Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 36, Decatur, Adams County, 11 February 1939 — Page 1

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MUSIC PROGRAM SUNDAY NIGHT Leading Harpist At Zion Lutheran Church Sunday Night A inuiical program will be presented at the Zion Lutheran church Sunday evening, featuring Otto Baganz. one of the leading J harpiata of the country, and his daughter Norina and son Reuben, playing respectively the vibraharp and a cathedral marimba. The program opens at 7:30 o'clock and the public is cordially Invited. A free will offering will be taken. It is seldom that an audience In this community is privileged to hear a program where these unusual musical instruments are featured, the Rev. Paul Schultz, j church pastor, stated. The harp used in this progam was shown at the Century o|j Progress exposi tion in Chicago and was there acclaimed as the finest harp ever built. Following is |he program: I Theme song. Arranged by Baganz (Trio. Harp. Vibraharp, Marimba, A Mighty Fortress is Our God Martin Luther (The Triol Beautiful Memories .. A. Hahn (Harp Solo) Beautiful Savlor.Twelfth Century (Duet, Harp and Vibraharp; Harp and Marimba) Wake. Awake. For Night is Flying Nicolai (Harp Solo) In The Hour of TriaI.S. (The Trip) II Wiegenlied (Cradle Song) J. Brahms (The Trio) Harre. Meine Seele (Wait, My Soul, and Tarry) Arranged by Otto Baganz (Harp Solo) Groszer Gott, Wir Loben Dich (God of Might. We Praise Thy Name) Marimba solo Arr. for six hammers by Reuben Baganz. Prelude in C. Minor Chopin O. Woe!...J. Schop. 1641 (Duet, Harp and Marimba) Silent Night. Holy Night Franz Gruber (The Trio) Finlandia Jean Sibelius (Duet. Harp and Marimba) HI Echoes of a Waterfall..J. Thomas (Jiarp Solo) Hymn Medley .Ar. by Otto Baganz a Abide. O Dearest Jesus.. Vulpius. 1609 (Marimba solo with Harp acc.) b If Thou But Suffer God To Guide Thee. Neumark, 1657 (Harp Solo) c Jerusalem, Thou City Fair and High M. Frank. 1639 i (Harp solo with Marimba acc.) d Abide With Me.W.H.Mont, 1861 (Vibraharp solo with Marimba Acc. and Harp variations) Now Rest Beneath Night's Shadow's H. Isaac, 1519 (The Trio) — o COLD WEATHER HITS DECATUR Temperature Makes Decided Drop As Cold Wave Reaches City Decatur and community shivered today in the grip of the season’s latest cold wave, which arrived per schedule late Friday in accordance with the weatherman’s predictions, i The thermometers in this city took one of their fastest toboggans of the year, dropping 20 degrees in t Ight hours. Friday afternoon at 4 o’clock the Democrat thermometer registered 20 degrees above zero, at 8 a. m. on the same day It had reached a climax of 40 degrees above. The mercury, whipped by a cold wind, continued to fall last night and this morning at 8 o’clock the . thermometer recorded 12 degrees above zero. A warm sun today somewhat eounteractoa the effects of the chilling weather, but residents were still uncomfortable -s they attempteu to combat the cold. Garages and service station:; did a brisk business Friday as motorists had their autos checked in preparing for the coTd wave. o Regular Legion Meeting Monday The regular semi-monthly meeting of Adams post number 43 of the American Legion will be held at the Legion home, First and Madison streets, Monday evening aY 8 o’clock. All members are urged to be present.

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This radiophoto from Vatican City in Rome shows the late supreme i head of the Roman Catholic church, Pope Pius XL in death. |

HOLD MEET AT HEADQUARTERS Public To Be Barred From Democratic Meeting Here Today The special meeting of Democratic committeemen and committeewomen. called by Leonard Baumgartner of Berne for 2 o’clock this afternoon, will be held at Democratic headquarters, instead of in the court room of the court house. Arrangements were being made this morning to transfer the meeting to party headquarters. An executive session of the Democratic county committee will be held, it was stated, and the meeting place was changed because the court room could not be barred to visitors. Notices, bearing the name of "L. Baumgartner,” were sent to ! the 68 committeemen and vicecommitteewomen last Tuesday, requesting their presence at the meeting. Democratic county chairman Nathan Nelson also received a registered letter asking that he appear before the county cinmittee, at which time the nature of charges against him would be made known. Chairman Nelson announced today he would be glad to answer any question asked and was prepared to explain any matter which might be propounded at the meetSome of the misunderstanding existing among the committeemen has come about on postmaster ap-. (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) o— Townsend To Give Message On Budget Indianapolis, Feb. 11. (U.R) Governor M. Clifford Townsend will deliver a budget message in person to a joint session of the. Indiana house and senate. It will be the first time in many years that a governor has appeared before an assembly session for a budget message. Townsend expected to explain the $81,490,000 budget drafted by the budget committee and urge that no increase be approved. State Case Against Janies Hines Rested New York, Feb. 11 —(U.R>~Tbe state rested today in its second i attempt to convince a jury that | James J. Hines sold his influences as a Tammany Hall leader to the head criminal, Dutch Schultz, j slain gang leader. The first trial ended in a mistrial. Immediately after District Attorney Thomas E. Dewey closed his case today, court was adjourned until Monday .when the defense counsel will argue motions. . to dismiss. i

