Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 91, Decatur, Adams County, 16 April 1937 — Page 1

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IN CREW IS ■fcLGTOBtAME |B COLLISION ii ■ — 'M, Count' Officials I) H, |jkely T<» Take Voi’l' Ad.im.i , Ins otbc was unable 1"' criminal ~; , h , IH was made afl.-i ‘|,.a,n.-d -I lb.' lt „. ">•• ■ t hr«- tnih'S east of Olis snowstorm, shoulders of tile ..t year the ' fated freigliPatterson. who Uor,lbl >' ~.; Ip ing steam and Kfcot if-l. r- I'"'" os.-rt engine. slow the Adams enmity hospital. \ tgl».w■ de stated that his not take any aetion ~ although the com has yet offic tally eonVerdict Unchanged Zwak. Adams county JK.. supplied tile prose, utor by saymg today V H'di’ • ol .0 . d. ntal d- ath shortly alter the crash, remain unchanged. Zwi.k at that time "Ssl bis verdict, stating that touiuiission had taken investigation no further would be condm ted by his on the crash. La: red lure late yester the commerce coinmis .nd that the c ollision of the Mt trains, in which three were injured, was cans uiior. properly to observe Kwr -sal indications," Ms automatically places the K- upon the injured engineer the fireman, Lawrence Mewho died in the crash. according to the decishis attention distracted ■ track tor three minutes' passing a block signal warn another train was on ahead The fireman, - commissions find H«.i. not observing the roadany time. ■ I Patterson Improving »|.ti.. in the Adams county M'.d hospital, physicians and are grafting new skin the body of Patterson to reM I o-d tle-11 burned away Me crash. ML<. : 'bun Iwo months in hospital, his condition is to be beyond the serious and lie is expected to he rewithin two or three weeks, of Decatur and comwell remember the crash. ■ first serious train wreck here years Occurring during : - Hmwstorin on a Sunday Mning. February 14. Engineer piloted his speeding into the caboose of ana mar that could be heard miles, the speeding freighter through the caboose and cars of the train ahead, killthe caboose and the fireman rear engine. the remainder of the day through the night, hundreds of visited the scene of wreck for a glimpse of the E d trains. ■■h-ec killed were: J. E. Nevius, J H. Karnes. 67, both in ca-, B" and Lawrence McConkey, ■ « the rear engine. All men from Huntington. — o 0 Confirmation Os Change In Schedule wor d has been received by ler Card, station agent at the ®osylvania railroad here, of a l»rte d change .In the schedule of drains mi the Pennsylvania railid. *" announcement made in Berne had that the trains traveling Chicago to Cincinnati will be routed through Logansport. An"•on. Kokomo and Richmond. 16 same announcement reported #t the southbound mail and pasJ Bfr arriving in this city shortly ore 1 oclock will be about two ' Ur9 later. Rumors state that the ng? * :11 he made about April 25. !av >d 0. McComb I Dies Thursday , Wayne ’ Ind " April 16—(UP) I a ' l( 0 McComb, 65, superintenr_ of Allen County schools for 24 died late yesterday after a K 8 ‘hkess. His successor will be Jun® 7,

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Suspend Delinquent Tax Sales To Mav 4 | The sale of properties for delln- ; iqueiit taxes will be suspended after! Saturday at 10 a. m. until May 4 at 10 a. tn. according to an announcement made today hy County Treasurer Jeff Lieclity. In charge of the sales, and County Auditor John W. Tyndall, clerk of the eale. The sale has been held each morning this week at 10 o'clock in the court house. A large number of j the properties have been sold, but there are still gome remaining. 14 PETITIONS FOR REDUCTION Hearing Set For April 27 For Reduction In Assessments Under a new law passed by the 1937 session of the state assembly, ' notice was published today an- , nonliving a hearing for the 14 petitions for reduction of assessments in Adams county for this year. Their estimated total is $8,876. The meeting will be held Tuesday, April 27. at 11 a. m. in the office of County Auditor Tyndall. The number of requests for reduc|tions in taxes, according to the (records of County Assessor Ernest Worthman are: Blue Creek, one; Hartford, one; Root, two; Wabash, two, and Washington, eight. In addition to die interested parties, all taxpayers in the townships in which the reductions are ' requested are invited to attend the hearings and show cause if any why the reductions should