Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 188, Decatur, Adams County, 10 August 1937 — Page 1

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■OSEVELT ANO ■IDEAS MEET H|| LEGISLATION I rintt Committee CallIloSeek Agreement I On Legislation Bl - <U.R> The ■Smooth- steering commitMAK . .uintnon-d tnto " eMlon ,o ' I®"’.' „k , K reement on wagesRIV.. (arm legislation controhl. h are impeding adplans. (or the meeting was tIV chairman Jed Johnson. 3 one of a group of eon 1 ,i |..a<|.-rs who went to the for a series of con gs. »ith Mr. Roosevelt. said the sleering com , B|K would consider wages hours. and other adjourn UK problems He declined to M■■ a...,- consideration would ern'ma. mg both wages ■K, ind farm legislation in a Im iLuuime congressional commit-; steadily to move legls the passage stage. ■*, I "'st bill: Chairman MarImjffles of the house agriculture and Secretary of AgriKKy Uanrv A Wallace conferr presidnt Roosevelt. Sen committee ordered to draft a resold for mandatory 10 loans on cotton. h„, I!1p banking and cur committee failed to com action on Wagner housing kK t . bop.d to announce formal Ute today or tomorrow. SCEmT tav-s House ways ami commit prepared to ••nd Ei'E hearings today. Chairman L Doughton said after a House conference that the ...losing bill would be re<o the house Friday or Satwould reach the senate House-senate conferon lower court proved BpSTINITEft GN PAGE FIVE) ■EM BILL | SIGNED TODAY Signs Bill With ■ Reluctance In One 31 ' I Provision Aug. 10 —(UP)—Pre--seven today issued a for IgWi statement declaring he had the $132,600,000 interior deH&'avgt appropriation bill "with reluctance" because of its education provisions. |Hk4is<'u>siiu the appropriation - |H«I traini ng the President said. UK' •*’ ls , l< ' ar t,lat 1 W'uld be censure if any of the sll |Hpi appropriated i nthis act tor training were sp» nt inor inadvisedly. IKfeaingr-- Shamg a ;.pi.>pt ia: ■Bjemoney to the extent of $lO.mor- man was re ■: mmend th>r>-tore, carry out what the intention Ct the iiiut as much of the total be < xpended during the fiscal year as can properly be spent no more and ty President pointej out that education approprta 3s Blo.tnm.ooo more than the K**te of the bureau 'I the bud1 presented to congress rscog-niae that a sound pro°f vocational education is (•Uyne-d.-d in the United States. ■ « appropriation at this time f. K*""' 1 " amount authorized under PKc* 1 ° f JUIle *’ 1536, lin ’" wn as Act, is not the way this need." President said he had ap- ■ an a^v * 6or y committee to ltle ei P pr >cnce under the ex Mff Program of federal aid. and group had conducted 1!' B K **' rotm-rences in Nashville, - f HJ" be premature," th- Pre**'d, “ t 0 launch a greatly exProgram in certain fields of | ■Mhrr'NUED on page FIVE) ■ ~ o |K IVen Transfer To f I Philadelphia, Pa. Is ' Per >'y Huffman, of Bkn*"’’ *’** * eave Thursday “ ila delphia, Pennsylvania, be former has been transK ltv\ , ra<l ' o engineer for sta- " Mr. Huffman was T engineer at WOWO, Fort Mrs. Huffman is the ° l Mrs ' Jcssie Beery ' of

