Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 228, Decatur, Adams County, 27 September 1937 — Page 1

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SCHOOL GRANT IS APPROVED

lIfeSES TO lioilNO SAFE || IN THIS CITY Brew-ter \(l■il. ( r.ickinn Sale ¥■' Reed ( oinpan? BBR>. E«• . .■> > • ff D.Ul.is hk ' ii ' 1 i' l .1 t!,.. < li " " ..... . W I h'-< k< ’’ Kj" , n I<> .ippr.'V R. I iwling in th'' window. to Finding n sledge nt the !>-' ■ . "inpany coal yard K < K. and hainntereil , off the safe. . went along the 1 tr.idis to check over his Wh .■■ he was burning the he -aid a train came along. : ■ moving freight. " blew away some of the This statement coincides ’-K k the reconstruction of the Ke if th smaller checks was alone the tracks. K 1 heck, one for s4uo. t-.i.d, This Is thought to .... burned by the crim—B 4 aisc ' sll *' ri,r Brown that a pair of new canvas which act omits for the lack about the place. Luder Observation started a i.ireer in this city in 192«> M . onvicted on a frattdMt ' !>■ l k charge, has been tin constant observation of 10»c!i... »c!i... atid the sheriff. M- '•" ' "It'' "* Ble hunted but was arrested in ■hri Wayne on a robbery charge local authorities were able Butefi:-..- p.n ’ anything on him. considered that they will be able to Ms ■ ’ against the man here. ■ it* tin Fort Wayne authorities K him charged with, and say ■ :'l.-d. series lobllel petty thefts. rvation Film At School Tonight ■l f Im. “Wild Life" will be ■*'" by the Adams County fish ■ game conservation league at ■ Decatur high school tonight Bl'- o'clock. Everyone has been ■ [ended a cordial invitation to Bind The combined Decatur and girls band will provide fl I musical entertainment. ■ Inner Adams County Woman Seriously 111 ■ms Josephine Ehresman. for°f near here, is seriously ill Sher home in Fort Wayne. Mrs. ■"sman is the mother of Mrs. Melchi, of this city. Wural School Girls ■ Given Opportunity To intend Cooking School M School officials of Adams county,' Biserms. are determined to make 1 ■ M cooks and housewives out of • i young girls of Adams county. on the decision by both y school heads to dismiss girl ■dents, that they might attend ■ e Democrat cooking school. (’. E. ■ filter, county superintendent, ana meed today his permission for ■ piissal in the county schools. a Since city school girls are to at■nd on Wednesday, October ti. I °se in charge of the cooking ■ pool have suggested that rural ■ ’lncipals who dismiss students, them attend on either Monor Tuesday of the school. Do■estlc science classes and other ■mips unable to attend on the I fst two days, have been cordially I vited to attend the other session. Bn Monday and Tuesday the cookfl ig school opens at 2 p. m. and on[ fl Wednesday at 3 p. m.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Heads Pastors M * 1 Rev George S Ixizier, pastor of t the First Evangelical church of I this city, was elected president of the Adams county ministerial association. at a meeting held in . Herne this morning TRUSTEES SET YEAR CALENDAR Three Vacations: .Mexican School C hildren Present Problem i The calendar for the 1937 38 term 1 of the rural schools in Adams county was set by th township trustees i in their annual meeting at the school superintendent's office in , the courthouse SatiA'day afternoon, i Three vacation periods are antv winced for students dining the eight months' term. The first vacation occurs on OtJ i tober 21 and 22. when the teachers : meet in their annual institute at Fort Wayne. The second occurs at Thanksgiv-' : ing time, Thursday, November 25 ■ i : nd the following da/. November 26 . ■ will be observed as vacation days. The third vacation will occur at -Christmas time. One week, from December 24 un- [ i til January 2 wi’l be given students ! i in observance of the Christmas holi- ■ ■ days. Sch..d will be dismissed in j ■ the month of April. A definite clos- 1 ing date has ibeen withheld. The date depends upon the kind of wea- ' ther during the winter months, C. . E. Striker, county superintendent ; . [stated. Plan Conference Trustees will meet with heads of the Central Sugar company in the Inear future in regard to the number lof Mexican beet workers in the 'county, it was decided at the meetring Saturday. | Two (problems are to be discussed , at the meeting, the trustees stated. The first is that of schooling. Despite numerous assertions by the trustees that the Mexican families must have all children of senool age , in daily classes, the families have . failed to respond, the trustees stat- , cd. The second to be discussed is that of providing a means of a livelihood after the bee' work is completed. so that it will not be neces(CONTINVED ON PAGE SIX) REV. LOZIER IS PRESIDENT Local Pastor Named Head Os Adams County Ministerial Group The Rev. George S. Lozizet. past,t of the First Evangelical church in this city, was this morning named presdent of the Adams county ministerial association in the election of officers held at the Cross Reformed church in Berne. The Rev. Lozier, who succeeds the Rev. M. O. Herman, of Berne, will serve during the- ensuing term. The Rev. Charles M. Prugh. pastor of the Decatur Zion Reformed church was named vice-president. The Rev. W. Wiedeker, of Berne, was elected secretary-treasurer. The Rev. Herman presided at this morning's session. Evangelist Edison Habegger led in the devotions and the Rev. O. L. Flesher delivered the eermon. “Preaching". The November meeting of the association will be held in the Nazarene church in this city on Nov'emlber 8.

