Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 33, Number 108, Decatur, Adams County, 6 May 1935 — Page 1

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,*H)ERMANN IS BWOINTED fa PASTOR ■ r _ U <nndermann -»Kg Start Eighth Year Jg jangcliea! Church ;,n |< KTrfW ~f the district tii»- lt, ' v n A i,. ,1,. •,1 ! George E. Epp. Kfifldfa.' reappointed the ■ g y > manti as pastor church. i Sondermann's j.l r in li-atur. The presthe KgnL -rav in one charge to held WPe x voted to abolish ’’•awi'l 11 win not strieken discipline until other . in this area have act- ■ Burla'-n "'iv os were held < tfdi:. tio'i sermon. ■pe f ' day kt laid in said Bishop ■ to ■ "■' ' ross? Soule men |t i : »--ible in this age that a few old stories bi-e ..:.. bearing or Imlike ours. St jfa<h>-r is like a ca'anult Hbiigflt • pi-'--on red hot out Hfa i wt: li'-af into the heart Hiu p- Wfi.it our genera■b need is a new God conof Cross. Such Service ■fa ■ were !j Bidiop Epp. tie I! . C P. Maas ot Fort m. ?. Rev F. ('. Berger of and the Rev. E. Elkhart ■wi-i: elevated to the ■.■>:- the highest order -is the Evangelical were Samuel .1. ot " cuse and Virgil of Terre Haute. Five Bee|viit,ii m the rank of deac- '" i f of ordination: rli of Hibbard: Harold of Hibbard. William F. [ ■■■” .. .. Menno Shatto and O. I). Wissler Bend Appliean's to the were Lester Young and Colpits. BK Bishop Preaches MMuuilav afternoon session list official meeting of annual Indiana confcrEvangelical church, prea, bed the sermon. on 'Race and ReligBBM i' l -' ' Paul in his address £HBAH>'-iii.i'.- on Mars Hill ine k.y note of the ■V "f twentieth cen Bflfa' li i p of the races. •»”< lie -ohdarity and the mSgl '..le hitman race for all ■> 11'11“ I"litlx of the world BHB domination of the who represent only ■■ l,s " r >he population. IgHntlicii years ago this was ■M lll *’ white man was fightMB fcin k battle. lie had been MEg t 0 a narrow strip along Mgr' 11 border of Europe. ('.linmhiis pushed his New W orld. Two years IB^ 6^ 0 ljl, ’ ania sailed around JBEV 1 ,Xri '' 11 ON PAGE FIVE) ~ ’ Banter f Dies Os Old Age l’..in-..r. 84. retired fartownship, died at H|V' Ut lliH ' Son ' " ilson Ban- *^ Xu: ‘<lri,i Saturday nigh: ' n *ath was due to infir|Hß‘ °ld age Was born in Hartford H^B Parld following the death of made his home with lit i.-i Ever tt Banter, member j^^K COU " t: ’' council, Hertford anJ Wilson Banter cf i'i a f° that time he had re'"any years on the old BM omestead west of Linn Mian church where fun KE? S Wl 1 held a t 2 o'clock

