Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 140, Decatur, Adams County, 14 June 1937 — Page 1

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TWO MEN ARE ARRESTED FOfi GRAIN THEFTS Two Redkey Men In Jail; One Os Accused Confesses Guilt Two Redkey residents are being held in the Adams county jail here on charges of grand larceny, I following their arrest Sunday i morning about 2 o’clock by Sherill Dallas Brown One. a Mexican, Joe Jaurigue, 32. after an entire day’s consistent grilling confessed last night to the theft of approximately SIOO worth of corn from the granary on the Joel Shafl'ter farm, near Linn Grove, on June G. The other, also a resident of Redkey, is a white man. His name has been withheld by local authorities, pending the introduction of more conclusive evidence. Just one week after the theft. Sheriff Brown, accompanied by Deputy John Dierkes and State Patrolman Truman Bierle, mad' the arrest on the streets of Red key after conducting an intensive search for the men, who on Sun day night. June 6, drove a large truck up to the granary, loaded; the loot and escaped, after they; had been forced to shovel out when the truck became mired in soft ground. 1 The fact that he was able to apprehend the two men so quickly, was attributed mainly to the trailing of the tire tracks at the scene of the theft and the reliable Information given by Marshall Dave Dubach, of Berne, and resi-' dent* living near the Shaffterl ■ home. Sheriff Brown stated today, j After vehemently denying the theft and insisting that corn in the ' (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) I o INJURED YOUTH MUCH IMPROVED t Van Wert County Man Is 1 Knocked From Motorcycle Here The condition of Harold Smith, 1 Van Wert county young man, who t was hart in an auto-motorcycle • crash Sunday, was described as I much improved today. He is ext pected to be released from the Ad- • ams county memorial hospital this • evening. Smith suffered a severe head injury at 2 o’clock yesterday afternoon when he drove his motorcycle from the curb on Monroe near First street, directly into the path of an oncoming auto. Smith was thrown from his vehicle, and knocked unconscious. He was taken to the Adams county memorial hospital where his injuries were treated. For some time local authorities and hospital attaches were unable to identify the lad. Finally by tracing the license I number of the vehicle his identity was established. Serious injuries, at first feared, failed to develop and he was pronounced' as greatly Improved. J Meredith Springer, of Decatur, route five, was the driver of the auto. He was unhurt but his auto was considerably damaged. The s motorcycle sustained only minor ’ damages. 1 -0 . Former Resident Is Heart Victim ’ Charlee Shepherd, 72, a former 1 resident of Decatur and we!l known here, died at his home in B uffton 8 suddenly Saturday morning at 11. 30 ! o’clock of a heart attack- He had 1 been in poor health for some thne, ,but was not Sieved serlouslyJJL 1 Mr. Shepherd wae born m Deka. > 'county and moved here when a 1 "■ biu "- j U „heeo«lM«l“ l >l> roK “ l< "'‘"* • S aL.vhter Catherine, and B Leon, a daught , wulla(n two grandsons, Rooei ’ Shepherd, all of Bluffton.

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Ohio Governor Seeks Steel Strike Truce [

Murray Owens Pressman Sweeney

Representatives of steel companies affected by the current strike and C. I. O. union officials met at Co-j s lumbus, 0., to discuss possibility for an early peace. The parley, called by Governor Martin L. Davey, was , stalemated in its first session by refusal of company men to sign a contract with the C. I. O. Among those present at the conference were, left to right. Philip .Murray, chairman of the Steel Workers Organizing . committee: John Owens, Ohio C. I. O. director; Lee Pressman, C. 1. O. counsel, and Vincent Sweeney, C. I O. publicity director. ‘