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Woman Killed As Auto Overturns Richmond, Ind., Auk 10. <U.R) Funeral services were being arranged today for Mrs. Myrtle Elehlman, 32, of Connersville, who was killed instantly last night when the automobile which she was riding overturned on route 1 south of Milton. TH® cur was driven by Lloyd Pitcher, 27, of Connersville, who suffered cuts and bruises. Clarence Davidson. 61. Connersville, his wife, Lily. 59. Pitcher's mother, were severely shaken but not critically injured. WELFARE BOARD LISTS BOOGETS Increase Sought For 1938, But Lower Tax Levy Is Submitted An Increase of $37,260 for 193 S has been asked by the county welfare department in the proposed bud-1 get estimates filed with County ' Auditor John W. Tyndall The appropriation for 1937 is! $60,785. as compared to the pro-1 posed budget of $98,045 for 1938. Os this amount it is proposed to j raise $28,917 for 1938 in local tax-; es as compared to $31,808 in local ■ taxes for the 1937 appropriation. ’ The balance of the sum is to be raised by taxes levied by the state : and federal governments, which: will reimburse the county which must first pay all of the bills. The proposed budget has a requested 13-cent levy, estimated on the old county valuation of $22,956. 187. However, $28,882 could be raised on a 12-cent levy based on i the new valuation of $24,068,802.' Should a 12-cent levy be approved, it would be two cents under the county welfare department levy payable in 1937. The break down of the requested appropriations of county raised funds for 1938 is: total appropria-; tions $98,045. less a deduction of $67,352 for sums to be returned to the county from state and federal taxes, leaving a balance of $30,693. The board estimates a balance on December 31. 1937 of $16.641.40, which deducted from the aE3ve figure leaves $14.051 60 required as actual expenditures from county-raised taxes. The board is asking that it be given a $14,000 working balance which makes the total asked Horn county taxation of $28,051.60. Some of the increase in the requested 1938 appropriation is due to the lowering of the minimum age for the receiving of old age pensions from 70 years to 65 years of age. effective July 1. 1938. Other causes are the continued increase in the number of existing cases iu the department, and increased sums are asked for administrative costs. The board has asked that the salary of Mrs. Faye Smith Knapp, director of the board, be increased from $1,200 a year to $1,300. The present appropriation allows one deputy at a salary of S7BO a year The proposed budget asks that a visitor in the department be paid SI,OBO and a clerical assistant, S6OO. The budget also asks that two more persons be employed in the office for the last six months of next year, one at a salary of (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOURI O STRIKER TO SET OFFICE RECORD School Superintendent To Start Fourth Term Next Monday On Monday, August 16, C. K. Striker, incumbent, will start serving his fourth four-year term as county superintendent of schools, entering the last lap of the longest record for service in that capacity. . Mr. Striker was renamed to tne position last June by the board of trustese, defeating Russel Steiner, Hartford township principal, by a margin of one vote on the seventh ballot. County Auditor John M ■ Tyndall cast the deciding ballot to break a tie vote. In 1939, half way through his new term. Mr. Striker will have equalled the former record for continuous years, set by the late John F. Snow, 1883 to 1897, a total of August 16, Mr. Striker will have served 12 years in the office At the completion of tne term in 1941 he will have serveu 16 years. Previous to 1925. when he was first elected to the office, he had taught at Monroe, Wabash and Hartford township schools, after graduating from Berne high school and Indiana university.

