Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 36, Number 73, Decatur, Adams County, 26 March 1938 — Page 1

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Improvement Started At Indiana State Terre Haute. Iml, March 26. Pour blocks of city streets will he ! turned Into campus area, a lighting system will he Installed, two ohl buildings razed and a new one constructed lu a $123,000 campus consolidation und Improvement undertaking on which work Is starting al Indiana State Teacher* college. The extensive Improvement, regarded as one of the most Important In the sixty nine year history of Indiana state, was made possible through the approval of an $.53.694 grant by the works pro- , gr,.Bs administration. The Teachers College Foundation, a group of citizens, aided In raising the total figure for the project to $123,000. OPERETTA IS GIVEN FRIDAY Capacity House Attends Glee Club Presentation Friday One of the most colorful and entertaining operettas In the school's history was presented at the Decatur high school last night ; i by the school glee club. The operetta was under the direction of Miss Helen Haubold, music supervisor. Spanish dances and specialty numbers were blended with the vocal presentations in the operetta, entitled “An Old Spanish Custom." A house filled to capacity wit- i nessed the operetta. Leading musical roles were assumed by Kathryn Jeanette Whines, Darwin Leitz. Dorcas lloagland. Janet Schrock, Meredith Cline, Don Death. Jay Alton. Naomi Ward and William Spain. The lists of guests at the rancho, scene of the operetta: Kathleen Banning, Maxine Debolt. Betty Hamma. Ooidine Kreischer. Ellen Matland, Eleanor Niblick. Helen Steele, Imogene Bright. Anabelle Doan, Marjorie Massonee, Brelyp Lobsiger. Kathryn Affolder. .Marjorie Foughty. Ruth Grether. Harriet Gilson. Margaret Hoffman, ' Pauline Light. Gladys Miller, Laj Vera Meyer, Kathryn Knapp, Lucille Werliug. Maxine Martin, Thomas Andrews, Don Bohnke. Marion Drum, Jack Eady. Paul Harden, James Highland. Gilbert Hoffman, James Krtck. Guy Koos, La u res Meyer, John McConnell, Ralph Steele. The Spanish dancers in an enter- : tainlng specialty number were: i Anna Jane Tyndall. Helen Jean | Kohls. Mary Reber, Florence McConnell, Mary Jane Beery, Gwen 1 Blum, Donnabelle Fenimore. Those who participated In the wooden soldier specialty: Zula Porter. Barbara Burk, Betty Hunter. Mary i Steele. Berniece Beineke, Florence Brandyberry, Evangeline Fuhrman. I ! Martha Myers. Flora Marie Lanke--1 nau and Lena Teeter. Miss Marjorie Miller was the 1 accompanist for the presentation, j Miss Donnabelle Fenimore staged the specialty dances, James Ehing!er was the stage manager, and j Loweil Smith had charge of the ' lighting effects. Miss Mildred Worthman was in charge of costuming. Miss Grace ' Coffee was dialogue director and Miss Kathryn Kaufman stage 1 setting supervisor. • o ——— ONLY ONE WEEK TO FILE NAMES 1 Office Seekers Must File i Declarations By Next Saturday With one week remaining for canI didates to file declarations in the E offices of the county clerk, a con- ' certed rush is anticipated by office * employes next week. 3 1 Those who filed today: ■' Arthur R. HOlthouee, Democratic r candidate for mayor of Decatur. 1 Winfred Gerke, Democratic candidate so rtrustee, Root township. ' ; Joseph Brennan. Democratic candidate for precinct committeeman -1 Decatur 38. Earl Slpe, Democratic candidate s for 'precinct committeeman South a i m,,p Pppob | Archie H. Smitley, Democratic candidate for advisory board, Jefferson township. Carlton C. Steiner, Republican candidate for precinct committeeman, Middle Monroe. J. Forest Ray, Republican candidate for precinct committeeman. North Monroe. Jesse 0. Teeter. Republican candidate for precinct committeeman, West Jefferson. Chester L. lAdams, Republican candidate for precinct committeeman, East Jefferson.

