Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 36, Number 67, Decatur, Adams County, 19 March 1938 — Page 1
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SCHOOL GIRLS TO SEE SHOW High School Girls To Attend Democrat’s Eree Cooking School Once again future housewives of ! Decatur and community will have an opportunity to accent their culinary art at an early age. when the 1 Decatur Dally Democrat holds its second free talking picture cooking school, at the Adams theater Wednesday. April 6. Adhering to the old adage that ’ tells of winning a man s heart through the aptness of the girl in the kitchen, Democrat employes and officials of the Decatur public and Catholic high schools, agreed ' on a special showing of "A Star In My Kitchen." cooking school pic-1 ture. W. Guy Brown, principal of Decatur high, and Rev. Joseph J. 1 Seimetz of the Catholic high, have t,oth given their consent to the | early dismissal of girl students on April 6, tl.’rd day of the school, so ; that they might attend The presentation will l>e given at 2:45 o’clock on that day. to! enable the girls to attend. Pupils of domestic science classes. home economics courses and , others interests In cooking and home-making are promised an unusual treat in attending the school While the showing will be made especially on April 6 for the stu dents, the public Is cordially invited. The school is also to be , given on Monday and Tuesday. , April 4 and 5. An even larger and more attrac- ’ tive list of door prizes than was awarded at last year's school will be given this year as an added incentive. An Interesting plot and romance is woven through the picture in expert fashion, with the cooking recipes and home hints to further add to the entertainment of the day. On Monday and Tuesday of that j week, the show will open at 2 o'clock. A special invitation has been extended by the Democrat to , housewives, inemlters of women's cluUp. societies and the like to attehd the show. NO admission wilt l<e charged ' and no cost of any kind will be ! incurred in receiving the prizes to be distributed. CONFERENCE ON CHILDREN WORK Conference To Be Held At Linn Grove Church On March 28 There will be a children's work ers' conference —a meeting for engaged and tntereated in the Christian teaching and training of boys and girls in the Sunday School at the Linn Grove . Christian Church Monday afternoon and evening, March 28. This includes all pastors, Sunday school superintendents, teachers of boys and girls, fathers and mothers and anyone else interested in boys and girls. The purpose of this conference is to remind all anew of the privilege and responsibility of the church and members as individuals towards the childhood of the county and to learn way and means of bringing the eternal truths to their hearts. The afternoon session will commence at 2 o'clock. Some of the Sunday school workers will discuss various phases of work with the children in the Sunday school after which the public school will be dismissed and Miss Nellie Young, state director of children s work will give a demonstration on story telling. A discussion period ' conducted by Miss Young will follow this. At six-thirty there will be a “Carry-In” fellowship supper in the basement of the church. This will be a time of Christian fellow- . ship with others from the county who are interested in this task. It is desired that each one bring his , own table service. The concluding session of the conference will be at 7:30 o'clock. This will be a meeting packed with good things. The main address will be given by Miss Young, who has had rich and varied experiences in children's work all over the stale. Judith McKean Is Greatly Improved The condition of four-year-old Judith McKean, who was painfully injured when hit by a car about noon yesterday, is great improved today. Fear of internal injuries because of abdominal pains were dispelled : today and the youngster was able I to be up and around.
Take European Stage in Polish Crisis Polish troops LATVIA MEMEL LITHUANIA EAST POLAND Antona Smetona Marshal Edward Smigly-Rydz President of Lithuania Map of Polish-Lithuania trouble zone Polish dictator
Crisis between Poland and Lithuania neared the explosion point as Polish troops reportedly massed near the frontier to back up an ultimatum delivered by Warsaw to the Lithuanian government at its ' capital. Kaunas, following a border clash. Poland's 1 demands included restoration of diplomatic relations and traffic between the two countries and the recognition of the status of Vilna. situated on the Polish border and long a subject of controversy. Poland wants alteration of the Lithuanian
ATTEM MEET OF DEMOCRATS Decatur Men Attend District Meeting At Columbia City , Edwin U. Kauf.ua u and LDeVoss of this city, were in attendance at the Fourth District Young Democratic meeting in Columbia I City last night Mr. Kaufman, president and Mr. DeVoss, treasurer of the Adams county Young Democratic club, represented the local organization i at the meeting, which was attended by delegations from each club in the district. The local men also attended the third annual Thomas R. Marshall memorial banquet, held later in the evening. Lieut -Governor Henry F. Schrick- > er was the principal speaker at the meeting attended by prominent Democrats from the fourth district and other parts of the state. o No Recognition By U. S. Os Annexation Washington, March 19 — <U.R> Secretary of State Cordell Hull indicated today the United States will not, for the present at least, recognize the legality of Germany s annexation of Austria. The indication came after Austrian Minister Prochnik had advised Hull that the affairs of the Austrian legation have been absorbed by the German embassy. Hull indicated the state department will treat the German embassy as the representative mission of Austria but will go no further toward recognizing the union. 16 DELEGATES TO STATE MEET Adams County To Be Represented At i oung Democratic Meet Sixteen delegates from Adams county will represent the Adams I county Young Democratic club at the state meeting of the organization at Terre Haute on April 1 and 2, it W’as announced today. Thirteen of the delegates are from Decatur, one each from Geneva, Herne and Monroe. The list as announced today by Edwin H. Kaufman, club president, follows: Geneva: Lester Pontius: Berne, G. O. Stauffer: Monroe. Paul H. Bahner. Decatur: Fern Bierly, Marcia Martin, Mrs. Chalmer Dei Bolt, Arthur E. Voglewede, John ' L. De Voss, Robert Heller, D. Bur- ’ dette Custer, David B. Heller, Richard Macklin. Vernon Hebble, Marjorie Carroll and Helen Suttles. The local representatives are planning to attend the meeting in a body.
