Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 111, Decatur, Adams County, 10 May 1937 — Page 1

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;fc WITNESS :®ZEP PROBE 1 i{oM " (ia, ‘ i :h,er Scene Os Tragedy Ar Uik.-huwt. i . , Ki’' a. : "' 1 llHluy in .. dirii’l'i.. Hindenburg th- ’• 'bat diri«H . ■ ' . "i Thursday th" landtit r at the end of .. > ioard. |^Hi r rope* touch . 1b,.-".I.hill! tn I. S flKtn "" >sl ; b.voMl possibility that \ -park touched off \ JI Which 35 persons died - "t that th s was unlikein, with ground Quickly dim \ the static.'' he said. bo-t w tnesn before Kg • ■ di-pai " the 1 t'daill w tit ol ■1 tense, unphrases that might ■L.iiiiip from a naval manual. lent pauses behis story of the "incident" that overtook the «,,s the dirishe poked her way out of sky. tlie quick burst of . trom her topside, us light as she burst aMfel and sank to the wet earth ' a tiling paxsen Bl: aping f <>ni her cabins. pointed out to the in to questions, that seen dng which could of the lire. Th* nerniai!.", lie said. : - burst of flam--<i ntop of the ship" he said tii" spread forward and B f " 11 '" theory that backfire from caused escaping '<_,drc the ship to explode was mensaid he eaw noth■ptist Brotherhood I I Will Meet Tuesday men's brotherhood of the |f7y st church will meet at the Tuesday evening at 7:30 o - ■“*W- Roy Johnson will be chairthe meeting. liiis-ni ss session will be which new officers will and the brotherhood will whether to continue durin.; months. V W» Rev. Luke Martin of th.’h Street United Brethren will be the speaker of the Kj ’*• R a! Ph Kenworthy will ■ ■ charge of tlvy music. S. E. Rev. 11. j. Aspy will have lunch will be served a* ■“kylose of the meeting. WIN MILLER I BUYS BAKERY I V mer Local Baker Pur- ■ chases Shop In Van Wert, Ohio Miller, for years engaged hte father. Charlee Miller, in I y* firm known as the Miller’s . B ery In this city, announced toW ltle Purchase of a shop in Van mV" Ohio. new firm formerly the Manwill be known an the Wert Bakery, Mr. Miller stated. 1111 h* s wife will assume ownerof the new firm on Tuesday, couple will make their reeid_W at Jig Main street in that city, bakery is also located on Main ■ et downtown. Miller who has been ill for ■* r t al months, is again on active !n {tse new shop, Welcome bakery in this city formerly known as the Miller’s BB* ry ' M r - Miller and his father out recently to the new firm. |

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MOVIE STRIKE LEADERS CALL FOR PICKETING I Striking Technicians Ask Nation-Wide Picketing Os Theaters , Hollywood. May 10 'U.R) — Striking movie technicians today i culled for nation wide picketing of theaters and threatened to "turn the heal" on any actors who cross ; ed their picket lines at the nine i major studios. i Strikers were Infuriated at the ; failure of the powerful scieen ac tors guild to Join them. The guild, whose stars are I among the highest-salaried work ers in the world, called off Its strike plans at the annual meet , Ing last night, when producers grant *d its demands for a prefer i -nllal guild shop and better paj for extras and bit players. Under the new arrangement movie producers still may hire any actors they like, but the actors must Join the guild before they go to work. The guild had voted to strike unless the demands were met by Sunday night. Technicians, who i 1 went out a week ago. hop-*d that lan actors strike would paralyze the industry and they could all i negotiate together with the producer*. ‘‘l've learned never to depend on an actor,” Charles Lessing i leader of the striking craftsmen, said. “it was a sellout. The heat is on today. I’ll break every star who passes through a picket line I’ll show them they have to have : the backing of the labor move ment before they can be a star" “Unless we get an answer from the producers by noon today we’ll 1 call a nationwide theater boycott Well concentrate it in the Indus (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) ' | o EDWARD KNAVEL DIES SUDDENLY Decatur Man Dies Early i Sunday Morning Os Heart Disease R. Edward Knave!. 64, a well known Decatur resident, died at his ; home on We-st Indiana street Sup- . day morning at 5 o’clock suddenly lof a heart dieeaee- The cause of .; death was angina pectoris, according to County Coroner Robert W‘'ck ‘ He was a life-long resident of Adams county and was born in VVaalij ington townhip May 15, 18<2, the I son of Henry and Sarah Jane Kn?- ■ vel. He was recently employed as a J laborer by the WPA. Surviving are a brother John. . j and a sister, Mre. Mary Hahn, both I of Decatur, and a half-brother. HowHard Lowden, of Sturgis. Michigan. Funeral services will be he.d I Tuesday at 1:30 P- nt., in the Zwick Funeral home. The Rev. C. M. Prugh will officiate at the services ■ Burial will be made in the Ray Cent[©tery, west of MonroeII ~ ~ ® City Trucks Assist In Clean-Up Drive City trucks today began the free collection of tin cans and rubbish, part of the annua! eervice to the public at house cleaning time. This is also the last iphaee of the ciw.c improvement campaign, sponsored by the Decatur Junior Chamber of Commerce. Ralph Roop, civil works commissioner, asked today that citizens cooperate by placing the tin cans and I rubbish in containers where they may 'be easily reached by employes of the street department. I Toy Scouts Saturday collected more than 600 pounds of paper and magazines. The Scouts sold these to the Maier Hide and Fur company and the proceeds will be used for Scout activities. .— —o Falls Asleep, Rams Into Rear Os Auto I Drivers of two cars escaped with fell asleep driving 55 miles an hoc SJ on ® " a lone-half miles east of Both cars were being driven west. The front end of the Coyle car an the rear end of the Urick automoj bile were damaged.

