Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 53, Decatur, Adams County, 3 March 1937 — Page 1

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COY ATTACKER STILL MISSING | Cancilia Still At Liberty; Baker Ousted By Legislature Indianpaolis, Ind., March 3—(UP) An armed guard was provided today for Virgil Shephard as he took over direction of the Marlon county public welfare. Emergency action by the state legislature ami Gov. M. Clifford Townsend faciliated the matter. A bill, likewise protected by poUcemen, giving the state department of Public welfare control over the Marion county department, sped I through the legislature under suspension of rules yesterday and within six hours the change was completed. Sht .ihard. public axeistant director in the state welfare department and former governmental research director for the Indianapolis Cham- . her of commerce, is a temporary appointment. Fred Hoke, chairman of the state welfare board, said a permanent county director will be chosen In three or four days. Coy recovered elowly from the . head injuries suffered when Cancilia assaulted him in a statehouse : corridor Monday. Cancilia, facing assault and battery charges, remained at liberty. The assault reportedly resulted from an argument over Coy's sponshorship of a bill in the legislature which would permit his state department to set qua'ification standards for county welfare investigators. Identical provisions were included -In the ouster bill rushed to enactment yesterday. Police guard was provided for the ouster bill a.- it progressed through '.he house and senate, the basement printing room and the governor's office. Other policemen guarded the - the house and senate chambers day and night, because of an attempt to loot the senate and engrossment room early Sunday Politician* had a veritable field I (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO, FORMER COUNTY RESIDENT DIES Mother Os Local Men Dies Tuesday At Spencerville, Ohio Funeral service* for Mrs- Christina Kruetzman-Leis. 69, who died Tuesday at her home in SpencerI ville. Ohio, will be held Friday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at the Magley Reformed church. Rev. R. J. Schrotr of Lima, assisted 'by the Rev. David Grether. , pastor of the Magley church, will officiate Short funeral services will be held at Spencerville Friday noon. Burial will be made in the Magley cemetery. Mrs. Leis was the wife of George Leis of Spencerville She was born ■ in Bremen. Germany. June 1. 1867 and came to this country when nine years of age. She lived in Adams I county for more than 40 years. In 1889 she was married to Wili Ham Kruetzman. who died in 1919. I To this union were born one daugh- : ter, Mr*. H. H. Knatz. of Fort Wayne i five sons, W-dliam and Otto of DeI catur; Victor of Flint, Mich., Ar- ; thur of Alleman, lowa and Walter Kruetzman of Craigville, all of whom survive- ’ In October, 1923 she married George Leis, who survives, together with the following eteip-childrern, Mrs. Carl Rhoda, Lima; Mrs. A. Lauer. Mrs. Don Wilson, Carl Leis, Leonard Leis, all of Spencerville, Calvin Leks of Long Beach, Calif. One half-brother, Christian Bisser of Germany, also survives- ■ ■■ —-o Legion To Hold Fish Fry Friday Adams post number 43 of the American Legion will hold a fish fry at the home Friday evening, starting at 6:30 o’clock. Legion members, their gueste, members of the auxiliary and Spanieh-American war veterans are invited to attend. o — Dry Cleaning Workers Threaten To Strike Fort Wayne, Mar. 3.—KU.R> —Union eihployes of dry cleaning businesses here voted to strike Friday morning unless demands for a wage Increase and a shorter work-week are granted. The strike was voted at a mass meeting atI ter the managements rejected iinI ion proposals.

Convict Nine in Black Legion of Murder Plot Bsk.BL H ** JHjr TERa |f;J ’vwj? 1 wBBIw B A ySrlliu X li XlvW ' > ■ llgß • i ? I L i Ws Lr W ■ ■ ■ Defendants in court

Nine of 16 alleged members of the Black Legion, on trial in Detroit on charges of conspiracy to kill Arthur Kingsley. Highland Park publisher, were found guilty and seven were acquitted. DayI ton Dean, triggerman for the hooded cult, was chief witness for the state in its contention that th" plot against King: !, y had I coneoeUKl be-

