Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 36, Number 120, Decatur, Adams County, 20 May 1938 — Page 1

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Arrested by G-Men I - /IBu W i I Ep I t» aB i John Stover I After two years of investigation, I G-men arrested five men and one woman at Hot Springs, Ark., charging them with having harbored the notorious Barker-Karpis gang. Those taken into custody included the former chief of police, former chief of detectives and John Stover, above, operator of the Hot Springs municipal airport. SPECIAL MEET ’ MAY BE NEEDED Special Assembly Session May Be Needed For Recovery Funds — Indianapolis, May 20 —(UP) —A ! special session of the Indiana leg- ' islature may be necessary if congress approves President Roosei velt’s Recovery program, Gov. M. Clifford Townsend anuoumed today. Wl •It might become necessary to ' consider calling a special session in order to cooperate fully with the federal government in its recovery program," Townsend said in a prepared statement issued from his office. "However, the question has not been discussed as yet because the recovery program is still before ’ congress.” It was pointed out that requests; i for a state building program having a total cost of J 5,250,000 already have been filed with PWA officials. If congress authorizes new grants the federal government would furnish 45 per cent of the cost and the • state legislature would have to api propriate additional funds to com- ! piete the program. State officials are concentrating i particularly on obtaining funds for | construction of a new three mil-1 lion dollar office building- Eleven projects were included in the request to PWA. “If congress goes ahead and allo- . cates money and places a time limit when governmental units can take ! advantage of the funds, it is possible a special session will be called hera” state budget director Edward Brennan said. Dick Heller, the governor’s execu1 (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) MEMORIAL FOR LEGION SUNDAY Annual Memorial Services At Baptist Church Sunday Morning Annual memorial services of Adams post number 43 of the American Legion will be held at the First Baptist church Sunday morning. The Rev. Homer J. Aspy, pastor I of the church, will deliver the mei mortal sermon at the service, which I will be held at 10:30 o’clock. The Legion post and all affiliated organizations, including the Civil War and Spanish-American War. veterans, and the ladies auxiliaiy orders, are invited to attend the serviceAll ex-service men are asked to wear caps, uniforms and badges. Those planning to attend the service will meet at'the Legion home. First and Madison streets, and will march to the church in a body. All members of the various organizations are asked to set aside this day and attend the service in honor | t>f their departed comrades.

JURY INDICTS OFFICIALS OF EASTERN CITY Mayor Os Waterbury, Conn., Other Officials Indicted Waterbury, Conn., May 20-(U.R) Deputies began serving bench ! warrants today on 27 men, including Lieut. Gov. T. Frank Hayes, who also is mayor of Waterbury, I and other city officials, charged in I a grand jury report with "rampant i corruption” and conspiracy to loot the city treasury of more than $1,000,000. State's Attorney Hugh M. Alcorn announced that the drive against the city political machine headed by Hayes would he extended to Hartford, the capital, and that he 1 might ask for bench warrants i against the minority leader of the | bouse, the president pro tern of I the senate, a former state WPA administrator and other state political figures. The grand jury which made a preliminary report late yesterday l and recommended the arrests, will resume its investigation next week, Alcorn said. There were two phases of the extraordinary grand jury's report. One referred to the city government. which the jurors said had been subjected to constant looting since 1931 when Hayes became mayor and installed his machine. The other involving the state officials. pertained to alleged illegal lobbying. The jurors urged that the following be prosecuted under the cori rupt practices act: John I). Thomas, Waterbury, i member of the governor's legislative council, minority leader of the house and state statute revision commissioner. Joseph H. Lawlor. Waterbury, ! president pro tern of the senate, state athletic commissioner and i third in line of succession to the governorship (Hayes is second.) State Senator Matthew A. Daly, New Haven, chairman of the approan«t v(«tiiter WI’A ktate administrator. Daniel F. B. Hickey. Stamford, (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) SCHOOL ANNUAL ' IS PUBLISHED 1938 Edition Os “Ravelings” Is Distributed To Public Today