Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 36, Number 283, Decatur, Adams County, 1 December 1938 — Page 1

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■RAIN CRUSHES SCHOOL BUS

Jackets Will Open Gym With Game Friday "mBAs Dream Becomes Reality

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

K. Os P. Is To Give Initiations Tonight All members of the Knights ot Pythias lodge are urged to attend the regular meeting tonight on time due to the fact that both first and third rank initiatory work will be presented two classes of candidates. The lodge opens at 7:30 o’clock. Two important committee reports will be given. o BERRE LADY IS KIHEI) BY AUTO LAST EVENING Mrs. Barbara Lehman Fatally Injured W hen Struck By Auto Mrs. Barbara Lehman, 80-year-ild Berne resident, died this morning at 1*45 o’clock in the Adams county memorial hospital of injuries received late Wednesday when she was struck by an auto in downtown Berne. The accident occurred at the intersection of Water and Baltimore streets in that town about 5:10 o'clock last night. Authorities indicated that the driver of the car, Wildas Liechty. 29. of Berne, would be absolved of all blame. Mrs. Lehman •sustained a compound fracture of the right leg below the knee, a fracture of the left leg at the hip. a fractured right pelvis, internal and spinal injuries. She was conscious from the time of the accident until shortly before her death. She had been brought to the hospital immediately following the crash. The accident occurred as she was enroute home from the office I of a Berne physician, where she ! had gone for medical treatment. I Ervin Dro, of that town, witness’d the accident. He told authorities that he attempted to warn her, but that his shout evidently went unheeded because of her defective hearing. Liechty told authorities that he did not see her until his car was nearly upon her. Officer Dave Dubach of Berne, Coroner Robert Zwick and Sheriff Dallas Brown investigated. Coroner Zwick stated that he would .returh a verdict ! of accidental death. This was the first accidental death of that type to occur in i Berne since November of 1928, it was reported. Born In Wabash Twp. The deceased was born in Wa(COXTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) CORN LOANS TO BE AVAILABLE Adams County Farmers To Be Eligible For Corn Loans Adams county farmers who kept their 1938 corn plantings within their acreage allotments will be eligible for the 57-cent government loan on corn this winter, according to Winfred L. Gerke, a member of the local conservation committee who attended a district meeting in Huntington turn week. Information was given to county committeemen and the local .inspector who will be c°“ ce ™e d w>t h the making of corn loans thisl year. Others in attendance from Adams county were Homer W. Arnold, corn loan inspector and Annette C. Lengerich, county secretary. Loans will be available for he period December 1. 1938 to March 31 1939, maturing on August 1, 1939, and details may be obtained in the local county office. 1 Mr Gerke points out that corn to be eligible for sealing mustjrn TcONTINUED on PAGE FOUR)

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DALADIER ADDS TO PRESTIGE IN HALTING STRIKE France’s Power In Europe’s Crisis Aided By Success By Joe Alex Morris, (Copyright 1938 by UP.France emerged from an unsuccessful general strike today as a | potential stabilizing factor in Eur- j ope’s search for peace. The full effect of Premier Edouard Daladier’s drastic use of military powers to minimize the strike of 5.000,000 workers called by the general confederation of labor and supported by leftist parties remains to be determined. But the first reaction indicated a sharp upswing in the premier's personal prestige and in the international influence of France. Daladier has now registered two important victories —at the Munich four-power conference he got what the French people wanted —peace —regardless ot the terms. He counted heavily on that result to keep him in power in the face of txuubles at home. His second victory has come, tentatively at least, on the home front. Failure of the general strike means that the cabinet’s three-year , recovery program probably will be accepted by the people with some modifications and some grumbling (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o NATHAN NELSON WILL BE NAMED County Chairman To Be Named Auto License Bureau Head Nathan Nelson, well known attorney and Democratic county chairman will be named manager of the Decatur auto license bureau, effective Saturday, it was authoritatively stated today. Dee Fryback, has been manager of the bureau since January 1935. The office is located in the room of the Mutschler (budding on I Madison street. It was understood that auditors from the state bureau of motor vehicles would make the official i check-out of the records Saturday and turn the local office over to Mr. Nelson at that time. Miss Betty Macklin, who has been employed as a deputy in tne office, will continue in that capacity, Mr. Nelson stated. The auto plates for 1939 have already been received at the office and will go on sale, December 12. In addition to issuing the license plates the bureau also renders ser- ; vice to persons who are required to make out gross income tax reports. The blanks are available at the office and statements are notarized by the notary in charge. o — Funeral Services For Mrs. Worden Arranged Funeral services for Mrs. Ora Worden, 77 widow of the late Harry Worden, of Marion, will be held at the home.in Marion Saturday afternoon at 2 o’clock. Burial will be in ' the Odd Fellows cemetery at Marion. Mrs. Worden was born in Pleasant Mills. __— oConservation Club To Meet Here Monday The regular monthly meeting of the Adams County Fish and Game Conservation league will be held Monday night at 8:00 o’clock p.m. at the Moose home. Important business will be transacted and a good attendance is desired.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, December 1, 1938.

