Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 36, Number 95, Decatur, Adams County, 21 April 1938 — Page 1

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Pershing Today gLJ-Jj x._ ■ CA i&Wil ||apßM r~ . Almost recuperated from his recent illness. Gen. John J. Pershing is shown in this photo taken in Chicago en route to New York to attend the wedding of his son Warren. General Pershing lay near death for days at Tucson, Arizona. LIST PROGRAM FOR CONCERT Ball State College Choir To Give Concert Here Sunday Night The complete program for the sacred concert by the choir of Ball State Teachers College, Muncie, which will be presented at the Methodist Episcopal church in this city Sunday evening at 7:30 o'clock, was announced today. Members of the choir also were listed along with the program. No admission charge will be made for the concert. Miss Vera Porter, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. ..Giles V. Pp.rVer yf this city, is president of the choir organization, and will present a baritone horn solo during the program. Prof. C. E. Palmer is director of the choir. The complete program follows: Salutation of Peace Mueller Dear Lord, Who Once Upon the Lake V. D. Thompson Comes at Times A Stillness Woodward Blessing and Glory.. Rachmaninoff The Choir Thus then, the Law of the Spirit Bach Lift Thine Eyes (Elijah) Mendelssohn Great Is Thy Love Bohm Sextette My Heart at Thy Sweat Voice Saint-Saens Vera Porter, baritone horrt soloist Show Me Thy Way. O Lord— V. D. Thompson Let Us Cheer the Weary Traveler Negro Spiritual My Lord. What a Mornin’ Negro Spiritual The Choir Prayer David Guion Faith Davis, soprano New Let Every Tongue Adore Thee BiK ' h The Christ Child Daniels A Christmas Folk Song.Bornschein (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) — QFIREMEN PLAN CIRCUS HERE Decatur Fire Department To Hold Amateur Circus Next Week The Decatur fire department will hold an amateur circus Thursday and Friday. April 28 and 29, it was announced today. All of the 60 or more characters will be well known Decatur people. In the show are to be clowns, chorus girls, freaks and many other attractions of the “big top. Fire Chief Charles Robenold is general chairman of the affair and other members of the committee are to be announced at a later date. The directress is Miss Anne Daly, representative of the amateur theater guild of Boston. Practices are beginning and preparations being made for the event. Tickets are selling at 25 cents for adults and 15 cents for children, and may be obtained from members of the regular and volunteer Are departments. The circus will be presented at the Catholic high school auditorium.

OPPONENTS OF RECOVERY PLAN FIGHT PROGRAM Opponents Charge Inflation To Result, Deficit To Increase Washington, April 21 (U.R) Opponents of President Roosevelt's 11,512.000,000 recovery drive opened their fight against the program today, charging it means inflation. will cause new distress and a federal deficit of $8,000,000,000 dollars in the 1939 fiscal year. While Mr. Roosevelt stirred his executive department into high speed to launch the drive against depression. Rev. John Taber. Republican of New York, charged the program “unquestionably will rei suit in inflation ” Tabor, ranking minority member of the house appropriations subcommittee which is drafting a bill to finance the program, claimed the contemplated spending would raise total government expend!- ■ tures to $12,500,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1939. He predicted an $8,000,000,000 deficit for the fiscal year. He advanced a six-point program, including house adoption of the senate tax bill and repeal of the authority under which the admin--1 istration may print three billion in currency. Taber said that in view of a 50 I per cent decrease in customs and .receipts and the “certainty” of I curtailed individual and corporate : tax collections, government revenue probably will not amount to $4,500,000,000 in fiscal 1939. Vagrant Killed As Train Is Derailed — Chicago, Apr. 21.-<U.R>A vagrant was killed and four others i were injured early today when four cars of a Rock Island freight . train plunged off a viaduct and ■ dropped 20 feet to a highway. The 1 men were riding in an empty car. Another man was reported to be imriw) henwH* khe wreckage. The dead man was identified as I Henry Franks, Kansas City. The I injured were Kenneh Spencer, KanI sas City; Frank Dunda, Binghami ton. N. Y.; Sidney Crandall and Charles Sobush, both of Chicago. Dunda was injured seriously and was given little chance to survive. 26 BOYS JOIN SONS OF LEGION To Initiate Members Tuesday; John McConnell Named Captain Plans for a Sons of American Legion organization here are almost completed, it was announced today. Twenty-six charter members of the order will be initiated Tuesday night, A,pril 26, at the local American Legion home. The Sons of Legion degree team from Fort Wayne Post No. 47, will confer the initiatory worto. First officers of the Sons of Lei gion will also be installed at the meeting, which will be attended by Legionnaires and other guests. John F. McConnell, son of Joe I McConnell, will be installed as the I first captain of the order. Other officers are: Bill Schnepp, Jr., first lieutenant; Gilbert Huffman, second lieutenant; Robert Porter adjutant; Robert Laurent, finance officer; Howard Gehrig, j color bearer; David Langston, seargant-at arms; Lawrence Rash chaplain and Thomas Roop, historian. The executive committee will be composed of John McConnell, Gilbert Huffman, and Robert Laurent. A free luncheon will be served to the boys and guests at the comple I tion of the ceremonies. i Following is the complete roster: I Karl B. Miller, Robert (?. Porter, John C. Porter, Lawrence E. Rash, i Carl E. Rash, Anthony J. Faurote, j Vincent A. Faurote, Carl W. Fau- ' rote. Bill Schnepp, Jr., Kenneth M. 1 Schnepp, Lewis L. Schnepp. John F. McConnell, .Itoward Gehrig, Ger'aid L. Gehrig, Wallace Liniger, Irvin Huffman, Gilbert Huffman. Thomas J. Roop, Bob L. Roop, Robert Laurent. Robert L. Yoder, Robert D. Zeser, David Langston and Sammy I Yost. —o- — Regular Legion Meeting Monday There will be a regular meeting of Adams Post Number 43 of the American Legion at the Legion home Monday at 8 o’clock. All members are requested to be present.

