Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 112, Decatur, Adams County, 11 May 1937 — Page 1

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Former Local Man Warned By Police Fort Wayne, .May 11.—A 30-year-' 'old filling station worker who came here from Decatur recently was grilled by police early Sunday after he was charged with attempt ing to lure a 14-year-old girl into his automobile on Wells street near the bridge. The motorists who said that, they observed the girl being annoyed, followed the former Decatur man ito the corner of Main and Broadway, forcing him to stop. They called police. The offender was released upon the promise to refrain from further annoyances. The girl, police said, run into a residence after the driver called to her several times. o— FRED SCHULTE HEADS PICNIC Schulte Is Named General Chairman Os Annual St. Mary’s Picnic Plans for the annual St. Mary's parish picnic to ‘be held Sunday June 13, were furthered last night in the regular meeting of the Deca-. fur Holy Name society, held in the local Knights of Columbus hall. The Rev. Joseph J. Seimetz, i church pastor, spoke to the mem--1 bers relative to the ipicn'.c, and anpounced the appointment of Fred | Schulte as general chairman of the event. Francis Costello also delivered i a short and interesting address re- ' yarding the event, urging the united upport of the body in an effort i to make it the largest in the history i of the church. Jared J. Keed delivered an address, explaining the Notre Dame I retreat, which is held annually the I first week in August at Notre Dame. , Decatur has always been represented at the retreat with a large dele-, . gationAppointed Secretary Leonard Meyer was ejected sec-retary-treasurer of the organization j to succeed the Rev. Joeenh J. Hen- ; nee, who was- recently transferred 1 to Fort Wayne. During the meeting, the Decatur Catholic high school quartet, under r i the sponsorship of the entertainment committee, sang several selections. The quartet is composed of Edward Heimann, Lewis Wol- ! pert, Joseph Tricker and Leo AlI herding. Members of the society will reI ceive Holy Communion next Sun- ■ day at the church. o — — Pythian Sisters To Hold Rummage Sale The Pythian Sisters will hold a i rummage sale at the Knights of ! Pythias lodge home next Saturday, May 15, starting at 8:30 o'clock in i the morning. All Pythian Sisters. 1 who have goods for the sale, are asked to call Mrs. Giles Porter. , —o— Kennel License Blanks Received County Assessor Ernest Worthman state dtoday that app’ication | blanks for dog kennel licenses have been received and ®’d persons desiring the same are to call either at his office or that of the county auditor to fill out the b'anks. Any Committed In the assessment are asked to call at once. — -o — REPORT CLASH OVER WEDDING Royal Family, Government Clash Over Duke’s Wedding (Copyright 1937 by UP.) London, May 11.—|(U.R> “ A between the royal family and government has broken out behin the scenes at the height of the coronation festivities over the wedding of Mrs. Wallis Warfield and the Duke of Windsor, the Unit-' ed Press was informed today. The roval family wishes to be officially'represented at the wedding but the government has advised ag ai " st ' any member being present, officially or otherwise. As soon as Mrs. Warfields divorce became final, it was understood, the royal family as a Whole decided to be represented at the marriage, and the Duke and Ditchi ess of Kent were designated. But the government was dismayed the glare of publicity given o Mrs. Warfield's decree absolute ’ and the reunion at Cande castle ' j in England and the empire, despi < . | (.CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) I

