Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 115, Decatur, Adams County, 14 May 1937 — Page 1

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MCRAT HEAD LISVANNUYS fal DEFEATED nel ■' ll •* |{,,osevvlt Hfirit Indiana; Lunch » W Dick Heller '■L aßi .,olis. May l.|. (U.R) ■j|^Br ( e • 11 T.iims A. Far m that f. S. Senator Bbli, 11 •• X I Ks IKtAi.' ■■ ■ I mi- <1 l’i.-ss la t In If .. "> .iKiJ in. di-iinite iin-|-\i: '" l,n .MS ~.., |. ii.uinn.it. <1 by ( K U ■einocrats " WrTßu making any sugges**E « t ■kinu part in the sole. B. man to defeat tail Kiley was asked. i 5 said, "and 1 will not the K'„K political discussion Krttbuit in Indiana yesterday. Clifford TownE |X i nil r Stokes Jackson, E I.W" 'aln ' hairman and al boarded the presiK>,Win at Terre Haute'and E, X him to Indianapolis. E P kK presumably they disErd 4 a'’ n.de of Indiana vot K O n ari'-iit questions. Farley was the guest of lunch at noon where Konly otic i■> present were Bow K EIW and Frank McHale, in-KtTiis.-rs of both Townsend K* (lev. Paul V. McNutt, K A&os. O'Connell, Farley s Ktativc assistant. Kator Mtev were joined by R.. Krl ■frs. former state chair-1 Kr di| present Indiana federal King £dniini<trater, and Mayor Ki Ksr of Indianapolis, who K bees mentioned as one of two KdiilaA to succeed Van Nuys. ■be other is Sam Jackson. Fort Kyne ■ryer and keynoter at the Knorrwc state convention last Kr, -hi lias formidable support ■ the Kill, rn part of the state. ■em,|it was learned, is well ■toil stitiou platform here he Ks tS to say to Farley, "there K bee# some talk in the news Kers abaut my running for some ■ce otler than mayor next year, B—Smd then someone interconservation. BjMgUter by the United Press intentions were re ■tiling running for senate. Kern ■id. “I haven't anything to say. pat's lb far oft now.” Roosevelt arrivK those who boarded the train Id chattel with him briefly were ■Her, Eder, McHale, Kern and ■nt Tomu, president of the Inter■tional Teamsters union. ■ Farley also was asked by the Baited less if his visits to Indi■a. coupled with the president’s BP to til state had any particufr lignMcame. Hastily he assert- ■ that Be was dedicating postof081 his trip two weeks ago. I* l thlßtiine he had to meet Mr. f*’? to discuss congressionand that the president ■rely Was on his way back to the I™ Townsend has been men- ■***_„■ a Possible vice-presiden ■bONTIKPEIi ON PAGE SEVEN) HIH CLAIMS W KOLDEWEY I w rjnM County Native fwes This Morning At I“W 1 11' 1 In Ft. Wayne it 4 o’clock at his home at th street, Fort Wayne, B due to complications of le lived in Union township with the exception of 12 years, when he was a if Fort Wayne. leased Is survived by the i>ielia, and the following Gerhart, at home; Mrs. [ape, Fort Wavne; Mrs. poem, New York; Mrs. Gainemeyer. Indianapolis. B and sisters surviving B Koldewey and Mrs. Emboth of Union I Mrs. Ferdinand Bleeke, 1 Grote, Miss Martha KoiId Will Koldewey, all of ne services will be held Sun■dock (EST) at the resid--2:#o at the Zion Lutheran I that city.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

