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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Vol. XXXIII. No. 33.

Arrest Organizer ' An attempt to unionize southern tenant tanners was broken up when Ward H. Rogers, ousted federal relief Instructor, recently i convicted on chat gee of anarchy, was arrested at Marked Tree, Ark., for disturbing the peace. _

WILL CONTINUE NRATWOYEARS Industry’s Plan For Self Government Likely To Be Followed Washington. Feb. 7. —<U.P.)~ Legislation for continuation of NRA for two years will veer sharply toward Industry’s plan for self-government, the United Tress learned today. Ttje framework, according to ■present administration plans, would otirrfbtroe the highly fionffovfrsial section 7-A guaranteeing labor's right to bargain with industry collectively. Emphasis in the discussion so I far. it was believed, has been on j other points of the NRA with rather general acceptance by all parties that the collective bargaining provision should be retained virtually Intact. The administration program, however, seemed destined to run squarely counter to the latest demand by labdr for the 30-hour week—a demand which Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins was revealed today as supporting with modifications. The administration legislation, to be submittetd soon, has been prepared as a transitional step between the original theory of government supervision of industry and the desire of industry for a self regulatory system. General features of the administration NRA program w-ere learned after congressional leaders including Sen. Joseph T. Robinson, D., Ark.; Rep. Joseph Byrns, I)., Tenn.; Sen. Pat Harrison, P„ Miss., and SSen. Robert F. Wagner, D., N Y„ conferred with President Roosevelt at the White House. Donald R. Richberg, recovery coordinator, under fire front the American Federation of Labor, played a leading part in reshaping (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE! BEGIN HEARING ON AMENDMENT Const»tuHonj»Utv of Bankruptcy AH Tinker Test In Suit Fort W yne, Tnd., Feb. 7— (UP)— ! A hearing on the constitutionality of the Fraxßr-Lemke amendment to section 75 of the National Bankruptcy Act was begun here this morning before Federal Judge' Thomas W. Slick in the Fort Wayne division of the Federal Court. Section 75 of the act deals with agricultural- com/oeitions and extensions—farm moratoriums. The amendment, contested by insurance company and other holders of mortgaged farm properties, ; has ben tried for its constitutionality six times in district courts throughout the cmlntry- The decii sions have b c en about evenly divided f:r and agdnst. Basis for its contestation is alj 'egod violation of the sth amend- ' meat to tho U. S, constitution.

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HUNTED WOMAN SURRENDERS IN CHICAGO DEATH Mrs. Ellen Edlin Taken Into Custody In Strange Murder OFFICIALS FREE DEAD MAN’S WIFE Chicago, Feb. 7 — (U.R) — Mrs. Ellen (Hilly) Edlin. hunted In connection with the Saddle and Cycle club murder mystery, was surrendered at the criminal courts building by her attorneys. The young woman, tentatively identified by a taxi driver a« having taken his cab to the club I on the night 1-ouis K. Straub was I sluin. denied any knowledge of , the crime. ) ; Straub's flaxen-haired widow, I Melba, was released from custody at a habeas corpus hearing before . chief justice Dennis E. Sullivan , in criminal court when state's attorneys said they had "no fur- - ther evidence" linking her with the crime. Mra. Elilin stood beside her in the courtroom during the brief ! hearing. 1 Mrs. Eldin. for whom the widow ( of the s’ain Saddle and Cycle dub bartender expressed affection, came to the office of assistant ■ state's attorney Morris Meyers, with her lawyers. Emmett Byrne and Harold Bevy. Wrrpped in a fur coat, the young woman posed smilingly for photographers. Investigators of Meyers' staff said that they believed further ouestioning of Mrs. Edlin. who • was taken into custody shortly after discovery of Straub's bodv 1 but later released, would enable 1 them to unravel the crime—lnterI xvo>c*i w ,, *i ero*ic friend "htps ar.d i strange jea’ousies. Altlmueh she had been bunted in four states. Mrs. Fdlin revealed I — frOVTIVTTEID ON T P\C,K FTVE) FIRE DESTROYS INDIANA JAIL Cciin+v At B!oor»i*vctnn Destroyed Last Night Bloomington, Ind.. Feb. 7 —(UP) Fire destroyed the Monroe county jail last night. Loss was estimated ! at $20,000. There were 19 prisoners in the In il when the hi <ze w.\s discovered. Eight were taken to the Owen ountv iail at Snencer. The\ T included Lon HartfieM. Sr. and Fra-k Hill. Negrores, and Franklin Deming charged with the melon patch slaying last August of Charles Languell \ Gosport f'rmer. Another wa? John Shipley, re-ar- , r sted recently on a grand larceny charge from which he escaped in . i 1927 by breaking jail. . Jndee Donald A. Rodgers held a special session of circuit court ! while the blaze wea in progress and disposed of the cases of three Columbus youths helri on auto theft charges. Kenneth Stout and Dallas Berry were sentenced to six months each on the state penal farm. Eugene Moore was sentenced to one i vear in the state reformatory. Robert Hill, 61. was token to the Madison state hospital. Seven men being held for investigation or on minor charges were . released on their own recognizance. The fire was believed to hava started from defective wiring in the I roes. The jail was built about 63 years ago nnd had heen condemned as a fire hazard several times by state 1 j rafety inspectors. ■ | o— Large Audience Hears Reviewer A large and appreciative audience j - heard Mrs. Kathryn Turney Garten ; j of Indianapolis give her lecture at . Library hill last evening. Tlbe pro- . gram was sponsored by the Psi , j lota Xi eorority of this city. j Mrs. Garten reviewed the hook. , “Phont m Crown”, a story of Euro- - nean intrigue and the tragic end of . Maximilian as emperor of Mexico. The speaker oaptivated her aud- . ienoe with the presentation. Miss Eloise Lewton introduced! 1 the speaker.

