Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 36, Number 183, Decatur, Adams County, 4 August 1938 — Page 1

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Lnese Making {Peace Overtures I To Soviet Russia

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WILL IMPROVE STANDARDS OF STATE ASTLUMS Gottschalk Lists Plans To Better Service At Institutions Indianapolis, Aug. 4- /U.R) Thurman A. Gottschalk, director of the state welfare department,) announced today that “immediate' and sweeping steps” will be taken ■ to improve services and standards ; of personnel in Indiana s state mental hospitals. He outlined a four-point program as follows: 1. Employment on Aug. 15 of a woman physician who has combined experience as a psychiatrist, nurse and public hospital execu- , tive. 2. Launching this month of a , series of tests, based on minimum ■ | standards for intelligence, person-. ality and adaptibility for attend-. ants at all state mental hospitals. ■ 3. A follow-up series of in-ser-vice training courses for hospital staffs, to be conducted by psychi- ( atrists from the state welfare de-1 partment in co-operation with superintendents of the several hospitals. 4. Development of a state mental hygiene program focused on higher standards of research, medical treatment, patient care, social services, out-patient clinics and a i higher rate of patient admission and discharge. ; . Gottschalk announced that the ~ new woman psychiatrist, Dr. Lillian Moulton of Hie Danvers State tl hospital in Massachusetts, already has been hired. As a member of j the Massachusetts State hospital's , medical staff, she has been in | charge ot patient service for wo- ] me nand nurse-training. "While we feel that a great for-' ward step has been taken by Indi-!. ana in resolving to relieve thel over-crowded condition by adding , (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) STOCK PARADE I HERE FRIDAY Livestock To Parade At Ip. m.; Horse Pull- i, ing Contests Two feature attractions, one in , the morning and one in the afternoon, are being prepared for visitors at the Decatur Free Street Fair and Agricultural Show Friday, ( In the morning at 9 the lightweight horee-pulling contest 13 to be staged in the H. P. Schmitt I field, east of the St. Mary's bridge , on Monroe street. Interest in the lightweight con-' test has been running unusually high this year and a record crowd is expected to be on hand for the event. To enable more persons to , witness the pulling contests, Mr. Schmitt stated today that no charge ) will be made for cars parking in the field during the event. Mr. Schmitt lifted the parking fee during the hours of the event to further facilitate handling of the crowd. The heavyweight contest will be held Saturday at the same time. Parade At 1 P. M. 'ln the afternoon starting at 1 p. m., the livestock parade will be started. The parade this year has been publicized as one of the largest ever to be held in Adams county. The line of march for the parade wae listed today by L. E. Archbold, county agent in charge. Horses in the parade will start. south on First street from the horse tent. The 4-H clubs will step in ahead of the horses at the Presbyterian church. The cattle will enter' the parade as the last of the horses pass the cattle tent. At Adams , street the parade will turn west to Third street. There it will move north on Third to Jackson and then east back to the various starting points. All participants in the parade are urged to be ready and have their animals ready promptly at 1 o’clock. o

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Wreckage of Train in Jamaica Where 60 Died R WM '-0 Q» K\\X' \ \ ® MM. ■ After the worst railroad crash in West Indies' history Railroad cars were tossed around like toys in the I tender, baggage car and four coaches of the govern- ■ worst tra'in disaster in the history of the West I BMat lines, forcing them over an embankment near, Indies, as pictured here. Sixty met death when a I Kingston, Jamaica. The wreckage gives a graphic ' pusher locomotive ploughed into another engine, I idea of the force of the collision.

SCOUTS AID ; DURING FAIR I — Decatur Boy Scouts] Render Invaluable Assistance During Fair The imoprtance and usefulness of Boy Scout training has been proven : this year during the first days of] the Decatur Free Street Fair, off!-; etale believe. A group of the Scouts have been' reuvieriiig valuable amaiiUam e iu I various phases of the fair, being ready upon call to answer for any duties that might arfee. Their work has been varied. They have helped administer first aid it the Red Cross tent to the sick and injured. They have assisted aged persons about the midway. They have helped in police and traffic detail. They have aided in tne staging of parades and other events. Most of the Scouts are under call to a particular division of the fair. Those who have been actively engaged each day; Dick Linn. Eddie Boknecht, Gerald Kimble, Pete Lord Mryce Breiner, Jim Cochran, Roy Friedley, Ivan Howard, Bob Kohne.l Howard Gehrig. Bob Ahr, Dick Schnitz, Max Btirdg. Earl 'Bromer and Jack Hunter. Fair officials and interested persons have been enthusiastic in their praise of these lade and their training. oJudging Os Flower Shows Starts Today Judging of the flowers at the flower show, sponsored by the Decatur Garden club at the county court house, was to be completed late today. An unusually interest-1 Ing exhibit was completed this morning. Results nf the judging arc to be announced Friday. ONE DIVISION LIST OMITTED — Fifth Division Winners In Girls’ 4-H Project Omitted The fifth division winners of the clothing project were unintentionally omitted in the listing all the 4-H girls’ club winners of the exhibits held in connection with the Decatur Free Street Fair. The fifth division girls fire required to make two problems out of twenty listed in their division. Miss Vera Beihold of Monmouth placed first with her white linen suit costume and white spectator sports costume. Miss Dorothea Frohnapfol of Decatur placed second with her dirndl I school costume, smock and pajamas. The third place winner is Avonelle Beihold of Monmouth. She made a grey wool suit costume and two rayon suit costumes. All three of these girls had very outstanding work and the judges were very complimentary in thei. remarks concerning the entire fifth division project.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, August 4, 1938.