LOCAL GROUPS GIVEN BOOKS Valuable Volumes Presented To Organizations Os Decatur The schools, library and Adams Poet 43 of the American Legion have received copies of "Forward March”, a photographic history of , the Wor'd War in two volumes, bound in blue leather. The books are beautiful and attracting l much attention. C. J- Lutz pensented a set of the | :>ook« to the Decatui high school, Father J. J. Seimetz to St. Joseph 1 school. C. L. Walters to the library i and John H- Heller to the Legion The work «s edited by Frank J. ' Mackey, assisted by Marcus Wilson Jernegan, Ph. D.. and is published by the department of rehabilitation ; of American veterans of the World War, Chicago. It contains 750 photographs. chronilogically arranged, ■ and many maps of interest- Photographs depicting social upheaval following the war. such an communistic activities are also Included, the idea being to combat subversive doctrines and other insidious propaganda. Drging of military prepararedness and warnings of impending future wars, are other objectives of the publication, Although the horrors of war are emiphasdzi ed no photographs of so-called horror scenes are included. The cost is porhibitcve to most (CONTINUED OX’ PAGE THREE) LOCAL WINNERS TO BROADCAST Adams County Spelling Champions On Air Monday, Mar. 15 Winners of the Adams county spelling contests wi'l be the first to broadcast eliminations at Fort Wayne, according to word received . today. The 20 winners from this county w-.1l broadcast in their elimination ; contest at 8 o’clock. Monday night, March 15 over station WOWOThese winners represent two from i each of the seven rural, the Deca-' I tur public and Catholic and the Berne public high schools. I The winners of the individual; ; county matches will meet in a contest later to decide the Fort Wayne district winner and the right to enter the national contest as representative from this district. A three day trip to the Cleveland expoeiI tion will also be awarded. . Eliminations in the county and I city schools have already been . opened, it 'is reported. Winners of . the various school contests are ex- . pected to be named within a week, • it is said. R. Nelson Snider, principal of South Side high school of Fort ■ Wayne, has been named word pro- ■ nouncer in charge of the Fort I Wayne contest.

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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, March 3, 1937.

John Herrmann Is Taken From Hospital John Herrmann, young Bluffton! i salesman injured last Thursdayj ' when his auto crashed into the ce- j i ment base of the Erie crossing sig-' . na’ at Mercer avenue, was released from the Adams county memorial . hospital this morning. IHe had been ; confined there since the accident. Mr. Herrmann, w’ho was at first ' thought seriously injured, waa in a much improved condition when released, an<j was able to walk from the hospital to the car, which carr- • ied him to Bluffton. KIRKLAND MUST . REPAIR SCHOOLS Must Repair Grade Schools Or Build Consolidated School ' Kirkland township is faced with | the necessity of extensively remodelling the six one-room grade schools or constructing a new con-j solidated grade building, citizens of the township were informed at ! a meeting sponsored by the PTA. j held in the Kirkland gyin Tuesday ; , night. Entertainment was furnished by Hiram Hayseed. Farmer's Guide impersonator. Between 450 and 500 persons attended. There was i also special music. During the evening H. H. High. • township trustee, was called upon | I to explain the school situation. No i | action was requested at the meet- ' ing. Trustee High announced that he I has taken a neutral position and , is now seeking the will of the, 1 Kirkland township citizens as to which plan should be followed. He j explained that state inspectors sent | by the industrial board of Indiana ,1 examined the six grade buildings two months ago. He has just rei ceived a copy of their report. Require Repairs Repairs and replacements must be made before school is opened next fall, according to the report. The high school building was found to be in good condition, although a few repairs were recommended. The other six buildings require repairs to the walls,, floors, heating equipment, ventilating systems and sanitary equipment before they are safe for oc--1 cupancy. Trustee High has been unable to determine exactly what the im- ' (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) 0 Father Dapp Speaks At Lenten Service I I An interesting and instructive discourse wan delivered iby Father Dapp. pastor of St. Jude’s church, Fort Wayne, at the weekly Lenten services at St. Mary's Catholic church last evening. The sulbject of the sermon was "Death.” The lit- , any of St. Joseph was recited preceding the sermon, followed by Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. Next week Father Charles Girardot, pastor of St. Joseph's church Fort Wayne, will deliver the Len’en i sermon. j j

cause of his opposition to the re-election of Ray Markland as mayor of Highland Park. Those convicted. shown above as verdict was pronounced, were Markland, Arthur Lupp, reputed state commander of the Black Legion; Alvis Clark, Willard Foster. Matthias Gunn. Roy Hepner, Frank Howard. liuli. it James and Rudyard Wellman.

