Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 264, Decatur, Adams County, 8 November 1937 — Page 1

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Governor Coming ■SSSSSHSSHSSSSShSSB 11 PTW HL JI IlhL-' .... if iI ■? / / 1 Governor M. Clifford Townsend 1 will visit Decatur, Monday. Nov 15th, giving state recognition to Dale W. McMillen for Hie latter’s developing of the beet sugar, soya , bean ami feed mills in tills city, re’eognized as among the largest in the country. 4-H CLUBS TO GIVE PROGRAM Annual Achievement Program Will Be Held November 24 The annual 4-H club achieve-, inent program will be held at 7:30 I p. m Wednesday, November 24. in the auditorium of the Decatur high school. An educational program will be given, involving the suc-j |cessful demonstration boys and girls’ 4-H club teams, to be followed by presentation of 4-H club inisignia won durin gthe year l>y club members: The successful 4-H club members are as follows: Calf Club Don. Eugene and Stanley Arnold. Robert L. Mann. Glen Griffiths, Jesse and Lester Habegger, Catherine, David and Grace Mosser, David R. Habegger. Agnes and Raymond Kolter, Alvin. Elmer. Leo .and Milo Nussbaum. Chester, Gerhart, Leßoy, Millard. Raymond and Roy Schwartz. Edward Sprunger. Clinton and Franklin Steury, Don H. Burke, Elmer V. Graber. Barbara and Juanita Lehman. Mervin McCoy. Mary M. Mazelin. Raymond Mazelin. Margaret Moses. Donald : Poling, Della and Mary Bieberich, ' and Donald and Margaret Fruchte. Berne Club Margaret Allspaw, Sarabelle Beer, Marceline Brandt, Barbara : Conrad. Bernadette Eley and Harriet Eley, Beradine and* Geraldine ; Gerig. Berneda Lehman, Madonna 1 Liechty, an d Matilda Liechty. Carolyn and Ruth Muselman, Elaine' | Neuenschwander, Doris and VirI ginia Nussbaum, Hazel Nyffeler, , Jeanette Reusser. Roseyln and Ruby Reynolds, Jeanne Schug. Lillian Shoemaker, Marcile. Mary Ellen, Jeanette and Rosanna Sprungler, Vera K. Stucky. Christeen Winteregg, and Hilda Wulliman. Blue Creek Barbara Bryan, Dorothy Ford. Phyllis and Wanda Neadstine, Hel- ; en Tricker, Barbara and Betty Jane White. » Decatur Bernice Barber. Roberta Coffelt, Annabelle Doan, Dorothy Fronapfel. 'Betty Hunter, Phyllis Hunter, Betty Ann Kohne, Betty Krugh. Beatrice Light, Phyllis McFarland, Wilma and Ruby Miller, Patsy Moser. Vera Sauer, Monica Schmitt, Wauneta (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) DISTRICT MEET OF HOLY NAME ■ Holy Name Society To Hold District Meet At Besancon Tuesday — Members of the Holy Name soc-' iety of the St. Mary’s parish of this city have been invited to attend a district meeting of the society.! which will be held at Besancon Tuesday evening. Rev. Father Joseph Hessian, pas-! tor of the Catholic church at Besancon, has issued a special invitation for local members to attend. Father Hessian formerly was assist-; ant pastor of the Decatur church. All members of the l Holy Name society here are askeff to meet at the Catholic school building Tues-! day evening at 7 o’clock, to make the trip to Besancon in a body. Father Morman, pastor of Sacred Heart church at Whiting, will de- i liver the principal address of the i evening. Father Morman has spoken I in Decatur on previous occasions i and is known as an excellent speak- i er. 1

