Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 119, Decatur, Adams County, 18 May 1936 — Page 1

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ICT HELD UNCONSTITUTIONAL

WS. Court Holds Resettlement Act iH Unconstitutional

Lrt or \ppeals Rules FflMLir.. Department ■JgSstitutional; jESiin Homesteads * BTnHown. TODAY M,.y --(U.R>—The Be fOB I .ippi-als for the Dis- ■ ot V* ' ,p|,lar, ' ,t t‘> tllP sin ßle case at appeal’ll t > cast considerKuoubgupi)': tile validity of the i,-i,.-f which EftSt" finance the resettlev..‘ic albiclTThd ■)« cor .v the Schechter dKion of the I'. S. su- ■ relief resettlement Ke the : 1--<1 to set up any Kdari O' "'i under which B motiee was to be spent. "■fly* d*< ' ,v ' | s handed down ■ a '.ion brought by ■ New, jers--y. which sought to project plan■Eviiaia. s confines. ' been ■■Nd mth> Inorict of Columbia <K rt. The court of apB*‘ s r9 T f " : ’i' l ' lower court deBheeo., of appeals cited a “to-1 B Hck s>' •t nt ional power liras such as were B fcffl Wf‘' i under the resettlesi:'ati°n - ■ PCMd 0111 ! 11,11 ibe relief act B mN W rRn ON PAGE FIVE) ■HENCE AT Mhof closes Boffton Pastor Delivers WFinai Address To ■ Youths Alniia: Youth's conference « ’l l ' Monroe tabernat le with conducting the address. I'.' ■ ,t conference this MR with a registration of nearly BL' t the entire meeting. H. |> Morford, of the E IS! HP E " l(1 an enthusiasti'. of (i,,. ~niter.m< e stated Wfr tlia a film interest was disIII" members were look ■■>''' bet tel I BL 8 ”* ; ar - K^l. 1 10111 n,an >" churches in Was presented at the With outside talent inK®®* 1 " Imlies quartettte from a mixed quartettcinZ’tl» lnr u " ivprs >'y- Miss MarB"Mf J ' Prß ' ■° ,n * ll ’‘»t United was present at session. Budents from Taylor uniin tlle discussion last I ""tB' 1 " n "w - being made for of the conference lnt " a well formed unit K'l own elective officers in Morris Persons’, general the young peoples deNational Holiness E?”’ from the state of Washthe movement L; organiaztion and pltdgto aid in the wotk, L■ . |5 X 1 ,P ’ * P< l Io be carried on June. h T»~ i "I’ Enrollment jP e !?ins Immediately FintetX J Kricik. city school sup|nro]j^ eot ' ann ounced today that Pf naw'' JCglnnill S students school term would who have children Sl!£ years °f age on or beb MIS!? ber 31 ’ 1936 are asked m3LT r r6s ect!ve ward school. ! MF to en.-oli the children. *

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

STATE OFFICERS ARE RE-ELECTED Omer Jackson Again Heads State Democratic Central Committee Indianapolis, May 18— (U.R) — State administration forces held complete control of the Democratic party in Indiana today after making a clean sweep of the biennial reorganization meeting. Two district chairmen opposed to the gubernatorial candidacy of Lieut. Gov. M. Clifford Townsend. I the administration choice, were unseated by the state central committee in session Saturday and all 1 officers of the committee were ’ re-elected by acclamation. The committee offlcena. sup- | porters of Gov. Paul V. McNutt, fare Omer Stokes Jackson, Greenfield, chairman: Mrs. Emory ■ Scholl. Connersville, vice chairIman; Keith Johns. Marion, secrei tary. and William E. Storen, Indi- | anapolis, treasurer. Claims of Paul P. Fry. Linton, and M. Edward Doran. South Rend, to the seventh and third dis- • trict chairmanships, were rejected ' by the committee. i Fry. is an ally of Pleas GreenI lee, dusted as patronage secretary 4®- McNutt when he announced for governor in opposition to Townsend. The committee decided ißrank Finney, Martinsville, state auto license commissioner, won the district chairmanship in a meeting at Bloomfield last week. Doran leads a third district faction favorable to E. Kirk McKinney, Indianapolis, another candidate in the three-way fight for the ! governor nomination. The committee decided a deadlock which remained for 12 hours in that district meeting never was ' broken legally and ordered a new election. If the second election results in (a deadlock, the state committee may eppoint district officeita. Both Greenlee and McKinney took exception to the committee’s actions. “The whip of intimidation was cracked over the backs of those county chairmen and vice chairmen who had state patronage themselves, or for members of their family,” Greenlee charged. Leonard B. Ma.rshjill, McKinney campaign manager, predicted adverse results for the Townsepd boom. “The high-handed tactics of the (CONTINTTED ON PAGE FIVE) DEPUTIES ARE RE-EMPLOTED County Assessor Worthman Authorized To Employ Assistants County (Assessor Ernest Worthman re-hired Will Winness and Mrs- Ireta Fryback today to assist in compiling the 1936 assessment records. Mr. Worthman was authorized to employ the former assistants to Jay Cline, Decatur assessor, after Mr. Cline has released Ihein from further duty on Friday night. The authorization was made by Paul G-. Weber, of the State board of tax commissioners last Saturday. Mr Weber stated that Mr. Winne*ss and Mrs. Fryback should aid in the work as the report to the state had already been delayed- The report was to have been made today. No expense is to be relegated to the county froun the hiring of additional help, the expenses to come from the sa'ary of the Decatur, assessor, Mr. Worthman stated. | Mr- Worthman stated that all. persons who were eligible for assess-ment and had been missed by the assessors should report to his office to avoid payment of the I delinquent penalty-

