Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 118, Decatur, Adams County, 18 May 1937 — Page 1

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)«?e Os Windsor To Marry Wallis Warfield June 3

eddL Date Is Set By! Form Monarch; No H> er > Os I'he Royal I Kami! To Attend. ■ itW GUESTS ■ * ~i-nr nr y '., ,! .1 at th.' Chateau <ni ,m ■ ia aB „ .aiiniiniqu.' fit.til ~ Kt side th chateau. hi the K sister' any member of the Es lettfn- ''finial sanction to ■ BThe tEaniniuiie said: ’*!♦• Duke ■ Win® l ' announces that his Erriage • 'I ■ Wallis Wai field Kugbter of 'll' 1 late Mr ami Mis Eltle >aliis Wai field of .Mary Ed. *■ '■"•■'' I'ktee al tile Ulla Eu at louts on June 3.” ■ Tte Mi",‘:ni'|i ' i 'Veal"d tli ii L v th®- *lio have been with K. Unto nt.'l Mis Warfield since attend. i ■■ln*Mi"u> io the wedding of E Dajßof Windsor and .Mrs. he wi,| i them in th. ill.. 'Eid. “N" member of the royal Emily wl l> e present.” ■ The coli'iiiiii'i.'"' referred to th. EdHoteas Mrs Wallis Warfield ® Ths'^fc<"it.' em.'ii' that no mem E s ''"D'l family would at that the family's offi lit’ <>n r vie I'tvio riftN'S LOVER I UNDER ARREST two|re Held For Murd-. ■H Os Woman's I Daughter N. Y., May 18—(UP) -Mr«. 'Hfelen Tiernan, 25 year old lothet Sjiho confessed she killed M of he two children and tried ’kill the other, because they interred with her love affair, was ara gned on a charge of first degree surder hire today and pleaded not Wilty. iSeorge Christodulus. her westhEt. was held as a material witness. NewEtnk. .May IS—(U.R) Mrs Wen Th mm, L'.'.-year-old blonde. Wite Wow, may have attempt'd W months to dispose of her two >iue-eyed| children so that she Wld livtj alone with tiie man she oved, it wan intimated today. While polio.' charged Mrs. Tieraal>. her lover. George Chrislodlilut. With the murder of Mrs. Tiennan's seven-year-old daughter, Connelly. Iler neigh tor, told police that Helen and “ r brother, Jimmy. 4, had almost *i‘'J front gas 10 months ago in *hat Hbeared then to be an acciieut. * Jimmy also had been an intend--01 a child massacre til.' WOWS near Brookhaven, horn islamlffcturday morning, but had ’ urviT ®f th'* clubbing, knifing, and Jto that killed his sister. Hie iwy S&!tl e | P) j , 0 (1)p arrest of tri moth. , Eor hours she tried to Protect the man 8 “ e 10v |?’ but eal 'ly today she MB that*the Greek restaurworker, who calls himself ’ St ' e ' had helped her k: ‘i hetfeaughter. Consßy insisted that Mrs. TierF W * F a “good woman.” Ten -~ l!lt *W s ° be P asse d through the (OOXtINUED ON PAGE FIVE) Male Quartet To Sing Here Tonight Four, a colored t, will render a service at th e Church of God toc3o' service w ill begin at ' Tk'r male quartet sings over “lion B'OWO at the Bible Story acted by the Church of to 4:15 daily from Modi', 1 pu,>l- - c is cordially, invited -tvOiid the service tonight. 1

