Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 88, Decatur, Adams County, 13 April 1937 — Page 1

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Spation of POINTING -'xfl Launch Renewed To I nionize Lord Plants . b . ■■ ■■ in labor capital ■ ,| , x io legislate I I keen. Lpretne court's five deci[holding the new deal guar-1 Ls collective bargaining the question of Ing some compensating adrto industry. i authorities believed that | Igllow the pattern of the labor act. That act for-1 B p strikes such as the cur-, Ijcwn epidemic. It leaves i «e to walk out after mediavoluntary arbitration, and ntial investigation have fail-1 impose differences, her the court’s broad Wagtalons opened an avenue jeral action in sit-down I was an Interesting but 1111-1 >d question in the capital as en digested the opinions to-; ongress is in the process of ' condemnation of sit-downs I . Roosevelt is represented • ylng they are illegal movement for compromise l; s , t 1 I unquestioned yesterday’s opin- - discussed re the .sident’s bill to -fl.. new justices to , ..iderably fewer. to of Labor Frances i PAGE SIX) ■EKI CHIB ■EMBERS MEET Kr B. Lehman Reflected President Os Organization members of the Adatns Guernsey , attle club were el tile president. Peter at the Rice hotel. Special Mb- were 11. P. Schmitt, livechairman of the Decatur Fair: Roy Price of the Creameries; Otto B. BW* a>l ami Henry Aschletnan, Ayrshire breeders; BenD. Mazelin and Gerhart prominent Holstein Richard Holden, Heldfor the American Guernsey Hub, Ed Greensburg, state of “Golden Guern- " G.i.-rnsey breeders pres■■were: James Moses, Peter B. Floyd Myers. Dale Moses. h "i'b a,.y James Hendricks. Walters, hunger Bros.. W. Donald Poling, Noah D. Wm. Burke, and pranalpr b, Lehman was re-elected Wesley Stults. viceJames Moses, secretary Floyd Myers and John directors. Ijouis Kolde-, was named as contact man for Guernsey show to be K in connection with the Free 1 Fair, and agricultural exand said that everything was being done to make event an outstanding one. ■nard Holden said that he was ■tirularly impressed with the P’nderful spirit of cooperation beBen the members of the ChainbCommerce and the organized ■/ groups of the county. He in his praise of the charON page FIVE) fr’eG Lehman Is I Reported Improved ■he condition of Ornell Lehman, B re( * yesterday at Berne, when ■ *as caught by falling concrete ■B’ was described to day as imK? ng. X-rays showed that he ■ e red no internal injuries, as E. feare d. His right leg was ■»iy crushed. B ~ °~ I’ke Reservations f -orC.L. C. Banquet ■ •L. of c. banquet and Initi-. ■ at Defiance, Ohio, on April ■ r e asked to call Mrs. William ■LJ at au early date as all resK °ns are to be made by April

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.lack Moynahan Visits Here On 80th Birthday i Jack Moynahan. general manager of the Northern Indiana Public Service company at Bluffton, was in I Decatur last night and attended the district meeting of the Holy Name society at the K. of C. hull. Mr. Moy nahan celebrated h's 80th birthday yesterday. He has been a resident of ; Bluffton for about 48 years, is In I good health and expects to live to be a hundred. His friends here wished him many more happy years. COMMITTEE TO PROPOSE LAWS ON LOBBYING More Stringent Laws Governing Lobbying Proposed In State Indianapolis. Apr. 13 —(U.R) More 1 stringent laws governing lobbying j before the Indiana legislature were , recommended by a legislative committee which investigated disappearance of senate bill 173 during the recent session, Gov. M. Clifford Townsend disclosed today. The committee commended Herbert M. Spencer. Marion county prosecutor for “vigor and prompt ness" with which charges were iiled against Joel A. Baker, former Marion county welfare director, and Peter A. Cancilia, for an assault on Wayne Coy. former state welfare director, during an argument over the bill Baker and Cancilia are tinder in : dictnient for the assault in a stat' house corridor March 1 after Coy worked for enactment of senate I bill 173, providing selection of Marlon county welfare employes on a merit basis. Subsequent investigation disclosed Baker had obtained the bill from j Rep. Martin Downey. Hammond. ; chairman of the house judiciary A committee, and a new bil Iwas in-| troduced ousting Baker from his county welfare job. To guard 1 against loss of bills in future sessions. the committee