Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 132, Decatur, Adams County, 4 June 1937 — Page 1

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■ufomobiZe Plants Ire Again Plagued |sy Labor Troubles

And Packard ' W'rctti T" < losc 1)own s W it , lb Bn-uneOf Neu '■i(fiL'ulties._ DAVEY ACTS ■BnttroU. -' une 4—.'J.R'—Seter , c f labor difficulties >R^K h forced three plants of Chrysler Corporation to W ( today was announced by tor the auio Workers went to the machines in the Jefferson Kercnev.l with the 3 p. m. shift. DeSoto division workers K return to work Monday, announcement said. No dethe settlement were Jiuo- 1 (U.R) Two |M. , m.mufai furcrs - I'.i< lull'd were t,, du-.' f.ii tories in theii lodiy because o, m V. troubles. .'S J. •fl'el-SOII Old Avenue plants to workers after . on the motor line had to work with employes . belong to the l'nite.l \\,,i kel'S of Am ’licil in the corporation (Mr■ it had been Soto division pi.. tc wo.keis because of a 1 by the idle Chrysler of motors and bodies HeSoto will reopen in ... company officials announced that a sit |B "e’ l ' l ' " ! workers in tile ■B -lanipiim ami finishing di hall brought a partial shut |H' '. beily division where workers are employed. oirporat ions have agree with the V. A. W. A. which that no strikes shall oc I ■ during the period the pact force. iihicials hastened to th. .1 m.i. ■ of both compaiii. a.; ’ settlement of the .li.'fir onl. red its two plants shortly after 8:30 a. m. A lum.-nts earlier workers on motor line had protested the of non-union men ami M dim: tot he maimgi'i.oii' to work. 1 Aika rd company, in a forM -'atem.-nt explaining the new at its plant, warm'd th.it to settle the strike might |B : '' in further curtailment of operations. Gov. Davey Acts eland. June 4 —iU.Rz —Gov. |Mi" ; Davey confers with ste. i |B"' leaders today in an effort to ‘ basis for mediation. Seven|B ,l ‘ l 'ii-.ii.-I employes of three insteel companies are

IBoNTINUED ON PAGE THREE) ■ O , [reus To Visit Decatur June 24 [miouncement was made today [t Haag Brothers circus will visit Thursday, June 24, at the [mitt Field east of Decatur on ['■ road 224. Two performances [ !) e given, one at 1:30 and one [ : 30 p. ni. -— o Hl LADY’S MOTHER DIES rs. May Hesher’s Mother Dies Thursday At Bort Wayne p r s. Herman Heersche, 75, mothL 1 ' 1 Mrs. May Hesher of Decatur, r at her home in Fort Wayne hrsday after an extended Hites. ‘' rn in Elkhart, the deceased reßi <ied in Fort Wayne most p ! *fe- She was a member of • atrick’s Catholic church. ur viving are the husband, .’ f (laughters, Mrs. Hesher of s c >ty, Mrs. Frances Schrader tort Wayne aTSI Mrs. Carrie Z° e^er of Hoagland; six grand'■ren, two brothers and ono ■wr. funeral services will be held at residence, 424 West Butler et ’ at 7:30 o’clock COST Saturbjorning, and at 8 o’clock at r'atrick's Catholic church, will be made in the Cathc cemetery.

