Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 36, Number 78, Decatur, Adams County, 1 April 1938 — Page 1

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Banquet Speaker _____________________ ♦ E. A. "Big Rich" Richardson. Indiana's poet laureate of Evansville. will be the principal speaker at the annual rural teachers' banquet to be held April 7 at the Geneva high school SATURDAY LAST MV FOR FILING Tomorrow Final Day For Candidates To File Declarations Tomorrow. April 2 is the last day for candidates for public office to file declarations of their can'didacies and petitions in the office of the county clerk After the close of Saturday’s 1 business in the clerk's office, the candidates whose names are to appear on the ballots in the May primaries will be listed. No candidates will be added or withdrawn after tomorrow. Saturday is also the first day for filing application for an absent voter's ballot. These applications must be notarised and signed by two resi dents of the voter s home .precinct before the ballot will to given I Persons expecting to vote by the absent voter s ballot are urged to file applications early for this reason. Monday will be the final day for j I registration. The clerks office, will remain open until 8 o clock ' tonight to accomodate persons j wanting to register. The office I will also remain open until 9 on Monday, the final day. Candidates who filed today or late yesterday: Charles P Troutner. Democratic | candidate for advisory board, St. i Mary's township. Adam C. Butcher. Democratic 1 candidate for Decatur city coun- ' oilman-at-large. Andrew Appelman. Democratic candidate for Decatur city council man, third district. Nathan C. Nelson. Democratic i (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) o- — Bertie Senior Class Play Is Postponed The senior class play of the Berne high school, which was to 1 have been presented April 12 lias been postponed until Tuesday, I April 19, because of the Easter I services which will be in progress at the various churches of the i county. o TEACHERS PLAN FOR BANQUET Rural Teachers Os County Plan Annual Banquet April 7 Plans are now underway for the annual Adams county rural teachers' banquet, to be held Thursday. April 7 at the Geneva high school ‘ auditorium, it was announced today. The affair is held each year at I one of the seven rural high schools of the county. E. A. Richards, known as "Big Rich” among speaking circles of the state, poet laureate of Indiana, | will be the chief speaker at the ! banquet. Other addresses will be I made by teachers and school heads. Teachers of the seven rural high schools and all rural districts schools, their wives, husbands and families, trustees and their wives will be in attendance at the banquet. The banquet will open at 6:30 I o'clock. C. E. Striker, county I school superintendent, is Ln charge I of arrangements.

