Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 36, Number 91, Decatur, Adams County, 16 April 1938 — Page 1

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Itomark ■er Sunday ■tomorrow ■ |lir Citi/eii' '!’<> < t»"<h ■ plan Sen ices I ...< afl " r ■ |,;,lvary ■ ’..m-rrow. ■„ s ,., a Mih ’ > ,f lhe Kv.l nun-n'! Easter ■, a ; Jmr.-b- in the \ kc.-pin-’. with Oie ■7. «i'h pr.s’ors ■ ■ - ■ • ■•■ ■ : ’ ■ , . rtic.-s will very. ■... ■ r I"' 0 ’ k ni" l ”' H ’■ "’ ,b otd ’ 1 •» :ng. Mint Deca■Jy dra»n 1,1 lh ‘‘ 1! *’• °’ ■Afternoon at 2 ■ E.« ■■ hunt bunts "ill be varivtis hour's of the <itx ■ K 'f th- visi ' i,f l!i " pl '°' bunny. ■ . .. wear that new ■ and .m’fit will ,proHbe:h’ point interest K w maaiiia 'he weather in h.< predictions. ■the of those who ■_ colorful pa-ad- to 1 ; eh in the . ;cediet- ■ ■ I’ l ' l Sl ‘il- ■ uk“- Tb'v.-ver. as ■reas' saw a posibility of ■ - W.-a'd-■mxrHiTTxT.M-.i: six > ■ECANTATA ■SUNDAY NIGHT ■er Cantata At First ■E. Church Here ■Sunday Evening ■s'a'a T - Fir.-- Easter,” will ■>n at the Decatur M. E. ■ ■ Sanday evening at 7:30 o’-1 ■by members of the choir of ■ Th.- publi. is inv ted to ■ ■frogram is: ■nt. th- Sleeping Town,” by ■ralto solo, "In the Garden,” ■> R. W. Graham. ■earn! (limns. “Shall Heavens ■> by Mrs. Clyde Butler and ■ fiarklesti with chorus. ■sw solo, "Break of Day,” by ■filter Krick. ■ten's chorus an 1 full choir, to Dawn," ■*l "Our Lord Indeed Is Risolo atid chorus - -“Ail Butler and chons. ■» «010. "Lo. I Am With ■jW James Darkless. ■ chorus, “('hi ist Is Risen”, ■ijhfi'itiss and chorus. ■ Club Rooms B To Close Sundays ■' H'-'t' (<>. hi in, manager ■-E. Club rooms at the Gen-1 ■ tori,- Works, announced Sunday, the club ■ »ouM be close,! on Sunday. ■ e » 'ne policy to close the' ■, ”'7 l,n Sunday during the ■”• " f fall schedule will start f* r ' ilr - Cochran stated.

pTEN MEDITATION (Homer J. Aspy) (First Baptist Church) “THE RESURRECTION” F Roman? 1 !, 'j”” J esns R oid be true or not depends on the tomb. . ,a ' <en every precaution to compel the body of fUiHant a n the tomb - H Jesus had risen there was no escaphar. tIL , y had ‘ >ucified the Son of God. Did he say he was r !! th ailli ,he l,f e? —the empty tomb. Did he say lie flifn’ n l of the world, the bread of life, the resurrection and Rand h„ PI ? l ’ ty Bid he say he was the saviour ol the N, dhe would rise again on the third day?—the empty hCntein tho 9P ’ and not all of them outside the church, who t SW ? y ,he miracles of the Bible, but when they stand °® b of °ur Lord, which they cannot deny, they have m , racle thp y cannot explain away. They must accep hson disciples or llne up wlth the lylng murderers r ha " he llve aKa’n?” » you ask Philosophy this ['‘Pldo , ,p answered with speculations; if you ask Bcl ® n ®® ’’’ u «aik r/ now: if y ou ask history it says it has no record of j. ?i" S tlla t.question on Easter morning and He an. • MlZ’ ld am alive for evermore." “He that believeth in me, jut »<Te dead, yet shall he live." Alive in Him there is no

