Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 99, Decatur, Adams County, 26 April 1937 — Page 1

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■Lee States Are {Threatened Again "■ By Flood Waters

■1 \pril Flood In HisJ tor A«ain Perils stat " Johnstown And Flooded. j.i dsiNG SLOWLY f!v in *aW»E.- ■'l ,uui,,a 01 VI - ,: ;H " 1 " !,t j | 1( .., v) snows/ . into 'tie : IHEJL-s "f 0,110 W'fJ ,|rt,,|is i| “ |i " ,< ily -Jj w : seatit rainfall were I Three railroad section | ,^^^K ur r. struck I M< K.■■■spoil —J earth and rocks from the 4- tracks. A laKiuhilhi. I'.i . woman died of a using threatened by "flood city, QfMgßrepened its highest water Patricks K, £; „f lira; Evacuation of houses were started. rich "golden threatened by the AlleKsny and Monongahela rivers, together the steel a form the Ohio. I S. W. S. Brotiman residents of the possibility Es a tiiijoi timid and predicted a K-toC river stager ten feet above before noon tomorrow rise would carry river at Pittsburgh to a by several inches I Ke Might reached in January. W Va.. on the Ohio R. Hill of U S. Dam No. K ptfdicted a crest of 43 feet the . Kcomi greatest April flood on I The 10,000 residents of | ■Haft nr Island were ordered l.i j Be nk ly to leave their homes on I 1 E CMi miland. Nd. where a nat ■ (CarTINI’ED ON PAGE FIVE) BE CHANGES I IN SCHEDULES "Mr ges Are Made In j^Kinsylvania Railroad ■ Schedule ! changes were made in the B*ta>Ble of the Pennsylvania rail■Wßrougli Decatur Sunday. I Twc trains, known ae the Cin■™*B and Chicago trains, were rethrough Anderson and LogThese pasted through Deat 1:52 p. m. and south I ll # P- tn■S south bound train, which through Decatur at 12:55 p. moved up to 3:33 p. tn. trains were left on their These are: north 11:37 a. m.. northbound, 1:40 southbound, 1:40 a. m. are Central Standard whlch the Pennsylvania will continue to operate. B * o Word Os | Death In Seattle Mrs. E. B. Macy thie received word of the death Frantz of Seattle, WaehMr Frantz was the father C. D. Macy. deceased had been in poor for (some time but was able ir° 2f tinue working He wars di.sdead in his automobile April 15. He Is survived jiu T'", w 'how and one daughter, |B C F>. Macy and one grandJoan Macy. SR o — I B° r ’ c '- an Y Sheep ? I Are Killed By Dogs HR exhaustion of the dog tax Mln Kirkland township because Usually heavy losses to sheep ported today by H. H. High, 'hip trustee. High stated that 3021 worth Bep have been killed by dogs September 18. 1936. This year, 6i owners of dogs he has col--4140. while 35 owners of d°B s hot paid. He asked this be us soon as (possible. Mr. High ot begin paying tor the dam--1 the sheep until May 1 and ontinue until the fund is exAd.

