Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 76, Decatur, Adams County, 30 March 1937 — Page 1

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Latur Man Dies ■After Being Hit IBy Truck Monday

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DEADLOCK OVER BARGAINING IN AUTO INDUSTRY Report Deadlock In Sole Collective Bargaining Rights lamalng, Mi< h . Mar 30 (U.R) A deadlock over the I’nited Autonio bile Workers' demand for sole col leetive bargaining rights in the i plants of Chrysler corporation was reported today as union leaders reI sumed their conferences with the I millionaire manufacturer. Wallet ' P Chrysler. The seventh day of the conferences in the executive offices of I Gov. Frank Murphy found the con I ferees in agreement upon immediate reopening of nine closed Chry 1 sler plants in the Detroit area and i on further negotiations over alleg led grievances. If a aolution to the J exclusive bargaining rights probI lem can lie found Close advisers to the conferees , iielleved that the deadlock would i continue until John L. Lewis,! chairman of the committee for in : dustrial organization, returns from I Appalachian coal conferences in New York City. Thirty-nine and one-half hours of meeting during the past six days had brought the conferees no I closer to a solution of lhe collec- ' live bargaining. The union, claiming to represent 195 per cent of Chrysler s auto I workers, has insisted upon ex ; elusive bargaining rights. To further its claim it represented to j Chrysler executives yesterday dis patches reporting the supreme court s decision in the radway labor ease which found a labor group representing 51 per cent of the workers in interstate commerce qualified to deal exclusively with the carrier Chrysler, it was learned has re mained adamant upon the stand that the company will recognize the union only in bargaining efforts for its own members. Three compromise proposals, including one granting the union "preferential treatment" in bar- ■ gaining. have been discarded ! temporarily. Local Man Is Given Certificate Os Merit John D. Stnlta. veteran local res--1 ident, has received a certificate of [merit for work well performed a« an agent for the Commercial Union I Fire Insurance Company, which he has represented a third of a century. The document is neatly fram ed and handsomely scrolled and reads: “This presentation bears witness that John D. Stults, Decatur, Indiana, has honorably served the Commercial Union Assurance Company, limited, for a period of 33 years, having entered the services of the company. January 13, 1904. F. W. Koeckect, manager." Mr. Stults recently received a similar certificate from the St. Paul Insurance company which he has represented 25 years. o FRANCES CLARK TAKEN RV DEATH Daughter Os Former Local Residents Dies Monday Evening Frances Leona Clark. 2 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Clark, former Decatur residents, died at the home of her parents in Pioneer, Ohio last evening at 5:45 o’clock, according to the word received here todayDeath was caused by double pneumonia after a several days illness. Surviving besides the parents ar' a brother, Henry Clinton Clark and a sister, Lou Anna, both at home, the grandfather. Henry Huston, and a grandmother, Mrs. Lucinda Clark, both of this city. The father ot the deceased f° r a number ot years was a member ot the Decatur police force. Funeral services will be held Wednesday morning at 9:30 o'clock at the Bobo United Brethren church with the Rev. G. A. Eddy officiating Burial will be made in the Charpsville cemetery.

