Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 36, Number 128, Decatur, Adams County, 31 May 1938 — Page 1

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■ion Men Are Bossed By China ■ On North Front

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DEATH CLAIMS MRS. OBEN AUER Mrs. Hattie Obenauer Dies Early Today, Funeral Thursday Mrs. Hattie Studabaker-Obenauer 77, member of a pioneer northeastern Indiana family, prominent in civic, social and community life and one of Decatur’s best known citizens, died at her home this morning at 12:20 o’clock. She had been In ill health for the last few years but became seriously 111 about a week ago. Death was due to complications. Mrs. Obenauer was the daughter of the late Harriet Evans and Judge David Studabaker. Her father was I one of the first settlers in this I part of the state and was well known over Indiana. Born, January 30, 1861, in Decatur, she spent her entire life in this city with the exception of a few years during which she resided in Marion. She had traveled widely both in the United States and abroad and had visited England, i Egypt, the Holy Land and many oth-, er places to which she was attract-1 ed by her love of literary, religious, historical and social interests. She was educated in the Decatur public schools and Glendale college at I Glendale, Ohio. Her marriage to the late Philip | Obenauer took place August 17, 1917. He preceded her in death in 1922. There were no children. Surviving are one sister, Mrs. John Niblick, of this city, and a number of nephews and nieces. Two sisters. Mrs. Elizabeth Morrison. of Decatur, and Mrs. Maggie , S. Vesey, of Fort Wayne, and two brothers, John and David E. Studabaker, of Decatur, preceded her in death. Mrs. Obenauer was a member of > the Gethsemane Episcopal church I at Marion. Among the organizations to which she was affiliated were the Mary Penrose Wayne chapter of the D. A. R. of Fort Wayne, the Ladies’ Shakespeare and the Decatur Women's clubs of Decatur, the Adams county historical society and the Indiana historical society. She was a charter member of the Ladies Shakespeare cluo, one of the oldest ladies’ clubs in Indiana. and also of the Adams county historical society. During the Centennial celebration for Decatur in '1936 she wrote a number of historical articles and gave much of her time. Mrs. Obenauer had served on both the Adams county and the state bbard of charities, and her knowledge of welfare problems was recognized over the state. Funeral services are to be held in the home at 222 North Fourth street, Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. C.S.T. The Rev. Henry L. Euran, rector of the Gethsemane Episcopal church at Marion will officiate, assisted by the Rev. Ralph (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

LOCAL LADY'S BROTHER DIES Jacob Weileman Dies Monday Morning Near Fort Wayne Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon for Jacob Weilemman, 74, brother of Mrs. Amelia Worthman of this city, who died Monday at the home of ai daughter, Mrs. William Federspiel near Fort Wayne. Death was attributed to embolism [ and occurred Monday morning at 3:20 o’clock, following a two week’s illness. The deceased was a member of the Emanuel church. The services will be held at the Federspiel home at 1:30 p.m Thursday and at the church at 2 o’clock. Burial will be made in the New Haven I. O. O. F. Cemetery. ‘Survivors include: three daughters, Mrs. Emma Pratt of Harvey, Illinois; Mrs. Federspiel and Mrs. Clara Mariotte of Fort Wayne; three sons, Carl of Fort Wayne, Theodore and Herman of New a ven. p Two sisters, Mrs. Worthman of this city; and Mrs. Lydia Heine of of Fort Wayne and a brother, Rudolph of Allen county also survive.

COURT REFUSES TO RECONSIDER NEW DEAL PLEA Not To Reopen Decision In Kansas City Stockyards Case Washington. May 31 —(U.R) —The supreme court today concluded its 1937-38 term with a refusal to reconsider new deal pleas that it reopen its decision setting aside rate orders proposed by Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace for Kansas City commission men. The court's action was a blow to the administration which had contended that the stockyards ruling reversed a 1936 decision in the same case. At the same time the court failed to announce any action on the plea of Thomas J. Mooney for a review of the refusal of California courts to order his release from prison. Failure to act today means that the court’s decision will not be announced until next October when the new court term begins. John Finerty, Mooney’s attorney, said he had been authorized by the court to announce the reason for the court’s refusal to act positively in the Mooney case one way or another was because of the length of the record in the case. The court has permitted Mooney’s attorneys to file a typewritten copy of previous court proceedings and eidence instead of the regular printed record. The typewritten record runs about 15U0 pages. Finerty said, and must be reviewed by the justices in sequence rather than simultaneously as is usually the case. The court said, Finerty announced. it would act on the case as soon as possible after the court convenes in October. The court closed its term with two important decisions upholding the national labor relations board. It ordered the third circuit court of appeals at Philadelphia to vacate an order prohibiting the board from reopening its case against Republic Steel Corp., and it denied a request to reconsider its refusal to review a labor*lsbard decision ordering Remington-Rand, inc., to reemploy 4.000 strikers. The Republic Steel decision will have immediate repercussions in (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

