Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 95, Decatur, Adams County, 21 April 1937 — Page 1

XXXV. No. 95.

Ingress will |0 ROOSEVELT InONOMY DRIVE IjHknt " si'l'Ks Uurtail- ■, 01 Federal K\ptnditurcs AmlwfU,. Apr. ’L'-f!' il*|. . " *■» , f ‘"- eg? , ..mi 1 * m.1,. , K, i! budget -RH „,, «»;««•« -sk.ii H, cut ol 10 per mat to Lpriatloiw at this session | Less That could he! P by joint resolution mak-j Ldatory retroactive reduo■tHisevelt prefers to exm Fows discretion In curtailLiditures after cognress I Ld the money. kg legislation which prob-! [„ be modified, postponed bed altogether if the nresi-1 Economy plan is effected, Lm tenancy, $135,000,000. | location, $100,000,000. bw cost housing $:!0,o(»0,-j Lp insurance, SIOO,OOO. 00. | jood control, approxitnitujooo.ooo. ' ted treasury income. . in-! I expenditures, a weakened | Larket, and general n:iJti.ination fears moved the j kt yesterday to propose- 1 hr in a revised budget lues-1 [bmitted to congress. Bt coincidentally the treasl fan a borrowing program | JOO.rtOO a week which »ill! he national debt beyond | 000.000 within a month, president and congression- j ers are agreed, now, that ion must economize or pa/ j taxes—and probably both essage practically assured j tax hill at the next session ! Teas. r by this process can mone- j Inflation lie prevented," t.i Marriner S. Kccles ot ■ eral reserve board said in | ise warning published last ; 16. * majority leader Joseph Inson heard the president's j e and said: can't continue spending ! the danger of ruinous in- j We either have to econo- j ) levy new taxes. There l 'tax targets left. You kave to put on a sales tax 7 the income tax to the bracket.” • i-..y• i>i ! : '■ •' •» Mi Ki v. • 11 §§§■'" : : :iu , ;i:rn'.,.|i tii.' ' . he horrified.” ■B" l ''' - t.'ida.-t i:i|B mi u,,. K ! ■ li. I for the in xt fiscal EBB It estimat.-d revenue this a' SV”J and ■Hjt'P'-i $7.7x1 .nee.hi in f,„ ■V'l” ' mm 'l'li. ■HP"'" o. ■l'lding provishui retirement will tie ap""XI I'm.-al year, begin 1. 1937, Mr, Rooseveli K^B’ nN ' K1 ’ON PAGE FIVE) Ine resident ■ken by death mm ' |9V ( Neuensehwander v • his Morning Os •nchial Pneumonia BB' Neuenschxvandor. SI. retired farmer, died midnight this inorntmme in Berne. He had f or Uvo nays with Pneumonia. was born in lowa 1853, the son of Christian >n<> l-ehinanNeuenschwand-moved with his parents to (n »nty when three yeais K e married Mar/anna StaufU 'o. y " 9 ' an< l B l ,e died ■V 26, ST ch *ldren surviving are • ! ijS “Ittlefield, Texas; Otto, ■B Noah. Omer, Mrs. Wilbur and Mrs. Herman Lehman, pHt, ar Berne; and one sister, net Lehman, Berne Kl', 8er v |MB have been set ■nTYo 31 , 1 - 0 P- at the a '• o clock at the Berne BV' te church. Burial will be ‘h® M. R. R. cemetery at

