Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 36, Number 176, Decatur, Adams County, 27 July 1938 — Page 1

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Port Wayne flirl Is Pound Near Lojjansport I.ogttsport, Ind., Jttly J*. 4U.R)* Dorothy Olson, 23, of Fort Wayne, ! who was found unconscious along Indiana highway 2b eight miles south of here late yesterday, was I recovering in Cuss county hospital today. Miss Olson regained consciousness shortly after being admitted to the hospital but could not exj plain her presence in the vicinity or her condition, police said. ' Police who questioned the girl said she told them the last she ! remembered was leaving a Fort Wayne night club Monday night, accompanied by a Fort Wayne youth whom she did not name. j DECORATE CITY j FOR THE FAIR Streamers Os Plugs And Banners Are Dressing Up City The city late yesterday began to i take on its full dress regalia for the Decatur Free Street Fair and Agrij cultural Show, which opens Moni day. Lines of flags and banners were hung over city street* by workmen ; |of the L. Robert Rhent company. Fort Wayne decorating outfit awarded the contract by the fair offi- ! cials. Work of decorating was started ! early this year, since an added aI mount of Hags and banners are | to he strung and much extra float ; work has been secured by the decor- j a tors. Despite the wind and rain of last night and this morning, the decorations suffered but little, with only i one line of flags reported blown down. Fair official* announced today : that Marcellus Miller, local radio I dealer and repairman, has been, 1 awarded the contract for furnishing j | a public address system for the I fore part of fair week. The state police sound car and exhibit ia to be used the latter three days. SONS OF LEGION NAME OFFICERS John McConnell Is ReElected Captain Os Organization John McConnell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe McConnell, of North Third street, was re-elected captain of the Sons of the American Legion. Post No. 43, at the meeting held last night in the Legion home. Other officers are: Bill Schnepp. i Jr., first lieutenant; Gilbert Huff- : man, second lieutenant; Vernon Hebble, adjutant: Robert Laurent, finance officer; Howard Gehrig, color bearer: David Langston, seri geant-at-arms; Lawrence Rash, j chaplain, and Thomas Rnop, historian. The executive committee is: John McConnell, Gilbert Huffman and Robert Laurent. All of the posts were filled by re-election with the exception of! adjutant. Vernon Hebble replaces Robert Porter in that office. The local post was organized; j here in May. with the purpose of carrying on with Legion principles and activities after the local ; post becomes extinct. o Dr. Harold Zwick Speaks To Lions Dr. Harold Zwick, Decatur ,phyei- 1 da, addressed the members of the Decatur Lions club last night in the regular meeting at fne Rice hotel. Dr. Zwick delivered an informal talk on state institutions, dealing mainly with mental hospitals and 1 state-maintained . sanitariums. Dr. IN. E. Bixler had charge of the ! program. o Stolen Automobile Is Recovered Here — A stolen auto, belonging to Ralph ! Mycum, of Fort Wayne, was recov- ■ | cred today on the streets of Deca- ' i tur. The car was noticed by local ! residents, who called authorities. o Work On Building Delayed By Rains | Work on the new junior-senior . high school was temporarily halted . this morning by the heavy rains last night. General labor wae postponed 1 today because of the water, but ■ plumbers and, other inside workers continued.

Thousands Horrified as Youth Jumps To Death View of John Ward on ledge of hotel

, Jesting with death 17 floors above New York’s Fifth avenue while thousands watched with horror in the street below, John Ward. 26, pranced around on a t wit-foot ledge for several hours, ignoring

