Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 33, Number 145, Decatur, Adams County, 19 June 1935 — Page 1

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Uiison*Mutiny Is ■nJed Without Any I Further Violence

Prison Inmates •Surrcmhi U<er lon K *■,(. (!1 Mutiny ; Some Hamate Is Caused. Bike set in mine June 19. (U.P> . . runs, long term |K._ . ■ below th.' earth's B 9 .'ended today in abject *ur- ( , ■•■ J and w akened . oitv i.- s were tak- ■■■ ;■■■ntlentiarv . ..al disciplinary v. ' marched out - i. .el where they i!,. ii.selves 21 hours , .1" : in".•mbnt am! |^L ri |< ... hostages, the con|Mb4,l till '■'•lt demolished gal|H ;■• . p.-d out hiimli. .Is |K t . U | tmit'.-ring and set it on !■,.. ..." moiititim: in< ot dollars. ~ ■ JM • ■ .In .. ' |H : |ie m. . ..diary fires wer> .■ i.-n’ilattng rt.. merely pil.n- the smoke ba. k ■• nd all but over, ommutineers. .ad deman 1.-. 1.1 |H Park. r. • om,,uten. diment for 'he mu' ■■ y ■ ■ Imse demands wa- ...... concessions £■ 1 for . th.- ■■.-* . 11. . before the rev.-ro-d stale high" :T.- • augmented I ■■••' - lards assem'.'- al Shotguns .nd tear gas "•■■■ .-.'..1 idits stores 5.... k.-d . - ..ere know u but Warden 1... le With tllell hour after the fans were lowered into mine and a.ham.'d th- foot level ga.b r. ti. .. met the gasp ... The a, the guards a0.i1.l they obeyed. Ten were told to help clear ■ from tlie shaft cage and Bl'* tv might t . llm .-'tr:' ■ .>N PAGE I-IVID ■ Funeral Will ■ Be Held Thursday services for Mrs. lien Kern Hay. 85. mother U. Kern, of Decatur, will at 1 o’clock Thursday at of Mr. Kern and at 11-. at tlm Evangelical chnr.'> Rev. M. W. Stindermam assisted by tlm I>" V S. Morford of Monro.■. HV will be made in the East cemetery. The body will from the Black Hirer this evening to the l< ei North Seventh street am! *«' viewed after 7 o'clock. ■CATION CHURCH ■ PICXIC Till'RSD Picnic for Pupils of the Decatur Vacation Church ■ School Tomorrow ■“annual picnic for pupils of ■** , "Htnr vacation ehure i <-'< Im"! ■ Thursday. All boys and urg <1 to be at the sehoi 1 time for opening, af■''hii'h the flag-raising everei-s.-s ■ « held. in the kindergarten will .hold their picnic on H Mitral school grounds. Barents to rail for ti'.iese children °clock, the regular closing '" n in the primary depart ■ wil 1 nve tho- building and go park for their picnic. ■> and g' r i e of the junior and ftliate departments will i;ar M' I '-' in a treasure hunt, which ■ Precede the picnic, .starting at ■ '■’hral school. The noon lunch K be ta ken at flannu-Nuttman ■yafter which games and other W les will begin.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Vol. XXXIII. No. ns.