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CITY COUNCIL HOLDS MEETING Itogular Meeting Os City Council Is Held l uesday Night A sewer was requested built j from the corner of 13th and MadiI son streets west about 2*4 blocks | along Madison street to 15th street, by Russell Bowman and others, in a petition presented at i the regular meeting of the city council Tuesday night. 11l the petition, a request was made asking that Wl’A labor be used and the cost of material bo assessed to the property owners. The petition was referred to the stieet and sewer committee. A petition for a street light at 1 the corner of Indiana and Seventh 1 streets was filed by Andrew Schirack and others. A second petition for a street light at the | corner of 11th and Madison streets was filed by Glenn Potts i and others. Both were referred 1 to the board of public works and safety with power to act. 1 A report was read by City | Clerk Treasurer Ada Martin iuI forming the council of the purchase of $25,000 worth of govern- ! raent bonds. These were puri chased at a price of $07.53 and a i fraction per SIOO and bear 2*4 I per cent interest. The report was I signed by Mayor Arthur U. Holthouse and by Mrs. Martin. The purchase was ordered at the last meeting of the council, surplus I cash of the water and electric § departments being invested Arthur Suttles, representing Mrs. John Niblick, and Jesse Niblick, appeared to offer for sale to I lie city six lois along the east side of the Pennsylvania railroad track north of the coal liins owned |by the city. The city now owns j 10 lots In the district. Mr. Suttles said that the city was now using some of the lots to ; store poles. A cinder path has 1 been built across another. He said that unless the city purchased these lots, its property would have to be removed, as the land will be sold. The matter was re- | ferreti to tr.o board of public | works and safety to investigate | and report hack to the council CITY CLEANUP DRIVE OPENED City Improvement Campaign To Continue Until May 15 The city Improvement campaign sponsored by the Decatur Junior Chamber of Commerce was officially opened today and will continue until May 15. The purpose of the campaign is to improve the appearances of the homes, business houses and industries, both inside and out. Many organizations in the city have been contacted by members of the club and have endorsed the iproject. which is carrid on nationally over the Un-ited States. It is expected that the impetus I of the campaign will carry over into the summer and fall, increasing both business and employment, while improving the appearance of the city. A poster contest Is now being carried out through the public I and parocial schools. All posters \ will be exhibited in business houses in the city. The winners in each of the three classes will be given a $1 prize. Arrangements have been com(OONTTNUKD ON PAOE FIVE) Local Man Admitted To State Hospital Frank Losehe, ot near this city, was admitted to the Easthaven hospital for the insane at Richmond today. He was accompanied there i by Sheriff Dallas ißrown. o Former Democratic Treasurer Is Dead Columbus, 0.. April 21 —(UP) W, Forbes Morgan, president of the Distilled Spirits institute and former treasurer of the Democratic committee, died early today of a j heart attack. He had collapsed just before midnight at a hearing of the Ohio House of Representatives judiciary committee. Morgan had come here as directing head of the institute, self-regu-lating body of the liquor industry, ■ to protest a proposed change in the Ohio State liquor control law. He was accompanied by Eugene Kelty of Portland, Ore., attorney for the : institute, and Leo Sack of Schenjley Distillers.

Gable At Mail Fraud Trial

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Left to right: W H. Gable, father of Clark Gable (center), and Jack Powell, assistant federal attorney, in court at Los Angeles. Cal., to assist government in mail fraud trial of Mrs. Violet Wells Norton (on right l, who allegedly claimed that movie actor was the father of her daughter.

