Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 125, Decatur, Adams County, 26 May 1937 — Page 1

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|l SUSPEND KsiNESS FOR MEMORIAL DAY (.enerally Will |Ktur Monday mmMT ■ . Buy. May 30, 1,. ,11011.11 holiday will nday. s today were that bus dly will be suspended next Monday. is, theaters, confectionstores, hotels, tilling I garages will be open day, with the theaters dal programs for the Matur and vicinity. double holiday availlocal persons are exake advantage of the for a pleasant outing summer resorts. Many attend the automobile |c at Indianapolis Monithers will attend ball MSB big league cities. Kfe Oil,. ob»-ival ■At I" I l ' l at ur will be the Kai yi 11 O >. i t i. i s. , ..I, b t.luuis post number 43 Kke Anierican Legion. Kit sen i" will bo held Mon at 9 o'clock. K$ ■in. mi Is' band. will Legion ■ .01.1 Madison streets H«'ci I ■ A .1’ both the St. Joseph ■ Mab « I .'in.ries. SerKhß"i tile sailor dead will i tiie war dead at lii'.iiimient on the < Ki* la of Adams post have re Kted reteraus of all wars to Kt M II ’ .1.-1 tam e. Boy ami ■■ school children IIm parade, and Kw be mounted on bicycles. B A 1 -.im. ai |. 'll w islnnc Io MKb in the observance is '!:■ American of all veterans of all in Adams Jpylh'ill be appropriately dec■tedßir Memorial Day.

■ PROPOSALS 111 FIRST LADY SBLoscvelt Comments ■ On Proposed Legis- ■ lation May 26— (U.R) I’ Roosevelt broke Hiding rule against pending legislation advocate one president, said he did consider proposals S? '' of a i lause in the a " d tlol "' s bill '" P B B ’® l ' ei|ll.ll pay for equal S' “htell Would eSt.lb gs ' W , *‘ l!s wages at tile same providing they do work. the servants g, ■’■stenlny Mr. Roosevelt If ,*y s ' "I.tel e| l( -,. (jiiesl loners f i^^^B*‘ K reaching w me t Rd at this session that some NR A codes BLjB' 1 minimum wages for ■ ' , ‘ f,,r men. Mrs. Roose asked whether she new hill should con ggS® '‘’hiimimi of such unequal ' think it Roosevelt said. ' I would ■ t v '' yllO(| y functions. (■J®?"'' 10 say that it doesn't 1 ,■-3B W|( 0111 that "ay. so, as ' ■t«SB Ur< *’ ’ l wou Jd oe wise to jUIMBBt 6 Principle that there » ' < ’ < 3l^£ Eri ON PAGE TH HEE) '■®* s ■ W 1 Bicycles < toys of the city, who E ri SB le ' la bit of riding bicycles night. were I ' ,l * a> l>y lo< 'al police to ex K|J||B ,ru caution and have their with a light. on Second street, a Kli^B' 1 nar| owly eneaped being K v ail, °. when the driver was nded by lbe '**hts of car. The near acciEjJB ' h the attention of all cy danger involved.

