Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 116, Decatur, Adams County, 15 May 1937 — Page 1

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ijllL SETS BIT RECORD OoSS OCEAN Us Round - Trip kD| (her Atlantic I |n Record Time Os, 1...- r'i.-i-l. N<’*' v ‘H-k. ■,B ...,tli • I'-* ll ' '■ v ’-'' ~W 1 J , " 1 IUKB I ' I ~, 'l'>' 11 " 11 •: ' »' 3 ”''’ ’’ JMEK W/Jaj 1 11 H '' ' 1 . all t • . , ■ |H| ; k. nl>:i• kt-r i waited ■ ■ his -*l’" ’' la ' k l - a " l, ' i ■■ w to 111. I '■ >'> mo'oied K' n ''lß lM '"' a ' Ej fk fr.iA . hmds which lay E ite-Bi h' Id all day broke j S K|lV Ibu a burst of sunlight lhe drumEoTerßl l, I""' 1 - circled and ■ to Sjb'l’ oil the runway. i .-ported a "slight ben be landed at Jtoey. W l '” 1 '- " as grinning as 5 l !..[ > pel out te) didn't we?" he ex i K-wl A lie shook hands with ' ■krill>a®' I Krroma inspectors quickly Eked fciin>l ! a of lihotomaphs Ebe cdjuation of King George IFjßwhickßbrrill brought. ■• had 'iii'l-d to bring back EsredrJi 'ar. s but his backers E film < -"li"* w,,| ' p unable Egiw jn rat.-s The col ipan ■- and Merrill's back- ■ asMB'hI.OOO. Ku- ■fl>as* , 'iigei monoplane ,Eli ft»i »ff just before sunset ' the same runway. Ke tSfobrl,: ~v .-I ami ba. k EsedU time Merrill has cioss- , B AB rB"- ' ' I ,t '"l' tie- last old l m |K>UIB ’ lilS lelil" beam m Mi: over N.-w gKhBE fin div landed al the ffHtlS J • 1|1 ‘ sa *dsed lime on tin Eng • KlMßrica flight was 22 I Wl ?*» from. Southport ■ a new east-west BsslSMrecurd The fastest fci.Mil®> crossing previously II iu 1933 ’ in 36 g|Th«B' k II st Si ll- d ;b If BV 11 JE" ' —— ||ava|ort Totally | Bhstroyed Bj Fire to Mei moniH on North jbd Wt night about S o'clock. Jr ll aB v '' 111 ""' ■" ,lle l - i ‘ <l ' lar ‘ l Wa< ruined No other |F !;i reported. Ml MEETING ]|E THURSDAY || a ®e ran Leadership j|Tfl|inj{ Institute To | ■Meet Here ami final in a series the .| r: training insii the Zion r ® W l ' here Thursday, May Erm.,'.-elierg, oeeretar. I "-’Bai committee in charge. I to day. |M*F|Bnately 100 members of *ltrWr '"fiea in the section atthird meeting of the | s b<hl Thursday in the local j i’ Ba, ws on t!le program includBBE' w - h - Wernlng, paator Lutheran church, B-i' waT 0,1 "Christian Service" Krudop, who talked on |™ li W r ation of the Walther |MB g tlle speakers’ addresses assembly discussion was member present. An » crow d ie anticipated for K’ ll6l fir ee t' ng - Moeller, pastor of the L>' l Xm :C11 ' is chairman of the : BP in charge here.