KLEPPERTALKS TO ROTARIANS Cloverleaf Head Speaks To Decatur Rotary Club Thursday W. A. Klepper, general manager’ lof the Cloverleaf Cieaineriee, Inc, delivered an interesting talk on "Romance in Business." at the weekly meeting of the Decatur Rotary club Thursday evening. Mr. Klepper stressed the value jut looking for the romance in business, asserting that a man, by view- , ing his business or li-« job from 'this angle, will be enabled to derive more success, more happiness in his chosen profession, rather I making of It mere druggerv and routine. The creamery head then quoted figures to show the vast growth of the dairy industry in Decatur and surrounding territoiy. When the local creamery was 'first started, it was equipped to | churn 50 tubs of butter per day, he said. Now, Cloverleaf Creameries. Inc., sells approximately six land one-half million pounds of but- ' ter annually, with an approximate value of $2,500,000. Approximately J one million ipounds of dried butter I milk are sold annually. The Decatur plant of the creamery purchases 13 and one-half million pounds of milk annually, and the Huntington plant 16 and onehalf millions. Cheese sales approximate two million pounds, anq onefourth of a million gallons of Ice ! cream are sold each year. The total annual payroll and commissions of the creamery is $360,000. Speaking of the dairy industry in this state, Mr. Klepper stated that this state -is eighth in the nation in butter production, third in cheese. 13th in ice cream and seventh in , condensed and evaporated milk. In closing, the creamery heaq [spoke of other industries in Deca-' tur, praising them for their efforts toward growth and making this city : one of the most progressive in the nation. D. W. McMillen, Jr. of the McMillen Feed mills, was introduced ON PAGE FOUKI STUDENTS WILL PRESENT PLAY Central School Students To Give Play Here Tonight Students of the Central school will present the play. "The Antics of Andrew” tonight at 8 o’clock in i the high school auditorium, Proceeds of the play will be used toward purchasing uniforms for the , i newly organized Decatur boy’s | band. Admission will be 10 cents, ’ for children and 2d cents for adults. . i Following is the cast of charac-[ , ters: J 15 Minute Musical Program—De- . catur Girls’ Orchestra. Petunia, Andrew’s darky cook—- , Carolyn North. Andrew Browne, A senior in Cam- . eron College—Robert Hunter Jacques, 'His French butler and ' i valet—Dick Green. | Willie Waldo. His pal—Jack Por- ■ ter. I Harold Hadley, Another pal—Rob- : ert Foreman Althea Thorne, Miss Prunella’s niece—Ruth HammondJulie Boynton, Harold's sweetheart—Marjorie Gay. Betty Boynton. Willie’s sweet- ' heart—Betty Melchi, Dean Socrates Boynton, Dean pf I Cameron College —Dick Chronistei Isaac Zimmerman (Uncle Isaac), i Andrew’s millionaire ttncle from ’ New Zealand - Milvile Barber. Miss Prunella Thorne, A maiden lady in love with the dean—Kathleen Foreman. . Q'Flarity, A detective— Paul Lord ’ I (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) ' Bishop Edgar Blake Is “Resting Easily Gary, Ind., May 14 —(UP) The i Rt. Rev. Edgar Blake, Methodist ; Bishop of Michigan and Indiana, is . "resting easily” after an abdomln- . al operation yesterday, his secre-. . tary said today. Bishop Blake was . operated on at the Methodist hospi- ; tai, of which his eon, Edgar, Jr., is • superintendent. II —o— WEATHER - Cloudy, becoming fair, precedf ed by light showers extreme northeast; continued eool to- - night, light to heavy fronst - 1 north and east central portions, i Saturday generally fair, rising I temperature.

SKIRMISH AT STEEL PLANT lo® »- v Frequent skirmishes, such as that above, marked closing of the huge Jones & Loughlin steel plant at Alqiuippa, Pa. The Steel Workers’ Organizing comnyittee, an affiliate of John L. Lewis’ C. I. O . called 1 strike of 27.000 workers in Pittsburgu and Aliquippa after Jones & Laughlin, largest of the “independent" steel corporations, refused to recognize the union. Police used tear gas bombs after several persons were slightly injured when they attempted to cross the picket line.

CENTRAL SUGAR COMPANY MAKES 1 FINAL PAYMENT Beet Growers Receive Final Payment For 1 1936 Crop Checks totaling nearly $40,000 ' are being received by farmers in an area 30 miles of DeeMur, ' who grew beets for the Central Sugar company in 1930. This is the final payment and brings the total paid for the 1936 crop above a half million dol- | lais. It has been paid two months ahead of the date of July ils called for on the contracts. ! and lias been made possible by ; the growing demand for SparkI ling Crystal White sugar, the trade name of the product manufactured by the Central Sugar company. All sugar, beet pulp and molasses have been sold. The 1936 beet growers received a total of $7 019 a ton forthe 1 76,003 tons of beets sliced by the Central Sugar company. Today’s payment was .519 a ton. The first payment amounted to $5.50 a ton, I , and was paid December 15, 1936. I The second payment. March 1, i was $1 a ton. The contracts proj vided that the final payment | i should be made or on before July' ! l5 - Record Price Growers who participated in . I (he 1936 sugar beet soil conservation program will receive an ad-,' . dltional 37% cents a ton from the: government. To these farmers, it | (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) _ o

YOUTH ADMITS ! KILLING THREE Former Sunday School Teacher Confesses To i Three Murders ' 1 Hawthorne, N. Y., May 14 —|(U.R) i—A former Maquon, 111.. Sunday School teacher, arrested because a state trooper had a “hunch, | squeezed his 18-year-old girl com-’ panion's hand today and calmly identified himself as the slayer of three men. I Police announced that the youth, Lester Brockelhurst, 23, of Rock-1 ford 111., had dictated a confess-' ion of homicides in Rockford, Fort Worth, Tex., and the countryside Little Rock, Ark. He was quoted as saying that he had killed principally for mon- : ey, but that his crimes also had '; "amused and entertained” his ■black-haired sweetheart, Bernice Felton, an honor graduate of a Rockford high school, who met and fell in love with him at a Mormon Sunday School convention. Sheriff Paul Johnson of Rock- | ford was expected here today to claim custody of the young parolee. Police were informed, mean(.CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE)

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, May 14, 1937.

