Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 123, Decatur, Adams County, 24 May 1937 — Page 1

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IOCIAL SECURITY ACT UPHELD

■n D. Rockefeller, Retired fc Magnate, Dies Sunday In Woricfa; DeatMls Unexpected

■jng. f amous I or His HBanthropy, Dies In ■ter Home In FlorDeath I nexpeeted H;s WEDNESDAY 8,. May 24 l.„h l> R<»k>H "I '" llirt ~Mh yt ‘ ar J 1 •"IN.IIIIO.il"" ’ a , ;l> ...JI"II.IHHI. Will be burial. ..f castle in '.be ihe lluilao’: X V . members of 1;,., k. f.-11. t- gathered to There, i’l the great hull, I be held Wedties-I ■ 'stun uft-i "aid 'he body will ) to Cleveland | multi-millionaire. SO , g, a penniless youth. yesterday at ■a. ■ 1 I ST 111 his winter palcame while he 1-01101 There was K It «... caused by an aged »: ply giving up the task. Ki will mu Change I tie I Kneel 111 dynasty nor affect Kfutu Since he retired in gs son. John I).. Jr., has | Hu> :'i|‘l--'-- (on.inand of the lie tunctioning nrgaK| the making of money investments and enter-' in one side, the spending f.>r .-diincational. scienr philanthropic, on the other. And miauls ell route - s-.c -of whom sons. been ar.- take Hr Ac d . nasi vs future and Ml 111 lan k. feller's retirement repercussions the jpcll markets and the nation's ' Jstmii ON PAGE FIVE) In LOCAL ]|SIDENT DIES ■faSlin Overlay Dies ■flday At Home In I Worth Webster Overlay. 45. former DeBbr'Brli. r. died at North Webmorning at 5:30 K' llc M ul ' l "iding to word receiv today. E" r - ft") 1:1 v w:| s born in Adams ■“tJMFelum.ry 6, 1888, moving while a boy. Sev- • 1 frars ago he located here and ST Bi barbering. His health for the last year he had custodian of the Amer home in North Web by the widow and He has several cousnear Decatur. A broth the west. ■'Wai services will be held at Black funeral home Wed [afternoon at 1:30 o'clock. Efcify- ''"orge S. Lozier will ofAdams post number 43 Legion will be lll, ‘ services. Burial will in the Decatur cemetery. may be viewed at the Ei-jf 11 " 1 ul home after 7 o'clock °~~—■— I Returns ; K° Kentucky Mission Naomi Lozier, who has tiSt Vac ation of five weeks with HB* ntK ’ the Rev. and Mrs. Lozier, and friends iu ■~r«#i tld ‘ ana a nd Nebraska, reBL her mission station in the mountains of Kentucky n >ng. t®L L ° tier haS been servln 8 in Blrd mission field of the] a> church for several. Was aca °mpanied to the I L,i.JE' by 11 " r sister, Mise Ruth' Ldiaß- W - ho w!l1 spend several 1 W' the mission.

