Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 36, Number 148, Decatur, Adams County, 23 June 1938 — Page 1

jXXVL No. 148.

■JOO GRANT SIWED FOR I If WILDING JjHlinnt Is Approved pleasant Mills Addition ItjjO p\VA grant for the L, of an addition to the HH . .mg. James I district represent- . >'•’ Democrat today approval by Washington e provide additional 4 !.r nmiim'v for the li. n. • |i|l|||K*.i, ll , - '‘"'i 'i'i/’Hs after project was ago, in Washingtelegram from Bea \ Democrat: I rat. affijl ■■ I’resider.: has ■E|4'.’A -"..1i1t of $27,(‘0il as Mills School addition, for Senator Van Nuye to ■ .•.??!!' aliens tiled date were left pending. ®jKpie.isan' Mills school buildtime was termed in■K> f,u the needs of pupils. ■Ku b-aiing and plumbing |K i...-ded by the school miiiiinHl hi the addition. ■Khauig- plans and speeifitor the addition to as an annex to the pres in order that the n.-w ||K; plant . ould serve both. ■ To Proceed M:h< school officials ■Hu. is. e' of the preliiHiii.e. for the legal notices necessities betoie the K< However, i|iie must be ; e-advertised. Hz ■ - Houck ami Him )! : . ' have Prepai- -I ?'-• tentative plans, cost of the project with the township to pa to these plans, the would be from two and I-, three times as large as building and would be annex to the north side structure. in it will be five class Ml. two offices, two shower ' :■••• dressing room*. new and fuel rooms as well as |H .- ■: gymnasium am! coniroom. cafeteria will be built unde: in the gymnasium. township advisory board is us Shermaji Archer. Otis and Sam Cottrell. Ben is trustee and H. BuiCuster, the attorney. ■ jjßsher Lights To 11 Be Erected Here crossings to be protmt'd by ■■Pennsylvania railroad in !'■ Bby signal flasher lights are Bps. Jefferson. Monroe and ■>l Second streets. These will service, replac ; tig '!i * at Adams and Jefferson aud the guard at Monroe whose protection is now a only in the day time. The ■>to the railroad will be about ■WEES HOLD ■annual picnic Banis County Trustees [Hold Annual Picnic I This Afternoon annual picnic of the trustees B A «ams county was held this atB“ 0011 in Lehman park at Berne. B" r3 - Chahner O. Porter, of this B' was the principal speaker at B eT «nt. ".Social and school prob- ■ s " was the theme of the speakB addregg. ■^ e annual event was attended ■ 12 township trustees, their B«s and families. C. E. Striker. f lt y school superintendent and Margaret Myers, superintendB 5 secretary, were also in at-1 ■dance. B^ e trustees enjoyed a baske' at noon, with recreation and ■ ® ts affording the entertoinmen' W'“ n S the afternoon.

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BLAST FATAL TO VAN WERT MAN | Young Van Wert Man Fatally Burned In FireI works Plant Blast Van Wert, 0.. June 23.—Burned almost beyond recognition in a spectacular explosion and blaze at I the Bowen Fireworks company, a .' half mile west of here, late Wed- j ‘ nesday afternoon. Delbert RoesI ner, 22, of Van Wert, died last night In the Van Wert county hos- ’ pital. Roesner's body was burned almost to a crisp when powder he was using in the manufacture of aerial bombs in a building 10x15 feet exploded and blew the frame — Officials of the Decatur Atnerican ■ Legion post received word today 1 that the fireworks display, prepared by the Bowen company, has been ’ completed and was stored in a ' building not damaged by the explo- ' I sion and fire. Harry Miller, a mem- (' ber of the committee, announced j that the display here the night of | ! July 4 will lie presented as schedtil- ■ ed. 1 structure to pieces. The resulting 1 fire destroyed three other small 1 bins in which fireworks were stor- ■ I ed before Van Wert city firemen ■ got the blaze under control after 1 two hours. Roesner suffered first and sec- ;! ond degree burns, hospital attaches said. The dead youth was i married and was the father of two ’ i children. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Chris Roesner, are residents ' of Van Wert. Five other persons within 75 feet of the explosion were showerled with debris but escaped injury. | According to an account given hospital attaches by Roesner be-1 fore his death, the youth was . "standing’’ a 15-inch aerial bomb i when the explosion occurred. His ' clothing was enveloped in flames and he ran outside the burning building and collapsed. His clothing was burned off his body before ; witnesses could come to his assistance Firemen said a spark probably had set off the explosives. The blast of the powder shookthe entire west side of Van Wert | and attracted hundreds to the (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) — -O CONVENTION AT ROCKFORD, OHIO United Brethren Church Convention At Rockford June 24-26 The Auglaize Conference Chris-’ tian education and missionary conventiem of the United Brethren church will be held at Rockford, "Ohio, at the U. B. camp ground., Jl The“opSning service wiR be FriI day night at 8 p. m. Rev. W • <-• 1 Davies’ will deliver the sermon I the subject, ’’Onward Christian I Soldiers." , o „ m the Saturday morning at 9 a m. convention will again conveneth 'subject for the forenoon bemg. ‘!tn’will lie the principal speakers | , at this session. Saurday afternoon at 1.30 . -, bauiuay session will be I the theme of tne ses= ’ > Tbmnsh Training. Mis. ■ "Forward Through wjnk Edna R ’ Mrs . ler, Mrs. Earner Q M “. t T.«v •* geUSm - Lid the principal apeak--8 ”• "’ll' be Rev S. A. Macklin, prs Will oe nev. 0 Rev. Delbert Cress and Rev. O. W . Beitleshees. 9 . 30 .i0:30, Sunday >" orn “1 the Zanesthe young I>eoP p present sevzi " e ' ‘ n -; 1. umber i« song. This eral «P ecia “The Ministry of will be thp Music ’ ... p a st O r will »P ea k on Zanesville P a « p ~ The ZanesL Wayne male quartet will ville-koit W y Kobert Schumm also sing and R - pf thig be "Forward Through | W Sunda P y at 2 p.. m.. the themejUl TES^uedo^^HZ^ 11 ’) Chief Os Police Returns To Duty chief of Police Sephus Melchlreturned to dut y today aL. i ”’7, Lake George.

