Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 113, Decatur, Adams County, 12 May 1939 — Page 1

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Zion Reformed To Mark .Mother's hay •The American Mother fur |93»,Will »>e the theme of the mimm '•• beg I Ven .1 the Zimi Reform, ed church Sunday at |<t a . m by the pgKtor. Hev c m Prugh. The during th* twrvh-e Muai, will be ( furniahed by the young |teople'a choir under the direction of Hubert Jone, The yub Hcoilla Os the church will attend the service in uniform. FOUR VICTIMS OF HUGE FIRE ARECRITICtI Loss In Chicago Elevator Eire Estimated At Four Million Chicago. May It. — (u.R) — The charred remains of l.Md.tM bushels of grain smouldered on the edge of a South Chicago prairie , today as a funeral pyre for eight men who perished in u huge grain elevator explosion and lire. Police and firemen were certain the men were dead even though still smouldering embers prevented a search for bodies in the ashes of five wooden storage hins destroyed by the flames. There was a possibility that no bodies ever would ire recovered. The eight missing men were believed to have been working high up in a ISo-foot tall granary of Rosenbaum Brothers. Inc.. In which the explosion and fire orig- , inated Four others who had been working at ground level tn or near the building were burned critically. lais, was estimated as high as |4.000.000. It included approximately 3.000.000 bushels of wheat, corn, barley and oats stored in the Rosenbaum elevators and two elevators of the Norris Grain company to which the fire spread across a slip of the Calumet river. The grain was valued at approximately |2.f>mi.ooti and the buildings at lI.Soo.OVV. Two pumper tracks out of more than 100 pieces of apparatus and 400 firemen called to fight the blaze at Its height yesterday remained today to play streams of water on the still bunting debris (CONTINVELi ON PAGK SIX) AREA MEETING IS HELD HERE Third Rank Initiation Given At K. Os I*. Thursday A crowd of 175 persons witnessed third rank work Initiation given by a team from Indiana and | Ohio at an area meeting held Thursday night at the Knights of Pythias home here. The meeting was held In the lodge room, which has been recently redecorated and has had new lighting equipment installed. Chancellor Commander George Ntults presided over the business meeting. The three candidates from Decatur were county auditor Victor Richer. James Kltson and Lorren Hudson. The Initiatory learn was com posed of O O. Barr, past grand '.hancellor of Ohio. *s chancelloi commander; William Blackfill n. j Lima, Ohio. king. John R. Pinrlsh. Decatur, monitor; Blrt Davis. ' Latty. Ohio, prelate; Carl Downing. Lima. Ohio, master at units; I L. J. Aldrich, Lima. Ohio, herald; ' William Write, drover Leslie, 1 8. B. Adgate. Walter Booth. II Randolph. J. Brown Douglas, J Bucher, A. Glettdennlng. John Neff and Dr. K. P. Fields, senators Merle Mericle. Fort Wayne and !D. Burdette Custer. Decatur, attendants. and Bob Heller, Decatur. master of work. * Following the Initiation, talks| were given by Walter Booth and J. Brown Douglas, of Lima. Ohio, who were members of the 32 man team, which In 18R8. presented the first third rank Initiation before the supreme lodge In Kansas City, when the ritual was revised and i written. There are only four of| (CONTINCBD ON TAGK TIIHKKt Club Sponsoring Movie Show Here The Decatur business and professional women's club Is sponsoring "Love Affair." with Charles Boyer and Irene Dtmne. next Wednesday and Thursday at the Adams theater. Tickets, seilidg at 25 cents, j may be purchased from members Jut the club. |

Fire Follows Grain Blast Which Kills Workers teCz'-. s .• - >-*

Chicago firemen are pictured altove desperately liattling the flames whh-h follow—<l two grain elevator explosions which kill-d at least eight workmen. Flames from three blazing elevators leaped

