Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 79, Decatur, Adams County, 3 April 1939 — Page 1

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CONFIRM LARGE CLASS SUNDAY Capacity Crowd Attends Rites At Lutheran Church Here The Zion Lutheran church In a ?alm Sunday aervlce yesterday received a claaa of children and a < laaa of adulta Into communicant meuilwrahip with the chui.h by the solemn rite of confirmation A record attendance filled the church to such a capacity that a number of people could not be admitted In addition to conferring the rite of confirmation, a group of thirteen Individuals received th* sacrament of holy baptism during the service at the church pesterday The pastor of the chui.h, the Rev Paul W Schult *. had charge of the entire service. The children's catechumen claaa received Includes the following Betty Sautter. Prancile Reldenbach. Eugen* Dettmer. Christian Frans. Arthur Franc, and Charles Schrenk Those received aa nt-tn bers from the adult claaa are Mrs Alta Caston. Mrs. Virginia Ganmeyer. Mrs Harriet Me Barnes. Mrs Frances Sooner. Miss Mary McKean. Mrs. Ruth Scbeiman. Ralph Caubie. John Greeley, Frederick Geiger. Norman Geiger. Harry Sheets, Mmer i Sooner Others received into membership with the Lutheran church by direct transfer In a regular meet-1 Inga week ago comprise: Mr. snd Mrs William C. Schnepf and their children. Dorothy May. William Junior. Loren Wayne. Kenneth i Virgil. Jack Edward. Dele Arnold. Marjorie Ann. Roger Howard, i Stewart Paul. Mr. and Mrs. Char--1 lea Dwttiuer and thru UuUUto. Eugene. Helen and Martha. Mrs ' Ruth Greeley; Paul Gallmeyer Communion services will be ' held during the neat Passion ser ' vices on Good Friday evening. Two Killed At Knox When Car Hits Tree I i Knot. Ind . April 3 —<U.R>—W’al- ' ter Lee. 43. and John Hallsworth. 52. were killed late yesterday when the automobile in which they were riding veered olf route 10 near Rasa a nd struck a tree Edward Ellis. 10. who was riding with them, was slightly Injured. Both men who were killed lived In 1 Camp Kankakee, federal governI mrnt resettlement project for | transients. ■ i i i 0 '■■■■■ , Holds Bus Driver Law Unconstitutional Indianapolis. April 3 — (UJO — 1 The attorney general's office lot day declared a new law passed , by 1*39 legislature regarding con tracts with school bus drivers aa unconstitutional . The new act provided contract* with bus drivers are to be made for four years Instead of one. - O'" — — ;PALM SUNDAY : MARKED HERE • Special Services Open 1 Local Observance Os Holy Week * The commemoration o' Holy ' Week opened in Decatur and com } munity Sunday with special i*alm Sunday service* at many churches , In thia vicinity. ! More than half a hundred youth* J were given confirmation rites nt l|tariou* Lutheran. Reform*d and I Presbyterian churches In special I' services. , , Pastors of the various churches j delivered appropriate sermons in observance of the day. Tin,. Paten Sunday eet vices opened a week of special rites, which will be climaxed Friday afterno-.n in the Good Frday services. Union Protestant Good Friday services will be held at the Zion Reformed churches Good Friday will *l*o be marked during the Three Hours at the St. Mary's Catholic church. Special services each wcak-day night and Easter services next Bunday will also form the commemoration of the occasion.

