Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 105, Decatur, Adams County, 3 May 1937 — Page 1

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Pastor Returns The Rev. George S. Louier. pastor of the First E.angelical > church < f this city since May 17, I'.P'fi. was returned to the local charge at the annual conference, which closed S cday at Elkhart ASSESSORSMEET WITH WORTHMAN Trustees And Assessors Meet With County Assessor Today The last meeting until the completion of the assessing work on May 15 was held this morning ti - the township trustees, in the office of County Assessor Ernest Worthman. Mr. Worthman stated that all assessors expected to complete the assessments this week. Four of the men have a'ready completed their work. Any perons who have not been assessed are asked to immediately contact tlie respective assessor for their unit and avoid the possibility of paying the penalty. The next meeting of the assessors will be held on May 15. at which time all will be required to turn ■in tljeir hooks for binding. On May 20 the completed books i w-rtt be .sent tT> 'the efSWT Several of the assessors wi’l start on book wonk yet this week. Mr. Worthman |stated. o —- Karl Krudop, Wife District Winners Mr. and Mrs. Karl Krudop of this city, members of the Zion Lutheran church, were winners in the Indiana district annual talent quest of the Walther league of the church, held Sunday at Valparaiso. Mr. Krudop tied with Oliver Eggers of Fort Wayne in extemporaneous speaking- Mrs. Krudop was wtnn r in the contralto contest. They will compete in the international convention at Detroit July 18. Kicked By Horse, Is Seriously Hl Carl Geimer, 12-year-old son of Herman Geimer of near here, is in a serious condition at the Adams county memorial hospital as the result of being kicked by a horse. He was kicked in the abdomen. A bowel was burst and paritonitis has set in. An operation was performed Sunday morning at the hospital. DEATH CLAIMS JOHN 8. RICE Local Garage Employe Dies Saturday At County Hospital Clement Joint B. Rice. 58, Ad- ! atns county garage employe, died at the Adams county memorial hospital Saturday afternoon at 1:45 o’clock from complications. The deceased was born in, Ilnion township, November 4. 1878, the son of James M. and Mary Jane Kern Rice. He was a member of the local Moose lodge. The deceased spent his entire life in the county. Surviving are the widow. Marv ' E. Hammond-Rice; one daughter. Mrs. Cloe Winifred Miller, of Fort Wayne and one grandchild, Mary 1 Jane Miller. , , . . ! , Funeral services will be held ■ Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at I the home, 120 North Third street I and 2:30 o’clock at the First 1 Methodist church. Burial will be i made in the Decatur cemetery > The Rev. H. R- Carson will offiThe body was returned home i Sunday from the S. E. Biaek fu- ■ i neral home, and may be viewc i until time for the funeral.

REV. LOZIER ! RETURNED TO LOCAL CHURCH Rev. G. S. Lozier Is Returned To Evangelical Church The R-v. George S. Lozier, pastor of the First Evangelical church of Deeatur since May 17 of 1937, has been returned to the local charge, with announcement of pastoral assignments made Sunday at the close I of tlie 85th Indiana conference at Elkhart. Rev. Ixizier. a graduate of the Evangelical Seminary at Naperville 111-, came to the local pastorate last year from Indianapolis Broadway Evangelical church. R v. I.ozizer succeeded Rev. M. W. Sundermann, who was transferred to Celina, Ohio. Rev. Sunder-; tnann was returned to the Celina church yesterday. Other former pastors of the local church, and their charges, announced Sunday, are: Elkhart Oakland. I). O. Wise; Wabash, K. W. Loose. Rev. George C. Holston was assigned to the Linn Grove Evangel!-! cal church. E. H. Baumgartner of Berne was named a member of the quarterly conference; and Claude Weis ofBerne was named treasurer of the Indina A'lbright brotherhood. Other appointments of interest h re are: W. H. Bygrant, Avilla,! quartely conference member; J. 11. Rilling of South Bend Broadway quarterly conference member. The Rev. J. O. Mosier of Van Wert, Ohio, was elected president of the conference Saturday. Other officers are Rev- I. G. Roediger, Huntington. statistician; Rev. H. R Mueller. Indianapolis, trustee to educatioua. l institutions; Rev. B. G. Thomas, Mt. Carmel, ill., treasurer; Rev. R. W. Ixxtse, Wabash, general budget treasurer. The 1938 conference will be held at Kendallville April 26 to May 1. COMMinEE IS APPOINTED HERE Mayor Names Local Committee On Constitution Observance At the request of the United States Constitution Sesquicenten- ! nial commission. Mayor Arthur R. Holthouse has appointed a committee to serve in Decatur. The sesquicentennial of the con-1 situation is to be observed from 1937 to 1939. The President, VicePresident and speaker of the house of representatives are the commissioners of the observance. Among the five representatives from the United States senate is Senator Frederick Van Nuys of Indiana. Daniel J. Tobin of Indiana is one of the five commissioners named by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The persons appointed by Mayor Holthouse to head the local committee are: Walter J. Krick, the Rev. Father J. J. Seimetz, the Rev. George Walton, the Rev. Paul Schultz, Walter Gard, W. F. Beery, Mrs. W. Guy Brown. Mrs. Alfred Beavers, French Quinn, John L. DeVoss and Dee Fryback. In the following letter the appointments were approved: "My Dear Mayor Holthouse: “This commission thanks yon for your spirit of cooperation in ! appointing a committee for your city to carry on the local celebration of the 150th Anniversary of the Formation of the Constitution. !We will advise each member of | your committee of our plans and programs for the coming celebration. “Sol Bioom, “Director General.’’ Old Papers, Magazines Collected By Scouts Decatur Boy Scouts Saturday collected two tons of old paper and magazines in cooperation with ths civic improvement campaign being I sponsored by the Decatur Junior ! Chamber of Commerce. The collection of the rest of the 1 paper and magazines will be completed next Saturday by the 'boys. The proceeds from the sale will be used for the Scout activities. During the week beginning Monday, May 10. city trucks will ipick up tin cans and rubbish and haul it away free of charge. Civil Works commissioner Ralph Rooip has leqquested that citizens place the rubbish in boxes easily acceesable from the alleys.

