Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 36, Number 165, Decatur, Adams County, 14 July 1938 — Page 1

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HUGHES COMPLETES FLIGHT

I OFFICIALS Sparing for |NG STRUGGLE A To Abandon Olym-1 ok Games As Long I War Looms S-—■ —1 ■v Jo<’ Ab x Morris ■ )>,.,. 5s Staff Correspondent) Sl ,vrnmmt officials to~Kg,o<l preparations for a ■ , military struggle j ■ by proposing abandonment , Olympic games at , S decision on the abandon- J ■ proposed by Ute ministry ( ■<-,. will be made tomorrow ( ■(..(binet but there appeared ( ■p doubt that th.' recom- ■ n would be approved. ■l factors influenced the de- . ■thicli was of unusual inter- , significam but all were ■ . ti! tin y.-.u "Id Japanese ■ t of < liina. Amateur ath- . eollllt ■riniipally Great Britain . ~( j ■ boycott th" 1940 policy • -!•••- d situation cmi'iiim d 1 ;,l 1 "I" ■ I ioi d soon by Hankow there must rearmed forces to maintain k Jr -e gains. K h at reason the war minis|jL.} led d. cilled til.it Sol’ Auhl bet tor’ll ti’.i'" on the t-'bltl. the need for ■ n.w...: J • iitltusa year ago. the 1940 games would niied as they were during Great Britain showed determination to prociinmierci.d interests in \;dley tn. a which is of severe fighting as the pound against the dec f Hankow. Several himsi.li|i.r< were reported in Hankow to take over HBr which formerly was a ■ ' Uta essjon hut which the deny is now any different ■- ’I -■ •> . ■ i ■ >n. inited avoid a- i..i|s clash at with fur. powers inin China. United States Joseph -w ..t Tokyo lositiun of American it. dm war area in a long at the foreign minis- ■' -k and was assured that ■ O:1 would |,e taken contrary ■tt nghis. Grew had ex- ■* '"’“'"''-t t’m-at ding reports " .’l' ON PAGE THU EE) ■AL PICNIC ill IT BERNE ■ :, i Adams County 4- ■ Picnic Is Held B Wednesday ■ ’ ? < “'1 fifty people attendW annual Adams county 411 Wednesday at he Leh- ■“"' -‘t Berne. A baske' i unch at noon. ■ ; ‘'" !v following the dinner. ■ """*' l0M! 4 II club talent ■ Reinking of the De- '' ,lle grou P ‘ n ' ■mimtinSchwartz, presi- '' ) ' 10(114 cbar 8 e °f ■ gram ’ Alveda Mazeltn of ■ h |lUt 011 the demonstration ■" 7 W ° n first I,la, e h 'the 1 y con test recently. A ■paw by ■ “ ” Berne ’ Alice Reinking ■ a ‘ ( h accom 'P a «ied by Lydia ■ on( ,, , P,an( ’- Tl >“ Program ■» l tied with a piano selec- ■ L .'tlia Frosch. ■tjovL h’° t V a " 1 ' a ball ganb? ■and th e ° lUer club me m- ■ < ‘Pervi,ed° UnSPr niembers ■reatinn ganiea :l "" >' Rp d ■ Cdlwn at the park.