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Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, April 21, 1938.

Dr. Stephen .1. Corey College President Indianapolis, Apr. 21. |(U.R> Dr. Stephen J. Corey, president of the United Christian Missionary Society since 1930 has resigned to become president of the College of the Bible In Lexington, Ky., it was announced today by Dr. William F. Rothenburger, chairman of the board of trustees and board of managers of the united society. Dr. Rothenburger said a new president would be chosen soon to succeed Dr. Corey, whose resignation is effective July 31.

PLANS ANNUAL BIBLE SCHOOL Rev. R. W. Graham Named Dean Os Annual Vacation Bible School The Rev. Ralph W. Graham is the newly elected dean of the annual daily vacation Bible school, which opens here Tuesday, May 31, it was announced today. Classes will be opened on that .date and continue week days until Friday. June 17. The school will be open to students of the first six grades of public schools, and who are at least : five years of age on or before October, 1938. , The Rev. Graham also announc.ed his appointment of assistants, who will aid in the opening of the school. The Rev. James A. Weber will formulate the curricula and be in | charge of the securing of teachers. The Rev. George S. Lozier will arrange the worship periods. The Rev. Charles M. Prugh has been named recreational director, the Rev. George O. Walton, financial secretary and the Rev. Paul Brandyberry, registrar and publicity director. Complete details of the school will be announced at a later date. Charge (Jambling At State Tournament •4- . 'T7 T” .. Hammond, Ind"., April 21—(UP) Names of puiblic school officials and spectators at the state high school 'basketball tournament wno are charged with gambling and other "objectionable acts” by the public affairs committee of the Hammond church council, today where temimrarily withheld. The committee in a letter to the city school board urged that the officials be censored. “Do not permit high school athletic contests to be reduced to the level of a race track,” the letter said. Montpelier Truck Driver Is Missing Hartford City, Ind., April 21 — Authorities conducted a widespread search today for Merrill Hendricks bread truck driver of Montpelier, Indiana, and son of Sheriff Omer Hendricks of Blackford County. Hendricks was last seen at Summitville, Ind., late Tuesday while making a regular stop on his delivery route. Since then, no trace of him or his truck has been, found. Some officials advanced a theony that Hendricks may have been the victim of bandits.