AGED CHICAGO MAN NABBED AS KIDNAP VICTIM Retired Manufacturer Is Kidnaped By Three * Men Saturday Chicago. Sept. 27— (U.R? Police traced nil telephone calls into the home of wealthy Chalies C Ross. 72. today for a clue to the motive 1 tiehind his apparent kidnaping. Three professed kidnapers forced [ Ross from his car on a lonely sub- ' urban road Saturday night and drove off with him. Nothing has I been heard from him — or about | him — since. The kidnapers asked Ross’ sec | retary. who was with him. whether | Ross could “stand a touch for $250,000." but did not make a specific ransom demand The wife of the retired greeting card and valentine manufacturer said Ross suffered from a weak heart and high blood pressure, and shock of undue excitement might jeopardize his life. Otherwise, she said, he probably will "get along" with his abductors. "He's probably playing bridge with them by this time." she said. W. H Johnson, acting head of the Chicago division of the federal bureau of investigation, refused to say whether G-men had been called into the case. Chicago and Illinois state police headquarters, however, assigned special details to the Ross home Mrs. Ross remained in the Ross’ eight-room hotel apartment awaiting possible communication from her husband or the abductors. “I am sure I'll hear from them," she said. Police “tapped" the telephone line into the Ross home and | traced incoming calls Squad cars! ' patrolled the neighlxirhood on I lookout for the abductors' car. Capt. Dan Gilbert, chief of the (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) CYOPIANSTO PRESENT PLAY Three Act Play To Be Presented Here Sunday Night The complete cast of characters for the three act play. "Spooky Tavern”, to 'be presented by the Decatur CYO at the Decatur Catholic high school auditorium Sunday night. OcV'ber 3. was announced today by James Murphy, president of the organization. The play will begin promptly at 8 o'clock. Admission will be 25 cents. Tickets maw be secured from members of the CYO. Following is the cast Lon Hacker, owner of Spooky ! Tavern—Roman Lengerich. Ghost Woman, wlw haunts the tavern—Mrs. Ed Coffee. Lucy Hacker, a spiritualistic medium —Agnes Wolpert. Joyce Wingate, a young college girl. Dolores Leonard. FloPabel Wingate, her younger sister—M. Wertzberger. Bedelia. the colored girls' mammy ■ —Geraldine Waite. Ralph Channing, senior in love | with Joyce—Wm. Borns. Terry Tanner, junior in the same i (Continued on page three> Invite Public To Marionette Show The public has been invited to the marionette show at the Decatur high school Tuesday afternoon at 3 o’clock No admission will be charged for the showing, given by Meredith’s marionettes during the regular chapel program hour. o TEMPERATURE READINGS DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER R:00 a. m. 46 10:00 a. m. — 56 Noon 58 2:00 p. m. 60 3:00 p. m 58 WEATHER Generally fair tonight and Tuesday; not quite so cool tonight, rising temperature Tuesday.

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Monday, September 27, 1937.

