Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 36, Number 245, Decatur, Adams County, 17 October 1938 — Page 1

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so VOTES ■pROVAL OF Ip ADDITION H v Council Votes ■d Issue For Hos■piial Addition ■ tbatTb pHUinn.-r- had K, v which gave it KVU-' -■' '"-"T 1 - H nl < ."until today », re f '"' lh, ‘ nd .. i.iitioii to '"•* ■L n! ) hu-tnoH d hospital. K u.i.ruprl.Hl-at. $33,000 today as bond toittity " Th< ‘ tl." iippropi'iatioti. j. , :l Ci'-fll the K iy p |i:i. f.istei- and uoiid attorney. Kpiiaad hy the cnntmisM and board of hospital K , accepted the . i signatures ■ A t,.ial of I'Vlt persons ■ the "■nionstratif" The oi signatures acce.pted ■etiwn i,v the council was ■ -„ul 1 ■tttitit.li This gave the pe- ■ a majority. If the re■tors had had a majority. ■ >.. , mid tint have been for a p. iiod of a year, ■tuuntil •broke down" its 1 nos the signers on the and petition as fol979 names on the re■nrp. 822 were found by John W. Tyndall payers. Os the IS one was carried by ■hauser. with :!3 names of and one by Frank Hvitn 39 names of tax pay- ■ : y. .tii.a:- t and .Mr He!■tied the two counterparts ■hher owned real estate, so ■uh- . ..min i parts were ■out. This left a total of ■tatures It was found that signed both the reand the petition. H ruled the tiantes on the ■> would count, but not Min the remonstrance. This ■<>Ul of 718 names. ■utrators objected to all ■ eliminations except those Kk of properly ownership. ■ case of Netthauser’s pount- ■ a verification was filed ■ by a property owner, who ■tnied him. This was ruled Ko late. Be ease of the petition, the ■tIXUED ON PAGE FIVE) If SELECTED pill CASE I Is Chosen To Hear trntest Os William Hilpert Will fry has been selected in the contest a will, being tried toIfore Judge Huber M. DeVoss Adams circuit court. This is tst Jury trial of the Septem■L Shall and Mary Jane Hilpert. plaintiffs in the suit brought Ruth Cromer Austin McI and Gertrude Hilpert, to the will of the late William t. farmer near Bobo, who died 4.1937. Plaintiffs are children of the lilton Hilpert, brother of WilHilpert. I will gave a life estate to the !■ Gertrude Hilpert, and the o a cousin. Ruth Cromer, and 1 Austin McMichael as execuFls charged that Mr. Hilpert unsound mind when he drew 1111I 111 and that the will was tinfiecuted. Jubers of the regular panel of ft) are Robert Lehman, Jeff 'o*usihip; Mrs. Martin DetI' Kirkland township; Mrs. I Fuchs, Blue Creek township; r Knipstein, Preble; Joseph *le, Jefferson township; Foryle Geneva; Verenu Ralston. 8 "' Elmer H. Reineke, Preble, l»n Atz, of Wabash township Wis Baker, of Blue Creek RTINUB7D ON PAGE THREE) readings ‘MOCRAT thermometer ;*•"* 5 ’ 2:00 p.m 90 WEATHER ft, tonioht and Tuesday; upj Uc chan 9e in temper-

