Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 36, Number 138, Decatur, Adams County, 11 June 1938 — Page 1

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'■W## OF ,'fi BAPTIST ■o SUNDAY _ Ami Redecorpl Church To Be «£L|h Dedicated tile wail.. '■ <■,! ami redecorated •'“fa dw church of Decatur '«M fog' ~/jv lied" •'”*<• Sunday, 0, ■ J lid eve ■B. ■ «i” "P"o th" "Otaryj i- pus ■■ ,b " ll ' L ' l ' ; fc. 4'ti,- up.mim service. Dr. • 1:i - 6MK # „ w pi..lessor at the Tin ..logical Sem *' aiu’. !| HgW '■ P'esillled 1 quartet, and a vocal '■ l„. during the ' I hr (lie ladies of the li'elo - U J speaker at the as- . wslirtv ..p. iiing at 2.15 the Rev. J. M. Hor"SLs® or of the First Baptist ■M ■ ' '' ! -""I president — . '.ollie Will be ■■? Ai'lii: R Holl house. ’ Greeting.’ "ill •" |>-.atur church ' \i president of Orj B .Missionary UH .d by visiting •* I selections will by ITof W. M llam|||Hs; i. S' !'■ tors < hurt'll of RBSB Organ Concert * "■ J ' Sill diiy . la I mb I ;. . -00. l music Homer Church Remodeled |BBtS of tile < hill ii. of indirect lighting has install, d tliroughout the *flEt platform for the pulpit pulpit furniture have be. The p. ws have all been S^KxjlTT: v | -AGE THREE) ■l NUSSBAUM ■W STUDENT ■•roc Township Lad Highest Record H If Grade Students •''lisd.imoi, roll of .Mr. and Nussbaum. of .M. nro.-E@V''-T "ill carry the county I ®^g* n, rii < ’iiiuy eighth grad, in. i.i exercises at the school. " '.mini mad.' lb.. bi:.:b ffl^BtkolasI ie record of county grade students. Nina Gil 1 HS ‘‘l sl ’ "i .Monroe township. 1 rceoml highest rating in ■BAttnity, she will carry the township banner. Bertha of Bln,, ('i-eek. was third ami will carry her town tenner. |^B ms "Im made the highest SB® 81 ''' record in their resin . BB^ lw nsliip s aU (] W in carry the banners are: BB‘ ; Ib len Arvilla McKnown: MBMil.'s .Jones; Preble. Eleanor ■J* 11 ; Kirkland, Donald Shady. H ' lf!n| t. Spencer Andrews; St. BB’. Janies Harr; French. Ar IB '. •'' u ' "si hwamler; Hartford. ■• widmnt; Wabash, Robert t"..r; Jefferson, Esther Ab■t rl “ J- Abbott, superintend! nt e "ort Wayne city schools, will er dm common, ement address H? 109 boys and 124 girls in ■ Stating class. ■ TEMp ERATURE READINGS B Oem °crat THERMOMETER B Atn. ,G 8 10:00 a.m 74 St” 21 ' 1 70 11:00 a.m.......78 1 WEATHER ■ tt| P, ? ly cl °udy in northwest. B»ou?h ,erShoVwers ln east and lir t porti °ns this afternoon l'outh n ' 9ht ' ,xce P t in exDeme I ibi port ' on tonight and prob- ■ '«o\ 9un d a Y morning; becom- ■ trj| a ' r Sunda YJ cooler in cenI ’nd north portions tonight.

