Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 36, Number 210, Decatur, Adams County, 6 September 1938 — Page 5
'■jfSW TO ■imkgodnii |H‘ Government MH . <,.,)( i; ,u>pn>xiAdams *. v ’li* the lasi ‘ 1,1 -■f’L 7 W'.-Lr -- ■ Wr?*..* » rn—l by th" ..dnmn-ranm, nm does w UuW adinmistialion Hllmm. iits and I .pennies loans Closed ■ gffl ed"-ners Iman .J - auction Finance .. Security Land Bank A- Land I C' u '” 4 “" |H| Expenditures ;a! .vijustnu-nt Works Emergen ’’" :l 2"".3u2 Progress : ' ll Youth gEAiTmi-’ianon l'"l3S Security: to Dependent _ I blind, Wil 11.21)7' ? !,.y>r,.‘ t i' M sa I - ' - °IHI M' Manion said. .\ 5- .eiinit.lstialion aill |.. avails! $67”. 411* ■ ■‘■" l |K ■ I’Jdiiic !>■ • .-ts 'I Ins |K - in.nb' inogiani now <ay ■■ ~., < :•: i I "din 'ion < n dir NEC director 1 |K 33 loans for sHj;.available by counties. ■■ m.<••. also .ted <.nt that ■ ' ':' had < \ i in Indiana. m Doi..a: :li< .■'.in la i iod. the - y administration |Mk- u is 0, Hoosi. r totaling $135,362. HM Aiii'i.- important agency ■..mm: . .\i tin- Io ight |Kt joth- (VC had a'.i in Indiana and approx!-. tii'w 2S camps in th" state 1 Mkb smm |i,.e S Expelidint each camp average s2,son Mjitli the assistance of CCC ell-J tin.. I s forest service.! h as been acquiring! |Ml<i > i- of anas of suh-maigiu-"m m sou’l-,. rn Indiana and the area. Another '11“ S"i! ""iisei vation seris 'ssistm.g farmers r the ' in preserving their soil be-1 1 berating throe demons! ra-1 proj.-cts m Renton, Henry Lawrence counties. I 'imm! park -.'i\ jo | lus ■"CiechsWill Fight? Ilp ! % ILs /J BEk ■7* TBWfcftn.-' 3 IK X ■ '•«« -dS®sS®l E " ‘x, / ss I ' Jr ' chaiman ° f the ■ !lov ’k Charnt An l cr,can CzechoJ “^ r of Commerce, u ■ »i he , ret „ urne <i to New P^ ,d J R * ferrin * t 0 V Sfcsf th, h f!?S l<ient Be nes he deto r* read? K tofijjut if necessary.
| extended several million dollars I on two recrtiHtion areas In Indiana. One la located near Winamac in Pulaski county and the other near Versailles tn Ripley county. Manion also stated that the housing division of the PWA has expended $3,064,123 In Indianapolis and $833,395 in Evanavllle on slum clearance and low-coat housing projecat. The U. S. housing authority, which Is expeated to start actual construction of projects in Indiana thia fall, has earmarked $10,120,000 for twelve | Indiana projects. In addition, the Decatur Homestead project was constructed in Adams county at an expenditure of approximately $125,000. FAIR DRAWING : LARGE CROWDS Gov. Townsend, Legislators, Attend State Fair Today Indianapolis, Sept. 6.—(U.R>—Under lowering skies with showers ! predicted, another huge throng 1 headed toward the state fair today . to celebrate governor's and legislators' day. Unless rain prevents it, the famed Greyhound, hailed as the world s best trotting horse, will endeavor to break the world's record for the mile run at the fairgrounds track. More farm champions will be crowned today also at the completion of judging of percheron, grade draft and team horses, cattle, sheep and hogs tn the adult exhibits. Governor M. Clifford Townsend will attend the fair today with members of the state legislature ; and will speak briefly at a noon 1 luncheon in his honor. Fair officials announced that the Labor Day attendance yesterday was 1,60912 persons, not a record - but large enough to push the crowds at the fair this year toward a new mark to break last year s high of 383.000. “Shine.” an Aberdeen Angus jun- : ior yearling calf owned by George Howey of West Point in Tiippe- ' canoe county, yesterday was judged to be the best steer in Indiana. The steer previously had won ! ; the Tippecanoe county fair title | and last Saturday was awarded ; ! top honors in the 4-H club steer competition. Young Howey has been exhibiting his animals at the fair for the past three years. o YOUNG BANDIT GANG SMASHED Dozen Young Desperadoes Are Rounded Up At Fort Wayne Fort Wayne. Sept. 6. <U.R) Y dozen'’yoi*n , g*'a>”iL .