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After Long Flight Commander L. A. Pope. 11. S. N.. is pictured nfter arrival at Pearl Harbor, Honolulu, with the twelve huge patrol planes of the I VP 11 squadron assigned to the Honolulu air base. The flight consumed 21'a hours. YOUTH DAY IN SCHOOLS TODAY Youth Week Observance Continues With Special Programs Youth day in the schools was observed today as the day's pro-, irram Os boys' and girls' ws-ek- hrDecatur. As a special entertainment feature. a special matinee ot Decatur's own movie was held at the Madison theater for students of the fifth to eighth grade of both the public and Catholic schools. The annual track and field meet between the Central and St. Joe teams was also scheduled for this afternoon on the grounds of the Central school. Youth day in vocations will be observed Tuesday. Pupils of the eighth grade at Central and St. Joe will be taken on a tour of inspection of Decatur's leading industries. Chairmen for today's program are W. Guy Brown and Miss Eloise Lewton. The vocational tour Tuesday will be conducted by E. W. Lankenau, H. W. McMillen, George Thoms, Mrs. A. R. Ashbaucher, Mis. J. Ward Calland and Mrs. Robert Zwick. Youth day in church was observed Sunday, with the various churches of the city holding special programs honoring the boys and girls of Decatur. Chairmen for the day were Rev. Charles M. Prugh and Mrs. W. E. Smith. DECATUR MOVIE HERE TONIGHT Decatur’s Own Movie To Be Shown At Local Theater Two Days Capacity crowds are anticipated for the production, “See Yourself and Your City in the Movies,” to be given at the Madison theater today and Tuesday by the Decatur high school. The movie has been filmed in Decatur by two cameramen who have been here for several weeks. it was announced today that two matinees have been scheduled for the school children. The first was given this afternoon at 3 o'clock for the pupils of the fifth, j sixth, seventh and eighth grades of the public and parochial schools. The second will be given Tuesday afternoon at 3 o’clock for pupils of the first, second, third and fourth grades of the i public and parochial schools Prices for these matinees will be 10 cents. Three shows will be given each evening at 6:30, 8 and 9:30 a m. Prices will be 25 and 15 cents. ! Because ot the crowds, it will be ' necessary to empty the theater (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR)

ENGINEER HURT i IN LOCAL WRECK DIES OF BURNS Charles Patterson Dies Sunday Night At Huntington Hospital Four days after he had been re- ' moved from the Adams county memorial hospital, where he had been confined since February 14, Charles Patterson, aged 73, died Sunday night at 8:12 o'clock at i the Huntington county hospital. I Patterson died from injuries received here in the train crash on February 14, which had previously taken three lives. | Patterson was removed from the' local hospital Wednesday morning so that be might be nearer his relatives, hospital attaches stated. On the following day his condition was described as critical. He i had been reported recovering before leaving the local hospital. Physicians were grafting skin to , his body, replacing that which had been burned away by steam and hot cinders In the wreck. Surviving are the widow, Mary Patterson, and three children, Wai-, lace, Robert and Mrs. Ellen Barn hart, all of Huntington. The body was taken to the home in Huntington today. Funeral services have not been announced. Patterson's death brought the , toll to four, who died as result of the crash. The others were: | Lawrence McConkey, in the engine with Patterson as fireman; ; James Karns, conductor and Ray Nevius, brakeman, both in the caboose ahead, which was rammed by the engine piloted by Patter son. 0 Blamed Patterson The interstate commerce comI mission, which investigated the i fatal crash, had recently returned a verdict blaming Patterson and the dead fireman. McConkey, tor the crash, stating that they allow'ed their engine to "run through” a red block signal. Local county authorities had (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) LOCAL PUPILS WIN CONTEST St. Joe Grade Students Win District Contest Here Sunday Decatur contestants were victor-1 ious in the district public speaking contest held *in the Catholic, school here Sunday afternoon. Oth;er participants were from the i Monroeville and Besancon Catholic i grade schools. The Decatur representatives were Leo Braun, eighth grade, and Jean Schultz, seveuth grade. They won the right to represent the school in a contest two weeks ago. Speakers from Besacon were: I Herman Bowers and Mary Gerar-! dot. Those from Monroeville were James Vorol and Elizabeth Rider. A fair-sized crowd heard the contest Sunday afternoon. Judges were C. E. Striker, county superintendent of schools; J. Walter Krick, city superintendent of schools, and Miss Grace Coffee,' English teacher in the Decatur schools. Mr. Braun and Miss Schulte were presented with bronze medals Sunday. Next Sunday afternoon the Fort Wayne deanery contest will be held in Fort Wayne. The district winners here will compete against winners in other districts. The winners will be presented with gold medals. o Women Os Moose To Sponsor Public Party The Women of the Mooee will sponsor a public (benefit party at the Moose home Friday at 8 p. m. Tickets, priced at 25 cents, will entitle the (purchaser to 15 games ot entertainment. IHome made pie, ice cream and coftee will be sold. Proceeds from the party will be used by the chapter in local social service work and to aid In work at Mooseheart. The local chapter now has eight children at Mooseheart. - -O ————— Rotarians To Hear Dr. Charles Houser Dr. Charles M. Houser of the Plymouth Congregational church al Fort Wayne, will be the speaker at the weekly meeting of the Decatur Rotary club Thursday evening- Dr. Houser will sipeak on ‘‘Challenge ot Youth." Cal E. Peterson will be chairman of the program.