.izrr; ' (iirl Avenges Wrong r| 1 w h - ’ X W > \ ! p / t z . \ 1 1 : L * $i l “I’m glad I killed her,” asserted I Angelina Mangronite, 15-year-old Philadelphia girl who told police ’ a pitiful story of being cotnpro- ’ mised by her brother and ! then being forced to marry an- • other man. She claimed to have i shot Mrs. Dorothy D'Augostino to : death when the latter continued ‘ to abuse her. OUSTED OFFICER I I i ASSAILED TODAY Motives of Ewing Mitchell Assailed By Commerce Committee Washington, June 19— (U.R> — Motives of Ewing Y. Mitchell in bringing charges of corruption against the department of commerce and the shipping board were a (sailed today when Mitchell brought his accusations before the : senate commerce committee. Members of the committee de-1 nounced the procedure of the ousted assistant secretary of com-; merce. One senator went so far as to , accuse him of “blackening the reputations of honorable men. Admiral H. I- Cone, former chairman of the U, S. shipping board, and one of the men acused by Mitchell of irregularities in the conduct of government business, was stoutly defended by Sens. Duncan U. Fletcher, D„ Fla., and Wallace White. R., Me. When Mitchell referred to Cone as a "messenger boy for the International Mercantile Marine,” j Fletcher, second oldest member of the senate, raised hie voice in vigorous dissent. Mitchell said he presented 231 charges against Cone to the commerce department personnel committee. Secretary Daniel Roper submitted them to the White House, he testified, but no action was taken. “Every one was out of etep but Mitchell,” Chairman Royal ~S. (CONTTNItED ON PAGE SIX) HOPE FADES FOR DEATH SOLUTION Suspects In (iirl s Slaying Produce “Perfect" Alibis Peoria, 111.. June for early solution of the mystery surrounding the brutal slaying, o Mildred Hallmark. 19-year-old grad 7ate of a fashionable girls’ school faded today as each new lead wa.s discai dcd. hndv was ‘ The girl’s nearly-nude hotly was ranged. Physicians satd she a ce a ‘Stioned half a dozen r’wim 1 ’ - called a paSe ( dMorator . whom" police wW o* paOK OTV8)

AMENDMENT TO r , SECURITY BILL WINSAPPROVAL Senate Accepts Amendment Despite Administration Pressure Washington, June 19— <U.R) — The senate today accepted over strenuous objections of adminis- , tration leaders the Clark amend- I ment to the social security bill which would permit employers to ! retain their own systems of old age pensions where the plans are approved by the federal government. The vote was 51 to 35. The Clark amendment was the i final important issue raised prior j to final passage of the measure scheduled for later in the day. Just before the vote. Sen. Rob- j ert M. LaFollette, Jr., P„ Wis., read a letter from William Green which declared that the American Federation of Labor was “unalter- ! ably opposed to the amendment.” The entire “must” program I has run into stiff opposition, con- I trasting sharply with "rubber I stamping” of new deal measures I by the last congress. Democrats j ! and Republicans, conservatives j and liberals were in the opposition group. House leaders had to apply the | lash yesterday to steam-roller passage of the AAA amendments ( eliminating price fixing features! ' and giving the secretary of agri-1 culture increased powers in administration of the new deal’s , • crop control program. The vote i was lfiß to 52. A fighting minority charged : the amendments were “unconsti- [ i tutional,” "iniquitous,” “dictator-1 lai," and "confiscatory.” Administration leaders in the senate were i lining up their forces today in an i ■ effort to secure early passage j ■ there. An agreement to limit debate to : 15 minutes and 10 minutes on j amendments after action on the Clark amendment assures a vote I |on the measure late today . Sen. I 1 Pat Harrison, D., Miss., in charge 1 of the bill. said. Harrison predicted passage of ! the bill. It would then be sent | (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) JUNIOR GROUP MEETS AT PLANT Junior Chamber Os Commerce Will Meet Monday At Creamery The next general group meeting | of the Decatur Junior Chamber of { | Commerce will be held at the; Cloverleaf Creameries Monday eve-1 i ning at 7:30 o’clock. I j At the meeting he members will I be given an opportunity to inspect the factory which is being remod-1 1 elled and when completed will be ' the largest single churning unit in | the middle west. W. A. Klepper, general manager; of the local creamery in extending | the invitation to the club to meet; at the plant, promised to furnish refreshmen’s. At the meeting a number of reports will be given by chairmen of committees who have been active since the last meeting. ' Plans for the WLS barn dance! to be given next August as one of the features of the Decatur Free Street Fair will be worked out. Committees will be announced. | Several other projects will be I discussed at the meeting. Mem . bers are urged to bring in proposals for projects. . The meeting at the Cloverle Creameries will be the first of a series of meetings at Decatur industries and points of interest as a part of the educational program outlined in the constitution of the new club. — Rev. Barndollar At Church This Evening Rev. W. W. Barndollar will conduct the prayer meeting at the i First Baptist church at 7,.>0iXk tonight. All members are ■ urgently requested to attend a Rev Barndollar, who preached at Dm local church last Sunday, is a candidate for the pulpit. Will Clean Mt. Hope Cemetery Saturday Announcement was made today that the Mt. Hope cemetery wi he cleaned Saturday morning. All persons interested are asked to be at the cemetery at 8 a. m.