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Retain Pastor v E -BMIRk Itkh wM The Rev. M. W. Sundermann. pastor of the First Evangelical j church in this city for the past i seven years, was assigned to re-1 main here for another year, with the reading of appointments at the close of the Sunday afternoon session of the annual Indiana conference of Evangelical churches, 1 held in Decatur. — PENSION ACT NEED INVALID Supreme Court Rules Railroad Retirement Act Is Illegal Washington, May 6 — (U.R) — The railroad retirement act, first social security legislation to be passed under the new deal, was stricken down by the supreme court today as exceeding the constitutional authority of congress. The court affirmed a decision of the~stipreme‘Tfburt of the TTTsI r'cT' of Columbia which held the act unconstitutional. The legislation provided for a system of old age pensions for all railroad workers. The decision, read by Justice Owen J. Roberts, condemned many provisions of the law as "arbitrary.’ as placing an undue burden on the railroads and having nothing to do with safety and efficiency on the railroads. Chief Justice Charles Evans Hugh-ee wrote a bitter dissent in which Justices D. Brandeis. Harlan F. Stone, and Benjamin N. Cardozo joined. The court so riddled the law that it appeared enactment of a new law would be practically impossible, “We are of the opinion that the act is invalid because it is not regulation of commerce within the states within.the meaning ot the constitution." Roberts said. The court found fault particularly with a provision under which carriers, in figuring employes' service for retirement purposes, were required to count the time an employe had worked on another road. The court’s long opinion was summarized by Roberts, who is regarded as one of the "liberals on the supreme court bench. Outlining the case, he found two basic questions on which the issue was decided; whether the act was a valid regulation of interstate commerce and whether its operation violated the due process cahtse of the constituTon The provision of the law making it apply to 146.000 workers who were separated from the service in the past year was cited as being particularly "arbitrary. ——o Rev. Rilling One Os Conference Visitors One of the former ministers of ti’’e Evangelical church who was (•specially interested in earning to Decatur to attend the 83rd session of the Indiana conference was the Rev. J. H. Rilling, during whose; paeorate funds were raised to build the new church. Rev. Rilling was pastor of the looil church from 1912 to Sine? leaving here he has visited the city only once. He was favoralv ly impressed with tfie growth o Decatur since that time. Other living f:rmer ministers are the Rev. W. H- Mygrafit. 1898-99; the Rev. S. I. ZUchlel. 1901-1902; the Rev. D- O. Wise, 1908-1911; the Rev. J. H. Rilling. 1912-1916; the Rev. C. L. Haney, 191'7-1922, the Rev. R. W. Loose. 1923-1928. and the Rev. M- W- Sundermann, 1928—

VOTES HIGHER REQUIREMENTS FOR MINISTERS Evangelical Conference Votes Higher Education Requirements To raise the standards necessary for preaching in the Evangel-1 ical church, the 83rd annual Indiana conference Saturday afternoon voted to require applicants for licenses to preach the gospel to - have completed two years In college or its equivalent before seeking a license. As heretofore the young ministers will be required to spend three years in a seminary or its equival-1 ent. One of the ministers stated! that this would raise the ministerial profession to a point as high j as lawyers and doctors in respects to education. The custodians of the permanent J missionary fund elected Saturday j are W. H. Ecki and W. F. Sehweit-! zer. The trustees of the Indiana Anti- 1 Saloon League are the Rev. M. W. Sundermann of Dacatur; the Rev. George S. Lozier ot Indianapolis, and the Rev. J. H. Arndt of Louisville. Members of the conference historical society are the Rev. S. H. Baumgartner, New Haven; the , Rev. R. H. Mueller, Indianapolis, and the Rev. M. O. Herman. Berne. I Authority was given to the conference to borrow up to $6,000 for current expenses and larger amounts to refinance old debts. The Rev. C. E. Gelss of Kokomo at his own request was placed on the list ot superannuated ministers. The conference program committee, among other recommendations in a report approved l>y the conference. urged that a joint fefre«t be held in the southern part of the ■ state this summer with the United ; Brethren Church in Christ to fost- ; er good relationships between the members of the other denomination. ■ A proposal to merge the churches — (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) FLOYD BUTLER DIES SUDDENLY Former Decatur Resident Dies Os Heart Attack Sunday Morning Floyd Butler, 40, a barber in Chicago, and a former Decatur resident, died suddenly at his home in Chicago Sunday morning. Death was due to heart trouble. Mr. Butler had not been ill previous to the heart attack. The deceased was born Ln Decatur on July 12, 1894, a son of Mr. and Mrs, Samuel Butler. He resided here for a number of years before going to Fort Wayne. He had lived in Chicago for the past 18 years where he engaged in barbering. . . He was united in marriage to Mary Ann Teeple, daughter ot Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Teeple ot this city, and two daughters were born to the union. His mother and wife preceded Mr. Butler in death, his second marriage took place two years ago. Survivors include the widow, Nilda Butler, his father and step-mother, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Butler, Decatur; two daughters, Charlotte Butler and Mildred Blosser of Decatur; and the following brothers and sisters: Mrs. Ross Tyndall of Van Wert, Ohio; Mrs. J. R. Peterson of Terre Haute; Mrs. George W. Schug of Roanoke, Virginia; Ralph Butler ot Columbus, Ohio; I. B. Butler and Arthur (Bill) Butler of this city. The body will be brought to Decatur for funeral services, leaving Chicago at 10:30 o’clock tonight. I Services will be held Wednesday afternoon at the Samuel Butler residence. 114 South Eighth street. | Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery. “ 0 m Mrs. Gladfelter To Broadcast Wednesday Mrs. Walter Gladfelter of Decatur will speak over radio elation WOWO in Fort Wayne, Wednesday afternoon at 2:15 o'clock CST. She will epeak in the interest of “Poppy Day and Rehabilitation. ’