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WHEAT CHOP IS GIVEN LIFE BY HAINS. SNOWS Survey Shows Promise Os Average Yield Despite Drought By Georg- E Stevens ‘Copyright I*3* by United Press 1 1 t'hkago. April 3 -<UJ>-Bountl ful snows snd rains during the last two months have given the drought • stricken winter wheat .■rop a new lease on life, a United Press survey revealed today Crop experts and observers scattered thorugh the heart of the wheat belt generally agreed that the crop, which last fall got off tn I ; a poor start, now promises nearly an average yield E M Miller of Shields and On. and C. M Galvin of James E Ren nett and Co.. Chicago private experts. placed the probable winter wheat production at 524 and SSo million buahela respectively Both were well over the government December estimate Os 4*5 million bushel*, and slightly under the I*3B-37 average crop of 540 million tniahel* The I*3* harvest was 4*4 million bushel*, but seeded acreage this year I* approximately 20 per cent under last year owing to Increased compliant* with government crop control plana and drought loss Galvin said the "mild winter accompanied by ample and welltimed moisture during the Decem-ber-March period materially benefited plant development.'' Thia was confirmed by the United Press survey which in response to questions on wheat prospect* got such comments aa "fine growing condition'* and "beat since 1*31.” 8 D Flora, federal meteorologist at Topeka. Kan., reported "general condition of the Kansas wheat crop is excellent Normal rainfall from now on will insure a fine crop.” I C. W. crop reporter for tCUMTDUMMt ON PAGE FJ\Ki $20,000 SUIT I IS FILED HERE Suit Charging False Imprisonment Is Venued Here* A suit for 320.000 charging false Imprisonment was filed in Adasn* circuit court this morning on a change of venue from Alien county. The plaintiff. William Ftafford, named the Hoff.Brau Brewing com pany, George Bickel, a company truck driver and Frank Longardner and Martin Kammeyer. Fort Wayne policemen as defendant* In the suit. The complaint avers that on June ?5. 1*35. about 10:30 a. m. in the I*oo block of Calhoun street the 1 "defendant. Hoff-Brau Brewing company, by and though It* employe. George Bickel, the defendant* Prank Longardner and Martin Kammeyer. unlawfully, maliciously and vlthout reasonable or probable cjuse. arrested the plaintiff, without a warrant and without informing him of the change.” The complaint charge* that th" ' officer* refused to tell him the na'lure of the charge* when aakeu. i "that they made him stand in various position* and submit to the view of stranger*; that they forced him to undergo the humtlatlon of being photographed aa a common t*lon; that they forced him to remove hi* *hoes; that they fastened his wrist* with handfttffs and placled him In the patrol car and hauled him through the street* of Fort Wayne in full view of a large number of people to the county jail, where he was locked In a cell; that they refused to notify hl* father; I that he wa* again forced to under'(CONTINUED ON PAGE TIIR«B» 0 — • Organization, Defense Measures Are Studied Warm Spring*. Ga.. April 3 — (UR)-President Roosevelt studied the government reorganisation and the national defense hill* today. Attaches did not know when he would sign them and make them law Mr. Roosevelt conferred yesterday with Thomas Corcoran, who ha* acquired considerable fame a* a leading member of the new deal brain trust. Corcoran had been recuperating from an Illness and dropped by here en route to Washington. He continued on to ( the capital last night.

Deratur. Indiana, Mon day, April .1, 1939.

I-oral Painter Is Free 22 Hours— Goes Back To Jail Ed Gaffer, local paintar has set a new record for getting back Into jail after a minimum time at liberty. local authorities believe. Gaffer was released Friday evenIjg at 4 o'clock by Sheriff fcd Miller nfter he bad served an extended -•ntence for assault and battery, upon an affidavit filed by bls former wife. Saturday afternoon at 4 o’clock £2 hour* after he bad been releas-ed-tee was returned to jail by Police Chief Jamea Borders on * charge of public intoxlca'ioa. H« is to be a-ranged on the charge. THOUSANDS OF COAL WORKERS NOW ON STRIKE Three-Fourths Os Coal Industry Is Brought To Standstill New York. April 3—(UP)—Early resumption of mining In the eightstate Appalachian soft coal area appear* unlikely today aa contract negotiators for 2.MM operators and 335.0 M union miners settled into what had all the earmarks of an endurance contest. While representatives of the producer* and leaders of th* united mine worker* of America held private caucuses with their constituent*. pending resumption o' negoI tiations later in the day. the nation's most productive bituminous mine* and the men who work them were idle. New York. April 3 — <U.R>—Thretfourtb* of the soft coal mining Industry wa* brought to a standstill today when 335.000 miners of the Appalachian region refused to report for work because representatives of the CIO-aflßlated United Mine Worer* of America and employers had failed to agre- on a new contract The shutdown went Into effect with the Ural shift thia morning It affected mostly Pennsylvania and Weat Virginia, and some mine* in Alabama. Unionist Spokesmen said the stoppage was in no sense a strike. The miners, long operating under the rule "no contract, no wot*.' stand to lose approximately (1,500.000 daily In wage*. The old contract expired at midnight Friday The shutdown will not affect consumers, an operators spokesman said. Unless it continues for several week* Railroad*, utilities, and other large consumera usually have on hand a 30 to 40-day supply. He estimated that coal above ground would last two months. The committee representing both sides will resume negotiation*, underway for a month, at 3 p. m. today In two meetings yesterday It failed to meet an urgent request of Secretary of Labor Frn- , cea Perkins that they agree “by , Sunday night.” Union representatives, headed by John L. Lewis, asked a closed shop and elimination of present penalty provision* against strike* for the duration of the contract. They bad agreed to an employer demand for a two-year extension, of the wage and hour terms of the (CONTINI'WD ON PAGE FIVE) ■' ■ O Sugar Company Head Undergoes Operation Roy Hall, president of the Central Sugar company, la reported recovering from an emergency appendectomy which he underwent Friday at the Lutheran hospital in Fort Wayne.