Million Dollar (’heck Goes to President I •I ■ ' ? LISPv'- A Sk i ' Ska 1 I < V \ f k r Vi/ />- __/ . . ■ r L I Ww LJ President Roosevelt receiving check from Keith Morgan

President Roosevelt receives a check for $1,010,000. I the result of the many birthday balls held last January, at his Hyde Park. N. V home. The check, which will be used to fight infantile paraljraill, is Shown being presented by Keith Morgan,

MILK MONOPOLY PROBE PUSHED Subpoena Is Issued By .Judge Against lee Cream Manufacturers Chicago, June 23 —<U.Rz— Federal Judge James H. Wilkerson today 1 issued a subpoena against the ! International Association of Ice Cream Manufacturers of Washington, D. C„ in connection with a ■ year-old investigation by department of justice'agents and itttor- ’ neys into an alleged milk monopoly . in the Chicago area. The subpoena, rewritable July 18. ordered the association to bring in its records and correspondence jof dealings with 41 affiliates > throughout the nation from 19-9 I to 1937. It was the first subpoena issued • in the investigation, which is said ’ to be one of the biggest of its kind in recent years since 25 per cent . of the income to the nation s agricultural districts is said to be i I represented by milk and its by- ? I products. ; i other subpoenas were expected , I to follow. The action against the associa- ! tion was at request of Leo F. Tier- | ney special assistant to Attorney I General Homer S. Cummings, who I has been in charge of the Chicago I inquiry since March. Voluminous data gathered in the I investigation, part of the justice department’s trust-busting program, was expected to be presented to a I special federal grand jury July 5. Reliable sources said the inquiry seeks to determine whether nation-“-(CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) TO TAKE EXAMS IN FIRST AID City Department Members To Take First Aid Exams Friday Night Sixteen membere of the fire department, city light and wafer de- ' partment crews will take a final examination Friday night Ln first aid ' work. The final exams will be held in I the engine house on Seventh street j and all members are urged to atwho have been taking the ' instruction work must make a grade . c.f 80 or over in order to receive ; a Red Cross first aid card. | The members of the three city ; departments have been taking leesons in first aid for the past several weeks in a regular schedule at the engine house. H Blakey, of the Fort Wayne ire department, and an expert in f rst aid work, has been the instructor. The instruction is expec-ed o 'orm an Invaluable aid to firemen ‘nd members of the city crews es- • necially enabling them to meet sudi den emergencies. All men who have I peen taking the work and expect jto receive a Red Cross card are j urged to attend.

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, June 23, 1938.

