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WILL OBSERVE QAV OF PRAYER World Day Os Prayer To Be Observed Here On March 4 — The World Day of Prayer comI mittee will meet at the home of Mrs. C. E. Bell, Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock to complete plans for the annual union observance of the World Day of Prayer. This event will be sponsored by the Missionary societies of the churches of Decatur, and will be held at the First Methodist Episcopal church Friday afternoon, March 4. The committee is comprised of the presidents or representatives of the missionary societies of this city. The first World Day of Prayer for missions was observed in 1927, as a result of missionaries returning from the homeland, and at the request of many far away friends. This year on the first Friday in Lent, as in former years, this day will be spent in prayer by Christians in more than 50 countries. The day will begin in New Zealand and the Fiji Islands with a sunrise service, and after some 40 hours of prayer will close at the Gambell on St. Lawrence island off the coast of Alaska The movement is sponsored by three national bodies, the Council of Women for Home Missions. Foreign Missions Conference, and the National Council of Federated Church Women, who cooperate in promoting the observance of the World Day of Prayer in America Miss Alice Henderson of Sumner, New Zealand, a pioneer missionary tn the Punjab, India, has prepared the program called “The Church, a World Fellowship," which is being used in some form throughout the world. Contributions received from these meetings will be sent to the inter-denominational missionary ; projects, both home and foreign. HICKS TO DIE AT MIDNIGHT “Head And Hands” Murderer Faces Electric Chair Tonight Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 3 — The Indiana supreme court today granted a stay of execution to Heber L. Hicks, convicted “head and hands” slayer scheduled to die in the electric chair tonight, until May 6 to allow his attorneys to perfect an appeal to the United States supreme court. Michigan City. Ind., Feb. 3 — (UP) —Calmed by two vis is from hie elderly parents, Heber L. Hicks last of the four "head and hands" . murders of a retired Cincinnati fire captain, will die shortly after midnight tonight in the state prison | electric chair. No prospect of a last minute reprieve appeared possible a f ter the supreme court Tuesday rejected Hicks’ plea for a rehearing of an (appeal which had been overruled, i Since three men have preceded Hicks to the electric chair for the "head and hands” murder, there was little likelihood of intervention by Gov. M. Clifford Townsend Hicks himself was reported as reconciled to his fate. His parents Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Hicks of Cincinnati, visited him twice yesterday, , an hour each in the morning and afternoon. They departed silently and tearfuTly. Prison officials declined to confirm or deny that Hicks wife would pay her estranged husband a last hour visit today. Hicks played his final games of (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) — o TEMPERATURE READINGS DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER 8:00 a.m 34 2:00 p m 38 10:00 a.m 41 * 3:00 p.m 37 Noon 44 WEATHER Fair tonight and Friday, except cloudy north portion tonight; considerably colder tonight; ■ colder Friday In extreme east. .

Representatives of “Small Business” Clamor for Floor . 9 jP*' M Ibmk Small business men shout for recognition from the chair

Department of Commerce auditorium in Washingi ton echoed to the shouts of representatives of "small business” for recognition from the chair as the administration-sponsored conference got under i way. Selection of Fred Roth of Cleveland, as