LENTEN MEDITA TION By Rev. Alvin Jasinski. (Assistant Pastor St. Mary's Catholic Church) "And when H* drew nsar, seeing ths elty, He wept over It." Luk* 13:41. Jerusalem had been highly favored by God There stood the magnificent temple; there and there alone the aacrlflcee of the Old ‘ Law were offered 'ip In Jeruaalem the Son of God tought and prayed and labored, in order to lead the people of Jerusalem to repentance and to faith In Him. their Mesaiah Yet. under the leadership of the high-priests and the Scribes and the Pharisee*, the inhabitant* scorned the message of the Messiah, rejected Him. and became Impenitent; because they were blind and deaf and dumb, they knew not the time of their visitation. So It is with the deliberately habitual sinner. Hi* sin ensnare* and enolav** him; the grace cf God. so often rejected, is gradually withdrawn from him. Ho becomes blind of Intellect, so thst he does not understand the judgments of God. He becomes hard of heart, so that he does not care for the judgment* of God. He becomes finally Impenitent and is not converted. Let. us bs truly sorry for our paat faults; and begin now, to cooperate wholeheartedly with the grace of God in leading a good I Christian life. I

GARNER WILLING TO SEEK OFFICE SSW Not Active Candidate But Willing To Kun For President Washington. April ?—(UP)—Vice President John N. Garner I* not yet an active candidate for President but would accept lb* I*4P Democra- ’ tic nomiMtloa il I* knew a here today on the basis ot veil authenticated information. it la believed that Garner would prefer poetmaster general James A. Farley a* bis vic* presidential runn Ing mate. A complkalloa tbere la that Farley also I* a Presidential IKtselbiUty and a rather good one. PoiHlcal observers believe a Gari aer Farley ticket would be pollticalliy «oun« baring a lett wing New leal rebellion against -e’urniag party control to comparall' tly conservative men. Bom* New Deal brigade commanders probably would ' oolt neck a ticket. The final toot or the political strength of such a combination would depend largely on President Roosevelt's attitude. Mr. Roosevelt might bolt a Gar ! ner-Farley nomination. Some persons believe be would convict huff- ■ etlf of ingratitude If he did so. It was Farley's spadework and strategy phis Garner's personal release of th* California and Texas delega Hons to Mr. Roosevelt that pervnitt- ' ed hia first nomination in 1332. Washington does not know what Mr. Roosevelt intend* to do. A ' iKMigbftil analysis ot bis posit ion is that the President today tt not a candidate but would be receptiva ' to the nomination it bis reelection appeared to be n-aaonablv likely. Mr. Roosevelt probably would not 1 have to obtain the Democratic nom'nation to prevent a conservative Democratic adminiatration succeeding hi* New Deal. If the ls4u Democratic national convention became so conservative that the Ptesldent ivuld not suppor the tick st It nominated. he practically could assure Democratic defeat by opposing the nominees. STUDENTS HEAR TEETH PROGRAM Magic Dental Program Given In Rural Schools This Week The Winnebago Indian tooth magic show, a children* show on dental health, will be given in the rural elementary schools of Adam* county this week. It was announced today. Maurice Lenser. representative of the good teeth council for children. presents the program under the state wide direction of Dr. Mary H. Westfall of the state board of health. Mr. Lenser uses acts of mabic and Indian lore to entertain the children while teaching them the secrets of tooth magic. Foqr points- right foods, chewing exercise, brushing the teeth and regular Inspection by the dentist. ffre those stressed in the program. There ta no admission charge 1 ' and the parents and school pat- | runs are invited to attend the seasj ions. ■' "O' ■ . Ralph Roop Operated On At Indianapolis Ralph Roop, former civil works I commissioner ot thia city, wa* operated on Saturday at Veteran's ho*- • pital. Indianapolis. He ia reported > s* getting along nicely. His father, ■ Jesse Roop. Mr*. Roop and two •: children. Arltr.e and Joyce accomA II panted him to Indianapolis and remained until after the operation.