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LOCAL CHURCH PLANS PROGRAM Children’s Day Program At U. B. Church Sunday Evening An Interesting Children's day program will be given at the United Brethren church Sunday evening. The public is invited to attend. Following -Is the complete program : Prelude—Mrs. Carl Fisher. Scripture and prayer. Guitar solo —Betty June Hill. So’o—Don Light. Recitation—Eloise Jackson. Recitation —Patsy Cane Solo —Rea Myers. Recitation —Rose Marie Stanley. Recitation—Junior Hakey. Recitation—Don Wilkams. Exercise—Annabelle Roop, Patsy Springer, Ralph Jackson, Rex Roop, I Norman Burnett. Annoul.fements —Rev. Franklin. Offering—Rose Marie Stanley, Ted Hill, Betty June- Hill and Dick | illakey. Pageant—H is Way side Messengers. Siparrows—Jackie Fisher, Jimmy I Fisher, Martha Sheets, Bobby Shackley and Rea Myers. Lillies — Betty G. Roop. Norma Pontius, Norma Lambert, Mary Kiser and Gean Strahm. Seeds' — Bobby Marbaugh, Mary Hodle. Gera'd Springer, Bobby Shackley, Deloris Clark. Rock —Jimmy Cochran. Builder—Don Springer. Sand —Annabel Crider. Stone —Dick Sheets. Trees—Billy Porter, Ruth Myers, Billy Marbaugh, Jimmy Shackley,! Luella Hower. Vines —Charleen Shackley, Arteen -Roop, iPeatrfce Light. Alice Sheets, Joyce Roop. Eileen Davis, Kathleen Shackley. Anolla Frieth. ; Pilgrim—Sally Williams. Little Girl —Elva Mae Jackson. Children at play—primary stud-. ents. Benediction. A final rehearsal will be held Saturday afternoon at two o’clock. The committee in charge of the program includes Marie Wynn, Goldie Fishe-r and Ruth Williams. MANY BIDS FOR | BERNE BUILDING Eleven Contractors Already Have Bid On Berne Post Office Numerous contractors throughout several states are bidding on the construction of the new Berne post office, it has been learned from the public building branch of : the federal treasury department at Washington. ’ Eleven bids have already been ' received from contractors and sev-| ! eral more are expected to be sub- < 1 mitted before the deadline of June ' Th bids on the new $67,000 fed-1 eral project will be opened -at Washington on that date and actual construction is to stait this contractors have, submitted bids: Algernon lair Montgomery, Alabama. Thenault ) Contracting Co., An dover Associates, New York l y Potters Lumber Co. Hast Lve. . pool. Ohio; Charles H. Barnes. Logansport; Carl Weßt^ m p er co . ; schinnerer and T. uempe^,. ’ P ° rt: « ’ , Chicago, and Dan migi , 1 The main part of the new build ■ ing will be 56 feet long, with a loading Platform on the north.side I 24 feet, eight inches long, and - t total length will he nearly 90 , • Thp exterior facing of the buna , lng will be made of bricks in light, , red and brown color, set in cream t mortar. The building will be , S ‘lt win contahi a large worki room. ■ toilets all on the one fiooi. ben ; de The “basement will house a boll ‘ errootn, fuel bin, the . velope storage rooms and severa others.

Duke And Duchess Shortly After Wedding / 7 r i t I ‘ - w Isl I I J? ||||» ngggk T' *IW This radio-sound photo shows the Duke and Duchess of Windsor shortly after they were pronounced man and wife, posing for photographers on the steps of the Chateau de Cande at Monts. France.

MASONS HONOR LADS TONIGHT — Franklin School Graduates To Be Honored Here Tonight , I' Jack W. and Max M. McCrory, in whose honor a party will be given i at the Masonic home here this even- j | ing at 6:15 o’clock were graduated I with honors from the Masonic home ' high school at Franklin, May 29, it ■ was announced today. They were admitted to the insti- ; tuition, August 16, 1930, about a i year after the death of their father i Ralph McCrory, who was a member of Decatur lodge 571 F. and A. M. • In addition to achieving scholas-l | tic honors they were prominent in I athletics and band work. One of the I boys was drum major and the other played a clarinet in the band. The boys will make their home with their mother, Mrs. Ralph Mc- ! Crory, now living in Fort Wayne. A crowd of approximately 125 i persons tonight will hear D. Burns I Douglas, of Fort Wayne, grand master of the B'ue Lodge in Indiana, make the principal address at the banquet in honor of the boys. Other distinguished guests who will ibe. present, will be newly elected offi«era of the Fort Wayne Scottish i (iCONTTKT’En ON PAGE THREE) | TRAFFIC LIGHT TIME CHANGED North And South Traffic On Second Street Will Be Benefitted City electricians were changing ’ the time switch on the traffic light iat Second and Monroe streets to- : day. The light will be changed ; to give north and south traffic on I Second street a 40-sccond open lane. The traffic going east and west on Monroe street will be cut to 20 seconds. Police and city officials believe this change will aid in the relieving of traffic congestion on Second | street, especially on Saturday | ! nights. The change will give more time for the north and south traffic to pass through town and not cause autos to park so far back on the street. North and south traffic is the heaviest and with the traffic light regulated so 40 seconds are given clear the crossing, it is believed a speedier movement or autos will be the result. Police authorities are also considering prohibiting the making of left turns at the Second-Monroe street crossing during the hours.

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, .lune 4, 1937.