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Monday, May 3, 1937.

Commissioners In Monthly Meeting The county commissioners opened their regular monthly meeting this morning in tlie court house. The most important business transacted was the allowing of claims against the county. Tuesday at 10 a. in., the board will accept bids on a new chimney at the county jail. The chimney has been made necessary by the nstal.'ation of new heating equipment at the institution. — Q j ( FLOOD DANGER WARNING GIVEN 1 Moderate Flood In South- I ern Indiana Is Forecast Today Indianapolis, May 3 — (U.R) — Warnings of a moderate flood along the lower reaches of the ' ! Wabash and White rivers was ' issued today by the United States weather bureau here after heavy week-end rains. J. H Armington, U. S. meteor-1 I ologist, said the streams may go from one to two feet above flood stage but anticipated no serious damage unless there were further 1 heavy rains in the area. He forecast occasional showers tonight and Tuesday. Armington said the west fork of Ihe White river would go above flood stage from Elliston, in Greene county, to the mouth where it empties into the Wabash .it Mt. Carmel, 111. He predicted the Wabash river would go above flood stage south of Terre Haute, probably from Vincennes to the mouth where it ■mpties into the Ohio river southwest of Evansville. Along the west fork of White river he expected the crest to reach one foot over the 19-foot , flood stage at Elliston; from 16 to 17 feet at Edwardsport, where flood stage is 15 feet, and between ' 18 and 19 feet at Petersburg and Hazleton, where the flood stage is : 16 feet. Only the lowest ground along • the rivers would be flooded at ! those stages, Armington said. Over Flood Stage Evansville. Ind.. May 3 (U.RX Swollen by recent heavy rains, the I Ohio river was expected to ex-1 ceed the flood stage of 35 feet , here today. Farmers in Union township, south of the city, worked desperately to build up a 34-foot levee protecting 9,000 acres of fertile corn land after a crest of 39 feet by Friday was predicted. The weather bureau here fore-1 cast minor floods at Owensboro and Uniontown, Ky., and New-1 i burgh and Cypress, Ind. o Newcomb Appointed Forest Supervisor — •Bedford, Ind.. May 3-IUP)— Ap- | pointment of Paul S. Newcomb as supervisor of the Indiana National forest, effective May 10, was announced today by Lyle F. Watts, regional forester. He succeeds H. - Phil Brander, supervisor of the forest near here since its creation in February, 1935. Brander was transferred to Muskegon, Mich. HOLD SUSPECT IN WIRE THEFT Itinerant Held By Police As Suspected Wire Thief ’ Herman McCollough, an itinerant . is being held .in the Adams county ’ jail here, after being arrested Sunday on suspicion of a wire theft in ■ the city. McCa'lough. who gave his address only as Michigan, was apprehended by City Policeman Ed Miller and Adrian Coffee shortly before 8 o’clock last night. He was taken from a box car on I the Pennsylvania railroad after police had learned of a quantity of ■ copper wire being unearthed near the tracks. Merlin Ross, foundry i employe, called police and told ; them of digging out about 250- or • 300 pounds of the wire when he noticed fresh dirt near the tracks. i While police were investigating • they discovered McCollough in the ibox car. He had in his possession a ! quantity of brass and other junk . as well as a pair of electrician s ■ pliers. Police believe that the wire was I taken from the city light barn i where much of the wire is stored. - McCullough protests his innocence > of the alleged theft- > He is being held pending the outcome of further investigation.

