Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 176, Decatur, Adams County, 27 July 1939 — Page 1

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

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XXXVII. No-1" 6 -

TREE! FAIR OPENS MONDAY

Ids. floats Io APPEAR IN hIR PARADES Ls.( it) Bands And I Floats To Be In ■idne-day Parade mu ■ * ■ city bsnds and 23 I, dcoratwl floats have K.nitely •litn.d "• HI'IH-ar parade* Wednesday Hpr, and evening of f “ ,r Kcu.t 2 HdU h'ii io '!>••* out of th.K,,a« the I>.<auir school ■ th- [►■atur school band* K, band »ill aim. be Kgw of march. ■ < u - a!al land parade* will ■ r : P m and 7 P in Wed-

Itursde will form on North Lr*et. move south to AdL, ( to First street and north L, where It will disband. L grades have grown Lt the years of the fair unL sponsorship of the ChamI Commerce and attract one Lrgest crowd* of the week Becstsr fair. L added attraction for WedI night. the Adams county L>! couple, the King and I st!! be formally crowned I Wednesday night, shortly Kb. conclusion of the float Lpl ceremony will be held I free act platform at Third |mrw streets George Krick. | mayor of Decatur, will I the royal couple. Ikoy Schwarti of Monroe Lp vtll be crowned aa King E» Vlnrinta Hoffman of E*.m township will be Ea* Queen They were ■ by the 4 H clubs of Adams | at the annual picnic of the ky U |«M-ot the city bands, aa an|d by W 8. Howers, chairIf the tnusi< committee, are

nt, t kick school band: Ohio kk school band. Ohio City. ■tp*lter high school band, liter. Krra high school Wrm. 0.; Journal-Gazette Fort Wayne; I'audtng high band Paulding. O; Van Mh school band. Van Wert, ikvood high school band. <O. Willshire high school rutaklr* 0.. I V DtVor. chairman of the fommittcc announced the kt flMt* 4-H Club King ten float Meta ICkk * Houli: Na Art Sian Co perfeyu. . Co.; Holsum Baking CHtaa. Ohio. Chamber of St Marya. Ohio. ChamI Comnena. Central Sugar feoE-Kruat Bakery; Heed * Sapply Co . Porter Tire I: Sprague Furniture Co ; ’ Iteatal Aaa.x lation; Equlh Store, Burk Elevator Sorerleaf Creameries. Inc ; I Dlatnbuting Co.; A. R kkrr Tin Sh<>p; Goodyear gl< *** Saylors Buick WMV»I> ON PAGE nVkl ~ tftisers fcs Section: Abstracts. * Super Service. Automo- * tertlce. •tbsuty gh (l p Beauty work rt Store (i. n. fai mere hanHrtfaurnnt Beverages Cleaning. Pres.ins

• .essuig. !>«< Co. Cosmetics. Moats L7‘* ,l * r ' •"‘•rtalnmeuL ■ •»n*rxl merchandise. k 0 General merchanfc F « * Poultry c n „ K „,. PM Itare, Foods. »zX t’"’*- H,rM ' b Insurance. I* £ R » ,r *' * ,,M ‘ , wear. ILit F '« r «»»urw. Ir h " •''•"l'-’ Radios. Floc- ■"™ ‘ ( Mrirh U <? l, ‘' 1 RP ‘ mr, ‘ l Srh„i. B ’ ,rv '’’’- Tires tan g, r . " * Co.. Clothing S '" ,|on ' AutoHnn’ 1111 " * Co., <K Loan.,

Decatur Women To Attend World’s Fair Sli Decatur young women will cava Friday afternoon from Fort Mayne on a five-day trip to the World's Fair at New Yotk. They are: Barbara Jane Keller. Marlowe Hoagland. Mildred Acker. Dorothy R.x, Alva Anspaugh and Etta Anapsugb. The local girls are making the trp with a »pec lai excursion. spon- . ..red by the Elex Club, glrla* organisation of the Fort Wayne General Electric plant. They will return Ute Tueaday. PLAN WELFARE FAIR EXHIBIT Public Welfare Department Exhibit To Be In Ellis Building

