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ifcWAND In forces ■|»T IN ACCORD ■ h u \nderson H lW er In \nderson ■ Labor Rud .— — W (■J,— * B """■ .K. I it- - ’>i.n 'O' ' nut Dor it i»-s SWd.o Hi." i ■ -<: Whitcomb. tho > ■W. '•" I'lis that ...... |K''':. ,::)>g ls " !■ ■ ' '"’ !l1 '" SK . !'.i'-;is I"I '' M ■ - ignored. to the Hgtv: m ( said he M: .....;.-. pl.itimd. .. .. thto a writ mon d-Hd-M; lie ' S-g.;. union attorney, ■. .- : - the habeas ■ del hired ■■,- 1 ' know the |K. jHIOOXTINTED <>X PAGE FIVE) j lIYAL FORCES MCI ATTACK ■overmnent Troops ■Launch Concentrated 9 Offensive Today Fed up) Governtroops launched a concern offensive in the Jarama, ■trsertor south of Madrid at 5 ■’’ today under the personal of Gen Jose Miaja. comMlAder in chief of the Ma,drill deforces. troops pressed the inforces all along the south ■f central sec tors. Despite bitneither side had given ■JAP to noon. troops sought to the insurgents heck front the y"*rher front which they had during the last few days ■Ptinv in an effort to transport y h “ avy ,a,lk « to Madrid's ■"hern gates. ■ febral Miaja issued the followJI communique: ■ “fids morning the loyalist of■Jsii'e began on the central and ■*thern sectors of the Jarama ■t As yet, I can say nothing ■ p insults. but hope to explain y l ' However, today matters ■™ ?e, i. It is now up to the ■ x to defend themselves ■‘•mst our attacks." ■ ' Treasurer | To Quit March 15 Fpb - n ~ (u ' r) - w I Morgan will resign as t Attrer of the Democratic natk fon imittee on March 15 to J» ■ l> S 1 ’ duties as president of instilled spirits institute, a *° w hcih he was elected a ; alttry rePUtWI tO lowa * nst itute sa,id election of I tZ. Was “ par * of an industry ' cL° r enlar K em ent of the ht ..J he activities of the instiroa d 1 h spe cial reference to a herebv P »°| llCy Os publ!c relations l eg f , 10 Problems a,nd poli- 1 better , ®. industry may have a Jtj., ,ln( i ers tanding with the 1 toonerc^ 1 - 1 People an d to further ,, on w, th federal and 10t... <Wor control administer I I

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Red Men Attend District Meeting A delegation of members of the Improved Order of Red Men attend ed the northwestern zone meeting of the order he'd In Rockford, Ohio last night. The members witnessed the exeni'plifieulion of the one degree ritual recently adopted by the organization. The work was conferred on | a class of candidates by the Antwerp. Ohio degree team All members of the local organ!-1 ration are asked to meet at the lodge rooms tonight for the transaction of special business. The meeting will open at 7:36 o’clockLABOR MEASURE IS RUSHED IN LEGISLATURE Bill To Create State Labor Department Pushed In Assembly Indianapolis, Feb. 17 (U.R) Creation of a state labor department empowered to Intervene in such disputes as precipitated martial law in Anderson this week, was rushed today through the Indiana legislature. The administration - sponsored bill was passed by the house this morning and returned to the sensite for confirmation of an emergency clause making it effective immediately, before being sent to Gov. M. Clifford Townsend for signature. • Five bills of the seven comprising the state highway depart-, ment’ri program were passed by l the house and sent to the senate, and the house accepted a favorable report from its public morals committee on a bill to legalize pari-mutuel betting. In the face of opposition, two of the highway department bills which would extend the weight 1 tax to all commercial vehicles, and change distribution of license fees among cities and towns were withheld from the floor. The house received 24) new bills. J mostly of minor nature. One byRep. Balthasar Hoffman. I)., Valparaiso, would allow county surveyors six cents a mile for business trips. Two liquor bills were ,in the group. One would make the officers of any company dealing in liquor, responsible for any violations of the state law and the j other would prohibit employment of minors in places selling alcoholic beverages. Despite a committee proposal for indefinite postponement, a bill by Rep. Wm. Black, D.. Anderson, to reduce from 51 percent | to 20 percent the number of property owners' signatures necessary to mandate free textbooks for school children was advanced to second reading. Another bill ■ passed by the house would put the . president and vice-president on election ballets instead of the (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) Dr. Mangold Condition Is Reported Unchanged The condition of Dr. Burt Mangold. who has been suffering from an extended illness at this home on First street, was reported unchanged today. Hix condition •!