Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 44, Decatur, Adams County, 20 February 1937 — Page 1

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■IE CATHOLIC ■nW CSAW * ANNOUNCED Meet In Opening Round I riday K will nm-t of '' ' lT ' ( atll Sunday. V ' . . ~. Friday |K. . ■■■ r w..yml ,'.> >■ n of .-milh ■ VK session. w |K ■■('a" •■:■ ..' ’’•" I' tn. Sat- ... . .. •!>.. «mn>r <>f the Fort b^B : bye. ■.:. «ill !>•• played IIH. ■ \|>>‘< toil. 11l - ' Wayne Will - A A ' I 1I imtinqton other semi titinl wHI be played ' '< <i. lock. If last eonsola i,-tw.--i>, ■ losers of the sanies will pieced the contest. . - ' >ii"ii.-y- wil! be .if Fen W.iyne; Williams - - .. ok of ■day Is Roll ('all ■ Ihiy \t B ipti't Church wil! b. annual roll call the Raptid church. This is ■ soond Siiii li.y in the enlistMt month program. This prois a part of the “Forward a fiveyear profcram of denomination. - "t th ' enlistment month enlist every member of the Mc)i in the program as outlined "Forwui I Movement." The is also i binning two weeks servt ■■■■<. concluding with B'r Sunday. H o IRMER LOCAL ■RESIDENT DIES ■s. James Smith Dies I Thursday, Burial | Here Sunday mn’ral services will be held Sun- ■ *ternoon at 2 o’clock at the BSovan funeral parlors. Fort ■' n ; for Mrs. Ida E. Smith, 71, 0 Janies G Smith, former Def street commissioner, who died by at the home of a daughter /-ansing. Michigan, Thursday “'. from a heart attack. w.ai will be in the Decatur at about 3:30 and the cas--1 ■ be opened there for friends 'his community who wish to nnal respect. >r? Sni.'th resided here many v .‘„ moving t 0 Fort Wayne about ... rs ago, where for the past six idofk ! her husband have 'heir home with Mr. and Mrs. f Th.,,? a *° to v,s,t an d became f ew hour'' er d ea, h following in L th'"l s besides the husband llda v ! allowin K children: Mrs. hlma o Teep ' e ’ Fort Wayne. Mrs. ksmu?™ Lanflln *> Michigan; ed n?; h ' Chlca *° «nd Mrs- Winarrv ti Fort Wayne- Rev. ‘hl/ m 1)6011 win h ave charge ‘“t* funeral services.

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Subscription Clerk For Democrat Paper Fern Hierly, deputy county clerk,{ has been named chairman of a subucrtptlon drive for Adams county, for the “National Young Democrat," , A special price of 25 cents a year has been offered for the subscription for a short time, providing they are sent in by the Young Democratic club of Adams County. Mis«i Blerly will announce the names of other members of her committee soon. The newspaper is the official publication of the Young Democratic America. o — MAKE CHANGES IN LEGISLATION To Pay S6OO In Teachers’ Salaries, Change Income Tax Indianapolis. Feb. 20. — The j Democratic majority of the Indii ana senate decided last night to ‘ support legislation which will eni able the state to pay S6OO of each I school teacher s salary, give re- ' tail merchants $3,000 exemption in gross income tax payments, and possibly absorb 10 per cent of the ~ counties’ 20 per cent of social se- ■ curity costs. Sen. Thurman A. Gottschalk Democratic majority leader, and J chairman of the state budget com- , mittee. was authority for the . I statement. At present, the state pays SSOO ;of school teachers' salaries, re- ' tailers are allowed SI,OOO exenipI tion and the counties are required ' to pay 20 per cent of social Be--1 curity costs. The house Democratic majority also caucused and ironed out obI jections to the administration bill ' setting up a new scale of fees for ! motor vehicles. It was said there ‘was a tentative agreement, calcu- , lated to auLiafy farm bloc repre ■' sentatives. to lighten the burden ! for farmers In the operation of 1 i their normal business I Sen. Gottschalk said decisions reached at the senate caucus ini eluded: Taking cost of operating the state police department, estimated at $1,700,000. out of the state i highway fund. Giving the state all of the approximately $1,300 000 of intangibles tax, of which DO per eent nowgoes to schools and counties. Changing a pending bill to reduce the amount of teachers' salaries from SBOO to S6OO, an increase of SIOO over the amount paid at present. Appointment hy the lieutenant- ’ governor of a committee of six I senators to meet with a like com- • mittee of the house to debate on what the state shall assume of the counties’ 20 per cent of so1 cial security costs. I Such a program. Sen. Gottschalk said, could be carried out and still leave the state with a $7,000,000 surplus two years hence. Gov. M. Clifford Townsend addressed the caucus. He said he told the senators that lie wanted the retail merchants to have $3,000 exemption from the gross income tax law and that "the state must pay S6OO of teachers’ salaries.” 1 “I told them it was up to them to determine what to do with the social security problem." Gov. (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) ■ 0 — Bill Introduced To Halt Dredging , Representative Frank G. Thompson, supported by Senator Thurman Gottschalk, yesterday introduced a bil.' in the house to terminate proI ceedlnge for establishment and con- . struction of ditches and drains which were begun before January 1. 1927. It is house bill 418 and de . signed to prevent the improvement of Wabaeh river, a project which has been contested here and In ’ Wells county for many years. Efforts to hurry It through will be made by Mr. Thompson and Mr. Gottschalk. —o Mangold Funeral Is Held This Morning I ! Private funeral services for Dr. Burt Mangold, prominent Decaturlte [ who died Thursday of uremia were , j held this morning at the home on First street, with the Rev. Kenneth Timmons officiating. A majority of busniesj houses closed this morning during the funeral hours. Burial was made in the I Decatur cemetery.

