Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 131, Decatur, Adams County, 3 June 1937 — Page 1

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■ (•TINTED GN PAGE SIX) ■B 0 ■AT BRITAIN I SUBMITS PLAN / ■ T ■ ; -j Bunts Plan Designed I . Restore Friendly | ielations In Europe ■WB'ii: June 3.— (U.R) —Great | Britaii submitted to France, Ger- ■ aa S and Italy a thre-poient plan ■ttjdesigned to restore friendly ablatio s in dealing with the Spanpk ■nation and to induce Gercommittee. I Plan provides guarantees further interference with patrol ships, on Italy and Germany be achieved by the folmeans zones in Spanish Inn ■wjtreiiuented by non-interv<-ii ■toaßatrol ship. 1 ■Cuurantees from both Span • to prevent niolestafW wa| ships. 'Hate consultation among commanders of all four EM® fleets (British, French, Ital- ■ Germany) in event of ■ attacks on patrol vessels, governments are ON PAGE THREE) I fate Flashes I ■ Gen. Mola Killed I Win, June 3— KU.RJ —The of- 1 j news agency, D. N. ' | ! Bjnounced tonight that Gen. ■ Mola, commander of the 1 I '■fr-'' insurgent northern army, 1 killed in an airplane ac- | SB- The Gerthan agency said I, ■ panißh insurgent radio sta- ' Salamanca, the insurgent 1 i Kai headquarters, had broad ' i Mola was killed at 7:3;)!’ I ’wi while making a renaissance ■MK [JHB 6 persons were said to have ’ "'■killed in the crash. In addi- ' ,W° Mola they were listed as I <St D ® cers of the general staff, [ '*■» adjutant and the pilot. ’ IS Soviet Planes l^® 1 ' 11 - June 3.—KU.R>—All Berpapers printed on . ’■TTINUED ON PAGE THREE) 1

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

District Employment Man Here Saturday W. S. Irwin, district interviewer, representative of the Indiana state employment service in this county, will be In Decatur at the city hull Saturday, June 5 for the purpose of registering workers who are itnerested in securing private employment. Interviews will be from 8 to 11 a. m. , Being a government agency, no fee is charged applicant or employer. Q VIOLENCE AGAIN FLAKES IN AREA HA BI STRIKES Picket Wounded In Warren, Ohio; Governor Davey To Mediate By United Press Violence flared in a new steel strike area today when Steve John, 40, a picket, was wounded with buckshot while allegedly trying to prevent nonstrikers from entering a Republic Steel corporation plant at Warren, O. Gov. Martin L. Davey of Ohio I stepped into the steel strike controversy by announcing he would act as mediator in an attempt to settle the walkout which has made 70,000 workers idle in three big independent steel plants—Republic, Inland Steel and Youngstown | Sheet & Tube. Company officials continued to resist the demands of the steel , workers organizing committee, affiliate of the committee for industrial organization, for a working contract. In Chicago, steel strikers and sympathizers prepared to bury five of their six members who died in a battle with police Sunday at the gates of the Republic plant. Funeral services for the sixth : were held yesterday. Conspiracy charges are pending against 40 persons accused of participation in the riot. In Detroit common pleas Judge ! RffTfih Lfcldy was to rule today on ; I whether he can act as a one-man grand jury investigating a fight between Ford Motor company employes and officials of the United •Automobile Workers Union. Picket Wounded Warren, 0., June 3—(U.R) —Steve . John. 40. a picket, was hospitalized today with buckshot wounds suffered when he was shot while allegedly attempting to keep non-’ striking workers from crossing the Mahoning river to enter a Re-1 public Steel corporation plant. John told police that loyal < I workers had been using a rope, i stretched from one shore of the l river to an island, to assist in crossing hand-over-hand to enter the plant. John said he and two companions shouted to other pickets when they discovered two men crossing on the hand line. Just then, he said, he heard four shots, apparently from a shotgun. He was struck in the chest and right leg. The other men were not hit. He said the two men who i j had been crossing then returned I [ to the bank away from the plant. Davey Acts Chicago, June 3 —(U.R) Violence and fears of violence in the widespread steel strike subsided with, only minor ebulitfons today as Gov. Martin L. Davey of Ohio i (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) GENEVA WOMAN BURIED TODAY Mrs. Thomas Drew Dies At Geneva Os Cerebral Hemorrhage Funeral services for Mrs. Adella Buckingham-Drew, prominent Geneva woman, and mother of Thur-, man Drew, of this city, who died Tuesday morning at her home from a cerebral hemorrhage, were held this afternoon at the Geneva U. B. church. The deceased was born in Geneva April 5, 1865, and was a lifelong resident of the county. She was married to Thomas Drew, who survives. Five children survive. They are' Thurman, of this city; Ralph, of Richmond; Charles, of Bartelsville Oklahoma, and Madeline and Burley, both of Geneva. Two brothers, David of Logans- i port and Frank of Kalamazoo, Michigan, also survive. The Rev. D. L. Dusk, of Saia toga, officiated at the services. Burial was made in the Geneva 1 cemetery.

