Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 9, Decatur, Adams County, 11 January 1937 — Page 1

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■SEVELT ASKS WRQPRIATION 1 AID BELIEF Millions; ReSonic Industrial J Employers J#n. 11. (U.R) iMo-'V.'lt loday rebuked MM - : . tuployeers for .. ,i, «.uk week and ask-SK,-J>s tor $790,000,000 to .. burden during the in. months this fis'll!.,l will increase the ~O SI to J2.215.0tW.000. nt charged that a toward a longer work nt. He complained proctn ni' " f employ"fcBo"--''" saitl sl " h ' tnph'yjUL working their employes long hours." He they were- "failing to in 1.-employment with' and with the peoi;Ai. added that most employ most industries have not increased maximum hours staOhed under the late NRA. that net non-agricul-ural r -employment since March. <c,?3, trim his term began was ap- j hat there than 1,000.000 of them omgMrivate industrial jobs in the «st ye ar. Sißltaneously with his letter to tpeake William B. Bankhead askng tie additional relief approprinoßi Mr. Roosevelt submitted to ongress a report on unemploynentss of Dec. 12. It said 3,151,-' jAless needy were on governon that date — the number since Nov. 30. receiving the Presiletter, announced immedthe house leadership roaa ght recently organized "reirf rs 'to keep appropriations BE irnits fixed by Mr. Roosecongressional relief bloc jutKiosing drastic reduction of and is backed by the States conference of tnayh insists th president has under-estimated relief for the remainder of this $790,000,000 sought today >yß. Roosevelt is to pay for re■ELm Feb. 1 to June 30. 1937, | current fiscal year ends, request will be made or later for a 1938 fiscal lief appropriation which the hopes will not exceed relief report to congress, said works progress was making jobs M 884.000 persons on Dec. 12. a under the preON PAGE SIX) B WEATHER fair tonight and HBsday except clcudy and un■led south portion tonight; temperature Tuesday S central and north portions Ktral PTA Meet Is ■Postponed One Week ST Centr »l P- T. A. meeting, was to have been held Tuesha« been postponed unfrom Tuesday. January cc °unt of the senior clam I- ■• to taka ~~—- — -—o—ce Saturday At Elks’ Home ■othir in the series of Saturday S' starting at 10 o'clock. The IB? be for Elks and invited f—. BULLETIN S e I ett ' Wash.. Jan. 11.— youth found the body ® J Ust off the highway ■ 1 les south of here today, Ray Ry- ■ dL..k< e c aa not th e slight--1-h u ’ that bodv ■wk of Charles Mattson, St..,.’’ hiunapea from Khe nkbLn or P e 15 days a S°S i. e .h* d s head had been K blow- PParent,y by a ■ tt n i^ orrow - 19 ’ found ■ hSU ying - 200 feet from Bie-e h u y S,x miles s °uth Sr k e J said he stumbled Babbit h °i dy blle ehasing Bin’’ of fc m .d' ate, y upon Kinstn n. r discovery and Bion S Rv» e il ? lnarv ’nvestiBeau of nP ln .f. orm ed federal Sfacoma estlgatl -°- n agents

