Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 174, Decatur, Adams County, 24 July 1937 — Page 1

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■|EE MEN ARE 110 l IN RIOTS 1 IT MEDINA, 0. Wlence Breaks Out In |L k -(»ld Truck Driv- ■ ers ’ Strike .inly ■ (U.R) week-old truck i 4 ik • today after two which three men H' j,„, urd five others beaten. ~ .ciicht a bine sedan whose H ip.d buckshot al the , Isid ■ croup of owner pick.'teil a high«|,ii h tl licks of oper sign, d union .on were passing o Ralph Faylor. 24, Sus MB ~ s ,| Randall. 62. Alcon, .pilalized Randall ! after treatment. M ... uitlbieak. five men I |M.... • d -liflnly when sumk i ||H .; patios dispersed a (i ~| 'eu mar Akron, head K . ill.- strike affecting pursing lines. One was sink". for higher wages. , union local 343, an \m o.iioti of Labor unit, at on of existing ...111s hourly were asked. : ...m.t> and several large is reached agreement or. i.lg the past Week. The . Bri. meanwhile. continued smaller operators. Ward and Robert Reed ir...all! line, formed the own - iation. which they ' the larger lines while 1 ones still were struck. | 1 said they believed it unfair larger lines should resume 1 Bntal business while smaller -gotiating. conciliator, has sought , i B ll'i'l a basis for mediation benth. : operators and union- ■ s : puties said eight or Were ill the group at which , Bn sere fired. None of the i oiuld recognize anyone in , car and the license. ( was not obtained. ■ A the other outbreak. Kob■Bitalization for a minor head , Others who suffered cuts)' William Schneider. 23; 1 Stalnaker. 46: W. J. Gris- ' ■ 36; Melvin Marsh, 29. All 1 ■»-; t of Akron. ■ Bipu'r s said the crowd appearbe composed both of owner- i' ■pe'ators and unionists. Affiliaof those clubbed was not i immediately. is county seat of Summit I Medina of Medina county. 11 cities are 20 miles apart. hundred unionists at one i were idle during the walk- |

fl 10NS BATTLE I 111 THIS STATE Bnc cations Point To InBiana As Focal Point j Os Battle July 24.—(U.R) —lnthat Indiana may become point in the controversy tin- American Federation r and the committee for inorganization was seen tothe opening of A. F. of here. establishment of W ri: ' o| i offices was nnnouncefrom Hugh Gorm’ey, A. F. Mt- representative. that: will have in Indiana a train ta( l of organizers. It is our to establish amicable relaE*? between federatio norganizaand every industry in the of the CIO, sponsors of industrial type of union and |^B e d by John L. Lewis, have ■■active in Indiana for months B’ing labor unions to the banfl of their organization. U Dst “ignificant of the ClO’s refl ventures was presentation to Bor John Kern yesterday of a of demands for Indianapolis B employes who are members Ine United Municipal union. B >e demands were presented by B Ph D. Persily, regional CIO difl ®r. who claimed to represent B ity departments and said that ■ United Municipal union has a rcefrbership of I,IQQ workers. He I Ut XTIXVED ON PAGE THREE)

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Bicycles To Wayne, Back In Five Hours Go rge Harper, 16-year old son of Henschel Harper, breathlessly reported to this office fat® yesterday I afternoon that he had probably broken tlie round trip Fort WayneDecatur speed record- <l>y bicycle. George stated that ho left Decatur at 9:55 Friday morning and (drove up In front of the Democrat .Tice at exactly 3:20 o’clock !h the afternoon. a total time of five hours land 25 minutes. George, who lives at the Rice hotel, established an average speed of eight miles an ( hour, including stops for refreshments, eats and the all-important resting minutes.

