Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 31, Decatur, Adams County, 5 February 1937 — Page 1

IXXXV. No. 31.

>r<fer Arrest Os J Union Leaders, j Plant Eviction

l! "®itr Al Hint Given ;.«J r To Evict XII SitHpun Strikers In G. M. Plants. fsS MEETING *. Feb. 5.-'-U.R)-The u«^^K re nce of General Motors Auto Workers rep.es recessed for lunch--2:45 u- rn - and will re ‘ at 4 p. H r ,-. U.P’ -Peace ■V ■ - ■■■ •»•• > )m|B 5 4yH bv from Flint that |K ..■/ county hail Im rn r.-t 15 1 sit-down between X\ il- <: U executive ' mm limit' and 11 ■ . I\m! V Gadola ; L - ■ ' . ■ of •-•-■= of *^K np r,> h eal defense. Frank Mi.ndiv. special ’ P.m'SeVolf I : time. Asks Assistance Mich.. F. h. .I RJ.R) — Hf Thomas W Wolcott an-; ■. .. tb.M he had asked y. Mn to give him a-ci.-i of the national strikers Motors plants. --d word fr -'n Si- presiding ■-.J. ■ betwe-m M .xtintives and. ■ ■■ '-of attempt inc the writ. Pm! V itelnla signed the -hi< morning at the request . M -o lawyers, who : the judge's inflß' :--.■ ■! T".--day had been by the strikers. • Mart in. presiif'ii.. r A W.. and 14 other was ordered. under the law ie 4' p lm -.topped out and |M have •• I •■.■ ;; T.Il ••<! the coverasked him to stive me the of the national guard of body !■• miros th* men broil a lit m court I will do '■ - ■ I hear fiom tile gov- ’-' lie office to await from Detroit. all deoends on the goverhe said. It waa indicated h“ had im plans to employ DB citizen <;>... ;,l policemen, reim to enforce the order. ■' iniioii leaders waited ■BF--:-' I’miidipiarters. The ■Mo in Fish* r body plants Noe M 0" -• »’!■•> bl. graphed the govia<t rmnih that any attempt jMg' 1 ' 1 " them by force would reM'F'xrt:-. „ v PUJE TliitEKt BjM o — Band To Play gl At Commodore Game Decatur girls ban-d will play basketball game at the Cath . !|B high school gymnasium this This is the band’s initial HT at tho Commodore MF 1 " banil met recently and elect--9L Mowing officers for the year: Miss Monica Schmitt, -tit, Miss Mary Steele, viceH eidf ‘nt; Mis*; Marjorie Miller. '-R Sellemeyer is director of o ■Wond Schwartz Twin Thursday Evening 'ln V,ay ne Schwartz, infant son ■ ' an<i Mr "- Reuben Schwartz of ■ock°Tk t 0 P ' d W1 at 5:30 °’’ -“UMay at ernoon at the Krt r> The Ch ' ld wa? a twin of Al ' Uayne Schwartz, who died ® or tiing, and for whom K b a , serv ices were held Tuesday. « S Were *’° rn J anuar ” ilK q r “ nerai services will be held ~ oc,oc k in the home Satur■toihT" n I lnp ’ Besldes the parents a KuZ' and two sisters, W and Irene survive.

