Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 8, Decatur, Adams County, 9 January 1937 — Page 1

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■n heads, ■piTALISTS ■Bill TERMS Gov.l Murphy Hopes To find Means To Halt Jrippling Strike Jan~9. <U.R> - i;. neral Motors exectlIT»'. wntmg today the they are willing .... >n k Btrtke |ft' '’ma 97.118 , . . The i Mo.rnor faced struggle first eight days in of to nud in the terms on LJfc.. union and General Motto conference ! M»iy ru " ll aKainst ,he par ‘ spreading through Motors [ ~ pi.,l • , |o-ed be, attse s or materials. Two IJMn male's all engines for ’.s. Motors officials said all plants in the country pisl-er g Chevrolet bodies would & ctoled soon h.-cause of lack of was hopeful <»f an early on a basis for negotirA-- in mind a complete picwhaf both sides want,” he 2 m when the conf7rei* of the night adjourned. i“We Till continue to work and furthO conferences will be held at the conseemed to share his optiHomer Martin, president of ItheWm'd Automobile Workers randSii'f strategist for the strikfat,Baid he would have no com-mid-morning He spent conferring with Murphy Undjmes F Dewey, federal labor Motors executives gave that an agreement t vu&ear. and they were underbo standing firm on the that "sit down" strikers plants before any direct were started. raining today when the went out irt the" big Chevand axle plant here. The went off and as they foremen told them the was closed indefinitely. I®hos:-" of materials forced Gen|eral jlotors to lay off 8,000 men in axle plants late yesterMiy.lEarly today 4.500 more were night shift went off at the jfhevi ilet engine plant at Flint BH’be knowledge that they did when they would return. of 12.001 men were laid off isl the engine plant, preday yesterday and through came word of additional or strikes through the ■ert.il Motors system. I Ordered To Work t Wa-lington, .lan, 9 The petl trade department of the AmFedera tion of Labor today its workers in strike clos-; ■eneral Motors plants so go I’ work. J- ■■ ’" stand is being taken Bjjiy l ' federation building trade ■Biment. thus aligning two powfederation units against the "de auto unionization drive L. Lewis. order marked a direct and rift between the tradiaß federal and Lewis' commitindustrial organization. H l ’- Frf, y. president of the deBEfent. announced he had in■Mßed workers within his juristo seek such work as they General Motors during However he emMgr ''"y asserted they would not to me force to break picket lines or work in EH 8 operated by strike breakHarsch Found IBuilty By Federal Jury Wa.yne, Jan. 9— <u.R) - A i’ 1 ' Kuilts was returned by States district court jury ‘ n the trial of H. A. Beeson. ,Ia Cl( y- and Elmer F. 1 ■?,' " a rsaw. on charges of racy to defraud the federal insurance corporation. The 'supplied funds of the deKnt a . m ? la state fcar ‘ k Hg ‘ d &ted Motors Corp., Lima, C, f 'u tlle tWO and di8 P°R..' “ f th,> cas " of Laurentz N. BE,. ni° entere< ‘ a noio con-| ■' WiU mad « next o- y ’ du <lge Thomas W. I gig' announced.

