Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 25, Decatur, Adams County, 30 January 1939 — Page 1

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QUAKE'S DEATH TOLL IS 50.000 New Earth Tremors Reported From Chile As Toll Mounts Santiago, Chile. Jan. 30 —<U.R>— New earth tremors were reported | from the devastated Chilian area today as ministry of interior officials forecast that the total i.f dead in the southern Chile earthquake would reach 50,000. It had appeared that the situation of the hundreds of thousands of homeless people in the earthquake zone was as bad as it could be. Official reports had said that) some towns were wiped out, that not one house in 10 still stood. Vnhuried dead still lay in streets and along roads Thousands of bodies lay still in the ruins of homes, theaters, jails, churches, convents. Great fissures in roads made automobile relief transport painfully slow. All railroads were paralyzed. There was a lack of food Water was impure. Injur- | ed people were dying still for want i of care. Then yesterday it began to l rain — in the middle of the Iry season. Last night there came reports that the great Llaima volcano in the Cherquenco area was rumbling. and distinct tremors were felt. At 10:45 p. tn., the earth began to tremble in the Chilian area, which had been hardest hit Walls of some of the weakened 1 uildings which still stood crumbled and crashed. The still dazed people in the area Jled. to join those on the roads who had started, afoot, for the north at the order of relief authorities, to meet the rescue (CONTINUEO ON PAGE THREE) FORMER LOCAL LADY HONORED Mrs. Anita Oldham VicePresident Os Teacher Group An article appearing recently in the Knightstown school journal honored Mrs. Anita Oldham of Knightstown and a former resident of this city, who was named vice-president of the Indiana state teachers’ association. The article states: “The election of Mrs. Anita Oldham to the vice-presidency of the Indiana state teachers' association ; is an honor which is in every way I deserved. Mrs. Oldham has..been active in various teachers' organizations and is particularly well known as an outstanding teacher of English and speech. She has assisted in the formation and development of the Indiana state i course of study for high school I English. Both last year and this year she was one of the speakers in the speech department of association. “Mrs. Oldham is an active member of the Indiana School Women’s club, the grand lodge of the Eastern Star, being recently elected president of the sixth district of the Order of Eastern Star. In i Knightstown, Mrs. Oldham is best known for her success as teacher in the local high school. She is an untiring w’orker, obtains excellent results from her pupils, and in addition Is popular with her students, other teachers and parents. As vlce-presidenlt of the association, she becomes a member of the executive board and in that capacity will render valuable service. The school and her many friends here are pleased with this recognition of her ability.” Mrs. Oldham, a gradute of Decatur high school and Indiana university, is the daughter of Mrs. Lulu Swearingen of this city. o Masons, Eastern Stars Plan For Party Friday The Decatur Masons and Eastern Star will have a pot luck supper and card party at the Masonic Hall Friday 6:15 p. m. All Masons and Eastern Stars and Fami’ies are i cordially Invited and urged to atI tend.

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Hudson River Ixx ked in Winter’s Icy Grip —"Sbii-iiiiit ffir- """" . "—“—— g. A J W ** ‘X ' * X \ *- ip\.. . *T' -F 'Cold wave which brought new low temperatures to the East, turned the mighty Hudson River into a stream of ice. Huge floes, stretching almost from shore to shore, are pictured passing under the graceful Bear Mountain Bridge. Traffic in the river was brought to a halt.

HOPKINS SEEKS TO MAKE PEACE WITH BUSINESS Report Four-Point Program Planned By New Deal Washington, Jan. 30 — (U.P) — Business sources represented Secretary of Commerce Harry L. Hopkins today a« contemplating a four point program to bring about peace between industry and the . new deal. . It was understood that the program was not presented as such to the business advisory council • which met here with Hopkins last week. But the United Press was! informed it had been outlined to some of the business leaders who conferred earlier with Hopkins From those conferees word sifted through the business commun-I iiy that the new secretary of com-' tnerce has in mind: 1. An effort to conciliate the administration's dispute with the electrical power industry. 2. Obtaining agreement among the congress of industrial organizations. the American federation of later and business on amendment of the national labor relations act. 3. A plan to make the business advisory council more active and Influential in effecting an appeasement policy. 4. Constructive railroad legislation. A spokesman for Hopkins neither denied nor confirmed the foregoing report, but said there was ■ “no comment,” Washington representatives of business groups, however, were convinced that the outline was a substantially accur(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) TWOSLICHTLY HURT IN WRECK Man And Woman Escape Injury As Auto Skids Off Road Two persons escaped serious injury about midnight Saturday when the car in which they were riding skidded on snowy-wet pavement and crashed into a creek bed, three miles north of Berne on federal road 27. Justus Roemer, 21, of Richmond and Miss Mary Helen Moser, a student of Reed Memorial hospital in the same city, were the occupants of the car. Mr. Roemer told Sheriff Ed P. Miller, who Investigated, that he was enroute south when the accident occurred. He said he had to swerve to the left lane to avoid striking an auto driven by Amos Frauhiger of near Berne. He said that when he attempted ; to go around the Frauhiger auto. which was making a turn to the west off road 27, hi? own car became out of control on the slip-■ pery pavement. The auto plunged off the road and down into the creek. Both Roemer and Miss Moser crawled from the wreckage unassisted., Miss Moser sustained a slight injury to her ankle. | The car was badly damaged. J