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N. U. Graduate £ 4PW I Miss Helena Rayl, daughter of | Dr. and Mrs. C. C. Rayl, of this |cit£ will be graduated this evening j from Northwestern university at ' Evanston, Illinois, during the 80th ' annual commencement exercises. I Miss Rayl, a graduate of the Decatur high school, will receive a j bachelor of science degree. DONATES LAND TO RECREATION Artificial Lake, Picnic Grounds Being Built Near Decatur 1 Bathers, fishermen and picnick- ! ers of Decatur and community are to have a newfound recreation spot in the summer of 1939, according to present plans. Surveying of a plot of ground on the Ben Schroyer farm, two’ and one-quarter miles northeast of the city, near the Dent schoolhouse, for the purpose of opening a recreation ground is now in progress. Mr. Schroyer donated the land for the building of an artificial lake and picnic grounds. Surveying is soon to be completed and work is I expected to be opened within the | ' next two weeks. The . lake, according to present I I plans, will cover from 12 to 16 I acres and the picnic grounds will ibe tn addition. _ ■ i The work is being done by WPA I labor under the direction of Alec Tanvas, Adams county WPA sup- | ervisor of water conservation. ! Building of the lake is part of a : national program. Open Next Summer The construction of the lake is | expected to be carried on during I the more favorable winter months and then opened to the public next summer. No charge is to be made for use of the grounds, it is understood. It is considered possible that the local fish and game conservation league will take over the pool and stock it for fishing. It present a similar project is underway on the Ed Moses farm. I one and one-half miles west of I Vera Cruz in Adams county. Four I ponds, comprising 10 to 11 acres I of ground, will be used foi a u hatcherv and recreation there. This spot has already been leased by the Wells county fish and game conservation league, Mr. Tanvas reP °W,mkmen consider the construction of the lake a welcome project | (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) I GEHRIG YOUTH j SEVERELY HURT Richard Gehrig Suffers Severe Injury To Right Eve Friday • i Richard Gehrig, young son of I Mr. and Mrs. Tilman Gehrig, is I confined in the hospital after su ' ferig a severe eye injury Friday. Richard was playing mumblety--1 peg )„ the front yard of his home ! W hen the knife blade flipped into his right eye. piercing the eye-ball to the iris, approximately three eighths of an inch, the physician rP ThTt>ttending physician stated - ining win'be impaired, or that he may in«e the sight altogether.

HOLD FLAG DAY RITES TUESDAY Rev. R. W. Graham To Speak At Elks Flag Service Tuesday Rev. Ralph Waldo Graham, pasi tor of the First M. E. church of I ' Decatur, will deliver the address j at the annual Flag Day services of the It P. (). Elks, which will be I ' held next Tuesday. The services will be held on the | spacious lawn of the home on North ! . Second street and will start' promptly at 7:30 p. m. Ample seating facilities will be provided and a public address system will be installed to make the entire service more audible. Rev. Graham, the speaker, is a World War veteran, and while in charge of the M. E. pastorate at Kendallville, was district chaplain of the American Legion. The Flag Day service is sponsored annually by the B. P. O. Elks and Adams post number 43 of the American la>gion. Past exalted rulers of the Decatur lodge will conduct ritualistic services during the ceremony.' Herman L. Conter, exalted ruler of | the local lodge when it was chart- | ered. will take the station of exalted ruler. Other parts will be taken I by 11. J. Yager, esteemed leading knight; A. L. Colchin. esteemed loyal knight; C. W. Voglewede, esteemed’lecturing knight; F .T. Schurger, chaplain; E. B Adams, esquire; 11. M. DeVoss, the history of the flag. The Decatur Girls’ band will play - for the service, and will march; from the American Legion home, accompanied by the Legion color , guard, to the Elks home. The program for the service is j ' as follows: Star Spangled Banner—Band Opening ceremonies—Lodge officers. History of the flag—H. M. DeVoss. Ritualistic ceremonies — Lodge officers. Address—Rev. R. W. Graham. I America—Entire audience. | Closing. CHURCH PLANS CHILDREN DAY — Children’s Day Program At Zion Reformed Church Sunday The program for the children s day exercises to be presented at the Zion Reformed church Sunday morning at 10 o’clock was listed today by the pastor, the Rev. Charles M. Prugh. The program follows: "Children’s Day —Joan Von Gunten. "A Great Big Welcome — Doris Kirchenbauer. “A Boy’s Welcome” — Max Andrews. , . ”I’m( Thankful”—Leonard Egly. “The Christian Way” — Harriet Gerber. , “Prayer” — Dorris Jean Prugh. .. Jeua Was A Child” - Sally Baumgartner. ••God Needs Me” - Gloria Write. ..jesus’ Guests”-Alice Beineke, Audrey Sue Andrews, Kathryn Gold- ! ner, Jerry Gehrig, Evelyn Rash, j “Suppose”—Donald Pickford. “Three Houses” —Barbara Jean Andrews. •Right and Wrong —Hugh 8e!,,.0ut, Vaughn Myers, Gene Moser, Herman Everett. “What Jesus Was” — Bever v Cable, Joyce Cable, Evelyu Sumtn PT’S .• “Flowers for Children’s Day - Virginia Rash, Harriet Beer, Ruth Meyer, Dorothy Flaugh, Joan AnUP To Us”—Donald Slusher, HeXrt men.. S”“>' Y “ t D ON PAGE THREE) Missing Michigan Teacher Is Sate Adrian. Mich.. June 11-(U.R)— Lucile Wilson, 22-year-old missing school teacher, and Henry Va'' d «'- cook 29. both of whom bad been sougin since Tuesday, returned to their homes early today, am po■ i« • immediately took Vandercook into CU Mi°s d s y ' Wilson told authorities that Vandercook had Induced h i to go with him to WenseL Mo on the promise of a job. Sheriff Brandseger said Vandercook probably would be charged with viola tion of the Mann act. The girl was but she said Vandercook made advances to her seven al times during the trip.

