Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 77, Decatur, Adams County, 31 March 1937 — Page 1

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..■TEMPTS to I>lnLE AUTO STRIKE HALT er And Lewis Callrom Conference Other Business Mich. Mar 31. *U.R> ‘ to settle <he 24 day*'r kn, Detroit ptaW" “ f "orporatiun W" I nponirily today. P Chrysler. head of he in New York, having >d there by "urgent bus ■ ! the same city was John j CIO head who was forc-j . time out from the autoJrence to confer with | operators on a new eon , miners in the Appalach ! •ta. .. „ i ■snk Murphy said there; •the remotest possibility u,..l L-wts might '•■" assuramt- ot both •!.. v «.>ul<l 1-tiirn here Saturday »oth bm k Friday 'be "board of id America (■w this it »»» said, r-Jie.ltediv I thumbs ■8y,.,,!.. lielb.llld tot side col barnammg rights all plants. out that the sit-down -tUy • ' 'press . oil that no f..r .. mj. .. ■... w can members. Equity Sale V Announced Today K-B-'t.. i'll.'. Ex h.r.a- tilts be H.iy .md ojtiipam .u.mding to the |Mc I- i'iit>. mi |H manage:-|.jj> of Victor » .. . to ouelate organized in 1901. |y PRICE TO I HEAD SOCIETY ■feted President Os I’urBie Agricultural Alumni ■ Society Price was . looted president |Mtbe Adams oouiiiy i’nrdne agriB iral alumni society at a meet Arid in the Itice hotel, Tuesevening. officers elected were Law Beckmeyer. vice-president; !■' '■■' I t "t.ll y treasurer. Walter J Krick and Leland directors. B' the meeting it was agreed the organization should spon a -i ll tomato club this year. B' Beckmeyer has volunteered Offices as a leader of the chib. B !1 member present agreed to ■tas at least two members into TH club. ■A aeries of four meetings for the was decided upon. The first ■ he held when the tomato club ■ organized and the 411 club ■embers will be the guests. The ■fond wm b e j n form o f a ■> r of the tomato projects. The ■/ will be a fall meeting at prospect students for the w Ufl university short course will ■ 8 banquet and enE m i ,O atlend lhe e0 " r8<? - The Es 6 “ welcome party for the EL* 0 h“ ve returned from the El * M a ‘ 8 ° decided to encourage ■« schoo! graduates and others ■ e Part in some of the larger ■ aninial husbandry projects ■ C i- , er tllat tlle y might earn sufAd mm 0 ” 67 t 0 pay thelr llvln « costs at the short TO/TlN’uep on page TWO) lrau “ Funeral Rites Bold This Afternoon lr wn W BtiiMLy iCM for Luetta Rose lav aft. ' born babe, bcm Tuee ti Br»? r00^ n t 0 Mr - an d Mrs. Dankreb u RB,raont Park addition, aftern °on at the St. lev i Catha!lc church, with tho Th. ePh J Seimet * officiating >»d th. Parentß, a brothe r. Donivan Petsr n ßra ‘ I<lparente ’ Mr - and Mrs. r aun, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. ■‘rtt. survive.