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, June 19, 1935.

German Legion Band To Be Here July 4 Word hue been receved here that the German hand sponsored by the German-Amerlcan Legion ipoat of Fort Wayne will be present at tthie Fourth District convention of the j Legion in this city on July 4. The German band will march In the mlle-long parade and will be one of the many features of the day which will close with dancing und fireworks at the Deoitur Country club. The public will be invited to attend many of the programs given that day. STRIKE FADES AT SOUTH BEND Threat of General Strike Ends With Acceptance Os Terms South IBend. Ind., ,June 19— Employes of the Oliver Farm equipment company early today accepted terms of company executives and I prevented a general strike which would have thrown 20,000 out of ' work. The workers had threatened a ; strike today. Compjny executives and Union ! representatives reached a tentative 1 agreement last night on disputed labor policies. Upon accepting ■ terms of the agreement, however, i 1 uders among the employee said that if the compromise was broken, they would strike without further notice. J. A. Fix, plant manager, agreed to seniority, working hours, and , other stipulations contained in the report of an arbitration committee which investigated a strike at the plant k’.Bt January. Under terms of the "truce” a full settlement must be negotiated by July 15, Homer Baker, president of the Oliver Federal Union, said. The Rev. John McGinn, Notre Dame faculty member who recently resigned as mediator after a heated dispute with labor representatives '.assisted civic leaders in affecting the settlement. I Leaders had voted to strike Kiis miorning. A general strike, labor representatives said, was inevitable and would have tied up all industries in South Bend. Union leaders contended rnern- | bers were discriminated against the recent plant layoffs, 'and charged a report of an arbitration commitI tee resulting frem the earlier strike ' was “colored” by company mks- ; representation. — o Evangelistic Service At iMonroe Four Days Dr. C. W. Butler, president of i the Cleveland Bible Institute, will , preach in a week-end meeting at i the Adams county holiness asso- ' ciation tabernacle in Monroe on Thursday, Friday a.nd Saturday evenings and Sunday afternoon iand evening. Evening services will i be held at 7:30 and the Sunday afternoon service at 2 o'clock. Dr. Butler is the evangelist re- | sponsible for erection of the Monroe tabernacle amd he is recognized as an able Bible teacher. Special music will be furnished by the I various churches of Adams county. The Franklin sinters of the U. B. church, Decatur will sing Thursday night. The First Missionary church of Berne will furnish music on Saturday and u trio from the West Mis sionary churoh, will sing at the Friday night services. PLAN PROPOSED FORMERCHANTS Five-Year Plan Proposed To Protect Independent Retailers Indiana.polis, Ind.. June 19 (UI ) — Five-year plan for protection of small independent retail merchants whs studied today by delegates to the annual convention of the National association of retail grocers of the United States. Submitted by the North Carolina food dealers’ associ'ation. the plan proposed a conference of independent retail dialers to draft a fiveyear program of education and legislation. Other resolutions before the convention apposed selling groceries on Sundays, opposed the use of trading stamps, protested operation ct FERA food commissaries in Birmingham iAla., opposed use of ipremiuime by wholesale merchants, asked rejreal of federal gasoline taxes sought regulation of transient vendors, and urged membens of the (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