FEW ACCIDENTS I OVER WEEK-END ——— ( Unusually Heavy Traffic Results In Only Few Accidents Local, state and county police joined forces over the weekend to efficiently handle the unusually i heavy traffic occasiolied by the ; firemen s convention, the Scout | camporee and the customary visiting and shopping crowd. Only one serious accident was reported, occurring when Harold : Smith of Van Wert was struck by | 'an auto, while riding his motor- > ; cycle. He is greatly improved. Two autos were bady damaged lat 12:30 o’clock Saturday nightl when a car driven by F. A. Shee-| han of Monroeville ran into a park-1 led auto owned by Bernard Schei-I I matin, of this city. The accident 1 occurred near the South Ward school on Winchester street. No , one was injured. Two cars were slightly damaged I Sunday afternoon when they collided on South Mercer avenue. The drivers. Paul Strickler and Jack Ilolthouse, were unhurt. No other accidents were reportI ed in the city or county. Expresses Thanks Mayor A. R. Holthouse, in be- ; half of the city, expressed ■■■ qireci(CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) OBSERVE FLAG BAY TONIGHT Legion, Elks To Hold Joint Services At Elks Home At 7:15 Flag Day will be observed in i Decatur this evening, with joint services, conducted by Adams post number 43 of the American Legion, and the Decatur chapter of the B. P. Ti. Elks. The services will start at <:ls o’clock, and will be held on the spacious lawn at the Elks home on North Second street. Clifton E. Striker, superintendent of the Adams county schools, and a member of The local Legion post, will deliver the address. The regular Flag Day ritualistic ceremonies will be conducted by members of the Elks lodge, as well as the recitation of the history of the flag. . Music for the ceremonies will be provided by the Decatur Girls’ band, directed by Albert Sellemeyer. The band will meet at the Legion home at 6:45 o'clock, and will parade from the home north on Second street to the Elks home. The Legion color guard will also march in the parade. The public is invited to attend the ceremonies, as well as mem (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

Decatur, Indiana, Monday. June 14, 1937.

Graft Funeral Rites Held This Afternoon Funeral services were held th;e afternoon for Delores Jean Graft, 9, j daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry ; Graft of Waynedale, who died Sat-1 urday of tetanus resulting from an 1 injury to her foot when she steptped > on a rusty nail. Surviving are the parents, two; brothers, Richard Lynn and Donald I Eugene, and the grandparents, Mr. l and Mns. Herman Bieberich of De- ’ catur and Mr. and Mrs. Christ Graft j' of Oss-:an. COMMITTEE ON I COURT REFORM | l URGES defeat; Senate Judiciary Committee Calls On Congress To Defeat Bill Washington, June 14 — <U.R) ; The senate judiciary committee today called upon congress to tiefeat President Roosevelt’s “utterb dangerous” supreme court reorganization program “so emphatically that its parallel will never again be presented to a free American people.” The committee majority presented the most controversial constitutional issue of many years to the senate , ! n a formal report [ that denounced the administra-1 tion judiciary bill as tending to. 1. Obscure the “real purposes” ' of the administration. 2. Undermine the American constitutional system. 3. Punish the supreme court l>y forcibly and unconstitutionally subjecting it to the will of the executive department. 4. Break down constitutional safeguards against "autocratic dominance.” But the report, approved by 10 of the 18 members of the committee, was far more than an adverse ’ recommendation against the bill. Into its pages went the words , and philosophy of some of the . senate’s most famous legal auth- . orities. In clear, concise language that only occasionally indicated the in- [ tensity of the senate conflict or ’ (CONTINUED CN PAGE FIVE) — 0 — ; Will Flush Water i Hydrants Tonight t Several of the water hydrants in > the Homesteads addition and in the ’ soiuth part of town will be flushed - this evening, Charles Brodbeck. manager of the water department -of the city plant, stated today. 1 The attention of residents was 1 called to the fact so they may draw • a pitcher or pan of water from the ’ faucet before the flunking process starts. The water becomes riled by 1 the flushing and requires an hour ’ or two before it settles back to a normal state.