Will OBSERVE I MOTHER'S DAY Sunday To Be Observed Throughout Land As Mother’s Day Sunday. May 14 la Mother’s Itay. Twenty-five years ago. President Woodrow Wilson, appreciative of her long hours over the hot kitchi en stove in the cooking of a delicacy to please her family: mindi fnl of the numerous sacrifices she made to furnish her offspring with the luxuries of life. Issued the first Mothers Day proclamation under an act of Congress Fateh year since that time, the second Sunday in May has been ■ set aside to pay her tribue. Thus in Decatur and community Sunday. Mother will Im* the object i of affection and attraction. Mother . will "come into her own." She will be recipient of flowers, candies. dresses and other appropriate gifts. It will be “her day." Special tribute will lie paid the mothers of the community in programs and playa at the various churches of the city. Mother's i Day programs will be held during ! morning, afternoon and evening services. 1 At the St. Mary's Catholic' church a congregational communion will be held durlug the morning masses with Mother and her family attending. Florists already have felt the do--1 sire of the publie to please Mother 1 with her favorite plant or flower. The telegraph and telephone companies also anticipate a busy day. as a son or daughter, unable ' to attend the family dinner Sunday. sends hla or her love to ; I Mother. Newspaper stories and radio - programs during the week have 1 i carried a constant reminder to re-' i member mother on Sunday. "Mother of Mine." "My Mom." I , and other "mother" songs have been featured in radio, church and school programs. Thus on Sunday will the mothers of the community be recompensed for the trials and tribulations they | bear the other 384 days of the year. LODGE PLANS FOR MEMORIAL Moose Lodge To Hold Annual Memorial Service Sunday Final plana were being made today for the annual memotial services of Atlanta Lo*'ge 1311, Loyal Order of Mnoae. The services will be held Sunday ntternoon at the lodge home on North Second street, starting at 2 o'clock. Rev. Charles M. I’rugh. pastor of the Zion Reformed church of this city, will be the speaker and deliver the memorial address. The services will be open Ixith to members of the Moose icuge and the auxiliary. Members of both or . ganisations are urged to attend. Tribute to the deceased members of the lodge will be paid during the services. Gerald Cote, lodge dicta-' tor and other officers, will be in jtharge.

0N L Y DAI L Y N EWSP AP E R IN A BAMS (’ BUNT Y

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, May 12, 1939.

Auxiliary Gives Book To Library The past presidents' parley of Adams unit No. 43. American Legton auxilitary presented the Public Library with the book "Indiana Women in the World War." compiled by the past presidents' parley American Legion Auxiliary, department of Indiana. It is a historical record of Indiana women who left their homes to serve in the World War with the army, navy, marine corps. American Red Cross. American library association. Jewish welfare board. National Catholic war council. Salvation Army, war camp community service, young men's and young women's Christian aaao* Unions The book has been placed on the library shelves and Is now available to the public. MEMORIAL DAY PROGRAM PLAN Adams Post Plans Annual Services On Memorial Day Preliminary plans for the an- i nual Memorial Day program. May 1 1 30. have been opened here by Adams Post No. 43 of the American I Legion, it was announced today. I The preliminary plana call for' ! a visit to all cemeteries in the community, a parade march to the east bridge of the St. Mary's river for a memorial service and a dos Ing service al the peace monument. The Memorial church service' will Ire held Mdy !M. with the church and pastor to Ire annouttc i ed later. Adams Post memlrers urged that al township trustees coop* rate tn tieautlfylng the cemeteries in their I respective townships The post | also urged persona living near un ! kempt cemeteries to aid in the work. V. J. Bormann. post commander and Hd Bauer. Memorial Day chairman, are In charge of arI rangeinents for the event. ■" '■ i St. Mary’s Township Convention Sunday The annual St. Mary's township 'Sunday school convention will bo i | held at the Pleasant Milla Methodist church Sunday with aesaloniL I at 2 p. m. and 7 p. m Officers will be elected during 1 the afternoon session. The ad j dress will be delivered by Rev ] Homer J Aspy, pastor of the First . Baptist church of Decatur. The address during the evening session will be given by Charles Tecple prominent Presbyterian layman of j' this city. 11 | BANK IS LOOTED ' ————— Crawfordsville, Indo May 12—(U.K)—Two bandits waited 15 minutes for a time lock to open at the Linden State Bank north of here this noon and then escaped with an estimated $2,500 in cash. Howard Davis, bookkeeper ( at the instltuition, was the only person in the bank during the holdup. The first reports said he was painfully I kicked by the thieves “for Rooking at us.”

aiross the Calumet river, igniting two elevators on the opiMMlte Imnk Fourteen storage bin silos and their contents were also destroyed Ihtmuge was estimated at |Mfi.MO.

