Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 303, Decatur, Adams County, 24 December 1937 — Page 5

■Mr^ — _ . — . iWMgJsL . ---rd

■i (.AR BEETS gK « Sugar Beet Journal) Kni. s Brow i! Sugai Act ti. ally guaiaut.'es : l» i for sugar beets mown in hKs. 1939 and 1940. In addlmarket price received factory, the grower will the government six per cwt. of sugar, raw right of the farmer to Kin t a in the sugar program flKupon his "past production EKlity to produce." Since the of beet sugar is some- ■ in 1937. the farmer has to build up a ■ letter past production re consideration in the fit to produce beets in ■ay deprive the farmer of a i pat ion in the sugar pro future years. Do not jeop■pour rights! ■ Want More Acreage Ku-.:' producing areas are the right to supply a K- proportion of the sugar Kind in the United States. Ht-ular possessions and forare supplying more ■><g, of our consumption, and Kkally crying for more. The Kid Cane Sugar Area has ov- & plant diseases and is proBn more than ever before. In ■restern states new beet suggri. ries have been built and Kr iwers are going into beet gpjtion, which is possible unKe law until the Beet Sugar Eouota is filled. ■ State or Area which can ■r sugar in 193 S and future' ■will be in the most favored lon to receive the full bene■[the Sugar Act. about the Eastern Beet Bi Our production has declinprtly because of weather con|LI CALENDAR gßoy S. Johnson Auctioneer |tur Indiana Km your sale date early as I 1 ■ booking sales every day. | 5 Chas. Moilett, 8 miles, ■West of Ft. Wayne on Lower ■tgton road, closing out sale. ■ 6 —Virgil Carter, first farm I But Dent school, closing out ■8 — Albert Crauskoff, I*4 ■East of Ft. Wayne, % mile, h of Maysville road, closing | Ke. ■ 12 — Noah Henschen, I'.z; ■ West of Kirkland. B. 27—F. E. North, 1 mile I and % mile East of Convoy, |g out sale. lOK YOUR SALE EARLY. I ROY S. JOHNSON ! Decatur, Ind. ■rust Company Building ie 104 Phone 1022

[“DRINK MILK” DRIVE GAINS ( NATION-WIDE SUPPORT > DRE than three million pieces lof literature—3,so7,272 as a ( XTfenN ler of statistics—and endorse- / , Its of 22 governors helped in- / ' be milk consumption in homes, / / 4m \ lurants, hotels and soda foun- / ' \ ■ during National Milk Week, I' bmber 14-20, according to the I / I Industry Foundation. V ■ummary ot the dairy industry’s ~ B/ I nation-wide effort to popular- / ■FARM CASH INCOAAE- -FROM MILK (IN MILLIONS OF POLLAW) H 0 ll 8 ' 1417 1A65 |ljl I itxll 12891 ' (OIIMAHP) K99Q Hi 1 || |IJ| If ,!} j |l; JI 1 Jgp 1934 1956

’ I /F ■ 414 \ i ■ tl<sSza ■ \v ‘<< */ B’fflk' *** / |l H» "the most nearly perfect food" II »tew.< that some 2,800 milk com I | BBW e s in cooperation with the J cooperative milk producers' asso | MVons and other organized dairy I MgP l '- groups were active in the I i’i'Ogram. - I «»$* telS ’ restaur ant’ and railroad cars used “menu sticker?” I many other industries coI '*®»rmr.-d to help make milk—al-1