Decatur, Indiana Thursday, February 7, 1935.

• + SCOUT BROADCAST I , I President Roosevelt will broad-1 j cast a message to Iho Boy j | Scouts of America In a nation- j j wide radio program on the eve- j | nlng of February 8, to open the | | j 25th anniversary of the organ- | i izatlon| The broadcast is sched- | tiled from 7:45 to 8:00 p. m„ j II 4’entrul Standard Time, over | the networks of the National | Broadcasting Company, the Columbia Broadcasting System and the American Broadcasting System. He will be Introduced | by Waiter W. Head, president of the Boy Scouts of America, | ; speaking from St. Louis. I)r. James E. West, Chief Seout executive will participate. ♦ ♦ CIVIL CITY IS NAMED IN SUIT Ra!"h Bentz. Former Fire Truck Driver Seeking $173 — Raiph W. Bentz, who was ro.placi fd as a truck driver far the city fire department by Joe Kortenber Mon January 1, by order of M lyor Arthur R. Holthousc, filed a complaint in the Adams circuit court today stating th3t his di.smi.ss.il was 1 r.’egal and void, that the city owes • him $175 and asked that the court order him reinstated. The complaint alleges that “Bentz was for five years and now is a member of the city fire de-pn-tment and that lie i.s an expert fireman”. He claims that before Mayor Holthouse took office he was notified by letter that his services ' would no longer be required and that “no charge has been made agoinst him as a member cf the fire departm nt; tint no order lias been I *gade dismissing him ” Bentz complains that the city I has refused to pay him his salary I since the first of the year and that there is now due him $l5O in salary ond interest of $25. He asks judgment of $175 fr m the city and :n order from the court commanding he be reinstated as a i member of the city fire department. The suit was filed by Frank H. Vernor. a Fort Wayne attorney. A i return date of February 20 was set for the case and City attorney Herman Myers will appear for the city, t o Postal Insnector In Decatur Today W. C. inspector for the nostoffice department w-as in the 1 j city today. Mr. Lytle made an in--1 spection of rural routes in the 1 j county tiday. .Although no statement could be 1 obtained from Acting postmaster ’ Phil Macklin or postal employes, ' it was rumored that the inspection was being made with the purpose of consolidating a cjuplo routes south 1 j of Decatur and at least one out of Monroe office. The postoffice has not been adi vised about the changes. o WORKS RELIEF BILL CHANGED Committee Amends Measure To Pay Prevailing Wage Scale Washington, Feb. 7 —(UP) —The administration's $4,880,600,060 work relief bill was amended today by the senate appropriations committee to provide that “prevailing wage" must be paid on all work done under the measure. Other changes were made in the bill but it was still a form satisfactory to the administration. The “prevailing wage" amendment was sposored by the American > Federation of Labor as a means of preventing an adverse affect on wage rates for private employment which might result from payment I of a low subsistence rate on public works. The amendment referred only to ! the rate of w.ige and would not necessarily increase a worker’s earn age. If administrators of the cct decided on an average wage of SSO a month a worker would be hired . only for the time required bo earn that much. 1 The committee may complete i work on the bill tomorrow.