GIVE RECIPES AT SCHOOL HERE Finished Recipes To Be One Feature Os Democrat’s Cooking; School There will lie many persons say-I Ing "yum yum,” according to present indications, when (he finished recipes of the Decatur Dully Democrat's motion picture rooking school are flashed on the screen of the Adams theater April 4, 5 and 6. Each dish prepared will be shown in full color and are expected to look good enough to be picked right out of the picture and eaten. ! These finished recipes form the climax of a novel and fascinating course of instruction which is clev-1 erly woven into a romantic and humorous movie plot. Among the "good to eat and nice j to look at" recipes which should | i be of interest to housewives will be “carmallow chocolate cake.” i "lemon meringue pie," “banana cocoa mu rolls," "D anl s h coffee bread," and many others. Though it is considered a real art to prepare each dish, a probability many “artists” is seen after the i i school is over. Cooking school experts vouch; for the fact that the difference be-! ! tween an ordinary pie or cake and fluffy, tasty, tantalizing kind. Is a i difference in technique of preparations and ingredients, and promise to divulge these secrets In the j school, giving each woman the lat-: est and most up-to-date informaItion to make cooking and baking failures a thing of the past. Even the most experienced and ; learned cooks are glad to know a-1 tJJhit the easy, labor-saving devices 1 that can make their workdays shorter and pleasanter, cooking i leaders assert. The old saying that "the way to | a man's heart Is through his stom 1 ach, ’ seems to hold true in the I I cooking school movie, for when I the hero of "Star in My Kitchen" tastes the dishes that are prepar ed right before the eyes of the t heater-goers, he is ready to sign | ■ a life-time contract Admission to the school will be : free and numerous attractive gifts | are to be presented by local firms ' ! and national companies as an add- ■ ed feature. These gifts will be giv-1 1 j en through a registration system j conducted upon entrance to the theater lobby. REGISTRATION ENDS APRIL 4 i | - — County Clerk To Keep Office Open Extra Hours Next Week A special schedule to accomodate persons desirous of registei'l ing for voting will be observed 1 j next week in the county clerk's of|j flee, Clerk G. Remy Bierly stated: ! today. ‘ j on Monday, Tuesday and WedI nesday, the regular hours will be ' | observed. On Thursday and Fri ! | day the office will open at 8 a. m„ and remain open until 8 p. m. for registration. On Saturday and Monday, the office will remain open until 9 o'clock to accomodate last minute, registrations. The office will remain open con- . tinuously through the day and will not close during the noon hour any I day next week. Monday, April 4 is the final day for registering rather than April ‘ 2, as was first reported. Regis- ; tration continues in earnest at the 1 office with a number calling at the office early this morning. o Blue Creek Dairy In New Location > The Blue Creek Dairy officially opened its new store today in the former Peoples Loan & Trust comjany building, corner Second and ‘ I Madison street. ’ I The former bank building has ' I been entirely remodeled and redeU orated suitable for its present oc- ! cupants. ! I A new onyx and green glaes and 1 and metal front has teen Installed 'on the building. The interior has ’ been remodeled and redecorated. ' New flooring and several new fixtures have been added. > Holy Name Society To Recite Rosary Members of the Holy Name soc- • iety will meet Sunday evening at , 7:30 o’clock at the local Knights of Columbus halls, from where they i will go In a body to the home of - the late Henry Coyne to recite the rosary.

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, March 26, 1938.

TV A Controversy Center m- vs Aerial \ ic*»_of_Norri* d Here Is an excellent new aerial view of Norris dam near Knoxville. Tenn. center of the controversy raging over administration of the j federal power and flood control project Imrgest of the 11 TVA projects. I the Norris dam is costing $3fi,000.000. has a maximum height of 265 feet, is 210 feet thick at the base, extends for a distance of 1,860 feet, and has a power house with a present generating capacity of 100,000! | kilowatts. i