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'POLICEOFFICER i TALKS TO CLUB Fred S. Foster Os Indiana State Police Talks To Rotarians Fred S. Fosler, detective on the Indiana state police force, was the guest speaker at the weekly meeting of the Decatur Rotary duh Thursday evening at the Rice ho- . tel. Mr. Fosler. a native of South Whitley, talked briefly on the ac- . tivities of the state police. The . j Indiana state police force was orI ganized in 1925. and in the first I years was merely used on highway ' 1 patrol work. The general assentI bly of 1933 voted to give full police I powers to the state patrolmen. The ftrst training school for ' state police was held in 1935. The applicants were given 30 days of intensive training, with eight hours of instruction each day. Os these students, 66 men were hired, bringing the force to 125. At the present time, there are ( 89 men on the state police force. i This compares with more than 300 ■ i in Michigan, 700 in Pennsylvania' : and 600 in New Jersey. Indiana university is now coni ducting a complete tout-year course 1 in criminal detection, and there are 16 in the junior class, with 30 as freshman. On graduation, these men may be accepted as patrolmen in the state police, but will ' not* immediately be made officers. Mr. Fosler then told briefly of the lie detector machine owned by the state police. There are only 17 of these machines in use in the world. He told of the great value of the machine in speeding work of the police force, but stressed I the fact that the records of the lie ( ! detector are not admissabie as evi- ' dence in court. After closing his talk, Mr. Fosler gave a demonstration of the machine, which howed perfect results. W. Guy Brown was chairman of the program. Edward Heiman of ' thfTVatholic high school and Ralph I Hurst of the public high school, i were introduced as the student I members of the club for the month of February. o Otto H. Oberlin Dies At Fort Wayne Otto H. Aberlin. 69. of 925 River- , met avenue in Fort Wayne, died at I the St. Joseph’s hospital at Fort Wayne Thursday following a para- ! 'ytic stroke suf feted about the , first of the year. He was known , here and was born in Poe. Surviving are the widow and a Bister, Mrs- J M. Fulton of Fort Wayne. Funeral services will be held at I the Chalfant-Perry and Pook's fun- ■ j eral home Saturday at 1:30 p. m. - Burial will be made in the Decatur 1 cemetery. AUTOS COLLIDE LAST EVENING Eight Persons Escape Serious Injury In Auto Accident Eight persons escaped serious injpries last night shortly before 11 J o'clock when two care crashed nears ly head-on, on federal road 224. east of Preble. Mise Vivian Lynch, accompanied ’ by six other Decatur young women,! ' I was returning home from a social i party at Preble, when the accident occurred Faulty vision and misted ’ I windshields were blamed by both . drivers, as the Lynch auto and one 1 driven by Donald Gal’meyer collided. Rebounding after the crash, the Gallmeyer car careened into the r ditch, through a fence and into an j adjoining field, befoie he wan able i to bring it to a halt. f j Young Gallmeyer sustained a -1 head injury, leg injury and numer3 ous cuts and bruises. Mies Lynch - sustained only minor cuts, bruises 1 and shock. i The Mieses Dolores Russell, VI- . i vian Lynch, Ruth E'zey, Gertrude . | Webert, Mary Ulman and Mrs. Paul 1 Hancher of this city and Mrs. - 1 Roger Ke'ly. of Columbia City, all i of whom accompanied Miss Lynch, -, escaped with minor hurts. Both. autos were badly damaged-