ENGINEER IS TAKEN HOME Charles Patterson Is Removed From Local > Hospital Today _______ 1 Charles Patterson, 73-year old I engineer of the ill-fated freight 1 engine ’hat ploughed into the rear of allot' r train on Sunday, Fell ' ruary 14. was released from the * Adams county memorial hospital ’ this morning. '! Patterson, who suffered third ' degree burns in the wreck, had 1 I been confined in the local hos--1 pital since the day of the crash. which killed three railroaders. ' In the company of his two ape- ' j ..iui itarseH, Miss Anna Lehman and Miss Luella Hofstetter, he wa removed by ambulance to the Huntington hospital so that he might he nearer his family, hosj pilal attaches stated. I Living in Huntington are his ! wife, Mary; a daughter. Mrs. Ellen Barnhart and two sons, Robert | and Wallace. All were in constant attendance dunrlng his first " few weeks of confinements here and had visited him at regular intervals since. Physicians and surgeons are now grafting skin to replace chart-1 1 ed flesh, burned away from the r body of the victim by the steam '; and hot cinders. ! Mr. Patterson is reported to be Improving. During the first few j ! days in the hopital he was In a ! critical condition. He was confin ‘ ed at the local hospital for 66 I days. o —— f WEATHER Mostly cloudy, rain north portion, cooler central and * south portions tonight; Thursday generally fair. ; o ' TO BUY SUITS : FOR BOYS BAND f j — i Boys Band, Recently Formed Here, To Purchase Suits Plans of purchasing suits for the newly organized boys' band in Decatur are rapidly going forward, 1 according to reports from leaders of the movement. A cast is speedily being assembl- -! ed for the presentation of a play, - proceeds from which are to be , used toward the purchase. The play, which will be given by pupils of the Central school, has been tentatively set for May 14. Plans are also being made to 1 hold a “tag day” with members of the Decatur girls' band selling the - tags to help raise funds for pur 3 chasing the new suits. Albert Sellemeyer, director of 3 the band, stated today that rehear- * sals are being held regularly in ant ticipation of favorable weather for ) the presentation of concerts. Interested persons hope that the boys' band, after being furnished - with new suits, will he able to con- - solidate with the girls’ band. They : expect the comblnstlon to make ) one of the finest bauds the city ) has ever boasted. , Negotiations are now being made x by the leader to secure tho cement - ramp at the courthouse as a band stage during the summer months.

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, April 21, 1937.

♦ — ■ ♦ Few Licenses To Wed Issued Here In Present Month ♦ ♦ I)an Cupid appears to have formed his own sit-down strike in tho county, according to the number of marriage licenses secured from the county clerk's office recently. Attaches at the office attribute some of the laziness on the part of the'Therub” to the adverse weather conditions. No license has been secured since last Friday. Only one was secured that day. None were 'secured from April 11-15, inclusive and only one on the loth. April 9bh was the biggest day with four licenses. Only 17 licenses have been secured at the office this month. Evidently the "strike” continued today, for no couples had appeared at a late hour in quest for the ail-import-ant license. HARTFORD FLAKS FOR GRADUATION I Commencement Exercises For 20 Seniors Saturday, May 1 — I Complete plans for commence- j ment and baccalaureate services | of the Hartford township high i school graduating class, were announced today by the school principal, Russell Steiner. Twenty students will receive their diplomas Saturday night. May 1, in the school auditorium, with Dr. Charles M. Houser, of' the Fort Wayne Plymouth Congregational church, delivering the address. The students who will be graduated are: Elois Mae Amstutz, Chester E. Augsburger, Floyd D. Beitler. Anthon H. Brewster, James E. Garboden, Ruth Gotts-. chalk, Joseph W. Grogg, Franklin R. Lybarger, Lillian L. Mertllat, j Jeanette Meshberger, Catherine j I Monce, Mary Elizabeth Steiner, j 'Kathryn Pearson, John H. Schlag-j i enhauf, Edwinna Stuckey, llilma I Studler, Kenneth E. Wanner, Harold E. Zeigler, and Lester Zimmerman. Elois Amstutz and Hilma Studler tied for the valedictory honor, (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) 0 Margaret Smith Is Slightly Improved The condition of Miss Margaret! Smith, who underwent an operation ! to amputate her right leg Tuesday i is slightly improved, the attending 1 physician stated today. o Wreck Victims Are Reported Improved The condition of the four eurviv-1 ors of the acoident which resulted j in the death of Floyd Rison, of Fort Wayne, here Saturday night, was | reported improved today by attendants at the Adams county memorial hospital, where all have been patients since the accident. Daniel O'Shaughnessey, the most | seriously injured, was said to be slightly better this afternoon. How- j ever, his condition is still serious.! Other victims of the accident j who are at the hospital are, Mr. and Mrs. Raymonq Pa-penbrock of Mon-1 roeville, route one, and Mrs. Catherine Rison, widow of the man killed ' in the wreck-