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NEW ACTION IS TAKEN HERE IN WABASH DREDGE I Remonstrators Seek Injunction To Prevent Bid Letting Litigation was begun anew Monday afternoon in the county's most famous case when an application for a temporary and permanent injunction against the letting of contracts for the dredging of the Wabash river was filed in the Adams circuit court. The application was filed by Jacob Daugherty. Ottis McCollum, Edward J. Kenney and James Armstrong against Homer Teeter, as drainage commissioner and superintendent ot construction of the drain petitioned for by William Fennig and others. The case is entitled the Fennig drain. Following his appointment by Special Judge Henry Kister here April 14 when Judge Kister ruled an act of the state legislature unconstitutional, Mr. Teeter advertised for bids Saturday. May 29, at 2 p. in jn Portland. The application filed here asks that a temporary injunction be applied to' prevent the letting ot the contracts and after the hearing it be made permanent. Assessed SSOO Each The complaint is filed on behalf of more than 200 landowners in Adams and Jay county and alleges that total assessments would amount to approximately SIOO,OOO. which would be about SSOO each. The original case was docketed in the Adams cfrcrnt cotrrt on Feb-i ruary 7. 1927. Henry Kister of I Portland, was appointed by Gov. Harry Leslie to act as special j judge on February IS. 1933. Later an appeal from the judgment in favor of the plaintiffs was taken to the supreme court of Indiana. During the recent session of the state assembly bouse bill 418 was passed to prevent the dredging of ,the river at the expense of the landowners. The complaint alleges that "not withstanding the enactment of the law, Henry Kister as special judge pretended to continue the exercise of jurisdiction and on April 14 ordered Homer Teeter to proceed with the construction. That no change of venue was taken from Honorable Huber M. De Voss, the regularly elected and sole judge of the Adams circuit court, and who has not been in any way dis qualified to act as judge in the drainage proceeding. Judge Kister Unqualified “That the rendition of the final judgment by Henry Kister as special judge in the proceeding from (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) FOUR ARRESTED AS BOMB HEADS Theater Bomb Gang Believed Smashed By Fort Wayne Arrests Fort Wayne, May 18. — KU.R> - Hearings for four men believed! the “brains” in a ring responsible for more than 100 theater bombings throughout the United States were continued until June 2 in city court this morning before Judge William Schannen in city court this morning. j Bomd for Fred C. Blacker, 50, Kokomo. Leo K. (Izzy) Smith, 40, Fort Wayne, and Charles 0. Smith, 38, Fort Wayne, was set at S4OOO. They were arraigned on fugitive warrants from a Kings county, New York, grand jury indictment. Bond for Charles Donovan, 40 Kokomo, held for questioning and investigation, was set at SI,OOO. None of the four furnished the bond immediately. Extradition warrants will have to be signed by Gov. Herbert Lehman of New York, and approved by Gov. M. Clifford Townsend of Indiana before the men can be taken to New York. All four decided to fight extradition. Six New York officials who had trailed the men for months believed Jie organization which had tel(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