New Water Well | Inspected Today Jack B. Nickel, engineer forthe 1 I state board of health, inspected | the new water well in the Home-, steads addition this morning. Pre-, iliminary examination showed the | water in first class condition. A sample was taken to Indianapolis for analysis. The well is pumping about 225 1 gallons of water per minute. It ( tuns clear and cool and there is I no evidence of rust. It Is planned i ; to hook up the well into the mains , at the Homesteads. NATIONS ADOPT RESOLUTIONS TO CONDEMN RAIDS Bombing Os Undefended Cities Condemned By Powers Geneva. Sept. 27 —(UP) — The ! •irincipal powers interests 1 ,1 in the far east adopted a resolution today condemning with "horror" and indignation'' the bombing of undefended Chinese cities by Jap aircraft. The resolution was proposed | !>v Dr. Wellington Koo of China and ' seconded by Lord Cranbrc ne of j Great Britain, with the Vnited States standing by as an observer in the person of Leland Harrison, minister to Switzerland. Koo demanded that the league take “concrete and feasible measures to he'p China against Japanese aggression." and also “condemn air bombardments which have caused the death of 10,000 intv?c -nt men,, women and children." Russian Warning Moscow. Sept. 27—(UP) —Soviet Russia has delivered a note of proII test to the Japanese government, warning that Russia will hold Japan responsible for any damage to 1 the Soviet embassy at Nanking, it was revealed today. The note was delivered yesterday to foreign minister Koki Hire- [ ta in Tokyo by Mikhail Salvutsky. Soviet Ambassador. The note referred to “the fear i that continued bombardment threatens the embassy of the U. S. S. R. the life of the Ambassador and hie staff and the property of the embassy." ' "It is known”, the note continued, “That Japanese military authorities have already created for the consulates of the U. S. S. R. in Tientsin. Shanghai and Kalgan impossible conditions for the normal ' carrying out of their functions." Slavutsky protested against “action by the Japanese mi’itary unprecedented in the history of International relations.’’ Continue Bombing hanghai. Sept. 27—(UP) —Japan, relentlessly increasing the scope (CANTINT'RD GN PAGE SIX) o__ Report Erwin Miller Is Seriously 111 Erwin Miller, former local baker, is reported critically ill at his! home in Van Wert, Ohio. Mr. Miller has been ill for some time and I his condition became critical the ‘ j past day or two.

“Sleeping Beauty’' Os Chicago Reported In Critical Condition

Chicago, Sept. 27 — (U.R) —Blood and oxygen were administered today to Patricia MaGuire, “sleeping beauty” of Oak Park, when bronchial pneumonia and an abdominal tumor threatened a sudden, fatal end to her five and one-half years sleep. Mrs Gladys Hansen, Patricia's sister, said that bronchial trouble and a recurrence of 103-degree fever caused surgeons to defer an operation to remove a tumor that had reduced Miss MaGuire's weight 50 pounds in the last six weeks of her six year sleep. . Patricia. 32. was stricken with sleeping sickness in February 1932. The operation may take place tomorrow if the sleeping girl re- ■ covers from the new complies-1 tlons. “The operation is imperative,”, said Dr. Paul C. Fox. assisting, physician. “Without it. Miss Ma I Guire almost certainly would die. I

THOUSANDS OF PERSONS GREET THE PRESIDENT Roosevelt Is Given Great Reception At Boise, Idaho Boise. Idaho. Sept 27 — (U.R) President Roosevelt today told an enthusiastic crowd of several thousi.ind persons tiiat he was looking i into the future towards a more conservative and better use of i national resources, greater prosi perity for agriculture, and a wider distribution of control of American I industrial activities | Sen William E. Borah. R . Idaho. | one of the senate judiciary com- j I mittee opponents of Mr. Roose-j I velt's judiciary reorganization bill. I met the train Borah said there was "some [ feeling" in Idaho that associate i justice Hugo L Black should resign because of alleged member- • ship in the ku klux klan but that the Black incident was not arousing much interest here. Special Session Aboard President Roosevelt's Special Train en route to Seattle, ) Sept. 2? (U.R) President Roose- ! velt moved westward across Idaho j today with a substantial part of his next congressional program formulated and with a special session this autumn still possible, or even likely. Ahead lay eight days of travel looping through the Pacific northwest and bark through Montana. North Dakota and Minnesota to Chicago, where Mr. Roosevelt will i dedicate a link in the qty's new outer-drive. The president has not revealed his intentions with respect to a special session, but an early call to congress was believed likely when the legislators adjourned Aug 21 ' after junking some of the new deal ■ program and postponing other (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) O DEATH CLAIMS JOEL HIRSCHY Former Adams County Man Dies At Home In Plainville, Mich. Joel Hirschy, 74. died this morning at his home in Plainsville, Michigan. following a heart attack. The deceased was born near Berne November 14. 1862. the son of PhilI lip and Mary Hirschy. He left this [community a few years age. He was married to Sarah Schenheck, deceased. Surviving are three sons, Harvey and Lawrence, both [of Plainville and Oswin, Fort [Wayne; daughter. Amanda Hirschy. of Wabash township. A brother. C. P. Hirschy of Wabash township., also survives. One Ison, six brothers and one sister are deceased. He was a member of the , Missionary church. Funeral services will be held at [2:30 o’clock Wednesday afternoon lat Plainville and burial will be (made there.

