier at South Bend, stating that the doctor informed him that it would be necessary to operate on Mrs. Lozier’s arm. Mrs. Lozier was injured in an auto accident last Tuesday in South Bend, in company with Rev. and Mrs. D. A. Kaley, who are also confined in the hospital. Rev. Lozier will return to Decatur this evening and expects to be here for the Sunday services at the Evangelical church, of which he is pastor.

COOLING WINDS BRING RELIEF FOR MIDWEST Five - Day Heat Wave Causes 74 Deaths In Middle West (By United Press) Cool winds from the Canadian Rockies today swept uway the last traces of the five-day heat wave which caused 74 deaths by drowning and prostration in midwest and plains states. Cooler weather and thundershowers were expected in most of the 17 states where 100-degree temperatures had prevailed in the summer’s first siege of extreme heat. Forecasters predicted showers and local thunderstorms in Indiana. with a noticeable cooling off over the week-end. The United Press tabulated 31 deaths by heat prostration and 43 ; drownings. A seriohs increase in ; traffic deaths was expected over; the weekend us hundreds of thousands of persons sought relief on crowded highways. The cool front spread slowly, and reached most midwestern areas only after thermometers again bubbled into the 100-degree neighborhood. For the second consecutive day. Springfield, 111., sizzled at 100 degrees before clouds hid the sky J yesterday. Relief was general throughout i the midwest by nightfall last night, but before that time weath- ' er bureau officials reported such high temperatures as: Chicago 92, Evansville, Ind., 96; Fort Wayne, Ind., 80; Green Bay, Wis., 90; Indianapolis, 88; Madison. Wis., 90; Milwaukee, 86; Peoria, ill., 98; Cairo, 111., 96. Highest temperature in the heat area yesterday was 104 at Concordia, Kan. Fog, which spread over Lake Michigan, and wind, rain and hail damaging to crops, accompanied the spread of cool air into the heat zone. The Pecatonica river rose four feet in two hours as a terrific wind and rain storm lashed Freeport, 111. Farmers reported considerable loss as crops were flattened by the downpour. In Freeport, retuse clogged sewers and streets were converted into miniature rivers. Another windstorm cut a path ‘ across northwestern Indiana, leaving a trail of flattened crops and roofless hosues. The Christian church at Whitesville, Ind., was struck by lightning and destroyed. The towns of Oxford. Linden and Boswell were left without electric light service for hours when utility lines were blown down. Fortyfive ipinute rainfalls measured 1.92 inches in Plymouth and 1.05 inches in Rochester. Plymouth reported 75 telephone poles down. The storm spread over eight counties before blowing itself out at the Illinois border in Benton county. Near Canton. 111., the pavement on state route 78 buckled in several places in 100-degree heat. Thousands again fled to Chicago ' beaches, as the temperature rose to 91.5 degrees at noon, before (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) o GENEVA YOUTH IS SENTENCED John Duer Given 1-10 Years At Indiana Reformatory John Duer, 17. of Geneva, was ' j sentenced to serve 1 to 10 years 'in the Indiana state reformatory when arraigned before Judge H. 1 [ M. DeVoss in Adams circuit court i late Friday on charges of grand larceny. Duer plead guilty to the charge after withdrawing a plea of not guilty made earlier in the day. When first arraigned he plead not; guilty. He was remanded to the county ' ' Jail until he could furnish bond of $3500. Ed A. Bossee was appointed as his attorney, when he stated he could not afford to hire counsel. Duer, however, changed his mind and entered the guilty plea. In changing the decision he stated that he "couldn’t think to plead guilty” at first. Duer was arrested on charges of stealing 75 bushels of corn from the home of Robert Glendennlng near Geneva last year. His father and two other men are now serving time for a series of thefts. The Glendennlng theft was included in the series of robberies i for which they were convicted. j