ROOT TOWNSHIP SEEKING GRANT FOR BUILDING Addition To Monmouth School Building Sought By Township Appl.calion to the federal government for a WPA grant, totalling 45 per cent of the total cost of the! proposed construction of an addition to the Monmouth high school building, was made Monday after- | noon, it was announced today. The application followed a meeting of the Root township advisory •board, consisting of Adolph Bietbereh. Martin Aumann and August Busick; Ralph W. Rice, Root township trustee; Charles Houck, Muncie ar-! chitact and I). Burdette Custer.’ attorney for the proposed project. A petition .signed hy the majority ' of tlie taxpayers in Root township had previously been presented to, 'the trustee, seeking the construction of the building At the meeting yesterday, after being presented I with the petition, the board author- ' Ized Attorney Custer and Trustee K-lce lo make the application. The total cost of the project would be |58.J55- If the grant is obtained the government would bear 926.440 of the expense, leaving f 32- ' 315 as the cost to the taxpayers of Hoot township. This amount would >e paid for by a bond issue, distrii buted over a 15-year period, accord-' ' ing to the plan agreed upon. Plan For Building According to the plans, as dis-, cussed at the meeting, the new building would be an addition, annexed to the north end of the pre-: ' sent school biuldlng. In the basement of the proposed add-tion would tie a boiler room, i shower rooms, dressing rooms and ■ toilets. The upstairs would house additional classrooms, an assembly l room seating 100 pupils and an auditorium community room. In the auditoKum would tie built a stage running the width of the room and having a permanent seating capacity of approximately 500, i with room on the floor for additiona' folding seats. The township, under present conditions, does not have a building suitable for community gatherings or public meetings. The original petition, signed by the taxpayers, was presented to Mr Rice on March 23. The board expects to meet again Wednesday to further plans so rthe project. W. 0. T. 11. TO MEETTHORSDAY County Institute Will Be Held At Geneva Church Thursday The Adams county W. C T. U. institute will be held at the Methodist Episcopal church in Geneva Thursday, with both afternoon and evening sessions. The afternoon session will open at 1:30 o'clock, with a song service. Devotions will be given by Mis. C. E. Shallow of Decatur, fol lowed with greetings by Mrs. Delton Passwater, county president.' Mrs. Elizabeth Stanley, state president of the organization, will deliver the principal address. After special music, a playlet, “Say [ It With Flowers.” will be directed hy Mrs. Lola Shafer. The dosing prayer will be read by Rev. Fallis of the M. E. church of Geneva. The afternoon session will be followed by a luncheon, with various ministers speaking during the luncheon. The evening session, at 7:15 o'clock, will be opened with accordian music by Misses Gretchen Stucky and Dorothy Wills of Gen-' eva. Mrs. M. M. Baumgartner of Berne will play an organ prelude, followed by devotions by Mrs. Sharrow. A double quartet from the Geneva M. E. church will sing. Mrs. Stanley will again deliver the principal address, followed by the closing prayer by Rev. Kurts, of the U. B. church. o Scout Committeemen Will Meet Tonight All Boy Scout committeemen are requested to attend a meeting tonight in the city hall at 7:45 o'clock, at which time plans will be laid for the annual financial drive. Representatives of the Anthony Wayne Area Boy Scout council financial committee will be present. The drive will open with a banquet Monday night. Complete I plans have not been made for thia.

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Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, March 30, 1937.

Among C apital Easter Paraders ■A ■ x ; C. ! IM ■J “ Chief Justice and Mrs. Hughes __________

Although President Roosevelt sported a lop hat when he attended Easter services in Washington with Mrs. Roosevelt and their daughter-in-law. Mrs James Roosevelt, top. Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes wore a derby when he strolled the avenue with Mrs Hughes.

FATHER HENNES TO BE HONORED — St. Mary’s Parish To Honor Assistant Pastor Wednesday Rev. Father Joseph J. Hennes, assistant pastor of the St. Mary's ; Catholic church for the past seven years, will be honored by members of the entire parish at a special program to be held at the Catholic school Wednesday evening at 8 o’clock. Father Hennes will leave Decatur Thursday for Fort Wayne, • where he will become CYO director for the Fort Wayne deanery. Tomorrow night's meeting is sponsored by the Knights of Co- , lumbus and Holy Name society, j Father Hennes is chaplain of the Knights of Columbus and secre-tary-treasurer of the Holy Name , society. Clayson Carroll will preside dur ing the program as master of ceremonies. Special music and short talks by various individuals will feature the evening’s program. Father Hennes. In his new position. will be located at St. Vincent’s J Villa in Fort Wayne, with his of-; flees at the Catholic Community center. The public is invitetT to attend Wednesday's meeting, which will be a farewell to Father Hennes. — o HOLD DECATUR BOYS IN THEFT Three Local Youths Arrested For Theft Os Quantity Os Wire A bonfire that burned during an entire spring day was investigated I by city and county authorities and as a result three local boys are being held in the Adams county jail awaiting the filing of theft charges. When authorities noticed the fire in an alley on Ninth street at a time, when there are no leaves or trash to burn, they immediately connected it with the loss of a quantity of wire, recently stolen from in rear of the city hall. Investigation proved that Hubert Bai'er, aged about 23; Dick Bailer, aged 21 and a lad of under 21 years of age. previously sentenced to a boy's home, had allegedly stolen the missing wire and were burning the insulation. Further investigation located the wire in a Willshire, Ohio store, where it had been sold for junk. The wire, valued at many times that amount, had netted a little more than $9 for the boys. Charges were expected to be filed late this afternoon.