LOCAL MAN IS MADE CITIZEN Ernest Schlickman Is Naturalized On M odding Anniversary Emeat Schlickman. 80. prominent citizen of Decatur, was made a naturalized citizen of the United States today, which is hie 56th wedding I anniversary. The papers were signled in the Adams circuit court before {.fudge Hutter M. DeVoss. Mr. Schlickman testified be was I' born in Lenan Westphalia, now a part of the German Reich. Septern- ' her 30, 1856. He came to this country on September 1. 1873, living for two and a half years in Fort Wayne ! before moving to Adame county, where he has lived since. He married Mies latmmert February 20. 1956, In the Magley Reformed church and stated today that not a person who attended the ceremony is alive today. He took out his first papers soon after coming to America and cast his first vote for the Democratic presidential candidates. Hancock ' and English, in the election of 1880 ! He voted at every election for 35 years unti’ the time of the World War. whe he was declared ineligible to vote because he did not have his final papers. He told the court that he felt badly about not being abl? ? to vote in the last election and so had filed an application for his final papers. These were granted by the government, following the filing of proof that he had taken an active part in the government, although ordinari'y he would have had to wait several years The law provides ‘hat applicants for naturalization shall file final papers within seven years after the reception of their first papers. Mr. and Mrs. Schlickman live on N’orth First Street He was 1n the ■ feed business here before his retirement a few years ago- Mr. Schlickj man !« slightly deaf but otherwise in perfect health. Mrs. Schlickman is also in good health, but fe unable to walk up and down stairs with comfort and so could not witness him obtain his final papers. She Is a native born American. Mr. and Mrs. Schlickman have five children: Argust of Adams county. Emma, Martin, Rosa and Dora, all of Denver. There are five grandchildren. Sunday they will be the guests at an anniversary party to be given by Mr. and Mrs. Byford Macv. Mrs- Macy is a niece of Mr. and Mrs. Schlickman and due to her mother's death at the time of her birth, was reared by them. o ASK HUGE FUND FOR FLOOD AID Nine States In Flood Area Need Fund For Flood Control Indianapolis. Feb. 20 — KU.R> — Members of the Ohio basin conference, representing a nine-state area, opened their second day’s session today, faced with a proposal to ask congress for $85,000,000 to construct U. S. armyplanned dams and reservoirs to control floods. r Alfred Bettman, Cincinnati, ’ Ohio valley regional planning commission chairman, urged the conference to ask congress for 1 the money for construction of 14 1 reservoirs and a series of dtims and levees in headwaters of the ' Ohio river tributaries. { Former Gov. Paul V. McNutt of Indiana, president of the council of state governors, opened the meeting yestrday. followed by a 1 banquet last night. 1 In a brief talk. Gov. M. Clifford Townsend, of Indiana, told dele- ! gates that the Ohio valley flood ' region “is a national problem.” "I see great possibilities in your organization,” Gov. Townsend said. “I only wish that the pepple who contributed to the Red Cross ‘ fund for rehabilitation of flood sufferers could have made the • trip with me when I visited the > flood zone. I can’t understand ' why the federal government i hasn’t made a grant for those i ponle there.” Lieut. Gov. Henry F. Schricker i <aid the recent flood "presents -a tremendous problem but we be- >! lieve it can be met and Indiana i will do its part.”