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LIBRARY MEET HERE MAY 21 District Library Meeting Will Be Held Here Next Friday Approximately 100 representativies from 21 surrounding cities are , expected to gather here for the I district library meeting at the De- ' catur public library Friday, May 21. Miss Ruth Winnes, local librarian and chairman of the district meeting, is in charge of arrangements. Miss Flora llartsoock, of luarioti, is secretary for the meetTitg. Several prominent speakers have been secured to address the meet. Walter J. Krick, Decatur school superintendent, will speak ' at the morning session. The morning session will be held from 10 o'clock until 12 o’clock and the afternoon session will open at 2 o’clock. A noon luncheon will be served at the First M. E. i church. The meetings will be held in the | local library auditorium. A cordial I invitation has been extended to • the public to attend the meeting. Following is the complete program for the event, as announced ' today by Miss Winnes. Morning Session Roll Call. | Survey of library conditions in i Indiana — Edward A. Chapman, State Library. Cooperation between public and | school libraries — Walter J. Krick, , Superintendent of Schools. Decatur. i Rejuvenating a library— Alice i Phillips, Waterloo. Afternoon Session Library plans for Wells County — F. E. Day, Superintendent of Schools, Wells County. Discussion of county library service — Rex M. Potters, Fort WayI ne. “Whither Democracy” — WillI iam J. Gross, Editorial Writer, Fort Wayne News-Sentinel. o Country Conservation Club To Hold Shoot The Cov conservation club will t-o'd a ahoot ants rifle match I in the Auman woods, one mile south : and a half mile east of St. Johns on ] Sunday afternoon. The program will begin at 1 o'clock and the public is ! invited. Fred Schurger, well known marksman and sportsman will have i charge of the rifle match and act as i judge. __—— O ' BITTERNESS IN C. 0. P. RANKS Bitter Party Factional Outbreak Os Indiana Republicans Indianapolis. May 15. — (U.R) | Early resignation of Ivan C MorI gan, Austin, as state Republican chairman was anticipated today as the aftermath of a bitter party factional outbreak during the last two days. Although Morgan emerged vic- . torious from a stormy state comi mittee session in wnten Harry - Benton was ousted as secretary, political observers doubted he would hold the chairmanship much longer than four months. They believed he would be satis- ' fled with his victory in that skirmish and eventually resign under pressure of enemies acquired through that move. Fenton was one of the most popular leaders of the party, having served as secre--1 tary for 12 years. No reason was given for FenI ton's removal. The movement was ' led by Ralph Gates. Columbia i City, fourth district chairman 'i whose fight to succeed Don Irwin. ' Frankfort, as chairman resulted in '' the compromise selection of Mor’lgan. Irwin had replaced Morgan , three years earlier. ’ Gates still aspires to the chair- • manship as a possible stepping stone to the nomination for goverf nor and may be instrumental in ' Morgan’s early retirement. > James A. Slane, Lafayette, can--1 didate for secretary of state last November, was chosen to succee -, Fenton during the committee sess- • ion which also brought. ' 1 Charges by Fenton that Mor- • gan and several committee mem- ! bers were guilty of party disloy f | 2. Resignation of Mrs. Beryl" , Holland, Bloomington, as state ? vice-chairman and sel ® ctl ° n I Mrs. Eleanor Barker Snodgrass, i .. Nashville, as her successor. | 3. A threat by officers of th( .•Republican Editorial Association ; that the committee could not ex(CONTINDED ON PAGE SIX).

I OCEAN FLYERS COMPLETE SUCCESSFUL TRIP 1 ' L - '- Jl ' L - ' u-mjML.il-. I U ..H1,.. j mi.w.m,. I4 L— 'tgjpwill’OT.'-W «.M ’ 1 . MM' VI W i ■ - >B. Br .I, t W- " *■- .min .—- While thousands waited at field in rain to greet them. Dick Merrill, pilot, and Jack Lambie, co-pilot, “coronation flyers.” set their silver monoplane down at the Floyd Bennett Field. N. ¥.. twenty-four hours and twenty-two minutes after their takeoff from Southport, England, thus completing successfully a round-trip flight across the Atlantic ocean in five days. Climbing wearily from the cockpit of their plane, Merrill, at right, and Lambie are shown after their spectacular flight.

