Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 181, Decatur, Adams County, 2 August 1937 — Page 1

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I TREE! FAIR OPENS TONIGHT

Esse Rice Dies I This Morning A t I Home In Decatur

I ~| proporietor. Civic I Dies Today As-j I !rr Long Illness; Funer-j I j| To Be Wednesday. active in fair I K..W Rier 56. Decatur hotel * , er an ,l . ,ne of the city* I fl aprom'nent citizens, died at H fume in Hlce Ho,el ,his || * at pi 21 o’clock of carcinH iigd coraplications. I » Rice had been one of the ■ Ltive of the Civic leaders in H ,e;;r and it was under his preU years ago in 1935, that I ,(Umber of Commerce revived ■ e"’'’*’ l fair I,n ' l “ gri ‘ ! i #l ' ,ho»s that year in prei ons for the city’s Centennial !| Rrstion. in which he ateo took I part. ■ juoajha ti-Cve o' Adams counI R-.<e epetit moM of his adult I n i° other realities, coming I fcatur 12 years ago Sunday in ; l {.When he purchased the MurI rgMel. He changed the name to I lice Hotel Jm-a member of the Decatur ns club, the Chamber of Comthe U 0. O. Mooae and the gits of Pythias lodges. He was iimember of the Presbyterian irt. Civic Head St served as secretary treasurer lie Chamtier of Commerce in kind ;r«. dent of the organizaIa 1935 While president of the t, the annual Decatur Free M Fair was revived. Hur president of the Chamber Cmmerce. Mr. Rice sponsored ivjanization of the Decatur Jun’Gimber of Commerce, which ; taed one of his chief interests ■tether of Mr. Rice’s hobbies, ■ icoxTnrvEii on page? six> RIH LOCAL IIW KILLED ■Wr Anthony Kroeger, I Former St. Mary’s AsI sistant. Killed services for Rev. Father ■tay J. Kroeger, pastor of St. S'.'cds Cathilic church. Lowell, f Cornier assistant at St. Mary’s frc 11 in this city, will be held ■*d*y morning from the church Bkve'l. ■hther Kroeger was killed in an ■teobile accident at Ocala, Floriy.l,lll Saturday. He and Father r. Rothermel, pastoi of the ■Jolie church at Kentland and ■* guests were in the car, which ( pstruck by a driver who was ar- | 011 a charge of driving while y'~ f d °f Father Kroeger’s death R received here late Saturday and announcement of it hffiade at the Sunday masses pother Joseph Seimetz, pastor of 1 «ry’s church. *•« Kroeger was ordained 23 •b *Bt> and was about 48 years of •t His first assignment was as ” t * Dl to the late Rev Father ■• 8 Seimetz, who came here in , hther Kroeger was assistant " for about five years. /“•er Seimetz will be unable to the funeral services due U> that his assistant. Father ON PAGE FIVE) Te MPERATURE readings THERMOMETER » m. 74 ** * m. 75 — 80 ' H J P ’ “• - 30 mest yesterday, 100. ifheet this month, 100. Weather outlook tor the period u ju»t 2to 7, for the region lh ‘ Great Lakes. . ,rt ly cloudy to cloudy, proy thundershowers northtonight or Tuesday and and south Tuesday; slight- ' Ortner tonight.

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Civic Leader Dies Hr « 1 F’-’7 »9.Xrr < J. W. Rice, proprietor of the Rice Hotel, and a former president of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce, died this morning after an extended illness ROOSEVELT MAY NAME JUSTICE DURING RECESS Cummings Advises Recess Appointment To Court May Be Made Washington. Aug. 2 —(U.R) Sen : Arthur H. Vandenberg. K. Mich.. | today iniioiiuced a reeelution j which would place the senate on record against a recess appoint meat to fill the supreme court vacancy created by retirement of Associated Justice Willis Van De | vanter. The resolution was introduced I shortly after the White House an- | nounced receipt of an opinion t>y Attorney General Homer S. Cummings holding that the president could make the appointment at any time, whether the senate was tn session, recess or adjournment. Simultaneously several senators. Including Chairman Henry F. Ashurst of the judiciary committee, expressed opinion that any recess appointee, named by the president after the senate adjourns this session, would “be wise’’ not to take his seat on the bench until the senate confirms his anpoint(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) ■ —o STATE DOCTORS JOIN CRUSADE Indiana Medical Association Joins Fight On Syphilis Indianapolis, Aug. 2. —(U.R)—Tbe Indiana Medical Association today joined the state’s crusade against syphilis with the declared objective of “no child bohn with syphilis in Indiana by 1940.” The control program is expounded in the August issue of the association’s medical journal and is sponsored by the syphilis control committee of the organization. The article proposes a state wide system of reporting all cases of syphilis and the employment of investigators in the state public health department to assist doctors in compelling treatment of all syphilis cases until the disease is cured or permanently arrested. The committees suggested that the state health department Issue uniform cards to facilitate a checkup and ultimate eradication of the disease. The article declares that syphilis actually is a quarantinable disease and forcefully suggests that those who refuse to accept treatment should be confined to a hospital or clinic by state order until thier (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

