Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 54, Decatur, Adams County, 4 March 1937 — Page 1

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Residents Complain Os Dust From Plant Complaint hue been registered with city officials o”er the dust in I the southwest part of town which i comes from the clay cnwher at the Krick-Tyndall Lie mill. Several i months ago the matter was brought to the attention of the city health department and an investigation was made by Dr It. E. Daniels, «ecretary of the board of health, and a representative of the state dejartment of health. The health officer filed a report in the case and the company was asked to correct the trouble. The matter was taken up with the company today. SENATE PASSES NEUTRALITY BILL Pittman Neutrality Measure Is Passed By Senate Wednesday Washington. Mar. 4. — <(J.R> —A long battle between the TZbuse and senate over "how to keep America out of war" was predicted today after senate approval of the Pittman “cash and can/’ neutrality bill. The measure —embodying a mandatory "cash and carry' policy for trade between the United States and warring nations —was passed. 63 to 6, by the senate yesterday and sent to the house. The lower chamber, however, was preparing to consider next week the Mcßeynolds bill giving the president broad discretion in placing in effect the "cash and carry" provisions which require belligerents to pay cash for American goods and transport them ift i their own ships. House leaders said they believed that their neutrality bill -bearing approval of the foreign affairs committee— would be passed by the house with little or no change. In that event the clash between the two bodies would occur in a joint conference named to reach an agreement. It was revealed, meanwhile, that the government has made it a , prispii offense for an American citizen obtaining a new passport to use it fort ravel to or in Spain. The move was taken to check efforts in this country to organize expeditions to assist factions in the Spanish civil war. Senate passage of the Pittman bill came after the Democratic majority beat down several attempts to amend it. Sen. William E. Borah, R.. Ida., veteran advocate ■ot "freedom of the seas.” warned I that its passage meant "complete (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) O Rural Schools To Present Cantata The Easter cantata, presented annually by the students of the rural schools of Adams county, will be given at the Berne Mennonite church on the night of Good Friday, March 26. it was announced today by C. E. Striker, county school superintendent. Plans for the cantata were launched at the meeting of the rural high school principals Tuesday night. The date was set last night. Pnpils of each of the rural schools will take part in the cantata. the complete program of which will be announced later. JENNINGS MAY SUCCEED COY Dick Heller Says Townsend Will Not Approve Greenlee Indianapolis. Ind-. March 4 —(UP) |- -The Indianapolie Times Washington bureau reported today that John Jenningu, Evansvclle district works progress administrator, is favored for promotion to the state director ship, succeeding Wayne Coy. Coy is expected to resign soon to become executive assistant to former Gov. Paul V. McNutt, new U. S. high commissioner to the Philippines. U. S. Sen. Shermaji Minton recommended to .Harry Hopkins, federal relief administrator, that the post be given to Pleas Greenle, former patronage secretary to McNutt. Hopkins said he also would ask Gov. M. Clifford Townsend for a recommendation. Dick Heller, secretary to Townsend said the governor would not approve Greenlee. The Times' article cited Jennings outstanding work as district WPA director, particularly during the recent flood emergence, as a factor in | his expected promotion.