BACCALAUREATE ADDRESS GIVEN TO GRADUATES Rev. Charles M. Prugh Addresses High School Graduating Class “Origins and Destinies" was the subject of the baccalaureate adi dress delivered by the Rev. Charles I M. Prugh, pastor of the Zion Re--1 ■ formed church to the 55 members of Decatur high school’s graduating class, at the Zion Reformed church Sunday night. “According to the Bible, if wtrace our ancestry back far enough iwe come ultimately to a divine parentage. After God had brought the world into existence by a series of creative acts he paused at ■ length, and drawing upon the Infinite sources of Hie Being He said. “Let us make man in our image, and after our likeness," the speaker told them. “The first implication of this fact of our Divine origin is the inestimable value of the human soul. In man there i« something which cajinot be bought with money and upon which God has set an infinite price. St. Paul speaking to the people at Athens exclaimed, after dwelling upon the nature of the Divine Being. “And we are also His offspring." Tennyson mused over the fact of our origin and said “Trailing clouds of glory do w’e come, from God, who i« our home". "Another implication of this fact is that man in his inmost nature is a spirited being. UnfortunateJx we live_in an age when there is a widespread confusion as to the nature and reality of the spiritual life. But at least there wk one life lived on this earth in I (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) 0 WOMAN DIES I AT HOSPITAL Mrs. Warren A. Wherry, Monroeville, Victim Os Apoplexy Mrs. Hattie C. Wherry, 56, wife of Warren A. Wherry, route 2. Monroeville, died at 9:30 o'clock | Sunday morning at the Adams ! County Memorial hospital. Death I was caused by a stroke of apoplexy following an illness of three weeks. The deceased was born January 15, 1880 at Bucyrus. Ohio, a daughter of Isaac and Rosina Mollenkol’f. She married Warren A. Wherry, November 22. 1903 at Convoy. Ohio and lived on the farm near Monroeville, for the past 33 years. She was a member of the Cla/k's Chapel Methodist Episcopal church and was an active worker in the Union township home I 'economics chib. Surviving besides the husband is one daughter, Mrs. Marilymme Clem of Monroeville. One brother. J. F. Mollenkoff of Van Wert . also survives. Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock OST at the residence in Union township. Rev. George Bailer will ■ officiate and burial will be in the Convoy 1.0.0. F. cemetery at Convoy, Ohio. The body will be taken from the Black funeral home this afternoon and may be viewed after 6 o’clock this evening. A request has been made by the family that flowers be omitted. o— Young Boy Dies Os Complications Harry Roth, aged 15 died at 5 o’clock Saturday evening at the home of his parents, Mr- and Mrs. Raymond Roth, west of Berne. Death was due to complications. The deceased was born March 28, 1921, a son of Raymond and Rose Windmiller Roth. He is sur- ! vlved by the parents, and grand parlents. Mr- and Mrs. Crist Roth of ' Linn Grove. Funeral services will be held 1 Tuesday at 1 o'clock at the home and at 2 p- m. at the Defenseless Mennonite church Berne, with burial in the church cemetery.

Decatur, Indiana, Monday, May 18, 1936.