COLLECEHEAD ’ TALKS TO CHID Dr. W. G. Spencer Os Franklin College Speaks To Rotarians Dr. W. G. Spencer, president of Franklin college, delivered a highly interesting and instructive dis course on "Meditations on Government." at the weekly meeting of the Decatur Rotary club Thursday evening at the Rice hotel. It wax Dr Spencer's second lec ture of the day in this city, the college executive speaking to slu , dents of the jnntor-senior high' school Thursday afternoon. In hla meditations on govern--1 ment. Dr Spencer said, he had found two heresies which have com* 1 into common belief. One of these, he said, is that this is a new government, and the other that ours Is a new civilisation. In disproving the first heresy . the college president pointed to ( the many changes made tr. gov I emmenta of many nations since George Washington was inattgt>r ated as the first president of th*I'nited Slates. Among the countries which have undergone gov ’ ernmental changes, are France. Spain. Rugland. Germany. China. •Japan. paly. Mexico, and all na • tlons of South America. The I'nited States, the speake* said, is the oldest powerful gov- ; ernment In the world today. Discussing th** second heresy whlch holds that a new clvllixa | ti**n has lieen developed In this country. Dr Spencer traced the i Ilves of several of the more prominent founders and officials of the original colonies. He pointed out that these men brought to this country and put into operation the best t radii lons of their native | lands and these traditions have had great bearing on the civllltaHou of the I’nited States. Speaking of the conatltuttonj Dr. Spencer pointed out that the secret of power of this government (CONTINUED ON PAGE BIX) STATE POLICE TARE DESERTER Confessed Army Deserter Is Taken To Indianapolis "■ i Vernon Smith, confessed deserter from the United States army, wax taken to Indianapolis late Thursday afternoon by state poilcemnn Russell Prior. Smith, who was arrested Wednesday night by Officer Prior, was turned over to state police at Indiana polish, pending word from army authorities. I* la considered likely that he will be turned over to army authorities at Fort Benjamin Harrison, unfl word Is received front Fort McArthur, San Diego, California. It waa from the California fort that Smith admitted he ba*’ deserted. Smith stated he had hitch-hiked here from San Diego, He told authorities that he was enroute to Youngstown, ohl.t, where a brother was reportedly being trie 1 ' on u murder charge.

Coal Miners And Operators In Agreement To End Dispute On Closed Shop; To Avert Famine

TURKEY JOINS WITH BRITAIN ON AGGRESSION Chamberlain Announces Agreement Reached With Turkey By the United Press Turkey came into the European utitl-uggressloti front today uud : adherence of Soviet Russia appeared proltable liefore the end of May. British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain announced the agree ! ment with Turkey guardian of the strategic Durdanellea- In the house of commons. For the time being Great Britain and Turkey agree to i-ooperute in - event of war In the eastern Mediterranean That means they would fight if their interests ure endangered by fascist armed forces either on the Idg inland sea or . its coasts, where military experts believe the first phase of any future European war will la* fought Indirectly, the agreement la designed to strengthen the security of Isith the Balkans and Egypt It also means the Dardanelles will be kept open so that aid may lie carried to Poland and Rumania If necessary by the ships of Britain and France, which also will be a party to the accord with Tur key. NegotiatioM still are under way on details hut today’s announcement was obviously madas soon as feasible in order to strengthen the European antl-ag-greasion front. ■Meanwhile. Japan was putting pressure on British. French, and American interests in the orient. • Japanese naval men occupied the foreign area of the big south I China port* of Amoy and a spokesi (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUkT” TELLS PWA OF PLANT PROJECT City Attorney Forwards letter Regarding Plant Improvement City attorney Vincent Kelley has torwarded a letter to David B Knidlcott, regional PWA director In Chicago, informing him tnat th* city of Decatur is Interested in ob-i-tlning a 45 per cent grant on an improvement project at the city riant. Only a preliminary blank was filled out, estimating the cost of the improvement between |3uo o(kt and fWfi.tM. The pro|><Mied improv;*menu include a s.<mio KWH turbln, a boiler and other equipment. In- < hiding the remodeling of the building. If favorable word Is received I from the PWA office, the detailed 'ilanka will be file*! and an engineer or englneera employed to compile the break down for the entire project. It was shown by Mr. Kelley on the blanks thus the city plant had su'.fldent funds to pay for In share I of the Improvement. Recreation Dance Here This Evening Students of both the public nnd' Catholic high achtMils will Iw entertained by the WPA recreation department tonight ut the j Catholic school auditorium with a free dance, Dancing will be front 8 to 11 o'clock. The dance la given in honor of the basket bait players of the two i schools. The dunce is limited to high school students, Parents of the honor guests, teachers, and menilteia of the recreation executive committee will act aa chaperones. Rev. Argo Sudduth Burn<‘d At BlufTton Rev. Argo Hiidduth, pastor of the United Brethren church at Bluffton, and a former Decatur resident, was severely burned at his home,ln that city when u glass jar of kerosene, with which he had started a bonfire, exploded. 1 he more severe burns wet-5 on his left leg but none is of a serious nature. (