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When the supreme court ruled that the social security act was constitutional, the decision brought a smile to the face of Arthur J Altineyer, chairman of the social security board, above. JUNIORS WILL HONOR SENIORS Junior-Senior Reception At Catholic School This Evening The annual juniorsenior reception of the Decatur Catholic high school will be held at the school this evening. The reception will open at 7 o'clock, with a three-course dinner served in the dining hall of the school. Between the courses will be a program consisting of a repartee j in doggerel of two parts—A Chal- | lenge—Louis Wolpert, junior president —an acceptance—Charles Cook senior president—A taunt —Juniors — A Boomerang, seniors — Chief Peacemaker, Rev. J. J. Seimetz. Part two—(ln Lighter Vein) — “Little Old Seniors,” juniors "Little Old Juniors,” seniors. "When My Dream Boat Comes Home,” Joe Tricker, Louis WolI pert, Ed Heimann, Leo Alberding. The following are the committees: decoration committee, Monica Schmitt, chairman, Helen Koltne, Maxine Girard, Lucile Braun, Jean nette Runtschlag. Ethel Kleinhenz, William A. Miller, William Voglewede, and Francis Meyer; finance committee, Louis Wolpert, chairman, Ed Heimann, Agnes Reed, Alice Baker, Margaret Lose, Naomi Schultz, Celeste Heimann, William J. Miller; menu committee, Rosemary Fullenkamp. chairman, William Kuhnle, Paul Schmitz, Richard Gillig. Joan Colchin, Virginnia Holthouse, Virgene Ulman. After the banquet a dance will be held in the auditorium. Music will be furnished by the "Admirals of Rhythm,” well-known orchestra from Huntington. o — NO PAPER MONDAY In accordance with annual custom, the Decatur Daily Democrat, in order to enable its employes to enjoy the holiday, no paper will be published Monday, May 31, the official observance of Memoroial Day, which falls on Sunday this year. POLICE SEEKING JEWELRY THIEF Fingerprint On Broken Glass To Be Sent To Indianapolis Local police are still searching for the unidentified thief, who Monday night broke a display window at the Sutton Jewelry store here and escaped with approximately S2OO worth of jewelry. Authorities have confined the search to the stranger suspect seen at about 10:30 o’clock on the night of the robbery in a hallway across tlic street. He is described as weighing about 174} pounds. 25 or 30 years of age, five feet nine inches tall and wearing a gray suit and blue hat. The best clue authorities have turned up to date is the fact tha the thief cut his hand or arm, while reaching in the window. .Sheriff Dallas Brown also has a piece of the broken glass, bearing a fingerprint, Which he intends to send to the state department of clasaificaUon.

FORD EMPLOYES IN CALIFORNIA VOTE TO STRIKE 1.200 Demand Union Recognition; Organizers Beaten At Detroit Richmond. Cal., May 26 (U.R>The opening tight in a nationwide campaign to force Henry Ford to recognize the United Automobile Workers of America was started at the Richmond Ford assembly ' plant today when approximately 1.200 workers voted unanimously to go on strike. The workers demanded national recognition of their union by the Ford Motor company. Frank Slaby, business representative of the U. A. W. A., local 1 76. who announced the vote, said that this would not be a sit-down ' strike.

It was reported that about 25 I workers, said to be non-union ein--1 ployes, sat outside the hall when the vote of the night crew was taken after they went off shift 1 early today. Union officials immediately assigned pickets to posts around I the Richmond plant and sent others to San Francisco to picket the . Ford plant there. The union was said to be pre--1 paring eight separate demands to I be made on the employers. All were not announced immed lately but they included reinstateI ment to their former jobs of two men who had been active in a sit1 down strike at the plant on April I 23 - The union charged these men - had been "shuffled around the 1 plant and given disagreeable jobs I until one of them had been forced 1 to quit.” The strikers said that the com- ■ pany was fostering a company ■ union and permitting officials of this union to distribute leaflets i on company time. , They said that “utility men” (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) ■ I o URGE VETERANS WEAR POPPIES I •“ Legion Commander Asks Veterans To Aid In t Poppy Day Sale Veterans of the World War were urged to pay tribute to their fallen ’ comrades on Poppy Day, next . Saturday, in a message issued to- . day by Henry Faurote, commander of Adams Post No. 43, American i Legion. "On Saturday, our comrades. , who gave their lives in defense of , the country will be remembered , and honored by the wearing of their memorial flower, the poppy.” he stated, "we who served by their i sides can never forget the great ■ patriotic sacrifice they made. All i Legionnaires and other veterans . will be among the first to wear the flower of remembrance, 1 am sure. "Twenty years have passed since the call to war came, but we of the Legion have not forgotten. We are still devoted to the ideals i for which we fought and hold high the memory of those who died in service to the country. We hope that all patriotic citizens will join us in wearing the poppy on Poppy Day.” From the sale of the poppies each year the auxiliary of the Legion, in charge of Poppy Day. raises approximately one million j dollars in the United States for I the relief and rehabilitatioh of the disabled veterans, it was pointed out by Mrs. Zelma Roop, chairman of the drive. The poppies are made by the disabled veterans in soldiers' hospitals all over the country, who are usually paid one cent each for the making. — - 0 ,—.. Approves Petition In Liquidation Case Judge Huber M. DeVoss Tuesday approved a petition presented by Caroline L. Fry in the liquidation of the Old Adams County bank. The petition asked that a 'bond deposited in favor of Millard Baumgartner in the amount of SSOO be paid as a preferred claim. It was found that the bank held the money as an escrow agent. The bond was deposited in the bank 17 years ago following the sale of property on Monroe street in Decatur to Millard Baumgartner. It was to provide for indemnifying the purchaser against any loss or expense which might incur due to rights in the property held by Byron A Dent and his legal heirs.

