Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 154, Decatur, Adams County, 30 June 1937 — Page 1

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NEL OU PONT, I 19SEVELT SON I HURRIED TODAY Lent’s Son Marries | Lghter Os Noted Financier L mi'toll. ’*'• J " U '' '' U R) lL Delano Roosevelt, Jr., j n Enel DuPont say “1 <’•>" at 5 , I 1 "., pnl . (’STt today with ( Leir Halts looking on, Repur- , r , b y a satin-covered aisle , , I"” Christ Church, Christiana , | r i i fl left "f ' he * te,e wiU I 1 f , \|rs. Eugene DuPont, par It the 21 year-old bride, and L, member of the DuPont j f L ria i family. Including Irene [ j t one of the Liberty league t [L who recently said the ( r,. wag "living under a die- i I the right will >** President j Isr's Roosevelt, parents of thi .. Eold bridegroom, accompan-1 t dozens of relatives, cabinet j ( Eerj and new deal adherents, i t-green-and-white” wedding. ( lietting of peonies and lilies , Kmated by woodwardia fern, ■follow a day of social events < Eg to dispel any tension I Ei to the occasion. Eyoung couple, whose mar- , Eill link two families which i ■ have been political enemies. ■ coached yesterday in the, K difficult parts of the cere- i : Eby Mrs Edward J. MacMttl■philadelphia social secretary ; L, the rehearsal Roosevelt I E Utas DuPont a diamond Er sapphire bracelet set in j Eh. his wedding present to ■He designed the bracelet | L' following the preced-n* I E father who designed the . Eamnied chatelaine watch ■ Eleanor Roosevelt received 1 ■ wedding day. ■ DuPont's gift to her fiance ■ flat gold watch with a thin ■bain It was inscribed. "To ■ R Jr, from E. DuP. June ■ bride gave her bridesmaids Kyps set with star sapphires ■ were engraved with her ■land the date. Keveit gave his ushers egg-’ Kj gold cull links bearing hie ■land the usher's and the’ ■ single ring ceremony and ■tial contained in the protest ■tpiscupal church's standaid ■ts common prayers will be ■ The ceremony will lie ovei ■nt 20 minutes. ■ Rev. Frederick T. Ashton. I ■t of the church which the forebars built in 1859. will ■ the ceremony and continue ■vge until the father gives ■hide away. Then Dr Eudi ■ Peabody, 80-year-old Groton who 32 years ago ■M bridegroom's parents, ■tomplete the marriage, protin- couple man and wife. today the brid ■* and ■pen:. their parents and of their families, will at luncheon by ■ Porter Schutt, the former DuPont, at Greenville ■$ a daughter of Eugene E cousin of the bride and of the bridesmaids. P. Bissell, relative I was luncheon hostess Voiun. r ~f |,,. A |Bln. Reynolds Wilson, friend sß* DuPonts. entertained th. guests. the Irene DuPonts the entire bridal part) M includes all of the presiand children-in-law of E. I - t hne e i ■ H. SIGNS ■ BELIEF BILL B $1,500,000,000 \pWPriation Provided I In Bill j une 30 (U R! BW® Roosevelt has signed SB relief a p| )ril .,i the White House today, retiring last night. Mr ■■”’*’s° affixed his signaSB* following measures. agriculture de |B" “PPropriation bill, larc ■ kiiury retirement tax & tax on rail tv ngß& their employes to SE. for retired rail tax extension gWr* tor t«o years $65". levies includ •’’nt postage rate.