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STORM GAUSES HEAVY DAMAGE SOUTH OF BERNE Southern Part Os Adams County Damaged By Storm Saturday A severe windstorm that reached cyclonic proportions in many places swept the south half of the i county Saturday afternoon, leavI ing damage estimated at tlioui sands of dollars in its wake. Described by some as a funnel- . shaped cloud that dropped and I rose frequently, the storm tore buildings from their foundations. I uprooted entire orchards, blasted 1 windmills away from their fasten- ! Ings, and tossed small outbuidlings rods distant. David Neienschwander, resident living two miles southeast of ' Berne, gave a description of the j “twister” that wreaked its heaviest damage between Berne and I Geneva and west of Geneva. Man Narrowly Escapes I Peter Neuensch wander, 80-year 'old farmer, living south of Berne. ' narrowly escaped with his life in | an effort to reach his house from ■ the barn Debris and shattered timber flew around him, as he i raced for the house. A 7ff-foot 1 windbreak and a corn crib were I completely demolished, fruit trees 1 were blown down, two brooder ' houses can ied 80 rods, and a waler tank lofted nearly half a mile away, before the storm left his property. At the Russell Long home, south of the Neuenschwander residence, a chicken house was deI molished and scores of chickens were killed. The windmill was flattened, but the twister raised as it passed the home At the Elmer and William Bailey farm in that vicinity, the barndoors were torn off and a wagon carried completely our of the barn. Windows were blown out. At the Ell Stucky farm, several sheep were killed and the windmill de-j molished. Berne Community Suffers Nearer to Berne, farm homes. and properties also sustained con-1 siderable damage. A barn at the | Tess Lybarger home nearer Berne, was demolished and a horse killed. At the Ed Stahly residence an entire orchard of fruit trees was blown flat. Scores of others reported minor (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) — SCHOLARSHIP TO LOCAL STUDENT Harold Zimmerman Is Awarded Scholarship To Earlham College Harold M. Zimmerman, senior in the Decatur high school, has received notification of his being awarded a merit scholarship at Earlham college. Richmond, to be-1 come effective the first semester of the next college year. The total value of the scholaiship throughout the four yearsi is S4OO or SIOO annually. The scholarship is granted in the form of a reduction in tuition costs In order for the SIOO annual award to be continued the winner must maintain an acade ™ ,d “ f age of B in a normal schedule of courses and his college "' lOl general must merit the contlnu ation. In notifying Mr. Zimmerman of the award, the scholarship commimttee commended him upon h s scholastic work in the eca | high school and his excellent rec- . ommendations. Zimmerman, in addition to scholastic ability, also waßa “®"’ I ber of the football and baseball I teams of the school.

THIRD SON IS REPORTED BORN TO LINDBERGHS Statement Today Reveals Birth Occurred On May 12 London, May 24—(UP) —The Evening Standard reported today that Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh is in a nursing home in Southern England. (Copyright 1937 by United Press) Cleveland, May 24 —(U.R>—A son was born to Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh in England on coronation day, two close relatives of the flying couple announced today to the United Press. Mrs. Charles Long Cutter, aunt to Mrs. Lindbergh, and her daughter. Annie S. Cutter, said the family had received a letter to that effect Saturday. It reported that both the mother and baby were well. The announcement came first through a housekeeper to Mrs. Cutter, who authorized her to announce the birth. It later was con firmed by Mrs. Cutter's daughter, an employe of the Cleveland public library. The ’ Cutters said they had no knowledge of what name had been (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) DEATH CLAIMS HENRYBULMAHN Adams County Native Dies Sunday Morning ia Root Township Henry Bulmahn, 74. life long Adams county resident, died Sunday rporning at 10:30 o'clock at his home in Root township of compli- | cations. He has been bed fast for nine days but had been in failing health for several years. Mr. Btilmahn’s parents, Mr- and ! Mrs. Henry Bulmahn, came to the ' county from Germany. He was born in Root township, April 15, 1863. On May 2, 1885. he was married to Miss Minnie Berning, who survives. Two children, Mrs. Hugo Boerger, of Rooot township, and Herman Mache of Fort Wayne, are living. Other survivers are the following brothers and sisters: William, of Root township; Mrs. August Selling, Mrs. Christ Selking, and Mrs. Christ Macke, of Preble township, and Mrs. Henry Berning, of Root township. There are six grandchildren. *' w Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock at the home and at 2 o'clock C. S- T. at the St. John’s Lutheran church, of which he was a member The Rev. A. R. Truelzch, pastor of the church, will officiate. Burial will be made in the church cemetery. , The body will be removed from ' the ZWick funeral home this afterI noon and may be viewed at the home after 7 o’clock this evening. Memorial Services Held Here Sunday Approximately 100 members of Adams Post No. 43 American Legion, the women’s auxiliary and Spanish-American War veterans attended the annual memorial service, held Sunday at the First Evangelical church. The members met at the Legion home and marched to the church in a body to hear the Rev. George S. Lozier deliver the address, in respect to the departed members of the organization. Half a score Spanish-American ■war veterans were among those to attend. The members of the organizations sat in a section ol the church reserved for their use.

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Decatur, Indiana, Monday, May 24, 1937.