CHALK TALKER SPEAKS TO CLUB Fort Wayne Teacher Speaks To Lions Club Tuesday Evening Members of the Decatur Lions 1 club were entertained last night at the Rice hotel in what was ac- j claimed one of their most interesting programs. W. W. White, teacher of priming at the Central high school. Fort Wayne, and well known chalk-artist, presented the feature of the program. Prof. White drew rapid chalk pictures on a specially constructed board and paper front. During !h ' drawing of the pictures Uc also delivered short lectures on the painted subjects. One of the most interesting was a drawing oi the "little brown church in the vale,” during which members of Ihe local club sang the song by that name. Prof. White is well known in ■ Uliis section, having appeared on i hautauqua programs. W. F Beery, president of the club, was in charge of the program. Directed Verdict In (Jable Suit Is Denied Los Angeles Apr. 21 — (UP) — j Federal Judge Cosgrave today denied a motion for directed verdict of acquittal -in the case of Mrs. Violet Wells Norton, charged with at-’ j tempting to obtain money from screen star, Clark Gable, by claiming he was the father of her child. The jurist held that a showing of intent was sufficient to hold her for trial even throug hactual fraud did not exist. YOUNG PEOPLE PLAN PROGRAM Young People Os U. B. Church To Observe Anniversary In commemoration of the 47th anniversary of the founding of the United Brethren youth movement, the young people of the Decatur U. B. church will meet at the church in special services next Sunday, j The theme of the day will be j “The Church Marches On,” with 1 special attention given to the 1 church’s progress In the past and I with a forward look into the church lof the future. j Young people in 3,000 churches 'in North America and in five j churches in foreign countries will take part in the commemoration. At. the local church there will i be a sunrise prayer service at 6:30 j o’clock Sunday morning, followed ! by the fellowship breakfast at 7:15 o’clock in the church dining room. All young people and interested elders are cordially Invited to attend. | All officers in the church will be filled by young people of the I church, who will conduct the reguj lar business. The Rev. G. H. Gil- | liat of Indiana Central college will be the speaker of the day. An ofI sering will be taken, which will be used in the support of Christian ■ education In the United Brethren | churches.