not be made. Those who have asked reductions are: George Dellinger. Blue I Creek township; Arthur Dailey, ( Hartford township; Louise Mark heuke, Root township; Julia H William and G. Grosvenor, Deca tur; Grover Neuenschwander. Berne; Mrs. C. A. Dugan. Decatur; Amos and Mary Yoder, Decatur; I Kocher Lumber company, four lots, Decatur; Dess W. Rice, two lots. Decatur; Mrs. Ben Shrank, one property, Decatur; George A. Shows, one property, Decatur; David Studabaker estate, four properties. Washington township. and_ Peoples Saving Bank u Wabash township. I County Assessor Worthman stated that the time has expired tor filing petitions for reductions j)f assessments of taxes payable tviis I year, but may be filed for next ( '' (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) I j o Assistant Scout Executive Resigns J Leßoy Lane, assistant executive i of the Anthony Wayne area for the i past four years, hae resigned to be- • come field Scout executive in the . St. Louis, Mo., council, which has • an enrollment of 10,000 Boy Scouts. , according to an announcement ■ made by Luie H. Moore, president : of this area council. Mr. Lane will continue tn his pre- ' sent capacity until April 27 or 28, > : while arrangement# are being made to name a successor. SINGERS HERE SUNDAY NIGHT Jubilee Singers To Appear At First Baptist Church Sunday The Jubilee Bingers, representing the National Home finding society of Louisville and Irvington, Ky., will present a concert at the First Bapt-ist church in this city Sunday evening at 7 o'cloc.k The e.ingers have appeared in the city on previous occasions, attracting capacity crowds at every appearance/There will be no admission charge, but an opportunity for a free will offering will be given as those in attendance leave the churchAll proceed# from concerts .presented by the lingers are used by the society. Members of the concert group are Madam Ella Winn, lyric soprano; Mrs. Adell Stark#, contralto and reading!*; Edward Inglesaw, tenor; and Mrs. Gladys Vaughn, accompanist. The Sunday evening program follows: Lift Him Up—Trio. It's Me, O Lord—trio. Study War No Mo'—trio. Reading, “When Ma’inda Slng#.”Y by Paul Lawrence Dunbar — Mrs. Starks. I Want to be Ready—trio. Wide River—trio. You Mutit Come tn at the door— OCONTINUED ON PAGE THREE)

F.D.R. AVOIDS : COMMENT OVER COURT FIGHT Roosevelt Refuses Any Comment Over McCarran Proposal Washington, April 16. - ; (U.R)--President Roosevelt today avoided . comment hi a press conference on the fight over his judicial reorganization plan. He declined comment on the compromise proposal advanced by Sen. Pat McCarran, ' D., Nev. Asked if he would accept McCarvan's proposition for a flat addition of two justices to the Supreme Court, Mr. Roosevelt said there is, some new plan offered every ten or fifteen minutes. The President said he had not studied the high tribunal's opin-1 ions validating the Wagner national labor relations act, except for a cursory examination. Whether the administration plans to base new minimum wage and child labor legislation on the court's new definition of interstate commerce in the Wagner rulings, will depend upon study of the decisions by government legal ex- ' perts. The President opened his press conference with the statement he had been milked dry of news in his evening conference last night with the American Association of Newspaper Editors. He discusesd all government problems off the record with the; editors, he said. He invited the I newspaper correspondents to interview the editors and check up on whether they would keep Mr. Roosevelt s confidence. President Roosevelt said he would devote this week-end to working on the special relief message he will send to congress next week, recating the federal budget for the 1937-1938 fiscal year. The President said he received (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) LIST PROGRAM ’ OF CONVENTION St. Mary’s Township Sunday School Convention Sunday The complete program for the Sunday School convention of St. Mary's township, to be held at the j Calvary Evangelical church Sunday afternoon and evening, was announced today. The session will open at 2 o’clock in the afternoon. The young peoples' meeting will be held from 6:36 until 7 o’clock and the eve-j ning session will follow immediate-! iyA cordial invitation has been extended the public to attend the 