TO FILE SUIT AGAINST CITY Local Attorney Holds City Liable For Personal Injury Attorney Earl B. Adams has served notice on Mayor A. R. Holt- . house, through Nathan Nelson, that tie intends to hold the city of Decatur liable for personal injuries received "on or about the fifth hour. P. M.. on December 30. 1936. while walking on the cement sidewalk on the west side of Mercer j avenue in front of lot No. 348.' I The notice served on the city, reads: "While walking along said side- ' walk. I stepped in a hole, that was in the sidewalk that was caused by an electric light pole. one. either used by the city of Decatur or by the Citizens Telephone company. Said pole having been removed thereof leaving a hole in said sidewalk. And was thrown, i from stepping in said hole in said I walk and fell on my right side and ' was injured on my right side, ini' juring my right limb, spraining my I right ankle and right hip.” The matter was turned over to i city attorney John L. DeVoss for investigation. —o— WEATHER Increasing cloudiness, rain probable late tonight and Thursday; rising temperature tonight and in east and north portions Thursday. CITY COUNCIL MEETSTUESDAY Mayor Is Authorized To Sign Plat For Homestead Addition A resolution Was adopted by the city council Tuesday night authorizing Mayor Arthur R. Holthouse to sign a plat for the Homesteads addition to Decatur. The annexation of the governI ment project to the city has already been completed. In presenting a petition that the plat be approved. Ferd Litterer, project manager. stated that the action was necessary in order to record the plat. A petition to install electric lights at the intersection of Seventh and Dayton streets and at the point where Seventh and Walnut streets meet was filed by Jesse Edgell and others. It was referred to the board of public works and safety. The matter of the removal of the traffic light and cement base at Five Points was discussed. One bid has been made on the installation of a new traffic regulation system at the crossing. It is proposed that traffic lights be installed at each of the five intersecting streets. Another proposal is that a hanging light be installed with five faces. The matter was referred to the board with power to act.