COSTLY STRIKE ON WEST COAST IS COMPROMISED 98-I)ay Strike Os 40,000 Maritime Workers Is Ended San Francisco, Feb. 5. -KU.PJ —The Pacific coast reopened its strikelocked (torts today. A compromise ended the 98-day strike of 40,000 maritime workers. Shipowners and workers characterized it a "settlement without victory for either side.” A score of minor disputes left (tending were forgotten wnile seamen trundled duffel bags aboard long idle vessels. Ashore, gangs of blaek-jeaned longshoremen, wearfhg white caps plastered with union buttons, tore into cargo piled mountain high on docks and began loading it into ship holds. The men voted 35.906 to 5,036 to accept the tentative agreements and return to work. The agreements provided pay increases ranging from |ls to $25 a month, cash payment for overtime. and working conditions “standardized as far as possible.” The men had sought pay increases ranging to $27.50 monthly. Shipowners won a guarantee against quickie strikes, and the right to “select freely men who in their opinio nare best fitted for the jobs at hand.” It was the longest and costliest maritime strike. It tied up 300 ships from Seattle to San Diego swept American merchantmen off the Pacific, choked off food lines to Hawaii and Alaska, and cost an estimated $830,000,000 in lost business and wages. But It was free of violence except for minor outbreaks between rival longeshoremen unions in which 12 men were (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) LENTEN SERMON DATES LISTED First Os Lenten Sermons At St. Mary’s Church Wednesday — The Rev. Father Joseph Seimetz, pastor, today announced the schedule of Lenten sermons to be given . at St. Mary s Catholic church, be- , ginning next week. The first sermon will be given on Ash Wednesday. February 10 at 7:30 o’clock. The next five sermons will be given on Tuesday of each week. Father Seimetz will deliver the first sermon at the opening of the Lenten series. Each week a visiting priest from one of the Fort Wayne parishes will deliver the sermon here. Father Seimetz will deliver sermons in five of the Fort Wayne churches, beginning February 17. On Ash Wednesday the ashes will be blessed and distributed before the 7:30 o’clock high mass. Ashes will be distributed again following the evening services. Lenten services, consisting of the Way of the Cross and Benediction will be held on Friday evenings, beginning February 12. The series of sermons, the subjects ot each discourse and the speakers assigned to St. Mary s church follow: Feb. 10—Father Seimetz, “Sin;” Feb. 16 —Tather Paul, 0.M.C., St. John's Baptist church, "Purgatory;” Feb. 23 — Father J. Bapst, St. Peters church, “Judgment;” March 2 — Father J. Dapp, St. Jude’s church, "Death;" March 9—Father Charles Glrardot, St. Joseph’s church, “Heaven;” March 16 —Father Leo Hoffman, St. Andrews, “Hell." Father Seimetz will deliver sermons in the following Fort Wayne churches: St. John’s, Feb. 17; St. Andrews, Feb. 24; St. Judes, JJarch 3; St. Joseph's, March 10; St. Peter’s, March 17. A sermon will be given on Good I r riday night of Holy Week, Father Seimetz announced, the speaker to be named later. Easter is Sunday, March 28, this year. oMore Contributions To Red Cross Fund Contributions of $25 each from the local Knighta of Columbus lodge and the country conservation club, along with several other donations boosted the total Red Cross relief fund to $5,819.88 here today. The local chapter is making all efforts to raise the fund to $6,000 as soon as possible. The money is forwarded to the flood area ae qulekI ly as received.

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Decatur, Indiana, Friday, February 5, 1937.

Head Chamber of Commerce If 1 ** "J H'S* *£• HI ~ 10 Bl ijfl a Dee Fryback John L. DeVoss At the annual election of officers, held Thursday night, members of the board of directors elected Dee Fryback, manager of the Adams county a.uto license bureau as president and John L. DeVoss. Decatur < ity attorney, as secretary-trea«mrer.

SCHOOL MERGER ISDISCUSSED ( 1 ' c Monroe And Berne School i Merger Is Discussed Thursday Night , i School -patrons and taxpayers of Berne, the Monroe city and Berne . city schools met in the Monroe high ■ school assembly Thursday night to i diecuss a proposal to merge to build , a consolidate school. It was stated that new buildings are necessary to replace the Monroe and Berne school buildings. However, under the two per cent law. neither has sufficient va’uation in the school districts to erect a modern building, even should a 45 per cent grant be available under the PWA. Under the present arrangement, the only way possible to build a new school would be to declare emergencies and bond the corporations for more than two per cent. At the meeting Thursday, E. MWebb, superintendent of the Berne 1 public schools, proposed an arrangement whereby the high school and junior high school would be located at Berne. District schools seven, eight and nine, located west of ! Berne would attend this new school. - Monroe township district schools 1 number, one, two, three, four five — j 'CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE' I O Ministers Plan Joint Meetings The Decatur ministerial association, meeting this morning,, made p'ans for a union meeting here Thursday evening, February 18, at 8 o'clock. The meeting will be held at ihe First M. E. church, with Dr. W. P Dearing, president of Oakland City college as the speaker. The association also discussed ' plans for the union cervices, which will be held on Good Friday, March 26. CITY TO ERECT WARNING SIGNS Speed Limit Signs To Be Erected By City Os Decatur In cooperation with the “drive , safely” campaign, the city of De- , catur will erect speed limit signs at , the principal entrances to the city . and at the approaches to the busi- , ness district on Second street. The board of public works and safety has ordered the placing of . speed limit signs at the entrances ( to the city on Mercer avenue, High . street, Winchester street, Adams street, Monroe street, North Sec- | ond street and Nuttman avenueSigns at the above points where they enter the city limita will warn , motorists that the speed limit is 30 ] miles per hour The state law fixes the speed limit in the residence districts at 30 miles an hour. , In the up-town business district the signe will warn drivers that the speed limit is 20 miles an hour. These will be p'aced on North and South Second street and will con- j trol the speed limit in this area. I From the St. Mary’s river west 1 on Monroe to Eighth street, the 20 i mile per hour limit signs will be f erected. The eigne were erdered iby the i board and will be erected by civil 1 works commissioner Ralph Koop : and his assistants. Ti\ey are pur- i chased through the state. I