Decatur, Indiana, Monday, January 30, 1939.

Financial Report Os Church Given Sunday The annual report of St. Mary's Catholic church for 1938 shows that SS.'hH) was paid on the parish school ■ debt, reducing the bonded debt to | $40.650 as of January 1, 1939. Cash receipts from all sources' I were 125.691.72. exclusive of the] ! balance on hand at the beginning of the year. The statistical repor' shows 40 baptisms. 12 marriages and 20 deaths in the church, during the I past year. Rev. Joseph J. sefmetz. ! pastor, expressed appreciation to ihe congregation at the Sunday misses for the financial showing read the reports at the ser-: vices. RAIN AND SNOW BLANKET CITV Damage Is Reported To Light Lines And Telephone Service Decatur and community found itself in the midst of one of the more unfavorable elements of winter weather this morning, following a night of rain, sleet and snow. A drizzling rain late Sunday evening changed to snow and sleet before midnight and coated the entire community with a covering of wet snow and slush. Considerable damage was reported in the county as the slush froze and broke down utility lines and poles. Martin J. Mylott, superintendent of the city light department, ( reported that light service suffered I extensively, especially in the rural i sections. He said that a full crew would Ibe unable to restore all services I until Tuesday. Poles, lines and transformers were broken down by I the added weight of the ice and !slush. Not quite so extensive damages i wore reported to telephone lines ’ by Charles Heare, superintnedent I of the Citizens Telephone company. IHe reported more than a score of, I cases of trouble. The fact that the precipitation i seemed to be heavier in the north , was considered a boon iby local peoI pie today. Whereas many schools jin Allen county had to cancel classes today, so far as was report-, ed to the offices of County School Superintendent C. E. Striker, all. schools were being continued as usual today in this county Although county roads in Allen county and those further north were | reported impassable in many places road conditions in this county were i eported favorable, although slushy and slippery. County Highway Superintendent Walter H. Gilliom reported all roads | reported all roads open this morn, j ing. The temperature stood at 30 I degrees above this morning at 8 I (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) _o — Rockford Residents Injured In Accident Paul W. Brehm, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Brehm and Miss Dellson Myers. all of Rockford, Ohio sustained ■ injuries Sunday when the car in which they were riding, collided I with an auto driven by Kenneth Hatfield of Centerville. The crash occurred on federal road 40, w r est I of Richmond. ]

HOUSE PASSES EXTENSION OF LICENSE DATE Extends Time Os Buying Auto License Plates, To March 1 Indianapolis. Jan 30 — <U.R> —. : The house of the state legislature today passed a bill establishing a l permanent 60 day grace period I from Jan. 1 to March 1 for the purchase of new automobile license plates. The vote was 87 to 1. The bill now goes to the senate for its consideration. The measure is one of several submitted to the legislature on extension of the license plate deadline after it was recommended by Gov. M. Clifford Townsend. A similar bill passed by lhe senate is in the house roads committee. The senate may substiI tute today's bill for its own measure. The license extension bill was sponsored by Reps. Robert A. Hoover of Goshen and Roy J. Harrison of Attica. The house reconvened today after the week-end recess in a mood to accomplish something, after three weeks of partisan debate with little concrete legislai tion. The senate was to convene at 1 p. m. The house advanced 21 bills toi third reading, and also passed a bill by Rep. Jack O’Grady. Terre Haute Democrat, prohibiting sessions of city courts on legal holidays. Most important of the bills advanced to third reading was a measure to repeal Indiana’s truck weight tax law, as recommended by Governor Townsend. It prob(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) 0 — JURIES DRAWN FDR NEW TERM Grand And Petit Juries Are Drawn For February Term ,The petit and grand jury panels for the February term of the Adams circuit court were drawn this I morning by the Adams county board of jury commissioners. The members of the grand jury Clara Anderson of Geneva, Milo McCollum of Genega, Glen Agler of Wabash township, Milton Fuhrman of Root township and Julius Brite also of Root township. The members of the petit panel are: Leo Kohne and Eli Curtis Engle of Washington township; Lawrence H. Franklin and Charles Lose, all of Decatur, Fannie Amstutz of Hartford township. Fred Weidler of French township, Harley J. Reef and Noah Brunner of Jefftrson township, William Kruckeberg of Union township, John Hilgeman of Preble township and Albert Coppess of Washington township. The members of the jury commissioners’ board are Henry F. Gallmeyer. Forrest Elzey and County Clerk G. Remy Blerly. The February term of court opens next Monday, February 6.