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BIRTHDAY BALL SITE SELECTED I Annual President’s Ball To Be Held At Catholic Auditorium At a meeting of the ballroom committee for the Birthday Ball for the President, held Friday evening in the Decatur Democrat office the Catholic school auditorium was 1 selected as the site for the 1937 affair, which will be held Saturday, \; January 30. Members of the ballroom com- ' mittee were: Arthur Voglewede and Mrs. Charles Holthouse, cochairmen, .Mrs. Clayson Carroll} Marjorie DeVoss, Bob Gage. Kathryn Hyland, Mrs. Robert Zwick and Corolene Townsend. Immediate plans will be made 1 for the decoration of the ballroom for the night. The orchestra committee, composed of John L. DeVoss and Dora Shosenberg, co-chairmen. Betty Macklin, Virginia Dolch. Harold Strickler and Ralph Kenworthy also met Friday evening. Inquiries wil> be sent to the leading orchestras in this area today. It is believed possible that the name of the orchestra can be announced by the last of next week. Trustees of the local fund also met Friday and considered an application for assistance presented by the parents of a child who suffI ered an attack of the disease more TWII 75 years ago and has never fully recovered. Their decision will be announced Monday. — . ■■ -O z Men’s Brotherhood Will Meet Monday The men's brotherhood of the First Evangelical church will have their regular monthly meeting Monday evening at the church at 7:30 o’clock. The ne wofficers wi'l be in charge of the meeting and a good program is promised. All members are urged to attend. o AUCTION SCHOOL TO ENO FRIDAY Commencement Exercises At Reppert Auction School Next Week Commencement exercises for the winter class of the Reppert School of Auctioneering will be held Friday, January 15, in the Hensley building on South Second street, where 'the school is being conducted. Each of the students will deliver a farewell address, which will be followed by brief talks from the instructors. The complete program will be announced next week. In the absence of the president and founder, Col. Fred Reppert, who is conducting sales in the west, the school is being supervised by Col. Earl Gartin and Col. Guy Petit. Next week three new instructors will teach classes in the school. These will be: Col. Guy Johnson, Columbus, Ohio: Col. Chet Drake. Joliet, Illinois and Col Cy Springer, Kindron, Ohio. Friday, Col. Earl Gartin, Greensburg. who has conducted some of the largest community sales in Ind--1 iana, addressed the class. In the afternoon Col. Gartin assisted Col. Roy Johnson in the community sale held Tn the Ahr sale barn. Members of the class attended the sale until 2 o’clock. Instructors of the school reported that in the last few days, the class has made more progress than any in the history of the school, j Sales are being held each evening at 7:30 o’clock in the Hensley building. This afternoon a sale will be held at 2 o’clock and a second at 7:30 o’clock. ——————oh— ——— Texas Pastor To Speak At Berne Dr. Lewie Perry Shafer, of Dallas Texas, will be the speaker at the ; regular bi-monthly meeting of the Adams county ministerial aasociatio, to be held In the Berne Missionary church January 11 at 9:30 a- m. The Rev. M. O. Herman, president of the association, will preside at the meeting. The Rev. C. H. Wiederkehr. pastor of the church will have charge of the devotionate. All ministers are urged to at- j tend the meeting. New Novel Starts Today The first chapter of a new novel, ‘‘Too Much In Love." starts on page four of today’s issue of the Dajly Democrat. This novel is complete in six | installments. i

Industrialists Who Face Grave Labor Problem . _ — i • L \\ i X w. r b -A \ ' ' ' ] _HI > , • 1 1 William S. Knudsen ! Alfred P, Sloan, Jr,f_ g| g ‘ Th* excellent picture at the left shows the two heads of General | Motors corporation. William S. Knudsen, executive vice president. 1 and Alfred P. Sloan. Jr. president, at a moment when the present | I sSLI W'w W* automobile labor crisis was far from their minds. Both are in De- ' troit in an attempt to avoid a general strike, threatened by the M|K|& >;> 1/1 United Automobile Workers of America. Donaldson Brown, right, <4 chairman of the G-M finance committee, is reported to be one of the n Donaldson Brown l-iaOH aggressive advocates of the corporation s anti-union stand. — — 1

: KIDNAPED LAD’S LIFE DESPAIRED I Parents Os Charles Mattson Doubt Kidnaped Son Alive . Tacoma, Wash.. Jan. 9. <U.R) — ■ Distraught parents of 10-year-old Charles Mattison despaired of his 1 life today as the second week of his abduction drew to a close without any indication the kidnaper intended to negotiate for the boy's safe return. There was a noticeable increase tn strain at the home of Dr. and Mrs. William W. Mattson, the parents, and among relatives and • friends. The father, frantic with worry after 13 days of attempts to arrange a ransom meeting with the kidnaper. Issued another appeal to • the abductor for whom 828,000 is waiting. The appeal was made through a want ad in a Seattle newspaper. It said: “Mabie —we are waiting. All arrangements have been carried out in accordance with instructions received. Be certain to give me information so that I may guard j ’ against imposters and hijackers, J and be more specific in your in-i structions —Ann.” Dr. Mattson denied he had heard from the kidnapers through channels unknown to police as had been dicated in an earlier “Mabie-Ann" ad. “I don't know any more than I did two weeks ago,” he said. Throughout the past week, the father, mother, relatives and ac-!

(CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) 0 REPORTS POPE IS IMPROVING Vatican Spokesman Says Pope Pius Continues To Improve I Vatican City, Jan 9 — (UP) — Pope Pius continued to maintain the improvement which has been noted in his condition for four days. | a Vatican spokesman said today. The spokesman said that due to an appreciable decrease in ‘he pain of hie legs, swelled by vericose veins, the Pope spent a comparatively comfortable night. It was learned that the Pope had wanted to receive Cardinal Dougherty of Philadelphia and the mission he wif lead to the eucharistic congress at Manila, but the Prof. Am inta Milani. fearing a relapse d’-e to strain, persuaded him not to. The Pope delegated Cardinal Cacelli, his secretary of state, to act fori him. The Pope Is becoming restless be- ‘ cause of his enforced inactivity and . talks animatedly when he is not, working or reading. A visitor re-1 i ported that, as he talked to the Pope, the Pope glanced ruefully at his legs and remarked “They did their duty in old days." The Pope as a young man was an internation- . ally famous AlpinistThough the Pape eats sparingly, Vatican officials take care that a plentiful supply of food is available from which to select his meals. Each day a Vatican truck brings fresh vegetables, milk, butter and eggs from the papal villa at Castel i j Gandolfo. i

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Decatui’, Indiana, Saturday, January

Receives Check For County Share County Auditor John W. Tyndall has received a check from the state for $3.468-01 ae the county’s ehare of the Januray distribution of the common school fund interest. The money will be distributed among the schools, according to the average daily attendance. In June of 1935 there were 651,638 pupite in the echoote of the state. The interest available for distribution was $497,553.83. Adams county's share was based on an average daily attendance of 4.542 in June of 1935. The payments amounted to .7636433 per child. o COUNTY EXCEEDS RED CROSS GOAL Adams County Exceeds 1936 Membership Goal, Over SI,OOO Given Adams county exceeded its goal of 1,000 memberships in the annual Red Cross roll call according to Miss Annie E. Winnes, secretary I of the Adams county chapter. A total of $1,149.08 was collect- ' ed in the drive. Memberships were Isold as follows: annual. $1; contributing. $5; sustaining, $lO, and supporting. $25. From each membership 50 cents is sent to the national Red Cross organization. The remainder is reI tained in Adams county for emerI gency and medical assistance of residents of this community. As all but 50 cents was retained

', from the memberships over a doll- | ar it was necessary to deduct this amount from the total. These were j $67.50, leaving a total of 1,081 memI bers. Contributions were 58 cents. One half of this, $540.79, was sent .! to the national committee. 1 1 Funds collected from the roll call 11 and by various individuals of the I conducted in various communities county were: Decatur: $513.85; > I Union township. $60.50; Berne,] $302.42; Geneva, $lO4-71; Hartford township, $27.85; Preble township. S6O; Blue Creek, $2.40; St. Marys, township. $71.77; Monfbe township.] $26.33; Better Homes clubs, $19.75, 1 and total, $1,149.08. OAlleged Swindler Beaten To Death I - ,' Knox, Ind., Jan. 9.—KU.R>—Among . scores of threatening letters police today hoped to find a clue to the slaying of Morris Siegel, 77, “king , I of fixers.” I The elderly alleged swindler and confidence man was found beaten to death in the basement of his farm home near here yesterday. ] Wednesday two unsuccessful at- 1 tempts were made to fire Siegel’s ' farm buildings, according to authI orities, who revealed that the aged I requse said he feared he would be 1 >slain. ,’ I Identification of the battered i body was made by Siegel’s son, < ■ Samuel, of Chicago, who told po- < i lice his father for many years had 1 preyed on persons with < in prison and obtained large sums I of money by promising obtaining ] the prisoners’ release and get them ■ jobs. WEATHER 1 Snow tonight and Sunday except rain or snow extreme south Sunday; slowly rising temperature Sunday and northIwest portion tonight; colder extreme southeast tonight.