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namesrevealed 1 of TAX EVADERS BY COMMITTEE Report filed By Committee ’Lists Prominent Persons WiiflhhiKlon, .hin»> 30 (j pj Treasury lax experts told" ’ joint coiigressional committee to 'lay that Ed Wynn, radio and screen uctor. Fritz Kreisler, renowned violinist, and Percy t’ros by. cartoonist creator of "Sklppy." reduced their income tax pay. ments by iticorpoiating lh«.jr "artistic talents." Urging legislation at ti ( | s Keg . sion to c lose loopholes which now permit legal tax avoidance. Arthur Kent, assistant general treasury counsel, also told the committee how wealthy Americans saved taxes by incorporating their yachts, country estates, racing stables and homes. Kent cited a score of specific cases in which taxpayers reduced their payments by hundreds of thousands of dollars He submitted treasury data to show: That Wynn formed several personal holding companies to hold j J his various radio and theatrical I ( contracts, thereby reducing his in 1 come tax payments by $196,728 - between 1932 and 1936. . That Kreisler. an Austrian citi- I gen. saved $33,264 in taxes in three I years through operation of two corporations. That Crosby saved $72,941 in four years through organization of Sklppy. Inc. That Mrs. Ethel V. Mars, River ] Forest. 111., formed Mars, Inc., to I hold Milky Way Farm at Pulaski, Tenn., which is operated as an advertisement for Milky Way ‘ products, and saved $64,000 In 1 taxes by claiming deductions on I income tor farm and racing losses. ( That Mrs. Nathan L. Miller. t ■ identified as the wife of the for ; mer governor of New York state, , ; formed “multiple trusts" for her , (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) ! G.E. GIRLS TO SEE NEW YORK; I Decatur Girls To .Join Fort Wayne Party To New York Thirteen girls from the General . Electric plant here will join with | 500 or 600 others from the Fort ' i Wayne plants to visit New York I City over the week end. The local girls who will make ’' the trip are: Hetty Reichert. Syl- ‘ via Ruhl, Helen Beery. Doris Lai- 1 I sure. Helen Bauer, Elsie Brttnne I I grass. Mareline Gage, Helen Bai I thel. Lucille Beavers. Martha Col > i chin. Evelyn Reber, Leona Peck > i and Metha Bieberich. > These tours are arranged each I I year for the employes by the per- I I sonnel department of the General i | Electric company in Fort Wayne. , i Last year the girls visited Wa.-h- --: ington and were the guests ol Mrs 1 Franklin 1). Roosevelt at a lea on ! the White House lawn. Two years' I ago they visited Niagara Falls. I The girls will iJave Decatur FriI day afternoon at 1 o'clock and ! drive to Fort Wayne, where th4 ' will meet the Fort Wayne i Special railroad cars will take ' them to New York City Saturday. Sunday and Monday they will I tour the city. As a special feature a dinner | will be served them Saturday: I night, at which time they will be | entertained by Spitalny's all git l t orchestra, which plays every Wednesday night over the G. E. "Hour ( of Charm" on a national hook up. ( j The girls will return to Fort ' Wayne Tuesday morning at .6 1 o'clock and arrive in Decatur in [ time tor work the same day. oFree Band Concert Here This Evening The third of the summer series of 1 band concerts siponsored by the t ■ Decatur Junior Chamber of Commerce will be given this evening on the court house band stand on Liberty Way. The ' ' band will give its first public con cert Also on the program will be ■ the German band. time ] ■ h-n changed to S:la odo m tha con- ; , cert. ; — I 1 WEATHER Generally fa’r toniflht a " d I Thursday; sliflhtly warmer < Thursday