Government Launches Hindenburg Crash Probe r■~ 7 - w i w l 3 MBS 5 a w/ 1 K Hfu— _ JI These three men have been named by Secretary of Commerce Roper to make the official investigation of the explosion on the Hindenburg. Germany’s giant dirigible, which took the lives of thirty-three persons. Left to right they are: South Trimble. Jr., solicitor of the Department of Commerce; Denis Mulligan, chief of the regulations and enforcement division of the Bureau of Air Commerce, and Major R. W. Schroeder, assistant director of the Bureau of Air Commerce.

BAND UNIFORM PURCHASE SURE Nearly $l5O Raised Saturday To Buy Boys’ Band Uniforms Tue purchase of uniforms for the newly formed Decatur boys' band was assured today with the inuouncement that the "tag day" ' vas successfully conducted Saturday. Albert Sellemeyer. director and leader of the band movement I stated today. Mr. Sellemeyer stated that ap | proximately $l5O was raised by the members of the orgjgpizstion in their tag day sale. Members of the baud, with their leader, expressed a vote of appreciation to the citizens of the city and county, who so generously contributed to the fund. which enabled them to make the pur•hase. The band also expiessed thanks to the Decatur Lions club for a SSO contribution toward the purchase. A feature of tag day was the German band, led by Jesse Rice, local hotel proprietor, who moved from store to store with the band. With Miss Virginia Lee Kithnle presenting a Dutch tap dance, the band, attired in full costume, including wooden shoes, aided in raising the needed funds by playing in front of local stores. Mr. Sellemeyer stated today that with the funds raised from tag day, the Lions donation and the proceeds expected from the presentation of a play Friday night, which will be given by Central school students. enough money was assured to buy the (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) HARRY S.NEW DIES SUNDAY Former Postmaster General Dies Sunday Night Os Pneumonia Baltimore, Md., May 10 (U.R) Harry S. New. 78, postmaster gen- ■ ral under Presidents Harding and Coolidge and former U. S. senator from Indiana, died of pneumonia last night in Johns Hopkins hospital. New had been confined to the hospital for the last two weeks. His condition had been serious and leached a crisis early today. Mrs. New and Col. and Mrs. Parker Hitt, family friends, were in the hospital when he died. New was ciosely’ connected with Indiana political history for half a century. He was associated for 25 years with the old Indianapolis Journal, owned by his father, John S. New. He entered the senate in 1917, serving until 1923 when he was appointed to the Harding cabinet. He continued as postmaster gen eral through the Coolidge administration. Funeral arrangements have not been completed. New will be buried in Crown Hill cemetery, Indianapolis, close to the grave of his long-time friend, James Whitcomb Riley, poet.

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Decatur, Indiana, Monday, May 10, 1937.