Report Orval Roop Greatly Improved | I The condition of Orval Roop, local man hurt Wednesday morning: in an auto accident near Monmouth' was reported as greatly improved today by the attending physician. The physician stated that the injury to his head proved to be but a ; slight concussion and that he is ex- j ipected to recover rapidly. He is ex- i pected to be removed to his home this evening. He has been confined in the local 1 hospital since the day of the crash, 1 when the auto in which he was riding crashed into the steel bridge 1 south of Monmouth. His condition ' was for a time thought serious. . 1 —o — TAX COLLECTION FIGORESHIGH I One Os Best Tax Collections In History Reported For May One of the best tax collections in history was indicated in preliminary figures, prepared today for the June settlement of taxes Collected in May. | Os the total of $232,381.54, only $8,679.24 went delinquent, according to the figures. Some of the j delinquent taxes have been paid j since the figures for the settlement I were taken. I Results of the May collection by tax units are: Taxing unit Tax Due Unpaid Union $ 7,543.93 $ 183.42 Ro ot 10,888.41 311.47 Preble 7,797.63 127.95 Kirkland 9,774.03 147. > 4 Washington .... 17,568.07 398.31 St. Mary's 12,491.58 431.07 Blue Creek 9,029.73 296.44 Monroe 15,968.69 385.82 French 7,377.83 90.42 Hartford 11,605.81 652.75 Wabash 16.051.16 390.30 Jefferson 9,610.34 505.61 Berne 23,145.43 285.60 1 Decatur, Root. 4,939.40 9.90 Washington. 57,111.95 3.073.,2 ((CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) Mrs. Ella Peoples Reported Improved The condition of Mrs. Ella Peoples who suffered a stroke several days ago was reported as slightly better today. She is thought to be ' steadily improving. —o —' — Berne Firemen Name Delegates Hobart 'Myers, Alfred Clauser, Herman Bowman and Leslie Stucky all of Berne, have been named to represent that town as official delegates to the northeastern Indiana firemen convention to be held in ‘ Decatur June 11 and 12.

FIREMEN PLAN FOR FREE ACTS Free Acts Have Been Obtained For June 11-12 Convention Free acts of exceptional quality have been obtained for the 32nd annual Northeastern Indiana volunteer firemen’s convention here June 11 and 12. it was announced today by City Fire Chief Charles Robeno’d, in charge of arrangements for the event. The first act well be given Friday night. June 11, at 9 o'clock. Free icts will be repeated Saturday afternoon and evening, June 12. The site for the free acts has not yet been chosen, but Chief Robenold announced today they will be 'staged in or near the business section. The convention will be opened Friday afternoon with a meeting at the engine house at 2 o’clock. Two delegates from each of the 52 departments wi'l be qualified to vote. Friday evening at 6 o’clock approximately 200 persons are expected at the banquet, to lie held in the United Brethren church. The big crowd for tl(e convention will be here in the city. At least 2,000 firemen, in addition to their (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) ADAMS COUNTY NATIVE DIES Frederic Meyers Dies Last Night At Notre Dame University Notre Dame, Ind., June 4 —(UP) —Prof. Frederic I. Meyers. 45, died last night at St. Joseph hospital after a long illness. Meyers served in three major offensives as a second lieutenant during the war. He taught in the U. S. naval academy before coming to Notre Dame in 1932. The funeral will be Monday. He left a wife and six children. Other survivors include his mother, Mrs. Dora M. Meyers and two brothers Ralph and Ro'bert a 1 ! of Hartford township, Adams county, a brother, Charles, Evansville; and three sisters, Mrs. Lois Black, Decatur, Mrs. Victor Raab, Evansville and Mrs. Cecil Short, Goshen. Mra. Black, accompanied by Miss Eva Acker, left Thursday noon for Notre Dame to be by his bedside. ■ o — WEATHER Cloudy, showers tonight and Saturday, cooler Saturday night and Sunday.

