Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 180, Decatur, Adams County, 31 July 1937 — Page 1

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■fIWAYNEIS I ISSUED ORDERS IBM PLANT orders Port Wayne (, Build Sewage Disposal Plant ff 31 - An °r dfr * /„( Fort Wayne to abate condition of the MauKy January 1. 19™. »as EUted by the state d" [of commerce and Indus-.' F ,1 ■■ survey which I violation of water ** || Frazier, assist Cw- of the Indiana state ' health, announced yesf 11 11 Jarfer which means thej' Led construction of a «<'*’ ELi plant in Fort Wayne. ETivill l"‘ K iven V' lb,lc Lon Monday. Mr- Frazier i L, lf board of health IsMtad | n 1933 under the 192. City of Fort Wayne Xtrwt a sewage disposal eliminate the pollution L river However, this l.iw and the city appealed L, from the state board of Mandate but the case was I ttrird I’* circuit court, ac-1 to Frazier. I, present mandate in is-.v*J utko revamped stream polioL, 0(193:. which has proven ■ elective. and has resulted in L rities building sewage disG plants. (ho 1935 law. the legal is vested in the depart-1 commerce and Industrie?, t tie state board of healtn the technical services jUndles the e -neral adminicle of the statute, it was m»d ost Ljer noted that the public I Ue toward the sanitary disfof sewage and industrial pt a far more favorable now it i few years ago. | emphasized the fact that (tradition of the Maumee river jjeterious to public health and jnousiv affects the use of g for agricultural purposes I’M life. |pr Harry W. Baals, when : bnrd of the pending order, ■si that the city would go sci anc-diately with plans for , ■ IWtNTED ON PAGE SIX) ■ Q OR TO TELL Os FLOOD AREA nrenceburg Pastor To Speak At Baptist Church Sunday Night ta Horner J. Aspy. pastor of ie First Baptist church of this J. today announced an unusual Wre which will be presented at i local church Sunday evening IT o'clock. lor J. Walker Martin, pastor I the First Baptist church of ■rawburg, will speak at this Rlc*. kr. Martin will relate his thrill-1 |«perienees in assisting in the •toe of more than 1,000 persons Uh "Moot levee gave way be- * the Ohio tide a few months I fit Lawrenceburg pastor lost | Mire possessions in the watI which overwhelmed and coinfttiy destroyed the parsonage t church. Martin, in addition to his Mre. uses actual pictures takfaring the height of the flood, the disastrous flood, Rev. rjc has spoken in churches front * York to the westernmost re- * >Bected by the flood, telling I the sufferings experienced by •Mttts of the flood area and of •Wlkation work. ®t Martin, who is also an outmusician, will come to ON PAOB SIX) I- 0 WEATHER F,ir tonight and Sunday; not **•> change in temeperature. — TEMp ERATURE readings thermometer * *9 a. m. 72 , W:W aa nt. . -4 J*Mt yesterday, 100. ghe ’t this month, 100. Weather outlook for the period üßuat u Buat 2to 7, for the region *‘he Great Lakes. ~.^ Ca sFlowers and somewhat -tr first of week, generally ’"d cool middle, showers toward close.