'convention. Following is the complete program: Afternoon Song Congregation Devotionals. Song Mrs. Lytle and John Miller Music. Grice Conservatory of Music Address, "Christ the MaSTPr Teacher" Rev. M. W. Sunderman Song Bobo M. E. Music.Grice Conservatory of Music Remarks County Officers Music . Miss Tumbleson and Miss Standiford. Collection. Song Congregation Benediction. Evening Song Congregation Devotionals. Music Bernita Lytle and John Schieferstine. Song Bobo V. B. Address. "Why the Sunday School" Chas. D. Teeple; Music . Aldine and Ardith Walters Remarks County Officers Accordian Duet Mr. and Mrs. Earl Chase Quartet Pleasant Mills IX. E. Collection. Song Congregation Benediction. BULLETIN Boston, Mass Apr. 16 —(UP) — The first U. S. circuit court of appeals in a 2 to 1 decision today held unconstitutional the unemployment insurance and old age benefit provisions of the federal social security act. The opinion was written by Judge Scott Wilson and concurred in by Judge James M. Morton, Jr. Judge Sfeorge H. Bingham demented. It, was the same circuit court that in July, 1935. ruled unconstitutional — and subsequently upheld by the supreme court—another controversial new deal measure, that governing AAA taxes.

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Decatur, Indiana, Friday, April 16, 1937.

Planning Teeth for Coal NR A 1 - — MB ■ '■ Ijjlohn L. I-ewis^p^a[^ t ‘ na<or JosepliGiiffey Leaving the White House after conferring with the president on enforcement of the Guffey bill establishing a "little NRA" for the coal Industry, John L. Lewis, left, president of United Mine Workers, and Senator Joseph Guffey of Pennsylvania, author of the bill, continue their discussion on the steps of the executive mansion.

ROTARY NAMES NEW DIRECTORS Five Directors Elected; 4-H Club Leaders Speak To Club Five directors, to serve during the year 1937-38, were elected at the weekly meeting of the Decatur . Rotary club Thursday evening at the Rice hotel. The new directors are as follows: W. Guy Brown. Decatur high school principal, re-elected; Ernest W. Busche, president of the CenI tral beet growers association; Walter Gard. Pennsylvania railroad agent, re-elected; Cal E. Peterson, clothier; and George Thomas of the Central Soya company. Officers of the club will be ‘chosen from these directors, who will take office at the first meet- 1 ing in July. Rev. Charles M ' Prugh, retiring president, will serve as the sixth director. Youths Speak Miss Juanita Lehman and Leo | Nussbaum, two of Adams county's I leaders in 4-H club work, spoke to I the members of the club. Miss Lehman related work accomplished by the girls of the. I county in 4-H club work, telling of | her nine years experience in club I activities. She told of the various trips awarded club members for ! proficiency in their work, such as ! to the 4-H club roundup at Purdue i university and the state fair at Indianapolis. Mr. Nussbaum told of the purI pose of 4-H club work, pointing I out that the 4 H's stand for head. ' heart, hands and health. To this, ; he said, should be added happiness. Miss Lehman and Mr. Nussbaum I (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN, CITY BUILT OF WOOD IS SHOWN Unusual Exhibit Is On Display At South Ward School Here A city built of wood, in brilliant colors that rival those of the world fair buildings, has been set up in the classrooms of the South Ward j school buildings. Built by unemployed women on )a WPA project at Milwaukee, the wooden structures were received lat the local school this week and i set up to afford educational amusement for the youngsters that attend school there. A city that has its own'autos, ; tratcors, airplanes, steamships, buildings, trains and animals, all in attractive bright colors, has been set up in two classrooms on the first floor. In addition to being used as toys, the teachers state that they are of invaluable aid as j a color chart for the young artists j of the crayola. In adition to the wooden toys, j large life-size dolls with seemingly real hair and eyes, afford a huge amount of enjoyment to the girls. All of these toys were received without any cost, with the exception of the express charges for shipping. Miss Eva Acker, school principal, stated that they were j ordered some time ago after Miss Marion Neprud, former Homsteads director here, suggested the purchase and displayed the samples.