Retired Oil King Dies - J ' / John D. Rockefeller, oil patriarch who died Sunday in Florida, is pictured above with his son, John D„ Jr. Funeral services will be held Wednesday.

GIVES TOTAL OF DOG TAXES PAID All Dog Taxes Must Be Paid June 1 To Avoid Prosecution Dog owners in Decatur corpor-1 ation and Washington township have paid a total of $376 in dog j taxes this year, it was disclosed today. The number of unpaid taxes have not yet been determined. All taxes are to be paid by June 1. After that date the names of the dog owners who have not paid will be turned over to the proscutor for collection. Attention was also called to the fact that kennel licenses are due from assessment period to assessment period, regardless of the date the license was issued. Many people are under the impression that if a license was secured last June it would not have to be renewed until June of this, year. This impression is incorrect, Ernest Worthman county assessor, stated today. The license was due May 20, he , stated. However, due to the fact that his office was not notified of | the change until a late date, no penalties are to be added immed-' lately, he stated. Receives Word Os Death Os Uncle Andrew Scb'.rack, of near this' city, received word of the death of his uncle. Francis Schirack, aged about 70, who died at his home in Minster, Ohio, Sunday. Funeral services will be held i Wednesday morning at 9 o’clock at the Holy Trinity church at Bryant, Indiana. o—, 0 —, FLOYD KELLER DIES TODAY Decatur Man Dies Unex- 1 pectedly At Ft. Wayne Hospital Floyd Ke Ver, 28, for 10 years an employe of the General Electric plant here, died unexpectedly this morning at 8:05 o'clock C. S. T. at the Irene Byron Sanatorium in Fort Wayne of tuberculosis. Death came before the family could be summoned to his bedside. Mr. Kel'er had been in failing health since an operation last October and was a patient in the sanatonium for several weeks. He was born in Monroe, April 28,. 1909. He was married to Miss Leia' McGough, October 28. 1933. Sttrviv-1 ing besides the widow are two I children, Richard Deane, aged 3 and Donald Floyd, six weeks old.. A sister .preceded him in death its 1930. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 1:30 p. m. at the home and at 2 p. m. at the Church of God. The Rev. Glen E. Marshall, pastor of the church, will officiate. Burial will be made in the Decatur cemetery. The body will be removed from the Zwick Funeral home Tuesday morning and may be viewed at the home on 133 South Eleventh street after 1 p. m.

Retired Oil King Dies

Charles Ehinger To Edit Purdue Annual Word was received here this morning that Charles Ehinger. son of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Ehinger, has been chosen to edit the 1938 Debris, the year book of Purdue university. The selection was made at a campus election held last week. Mr. Ehinger, who completes his junior year this spring, is a mem-’ . ber of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity and is a junior electrical engineer. He is a member of the Gimlet club, athletic booster honorary, and was a member of the 1938 junior prom committee. He is a member of Eta Kappa Nu. honorary electrical engineering fraternity. Mr. Ehinger was a member of the staff during his sophomore year and served as one of the three junior editors this year. ASSESSMENTS SHOW INCREASE Increase In County Expected To Be More Than $200,000 Proof that the increase in assessI ment valuations in the county i would reach more than $200,000 J was given this morning in the ofI flee of County Assessor Ernest I Worthman, while assessment returns were being tabulated. Decatur, itself, is expected to show an increase of approximately . SIOO,OOO, according to the figures. Approximately $75,000 increase 1 at the General Electric factory and and the Central Soya company, is mainly responsible for this, he stat- | ed. New service stations, new homes and an increase in the inventory of stores have further added to the increase, he stated. I While Decatur and Washington ' township will probably show the | greatest increase, southern assess- ' meut units will also raise greatly, he said. Between 14 and 17 new homes I in Berne were added to the assess ment lists this year, Mr. Worthman stated. Demonstration Given At Calf Club Meeting Fifty people were in attendance at the Adams County 4-H calf club meeting, which wan held Thursday evening at Monroe. Os special interest to those present was the demonstration on "Cream Improvement”, presented by Leßoy Schwartz and Elmer Nussbaum, who will rapre- | sent Adams County in the <]cmon- , stration contest at the 441 Round- ' Up at Purdue, June 16-18. Mrs. Helen Mann distributed the ; record books and discussed their I use. Songs and yells were led by I the song leader, Glen Griffiths. In I conclusion. County Agent Archbold ; gave a brief talk on club work. Decatur Pastor Is Called To Meeting The Rev. George S. Lozier is In Indianapolis today and tomorrow where he has been called to confer with Indiana conference leaders concerning matters of Interest to the conference.