Patterson Funeral Services Monday Dr. and Mrs. Fred I. Patterson left for St- Louis, Mo„ this afternoon to attend the funeral of Dr. Patterson’s brother James Bruce Patterson, who dieq suddenly Thursday noon. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 o’clock Monday afternoon in St. Louis. Burial will be made in that city. Relatives from Spokane, Washington, are enroute to St. Louis to attend the funeral. Mr. Patterson, who was 45 years old last September 10, was born In Decatur and at one time was city editor of the Daily Democrat. His wife and three children survive. FRENCH, 6LRMAN MINISTERS TALK German And French Leaders Confer On European Troubles (Copyright 1937 by United Press) London, May 14 —(UP) —Joachim Von Ribbentrop, German ambassador, and French foreign minister Yvon Delbos have had a long and friendly discussion of the delicate, dangerous problems which mutually concern their two key countries, it was said on reliable authority today. The conference was the most important development politically of coronation week, which has brought many visiting diplomats to London and was expected to be the occasion for some secret efforts to better continental conditions. Delbos and other French delegates of the first magnitude including Gen. Maurice Gamelin, chief of staff of the French army and vice

president of the superior council of defense, attended a gala coronation ! reception last night at the German Embassy. It was not known whether Gen. Baron Werner Von Blomberg, Ger- | man war minister, was present. He and Gamelin are two of the greatest [soldiers of Europe. Information is that Ribbentrop I showed what guests called extreme | amiability during a friendly discussion of the French-German polit tical situation which lasted throughout the evening. At the end it was said Ribbentrop personally accompanied the French foreign minister to the embassy door on h'.s departure—an i honor which the ambassador paid to but one other guest, a personal 1 (CONTINUED ON PAGI? SEVEN) OSIO,OOO Damage Suit Venued From County Judge Huber M. DeVoss -In the Adams circuit court today sustained a motion by the defendant to venue out o fthe county the SIO,OOO damage suit brought by Sarah Durbin, administratrix of the estate of John W. Durbin, against Thomas H. IBaltzell. Mr. Durbin was killed in an automobile-truck accident at Pleasant Mills several months ago. Judge DeVoss named Allen, Jay and Wells counties as available counties so rthe venue.

DICK MERRILL PILOTS PLANE BACK TO U. S. Completes Round - Trip Flight Over Atlantic To London Qunicy, Mass, May 14 —(UP)—, Henry T (Dick) Merrill and copilot Jack Lambie, flying from London to New York, halted at Squan-' turn air base for 25 minutes today and then took off for Floyd Bennett field New York. The stopped here because of the 1 heavy weather and to check their fuel supply but continued their [ flight after a hasty meal of coffee and cake. Merrill landed at 12:40 p. m. CST after being in the air 22 hours and 27 minutes and took [ 1 off again at 1:05 p. m. CST during the brief stopover both Merrill and I Lambie were treated for headaches. Lieut J. J. Shea in charge of Squanturn aZr base was in his office listening to a radio report indicating Merrill was near Newark, N. J. [ Suddenly a plane circled twice and landed. Shea went out. A tall slender aviator clambered from the plane- ■ Where am I” lie asked. Even i then Shea did not realize who he was. It was only after he saw the words “Daily Express that he recognized Merrill. “I thought I was around Newark” How far is this from Newark, he asked, when told that he was about (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) O BRITISH SHIP BLAST PROBED Mysterious Explosion In Spanish Waters Kills Eight Valencia, Spain, May 14 — (U.R>— British and Spanish loyalist, authorities opened an investigation today of a mysterious explosion which crippled the British destroy er Hunter, killed perhaps eight of its crew and wounded 20. First reports were that the destroyer, steaming off Almeria on the southeast coast on patrol duty incident to the neutrality control, struck a mine. But unofficially, loyalist sources, insinuated a strong belief that the ship was struck by a torpedo fired by a German submarine. It was [ denied that there were any mines, anchored or floating, in the Almeria area. (The United press correspondent at Salamanca, nationalist “capiI tai," quoted sources close to the 1 nationalists as saying, “we have trustworthy information that establishes that the ’reds’ were planning to torpedo a British ship in Bilbao awters intending eventually to blame the nationalists and force British intervention in Span(CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) i

IMPROVEMENTS TO BE MADE IN J LOCAL BUILDING McConnell & Sons Plan Construction Os New Building What is expected to afford one of the biggeet improvements in D> catur’e downtown business district has been started on the corner of Monroe and Second streets, where F. M. McConnell and Sons have opened work on the construction of a new, modern building. Fred McConnell, a member of the local firm directing the work, which opened this week with the laying lof huge eteel beams that will form the foundation braces for the building.