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Lodge Officer ! > ? Ji Fred Major, of this city, was elected deputy grand master of : Indiana 1. (). O. F. at the annual meeting of the grand lodge at Indianapolis last week. This is 1 the second highest ranking office, in the state organization. FRED MAJOR IS I I GIVEN ADVANCE Decatur Man Named Deputy Grand Master Os Indiana 1. 0. 0. F. Fred Major, of Decatur, was ad- ‘ | vanned to the position of deputy grand master of the grand lodge of j Indiana I. O. O. F. at the sessions I , of the grand lodge, which was held last week at Indianapolis. Mr. Major thus becomes second highest ranking Odd Fellows in the state., Clyde Flory, of Ploomfield, was elected grand master and Dawson Smith, of Madison, was elected grand warden, the position held by , Mr Major during the past year. H. , E. Rossener. of Indianapolis, and . Frank McConehey, of Franklin, were reelected secretary and treasurer. respectively of the grand ■ lodge. i In addition to the business ses- • sions, many social entertainments were arranged for the delegatus. 1 and others in attendance. Among these were a banquet Sun1 day evening in honor of Florence ' McGregor, of Indianapolis, interna- • t Iona! vice-president of the Daughters of Rebekah, a reception and 1 dance at the Lincoln hotel Tuesday ' evening honoring the officers of the Rebekah assembly, grand lodge ' 'and grand encampment, and an ex (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) I o No Report Ready On Tile Mill Drive v 1 " w • k <>n<l of the krich & Tyndall Tile Mill drive ' had not been made at noon today, but it was known that the collec- ■ tinns had grown. i One check for $25 was received i from B. J. Rice, of North Fifth street The committee stated it was particularly pleased with this con- ' tribution, as it expresses the con- ’ fidence tho community has in the 1 city’s industries. The committee 1 said Mr. Rice had nothing to gain in ' a business way except as a taxpayer and that lie had not been solicit- • ci. The drive will be completed this ' week if possible. • o i ADAMS COUNTY WOMAN DIES J Mrs. Magdalena Christener Dies Sunday In Monroe Township Mrs. Magdalena Christener, 80. 1 widow of the late Gottlieb Christen- • er, died Sunday morning at 3:20 • o’clock at her home in Monroe • township. Death followed an illness since last January, when she susi tained a fractured hip. She was born in Switzerland Ang- . ust 22, 1858, the daughter of Mr. . and Mrs. Christ Stauffer. The cou--1 pie moved to this country shortly : after their marriage. Surviving are the following child■ren: C. E. Christener of Sacrameni to, California; Gottlieb of Richmond. Mrs. Lina Jacobs, of Berne. Mrs. C. F. Rayl of Decatur, Caroline. Matilda, and Mary, all of Fort Wayne. Albert of Lansing. Michigan; Fred of Bluffton, Mrs. H. W. Thompson of this city; Ida, Wil-i ham. Rosa, at home; and a brother. Fred Stauffer of Monroe. Funeral services have not been completed. She was a member of the Evangelical Reformed church: at Berne. I

U. S, SUPREME COURT TO RULE ON COMMUNISTS To Rule Whether Membership Is Grounds For Deportation Washington, Oct. 17 — (U.R> — The today agreed to rule upon tho question of whether membership in the communist party is prima facie grounds for deporting an alien from the United States. The case is considered of special interest because of a long standing controversy over Harry Bridges, west coast committee for ( industrial organization director. I Deportation of Bridges, an Australian, on grounds of alleged I membership in the communist i 1 party has been sought by a number of organizations. Bridges denies membership in the party and the labor department has delayed acting in his case until the supreme court rules on the issue. The question reached the su- I pretne court in the government’s ( appeal of a fifth circuit court of appeals decision releasing Joseph George Strecker. Hot Springs, ; Ark., from threatened deporta-1 tioii ’tin grounds of his member-1 ship in the community party. In another ruling today the i court declined to consider an ap--1 peal involving the Robinson-Pat-man anti-price discrimination act. ' I The appeal was brought by the I Biddle Purchasing Co., New York, I from a second circuit court decision which upheld a federal trade i commission order directed against the company under the price act. I Proceedings were instituted against Bridges last spring but were suspended when the circuit ; , court rendered its opinion in the Strecker case. Born in Australia. Bridges, like Strecker, has taken out first papers but never has i completed the naturalization process. The government, in appealing (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) BEET GROWERS INSPECT PLOTS Annual Soy Bean And Sugar Beet Field Day Is Held In Decatur One hundred sugar beet growers from Adams and surrounding coun- : ties attended the annual soy bean and sugar beet field day held at Decatur Friday. Such a tour is held , by Company in cooperation with the state agricultural experiment station at Purdue University. Five years ago the director of the experiment station approved a sugar beet fertilization project to bo conducted on the Krick-Tyndall Farm immediately south of towm. G. P. Walker, agronomist at the Purdue experiment station, has had direct charge of the experimental work. Sixty-four plots of sugar beets ar included each year in the experimental area. Various amounts and kinds of fertilizer are applied ' to the sugar beets and result! are 1 carefuly recorded. The beet growers who visited these experimental plots were greati ly Interested in the results attained over the past four years. Fig-' i ares released show that on the avi erage, all fertilized plots have pro- ‘ | duced approximately two and one--1 iialf tons more sugar beets per acre | than tihe plots receiving no fertillz-: ; er. it was pointed out by Mr. Wai- J I ker that the sugar beet crop res-1 ponds more readily than any other crop to a liberal application of commercial fertilizer. Over a period of three years the average fertilizer application shows a profit of $10.39 per acre over and above the cost of the fertilizer. Since the reestablishment of the - beet sugar industry at Decatur in 1933, the field department of the Central Sugar Company has conducted hundreds of fertilizer experiments throughout the sugar beet ’ growing counties. In addition to the ' experimental work done by the company the state experimental Station has been conducting the fertilizer test plots visited by the growers (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) Two Cars Slightly Damaged In Wreck Two cars were slightly damaged I th's morning when they collided at the intersection of Monroe and Second streets. The autos were driven by Dick Ireland and Bill Myers,: I both of this city.