SHEEP AND WOOL * Sheep and lamb numbers are increasing after reaching an all time high of 54,000,0(M) head In | 1932 and then declining to 1936 a slight gain this year. No great change in sheep population is expected although with the trend toward soil conservation and putting of more land to . grass the number of sheep in | this region is expected to gain ' somewhat to use the grass. Be- ' 1 cause of the large feed supplies | more lambs are being fed this I year than normally. Mill demand for wool during 1937 was weakte than a year earlier and expected to continue slow durthe first half of the coming year. ditions beyond our control, and also because growers are diverted into planting other crops by reason of a temporarily high price. The results have not often been successful. Year in and year out. sugar beets have proved to be the most profitable cash crop. Now. with the government practically guaranteeing a profitable net return to the beet grower for his 1937, 1938. 1939 and 1940 crops, the advisability of planting beets is no longer in doubt. New Program Under the A. A. A. program the grower was supposed to receive a parity price, so the government had to wait until all beet sugar was sold, before they could figure out how much to pay beet growers. But under the Sugar Act of i 1937, the government pays 60 cents per cwt., raw value, on the sugar l produced regardless of what the i factory pays. Thus, the grower should receive hi s government ' check much earlier each year for i - beets delivered in 1937, 1938, 1939 j and 1940 under the new Sugar Pro-; gram. The growers of our Area have a ' : wonderful opportunity. PROVIDED I they begin taking advantage of it i immediately. We repeal, the law, , ruquires that first consideration 1 ' shall be given to the past produc- ■ tiou of beets on each farm, and ■ the ability of that farm to produce I i beets each year. Therefore, unless i the grower builds up and maini tains the production record of his j farm, his rights wFil be forfeited I to wiser and more far-seeing farmI ers. Do not permit your right to demand your proportionate share : of the benefits of the Sugar Proi gram to go by default. Plan a crop i diversification program of your farm, and include in the program ; a sugar beet acreage on which you know that under the law you will receive a good return stir sugar beets. What greater security can any farmer ask, or expect? " 7 ~'i

I ready the country’s largest single source of farm intome—of even greater significance to the Ametican farmer. Newspaper advertising, radio, motion pictures, photographs and promotional ideas ranging from parades to the pasturing of cows on historic Boston Common centered public attention on milk. Hundreds of local Milk Week committees were actively engaged in the work. Many school dieticians and teachers endorsed the move to “Keep Youthful-Drink Milk” by exercises in their classrooms. Dairy leaders believe "Milk Week" helped make the public better informed of the great nutritive value of milk and the essentia i lia rt it should play in the national I dirt.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1937.

* GRAINS * ♦ ♦> Due to favorable weather, grain production over the U. 8. during 1937, was larger than year ago-i With the exceptions of oats and ' barley, production is also above I the five year (1928-32) average. As i a result of the larger production, prices the coming year are likely ' I to be somewhat lower than in 1937. This may not be true, with wheat, as the price for this crop is more dependent upon world production and demand, than for the other grains. While the nation's corn crop is 1 more than two and a half billion bushels, which is 68 per cent above the 1936 crop, and 24 per cent above the five year average, the stock of corn on farms is the lowest on record. 60,760,000 bush-j els on Oct. 1. i A similar situation exists for; oats, as the 1937 production of this crop was 46 per cent above that for 1936 and the carry over of oats I on farms was 32 per cent that of a ' year ago and 42 per cent below the five year average. Much of Indiana's bumper wheat crop harvested laSt summer was of inferior quality because of rust damage and large quantities of this substandard wheat was fed to livestock before the corn crop 1 matured. The world carry over of wheat, however, is larger than a year ago by 60,000,000 bushels, or a total of 270,000,000 bushels. America is on an export basis with wheat again and this year will sell about 100,000,000 bushels abroad, which puts the wheat prices on a lower scale because of \?orld pric- , es, than if held to a domestic basis. Indiana’s wheat acreage has , been expanded because of the tendency to put more land in sod in the soil conservation program. Soybeans, which have taken a prominent place in Hoosier agrij culture the last 20 years or so, will show a production for 1937 of 29 per cent above that for the U. S. for 1936 and 220 per cenT above the five year average. Indiana pro- \ duction is 36 per cent above a year ago and likely will increase somewhat in 1938 becadse of the growI ing popularity of this crop and I products made from it. BEEE The normal 15 year beef cattle cycle which began its period of expansion in 1929 was upset by the 1934 drought and the number of cattle has been greatly reduced, causing the purchasing power of beef cattle to reverse its trend. Beef prices Oct. 1937 were at a higher level than for any period since 1928-29, and it is assumed that the purchasing power of beef cattle will remain at satisfactory levels for the next few years, berpuse total marketings will b<g ■ low enough during the next year I or two to defer the downward trend in purchasing power which generally comes in the period of expanding cattle numbers. Plentiful feed supplies have resulted in increased interest in feeding and prices of feeders have advanced in the scramble for cattle to go into the feed lots. In spite of a prospective good dci maud for meats during 1938, it | seems likely that the markets may be too well supplied with choice | beef after the first few months of | 1938 to assure prices that will I show a profit to all feeders. Al-. though feed costs will be lower! than in the past winter feeding period, the high cost of feeder l cattle precludes to a large degree chances of profit on the better, grades of cattle. Best prospects for I profits in 1938 seem to rest in light | cattle of good quality to be fed | through to the fall market, which| is a reversal of conditions of aj year ago. o—. f POULTRY * Some of the development than indicates a more favorable poultry I industry in 1938 follow: (1) Some-! what higher egg prices during 19381 than a year previous, because oi reduced hatchings in 1937, indicating seven to twelve per cent fewer layers in Indiana and U. fetlocks in 1938. Egg production in Indiana consequently will be lower (2) There probably will boa larger hatch in 1938 than in 1937 because of a more favorable feed egg price situation. (3) While chick prices will likely be higher in early 1938 than one year prevous duo to less poultry meat available, and because of higher prices of other meats, by the fall of 1938. lower prices may be expected due to indicated larger hatchings and a larger competing meat supply (4) Although winter broiler production is expected to be heavier than tn 1937, the price will not be depress-