PETE CANCILLA GOES ON TRIAL IN COT ATTACK Final Arguments In Cancilla Trial Presented By Counsel — Indianapolis, Aug. 10—<U.R>—Final arguments were presented this afternoon to special Judge James A. Emmert of Shelby county in the trial of Pete Cancilia for slugging former state welfare director Wayne Coy in the statehouse last i March 1. The proceedings today were brief and by stipulation between state and defense attorneys. The I defense agreed that all the testimony introduced by the state at the trial of Joel A. Baker, former Marion county welfare director, | for his part in the Coy attack would not be contested. Baker was convicted last week of instigating Cancilia's attack on Coy and was fined SI,OOW and costs. At the Baker trial, Cancllla admitted that he struck Coy, fracturi ing his skull, but denied that he was ordered by Baker to do so The two are political associates. Cancllla took the stand very ’ briefly today, again admitting the . attack and saying it was provoked by a foul name he said Coy called him Nine other witnesses testified for Cancllla, some of them saying they heard the language imputed to Coy. and others, substantiating Cancilia's story that he did not meet Baker at a local tap room as- i ter the attack occurred. o Warns Os Removing Reflector Buttons Lawrence Green, supervisee of, the state highway system in the northern part of the county, stated I today that boys have removed the reflecting buttons from traffic signs along the state highways. Approximately 50 signs have been replaced. Mr. Green stated that any person found damaging the signs would be prosecuted. > o DEATH CLAIMS 0. V. HILY ARD I Clarence Hilyard Dies Monday Evening At Home Here Clarence V. Hilyard, 49, promin- .! ent Decatur resident and veteran employe of the Decatur Casting company, died last evening at 7:05 j o'clock at his home, 213 Rugg street. Death was caused by car--11 . cinoma. The deceased was born in St. Mary's township July 21, 1888, the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Hilyard, both of whom survive. For 16 years he had been employed by , the Castings company. Seven weeks ago he was forced to retire ' from his work and had been confined to his home until time of his jdeath. , ‘ He was a devout member of the First Baptist church here, serving as a trustee for 12 years and as a deacon for 10 years. He was active in all church work. He wa.« married in early life to Goldie Durr, who also survives. A son. Vaughn; two grandchildren, Barbara Joan and Gwendolyn Sue; 11 two brothers, Earl and Lee, both iof Decatur; and two sisters, Mrs. Mabel Bollinger, of Van Wert, 0., I and Mrs. Velma Fortney, of this city, also survive. A brother and sister are deceased. Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock ■ at the Rugg street home and at 3 ' o'clock at the First Baptist church. * The Rev. Homer J. Aspy will ofli- - date, with the Rev. George S. Lozier assisting. Burial will be made in the local cemetery. Detacons of the church will act as pallbearers. ’i The body was returned home f this afternoon from the S. E. Black ■ mortuary. It may be viewed at the 1 home after 7 o'clock this evening 1 until time for the funeral. ’ißev. Jasinski Speaks i To Auction Students The Rev. Father Alvin Jasinski, i assistant pastor of the St. Mary s f Catholic Church, addressed the students of the Reppert School of Auctioneering at Belmont park this ■ afternoon. • This evening, the students wll. i conduct a public street sale at the corner Gs Second and Maotsou i streets. These sales will be held at 7 30 o’clock each evening during I the duration of the eummer term ■ Valuable goods will be scld and 1 entertainment will be furnished the crowd.

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Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, August 10, 1937.

Prepare Court Room For September Term Preparations for the opening of [ the September term of the Adams circuit court have been opened In i the county courthouse. The term , opens on Labor Day. Monday, Sep- j tember 6. Official activities are ex j pected to start on the following day, however. The court room, library, jury. rooms and private chambers of the | judge are all undergoing a thor-. ough cleaning in anticipation of the opening. Custodian Will Schumacher and E. A. Beavers, court bailiff, are engaged in the work of cleaning. PRECIPITATION RECORD BROKEN Indications Point To Year’s Record For Rainfall In Decatur With all Indications pointing to-1 ward August being the wettest month of the year, all existing rec- t corde for rainfall .both monthly and yearly are expected to be shattered, according to a report made from the daily readings of Weather Observer Walter Gladfelter. With only 1.13 inches of rainfall needed this month to break the full j year record since the establishing of the local bureau, evidence of 1937 I being the wetteet in history is amply proven. •To date a total of 30.78 inches has already been recorded since Janu-. ary 1, the highest record for an en ; tire year was made in 1935. with a 1 reading of 31.91 for the 12 months. I All other years, since 1933 —the firet year of the local bureaushow a lower total than the total rainfall to date this year. The totals ! 