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Decatur, Indiana, Monday, October 17, 1938.

For Distinguished Service w Mfr. 3 1 k IW X Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau. Jr., confers the dis- : tinguished Flying Cross upon Lieut. R. L. Burke, at Washington. Burke, a U. S. Coast Guardsman, received (he medal in recognition of his flight 130 miles to sea. under adverse conditions, to rescue a severely injured seaman. ,

MISSION OPENS HERE SUNDAY St. Mary’s Catholic Church Opens Mission Sunday Morning The mission for married people ' of the parish opened at St. Mary's Catholic church Sunday morning with the 9:45 high mass. The first of the evening services was held at 7:30 o'clock with a' large crowd in attendance. The evening services consisted of the reciting of the Seven Offerings to the Precious Blood; sermon by Rev. Cyril Ernst, missionary priest who is conducting the services, and the prayers for a happy death. ictjoii of tlio R!ossf?t! Sficrnment was given by Rev. Father Alvin. Father Ernst gave an instructive sermon on mortal sin. dealing wfrh committing grevious offenses against God. It was announced that the schedule of services would consist of the 6 and 7:30 o'clock masses < very morning and the 7:30 services in the evening. Short in-i (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) Fort Wayne Man IsHeld For Bigamy Chester Straley, West Main street Fort Wayne, is being held in the Allen county jail on a charge of bigamy. which involved a resident of near this city. Straley is charged with re-marrying Flossie Dague. of Decatur route one, without first having secured a divorce from the former Miss Myrtle Spince, of I Dayton, Ohio. Straley told officers that lie had married Miss Drage April 17, 1926 and that she divorced him in Janurary, 1931. Three years later, he said, he married Miss Spence. He left the second wife in Dayton two years ago. He admitted having remarried his first wife without se- j curing a divorce from Myrtle, officet s said.

Kokomo Infant Brought Back To Life By Fire Department

Kokomo, Ind., Oct. 17. — t(U.R) A fireman, two doctors and a nurse today surrounded the crib of tiny Judith Carol Wines, ready to render first aid with an inhalator if the one-day-old baby’s heart stops beating—as it did for half an hour yesterday. At 7:20 a. m. yesterday Judith Carol, who had been born only a short time before to Mr. and Mrs. Howard Wines, was “dead Doctors said a valve in her heart had stuck. She stopped breathing and her body turned blue. Attendants worked frantically but could not revive her. An inhalator squad from the fire department was called. Doctors injected a new powerful stimulant called “alpha lobelia.” The fire-, men began forcing oxygen into the baby’s lungs. She started to recover immediately and eight minutes later was normal. Her happy parents reported today that she "is getting along fine.” They said they didn’t believe the inhalator would be needed any more although a fireman remained in the home in case his