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Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, February 20, 1937.

(Governor To Speak Here Gov. Townsend M. Clifford Townsend, governor of Indiana, will be the guest of Decatur and Adams county Thursday, March 18. Highlight of the governor’s visit to the city will be the annual banquet of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce in the evening.

SEVEN KILLED IN ACCIDENTS Auto Accidents In Indiana Take Heavy Toll Os Lives Indianapolis. Feb. 20 — dI.R) — Seven persons were killed and nine injured in automobile accidents in Indiana during the last 24 hours. Four were killed almost instantly and two seriously iniured in an automobile-truck collision four miles west of Richmond early today. The dead are: James Park. 21. his wife and their Infant child, all of Connersville. Mrs. Charles Westner, 22, Connersville. Those hurt were Charles Westner, 22. and his son, Charles Westner. Jr., 6. The accident occurred when the car driven by Westner crashed into the rear of a truck driven by Harold Fisher, 31, Connersville, on U. S. road 40 four miles west of , Richmond. Wayne county sheriff Art Quigley said the truck, which was carrying about eight tons of steel, had no tall lights. Fisher, driving for the C. J. Connell Trucking Co., Connersville. was arrested pending investigation of the accident. Isom Landreth. 22, was killed late yesterday when his automobile was struck by a Mono train at Leipsic, eight miles southwest of Mitchell. Lymann Bennett, 22. Vincennes, was held in jail today on charges of driving while intoxicated as a result of the death of Benjamin Ravelette, 57. Oaktown, who was injured fatally yesterday when a truck driven by Bennett left the road and overturned. Cordie Whitledge. 50, Evansville WPA worker, was killed last night when struck l>y an automobile driven by Dr. J. R. Logan. Whitledge was the father of four children. Seven Midland high school students were injured, one seriously, when the automobile in which they were riding overturned on state road 59. three miles northwest of Linton last night. Those injured wer Roger Cole. 18. who sustained serious head wounds. Charles Henroit, 19, Rosemary Stockrahm, 17. Violet Hays, 17, Hershel Pershing, 16, Mary Doyle, 17. and Harold Hayes, 18. o WEATHER Rain probable tonight and Sunday; colder Sunday; Monday probably fair.

Local Lad Broadcasts During Safety Program I Lee Edward Nelson, son of Mrs. ) John Nelson, yesterday was escorted to Fort Wayne by state policeman Paul Beaverforden. Legionier, , where he gave a broadcast over WOWO on the safety program. Lee Edward, who is a third grade pupil in Miss Florence Haney’s room at the North Ward school, won the honor by writing one of the best letters on safety. He was the youngest of all the children selected. Upon his return yesterday afternoon he told the north ward pupils of his experience, in a short program held at the school. ESCAPED MEN STILL SOUGHT Search Continues For Three Convicts Who Escaped Friday Coldwater. Mich.. Feb. 20—(UP) —Search for three youthful convicts who used a crude ladder to break to freedom from the state prison at Jackson, was continued by Michigan and Indiana police in this ; area today. A sensational flight, in which the prisoners kidnaped two persons and stole five autos, was believed to have headed them towards the Michigan-Indiana line 15 miles south of here The three fugitives are Joe Scofic, 25; Alvitj Mott, 18; and Ray Rush, 19, al! sentenced for armed robberyThe convicts made their successful break early yesterday, clambering over the prison wall shortly after 6 a. m. and speeding away from the institution in a prison truck. They stole another machine at i Jackson and eluded police blockadJackson and eluded police blockades yesterday as they changed autos. Posses concentrated near the [ state line after a wrecking car stol-1 en from a Quincy garage mechanic I was found in a parking lot here-, Later they were reported seen near Angola, Indiana near the state line Michigan and Ind.iana authorities believed them separated and afoot. A capture was believed imminent. | O Martin Condition Is Still Unchanged — The condition of Frank Martin,, former county commissioner, remains serious, it was reported at the 'Adams county memorial hospital this morning. He was reported about the same today. 1

Governor s Day To Be Observed March 18 With Townsend As Guest Os Honor For Entire Day