DEPUTY CLERKS ARE ANNOUNCED Bierly Lists Names Os Deputy Registration Clerks Deputy registration clerks for I the various precincts in Adams county were announced today by G. Remy Bierly, county clerk The Democratic registrars and the respective precincts, by name and number: Sam Egley, East Jefferson, No. 27; Glen Agler. North Wabash. No. 23; John W. Kraner, Ceylon, No. 24; Milt Werling, i South Preble, No. 6: Albert Beineke, North Kirkland. No. 6; J. A. ' Long. Geneva A,; Fred E. Lindsey.; Geneva B, No. 26 and Decatur First Ward “A,” Mrs. Edith Tester.. i Each preciUCt, with llpt - tion of Decatur. Third Ward -A." i But two Republican registrars have been announced to date. They j are: Kermit Bowen, North St. Mary's. No. 11 and Leo E. Engle, French. No. 20. The registrars are restricted to I their respective precincts but can I register voters from either party. Mr. Bierly stated that other ap- : pointments have been made by the Republican county chairman, and I will be announced as soon as they ' qualify. Those announced arel equipped with supplies. Registration Facts Clerk Bierly also announced today a list of registration facts: Those required to register: Anyone who becomes 21 years of age before the November election, and wishes to vote in the May primary is eligible, but must register; anyone who has moved from one precinct to another: anyone who has moved into the county from another county or state; anyone who has not voted and has not, — (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) | o ADAMSPOSTTO BE PAID HONOR — Fourth District Meeting At Fort Wayne Friday Evening Adams Post No. 43, American Legion, will be honored Friday night at Fort Wayne when the fourth, district American Legion banquet and meeting will be held in the Berghoff Gardens, beginning at 6:45 o’clock, it was announced today. j The local post, along with posts from Ossian, Waterloo, LaGrange, ! Kendallville. DekaJb, Earl Scherer. | Garrett and Avilla posts, will bo honored for having equalled or improved on previous four-year membership averages by November . 11, 1937. ' IA floo rshow will be presented in i connection with the banquet at the Berghoff. The banquet will be followed 'by a dance at the Post No. | 47 clubrooms, 226 West XV ayne Sll* 0® t. The affair will be under the sup- i ervislon of W. Carl Graham commander of the district, Legion notablee who wi'l attend, include Russell R. Rhodes, state commander; : William R. Sayer, state adjutant of Indianapolis; Frank A. White, of ' Indianapolis, editor of the Hoosier ; Legionnaire,” and Edward Bonham, of Elwood, state detachment com- ' majtder of the Sons of the Ameri|can Legion. {

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Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, February 3, 1938.

C. E. Societies Observe Founding Members of Christian Endeavor societies of Adams comity on Sunday will close a week’s activities in of the 57 th anniversary of the founding of the organ!- , gation. C. E. week lias become a rational ' event and is commemorated by a- ■ bout 80.000 societies from every nation of the world. The total membership is over four million, 'this 'county is a part of the Porter dis--1 trict, with Robert Augsburger of: Berne, as president LABOR MEMBER DEFENDS BOARD Chairman Madden Os Labor Relations Board Defends Agency Washington, Feb. 3. —(U.R>—Chairman J. Warren Madden of the national labor relations board, defending the agency against charges of bias and incompetency, asserted today that demands for congressional investigation by Sen. Edward R. Burke, D.. Neb., are based on "misinformation, half-truths and trivialities.” Testifying before the senate judiciary committee which is considering Burke's resolution for an investigation. Madden admitted that the NLRB has made mistakes and has been “severely criticized,” but said "much of that criticism could have been avoided by compromising the principles of the (Wagner) act.” "We have chosen instead vigor- ; ously to put into effect the prini ciples of the act,” Madden said, “and we shall continue to do so. "This law, In the field of labor I relations, has been in legal effect now for about ten months. We have had no starry-eyed illusions about remaking the social order. We have had no commission to do anything of the kind. Our charter has been the statute itself, as enacted by the congress. Our ambition has been to do an orderly. I workmanlike, professional job within the limitations of that charter. "We have seen millions of American workmen avail themselves; of a freedom which they never had (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) Notices of Candidacy To Be Published in Daily Democrat. For the information of candi--1 dates, at their request, we wish to I announce that we will again pubI lish political announcements in i listed form, beginning, Monday. February 7, 1938. The list will run not less than four times a week until\fhe day of the election. • ♦ ♦ The charge per candidate for I these announcements will be $1.50 per week. SPECIAL OFFER For the period from February 7, i 1938 to election day, May 3, a total ! of 12 weeks, a special price of ' $12.50 will be made. ♦ » » Charges for all political adver Using, including the printing of ' campaign cards, literature and cuts I is payable in advance as in prevI ious years. « * • A few samples of how the listI ings will appear is shown on page j 4 of today’s paper.

chairman, met the vigorous objections of some who ! claimed he had been “hand-picked" by the administration. More than 1.000 small business men from cities throughout the U. S. listened to the reading of the president’s message. I

