Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 36, Number 139, Decatur, Adams County, 13 June 1938 — Page 1

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■lt SERVICES ■BE TUESDAY Biual flag Dav Sen ices BtElk- Home Tues- ' I day Evening **"• r:il public is invited to '■ i.il Flag Day >■ ie-s E®*®- P. 0. Elks and American * »'hieh will be held on the front of the Elks home street Tuesday night o'clock. I Ralph Waldo Graham, pacthe F"irst M. E. church of Dewill deliver the Flag Day ad- , Becatur Girls’ band, under faction of Albert Sellemeyer, wide music for the services. *ad will meet at the Legion M 7 o'clock tomorrow even'd. accompanied 'by the Le- j dor guaiM, will march to the ome._ •ervfces will be conducted past exaulted rulers of the j r lodge, with Herman L. Con-1 11 exaulted ruler of the lodge W- Other past evaulted rul- i o’will take part in the cere'lH be Hi L. Yaker, A. L. Col- • W. Voglewede, F. T. SchurB Adams and H. M. De Voss, bile address system will he' d to make the service clearible to those in attendance. W HI be placed on the lawn * convenience of those at-1 Ip ERATURE READINGS °CRAT THERMOMETER ‘•® 62 2:00 p.m .79 l ® 64 3:00 p.m 79 WEATHER I Ce nerally f a | r and SO mewhat l ir armtr ton 'Qht; Tuesday inlth' a, ' n 9 c l° ud lnes. followed by IceT"" 8 nort hwest and west |J lr ’ 1 portions , somewhat L?" 1 In east and extreme Portions.

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American Legion Band To Meet Tuesday Night The newly organized American Legion band will meet at 7:110 o’clock Tuesday evening at the Adams County garage building, corner First and Jackson streets. All members are urged to be present. High school students who ore interested in joining the band are also invited to be present. An effort is being made to organize a permanent band and rehearsals will begin as soon as plans are complet-' ed.

FIND WRECKAGE OF AIRLINER IN MOUNTAIN Plane Missing Since Mar. 1 Is Found With Occupants Dead Wawona, Calif , June 13 <U.R) — A searching party traveling by horseback and on skis set out at dawn today for the mile-high Buena Vista peak where the wreckage of a Transcontinental and Western Airways plane missing since March 1 was found yesterday with its nine occupants dead. Deeply imbedded in snow and containing at least eight of the nine bodies, the plane was discovered by JI. O. Collier. 23-year-old Fresno resident who had made his way alone through the snow-filled[ passes of the Sierra Nevada mountains for several days in search of| the airliner. The plane, on a flight from San | Francisco to Los Angeles when Pilot John I). Graves messaged by I radio that he was turning back because of poor flying conditions, evidently had struck the side of the! peak with terrific force. It clipped the tops of two pine trees, then drove into the side of the peak 200 feet from the summit. It will be late afternoon before the searching party can reach the wreckage. The group of about 20 men came by horseback from 'i ose- i mite to Wawona, 12 miles southeast of the peak. They will pro-1 ceed along the snow mountain | trails that just now have begun I to become passable. Collier, a weigher for the Del ] Monte packing company at Fresno, i went on his vacation a week ago. He told friends that he was going [ to use his time in an attempt to find the plane Once a member of a CCC camp in Yosemite National park, lie had said that he knew the district around Buena Vista well and he believed that the plane had been lost there. He studied charts of the plane’s route in the TWA office. A sl,oo’o reward was offered for finding the plane, and he had told officials that he could use the money. Saturday he left Wawona shortly after daybreak and headed toward Buena Vista peak. As he started to cross a stream his foot slipped and he fell in. He had to return to Yosemite to get another pair ot snowshoes and was forced to postpone his trip until Sunday. When he reached the base of Buena Vista yesterday he found bits of wood which he believed had come from the plane. Slowly he made his way up the side of thi , peak, forced to pick his way through snow, around crevices and I over jagged rocks. Twenty yards from the plane, he saw and recognized it.

