The Decatur Daily Review from Decatur, Illinois • Page 11

Society 2 News Student Group Opens Drive For Dormitory to Meet ToAssociation to Demand New night Rooming Facilities Press By -Edgar Barton, repreAssociated 9.000 indesenting approximately students at the University pendent announced today that of would meet toIllinois, his demands that the organization night end "tenement" housing to discuss university constructing two the campus by on based on five months' men's dormitories. A report. will 1 be presented at research by 20 independent men and women, meeting. The group's recomthe will be submitted to mendations university officials. Wants Bill Revised president of the IndeBarton is pendent Students' association.

presof the student senate and ident of the senior class. president committee proposed conThe of two dormitories to struction 1 least 450 students. and house at rental at $35 a month. fixed the asked that either a diThe report appropriation be made by the rect Illinois legislature to finance construction. or the present building commission bill be revised to authorize the floating of sinking fund bonds.

Seeks Housing Authority The committee also recommended that the university set up a centralized housing authority to supervise all independent rooming houses and that the university remodel the present student center building. taking over its manage-' ment. and instal a low -cost restaurant and co-operative book exchange. Field Trial Movies To Be Shown in Logan By Staff Correspondent LINCOLN -Moving pictures of the field dog trials held last Norember will be shown by J. C.

McConaha, of the state department of conservation, at the Logan County Sportsman's club banquet at Coonhound Johnny's tavern Wednesday night. Cups will be presented to the club members who caught the largest bass last season, one each to the members making the largest catch on artificial and live bait. Possession of the cup is to be retained one year or until won by another member. and in addition the winning members will receive presents of casting reels. Representatives of the state department of conservation who will speak at the banquet include T.

J. Lynch, state director of conservation: Lewis Martin. superintendent of game conservation: J. C. McConaha.

sportsman's club organizer: and Jack Langley, department inspector. Attorney Dean Hill of Lincoln is toastmaster. Clinton P-T. A. Plans School Meet Tonight Staff Correspondent TO P-T.

A. of the Clinton high school will meet at 7:45 p. m. tonight in the west building. The program will include the president's message which will be given by Mrs.

Ellis Mrs. Vance, a paper by George McCoid and a candle lighting ceremony in observance of Founders day. Mrs. Al Duckworth will be the reader and a girls Tribute trio will sing "My after the ceremony. Miss Bernice Newkirk has prepared for the program a monologue and a reading to be given by the students, and a brass sextet under the direction of E.

R. Sarig will be heard. Flames Drive Couple From Charleston Home MATTOON--An aged couple was driven from their a. home about 8:15 m. Monday for and firemen fought three-quarters of an hour to subdue a stubborn damage fire that caused the estimated at $800.

Origin of fire is unknown. When firemen dence arrived at the resiof Mr. and Mrs. nis, 431 Lou McGinrear Thirtieth street. the North part of the house flames.

Fire Chief J. was in the fire C. Weaver said evidently started on the rear porch and it was not discovered until had obtained The a good start. couple lived alone in the onestory frame house breakfast and was eating in the rear house at the part of the told it Chief time of the fire. They they they thought Weaver smelled smoke before restigated.

they in- Man Held i in Sullivan For Altering Check By Staff Correspondent. Stoltz. 26, of trie being held in the Moulcharges jail pending action county on of a altering Stoltz was arrested a by check. Mattoon after Ray officers in charges that Stoltz, who Dolan entered zine salesman, is a magagiven had changed a check 52 for a him to $12. Dickerson The check was subscription from cashed by and of Sullivan.

DECATUR DAILY Two Sections-18 Pages. DECATUR, ILLINOIS, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1938. 25 Years From Now- -What? COME ON -COME ON, WE HAVEN'T GOT ALL DAY! IT TAKES AN HOUR AND A HALF TO DRIVE TO CALIFORNIA WHY COULDN'T WE CO TO BERMUDA FOR OUR PICNIC THIS TIME, MAMA 7 2P Chemically-treated fuels help make the compact power plant almost 100 per cent efficient. The Snowbounds have put a half-pint of essence of heliotrope in the fuel tank to make the exhaust fumes pleasant for other drivers on the road. Papa Snowbound turns the dolphin onto a six-lane superhighway (with bypasses at all towns).

The -engineered road is illuminated at night, the paving is skid-resisting and self-de-icing. With automatic gears. automatic brakes and perfect stabilization. the car almost drives itself. It can do 140 miles an hour, but the Snowbounds.

being conservative, ease along at 78. Vibrationless Trains 4. The Cornbelt Comet glides out of Chicago, its horn trumpeting a melodious au revoir to suburbanites. Picking up speed. the metallic rabbit of the rails soon is a maize-striped streak of cornflower blue in the prairie dusk.

Says Iowa Farmer Hoffman to his hired man as they watch the streamliner whizz toward Des Moines: "Looks like she's hitting 130 tonight. Olney Judge Sentences 3 Hi-Jacker, Auto Thieves Sent to Prison OLNEY A former Olney bartender, Inman Pierson. 26. who admitted robbing seven truck drivers in a hi-jacking spree several weeks ago. and two Olney youths.

