Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 159, Decatur, Adams County, 7 July 1937 — Page 1

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dditional Steel Employes Back To Work In Plants

judion Near Normal; ownsend Negotiations iith Youngstown Steel re Deadlocked, o intervention leltnd, July ‘ A ‘* dl ; I workers poured into steel L me smoky valleys of in Ohio today to step pro „ l 0 near normality, while pined strikers protested to delit Roosevelt against nationiar*i protection for returning tye’ , ,Iters here filed for a through protecting militia police at three vast Republic corporation plants, their ers swelled by -too additional rolling by limited pickets peacetul as Republic planned openl the fourth of its closed , steel and Tube, tomorrow Ingwas indicated in Washington Secretary of i*abor Frances ns had been asked to call n rence of governors of the states affected in the steel pr s organizing committee for signed union contracts, empts to find a basis for fed government mediation of the outs which at one time kept SO.WW men were unsuccesswith the recent collapse of al steel mediation board conc»s here with managements inkmists. public officials today said workers were back at their to its three reopened Cleveplants as against 3,087 yeiI I figures were quickly disby B. J. Dainich, regional tor for the S W. O. C. who "You can cut the company es in half and get a more ate picture of the number at work." Endorses Conference' ianapolis. July 7 —(U.R) —Gov. tlitford Townsend today end a proposed seven-state con ce of governors to discuss for a settlement of the steel inwhile, the governor sent tas Hutson, state labor comloner, to East Chicago to be te scene in the event there is ssibility of resuming negotiawitb Y'oungstown Sheet and company officials or steel ers organizing committee tsentatives to settle the strike ( affecting 7,500 men. itson informed the governor he had heard the seven-state ?y might be called by federal ials and that Townsend's plan which the Inland Steel com ' strike was settled peacefully Id be discussed. will be glad to help,” Townsaid, "although the only munlcations I have had from federal labor department have I congratulations on our settkt here." twnsend admitted that the agstown negotiations were docked," but repeated his ONTINUEP ON page FOUR) — 0 GAPED YOUTH APTURED HERE Who Escaped Mich?an Reformatory Is Taken By Police ' k Foster > 16-year-old escaped reforn >«tory inmate, was 'ended this morning about 7 by city Policeman Adrian on the streets of Decatur, iron’s W s° co,lfesßed he had net! there for a year and toed 1. J" thought to have „ last Friday. \toke| g 8 UP ’ Pol!cemarj Cof“P the Mca P ed ">*'> ic°lJ ng ' Foster told Police Who P an<l Se P hus Melthe J uestione d him, that he n of Mrs. Helen Foster, bigan “ Street - Detrolt ’ Fhe' i ro, tt ! d esca P' n 8 from the «mm ‘L training scho °>' a ' higan w at Northville, II local a He .J® being held here tact the Uthoritiea ar e able to hdent. Pena! instilut >on superbeen .' oCal Police that he

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■ LABOR TROUBLE TO INFLUENCE NEXT ELECTION United Press Survey Reveals CIO Prime Issue In State Indianapolis, Ind., July 7 —(UP) —The labor issue will be the determining factor in the 1938 election as j a result of intense interest created by widespread strikes, political leaders believed today. Since both the state and national Democratic administrations have fostered labor legislation, Reipulblicans are certain to seize upon present unrest of many employee in Indiana in the attempt to turn it against the party in power. One prominent state Democratic leader to'd the United Press that “unless John L. Lewis and William Green get together pretty soon the labor issue is certain to be prominent in the next election.” He added that there was no doubt in his opinion that there had been a reaction against the outbreak of strikes in Indiana which certainly j would affect the 1938 vote. Walter Grim, Salem, president of the Indiana Republican Editorial association, told the United Press there has been a very apparent reaction against the committee for in-, dustrial organization. “In my opinion,” he said, “There is going to be a contest in the next election between the conservative, I thinking element in the state and the labor element. And ot course the Republican party is going to take a stand on this matter.” Andrew Rooney, Republican mayor of East Chicago, reported recently to Gov. M Clifford Townsend that there is a distinct back-to ] work movement in Industrial Lake county. The political significance of *he (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) COUNTY BOARD I LETS CONTRACTS Commissioners Let Four Contracts; One Is Rejected Four contracts were let by the county commissioners at their monthly session Tuesday after- - noon. The I). D. Lehman company of Berne was given the contract for I the rewiring of the county jail on their bid of $239. A bid ot $371 was submitted by the Miller Radio Service, of Decatur, and one of $472.50, by the Berne Electric Shop. Because all the bids received for the rerooting of the jail exceeded the estimate and appropriation they were rejected and will probffbly be readvertised. A bid of $2,656.64 was submitted by Charles Robenold. He also offered an additional alternate of $319.10 for replacing windows in the jail towi er. A bid of $2,677.75 was submitted by F. L. Johnston, with the additional alternate at $313.10. • The Stuits Home grocery with a bid of $166.11, was given the contract for groceries at the county infirmary for a three months' period. A second bid by the Sprunger-Lehman company of (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) ( □— Municipal Pool To Be Drained, Cleaned 1 Draining of the municipal swimming pool will be started after the l closing tonght, Marion Feasel, supervisor, announced today. It is ex-] pected that tho ;pool will be empty , by Friday morning when the walls and ibottom will be thoroughly cleaned and scrubbed. Refilling of the pool will be begun , Friday afternoon and if there is suf . j. flcient water, ana it is not too cold, the pool will be operated upon reg- , ular schedule Sunday. i o WEATHER Fair tonight and Thursday, qomewhgt warmer west-central i portion tonight; continued warmer Thursday.