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Decatur, Indiana, Monday, May 6, 1935.

Trapped by “G” Men TF 1 ’W r I L \ ; V L’-ix ABl-./ 1 Peter Smindak (above), 22-year-old butcher boy, faces Federal trial at Bridgeport, Conn., on charge of extortion by sending threatening letters to wealthy residents. He was trapped by government agents. SCHOOL PUPILS PLAN EXHIBITS Decatur Public School Exhibits Thursday And Friday Nights The annual art. mechanical drawing, manual training and home eco-nomics-exhibit wil be held at the Decatur high school gymnasium Thursday and Friday by the pupils of the Decatur public schools. The art exhibit will Tie prepared by the pupils in grades one to 12 in the local schools under the direction of Miss Katherine Kauffman. The art department will also have a number of miniature stages to represent people of different countries. Thb NortDi Ward stage will represent ipeople of different countries. The North Ward stage will represent the Dutch; the West Ward, the Japanese; the SouWii Ward, the Indian, and the Central school, the Eskimo. The manual training exhibit will be prepared by the pupils in grades 9 and 19. The mechanical drawing exhibits are being presented by the pupi’s in grades 10 and 12. Amos Ketchum, manual training and mechanical drawing instructor, is in charge of this part of the exhibit. The sewing exhibits under the direction of Mitis Blanch? McCrory, home economics instructor, will be given by the girls of the ninth grade. These classes will also present style shows nt 7:30 and 8:30 o’clock Thurday evening and 8:30 o’clock Friday evening. The exhibits will be open to toe public. Parents will be especially urged to attend and see the prograss made by the pupils. YOUTH DIES IN ELEGTRIG CHAIR

Robert Allan Edwards Executed This Morning For Killing Girl Bellefonte, Pa., May 6. — (U.R) — Robert Allan Edwards, young lothario of Edwardsville, Pa., completed a repetition ot the life history of Clyde Griffith, hero of the celebrated novel, "An American Tragedy," at 12:35 a. m. (EST) today. Edwards was executed in the electric chair at Rcckview prison. All efforts to save his life or postpone his death were unavailing. Gov. George H. Earle withstood appeals from his parents, political pressure, and evan the condemned man’s own pledge that if his life were spared he would devote it to teaching youth that crime doesn't pay. Edwards died silently and lyHe was in love with Freda MeKechnie, a neighborhood girl in Edwardsville whom he had known all his life. He went away to school, met Margaret Crain, of East Aurora, N. Y. She was a music teacher, well educated, cultured and had social standing. He made love to her, obtained her troth. Then Freda told him she was pregnant. He took her to a mountain lake, killed her with a blackjack, left her body in the water, hoping it would appear she (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