1 With it she may recover.” I While Miss MaGuire lay in the ; 1 coma which settled over her in February. 1932. -Police Chief Sod- < erlin of River Forest announced I every man on his force had offered his blood for her aid Chief Ben- | jamin Barsema of Oak Park, who . i also heard of the planned transi fusion, said men on his force also I offered themselves as donors. The | officers were directed to undergo blood tests, along with her sister, ! Mrs. Gladys Hansen. and her step-father, Peter Miley. ; Miss MaGuire meantime, rested I comfortably in Presbyterian hospita'. She was weaker than usual, | responded a little more slowly to 1 the few words which she has ; learned to comprehend in six years I of tireless ministrations from her . mother. She lost 50 pounds in the I last six weeks, but the resulting ! pallor only enhanced her ‘beauty. | The tumor was' discovered abaut * (CONTINUES? ON PAGE FOUR)

City Board Receives Formal Offer Os PWA Grant To Aid In Building School

SOYBEAN CAR TO BE SHOWN HERE School Children Are Given Bid To Inspect Car Saturday A special invitation to the school children of Adajns and surrounding [counties was extended today to see line most extensive exhibit of soybean products ever displayed in Indiana, which will be sent to' Central Soya company on the Pennsylvania railroad tracks, Saturday according to an announcement of K. E. Beeson, secretary of the American soybean association. An air londitioned exhibit coach of the Pennsylvania railroad has been used by Russell East. Pennsylvania railroad agricultural agent, for nu-ving this display from one place to another. No charge is to i> made to see it. An essential part of this display Is the exhibit of the industrial products made from soybeans. The two leading products are the meal I and the oil. From the mea l is made livestock feed that < i,n»pares favorably with other meals that are rich in protein. Feed* ■ * [ dairy cattle, hogs, sheep, poultry. ' dogs and rabbits are made from the soybean meal. An interesting part of the display is the plastics from which passenger car seat arms, au- ’ tomobile accessories, celluloid subI I stitutes and novelties are made, [ which are displayed in the plastic [ section of the car. From the oil of the soybean, various products such , as pant, core oil, various edible products, including cooking fats, margarine and other food products are displayed. Soybean flour is increasing in importance and c-»isiderable volume of it goes into breakfast fools, pan- | sage, ice cream, spaghetti, noodles | and other f.,>ds. These, and even candy made from soybeans, are on . display. o Jay County Accident Takes Second Victim Portland, Ind.. Sept. 27 —<U.R) John J. Doremus, 28, Three Rivers. ■ Mich., died yesterday - the second victim of a truck-automobile collision on U. S. road 27 north of 1 here. Leon Tullis, 21. also of Three Rivers, driver of the car. died instantly when his car crashed into 1 a truck driven by John Parker. Indianapolis. Parker was absolved of blame. MUSSOLINI ON BERLIN VISIT X _ More Than Million Germans Cheer Mussol lini And Hitler I Berlin. Sept. 27—(UP) Preyier . Benito Mussolini and Fuehrer Adolf Hitler came triumphantly into Berlin today to the thunderous cheers > of more than a million Germans. i The two dictators arrived in separate special trains from Essen, 1 where Mussolini was given an inti--1 mate view of the might armaments being turned »»;t at the Krupp i works. The two trains arrived slmultani eously on parallel tracks at Heerstrasse station at 5:45 p. m. Only governmental officials, high members of the Nazi party and a few invited guests were at the station. but vast throngs were massed in the streets, along the route to the Wilhelmstrasse, where Mussolini will be housed in the presidential palace. Hitler descended from h's train before Mussolini and waited on the platform t.a welcome him. He presented Mussocili to those members of the government whom he had not already met. The two dictators walked ttp(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