recommend1 e<n 1. Immediately after opening of i the session, a committee be ap I pointed to investigate alleged illegal lobbying 2. Steps be taken at future ses- j j sions to “more fully guard ’ pend ing measures 3. Enactment of a law making it a criminal offense to “suppress, purloin or steal any measure before the general assembly for legislative action or to resort to intimidation or threats for the purpose of procuring enactment or the preventing of enactment of a leglsla(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) a Knights Os Columbus Plan Dance Thursday The Knights of Columbus will hold a dance for members, their families and invited guests, at the K. of C. hall Thursday night. Admission prices will be 10 and 15 cents. The dance will start at j 9: SO o'clock. o MAKE MOVIE OF LOCAL PEOPLE Cameraman To Take Local Pictures Here This Weekend “The cameraman will get you if you don't watch out" — w'as the warning issued today by teachers and pupils of the Decatur high school, who are turning the city into a “Hollywood set" to stage the first local moving picture show in recent years. The show, to be entitled "See yourself and your town in the I movies,” will be presented at the I Madteon theater Monday and Tueeday, April 26 and 27. The theater has been leased by the high school. I and the proceeds from the show will be used for school activities. ’ A cameraman will be in the city 1 Thursday, Friday and Saturday to take candid shots of the citizens. ’ He will spend a large part of his ' time in the business district “shoot--1 ing” casual pictures of shoppers 1 and others walking along the streets. Arrangements have been completed to take pictures of all the school children and the schools • this week. High school activities will also be filmed. A number of I business men have requested pictures taken of their stores. i; Price of the show will be 25 ( l cents for adults and 15 cents for children. The purpose of the filming of (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

LOYAL TROOPS TRAP 10,000 INSURGENTS Loyalists Beat Back All Efforts To Save Trapped Men Madrid, Apr. 13 (U.R) Ten thou- | sand nationalist soldiers, trapped ■in I’nivershy City, began their: ■ third day without food, water or! munitions supplies today despite i an all-night insurgent attack in an ’ effort to relieve them. All night long the rebels tried to push back the loyalist troops , from the Casa De Campo and Unii versify City. The din of the battle was deafening, both sides using | great quantities of hand bombsand j 1 trench mortars. The insurgents attempted desper- j ' ately to transport water to the isolated legions but only a few barrels got through the intense loyal-1 ist artillery and machine gun tire, and the price in life was high. Rebel transports were continual-1 ly machine gunned during the night; loyalist artillery shelled every attempt to reconstruct the pontoon bridge across the Manzanares river blown up two days ago. thus isolating the 10,000 troops. Starting shortly after midnight, the nationalists sent over wave | after wave of infantry, preceded by i fast tanks, in an effort to penetrate loyalists positions around Mount Aguila, in the Casa De Campo. From there, the fighting spread to all sections and lasted through out the night. Loyalists countered with armor- ; ed cars when machine guns took a heavy toll. An armored train, on which light artillery and machine guns were mounted, joined the (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) —o QUINN SPEAKS MONDAY NIGHT French Quinn Speaks To Junior Conservation League — , “With Adams county leading in so many fields of activities it would be a wonderful thing to see our county lead in conservation work,” French Quinn, iocal speaker and conservation leader, told an enthusiastic crowd of junior conservationists at the Decatur high school last night. “Sportsmanship without slaughter, the protection and propagation of our wild game, the returning of our wild life to its former state during the days of our forefathers —that is the charge given to you. the young people." Mr. Quinn told those present, mostly members of the newly-formed junior organization of the Adams county fish and game conservation league. Urging the support of the young people in the conservation movement, Mr. Quinn quoted a statement of Col. Richard Leiber, conservation leader and "father” of I the Indiana state park