Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 36, Number 131, Decatur, Adams County, 3 June 1938 — Page 1

XVI. No. 131.

IRE DESTROYS HOOP MILL

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FIND NEW CLUE IN KIDNAP OF FLORIDA YOUTH Blood Smeared Fragment Os ( loth Found In Water Filled Pit Princeton, Fla., June 3-RJ.R) Searchers discovered a blood smeared fragment of cloth in a water filled rock pit at Tavernier near the Florida Keys today. Federal agents sent divers into the pit in an effort to learn whether it might reveal the fate of kidnaped Jiminy Cash G-men, massed here for the most Intensive kidnap drive in several years, rushed south in fast cars upon hearing of the discovery. They took the cloth fragment for immediate analysis while divers and boatmen began investigating the deep pit. Ralph Lund, a resident near the pit, said the fragment might have been a piece of clothing. Federal agents, however, refused to discuss whether the discovery had major significance in the man hunt for the men who kidnaped the five-year-old boy and failed to return him after collecting SIO,OOO ransom. Discovery of the possibly significant clue came as a party of 150 picked men hunted through the suit-tropical ‘’green hell" of the Cape Sable everglades region. The men, picked for their hardihood, and knowledge of the tangled fastness, were ordered to hunt along little frequented wilderness trails for any evidence bearing on the abduction. Along the coast, a marjae force of 500 men swept the Florida Keys in a flotilla of small boats of slial(CONTINUE?!) ON PAGE THREE) DEATH CLAIMS ISSACEVEBETT Retired Farmer Dies At Home In Pleasant Mills This Morning Isaac Everett, 88, retired Pleasant Mills farmer, died early this morning at this home. Dealh was caused by complications following a fall four years ago. The deceased was born in Carroll county, Ohio, July 16. 1849, the son of William and Margaret Everett. He came to Pleasant Mills four years ago and had resided there since. He was a member of the Pleasant Mills M E. church. While in Van Wert county, Ohio he served -one term as county commissioner and a term as county infirmary director. He was first married to Sarah Tope in 1871 and to Josephine Roth in 1889. Both are deceased. The following children survive. Sidney, of Blairstonm, Iowa; Lester of Bluffton; R. of Pleasant Mills and H. A., of Detroit. Three children are deceased. One brother, John of Decatur; three sisters, Mrs. OT. Johnson of near Decatur;; Mrs. Belle Lichtensteiger of Ohio City Ohio, and Mrs. Emma Young of Toledo, Ohio also survive. Funeral services will ‘be held Sunday afternoon at 1: 30 o’clock at the home and at 2 o’clock at the IPleasant Mills M. E. church with the Rev Alva Barr officiating. Burial will be made in the Decatur cetnetery. The body will be returned this evening from the S. E. Black funeral home to the Pleasant Mills residence. Mock Trial Will Feature Meeting A mock trial”will be feature of the June meeting of the Teens and Twenties Club. The meeting wtl be held at the Monroe High School Tuesday evening. June 7, at 7.30 Rdbert Brown will be ln charge < “'‘Recently a membership nut on by the club and the mem bers were divided into The losing team in this activi y furnish the games and refreshments for the next meeting. All interested young P 1 P invited to attend and the members are aeked to bring their friends to this meeting.

Decatur Industry Is Destroyed By Fire T1 'Mr f Pictured above is a scene snapped at the height of Thursday night's blaze, which completely destroyed the Decatur Cooperage company plant in this city. It was the second disastrous industrial fire in Decatur in recent weeks. (Photo by Robert Heller, staff photographer)

HIBBARD HIGH DROPS CONTEST Drops Contest Os Primary Election Suit In Circuit Court JT. H. High, one of the coKteatants in the Democratic primary election for trustee of Kirkland township, has dropped his contest of election suit filed in the Adams circuit court. Mr. High, the incumbent, received 114 votes compared to the 118 received by Earl Martin, the high man. The suit was brought, charging the precinct board in the south precinct had failed to count a number of ballots which were ruled by then; to have been mutilated The complaint also charged that three persons were permitted to cast their ballots illegally by voting in their automobiles. A recount was held following the election, in which a number of the ballots, termed mutilated by the precinct election board, were decided as good. The results in this recount for the two high men were Martin, 126; High. 123. Immediately following the recount, Mr. High congratulated Mr. Martin and pledged him ills support in the fall election. Mr. High also made a public statement in which he stated he did not believe the election boards in the precincts had attempted fraud, but had wished the recount to check possible errors. There was no Republican candidate for the office, and to date no Republican candidate has been named. By dropping the case, Mr. High (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT)

