Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 10, Decatur, Adams County, 12 January 1937 — Page 1

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jfr’c/iigan National (Guard Called Out I After Flint Riot

LLrities Seeking To K r exent Rttinrenue Os ■iot: I'nion Head Will ■| V et Townsend. KINETEEN HURT Midi.. Jun. 12 (U.R) —A ndinin' vu it'l regiment ni.ii «.i- mobilized t idily ,i,m tit- tense Klil " Mtua'i-.n ■ " federal. IBmillt.u' aullH'fit i- " I '' t „ -ecurreme i, eb:'- I" " In. Ii 1!' hurt J,,!,!, s ll'-is.-v, adjutant of the national guard. disi ■ cities to mobilize the ,i, lits ih„ IJGtli infantry i: '•••ids. Iltancl Haven. Adrian. Coldwater. Milslo, , Hie Rapids. and Kal--1 cities in the southern ;o- i sni rounding Klint deserted offices. ah d shops to obey the call. They were ordt’Uard armories in orders M th.- adjutant general. . uniformed policemen stood ready at posts throughout the state v <ign in the strike area ■ ~ ir required. M":l ready them to Klint in the event rioting again broke out in of the two Fisher body . strikes, aft-rma'li last night's in which one man was j :••• .eil and IS ethers -d by flying missiles gas was the charge by I ■. that General Motors and city police hud the battle. - organizer of the ®.a" A in th.- Klim area, chars-( vast motor company j police authorities with ''full outbreak.' that attempts to shut oft' | d f : ixitnatelv i 'si'down" strikers in the; i«o plan' had provoked o'ttbreak. and that company, - !.<«! decided up- ■ the strike. .10 ('liiof Jam-s Wills, whose had <pr.,ye.| the strikers with from bom I* end guns t.t.’lt. chanirterizeu Travis' "absind” 'em! "without truth." |B"' : couldn't .\p-.t anything from the union." he said. A’.-'v Virk. it..|,eral Motors who withheld u-se of his said that the riot was "'tai,;.l.. wasn't in it M° v frank '.!n"i,. tm-dm'or in over ..dtei-tive ItargainBB'V INtnii 11 \' t'Vi'.R TtfliEKl Ml o — ■ WEATHER fair north, unsetsouth, possibly light rain south tonight; Wednes■Br cloudy and unsettled: no change in temperature. |OiB CLASS I fl !f TO NIGHT School SenW rs To Present Annual R Play Tonight (Promises to be one of the SET. ’“ r,aiuln g plays in the hisRf>k. e . clasß wi I be presented K J tonight. ° f the Deca,urhlgh BT„ ? 6SS in ,hp caßt ' the .‘, et6s Sake,” will be gfv■l o'clock" 001 auditoriun ’ tonight 6l h X r t t ! me SiVen tor practice ■oM the B .': ha - 8 repOr,edl *’ deec tion 3> in, ° Ktages near ° f the play atf ords a. Bund L Urnorous situations, built B“ i7 bil ‘ tyofthehe ro. Pete B’« & b ’ eand in-'idents Bldm2. hiß a " empt « io extriB'ifrom 11 °” 8816 and may IRifir (/J ” m any member of the Vn 81 thfi door fonight. B2stent.? 5 Cents for children e 'eats for adutg,