GRADUATION, BACCALAUREATE EXERCISES SET Programs Arranged For Annual Public High School Exercises Complete programs for both the commencement exercises ami baccalaureate services of the senior class of the Decatur high school were announced today by Walter J. Krick, city school superintendent. Commencement will be held in the school auditorium Thursday ! evening. May 27, at 8 o'clock. Prof. Robert Phillips, head of the division of government, Purdue university, will deliver the commencement address. School Principal W. Guy Brown will present the class and Ira B. Fuhrman, school board superintendent. will present the diplomas. The Rev. George O. Walton, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, will deliver the sermon at the baccalaureate services to be held in the First M. E. church at 7:30 o’clock Sunday evening. May 23. Maury Cross To Play A feature of the senior reception to be held in the school gymnasium following the commencement will be a dance with Maury Cross and his orchestra furnishing the music. Maury Cross has one of the most widely known bands in the state, having been featured over CBS and NBC broadcasting networks, while playing in Fort Wayne. Admission to the affair will be by tickets only. Miss Mildred Worthman. senior class guardian, -is in charge. Following is the commencement program: ! Overture, “Lustpi . ..el” Keler Bela Girls' Orchestra Invocation Rev. C. M. Prugh, Pastor Zion Reformed Church Music Mixed Cchorus, Decatur High School (a) The Builder Cadman (b) I Am Music Miessner I (c) O Singing land SUjeHus : Address, “Life Under the . (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) INDIANA K. G. MEET SUNDAY — Annual State Convention To Be Held At Huntington The annual state convention of the Knights of Columbus will be held at Huntington Sunday and Monday, May 23 and 24. A large number of members of the Decatur council are expected to attend. Registration will open at 1 o'clock Saturday afternoon. An informal dance will be held at the K. of C. [club rooms at 9 p. m. Satu'-day, with free admission to delegates, members and their wives. Convention mass will be he’d at SS. Peter and Paul's church at 8 'a- in. Sunday with the Rev. William I Hoff, pastor, as celebrant. The Rev. Wendell Corcoran, C. C. C. state chaplain, will deliver the sermon. An auto tour will be held during the afternoon, with visits to the ’plant, Missionary Catechist home, i Our Sunday Visitor publishing St. Felix Coauchin monastery and ' the city parks. The convention banquet will be held at 6:30 p. m., followed by entertainment. Martin F. Carmody, supreme knight, will deliver the principal ! address at the banquet. Most Rev. John F- No'l, bishop of the Fort Wayne diocese, will also speak at ; the banquet. The convention will close with i business sessions at 9 a. m. and 2 i p. m. Monday. Former Local Woman Dies At Fort Wayne Word was received here this morning. of the death of Mrs. George Patterson at Fort Wayne Monday evening. Death followed an operation. Mrs. Patterson, who was formerly a resident of Decatur, lived with her son, Glen. The following children survive: Donald of Middletown, Ohio; Glen of Fort Wayne; Mrs. Ruth Rapp lof Syracuse; Mrs. Mary Nelson of Chicago. Funeral services will be held in Fort Wayne Thursday. The exact time of the funeral has not been decided. The body will remain at the Chalfant, Perry and Polk funeral |iome on West Wayne street.

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Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, May 18, 1937.

Slew ‘Babe in Woods’ for Love

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According to police, Mrs. Helen Tiernan (above!. 28-year-old blonde, | : confessed the slaying of her 8-year-old daughter. Helen, and the slash Ing of her 5-year-old son, James, in woods near Brookhaven, N. Y. The | ’ girl’ sbody was found, cut and partly burned. Her little brother was discovered wounded nearby. In her alleged confession, Mrs. Tiernan ’ told police she committed the acts because she was in love with a man. but couldn’t accommodate him and the children in tin* small ilat th»* r family lived in.

YOUNG KILLER ' ‘ TO ARKANSAS Youth And Sweetheart To 1 Face Trial In Arkansas 1 • * Slaying Poughkeepsie, N. Y., May 18.—•! ' <U.R> —Lester Brokelhurst, 23, itin-i erant slayer, and his 18-year-old' sweetheart, Bernice Felton, left j for Little Rock, Ark., in custody. early today to face a first degree | ! murder charge. ,' The girl’s father, Abraham Fel-1 ton. left with Illinois officials for his home in Rockford, 11l He told| Brockelhurst that he was sorry , “you're not going to Illinois.” He- * had been the youth's guardian un- ’ der a parole that freed him from ■ an Illinois reformatory. Brockelhurst was disappointed 1 f bitterly in the decision of Gover-1 } nor Herbert H Lehman to give I him to Arkansas authorities in-! } stead of those of Illinois or Texas f who also want him for murder. IHe believes he will be executed c and wanted to see his mother beI fore he dies. Govrnor Lehman ruled that Arkansas had a stronger case against 1 them than Illinois and Texas, | which issued murder warrants only t for Brockelhurst. The youth was ’ Si (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) 1 - -oUNION DRIVE ON ' FORD CONTINUES i' — . i I Union Leaders Intensify / Drive To Unionize Ford Plants ;| The labor situation today: I! Detroit—The United Automobile .' workers union sought a basis for t 1 charging Henry Ford with violation t- of the Wagner Labor Act- Union l.'eadens intensified their campaign i to organize 140,000 Ford workers. ! Hollywood — The Los Angeles building trades council pledged support to striking movie technicians and ordered council members not M to cross studio ipicket lines. Auburn. Me., — National guards men prepared to leave the shoe sac--5 tory district after guarding against strike disturbances for 26 days. It , was announced, meanwhile, that ne- } gotiations to end a 54-day strike had collapsed. Pittsburgh —Crucible steel com- . pany officials met with heads of the j steel workers organizing commit- ,! tee, which has threatened to call t ' strikes in five big independent plants on May 25 unless demands ! ■ are met. t! Washington—The committee for II Industrial organization claimed that t its membership now exceeds that of t! the American federation of labor, j I from whioh CIO unions have ’been | suspended.

