Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 36, Number 18, Decatur, Adams County, 21 January 1938 — Page 1

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

In Kennedy’s Shoes?

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Belief that the name of Rear Ad’ mlral Emory S Land, retired. ! would be sent to the senate as a i successor to Joseph P. Kennedy as chairman of the U. 8. maritime , commission was strengthened as a congressional ‘‘big navy” blotacted for closer alliance between the navy and the commission Kennedy is scheduled to leave for London to become ambassador, after a final radio address Feb. 4 on maritime affairs.

BUY BOILERS FOR BUILDING Purchase Os Steam Boilers Is Approved By School Board The purchase of two Heggiei Lookout steam boilers for the heating plant of the new Decatur school house were approved by the I city school board in its meeting , Thursday The boilers are to be purchased I by Robert Tibbets of Union City, who has the heating and plumbing contract, but the school board re- ' served the right to mt »“ selections within the correct quality range. The boilers purchased are constructed in such a manner that it * is not necessary to raise them or ito excavate pits below them for ■ the installation of stokers, which | are to be used in the new building by virtue of the low bid on the general contract. The school board also purchased j a quantity of salt glazed brick to l be used in place of part of the vitrified brick, originally specified, i The exact proportion of salt : glazed brick is to depend upon the i amount of money found available. ! The salt glazed brick is not porous I and is better looking but more ex- , pensive. It is hoped that it can ■be placed in the corridors and ! toilets. A demonstration of window sash was given the school board by ■ representatives of the companies. The school board is to hold another meeting Monday at which | more of the minor equipment in the building will be demonstrated • and contracts approved. LIST SPEAKERS FOR DEVOTIONAL Devotional Periods To Be Held In County’s Rural High Schools Speakers and dates for the var(ious devotional periods to be held ,in the rural schools of Adams county during January and February were announced today. They are as follows: Monmouth High School — Jan. 27—Rev. Hqmer Aspy. Feb. 3—Rev. C. M. Prugh. Feb. 10—Rev. O. L- Flesher. Feb. 17 —Rev. Glen Marshall. Feb. 24—Rev. David Grether. Pleasant Mills High School — Jan. 25 —Rev. G. S Lozier. Feb. I—Rev.1 —Rev. C. A. Schmid. Feb. B—Rev. J. W. Reynolds. Feb. 15—Rev. C. H. Wiederkehr. Feb. 22 —Rev. M. O. Herman. Kirkland High School— Jan. 27—Rev. C. J. GerigFeb. 3 —Rev. N. J. Schmucker. Feb. 10—Rev. P- Brandy berry. Feb. 17—Rev. Homer Aspy. Feb. 24—Rev. E. S. Morford. Monroe high school — Jan. 26—Rev. M. O. Herman. Feb. 2 —Rev. C. H. Suckau. , Feb. 9 —Rev. Stacy Shaw. Feb. 16—Rev. C- J. Gerig. Feb. 23—Rev. C. M. Prugh. (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN)