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, .lune 11,1938.

Admits Slaying Kidnap Victim 11 ■4 !■ I -T - I r 1 B vH WIFV' A B'F « bMwf IHHi iF t ri f W- 1J«/ \ w ■i* 3 . uQGffIKK.v? k / — ■” ■ - ' ■ ■ - — - —•« Sheriff D. C. Coleman Franklin McCall Authorities completed investigation of the Jimmy Cash kidnap-slaying at Princeton. Fla , when they obtained a confession from Franklin McCall that he had slain the boy as well as collecting the SIO,OOO ransom. I McCall, whose arrest is credited to the resourcefulness of Sheriff D.'C. | Coleman, left, at first denied any part in the slaying although he admitted to writing the ransom notes and collecting the money, but later made a full confession. J. Edgar Hoover. G-man chief, announced.

PERMIT TRAFFIC j ON MERCER AVE. — Mercer Avenue Is Opened To Light Traffic At Noon Today Mercer avenue, over which U. S. ! Road 33 passes, was opened to light traffic at noon today. The street is opened all the way through from the Five Point crossing south to the city limits and then east to the Ohio state line. An extraordinary effort was made by Ora I). Baker, district superintendent of maintenance in charge of the improvement and his erAw of workmen. The construction crew worked until late last night to make possible the opening of the street. The final flushing with oil was I given to the street last evening and the pavement was rolled this | morning. Mr. Baker and workmen of the J highway department have been making every effort to open the streets as rapidly as possible. The crews have been working until dark nearly every evening in order to push the resurfacing along. Due to the heavy amount, of traffic over road 33 over the week-end, the highway officials were desirous to cooperate with local officials in the request to open the street if possible and at 5 o'clock Friday evening, Mr. Baker informed Mayor Holthouse that the work was fatenough along to guarantee the opening of the street today. A request was made by highway officials that speed be limited on Mercer avenue, due to the softness of the pavement. City police, Sher(CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) o Mrs. Amanda Frizzell Dies In Mansfield, O. Relatives in Decatur received I word today of the death Fi iday I night of Mrs. Amanda Frizzell, j aged about 85, at her home in 1 Mansfield, Ohio. Mrs. Frizzell had many relatives in this community and was well known here. Funeral services will be held at Mansfield Monday afternoon.