The new building will be formed I in an angle shape extending around the present Winnes Shoe store and ’ the Sutton jewelry etore, from Monroe street north 106 feet and I then west 50 feet. i Mr. McConnell stated today that lie was anticipating the erection of a building which would house three ! new business firms, in addition to two already located in the building | block. The one store would face Monroe street and the other two Second street. All will be modern in construction and design he stated, with only stone facing covering the lower part of the display windows 1 and the upper. He also expects to remodel the fronts of the present i two stores in the same manner. 'A 16-inch wall housing the pre- i sent buildings was deemed solid, | with a few repairs necessary, thus eliminating the necessity of tearing down the o'd buildings. All will be repaired, he stated. Plans For Apartments Mr McConnell stated that he was : planning to utilize the second floor i of both the new and old structures by building modern apartments. A heating plant will be installed in the basement of the new struc- ! lure, which will afford heat for both ! the old and new parts, completing

I (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) STATE G.O.P. I FACTIONS FIGHT Ousting Os Wright May Result In Other Dismissals Indianapolis, May 14. —KU.R)—Retirement of either Ivan C. Morgan. Justin, state chairman, or Harry C. Fenton, Indianapolis, secretary, impended today at a meeting of the Republican state central com ; mittee. A showdown on the factional /strife fomenting in Indiana G. O. |'p. ranks for more than two years was scheduled to follow the sudden resignation yesterday of Burrell E. Wright, Indianapolis, party treasurer. Morgan called the meeting ostensibly to demand the resignations of Wright and Fenton, charged with bi-partisanism for their associations with leaders in the Democratic state administration. Excited conferences in the Claypool hotel party headquarters and Columbia club room of former U. S. senator James E. Watson after Wright’s resignation, however, brought the possibility that action might prove a boomerang, ousting Morgan. In order to call the meeting to oust Fenton, the chairman voted with the antl-Watson faction including the chairmen and vicechairmen of the second, third, fourth, sixth, and eighth districts, Mrs. Eleanor Snodgress, vice chairman of his own ninth district, and Mrs. Mabel Black, Greensburg, vice chairman of the tenth district. Ouster of Fenton ie possible only if Morgan can keep that group intact and preserve the slim one- ' vote margin in the 24-member central committee. Morgan became chairman for the second time lasi year in a compromise when Ralph Gates, Columfia City, fourth district chairman, (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) 0 Rev. Frosch To Deliver Sermon The Rev. M. J. Frosch, paator of the Immanuel Lutheran church near this city, will preach on “Our Mhristian Faith and Hope” at the third in a seriee of confirmation reunion servicea at the St. Paul [ Evangelical church -in Fort Wayne i Sunday, in celebration of the 105th [anniversary of the church.

End. Steel Strike; Auto Industry Is Still Unsettled

STUDENTS HEAR DICK D. HELLER Townsend’s Secretary Speaks To I. U. Democratic Club Bloomington. Ind , May 14.—Dick Heller, executive secretary to Oov-| ernor M. Clifford Townsend, gave a review of the accomplishments of the present state administration ! at the annual banquet of the Jackson Club, Indiana University. Student Democratic club last night. Mr. Heller said: “This organization, the Jackson Club of Indiana University, is rend- i I ering a great service not only to' the Democratic party but to the people of the United States and [ their government. You are de- 1 veloping leadership, and, what is l equally important, you are educat-, ing yourselves and others in gov-j ernment. “Our great leader. Franklin D. Roosevelt, said, ‘the United States still stakes Its faith in the democratic way of life. We believe in l the representative form of government. We dare not close our eyes to the fact that the only way in which that representative form of I ’ government can persist is through I an educated electorate. We need; to have meeting places for the discussion of public questions throughl out the length and breadth of the land.’ “At a time when free speech and ! assembly are being suppressed in many parts of the world, our democracy is taking a step forward by encouraging public discussion ! through such organizations as this club. “We need to arm ourselves with information on government, because, looking about us in Europe, we recall the words of Matthew Arnold, ’and we are here as on a darkling plain swept with confus-i 'ed alarms of struggle add flight | where ignorant armies clash by I ■ night.’ “Spain is in flames. Italy and. Germany are concentration camps. Russia is an armed fortress and ' other countries are on the verge iof violent upheavals. “It is up to all of us who believe in our form of government to spread the word of its accomplishI ments. We should learn the functions and duties of office holders i in local, state and national govern- . ment.