ALPHA ELZEY DIES SUNDAY Brother Os Decatur Man Died Sunday At Home Near Monroe Alpha C. Elzey, 64, brother of Ira Elzey of this city, died Sunday morning, May 29. at 4 o'clock at his home two miles east and a half mile south of Monroe. Death was caused by complications. The deceased was a life-time resident of Adams county, having been born here February 16, 1874. He was a member of the Friends church. He is survived by his wife, Lida Elzey, two sons, Clarence of Monroe and Donald of Fort Wayne, one grandsn and the brother, Ira of Decatur. A daughter Blanche is deceased. Funeral services were held this afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Pleasant VallejT thurch with the Rev. Milo Bousman. assisted by the Rev. (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) Morice C. Williams Dies At Hospital Morice Clint Williams, 79, of three miles west of Bryant, died at. the Adams county memorial hospital here Monday night at 7:47 o’clock. He had been ill about two weeks and was suffering from complications. His wife preceded him in deatn May 3. He is survived by two brothers and two sisters. A brother and a sister are deceased. Funeral services will be held near Bryant, but the date has not been set. oLocal Man’s Brother Heart Attack Victim Gale C. Lintemoot, 26, brother of Glair Lintemoot of this city, died Sunday at Sturgis, Mich., of a sudden heart attack. A native of Van Wert, Ohio, the deceased had uvea in ‘Sturgis for eight years. Surviving are the widow, the parents three brothers, four sisters, and a grandfather, Newton Putman Ohio City, 0. Funeral services will be held at Sturgis Wednesday afternoon.

Decatur, Indiana, Monday, May 31, 1938.

Traffic Manager i i i i G. D. Mac Lean of Chicago has been appointed traffic manager of the McMillen Feed Mills. Inc. Mr. Mac Lean, who will reside in this city, will assume his #tew duties June 1. NAME TRAFFIC HEADj Chicago Man Named Traffic Manager For McMillen Feed G. G. Mac Lean, of Chicago, has been appointed traffic manager for the McMillen Feed Mills, Inc., of Fort Wayne and Decatur, effective June 1. Over twenty years experience with traffic problems in the grain and feed industry makes Mr. MacLean most capably fitted for this position. Mr. Mac-Lean’s experience in the feed industry began in 1928, when he was appointed traffic manager of the Wayne Feed Co., Inc., at Fort Wayne. In 1931, he was transferred to Chicago as assistant to the general traffic | manager of Allied Mills. Inc., Chicago with whom he has been associated for the past seven years. Mr. Mac Lean has made exhaustive studies and analyses of rate and transit matters affecting the grain and feed industry, and has appeared before the traffic committees of many carriers, and before the interstate commerce commission on various occasions. He is a member of the Chicago Traffic Club, the traffic committee ' of the American Feed Manufacturers Association, the Soybean Processors Association, and the Illinois | Industrial Traffic Council. Mr. Mac Lean is married and has two children. He will assume his duties on June 1 at the plant in this city, where he will make his residence. oReservations For Banquet Tonight Reservations for the Adams I county Indiana University alumni i banquet, to be held at the Rice Hotel Wednesday night at 6:30 o'clock must be in the hands of Mrs. Ralph Yager by this evening, it was announced today. Clarence McNabb, Fort Wayne attorney and district I. U. alumni chairman, will be the principal speaker. Tick-1 I ets are selling for 75 cents. o First Concert To Be Given Thursday The first of a series of 10 band concerts to be given during the summer by the Girl’s band and the high school band, will take place Thursday evening at 8 o’clock on the south side of the court house. Albert Sellemeyer, director of the bands, stated that the concerts | would be given on the platform over the coal room on the south side of the court house, facing Liberty way. The public is invited to hear the program.

