Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 107, Decatur, Adams County, 5 May 1937 — Page 1

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feDEL STATES [ioV. HOFFMAN I KNEW OF PLOT ( 'Di Lindri;h ( rime Tells Os ■ Activities ■X" - N •’ May 5 ' UR> ■W, ... til" kidnap IKJL V (rial "I Ellis H Parker H^K ar /,n th" Lindbergh baby N Harold Huffman. ■ *Xh- lais" confession. alfor.vd •>>' ~,r- : ■!•■ basis on which Holl hard murderer Charles A. | Slaton;- load" to him. ■Keflel ->"l ■’> i'arlmr. rural deBtriWe a:>d Hi" long fiend of the ■lorCicr's. 3 Ad" testified that he was io K JL<- i'er tie Feeble-minded a' "lieu i’arker Kg Mu and said: Hoffman wants to get ■ . a new trial. Gov. must be vice president K>fXl'mt.d States. I want you i von th" kidnaper of the baby. That will set to j police and show how the t was really committed. ■You’' ' got H> make the courts of look ridiculous. reason for Parker's state- j ■ iBMt Wendei said, was a demand j KyWendri that a repudiation of ■fteialse confession be given to * Kidel added that Parker told Ebta lat a copy of the confession > the governor's hands and ■ “If pm don't do as 1 want you to nail you as the Lindbergh said I’arker told him that h ■vestigation was made of s story of kidnaping in " York City and subsequent | ■ “because Gov. Hoffman | would not permit it.” I Al another time, according to Parker said that “no loa* will hurt me as long as HoffI man is governor and Howard I WDN’TINURD ON PAGE FIVE) B — .. -

MraE* — 4 TRAFFIC LIGHT I TO BE CHANGED ■ — 1 Signal Light At Five I joints To Be Placed | On Corners ■ center signa’ traffic light in Point crossing at Mercer Second, Adams and Winwill be removed and kghte erected, it was ordby the board of public works safety and approved by the in session last evening. I engineer's survey of the locathe lights has already been ■ ’® e a: ’d approved. The individual ■ 4 ‘'ghts " i! - control traffic on etr.'.-i and Mercer avenue ■ r^ fc '” l ”' 1 >!!>-<i separate from qB- and Winchester streets. will be the approved gr as used in cities and will be under the direction of M Ki-i ■ ' ,sl| l ,, 'rintendent of the department and Ralph civil works commissioner. B M-y** ’''cction of overhead street at Fourteenth and Madison and Indiana and North Sev■Hß streets, was also approved. Kcouncil rejected the offer ■ ■•ary j. Niblick and Jesse J. Nib- ■ tA* 0 se " ti ' x ' ots t 0 l^ e < * t> f°' !■" 1 ll( ‘ lots adjoin those owned 1 i I ' ily ’ east ot tlle Pe,llls > lvu - railroad tracks and bordering u ’'th Seventh street. letter from the Erie railroad » to pay its ehare for the ■ of the Franks sewer south part of the city, was 1 he construction of the newer, ■ 1 ' n ’ade with WPA labor, was K over io the street and sewer • in conjunction with the 888 l engineer. 9^B $ street and sewer committee £ the completion of the Ira K a 't ee wer in the south part of and the Charles Arnold sewer Monroe street. The curb ■ Bb'NTINUEn ON PAGE TWO) . t o gWlinian Child Released Today BU>hert Lewis Wulliman, seven- ► 01(1 son of Mr. and Mrs. Or B ■ "ulllman. of Berne, who susa skull injury last week 8 jW n J 1 ® tell from his bed, was re- ! ?sr from the 'Adams county mejf ■ la l hospital today.