CHURCH PICNIC 1$ HELD SUNDAY Annual St Mary’s Parish Picnic Is Held Here Sunday A total of 1,000 dinners were served Sunday noon at the annual - Mary's parish picnic held at Sun set park, Leo Ulman, general chairman of the event, reported today. In addition to this figure. 750 suppers were served in the evening, he X d re .».» enjoyed the various forms of amuse mi,te . e ‘” reg Bed his appreciation making the event a succe .

FLOOD WATERS SLOW JAPANESE ARMY ADVANCES High Waters Halt Japanese Adavnces On Northern Front By Joe Alex Morris (i’nited Press Staff Correspondent) Flood waters of the Yellow river mired Japans military machine today, forcing the main theater of the China war southward to the Yangtse and to increased danger of a clash with American interests. Throughout weeks of inntensive fighting, the Japanese conquest has been based on a powerful military offensive from the north where foreign interests are meagre toward the Chinese capital at Hankow. with coordinated naval action along the Yangtse to cut off the defenders' retreat if possible. But today, with a hard-earned and costly victory almost completed on the northern front in preparation for the thrust toward Hankow. fragmentary dispatches indicated that the mighty, silt-ridden Yellow river had reached out for the invading soldiers. Dykes were broken — either by Japanese bombs or by Chinese soldiers or by nature and hundreds of square miles flooded. It appeared that the ravages of flood were only beginning: might be far greater than the terrible destruction wrought by warfare. If so, the Japanese mechanized military machine on the north is hopelessly bogged down for the time being and without having taken over Chengchow, the final necessary point on the Lunghai railroad line. in any event, the war scene shifted far southward to the Yangtse river where the Japanese naval forces took up the main burden again and where they ran into a determined American naval commander, Admiral Harry E. Yarnell. The Yangtse is the ancient and burdened water highway for central China's commerce or was before the war. It is dotted with foreign vessels and there Aineri(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

COUNTY SCHOOL EXERCISES HELD County Eighth tirade Commencement Is 1 Held Saturday Some of the necessities in finding happiness in life were pointed j out by Merle J. Abbett, superin-1 tendent of schools in Fort Wayne ' at the commencement exercises held for the 233 graduates of the Adams county rural eighth grade schols. Saturday afternoon in the Decatur high school building. The large graduating class and relatives of the students filled the | entire gymnasium floor of the high , school building, while friends and i teachers occupied all of the bleach-1 er seats. Special music was furnished, throughout the program. Following the commencement address, County Superintendent of I Schools Striker called the county and township honor students to the front where they were recognized by the crowd. Mr. Abibett, in his commencement address, pointed out that thinking and a worthwhile choice of career are necessary for happiness. He urged that efforts be made by the students to form a good character in youth as all mistakes made in youth would be scars on character throughout adult life. He closed by asking that every graduate in after life do his .best in everything he attempted. He told them the beet interests of the community depended upon the correct actions of each member in the task assigned to him, and told the story of the fisher boy who failed to pto perly prepare his portion of a large net. with the result that the entire catch of fish might have been lost had the fault not been discovered bv an older, experienced fisherman before the ship put out to Sea. 0 —” Slight Damage Is Caused By I* ,re A roof fire Marshall residence did an estimated damage O s approximately $lO before it was extinguished with chemicals by the city fire department. The house, ated on High street, caught afire about 11 o’clock this is believed it was caused by a faulty chimney. —

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Decatur, Indiana, Monday, June 13, 1938.