-• led by John Taylor, captain of de- . tectives, as “headed in the footsteps of the Dillinger and Brady gangs,” were in police custody today. All had been rounded up since Friday. They range from 14 to 23 ■ and their crimes from petty thievi ery to armed holdups and slugsIngs. “Most of them,” Taylor said, “have been in trouble previously. Some have served time in reform schools.” Fort Wayne and Allen county police first arrested a gang of five, all of Van Wert, 0., who had been terrorising filling stations on both sides of the Ohio-Indiana borders —a crime trail blazed by desperadoes John Dillinger and Al Brady before G-man bullets snuffed, out their lives. The five confessed holdups at ! Fort Wayne and Richmond. Ind., ' and at Ottawa. Bryan and Fayette. !O. They implicated a sixth member still at Van Wert. Extradition papers for hitn were to be forwarded to Ohio today. Four other youths were arrested over the week-end and charged with burglary. Yesterday police seized two more boys, oue 14 and the other 15. “They are all following in the regular pattern of juvenile delinquents—less crimes while they are young and more serious ones with each passing y<>r," Taylor observed. “It is the juvenile criminal who becomes the dangerous criminal a few years later." - Willis Plans For Extensive Campaign Indianapolis. Sept. 6.- j(U.R>- Raymond E. Willis of Angola. Republican nominee for U. S. senator, conferred today with state G. O. P. leaders on a 10,000-mile campaign tour which will take hitn into every county in the state. Willis will deliver seven major speeches, ft was decided, covering the seven major issues in state nd national politics which he outlined in an address at the "couiicld cou- ; serened” near Washington. Ind.. Hast mouth.
DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1938
. Goodbye! And a 5-Minute Clasp -atr X ' Chancellor Adolf Hitler bids his guest goodbye at Lehrter station, as Admiral Nicholas Horthy leaves Berlin for a short tour of Germany, then ; return to Hungary. Observers say the pair stood clasping hands for five minutes before Horthy swung aboard. The Admiral’s visit is said to have brought Hungary within the Nazi fold.
COUNTRY’S DEATH (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) haling fumes from a pipe attached to the exhaust pipe of his car. Near Lebanon, the body of Fred W Hoffman. 75 year old farmer, was found hanging from a tree' in his own orchard, apparently a; suicide. J. W. Leach, believed to be from Evansville, killed in a crash near Vincennes Sunday. His wife was critically injured. Thurman I<ane, Indianapolis, died fo'lowiug injuries received when struck hy a car in Indianapolis. John Burkett, Indianapolis, died on his way to a hospital after he was struck by a car in Indianapolis. Frank Omahen. 25, and James Rebomsky. 25, both of Danville. 111., killed in a crash near Seymour. Ind., Saturday. Harold Boswell. 23. Brazil, killed yesterday when a car sideswiped i’is truck August Weniger. 76, killed i when he was struck by a truck j near Lafayette Saturday night. Olen L. Wallace, 44, Omaha, Ga„ killed Sunday when he was struck by a car on road 31 near Aust in. ■ I Morgan, lioth of Ridgeville, killed eight miles northeast of Muncie in a two-car collision. Chester Swathwood, 22. and Charles Roberts. 28, both of Mishawaka, decapitated when
Spotlighted in Spud Festival s. a lilf Ofc 1 WZI»W i ' JC2 ißut, ' ~JgL j jSs3. « Gordon Benn (left) of Hoedon. and Pauline Allen, of Presqua proudly display samplea of Maine’s famous product, at the State potato festival, held at Proaque Isle. Gordon was acclaimed tte "typical ■M».ns. red-headed, freckle-fated potato boy"; and Pauline as potato blossom %'aaam .
