Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 36, Number 184, Decatur, Adams County, 5 August 1938 — Page 1

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Men’s Congress To Be Held Sept. IS The men's congress of the Evanjellcal Reformed churches will bej mid Sunday, September IX, ut the. I Cross Reformed church in Berne, [ it lum been announced. Hiram Leichty, of the host city, l is vice-president of the oragnization and is in charge of arrangements for the event. o BING JUDGING WINNERS NAMED Ring Judging Winners Os Ml Club Jersey Calves Announced Winners were announced today I tor the ring Judging of the 4-H club i Jersey calves as a part of the Jersey show Thursday. W. W. Yapp, head of the dairy department of the University of Illinois was the judge.: Final results of the 4-H Jersey calf club work will be dependent 1 upon a comparison of the ring placings and the record books kept by | the members. Prize winning entrants in the order of their pacing were: Junior calf: Doyl Rich and Hugh I). Mosser. Senior calf: Lester Habegger and Jesse Habegger. Junior yearling: David Mosser; Catherine Mosser; Grace Musser and Jess Habegger. Senior yearling: Grace Mosser and Catherine Mosser. —o ■ Free Parking Lots Available Saturday The free parking lots at First and Madison etreets and at Jackson and First streets, will probably be I available by Saturday noon, H. P. I Schmitt, chairman of the livestock ■ shows announced today. A crew of 1 men will be employed tonight to take down the tents and clear the lots so the public can use them for ! parking. To protect the new pavement on i Second street at the intersections vhere the cattle and horses crossed i for the parad today, sawdust was placed on the street so the animal's hoofs would not cut the pavement FLOWER SHOW WINNER LIST Winners In Various Divisions Os Flower Show Are Announced Whiners in the various divisions of the flower show, sponsored by j the Decatur Garden Club in connection with the Decatur Free Street Fair and Agricultural Show, ■ were announced today. The judging was completed late Thursday afternoon, and the flowers will remain on exhibit in the; courthouse for the balance of the fair. The results: Phlox: Mrs. M. Zimmerman, first prize. Small zinnia: Mrs. Schenck, first prize: Mrs. M. R. Donnelly, second prize. Large zinnia: ’ Pauline Smith., first and second prizes. Small marigold: Mrs. Delton Passwater, first; Mrs. C. D. Lew-] ton, second. Large marigold: Mrs. Markell, first; Mrs. Russell Owens, second Cosmos: Mrs. Passwater, first and second. Petunia: Mrs. Chester Reynolds, first; Mrs. Milo Glendening. second, j Snapdragons: Miss Alice Len-j hart, first; Mrs. Otto Dilling, second. Roses: Mrs. Henry Heller, first; [ Mrs. Martin Zimmerman, second. | Gladiolas: Mrs. George Harding. J first; Mrs. Wm. Schenck, second. Dahlias: Mrs. Noah Rich, first; ; Mrs. Ora Brentlinger, second. Mixed bouquet: Mrs. William[ Schenck, first; Mrs. Milo Glendeu-j Ing, second. Flower arrangement: Mrs. R. M. I Donnelly, first: Mrs. Henry Heller, second. Cash prizes of $1 for first place and 50 cents for second place « given the winners, in addition to ribbons. The judges were Mrs. L. L. Yager of Berne, Mrs. George Chalfant of Bluffton and Mrs. Frank Schick of Fort Wayne. Q TEMPERATURE HEADINGS DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER 8:00a.m 78 2:00 p.m 88 10:00 a.m 80 3:00 p.m 82 1 Noon 85 WEATHER Probably thundershowers tonight and Saturday; slightly warmer tonight.

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Defying a restraining order issued by Dauphin county court, the legislative committee appointed to investigate graft charges against Gov. George Earle of Pennsylvania and 13 associates, proceeded with the probe, subpoenaing Carl B. Shelley, district attorney of Dauphin county where Harris-

