Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 196, Decatur, Adams County, 18 August 1937 — Page 1

XXXV. No. 196.

Ikafur Tax Rate | Stays Unchanged fe At 40 Cent Levy I

Ijte; Fourth Straight ea r No Increase Made i City Levy. dost donation itsr’s city •»* rate ,or 1938 M be increased, according to ijget prepared by Mayor A. HKhdcil for approval last night. the budget totals ap tore than th.tie tax rate on prop the < ity limits will relit tvltls on the SIOO. j&K- will be the fourth conH^L lr 'year that the city will fiHpperab’d on a 40 cent tax Additional cash donations IK the electric and water deI (wits of the city plant and I jrevenue make it possible to ire the budget and not inp the 1938 tax levy. ■ k> budget, as presented last H t totals 130. This year's H f '.Haled $32,889 and addiH t .... ...'inns of 41. »:•.’» u--9 ( te the balance of the year. 9 | r ;'<> I'Uilc'-t includes pay in 9 : th- policemen and fire9 i These increases alo n e 9 Et to $1.26”. An additional 9 I for labor in the street depart--9 lud $32” in the park depart 9 lis also included in the bud--9 . 9 p larr.'ft single item for ma 9 ; street department 9 u:; ..I'loii is s3.4'">. an in 9 (toH-Tno over the 1937 allot Uris- as.- is also made for the tir-11. the civil works r .uxl supplies for the ai.il pai k departments and for the city hall and file Au appropriation of is made for the Decatur bauds. were necessary in K- : ..ppro|n-iations. due a- Pet additional appropria B It cannot be made next year the existing law The law that additional appropriashall be made only for em ami then defines emerg as tires. Hoods and war other major disasters. To against deficits in funds ■(COXTIXt’EO ON PAGE FIVE) g|i 0 I.« RECORD [HEPABTMENT ■liana's New Labor DeHgrtment Shows Splendid Record ytiuapoiis. Aug. IS. (U.R) TinI * Indiana labor department. I kb »as created during the last P (Mature, handled 183 cases in I tac 73,828 employes directly I 158.169 indirectly from April 1 ■ llugust 9. Thomas It. Hutson. | lb labor commissioner, annoum I I today. B W the total cases handled by B 1 department. 125 involving 62.I • employes have been satisfac I ®T adjusted by conciliators of B b state labor division, Hutson I * il fte cases filed included 43 ;| ft-s 26 impending strikes. 12 I touts. 49 discrimination charges. I I trade disputes, four charters. I * sports, four wage claims ami I ’Actions. I Although the labor division canI * under the law arbitrarily order I Section, it can hold one when I ft Parties request an election to ftwlne the proper bargaining ptf. Hutaon pointed out. adiana is proud of its record Industrial peace,” Hutson said. * continued co-operation of inftry and labor is a guarantee of std and peaceful labor relations. * division of labor earnestly re”ts your co-operation in avert»serious labor disputes.” Ella Seitz Funeral Thursday services for Mrs. Ella F ' 6l - who died Monday at her F 6 B Fort Wayne will be held Kth ' V afternoon at 4 o’clock EL * Mungovan & Sons inortu-1 p there. feo ' the wive of Char | r -z, who, with his father, the i Kthi PlSr Settz- formerly resided kth ,IS C ' ly ' S* l6 was well known IL 8 clt * Mr. and Mrs. William Ln ™ acller > friends of the family. 1 ,lt end the funeral.

