Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 58, Decatur, Adams County, 9 March 1937 — Page 1

Lseve/t Will Ifa/k Tonight On I Judiciary Reform

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SHIP BEARING ARMS 10 LOYAL FORCES CAUGHT Survivor Says Ship Towed To Port, Not Sunk. As Reported i Arcaclton. France. Mar. ft (U.R) Th * only uncaptured survivor of the Spanish loyalist freighter Mar ('ant.'brieo. toipedoed. shelled and seized by lite reb-I c ruiser ('altar lias, arrived here today and report ! >d tl.al (in* ship, instead of sink ! ing. had been towed to port as a . prize of war. His story added a new twist to tlte fantastic sea incident which Itecatne a high light of the Spanish I civil war. The survivor. Pablo Juan 800. i was landed here by the French I trawler Henry Caniel 'yre. which I pick, cl him up front the water as Ihe tried to escape from th? ' crippled ship. He said the Mar Cantabrico I caught fire, as previously report led. but that the flames were 1 bre tight under control and the i freighter was towed by the ('altari ins to the rebel port of San Seltar I j tian. The Canarias made prisoners of : 150 of the crew. 800 said, and II ' were drowned trying to escape. The .Mar Cantabrico sailed from Xew York anil Vera t’rti". snppos 'i edly w ith a c argo of war material . i valued al $2,700,000 destined for | 'he Madrid government. The ! rebels put a cordon around the I coast and swore to capture the ''ship with its load of American airH and gujis I "Tlte voyage was ii’ieventftrl I after leaving Mexico until we were 'I 50 miles off Archaeon." 800 said. ( "Then we sighted the Canarias. "We changed direction and : headed for Bilbao but tlie Canarias was swifter and chased us and torpedoed us. We were unarmed and could not* return the fire. “A shell from the Canarias set fire to the Cantabrico amidships. I Ten men jumped overboard trying I, to escape, but they drowned before I rescue boats arrived. II "Later, tn avoid capture, another man and I jumped overboard. He was drowned, I swam for half I an hour until the Henry Cameleyre i picked me up." “The Canarias sent 'mats and put armed sailors aboard tlte Mar Cantabrio. otiicially making her a prize of war. They succeeded in partially extinguishing the fir - "Escorted by the Canarias and piloted ay tlte boarding party, the Cantabrio was taken to San Sebastian. “Her cargo consisted of five airplanes and a big load of ammunition.'’ 800 voluntarily turned himself over to French authorities under technical arrest. 800 eaid the imprisoned crew ((Continued on page five) WORK STARTED ON NEW HOUSE — Modern Bungalow On Marshall Street First Os Many Work started today on the first of the proposed houses to be built in Decatur this spring, with the stakiong off the ground for a modern bungalo to be erected on the , rear of the Mrs. Maud Dorwin lot, facing Marshall street. Contract hae been awarded to George Adler and Charles SmithThe bungalo will be modern in every respect. It will be 28 x 28 in size, with basement under the entire stucture. It will contain five I rooms anj bath. Mrs. Dorwin, who lives at the i southwest corner of First and Mari shall street, is building the bunga- , low for an investment. It is the . flret house to be built here in sev- ■ eral years for renting purposesThe ibunga'ow will face Marshall • street, looking north. It will be a frame structure and construction - work will be underway this week, II Mrs. Dorwin stated. i! Contractors and building supply i houses etate that a number of peo- > j pie are figuring on building houses in Decatur this year.