Snow, Sleet And Electrical Storms Harass Eastern Part i Os Nation; Worst In Chicago

Some Highways In North Part Os Indiana Are Closed By Heavy Snow And Drifting. SCHOOLS CLOSED Fort Wayne, Ind., Jun. 30.—(U.R) More snow and rain today added to last night's storm and prevented work of road crews in opening highways throughout northern InI diana. Most traffic was at a standstill with drifts four and five feet high ’ blocking all highways and side roads were reported impassible, the state police said. No serious accidents were reported and no deaths had been attributed to the cold this morning. Many schools in the northern sector of the state have been closed because of the inability of students and buses to get through. Only two schools were open this morning in Marshall county and only about half of the enrolled students were able to get to these. Three were closed in Allen county. according to officials in the superintendent’s office. Many rural mail routes were suspended. Weather forecaster B. B. Whittle? reported that a 32-inlle wind accompanied the blizzard last night, the worst in many years. Snow fell to an average depth of four inches over this section of the state. Traffic in and around Fort. Wayne was slow and hazardous with street cars running double on j some routes to get through the j drifts. Central coach lines and short way bus lines announced they had abandoned schedules until roads were opened. Workers Fight Snow Indianapolis, Jan. 30. — (U.R) — (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) WILLIAM KELLY DIES SATURDAY Funeral Is Held This Morning For Father Os Decatur Man i Funeral services for William Kelley, 58, of Geneva, who died Saturday. were held this morning at the St. Mary’s Catholic church, east of Geneva. | Mr. Kelly, the father of Vincent Kelly, Decatur city attorney, died ! Saturday at the Easthaven hospital in Richmond. He had been there for the past four weeks. Surviving, besides the Sun, here, are the widow and another son, Paul, a freshman at the University of Kentucky. The body was brought to Geneva for the services and burial was iu i the St. Mary’s Catholic church I cemetery near there. Kirkland Institute To Be Held Wednesday The annual Kirkland township I farmer’s institute will be held at the Kirkland high school and community building all day Wednesday. The morning session will open at 9:30, the afternoon session at 1:15. and the evening meeting at 7. The official business session will be held in the afternoon Special music and other features will be presented at each session. To Organize Decatur City Band Tonight Organization of a Decatur city j band will be launche dtonight with a meeting in the scout room of the Central school building at 7 o’clock. | All interested musicians are invit- ’ ed to attend. Organization of the band will be WPA music superivsor. TEMPERATURE READINGS DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER * 8:00 a.m 30 2:00 p.m 29 10:00 a.m 30 3:00 p.m 27 Noon 31 WEATHER Snow, colder tonight, much colder in extreme south, general! fair south, mostly cloudy north, Tuesday colder In extreme southeast portion.