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

F.D.R. SEEKS REORGANIZING OF GOVERNMENT President Would Mold 100 Agencies Under 12 Departments Washington, Jan. 12. — <U.R> — President Roosevelt asked congress today for almost unlimited power to give the executive branch of the Federal government the most complete reorganization since its founding—the right to mold 100 different agencies into 12 major departments under direct control of the White House. The plan was presented in a special message. It contained tive 1 chfef points, all providing greater presidential executive management than ever before in American history. They were: 1. Creation of a new department of social welfare and a new department of public works, making 12 cabinet posts instead of 10. The government's 100 boaruk. commissions. administrations, authorities. corporations. committees, agencies and activities would be placed under the dozen depart ments. 2. Assignment of six “executive assistants" to the president so he may devote more time to his office. At the same time the White House secretariat would continue as presently planned making Mr. Roosevelt's son. 29-year-old James. White House liaison man with congress. Fiscal, personnel, and planning activities would be placed directly under the president. 3. Development of the present bureau of the budget into the president's right hand agency. Its functions would be enlarged to include directiofl of a centra* information and publicity bureau, conducting government resarch. drafting and issuing executive orders and studying legislative rcommendations in line with coordinating federal activities — all in addition * rCOVTIVI’RD GV P»GE TWO) NEW OFFICERS ARE INSTALLED Charles J. Miller Installed As Holy Name President Charlee J. Mi'ler wae installed as presiden tof the Holy Name society of Decatur ,at the annual installation meeting of the organization, held Monday evening at the K. of C. hall. Mr Miller succeeds Lawrence Beckmeyer. Other officers Installed Monday night were: John Heimann vice-president; Rev. J. J. Hennes, secretary-treasurer; Richard Ulman and Herman Alberding, sacristan*; Edward Gtse and Edward Voglewede, marshal's. The Rev. J. J. Selmetz is spiritual director. Members of the entertainment committee are Cyril Heimann. Leo Faurote and Francis Costello. Leonard Meyer is the song leader, and Harold Daniels, publicity manager. Prefects for each of the 16 districts were announced, as follows: Charles Keller, first district; Edward F. Lose, second district; Charles Leonard third district; Charles Om'or, Jr., fourth dlstric’; Paul Briede, fifth district; Frederick Baker, Jr., sixth district; Leo J. Miller, seventh district: Anthony Murphy, eight distric'; John Loshe, Jr-, ninth district; P.alph Roop 10th district; Edward Geimer, 11th district; Bernard Rumschlag, 12th die'CONTINUED ON PAOE THREE'' O Accountants Check City Plant Records T. M. Hindman and H. E. Waltz, field examiners of the state board of accounts are checking the books and records of the city light and watr departments of the municipal plant, The records for 1935 and 1936 will be checked. The accountants were here in 1935 and checked the books for 1934. The examiners do not audit the civil city books, i The were audited last year by othI er accountants.

Where Body of Kidnaped Boy Was Found XV Body found (j k ’i zf<SSEATTLE \ TACOMA a\’ '<P home of 1 a > L boy J r i -w.-— J" : «A’~■ Cross near Everett, Wash., indicates the epot where the battered body of 10-year-old Charles Mattson I inset I. son of a wealthy Tacoma. Wash., physician, was discovered Monday. The lad is believed to have been slajn by the kidnaper who seized him at his home on December 27 for $28,000 ransom.

REV. SMITH TO SPEAK FRIDAY Adams County Temperance Forces To Meet Here Friday A meeting of the temperance forces of Adams county will be held in the First United Brethren Church of Decatur Friday evening at 7:30 o'clock The several organizations of the county, which are working for the welfare and safety of childhood and youth, will be represented in the meeting. The Rev. C. H. Smith, D. D., pastor of the First Methodiet Episcopal church of Fort Wayne, will be the' guest epeaker. The subject of his , message will be, “Broken Promises I so the Liquor Interests.” Special music will be provided for the occasion. The ipublic is invited to attend the meeting. The meeting is the ou'growth of a conference held recently in Decatur in which the safety of humanity from the curses of intoxicating liquor was discussed. The organization of a county council of temperance will be a part of the activities of the meeting. Fifteen men and women representing the several welfare organizations of the county will be chosen to serve as members of the Adams county council. SARAH HELM IS TAKEN BY DEATH 1 One Os County’s Oldest Residents Dies Early | This Morning Mrs. Sarah Helm, 96, one of the oldest residents of Adams county, died at the home of her eon and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs- Daniel Helm, three miles east of this city, this morning at 3:20 o’clock. Death was caused by infirmities. The deceased had been an invalid for the past seven years. At that time she eustaineud a broken hip in a fall and had been unable to walk since. Her husband preceded her in death a number of years ago. She was born in Mansfield, Ohio on August 8 1840, the daughter of John and Sarah Smith He'm. The following year the family moved to this county, where she resided for the remainder of her lifeShe was a devout member of the First Evangelical church of this city for 79 years, being converted at the age of 17. She was married to Samuel Helm on August 24 ,1862. (CONTINUHtD ON PAGE FOUR) 1

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNT!

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, .January 12, 1937.