Civil War Veterans Unable To Attend Annual Services

The three persons who were probably the most desirous of witnessing Decatur and Adam’s county’s annual Memorial Day celebration Monday were unable to attend. The county’s three living Civil War veterans were all confined to their homes and unable again to march to the strains of tunes that once pitched their spirit for battle. For Robert A. Drummond, 97year old veteran of many a Blue and Gray battle, it was his first absence from the celebration. To partly allay his disappointment at being unable to attend, officers of Adams Post No. 43, American Legion, visited Mr. Drummond at his home, east of the city. Drummond, who joined the Union forces when but 20 years of age,

OBSERVANCE OF MEMORIAL DAY HERE IS QUIET American Legion Holds Annual Observance Os Holiday The Memorial Day holiday was | observed quietly in Decatur Mon-1 day. with the annual observance by Adams post number. 43 of the American Legion as the feature of the day. Only a few minor accidents in the city and county marred the j day, with no serious injuries nor deaths reported. The Legion’s observance opened Monday morning with services at the two Decatur cemeteries. Services at the St. Joseph's cemetery were held at the grave of Robert W. Meibers and at the Maplewood cemetery at the grave of Albert i Mutschler. Led by the color guard of Legion- 1 naires and auxiliary members, the j annual Memorial Day parade, start-: ing on Liberty Way, proceeded to i the Monroe street river bridge, where services were held for the sailor dead. The line of march then returned I to the court house, where final services were held at the peace [' monument. The memorial declaration was read by Ralph E. Roop, Adams post commander, with prayer by Ed Bauer, chaplain. The memorial service closed I with the sounding of taps. In the line of march, following the color guard, was the Decatur high school band, followed by i Spanish-American War veterans. I World War veterans and auxiliary members, and a large number of boys and girls of the city on foot and on bicycles. The Legion-sponsored accordion band made its first appearance during the parade, riding on a large truck. Normal Wefel is president of the newly-organized baud. Mrs. Augsburger is the director and other officers are Luella Frohnapfel, vice-president; Vera Bauer, secretary. David Adams was general chairman of the observance. Business Suspended Most of the Decatur business houses were closed the entire day and little activity was reported. JOHN BERNING | DIES MONDAY Adams County Native Dies At Home Near Hoagland Monday Funeral services for John Bern- , ing, 69, of near Hoagland, a native ; of Adams county who died Monday ! morning will be held Wednesday afj iernoon. Death was attributed to a cere- ' bral hemorrhage at 2:15 Monday morning. The deceased was a member of the St. Peter’s Lutheran church and was a native of Adams county. He ' had resided in Allen county for the past 28 years. Surviving, ’besides the widow are three daughters, Mrs. Phil Welck and Mrs. Ivan Parrish of Fort Wayne and Mrs. Henry W. Hockemeyer, of Decatur; two sons, Otto and Leo Berning of Hoagland. A brother, George Berning of Adams county, two sisters, Mrs. William Gallemeyer of Adams county and Mrs. Lawrence Koeneman of iFort Wayne, and eight graudchild- : ren also survive. The services will be held at the home at 1 :<3O p. tn. Wednesday and at the church at 2 o’clock. The body was taken from the Zwick funeral home to the residence Monday.

fought in three major battles, was shot in the ankle and the amputation of his foot followed. He. is the oldest of the living vets. David Baker, 91, a member of the 54th Brigade, Second Division, 15th corps of the Union army, lives south of Pleasant Mills with his son, Curtis. William Howard Parr, also 91 years of age, resides east of Berne. His memory recalls stirring skirmishes under General Ulysses S. Grant, whose forces he joined when but 18 years old. All three of the veterans are in apparently fair health considering their 90-odd years, but none was able to attend the celebration in memory of their deceased comrades and themselves.