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Monday, April 26, 1937.

4, — — Marriage License “Strike” Ends As | Two Are Issued On the seventh day of his so-call-:ed sit-down strike, Dan Cupid finally resumed work with his trusty i bow and arrow Saturday afternoon, , with the result that two marriage I licenses were Issued In the county I clerk's office. Herbert Lehrman. Decatur farmer and MJss Julia Krueckeberg local store employe, first ones to. ■break the extended strike. The other license was issued to | Mearl M. Faust, Toledo musician and Luella M. Smith. Wapakoneta, Ohio beauty operator. GOTTSCHALK ON POLICY VIEWS State Welfare Head Outlines Policies Os Department A statement of policies has been received by the Adams county welfare department from Thurman A. Gottschalk, new administrator of ' the Indiana state department of welfare, and former resident and state senator from Berne. Mr. Gottschalk's statement is: "ludiana has been justly proud !of its progressive laws and leadership in matters concerning highways, schools and taxation. It also can be proud of having one of the nation's best public welfare laws. We have the mechanics with which to do the job; now it is up to us to do it. “It is my ambition to make Indiana the standard of comparison in the field of public welfare. To do this will require the closest cooperation between the state department, local boards, and all other groups interested in welfare work. “We must not forget that we are public officials, working for the people of the state of Indiana. Our ; success or failure will rest largely on public opinion. We must acquaint the public with the importance of our program and also re- ! member that high service in pub- ' lie welfare knows bo class, politics, ior race. “At the outset, I am impressed with the lack of trained persons to assume leadership in this im--1 portant social program and trust more young people will visualize I the opportunities in the field of I social service and become interested in our Indiana program. ' “Ours is a work of service and in this work we sincerely solicit the advice and assistance of the 1 many groups of public-minded citij zens whose aims are directed to . the care of those who, through mis- ! fortune or from conditions over which they had no control, need our guidance and support." At a recent meeting of the Ad(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) O Geneva Woman Suffers Fractured Left Hip Mrs. Elizabeth Butcher. 73, of Geneva, was admitted to the Adams county memorial hospital Saturday night after she had sustained a fractured left hip in a fall at her home. Her condition today was described as “fair, considering her age” by the attending physician. o MRS. FICKLE BURIED TODAY Mrs. Maranda Fickle Died Saturday At Home Os Daughter Mrs. Manda Fickle, 81, died Saturday at the home of her son-in-law and daughter, Rev. and Mrs. C. W. Moore, at Craigvl'le, after an illness' of seven weeks from complications. Born In Tippecanoe county on March 20, 1856, Mrs. Frickle was a daughter of Harvey and Catherine Funk McClary. Her marriage to Samuel G. Frickle took place in Tippecanoe county on Dec. 4, 1879. He died on Jan. 22, 1937. She had made her home in Craigville the past seven months. Surviving are three children. Miss Minnie P Fickle, of Indianapolis; Mrs. Nellie M. Davis, of Lafayette; and Mrs. C. W. Moore, at whose home she died; and one brother, Byron McClary, of Frankfort. One daughter, Mrs. Allie M. Elliott, Is deceased. The funeral cortege left at 9 o’clock this morning for the Jefferson U. B. church, near Franklin, where funeral services were held at 1:30, with the Rev. G. V. Regenos officiating- Burial was made In the Jefferson cemetery.