KING PLEDGES TO CARRY ON FATHER’S WORK King George VI To Be Crowned King Os Empire Wednesday (Copyright 1937 by United Press) I London, May 11 qj.R) —King I George VI, In his first speech of : (coronation week, pledged himself today to carry on hfk father's I | work "for the welfare of our great I ' empire,” and in doing so ignored ; the lt) l a month feign of his ; brother, the Duke of Windsor. Grouped before the king at ; Buckingham palace were the I prime ministers of the dominions | and representatives of the colon-I ies and of India. They presented i to him their loyal addresses as king of the individual dominions. ' I of the colonies, and as emperor of ! I India. The king was dressed in plain morning clothes instead of the , gorgeous robes he will wear to- i morrow at his coronation. He referred to himself as head i of a great family and said: “Today I stand on the threshold of a new life. Heavy are the re- | sponsibilities that have so sud- : denly and unexpectedly come upon me. But it gives me courage i to know that 1 can count on your i unfailing help and affection. "For my part 1 shall do my ut- j' most to carry on my father's work 11 for the welfare of our great ent- 1 1 pire. "Today the world is harassed 1 with perplexity and fear. In this . family of nations, linked by ties I alike flexible and firm, we have I inherited from our fathers a great tradition of liberity and service. 1 “1 am confident that whatever | life may bring us we shall con-1 tinue to work together to preserve this noble heritage so we may ! hand it on unimpaired to those that come after." The king's speech was eloquent of the attitude at this coronation toward the man who left his; throne, his people, and his coun-, try for "the woman I love.” ' As if he had never been, his I ! brother-successor passed over the ! Duke of Windsor's brief, troublous reign today and got no nearer to I him than his reference to "the re-1 sponsibilities that have so sudden- | (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) I o HOSPITAL NOT TO MARK DAI — Local Hospital Unable To Observe National Hospital Day Due to the crowded condition and ' tlie very serious illnes<s of two or thres- .patients at the Adams county memorial ho&pitai. the personnel of the institution will be unable to I observe national hospital day, Wednesday, with an open house. “This is a very real disappoint- ' mept.” said the hospital officials who had anticipated showing visiti ore through and explaining the new equipment recently installed. We hope that in the very near future ■ an open house may be arranged," they said. National hospital day is an annual event in the United States to com-1 memorate the birth of Florence Nightengale, who elevated and developed the art of nursing and whoee untiring efforts had much to do with the establishment of the modern hospital system throughout the civilized wor.'d. I-ast year one-fifth of the nations papulation entered hospitals as .patients, The average patient stayed 13 days. Os the children born in the United States last year, 38 per cent j were born in hospitals. in a statement issued today the ! Indiana state medical association said: “Under ordinary circum- | stances a hospital is the last place ■ a person deires to go, but it is the I first place anyone should go if he I is suffering from certain diseases 'or injuries. Delay in seeing the doctor or going to a hospital causes many needless deaths each year. 0 Decatur Man Is Held On Desertion Charge Ralph H. Fugate, local young man, is being held in the local ja 1 I awaiting arraignment in the Adams circuit court on two charges. One count charges him with deaerting his wife. Alice Fugate, and the second alleges he deserted his four-months old child. He was arrested this morning by Sheriff fxllas Brown.

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Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, May 11, 1937.

As Actors Won “Guild Shop” Offer 1 > -- £ — —— ' I < Robert Montgomery Jean Hersholt Threatened walkout of 4.000 Hollywood actors and actresses was I averted when Robert Montgomery, president of the Screen Actors . Guild, announced at a mass meeting of 4.000 members that six major j, producers had agreed to accept the “guild shop" proposal. Montgomery is shown above, left, addressing the meeting Jean Hersholt. another prominent actor, appears at the right.

SHOW EXHIBITS HERE TWO DAYS Work Os Students To Be On Exhibit At Public High School Students and teachers ot the Decatur high school are busily engaged in preparing an unusual exhibit, which will be on display Thursday and Friday of this week at the high school gymnasium. Students work In home econ-i omics, art, physical training and] I industrial art will be on exhibit in the gym. The art work will Ini elude portraits, and landscapes in chalk, finger-painting, wall-hang-ings and modeling done by both! i beginning and advanced classes. Among the home economics will | be various displays of dresses and | I clothing. A dress revue will be I held Thursday night at 8-: 30 o'clock. The industrial arts exhibits will I include all kinds of furniture, and I will feature an exhibit of CaliI fornia redwood articles, made for the first time in the local schools. The physical training exhibit will be made up of various sketches and models relative to the subject. Mrs. Jeanette Holthouse, physical training instructor for the girls; Amos Ketchum, industrial | arts teacher; Miss Mildred Worthman, home economics teacher and Miss Kathryn Kaufman, art instructor, will be in charge of the I exhibits. The exhibit will be open from 2 | until 5 o’clock in the afternoons' I and from 7 to 10 in the evenings' of both Thursday and Friday. SUPPLY BILL GIVEN SLASH Committee Reports Interior Department Supply Bill Washington, May 11 —<U.R> -The house appropriations committee favorably reported today a $115,871,264 Interior department supply l bill, cut $4,741,340 below budget estimates and carrying $54,340,500 tor public works projects. Action on the bill completed the appropriation committee’s work for the session on regular departmental bills. Major measures remaining are work relief and rivers and harbors supply bills. Despite a request frofti Secre- , tary of interior Harold L. Ickes i to provide “adequate” funds for i reclamation projects to avoid waste of money already expended, ’ the committee reduced budget estimates for redammation projects by $4,150,000, recommending ]a total of $39,800,000. Public works expenditures of 1 i $6,644,500 in the Indian service, ‘ $7,500,000 in the national pork I (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