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Stay Out Late, Two j Lads Cause Intense Police Activity Here * ♦ Decatur and Fort Wayne police, county sheriff's departments and the alate police radio system were ,iill cal'ed into action last night to •. ate two young Decatur lads, who failej to return heme when pectedAt 2:30 o’clock yesterday afternoon George Harper, 10. and Dick Hurd, five, both of this city, left their homes on Madison street on a ' bicycle. When parents became an-| xious they called police. Since! young Harper hail ridden U- Fort Wayne on a bicycle recently, It was considered likely that he had again attempted the trip. At 8:45 o'clock last night, however, police and parents were both relieved to see the boys ride up ion their bicycle, uninformed of the Intensive search in progress. The eight of workmen la’-. ring at a local "sandpit" had proven too great an attractio nfo rthe pair. WELFARE BOARD FILES REQUEST Requests County Council Reconsider Rejection Os Funds The Adams county welfare board, following a meeting last night, today filed a request with County Auditor John W. Tyndall | to call another special meeting of I the Adams county council for the purpose of making an appropriation for paying of deputy salaries i In the welfare office. The county council in session , last Tuesday refused the original , request of the welfare board tor S(SB 00 to pay. the salaries of the senior visitor and clerk-etenogra pher for the balance < f the"year. The welfare board filed the re quest today that the county conn l ell appropriate $658. County Audi . tor Tyndall had not set the date > of the sitecial meeting at pool. , today. Members of the county welfare , board issued a statement that the , , umber of employes in the local office was determined and fixed by the state administrator and' i that the board was merely carry- ‘ I Ing out official orders in making, the request for funds to pay the i two assistants which Administraj tor Thurman Gottschalk notified I the board to employ. The board also stated that Ad- , , ams comity paid the minimum i salaries to the county director, the ■ I senior visitor and the clerk steno grapher. The director is paid i SI3OO annually, the senior visitor S9O monthly and the clerk-steno-. grapher, SSO a month. The maxi ■ tnnm salaries for these three clas siflcations are $1,500, and sllO a month. W. Guy Brown, president of the I county welfare board, stated that ] j the board members employed only - the number of persons as ordered by the state administrator and that the board adopted the mini . mum wage schedule at the begin ning of the year. “The state wel- . fare department operates in con I junction with the federal department and unless we comply with j the regulations and orders we j jeopardize the county's whol ■; i welfare program and may not receive our share of the state and federal allotments." the board member stated. Under the wel- ] fare act, Adams county receive! four dollars for every one dollar it expends, the board explained Last Tuesday the county conn (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) DISTRICT MEET PLANNED HERE Porter District C. E. C onvention Here In October The annual Porter d-’strict C. E. I convention w'ill be held in this city at the First Christian church on October 2 and 8, it baa been announced. 1 The Rev. Kenneth Timmons, church 'pastor, will act as genera! chairman of the convention. Officers will be .elected for the I I organizali.-a at this meeting. Fol-1 lowing is the nominating commit j I tpp * Miss Inda Sprunger, Berne; MariTurner, Bluffton; Norwood Booker, New Haven; Winifred Sprunger. Berne. Raymond Sparrow, of the Fort Wayne Presbyterian church, :s the present head of the organtzaThe dates were only tentatively selected by the committee, who met at Berne this week to launch plans for the convention.

