Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 36, Number 75, Decatur, Adams County, 29 March 1938 — Page 1

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liter Fight Over [Organization Bill Iforeseen In House

Lttee Decides To Kplare Senate Bill l-jth Four Measures ■i House Floor. Lcomhkoi 1 1 Kmrtoii. Mar. I. <U B nienib.'is .u th'- lu>u»>' ■,».).),! d,aid'd subs'ii'ii- l'»ir fur 111. ; ••• >r u:« n iznKTretaining tl”’ ~f ■ttdl- a-n- r.-l i,l "‘ l " , ' S_ Krmrt ' ■' ■expenditures ■ drrisiL’n. a. !"■ placed b.-foie K]| roniniitt.-'- f..r ratification K,', 1t,a.1. !t I’o-..b nt Roose- ■ rl |,|u>iv r-cr.inization bill K house fight whi.h may re- ■ bitterness of the struggle Ketid-d y. st. i <!:.v in the sen John .1. Cochran. I). who announced the decision j commit'-“ mao >iity. said he I to write the 1 . <.l Conization ls final on 'l"’ house Kof the feiir tn- .isnres Cochplans to offer as a substitute Hr agnate bill already have proved by the house. They jte incorporated in the broad and acted upon a second time e other two nieaeiires still are tag One of these coincides mate prov isioi.- for ci cation le office of auditor general, powers of post auditing gov Kit spending. iere the senate lull, however, i abolish the office of comprgeneral and assign his functo the new auditor general, ending house bill would retain Comptroller. Under its provi.the comptroll, r would be emit! to condtt. t only pre-audits premment spending. hiitteu of the office of compwas one of the bitterest bl of th • r<. realization debate Il senate This issue was exit to develop similar opposiin the house, and head the fetration bill into a new Itii’ii , : Iti'inocrati, Republican Ktion. esker William B. Bankhead reporters that lie hopes to e the bill before the house by end of this week it will strike out all of the I* bill after the * and substitute the four f bills dealing with governI reorganization." Cochran •use minority leader Bertrand feell. R., N. Y., charged the 011 of Democratic committee bbers was without regard for W procedure and "so bold they IlMounced it to the house.” •chran disclosed that the plan mtocratic members of the ■ttee is to incorporate two Sanization bills already approver the house into a substitute •ore. These would be coinbintwo pending house bills to ■Misted on page three) “iorC. Off. To Meet Tonight ls Decatur Junior Chamber of ®®rce will meet in the council • at the city hall this evening °clock, Bud Townsend, presidwaoimced today. Election of sectors will be held tonight I me mbers are urged to at

°!ice Start Drive To Halt Wholesale Poisoning Os Dogs hIU.

J? and a band of indignant aroUßp d by the sight of O«s n°f ZHI . Pet d ° gS dyi! ‘ B ln the lp po ’ 90| i-<onvulsions here. a cam P ai K“ against !trv „.°°, of all household pets. 'hTchnlne poisoner. Z" th ® paß < few days, four Can nes, who had made i ers and ’ hC h6artß ot their hand d 0 ri :"“ 9 ' have died by tn s . the Poisoner, who »lDln/ ake an C9 P e(, ial delight £* oa f hhih-bred dogs. rerJf * Uh swif tness and ’"nan poißOner plied his i«el Ow en . de t> at the bomes of l. Erwin ’u. ev ‘ Charles Prugh, Mors oyer Uer and CUffor ‘ l h th « same * weekend — always hippy nesult; a "Rover,” "•ahold nL 3Uchnamed 1,1 the n dy ng after suffertln? away J't'V?' 810118 of Poison ev iousiy tn lnnar ds,” that had ly k[ W> nothing but the

