Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 75, Decatur, Adams County, 29 March 1937 — Page 1

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NEW DEAL MEASURES UPHELD

LEWIS •flfflS GREEN ’ gfflK VIEWS anl |,| ' a '" us *Khod> <>l Sil-Dow n Strikers M1..: .«.•: - ' ' K. and contemptible " sells his own breed ' 1 -’"' is saill ’ ,1 " run.l .... . quota’-t) H‘‘" | l' : and < <•) t-.-.-tl> unit the preg ..I lh'- ki whenmay follow l.iwiiing " tied I" N Oi k Io IK, !esu:o- i..not ial ionw lot on jso-.-:i..' .‘"I al-, tine I.' . W.-dm-s Asaerta Power :. JR) I’o'P Ilins. 11. Tex . asserted top -sal. :.: Kooseveli lias powers under the law down strikes and "If there is any question the ■ . <.-!:gr-ss would fur 'ln attorney general to ON PACK FIVE) Jl. RENNES ■IOASIMASTER Seal Priest To Preside SttCYO Banquet Sat'S urda - v Night Rev uh .1. Henens. of city. will a. t as toast master annual banquet of the Foil held at the St Vineent s ■> in that < ity next Saturday according to the announeemade today. t'Yt) leaders and otfiNotre bame athletes will ■■ the speaking program. will also be made to the - winters of ( Y(> athletic B* l - during th., past year Sev members of the local track that parti, ipateil in the CY() and field meet are among the °t award winners The com lift of winners is being pre by Jerome "Hocky" Myloti. banquet will open at 6:30 in the evening. Many from Planning to attend Those to attend may secure ti< by contacting James Murphy. OYO president. James J CH) athletic chairman in "ayne, is in charge of the who will speak besides U "’ r i Hennes, include Carl Alu ‘ the athletic committee. [^B re » McAfee, also of the ath■F committee; Loretta Fink, of M'Btrls committee; Paul Novak johnny Moir, stars of this Notre Dame basketball WJb.and their coach. George KeoNoll will present the u° lhe varioua winners. BZ, , who was recently Hbrt atl ’l , ‘fic director of the Ks deaner Y. will assume W flnUeß Thursday, April 1. ■ °u Rotarians m ear Mayor Holthouse Holthouse, mayor of K ’ Wa ’ the BUest speaker at B’arv ?? tlDg of the Fort Wayne Ewer of r tOday ’ ” el “ at the B .Mav„ o Commerce building. BVrban o° lthouse epoke on “Rur■iricult" R , elations " Erßel Walley, Kch»< a advlßor of Fort Wayne of the program. I

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Easter V acation Ends Eor Students Public schools of the city and county resumed clauses this mornI ing after l»*ing dismissed for the Easter vacation. The local schools were dismissed last Wednesday and I the county schools on Thursday | afternoon The local Catholic 'schools will resume studies tomorrow. after commemorating Easter Monday today. UNION HEADS AND CHRYSLER RESUME TALKS Automobile Executive And Union Leaders Resume Meeting Lansing, Mich. Mar. 29 <U.R> Walter P Chrysler resumed strike negotiation conferences with union leaders who are empowered in the absence of John L le‘wls to formulate a three-point settlement for the return of 60.000 workers to the shops and assembly lines of Chrysler plants With Lewis called to New York City to negotiate new agreements for his United Mine Workers with Appalachian coal operators, the conference got under way shortly before 11:3# a. m. Gov. Frank Murphy, presiding at a meeting of the state administrative board, was forced to keep conferees waiting in the reception room With conferees apparently In optimistic mood, authoritative sources repented that any agreement to be reached to settle the tbre" weeks' strike probably would embrace no more than 200 words. The possible agreement, it was learned, will embrace: 1. A collective bargaining pro vision 2. A clause providing for the i immediate reopening of Chrysler plants to production. 3. A proviso for further conferences to iron out other union demands for adjustment of hours. i wages and working conditions Such a settlement, if negotiated, would contrast with the recently negotiated “permanent peace” between the United Automobile Workers and General Motors corporation, a document more than 2.500 words long. As the conferences resumed. Homer Martin, president of the union and one of three men designated by Lewis to carry on negotiations, said: “We might all go home today if Chrysler says yes " Agreement has been reached upon the last two points and only failure to agree upon the extent of collective bargaining rights is preventing full agreement, It was learned. WEATHER Fair tonight; Tuesday fair north, increasing cloudiness south portion, possibly snow or rain extreme south portion; continued cool. RURAL SCHOOLS NAME SPEAKER Dr. Charles Houser To Deliver Commencement Addresses Dr. Charlee M. Houser, pastor of Plymouth Congregations church in Fort Wayne, has been selected an the speaker for the commencement exercises of the rural high schools of Adams county, according to an announcement made today by C. E. Striker, county school superintendent. The firet of the exercises will be held at the Jefferson school on April 27. Others are Geneva, May 13; Kirkand. April 30; Hartford. May 1; Monroe, April 29; Pleasant Mills, April 28 and Monmouth. April J 30. Plans are also being made for the county eighth grade commencement exercises, which will be held sometime during the month of June. Dr. Houser is well known in the county, as he has delivered other addresses on several occasions The subjects of his talks have not been I announced.