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LEGION HOLDS DISTRICT MEET Adams Post Is Host To Fourth District Meeting Wednesday Adams post number 43 of the American Legion was host Wednesday evening to Legionnaires of the fourth district in one of the most impressive district meetings ever held in this city. The principal feature of last night's district meeting was the first annual memorial service in honor of legionnaires who died during the past year. Father D. L. Faurote. Avilla, district Legion chaplain, and a native of Adams county, delivered the memorial address. Frank Foote, Albion, district memorial chairman, conducted the memorial service. Ralph E. Roop, commander of Adams post, opened the meeting, introducing W. Carl Graham, Fort Wayne, fourth district commander. Mr. Graham introduced Col. A. L. Moudy, Waterloo, past district commander, and an active leader in the Hoosier Boys’ State, a training school in government and political education, sponsored for the youth of Indiana by the Amer-1 lean Legion. Col. Moudy spoke, vriefly on the work of the Boys' | State, and then introduced Richard Vrbine, Fort Wayne, who was elected governor of the Hoosier Boys' State at this year's camp at Indianapolis. The youthful governor, speaking briefly, thanked the American Legion for its splendid move in conducting the Boys' State, praising its purpose of educating young boys of the state in conduct of the American form of government and the method, under which this government is perated. Eight boys who attended this year's Boys’ State, five from Adams county, two from Ossian and one from Garrett, were guests at the meeting. William Sayer, state Legion ad(CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) ADAMS COUNTY NATIVE DIES Albert Klopfenstine Dies This Morning Following Operation Albert Klopfenstine, 33, died this morning at the home of his parents southwest of Monroe, at 2:20 o’clock. He had been ill since March 11 following an operation. The deceased was unmarried and had resided all his lite on the farm of his 'parents, Peter T. and Mary Klopfensteine, where he was born September 9, 1904. He was a member of the Loyal Order of Moose and was employed by Yost Brothers as a construction foreman. He is survived by hie parents and the following brothers and sisters: Henry of Monroe; Mrs. Aldine Ginter and Mts. Emma Mallonee of Decatur; Noah of Fort Wayne; Mrs. Tillie Ehrsam and Mrs. Ida Egley of Monroe, and Mrs. Mary Mertz of Bluffton. Two sisters and one brother preceded him in death. Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at 1 o’clooy at the home and at 1:30 at the Winchester (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) C. C. Directors, Fair Board Meet Tonight The board of directors of the Chamber of Commerce will meet at the auto license bureau on Madison street tonight at 7:30 o’clock. All directors are urged to be present, as important business will be transacted. Following thia meeting, all members of committees of the Decatur Free Street Fair will hold a meeting at the same place. This meeting is scheduled for 8:15 o clock. Local Residents Plan Fishing Trip Joe Lose, Herman -Ehinger and son James, H. P. Schmitt and Arthur E. Voglewede will leave earl) Friday morning for a fishing trip to Perr Sound, Georgian Bay, Canada. They tplan to be gone 10 days to two weeks.

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FILE CHARGES ON BANK NIGHT Three Charges In Test Case Are Filed In Circuit Court The “bank night" trial, which has 'held the spotlight of news-reader in- ; terest in the city for the past few ; weeks took a new turn today, as I three charges were filed in Adams I ■ I circuit court against the owners of ilthe Adanis and Madison theaters, arising out of the staging o£ the ■ weekly prize drawing. I. A. Kalver and Roy Kalver, owners and operators of the two theaters, were to appear in circuit court late this afternoon to enter pleas to three chargee. The cases, as filed by Prosecutor Arthur E. Voglewede late today, charge the theater men with opera'- . Inga lottery, operating a lottery in a building and operating a lot--1 tery as agents. Each of the counts is filed sep- , arately and upon conviction carries ' fines of up to SSOO each. The charge of acting as agents for a lottery, filed sometime ago in justice of peace court, was dismissi cd today upon motion of the prosei cutor. Raid Hearing July 18 John T. Kelley, justice of peace, 1 from whose court a search warrant and confiscation order was issued I last week stated today that a hear- ( ing upon disposal of the confiseat- . ed equipment would be held in his ( court July 18. As provided by law, a hearing j must be held within 10 days after , | confiscations The Adams theater was raided by Sheriff Dallas Brown (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) DEAIH CLAIMS F. M. TINKHAM Retired Blue Creek Township Farmer Dies This Morning Francis Marion Tiukham. 82, re- . tired Blue Creek township farmer, ' died this morning at 5:15 o’clock at I his home in Berne. Death was attributed to complications, following ' an illness of one week. The deceased was born in Blue ' Creek township September 20, 1855, | the son of Dennison and Margaret j 1 Tinkham, His wife, Annabelle, pre-j ceded him in death. Surviving are the following children: Mrs. Peter Bollenbacher and Mrs. Chauncey Deßolt, both of Jefferson township; Mrs. Julia Campbell, at home; Mrs. Martin Smith of Berne; Mrs. Floyd Myers of Mercer county, Ohio; a stepson and an I adopted eon. A brother, Sylvester, and a sister, Mrs. Rebecca Beving-1 I ton of Blue Creek township, also! ■ survive. Funeral services will be held Sati urday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the • Evangelical church in Berne and i burial will be made in the Spring I Hill cemetery.