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Star Reverses Story t . * When Claire Dodd appeared in court at Is.s Angeles, above, where she obtained a divorce from her husband. Jack Strauss, she reversed the usual story and claimed that their marriage failed because her husband insisted that she go out to night clubs with him after she returned home from a hard dty of work at the studio. MOVE PROGRAM ON UTILITIES Securities Commission Plans Action On Supreme Court Ruling Washington. March 29 —(UP)—. The securities and exchange commission, backed by a favorable supreme court decision, moved today . to complete its program for regulation of the ,15,500.000,000 (B) public utility holding company system. Although its path lias been cleared by the court's ruling upholding the registration .provision of the public utility holding company act •if 1935, the commission p'anned to advance slowly at first in anticipation of voluntary compliance with the law by companies still unregis-1 tered. Up to March 1. there were 43 public utility holding company systems registered with the SEC. These organizations. according to their last balance sheets, had consolidated assets totaling $6,805,000,000 t'B). i epresenting approximately 44 .pier cent of the aggregate assets of all public utility holding companies. I When most of the work of regietration is cleared, the SEC probably will focus its attention on section 11, the so-called “death sentence" clause of the act. It provides that as soon as practicable after Jan. 1, 1938, public utility holding -—— ■ --■ ■ 1 (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

t choicest bones and dog-foods. t A hurried trip to a local veterins arian, when one of the canines be- , came violently ill. failed to save its 11 life, but definitely revealed that , the -poisoner had used strychnine, the most terrible of poisons. With the revelation of this fact, , citizens in that section of the city . rose tip against the cowardly ac- , tions of the persons, whose espec- , lai delight seemed to be found in t the suffering of “man’s best friend Details and clues that might be j helpful to city police in their int vestlgatlons have been the object f of the neighbors' searches. Wholehearted and determined I cooperation has been pledged by t city officers in the fight to blot out • the wanton destruction of family j pets, who have been licensed and qualified with all county and city 1 regulations. I City officials and authorities have 5 (CONTINUED. ON PAGE FOUR)

DECATUR C. C. BANQUET HERE ON THURSDAY Annual Chamber Os Com- • 1 merce Banquet At K. Os P. Home I Final arrangements were being ' made today for the annual banquet jof the Decatur Chamber of Com- 1 ' merce, which will be held at the Knights of Pythias home Thursday 'evening at 6:3d o’clock. L. A. Hawkins. Chicago, a mem , I her of the advertising department of the International Harvester company. will deliver the principal ad-1 dress. He will be accompanied to, ■lhis city by SJ?'O. Kuntz, manager of the Fort Wayne branch of the com- ' 1 pany. |. Members of the Decatur Rotary 1 will forego their weekly meeting Thursday, and will attend the i Chamber of Commerce banquet in a | tody. Attendance at the banquet will ' r.ot be limited to members only, l i but persons interested in civic affairs of the city, both men und women. are invited to attend. ( Tickets to the banquet are priced 'at 50 cents, and may be obtained | 1 from members of the membership ! committee, or from the off'cers of the organization. John L. De Voss, j president, and Pete Reynolds, secre-tary-treasurer. Special music is being arranged , . by the committee on arrangements. Walter Gard and E. W. Lankena With the ticket sale limited to I 200. persons desiring to attend the banquet are urged to purchase tickets before Wednesday noon. o Dr. Othoi Winger Is Seriously Injured Wabash, Ind., Mar. 29.—<U.R> Dr. Otho Wingefr. president of Manchester college, was tn serious condition in Wabash county hospital today with a broken vertebra received when his automobile col lided with another at the intersection of state road 124 and a county road, ntne miles 'south of* here I Dr. Winger's car crashed into I one driven by R. F. Hopkins of i Fort Wayne, an employe of the state highway commission. HopI kins, who was uninjured, had just | taken a photograph of a high hedge fence at the intersection. He planj ned to use the picture to show the | commission that the hedge was a traffic hazard. Rotarians To Buy Tickets At Bank Decatur Rotarians who have not ' purchased tickets tor the Chamber of Commerce banquet Thursday evening, are asked to buy them at the First State Bank not later than | noon Wednesday. The Rota-y club ' will attend the C. €. Banquet in place of the regular weekly meet- , ing Thursday. Name Omitted From List Os Survivors The name of Herman C. Weber, a son, was unintentionally omitted 1 from the list of surviving relatives i of the late Henry Weber, published I In Monday's Issue. CHURCH PLANS EASTER DRAMA Zion Reformed Church To Give Easter Drama On Palm Sunday ' “The Half of My Goods," an Easter drama by Ralph P. Claggett, will be presented Palm Sunday evening, April 10, at the Zion Reformed church at 7:30 o’clock. ' The scene of this vivid portrayal 'lis laid in the home of Zacchaeus > and Patricia, at the time just pre- '' ceding the Passover near the close lof Jesus’ life. A struggle 'f mo- ’ fives universal to mankind is depicted in this moving play. The "'cast of characters includes: '■ Zacchaeus—Cletus Miller, ‘i Patricia, his wife, a Greek Mrs. George Thomas. ' Matthew, his friend, a publican ' —The Rev. C. M. Prugh. Thaddaeus, his son, in early twenties— Raymond Borne. 1 Miriam, his young daughter — Alice Yost. Rebecca, his servant Marie Teeters. A Roman centurion — David Adams No admission will be charged, 1 but a silver offering will be taken. The public is cordially invited.