Kidnapers Fail To Return Lad To Parents After Collecting Ransom Demands Os SIO,OOO

MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND DEATH ! TOLL IS LOWER Traffic Accidents Far Less Than On Same Date One Year Ago (By United Press) The number of persons killed in traffic accidents throughout the j country during the Memorial day i weekend was far below that of the i same holiday last year, a United i Press survey showed today. During the three-day holiday ' which ended at midnight, 266 lives were lost on the highways, in shootings, accidental drownings, floods, and freak accidents. Less than half—l 32 —died in automo- | bile accidents, although motor a'lubs reported heavy traffic. One hundred and thirty-four persons died from miscellaneous causes. Last year approximately 500 ■ persons died violently, about twoI thirds of them In automobile acciI dents. Safety campaigns sponsorj ed by officials and civic groups, in I many cases on an interstate basfs, I were credited with the decrease this year. Illinois and Ohio reported 23 deaths each. Thirteen of Illinofe’ deaths were on the highways. Last year the state had 24 traffic fatalities. California reported 21 deaths and Pennsylvaia 20. The national safety council announced at its Chicago headquarters today that a reduction in traffic accidents during the past six months had saved 2,850 lives. The council said there were 2,060 fewer traffic deaths in the first tour months of 1938 than in the corresponding period of 1937, and that if the rate is maintained, there will be a saving of 7,500 lives throughout 1938, as compared to the number killed in 1937. The worst tragedy of the holiday occurred yesterday at Manchester, Ky. A negro mother and eight of her children were drowned when their home was washed away by flood waters of Tobey creek which went over its banks after • a cloudburst in the Cumberland mountains. The water swept down through the valley and carried away five homes. Authorities reported that only live of the bodies ' were recorfded. 1 ; At Indianapolis, a spectator at ’ the 500-mile Memorial Day race was killed when a wheel flew from a racing car and struck him. The ■ i driver was injured seriously. ' Two Ohioans, lost their lives at j Cheboygan, Mich., when a privater. ' ly-owned plane crashed into a lake. I Two persons were killed in plane > crashes in California. • ' Mrs. Nora Boyce, mother of six ! children, was held on a charge of > I murder at Old Bridge, N. J., for ; | shooting her husband to death, rei portedly because he had argued ’ | with her about getting her hair > i cut.

GENEVA MAN IS HELD AT ANGOLA Lester Morningstar Is Under Arrest For Forging Checks Angola authorities are holding Lester Morningstar, 25-year old Geneva resident, on a charge of issuing forged cheeks. Morningstar is alleged to have forged four checks, totalling $45 at Angola stores on May 21. He, authorities charge, signed the name of Sherman Cole, his former employer, and made them in favor of Chester Smitley, also an employe c.f Cole's. Morningstar allegedly forged Smitley’s signature to all of the checks. He was arrested at his mother's home in Geneva Friday night by State Detective Ed Rose and taken to the state police barracks at Ligonier, and was then taken to Angola by state ipolice. He will ibe tried on the charge at Angola after Angola merchants have the opportunity to identify him.

SEVERAL HURT IN ACCIDENTS Two Persons Seriously Injured, Others Only Slightly Two persons are in a serious condition at the Adams county memorial hospital and a number of others were less seriously injured in automobile accidents over the weekend. Peter Minlch, 78, of this city received a fractured hip and minor injuries when a car in which he was riding turned over at a curve near Geneva Sunday. Other occupants of the automobile sustained only minor injuries. It was said todayJtis condition was serious because of his advanced age. He is a patient at the Adams county memorial hospital. Robert Taylor, of near Monroeville, was brought to the Adams county memorial hospital Monday to lie treated for injuries sustained in an automobile crash on a bridge near Dixon, Ohio. His physician said he was suffering from a compound comminuted (splintered) fracture of the left femur and large cuts near his eye and on his leg. His condition is serious. Seven persons were involved in an accident Monday night on U. S. highway 27 about seven miles north of Decatur when one automobile ran into the rear of another. In one car were Dale Anderson of 2032 S. Clinton street, Fort Wayne, Alice Miller, of 1430 Michigan avenue, Fort Wayne, and Dorothy Stritmaler, of 1311, St. Mary's avenue, Fort Wayne. They were treated at the Adams county memorial hospital and dismissed shortly after. Occupants of the other car were Lawrence Morand. Arnold Stauffer and Lester Habegger, all of Berne. Minor accidents over the week(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