MILLER COW IS JERSEY CHAMP Huntington County Entry Grand Champion Os Jersey Show Noble's Tycoon Brownie, aged ] cow belonging to Merwin Miller, i of Huntington county, was named 1 senior and grand champion female I of the Jersey parish show held j here Thursday. Outstanding breed-1 era of Northwestern Indiana were I i represented in the show. Grace Mosier, of Geneva, showed the re-; serve champion. An unnamed senior yearling heifer owned by Catherine Mosi ser, of Geneva, was the junior i champion of the show. The senior and grand champion i male was a three-year-old bull entered by A. 11. Bowman, of Huntington and Sol Mosier. The junior champion male was a bull calf entered by Sol Mosser. , Aged cows: Merwin Miller, ofl Huntington (first and second);! Ben Mtzger & Son, North Man- ' Chester; Sol Mosser, Geneva; ; Merwin Miller; Arthur Gaham. I Craigville; Sol Mosser. Blue Creek I Dairy. Five hundred pound class: Merwin Miller (first and second); Sol Mosser; Merwin Miller; Arthur i Gaham; Sol Mosser; Blue Creek I Dairy. Two thousand pound class: Mer-l i win Miller, Sol Mosser (secqnd and ; third). Four-year-old cows: Merwin Miller, (first and second); Mrs. Tel-1 i ter Paxson, of Bluffton. Three-year-old cows: Grace Mos I ser, Geneva; Rodney Paxson. Bluffton; Merwin Miller; Roy L. Price. Decatur; Merwin Miller; Mrs. Teli fer Paxson; Blue Creek Dairy; I Ben Metzger & Sons. North Man “CONTINUED on PAG’’ FOUR) DRESS REVUE IS HELD THURSDAY 4-H Club Dress Revue Is Held At High School Thursday Night Results in the 4-H dress revue, held last night at the Decatur high 1 school auditorium were listed today. The result® follow: Clothing 1: Virginia Hutker, first, Mary Pollock and Verena Steury, tied for second; Leona Hoile and Beiitsdine DeLong, tied for third. 1 Clothing 2: Neva Crownover, and Florine Steury, tied for first; SaraBelle Beer second and June Stauffer, third. Clothing 3: Naomi Steury. first; Agnes Gould, second; Lillian Koene- , man, third. < Clothng 4: Eleanor Schwartz, , firet; Gertrude Aumann and Irene , ißultemeier, second and Barbara , Lehman, third. Clothing 5: Vera Beihold, first; | Avonelle Beihold, second; Alice , Reinking and Arveda Mazelin, tied . for third. The work of eighty-one girls was i judged In the contests.

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Decatur, Indiana, Friday, August 5, 1938.

R?v. Lloyd Bower To Speak At Monroe | The Rev. Loyd Bower, pastor of! ,the Mt. Tabor Circuit Methodist! i church will speak at the Sunday: 'morning service at 9:30 o’clock in ! the Monroe M. E. Church. The Rev. I i E. S. Morford, pastor of the church ; I is speaking at the Simpson M. E. | j Church in Fort Wayne Sunday, j Sunday evening, August 14, at! 17:30 o’clock, the Honolulu Conser-' | vatory of Music of Fort Wayne will present the students of Joba Rose [and a recital of Hawaiian guitar I i music. The public is invited to at- ] ; tend. GIVEN TRIP TO PURDUE ROUNDUP Leßoy Schwartz An d Elmer Nussbaum Win Demonstration Contest Leßoy Schwartz and Elmer Nussbaum, both of near Monroe, this morning won a trip to the i Purdue round-up by their demonstration of a barrel cream cooler in the 4-H club demonstration conI test held in the cattle tent. Walter J. Krick, superintendent l of the Decatur public schools and a graduate of Purdue university, j judged the contest. The contestants were required to demonstrate some phase of their 4-H club work. The winning demonstration was one illustrating a barrel fitted to, cool cream with running water, and accompanied by charts to show the financial benefits to the , dairyman of the production and maintenance of good cream. Don Arnold won second place , with a gardening demonstration. Third place was given to Reuben ' Nussbaum for his demonstration of testing and grading seed corn. , Fourth place was won by Junior j Nidlinger and Edwin Sprunger on I their demonstration of fitting a calf. 1 '