URGES CARE IN USING DETOUR Several Accidents Reported On Detour Os U. S. Highway 27 Sheriff Dallas Brown today urged motorists to exercise care when passing over the detour on U. S. highway 27 north of Decatur. In little more than a week five or six accidents have been reported. Two or three were of such minor consequence that no report had to be filed as the total damage was less than $25, and no one was seriously injured. Sylvester Beard, of Fort Wayne, is in the Adams county memorial hospital as the result of *‘ ljur !® s sustained Tuesday night when his car trashed into another. Thursday morning cars driven by Henry W. Fuelling, of north of Decatur, and Karl Krttdop, of Decatur, collided on the detour. No one was injured and only minor damage was done to the cars It was reported today by state FOUR)

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Decatur, Indiana, Friday, June 3, 1938.

Rotary Club Hears Talk On Leprosy Miss bulu Ervin, midwest secretary of the Mission of Lepers, delivered an interesting and inetruct've discourse on leprosy at the meeting of the Decatur Rotary clirt) Thursday evening at the Rice hotel. Miss Ervin stated that although there are five to 10 million lepers in the world, there are only 500 in the United States. A total of $1,600 is spent daily in care for theee lepers. James L. Kocher was chairman of the program. OBENAUER WILL IS FILED HERE Will Os Late Mrs. Hattie Obenauer Filed In Circuit Court The will in the estate of Hattie Studabaker Obenauer, who died early Tuesday morning, was filed this morning in the Adams circuit court. Signed May 23, 1932, it contained 35 items, runs for 11 pages and is one of the longest wills filed in the Adams circuit court in recent years. The will ordered debts paid first and revoked all previous wills. The will gave the mortgage, if one should exist, on the house formerly owned by Elizabeth S. Morrison, to the two grandchildren of Mrs. Morrison, Harriet Beattey and Bruce Wallace. A $25,000 trust fund was provided for a nephew. David B. Studabaker, whose death came before the probating of the will. The will provided that in this case, the trust fund should not be established and that the money provided in it should go into the residue of the estate. A sum of $3,000 was given to a sister, Mary Niblick, and $3,000 to the late Elizabeth S. Morrison, a sister. A sum of $3,000 was given to the six children of a deceased sister, Maggie S. Vesey, to be divided share and share alike. Sums of. SI,OOO each were given to Nancy and Rachael Studabaker. daughters of a deceased brother, David E. Studabaker. Sums of SI,OOO each were given to Mary Lou and David William Studabaker. grandchildren of the deceased brother# David E. Studabeker. The sum of S3OO each was given to Arthur D. Suttles, Sr., and Marlon B. Studabaker or their heirs. Harriet W. Beattey and Bruce Wallace were given the sum of SSO each. I The library was given to David S. Vesey. Several items in the will divided specific pieces of personal (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) .— O Plan Children Day Exercises Sunday The children’s day exercises of the Pleasant Mills M. E. church 1 will be held in the church Sunday night at 7:30 o’clock. The public! > has been cordially invited to attend. I

SPEED WORK ON NEW BUILDING Work Is Progressing Rapidly On New High School Building Walter J. Krick, city school sup- ') erintendent, in reviewing the construction of the new quarter-mil-lion dollar Decatur junior-senior high school here today, estimated that the construction work was about 40 per cent completed. The statement by Mr. Krick confirmed the opinion that work lias been progressing unusually fast the past few weeks. Several days 1 ago it was estimated that the building was about one-third completed. Much of the trimming in white ! Bedford stone has been placed on the building in the past few days, lending a definite idea of the beauty of the building when completed. . Above each ot the entrances to I the front of the school have been [ set large slabs, bearing the inscription, "Junior-Senior High . School.” These slabs are overt head the entranceway and are I flanked by the towering columns ■ ot white stone that will reach to the top of the three-story structure. Overhead Decorations At the entrance to the gymnas--1 ium-audltorium entrance, three blocks of carved white Bedford 1 stone proclaim the nature of the structure; A hand grasping a football, poised for a throw, a hand I enclosed in a catcher’s glove with I the baseball just entering, and a ' j pair of huge hands poised for a (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) ■ j _o— PLACE DETOURS HERE THURSDAY Detours Are' Placed On Highways 33 And 27 Last Evening Detours were placed Thursday night on the two state roads entering the city from the south, as workmen continued la'bore on the le-paving of state routes through the city. The detour starts at the intersection ot Five Points. Traffic on federal route 33 to Willshire, Ohio is being temporarily sent west on Adams from Five Points, then south on Third to Patterson and returned east on Patterson 1° Chester south on Winchester to Oak and east on Oak to Mercer avenue and road 33. This route is also used to get to local hosiptal from downtown. Traffic on federal road 27 south is sent from Five pointe west on Adams, then south to regular road 27 on Thirteenth street, extended. No traffic is permitted on Wtnches- | (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE)