LLOYD COWENS I TO HEAD LIONS Loan Company Head Is Elected President Os Service Club Lloyd Oowene, manager of the Decatur Loan and Discount company, was elected (president of the Decatur Lions club at the Tegular meeting Tuesday night ut the Rice Hotel. He wil succeed Clifford Say|lore. Other officers elected ut the meet- ■ ing were W. F. Beery, first vicepresident; Walter J. Krick, second I vice-pretddent; Andrew Apipeliman I and Clyde Butler, directors; Roy ; Mumma, secretary, Dr. N. A. Bixler. ‘ treasurer; George Rentz. Lion tamer, and Dr. Ben Duke, tail twister. The members of the club gave talks in a program for which Wjl- ' ter J. Krick was the chairman. ' These men talked on bheir respec--1 tive vocations or hobbies. Mr. Krick talked on aeronautics, 1 discussing the preparations for the stratosphere flight to be attempted soon. Harry Knopp discussed his line of gas and told something of the prob--1 I le.T.s of service stations. ’ furl Baxter gave a short talk on I the new “i. uncture proof” tire sold I in his station. • G'. orge Morris, manager of New ' berry’s Five and Ten Cent store, ■ was taken into membership into the club. It was announced at the meeting 1 that the installation of officers 1 would take tplac-e on Tuesday, June ! 25. The men will take office on Tuesday, July 2. A committee composed of W. F. Beery, Walter J. Krick end Dr. .Hurt r (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) . o ■ — Commissioners To Receive Bids July 2 r I Bids will be received by the > county commissioners on July 2 1 for supplies for the county infirmary for July. August and Septems ber. In addition to the regular . amount of groceries and tobacco, 3 j a quantity of dry goods is listed . ; on the requisition on tile in the I county auditor’s office. : DORA EDGELL DIES TODAY — Well Known Local )oung ’ Man Dies This Mornt ing Os Pneumonia i t Dora Edgell, 33, died at his home . on North Seventh street this morni ing at 6 o’clock of pneumonia conr trai led Friday evening. i Mr. Edgell was the second old--1 est employe in years of service at - the Decatur Castings company. He was born in St. Mary’s township on - April 23, 1902, the eon of Milton and • Clara Smitley-Edgell. He bad lived • practically his entire life in Deca- • tur. ‘ On November 15, 1922 .he married ■ Miss Zelma Deßolt who survives • him. One child was born to the un- ' ion, Genevieve, 11, who also sur--1 vives. Other survivors ore: the parents ’ in St. Mary’s township, a grand- ' mother, Mrs. Virginia Smitley of Decatur; three sisters, Mrs. Bryce Roa? and Mrs. Homer Maloney of Decatur and Mrs. Otto Kirschner of Fort Wayne; six brothers, Jess and Harry of Decatur, und Harley, RusI i sell, Vernis, and Fred of St. Mary’s , | township; two nephews, and four | nieces. Two bnotaers and two sisters preceded him in death. I Funeral services will be held at the home Saturday afternoon at 1:39 o’clock and at 2 o’clock at the United Brethren church. The Rev. 11. W. Fninklin will cfficiate. IBurial will be made at the Decatur ceme- ’. tery. Pall hearers will be employes E of the Decatur Casting company. ! The body will be taken home from ’ the Zwick funeral home this even ing und may be viewed after 7 s o’clock. ‘ Send In Your 1 Contest Entries Were you able to identify the ’ movie stars that appeared in the page ad in Monday’s paper? ’ If you were, send your entry tr, J this office now. Don’t wait. We ‘ want them as early as possible. Remember, everyone is eligible 8 to enter this contest with the ‘ exception of Daily Democrat 3 and Adams Theatre employees and their families.