ALBERT MEYER ~ IS FOUND DEAD Prominent Wells County Farmer Is Found Dead Friday Albert Meyei. 69. well known retired farmer, was found dead Friday in bis home one-half mile east of Bluffton along state road 124. apparently a victim of an attack of heart trouble. Born in Harrfaon township, May 5. 1867, Mr. Meyer was a son of Peter and Elizabeth Moser Meyer, natives of Switzerland. He was a lifelong resident of Harrison township. His marriage took place in this township to Sarah Swaxtz, in 1890. She survives. Surviving also are six children. Edward, of Adams county; Mrs. Eli Reineck, of Bluffton; Charles Meyer, of Vera Cruz; Mrs. William Moser, of Bluffton; Mrs. Ernest Hurt, Fort Wayne, and Miss Lulu Meyer, of Bluffton; two brothers, Jacab, of Harrison township, and David, of Bhiftton; and three sisters, Mrs. Lewis Baumgartner, of Vera Cruz; Mrs. John Weinland of Vera Cruz, and Mrs. Sarah Frauhiger, of Ha.rrison township. There also are 17 grand children. One son, Levi, died in France during the world war. One brother, Joney, and a sister, Mrs. Bertha Frauhiger, are deceased. The body will be at the Jahn fu- j neral home until Saturday evening and will then be taken to the home of a daughter, Mrs. Reineck, ion West Spring street. Funeral services will be held at the Reineck honie at 1 p. m. Sunday and pt the Christian Apostolic church at 2 p. m. with burial in the ‘ church cemetery. DR, RUPNOW TO SPEAK MONDAY i I Fort Wayne Pastor To Give Address At Library Monday Night Dr. F- H. Rupnow, Fort Wayne ] ' pastor and lecturer, will speak at I the Decatur public library on Monday evening at 7:30 o'clock, in a, public meeting. The subject of the speaker's ad- , drees will be “Art in the Christian Era," and is eponeored by the art , section of the Woman's club. Miss Louise Haubold will also ap- , pear on the (program in a series of- - presentations. ■ Tickets for the address may be , secured from any of the following i > members of the committee in ; charge; Mrs. R. D. Myers, chair-’: man; Mrs- Raymond Keller and] Miss Vivian Burk. They may also be purchased at the door on t’’" I night of the entertainment. A cordial invitation has been extended the public by the president of the club. Mrs. W. Guy Brown, to ' hear the lecture. Mns. Russell Ow- , ens, chairman of the art section, is , in charge. i o TODAY * | ■ By UNITED PAESS ♦ 1« Senate: L Adjourned until Monday. No committees. House: Adjourned until Monday. No committees.

REPORT GERMAN TROOPS ENTER MOROCCO ZONE Allege German Troop Penetration into French Morocco (Copyright 1937 by UP.) Paris, Jan. 9.-(U.R> —Garrisons in French Morocco were put on a full war time footing today and ordered to be on the alert as the government, urgently anxious over alleged German penetration, talked of cancelling German commercial rights in its zone. Foreign Minister Yvon Delbos returned to the foreign office from his vacation to concult political experts on the crisis. Premier Leon Blum remained on the Riviera but maintained contact over a direct special telephone with office here. The ministry of marine announced that the Mediterranean fleet would conduct its winter maneuvers off the North African coast ; without leaving the Mediterranean. The Atlantic fleet. 38 ships, is to sail January 15 for Casablanca, on the Atlantic coast of Africa, and; Dakar, Sengeal, farther down the coast. Edouard Daladier, minister of national defense, expects to go to Africa next week to inspect Moroccan garrisons. Denying reports published abroad that the government contemplated military action in Morocco, the for- | eign office said that the question had not arisen. On the contrary, France maintained close cooperation with Great Britain and expected to obtain British approval to any steps taken. It was pointed out that there are definite treaties governing Morocco and the foreign office said that it was up to the powers with, responsibilities there to permit no situation I 'CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE' o BANQUET HELD FRIDAY NIGHT Howard J. Wisehaupt Speaks At U. B. Brotherhood Meeting One hundred and fifty men were entertained at the pig roast banquet, sponsored by the members lof the men’s brotherhood of the First United Brethren church, in the church rooms last night. Howard J. Wisehaupt, business analyst, was the chief speaker of ' the event, addressing the men on ! “Fit and Misfit,” a psychological lecture on the choice of a profession. “Fifty per cent of the men and women toda.y are engaged in the wrong occupation." the speaker j stated, “because they didn’t know what to choose as their life’s work.” In demonstrating his point, Mr. Wisehaupt selected three men from the audience, a tall man, a fa.t man and a muscular man. With these men as models, he described the individual way in which each sought to follow a profession. “The tall or timid type is the person who brings the beauty into the world in the way cf are, inventions, etc.,” he stated j “The muscular type fights for his gains, whether he be a ditch digger or a. professional man. The fat fellow- always seeks the aid of another when doing his work, but is able to lead the way.” “Find your place,” was the closing admonition of the speaker, “and adapt yourself to that position.” The Rev. I. L. Kurtz, of Geneva, opened the program with invocation. A solo by Reuben Wynn and several numbers by the U. B. quartet, composed of Harold Mumma, Ollie Mills, Andrew Hilton j and Orland Brown, furnished the musical entertainment. o Coal Mine Caves In, Highway Is Damaged Linton, Ind., Jan. 9 — <U.R) — Motorists traveling on state road 45 northwest of here were warned today by highway signs of a one to four foot hole in the road which resulted from a cave-in of an abandoned coal mine, under the highway. The mine had not operated since 1925. The road on which | about 159 yaa’ds were sunken into the earth will not be repaired until the entire cave-iu settles, highway officials said. Several houses in the vicinity also were affected.