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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, May 26, 1937.

* — ...... . White Meat Too Tough,| , Cannibalism Reported Slowly Disappearing i , New York. May 26—(UP)—Henry Moser, a Mennon’te missionary , of Berne, Ind., returned yesterday from the Belgian Congo with the cheering news that cannibalism is I on the wane. Besides, he said, natives find white men unsatisfactory because of the toughness of the meat. "A native from the back country told me so,” the missionary said that dark meat was much softer." Moser said it was difficult to ' spread the gospel because of the ' gamy. Wealthy natives insist on Christian stricture against polyI sixty or seventy wives, he explained and even poor men have three or four.

BLOCKADE SET UP IN COUNTY Adams County Roads Blockaded After Reports Os Brady Gang The streets of Decatur and the | roads of Adams county fairly glist-1 ened last night with a flashing of | badges and guns of more than a i score of police authorities, who | threw up probably the most vigilant blockade in history, in an | effort to capture three men who yesterday wounded a state policeman and a deputy sheriff after robbing the Goodland bank. After conducting an unrelaxed vigilance during the entire day, activity reached its height last night, when the gang was reported to have ruil a blockade at Bluffton. Quickly organizing, state police, city police, county authorities, including the sheriff, deputies, special deputies and vigilantes stationed themselves throughout the county at advantageous spots in an effort to completely shut off the county. Sheriff Brown, Deputy Leo Gillig and special deputies were sta tioned at the Monroe-Bluffton road. Foliceman Ed Miller at the Pleas ant Mills road, State Patrolman Burl Johnson and County Deputy Bill Bell at the Adams-Allen counIty line, City Policeman Adrian ‘ Coffee, Floyd Hunter and Cffief ■ Sephus Melchi In Decatur and at the intersection of roads 224 and 27 in the city. Other deputies and special men patrolled the city and ' county. State Patrolman Clutter, of the | Ligonier barracks was also sent' here to aid in the blockade. At one time four blockades were set up on the Fort Wayne road, one at the county line, one at the Nine Mile house, one at the Hoagland road and one at the Anthony boulevard intersection. Meanwhile the entire district south of the county was guarded by the authorities, armed with machine guns, rifles, police revolvers and the latest of police equipment. j The reported gang failed to materialize, however. At 1 o’clock: this morning the entire crew from i the north half was called to the 1 intersection of Monroe and Second street to watch the road from I Huntington, Markle and Ossian, I from where it was reported the gang was heading. This too, failed to materialize. Many local citizens lost hours of good sleep early this morning, when attracted by the throngs of (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) Post Office To Close Two Days The local post office will be closed both Sunday and Monday in observance of Memorial Day, Postmaster Phil L. Macklin, announced today. No mail deliveries, with the exception of special deliveries, will be made on either day.

Visit To Hanna-NuttmanPork Real Treat To Nature Lovers

Nature lovers of the city will attest to the fact that those who make a hobby of watching her art need go no further than the HannaNuttman park to see the ultimate in nature’s work, such as only she aided by the colors of spring, can .paint. The park, centered with a cluster of seven cfiap-apple trees, .'Jmbs laden with the dainty pink-white blossoms, is deemed by many com parable to the more highly publicized state parks of the state. Matching in harmony with*'the blossoms of the wild crab-apple trees, are the whiter blooms of the red rull or thorn tree. Evergreens and newly planted shrubs complete | a picture, in the words of French

