Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 45, Decatur, Adams County, 22 February 1937 — Page 1

XXXV. No. 45.

B TO SPEED MATE ACTION B COORT RILL tt ..| li( |irian ( oiuniit WfoStari Hearings S March 9 «p) Tlu' IB"." ■ H ■■ ■ ■ . ■ B UM ■■ : ;- is ,r ; ■ -Jf ■s■,. v .i "' ■j court justices at 70 on ■ gM., '!"■ I” - r». ■ y H ' <’.■.•■,■■ > ?,- v. < ■ |^K.' ■ :.: SH ML TROOPS | ON OFFENSIVE Launch 01lt i n>On Front South H Os .Madrid Bld-: - ■ BM *®' !al ■•■';.■< reported ar...ws ;is-. that loyalist I„, Varan 15 mhos < ~; tho capital. j roops wore air.. ."1,. If. ■ «•••:- .■! 1 rom tlie eapi ' Aru-inda set Tor. 16 ■' "f Madrid, alone M ntally important Valencia I yd.s' k was started .< itiful spring like upe:. personal orders of Gen. Miaja, commander in chief. ; ■ i. ... ..al staff meminto the field to take direct ■tgr of operations. loyalist batt'e line extenda tU'isted 37Vs mile front, machine gun tire from S’’“ttpon..; taken into the nationtrpni has for a decisive battle the loyalist shock troops, despite the tire, dispatches W® the front said, loyalists broke Mnieh at several points and eith■captured machine gun nests or the nationalists to retreat, ■oiprnnipn: observers reported ■tat noon the offensive had pro■aaetl more than a kilometer: ■ mile) at some points and that ■ entire result was so far satis■°ty all along the front. ■■Silting continued, the obser-' B said. ■ationalists brought their tanks ■ aclion ,a te in the morning, it ■> asserted, but loyalists had ■ s Pecially trained antitank ■ 8 into the front lines. ■ threw bombs and blasted B advancing tanks with anti tank ■/ while the infantry took shell ■/' dugouts and trenches in the ■“Dualists lines, it was asserted. I ‘ o— I hi( ‘f Os Police Confined To Home rj"ef of Police Sephne Welch! is la . confin “ d to Itin home on Indm raet - 110 '« suffering from an n his left knee, which has , lln at home since Thursday, onditiojj was reported as but CB „? etter to<la y. The chief just » a . t y ret urned ot duty after an lack of la grippe.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Auto, Truck Collide At Street Crossing One auto wa* badly damaged at 11:25 o’clock this morning when an auto driven by Mrs. Vivian White of»5? Walnut street collided with a trucl owned by the Schafer com- ’ pany and operated by Harry Frauhiger. Tite Schufer truck string the White auto in the tear, ae it was crossing the intersection ut Third and Madison streets nouth on Third The truck was only slightly damaged, but the car driven by Mrs. White was severely dented and broken in the rear FRANK MARFIN DIES SATURDAY Former Adams County Commissioner Dies At County Hospital Frank O. Martin, 56, of Washington township, prominent Adams county farmer, and county commissioner for six years until January 1, 1937. died at the Adams county memorial hospital, Saturday evening at 7:30 o'clock of peritonitis, which followed a ruptured appendix 1 Death came after an illness of i less than a week. He taught his Sunday school class at the St. ■ Paul Christian church Sunday. February 14. The following Monday he became ill and was taken to the hospital Wednesday. Mr. Martin was well known over (the county because of his years in i public office and his work in a threshing ring, in which he contacted many farmers. He was. elected county commissioner for the second district in 1930. taking office. January 1. 1931. He served six years, two three-year terms. In 1932 and 1935 he w« president of j the boatd. in 19736 lie served as vice-president Mr. Martin was born in Ottawa. Ohio, December 17, 1880, the son lof George and Lena Benedick Martin, who moved to Adams connty when Mr. Martin was 17 months old. He had lived in the I county since. His marriage to Miss Sarah M. Arnold took place March 8. 1902. Survivors Surviving are the widow, the mother, who lives in Kirkland township: 13 children: Mrs. Mabie i: White. Kansas City Kansas; Mrs. , John Walters, east of Decatur: , Mrs. Margaret Parrish, east of ' Monroe; Harold and Bryce. Fort Wayne; Faye. Helen. Richard. Jay and Arnold at home; two brothers, Earl and Harry of Kirkland township: two sisters .Mrs. Frank Yager and Mrs. Ed Millar, Decatur; and three grandchildren. Bet--1 ty Joan Walters, east of Dycatur, ' and Mary Lou and Martin Lea White of Kansas City. Two children are deceased. ' The body was returned to the I home in Washington township. Sunday evening from the Black funeral home and may be viewed until the time of the funeral. Funeral services will be held at the home Tuesday at 1:30 p. m. and at the Zion Reformed church here at 2p. m. The Rev. Glenn Marshall, of the Church of God here, will officiate, assisted by the Rev. C. M. Prugh. pastor of the Zion Reformed church, and the Rev. LYoung retired pastor from \an Wert Ohio. Burial will be made in the Decatur Maplewood cemetery. ELWOOD MAN IS KILLED RY SON 11-Year-Old Boy Says He Meant Only To Wound His Father Elwood. Ind.. Feb. 22 — (U.R) I Ray Small. 39. a tin plate worker. , i lay dead today—victim of a bullet fired by an 11-year-old son he had I scolded. The boy, Claude, was held by J Sheriff Harry Gosset at Anderson. I “I only meant to wound him in i I the shoulder but he turned just as I shot," Claude tearfully told | authorities who found him at the 1 home of relatives 15 miles distant i after the shooting. J “I wanted to frighten him because he scolded me for playing in the yard where it was muddy. Three smaller children —Robert. [3; Mary. 2. and Lois Ann, eight ! months— were asleep when Claude j crept from his bed shortly after 1 midnight Saturday intent upon running away from home. He had hidden a .22 calibre rifle and some clothing on the back porch before retiring. Retrieving the rifle. Claude slipped through the rear door and ■ found his father sitting in the living room listening to the radio. He fired once before slipping I (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