1938 OUTLOOK REPORTS PUBLISHED SHOWING 1938 AGRICULTURAL TIPS Farm profits next year will depend to a large extent upon the skill of the operators and the type of farming to be done, government experts predict. Although gross income is expected to be lower for at least the first six months, profits will still be made by the good operators. Some phases of agriculture will be better. To assist In the selection of the type of farming to lie done next year, the last of the government Outlook reports are carried on this page These are based on national and International prospects and are localised for Indiana by Purdue University. These reports are the most accurate obtainable annually and have proved valuable to many farmers in the past.

ed because of indications of a small competing meat supply for the winter, (5) Storage stocks of eggs affecting fall egg prices are likely to be smaller than in 1937 due to reduced production. (6) Expansion in turkey production in 1938 because It proved rather attractive in 1937. The difficulties of the poultrymen during 1937 were due to (1) a feed shortage with consequent high feed prices caused by the 1936 drought, (2) continued heavy egg production which was burdensome on the market, and (3) the continued increase of storagestocks of eggs after June first. The average number of chicks per farm flock in the United States was 117 in 1937 and was 19 per cent than one year earlier and 15 per cent less than the 1932-36 average. Poultry meat prices are expected to remain higher than usual in 1938, at least into late spring, because of higher competing meat prices. Taking all these factors into consideration. it appears that a rather favorable year is ahead for the o DAIRY "Most factors point towards a favorable dairy-feed ration for at least the first half of 1938," says the official statement in the dairy division of the Outlook. “This favorable ration will develop largely from the low feed prices rather than any material change in the prices of dairy products. This means a favorable situation for the Indiana dairyman, who pro-, duces his feed and especially for the one who must buy his teed." Salient statements from the report indicate that the number of I milk cows on farms remained prac-' tically unchanged the past year but that the number likely will Increase somewhat the next few, years: that somewhat higher production of dairy products may be ! expected in the first half of 1938, because of the more plentiful sup-' ply of feed than was available the first half of this year. Cold storage holdings of cream-, ery butter on Oct- 1 was 132,000,-' 000 pounds or 23,000.000 more, pounds than a year ago but three million below the five year aver-1 age. likewise, holdings of cheese, million more than a year ago but

FARMING IT . . . DY WILLARD BOLTE J Vtf THS ton PLANTING _ “ fOR DUSTING SttD CORN !■»•>-“ ]. ♦ (tKt'omo'» ;■ HANOI — . ,L' -V. "

In the brooder house partially sketched, both feeders and fountains are placed on wire-covered frames—which can be easily lifted for cleaning. This plan is a great help in controlling coccidiosis and worm infections. The right center sketch shows how to make a simple duster for mixing seed corn with fungicidal dust. Run an iron pipe through an old steel drum—make a pipe crank —and just turn it over a few times. The lid has a receiver edge and