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Winchester Street Is Being Repaired Workmen are busy repairing i South Winchester street, south of the Nickel Flute tracks to the corjHirate limits. The chuck holes are being filled with a heated auphall and other breaks in the top surfac - i are being repaired. Ralph Roop, civil works commissioner, staled that permanent resurfacing ot the i street could not be made, because j of the cost. It would be necessary to dig up a stretch of road and fill i it with stone and pul in a drain. NRA SUBSTITUTE BILLS PLANNED FOR CONGRESS Federal And State Laws Sought For Minimum Wages Washington, Match SI —(UP) —, Federal officials today launched a double-edged drive to restore the minimum wage features of NRA istate legislation and preparation, of a new bill with a nation wide ! scope. President Roosevelt emphasized ' that state laws are inadequate to deal with the problme of paying i subsistence salaries despite the reI provisions for children and men yearn precedent in upholding the Washington state minimum wage law for women. Secretary of labor Frances PerkitM declared that in the light of ! the courts decision "State legislatures are free to pass statutes recognizing the necessity for subsistence wage*.” While Mr. Roosevelt declined to • comment upon the court’s five-to four decision in the Washington ease, he made cler that his opinion on the need for national legislation ion wageo and hours remained unI changed. It was learned that plans for NRA substitute laws are now being fa!cllitated 'by two groups, both in inj direct contact with the Wh»t» 1 House. Major George L. Berry’s indue- ‘ trial progress council is completing drafts of a fair trade practiced bid which also would include provision for federal establishment and euperi vision of minimum wages and maxi- 1 mum hourw Miss Perkins and labor depart- ; ment attorneys virtually have com-1 pleted a tentative measure which I would create a maximum work week of 40 hours and ewtabifsh a series of “industriay councils" to set up minmum wlage scales. Although the President said he • had not yet seen Mise Perkins billit waa learned that the secretary hae informally discussed its provisions with him. Miss Perkins urged states to build ’ up their own minimum wage laws. ' President Roosevelt emphasized at his press conference that he did not believe in minimum wage laws : for women alone but indicated he ’desired broad statutes including; provisions so rchildren and men j workers. iHe said he was calling upon attorney General Homer S. I Cummings to report to him on the legal etatus of state laws which had become inoperative following I the court's decision in the children's hospital case. : LIST PROGRAM FOR BANQUET »I — ‘ Banquet For Dairymen t Os County Will Be Held Friday 1 ! The complete program for the s organized daity extension banquet s sponsored by the Cloverleaf Creami eries and McMillen Feed companies has been completed. This banJ quet will be held at the Catholic l high school Friday evening at 6:15. r Joe Seabold of Bluffton will leal s the group singing. E. T. Wallace, • extension dairyman of Purdue, will i discuss breeding program for dairy t cows. Frank E. Franz of the Mc- " Millen company will discuss dairy feeds and feeding. The Cloverleaf Creameries have secured the services of John Taylor i of the Indiana state health department to discuss quality marketing 5 of dairy products and also have seI cured Prof. H. W. Gregory, head . of tu? dairy department of Purdue J to tell of the progress that Purdue ’ has been making on a dairy markj eting program. , The executive committee of the . organized extension dairymen has prepared a resolution which they ' will present at this meeting, which I (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR)

NO AGREEMENT IS REACHED IN COAL DISPUTE Suspension Os Work Threatened In Soft Coal Mining New York. Mar. 31. ftJ.Rk Unit led mine workers officials and representatives of soft coal operators resumed negotiations for a new Appalachian wage-hour contract today with the necessity of reach- | ing an agreement of some sort before midnight it a suspension of I work is to be averted. Indications were that the union and mine owners still were far apart in their proposals and count-er-proposals. Both sides denied a report that the miners had withdrawn all ot their demands except thki for a 15 per cent Increase In pay Charles O'Neill, spokesman for the operators, said the miners bad not withdrawn any demands and added, “that's what we're waiting for.” Philip M. Ray, vice president of ■U. M W.. said the report was . “without foundation.” Edward F. McGrady, assistant secretary of