Two Local Young Men Graduate I Bl X- m aMkfeJ Thomas J. Voglewede Charles I). Ehlnger Pictured above are two Decatur young men, who completed college work last week, both graduating in engineering. Charles I). Ehlnger, son of Mr. and Mrs. Herman F. Ehlnger, receiv-! ed the degree of bachelor of science in electrical engineering at Purdue ' university. He was editor-in-chief of the Debris, Purdue yearbook. He ! is a graduate of Decatur high school. He has accepted employment as I an electrical engineer with the Central Soya company of Ibis city. Thomas J. Voglewede, son of Mrs. Charlie Voglewede. received the degree of bachelor of aeronautical engineering at the University of De- ! troit. He is a member of the student branch of the society of automotive engineers and of the aeronautical society. He is a graduate of De- | eatur high school. He has obtained a temporary appointment with the United States Navy as an aeronautlcul engineer and is located at Hampton Roads, Va.

HARD RAINFALL [ HITS DECATUR One Os Heaviest Rains In City’s History Saturday Nitfht Decatur and the surrounding community were still drying out today after a downpour late Saturday, night that was pronounced the ■ heaviest single rainfall in history. Walter S. Gledfelter. government I river and rainfall observer, stated ! that the precipitation by far topped [ al! previous marks in the history of the bureau s records. The rainfall for the 12-ho.tr period from Saturday evening until Sunday morning even shattered! previous 24-hour marks, Mr. Gladfelter stated. From 4 p. m. Saturday until 4 a. m. Sunday, the total peclpitation was 3.66 inches, his rainfall gauge revealed. The commpnity was literally drenched in the several hour down- i pour which started late Saturday and continued until after 4 a. m. Sunday. Late week-end revelers in the city suffered the most. While most of Decatur slept, these unfortunates stood along city streets and rural highways in "drowntd-out” i autos, which refused to budge. I The all-night garages and voluni teer tow-cars did a brisk business | pushing in stalled autos. Streets Flooded Streets in the city were flooded as overtaxed sewers were unable to carry away the huge amount of water that suddenly flowed from i the skies in a veritable cloudburst. Sticks, leaves and other debris 'high up on lawns Sunday morning | at dawn gave evidence of the depth of the waters, which swirled over the curbs and up into yards. Flooded basements and cellars [also gave proof of the downpour. Other than the damage to foodi stuffs and equipment stored in cellars, which were soaked by the waters, no damage was reported. No loss was reported from the .CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

McNutt Warns Os Dangers Os Philippine Independence

(Editor’s Note:—Jane Howard of the staff of the Honolulu Advertiser flew to the Orient on Pan-Ameri-can Airways Clipper plane to obtain interviews with leading personages for her paper. The following dispatch is carried by the United Press through arrangement with the Honolulu Advertiser.) •By Jane Howard (Copyright 1938 by the Honolulu Advertiser) Baguio. Philippines, June 13 — (op)—Paul V. McNutt, U. S. high commissioner to the Philippines commonwealth, said today in an exclusive interview that warfare will come to the Philippines within a generation if the American flag is hauled down as provided in the present basic law for the islands which would make Filipinos independent on July 4, 1946. The high commissioner received this correspondent in the mansion house here in Baguio, high in the mountains above Manila and delightfully cool after the heat of

Court Is Recessed For Summer Vacation A large number of actions were filed or taken in the Adams circuit < ourt before it went into the sum- [ mer vacation, late Saturday after- | noon. The court reopens in September [after the annual three-months tion during the summer months. During the summer months cases may be filed, but there te considerable doubt about the legality of most actions wffiich may be taken i during this period. CALFCLUBTO | CONDUCT TOUR — Adams County 4-H Calf I Club Annual Tour Planned June 21 The Adams County 4-H Calf club will hold its annual tour on Tuesday, June 21. The club will assemble at the Noach Rich farm, four miles onrth ot Berne on fed-' ! eral highway No. 27, at 9 o’clock ’ ' in the morning. They will inspect; the Rich herd and learn from Mr. standing herd of Holstein cattle. I Rich how he has developed an out- j At 10:15, the club will assemble at [ the Reuben Steury farm, three miles north and one and one-half miles east of Berne. At this point Leßoy and Chester Schwartz will [ demonstrate filling a calf for the [ show. At 12 o’clock noon, the tour will assemble at the Lehman Park, Berne, for a basket lunch. After lunch the tour will move to the Otto B. Lehman farm, one mile south and two and one-half miles east of Berne, where a class of calves will be offered for judging. From there the group will move to the William Burke farm, two miles north and four and onehalf miles east of Berne. At this meeting point, Juanita Lehman will demonstrate the proper handling of a calf In the show ring. There is an exceptionally large number of beginners in 4-H calf club work this year and this tour will undoubtedly prove very beue- ' fleial to this group. [