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Aide To Townsend o •’*» Dick D. Heller Dick D. Heller, former city editor of tho Decatur Daily Democrat. became executive secretary to Gov. M. Clifford Townsend as Townsend took the oath of office ■ this morning. ELVER FOREMAN FREED ON BOND Final Arrest Is Made Under Indictment By Grand Jury Elver Foreman. Fort Wayne, against whom there are already a number of grand jury indictments and criminal affidavits bv prosecutors, was arrested Saturday in Fort Wayne and arraigned in the Adams circuit court as the last of the five 1 persons against whom the November grand jury returned indictments. His indictment is on an auto banditry charge and he is accused of complicity with the gang which held up and threatened to torture Mrs. Amanda Ayers, aged 76. on August 17. 1932, in the lonely farm home in which she lived alone in Blue Creek township. Foreman was arraigned before Judge Huber M. DeVoss Saturday afternoon and plead not guilty to the charge. He was remanded to the county jail but released later; on meeting a $2,000 bond. Cuts Wires At the time of the alleged attack upon Mrs. Ayers at 8:30 o'clock in the evening. Mrs. Ayers had just completed her chores and was reading when a man who had evidently been hiding in the shrubbery, cut the telephone wires and broke into the. home through a screen door. The man is alleged to have said, j I "just keep still, only want your money." She replied that she did not have any. “and that any of the neighbors will vouch for my story." The man then is alleged to have tied a black silk, cloth over her face in such a manner that she could not utter a sound. A companion entered the home, and together they tied the lady to her chair. The men then ransacked the house. The woman was threatened unless she told the hiding place of a large cache of money which the men believed was in the house. (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) O REPORTS VARY 1 ON POPE PIUS Renort That Condition Worse Denied In Some Quarters ' Vatican City. Jan. 11—(UP)—Re'fable informants said today that Pope Pius passed an agitated night and that Vatican officials again were gravely concerned regarding his illness. The fact that the guards on du'y , adjacent to the Pope's quarters were doubled was regarded as con- • firmation of the reports both as to the Pope's condition and officials’ anxiety- ■ A papal spokesman said that the ' Pope spent another restful night ' and that his general condition this morning showed cleariy the bene- ’ fits of slight but steady gains dur--1 ing the ipast two days. ’ Then came information that ac--1 tually the Pope spent an agitated 1 night and that Prof. Aminta Milani. ■ visiting him at 6 a. m„ spent nearly two and a half hours with him, 1 Os this report an authoritative vaI tican source then said that the r ope suffered somewhat from insom- ! nia during the night and kept a light 1 burning in his bedroom all through the dark hours. He read part of the I time. } This source denied that the i (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) 1

SUPREME COURT AGAIN UPHOLDS NEW DEAL ACT Silver Profits Tax Is Upheld By U. S. Supreme Court Wa-hlngton, Jun. 11—<U.R> The 1 supreme court today kept the new > deal's seasonal record in the high i tribune.’ clear of reverses when i it unanimously upheld the retroac-1 tive silver profits tax. The retroactive profits tax was J imnosed in 19'14 along with the ■ new’ deal silver purchase act. It I was intended to recover 50 per j cent of the piofits of silver speculators in the period immediately prior to peerage of the act. By upholding the government, the court continued the trend of the year which has been marked by no decisions striking down new deal laws. This was in sharp contract to previous sessions in which one administration measure J >fter another ha.s fallen before the rulings of the justices. The court’s opinion was rendered today by Justice Willis Van Devan ter. At the same time the court in a brief session today gave no clue to its decision on two important . matters. It agejn failed to act on a re- . quest for a re-hearing of the new '' York unemployment act. asked by attorneys for a group of employers. This act was upheld in an unusual four-to-four decision some weeks ago. Also, it again failed to return its decision in the controversial Washington state minimum wage law. Van Devanter’s opinion upholding the silver profits tax accepted in full the government's contention that the tax was a. tax on ; (profits and as tsuch was legally ■applied. Attorneys for Perry K. Hudson who brought the attack had charged the law violated the : constitutional due process clause. "It is not material that such profit 'is taxed, along with other gains, under the general income j 'CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE' COLD DISPELS RAINY WEATHER Drop In Temperature Sunday Ends Unseasonable Weather An unusually heavy frost last night, accompanied by a sudden drop in the temperature is expected to end. at least temporarily, the damp, rainy spell of the past few ; days. The advent of the cold spell ateo checked the rapid rise of the StMary’s river and other creeks and streams, that threatened to overflow. inundating nearby fields. With the heavy rains of last week t-welling the river to around 10 feet the reading this morning by WalI ter Gladfelter, official observer, | showed the depth to be but eight feet, a drop of more than two feet. The unofficial reading at 9 o'clock this morning wae 22 degrees above 1 zero. Highways and city streets were, made douh'y dangerous by the low temperatures, when the melting snow Sunday turned to ice late last evening and this morning. « Police and road authorities issued a warning today to all drivers, advising caution in driving on the ’ slippery roads. Despite the condition of the roade, only one minor accident was reported in this vicinity. Garages and filling stations report a heavy business over the week-end in pre-parnig autos for the sudden cold snap. From a health standpoint the cold is expected to be advantageous, by dispelling the damp weather that has caused considerable int'uenza, cold grippe and pneumonia The weather man predicts rising temperatures for Tuesday. ——oSeniors To Present Class Z!! y Tuesday Tickets sales for the senior class play of the Decatur high school are progressing rapidly, according to the ticket committee. The play, entitled “For Petes Sake.” will be presented at the school auditorium Tuesday night at 8 o'clock. Dress rehearsal for the presentation wi'l be held at the auditorium tonight. Tickets are selling for 15 and 25 cents and m a y from any member of the play cast or i junior class of the school- |

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Decatur, Indiana, Monday, January 11, 1937.