Bethlehem Steel Reopening Plant Despite Pickets

Church Pastor .■*4 • • « i I • • e wh The Rev. Glen E. Marshall. ' pastor of the Church of God. has ‘ been in the ministry for nine years. He was formerly pastor of 1 the Church of God in Barne, lowa. He came to Decatur In August . 1932, and will close the fifth year ( of his ministry here, August 15. ( FARM TENANCY MEASURE PLAN Congressional Leaders Plan To Push Farm Tenancy Bill Washington, June 26 —AdminisI tration leaders have decided to j rush farm tenancy legislation through both houses of congress early next week, before the senate plunges into debate over the President’s court bill. Senator Bankhead (Dem.) of Alabama, co-author of the tenancy measure, said he feared it would ' lie lost in the end-of-sesslon scramble for adjournment if it is not passed quickly. The house probably will begin 'consideration Monday of the Bank-1 head-Jones bill, designed to check the increase in farm tenancy by providing cheap government loans Ito finance land purchases. Bankhead said leaders had ‘ agreed to bring the measure to the senate floor Wednesday or Thursday, if it is approved by the house. He predicted speedy enactment since a more far-reaching tenancy hill was passed by the senate two years ago. The measure which senators approved then died in the house agriculture committee. The legislation naw awaiting action calls for a 610,000,000 appro priation this fiscal year. $25,000,000 the next, and $50,000,000 annually thereafter. Administration spokesmen have agreed with farm lead ers that the initial sum will be too small to make much headway toward tenancy reform, but they : argue any larger amount would delay balancing of the budget. While the house bill provides ‘ that the money shall be lent to i worthy tenants to buy land approved by local committees, the senate measure proposes a federal agency—the Farmers' Home corporation—to buy land for resale to tenants. o State Police Training Course To Open July 5 Indianapolis, Ind., June 26 —(UP) One hundred Indiana young men wi'l begin an Intensive four-week’e police training course at Indiana L’nivensity July 5. Sixty of the 166 will be selected after competitive tests for duty with the Indiana state police force. Os the 492 applicants who answered safety director Don Stiver’s call, the present 100 are those who survived the preliminary tests. Some failed to pass physical examinations ' and others were unable to meet ! the mental requirements. 0 To Hold Muck Crop Show In November The 1937 northern Indiana state muck crops show Is to be held In Kendallville, November 9, 10, 11, and 12, county agent L. E. Archbold announced today. This is new territory for the show and it gives a splendid opportunity to put on a real show. It is hoped that Adams county will be represetfled at this show with | products from its muck land.

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2,000 Men Back To Work As Plant Is Reopened; Mediation Board Will Continue Efforts. GUARD GATES Johnston. Pa., June 26. — (U.R) — The Bethlehen Steel Corporation, largest producer effected by the steel strike, reopened its Cambria plant today to nearly 2,000 mill men who went back to work as strike leaders pleaded with state police to lift restrictions on picketing. The "march back to work” was undertaken without fanfare or announcement by the company and was accomplished with stale police assistance. Between six and seven a. m., more than 1,400 men passed through the time office gates of the Franklin division of the plant, and several hundred more reportedly entered the Gautier mill. The unheralded reopening caught the pickets at low strength. Only (protestations came from James Mark, strike leader, and a few other union officials who argued with state troopers at the time office gate that the restrictions oh picketing were two rigid. The workers returned shortly after strikers began circulating a petition asking President Roosevelt to I order compulsory arbitration to settle the strike, called by the steel I workers organizing committee to | force Bethlehem to sign a union contract. Board To Meet Cleveland, June 26 —(UP) —The federal steel mediation board will continue its attempt to settle the seven-state srike, Edward F. McGrady, one of its members, said today after a telephone conversation with secretary of labor Frances Perkins. McGrady said he would remain here over the week-end but added there was nothing he could do until Monday. Chaiman Charles P. Taft, H of the board, is at his Cincinnati home attending to personal business. Lloyd K Garrison, third member of the board, also has left Cleveland. “The mediation board is not disbanding” McGrady said. "I am staying here to keep in close touch with the situation and be available to both sides. The replies of the steel companies has made it impossible to do anything immediately." Militia On Guard Youngstown, 0., June 26—(UP) Bayonet-armed militia men guarded the gales of Mahoning valley steel mills today to protect non-strlkers who were returning to work for the first time since the committee for industrial organization called a walkout a month ago that made 80,000 men idle in seven states. Smoke rising from the chimneys cf Republic steel corporation and Youngstown sheet and tube company plants, drifted across tho streets of Youngstown, Warren and Canton, where strikers made a last stand appeal to non-strlkers not to march back to their jobs and where torn and soot-smudged C. 1.0. han((CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) ASK ROAD 101 BE EXTENDED Residents Os Three Counties Ask Road Extended South Residents of three counties are circulating petitions asking that state road 101 be extended south to federal road 67 in Jay county. Petitions have been circulated n Adams, Jay and Randolph counties. The road just recently was extended to Monroeville from federal road 224. east of Decatur. Petitioners believe that a paved road north and south near the In-diana-Ohio state line would relieve much of the heavy traffic on federal road 27. ' The road last year was taken into the state system of roads. The petitioners seek to have the i road run south from federal road , 224 to Pleasant Mills, Salem or ■ Steele, intersect state road 118 east of Berne, then through New > Corydon and junction with road 67. Brayton Pyle, Harley J. Reef - and Roy Boehm, who are circulatI ing the petition in this county, rei port that most of the eligible petitioners have signed.