MERIT SYSTEM RILL IS BEATEN IN LOWER HOUSE Municipal League Measures Are Advanced In Senate Today Indianapolis, Mar. 4 (U.R) — Over bitter protest of the Republican minority, the Indiana house of representatives today defeated a bill to place almost 5,00 b state ' employes under the merit system. ■ The proposal, sponsored by the Indiana league of women voters. ' was postponed indefinitely. 47 to 42. on motion of Rep. William J. Black. D., Anderson. Two "Bangs" hills sponsored by , the Indiana municipal league to relieve present restrictions on municipal utilites were advanced to engrossment by the senate. One would permit a city to acquire and operate a utility without authority from the public service commission. Mayor Claire W. H. Bangs of Huntington is in jail fori selling power from that city's tiny municipal electric plant without obtaining PSC permission. The other would permit municipal utilites to extend their services anywhere within the county, vigorously opposed by the Indiana farm bureau which has promoted a rural electrification program. The senate spent most of the ’ session advancing bills to engrossment. It passed and sent to the ■ house, under suspension of rules, a bill creating soil conservation district authorized to receive and administer federal funds. Held by the house judiciary committee since its introduction early in the session, the merit bill finally was reported back without recommendation. Black urged immediately that it be postponed indefinitely. “We won't need that thing,” he shouted. “Merit bills in politics are silly. When the Democrats are (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o FORMER MONROE PHYSICIAN DIES Dr. R. B. McKeeman Dies Unexpectedly In Fort Wayne Today Dr- R B. McKeenan, 63. of Fort Wayne, former Monroe physician died unexpectedly this morning in Fort Wayne. .He hart been ill since Sunday with pneumonia. Dr. McKeeman was a native of Hoagland. He began his practice of medicine in Monroe and married the former Miss Susie Hocker of that town. He left Monroe about 35 I years ago and had lived in Fort I Wayne since. He waa well .known in the county, having made frequent visits here. He was a brother-in-law of Charles i Hocker of this city and an uncle ot Mrs. Herb Everett, postmistress of Pleasant Mills. He is survived by the widow, two sons, Dr. Stanford and Dr. Donald and two daughters, Mrs- James Hunter and Mrs. Paul Cottrell, all of Fort Wayne. Funeral services will be held in Fort Wayne. Saturday afternoon. o Bluffton Church Will Broadcast The first in a series of weekly broadcasts from the First Baptist churrth of Bluffton will be aired over station WOWO, Fort Wayne from 10 to 10:30 o’clock tonight. I Rev. Morris Coens, Bluffton ipas- : tor, will conduct the program, whicji will include music by a choir of 50 ; voices. -o — Church Board Will Meet This Evening The official board of the First Christian churrch will meet at the home of J. E. Anderson, North Ninth street, tonight at 7:30 o’clock. All members of the board are urged to attendo Many Rural Residents Are Reported Moving — An epidemic of moving among the rural residents of the county has been accepted as a sure sign of spring, according to C. E. Strik- | er, county school superintendent. Mr. Striker stated this morning 'that, despite the fact it necessitates the transfer of children from one school to another at such a lase daTe, scores of farmers in the county are leaving one township to move to another. The rural I schools close next month.

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Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, March 4, 1937.

County Ministers Will Meet Monday The Adams county ministerial association will hold Its regular bimonthly meeting ut the Linn Grove Christian church Monday at 9:30 A. M. Rev. Leo McKinley Is the paetor of the church. The meeting will be (n charge of the president of the association, the Rev. H. O. Herman. The Rev. 1. L. Curts pastor of the U B. church in Geneva, will lead the devotional service. The address of the morning , will be g.'.ven by the Rev. G- O. Waiton. pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Decatur, His sub-, ! ject will be "Preacher Problems”, i Thia is a subject vital to every minister and a good attendance is urg- ' nJ at this meeting . o BERNE G. G. TO ATTEND BANQUET Berne Business Men To Attend Governor’s Day Banquet Here Dee Fryback, president of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce, recerVed word today from C. H. Muselman, president of the Berne Chamber of Commerce, acknowledging receipt of the local group's invitation to the Berne busines organization to attend the Governor's day banquet here Thursday. March 118. Mr. Muselman stated that a large percentage of the members of the Berne club will attend the banquet. Details for the program during the visit of Gov. M. Clifford TownI send on the above date are being worked out by members of the various committees. The banquet will be held at the Catholic school auditorium at 6:30 p. tn. March 18. Plans are being made to accomodate 500 persons. The Geneva Chamber of Commerce has been invited to attend, as well as the Decatur and Berne organ- ' izations. The Decatur Rotary and Lions clubs will attend the ban-! quet, dispensing with their regular meetings that week. Gov. Townseud will be the prin-: 'cipal speaker following TTIe banquet. He will be accompanied to this city by his secretary. Dick I Heller, former Decatur newspaperman. and other state officials. Arriving here before noon, Gov. i Townsend and his party will be ON PAGE EIGHT) | O —-= Chief Os Police Melchi Recovering Chief of Police Sephus Melchi ' was uptown Wednesday for the firet , time since stricken with a leg ail- ; ment- Chief Melchi stated that he j expects to return to duty within two , or three days. o Commencement Dates Arc Set For Schools Commencement dates for the rural high schools of the county were ’ listed today by C. E. Striker, county school superintendent. The speaker hae not been selected as yet. Following are the dates: Geneva. May 13; Kirkland, April 30: Hartford, May 1; Jefferson. April 27 1 Monroe, April 29; Pleasant Mills. April 28 and Monmouth, April 30. Q_ C. E. STRIKER IS CANDIDATE County School Superintendent Candidate For Re-Election C. E. Striker, county superintendent of schools, announced today his candidacy for re-election to the office. .Mr- Striker is the firet to officially declare himself a candidate for the position. Several others have signified their intentions of filing. Among these are Russell Steiner, principal of Hartford township school; Hansel Fo'ey, principal of Kirkland township and R. J. Mann, former Decatur school teacher and rural high school (principal. Mr- Striker has capably served in • the office for the past 12 years, repsenting three terms. During that J time he has led in numerous ! worthwhile school projects, including the county’s share in the na- . tional youth administration. The incumbent superintendent : lives south of Monroe. The county school superintendent is elected every four years in the June meeting of the township trustees of Adams county- In event ot a tie vote among the 12 trustees, . the county auditor caste the deciding vote.