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Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, March 29, 1938.

Woman’s Club Meeting At Geneva Wednesday The Democratic Woman’s club meeting will be held In Geneva Wednesday night at the Me'bndist church. The dinner will be served ~30 i o clock and tickets m.ty ho obtained from the local committee. Hon. Sam Jackson of Fort Wayne one of the Democratic candidate*, for United States senator, will be the principal speaker. A mistake was made in this paper, when referring to the meeting it was stated that it would be held Monday evening. COMMITTEE IN HOUSE FAVORS PROBE OF TVA Rules Committee Reports Favorably On Senate Resolution Washington, March 29 —(UP) — The house rules committee today reported favorably the eepate- approved resolution for a joint congressional investigation of the Tennessee valley authority. Chairman John O’Connor, D.. N. Y„ said the resolution, to create an investigating committee of five senators and five representatives, would be called up in the house tomorrow. The committee amended the resolution slightly to make certain that there would be authority for resolution slighly to make certain that there would be authority for investigation of every aspect of TVA its three-member directorate, which lost its chairman, Dr. Arthur E. Morgan, by expulsion order of President Roosevelt. The action by the rules committee was thought virtually to assure a joint house-eenate inquiry into ; the TVA along the lines proposed by the senate. House sentiment was generally regarded as favorable to 1 this type of investigation. Another change by the rules com-1 niit wtoeleuEtmtoft Imitree would require the investiga-' ! tors to report not later than the ( ' opening of the next congress Jan. 2, 1939. The measure was also amended to make certain the inquiry would be strictly legal by specifying that (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) ! ANNOUNCE CAST OF CLASS PLAY Pleasant Mills Senior Class To Present Play Two Nights The complete cast for “Aunt Tillie Goes To Town.” three-act play !to be given by the senior class of I the Pleasant Mills high school Thursday and Friday nights at the school auditorium, was announced ; today. Tickets are now on sale for the presentation and seats will be reserved to ticket purchasers. The, tickets may be secured from members of the class. The play will open at 7:30 o'clock on both nights. Following is the cast: Lucinda Talbot, Aunt Tillie’s maid who is anxious to be married —Vivian Noll Aunt Tillie Trask, who dislikes all males —Alice Meyers Mervin Tucker, who is in a ‘peek I of trouble—Robert Mcßride. Ronald Howland, who always has an explanation for everything—Herald Bailey. Lizzie Parsons, an aspiring young novelist —Elizabeth McMillen. Pamela Marsh. Aunt Tillie's charming niece—Marjorie Chronister. Luther Lorrimer, Ronald's wealthy employer —Eldon Neadstine Ellen Neeland. who appears suddenly —Neva Riley Charlie One Lung, a Chinese cook -Kenneth Nyffeler Mrs. Tillie Tucker, Marvin's aunt —Juanita Hilton. Dr. Hattie Bing, a chiropractor—- ; Katherine Penrod. —— F'our Days Remain To File Declarations Four days remain In which candidates for public office may file declaration of their candidacy in the , county clerk's office. April 2 is the final day. Those who filed today: Rufus Hunter, Democratic candidate for precinct committeeman, North Wabash. Harold Mattox, Democratic candidate for precinct committeeman, Geneva A.