HENRY WALLACE EXPLAINS NEW FARM PROGRAM Secretary Os Agriculture Speaks To Earm Leaders Today Indianapolis, Nov. 8 (U.R) Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace, appearing liefore farm delegations from 13 mid-western states, today described the proposed ever-normal granary plan as an "economic balance wheel" that will assure prosperity for America’s corn belt farmers. Approximately 3,500 persons crowded into Tomlinson Hall to 1 hear Wallace’s address, most of them midwestern farmers, farm j rials, hankers and businessmen bureau agents, agricultural ofl'ivitally interested in federal farm legislation. Two conferences are scheduled I this afternoon in addition tt> the round talde discussion which fol- ! lowed Wallace’s address. Corn i sealers who will administer the 1 federal corn crop loan program and midwestern agricultural con-1 servation officials were to talk over their mutual problems. Coining one week before congress convenes in special session i . > enact a permanent farm program, Wallace s detailed explana-; tion of the administration's aims and desires on farm legislation j was considered of particular sig- . nificance. The secretary announced one new phase of the program —com-1 i pulsory marketing control during storage periods to force non-coop-erating farmers to keep a designated portion of their crop under seal. The government has two power-! fill weapons, Wallace explained, that will bring about marketing 1 i control. First is a lower corn loan to non-cooperators, and second, “a ' I penalty tax on each bushel marketed or fed in excess of the marketing quota." In case the granary "should , overflow," lie suggested loans to non-cooperators "at a rate something like 70 per cent as fftgh ns i to the cooperators and they might ’ be required to hold a certain percentage of their corn off the mar1 (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) | I o WILL OBSERVE ARMISTICE OAT Legion Plans Observance < Os Armistice Day Here Thursday Plans for the Armistice Day celebration. to be held here Thursday are rapidly progressing, David Adams, general chairman of the affair, stated today. Tickets for the banquet to be held j in the evening may be secured from members of Adams Post No. 43, American Legion, sponsors of the celebration. The tickets are selling for 50 cents each. Members of the post, the Legion auxiliary, Spanish American War vets, wives, husbands and families of the organizations are urged to , attend. , C. E. Striker, county school superintendent,, will act as toastmaster at Jhe banquet and the Rev. R. W. i Graham, pastor of the First M. E. j church here, will be the chief speaker. At 11 o’clock in the morning, exact hour of the ending of the World War 19 years ago, members of the post will hold a short ceremony. Three bombs will be set off, the first at two minutes before the hour, the second one minute before and the third at exactly 11 o'clock. Taps will be blown by a post bug’er on the hour. Whistles of various sac- { tories and bells of churches and schools will also be blown and I i rung while the entire city momen-1 tarily pauses in honor of the Am-, erican soldiers who lost their lives in the war. The ceremony will again take I I place in the parking lot on First . and Madison streets near the Le- ; gion home. The banquet will be held at 6:30 o’clock at the home. The First State Bank will be closed all day in observance of the I event. o Cold Wind And Rain Here Cold winds, rain and sleet this morning brought about an abrupt; end to the warm, sunny weather | of the past two days. Temperautres 1 all morning hovered around the 52 degree mark, with the weatherman j giving promise of much colder wea- j ther tonight and Tuesday. I

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Decatur, Indiana, Monday. November 8, 1937.

To Honor Industrial Leader I ’g | B I I I *■*"■** ■ Dale W. McMillen, founder and chairman of the board of the Celltral Sugar company, the Central Soya company and other McMillen interests in this city, will in- honored at a meeting and banquet in De- ; catur and Fort Wayne, Monday. Nov. 15, for his contribution to the developing of these major agricultural industries. Officials and employes of the company, with the Decatur Chamber of Commerce cooperating, are sponsoring the event, which will lie attended liy Governor Townsend, other state officials and men of national prominence. j