I Hand Is Injured In Accident Here’ — I A minor operation was performed at the Adams county memorial i hospital Monday afternoon upon John Bittson for the removal of a ’ piece of steel from his left hand. The steel was driven into his hand Saturday afternoon by a cold chisel while he was working, at the_ Dierkes Auto parts. He was dismissed shortly after ■ the operation anj is now able to be i about. — JUNIORS PLAN FOR RECEPTION I 'Hiffh School Juniors To j Honor Graduates Friday Night ! Complete plans for the annual junior-senior reception of the Decatur high school, to be held in the school gymnasium Friday night at 8 o’clock, were announced today by Miss Verneal Whalen, general chairman and junior class guard- , ian. Each year near the close of i school the junior class, in a gala ! event, entertains the upperclassmen, who are preparing for gradu’ation. This year the junior class [has arranged an entertainment that | is expected to surpass all previous i events of its kind. i The reception will lie in the form !of a dance and luncheon, with “Winslow's Rhythm Barons," wideIly known colored orchestra from | Marion, furnishing the music for ■ dancing. Miss Marguerite Staley will act as hostess for the event. Speakers will include: James Krick, junior class president; Lewis Smith, senior class president; Joe Hunter, city school board treasurer and Walter J. Krick, city school superintendent. Servers Chosen The following underclassmen have been chosen as servers for the event: Florence McConnell, Gladys Miller, Flora Marie Lankenau, Betty Hunter, Betty Hamma, Evangeline Fuhrman, Annabelle Doan. Anna Jane Tyndall, James Christen, James Highland, Robert Boch, Jack Tricker, Junior Zerkel, John McConnell, Bill Hunter and (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) Lad Is Injured In Fall Monday Evening Jimmy E. Fuller, eight year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph E. Fuller, corner of 10th and Adams streets, received an injury to his head last evening when he slipped and fell in a new house under construction in the neighborhood. Ho was admitted to the Adams county memorial hospital last evening about 8 o'clock. His condition was reported a« better this morning.

Willis Van Devanter, Supreme Court Justice, Quits; Court Bill Gets Unfavorable Vote