THIEVES CRACK TWO SAFES HERE Little Loot Is Obtained In Depredations Over Week-end 1 Yeggo cracked two safes in Decatur over the week-end, obtaining between $5 and $lO in cash from the Carroll Coal & Coke company. They were unable to open the safe at the Kocher Lumber :' and Coal company. The thieves broke into both places by breaking out the glass 1 in doors and then unfastening the latches. lAt Kocher’s the thieves knocked the combination off the door but were unable to open the door to the safe. The robbery was discovered Sunday morning. At Carroll’s the thieves Stic- 1 ceeded in opening the door to the safe and obtained between $5 and $lO in cash. This robbery was not discovered until the office room was opened this morning. It is : assumed that both jobs were done I Saturday night. It is the assumption of local and I | s'ate police that the depredations are being committed bv a gang working out of Fort Wayne with a "finger” or local man who points out the possible places where loot might be obtained. Thefls attributed to the gang i are estimated at annroximately | 109 with 30 in Fort Wayne alone, i The total loot runs into thousands lof dollars. Nearly every coun'y |<seat town in a radius of 50 or 75 | miles of Fort Wayne has been raided by the thugs with the exception of Bluffton. Saturday night the gang entered the Vetter Motors. Inc. on south , Broadway in Fort Wayne and escaped with $1,753.34. The loot , was in cash, checks and a diamond i ring valued at $l5O. The me'hods in all the thefts! have been the .same. Sledges, chis-l ele and other tools have been: stolen and used to crack the i safes. Rags and old clothes have | been used to deaden the sound of the blows. G. 0. P. HEADS MEET IN JUNE Midwest Republicans Called On To Battle Administration Cedar Rapids, la., May 6- -(U.R>--Midwest Republicans will "immed- , lately give vigorous battle” to the Roosevelt administration, Harrison j E. Spangler, Republican national committeeman for lowa, eaid to-1 day in calling G, O. P. leaders I | from nine states into a conferI ence at Springfield. 111., June 10-11. ' Every maior promise of the, present administration has been "broken and shamelessly repudiate j ed," the announcement said. "iSiuch wholesale failure to keep fai h with the peonle has never before been known in onr history."

Spangler accused the Denio•crntic party of furthering a "socalled new philosophy” which "has plunged the nation into a series of fantastic and experimental schemes the result of which has be°n to retard recovery,” The situation created calls for a "roused America.” Spangler asserted. "The Republican nar’v must and will accept leadership in this battle.” . First step in the war Republicans will make will he the Springfield conference, the call exnlained. at which an inventory of the nation's affairs will be taken. Participating in the conference will be representatives of Illinois, Indiana. Inwa. Kansas. Minnesota. Missouri. Nebraska, Oklahoma and Wisconsin. The inventory taken, the conference will undertake “to propose a constructive program, national in character and calculated to be helpful in the ending of this depression and in the preservation ot American institutions,” (CONTTNTTEn GN PAGE TWO) o— — Regular K. Os C. Meeting Tonight The regular meeting of the K. of C. lodge will be held tonight at eight o'clock.