! Floats To Enter In Fair Parades All drivers are asked to have their floats at the city waterworks Tuesday afternoon at 12:30 o’clock In preparation for the School Day I>arade at 1 o’clock. The drivers are > I again asked to meet at 6:15 o’clock at the same place for the Tuesday evening parade. These parades will mark the first appearance t ,r the floats, None will be used in Lolght’s parade. Floats will make their other and main appearance Friday night in the float parade. All drivers are asked to observe this request, issued by Will Bowers, chairman of the parade and float committee." LIST CHANGE IN SCHEDULE FOR PARADES Wednesday Parade Cancelled ; Float Parade Tuesday Evening A change in parade schedules ..r the Decatur Free Street Fair and Agricultural Show was announced today by Will ißowers, float and parades chairman. The livestock parade scheduled for Wednesday afternoon at 1 o’clock ha«s been definitely cancelled. Mr. Bowers announced, after conferring with L. E. Archbold and H. i P. Schmitt, ,'f the livestock committee. Due to the added work on farms I at the present time, and the extra It’me needed to bring the livestock I in for exhibit at the fair, the committee deeded to cancel the scheduled Wednesday parade. To insure fairgoers of witnessing an abundance of colorful parades, members of the parade ccmmittee have prepared a suitable substitute for the cancelled event. ■On Tuesday night at ~ o’clock a (CONT'NUED ON PAGE FIVE) FORMER BERNE RESIDENT DIES Mrs. D. C. Stucky Dies Suddenly Sunday At Detroit Mrs Margaret Stucky, 45. wife of the Rev. D. C. Stucky, of Detroit, died suddenly Sunday morning at 1 o'clock at the Stucky home in Detroit. Death was due to a heart attack. The deceased was a former resident of Berne. At the time of her I death, the Rev. and Mrs. Stucky | operated the Detroit City Rescue Missi ,n. Surviving, besides the husband, are two children, David and Lois. The body will be returned from Detroit to the Daniel Stucky home in Berne. Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 1 o'clock at the home and at 1:30 o'clock at the Berne Mennonite church. Burial will be made in the M R. E. cemetery. o — ♦ — ♦ | Berne Residents To Aid In Celebration Df Decatur’s Fair ♦— ♦ Decatur Democrat, Decatur, Indiana. Dear Sirs: Permit me to compliment you on the splendid fair edition of your valuable publication. It is a fine illustration of the splendid community spirit and cooperation of the business enterprises of Decatur. It gives me pleasure to inform you that we have called off our regular activities of concert and band music for Thursday and Saturday night in the town of Berne, and thus are encouraging our people to attend the Decatur Street Fair. With kind regards. The Berne Chamber of " Commerce, C. H. Muselman, President

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Decatur, Indiana, Monday, August 2, 1937.