I while 105,000,000 pounds was seven • 12 million pounds larger than the - 1925-29 average. This increase in > stocks of butter along with pros- • pects for heavier production per t cow with the same number of dairy • cows in the country indicates a i larger supply of dairy products available this year than during the . 1936-37 season. More Exports , Increased exports of dairy pro- , ducts and decreased imports because of tariff probably will make , for a larger foreign market in I . 1938. 1 Conditions in the fluid milk , markets are closely related to butterfat prices and under new ad- . ministered prices, fluctuations on ■ the fluid milk market will not be so great, and lower feed costs are not expected to be reflected in lower fluid milk prices. During the , recent depression consumption of cream declined 20 per cent in eastern markets, and in spite of increased activity on the part of eastern markets to exclude west- , ern cream, shipment of cream from Indiana to New York. Philadelphia and Boston, was over 50 per cent greater in 1936 than in 1934. and is expected to rise in the next few ' years. 1 The four most changed factors in the dairy situation from those i existing a year ago may be sutn- ' marized as follows: (1) the rela- ■ grains and hay in relation to the ' lively large production of feed ' number of livestock farms, (2) the ’ decline in prices of feeds in rela--1 tion to butterfat and milk, (3) the ' relatively high prices of meat ani■mals in relation to butterfat, and (41 the continued rise in price of ! dairy cattle. o 4 —♦! HORSES In view of the crop situation in 1937 and the lowering 'of feed prices, it is pointed out ’ that prices of feed for horses and mules likely will be lower in 1937; than 1938 while costs of mechani I cal power will be about the same, j These facts are important because I of the costs of farm power in crop II production The Purdue report call tions farmers to consider prospects ■ I for more than one year in determ-’ ing the most economical *ype of power for any particular farm.

set screws. It is easy to make. Bottom illustration snows how to build the range shelter that is recommended by the Ohio experiment station. The roof is covered with insulating board, protected by two coats of roof paint. Sides and ends are covered with poultry netting—and the floor is covered with 1-inch wire mesh. House is set on 4 x 4 skids for moving. Width is 9 feet, 10 inches. Length is either 8 or 12 feet. The 8-foot length will house 125 pullets.

