Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 124, Decatur, Adams County, 25 May 1937 — Page 1
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jr reform tIL PASSAGE |UJME DIMMED Pushes On I I" ’her ■ I Legislation j," . in.' , t .: I KT . I.MHL-d , ,i i; points: Hf Th , ; III.' supreme I .,;: l |j'-.l w KL 4 ew ~..,, Kn.i.l. .1' ion of tlie long [(1 ■>! Wil I >1 hi- I K|g k lletel milled to .K |X|.| I Ille siZ" of . ’■ ,, ' il - v outlinin'.' H^K h IHH, Will tile ii .. . il liiih::,. . w i. Imii- legislation Ad labor. th th. score stands 14 to 0 ! Bkvtt "I '!:•■ presid'-nt il was i.-sis ■tlstl ■ Hu- president Blr Rois.-o It desires, it was Bl! * lake every preliniina,-q Bcaaßn to insure validation of Al leitislation which al Bdy ii on ih" statute books but >O,l. legisla ■* Wth I:.- hopes congress will Mg B session. considered present tribunal of less ini-1 than might do ■ fe liture. ci'llll' i'lioll. Mr Roosevelt has would send another speBsage to congress outlin-1 n-: on-’ national planning which would call for de■‘’lgatlin. pom-r generation and B>Pw*kh'in projects similar to te-is ihe Tennessee :- be session. Roosevelt's flat no I jlse stand, according to in-' es. apparently was I 1 ay idvisers who told him that i mj| opponents would not ai| y agreement. ■ Pi' tid' nt was told." one laid, "iliat he would not ’•<>' I presentation W: feonipromise.” B Roosevelt should appoint th! 0 ' Ph T Robinson, I).. Ark . fli'.prt-inn court, succeeding Van Devanter, it 1 out that the senate pTB ll ’ ai|pr i"obaldy would be Io judge new deal legishe fostered in ibe ■ would present a fine ■?»lM* a source c'ose to the saitl H was explained should he be the bench would be i'dß,* 1 t 0 dis( l ua "fy himself ease tllat ln ‘Bbt come „‘W I tribunal. “°'»> n >ent litigation is ended ■JW court term. But headed ON Page FIVE) 0 Auxiliary ■Plan Supper Friday iiirrfll' 1 ' Os A<lams Post 43.. Legion, their wives, and o»baX ° f the Legk,n ' with thei ” wl " hold a pot-luck supfmtS the Legif;r * Rome Friday J ’l *?* oc'oc't.„W lllbers ar e asked to bring ld^»* e of food. Bread, butter irtintM ee wi " he furnished by the mßt An entertainment will W lveD -
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* ASK TRUSTEES' AID * | Adams post number 43 of the ' || American Legion has asked till , | township trustees to have ceme | terles in the best possible eon | dition for Memorial Day. If j graves are not properly mark | ed, the trustees are asked to i | notify the American Legion at once. LOCALJEWELRY STORE LOOTED — Display Glass Broken, Watches And Rings Are Taken Police here are searching for a ! thief with a cut on either arm, who last night broke in the glass at the I Sutton Jewelry store display window an<] escaped with a loot estimated at $l5O to S2OO. Supposedly using a bar, taken from the construction tools nearby, i which are being used for the new building in the McConnell block, I the thief pushed in the glass on the north window to gain liis loot. Jesse C. Sutton, proprietor ot the store, stated this morning, that he ■ would be unable to give the exact amount of the lose sustained until he completed an inventory. From an estimate made at the time of the robbery discovery, he said probably $l5O or S2OO worth of watches anj rings were taken. Fingerprints on a broken piece I of glass and the fact that the culprit left a trail of blood, when he cut himself while reaching in for the loot, afford local authorities their best clues. The robbery was discovered about 6:10* o’clock this morning ; when Policeman Floyd Hunter, with ! Andy Bailey and several other local citizens passed the place of business. Mr. Sutton was immediately notified. Time of the robbery is indefinite. Merchant Policeman Loren Lake stated this mottling that he di<] not see any evidence of the robbery at 4 o'clock when he made his i round at that hour. Police are checking on several ‘suspects, one a stranger, who ap- ' peared at the robbery scene earlier I in the evening. Mr. Sutton told police that at .about 10:30 or 11 o'clock last night prior to the robbery, he and Haro'd Kolter, local factory employe, i stopped at the shop to remove the i more valuable articles from the i window. At that time, he said, a i stranger stepped from a hallway across the street and came over i to them. Fearing at first a holdup, he I locked the door immediately. Mr. Kolter, he said, engaged in conversation with the man. who