Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 117, Decatur, Adams County, 17 May 1937 — Page 1

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fa proposals WfOURTBILL Senator I’roModifications | Ko Reform MW - - - ... reorgalliza ~. ,i,, ® £»,. I pml.-d ■. jK,, ih.' i' -siii'-in - Bt 1..m0i row i.l Io BJJB),. ih>- admhnslral io i E <•> !.iinitli-<‘ hail d.eid ■„, aE"' l a compromise " lrG ’* B, |S loaf is better 'han !llh b, ‘ Ar l,e acce P ted " IEoliipro: se efforts in a move 0! Eh son believed may have K„ ingp> ti by other adminis- — K ion laetl IS. although they in-w.-re ■ nicreas' >f six justices in the E>rrnießoui't. fe Eigsn'* ii'sl . ompromi' K prow Da Ehat tl- I"' court shrill W. ■riiiansnij be fixed at nine mein K< hut be lllls number ina\ ' be increased “from le to til >•• i o achieve this in lase, be would provide that justs shll be eligible for retirenit at 15 years if they have M 11 years on the court. It *i® six months after bemiogßr >le. a justice fails to lire, ■>' pi.■-■'.detn may appoint |NA justice to the court, idr aJjtieu.il justices may be l- irital for each justice who *; 8s tojei.. as permitted, but I coA Would not permanent 1\ inMkse'l 'file court could ‘ff let more than nine jusON PAGE FIVE)

■MB MAKE [meetingplans 3( .ver.:-:! i Bocal 1 iremen C omplete I Plan! For Convention ’ I | In .lune .. |/ in 4! *P complete plans for the ■ ‘fflj al convention of the —MHuliaiu volunteer and ing ,f ':!ala: ‘menu association, to be •unlay night at the local B r, ‘ dAWtniei!’ Fire Chief Charles 1 llle "ft jß* : ' ib'benolj and local ' ""I'lete the details of " w l ' c ’W I ' ion - 111 .‘■B beheld from time to time .prior ;,,!1 to work out local il a ' 18 jB ,lie ev ' ?n t. Ute .iff 1 - W' ll!lnkirk : Karl Ellis,' Mother, Maikle; 'liar- 1 g Sta&e| Fori Wayne; P. B. Smith f'rett «h ( | Carroll Costello, Bluff■on. ’ I ' of the organization 1 "ok. isl 1 inei. Herne, vie" Collisson. Sr.. - secretary-treasurer. expect the be one of the most sucF* jß* entertaining ever staged £ at noon on Friday, a business meeting at | r '®W in t ' le a ‘ ternoon an< l a 6 o'clock. An array of r*’y i also l)een arranged for I e ays ' O—rerWjl Myer Is Weported Improved gfr' lllloll of Bernard "MonL, J’ former local man hurt I tW’' 11 weeks ago when he ‘ "ra? a llain truck collision, SftJj^B*’' ll much improved by re--7 K^^3' hc v i«s!tej him in the |_ na P° | is hospital over the •i | “' «2d■om'ViJ 8 expect ed to be released * hospital within the next L afi aa , SW ' The former local athlete It lh Pn kf l,Kt thou k'ht fatally hurt ,( sustained a head concus(t r.t- (,ken left arm and hip. however, and is now J llg “ t *° be recovering.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNT!