labor, called informally on the negotiators and said he intended to stay with the conference "until an agreement is reached." He said he would remain In New York "several days if necessary.” McGrady added that. ”1 expect I'll be needed" before a contract is signed He said both lhe president and secretary of labor Frances Perkins were "keeping an eye" on the negotiations. The labor mediator drew a dis Unction between a strike and a suspension of work. If no contract is signed, he said, the resultant stoppage of work could not be call- > ed a strike. Technically, at least, (he suspension would be an amic-i ; able one. An alternative *to suspension would be an agreement to continue Lite present contract in effect un- * til a new one is signed. Chicago. Mar. 31.— <U.R> — The Chicago Journal of Commerce said today that John L. Lewis. preai-| dent of the United Mine Workers ot America, had offered an eight(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) O ROLLER SKATING WARNING GIVEN Children Warned Against Skating On Streets, Highways A concentrated drive against roller-skating on the streets of the city and highways leading into Decatur, was announced today by Chief of Police Sephus Melchl. Answering to the numerous complaints received by residents of the city. Chief Melchl called the attention of all skaters to the dangers involved Chief Melchl stated that the lives I of the skaters themselves were not only endangered, but that It was a I menace to the autoists and pedes- 1 I trians on sidewalks that might be) struck by an auto careening out i of control to miss a skater. Night police have been especially busy during the past few weeks ; at the height of the skating season I A majority of the danger lies on Nuttman avenue, police state, since | It is an extension of federal highway 224. At different times as many as 50 I or 60 skaters have been reported lon this street at one time. Since out-of-town cars enter the city on I this route, the danger Is greatly increased. Another so-called "danger zone," which will be given special atten-j tion by police, is the cement grade i on the courthouse coal bln. Many children have been reported using the improvised slide for skating and bicycling. State Patrolman Burl Johnson will cooperate with local police in patrolling the streets used by the skaters and prosecution will follow, if the warnings are not heeded, they state. All persons have been asked to cooperate in this matter, which concerns the protection of the ? youth of the city, and are asked to ; aid in the riddance of this annual menace to the lives of local children. o— WEATHER Fair, continued cool tonight; Thursday Increasing cloudiness becoming unsettled, somewhat warmer east and south portions.

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Georges Gueret and detective Relentless police grilling of Georges Gueret, right, jobless French chauffeur, in connection with the New York slaying of Artists' Model Veronica Gedeon, her mother and a boarder, failed to shake his alibi, but authorities continued to check his movements at the time of the murder. v

PURDUE GRAGG TALK TO CLUB Purdue Agricultural Graduates Speak To Lions Club Graduates of the Purdue university winter agricultural short j course were the chief speakers at the regular meeting of the Decatur! I L,lons club Tuesday evening in the I Rice hotel. M J Buschlen. assistant agricul- ' tural superintendent of the Farmers and Manufacturers Beet Sugar association, also spoke Roy Price, county chairman of the Purdue agricultural alumni association, introduced L. E Archbold, county agent, who in turn Ini troduced the speakers. First on the program was Rich- ‘ ard Moses, who has just returned from the Purdue short course. He ! told briefly of the work he had done during the course and gave an f outline of the general agricultural course. Then Mr. Moses spoke on the - 4-H club work in the county in which he has been an active mem--1 ber. He stated that the 4-H program has been important tn building character in the boys. "The small percentage of the time actually spent in 4-H club work is one of the most important influences for the good in the farm boys and girls,” he said. He briefly sketched a year’s work in 4-H calf club work, stating that it required more work than is imagined by the outsider. Partnerships Lawrence Beckmeyer, also a graduate, spoke on "Father and (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) I o KISSINGER 1U SPEAK FRIDAY Huntington Survivor Os Yellow Fever Battle At High School — ' The public has been invited to attend a chapel program Friday j morning at 8:15 o’clock at the De--1 catur high school, where John R. ’ Kissinger, of