MONTH RELIEF OUSTS HIGHER Washington Township Relief Bill Higher During January Poor relief increased $191.17 in January, John M.. Doan, Washington township trustee, announced today. Fifty-one additional families are on the relief rolls ill the i township. The itemized account for the months of December and January Is: food, January. $367.75, Decem- ► ber, $297, increase, $70.75; fuel, - January, $511.88, December $341.30, increase, $170.58; clothing. January, $36.85, December $23.15, increase, $13.70; medical care, January, $436.50, December $233.15. in- ’ crease, $203.35; hospitalization. January, $60.35; December $361.80, decrease, $301.45; school supplies. January, $30.90, December, none, increase. $30.80; transients, January. $3.34. December, none, increase, $3 34. anu totals. January. $1,447.58, December, $1,256.40, and total. $191.17. School supplies were purchased , last month by the trustee because . of the beginning of the second . semester in the city and rural schools. Mr. Doan also announced that Hertsog, 50. of Haggerstown, Maryland, was taken to the , Adams county infirmary Wednesday afternoon to recover from an , attack of the flu before continuing r on the road. Hertsog, a transient, became seriously ill last week at the transient camp maintained by ‘ the city. He was ordered sent to the hospital when physicians feared that pneumonia might develop. The families now on relief numJ ber 174, representing 724 people, > (PONTINEED ON PAGE FIVE) t j _. _ o 1 Legion Members Will Attend Scout Banquet r 1 I All members of the American Let gion who ar ■ planning to attend the 'Boy Scout banquet her-* are asked , to meet at th Legion hall Friday night at 5:45 -o’clock. TAKE PROFITS FROM WARFARE gopotor Annptdg For PpJalip gonfimont Against Profits ’ rndi napolis. Ind., Feb. 7 —(UP) An ann-al for public sentiment *; powerful enough to destroy all proe- ! pect of profit from war was made * hv Senator GeraUl P. Nve of North Dakota in an ad-dress before 3,660 ’ persons here last night. | As chairman of the Senate committee investigating the munitions | industry, Nyo drew a graphic picture of munitions lobbyists working throughout the world to foment wa The address was given under the auspices of the Indiana Council on ' nternatioral relations. Nye was introduced by Governor Paul V. Me Nutt. “In my t a n years in the Senate I | have fonnd th’t every bill for apI nropriations f:r national defense has been preceded by a wave of propaganda crying aloud that some ■ nation is arming to the teetlh,” he said. “As a consequence, appropriations have edged up. In 1913 we appropriated $343,000,000 for the sup- ' port of our army and navy and in 1934 we appropriated $700,600,000. “I wish that instead of heeding big navy mm. we could have from : the President in national defense the same kind of leadership that he has given in other fields of human--1 itarian endeavor." Moore Funeral Services Friday i Funeral services for Mrs. John Moore of Fort Wayne, who died at . her home Tuesday evening will be ' held Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Monroe Methodist Episcopal i church. Rev. Elbert Morford, pastor I of the church will officiate, assisted by Rev. W- H. Moore of Wakarusa. ; Burial will be made in the Decatur i cemetery. 1 The body was removed to the home of Mrs. Moore’s mother. Mrs. F. H. Tabler at Monroe from Zwick i i funeral home this morning and may i be viewed until time for the- funeral.

