The Decatur Daily Review from Decatur, Illinois • Page 10

a REVIEW Saturday, January 14, 1939, THE DECATUR Snow Blankets State, Leaves Roads Slippery Winter's Heaviest Fall Has Little Effect on Activities Steady snowfall this morning brought slippery roads for motorists. slush for pedestrians, fun for the youngsters, and beauty to Decatur. Although only one accident resulting in, a minor injury was reported the Macon county sheriff's office. streets and highways were wet and treacherous. Most of the snow fell in a wet blanket shortly before daybreak today, sticking to every twig and branch of trees and shrubs, and hanging heavily to electric and telephone wires.

As the temperature went up a few degrees later in the morning. however. the snow fell from trees. destroying the lacework pattern which covered the city. Forecasts of colder weather tonight indicated that at least part of the snow would remain for several days.

County, state and city workers. ready for the worst. quickly cleared streets and highways. however. The state highway department and city street department had plows ready in case of heavier snow.

Northern State Slippery About 20 city employes used brooms and shovels to clear intersections and clean streets around catch basins. Chloride and cinders were spread over slippery places in streets. John Weir of the state highway department reported county roads entirely cleared but slick in spots. He said the Springfield report this morning indicated snow was general throughout the state. The Chicago Motor club warned motorists that highways radiating from Chicago were in hazardous condition and recommended only emergency or necessary trips over the slippery routes.

The club said this applied to route 41 to Milwaukee, route 66 to Springfield. routes 6 and 30 across Indiana and generally in Southern Wisconsin. Northern Illinois. Northern Indiana and Northern Ohio. Car Hits Truck.

In the only accident reported up to noon. Orval Goodrich, 1349 East Marietta street. was cut on his forehead when the car he was driving crashed into a parked transport truck about 4:15 a. m. today on route 48 between Decatur and Boody.

He was treated at St. Mary's hospital where he was brought by Lewis Brown. 1647 East Eldorado street. A companion, Vance Reedy, was not hurt. Scout Leaders Plan Rallies in Districts A program designed to bring about cooperation of Boy Scout troops of the local council was planned last night by Scout commissioners.

it was announced today by Scout Executive W. B. Soules. Included in the plans will be district rallies. "champ" nights and first aid contests.

The commissioners will work out programs with the aid of Scoutmasters of the troops. Attending last night's meeting. which was held in the Boy Scout headquarters. were Mr. Soules.

Scout chief: D. F. Kirk. field executive. Mattoon: and Commissioners Joe Riggs.

H. B. Sommerville. Glen Finley, R. B.

Foster, Robert Ernest. E. M. Bridges and Homer Lyman, all of Decatur: Ernest Wood. Mattoon: Eugene Darling.

Toledo: and Rev. E. F. Stern. Shelbyville.

Mattoon Checker Team Forgets Contest Here The recreation department's newly organized checker team today marked up a victory by default in its first "match" of the season which was to have been played last night in the department's clubrooms in the Citizens building. good sized crowd was present and waited for about an hour." Guy C. Hawkins, captain of the local team said today. "but Mattoon never appeared. I guess slippery roads scared them out.

but I should have been notified." Cab Driver Cleared Of Larceny Charges Harold Stevens. 237 South Main street. a taxi driver for the Yellow Cab was cleared of grand larceny charges today when the case was dropped in Justice E. E. Gray's court today.

The charge had been brought earlier this week by Charles Witts. manager of the cab company. Firemen's Credit Union Re-elects Old Officers In a meeting of the Decatur Firemen's Credit Union Friday all officers and members of the board of directors were re-elected. with Fire Chief Will Platt as president. Ira Leech vice-president, and Eddie Bretz secretary -treasurer.

The credit 81 loans during the year for a total of 500 as compared with $5.575 the year previously. Assets increased from $8.420.72 to $12.377.72 during the year, With 71 members the credit union boasts a 100 per cent membership. Soft Snow Makes Fairyland Lacework of Decatur's Drab Winter Stevens Creek's Black Waters Cut Through the White of Fairview Park Kennedy Lecture Is Postponed on Community Series Joseph B. Kennedy has been compelled to postpone his scheduled appearance on the Decatur Community lecture course Monday. Jan.