Huntington, one ot the two survivors of a group of heroic men who took part in the yellow fever experiment during the Spanish-American war, will be the speaker. Mr. Kissinger was a volunteer In the Spanish-American war. At that time the tropical countries were not safe places for white men. American soldiers were dying faster from yellow fever than the Spanish bullets. A doctor in thj army service believed that a mosquito was the link In the cycle for transmitting the disease. To prove this assumption it was necessary for a well person to be bitten by mosquitoes that had also bitten a person, having the disease. The doctor called for volunteers and Mr. Kissinger was one of the men who offered their bodies and (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)

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Decatur Youth Is Fined, Sentenced Richard Baller. 21-year old Deca-1 tur lad, who confessed to the theft i of 90 pounds of insulated wire owned by the city, was fined sll and costs and seistenced to 60 days in the county jail, when he appeared before Mayor Arthur R. Holt- , house in city court Tuesday afternoon. The court Intimated that part of the sentence would be suspended if Bailer showed that he could obtain regular employment and if the prospective employer would assure the court that he would give , Baller steady employment. Hubert Bailer, brother of the I sentenced lad has been released from jail, pending definite information on his implication in the theft. ! The minor, also connected with the ; theft, is in the charge of Juvenile authorities. o PRIESTS WILL BE ORDAINED Bishop Noll Will Ordain 15 As Priests On May 22 Forming the largest ordination I class in the diocese of Fort Wayne, 15 deacons will be ordained priests at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception by Most Rev. John i Francis Noll. D. D., bishop of Fort Wayne, on Saturday morning, May i 22. On the following day, Trinity ; Sunday, the majority will celebrate their first solemn masses. Seven members of (he class are studying at St. Mary's seminary, Norwood, 0., and eight at St Meinrad’s seminary. St. Meinrad. Or-1 dinandl from the former are as i follows: Rev. Ralph Hoffman, St. John's I parish. Hartford City. Rev. Edward Holland. St. Mary's ; parish, Huntington. Rev. Edward Roswog, St. Joan of Arc parish, Kokomo. , Rev. James Elliot, St. Barnard's I parish. Crawfordsville. Rev. Lawrence Grothouse, Sacred I Heart parish, Whiting. Rev. Louis Duray, Whiting. Rev. James Stapleton, Toledo, O Candidates from St. Meinrad's seminary are: Rev. Andrew Mathieu, St. An-1 , I drew's parish, Fort Wayne. Rev. Francis Kienly, St. Joseph's | parish, Logansport. Rev. Alvin Jasinski, Rev. Aloysius Phillips, St. Mary's parish, j Michigan City. Rev. Ambrose Swierczynski and ' Rev. Stanislaus Gawronskl, St. (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) 0 CYO Will Sponsor Dance Friday Night The members of the Decatur CYO will sponsor a dance at the Decatur Catholic high school afTtHtorium Friday night, starting at 9 i o’clock. Admission to the affair; will be 35 cents per couple and 20 cents single. Lowell Meyers and; his orchestra, well known Fort Wayne mueic-makers, will play for the dance. Tickets may be secured from members of the organization.

JOE ROBINSON GIVES SUPPORT TO COURT PLAN Senate Leader Replies To Attacks By Court Backers Washington, March 31 —(UP) — Sen. Sherman Minton, D» Ind., said in the senate today that Chief Jus itice Charles Evans Hughes “led with his chin” when he got Into "the political fight” over President Rooievelt's supreme court enlarge ment plan. ' "His letter was part fact, part fiction, and part Dicta," Minton said. “And it is not surprising that the chief justice in Monday's decision reversing the court on minimum wages should resort to an explanation that fails to explain.” Minton said that “the great and distinguished chief justice was once a candidate for president and he has never got over the ways he hau when running for president.” Washington. Mar. 31 — (U.PJ — Advocates, and opponents of judiciary reorganization clashed with renewed Intensity today over whether President Roosevelt seeks to increase the powers of the ' executive at the expense of congress and the supreme court. Senate Majority Leader Joseph I T Robinson replied to opposition ' blows delivered by Sen. Carter : Glass, D., Va., Sen. William E. I Borah, R . Ida., and Associate Justice James C. Mcßeynolds. In a radio .speech he denounced "Ignorance or misrepresentation" behind charges that the court bill hides dictatorial motives. Prof. Edwin Borchard of Yale i Law school, opposing the bill beI fore the senate judiciary