DEADLOCK STILL REPORTED FROM SFRIKE CENTER Negotiations In Illinois Strike Crisis Still Deadlocked • - - (Conyright 19377 hv United Press) Waukegan, 111.. Feb. 22 (U.R) i A joint invitation from Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins and Gov Henry Horner to rival parties in the Fansteel metallurgical sitdown strike may be the next move to break the deadlock in conciliation efforts, parties close to the negotiations said today. The informant said such a con ference would be called on lite fol lowing conditions: That lioth the company and striking members of the Amalgamated Iron. Steel and Tin workers either have legal counsel or not have legal counsel. The company has Insisted the strikers negotiate for themselves without assistance of "outside professional agitators." j That no further attempt be made to evict approximately 100 sit-1 downers in two Fansteel plants at nearby North Chicago pending outcome of pe/e efforts. The strlk ers have held the buildings since 11 | Wednesday and on Friday re * pulsed 140 sheriff's men who attempted to oust them. Robert Pilkington. 11. S. -labor department conciliator, said his office had supplied Miss Perkins with reports "hourly." Martin P. Durkin, director of the state department of labor, who I has l>een in charge of mediation efforts between the company and organizers for John L. Lewis's committee for industrial organiza- i Hon. left Chicago this morning for Springfield to give Governor Horner a complete report. Durkin, who made three unsuccessful attempts to get company officials ami strikers into conference with the governor, said the (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o NEGRO ADMITS KNIFE SLAYING Fort Wayne Negro Confesses To Slaying White Man Fort Wayne. Feb. 22 — (U.R) —' Robert Young. 30-year-old negro shoe shine toy who early yester-1 day slashed to death Charles, Watterson. 31. may be given a preliminary hearing in city court todav on charges of first degree murder. The negro readily confessed the killing when captured several hours later on information furnished bv Miss Mattie Arnold, in whose home the fatal fight took i place. Young said the woman owed him two dollars and was to have naid it Saturday night. When he l broke in the hack door after getting no answer to his knocks, he said he found the man and woman scantily clad in the front room. The two men started fighting after an argument about "money." Young said he was struck several j times with a poker before he wielded a boy scout knife whetted to razor-like sharpness. He showed » head wound to prove it. | Miss Arnold, whose story of what happened was confused and incoherent, is being held as a material witness. Almost three vears ago Nina ! Cotton Norton. 31. shot to death Fred Kiesel. 34, in the same room. She is now serving a 2-21 year sentence for that crime. j o Hendricks Funeral Rites Held Today Funeral services were held this afternoon at the S. E. Black funeral home for Mrs. Sarah Hendricks. of North Seventh street, who j died Fridav morning from infirmities. Burial was made in the Decatur cemetery. The name of Earl Hendricks, of: Greenville, Ohio, a son of the de j ceased, was unintentionally omitted from the list of survivors pub lished Friday. | Scout Committee To Meet Tuesday Night A meeting of the Adams conntv I Roy Scout committee will be held Tuesday night at 7:45 o'clock in 1 the citv hall for the nurpose of out- | lining the program for 1937. The most important business to i l)e considered is the planning of the annual financial drive. The matter of registration of Scout officials will also be discussed.