CHAMP SPELLER HERE THURSDAY Indiana’s Spelling Champion To Speak To Rotary Club Robert Sisson, of Martinsville, Indiana's champion spoiler, will be j the guest speaker at the weekly ; meeting of the Decatur Rotary i : club Thursday evening at the Rice i hotel. Mr. Sisson is widely known j throughout the midwest as a redoubtable speller. A few weeks 'ago, at Dearborn. Mich.. He won j the notable spelling “Bee,” staged ! under the joint sponsorship of Henry Ford and the national association of McGuffey clubs. This ! victory was the 70th consecutive match that he has won. A retil druggist and salesman of physicians’ supplies, Mr. Sisson is reputed to have a speaking and spelling vocabularly of extraordinary size. His address to the Rotarians is expected to reveal some of the methods he has pursued in acquiring his oversize vocabulary and unusual proficiency in spelling. Dr. Palmer Richer, member of ; the local club, will have charge of • the meeting. Fails In Effort To Commit Suicide It was reported to the sheriff’s office late Tuesday afternoon that Harold Steel, well known Pleasant Mills young man, had attempted sui- ( tide by drowning. Steele, according to the reports, was fished out of the St. Mary’s by I onlookers. i According to the report, however, j lie stated after being rescued that i "you stopped me this time, but I'll i \ get it done before 6 o’clock to- i ! night.” 1 Hie didn’t make good his threat. BAND CONCERT !: HERE THURSDAY) High School Band lo Play For Concert Tomorrow Night I The Decatur high school -band i 1 j will play for the weekly band con- I 1 cert, to be presented on the ramp j i at the south of the court house, j; Thursday evening at 7:30 o’clock, j i This will be the final concert of | the summer season by the Decatur bands. The Berne band, through | a trade arrangement, will play for I the Anal concert, Thursday, August j ] 111. j< The program for tomorrow ’ I • night’s concert follows: March—“ Our Director” Bigelow, i March— " Stars and Stripes For- ] ever,” Sousa, i Overture —“Olympia,’ Miller. March—“Footlifter,” Fillmore. j. March—" Thunderer,” Sousa. | Overture —“The Golden Cres-, < ' cent,” Skaggs. March—" His Honor,” Fillmore. 1 March —“Ironclad," Huff." i "Religious Fantaise,” Dalbey. “Cheerio,” Goldman. i i March—“ Peerless,” Huff. “Star Spangled Banner.” []

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana. Wednesday, July 27, 1938.

Joseph Schultz Is Slightly Improved The condition of Josaph Schultz. 21-year-old laborer at the new jun-ior-senior high school, who was serlosuly injured Monday afternoon, was reported as a little improved today. X-rays taken after the accident, >i> which Young Schultz fell about 25 feet to a cement floor, revealed later Tuesday that he had sustained a skull fracture and is suffering from a brain concussion. RAIN AND HAIL BRING RELIEF Some Damage Is Reported As Heavy Rain Snaps Heat Wave Sudden showers and hail early last evening brought an abrupt halt to the heat wave, which has gripped the city for the past several days. Accompanied by wind, thunder ami lightning, heavy showers fell early, followed by a hail shower. Ceasing for several hours, the rain again started and fell heavily throughout the night and morning. Some damage was reported as a result of the showers. A few basements were reported flooded ami the lightning flashes blew out fuses on city light transformers. Electric clocks were stopped downtown as service momentarily was disrupted. City streets were flooded for a while as overtaxed sewers were unable to carry away the heavy waters. After climbing up to the 90's before the rain, the mercury fell to the 70's and this morning at 8 o’clock a temperature of 70 was recorded on the Democrat thermometer. Indications of a continuance in (he respite from the heat was seen today as weathermen forecast more rain and cloudy weather.