repeatedly remarked about the trimming of ‘ the window- Police are searching for this man. The other most logical i suspect, police stated today, failed to materialize when he showed evidence of sustaining no cuts on either arm. Doctors in and near the city have been asked to cooperate with police by reporting any laceration that they have treated, which might be caused from a glass cut. o — DROP PLANS TO ; ESTABLISH BASE Soviet Union Abandons Plans For Air Base At North Pole (Copyright 1937 by United Press) Moscow, May 25—(UP)—The Soviet Union will abandon its attempt ’to establish a permanent air base at the North Pole for trans-polar flights because drifting ice makes ! the daring scheme impractical, the j United Press was informed today. Nicholi Yanson, acting chief ot the Artic administratio nin the SovI iet government here, made the proposal for the permanent base had been given up as futile, at least for the present. Four men who are to winter a the Pole will be withdrawn after a year, or sooner if necessary. Yanson said. They flew there last Friday and set up a polar base 12)4 miles from the top of the world. Yanson said that while Soviet ■leaders exipected everything to go ' smoothly” with the venture in the Arctic, every preparation had been ' made to rescue “ en . . sh ° : something go wrong. He said they could be removed by airplane, possible by an icebreaking vessel if the ice drift were within reach. ' Yansone announcement followed [ word from Rudolf Island, whereUie | fICONTINUED ON PAGE THREE)
HOUSE DEFEATS 0.0. P. ATTACK ON RELIEF BILL Defeats Proposal To Turn Relief Work Back To States Washington. Muy 25 <(J.R> The 1 house today defeated a Republi-can-sponsored proposal to turn j back administration of relief to I local communities. The action I came as the house brought up I for final passage the administra- i Hons $1,500.(100,000 work relief bill. The revision offered by Rep. Robert Bacon, R„ N. Y.. called for j federal contributions of three- i fourths to one-fourth by states. "This would provide liberal . assistance and the amount of federal aid is not involved," , Bacon said. The standing vote was announc- i ed as 172 to 70. The vote was delayed when a quorum call was forced by Rep Alfred F. Belter, D., N. Y., leader i of a bloc fighting for earmarking of $300,000,000 for the PWA. Rep. Clifton A. Woodrum, I).. Va., appropriations sub committee I chairman, urged that the president be given "full authority to use these funds and not have them i earmarked." Sen. J. Hamilton Lewis of Illinois. Democratic whip, broke with [ President Roosevelt on the relief : issue. He demanded that the 1 works progress administration be ; abandoned and that the task of aiding the nation's unemployed be handed back to the states. House Republicans lined up | their Sil members in an attempt to take the federal government ’ out of the relief administration (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) DEATH CLAIMS JOE RUMSCHLAG Prominent Retired Farmer Dies Monday Night Near Decatur Joseph Rumschlag, 80, prominent retired farmer, died last night at 7:50 o’clock at the home of a daughter Mns. Joseph Geele. Decatur route four, where he had been living. Death was attributed to heart J trouble. The deceased was born in J Seneca county, Ohio, the son of Bernard and Margarette Rumschlag | November 19, 1856. His wife, Rosa' Bucher-Rumechlag preceded him in , death. He was a member of the St. Mary's Catholic church, and frater-1 nally of the Third Order of St.! Francis and the Holy Name society. J He spent 52 years ot his life in the county. Surviving are the following child- 1 ren: Louis, Joseph. Albert, Bernard, I Mrs. Clara Wertzberger, Mrs- John, Heimann. Mrs. Geels, Mrs. Frank | Losche, Mrs. Lawrence Braun, Mrs. ! August Lengerich, all of Adams county. Three sons and one daugh--1 ter are deceased. The following brothers and sisters also survive: George. Nicholas, Jacob, Andrew and Miss Catherine Rumschlag, all ot Ohio and Mrs. ! Joseph IHuss, of St. Cloud, Minnesota. There are also 73 grandchildern surviving. Funeral services will be held at the St. Mary's Catholic church Thursday morning at 9 o’clock with j the Rev. J- J. Seimetz officiating. Burial will be made in’ the St.. Joseph cemetery. i The body was removed from the Gillig and Doan funeral parions to the Geels home this afternoon, and may be viewed there until time for j the funeral. — o Withholds