PHIL MACKLIN i TAKES OFFICE AS POSTMASTER Local Auto Dealer Sucn ceeds L. A. Graham In Decatur Office iij NOTIFICATION IS GIVEN WEDNESDAY 8 | ; Phil L. Macklin. garage proprie- | ter and well known resident of this I city assumed the office of postmast- , er of the Decatur postoffice this t ’ morning. Mr. Macklin was named acting i- postmaster late Wednesday evea-i-!lng and Postmaster L. A. Graham i,; was instructed to turn the office i, over to him today. The telegram read, “Phil L. '• Macklin: You have been appointed acting postmaster at Decatur. Assume office at close of business • today.” at was signed by William W. ■* Howes, first assistant postmaster general. 1 Mr. Macklin was recommended p by James I. Farley, representative 1 in congress from the Fourtli distI rict and a personal friend of the appointee. tj He will succeed L. A. Graham, '-’who has completed two four-year e terms in the position. Mr. G.'.bam '- stated today that he has made no J definite plans for the future but 4 that he expects to take a short va- • I cation before beginning any other I I line of activity. Mr. Macklin w s born June 2. 1882. the son of Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Macklin, pioneer family living '•. in Wabash township. '! He was educated in the rural '- schools in Wabash townsip and attended Valparaiso Normal College | and Valparaiso, University. For four years after lsavin; college Mr. Macklin taught ia the Wa- ( T>asb township rural s>.liooi.;. From 1905 to 1913 he v; < in ■- the clothing business in Dscatur, e the firm being Vance. Hite and I Macklin. n 1913 be was Mected f county surveyor and set /od two two-y'or terms.. Between 1917 and 1926 Mr. Macklin was in the contracting business, building reads and bridges. Since--1926 he has been in the garage ■ business and is the proprietor of • the Phil L. Macklin garage on west ■ Mad is n street. Mr. Macklin is married, his seven I children, four sons ana tlire > daugli- [• tsrs. He al-o has one grandchildMr. Macklin has been . n active : Democrat all bis life. , Rotary Club Xu* t Attend Banquet 81 The Rotary club will meet Frii day evening instead of Thursday. I) The members will attend the Eoy Scout banquet to be held at the -! K. of P. home. The twenty-fifth an- = | niversary of scouting will he ob- -- served at the meeting. ?! o —• VOTE RATIFIES : CHILD WORK ACT i House of Representatives Ratifies Child Labor ■x Amendment ? ————— Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 7 —(UP) — .. Ratification of the child labor a- . mendment to the federal constitution was voted by the Indiana house i of representatives today, 66 to 29. i. If the senate adopts the ratificag j tion resolution, Indiana will be tbe I I 23rd state to approve the amend--3 ment. 3 Only one D. mocrat, Rep. Martin . T. Krueger. Michigan City, oldest member of the legislature, voted 3gainst the resolution. Six republicans voted for ratification They are Joseph A. .Andrew, Lafayette; r William C. Babcodk, Renssalear; Hobart A. Creighton, Atwood; E. Y. 1 Guernsey, 'Bedford; Clyde J- Jor--1 dan, South Bend, and Carl D. Not- - tingham, Muncie. 1 Rep. Edward C. Simpson, D„ • Rock.port, who voted against the r resolution w'hen it was up for sec--1 ond reading, did not vote today. • The only ether member present who r failed to vote was Rep. Glenn R. Slenker. R., Monticella. 3 Speaker Edward 11. Stein, • Bloomfield, cast a ballot-with the ' majority despite th© fact that his y. J (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)

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Testimony Denied , Claims made by Miss Grace Brandon, star witness for the < prosecution, that she had been 1 , courted by Maj. Charles A. Sliep- i ard. charged with the murder of i I his second wife, were denied by ] the retired army surgeon when he 1 took the stand in his own defense : at his trial at Topeka, Kas.