« reported as extremely critical o— « CREW ESCAPES AS SHIP SINKS Motorship And Steamship Collide In Columbia River St. HHelens. Ore., Feb. 17—The Ita'ian motorship Felter lay on the bottom of the Columbia river an 1 the SS Edward Luckenbach was beached, her bow crushed, after a collision during a gale today. All hands were saved. The 10.000-ton motorship was partly loaded with lumber and general cargo and was bound downriver tor puget sound and British Columbia ports- The Luckenach was bound for Portland. The wreck occurred during a severe gale and rain storm which blew in gusty, Cyclonic thrusts from the ocean. The collision occurred ha'f way between Portland and the sea. The coast guard cutter Onondaga arrived from Astoria and was standing by. The 43 members of the Felter’s crew were taken ashore at Rainier by the tub Warrior-. The Luckenbach was maeuvered to Cottonwood Island and tied up i where she was in no further danger.

MINERS DEMAND SHORTER WEEK AND MORE PAY Demand 30 llour Week And Fifty-Cent A Day Increase New York, Feb. 17— (U.R) —The I’nlted Mine Workers of America today demanded a 30-hour week and a flat fifty-eent a day wage increase for its members in the bituminous fields. The demands, signed by .John L. ' la-wirt. president: Philip Murray, vice-president; Thomas Kennedy. • lieutenant governor of Pennsyl- i vania and secretary-treasurer of the union, and 12 district representatives, were presented at the ; <rpening of joint conference between coal operators and union officials of the Appalachian tegion. The conference was called to draft a contract to replace that which expires April 1. The demands Included: 1- -A six hour day and a five-day , week. The present work week is 35 hours. 2 An increase in daily wages in i the north from $5.50 to $6.04), and , in the south from $5.10 to $5.60. 3 — Time and half for overtime and double time for Sundays and holidays. 4— A minimum of 200 days em ployment each year. 5— A two-weeks vacation with pay. 6— Consideration of elimination of "all inequitable differentials both in and between districts and a proper determination of them in accordance with fads and equity.” The miners also aeked creation of an Appalachian joint commission of operators and mine-work-ers to make a study of mechanization in the Appalachian area, with the object of establishing uniformity in wages and condition of em ployment in ajtd between districts to "alleviate the problem of the displacement of men." The proposed new agreement would be for a period of two j l years. The wage and hour demands were read by Murray, who earlier (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) DEATH CLAIMS JACOBMAGLEY Former Decatur Resident Dies Tuesday Os Infirmities Jacob J. Magley. 54. a resident of Decatur for nearly 50 years, died Tuesday at his home near Columbus, Ohio, of infirmities. Word of h-!s death was received ■ here today by nieces and nephews Mr. Magley visited in Decatur dur- j ing the holidays The deceased was born in Fairfield county Ohio. September 17, 1852. IHe taught (school In Root, Kirkland and Preble townships and i in 1885 moved to Decatur, where he engaged in the mercantile nessin 1880 he married Miss Harriet Wilder of Adams county. She died November 26, 1909. To this union four children were born, namely, Mrs. Jessie Kane of Lafayette, for- ! merly of this city and the Daily Democrat staff, Edwin of Muncie, Miss Fanchon Magley, Fort Wayne j land .Harold of Angola, all of whom survive. In 1924 he was married to Mrs. Louise Von Ins, who survives. Mr. Magley was the last survivor of a prominent Adams county fam-; ily. (A sister, Mrs. Catherine Christen of this city, died last July. Funeral services will be held today a: Basil, Ohio and the body will be brought to Decatur Thursday for ' burial in the Decatur cemetery. Services will be held at the grave. Appropriation Bill Passed By Senate Washington, Feb. 17.—(U.R) —The senate today passed and sent to | conference with the house the i $971,000,000 independent offices appropriation bill. The senate ellm inated a houfifc rider which would : have prevented lending of federal i agency employes to congressional investigating committees. The measure, as passed by the senate, was cut $15,294,000 from the house bill total of $986,360,963, chiefly by reduction of administra- j tlon rnnds for the social security administration. The senate acted on the measure with unusual speed, requiring only 10 minutes for approval of amendments and passage of the bill. I

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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, February 17, 1937.