COY ATTACKING PROBE DELAYED Press Os Legislative Business May Delay Investigation Indianapolis, Mar. 4—The press of business of the last few days of the general assembly to.day threatened to delay a legisla live inquiry of events leading to a ' physical assault on Wayne Coy, i stale director of public welfare. A committee of three senators and three representatives was scheduled to hold a preliminary meeting today but most members indicated they would propose deferring the investigation until after the legislature adjourns sine die Monday. Meanwhile, separate investigations were conducted by the Indianapolis bar association and Marion county authorities. Peter Cancilia, attorney who at j tacked Coy after an argument over a merit bill for county welfare department emplpyes, remained at large. City jtolice made two un-1 successful raids last night seeking him. State board of accounts exam in- ' ers went through books of the Marion county public welfare department after ouster of Joel A. Baker, associate ot Cancilla. The legislative committee offi I cially was designated to investigate disappearance- of the bill over which Cancilla and Coy argued. Rep. Martin Downey, D.. Hammond, chairman of judiciary A . committee in the house, said he loaned the bill to Baker and was rebuffed when he demanded its return. State police guarded a substitute . bill which was rushed through to ’ complete ouster of Baker and i maintained a guard over the senate and house chambers. A city policenufn guarded the county welfare office, taken over temporarily by Virgil M. Shephard, an executive in the state public ’ welfare department. Members of the legislative coin- i (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) CONFESSES TO SLAYING GIRL Dentist Admits Killing High School Honor Student Richmond, Va.. Mar. 4 — (U.R) — I Dr. R. G. Miller, married, middleaged dentist, confessed to Sheriff . J. Mason Smith today that he killled Cleo Sprouse, auburn-haired high school honor student, and placed her body in the historic cemetery of the University of Virginia at Charlottesville. Smith announced that Dr. Miller confessed that the girl died from an overdose of chloroform during an attempted abortion. The dent- : Ist. Smith said, denied that he was responsible for her condition but ' agreed to perform the operation as a favor and with her consent. Dr. Miller admitted, according to Smith, that the operation was attempted in lonely Stoney Point road near Charlottesville in a car which he borrowed. Smith said that Dr. Miller told him he waited until after dark, then brought the girl’s body back to the qity, leaving it alongside the cemetery wall. Dr. Miller, who had been the Sprouse family’s dentist for more than 20 years, told the sheriff of the slaying while en route from Charlottesville, where he had been arrested and formally charged. The body of Miss Sprouse. 18, was found lying across a grave. A chlorofonn-soaked wad of cotton had been stuffed into her mouth. Sheriff Smith discharged suicide theories and began an investigation that ended in Miller’s arrest late yesterday. The dentist, 53, admitted that a I chloroform can found near the girl’s body had come from his office. At first he insisted that Miss Sprouse had taken the chloroform and killed herself. Commonwealth attorney W. O. (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) Employment Service Man Here Saturday W. S. Ivrson, district interviewer, representative of the Indiana state employment service in this county, will be in Decatur at the city hall on Saturday, March 6 for the purpose of registering workers who are interested in securing private employment. Interviews will be from 9:00 a. m. to 12:03 noonBeing a government agency, no fee is charged applicant or employer.