Young Man Leaps To Death After Long Vigil On Ledge

New York, July 27. —<U.R> — John . Ward, 26, a psychopath, spent 11 i hours on a narrow ledge abutting the 17th floor of the Hotel Gotham, then jumped to instant death in the street below where 10,000 persons watched. Three hundred policemen, 100 firemen, four physicians, his sister, his mother, a number of his friends, and a priest had worked desperately to prevent his killing himself. Friends said today that all their efforts all their pleadings, all the prayers of the approximately 100.000 persons who, during the 11 hours, had looked up from the street at the dizzy height where he was perched, all the ingenuity of the technicians who devised a half dozen schemes to save him, had been doomed from the beginning to failure. He had made up his mind weeks ago that he was not fit to live. He had tried twice before to kill himself. If he had been frustrat-

the pleas of would-be rescuers, finally jumping to his death. He climbed out on his precarious perch through the window of a suite his sister was occupying in a midtown hotel and flirted with eternity.

WPATO RESUME WORK AUGUST 4 i Complete Schedule For Month, Crews To Resume Work Next Week The WPA work crews have com- ‘ ’ pleted their schedule for this month and will not return to woik until August 4. The three crews which j are working in this city are the j street, sidewalk and sewer gangs. The two sewers in the south end ; of town are completed and n ork on i the Acker sewer, in the north part i of town, will begin on August 4. 1 The improvement on Jackson strefet is about complete and when | the men resume work, a number will be employed on North Thirteenth street. The improvement of Russell street and two blocks on Dierkes street will follow. The sidewalk crew has been I building a number of walks and curbs. Curb is being placed along , Jackson street where the street is being improved. Curbing will also be placed on Dierkes street, from Washington street, south to St. Mary’s and probably to Dayton ave-r-ue, if the property owners petition for it. ; Between 70 and 100 men are em- j i ployed on the WPA projects in this 1 city. Property owners and the city ! . nr? furnishing the materials to make the street, sewer and aide- : walk improvements. o— — More Floats To Be In Line Os Parade Several last nimute float entries were reported today by H. V. DeVor and Maurice Kindler, members | of the fair float committee. The additional entries who were , not included in the first list are: Westinghouse, Sprague Furniture, Zwick & Son and Reed Elevator. , The floats of these firms will ap- : pear in the parades Wednesday as- , thernoon and evening with the other floats and bands.

ed and had failed, he would have succeeded another time. But he did not fail. As police rigged a ship's cargo net on the 16th floor in which they hoped to enmesh him, as peddlers moving through the crowds below crying, "hayah ya are! get your binoculars hyah," he said to the policeman leaning out the window pleading with him: “I have made up my mind. I wish you could convince me that life is worth living.” He stood on tip-toe and catapulted himself out into, space like a diver. “There he comes,” someone screamed from the crowd. The explosive flashes of photographers’ bulbs outlined the slender figure, no longer in a dive, but plunging like a dead, inanimate weight. It struck the marquee of the hotel, breaking the glass and denting the steel, and bounctCUNl'iMb'W) yW EAdS fflVE*