Details of the public welfare exhibit to be shown in the Ellis bonding on Second street near Madison street next week during the Decatur Free Street Fair and Agricultural Show were announced today by the state department, through Mrs Faye Smith-Knapp, county welfare □lr-ctor. An elghteen-lnch mode', of a county courthouse, clock cupola and all. la to be the feature of the exhibit. The courthouse, painted white, stands squarely in the center of the -even-foot display, and Is flanked [ by photographs depktln;- on one side the outmoded methods of car- ' lug for Indiana's unfortunate and handicapped citlsens; on tLe other side are shown the progressive , steps taken by state and county j welfare departments today to re- , haMTltate and adjust ttew Uvea of . the needy. t Natural-colored monks’ cloth , forms the background to- the ph-r tographa, which are framed In . li ack. Cream-colored captions on . a 4Jue bwebground explain the plc- > ores. Different ways in which pub-

Pc assistance to the needy aged, the Wind and crippled, the depend- • nt. destitute and orphaued child (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) 0 Zimmerman Child Gaining Steadily Hospital attaches reported today that little Doria Ann Zltmuermsu." Adtgns county's tiniest baby." is pregreosinc nicely and gaining In weight. The Infant, when born June 26 to Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Zimmerman jrt erwHe five. ■weighed only two pounds and four oun-es. At various intervals she has been gTren oxygen in the Incubator, donated to the hospital by the Tri Kappa sorority. The condition of the infant has Icon Interestedly observed by physicians and nurses since birth. Today the attaches reported Doris Ann weighs three pounds, four and one-half ounces. NY A EXHIBIT AT FAIR HERE National Youth Administration Work To Be Exhibited Here ■I, ■■ ■■■■■ An NYA exhkbit will be one of those featured In khe displays at the Ellis building on Second street

near Madison street during the 1*39 D«catur Free Street Fair and Agricultural Show here neat week. Announcement of the exhibit -nt made by Jack Brunton county NYA supervisor. According to word rece'ved by Mr. Brunton from the state department. a new and Interesting exhibit wntch will be placed at various fairs this summer will be sent here Tbe exMbit is to be six feet square, Mr. Hrunton stated. It will Include a picture description of the activities of the national youth administration comprising several projects r.ow under way. several of those being planned and a resume of the NYA program. Literature giving details of the administration work Is alib to b« distributed. The eshlbit Is to arrive here by the opening night of th” fair, Monday. July 31. Tita public haa been extended a cordial invitation to inspect the exhibit.

U. S. RESCINDS TRADE TREATY WITH JAPANESE State Department Abrogates 1911 Treaty Os Commerce Washington. July 27 — (UP) — I The United States cleared Ita di- I piomatic deaka today to be free for "tonomle or commercial action to < onWbat Japan's attempt by military force to impose a "new order in . Asia." Attended with apparently overwhelming congressional support, the state department late yesterday abrogated the Ibll treaty of ' .ommerce and navigation with Japan That action left thia government free, at the end of a six

months' notification period, to impose embargoes upon sales of war 1 materials to Japan, or upon Imports of Japanese products. Secretary of state Cordell Hull notified the Japanese ambassador here of the action while the foreign affairs committee of both the senate and house were considering several bills and resolutions authorising or requesting embargoes of wsr materials to Jspan. A resolution sponsored by Sen Arthur H. Vandenberg. R.. Mich., and supported by chairman Key Pittman. D.. Nev., of the senate foreign relations committee, expressing the views of the senate that the 1911 treaty should be abrogated. also waa being considered. In many quarters it was believed that the action foiwcaeta > "new order in Asia" of a different ; type than that which Japan has been sttempttng. It was considered significant that notice of ab--1 rogation of the treaty waa given ' just sfter Great Britain appeared 1 to have submitted partially to Jap--1 an's increasing pressure for a free . (OONTINI'KD ON PAGE SEVEN* ——————-o —-————

NEW SOUND AT ADAMS THEATER New Sound Equipment To Be Installed Tonight At Adams Theater Engineers will begin tonight the installation of the latest 1949 mod•I RCA Photophpone sound equipment th the Aduuts theater. This new equipment was recently purchased by the Adams mauagement and arrived in the city early this week. Experts from Indianapolis, where a branch factory of RCA •ifg. Co. la located, will begin work at midnight tonight, and will have everything In readiness tor tomoriow night's show. Tne new RCA Photopbone, known is the "magic voice of thi screen" Is the last word In perfected sound -eprodnctlon and cosnh'ces the non! modern features of sound engineering. The Adame equipment will be over-site, large cm ugh for a 12000 seat theater, bnt thia lasu'es patrons of reproduction superior to any theater In the country. The RCA Photophone la the sama equipment that la uaed In the Radio City Music Hall In Nrw York, the Balatban and Kats circuit In ‘ Chicago, and In all the finest theaJ ters In America. 1 Drilling of the d<ep rocs well for