CITY COUNCIL TO COOPERATE ON LOCAL FAIR Chamber of Commerce Requests Closing Os Streets During Fair Requests that certain streets be closed for the 4-H club show and street fair to he held here next August and that the city furnish free light for the rides and decorative purposes were made to the council in session last night by James Elberson, representing the j Chamber of Commerce. The requests were referred to the street and sewer committee and the electric light committee. I Mr. Elberson wae given every as- ! surance that the city would co- ! operate with the Chamber of Commerce in doing its part. Mr. Elberson stated that the concession committee desired to have a part of Second street closed for the week. Since Second street is the route of U. S. 27 through the city, the matter will be taken up with the state high way commission. Stands and booths will be I charged a nominal fee for hooking up light circuits and for the current used. Details will be worked out by the committee and M. J. Mylott, superintendent of the light department. Coal Costs Cut George Stults, chairman of the light committee called the council’s attention to the showing made at the city, plant. Coal I costs have been reduced. From an average of 3.40 pounds of coal per K. W. H. generated, the consumption of coal was reduced in May to 2.84 pounds per K. W. H., the monthly report showed. The petition of Lawrence Roop I , for an alley light back of the ; business houses, near the corner of South second and Jefferson streets, was granted. The com- I mittee announced that petitions for alley lights in the residence | districts would not be allowed, in j view of the fact that if one peti- ; tion was granted the city might i be required to erect several hundred lights. The cost would be excessive, the committee declared. The matter of granting vacations to city employes in cases where other employes in the departments could take over the j duties without additional expense ! to the city, was referred to the finance committee. In Auguat, 1933, the council passed a resolu- • tion to the effect that no city employe should be paid while on vacation. The resolution has not been rescinded. Forest Elzey, chairman of the , park committee, reported the purchase of a power mower from H. Knapp and Son. The mower is used to cut the grass in the city (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) — o Psychology Class To Be Organized An FERA class in the (psychology of idolescence will be organized at a meeting at tdie high school Friday ’ at 8 p. m. ihis class will be taught by Miss Deynolde, and Indiana university credit will be given those who pass the examination. There is no fee for attending any l FERA classes, and the .public is in , vited lo enroll in the classes. . 0 ABYSSINIA IS READY FOR WAR Entire Country Certain War With Italy Looms As Inevitable (Copyright 1935 by UP.) Addis Ababa, Abyssinia, June 19. — (u.R) — Throbbing drums in rajn ! soaked jungles and drilling thousI ands in Addis Ababa and many villages are preparing Abyssinia for I war with Italy in August or September. The entire country is convinced war is inevitable.. No one believes the Italo-Abyssinian commission I meeting next week al the Hague will settle disputes and the only hope here is that Great Britain and France may Influence Italy agajnst its Indicated plans. Brisk recruiting in Addis Ababa and Harrar in the last four months have Increased the Abyssiniaji army from 3.000 men to approximately 15,000. The entire populace, from tribes of the interior to official circles of the capital, is wildly excited and (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

Price Two Cents

Holding Company Measure Amended In Sub-Committee

Heads Midget NRA HlßipiHH Appointment of James L. O'Neill New York banker, as acting administrator of the new midget recovery unit launches a new phase of the NRA which was declared unconstitutional in its old form by tile supreme court. G. A. R. HOLDS ANNUAL MEET Marion Is Host To Veterans Os Civil War; Parade This Afternoon Marion. Ind.. June 19 - (U.P.) — Aging men who fought more than 70 years ago to "preserve the Ttnion" were prepared otday in annual convention of the Grand Army of tlio Republic to rededicate themselves as defenders of the constitutional form of governnSent. The resolutions committee submitted a draft proclaiming “unswerving devotion to American institutions of human freedom and civil liberty made secure by the constitution of the United States.” “We will exercise every ounce of our power and influence in maintaining and perpetuating the ideate of constitutional governs ment in Ihe United States,” the resolution read. James E. Watson, former Vnited States senator, will bo principal speaker at the annual camp fire meeting tonight. The annual parade and election of officers will conclude the encampment tomorrow. Six affiliated patriotic organizations ace holding annual meetings here in conjunction with the veterans’ encampment. The Women's Relief Corps had before It a resolution requesting that all government employes, state and national, and all teachers in schools and colleges be required to take the oath of ali legiance to the constitution once ' each year. — o Youth Shot Down From Cherry Tree Franklin. Ind.. June 19— (UP-A grand jury investigation was expected today into the claying of Charles Samuel Chandler. 16, shot, down from •( cherry tree on the farm of Martin Woadsides, 64, near Edinburg. Woodsldes surrendered to lauthoities and said he fired a shotgun Into a cherry tree when three youths whom he had chased from the orchard returned after dark. fl Veteran’s Injuries Prove Not Serious Clarence Brown of Canton, Ohio, who said hie Adams County Memorial hospital last evening by the local ipolfee. The man claimed he was side-swiped by a Nickel Plate freight train. His injuries were not serious and he was released this morning. The man's neck was in a straight jacket. He said he had his neck broken i nthe world war aud was drawing a pension from the government. He gave his age at 35. He and a companion left Decatur this (morning.