WARM WEATHER BRINGS THREAT Break In Weather Carries Threat To Northern Illinois (By United Press) Unseasonably warm weather and heavy rains, carried eastward by gales from the Pacific coast, brought new flood dangers to northern Illinois today. The midwestern cold wave was I broken but freezing temperatures prevailed on the eastern seaboard. J U. S. forecaster C. A. Donnel said I warmer temperatures would reach ' i that area by tonight. I Government engineers feared that a sudden rise in temperatures ’ would loose a potential flood stored in an 8# mile stretch of thick ice on the Rock river from Rockford, 111., to the MississippiThe ice was dynamited south of Moline, 111., in an attempt to prevent damage to a $500,000 bridge , under construction across the riv-l I er. Two barges, used in building the span, were sunk Wednesday by ice pressure. A steady rain was falling in the area, but engineers reported the river had shown no appreciable rise. Dynamiting failed to break a jam near Sterling, 111. The ice , moved slowly downstream for a few hundred feet and piled up near ; a bridge recently completed by the state. It was believed the span ( was not in any Immediate danger. ( Mayors and representatives of ten towns along the river met yes- , terday and organized a commission ( to seek immediate governmental ; flood control measures. Winds which lashed the Pacific ] coast were subsiding but heavy, (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) j' DEATH CLAIMS REV, RATCLIFFE: I, Adams County Pastor t Dies Wednesday Os Accident Injuries i Funeral services will be held i Saturday for the Rev. Verlin B. t Ratcliffe, pastor of the Spring Hill i M. E. church near Berne, who died 1 yesterday in the Fort Wayne ( Methodist hospital as a result of t injuries sustained in an auto accident January 11. Services will be held at the Sloan & Son funeral parlors in Fort Wayns Saturday morning at I 10:30 o’clock and at 1 o'clock (CST) at the Chattanooga M. P. ‘ I church Saturday afternoon. Burial | will be made in the Spring Hill M. E. church cemetery. The Rev. Ratcliffe sustained ‘ fractures of the leg, skull and ( back in the accident, which occurred south of Fort Wayne on road 27. Death was directly attributed 1 to embolism. Surviving are the widow, of Rockford, Ohio; a son, Timothy of South Bend and a sister. Mrs. Hes- t ter Antrim, of Frankton. i He was also pastor of the Chat- t i tanooga, Ohio M. E. church. His j was the first traffic death in Allen < county for 1938. The Spring Hill church is located three miles east < j of Berne. i