ANNUAL ROTARY I MEETING OPENS Indiana District Rotary Meeting Opens At 1 Fort Wayne The annual meeting of the Indiana district Rotary conference opened at Fort Wayne this niorn- ' Ing, with registration at the Shrine itempie. All conference sessions ( and luncheon and banquets will be v held at the Shrine and the Valencia j gardens. ( I Indianapolis is expected to make j the most serious bid for the 1938 j conference. The on'y avowed can- i didate for the position of district ; I governor is Rev. A. Elliston Cole, ' ' pastor of the Trinity Episcopal , church of Bloomington. Harrison E. Howe. Washington t I). C. chemist, and official repre- j senative of the International Rotary organization, spoke this morning t to Rotarians and their wives. , s The highlight of today’s program t ' will be tlie annual conference ban-1 i quet at 6:35 o’clock at the Valencia i Hardens, with Frank E. Herring de- i i.'ivering the address. The banquet will be followed by an informal reception, with the gov- , ' ernor’s ball opening at 9 o’clock. i I Sen. Gerald Nye of North Da- 1 I kota will provide the feature of | ( Tuesday's sessions, delivering an . address on “Peace" following the noon luncheon at the Valencia Gar- i dens. Sen . Nye’s address will be followed by a report of the election committee and introduction of the district governor nonknee. The conference will then adjourn. Local Rotarians attending today’s sessions Include: Rev. C. M. Prugh, president; Walter Gard, secretary and president-e’ect; Roscoe Glen- ' denning, treasurer; George Thomas Bryce Thomas- C. C. Pumphrey, Dr. Fred Patterson and C- E. Bell. Oth--1 ers are expected to attend the banqquet and dance this evening. DENHARDT CASE NEARING JURY Defense Attorneys Ask Verdict Os Either Murder, Suicide New Castle, Ky., May 3 —(UP) Defense counsel for Brigadier Gen- | eral Hvnry H. Denhardt, challenged [a jury of 11 farmers and a tradesi man today to confine its deliberations to deternkne whether Mrs. Verna Garr Taylor died of “Muri der or suicide.’’ Rodes K. Myens, black-haired oraj tor of the defense, threw to the 'winds an opportunity contained in the Judge Charles C. Marshall's in- ' structions which would have perI mitted the jurors to bring in a mildI I er verdict of manslaughter or acci- ' j dental death. 1 “There is no reason,” he declared ■ “For you to bring In a verdict of ' manslaughter or accidental death. 1 It's either murder or suicide.” Myers described the bald defendant formerly lieutenant governor and a veteran of politica land military wars, as a “man who .loves his friends and hates his enemies and j over whom no greater political bati tie has raged than this trial.” He charged that the commonI wealth’s eagerness to obtain a conI viction of the soldier-politician was “egged on by politics” and that de- ' tectiive sergeant John I. Messmer, one of the state's chief witnsses, eithr was inexcusably careless with important exhibits in the case or i permitted them to be tampered r with. “Take Messmer and (polities out L of this case”, he raid “and you havn’t got any case.’' i The atmosphere of the crowded [ courtroom was tense. The audience I buzzed exxcitedly as the trial mov- . ed toward a close, expected tomorrow, when the jurors probably will , begin deliberations. Court opened with Judge Mar- ’ shall’s instructions to the jury, a . technical explanation of the law of ■ the commonwealth as applied to I murder cases since Kentucky stat- . utes forbid the judge to comment on i evidence. o ; Townsend, Heller On Vacation Trip i Indianapolis, Ind., May 3 —(UP) — Gov. M. Clifford Townsend, hie son i Max. his secretary, Dick Heller, and i George Newbauer, state insurance . commissioner, left today for a vacai tion at Reelfoot. Tenn., Paul Fry, Linton, who resigned last week as ■ state excise administrator, also is at Reelfoot. 1