! the port city. Questions and answers in the interview follow: Q—ln comparison to the cost, of • maintaining our military establishments in the Orient do you think the United States has a commercial stake in this part of the world worth trying to keep—particularly in view of Japan’s obvious drivel to dominate eastern Asia political-, ly as well as commercially? A—Yes. It is not certain that our withdrawal from the Orient would materially reduce the cost or the size of our army. It is worthwhile to keep military stations here because their value does not necessarily depend upon size but upon prestige attached to the flag. As long as the American flag flies in the Philippines I believe the islands will be peaceful regardless of unrest elsewhere in Asia. If the flag comes down these islands undoubtedly will be a battleground within a generation. Q.—Has the Chinese - Japanese (CONTINUED ON FADE FOUR)

LOCAL CHURCH HOLDS SERVICE OF DEDICATION — Redecorated Baptist Church Is Formally Dedicated Sunday Three inspiring services Sunday marked the formal dedication of the remodeled and redecorated First , Baptist chqrch of Decatur. Beautifully decorated and with 1 new pulpit furniture and an indirect lighting system, the interior of the church presents an inspiring sight to worshipers. A sermon by Dr. F. D. Whitesell. former pastor of the local church, and now a professor in the Northern Baptist Theological Sem- ; inary at Chicago, was the highlight ' of the morning service. , Dr. Whitesell delivered a forcei fill and inspiring sermon on, "The ; Business of the Church.” Several splendid selections were ! presented by four members of the I Swiss Singers of Berne, and a I beautiful soprano solo was rendered by Miss Edwina Shroll. Rev. Homer J. Aspy, pastor of the church, presided at all sessions of the dedication services. The women of the church served ; a delicious dinner in the church basement during the noon hour. Afternoon Program Highlights of the afternoon program were the inspiring address of Rev. J. M. Horton, president of , the Indiana Baptist convention and pastor of the First Baptist church i of Hammond, the organ recital by, Prof. Hammond and the wonder-! singing by the Swiss Singers ot Berne. Twelve men composed the chorus, under the direction ot C. T. Habegger, organizer of the Winner Chords. The singers appeared | three times on the afternoon program, much to the delight and appreciation of the audience. They met with great acclaim. It was one of the most outstanding aud highly artistic vocal programs ever I heard in Decatur. Rev. Horton, a speaker of note ’ and ardent worker for the cause lof religion, spoke on “Christian : Discipleship.” He urged all citi- [ zens to spread the word of God and live according to His teachings. Mayor Arthur R. Holthouse extended greetings and congratula- ' tions in behalf of the city, citing that Decatur was founded by men I and women of deep religious fervor and Christian principles. The mayor extended congratulations to the First Baptist congregation on ! its recent church improvement aud j the part its members have in the ■ civic and religious life of the community. "With our material pro- ! gress and public improvements, tfie ministers of the city have contributed with their leadership and the churches have played a great part in helping build a finer community.’ the speaker said. The Rev. Morris Coers, pastor of the First Baptist church of Bluffton, brought greetings in behalf of the Salamonie Baptist AsJ sociation. Rev. Eric Hill, pastor of the I South Wayne Baptist church, gave the dedicatory prayer. i Decatur ministers and representatives of the Ministerial Association were present at the program and participated in tl» services. | (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) CHANGESMAUE ON MAIL ROUTE H. Zerkel Changes Rural Route, Krueckeberg On Route Five Hubert Zerkel, of Monroe street, this morning assumed his duties as rural mail carrier on route one out of the Decatur post office. Mr. Zerkel now holds the route, formerly carried by J. Earl Butler, of this city, who was discharged ■ by federal post office authorities. Butler was officially discharged I upon the recommendation of a federal postal inspector, after he ! was found guilty of a criminal charge. , , Butler was originally charged with sodomy, but a Jay circuit court on April 4 lessened the charge to assault and battery, to which he plead guilty, was fined S3OO and costs and given a suspended six months jail sentence. Mr. Zerkel was transferred to route one from route five. Route five has been temporarily taken over by Edgar Krueckeberg, substitute carrier on that route,