Albert Watson, 21, and Lester Hayes, 23, who pleaded guilty to automobile and chicken thefts, were sentenced yesterday by Circuit Judge Joseph Hill to one year to life in Chester penitentiary. The three pleaded guilty shortly after they were indicted yesterday. Five others were indicted by the grand jury. Pierson admitted stopping seven trucks near Olney and robbing the drivers. Several of the were beaten.

He implicated Mcdrivers, Cullom, Texas oil field worker. who was later arrested in Louisiana and turned over to Texas authorities on bank robbery charges. Admit Thefts Watson and Hayes admitted stealing an Olney automobile, then stealing chickens and wrecking the machine when they drove to Vincennes, Ind. Four youthful oil field workers accused of molesting five Olney grade school girls were indicted on charges of rape. The girls, 14 and 15 years old.

have been sent to the state school for girls at Geneva. Those indicted were Ralph Grubb, 17, Olney, and Harry Tatro. 23. Jack Stewart, 19, and Lloyd Grider. 22.

all from Texas. James J. Smith, Mt. Carmel, was indicted on forgery charges. He was accused of passing several fraudulent checks totaling approximately $300 in Olney.

State's Attorney Omer Lewis said the grand jury would meet again to complete its investigations. Farm Tenant Problem Studied in Dewitt By Staff Correspondent CLINTON-Farm Adviser H. N. Myers announced Monday that a meeting for landlords and tenants will be held in Conant's hall i in Clinton Thursday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock. Prof.

J. C. N. Case. of the University of Illinois, will discuss the mutual problems of landlord and tenant and the various methods carried out.

The Farm Bureau building is being remodeled this week. The office of the farm adviser has been enlarged several feet and the elevator will be encased. The inI terior will also be redecorated. REVIEW Pages 11 to 18. SECTION Classified Advertising 2 Private Planes, 140-Mile Autos Writer Only 35 years have passed since President "Teddy" Roosevelt was praised by the newspapers for his courage' in riding an automobile.

Today more people in the United States ride automobiles than use toothbrushes. Teddy's grandchildren can cross the Pacific in a passenger plane, and transport pushes on toward undreamed speed and comfort. From scientists and technicians who toil on devices to cater to populace which travels more than any other in world history, comes this preview of transportation in 1963: Air Travel De Luxe 1. The China-bound North Orient Express slips through the placid stratosphere. In the airconditioned dining-dancing salon.

New York Importer Jack McGee tops off luncheon with strawberries and cream some 25,000 feet above the frozen tundra of the Arctic. He and his 200 fellow-passengers are on a two-and-a-half-day flight from New York to Peiping. In deep-cushioned chairs they enjoy a television presentation of the football game between McGee's own Fighting and the Golden Gophers of Minnesota. After dinner and dancing to melodies from San Francisco, McGee chats by radio telephone with his wife in their Long Island home. Pipe dream? Not if you take the word of conservative aviators.

Technicians now are working on super-charged engines and cabins for high-altitude atmosphere, and there is serious talk that coast-tocoast sub-stratosphere trips will be offered the traveler in two or Forecasts Make Light of Present Marvels By ALEXANDER R. GEORGE AP Feature Service Writer three years. The Family Plane 2. On a sizzling Sunday morning in July. Groceryman Joe Shultz of Topeka, drives his autoplane from the home garage down to Topeka's Field for private flyers.

Mrs. Shultz, the two children Centenarian Dies at Casey Cicero Fancher Oldest in Central Illinois By Staff Correspondent CASEY Cicero C. Fancher. pioneer resident community, died at his home Monday at the age He was said to be the oldest person in Eastern Illinois. Dispite his age, Mr.

Fancher had been active and in good health until a few weeks ago. "Uncle Cicero," who had seen the community grow from a stage coach stand of pre-Civil war days to a thriving little city. was a familiar figure in town: The community held a celebration in his honor on his 100th birthday anniversary. Nov. 27.

1936. and he gave an address on that occasion. Fought In Civil War. Mr. Fancher was born in Ohio.

and when still a child was brought Illinois in a covered wagon. Much of his life was spent on farm. Married in 1860. he later fought in the Civil war. and was in Sherman's army on its famous march through Georgia.

His death leaves only one Civil war veteran in this community. A staunch Republican and an ardent churchman, he criticized the Roosevelt farm program, asserting that "To think little mortals could teach God to run the universe looks like the height of insanity." Credit To Clean Living He attributed his age to strict temperance and clean living. Surviving are a daughter. Miss Bertie Fancher, with whom he lived: two sons, Royal and Pearl Fancher of Casey; four grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon in the United Brethren church, in which he had long been an active member.

The Rev. George M. Myers of Chicago and the Rev. G. L.