New Governor Os Indiana - J £ I \ \ — — - M. Clifford Townsend M. Clifford Townsend was inaugurated governor of Indiana this morning in a short ceremony in the statehouse rotunda. Townsend, lieutenant-governor for the past four years, succeeds Paul V. McNutt as Indiana's chief executive.

THREE KILLED BY INTERURBAN Rain And Sleet Cause Accidents In State Over Week End . Indianapolis, Jan. 11. — (U.R> — A I traffic death toll of eight lives was counted in Indiana today after a week-end of rain and sleet which brought the most hazardous driving conditions of the season. Scores of others were injured Slippery pavements and poor vis--1 ibility was blamed in every instance. Three persons were killed at An- ' derson when their automobile collided with an Indiana railroad in- , terUrban at a street intersection. The victims were Lloyd Foust, the driver, and Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Hurst, all of Frankton. Kenneth Hurst, 19, was injured seriously. Mr. and Mrs. Rupert Baker, Bloomfield, were killed in an auto-mobile-truck collision on state road 67 near Martinsville. Elmer Blunk, 35, Martinsville, driver of the truck, was injured seriously. Mrs. Raymond Sanders, Indianapolis, was killed and her husband was injured critically when their automobile skidded into a head-on collision with another car on state road 31, near Westfield. Occupants (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o HOOVER BACKS F. 0. R. PLEA Ex-President Urges Ratification Os Child Labor Amendment Palo Alto, Calif., Ja.n. 11—(U.R>— Former president Herbert Hoover, who campaigned against President Roosevelt, agreed with his successor's stand against child labor today and urged immediate ratification of the child labor amendment to the constitution. Some observers saw in one sentence of Hoover's statement an implied criticism of Mr. Roosevelt's suggestion before congress Wednesday that the courts should adopt a more liberal attitude toward the constitution. The farmer ipresident said, “xxx it is also important that we have orderly constitutional change instead of pressure on the independence of the supreme court.” The president advocated the amendment last week and asked prompt ratification. Hoover, in a statement today, appealed for the rights of children Ito health and a fa.ir chance. He i said 30 years wan long enough for states' efforts to rectify the evil. His statement follows: “The president is right. The child labor constitutional amendI (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

Examine Applicants Tuesday, Wednesday Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 11 —(UP) | —Applicants for position as state probation officer wi'l be examined here tomorrow and Wednesday in- . stead of next June as originally scheduled, it was announced today. State probation officer qualifica- ' tions require the applicant be a college graduate with four years experience as a court probation offi--1 cer or one years service in a social . welfare agency. o HITLER SPEAKS TO DIPLOMATS German Dictator Invites Powers To Work For Peace Berlin, Jan. 11.— (U.R) — Fuehrer Adolf Hitler, addressing Hie diplo- . matic corps at his New Year re- : ception, invited all powers today to take warning from present dangers to peace and thus promote a real understanding and reconciliation among nations. He asked other nations to under- ' stand Germany's “honest will” to make an essential contribution to the progress of all nations. He had hardly finished speaking when it was announced tersely that his right hand man, Gen. Hermann Goering, commander-in-chief of the air force, would go for a "recupertaion trip" to Italy—where it was exnet’ed that there would be a thorough exchange on ItalianGerman policy in the international i field. There lias been no such direct contact of leaders since Count Galeazzo Ciano, Italian foreign ’ minister, visited Hitler at Berchesgaden. in Bavaria, October 24, when the basis for policy in Spain was t'orefulated. It was reported a group of observers fro rnthe Spainsh nationalist government had arrived to study nazi party administration and that a representative of the nazi "labor front” might soon go to Spain. : Hitler received the diplomatic corps at the presidential palace. (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