TOCSIN DOCTOR IS FOUND DEAD Dr. C.L. Blue Found Dead In Automobile Sunday Morn injj Bluffton. Nov. 8- Dr. ('. L. Blue, , 68. one of Wells county's promin- ’ eut physicians, was found dead in , his automobile two and one-half miles south of Tocsin, where he resided, by his daughter. Miss Betll Blue, a teacher, at 8 o'clock • i Sunday morning Coroner William Mcßride stated that death was due to a heart attack. Dr. Hine was called from his ! home at 2 a. m. Sunday to attend | a patient several miles south of Tocsin. He had lost much sleep and upon leaving his home remarked to Mrs. Blue that lie wished lie did not have to go. When he failed to return before time for b Sunday school, members of the I family instituted a search. His atUomobile had crashed into 'a ditch, nut the physician was not I injured. It is presumed that he j lost control of the car when he ■ went to sleep at the wheel and that the jolt of the crash was too I great a shock upon his heart, or it is possible lie may have suffered a heart attack first. He had been troubled previously witli heart disease. Surviving Dr. Blue are the widow, the daughter, and one son. Miles, all of Tocsin. Funeral srvices will be held at * the home in Tocsin Tuesday after- . noon at 2 o’clock. Burial will be made at Bluffton. ESCAPE INJURY IN AUTO CRASH Two Adams County Men Only Slightly Hurt As Auto Overturns Two Decatur men escaped possible serious injuries at about 12:30 1 o’clock Sunday morning when the I car in which they were riding over- | turned immediately south of the ' Fort Wayne city limits on federal 1 road 27. I Doyt Striker, of this city, driver [of the car, was severely cut about the face when the impact threw him 1 against the windshield as the car ' overturned. He was brought to the local hospital, where his injuries ; were treated and be was dismissed. Ervin Inniger, his companion, was uninjured. Acording to the report given local police, the accident happened when Striker lost control of the I vehicle while passing another car. The auto careened Into the ditch [ and overturned. The auto, owned by | C. E. Striker, a brother of the ini jured man, was badly damaged. It was towed to a local garage. State police investigated the ac- [ j cident. The identity of the driver of . I the other ear was not learned.

I Sell Storage Eggs, Ordered From City II Three Van Wert, Ohio, young I; men were apprehended Saturday ; night by local police for violating the pure food laws. The men were I selling storage eggs and represent ! ing them to be fresh eggs. After I sales at several stares a grocer tested the eggs and reported the violation. The men were released after they had gathered up all the eggs, which they had sold, and were ordered from the city. 1 o DEATH CLAIMS ELLA PEOPLES Mrs. Ferd Peoples Dies At Home In Fort M ayne This Morning Mrs. Ella Mag’ey-Peoplee, 62. former well known Decatur lady, died at her home in Fort Wayne this , morning at 3:30 o’clock of complications following two strokes of . paralysis. Mrs. Peoples operated the Carmel Crisp store on North Second street , here for four years until last spring. Ln May of this year she suffered a stroke of paralysis in the store. In October she had another stroke. About two weeks ago she was taken by ambulance to her home at 530 McKinnie Avenue in Fort Wayne, where she died this morning. She was a native cf Adams county, born in Root township, January 7, 1575. Her parents were Henry and Louis Kurt-Magley. Sne was married to Ferd Peoples, who survives. Mrs. Peoples was active in Demoeratl. politics in Adams county, having served a term as county truant officer and was also a candi- | date in tlie Democrat 'primary for county recorder. She was a member j of the Decatur M. E. church and i the Pythian Sisters lodge, also of | this city. Surviving besides the husband j are two brothers, Charles Magley of Root township, John Magley of Dei catur, a sister, Mrs. C. D. Lewton, of Decatur, three nephews and three nieces. Funeral services will be held at the home in Fort Wayne, Wednesday at 10 a. m. Burial will be made m the Decatur cemetery. The body I may be viewed at the grave. The Rev. R. W. Graham, pastor of the Decatur M. E. church, will officiate [at the services. The body will be removed from (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o TEMPERATURE READINGS DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER 8:00 a. m. 52 10:00 a. m. 51 Noon 52 2:00 p. m. 56 3:00 p. m. 56 WEATHER Cloudy becoming fair with rain extreme southeast early tonight, much colder tonight; Tuesday fair, colder except extreme northwest portion.