JAPS THREATEN AMERICANS IN CHINESE CITY Threaten To Bombard German Concession In Tientsin Tientsin, Aug. 2 4U.R) Japanese army authorities threatened today to bombard the former German concession in which the 15th United States infantry, many civilian Americans and countless homeless terrorized Chinese an refuged. Coincidently Lieut. Gen. Kiyoshi Katsuki. commander in chief of the Japanese army In North China, said that it was up to the Chinese 1 I government whether Japan waged i war throughout the whole country. Japanese planes swept over Tientsin, dropping leaflets an nounclng that any area in which Japanese communication lines were cut or there was any other anti Japanese move would be bombed. Japanese army authorities notified foreign consuls that they intended to occupy the south end of the former German concession, on the ground that they “believed” remnants of the Chinese militarized police were hiding there They threatened to bomb the whole area. They said they would give one hour's notice of any bombardment. In this former concession area are the barracks of the 15th infantry. Many Americans reside there. In addition there were the hungry, hopeless Chinese whose homes the Japanese had brought down in flaming ruins. American infantrymen aided American and other missionaries In finding shelter for these —shelters which at any hour now may be bombed in Japan's “self defense” war on China. Fifteenth infantrymen began this afternoon isiting names of all Americans in the area, in the belief that a bombardment might be imminent and that lives of Americans would be endangered. United States flags — made in Japan to retail at 50 cents —sold tor several dollars each because lof the demand of Americans for I something to display on houses, automobiles and rickshaws in hope | of Japanese respect. Food supplies weer running low I and prices skyrocketed. Americans, including the 15th infantrymen, did invaluable service in finding the refugees shelter in vacant schools and other buildings. But many lived in the open. 1 saw on the river bank a woman who had just given birth to a baby. The Japanese were dellicose. (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o — TRAFFIC TOLL IS INCREASED Indiana Traffic Fatalities Show Increase Over 1936 Indianapolis, Aug. 2. — (U.R) — Traffic fatalities in Indiana increased 11.5 per cent during the first six months of this year as compared with the same period last year, Donald F. Stiver, state safety director announced today. The increase came in spite of a state-wide safety campaign to reduce fatal accidents. During the first half of the year there were 590 persons killed in traffic accidents compared with 522 deaths for the first six months period last year. Marlon county led the state in traffic deaths with 78. Only thirteen counties reported a clean slate. They were Jefferson, Warrick, Harrison. Fountain, Spencer, Franklin. Blackford, Steuben, Benton, Jennings. Switzerland, Union and Brown. Several of the smaller counties received a higher stafety ranking but Allen, Vigo, and Vermillion showed creditable records in reducing the number of deaths. Allen reported 24 deaths during the first six months of 1936 and this (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

Local Man Contributes Article To Magazine George Wemhoff of the Wemhoff Monumental Works and a former president of the National Monument dealers, has contributed an interesting article to the July issue of Granite. Marble and Bronze magazine. The title of Mr. I Wemhoff's article is "I No’s Nudding.” The title is misleading, for the article is an Instructive dis-1 course on “Silicosis" and grinding methods in the monument industry. Former Decatur Man Is Reported Serious Erwin Miller, former Decatur baker, is reported confined to his home at Van Wert. Ohio in a serious condition. He was reported as slightly improved last night. WATER SUPPLY : IS AVAILABLE City’s Water Supply Is Made Available To Concessionaires The use of the city water supply hae been made available to the concessionaires and exhibitors at the Decatur Free Street Fair and Agricultural Show. It was announced today. Charles Br- .dbeck, manager of the city water department, stated this morning that five spigote had been placed for the convenience of the exhibitors. One is located on the corner of Monroe and Second in front of the Niblick store; one on the Kroger grocery; one at the Home grocery on the west side; one at the Yager furniture etore, between Madison and Court streeta on the- eeet side and still another at the Gerber meat market on the east side, south of Court street. A spig.i hae also been placed at each of the cattle and horse show tents, on Madison and First and Jackson and First, respectively. The city ks furnising the water supply tor these outlets. o AUCTION SCHOOL OPENED TODAY Reppert School Os Auctioneering Opens This Morning The 33rd semi-annual term of the Fred Reppert school of auctioneering opened this morning with preliminary exercises at the school grounds in Belmont park. A total of 38 students were enrolled today, with several more expected to register late today and. tomorrow. Classes will be held daily at the school with the first public auc- | tion sale held Saturday afternoon I on the corne r of Madison and Second streets. Fourteen states, including Tex--1 as, New Jersey, Nebraska, Minn isota, Kentucky, Kansas, Wyoming. North Dakota. Tennessee, lowa, Pennsylvania, Illinois and the home state of Indiana, are represented at the school. Ohio, with . 10 students, has the largest repre- . sentation. . Some of the students are stayi ing at the clubhouse, while others I are staying in private homes in ( the city Fallowing is a list of those en j rolled to date: John G. Thompson, . Corpus Christi, Texas; Clem Richman, Woodstown, New Jersey; • Everett Ruyle, Beatrice. Nebrasi ka; Paul B. Bonnell, New Phila- ; delphia. Ohio; Frank R. Ammon, . Bassett, Nebraska; Merle Saxe. College Station. Texas; Richard i Baumgartner, Duluth, Minnesota; Emerson W. Shock, Dayton, Ohio; Gail Moorman. Spencerville, O. James T. Evans, Greenfield, O.; Ear! Smith. Touristville, Ken ■ tucky; Edward Maxwell, Wooster, I Ohio; Dempsey Becker, Wooster, Ohio; Robert Norton, Wooster, i Ohio; Harold T. Ward, New Can- ; ton. Ohio; D. W. Williams, Clevei land. Ohio; D. G. Heidebrecht, • Inman, Kansas; Ralph C Bille, Lander, Wyoming; Walter McDan ■ iel, Velva, North Dakota; Clyde I Little. Sardis, Tennessee; Lorance (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