Choir Director Prof Walter Bnaxln. instructor of music at Concordia college. Ft. Wayne, will dire«i th- a capelin choir from the college iy Its con cert appearances here Sunday morning and evening at th- new junior-senior high school auditor ium. GIVE CONCERT SUNDAY NIGHT Concordia A Capella Choir To Sing Here Sunday Evening The Concordia A Capella choir, a group of select singers from the students of the Lutheran college and high school at Fort Wayne, will present a concert at juniorsenior high school auditorium Sunday evening at 7:3tt o'clock, under the auspices of the l.uthi-ran churches of tlje Decatur conference The concert will be a special feature in the centennial jubilee services and activities held by' Lutherans of this area at the high . sihisil auditorium Sunday, beginning 9:So o'clock in the morning I The choir will also appear on the | program of the morning services I with several selections. Prof. Walter Bussin, Instructor lof music at Concordia college, la directing the choir which is composed of ST voices The splendid wor of Prof. Busxin with this particular group of singers has. in a comparatively short time, brought him high recognition In musical circles and has led to an invitaGo nto appear with his choir In concert at the New York Worlds Fair on June 15. All lovers of music of the city and community are cordially Invited to attend this concert Sunday night, which is expected to he a very fine musical treat. No tickets will b<* sold, but a silver offering will lie received The program for the concert fol lows: , Part I. All Men Nok Sing, Rejoice Johann S Bach Liehater Herr Jesu. we blelbat Dn so lange? Johann S Ruch Art Thou With Me Johann S Bach Uorale: All Depends on Our Possessing Harm by J. S Rai-h (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) BUILDING WORK IS PROGRESSING Brick Laying On New Berne School Is Near Completion Brick laying work on Berne's •tew 1117.000 school building Is exeected to he completed thia week, Il was announced by work superintendents. Due to favorable weather the past few weeks, rspld progress has been made In the construction of the new building, and It la expected to be completed late July or early August. Upon completion of construction, the dealt* and equipment from 4lie vid building will be moved Into the new school prernratory to 1 fie opening of school In September. Work on the gymnasium roof Ii now under way and aa soon as the trick laying la completed, the root will be built on the school proper. Opening house and dedication aervices are planned before the openI Ing of school this tall.

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Agreement, Reached After Direct Intervention By Roosevelt, Sends Miners Back To Work. TO END SHORTAGE N’ew York. May 12 (UJB Con- [ tract negotiators for the Appala- ■ chlan soft coal Industry reached a tentative agreement on a union shop contract with the United I Mine Workers of America today and appointed a drafting committee to prepare the proposed agreement for submission to the full | joint wage hour conference this I'afternoon W. L. Rohlnaon of Cleveland. I chairman of the joint wage-hnar conference which has (teen meetIng here since March 14. made the announcement after a morning session of a siib-eommittee representing 2 000 Appalachian soft coal operators and 340.000 miners who have l>een Idle since April 1. Inclusion of the union shop tn the tentative agreement removed the last point of issue which has kept the two sides from agreement for nearly two months. The negotiators have been in agreement on wages, hours, and other clauses In the contract but the | miners have clung adamantly to • their demands for the union shop. The agreement, reached after I the administration at Washington I had Intervened with the full preesure of the federal government, meant that the mines In the Appalachian area would be opened Monday It meant also that a threatened nation-wide soft coal famine had been averted "The joint sub-committee has completed Its consideration of the subject matter to go Into a new Appalachian contract and has appointed a drafting committee to edit such a new docum-nt. "This drafting committee will promptly complete this work and report back to the joint sub-com-mittee at 1:30 E. D T. today. "The general Appalachian con--1 ference la called to meet at 3; 30 E. D T. thia aflerniMin at which time the report of thia joint subcommittee will be made to II for such action as It may care to lake thereon. That la all." John R. Steelman, gowrpment mediator, who first "broke" the deadlock by asking the union to sign separate contracts with such groups of operators as were willIng to accept the union shop, withheld comment on Robison's statement but indicated he felt that the Appalachian conference as a collective liurgaining unit had been preserved John L. Lewis, president of the UMWa, and the other union officials went into conference with | members of local scale committees who had Iteen summoned to New York from the II Appalachian union districts. Union officials Indicated they expected milting to he resumed throughout moat of the region by the first of next ww-k It appeared likely that eight operators associations from the southern high volatile areas of southern West Virginia, eastern Tennessee, Virginia and eastern Kentucky might withdraw from the conference this afternoon In protest against a union shop agreement. There was some possibility, however, that some of these operators would adhere. It was reported unofficially that a majority of operators in the southern low volatile area of southeastern West Virginia would abide hy the majority decision. * Pennsylvania. Ohio. Michigan and Maryland were reported to be solidly In favor of the union (hup settlement. The break tn the eastern deadlock, which forced 340.M* miners Into idleiiena ou April I and resulted In the walkout of western miners last week, was announced by Hteelntan last night In the (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) - 1 O' 11 '—— - TEMPERATURE READINGS DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER 8:00 a. tn. 49 10:00 a. m. si Noon 69 2:00 p. m. . 70 2;00 p. m. 73 WEATHER Fair tonight and Saturday; continued cool tonight, possibly light frost on low ground In north and oast-central portions; not so cool Saturday; Sunday fair and warmer,