Hoosier Boys’ State To Hear Gov. Townsend Indianapolis, June 23. — (U.R> — Gov. H. Clifford Townsend tonight | will address the 600 boys attending the American Legion's second I annual boys’ state, now in the I middle of a week's encampment at i the state fairgrounds. The boys, divided into cities and political parties for instruction in government functions, elected "mayors” yesterday. Tomorrow afternoon a delegation of the boys will lay a wreath ion the cenotaph in the Indiana l World War memorial plaza. Following that they will visit the statehouse and convene in one of l the chambers of the Indiana general assembly. — o— — PUN REPAIRS AT POST OFFICE Bids On $2,300 Improvement, Repair Project To Be Received Bids on a $2,300 improvement program al the Decatur post office are scheduled to be opened sometime I in July, it has been learned here. Reports from Washington. D. C. confirmed the allotment of the more than two thousand dollars tor repairing amd improving the post office building on Liberty Way. Mrs. LoiaP. Macklin, acting postmaster. stated today that no official word had been received from ! federal post office authorities by ; her, but the allotment had been expected. The improvement work will include work on the curbing in front 'of the office, other stone work, building of a rail around the enti rance to the county agent’s office in the basement and other minor repairs. Several inspectors have been at the local post office during the past ■ two years, Mrs. Macklin stated, before recommendations so rthe improvements were given. The project was included in the 1938 emergency construction ptogram. Specifications for the work are now being prepared by architects in Washington. a Three Names Omitted From Faculty List The names of three teachers of the Central grade school were unintentionally omitted from the list of city school faculty members, ptsb- ! lished in Wednesday’s Daily Democrat Those omitted were Harry Daily, Glennys Elzey and Lowell ; Smith. — Regular Legion Meeting Monday , A regular meeting of Adams Post number 43 of the American Legion will be held at the Legion home I Monday evening at 8 o’clock. -o- , mination of officers for the ensuing year will be presented at this meeti \ ing. All members are urged to attend. —

chairman of the birthday celebration committee. Others in the photo are. left to right, Basil O'Connor, Averill Harriman. Dr. Leroy Hubbard and Clay Williams, all members of the boaid of the new National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis.

GOV. TOWNSEND REFUSES STAY Robert Shaw, LaGrange Killer, Is Scheduled To Die Tonight Indianapolis, June 23 — (U.R) Gov. M. Clifford Townsend today refused a stay for execution for Robert Shaw. 27-year-old British subject scheduled to die in the electric chair in the Michigan City prison shortly after midnight to- ! night for the murder of Henry Spice. LaGrange county deputy sheriff. Shaw had written a letter to Lewis Bernays, British consul at Chicago, who forwarded it to Townsend. The governor also had another request for a stay from John ■ Holiday, manager of Dr. Botnardo’s Homes in Toronto. Canada, who said Shaw had been an inmate of an institution there. Friends in India had sent letters to the Toronto Institution and the stay was sought to forward them to Shaw before he dies. In neither case was evidence brought to bear to mitigate Shaw's guilt, so Town- , send refused the stay. | Meanwhile at Michigan City Shaw ordered his last meal and prepared to die a few minutes ' after midnight. At seven o’clock he will eat fried ' chicken, french fried potatoes, fresh peas, coffee and ice cream. . A tew hours later he will be elec- ■ trocuted. i Shaw spent most of today writing , letters to his brothers and sisters , in England, to the sheriff of LaGrange county, a girl he knew in ' (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) . i O DEATH CLAIMS LEO GILLIUM Brother Os Adams County Surveyor Dies Os Wreck Injuries L Leo Gilliom, 32, of Fort Wayne, brother of Walter H. Gilliom, Adams county surveyor, who was critically hurt last Wednesday in an I auto accident near Fort Wayne. 11 died at 1 o’clock this morning. Death occurred at the St. Joseph f, hospital in Fort Wayne, where he - ‘ had been confined since the accit dent. He sustained 10 broken ribs. . I a severe scalp laceration and min- . or bruises and cuts. r He had been placed in an oxy--1 gen tent for the past few days. Surviving, besides the widow, are the father, Simon Gilliom of Berne; five brothers, Walter of j Berne; Milton of Churubusco; Aus r' tin, Clinton and Martin of Berne; two sisters, Mrs. Ezra Steiner and t Mrs. Jacob Gerber, of near Berne. ] Funeral serivces will be held Sate urday afternoon at 2:15 o’clock at ,- the home of the father In Beine and , at 2:30 o’clock at the Meunonite ’ church with the Rev. C. H. Suckau , I officiating. Burial will be made in Ithe M. R. E. cemetery.