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New Soil Program Will Be Explained A meeting will he held at the Kinney school in Blue Creek township Monday night at 7 o'c lock to provide information to farmers on the 1938 soil conservation program. Monday night's meeting will be for farmers in the south part of the township, and a similar meeting for farmers of the north part of the township will be held at the same place at 7 o'clock Thursday night. NEW LENDING FACILITIES TO BE AVAILABLE Total Funds Available For Loans Increased By Government Washington. April 16 — <U.R) The federal reserve board and the securities and exchange commission provided vast new lending facilities today for President Roosevelt’s $4,512,000,000 recovery program, but congress delayed acting on appropriations until next week. Overnight, the government financial agencies promulgated new regulations to increase the total funds available for loans and to facilitate issuance of securities by small business firms. These became effective as the business community began its day’s work. The reserve board directed member banks to reduce reserve requirements by 12% per cent, thus releasing $750,000,000 previously held in reserve and increasing the total of lendable bank funds to $2,482,000.000. The SEC entered the president’s pump priming-recovery drive by issuing regulations, to remain effective six months, that are designed to make it easier for little business men to float security issues. The executive agencies acted within 24 hours of President Roosevelt's firesjdsuchut..AMLPljnc; Ing to the people the new deal’s second attack against depression. Congress, however, adjourned for Easter and temporarily postponed action on the necessary appropriations, headed by a sl.- ! 250,000,000 fund for unemployment relief. Chairman Edward T. Taylor, D., I Colo., said that his house deficien,cy appropriations subcommittee would hear Harry L. Hopkins, works progress administrator, in I (CONTINUED ON PAGE~SIX) ADAMS COUNTY MAN IS FINED Ralph Rabbitt Fined And Sentenced To 15 Days In Allen County Jail Ralph Rabbit, 39, of east of Decatur, was fined $5 and cost, and i sentenced to serve 15 days in the Allen county jail this morning in j Fort Wayne traffic court, on a I charge of public intoxication. Rabbit was arrested on the drunk ■ charge | st night when the auto Ihe was driving crashed into a i parked car, belonging to Herbert Mclntire, in the 4800 block of , Lafayette street. Fort Wayne. Waveland Fisher, 24, also of this i city, who was riding with him at i the time of the accident, was taken Ito the Methodist hospi'al there, suffering from head and body injuries received in the crash. He was released this morning. The Mclntire car was knocked 25 feet away by the impact of the crash.

OUTLINE PLANS OF RECREATION MONDAY NIGHT Recreational Program For County To Be Outlined Monday Comprehensive details of Deca-1 tin 's newly-announced •recreational program, under the supervision of the federal works progress administration, will be outlined at a j meeting called by Mayor A. R. i Holthouse, to be held at the city i hall Monday evening at 7:301 o’clock A number of Decatur citizens, j interested in recreational work, have been given personal invitations to attend this meeting. Any other person, interested in such a program, but who may have been overlooked in issuance of the invitations, is requested to attend Monday night’s meeting. The program planned for Decatur and Adams county, also included in the project, will be outlined in detail by state and district officials. George Laurent of this city, appointed supervisor of the recreational program for the city and county, will attend the meeting. Robert Downey, district supervisor. and a representative of the state recreational department, will be present to outline the program. An advisory council will be named by Mayor Holthouse, and he will also select an executive committee, chosen from members of this council, to handle administrative duties of the recreational project, and assist* Mr. Laurent in planning various programs for the city and county. A far flung program, intended to provide recreation of all types for all citizens of Decatur, is the hope of the recreational department, and all persons interested, whether or not they have received personal invitations, are urged to attend Monday night's meeting o NATIONAL AIR MAIL CONTEST Poster Contest To Precede National Air Mail Week May 15 School children of Decatur will have an opportunity to attain na-tion-wide fame as artists for their assistance in promoting National Air Mail Week, which will begin May 15, it was announced today by Mrs. Lola Macklin, chairman of the local plans for observance of Air Mail Week. A poster contest has been arranged for boys and girls in high schools, grammar schools and institutions having similar courses of study throughout the state of Indiana. This contest will close the last day of April and the winner in each of the 48 states will be announced a few days later. The poster to be eligible must relate to the country’s air mail service of the present at\d future and its adaptability to the needs of the nation. That allows the contestants a broad opportunity to use their Imagination and to demonstrate their artistic talents. Posters will be judged 50% on originality of idea; 25% for neatness and 25% for use in promotion of the air mail service’s further development. The poster should be on cardboard 30 by 25 inches. Mrs. Macklin, the 1■! chairman also said it is imports., I that each entrant in the contest have the school principal certify that the entrant is eligible under the con- ' test rules. The postmaster will provide the aspiring young artists with i any desired information concerning i the rules. The forty-eight posters selected las state winners will be judged i and from these will be chosen the I first and second place winners in ' the national contest. First Piize will be a fine trophy and second | prize will be an appropriate plaque. The winner in each state will receive a handsome trophy. Boys and girls of Adams county with artistic ability are being urged to enter the contest in the hope that this community may annex the honor that will result in the winning of either the state or national contest. _ o — Regular K. Os C. Meeting Monday The regular meeting of the Knights of Columbus will be held Monday night at 8 o’clock at the K. of C. Hall. Lunch and refreshments wil Ibe served.