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Back in America I Jflh - .fjfc, < I ■ - , . iw ri ~ A MBH Pickford] This latest picture of Mary Pick ‘ | ford, screen actress, was taken in New York as she returned to the I U. S. following her European tour i I .Miss Pickford will wed Buddy Rogers, screen actor and orches j tra conductor, "sometime late in | June.” TO LET BIDS ~ | FOR DREDGING Bids For Wabash River Dredge Will Be Opened May 29 Attorneys here have not been instructed to take apy action against the order to let contracts for the Wabash river dredging, it was ►earned today. Homer Tee-tens, appointed by Special Judge Henry Kister hero 1 a few years ago as drainage commissioner. has made the announceI inent that bids for the construction i of the project will be taken in Portland, May 29. The specificaions call for excava- ' tions by drag line machinery of 924, (257 culyc yards of earth and the blasting of 7,375 cubic yards of I stone. Sealed bids will be received | up until the hour of Jetting. Commissioner Teeters estimates I that the general contract will be let under SIOO,OOO or 75 per cent of the i estimated costs. Contractors from ! several states are expected to bid. Wonk will .probably be begun as ’ soon as the contracts are let. It is probable that CCC and WPA worki ers will be used to clear the right- ; of-vvay in swampy and low land underbrush. The .project extends for 17 miles i in Mercer county. Ohio, Jay, Adams and Wells counties in Indiana. The project was ordered complet- ’ ed by Judge Kister a few weeks ago I after he ruled an act passed by the (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) ANNIVERSARY IS OBSERVED Local Priests Attend Observance Os Sunday Visitor Founding The Rev. Father Joseph J. SelmI etz. pastor, and the Rev. Father ! John Tracy, assistant pastor, of ( the St. Mary's Catholic church here, attended the 25th anniverI sary observance of the founding i of "Our Sunday Visitor” of Hunt- ' fngton. which is now one of t.m ( most widely circulated Catholic publications. His excellency, the Rt. Rev. J. ]F. Noll, Bishop of Fort Wayne, i and the founder of this Catholic weekly, opened the day’s festivities with a Pontifical high mass at | the St. Mary’s church, in Huntington. More than 100 members of the diocesan clergy were in attend- | ance, and. at noon, were given a dinner at Victory Noll, the Home of the Missionary Catechists, who I are supported by this paper. Father Dillon, pastor of the St. Mary's Huntington Catholic church was the toastmaster for the occasion. The Rt. Rev. Msgr. Conroy I was the speaker for the dioceasan j clergy. The Rt. Rev. Bishop Noll | responded.

MINOR RIOTS REPORTED IN FILM STRIKE CIO Promises Aid To Strikers In Hollywood Film Industry Hollywood, May 5 iU.R) A ser- i les of minor disturbances occurred today when picketing was resumed at in major studios by striking members of the federation of mo- , lion picture crafts who have ac i I cepted the support of the commit-1 tee for industrial organization In I their dispute. At the Metro Goldwyn Mayer studio two laborers. James Farlow, 22. and Robert T Miller. 22. were arrested on charges of dis . lurbing the peace. Culver Cit)4 I officers said the men became angered at the jeers of pickets 1 and started making the rounds of picket lines challenging the strik i ers to fight. A block from the Paramount studio several men attacked Iwo painters but both assailants and victims fled when studio police approached. Charles E. Lessing, strike lead j er, said that the offer of the CIO j to send steel, automobile and rubher workers into the picket lines 1 around the studios had been ac-1 (cepted. The offer had been made; by John Brophy, CIO national di- ' ( rector, who announced that labor ( should support this strike regard . less of affiliation. The F.P.M.C. is I linked with the American federa-1 tion of labor. Both strikers and non-striking | workmen were aroused after a i raid on the headquarters of the I international alliance of theatrical stage employes last night. Six ( men were carried to a hospital I badly beaten and several others were out and bruised. Strike leaders have charged the . I. A. T. S. E . to which cameramen ; and projectionists belong, with furnishing strike-breakers to the studios. The I.A.T.S.E. also Is an I A. F. of L. affiliate. Work continued on all. 50 movie sets where pictures are under production. and actors passed unmolested through the picket lines. The screen actors gntlrt. a mrfoTt ’ (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) ,_ 0 — TO RAISE FUND I FOR NEW BAND Tag Day Saturday To Raise Funds To Purchase Uniforms Plans were nearly completed to- ; day for the tag day Saturday, which ' is to raise- funds to apply towards uniforms for Decatur's proponed 75 piece bandAlbert Sellemeyer. director of band -instruction in the Decatur schools, plans to merge the Deca- ’ tur girln band and the Decatur boys , band. The girls band has already] won a wide reputation as one-of the j best instructed and uniformed school musical organia-: i Mons. The boys band has just recently been organized and does not have uniforms. To provide these unii forms, in order that the bands may be combined, members of the girls band have agreed to sell tags Sat-( urday to raise funds for uniforms for the boys| Mr. Sellemeyer announced that the girls may be identified by their band uniforms, which they will ■ wear during the sale. As now planned, two or more groups from the band will play in (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) —O — Decatur Ministers Will Meet Thursday The Decatur ministerial association will meet at the Presbyterian manse Thursday morning at 9 o'clock. Final plans for the Daily Vacation lE’ible school will !be made Rev. H. W. Franklin, pastor of the j United Brethren church, is dean of the school, which will open the last I of May and continue through June. Rev. Carson At Meeting Os Deans Rev. H. R. Carson was in Fort Wayne today where he attended a meeting of the deans of the Epworth league institute, which is held annually at Epworth Forest on Lake Webster. The deans set up the tprogram and made final plans for the institute, which will be held July H-18. The meeting was held in the Y. M. C. A. building there.