BITTER FIGHT IN HOUSE OVER REORGANIZATION Opponents To Reorganization Measure Battle On House Floor Washington. Apr. 1 -<U.R> President Roosevelt's house leaders i qualified their prediction of quick passage and delayed a test on their , strength today as opponents of the government's reorganization bill I rallied behind protests that it I would create an American dictatI or. Stubbornly resisting every administration move to force action on the measure, Democrats and ; Republicans resorted to every I parliamentary device at their command to slow action. Faced with the rapidly organizing opposition and a new flood of telegrams protesting the bill, house leaders delayed a motion to end general debate tonight. Even with a personal appeal for action from the president, it appeared that a motion to limit debate —the first clear-cut test of strength in the I house —would bring a close vote. I Opponents, however, pointed to the flood of telegrams that poured into the capital for representatives • early this morning. They began to arrive shortly after Father Charles E. Coughlin, in a mid week radio address, urged his listeners to “send a telegram to your new deal representative instructing him to vote 'no' on the bill.” B R. Allen, superintendent of the Western Union Telegraph com I pany here announced that at an ‘ early hour today 45,000 telegrams had been delivered to representatives dealing with the reorganization bill. He said that by the end of the day it appeared the number of telegrams would exceed that delivered to the senate on Monday. Postal telegraph announced they had delivered more than 5,000 wires to representatives. Meanwhile, the house prepared to continue debate under a wideogen rule allowing each of the 435 member one hour to speak l Rep. Samuel B. Pettengill, D., Ind., one of the leaders of the (CONnNUED ON PAGE SIX) o INSPECTION OF EASTERN STAR Decatur Chapter Is Inspected And New Officers Installed Mrs. Marguerite Fisher of Nabb. worthy grand matron of Indiana conducted installation of officers and inspection of the Decatur Order of Eastern Star at the Masonic Hall Thursday afternoon and evening. Assisting Mrs Fisher in the installation were Miss Florence Haney, grand organist: Mrs. George Squier. grand marshall; Mrs. Dan Tyndall, grand chaplain; Mrs. Leigh Bowen, grand warden, and Charles Burdge, grand sent!I nel. I Mrs. Miles Roop was installed as worthy matron of the Decatur chapter; James Anderson, worthy patron; Mrs. Nathan Nelson, associate matron; Melville Barber, as- * sociate patron; Mrs. Jack Leigh, secretary; Mrs. Martin Gilson. I treasurer; Miss Bernice Nelson, conductress; Mrs. Adrian Baker, associate conductress; Mrs. Russell Owens, Adah; Mrs. George Harding, Ruth; Mrs. Paul Edwards. Esther; Miss Evelyn Kohls. Martha; Mrs. John Doan. Electa; Mrs. Frank Alton, marshall; Mrs. Charles Burdge, chaplain; Mrs. Ralph Roop, organist; Mrs. Felix Maier, warder and Mrs. Joe Morris, sentinel. During the installation special music was furnished by Mrs. Carrie Haubold, Mrs. R. W. Graham (CONTINUETD ON PAGE THREE)

APRIL FOOL! Today was the day of days for practical jokers. i Shoe strings suddenly be- | came untied (?), pocket-books ; i were jerked from the very I grasp of an unsuspecting pedes- I trian, who was just ready to re- ! mark of his good fortune In | ! retrieving a lost purse. [ I Phantom visitors knocked at ; ; front doors, tires were reported | ’ flat, doors found open and ‘ holes appeared suddenly in new | clothing, but all resulted in one j answer—April Fool!-for todAy ; , is April 1. ♦- *

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Decatur, Indiana, Friday, April 1, 1938.

How Tornado Wrecked School Fortunately, most of the 110 pupils of this grade school at Columbus. Kas , were dismissed shortly before a tornado struck the town of 3,500, tearing the roof and upper floor off the school and demolishing at least 50 houses in the residential district. Several students were injured, but none killed. However, nine other persons were killed.

LIST PROGRAM FOR CANTATA Rural Hugh Schools To Give Easter Cantata On April 8 The complete program for the Easter cantata, to be given by the seven rural high schools of I Adams county at the Berne Men--1 nonite church Friday. April 8. at ■ 7:30 o'clock, was released today by C. E. Striker, county school superintendent. The program will be in the form of two cantatas, the first entitled, "Easter Tide” and the second, “The First Easter.” Following is the program, con- | taining the names of the students from the various schools who will participate: | Organ Prelude, j Invocation. Chorus —“There is a Green Hill I Far Away.” Alto solo—" When the Morning i Was Come”, Eunice Kauffman, i Hartford. Baritone solo —-“And Pilate Ask'ed Them ”, Corwin Newcomer. I Hartford. Chorus —"We Found This Man | Perverting.” Baritone solo —“Then Pilate Calljed Jesus”, William Deal, Monroe. Chorus —“And They Were In-. I stant With Loud Voices.” Bass solo —"When Pilate Saw ~ | Norman Augsburger, Hartford. Chorus —“His Blood Be Upon i Us.” Interlude — The March to Cal-1 1 vary. Bass solo and chorus — "Now . From the Sixth Hour,” Ward Mil- j | ler, Geneva. Chorus — “O Perfect Life of j Love.” Alto solo — ‘'As it Began To (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o — Berne Post Office Plans Open House Open house will be held Saturday. April 9 at the new Berne post office, it was announced today. The dedication services will also be held on that day.