Verdict In Helmrich Death As yet no verdict has been rendered by Allen County Coroner Walter Kruse in the death of Glenn ’Helmrich, young son of Mr. and Mrs. Otto Helmrich ,of Magley, who was killed May 6, when hit 'by an auto in Fort Wayne. Coroner Kruse withheld the ver-1 ! diet, following the hearing last j Thusrday, when one witness was unable to attend and others related conflicting versions of the accident. Mrs- Helmrich waa visiting with her sister in Fort Wayne and Mr. Helmrich was working at the time of the accident, it has been learned. It was at first erroneously stat-' ed that the couple had been attending a theater there an dwere both I present at the accident.
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Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, May 25, 1937.
Investigate Death i• ? i r H 3 Mystery continued to shroud the death of pretty Virginia Dillon, 18-year-old divorcee and Ohio State university art school model, as authorities investigated. She was found shot to death in the bathroom of an apartment in Columbus, 0., a revolver lying nearby.
MEMORIAL DAY RITES PLANNED American Legion To Conduct Annual Services Next Monday Annual Memorial Day services. ; to be held in Decatur Monday ‘ morning. May 31, were announced today by Adams post number 43 of the American Legion, sponsor of ■ the observance. ’l\ service will open promptly! at 9 o'clock Monday morning, when , the line of inarch will leave the Legion home at First and Madison streets. Legion ritualistic services will be held at both the St. Joseph and Maplewood cemeteries. Services honoring the sailor dead-will be held at the Monroe street river bridge, to be followed by services at the peace monument on the court house lawn. The American Legion has requested veterans of all wars, the Legion auxiliary and the women’s relief corps to assist in the observance. Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and school children will take part in the parade, and all those having bicycles are asked to join in the line of march. Any other organization wishing to participate is invited to join the observance. All persons marching in the parade will be furnished flags. Ed Bauer, chairman of the observance, stated today that the complete program will be announced later. Sociology Class To Visit State School The sociology class of the Decatur public high echoed will make a tour of inspection of the state school at Fort Wayne Wednesday morning. The studenta will be conducted on the trip by W. Guy Brown principal and teacher.
Mayor’s Proclamation Saturday. May 29th. is pro- L/ claimed Poppy Day in Deca- Il nir. in a proclamation issued /■f today by Mayor A R Holt- / \ house. The proclamation / urges all citizens to honor World war dead by wearing /'I J.' 111. I.' Lien .10'1 I I K& ’J .1 Auxiliary memorial poppy I yr,' on that day. and I" aid the < war e living victims by eon \\ \, wWWWSIRL / 7 tribitting to the Legion and \\\ A / / Auxiliary welfare funds. \ \ / / The proclamation follows \ / "The City of Decatur dur- X. ing the great crisis of the ■ / World's war sent forth its sons in response to the nation’s call. They served gallantly in the nation’s defense, and of their numbers some were called upon to lay down their lives In that service. The memory of their patriotic sacrifice should always be held dear by the citizens of Decatur. "Others of these brave young men were called upon to sacrifice. not life, but the health and strength which makes life worthwhile Their families and the families of the dead also were required to make heavy sacrifices. These disabled and dependents are still paying the human price of our nation’s World war victory. “From the battle front in France our returning soldiers brought the poppy as the symbol of sacrifice and the memorial flower of the dead Each year on the Saturday before Memorial Day the men of the American Legion and the women of the American Legion ask us to wear this flower in tribute to the nation’s fallen defenders and to give in exchange for the flower a contribution to aid the war’s fallen victims. "Therefore I, A. R. Holthouse, Mayor of Decatur, urge all citizens to honor the dead and aid the living by wearing the American Legion and American Legion Auxiliary memorial poppy on Saturday, May 29. . “And to that end, I do hereby proclaim Saturday, May 29th, Poddy Day. in the City of Decatur.” poppy uuy, z v A R HOLTHOUSE, Mayor.