system and i a personal friend of his, in sayj ing. “You give me the support of | the young people and I will make ' Indiana the first state in the Union in the conservation movement.” ,' Under the guidance of the mem- ■ bers in the senior organization and j I various enthusiastic conservation - leaders in the city, the new junior club has made remarkable proI gress in its work, conservation leaders state. At present the junoir club Is participating in various movements to replenish wild life in the county ( and are advocating the slogan of Mr. Quinn, "sportsmanship without slaughter," by appealing to hunt- . ers and fishermen to obey club . rules and regulations. ' o — Two Autos Damaged In Collision Here Two autos were damaged last evening at 5:10 o'clock when cars driven by Mrs. Al Schneider, of ' this city and Carl Brown of east of ' Decatur, collided on North Second 1 between Monroe and Jackson streets. 1 Brown had stopped his car, when 1 an auto operated by George Zeig--1 ler, of Highland Park. Michigan. 1 had come to a stop preparatory to making a left turn in an alley. ‘ Mrs. Schneider stated that the ' brakes on her car would not hold ’ and the auto crashed into the one ahead. The rear end of the Brown ' auto and the front of the Schneider car were badly damaged. Mrs. Schneider and Brown escaped un- ’ injured. Policeman Floyd Hunter | investigated.

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Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, April 13, 1937.

Mayor Maintains Strike Order ..../ ■ . ; A fl j JUL. Credit for orderly conduct of strikers at the closed General Motors’ i plant at Oshawa. Ontario, when parts department was reopened is I I given to Mayor Alex Hall of Oshawa who pleaded with the crowd not to interfere. Mayor Hall is seen outside the plant with Police Chief Owen 1). Friend of Oshawa

DEATH CLAIMS JOHN G. SMITH Well Known Retired Business Man Dies Early This Morning John G. Smith, 74. lifelong resi- ’ dent of this city and well known retired business man, died at 3 ( o'clock this morning at his home, 315 North Third street, of a heart ailment and complications. Mr. Smith was active in various lines of business in this city for a number of years. He was well known in and around Rome City, where he owned a cottage and spent his summers on Sylvan ’ hike. He loved outdoor life and was an ardent fisherman and huntj er and was a member of the local r i Conservation club. A son of John and Mary Smith, pioneer residents of this city, Mr. I Smith was born in Decatur, May j 13, 1862. He spent his life here. In 1905 he was married to Miss Anna Durkin of this city, who survives Besides the widow, one sister, Mrs. Mary Mougey of Columbus, Ohio, also survives. The deceased was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic church, the > Holy Name society and the Knights of Columbus. The body will be removed from the Gillig and Doan funeral home to the Smith home this evening and may be viewed after 7 o’clock tonight up until time of the funeral. Friends are asked to omit flowers. Funeral services will be held at 9 o'clock Thursday morning from St. Mary’s Catholic church. Rev. Father Joseph Seimetz, pastor., officiating. Burial will be made in St. Joseph’s cemetery. BON NIE MELCHI WINS CONTEST Local Girl One Os Winners In Monthly Safety Contest Bonnie Melchi, 9 yeas-old daughi ter of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Melchi, of Russell street, has been named i one of the winners in the monthly safety contest sponsored by the Indiana state police and the Fort ■ Wayne motor club, accordfhg to word received here today. ■ The young Decatur girl, by virtue of her win in the Assay contest, I will be given state police escort to Fort Wayne, where she will broadcast over radio station “;WO WO Friday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock. Winners are named by selecting i students who arrange the best ansI; wers to a series of traffic mistakes II purposely made in a previous I safety broadcast. i Bonnie is a fourth grade student at the South Ward school. Miss i Electa Oliver is teacher of the - grade. She is the second Decatur . student to receive the honor. Rob- > ert Nelson of North Ward was named a winner in a previous coni' test. [ , WEATHER Generally fair tonight and Wednesday, except Thundershowers this afternoon or tonight extreme south; cooler Wednesday north and Central I portions.