EASIER BRINGS LITTLE RESPITE IN CIVIL WAR Loyalists Continue Offensive After Recent Victories Valencia, Mar. 29- (U.R) laiyalists Inspired by recent victories, took the initiative on land, sea and air today as the government extended its Easier offensive Republican shock tr<s>ps fought early today into the outskirts of Al<-araeejos. the bitterly contested I gateway to south central Spain's I rich mining area. A loyalist fleet cruised the Mediterranean seaboard after bombarding Malaga and Melilla. Morocco, army reports said. One of the largest air fleets yet to take off under the government flag bombed hundreds of square miles of nationalist-controlled ter ritory over the week-end. Italian reinforcements were reported in army dispatches to be rushing from Cordoba to the Pozobianco sector, about 32 miles north. where the government steadily extended Its lines in the campaign for the Almaden quick silver mines beating off all insurgent counter-attacks. Alcaracejos and Villanenva Del Duque, sister towns midway between Cordoba and Almaden, in south central Spain, tottered before the advancing loyalist militia Although the insurgents resisted stubbornly, their fall seemed imminent. army dispatches said. Nationalist fliers dropped 15 bombs on the nationalist-controlled village of Villa Del Rio on the Guadarquivir river east of Cordoba, before learning their mistake, loy(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) REV. FRANKLIN TO CONFERENCE United Brethren Pastor To Preside At Conference The Rev. H. W. Franklin, pastor of the Decatur First United Brethren church, left today for Atwood and Jefferson, in Kosciusko and Clinto ncounties. where he will preside over a two-day conference of the United Brethren church in their annual convention. On Tuesday the St. Joseph conference will meet at Atwood for an all-day session, with the Rev. Franklin as chairman of the meeting. sponsored by the rural church conference. Speakers during the sessions include pastors of the various churches in the district, with J. T. McKee, president of the National Grangers of Lafayette, making the chief address. At the Jefferson United Brethren church on Wednesday. Dr. Oakley Hall, professor of rural life at Purdue university will be the chief speaker. Pastors of churches in the district will also talk there. The conferences are sponsored each year by the rural church comI mission, with the Rev. Franklin as chairman. Other members of the cominis- ’ sion are: the Rev. B. 11. Cain, Rev. S. P. O’Reilly, Rev. A. F. Riley, Rev. A. B. McKain, Rev. F. G. Upson. all pastors in the conference, and Wnt. Welschmer, Albert Gehrett and S. F. Eberhart. Junior C. Os C. To Meet Tuesday 1 A meeting of all members of the Decatur Junior Chamber of Commerce. for the purpose of considering a proposed amendment to the club's constitution, will be held at 1 the city hall Tuesday evening at 7 o’clock. The propose- amendment would permit the entire membership of 1 the organization to vote for directors rather than the board of direc- ' tors alone. Should the amendment ' be approved, it is probable that 1 1937 officers will be elected at the same meeting. 1 Other plans for 1937 will be dis- ■ | cussed during the meeting, includ- • ing a proposed change in the form ' of meetings and method of select I ing members.

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Decatur, Indiana, Monday, March 29, 1937.