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Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, March 19, 1938.
Strikers Threaten Worker At LaPorte 1 I-aporte, Ind., March 19—(UP)— | Cliarles Vanschoyck. New York ; blower company employe who re- , fused to join the labor union strike . which started Thursday, was provided police protection today as he I reported he had been threatened with bodily injury by six men. Thiri ty-six sheet metal worker union -, mouilnrra. struck, whan they geld the . - company refused to agree to a closI ed shop and higher wages. i o ANNOUNCE CAST FOO OPERETTA II High School Glee Club To Present Operetta Next Friday Night The cast for “An Old Spanish Custom,” colorful two-act operetta to be presented at the Decatur high school next Friday by the high school glee club was announced today. The operetta is under the direc1 tion of Miss Helen Haubold. school music supervisor. Daily rehearsals are being held. The operetta will be given at 8 o’clock Friday night. > Tickets may be secured from ment- , bers of the club. , i Approximately 60 voices are I blended in the operetta. Following are leading roles of • the musical: ' Don Jose — Don Death. Billy Day — Janet Schrock. Beatrice Thorne — Jeanette Win- ■ nes. Kathryn Darling — Kathryn Yag- • er. Stanley Darling — Darwin Leitz. Maria Patrona — Dorcas Hoagland. Silas Day — Meredith Cline. Pat Murphy — Jay Alltcm. Maggie Murphy — Naomi Ward.
LENTEN MEDITATION • (Rev. Homer J. Aspy) (First Baptist Church) ‘‘Holy Living and Divine Fellowship” “If one would have fellowship with God. he must know who God is. For God can have only one nature; and those who would have fellowship with him must, as a requisite to enlarging fellowship with his, come progressively to partake of his nature." So in subI stance states the beloved apostle in I John 1:5-10. Many times the childhood faith undergoes such trial that discouragement and defeat ‘ follow. The Word proclaims Jesus as the Light of the World. All the world’s intellectual progress, the ferreting out of the secrets of nature, and their turning to purposes of man’s increasing enrich- , men of living, these, toft, are the gifts of His hand. We do but “subdue" the earth. It was to a world darkened by that greater ' darkness, the darkness of sin. that Jesus came, virgin-born, tot a twofold purpose; to show us in His person the will of the Father, ’ and to make offering of His own body on the cross for our sin. The natural man has difficulty in knowing the things of the spirit, yet a . submissive faith in Christ the Son will bring anyone into that divine Light and Fellowship with the Father. i Jesus has always gone before us in experience. When we are tempted to discouragement and defeat let us once again observe Christ himself as He agonized in Gethsemane. Even for Him these ’ hardships were not removed The comfort comes in the assurance ' that while God never promises to remove from this world the things which beset us and cause us distress, yet He does promise us to ‘ remove the fear of them. We shall have victory over all things, i even as Christ, through the Light which draws us to that divine fellowship where all is good. i
tution which established Vilna as Lithuania's capital. Lithuania claims the Vilna area which Poland occupied and whose present frontier the great powers have recognized. Poland’s virtual dictator. Marshal Edward Smigly-Rydz. inspector general of the army, made demands for Poland. President Antona Smetona of Lithuania prepared an answer. ! In the meantime. Germany was said to be preparing to take Memel. former German city now in Lithuania. If Poland invades Lithuania.