F.D.R. SEEKS PRICE LEVELS Os YEAR 1926 Restates Holding Company And Price Objectives Today Washington, Jan. 21.—;U.P„‘— j Auto industry spokesmen today approved President Roosevelt's credit-selling recommendations and forecast a spring upturn in motor sales which should improve business generally. Washington. Jan. 21 (U.P.' President Roosevelt restated his holding company and price objectives today and reported his business conferences are developing a spirit of better co-operation and understanding The president presented his. views In a press conference l»e- --| fore meeting with automotive I i leaders for a discussion of credit' policies in the motor Industry Referring to his statement of last week that all holding companies must go. Mr. Roosevelt said his remarks were directed particularly at public utility holding firms and bank stock holding companies. He did not refer, he said, to management companies of the type, for instance, of the Pennsylvania rail- ! road which operates as a unit , through several companies in many states. His price objective, he declared. ;is to restore the level of 1926 ! nrices. Considering 1926 prices as ’ 100, he presented today's average as 69. He said he seeks lower prices only in instances where quotations have risen out of line with the general price structure. Mr. Roosevelt described his ser- . ies of meetings with business leadi ers in many fields of American | industry as most helpful, especI ially in clearing the atmosphere. The president .emphasized that the administration regarded the economic situation as a problem . which includes not only industry ‘ but also agriculture, transportation (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o TREE TRIMMING PROGRAM“ORT" Proposed Program Cannot Be Carried Out With WPA Labor The proposed tree trimming program in Decatur cannot be carried put by the WPA. according to information received today by Mayor A. R. Holthouse from John K. Jennings. state administrator. Mr. Jennings stated in his letter that tree trimming was classed as maintenance work, which is ineligible under the WPA regulations. His letter reads: “The project for tree trimming and park improvements which you mentioned in your letter as having been filed has not as yet reached this office. However, upon its arrival. I can assure you that it will be given prompt attention. “I might say in this connection that if tree trimming is involved in the work it will be necessary to delete that portion as that work is considered by Washington authortitles as ineligible since it is classed as maintenance work. “We are not permitting work of that nature to be carried on under WPA any place hi the state since these new regulations went into I effect.” The tree trimming and park program was made up separate from the sidewalk, curb, and street program. This requisition, amounting . to more than $40,000 for labor and material, has been sent in to WPA headquarters. The papers were signed by Mayor Holthouse and Ada Martin, clerk-treasurer a few ’ days ago and sent in by E. E. Quackenbush, district supervisor. Ralph Roop, civil works commis- ■ sioner, lias also petitioned that the NYA program be reopened here. It was stated that about 30 boys could be certified from Washington township, to be employed in parks and landscape work during (CONTINUED (IN PAGE SIX) _ o — Rockford, Ohio, Man Arrested Here Today I Lester B. Brant. Rockford. Ohio. | was arrested here this afternoon I by Sheriff Dallas Brown and state ! patrolman Truman Bierie. The arI rest was made at the request of | i Mercer county, Ohio, officers, who. I stated Brant is wanted on a forg-, lerylery charge.

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, .January 21, 1938.

Feast Os St. Agnes Is Observed Today The Catholic Sisters of St. Agnes i enjoyed a holiday today in obeerv , ance of the feast of St. Agnes, pat- : ion saint of the order. A litgn mass , ' was eelribrated at St. Mary's Catholic church this morning. Clasaes at St. Joseph’s grade and in the Deliutur Catholic high school were disi missed for Hie day. RAILROAD HEAD TALKS TO CLUB Frank E. Strouse Speaks To Decatur Rotarians Thursday — “Prosperity in America and security for its future—our constant ! objectives can only be attained when the great industries and employers of labor prosper and are permitted to conduct their business for the greatest good of all the I people,'' declared Frank E. Strouse. |of Chicago, special representative I of the general manager of the Pennsylvania railroad, in an address Thursday evening at the weekly meeting of the Decatur Rotary I club. “Regardless of these well-estab-lished facts, however, there are forces in this country who wonM legislate against one of its great- 1 est employers of labor and users of raw material — the railroads — whose prosperity, or the lack of it, has proved the outstanding business barometer for more than a century. As the railroads have progressed and prospered, so have the people. “At the present time the railroads of our country may be characterized as the 'guinea pig' of i legislation on which both state and national legislatures seem to feel free to try all kinds of experiment- . al laws. In most cases they are thorns in the flesh not only of the carriers but of the public as well. An example is the limiting of the length of trains by law, which bill passed the U. 8. senate as a safety ■ measure, and which will come up i before the house of representatives • Hi the near future. To those who i have studied the hill, the safety feature might be likened to what ; Mark Twain said when he remarked that the bed was the most dangerous place one can be because more people die in bed than in any other place. ' “The district court of the United States for Nevada, commenting upon a train limit state bill, found that ‘a careful review of all the • evidence warrants the conclusion that from the standpoint of safety to the public, to travelers on railroads. and to railroad employes.' the Nevada train limit law bears no reasonable reltion to safety. “The railroads today are the 1 safest, most dependable and most economic ot all means of transportation. performing more than ' 70 per cent of the freight service at an average gross revenue of ’ less than one cent per mile- Mod--1 ern operating methods which in- ' elude the running of long trains has been made possible by the expenditure of billions of dollars dur- : ing the past fifteen years on tracks, 1 structures and equipment, the use--1 fulness of which would be impair- ■ ed by the passage of the train lim- ' it bill." Walter Gard, president of the club, had charge of the program. —o f FARLEY TUBE BERNE SPEAKER , Congressman To Dedicate New Berne Post Office Building Congressman James I. Farley ' will be the speaker at the dedication services of the new Berne post office, which will be held at an early date, probably near March 1, ' it was announced today by Mrs. Rena Zehr, Berne postmaster. Former Senator Thurman A. Gottschalk, now supervisor of the state institutions, a native of Berne will appear on the program and act j as master of ceremonies. If weather is favorable the program will be held outdoors. In event ot inclement weather, the : services will be held in the new ; structure. Chris Balslger, president of the Berne town board, will deliver the address of welcome. Under the direction of Dr. M. L. Haibegger, Scoutmaster, the Berne Boy Scouts will participate, and have charge of the flag-raising ceremonies. Directed by Freeman Burkhalter, the Berne high school band, will furnish the music Town and post office officials are ! expected to make short talks at ! the services. Final plans for the i I program are now under way.