SUPHEME COURT AGREES TU RULE ON PENSION LAW High Court To Rule On Pension Law Before Adjournment Washington, April 26 (L’P) — The supreme court today agreed to rule upon the constitutionality of 5 the new deal's far reaching social security old age pension plan, and a | decision on the issue was expected I before the court brings adjournment about June 1. The court announcement that it ' would Jiear the old age pension test came In response to an urgent appeal by the government. The first circuit court of appeals at Boston 10 days ago declared the old age (portion of the act to be unconstitutional. This decision was appealed by the government to the . supreme court in record time. The announcement came after ; the tribunal had presented several ' important dcisions. including one reversing the conviction of Angelo (Herndon, negro communist organizer sentenced to an 18 to 20 year prison term on Charges of violating a Georgia reconstruction days statute. . I The court by a 5 to 4 decision , in which Justice Owen J. Roberts . again joined witli the so called i liberals, held that the Georgia stati ■ ute was "merely a dragnet” in which anyone agitating for change in government might be trapped, and held the law to be “so vague , and indeterminate” that it violated . the freedom of speech and liberties guaranteed by the 14th amendment . to the constitution. , The Hendron case was remanded 1 to the Georgia court for the proper . technical action to free Herndon of ( charges. Herndon has been at lib- ■ erty under bond awaiting the out- ' come of the supreme court appeal. The supreme court decision to - hear the old age (pension case was - expected to insure ruling thia (CONTINUED ON PAG» »K| iBACCALAUREATE j SERVICES HELD Held Sunday Night; First Graduation Exercises Tonight >; A capacity audience attended • the baccalaureate services of the • ■ Monmouth graduating class, held I, at the Zion Lutheran church here Sunday night. The service was held by the Rev. Paul Schultz, pastor of the church, who spoke on the theme, “the Value ot our Exercises in Godliness for this Life and the ( J Life to Come.” I Selections were given by the ,! church choir, under the direction of Mrs. Karl Krudop and a solo I was sung by Miss Ward. The al1 tar of the church was beautifully decorated with floral gifts. I Baccalaureate services were also held in the respective com- | munities for the graduating classes of the Kirkland, Monroe, and j Jefferson schools. First Class Tonight The first graduation exercises I will be held tonight at the Kirk1 land school, in Kirkland township, when a class of 15 seniors i will hear Dr. Charles M. Houser, i of the Fort Wayne Plymouth Con- . gregational church, deliver the I commencement address. Jefferson will hold exercises Tuesday night, Pleasant Mills Wednesday night, Monroe on Thursday and Monmouth and Hartford on Friday and Saturday I nights, respectively. j David Hogg, former Fort Wayne i congressman, will be the speaker at Pleasant Mills. Dr. Houser wili speak at all other commence- | ments. o Middlebury Youth Is Arrested Here Robert W. Elliot. 22, of Middlebury, Ohio, was arrested laat night by Sheriff Dallas Brown and lodg- . ed in the Adame county jail. Elliot is charged with Issuing a check at the Sutton JeweJry store on March 24 without having any , I funds in the bank. Tt is alleged that he withdrew hie entire deposit earlier on the day he issued the worthless check. He was expected to be arraigned before Mayor (Arthur R. Holthouso In city court late this afternoon. , Meanwhile, he was being held in | the local jail awaiting arraignment. i The cheek was written for $lO.