Mr. And Mrs. James Bain To Observe Wedding Anniversary

Mr. and Mrs. James Bain, prom- i inent Decatur couple, will mark their golden wedding anniversary Sunday at their home on North Third street. An anniversary dinner at noon, with relatives and a few friends in attendance, will feature the day. Open house will be held from 2, until 5 o’clock Sunday afternoon, I when the couple will be at home to receive the well-wishes of friends and neighbors. Mr. and Mrs. Bain were married in Decatur, June 12, 1888, at the First Presbyterian church with the late Rev. E. A. Allen receiving the vows. Mrs. Bain was formerly Miss Florence King, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob King. She has spent her entire ITTe i nthe city. Mr. Bain came to Decatur from .Huntington county. Until his retirement several years ago. he had been engaged in the butchering and meat market

' Allow Traffic To Turn Right On Red — Traffic headed north at the intersection of North Second street and State Road 27, will be permitted jo "Turn Right on Red", or in other words go straight ahead, Ora D. Baker, district supervisor stated today. A sign reading. “Turn right on red,” will be placed under the traffic light at the intersection. It is a three way light and traffic from North Second street, (the sugar sacI tony road) and from U. S. road 27 will be controlled by the light. The ’ new arrangement will permit the easy flow of traffic at this point and not block traffic going north on the state road. o SOCIETY WILL GIVE PROGRAM M. E. Standard Bearers Society To Conduct 1 I Program Sunday The Standard Bearers’ missionary society of the M. E. Sunday school • will have charge of the evening ser- - vices at the church Sunday. 1 Following is the program: Opening song. Devotionals—Harriet Gilson. Song—Girls Choir. Cornet solo —Annis Mae Merriman. Playlet — Between the desert and the sea, Harriet Gilson, Kay Yager, Margaret Handler, Marclle Christner, Jean Zimmerman, Anna . Jane Tyndall, Gladys Miller. Violin solo—(Mrs. R. W. Graham. Offering. Song—Girls Choir. Benediction —Rev. R. W. Graham. , .— o —— Memorial Service Postponed A Week The memorial service for the i Charlee A. Knott lodge, Knights of Pythias, of Willshire, Ohio, which was to have held Sunday, have been postponed until Sunday afternoon, June 19, at 2 o’clock.

profession. He was a butcher for nearly 50 years. Lodges Pay Tribute Fittingly enough, the Knights of Pythias lodge and the Pythian Sisters will unite in paying tribute to the couple Monday night at tfie local K. of P. hall. Mr. and Mrs. Bain have been active in lodge ! work for half a century. I Mr. Bain, a past chancellor-com-j mander of the K. of P., and a grand I lodge member for 30 years, will i mark his 50th year with the order next December. Mrs. Bain, a past grand chief of the local temple and a past supreme representative of the Pythian Sisters, has been active in her order for 48 years. She is also a great Pocahontas of the Red Men auxiliary order. At present Mr. and Mrs. Bain maintain the K. of P. home on Third street and take an active part in its management. Both Mr. and Mrs. Bain are in apparently fair health and are active citizens of Decatur.