Fort Wayne Pastor Talks To Students Dr. F. H. Rupnow, Fort Wayne I pastor and lecturer, spoke to the I members of the Decatur high school | Monday afternoon in a special chap- j ■ I el session. The subject of the speaker's add-1 ress was "America. The Beautiful.” 1 Dr Rupnow also spoke at a public | meeting in the library last night. ADAMS COUNTY RESIDENT DIES I — Joe Hower Dies Late Monday Afternoon At County Infirmary Joe Hower, 78, died Monday afternoon at 4:30 at the Adams county infirmary. Death was due to old age and complications. The deceased was born in Adams county March 7. 1858. On November 20, 1935, both Mr. and Mrs. Hower were admitted to the infirmary, where the latter still resides. Surviving are three children, Carl and Frank of Decatur and Mrs. Mary Warters of Huntington. A granddaughter, Mrs. Georgia Haikes of Fort Wayne, who resided practically her entire life with the couple, also survives. Brothers surviving are Dayton of Bluffton and James of I Magley. There are 13 grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Two ' children preceded the father in ' death1 Funeral services will be held Thursday at the Black funeral home at 9:45 a. m. and at 10 o’clock at . the Methodist Episcopal church in 1 this city. Rev. H. R. Carson will officiate and burial will be in the i Decatur cemetery.

Birthday Ball Fund Used To Buy Wheel Chair For Victim

Sunshine will literally be brought into the life of a 16-year-old girl,. by the funds collected from the | Birthday Ball for the President in : the last two years. A wheel chair has been purchas- J ed by the trustees of the fund, and I will be delivered to her within the i next few weeks. . This has been the first application filed by the parents of a victim of infantile paralysis and has been approved by the trustees of the fund, according to Edwin Kauffman and Dorothy Young, co-chair-men of the affair this year, which will be held in the D. C. H. S. auditorium Saturday, January 30. The girl is a resident of a nearby community and was attacked by the disease when she was a child of four months. She is probably

ASKS COURT TO MODIFY ORDER Eli Engle Asks Custody Os Child, Formerly Granted Wife A hearing on a petition to modify I a former court order in a divorce 1 action to transfer the custody of the j child to Eli Engle from his divorced wife, Lulu Engle, was heard by Judge Huber M. DeVoss today. | His decision was taken under advisement. Mr. Engle testifed that he was : granted the right to visit the child ■ once a month, but that he had been refused permission to see his boy after the first two times. He said he paid his support money of $2.50 a month and on one occasion had taken candy to the child but was denied the right to give it. to himMrs. Engle testified that her former husbanj had stopped coming to see the child of his own free will. She told the court that she refused to permit the child to eat the candy because she feared it might be "poisoned.” She also alleged that "They tried to poison me.” Judge DeVoss sustained a motion to strike this remark from the record. Mr. Engle stated that he was living with his mother on her 120 acre farm, which he operated. His mother testified that she was willing and i able to care for the child, should custody be granted to the husbandMrs. Engle stated that she lived with her mother, three sisters, grandfather .boarder, and a child of her sister. All of the sisters worked and she remained home to care for I (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

incurably crippled by the disease, I which has twisted her bones in > such a manner as to make her toI tally dependent. The only wheel chair owned in the family is one purchased 13 I years ago. It wps twice secondI hand at that time and is now in such a diplapidated condition that it falls over, spilling the child into the street, making it almost impossible to use it out of doors. The chair was purchased entirely by funds raised through the last two Birthday Balls. By buying it through the Psi lota Xi sorority a substantial discount was obtained. This sorority recently purchased thousands of dollars worth of oxygenaires in the state for donation to hospitals, one of which was (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) I