ADAMS POST TO OBSERVE DATE — American Legion To Observe Second Anniversary Os Home Adams Post No. 43, American: Legion, will celebrate the second anniversary of the acquisition of the present home, formerly the i Madison hotel, in a special pro-1 gram at the honps next Monday night, January 24. Important Legion personages ex pected here include Russell Rhodes, state commander of the Legion, from Peru and W. Carl Graham, ■of Fort Wayne,, district command I er. They will be special guests 'of the local post at the meeting. Both will deliver addresses on topics of current interest to Legionnaires. All past commanders! of the post are invited as special ■ guests. Os particular Interest to all i members of the local post is the i fact that the home is now free of all debts and various improvements j have been made and paid for. These cancelled obligations will be burned with appropriate ceremonies during the program. Two years ago the post, through its officers, purchased the hotel from Clark J. Lutz, special repre i sentative of the department of financial institutions in the liquidation ot the Peoples Loan & Trust company. These officers were: Commander Dee Fryback, vicecommander Frank adjutant David Adams, finance officer | Ralph E. Roop, and the executive committee, Tilman Gehrig. Charles Burke, Charles Massonnee. To past Commander Fryback and his staff, whose efforts made possible the purchase of the home, will go the honor of officiating at the ceremonies in burning the cancelled debts. The meeting, open to Legion members only, will start at S o'clock in the evening with Ralph E. Roop, commander, presiding Following the meeting, free lunch and refreshments will be served. Herb Kern, vice-commander, is general chairman with officers of the post comprising the committee (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) o GOTTSCHALK FOR STRICTER LAW Thurman Gottschalk Urges Stricter Marriage Laws In State Indianapolis, Jan. 21 — <U.R' Stricter marriage laws as a method of reducing child delinquency in Indiana was urged today by T. A. Gottschalk, administrator of the state welfare department, in an address before the seventh district Indiana federation of clubs. In most cases, it is the child who suffers from broken homes. Gottschalk said, and strengthening of the state's marriage laws “ in time will reduce the population of our correctional schools, our reformatories, our prisons, and even of our insane hospitals." There has always been a dispute as to the relationship between heerdity and environment in the life of a child but a study of Indiana institutions "makes it evident ! that environment is the determln- • ing factor in the conduct of the I children who have been placed in our care." Gottschalk said. A recent study at the Indiana girls' school revealed that 219 of I the 292 inmates came from broken homes and of the 3,835 juvenile delinquency cases in Marion counj ty in 1936, 1,651 were from separi ated families, Gottschalk reported. "It makes us wonder if the institution of the American home has gone to pot,” the administrator declared. “Is it a fault of society's neglect or the drifting moral influences held by individuals?” Maybe it is, as J. Edgar Hoover has said. I not child delinquency so much as social delinquency’.” Gottschalk's protest against Indiana's lax marriage laws swelled the chorus of criticism that is j expected to result soon in the ap(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) 0 Amos Snyder Dies At Bluffton Home Amos Enyder, 54, manager of the ! Hoosier Grain Co. at Bluffton, died late Thursday afternoon of diabetes. A native of near Linn Grove Snyder was manager of the Berne Equity Exchange until moving to I’lnffton in 1931. Surviving besides the widow are the following children: Kenneth of Yoder, Mrs. Claude Monee,, Linn Grove; Mrs. Martin Stucky, Willshire. Ohio; Maxine and Robert, at | home.