REV. CARSON RETURNED TO LOCAL CHURCH Conference Returns Rev. Carson To Methodist Episcopal Church The Rev. H. R. Carson was . assigned to Decatur at the conclui sion of the Northern Indiana Methodist Episcopal conference in ! Fort Wayne today. The announcement was read by Bishop Edgar Blake of Detroit. Rev. Carson hae completed his first year in Decatur. The Rev. L. J. Bruner was assigned to the Decatur circuit. The district superintendents reappointed are: Rev. E. F. Friblev. Fort Wayne district; Rev. C. fl. Yeomans, Kokomo district and Rev. M. O. Lester. Wabash district. Dr. Otie ,T Martin, pastor of the Cen'ral M. E. church of Richmond, was named to succeed Dr. C. R. Croxall as superintend- j I ent of the Warsaw district. Dr. | Croxall was named to the Central [ M. E. church at Richmond. The Rev. B. H. Franklin was re- 1 turned to Garrett where he was , assigned after leaving Decatur. Walters On Board At the Saturday session former Judge C. L. Walters was named as one of the six laymen to serve on the newly created advisory board. | Mr. Wafers will be president of lay delegates bodv to the confer- , ence. Other members of the board > will include one pastor from each ! district in the conference. The other lavmen are: Kokomo i ' district, C. W. Beecher, Peru: Muncie district. IFloyd Ballinger, j Danville; Richmond district. Roy j R. Roudehush, Greenfield; Wabash I district. Dr. King. Huntington: Warsaw district. Homer N. Roose. I Goshen. Mr. Walters and W. W. Winn. (CGNTINUFm OX PAGE TWO) I City’s Fire Loss Adjusted Saturday A satisfactory settlement of $2.303.74 was made with insurance tad- | jnsters Saturday faternoon for the j damage done by fire recently to the | coal silo at the .municipal plant recently. Mayor Arthur R. Ilolthone-? signed the proof of loss Saturday afternoon. TOe silo was insured by several different companies. Checks will be received by the city in a few days. The adjustment was arninged through A. D. Suttl's, local insur- ’ j ance agent, and three company ad- : Ijusters. The settlement will pay in full I for the damage to the housing top. j equipment and coal. COUGHLIN FOR PATMAN BILL — I Radio Priest Favors Inflation Bill; Opposes Third Party Detroit, May 6. — (U.R) — Charles E. Coughlin, militant radio priest with a following estimated in the millions, today endorsed the Patman bonus bill, which would inflate the currency, and repudiated third panty movements. A few hours after Father Coughlin spoke on a nationwide network, the Western Union and Postal telegraph systems were swamped with telegrams addressed to United i, States senators demanding approval of the "greenback” bonus bill. In many cities the companies called in their day forces hours early. Officials said messages came from every section ot the country. In the most significant of his re- 1 cent radio speeches, and the one I likely to have the most far reach-1 ing effects, the priest delivered a blow at anti-inflation advocates and a.t radical politicians hoping to amalgamate Coughlin satellities in a third party to unseat the Democratic administration in 1936. The flood of telegrams indicated that his followers had taken literally his demand that they swamp Washington with messages demanding passage ot the Patman bill which would pay the bonus by printing additional money. His ap- ( (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)

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Carson To Remain I f v *** wK* The Rev. Herman R. Carson, for the past year pastor of the Decatur Methodist Episcopal church, was re assigned to the local church at the closing session of the annual conference ati (Fort Wayne this morning. Rev. Carson came here in 1934 from Portland. EXTRA SESSION MAY BE NEEDED j Special Session Os Congress May Be Necessary Next Fall Washington. May 6— (U.R) — I Failure of administration leaders ! to break the jam of unfinished i legislation today developed the i '.threat congttess. may be called : back for a special session this fall. There waa little evidence that Presidi-nt Roosevelt’s redio appeal a week ago to congress to expedite recovery and reform measures had borne fruit. Much other legislation also remains to be acted upon. Congress plodded into the fifth month of the session, having enacted only one piece of major legislation — the $4,880,000,000 work-rleief bill. That bill took almost three months of congress’ time. Os the other four measures which the President insists con- : gress act upon only one —social security—has passed either branch of congress. The house has debated the central bank bill for a week and may vote this week NRA extension and holding company regulation, The other two measures on the President's must list, remain to be considered. Both face prolrable long debate. Other bills involving contro- | versy and delay include a revenue I measure, the soldiers’ bonus labor, I legislation, transportation, AAA amendments and other farm legislation. Congressional leaders, impatient i at four months of negligible proi gress, faced a choice between a J protracted session running well | into the summer or the possibility I that congress would be called | hack into session next fall. President Roosevelt realizes I that he can hope to accomplish I little after the first of next year, when congress will be more of a i political forum than a legislative agency. The 49 "public acts,” mostly of minor character, approved by congress and signed by the Presi(GONTTNUED ON PAGE SIX) Linn Grove Woman In Accident Today Mrs. Abe Houtz of near Linn Grove escaped eerioua injury this morning when her automobile Lstruak a signal light at five points. The oar was badly damaged. Mre. Houz waa driving north on Winchester street and stated that she turned into the poet to avoid striking a truck driven by Charlee Hite. Both the cars had the. right of I way as tilie light was green. o Bernard Wemhoff Gains Promotion (Bernard J. Wemhoff, eon of Mr. and Mrs. George. Wemhoff of this city, an emiploye of the Detroit Free Press for tine past year, has been transferred to the eports department ot that ipaper. Wemhoff, who graduaed from Detroit University last year, has been on the copy desk at the Free Press since his graduation and this change is a decided promotion.