ILDUCEHITS 1 UNITED STATES Mussolini Blames This Country For Abandoning league Rome, July 24— (U.R>—-An editorial in Premier Benito Mussolini's newspaper Popolo D'ltalia of Milan asserted today that wcrld war debts never would lie paid and charged ' that the United States, in abandonng the League of Nations, had left i it an orphan at birth. “All nations pretend to belief* that war debts one day will be pafa ' i—knowing that materially and, anove all. moral'y, payment is impossible." said the editorial. "However, when June 15 and De cember 15 —(The dates for making semi-yearly payments ca the war debts owed the United tates) —“ar- ; rive, European governments let the ' United States know they Pnd it impossible to pay. The United States takes note." Then, discussing the league, this comment was made: “The universality of the league is fictitious because many powerful nut- ons do not belong to it “The paradox is that the United i States invented the League of Nations for external use and always ) energetically refused to participate. “The father abandoned the child , as soon as it was born and the orphan began ’ife with the brand of permanent soriou' uu.il | "The principle of equality of adhering states of the league air.? Is fictitious. When in the halls of Geneva it is stated that all nations are equal, and Great Britain's vote equals Liberia's. People start laughing. The league machine is run by men in the secretariat belonging to the I three great league powers, France, Britain and Russia. “The League is an organ which I creates, cultivates and spreads a i system of 'artifice' as a method and practice of life. Must Europe die , : wrapped in the sweating sheet of I , its artifice ” Mussolini himse'f writes import- . ant editorials for his newspaper, ■ and many observers saw in the pungent phrases of today’s article the I pen of II Duce. The editorial was chiefly concerned with demanding that the Spanish nationalists be granted belligerent rights in the civil war. It defended Mussolini's refusal to discuss the question of withdrawal o r foreign volunteers until recognition was granted. —o Moose To Pay Honor To Roosevelt’s Son Cleveland, July 24—The Moose) i Fraternity will pay tribute to ) i James Roosevelt, eldest son of the | President when a large class of j candidates is initiated in his honor at the 49th annual International Moose convention, which convenes in Cleveland September 1 to 5. it was announced today by J. Jack Stoehr. regional director of the Moose who is in charge of the big convention membership drive. James Roosevelt was inducted into the Brooklyn. Mass., lodge of the Loyal Order of Moose at an initiation held in Boston on April lis of this year. His father, the ) I President, has been a life member of the order for several years and is interested in the child welfare program sponsored nationally by the Moose. _.. —o — Ohio Woman Killed, Two Badly Injured Fort Wayne. July 24— (U.R) — 1 Mrs. Elisha Kneisley. 50, Blanchester, O, was dead and two other persons lay injured critically at Methodist hospital today, i the result- of an automobile col-: lision near Paulding, 0., yesterday. Condition of Charles Iler. 30, Paulding, remained critical today from a skull fracture. Rev. Kneisley, the woman’s husband, was reported improved. He suffered a i fractured skull and internal inI juries.

BOV. BAILEY TO CETROBINSON'S SEAT IN SENATE Gov. Carl E. Bailey Nominated By Democrats For Senate Seat Little Rock. Ark., July 24—<U.R) —Gov. Carl E. Bailey of Arkansas last night was selected as the Democratic nominee for the senate seat vacated by the death of Senate Majority Leader Joseph T Robinson. The selection was made by the state Democratic committee. Democratic nomination in Arkansas Is equivalent to election. Only three of 35 members of the committee voted against the 42-year-old governor who now will call a special election to name Robinson’s successor formally, ’t was doubtful whether the Republican party would select a candidate to oppose Bailev. Although there had been suggestions that a primary be called to select the Democratic nominee, the governor had been conceded the nomination because of hit domination of the state committee. Bailey is an ardent supporter of .e Roosevelt administration. The governor did not comment immediately upon his nomination. Friends said he probably womd resign his office after the general “lection, relinquishing his post to Lieut. Gov. Robert Bailey, a political opponent and no relation. The general election, which must lie called within 120 days of Robinson's death, was expected to be held about September 14. Bailey's nomination followed recommendations of a five-man subcommittee which said: "We believe the central committee should make the nomination of an outstanding, fearless Democrat who is thoroughly in sympathy with the views of President Franklin D. Roosevelt." It was not believed Bailey would make an interim appointment although he will not be able to assume office for several weeks. With the supreme court jam uuL us Uu: wa£ aud. uumressional adjournment possible during August, it was possible Bailey would not be sworn in as senator until the 193 S session.

PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEM AT FAIR Amplifying System To Be Installed For Annual Street Fair A contract for the furnishing of an amplifying system to be used as a public address method at the Decatur Free Street Fair, was let today by members of the fair board, according to Walter Gard, committee chairman. Marcellus Miller, local radio expert, will install the system. Tentative plans for the system call for six speakers to be placed at advantageous locations around the courthouse, center of the street fair scene. From a microphone, situated either in the courthouse or in a booth on the lawn, calls will be made over the system. Mr. Miller will be at the microphone. Only calls relative to the fair will be made over the system. Last year, it was recalled, several lost children were returned to their parents, and several calls in the line of police duty were efficiently handled over a similar set-up. The possibilities of using the system for commercial broadcasts, in advertising various booths, concessions and exhibits, is also being considered. The commercial announcements are not to interfere with the regular broadcasting, however, Mr. Gard stated. Mr. Miller will begin installation on Friday before street fair week, according to the contract. Members of the board stated that they felt the convenience, especially in event of an emergency, more than pays for the installation of the system. o BULLETIN Wimbledon, Eng., July 24.— (U.R) —Donald Budge of California gave the United States an even break against England on the opening day of the Davis cup challenge round today when he defeated Charlie Hare, 15-13, 6-1, 6-2. In the opening match, Bunny Austin, England’s ace, defeated Frankie Parker of the United States, 6-3, 62, 7-5.

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Marriage of Girl, 12, Annuled . raWfe'U''-' ' ~ .. < zr \ — r Jr p aVv v f* / ' I _ J . 11 s w Speedy annulment of the marriage of Virginia Shirley. 12. to 21-year old Harold Toy, cabinet maker, was granted when the girl appeared in Los Angeles court with her father, Clarence Shirley, above. The latter testified that he had never given his consent to the union. Toy, who once before was married to a child bride, was released on probetion.

LISTS MUST BE FILED MONBAY Employers To File List Os Non-Resident Employes With State 'lndianapolis, July 24 — Monday (July 26) is the last day for employers to file with the state groes income tax division lists of non-resi-dent working in iudiana during the period from January 1 to July 1, it was pointed out in a division announcement today. I Under the amended gross income I tax law, employers ot non-residents are required to withhold one per | cent gr. as income tax from salaries or wages ipaid to each non-resident for Indiana employement after the total paid during the year reaches SI,OOO, the exemption permitted unIder the law. Employee lists to be filed by Monday. however, are information reports and are not to be accompanied by tax payments. Employers may send the withheld taxes to the division either quarterly, semi-an-nually, or annually at the close ot 'each year. Forms for filing employee lists are available at all state auto license branches, according to Clarence A. Jackson, director of the division. Employers who have received forms mailed by the division but who have no non-resident employees. should merely state this fact on the forms and return them, Mr. Jackson said. No withholding st gross income ' tax is required on salaries or wages paid to Indiana residents.

SWIFT COMPANY WORKERS STRIKE Buffalo’s Meat Supply Virtually Cut Off Due To Strike Buffalo, N. Y„ July 24--(U.R)— Buffalo's meat supply virtually was cut off today as the strike of 2,000 produce truck drivers, warehouse workers and packing company employes spread to Swift and Company. The International Longshoremen’s association announced it would not allow any more meat to be shipped into the city, already faced with an acute shortage of butter, eggs, canned goods and other staple foodstuffs. The action came after violence flared in the five-day old strike and the Rev. John P. Boland, chairman of the state labor relations board, took personal charge of settlement negotiations. Association stewards held a conference when a shipment of meat arrived for the Swift plant and decided to allow the meat to be taken off the boat. But they sent word up the Great Lakes that there was to be (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE)

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, .July 24, 1937.