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Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, July 14, 1938.

Plan Parking Lot During Fair Week A 15 acre parking lot on the H. P. Schmitt farm, east of the Monroe street river bridge, will be provided by Mr. Schmitt during street fair week. Mr. Schmitt will operate the parking lot and provide a couple assistants to help him. A nominal charge of 15 cents per car for all day parking and 15 cents for night parking I will be made. The use of the field will be donated for the horse pulling contests on Friday) and Saturday of fair 1 week. 0 STREET WORK IS AGAIN DELAYED Rain Prevents Continued Work On Re-Surfac-ing Street The work of re-surfacing Second street was once again delayed today by the showers that fell early this morning. Workmen had planned to start this morning on applying the coat of Ky-Rock on Second street as a tinal step in re-surfacing the route. An attempt is also being made to open the stretch from the intersection at the traffic light in the north section of the city to the north bridge at an early date. Opening of this stretch would make the north exit on federal road 217 available, via Third or Fifth street. Highway officials and the contractor had also discussed the advisibility of moving directly from this stretch to the section of Second street between Monroe street and Five Points with the work. This would eliminate the traffic tie-up ' occasioned by the blocking of second street. It is expected that the re-surfac-(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

Photography Put To Use Here In Performing Eye Operation

For the first time in the history of the local hospital, and probably first in local medical history, photography has played an important part in recording the events and results of an operation, it was revealed today. It was last Saturday that Georgia Hazelwood, seven-year old daughter of Mrs. Mary Habelwood, of near Decatur, ruptured an eyeball on a nail protruding from a door. At first fearing that the girl would lose the sight of the injured member, the attending physician decided to operate. Under the watchful eye of the camera of the Rev. Homer J. Aspy local camera enthusiast, aided by the brilliant lights of the operating room, each step of the operation was recorded as Dr. Beu Duke, local eye specialist, assisted by Dr. G. J. Kohne and hospital attaches, labored to save the girl's sight. The nail had pierced the eyeball

WAGE SCALE AT SCHOOL ADOPTED M age Scale For Workers On Pleasant Mills School Adopted , The wage scale to prevail in the construction of the new addition to - the Pleasant Mills high school in 1 St. Mary’s township, as approved r by representatives of the township advisory board, of the governor and of the state federation of labor, was released today from the offices of D. Burdette Custer, township attorney. The representatives. Calvin Yost, I Jack L. Wilson and C. O. Van Horn. I respective appointees of the three above named groups, agreed upon the scale late yesterday after a I meeting in the attorney's office. According to the terms of the $27,000 grant received from the PWA, actual construction work is to start no later than August 29. I All plans are expected to be com- ■ pleted and work underway by that ( date. The scale, as approved yester- | day. follows: t Asbestos worker, $1.20; brick- : layer, $1.30; carpenter, 80c; cement 1 finisher, 90c; common labor. 45c; electrician. $1.20; glazier, $1.15; , hod carrier, 60c; mortar mixer, , either brick or plaster. 60c; iron ( worker, structural, $1.37%; lather. , metal. $1.25; crane operator, either , dragline or clamshell, $1.25; oper- ( ator-hoisting, drum. $1; truck driv1 er, 50c; painter, $1.15; painter help- ’ er, 70c; plasterer, $1.10; plumber (CONTINUED PAGE SIX) O I Berne Residents Take Red Cross Aid Course Eleven Berne residents, including ' members of the volunteer fire department there, are taking the Red Cross first aid instruction course under the direction of Dorns Stalter of this city.