commit-1 tee, warned that congress must be “cautious and vigilant” because the "executive has grown so powerful." "The supreme court is the only factor for stability we have in this country." Borchard said. "Let us not in fitful impatience weaken a : ’ bulwark that has become a symbol i for protection of the Individual and ; of minorities." He suggested that congress could I achieve its objectives by defining due process of law and interstate commerce, by proposing an amendment to the constitution to make the amending process easier, and ■ by naming a committee to select amendments designed to preserve 1 the balance between state and fed • eral rights Borchard’s views were injected into a controversy which over the | week-end had become intensely personal and which Robinson stirried further by his counter-attacks on two other senate veterans — i Glass and Borah. Glass lashed the court plan Monday night in a speech that Robinson said was ‘ "destroyed" by its bitterness The majority leader turned back (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) 0 Clark Funeral Rites To Be Held Thursday Funeral services for Frances O'ark, young daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Clark, will be held at the Bobo U. B. church Thursday morning at 9:30 o’clock. Burial will be made in the Sharpsville cemeI tery. 0. G. MEMBER DRIVE IS ON Half-Way Mark Is Reached In Annual Membership Drive The half-way mark was reached ! this morning in the annual membership drive for the Decatur Chamber of Commerce, when 150 men had paid their 1937 fees. A goal of 300 members has been set by Felix Maier, chairman of i the committee. Assisting Mr. • Maier this morning were Dee Fryback, president; John L. DeVoss, secretary-treasurer; Roscoe Glen-; dening and Jesse Rice, past presidents. The membership fee this year is again |2.50. It is expected that the - drive will be concluded by the first ! of next week. It was opened when : tickets were sold for the Gover1 nor's Day banquet here, March 18. As soon as the drive is complet1 i ed, the directors will begin the ’ formulation of 1937 plans. These will Include the annual Decatur i Free Street Fair and Agricultural i show from August 2 to 7 Inclusive, ’ the efforts to obtain new factories • for the city, a residence building • program and the sponsorship of a better roads project. ~

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BUD TOWNSEND I 1 IS PRESIDENT Townsend Is Elected President Os Junior C. Os c. Bud Townsend, employe of the J | Cloverleaf Creameries, Inc., was , I named president of the Decatur Junior Chamber of Commerce for ( I 1937, at a meeting of the organiza- , tion held in the city hall Tuesday , night. I Mr. Townsend replaces Deane ' , Dorwin, social science instructor in , the Decatur high school. He is ( serving the last of a three year , term as director and was one of the founders of the organization. Mr, Dorwin has two more years to serve as a director. Eileen Burk, secretary at the Central Sugar company, was named vice-president; Herman ' Knapke, a bookkeeper in the util- ' ity department of the city of Deca- ' tur. was chosen secretary. Tom Allwein, employe of the Central ■ Soya company, was elected treas- 1 urer. The latter three are not directors. To effect the election of officers by the entire membership, rather than by the board of directors alone, an amendment was passed ' j to the constitution, permitting this ito be done. Other minor revisions tn the constitution were made at | the meeting The new president announced a one-week membership drive, to close with a meeting of the entire organization at the city hall next Wednesday evening at 7 o'clock. At the next meeting the dates . tor regular meetings of the organization will be selected. A new 1 plan of organization, which will permit all members to participate . actively in the functions of the i club, was approved at the meeting Tuesday night. Plans Tor the activities during the spring will be made at the next meeting ANNUAL SCOUT DRIVE PLANNED Annual Boy Scout Financial Drive To Be Made Tuesday Tuesday will be Boy Scout day tn Decatur and on this day the annual financial drive will be made, it was decided at the regular monthly meeting of the Adams county Boy Scout committee last night. A goal of S6OO has been set for Adams county’s Boy Scout quota this year, the balan’ce of the amount to furnish funds for the year's activities to be supplied by the Area council. Last year a SSOO goal was oversubscribed by $33. This is one of the few counties in the area, which has never failed to meet its quota in full. An increase in the quota was necessary this year because of the greater number of boys in