GOVERNOR AND i AIDE QUARREL ) Lieutenant - Governor Os , Kentnekv At Odds With LalToon Frankfort. Ky„ Feb. 7—(U.RV-A political chese game in Kentucky i over whether Ihe will of Governor . Ruby Laffoon or that of lieutenant . . governor A. B. Chandler shall pre- t > x-ail reached a stalemate through an lnjuctlon action here today. Chandler yesterday called the legislature to enact a compulsory . primary law, taking advantage of i . t absence in Washington of the gov-; ernor, his political foe. -! Gov. Laffoon hastened back I .; here and today revoked the call by proclamation and by telegrams » 1 to assemblymen. - i With return of the governor, - Chandler had departed for Indiana but George Gatewood, a follower I of the lieutenant governor, obtain-|f ed an iniunction in circuit court : restraining the governor from re- h vocation of the legislative call. The ininnetion was iesued by t. circuit clerk KeHy C. Smither,, g acting for Judge Chusch Ford who j was in court in Georgetown. 4 Gov. laffoon conferred with , attorney general H. H. Denhimlt ' '; prior to his revocation order. The governor had approved action of ! the state democratic executive: committee in ruling in favor of • th© convention system of nominations and against the primary. He J . was expected to go before Judge . Ford to oppose the injunction. Depart ure of Chandler for ln<li- ' | TOONTINUEID ON PAGE FIVE) o d Regular Legion 1 Meeting Monday j l Adams post number 43 of the Am- " ■! erican Legion will meet in regular ’! session at the Legion hall on SDiith Second street Monday night at 8 r : o'clock. All .members are urged to e • be present. Church To Observe s Bov Scout Sunday j ; Bov Scout Sunday will be observ- t ©d at the 8:30 o'clock mass Sunday , morning at St. Mary’s Catholic p .; church. The St. Joe troop, together) e with member's of the troop commit- o tee will attend the mass. The Rev. c Father Joseph Hennes, a member r j of the committee, will deliver a talk . j on scout activities and character at j v ! the mass. 1 1

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sirs HE SAW DEFENDANT IN BRONXBAKERY Closest Friend of Isidor Fisch Also Gives Testimony Today TESTIFIES FISCH BORROWED MONEY Flemington, N. J.. Feb. 7 —(U.R) — Walter Manley, pale anil nervous from an illness, bolstered the alibi of Bruno Richard Hauptmann today by swearing that the German carpenter was in Frederlcksen’s bakery in the Bronx on the night the Lindbergh baby was kidnaped. His story corresponded with that (old by Mrs. Hauptmann, who wae a waitress there in 1932, and with several other persons who gathered in the little restaurant to eat Danish pastry and drink coffee. Manley went shakily to the witness stand, and counsel for both sides made their questioning brio; due to his recent illness. The court room got its first glimpse today of the closest friend of Isidor Fisch. whom Hauptmann says gave him th© $14,600. Fisch’s friend was Henry U’nlig, la red haired German youth. Although Uhlig was called as a defence witness, Edward J. Reilly, chief of Hauptmann’s counsel, accused him of being “antagonistic.'’ Uhlig testified that Fisch frequently borrowed money and that he lost some of it in a pie factory project. Ulilier told of sailing for Germanv with Fisch in December of 1933, hut denied any knowledge of a mysterious package of letters or documents which Fisch is supposed to have left with his sister. Mnnlev said ho arrived at the Fredericksen bakery about 8.15 p. m. on March 1, 1932. “Whom did you see there. - ’ asked Reilly. “That man.’’ said Manley, pointing to Hauptmann. Uhlig was on the stand only a few minutes before the noon recess, and had interrupted his tstorv of a trip to Germany lie made with the "poverty stricken fur cutter.” Fisch died in Leipzig, four months after he and Uhlig arrived in Germany. He testified, however, to various enterprises, including a pie business, in which Fisch had a hand. Hauptmann, who insists Fisch left a shoe box with him containing the ransom money found later in his ?arage. looks to Ulilie to prove his statement that Fisch (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) Fo*-t Wavne Priests Here Wednesday Night A number of assistant priest 3 from the Fort Wayne Cathoib' parishes visited Rev. J. J. Seimetz and R v. J. J. llennes here Wednesday night ond also attended the Decatur Catholic-Anderson basketball game. { SCOUT BANQUET FRIDAY NIGHT More Than 200 Are Expected To Attend Anniversary Banquet Plans were nearly complete today to entertain tbe 209 boy scouts mil guests at the annual banquet to be held here in the Knights of Pythias home Friday night at 6 o’clock. Ursal Walley, prominent in Fort Wayne scout activities, will be the principal speaker. A musical and entertaining program Is being planned. Members of the Decatur Rotary and Lions clubs, the American Legion and representatives of the St. Joe troop committee as well as the scouts and friends of the organization will attend the banquet. Bryce Thomas, in charge of the program announced today that the events will all be over at 7:45 o’clock in order to give those who rare to an opportunity to see the Decatur-Jefferson game. Radios have been installed and will be used to pick up President Roosevelt's address.