To Philippines ■ Paul V. McNutt Paul V. McNutt, former gover- ■ nor of Indiana, today was nominated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt as high commissioner 'to the Philippine Islands. MOST OF C.M. PLANTS OPENED Conference Held By Union And Corporation Officials Detroit, Feb. 17 — (U.R) —General Motors ordered $100,000,000 worth of supplies to feed its automobile assembly lines today, while its executives and union leaders discussed a proposal to create joint tribunals for handling discrimination cases among 135,000 employes. The corporation uses about 15.000 tons of equipment daily in the 1 production of trucks and cars. ).Fresh supplies are needed to speed activities toward a capacity rate of 225,000 cars a month in plants reopening after the 44-day strike. More than 100,000 workers are back on their jobs. Optimism was widespread as company officials and United Automobile Workers union representi atives met for their second conference on wages, hours, and working agreements which were not included in the strike settlement. There was some fear, however, of an embarrassing situation at Flint, where Circuit Judge Paul V. Gadola indicated he might balk at requelfis by General Motors and, union attorneys that he drop cotTtempt charges againtft union offiicials and sit-down strikers who refused to obey an injunction ordering them to vacate Fisher Body company plants during the strike. “These men still are in contempt of this court,” Judge Gadola told newspapermen. ‘‘l don’t want to put anyone in jail but I insist that persons named in the injunction appear before my court and apologize. After all, I they are not in contempt of Gen(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) JAP LIBERAL { HITS POLICY Aired Leader Says Japan Not Able To Compete With Powers Tokyo, Feb. Id—(UP)—Yukio Ozaki, aged liberal leader, declared in the Diet today that Japan has ne'.th-1 er the population nor wealth to coni- , pete with such powers as the United States. Britain. Soviet Russia, I or China, w ith their Great resources and millions of inhabitants. Japan has a population of about i 70,000,000 perons, at the last census taken in 1935. China’s popu'atlon is roughly estmiated at 400,000,000. I Populations of the other .powers Ozazki mentioned are; United States, 122.775.000; British Empire approximately 450.000.000; and Soviet Russia, 147.000,000. The 79-year-old “god of eonetituI tional politics." in an address lasting nearly two hours, denounced the ! army's attitude in seeking to control Japan and make effective a 1 "strong policy” toward China and the rest of the world Ozaki’s address threw the crisis i betw’een the army and parliamentarian leaders into the open again. This dispute caused the overthrow of the (Hirota Ministry recently, and the Diet haw just reconvened after i (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) I

CITY COUNCIL HOLDS MEETING Decatur City Council Meets In Regular Session Tuesday Revision of the amusement tax ordinance was asked at the regular meeting of the city council Tuesday night by Julius Hatigk. owner of the building on Madison street, in which the Decatur skating rink is located. Mr. Ilaitgk informed the council he had just been billed for the S3O annual license charged by the city for the operation of places of amusements. He stated that in view of the fact that the same charge is made to theaters with seating capacities many times greater than the capacity of his skating ring, and because his rink only operates four days a week he believed the license was high. The matter was referred to the licensing committee, in conjunction with the city aTTbrney. A letter from W. C. Bevington, engineer employed by the city to sui>ervise the construction of the addition and installation of new equipment at the municipal light and power company under a 45 per cent PWA grant, was read. Mr. Bevington stated in his let--1 ter that PWA engineer Lynn Knowlton, had completed the inspection of the improvement and recommended that It be accepted by the city. The report was accepted and placed on record. The report of the city engineer on the preliminary assessment roll on the 10th street ornamental light improvement was filed. The report estimated