Welfare Director K ns Mrs. Fay Smith-Knapp, county welfare director, started today to organize the old age pension department in this county. The board will convene Thursday and application') will be received. LOCALMAN LODGE HEAD Russell Acker Elected Ben Hur Lodge Official In Meeting Saturday — I Russell Acker, of this city was | elected state keeper of tribute at ' the 1936 convention of the Indiana Ben Hur lodges In Peru Which closed Saturday night after a two day session Mrs. A- D. Artman was elected to the honorary office of past chief after retiring as state scribe, an office shp has held for the past 14 years. She was elected to that office in 1922 in the state convention at Mishawaka. Her honorary office sea lifetime positionOther officers elected were: John W. Patterson, of Indianapolis as state chief; Mrs. Mary Blind, Lafayette, judge; Mrs. Leona Kimmel. Richmond, teacher; I N. Henry, Kendalvi’le. captain; Hederith Gosser, of Evansville, guide; Edgar Singleton, of South Bend, keeper of inner gate and Mrs. Anna Schulte, of Washington, keeper ct outer gate. Fort Wayne was selected as the (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) David Depp Named State Inspector David D. Depp of Berne, former clerk of the Adams circuit court, was named a state inspector of tourist camps today. He will begin his duties Tuesday. Mr. Depp will inspect the camps for conformation to sanitary and other state regulations. GAR OVERTURNS INJURING THREE Parents Os Rev. Moeller, Preble, Hurt In Accident Sunday Three persons were injured when the car in which they were riding overturned on state road 1 near Fiat, Sunday morning at 10 o’clock, ae they were enroute to Preble to visit with the Rev. Walter Moeller, newly selected paator of the Preble Lutheran church there. Mr. and Mre. Lewis Moeller, parents of Rev. Moeller received the worst injuries. Mr. Moeller suffered a severely wrenched back and other bruises and Mrs- Moeller sustained a broken collar bone in addition to other cuts and bruises Their daughter Dorothy, eecaped with only minor cuts and shock. This was to liave been their first visit with Rev. Moseller since he assumed the pastorate at Preble a week ago. ilie will be ordained on May 31. He succeeded the Rev. Robert Gaiser, deceased pastor of the church who died several months ago. The injured persons were taken to their home in New Palestine near Greenville in the Zwiok and Son ambulance, after their injuries had been dressed at a physician's office. I

WELFARE BOARD ORGANIZES FOR RELIEF WORK Appointments Approved By State; Director Takes Up Duties Members of the Adams county welfare board have received certificates of their appointment from the stale welfare department. All county welfare agencies are now consolidated under the new board. Mrs. Faye Smith-Knapp, county welfare director, is preparing letters to all aged persons now receiving assistance. In the letter . is enclosed two preliminary- appli- , cations for assistance under the new program together with two preliminary applications with full i instructions. These are to be filled out by the applicant and be verified by oath. The verification can he done in the office of the county welfare director on the second floor of the court house at no charge to the , applicant. Only forms for old age assistance have been received. Assistance tor dependent children, crippled children, and the blind 1 1 will be considered at a later date. Mrs. Knapp pointed out today that much delay and inconvenience can be avoided if the applicants , for old age assistance will follow ’ the directions carefully and com- ! ply with the requests of the board. 1 No application for old age 1 assistance should be presented at 1 the welfare office before Thursday morning at 9 o’clock. Each 1 applicant is astked to present hiss application on the date requested i in his letter of application. New applications for old age (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) VISIT PARENTS IN GERMANY John Wilhelm And Fred Steinhoff Will Sail For Germany Wednesday , John Wilhelm, manager of the sausage department an <1 Fred Steinhoff, meat cuter at the Mutschler Packing Company, will leave tonight for New York City, from ‘ where they will sail Wednesday on the S. S. Europa for Bremen and Hanover, Germany. The two men will be gone five ’ weeks. They will visit their par- ■ ents. Mr. Steinhoff's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Steinhoff, will celebrate ■ their golden wedding anniversary next month. He will be home with his brothers and sisters for the celebration. His parents live near Hanover.. Mr. Wilhelm's mother, Mrs. Caro- , line Wilhelm, lives in east Ger- , many in the rural town of Peter- , carl. She is past 85 years of age. Mr. Wilhelm came to the United States 29 years ago. He has been , a resident of Decatur for 18 years and lives at 416 South First street, where he built a modern brick house several years ago. Mr. Steinhoff has lived in Deca--1 tur for more than 12 years. Both ! mdn have been employed at the ' Mutschler Packing company since ■ taking up residence hero. 1 The Europa is one of the largest . ships afloat. It is operated by the 1 North German Lloyd Company and made its maiden voyage in 1930. . o i Van Wert Newspapers Consolidated Today Van Wert, 0., May 18 — An- ' nouncemeiit was made today of the purchase of Van Wert's two nwespapers by the Galvin Brothers, now operating a chain of other daily pa.pers. Ford G. Owens, pub- ’ Usher of the Times, will remain as part owner and editor. Caples Foster and Jay Foster, ’ publishers of the Bulletin, will re--1 tire. Howard Daving. managing editor, and Albert L. Felgert, ad--1 vertising manager, will retain 1 their positions. The Galvin elwin operates the 1 Lima News, Wilmington Newsi Journal, Circleville Herald and I New Lexington Daily News.