SEEK PASSAGE OF BILLS AS RAILROAD AID Roosevelt’s Desire For Legislation Delays Adjournment Washington, June 11. — <U.R> —| | President Roosevelt’s desire for i enactment of railroad-aid legislation at this session today set back j | plans for adjourning congress until late next week. Over the week-end. it was learned, Mr. Roosevelt may confer per-1 sonally with railway labor leaders in an effort to gain their support for action before congress goes [ home. To help meet a critical financial condition in the railroad industry, Mr. Roosevelt wants two bills passed. They are: 1. A pending measure to authorize the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to mae loans to railroads without interstate commerce 1 commission certification as to their j solvency. 2. Some bill not yet worked I out —to speed up railroad financial j reorganizations. The RFC loan bill, suggested in a railroad message earlier in the I session, had been headed for passage in both houses until railroad , management threatened to cut wages 15 per cent oi> July 1. Railroad labor promptly exerted pres- .' sure against it. As a result the bill was shelved iin both houses. In the senate it i was recommitted to the banking I and currency committee, whose chairman, Sen. Robert F. Wagner, D., N. Y„ had luncheon with the 1 president yesterday. Afterward Wagner said that the bill was ' I temporarily “in suspension,” add-; ing that he could not definitely I predict either that it would pass ■ or remain pigeonholed to die with . ■' the 75th congress. 1 The labor group, which mean-1 while had carried to capitol hill a I bill to permit the government to l operate the railroads in an emergency — meaning a possible strike over the wage cut —issued a stateI ment abandonign the bill. No one had introduced it in either house. I The second half of the program was revealed by chairman Burton K. Wheeler, D., Mont., of the sen- ' ate interstate commerce committee. After a conference with Mr. Roosevelt and RFC chairman Jesse H. Jones, he said: "The indications are there will be a minor railroad program. There 'ils a very serious problem existing I I in the railroad industry at this ' time. Something should be done Ito speed up railroad reorganization and materially cut down fixed charges. To that end 1 am willing to do anything I can to assure passage of any laws that may be ■ I desired at this session of conI gress.” tj Experts close to the railroad sltu--jation thought the bill might take ! the form ot an amendment to seci tlon 77 of the bankruptcy laws to permit the courts to fix the value . of railroad securities, with the ICC retaining a veto power if it considers the court’s figures too ■ h>BhThe status of the two major bills (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) — O > CHURCH PICNIC : HERE TOMORROW Annual St. Mary’s Cathi olic Church Picnic ( Here Sunday Committees in charge of the annual St Mary’s parish picnic, which is to be held at Sunset park Sunday anticipate one of the greatest crowds in the history of the event. A chicken dinner will be served iat Hl o’clock, with tickets selling for ! 35 cente to adults and 25 cents to , children. The tickets are to be sold at the park entrance. Concenssions and other amusements will afford entertainment during the afternoon. The Brite and Geels children, the Catholic high school band will furnish music during the afternoon. An invitation has been extended to the general public by Leo Ulman, general chairman, and his aides. Those who do not have away ot getting to the picnic grounds will be afforded transportation if they call at the Decatur Catholic high school. More than 200 chickens are being prepared for the dinner. An appetizing menu, in addition to the meat, is being prepared.

Tornado Strikes Texas Town, 12 Are Known Dead

SUPPLEMENT TO REPORT FILED •• Supplemental Final Report Filed In Bank Liquidation — A supplemental final report has been filed by Robert Cramer, speci ial representative ot the State De- ' partment of Financial Institutions, in the liquidation of the Peoples Loan & Trust company. A petition was also filed and approved to transfer the amounts of money in distributions which depositors have “failed or refused” to claim during tHe six distribuj lions. A request to make a seri vice charge not to exceed $1 an 1 account was also filed. The total of unpaid accounts amounted to $178.42 and represented total distributions ranging from $lB.lO to 24 cents, which have been unclaimed. The service charge of $1 an account will have the effect of closing out the accounts under sl. There are 72 such accounts, 41 of which were over sl. The service charge would amount to $57.68, leaving a balance of unclaimed distributions ot $120.74. The petition to transfer the money to the state department and make the service charge was sustained. The supplemental report, which . was filed, included the expenses of closing out the bauk. totaling $1,163.65. These Included court i costs, taxes, expenses and salary i of officers, clerical help, rent, teleI pfflffie Tfflls, printing and publication costs, fees to county and state, I ending the charter and other ex- ' penses. GEORGE POWERS BADLY INJURED Fort Wayne Man Seriously Injured In Fall From Auto Friday George A. Powers, 43, of Fort Wayne, is confined in the Adams county memorial hospital suffering from a brain concussion, sustained late Friday when he fell from an auto. The attending physician stated this morning that his condition was improved but that he was still serious. X-rays taken this morning did not disclose evidence of a skull fracture, at fir/ feared, the physicial stated. Powers told Sheriff Dallas Brown this morning that he had turned around in the front seat of the auto to pick up his wife’s h?t when the door catch slipped loose and he fell out, Mrs. Powers was driving at the time of the accident. He was brought to the office of a local physician about 9 o’clock last evening and then taken to the hospital. The accident occurred north 1 of Decatur on federal road 27. They were not able to give the approxiI mate speed of the auto when the (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) , — o— — Decatur Cubs Meet Monday Afternoon All Cubs of the city are requested to meet at the Boy Scout cabins in Hanna-INuttman park Monday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. The meetjig was called by Sylvester EverI hart, Scout commissioner. _ Q. I “Friendly” Suit Settled In Court A “friendly” suit, involving an automobile accident in which Jerry Loe Lehman was struck by an automobile driven by Ernest Lehman, “acting as the agent of David D. Lehman,” was filed and settled before Judge Huber M. DeVoss in the Adams circuit court Friday. The accident was alleged to have occurred April 8, 1938, at 12.30 p. m. on Franklin street in Berne, and was brought by the boy's fath- . er due to the fact he was a minor. The sum of SIOO, which had previously been paid to the circuit court clerk, was awarded the defendant. The boy sustained a broken leg and dther injuries,