Supreme Court Ruling Smashing Victory For New Deal, Pension And Insurance Laws Upheld

BACCALAUREATE SERVICES HELD SUNDAY NIGHT — [ Rev. George O. VV alton Delivers Sermon To 50 Graduates "Too low they build who build below the skies,” the Rev. George O. Walton, pastor of the Presbyterian church, told the 50 Decatur high School graduates Sunday night, in the baccalaureate ser- j vices held in the Methodist Episco- i pal church. The church was filled for the annual services, held under the sponsorship of the Decatur ministerial association. The processional was played by Mrs. Carrie T. Haubold on the or- , gan. The invocation and scripture, I. Corinthians, 13, was given by the Rev. George S. lazier, pastor of the Evangelical church. The prayer was said by the Rev. H. W. Franklin, First U. B. pastor. Two numbers were sung by the girls chorus of the school under [ the direction of Miss Helen Haubold, music instructor. The bene- , diction was pronounced by the Rev. Paul Brandyberry, pastor of the Church of the Nazareene. Mrs, Haubold played the recessional. The Greater Gifts Speaking on "The Greater Gifts” Rev. Wa'ton drew analogies between the problems met by the Biblical characters and those to be faced by the high school graduates. , "Somehow sin always has away of setting its prize before us as dazzling and delightful until we • reach it and find it an empty farce,” he said. “It is inevitable that somewhere along life's path, you will sense a dominant convic- 1 tion that all you are, and nave and j hope to be will come to a complete l fruition, and satisfaction will be: ' found only in so far as you sur-1 render to the Divine* voice which has spoken to men of all ages, ‘this is the way; walk ye therein’,’’ he continued. He asked the gradu | ' ates to remember three words, "Discriminate, motivate, and elevate.” “As we study the lives of successful men we find one dominant (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) LAD HURT WHEN STRUCK BY AUTO Marvin Keneuke Injured When He Runs Into Side Os Auto Marvin Keneuke, 10 son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Keneuke of route one, Ohio City, O„ was gainfully in- . jured Sunday evening at 6 o’clock when he ran into the side of a car driven by Clarence Glass, of Fort Wayne, on the Winchester road a few miles west of Decatur. Marvin was playing and evidently did not see the car, which was reported traveling at a comparatively slow rate of speed. Striking the side of the car. he was hit by the door handle and rear fender. The skin was badly torn on his left arm and his left wrist and collar bone were fractured. He sustained a severe Wow on the headHis condition was reported good this morning at the Adams county memorial hospital, where he was taken immediately after the accident . Sheriff Dallas, Brown, who investigated the accident; placed no ' blame against Mr. Glass. o WEATHER Generally fair, somewhat warmer central and north portions tonight; Tuesday increasing cloudiness, followed by showers northwest, somewhat warmer.