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OPPONENTS OF NEW DEAL ARE HIT BV F, 0.0. i President Charges Op- > ponents Os Program With Selfish Purpose Manteo, R.nnoke Island, N. C., I Aug. 18— (UP) -.President Roosevelt attacked opponents of his new 'deal program today as seeking ”to I ■ serve their own interests above the genera l welfare of the American i majority” and charged: “They do not believe in democracy—l d.\” ‘ The president listed the U. S. II Chamber of Commerce, the Liberty League, the national association of i manufacturers as opposed to his ■ sooal economic aim. Then he said: 11 “They seek to substitute their own will f..- that of a majority, for ’ they would serve their own interest above the general welfare. They reject the principle of the greater j good for the greater number, which is the cornerstone of democratic i government. I “They do not believe in democracy—>i <!.«. My anchor is demo 'cracy —and more democracy. And. my friends, I am of the firm belief that the nation, by an overwhelming majority, supports my opposf- ■ tion to the vesting of supreme pow- ■ er in the hamfe of any class ’• Mr. Roosevelt’s speech, his first public appearance since the senate i killed his supreme o-urt bill and • a house committee sidetracked his I wage and hour bill, was made it) an ■ historic setting. Ralph Tyndall Named To Bluffton Council Ralph Tyndall, son of Mr. and i Mns. John Tyndall of this city, last pnight was elected a member of the | Bluffton city council. He will serve until January 1. 1939, filling the unI expired term of Perry Thompson, ’who resigned after leaving Bluff--1 ton. 1 The new councilman is a graduate of the Decatur high schocj and Purdue University. He taught in the local high school for several years, resigning to enter the Mas-terson-Tyndall clothing store at Bluffton. \\Orthman Funeral Is Held This Afternoon Funeral services were held this afternoon at the Craigville U. B. church for Miss Zetta Worthman, 41. who died at the state hospital ’ in Richmond Sunday night. Surviving are eight brothers and sisters, Wilmer Worthman. Mrs. i Martin Gahman and Ford Worthman, all near Craigville; Chancy Worthman. near Markle; Mrs. Orvai Weigman, John R. Worthman. Mrs. Alta Sills and Mrs. Nellie Mailer, all of Fort Wayne. o— HEALTH HINTS AGAINST HEAT Board Os Health Secretary Gives Suggestions On Health Timely suggestions for forming a healthful resistance to the sultry temperatures prevailing during the present weather were given today by Dr. R. E. Daniels, secretary of the o:ty board of health. A light diet is one of the most important suggestions tr avoid any resulting ill effects from the hot weather, according to the doctor. He advised all persons to avoid eating heavy foods. The wearing of light clothing, both in weight and in cUor, to reflect rather than absorb the rays of the S un was ateo suggested. Overexertion in the sun was advised against. While Dr. Daniels advocated the use of <salt to combat the effects of ! the heat, he warned against its excessive use. The amount gathered on the tip lof a teaspoon, taken three or irur times a day ie sufficient, he stated. Any more will tend to create a greater thirst, with the resultant heavy drinking causing additional damage to the system, be said.