UNION PICKETS KEEP OFFICERS OUT OF PLANTS More Than 70,000 Employes Out Os Work In Auto Plants Detroit. Mur. !• (UP.) Tnlmi I pick is today refused to permit i two high off 1< lais of Chrysler corporation to filler their executive offices us sit-down strikes in the i plants of the corpora I ion and the Hudson Motor Car company as- • fected a total of 73.849 employes. K. T Keller, president of Chrysler. and Herman L. Weckler, vice president of the De Soto division. , were titruel back from the gates j>f the Highland I'ark Chrysler i I plant on the grounds that neither .lad a pass. Their way to company executive ! offices was Inu red by approximately lei> pickets before the plant, one of seven Chrysler factories i lowed by sit downs since yesterday. The officials had sought to enter the ’ itlauf where conferences with the I I'nitul Automobile Workers of ■ America over collective bargaining I were to have resumed despite the ; strike. "1 tall upon you to witness that from now on you people will have to deal with the courts." Weckler : said as the officials entered their I lUtomoblle ami drove away. Later. Weckler. Lester L. Colbert. Chrysler attorney, and Jos- ' .-ph E. Fieldv. vice president of the ■orporalion. were allowed to pass through the picket lines and enter their offices. Richard T. Frankensteen. T. A. W. A organizational director, who was al (tie main gate, "okayed" j their entrance into the plant. As company officials announced that negotiation conferences would be resumed at the plant at 2 p. m.. : inion oiiicials extended the shut- | down to approximately 13,Up0 office and other workers in th? j 'tine Chrysler plants in the D<-- - ’ troit area. At New Castle. Ind.. 3.239 employes of the Dodge division wen <ne as a result of the company’s order to cease operations. In the Chrysler plants and the three HudMM factories 58,590 employes j were out ot work as a result of i the strikes. Approximately 12.90 G (GONTINCED ON PAGE FIVE) 0 CHURCH SURVEY OPENS SUNDAY Religious Survey In This City To Open Next Sunday The religious survey and visitation campaign to be conducted in this city by Dr. A. Earl Kernahan, ! will officially open Sunday. A ' i member of Dr. Kernahan's staff will visit each of the co-operating churches during the day and make a short address concerning the campaign. Eleven churches in Decatur and vicinity will be visited ; on this tour. The first instruction meetings will be held Sunday afternoon at .the Christian church. Visitation workers, those taking part in the visitation campaign of the second week, will meet at 2 o'clock. Sur- ; vey workers who will be in charge ( of the census to be taken in this 11 city, will meet at 3 o'clock. Each i of these meetings will last one ■ hour. Approximately 80 persons have I been enrolled as survey workers, I who will conduct the survey Monj day and Tuesday of next week. o American Legion To Sponsor Party X ' Adams Post No- 43, American Le- . gion, wi'l sponsor a public party at the Masonic home on Third street Friday night. March 12 starting at > 8:15 o’clock, members, of the Legion announced today. ! All proceeds derived from the ( party are to be used for aiding for- . mer Decatur residents who are now . refugees of the flood waters of the Ohio. The money will be used to aid , the sufferers in re-entering their . homes, from which they were driven . by the raging waters. , Admiss-on to the affair is 25 cents . per person. Fifteen games will be { payed with prizes awarded the winI ners A cordial -Invitation has been l extended to the public. Tickets may i be secured from any member of , the Legion or auxiliary. , WEATHER Generally fair tonight and i Wednesday; continued cold tonight, not so cold Wednesday.

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Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, March 9, 1937.

Tanker Rammed by Liner in Fog U X f I j Abb / f r wlB s / 'I/? / pL f l // 4 ’/ I I 1 <- jmii r iS-’T - ■■ i i rank II Buck > /*****'^ > ■ —■ I— M I Illi ■■ ..1., , , ~ w This dramatic photo of the stricken tanker. Frank 11. Buck, was taken a few moments after it was rammed in a fog o: ban Francisco by tn? liner President Coolidge. Although the tanker was badly damaged, it remained afloat and was towed to port after its crew of 3l> had been saved. The liner, carrying 1.200 passengers, was-forced to turn back for repairs.