NOTED G.O.P. SOLON KILLED THIS MORNING New Mexico Senator Leader Among Republican Liberal Ranks Macon. Mo., May 6. 4U.R) —Senator Bronson Cutting of New Mexico, liberal Republican, and at least three other persons were killed today, when a transport airplane crashed near here. Tiiie other dmd were identified as Harvey Bolton, pilot, and Kenneth Grieson, co-pilot. Both live in Kansas City. The fourth dead person was a woman, as yet unidentified. Nine others were Injured, including a baby who was with Mrs. D. Metzger, address unknown, when she boarded the plane at Los Angeles yesterday afternoon. Five officials of the Paramount Motion Pictures company, en route to Annapolis, Md., to make a picture, also were passengers. Among the nine injured who were brought to Samaritan hospital, one was expected to die. The passenger believed fatally injured was Paul Wing of Hollywood, manager of the Paramount Pictures Production unit. Ills chest was crushed. Six of the remaining eight injured persons were seriously hurt. They were: Richard Wallace, Hollywood; Henry Sharpe, Hollywood; C. B. Drew, Hollywood; Mrs. William Kaplan, Hollywood; Mrs. Dora Metzer of Kansas City, and Mrs. Metzer’s baby. The baby suffered a broken leg. The two less seriously injured were Mrs. D. Metzer of Kansas i City, Mo., and William Kaplan of I Hollywood. I The plane cracked up when the fuel supply was exhausted after Bolton and Grieson cruised over north central Missouri for nearly two hours trying to break through the fog. They were to have landed at Kansas City at 2:55 o’clock, but fog prevented. Then Bolton started for the emergency field at Kirksville, Mo. The fog covered most of the state, however, and when the gas ran out the pilots came down through the murk. The crackup resulted. Senator Cutting was en route to Washington from the west. Identification was made through a billfold and a ring on his little finger. He apparently was killed almost instantly, as was the woman and Greison. Bolton died later at a Macon hospital. The body of the senator was crushed badly. Liberal Leader Washington, May 6.— (U.R) —The death of Sen. Bronson Cutting, R., N. M., in an airplane disaster today opened a gap in the front rank of American political liberals. Cutting was an effective member of the powerful senate progressive group which has been forcing sueI cessive administrations toward poli icies denounced by conservative ! statesmen as radical.

Cutting went to southwestern I journalism and ultimately (politics from a background of wealth in the 1 east. He inherited a fortune and. j like President Roosevelt, was edu4CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) O R. Earl Peters Is Honored At I. U. R. Earl Peters, Fort Wayne attorney. who heade the (Indiana ■division ot the Federal housing administration, was elected to membership in the Gamma Eta Gamma honorary law fraternity laet week at .Indiana University. Judge Michael L. Pansier, Indiana superior justice, was the principal speaker at a banquet held in. the Hotel Graham at Bloomington. Judge Fansler was also given a membership in the fraternity. o — State Police Aid In Sunday Traffic At the request of Mayor Arthur R. Holthouse two state policeman were stationed in Decatur Sunday to handle lhe crowds attending the 83rd annual (Indiana conference of the Evangelical church. The Evangelical church Sunday morning, the Presbyterian and the Zion Reformed churches were filled to capacity. Cars were parked for several blocks. The officers, Ed Rose and Al Teusch, came from the Ligonner state police barracks.