LONDON DEBATE TODAY;EXPECT POLE MINISTER Nazis May Slip Out Os Treaty If Poland Joins ‘Stop Hitler” ■y United Pres* Europe today: LONDON—Britain offer* aid to Rumania against German attack a* I Common* assemble* for full dress debate on foreign afsfira; Polish I foreign minister due today. BUUHARMT - Secret negotiation* h -re led to Oral agreement tor Nrlttab pledge to guarantee Rumania'* sovereignity. BRUSSELS- Belgian parties defeat pro-German one* in former German territories, general election returns show; Belgian fascis a t Resista) subjected to smashing defeat. BERLIN—<Hiti->r cruises In N’ortte Sea aa Naxia await Ixmdoo debate: Saturday speech regarded as warn irg that Germany may free ber*e'4 from non-aggression treaty obligations if Poland lines up with "stop Hitler" bloc. MARDUK Nationalist authorities order all Republican soldiers to report at concentration camp* for "classification*"; undernourishment during long siege brings fear ot serious situation in Madrid. ROME—Mi’saolini to report to cabinet tomorrow on inte:national situation. PARlS—Government decrees national pre-milltary training system obtain reserves to rair forte. MOSCOW’—Government to train 100,000 girls to replace men aa tractor driver* on farms In event Os (CONTINUED ON PAGE TIIREK) O Pastor Has Stroke While In Pulpit Indianapolis. April 3. — (U.PJ — Funeral services for Dr. Ernest Newton Evans. 42-year-old pastor who died yesterday after suffering a stroke of apoplexy In his pulpit at Firal United Brethren church, wit The held tomorrow at 1 p. m. Secretary of the church federation of Indianapolis, Dr. Evans was said by associate* to have been one of the strongest unifying force* in the city's religious affairs during the past 14 years. —O' Motion Rejected To Restore Relief Cut Washington. April 3 —(UP) — A senate appropriation* subcommittee rejected today a motion to rettore the l&O.OOO.fXM) cut bj' the bouse from the President's emergeny relief request. The subcommittee postponed action on the measure pending consideration of move* to recommend a reduction below the JUW.oOO.oon approved by the house. o —» Valpo Cope Charged W’ith Heavy Drinking Valparaiso. Ind.. April 3. — (U.PJ —Chief of Police A. C. Witters and Patrolman William Clark were suspended temporarily today by Mayor C. L. Bartholomew for failure to report for duty and for alleged excessive drinking. The police hoard of the city council will meet tonight to investigate and take final action. NONE HURT IN MINOR CRASHES Several Escape Injuries In Two Crashes Near City Limits Several persons escaped Injured in two auto accidents near this city over the week-end. Two men escaped unhurt about 4:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon when car* driven by Oriand Beil of Ossian and Vincent Belt, at Fort Wayne route four, collided oust of the city on federal road 224 The Fort Wayne driver pulled 1 onto the road and was struck by the Ossian car. they told Sheriff Ed Miller, who investigated the crash. The Ossian car overturned. Martin Neuenschwander of south ot the city and several persons riding with him escaped unhurt last r.lght about 10 o'clock when the car failed to make a turn in the road ' ou federal road 27. one mile south of the city. The car overturned but all of the occupant* escaped serious injuries I Sheriff Miller also Investigated tho I later accident.

Two Local Men Hurt In Crash That Kills One

MISS LEHMAN NAMED LEADER Juanita Lehman Is Appointed 4-H Club I/eadin In County County Agent L. E. Archbold re. ceived word today from C. M. Smith, state boy's and girl'a club ' leader of Purdue, that Miss Juanita Lehman has been appointed 111 II club leader for Adam* county Miss Lehman wil Ibegin her work i thia month and continue until summer activities have been completed Mia* l>hman has been a 4-H • club member for approximately ' nine years and for the last three years, ha* had sole charge of the i Washington township girl's club. Among the many awards she « ba* won in 4-H club activities ha* been a two weeks schooling at the , state fair school of home economic*. a trip to the I’urdue 4-H , roundup, and a week at the junior leadership training camp. leaders have been secured for approximately 14 girla clubs and live boys clubs. Any club* of ave or more boy* and girla can start a 4-H club if an adult leader can 1 be found. Any such dub* wishing to begin 4-H club work should get in touch with Mis* L-hsnan or the ' county agent. Commissioners In Monthly Meeting The county < asnniissioners met In negular session this morning at the court house. Allowing of bills ant ether routine business wa* conducted. DEATH CLAIMS SARA DIBBLE Mrs. Charles Dihhle Dies Today After An Extended Illness Mr*. Sara Dibble. 73. wife ot . Charles Dibble, 23* North Sixth ) street, died shortly before noon , today at the Adams county mem;orial hospital after a long illness , of complication*. She had been in falling health for 14 years and bedfast the past three years. She was born near Berne April 13. 1R44. the daughter of Johnathan and Catherine Baumgartner. She attended the Zion Reformed church in this city. Surviving besides the husband are a daughter. Mrs. Dora Francis Miller ot Decatur; three slaters. Mrs. Ann Hahn of Muncie. Mis* Rosa Maumgartner of Geneva and Mrs. Kate Butler of Payne. Ohio: and one brother. William Baumipirtner of Michigan One son. Ell Girod, is deceased. I Funeral service* will be held at the Gllllg and Doan funeral home Wedesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, with Rev. C. M. Prugh officiating. Burial will be In the Decatur cemI etery. The body may be viewed at the funeral home after 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon until time for the ( funeral service*. ■■-111 0 ——■— Announce Examination For Postal Positions ”■ ■ Lxx-al post office authorities have announced open competitive examI Inations for several postal position* , These include: Instructor of skilled trades, associate geologist and chief of wildlife division. ‘ Applications must be on file for , the first position by April 24 and for the last two by May I, word i from the local authorities states. I More Information may be obtain-1 , ed by calling at the Decatur post ! otflce. I . ®— Income Tax Collection Less Than In 1938 i I - Washington, April 3—(UP)—The treasury revealed today that income ' tax collections in March touted 3fi0fi.772.70f). approximately 25 per cent less than last March but considerably better than had been an- * -icipaied. 1 The treasury had cautiously eatl--1 mated that March collection* would, j be 1425,000,000.