GOVERNORTALKS TO CLUBWOMEN Gov. Townsend Urges Women To Thorough Study Os Government

French Lick, Ind., May 26 (U.R) —Former Senator James E. Watson yf Indiana will be principal speaker tonight at a banquet of the annual convention of the Indiana federation of clubs. In an address before several hundred women gathered here for the 48th convention of the organization, Gov. M. Clifford Townsend last night urged federation members to "guard our democratic form of government from the dark age of feudalism now in vogue in some parts of Europe.” “I wish that all of you women here tonighl would go back home with the idea that you will promote. through discussion, a study of government,” Townsend said. "Mass education in government is the greatest problem today.” Governor Townsend urged the clubwomen to organize a public program designed to study the state traffic laws. "Needless killing on the roads is a disgrace and a threat to all of us,” he said "The public must be educated to the necessity of obeying the laws.” A proposal for planting of a federation forest on federal grounds near the highway leading to New Harmony was submitted to the convention by Mrs. Frederick G. Balz of Indianapolis, state president. She asked that the forest be planted as a monument to Virginia C. Meredith of Lafayette, a pioneer in the woman's club movement who died recently. Mrs. Balz announced that Mrs. Edmund Burke Ball. Muncie, ehairman of the board of managers of the old Fauntleroy home at New Harmony, has authorized making of an historic color film of the home and of the “Pageant of the Golden Rain Tree" to be held in New Harmony June 20. The film will be given to the federation. o HONOR IS PAID TO ROCKEFELLER Private Services Held At Tarrytown; Burial At Cleveland Tarrytown, N. Y., May 26 <U.R) Private funeral' services for John D. Rockefeller were held today in the living room of his Pocantico Hills estate with only 50 relatives, close friends and old servants attending. As the organ began the solemn ceremony at 9 a. m. CST workers in his oil empire all over the tribute to the 97-year-old multiworld paused for five minutes in millionaire who died at his winter estate in Ormond Beach, Fla., Sunday from a tired heart. Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdlck, pastor of the great Riverside church—the "Rockefeller church” —in New York City, conducted the rites assisted by the Rev. Lester P. Bent, pastor of Ihe Pocantico Hills Union church. Dr. Fosdick offered prayers and read passages from the bible and Harold V. Milligan, organist, played some of the hymns beloved of the nation’s first billionaire. These included “Oh Love That Will Not Let Me Go." “Abide With Me," and “Sun of My Soul, Thou Savior Dear.” Miss Dorothea Flexner. soloist of the church, sang. After the simple ceremony tha 160 employes of the 5,000 acre estate filed silently past the casket In the same room in which funeral services were said for (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

Quinn. local nature lover, "more beautiful than any I’ve ever seen.” With the warmer weather and the colorful surroundings aa added incentives, more persons are reported visiting the park daily. Covered fireplaces and picnic grounds are expected soon to lure the lovers of the outdoors to the park for their evening feasts. Several local, youths have been reported taking advantage of the favorable weather to enjoy a swim in the waters of second creek, that flows through the park. Under the control of the city parks committee, the iHannah-Nutt-man recreation site is constantly being improved to add t 0 thd enjoyment of those who visit, it.

COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES HERE THURSDAY NIGHT Purdue Professor To Deliver Commencement Address Here Commencement exercises for the 1937 graduating class of the Decatur high school will be held Thursday night at 8 o'clock in the school gymnasium. Forty-nine .numbers of the senior class of the school will receive diplomas during the exercises, significant of four years of successful study in the school. Dr. Robert Phillips, I’h.D., head of the division of government. Purdue university, and widely known speaker, will deliver the commencement address, "Life Under A Microscope.” A capacity crowd is expected to attend the event, tickets having been distributed to the members of the graduating class so that their families might have reserved seats. An equally large crowd is expected to attend the senior reception, held in the gymnasium immediately following the graduation exercises. Maury Cross and his orchestra, of nation wide repute, will play for the reception dance. The Rev. Charles M. Prugh will open the commencement, the fiftysixth in the history of the school, with the invocation. W. Guy Brown, school principal and Ira B. Fuhrman, city school board president, will present the graduating class and the diplomas, lySinging by the mixed chorus and music by the girls’ orchestra of the school, with the benediction by the Rev. R. W. Graham, will complete the exercises. Following is the complete list of graduates, who will receive diplomas on that night: Evelyn Elizabeth Adams, Vernon Affolder, Lawrence E. Anspaugh, Donald William Arnold, Alyce Kathryn Baker, Robert Gerald Beavers, Lewis Beery, Donald Paul Bixler, Virginia Catherine Breiner, Robert Carl Brodbeck, Jeanette Christen, Joanna Harriet Daily, Zelno Drake, Edwin Eichhorn, Viola Ellsworth, Lewis B. Fennig, Esther L. Fisher, Robert William Franz, Eugene Friedt, Monroe B. Fuhrman, Mary K. Garner, Richard Girod, Walter J. Hendricks, Neil Warren Highland. Phyllis J. Hoagland. Margaret Jeanette Hoffman, Margaret Alice Howard, Ralph N. Hurst, Catherine Jackson, Kathryn Eleanor Kohls, Melba Lee Kraft, Gloria Jane Krick. David A. Macklin, Linda M. Marbach, Emma Lalaii Marquart, Faye Kathryn Martin, Margaret McGill, Rosali Pauline Miller. Catherine Murphy, Bernice Corrine Pickford, Lewis Lutz Smith, Wendel Smith, Lois Irene Sovine, Dale, Wm. Stalter, Dorus A. Sialter, Jr., Byron J. Tricker, Russell James Woodhall, Robert Worthman, Harold Zimmerman. WEATHER Local thundershowers probable tonight and Thursday, becoming fair extreme north Thursday; somewhat cooler Thursday. BANK TO STOP BOX SERVICES Liquidation Os Old Adams County Bank At Lutz’ Office Safety deposit box service will be suspended June 30 at the Old Adams County Bank, when special representatives in charge of the Institution plan to leave the present building at the corner of Second and Monroe streets. Notices have been mailed holders of boxes to remove their valuables at once. Robert Kramer, assistant special representative of the Indiana department of financial institutions has announced that the liquidation will be completed in the law office of Clark J. Lutz, special representative. The building was purchased several months ago by Dale W. McMillen. Since that time it has been rented on a month to month basis from Mr. McMillen. No announcement has been made by Mr. McMillen as to what purpose the building will be put to after the removal of the bank offices. Unless deposit box holders call for their valuables, it will be necessary to open these and make the customary charge for damaging the 'doors.

Intensive Manhunt \ Is Continued For Bank Bandit Gang

! I Graduation Speaker 1 Dr Robert Phillips, head of the ’ division of government at Purdue ■ university, will speak to the gradu- - ates of Decatur high school at the H annual eommencement exercises (Thursday night WILL VOTE ON STRIKE ISSUE — Steel Workers To Vote Thursday; Miners Continue Strike Canton. O„ May 26 — (U.R) i Mayor James Seccombe today an- , nounced that employes of four ■ strike bound plants of Republic I Steel Corporation in Canton would 1 vote tomorri w on whether to con . i tinue their strike or to reUiru_to >[work. The statement came after .[conferences with “employes of the . Alloy division." He said it had , not been decided yet who would i conduct the election, to be held in the city auditorium from 9 a.m. Ito 3 p in. Republic officials had [ no comment on the announcement and union leaders could not be reached. Six struck plants of the giant Republic Steel Corporation in the , Canton-Massillon area were closed : 1 today and one still operated as . [ John L Lewis' steel workers’ , organizing committee prepared io I discuss strike action against other . independent steel producers. All .: were picketed. I Two men who attempted to ' ( cross a picket line were cut by , flying glass when a stone was i tossed through the windshield of [ their automobile. The strikes began unexpectedly, over alleged discrimination against S.W.O.C. unionists. They affected five Republic subsidiaries here and two in nearby Massillon. The Canton maiiufacturies employ 8,0(10 workers, the Massillon plant, 5,000. S.W.O.C. leaders withheld comment until after a conference at 3 p in. in Youngstown, O. The session was called when executives of the Inland Steel Corporation announced in Chicago they would not sign a union contract. Spokesmen for Republic, the nation’s third largest steel pro- ’ ducer, estimated the number of pickets at Canton plants at "between 300 and 400," and the number at Massillion as 150. They said the plants already closed had been ordered shut down in accordance with the company’s frequently-announced intention of suspending operations . “until civil authorities clear the streets and make it possible for i our men to return peacefully.” The corporation, in a pamphlet majled today to its 53,000 employes in 78 operating units, denounced the "closed shop” as a form of "coercion" and explained that it considered signing a union contract, the first step toward the "closed shop and the check-off." Company spokesmen listed as (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) o Former Judge Sutton Suffering Infection The condition of former Judge Jesee C. Sutton in the RichmonJ state- hospital was reported as unchanged today. Re.'ativee here stated that Mr. Sutton io suffering from an Infection, which resulted from a cut on his arm sustained when he fell at the hospital. His condition is said to be serious.