LENTEN MEDITATION (Rev. George O. Walton) (First Presbyterian Church) “DOING” It will not be amiss at this stage of the Lenten season to tarry awhile to consider not what we can get out of our religion but what we can put into it. A vital faith consists not alone in being good but also in doing good. When Jesus greeted the vast concord of people on the mount and gave to them the beatitudes He reminded them that hearing alone was not enough He concluded this Manifesto with the words, “whosoever heareth these sayings of Mine and DOETH them ” The compensation of life in any sphere is in direct proportion to the energies released to the goal in view We fail quite often in our Christian living because we put so little Into it. Christianity must be motivated by deeds as well as creeds. When the crusader of the cross confronted his Lord on the Damascus road his first question was, "Lord what wilt Thou have me to do?” It was a request for action. Spiritual inertia is the forerunner of a dying church. It is so easy to pass by on the other side. Religions at its best is a religion at work. The religion of Jesus Christ is no mere sentiment set in the stars. It is not merely something to sing about or to be set aside alone for the charms of a contemplative life. It is the most active force of civilization. So amid the heart searching of this Lenten season may there issue forth a motivating power, a driving urge to do something You will not have to look far to find something to do. Following Christ means to follow One who "went about DOING good.”

St. Mary’s Township Convention On Sunday The annual St. Mary's township Sunday school convention will be held at the Mt. Tabor M. E. church Sunday afternoon and evening. Rev. L. J. Martin of the Eighth St. U. B. church will speak at the afternoon session, and Rev. George (). Walton of the Presbyterian church will deliver the evening address. Election of officers will be conducted at the afternoon session. Special music will be presented at both sessions STATE ISSUES FLOOD WARNING Flood Warnings Issued To Southern Indiana Residents Rising waters of streams in the Wabash and White River basins spread slowly across low-lying farm lands today, washed out bridge® closed highways and were believed to have 'brought death to at least one person in the wake of Wednesday's heavy state-wide rains. The weather bureau iesued flood warnings to communities in the lower reaches of the streams and reported that the season's worst flood threat was at hand. The flood crest was expected to reach southwestern Indiana early next week as the swollen Wabash and White Rivers drained toward tue Ohio. Farmers in Southwestern communities again were preparing for high waters. A search was being conducted for the body of Willard Smith, 28, who disappeared near Brookville after starting across the rampaging Whitewater river in a rowboat. The Wabash river at Logansport registered 14.1 feet today, less than one foot below flood stage. The stream had risen more than seven feet in the past 24 hours and was still ascending slowly. Streams in Boone and Montgomery counties were reported as the highest peak eince 1913. Many acres of farm land were inundated, scores (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

WAR IN SPAIN NEAR CLIMAX, TROOPS CLASH

Loyalist, Nationalist Soldiers Clash On Three Fronts London, Apr. I.—tiU.R.’ l —The nationalist radio of the Ma- j drid front reported today that the loyalists had abandoned their defense of Lerida which was surrounded at noon when the central column of the inurgents reached the Severe river north of the city. Hendaye, French-Spanish Frontier, April I—(U.R>— Spanish nation-1 alists and loyalists clashed on three separate battle fronts today : as the civil war approached its climax. The nationalists began a new I drive on the Mediterranean sea-j coast in the Morelia sector of the ■ Catalonian front, and at Lerida dtove down »he Monzon-Lerida road in a new threat to the be- j sieged city. Loyalists announced what had possibilities of tremendous import- i snce in an offensive on the Guada-j iajara front, the key to Madrid from its northeast side. Coincidently they continued, on the Teruel front between the Madrid and Teruel areas an offensive operation apparently designed to divert nationalist troops from Catalonia. The loyalists asserted also that at Lerida they had inflicted a