George Morris Estate Valued At $17,000 Bluffton. Apr. 16. —Letters of administration have been issued here to Harry A. McFarren, for the es tate of his brother-in-law, the late ■ George S. Morris, who was president of the Morris Five and Ten Cent Store company, corporation operating a chain of 62 stores in Indiana, Ohio. Michigan and Ulin ois. Application for letters lists the estate of an estimated value of fl 7,000. including $15,000 in personal property and $2,000 in real estate. The heirs are the widow. Harriet Morris, a son. French, and two daughters, Mrs. Elizabeth Carr and Mrs. Margaret Sprague, j THREE KILLERS ARE EXECUTED Slayers Os Chicago Policeman Executed At Midnight Chicago, Apr. 16. — )(U.R> — Three, men convicted of slaying policemen died in the electric chair of • Cook county's remodeled death' chamber early today. They were Joseph Schuster, 30,j who killed Patrolman Arthur J.' Sullivan, when he was arrested as a robbery suspect; and Stanley Murawski, 37, and Frank Whyte, 47. convicted of slaying Policeman Michael Toth. All were paroled convicts. Schnster died first, being pronounced dead at 12:11 a. nt. Mur awski was declared dead at 12:23, Whyte at 12:35. All walked to the chair calmly. The execution was witnessed by 147 persons, including three brother and four brothers-in-law’ of Toth.: A new system of switches concealed identity of the executioner even to himself. Four switches were employed, with a man at each switch. Only one switch was connected, however. Sheriff John Toman said a different switch will be connected to the chair for each execution date. Murawski and Whyte had given up hope for reprieve days before the date of their execution. Schuster's last hope for a life sentence failed only four hours before he died, when Gov. Henry Horner denied his appeal for reprieve. o Church Os God Is Being Remodelled Due to the large increase in the Sunday School attendance of the Church of God, the facilities of the present building are not at all adequate to meet the needs of the school. The congregation, has, therefore, begun a remodeling program. An addition will be built to the present building, which will greatly Increase the facilities of the building. The remodeled building will make it possible to provide a departmentalized school. Work on the project has already been started. Most of the dirt has been removed for the basement rooms, and by the middle of next week work on the new addition will begin. o WEATHER Increasing cloudiness, not so cool tonight; Saturday mostly cloudy with showers, rising temperature.