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Decatur, Indiana, Monday, February 22, 1937.

Taken By Death ‘CI 1 k Frank (). Martin Frank O Martin, former commissioner of Adams county, died al the Adams county hospital Satur , day night. Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon. SAM SCHWARTZ BACK IN JAIL Berne Man, Released Saturday Morning, Back Four Hours Later Sam K. Schwartz, of Berne, was fined $1 and costs and sentenced to 30 days in the Adams county ail on a fraudulent check charge, when he plead guilty before Mayor Arthur R. Holthousf 4n city court late this afternoon. Charges were to lie filed lat» i this afternoon against Sam K. | Schwartz, of Berne, as a climax to a series of escapades In which he figured during the past two weeks. Schwartz, a member of the orthodox Amish sect of near Berne, was first arrested Thursday. February 4 on a charge of child nei gleet. When he pleaded for leniency before C. FI Muselman. , Berne justice of neace. he was released on bond after Tits promise to , klo better.” The following week on Wednesday. he was lodged in the jail at Berne for public intoxication, when he was apprehended at his home in nn allegedly drunken stupor after carousing untewn. His stay in jail was shortlived, however, as sometime during' the night he broke the lock on the Berne jail and escaped Since Hie I county prosecutor was out of town on official business. Berne i authorities decided to permit I Schwartz to roam at large until charges were filed. 1 According to reports, however. Ilfs incessant bragging of the jailbreak caused his third incarceration. When the prosecutor was detained for an undetermined length iof time, county authorities were forced to release the Amishman, since they had no charge against him. He was released about noon Saturday. Approximately four hours later he was back in jail for issuing a fraudulent check. Authorities stated that he had no sooner (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) 0 — GRADUATE LIST IS ANNOUNCED Pleasant Mills, Kirkland And Monmouth Graduates Listed The list of prospective graduates for the three schools in the northern half of the county was released today from the offices of C. E. Striker, county superintendent of schools. The list of graduates from Hartford. Jefferson. Geneva and Monroe was given last week. Following are candidates for diplomas from the other three: Pleasant Mills: Ruby Bragg. Pauline Carver, Ida Mae Cottrell. Doris Durbin. Catherine Fairchild, Robert McMillen. Boneta Meyer. Maurice Miller, Faye Myers, Mary Ray, George Ray, Thelma Ray, Ellen Spencer, Phyllis Taylor. Rebecca Teeple, Eathyll Tynkham. Goren Welker. Robert Wells, and Earl "Williamson. Kirkland: Paul Arnold. Richard Barns. Robert Bucher, Floyd Engle, Robert Henschen. Donald Hoffman, Max Houck. Dale Mankey. Howard Reinhard. Carl Weller, Samuel Yager, Violet Arnold, Juanita Lehman. Margaret Poling, Luella Worthman. Monmouth: Alvina Aumann. Susan Dehner, Charles Baker, Jr., Eleanor Johnson, Paul Kiess, Harriet Kunkel, and Eleanora Roop.