TO STRENGTHEN SECURITIES ACT Roosevelt Wants 1933 Securities Act Further Strengthened Washington, May 25 (U.R) President Roosevelt sent letters to ■ three congressional leaders today urging further strengthening of the 1933 securities act to give investors added protection in the reorggsiization of corporations and companies Mr. Roosevelt wrote one letter to Sen Robert F. Wagner, D., N. Y.. chairman of the banking and currency committee of the senate. He told Wagner that extensive investigations and reports by the securities and exchange commission have demonstrated that further strengthening of the securities act is necessary in connection i with the form and content of trust indendures and the duties to be assumed by the trustees acting under them. "1 believe the consideration of such supplementary legislation altogether appropriate at this time," his letter said. The second letter went to Rep. Hatton W. Sumners, chairman of, the house judiciary committee. It ■ I called attention to the recent in- 1 I vestigations and reports by senate and house committees and the SEC’s investigation. "Great progress,” the president . said, “was made in facilitating the reorganization of corporate enter- : prises in the federal courts" by ! the enactment of section 77-B of the bankruptcy act. The president added, however, i that recent investigations have! demonstrated that further legislation is now required to achieve I what he said would be greater pro- ' tection for corporation investors. Mr. Roosevelt's third letter went (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) LIONS TO HEAR DR. PHILLIPS Commencement Speaker To Address Lions Club Thursday Dr. Robert Phillips, head of the ,' division of government, Purdue uni- , vers'.ty, will address the members : of the Decatur Lions club Thursday ! night at 6 o’clock in the Knights of Pythias home on Third street. , W. F. (Beery, president, announced ; today. . The meeting title week is to be - held on Thursday night instead ot ; i Tuesday, as is customary, in order [ the members might hear Dr. Phil- ,, lips. Dr. Phillips, is now international . director of the Lions chib, is pre- . sident of the Lafayette Lions and a . past district governor. He will deliver the commencement address at the Decatur public high school immediately following I the Lions meeting. Dr. Phillips will be accompanied • here by Prof. F. F. Hargrave of the i department of history, economics i government at Purdue university. ■ : All members are asked to note • the early hour and the change in i meeting place from the Rice hotel to the K. of P- Home.