“One of my purposes in coming here tonight is to tell you what we have been doing in the statehouse since January. We were elected by overwhelming major- ■ ities in November. Our responsibility is all the heavier because of the great plurality. “As students of government and loyal Democrats, I know you will Ibe interested to know what your I present state administration, headed by Governor M. Clifford Townsend. has done for Indiana. “Governor Townsend bad been in office only a short time before he won the recognition of his people for his swift action in the face (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) o LEGION PLANS FOR MEMORIAL Adams Post To Hold Annual Memorial Services May 23 Adams Post No. 43. American Legion, will hold annual memorial services at the First Evangelical church in this city on Sunday morning, May 23, it was announced today. The Rev. George M. Lozier, church pastor will conduct the services, which were originally scheduled to be held at the First Baptist church. The change was made because the Rev. Homer J. Aspy Baptist church pastor, will be out of the city on that date. The time of the services has also been changed from 10:30 o’clock in the morning to 10:10 o’clock. All Legionnaires, members of the auxiliary, Civil and Spanish-Ameri-can war veterans are urged to attend the services. Those who -will attend are asked 1° meet at the loeal Legion home on Madison street at 9:45 o'clock preceding the services. From there they will go in a body to the church.

Price Two Cents.

Agreement Is Reached For Government-Super-vised Election; Seek To Settle Auto Strikes. SETTLE FISHER Pittsburgh, May 14.- dI.R) —An Ipgreeinent providing foi u governI ment-supervised election today ended the Jones & Laughlin steel ’strike 36 hours after it began and 1 sent 27,000 workers back to their ! jobs in the company’s giant plants in Pittsburgh and Aliquippa. Settlement of the first major strike in the steel industry in 18 1 years was announced bj Philip Murray, chairman of the steel workers organizing committee. The election, which will be conducted not later than May 20 unIder direction of the national labor relations board, will be the first of its kind in major steel mills. If the CIO steel union is victorious, »t will be granted its first exclusive collective bargaining contract in the industry, as the March contract with U. 8. Steel provided recognition of the CIO only for its own members. Terms of the settle . *nt, which came as the steel union threatened to carry its w'ar to other independent producers, were announced as [ follows: 1. The strike called off immediately. 2. All employes as of May 12, 1937, to return to their former positions without discrimination. 3. Pending completion of arrangements for a labor board election, the corporation agrees not to interfere with, coerce or restrain i “any of its employes in the exer- ‘ cise of the right of self organization guaranteed by the national , labor relations act.” 4. The corporation agrees ta ■ (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) — —o

F. 0. R. RETURNS TO WASHINGTON [‘resident Returns Tn Capital Ask Vacation Os Days Washington. .'I 14 —(UP) —President Roosevelt returned to the capital after a 16-.. y vacation today prepared to take up anew the task of personally leading a congressional fight for attainment of New Deal objectives. The presidential special pulled in at the union station at 10-14 a. tn. Refreshed by a fortnight of tarpon fishing in Texan waters, Mr. Roosevelt gave a hearty greeting to members of his official family who assembled to greet him. The President arranged tentatively to meet with viceipresident John N. Garner, Senate majority leader Joseph T. Robinson, speaker of the house William B. Bankhead and house majority leader Sam Rayburn at the White House at 4 p. m. for a legislative discussion. Chief probleans befor the president were his court reorganization fight and a sputtering congressional conflict over government economy. Ahead of the president as he returned to Washington, came indications that he prepared to battle with new vigor so rhis objectives. To reporters on his special train he expressed determination to fight for enactment o this whole socialeconomic program—words which, if translated into action, forecast a long summer congressional struggle. He did not speak specifically of his court plan but said he still stood by the ideals of government he enunciated in his Madison Square Garden speech at New York City last fall. Indicating his continued concern over rising price trends, Mr. Roosevelt said his administi ion would seek some method of price stabilization rather than price fixing—An objective which he indicated would be sought through legislation embodying the principles of the present agricultural adjustment act. The dispute within organized lo- ■ bor which was smouldering when the president left Washington 17 days ago is blazing today. Presii dent W-llliam Green of the Amer!- . can federation of labor an’ John L. i Lewis of the committee for indusi trial organization are calling each other names in the public prints.