ASSESSMENTS I TOINCREASE $200,000 Increase In Assessments In County Is Expected Increases of assessments in Adams county of approximately 000 are anticipated by County Assessor Ernest Worthman as the first of the township reports were turned in. Ben McCullough, trustee of St. Mary's township. Friday turned in the first complete set of reports, showing an increase of about $21,000 in that township. Other reports are expected today, the last day assessors are expected to work and will be paid. Persons who have not been assessed by today may be arbitrarily assessed with an increase of 25 per cent, according to a recommendation by the state tax i board. The law places the burden upon the individual property owner to show his property has been assessed. Approximately halt of the assessing books are expected in the county assessor's office today. The balance are expected Monday. Assessor Worthman must file a report with the state tax board before May 20. On May 20 the books must be taken to the print shop to be bound. Assessors who have been compelled by repeated return calls upon property owners who were not at home or refused to be assessed the first or second visits, will be i compelled to work after today without pay. They are paid for 05 days, beginning March 1. but are required to their books. No complete assessment of real estate was made this year. However, new improvements have been added to the lists. Other increases were caused by raises in values of personal property. o Flags For Graves Are Available Here Flags for decorating the graves of all war veterans buried in the cemeteries of Adams county, may Ibe obtained at the Peterson clothing company. Anyone desiring 1 metal grave markers or flag holders may obtain these at the American Legion home, First and Madison streets. Q Lad’s Eye Injured In Accident Friday Lyle Bailey. 11 year old son of Mr. and Mrs- John Bailey, of Decatur, I route six, was admitted to the Adgams county memorial hospital yesI terday whe nhe was struck in the right eye with a BB shot from an a>‘r gun. The shot punctured the eye lid and hit the eyeball. The attending I,physician stated that he was uncertain as to the damage done to the eyeball.

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Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, May 15, 1937.

GRAMMAR! h — ’ii McPherson, Kas., May 15. — | ; | The McPherson county com- i j | sioners said they had received | i || this letter of application for a |l j| beer license: "Dear Sir: | “Eye wood like two open ajl bierplalse in this cittie. Eye | woant sei too know boddie lest j | than 21 yrs. off aige and too no | | fee mails a tall. Eye sure will j runn a furst klass barr wid | J] know tuffs aloud. Eye clothes || |at amid knight. What the | 1 liesense kost? Rite me 2 East |l 11 Fill Etashun for a fact actshun. 11 11 (Signed) “ ’’ | P. S. recollect know loud 11 ' i j place, just a pieceful reesort. —» DR. EICHHORN IS APPOINTED Local Veterinarian ApI pointed Assistant In State I i Dr. G. F. Eichhorn, well Known veterinarian of this city, has been appointed an assistant in the live- ' stock division of the state veterlinarian's office, Indianapolis. ; i Dr. Eichhorn will work out of I I Decatur and will be consigned to i duties in territory in and around ' Adams county. , j The appointment was annouheled yesterday by Dick Heller. -1 executive secretary to Governor 1 ■ M. Clifford Townsend. He was ■ asked to report to the state house ' next Monday for his assignment, j Dr. J. L. Axby is the state vet-1 ' erinarian and the office is one of ‘ the important ones in the state. | Supervision of livestock require-, ■ inents and enforcing of state laws in connection with the livestock ( i industry and sanitation come i ' under the duties of the state vet-1 erinarian. Dr. Eichhorn has been a resident of Decatur for a number of ; years and lives on Mercer avenue. [ (CONTINUED ON PAGE? SIX) . o • Veteran British Labor Head Dies : London, May 15.—t(U.P.>—Viscount I ', Snowden, veteran labor leader who 1 for years as Philip Snowden was 1 called the brain of the labor party, died today. He died at his home, Eden Lodge, near Frensham in Surrey, of heart disease in the early hours r of this morning. Only yesterday he was outdoors, apparently in . 1 normal health. . | Brilliant, admired by his oppon- - ents as well as his own colleagues. | - he was for years the most formids able figure in the labor party. But i he had an acid tongue that spared |no one. The fact that it made him I enemies in labor’a ranks as well r'as in those of its opponents was -'believed by many to have been the ( > | sole reason why he was not the supreme leader.