END OF SPAIN i WAR DEPENDS ON DIPLOMATS Question Os Truce Apparently Out Os Hands Os Combatants • By Joe Alox Morris i (United Press Staff Correspondent I Outcome of the Spanish civil war i may lie decided soon in Europe's diplomatic conference rooms InI stead of on battlefields above the Mediterranean Sea. The question of a truce in the ! two-year-old conflict has been taki en out of the hands of the combatants. In the opinion of well-inform-ed observers, and rests on the, i ability of the great powers to ' 1 agree on conclusion of the sinallI scale world war in Spain. ‘ Primarily, the problem of ending i the conflict depends more on the ! success of British Prime Minister l Neville Chamberlain’s current | negotiations with Italian Premier Benito Mussolini than on uny other | 1 factor, including the military gains i ' of either loyalist or insurgent armies deadlocked on the Valencia front.' Since the war began ft has been I given backbone only by outside aid.' Neutrality by the opposing Euro-j pean camps--roughly designated as dictatorial and democratic — has been official fiction whenever any ' body bothered about elniming neutrality. But the long deadlock has 1 proved so great a strain both finan-| cially and politically; has provided , such a grave threat of general war for which the powers are presently! unprepared that the principal lie-! hlnd-the-scenes actors appeared ready to talk about calling it off. I >1 Britain, with the most at stake, I | again is taking the lead through! ■ the machinery of the impotent i international non-intervention com- : mittee. She has brought France. | sympathetic to the loyalists, into ■ | line. Soviet Russia grumblingly! . I has agreed to go along for the time j i being. The real problem and the: real decision rests with Chamber-1 .! lain and Mussolini. They know that the sinews of the Spanish war have come from ' abroad and. likewise, that with- ' drawal of that outside aid would ’ .CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) WORKMEN RUSH r! , > BUILDING JOB ‘ i W ork Being Rushed On Addition To Monmouth 1 School House r 1 Workmen on the Monmouth ‘ school house addition have begun laying brick above the second floor y as the form of the structure be--1 gins to approximate its final aps pearance. The contractors, Yost Brothers, S today made a statement in which l ’ they promised the availability of '■ j the building for school at the be-1 ’ i ginning of the fall tirm next Sep- , I tember. They also said basketball g I games could be played this fall in t i the gymnasium, which is now more ' than half complete. j The township advisory board has purchased four acres of ground ’ from Mrs. Charles Dugan. This is adjacent to the present school grounds and will be used for play- : ground purposes. The Root township community I! association, which several years ago remodelled an old church : building for a gymnasium and | community hall, have deeded the - property to Ralph Rice, Root town ship trustee. It will be used as a garage for the school buses. A four-inch well is being drilled on the school grounds. !, ——o 1 Legionnaires To Attend Funeral 11 — >, 1 All members of the American Lej gion are requested to meet at the h Legion home Friday afternoon at e i 1 o'clock to attend the funeral seri- vices for Henb Kern. ;, —o ' Spend Hours Seeking “Body” Os Negress Sheriff Dallas 'Brown and hie aides spent, several hours this morn,f ing searching for the "body” of a negro woman, whom PleasanT Mills ; residents thought had jumped off ti the covered bridge into the liver. >. The sheriff and his deputies t- ecoured the St. Mary’s as they rowit! ed down stream in a boat. No body d was found, however. e j The Pleasant Mills residents beu came suspicious and called the sliern j iff when the colored lady asked j the way to the river bridge.