SSOO AWARD IS GIVEN BY JURY Plaintiff Is Awarded Damages By Jury In Adams Circuit Court An Adams circuit court jury returned last night at 9:45 to award SSOO damages to Mrs. .Sophia Diefenbach in her suit against The Warner college of Beauty Culture of Fort Wayne. The panel deliberated four hours and 45 minutes before returning the verdict in favor of the plaintiff. Mrs. Diefenbach asked $3,000 in recompense for disfigurement alleged- . ly received to her face as the result | ot a free facial treatment given by the college. In closing arguments late yester- : day, plaintiff's counsel, Todd and Hartzell contended that the defendant, Garfield H. Eshelman, doing : business under the name of the college, was attempting to shift the blame onto Jean Ferrell, Inc., manu facturers of the cream used in the facial. The attorneys contended that the defense had not attempted ' *o disprove the pain and injury re- ! suiting from the treatment. Mrs., Diefenbach had previously testified that she spent eight days in a hospital as result of the facial. The laet defense witness called to the stand was Mrs. Howard Quackenbush. Mrs. Quackenbush testified that she, too. had receiv- ■ ed one of the treatments and that she also had sustained a swollen face, which closed her eyes. Defense counsel then brought out thej fact that she had gone to Chicago to the Ferrell company, where treatment was administered. The jury received the case at 5 o'clock last evening after getting i instructions from the court. A heat- ] ed debate between opposing counsel I (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)
METHODISTSTO MAKE CANVASS Every Member Canvass Wifi Be Made By M. E. Church Sunday Sunday will mark a red letter day In the church calendar of the First Methodist Episcopal church. The first service of the day will be at 9:30 a. m„ with special consecration and call to the service and support of the church. The pastor will speak on the theme, ■ Defeat and Success." The girls’ choir, under the direction of Mrs. Dan Tyndall, will sing. Mrs. Avon Burk will preside at the organ. A special message will be given to the children. The church school I study classes will meet immediateI ly following the worship service. Those who will make the every member canvass will meet at 11:15 o'clock for council and final instructions for the canvass. In the afternoon these workers will call upon the membership of the church and solicit their voluntary stlbI scription to the support of the church and its world benevolent I program. The membership is ask]ed to remain at home during the , afternoon and receive the workers. The members of the church are anxious to have the entire budget of the church subscribed in full. The canvassers will return 1 t-o the parsonage at 5:45 p. m. for a report and the evening meal toi gether. The young people of the Epworth League will have charge of the evening service. The orchestra will play and various special musical numbers will be given. The message will be presented by motion pictures. One large film I taken at the Epworth Forest in- ' stitute during the 1937 season will be shown. The people of Decatur will have a splendid opportunity of seeing just what takes place at the Epworth Forest institute at Lake Webster.. This institute has the largest enrollment of any young I people's conference in the United Stales. A second picture drama | entitled. “Highway Into Light.” will fbe given. This picture was produced under the direction of a young minister who was a director in the Clear Lake institute. The rrnN’TTN'UEfP ON' PAGE THREE) SOIL PROGRAM IS EXPLAINED Township Meetings Are Held To Explain Soil Program Approximately 1.200 farmers heard the explanations given by the local coccittees of the soil conservation program in Adams cotin- ! ty. the last having been held at Geneva Friday night for Wabash - township. A meeting has been held in every i township in the county and the ! average attendance has been about 100 persons. A reporter who attended several of the meetings found the reactions of farmers to differ, according to the types of farming practices employed. However, when the fact that the program is to be entirely voluntary was explained, most of the farmers agreed that it would ! be good for those who could qualify 1 and do no harm to those who did not participate. Another question which was raised at several of the meetings j was the matter of penalties for l over-planting soil-depleting crops. When it was learned that the pen- . alties will be deducted from checks ' otherwise available as long as any | is due from the government, but ' that in no case will farmers be required to pay penalties from their own pockets, most of the farmers were pleased. Due to the fact that allotments have not yet been determined for this area, no individual farm could be given as an example. It will be impossible for farmers to determine how much they can acquire from the program until the allotment for each individual farm is determined. These allotments are to depend upon those given for the townships, the past history and potential fartility of the soil of the farms, as well as the needs for conservation of soil. The allotments are to be mailed to farmers. o- — Three Candidates File Declarations Candidates who filed declarations today were: Ben McCollough, Republican for trustee of St. Mary's township: Harvey J. Sells, Demorat, for trustee of St. Mary’s township and George W. Myers, Demorat, for ity councilman from the first district.
Lithuanians Bow To Ultimatum Of Poland; Halts War
To Speak Here Thurman Gottschalk, state welfare administrator, will address a joint meeting, sponsored by the county federation of clubs, to be held in Decatur April 26.