— — I, Nationwide Survey Reveals Business Outlook Is Better

(Copyright 1938 by United Press) Chicago, Aug. s—<U.R)—Business in general is optimistic about the immediate future and from almost every section of the country there is a heartening upswing in trade, a nationwide survey by the United Press showed today. Leaders reported that the downward spiral of the first six months of 1938 had leveled off and a distinct upturn is noticeable — although business generally is below 1937 levels. From the textile towns of New England to the motion picture studios of Hollywood came reports “pretty good." “more encouraging.” "promising" and "unusually favorable.” The principal dark spot was in the coal fields of Pennsylvania. Steel, the nation’s No. 1 heavy Industry, is operating at 39.8 per ' cent of capacity, the best showing since last November. Optimism manifested itself in ' these developments: I—A brisk rise in security

burg, the capital, is located. Members of the committee include, left to right, seated. Legislators Ellwood Turner (R.l; Herbert Cohen (D I. chairman; i Edgar Schrope (R.l; standing. David Perry (R.l. Robert Burley (D.l, Anthony Gerard (D.l, and Joseph Ominsky (D.). |

NEUHAUSER CUP AWARD IS MADE Harrison Miller Horse Winner In Adams County Horse Show The Ed Neuhauser cup in the I pure bred Belgian mare sweepstakes was won by a mare owned | by Harrison Miller, in the annual j Adams county horse show held Thursday in connection with the 1 Decatur Free Street Fair and Agri- [ cultural Show. Due to the general love of horses and the fact that the horse show was held only one day, probably the largest crowd of the agricultural show watched James L. Scott, of Greentown, judge the horses Thursday in the ring set | up in the street between the horse : tent and the county garage at the corner of First and Madison streets, where the animals were i housed during the fair. Calvin Liechty showed the re-, serve champion horse in the pure bred sweepstakes. The grand champion pure bred j stud horse was exhibited by Archie Smitley. Harrison Miller showed the reserve champion purebred study. The grand champion grade mare| was shown by O. T. Johnson and son. Adolph Bultemeier showed [, the reserve champion. Henry i' Dehmer showed the best matched , team. Winning exhibitors in the show in the order of their placing were: : Gold Medal pure bred stud horses and mares: Calvin Liechty; Archie Smitley; Henry Aschlitnan; | Harrison Miller, and John Schenck. 1 Grade gold medal stud class: Jess Teeter: Floyd Mitche; Christ Knipsten; Roger Moser; Otto Lehman; Henry Aschlitnan; Jess] Teeter and Ralph Christy. Grade Belgian gold medal mare: Paul Krueckeberg; Noah Augs-j 1 — ; f (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE! ,

values. ( 2— Continued advances on the |1 New York stock market which j have stimulated buying. 3 — Definite signs of expansion of ( consumer purchasing during July. , 4 — Improved position of inventories of consumer goods in the hands of retailers. 5— Large influx to New York and Chicago of retail merchants and buyers in a “buying mood.” 6— Appreciable pickup in textile i manufacturing, particularly in New ; England. 7 — 4 spurt in steel mill opera- | tions. i 8— Depleting new and used auto- i mobile stocks, presaging a good , demand for 1939 models. 9 — Increased building, indicating : confidence in the future. 10— Favorable crops and crop I condiitons. 11 — Checking of the unemployment spiral and absence of widespread wage cutting in 1938 following increases in 1937. accord- ' (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR). '