severe setback on the nationalists by luring their infantry into the ity and then throwing them back with heavy losses Striking swiftly on the long inactive front northeast of Guadalajara- -from which the nationalists threatened a new drive on Madrid —the loyalists took three villages and stormed two ranges of hills which gave them domination over (he rebel-held town of Abanades, it was announced at Madrid. Abanades is a cornerstone of the nationalist line on the Guadalajara front. If the loyalists took it they could turn the nationalist line and force the insurgents to strengthen their forces at once. No details were given. The official announcement at Madrid said laconically that "the loyalist ceniial army has started an operation in the Guadalajara sector” and added that they had taken the villages and the hills dominating Abanades. The Italian advance on Madrid a year ago—the advance that ended in the disastrous defeat at Brihuega (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) o Morris Pingrey Seeks Council Nomination Morris Pingrey, well known local barber, today filed his declaration as a candidate for the Republican nomination for city councilman Bom the second district. Mr Tingrey lives in the Homesteads addition and is president of the Homesteads Association. He was one of the original purchasers of a home in this addition and is a member of the Moose. Mr. Pingrey is the first Repub lican to file for the city council.

DECATUR WOMEN TO HUNTINGTON Local Women Attend Presbyteriai At Huntington Thursday A number of ladies from Decatur attended the spring Presbyteriai held at Huntington Thursday. Among the prominent speakers at the meeting were Mr. and Mrs. Henry Geist, who have recently returned from Point Barrow, Alaska. Mr. and Mrs. Geist entertained the Lindbergh's when they visited Point Barrow, Mr. Geist was the missionary who took care of the bodies of Wiley Post and Will Rogers on their ill-fated flight. One of the outstanding features was a half hour of motion pictures by Mr. Geist, with pictures of Col and Mrs. Lindbergh, Post and Rogers included. The life and labor among the Arctic Eskimos was portrayed. Another prominent speaker at the meeting was Mrs. Frank B. McCuskey who for the past 36 years was in the Punjab, India. The subjects of her addresses were "Contrast Then and Now” and "Work Among Women in India." Those who attended from here included the Mesdames Jesse Rice, C. C. Pumphrey, E. B. Adams, James Kocher, Charles Teeple, S. D. Beavers and George Walton.

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C.C. BANQUET IS HELD HERE Agricultural Expert Speaks At Annual Banquet Thursday Speaking “In Defense of the Dust' Bowl.” L. A. Hawkins, of Chicago agricultural expert in the sales promotion department of the International Harvester company told more than 100 guests at the annua! Deca'ur Chamber of Commerce banquet Thursday night in the K. of P. borne, that damage to the area is "greatly exaggerated.” The address was preceded by a banquet served by the Pythian Sisters. Before the meal, Patsy Edwards, accompanied by Mildred Wolfe. Willshire, Ohio played a number of xylophone sols. During the meal Miss Wolf entertained with numbers on the vibraphone. John L. DeVoss, president of the Chamber of Commerce, and secre-tary-treasurer of the organization last year, read the annual report to members on the activities of the organization and its financial record last year. Mr. DeVos*, then introduced a number of leaders in agricultural activities in the county. R. E. Glendening, a former president of the organization, was called upon to introduce the speakers. Mr. Hawkins in his talk stated that damage done to the land in the Dust Bowl is not as serious or as permanent as is believed by , many persons who have never visit--1 ed the area. He pointed out factors I tending to show that the conditions in the west are improving. Listed among the causes of the conditions were cultivation of lands which should have been left as pasi tares, overgrazing of pastures, cultivation with disk type tools, failure ito observe contours of the land, 'failure to conserve the moisture. The means which are ending the (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) FRECH C. HOWER DIES SUDDENLY Former Well Known Decatur Man Dies After Short Illness Freeh C. Hower, 42. accc’tntant at the state reformatory in Pendleton and prominent former resident jof this city, died suddenly this I morning in the Anderson hospital. Death was attributed to pneumonia. His death came as a shock to friends and relatives in this city, many of whom who did not realizze the seriousness of his illness. He . had suffered from a cold for several | days. Pneumonia developed early this week and he was taken to the hospital at Anderson, where death i occurred today at 2 a. m.