DEDICATION OF G.E. BUILDING HERE SATURDAY New Recreational Building Will Be Formally Dedicated The new recreational building of' the Decatur works of the General Electric company will be formally dedicated Saturday afternoon, with General Electric employes and . their families in attendance. Neil Currie, Jr., manager of the Fort Wayne and Decatur works, will deliver the presentation address. E. W. Lankenau, superintendent of the Decatur works, will preside and A. R. Holthouse, mayor 1 of Decatur, will speak on the re- , lations between the company and the city. The dedication ceremonies will be held at 2:30 o’clock. At the conclusion of Mr. Currie’s address, visitors will be ini troduced. Exhibition games, to display the 1 new equipment, will be played from 4 to 6 o’clock. A card party win be held in the club rooms from -7 to 9:30 p. m„ and the day's activities will close with a dance at 9:30. The building, constructed by the i company to provide the best in ' recreational facilities for the em- j ployes, is equipped with the latest materials and equipment available, i o German Mutual Fire Insurance Meeting The annual meeting of the German Mutual fire insurance company will be held at the Friedheim school j house Saturday afternoon at 1 o’I clock. All members are asked to attend this meeting, as important business must be transacted. Chamber Os Commerce Board Meets Tonight Dee Fryback. president of the) Decatur Chamber of Commerce, and i general manager of the Decatur j free street fair, has called a meet- ; ing of the board of directors and heads of the various committees tonight. The meeting will be held at the auto license bureau at 7:30 ; o’clock. SCOUTS ASKING FOR EQUIPMENT Seek Equipment For Three Shacks At Han-na-Nuttman Park Scout officials and enthusiasts issued an appeal today to all Decatur citizens for equipment, with which they hope to make the three shacks at the Hanna-Nuttman ' park suitable living quarters for (some of the 500 Boy Scouts expected at the Camporee June 12 and 13. Sylvester Everhart, local scout official, listed today some of the j articles they hope to have contributed by local residents, who no longer have any need for them. The cabins need a dozen straight chairs, about three tables, several old davenports or couches, any number of old floor lamps, cooking utensils, two coal oil stoves, cupboards, cots or any other old furniture that could be used in making the cabins more "homelike.” Anyone having an old style radio that is not being used is also asked to contribute it toward the comfort of the scouts who W7ll “rough it” during the Camporee. Persons with any of the above articles, who would like to conj tribute, are asked to call o.ther Mr. Everhart or Lowell Smith. ' They will collect the contributions. After the Camporee, (he cabins | will be maifitained intact for use in hiking and camping parties of the local troops. At present there are eight or ten Scouts under the direction of scout officials working at the Camporee site to have eveiything in readiness for the largest scout event ever to be held in the city. —o — Welker Flower Bed Attracts Attention A flower bed, blooming with iris, poppies, peonies anq a host of other flowers at the home of Mrs. M. J. Welker, on Tenth and Madison streets, is attracting considerably attention from Flower lovers of the city, Blending of the various bright blooms presents a colorful appearance.

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, June 3, 1937.

Weds Duke Os Windsor | 1 1 g ii i 1I J* I ml ■ I * * WsR J i p wiMy x.

Interest of all the world was centered on Monts, France, today, where Mrs. Wallis Warfield. America, married the Duke of Windsor, who abdicated the throne of the British empire that he might marry the American woman, twice divorced.