,* STOP THE NOISE! * | The police have been In--11 structed to apprehend the drlv- | ers of autos who drive through I town sounding the klaxon horns J as a means of their own enter- ( taliunent and mm h to th. p, | gust and discomfort of “izens, ■ | Mayor A. R. Holthouse an- . | nounced today. Certain persons, ,| unmindful of others, circulate ', through town blowing their 1 1 horns and have become a nuis- ■ | ance. A crescendo of noises 11 echo through the town as a re- | suit. Mayor Holthouse told the i | police to “bring them in and j see how quickly they change | their tune." ARREST MOTHER AS SLAYER OF HER DAUGHTER Woman Says Children And Self Attacked By Strange Man New York. May 17. ftU.R) Mrs. Helen Tierman. 28 year-old factory ■ employe confessed today, police j announced, that she killed her [eight-year-old daughter, Helen, and I tried to kill her five-year-old son James, because she had no room for them in her apartment. Inspector Francis J. Kear of the 47th Street police station, where Mrs. Tiernan was questioned for several hours after first saying a “strange man" attacked her children, announced “we have a complete confession from this woman." He said “she was in love with a man and because she had only a three-room apartment, she thought the two children were in the way." He said she "insists she did it alone.” Mrs. Tiernan was arrested at a west side nursery, where she had kept the children for some time, after the superintendent had iden- | titled a photograph of a 5-year-old I boy found semi-conscious near the [ dead girl as her son, James. The young mother first told of- . fleers that she took the children _ - .

ion a picnic near Brookhaven. 1 While they were strolling through the woods picking flowers, she I said, a strange man drove up in • an automobile, got out and attack- ) ed her and the children. She said i “blood flowed.' She said she screamed and ran • but, looking back, saw the man beat the children and drag them in the opposite direction. She became hysterical, she said, and was afraid to report the attack to po- ’ lice. “ Mrs. Emma McGowan, superin- • tendent of the nursery, said Mrs ! Tiernan took the children away ■ Friday. She had paid J 1.50 a week I for both of them. She quoted the i mother as saying: “I'm not going to leave the chill dren here any more. I'm going to i put them in the care of my broth--1 er, Alfred Smith. He has a gar- ; age at Bergenfield. N. J.” When she returned to the nurslf (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) • o — All OFFICERS ARE REELECTED Catholic Study Clubs ReElect Officers At Annual Meeting Officers of the Catholic Study clubs of St. Mary’s parish were reelecbed at the annual meeting of the 10 clubs, held at the K. of C. hall Sunday afternoon. The officers are: Miss Cecelia | Nesswald, parish chairman; Miss Rose Schurger, secretary-treasurer; Miss Magdaline Schmitt, study club chairman. Miss Nesswald presided at the meeting and reports of the deanery | meeting held > n Kort Wayne and the state convention of the N. C. C. W„ held at Lafayette, May 9, were made by the delegatesThe Riev. Father Joseph Seimetz, .pastor, addressed trie assembly on "United Catholic Action.” An entertainment was provided following the regular program, con- | slating of singing by the Catholic .high school boys quartet; singing and music by the Jose.ph Gee’s ch.ldren and a comedy debate between ; Miss Fern Bierly and Charles Omlor, Jr. Meetings of the study club w.,1 adjourn during the summer. The next meeting will be in Septembei. The study clubs are composed of the women of the parish and interesting programs have been given, | the past year. 1

PRODUCERS AND SCREEN ACTORS IN AGREEMENT No Strikes For 10 Years; Technicians Still On Strike The labor situation today: (Hollywood, Calif.—Movie actors and producers reached an agreement prohibiting strikes in the motion picture industry for ten years and providing better salaries and working conditions for minor players. Movie technicians continued their strike. Loe Angeles, Calif. — A hotel strike threatened to spread through Um Angeles and Hollywood. One big hotel already was affected and union leaders said they would make similar demands at two others. San Francisco, Calif.—Two thousand hotel workens were on strike in 16 leading hotels. 1. wiston. Me. The National labor relations board held a hearing to determine whether shoe factories involved in a 53-day strike have violated the Wagner law by refusing to bargain with employes. New York The American federation of labor and the committee for industrial organization struggled for control over transit workers. John J. Sullivan, A. F. of L. union official, said the federation would dieregard a referendum in which a C. I. 0.-Sponsored union obtained jurisdiction over workers on the interborough rapid transit system. Kansas City, Mo.. —Homer Martin. United Automobile workers president, in a Sunday speech, pleaded the cause of the C. I. O. and charged former Sen James A. Reed with being “The guy who sold out Roosevelt." Pittsburgh, Pa., The steel workers organizing committee, C. 1. O. affiliate, continued efforts to obtain working agreements with five large independent steel companies. The S. W. O. C. gave the companies 10 day to accede to union demands under threat of strike. Harlan. Ky. Kentucky state pa(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