The 1938 edition of "The Raveli ings”, annual yearbook publication [of the Decatur high school, was released to the public today. The edition, which promises to be one of the most colorful and in'teresting In the history of the school, is beautifully bound in crimI son cover, with eilver lettering and decoration. The 1938 edition was dedicated | by the staff to the graduates who ; have gone forth in preceding years. Since this year's class is to be i the last graduated from the present Duilding the dedication of previous I classes was made. In addition to an added number lof feature photos and stories, the ! yearbook contains interesting bits regarding the building of the new I school and the razing of the old Central building. A floor plan of the new junior-senior high school is also shown. Pictures of the school board, school officials, faculty members, graduates, class members, and other iphotos in sports, social and dramatic activities complete the edition. James Krick was editor-in-chief of this year’s publication and Miss Gladys Miller his assistant. Miss Zula Porter was the business manager with Jaok Tricker as her assistant. Other members of the staff: Katherine Knapp. James Ehinger, Donnabelle Fenimore, Marguerite Staley, Gewn Blum, William Spahr, Meredith Cline, John McConnell, Ralph Scott, and Louis Bleeke. 46-Auto Caravan Goes Through City Forty-six autos, Dearing AFL banners and the insigna of a Battle Creek, Michigan, cereal company, went through the city about 10:30 o’clock this morning, with horns blaring. A state motorcycle cop accompanied the long (procession of cars. Residents of the city turned out enj masse, attracted by the tooting of the horns.

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Decatur, Indiana, Friday, May 20, 1938.

Graduate Speaker < Dr. Andrew W. Cordier, history professor at Manchester College, will deliver the address at com- I mencement exercises of the Deca- 1 tur high school Thursday evening,, May 26. ■' _ - _ _ _ I CHINA PLANES STAGE RAID ON JAPAN CITIES War Planes Drop Thousands Os Hand Bills On Cities, Towns Hankow. May 20 —(UP) —Chinese war planes flew over Japan today . in the first air raid in Japanese history and dropped thousands of I hand bills on cities and towns, it , was asserted officially. •IWe liave you at our mercy! China is strong and undefeated?” Premier H. H. Kung and war minister Ho Ling-Chin jubilantly . welcomed two giant bombing planes . which arrived at Hankow airdrome I and which, they said, were part of ' a squadron of 27 which raided Ja- | pan. "Our planes could have dropped bombs,” said Gen. Ho. "But only r 'Japanese finTtfilrfstsr are Chiba'S ‘ enemies—not the Japanese people.” '! Premier Kung greeted command'■er Hsu Hun-Shan, 31. who led the , raid. Hsu learned aviation in Germany and Italy—Japan's partners j in an anti-communist pact. > It was announced that all raidI ing planes returned safely to their | bases. First reports were that the planes I flew as far as Osaka, Japan’s sec- . ond largest city. But Gen. Ho said ' they confined their activities to KyI ushiu, southwestern most of the I Japanese Island group, and dropped hand bills on the great navy base cities of Nagasaki and Sasebo aI mong other cities. ', As the planes dropped their hand | bills Japanese people were celebrat- * ing the fall of Suchow. The Chinese planes left their ' j base last night, it was asserted, and ' spent several hours flying over I I Japan this morning. Japanese planes did not take oft to oppose 11 them, it was said, and anti aircraft I gutis were not fired. The only recog- ■ nition accorded the Chinese planes ! it was said, was a complete blackout of cities and towns in the fleet’s I I path. LEGION OPENS ! SAFETY DRIVE I. Adams Post Participates In “Safety Driving Program’’ Here ’i Adams Post No. 43, American . Legion, has opened preparations L for a "Safety Driving Program” in ’ Adams county, with the post as ’ local sponsors. ' Legion officials under the direc’ition of Commander Ralph E. Roop [opened plans this week upon the : [ request of Herb Kern, of this city, ’ fourth district safety chairman. 1 1 The proposed campaign includes • i the showing of tow safety films, , “Stop, Look and Listen” and “Night Driving,” prepared especially for use in the program and are at the disposal of the local P A definite date for the showing of the films is to be decided later. City and county officials, traffic directors, police and other interbested persons will be invited to * | attend the showing. The ladies’ ' auxiliary and Sons of the Legion [will be special guests. The program has Rfeen endorsed • by the national organization as - one of the major community ser(ivice projects in which all posts |can participate.