NAZIS PROTEST HITLER ATTACK BY LA GUARDIA German Embassy Protests Remarks By New York Mayor Washington, Mar. 4. — <U.R) — i Secretary of State Cordell Hull today voiced an informal expression of regret over a speech of Mayor 1 Fiorello La Guardia of New York I containing allegedly derogatory remarks concerning Chancellor Hitler of Germany. The German em bassy had protested formally against the remarks. Hull’s regret was expressed within two hours after a representative of the German embassy had filed the official protest. Hull's remarks were not conveyed to the German embassy, but were made to news paper men in response to questions. He said he had had no opportunity to verify the facts in the ■ case. However. Hull said, when a I citizen of the United States, regardless of his personal attitude i toward the domestic policies of another nation, engages in expressions and utterances reasonably calculated to be offensive to thjit government, it becomes a matter of . regret to this government. Hull said he had no definite plans in connection with the German protest except to ascertain all the facts in the case. Attacked By Press Berlin, Mar. 4.—cU.PJ —The Nazii controlled press, normally expressing official opinions, today declared that Washington could not ignore Mayor Fiorello La Guardia's remarks about Fuehrer Adolf Hit- • ler at a luncheon yesterday in New York. Typical of the Berlin press com--1 ment on La Guardia's speech was an attack in the Deutsche AUgemeine Zeitung. It said: “This stupid abuse of a foreign l head of a state cannot be ignored by Washington. Therefore, we ex- ! pect a suitable reprimand ” The newspapers' comment fol-1 ' lowed distribution by the Nazi official DNB news agency of an at-' tack on Mayor LaGuardia for suggesting that the world's fair in 1939 have a "chamber of horrors," in which Hitler would be the prini cipal exhibit. (He was speaking before 1,000 women at the annual luncheon of the women's division lot the American Jewish congress). The DNB agency called the may- : or ot New York a “dirty talraud Jew” and "wondered why he was i kept in his position.” The Boersen Zeitung commented, “We must direct to the United States government the earnest question what it contemplates do-, ing in order to maintain within the sphere ot their authority the fundamental rules of international manners . . . “The Jew La Guardia long has been known to German newspaper j readers and has more than once used his official josition to vent his hatred of Germany. What he now has achieved in the way of shamelessness, however, beats anything this nasty fellow has yet uttered against Germany.” Other Berlin newspapers pubIish(OONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) | PLAN STRATEGY ON COURT BILL Pennsylvania Democrats Vote To Support Plan As Unit Washington, March 4 —(UP) — President Roosevelt addressee hundreds ot Democratic dinners, and, indirectly, the nation tonight and opponents and supporters ot his judiciary reorganization program expected him to disclose the administration's first strategically important move in the campaign to enlarge the supreme court. His address was not expected to deal directly with the court issue but to lay the groundwork for the impending congressional- battle. Leaders on both sides admitted privately that the dispute was virtually at a sialemate at presentAdministration strategists, after a check this week of opposition both in the senate and in the senate judiciary committee, hoped the President might make. They tentatively completed plans for pressing their attack both in prolonged committee hearings and on the senate floor. Following the White House visit by vice president John Nance Garner ana senate majority leader Jos(CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)

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FEAR SABOTAGE IN FACTORIES Great Britain Probes Sabotage In Armament Factories London, Mar. 4. — (U.R>— Police and secret service agents are investigating suspected sabotage at factories working on the government’s rearmament program, it was learned today. A heavy bombing plane was found cut as if by saboteurs at a factory near Coventry, and it was reported that efforts had beem made to hinder production by interference with machine tools and substituting inferior grades of oil. There were rumors of interference with machinery at factories at Wolverhampton and Derby, and authorities were reported to be' seeking to pevent a feared spread ! of diftafection throughout the midlands. It is said that incidents of sabotage under investigation showed signs of expert organization and clever leadership. A strike for higher pay threat-1 ened to impede materially the gov-1 ernment airplane production sched-l ule. Tool grinders at the great: Rolls Royce factory at Derby j struck two weeks ago. Now more than 3,000 of the plant's 5,500 employes are idle because of lack of tools. The factory makes the famous Rolls Royce Merlin motors, specified for most of the new royal air force planes. Their speed is 300 miles an hour. REBELS LAUNCH NEW OFFENSIVE Rebel Troops Likely To Launch New Madrid Offensive With Loyalist army, Madrid front March 4 — (UP) — Military circles said today that a large scale offen-: sive against Madrid was expected I momentarily with the arrival of an I 'estimated 18,000 insurgent rein-j , forcementsFighting shifted suddenly from the south of Madrid to the north as the Nationalist army, stopped on i the Valencia road front after a day I and night of battling, launched a surprise attack from El Plantio toward the El Pardo woodsAb they did so the Loyalist forces attacked in the university city area, on the Western side of the city, in another attempt to dislodge the insurgents from the clinical hospital. They failed ana the insurgents were able to relieve the besieged nationalists for the third time in two weeks. Fighting in the El Pardo sector i continued throughout the night. Both sides rushed reinforcements from the south fron*. Gen. Jose Miaja, loyalist com-j mander- in-chief, said the insurgent attack on El Pardo was to relieve ■pressure on the university city area where Loyalists were thrusting a’ the Nationalists with increasing success. Heavy artillery went into act-ion during the morning as both sides laid barrages on the road leading | toward El Pardo in an effort to pre-1 vent the arrival of reinforcements I and ammunition supplies. It was believed the enemy intended to make its greatest offensive in the vicinity of Callecas, just southeast of the capitol, in an effort to encircle the city and cut off from the eastern costal highways. The high command expressed confidence that it would be able to check the expected drive, the seeds of which were believed to have been sown in last night’s fighting in the El Pardo region in a concentrated attack on the university city zone, which a ranking officer described as "the most violent yet seen i nthis sector.” Last night’s fighting in the Mad(OONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) o WEATHER Cloudy and unsettled, rain northeast portion tonight and southern portion tonight and probably Friday morning, somewhat colder central and north portions tonight and south portions Friday.