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, May 5, 1937.

I. U. Alumni Banquet Here This Evening Approximately 50 persons are ex-1 I peeled to attend the Indiana university alumni banquet at the Rice hotel tonight at 7 30 o'clock, in commemoration of the university's 117th anniversary, C. E. Striker, chairman in charge stated at noon today that 35 reservations had already been made, and that quite a number more were expected. Dr. Robert Hartman, of I. U„ was 1 announced yesterday as the speaker for the event. The glee club of the , Central school, with Mrs. Harry Wj Thompson and Miss Helen Haubobl will furnish the musical part of the j program. BARCELONA IS SCENE OF RIOT THIS MORNING Heavy Casualties Reported As Anarchists Stage Revolt By Louis Keemle (United Press Cable Editor) An incipient revolt in Barcelona I complicated the Spanish clivl war ■ today. Percolating through the drastic censorship came reports of 1 hundreds of casualties in Spain's largest city as anarchist extrem- | ists fought with the more moder- ' ate leftists which support the I Catalonian government. Actual Catalonian military aid 1 1 so the Madrid government fight- I ' ing the rightist insurgents has ; Ijeen lukewarm, hut Valencia, temporary capital of the loyalists, j j feared that a civil war within a i civil war would jeopardize future ' | help from the Catalonians. Border advices, however, indicated that the revolt had been I checked and the Catalan government had the situation under control. Britain and France were concerned for the safety of their subjects and interests in Catalonia. Britain sent warships to stand by and the French consul was reported to have asked for the lauding of marines to protect ; the consulate. In the war between the Madrid forces and the insurgents, the. loyalists struck hard on six fronts I around Madrid. with some sue j cess, advices from the capital | I said. The fighting revealed for the i first time the presence in the war I of foreign troops of another nation i —Portugal. A dispatch from St. Jean De Luz | | said an Argentine observer re- ' ported 180 of a group of 600 Italians had been killed in action because of poor tactics by their officers. The Basque loyalists defending Bilbao claimed to have forced the insurgents back at Tmorbieta, 12 ' miles southeast of Bilbao. o Decatur Nurse Has Major Operation Mine Elva Anspaugh, member of ‘the Adams county memorial hospi-; tai nursing etaft underwent a ma- ] i jor operation on her right arm at; ! the St. Joseph hospital -in Fort; Wayne this morn'.ng. She is reported to be recovering nicely. POPPY DAY TO BE OBSERVED Poppy Day Will Be Observed In This City Saturday, May 22 Poppy Day will be observed in Decatur and Adams county Saturday, May 22, Mrs. Zelma Roop, chairman of the poppy commStee of Adams Post No. 43, American ; Legion auxiliary announced today. Extensive preparations forthe 1 observance of the day are being planned. Memorial poppies to be worn in honor of the World War dead and to raise funds for the welfare of disabled veterans and needy families of the dead and disabled vets, will be distributed throughout the city. The flowers have been ordered I from the Marion hospital, where they have been made by disabled soldiers. "Poppy Day is the day of personal tribute to the men who gave their lives in the nation’s defense,” Mrs. Roop stated today, in announcing the event." On that day everyone can show that they still remember and honor the sacrifices of those who lose their lives In the war. “The auxiliary will not ask a (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) I