COURT ORDER IS REVERSED Decision In Mortgage Foreclosure Reversed By High Court I Official notice has been received by County Clerk G. Remy Blerly that the state supreme court has reversed a case appealed by Leslie F. McClure and others, and which was originally brought by the Federal Land Bank of Louis ville and others. The case was originally filed in Wells county and was venued to i this county for trial. A change of judge was also taken and the decision in the Adams circuit court was rendered by Judge Hanson F. Mills, of Portland, acting as special judge. The supreme court found against the Federal Ijand Bank. The question in the case arose . from a foreclosure of mortgage lease brought by the Federal Land Bank and in which the Land Bank had asked that a receiver be appointed during the period of redemption. The .action was brought originally against Joseph R. McClure, who died December 8, 1935. His heirs. Leslie F. McClure, a son, and Eva Reber, a daughter, were substituted as defendants. In asking that a receiver be appointed during the period of redemeption. the Land Bank set out the fact that neither Joseph McClure nor his son resided on the 142.34 , acre farm and therefore did not have possession of it. However, [ it was admitted they farmed the land. The bank recovered a judgment of $11,409.84 on the notes and mortgages, but the; sale of the I farm by the sheriff brought in only $10,178 so the Federal Land Bank took a deficiency judgment of , $1,369.76. It was asked that a re- . ceiver be appointed during the year of redemption to pay taxes and meet the deficiency judgment, . assessments and other expenses. | In view of the fact that the farm produced 100 acres of corn and beans durin gthe year, consider- ‘ able money was involved. In settling aside the order of ! Special Judge Mills in appointing la receiver, the supreme court held : (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) STOCKHOLDERS ARE ASSESSED Bluffton Judge Enters Judgments Against Bank Stockholders ’ Bluffton, May 20.—KU.R>~Special) — Judgments totaling $12,579.45 were entered upon order of Judge John Decker in the Wells circuit court against several stockholders of the Old Adams County Bank ' j on two complaints, brought by the I state department of financial in- ! stitutions for the Old Adams Coun--1 ty Bank of Decatur to collect 100 per cent stockholders’ liability ' assessments. ' Previous to the trial, Judge ' Decker had, upon motion of the '! attorney for the bank, Henry B. i Heller, stricken out all of the specific defenses set up by the at1 torneys for the defense, leaving only an answer in general denial. Defense attorneys then agreed upon the entering of the judgments without contest. Several stock--1 holders their assessments during the pendency of the case. Judgments are shown as follows: ' George T. Burk, $2,500; Rose Clark, $750; Esaias Fullenkamp, 1 $400; William A. Klepper, $1,000; j Benjamin Knapke, $100; Clement i! Kortenber, $300; Harry R. Moltz, i $440; Mary J. Niblick, $2,500; Emilia Tonnelier, $100; Martin I Gilson, S3OO. William S. Bowers, $100; Esth- ■ er Bowers, $100; Herbert Busick, i $500; Clem Colchin, $57.71; Gerti rude Colchin, $113.94; William H. , Cook. $300; Anton Ehrman, $100; Esther Ehrman, $100; Velma Ehri man, $100; Walter Ehrman, $100; , Gertrude Holthouse, $96.64; Hel- . ena Holthouse, $77.13; Margaret ■[Holthouse, $800; Rena Huffman, i $100; Joe Lose, S2OO. Frank Schumacher, $44.03; Carl I (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) ■ I . o Regular Legion Meeting Monday I ■ A regular meeting of Adams Post 43 will be held at the Legion home Monday evening. May 23. A special feature of the meeting will be the showing of a safety film by H. L. Kern, fourth district safety chairman. Ail members are urged to attend.