WAGE AND HOUR BILL IS GIVEN TO CONGRESS Bill Submitted Today Provides Broad Powers For Commission Washington, May 24 (U.K) Th'e wage and hour bill designed to carry out the purposes of the president's message to congress today provided for broad powers j for a federal commission to fix I “fair” hour and wage levels but I left out entirely definite stipulations as to pay and working hours. Chairman Wm. P. Connery, D., Mass., of the house labor committee explained as he introduced the bill that the original 40 hour week and 40 cents an hour minimum wage had been left out of the measure under a program calling for congressional consideration of these two issues. In brief, the Connery bill would provide: 1. A board of five members appointed l>y the president to control industrial wages in interstate commerce. 2. Congress to be placed on record opposing "employment of . workers under sub-standard labor conditions in occupation in inter-, state commerce.” 3. Committee study to determine basic hour and wage levels. The original bill — changed last night -carried provision for a 35 hour week and 40 cents an hour minimum wage. 4. Employment of children under 16 would be defined as an unfair practice. 5. A “fair wage” would be defined as one "fairly and reason(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) ADAMS GOUNTY NATIVE DIES Burt Eley Dies Sunday Evening At Three Rivers, Michigan Burt E'ey, 69, died at his homo in Three Rivers, Michigan last evening at 6 o'clock, according to the word received here today. The deceased was a native of Adams county, having been horn east of Berne. He worked ae a far- ■ mer there until about 10 years ago, when he moved to Michigan. Surviving, besides the widow, i Della Adair-Eley, are the following: children: Sylvia and Diston, at home; Byron, Ossian; the following brothens and aietens, Elmer, Willshire, Ohio; Mrs. Edward Turner, state of Washington; Guy. Howard, Dale, all of Berne; Mrs. Ed Davison, of Decatur and Earl Mason, of Mississippi. A step-mother, Mrs. Jacob Eley, of Berne, also survives. Funeral services will be he'd Wednesday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock at the Three Rivers funeral parlor and burial will be made there. o— Mexican Taken 111 While Driving Auto When Benny Tarvey, middleaged Mexican of Blue Creek township, became violently ill while coming to town Sunday morning, he stopped his auto, crawled out and flagged a passing car. Unable to drive any further, Tarvey halted a car driven by John Bebout, who brought him to the local hospital. The attending physician stated this morning that the cause of his ailment was unknown as yet and that it was probable he would have to undergo an operation. He is under close observation. Tarvey is employed at the Mattie Young farm In Blue Creek township.

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Price Two Cents.

Twin Keystones Os Social Security Program Upheld By High Court; Alabama Law Held Valid. VOTE ANNOUNCED Washington, May 24 —(U.R) The supreme court today approved the constitutionality of the twin keystones of the new deal social security act —old age pension and unemployment insurance legislation. In a third verdict the court approved, by a 5 to 4 vote, the provisions of the Alabama state unemployment act —a state law enacted to carry out by local cooperation the general terms of the federal unemployment act. The decisions, coming as a climax of a supreme court test in which no new deal legislation has been disapproved, established validity of two of the most sweeping projects undertaken l>y the Roosevelt administration. The court upheld federal unemployment insurance provisions by a 5 to 4 vote and approved old age pension by a 7 to 2 vote. The decisions thus served to uphold the entire comprehensive federal-state unemployment alleviation scheme contemplated by framers of the social security act The opinion virtually completed the court's work for the year a year marked by outbreak of one of the most intense controversies ever to involve the high tribunal, as a result of President Roosevelt's judiciary reorganization proposal. Old Age Pension Washington, May 24 —(U.R) —The supreme court today upheld the validity of old age pension provisions of the social security act involving 26,000.000 wage earners and 2.700.000 employers, the last new deal measure submitted to the tribunal at its present term. The decision set aside a ruling of the first circuit court of appeals wh.'h held the tax, both on employers and employes, unconstitutional. It served instead to affirm a ruling of the federal district court that the tax on employes was not in issue in the case and that the employes’ tax was constitutional. The old age pension vote was 7 to 2. Justice James C. Mcßeynolds and Pierce Butler dissented without opinion. The ruling was the consequence lof an attack on the law brought !in tlie federal district court in (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) INTEREST HIGH FOR ELECTION County School Superintendent To Be Elected June 7 With the election date just two weeks off. interest in the race for county superintendent of schools, is reaching its height. The office is filled In an election held by the 12 trustees of the county, who meet the first Monday of June In the offices of the school superintendent. Monday. June 7, is the first Monday in that month. At present there are four candidates for the position, including the incumbent superintendent, C. E. Striker, Mr. Striker, with Hansel Foley, principal at Kirkland; Russell Steiner, principal at Hartford and R. J. Mann, rural county school teacher, comprise the candidate list. The office carries a four-year term starting in August. Mr. Striker has served in that capacity for the past 12 years, or three terms. In the event of a tie among the 12 trustees, the county auditor Is called to submit his vote.