GOTTSCHALK TO GIVE ADDRESS Thurman Gottschalk To Speak At Meeting Here April 26 Thurman Gottschalk, state director of public welfare, former resident of Berne, and formerly state senator from this district, will be the principal speaker at a program to be sponsored at the Masonic home here Tuesday, April 26, by the Adams County Federation of Clubs. Mrs. John W Tyndall, president of the Adams County Federation of Clubs, announced today that the program will be in the form of a 6:30 p. m. dinner, and tickets will sell at 50 cents. An invitation to attend the meeting has been extended the federated clubs of the county, the Decatur Rotary Club, the Decatur Lions club and the Decatur Business and Professional Women's club, and all other persons interested in public welfare. Public welfare has been one of the principal topics of discussion this year by the federation of clubs and the talk by Mr. Gottschalk will be the highlight of the year's program. Mrs. Tyndall stated that only preliminary arrangements for the banquet have been made and the final plans will be announced at a later date. Sam Jackson Lauds New Deal Policies 1 Warsaw, Ind., March 19 —(UP)— The New Deal has saved a million homes, put millions back to work and is seeing to it that no worthy citizen is abandoned to penury and want, Samuel D. Jackson, Democratic candidate for nomination of U.S. Senator, told a Democratic gathering last night. Jackson, a Fort Wayne, Ind., attorney, who has gained the support of the state administration, is seeking to replace Sen. Frederick Van Nuys, Indiana's senior senator in congress. GEORGE MYERS IS CANDIDATE Local G. E. Employe Is Candidate For City Council George W. Myers, local General Electric employe, announced today that he would be a candidate for Decatur city councilman of the first district in the approaching May primary. Mr. Myers is married and has two children. The family resides on North Fifth street. Mr. Meyers has never held a political office. He was a candidate for the office once before. An active worker in the party, he has lived in the county his entire life and for the past 10 years has resided in the city. He has been employed at the G. E. for about 14 years. Mr. Myers filed his declaration of candidacy in the county clerk’s office this morning.
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Lithuanian Acceptance Os Ultimatum Removes Grave Threat To Peace Os All Europe. RESTORE RELATIONS Warsaw, March I»—<U.R)—Lithuania today accepted a Polish ultimatum ou restoration of relations and removed, in doing so. a grave threat to the peace of Europe. A formidable Polish army was massed on Lithuania's frontier and the Polish battle fleet, was steaming off Memel, chief port of Lithuania on the Baltic Sea. when the i Lithuanian minister at Tallinn, Esthonia. handed to the Polish mini ister there, his country's accept- ! ance of Poland's demands. The note was handed to the , Polish minister at 4 a. m. central standard time—lo hours before the expiration of the 48 hours ultimatum sent to Lithuania Thursday night. In its reply. Lithuania accepted Poland's demand for immediate restoration of diplomatic relations, and. as the result, legations will be established at the respective capitals, to be opened March 31. | March 31 was the final day meni tioned by Poland for opening of I legations. As the result of the Lithuanian note, it was expected that within IS hours Poland would recall the troops massed on the Lithuanian frontier, including up to the minute mechanized units that were ready at the zero hour to move across the frontier. The ultimatum and the Lithuanian answer to it were exchanged at Tallinn, the Esthonian capital, in the absence of direct diplomatic relations. Poland was ready for war but the country had awaited confidently what it believed was certain to I be an acceptance of the Polish de- ' : mand. I So confident were the Poles that Lithuania would give in, the crisis seemed here to have subsided —• even before the expiration ot the ultimatum —and as suddenly as it arose. It was admitted that Poland had taken extraordinary measures to end the dispute with Lithuania, one which had made normal relations impossible for 18 years. But the Polish argument is that (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) DELINQUENT TAX SALE DATE SET County Treasurer To Sell Delinquent Property April 11 Property on which delinquent taxes have been due for more than 15 months will be sold April 11 by County Treasurer Jeff Liechty, according to a legal notice prepared today by County Auditor John W. Tyndall. All property in the county on which the November, 1936, or previous tax installments are due will be included in the list. The property is sold to the highest bidder for taxes. If not redeemed in two years after the sale, the purchasers of the tax receipts are given tax deeds and possession of the property. If the property is redeemed within six months after the sale, a I I charge is made for advertising I and fees plus 10 per cent interest. ’ After six months the interest is raised to 15 per cent, and after one . year the interest is increased to 25 per cent. Only a small part of the property which is to be sold was included in the 1937 sale as most of the items I were cleared last year. The sales have been larger than ■ usual during the last few years due ; to the cancelling of tax sales dur- . Ing the depression. o TEMPERATURE READINGS l DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER 1 8:00 a.m 58 11:00 a.m 62 10:00 a.m 62 WEATHER l Cloudy, showers tonight and I east and south portions Sunday warmer extreme southeast, t cooler extreme west tonight; cooler east and south, warmer extreme northwest Sunday.