Holy Name Society In Monthly Meeting The monthly meeting of the i Holy Name society of St. Mary's Catholic church will be held Moni day evening at the K. of C. hall. The new officers, Charles J. Mil--1: ler, president, and John E. Heiman, vice-president, will be installed. The Rev. Father Joseph Hennes has been reappointed secretary. Members of the society will receive Holy Communion at the 7 o’clock mass Sunday. FARMERS TO BE GIVEN AWARDS Many Adams County Farmers Will Be Presented Medals Adams county farmers will be well represented when medals are distributed at the annual Purdue lagricuitural conference at Lafayette next week. County Agent L. E. Archbold announced today. As a number of the winners will not be able to attend, the medals will be re-pretsented at the ' annual farmers’ banquet to be 1 held in Decatur soon. Corn Winners in the five acre corn (club will be: Robert Myers, Hartford township, winner of the coun--1 ty trophy with 104 bushels to the acre, gold medal; Ralph Myers, Hartford township, 97.2 bushels, silver medal; Fred Bluhm, Monroe township. 9,5.6 bushels, silver medal; Homer W. Arnold, Kirkland township, 54.5 bushels, silver medal: Ottodlolle. Union township. 80.9 bushels, bronze medal, and David D. Habegger, Blue Creek township, 50.5, bronze me 4, al. Cattle A prove-1 Holstein bull owned by John J. and Jacob J. Schwartz and Menno Steury of Monroe township will win one of the 12 silver meda.ls in the state. The record of this bull is: daughters, ueven; average milk, 11,803; average butter fat, 437 pounds; average test, 3.7 per cent, average days laetai tion. 337 r A second silver medal ‘will be given to Sol Messer for his proved Jersey sire whose record is: seven daughters, average milk. 8,247 pounds; average butter fat, 449 ' pounds; average test, 5.45 per cent and average lactation, 361 days. A bronze medal will be given to E. H. Kruetzman, Kirkland township. for his proved Holstein sire whose record is: daughters, seven; average milk, 9,663 pounds, average butter fat, 384 pounds, 'average test, 3.98 per cent, and average lactation, 357 days. Sol Moser will be awarded the silver medal for the Adams county dairy herd improvement association. A bronze medal will go to E. H. Kruetzman. Otto Hdlle will win a medal in • the 1,006 pound calf club. Horses Six medate will be presented Adams county breeders for Belgian draft horses. These will be: Purebred: William Mitchel, Monroe township, gold medal. H. JP. Schmitt, Washington township, silver medal; Martin Graber, Hartford township, bronze medal. Grade colts: Mitchel Brothers, ; Monroe township, gold medal; Fred Bilderback, Blue Creek townshift silver medal and J. Frank Merriman. Blue Creek township, bronze medal. o — ! Fifteen Stranded In Blizzard Are Rescued I Cedar City, Utah. Jan. 9 —(UP) — Fifteen passengers and the driver of a big Burlington lines bus reached civilization and safety early today after a 24-hour seige in the winter's worst blizzard. The bus stalled in heavy snowdrifts south o there about 2 a. myesterday. The only ill effects among the group were minor cases of frost | bite, mild exposure and considerable nervousness. 4 Small PW Store ■IL- HI. can do a big business*-* Can TiaCe Thousands Hos Salesmen EVerO copd of this news--1 paper is a rfl good salesT man _ J