FRANK McHALE EXPECTED TO DE SELECTED McHale Favored To Succeed Taggart As Committeeman French Lick, Jan, 21—(U.R) — j Frank McHale, Indianapolis and Logansport lawyer, today was elected Indiana's Democratic national committeeman at a meeting of the party's state committee, succeeding Thomas Taggart, who resigned. The vote was unanimous and was taken under the watchful eyes of state house organization leaders, including Gov. M. Clifford Townsend, Dick Heller, his secretary and others. French Lick. Ind . Jan. 21 —<U.R) ! —lndiana's Democratic chieftains, led by Gov. M. Clifford Townsend and his intimate advisors, convened at thk< famous Spa tiday for a session of the state committee to select a new Hoosier national | Democratic egmmitteeman. Unless exceedingly improbable complications dev'-m. Frank McHale. Indianapolis and Logansport lawyer, will be chosen in cut and dried fashion to succeed National Committeeman Thomas Taggart, who will present his resignation at the meeting. This will fulfill an agreement made by former Gov. Paul V. McNutt shortly before he left office a year ago this m'onth. the United Press learned on the highest authority. It was determined among demo-. cratic leaders after the 1936 election that at a propitious moment Taggart would step aside to devote his time to private business, and when he did so. McHale would be ■ chosen as his successor. This program is expected to be carried out without a hitch today. The democratic leadership again j ! is displaying the apparent harmony ■ of the state organization to impress the party workers. J- Governor Townsend, Me Hale. i Alex Pursley, fifth district chair-1 man and closest advisor of Town1 send, and Dick Heller, the governor's executive secretary, all drove [ down together in the same automobile. I Omer Stokes Jackson, attorneygeneral and state democratic * chairman; Hugh A. Barnhart, state liquor administrator, and other administration stalwarts arrived last ' night for preliminary conferences. The committee meeting was to ■ convene at 2 p. in. The program mapped by organization leaders is as follows: Omer Jackson will call the meeting to order. Taggart will present his resignation. Jackson then will recognize Pursley, who will nominate McHale. The nominations! then will be closed and McHale ' selected by a unanimous vote. , To see that there is no hitch in ■ the schedule Dick Heller will sit ■ in the committee session holding : the proxy of Anne Grady, the ■ . fourth district vice-chairman. Heller is the chief patronage dis- . penser for the administration. McHale is 46 years of age. He graduated from the University of (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o — MATHEW RAUCH DIES SUDDENLY Wren, Ohio, Man Dies Suddenly At Loveland, Ohio, Today Mathew F. Rauch, 67, of Wren, Ohio, died suddenly at Loveland, Ohio, near Cincinnati, this morning 1 at 7 o'clock. The cause of the death ; was not learned. Mr. Rauch left his home Thursday morning for Loveland. apparently in good health. ( Mr. Rauch was born at Paynesj ville. Ohio, but had sipent most of ' his life at Wren. His wife preceded him in death, February 8, 1935. He ■ was a member of the Pleasant View Baptist church near Wren. Surviving are the fa'lowing | children, Cloyce Rauch, Wren. • Ohio; the Rev. Hobert Rauch, CharI levoix. Michigan; Wllland Rauch. !' of Loveland, Ohio, and Lester Rauch, ot Cincinnati, Ohio. There i is one sister living. I Funeral services will be held ■ Monday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock • (E. S. T.) at the home and at 2 •, o’clock (E. S. T.) at the Pleasant; • View church. The Rev. Foster, pae- ! tor ot the church, will officiate. > Burial will be made in the Wood--1 Lawn cemetery at Van Wert, Ohio. • The body will be returned from • the Zwick funeral home, late Sat- ■ urday evening and may be viewed i | until the time of the funeral, I