Rigid Provisions Asked By President Stricken From Senate Bill By House Committee. DEBATE LIMITED Washington, June 19. —(U.RI Provisions for compulsory abolition of holding companies were struck out of the Wheeler-Rayburn public utilities bill today by a house Interstate commerce sub-committee. Instead of the rigid provisions sought by President Roosevelt and adopted by the senate, the house group substituted a plan which would give the securities and exchange commission discretionary power to control holding companies. President Roosevelt at his press conference agaiu went on record as heartily in favor of the abolition section of the bill as passed by the senate. By diagram method, he Illustrated the operating companies' dividends are distributed so widely in the holding company setups that sometimes a 17 dividend shrinks to Y 4 before it gets to the investor. Ending a four-month deadlock, the sub-committee reported the revised measure to the full interstaXe commerce mommittee with a view of obtaining early house action. Under the altered bill, the commission would be empowered to force a holding company to con--1 tine its scope to a single 'integrat- | ed public utility system" except in | cases when this would be contrary to “the public interest.” The senate had decreed that unessential holding companies beyond the first degree be dissolved within seven years. Under the house bill all holding companies are required to register with the commission by Nov. 1, I 1935. After that, unregistered holding companies are forbidden usage of the mails or any meaxis of inter- , state commerce to sell, transmit, transport, or distribute gas or electric energy. Terms of the bill apply only to companies engaged in interstate or foreign commerce. The sub-commltte proposed that the house submit its own measure instead of the senaje bill. Other principal differences from the senate bill are: 1. The commission is prohibited from requiring holding compani ies from divesting themselves of "non-utility” property except when “inconsistent with the public interest.” 2. Tlie commission may begin its “simplification” of holding company structures, on iis own motion, or, upon Hie utilities" applications after Jan. 1, 1938. 3. An added provision amending the 1934 revenue act so that registered holding cdhipanies will be subject to the ordinary corporation income tax with respect to 15 per cent on dividends received (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) 0 ADAMS COUNTY NATIVE DIES Mrs. Wilhelmina Ehlerd- > ing Dies At Fort Wayne Last Night Mrs. Wilhelmina Ehlerdlng. 72, ' a native of (Adams county, died at her (borne at 3745 Barr street in r Fort Wayne of carcinoma at 11:55 o’clock Tuesday night. She had been bed-fast since June 9. Surviving are the husband, Chris- > tian Ehlerdlng; six children, Martin, ’ Albert and Oscar of Fort Wuyne, 1 Mrs. A. Schueler, Otto and "Herman of Preble township; two brothers, John and Henry Fuhrman of Preble township; a sister, Mrs. M. Scherry of Preble township and nine grand- > ahildren. Mrs. Ehlerdlng was a resident of , Treble township until five years - ago when she moved to Fort Wayne, s She wna a member of the Zion a Lutheran church of Fort Wayne, s The body will be removed to the t Herman Ehlerding home. Thursday s at 6 p. m. from the Zwick’s funeral home. t Funeral services will be held Frl- < day at 1:30 o’clock sun time at bhe s .home and at 2 olclock at the St. :- Paul's Lutheran church. The Rev. 1 Walter Kl’auslng will officiate at the .- services. Burial will be made in the church cemetery.