Two Indiana Lads Killed By Autos Elkhart, Ind., May 11. — (U.R) —' Robert Miller, 10. son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Miller living north of Elkhart, was killed last night when struck by an automobile as he rode his bicycle along the highway near his home. Edwin Ruhl, 17, Kissington, Mich., driver of the car. was held pending a coroner’s inquest. i Princeton, Ind., May 11. —4U.R> — Samuel Green, 11, was killed instantly last night when struck by | a National guard truck as he was ! riding his bicycle. The truck was j driven by James Bagby of Prince- ' ton. 0 ZEP VICTIMS ! BURIED TODAY Probe Is Halted While Funeral Services Are Held New York, May 11.— j(U.R> — Investigation of the Hindenburg disaster was halted temporarily today, while survivors, German diplomats, and U. S. army and navy officers prepared to attend funeral services for 23 of the 35 victims. The 23 flag-draped coffins were taken to the Hamburg-American i line pier where rites will be held lat 4 p. in. CBT. The liner HamI burg will take them to Germany I for burial. The services will be conducted by a Roman Catholic priest and I two Protestant clergymen, one of I them a Lutheran minister. A guard of honor from the Hamburg will be augmented by guards from the army, navy and coast guard. Brief eulogies will be delivered by Dr. Hans Luther, German ambassador to the United States; Dr. Hans Borchers, German consul general in New Yok; and Commander Charles E. Rosendahl, commandant of the Lakehurst naval air station. The body of Captain Ernst Leh(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) O_ Asks Cooperation In Clean-Up Drive Ra'ph Roop, civil works commissioner, today issued a plea to citizens to put tin cane and rubbish in containers in order that they may be easily picked up by city trucks, which are doing the work free ot charge this week. Mr. Roop said that the trucks are losing considerable time when attendants have to shovel the trash onto the trucks. Large quantities have already been picked up by the trucks. From the alleys in one block drivers reported that three large truck loads of trash were collected. The tin cans and rubbish are being dumped on the Mart Farm south of Decatur, the use of which has been donated to the city by Mr. Smith for the week.