I < OMMISSHIMIUS CLAIMS TO HE AI.LOW Ell IIIX ESIIIEH BN, IU3T !W iMvrllitiaroiiM Eort Wayne Pt«. Co. off. sup. 387.53 ('ttiseiis Telephone Co. phoir; 57.20 City of Decatur liKht& power 243.X8 Ashbaucher'e Tin Shop supplier 0.65 Fern E. Bierly Deputy hire ... 75.00 Berniet e Dubach elk hire . 50.00 iG. Remy Bierly SlampH 12.00 I Florence Bierly indexing R. ■ 9 00 Borne Review Co. docket wheels 50.00 Schafer Hdw. Store elk exp . 1.80 ! Niblick & Co. Inquest 12.78 I'tHlglaS St.He it<» 7,o’> Nh hols Shoe Stoi •• <l<> .. i.W I >ll lia s I Irown do Si 10 Dallas Brown do 26.00 \V I lines Sill >e Stolt' <|(> 6. i s Holthouse Schulte Co. do . 4.00 I>o iglas Store do 1 S 1 I 'alias Brow ii do 18 10 .\t,t ’ \ Cowsn Deputy 111 re 75.00 | Mary K. Tyndall Clerk hire . . 50.00 John W. Tyndall posiaKe . 10.00 Alice Lenhart Deputy Hire . . 75.00 Jeff Liechty postage 10.00 Edwin II Kauffman dep. hire 75.00 Ruth Hollingsworth postage 5.00 Leo T. Gillis Deputy hire . 100.00 Leo T. Gillig postage 5.00 Dallas Brown mileage 100.00 Dallas Brown mileage . 13.08 A lams Co. Prote tive Assn. am. 42.94 Mettler & Baumgartner do . . 26.73 Dallas Brown do 12.40 Dallas Brown mileage 21.101 R. G. Deininger Deputy hire 83.33 | \V. H. Gilliom postage 35.00 1 Ft. Wayne B. P. & Sup Co. exp 205.94 Clifton E. Striker Sal. & poa. 148.70 , Margaret S. Myers salary 67.50 j Remington Rand Co. Supt exp B.BX Royal Typewriter Co <lo 15.00 L. E. Archbold operating exp 114.73 Mi hi red Koldewey salary 75.00 E. J. Worthman salary 90.00 E. J. Worthman mileage 18.90 Dr. F. L. Grandstaff salary 29.26 Will Winnes assessing . . 8.00 I Phil Sauer Co. Commissioner 80.00 Moses Augsburger do 80.00 ■ Frank Liniger do 80.00 Phil Sauers Comm. Mileage 14.70 Frank Liniger do 10.80 ; E. J. Kenney Co. Council ... l<i.oo Cnris Eicher do 10.00 Kvert Banter do 10.00 James A. llendrh ks do 10.00 August Conrad do 10.00 Henry Dehner do 10.00 Dean Byerly do 10.00 Henry B. Heller salary 50.00 Peter Bauman Com. ditch exp 31.50 H. Gilliom do LBO Menno L. Schwartz do 30.62 Dan Kaehr do .. Roy Alexander do Louise Thomas King Drain ... 10.00 Dick Tunneller do Teeple 58.00 I- Burdette Custer do 100.00 \V . J. Schumaker ct. house. .. 100.00 Mary McClure do 35.00 Carl C. Pumphrey do 15.00 Kohne Drug Store d<> ILJ» Walter P. & H. Co. do 12. Shafer Hdw Co. do J j Smits’ Home Grocery do 113 ■Halter Brintzenliofe do LSO Dallas Brown bd. prisoners 37.20 j Nor. Ind. Public Ser. Co. jail 10.84 Dr. J. M. Miller do . 300 The U. S. Chemical Co. do . 51.00 Curl Wolfe do Decatur Democrat Co. Le. adv 77.44 . i Irene Byron sanatorium . 1,623.26 Co. liiiirinarj II P Lal’nntaitie salary 15»-0 Clara M. LaFontaine do 33. He rbert Ij?iFontaine do 4'. <lO F’.orem e Lengeric h do .. 42.00 Dorothy LaFontaine do 42,.»” 1 ( alvin Falb do J? ™ I I. Hardware Co., Op. exp. ... ID.*# : Smith Drug Co do Decatur Electric Shop do ' S? 1 Kohne Drug Store do .\ A. Bixler do Auto trie Garafrc do Ij l" .Standard oil Co. <lo . 1 ; J» Sinel.iir Itefinlnkt Co do Auto llleelrle Oarage do 4?. ; > 1 , .(..Im Bright do < ; l>r. J. E. Morris do IL<'9 Dr C. V. Connell do 39.0a ; Dr. .1. M. Miller do '?!!•(!■ Walter I’. X- 11. Co. do. Niobola Shoe Store do . ,(:! Itev. C. H Suekau d" 4.11 l i Rev Paul Schultz do 4.00 ; I! F. Breiuer do ; I’.dgar Hower do JOO.OO I Indiana Itefornvatory do . HU : Miracle Mfg . Co do I'J ■j" ' Indiana Slate I’rlaon do . .. ul.iu Miracle MfK Co. do 6J->3 Dr. II F Zwlck do l- 'b. 1 Menno Eicher do . sale Pro.lu. Is Co. do , Gamble Stores do • -■•>9 Schaler Hdwe Co. do | ( Harr.v Fortney <U> J. 00 ' Amstutz Bakery do - - 88.;,1 ' ! Martin Gilson do -' ••'rank Kri k do Eastern Ind. Oil & Sup. do 9b. 11 | Peterson Clothing Uo. do Holthouse Schulte* Co. do ... -o.jO , Melfare Fund Fave Smith Knapp salary 108.30 | Henry B. Heller attorney fees 1<»0.i»0 , Fave’ Smith Knapp jx-stage ... lO.I'O Citizens Tele. Co. phone MJ I aye S. Knapp mileage -o'.’’ Bern!'’* 1 Nelson do - 16.4" i Mrs. Doris Richeldeffer do 9J'" ' i !•;. W. Baumgartner do . 10.80 , Ft. Wayne Ptg. Co. supplies 39.2.' j Bernice Nelson salary 90.90 Mary Schultz salary 50.90 . Repair Diwt. A". I i Hugo H. Gerke labor s •■• su Glenn Merica do 48. n Theodore Hobroek do 22 Robert Gerke do 28..»» Herman Miller do 6.00 Ulmer Gerke do 35.00 Ah Ivin .Miller do Let us tell you about the /Etna Life Insurance Company’s new Farm Loan Plan. Low rates, a 26 year repayment plan, a Reserve Fund Safety ! feature, a liberal pre-pay* ment privilege, no com« mission, appraisal, or title examination costs to the borrower. It’s worth investigating. i, . , Authorized Representative in this territory Suttles-Edwards Co. A D. Suttles, Mgr. , Phone 358 Residence 194