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West Central Texas Town Is Struck By Tornado; Searching Parties To Seek Bodies. MANY INJURED Clyde. Tex., June 11—(U.R>— The bodies ot 12 persons were recovered today from the debris of a tornado which—exposed by brilliant flashes of lightning —sent residents of this little west central Texas town fleeing to storm cel law at 8:30 o'clock last night. Searching parties left at dawn to visit farms and rural districts seeking to determine if there were additional victims not reported during the night. More than 20 injured, at least half of them in serious condition, were treated at emergency hospitals. The known dead, listed by the Red Cross, were: Mrs. J. B. Easterling, 60. Mrs. J. F. Bonner, 75. James Johnson, 18. Melvin Kniffin, 20. Jesse Rutledge, 25, and his 24-year-old wife. J. E. Graham. 60, and his wife, Marian, 53. J. E. Sullivan, 60. Mrs. Margaret Ross. 35. William Dale Despain, 4. An unidentified man who was riding a Texas and Pacific freight train that was wrecked. He was a white man about 25 years old. The Red Cross committee said that several of the Injured were in such critical condition that they were given little chance of survival. Residents said that the tornado seemed first to circle the town, then to sweep through from the northwest. Many families were saved only because they fled to their storm cellars a few minutes before the funnel-shaped cloud dipped into the center of town. Five members of the Hamhright i family were missing. Authorities I believed that they might be safe, although they had been missing since the storm struck. Rutledge and his wife, Kniffin and Johnson were found early today in the wreckage of their automobile. The tornado struck their car three miles northwest of Clyde. o Illinois Teachers Visit In Decatur Twenty-eight teachers of tha Media, Illinois high school, enroute home from New York, stayed in the city overnight last night. The teachers were on the return trip after an eastern tour in a township school hack. They left the city at 5 o’clock this morning after staying at the local hotel for the night. o— —————- Regular Legion Meeting Monday A regular meeting of the American Legion will be held at the Legion Home Monday evening at 8 o'clock. Nominations for officers for the ensuing year will be opened at this meeting. All members are urged to attend. CHILDREN DRY PROGRAM PLAN Children’s Day Program At United Brethren Church Sunday The following children's day program will be given Sunday evening at 7:30 o’clock at the United Brethren church: Prelude — Irene Light. Devotions — Vivian Hitchcock Welcome — Billy Reynolds Exercise — Juniors Recitation — Jean Ann Potts Recitation — Patsy Case Pageant — Children of Today Old Father Time — Dan Williams. Queen of Today — Charlene Schackley. Golden Hours — Beginners Minutes — Primary Children Needs of Today — Junior Art primary department. Offering — Ted Hill and 4 junior boys. Pantomine — When Jesus was here among men, five Junior girls and Dun Light.