Hold Macklin Rites Here This Afternoon Short funeral services for Phil L. Macklin. Decatur postmaster, who died suddenly Thursday afternoon, will be held this afternoon at 3 o'clock at the home. The Rev. Georg ? O. Walton, pastor of the First Presbyterian church here, will conduct the service. Business houses of the city will close during the hour of the funeral. Police have also been asked to keep all cars from parking in the block near the Macklin home, to permit autos to form tai' the funeral procession. Burial will be made in the Maplewood cemetery. MRS. RAY BLAIR TAKEN BY DEATH Native Os Tocsin Dies At Wells County Hospital Friday Mrs. Eva Blair, 28, northeast of Petroleum, wife of Raymond Blair, died at the Wells county hospital Friday, after an illness of one week from acute diabetes. Born near Tocsin, Oct. 23, 1908, she was a daughter .'.f George and Mary Messick Davison. She was married Jan. 19, 1934, to Raymond Blair. Surviving are five children; Pauline M. Blair and Raymond Blair and Anna Belle Lash. Junior Lash, and Eugene Lash by a former marriage. Brothers and sisters surviving are Mrs. Leonard Miller, of Tocsin, Lee Davison, of Tocsin. Mrs. Vergie Mayer, Bluffton; Mrs. Harry Foreman of Orefi fi; Mrs. Fred Bixler, of Celina, O„ Mrs- Kitchel Hayden, of Hicksville, 0.. Dale Davison of Tocsin; ana Mrs. Andy Bertsch, ot Berne. The body was taken to the home of the parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Davison, near Tocsin. Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. Sunday at the Tocsin U. B. church, and burial will be at Tocsin. o Mississippi Four To Sing At Willshire The Mississippi Four, colored male quartet, will appear at a community meeting at the Willshire, Ohio, high school auditorium this evening. This is the quartet heard over WOWO during the Bible st-ery hour. The public is -invited to attend tonight’s meeting. =—o —— WEATHER Generally fair tonight and Sunday; not much change in temperature. TEMPERATURE READINGS DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER 8:00 a. m. 18 10:00 a m. 82 11:00 a. m. 86 Highest yesterday, 96. Highest this month, 99.

BELGIAN KING LAUNCHES PLAN OF CONFERENCE King Leopold Starts Machinery For Economic Conference Brussels, July 24.— (U.R) — King Leopold HI. emerging more openly as a new leader in Europe's Batecraft, started today the organizational machinery for a world economic conference of which statesmen dream as a means of securing peace and attaining prosperity. In a letter to Premier Paul Van Zeeland, the king proposed the creation of an organization for economic study, one which would be universal, permanent and independent in character, composed of experts in problems of industry, commerce, agriculture, finance and i labor—and totally devoid of poll-1 ' tics. Thus he took the second step toward the world economic conferI ence to which world leaders look as a possible way out of the drift I i of the world toward war. The first step was when Great Britain and France entrusted Premier Van Zeeland with the task of' inquiring into the possibilities for | a conference, to be approached deliberately and with utmost caution I to prevent a fiasco speh as that of j the London economic conference of 1933. Van Zeeland went to Washington and talked to President Roosevelt and Secretary of State CorI dell Hull. King Leopold referred with gratitude, in his letter to Van Zeeland, to the cooperation of American leaders. He appealed to all nations, and also to all social, religious and philanthropic agencies ’ working for the good of the world, to aid. He spoke particularly of the lack of understanding between far eastern nations — China and Japan—and the help that might be given them. King Leopold recently visited Britain to obtain agreement to Belgium’s new policy of neutrality. : In his letter tu Premier Van ' Zeeland King Leopold said: “Dear Prime Minister — when I one thinks over the state of disorganization in which humanity is plunged a feeling of deep anxiety i makes the future appear very i somber. Therefore it is necessary to encourage with all force and conviction any organization that aims at raising the earthly spirit toward some ideal of human soliI darity. "Does not this consideration lend ■ more importance to the mission Great Britain and France entrusted to you and which reaches beyond the limits previously foreseen, since it may lead to research into the elements and rational organization of world economy. “It would be essential to effect creation of an organization for study, whose economical value (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE)