i* FREE ACTS PROGRAM * |I PM Thursday 5:00 —Diving Revue, First and | Madison. | 7:00 —Wells Bros., Third and jj Monroe. 8:30 —Human Can.nonball, []■ First and Monroe. | 10:00 —Diving Revue, First and |l Madison. I A M. Friday 9:oo—Horse Pulling Contest. ,i I P. M. 1:00 —Livestock parade. '] I:3o—Wells Bros.. Third ami | ' Monroe. 2:00 —Bee act. South Second. ' 3:3*—Dhrtng revue, Ftrst and t Madison. 'I I 5:00 — Human Cannonball, i i ■ First and Monroe. 7:oo—Wells Bros., Third and I Monroe. j 8:30 —Human Cannonball, First and Monroe. ■' j 10:00—Diving revue, First and j i: Madison. 4_« , . CONTINUED HOT WEATHER SEEN Little Relief Forecast From Worst Heat Wave Os Season Residents of Decatur ar.d contI munity continued today to swelter ] . under the worst heat wave of the seeoiifi. despite the fact that the , i sun was blotted out early this ( morning by clouds. Although there was no sun at that , hour, the Democrat thermometer at i 8 o’clock recorded a temperature of • 'SO degrees above zero equal to the highest of the sason for that hour of the day. A blistering sun Wednesday as- | ternoon fairly sent the mercury i bounding upward. The maximum figure reached on the Democrat I thermometer yesterday afternoon j was 98 degrees above at 2 p. m„ ! in the sun. j Unusually high humidity further i added to the discomfort of the lo- | cal populace, as the air became sultry and oppressive. Reflection of heat from the cani -as tops of the Decatur Free Street ' ; Fair and the body heat from the ! ( huge crowd that filled the city last i , I night seemed to further heighten i ( i the temperatures. Confectioneries, beer parlors and soft dring concessions did a whole- j , sale business last night as fair-goers I sought to “beat the heat,” but to no , (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) j TEMPERATURE READINGS DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER . - 8:00 a. m 80 10:00 a. m - 83 Noon -— 87 i , 2:00 p. m 90 , | 3:00 p. m 93 I 1 WEATHER Fair in north portion, partly cloudy in south portion tonight and Friday; cooler tonight, somewhat warmer in 1 north portion Friday. [: »

JDDGE CONTEST WINNERS NAMED Adams County Teams Place Second And Third In Judging Contest Two Adams county teams camo , out second and third in the junior ' dairy judging contests held Wed-; nesday in connection with the De ! catur Free Street Fair and Agricul- ] tural Show. An Adams county boy, I Elmer Nussbaum, was second high. In the junior contest there were ■ 16 teams with 47 individuals representing eight counties. They were made up of 4-H club boys and were scored by teams. There were 15 individuals re pre-1 senting five counties in the older youth contest. These were judged by individuals. The maximum possible score by | any individuals in the two contests , would have been 250 points. * E T. Wallace, extension dairyman of Purdue university, said today that this is the fourth of the eight contests held in the state ' this year and that the scores : made at Decatur were the highest ] made so far. The winning boy scored 231 out of a possible 250 points and 12 boys scored more than 200 points. Mr. Wallace said the high scores indicated that the boys had received good training. Prize Winners In the junior contest, the win-] ning team was coached by M. A. Nye and was composed of Noble ] county boys who scored a total of 650 points. The individual scores I were: Dale Butz, Albion, 2311. points; Tom Renkenberger, Kendallville, 212 points; Junior Dues-: (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) j ' o MOSES DIDI IS JUDGED WINNER Margaret Moses Wins Championship In 4-H Calf Club Judging Margaret Moses showed a junior calf to win the championship in the judging of the 4-H Guernsey , calf club Wednesday. The judging was done by W. W. Yapp, head , of the dairy department of the University of Illinois. Before the results can be determined for the year’s work in the 4-H calf club it will be necessary to compare the record books with the results in the ring. These two factors determine the 4-H calf club winners. Winning entrants in the order of their placings were: Junior calf: Margaret Moses, Mary Mazelin, Dan Burke and Paul Schultz. Senior calf: Margaret Moses, Clinton Steury, Don Burke. Franklin Steury, Barbara Lehman, Billy Myers, Juanita Lehman and Paul Schultz. Junior yearling: Franklin Steury, Elmer Graber, Billy Myers, Barbara Lehman, Dan Burke, Juanita Lehman, Paul Schultz, and Donald Poling. Senior yearling: Margaret Moses and Juanita Lehman.