Decatur. Indiana, Saturday, February 11, 1939.

Thirty Are Killed In Spanish Train Wreck Burgos. Spain. Feb. 11—(UP)— Thirty persons were killed and about 100-lnjured in a train wreckin Sarris, a suburb of Barcelonia. The train, crowded with workers was enroute from Terrases to Barcelona. Three coaches were completely wrecked. The brakes of the tram failed and it crashed into another train which had left Terrases 20 minutes earlier. LOCAL MAN'S BROTHER DIES William M. Kelly To Be Buried In Jay County Saturday Funeral services will be held Sunday for William M. Kelly, 82, brother of F. E. Kelly of Decatur, who died Thursday at his home south of Jay City in Wabash township. Jay county. Death was caused by heart disease and liver trouble, from which he had been suffering for an extended period. The deceased was born July 23, 1856 and was united in marriage to Elmira Goss, who died 12 years ago. Surviving besides the brother in this city are a son. Harley Kelley, near Jay City; a daughter, Mrs Shannon Spade, east of Bryant; 11 grandchildren and one great grand-: child. Funeral services will be held at the New Corydon M. E. cnurch at 1:30 o’clock Sunday afternoon, with Rev. Ray Nolan officiating. Burial will be in the Daugherty cemetery.:

Photo Os Happy Decatui Kids Striking Contrast To Others

In the one picture, six grinning, carefree “kids", hands clasped in youthful friendship, go strolling down the drive at the Decatur Homestead—in the other picture, scores upon scores of uniformed young lads, grim-faced and tightlipped raise their knees in the awkward “goose-step," shoulders heavy with gun and bayonet. That is the picture in this month's issue of Survey Graphic, national magazine, which is devoting much of its space and time to the furtherance of Democracy and the defeat of totalitarian governments. Three of the Decatur children in the picture, used by the magazine publishers to favorably compare the environment of the youth in this country against that of the Nazis and other dictatorships, are the children of Mr. and Mrs. Elias "Hank” Lichtenstelger, of Jackson street. They are Jerry, Billy and Joan.

The picture was radioed to the United States. Pope Pius assumed his office in 1922.

FORM COUNCIL MONDAY NIGHT Community Co-Ordinat-ing Council To Be Formed At Banquet All plans for the meeting to be held at the Masonic home Monday evening for thef ormation of a “comifiunity coordinating council,’’ have been completed, it was announced today bj- Mrs. Faye Smith-Knapp, chairman of the meeting The purpose of the council is to strengthen present organized efforts and stimulate further interest in the welfare of the youth and children of the community and to broaden the entire social welfara program. All club women, members of al! religious, educational, service and civic groups have been extended In- . vitations to attend the event. The meeting is sponsored by the Adams county federation of clubs. The federation president, Mrs. W. Guy Brown, will preside. L. B. Shackleford of the welfare extension department will be the chief speaker. Following the addiess, an open discussion will be held on the organization of tho council. The event will be in the form of a dinner meeting, starting at 6:30 p. m. The committee in charge- Mrs. Knapp, chairman; Mrs. G. Remy Blerly, Mrs. N. A. Bixler, Mrs. Sylvester Everhart. Mrs. R. A. Stucky Mrs. George Buckley, Mrs. Delton Passwater, Mrs. Arthur Suttles and i Miss Effie Patton.