GOOD FRIDAY | PROGRAM PLAN ;! I Three-Hour Services U ill Be Held At Zion Reformed Church • J A new procedure in the program , for the annual union Good Friday , -services, was announced today by i the Rev. George O. Walton, presid- ■ ent of the Decatur ministerial asso- ; elation. The services will be held Friday March 26. from 12 to 3 p. tn. in the! Zion Reformed church. Ab usual stores and businesses will be requested to close during this time j The services this year will be di-| ' vlded into six halt-hour programs instead of eight 20-nrinute periods ; as in the past. One minister will ; preside over each service and a ; second will deliver the sermon. Spe-: cial music will be provided by thej i participating churches. Churches which will take part] are: Presbyterian, Methodist Epis- ■ copal, Baptist, Christian, Zion Re-1 ' formed. United Brethren, Evangel!-1 -’cal, Church of God and Nazarene. I 1 The programs are being arranged 1 by the inter-church committee, com- > posed of the Rev- George S. Lozier, chairman; the Rev. Homer J. Aspy, the Rev. C. M. Prugli and the Rev.' I (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) —O —~ JUNIOR C. C. TO NAME OFFICERS J J ’ 1 .Junior C hamber Os Commerce To Elect Directors March 18 The annual election of directors for the Decatur Junior Chamber of, Commerce will be held in Conner-! tion with the Governor Day’s ban-! quet to be sponsored by the senior; Chamber of Commerce in the Cath-j o>'ic school auditorium, Thursday ’ March 18 Dean Dorwin, president of the : junior club, announced today that : arrangements have been made to i have a special reserved table for the members of this organization. > Four directors of the junior club j ■ will be named at the banquet. Offic- ■ ers will be elected by the directors, ' at a later date. !■ President Dorwin has called a' ' short business meeting of the direc-1 i tors for next Monday at 6:30 o'clock in the Rice hotel, at which time i eight persons will be nominated for > directors. Ballots will be provided ■ and members at the banquet on i which blank spaces will be enclosed I • In order that others than those. I named by the directors may be in- 1 eluded By this method of voting, | no time will be taken from the ban-, quet program. A membership drive will be plann-| ed for the last part of March by the new board of directors.

Bloodstain Analysis Expected Tomorrow Analysis of the bloodstains fround on the country road west of DecaI tur last week, is expected to be 'made by the state police department ' at Indianapois either late today or | Wednesday, county authorities stated today. Local officials are anxiously awaiting the repot Is of the analysis, which will tell whether the blood I found was that of a human being or an animal. No trace of a body, either human or animal has been found | as yetMORRIS STEELE j STILL MISSING Decatur Man Has Been Missing Since Week Ago Today .! At noon today, exactly one week I from the date when he was last i seen, authorities and friends of i Morrie Steele, 60-year old Decatur resident, who suddenly disappeared from sight, have been unable to find any trace of his whereabouts. So far as is knowm no one has ' j seen the missing man since last Tuesday morning at 11:30 o’clock, I when he made an appointment to ride to Fort Wayne. He failed to ket»p the appointment. It has been reported by a Decatur resident that a man resembling Steele was seen on that date, ! walking towaid the Pennsylvania | railroad station laden with travelHing bags. Friends of the missing man. however, have expressed concern over his safety, stating that ■ he was in a despondent mood when last seen. They fear that he may have committed suicide. It is known that the man lost bis position with a local company the week before his disappearance. i During the lime of his disappear-, ■ ance, only one report has been re- ’ | ceived by local authorities indicatling he had been located. This re- . I port w-as false. | Repeated searches in his home (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) O— World Figures To Speak To Congress Fifty world figures will discuss ! “America’s Position In A Changing , World” when the fourth annual Wo- | man Congress convenes Wednesday 'and Thursday, for a two day session I in the Palmer House, Chicago. An audience of approximately 5,000 influential women, representative of al l parts of the United States and all ranks, will assemble to hear theee discussions. The Congress is a non-partisan forum for the discussion of current l affairs under the sponsorship of the ! Chicago Tribune. Its aim is to give , an unbiased presentation of the major problems facing American citizens. according to Miss Ruth De . Young, chairman and woman's editor of the Chicago Tribune.

Decatur Residents Experience Second Earthquake In Space Os Week; Five States Rocked