REDUCED HATES ARE IN EFFECT City Council Adopts Ordinance On Lower Electric Rates The city council, in special meeting last night, passed the ordinance which places in effect immediately. the lower light and power rates in Decatur. The schedule of reduced rates, which now begin at four cents per kilowatt, was approved by the In--1 dlana public service comtnisssion last Friday. The March bills, pay-1 able on or before April 20, will be; figured at the reduced rates. The saving to city patrons of the light and power plant are estimated at approximately $15,000 annually, affecting the smallest user. The council also passed the ordinance fixing the salaries of city officials for the four-year period, i beginning January 1, 1939. No change was made in the amounts now paid. The state law fixes the salaries in the various cities and it is necessary that the council by ordinance set the amounts for a four year period. The annual civil cities salaries are: Mayor, $900; clerk-treasurer, $1200; city attorney, $500; county auditor, for collecting city taxes. $75; city councilmen. SIOO each, plus SSO to member of council who is member of board of works, in the case where cities own a municipal plant, the law provides a payment of S6OO a year to the mayor, clerk-treasurer and city attorney. with a provision that the | council can fix the amount at 80 per cent of the total. The same ' amount was fixed for the next four years, the salary of the three officials from the utility being set at S4BO a year. City attorney John L. DeVoss informed the council that the legal notice petitioning the state board of tax commisisoners for an additional appropriation for the payment of the judgement obtained by Chalmer Walters and for necessary assistant counsel in the dam--1 age suit against the Erie railroad | and city, would be published. The I council also authorized the request , for an additional appropriation for ! the police department. Church Plans Annual Congregational Meet The annual congregational meeting of the local Presbyterian church I will be held Wednesday April 6. All the various organizations of the | | church are asked to have reports 1 ready for presentation. At the meeting there will be the election of one I elder, one trustee and two deacons. I Charles D. Teeple is the present moderator of the church. To Give Book Review Here This Evening — Kathryn Turney Garten of Indianapolis will review the book, “The Woman Surgeon.” at the Decatur high school auditorium this evening at 8:15 o’clock. Those not having tickets may purchase them at the door. This is Mrs. Garten's third appearance in Decatur under the sponsorship of the Psi lota Xi sorority. • O ——————— URGES VOTERS TH REGISTER Next Monday, April 4, Will Be Final Day To Register To Vote Persons required to register and who have not done so were once more urged to register early to , avoid the last minute rush anticipated at the county clerk's office. G. Remy Bierly, county clerk, estimated that a large percentage had not registered, who are required to, out of the approximately 2,706 in the city of Decatur. Registration officers for respective precincts were listed today by the clerk. Persons may register either with the registrat from their respective precinct or at the county clerk’s office. The Democrat registrats in Decatur: Mrs. Kathryn Kurber, IB; Mrs. Elizabeth Tester, 1A; Mary Margaret Keller. 2A; David Adams, 2B; Ed F. Jaberg, 3A and Harold Daniels, 38. The Republicans: Cal F. Peterson, 1A; Robert Strickler, IB and I Lula Swearingen, 3A. The others have not been filled. Monday, April 4 is the final day for registering. The clerk's office will remain open from 8 a. m. until 9 p. m. that day. Residents of the Homesteads were once again reminded that they will be required to transfer from North Washington to Decatur lA.