At the time the picture was taken the family resided at the Homesteads. Th other three children in the picture are thought to be either visitors at the Homesteads or children whose parents have since moved atvay. “And the Moral of All This—?” is the title of the story under the picture, written by nationally known Joint Palmer Gavit in his series of “Looking Through Neighbors’ Doorways” features. Here, as a luminous footnote to the other contributions in the Survey Graphic, Mr. Gavit points out that mischief in the world arises from false ideas. Among these ideas he lists: That there is such a thing as race; that the state is preferable to the person; that good can come of resort to force. "These ideas lie to some extent in the minds of each of us and it is in changing them that the work (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

Requiem High Mass For Pope Wednesday - Fort Wayne, Feb. 11—A pontii fical requiem high mass for the I repose of the soul of Pope Pius XI will be offered Wednesday I morning at 9 o'clock in the Cathe-! I dral of the Immaculate Conception by Most Rev. John F. Noll, bishop of the Fort Wayne diocese. | Every parish priest in the diocese has been instructed by Bishop Noll to offer similar requiem masses that morning in their own churches. ‘‘lt is earnestly desired that every Catholic in the diocese who can do so attend one of the masses, preferably in his own ' parish,” Bishop Noll said last night. “I entreat every one to offer his prayers for the Pope’s soul.” MEMBER DRIVE OPENS MONDAY Chamber Os Commerce Membership Drive Opens Monday The annual membership drive of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce will open Monday morning, with soliciting teams scheduled to make a thorough canvass of the business district and industries. ' Walter Gard is general chairman of the membership committee. No change has ben made in the I membership fee, which has been fixed at $2.50 for the past several; years. With a membership during the past year of 190 individuals, officers and directors of the Chamber of Commerce hope to enroll well over 200 members for the ensuing year. Solicitors- who have been ap pointed by Mr. Gard to assist in the membership drive are: Felix Maier, J. Ward Calland, G. D. Mac Lean, W. S. Bowers, Charles Ehinger, Herman Kruckeberg, Don Wait, Leo Teeple, A. R. Ashbaucher, Robert Krick, James Murphy. Dr. Harold DeVor, James Elberson, Andrew Appelman, Robert Rumschlag, W. M. Baumgardner, Brice Butler, Maurice Kindler and Paul Kuhn. o Loyalist Leaders To Discuss Chances Perpignan, French and Spanish Frontier Feb, 11 —(UP) —Spanish loyalist leaders now gathering in central Spain, wil hold a general' meeting in the next few days to decide their chances of continuing the civil war. At the meeting it was asserted i ' that Jose Miaja, now’ generalissimo and commander-in-chief of all the central states, will discuss with ■ Premier Negrin the exact military situation, including sources of arms ( and foods.

Train Cuts Hose, Building Burns Amsterdam, N. Y., Feb. 11 (HP) — Firemen ruefully surveyed pieces: of neatly sliced fire hcse and I charged loss of a two-story frame house to "poor location.’’ The buring dwelling was beside the New York Central railroad tracks. The firemen had to lay hose lines across the tracks to the hose connections. A fast passenger train roared by, chopping the lines. The tiremen laid new hose lines, which were promptly cut by another train. o MANY PERSONS GET PAYMENTS Many Indiana Workers Receiving Second Benefit Payments Fort Wayue, Ind., Feb. 11. —Job insurance is “going to bat” a second time for many Hoosiers experiencing a recurence of total or partial unemployment, the Indiana unemployment compensation division announced today. "Many persons who recently have qualified for benefits are now receiving weekly checks on a new benefit eligibility, while others laid off for a second time ere drawing against the balance left in the first benefit account when ■ they went back to work last year,” E. F. Kixmiller, manager of the I compensation service in this dis-, trict, asserted. “in spite of the proportions these two factors have assumed, benefit payments in this district in January dropped to the lowest level since last June. Checks mailed last month to claimants in Allen. Wells. Whitley and northern Adams counties numbered 13,546 for $143,444.51. compared to 16.157 for $176,706 in December and a high of 25,327 for $294,749.28 last October. In 41 weeks since benefit payment started, totally and partially jobless workers in this district have received $1,614,815.31. “For the state, benefit payments were lower in January than in any | month since May when the program was just getting under way. Indiana claimants drew 145,965 I checks for $1,487,890.82 last month i against 154,274 for $1,561,448.29 in December and ahlgh of 243.277 | checks for $2,841,029.89 last August. "New claims for benefits filed in the state by persons laid off in January numbered 11,636, while only 1,825 were listed last week, the lowest for any week since applications were firsj accepted last April. The high points were 10,237 in the week ending May 21, and 36,676 for the month of May. To the end of January there had been 3,548 new claims entered in the state and 231 in this district by persons who had made previous application. Many of these had had no previous benefit period, however, having gone back to work before finishing the first required waiting period. “Following are statistics on new claims entered in this district: i Fort Wayne office—January. 648; high, 1,624 in June; low, 506 in October. Bluffton — January, 32; high, 56 in December; low. 8 in j August. Columbia City—January, 33; high, 272 in November;- low, 17 in April. Decatur — January. • (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) ' o Warns Os Danger Os Minimum Price Washington, Feb. 11 —Secretary Wallace warned senators against a bill to fix minimum prices for farm products, saying that if the government attempted this there would be widespread bootlegging of farm crops and a billion-dollar increase in consumers’ food costs. Furthermore, he said it would not help the farmer. The administration farm head testified before the senate agri culture committee which is considering a “cost • of- production" farm bill sponsored by 17 senators. o Recommend Berne And Monroe Postmasters Washington, Feb. 11—Senators Minton and Van Nuys, Indiana Democrats .have recommended to the postoffice department the reappointment of Samuel S. Foor as postmaster at Macy, Mrs. Rena Zehr as postmaster at Berne, and Adolph Hannie as postmaster at Monroe. All three had been recommend!ed for reappointment by local Democratic committees under an agreement whereby postmaster patronage in Indiana’s seven Republican congressional districts has been turned over to the com--1 mitteea.