GIVE PROGRAM OF EXERCISES FOR GRADUATES High School Commencement Exercises To Be Held May 26 The complete program for the [ 157th annual graduation exercises j of the Decatur high school, to be held In the school gymnasium on Thursday night, May 26, was an-1 nounced today by Walter J. Krick, i city school superintendent. 1 Dr. Andrew W. Cordier, professor of history at Manchester college, North Manchester, a prom- : inent lecturer and traveler, will ! deliver the commencement address. "Living Like Kings,” will [be the theme of the address. i Sixty members of the senior iclass of the school will receive. : diplomat during the exercises. Following is the complete pro- I ; gram: Overture —“Lustspiel”. Keler Beier Girls' Orchestra Invocation. Music—Pilgrims' Chorus . Wagner Pipes of Spring Driga-Wilson Glee Club Address, "Living Like Kings" Dr. Andrew W. Cordier, Professor of History, Manchester College. Vocal Solo Janet Schrock : Presentation of Graduating Class i W. Guy Brown, principal of Decatur high school. ITesentation of Diplomas Ira B. Fuhrman, president of Decatur school board. i Benediction. Gipsiana —“Themes From Hungary” Yoder Girls’ Orchestra The glee club selections will be in charge of Miss Helen Jlaubold. music supervisor of the Decatur public schools and the girls’ or-1 ichstra selections will be in lof Miss Zula Porter and Berniece Beineke. Following the commencement exercises the annual senior prom t dance will be held in the gymnas tum. with a pwpokM' orcheslra taxa-. ishing the music. The commencement will start at 8 p. in. o Central Soya Co, On Daylight Time — The Central Soya company will go on daylight savings time next I Monday. This is being done to make ! the time used between the Decatur plant and the Fort Wayne office co- , I incide. No change in time will be , ' made at the Central Sugar company. Local Man’s Brother Dies At Portland I A. C. Butcher of this city receiv- 1 i ed word today of the death Thurs-1 . [ day of his brother, Alexander B. . | Butcher. 65, at his home in Port- | land. Surviving are the widow, four children, two brothers and two sisi ters. Funeral services will be held at the Bryant Wesleyan Methodist . church .Saturday morning at 10 , o’clodk. Burial in the Gravel Hill i cemetery, west of Bryant. , > ——o TO BROAOUST ON SECURITY Three Nation - Wide Broadcasts To Explain Social Security Indianapolis, May 20 —The United ' States social security program will [ be outlined in three addresses over I ; the nation wide hook-up of the Col- ; umbia Broadcasting Sytem on May--26, June 2 and June 9. All citizens ’ [of Indiana are urged to listen to I i the series. The federal-etate iplan of co-o.per- j .; ation in the program of providing unemployment compensation will be the subject for discussion on May 26. George E. Bigge, member of the social security board, will be interviewed by Miss Ruth Brine, I member of the educational staff of . the Columbia Broadcasting System. This program will be on the air at 5:45, central standard time. On June 2, Miss Mary Dewson. . ’ member of the social security board [ will speak on “A New Way of Meet- j : ' ing an Old Responsibility — Help ■ Those in Need.” This program is 1 also scheduled for 5:45. ) On June 9, Frank Bane, executive . director of the social security - Board, will be interviewed on “SO- - clal Security—Everybody’s Business”, also at 5:45.

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Noted Actor Dies : i JL ; V•> < 1 111 i- t i ■' ' Anton Lang Anton Lang, simple Bavarian potter famed as the portrayer of Christ in the Oberammergau Passion Plays, died in a Munich hospital at the age of 63 following an operation. CLUB LEADERS . HOLD MEETING Home Economics Club Leaders, Presidents Meet Thursday Leaders and presidents of the [ Adams county home economics ' clubs held their third meeting of j the year Thursday at the Moose | home in this city. Mrs. E. W. Busche. county presi-' dent, conducted It short business ; meeting, urging each member to' j observe the month of June as the I | month every home in the county should be visited by club members. She also urged all county and state (dues be paid the county treasurI er, Mrs. James Moses, on or be- ' fore September 20. L. 12. Archbold, county agent, urged the clubs to prepare a display for the annual Decatur Free [ Street Fair in August. During the noon hour. Miss Josephine Yanachek, the state nurse, spoke regarding crippled children in the state, asking that the aines of such children be reported to the welfare office. A delicious pot luck dinner was j served during the noon hour. Well Dressed Windows "Beauty in window curtaining 'counts more than anywhere else [in the room because of two reas[ons: First, that it is up at eye i level, and secondly, we look in l that direction morte than in any other. This is because the window |is Cue connecting link between ! indoors and outdoors,” suggested Miss Blanche Zaring. of the home j economics extension department j of Purdue University during the meeting. * It was emphasized that well dressed windows should appear uniform from the outside, which] necessitates that all blinds be of I '(CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) Attend Funeral In California The Misses Charlotte and Olga Reinking of Fort Wayne, formerly of this city, left Thursday afternoon lor Escondida, Cal., to attend the funeral of their brother-in-law and uncle, W. F. Eden. Mrs. Eden, | a sister of Mise Charlotte Reinking, is well known locally, having | resided in Decatur until moving I j to Escondido 20 years ago. ■[ On her return trip Miss Olga Feinking will visit the Wheatridge Sanatorium in Denver, Col. and the Mormon Temple in Salt Lake City. Utah. She will be gone two weeks. Mies Charlotte Reiniking will re- ■ main for a several weeks visit with her sister, Mrs. Eden.