Justice Sutherland Reaches 75

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This new photo of Justice George Sutherland of Ve U. S supreme court was taken as the justice observed his 75th birthday at his desk in the capital. Justice'Sutherland Is the fourth member of the present tribunal to reach the 75th mark He would be eligible for retirement and pension according to President Roosevelt's plan

BERNE MAN IS BADLY INJURED Lester Pontius Seriously Injured In Accident At Toledo Lester Pontius. 24. Berne young man. Is in a Toledo, Ohio, hospital in a serious condition as result of injuries sustained in an auto accident Saturday evening in that city The young man sustained an Injury to his back, which has left him paralyzed from the waist down. Other Berne men in the car were uninjured except for | 11 minor bruises and cuts. They were: Edison Lehman, driver of the car; Elmer Inniger, Valentine ’ Egley, Hubert Wheeler, Harold Bailey, all of Berne. The accident occurred at a street intersection in the city. According to the word received here, the young man was injured when the car approaching from a cross street struck the auto in which he was riding, with such force that ft pinned him against a parked auto alongside the curb. 1 The other men were able to return home. o — Junior Club Leaders Meet Thursday Night The 4-H club junior leaders of Adams county will meet Thursday evening at 7:30 at the home of Miss I Mary Cline in Geneva. At this meet- , ing they will get first -hand information on the 1937 4-H club program. After the business meeting an April Fool party will be held.. ■ Any 4-H Club members interested i In junior leadership work is invited to attend the meeting.

Kiddies Are Entertained By Elks At Annual Egg Frolic

Easter Sunday was “rabbit" day ' for the kiddies of Decatur. More than 300 children of the city and county were the guests of the B. P. O. Elks lodge at the second annual Easter egg hunt, held Sunday afternoon at the Elks home on North Second street. The soggy condition of the law prohibited holding the hunt outeide, as was done last year. The kiddies were paraded through the home and each one was presented with a sack of Easter eggs and candy. Twenty-five of these children were fortunate in finding an egg with the word "rabbit” imprinted. To each of theiTe 25 children, the Elks presented a live Easter rabbit. While not as colorful as last year’s event, when the eggs were distributed over the spacious lawn] at the home, the kiddies and grown: ups had a real time, as evidenced I by the large crowd present. Many of the children, too young | or too bashful to join the long line, 1

(Condition Os Pope Is Much Improved Vatican City, Mar. 29. — ,<U.P> — Pope Pius was in such excellent | health today that Prof. Aminta Milan!. Vatican physician, told him ! he might resume public audiences this week if he desired, it was said | authoritatively. Prof. Milan! visited the pope at 6:45 a. tn. and afterward, discussing with Vatican attaches the pope’s appearances at St. Peter's yesterday, said: “He is in perfect condition. 1 can not find any ill affects of yesterday's exertions." MCNUTT LEAVES FOR NEW POST Former Governor Leaves For New Post In Philippines Indianapolis, Mar. 29.— (U.RJ — Former Governor Paul V. McNutt, accompanied by his family and official aides, was to entrain this as ternoon for Chicago, first leg of the trip to Manila as U. S. high com nnssioner to the Philippines. The party is to remain in Chicago overnight and leave by train early tomorrow for California. McNutt plans to stop at Sacramento, 1 Cal., where he is scheduled to address the California legislature and . embark from San Francisco April Accompanying McNutt will be his wife, their daughter, Louise; l Wayne Coy. administrative assistant to the commissioner; Mrs. Coy and their son, Stephen. 6; Leo M. Gardner, McN’fitt’s legal adviser,; Mrs. Gardner and their son, Leo, , Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Paul Headdy, ; Mrs. Edith Keyes, Reeves and Miss I (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

’ were accompanied by their parents or an older brother or sister. ' The eggs and rabbits were dis- - 11 tributed by the members of the ' | lodge, who were ably assisted in • keeping the kiddies stepping live--1 ly by members of the various Boy Scout troops of the city. The party Was conducted by R. ' C. Ehinger. genera) chairman, members of the various committees and other members of the I lodge. The 25 children who were pre- ( eented with rabbits are: Robert . Haley, Philliip Thomas, Robert K. , Boknecht, Evelyn Rash, Billy BeyJ nolds, Catherine Gass. Thomas Kortenber, Ruth Ann White, Dick Gass, Joan Mitchell, Tommy Keller Pati ricia Durkee. Edward Deitsch, Lu- ; J cile Kortez) Jimmy Ahr, Diqkey ; Gage, Joyce Ann Tyndall, Robert .! Tumbleson, Kathryn Loeche. Chari lee Crosbie, Jimmy Johnson, Dick ; Schnitz, Jimmy Hunter, Bobby Ze,l ser and Edward Hammond.