| Kidnap Victim - , I w i Charles C Ross, 71. a retired' manufacturer from Chicago, who was kidnaped by three gunmen near Franklin Park. 11l . while riding with his former secretary. Miss Florence Friehag. early Sunday. FOUR ACCIDENT [ VICTIMS HERE — Four Persons Hurt, One Seriously, In Week End Accidents L I ■ ! A series of attt.. accidents in Ad'jatns county over the week-end left 1 a toll of four persons hurt, one pos[sibly serious, others escaping with '.only minor injuries. ' i Mis. Sam H. Clase of Wnlshire. I Ohio, is in the Adams county hos-j ' 1 pital, suffering from a fiactured ! pelvis and other injuries sustained, ' ; last night when the car driven by | ' her husband, struck a pig near the | state line. Mrs. Clase, who is 66 years old. ‘ was pinn <1 underneath the car, i I when it turned over. Some trouble was had in evtricating her from the [ wreckage. The attending (physician reported ’ her condition as "fair” this noon. ! , Her advanced ag is expected to t - play an important part in retarding ! | her recovery. Mr. Clase escaped , | with but minor injuries. Geneva Boys Hurt I Virgil Bixler and Kenneth Sprun-[ 'ger. Geneva young r.ten are confin-' I ed in the Adams county memorial' I L .spital. recovering from injuries I sustained in a crash near Linn Grove last night. Bixler, it is reported, fell asleep while, returning home last night, [driving the car into a ditch and 1 turning it over. [ Bixler sustained a severe head wound above the left eye, lacerations on the left knee and had several teeth knocked out. Sprunger ” | sustained a fractured jaw. They were both reported improved today. Auto Hits Horse Kenneth Hoffman, son of Otto . I Ruffman, of south of the city, esj [caped with minor injuries Saturday . {afternoon when the car he was driv- . | ing struck a horse, three miles south and one and one-half mile . | west of the city. The horse, belonging to Rollie . | Poling, sustained a broken leg and , [ and had be shot. It was reported , the horse jumped in front of the (CONTINUED ON PAGE STX) • - o— Decatur Floral Co. Building Addition Among the recent building work in the city is that of the Decatur company, where a new greenhouse has been completed. The new house, 70 feet long and 20 feet, wide, is entirely steel framed and ventilated. A cold storage room and additional storage space have been built adjacent to the new building. Gladiolae and other perishable fV.wers will be housed in the new building. Don Stump proprietor, stated.

Price Two Cents.

$110,045 Os Federal Funds Offered If Work Can Be Started On Project In 14 Weeks TO MEET TUESDAY The probability of Decatur constructing a new school building loomed bright today. The Decatur school board, this morning, received a formal offer of a PWA grant for $110,045 from the federaj emergency administrai tion of public works, toward the construction of a modern fireproof | building in this city. The school board was requested 1 to accept or reject the offer within 15 days. The offer was dated I September 28. The letter transmitting the federal government s offer was written by F. M. Logan, state director of the PWA to Ira Fuhrinay. president of the Decatur school board. Must Start in 14 Weeks The formal offer of the government states that work on (he project shall begin not later than 14 weeks from date. The paragraph reads: "By acceptance of this offer the applicant covenants to begin work on the project as early as possible but in no event later than 14 weeks ! from the date of this offer and to ( complete such project with all ( practicable dispatch, and in any [ event within 9 months from the ' commencement of construction.” > The offer is made contingent on the school hoard complying with the provisions of PWA regulations No. 230. which become part of the I contract between the federal government and the school board, Mr. Fuhrman stated that a spe- ! cial meeting of the school board would be held Tuesday evening for the purpose of presenting the ! offer to the board and to acquaint members with the conditions thereof. Total is $244,545 The $110,045 grant is made on I the assumption that the school I city will contribute or furnish $134,500. When the original appliI cation was made, the school board showed it could raise $84,500 with a bond issue, based on the city’s valuation. It is the intention of the school board to ask the civil city to contribute the additional l maximum up to $50,000 to make the construction of the building possible. The federal government demands [ that the local applicant show its i share of the cost can be financed before it contributes any money (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) WILL ORGANIZE SCHOOL BANDS Band, Orchestra Courses To Be Offered In Rural Schools ') Courses in band and orchestra . [ have been added to the curricula of the rural schools of Adams county, [ C. E. Striker, county school super- [ intendent, announced today following the monthly meeting of the township trustees Saturday. The Pearson company, of Fort i Wayne, has been engaged for the [ purpose of organizizng and instructing the - qind. Accredited teachera [ will be sent to the county by the ' Pearson company. These teachers 'ar, all said to have had years experience in band work. This is the first time the rural schools have been given the opportunity tr. study band and orchestra as a ipart of the regular course, Mr. Striker stated. Names of the teachers who are to be assigned here are expected to be announced within a few days. The Pearson company has been engaged in organizing bands and orchestras for 67 years, it is said. Organization work opened in the various schools of thoNiounty teday, with complete details expected to be completed by the end of the week.