Use Bucket Brigade To Extinguish Fire Neighbors, forming a bucket brigade, extinguished a fire tn a barn on the Zwick farm in Preble township this morning at 7 o'clock be[fore the Poe fire department, which . ’.vae called, arrived on the scene, i About 50 persons rallied to fight l , 1 the fire when the alarm was sound- ' led. The Charles Welgmann family 1 1 esides on the farm. FORMER BERNE MAN IS SOUGHT Clifford Habegger Sought As Suspect In Mysterious Death Clifford Habegger, son ot Jacob 1 Habegger, of Berne, is one of the j two suspects being hunted by New- [ castle and Henry county author- i ities for questioning in the niyster- ' ' ious death of Augustus Glass, 32, I: of Yorktown, whose partly decomi posed body was found in a sub- i merged auto in a gravel pit near l i Mooreland. Habegger, who now claims his i home as Muncie, after leaving i Berne two years ago, was alleged- i i ly seen with Glass on the night he 1 disappeared nearly two weeks ago. i He was first arrested as a sus- i pect in the case last Friday, but, i released after questioning. Furth-1 1 er uncovering of evidence called for his re-apprehension, but late I today Habegger had not been lo- 1 cated. [ | Authorities suspect a "triangular | love affair” as themotive. They i are holding another man. Carl Mil- : ! ler. of Muncie, who allegedly quar- i relied with Glass in a beer tavern i i brawl over the affections of a Miss 1 Ruby Dickison, who is also being ! held. It was later learned by authorI ities that Habegger was involved 1 in dn argument with Glass on the i night in question. An autopsy disclosed that Glass i died of a broken neck. There was 1 no mater in his lungs and his body ' was badly bruised. Funeral services for the dead man were held Sunday afternoon. ' He had been living with his par- [ 1 ents since obtaining a divorce ;' 1 about four years ago. —o — I 1 CLUBS TO HOLD | FAIR EXHIBIT Economics Clubs Oi , County To Stage Exhibit During Fair The Adams County Home Eco- 1 ■ nomics clubs have made plans for ! their annual exhibit to be held in ’ ■‘connection with the Decatur Ftee ' I Street fair. Their work for this II year is home furnishings, and a! . ■number of Decatur merchants are i ' i cooperating with the clubs to make I •[the exhibits possible. The mert! chants will furnish materials and -window space and these will be - trimmed, following out the ditecI tions of the ladies in the matter , I of correct color combinations, ar- [ I rangement of suitable furnishings, etc. The Home Economics Clubs of [Root, Union and Decatur will set ' up an ideal kitchen in the Zwick 1 ! Furniture store. St. Mary's. Blue ■ ( ■ [ Creek and the Homestead club will' cooperate with the Sprague Furni-i ture store in setting up a bed room i The Zwick Furniture store, cooper-' ating with the Jefferson, Geneva and Hartford clubs, will set up ai complete living room. Kirkland. 1 Monroe and the Happy Homemak-] 1 1 ; e rs of Washington township will! 1 take over the Schafer store window to present a dining room. Three | | clubs from in and around Berne,, (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) | Injured Man Taken F’rom Hospital I oday [ I George A. Powers Fort Wayne. linotype operator, who was serious-1 , [|y hurt Friday night when be fell, from a moving auto, was released I from the hospital today and per-1 I mitted to return to his home. 1! The attending physdeian stated i, Powers was released upon bis insls-, II tence. He stated his codition was j 1 improved. Powers sustained a brain concussion and severe lacerations. I C. C. Directors To Meet Tonight ————— The board of directors of the De-! catur Chamber ot Commerce will > meet at 7:30 o’clock tonight at the' i office of the (president, John L. Dei Voss. Important business will be ■ transacted and all directors are re-j quested to be present. |