HP ARTILLERY OPENS SEVERE BOMBARDMENT' Tientsin Is Turned Into Inferno By Terrific Bombardment (Copyright 1937 by UP.) Tientsin, L’hina. July 31.—(U.PJ— Tientsin was turned suddenly Into | an inferno of hate, fear and jangled nerves today at a moment when it had seemed that the brief, tragic 1 "war" between China and Japan had ended. This morning started quietly. Japanese artillery men coldly and unemotionally kept pounding field gun shells into Nankai University, just tiring away. Suddenly the Japanese artillery opened up, without warning in the quiet, tense city, a terrible bom-: burdment of the native city, the Hopei quarter. For tlie days of the fighting when their men were essaying their hopeless stand against the Japanese army the people of the city had remained fatalistically unmoved but the bombardment caught them weakened. In a few moments panic broke. Women dragging children at their heels, began running towards the barbed wire, sandbagged bar-1 rieades of the foreign settlement, 1 Their cries could be heard for blocks before them. Shouts of ( men. screams of women, the weak , cries of children hardly able to I , walk interspersed the crashing ex- - plosions of the Japanese shells. As they ran. there burst on the city one of the severest thunder- | storms in memory. Thunder sound-; ed above the shell explosions and the bedlam of cries. Lightning thrust down at the still smouldering fires in the native quarters. There were scenes of plain madness. The situation was approaching that which in 1932 sent United States troops to China and a small British army too, in fear that for- ■ eigu populations would be caught (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) YOUTH IN PARADE All Boy Scouts and Girt" Scouts of the city are asked to report at the Central school p at 6:30 p. m. Monday to march in the opening parade of the Decatur street fair. Boys and j girls with decorated bicycles are also invited to join in the parade. All these also will report at the Central school at 6:30. 21 FLOUTS TO BE IN PARADES Official Street Fair Float Parade To Be Held Friday Night Twenty-one decorated vehicles will be In one or more of the parades during the Decatur Free Street Fair and Agricultural Show, Carl Baxter, Miss Mildred Worthman and Dr. H. V. DeVor. members of the committee stated today. , _ , . AH will be shown in the official float parade, Friday evening at 7, p, m. and some may take part in the school day parade, Tuesday at 1 p. m. . Under a ruling made by the committee all floats, automobiles and trucks in the parade will be decorated. . .. I Entries received so far by the committee are from the following organizations and concerns: General Electric, Central Soya company, Central Sugar company. Cloverleaf Creameries. Inc., Rotarian vlub, Decatur Ministerial associa- ' tion 4-H clubs: Psi lota Xi soror-, Ity; Blue Creek Dairy; Dierkes Auto Wrecking company. Adams county lumber company and the Equity dairy. D F. Teeple will have two exhibits. Two decorated automobiles will be shown by the Kuhn Chevrolet company, two by the Saylors Motor company and three by the Al Schmitt Motor Sales company. —o — Countv Welfare Board Prepares 1938 Budget The 1938 budget of the Adams j county welfare board has been pre- : pared and sent to the state admin- ; istrator’e office for approval, members of the bc.ird stated. No figures were given out at the local office, i pending state approval of the esti i mates. However, it was stated tha thp levy needed to raise the amount, asked, was a little under the 1937 , levy. '

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Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, July 31, 1937.

Fight to Get Congress in Line > Ji ‘A ; 1 \ i * x 1 W EMm w ■ ■ / - X Alben W. Barkley Leaving the White House after an extended conference with the president, above, Alben W Barkley, left. Democratic majority leader in the senate, and Sam Rayburn of Texas, right, house majority leader, discussed their plans to push through the president’s “must" program before adjournment of congress. Measures which are sought for enact- | ment by the New Deal include wage and hour regulation, reform of lower courts and low cost housing.

DETOUR ROUTES SET FOR FAIR r Highway Department Es- < tablishes Detours For < State Highways Detour routes through the city during the Decatur Free Street Fair were announced today by Ora; D. Baker, of Bluffton, highway sup-i ervisor for this district. Federal road 27 will not run] through downtown Decatur during! the fair. The route of road 27 will A continue north on extended Thir-j teenth street across Monroe street 1 intersection to Nuttman Avenue i 1 From the junction of Nuttman' avenue and Thirteenth, the route ! will travel east to Fifth street from 1 where it will run north to meet 1 the regular 27 in the north sec-! tion of the city. A stretch of road between Jackson and Nuttman avenue on Thirteenth will be repaired and an as-! phalt covering placed on the street! , to improve the route. I To junction with road 27, cars | coming* from Ohio on federal road I 527 will travel west from Five] Points to Fifth street, north to j Nuttman, where the two roads will j intersect. Federal road 224 from the east| will enter over the east bridge,] , turn north on First street, west on Marshall and then jog back to. Nuttman avenue at Fifth street,, then west out of town. o FAIR TRAFFIC TO BE PROBLEM Police Ask Cooperation Os Citizens To Solve Parking Problem | Cooperation of all local persons in regard to parking during fair week, was asked today by members of the fair board and local police. Chief of Police Sephus Melchi has urged all Decatur people, when possible, to leave their cars at home or on streets skirting down- > towrn Decatur. Since both of the regular parking lots will be filled with cattle and horse show exhibits, fewer cars may be parked downtown. Several property owners have signified their intentions of establishing private parking lots during ] the week, and this is expected to partly make up for the lost space. He has also asked all drivers to observe private parking places, when marked with no parking signs. A large crowd is expected , here during the fair and Chief Melchi has urged all persons to cooperate in keeping parking congestion at a minimum. Regular city police, special po- , lice, members of the sheriff's deI partment and several state police will aid in handling the traffic situj ation here during the week.