High Court Upholds Validity Os Minimum Wage, Railway Labor And Frazier-Lemke Act

GOOD WEATHER GREETS EASTER PARADERSHERE Easter Sunday In Decatur Most Pleasant In Recent Years Encouraged by the warm sunshine that partly counteracted the chilling effects of a cool March wind, hundreds of Deeaturites and rural residents paraded the streets of the city Sunday to fill to capacity nearly all of the local churches, and attend appropriate Easter services. Dawning clear and bright, the day gave promise of being one of the most pleasant of recent Easters from a weather standpoint. Bedecked in multi-color Easter I and spring finery, some lined with furs to offer protection against the cool breeze, young and old thronged to the city’s churches in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ All of the churches reported large congregations at both the regular Sunday services, with the resurrection as the theme and at the special services, including cantatas. Easter breakfasts and early morning worships. Early worships included a sunrise worship hour at the Zion Reformed church, a sunrise service at the First Evangelical church and a breakfast at the First Presbyterian church. Worship was opened at the St. Mary’s Catholic church with a high mass at 6 o’clock. Regular morning services were presented before capacity - filled I churches. At the First United I Brethren church, 25 new members ■ were taken into the church. A play. “Easter Morn.” was presented by the young people of the First Baptist church during the morning service hour. In the afternoon the choir of the First Methodist Episcopal church presented an Easter cantata before a large crowd Special programs in the evening Included a sacred cantata at the First I’. B. and a sacred and secular concert at the Zion Lutheran church Clare Edwards and Miss Helen Limbert of Fort Wayne, organist and soloist presented the concert, which was given before a (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) CHANGES MADE IN MANAGEMENT Management And Supervision Changes Are Made In WPA A change in the management of WPA projects and supervision of WPA labor in Adams and Welts counties was made known here today. Charles “Ches" Massonnee. present supervisor and timekeeper for the works progress administration in Adams county alone, has been named time keeper and paymaster for bothe Wells and Adams counties, according to the announcement of the change. Mr. Maesonnee’s horn eie in Decatur. Aubrey E. Quackenbush, of Bluff- ■ ton. present supervisor and time- ! keeper for Welle county, with offices at Bluffton, has been appointed supervisor of the W’ork in both counties, according to the announcement. The appointments were made by • Forrest P. Woodward, district eup- , ervißor of WPA in Fort Wayne. • Both appointments are to take es- • J feet immediatey. Mr. Quackenbtrth and Mr Massonee will retain their offices in • Bluffton and Decatur, respectively. A report that WPA laborers Ln the ■! county had received a raise in wages was unconfirmed today.

COMPANIES TO DINE DAIRYMEN ’ Cloverleaf Creameries, McMillen Company r To Entertain The Cloverleaf Creameries and the McMillen Feed company are cooperating In putting on one of the outstanding events of the year for the organized dairymen of Adams county, the members of the Dairy Herd Improvement Association, the 1 4-H Calf Club, the Adams County * Guernsey Cattle Club, Jersey Cat- ’ tie Club. Holstein County Club and Ayrshire breeders ' These dairymen will be the '' guests of the above named compan- ' les at a dinner Friday evening, at ‘ 6:15 p m in the Catholic high f ’ school building, Decatur. In addi- ’ tion to entertainment, a very constructive program will be presentr ed. E. T. Wallace, extension 1 dairyman of Purdue, will give a 1 talk on breeding. A feed discus--1 I sion will be given by a represents--1 ; tive of the McMillen Feed com--1 pany. Mr. Taylor of the state health department will give a dis--1 I cussion of the quality program for 1 I dairy products as it exists south of * federal highway No. 40. 1 A farmers’ committee will out- ' line what they believe to be a con- ' structive and workable farm program for the Improvement of dairy .. : (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) FORMER BERNE RESIDENT GIES 1 * Mrs. Katie Franz Dies At Home Os Daughter At New Paris Mrs. Katie Franz, 63, widow of the late Emil Franz, former Berne residents, died at the home of a 1 daughter, Mrs. Max Smotker, at New Paris. Indiana, Friday afternoon at 2:40 o’clock. Mrs. Franz > became ill Sunday a week ago with ‘ bronchial pneumonia and she became steadily weaker until death 1 claimed her. ’ Mrs. Franz had suffered from ■ arthritis for several years and had 5 been in falling health for a long ‘ time. She had resided with her daughter since the death of Mr. Franz last Dec. 20. Mrs. Franz was born in Wayne county. Ohio. March 25, 1874, a daughter of A. F. and Maryann Sprunger Lehman. She was marp ried to Emil Franz on Sept. 25. 1895, and they lived in Berne until I 1911, when they moved to Middlebury. Surviving are the following chil- * dren: Mrs. Clair (Bertha) Hassan, Middlebury; Mrs. Max (Rose) Smoker, New Paris; Daniel Franz, cashier of the Middlebury bank; Mrs. Ansel (Elma) Shaw, Burr " Oak, Michigan, and Viola, who has * been doing housework at Goshen. R Ten grandchildren survive. The following brothers and sisters survive: William H. Lehman. •• Wabash township; Simon Lehman, r Berne; Mrs. Calvin Liechty and c Dan E. Lehman, both of northeast s of Berne; Joel Lehman, Orrville, ’•! Ohio; Rev. M. M. Lehman. Monroe, s Washington; Otto B. Lehman, (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) p. Former Preble Man Dies In Nebraska r. :• Word wa *> received this morning li iby Harve Garboden. of Hartford i- township, that his uncle. Abraham P. Reppert, 88, former Preble towny ship resident; died Saturday even- •- ing at the home of his sister, Mrs. ■. Caroline Bly at Madison, Nebraska, f- The deceased wae born in Preble township, the son of Lewie and i- Sophia Reppert. He moved to Nett braska several years ago. He watt never married. Surviving are two e sisters. Funeral services will be held n Tuesday afternoon in Madieon and buria will also be made there.