M. E. CHURCH IMPROVEMENT IS ANNOUNCED Part Os Improvements Completed; Others To Be Done Soon The latest of a series of progressive steps in the improvement | ( of the community life of Decatur was publicly announced today by the Rev. Ralph Waldo Graham, | pastor of the First M. E. church. A major part of a comprehensive program of improvements of the i nave and chancel of the church I Was completed this week, and will be dedicated Sunday at a special , service and Holy Communion dur-' ing the regular morning worship services. Rev. Graham will be in ■ charge of the services at 9:30 o’clock. Other improvements are to be : completed soon. Donations by the congregation, various church organiations and | friends have made possible the improvements and purchase of new furniture and fixtures, which will accomodate the growing member-, [ ship for several years with little ' additional expense. Pews Re-Arranged A new green rug has been laid on the floor of the nave. The pews have been re-arranged and re-con-ditioned so as to permit the main i ! aisle to lead directly to the remodI eled chancel. The chancel is nowformal in design, with the opening of the chancel rail at the center. The chancel itself has been covered with a divinity red rug. The rugs and several other of the improvements have been paid for by funds donated by church members and friends, the Ladies Aid Society and the Ever Ready Sunday school class. Back of the chancel is hung a ! wide red silk velvet dorsal curtain. New Altar A new altar, the gift of Mrs. E. N. Wicks and Mrs. Henry Krick in the memory of John Vail and Henry Krick, is set at the rear, center of the chancel. To the left of the chancel plat- } (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) ADMITS THEFT OF CHICKENS Ralph Isch Pleads Guilty, Case Taken Under Advisement Stating that he stole the chickens to raise money with which to “buy coal, food and clothes for the child ren," Ralph Isch, of north of the city, today confessed to the theft of 23 chickens and entered a plea of guilty in circuit court. Isch, arrested Monday on a charge of grand larceny, as result of his stealing the chickens, valued : at s3l, waived arraignment when I brought before Judgte Huber M. DeVass. He was represented by Attorney , H. R. McClenahan, Arthur E. Vogle- ■ wede conducted the prosecution. Isch admitted, wheu questioned iby the prpsecutor, that he had a contract with E. S. Christen, from whom the chickens were allegedly stolen, whereby he had no rent to pay and received a percentage ot j the products. Judge DeVoss, after hearing Isch testify, remanded him to the county jail and took the case under advisement. Cech stated that his father would make restitution for the stolen chickens. In taking the case under advisement, Judge DeVoss stated ( that "paying for the chickens would not make restitution, since he would only be giving back to Christen, what rightfully belonged to him." o —* Teeple Ditch Sold To Rockford Man i Walter H. Gilliom, Adams county surveyor, announced this afternoon ‘ that he had sold the Teeple ditch in Blue Creeik township to A. H. 1 Du’.' of Rockford. Ohio, at a price 1 of $1,448.40. The sale is subject to the approval of the board of coun- 1 ty commissioners. o County Corn Show To Open Tonight The annual Adams county corn show is to open tonight at the Monroe high school in connection with the Monroe Farmers’ Institute. The program tonight will begin at 7:15 o’clock. Friday the judging of both the corn show and the institute’s exhib-1 its will be done.

Two Navy Planes Collide {[ln Air, Eleven Men Die . ' 111 111 11 1 H ■ ■ ■ .

COLORADO MAN BOOSTS LEWIS AS CANDIDATE Lieutenant ■ Gov. Hayes Wants Lowis As President l I Washington, Feb. 3 — (U.R) — Lt. Gov. Frank J. Hayes of Colorado told the United Mine Workers union today that one of its mem- | hers may some day become president of the United States and said , that John L. Lewis is competent I to hold the office. "Some day we may have one of our members in the White House,” Hayes said. “We have such a candidate — such a man. I don’t know whether he wants to run or not — but we I have a man competent to fill the ( position in John L. Lewis.” The 1 ! 2,018 delegates rose to their feet applauding and Hayes continued: 1 “I wish this was a national convention of the Democratic party., There wouldn't be any question about the nomination.” Hayes, former Illinois coal mini er. and Lewis' predecessor as UMWA president, praised the committee for industrial organization and denounced the American federation of labor “for neglecting its opportunities to organize the mass production workers.” He praised President Roosevelt for "giving the workers new hope and inspiration.” asserting that ( had Herbert Hoover been re-elect-ed “we would have had commun- ! isin or fascism and we don’t want either.” “President Roosevelt is follow-. ing the middle course between the two extremes and that is what we believe in," he said. Sitting on the platform as Hayes spoke, Lewis gave no indication of ' his own feelings. Hayes urged organized labor to ■ continue its political activities “to elect not friends of labor but men from the ranks of labor." He endorsed Lieut. Gov. Thomas Ken-1 nedy, secretary-treasurer of the, union, for the governorship of. Pennsylvania. Hayes spoke as the convention prepared to adjourn after directing its wage scale committee to exert “every effort” to attain a 5-day 30hour week for miners. U. M. W. A. | contracts now provide for a 5-day 35-hour week. The convention unanimously awarded its golden anniversary I convention in 1940 to Columbus, , Ohio. John Owens, Ohio district I UMWA president, nominated Columbus because it is the city in which the UMWA was founded and where it held its first convention in 1890. To Decide Action Miami, Fla., Feb. 3—(U.R)—The (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) DENIES GUILT BEFORE COURT 1 Fort M ayne Man Enters Not Guilty Plea In Accident Case George Liniger, Fort Wayne office employe, w-ho Monday allegedly drove into a parked car on North Second street and fled from the scene, plead not guilty to the charge when arraigned before Judge IHuber M. DeVoss in Adams ! circuit court Tuesday evening. Liniger, charged with leaving the ■ scene of an accident, was released ' after furnishing a cash l>ond in the sum of $75, as affixed by the court. The court ordered him to appear on February 7, first day of the February term. Liniger was arrested Monday night after he allegedly ran into a car, belonging to Mrs. G. F. Eichhorn, as it was standing in a parked position. Officers stated that Lini-1 ger then drove his car into a lubratory drain pit at the Shewmaker filling station. The arrest was made by officers Adrian Coffee and Roy Chllcote. Rodgers Released Joe Rodgers, of near Monroeville who was fined $1 and costs on a chicken-etealing charge yesterday, was released from jail this morning when he arranged for payment of. I the fine.