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Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, April 16, 1938.

As F. I). R. Gave Fireside Chat cbsKL F >?! \ 0 1 nt 1 kw W - J • Jilib Hi Jh 1 QMSi Mr r !■ ■»■’' f ■. >';• y | Mr President at microphone Renewing his series of “fireside chats.” President Roosevelt sounded a recovery call and discussed the administration's program for “pump priming" and relief when he spoke over the radio from the White House, above.

CONFESSES TO ' ! KILLING THREE Wealthy Rancher Admits ' Murdering Three Dis- , ferent Men i 1 Ryegate, Mont., April 16 —(UP) | i A wealthy rancher, charged with! I murdering three men, told author- ■ J ities today that he had put 14 men. , ion his “get” list because they had i [ plotted against his life. ) The rancher. Lee Simpson, 65. j [said that it was only to protect his own lite tliat he killed Gerald McDonald, 19. and Robert McDoland 21. He killed deputy sheriff Arthur i Burford, 43, to avoid arrest. The McDonald brothers who have been dead since Sunday, worked on Simpson's ranch. Their names were on the list. Burford, whose name was not. was killed in a gun I battle Thursday night at the ranch. The prisoner was held in the county jail at Lewiston, and he didnot want to be moved to Ryegate. He was afraid he would be lynched. Simpson told Sheriff Guy Pollock that the McDonalds were members of a “ring” planning a “frame-up”) on him. The ring met at his ranch last Sunday, Simpson said. Authorities found the “get” list in Simpson’s ,pocket but did not make it public. Simpson said that he was informed of the plot. He shot Robert and five hours later killed Gerald. He said he loaded the bodies into a farm truck and drove to Roundup, : Mont., where he hid them. | Burford and Sheriff E. J. Dolve i went to Simpson’s ranch Thursday ! night to ask him atbout the disap i pearance of the McDonald brothers. ! Dolve said he met them at the front door and started firing. Burford was ' felled. Dolve continued the fight until he ran out of ammunitien, then (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) ~~ WILLIE REEU IS ARRESTED Local Man Pleads Guilty To Drunk Driving Before Judge DeVoss i Willie Reed, of.eaet of the city, ' plead guilty to a charge of drunken . I driving when arraigned .before Judge Huber M. DeVoss in Adams | circuit court late yesterday. Reed was remanded to jail to wait sentence from the court. Reed was arrested Friday morning by Sheriff Dallas Brown and State Patfolman Truman Bierie at , his home east of Decatur. The charge alleges that Reed was driving on federal road 224 Tuesday night while under the influence of intoxicating liquor. i He is expected to receive his sentence from the court sometime to- ' day. Judge Huber M. DeVoss imposed , a fine of sls and costs and suspend- . ed Reed’s driver’s license for sixL months when he appeared in cir-, ■ cuit court late this morning,