Pat Miller Badly Injured In Wreck Near Huntington

Against Income Tax Vl' ’--o Jr

Repeal of all income taxes was advocated before a congressional I tax committee in Washington by James H. R. (Jimmy) Cromwell, husband of Doris Duke, tobacco heiress. Cromwell is pictured as; ne told the committee he would I raise all government revenues by | a manufacturers’ sales tax. taxing' : bread and meat the same as whisky and cigarets. NEW"RACKETS" ARE REPORTED Men Reported Working Two New “Rackets” In This Vicinity Two new rackets are reported i flourishing in this area, according to reports received by local police. Both are based on forged represen- ■ tative cards. Thursday two men. driving a large car. appeared in Deca'.ur posiing as Fort Wayne representatives of the Morris Plan company, which finances automobiles. By some means they obtained a list of persons in Decatur, who have financed their purchase of cars through the Morris plan. The men then canvassed the city telling the subscribers to the plan ■ that they had come to re-possess I the automobiles. When the- sub- , scribers stated that they bad rej cently made payments, the men apologized and said that they had not been informed of the fact by i the Fort Wayne office. They came to one home where the last payment had not been i made and there demanded that they | they repossess the car at once. The owner's wife refused to let the car go and the men then said they would “compromise” for $lO. The woman then said that she would ' have to see her husband, who was ■ at work at the time. The men said j they would return at 7:30 o’clock. The woman then called the Sut-tles-Edwards company, local rep- ' resentatives of the Morris Plan Company, who informed her that no col’ectors had been sent cut. The Fort Wayne office was notified and they suggested a po’ice trap at the home. Although officers waited until late last evening, the men did I not return. Only a vague description was obtained. The Suttles-Edwards company today made a statement in which they asked that if parties represent themselves to be representatives of the Morris Plan company ot Fort Wayne, the local office be called ! immediately before making any payments or releasing Ute cars. An effort is meing made in this area to trap the men. The second racket Is being operated in Fort Wayne, where men are posing as representatives of the pany and also have forged identification cards. In this the men state that they are repair men and ask ! (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) 0 Rev. Seimetz Speaks To Monroe Students Rolland Sfprunger, principal of the Monroe high school, sponsored an interesting program at the school Wednesday afternoon. Rev. Joseph Seimetz, superintendent ot : the Decatur Catholic school, was the speaker on the program. Father I Seimetz gave an interesting talk I on citizenship and school topics.

Price Two Cents.

Decatur Man Critically Injured Last Night In Auto Accident; Little Hope Is Held. DRIVER IS HELD Patrick "Pat" Miller, 37, Decatur General Electric employe, Is in u critical condition at the Huntington hospital as a result of injuries ' sustained Thursday night in an auto accident on the Fort WayneI Huntington road. He is suffering from a skull 1 fracture and has been unconscious since the time of the crash. Re- ' ports from Huntington at noon i stated that little hope is held for I his recovery. His small daughter, Eloise, 13, suffered minor cuts and bruises about the face, while his wife, i Helen, also escaped with minor injuries. The accident happened about 9:30 o’clock last night, as the local party was enroute to Huntington following a visit with Mr. Miller's aunt in Fort Wayne. The Miller auto and one driven by William Peterson, 51, of Fort Wayne, collided. Other Driver Jailed Peterson, who was driving his car toward Fort Wayne, is being held in the Huntington county jail lon charges of operating a car I without a driver's license. Sheriff Arthur L. Thompson, of Huntington, made no indication as to whether Peterson would be ' blamed for the crash, the report from Huntington stated. Both of the cars were badly damaged. Peterson was unhurt. | Scarlet Fever, Measles Cases Are Reported r ! Two cases of scarlet fever and ' 18 cases ot measles were reported in Adams county during tne weekending Saturday. January 15, according to the weekly report received today from the state board ■ ot health. No other communicable diseases were reported. o Error In Story Os Service Station The item in Wednesday’s issue stating that the Runyon Gulf service station had serviced 200 cars during the year, should have read "well over 2,0'00 cars", Allen County Board President Dies Today Fort Wayne, Ind.. Jan. 21.—((U.R 1 ■ —Paul P. Kinder, 71. Democratic ■ member and president of the Allen county commissioners, died today at his home following a short ill- , uess. 1 The carpenter-contractor figured prominently in political circles here and served two four-year terms as ' a member of the city council. He was serving his second, three-year term as county commissioner when ’ he died. I o SEN, NYE SAYS FDAUDSINCCG Advises Committee Os Reports Os Million And Quarter Fraud Washiggton, Jan. 21. —(U.R>—Sen. . Gerald P. Nye, R-, N. D„ today adi vised the senate public lands committee he had reports of civilian : conservation corps frauds totalling : $1,250,000. L “I understand that the general ' accounting office is investigating i shortages of civilian conservation i . corps funds amounting to more j than $1,000,000 in the southwestern • part of the United States, and over > $250,000 in the state of Kansas,"’ > Nye said in submitting a list of • questions to be asked of Maj. Gen. > Walter L. Reed, investigator gen- ‘ eral of the army. Reed said that he knew nothing of the reoprts, after chairman Alva B. Adams, D., Colo., submitted the written questions in the absence . of Nye. The “report” was the latest dep' velopment in the committee's hear- . ing on the qualifications of Ebert > K Burlew to be assistant secretary of the interiorj Previous testimony had aired ‘ charges of wire-tapping in the in- , terior department, and statements . by interior department investigatI (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)