Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 36, Number 79, Decatur, Adams County, 2 April 1938 — Page 1

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MANY FILE FOR OFFICES HERE Today Is Final Day For Candidates To File Declarations Declarations and petitions fairly ! deluged the office of the county clerk today, the final day for aspirants for public office in the May primary to file. In addition to the large number who filed this morning, several last i minute candidates are also expected. it has been authoritatively reported that at least two more will seek county posts, w r ho have not officially announced Conversation on the streets today revealed that another name ! may be filed for county auditor, while it is geenrally known that I Otto Hoile will file late today for ; the office of county clerk. The entrance of these two into . the political ring would make threeI cornered affairs out of both races, i Two have already tiled for each of i i the offices. ) The deadline for filing is 5 : o'clock this evening. No declarations can be filed after that hour, although the office will remain open. Those who filed today: Nathan C. Nelson. Democratic ; candidate for judge. 26th judicial district. Robert H. Heller. Democratic candidate for joint representative. Adams and Wells counties. Arthur E. Voglewede, Democratic candidate for prosecuting attorney, 26th judicial district. Dwight Gallivan. Democratic candidate for joint senator, Adams. Wells, and Blackford counties. Jacob J. Kauffman, Democratic ! candidate for advisory board. French township. Henry Myer. Democratic candidate for advisory board, French i township. Evert O. Rich, Democratic can- ' didate for advisory board. French township. John H. Borne, Democratic can- ' didate for advisory board, Kirkland township. Herman Geinier. Democratic candidate for advisory board, Union ; township. Hiram Wittwer, Democratic candidate for advisory board. Blue I Creek township. Fred E. Lindsey. Democratic candidate for precinct committeemail. Geneva B. Harry Moore. Republican candidate . for precinct committeeman, Ceylon. Harry Moore, Republican canditrONHJtyJED ON PAGE SIX) MUSIC PROGRAM HERETOMOHROW Hawaiian Musical Program At Local Church Sunday Afternoon Pupils and teachers of the Honolulu conservatory of music will present an all-Hawaiian musical program at the First Christian I church Sunday afternoon. The program will start at 1:30 | o'clock and is open to the public. 1 No admission will be charged. The i music will be amplified by the use lof electrical instruments. Featuried on the program will be the ! Decatur Honolulu guitar orchestra, numbering 20 pieces. As a special attraction, the Honolulu Serenaders, who broadcast weekly over radio station WOWO in Fort Wayne, will present a regular radio broadcast. Members of the Decatur orchesI tra who will participate in the i Sunday afternoon program are: Oscar Moser, Hilda Bultemeier, j Marjorie Chronister. Russell Dean, I Grace Flough, Juanita Fruchte, j Richard Green, Keith Hunt, Herbert Lengerich, Oscar Lengerich, J Virginia McManama, Anna Belle Rupert, Loris Rich. Ralph Shively, Irene Shively, Gordon Selking, Donald Springer, Lorene Scheumann, Berniece Scheumann and Everett Venis. o— — Conservation League To Meet Monday Night A meeting of the Adams county flesh and game conservation league will be held Monday night at 7:30 o’clock at the Moose home. All members are urged to attend. c a TEMPERATURE READINGS DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER 8:00a.m 32 10:00 a.m 32 9:00 a.m 82 11:00 a.m 32 WEATHER Partly cloudy, continued cold tonight; Sunday fair and warmer.

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PURDUE OFFERS | SAFETY COURSE Purdue To Offer Two Safety Courses At Summer Session Lafayette, Ind.. April 2 —ln order I to assist Indiana teachers to meet new requirements for safety instruction in public schools, Purdue University will offer two courses in methods of teaching safety during the Summer session, it was announced today by Dr. Frederic B. Knight, director of the session. One course, an intensive unit course ' covering three hours per six days ! per week, will last for two weeks June 20 to July 2. and the other course covering exactly the same 1 field, will be offered over a six week period, starting with the opening of the regular summer session ]>4fTo'd ahd ffrdfng TuTV ft T*e lotsger course is designed fcr those who wish to carry additional courses of study. Credit will be given In each course toward graduate of undergraduate degrees. The work will be presented by specialists from the regular staff who will be assisted by state and national experts in the safety field giving lectures and demonstrations. In addition to the usual lectures, demonstrations and laboratory sessions. a dual patrol car and an instructor will be available for the afternoon field wor*k in actuaj drivi Ing instructions. At the end of each ! course, students will be expected to j have a well developed course with !necessary rferences, suggestions for demonstrations and methods of carrying out experiments. Instruction will be given in preparation of teaching material for and recreational safety. Critical anhome. school, traffic, occupational alyses of content material In safety education will be assembled and reviewed and the traffic and school problem will be studied intensively. The course will be administer(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) BUTLER TRIAL OPENSMONDRY Interest-Holding Trial To Open At Portland Monday Morning After a change of venue and several postponements, the trial of J. Earl Butler, former Dacatur rural mail carrier, charged with sodomy, is definitely expected to open in Jay circuit court Monday morning. Defense attorneys secured a continuation of one week last Saturday. the case being formerly set for Monday, March 28. Both prosecution and defense attorneys of this city stated today that the suit would be op Q d defi- ’ nitely on Monday. Local attorneys are Arthur E. Voglewede of the prosecution and D. Burdette Custer, defense counsel Mr. Voglewede will be assisted in the prosecution by Robert Smith, Jay county prosecutor. Mr. Custer. Malcolm Skinner of Portland. U (-> parrjph. David Smith and Sam Jackson, all of Fort Wayne, are expected to comprise defense counsel. Attorneys estimate that four days will be required in the trial by jury. Butler has been at liberty under bond since his arrest late last year on the charge, which was filed by a Portland lad, formerly of this city.