CHURCH PICNIC • WELL ATTENDED < More Than 1,000 Dinners ' Served At St, Mary’s ‘ Parish Picnic I The fourth annual St. Mary’s parish picnic, held at Sunset park Sun- , 1 day wan well attended and 1,706 din- i ners were served at the noon hour. Dinner wan served from 10:30 to I o'clock iri the pavilion, the women i of the .parish being tn charge. During the afternoon entertainment was provided and a cafeteria I supper was served in the evening. 1 The feature prize events were held I at the clone of the picnic. Father Joseph J. Seimetz, pastor, was unable to give an accurate es-' | timate of the net proceeds from the picnic as only a few of the bills had been rendered up. to date. It will probably be a couple of days until a report can be made. The attendance was as large as a year ago and the number of dinners served was practically the ■ name. Proceeds from the tickets fell a little under a year ago, it was esti-mat-'d on early returns. Last year the .p-lcnic cleared about $2,000, the money being used to pay the bonds on the Decatur (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) CHURCH SCHOOL IN THIRD WEFK Vacation Church School Enters Third Week, 240 Enrolled The Decatur Vacation Church School entered its third week of activity today, with approximately 240 children enrolled, and with considerable enthusiasm being shown Ir. all departments of work. One of the features of the daily ‘ program which is outstanding, is the chapel program held immediately following the raising of the flag, in the Baptist church. The service of worship is conducted ' entirely by the boys and girls of l • ‘he various classes in the junior and intermediate departments. This includes the call to worship, salute to the Christian flag, recitattion of scripture passages, prayers and the taking of the offering, as well as the singing of several 1 hymns each day. ! 'in a special recreational feature 1 held last Friday, the boys of the • intermediate grades defeated tho 1 ministers in a game of softball, which occasioned quite a bit of ’ merriment for everybody con- ' cerned. s Commencement will be held t Thursday evening, June 24. with r the annual picnic on the next r morning, Friday. The latter will i be held at the Hanna-Nuttman park.

FIREMEN CLOSE j ANNUALMEET HERE SATURDAY Parade And Contests . Close Annual Conven- 1 tion Saturday ’ Hundreds of visitors and firemen thronged to the streets of the city Saturday afternoon to witness the parade and contests, the final 'vents of the 32nd annual convention of the Indiana state industrial ind volunteer firemen's associa- i lion. I The town of Bremen carried away the lion's share of the hollars. In addition to winning first nlace with tin expertly drilled hand, the Bremen fire department also took first place for being the best drilled Montpelier won sec-1 t ond with its band. fl Bluffton carried away two first I c placet, the neatest corps of fire- ' I men and the best uniformed. Bluff-: a ton won the distinction of piling I up the most points in the depart- ! t ment contest, by virtue of the , two victories. | ] Berne won first place for having ! e the largest company in the parade, i < 20 in number. New Haven was ' i second with 17 members. , | Judges for the department con , 1 tests were Joe Lump, deputy state 1 fire marshall; J 'hn O’Brien, also 1 a deputy; Carl Steup. of the Indiana state fire inspection bureau t and Arnold Meister, secretary of ! I the Indiana firemen's association. ' I Judges for the bands were Jesse|l Rice, Hob White and Dan Zeser, ‘ I all of this city. I In the Saturday afternoon contests. Markle won first place In 1 the truck race In the fast time of j 35*,4 seconds, including a one-sec- 1 ond penalty for a leaking hyd-ant. | The team barely nosed out Bluff ton, who completed in the time i I of 3G seconds. In the novelty truck race Bluffton came through with flying col ors in the time of one minute and I 51 seconds. Bremen ”'as second in 1:53%. Pete Call, of Bluffton and Ed i Espich, of Markle split first and second prize money when they [ tied for first piece *•, the running : ladder contest, both in the time i (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) COMMENCEMENT HELD SATURDAY I County Eighth Grade Exercises Are Held At Geneva School A large crowd attended the an- ; nual county eighth grade com- : mencemejit exercises, held Saturday afternoon at the Geneva high . school. Grover Van Duyn, assistant state superintendent of public in-, struction, delivered the commence-1 ment address and C. E. Striker, county school superintendent also spoke to the students. A total of 284 students received i diplomas during the exercises, significant of their graduation 1 from the county grade schools. Os this number 141 were girls and i 143 were boys. The number in each township is as follows: Union, 10 girls and 11 boys; | Root, eight girls and seven boys; 1 Preble, 14 girls and 22 boys; Kirkland, five girls and 16 boys; . Washington, seven girlr. and nine boys; St. Mary’s, 11 girls and 11 boys; Blue Creek, seven girls and two boys; Monroe, 24 girls and 15 boys; French, eight girls and 10 boys; Hartford, eight girls and nine boys; Wabash, 26 girls and 24 boys; Jefferson, 13 girls and seven boys. Elbert Fuhrman Honored Elbert Fuhrman, eighth grade graduate of Preble township, carried the county banner in the processional, symbolic of having established the highest rating in , I the scholastic tests. Millicent Litl wilier, of Monroe township and Berniece Nussbaum, also of Monroe were second and third. ' The others, who carried townI (CONT’NUED ON PAGE FIVE) I o 1 Decatur Department Answers Fire Call ’ The Decatur firemen anewered an alarm Saturday evening about 6 o’j I clock, right at the height of th i firemen's convention here. It was kound to be a false alarm, however. I Local firemen suspect a iprank- !' ster of having entered a home on i Fifth street, asking to use the phone 1 and turning in the alarm. A rubbish i bonfire in the alley was given aa the cause.