Decatur Boy Scouts To Open Campaign Drive Next Monday

The Decatur Boy Scout committee will open its campaign for support of the area budget with a dinner HL h i' ■ - Hi hotel /Us ' paign chairman, today # announced W plans for conT ducting the campaign. Saturday, Boy Scouts oFthe city will distribute publicity folders explaining the Anthony Wayne area council budget. All campaign workers will attend the dinner meeting Monday to complete final plans for the drive here. Mayor Arthur R. Holthouse of Decatur and R. L. Van Horn, Anthony Wayne area executive, will speak at the dinner meeting. Actual solicitation of funds will start Tuesday morning and will be completed during the week. The Anthony Wayne area council comprises the nine counties of Adams, Allen, DeKalb, Huntington, Jay, Noble, Steuben, Wells and

ELKS INSTALL NEW OFFICERS Decatur B. P. O. Elks Install Officers Wednesday Night % Installation ceremonies for of- 1 fleers of the Decatur B. P. O. Elks ; were held at the home on North ' Second street Wednesday night. Burt Gage was installed as ex- I alted ruler for the second year. Other officers installed were: John L. DeVoss. esteemed leading knight; Walter Brunnegraff. esteemed loyal knight; Carl Baxter, esteemed lecturing knight; L. E. Beal, secretary; E. B. Adams, treasurer; H. A. Colchin, trustee for three years; Ben Knapke, tyler. Permanent appointments for the year, announced by the exalted ruler, were: R. C. Ehiuger, chap-1 lain; August Helman, esquire; Pete Reynolds, organist; Dick Miller, inner guard. Committee appointments for the year follow: house committee —J. L. Ehler, Harry Fritzinger, Joe Johns, Hugh Holthouse and Kenneth Beard; lapsation committee — H. J. Yager, Dick Tonnelier, Joseph Colchin; Easter egg hunt committee—David Baker, chairman; social and community welfare committee —Mart Braden, Walter Gilliom, Walter Brunnegraff. John Schurger, Fred Schulte, Dick Macklin and Al Schneider; Flag day committee —T. J. Metzler, J. L. Ehler, A. L. Colchin, F. J. Schmitt, E. B. Adams; entertainment committee — Walter Gilliom, Dick Deininger, David Baker. Mart Braden, Fred Schulte, John Schurger, H. A. Colchin, Pete Reynolds, and Kenneth Beard; visiting committee — Harry Fritzinger, Joe Johns, H. A. Colchin and Walter

Bockman. A free fish dinner was served to the members preceding the meeting. PLAN MEETING ON RECREATION Lay Committees Os Recreational Programs In State Meet At Lafayette Indianapolis. April 21 —The first state-wide meeting of volunteer lay committees of the Indiana Works Progress Administration recreation division is to be held at the Purdue University Union building in West Lafayette on April 28. John K. Jennings, stote WPA administrator announced today. Approximately 400 of the 600 members of the committees already have indicated they will attend the meeting, the administrator said. The meeting is to be preceded by a dinner at which Dr. Eduard C. Linderman of Washington, D C., national director of the VN PA recreation division, is to be the principal speaker. His subject is: “Function of lay committees in leisure time planning” Following the dinner Dr. Linderman is to lead a discussion of recreation plans and problems presented by members of the committees. The meeting of WPA lay committees throughout the state is to be held in conjunction with a joint (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE)

Whitley. There are now 90 troops, (*ub packs, and Sea Scout ships in this area, 50 of which are located in Allen county. The other eight counties have 40 troops, and the full time services of a fleltf executive. These eight counties have 45 per cent of the troops and 36 per cen of the boys registered in the area, but are raising only 22 per cent of the council budget. The following troops are located in Decatur: Troop 61—Sponsored by the Rotary club. Harry Grube, scout-; master; Harry Dailey, assistant; ■ Bryce Thomas and Carl C. Pumphrey, troop committee. Troop 62 — Sponsored by the I Lions club. Lowell Smith, scoutmaster; Dr. J. E. Morris, assistant; Dr. Eugene Fields. Clyde Butler. Roy Price and Dr. Harold Zwick, troop committee. Troop 63—Sponsored by the American Legion. W. S. Gladfelter, scoutmaster; Edward Jaberg, Chalmer O. Porter, Clarence Weber, troop committee. Cub Pack 61—Sponsored by the PTA council. David Wynn, Cub-, master; Rev. Homer J. Aspy, CharIqp Poe, Harold W. Baughn, Pack committee.