To Award Course Cards Here Tonight The course cards will be awarded tonight to those finishing any one of the four classes in leadership training, which have been offered during the past month in the Adams county community leadership training school, according o the announcement of the dean, the Rev. H- R. Carson. The Rev. H. J. Aspy will give the commencement address at the chapel period. About 50 people have been enrolled and about 40 have completed the courses for credit. HOMER ARNOLD IS RE-ELECTED Re-Named President Os Soil Conservation Association Homer W. Arnold of Kirkland ■ township, was re-elected president of the Adams county soil conservation association at the meeting of township chairmen held in the city hall today. Winfred Gerke of Root township was named vice-president of the committee- William II- Patterson of Blue Creek townshiin was named the third member of the county allotment committee, the other members being the president and the vicepresident. Henry I. Rumple of Jefferson township was elected the alterna'e member to the allotment committee. The chainmen of the township committees were selected at meetings of farmers held in the townships beginning January 18. They are: August Gallmeyer, Preble; Winfred Gerke. Root; Adolph Schamer’oh, Union; Hower W. Arnold. Kirkland; Frank R. Braun, Washington; Kermit F. Bowen, St Mary’s; Henry Meyer, French;- CW. R. Schwartz, Monroe; William H. Patterson, Blue Creek; Dan A. Studler, Hartford; Rave Ineichen, Wabash, and Henry I. Rumple of Jefferson. During the day C- M. Long district supervisor, explained some of the phases of the 1937 soil conservation program to the representatives from the township committeeo Melissa Woodruff Dies At Avilla Mrs. Melissa Woodruff, 88, died I at the Sacred Heart Home for aged at Avilla, at 2 o’clock Thursday afternoon. She lived in Decatur until' 25 years ago. Since then she had resided in Paragould, Ark., and Fort; WayneSurviving are several nephews and nieces. Her father was drowned in a flood here in 1867, when water washed away the old double bridge where the Monroe street bridge now stands. Before her marriage she was Miss Melissa Eyanson of this city. Funeral services will be held Saturday morning at 8 o’clock in the Sacred Heart home. Two Plead Guilty To Public Intoxication Ira Schafer of Kekionga street and Frank Lough, Jr-, plead guilty to charges of public intoxication before Mayor A. R. Holthouse Thursday afternoon at 5 p. m and were fined $1 and costs, totaling sll each. Lough was arrested Sunday evening after allegedly engaging in a fight at the local skating rink. Schafer was arrested Wednesday afternoon after a disturbance in front of the Democrat office. 1

President Roosevelt Proposes Sweeping Reform Os Federal i | Judiciary In Special Message