LEGISLATURE ENDS SESSION THIS MORNING Largest Budget in State’s History Approved By Assembly Indianapolis, Mar. 9 KU.R) The 80th general assembly concluded its work early today, leaving on the record the largest budget in the state's history; the broadest program of labor legislation ever approved: and the most far reaching lux revision set-up ever endorsed by one legislature. Assembly members revealed a I superlative disregard for tlte governor s request to hold new legislature to a minimum. Altogether there were 773 new bills introduced and 46 resolutions, a total of 819 proposals which veteran stalehouse observers believe is a 'record. The usual tumult and horseplay accompanied the closing ceremotti ies late last night. But when the 1 smoke of the legislative skirmishes had cleared away accomplishments of the session could be recorded as follows: 1. An increase of approximately $11,000,000 in the regular state government budget, which is about $64,000,000 for the next biennium 2. An additional $14,000,000 to pay for the cost of old age pensions 3. Numerous “salary grab" measures raising the pay of local officials to compensate for either ' depression losses or reductions 4. Creation of a state department of labor in charge of a com- . missioner. an action demanded ttv organized labor on the basis of • the 1936 election returns. This bill was accompanied by almost innumerable companion measures, giving labor the famed "full crew bill:” the occupational disease act: and a law raising employer | i responsibility in the event of dis-1 1 ability to an employe while on duty 3. Unemployment compensation law revisions, lifting contributions I from employes and placing the full ' burden on employers. 6. Cross income tax revisions, I raising the exemption for retailers I from SI,OOO to $3,000. l>ut exempti ing revenue-producing properties of churches and schools. 7. So-called tax limitation bills. I fixing $2 as the tale for urban I communities and $1.25 for rural I communities, both exclusive of levies for social welfare expenditures and bonded debts. 8. The tax exemption bills, bringing into the taxed class the ' revenue producing property of churches, schools and educational (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) ASSERTS BAKER PAID TO LOBBY E. Kirk McKinney, Judge Frank Baker Also Involved Indianapolis. Mar. 9 —i'.U.RI —Joel , Baker, deposed Marion county wel- | fare director, was paid $2,500 to ! work against a butter substitute ' tax bill in the 1?35 legislature, a special legislative committee was j told today. ■| Baker was not registered as a i lobbyist at the time. The committee, delving deeper into the Marion county Democratic ,' politics in its investigation of a ’ physical attack on Wayne Coy. also was told that E. Kirk McKinney, I Indianapolis, escaped an embezzle- ’ ment indictment when a grand ' jury was discharged. McKinney. former state director of the home owners loan corporation, was a candidate for the Democratic gub- ■ ernatorial nomination last year. ' | W. B. Sullivan, a voluntary witness, said a county grand jury of • i which he was a member, was discharged by criminal Judge Frank II P. Baker, political associate of . ( Joel Baker, just as it was prepared >! to indict McKinney in connection , j with failure of the defunct State . Savings and Trust Company. Indt- . i atiapolis. ( : "We were rushing action before . the statute of limitations became I (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

TRUSTEES ARE GUESTS MONDAY — Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Mann Entertain School Officials The township trmstees, members of the Wabaslt township advisory boat'd with their wives and families I were the gueots of Trustee and Mrs i .1. ('. Mann, of Wabash township I in a banquet at the Geneva high school last night. Members of the domestic science ciass of tlte school, under tlte direction of Mrs. Thomas Rhodes, teach served. An entertainmen' following tlte dinner was in the charge of Mr. and Mrs. Mann. Official business of the meeting included an Inspection of the new Geneva school. The following members of the advisory board with their wives attended: Mr. and Mrs. Eli Augsburger, Mr. and Mrs. George Shoemaker and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Mathys. Township trustees and school officials present were: Mr. and MrsHoward Mauller, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph W. Rice. Ed Zwick, Mr. anl Mrs. H. H IHigh, John M. Doan, Mr. and Mrs. David Habegger, Ed Gilliom. Mr. and Mrs Edwin Beer, Mr. and Mrs. Mann. Charles Abnet, C. E. Striker, county school superintendent and Mrs. Margaret Myers, secretary. o — Columbia City Youth Is Fatally Injured Fort Wayne, Ind., March 9 —(UP) | • —Argyle Foster. 17, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Foster, Columbia City, died late yesterday if injuries suffered in an automobile collision. The Foster car collided with one driven by Roy Cwartz, also of Columbia Ci’y. COLD WEATHER HALTS FLOODS Freezing Weather Boon To Flood Areas In Four States (By United Press) Twenty four hours of freezing weather and predictions of more to come today reduced the level of swollen streams and halted evacuation of lowland residents in four states. Although portions of many river front towns remained under water, weather bureau officials reported danger of serious inundation was passing in stricken areas of lowa, southern Minnesota, southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois. Ice forming on shallow creeks slowed the drainage into scores of rivers which have overrun their banks. The Pecantonica river was falling off from flood level in Winslow. 111., and in Freeport. 111., where three factories were closed and 50 families homeless. Winslow railroad station and fire department headquarters were damaged. Western Wisconsin tributaries of the Mississippi were receding. The Trempealeau. La Crosse and Kickapoo rivers were returning to normal levels, although the Wisconsin still covered lowlands nFfflr Wauieka. The Minnesota and Blue Earth rivers were receding in Minnesota, and the Root and Zurnbro rivers dropped quickly after the jams collapsed. The Mississippi was holding its level near Winona, Minn. The flooded Des Moines and Cedar rivers were dropping in lowa, although new dangers appeared along the South Skunk river which swept over lowlands near Oskaloosa. Police reported 40 flood refugees at Ottumwa along the Des Moines river, and 85 more at Waterloo, where the Cedar river was receding. ■o Two Autos Collide At Street Crossing Two cars were slightly damaged Monday afternoon at 2 o’clock when cars driven by Rudolph Eickhoff, of Decatur route two, and Fred Butler, of Geneva, route two, collided at the intersection of Third and Madison streets. Neither driver was Injured.