Supreme Court Votes 6 In Declaring Guffey Coal Measure Unconstitutional

NEW MINISTER PREACHES HERE Rev. George S. Lozier Assumes Pastorate 01 Evangelical Church i The Rev. George S. Lozier, new pastor of the Evangelical church of this city, preached hie first sermon at the local church Sunday morning. A large crowd was .present to hear Rev. Lozier- He used "Facing 1 our Task" as the serm-?n Sunday morning. The Rev. ami Mrs. Lozier are now occupying the Evangelical parsonage on Winchester street. Their youngest daughter- Kuth, will make her home in Decatur as soon as she 1 completes her sophomore year in, i an Indianapolis high schoo'- Their, daughter. Naomi, is a missionary i ;at the Red Bird Mission in Ken- 1 i tucky. She plans to spend a short: i vacation with her parents here in ! 'the near future. Rev. Lozier reip’acee the Rev. | I M. W. Sundermann who was trans-1 ferred to the Evangelical church at 1 Celina Ohio, two weeks ago. Rev. ! Sundermann served as pastor of the ; local church I.t eight years. Rev Sunderman and daughter, Esther, moved to Celina last, week. Their eon, Arthur, remained in Decatur to complete his | ; junior year at the Decatur high school. — 0 Ehrsam Funeral Services Tuesday Mrs. Julia Howard Ehrsam. 24, died Sunday afternoon at 12:30 i o'clock at her home in Marion, In- | diana. The deceased was born near Craigville, October 19, 1911, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward IS. Howard. . j Surviving besides the husband. ' Harley Ehrsam, are a son. Rex Allen; the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward S. Howard of Decatur; four brothers. Chester of Decatur: Merritt, Joe and John of Fort Wayne, and one sister, Mrs. Anna Lobsiger of Decatur. . Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at j the Pleasant Dale church with burial in th church cemetery. Rev. Earl F. Hine will officiate. Due to repairs being made on the Pleasant Dale church the services will be held in the Kirkland gymnasium. LIONS URGES TO REGISTER Local Club To Compete For Attendance Prize At State Convention Members of the local Lions club attending the state convention in Fort Wayne, which opened Sunday and will continue over Tuesday were urged to register at the Anthony hotel there tonight. Tho registration is doubly important, it was pointed out, as an award is given to the club outside of Fort Wayne which has the largest registered attendance at the meet. Registration must be made to attend the governor's banquet and ball at the Valencia gardens tonight at 6 o’clock. The Decatur club participated in the giant parade this afternoon with a float prepared bv local members. The Decatur high school 36piece band, under the direction of Albert Sellemeyer, also marched in the parade, transportation to Fort Wayne being furnished by the Lions. Richard J. Oosenbaugh. president I of the T.ions International is scheduled to give the principal address at the banquet tonight. Several members of the club attende dthe opening of the state meeting yesterday