BIBLE SCHOOL CLASSES OPEN Annual Daily Vacation Bible School Opens This Morning The classes of the annual daily vacation Bible school were opened today in the auditorium of the Decatur high school. A total of 119 students, representative of 14 respective churches was enrolled today, the Rev. Ralph W. Graham, school dean, reported this noon. The Zion Reformed church and First Methodist Episcopal church of this city, with 28 and 26, respectively, had the largest enrollment. Other enrollments: First Evangelical, 17; First U. B„ 16; Church of God, 11; Zion Lutheran. 5; First Presbyterian, 4; First Baptist, 3; Church of Nazarene, Eighth St. U. 8.. two each; Mennonite Salem Reformed and Pleasant Grove U. B . one each; unclassified, two. The Rev. Graham urged the parents of the city to enroll their children in the school, since every effort is being made to serve the community in Christian education through the medium of the school. The classes will be held each week, Monday through Friday, from 8:20 o'clock in the morning until 11:30 a. nt., until June 17. The commencement exercises will be held on that date in the high school auditorium. One change was made in grouping students. Kindergarten students who were to have been five years of age before October 1 were first permitted to enroll. The date has been set up to January 1, 1939, thus permitting all children five years old before that date to enter. o Miss Lulu Ervin Will Speak Here Miss Lulu D. Ervin, secretary of the mid west office of the American Mission to Lepers, Inc., will lecture on the subject of leprosy in Decatur, June 2. Meetings have been arranged through Mrs. Jesse W. Rice. Miss Ervin will speak In the First Presbyterian church at 2:30. All the denominational churches in the county are invited to attend this meeting. At 6:30 p. nt. Miss Ervin will address the Rotary club.

Price Two Cents.

Kidnaped Lad’s Father Pays Ransom Demands But Florida Youth Is Still Held. FEAR SAFETY Princeton, Fla., May 31 —(U.R)Fear for safety of five-year-old James Cash Jr., grew today as his kidnapers who collected 110,000 ransom at dawn, failed to make good their promise to return the boy by noon. As the noon deadline was passed. danger of violence from angry Florida farmers increased Gathered in angry knots, the farmers earlier had been told to delay any action a tleast until noon. G-men and local law enforcement officers withheld action in the case, hopeful that the tow headed boy still may be returned safely. James B. Cash Sr., father of the boy, drew SIO,OOO in five, 10, 20 and 50 dollar bills from a Miami bank yesterday. Between 4 and 4:45 a. m. today, after a zigzag drive over back-country roads, he made contact with the kidnapers and handed over the ransom. Under the agreement, the boy was to be returned by noon. But at the deadline, there was no indication that the promise would be kept. W. P. Cash, uncle of the kidnaped boy—seventh child victim of abductors since 1932 — confirmed that the ransom was paid between 4 and 4:45 a. m. today. The uncle said the elder Cash, well-to-do operator of a general store and a string of filling stations, delivered the ransom at a rendezvous 200 yards from a negro shack before dawn today. Threats of violence were heard as angry knots of men ranging from boys in their teens to middleaged farmers gathered in front of Cash's general store and at nearby Homestead, Fla. W. P. Cash, however, brought the men a message from his brother. asking them to take no action until noon. The uncle revealed that the Cash family has received three ransom notes from the kidnapers. The first communication, pinned on the door of the uncle’s home, directed the parents to a second note which gave directions for a ransom contact which at first was to have been made last midnight. The third note, the uncle said, was delivered when the first attempt to make a contact failed. i In response to the third note, daringly left at the Cash home while it was crowded with members of the family, the father and agents of the federal bureau of investigation left at 4 a. m. on a second lonely ride through the Redland fruit district. According to the uncle, Cash followed a winding, zigzag route which ended near the negro shack A man signalled with a flash light, but he saw it too late, passed and had to back up. He then handed the SIO,OOO in five, ten, twenty and fifty dollar bills to the kidnaper. It was understood that Cash and the contact man exchanged words, but the nature of the conversation (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) " WORK STARTED ON NEW FRONT New Front Is Being Installed At Morris & Joe Shop A new front for the Morris & Joe barber shop on West Monroe street was started this morning by a crew of workmen. The old wooden front is to be torn but and a new modernistic glass front installed. The front of black and white will be similar to several other new fronts being installed by city business firms. New barber equipment is also being installed in the shop, including new barber chairs, bars and fixtures. Installing of the equipment Is being done simultaneously with the renovating of the store front. The shop is operated by Morris Pingry and Joe Murphy. A similar glass front is being installed on the Citigens' Telephone company and Wertzberger confectionery business house across the street. The frame work for the glass fronts has been completed there.