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Two Huge Bombing Planes Collide In MidAir Over Pacific Ocean During Maneuvers. THREE SURVIVORS San Diego. Calif,. Feb. 3—(UP) —The navy announced today that 11 men were killed v hen two of its biggest and fastest bombers collided in midair during a heavy rain squall last night and sank near warships engaged in fleet maneuvers 70 miles out to sea. Eight bodies had been recovered. Os the four men taken from ths water alive one died this morning aboard the U. S. S. relief, the hospital ship accompanying the fleet. The three survivors were injured seriously. The two missing were ! given up as dead. The accident was the worst disaster ever to befall the navy’s heav-ier-than-air craft. The planes of the two-motored PBY type, carying 14 men, were scouting for potential enemy during the sham battle. They •collided at 8:37 o>. m. PST. One burst into flames (before it struck I the water. The other sp'intered and strew its fragments among war.ships before it hit the surface. Naval officers said that the blindl ing rain squa'l caused the accident. Radioman J. iH. Hester died shortly after being picked up by rescue boats from the U. S. iS. Pennsylvania. The navy issued the following official list of dead, missing and survivors: I Dead or missing. Lt. Elmer Glenn Cooper, 33, Monticello, Ark., pilot of one plane. Lt. Carlton B. Hutchins, 34, Albany, N. Y. Aviation Cadet John Koch, 27, Toledo, Ohio. William Paul Landgrebe, 33, Stillwell, Qnd. Joha Neldzlviecki, 29, Milwaukee, Wis. Julian Rawls, 37, Chula Vista, Calif. Joe Earl Walton. 29, San Diego. Marion William Woodruff. 37, San Diego. Maurice John Fitzmaurice, 39. El (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) O GROCER SLAYS YOUNG BANDIT Washington, Ind., Grocer Kills Youth In Holdup Attempt Washington, Ind., Feb. 3. —(U.R/— Police today closed their tiles on the “blonde bandit” who had staged six robberies in recent weeks and was shot to death last night while attempting the seventh. Luther Fleenor, local grocer, brought the brief career of crime to a close when he pumped two bullets into Robert (Bobo) Burris. 22, after surprising the youthful gunman in the act of looting his home. Burris ordered Fleenor to “stick 'em up" as he entered the house but the grocer, carrying the day's i receipts, ignored the command and fired twice through his overcoat I with a revolver he had In his pocket. Burris, masked and wearing white gloves, slumped to the floor. He died in a hospital a short while later from wounds in the chest and groin. Police said there was no doubt that Burris was responsible for the previous hold-ups. One of his victims was Congressman Arthur Greenwood. His last successful robbery was staged Tuesday night I when Leo Hoefling, general manager of the Graham Farms Enterprises, was robbed of $5 as he drove into his garage. Yesterday the Washington city council posted a reward of SSO for the capture and conviction ot the bandit. It was not known whether Fleenor would receive the money or not. Burris broke into the Fleenor 1 home through a basement window. The house had been ransacked and approximately $7 had been taken from Mrs. Fleenor’s purse. Keys found in his pockets were taken from another home the night before. Police also found two revolvers and $13.20 on him. An amateur boxer and a delivery, man for a milk company, Burris had served a brief term at the Indiana boys’ school for house breakI ing-