.‘‘Bartered Bride” Returns Home I a -r* fig 1$ ! 1 x ' ci' A . • '. * W ' ** ,-T- : / ***» ' Mt j-'■' t V ir -• • > MI la >. .wtuewiaXl v I Y '7' Y PIU << Virginia and Margaret — — ■Hii.wß'saaagiM - !■ A modern version of the tale of the bartered bride came to a conclusion when 14-year-old Margaret Gozmanian, right, arrived in New York with her sister, Virginia, 12, after having nearly been forced to marry a 40-ycar-old French farmer to whom she had been “sold” by her uncle for $135. When her parents returned to United State., leaving her in custody of an uncle in France, he allegedly made the marriage deal with a neighbor, but appeals of the child to the American Aid society resulted in her rescue.

Ainos Gerke do 2.80 Lawrence Doehrman do 2.80 District No. 2 Herman i leman labor 103.40 I;. F. Sinirr do . 92..'0i Jake Musser do . 90.50 Ralph Martin do 91.00 Harold Sauer do 92.50 Clarence Durkin do 9 LOO George Loshe do 90.50 Vaughn Liniger du ... . . 81.40 Henry Sauer do 67.60 Andrew Schirack do 68.40 Ralph Shady do 50.75 DiMtrirl No. 3 Elmer Beer Labor 66.00 Fred Lci< hty do 8.40 Kenneth Beer do 1.75 Dick Barr do 2.10 | Feter Bauman do 2.00 i District No. 4 .1. <’. Augsburger labor 6X.20 | Edwin Spi' higer do JH.SO Chaun-y Reynolds do ... 80.00 | Norman Augsburger do - 8.20 John Bertsch do 9.80 | l>. S. Wi< key do Dan Musser do 5.60 I Fred Steiner do 5.60 I Amos Steiner do 8 4o ‘ WANTED Rags, Magazines. Newspapers, Scrap Iron. Old Auto Radiators, Batteries, Copper. Brass, Aluminum, and all grades of scrap metals. We buy hides, wool, sheep pelts, the year round. The Maier Hide & Fur Co. 7 10 W. Monroe st. Phone 442 ■wg7Jg—W—lMlimliiiii' ill I

Let us overhaul your tractor Xotr for the busy season NOW, before you need your tractor every day, phone us—or bring it in — and arrange for a thorough going over. Even though your tractor has been in service only one season, it is wise to have our mechanics look it over and check it carefully. If it needs valve grinding or other attention, now is the time to have the work done. Our rates are reasonable. And you have the assurance that we use genuine IHC parts for necessary replacements. McCormick-Deering tractors are built right , . Our service keeps them right . . Always! McCormick-Deering Store DECATUR, INDIANA

PAGE FIVE

Chris Roth do 2.80 John Fox do 1.60 M iscel In nc o iin Butler’s Garage op. exp. 38.10 Eastern Ind. Oil & Sup. Co. do 3.80 Xoah Shvets do 10.86 W. W. Wile do 42.25 Jacob C. Miller do 35.00 Dent r..i 11 /.<• 11 d<« .. ;:.2O Dan Weidler do 9.X5 Andrew Shirack do 3.75 The Schafer Go. do 2.08 Gottschalk Tile Works do 13.45 I'.. A. Stuckey do . 153.22 Fulton Machine Co. do 3.43 Hoosier Motor Parts Co. d<» 52.07 The Mosman Yarnelle Co. do 4.23 R. G. Deininger do .... 16.67 W. H. Gilliom salary mileage 112.10 Yost Bros. Material 111.96 Meshberger Bros. Stone Co, do 366.88 Certified this 23rd day of December | 1937 JOHN W. TYNDALE Auditor Adame County Dec. I'rmle In A Go«»d Town —• T>vcnftir Federal Farm Loans Now at 4% The Adams County National Farm Loan Association, of Decatur, Indiana has received a Charter and has 1 been duly authorized and empowered to make farm loans in all of Adams County. If you are expecting to re finance your farm loan, call or write this association at once. Office: 133 South Second Street Decatur, Indiana , E. Burt Lenhart, sec'y-treas. Fred T. Schurger. Investigator