SALE OF BONDS | HERE REPORTED Postmaster Reports On Number Os Savings Bonds Sold Here Mrs. Lola Macklin, Decatur posti master, today announced that a total of $79,525 in United States savings bonds have been purchasI ed at the local post office since these bonds were first issued hi 1935. The above figure represents va- ) total sales were $24,000; in 1936; lue at maturity. During 1935, the $26,500; in 1937, $23,300; and in j | 1938 up to March 10, $5,725. The SIOO bond has been most popular in Decatur, accounting for 37 per cent of the total number of j bonds sold. The SSO unit ranks I next with 26 per cent, the $25 unit i j third with 23 per cent, the SSOO unit shows 10 per cent, and the SI,OOO unit four per cent. Figures released by Henry Mor- | genthau, secretary of the treasury, ! i show that the total maturity value of the bonds sold through the dose of business March 7, amounted to ! $1,584,462,875. This total was pur- j i chased by more than 1.260,000 Inj vestors and represents an average i sale for each business day since j March 1, 1935. when these bonds j were first sold, of $1,720,375. A record for one day’s sale ot j savipgs bonds was set on January 10 of this year, when $10,029,775. maturity value, of these bonds were reported sola on this single day. Local post office officials stated j that persons buying the savings bonds here have done so mainly; for the purpose of an investment, j Replies to a questionnaire recent- j ly sent out to bond holders by the I I I I cCONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) o Governor Townsend Buys Team Os Horses Governor M. Clifford Townsend purchased a matched team of sorrel three-year olds from Sam Gentis of 1 : near Berne Thursday while In that ' community on a horse-buying expe- ' j dltion.

LENTEN MEDITATION (Rev. James A. Weber) (First United Brethren Church) • I “The Tragedy of An Empty Life” . Matt. 12:43-45 1 Have you had the experience of trying to make yourself good? 1 After hearing some stirring sermon you decided to quit this, and • keep from doing that. However in a few days you found yourself in the clutches of the same old habits, and in a far worse state of character. Jesus knew of our experiences along this line and in j 1 the text given above tells of the man who shut the unclean spirit I out of his life: locked the doors and windows: swept and polished everything; from now on he was going to keep evil out of his life. But the unclean spirit was lonesome. He came back to peer in at the windows of his former home. He found it empty. Not to be outdone by locked doors, he found seven other spirits more wicked than himself: broke into the house, and the poor man was in a worse situation than before. . . ... This is the tragedy of an empty life. Had he pushed out the evil and invited Jesus in to fill his life, he would have been successr I ful Refraining from evil will not make us good. The evil spirit is too smart for that. Nature abhors a vacuum Something must fill our lives If we surrender our lives completely to Christ and fill our life with the things of Christ and the church, evil fights a losing bat '!r ße not overcome of evil but overcome evil with good." To get rid of any temptation or bad habit do not concentrate on it, but turn ' to Christ and put good in its place. This Easter season is your i opportunity to sweep and garnish your life, and to fill your life I with spiritual things which Christ and the church offers.

District Meeting At Moose Home Sunday The district meeting of the Wo- i men of the Moose will be held at ihe Moose home in this city Sunday afternoon and evening. New officers will be installed and 10 or more candidates will be initiated. The meeting will start at 2 o'clock. Delegations are expected from Bluffton. Wabash, Marlon, Auburn, Fort Wayne, Angola and HuntingI ton. FISH FRY HELD 1 FRIDAY NIGHT Fish Fry, Conservation Program Is Held Here Last Night More than 175 persons attended | the fish fry and conservation program held at the Knights of Pythias home Friaday night. The fish were speckled salt water lake trout chopped here iced from the gulf of Mexico. Following the program, French Quinn, Decatur attorney and outdoor lover, made a short address, in which he traced the beginning ot j conservation in Indiana several years ago when the state was being denuded of its wild life and natural resources until today, when it ranks first in the nation in conservation. He discussed the Hanna-Nnttman city park, saying it was the only spot in the county which has been left in its original state. H.v closed I by urging the audience to take a ! geeater part in out-door living. W. F. Beery, chairman of the pro- | gram, introduced Carl Schinnerer. who with one of his companions from Fort Wayne. Mr. White, showed pictures of their Canadian huttf- ' ing and fishing trips. Mr. Schinnerer is one of the general contractors for the New Decatur school building. Pictures of his recent trips were in natural color. The evening was closed with a dance, with music furinshed by Bob Rice and his orchestra.