16. because of a severe attack of laryngitis. There will be no lecture Monday night, according to T. H. Armstrong, chairman of the lecture committee.

but Mr. Kennedy will appear on Monday, Feb. 13. Notices of the change in date have been mailed to all season ticket holders. The next lecture will be that of Ruth Bryan Owen Rohde.

Monday, Jan. 23. Eight Arrested In Gaming Raid Eph Gammon Is Fines $361 Eight men pleaded guilty to gambling charges after police raided the "Eph" Gammon establishment at South Main street last night. Pleading guilty to being keeper of a gaming house. Verne Hensley.

30. of 320 North Main street, was fined $108.40 on the state charge and $53.40 on the city charge by Justice Luther Morrison. The seven others, charged as inmates, paid fines of $28.40 each. They were listed as Wilson J. Helmick and John Egan, both of 320 North Main street; Arthur Costello.

837 West King street: Paul Keeling. 103 North Edward street: Burton E. Young, rural route 5: Dallas "Jack" Tincher, rural route 4: and Charles "Eph" Gammon. rural route 6. The fines totaled $361.60.

Stray Scraps OLD ROUTE A patron at the public library inquired as to just where the route of the 8th judicial district was, over which Abraham Lincoln rode. 1,001 Rev. Carrel W. Flewelling has received 1.001 members into the church during his ministry. NEW BLOCKS The new asphalt tile blocks which have just been laid in Supt.

William Harris' office completes a total of 60.000 square feet laid in the high school building. SURPRISED A Decatur man who hadn't worn his dress suit for two years found four one dollar bills and a quarter in the pockets New Year's eve. LIBERAL Heard on East Eldorado street: politician will give you everything he has and he hasn't got anything." COTTON COTTAGE A picture of the "Cotton Cottage" on the fourth floor of Linn Scruggs store was shown in a recent number of a New York trade journal. DESK A new, quarter-sawed. walnut desk.

presented by friends in the Decatur department of recreation occupies Supt. Wayne Gill's office. THE SENATE A group of Decatur dentists who visited the Senate chamber in Springfield this week found it adjourned and only two Negroes, playing checkers, present. NEW LOCATIONS The Illinois Iowa Power Co. is relocating all electric meters on the outside of buildings.

The work is 50 per cent completed. WORRIED WORRIED Political candidates filing for office are worried by the general lack of public enthusiasm. ENTERTAINED ENTERTAINED Members of the official board of the First Methodist church and their wives were entertained by Rev. and Mrs. Thomas B.

Lugg this week. THEY MISS AGAIN Mr. and Mrs. John McDonald and son Hugh left this morning for St. Petersburg.

Florida. They are usually among the last to leave for the Southland and so far have always missed the cold weather. NOBODY Francis Stapleton, of the Illinois Free Employment office received this inquiry in person: "Yuh-all don't know nobody what don't want to hire nobody to do nothing for nobody does you?" CALIFORNIA VISITOR Miss Barbara Ann Bell. 20, a niece of Mr. and Mrs.

R. C. Calhoun. visiting here from California, is seeing her first "real snow storm" today. Lucille Iowa, whose pearing in is a cousin 2135 Avery RELATIONS RELATIONS Griswold of Des Moines.

articles have been apthe American Magazine. of Miss Levern Budrow. street. ONLY PUNCH BOARDS Punch boards which pay off in cash are all the rage in several downtown stores, but slot machines remain wherever it is slot machines are stored. NEW SWEATERS NEW SWEATERS Rex Rees' Redcoats, Decatur high school band, blossomed out in new red sweaters at the basketball game with Springfield in the armory last night.

White letters spelling the word "redcoats" adorn the front of the jerseys. IRA DERRY, 60. DIES Ira Guy Derry, 60, former Decatur resident, who moved to Mechanicsburg three years ago, died in his home there Thursday, according to word received by relatives and friends here. Funeral services will be held in the Methodist church in Mechanicsburg at p. m.