Becomes Auditor s ' K h* w f J B I Frank G. Thompson. Bluffton I publisher and former Joint repre-1 sentative from Adams and Wells counties, today was sworn into office as auditor of the state of I Indiana. stockholders” TO MEET SOON First State Bank Directors To Be Chosen January 3 R. E. Glendening, cashier of the First State Bank, has given notice that the annual meeting of stockholders of the bank will be held Tuesday, January 3, 1939. The purpose of the meeting is to elect a board of directors. The meWing will convene at 2;30 o’clock. # The present (board is composed ot Daniel Sprange, chairman; T. F. : Graliker, Theodore Hobrock. E. W. Busche, Dynois Schmitt, John P. Braun and L. H. Maerle. The lat-i ter lives in Indianapolis. Mr. Graliker is president of the bank. o Escaped Convicts Nabbed At Capital Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. I—(UP1 —(UP) — Two fugitives front the Michigan state prison and a companion were captured by police last night on a ttreet corner adjoining the state house lawn. The convicts, who escaped from the prison at Jackson, Mich., Friday are Paul Kish, 24, South Bend Ind., who was serving a 25 to 40 year term for robbery and Jack Thibault, 36. Moran. Mich., who was serving a 12 to 25 year term for, robbery. Their companion. Herbert Tillett, 32, Indianapolis, an ex-convict, was shot in the toot as he attempted to j flee. WALTHER CLUB TO GIVE PLAY Immanuel Church Group To Present Play Saturday, Sunday The Walther League of the Im- : manuel Lutheran church in the Bleeke settlement, near this city, will present a three-act farce, ' ’Ready-Made Family” at the Immanuel school Saturday and Sunday nights at 7:30 p. m. Admission to the play will be 25 cents for both adults and children. The public is cordially invited to attend. I Following is the complete cast ot characters: Agnes Martyn, a widow—Martha Krueckeburg. Bob. her son—Elmer Schultz. Marilee, her elder daughter —Marl garet Schamerloh. Grade, her youngest child—Gertrude Schultz. Miss Lydia, her sister-in-law — Alice Reinking. Henry Turner, a widower —Arthur Bishchotf. Worls, his daughter— Florence Schultz. Sammie, his son —Wilbur Blakey Begonia, the Martyns’ darky cook —Lydia Frosch. Nicodemus, the Martyns’ colored handy man —Frederick Schamerloh.

ROUMANIAKING ORDERS ARREST OF IRON GUARD King Carol Answers Threats Os Assassination By Arrest Order By Ferdinand Jahn (UP Staff Correspondent) Bucharest, Roumania. Dec. 1. — (U.R)— King Carol II answered a . threat of assassination today by ordering the arrest of all members jof the fascist anti-Semitic iron guard, whose "fuehrer” and 13 high leaders were slain by prison I guards yesterday. Revenge assassinations of high ! government officials were considered to be more than mere possibilities and suspected members of the outlawed organization were being rounded up throughout the country. The king met with members of the cabinet and sanctioned the most severe repressive measures. Gendarmerie were told that they might “dispense with the form required by law,” or in other words, “shoot to kill" if they met with resistance. These severe repressive measures were decreed after the distribution of an Iron guard pamphlet personally addressed to the king which offered him a “last : choice." It said: "Your majesty: either you make your peace with the Roumanian nation or we must find another solution.” This was interpreted as a threat against Carol’s life. The pamphlets were distributed I from house to house in Bucharest as it became known that Corneliu Zelea Codrennu, Roumania’s “little Hitler,” had been killed allegedly while attempting to escape from prison guards. According to the official version Codreanu and 13 other iron guard (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) 0 BOARD TO FILL MAULLER POST County Commissioners To Fill Vacancy Created By Mauller Death A successor to Howard Haulier, Union township trustee, who com- ' mitted suicide Tuesday, will pro- , iiably be named at the regular i meeting of the county commisslon- ■ ers, beginning Monday, County Au- ' ditor John W. Tyndall said today. Auditor Tyndall said it would be possible to call a special meeting of the commissioners earlier, but due to the fact that the regular meeting is only a few days away, the matter will be formally presented to the board at that time, unless an emergency arises earlier. By Monday there- will be less than a month of Mr. Mauller’s fouryear term yet to be served Erwin Reinking who won the election on a flip of a coin last May w>li begin his term. January 1. The Democratic primary resulted in a tie between Mr. Mauller and Mr. Reinik- ■ ing and after a recount agieed by > both men, in which the results were again tied, coins were flipped to , determine the winner. After two ■ flips, (he men were again even and ■ a third broke the tie. There was no | opposition in the fail. , There is a possibility that Mr. . Reinking may be appointed to fill > out the rest of Mr. Mauler’s term. | Because of the short time remainI ing, little competition is expected I for the post. i o Geneva Man Shown Leniency In Court C. V. Ray, of Geneva, was fined $1 and costs and given a 90-day penal farm sentence when he appeared in city court at Montpelier to answer to a cha'rge of public intoxication. Ray was shown leniency by the 1 court, which suspended both the sentence and the fine upon the ’ condition that he use the small ■ amount of cash he had on his per- ! son to buy food for his family and I send back the receipted bills to . the court. «