Livestock Parade Features Day’s Fair Program; Annual Fair To End Saturday Night

FOUR BOYS AID | IN CAPTURE OF ARMED BANDIT — Small Boys Aid Police By Pelting Lone Bandit With Rocks — i Crawfordsville. Ind., Aug. 5 4U.R> —Four small troys, ranging in age I from seven to nine, helped thwart | an attempted bank robbery here | ■ loday by chasing an armed bandit down an alley while throwing I rocks at him. The boys saw the gunman, later i identified as Janies McKinnin. 36, iof Lafayette. Ind., start to run down the alley after leaving the First National bank. Someone on the street shouted to them: “Stop that man." Then the youngsters went into J action. They picked up rocks and ; started to heave them at the man. They pursued him for several . blocks. Finally, a police patrol , wagon caught up with them and captured the bandit. He surrendered without resistance. McKinnin entered the bank alone and pointed a pistol at ; David Groves, cashier. Groves I shouted “This is a holdup" and dropped to the floor behind the I counter, at the same time sound- | ing a burglar alarm. The bandit became frightened and fled out the front door with 1 the bank employees in pursuit. He rounded the corner and headi ed toward the alley and it was 1 here that the youngsters took over, i The boys were Eddie Johnson. 9, and his brother, Paul. 7. and Don ; Campbell. 8, and Virgil Kidd. 7. DEATH CLAIMS MRS.SCHAFER Mrs. Fred Schafer Dies Thursday Evening At Marion. Ohio Mrs. Fred Schafer, 82, widow of i the late Fred Schafer, pioneer hardware merchant, and mother of Chalmer C. Schafer o* this city, died at 7 o’clock Thursday evening at the Sawyer Hospital, Marion, Ohio. Death was due to complications and infirmities. Two weeks ago Mrs. Schafer fell and fractured her left leg. She had been in poor health for some time and had been a patient at the hospital for an extended period. Mrs. Schafer was born September 10. 1855, just beyond the Adams county line, in Van Wert county, Ohio, the daughter of George and Mar>’a Weimer. Her father was fatally wounded in the Civil war and the mother and her two daughters moved to Decatur. On November 2, 1876, she was married to Fred Schafer of this city. Mr. Schafer's parents lived on a farm south of Decatur, now owned and known as the Adams County infirmary farm. Mr. Schafer became a leading merchant in' Decatur. His death occurred in i 1532, following an accident. Besides the son. one sister, Mrs. J. B. Meibers, of Fort Wayne, sur(CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) * FREE ACTS PROGRAM I I AM. Friday | 5:00 — Human Cannonball, First and Monroe. I 7:00— Wells Bros., Third and Monroe. . 8:30 —Human Cannonball, First and Monroe. j 10:00 —Diving revue, First and Madison. | AM. Saturday | 9:oo—Horse pulling contest, | PM. | | 1:0—Wells Bros., Third and | Monroe. | 2:oo—Bee act, South Second. | ; 3:3o—Human Cannonball,] First and Monroe. | s:oo—Diving revue, First and | Madison. | 7:oo—Wells Bros., Third and | Monroe. | 8:30 —H um a n Cannonball, | First and Monroe. ] 10:00—Diving revue, First and p | Madison. |

TWINS PARADE REAL FEATURE Sixty-Four Sets Os Twins March In Parade Thursday Decatur's midway was the scene of one of the most unusual features ever presented at the street fair, when 64 sets of twins paraded down Second street in the city's first Twins Day observance, Thursday afternoon. The unusual feature attracted a large crowd to the midway early in the afternoon. Despite the broiling sun. the spectators and twins alike seemed to enjoy the spectacle. The capital prize of sis was awarded to Marifyn and Jo Ann Voors, of Fort Wayne, adjudged the most nearly identical of the 64 sets of twins. Second prize of $7.50 was awarded to Oscar and Edgar Werling, of Decatur, rural route; third prize of $5 to Floyd and Lloyd Roth, of Kirkland township; and fourth prize of $2.50 to Vera and Verna Beer of Decatur. Two ladies, 77 years old, were awarded the $7.50 prize for the oldest set of twins in the parade. The same amount, for the youngest twins, was won by Helen Bee and Howard Lee Burkhart, two months and 27 day old twins of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Burkhart of Monroe. The prize of $5 for traveling the longest distance to enter the parade was won by two sets of twins from Elwood. Sanford and Samuel : Frazee, and Samuel s twins. Carolyn Sue and Carl Lee Frazee, three years old. Judges for the twins parade were: Judge Huber M. DeVoss, water and E. B. Adams, all of DeMrs. C. E. Bell, Mrs. Delton Passcatur, and Art Wolfhorst of Delphos. Ohio. Col. Guy Pettit, instructor in the Reppert auction | school, served as announcer. 1 George Laurent was chairman of the program. The list of entries registered for the parade: Nancy Lou and Genevive Lee Reiter. Fort Wayne; Leroy and Elroy Nnfisbanum, Berne route 1; Don and Donna Slusher. Dillman; Robert and Roberta Mathys, Geneva route 2: Gerald and Geraldine Haggard. Decatur route 6: Lloyd and Floyd Routh. Decatur route 2; Mary and Merman Ross. Decatur route 5; Mrs. Ida Helm, Elwood, and Mrs. Abbie Bowman. Decatur; Martha and Mary Akom, Ohio City. O.: Beverly and Barbara Boshorn. Fort Wayne; Wilfred and | Paul Weidler, Bluffton rou’e 4; Hattie Brunner and Hazel Welch, Geneva route 2; Bobby Gene and Betty Joan Steele, Bluffton; Robert Lee and Rowena Lou Mattax, Berne: J. A. Fleming, Decatur route 3 and Josephine Magley, Decatur route 1; Ronald and Donald Lehman. Berne; Edith and Elsie Habegger, Berne route 2; Irene and Lorene Kirchner. Preble: Ivan and Alvin Bailor, Bluffton; Gerald Edwards. Monroe, and Grace Young, Van Wert, 0.. route 4; Roy and Roland Gilliom. Berne; Donna and Donnabelle Wortlynan, Craigville; Iva Engle and Inez Hahnert, ■ Decatur; Mrs. Bob August and (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) 0 COLUMBUS MAN HEADS SCHOOL Paul Goode Elected President Os Auction School Class Officers for the 35th semi-annual term of the Fred Reppert School of Auctioneering were named last night in a meeting of the class at the club rooms in Belmont park. Paul Goode, of Columbus, Ohio, was elected president of the class for the term. Other officers are: Woodrow Roth, of Emmaus, Pennsylvania, vice-president; W. D. Boucher, of Lincoln, Nebraska, treasurer and James R. Patterson, secretary. The officers assumed their posts immediately. The first public sale of the students will be held Saturday afternoon downtown. Sales will be held each weekday until the close of the class in three weeks,