REDUCE RATES ON TELEGRAMS Overnight Telegraph Service Reduced By Western Union Drastic reductions in rates for overnight telegraph service, which will become effective June 1, were announced today by James Murphy, Jr., local manager of the Western Union office. A tariff tiled Saturday with the federal communications commission at Washington, D. C., will reduce the cost of both long and short messages and cut the telegraph bill of the nation by approximately three million dollars, he stated. In explaining the reduction, Mt. Murphy stated that the charge for 25 words will be the same as. and in some cases lower than, the present charge tor a 10-word night message and that long messages can be sent at a relatively even lower rate. The 10-word night message will be discontinued and the initial 1 charge for night letters will be placed for 25 words instead of 50 as at present. The maximum I charge for a 25-word night letter | will be 25 cents, even for the greatest distance in the United States, he said. Words in excess of 25 will be ! charged for in groups of five instead of 10. The rates start at an unprecedentedly low level and decreases progressively as the message increases. o ——— Berne Woman Falls, Fractures Left Hip Mrs. Emma Hirschey, 67-year old Terne resident sustained a fractured left hip Saturday afternoon! when she fell on a sidewalk at I Berne. The accident occurred as she was enroute to an auto from attending the Habegger funeral. She was brought to the Adams county memorial hospital, where her condition was reported as unchanged today. Local Dentist At State Convention Dr. J. E. Morris, local dentist, is attending all sessions of the 80th annual convention of the state dental association at Indianapolis. Monday through Wednesday. He will return Thursday morning.

Decatur, Indiana, Monday, May 17, 1937.

Hindenburg Builders at Probe

_-.awr v ' <mS In earnest conversation at Air Commerce investigation, at Lakehurst. N J , into the Hindenburg disaster, are Dr. Hugo Eckener (standing) and Dr. Ludwig Duerr, president and chief designer, respectively, of the Zeppelin Company, builders of the airship that carried 35 to death at the Naval Air Station. Dr. Eckener. world’s premier dirigible expert, inspected wreckage of the airship but refused to advance an opinion on cause of the catastrophe.

W. B. SUTTLES DIES SUDDENLY Former Local Man Dies Suddenly At Home Os Son In This City Willard Buchanan Suttles. 80. former well known Decatur citi [ zen, but for 30 years a resident of Albion. Pa., died suddenly at the home of his son. A. I). Suttles here ’ Sunday night. Death was caused by a heart attack Mr. Suttles came to this county Wednesday in order to attend the [ graduation exercises of his great grandson, Harold Smith, at the Geneva school Thursday night. He was visiting Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Suttles of this city. Sunday evening he suddenly fell ill and died at 10 o'clock, three hours later. 1 Mr. Suttles was born in Adams county. January 1, 1857, the son of William 11. and Elizabeth j Suttles. At the time of his death he was 80 years, four months and 16 days old. He was married to ■ Miss Matilda Baker, who preceded him in death. While in Decatur he was active ' in fraternal organizations and was a member and past master of the Blue Lodge and belonged to the Royal Arch Masons. He was a member of the I. (). O. F. lodge in good standing here. He was also a member of the 32nd degree I Masonic consistory of Coudersport, Pa. He was engaged in railroad work and was retired for several years. Since leaving Decatur about 30 years ago, he had made his home in Albion, Pa. Surviving are the following children: A. D. Suttles of this city; Mrs. E. E. Clark, of Denver. Col.; Mrs. Marguerete Sauer, a Methodist missionary in Souel, ' Korea; Harold Suttles, of Masury, Ohio; Mrs. Ruth McCommons, of Wesleville, Pa., and Robert Suttles, of Erie, Pa. Mrs. C. L. Walters of this city is a half-sister. I (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