OPPONENTS TO COURT REFORM PLAN STRATEGY Conferences Arranged To Plan Opposition To Court Reform Washington, Mar. 3. f(U.R) —Op- , pouents to President /Roosevelt's Supreme Court reorganization program today planned to make their first organized attack on the proposal when Attorney General Homier S. Cummings testifies next week before the Senate judiciary com I ' mittee. Republican and Democratic leaders of the opposition coalition ar--1 ranged informal conferences to chart their strategy and to coordinate questioning of Cummings and other witnesses defending the bill before the committee. They revealed that they intended to expand small office and luncheon meetings—at which they have been discussing their attack —into larger conferences. No formal or- : ganization was planned but they will keep opposition ranks united through a loose leadership of half ! a dozen senators. The attack centered around Sen- . ators Burton K. Wheeler, D., Mont., . William E. Borah, R„ Ida., Hiram Johnson, R., Cal., Edward K. Burke, D„ Neb., Arthur H. VandenI berg. R.. Mich., and Frederick Van ' Nuys. D„ Ind. Four congressmen continued the : radio debate over the program last night. Sen. M. M. Logan, D., Ky., and Rep. Frank Hancock, D.. N. I C.. defended the plan while it was ' attacked by Vandenberg. Senator Prentiss M. Brown, D., Mich., said . he wanted 'to support my Presi- ; dent" bftt "1 have not yet brought r my mind to the conclusion that his solution is the right one.” Robert Jackson, assistant attorI ney general, and Henry Ward Beer, president of the New York federal i bar association, also will testify ■ in favor of the plan. Its opponents saSd they had var- - i ious prominent witnesses under t consideration hut had not yet detii " (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) BLUFFTON CREAM STATION LOOTED Cloverleaf Creamery Station Victim Os Two Hold-Up Men 1 Bluffton, Mar. 3.—Two unmasked 1 bandits last night held up and ' robbed the Cloverleaf Creamery station here and escaped with money estimated at approximately ’ i .200. Kenneth Higgins, 21, employe of the creamery, was alone in the (oftice at 6:45 o’clock when he noticed two men enter the long, narrow room through the rear door which opens upon the loading platI form. Higgins told police he thought he recognized one of the men. so he continued to read until they came nearer. When the pair I approached one of them suddenly ordered Higgins to open the cash register. Both bandits held pistols lon him while he gave them the , I contents of the cash register. Although the creamery station I I is located about 100 feet west of [ the police station on the opposite 1 side of Market street, no one came ' into view of the store during the robbery. After the men had jam-1 med the money into their pockets they walked out the rear door by which they had entered. Higgins said he followed them to the door, saw them get into a light coupe and turn north upon state ■ . road No. 1 toward Fort Wayne. Police were called immediately and broadcasts giving descriptions j of the pair were made. The bandits were described as being between 25 and 30 years of i age. One wore a cap and overcoat. the other a sweater and leather puttees, Higgins said. o M. E. Superintendent Here Sunday Evening Dr- Fremont E. Fribley, superintendent of the Fort Wayne, district of the Methodist Episcopal church, will speak at the First M. E. Church in Decatur. Sunday evening at 7:00 P- M. Following the evening service he will conduct a congregational fourth quarterly conference at j which the reports of the various church officials will be received. This is the final quarterly conference in the present church year. The district conference is scheduled for Ashley, April 1 and the an- , nual conference will convene at An- | derson April 28. I

Burned Engineer Is Rapidly Improving The condition of Charles PatterI son, engineer of the Erie freight ' train that plowed Into the caboose ; of another on Sunday, February 14, was reported to be etill more improved today. Patterson, who suffered third degree burns from the bunted boili ers of the wrecked engine, was for a time thought fatally burned. He I rallied, however, and at present is 1 reported tto be recovering nicely. HOUSE, SENATE AT STALEMATE ON MEASURES House Leaders Refuse To Pass Additional Senate Measures Indianapolis. Mar. 3 — (U.R) — Stalemated by a dispute between the senate and house on a bill to legalize pari-mutuel betting, the Indiana legislature turned from routine business to investigation of a physical assault on Wayne ■ 1 Coy. The house unanimously adopted i a resolution calling for investigation of the "disappearance" of a • bill over which Coy and his asailant, Peter Cancilia, argued, and the senate received a proposal to ■ give the governor far reaching powers to investigate the inci- , dent. A six-member committee, three l from each chamber, is provided in ■ the resolution adopted by the I j house. The bill, which disappeared, provided for empowering the state . welfare department to establish qualification standards for county ■ welfare investigators. It was loan- , ed to Joel A. Baker, associate of I Cancilla. by Rep. Martin Downey, 'ID., Hammond. Rep. Frank G. Thompson, Bluff- . ton. sponsored the resolution with • a statement: . I “All bills introduced in the legislature are state property. A bill has disappeared. It should be investigated." , The investigating committee would report to the legislature or | Gov. Townsend and make its findi ings available to the Marion county | grand jury. Gov. Townsend conferred with administration leaders in the senate today in an apparent attemp’ k to break the deadlock between the two chambers. House leaders were refusing to pass any more senatesponsored bills until the upper j chamber acted on the pari-mutuel bill passed by the house. Townsend urged senate leaders to pass I bills placing a weight tax on all i trucks and enforcing oil inspection. I but said: “I have too much confidence in , the senate to think they would pass I a pari-mutuel bill." The house program of stalling senate measures became increasingly evident during the morning. A bill sponsored by Sen. Fred A. Eichhorn, D., Gary, chairman of 1 the senate committee holding up the pari-mutuel measure, was de(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) REBEL TROOPS ! LAUNCH ATTACK Hurl Attack Against Loyalists; Meet Fierce Resistance With Loyalist Army. Madrid Front, Mar. 3. — (U.R) — Gen. Francisco Franco's main nationalist army hurled itself against the loyalist forces southeast of Madrid to- ! day in a new drive toward Alcala de Henares, last important Madrid- ' Mediterranean road junction still under government control. Attacking on a 16-mile front, the insurgents sent tanks, armored cars, and their heaviest artillery into action in an attempt to break I through the government's main line stretching from Vallecas to Perales Del Rio to Morta de Tajuna. The insurgents met fierce resistance, particularly in the vicinity of Morata and Perales. After more than 12 hours of ceaseless fighting they were unable to penetrate the loyalits main lines, although outposts had given way. Artillery played an important role. The weather was unsuitable for flying. Opposing were five brigades of international volunteers. One Insurgent column advanced from the slopes of Mount Pingar- ‘ (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