Helen Haubold Named As Province Officer Word was received here today that Miss Helen Haubold of this city has been appointed province officer of the Tri Kappa sorority for district eight, including Decatur and 14 other chapters Notification of the appointment was made by Miss Rosalie Irwin, of Frankfort, who was elected I grand president of the sorority at the convention held recently l’i Indianapolis. Miss Haubold's duties will be to inspect the 15 chapters In his dis trict. She will also be presiding officer at the province convention to be held next summer. GRAND RAPIDS STRIKE CALLED 700 Employes Os Two Furniture Factories Out On Strike Grand Rapids, Mich., May 10. — <U.R>-Approximately 70*1 employes of two furniture factories walked "out or plants today demanding a 40 hour week, wage increases and recognition of their CIO union. The strike constituted the first major labor trouble in this furniture capitol of the country in 26 years. Plants of the Robert W. Irwin Co., and the Macey Company were closed as a result of the walkout. About 550 furniture workers struck at the former company and 150 at Macey's. Harry Spencer, organizer for the ■ committee for industrial organization. said the workers were de- ' manding a shorter work week and wages of 40 cents for women and i 50 cents for men in the unskilled . brackets. The workers also seek ' minimum wages of 75 cents per I hour tor skilled workers. I It was understood the Irwin II company, one of the major furniture builders of the city, had agreed to a 40-hour week but announced thata change would necessitate two work shifts. The union ■ objected to this and the walkout resulted. There were no disorders as the employes filed out of the plants. Picket lines were established as union leaders sought conferences with the managements. Spencer said the CIO represented 85 per cent of the employes of both companies. ' Strikes last beset Grand Rapids in 1911. > o ' Hitch Develops In Operation Os Club An organization of Decatur busi iness who had planned to lease • the golf links at the Decatur coun- • try club today, announced this as- . ternoon that in all probability they would take no further action. It was reported this afternoon also that Roy Brunson would again [ operate the course, with John Vail of Fort Wayne as the pro. A part of the grounds, Including - 128.25 acres of land on both sides of the road, a part of the links in- : eluding five holes, was sold at i sheriff’s sale Friday to Conrad Gillig, for $6,630. Mr. Gilllg originalt ly sold this property to the Coun- • try Club management and retained a mortgage on the land.

WILL INSTALL WOMEN'S CLUB — Business And Professional Women’s Club To Be Installed Wednesday The Decatur chapter of the business and professional women's i club will be installed Wednesday evening in special ceremonies at i the local Masonic home at 6:30 o'clock. Twenty members of the Fort Wayne chapter will attend, as well as a delegation from Portland. The Fort Wayne delegation will conduct the installation. Miss Mariah I Ingham, past president of the state federation and a member of the 11 Fort Wayne Central high school . | faculty, will be the chief speaker i of the evening. State notables who are to at i tend, include Miss Jennie Rae Hersch of Portland, state membership chairman and Mrs. Eva Boyer Shook of Fort Wayne, district director. The local officers to be installed i are: president, Miss Mathilda SelleI meyer; first vice-president, Vivian i Burk: second vice-president, Mrs. I Thelma Fagle; treasurer, Mary McKean; recording secretary, t Grace Lichtensteiger and corres- ■ ponding secretary, Winona Everi ett. The following were named on i the various committees: reception, s Agnes Yager. Vivian Burk and . Mrs. Iva Stuckey: decoration, : Florence Marie Bierly and Mrs. : Stuckey; reservation, Berniece Nelson and Mary McKean; pro- ) gram, Vivian Burk. # The following ladies are charter ■ members of the new organization: I Mathilda Sellemeyer, Grace Licht I (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) PLAN STUDY OF l SECURITY ACT 1 Advisory Council To Study Proposed Dras- * trie Revisions 1 Washington, May 10—(U.R) —The ’ social security board and the senate finance committee today an- • nounoed creation of an advisory t council to study proposed drastic revisions of the social security 1 act. The council will consider eight suggested changes, including abandonment of the $47,000,000,000 reserve fund which has been atI tacked by Sen. Arthur H. Vandenberg, R., Mich.; extending old-age benefits to workers not now cov- ( ered, possible decrease in payroll taxes in later years from the schedule as it was stands, and in- , creasing monthly benefits during the early years of the program. , The special council, comprising , six representatives of employes, I six of employers, and 12 of the public, was named today bj’ Sen. , Pat Harrison, D., Miss., chairman i of the senate finance committee, and Arthur J, Altmeyer, chalrt man of the social security board. The action is an outgrowth of a committee' hearing Feb. 22 and the Vandenberg resolution for investigation of possible changes in the (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