REV.CARSON TRANSFERRED TO ANDERSON M. E. Pastor To Be Succeeded Here By Rev. R. W. Graham The Rev. R. W- Graham, pastor of the Kendallville M. E. church, will succeed the Rev. H. R. Carson pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church here for the last three years, In one of the three changes made in Adams county M. E. pastorates by the North Indiana conference of M. E. church, which held its closing session in Anderson this morning. Rev. Carson has been transferred to the Noble street M- E. churcn in Anderson. The Rev. Wilfred B. Fallis, ipastor of the Geneva M. E. church since 1930, has been assigned to the Denver M. E. church in the Munole district. He will be succeeded by the Rev. C. M. Fawns, pastor of the Fortville, M. E. church since 1934 The Rev. Janies W. Rhine, .pastor of the Geneva M. E. church circuit, since 1934 was transferred to the Ninth Street M. E. church at Muncie. He will be replaced by the Rev. R. N. Bender. The Rev. Elbert S. Morford pastor of the Monroe M E. church since 1934, and the Rev. J. W. Reynolds, pastor of the Decatur M. E. church since 1934, and the Rev. J. W. Reynolds, pastor of the Decatur M. E. chlruch circuit, were not changed. The Rev. B. H. Franklin, pastor of the Decatur M. E. church from 1930 to 1932, and pastor of the Garrett church since, has been transferred to First M. E. church in Goshen. Rev. Graham was ordained in 1925 and 1926 he served as pastor of the Kendallville M. E. church in 1934. Rev. Carson came to Decatur in 1934 from Portland, where he had served five years as pastor of the M. E church. Previously Rev. Carson served in the following cities: Gilead. Goldsmith, Atlanta. Upland, Ixigrange and the Fort Wayne Trinity M. E. church. He was ordained in 1917. Fort Wayne District Frank E. Friibley, supervisor; Angola —N. E. Smith; Arcola, C. D. Pyle; Shaley, R. W. Blanchard: Auburn, M. C. Wright; (Auburn Circuit. to be supplied; Bluffton, J. W. Rose; Bluffton circuit, Herbert Perry; Butler, C. C. Wiechmeier; Coesse, H. W. Parks; Decatur, R. W. Graham; Decatur Circuit, J. W. Reynolds; Fort Wayne First. C. H. Smith; Forest Park, H J. Brown; Simpson, A. P. Teeter; St. Paul. C. F. Pegram; Trinity, R. J. Burns; Wayne Street, Burnes Martin; Waynedale, C. 11. Jennings; Fort Wayne circuit, to be supplied. Freemont, K. R. Thompson; Garrett. W. T. Arnold; Geneva. C. M. Fawns; Geneva circuit. R. N. Bender; Hamilton, E. L. Johnston; Harlan, to be supplied; Hoagland, L. M. Hile; Hudson, C. D. Sweeney; Huntertown, H. N. Thrasher; Leo, J. F. Lutey; Monroe; E- S. Morford; (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) COMMUNION IS HELD SUNDAY 39 Children Observe First Communion At Catholic Church Impressive and beautiful services marked the children’s first Holy Communion day at St. Mary’s Catholic church Sunday. iA class of 39 boys and girls received Holy Communion for the first time at the 7 o'clock high mass. Rev. Father Joseph Seimetz, pastor, officiating. Procession of the class, the altar boys and vested members of the boy’s choir with Father Seimetz, was made from the school building to the church. The high mass was sung by the men's and boys choir of the church. In the afternoon the children were enrolled -in the scapular and given their candles. Father Seimetz stated this morning he did not know if confirmation services would be held here this fall as the Bishop's itinerary had not yet been announced. | . o WEATHER Mostly cloudy, showers probable tonight and Tuesday except extreme southwest; not j much change in temperature.