Judiciary Committee Votes Unfavorably On Measure To Reform Judiciary Os Nation. VOTE 10-8 Washington, May 18 HJ.R) The I senate judiciary committee by a ! vote of 10 to 8 today approved an unfavorable report to the senate lon President Roosevelt's judiciary program. The vot • came three hours after announcement by con servatlve Justice Willis Van Devanter that he will retire from the court June 2. The judiciary committee vote and the Van Devanter retirement. I effective June 2, heightened strong | congressional indications that Mi I Roosevelt's program is headed for i compromise revision or outright ■ defeat. Senate supporters of the court plan, however, refused to concede that the announcement by the ; dean of the supreme court con I servatlve group would in any way I affect the outcome of the contro ! versy. The judiciary committee vote, announced by Sen. William F. Borah, R.. Ida., as he left the com- ’ mittee chamber, previously had been forecast in unofficial polls of senatorial sentiment. Borah said that the committee also voted to reject all compromise amend ments. The only changes approved were minor clerical correc , tious. It was admittedly too early to determine the sweeping implies ■ tious of Van Devanter’s retire I merit upon the judicial controversy which has held the attention 'of congress and the nation since Mr. Roosevelt's plan was first an- ! nounced early in February. No immediate official comment ■ was forthcoming from Mr. Roose"veit. He was represented unofli- • daily, however, as hailing the Van ,' Devanter retirement as making the score “one up and five to go” a phrase referring to the fact that the president’s program was designed to add six new justices Ito Uie supreme bench if sittii.g I members over the age of 70 lail , to retire. The Van Devanter retirement II gives Mr. Roosevelt one appointi ment to the supreme court. BeI cause of the court's frequent nari! row 5 to 4 divisions, appointment iof a jurist sympathetic to new I deal aims was expected to nave I wide effects in court deterininai tious of closely disputed issues. Tiie judiciary committee action ■ I pointed toward a straight-out no . compromise fight in the senate. Tliis tendency iiad been empha- ! sized by senators who agrily I abandoned various compromise suggestions in resentment against ! what they characterized as efforts , 1 by postmaster general and national Democratic chairman James A. (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o INDIANA WPA GOST SLASHED Jennings Announces Plans To Cut Administrative Costs Indianapolis, May 18— (U.R) Plans for reorganization of the Indiana works progress adminis tration in an effort to save thousands of dollars and increase efficiency of the administrative force were announced today by John K. Jennings, state WPA administrator. The new director who succeeded Wayne Coy when he resigned to become assistant to former Gov. Paul V. McNmt, United States high commissioner to the Philippines, vacated the offices in the I old Deaconess hospital building here, saving SIB,OOO a year, and i last Saturday dismissed a puli 1 licity staff of 27, reducing the budget an additional $40,000. Jennings indicated tiie next economy step will be elimination of the Marion county WPA district which maintains headquarters at ! the Indiana state fair grounds. A staff of 24 is employed in that ! office. For the nine districts into which I WPA activities now are divided, the average administrative cost , was 1.64 per cent for the last j month under Coy's administration. | (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

THINK LIBERAL WILL BE NAMED TO HIGH COURT Van Devanter’s Retirement To Bring Shift In Court Lineup Washington. May 18 CU.R) Appointment of a "liberal" justice to the supreme court in the plhce I to be vacated l>y Justice Willis! Van Devanter shifts to the liberal jurists the balance of power eve l elsed by the "conservative" group over tile past seven years. It was just seven years ago this spring that Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes and Justice Owen J. Roberts were appointed to the high bench. Since then they have been tiie balance wheel which often controlled the outcome of decisions by the court. Van Devanter’s impending retirement will materially reduce tiie importance of tiie impending social security act test cases. Should unemployment insurance and old age pensions be condemned by a five to four vote, a rehearing petition could be granted in the fall by a five to four vote, which might well result in a reversal of tiie spring decision. The conservative group of four justices lias been predominant iu its influence in recent years because the vote of either Hughes or Roberts gave them the power to dictate the decision in cases which divided the court five to four. The conservative members have been Justices Van Devanter, James C Mcßeynolds, Pierce Butler. and George Sutherland There have been but three consistent members of the so-called liberal group. They are Justice (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) DEATH CLAIMS DOY E. LHAMON Proprietor Os Doc’s Place Dies After An Extended Illness — Doy Edwin (Doc) Lhamon, 63, -lied at the Adams county memorial ! hospital Monday night at 8:30 o'clock. He had been ill for the past five years and his death was hastened when he fell at his home Friday morning, sustaining a fractured hip. Mr. Lhamon, who had operated Doc's Place on Monro© street for the past 18 years, was born in Adame county April 17, 1874, a son of Abrahaim and Margaret JohnsonLhamon. He married Mary Bogner Nov. 28. 1912. No children were born to tiie union. He was a member of the St. Mary's Catholic church, and fraternally was a member of the B. P. O. Elks and Loyal Order ot Moose lodges. Surviving besides the widow is one sister, Mrs. Alice Meyers of Salem. A brother, Henon Lhamon. died January 20, 1937. Two other brothers, Tom and Rufus, and a steter, Blanche, also are deceased. Funeral services will be held at the St. Mary's Catholic church at 9 o’clock Thursday morning, with the Rev. Father J. J. Seimetz, pastor, officiating. The body will be 1 taken from the Zwick funeral home at 7 o'clock this evening to the residence at 316 Jackson street. o WEATHER Showers this afternoon and tonight, somewhat cooler northwest tonight; Wednesday becoming fair, somewhat cooler. o David Luginbill Condition Critical — The condition of David Lugin j bill. SO, Berne man injured in a fall from a ladder Monday remains [ critical at the Adams county memorial hospital, where he is a 1 patient. Mr. Luginbill sustained a severe concussion, a fractured collar bone, a fracture ot one rib, and a wrenched neck. His advanced age complicates his condition.