CROWD ATTENDS MOOSE SERVICES Annual Memorial Services Conducted By Local Moose Lodge — A large crowd attended the memorial services of the local Moose lodge held at the home Sun day afternoon in memory of the departed members. Several nonmembers and a delegation of the Women of the Moose attended the rites. The Rev. Harry Thompson, pas tor of the Central Church of Christ | in Fort Wayne delivered the mem-| orial address. He paid tribute to the deceased members and recited (examples set l>y these members to I be fflowed by young men in the or-1 i ganization. Lloyd Kreischer, recently elect- 1 I ed dictator of the lodge, was in | 1 charge of the ceremonies, and was I assisted by all officers of the lodge, j The ceremony was conducted from the lodge ritual. Plans are now under way for the ] gala birthday celebration to be | I held on Tuesday night in the home. ; This is to be the 22nd annivers- j ary of the founding of Adams lodge 1311, Lloyd Order of Moose. A special meeting will be held lon that night, with a banquet preI pared for the members. Ralph S. Campbell, regional director of Moose, will speak at the meeting. Other prominent Moose are expected to attend. INDIANA CASE IS DISMISSED Supreme Court Fails To To Pass On Constitutionality Os Suit Washington, May 18, — (UP) — The supreme court today threw out passing on any constitutional questions an attack on the validity of the Indiana law limiting charges which finance companies may impose in underwriting installment !eales of articles worth less than SISOOO. The attack was brought by tho General Motors Acceptance Corporation of Indiana. The company contended the law was unconstitutional and a three-judge federal court upheld this view. The supreme court held there had been no showing whether an amount sufficient to give the federal court jurisdiction was involves and ordered the case dismissed. I The court acted similarly on anI other attack brought by the Max j Henry Chevrolet Company. o James M. McConnell Dies At Marion Funeral services were held this afternoon at Marion. Indiana, for James H McConnell, 65. former resident of Decatur, whose death occurred there Saturday. Mr. McConnell while here was engaged in the insurance business and took an active part In civic affairs. After moving to Marlon he was elected mayor and served in that office four years with much credit. Surviving are the widow and one sonSenior Class Will Hold Dance Tonight The senior class of the Decatur high school will hold a dance this evening at 8 o’clock in the high school gymnasium. The affair will be invitational, each member of the class being permitted to bring one guest. The senior dance is an inovation of the class of 1936. WEATHER Cloudy, thundershowers east and south this afternoon or tonight; Tuesday generally fair; cooler north tonight and Tuesday.

Price Two Cents

Three Opinions Written. Justice Hughes Concurring In Majority Report By Justice Sutherland. CARDOZO FOR IT — Washington, May 18 —<L‘,R> —The supreme court today in a sweeping opinion struck down the Guffey coo.l control act and cited objections apparently meaning the end of any New Deal attempt to ' control industry or regulate labor I along lines of the invalidated , NRA and the Wagner labor act. The court threw out the three ’ vital features of the Guffey act — the 15% tax on coal production, : labor provisions, and price-fixing. Under the terms of its decision ! it appeared unlikely any success- | ful new effort could be made to . rewrite control laws upon the ruins of the NRA and other invalidated new deal statutes. Additional weight to this interpretation was lent by a District of Columbia court of appeals decision ' which cited the high court's AAA and NRA decisions in holding uni constitutional use of work relief ' funds for the resettlement administration. Three opinions were presented I by the court —a majority ruling ,written by Justice George SutherI land and concurred in by five ■ colleagues, a minority decision in which three justices joined, and a separate concurring opinion submitted by Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes. The court’s decision was so far reaching that it appeared clear that without constitutional change of some type, virtually all propos|ed substitutes for industry a,nd labor control were barred. The dissenting opinion, written |by Justice Benjamin N. Cardozo, i centered on the power of the federal government to fix maximum and minimum prices for commodities moving in inter-state commence. Hughes' opinion indicacted his ■ belief that the federal government had the right to exercise control over industry providing the control was exercised only over actual interstate commerce. The court conceded that congress had authority to impose a penalizing tax but added that such an exaction could only be valid when used to carry out some purpose granted the federal government by the constitution. Purposes of the Guffey act thus made (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) WHEAT CHECKS ARE RECEIVED County buting $5,343.16 To Local Farmers Wheat checks totaling $5,343.16 are being distributed today by County Agent L E. Archbold. The ( checks represent the majority of ‘ the contracting farmers under the , 1935 program of the old AAA. A few checks have been held up , in Washington, D. C. and will be mailed to the county at a later ’ date. The checks are for wheat harvested in 1935. Other checks will be received late in the summer for wheat harI vested thia year. These cheeks will amount to 21 cents a bushel • for 54 per cent of the base planted i last fall. The checks will not be i written until the final compliance I check-up is made this summer, f Farmers last fall signed a four- , year contract with the government i to reduce wheat acreage. This was invalidated by a decision of the supreme court. However, payments will be made for 1936. AAA beet checks for 1935 are expected late this summer. The final AAA corn-hog checks are being distributed. These amount to $48,848.62.