McClanathan of Casey will offiicate, and the local post of the American Legion will conduct military rites. Burial will be in the Casey cemetery. LODGE MEET THURSDAY By Staff Correspondent LINCOLN- Members of Region No. 4. Knights of Pythias, will be guests of the Glendower lodge No.

45 of Lincoln in the I. O. O. F. hall here at 8 p.

m. Thursday. The committee in charge of the affair includes W. W. Miller, Lincoln, chancellor commander: W.

P. Cashen, Lincoln, grand representative: Jewill E. Scott. Jacksonville, secretary-treasurer, and William Wanack, Springfield, president of Region No. 4.

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Fancy patterns, 36 inches wide. and an automatic ice cream freez-1 er are with Joe as he takes off in his low -priced plane for a Sunday outing in the Colorado mountain country. Flight of fancy? Aeronautical folk are confident all this will come true within 25 years. Roadable aircraft already are here. The steady improvement in small planes, plus American marketing talent.

a generation growing up determined to fly and the vast air "roominess" of the United States. presage flying by a sizeable percentage of the population. Experts say volume demand will bring mass production and low-priced aircraft. Pleasure Driving at 140 3. Vermonter Aaron Snowbound and family leave home in a bluegray dolphin of the highways for an autumnal weekend at the national capital.

Their 1963 car is a bit bulbousnosed. boasts "dining.car window visibility." super-safety glass all and perfected conditioning. The feather -weight metal auto, streamlined like a fish, has a thick outer layer of rubber to reduce collision hazards. a on CICERO C. FANCHER Six Douglas Pupils Have Perfect Score Spell 261 Words Without Mistake in County School Contest By Staff Correspondent TUSCOLA-Six pupils of the 23 competing Saturday in a third grade spelling contest for pupils of the rural schools of Douglas county retained a perfect record after the spelling of 261 words, according to an announcement Monday by Luther Black, county superintendent of schools.

The contest Saturday was one of a series of inter-school events being broadcast over radio station WDZ every Saturday afternoon. Those with perfect scores were: Helen Coonour and June Strader. Hindsboro; Leon Hutchins and Dick Bradford. Arthur: Phillip Barder, Choctaw; and Patricia Sutton. Newman.

The school compiling the highest score at the end of -the series of contests will be awarded a trophy. Clinton Man Robbed of $17 By Lone Man By Staff Correspondent CLINTON John Morgan, of Clinton, lost $17 to a lone hold-up man about midnight Sunday night. The hold-up took place near the Washington Inn on East Washington street, as Morgan was on his way home. The man approached Morgan and after asking him for a cigaret told him to put up his hands. He then searched Morgan and after getting the money made a quick get away.

He was unmasked. Morgan could not give a description of the man to the officers. In the -illuminated, vibrationless dining car of the Comet, white-haired Henry A. Wallace. former secretary of agriculture.

dines on corn-fed chicken and -frozen golden bantam corn. Behind the diner is the musicmovie-television salon. air-conditioned, noise-muffled, free of dirt and bacteria. Fading from the American scene i is the old "iron horse." In its place are quiet, slip-streamed versions of the "steam electric and diesel-electric locomotives. Piling up in the transportation graveyard also is that venerable carrier of freight, the wooden boxcar.

The "side door which endeared itself to the wanderers of the open road, is rapidly being displaced by an all light-weight metal car to carry everything from mushrooms to machinery. These cars, which can be loaded or unloaded from six sides. have the fleet, joltless qualities embodied in the passenger trains that have replaced old "Number 6." Quiet Primaries Seen in Richland Democratic Contests For Sheriff, Treasurer Are Slated By Staff Correspondent OLNEY- Richland county will see one of the calmest primary elections in history April 12, political leaders forecast Monday night following the expiration of the time alloted for filing petitions. Three petitions filed just before the deadline Monday evening gave some impetus, but closely contested races are expected only in the Democratic contests for sheriff and treasurer. Only 14 petitions were filed by both parties for the five county offices.

Three In Demo Race Three Democratic aspirants for sheriff are Harvey Moore, Chester Findley and Russell Jenner, while Republicans are the present deputy, James West, and Reuben N. Morgan. Herman O. Sterchi. Democratic incumbent, and Cecil E.

Stallard, Republican, are candidates without opposition in the primary for county clerk. while Judge Roy E. Boley, Democratic incumbent, is unopposed in either party. Three Democratic candidates and one Republican filed for treasurer. They are Edwin Olson, Walter H.

Zimmerle, Harold Williamson and Oscar Kaufman, the latter is the Republican. Earl Hostetler, incumbent, is unopposed in the Democratic party for county superintendent of schools as is C. T. Cramer in the Republican party. Cramer is at present, city superintendent of schools.

Bicycle Riders Fined For Disturbing Peace By Staff Correspondent MATTOON- Charged with creating a disturbance when they attempted to ride a bicycle shortly after midnight Saturday night in downtown Mattoon. E. F. Hoppang, 27, and R. Schmalhorst, 34, both magazine salesmen, were arrested.

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