the total cost at $1,501.20, which would make the cost per lineal foot at 40 and a fraction cents. The report was approved. and the city clerk ordered to give notice to property owners that objections would be heard by the council on March 2. Petitions from the Central Sugar and Central Soya companies requesting street lights at the intersection of North Second street extended and the Pennsylvania railroad was refered to the board of public works and safety. Follow- , ing the regular session of the council, the board met and approved ■ the petition. SCOUT CABINS TO BE MOVED Boy Scout Cabins Are Being Moved To HannaNuttman Park A new city is arising west of Decatur. to be occupied by the Boy Scouts The Hanna-Nuttman city park has been chosen as the location for the Scout cabins. The Lions club troop’s cabin was moved from its location south of Decatur along the St. Mary’s river [this week. The Rotary troop's cabin wi’l be moved before the end of this week. It has been s-'.tuated west of Greenwaters swimming pool. Ralph Roop, civil works commissioner for Decatur, is supervising . the moving of the two cabins. The site selected is the hill near the east entrance of the park. The ientrance to this part of the park is gained by following the road leading from Thirtenth street through, the Homewood addition. Each of the cabins is large en-| ough to accomodate a troop of about 20 boys for an overnight hike. The cabins will not be used for ordinary meetings because of the distance from the city. However, they will furnish a site where the boys may obtain experience In the out of door program of Scouting. Electric lights will be installed in each of the cabins. Furni’ure. including bunks, is p'anned. It ie believed they will be ready for occupancy within a few days. < -o Hold Hall Funeral Thursday Morning Funeral services for Mrs. Lena Dro-Hall, who was killed Instantly Sunday night when she was hit by t an auto near her heme in Aurora, Illinois will be held Thursday morn-; ing at the home of her mother, Mrs. Emil Dro, in Berne. The services will be held at 9:30"! o’clock Thursday morning at the cross Reformed church with burial in the M R. E. cemetery The body was returned to Berne Jas’ night. o WEATHER Rain or mow beginning late tonight or on Thursday; rising temperature tonight, colder Thursday.

AMENDMENT IS PROPOSED FOR COURT REFORM Critics Os Roosevelt Proposal Propose Resolutions Washington, Feb. 17 (U.R) —Sen. Edward R. Burke. D„ Nebr., foe of President Roosevelt’s judiciary program, today introduced a joint resolution for a constitutional amendment providing that supreme court justiceu may retire aj 7b and must retire at 75 on full pay. Burke’s constitutional amendment proposal was the second introduced hi the senate today by (ritics of Mr. Roosevelt'e plans which would call only for legislative- action. The other constitutional proposal was submitted by Sens. Burton K. Wheeler, 1)., Mont., and Homer T. Bone. D.. Wash. They proposed in a joint resolution for a constitutional amendment that congress be given power to override any supreme court de'ision which invalidates an act of congress. Wheeler, who has long favored amendment of the constitution to clarify congressional legislative powers or curb the supreme court, emphasized that he was continuing his opposition to Mr. Roosevelt's program. His amendment proposaj. he said, was not intended as a substitute for the president's plan but should be enacted no matter what congress decides to do with ■ Mr. Roosevelt’s program. , I The Burke plan would accomplish some substantial features of i Mr. Roosevelt's plan — but would i substitute the constitutional amendment process for simple enactment of legislative judicial • changes by congress. Enactment of the Burke amend- . ment would bring about retire- . ment of five present justices of the . supreme court. Three are now • over the 75-year mark and two . more will reach that age during . i .March and April. I 1 The senate session opened today with a flurry over the judiciary dispute. Sen. Pat McCarran, D., Nev. introduced a resolution calling for all government departments to provide congress with reports of injunctions and court actions which have invalidated or delayed .operations