State Policeman Is Critically Shot By Brady Gang After Bank At Goodland Is Robbed
JUDGE DEVOSS I DELAYS ACTION ON DEMURRER —— • — ■ Arguments Heard On Injunction In Wabash Dredge Case With attorneys on both sides signifying their approval of any I action speedily to end for all time i litigation in the Wabash river I dredge ease, Judge Huber M. DeVoss today heard a motion for a demurrer, which would halt inI junction proceedings brought by j former remonstrators of the proposed dredging against Homer | Teeters. Teeters was appointed drainage commissioner several weeks ago by Special Judge Henry F. Kister to supervise the construction of | the project. He had advertised for bids on the project to be received in Portland. Saturday at | 2 p. m. Former remonstrators, composed of property owners who took ! no action during the four years I after the first judgment by Special Judge Kister and while it was pending before the state supreme court, have filed injunction proceedings against Teeters seeking to enjoin him from proceeding with the letting of contracts. This action has been legally brought by James Armstrong, Jacob Daugherty. Otis McCollum and Edward J. Kenney, who stated they were filing the petition in behalf of the 200 Interested pro- ‘ perty owners. | The county, which carried the case twice before the state supreme court, is not a party in the • present action. Taken Under Advisement Judge DeVoss took the motion for a demurrer against the plain- ! tiffs in the injunction suit under “ advisement, and did not state ■ when he would render a decision i In view of the fact that the con- ' i tracts are advertised to be let i Saturday, it is expected by the , ■ attorneys that his decision will I be made before that time, possibly | Friday. , ‘ Three hours, without intermisf sion. were consumed this morning . i by attorneys in their arguments .! on the demurrer. Dozens of authi orities and cases determined under , 1 the old English common law. Eng ‘ lish parliamentary law. early | American law, state statutes over 1 ! the United States, decisions of ! many state supreme courts in- ’ ! chiding Indiana, and the United ' States supreme court were cited ’ by the attorneys who brought dusty old volumes into the court. 1 The question of Judge DeVoss’ ’ jurisdiction was attacked by the j •
(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) INLAND NOT TO SIGN CONTRACT Inland Steel Refuses To Barter With Union Committee Chicago May 25— (UP)—The Inland steel corporation today informed repreeentatives of the steel workers organizing committee that it would retuse to sign a contract | with the S. W. O. C. J. H. Walsh, works manager for Inland at its Indiana Harbor plant, ! delivered the corporation's ultima- ! turn at a conference attended by I Van A. Bittner, regional director for the S. W. O. C.. aatd Nicholas FoilI tecchio, the Union’s Calumet repre- ■ senative. He said the company also would ‘ make a statement to each of its ! employes regarding its labor policyinland, one of the largest ot the independent steel companies, ent- ! .ployes approximately 13,000 men at its Indiana Harbor ptant and about 500' at Chicago Heights. Seek Agreements Pittsburgh, May 25—(UP)—Sue- ■ cessful in obtaining a contract with Crucible Steel company, the steel workers' organizing committee today sought agreements with four ! major independent steel producers who are threatened with strikes unless they sign contracts. The committee apparently had •i (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX).
LABOR LEADERS IN CONFERENCE A. F. Os L. Heads Expected To “Declare War" On Lewis Cincinnati, O . May 25 (U.R) American Federation of Labor leaders, gathered at a special conference to discuss means of "meeting the challenge" of the committee for industrial organization. are expected to approve today their executive council's "declaration of war." A vote will be taken after federation President William Green summarizes the “derelictions of the ('. I. O.’.' Green said there was no doubt that the council’s recommendations would be accepted.
The delegates, representing 102 craft unions, had been urged by , the council to meet the "challenge” of the John L. Lewis organization, "as red blooded men, fearless and unafraid, determined , to protect and preserve the interests of the A. F. of L. and all ■ unions affiliated with it at any cost.” This four-point program was , proposed: That the national and international unions pledge themselves to consider a resolution at the A. F. of L. convention in October to . levy an assessment of one cent per member per month, effective ; (.CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) ' SOCIAL HEADS HEAR SPEAKERS Prominent Speakers Ad-
dress National Social Conference Indianapolis. May 25. — (U.R) Marcus L. Hansen, University of Illinois professor, today pleaded for a museum of American culture in an address before the national conference of social work. ‘•Universities that will not spend a cent to send a man to the second hand store around the corner in search of documents and relics growtli of American civilization | that will explain and illustrate the ! will finance at the costs of tens of thousands of dollars an expedition to dig up a mound a third of the way around the world, Hansen , said. “There should be some institution rich in funds and staffed by I men of learning and ingenuity who consider it the greatest of all callings to let the American people • know something about the 30 to 40 nationalities that contributed - idood, ideas and labor o the founding of the nation during the first 300 years of its existence,” he asserted. Miss Katherine Lenroot, head of the federal children's bureau, de- • dared that the merit system of personnel was essential to the success of the social security program. “The question of personnel is the ' crux of good state and local administration,” she said. “Prior to 1937 only nine states and the Dis trict of Columbia had state civil service systems operating and during the last sessions of the legisla- , ture three additional states passed civil service laws. The tendency to bring public administra--1 tion under the patronage system has made it essential that in the administration of federal aid spec-
(CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) Roy Girod To Head Berne Witness Co. Roy O- Girod, prominent Berne insurance iman, has been named manager of the Berne Witness company, succeeding the late Fred Rohrer, who d’od December 1, Mr. Girod, who will assume management ot the printing and publishing company June 1, was named by the board of directors. P. L. Amstutz. Ira D. Rohrer, Ira Sprunger, Henry Reusser, C. C. Sprunger, Jacob Neuhauser and Sam Nussbaum. o — WEATHER Mostly cloudy and unsettled, local thundershowers central and north portions tonight or Wednesday; somewhat warmer northeast tonight.