Roosevelt Intervenes To Halt , Threatened Strike Os 25,000 Railroad Employes In East

I PLEAS GREENLEE APPOINTED TO FEDERAL POST Former Secretary To McNutt Named On Coal ® Commission Washington, Apr. 26 — (U.R) President Roosevelt today nominated seven men to serve on the national bituminoue coal commission. The seven members of the com- ' mission, all to serve four year terms, and the interests they represent will be: 1 C. F. Hosford. Jr., Pennsylvania, producers. C. E. Smith. W. Va.. the public. Percy Tetlow, Ohio, miners. John ('. Lewis. lowa, miners. Thomas S. Haymond. Kentucky, producers. Pleag E Greenlee, Indiana, the public. Walter H. Maloney, Missouri. I • the public. Hosford. Smith. Tetlow, and Maloney had been members of the national bituminous coal commis- • sion set up under the Guffey bill ofttlawed by the U. S. supreme court. Hosford served the old board as chairman. The president also named John Carson, secretary to the late Sen. . Couzens, Mich., to serve as con- ■ sutner’s counsel on the board. President Signs Washington, Apr. 26 — <U.R) — President Roosevelt today approv- , ed the Guffey-Vinson coal bill ! through which congress —by fixing ! coal prices—seeks to rescue the . bituminous industry from a com- > petitive situation which has ad- ( versely affected operators and miners alike. The measure re-enacts pricefixing provisions of the original . Guffey-Snider bill of 1935 which I created a “little NRA" in the coal ', industry and which was declared j unconstitutional by the supreme I court. It does not include the invalidated wage and working hour provisions of the original law, but is expected to aid 400,000 miners indirectly by stabilizing the industry and increasing mine revenues which in turn will be made available to be paid out in wages. The measure establishes a federal bituminous coal commission and it was announced that the president will send to the senate later today the names of his nominees for this group. The original act provided for collective bargaining and establishing of minimum wages and hours in the coal industry. The court thrust aside these provisions. however, claiming that congress had no power to regulate labor in intra-state industries. The new act provides for region(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o TOWNSEND GLUD ORGANIZED HERE Townsend Old-Age Pension Club Is Organized Here Saturday A club known as the "Decatur Townsend Chap. One,” was organized at the city ball Saturday night, in a meeting attended by more than a score ot persons interested in the Townsend old age plan. The club was opened in this city by Chester W. Keen, district organizer for the clubs. The next meeting, at which time the organization of the club will be completed, will be held in the city hall Saturday night at 7:30 o'clock. An invitation to al' men and women of Decatur and community has been extended Literature and pamphlets pertaining to the activities and interests of the club have been distributed and copies left there, which may be had by calling for them. Sympathizers with the Townsend plan are asked to meet at the hall next Saturday. _o WEATHER Cloudy tonight and Tuesday, probably occasional showers; continued cool.

I Federal Appointee ■ 'J IBi 'am

Pleas Greenlee. Shelbyville, former secretary to ex-governor Paul V McNutt, today was nominated by President Roosevelt to serve on the seven-member national coal commission.

HARTFORD HIGH LEADS CONTEST Hartford Wins Major Honors In County Scholarship Tests Hartford township high school carried away the largest honors in the annual county school scholarship contest held at the Decatur high school Saturday. Eleven first places and nine second places went to students of the Hartford school, as did two third places. Geneva was next in line with three firsts, five seconds and five thirds. Other schools finished as follows: Monmouth, no firsts, one second and three thirds; Monroe, two firsts, two seconds and. four thirds; Jefferson, one first, four seconds and two thirds; Kirkland, three firsts, one second and three thirds; Pleasant Mills, one first, one second and two thirds. Hilma Studler, of Hartford, was the outstanding entry, placing first in both typing and solid geometry. James Glendenning. of Geneva, wan a first and a second. Floyd Lugenbill, Jefferson and James Garboden. of Hartford both won two seconds; Elois Amstutz. Hartford, won a second and a third and Marilyn Augsburger of Geneva won a first and a third. These were the only two place winners. Letter “A”s, symbolic of Adams county were awarded to all winners ot the first two places in each subject. In event of ties, which occurred frequently, letters were given each contestant. English 89 Robert Leslie Mann. Monroe, 190; Majesta Faye Baumgartner, Hartford, 187; Clifton Gerber, Geneva, 171. (Possible score 357.) English 10 James Glendening, Hartford, 225; Floyd Luginbill. Jefferson, 212; Edith Haibegger, Monroe, 206. (Possible score 357). English 11 Dorothy Adler, Kirkland. 246; Louise Lehman, Geneva, 243; LeRoy Schwartz, Monroe, 220. (Possible score 357.) English 12 Arveda Neuenschwander, Gene(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) _____o Auto Is Slightly Damaged By Fire Dale Moses, well known dairyman living north of Decatur, performed a gocJ deed early Sunday morning, alt: ough he might have been a few minutes late ou his milk route. Mr. Moses was driving his truck west on Marshal! street and noticed smoke coming from Ralph Gentia' automobile, which was parked in the Gentis driveway. He aroused the Gentis family and neighbors and assisted in putting out the fire. The upholstering on the back seat burned. The windows ot the car were closed and kept the fire from bursting Into flames. About two hours later the fire in the seat cushion blazed anew and Mr. Gentis was called and extinguished it. A spark from a cigarette was blamed for the damage. The fire department was not called.