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Voyle Hill, Decatur, la Seriously Hurt; Harold Kolter Injured As Cars Crash; 3 Others Hurt. ONE CRITICAL A Van Wert, Ohio lady was killed two local young men and a Van Wert youngster were seriously injured Sunday evening when two autos crashed on the Decatur Van Wert road, about one mile southwest of toe Ohio city. The doad: Mr*. Louis Jane Miller. 44. wife of Flank Miller, of Van Wort. The Injured: Voyle Hill. 26. of Decatur, wno suffered a crushed nose, a deep wound between hl* nose snd his right eye. badly lacerated band* rnd face. ”he attending physician stated that hi* condition thia afternoon was "fair.” He stated th* puncture between hi* eye and nose was lb* most serious Injury. Harold Kol'er. 22. also of Decatur who suffered a broken upper Jaw. a fwr-inch gash on the crown of his head and badly lacerated hands and 'see. Frank Miller. 54. husband of ttea dead lady, suffered several fractured riba. He is not *erioualy buri. Lee Miller, 4, their son suffered a fractured skull and is in a critical condition. Jame* Miller, 13, another son. escaped with body injuries and sever contusion* of the mouth. Crqahe* into Side Van Wert county official* reported that the crash occurred about 7:30 (ESTI o'clock the elder Miller. driver of the one car. attempt, ed to turn onto a side road, directly Infront of the approaching Decatur auto, driven by Young HUI. The Hill auto crashed directly Into the side ot the other vehicle. Both Kolter and Hill were thrown through the windshield. Mr*. Miller dl-d of a broken neck. Inv-stigation ty Van Wert county officials disclosed. The Injured were taken to tbo I Van Wert hospital. The Decatur lads were enroute to V»n Wert for a visit when tne accident occurred. Van Wert police authorities. who were summoned after the injured hud been removed. Investigated the crash. They reported that both drivers would likely be absolved of all blame. « The Van Wert lady died at the hospital shortly after she had been admitted. Surviving, beside* those in the wreck, are a daughter. Mrs. Eugeue Fauble of Ohio City. Ohio; fCONTINI'KD ON PAGE THREE) 0 Wild West Movie Is Too Much For Drunk LaOrange. Ind. April 3.—(UJD — The lure of the old weat proved too strong for • George Edward*. When he came face to face with It—via of the sliver screen —he momentarily forgot himself and became part of the show. Sheriff Glenn J. Easch of LaGrange county, who wa* In th* audience, arrested Edwards on a charge of public Intoxication. HENRY FUHRMAN FUNERAL TODAY i Former Adams County Farmer Dies Saturday In Fort Wayne Funeral services for Henry Fuhr- ' muti, 78, retired Adams county farmer, who died Saturday In Fort Wayne, were held this afternoon at the St. John's Lutheran church . north of here. The deceased wa* Inirn in AdI am* county, and had spent most of hi* life In this county. He moved to Fort Wayne in February after the death of hl* wife, Sophia, to make hi* home with a son, Edwin. He was a tnember of the St. John'* church. The Rev R. Troeltsch officiated snd burial was made In the churtffi cemetery. Surviving are three daughters: Mr*. William Werllng. Mrs. Oustitave Koeneman and Mrs. Arthur Hall, all of thia county; two sons. I Otto and Edward, both of Fort Wayne. Nineteen grandchildren i and two gruat-grandchiidruu also j survive,