DAILY DEMOCRAT INVITES WOMEN TO FREE SCHOOL Free Cooking School At Adams Theater Three Days Next Week “Lock the doors and come to town," that is the invitation extended by the Decatur Daily Democrat to the housewives of Decatur 1 and community the first three days |of next week. The Democrat's motion picture ‘ cooking school, entitled, "A Star In My Kitchen,” will be the real community event at the Adams theater Monday. Tuesday and Wednesday, April 4, 5 and 6. This fascinating and different cooking school is open entirely free to every woman in the county and the Democrat has extended the invitation to join in the home-making lessons and entertainment for at least one day. The school will be a practical I rally of home-makers to contribute fresh perspective- for the “same old job.” Just as fresh inspiration for the old job is one of the by-products of the familiar cooking school, which presents a lecturer in a model kitchen, so are new ideas and keen incentive born in the film class for home-makers, with its novel approach and modem i setting. No false front camera-beautiful kitchens satisfied these specialists. They insisted on working in complete. compact, modern kitchens that actually reflect more scientific ingenuity and careful planning than any living room. Not only does the picture shownew dishes, styles and interesting ways to serve everyday meals and party feasts, but it demonstrates how to make intelligent use of the ingenious mechanical servants that take the guess work out of house I work. What about recipes’ Every I guest at the school will w-ant to the tantalizing cures for menu monotony. Free recipes will be distributed in the lobby of the • theater. A list of valuable awards is now • being prepared for distribution through a registration system to be conducted at the school. o CITY SELECTED SERVICE POINT Unemployment Representative To Be In Decatur Each Wednesday Decatur is one of the 69 cities iu Indiana choeen as a special registration point where applicants tor em- ' ployment and claimants for unemployment compensation benefits are to be served by the Indiana state employment service, according to announcement received today. Employees from the full-time employment office in Fort Wayne will open a office one day each week in the council chambers, 2nd Floor, city hall, Decatur. This service will be provided each Wed- | nesday, startling April 6, and reI places the old schedule of the first 1 , Saturday of each month. Persons wishing to see the representative from the employment of- ' fice should appear at the city hall at 9 o’clock Wednesday morning. Employers wishing to hire qualified W'orkers are ureed to consult the I interviewer at that time. Anyone , seeking work will receive a private ' (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) —o House Passes War Department Bill I Washington, March 29—(UP)— ! The house passed and sent to the ' I senate today a $448,116,280 war de- . I partment appropriation bill, largest ( since 1921. , The measure, to operate the army during the fiscal year beginning . next July 1, $32,853,130 greater than the supply bill for the current year , and $5,222,531 less than was asked by the administration. I —o —-— TEMPERATURE READINGS I DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER j I “ 8:00 a.m 53 2:00 p.m 74 r 10:00 a.m 57 3:00 p.m 74 ; Noon 64 i > WEATHER 1 Partly cloudy and continued 1 mild tonight; Wednesday rain or snow north, much colder.

Insurgents Drive Against Loyalists Taward “Key” City

Chemistry Medalist —I — Dr. Emma Perry Carr, chairman of the Chemistry department at Mount Holyoke College, will be the first winner of the Francis P Garvan gold medal which honors women chemists when she receives ' the award of the American Chemi- ■ cal Society at Dallas. Texas. She ■ is being recognized for her research 1 on the structure of organic molecules. NOAH SCHROCK BURNED TODAY Noah .1. Schrock Os Berne Is Burned Near Decatur Today i Noah J. Schrock, of Berne, was painfully burned about the face and , eyes shortly before noon today, i while engaged in setting fence posts. ' Schrock, with his uncle. Noah P. Schrock was pouring lead in a hole lined with cement to house the post I when the accident occurred it is thought that the lead coming in contact with dampness caused the metal to sputter and fly into- ' Schrock's face. He was brought to the Adams i county memorial hospital. The at- | tending physician stated that he did not think Schrock's condition was serious. J The men were working at the J } Hubert P. Schmitt farm on the Bel- [ mont road when the accident occurI red. o C. Os C. Directors To Meet Wednesday The board of directors will meet i in the office of the president, John L. DeVoss, Wednesday evening at 7:30 o’clock. All directors are asked to be present, as important business will be transacted. o State Attendance Officer In City Miss Margaret Paddock, state at--1 tendance officer, conferred with C. E. Striker, county school superin- : tendent Monday, while visiting in •' the county. o 1 Presbyterian Church Plans Prayer Service Mid week prayer service for the local Presbyterian church will be , held Wednesday evening at 7:15 at i the manse.