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LEGION PLANS FOR FIREWORKS Elaborate Fireworks Display At Hanna-Nutt-man Park .July 5 One of the most brilliant display*,' of fireworks ever to he presented in the city was promised today by Adams Pont No. 43, American Legion, for the holiday celebration at HannaN.ittman park on Monday, .July An essemblage of ground and air fireworks, combined into more than one hour's entertainment, is expected to furnish the climax to a twoday holiday in commemoration of the event. The Hanna-Nuttman park was chosen by the Legion this year, because of its practically unlimited parking facilities. Hundred* of autos may be parked at the site with 1 •>ase, the committee in charge states. •lames K. Staley, chairman of the committee, stated today that practically all plans for the event have been completed and that they expect the event to be the most sue-, i essful ever staged here. Enetrance to the park may ho made from the Washington street gate on the north side. Immediately to the left, or east of the entrance is a large field, in which hundreds of autos may be parked. Tito | t ile of the display will be immediately east of this field. Exit from the park may be made by the newly onstructed road in the center of the park, which returns to the city via. (CONT'NUED ON PAGE FIVE) LIONS INSTALL NEW OFFICERS Walter .1. Krick Installed As President Ot Lions Club Newly elected officers were installed last might during the weekly meeting of the Decatur Lions club in the dining rooms of the Rice hotel. Walter J- Krick, city supermendent of schools, was. .installed as president of the organization, succeeding W. F. Beery, rural mail carrier. Other officers installed were: first wee-president, George Rentz; second vice-president, Alva Nichols- third vice-president, Ed Boanec’ht; treasurer, N A. Bixler and secretary, Roy Mtrnima. The new members of the board of installed were Charles Robenold a "Reports P of e the retiring officers were read to the club and apptoved Retiring president Mr. Beery, de livered a short address. Gale Redd, manager of the we. come Bakery, was received as a new member of the club. The organ-1 izatlon also pledged their support to the annual Fourth of Ju y << bration sponsored by Adame Pos No 4'l American Legion and voted a substantial donation to be usedj in its presentation.

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I bodies by a nosse, above, revealed that they had been criminally assaulted and strangled. The three I victims were Madeline Everett, 7, and her sister, i Melba, 9. and playmao-. .1,-amu,- Stephens, 8.

Milk Board Members Named By Townsend Indianapolis, Ind., June 30—(UPl Membets of the state milk control board were selected today by Gov. M CUfford Townsend, They are: Guy L. Roberts. Indianapolis, re'ppointed; C. J. Stun'kard, Brazil distributor reresentative replacing George Palmer of South Bend; William Rees of Rosendale, reappoint ed and producer board member; and Glenn L. Morgan. Westville, succeeding Newell Giltner of Jeffersonville. C. Wright Humrickhouse was reappointed executive secretary. — o »■ TWO ARRESTED AFTER CRASH Fort Wayne Men Face Charges Follow ing Accident Late Yesterday Charges against two Fort Wayne men were filed in city court this afternoon as the aftermath of an auto crash five miles southeast of I the city late Tuesday afternoon. Walter Teeters, driver of the car, was charged with driving while ' intoxicated, upon the affidavit of State Patrolman Burl Johnson, the arresting officer. Morris Lee How-: eth, 25, Iks companion, is charged , witli 'public intoxication. Patrolman Johnson stated that the pair were enroute north on a county road, when the car suddenly swerved out of control, upsetting alongside a woods Teeters escaped I with minor injuries. Howeth was J ’ severely shaken up. Both were ta'<len to the office of a Berne physician j for treatment and then returned tc the jail here. Howeth was removed to his home I today. He will be returned here for I trial. Teeters is being held in the local jail awaiting arraignment. Patrolman Johnson and Deputy Sheriff Gillig went to Berne yesterday to pick up the two men.

Daily Democrat Presents 10 Judges’ Pictures To Court

Ten pictures representing all for-] mer judges of the Adams circuit i court, and including a short period before the formation of the 26th (judicial circuit as one county, have | been given the circuit court by the Decatur Daily Democrat. The valuable collection was ac-l Icepted by Judge Huber M. De Voss, who has announed they will be hung in the circuit court library. Judge DeVoss is now obtaining a picture ot James Haynes, who served as common pleas judge for this district during the period, but is not; included in the collection. I The pictures are part of one of the most valuable collections of official and political pictures in this part of the state, gathered over a. long period ot time by the Decatur I Daily Democrat- For yeans they ; ' have been almost a part ot the 1 Democrat, in keeping with its close association with the men who have 1 made "history” in days of the past. I in addition to all the pictures of ( (Adams circuit court judges were