Dale W. McMillen To Be Paid Honor For His Leadership In Industrial Developement Here

BLACK ISSUES FIRST SUPREME COURT OPINION Hugo L. Black Presents First Formal Decision Os Term Washington, Nov. 8 TU.R) The supreme court today rebuffed another challenge to the right of ■ Justice Hugo L. Black to sit on 1 the high bench as Black revealed ihe now is participating fully in his court duties. The court denied a petition liy a group of Florida securities deal- | ers for reconsideration of their motion seeking to bring an appeal I against constitutionality of Hie ' ! securities and exchange commission. The Florida group had 1 , charged that Black was not legal.l ly a member of the court. The . order denying this request did not indicate that Black absented himself from participation. Absence of specific indication to the contrary usually indicates the justice lias participated. A new challenge was filed almost immediately by Elizabeth Saymonr of Salamanca, N. Y. and ! Robert G. Taylor of Media, Pa., acting as individuals. At the same [ time Jesse C. Duke, disbarred Virginia attorney, challenged the ' right of chief justice Charles Evj ans Hughes and justices James IC. Macßeynolds and Owen D. Roberts to sit in his disbarment i case. Among the court’s actions: Indications it may not rule on [ the legality of anti-trust injuncI tions against sitdown strikers bei cause the issues involved are no >Um ger active. The issue was raised over a now settled strike 'at the Apex Hosiery company of (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) I —o — — Says Poison Victim t May Have Formerly Lived In Decatur ■ ♦ —*♦( Wll’iam Faurote, well known far- [ [ mer living south of Decatur, ad- [ vanced the opinion that the Jacob Wagner, victim of Anna Mario : Hahn, in the poison plot, might I [ have lived in Decatur at one time. Mr. Faurote said there was a Jacob Wagoner who lived here ai bout 40 years ago and that when he left the city he was past 30 years of 1 age. Wagner was 78 when he died. ' [Anna Hahn was convicted of poison- | ing him. The jury returned aver diet last Saturday. i While a resident of Decatur, Wai goner was employed by Godfrey Nesswald as a gaidener at the Catholic cemetery. He visited here I about 15 years ago and Mr. Faurote stated his description answered that I of the dead man. Press dispatches did not state if he ever lived in De- ' | catur. SCHOLARSHIP , TO BE GIVEN Scholarship To Be Given To Purdue U. Short Course A scholarship covering the registration fee of $lO for any of the four 1938 eight weeks short courses [in agriculture, beginning in Jan- , uary at Purdue University will be awarded in Adams county to the winner of an essay contest which is to be conducted this fa l !, it was [ announced today by Roy Price, advisor of the Purdue agriculture almuni association. The scholarship, which is offered by the board of trustees of the University, will be awarded for the best essay written by a county resident on any one of the following subjects: "The Advantages of Farm Life,” “Successful Farm Partnership Agreements between Father and Son,” and “Progressive Farm Practices.” The rules of the contest provide that the scholarship award will be made only if at least five or more contestants participate in the county contest, and if the are deemed worthy by the judges. Contestants must be 18 or more years (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

DEPARTMENT TO SCHOOL ADDED Visual Education Department Is Added To High School A department of visual education has been added to the curricula of the Decatur high school, W. Guy Brown, school principal, stated tills morning Tlie addition of the department Ims been termed by school officials as one of the most progressive steps made in recent years. By ineAns of the motion picture projector. recently purchased, and the motion picture camera presented to the school last year by the graduating class, it will now he possible for visual' education to be carried into each phase of school study, Mr. Brown stated. Classes in safety, science, history, English and practically all other courses will lie available to the students. The projector will lie used several times each week, with a noon showing for rural students, who remain at the school, as a dally feature. Films for the presentations are secured from the Indiana univt'rsity extension bureau, of which the liigh school has become a member in the visual education service. Purchased Jointly The projection machine, one of the finest of its type, was purchased jointly by the high school and the county agricultural agent, L. ,E. Archbold. The schoul will use the machine during the day and Hie county agent will use it at niglit during meetings. Another feature of the equipment is the fact that motion pictures of school activities may be made by the school itself for future use in showings. After the success of the local movie made last year, the senior class of 1936 (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) LOCAL PERSONS HURT IN WRECK Florence And Norbert Holthouse Injured In Wreck Today Norbert R. Holthouse and sister. Miss Florence Holthouse, were severely injured in an auto accident on state road No. 67. near Pendleton, at about 7:00 o’clock! this morning. They were driving to Indianapolis to resume their work, after spending the week-end here with their mother, Mrs. Minnie Holthouse. Mr. Holthouse and sister were taken to the hospital in Fortville, from which place local relatives were notified of the accident. Miss Holthouse, who was driving. was the most severely injured. although the extent of her injuries was not known exactly this afternoon. Mr. Holthouse received a fractured shoulder and probably several fractured ribs. Norbert said his sister received bad cuts and suffered greatly from shock. Their car skidded on the wet pavement and turned over several times, lint did not collide with another car. Miss Holthouse is employed as a stenographer in the state highway department and Mr. Holthouse is employed in the Bell Telephone company office, Indianapolis. The injured persons were (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o K. C. Autumn Dance Here Tuesday Night The annual autumn dance of the local Knights of Columbus lodge will he held at the local hall Tuesday night, starting at 9 o'clock. The dame is open to all members of the Knights of Clumbus, their families and invited guests. Tickets so rthe affair may be secured from members of the organization or at the door on the night of the dance. The tickets are selling for 25 cents per couple or 15 cents single admission. Bob Rice and his orchestra, well known local musicians, will furnish the music for the event , Refreshments will be served.