ASK NUISANCE J BE DECLARED Objection Filed With Council Against Dust From Factory Objection against the dust from the Krick-'fynuuil tile factory and a request that “the city declare it a nuisance and injurious to health,' was made by Mrs. Oren Schultz, 72(» Elm street, at the city council meeting last evening. Mrs. Schultz stated that a petition was filed with the council several months ago. She stated that the dust was doing damage to her property and that it was injurious to health. No action has ever been taken ( declaring the condition a nuisance. Tlie Krick-Tyndall company was ( notified of the complaints filed and a copy of a letter written by Dr. | R. E. Daniels, city health officer, i was mailed to them. A letter from the company, ad- ’ dressed to the “Board of Works and Common Council, was read to Mrs. Schultz, following a discuss-] ion of the matter. The letter reads: “You have discussed with us, dust complaints from residents in this locality. "Realizing the necessity of giving this serious consideration, we employed a consulting engineer, Mr. Ellsworth P. Ogden, Columbus, < Ohio. He spent three months at our plant and made several recommendations which have been partially carried out and which have helped the problem. "We have tried to operate the grinding plant only on days when ' the wind was favorable to our neighbors, until all recommendations could be carried out. Due to I very unfavorable weather condi- ] tions to gather clay, our storage has been depleted and we have been forced to run this part of the plant when conditions were unfavorable to neighbors. "Please be assured that this will receive our constant attention until corrected. “Yours very truly, “The Krick-Tyndall Co., "By V. M. Kii k.” I State Board Letter A letter received by city attor- ■ ney John M. DeVoss, last Septem (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) O BUY EASEMENTS ON HIGHWAY 27 — Right Os Wav On Road 27 South Os City To Be Widened W. H. Rinedolt and Georgs Walker of the right-of-way department of the state highway comiirission are here to secure necessary easements on highway 27 between here and a ipoint just west of Monroe, j the intersection of highway 124, for ( the improvement of which a conI tract will be let next month. The 1 road w-11l be widened to 20 feet the entire distance and at intersect ions the right-of-way will be as much as ] 100 feet. i The job will be known as federal I aid project. 299 section A and is a part of the 1938 program, the work to start JJuly 1. At the intersection of 124 there will be corner cuts and the road for some distance each side will be 100 feet. From there north a distance of three quarters I of a n>:le, the right-of-way will be 180 feet. At the south end of the | Geimer farm the easements are 80 I feet and the approach into Decatur between the Geimer and Johnson | farms will be 100 feet. Work of securing the easements will begin this morning and Mr. Rinedolt and Mrs. Walker believe they can comlpete their work this week. The state is buying these I easements on their regular scale of SBO per acre plus 40 cents a rod 1 for moving the fences and any dam- ] ages that may accrue. The new ; pavement will be a resurfacing of Kentucky Rock similar to the road between the Monroe corner and Berne. o —— Assessor’s Office Is Closed Today The office of County Assessor , Ernest Worthman was closed today, while Mr. Worthman was In the southern part of the county making appraisals of personal (property and 1 real estate for .inheritance tax. WEATHER Generally fair tonight and Thursday except showers extreme southeast early tonight; somewhat cooler central and notheast portions tonight; not so cool Thurs- ( day afternoon.