Accuse Farmer Os Assaulting Wife Attica. Ind.. July 24—(U.R)—Albert Wolf, 50. a farmer living near Kramer, was held by Warren county authorities today on chai- I ges of assault with felonious in- I tent in connection with an attack : on his wife during a family quarrel at their home. Mrs. Wolf was taken to the ' Lakeside hospital where physicians reported today her condition is critical. Dr. H. S. Hooker said she had suffered concussion of the brain from being struck by a knife and she sustained a deep slash near the jugular vein, a wound apparently made by a table fork. o William S. Hilpert Dies At Hospital William S. Hilpert, prominent Adams county resident, living five miles southeast of the city on the i Piqua road, died at 10:20 o’clock) this morning at the Adams county memorial hospital. Death was caused by strangulated bowel. He was admitted to the hospital yesterday to undergo a major operation. Funeral arrangements have not been completed. The body was removed to the Zwick & Son funeral parlors. o Gard, Thomas Will Attend Rotary Meet Walter Gard, president of the Decatur Rotary club, and Bryce Thomas, a past president, will attend the 155th district assembly of Rotarians at Culver Monday and Tuesday. The 155th district comprises the entire state of Indiana.

Wabash Dredging Case Ordered To State High Court

IMPROVEMENTS ARE EXTENDED Many Improvements An* Being Made In Business District i Extensive Improvements are now J being made in the business district 1 of Decatur to accomodate increasing business. The Adams Theater front has i been re painted in a cream colored paint. The signs in front of the < theater will also be re painted. t The Pete Kirsch and Son gar- i age show room is being remodeled, i] The ceiling is being reinforced in , order that the pillars may be reI moved from the center of the show - room. The exterior of the build- , ing is being repainted. This garage has established a , used car lot on the east side of ] First street, across from the build- . ing. The trees are being trimmed ! and a fence is to be set up around the lot. The Al Schmitt Motor Sales is ’ laying cement from the building I to the sidewalk. A new drive has been built and two pumps install- 1 ed which will handle Mobile regu- J . lar and high-test gasoline. 1 Work is progressing on the Mei Connell “L”, which will extend on i both sides of the Winnes building. I The remodeling of the building I on North Second street, formerly ji occupied by the Carmelcrisp is be- > ing pushed. This has been leased; ( by the Equity Dairy Products, Inc.' A new front is being installed and the interior will be completely remodeled. Joe McConnell Is Reported Improved The condit; ji of Joe McConnell, injured earlier in the week in an 'auto accident near Fort Wayne, wu [ reported as much improved today. He was reported as “making a change for the better.” REBEL FORCES FIRE VILLAGES Rebels Stage One Os Civil War’s Heaviest Bombardments Madrid. July 24 —(U.R) —Nationalists, in one of the most terrible airplane bombardments ot' the civil war. set fire to the villages of Brunete, Villanueva Del Pardillo and Villanueva De La Canada on the west Madrid front today. The villages are key points in the battle that is expected to decide the fate of the nationalist siege of Madrid. For days loyalists and nationalists have attacked and counter-attacked through the area. For six hours today a national- ; ist fleet bombed the area with I incendiary bombs while nationalj ist artillery put the Brunete-Villa- | nueva De La Canada road under I heavy fire. The nationalist attack came after loyalists had taken the initiative on the front northwest of Madrid and just east of the bombed area. Loyalist shock troops went out at dawn today, it was understood, on an attack in the important La i Rozas-Majadahonda area northwest of the city. Infantry charged the nationalist lines under machine gun fire and the blast of bombs from a nationalist air fleet which ■ swept over the sector as the charge began. American volunteers started the offensive operation late yesterday with a falnking movement near , Villaneuva Del Pardillo. This I operation was assumed to be in process still when news came of today's air raid. A United Press correspondent who visited the Colmenar El Viejo area north of Madrid today, found fields near the town strewn with bodies of cattle, mules and donkeys burned to death or smother- i ed. when their grazing fields were enflamed by nationalist air bombs. The town was a mass of ruins i ' and inhabitants wci't searching ruined homes for belongings. Be- i fore the civil war the town was one of the richest farming communities in the Madrid area. Inhabitants alleged that after the air raid the , nationalists machine gunned the fleeing townspeople along the roads.