SEEK TO HALT I NEW VIOLENCE IN CONFERENCE Waukegan Conference Is Held In Effort To Stop Strike Waukegan. 111., Feb. 20.—(U.R> — ■ Company and union officials and state and national labor conciliators. who failed in a six hour conference to settle the Fansteel Metallurgical Corp., sit-down strike, 1 j met again today hopeful of reach-1 ing an early settlement and pre- 1 venting new violence. "I believe we may get somewhere today.” Mayor John Bromey said. "We talked it all over last night { and I believe the conference will succeed. It appears deadlocked now, but by no means hopelessly so.” Sheriff L. A. Doolittle promised to refrain temporarily from furthi er efforts to evict the approximate-. . ly 100 sit-downers inside the plant.! Deputies patrolled the company's j seven and a half acre grounds, apJarenEly instructed only to prevent reinforcements joining the men within. They ignored frequent hoots and catcalls. Conciliators who went into con- > ference in a musty office of the ! North Chicago city hall yesterday afternoon, still faced at least two major stumbling blocks. Strikers, members of John L. Lewis, Amalgamated Iron. Steel and Tin Workers organization, demanded that tne union be recognized as the sole bargaining agency for its membership. A corrallary to their demands was that the company be barred from dealing with non union groups. The company, represented by Max Swiren, has refused both demands. "We are perfectly willing,” Swiren said, “to deal with any one employee or groups of employes but I we refuse to deal with outside or- ' ganizers.” He referred to Lewis’ committee for industrial organization j with which the iron, steel and tin ■ workers are affiliated. Swiren offered to meet with a committee of employes chosen by the strikers but rejected a mediator’s suggestion that Joseph H. ' Jacobs, CIO attorney, act for them as legal counsel. “Jacobs does not represent the men in the plant,” he said. “We will not meet with outside organizers.” Union representatives were equally adamant. Meyer Adelman, C. 1. O. orga-‘ conferred with state and federal mediators and repliad: “I am the workers representative here just as much as Mr. Swiren is the company’s spokesman. Human rights are just as important in this dispute as property rights and we are prepared to fight for them." <The conference was at|tr|nde<’j by Swiren, Dromey, Jacobs, Adelman, Robert Pilkington and John E. O’Connor, U. S. department of labor conciliators, Leo I Krzycki, C. I. O. representative, Patrick Cullen and A. L. Mclnerney. state conciliators, and Frank i iM. Opeka, North Chicagio city ! attorney! The Fansteel plants are located in North Chicago. Speed is essential in these negotiations," Opeka said. “We ; are afraid that the Sager Lock I Corporation and Ghicagtt Hardi ware Foundry (plants near Fan- ' steel) will go down in sympathy. “If that happens there really will be fun out there." At Springfield, Gov. Henry Hor- | ner, watching the situation anxi iously, announced that Martin ! Durkin, state labor commission) er, would arrive today to take a hand in the conference, and if Durkin failed "I'll go myself.” Only one incident occurred ■ during the night. A crowd of about 200 onlookers heckled six special deputies as they marched back and forth on patrol duty. ' (ICONTINUED ON PAGE THREE)

•— • I Boys Save Pennies To Buy Flowers For Train Wreck Victim -« Huntington, Feb. 20 —(UP) — A 1 wreath of t'owern ‘for the railroad man who remembered us" lay on the casket of Janies H. Karnes, Erie I conductor who was killed in the rear-end collision at Decatur last ‘ Sunday, at his funeral this week. Erie men today revealed the source of the remembranceA group of five or six boye a‘. Tor-sin, Ind., ranging in age from eix to nine years, never failed to meet the eastbound local freight when it stopped in their town. For they and Mr. Karnes had become friends in some way and lie always 1 had a wave for them, and a few { words when he had time. He seldom ' failed to have a bag of candy, apI pies or some other treat, and the arrival of “Mr. Karnes’ train” be- ( came an event for them. The boys felt the loss of their friend keenly when they learned of his tragic death. Each started in his i own way to earn money, running errands and doing odd jobs to make 1 a pool of $1.60, all of which went to i buy flowers for “the railroad man I who remembered us." UNION MEMBERS ARE INDICTED » 1 F — Nineteen To Be Arraigned In Anderson Court i Today Anderson. Ind.. Feb. 20 —<U.R> — ; Nineteen members of the United . Automobile Workers Union, indicted late yesterday by a Madison . | county grand jury on charges I ' growing out of a barroom shoot-1 ,'ing which brought martial law , I here a week ago. were to be arraigned today before circuit judge Charles E. Smith. Milton Siegel, union attorney,; said he would ask release of the! men on bond totalling SSOO each. | The indictment charged all with trespass, riot at Emory Shlnley's tavern. Two men wounded by 1 i Shipley when he fired at a group 1 i of union members after a fight in I his barroom were among those ‘ I indicted. I The indictments came within •'two hours after Col. A. H. Whit-; ■' comb, in command of the 500 na-1 1 tional guardsmen here, had turned i the men over to civil authorities ' for trial With this action it was ' indicated military restrictions ■ were being relaxed and possibly some of the troops may be withdrawn next week Those under indictment are: Hil- . i lard Parrish. Bernard Karpp, Ani drew Nichols, Rov Post. John Rose, Cecil Hubei, Henry Showalt- . er, Linus Showalter. Dearborn Harris, Harry Florkowski, Clayton Balenger, Clarence Lischer and Fred Reichart, all of Flint. Mich.; Heaton Vorse. New York; Preston Fox, Middletown. O.; William Singer, Kenneth Thompson, Harold Reed and Albert Weston, all 1 of Anderson. Cecil Justice. Anderson, was not indicted but was still detained by police. ' The grand jury remained in ses--1 sion but deputy prosecutor E. E. McDaniel refused to indicate whether it will investigate other phases of Anderson's labor strike which has been raging for the past month. Victor Reuther, union organizer, said he expected Homer Martin. : United Automobile Worker president. to visit here next week. o Bank And Post Office Will Close Monday Washington’s birthday will be ap--1 propriately observed Monday in ' this city with the c’oeing of the post ; office and First State Bank. Flags are to be erected by business houses and social organizations will 1 commemorate the date with special ’ i parties. | - No formal celebration is planned 1 here Nearly all county offices have ; signified their intentions of remain1 ing open for business. |