RAINS FOLLOW OATS PLANTING — Late Oats Crop Will Be Benefitted By Rains Os This Week Farmers were more cheerful this week than they have been for sevI eral months as rains followed the ' planting of the majority of the joats to be sowed this spring. i The delay caused by rains during the most of the regular planting season, discouraged many who did not have their ground in shape I for the few warm, dry days earlier ! in the spring. Continued rain was I reported to have rotted some of I the early oats. I It is not believed that late oats ■ were sowed past the time for obtaining a good crop. Early in the week considerable corn land was prepared and a little i corn planted. Most of the corn in the county is planted around May 20. Little fear has been anticipated yet that there is danger of losing i the corn crop for want of rain. I The loss of alfalfa and wheat by heaving of the ground, caused by repeated freezes followed by thaws, has been reported less than was first anticipated. Heavy shipments ’of hay crops to the areas effected by the floods this winter along the Ohio river, have caused increases in the price of forage crops. Be- , cause of this high ju ice alfalfa fields which were badly damaged are being kept in the crop rather than being plowed up. However, considerable alfalfa has been jilowed up and re-seeded with a quicki growing forage crop. i High price of feeds has caused ! many fanners to dispose of part of j their stock. Early spring rains, . bringing early pastures, were a i "life-saver” to many farms faced ' with a shortage of feeds. j Sugar beet browers are optimisi tic about the prospects for a good I year. More than one-third of the 150,00 acres contracted for by the Central Sugar company this year, , has already been planted. The last date considered safe for the plantj ing of beets is June 20. o Word Received Os John McKenna Death | Funeral services for John McKenna, former switchtower operator at the Pennsylvania and Erie railroad crossing here, were held yesterday In El Paso, Texas, according to word received here by his brother-in-law, Joe Malley, of Fourth street. Death occurred on May 11, the word stated. I 0 Doy Lhamon Suffers Fractured Right Hip Doy "Doc” of Marshall street, who has been ill for some time, sustained a fracture of his right hip Friday morning when he fell from a chair in his home. His 1 condition is reported by the attend- | ing physiolan. as "fair”.

FORD COMPANY TO WAGE FIGHT AGAINST UNION Henry Ford Opens Count-er-Attack Against Union Plans Detrit.o May 15—(VP)—The unitl ed automobile workers’ union setI tied the last of the newest series of ' spontaneous strikes In General Motors’ plants today, while Henry I Ford opened a counter-attack in an ■ attempt to prevent the union from gaining a foothold in his factories. The veteran manufacturer, who j had announced that he never would recognize any union, moved against i the U. A. W- as its leaders ended al! disputes with General Motors, Ford’s chief competitor, and became ) free to concentrate on a campaign to unionize 140,000 Ford motor cojii- | pany workers. I Last of the general motor strikes I —affecting Fisher body plants in Janesville, Wis. —was settled last ' night. Work will be resumed in the | plants Monday. Each Ford employe received a I small card bearing these- questions , 'and comment by the management: “A monopoly of jot's in this coun- ! try is just as bad as monopoly of | bread. "What is the result of these striker (strikes called by the union in plants of the General Motors. Chrysler, Hudson and Reo companies)? merely that numbers of men put their necks into an iron collar. We’re only trying to show who owns the collar. “Figure it out for yourself. If you go into a union, they have got you and what have you got? “We have always made a better bargain for our men than an out- ' sider could. We have never had to bargain against our men, and wo I don’t expect to begin now. - “There is no mystery about the connection between corporation control and labor control. They are I the two ends of the same rope. . I One little group of those- who control • both capital and labor will sit down in New York and settle prices, div- ’ I idends and wages ’’ ' I Union leaders haq little comment. They explained that Ford had made similar statements in recent interviews, ami they reiterated aseer- ’ i tions that the- manufacturer event- ’ j ually would be compelled to deal | 1 (CONTINUED ON PAGE? SIX) fl o_ ADAMS COUNTY : NATIVE DIES I r I i Mrs. George Erlanbach Found Dead At Her Home In