Merrill, Lambie Complete First Neu) York To London Flight Os I Season After Battling Storms

LOYAL TROOPS DRIVE REBELS BACK AT BILBAO Fierce Battle Is Being Waged To Save City From Capture Bilbao, Spain, May 10 —(UP)— Loyalist infantry captured three i strategic hillu on the Mt. Solluve j sector of the Bilboa front today, | torcing the rebel troops to retreat ! after heavy sighing. At noon a tierce battle was raging I for poeseesion of the main heights i of Mt. Solluve to save Bilboa from 1 the rebel onslaught. The Basque forces at 11 a- m. reported their capture of hill no 492. dispatches from the front lines a moment later reported their capture of hills nos. 672 and 673, with ' the counter attack proceeding. The ' rebel was making “strong resistance,” army dispatches said. , The loyalist advance followed ! through preparations by the defend- ■ ing troops durin gthe night and they went “over the top” at dawn with Mt. Solluve their major objective in the operations. Artillery units laid down a stiff barage at Dawn, opening a sector in the coastal foothills. The infantry pushed through under the artili lery curtain of fire. They first took hill no 492 and then. Basque and the Santander forces joining, the Loyalists stormed an drecaptured the other two (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) ROOSEVELT TO MEET LEADERS President To Confer With Leaders On Legislative Program ‘ Washington, May 10. — (U.R) — President Roosevelt will meet with ' his legislative leaders this week ■ in conferences which may revitalize a congress which is confused ' and uncertain what to do next. Congress and the President are ’ in their annual springtime dispute over what is best for the country. 1 But disagreement this year is on • a wider front than in Mr. Roose--1 velt’s first term. The President • and his legislative leaders appear ■ to be agreed on general principles ' but not otherwise on pending bills. Returning from his fishing vacation, Mr. Roosevelt will find a senate judiciary committee determined by a 10 to-8 margin to reject ’ the bill to add six justices to the Supreme Court. Secretary of Treasury Henry Morgenthau, Jr., will report that the national debt has gone over $35,000,000,000 and beyond the peak limit tentatively fixed by the president last January. He will find business uniformly good but no appreciable dent made in the relief load of the past 18 » months. His securities advisers will report comparative good luck in checking the early spring stock market rise which they and the president considered dangerous. > Here are some of the issues on • which the President and his lead- • ers must soon devise a legislative ’ program if congress is to substi- ’ tute regular work for a four ' months series of intermittent session: 1. Whether and in what form to I consider wages and hours legisla--1 tion. 2. How much shall economy be . (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o i Berne Resident Is Fined At Fort Wayne ' Robert Kerr, 72-year-old Berne resident, received a jail sentence ' i.i Fort Wayne city court Saturday • when he was found guilty of driv- ’ ing while intoxicated. Kerr was arrested Saturday by 1 Sheriff Herman Hoile at Clinton ’ and Superior streets in that city and arraigned before City Judge William H. Schannen. 1 He was fined sls and sentenced ’ to spend 30 days in the Allen county jail by Judge Schannen. His ’ license to drive an auto was also revoked for one year.