Dan Niblick, Wife To Visit West Coast Mr. and Mrs. Dan Niblick will leave Tuesday night for a trip through the West to last three weeks. Their first stop will be Great Falls, Montana, where they Great Falls, Montana, where they will visit Mrs. Niblick’s brother, George Renneford. Next they will meet another brother of Mrs. Niblick, Harold Hennef-'-rd, in Spokane, Washington. He is chairman of the Washington state tax board and will conduct them over a tour of Washington and probably into Canada. They will spend some time in his home in O’ympia. Mr. and Mrs. Niblick next plan to go ;• -ith through San Francisco and will visit the Decatur colony in Les Angeles- They will take the southern route home, stopping in Alburguerque. New Mexico, to visit Mrs. Niblick's aunt, Mrs. Annie Hoch. They will probably pass through Colorado .-in their way home. WAR VETERANS TO MEET HERE Decatur To Be Host To Reunion Os 139th Field Artillery The city of Decatur will be hosts to the veterans of the 139th field i artillery of the United States army ' in their annual reunion next OcI tober, it was disclosed here today. I Leo "Dutch” Ehinger, veteran . of the company, is president of the I association, formed immediately at j the close of the World War when 1 the soldiers were mustered out. . Approximately 200 veterans are ! expected here for the runion. The I exact date has not been determinj ed. Mr. Ehinger stated. He said ! that a committee would be appointed at an early date to complete local details for the event. Last year’s reunion was held at Kokomo. Well-remembered Company A, 14th infantry, Decatur’s representatives in the World War, is also a part of the 139th artillery. Company A. after leaving Ddcatur in 1917, was transferred to the 139th artillery. Special plans for the event are being furthered since this will be the 20th anniversary of the veterans' entrance into the war. Complete plans will be announced at a later date. —o Women’s Club Members Invited To Winona Friday, August 6, fe Women's club federation day at Winona Lake. The 13th district will sponsor its 10th annual federation program with Mrs. >l. Ellison, recording secretary, as chairman. The price of the luncheon will be 50 cents. Reservations are to be made at Winona Lake hotel on arrival. There will be no gate fee. All federated club women are invited. Winona Is on daylight saving time and Mrs. Ellison reminded the ladiee to aims early.

All Details Are Arranged For Annual Street Fair, To Open With Parade Monday Night