the Scouting program, which number will be further enlarged in 1937. A report was made at the meeting on the progress of the boy survey, being conducted through the schools outside of Decatur in cooperation with Clifton E. Striker’s office of county superintendent of schools. The survey is to find the number of potential Boy Scouts in Adams county. R. L. Van Horn, area executive, was a visitor, with Mr. Remke. area financial committee chairman. Walter Gladfelter, chairman of the financial committee, presided at the meeting Tuesday. Complete plans for the program ; will be announced later, when more figures are available. o New Street Flusher Delivered To City The new 1,000 gallon street flusher was delivered to the city of Decatur yesterday. The sprinkler will be put in service within a short time and a. program Inaugurated to sprinkle the streets in the business ana residential districts before they are swept. The pressure ot the water can be regulated on the sprinkler and the dirt and dust swept to the curb and then brush-1 ed up by workmen-

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Insurgent Cause In Spain Appears To Be Cracking Under Strain; Revolt In Morocco Feared FRENCH WARNING By Louis F. Keemle (United Press Cable Editor) The insurgent cause in Spain seemed to be cracking today under military reverses and internal revolt. Foreign intervention, which the insurgents counted on for victory, turned out to be a boomerang which threatens their defeat Nationalist officers who entered the revolt from patriotic motives, seeking to remold the republic to their own political ideas, welcomed intervention. Now many of them are disillusioned. They feel they are being used as tools to make Spain a vassal state of Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany. The reported arrogance of some officers among their allies had been a blow to their fierce Spanish pride. That, coupled with the Guadalajara and Pozoblanco defeats, has resulted in serious dissension. It seems fairly well established that a plot to revolt against the rightist cause has been started in Morocco, where, ironically, the ciivl war broke out. It was planned to spread it all through Spain, including such vital centers as Burgos, Seville, Salamanca, Valladolid, Malaga, and Algeciras. Insurgent leaders are trying desperately to stamp it out, with Gen. Francisco Franco, the high commander, going personally to Morocco. More than 200, including 150 officers, were reported to have been shot. The military situation meanwhile seemed desperate The important rebel army operating in the Pozobianco sector south of Madrid was tn full retreat toward Cordoba, hard pressed by four loyalist columns. They were in danger of being trapped in the mountain passes by an encircling movement and annihilated. It seemed likely that unless Mussolini disregards the non-in-tervention agreement and throws in heavy reinforcements from Italy, the entire insurgent niovement may soon be in a bad way Mussolini was in a quandary. It would be a serious loss of face to have undertaken to help the insurgents win and then fail. On the other hand, Italy is pledged not to send more troops and there is Britain and France to reckon with. Perhaps some formula may be found under which Mussolini can pull out gracefully After a cabinet meeting in Paris today, an official communique was issued which said cryptically: “The counsels of moderation given to certain powers regarding their Spanish attitude appears to be bearing fruit.” There was meanwhile in Romo a fresh surge of bitterness against England because of new criticisms of Italy, especially in the London Times. Tension in British-Italian (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o TWO MEN ARE UNDER ARREST Two Adams County Men Taken Into Custody By Authorities Two Adams county men are being held in the Adams ccunty jail pending arrangement on criminal chargee. Sheriff Dallas Brown discloeed this morning. Joseph Johnston, aged 18, Jiving near Monroeville, was expected to be arraigned late this afternoon in Adame -circuit court on a charge of grand larceny. Johnston allegedly stole a quantity of soy beans, corn and poultry from the farm of William Rodenbeck. of near this city valued at slls. The young man is also alleged to have committed another offense at the Central Soya company, Sheriff Brown stated. | According to authorities. Johnston, enroute from the weighing station to the office ot the soya company, changed a receipt for 100 pounds of beans to read 1.100 pounds. This action ’ed to his arI rest by Sheriff Brown and etate pa- ■ trolman Burl Johnson Tuesday at I (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)