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CHURCH HEADS MEET TO TALK OF SUCCESSOR Cardinals Pay Honor To Pope; To Discuss Successor Vatican City. Feb. 11. —(U.R> — Cardinals who had assemlled In Rome to celebrate the triumph of Pius XI in restoring temporal power to the Popes and to felicitate him on 17 years of a reign that had endeared him to the world, met instead today to dis- [ cuss his death and the election of his successor. As the cardinals met, the body of the Pope, his face serene in death, lay on a red velvet covered bier in the Sistine chapel awaiting its removal this afternoon to the Basilica of St. Peter’s. Throughout the night a member of the Vatican noble guards had stood at each corner of the bier while the head confessors of St. Peter’s Basilica, keeping their vigil, recited prayers for the missionary Pope who died yesterday. This morning, Italian cardinals knelt in prayer for the Pope iu the chapel and then presented the condolences of King Victor Emmanuel and members of the royal family to Cardinal Pacelli, acting head of the church pending the election of a new Pope. Then the more than 40 cardinals, of Italy and other countries, who had come ’here to celebrate today the 10th anniversary of the Lateran treaty with Italy which restored the Popes to sovereignty, and the more than 200 bishops of the Italian church who had come with them, held mass in honor of ' the Pope in the Sistine and Paul- ' ine chapels. Next the cardinals assembled for the first of their daily meet- ' ings pending the world conclave 1 of cardinals to elect a new pope, ’ who will be the 62nd in the 19 • centuries of the Holy Roman • Catholic church. ’ Cardinal Gennaro Granlto Pig- ■ natelii Di Belmonte, 87 year old ■ dean of the secred college of cardi Inals, presided. i It was announced officially that i the cardinals had decided the ' conclave would open as soon as • “all cardinals who have given notification that they are coming to Rome,” have arrived. It was signified that the card- : inals would not wait until expiration of the maximum 18-day period after the pope’s death but would expedite matters if all the cardinals arlrved before 18 days. The principal event today of the nine-day funeral ceremonies for the late Pope was the removal of the body from the Sistine chapel to the Basilica of St. Peter's. This (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) WILL OBSERVE LINCOLN BIRTH Special Programs Planned Sunday And Monday Here The birthday of Lincoln will be observed in Decatur Sunday and Monday with special church and school programs featuring the event. Since the Emancipator’s birthday this year falls on Sunday, (he following day will be observed as the legal holiday. The First State Bank here will | close, with practically all other : business houses remaining open ■ as usual. Sunday afternoon, special Lin- . coin Day services will be lield at the First Methodist church. Known as the Lincoln Day Vesper Service, the program will ■ be held at 4:30 o’clock Sunday afternoon. The Mount Olive Gospel quartet of Fort Wayne will present a program of songs Thomas L. Skelton of the Lincoln National Life Foundation, will bo the speaker. His address will be > "The Life of Lincoln." The gen eral public has been invited. 1 Quinn At School i French Quinn, Decatur histor- > ian, recognized throughout the ■ country as an authority on the • life of Lincoln, will again speak i to the students of the Decatur 1: junior-senior high school. t This will be the IBth consecu tive year that Mr. Quinn has ad- ■ i dressed the local school in a spe--1 cial Lincoln Day program. i Mr. Quinn will speak during the • opening period, at 8:15 a. m. - Monday morning. The public has i also been invited to hear this ad- - dress, which will be given in the new auditorium.