Preaches Oivn Funeral Sermon, Man Is Prepared For Death

Coatesville, Ind., May 17—<U.R) Wade Millman, 88, was prepared for death today. He has imported and set up his own tombstone, fashioned his own coffin, and yesterday he preached his own funeral sermon. Even his pall bearers have been paid off—a fact in which he takes particular pride. Five thousand persons attended his funeral services yesterday in tiny Canaan rural church. Three hundred jammed into the pews and the rest gathered outside to listen through open windows. It was a gala gathering despite Millman’s seriousness, and his only complaint was that he found it difficult to preach at his own funeral —something he believed he was the first to attempt. "If a man has lived a nice, moral life it is no task for him to preach his own sermon, but for a

Local Women Attend Annual Convention Miss Matilda Sellemeyer and MiwRalph Yager have returned from Indianapolis, wh re they attended the state convention of Business and Professional Women’s clubs held at the Severin hotel. In the evening they attended a banquet for the 50U gueshi at the Columbia Club. At this time Miss Sellemeyer president of the local club, was pree nted witli the charter for the Decatur organization. Other cities who were presented charters were Shoals an ( | Rochester. CHURCH PLANS FOR SERVICES St. Mary’s Catholic Church Plans Services Sunday Services of the crowning of the Virgin Mother Mary as Queen of Mgy, will be held at St. Mary's Catholic church Sunday evening at 7:30 o'clock. Announcement of the program was made Sunday by Rev. Father Joseph Seimetz, pastor. This is the first time that services of this nature have been held in St. Mary's church. The services will consist of May devotions to Mother Mary, procession, and crowning of the Blessed Virgin as Queen of May. The statue of the Blessed Virgin will be carried by the Misses Mary Martha Terveer, Mary Catherine Holthouse, Genevieve Ripberger and Loreto Lose, Catholichigh school students. Others in the procession will be the seniors of the high school, wearing cap and gown; the little boys and girls who made their first HoHly Communion two weeks ago and the surpliced boys choir. Rev. Father P. Wholey, assist(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) ,

l bad man it is difficult,” he said I “I have lived a moderately moral 1 life, so 1 don’t know how to 1 preach my own funeral.” i With watery eyes and a tired, I strained voice he made the best i of his situation with personal and classical anecdotes. Fires burned in the churchs two iron stoves, kerosene lamps flick-1 ered on the walls, the old piano stood silent in its corner as Millman preached "everything was better in the old days,” and “you must know how to do things to do them.” He wore his grey felt hat most of the 42 minutes he talked, and sucked frequently from an orange he carried in his pocket. He related how- a famous man stood up an egg by bashing its end, attributing the classic incl(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