Senate Does About-Face On Building Program; Votes To Erect New Office Building

WELFARE HEAD | GIVES REPORT Mrs. Knapp Reports On Number Seeking Old Age Assistance A total of 61 applications for old age assistance have been received at the Adams county publfe welfare i department since July 1. Mrs. Faye Smith Knapp, county welfare direc- | tor, stated loday. | This number has made applicaj lion since the reduction in age from j 70 years to 65 first became effecI live on July 1. Mrs. Knapp stated that in ratio | with present indications it is ex- | pected that the number of recipients | 70 years of age or over, by January ! 1, 1938 will have reached 250, and j that the number of those between 65 and 70 years of age will total about half as many. A total of 231 aged persons of the county were receiving old age assistance through the department on July 1, Mrs. Knapp stated. A survey of the records also revealed that 404 applications have j been received at the office for old ■ age assistance since the local de- | partment was first organized in | May 1936. Recreation Committee To Meet This Evening The executive committee of the Decatur recreation program will meet in the office of the chairman, Walter J. Kriek, at the public high school building at 7:30 o’clock this 1 evening. All committee members are urged to be present. LISTS PRIZES FOR TWINS DAY Total Os SSO In Prizes To Be Awarded Thursday Os Fair Week The list of prizes, which will be awarded the winners in the various twin contests on Twin Day, Thursday, August 4. during the Decatur Free Street Fair and Agricultural j Show, was given today by George ' Laurent, chairman of the event. A total of SSO will be split up’ in various awards. Prizes of $lO, $7.50. $5. and $2.50 will be given to the most identical pair of twins for first, second, third and fourth choices. A prize of $5 will be given to the oldest, $5 to the youngest and $5 to the pair that lives the furthest from the city. The list of entries is rapidly swelling and twins, desirous of entering the contest, are urged to send in their names at the earliest convenience. The latest to enter are: Janice Carroll and Janet Caroline Busick, 1 Lauren and Warren Arnold, Milton and Clinton Zimmerman, Jimmy (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) Beverage Board To Hold Hearing The Adame county alcoholic beverage board will conduct hearings August 11 in the courthouse on the applications of D. F. Suman and May Suman-Case, for a liquor, beer and wine retailer's license; B. P. O. Elk’s lodge for a liquor, beer and wine retailer’s license. Blull'ton Preacher To ! Speak To Brotherhood The men’s brotherhood of the First United Brethren church will meet in the church Thursday evening at 7:30 o'clock, with the Rev. William Lichau of the Bluffton Presbyterian church as the speaker. Rev. Lichau fought in the German army during the World War and in well equipped to speak on the religious side of the European situation. Every man and boy of the church and any others interested are invited to attend. _____o Library To Close Evenings Os Fair 1 Commencing Monday, the Decatur ' public library will close each evening of Fair Week at 6 o’clock.

RADIUM POISON I 1 CLAIMS TENTH VICTIM TODAY Catherine Donohue Tenth Os “Doomed Women Os Ottawa" To Die Ottawa, 111., July 27 — (U.R) — Radium poisoning took its final toll today of Mrs. Catherine Donohue, 35, one of the 15 "doomed women of Ottawa.” She was the 10th to die. Four doctors certified that she died of radium poisoning, her attorney. Leonard J. Grossman, an- r nounced. f Grossman gave the doctors’ e names as Walter William Dalitsch j and S. R. Weiner, both of the x University of Illinois, and Charles j { Lossler of Chicago and R. M. Dunn j | of Spring Valley, 111., the family j physician. j Death came to the frail, shrunk- f en mother of two children less than j five months after a surgeon pre- , dieted that she had only a few , months to live. She had heard the , surgeon, I)r. Walter Dalitsch of the University of Illinois, predict j j her doom at a hearing here last j . Feb. 10 before the Illinois Indus-; , trial commission. , The hearing was on complaints , filed by herself and 11 other women victims of the poisoning that , gnaws at the marrow of its vie- , tints’ bones until death overtakes , them. i Mrs. Donohue screamed and , fainted when she heard Dr. I)alitsch’s verdict and the hearing suit- , sequently was resumed at iter bedside. She had testified that she contracted the lethal malady while employed by the Radium Dial company from 1922 to 1931. "We worked with fine brushes which were dipped into a prepara- j j lion of radioactive salts, a by-pro- j j duct of radium,” she had testified, j , "To give the brushes a fine point i j we wet them with our tongues and lips.” It was in this way, she said, that the poison entered her system. , As result of the hearing, the , Illinois industrial commission up- , held a ruling of its arbitrator who had ordered the Radium Dial company to pay Mrs. Donohue $6700 in medical expenses and awards. The commission also decided that Mrs. Donohue was entitled to receive at once $2398 of a $3470 award. Arbitrator George B. Marvel had directed the company to pay Mrs. Donohue $3470 under the occupational diseases act. $2500 for medi- j cal treatment and a life pension of $277 annually beginning June 1. 1940. Since then, the company was ordered to pay an additional $,30 for medical expenses. The hearing that resulted in the award concerned only Mrs. Donohue after the commission and the company agreed her's would he a “test” case. Only yesterday, Grossman said, the clerk of the LaSalle county I circuit court had refused to accept 1 an appeal from the industrial com- I mission’s ruling because the com- : pany sought to file its appeal without posting a SIO,OOO bond as j (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) CHURCH PLANS FOR SERVICES Pleasant Dale Church Plans For Evangelistic Meetings The Pleasant Dale Church of the Brethren, located seven and onehalf miles southwest of Decatur, announces a special series of revival and evangelistic meetings, to be held in the church August 14-28. They will be assisted in this special effort by Rev. and Mrs. B. M. Rollins, outstanding evangelists from Keyser. West Virginia. The Rev. Mr. Rollins is the leading evangelist in his denomination and has successfully conducted 162 similar campaigns in thirty states of the Union. Tens of thousands have been gripped by his messages over the radio, through the press and in person. The services will be held each night at 7:30 and continue nightly tot two weeks.