Decatur Cooperage Co. Plant Is Completely Destroyed By Late Thursday Night

PLAN CONGRESS OF POULTRYMEN World Poultry Congress To Be Held In Cleveland In 1939 Plans for the county’s participation in the World Poultry Congress. to be held in this country for (lie first time in July of 1939 were laid at a district meeting held in Fort Wayne Thursday night. The congress is to be held in Cleveland and will cost approximately three quarters of a million dollars. The nation’s poultry industry, whose annual income lias now reached the billion dollar class, will be represented during the two weeks of the congress by more than a million attendants, it is anticipated. Many foreign guests in addition to the official delegates of each of the participating nations will be present. The world s best in poultry, eggs, equipment and methods will be on exhibit. It is planned to finance the congress mostly by advanced sale of tickets, which will underwrite the expenses. Affiliated memberships are being sold for |1 each and will entitle the bearer to adminission to the grounds every day and to all of the popular sessions. Admission to the grounds otherwise wouM cost 50 cents a day. Memberships of $5 will entitle (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) O — HORSE SHOW AT FAIR PLANNED Classes And Prizes Are Set For Show During Annual Fair The Adams county general horse committee met in the county agent’s office recently and set up the following classes and prizes for the summer horse show in the Belgian breed: Gold Medal Class — (Premium, $2 per head) Purebred. Grade. Open Class Purebred mares 2 years and over (Premiums —$5, $3, $2. sl.) Purebred mares, under 3 years (Premium —5, 3,2, 1.) Grade mares, 3 years and over (Premium —5,3, 2,1.) Grade mares, under 3 years (Premium—s, 3,2, 1) Suckling Colts Purebred mares, (5, 3, 2. 1,.) Purebred studs, (5, 3,2, 1 ) Grade mares, (5, 3,2, 1) Grade studs, (5, 3,2, 1,1 Geldings any age (5, 3,2, 1.) Purebred mare and colt (5, 3,2, It Grade mare and colt, (5, 3,2, 1,) Get-of-sire (3 animals any age) (5, 3,2, 1) Stud classes 4 years and over (SB, $6, $4, $2) 2 years and under 4, (8, 6. 4,2) Under 2 years, (8, 6,4, 2) (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) 0 Ornamental Light Posts Being Painted The ornamental light posts on Second street are being given a coat, of bright aluminum paint. The glass shades are also being washed and the clean-up treatment is very noticable. The ornamental light posts through the city will be painted. Employes of the detpartment are doing the work. Decatur has more than 650 ornamental light posts and is recognized as one of the best lighted cities in the country. No charge is made to the taxpayers for the electric current or tlxe maintaining of the street lighting syttem, the costs nelng donated by the electric department of the city plant.