Special Missionary Services At Church Special missionary services will be held at the Church of God Sunday morning and evening. Rev. Charles Ludwig, formerly of Africa, now in America preparing for I missionary work, will speak at both services. Pictures of the missionary work in Africa will be shown during the evening service at 7 o’clock. Misses Nancy and Martha Mitschelen will present special music at both services. The public is in-1 vited to attend these services. SUIT IS FILED AGAINST ERIE Damages Os $7,000 Sought For Accidental Death Os Alice Brown A suit to collect $7,000 damages has been filed in the Adams circuit court by Elliot E. Brown, administrator of the estate of Alice E. Brown against the Chicago & Erie railroad company. The complaint alleges that on April 15, 1936. at about 9 o'clock in the evening, the girl was a passenger in an automobile being driven on a road about one-fourth mile northwest of Wren, Ohio. It is stated that the automobile struck the abutment of an overhead viaduct maintained by the railroad company. It is alleged that there is a grade of about 30 degrees leading down to the viaduct and that it was necessary for traffic to make a square turn in order to proceed in and through the viaduct, which | is narrow. It is further alleged that the > defendant failed to maintain an | adequate signal or warning of the ( existence of the dangerous condition. Injuries sustained when she was thrown from the automobile when it struck the abutment, it is alleged caused her death. The complaint says that Elliot and Myrtle Brown, the parents, were dependent upon the girl for their maintenance and support. By reason of the injuries, it is stated that physician fees of $25 were necessary, burial fees of S7OO, and costs in opening of an estate of SSOO and that the father and mother were damaged to the amount of $5,000. Summons were made returnable April 27. Attorneys Kennerk and i Kennerk and John L. DeVoss appeared for the plaintiffs. o BULLETIN Mrs. Christ Zurcher, 38, of near Monroe, died this morning at 4:20 o'clock during childbirth at her home. The baby, a boy, survived. Seven other children, Beatrice, Iva, Irene. Evelyn, Dolores, Marylin and Raymond, all at home, also survive. Mrs. Glen Spade, a sister, and the following brothers, John, Chris and Raymond Abnet, all of Fort Wayne, also survive. Funeral services will be held Monday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the St. John's church in Vera Cruz and burial will be made in the church cemetery there. The deceased was a life-long residnt of the county.