Committee Approves Sit-Down Condemnation Washington. Apr. 13—(UP) —After a bitter internal fight the house labor committee today approved the ; senate adopted resolution condemn- • ing sit down strikes and employer violation of the Wagner act as con-1 j trary to “sound public policy.” The , committee vote to report the resolu- . tion favorably was 11 to 4. Earlier the committee, after long discussion, tabled a motion by 8 to 7 to delay consideration of the resolution until members had had an opportunity to study the supreme court's decision yesterday on the Wagner act cases. o— ——— DISTRICT MEET WELL ATTENDED District Meeting Os Holy Name Society Is Ended Monday Attended by set era’ hundred members, including visitors from Bluffton. Monroeville, Besancon, Montpelier and Fort Wayne, the district meeting of the United Holy Name Society, held in this city Sunday and Monday, was brought to a successful close at the K. of C. hall last night. The feature of last night’s meeting was the address of Martin Johnson of Fort Wayne, former president of the Ho’y Name society in that { city. Mr. Johnson sketched the early history of the Holy Name society and mentioned that the first society organized in Indiana, was at Hartford City by Rt. Rev. Bishop John F ■ Noll, who then was pastor of the | Catholic church in that city. The Decatur society was organized in I 1913. Mr. Johnson's address dealt with j conditions in foreign countries and I the destroying of the influence of the church through Communistic | 'cachings and doctrines. "Once a 1 nation loses freedom of the press and the privilege to worship as one pleases or hte conscience dictates, all is lost. Governments then can destroy re'igious influence and rule by edict." the speaker stated. Mr. Johnson urged that members follow the teachings of the society of being loyal to God and to demonstrate their Christian faith in standing for principles of good citizenship and maintaining American freedom and privileges. Charles Miller, president of the society, was chairman of the meeting and Father Joseph Seimetz, pastor, acted as toastmaster. (Among those from out of town I who attended the meeting were j Father Joseph Hesston, pastor at Mesancon; Father Theodore Fettig of Monroeville; Father Paul Ander- . son of Bluffton; Father Joseph Hen(CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) > 0 Municipal League May Continue Tax Battle Indianapolis, Ind., April 13—(UP) , —A meeting of the Indiana municl- ' pal league here Thursday to discuss possibility of a United Supreme court test of constitutionality of the Indiana law taxing municipal utilities was called today. The Indiana supreme court recently upheld the law in reversing a decision of St. Joseph circuit court which had ruled in favor of the St. Joseph water works.

MONROE WOMAN IS BADLY HURT MONDAY NIGHT Mrs. John McKean Serious, Two Others Hurt In Auto Crash Three persons were Injured, one seriously, last night shortly before “ o'clock when two autos collided at the intersection of roads 27 and : 124, one mile west of Monroe. The injured are: John McKean. 69. of Monroe. Mrs. McKean. 66. his wife. Palmer Eicher, of Berne. Mrs. McKean was the most seriously injured of the trio, sustain ing a fractured pelvis, in addition ] to other injuries. She Is confined ' under close observation at the Adams county memorial hospital The attending physician stated this morning that her condition was still serious. Advanced age is expected to play an important part ! in the slowness of her recovery from the fracture. Mr. McKean was able to sit up : at the hospital last night, but the attending physician stated that there was a possibility of internal I injuries. He sustained a severe | bruise below the ribs from the impact against the steering wheel. I Young Eicher sustained only an injured right knee. Medical attention was given at the wreck site and he was taken to his home. His leg was not fractured. Edward Lehmat), 21. of Berne. | driver of the car, in which Eicher and Les Habegger, also of Berne, I were riding, was not injured ex-1 cept for a severe shaking up. Mr. McKean was driving east on I state road 124 when the accident | occurred and young Lehman was I enroute north on federal road 27 j I with the Christy's garage wrecker | from Berne. The wrecker struck the McKean auto broadside, throwing the car about 30 feet ahead into the ditch, j The wrecker then turned around, : falling against the side of the lighter auto, according to the story I related by the victims Both autos were badly damaged. ■ The injured were brought to the local hospital in the Lobensteln ambulance from Monroe, after first aid had been administered at the wreck site by a Berne physician. Sheriff Leo Gillig. of this city, investigated the crash. o Edward Lose Buys Fort Wayne Shop Edward Lose eon of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Loee, of this city, purchased and took possession of a twochair barber shop in Fort Wayne Monday, it