Battleship Colorado Joins Search For Flyers e _ - ' : 1 ; > - I" ... : ?'** I '-.J | U. S. 8. Colorado

Steaming under full speed to the vicinity of How--1 land island where Amelia Earhart Putnam and her navigator, Frederick Noonan, were forced

PHIL SAUER IS GIVEN CONTRACT Awarded Contract For Construction At Municipal Plant Phil Sauer was given the contract for the construction of a ' cone shaped bottom to form a hopper in the west coal silo at the municipal plant, at the regular meeting of the city council 1 Tuesday night. This hopper will prdvide a means | of releasing the coal from the silo when the proposed conveyor system is installed to the boilers. The system will provide automatic feeding of coal into the boilers, which will conserve fuel. The contract was awarded upon j the recommendation of the board of public works and safety which examined the bids in conjunction with W. C. Bevington, consulting engineer. Sauer's bid was $2,248.16. Another bid was entered Iby Y'ost Brothers at $2,665. Only one bid was received for ' the mechanical parts of the coni veyor system and the cost of in- ; stallation. This came from the , Fairfield Engineering company, of 1 Marion, O. The bid was $4,760 for ithe material and $705 for the labor, I totaling $5,465. Upon recommendation of the i board of public works and Mr. Bevj ington, this was rejected, due to ! the fact that only one was received although invitations to bid were extended to eight or nine concerns. The opinion was expressed that the reason other bids were ■ not received was due to the inj ability of obtaining steel due to the strikes. It was recommended I that invitations to bid be extended at a later date when more steel might be available. Robert Helm headed a committee of Homesteads addition residents which appeared before the (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) LIONS PLANNING DISTRICT MEET District Meeting Os Lions Club To Be Held Here July 13 Plans for a district meeting of the Lions club in this section of the state will be held at the Rice hotel, Iwmie of the Decatur Lions club | next Tuesday night, it was announced today by officials of the ! local club. Only preliminary iplans for the meeting have been made to date. Word of the decision to hold the session here was received yesterday from district and state officials of the order. ; 4t is understood that an election is scheduled for the event, during ' which a district governor will be named for the post. As yet the local club has not announced their choice of a candidate. A prominent speaker will also be brought here for the date. The selection will ibe announced later Local delegates to the convention las named last night at the weekly I session, are Roy Mumma, George Rentz, W. F. Beery and Ed Bok- ! necht. The meeting will open at 6:30 o’clock with a luncheon.

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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, July 7, 1937.