Muncie Mrs. George Erlanbach, 67, formj er resident and native of Adams ( county, was found dead in bed at [ her home in Muncie early this morning, according to word re- ( ceived here. Death was thought to have been j I I caused by a heart ailment. The • ■ i deceased was born in this county . j and spent most of her life here. I j She was first married to Emanual ‘ j Tricker, who preceded her in death ' a number of years ago. Later she ■ was married to George Erlanbach, I j who still survives. . j Other survivors include the foli lowing children, Ed Tricker ami ’ j Elmer Tricker, both of near this I city; Mrs. Minnie Petty, of Muncie; Mrs. Bertha Shraluka, of Fort Wayne, and Wensel Tricker, also , of Muncie. One daughter is de- , ceased. Two step-children, Catherine and Martin Erlanbach, both of Muncie, also survive. Two sisters, Emma Massie. Mansfield, Ohio, and Bertha, of Plymouth, also survive. Three, sisters and three brothers are deceased. Funeral services have not been ' 1 arranged. o_ New Assistant Scout Executive Is Named John L. Briggs, 31, for five years ’ Boy Scout executive at Mt. Cle-j mens, Mich., has been named asscet- ' ant executive of the Anthony I Wayne area. He will succeed Lt-Roy Lane, who resigned recently to accept a position as field executive in the St. Louis, Mo., council. ( o WEATHER , > . Increasing cloudiness, shows ers probable northwest portion >1 late tonight and Sunday, and ; east and south Sunday; somewhat warmer tonight and east and south portions Sunday

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— w ....... ■ New Minister b a ifljp ’ j The Rev. Ralph Waldo Graham, newly appointed pastor of the I First M. E. church of this city, will deliver his second sermon since his appointment tomorrow Rev. Graham and family are now moving into the parsonage here. NEW MINISTER ARRIVES HERE Rev. R. W. Graham. New M. E. Pastor, Moving Into Parsonage Young people, athletics, sociology land research are matters of interest to the Rev. Ralph Graham, new pastor of the Decatur Methodist .' Episcopal church. Rev. Graham attended DePauw university and was granted an A. Bdegree from that institution in 1921. tile taught school for a few years at ! Bainbridge, where he also acted as director of athletics. He was granted a Hopkins fellowship to Harvard university and studied there in 1922 and 1923. In 1925 he was given a degree as bach- | elor of sacred theology at Boston university. For special study and : rest arch in the field of unemployI ment, relief and race relations, he j was given a master of arts degree from Butler university. While in the east he served as associate pastor of the large Methodist Episcopal church in Camj abridge, Mass, and paetor of the ■ Blue Hill Community church in Boston. Returning to this conference , in 1925 he served ae pastor of the Kokomo Trinity church in 1925 and 1 1927. From 1927 to 1929 ho was pasl tor of the Sharpsville M. E. church. Mrorn 1930 to 1934 he wa« pastor of i the Greentown M. E. church. He was pastor of the Kendallville M E. church from 1934 until he was assigned here t oeucceed the Rev. H. R. Carson who was transferred to ! the Noble Street M. E- church in Anderson. He has served as president of the | Rotary club and a director of the I i Chamber of Commerce of Kendall ' ville, president of the Noble county ■ ministerial association. In the I North Indiana conference he has I acted as president of the Epworth j League, and for several years was a member of the Epworth League institute. He is now the life work secretary and counselor of Epworth League institute. He ie a member of the F. an<j M. Masonic lodge, the A. T. O. college fraternity, and the Phi Kappa Phi, national scholastic fra--1 ternity. He is chaplain of the Fourth district of the American Legion. Mrs. Graham ie a graduate of DePauw university and a member of j the Alpha Phi sorority. The Rev. and Mrs. Graham have two children. Jack Waldo, 12, and Willi iam Joseph (Bill) five. They moved into the M. E.parsonagehere Friday. oLimit Traffic Speed Near Local Factories A 30 mile an hour traffic zone has been established on North' ; Ninth street, north of Nuttman ave-1 nue to Dayton avenue. The street is j used a great deal by employes of the Decatur Canting company and the General Electric company and when the different shifts came and went to work travel became hazardous. Chief of police Seph Melch! will ipatrol the etreet next week and inform the drivers of the speed limit. The law fixes the speed limit at 30 miles an hour In the residence district.