Decatur’s Third Annual Free Street Fair And Agricultural Show Will Open This Evening

CATTLE.HORSES ARE BROUHT TO LIVESTOCK SHOW All Cattle And Horses To Be Ready For Exhibits Tuesday First horse? and cattle to be exhibited in the annual Decatur Free Street Fair and Agricultural show thits week were brought Into the city early this morning and the last will be shown not ’ater than 8 . o’ci.vk Tuesady morning. Judging will begin Tuesday and continue through Thursday, with . horse pulling contests Friday and Saturday morninge, and the livestock parade Friday afternoon. Cattle Show The kmitation on space may require the judging of the cattle outside of the tent at the corner of First and Madison streets on the city’s parking lot. It was first planned to hold the cattle judging in a special ring in the center of the tent but many more entries were received than had ben anticipated. Tuesday morning at 9 o’clock, the 4-H ca't club judging will be held, with E. T. Wallace, extension dairyman of Purdue university as judge. Tuesday afternoon at 1 o'clock, the c«HHHy Holstein judging wih be held with E. T. Wallace as judge. Wednesday morning at 9 o’clock the county Guernsey show will be judged by Prof. W. W Yapp, of the j University of Illinois. This will last a'l day. Thursday morning at 9 o’clock the state jun-.r i H club judging teams will compete under the sup ervision of Paul Hacklin, a vocational teacher of Bryant. Thursday morning at the same time the young adults district judgI ing contest will b<* held under the supervision of Leo Nussbaum, of I Monroe. Thursday morning at 10 elclock judging will begin for the Jersey parish show, representing leading Jersey breeders of Northeastern Indiana. Friday at 1 o’clock the prize winning cattle will be led in the official livestock parade. Horse Show The horses are being shown in (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o GOV. TOWNSEND BACKS McNUn Predicts Indiana Will Back McNutt For President In 1940 Madison, Wis., Aug. 2.— (U.R) — Gov. M. Clifford Townsend predicted here during the week-end that Indiana would support Paul V. McNutt, commissioner of the Philippines and former Indiana governor, as a candidate for president in 1940. The governor, a guest at the home of his brother-in-law, said he thought McNutt’s friends were making arrangements “to push his candidacy in 1940.” Asked if McNutt’s friends would favor a third term for President Roosevelt, Townsend replied — “they’re for McNutt." He refused to comment on whether he favored a third term for Mr. Roosevelt. Townsend denied that he entertained hopes, of becoming a candidate for vice-president in 1940 and said: “We have a candidate for president in our state — McNutt. Indiana will be for him.” He added, however, that President Roosevelt is still “very popular" in Indiana —“as popular as when he started.” Townsend indicated he would retire from politics at the expiration of his present four-year term. He (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR)