EMPLOYERS ASK MORE WORKERS District Employer Interviewer Will Be Here Saturday Along with the shortage of qualified workers in certain skilled occupations, Hie Indiana state employment service is having increased calls from employers within the northeastern Indiana area, which includes Adams county Many workers are being assisted by the public employment setvice in securing private employ ment. Workers placed within this district during the first three .weeks of June include office, res-' taurant, farm and factory workers and skilled craftsmen. The present demand for office workers and skilled factory workers is particularly active. There are numerous requests for domestic and restaurant workers on hand at all times. Employment oppor- • unities for recent school gradn-i ates are more favorable at this time, according to Walter S. Foster. manager of the Indiana state j employment service for this dis-, trict. than they have been in the past few years. Residents of Adams county interested in securing employment will be interviewed by Win. S. Ivison, district interviewer, on Saturday, July 3, from 9 a. m. to 12 noon at the city hall. Decatur. This is the registration period which is scheduled regularly for the first Saturday of each month. o Haefling Funeral Services Thursday Funeral services for Thomas T. Haefling. former Decatur resident, } who died Tuesday morning at Indianapolis, will be held there Thursday morning. Tlie services will be held at 8:30 o'clock at the home, 247 Hendricks Place and at 9 o’clock in the Holy ! Cross Catholic church. Burial will ’ be made in the Calvary cemetery.

| those of national, state, district and local figures of Democratic proinin* cnee from signed photographs of presidents down. These have been donated to the Democrat central 1 committee and will be hung in the Democratic headquarters over the Democrat office. • Collection Broken-up It was necessary to break up the collection when the Democrat office was redecorated as they interfered with the proper distribution of lamination under the new indirect lighting system now installed. Oldest picture in the group is that of David Studabaker, who in 11868 became judge of the common pleas court of a district which then included Adams, Allen, Huntington and Wells counties. Next in the group is J. R Bobo, who served as circuit court judge from 1976 to 1889. iA picture of D. D. Heller who ‘served as judge of the 26th judicial circuit court from 1889 to 1900 is in (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

Governor Townsend Rejects Third Appeal For National Guardsmen In Calumet Area

STRIKE FRONTS I ARE SCENES OF WILD DISORDER Pickets Battle Non-Strik-ers, Police Officers, Today Canton, O. June 30 —(UP) — A barage of stones hurled by picket : I'injured several men when non-wtrik-era marched back to work at the Republic Steel Corp., plants today under protection of national guards- ■ men with bayonet-tipped rifles a' the mill gates. Several hundred strikers lined up along a four-block area outside the main gates of the United Alloys divlson, stoned automobiles as Republic reopened three of its four pick-et-closed mills here and speeded up operations at the Alloys plant which has been working on a restricted I basis during the 34-day old walkout. But not until guardsmen with bay i onets glistening in the morning sunJ light had scattered the crowd of ' strike sympathizers were the nonstrikers able to move safely through the gates. None of the estimated 1,000 to 2,000 men who have been inside the Alloys plant during the strike, came out during the early hours. The guardsmen—7oo strong over a seven-mile plant area —had mov’ed to the mill gates early today for the first time as pickets strengthened the number of their posts, which are limited to ten men each by (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) DEATH CLAIMS MRS. BAUGHMAN Mrs. Nancy Baughman Dies This Morning At Home Os Son , Mrs. Nancy Jane Sutton-Baugh-man, 86. for tile last 31 years a resident of Decatur, died at I tie* home of her son, Clarence E. Baughman, on Madison street at 19:30 o'clock this morning of comi plications. She had been in ill ! health for the last four years and | bedfast for seven weeks. | Mrs. Baughman was born south lof Portland, July 17, 1850. the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob J Sutton. She spent her life in that locality near Bluff Point until .moving hdre. Her marriage to Thomas J. Baughman took place September 15. 1867. He is deceas- | ed. There are five living children: Clarence E„ Decatur; Mrs. David Stewart. Indianapolis: James. Red ,’key; Charles. Ridgeville, and Lester. Portland. Three sons are de.’ceased. There are three halfsisters. Ollier survivors include i ' 16 grandchildren, 21 great grandJ children and two great-great ; grandchildren. She was a member of the U. B. church of this city. Short funeral services will be I held at the Baughman home here I Sunday morning at 10 o’clock with the Rev. H. W. Franklin, pasI tor of the U. B. church officiating, j The body will be removed to Pot t ' j land and lie in state in the U. B. church there from 12 o’clock noon ’ uritil 2 o'clock in the afternoon • J when funeral services will be ' held. Mrs. Susie Magner, of Ani derson, will officiate, assisted by 1 the Rev. H. W. Franklin, and Rev. i Noll, pastor of the U. B. church > there. Burial will be made in the Bluff Point cemetery in Jay county. , The body will be returned from ! (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) I o To Install Rotary Officers Thursday II 1 j Walter Gard, Pennsylvania rail--1 j road agent, will be installed as pre1' sident of the Decatur Rotary club 1 at the weekly meeting Thursday evening. Mr. Gard succeeds Rev. ’ Charles M. Pruglt, who will remain ' on the board of directors. I Others who will take office Thurs ' day are W. Guy Brown, vice-presid- ’ ent; George Thomae, secretary; Cal Peterson, treasurer and E. W. [Buuche, sergeant-at-anns.