SENATE BOOSTS RECOVERY BILL FUND PROPOSAL Three Hundred Million Housing Authorization Is Added Washington, June 3 <U.R) The senate today added a $300,000,000 housing authorization amendment to President Roosevelt's recovery bill, bringing its total to $3,722,000,000. The amendment was added to the bill with the support of senate majority leader Alben W. Barkley as administration forces drove toward a final vote in the huge measure before adjournment tonight. The housing amendment was sponsored by Sen. Robert F. Wagner, I), of N. Y., and raises the sum which the U. S. housing authority is authorized to provide for slum clearance and low cost housing projects from $500,000,000 to SBOO,000.000. The increase was proposed by President Roosevelt in his relief message to congress. The house now is considering the housing proposal in the form of a separate bill. Three bitterly contested amendments were disposed of at yesterday’s session, which did not end until 10 p. tn., the administration winning in each case. Before recessing, the senate; 1. Restored a $965,000,000 appropriation for the public works administration, upsetting the action of its committee which had reduced the amount by $100,000,000. This increased the total authorizations and appropriations of the bill to $3,422,000,000. 2. Eliminated a committee amendment preventing the PWA from helping to build power plants that would compete with private utilities. The vote was 46 to 30. 3. Rejected an amendment by Sen. Carl A. Hatch, D., N. M„ to prohibit employes of the works progress administration from using their ‘‘official authority or influence for the purpose of interfering with a convention, a primary or other election or affecting the results thereof." The vote was 40 to 37. Plan Labor Study Washington, June 3 (U.R) — President Roosevelt said today a group of seven or eight Americans would conduct a study of British labor legislation this summer. He declared the inquiry had no relation to possible amendments to the national labor relations act. The president said that the group (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) 0 DEVOSS NAMED SPEAKER HEAD John DeVoss Chairman Os “Cooperate With Roosevelt” Speaking John L. DeVoss, local attorney, was today named speakers’ chairman of the "Cooperate With Roosevelt" group of the Adams county young Democratic club. The appointment was made and announced today by Edwin H. Kaufman, chairman of the club. This is the first of a series of appointments to be made in the county for forming an organization similar to clubs all over the nation that are backing the president. A series of luncheons and social affairs in addition to several business meetings in which plans for the campaign will be opened, are now being arranged. Prominent speakers of state-wide prominence are being considered for the meetings. Complete details of the club activities will be announced later, Mr. Kaufman staled.

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I Fire Os Unknown Origin Destroys Building And Etfuipment; Loss Figured Near $30,000. NO INSURANCE (By Bob Shraluka) A heaped tip mass of burned debris, ranging from smoking timbers to heat-twisted metal and machinery—yesterday the busy factory of the Decatur Cooperage company—was all that stood today as i a grim reminder of another roaring red inferno, which last night added . to Decatur's steadily mounting fire loss. Fire, which has lately become a , vengeful menace to the city’s employed. for the second time within , less than two months completely wiped out an industry, upon which . more than two score laborers and To Probe Fire An investigation into the prob--1 ability that the destruction of the Decatur Cooperage company last night was the work of a “firebug" who for some unknown reason is attempting to destroy the city’s in- ■ dustnes, has been opened here. At the request of Mr. Porter, Fire Chief Charles Robenold late 1 today called the offices of the state fire marshal at Indianapolis and ’ asked that an expert arson investi--1 gator be sent here in an effort to learn the exact origin of the hoop ' mill blaze. Both Mr. Porter and firemen 1 agreed, after reconstructing the conflagration, that it was undoubtedly started intentionally The fact that the blaze started in a water-soaked room, where they 1 contend no unintentional Maze could originate, is the most conclusive basis for the investigation. When interviewed, Mr. Porter stated that he "had no known enemies who would resort to arson; that he had had no labor difficulties at the plant, which would cause a disgruntled laborer to start the blaze; but that he was confident the fire had been started intentionally.” their families depend for means of a livelihood. in less than an hour, a horde of seemingly hungry red tongues of flame had licked their way completely around the two towering smokestacks, leaving only destruci tion in their wake. Estimates Loss Chalnter O. Porter, owner and operator of the “hoop mill," as it is commonly known, estimated this ; morning that the loss would exceed $25,000 and probably reach $30,000. The above estimate likely was . based on replacement value. , He stated that no insurance was carried on the factory or stock at , the time of the fire. Origin Unknown Late today as Mr. Porter, fire1 men and lumbermen from the vicinity were exploring the still smouldering ruins, they were at a loss to establish a definite cause . of the fire. Ironically enough, the flames started in the watersoaked vatroom or “bull pen" as it is known to the workmen. Watchman Escapes Addison Wolfe, night watchman and factory fireman, the first la notice the flames, barely escaped being burned as he sounded thq warning. Immediately upon discovering the flames, he blew the factory whistle. Almost instantly the flames reached the dry timbers of outside walls 1 and in lightning-like strides spread (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) 0 TEMPERATURE READINGS DECATUR THEREMOMETER 1 8:00 a.tn 64 2:00 p.m 82 ’ 10:00 a.m 69 3:00 p.m 84 Noon 73 > WEATHER > Increasing cloudiness, somewhat warmer in east and south portions tonight; Saturday showers, somewhat cooler in afternoon,