1933—28.28; 1934—26.04; 1935—31. 91; 1936—30.45. The local bureau was really established here in 1932, i but part of .the records were not kept Intact. All records have been filed since 1933, when Mr. and Mrs. Gladfelter took charge. The rainfall -In 1932 was said to be slight, however. Mrs. Gladfelter has been appointed official observer and Mr. Gladfelter, observer. The biggest month for precipitation thfe year—strangely enough—was January with a total of 684 inches. Others were as follows: February, 1.16 for the lowest; March 1.52; April 4.93; May, 4.48; June, 5.30: July, 5.40 and th.’s tar in August, 2.15. The lowest precipitation per month, since the records have been kept, occurred in October 1934, . when but .26 of an inch was recordled. The 5.84 reading of January this year, is the largest monthly fall. The previous record for July occurred in 1935 with 4.50 inches recorded. This year the same month j showed 5.40 'inches. The previous high for June was also In 1935 with '2 76; this year, 5.30. The previous i high in April occurred in 1933 with 2.04; this year, 4.93. In January the previous high occurred in 1934 with 2.56 inches. The only months that failed to shatter the firmer monthly records were February, March and May. (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) O ANNOUNCE DATE FOR INSTITUTE Annual Teachers Institute Will Be Held Here August 30 The annual Adams county teachers' institute will be held Monday, August 30, at the Decatur high school, C. E. Striker, county school superintendent, announced this morning. Approximately 175 teachers, Including those from Decatur, Berne and the rural schools of the county, are expected to attend. The speakers for the event will be Dr. F. H. Gaige, from Technical college, Millersville, Pennsylvania, and Dr. Edward Barton Evans, of ! Lime college, Gaffey. South Carolina. Dr. Gaige is well remembered, having addressed last year’s institute. He has developed a wealth of training in normal schools, colleges and universities. Born of j Quaker parentage, he has spoken in 12 European countries and all states of the Union. He is also a noted historian. Dr. Evans, noted teacher, poet j and lecturer, will make his first appearance here. He received his I A.B. degree at Wooster college, his ; A.M. degree at Ohio State university and his Ph D. degree at New i York University. He is the author of several well known works, such as "Donkeys or Men,” and “Unconquered. ” All teachers of the county have been asked to attend the institute. Mr. Striker will preside.

THREE BOOGETS ARE SUBMITTED Treasurer, Recorder And Sheriff Submit Budgets For 1938 Estimates of 1938 budgets have I been filed by three county officials with County Auditor John W. Tyn dal). County Treasurer County Treasurer Jeff Liechty asked an Increased appropriation of $1,369.90. Hie 1937 budget is $3,1850 and the proposed budget for snext year is $5,219.90. The following sums are asked for '1938: sa'ary of treasurer. $1,840; salary of deputy, $1,500; eix per cent on pers,.nal property delinjquencies, $300: postage. SSO; tele-' phone tolls and telegraph, S6O; two ■ year term cash bond at $551; burglary and robbery insurance, one year, $56.40; outside messenger insurance, one year $37.50; repair of locks o nsafe, SSO; repair of typewriters and adding machines, $75; I books and tax receipts, S7OO. His 1937 appropriation was; salary of treasurer, $1,840; chief depupt, $900; three per cent ou deliniquencies, $200; postage, SSO; telephone S6O; repair of locks on safe. $25; repair of typewriters $75; books, stationery and printing and ! tax receipte, S7OO. County Recorder County Recorder Ruth Hcllings- ' worth is asking an increase of sl,- ' 180 in her 1938 appropriation. The 1937 appropriation was $2,625 and I sin? is requesting $3,805 for 1938. Her proposed 1938 budget is: I ! services of recorder, $1,200; salary j of deputy, $900; twenty per cent of- j fees, $700; freight, express and drayage. S2O; p"stage, S6O; tele-1 phone tolls and telegraph, S6O; re- ; pairs of equipment, S3O, rebinding records, S6O; official records, $500; | stationery and printing, SSO; other 1 office supplies, SSO; typewriters, ’ $175. Her 1937 appropriation was sal-1 ar of recorder, $1200; deputy hire, $900; freight, express and drayage, sls; postage, $75; telephone, S6O; repair of equipment, $25; books, (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) TWO YOUNG MEN PLEAD GUILTY Barker And Harshman Enter Pleas Os Guilty In Circuit Court Twa young men plead guilty this ! afternoon at 2 o’clock before Nathan C. Nelson, judge pro tern, of the Adams circuit court. Mr. Nelson is acting In the absence of the regular ; circuit court judge, Huber M. DeVoss. W. P. “Junior” Barker 19 iplead guilty to a charge .?