Two Decisions By U. S. Supreme Court Favoring New Deal

To Leave Decatur _ I " l |gjU K L ft 1 The Rev. Herman R. Carson, pastor of the First M. E. church ' of this city since June of 1934, has been transferred to the Noble Street church at Anderson. He | will he succeeded heer by Rev R. I W. Graham. Kendallville pastor. THREAT OF NEW MOVIE STRIKE Actors An d Actresses Threaten To .loin Technicians —— — By United Press Labor controversy was concen- ; trated on the west coast today, j with chief interest centered on a strike in the $255,000,000 motion picture industry. High and low salaried movie actors und actresses, members of . the Screen Actors Guild. IhreatI ened to call a strike of their own after meeting to confer on a strike called by 11 technicians unions A strike of actors, however, would I be postponed for at least a week. I and the actors, meanwhile, were ! expected to walk through tech- . nicians' picket lines to go to work In San Francisco, guests in 16 hotesl were being served by managers as a result of a strike of 1,200 bellboys, waiters, busboys, kitchen help, maids and elevator operators. There was a possibility the strike, called Saturday night, would be settled by Wed nesday. A similar hotel strike in Providence, R. 1., was settled over the week-end, and 800 striking employes returned to work this morning. Through Pickets Hollywood. May 3—(U.R>—Movie stars passed through picket lines today to reach their jobs at major studios where a strike spread among technicians who design their scenes and costumes, apply ’ their makeup, handle the food and , the machinery. Strikers warned that they could ' "not guarantee protection" to actors who went through the picket lines. Actors did not take the threat seriously. Their screen actors guild is considering strike action | too, and such a development I would clinch the technicians’ attempt to paralyze the industry. ; The actors guild is friendly with the striking unions. The warning was delivered to a guild mass meeting last night where 3.500 actors decided to i withhold their strike action at ’ least a week. Charles Lessing, •representative of the 6,000 striking carftsmen, told the guild •! meeting that actors who tried to >! pass the studio gates would be i treated the same as painters or ! any other workers who ignored 1 the strike. Lessing aimed his remarks at , contract players, the higher-salar-ied stars such as Greta Garbo. , Jean Harlow, Marlene Dietrich and Bing Crosby, who rode , through picket lines Saturday in , their limousines. Lessing, was bitterly disappointed at the actors’ failure to decide last night to respect picket lines He also said he would demand i (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) I 0 Moose Pay Respects To Deceased Member Members of the local order of Moose will meet tonight at 7:30 o'clock at the lodge home, from where they will go Ln a body to the John Rice residence.

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However, High Court Again Fails To Rule On Social Security Laws; Keeps 100% Mark. UNANIMOUS VOTES Washington. May 3. —|U.R>— The Supreme Court today presented two broad opinions upholding asI pects of President Roosevelt's adI ministration m its external relaI tions — the Philippine coconut oil tax and the Litvinov agreement. I corollary of the Russian recogI nition pact. Both decisions were written by Justice George Sutherland, a member of the court's conservative group, who was absent from last Monday’s decision session. Both decisions were unanimous on their major phases. The three "liberals," Justices Harlan Stone, Louis Brandeis and Benjamin Cardozo dissented on a minor phase of the Soviet decision. The rulings left the new deal’s record at the 100 per cent mark for ffle present term. The court has not handed down a single adverse decision against administration measures since it outlawed the Guffey coal control act a year | agoThe court, in the coconut oil tax | caes, ruled not only that the tax was a valid application of the taxing power but It also upheld the I provisions whereby the funds collected under the tax of three cents per pound on the first domestic processing of Philippine coconut oil—now totalling more than $40,000.000—could be paid to the insular government for the maintenance of its operations. The processors — the Cincinnati Soap company of Dayton. 0., and Haskins Brothers and Company, soap manufacturers of Omaha. Neb. —contended that the tax was illegal because it taxed one group for the benefit of another. They also challenged the law as part of the AAA's scheme of agricultural production control. In the latter contention they relied on The court's finding that AAA was unconstitutional. In the Russian case, the United States had sued the former .banking house of August Belmont and Co. to collect a $25,000 deposit which the bank held at the time the Soviet nationalized its indusI tries. Both the New York state courts and the second circuit court of appeals held such suits could not be entertained in New York, because the nationalization of industry was contrary to the public policy of New York and the United States. The Supreme Court held that, in the field of foreign affairs, the (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o— Plan Mother’s Day Program Here Friday The U. B. Juniors will give a Mother’s day program in the United Brethren church basement Friday evening at 7 o'clock. The public is invited to attend. The program will be announced later. I. U. AIJIMNI TO MEET HERE Alumni Banquet To Be Held Here Wednesday Evening Plans for the Indiana University alumni banquet at the Rice hotel Wednesday evening in commemoration of the 117th anniversary of the school, are progressing rapidly, C. E- Striker .chairman of the event stated this morning. A’! persons planning to attend are asked to contact immediately either Mrs. I. W. Macy at the Democrat or Mrs. Ralph Yager on First street. Reservations can be made for 75 cents. The event will be in the form of a luncheon. A speaker will be sent here from the University. Striker stated that he xpects to hear from the university Tuesday in regard to the speaker. Mrs. Harry W. Thompson will be in charge of the music for the event with Miss Kathryn Kaufmann as ‘ head of the decorating committee- The complete program is ’ expected to be announced Tuesday. The local program will start at > 7:30 o’clock while the latter (part i will be taken up by listening to a nationwide broadcast.