WAR VETERANS BATTLE NAZIS IN NEW YORK 100 American War Veterans Riot With 1,000 Nazi Members New York, April 21 —(UP) —One [hundred American war veterans : and more than 1,000 members of 1 the German-American (Nazi) bund rioted early today at the Yorkville casino, where the Nazis were celebrating the 4<9th anniversary of Chancellor Adolf Hitler. Seven veterans were so badly beaten they required medical attention. Many others went home to treat minor injuries. Four were arrested. Police equads restrained crowds outside the casino with difficulty when they saw [ bleeding men in war veterans’ overteas hats being carried from the hall. The crowd threatened to storm ' the building where Nazis were singing and dancing long after midnight, when Hitler’s birthday had ! elapsed. The: veterans wore their blue ' overseas caps boldly to the meet-' ing where thety were outmunbered ■ 10 to 1 by gray-shirted Nazis. Louisville Girl I. U. Prom Queen Bloomington. Ind.. Apr. 21.—<U.R> -Blue-eyed Jeanette Prinz, 19-year old Louisville, Ky., junior, today had been chosen queen of the annual junior prom at Indiana university. Election of the dark-haired co-1 ed by the junior men climaxed one of the most heated campaigns in the history of campus politics. Miss Prinz, a'member of Alpha! Chi Omega sorority, polled 176 of j the 499 votes cast, the heaviest, vote for a junior prom queen since ; 19395. Jane Bosart of Indianapolis, a Pi Beta Phi transfer from Butler running as an independent, was with 138. Harriet Scott of Griffith, Alpha Omicron Pi. was j third with 97 votes and Mary Ann Kunkel of Bluffton, Kappa Alpha | Theta, was fourth with 88. n— —————- Roosevelt And Ford To Confer South Sudbury, Mass, April 21 — (UP)— Henny Ford said today he will go to Washington April 27 to let President Roosevelt “look at someone who doesn't want any thing and who also doesn’t want to give him any advice.” , Arrangements for his meeting with the president were confirmed iby Ford in an interview held outeide the Old Grist Mill at his Wayside Inn estate. ’OAnatolian Quake Toll Is Over 800 Ankara, Turkey, Apr. 21.—KU.R) —Earthquakes are continuing in central Anatolia and 800 persons are dead or missing, according to reports from the stricken zone today. Eighteen villages were razed and i 22 partly destroyed, according to reports, and 50,000 persons were homeless. Greatest damage was done in| the Kirshehir and Yozgad areas accoring to reports. HOLD GLASSES ON FIRST AID WPA First Aid Classes To Be Given Monday, Thursday Evenings WPA first aid classes will be held each Monday and Thursdaj’ evening at the Decatur high school, it i was announced today by Dorus Stalter, first aid instructor. I The classes were originally schedj uled to be held on Tuesday of each i week. | Approximately one dozen are n°w 'enrolled with several more expected, Mr. Stalter stated. Interested adults may join the classes by contracting the instructor. Mr. iStalter returned last evening from Muncie, whore he attended the WPA district education conference held at Ball State college. Further information and instruction concerning first aid work were secured by the Instructor. A survey made by the WPA officers at Fort Wayne show that at , present there are 44,000 adults enrolled in first aid training in the state, and approximately 625 teachers employed.