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FRANCE WARNS NO EXPANSION I TO BE ALLOWED Warns German Expansion In Morocco Not To Be Tolerated By United Press The European sutuatien: Paris —France warm Germany she will not tolerate German expansion In Morocco. Madrid — Spa.uish news agency reports Germans are fortifying Ceuta, Morocco, opposite Gibraltar, with long-range guns. Tangier Ten German subma1 rines reported off Ceuta. Ismdon — British dou/bt reports' l of Japanese troops landing in Spain; admiralty heads confer on naval movements in Mediterranean. Berlin—Hitler, in speech to diplomats, invitee powers to take warning from present crisis a,nd promote general understanding. Germany Warned Paris, Jan. 11—<U.R) —France has warned Germany that she will not tolerate German expansion in Morocco, it wan disclosed today. The warning was transmitted by Andre Francois Poncet, French ambassador to Berlin, in a conversation with Dr. Konstantin Von Neiire.’h. German foreign minister. There was no French note, but j merely peieonal representations by the ambassador. It was understood the British ' similarly indicted they would not tolerate German fortification of i Ceuta. Spanish Morocco. A foreign office communique announced that the French resident general at Rabat and the French consul bad conferred with Col. Betberger, the Spanish rebel commander. The communique did not mention the nature k>f the conversations. but it w»,i understood there was a threat of an air-tight closing of the borders of French Morocco, as well as a naval blockade of the Mediterranean a,nd Atlantic coasts of Spanish Morocco, in which the British might associate, if the Franco-fSlpanish Moroccan conventions are violated. Such blockades would rapidly starve Spanish Morocco, which is dependent of imports. British Confer (Copyright 1937 by United Press) I ondon. Jan. 11—(U.K)—Sir 6am•>el Hoare. first lord of the admiralty, and Sir Ernie Chatfield, first sea lord and chief of naval staff, visited the foreign office today. It was understood they conferred with foreign secretary Anthony Eden regarding the position of | British vessels in waters off Spain arai Slpanish Morocco. Ae they conferred, it was lea rn-1 cd that the government had moved to obtain direct reports on alleged German activities in Spanish Morocco which have roused [Tench anxiety to fever pitch. British sources received what they believed to be authentic news that in addition to representations to Spanish nationalist authorities France had warned Germany direct that she would not tolerate foreign encroachment in Spa.nish Morocco. It was said (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) O GIVE APPROVAL FOR PAYMENTS Payments To Indiana Farmers Approved By Committee Lafayette, Ind., Jan. 11. — <U.P.) — Applications for payment of sl,616,903.02 to Indiana farmers participating in the 1936 agricultural conservation program have been approved, L. M. Vogler, chairman of the Indiana agricultural conservation committee, announced today. Os the total amount $1,183,057.24 has been paid and the remaining applications have been sent to the Chicago office, a regional division of the U. S. treasury, for immediate payment, Vogler said. A total of 16,456 applications have been approved since existence of the program. More than 12,000 farmers who made application for the soil conservation paymefils actually have received payments under provision of the program, Vogler said. The latter payments represent 90 per cent of the total amount earned by the Indiana farmers. The remaining 10 per cent, less administrative expenses, will be paid soon after completion of the 1936 program, the committee chairman said.

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STRIKE LEADER TO MEET WITH JOHN L. LEWIS Neutral Parties May Insist President Roosevelt Intervene Detroit, Jan. 11.— XU.R) — Homer Martin, automobile strike leader, said today he would leave by airplane for Washington this afternoon to confer with John L. Lewis, head of the committee for industrial organization. His announcement came when strike negotiations between the sl,-1 500,000,000 corporation and the Unitd Automobile Workers were. deadlocked. John Brophy, CIO organizer who has helped direct strategy in the automobile strike, will accompany Martin to Washington. Neutral parties to the strike have made increasing demands that Presidnt Roosevelt intervene and appoint a mediation board. Gov. I Frank Murphy, who acted as mediator last week, was in Lansing today, keeping in touch with the situation and ready to step back in when necessary. Martin and Brophy said they had scheduled a conference with Lewis at 8:30 tonight in the Willard hotel, Washington. The United Automobile Workers is an affiliate of Lewis’ committee for industrial organization, which was suspended by the American Federation of Labor last fall. Brophy was understood to have maintained daily telephone conversations with Lewis ever since he arrived to help the union plan strategy. With 100,000 of its employes out (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o TO SEND WIRES TO PRESIDENT Congratulatory Messages Will Be Sent On Roosevelt Birthday ~~~~ Edwin Kauf! man and Dorothy Young, general chairmen of the Birthday Lail for the President, announced today that congratulat- j ory messages will be sent to Presi-1 dent Franklin D. Roosevelt by citizens of Adams county. Through special arrangements completed by the postal telegraph company a fee of only 25 cents will be charged for these messages. All the money collected will be turned back to the birthday ball committee and will be divided in the same proportion a,s other proceeds of the affair, 70 per cent to the local committee and 30 per cent to the national committee. By donating the use of their wires free of charge on the night of the Birthday ball, Saturday, January 30. this will create one of the most profitable phases of the campaign to raise funds for victims of infantile paralysis. In the dance to be held in connection with the affair, expenses I must first be deducted. Only one message will be given ' the president, but the names of ajl i the signers will be affixed to it. The greetings will be sold by a special committee before and during the ball and will be wired to Washington late in the evening on January 30. —. — ——o Regular Legion Meeting Tonight The regular meeting of Adame post number 43 of the American Legion will be held at the home tonight at 8 o'clock. A valuable gift will be presented to the post at to-, night's meeting. o ; Gives Testimony In Federal Court Jess Leßrun and Policeman Ed Miller went to Columbus, Ohio, today, where Mr. Lebrun wae subpoenaed by the federal court to testify in an auto theft case. The men on trial there are a'leged to have been the thieves, who several months ago. stole the Leßrun auto | from this city.