STRIKE THREAT IS UTTERED BY LABOR LEADERS Railway Labor Leaders Threaten Strike If Wage Cut Forced Washington, April 16 — (U.K) — Railway labor leaders threatened today to call a nationwide railroad strike if executives force a wage cut upon 1.000,000 workers. They challenged the directors of the Association of American Railroads to set in motion the machinery of the railway labor act. which might force a reduction, and warn-1 ed them that labor “would stop at j nothing short of a nation wide' strike" to maintain its present j wage rates. Heads of the railway brother- ! hoods took this position after re- j jecting proposals for a voluntary j wage “deduction.” George M. Harrison, president of the railway la-1 bor executives’ association, and J. J. Pelley, association of American railroads president, announced the refusal jointly. Pelley said that a meeting of 140 class one member railroads will be called soon to ask the brotherhoods formally for a wage reduction No date for the meeting will be set, he said, until labor and management meet with chairman Burton K. Wheeler, D., Mont., of the senate interstate commerce committee, to discuss legislative proposals to relieve the railroads’ critical financial problems. Onethird of the class one railroads already are in bankruptcy or being reorganized and several other major systems are near failure because of the narrowing spread between i»come and outgo. The Wheeler conference tentatively is scheduled for Thursday, but may be advanced to Tuesday. Pelley said that a wage cut is necessary to save the railroads; : that the interstate commerce com- I mission’s refusal to increase eastj ern passenger coach fares one-half cent per mile had “aggravated” a situation already critical. The ICC earlier refused to approve in full the carriers request for a 15 per cent boost in freight rates. They were raised from 5 to 10 per cent, however, adding from $175,I 000,000 to $270,000,000 a year to rail revenues. Harrison, speaking for the other 21 railway labor organizations, turned down the carriers’ request that a voluntary “deduction" be effected “until times get better.” “Those guys are just kidding themselves,” he said. “I never heard of such a thing in my life as their attempt to reduce purchasing power while the president is pouring $4,500,000,000 into trade channels in an attempt to increase buying power.” Harrison said that no specific wage cut percentage was suggested, but it was understood a reduction of 10 to 15 per cent will be asked. This would reduce operating expenses between $180,000,000 to $270,000,000 annually. Under the railway labor act, no strike crisis can be reached for several months. The act requires formal notification of all labor unions on all railroads of the managements desire for a w'age I cut. Negotiations between the two , ' groups follow, and, it they are un-, i able to agree, the national mediai tion board attempts to mediate the I i dispute. If the mediation board fails, ar-1 bitration is suggested but is not forced if either party refuses. If there is no arbitration, the president may appoint a fact finding commission which has 30 days to (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o JUNIORS WILL GIVE PROGRAM United Brethren Juniors Plan Sunrise Service Sunday The Juniors of the United Brethren church will have a sunrise prayer meeting followed with a breakfast, Sunday morning. All children of the church are invited. Beginning at 9 o’clock, the following program will be given: I Song, “There is a Green Hill ! Far Away.” “He Is Risen," Junior girl. Prayer. Exercise, Primary children. Lillies’ exercise, Primary children. Easter poem. Evercise, Crosses, seven Junior boys and the men’s chorus. An Easter Prayer. Song, “He Arose.” Lesson study.

Lifeless Body Os Willshire Man Is Found Late Friday

FINE IMPOSED ON WILKINSON Fined .$5 And Costs, Given 10 Days In County Jail Warren "Red" Wilkinson, towerI ing six-foot-seven inch ex-convict,' | who late yesterday plead guilty to ■ a petit larceny charge, was fined I $5 and costs and sentenced to 10 I days in the county jail by Judge ; Huber M. DeVoss in Adams circuit , court this morning. The court extended leniency to 1 the Decatur man. who has spent the major portion of his life behind the bars of a penal institution, in imposing the jail sentence. Wilkinson plead guilty to the charge yesterday when arraigned with the other four members of the larceny gang, who confessed .to the theft of $109.50 worth of ! clover seed from the Gal Bowen farm in Van Wert county, Ohio. Wilkinson did not participate in the robbery but was charged with taking money from Robert Selking, one of the arrested young men. Wilkinson allegedly was to use the cash to secure counterfeit currency in Chicago. A charge of uttering counterfeit money was not I placed against him because he did not secure the bogus currency. Wilson Weiland, Waymon Patrick. James Wagner and Selking, the others who were apprehended by Sheriff Dallas Brown and State Officer Truman Bierie in the wholesale crime cleanup, were not j brought into court today. It is (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) STEP UP WORK ON NEW SCHOOL Cement Foundation H alls Being Poured Daily; Steel Parts Arrive Clear, warm weather has favored the construction of the new juniorsenior high school being built here, with rapid progress in building resulting. The outside cement foundation walls are rapidly going up, with cement being poured daily into the foundation supports for the new school. The walls have been poured to foundation height around the rear of the building, which will support the new bymnasium-auditorium and workmen are rapidly working their way around the east side to I the front. A maze of foundation and walls have been made of cement in and under the southwest section, which is to house the huge boilers. Meanwhile bricklayers continue I their work at inside walls some I joist-high. The two stairways which | run to the second floor, have been I set in place. Tons of steel in girder, steps and ' braces have been shipped to the working side and are 'being placed 1 in .position as the work progresses.