FARM LEADERS OUTLINE PLAN OF FARM AID Meet With Agriculture

Officials For New Program Washington, Muy 17 (U.R) Farm leaders and the department lot agriculture today completed a six-point farm legislative program to take the place of the old AAA. Department of agriculture offiI dais and officers of the American [ Farm Bureau federation were re- ■ ported ill “substantial agreement" ' on the program and the only point of difference was the cost. The program would employ the I principle of the flexible tariff on I agricultural imports. guarantee j prices through an ever-normal ■ farmers and consumers stabilized granary, and provide a positive control of production. Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace and AAA Administrai tor 11. R. Tolley insisted that the program be held to the approximate annual cost of the present soil conservation act, $550,000,000. Other estimates of the cost ranged from $600,000,000 to SBOO,000,000 a year. Wallace told the conferees that the administration would not agree to such a figure l economy program. in view of President Roosevelt’s The program which the conferees placed before the house ag- [ riculture committee today Ini eluded: 1. A declaration of policy to (he effect that elimination of wide variations in farm prices would be in the interests of producers, consumers and processors. 2. Continuation of the soil con- ; servation program with benefit , payment reduced by 35 to 50 per , cent. 3. Commodity loans on corn, wheat, cotton, rice, and tobacco when surpluses threaten to lower . prices 4 Additional soil conservation payments similar to the old AAA payments when production exceeds demand to encourage further crop reductions. 5. Compulsory production control through a prohibitive tax on I non-complying farmers in case heavy production threatens to swamp markets. I 6. Authority for the automatic heightening or lowering of import I duties on farm products to prevent domestic farm prices from ' going too far above or below the ; "parity" prices to be established by the secretary of agriculture. The bill would not include the crop insurance program, already approved by the senate and now ' before the house agriculture committee. Agriculture officials said, however, that the insurance proI gram would be “dove-tailed in with I the new program.” The house agriculture committee first called Edward A. ONeal, president of the American Farm Bureau federation. I Others from farm organizations included R. E. Short, Arkansas rice growers; J. E. Winslow, j North Carolina, tobacco; O. O. I Wolf, Kansas, on wheat and Earl i C. Smith, president of the Illinois ■ agriculture association. o G. W. RUCKMAN DIES SATURDAY Retired Carpenter Dies Os Heart Attack At Home Here I George W. Ruckman, 78, xvell ' known retired carpenter of this city died Saturday afternoon at 12:30 ; o’clock at his home, 1029 North Second street- Death was caused by an heart attack. The deceased was bornWn Ohio. January 10, 1855, the son of John 1 and Sarah Ruckman. He had lived in and near the city for the past I 64 years. He was a member of the ■ First M. E. church of this city. Surviving, besides the- widow, Elizabeth, are two children, Delma Ruckman, of Hudson and Mrs, I Charles Knodle, of this city. One son. William, is deceased. A brother, J. C. Rucfkman, of Farmdale, Ohio; seven grandchildren and six great grandchildren also survive. Funeral services will 'be held Tuesday afternoon at 3 o’clock at the home and at 3:30 o'clock at the First M. E. church here. Burial will be made -in the Decatur cemetery. The Rev. R. W. Graham will offi- ( date. The body was returned to the home from the Gillig and Doan fun- | eral parlors, and may be viewed until time for the funeral. |

Expect Ruling On Unemployment And Pension Act Soon 1

POSTER CONTEST WINNERS NAMED Robert Franz, Jane Kleinhenz And Dorothy Wemhoff Are Winners Winners in the annual Poppy Dav poster contest, sponsored by the au- [ x-'.liary of Adams post number 43 l of the American Legion, were an- , nounced today by those in charge of I Poppy sales. Robert Franz, student in the pub- . lie high school, won first prize in this division for the second succes[wive year. Last year, Franz’ entry . won the district and state contests . ' No decision has been announced as vet in the national contest, in which : this poster was entered. Jane Kleinhenz, eighth grade stnl dent at the St. Joe school, won the • contest for the seventh, eighth and ■ ninth grades. Honorable mention i was given to Virginia Meyers, Ruth • GilUg, Catherine Teeple and Joan Colchin, all of the St. Joe school. 1 Dorothy Wemhoff, St- Joe fifth •grade student, won the contest in grades four, five and six. Honorable mention was given to Elmo RumI echlag, Nancy Daniels, both of St. ‘ i Joe school. The Franz postier is on exh-iblt ' in the Daily Democrat office, while other posters may be seen in various store windows of the city. Mrs. Zelina Roop is chairman of Hie Poppy Day sale- in Adams county. Members of the auxiliary, aided by their daughters, will conduct the sale in the county Saturday, May I 29. These poppies are made by dis- ( abled veterans of the World War and all proceeds from the sale will go to aid these veterans and their families.