Twins Day Observance Today Is Feature Os Fair; Record Crowd Jams City Wednesday

GUERNSEY SHOW CHAMPS NAMED Adams County Entries Win Three Os Four Regional Titles Adams county won three of the four championships in the Guernsey Regional show, held here Wednesday in connection with the Decatur Free Street Fair and Agricultural Show. W. W. Yapp, head of the University of Illinois dairy department was judge of the show, which included a number of entries from out of the county. The grand champion male was Lincoln Ridge Valor, senior yearling bull calf, owned by Peter B. Lehman, of Decatur. The senior champion bull was shown by Dale D. Moses, of Decatur, and was the aged bull named Annie's Dutchman of Olentangy. Jacob and Frank Solms, of Gas City, showed the grand champion female, a four-year-old cow, Violet of Ridgebrook. Dale D. Moses showed the junior champion female, a junior calf. Blossom's Judy of Elm Grove. Other winning breeders in the order of their winning were: Females Aged cows: Dale D. Moses, Peter B. Lehman (second and third). Four-year-old cows: Jacob and Frank Solms; Dale D. Moses; W. A. Stults. of Decatur, and Peter B. Lehman. Three-year-old cows: Peter B. Lehman (first and second). Two-year-old cows: Dale D. Moses and Peter B. Lehman. Senior yearling: Dale D. Moses; Peter B. Lehman, and Inniger Brothers, of Berne. Junior yearling: Inntger Brothers. Jacob and Frank Solms; Inniger Brothers; Noah D. Schwartz, of Berne; William Burke, of Monroe; Peter B. Lehman; William Burke; Peter B. Lehman (ninth and tenth). Senior calf: Dale D. Moses; Inniger Brothers; Jacob and Frank (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) HORSE EXHIBIT HOLDS INTEREST Judging Os County Horse Show Is Started This Morning The Adams county horse show today attracted its usual crowd of spectators who have jammed the judging ring each year to see “good horses.” The crowd was about evenly divided among farmers and city folk, with a sprinkling of horse buyers. Adams county is recognized as one of the leaders if not the leader in the Belgian horse Greeting industry and at each of the annual horse shows large numbers of buyers from the Middle West and the east coast attend to look over the year’s production of horse flesh. One of the difficulties each year has been the advance sale of some of the promising young animals. The gold medal colt clug judging | was held early this morning and was followed by the pure bred and grade Belgian judging. James L. Scott, of Greentown, is the judge. The ring is located on Jackson street between the horse tent and the county garage at First street, where the animals have been housed. Prizes for the best horses are paid for jointly by the breeders and the street fair association. o—“Street Fair Baby” Returns For Fair Decatur’s “street fair baby” is in town again, one year older than on the last visit. During the 1937 street fair, a baby boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. Gene Marshall, concessionnairers. Birth ot the boy, Richard, occurred in the houee-car trailer of the Marshall family. This year the Marshals returned with their concession. Richard is rapidly growing up and the fond parents are looking forward to the day when he can take their places in the line of concessions.