■ to the iris, and it was necessary ■ for the eye sugeon to cut into the eyeball, cut away the injured section then suture the gap. All of this ' was recorded in the magic eye of ' the jamera. Late Wednesday the bandages were removed from the girls eye i and it was disclosed that the oper- • ation had been a success—her sight ■ would be unimpaired, despite the i seriousness of the injury. A “shot” of the young girl’s eye I before the operation, one following I the surgery and others showing the t steps as the injured member recovered, were joined together. > Now the surgeon has an actual ’ recording of an operation that prov- ' od to be successful in retaining eye- ; sight in face of serious injury. The i pictures the surgeon stated, will be , tiled with case histories. After be- . mg sent to the national institute, it , is hoped that the pictures will prove beneficial in performing similar opI erations.

Howard. Complete Record Breaking Hop Within A Span Os Four Days

RATE ON WHEAT LOANSIS SET BY SECRETARY Wallace Establishes Rates To Prevent Glutted Market • ' ■ Washington, July 14. — (U.R) — I Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace today established rates for wheat loans to cooperating producers at rates averaging between 59 and CO cents a bushel. Wallace set rates for the loans to prevent a glutted market as U. S. farmers harvested the second largest wheat crop in history and the commodity credit corporation made available $100,000,000 to finance the program. The loans, officials estimated, will enable farmers to store 130,000,000 bushels of wheat on farms and in gvernment warehouses, permitting the 967,000,000 bushel wheat crop to reach the market in stages calculated to prevent a break in prices. The loan rate was announced after Wallace warned wheat producing nations of the world that the United States is determined to get its fair share of export markets and has 250,000,000 bushls of the staple available for sale abroad. Wheat growers who did not (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) STONE COPING BEING PLACED White Bedford Stone Coping Being Put In Place At New School Installation of the white Bedford stone coping, the final step in completing the front of the new quartermillion dollar junior-senior high high school, was scheduled to be started sometime today. The white coping will run around the entire top of the front of the structure. Bricklayers have now reached the top row in laying the brick front. " The root will be started below this level and form several peaks in towering above the front walk The roof is to be placed on tho school proper fust and then on the gym, after those walls are completed. Meanwhile, plasterers are busily I engaged, with already a number of l the rooms plastered and ready for i further work. Plumbers and pipe-fit-ters are also working daily in installing plumbing and sewage systems. With the installation of the coping, the only work remaining to be done on the front will be cleaned and installing glass panes in the numerous windows later on. Suspend Parking Regulations While Street Is Closed Parking on the east side of Third street and on the east side of First street, between Jackson and Jefferson streets, will be permitted during the period when Second street is being improved. Following a conference with Mayor A. R. Holthouse, Chief of police Seph Melchi announced that tickets would not be issued to those who parked in prohibited areas on Third and First streets, until after Second street was opened to traffic. Police did not issue tickets yesterday to those who parked on the east side of the two streets. The completing of the Second street improvement has been delayed on account of the rains and the change in the parking regulations was made to accomodate motorists.