I their car rolled over on a deadend street in South Beud. Mrs. Ann Kuetemier, 49, of Indianapolis, injured fatally in a headon automobile crash at Fort Wayne. John Hiues, 17. Kewanna, killed when his car rolled over near Rochester Saturday night. Virgil Hornback. 27, burned to j death in a fire at the house where he was living in Tipton Saturday. > Perry Schene, Batesville, died from gunshot wounds. Joseph Novak. 51, of Oak Park, 111., drowned in Lake Michigan near Michigan City when he at-i tempted to swim to the aid of his wife who had fallen from a raft. I She was saved. Clement Erhardt. 48, of Sou'h Bend, killed when his automobile overturned near Soutli Bend. Harry Edidin. 54, of Chicago, died today of a crushed chest and internal injuries received in a head-on crash yesterday on U. S. route 20 in which four other per-j sons were injured, two possibly fatally. Hospital Addition Endorsed By Moose The members of Adams lodge 1311 Loyal Order of Moose, have unanimously endorsed the building *,.«« I■»«,w»>..«MlKS W|> jins county memorial hospital, it was reported today. The endorsement of the new structure at the hospital was voted by the 432 membere of the order.
SPEED RECORD ! SET BY TURNER Roscoe Turner Establishes Record In Winning Annual Air Classic Cleveland, Sept. (U.K —Col, Roscoe Turner, the first man to win the Thompson trophy, twice, planned today to use hfs prize money to develop a speed plane “at least 100 miles faster” than the speedster in which he triumphed in the stellar event of the national a?f races yesterday. In winning the Thompson race over the 300 mile course, Turner established a new record for the event with an average speed of 283 miles an hour. The old record was set by Michael Detroyat of France in 1936 with 264 miles an hour. He won SIB,OOO for finishing first and $4,000 more for breaking the record. He won the Thompson in 1934. Earl Ortman of San Diego was second and S. J. Wittman, of Oshkosh, Wis., was third. Two of the eight starters —Harry Crosby and ' Art Chester, of Los Angeles, were I forced out, but there was no crash in this, 'one of the most hazardous I of races. Turner had two planes in the race. The other. Turner’s old Wedell-Williatns Special, piloted by Joe Mackay, of Findlay, Ohio, finished fifth. A record crowd of more than 100.000 persons watch- ' ed the events of the final day of I the three-day race meet. Eddie Zula, of Elgin. 111., one of 30 parachute jumpers, was seriously injured when his chute failed to open completely and he fell heavily. It was the only accident on ! she last day of the races which saw only one fatality—a pilot injured in a crash during the qualifying speed tests died. o Youthful Robber Slain By Police Indianapolis, Sept. 6.— (U.P.) — A man identified as Harold Austin, 21, was shot to death by police to day as he was caught, breaking into the window of a tavern. Two other men with him escaped. Policeman William Hague and Michael Smiley in a radio car ini tercepted Austin as he was breaking into the establishment. Aus-
To Wed Curtis Dal! irl IhT* rf* 4 • '1 1 / ! T CarKlfht WtnMMkar Parents of Katharine Miller Leas (above) of Haverford, Pa., have announced her engagement to Curtis Dall, former husband of the present Mrs. Anna Roosevelt Boettiger. Dall’s marriage to the President’s daughter ended in divorce. ttn ran to the rear when he saw the police and gave the alarm to his two companions who had just finished robbing George Brock, 32, of a small amount of cash behind ! the tavern. All three men fled, but Hague fired once and shot Austiu through ’the head. o Fire Destroys Jap Town, 100 Killed ■ j Tokyo. Sept. 6—(UP)—The town lot Hlrni near Takaoka. in Toyama i Prefecture, was virtually destroyed hy fire today. Officials estimated | that approximately 160 persons ' were killed or missing. Two thousand homes, the town ! hall, the post office- the police staI iron and a primary school were desj troyed. The flames were fanned by 1 a typhoon which swept Central Jaj pan. DECATUR LADY (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) tery. Pall bearers will be F. V. Mills, W. H. Lee. Charles Robenold. Roy I Runyon, A. M. Anker, and J. D. Winteregg of Berne.