LENTEN MEDITATION (Rev. Kenneth Timmons) [ (First Christian Church) THE GARDEN AND THE CROSS 1 John 19: 41 To a deep-seeing eye like that of John, this proximity was more than a coincidence. John felt that there was an inward harmony . between the garden and the cross. The Cross was the crowning , service of Christ's life. It was love going to the uttermost. It was the final and voluntary sacrifice for the salvation and service of ' the world. And to John it was no mere coincidence that In the place of that supreme surrender there should be the fragrance and ’ the blossoming of flowers. One might have thought to find a desert there. One might have counted on a bleak and dreary scene. What struck the mystical eye of the apostle was that everything was the opposite of that. Christ died. He gave himself for men. He poured out His life in full surrender and in the place where all this happened there was a garden. So John is saying to us. That there is always a garden when we share in the self-surrender of the Lord. Let any man deny himself. let him willingly lay down his life for others, let him surrender what is dearest to him in the self-abandonment of love, and the strange thing is that everything grows beautiful, and the flowers begin to blossom at his feet, in away that they never did before. One’s thoughts seriously turn to the Christian life at this time of the year. The Christian life is never easy. I distrust things that are too easy, especially a too easy Christianity. Straight is the gate and narrow is the way that leadeth to life. They that are Christ's have crucified the flesh. Is that an easy life.

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Loyalist Leader Charges Foreign Countries With Pouring Men, Munitions Into Civil War. BORAH WARNING By Joe Alex Morris (United Press Staff Correspondent) Spanish insurgent armies fought toward the “key" Catalonian city of Lerida today against stiffened but unsuccessful resistance by loyalist government forces. On the rolling Catalon frontier where Caesar's hosts once defeated the legions of Pompey, the Italian and German supported nationalists advanced relentlessly toward the Mediterranean and the end of Spain’s long civil war. The insurgent front, spread over 75 miles, had three spearheads at Barbastro on the north. Lerida in the center and around Palanques in the south where the advance was reported only 40 miles from the sea. When and if the sea is reached. loyalist territory will be split. The government at Barcelona charged that men and munitions from both Germany and Italy were pouring into Spain anew and called upon the people to “resist and resist again.” “Our fight is no longer a civil war; it is war against foreign powers,” Premier Juan Negrin declared, charging that many German families had arrived in Spain "preparing to remain.",. Meantime, developments on the American front emphasized the importance of coming congressional debate on President Roosevelt’s billion dollar naval bill and its international implications. They included: 1. A warning by Sen. William E. Borah. R., Ida., that America’s hope of saving democratic government lies in avoiding alliances and : curing economic ills at home. Borah, ranking member of the senate foreign relations committee, criticized over-indulgence in armaments and said that Austria's seiz(CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) oSCHOOLS PLAN FOR CANTATA Rural High Schools To Present Annual Easter Cantata April 8 Plane have been completed for the annual Easter cantatas of the seven rural high schools in Adams county to be given Friday evening, April 8. at the Berne Mennonite church, it was announced today. Two cantatas have been chosen. They are "Easter Tide” and "The First Easter.” Miss Mahoney of Geneva and Miss Baker of Monroe, teachere in the respective schools will direct tne cantatas. Mrs. Ehrsam of Kirkland and Mrs. Fortney of Pleasant Mills will accompany on the piano and Mrs. Dorothy Fuhrman will be at the organ. Students in music classes at Geneva, Monroe, Monmouth, Pleasant Mills, Hartford, Kirkland and Jefferson will participate in the presentation. The program will start at 7:30 o’clock in the evening. The public is cordially invited to attend.