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Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, April 2, 1938.

Take Applications For NYA Project Miss McDermott, of the governor’s commission for unemployment relief, will be at the office of John M. Doan. Washington township trustee. on April 5. 9 and 12. Mr. Doan announced today, for the purpose of accepting applications of youths under the NYA project, recently approved for this city. Youths between the ages of 18 and 25, whose families are on relief, work on WPA, PWA or other relief projects are eligible. About 25 youths are expected to be selected from the applicants. SEEK TO END LONG STRIKE Illinois Sewing Machine Company Offers Compromise Belvidere. Hl.. April 2 — (U.R) — Striking employes of the National Sewing Machine company determine today whether they will accept a counterproposal of the management to their demands for a closed shop, union wage scale, seniority rights and a 40-hour week. The plant was closed March 14. Union leaders said approximately 600 joined the walkout. Raymond F. List, company president, offered his proposal last night at a conference with strike leaders and Joseph Vincent, a state labor arbitrator. It included: Seniority rights, “open” shop, an “upward adjustment of wages," and a 45-hour week Employes worked 50 hours each week before the strike. Carl Baylaiider, general strike chairman, said the strikers would vote on the proposal at 1 p. m. They rejected a previous company offer which recognized seniority rights but refused wage increase, the 40-hour week and closed shop. The strike was called by three American Federation of Labor unions, only recently certified as collective bargaining agents for the company’s employes. The unions said List refused to recognize them. — Blue Lodge Masons To Attend Funeral All Blue Lodge Masons are askc ■’ to meet at 1 o'clock Sunday afte. noon at the Masonic hall, from where they will attend in a body the funeral of Freeh Hower, departed member. The lodge will also give a short funeral rite in addition to the regular services Sunday.

LENTEN MEDITATION (Rev. Homer J. Aspy) (First Baptist Church) It is evident to the most casual reader that Jesus Christ is the central figure of all the Scripture. He is eminent both in history and doctrine Any doctrine or portion thereof which does not center in Him is not of inspired origin. But this is only part of the truth In Holy Writ Jesus has the Pre-eminence, for there is none other in the class with Him. He is not simply one outstanding figure associated with other great personalities but He is the only one of His rank. Not only is He pre-eminent in some things and in some ways but He is peerless “in all things." His posit on is such because of His peerless qualities. His unapproachable attributes are not gifts bestowed upon Him but are of His nature. We cannot wonder at the lack of devotion to Christ among many people when they conceive of Him as of recent origin, of limited power, limited wisdom, limited purpose, a good man, a great reformer, philosopher, philanthropist—all, of which He is, but infinitely more. . j T . What the best, and wisest, and strongest cannot do. Jesus, in His Pre-eminent love, and wisdom, and mercy, and power, can easily accomplish if we are but willing to allow Him the place of first importance in our lives.

TELL VALUE OF WORK PROGRAM Federal Wo r k Relief Agencies Value In State Reported Indianapolis, Apr. 2. — Value to Indiana communities of work prosecuted during the last four years by the four federal emergency work relief agencies — the works ; progress administration, the public I works administration, the rnergen|cy relief administration and the j evil works adininistraton — has 1 been placed at seventy per cent of the actual cost, according to a re- ' port of the state committee of the ' United States community improvek ment appraisal which has just been forwarded to Washington. , The appraisal also revealed that public improvements in the state are ten years in advance of what they would have been without the I assistance of the various federal ■ work programs. Contents of the committee’s re- ' port were made public by L. F. ' Moorman, executive director of • the state planning board of Indiana, which organization served as the coordinating agency for a noncompetitive inventory of the ac- ' complishments of the work relief ‘ agencies conducted between Feb- ’ ruary 1 and March 8. The objective of the appraisal, Mr. Moor--1 man explained, was to determine the extent to which the communI (ties were able to create lasting : improvements and valuable public services through the constructive ' use of the abilities of their destitute unemployed through the medium of the federal work relief proI gram. Appraisals of the improvements were conducted under three classi- . flcations—state, county, and city. The appraisals were made by of- ' flcials representing those units of , government, with the Indiana ■ Municipal league acting as spon- , sor for the city division, and spon- • sors of county and state projects . appraising projects operated by . those governmental units. Appraisals were made on two j points. First, the effect on the i unemployed, and second, the es- , feet on the community as a whole. II A checkup was made in small rural i communities as well as in metro--1 nolitan centers because unemployment was regarded as just as real in towns in sparsely settled districts as in large cities, and every community's experience with the works program was desired. Here are some of the questions which the appraisal committee (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