COMMENCEMENT EXERCISE HERE THIS EVENING Catholic School Graduation Exercises To Be Held Tonight Fifteen members of the senior class of the Decatur Catholic high school and 40 students of the St. Joseph eighth grade will receive diplomas tonight in the 15th annual commencement exercises ! of the school. The commencement will open at 8 o'clock in the high school auditorium with the processional, witli | music by the girls orchestra, foli lowed by the class song, sung by the senior class. Floyd I. McMurray, state superI intendent of public instruction, Indianapolis. will speak to the stu- ! dents in the commencement ad- | dress. The Rev. Father J. J. Seimetz, ' pastor of the St. Mary's Catholic, church, will present the diplomas, followed by the class recessional. Following the commencement, a dance will be held in the school I gymnasium with a popular Fort I Wayne orchestra furnishing the I music. | The public is cordially invited to attend both the exercises and the dance following. Classes at the school virtually i closed Thursday, with the students asked to return on Friday to reI ceive their report cards. All oth|er activities at the school have j ceased. Mr. McMurray, the commenceine.f, speaker, is well known here, | having spoken at the Governor's i Day banquet held in Decatur sevI eral months ago. At that time Rev. Seimetz secured his services for tonight's pro- ! gram. o

Rev. Prugh Talks To Rotary Club I Rev. Charles M. Prugh, president,! ! spoke to the Decatur Rotary club i . Thursday evening, detailing the pro- i igram tor the Rotary International ■convention, which will open at Nice ! France. Sunday. Each day of the ' convention will be devoted to a spe-' ’' cial phase of Rotary service, with ■ the convention closing Friday. Richard Macklin, chairman of the > Junior Chamber of Commerce com-, ’ I mittee aiding in p'ans for the Boy I ’ Scout camporee here June 12 and: ’ j 13, spoke briefly on plans for the event. Members of the Rotary club i ’ | will assist as judges during the; !' camporee. Walter Gard was chairI man of the program. o — ; DEATH CLAIMS ; THOMAS VENIS Retired High School Custodian Dies At Home This Morning i Thomas A. Venis, 71, well 1 known Decatur resident and re- - tired high school custodian, died - this morning at 11:15 o'clock at ■ his home on Patterson street. Death followed a stroke of paralysis. He was stricken on Sunday. The deceased was for 12 years custodian at the Decatur public I high school, /retiring four years > ' ago because of ill health. ) He was born in Adams county 1 March 23, 1866, the son of Rudolph and Elizabeth Hower-Venis. On I ; I December 24. 1891 he was married i ; to Minliie Brothers, who survives. ! He was a member of the First j United Brethren church. Prac-1 tically his entire life was spent in ' i the county. I ■ Surviving, besides the widow, I -: are the following children: Ray I Venis, Mrs. Evangeline Eyansou - both of Decatur; Mrs. Iva Cook, of II Decatur; Mrs. Jennie Amerine, Fort Wayne; Mrs. Florence ForeJ man, and Everett, of Decatur, and 1 Merlin, of Michigan. I One brother, Sylvester, of Decatur; two sisters, Mrs. Mary Elzey, of Decatur and Mrs. Homer j Walters, Defiance, Ohio; 21 grandfl children and one great grandchild, also survive. ' | Funeral services will be held i Monday afternoon at 1 o’clock at | " the home, 504 Patterson street.! ’ and at 2 o'clock at the United I Brethren church. The Rev. H. W. Franklin, assisted by the Rev. ’ C. J. Miner, will officiate. Burial r will be made in the Maplewood cemetery. The body will be returned home Saturday morning at 10 o'clock from the S. E. Black mortuary, where it may be viewed until time for the funeral.

Roosevelt Orders Battle Pushed On I Judiciary Reform

LOYAL FORCES JUBILANT OVER MOLA’S DEATH Loyalists Heartened By Death Os Leading Insurgent General Hendaye, French-Spanish Frontier, June 4 <U.R) Basque loyalists. jubilant at the death of Gen. Emilio Mola, opened a general ’ offensive on all fronts in the Bil- ; bao area today in hope of smashling the nationalist siege. Jose Antonio do Aguirre, presi--1 dent of the autonmoue Basque ' 1 loyalist republic, took the field ' himself and ordered his men to ! . put everything they had into atI tacks in all sectors. ' Basques were jubilant at the ' death of a man whom they hated I —and believed to be the strongest ' man the nationalists could put in 1 the field. Gen. Francisco Franco, nation- ‘ I alist commander-in-chief, named ! i Gen. Jose Fidel Davila, president .of the technical commission in '! his governing junta, to succeed ’ | Mola on the Basque front and J nationalists asserted that he would ■ continue Mola's drive on Bilbao w-ithout pause. But the Basques were encour- ” aged by Mola’s death and it seem-