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Senate Committee Agrees Tentatively To Boost Amount Asked By The President. PICKET STATIONS Washington, May 20 — (U.R) — A senate appropriations subcommittee tentatively agreed today to increase President Roosevelt’s request for works progress administration funds to $1,425,000,000 to provide work relief for the first eight months of the 1939 fiscal year. Chairman Alva B. Adams, D., Colo., said the subcommittee was "virtually agreed" on a plan to add $175,000,000 to the $1,250,000,000 President Roosevelt requested for j work relief in the $3,154,425,000 recovery bill. The committee met as WPA Administrator Harry L. Hopkins prepared to cope with the heaviest I summer relief load In history of [ the relief organization. Hopkins predicted that relief rolls in the ' near future will have to be increasj ed to 2.800,000 or perhaps 3.000.000. ! Relief rolls currently are at 2.600,000. Adams said that my projecting the president's appropriation one month longer congress would have an extra month to appraise the situation next session. President Roosevelt's request would have I provided funds only for seven [ months —until Feb. 1, 1939. The current situation was unusual because in previous years there have been marked declines in relief rolls during the summer months. If it becomes necessary to increase WPA rolls to 3.000.000 workers, it will be the first time since the early months of 1936 that they have reached that level. In only one month since the inception of WPA in the summer of 1935 has the total number of WPA i porkers exceeded $3,000,000. In i February. 1936. it reached a high [of 3.035,852. For nearly two years I —until November. 1937—WPA etn ployment declined to a low of about | 1.450,000. In February. 193.8. howi ever, it jumped over the 2.000.000 | mark and has been increasing i steadily each month. The latest available figures, parI tially estimated, show WPA etn- : ployment for the week ending May | 14. 1938. as 2.627.848. Hopkins said that it would be j necessary to increase WPA rolls i in all industrial centers, but hinted ■ that state legislatures should do all [ within their power to meet the impending problem. He specifically blamed, the states of Illinois and Ohio for the critical Chicago and Cleveland relief situations, adding that sufficient funds were available in both states to care for relief clients if legislators would appropriate them. “I know of no citizen in Cleveland who doesn't think the federal government Is doing all it can,” he said. In the last four or five months he said that WPA rolls there had been increased nearly 50.000 to the present 70,000. In Illinois the WPA quota has 1 been increased to 120.000 workers. Hopkins said, although the Illinois legislature has $9,000,000 in its treasury specifically for relief purposes. Protest Closing Chicago. May 20—(U.R) -Ragged men and women, many leading (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) —o STUDENT TALKS TO ROTARIANS Air Mail Week, Uses Os Oxygen Subjects Os Regular Meeting Talks on Air Mail Week and th« manufacture of oxygen were given last night at the regular meeting of the Decatur Rotary club. A demonstration of the commercial uses oC oxygen was given in connection with the talik on the latter subject. William Hunter, a member of the pulblic speaking class of the Decatur high school, spoke on air mail week: and paid tribute to the Wright brothers for their invention of the air plane. The Wright brothers flew their first plane at Kittyhawk, N. C.. 35 years ago. H L. Schtick of the Indiana Oxygen Comipany, gave a very instructive talk and demonstration of the manufacture of oxygen., Charles Langston was chairman of the program.