GANGSTERTAKEN TO LIMA, OHIO Charles Geisking, Brady Gangster, Charged With Jewel Robbery Lima, Ohio, June 3 — (UP) — Charles Gieseking, reputed member of the Brady gang of Indiana, pleaded guilty to an armed robbery charge here today and was sentenced by Judge E. E. Everett to from 10 to 25 years in Ohio penitentiary. Geiseking pleaded not guilty to a second charge of shooting with intent to kill and pointing firearms. Indianapolis, Ind., June 3 —(UP)' —Charles Geisking, member of the notorious Al Brady gang, repoeed in , the Lima, Ohio jail today a* Indiana police pressed the search for ' his three former associates wanted for tour murders and innumerable robberies. Geisking had been in the Mar-ion county jail since last September un- ! der indictment in connection with ' the murder or Richard Rivers, Indianapolis police sergeant. Author--1 ities agreed, however, that he was 1 not guilty of this murder but probably could be convicted in Ohio ' for a Brady gang SIO,OOO Jewel ' i robbery. Geisking waived extradition and i late yesterday was taken to Lima ' by two heavily armed police squads. ’ Fears that Brady and his two remaining gunmen, James Do’hover (iCONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) | o | NO CHANGE IN INJURED MAN I ■ — Little Change Reported In Condition Os Orval Roop But little change was reported ' today in the condition of Orval Roop, local man seriously hurt Wednesday morning when a car in 1 which he was riding crashed into a ‘ steel bridge south of Monmouth. The attending physician stated that he "was well pleased” with hte ' condition. It is not certain yet whether he sustained a brain injury, which was at first thought probable. The other (persons, Bill Huffman, the driver; Omar Peterson and Miss Martha Baumgartner, <!n the car with Roop, escaped with minor injuries and were not taken to the hospital. The doctor stated today that he did not think X-rays would b e taken at present. The victim’s injuries were at first stated by the physician as a probable brain injury, a possible skull fracture and numerous other bruises and cuts. Roop was thrown from the car unconscious from the impact of the crash.

Masonic Ticket Sale Ends Friday Morning I Officials in charge of the Masonic banquet and party Friday i night in honor of Max and Jack | McCrory, graduates of the Masonic school in Franklin, issued an appeal today to all persons, asking that tickets be purchased early. Ticket sales will close Friday morning at 10 o’clock. No tickets will be sold at the door on t!Te night of the banquet. Admission lis 50 cents per person. Tickets ' may be secured from I. Bernstein or Cal E. Peterson. The banquet will be held at 6:15 o’clock. I). Burns Douglass, grand master of the Blue Lodge in Indiana, will make the principal address at the banquet. REVIEW BOARD MEETS MONDAY I Adams County Board Os Review To Convene Next Monday The Adams county board of review will convene Monday June 7, for a 30-day session. The board will fiiet check all of the assessing records, compiled by the various assessors in the work recently completed. During the final days of the session, respective days will be set aside for the various assessing units at which time the board will conduct hearings on complaints. Last year but eight complaints were brought before tile board. Four of these came from Decatur and four from Berne corporation. The members of the board include: County Assessor Ernest Worthman, ex-officio chairman; County 'Auditor John W. Tyndall, ex-officio secretary; County Treasurer Jeff Liechty, treasurer and the two appointive members; Ervin Farlow, Geneva. Republican and Frank Heimann, Washington township, Democrat. The days on which complaints are ((CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) 0 ■ ■ Only One Marriage License In June June, the so-called “month of brides’’ thus far has failed to live up to its reputation, marriage records in the county clerk’s office show. Only one license has been issued during the finst three days to prospective June brides. Last year four were issued on the first three days. Dan Cupid is still far ahead of his last year’s record, however. In 1936, 26 licenses were issued in May; 4n May 1937. 28 were issued. During the first five months of last year but 91 licenses were issued. For the first five months this year a total of 131 have been secured. Forty-three of last years total were given in “the month of brides."