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Dean Os Conservatives In Supreme Court Resigns Today Effective As Os June 2. 78 YEARS OLD Washington, May 18. (U.R) Justice Willis Van Devanter. dean ,j>f the Supreme Court conservatives who have voted almost invariably against President Roosevelt's new deal legislation, today announced his retirement from the supreme bench. The announcement of the vener- | able jurist's intentions was made I known in a brief note to President Roosevelt. Van Devanter, who celebrated his 78th birthday April 17, will quit tiie higli court post he has occupied since Jan. 3. 1911, on June 2 the day after the Supreme Court’s final session of this term. Announcement of Van Devanter's retirement —a factot of vital effect in President Roosevelt's drive for enactment of his Supreme Court enlargement plan—came on the very day the senate judiciary committee was scheduled to meet to take a final vote on the court plan. Only yesterday the Supreme Court announced that it would quit for the year on June 1. Van Devanter apparently had been waiting only for the final decision on a court adjournment date in order to announce that he was quitting his court position. Van DeVanter. senior in years of service to all other members of the Supreme Court and older than any other justice except the veteran liberal, Louis Dembitz Brandels, long has been expected to retire. It was believed he had continued in his Supreme Court post for some time longer than ho bad personally desired because of the constant series of Important issues placed before the court for decision by constitutional tests of newdeal enactments. Only Justice James Clark McReynolds has voted against the constitutionality of more new deal measures than Van Devanter. Os 22 vital new deal tests. Van Devauter has joined his conservative I colleagues. Justice George SutherI land, Pierce Butler, and Mcßeyn- | olds in condemning 13 Roosevelt enactments. Despite his leading part in court opposition to administration legisj lation, Van Devanter never has i written a majority or minority | opinion upon a new deal question, i This was attributed to the fact of Iris age and frail health. Court colleagues, desirous to enable Tiim to continue on the bench, relieved him so far as possible of routine duties. Like all Supreme Court justices. Van Devanter has lived a quiet and recluse-like existence. Especially has this been true since the (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) NO COMMENTS ON SUCCESSOR White House Refuses To Comment On Successor To Devanter Washington, May 18 — (UP) — President Roosevelt feels the resignation of associate justice Willis Van Devanter leaves the administration's program to enlarge the supreme court standing with a score I of “one up and five to go," a source close to the White House revealed today. The political interpretation of Van Devanter’s retirement in the words of golf means that Mr. Roosevelt counted the action as a one-sixth victory in his iplant to add six justices to the U. S. supreme court. "The President feels,” an informed source said, “Tba tthe score is now one-up with five to go. “If three justices should resign, ed source said, “That the score is if the opponents should win the last ; three holes." Meanwh'ile, the White House revealed that Mr. Roosevelt received i Van Devanter’s letter of resignation I by special messenger at 9:45 o'clock this morning. The source which revealed Mr. Roosevelt's Interpreatation ot the retirement said the President was surprised "only to a degree” by Van (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)