GREAT POWERS TALK OF PLAN TO HALT WAR Plan For Mediation To End Spanish War Is Considered I (Copyright 1937 by United Press) London. Apr. 16 (U.R) The ! i great powers have under consider- I i al lon a plan for mediation to end the Spanish civil wur, it was mid I erstood today. Great Britain, eager to seize any I chance to end the war but bellev- , ing that premature aetion might ! ■ be harmful, was understood to have ; recommended that the plan lie held ;in abeyance until its success ' seemed almost certain. Events within the last 24 hours are regarded in diplomatic quarters as measurably advancing hopes for I eventful mediation between the! ' combatant factions. First it was agreed to put into: force at midnight Monday the uew plan to keep volunteers and war munitions out of Spain. This will | jbe the most ambitious plan ever tried to isolate a war. Secondly, to the surprise of | nearly everyone, Italian Ambassador Dino Grandi announced that Italy was ready to resume discus- | sion of the recall of all foreigners fighting in Spain. As recently as March 23 Grandi refused to discuss such a recall and expressed the ( personal opinion that not a single i Italian would be withdrawn before I the end of the war. Thirdly, Russian Ambassador Ivan Maiski said that he would refrain from pressing a demand that ■ a special commission lie sent to | Spain to investigate foreign war participation, particularly Italian | participation. I The feeling has grown here (1) | that the nationalists can not win i unless there is open intervention in their aid by fascist nations with the resultant risk of an international explosion; (2) that with Spain already bled white and more people killed in 10 months than were killed in the American civil war in four years there is no sign of a ' victory for either side; (3) that if w J.here were a decisive victory lor I either faction, there would be a period of slaughter that would pale I the red record of the last few months. Agree To Truce Madrid. Apr. 16 —(U.R) —A truce ; between loyalist and nationalist I ' forces in the El Pardo sector, just ( . north of Madrid, was put into effect I today to enable both sides to bury ; • their dead before continuing with ! I the battle. ! It was the first truce requested I during the Spanish civil war, army reports said. The nationalist commander asked loyalists for a truce when the ! bodies became so numerous that 1 they interfered with fighting Loyalist officers immediately granted ■ the request and both sides ceased firing. The truce was asked last night by message from trench to trench This morning rebel stretcher bear(OONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) o LEAGUE KEEPS UP TAX FIGHT Indiana Municipal League To Carry On Fight Against Taxation Indianapolis. Apr. 16—(U.R) —The Indiana municipal league will carry its fight against taxation of mu- , nicipal utilities to the United 1 States supreme court it they are denied a rehearing of a test ease in the state supreme court, its members had decided today. One hundred and fifty league members, principally mayors and city attorneys of towns which own utilities, voted the action in the meeting yesterday. The action was taken when several of the attorneys pointed out that the U. S. supreme court recently has held that operation of municipal utilities is a governmental function. Requests also may he made for a restraining order halting tax col lections while the case definitely is decided. The case which is at test concerns the waterworks at South Bend, where the city sued to prevent collection of county and state taxes on the utility. The St. Joseph county circuit court held the 1933 Jaw providing for taxation stitutlonal, ut the supreme court of municipal utilities to be unconreversed the lower court’s ruling. Decatur is a member of the Indi(CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN)

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GIVE CONCERT HERE SUNDAY — Mission House College Glee Club To Sing Here Sunday The troubadours of Mission ! House College, Plymouth, Wis . will present a sacred concert Sunday , morning at 10:30 o'clock, at the ! Zion Reformed church. The organization consists of 26 men's voices, under the direction of Mme. Else Bauer. Mme. Bauer is an accomplished soloist, having studied in Europe I and having taken leading parts in the opera houses in Vienna. Munich and other musical centers. She I will render several solos in the i course of the program. A second concert will be given Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the Vs. »ley Reformed church. There v . be no admission charge to either of these concerts, a silver offering being taken for the benefit of the organization. Edwin Weidler, a graduate of Monmouth high school, and a resident of near Decatur, is a member I of the club. Gerhart Schwartz To Head Calf Club Gerhart Schwartz will head the i list of officers for the 1937-38 Adam# county calf club- He was elected at a meeting held in Monroe Wednesday to succeed Joel Habegger. Other officers are vice-president, I David Moeeer; secretary-treaeurer, Leroy Schwartz, n-ews-reptjrter, . Stanley Arnold; song and yell lead-: er, Glen Griffith. COUNCIL ACTS ON PETITIONS County Council Slashes $1,050 From Appropriations The county council granted requests for special appropriations of j $17,636 at the concluding meeting of a three day session this morning. The last two days have been used in considering the petitions for special appropriations. At the opening session Wednesday. the board named Jim A. Hendricks of Monroe as its representative on the county tax adjustment board. A total of $18,686 was requested in the petitions for special appro- ■ priations. A total of $1,650 was cut from the requests. The board did not appropriate S3OO as requested for clerical hire 1 in the county clerk's office in 1937. A total of $750 requested by the i county welfare department was denied by the council. Os this amount part was to pay an increase of salary for the deputy director. The balance of the money ! was requested to pay the wages of a clerk recently employed by the county department. Items allowed by the council were: clerks per diem on change of venue. $150; to re-appropriate amount reverting in 1936, clerk's office, s7l; clerical hire for 1937, clerk's office, S3OO (denied); postage for clerk's office. SSO; rebinding records in clerk’s office. SSO; books, stationery and printing for clerk's office, $100; registration supplies, in clerk’s office, SSO; clerk's fees, admissions to state institutions. $200; County jail, rewiring and repair of building, $500; jail, chimney for heating plant, $600; jail, plumbing (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o Escapes Injuries As Auto Overturns E. W. Hull, Richmond barber, escaped with minor injuries and shock, when the auto he was driving became out of control and turned over near the Coppess filling station, west of Monroe, shortly after 1 o'clock Thursday afternoon. The auto, which turned over several times, was completely demolished. Hull crawled from under the wrecked auto and was taken to a physician’s office .where his injuries were determined not serious.