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McNUTT ENDS OFFICE TERM NEXT MONDAY Paul V. McNutt Ends Term Monday; Political Future In Doubt Indianapolis, Jan. 9 —<U.R> —Gov. Paul V. McNutt leaves office Monday noon after four turbulent years as Indiana’s chief executive. Regardless of whether or not McNutt encouraged it, a minor boom for the 1940 Democratic presidential nomination has # been started l in his behalf, making his future activities subject to considerable political speculations. In the opinion of veteran statebowse observers, however, McI Nutt’s candidacy has extremely little chance of success and the odds are that by the time of the 1940 party convention meets. McNutt will be virtually out of the picture. At this stage, analysis of the situation is relatively simple. On the credit side of the ledger. McNutt's qualifications for the presi- . dency include: 1. An extremely hamteome, well-groomed personal appearance and spotless family life. 2. Some oratorical ability and the power of expressing himself well in logical tea-ms. 3. An excellent record of progressive legislation during his four years as governor of Indiana, during which he kept step with the new deal a,nd identified himself with the Roosevelt objectives. 4. A good record on party loyalty. 5. Some claim to support of *war veterans because he once was national commander of the American Legton. 6. A capacity for making decisions and thinking out problems after receiving expert advice, as demonstrated by- his term as gov- ■ ernor and his tenure a»s former dean of the Indiana University law school. 7. A good party organization man. as demonstrated by his firm grip on Indiana democracy during the last four years. ' But on the debit side of the ledger appear certain factors which dim the hopes of McNutt for the presidency, which statehouse ob- ‘ servers cite confidentially as the deflating factors in the McNutt 1 boom. These may be summarized as follows: 1. Launching of his campaign far too early, if he sanctioned it, violating the tradition that the presidency must seek the man, rather than the man seek the office. 2. Hie personal feud with Post-master-general James A. Farley over the Indiana vote in the 1932 ■ Democratic convention. McNutt’s ' only hope in this respect is that Farley will run for governor of ’ New York in 1938 and that his successor will be more amenable Ito the McNutt overtures. But it is extremely unlikely that the machine Farley has built since 1932 will accept any important outsiders after six years. 3. Should McNutt succeed in landing an important position in the Roosevelt second administration. he would inherit all the president’s political emjmies as well as his friends if he was the 1940 nominee. Also if McNutt entered the president’s cabinet, his | political utterances would be cenI sored if not muzzled. 4. Indiajia commands only 14 electoral votes. In a fairly close election as the 1940 campaign is expected to be afte,r eight new deal years, the Democrats naturally would prefer to choose a maji like Governor Earle of Pennsylvania, whose candidacy probably would bring 47 electoral votes to the party cause. 5. McNutt has the antipathy of labor at present after calling out national guardsmen in three Indiana strikes—he was censured in an American federation of labor resolution. 6. A political arrogance ajid ruthlessness which have created many lasting party enmities in Indiana, leading to charges of “dictatorship” in his administration of the party’s affairs. McNutt also is alleged to possess a burning ambition which many of his supporters as well as his enemies strongly distrust. 7. If McNutt now has four years to endeavor to build himself for the presidential nomination, his opponents also have for years in which to prepare to bead him off and frustrate his candidacy, an important consideration when considered that it would mean four years of McNutt against the field. Consequently speculation at the state capital has veered distinctly from what McNutt will do to 'achieve the presidential nomination to simply what he will do.