SENATE VOTES CONFIRMATION f OF SEN.BLACK . Alabama Senator Is Elevated To U. S. Supreme Court Bench Washington, Aug. 18 — (U.PJ — Elevation of Sen. Hugo L. Black to the supreme court today bolster- ! j ed prospects for validation of vital i I new deal legislation and spurred a senate move to end dispute over the legal status of retired mem- - bers of the tribunal. The 51 -year-old Alabama Democrat, confirmed as President Roosevelt’s first appointee by a ■ senate vote of 63 to 16. may play a decisive role in future delibera- , tions of the closely divided court, - possibly casting the deciding vote • on some highly controversial > issues. - Questions involving the admini Ist rat lon power policy, utility leg- > islation, some phases of social security, and probably the wage . and hours bill now tied up in con- ■ gress will come Itefore the suf preme court for decision as to ; constitutionality. Whether Black. ■ a staunch administration support- j • er, will follow the custom of dis-! ■ qualifying himself from passing I t on legislation which he helped ■ . enact was uncertain. In any event, his membership j i on the court gives the administra- ■ tion an apparent margin of six to three in regard to division of . the tribunal into so-called “liberal” . and “conservative” groups. , i The senate vote on confirmation f beat down a minority coalition of - Republicans and Democrats. They . argued that the nomination was . unconstitutional and demanded investigation of charges that Black t was a member of the ku klux klan. » The tumultuous, seven-hour del bate left sharp imprints on the • capital’s congressional war-front, i ' including: 1. Announcement by Sen. William E. Borah. R., Ida., that he will immediately introduce legislation ■ intended to correct "faults” in the | 1937 supreme court retirement act 1 which ho cwntewded rreded tw create the vacancy to which Black 1 was named. It was learned that 1 Sen. Tom Connelly, D., Tex., also i 9 (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) ARCTIC STORM ; SLOWS SEARCH 1 t Impedes Search For Russians; Explorer To Aid Search Fairbanks. Alaska. Aug. 18—(UP) 1 —An Arctic storm today impeded the search for six Russian fliers 8 who were lost last Friday in the 1 northern wilderness. '• Rescue planee were grounded 1 here by rains and heavy clouds. Farther north it was snowing. The storm extended to the North Pole '• and was growing steadily wonse. '■ Russian scientists camped at the y Pole reported sub-zero temperaturea there and a strong east wind. '• There was a low pressure area 1 above point barrow and weather forecasts indicated the storm might continue i<r days. Pilot Sigismund Levanevsky and his five companions on the flight ’ from Moscow to the United States had pasvisions fora4s-day cncamprment on the ice in the event they had made a safe landing, but their chances would diminish each day as the Arctic winter approached. . One plane, a Mackenzie air lines ship piloted by Rxb Randall, was able to make a flight out of Aklavik yesterday to hunt the lost red and Blue Russian plane. Aklavik ie far i east of Fairbanks, where the Amerif can rescue fliers, Jimmy Mattern e and Joe Crosson, were grounded, y Randall landed at Point Barrow f ’ last night after cruising along the coast and stopping at several settlet ments, including Herschel Island, to f question natives. He carried an Alt askan interpreter and reported that -. he found no news of the plane. He > I stayed at Point Barrow overnight (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) i —... 1 "O—■ ■ • 1 “ TEMPERATURE READINGS DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER 18:00 a. m. 72 a 10:00 a. m. 76 f Noon 80 2:00 p. m. 8 * 3:00 p. m. - - 91 [> r WEATHER i Considerable cloudiness tot night and Thursday, showers 1 I Thursday northwest; somewhat i warmer Thursday kight.

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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, August 18, 1937.

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Sen. Hugo L. Black of Alabama, pictured above in a speaking pose, ■ is ready to take the oath of office, following confirmation by the senate ■ late Tuesday. Black was confirmed by a vote of 63 to 16.

WISEH AUPT IS CLUB SPEAKER Howard J. Wisehaupt Speaks To Lions Club Tuesday Howard J. Wisehaupt, nationally known business analyst, on a vacation here in his native city, addressed the Decatur Lions club last night in the weekly meeting at the Rice hotel. “Scientific research in the business world." was the topic of the speaker’s address, acclaimed as one of the most interesting and instructive ever presented to the club. “So the speaker •tated. “scientific research in industry has been entirely left to the industrialist. England instituted a department of research in 1878 and Germany in 1870.” “However, no one has the right in any work that he does not enjoy—research takes this drudgery out of the job." he stated. “If scientific research could help a person to look ahead and see the happiness brought to others by his endeavors, work would be a pleasure." “Cultural life rests on the ability to labor and earn. There is no need for guesswork today; | scientific research will tell you. ' The nations of the world who go the farthest in research will be the leaders in the next century,” he said. Glenn Hill, local salesman, was in charge of the program last evening. To Recite Rosary For Mrs. Johns Members of the Catholic ladies of Columbia and St. Mary’s Sodality are to meet at the Johns home this evening at seven-thirty o’clock to recite the rosary. IMPROVED MAIL SERVICE HERE Mail Boxes To Be Repainted, Pickup Tinies Announced A puxrani has been launched here to improve the appearance of the mail boxes and increase the service of the mails, according to Mrs. Lola P. Macklin, acting postmaster, in a statement today. Under the direction of C. E. Hacker, assistant postmaster, and the post office aides, all mail boxes In the city are being repainted, repaired and new notices posted on tthe boxes, giving the time tor rfail deliveries and pickups. The same program lias been carried into the rural mail systems, under the direction of the respective rural carriers. All patrons on rural mail routes have been asked to rep'ace wornout mail boxes and to repair any broken standards supporting the boxes. In replacing the worn-out receptacles, regulation mail boxes are to be used. Mrs. Macklin stated that the work would not only present a more attractive appearance, but would increase the efficiency and service (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR)