PLAN TO ATTEND LEADERS'CAMP I « Juanita Lehman, Gerhart Schwartz To Attend Training Course , Mien Juanita Lehman of Wash . ington township and Gerhart Sch- . wartz of Monroe township will be the representative from Adams . county to attend the 4-H junior leadi ertship camp at Indianapolis the week of June 1. These two young i people have been chosen for this , I special week of training because of i the excellent records thiey have I made in junior leadership work in > connection with their local 4-H I ; chibs. Mies Lehman has been the ■ J leader in charge of the Peppy Pep1 pers Girls’ Club of Washington I ; township for two years. This club I I made an enviable tecord last year I and received many awards at the 4-11 Club exhibit last August. Mr. Schwartz has been in charge of the programs for the Adams county calf club for the last year, 1 having served as vice-president of this organizaztion. He has also served as a junior leader in the Sod Busters club of Monroe town- ■ ship, having under his supervision * younger crops club members. Both Miss Lehman and Mrs. Schwartz have been outsand’.ng in activities connected with the jun- [ ior header organization of the county and with the Teens and Tweul ties club. This recognition which is t I given to them has been well meritI ed. At this training camp they will • | (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) i o —— WEATHER Fair tonight; Tuesday fair, northeast increasing cloudiness west and south, followed by showers west portion by afternoon or night, not much change i in temperature. , I O Hindenburg Survivor Testifies At Probe Lakehurst, N. J., May 17 —(UP) — Fire started on the dirigible Hindenburg a minute after the landing lines were cleared Hans Freund, the only one of thre’e riggers who ' survived, testified today as the department of commerce resumed its ■ investigation. He said the landing I rope or wire of the ship was not entangled with any control wire as I preparations were made to land.

Price Two Cents.

Ruling On Unemployment Insurance, Old Age Pha c Expected By June OTHER RULINGS Washington. May 17 (U.R)- The supreme court t „lny virtually assured decision on constitutional ity of the unemployment Insurj ance and old age pensions phases lot the new deal social security [act by June 1. when it announced that date as ending its present court term. Announcement that the term will end June 1 came after a session which brought ’ several decisions of significance but no ruling in the pending social security test. Approve Provisions Washington. May 17 (U.R) —The supreme court today approved provisions of a 1936 revenue act covering the procedure to be fol- ' lowed by those who pa I process--1 ing taxes under the invalidated 1 AAA and now seek to recover 1 them. The comt affirmed the decision i of die fifth circuit court of appeals i which held that the procedure set ' up was proper exercise by con- ■ gross of its power. The decision . appeared to uphold (he ‘ «indfall tax" provision ol the law These . provided that a processer, before ■ being entitled to recovery must . show he has not passed the tax on to the consumer for the pro- ’ ducer. The suit on which the court actI ed was brought by the Anniston , Manufacturing company, Anniston. . Ala . to recover $257,935 in processing taxes on cotton and sll.918 in floor stock taxes. Several . other leading mills Including the I Pacific Mills intervened in the case as “friends of »be court.” The Anniston comp v suit as brought against Harwell (1. Davis.

collector of internal revenue for the Alabama district, to recover taxes illegally exacted. The suit was in the courts when the 1936 j I revenue act was adopted '| The new law provided that no suits should be filed for recovery of processing taxes within less . than 18 months after a claim for H refund had been filed with the commissioner of internal revenue. Previously the law provided a period of but six months. It also provided that no collector of interna! revenue should be Hable for taxes collected by him. Upholds Chain Tax ‘ Washington, May 17 dU.fi) -The supreme court today approved the 1 Louisiana chain store tax impos- ■ ing a graduated tax on each store 1 of a chain based on the number of stores operated by the chain 1 anywhere. 1 The case attracted unusual attention in merchandising circlet. ‘ The tax was based on the total • number of stores operated by a c .tin including thu..e outside the 1 state. It. differed fr. all previous i chain store tax n which the court hail ruled Generally th- , rt has approved previously those taxes which , graduate the tax on the basis of (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o DAVE LUGENBILL IS BADLY HURT Aged Berne Man Seriously Injured In Fall From Ladder David Luginbill, 80, of Berne, Is in the Adams county memorial hospital in a serious coudition as result of a fall from a ladder this morning about 8 o'clock. Mr. Dugenbill war standing on a ladder about 20 feet in the air when he suddenly became faint. He endeavored to reach the ground but fell, lighting upon his head. The attending physician stated that he suffered a severe concussion, a fractured collar boi and a fracture of one rib. He also sustained a wrenched neck. He was immediately brought to the local hospital. A skull fracture, at first feared, does not exist, the physician stated. His advanced age is expected to increase the seriouaness of his condition, the doctor stated. He was engaged in painting the Vilas Schindler home in Berne when tho accident occurred.