Duke Os Windsor Weds Lady For Whom He Relinquished Throne Os English Empire

Church Os England Still Refuses To Sanction Marriage; Residence In U. S. Opposed GIVES STATEMENT London. June 3 — (U.R) — The | church of England, outwitted by - an obscure country clergyman and ; confronted by an angry public coni troversy over its refusal to sanction the marriage of the Duke of J Windsor, still does not recognize 1 his wedding as blessed by the j church, the bishop of Fulham made it plain today. Apparently because of the public temper and resentment against I the church, the Rev. Robert AnI demon Jardine, who performed the : ceremony, has been victorious with his defiance. The bishop of Tulham, who has ' jurisdiction over anglican church affairs in France, admitted he would not be disciplined. The bishop, who sent the Rev. Mr. Jardine a telegram of strong protest and rebuke, told the United Press: “No further action will be taken by me. My telegram to Mr. Jardine only protested against his officiating at an anglican service in a jurisdiction where he had no license or permission.” The bishop outlined the church's position against recognizing the marriage when he said: “The church insists on the indisolubility of marriage, and since all marriages in France must be civil, then the only service Jardine could perform is benediction after the marriage." In other words, Ae bishop holds that as far as the church is concerned, the Rev. Jardine was not marrying the couple but merely bestowing benediction. Cabinet Opposes , (Copyright 1937 by United Press) London, June 3—<U.R>~A persistent report was circulated today that the new cabinet headed by Neville Chamberlain "is bringing all possible pressure to bear to dissuade the Duke of Windsor and his bride from taking up residence in the United States.” The prime minister was represented to feel that such a move by the newly married couple “would be ruinous because of the vast amount of publicity whicn inevitably would ensue." Sources close to King George VI believed that the duke and his American wife eventually would live in Argentina and Central Europe — spending part of each year on each continent. These persons said the royal family was definitely of the opinion that the duke never will return to Britain except in case of an emergency such as the death of a member of the royal family. If the duke should have to come home only he would attend the funeral. It was agreed that the newly wed couple will not be officially welcome in any of the dominions. Thus there are comparatively few countries in which they could liv< (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) WEATHER Generally fair tonight and Friday, somewhat warmer in north portion Friday. MONROE PLANS BIBLE SCHOOL Second Annual Bible School To Open At Monroe Monday The second annual summer Bible school will open in Monroe Monday, June 7. Sessions will; be held every day except Saturday and Sunday, from 8:30 to 11 a. m. The Bible school will continue until June 25 and an enrollment as large as a year ago is expected. Last year 88 children attended the school. Rev. E. S. Morford, pastor of the Monroe Methodist Episcopal church, announced the faculty for the school today. The teachers are: Kindergarten department, Miss Lotlise Niles, Miss Christine Andrews. Primary department. Mrs. A. D. Crist, Miss Opal Sprunger. Junior department, Mrs. P. M. Bahner, Miss Esther Watkins. Rev> Morford. Intermediate department, Miss Blanche Fugate.

PICNIC HEAD LISTS AIDES Fred Schulte Appoints Committees For Church Picnic June 13 Fred Schulte, general chairman of the annual St. Mary's Catholic church picnic, which will be held at Sun Set park southeast of Decatur Sunday. June 13, today announced various committees to assist in arrangements for the picnic. The picnic will be held after the 7 o'clock low mass and will continue until late in the evening. Persons wishing transportation to the event will find cars at the entrance of the school building all day Sunday. Dinner will be served during the noon hour and luncheon in the evening. Various games and entertainment will be provided throughout the entire day. The various committees are as follows: Entertainment: Cornelius Geimer, Herman Miller. Anthony Murphy, Charles Omlor, Jr., Harold Daniels, Robet Gage, James Lose, William Schumacher, Lawrence Beekmeyer, Peter Losche, Cyril Heiman. Ice cream concession: Anslem Hackman. Louis Kelley. Refreshment stand: Charles J. Miller, Edward Geimer, Bernard Staub, Arthur C. Meyers. Transportation: Clem Kortenber, Leo Faurote, Paul Briede, Harold Niblick. Hauling of foods: Peter Hess, Jerome Kohne, Ralph Reed, William Coffee, Joseph Murphy. Construction: Fred Baker. Dinenr' committee: Mrs. W. A. Klepper, chairman. Joseph Laurent will act as treasurer. Trucks for hauling purposes will be furnished by Reed's elevator, ’Appelman's grocery and the Home grocery. MAKE PLANS TO GREET VISITORS Thousands Os Visitors To Be Entertained Here June 11-12-13 Plans for entertaining thousands of visitors in Decatur on June 11, 12 and 13 were progressing at a rapid rate today as Boy Scout and firemen officiate began final preparations for the big days. The local volunteer fire department is expecting to entertain at least 2,000 firemen in addition to their friends and relatives who will come here June 11 and 12 to attend the 32nd annual Northeastern Indiana volunteer and induetrial firemen's convention. Chief Charlee Robenold and his committees are planning many contests and free entertainment for the group. State and district firemen officials have completed plans for the business sessions to be held Friday, June 11. A crew of workmen this week is at work in the Hanna-Nuttman city park, where at least 500 Boy Scouts will attend the fifth annual Anthony Wayne Area Council Camporee, Saturday and Sunday, June 12 and 13. Many parents and friende of the Scouta will visit the tent city which will be raised in the park Friday and Saturday, June 11 and 12. Preparations at the park this week include raising of a water tank into a tree to provide a pressure water Bystem, installation of 1,500 feet of water pipe, stringing of light and telephone lines, providing for sanitary iprovteions, and rolling and mowing the grounds. o Dog And Pony Show For Bible Students As a special treat for the children a dog and poney ehow was presented Wednesday morning at the annual Decatlur Vacational Bible school. The Decatur Ministerial association paid for the show. Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Kuhn, formerly associate dwitth the Jack Hoxie circuit, were the exhibitors. A ring was set up on the west lawn of the Central school, where the Bible school is being conducted.