♦—-- - - « Hoboes In Battle In "Jungletown”, One Is Arrested '♦— ♦ : A free-for-all in Decatur’s hobo "jungletown" in the southwest part ■ of the city, near the old foundry I company, resulted last night in the arrest of an itinerant, who broke his right hand in the battle and a severe beating for a local man, Policeman Ed Miller reported. The hobo, who gave his name as ' William Elkins, aged about 30. was arrested by Officer Miller. He did not claim an address. Frank “Red” I Hower, of this city, filed the affidavit charging assault and battery against the man. It was estimated that eight or nine of the traveling hoboes had established a home at the "jungle- ■ town” prior to the tight. When ' Officer Miller arrived last nigTirho * one was in sight, however. Elkins was found in a box car on the Nickel Plate railroad some distance away. —o DISTRICT MEET NEXT TUESDAY District Meeting Os Lions Club Will Be Held Here I ' i A called meeting of the north- ’ ' eastern Indiana district of Lions : clubs will be held in Decatur next ■Tuesday night during the regular 11 meet of the Decatur club, accord- ’ ■ ing to the announcement made | here today. The meeting has been called I especially to name a district depu--1 ty to .W. G. Willis of Gary, who j was recently named to the post ' ! of district governor at a meeting also held here. 1 The meet will be held in the | ' ' Rice hotel at the usual hour. ' Possibly two-score delegates from I other clubs in this district are ex-' 1 peeled to attend the meeting, callI ed by the district governor. W. F. Beery, past president and i active member of the local club i lias been named by the Decatur , Lions as their choice for the post. No word has been received regarding candidates from the other ■ clubs, which will be represented here. Local officers, under the direction of Walter J. Krick, club president, will be in charge of the ' session here. , 0 Assistant Director Os Safety To Speak , Earl Dunbar, assistant director of I the state accident prevention buri eau, will speak at the weekly meet- • ing of the Decatur Rotary club i i Thursday evening at 6:30 o’clock at I I the Rice hotel. Walter Gard, president of the Rotary club, recently was • appointed chairman the Decatur , unit of the community organization ■ for safety. o To Conduct Hearing On Liquor License 1 The Adams county alcoholic beverage board on September 9 will ’ conduct a hearing in the county commissioners' room at the court house on the application of D. F. Suman and May Suman-Case for a liquor, wine and beer retailer's i license at Suntan’s restaurant on 1 Madison street.

Grant For Decatur School Is Approved; Provides Splendid Addition For School System