Pope Postpones Public Audiences Vatican City. March 30—(UP) — Because of cold, rainy weather Prof. Aminta Milanl, the Pope’s physician, persuaded him to postpone his decision to grant audiences in the noble apartments cn the second floor. Seated in an ordinary armchair in his private apartment the Pope granted several private audiences. Weather permitting, audiences on the lower floor will begin tomor-. row. The Pope lias shown bo much improvement that Milan! decided to v,sit him only twice a day instead of three times., o ————■ — GYPSIES PULL OLD “TRICKS" Authorities Ask Aid In Ridding County Os Gypsy Thieves Sheriff Dallas Brown, in behalf of county police authorities, this I morning issued an appeal for cooperation in ridding the county of a band of gypsies, who have ailegiedly started a series of thefts'. Sheriff Brown asked that all persons. approached l»y the roving I tribe, immediately contact his office in the courthouse or call the: jail. This is to be done whether or not the thieves have been sue-. cessful, he stated. The dark-skinned itinerants, whose activities and methods of I petty thievery are well to I most persons, have been staging a series of theft attempts in the county, the sheriff stated. Some of these have been successful. Five known attempts have been learned of by the sheriff s office and others are thought to have been successful. The latest escapade of the gypsies was the theft of approximately S>3s from Joe Shafter, well known ; Hartford township farmer. All persons have been asked to cooperate in ridding the county of these undesirables by reporting any activity to Sheriff Brown or his assistants immediately. o Purdue Agricultural Alumni Meet Tonight The annual meeting of the Adams county Purdue university agricultural alumni society will be held this evening in connection with the regu'ar dinner of the Lions club at the Rice hotel. Regular business will be conducted following the meeting with the Lions club. Following the business cession, the members will see a show at the Adams theater, where special arrangements have been made with 1. Kalver, proprietor, and a member of the society.