The deceased was born in Adams (county October 14. 1895, the son of Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Hower He was ior a number of years a conductor | on the old Decatur-Fort Wayne traction line. Later he was engaged in the undertaking business here with Otho Lobenstein. He and his ! family moved to Pendleton four years ago, w’hen he accepted a posii tion at the state institution. He was a member of the First Methodist Episcopal church here. He was also active in band work and fraternal circle®. Surviving, besides the widow, Erchie IBfutler-Hower, are three children: Freeh, Jr., Betty and Mar- ■ tha Ellen, all at home. Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Hower and the following sisters also survive: Marcella Hower, of ‘lndianapolis; Mrs. William H. Bundy of Menomonie, Wisconsin; Mrs. Carl D. Gerber of j Decatur and Miss Kathryn Hower, ateo of this city. Funeral services wil be held Sunhlay afternoon at 1:30 o’clock at the Zwick funeral home here and at 2 o'clock at the First Methodist Episcopal church. Burial will be (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) —o Named As National Air Week Chairman Mrs. Rena Zehr, Berne postmaster, has been named county chairman of national air mail week. May 15 to 21, sponsored to intensify the American people’s consciousness of aviation and the air mail.

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Free Cooking School Is To Be Held At Adams Theater First Three Days Os Week. WOMEN INVITED Join the parade of home-mak-ers! After weeks of intensive effort, employes of the Decatur Daily Democrat announced today that all plans have been completed for the presentation of the newspaper's second free cooking school next Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday at the Adams theater. "A Star In My Kitchen,” a Hollywood produced movie, carrying an interesting romantic plot, interspersed with scores of tantalizing recipes and helpful household hints will be shown on the screen as the feature of the free cooking school. Through the cooperation of local merchants and national advertisers, the Democrat has completed arrangements Tor a school, which is hoped will surpass even the one of last fall. Scores of door prizes to be awarded through a registration system, including food stuffs, electrical appliances and furniture novelties, will be given at each of the performances, following the school. Appealing to housewives, house-wives-to-be, and future home-mak-ers of the city, the motion picture is replete with problems of the home, such as laundering, refrigeration childrearing, and even beauty*secrets. Humor, pathos, and hospitality I are woven into the plot of the movie, which follows the young ‘ heroine through her education in | home-making. Democrat employes and a group I of local young ladies as hostesses will assist in handling the large I crowds expected, to insure against I confusion in seating and proper registration for prizes, as well as j the distribution of recipe pamphI lets. Doors open on Monday and Tuesday school at 1:30 o'clock and the show starts at 2 o'clock. On Wednesday a special late showing will 'be held at 2:45 o’clock. Doors will open at 2 o’clock on that day. The late showing on Wednesday is held in order to permit girl students of the two Decatur high schools to attend. The Democrat has extended a special invitation to all ladies of the city and community to attemf the event, and promises an afternoon of educational entertainment.

Vera Cruz Residents Fight Beer License When Daniel Baumgartner, in business at Vera Cruz, had his hearing in Bluffton on the application for a beer retailer's license, a remonstrance containing the names of 300 persons was presented. A petition signed by 100 persons favored the granting of the license. The hearing was held at Bluffton before the Wells county alcoholic beverage commission. The state board will return the decision. A. 0. BUTCHER IS CANDIDATE Local Attorney Seeks Democratic Nomination As Candidate Adatn C. Butcher, local attorney, today announced that he would be a candidate for Decatur city council-man-at-large on the Democratic ticket in the May primary. A candidate for the Democratic nomination from each of the four councilmanic districts has already announced. Under the new state ruling, the majority party may now name five nominees. In previous years the ruling required one member of the minority party on the council, hence the Democrats nominated but four. Mr. Butcher is a well known Democrat and has lived in Decatur nearly all his life. For a number of years he served a<s justice of the peace here. He has previously been a candidate for mayor, judge and prosecuting attorney.