/ forgery after an affidavit was read, charging him with forging the name of Earl Butler to a S2O check cashed at Staley's confectionery on August 4. It was reported that he had admitted to Sheriff Dallas Brown that he forged another chock in Decatur and two in Lima, where he was arrested Saturday. William Harshman, 19, Milt.-qi i Center, Ohio, arrested Thursday i at his home on a charge of stealing i an automobile owned by A. J. Grice, local music teacher, plead guilty to a vehicle taking charge. ' The court deterred passing sen(■CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) Decatur Woman’s Brother Is Dead i I Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Holsapple j will leave Wednesday morning for Fort Recovery, Ohio, where they . will attend funeral services for . Mrs. Holsapple’s brother, Joseph . L. Lundy. The services will be held at 10 o’clock at the Christian i church. I o I Man Is Sought For Assault, Robbery Local police were asked today t? ' look for a 40-year old man, who is wanted in Celina, Ohio on charges 1 of assault and robbery. Tne sheriff's j department and local police were notified when it was reported that [ he stepped in Ohio City, Ohio, to t inquire the route here. .1 TEMPERATURE READINGS L I L I DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER 1 j 8:00 a. m. 72 ' j 10:00 a. m -76 ' j Nr.on 84 WEATHER I Considerable cloudiness, thundershowers northwest tonight or Wednesday and east and south Wednesday; little change in temperature

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CHINESE READY 10 RESIST All JAPAN DEMANDS Resist Demands That Killers Os Jap Soldiers Be Punished (Copyright 1937 by United Press) Shanghai. Aug. 10 —LU.R) -Chinese tonight reinforced their “peace preservation" regiments defending the Hungjao airdrome, railway stations, and the Industrial areas of the native city and prepared to resist Japanese demands that they punish immediately soldiers who killed a Japanese naval officer and | a seaman late yesterday. Meantime, the Japanese were i not pressing their demands for immediate action although high officers of the Japanese naval staff, who met in Tokyo with Rear Ad miral Mitsumasa Yonai. navy minI ister, presiding, announced they I had decided to “punish" the Chinese if they persist in maintaining a “provocative attitude.” There was an increasing opinion that the Japanese were loath to start a general conflict in Shanghai. It was recalled that Tokyo had to spend millions of dollars to win ’ the "Shanghai War” of 1932 and ! that two full army divisions had to I be sent to the mouth of the Yangt- ; se river before a tenuous truce, which ended five weeks of bitter fighting, could be enforced. j Terms of that truce, which pro- ; vided that no large units of Chin- ■ ese troops shall be stationed with- ' in 12 miles of Shanghai, still are in > force, the Japanese assert, but the' ' Chinese said that they will ignore j them. Japan's real interest, for the 1 present, is in North China and her . policy of surrendering her concesI sion in Hankow to the Chinese, I and evacuating her nationals from the whole Yangste valley region, i was cited as an indication that she ’ does not want to start major military operations in this area now. The general military situation on i the three fighting fronts was unj changed. Chinese asserted that they had I 86.000 men northwest of Peiping I and were holding the entire Peip- , ing-Suiyuan railway area. Japan- ' ese ariplanes continued to bomb ! railywa stations along the line and i their artillery kept up a sporadic I bombardment of the Chinese en- • trenched positions below the strati egic Nankou pass, about 25 miles northwest of the ancient northern i for rmecapital, through which the I railway line passes from the plains of North China into the mountains ! along the great wall. On the Peiping Hankou railway, I southwest of Peiping, the Japanj ese had advanced to a point about : -25 miles from the walls of Peiping. I Their airplanes again strafed Chin- ■ ese concentrations around PaotI ingfu with machine guns and dropped occasional bombs. South of Tientsin, on the Tient-sin-Pukow railway, the Chinese (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) DECATUR MAN'S MOTHER BURIED Services Are Held For Mrs. Emma Redd, Mother Os Gail Redd Funeral services were held at Elida, Ohio, this morning for Mrs. [ Emma Redd, 77, mother of Cail i Redd, manager of the Welcome J Bakery in this city. Mrs. Redd . died Saturday night after a short .; illness. Her husband, John W. Redd, died three years ago. , Surviving besides the son in this : city are two daughters, Mrs. M. B. Heidlebaugh, near Delphos, Ohio; Mrs. L. P. Brunk, Lima, O.; and j six other sons, Ray and Ernest, ' Delphos; Jess, Elida; James. Jenera, O.; Rev. P. M. Redd, Canton, O.; Homr, of Lima. Also surviving are two sisters and three brothers: Mrs. Jennie Burgett and George, William and Charles Herring, all of Spencerville, O.; and Mrs. Bertha Spicer, Lima; 29 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Services were held at the Elida U. B. church this morning, with burial in the Greenlawn cemetery. Boy Scouts Will Meet Wednesday Afternoon All Boy Scouts, who are interested in taking the proposed trip to Turkey Run next week,-are asked to meet at the Scout cabin in Hanna-Nuttman park Wednesday afternoon at 1 o'clock, Sylvester Everhart, Scout commissioner, announced today.

Four Are Killed As Plane Crashes At Daytona Beach

LOCAL MAN IS UNDER ARREST J. Earl Butler Taken Into Custody On Charge Os Sodomy — J. Earl Butler, aged about 50, DeI catur rqral mail carrier, is being ' held in the Adame county jail ;await'ng arraignment on charges of sodomy, authorities stated this i afternoon. Butler was arrested at a late hour this afternoon by Sheriff Dallas Brravn, following the issuance |of the warrant at noon today by Prosecutor Arthur E, Voglewede. The arrest of Butler concluded • a rapid but intensive investigation conducted jointly by the prosecutor and sheriff's office since Saturday afterno.~«i of last week. The affidavit was signed by a Decatur young man. alleged to have been a victim of the perverted attack of the arrested man, authori- : ties stated this afternoon. When Butler will be arraigned was not known at a late hour this afternoon, as Judge Huber M. DeVoss -is out of town. Upon conviction the offenee car--1 ries a fine of not less than SIOO nor m..re than SI,OOO, to which may be added 2-14 years in prison, according to the Indiana statute. Howard Wisehaupt To Talk To Young People ' i 1 Howard Wisehaupt will be the • prinipa! speaker at the young people's meeting at the United Brethren church Wednesday evening at 7 o’clock. 1 Special music will be furnished and all young people are invited to attend the meeting. 1 • o DEMOCRATS TO I PUBLISH BOOK ;i I i Indiana Democrats To Publish Book To Aid Campaign Funds Indianapolis, Aug. 10. —(U.R)—ln- ’ diana Democrats are preparing to t publish a book, the proceeds from the sales and editorial content to be used to assist in financing the party's 1939 campaign, it was revealed here today. Publication will be sponsored by the famed Hoosier “two percent” Democratic club and the title will - be "Official Indiana Review, Pictorial, Political, Historical.” The volume will contain about 1,000 pages reviewing Indiana’s industrial development. Rates will be SSOO a page, S3OO I a half page and S2OO for a quarter i page, to be charged for articles about Indiana’s industrial and business life. There also will be advertising at comparable rates, f The books are to' sell for $5 each, and county Democratic organizations are expected to subscribe for 50,000 of them. Then thousand t will be distributed free to state schools, colleges and libraries. j Gross revenue from the sale of the books is estimated at $400,000 and what profits are made will be t given to the “two percent” club. This organization, formed sou- , ’ years ago during the former Gov. '' Paul V. McNutt's administration, 3 collected two percent of the sal- ‘ aries of state employes to form a ’. i party warchest. Estimates of its present size vary up to $900,000. ! Backing the book are Virgil M. Simmons, head of the department ‘‘l of public works; Attorney General '' Omer Stokes Jackson; Dick Heller, executive secretary to Gov. M. S Clifford Townsend; Bowman Elder. treasurer of the “two percent” . club, and Rolland E. Friedman, who is publication chairman with g offices near the Democratic headquarters here. o—i i Quintuplets Are Reported Better Ca’lender, Ont., Aug. 10'—(UP) — I The Dionne quintuplets have about recovered from their colds and will - be permitted to play outside again ) tomorrow. Dr. Allen Rcy DaFoe. • their physician, announced today. ) “They are coming along very r well,” he said. “They are all right r except that they have mild colds, - quite usual with children this time of year.”