—School Days - “GOOD-BYE” DAYS ... GOOD BUY DAYS Off to school... in a brand-new suit and shoes . . . the pencil ease he begged for held tightly in one hand. Trying to hide the uncertainty and fear of his first day at school. That brand-new suit, those shoes — where did you buy them? Where did you buy the new school dresses for your suddenly long-legged little girl? Where did you get the trunk that will soon pack your eldest off to college? . , j You’ve learned in your own school of experience to study the advertisements before you buy. You planned your purchasing with an eye to sturdy quality at reasonable prices. Reading advertisements has helped you find what you wanted -has helped you save your time, your energy, your money.
PAIHOMADETO CARDINAL HAYES Thousands Os Mourners Pay Homage To Patrick Cardinal Hayes New York, Sept. ,—flJ.R)—Mourners moved in endless procession i today past the bier of Patrick Cardi Inal Hayes, 70-year-old prince of the Roman Catholic church. His body, robed in purple and scarlet, lay in state in the drawing room of his residence, in front of a throne reserved for the pope, attended by Sisters of Charity and j honor guards of policemen and Are- | men. At 4 p. m. he was to be moved to St. Patrick's Cathedral for a series of ceremonies continuing uuI til Friday, when he will be interr--led besides bis predecessors in a I crypt below the altar. The cardinal died in his sleep of i a heart attack Sunday morning at his summer home near Monticello, N. Y., 100 miles from this city where he was reared in poverty on the lower east side. One of four American cardinals, his archdiocese ' is the largest and richest in the church and he was known as the ' “cardinal of charities.” There • were 1,006,000 Catholic in his jur- ’ ’ isdiction. 11 The first funeral service was held at the cathedral yesterday eve- ! ning whe nthe body arrived from 1 Monticello after a 100-mile procession. Along the route, church bells tolled in every village and whole ! congregatimis stood with their I pastors in the streets. There was a crowd of 15,000 in Fifth Avenue, in front of the cathedral, 2,000 in1 side and 270 policemen and detec--1 tives directing traffic. 1 While the coffin lay on a temp--1 orary bier at the rear of the cath- ’ edral, 500 priests lined the aisles,
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chanting prayers, and the organ played a miserere. o COUNCIL OPENS (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) parlment, due to the dropping of the minim uni age limit for obtaining old age benefits from 70 to 65. This was in effect only six months In 1938. o Dr. Richard Schug Passes Examination Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. 6—(UP) Dr. Richard H. Schug of Decatur was announced today as among the graduates of Indiana University School of medicine who passed the evaminatlon for license to practice medicine conducted recent!/ by the Indiana state board of medical registration and examination. One hundred candidates for medical licenses passed the examination, 78 of whom were graduates of the Indiana University School of Medicine and 22 from out of state. Indiana University graduate* won three of the four places on the examination honor roll. 0 .... Wage Scale Hearings Are Held Here Today Hearings were being held today in the jury rom of the court house hy representatives of local officials, labor organizations and the state labor board relative to the wage scale® to be adopted for the proposed new St. Mary's township school house addition and the proposed new school building at Berne and hospital addition. These are required by PWA regulations before oids for the construction can be accepted. o Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hammond and children attended the fair in Van Wert, Labor Day.