Fear Os Renewed Violence Is Seen Li Steel Strikes

ANNUAL SCOUT ' CAMPOREE IS ENDED SUNDAY Fifth Annual Area Boy i H Scout Camporee Clos- i ti ?d Sunday v " i Hundreds of visitors watched the closing ceremonies for the t fifth annual Anthony Wayne coun- c cil Boy Scout camporee at the t Hanna-Nuttman city park. Sunday afternoon, after the boys had ( broken camp at the end of their | two-day stay in the city. j Streamers were awarded each c patrol Sunday afternoon us the result of the inspections of their i cook and camp craft for the four j meals served during the camping ' period. Troop No. 21, the-Hoag-land school In Fort Wayne, was , given a gold ribbon for obtaining . 1,089 out of a possible 1,132 points. t Other patrol ribbons were dis- | tributed on a point basis as fol- i lows: 925 points and up. blue ribbon; 800 to 926 points, a red rib- ■ bon; 657 to 800 points, green rib- < bon; 500 to 657 points, white rib- , bon. Decatur troops received the fol- , lowing points: American Legion, , 592 points; Lions. 873 points, and | Rotary, 608 points. Local Scouts Honored Two Decatur Scouts received honors during the court of honor held Saturday evening at the campfire court of honor. Lawrence Rash, of the Legion troop, was given the Star Scout badge , and a merit badge in first aid to I animals. Monroe Fuhrman of the i same troop was awarded a fiveyear veteran pin. It? is an Eagle ; Scout. Lawrence Johnson of Fort Wayne was advance'’ to the Eagle : Scout rank. At the nature ano Scoutcraft I competitions. Saturday afternoon, four Fort Wayne and a Garrett i troop took major honors. Based ; on a possible 105 points, the Harrison Hill School troop of Fort Wayne was given 79 points, to take first place. Other high i troops were. Hoagland School 1 troop, Fort Wayne, 74 points; : Forest Park troop, Fort Wayne. 72 l points; Allen County Children’s home troop. Fort Wayne. 71 points and M. E. church troop, Garrett, 70 points. Colorful parades and formations closed the Camporee Sunday after- | noon. Attend Church Sunday morning the Scouts were conveyed by automobile to ! tour Decatur chin ches. Protest ants heard services at the M. E. church, preached by Dr E. T. (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) YODER LAD IS SEVERELY HURT Linn Grove Lad Is Badly Injured When Run Over By Cultipacker John Yoder, 10-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Yoder, of 5 Linn Grove, was seriously injured i Saturday afternoon when he was i run over by a farm implement on the Yoder farm. The young lad was driving a , team of horses, pulling a cultipack- . ■ er, when it suddenly hit a deep | rut, throwing him to the ground. ,I \ ,ie implement passed entirely I over his body, up to his head. His feet were caught in the imI plement. His father, who was working nearby, rushed toTTle lad and picked him up. It was reported today that he is a little Improv- ■ ed and is thought that he will re--1 cover. His entire body was crushI ed and bruised He was unconscious from the 1' time of the accident until late Sunday. He ~"’.j taken to his home ! 1 for medical aid. Decatur 4-H Club i Will Meet Tuesday 1 The Decatur 4-H club will meet n i Tuesday aft ernoon at 2:30 o’clock b in the Decatur high school gymii j nasium. All cP •' boy and girl club s members are urged to attend, as im- | portant bwlUaSB will be transacted.