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Founder Os Sugar Mill And Associated Plants Will Be Honored Here November 15. TOWNSEND COMING Recognition of his leadership in the industrial field and outstanding contribution in developing ope of tlie largest agricultural industries in the country, will lie given Dale W. McMillen, founder and chairman of the lioard of the Central Sugar company and associated plants in the McMillen group, at a meeting here, Monday. Nov. 15. The meeting, concluding witli a banquet in Fort Wayne, is sponsored by Hie officials and employes of the McMillen companies, with the Decatur Chamber of Commerce cooperating. State recognition will be given through Hie attendance of Governor M. Clifford Townsend. LieutGovernor Henry F. Sehricker and Dick D. Heller, secretary to Governor Townsend. The meeting will take on national prominence through the attendance of bankers and members of the board of trade from New York, Chicago and Detroit. Presidents of the Pennsylvania railroad, the Erie and Nickel Plate railroads, will come in private cars to Fort Wayne and then motor to Decatur, to visit tlie local McMillen plants. Governor Townsend and Lieu-tenant-governor Sehricker. are expected in Decatur late in the afternoon and will join the party of distinguished visitors in the trip through the sugar, soya bean and teed mills. They will also go to Fort Wayne to attend the banquet. The banquet will be held at the Catholic Community Center. The feature of tile banquet will he the attendance of McMillen employes, fieldmen and office assistants. More than 350 employes will attend and reservations are being made for a total of about 600 guests. The day has been designated as "McMillen Day.” The Decatur Chamber of Commerce joined the employes in extending the invitations to distinguished guests. Governor Townsend and other state officials. Governor Townsend will make the principal address at tlie meeting, and pay tribute to the man . who rehabilitated the beet sugar industry in Indiana and developed the local soya bean processing plant into one of the foremost industries of its kind in the country. Among the guests from this city will be heads and representatives of the various industries, county and city officials, railroad agents, school and ministerilal representatives and merchants. A limitation on the guest list is made, only because of the limited banquet facilities, members of the Chamber of Commerce stated. Appreciation to Mr. McMillen from the city of Decatur and community will lie paid by Mayor A. R. Holthouse. The guests will arrive here during the day and in the afternoon a visit will be made to the factory (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) ALONZO SHANKS DIES SUDDENLY Retired Farmer Dies Suddenly Os Heart Attack Sunday Alonzo Shanks. 76. prominent retired Hartford township farmer, died suddenly Sunday morning at 7:30 o’clock of a heart attack. The deceased was born May 6, 1861. the son of Daniel and Su- < zanne Shanks, in Darke county, Ohio. He was married to Clarissa Runyon on October 4, 1887. the couple celebrating their golden wedding anniversary this summer. Surviving, besides the widow, are the following children: Grover, Hartford township; Mrs. Byron Hart. Bluffton; Miss Icel. at home. One sister, Mrs. Manuel Liddy of Bluffton and three half-brothers. Dale Shanks, Decatur; Dan, Linn Grove and Henry. Marion, also survive. Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Linn Grove Christian church and burial will be made in the Greenwood cemetery.