i rivr inuvtmut, Government Drive To Speed Recovery Is Given Impetus

10DGET0 HAVE I' OWNDRILLTEAM Decatur Moose Lodge Is Forming Own Drill Team For Initiation Members of the Adams lodge, 1311, Ixtyal Order of Moose, will in the future have its own drill team to assist in the ritualistic ceremonies of initiatory work, according to present plans. Plans are now underway for the organization of a uniformed drill team to take part in the ceremonies. ' Regular practice sessions have I been held by the team for the past I few weeks. Plans are now underway Ito secure full uniforms for the memI bers of the organization. I i An important meeting of drill I i team members will be held Friday t night at 7:30 o’clock at the local 1 i Moose home. All members of the ‘ I team are urged to attend. i ,At the meeting final plans for the . group will be made. Tony Bonfig- ' | lio is captain of the drill team and i Is in charge of arrangements. o | Give Warning On Shooting Rifles — ! .Police today warned of the proI liable danger from shooting rifles j along the St. Mary’s river bank in I the north end residence district. ; Several residents along North Second street have flower gardens and cozy resting places in the back yard which extend to the river. Recently | complaints have been registered by ; residents that the shooting of rifles has made it unsafe to sit outside, j Those in the habit of having target practice along the river bank were cautioned to shoot away from the residence district, as <t stray bullet might inflict injury cr cause a person's death. o —• Friday Final Day Io Hear Objections | Residents of the city of Decatur ’ who have objections to assessments i recently made may appear before the Adams county board of review i in the assessor’s office of the court- ! house Friday. This will be the final I day the board will hear complaints | and make adjustments. Three complaints have been, heard by the board to date. The latter two were from Berne and Jefferson, while the first was heard Monday from Preble township. AU I of these were adjusted. 1 The board members stated that al! persons who were missed in the assessing are urged to call at the assessor’s office at once. New Building Front Is Near Completion Work on the redecoration of the Wertaberger Confectionery and the Citizens Telephone company is nearing completion. The modern glass fronts have already been ln- ; stalled. Both businesses are con- | tinuing operation while the work ' is being carried on. ORCHESTRA TO GIVE PROGRAM Decatur Honolulu Guitar Orchestra At Preble Sunday , I The Honolulu guitar orchestra J of Decatur, under the direction of . I Oscar Moser, will present an all Hawaiian musical entertainment at St. Paul's Lutheran church, Preble, Sunday evening, at 7:30 p. m. The church is sponsoring an ice cream : social and is engaging the guitar orchestra to furnish the evening’s , entertainment. The public is cordially invited to attend. t Members of the Decatur orches- . tra are: ! Oscar Moser, director: Hilda Bultemeyer, Irene. Bultemeyer, Marjorie Chronister. Grace Flaugh. ’ Keith Hunt. Herbert Lengerich. ' Oscar Lengerich, Billie Marbaugh, ' Anna Bell Rupert. Loris Rich. Bernice Scheumann. '■ Lorane Scheumann. Alice Scheu- ’• mann, Evelyn Scheumann, Gordon J Selking, Irene Shively, Ralph Shively, Everett Venls.

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More PWA Projects Are Approved In Drive To Speed Recovery Os Business. 279 APPROVED New York, June 23—(UP) — The stock market advanced one to six points today to the highest levels since March 2 in the most active trading since October of 1929. Most significant, according to experts was activity and strength in railroad stgeks. New York Central was the most active issue on the bogrd. other rails included Southern Pennsylvania and Santa Fe. Washington, June 23 <(J,R) Thp public works administration today pressed its recovery drive another step forward with announcement of 279 additional approved projects carrying a total construction vulue of |«1,752.437. It was the third list of projects released by PWA since President Roosevelt signed the $3,753,000,000 recovery bill and brought the total worth of approved projects to $210,548,332. Ot this sum the government’s contribution is $107,400,000 for a total of 869 projects. Today's giants totalled $28,009,531 with loans of $1,582,500. Tite largest ot today’s projects was a bridge across the Mississippi from East St. Louis. 111., to St. Louis, Mo., to cost $5,500,000, of which the government is contributing a $2,475,000 grant. The projects include 115 schools and other educational buildings. 68 water works, pumping systems, reservoirs, sewerage systems and disposal plants and 18 court houses, penal institutions, hospitals, other public buildings. Other projects: (all grants unless otherwise designated) Bloomington. Ind., school, $13.635; students’ club, $21,234; Boone county. Ind., school. $13,950. Porter county. Ind., high school. $45,076. Washington township, Ind., school. $26,280. Encouraged by a bullish stock market and the optimistic statements of President Roosevelt and (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o FEENEY LEADS VOTE RECOUNT Al Feeney Leading In Recount For Marion County Sheriff Indianapolis, Ind.. June 23 (UP) ,Ai G. Feeney, unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination for Marion County sheriff, 'P>day was leading the successful candidate. Charles Lutz, 10,107 to 9.734 votes, after a recount commission completed Ms work in the 150 of the 336 precincts. Final figures tabulated by the canvassing board immediately following the May primary election gave Lutz 10,999 and Feeno.' only 9,761. The recount, which wus demand* ed by Feeney shortly after the canvassing board figures were released has uncovered numerous cases of irregularities. The recount commission yesterday found that 28 ballots in the eighth precinct of 12th ward apparently had been I marked by the same person. Another case of irregularity was found in the 15th precinct of the 11th ward where 247 extra ballots were uncovered. According to rec. ords of the county clerk's office only 400 ballots had been sent to the precinct while 647 ballots unvoted and mutilated, had been returned to the canvassing board after the primary. —- —o~ —— temperature readings democrat thermometer 8:00 a. m - - 10:00 a. 78 87 Noon 2:00 p. 91 ’ 3:00 p. WEATHER Generally fair tonight and Friday, except scattered thundershowers in north portion Frii day afternoon! somewhat cooler i extreme northwest portion Friday afternoon.