ed evident from nationalist dispatches that the general’s death was a severe blow. When news reached Bilbao last I night of Mola’s death, the Basque ; militiamen already were engaged i in a series of important counter attacks in which, they asserted. , they made important gains By turning these counter-attacks l into a general attack President I Aguirre believed he had a chance , to turn back in route the nationalist Spanish-Italian army that for two months has sought to break the militiamen's lines and reach i Bilbao, key city of the Bay of Biscay coast. Diplomatic reaction seemed to substantiate the idea that Mola's loss was a severe one. Rome military and political ! quarters said frankly that they were shocked. Italians held Mola in the highest esteem. In Berlin, war office and propaganda ministry alike refused comment on the probabilities that might arise. All they would say was that Mola was a man of extraordinary mental equipment, known for calmness, coolness and clear thinking. Shell Madrid Madrid, June 4—(U.R>— Artillery shells crashed into the center of Madrid at one minute intervals today in a terrific nationalist bombardment. The shells crashed into the principal streets such as the Gran Via, the Broadway of Madrid, and the Central, squares. Fire engines and ambulances raced through the streets as the shells whistled past high buildings or exploded as they struck. Today's bombardment was the second big one in 24 hours. Ten persons were killed and 20 | (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) NEW MEMBERS ARE HONORED — Zion Reformed Church Holds Reception For 52 New Members A large crowd attended the reception held last night at the Zion Reformed church in honor of the 52 new members received by the church since Christmas. The iprogram was opened with music by pupils of Albert Sellemey- ; er and was followed by the address !of welcome, delivered by George Thomas. The Rev. Charles M. Prugh, church pastor, also delivered a short address. Cliff LaDelle, well known Fort Wayne magician and enter- ] tainer, presented a program in the I church basement. [ Refreshments were served at the [ close of the program. The committee in charge of the reception was ■ headed by Mrs. Thomas as chairi man. Other members were: T. L. i Becker and Cletus Miller.

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President Determined To Push Battle On Court Reform Measure Through Present Congress. LIST KEYSTONES Washington, June 4—(UP) — President Roosevelt declared flatly today that he believes hia court program is going through congress—At this session he thinks At the same time the President revealed that his legislative requests for this session of congress had been completed. He said he contemplated no more special messages to congress and that the year’s legislative program would stand as presented to date. Washington, June 4. — (U.R> — President Roosevelt returned today to the battle for Judicial reorganization with orders to senate majority leader Joseph T. Robinson to push a compromise bill to a vote at this session. President and congress are moving toward a test of strength on major issues. But compromise is inevitable if Mr. Roosevelt's court bill is to be passed at all. Democratic opponents of court reorganization said they welcomed the challenge and would defeat the White House judicial program. Robinson listed new deal legislative keystones for this session as:, 1. Farm tenance. 2. Slum clearance. 3. Extension of nuisance taxes and closing the evasion loopholes. 4. Executive department and judicial reorganization. 5. Wage and hours bill. But he quickly denied the foregoing was a white house “must list.” Robinson said enactment was not imperative but was desirable. Ho conferred for more than two hours at the White House last night with the president. Emerging, Robinson said he expected a court vote before adjournment but intimated compromise so broadly that some listeners believed the ■ president would finally consent to limiting reorganization to the lower courts, leaving the Supreme (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) 0 RIGHT-OF-WAY TO BE WIDENED Highway 27 To Have 100I’oot Right-Of-Way South Os Decatur William Rineholdt in charge of sectiring easements on federal road 27 between Decatur and a point 600 feet south of the intersection with highway 124, just west of Monroe, this morning received orders to go over the route again and secure right-of-ways for 100 feet the entire distance. He and George Walker of the state highway department, had just concluded the work of securing right-of-ways of SO feet and 100 feet at either end of the route and citizens of this county had urged a uniform highway, which the commission has now granted. The easements will be secured next week, if posible, and it is expected that the contract for resurfacing the road over a 20-foot width will be let about June 22. A‘new bridge will *be built and the route made a splendid approach to this city. It's probable that as the demand comes, this road will be widened and will eventually be a three or four lane highway. Mr. Rineholdt ' stated this morning that he did not 111 ■■ ■ ■ ■ ON PAGE EIGHT) — o New Haven Man To Be Tried Today i Leslie Pepe, of Now Haven, was , scheduled to be tried in city court ; late this afternoon on charges of i assault and battery and reckless - driving. i Pepe has been at liberty under bond since his arrest Tuesday by i Allen county authorities on the lo- - cai charges. The warrant for his i arrest came after Pepe allegedly • ran a red traffic signal and then . “beat uip” Loren Roth, of Adamq county, who mentioned the incident,