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Local Residents Wakened Shortly Before Midight By Second Earth Tremor In Last Keek. LITTTLE DAMAGE | Last night at 11:45 o'cock, exactly one week by days from the time of Decatur’s first earthquake, a second tremor seized the city I and community. Coming late at night in a longer and more pronounced tremor, the quivering earth roused sleepy-eyed citizens from their shaking beds. The quake, striking suddenly with a slow quivering that mounted to a pronounced shock, was much more forcibly impressed upon the residents of the community. Citizens, frightened by the rumble, arose from their beds to receive the final shock standing on their feet. Plumbing, household fixtures, doors and even beds shook from the vibration of the earth. A few ran to their basements to inspect furnaces and boilers, thinking in the first instant of the quiver that the heating units had exploded. From the time of tlte first vibration until the final shock a total time of 20 seconds elapsed, according to Henry Reusser, of Berne, assistant state meteorologist and weather observer. Residents here report that the shock was of longer duration. At the time of the last quake, Tuesday. March 2 at 8:49 o'clock a. tn., the indicator on the seismograph in the offices of Mr. Reusser 1 movd an eighth of aTt inch in recording the shock. This quake I moved the indicator several points fur“er. Residents reported that dishes 1 rattled in the cupboards and radi- ' ators in the rooms quivered from ' the shock. With everyone impressed by the quake of last wee'k, much more fear was expressed last night when the tremors were first felt. it is thought that the quake last night was more generally felt than the one of last week. In Fort Wayne, plaster fell from the walls lof the homes. As far as is known ' no damage occurred here. Cracks Plaster Chicago, Mar. 9 (U.R) —ScienI tists hauled out maps and charts today to hunt down an earthquake which startled thousands of residents out of their sleep, jarred dishes on shelves, and cracked plaster ceilings in five midwestern 1 states. Seismographs throughout the midwest recorded the shocks as of 1 major intensity. No injuries resulted. however, and damage was confined to broken dishes and a few cracked walls and chimneys. The tremo s were felt in Ohio. I Kentucky, Michigan, Indiana, and I I Illinois. They started a few mln- ■ utes before midnight and lasted • as long as eight minutes in some districts. Several instruments ret corded 15 distinct tremors. The Rev. Victor Stechsehulte, ' seismologist of Xavier University, Cincinnati, placed the center of ■ the quake as approximately 90 . miles from Cincinnati. It was the second time in eight i days that the earth has heaved and ■ rolled in the geologically old middle west where earthquakes are (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) 0 CLUB TO HEAR NORMAN SWEET Fort Wayne Business Analyst To Speak To [ Lions Club Dr. Norman Sweet, of Fort Wayna . nationally known business analy- . sist and lecturer, will speak at the I regular meeting of the Lions club i this evening Dr. Sweet tours the Unlttd States i delivering talks to heads of businesses, employees of large stores and professional men, on the proper ways of meeting the public, sales approaches and improvements f in business practice. On March 1, Dr. Sweet delivered i the principal address at the coml bined meeting of the Indiana retailJ clothiers' association and the state . men's wear clubI Don Wait is chairman of the I meeting tonight. Exery member is ! i urged to attend and to bring as | many guests a possible.