Loot Obtained By Thieves Checked The loot obtained by a thief or i thieves who entered the apartment residence of Miss Mary McKean and Mrs. Jesse Rice last Wednesday night was checked over the' j week-end after the return of the t wo ladies who were vacationing at i ; the time of the theft. I Watches, rings, pins, a pair of shoes belonging to Miss McKean and other minor articles were tak-1 on. The value of the loot has not 1 been accurately estimated. ADAMS COUNTY NATIVE DIES Mrs. George Monroe Dies Sunday At Bluffton Hospital Mrs. LaEtta Jane Monroe, 21, a ! native of Adams county, d.ed Sun- ! day morning at the Wells county: hospital in Bluffton after a week’s | illness. The deceased was born in Hart-1 ford township, the daughter of Mr. • and Mrs. John H. Duff. She was a j members of the Calvary Evangeli-1 ; cal church at Linn Grove. Surviving are the husband, i George E. Monroe, o* Bluffton, the) ! ick and Ivan Duff, of Adams county, j Funeral services will be held at | ihe church in Linn Grove at 2 o’ ' clock Tuesday afternoon, with G. G.: Holton officiating. Burial will be, in the Greenwood cemetery. o Popeye Comic Strip Will Be Continued Tile Daily Democrat was inform-' ed today by King Features Syndi-1 cate, inc., that this paper’s comic ! strip, starring Popeye, will be con- ■ tlnued despite the death of the car-: toonist, E. C. Segar. The strip will | I be drawn by the artist Who, with ' Segar’s approval, carried on the 1 comic during his long illness of the I • past year.

assistance would be required | i again. j The firemen had remained at the ] home throughout the day yester- J day. applying oxygen every 20 > minutes. Doctors explained that Judith ' Carol is known as a “blue baby” I [ —one which can be brought to life ' an’Tiour or two after respiration stops. Technically, the baby suf- ■ sered from "non-clousre of the i foramento’-vallie of the heart." The foramento’-vallie, it was explained, is a valve located between the auricle and ventricle of the ; heart. This valve is supposed to < ! close the moment respiration starts ' at birth to permit blood in the, auricle to absorb oxygen. I But Judith Carol’s valve failed ' to close. This permitted blood from the veins to flow through the auricle side, halting the absorption i of oxygen and resulting in her i “death.” Artificial application of oxygen 1 through the inhalator. together , with the “alpha lobelia" serum, succeeded in closing the foramen io’-vallie and restored life. I i

SAFE CYCLING CARNIVAL HERE i ON WEDNESDAY Parade, Racing Events Will Be Held On Streets Wednesday Night Dee.atur's first bicycle safety carnival, co-sponsored by the i recreation department and tho I 1! P. O. Elks, will be held on the i streets of this city Wednesday | evening. The carnival will open with a 1 parade of decorated bicycles mid | tricycles, starting promptly ut 7 ! o'clock from the jail yard. Cash awards for first, second . and third places in three divisions , will be presented to those adi judged winners. Prizes will be I given for the best decorated bi- : cycle and rider, th" best decorat- | fid tricycle and rider, anil the i most comical bicycle and rider. R. C. Ehinger and Walter Gard are co-chairmen of the judging committee for the parade events. Immediately following the parado, a series of bicycle racing events will be held around the court house square. The events have been divided into six divisions, throe boys and three girls. Each division will be devided into four events, with ribbons awarded for first, second I and third places. Members of the judging comIm it tee for the races are: David I Baker, chairman; L. E. Beal. Don Gage and Bob Shraluka. Starters for the events will be ' Hugh Andrews and Deane Dor-1 : win. George Laurent and Joseph Krick will act as clerks of events Harry Fritzinger is Elks chair- ' man for the police committee, * John L. DeVoss will lie chairman I of the course judges. William Bowers will act as parade marshal, with Maurice j j Kindler. Robert Helm and WilI liatn Linn as assistants. All members of the Elks lodge. I the Decatur safety council and the executive committee of the I recreation department will also i assist in staging the parade and | events. State Police Aid State police, under the direcj tion of William H. Bell, state police commissioner of this city, will aid in handling traffic in : conjunction with city and county ; (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o Warning Is Issued On Burning Leaves — A message of warning was given i by police and firemen today in re- ; gard to burning leaves. Observance Ing of leaves on “black top ', closer to a curb than one foot and after 4 o’clock in the evening were re-j called. Tobacco smokers and pet sons using matches were also urged to exercise caution. Approximately half a dozen fires, including two on Madison street, one on Marshall and one on Ninth street, are though! to have been started by a carelessly tossed cigarette stub or match, j No damage was done. The fire department had to be called in one instance, however. oSISTER DIES ATWAYNEDALE Mrs. Lewis Hoopengardner, Sister Os Local People, Dead’ Mrs. Ella Hoopengardner, 63. wife of Lewis L. Hoopengardner, of Waynedale and sister of Mrs. W. E. Moon and W. H. Foughty of this city, died this morning follow-1 Ing an extended illness of cancer. The deceased was a daughter of J. J. and Aldine Foughty. She was born in Ossian, January 15, 1875. , Besides the husband, the brother and sister in this city, Mrs. i Hoopengardner is survived by seven children, three sons and four daughters. One brother and two other sisters also survive. They are, Mrs. j Gee Lake, Fort Wayne; Charles Foughty, Fort Wayne and Mrs. j Charles Sipe, La Charles, La. Funeral services have not yet been completed, pending arrival of a son who lives in Texas. It is probable that the services will be held Thursday. Tjie body will be brought here for burial in the Decatur cemetery. Mrs. Hoopengardner was well and favorably known in this city. < She had been ill about five months. |