PROMINENTRED I MEN TO ATTEND Outstanding Red Men To Attend Tri-State Meeting Here Notable personalities and historical naniee will be prevalent at the i semi-annual convention of the tri-1 state Improved Order of Red Men, to be hel c | here Saturday. July 10, acoording to present Indications. , Among the more prominent personages expected here on that day will be: Harry Clevenger, great Junior sagamore of Antwerp, Ohio; Rose Bundy, of the same town, and , a great great grandson of Francis - Slocum, famed full-blooded Miami, Indian chieftain; L. J. Moore, a . great grandson of Abraham Moor?,' an officer under General Anthony i Wayne. i Moore will take part in "The Isle I of Yesterday’’ flag ceremony, which will open the convention festivities on the court house lawn. Charles Shaffer and J. W- Shtf- ' fer, twin-midgets of Nashville, Ind- ■ iana, the smallest Red Men in the i order, are also expected here and will talke part in the program. H. W. Van Buskirk, great Indiana 1 : sachem of South Bend; Huston J.’ > Patterson, past great prophet of Indianapolis; Ray C. Mappin. great’ ■ sachem of Ohio from Cincinnati; : . C. L. F'itzliee. great prophet of Ohio, I ■ also from Cincinnati; Edward C. ■ Harding, Indiana great chief of reci ords, and many more are planning • to attend the convention. The array of prominent Red Men officials which will attend here is reported to be the largest assemblage of tri-state officers and notables ever assembled in this section of the country. | During the closed meeting of the order on Saturday night of the conI vention, Clyde M. Townsend, great sachem of Michigan and h's officers will confer degree work on a class ' of candidates. Plans for the convention are rapidly nearing completion. J M. Bremen local chairman in charge, stated . today. t o Linn Grove To Get Electric Service I Tlte Hartford City division of I the Indiana General Service company is making arrangements to furnish electric light facilities to 1 Linn Grove, it has been announced here. ’ Construction is to be started 1 soon, according to the announce--1 ment. The line will run west of > Berne to within a mile of Linn > Grove, at the junction there of • state road 18. The Phenix and Domestic villages will also be served by the 1 new line. The service will be mad" available to the churches in those :■ two villages and tile Old Salem '• church at Linn Grove, it is stated o —■ i LAUNDRIES TO PAY STATETAX 0 • Supreme Court Rules One Percent Gross Tax To Be Paid i. - n Indianapolis, June 30. — (U.R) it The state was $156,000 richer toe day after a supreme court decision i- ruling that Indiana laundries must y pay one per cent gross income tax instead of the one-fourth of one h per cent rate claimed by them. e The supremb court rejected a y petition by the Clark Laundry and Dry Cleaning company of Mishan waka to review a decision of the “ appellate court in its appeal against the one per cent levy. The appellate court had held that work done by laundries was "personal service" taxable at the one per cent rat© and not ‘ processing” which would have been *’ taxable at. the lower rate. ’■ The $156,000 which the state will !) collect represents taxes which y have been held in scrow from 165 ’• laundries pending a ruling on the "• Clark suit. Since the suit was : filed amendments clarifying the J ’| 1933 gross income tax law have I been passed by the 1937 legislaii ture clarifying several disputed '■ | points including that at issue in | the laundry suit.