AWAIT SUPREME COURT DECISION ON WAGNER ACT Monday’s Decisions Lead To Speculation On Future Rulings Washington, Mar 3o (U.R) i Opinions reversing precedents and | validating new deal legislation headed lhe supreme court toward its Wagner labor act decision today a decision of vital importance to labor and industry and the out come of the controversy surround Ing lhe court Itself Tlie Wagner act eases, growing in importance witli the spread of labor strife, remained lite most im portant undecided issue on lhe 'court's docket with the disposition of a series of eases, decision of which may affect lhe lives of mil- [ lions. It appeared certain that lhe women's minimum wage laws enacted by 16 states and the District of Columbia might become im- | mediately operative as a result of the tribunal having completely reversed itself yesterday to uphold 1 such legislation. Many of the provisions of the Wagner labor relations act also were believed sustained as a result of the court's ruling on the railway labor act. The decision was so guarded by limitation, however. that no broad construction could be placed on it. The outstanding decisions of the I I session: 1. Approval of the railway labor i act. providing for majority rule and compulsory collective bargaining lietween railway operators and railway workers. 2. Upholding of the Frazier- ' Lemke farm mortgage moratorium act which was passed to replace a similar statute invalidated by the i ' court unanimously in 1934. 3. Reversal of the court's his- 1 toric stand that states may not i ■ regulate the wages of women > - workers by holding that such regu- ) ■ latlon.was perfectly valid in a test ; 'case involving the Washington; I state minimum wage law of 1913. , i 4 Approval of the national fire- ’ arms act. requiring the licensing of dealers in firearms, which was . passed in 1934 in a federal effort to keep lethal weapons out of the hands of gangsters. The session kept the new deal . victory record at 100 per cent for ' (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) n ————■ WEATHER Cloudy and unsettled, light snow east and south portions; somewhat colder extreme south west portion tonight, WednesI day becoming fair. Junior C. Os C. To Meet Tonight 1 A meeting of the entire membership of the Decatur Junior Chamber of Commerce will be held this . evening at 7 o’clock in the city ; hall. A proposed amendment to the club's constitution will be voted upon which would permi? the whole organization to vote for officers, rather than the board of directors alone. It is probable that the 1937 officers will he elected at the meeting ’ this evening. A new system of nomination of members for 1937 will be discussed. SWINDLER HELD BY AUTHORITIES State Police, Marion Cops Nab Detroit Ex-Mil-lionaire Indianapolis, Mar 30. — t(U.R>- — A smartly-dressed former millionaire : Detroit real estate operator was ■ held for questioning by state police . and federal agents today in con- ! nection with extensive stock swind.ling operations which allegedly [ netted him $70,000 in Indiana reI cently. Capt. Matt Leach of state police said the suspect. Warren Marr, 46, is wanted by federal authorities Zin California on an alleged fake; i security charge and for an escape ; from the Pasadena, Calif., jail last - year. Marr was arrested at Marion, Ind., scene of his most recent op erations, by state police in cooperation with Marion county authorities and Vernon Cripes, Goshen , chief of police. The former millionaire real estate operator was fashionably dresesd and had $2,900 in currency in his wallet when arrested, according to police. A detailed list of Marr's recent | (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)

Netos From Spain Indicates Loyal Forces Winning

ALL HOSPITAL ROOMS FILLED Adams County Memorial Hospital Is Filled To Capacity The Adams county memorial [ hospital is experiencing one of its busiest periods in history, members of lhe board of trustees announced following a special meet Ing held thia morning. With every bed room, the wards and space in the sun or convalescent room occupied, lhe trustees met to consider lhe emergency Three of the nurses, located on the third floor in the nurse's quar- ; (era. surrendered their rooms to patients this morning and three I more will give up their rooms dur ing the day. The trustees were engaging rooms in private homes for the nurses until the rush subsided at the hospital. The trustees, John Stults of this city and Fred Kamholz of Berne met with A. J. Smith, president of the board, this morning. James I Briggs of Geneva, fourth member of the board was unable to attend During a rush period yesterday ' and over the week-end it was necessary to place a few cots in the corridors of the hospital, until the patients could be removed to a room which was to be vacated later in the day. The trustees announced that the regular nurses were employed at ■ the hospital with the consideration I of a room on the third floor, their salaries being based on that . arrangement. It is necessary that I the nurses, including those engag--1 ed on special cases, have adequate I resting and sleeping quarters The hospital will accommodate 129 patients in regular quarters, j Today 37 patients were registered at the hospital and two operations were held during the forenoon. Every available space was occupied. Nine special nurses and 11 floor nurses, besides Miss Elizabeth Pitman, superintendent, were on duty today. Although the hospital was crowd I CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) 0 DEATH CLAIMS ROMAN BARTHEL Former Decatur Resident Dies Monday Night At Fort Wayne Word was received here today of the death of Roman Barthel, 58. a native and former resident of this city. Death occurred at his home in Fort Wayne about midnight last ,' night. The deceased wan born in Deca- ’ tur October 16, 1878 an dspent his boyhood in this city. A number of [ years ago he moved to Fort Wayne where he has since resided. Frank Barthel and Mrs. Al D. Schmitt, a brother and niece of the deceeaed left this morning for i Fort Wayne to make arrangements for the funeral. Surviving, besides the two local people, is a sister Mrs. Mary Crawford- of Los Angeles. Two sisters, Mrs. W- A. Kuebler and Mrs. Lena Spiess are deceased. Funeral services will be held Thursday morning et ID o’clock at the home, 3414 South Calhoun street. Burial will be made in the Greenlawn Memorial cemetery at Fort Wayne. o Theft Suspect Is Taken Into Custody The theft of beans and possibly other crimes was believed solved this afternoon by an arrest made by Sheriff Dallas Brown and State Policeman Burl Johnson. Pending further investigation, the name of the suspect was not revealed. o BULLETIN Tucumcari, New Mexico, Mar. 30—(U.R) —A deputy sheriff who has participated in the questioning of a man in the county jail here who fits the department of justice's image of the kidnaper of Charles Matson, said today that a "break" was imminent in the case.