of acts of congress. The resolution called for a statement on each case showing ite effect upon the government j departments or agencies such as the TVA. the labor relations board, the interstate commerce commission, etc. Sen. Carl A. Hatch, D.. N. M„ read into the record a resolution passed by the Maine legislature immediately after the supreme 'court Dred Scott decision. He asked that it be inserted in the congressional record immediately after the resoluiton of the present Maine legislature denouncing the president’s reorganization plan. The Maine resolution on the Dred Scott decision referred tothe, supreme court's action as "extra (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) RUSSIA SEEKS NAVAL TREATY Russia Proposes Calling Os Huge Naval Conference (Copyright 1937 by United Press) London, Feb. 17 —(U.R) —Russia has proposed to Great Britain the calling of a hew, big naval conference intended to bring a number of European powers into a. joint treaty for exchange of naval building information and limitation of size and gun calibre of warships, it wa.s learned today. The treaty would be similar to that which the United States, Britain and France signed March 25, 1936, and it was understood that Russia suggested that the United States be invited to sit in lat any conference that might b? held. The British government has ; assumed a negative attitude toward the Russian suggestion for a conference, it was said. It did not reject it so that the idea is still nominally under consideration,tout iit was indicated that Britain prej ferred the present diplomatic channels through which it is negoi tiating individual treaties based !on the American-French-British treaty. Ivan Maiski, Russian amba.ssa-. dor, offered the idea to Sir Robert : I (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) i

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STATE INJURED MAN UNCHANGED No Change Is Noted In Condition Os Injured Engineer The condition o f Charles Patterson. 7:1. who has been confined in the Adams county memorial hospital since Sunday, when he was ' severely burned in the Erie train crash east of this city, wan re- ’ ported unchanged today by hospital attaches. Patterson, who Sunday piloted the train to his first crash in nearly two-score yearn of service with the company, was reported some ’ improved Tuesday. 1 Meanwhile workmen at the ’ wreck site were completing the work of removing debris and I wreckage. > A giant steam clam shovel was • busy today in removing 360 tons . of coal, tossed from seven of the - wrecked cars, the last evidence of ■'the disaster that killed three and 'injured three. , The wrecked engine, a battered and torn mass ol iron and eteel, , j was pulled to the Winchester . street crossing last evening about , 5 o’clock after workmen had been . busy all day repairing it suitable ' for transportation. Crowds some-1 r what rivaling those of the wreck ' I scene were on hands when the I i ngine arrived. Officials stated that the wrecked I train would be taken to Meadville, Pennsylvania where an attempt would be made to repair it. No statement has been reported , yet from the interstate commerce . commission, which is investigating , the crash. No official estimate of , the damage has been reported. Subordinate officials of the com- . pany stated yesterday that the , I damage to the -company right-of-' way alone might amount to $25,000. WILL PRESENT CLASS PLAY Jefferson Seniors To Give Class Play February 17 Tickets for the Jefferson Township Senior Class Play, "Miss Jimmy,” will be distributed to the pupils Feb. 17. The play will be given two nights, Feb. 25th and 26th, bo that all who purchase tickets will be assured of I a seat. This three act comedy is full of action, and will suiely keep those who see -It in good humor for at least one hour and a half. The scene of the play is a girl’s dormitory. Jimmy a boy who is being initiated into a secret society, is forced by his school mates to en- , ter the dormitory and "borrow” a dress for his initiation. Plenty of ac- ( tion follows, as he is discovered by j the girls. The cast of characters follows: j Louise, a sophomore at Brier Mountain College for Women — Lucille Boze. Florence, her roommate — Imogene Reef. Catherine, a junior, living across the hall—Jane LuttmanDoris, her freshman roommate —■ Augusta Morningstar. Harriet, a senior who lives next door—Naomi Rian Miss Watkins, dean of Brier i (iCONTINU.ED ON PAGE FIVE) j o Huge Re-Armament Fund Is Proposed I London, Feb. 17.