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Governor’s Telegram Says Troops Will Not Guard Plants Unless Local Aid Is Found Insufficient. FACTORIES SEEK AID Chicago, June 30 (U.R) Inland Steel company today demanded protection from Mayor Andrew Rooney of East Chicago, Ind., am! i the sheriff of Lake county, Ind., for employes called baetc to work at Its Indiana Harbor plant tomor row. Indianapolis, June 30. (U.R) Gov. M. Clifford Townsend today rejected the third appeal of Mayor Andrew Rooney of East Chicago to send national guardsmen to the * Inland Steel and Youngstown Sheet I and Tube Co. plants when they rej open tomorrow morning. Townsend dictated a telegram to Rooney at his noon press conference which read: “Troops will not be sent to the strike area unless and until I am assured that the situation is out of the control of local peace officers.” To newspapermen the governor said: "Maybe 1 haven't been em- ’ phatic enough. I am not going to ' have troops there when the faci tories open.” Townsend was silent when lie ’ was asked if the troops would be mobilized in advance ready for in- : stant movement into the steel ’ strike zone. It would take ten or twelve hours to mobilize the guards, equip them, and transport I them to East Chicago. Adjt. Gen. ’ Elmer Straub has said that “we are ready any time" for such action. Violence Feared Violence is feared if thousands of CIO pickets at the mill gates are permitted to face other thous(CONTINUED ON PAGE FfX'E) PARKERS GIVEN PRISON TERMS Ellis Parker Given Six Years; Son Sentenced To Three Newark, N. J., June "0 —(UP) — Ellis H. Parker, Fr„ found guilty last week with his son Ellis. Jr., of conspiracy to kidnap Paul H. Wendel, was sentenced today to serve six years in a Federal penitentiary. H'is eon was sentenced to three yearsSentence on the 65 year-old chief of Burlington county detectives his 26-year-old son was Imposed by Federal Judge William Clark. They were convicted last Wednesday by a jury of eight women and four men of conspiracy to violate the Llndenbergh kidinaping law. The jury had found them guilty after six hours and L 5 miinnutes of deliberating, but recommended leniency. Under the law sentence could have ranged from a suspended sentence to life imprisonment. Hoagland Planning Annual Celebration The annual 4th of July celebration at Hoagland will be held Saturday. Contests will be enjoyed and prizes given, starting at 4 p.m. CDST. A chicken supper will ! be served by the ladies' aid society 1 of the Methodist Episcopal church at 6 o'clock. Music will be furnished and a froe act given. Everyone is urged to attend and t make this occasion a real homeI coming. —o > Governor Learns His Daughter Has Eloped 1 Indianapolis, lnd„ June 30—(UP) ’ —ln the midst of his steel strike worries today, Gcv. M- Clifford Townsend learned that be has a son-in-law. The governor’s daughter, Luclllo 21. eloped Monday with Robert G, ? Marshall, Jr„ 23, of Fort Wayne Mrs. Townsend disclosed today. g Mrs. Townsend revealed that the ", young couple obtained a marriage a license Monday at Spencer in Owen county and called her yesterday to d announce that they were married, n Mrs. Townsend did not know where the ceremony occurred.