LONDON IS SET FOR CORONATION OF KING GEORGE Celebrations Will Come To Climax With Coronation Wednesday London, May 10—(UP) — King George and Queen Elizabeth paid a surprise visit to Westminster Abbey today for the full dress rehearsal of Wednesday’s coronation, and I were almost mobbed by a cheering ! throng outside the Abbey. Police were caught unaware because their majesties gave them no notice of their intentions. The | crowds broke through the inade-l quate cordons, swarming around the royal automobile for several minutes before they were pushed back London. May 10 —(U.R) -Corona tion week opened today with showers and a bus strike and a determination of millions of people to celebrate fittingly, coma what might, the biggest set event on the British calendar. Representatives of an empire that covers one-fourth the world, envoys from 53 world nations, tourists from neatly as many and the visitors from the British provinces joined Londoners in defying the weather to do its worst, and lending their own color to an occasion which makes plain as nothing else does that kings may come and go, but the kingdom goes on forever. Celebrations will reach their climax Wednesday when King George VI is crowned at Westminster Abbey, along with his consort. Queen Elizabeth. But todav the empire capital had been turned over to the celebrants and there was little to lie seen of the city’s normal bustling attention to business. Princes and princesses, Indian potentates, women who rode about the streets in gorgeous limousines with frosted windows so that they might not be disgraced by having ordinary people see them; soldiers from dominions, colonies, protectorates: African chiefs, some in flowing gai'y colored robes, on a in European dress hut with a big feather fly swatter; the tourists and visitors and ordinary Londoners filled the streets which were decorated for miles with flags, streamers, and loyal mottoes. The official program of a celebration that really will continue for weeks opens tonight with a state banquet at Buckingham Palace for 450 guests of the king and queen. It will be a full dress affair. James W. Gerard and Gen John J. Pershing, of the American delegation, may wear, respectively, their new knee pants and general Grant uniform. But cases, public houses, theatres. movies, and the streets (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o CLUB PLANNING ANNUAL PICNIC Country Conservation Club To Hold Picnic May 23 The Country Conservation club will hold its third annual picnic Sunday, May 23, at the St. John’s grove on U. S. highway 27, seven miles north of Decatur. The picnic will be held throughout the afternoon and evening. The feature address of the day's entertainment will be delivered by Ira Nelson of the Indiana conservation department. Mr. Nelson will speak at 2 o’clock. Trap and rifle shooting, bowling, horseshoes, various types of games and entertainment will be provided for the public throughout the entire day. As a special feature for members only, a coon chase will also be held. Music during the day will be furnished by the State School band of Fort Wayne. o WEATHER Fair tonight and Tuesday, not so cool central and north portions tonight, somewhat warranter Tuesday

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Land At Croydon Airport In London To Complete First Ocean Flight Os Present Year. BACK THURSDAY London, May 10- (UR)— Henry T. (Dick) Merrill and 'ohn 8. tumble, co-ptiot, completed the season's first flight irom New York to London today when they landed at Corydon airport at 6:39 p. m. (11:30 a. m. CST) after a I Inlet halt at Northweald, Essex, | about 20 miles northeast of Loudon. By the stop at Northwee'd, Mer- | rill just barely missed setting the | record of being the first aviator to make a non-stop flight from j New York to London. In the I misty weather, he overshot CroyI don and came down at Northweald for bearings. Merrill reported bad weather most of the way across the Atlantic, accounting for his delay in arriving, which caused momentary anxiety among airport officials. Merrill made a radio broadcast immediately on landing at Croydon. describing the trip. “We are very glad to be here.” Merrill said. “We had terribly rough weather all of the way, rain and storms.” "Are you tired?” he was asked. “Yes, it was a bad trip.” he replied. "I guess I am ready to eat now. We hope to start back to New York on Thursday.” Co-pilot Lambie said the plane had averaged about 160 miles an hour on the trip across the ocean. The two fliers left immediately for London from Croydon. Merrill and Lambie took off from F.loyj Bennett field. New York City, at 2:36 p. m. CST yesterday. promising their friends that they would return or Thurs(lOONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) MOVIE STAR IS HELD AS DRUNK Richard Dix Booked On Drunk Charge; Tried To Fight Cops Hollywood, Maj 10. —(U.R)—Police said Richard Dix, veteran movie star, was arrested on a charge of drunkenness early today after offering to fight two policemen. Officers William Crowder and C. T. Kemp reported that the actor was sitting in his parked automobile in an allegedly intoxicated condition. Dix jumped out, tore off his coat, and offered to fight, they said. He was persuaded to yield without a battle and was taken to the Hollywood sub-station and placed in a cell. Police said he would be removed to the main jail later for appearance in municipal court on a charge of violating the city's drunk ordinance. Dix gave his age as 43. said he was born in Minnesota and had been in Hollywood 20 yars. “I had a few drinks,” officers quoted him as saying, “but not ! enough to be arrested.” 0 Enrollment Opens In 4-H Club Here Enrollment in the Decatur 4-H club opened today. All young persons desirous of enrolling are asked to see Mise Mildred Worthman, Decatur, high school teacher. o FARM RESIDENCE IS DESTROYED BY FIRE Five-Room Residence Near Monroe Is Completely Destroyed By Fire Sunday Afternoon Fire completely destroyed a fiveroom frame residence near Monroe . Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock. The structure, owned by William Mitchell, and occupied by i Gimas Gutrero and family, was totally destroyed although some of the household goods were saved. ‘ Gutrero and his family were I away from home at the time of the I fire, which was discovered by Ed Neadstlne. The blaze is thought to have started from an overheated stove, which the family had left burning when they left the house. Mr. Mitchell, the owner, estimated the total loss at $1,500 to $2,000.