Postmaster ■raWBWWk Mrs. Lola Macklin, widow of the late Phil L. Macklin, has assumed her duties as postmaster of the Decatur office, following her appointment as acting postmaster. Mrs. Macklin is the first woman to hold this office in Decatur. Missing Auto Is Recovered Today A car belonging to Jerry Welch, local factory was returned to its owner this morning several 1 hours after it had been reported mlMing. The car, first parked downi town, was found on South Second j street. Local Policeman Is Back From Vacation Policeman Ed Miller and family have returned from a week's vacation trip through lowa, Wisconsin and other points of interest. Officer Miller resumed his duties as day policeman today. o MONROE PLANS CAMP MEETING 19th Annual Meeting Os Holiness Association Opens Aug. 15 The 19th annual camp meeting of the Adams county holiness association will be held at the tabernacle at Monroe from Sunday, August 15, to Sunday, August 29. Rev. James Miller, Indianapolis, will be the evangelist during the meeting. J. L. Schell of Bluffton will be song leader, and Miss Cora Hathaway, New Madison. Ohio, will act as accompanist and conduct children’s work. Meetings will be held every evening during the week at 7:45 o’clock. Children's meetings will be held at 1:30 and day meetings will be conducted by Rev. Miller on Tuesday to Friday at 2 o’clock. Three services will be held each Sunday, at 10:30 a. m. and at 2 and 7:30 p. m. One of the features of ;he meeting will be missionary day Sunday, August 22. Mrs. Arnold G. Hodgin, world wide mission worker for the national holiness association, will deliver an address, "My Observations in China,” at 2 p. m. Mrs. Hodgin will also speak on August 19, 20, 21 and 22. Officers of the association are: Homer Habegger, president; Amos Moser, treasurer and P. L. Amstutz, secretary, all of Berne. o Start Work On Berne Post Office This Week Chief Engineer W. C. Morris, of the James I. Barnes company of Logansport, arrived in Berne this morning to make final plans for the erection of the new $67,000 post office there. The machinery will be moved in Wednesday and the actual work start Thursday, he stated. According to the contract the job is to be completed May 15 of next year.

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City Bedlam Os Activity As Work Is Rushed To Open Midway Promptly At 7 p. m. PARADE OPENS The Decatur Free Street Fair and Agricultural show, the third sponsored annually by the Chamber of Commerce of this city, will get underway with a bang tonight at 7 o’clock, when the official parade will march through the midway. Workmen started shor'ly after midnight this morning to erect rides, shows and concessions, working feverishly to have all in readiness for tonight’s opening. Bombs will be fired, lights will be switched on promptly at 7 ■ o’clock, the official parade will start and the 1937 fair will be underway. Tonight's parade will be abort, led by city and fair officials, augmented by the three Decatur bands. Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and boys and girls on decorated bicycles will join in the line of march. One free act, the Bible animal circus, will be presented on the platform at First and Monroe streets at 9 o’clock tonight. Announce Changes A few necessary revisions tn ■ the fair program were announced today by officials of the association. With farmers of the county exceptionally busy with their crops, the livestock parade, scheduled for 1 o’clock Wednesday afternoon, has been cancelled. 1 i The only parade of the cattle I and horses on exhibit at the local [ fair, will be held at 1 o’clock ! Friday afternoon. To replace this parade, an additional float parade has been scheduled and will be held at 7 o’clock Tuesday evening. Another float parade will be held at 7 p.m. Friday. j Changes were also announcail I this morning in the location of I two free acts. The Bible animal circus will perform on the platform at First and Monroe streets, with the Lamy Brothers performing their aerial act at First and Madison streets. No change has been made in time of the various acts. The animal circus will show at 2 and 7:30 p. m. daily, the Delmores, at Jefferson and Second, at 3:30 and 9 p. m. daily, and the Lamy Broth ers at 5 and 1030 p. m. daily. School Day One of the features of the fair will be School Day on Tuesday. The activities will be launched with a parade of hundreds of school children and more than a dozen bands at 1 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. A majority of these bands will also be in the line of march for the float parade at 7 p. m. Tues- ' day. 1 With fair weather promised for 1 most of the week, record-breaking crowds are in prospect for the entire week. Demands for concession space 1 have been in the heaviest demand for many years, and the midway ’ will be packed with entertainment, ■ amusement and refreshments. n , * -♦ Official Program Monday 7 p. m.—Opening parade. 9 p. in.—Bible animal circus, First and Monroe. Tuesday 1 p. m.—School parade. 2 p. m.—Bible animal circus, First and Monroe. 3:30 p. m.—Delmores, Jefferson and Second 5 p. m.—Lamy Brothers, First & Madison 7 p. m.—Float parade. 7:30 p. m.—Bible animal circus, First and Monroe. 9 p. m.—Delmores, Jefferson and Second 10:30 p. m. —Lamy Brothers, 1 , I First & Madison ’ ? 4