CONTINUE FIGHT AGAINST RIVER Confident Levees On Mississippi Will Withstand Flood Memphis, Tenn., Feb. S—(UP5 —(UP) —■ Five hundred thousand residents ot the Mississippi valley, waiting behind a billion dollar levee •jnatem, ’ were confident today that they could meet and master the nation’s worst food. The crest rolled out of the Ohio river into the Mississippi, pushed against the levee at New Madrid. Mo., tested a wall at Hickman, Ky , and went on its way on the long roll down to the gulf. Exualtant workmen in Cario, ill. I —where the opening engagement of the fight between men and a raging river was fought-—were confid-, ent that they had defeated the yel- , low water, although it still bgiled to within three and one halt feet of the top of the city's stout wallsArmy engineers said that Cairo: had passed the major point although they predicted that the water would remain at its present level for three or four days- Sand boils —ground water trying to force its way to the surface-continued to appear in Cairo but alert work- | men using sand bags and pumps, kept streets clear of water. “The Cairo situation, generally speaking is good.” army engineers said. Hickman, sitting behind a wall, was gaining by the hoijr in its race against the river. Workmen piled j sandbags higher and higher on the wall and were encou-aged when the 1 river began dropping by fractions ■ of an inch. The water was lower too, along dikes protecting Reelfoot lake, which ie close to Tiptonville. Tenn., where 2.000 refugees are concentrated. Dispite optimistic reports from almost every sector, army Engineers refused to relax their vigilance along the 1,200-milc front line of dikes, walls and levee, stretching all the way to New Orleans. Between Cairo and Hickman 140 coast guard boata were standing by, ready to rush into any emergency- Sand bags and lumber were concentrated at strategic points all the way from (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) 0 Student To Preach Here Sunday Morning Russel! Jaberg, student for the I ministry, ot Chicago, 111., will preach at the Zion Reformed church Sunday morning at the 10:30 o’clock ’ ser-vice. Mr. Jaberg ie a former member of the local church and is at present a student in the Presbyterian Theological Seminary of cagoCOUNYY CORN SHOW IS HELD Annual Corn Show Is Being Held At Monroe Today Approximately 150 persons are attending the seventh annual Adams county corn show being held in connection with the Monroe township farmers institute Tn the Monroe high school today. Three of the corn show events were judged this morning by Her- ! man Miller of Wells county, president of the Indiana corn growers association, who is officiating at the show. Ons of the most highly contested events was the shelling contest for the largest per cent of corn per cob, based on weight. Twenty-six persons entered an ear each in this contest. Walter Hildebrand ■ with 91.2 per cent won first place, j Ralph Miller with 90.7 per cent took second and Robert Myers with 90 per cent won third. Lowest was ; about 80 per cent. The eight entries in the 4-H club . one acre corn contest were placed j as follows: Paul Hoile, first; Otis Sprung er, second: Millard Schwartz, third; Alvin Nussbaum, fourt; Louis Bleeke, fifth; Milo Nussbaum, sixth, and Leo Nussbaum, seventh. There were 22 entries in the contest for the best 10 ears of late I ON PAGE THREE) i

DEE FRYBACK IS PRESIDENT DECATUR C. C. Elected By Board Os Directors; DeVoss Sec-retary-Treasurer Dee Fryback, manager of the ! Adams county auto license bureau, i was elected president of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce, at the annual organization meeting of the board of directors, held Thursday night at the Rice hotel. John L. DeVoss, city attorney, was elected to the position of sec-retary-treasurer, a post held by Mr. I Fryback during the past year. Other members of the board of j directors are: Roscoe Glendening. retiring president; E. W. Lank- ! enau, J. Ward Calland, C. E. Bell. H. P. Schmitt, Pete Reynolds and . Felix Maier. The directors voted to establish permanent Chamber of Commerce headquarters in the auto license bureau. In connection with the headquarters, the organization will organize a complete information bureau, particularly for tourists. Plans for the annual banquet, which will be held during March, were discussed by the directors, as well as the annual membership drive, which will be held within the next month. o FEDERAL FLOOD AID PROMISED Million And Half Made Available To State’s Flood Area French Lick, Ind- Feb. S—(UP5 —(UP) —■ Gov. M- Clifford Townsend headed for New Albany and Jeffersonville today, intent on his tour of Indiana’s flood-stricken regions and assured of federal assistance from Harry L. Hopkins, federal region administrator. Wayne Coy, state WPA administrator, revealed that $1,500,900 had been made available for Indiana's flood region particularly in reference to sanitation facilities which Hopkins said yesterday was the ' chief problem in the flood-stricken I regions. Os this total $500,000 was “old I money" from previous relief funds, I Hopkins said, but a new appropriation of $1,000,000 has been authorized by President Roosevelt and more will be forthcoming if neces- ‘ sar-y from WPA funds. Townsend was assured. The governor headed today toward the most desolate places in the state confronted with reports that 90 per cent of Jeffersonville is under water. This came from Hopkins himself who left Evansville | last night enroute to Louisville, Ky. ! on a survey of the flood area along the Mississippi and Ohio riversTownsend, wrapped in a wool shirt ' and two heavy packets with knee high boots on his legs, conversed unceasingly with natives about flood conditions, easing a stream of tobacco juice from his lips as he talked with anyone whom he could identify as a refugee from the flood area- Many did not recognize him which put Townsend completely at ease. One middle-aged bill billy shook hands with the governor with the Frank declaration that he did not vote for him November. T othis citben Townsend replied . that he did not hold it against him, pumping his hand vigorously. Townsend surveyed Evansville carefully, bearing in mind Hopkins' (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) WEATHER Snow changing to rain beginning late tonight or Saturday; rising temperature. o Legion Degree Team Here Monday Night The deg-ee team of ipost number 47 of the American Legion. Fort ' Wayne, wil! exemplify the Legion’s ' ritualistic initiation at the regular meeting of Adams poet number 43 1 Monday evening at 8 o’clock- All ; | members of the local post are urged | to attend. |