FIERCE RATTLE REPORTEDIN SPANISH WAR Nationalist Armies Pushing Forward Toward Catalonia Hendaye, Franco - {Spanish Frontier. March 26— (U.PJ -Nationalist armies methodically pushed on toward Catalonia today Government I reports asserted that they were i being reinforced with thousands of j additional foreign "volunteers." Reports from the Aragon front | indicated that some of the fiercest ! fighting of the civil war was in progress. The nationalists were relentless, forcing the loyalists to fall back to "last line" defenses, and bringing the western frontier of Catalonia under Generalissimo Francisco Franco's gutiß. Heaviest fighting was reported J east of Bujaraloz, on one of the j I most important highways leading into Catalonia and to the Mediter- | ranean coast. The nationalists | took the city after a desperate struggle. The next objective set by Franco was Lerida, headquarters of Gen. Sebastian Pozas, commander-in-chlef of the government forces on the Aragon front. It is 43 miles j east of Bujaraloz. Franco returned to his field headj quarters In Salamanca and presided over a special meeting of his i cabinet. It was believed that sev- \ eral of his strategists were with him and that they would map out , new plans for conquering Catalonia. The nationalists warned the Barcelona government to “sur- j render or perish” in terrible air raids last week. Meanwhile, the loyalist defense ministry in Barcelona asserted that seven merchant ships, assertedly | carrying new recruits from abroad for Franco's army, had been spott|ed off Almeria. on the Spanish j eastern coast, heading for Majorca. ; The ships allegedly were being I escorted by a German cruiser and | two destroyers. According to the Barcelona re 1 ports it was one of a series of i , nationalist transports escorted by \ German and Italian warships which ! have been seen heading toward ' | Majorca. Government reports from the north and central Aragon fronts said that spectacular air battles had taken place, especially near . Huesca. The loyalists recruited every man of military age in Catalonia. United Press correspondent John , Degandt rode into Bujarloz with j I Gen. Juan Vague, nationalist field | commander. Columns of nationalists were tramping into the city \ and mechanized units were speed- ; ing beyond the eastern outskirts in j pursuit of the retreating loyalists., The nationalists elatedly claimed ; 1 that the end of the war on the Aragon front was in sight. They claimed that once the loyalists take up new positions on the east bank j of the Cinca river they will have i their backs to the Catalonian borderd. —o Rev. iLeorge Lozier Speaks To Students — Rev. George S. Lozier, pastor of I the First Evangelical church, was { j the speaker at the cha'pel program 1 of the Decatur high school Friday j afternoon. Rev. Lozier spoke on, "Development of Personality.” JUNIOR CLASS TO GIVE PLAT Monmouth Juniors To Present Annual Class Play Thursday The junior class of the Monmouth high school will present the i three-act play. "Good Gracious Grandma." at the Monmouth high I school auditorium Thursday, March 31 at 7:45 o’clock. Following is the complete cast: : Henry Breckenbridge. who hates work at any time--Arnold Conrad. George Breckenbridge, his cousin, who also hates work — Lewis Murphy, Jr. Mrs. Lennox, their landlady, who demands her rent —Violet Brown. I Helen Allen, daughter of a family friend—Sanna Kunkel. i Ceclle Alien, Helen's younger sister —Leona Dornseif. ; Chancy, a police investigator—Bill Beachler. , Wiggins, his assistant — Lorence Fuelling. P-Sam, a slow negro house-boy— Joe Haas. Delicia, a comical negro maid — Alice Cook. Messenger Boy—Truman Krueckeberg.

Lower Light And Power Rates For Decatur Approved

STUDENT SALE NEXT SATURDAY Business Houses To Cooperate In Annual Student Day Sale The majority of the business houses of the city have agreed to cooperate in the annual student sale, sponsored each year ly the senior class of the Decatur high ichol. The sale this year Is to be held Saturday, April 2. Under the plan adopted a few | >ears ago, the students of the high school volunteer their services for a day and the pay they receive ie turned over to the senion class fund The class this year 'plans to publish a handbill listing the cooperating merchants and urging their friends to attend the sale on that day. Many of the merchants are planning special bargains on the day of the sale. Last year, in addition to raising a large sum for the class, many of :he members found permanent or j I temporary employment with their employers for a day.” Pete Cross Dies At Rockford, Ohio. Home Word was received here today by Ben Amarine of South Ninth street of the death of his brother-in-law, Pete Cross of Rockford, Ohio. Mr. I cross, who was 90 years old March ; 15. died Friday morning. Funeral services will be held at Rockford Sunday afternoon. The deceased has a number of nieces and nephews in this community. |He was well known here, having visited in Decatur many times. Those from here who will attend j ! the funeral services Sunday include Mr. and Mrs. Frank Fisher, Mr. and Mrs. John Cramer, Mr. and Mrs. William Pennington and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Robenold. HIGH SCHOOLS PRESENT PLAYS One-Act Plays Presented Friday Night By Rural Schools Large and enthusiastic crowds were in attendance at the Kirkland and Geneva high schools Friday night to witness the final presentation of the one-act plays of the rural high schools of Adams county. I Those in attendance proclaimed ! the plays well chosen, the parts well versed and commended the I students on their fine characterI izations. Proceeds of the plays will be returned ot the public speaking ' classes of the various schools for the purchase of additional plays, school books and other materials. The plays were sponsored by the public speaking classes of the ’: schools, under the direction of the respective public speaking teachi ers - Geneva, Jefferson and Hartford i piays were given at Kirkland Frij day night, while Monroe, Pleasant | Mills, Kirkland and Monmouth ! plays were given at Geneva. o Berne Youth Taken Into Custody Today Lester Habegger, 20, o! Berne, was lodged in the Adams county I jail by Sheriff Dallas Brown this I I morning on a charge of petit larj ceny. Habegger allegedly stole several 1 ' amounts of cash from basketball players at an independent tourna- ’ ment at Geneva last Saturday. —oEarl Butler Trial Will Open Monday i The sodomy trial of J. Earl Buti ler, former rural mail carrier, has been definitely set for Monday in - the jay circuit court, attorneys learned here today. A possible postonement had been seen but it was definitely • learned today that the case will be heard on schedule.