SPANISH VETS PLAN REUNION 1938 Reunion Os Span-ish-American War Veterans Here The annual reunion of the 160th Indiana regiment of the SpanishAmerican war veterans will be i held in Decatur in 1938, it was announced today. The 1937 reunion will be held In Columbia City, Sunday, August 8, and the next reunion automatically comes to Decatur, as they are scheduled alphabetically. A meeting of the Adams county post will be held in the American Legion home here on Madison street, Friday night at 7:30 o'clock to make plans for the Columbia City reunion. It is expected that between 12 and 15 from the county will attend the reunion. This will, be an all-day affair. More than 500 members, wives and sweethearts of Spanish-Amer-ican war veterans attend the annual reunions. The reunion here' in 1938 may be the last to be held in Decatur as a movement is under | way in which it is proposed to choose a permanent site in a cen-: tralized loctaion for the annual re-i unions. The 160th Indiana regiment] takes in an approximate area south . of Fort Wayne, west to Logansport . and south to Anderson. There are no posts in Ohio although a num-1 her of Ohio young men enlisted: in Indiana. There was one company from, Adams county which had about] 109 members originally. Today j approximately half are dead, about 25 moved from the county, leaving only about 25 in the county. Os this number about 15 belong to the post. o Another Land Mine Exploded In Belfast Belfast, Northern Ireland, July] 31. — (U.R) — A land mine was exploded today 30 yards from a po- j lice station in Devonshire street, I apparently by Irish republicans. Apparently the mine was similar to that exploded Wednesday during the state visit of King George and Queen Elizabeth. Today’s mine blew a hole eight feet wide in the wall of a marine store and smashed windows nearby. There were no casualties, mainly because the explosion occurred in the early hours. — O ————— Goodland Church To Hold Picnic August 8 The fifth annual picnic and I chicken dinner of SS. Peter and Paul church of Goodland, of which Rev. Father Ambrose Kohne is ' pastor, will be held Sunday, Aug- ■ ust 8. Father Kohne invites his Dacai tur and Adams county friends to ■ attend the picnic. ; -o— G. E. EMPLOYES SHARE PROFITS Employes Os Decatur Works Receive Checks Share In Profits i Approximately 400 employes of - the Decatur works of the General 1 Electric plant on Friday received 1 checks as their part of the profitsharing plan of the company- ? The total amount distributed in s the General Electric company a- - n..unted to $2,253,730. E. W. Lan- - kenau, superintendent of the Decat tur plant stated that no figures coaid be released on the actual amount local employes received. Approximately 400 of the 6CiO employes at the Decatur plant recelvl ed checks as their share of the plan, I he stated. i Employes who have been with the company for five years or more i received 4.8 per cent of their eni tire earnings for the first six - months of the year; employes of ] three or more years record with the • company received 3.2 per cent of s ] their six months’ salary. -: Those wh i have been employed . I over one year received 1.6 per cent -of their wages for the equal period. ■ j The profit-sharing plan was InauI gurated by the General Electric | company about one year ago.

FIRST AID TENT AT LOCAL FAIR Fair Association, Red Cross To Maintain First Aid Tent Mrs. Oscar Lankenau, local registered nurse, will be in charge of the Red Cross emergency first aid tent to be located here during the Decatur Free Street Fair and Agricultural Show, it was announced today. The tent will be located on the north side of the county courthouse this year. The first aid station is sponsored jointly by the Adams county chapter of the Red Cross and the executive board of. : the fair. It will be available to the public during all active hours of the fair.! i First aid cases, minor accidents and others will be taken care of at I the tent. Major cases are to be sent to a physician or the local I hospital. Last year the tent proved its ' worth on a number of occasions, including treatment to injured persons, heat prostations and other ' cases of a similar nature. First aid treatment was also giv--len one person stabbed with a I knife, and another slugged. The booth will operate in coop- , eration with the public address ' system in the information trailer ' and the police headquarters tent j on Madison street. —o Decatur Youth To Work At Pittsburgh — Richard U'man, son of Leo Ul-1 man. of Jackson street, left today J for Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he has accepted a position in the office -.f the Burroughs adding machine company. Richard is a graduate of the Decatur Catholic high school and the ;' International business college at j Fort Wayne. MRS. MACKLIN TARES OFFICE Mrs. Lola Macklin Receives Official Notice Os Appointment Mrs. Lola P. Macklin, widow’ of the late Postmaster Phil L. Macklin, today took charge of the Decatur post office, following the re- ] ceipt of an official notice of her appointment from Postmaster General James A. Farley last evening. The letter from the postmaster general reads: .“Mrs. Lola P. Macklin, Decatur, Indiana. My Dear Mrs. Macklin: Under the provisions of the Act approved March 1, 1921, you have been appointed acting postmaster at the above named office and this letter is your authority to assume charge as such immediately. Signed. (.j James A. Farley, Postmaster-General.” | Mrs. Macklin made preparations (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) •j o Mildred Rumschlag Resigns Position t The Adams county welfare board 1 today announced the resignation I of Mies Mildred Rumschlag as clerk ■ stenographer i'.r the board. Miss Rumschlag resigneq because of ill i health. The appointment of a euc- ■ I ceseor has not yet been made. ■I o Showdown Vote On Wages Bill Today Washington, July 31—(UP) —The - senate faces a showdown vote to- , day on the Administration’s controversial wage and hour bill with the t outcome unpredictable. s A final vote w’as scheduled by - agreement for 3 p. m. (2 P M. CST) c but a test of strength was exipected f earlier on a motion to return the i measure to the senate education f and labor committee which drafted it. 1 Sen. Tom Connally, D., Tex., a t leader of forces opposing the bill, . declined to predict the result of the ■ vote on recommitting the c After canvassing the senate, He said that it ’’will be mighty close.”