was announced here today. The shop is located on State street near the North Side high school. "Red,” as he ie better known among hie acqquaintances, has worked in the shop owned by his father since graduation from the Decatur Catholic high school. A successor in the local shop has not been named as yet. o COAL CONTROL BILL APPROVED Congress Completes Action On Guffey-Vinson Coal Bill Washington. Apr. 13 —(U.R) —The Guffey-Vinson coal control bill designed to regulate prices in the $16,000,000,000 bituminous coal industry today was sent to President Roosevelt for approval. Mr. Roosevelt approves the measure and he is expected to sign it. Congressional action on the measure was completed yesterday when the house accepted the bill with minor changes recommended by a house-senate conference committee. It was the first bill enacted at this session of congress providing federal regulation in a major industry along NRA lines. The measure did not include labor provisions contained In the original Guf-fey-Vinson bill held unconstitu- ! tional by the supreme court. Rep. Fred M. Vinson, D., Ky., house sponsor of the bill, declined • to discuess the supreme court's . decision on the Wagner labor rela- . tions ac tas it affects the coal industry. He indicated, however, that the measure probably would have carried a direct labor provi- . sion had he been able to anticipate . upholding of the Wagner act. The measure imposes a per cent penalty tax on coal sold in (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

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LUTZ RE-NAMED CHURCH TRUSTEE — C. L Lutz Is Re-Elected Trustee Os Fort Wayne Presbytery C» J. Lutz, prominent local ati torney, was re-elected to a five- ' year term as trustee of the Fort i Wayne presbytery, at the annual spring meeting held at the Ossian Presbyterian church Monday. Other trustees, all re-elected to five-year terms, are; O. N. Heaton and Clarence R McNabb of Fort Wayne; O. E. Lesh of Bluffton and | Nathan Arnold of Elkhart. Rev. G. O. Walton, pastor of the Decatur church, was chosen an al-j ! ternate ministerial commissioner to represent the presbytery at the' Indiana synod convention, June 14 to 17, in Hanover. The presbytery will formally install Rev. William J. Licbau of Fowler as pastor of the Presbyterian church Thursday evening, April 22. Rev. Paul E. Chalfant of Columbia City will deliver i tne installation sermon. Rev. Walton will deliver the \ charge to the congregation during j the installation services. The fall meeting of the presby- | tery will be held at the Albion I Presbyterian church September 20. Decatur men who attended the spring meeting Monday were Rev. Walton. C. D. Teeple, Edgar Moses, John Shafer and Jesse Cole. Jr. o BELL TO HEAD BAPTIST MEN C. E. Bell Named President Os Salamonie Brotherhood Clarence E. Bell, prominent Decatur man, was elected president of the Salamonie association men's brotherhood at a meeting of the association, held Mouday evening at the First Baptist church in this city. Other officers named last night were W. E. Morgan, Montpelier. | vice-president; and W. R. Barr. Bluffton, secretaryt-reasurer. Approximately 100 men from Baptist churches of Decatur, Bluffton. Liberty Center, Warren and Montpelier attended the banquet and speaking program. The attendance banner, won by the Decatur brotherhood in the meeting held at Montpelier in January, was won last night by the Warren church. During the banquet, special music was presented by Miss Alice Yost and Miss Mary Maxine Hilton, accompanied at the piano by Albert Sellemeyer. The next meeting of the association brotherhood will be held at I Warren, either in June or in the 1 fall. Rev. A. A. Cohn. Seymour, chairman of the department of evange- • llsm and church efficiency, was the principal speaker at the meeting following the banquet. Mrs. C. E. Bell of this city is a member of Rev. Cohn's department. Rev. Cohn discussed objectives of his department for the year of 1937, dealing principally with men's work. The speaker outlined a five-point program for men's work. These points were: promote church attendance, promote boys' work, promote five winter forums, promote “men's crusade tor men", promote church finances. After outlining these objectives, Rev. Cohn delivered an address on ' “When a Man’s a Man." The speaker said, “a man's a man when he has the right attitude towards : the home, when he accepts the full i responsibility of citizenship, both ’' as a Christian and in political clr- ’ I cles, a man's a man when he sees (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) Elks To Hold Fish Fry Friday Night The Decatur lodge of the B. P. O. Elks will hold a fish fry at the ’ home on North Second street Friday evening from 5 to 7 o’clock. Wall-eyed pike will be served to 1 the members, their wives and sweethearts. No admission will be charged. Members planning to att tend are requested to call reservations not later than noon Friday.