Soviet Envoy? K Charles E. Stuart, New York engineer, is mentioned as a likely successor to Joseph E. Davies as U. S. ambassador to Russia on the transfer of the latter to Belgium in the near future. Stuart is a director of the American-Russian Chamber of Commerce. REV. JABERG IS ORDAINED Rev. Russel Lowell Jaberg Ordained As Presbyterian Minister The Rev. Russell Lowell Jaberg, formerly of this city, was ordained and installed into the Presbyterian ministry at Monticello last night. The Rev. Jaberg was assigned to the pastorate at the Monticello PreHbyteriaui church. Dr. Timothy Stone, president of the Presbyterian theological seminary, delivered the sermon. The Rev. Jaberg is a graduate of the Decatur high school, of the Heidelberg college of Tiffin, Ohio and Indiana university. He was recently graduated from the Chicago theological seminary. At present he holds a scholarship to Edinburgh. Scotland seminary, which he plans to use within a year or two. LOCAL MAN'S SISTER DIES Mrs. Adrian Schnepp Dies Wednesday At Fort Wayne Hospital Mrs. Adrian Schnepp, 36. of Fort Wayne, sister of Herman Brown, of Decatur, died Wednesday morning at the Lutheran hospital in Fort Wayne. Death occurred at 5 a. m. The deceased was born in Ohio February 11, 1902, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus Brown of Monroeville. She id survived by the husband and four children: Betty Louise, Vera Maxine, Dorothy Maye and Dolores Margaret, all at home. Three brothers, Herman, of this city, Dewey Brown of Glendale, California and Manuel of Sidney, Ohio; three sisters, Mrs. Maye Van Fleet of Findlay, Ohio; Mrs. Ocie Hauter of Morency, Michigan and Mrs. Lucy Gibson of Monroe, also survive. Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock at the Union Chapel church, three miles east of this city, with burial in the Maplewood cemetery. The Rev. McNelly, pastor of the Fort Wayne Christian church will officiate. o Decatur Elks Plan For Dance Saturday The Decautr B. P. O. Elks will hold a spring dance at the home on North Second street Saturday night, with dancing starting at 10 o’clodk. The dance is open to members and their invited guests. Admission will be $1 per couple, and an excellent orchestra from Fort Wayne has been obtained to play for the dance. o To Ask Office As Justice Os Peace W. O. Little will petition the county commissioners for appointment as a justice of the peace for Washington township. Under the law there can be two such officials and for some time there has been but one, John T. Kelly.

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14 MICHIGAN FACTORIES ARE STRIKE BOUND New Wave Os Labor Disputes Besets Factories And Hotels Detroit, April 21—(U.R)- Fourteen Michigan factories were strike bound today and 20 Detroit hotels were threatened by walk outs in a new wave of labor disputes. Estimates of number of men affected ranged up to 2,500. One controversy was settled temporarily when 200 members of the United Auto Workers' union agreed to return to their jobs in Chrysler Corporation’s Plymouth plant after filing charges of contract violation with the national labor relations board. The men stopped work two days in protest against the company's treatment of a union steward. Pickets continued to march in front of all eight of the Bohn Aluminum Corporation plants in Detroit and Hamtramck. -The Bohn strike won authorization and support of the international union after local UAW officials conferred with assistant president Richard T. Frankensteen. Other disturbances still were “w’ild cat” strikes. The hotel strike was threatened by Louis Koenig, secretary of the waiters and waitresses union, an American federation of labor affiliate, unless “independent hotels sign a contract similar to one concluded with the Detroit hotel association." Five Bohn aluminum plants closed this morning in sympathy with strikers who have held the company’s other three factories closed for two days. Although approximately 2.000 workers were affected, the large portion of the auto industry depends on their output of aluminum and glass parts. Detroit's last strike was at the Hulet Top and Body company. I UAW spokesmen blamed the strike on a 15 per cent \ ge cut and an increase in hours. Company offi- ' cials said that production had been at a standstill for weeks. They ' ridiculed the union's charges. o Warrant Issued For Archduke Otto Arrest Vienna, Apr. 21—KU.R>—The official police gazette announced today that a warrant had been published for the arrest of Archduke Otto Von Hapsburg, pretender to the throne. Archduke Otto is at his castle in Steenockerzeel, Belgium, it was understood. The nazi authorities instituted a treason investigation regarding him, the charge being that in an interview published in Paris he sought the aid of foreign nations in his efforts to become king. Under the warrant issued, he would be subject to arrest and trial if he returned to Austria. o - New Residence To Be Constructed Here The Charles Hite residence on Winchester street just north of the Hite store, has been moved to near the Church of God in the south part of town and will be remodeled as a parsonage. Mr. Hite will erect a new home on the Winchester lot, work to begin in about ten days.

REV. LOZIER’S RETURN ASKED Evangelical Church Congregation Asks Return Os Pastor In a meeting last night at the church, the congregation of the First Evangelical church here unanimously endorsed the return of the Rev. George S. Lozier, church pastor. C. E. Hocker, as delegate to the Evangelical conference at Kendall* ville next week, will present the endorsement of the local church for ratification by the conference. The local board also elected Earl Fuhrman as trustee for a threeyear period, during the business session. The Rev. Lozier has been pastor of the First Evangelical church for the past two years, coming here from the Broadway Evangelical church in Indianapolis. The Evangelical district confer* ence opens at Kendallville next Tuesday. Several other members, as well as Mr. Hocker, plan to attend.