FREAK WEATHER HITS DECATUR High Winds, Gusts Os Snow Are Experienced Last Evening Mother Nature displayed both her good and bad temperaments in one day Sunday, when she suddenly changed what appeared to be a spring like Sabbath into a wind whipped wintry day. The day dawned clear with a ' warm sun shining and tempera- 1 Hires hovering between Go and 55 ' degrees. At noon the complexion of the ' weather suddenly shifted until last 1 evening snow, accompanied by high winds that created minor damage. ' hud Hie city in Hie grip of a bliz-zard-like cold spell. I Despite the unusually high wind only minor damage was created. 1 Several old sheds in open places were blown down and five poles ' of the city light and power company were laid flat. in one instance several faiTtilies on Tenth street were forced to do ' without lights for a time when a ’ i large tree crashed across light 1 lines, disrupting the service. The town of Pleasant Mills was ■ without lighfs last night when service was broken by the high winds that reached near cyclonic proportions. Many of the small towns and villages in this part ot Indiana and Ohio were without lights when poles were blown down. Driving Sunday and Sunday night was extremely hazardous, occasioned by the swirling snow and the heavy wind that threaten- ' ed to force autoists off the road. The telephone company reported today that its lines suffered no damage. The cold continued this morning with the velocity of the wind holding the temperatures down to a medium of 25 degrees in protected spots and even lower in others. A member of the staff reported that he had been in a minor cy(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) —o ——— UNION MEN ARE FREE ON BOND Peace Reigns In Anderson; May Lift Martial Law ' Anderson, Ind , Feb. 22 (U.R) — i Negotiations between the United Automobile Workers union and of- . ficials of two General Motors subsidiaries, provided under the Detroit agreement, were planned to- ■ day under continued peace be-; tween union a.’id nonunion em- ( ployes. Victor Reuther, United Automobile Workers organizer, pressed for the conference after 19 union men indicted on riot charges were freed under bond and withdrawal of national guard troops began. Martial law remained in effect but more than 10U troops were withdrawn over the week-end, leaving only 180 on duty in Madi- . son county. Col. Albert H. Whitcomb, militia commander, planned to confer with Gov. M. Clifford Townsend by telephone today regarding further reduction of troops and probable j lifting ot' military rule. The 19 union men, arrested at- ' ter a tavern shooting Feb. 13 precipitatd martial law to halt violence between union and non-union I forces, were released late Saturday under bond totalling more than 82,000, provided by the American Bonding company. Circuit Judge Charles B. Smith set March 10 for their arraignment. Reuther said 13 of the men were Flint automobile workers and had ' returned there to go back to work. He said Homer Martin, Detroit, automobile workers president, will be here tonight to address a mass meeting. Approximately 250 persons atI I tended a meeting yesterday at which Whitcomb warned that in (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) 0 BULLETIN River Bill Passes House Indianapolis, Feb. 22.—i'U.R. i —The bill repealing a 1927 act regarding dredging the i Wabash river in Adams and Wells county was rushed . through the house of representatives and sent to the seni ate under suspension of rule today on personal plea of Rep. L Frank F. Thompson, Bluffton. Democratic floor leader. Rep. Thompson said the project . would cost taxpayers about $400,000 and might flood several cities along the river.