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ICalled Strike Os 8,500 Railroad Workers Seen As Strain On Conciliation Machinery. THREATEN FORI) (By United Press) The called strike of 8,500 Southern Pacific railway workers threatened today to strain conciliation machinery set up under the new railway labor act, considered a model of legislation to prevent strikes while at the same time protecting both employer and employe. The Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen and the Brotherhood of Enginemen and Firemen called the strike, which was not participated in by the two other major rail unions. Brotherhood of Railway Engineers and Brotherhood of Railway CConudcot aetaoin shr ofwpy way Conductors. The strike was called for 6 p. m. PST. A critical situation developed at Kansas City, where Ford Motor workers threatened to strike in retaliation for assaults on two officials of the United Automobile Workers Union. In New York City, a general strike of Marine workers and radio operators on all international mercantile marine" vessels was settled through an agreement which permits sailing of the United States j liner President Roosevelt, which had been tied up at pier since Wednesday. Premier Mitchell F. Hepburn of Ontario prepared to meet with representatives of General Motors I Corporation and the U. A. W. A. in an attempt to settle a week-old ! strike at the General Motors plant at Oshawa, Ont. The U. A. W. A. meanwhile dei manded union recognition from the Packard Motor Car company and scheduled an afternoon conference in Detroit to discuss a collective bargaining agreement. In Toblnaport, lud„ Mae Leaf, | operator of the local telephone exchange, which is located in her liv- : ing room, continued her one-woman i sit-down strike. She refused to put J through calls until she is paid back I wages. Sees Settlement Oshawa. Ont., Apr. 16. —.(U.R) — Homer Martin, president df the United Automobile Workers Union, predicted today that the strike of 3,700 workers at the General Motors of Canada assembly plant would be “a acably settled later today" and th;.t the employes would return to their jobs Monday. Martin came here for a scheduled conference between representatives of General Motors and the U. A. W„ with Premier Mitchell F. Hepburn due to sit in as mediator. The conference was delayed un(OONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) O FORMER LOCAL RESIDENT DIES B.W. Knoff Dies Os Heart Trouble At Bradenton, Florida Friends have received word of the death of B. W. Knoff. 69. a native of Decatur, who died of heart trouble at his home in Bradenton, Florida. Born and reared in this city, the deceased served in Company B, the Decatur company of tlie 160th regiment in the Spanish-American war. Mr. Knoff served for 20 years on the Chicago police force and had been retired on pension seven years ago. Surviving are the widow, a son and a daughter, and two brothers. Dr. Ray G. Knoff, Bluffton dentist and Ralph Knossos Chicago. Funeral services were held today at Bradenton, with Veterans of the Foreign Wars conducting the services. Burial was made at Bradenton. o Mayor Holthouse Speaks At Berne Arthur R. iHolthouse, mayor ot Decatur, will deliver the principal address at the monthly banquet of the Berne Chamber of Commerce Monday evening at 6:30 o’clock. Mayor Holthouee will speak on "Bnrne and Its Community Spirit.”