—(U.R)—Neville 1 Chamberlain, chancellor of the ex- ' chequer, warned the house of com- 1 mons today that even the staggering expenditure of £1,500,000.000 ($7,500,000,000) proposed by the government for re-armament in 1 the next five years “cannot be regarded as final or certain.” In presenting a resolution providing for an immediate internal defense loan of £400,000,000 ($2,000,000,000), Chamberlain defended Britain’s imposition of a great • burden on the already heavily-tax-. ed people, saying; “Justification for the present! i course lies in the unprecedented ; [condition of the times.” |

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Former Indiana Governor Is Nominated To High Position By President Roosevelt Today. SUCCEEDS MURPHY Washington, Feb. 17 (U.R) President Roosevelt today nominated Piuil V. McNutt, former Indiana governor to be U. S. high commissioner to the Philippine Islands. McNutt, mentioned as a possible Democratic presidential nominee in 1940, accepted the presidential appointment at the White House this afternoon. McNutt said he would leave for his new post “about a month” after the U. S. senate acts on his nomination. McNutt will succeed Governor Frank Murphy, Mich., who quit last year to run for the Michigan office. Although MdNutt’s appointment is at the pleasure of the president, McNutt intimated he might not serve during all the next four years. Asked if he had accepted the poet for a definite period. McNutt said: "I havr> no comment on that.” McNutt did say. however, that "six months isn’t very long; and la year is a pretty long time.” McNutt sajd Mr. Roosevelt had • suggested he spend a month in Washington after his appointment becomes definite, familiarizinghimself with the problems of thislands. McNutt was offered the post yesterday by the president. He asked 24 hours to consider the offer, then returned to the White House today to accept. McNutt was asked if he hesitated in accepting the apopintment. ' •’Well.” he said. “I wouldn’t, want to stay there forever. There is a job to be done, and I stand ready to do it ” McNutt will leave Washington late today for Pittsburgh, whero he has a speaking engagement, tomorrow night. McNutt concluded his term as governor of Indiana on Jan. 11 after four years during which he worked in clow cooperation witli the Roosevelt administration and strongly supported new deal policies. Outstanding accomplishment of McNutt’s state administration was the governmental reorganization (aXINTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) — —o 1 Public Is Invited To Dearing Lecture Parents of the students and interested persons have been extended an invitation to hear the lecture "Cheated." by Dr. W. P- Dearing, president of Oakland City College, which will be given at the Decatur Digit school auditorium Thurday 1 afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. No admission will be charged. Dr. Dearing will speak to the Rotary and Lions clubs at 6:30 and at 8 o’clock at the M. E church. TELLS STDRY OF FIRE AT SCHOOL Ruth Voglewede Describes Fire At Cincinnati College Mrs. Charles Vog'.ewede. of Monroe street, has received a letter from her daughter, Ruth, who is a student at Mt- St. Joseph's colie&e in Cincinnati, telling of the $25,000 fire at the college on Monday. Ruth, with the other students, was uninjured, when she W'ae awakened by the call of fire anj hurried to safety The boiler room, kitchen and infirmary were destroyed by the conflagration. Forced to find their way through the darkness, caused by the disabling of the lighting system, the girls quit their dormitories at 1 o’clock Monday morning when the fire broke out. Miss Voglewede gave an interesting word picture of the disaster, relating one instance of how a nun at the infirmary, who was 104 years old, had to be removed to a Cincinnati home. Classes have been resumed at the 'school and normal routine has almost been completely restored, Miss | Vog’.ewede stated.