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.LEWIS'UNION RECOGNIZED BY STEEL COMPANY Carnegie-Illinois Recognizes Union, Grants Pay Boost Pittsburgh, Mar. 3 —(U.R) —Union leaders predicted today the complete unionization of the steel industry, which employes 525.000 persons, without resort to strike or violence. The industry’s solid front against "outside” unions, maintainjed strictly over a 50-year period, I ended last night in the board room of Carnegie-Illinois, largest subsidiary of United States Steel anc I biggest of the steel producers. In that room, after two days of conference, the steel workers organizing committee and the steel company signed a one-year contract which recognized John L. Lewis’ union as bargaining agent for its members in the corpora- ' tion's plants. The agreement came while the industry was prospering, operating at 86 per cent of capacity. Tall, soft-voiced Philip Murray, chairman of the committee, declared that the agreement paved th" way "for maintenance of peace” and was a milestone in the history of labor relations between the em--1 ploye and the employer.” ' It was estimated unofficially I that the steel workers organizing • ■ committee, in its 9 months drive to ' unionize the vast industry, had re- ' cruited approximately 200,000 men, i of whom about 40,000 were believed employes of Carnegie-Illi-nois. Murray revealed that his union . would invite this week all other i steel companies to conferences , looking toward duplicate agree- . ments. He said that the contract f; with Carnegie-Illinois was the “first legitimate agreement” made by that company with an inde- .! pendent trade union. , The contract provided in brief: 1. Recognition by the corpora . tion of the steel workers organizI ing committee as the collective . bargaining agency for employes (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) > I o PLANES BOMB ARMS FACTORY Rebel Planes Destroy Factory Owned By American Company Talavera de la Reina, Spain, March 3—(UP) —Nationalist army ■ head-quarters announced today I that its aviation nad bombed and destroyed the Spanish (branch factory of an American manufacturer at Tarragona. Destruction of the American factory was justified by the nationalists on the grounds it had been con- . verted by Loyalists into a toxic gas ifactory Before being taken over by the Loyalists the plant was used by the United States fly gun company, manufacturer* of an insecticide. Bombing of the factory is part of the Nationalist program for smashing munitions factories while refraining from any attempts to damage purely industrial enterprises, it was explained. The same airplanes that destroyed the American factory also bomb- ■ ed and ruined a number of Catalonnian Electrical ip'ants, which had been converted into munitions works, it was announced. 0 I Auxiliary Benefit Movie A Success The beenfit movie sponsored by the American Legion auxiliary over I the week-end, was pronounced a financial success by the president, , 1 Mrs. Walter Gladfelter today. Mrs. Gladfelter Issued a sta'ement today, in behalf of the organization, thanking those who ipur- , ■ chased tickets and otherwise aided, i All proceeds derived from the event will be used to purchase sod, clo'hing and other necessisties for a flood-stricken New Albany family, recently adopted by the auxiliary, ■ I o Prominent Fort Wayne Councilman Is Dead Fort Wayne, Mar. 3.-^(U.R>—Al-bert L. Moran, 50, prominent northeastern Indiana Democrat and member of the city council for the last eight years, died after a brief illness from pneumonia last night. He was to have announced his can- ) didacy for mayor next year.