LEGISLATORS SPEED ACTION ON MEASURES Lenthen Session To Speed Action On Pending Legislation IndianapoliH. Feb. 22 — <VP> — 1 Faced with a tremendous welter of bill*, to be handled in only 15 days, the state legislature increased the length of its work day today and cut down an introduction of new measures. Delayed by a joint session to observe Washington's birthday, th-* house voted to meet again this afternoon. The senate received four new biUs and advanced a few minor measures before recessing to join the house for the patriotic program. Music for the joint s«sion in the house chamber was provided by tire Zagrab orchestra and the Preraeovic choir, both of Gary and representatives Charles R- Johnson, D., New Castle, and his 13 children. A little NRA bill, embodying fair trade provisions of the outlawed national recovery act was passed by the house, 57 to 26. and sent to the governor after little debate. The vote was along almost strict party lines, with a few rural representatives joining the Republican minority. The house advanced one administration bill, sent it to engrossment, received for third reading the measure to remove property tax exemp-1 tion on holdings ot religious, fraternal, educational and benevolen’ organizations on which the donor receives a profit. Another advanced to engrossment in the house provided increases in subsistence allotments to 'petty officers of the national guard. The house killed by indefinite postponement, a measure to increase chain store license revenues by figuring license costs on the basis of floor footage rather than number of stores. Opjxments of the till said it would increase store costs $4,000,000 year'y. i A resolution proposing the state planning board draw a master map from which highway improvements ! would be planned, uas approved by “ j the house. Representatives passed on the senate bills providing rules and ethics for Indianapolis attorneys and licensing of collective agencies under $2,000 bondAppropriation of $500,600 for flood relief for Jeffersonville was proposed in a bill introduced by Sens. Claude B. Mcßride and William James, representing counties in the flood areas. It pointed out that tlie recent Ohio river flood had damaged 20 percent of the municipal buildings in Jeffersonville and private property was so seriously affected that tax revenue must fall. o — Herbert Zuercher Reported Improved Herbert Zuercher. of Berne, who was seriously injured last Monday in an auto accident near Hunting-; ton. was reported to be somewhat improved today. He is confined in tlie HuntingtoriTiospital. HEAVY PROGRAM FOR CONGRESS Congress Faces Busiest Legislative M eek OT Session Washington, Feb. 22— (U.R) — Congress, looking back on almost seven weeks of organizing and preparing bills in committee, today started what promised to be its busiest legislative week thus far. Leaders surveyed the mounting stack of measures awaiting action, , noted the few actually ready tor j floor consideration and conceded . they were almost certain not to j wind up their work before the greater part of Washington’s i scorching summer weathed has passed. Length of the session will depend largely, it was believed, on action on President Roosevelt's judiciary reorganization program. | most controversial and No. 1 administration measure before congress. To show for its efforts thus far the 75th congress could point to i only one appropriation bill enacted —the $950,000,000 deficiency relief measure —three acts extending administration financial programs —the FRD, the stabilization fund I and the reserve note issuance | authority — and various minor , (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) I

Illinois Floods Take Five Lives, Several Missing

AUTHOR STRIKES AT COURT BILL Booth Tarkington Attacks Court Reform Proposal Indianapolis. Feb. 22. (U.R) In , liie first statement on a public con- . troversial issue in more than a ' decade. Both M. Tarkington, fam- ' ed Hoosier author, yesterday de- ; scribed President Roosevelt's judicial reform plan as an attempt to remove supreme court judges "because they stand in the way of certain policies.” "Proponents of the proposal do not only admit, they urge and proclaim that the present judges must be removed, or overwhelmed, because they stand in the way of those policies." the 68 year old author charged. Tarkington's address was read at a mass meeting after impaired health preventd him from attend ing “in the view of anybody wlio, doesn't prefer dust in his eyes, there are few living men who wouldn't need to be at least 70 to be qualified to sit on the bench of the supreme court or the United, States," Tarkington said. "Most of the disastrous mistakes recorded in history were made by j men in middle-age. younger middleage and youth. I mention byway! of illustration Napoleon at Water- 1 100, Wilkes Booth and Pontius j Pilate." Tarkington referred to the supreme court as a “dictionary" provided by the framers of the con(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) O —— UAIRY LEGUME SCHOOL FRIDAY Purdue Expert To Conduct School At Geneva Friday Dairy management and feeding problems, and the production of the proper hay and pasture roughages for dairy cattle, to meet the needs of dairymen as a result of the drought will be the important subjects discussed at tlie dairy legume school, sheduled for Adams county Friday, according to County Agent Archbold. Tlie forenoon session will begin I at 9:30 a. m. at the high school at Geneva and will include one period devoted to the problems of feeding and managing the dairy herd to meet present and future | conditions. The other period will deal with a hay and pasture pro- j gram for 1937. M. O. Pence and E. T. Wallace of Purdue University will conduct! this school and both are thorough-1' ly familiar with county conditions..' as they have attended a number; of meetings and tours within the last few years. One of the outstanding factors controlling the production and pro-, fit of a dairy herd is feeding, according to Mr. Wallace, who will discuss other factors influencing income from the dairy herd. There is a direct relationship between income and the kind of feeds avail-1 able on dairy farms. Very valuable and practical feed budgets will be suggested and discussed based on the feed requirements pr ceow. Dairy mn in general ; have not taken advantage of the i splendid opportunity to grow and feed a home made balanced rai tion. Help the dairy cow help you I maintain your income by providing the proper feeds in proper ! amounts for efficient production. Since good legume roughage is ■ the foundation of this program, production problems with alfalfa. ! soybean sand other legumes will jbe discussed. The increasing importance of an abundance of good pasture throughout the season is now recognized as never before !by dairymen. Permanent pasture improvement, the use of sweet clover, lespedeza, sudan grass, and other special pasture crops are j live subjects of special interest to (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o — WEATHER Increasing cloudiness, warv mer west and south portions tonight: Tuesday unsettled with | rising temperature.