POWER WORKERS LAUNCH STRIKE OVER WAGE CUT Lower Michigan Threatened With Loss Os Electrical Power Saginaw, Mich., Apr. 2. 4U.RX— Striking utility workers manned the power plants of the Saginaw valley today after ejecting their managers, and held the electrical service of two-thirds of lower Michigan at their mercy. Service was being maintained, and Albert Stonkus, national head of the utility workers organizing committee, said the men would not pull the switches before Mon- ■ day, when ah emergency peace conference, called by Gov. Frank Murphy, is scheduled in Detroit. Gov. Murphy, who threatened to call out the national guard to end a utility strike in the Saginaw valley last year, was rushing home from a Florida vacation. The workers, affiliated with the committee for industrial organization, seized the plants yesterday afternoon to enforce a strike over their demands for guarantees against wage cuts during the next year. , During last year’s strike, the valley was without power for 24 hours. The union’s contract with the Consumers Power company, against whom the present strike was directed, expired Feb. 28. A temporary working agreement covered working conditions during March. Workers occupied the plants peacefully last night after the strike had been approved at noise mass meetings in several cities. The plants seized included the huge steam generating plant at Zilwaukee; a sub-station in Saginaw: a substation and gas plant at Flint, and a gas plant at Lansing. In all approximately 100 plants and sub-stations were seized. The strikers controled service for such cities as Saginaw. Flint. Bay City, Owosso and about 200 1 small towns. The power area serves 350.000 customers, is inhabited by 1,933.000 persons and is heavily industralized. Detroit and its surrounding automobile manufacturing area, would not be affected by any disruption of service. The Zilwaukee plant was the largest taken. It serves Saginaw, (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) O

MONDAY FINAL REGISTRATION Monday Will Be Final Day For All Voters To Register Candidates, party leaders and enthusiasts today made a final appeal to all persons, who have not registered. Monday, April 4, is the final day for registering. To accomodate last minute registrations, the county clerk’s office will remain open tonight until 8 o’clock and Monday night dptil 9. Only persons wishing to register are attked ot call at the office for business during the extra hours, registered at mid-week and scores More than 1,000 persons had registered at mid-week and scores more have visited at the clerk’e office the latter part of the week to register, enabling them to vote in the ay 3 primary. The clerk’s office was a busy scent today with persons desirous of registering crowding ameng the candidates wanting to file. G. Renty Bierly, county clerk, stated that the office will not close during the noon hour today or Monday to permit workers to register during their lunch hour. _o_ Darrell Bedwell To Head Young People Darrell Bedwell was chosen president of the newly formed young people’s group of the Baptist church at the recent organization meeting. Mrs. Jerry Rumple was elected vice president and Miss Alice Lake sec-retary-treasurer. The group is steadily growing and owing to its size and the possibility of cioser cooperation with the church and other young people’s groups in the state, it became necessary to become more cloeely organized. Every young person not connected with some other church Is Invited to join with the young people ot the Baptist church each Sunday evening.

Lutheran Speaker -Snflk *** Prof. Ottomar Krueger, president of the Concordia college at Fort I Wayne, will present a travelogue j of the Holy Land at the Zion Luth- ; eran church here Monday evening at 7:30 o'clock. The public is cordially invited to attend. FREE COOKING SCHOOL OPENS HERE MONDAY f Daily Democrat To Stage Free Cooking School ! For Three Days — J “A Star In My Kitchen," the | Daily Democrat's free motion picI I ture cooking school, opens Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Adams theater on Monroe street. No admission will be charged ! and the public has been cordially invited to attend. A special invi- ■ tation is extended by the Democrat to housewives, future homemakers. leaders and members of home economic clubs and ladies’ organizations. Valuable prizes including has- . socks, magazine racks, mirrors, card tables, foodstuffs, electric i' toasters, drip-o-lators and other items will be awarded free through .i a registration system in cooperai 1 tion with local merchants and national firms. R. C. Ehinger. and Robert 11. Heller, of the Democrat staff will be in charge at the school. They : will be assisted by a group of hostesses, including Mrs. E. P. Fields. Mrs. Leland Smith. Mrs. Al Schneider. Mrs. Dick Townsend. Mrs. Bob Shraluka and Miss Mary Cowan.