the new Adams alr<ond>tloning was completed yesterday and the (CONTINVBP ON PAGE THREW) * K. Os P. Lodge To Meet This Evening There will be an Important meeting of the K of P. lodge this evening All members are urged to attend »» plans for the summer and fall programs are to be at ranged. 0- — TEMPERATURE READINGS DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER t:00 a m ..?« 2:00 p m ..02 10:00 am... 80 3:00 p.m...82 Noon ...... 87 WEATHER Generally fair tonight and Friday; cooler In extreme northwest portion.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, July 27, 1939.

Rulers Os Decatur Fair < I«R * ■£ . t • > I Lsßoy Schwarts Virginia Hoffman Leßoy Schwarts of Monroe township and Miss Virginis Hoffman of Washington township will rule ss King snd Queen of the Decstur Free Street Fair and Agricultural Show next week They were selected as the fair's royal couple by the 4-H dubs of Adams county. The rulers will be formally crowned at 8:20 p m Wednesday. August 2, on the platform at Third and Monroe streets.

SEN. HATCH AND 1 F. D. R. CONFER ! Hold Conference Over Bill Restricting: Political Activity ' 11 Washington. July 27 — <u.|>) — I' Sen Carl A. Hatch. D. M. M . after 1 a 4S-mlnute conference with President Roosevelt todsy said he felt eertsln his bill drastically restricthtg the political activities of federal job-holders would become law Congress ha* passed the measure and It la before Mr Roosevelt for signature or veto. “I will not make any prediction as to President Roosevelt's possible action." Hatch said after the white house conference, “But I have never believed that If the bill passed congress. It would be killed by a veto.” Hatch explained that hla confidence that the bill would be sign- ! ed did not rise from todays conference but that It ha* been hla conviction during the congreaalonal

struggle over the measure. Hatch said that he discusser the measure with attorney general Frank Murphy yesterday and it Is Hatch's personal conviction that the measure Is constitutional Hatch said the president has until midnight August 3 to act on the bill. He said that President Roosevelt read the measure In its present form for the first time at todays conference. "We took tip the bill section by section. discussing its purposes and Its meaning." Hatch said. "We went Into It very thoroughly." He aald the discussion did not particularly emphasise constitutional aspects of the bill. Doubts have been expressed In some quarters that the measure Is constitutional. Mr. Roosevelt at his Tuesday press conference commented that the bill may Involve some principles tUONTINtJED ON PAGE teivg, ■ O'" Library To Clone Evening* Os Fair Miss Ruth Wtnnea. city librarian, announced today that tho Decatur i public library would cluse each evening at < o'clock during the fair nett week.

WE ARE GRATEFUL The Decatur Daily Democrat is proud to deliver to its family of readers today’s interesting edition of the paper. We take no credit for it. It is not a demonstration of the newspaper's effort, mechanical accomplishment, editorial or reportorial achievement, but we feel a creditable presentation of the great pulse that beats in the industrial, mercantile, fraternal and civic life of the community. The advertisers, more than a hundred in numlier have made the 32 pages possible and the willingness of the above groups to cooperate in presenting to the public a word and pictorial review of the greatest community and finest people on earth. Os course we are proud of the 1939 Fair Edition, for it presents in black and white the vivid picture we always carry in mind of the unlimited resources and wonderful cooperative spirit of the institutions and people of this i community.

Boy Scouts Asked To Meet Here Friday Sylvester Everhart today requested ail Boy Scouts of the city to meet at the Hanna-Nuttmxn park Friday afternoon at 1 o'clock. Sconta planning trips this summer are especially asked to be present. County Auditor Victor H. Eicher ha* received notice from the atat» tax board that a hearing will be conducted July 31 at 10 a. r>. on an additional appropriation in Prebi* | township. Ed ftwick. Prdble township trusts*. stated that the township is •eekiag an oppropttatioo us 317 i I far the repair of bul'diiig and grounds. JOHN L. LEWIS ASSAILS GARNER CIO Chieftain Makes Bitter Attack On VicePresident