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Deputy Sheriff Os Cass County Is Also Shot As Officers Seek To Stop Bandits. $2,500 IN LOOT Goodland, Ind., May 25.-- (U.R)* - Bandits identified as members of Alfred Brady's "second Dillinger ' gang.” robbed the Goodland State Bank ot about $2,500 today and 1 wounded two peace officers in their ' escape. State Policeman Paul Minne- - man, 31, was critically wounded in ' the abdomen and Deputy Sheriff Elmer Craig of Cass county was shot in the foot and chest when 1 they tried to capture the bandits 1 near Logansport, 52 miles east of * here. The bandit car disappeared on a country road after the shooting
but state police received a report an hour later it was speeding' west through Kempton on a county line road between Tipton and Linton. All resources of the state police, county and local department in the area were thrown into the search. Two airplanes cruised the area. Minneman and Craig were halting ears at the intersection of state roads 1G and 29 northwest of Join Hunt Local authorities joined at noon today in the pursuit of the bandits, after being called by state authorities. Sheriff Dallas Brown and State Patrolman Burl Johnson were eent out on the road and local police were asked to keep a careful watch for the men. First reports here via palice radio dated that the men were expected to try and break through, traveling east on federal road 224 to Huntington, then possibly through Decatur. Despite later reports that the bandit gang was still in th» western section of the state, local vig-
ilance was not relaxed. Logansport when the bandit car appeared. Noticing the officers as they investigated the cars which had 1 stopped, occupants of the bandit ' car opened fire, missing both 1 Minneman and Craig and sped west on road 16. 1 Minneman and Craig jumped into their car and gave chase. Craig described the shooting as I follows: I I "We stopped at a crossroads a ' few miles west of Royal Center to see which direction the bandits 1 had gone. The bandit car sped ' from behind a school house and 1 opened tire on us.” Hospital attaches said Minneman was struck by 24 machine gun ’ slugs. Craig was wounded in the 1 foot with a machine gun bullet and in the chest and shoulder with ‘ shot gun pellets. ’ Police were confident the ban--1 dlts were members of the Brady ■ gang, who slugged their way out t of the Hancock county jail last fall while awaiting trial for the slaying of an Indianapolis police--1 man and started on a career of ‘ crime they boasted would make 1 "John Dillinger look like a piker." One bandit told Lyle Constable, (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) , 0 CHURCH SCHOOL ' PLANS ADVANCE •I Vacation Church School i Will Open Tuesday, 0 June 1
Leaders in the vacation church school, which opens Tuesday morning, June 1 in the Central school building, reported today that a wellbalanced program is being arranged for the event. The school will open each morning with flag-raising exercises, conducted by the the Boy Scouts. A brief worship service in the Baptist church, led by the pupils, will follow. A program of recreational activities will be in charge of the Rev. Bonier J. Aspy and Miss Berniece Franklin. The costs of the school will be I $1 per pupil, which will be paid by the Sunday School in which the child is enrolled. Boys and girls who do not attend Sunday School in the city, or any of the churches cooperating in the school, may enroll upon payment of the fee. The faculty of the school will meet Friday afternoon at 4 o’clock in the Central school office.