Price Two Cents.

Public Service Commission Approves Reduction In Rates; To Take Effect Immediately. SAVES $15,000 The Indiana public service commission has approved the schedules of lower light and power rates for Decatur. The new rates will go into effect immediately, the March bills being figured at the four cent per kilowatt rate. The reduced rates, Including the schedules for residential lighting, and appliances; store, office and commercial use; small power users and tor electric stoves, will mean a saving of approximately $15,000 to consumers within the city and bring the total annual savings to city plant patrons to about $40,000. | Electric rates have been reduced by the present city administration in 1936 and 1937 and as rapidly as plant earnings permitted. The Indiana public service commission, in session yesterday, approved the schedules and certified copies were received this morning by Mayor Arthur R. Holthouse. The city council and the mayor joined in the petition to reduce the rates and the papers were forwarded to 1 Indianapolis last week, following the council meeting at which approval of the schedules was voted. Every patron will benefit by the reduced rates. One cent a kilowatt on the first 50 kilowatts used will be saved by consumers. The schedule of rates now starts at four cents, instead of five cents per kilowatt. In the past two years the rates have been reduced from six cents to four cents for the 50 kilowatts used, a saving of onethird of the cost to every patron who uses that amount of electricity. The March meter readings have been made and the bills are being figured on the lower rates. The bills are due and payable, on or : before April 20. The schedule of rates as approved by the commission are: Residential First 100 KWH .04 per KWH Next 25 KWH .03 per KWH All over 125 KWH .025 per KWH Commercial First 300 KWH ----- .04 per KWH Over 300 KWH .03 per KWH Power Users First 200 KWH .04 per KWH Next 9,800 KWH — .02 per WKH Next 20,000 KWH 017 per KWH Next 20,000 KWH—..OIS per KWH Next 20,000 KWH 014 per KWH Over 70,000 KWH 013 per KWH Cooking and Heating First 25 KWH .04 per KWH Over 25 KWH .0225 per KWH The minimum rates for residential and commercial users are 50 cents per month. For cooking stoves, it is $1 a month. A separate meter is required. For power users, the minimum is 50 cents per connected horsepower. The four cent rate puts Decatur In the list of towns itj Indiana that enjoy the lowest light and power rates in the state. A separate petition will be filed for an adjustment and reduction of the rural light rates, city officials stated. A hearing will likely be held in Decatur and the top bracket reduced from six to five cents per kilowatt. , SET DATE FOR COMMENCEMENT Decatur High School Commencement Exercises May 26 Commencement exercises for the graduating class ot the Decatur high school will he held on Thursday. May 26, Walter J. Krick, city school superintendent, announced 1 last evening. The list of students who are prospective candidates for gradua- ' tlon probably will be announced the ' latter part of next week. Mr. Krick and officials of the school are now negotiating for the services of a prominent speaker for the exercises. The commencement will be held r in the gymnasium of the high school, it is espected. With less • than two months of schooling rei maining, preparations for the gradi uation have been opened. i Class plays, operettas and other intra-class activities are nearly over I and students of the school are inr tensifylng their efforts in scholas- * tic work during the last lew weeks.