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New Crisis Feared In Strike Areas; To File Charges Against Union Man At Anderson. MINERS STRIKE Cleveland, June 14. (U.PJ —Company and union leaders In steel strikes from Pennsylvania to Illinois grimly prepared today for a new crisis in the CIO campaign to win signed contracts from four big independent companies. Os greatest immediate concern to strikers, employers and state officials was the danger of renewed violence in event of: 1. Resumption of large scale CI O picketing at the Newton steel plant at Monroe, Mich., where pickets were dispersed last Thursday by a vigilante tear gas attack. 2. Attempts by companies to re-open picket-besieged plants of Republic, Youngstown Sheet and Tube or inland Steel. Danger of fresh disorders appeared to depend heavily on the success or failure of peace conferences scheduled to resume tomorrow under direction of Gov. Martin L. Davey of Ohio. Refusal of company officials last week to agree to any program involving contracts aroused fears of a breakdown in the negotiations which might result in efforts to reopen struck plants. Sources close to one of the big companies, however, indicated there was nothing to confirm reports that the companies would withdraw from the peace conferences. Organization of citizens volunteer groups, threats of general strikes in Ohio cities, mobilization of special police and the placing of heavy guards around Republic plants operating at Warren and Niles, 0., and Monroe, Mich., indicated the danger of violence in event of a showdown between pickets and back-to-work groups. Two week-end developments cut to the center of the steel strike (.CONTINUED ON PACE THREE) o SEVEN PERSONS HURT IN WRECK Three From Decatur Injured In Accident Near Bryant Sunday Seven persons, including three Decatur residents, were injured Sunday night at 11:30 o’clock when two cars collided on the curve, immediately eouth of Bryant on federal -oad 27. The local people were Nathan Roop, 70. of Studebaker street; his wife, Mrs. Harriet Roop. 65, and a granddaughter, Mary Ellen Wagner, 6. Mr. Roop sustains dsevere shock and bruises. He was returned home immediately. Mrs. Roop sustained a fractured right arm, contusions and abrasions about tho body and a chest injury. Her condition is thought not serious. The young girl sustained a bruised chest and abdomen. Her condition is thought not serious. Both Mrs. Roop and the girl were confined in the Portland hospital until today, when they were , returned here. Four In Other Car Four were hurt in the other car. They arc Charles O’Brien, Port--1 land, driver, slight concussion and 1 lacerations about the face; Garnet Confer, of southeast of Portland, 1 broken right arm and bruises on head; Esther Anker, of Ridgeville, ’ minor abraislons on leg and head; May Houtineyer, Portland, injury to left foot. All were taken to tho hospital there for treatment. Two other men, who were also i in the other car, were treated by a Portland physician. Their names were not learned. The cars were both badly damaged. It is thought that none of the injured is critical. o — April Circuit Court 0 Term Closed Saturday Saturday wae one of the busiest days on record in the Adams circuit 7 court as nearly 50 transactions were made. This was the end of t tho April term and the court todav k went into the annual three-month i- summer vacation. The September b term opens Labor Day. The comi- plete record of the final day will 1. be published Tuesday, _