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President Calls Forces To Redouble Drive For Enactment Os Judiciary Reform Program. OPPONENTS FIGHT Washington, Apr. 13 — (U.R) President Roosevelt called upon administration forces today to redouble their drive for enactment of his Judiciary reorganization program. Opposition leaders accept ed his challenge to a bitter-end fight. White House spokesmen and emissaries sent to the capitol indicated that decisions of the supreme court upholding the national labor relations act and broadening interpretation of the commerce clause would not swerve the president from his plan to enlarge the high I tribunal White House insistence that the ' court program be enacted as presently constituted, coupled with willingness of opponents of the bill to accept the challenge for a showdown fight, appeared to be a blow to the hopes of a strong bloc of senators who had been working for a compromise. Sen. Edward R. Burke. D... Neb., and Sen. William H. King. D.. Utah, toes of the measure, said there was no disposition on the part of the opposition to compromise as they desired outrgiht defeat of the measure. Burke predicted flatly that the bill would be beaten. Compromise efforts continued among a large group of senators, particularly those not yet committed on the bill, but immediate indications were that their efforts to restore party harmony were headed for defeat. One significant development was , the statement of Sen. Carl A. Hatch, D.. N. M , that the court L decisions ‘Ltnake it easier’.' for him to support tfie”court Kill. Previously, he had been uncommitted • and strongly in favor of compromise. Charles O. West, presidential liaison man. was busy checking (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) — o —— Railroad Officials Guests Os Decatur Several Pennsylvania railroad officials were in Decatur today and at j noon were the gueets of D. W. McMillen and other officials of the Central Sugar and Central Soya company. The railroad officials visited the sugar and toy bean plants thhia afternoon. The party included. . C. White, Chicago, general manager; G- S. West, Indianapolis, general superintendent: J. F. Henry Cincinnati, division superintendent; Fred Schoettler. Fort Wayne, division freight agent. Decatur is recognized as one of the principal shipping points between Pittsburgh and Chicago. YOUNG MUNCIE MAN SENTENCED Stokie Zachery Is Fined And Sentenced In Circuit Court Stokie Zackery, 22 year-old Muncie man, was fined 4’65 and sentenced to 10 days in the county jail, when he plead guilty to a 1 charge of operating a motor ve- ’ hide without the owner’s permission, before Judge Huber M. De- ' Voss in Adams circuit court last 1 evening. The charge of grand larceny filed against him by George W. 1 Smith, also of Muncie, owner of 1 the car, was continued by the 1 court. The charge against Za'ck--1 ery stated that on the night of 1 April 8 he allegedly took Smith’s 1 car and drove away from a home ■ in Geneva, where a party was In 1 progress. Zackery told the court, however, that he did not drive away the car; that he was a passenger In the auto, operated by an 18-year-t old Muncie girl, whom he had brought to the party. The girl drove the car into a s lamp post, badly damaging the ve- - hide. Zackery admitted to the . court that he had served 40 days Uin the Muncie jail on a charge of 1 Intoxication, but stated that was a the only time he had ever been in :■ trouble. Zackery is the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Zackery, 1107 E. Washington street, Muncie,