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City And County To Join In Honoring Indiana’s New Governor; Banquet To Be Highlight. FARM MEETING Decatur and Adams county will be hosts to M. Clifford Townsend, governor of Indiana, Thursday, March 18, officials of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce announced this morning. Elaborate plans are being arranged to make the first visit of Mr. Townsend as governor, one of the outstanding events of the year. The highlight of Governor’s Day, as March 18 is officially designated will be the annual banquet of the Chamber of Commerce. This banquet, at 6:30 p. m.. will be held in the auditorium of the Catholic high school, and plans are bPTng made to accomodate 500 residents of the city and ccArnty. In addition to the local business organization, the Berne and Geneva Chamber of Commerce and the Rotary and Lions clubs of this city will attend in a body. Gov. Townsend, accompanied by I his secretary, Dick Heller, former , city editor of the Decatur Daily 1 Democrat, and other state officials, I is scheduled to arrive in Decatur shortly before noon. | Leaders of Adams county farm organizations will hold a luncheon for the governor and his party, and at 1 o’clock the governor will 1 speak to a Miass meeting of farm- ’ ers, location of which has not been ■ determined. Tentative plans call for Gov. ; Townsend to make brief appearI ances at the public and Catholic i high schools immediately after the farm meeting. At the conclusion of the visit to : the schools, the governor's party ; will be escorted on a tour of the i city’s leading industries. Governor’s Day will be concludled with the Chamber of Commerce banquet, with Gov. Town- | send as the principal speaker. Committees J. Ward Calland, field manager of the Central Sugar company, will be general chairman and toastI master for the banquet. | Others in charge (>t the banquet are H. P. Schmitt, arrangements; Albert Sellmeyer, entertainment; Leo Kirsch, music; Dee Fryback, I tickets. The official welcoming coimnitI tee will be composed of Mr. Caljland: Dee Fryback. president of ■ the Decatur Chamber of Commerce; C. H. Muselman, president of the Berne Chamber of Commerce; a representative of the Geneva Chamber of Commerce; Thurman Gottschalk, state senator; John H. Heller, editor of the Daily Democrat; A. R. Holrttouse, mayor of Decatur; L. E. Archbold. Adams county agricultural agent. (ICONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) O ENTER DISPUTE ON COURT BILL U. S. Chamber Os Commerce Enters Controversy On Reform Washington, Feb. 20—(UP) —The U. S. Chamber of Commerce today joined the controversy over President Roosevelt’s cupreine court reorganization 'program, with an appeal to the nation to resist efforts to "usurp or limit" the functions of the judiciaryHarper Sibley, president, made the chamber’s first pronouncement on the issue as a split among congressional liberals became a major factor in the nationwide dispute. Sib'ey’s appeal, published in the “Washington Review” was based on the official stand of the Chamber of Commerce. It Included a suggestion that “all citizens should express their view to congressional enactment as to obtain a reversal of deI cisions extending consistently back through generations and reaffirmed unanimously by the supreme court in the NRA case of May 1935,” Sib- | ley declared.