DEMOCRATS OF I STATE TO FETE IAS. A. FARLEY Decision Expected On Candidate To Succeed VanNuys Indianapolis, Apr. 21— <U.R> —| In,liana Democrats probably will decide who will succeed U. S.; Senator Frederick Van Nuys when Postmaster-Uoneral James A. Far-; ley dines here a week from to- 1 i night witli slate administration stalwarts, political observers be-1 lieved today. Farley will be on lour, ostensi ' Idy to dedicate new postoffices. Actually, he will meet Indiana democracy in an atmosphere literally reeking with politics. I According to ail official an- j nouncement, those who will attend the Farley dinner ure: Democratic state committeemen. Senators Van I Nuys and Sherman Minton, the eleven Democratic congressional representatives, the heads of state j gvoernmental departments. Indiana's directors of (he national emergency council, members of l the federal housing adininistra--1 Hon, the works progress administration, the home owners loan corporation —and the press. | Senators Van Nuys is in thor- | ough disfavor not only with the ’ federal but also with the slate ■ administration because of his open J and vicious opposition to President Roosevelt’s supreme court i reform proposals. Gov. M. Clif-! ; ford Townsend, whose potent support any candidate for the senate must receive to be elected, three times had put himself on record as favoring the reform plans. The result is that Van Nuys today Is regarded with extreme coolness by Indiana Democrats, i and there is no doubt whatsoever that the Townsend leadership will battle him if he seeks renomiuation at the state Democratic convention a year from next month , This became clear ten days ago at the Indiana Editorial Associaj lion convention here when the |"j word was spread that Van Nuys (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) GIVE PROGRAM j OF CONFERENCE i Annual M. E. Conference To Open At Anderson April 28 I The program for the 94th session of the North Indiana annual M. E. conference, which meets at Anderson on April 28, has just ■ been released. Over 300 minister- j '.ial delegates and an equal number ' of lay delegates will take part in - ! the week's program of reports, ' business, inspirational services and forward program decisions. The Rev. H. R. Carson and C. L. Wal- 1 ' ters will represent the Decatur i M. E. church. Fred W. Busclie has been chosen as Mr. Walters' alter-; nate. Bishop Edgar Blake will preside over the sessions. The forenoons are given over to | business, the afternoons to repre-, sentations of various phases of re- | ligious work and the evenings to addresses by outstanding church leaders. The program opens Wednesday morning with the celebration of ’ the holy communion and the memorial service for deceased members. In the afternoon Miss Frances Harms, of Olive Hill, Ky., will i speak for the W. H. M. S., and . Miss Marie Adams of China, niece , of L. D. Adams of Decatur, will | speak for the W. F. M. S. Former i Bishop Fred B. Fisher, of Detroit, will speak at 4:00 p. m. and Dr. , Clovis G. Chappell of Oklahoma I I City, will speak at 7:30 p. m. , Thursday the laymen's associj (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) Alleged Post Office Robbers On Trial 1 Fort Wayne, Apr. 21—(UP) —The I prosecution rested its case against ! Mahlon LaCromse, 38. an ex-convict, I and Earl Putman, now serving a I term in Ohio state prison in U. S. district court this morning. CouuI sel for tihe two, charged with robbery of poet offices in Adame and , LaGrange countiee four yeane ago, , was to present their defense this , afternoon before Judge Thomas W. . Slick. The men are charged jointly in [ two indictments for robbery of the . Pleasant Mills and Peterson poet i offtcee in Adams county, while Puti man faces a third iandictment alone i for armed robbery of the post office |at Ontario in LaGrange county.

Madrid Subjected To New Terrific Shelling By Rebels

DISSENSION IN STRIKE RANKS IS INDICATED Canadian Strikers Anxious To Return To Their Jobs Oshawa, Ont„ Apr. 21. — (U.R) — Dissension in the ranks of 3,700 strikers at the General Motors of ) Canada assembly plant was indicated today by the departure of a delegation for Toronto to confer with Premier Milchell F. Hepburn. The delegation purported to represent 1,200 strikers anxious to abandon the demands for union recognition by the company and return to work. Unconfirmed reports were that the men would ask the premier for assurance of police protection if : General Motors decided to reopen the plant and they went back to their jobs. The delegation comprised the same membership as that which j 1 visited Hepburn yesterday and told ! I him they had repudiated the lead ! ership of Hugh Thompson, committee for industrial organization! organizer; C. H. Millard, local! j United Automobile Workers Union j president, and other strike leaders. Homer Martin, U. A. W. presi-, dent scheduled to return here to- J day, was delayed in Washington, strike leaders said. They expected him to arrive late today or to- ; night. Another conference between representatives of the company and strikers was scheduled today. The time had not been announced and; some observers predicted it would ( be cancelled on the strength of| Hepburn's statement last night I that he would insist on attending| all negotiations. Delay Suggestions Washington, Apr. 21.—KU.PJ* —Or-1 ganlzed labor leaders and indus-i trial spokesmen who attended a i collective bargaining conference called by Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins virtually agreed to delay suggestions for immediate amendment to the Wagner labor relations act, it was learned today. | (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) County To Auction Oft - Two Properties Two pieces of property owned by Adams county will be sold at pub- ' lie auction in the court house. Saturday, May 22, at 10 a. m. by County Auditor John VV. Tyndall- : One is the M. E. IHower home on North Fourth street. It has been reappraised at $2,200. The other is a vacant lot on South Winchester ! street, valued at S2OO. The properties must bring at 1 least the amount of the appraisement. They will be sold at one third i cash and the balance divided into four equal payments, payable annually and bearing six per cent interest. The title to the properties was obtained by foreclusure of school fund mortgagesslo,ooo SUIT IS NEAR JURY Portland Damage Suit To Co To Jury Late This Afternoon The SIO,OOO damage suit, brought j by Howard C. McKinley of Portland against Arohlbold Hutson of the same city, probably twill be given to the jury in the iAdauns circuit j court late-tthis afternoon. Evidence was concluded at 2 o’- ; clock this afternoon. The court granted each party an hour and 10 minutes arguments. The plaintiff alleged in the case that he received an injury to his Bpinal column and nervous system, when he was in an accident while in a car driven by the defendant. As a result of the injury, ihe stated, his head twitches and has been rotated to one side. Throughout the trial, defense attorneys presented evidence to the effect that the injuries might have been sustained in one of three accidents in which the plaintiff is alleged to have participated.