The hostesses will act as ushers, distribute recipes and pamphlets and will aid in assuring proper registration for the door prizes The first presentation of the school will be followed Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons, by complete repeat performances. Separate prizes for each of the three days will also be awarded. The movie itself has been acclaimed an interesting and romantic adventure of a newly-wed. through whose experiences at learning the art of cooking and home-making the audience receives the educational instructions.

Doors will open at 1:30 on Monday and Tuesday, .with the show starting half an hour later. On Wednesday the doors will be (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) GIL LINE LEAK DELAYS CLIPPER China Clipper Forced To Return To Almeda Base San Francisco, Apr. 2. — (U.R>-»-Pan American Airways said today that the China Clipper, forced to return to its Alameda base yesterday because of an oil line leak, would take off at 5 p. m. CST this afternoon unless it was impossible to make repairs by that time. The Clipper was 250 miles off the California coast headed for Honolulu when Capt. Leo Terletzky informed Pan American by radio that he was returning for repairs. The trouble did not appear to be serious, officials said, but Terletzky believed it wise for the Clipper to turn around. Those aboard the Clipper were Sir Anthony Jenkinson, correspondent of the London Daily Sketch; Allan Robert Taylor, Milwaukee. Wis.; Robert T. Zentner, radio operator for Pan American; Henry J. Stark, chief mechanic for the company; Charles Boettcher, the second, Denver, Colo., and Mrs. Marian Richardson, San Francisco, sister of Boettcher,

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SLIGHT DAMAGE EXPECTED FROM FLOOD WATERS No Serious Damage Expected In South Indiana Despite Flood By United Press Flood warnings were posted In the southwestern section of Indiana today as the Wabash and White rivers, swollen out of their banks by torrential rains, receded in the upper reaches. The main overflow was expected on the main stream of the White river below the confluence of the east and west forks in Daviess county in the lower channels of the Wabash. No serious damage was expected, however, and towns along the rivers were believed safe. The weather bureau at Indianapolis said the west fork of the White river was receding upstream from Indianapolis and the east fork was reported rising slightly at Seymour. At Lafayette, the Wabash river had reached a stand of seven feet above flood stage and was falling in the upper reaches. The Ohio was reported rising toward a flood stage of 35 feet at Evansville, but no serious consequences were anticipated. Sugar Creek in Montgomery county was returning to normal leaving mud-coated homes and debris strewn over bottom lands. Occupants of flooded sections around Indianapolis were returning to their homes as swollen streams subsided. Big Eagle Creek was erturning to its channel after forcing 100 families to higher ground. Meanwhile farmers and county highway crews were checking damage done earlier in the week during the heavy storms which w r ere accompanied by high winds. Chester B. Ruark, Putman county road superintendent, said damage to roads and bridges would reach $40,000. A tiwee-span concrete bridge over Ramp Creek at Blakesburg was torn out, and the Boswell bridge over Little Walnut creek on the Greencastle-Clinton Falls road was damaged. The Coca-Cola bottling works and the municipal light plant at Crawfordsville and the Ben-Hur Packing company suffered considerable damage, according to reports. Ten homes near-by the plants were damaged when Sugar Creek reached its highest level since 1913. Violent winds were blamed for most of the damage in Fountain county which was estimated at (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) 0 TWO ROADS ARE BEING REPAIRED 1938 Road Improvement Campaign Is Started In County The start for the 1938 road improvement has been begun with the widening resurfacing and repair of two roads, totaling approximately 20 miles, in the north half of the county. A WPA crew of about 70 men is working under the direction of Walter Gilliom, county highway sunperlntendent. Little WPA labor is available in the south halt of the county due to tne improvements being made by the state highway department on the Adams county section of the Bluffton-Geneva road. Some projects may be opened in the south half of the county, when this work is completed. The road work now being done is on the old Piqua road which cuts across the northeast section of tke county from the Ohio line at Pleasant Mills to U. S. highway 27 a mile north of Decautr, and on the i road known as the Winchester, Poe : or back river road to Fort Wayne, 'This latter road improvement eX- | tends for about 10 miles from Decatur to the Allen county line. The roads have always had a 60 foot right-of way, but due to the fact that much of the road was never used, the fences were built on county property. These are being moved back to widen the should(CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) O Temperature Stays At Freezing Mark Accompanied by light snow flurries, unusually cold temperatures last night and today suddenly put an end to the spring-like weather of the past few days. During the entire morning, temperatures hovered around the freezing mark.