More Than 20 School Children Feared Dead As Fast Freight Train Demolishes Utah Bus

HERMAN WELLS INAUGURATED ASI.U.PREXY Succeeds William Lowe Bryan As President Os Indiana Bloomington, Ind., Dec. 1. —(U.R) — In the "simple and unpretentious” ceremonies he desired, Herman B. Wells today was inaugurated as 11th resident of Indiana university. More than 3,000 persons jammed the men’s gymnasium for the first presidential inauguration at I. U. in the past 36 years. Wells now ranks as the youngest president of a state university in the nation. He is 36 years old. Dean Robert L. Sanders of the School of Music directed the university chorus in "Hymn to Indiana," after which the National Broadcasting company picked up the ceremony for national broadcast. Presiding. Judge Ora L. Wildermuth, president of the university’s board of trustees, presented Chief Justice George L. Tremaine of the supreme court of Indiana who adthe formal .oath of office to President Wells. Greetings and congratulations were offered Wells by Lieut.-Gov. Henry F. Schricker in place of Gov. M. Clifford Townsend who was out of the state. * Delivering the charge to the new president, William Lowe Bryan, president emeritus, warned Wells "we face a troubled world.” Bryan added that he knew “you will stand in your place of responsibility with valiant heart.” In his inaugural address, President Wells warned the problems university students must be trained to meet are growing larger. “Society has not yet adapted itsself to the far-reaching changes of the industrial revolution . . . the resulting minute division of labor . , . and insecurities of unemployment.” Adjustment to these, he said, “are in a large measure yet to be achieved.” Wells devoted a substantial part of his talk to warning that democracy must not be arrested and advanced a plan for instructing students in democracy. “For the first time in several generations,” Wells said, “the ( (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o COUNTY GETS EXCISE MONEY Total Os $5,497.88 Distributed To Towns And School Units Here Indianapolis, Dec. 1— Hugh A. 1 Barnhart, state excise administra--1 tor, today announced distribution ot $5,497.88 to cities, towns, and ' school units in Adams county. The Adams county allocation rep- ■ resents that county’s share of SL--1 i 444,553.27 being distributed by the ■ excise department to 1,603 city, ' town, county and school corporation units throughout the state, the excise administrator said. In announcing the distribution. Mr. Barnhart pointed out that un- ■ dcr the present Indiana liquor law* all money arising from permits issued to dealers and retailers throughout the state is distributed . in its entirety back to local treas- . urles. Two-thirds of such fees go ; back to city and county treasuries and the remaining one-third to the . local school treasuries. ( A total of $3,356.36 will be distrii buted to Adams county’s schools. I The civil unit allocation will be dis- • trlbuted as follows: I Adams county, $66.67. i Berne SIOO.OO. Decatur $1,974.85.