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Special Judge Kister Orders Wabash River Dredge Case Taken To Supreme Court. TO TEST POWER Special Judge Henry F. Kister of Princeton today ordered the Wabash dredge case taken to the state supreme court in order that the jurisdiction of himself and Judge Huber M. DeVose in the proceedings might be tested. The action was taken under a case known as the William Fennig et al, ex iparet case, being the original five or six separate suits 'brought in the Wabash ditch proceedings. Judge Kister first ordered Homer Teeters, drainage commissioner, to submit a report on hie activities since his last appearance in courtTeeters in a report stated that he had received bids from the following concerns: J. L. Peters, L. E. tenberg, Fred Morgan & Cci, General Dredgin company, line., the Canal Coal Corporation and Albert B. Hank. Teeters continued with the statement that ‘in a separate action .brought by James Armstrong and others, before Judge Huber M. DeVoss, a restraining order had been issued against him pending the determination of an injunctim suit. For this reason he has not opened the bids. Teeters also filed a petition ask- : ing for instructions as to how to ■ proceed. Attorneys Appointed Judge Kister ordered the appointment of Roscoe D. Wheat and Tod Whipple, both of Portland, and MorI ton C- Ernbree, ot Princeton, as 1 counsel. He instructed Teeters to consult with the attorneys as to 1. .w to bring the suit before the state supreme court on a writ of prohibition to determine whether Judge Kister's or Judge DeVoss’ jurisdiction should be in effect in tlie suit. The action 'before Judge De Voss was brought on the grounds that I Judge Kister l..st his jurisdiction ' when the 1937 state assembly passed an act banning further proceed- ; ing in cases as the Wabash ditc’i case. Later Judge Kister found the i special act unconstitutional, but It i has never been tested before the state supreme court with attorneys for the remonstrators present. The attorneys for the remonstrat-

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SEE DELAY IN BAKER'S TRIAL Trial Os Wayne Coy’s Attacker, Set For Monday, May Be Delayed Indianapolis. July 24 — Possibility of a delay in the trial of Joel A. Baker, former Marion county welfare director, on charges of assault and battery with intent to kill, was seen yesterday when attorneys for Mr. Baker objected to drawing a special venire for the jury to try the case, scheduled to open Monday. Attorneys charged irregularities in drawing the special venire of 100, when names of a deputy prosecuting attorney and of a brother of the chief deputy prosecuting attorney were included. Mr. Baker is charged jointly with Peter A. Cancilia, Indianapolis attorney, in connection with an alleged assault on Wayne Coy, former state welfare director, in the corridors of the statehouse during the 1937 session of the General Assembly. Coy now is executive assistant to Paul V. McNutt, former governor and now high commissioner to the Philippines, and is en route by airplane to Indianapolis to be a witness at the trial of Baker. W. C. Bachelder, Frank A. Symmes and Clyde C. Karrer, attorneys for Mr. Baker, voiced their objections to Judge James A. Emmert of the Shelby Circourt Court, special judge. They announced they will file a motion Monday morning, prior to opening of the trial, for quashing of the venire. Should the motion be upheld, further delay was seen because of the absence from the city of Judge Earl R. Cox of Circuit Court, upon whose order alone can the jury box be replenished.