INTRODUCTION OF BILLS OPENS IN LEGISLATURE One Mould Provide NonPartisan Judicial Elections Indianapolis, Jan. 12 — (UP) — Regulation of labor, love, election and municipal finances, as well as a host of minor proposals, were offerer! the 80th Indiana general as-' sembly today in it« first session free from opening ceremonies. Twenty bi'ls were introduced in the house and seven in the eenate two hour sessions before both adjourned until tomorrow, when they will receive recommendations from Gov. M. Clifford Townsend. Compulsory declaration of mari tial law and maintenance of troops ! until final settlement of strikes and i lockouts was proposed in the house as representative Edward P. Barry j introduced one of nearly a score of bills planned by the state federation of labor. Firms involved in such labor disturbances would be requiri ej to remain idle until final settleI ment. I.ove interest also occupied representatives when Rep. Winfield KDenton. D„ Evansville, offered a measure providing strict regulations for issuance of marriage licenses. ,t provided physical examinations, a wait for five days before j issuance and sterilization of applicants found mentally deficient. Election and financial matters led | the senate consideration. Five mem- ' bers joined in offering suggestions of the state board for depositories that a state insurance fund be (provided to supplant the sinking fund, which now protects public treas- ' uries against loss in closing of ; banks. Both the depository bill and the ! judicial election revision measure 1 are considered to have tacit admini istraton approval. They were spon- ' sored by qttasi-official organiza- ! tions A state assessment on banks actI ing for depositories for funds of any : (governmental unit is provided in the measure proposing repeal of the | . sinking fund law enacted in 1933 to protect municipal deposits. The 1933 law decreed that hanks i should pay interest on such funds into a sinking fund, from which local units would be re-imbursed for (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) BANK REPORT FILED TODAY Seventh Current Report Filed By Old Adams County Bank Inventory assets of $170,070.28 are claimed as of December 31. 1936. by the Old Adams County Bank in the seventh cun-ent report filed this afternoon in the Adems circuit court. This is a reduqtion. of $116,772.57 from the inventory assets and . charges reported on June 30. 1936. I The itemized account of the inventory assets last June was: 1 mortgage loans, $24,489.83; personal and collatera.l loans, $145,-1 766.64; overdrafts, $997.50; bonds |tnd securities. $4,306.47; banking house, $49,000; furniture and fixtures, $9,353.53; other real estate,; $35,275.26, due from banks, $58.91; | new bank account, $14,653.94; cash on hand, $335.43, and total, $284,237.51. Additional receipts were: profits chargeable, $813.37; interest received, $399.96; rents received. *769.01, miscellaneous receipts, $623, and total, $2,605.34. The total inventory and additional chargee was $286,842.85. Expenses The credit claims in the new ! reoort for losses determined, distributions, taxes and expenses are: losses determined, $51,879.81; preferred claims paid. $3,952.14; common. claims paid. $53,975.77; taxeipaid, $560 60; expenses of administration, $5,095.25; special representative salary allowance, $600; | attorney fees allowed. $709, and total $116,772.57. Inventory assets ae of December 31, 1936 are: mortgage loans, $18,689.19; personal and collateral loans, $124,439.25; overdrafts, $657.64; bonds and securities, $4,000; real estate, $18,155.37; du© from banks, $58.91; new bank account, $3,927.26; cash on hand, $142.6G, a,nd total, $170,070.28. i The total of the credits claimed and inventory is $286,842.85. Cash Receipts The item cash receipts is broken (OONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) 1

Government Offers SIO,OOO Reward For Mattson Kidnaping

NEW BUILDING RECOMMENDED Don Stiver, State Safety Director, Urges School Building Here Don F. Stiver, director of safety ’ in Indiana, in a letter to Walter J. Krick, superintendent of public. schools, recommends “the construction of a new school building of a type ffnd design doing justice in i line with other great achievemnts attained by the citizens of the city of Decatur,” following examination of the buildings by Clem Smith, state fire marshal. The letter to Mr. Krick follows: January 8, 1937 Mr. Walter J. Krick, Supt. Decatur City Schools Decatur, Indiana. Dear Sir: Through an inspection made by a representative of this departmnt, we have become acquainted with the seriousness of the school housing facilities provided by the city of Decatur for the lower grades. School is being conducted in buildings that are life hazards as well as health hazards. Especially is this true of the Central School and several of the ward schools. Some of the buildings were built in 1885 and have entirely outlived their usefulness as school buildings. I do not wish to alarm you unduly because I feel that the buildI ings will be structurally sound as far as their physical stability is concerned for some years to come, however, the general condition of. j the buildings are such that these complaints must be registered: 1. According to present day standards there are not sufficient ; outlets provided for the safe exit 'of the pupils. Inasmuch as the ; stairways all rise ftom a common ' corridor on the first floor and land lon a common corridor on the sec- i ond floor the entire area and all stairways would be filled with smoke in the event of a fire. 2. All floors in these school buildings are dilapidated for reas-. on of age and wear. 3. The natural lighting is de- : fective inasmuch as windows appear on two sides and in all cases pupils face the windows. 4. Artificial or electric lighting is deficient. Now, items No. 3 and No. 4 do I ' have a serious effect on the eye, sight of the pupils and will impair : vision. Generally this impaired I vision will affect 27% of the pupils, j 5. The heating equipment in ' these school buildings in each and every case are a risk inasmuch as said furnaces are of an age and I type that make them obsolete. Many fires have been experienced in recent years due to said installations. 6. Complaint also must be made because the sanitary conditions are j : deficient for the number of children I (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) 0 PASTOR SPEAKS TO BROTHERHOOD — Rev. A. F. Knepp Speaks To Evangelical Brotherhood Monday The Rev. A. F. Knepp, pastor of the Union Chapel U. B. church, was the principal speaker at the j monthly meeting of the men's brotherhood of the Fit st Evangeli-1 ' cal church Monday evening. I Alva Buffenbairger, president of the brotherhood, conducted the meeting. Rev. Knepp said in plart: “Now, as well as 20 years ago, cerfajn forces are endeavoring to Influence our young men to consider wair ae an event that gets them much glory. “The militaristic powers of Europe release all kinds of ‘scare propaganda,’ knowing that our newspapers will print anything that is (sensational, and in this manner influence the reader to think exactly the way they want him to think. "To educate the head not the heart c.aji only lead to disillusion and dismal failure. “In Sing Sing prison, there are enough men with qualifying degrees to man a large university, pre ring that ‘head education’ can (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) 1