' Firemen Called To Extinguish Blaze The local fire department was ! called to the comer of Ninth and .Monroe streets about 6 o'clock lust night when leaves ignited on a vacant lot became out of control. Firemen extinguished tlm blaze | without loss. The lot was formerly i occupied hy Decatur’s well remembered “haunted house.” o HBYRID CORN IS PRODUCED Five Adams County Farmers Producing Hybrid Seed Corn < A number of people are inquiring ! of the county agent as to where : they can secure good hybrid seed I corn. Farmers generally are beginning to appreciate the fact that hybrid corn must be adapted to a giv- ; i n locality and are finding that bei cause some agents make extravagant claims for their products, does not necessarily mean a suc- ! cessful crop. i Five Adams county farmers are ' producing Hoosier hybrids in Adlams county that are being certified 'and which time has proven are 'adapted to Adams county soils. Recently the county agrnt made a trip Ito these various farms to learn the approximate number of bushels they expect to harvest this year, and their facilities for drying and I caring for their seed. Robert Heller of Decatur and Leon Neuenschwander, living one i mile south of Berne, are together . producing two hybrid plots on the ! Neuenschwander farm. They anticipate harvesting 250 bushels ot i Hoosier hybrid No. 425 and ”>OO busI hels of Hoosier hybrid No. 613. Mr. Neuenschwander has just recently I constructed a slatted floor drying house, size 18 x 26 feet and on his i layout will soon have the moisture 1 content of his seed down where it j belongs. On his farm two miles southeast (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) — — o TWO MEETINGS ARE CONDUCTED Soy Bean Varieties Compared In Meetings Here Friday Keller Beeson and County Agent Archbold conducted two meetings on the John Steffen farm, Kirkland township. Friday, where soy bean attending these me&tingz found that Dunfield was still the standard for 'comparison. It was standing well I and was well podded. The new and earlier varieties were seen that, | seem to show much promise for planting on ground on which the grower would like to sow wheat. One of these is the Richland. It was I developed by the Purdue experi-i j ment station and is particularly > well adapted to rich, black soils. I It has better standing ability than I the Dunfield and on the average can be harvested 10 days earlier, it . yields, however, slightly less than the Dunfield ! The Mukden, developed by the loI wa experiment station, matures aj bout as early as the Richland. I' J yields about the same and should be placed on the thinner, light col- ( ored soils, as it makes a good I growth, there, but will lodge badly I on the heavier, dark soils. Anyone wishing to learn of sour- ■ (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) o Former Decatur Man Killed In Accident Floyd D. Shaw, 55. railroad brakej man, Pittsburgh, Pa., a brother ot i Mrs. Joel Reynolds of this city, was killed while on duty, Saturday ! night, according to a message received by Mrs. Reynolds Sunday. : Mr. Shaw was a native of Decatur, j leaving here about 35 years ago, since which time he had been engaged in railroad work. He visited I here frequently and still had a large I number of friends here. Surviving relatives include the widow, one sister, Mrs. Reynolds I of this city, and three brothers, Os- ' car of Youngstown, Ohio, Kollie ot I Cadillac, Mich, and Arthur E. ot i Grand Rapids, Mich. The latter, with his wife, arived here this morning and accompanied by Mrs. Reynolds. left for Pittsburgh to attend the funeral which will be held Tuesday afternoon. Details of the accident which caused his death were J not-included in the message receiv- ( | ed here. _ ,