GOOD FELLOWS CLUB LAUNCHED Delta Theta Tau Sorority Begins Annual Christmas Drive “Be a Good Fellow.” The Good Fellows Club was opened today by the Delta Theta Tau sorority, which annually sponsors club for tile benefit of the unfortunate members of the community. In opening the club this year, the sorority announced it has do- j nated SSO to start off the fund, which it is hoped, will reach approximately S3OO. Proceeds collected each year are used to purchase candy, food, presents. coal and fuel for families with needy children in order that they may enjoy Christmas. The gifts are distributed Christmas eve. In making its annual plea for public support, the ctub_asked that those who can give to do so in order that there will be no empty stockings Christmas morning among the city’s poor children. The sorority pointed out that, although governmental and private organizations will see that no children starve, neither is able to give i the little Christmas luxuries, which | mean so much to the poor boys I and*girls. ‘ For the purpose of receiving contributions. the club has located boxes in th Decatur Democrat office, the First State Bank and the i Post Office. Names of donors will be published by the sorority. JURY SELECTED TO HEAR CLAIM Claim Against Philip Wendel Estate Being Tried Here A jury was selected in the Adams circuit court at noon today to hear the suit of Paul Leslie Wendel In his claim against the estate of the late Philip Wendel. The ciaimant and Mrs. Elizabeth Wendel, widow of the decedent, were the first two witnesses called to the stand. Five persons were excused from jury duty. The one, Jesse Clark. , was excused because his residence ■is now out of the state The othi ers excused were: Adina Gerber, I Berne; Rufus Meshberger, Hart-j ' ford: Melvin Ehrsam, Monroe; E. C. Charleston, Jefferson. Those who were selected to, hear the case aie: I Mabel Sautters, Decatur; George Colchin, Decatur;. Everett I Price, Hartford; Leo Kohne, i Washington: Lawrence Johnson. Root; William Winnes, Decatur; j (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) o Barcelona Bombed By Insurgent Planes Barcelona. Dec. I—(UP1 —(UP) — Five insurgent planes dropped 80 bombs on " arcelona today. Many tell into the sea but two landed in the populous Rarbla district. Casualties were few. Eighty ibombs were drop- ’ ped on Badalona. Nine tri-motored planes bombed Aranjuez in the Madrid sector. I I I ' '*l BUY CHRISTMAS SEALS

Price Two Cents.

Bodies Os Victims Badly Mangled; Driver Thought Blinded By Snow And Sleet Storm. FORTY ON BUS Salt Lake City, Utah, Dec. 1 -(U.R) — The Denver and Rio Grande Western railroad division superintendent’s office said that 26 oersons had been killed in the train-bus crash. — Salt Lake City, Utah, Dec. I—■ (U.R) — Hysterical screaming parents jammed the Salt Lake City general hospital clammoring to see if tbeir children were among the 19 persons killed when a school bis was struck by a fast Denver & Rio Grand Western freight train near here. Several frantic parents fainted, complicating the tasks of hospital attendants. Parents filed in the rooms where the injured children lay unconscious. If their children were not there they were taken to another room where the dead lay. The bus. carrying between 36 and 40 Riverton students to Jordon high school, was struck squarely in the middle. A light snow apparently blinded the driv- | er. The accident occurred at 9:30 a. m. at a crossing. I Harold Sileex. driver of the bus, was killed instantly. Bodies of the dead were strewn along the tracks for a quarter ot a mile. Some of tjie bodies were cut to pieces by the wheels ot the train. Silcox had been delayed by the snow and slippery pavement and arrived at the crossing later than i usual. The train was going at full speed. Fifteen were killed almost instantly. The injured were brought to the local hospital here. The crash bent the bus into a i horseshoe shape. The accident occurred at Lampton, a beet loading station on a spur track, during a snow and 3;eet storm which made the highway slippery. A deputy sheriff reported that he counted 15 bodies at the scene of the accident. The county hospital reported that four students who had been brought to the re(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o Summers Funeral Services Friday Funeral services for Mrs. Martha Jane Summers. 82, widow of the | late D. L. Summers, are to be held on North Second street Friday at 1 p. m., with the Rev. A. S'. Elzey, of Ossian, officiating. Burial will be I in the Ossian cemetery. Mrs. Summers died at her home here Wednesday afternoon. LIGHT PLANT IS SETTING RECORD October Production Figures Have Never Been Equalled Here Frank Burns, chief eng.reer at the City light and power plant, reported the kilowatt production for November at 1.639,000, making a j total of 14,071,800 KWH for the 11 months. October was the largest month ' in the year from the point ot production. A total of 1,765,000 was produced. The Central sugar factory was carried on the city power lines during the entire month, increasing the load considerably. This month was also an all-time record. The total kilowatt production for the year will be close to 15,000,000 one of the largest electric productions ot any plant the size ot’ Decatur in the country. The production of elec tri- energy has not fallen under a million kili lowatts a month during 1938.