Washington, July 27 — (U.RI — President John L. Lewis of the congress of Industrial organisations today denounced Vice President John N. Garner as a "labor baiting. poker playing. whiskydrinking, evil old man" during house labor committee consideration of wage-hour act amendments. Lewis charged that Garner was to blame for congressional attacks on labor during the current seesion. including the drive in the house to pass amendments to the wage-hour set to eliminate agricultural processing workers from its protection. Gamer read a United Press account of Lewis' testimony and chuckled. "I have no comment to make; I never make criticisms, or com ment on anything." Garner said Lewis characterised the vice president as a "labor baiting, pok-er-playing. whisky-drinking, evil old man whose name is Garner." "I’m against him Individually, personally, concretely, and In the abstract." Lewis roared. "I'm against him In 1939 and will be against him In 1940 when he runs for president. He'll never achieve • CONTINUED ON PAGE THREeT

Decatur Free Street Fair And Agricultural Show Will Open With Short Parade Monday

MOOSE LODGE PLANNING FOR NEW BUILDING Committee Likely To Let Contracts For New Home Friday The construction of a new ISO.000 two and one-half story home for Adams Ixxige 1311. Ix.yal Order Os Moose seemed probable today. as members of the building committee and lodge officers studied four bids submitted at a special meeting Wednesday night. The committee la to meet again Friday night in the present lodge home, and Is expected to award the bld for construction on that night. Four bids were submitted to the building committee last night. The bid of Moon. Baumgartner and Hammond, of this city, was reported the low bid. Russel Baumgartner. W. E. Moon and Charles Hammond are the contractors who formed thia firm. Other bids were submitted by , Tost Bros., of Decatur: Hlsey A i Bebout of Van Wert. Ohio and , Shoaf Company of Fort Wayne. The difference in the proposals was reported to have been slight. They were reported to have all been slightly higher than the amount set up by the lodge for the construction, but definite action is to be taken Friday night. The members of the building committee, which accepted the blds, are Gerald Cole, dictator of Adams lodge, an ex-officio member and the following appointive members- Frank Krick. Earl Whitehurst. Russel Baumgartner. Adam Schafer. Joe Brennan, Albert Miller and Ed Hurst. On First. Jackson The new home. |» decided upon, will be located on the corner of First and Jackson street on the ground recently purchased by the Moose lodge from the school city ' of Decatur. Upon completion It ! would be recognised as one of the ' finest and moat modern in the state. Plans, as drawn bp L. W. Lsrf--1 more, of Fort Wayne, who waa era--1 ployed aa architect, call for a two ' and one-half story atructure of buff ' colored brick, with cement trim. 1 The basement floor, half of ' which would be below ground. 1 would house the grille and club rooms, the card and billiard rooms.

| (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) GIRL’S KILLER 1 DENIES GUILT j Thomas A. Boys Taken • To State Reformatory' For Safe Keeping ' Pendelton. Ind. July 27 — <U.R) ’: — Thoma* A. Boys, 27-year-old At- ' • tics greenskeeper charged with the attack-slaying of Elisabeth Dr Brulcker laat week, waa held in a cell at the state reformatory to-1 day after entering a not guilty plea to a charge of murder In per petration of a felony in a roving ton Juallce court late yesterday Boya appeared for the second time before justice of the peace James A. Neal and entered hie plea. When he waa first arraigned he refused to plead and demanded an attorney. Later he secured Oliver Jones and Robert Clemencr. rovington ’ lawyers, to represent him. Both ap peered at the arraignment. Justice Neal bound him over to circuit court and refused him bond Then he granted a state petition that Boys be held in the reform atory and he wan brought here Im mediately. The tragic atory of the death of ’ the 11-yr.-old Attica school girl wax 1 (CONTINUED ON PAGE bBVEN* ,

DETOUR ROUTES SET FOR FAIR •a—*—— Detours Around Fair Midway To Be Set At Midnight Sunday Detour routes which are to be observed here next week during the 1839 Decatur Free Street Fair and Agricultural Show were listed today by Lawrence Green, of the state highway department. Federal road 27 from the north will follow Fifth street south to Adams, eaat on Adams to Five Points and will join with the regular road there, proceeding out on Winchester street. The same route in reverse will be observed by northbound traffic <m road 27. Federal road 33. after joining at Five Points, will also be routed in the same manner, Mr. Green stated. Aa for federal road 224. Mr. Green stated that traffic from the east would he directed to the north on First street off Monroe, then west on Marshall to Fifth, south on Fifth in the jog to Nuttman avenue and out Nuttman on the road west to Huntington. The same detour In reverse will be observed by eastbound traffic. The blockade on the present route where the detour ta to be effective will be set up Sunday at midnight aa concessionaires and workers of shows and rides for the fair start "setting up." They ’ will remain up until Sunday mom--1 Ing when the streets are cleared ADAMS COUNTY MAN SLUGGED Henry Yarsry Brutally Slugged Wednesday Night » . Seventy year old Henry Yaggy was brutally slugged List night about 8 o'clock in his fam homo five miles southeast of the city tn whs* Sheriff Ed Miller snd bls sides , believe to be an attempts J robbery. Although ridxiery wa* tiled » ( ths probable motive a check reveal- , cd nothing mlsslnK. thus giving credit to the belief that the would r be robbers were frightened away i after slugging the aged farmer. J Yaggy. who It Is thought was palnfnly >but not seriously hurt, told Sheriff Miller that ho was re-