Decatur Democrat , To Publish Special Street Fair Edition A special edition of the Decatur ' Daily Democrat will be issued during the week of July 26 in sup<port of the Free Street Fair and Agricultural show to be given here. August 2 to 7. The edition will be issued to lend support to the publicity campaign and to help publicize the big fair, 1 with all its features and various t departments. Work on the edition will etart immediately and advertising ' copy should 'be turned over to the printer ’ within the next week. The eize of ’ the edition will be limited and every I effort will be made by the publisbi ers to make it interesting and benei ficial to the advertiser. As has been the custom the Daily ' Democrat will contribute an add!j' tional 1500 copies of the edition, ]! making a total run of 5,000 papers, i j The extra copies will be mailed in , the local territory. . i The Free Street Fair and AgriculII tural show ie sponedred by the J Decatur Chamber of Commerce. ’ r: o — RED MEN GIVE ■ TOWNSEND BID Governor Os Indiana In- ’ vited To Attend Meeting Here Saturday Governor M. Clifford Townsend , of Indiana was officially invited to . attend the tri-state meeting of the j Improved Order of Red .Men this 1 morning by telegraphed Invitation. . Invitations were sent to Gover--1 nor Townsend by J. M. Breiner, local chairman of the convention, . aud Mayor Arthur R. Holthouse in . behalf of the city officials. 3 1 They also extended an invitation - to Dick D. Heller, executive secretary to Governor Townsend and former Decatur resident. Officials and members of the I organization are in the hopes that I Governor Townsend and Mr. Hel- • | ler will be able to attend despite their abundance of duties at the capital city. Meet Tonight All members of Pocalatigo Tribe • No. 203 Improved Order of Red Men will meet tonight at 8 o’clock in the local lodge hall to make final plans for the event. This will be the last official meeting of the host lodge until the convention day. Saturday. ’ July 10. The following committee men are especially urged to attend: A. 5 N. Hilton, Jacob Musser, Chris Spangler, Walter Lister and Hom- • er Hahn, of the finance commit- • tee: B. F. Breiner, Charles Cook 5 and Carl Hower of the wigwam ' committee: Orland Brown, James ’ Brown and Dtyi Gould of the registration committee and all memi bers of the reception committee. ' Thousands of members of Red S Men lodges in Indiana. Ohio and 1 Michigan are expected here for the s convention, the second to be held in Decatur. ! O l . I 38 Prisoners Are 1 Executed By Rebels r ; s Gibraltar, July 7 —(UP) —Thirty- : • eight leftist prisoners were executed today in nearby Algeiras, appar- i I ently in reprisal for yesterday's i loyalist bombing of the city. '

I down, the U. S. S. Colorado joined the flotilla ot, ships and airplanes which combed the Pacific, waters.

TO ENTERTAIN DAIRY FARMERS Cloverleaf Creameries To Entertain During Fair Week Here Dee Fryback, chairman of the ' Decatur Free Street Fair and agricultural show today announced the Cloverleaf Creameries' participation in the dairy cattle show and 4-H club work, to be held here I August 4. Wednesday of fair week, i , Carl E’umphrey has been named I chairman of the day. Because of Cloverleaf’s close association with the dairy farmers, the fair association has asked I the creamery to sponsor a guest day at its plant. All patrons and friends of the company, members I of 4-H clubs, the various breeders' | associations, economics clubs and all farm organizations will be in- ' vited to visit the Cloverleaf plant. I August 4 between 2 and 4 p tn.,; when an organized tour will b? conducted through the new cheese ' plant and modernized creamery I department. Cloverleaf Creameries. Inc., was [ asked to participate, fair officials said, because since its organization, it has been instrumental in stimulating a greater use of dairy j products and has made Adams county an outstanding dairy center of the state by cooperating with the producers in helping breed better herds and assuring better dairy products. Each registrant at the plant will be eligible for valuable gift prizes to be distributed in the evening of August 4 in the uptown district. Recipients of the prizes need not be present. Each registrant at the plant will be given I a ticket entitling him to free refreshments of Cloverleaf “Sealtest" ice cream. The new cheese plant Is a 58 by 62 foot brick structure, adjoining] ■ 11 (CONT’NUED ON PAGE FIVE) LIST PROGRAM FOR CONCERT U. B. Orchestra To Give Program Preceding Band Concert The program for the United Brethren orchestra, which will give a short program tonight at 8:15‘ o’clock preceding the free band concert at 8:30 o’clock, was announced today ,by Miss Bernie Franklin the director. First to be played will be “Anchors Aweigh," by Zimmerman, “Billy Sunday’s Successful Songs" iby Fillmore will be next. The last number will be “Improvement March,’’ by Bennett. The church orchestra wae invited j to play tonight because of its prominence in this part of the state. The banj concert sponsored by I the Decatur Junior Chamber of i Commerce will Immediately follow on the court house band stand on Liberty Way. The combined boys and girls’ band will make Its first public appearance on the program this evening. The band is completely uniformed and now consists of about 75 members- Albert Sellemeyer is the director. |