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Ruling On Minimum Wage Act Is A Reversal I Os Former Decision; Two Are Unanimous. ’ NEW DEAL VICTORY Washington, Mar. 29.—<U.R' — The Supreme Court today took 1 jurisdiction of an appeal directly involving the constitutionality of the unemployment tax provisions of the new deal’s ’ social security act. The action was believed to assume a ruling on the question before June. At the same time, the court 1 refused to enjoin the collection of the federal 1 per cent unemployment insurance payroll tax in Alamaba pending a determination of the constitu1 tionality of the state's unemployment insurance law. Washington, Mar. 29 —(U.R) —The 1 supreme court, in an historical 1 ■ opinion written by Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes, today reversed previous decision which had stood since 1923 as a bar to state regulation of minimum wages and working conditions. Today’s decision, rendered with 1 a 5 to 4 decision of the court, upheld the validity of the Washington state minimum wage law for women. Justice George Sutherland, pre- ’ senting the dissent of the court conservative minority, offered a strong defense of the traditional functioning of the high court —a statement which listeners regarded as a virtual answer to the pro- . posals of President Roosevelt that : the court be reorganized I Hughes, author of the majority i opinion, said flatly that the decision reversed that of the court In t 1923 in the Adkins District of Columbia case. The Adkin s decision led to the still pending drive for addition of the child labor amendment to the constitution. His opinion appeared to open the way ’ for the state to reenter the field of 1 I regulation of hours, wages and working conditions. The minimum ’ • wage decision crowned a day in ; . which the supreme court handed 1 : down a full series of widely im- • portant decisions. 1 It upheld in a broad decision the ! constitutionality of the railway la1 ' bor act and ruled that the revised I Frazier-Lemke act was constitu(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o Only Slight Damage Is Caused By Fire The oral fire department made a run to the Arthur Baker home on I North Fifth street Sunday morning shorty after 7 o’clock, when sparks from the chimney caused a roof fire. . Only small damage resulted. DEATH CLAIMS CHARLESZWICK Adams County Native Dies Saturday At Home In Nebraska L i ’ Word was received Saturday by ’ Ed Zwick of route 1, Decatur of 1 the death of his brother, Charles Zwick, 77, Staplehhurst, Nebraska. Death occurred Saturday morning and was caused by a stroke. He had been bedfast two years. I: The deceased was born and rais'ed in Preble township. He has ’ been a resident of Nebraska for 1 about 30 years. He was well 1 known in this community where he ’ had many relatives and friends. He is survived by the widow and ■ the following children: Martin and • Herman, Mrs. Emma Barghorn, } Alma, Mrs. Hulda Shoeph, all of 1 Staplehurt. One brother, Ed, near ■ Decatur survives, together with * two sisters. Mrs. Sophia Bremmer J of Fort Wayne and Mrs. Emma 1 Getting of Allen county. 1 Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at Staplehurst.