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Streets Os Madrid Are Strewn With Dead As City Suffers Heaviest Bombardment. ACCUSE NATIONS Madrid, Apr. 21.— iOJ.fi>— Madrid was subjected today to the worst punishment of the war in a concentrated artillery bombardment which left the streets strewn with dead. It was unofficially estimated that 25 were killed and approximately 60 Injured, many gravely. The casualty list for the last ten days thus was raised to 70 dead and 260 wounded. It was the tenth consecutive day of bombardment. One attack began at daybreak and continued for several hours at two and three minute intervals. The second bombardment started about noon. The rebels used lighter artillery this time, apparently anti-aircraft guns. Little shells, coming in threes, whizzed by with a high-pitched whistle, bursting with explosions like many powerful fire-crackers exploding together. They landed in all parts of the | city, exploding at times in the j capitol’s center and then farther away as the rebel gunners atter- ' ed their range. Pedestrians ran in all directions, not knowing where to go. Some i dived for doorways, cellars and I other cover; some were panicstricken and just stood staring fearfully at the skies. Three were killed and about seven wounded around the Banco De Espagna in the early morning bombardment. Additional casuall ties occurred in the same vicinity | in the afternoon. One shell hit a peasant's cart, (killing the driver and three miles. (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) BONDS SOLD AT LOW INTEREST St. Mar y’s Township School, Civil Bonds Sold Today Ronds of the civil and school township, to finance an addition to the present building and the construction of a gymnasium to the St Mary’s township school sold this morning at a premium and at a low rate of interest. The Indianapolis Bond and Share Corp., purchased the $25,000 school township bonds, paying a premium of $317.50 and bidding In the bonds at 3*4 percent interest. The Issue will be for 15 years, the first bond coming due in July, 1938.' McNurlen and Huncilman, Indianapolis. paid a premium of $42.50 and hid the SB,OOO civil township issue in at three percent Interest. These bonds will he redeemed over a 10 year period. Six bids were received on the $25,000 issue and five on the SB,OOO issue. The ones accepted were the highest. Ben McCullough, trustee, and members of the advisory hoard, Samuel Cottrel, Otis Shifferly and Sherman Archer, received the bids at 10 o'clock this morning at the school. Burdette Custer of this city is attorney for the township and prepared the transcript. The township has petitioned the PWA for a 45 percent grant. The toatl estimate on the school addition and new gymnasium is $59,000. The government’s grant, if made, will total approximately $26,000. Plans for the school building were prepared by Architect Charles Mouck of Muncie. The tentative plans have been approved by the Indianapolis office of the PWA and forwarded to Washington. Attorney Custer stated that the township planned to issue the two sets of bonds within the next 30 days. o — — ■ » Kathryn Engeler Is Released From Hospital Miss Kathryn Engeler, local studio employe, was released from the Adams co-unty memorial hospital this morning, after being confined there for several days, where she underwent an emergency appendectomy.