Sunday, with burial in the cemetery there. LOCAL 'POLAR BEARS CLUB' HOLDS JANUARY PICNIC Defeated by the unusually mild weather this winter in their annual effort to be last group to hold a picnic in the fall and the first cut in the spring, this party decided to make sure of some kind of a record by eating their dinner last Sunday in the, pavilion in the Shop Workers Group to See Sido Monday Working on Last Details of New Agreement for Crafts tion. Truck Ruling Breaks Precedent Representatives of the Federated Shop Crafts members on the War bash system are scheduled to meet George H. Sido, chief operating of ficer of the system, in St. Lous next Monday.

Purpose of the meet. ing is to try to compiete the pro posed new agreement between the shop workers and the management For months the committee has been meeting with George F. Hess, superintendent of motive power, and members of his 5 staff. going over the proposed agreement, about 52 rules in all. Practically all points are settled and agreed on in these previous meetings but there are some points which are passed on to the higher general officials to negotiate on.

Even should the two sides be un. able to reach complete agreemnt in the St. Louis conference there are further provisions in the railway labor act whereby any disputed points may be settled by media. Life Insurance Firm to Move Equitable Office Goes to Mattoon Monday Frank Kroeger. 535 West Macon street, manager of the Decatur district office of the Equitable Life Assurance Society for the last 15 FRANK KROEGER years.

Monday will move his headquarters to Mattoon, where the district office is being transferred. A recent revision of the company's territories in the state is responsible for the change. which will give Mr. Kroeger several additional counties and increased responsibility. Mr.

and Mrs. move to Mattoon Monday and live Kroeger will at 1317 Lafayette avenue. A Decatur office will be retained in the Citizens building. operated. under the district office at field.

Mr. Kroeger said. Stevens creek addition to Fairview park. For years they have eaten in overcoats late in the fall or early in the spring, but even in January this winter the men found suit coats or sweaters heavy enough. A state circuit court decision at Rockford some few days back we.

cating a certificate of convenience and necessity held by the Keeshin Freight Lines. on highways between Chicago and Rockford has thrown trucking interests and the Illinois Commerce commission into confusion. The decision which held the railroads had a prior claim to trade fic along the route involved wat handed down in an action brought by the Railway Express company against the Illinois Commerce cOm. mission while the Illinois Central and several other roads were assciated in the suit. In the mean time the Keeshin company continues operations in the territory involved along with other trucking lines.

The decision is the outgrowth of a series of events beginning in 1930 when the state commission held series of meetings on petition of the Keeshin company for a certi. ficate between Rockford and Chicago. This was opposed by the railroads and express company. For two years evidence was heard the case closing in 1932 with refusal of the certificate. In 1933 Keeshin applied for a rehearing and after new testimony, in January 1936 a new order was tered granting the certificate.

The circuit court held that the original order had the better legal basis and attention was called to the state Supreme court decisions holdirz that existing common carriers have the right to provide needed SE vices within their territory before a competitor may enter the field The decision was made prior to the development of the present commit carrier trucking business and. operative, may imperil present competitive service in all rail areas. is said a large part of the comme: cial trucking in the state is done without benefit of certificates convenience and necessity. Engines Have Grief Wabash passenger engine No. 617 pulling local passenger train No.

I between Fort Wayne and Toledo, jumped the track and overturned at Defiance, Ohio. early Saturday morning derailing a mail and a baggage car. A day coach and a sleeper remained on the rails. Conductor M. R.

Frysinger and Fireman E. H. Myers were slightly in jured. Engineer Morris on the train escaped. The train connects with passenger train No.