turning home from the neighbors at the time. He said that he thought to heard noises as he was approaching tha bonne, and that ax noon as he ha.l unlocked the door and stepped inside he was struck. He was unable to give Sheriff Miller a description of tha man or men. since he had not been given :«n oppotunity to look at them. A rifle, belonging to Mr Yaggv. wax thought to hava been the instrument used in the slugging The rifle, Instead of bebtg In its usual place in the cellar, wan found upstairs after the slugglug. The would-be withers had evidently brought it up. Although suffering from a dean >cnlp wound. Ysggy screamed I nnd ran toward the neighbors. Slier- ' Iff Miller was summoned and the i investigation opened Immediately. Yaggy wax brought to the ofj flee of a local physician, where his 1 Injury wax treated. Nelbhbors in :hat vicinity reported having seen (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) " Official Program A complete program of the Street Fair and Agricultural Show appears on page nix of this* issue.

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All Plans Complete For Formal Opening Os The Annual Fair Monday; To Feature LiveStock. RUNS ALL WEEK Decatur's greatest event of th* year, the annual Free Street Fair and Agricultural Show will open next Monday evening. July 31, promptly at 7 p. m. The year's outstanding attraction for the city and county will continue all week, with all activities closing promptly st midnight Saturday. August t. The Decatur fair, hi ita five years of existence under the sponsorship of the Chamber of Commerce. has grown into one of th* finest attractions of ita type in northeaatem Indiana and draws thousands of interested spectators from this section of the state and from northwestern Ohio. The official opening of the fair Monday evening will be a short parade, promptly at 7 p. m.. starting at the county jail yard, moving north to Jefferson, thence west to Second and north on Second to Jackson. The parade will be headed by the Deeatur school bands, with city, county and fair officials In the line of march. Livestock Show The livestock show, as in previous years, will be the feature attraction of the annual fair. The entire show, both cattle and horses. will be housed this year on the Schmitt field, just across the Monroe street bridge along U. 8. highway 224. I'navallibllity of lots previously i used for these shows made Imper. ative the change of the livestock shows to thia field. More tent space has been mad* available for livestock exhibitors with the change of sites. In addition to the added tent space, exhibitors will have ample room to exercise their animals in the spas clous field surrounding the show. Adding to the drawing power of ■ the livestock shows will be the ' industrial exhibit and the farm 1 machinery and equipment display 1 which will also be shown at th* • field. > Between the Iwwaa aa>2 cattle * tents, each of which la 40 feet - wide and 300 feet In length, a tent 1 20 x 120 feet, has been erected for r industrial exhibits. In front of this tent, ample space has been providi ed for machinery and equipment . exhibits. The exhibit of the stat* - conservation department will also

be housed in tbe Industrial tent Through the splendid cooperation of city officials, this field will be brilliantly lighted so that the exhibits may be viewed at night (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) LIST DITCHES - TO BE CLEANED Ditches Must Be Cleaned And Mowed Before 15th Os September John M. Doan. Washington township trustee, today announ-ed that a’l open located ditches In the township must be mowed nnd weeds nnd brush moved from ditch by Reetember 16. The following ditches .ha stated, must also b* cleaned to original depth by the same date: William Bluhm. L. L. Ruppert. 1 Peter Holthouae. William Hendricks. Andrew Blair. Andrew Miller. Alphone Kohne No. 1. H. H. Hessler and William J. Hahnert. After September 15. the township trustee Is required to I aspect ditches and must have all uncleaned and unmowed allotments, cleaned with cost for the work placed on the tax duplicate. This ruling applies to all town- : ships tn the county, Mr. Doan addled.