Price Two Cents.

President To Name Board To Investigate Labor Controversy Threatening Eight Railways. ACTION REQUESTED (By United Press) President Roosevelt today ap pointed a three-man board to investigate the labor controversy which had threatened a strike of 25.000 employes of eight eastern rail lines. The emergency action was taken after the Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express and Station Employes, postponed for another two days the strike which had been scheduled for noon. Under the law no strike may be called for at least 30 days after the fact-finding board reports to the president. Violence was feared at the main plant of Parke Davis & Co., in Detroit, and 400 police armed with riot equipment surrounded the factory. The labor disturbance began at 8 a. m. when workers guarded the gates and told other employes a strike was in progress. in Auburn, Me., Justice Ha»ry Manser of state supreme court ruled that commissaries and soup kitchens may remain open to feed 2,000 shoe strikers. Attorneys for manufacturers had asked the court to close the commissaries. Nat- . ional guardsmen continued to patrol the region. In New Haven, Conn., Janies H. Rand, Jr., president of RemingtonRand, inc., and Pearl Gergoff, head ed not guilty to charges of violator a strike breaking agency, pleading the law against interstate transportation of strikebreakers. Three labor controversies held the center of interest on the west coast. At Banning. Calif., the ecmakit* tee for industrial organization clashed with the American Federation of Labor over which organization should represent 1,000 aqueduct workers at Parker dam. At Oakland, Calif., the United Automobile Workers Union, a CIO affiliate, claimed a victory in its campaign to organize the Ford Motor company, after gaining concessions at the Richmond assembly plant. At Stockton, Calif., three labor groups — State Federatio nos Labor, Ctockton Canery Workers union, and Modesto Cannery Workers union —all claimed the right to represent workers in arbitrating a dispute in the canning factories which caused a riot last week. the newly organized American Labor League, in Detroit, began its attack on the CIO, expressing hope it would be able to hold the balance of power between the CCIO., and the A. F. of L. The U. A. W., meanwhile sought to extend its drive to represent all automobile workers. In Pittsburgh, the CIO clashed with the A. F. of L., in the campaign to organize workers in the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Co. plant. There was a possibility of an employe election to determine which organization (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) LOIS GILLIOM BADLY INJURED Former Berne Young Lady Injured In Auto Accident Saturday Miss Lois Gilliom, 24, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. O. F. Gilliom, of Berne, is confined in the St. Joseph hospital in Mishawaka in a serious condition, following an auto accident near there Saturday afternoon. Miss Gilliom sustained a severe head injury, a crushed nose and a badly lacerated lip when the car she was driving veered out of control and struck a telephone pole. Miss Margaret Schenck, of near Monroe, who was with the Berne lady at the time of the crash, escaped unhurt. Both ladies are teachers in the Mishawaka schools The two ladies were enroute home for the weekend when the accident occurred, three miles > east of Mishawaka on road No. 2. While Miss Gilllom’s condition is ( serious it is thought that she will recover.