Dies Suddenly ■■ ■ ■ ■.' ■ * 1 ** 1 I ■ ' I I . 1 I I Henry Thomas, prominent Decatur business man, died unexpectedly of a heart attack early this morning at his home in this city. HENRY THOMAS DIES SUDDENLY Veteran Decatur Cigar Maker Dies Os Heart Attack Today Henry Thomas. 62, veteran Decatur cigar .manufacturer and well j known business man, died suddenly I this morning at 12:45 o’clock at his ’ home on Fifth street. He had been in ill health for the I past 10 years, but death came un-1 expectedly from a heart attack. The deceased had been actively ! engaged in cigar manufacturing in > the city for more than a quarter of I a century. He first formed a part-1 nership with Will Lose, of this city,! later buying out Mr. Lose's interest and continuing in the manufacturing of cigars alone, Mr. Thomas' company manufactured and introduced “The White Stag” cigar years ago. At the time of his death he was still actively engaged in his work despite ill health. The deceased was a member of j the Moose lodge in this city and of the Eagles lodge at Columbia City, where he transferred hie membership, after the local order disbanded a number of years ago. He was a member of the St. Mary's Catholic church. Surviving, besides the widow, ( Mrs. Olive King-Thomas, are a daughter, Mrs. J. J. Vega of Chica- J go; two Bisters, Mrs. Mary Groth(CON’TINUED ON PAGE THREE) o STORM CAUSES HEAVY DAMAGE Northeastern Indiana Is Badly Damaged By Electrical Storm Fort Wayne, July 14 — (U.R) — ( A wind, rain and electrical storm which swept across northeastern ( Indiana yesterday and early today caused thousands of dollars dam- . age, a survey showed. Throughout the section where the storm struck, fruit trees were • damaged and growing crops were 1 blown down. ' Near Bluffton, the garage and automobile of George Sleppy were destroyed when lightning set fire to the building. Electrical service along some lines of the Northern Indiana Power company and City Power Co., was disrupted temporarily when lightning struck the belfry of Huntington’s First Congregational Christian church, set fire to a garage and blew out transformer fuses. Marshall county reported the severest electrical storm of the year early today. Lightning set .(UQNTINULU Übi PAUE foixi

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Distance Os 14,690 Miles Covered ByGiant Plane In Slightly More Than Ninety-One Hours. HIT HIGH SPEED Floyd Bennett Field, July 14 —• (U.R) Howard Hughes, first man ever to circle the world within the span of four days, landed here at 12:37% p. m. CST today in a super airplane stained with the dust of three continents. Hughes and his four companions roared in from Minneapolis on a 40-mile tail wind, hitting at times the highest speed of the entire flight of 14.690 miles. When tlie wheels of the big plane bumped on the concrete landing field. Hughes had cut in half the best previous round the world record —186 hours. 49% minutes, made by the late Wiley Post in 1933. He had crossed three continents and two oceans since leaving this same field at 5:20 p. m. CST last Sunday. His unofficial time was 91 hours and 17% minutes. It was a shining achievement — one of the great triumphs of aviation —for the five bearded weary men and the stout ship that carried them through the frozen blasts of the Arctic and the hot winds of I prairie America between two sunsets. Among the thirty thousand staring into the sky as the plane came down were the wives of the three members of the Hughes’ crew — Mrs. Harry Connor. Mrs. Richard Stoddart and Mrs. Thomas Thurlow. The excitement was too much for pretty Elinor Hoagland. 19-year-old fiancee of Ed Lund. Hughes' flight engineer. She fainted and was taken home. Katherine Hepburn, movie actress and frequently reported engaged to Hughes, left her Connecticut! home early today and headed towards New York. Hughes brought his ship home the way he took her out at the controls himself. At 12:47 p. m. Hughes stepped out of the plane. Photographers clustered around and the air was bright with bulbs and flashlights. The four members of the crew, cramped and stiff from their long confinement in the cabin, followed Hughes out ol the plane. The ship, glittering like a new half-dollar when it left here Sunday, had been turned dull gray by wind and weather. Someone dtwged a loud speaker up to where the fliers were standing and Mayor LaGuardia turned to Hughes and said: “Congratulations.” “The flight was wonderful,” Hughes replied. Then Hughes gracefully paid tribute to the four men who helped him girdle the globe. “This is the best crew in the world,” he said. “All I can say is that this crowd has frightened me more than anything else in the last few days,” Hughes said. Four Hearings Are Held This Morning Hearings on four applications for! alcoholic beverage retailers’ lies enses were conducted this morning! in the county commissioners’ offica of the courthouse by the of the county alcoholic beverage) board. The applications; Green Kettle, John Joseph, William Freitag, beer retailers licenses, and Walter Eicher, beer and wine retailers license, o TEMPERATURE READINGS — R DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER ] 8:AO a. m 72 ■ 10:00 a. m 76 Noon ~ 80 2:00 p. m 3:00 p. m 86 WEATHER WEATHER Generally fair tonight and • Friday; slightly cooler.