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President Determined To Force Showdown Vote On Plans To Alter Supreme Court. OTHER PLANS Washington, May 15 — (U.R) — President Roosevelt forced an explosively controversial program before congress today and moved to hammer his judiciary reorganization bill to a showdown vote. There were Democratic protests that Mr. Roosevelt's court tactics would split the party jterntanently. Consensus of observers here is that the court bill Is headed for compromise and the j> sident for defeat if he forces the issue, but the decision may be a close one. Returning yesterday from his fishing vacation. Mr. Roosevelt met his congressional leaders and revealed his legislative plans. There was no mention of action this year to legislate for business some compensation for the advantages gained by labor under the collective bargaining guarantee of the Wagner labor relations act. Congressional leaders said Mr. Roosevelt would: 1. Require the senate to vote on his bill to expand the supreme court from nine to fifteen members. 2. Compel congress to decide for itself how to effect a 10 to 15 per cent saving in next year’s budget. 3. Send a special message to congress next week proposing establishment of additional federal power authorities patterned after TVA. 4. Perhaps ask congress to enact minimum wage and maximum hours legislation at this session. It was notable that the conferees made no ,a- tition of executive departmeni organization, a program nov ,-aeticaTTy abandoned for this yei The senate judiciary committee has been summornd to meet Tuesday to vote on the Roosevelt court bill. Chairman Henry F. Ashurst said the committee would first consider the various compromise substitutes proposed by opposition Democrats, harried alike by their reluctance to challenge the president and their inability to follow him on the court. Committee rejection of the Roosevelt expansion plan is a practical certainty, probably by a vote of 10 to 8. Which of the various substitute* can obtain com mittee favor is not known but there is strong backing for a compromise expansion of the court by two justices to a membership of eleven. But Mr. Roosevelt’s prestige will be dimmed if the committee rejects his own plait and it may suffer further in the battle which then will be projected to the senate floor. Some observers today discounted assertions that Mr. Roosevelt (CONTINUED ON PAGE? SIX) GLEN RAY DIES THIS MORNING Decatur Young Man Dies At Local Hospital Os Pneumonia Glen C. Ray. 28, well known Decatur young man, died at the Adams county memoi tai hospital this morning at 4:-i) o'clock. Death was caused by pneumonia. The deceased was an employe of the General Electric company here. He was born in Decatur February 22. 1909. The deceased was a member of the First M. E. church and the local Ben Hur lodge. Surviving, besides the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Martin Venis, are the following brothers and sisters: Mrs. Irene Deady. of Fort Wayne; Mrs. Iva King, of Van Wert, Ohio; Mrs. Gertrude Bow- • man, of Decatur; Mrs. Treva j Werling. Preble and Chalmer Ray | of Watervliet, New York. Funeral services will be held at the home, 1015 Adams street Tuesday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock and at the First M. E. church at 2 o’clock. Burial will be made in the Decatur cemetery. The Rev. R. W. Graham will officiate. The body will be returned to the home from the S. E. Black funeral parlors this evening and may be viewed until time for the funeral.