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CONGRESS MAY BE ADJOURNED BY WEDNESDAY Scrap Plans For Railroad Legislation At This Session Washington, June 13.—<U.R> —Senate Majority Leader Alben W. Barkley, D., Ky.. announced after a White House conference today that plans to enact legislation to aid the railroads would be scrapped for this session and he predicted the 75th congress would adjourn not later than Wednesday night. Barkley, after canvassing the legislative situation at the White House with Mr. Roosevelt's congressional loaders, said that no new railroad legislation would be offered because of imminence of adjournment. His announcement apparently represented scrapping of the plans to enact a three-phase prrgram to help the $26,000,000,000 rail industry solve its economic crisis. The statement came only a few minutes after an official of the railroad labor executives association announced that labor would Insist on one phase of the legislative program in a move to enact at least part of it before congress quits work and goes home. Speaker of the house William B. Bankhead said it has been agreed there will be no railroad relief legislation at this session. He agreed with Barkley that the adjournment goal now is Wednesday night but added that the deadline is now Thursday night—"unless we have to set It back.” Barkley said that no railroad bill not already on the calendar would have a chance for passage. The only railroad bill alrdeay on the calendar is one for establishment of a federal unemployment insurance program. "To come in here in the last days of the session and try to pass a comprehensive railroad reorganization bill without hearing is stupid.” he said. Despite bls emphatic statement at the White House, Barkley later indicated there may be some hope for the bill to expedite RFC loans to the carriers if rail labor abandons its unequivocal opposition to the measure. Such a compromise possibly might develop when the railway labor executives meet hero tomorrow. Barkley's brief announcement apparently headed congress into the final drive for adjournment —with the compromised conference report on the explosive wage-hour bill to be called up in the house tomorrow and speedy action promised subsequently in the senate. With Barkley in the conference with Mr. Roosevelt were Vice-Presi-dent John Nance Garner, Speaer William B. Bankhead and House Majority Leader Sam Rayburn, 1)., Texas. Barkley said the only unfinished business on the agenda is the spending bill, the deficiency bill, the conference report on wa|es and hours and "odds and The decision to abandon the ai" to-railroads program came while chairmen of senate committees worked under pressure in a laAt minute drive to obtain enactment of at least a part of the plan. In view of the White House conference. the drive seemed headed for failure, despite the offer of railway labor to compromise on one (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o —— ESCAPE INJURY IN AUTO CRASH Seven Persons Uninjured In Auto-Truck Crash Saturday (Seven persons escaped injury latd Saturday in an auto-truck collision [ on federal road 27. north of the city. The truck, enroute north and driv. en by Robert Moses, son of Dale D. Mose«, of near .Decatur collided with the car driven by Clint O. [ Saunders, of Muncie. The accident occured at the north end of tha (bridge over the St. Mary’s river about 6:15 o’clock. Five conupanions of Saunders, all CIO workers of Muncie, enoute home from a Fort Wayne meeting, [ all escaped injury, as did the two drivers. Both of the vehicles were badly damaged in the sideswipe collision. The front end of the truck was de- [ molishetl, while the auto was badly [ wrecked. Officers Ed P. Miller an<s | Adrian Coffee investigated.