Price Two Cents.

Roosevelt Is Personally Directing Federal Men In Hunt For Brutal Slayer Os Mattson Lad. GIVE NO QUARTER (Copyright 1937 by United Press! Washington, Jan. 12 — KU.R) Ransom notes were sent through the tna'l to the family of Charles i Mattson, slain 10-yeer-old kidnap ’ victim, it was revealed today, 1 thereby definitely establishing the authority of federal authorities to handle the case. The revelation came as President Roosevelt personally directed utmost federal efforts to solve the case and Attorney General Homer S. Cummings offered a SIO,OOO reward for information leading to apprehension of the kidnaperslaver— largest such tewa.rd ever offered bv the federal government. Announcement of the SIO,OOO reward was made by Attorney General Homer S. Cummings af- | ter a personal conference with the president regarding what Mr. Roosevelt characterized as “this ghastly crime." Mr. Roosevelt ordered the full resources of the justice department mobilized in an effort to track down the person or persons responsible for the Mattson youngster’s death. In an official White House statement Mr. Roosevelt said: “The murder of the little Mattson boy has shocked the nation. Every means at our command must be enlisted to capture and punish the perpetrator of this ghastly crime. “Attorney General Cummings informs m© that he has offered a reward for information leading to the arrest of the criminal; and that the special agents of the fed- | eral bureau of investigation of the department of justice are engaged ; in a. search w-hich wiil be pursued relentlessly and will not be terminated until the murderer is ! caught. “I bespeak for the agents of the I department of justice the continued and whole-hearted cooperation • of the local police and all other ! law-enforcement agents in this necessary work. “A crime of this kind is renewed evidence of the need of sus(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) O TO DISTRIBUTE VISITOR LISTS M. E. Church Workers To Meet Here Wednesday Evening A group of workers in the local Methodist Episcopal church will meet for organization and the disi tribution of the visitor’s lists Wed- | nesday evening at 7 p. m. The | visitors will represent the church I in an “Attendance-Evangelism Canti paign" which will continue at least i until Easter. The visitors will check attendance at the worship (services of the church each Sunday and seek to find new prospects for attendance and membership. The visitors selected thus far are: Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Lewton. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Krick, Mrs. Clyde. Butier, Mrs. P. G. Riker, Mrs. Miles Roop. Mrs. M. W. Barber, Mrs. D. J. Harkless, Mrs. J. T. Myers. Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Beery, Mrs. Ross Mallonee, Mrs. Delton Passwater, Mrs. O. G. Baughman, Mrs. Samantha Nichols, Mr. and Mrs. E. N. Wicks, Mrs. Harvey Baker, Mrs. Amos Yoder, Mr. and Mrs. Willis Fonner, Mrs. Don Farr and (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) A handful of customers or r—’ . a store > fuU 'em vs \ - in/ k \ 4