SUPREME COURT DISMISSES TV A CONTEST SUIT — Dismiss Suit Challenging Constitutionality Os Act Washington, Jan. 30 — (U.R) — The supreme court today dismissed the suit of a group of privateJ ly-owned power companies chali lenging constitutionality of the basic Tennessee Valley Authority program. The decision was read by Justice Owen J. Roberts. The tribunal dismissed the challenge on technical grounds, ruling that the private companies have no legal standing to maintain a suit challenging validity of | the TVA program because they ■ are unable to prove illegal competition and damages. Constitutionality of the program was challenged by the utilities on the grounds that the expressed primary objectives of the program — improvement of navigational and flood control facilities—were I actually subterfuges and that the i real objective was government ; development of power. The ruling, in effect, affirmed ; dismissal of the test suit by a ‘ special three-judge eastern Tenj nessee federal district court last | spring. Tlie lower court decision, went I further, however, and held that i the broad TVA program was legal i and fell within constitutional , bounds of governmental activity. The decision was delivered by Roberts on behalf of a five-justice majority. Justices James C. McReynolds and Pierce Butler dissented. Justice Stanley F. Reed 1 did not participate. Roberts said that th» court did not feel it necessary to go into I many of the contentions raised by the utilities since “in no aspect of the case have the appellants standing to maintain the suit and the bill was properly dismissed.” (By the lower court.) The utilities, in bringing their challenge, contended that TVA officials were working together with other government agencies such as the public works adminisi tration and municipalities through(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o All Beds Occupied At County Hospital The capacity of the Adams conn-' ity memorial hospital has again ’ been filled to overflowing, hospital attaches reported this morning. With 36 partients already confin- | ed in hospital beds, a patient waiting for a thyroid operation had to be at least temporarily confined in the second floor sun parlor, they rej ported. The admittance makes every ' bed occupied, including those in two sun parlors. o DEATH CLAIMS GEORGE PIEPER Dies Saturday Night After Illness Os Past 15 Years George Pieper. 72. a resident of | Decatur for the past 10 years, died at 8 o'clock Saturday night at the I home of his sister. Mrs. Fred J. Walter, 391 North Firth street. Death was caused by complications following an illness of 15 years. | The deceased was born in Hamilton. Ohio, December 6, 1866. the son |of Mr. and Mrs. Lambert Pieper. He had never married. Mr. Pieper had made his home with his sister here for the past 10 years after he retired as a metal polisher because of poor heallh. He was a member of the Doyal Order of Moose. iSurviving besides the sister are a niece, Mrs. Harry G. Young of Decatur and a nephew, Robert Walther, of Hamilton, Ohio. The body will be taken from the S. E. Black funeral home to Hamilton, where funeral services will be held at 1:30 o’clock Tuesday afternoon. Biurial will he in Hamilton.

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I Chicago Suffers Worst Blizzard For Eig h t Years; At Least 14 Persons Die. TRAFFIC HALTED By United Press Snow, sleet and electrical storms whipped by high winds harassed most of the (‘astern half of lhe nation today, killing at least 14 persons, injuring scores of others and delaying tranaportuHon and communication. Chicago’s worst blizzard in eight years caused 10 deaths and resulted in five elevated railroad crashes that injured upwards of 29 persons. The blizzard was part of a snowstorm that struck with sudden fury and swept in a great arc from St. Louis through Illinois, northern Indiana, southern lower Michigan, upper New York State and northern and central New England. Four persons were killed and more than a score injured as electrical storms accompanied by winds of tornadic force lashed Alabama, Mississippi. Louisiana, Arkansas, Tennessee and Georgia, levelling homes and telegraph and telephone lines. Property damage was in the thousands of dollar*. Heavy rains brought a threat of floods along Arkansas rivers. Freezing rain fell in the northern and eastern fringes of the storm area, which centered over the Ohio valley and was moving northeastward. Rain was tailing or threatening from Jacksonville, Fla., to Boston. High winds piled deep drifts across highways in the blizzardstricken area, virtually paralyzing motor transportation. All airplanes were grounded between Chicago and New York. Central and northern Illinois appeared hardest hit by the snowstorm. At 10 a. in. (CST), more than 10 inches of snow had fallen in Chicago—the heaviest fall since March 1931 when there were 16.2 inches. U. S. Forecaster C. A. Donnel said there was an even chance that the storm would exceed the Chicago all-time record fall of 19.2 inches in March 1930. Trains to Chicago were reported five minutes to more than an hour behind schedule. Most of the de(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) BAUER FUNERAL IS HELD TODAY - Rev. George Bauer Is Buried In Chicago Cemetery Today Funeral services for Rev. George Bauer, former pastor of the Immanual Lutheran church, near here, were held today in Chicago. Rev. Bauer died Thursday at his home in that city. At the time of his death he was serving as pastor of the Immanuel Lutheran church in Chicago. He had formerly held pastorates in Brooklyn, New York, St. Paul’s Lutheran church in Chicago Heights and here. He was Iborn in Flat Rock. Surviving are the widow, Elizabeth, four sons and a daughter. Services were held in Chicago and burial tnere. j a o Bloomington Host To Legion Meeting Indianapolis. Ind., Jan. 30IUP)— The annual state American Legion convention will be held this year at Bloomington, it was announced today following an executive session, at which tentative dates were set for the week of August. 13. The successful Bloomington bld was presented to the StatF department Iby a committee composed of Past Commander William Hoadjoy, Dr. O. T. Turtlinger, and Joseph Hunter. ■ ■— -o Aged Farmer Killed When Gored By Bull Rockville, Ind., Jan. 30 —(UP) — Gored by a bull on his farm, Harry Webb, 84, was injured fatally yesterday. The bull trampled on Webb after rolling him along the ground. Ho received several fractures and internal injuries.