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Takes Surprise Action On Increased Expenditures After Passing Repeal Os “(Jadget” Law. VOTE UNANIMOUS Indianapolis, July 27— (UP) —The house of representatives this afternoon concurred in the senate amendment to the windshield “gadget” bill and the southern Indiana tuberculosis hospital measures and sent them to the Governor, thus completing action on two of the four “’must” measures of Gov. M. Clifford Townsend’s relief and recovery program. Indianapolis. July 27 — (U.R) — • The state senate did a direct aboutface on its proposed slash in the state institutional building program bill today and instead added a provision appropriating $1,600,000 for construction of a new state office building in Indianapolis. Earlier the senate had passed bills repealing the famed “windshield gadget" law and providing for purchase of land for a new state tuberculosis hospital in southern Indiana, and sent them to the house for final approval. Then not content with the office building appropriation, the senate also tacked on the bill another SIIO,OOO for construction of a new cottage for patients at the Newcastle epileptic village. The senate did knock out two national guard armory projects, one calling for $82,500 for improvements to an Indianapolis armory and the other for $57,750 for a new armory at Lebanon. As the appropriation hill now stands, the total state's share for the building program is approximately $7,220,750. Coupled with expected contributions from the federal PWA, this would compromise a building program of approximately $13,000,000. Gov. M. Clifford Townsend originally planned a building program totaling about $8,000,000 including the PWA funds, so the legislature has increased the planned schedule by about $5,000,000. In view of warnings that the state may lie financially embarassed by these expenditures, the administration is expected to crack (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) MRS. BORNE IS TAKEN RY DEATH Mrs. Elizabeth Borne Dies At Daughter’s Home Near Craigville Mrs. Elizabeth Borne, 81, died at 8 o'clock this morning at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Newton Melhcing, near Craigville. Deafli followed a two weeks’ illness 06 complications. The deceased was born in Tiffin, Ohio, July 8, 1857, the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Louis Eastertay. She married Henry Borne in Bryan. Ohio, in 1880. Her husband preceded her in death in 1895. Mrs. Borne was a member of the Reformed church at Magley. Children surviving are: Christina Borne, Decatur; Edward Borne and Mrs. Wesley Van Key, Kirkland township; Mrs. Mechling; Sam Borne, Muskegon, Mich.; Henry and Gus Borne, both of Fort Wayna I One son, Albert, is deceased. A sister, Mrs. Cal Stinger, resides at Bryan, Ohio, and a brother, Will I Eastertay, at East Gallon, Mich. Funeral services will be held at the Magley Reformed church Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock, with the Rev. David Grether officiating. Burial will be made in the church cemetery. The body will be returned to tha Mechling residence from the Jalm funeral home at Bluffton this evening. o TEMPERATURE READINGS DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER 8:00a.m 72 2:0(1 pin 81 10:00 a m 77 3:00 p.m 84 Noon 80 WEATHER Unsettled tonight and Thursday, showers and local thunderstorms probable; not much change in temperature.