Launch Search In Neto Area For Missing Amelia Earhart _And Signals

WRECK VICTIMS ARE REPORTED SOME IMPROVED Persons Injured In Three Wrecks Sunday Slightly Improved All victims of the holiday traffic accidents were reported improved today by attending physicians and hospital attaches Considered most surprising of all was the report from the attending physician that Mrs. J W. Davis, Alexandria, whose husband lost his life from injuries sustained in the crash Sunday, was slightly improved. Tuesday at noon she was given but a few hours to live, five or six at the most. Because of her advanced age of 70 years and a developing pneumonia condition, she was given little chance of surviving through the day. She sustained a severe shock, a fractured left thigh, fractured right arm and broken left collarbone. Today, while her condition is still considered very critical, some improvement has been noted. Mrs. Ralph Cain. Middlebury. Ohio, injured Sunday when the car driven by her husband collided with the Davis auto, was reported much improved last night as she was released from the ' hospital- It was erraneously stated I Tuesday that she sustained a fracl tured hip. Ralph “Lefty” Braun, Berne ] baseball player, who sustained a fractured pelvis Monday evening, when a carload of players returning from a game at Convoy, Ohio, I overturned, was also reported improved today. Carl Sprunger. his companion . and teammate, was also reported | improved by the attending physi- ! cian. He sustained internal chest injuries. Both of the men are (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) CHEMIST TALKS TO LIONS CLUB T. C. Smith Speaks On Beet Sugar To Decatur Club Tuesday “Pure sugar, whether derived from cane or beets, is as identical in chemical composition as is pure gold, whether mined in the Rocky Mountains or in Africa,” T. C. Smith, chief chemist at the Central Sugar company, told members of the local Lions club last night : in their weekly meeting. Thus Mr. Smith answered the not infrequent question in regards Ito tße difference between . sugar I taken from beets and from cane. I “Bachteria is also a much greater problem in the cane sugar factory than in the beet sugar refinery.” Mr. Smith stated. “Raw sugar carries a high bacteria count which must be removed in the process of refining.” The final success of the beet sugar industry in the world has been brought about by four main causes, the speaker stated. “The development of a beet containing a high percentage of sugar is the first,” he stated. “The introduction of improved farming methods —larger yields per acre —the increase of the yield of I other farm crops following sugar ' beets," was given as the second. “The perfection of manufacturing processes to a point where a high percentage of available sugar in the beet is extracted as granulated sugar,” was given as the third cause by the speaker. As the last, he gave the reason i “the maintenance of protective tariff on all imported sugar in I most countries. Cane sugar is not (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o All-Star Game RHE National .... 000 111 000—3 13 0 American ... 002 312 OOx—B 13 2 J. Dean, Hubbell, Blanton, Grissom, Mungo, Walters and Hartnett, Mancuso. Gomez, Bridges, Harder and Dickey.

GUFFEY CARRIES : FIGHT AGAINST i SUPREME COURT Senator Guffey Charges Hughes Is “Playing Politics” Washington, July 7. —(U.R) —Sen. Joseph F. Guffey, D.. Pa., today carried forward the administrations attack on the Supreme Court with charges on the senate floor that Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes is "campaigning politically" against President Roosevelt's judiciary program. "The Supreme Court is playing politics and everyone knows it,” Guffey said opening the second day . of debate on the bill. “And when . the chief justice of the United States persists in campaigning politically against the administration's reorganization program, 1 intend to place that fact upon the record." Hughes, he said, is “the real master of tactics behind the , scenes." The judiciary bill divided attention today with the major league all-star baseball game 24 hours as- . ter senate debate opened in a ser- . les of blistering exchanges between . Democrats. Senate leaders suspect a filibuster is about to de- , velop. I The senate met two hours early . at 10 a. m. with an understanding that debate would close for the , day at 1 o’clock to permit senate t baseball fans to attend the game. The first day's discussion show- ’ ed that new deal senators will make their answer now to the sen- ’ ate judiciary committee's sharply worded indictment of the adminj istration court measure. The comI mittee minority did not file a report. t “It is accurate to state,” Guffey , said, “that the present period ot • the Supreme Court will go down in history as a time in which partisan politics played a role of great magnitude both in the court’s deliberation and in its decisions.” He charged that President HardI : ing "soundly and solidly packed" | the court “to such an extent that | legislation to protect tne farmer and working man was doomed alI most before it was passed.” Tracing Hughes’ career, Guffey (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o i K. C., Holy Name To Recite Rosary X ________ r The Knights of Columbus and • Holy Name society will meet at • the K. of C. hall Wednesday night ’ at 8 o’clock and go to the home I of Mrs. Rose Clark, North Second street, and recite the rosary for ’ the late Robert E. Meibers, who ’ died Monday evening at Chicago. o F. D. R. SEEKS TO CUT COSTS t President Hopes To Attain “Layman’s Balance” Os Budget 3 Washington, July 7 — (U.R) — President Roosevelt hoped today 1 to attain a "layman’s balance" of P the federal budget this fiscal year f by reducing government expendir tures 10 per cent in the next 12 months. .. The president previously esti j mated the administration would r spend $418,000,000 more than it took in between July 1, this year, 3 and June 30, 1938. He did not count a $401,000,000 debt retire3 ment item. s The government closed its books i for 1936-1937 last Friday with a t $2,811,318,310.60 net deficit. the - difference between $8,105,158,547.47 spent and $5,293,840,236.87 collected. Mr. Roosevelt, in his attempt to J save about $400,000,000 and thus accomplish a balance this year. . sent a 150-word letter to heads ot , all major government departments , and independent agencies. He said: “In preparing the apportionments of funds available for tlp» I fiscal year 1938 x x x it is my (CONTINUED ON PAGE ‘