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Latest Reports Indicate Loyalist Forces Are Turning Tide; Revolt Is Reported. ROME DISTURBED By Louis F. Keernle (United Press (’aide Editor) Today's news from Spain indicated strongly that the loyalists, after months of being the underdog, have at least momentarily turned the tide. Circumstantial reports spread through Europe of disaffection in the rebel range; of mutterings of revolt and many executions to put down incipient revolts it also was reported that the rebel Spaniards and their German allies, blaming the Italians for their reverses at Guadalajara and now in the Cordoba region south of Madrid, are dickering with tho Italians. Madrid reported that the rebel drive to capture the Almaden mercury mines between Madrid and Cordoba had collapsed and that 10.000 Italian and German troops were retreating toward Cordoba. Northeast of Madrid, the loyalists were driving towaid Siguenza. insurgent base in the north. The insurgents massed for a counterattack. hoping to drive the loyalists bac kto Madrid. Most of the information came from loyalist sources. The insurgents had little to announce, but it is to be assumed that if they had any victories to announce, they would scarcely remain silent. The loyalist navy also took a new lease on life and began widespread bombardment of rebel ports and bases. Valencia, the loyalist capital, asserted that kheir navy had regained supremacy in Spanish waters. Rome obviously was disturbed by the trend of events. The danger to European relations lay in the fact that Mussolini might feel impelled to send reinforcements to save Italian prestige and ensure an insurgent victory. He is unwilling to do so except as a last resort. It was reported he had sent secret orders to the Italian oflicers in Spain to stiffen : i- re/f-triuce and win quickly th- ■■ Virginio Gayda, Mussolini’s mouthpiece, vo»ced the wish waich is father to the thought when he wrote hopefully in his newspaper ' that the next few days should I "seal the fate" of the "reds." Rebels Revolt Gibraltar, Mar. 30—(U.R)—Span- • ish nationalists revolted today in barracks at Algeciras, across the (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) —O -- ■ ■ First Straw Fred V. Mills, retired merchant of this, city, who has held the “Crown” several times in the past 25 years for being the first person to wear a straw hat up town in early tpring, copped the honors this year for sure. He came up town this afternoon with his straw lid and remarked that it was time to go fishing. These fine spring days [ make one feel that way WILL OBSERVE ANNIVERSARY Fourth Anniversary Os CCC Camps To Be Observed Sunday Five thousand persons are expected to attend the fourth anniversary ce’ebration for the founding of the CCC camps, to be held at the Wells county state forest near Bluffton, Sunday, from 1 to 6 p. m. Persons in this community have been asked to visit the camp where the activities will be shown by the members and officers. Thursday night a special program will be given over radio station WOWO in Fort Wayne from I'o to 10:30 o'clock. Music will be furnished by the First Baptist church choir of Bluffton. Chaplain L. C. Wyandt of the Wells county camp wl’l also be on the program. Special programs are being held this week in every CCC camp in the United States. The establishment of these camps to conserve and rehabilitate the nation's resources was one of the first acts sponsored by President Roosevelt after he came into office four years ago-