JAP AIRPLANES BOMBARD CITY. CREATE HAVOC Stage Terrific Bombardment Os Shanghai; Evacuate Foreigners Shanghai, Aug. 19 — (U.R) —Japanese airplanes late today staged the greatest aerial bombings the Orient ever has known as their general offensive against Chinese troops encircling this war torn | city of 3,500,000 ended its second 1 day. It was estimated that more than 100 planes participated. Simultaneously the Chinese op- ! ened a desperate counter offensive on land and the Japanese admitted they had captured some positions in the international settle- ; ment. The Chinese strengthened their blockade of the Whangpoo. up stream from the settlement’s international bund, by seizing and sinking five Japanese river boats of the N. K. M. line which had been abandoned by their crews. Japanese planes were active on every sector of the spreading Shanghai front which now extends over a line more than 50 miles I long along which upwards of i 160.000 men are engaged. Food riots broke out in the international settlement. Mol>s of nationalist Chinese added to the terror by attacking dark skinned foreigners whom lhey took for Japanese and Chinese accused of acting as Japanese spies. The evacuation of foreigners ■ continued. The Dollar liner President MeRiiiley sailed for Manila at 2 p.m. with 250 passengers including 200 I American refugees. The Americans, as have all refugees taken j down the Whangpoo river to the i deep water anchorages off Woosung all this week, ran a gauntlet of fire but none was hurt. More than 700 Americans had been removed from the city to- ! night but upwards of 3,000 remained. On the three chief northern sectors —northwest and southwest of Peiping and south of Peiping — the Japanese continued to attack but were making no progress. Japanese reinforcements, however, had brought their total strength in the north to an estimated 70,000 men. At Tsingtao, big Shantung province port between Shanghai and Tientsin, removal of Japanese . and other foreigners was well under way and a Japanese attack on that port within a week was forecast. Most important development of the day was definite establishment 1 of Japan’s superiority in the air I on the Shanghai front. Chinese bombing operations vir- ■ K'ONT’NUED ON PAGE FIVE) FIVE VIOLENT DEATHS SHOWN Violent Deaths Add To Mounting Toll For This State By United Press VvZent accidents today claimed the lives of five more Indiana residents. Two of the deaths were attributed to automobile accidents, one | by dr-.wning, another crushed by a heavy limb and a man found dead after being sruck by a train. G. F. Blakey, 46, tewer man at the Monon-Grand Trunk railroad crossing in Haskell, died es injuries suffered 4n an automobile accident. He was a resident of La Porte. Injuries suffered in an automobile accident when the car he was driving left the highway and struck a I tree north of Elkhart were fatal to Marshall Alton Curtfe, 22, of Elki hart. Charles Pryle, 9-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. John 'B. Pryle cJ Gary, i was drowned in Lake Michigan , when he was struck by a high wave and caught by an undertow while swimming. William A. Me Laughlin, 12-year-old eon of fire chief and Mrs. Harrison Me Laughlin of Winchester, (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR)

FILE PETITION WITH COUNCIL Council Is Asked To Approve Petition For Natural Gas Use A petition that the city pass an ordinance permitting the use of natural gas in Decatur was presented by T. J. Kelley, division manager of the Northern Indiana Public Service Corporation, to the city council at its regular meeting Tuesday night. Mr. Kelley stated that based on the annual consumption as of 1936, the cost to the consumers in Decatur would be reduced from $42,766.72 to $33,698.37. This would be of particular advantage to the industries of Decatur, he said. The two largest industrial users of gas, in 1936 used $15,000 worth of gas. This would be reduced $3,500. Mr. Kelley said that the new gas would have an average of 1,014 B.T.U.’s and thus would be nearly twice as valuable as the present artificial gas, which has 570 B.T. U.’s. Any changes necessary in the , burners of stoves in this city through the use of the new gas will be made by the company free of charge, he said. Efforts will be made to sell gas furnaces in the city with the new low rates he stated. The matter was referred to the ordinance committee in conjunction with the city attorney, to investigate and report back at the next meeting. It is necessary for Bluffton and Fort Wayne to agree with Decatur before the type of gas can be changed. Garbage Contract Let The S. & S. Rendering company, represented by F. J. Schmitt, was given the garbage contract for a year beginning September 1. The contract was given by the council meeting in executive session after the regular meeting. The vote was three to two in favor of the (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) FOUR WORKMEN DIE IN BLAST Explosion On New U. S. Destroyer Kills Four Workmen Philadelphia, Aug. 18— (U.R) - Four civilian workmen were killed and 10 civilians and enlisted men, including an officer, were injured or scalded in an explosion aboard the new 1500-ton destroyer U. S. S. Cassin at Philadelphia navy yard today. The injured and scalded included Lieut. Henry Marshall, engineer officer, six enlisted men and three civilian navy yard workers. The blast aboard the sleek gray craft occurred while sailors were raising steam to test a safety valve in the fireroom. A line burst and the fireroom was filled witli live steam. Lieut. Commander William H. Behrens, first aide to Rear Admiral W. T. Cluverius, the yard's commandant, said a complete list of the dead and injured would not be available for some time. Taken to nearby St. Agnes hospital with first and second degree burns were Jerome Sullivan, Louis Sherby and Daniel M. Vautier. Hospital officials believed all would recover. Other victims were taken to the Philadelphia marine hospital, near the navy yard. o Place Tile Floors In Geneva School Tile floors are being placed in the new Geneva high school to cover the cement floors first laid last year. All work on the school is expected to be completed by the opening date of the school term. Foot Crushed By Tractor Tuesday Frederick Mailand, son of Charles Mailand, of route five, suffered a severe injury to his right foot late yesterday afternoon, when a tractor i ran over the member. The foot was badly crushed. After treatment at a local physician's office, he was able to be takien home, where he -Is reported resting nicely.