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NATIONS NEAR ' TO TEST OVER CZECH CRISIS To Decide Whether Peace Or Armaments Race Will Be Result By Joe Alex Morris I (Copyright 1938 by United Press) Great Britain and Nazi Ger- ■ many appeared today to be near- ! ing a test of whether their solu- ' I tion of the Czech crisis will lead to cooperation in the Interests ot j peace or a race to build arms for war. . j Fuehr n r Adolf Hitler was per- | sistently reported planning to [l capitalize on his victory at the Munich four-power conference by i making important proposals to i London for a general European ' 1 settlement. Forecasts of his plans range ’ from a demand for German air j superiority to return of all prej war German colonies and a tree ; hand for Nazi dominance of mid- ' i die Europe. In return, it has been suggested. Hitler would pledge himself to respect the I present British and French em- • I piles (minus former German col- > | onies now under mandate to the ~ two powers.) > i That is the Fuehrer’s side of I the argument in any negotiations 1 for a guarantee of future peace, i But it is not Great Britain's view. The British government has ' reached the point where it must ! obviously make a firm stand or i risk the imminent danger of be- : coming a secondary power. There 1 seems to be no doubt that it does i not intend to take that risk. Prime Minister Neville Cham- ! berlain, returning tomorrow from a brief vacation, will meet with I his cabinet Wednesday to plot the j broad course which Great Britian ■ will follow in the future. One point considered certain in that program, despite the protesting cries of the controlled German press, will be rearmament on a I big scale. Another may l>e reI organization and broadening ot i the cabinet to make it represent more factions and to create new ■ ministries of national service, supply and merchant shipping as a part of the preparedness plan Such action would meet a I mounting demand from she pubI lie for a firmer British position, for an end to concessions to the : dictators and for arms —especial- | ly arms for aerial war—to back lup the new policy. Winston j Churchill, whose voice still carries great political power, put the ■ views of one section of British ; opinion into stronf words in a ' radio speech to America calling '<<.• 1 -.*• r-tfc. ' > ♦s* ain to unite against aggression I before it is too late. Still another reason for a firm J British stand was seen in the protests from such territories as British Tanganyika, which was once German and which was said I to be talking of rebellion if any | effort were made to return it to j the third reich. Even more urgently demanding I tirnijiess in London was tho | spread of Aral) rebellion in tho ■ holy land, where more than 20,000 British troops starting a big scale I offensive still were unable to j wrest control of many outlying I areas from the insurgents. Arabs I continued to threaten an attack on Jerusalem, seized mail, cut. : telegraph and telephone wires, and sniped at British forces with ■ such increasing boldness that Jewish leaders charged the Brit(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o ONE ARRESTED AFTER ACCIDENT Glen Adler Faces Reckless Driving Charge After Wreck A sideswipe collision on federal road 27, south of the city Sunday night resulted in the arrest of one driver on a recklNsg driving charge. Glen Adler, son of Frank Adler i of south of Decatur is to be tried ! Tuesday afternoon on the charge, i The car he was driving and one ’j driven by Herman Fox. of Richmond, collided north of the curve, , one mile north of Monroe. The accident occurred shortly before 7 o'clock. Authorities charged that Adler was on the wrong side of the road at the time of the crash. Both cars were damaged but no one was hurt. Fox was accompanied by his father and mother. Sheriff Dallas Brown and State Poi liceman Truman Bierie of Bluffton investigated.