LABOR GROUPS SEEK BOYCOTT OF MOVIELAND Efforts Being Made To Picket Theaters In Large Cities By United Press Labor organizations throughout I the nation were requested today ' to enlist 2,000,000 union members ! in a boycott of movies produced in Hollywood studios where mo-' tlon picture technicians are on ' strike. Efforts were underway to establish picket lines around theatres j tn industrial areas where union strength is concentrated, to be followed by boycott of exhibitors In smaller communities. Spokesmen for the nine major studios affected by the technic-. lans’ strike offered to negotiate ■ with the union as soon as the strike is called off and tile employes return to work. Movie actors and actresses meanwhile I obtained an agreement with the studios and voted not to strike. Elsewhere the labor situation was generally clear. The amalgamated clothing workers announced the signing of a contract with the Friedman-Harry Marks Clothing company of Richmond, Va., one of five concerns involved in a recent supreme court decision upholding the Wagner labor act. The department of labor induced the steel workers organization, to continue negotiations for a contract with Republic Steel corporation. Union employes have authorized the SWOC to call a strike unless contracts are signed with Republic and other independent steel producers. The mayors of Auburn and Lewiston, Me., suggested that for-1 mer Gov. Louis J. Brann act as | arbitrator in an attempt to end a | 47-day shoe workers strike. In St. Thomas. Ontario. Premier ' Mitchell Hepburn said he would order the arrest of John L. Lewis. C. 1.0. leader, “if he comes into ; Ontario and advocates lawless-; ness and bloodshed.” Plan Picketing Hollywood, May 11 — (U.R) — | Striking motion picture craft . unions set out today to enlist ' 2,000,00(1 in a nation-wide boycott . ,of Hollywood's movies within a l week. j Charles Lessing, head of the ‘ strikers’ federation, said 340,0001 men ,and women would form ' picket lines in front of theaters all over the country today. The support, he said, was com I ing from the committee for industrial organization and the International Painters' union, whose i local organization is one of the ten crafts on strike. Producers served an ultimatum on the strikers last night that they j must return to work before their demands for a preferential shop are considered. Pat Casey, labor coordinator and spokesman for producers said the nine major studios involved are “ready to negotiate whenever the strike is called off.” The call for a boycott and picketing of theaters was Lessing’s reply. He said the C. I. O. has promised the support of its 2,500.000 members. The boycott will be directed first, he said, in industrial areas where movie-go- : ers are union partisans. Cities (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o GASOLINE TAX RULE CHANGED Second Class Cities To Receive Part Os Counties’ Share Indianapolis, Ind-, May 11 —(UP) —All second class cities will receive a portion of their counties' ehare in gas tax funds. Atty. Gen. Omer Stokes Jackson ruled today, reversing a previous opinion. The reversal was made on request of William P. Cosgrove, chief examiner of the state board of accounts, to whom mayors of five i second class cities protested Jackon's first interpretation of a 1937 act revising distribution of Gasoline tax and auto license funds. In his first decision Jackson said 1 the law provided that only Lake and ', St. Joseph counties were included ' in the clause granting second class i cities one-fifth of the county share. It would have limited the benefit to South Bend and Mishawaka In St. . Joseph county and Gary, Hammond and East Chicago In Lake county. Mayors of Fort Wayne, Muncie, i (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

Rebel Artillery Bombards Madrid Again; 55 Killed

MOOSE PLAN INITIATION To Initiate Class Thursday; Charles Heare Named Secretary Members of Adams lodge 1311, la>yal Order of Moose, will hold initiation ceremonies at the local lodge home on North Second street Thursday night, when a large class of candidates will be received Into the order. The degree work will be conferri ed by the Fort Wayne lodge 200 degree team, in charge of Sherman ! Cutshall, past dictator of the organI ization. The local officers will be in i i charge of the meeting, which will cipen at 8 o'clock. A large delega- ■ tion in addition to the degree team, is expected to attend from Fort Wayne. Luncheon and refreshments will be served by the local members following the business session. All member anj candidates are urged to attend the meeting. Heare Is Secretary Charles Heare, local telephone company superintendent, today received notification of his appointment to the office of secretary in the Adams lodge 1311. Loyal Order of Moose here. Mr. Heare is to assume the office left vacant by the resignation of Ed A. Ashbaucher, who recently rei signed from the office since his ' duties with a local manufacturing [company took him out of town much l of the time. The appointment of Mr. Heare was made by Malcolm Giles, supreme secretary of the Moose, from [ his office at Mooseheart, Illinois. '[ The appointment is effective at I once. Mr. Heare served as secretary of the local Moose order for nine years ! before the term of Mr. Ashbaucher. At that time he relinquished the : office in favor of his work. o PLAN LAWS TO I CURB MONOPOLY — New Deal To Sponsor Broad Laws Designed To Curb Monopoly (Copyright 1937 by United Press) , Washington, May 11 —(UP) —The ' New Deal is planning to sponsor . broad new laws designed to curb I monopoly by maintaining comipettI tion in all industry and subjecting . industry to Federal regulation, It was learned today. I The proposed bills will be w-itli- . held until the next session of congres, reliable sourches reported. i j The delay is occasioned by a de- ! sir to test federal powers in the i government’s suit to dissolve the - aluminum company of America. < ! High officials who are closely ‘(connected with federal anui-trust activities said the fight against monopolies would probably be linked with new NRA substitutes legislation. They said, however, that present I plans call for the separation of the wage and hour provisions of NRA and its industrial regulation feature. It was reliably reported that tentative labor bills still were be- > ing held in abeyance but that some action might be taken soon after President Roosevelt's return from his fishing trip in the Gulf of Mex- , . ico. , The administration has not yet j made any .intensive study of the I- existing anti-trust laws nor have any new anti-monopoly bills been j drafted even in tentative form. In .' a letter to the president attorney f (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) | —o3 ■ Claim Against Estate \ Being Heard In Court A claim of approximately 1600 1 against the estate of Albert Mutsch--1 ler brought by Jesse Sheets is being heard today in the Adams cirJ cult court by Judge Huber M. De ■ Voss. Money is asked for labor and ■’ expenses in a farm partnership. - | o J WEATHER Showers, beginning late tonight or Wednesday; somewhat warmer tonight.