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I | Government Approves $110,045 PWA Grant For New School Building In This City. TO MOVE GRADES Washington. August 18. — (Special to Daily Democrat) —“Happy to advise your I’W A school project. Indiana 1423, for grant of $110,045 has been aporoved by department and President. “Frederick Van Nuys, U. S. Senator.” A similar telegram was received by Ira Fuhrman, president of the Decatur school board. A. M. Strauss, Fort Wayne architect, employed by the city school board, will be requested to draft final plans for the proposed new $244,545 junior and senior high school, it was believed today. Only tentative plans have been submitted for the proposed building for which the government announced today a $110,045 PWA grant. The building is to be built by the school board with the assumption of a $50,000 gift from the civil city as permitted by law. The grant was made on amended plans which eliminated several of the community features in the proposed building, made necessary because of the inability of financing the first proposed combined school house and community building. i. As tentatively planned by the school board a new building will be erected on the site where the Central building, oldest school structure in the city, is located. It is to house a junior and senior high school, making it possible to use the more modern 6-6 system of instruction rather than the present 8-4 system. To Move Grades The present high school building, under the plans, would be used for the fifth and sixth grades, the pupils of the West Ward, and possibly some pupils from the North and South wards. The Riley building, now obsolete, would be completely eliminated. If there is sufficient money, it is planned to build a large gymnasium, which can also be used as a community auditorium. This would have a basketball floor with permanent seats and probably a stage. The original plans contained, in addition to the eomnined gymnasium and auditorium, a large community dining room, a number of community meeting rooms and several other features to be enjoyed by the city as a whole. These plans also provided for sufficient additional rooms to make it possible to eliminate other grade buildings. Additions Possible The amended plans are drawn In such away that the desired additional community and school features may be constructed at any time when the money is available, but do provide for an immeditae improvement in school facilities. Walter Krick, superintendent of the city schools, stated that there would be some delay before actual construction could be begun, due to the necessity of selling bonds, having the final plans approved and other details. However, membet; df the school board have in(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) 0 PREPARE LIST OF TEXT BOOKS Book Lists For Rural Schools Are Now Being Prepared Book lists for the rural schools of Adams county are now being prepared, C. E. Striker, county school superintendent announced today. The lists will be given to the teachers of the various schools and classes at the annual Adams county teachers institute, which will be held Monday, August 30, at the Decatur high school auditorium. The list will then be given to the students by the respective teachers on the preliminary opening day of school, Friday, September 3. Rural schools in the county will officially open on Tuesday, September 7. No major changes appear in the book list this year. Mr. Striker stated. The complete list will be published at an early date.