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Sensational Proposal Made By President Would Be Sweeping Change In Court System. TO ACT SPEEDILY Washington, Feb. 5. — (U.R> — President Roosevelt today proposed to congress sweeping reform ot the judiciary including the right to appoint as many as six new justices of the supreme court if present justices over 70 years old do not choose to retire. The senational proposal of the president was submitted after con- | sultation at an emergency session lof cabinet officers and congressional leaders. The president’s proposals for l new legislation, submitted in a special message to congress, was immediately referred to judiciary committees of both house and senate for speedy reconsideration. Mr. Roosevelt asked authority I to appoint additional federal court judges and justices in all cases where the sitting judge has reached the age of 70 and does not chose to retire. The draft ot proposed legislation submitted by Mr. Roosevelt con- ' tained a proviso that the supreme | coitrT membership should not be increased to more than 15 justices under this program. Since six of the present high court justices have reached the age of 70, Mr. Roosevelt would be empowered to name six more justices under the proposal. The president's plans — submitted to congress with a suggestion that new deal forces on capitol hill quickly move to enact them into (law provided: 1. That in each instance where a federal judge reaches the age of I 70 and fails to retire that the presi- ; dent be empowered to name an adi ditional judge, providing such ap--1 pointments do not increase the number of supreme court justicse above 15 nor add more than 50 judges to the judiciary as a whole. 2. That no federal court be allowed to issue any decision or injunction involving constitutional questions without ample previous notice to the government; and that immediate appeals of all such questions be allowed direct to the supreme court, such appeals taking precedence over all other matters pending in the supreme court. 3. That transfers and shifts of federal judges be allowed from district to district in order to speed up court business. 4. That the supreme court be provided with an additional officer to be termed a proctor, charged with watching all federal court business in order to expedite and facilitate it. Mr. Roosevelt summed up his purpose in the revolutionary proposed changes as: “My purpose is to strengthen the administration of justice and to make it a more effective servant (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) JUNIOR LEAGUE TO GIVE PLAY Zion Junior Walther League To Present Play Sunday Night The Zion Junior Walther league will present the three act play, “Lovely Mary,” at the Lutheran church auditorium Sunday night, February 7. The iplay depicts the situations that arise when a glamorous movie star hits a email town in lowa, especially when she begins to play on the credulity of the “home town folks”. The play bui'de up and maintains good action throughout. Comedy offers a bold relief from the exciting moments that cram the preeentation- An exceptionally good cast, including Viola Ellsworth, Linda Marnach, Orville Fitch, Vera Sauer, Clarence Stapleton, Jr-, Flora Marie Lankenau Robert Stapleton, Alma Thieime, Paul Reidenbach, has been in rehearsa l under the direction of Karl Krudop. The play is the first to be given in the new church auditorium and patrons have been asked to use the Eleventh street entrance. Tickets aro selling for 25 cents for adults and 10 cents for children. The play | will start promptly at 8 o’clock.