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Officers Os Four States Patrol Highways To Halt Further Depredations By Bank Robbers OFFICER CRITICAL Ix>gansport, Ind., May 26.—<U.R>Officers and volunteers armed with shotguns, machine guns, radios, and airplanes patrolled highways of four states today to halt depredations of a gang whose leader boasted he would “out-Dillinger" —the infamous John Dillinger. Somewhere in Indiana backlands Alfred Brady. James Dalhover and Clarence late Shaffer were believed hiding with the $2,500 they scooped from the vaults of the ‘ Goodlaud, Ind., State Bank yesterday. One of their guns was the .30 calibre automatic ritie which They were released immediately police car, wounding state policeman Paul Minneman critically and . Deputy Sheriff Elmer Craig less seriously. Each of Indiana's 180 state police officers and 300 special dep- . titles assigned to the hunt was warned "be sure you are armed.” State police Captain Matt Leach at Indianapolis sw'ore: “We’ll got that gang if we have to follow them to the end of the earth." Michigan, Ohio, and Illinois state police posted patrols at state 11 boundaries to inspect cars leaving I Indiana. Indiana officers scanned I highways from four airplanes late ' yesterday, planned to take off again after daylight if new clues were offered. State Policeman Donald Winn at Indianapolis was reported to have asked aid of the department of justice, probably on evidence indicating frequent flights across state I boundaries. Every sheriff's office in Indiana's ! 92 counties was "on the alert." Possemen chased down dozens of clues without success. At Nyqna lake, 20 miles south of here, 50 American Legionnaires joined deputies in invading a suspected hideout. Minneman received his fourth blood transfusion in a Logansport hospital where doctors believed he was dying. A »!■ Officers said they were certain their quarry was the gang led by Brady who boasted, when arrested in Chicago April 29, that he would make the late Dillinger “look like a piker.” rhe car used in the Goodland foray bore the same license plates as that used for robbery at the Farmland State Bank April 27, in which Brady and Dalhover were definitely identified. The men invaded the Goodland bank early yesterday, waited 15 minutes for the time lock to open the vault. One of them told bank director Lyle Constable to “say hello to Winn for me.” This was believed to be Dalhover who came from the same town as the officer, Madison, Ind. MTnneman and Craig pursued the three. At an intersection where ti e officers slowed down, the gunmen lay in wait behind a church. The slugs from their gun blasted the door from the officers’ car, and both men pitched onto (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) ZONE MEETING HERE THURSDAY Final Interriver Zone Meeting Os Leadership Training School The fourth and final in a series of ! interriver zone meetings of the Lutheran leadership training school ■ will be held at the Decatur Zion Lutheran church here Thursday . evening, Herman Krueckeberg, sec- . retary of the local committee in charge, announced today. i An average of 100 peoiple from the nine societies in thin section have been attending each of the three previous meetiugs held here. An interesting program with prol minent speakers from the various churches, te being arranged by the i committee for Thursday. I Since this is the last of the series • of meetings efforts are being made - to make it the most Interesting anj i! profitable. II All members of the local group ■ are urged to attend, as well as i those in the other groups of this section. ■