IOWA GOVERNOR | ORDERS MAYTAG PLANT OPENED Strike-Bound Plant Is Ordered Opened To Employes Newton. la.. Aug. 4. —<U.R) —The strike bound Maytag Washing Machine company plant, which has been closed since May 9, reopens at noon today under strict supervision of 500 state troops, equipped with machine guns, bayonets and other modem implements of war. The reopening was ordered last night by Gov. Nelson G. Kraeschel. At the same time h emodified his ban prohibiting the national labor relations board from holding a hearing on the strike, thus avoiding a showdown between his state authority and that of the federal government. He acted only a few hours before the deadline for the showdown. He said his order was based on a settlement proposal submitted by the company, whereby all employes could return to work except 12 union members who will be barred from the plant as long as martial law exists. The proposal retained the 10 per cent wage cut on which the strike originally was based. Strike leaders said the proposal was “rotten,” but agreed to submit it to the strikers for consideration. The governor's order provided that the plant, shall be reopened under protection of martial law regardless of whether the union accepts the proposal. It was assumed that all members of a “back-to-work" movement, numbering approximately 500. would take advantage of the chance to return to work. The plant normally employs 1,400. The remaining 900, members of the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America, an affiliate of the committee fbr industrial organization, are strikers. The 12 men who will be refused work at the plant were excepted ' because a military commission, ruling the city under the martial ' law edict, had recommended that they be barred from work. They are accused by she commission of having used violence, imprisoned foremen, assaulted individuals and of having spread dissension. Most of them were believed to have been among 300 strikers who conducted a sit down in the plant from June 23 to July 1, when they evacuated at the request of the governor. The ban would be effective only during the period of martial law. Developments came so rapidly last night strikers and townspeople were befuddled. Even before word of the scheduled reopening had been made, Adjt.-Gen. Charles H. Grahl, of the lowa national (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) —1 STATE POLICE AID AT FAIR Indiana State Police Aid Local Authorities During Fair Valuable assistance to city police and county sheriff’s department is registered each year at the Decatur Free Street and Agricultural Show by the Indiana state police system. This year has been no exception, wilth a crew of state officers in cars and on cycles making daily trips to the fair. William Bell, local police commissioner, has been in charge of the state officers 1 activities, including patrolling ot highways and aiding the local law enforcement agencies. Six officers have been on duty at the fair at various intervals. The officers include: Lieut. Walter 1 Mentzer, Sergeant I. T. Pendry, Patrolman Truman Bierie, Patrolman Max Branch, Patrolman Earl Warnock, Jr., Patrolman George Daugherty and George Dye. Patrolman Dye arrived today with the state police exhibit and safety car, . r .

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Parade Os Twins Climax To Observance; Float And Band Parade Draws Throng To Fair PARADE FRIDAY Decatur fairgoers were “seem’ double” today. For today is Twins' Day at the Decatur Free Street Fail’ and Agricultural Show, the first feature of this type ever presented in Decatur. The observance has drawn wide interest, as evidenced by the fact that 58 sets of twins had been registered with George Laurent, chairman, shortly before 2 o’clock this afternoon. The twins were to parade through the midway to the corner of Second and Madison streets, where a judging platform has been erected. A total of SSO in cash prizes has been set aside by the fair association for presentation to the prize-winning twins. The crowd gathered early this afternoon to have the unusual treat of watching a parade of twins down the city’s midway. Persons interested in livestock shows were in town early this morning to attend the judging of the various cattle and horse shows. The lightweight horse pulling contest is expected to attract hundreds of persons Friday morning. The contest will be held at the H. P. Schmi’t field, east of Decatur on federal highway 224, just across the Monroe street bridge. The contest will start at 9 o'clock. The annual livestock parade will be held Friday afternoon at 1 o'clock. The parade will move south on First street to Adams, west on Adams to Third, north on Third to Jackson, and west to First strec l. Record Throng Attracted by the colorful float and band parade, the streets of she city were jammed.to overflow'ing Wednesday night. Veteran attendants of the Decatur fair slated that last night's crowd had seldom, if ever, been equalled. The huge throng was amply repaid by the splendid parade, one. of the largest and finest ever held in the city, ranking in the opinion of many as nearly equal to that held during Decatur's Centennial observance in 1936. Paraders. as they appeared in the line of march, follow: State police motorcycles and cars. Decatur fire truck, Saylors autos, Ohio City, Ohio high school band, General Electric float. Lee Hardware float. Ford-Lincoln cars. Van Wert. Ohio high school band. Decatur Boy Scouts, Celina, Ohi® Chamber of Commerce float, P. A. Kuhn Chevrolet autos. Decatur Boys’ band. Central Sugar company float, Goodyear Tire company float, Jornal-Gazette Band, Country Club float. Sprague Furniture company float. Decatur Girls’ band. TopsAll Feed float; Cloverleaf Creameries, Inc., float, (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) O Fair Sidelights Babs ©rocher, young Fort Waynij girl, sat crying in the police booth last night until anxious Fort Waynqt parents could be located by calling over the police address system. Chester iHirschy, eightyear-01-f son of George Hirschy of near Decatur, was brought to the pollen tent last night when he became lostj from his parents. They were locat« ed in a few minutes. Ten patinets were treated at thei Red Cross First Aid tent last nigbe by Mrs. Osacr Lankenau, nurse iu charge, within the space of thieq hours. ( Cuts, blisters, sick babies and heat sufferers were listed among those treated at the booth, which fair officials feel has more than paid for itself. A little girl, wiping tear-stained eyes, sobbed to the man at the mis crophone in the police tent that “my| name is Bonnie Lou Brasher —I’m, lost.” Her parents were located oveifl the p. a. system. They live at Wiltshire, Ohio. Florine Jacobs, daughter of Mr« and Mrs. Lawrence Jacobs, of De< 4GP4<TXNUM> tt)B FAG hl lURKEI'