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New Sit-Down Strikes In Seven Automotive Parts Plants Halt Or Curtail Operations. SPLIT WIDENING Lebanon, Pa., Mar. 4.—<U.R.' —More than 2.000 steel workers went on a “sit-down” strike today in the Bethlehem Steel company plant. Detroit. Mar. 4— (U.R) —New sitdown strikes halted or curtailed operations in seven automotive parts plants today a few hours after the industry’s largest strike since the General Motors sit-down had been terminated by agreement. Strikes were called in four plants of the Bohn Aluminum & Brass J corporation, affecting 1,200 work--1 ers, and in three factories of the Peninsular Metal Products Corp.. I employing 2.000 men and women. Earlier, as United Automobile workers representatives continued ’ their conferences with two major . i producers in efforts to obtain col--1 lective bargaining rights. the I Briggs Manufacturing company J ended its 10-hour sit-down strike . | by agreement with the union. J Approximately 14,500 workers were affected by the Briggs shut- . down near midnight Wednesday. , I Today striking night shift workers I were replaced by day employes , who immediately resumed produc--11 tion on bodies for the Ford Motor I company. .' A brief sit-down strike of 110 i workers on the commercial body 1 line of the Fisher Body corporation’s plant at Cleveland occupied the attention of General Motors and union conferees approaching the end of their post-strike negotiation conferences. 1 "The trouble at Cleveland is 1 settled," Harry Anderson, G. M. • director of industrial relations, announced near noon. "There are no I other difficulties and we are con- ’ tinuing our discussions ot the final union demand—minimum wages.” At the Highland Park plant of Chrysler corporation, representatives of the union and the company ’ entered the second day of their ' i conferences over eight union de- ' i mands, including wages, hours, I recognition, and seniority. Briggs spokesmen revealed that I its agreement with the union embraced a series of conferences over grievances previously submitted. The company agreed to i the conferences when the union | said it would terminate the sit(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) Church To Present Musical Concert A musical concert will be presented at the First U. B. church Friday, March 12, at TtSO p. m. The concert is sponsored by Andrew Hilton, leader of the church orchestra and Miss Bernie Franklin, director of choir and orchestra. The program will open with sacred selections. Special numbers will include exlophone solos, vocal solos .cornet solos, accordian numbers and a quartet. The high school glee club, directed by Miss Helen Haubold, will appear on the program. A short address will be delivered by Rev. H. W. Franklin, pastor ot the church. ELKS OFFICERS ARE SELECTED Burt Gage To Head Decatur Elks Lodge For Ensuing Year Burt Gage, foreman at the General Electric plant, was elected exalted ruler of the Decatur chapter ot B. P. O- Elks at the annual elec- , tion of officers, held Wednesday night at the home on North Second street. Other oft-cers chosen by the club are: John L. DeVoss, esteemed leading knight; Walter ißrunnegraff, esteemed loyal knight; (Herman Keller, esteemed lecturing knight: Lawrence Beal, secretary; Earl B. Adams, treasurer; Ben Knapke, tyler, Walter Bockman, trustee. All officers were elected by unanimous vote, with no opposition in any office. The new officers will be installed at the first regular mteeting next month, Wednesday, April 7.