2. St. Louis 19. Detroit out of Decatur at 9:35 p.m. Friday night.

A score of passengers on the train escaped injury. Wabash switch engine No. 2303, one of the largest switch engines in the local yards, went aground with all drivers and trucks while east pushing a dead engine just the roundhouse Friday. The accident was due to a rail breaking and turning over. After some time spent in an effort to rerail the locomotive with the aid of another en it was necessary to have the gine.

wrecker perform the Machinists Pick Davis Two Millikin students, walking in May Rowland, 1314 North Main street, Fairview park, pose before a backdrop of left, and Marie Brink, 1211 East Walheavily-laden shrubbery. They are L. nut street. (Herald-Review photo) Work on New Soybean Plant Starts Next Week Contract Awarded To Minneapolis Company Construction of the ArcherDaniel- Midland new soybean plant and grain elevator here definitely should start next week. Whitney H.

Eastman of Milwaukee. vice president in charge of soybeans, told Henry H. Bolz. secretary of the Decatur Association of Commerce, in a telephone call this morning. The contract has been awarded to the McKensie-Hauge whose central office is in the Corn Exchange building in Minneapolis.

Mr. Eastman said to halt a flood of inquiries from other contractors. Edward W. Schmidt, general superintendent for the A-D-M Co. with offices in Minneapolis, will be the representative of the company supervising of construction here.

The first carload of excavating equipment to be used on the Decatur job arrived in Decatur yesterday, and other shipments are expected over the weekend. It will be moved to the site of the new plant northeast of the city over the Illinois Terminal railroad. Antioch Church Plans 1939 Budget of $3.000 Members of the Antioch Baptist church have announced a budget of $3,000 for 1939. This budget will be met by membership pledges for weekly payments. In a partial report made by the special committee of 14 members of the church it was announced that.

out of the 350 members. 150 had made pledges. The final report will be made within the next ten days. The pastor, Rev. P.

W. Fields, said that the church would try to make a liberal payment this year on a debt incurred eight years ago when the church was remodeled. DENIES SPEEDING CHARGE James Pritchett. 1050 West Marletta street, arrested yesterday on a charge of speeding on North Main street, entered a plea of not guilty before Justice E. E.

Gray and supplied $100 bond for his appearance for trial next Tuesday. Two Decatur Youths Held for Grand Jury Clarence Howell, Gillis McCallister Caught at Robbery Bound over to the January grand jury term next week on charges of burglary and larceny. Clarence Howell and Gillis McCallister today were taken to Springfield for confinement until their case is heard. The two youths were arrested early Friday morning while robbing a Piggly Wiggly store at 888 East Cantrell street after neighbors heard them in the store and called police. They were bound over to the grand jury by justice E.

E. Gray in a hearing yesterday. TWO FIRE CALLS Firemen at 11:09 a. m. today extinguished fire in the engine of a coal truck owned by H.

Dillenger. in the block South Main. Damage was estimated at $15. Firemen were summoned at 10:40 a. m.

to 1161 East Leafland avenue, where a was found to be burning out. There was no damage. president of John Davis, outgoing the local lodge of Wabash machine elected by the ists. No. 833.

was lodge last night to fill a vacancy for member of the machinists' board. The tem or district executive lodge also voted on a referendum being taken this month machinists to abolish the among the beneficiary plan of the national orsort of insure ganization. This is a ance plan which is not compulsory on members and it is said only have subfew Decatur members scribed to the plan. We Brakeman J. W.

Bean of the bash west end service has been on Come signed as head brakeman in through ductor Fuson's car freight. bids from The bulletin calling for Wabash clerks for the job stat of assist ant price clerk in the general department, has been cancelled. CLINTON NOTES T. B. and wife arrived home on the Redington Daylight Special Fro New Orleans, La, and day from whet other points in the south Mr.

they passed their honeymoon. the clerk for Redington is a yard will live I. C. at Clinton. They 303 East Julia street.

Conductor Arthur Clause- has ported for work after being duty Brakeman several days. Charles Sumption bat after a visit resumed his work St. Louis. In the group here are Mr. and Mrs.

C. O. Jeffers and their children Joyce and Jimmie; Mr. and Mrs. John Bowers and daughter Mary: Mr.

and Mrs. Luther Hiser and sons Bill and Dean: Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Mahon. and Mrs.

Mahon's father, E. E. Mahon; and Fredericka Massey and Warner Crews..