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Battleship Colorado Is Steaming To New Area With Three Airplanes 1 Aboard. DOUBT REPORTS ■ Honolulu, T. H., July 7 —(U.R) — The battleship Colorado, carrying three swift airplanes, was steaming at top speed today toward the Phoenix Islands to begin search in a new area of the South Pacific for Amelia Earhart and Frederick ■ Noonan. The Colorado was scheduled to reach Winslow Bank, on the north edge of the Phoenix group of small coral reefs and volcanic deposits, at 6:30 p. m. PST today. From this narrow line of shoals with daylight and visibility permitting. Captain Friedell, the Colorado's commander, plans to catapult his three planes and start the search immediately. Winslow Bank Is 280 miles southeast ot Howland Island where Miss Earhart planned to land last Friday afternoon on her attempt to fly around the world in an SBO,OOO plane which she called the "Flying Laboratory.” The planes aboard the Colorado are two-seaters. They have a cruising range of 200 miles from the mother ship and back again. Captain Friedell planned to deploy them spokewise from the ship. 1 Also converging on the Phoenix Islands were the coast guard cutter Itasca and the navy minesweeper Swan, the British freight er Moorby, hwich spent five days ' in the search, was forced to give ’ up because of fuel shortage. The ’ naval ships were expected to • reach these islands later today. These craft had engaged in a 1 fruitless search of the seas north. northwest and west of Howland Island. Also speeding to the rescue were the airplane carrier Lexington and four destroyers. They were due in the vicinity of the Phoenix Islands this week end. Whei 1 (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) RUST DAMAGES COUNTY WHEAT t \ Black Stem Rust Is Reported In Some Parts Os This County The yield and quantity of Adams county wheat is being reduced by an infestation of black stem rust, County Agent L. E. Archbold reported today. However, the dam--1 age here is not as great as m [ western Indiana counties, where - some farmers are faced with a ’ total loss of their wheat crops. 1 The rust blew into Adams coun- ' ty after the crop was fairly well > matured and so did not cause as • much damage as elsewhere, County Agent Archbold said. The rust is of a fungus nature and is spread by spores from carrier plants. Years of investigation . have revealed that the common or American barbary plant is the one I in which black stem rust spends its first stage. Complete eradication of this plant was once be- ■ lieved to be a complete cure. However, in recent years, plant pathologists have came to the conclusion that another plant may be the host to black stem rust in its first stage. For several years trained men have been seeking 1 and destroying common barbary 1 plants and it is believed that few ’ are left in this part of the coun ‘ try. Japanese barbary used as shrubbery is not a host plant. When the rust infests a wheat plant, development is immediate--1 ly arrested. For this reason the ' wheat must be harvested and ! marketed in an immature stage, with a consequent reduction In price. ’ The damage has been heavier in 1 low ground where the spores ’ settle. It can easily he recojZ nized as the wheat turns apm green color. A few farmeXmje have cut their wheat 1Z" as j ’ out of the fields XbjL* o6 ' | negroes because s stance coinings. a f/on . | plants. P” 6 ’ «o C(Jr yhe 1