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“More Abundant Life” Is Keynote Sounded By New Governor Os State Os Indiana. BACKS ROOSEVELT Indianapolis, Jan. 11—(U.R) —M. Clifford Townsend became governor of Indiana, today, sounding the key note of tho "more abundant life’’ in his inaugural address. Townsend, standing on a platform in the rotunda of the state capitol building, swore the oath of office a.s intoned by Judge Michael Fansler of the state supreme court while members of the legislature. »'lective and appointive state officials and hundreds of spectators thronged the high-ceilinged corrij dors about him. Spotlights played down upon the new governor from the fourth floor : of the state house as he stood beI fore amplifiers to deliver his brief | inaugural address, giving little in- ' dication of the recommendations Ihe will make to the legislature I concerning important matters of state which may be considered by the 1937 session. Townsend, the political heir of the turbulent McNutt administra.tion, ran true to hie campaign pledges when he kept his address free from suggestion to the legislature concerning his attitude on I enactment of new laws. Presum- , ably he is saving his suggestions ! for his initial address to the | stage’s lawmakers Wednesday. His only reference to policy was taken from President Roosevelt, the "more abundant life.” Townsend's appearance, made front the governor’s office side by side with the retiring chief executive. Paul V. McNutt, followed et half-hour musical program by the 150th field artillery band which echoed through the interminable ' corridors of the statehouse, bouncing back into the ears of the large | audience from the marble pillars ! and non-absorbing limestone walls. Alex Pursley, one of Townsend's political godfathers, introduced Omer Stokes Jackson, present at’cr",. -.general and Democratic ■ '•hairman who presided as — 9 -o. r o f ceremonies. Jackson : was fo'lowed by Rev. W. P. ArnI old. Methodist pastor who delivered the invocation, and Rabbi . Morris M. Freuerlicht. who read i briefly from the scriptures. Then McNutt, making his final appearance as governor of Indiana. presented Townsend, who immediately took the oath of office 1 from Judge F'a.nsler. Rev. Fr. Leo Pursley, son of ' Alex, who is the student chaplain at Purdue University, delivered the benediction. Eulogizing the policies of President Roosevelt, from which he said “there will be no retreat,” the new governor pledged the support of his administraltion to the national regime. “The abundant life,” Townsend said, “means more tha.n a guarantee of food and shelter. It means escape from constant worry and fear that comes from insecurity. It means that men shall not be haunted by the spectacle of impoverished age ... it means that (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) O LODGED IN JAIL AFTER ACCIDENT — Decatur Man Is Held After Accident Late Saturday Night An auto accident late Saturday night on state highway 527 near the Decatur Country Club, resulted in one man being lodged in the Adams county jail. Glenn Martin, of Winchester street, is being held in jail, awaiting the filing of charges arising from the crash, in which he allegedly drove his auto head-on into one driven by Robert Hart, of Rockford, Ohio. Martin, it is alleged by Hart, while in an intoxicated condition, drove his car on the wrong side of ; the road, causing the accident. Policemen Hunter and Coffee were called to the scene, as was Sheriff Dallas Brown. Policemen verified Hart’s version of the wreck by the position of the wrecked autos and skid 'narks of the tires. rlart is expected to file charges I late this afternoon.