Easter Sunday “Rabbit” Day At Elks Home For Kiddies

Sunday will be Easter “bunny” day on the spacious lawn of the B. P. O. Elks . A club on North R\( I Second street. For tomor- >" ow afternoon at 2 o’clock, \ the members tdle l udge will stage their annual Easter egg hunt for the youngsters of Decatur and vicinity. All children of the city and vicinity, seven years of age and under, are cordially invited to participate in this annual frolic on the lawn. However, rain or no rain, members of the lodge are determined not to disappoint the kiddies. If inclement weather makes staging of the hunt impossible on the lawn, arrangements hrve been completed to hold the party in the home proper. Hundreds of eggs will be scattered throughout the beautiful Jawn,

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Hoadley Dellinger Found Dead on His Farm Near Pleasant Mills Friday Afternoon. DEAD FOR HOURS Hoadley Dellinger, 50, retired business man and farmer of Willshire, Ohio, committed suicide Friday morning at about 10 o’clock by bringing a hose attached to the > exhaust pipe of his automobile into the closed cab of the car. Mr. Dellinger’s lifeless body was found about 4:45 o’clock Friday afternoon on his farm two miles south and a halt mile east of Pleasant Mills near the Ohio line, by Leo Merriman, school bus driver, who operates his farm. It was learned that Mr. Dellinger had come into Pleasant Mills about 9 o'clock and filled his car was gasoline. When the body was discovered, the motor in the automobile was still running, but the engine was so hot it could not be stopped for some time. It is believed that Mr. Dellinger attached the hose to the exhaust pipe and began to breathe the fumes about an hour after return- ’ ing from Pleasant. Mills. Mr. Dellinger had gone to the farm about 7 o'clock to take out some clover seed. He then returned to Pleasant Mills, where he had an appointment with a man to drive to Fort Wayne. The man w-as there at the time Mr. Dellinger had his car filled with gas and returned to the farm. Mr. Merriman noticed the automobile in the lane early in the morning, then saw it about noon ' and finally about 4:30 o’clock. Due to the fact that he saw no one about the farm, he investigated and found the suicide victim. It was believed that Dellinger had committed suicide about 7:30 o’clock, until it was learned that he had been in pleasant Mills later in the ' morning. The car was parked on his return at the same point. He had been in ill health for the ’ last several years and worry over his condition is believed the cause of the suicide. Adams County Coroner Robert Zwick said today i he will return a verdict of suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning. Mr. Dellinger was born near ' Willshire in Mercer county, Ohio, April 2, 1888, the son of John and Mary Kaerns Dellinger. He was ' a member of the Masonic lodge. Surviving are the widow, Azela Dellinger, a brother, John, and two sisters, Mrs. Pari King and Mrs. Hila Bentz, all of near Willshire. ' ■ Funeral services will be held at the home Monday at 10 a. m. EST. ’ and burial will be made in a Rock--1 ford, Ohio, cemetery. ; o » TEMPERATURE READINGS DEMOCRAT THiJRMOMETER I . i 8:00 a. m 54 10:00 a. m - 63 s 11:00 a. m - 72 > WEATHER i Thundershowers this afteri noon and tonight and probably east portion Sunday morning: I becoming fair Sunday; somewhat warmer extreme northeast I cooler southwest and central portions tonight.

and among these hundreds of eggs, there will be choice few of extra value. More than a score of live Easter rabbits have been obtained by the Elks, and the finders of the lucky eggs', with the word “Rabbit” imprinted thereon, will each be entitled to one of these rabbits. Members of the lodge will be assisted in patrolling the lawn and sidewalk by members of the Decatur Boy Scouts, all in uniform. The hunt will start prorfiptly at 2 o'clock, with the younger children given a few minutes start over their older buddies. Hundreds of children, and almost as many grown-ups, have been attracted to the Elks home for the previous hunts, and from interest shown thus far, tomorrow’s frolic, wether permitting, should be the largest and most successful held to date. Herman Keller, general chairman of the hunt, will be assisted , b£ all members of the Elks.