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More Than 100 Wounded In Latest Shelling Os Spanish Capital; Loyal Troops Attack. BILBAO ASKS HELP Madrid, May 11 4U.R> -Fifty-five persons were killed and 130 wounded in a seven hour artillery bombardment of Madrid today. With today’s casualties the insurgent bombardments of Madrid during the last two months have killed 850 persons and wounded 3,500, it was reported unofficially. Today's bombardment began at I a. m and continued at one minute intervals until Ila rn. An estimated 350 projectiles, ranging from three to eight inches in caliber, crashed into the capital. The cannonading emanated from rebel batteries on Mount Garabitas. west of the city, and from the Carabanchel sector, to the south. The cannonading began ripping open the homes of sleeping Madrilenos immediately after loyalist militia men had dynamited a temporary wooden bridge which the rebels had placed across the Manzanares river to effect communication between the Casa De Campo and insurgent troops isolated at University City. People began running, panic- . stricken, in all directions as soon as the first moan of a coming shell grew into a high pitched whistle and ended in an explosion which shattered windows for blocks around. About 50 shells dropped in the heart of the capital. The Gran Via, Madrid's Broadway, was again littered with bricks, mortar, and broken glass and pocked with fresh shell holes large enough to submerge a small house. Counter Attack Hendaye. F tco ■ Spanish Frontier, May 11 - J.R) —Desperate Basque troops counterattacking on a 12-mile fnr.it under cover of darkness and a blinding rainstorm, pushed back Gen. Emilio Mola's nationalist army and gave Bilbao another breathing spell, frontier dispatches reported today. The respite may not last long, however, for border radio stations heard Bilbao asking Valencia, Santander, and Gijon for more help “before it is too late." The Basque counter - attack, which military observers said would give their capital "a few more days of grace,” marked the first offensive operations of the Bilbao army since President Jose Antonio Auirre, young Catholic . lawyer, assumed direct command of all the Basque armies in the field. Gen. Lian De La li .comienda. Aguirre's Catalan military adviser, directed the actual military operations assisted by a reorganized general staff. Major Ernesto Lafuente, was the new chief of staff. Push Offensive Guernica, Basque front. May 11 — (U.R) Pushing their offensive from Solluve against the remaining heights in the hands of the Basques on the Bilbao front. General Emilio Mola’s troops today captured bald Mount Mazagas and (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) HARRY NEW IS BURIED TODAY Former Postmaster General Is Buried At Indianapolis Today Indianapolis, May 11. — (U.R) — [ Funeral services for Harry S. New, ! former postmaster general and U. . S. senator from Indiana, who died in a Baltimore hospital Sunday were held in the Central Christian church this afternoon. The body of the former Hoosier political leader was scheduled to t arrive in Indianapolis at 10:30 a.nt. Burial was in Crown Hilf cemetery l at private services attended by . relatives and close frieiifls. Soldiers from Fort Benjamin . Harrison formed an honor guard, . receiving the body at the train, and I escorted it to the church and cemetery. New was a commissioned officer in the Spanish-American war. The Indiana Republican Editorial Association, with which New (CONTINUED ON PASS SIX),