Price Two Cents.

Heavy Week End Rains Take Toll Os Lives But Waters Are Now Reported Lower SEVERAL MISSING Rockiord, 111., Feb. 22. -XU.R> - Five were dead and several still were missing today as flood waters of half a dozen northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin rivers, started by torrential week-end rains, began to fall back as swiftly as they arose. The floods spread over thousands of acres of lowlands along the boundary lines of the two states, rising swiftly and with little warning. Hundreds of families fled lowland homes. The rivers which overflowed were the Illinois, Sheboygan, Sugar. Rock, Fever, Menominee and Pecatonica. A blizzard added to suffering of flood victims. The Pecatonica at Freeport still was rising about an inch an hour, officials there said, but the freezing weather was expected to halt the danger of serious flood. William A. Sanderson, Sr., 45. and Walter Bartell, 35. were drowned when a rescue boat crashed into a telephone pole near Galena, 111., on the Fever river. Five companions were rescued after clinging for more than an hour to a ! fence post. Galena was hardest hit of the flood towns. River bank dwellings were submerged to the second floor ! and seven feet of water covered main street. The water fell back | swiftly after reaching its peak, however, and the river today was reported nearly "within its banks. The body or Mrs. Theodore Schulting, 70, was reported found near the Menominee river near Galena anu the body of an unideni tified man was found on river bank j railroad tracks half submerged in water. He was believed struck by i a train plowing through overflow , waters of the Fever. Peter Jackson was the fifth vic- ■ tint. He collapsed and died near Beloit. Wis.. while an ambulance | was trying to reach him. Nine were injured, one seriously. I when three cars of the Milwaukee railroads southwestern limited were derailed while crossing a flood-damaged culvert 12 miles north of Rockford. A special train from Beloit, Wis.. was dispatched to pick up the injured when ambulances failed to get through. Mrs. T. S. Blakesley. 52. Kansas City, was injured most seriously but physicians said she would recover. She received a crushed vetebra and was suffering from shock. Others injured were: The Rev. |W. A. Stewart, 41, Moline, Ill.; Mr. and Mrs. George Shaefer, Freeport. Ill.; and Homer Artlip. 45, brakeman; Herbert L. Stiles. 73. conductor: Harry Gaylord. 4t>. flagman: Ray Mark, flagman, and Edwin Harries. 51, negro chelf. all of Milwaukee. Shaefer suffered only minor injuries and was releas(CONTTNUED ON PAGE SIX) O UNION SEEKS RECOGNITION United Auto Workers Seek Recognition Os Chrysler Company Detroit. Feb. 22 —(U.R) —Recognition ot the United Automobile Workers was demanded of the Chrysler corporation today after a mysterious tear gas demonstration disrupted a union meeting called to celebrate the latest move to unionize completely the automobile industry. Richard T. Frankensteen, local U.A.W. organizer, announced that a telegram containing the demand would be sent directly to Walter P. Chrysler, head of the corporation, "and he can turn it over to anyone he wants to." Police began an intensive investigation of the tear gas episode, which came as workers and their families were marching into the fairgrounds coliseum after a “victory” parade which started in front of the Ford Motor company a big Highland Park plant. Light bulbs containing a powder which, according to investigators, generated tear gas when exposed to heat, apparently were thrown into ventilators. In the ensuing (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)