DENHARDTJURY IS UNABLE TO ' REACH VERDICT Kentucky Murder Jury Continues Deliberations Today New Castle. Ky. May 5. —(UP) — | Jurors trying to decide whether Brig. Gen- Henry IH. Denhardt murdered his sweetheart filed into the courtroom today and filed right out again. Sheepishly they told Judge Charles ; C. Marshall that they had not yet reached a verdict, 10 hours anq 45 minutes after they began deliberations last night. "Get right bank In there,” the judge ordered. "Who told you to come in here?” "Somebody said you wanted to see us, Judge." a juror responded. “Well, 1 don’t,” the Judge snapp- ! ed. The jurors turned about and walked the 10 paces back to the bare room in which they have been conferring. While they deliberated this morning counsel for Denhardt sought unsuccessfully to have the jury dlsI missed and testimony which tended I to show that the general had fired I a revolver excluded. The motion to dismiss the jury was based on Judge Charles C. Marshall's failure to admonish the 11 farmers and a tradesman before they resumed deliberations this morning. Both motions were overruled. The jury stole a march on the judge, spectators and newspapermen by rising before dawn and returning to their chamber in the old court house at 5:30 a. m. Judge Marshall had sent them to their hotel shortly before midnight last night with instructions to return at 9 a. m. 'But farm folk like these weatherbronzzed men are accustomed to early rising and they trooped through a downpour to the court- ( house while Denhirt still slept in , I his damp cel. Defense lawyers contended judge Marshal) should have instructed the ( jury before each session. The second motion was based on the defense contention that pariffin tests are unreliable as evidence of whether someone had fired ; a revolver. In overruling the paraffin test ] ' motion. Judge Marshall recalled to defense lawyer W. Clarke Otte that ] detective sergeant John 1. Messmer of Louisville, who made the (paraffin tests, had testified that previous experiments had shown that they were useful for at least four days after firing of a gun and that other experts had testified that washing does not necessarily re((CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) _______o Accident Victim Is Improving Steadily The condition of Mrs. Catherine Rison, of Fort Wayne, who has been confined in the Adams county hospital since Saturday, April 17,! when she was injured in an auto accident here, was reported to be steadily .imiproving by the attending physician today- Mrs. Rison, whose ( husband and brother both succumb-, ed from injuries sustained in the' wreck suffered a double compound fracture of both legs. o ALL OFFICERS ARE REELECTED ■ Country Conservation Club Re-Elects All Officers L, R. (Rudy) Myer, of north of I Decatur, has been re-elected president of the county conservation club for a one-year term. Mr. Myer served during the past term. Ed Zwick, incumbent vice-president, was also re-elected as was W. E. Uffelman. secretaryother officers who were elected by the organization, include Christ Knipstein as club delegate to the county conservation convention and Theodore Klein as alternate. Lawrence Bultemeier was named chairman of the game distribution [ committee. Announcement of the election of the officers was made following the Monday night meeting at the St. John's school, north of this city. Plans were also made at the meeting for the annual club picnic,! to be held at the St. John's grove on May 23. Complete iplans for the pic-1 nic will be announced later.

Pulitzer Winner ® I I * W / ffl Climaxing the signal honors and sensational success won by Margaret Mitchell for her novel of the south during the Civil war, her literary achievement was further recognized by the Pulitzer committee in awarding her $i,C-JO for the "most distinguished" novel of 1936. "Gone With the Wind." W. BUY BROWN TALKSTOCLUB Speaks To Lions Club On Duties Os County Welfare Board "The old age assistance theory is not new," W. Guy Brown, local high school principal and president of the Adams county welfare board, told the members of the Lions club in their weekly meeting last night in a clarifying description of the activities of the board and qualifications of the applicants. “Old age assistance is and has been in effect in numerous foreign ] countries since 1906, including Deni mark. Germany, England and several others," he stated. Mr. Brown opened his address I by describing the change from the ' old board of charities to the modern welfare board set-up. "The board is composed of five members, who work without compen- ! sation,” he stated, "paid Anployes include the welfare director, an ] investigator and a clerk. “There are two ways of aged ; persons receiving assistance. It | may be received later in life by the young people of today under the social security law. This is done by right, or making the receiver entitled to it, since he has paid the money in. "The other method is by concession, i. e., the aged person who can qualify,” he said. "Listing the qualifications he stated that a person must be 70 years of age (next year it will be reduced to 65), must be a resident here in five out of the last nine years, must be a citizen of the United States, must i not have any children or relatives able to support the applicant and in the event property is owned, the applicant must be able to prove no income is received from it (a lien on the property must also be signed to the board.)” He j stated that a rigid investigation is i conducted by the board to learn ' all of these facts. The board determines the applicant’s earning capacity. S3O Maximum “Under the budget for the county, S3O is the maximum which can ]be paid to any one person,” he stated. Os this amount the county pays one-fifth and the state and federal governments combine to i assume the other four-fifths. “The i average pension in Indiana is $15.10 and in the county, $15.85,” (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) 0 Band Box Review Presented Tuesday The Band Box Review, sponeored ' by the Decatur high school band ] and featuring the Decatur class of Whitey Playmakers, was presented I at the high school auditorium Tuesday evening. The girl’s band under the direction of Albert Sellemeyer played preceding the program and during intermission The kindergarten class and junior A’s gave clever speeches and skits. i A comedy drama was given entitled "The Ghost of a Freshman" followed by Lntermission acts concluded by the Louisiana Mardi Gras. Miss Betty Jane Toole’s class gave a dance number. The dramatic I direction of the entertainment was under the guidance of Mrs. Virginia | Withey. Miss Marjorie Miller was | the piano accompanist.