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Eyes Os World Centered On French Chateau As Edward And Wallis Are Married Today. DEFIES CHURCH (Copyright 1937 by United Press) Chateau de Cande, Monts, France, June 3—(By Transatlantic Telephone to New York)—(U.R) The Duke of Windsor, sovereign of the British empire for 326 unhappy days as Edward VIII. married today Mrs. Wallis Warfield, the American born woman for whom he gave up his throne, defied his church and went into exile. The civil and religious ceremonies that brought this romance of a century to its triumphant culmination were solemnized by a French village mayor-physician and a provincial clergyman from the British midlauds here in the Chateau de Cande before some 50 persons. The religious ceremony was held in open defiance of the leaders of the church of England, as the duke had defied the British government to make Ms Ameri-can-born love his wife. A few hours after the wedding, the Duke and duchess departed, smiling and happy, for itielr honeymoon in Austria. They left by automobile at 6:15 p. m. to board the express from Paris at Laroche Migenne, an obscure town in France. There was a wedding breakfast after the ceremonies, and late today the duke and her grace the duchess were to leave on their honeymoon, to Wasserleonburg castle in lower Austria, down near the Italian and Jugoslavian ' borders far from the world that showed such avid interest in their romance. Those few guests who attended • the civil ceremony gathered in the salon of the chateau befwre ths ' table, covered by a beige silk ' cloth, at which Mayor Mercier presided. in his new cutaway suit and his red, white and blue sash of office. Other guests strolled about on the terraces, or sat under the gaily colored parasols on the lawn. For the religious service, the guests gathered in. the must* I room. There the duke and the woman whom he made his duchess knelt on white silk cushions before an altar improvised from an old oak chest and covered with a white satin cloth. A cross and two bowls of bright flowers, at either end. were on the altar as the Rev. Robert Anderson Jardine performed the ceremony prescribed by his church of England. To perform the service, he risked his career in the church. It was an impressive, solemn and moving thing that we witnessed here. There was the boycott that kept members of the British royal family and officials of the government away. There was the ban of the church of which the duke had been head. There was the fact that this was the birthday of the duke’s late father, George V —a fact that brought more criticism (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) WALTER LISTER HEADS RED MEN Local Young Man Elected Sachem Os Red Men’s Lodge Walter Lister, well known local young man. will head the local ■ Pocatallgo Tribe, Improved Order ’ of Red Men for the coming term. ■ Mr. Lister was named to the office ' of sachem during the semi-annual ' election held in the local Red Men hall last night. Homer Hahn and O. W. Brown were named senior and junior sagamore, respectively. Jacob Musser > was elected prophet of fho lodge. The other position filled by elec- ' tion was that of trustee for a per- ' iod of ono year and a half. Tom > Johnson was named sot her office. 1 All other positions were named • for the period of six months. A large crowd attended tha ■ meeting last night and participat- > ed in the election. Two representt atives to the state convention in t October were also selected. They > are: Jacob Musser and Tom Johnson.