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Third Annual Free Street Fair And Agricultural Show To Be Held On The Streets Os Decatur MONDAY-SATURDAY The stage is all set for the third annual Decatur Free Street Fair and Agricultural show, which will make Decatur the mecca for thousands of persons all next week, from Monday to Saturday. Inclusive. Last minute details for the celebration were outlined Friday night at a meeting of the executive board and all committeemen. Exhibit tents have been erected. decorations have been strung through the midway, the city light department has made all arrangements for lighting the midway during the fair. All that remains is the setting up of rides, shows and concessions. The various fair committees, in reporting to the executive board, composed of directors of the Chamber of Commerce, sponsoring organization, stated that exhibits this year will be the finest in the fair’s history. Demands tor concession space have been exceptionally heavy and a midwayq packed with games and amusements and eating and refreshment stands is assured. Open With Parade The fair will open officially at 7 p. m. Monday, with a short parade, led by city officials and fair officials. The parade will start promptly at 7 o'clock with the firing of bombs and throwing of the switch I to light the midway. Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and boys and girls with decorated bicycles will be in the line of march, with the three Decatur bands furnishing the music. Any fraternal or other organizations are also invited to take part in this parade. One free act will be given Monday night, with the Bible animal circus, composed of trained dogs, ponies, monkeys and birds performing on a platform in front of the American Degion home a. First and Madison streets. School Day One of the most colorful events 1 of the entire fair will be the school parade Tuesday afternoon at 1 o'clock. Hundreds of school children from Decatur and Adams county will march in the parade, augmented by more than a dozen • school bands from cities in Indiana and Ohio. A number of floats built by local business houses and industrial firms also will be in the line of march. -»■ Livestock Parades Two livestock parades will be ■ held during the week. The best cattle and horses in Adams county will parade for the first time at 1 p. m. Wednesday, while the prize winning stock parade will be held ■ at 1 o'clock Friday afternoon. i After Wednesday’s stock parade. ■ the Clovprleaf dreameries, Inc., ■ will entertain dairymen and other - interested persons on a tour (if i inspection of the new cheese plant and the remodeled creamery (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o DECATUR DIRE . HIT BT AUTO — ' Jacqueline Teeple Only Slightly Hurt When ’ Hit Bv Auto i Jacqueline “Jacky" Teeple, six-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leo Teeple, of this city, escaped serious injury shortly after 9 o’clock this morning when she was hit by an auto, driven by H. A. Avery, of Lorain, Ohio. ! Mr. Avery took the girl to a ’ local physician, who stated that ’ her injuries were minor. A lacer- ' ation of her right foot, shock and other bruises was the extent of the injuries. Her mother. Mrs. Bessie Teeple, 1 local beauty operator, was immed--1 lately notified. The accident oc--1 curred, according to Mr. Avery, I when the girl ran in front of his auto from behind a large truck i parked on Monroe street near , Third. s Avery told Chief of Polis Sephua . Melchi, who investigated, that ha 3 was driving slowly but waa unable " to avoid striking the girl.