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Five Others Are Seriously Injured When Airplane Hits High Tension Wire In Take-Off. FIRST FATALITY Daytona Beach, Fla., Aug. 10 — (U.P. —Four persona were (killed and five others were injured seriously when an Eastern Airlines plane struck a high tension wire while taking off and plunged to the ground. The dead were: Flight captain Stuart G. Dietz, Miami, Fla. Pilot Robert G. Reed, Miami. J. F. (Peter) Philpot, passenger, Kingston, Jamaica; J. Triana, Mexico City, passenger. The plane, en route from Chicago to Miami, made a regular scheduled stop here and had started to take off when it crashed at about 5 a. m. Dietz', at the controls, had piloted the plane down the runway and it had just left the ground when the undercarriage struck a high tension power wire installed two hours previously, according to airport officials. The injured were listed officially as follows: M. N. Hamilton, Detroit, Mich. E. M. Philpot. Kingston, Jamaica. C. W. Dunlap, Chicago. F. M. Thompson, Greenville, S. C. Flight Steward Brian Merrill, Miami, Fla. F. M. Thompson still was unconscious four hours after the crash but physicians at the Halifax hospital said he had no broken bones and was suffering from shock. All the other injured were reported conscious and in “fair condition.” Airport officials said the power line that caused the crash wae installed to aid in lighting the Daytona Beach airport. Planes of the E. A. L. had been stopping here only since May 23. Attaches at the field said Dietz apparently did not know the wire was there or misjudged its height, less than 50 feet above the ground. The plane was traveling fast to I gain altitude when the landing i gear struck the wire. It plunged nose down. One motor of the twin motored plane caught fire but the flames were extinguished before they reached the cabin. Passengers, strapped in with safety belts for the takeoff, were dug out of the wreckage. The injured and dead were taken to the Halifax hospital where an emergency call was sent for physicians. Flight Captain Dietz and Pilot Reed took charge of the plane at Jacksonville, Fla., from the pilot and crew that were in command from Chicago to Jacksonville. The plane was a twin-motored, 14 passenger Douglas ship, known as the DU-2 type. Today’s crash was the first fatality on the Eastern Air Lines in nine years of flying. _ o — —o K. C. INSTALL NEW OFFICERS Robert Gage Installed As Grand Knight Os Local Council Officers for the coming year of the Knights of Columbus lodge were installed at a meeting in the home here Monday night by Lawrence Hoffman, of Huntington, new district deputy of the first district —lndiana. Robert Gage was installed as grand knight to. serve his second consecutive year. Other officers installed for a one year term were: Leo Ulman, deputy grand knight; Herman Knapke. recording-secretary; oJe Murphy, finaucial secretary; Jared J. Reed, treasurer; Casper Miller, chancellor; Lawrence Braun, advocate; Herman Wolpert, warden; James Lose, inner guard; Ralph Reed, outer guard, and Fred Schulte, lecturer. C. J. Carroll was installed as trustee for three years. A large crowd of visitors was present from Huntington during the installation. Following the lodge meeting a lunch was served in honor of the new officers and the visitors.