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Parade Os Livestock This Afternoon High Spot Os Program; Crowd At Pulling Contest. 5 CLOSES SATURDAY Adams county's prize livestock was paraded through the city ot ' i Decatur this afternoon as the feature of the day’s program at the I annual Free Street Fair and Agri- ’ i cultural Show. ’ i Several thousand persons lined First and Third streets at 1 o’clock to witness the parade, which did ' not march through the midway because of the danger of accidents. The lightweight horse pulling ' contest this morning drew more than 2,Out) interested spectators, . who were rewarded with a splendid , exhibition. The heavyweight horse pulling contest will be held at the Schmitt field, east of the city on federal . highway 224, just actoss the Monroe street bridge at 9 o'clock Satur- . day morning. The annual fair, growing in attraci tions and in crowds every year, will i come to an official close Saturday night. ! Fair officials, as in past years, ■ wil close the midway promptly at . midnight. The state highway department ' and the city street department, un- • der the direction ot commissioner ‘ Ralph E. Roop, will cooperate in ■ cleaning the midway site In an effort to have all evidences of the ' fair removed from Second street ' early Sunday morning. No special features have been 1 planned for Saturday, with the final ’ day devoted to Carnival Day. The free acts will be presented both afternoon and evening, with ’ the grand final of the 1938 fair at ’ I midnight. Fine Crowd Another great crowd attended the .' fair Thursday afternoon and even- ■ ing. The largest day crowd of the j week gathered for the Twins par- , ade at 2:30 yesterday afternoon, with 64 sets of twins in the line of march, ranging in age from slightly under three months to 77 years. —_ o Burk Elevator Float Omitted From List The Burk Eelevator’s float was omitted from the list published in yesterday’s paper. The company had a clever display, typical of its business, corn stalks forming the wall of decoration around the truck. Tho Julius bright hill-billy band, consisting of members of the Bright fai mily, was seated on the truck and played as the truck followed in ths parade. o Schafer Store Will Close For Funeral The Schafer store will be closed Saturday morning up until 1 o'clock, in the afternoon on account of the funeral services for Mrs. Fred Schafer. o Fair Sidelights Dick Linn observed his 14thf birthday today on duty as a Boy Scout, aiding in the various branches of the street fair. Dick, a, troop scribe and troop bugler, has been one of the most diligent of tha Scouts, helping with the fair, Ha is with Legion troop, 63. Keith Brown of near Decatur was summoned over the public address] ' system last night when his wife was] reported ill at home. Charles Ward at the mike of tha , p. a. system last night was “stump- • ed” for a while when a cute littlo . tot, unable to talk, wandered up to the police tent. After several anxious minutes she was identifiei| as Agnes Fisher and her parents 10. . cated. Mary, daughter of Mrs. Edna Myers, and Charlee Cinsen, a four-yeats ■ old girl, were others lost from their parents until they could be summoned over the microphone. Patients at the Red Cross first! . aid tent became so numerous last; night that Wai Wemhoff, county , chapter chairman, decided another (CUNUJNL W ON PAGE THREE) ‘