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WEDDING PLANS DISCUSSED BY DUKE, WALLIS ‘ Royal Family Agrees To Marriage Settlement For Wallis Monts, France, May 5 —(UP) — The Duke of Windsor and Mrs. Wallis Simpson have decided to spend their honeymoon in the southern Austrian mountains It was announced today. The official announcement qn their behalf was made by Herman L. Dogers. .spokesman for Met. Simpson and her host while she was at Cannes. Rogers said that the marriage preparations were proceeting "satisfactorily." Monts, France, May 5. —<U.R) — Wedding plans and a marriage settlement were disclosed at the Chateau de Caude today where the Duke of Windsor and Mrs. Wallis Simpson were reunited after their five months’ separation. It was understood that the duke w’as advised by telephone from London that the royal family agreed to provide a $500,000 marriage settlement for Mrs. Simpson, the income to be hers for lifd should anything happen to the duke. The family agreed also, it was reported, that the duke could apply $75,000 a year to Mrs. Simpson's maintenance —to be taken from his inheritance from his great grand mother Queen Victoria —in event that he died first. Herman L. Rogers, spokesman for the duke and Mrs. Simpson, confirmed th;, there should be no announcement of the engagement to marry or of marriage plans until after the coronation of the duke's brother successor, King George VI, May 12. He said that the duke would remain at the chateau for at least ten days and hinted that he would stay longer. This was in answer to reports that the duke might move to another chateau, on the other side of Tours, after a few day’s visit here. Asked if he had noticed an engagement ring wbich the duke was reported to have brought to Mrs. Simpson from Austria, Rogers said, “no, because she hasn’t any.” Another report ho characterized as “asinine.” This was one circulated abroad that the duke and Mrs. Simpson had quarreled because she wanted to live in the United States and he wanted to live in Austria. "It's silly gossip and wholly unfounded," Rogers said. After spending some time telephoning, the duke arranged for a walk in the chateau park with Mrs. Simpson and invited her to golf on the private course this afternoon. By telephone and in their letters, the duke and the American born woman for whom he gave up the British throne had decided tentatively to marry during the week beginning May 24, and most probably on May 26, exactly two weeks after the coronation of the duke’s brother-successor. King George VI, at London. Points to be settled were first the exact day of the wedding, secondly whether it shall be held in the great library of the Chateau (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) CITY OFFICIALS TO INDIANAPOLIS Officials Appear Before Public Service Commission Mayor A. A. Hoithouee, city attorney John DeVoes and members of the city counicl went to Indianapolis this morning to aippear before the Indiana Public Service commission. A tentative echedu'e of electric ' power ratee and a minor revision of (schedule applying to stores and busines s houses will be submitted to the commission and apiproval . sought. [ It is likely that the entire electric ■ load at the Central Soya and Ceni tral Sugar companies will be added ■ to the city lines, in addition to a million more kilowatts requested iby ■ the General Electric company this ’ year. A rate tructure is (being de- ■ signed for this industrial load, one . of the largest used in a city the size i of Decatur in the country. Other matters will be taken up i by the city officials before the pubi lie service Commission and an opin« i ion obtained on rural light construction.