Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 207, Decatur, Adams County, 1 September 1937 — Page 3

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ECONOMICS club ENTt RTAINS FAMILIES members of the Friendship V liU - ' Home Economics Club en i their husbands and childrtfrkiih an annual picnic at Lehman Park recently. A delicious [ m«al was enjoyed, after which an ia s®’ ; " i,tu Program of musical BUtnl ora, recitations, guessing cona fish pond was presentmeeting of the Union Chap•l ladies aid will be held Thursday afleKion at 1:30 o'clock at the church instead of a private home ae previously announced. All jHljib'-i's are urged to take notice. ,»■< Mat'd! Bridge Club will meet night at eight o'clock Jerome Myers. Pocahontas lodge will meet Frida night at eight -.Alock in the n's H. H CLUB HONORS former member members of the 11. H. Club entefl.mits! with a picnic supper at ths L gion Memorial park on Winch Mer street Tuesday evening, in | Imndk °f a former member of the Mrs. Ford Russel of jß|clii i. .is supper was served on tteabnc tables, after which a social enjoyed. MAHy attend LAWN PARTY Mrs E. F. Gass, chairman of the (..gßi ttee, in charge of the arrafipments for the lawn party giv- j en ;b? the Catholic Ladies Social Club on the church lawn Tuesday , night reported that the project had i prwed successful and more than persons attended the evjjnt She wished to thank the for its fine patronage, and thAmmmittee members for their MMtance in making the event a emKss. An ce cream social was a feature lif the evening, and at eight i-'rauCk a benefit party was held, of the committee who MoHted Mrs. Gass included the flßam < Katheryn Kurbe.-. Julius Koht. Joe Kortenber. Joseph Koors MSTeella Losche, Charles Lose, iMfecis Losche, Joe Lose, T.om J LeMard. August Lengerich. Elizabeth Laugerman, H. P. LaFoun!*in« Agnes Lichtle, Clara Myers, M.gJ. Mylott, Verena Myers, Leo -‘Aters. Lois Miller, E. V. McCann, Alva Nichols, Clara Neering, Anthony Kohne, Hubert Omlor, Mary CORNS CURED $50.00 Me* |4fu „ Awita MM * ■ ,nut * WlthdMt Mia N« reward CORN-OFF I HOLTHOUSE DRUG CO.

I THIS WEEK-ISO YEARS AGO ' Li a j|% T >*e Skny of the ■ Constitutional Convention ■SSw • u 787 I B s*-nr«!■«•/ BY RAYMOND PITCAIRN

FINAL REVISIONS By early September of the signilßant year 1787, members of the Fejral Convention meeting in Inrtejßndence Hall had agreed on al■Bk every principle that makes our vsfijtr ; States Constitution so sturdy for government of the pewe. by the people and for the the product of their deliberatiobs went to a special committee apfeinted to "revise the style of. and arrange the articles which have been MHBed to by the House.” To this Committee of Revision historians have paid high tribute. To ;iQPey attribute much of the directS simplicity and economy of lane for which our American Contion is notable. was to a group of distinguished rtskmen and scholars that the Cotvention assigned this important task Morris, of Pennsylvania generally accredited with writing the finished report, was a brilliant lawyer and legislator, who later served in the United States Senate an<| as Minister to France. Either members were Dr William Sain m l Johnson, of Connecticut, a gniiuate of Oxford and President of Columbia College; Alexander Hamilton. of New York, soldier, lawyer. iKdator and first Secretary of the Treasury; James Madison, of Virginia. who became our fourth President; and Rufus King, of Massachusetts. noted orator, who was later Sfcberve m the United'states Senate and as Minister to Great Britain. ■The activities of the week were, hohever. by no means limited to the work of the special committee. On th# Convention floor the delegates continued to smooth out many more SMjarss important details. , They agreed, for example; That patents and copyrights should be granted "to promote the progress aaKaCience and the useful arts." jSghat the President should be Ijffijrcn by special Electors. -That “the House must originate, but the Senate may amend, money

CLUB CALENDAR Society Deadline, 11 A. M. Fanny Macy Phones 1000 — 1001 — Wednesday Zion Reformed Young Women's Choir rehearsal, church, 8 p. m. Zion Senior Walther League business session, school hall, 7:30 p. m. Thursday Mardi Bridge Club, Mrs. Jerome Myers, 8 p. m. M. E. Ever Ready class supper, church dining room, 6 p. m. M. E. Woman's Foreign Missionary Society, Mrs. R. W. Graham, 2 P. m. W. O. T, M. membership party, Moose Home, 7 p. m. U. B. Ladies Aid Society, Mrs. Delma Elzey, 2 p. m. M. E. Ever Ready Sunday school ’ class pot luck supper, church, 6 , P. m. Evangelical Missionary Society, 'church parlors, 2 p. m. Friday Happy Home Makers Club, Mrs. XJin HindetPang, 1:30 p. m. Pocahontas lodge, Rej Men’s . Hall 7:30 p. m. Tuesday Rebekah district meeting. Odd Fellows Hall in Bluffton, afternoon and evening. Omlor, and William Klepper, and , Miss Rose Fullenkamp. The business and professional women's club will sponsor a luncheon bridge at the B. P. O. Elk's home Thursday, September 16. Tickets are selling for 25 cents. i The luncheon will start at 8 o’clock on that night. o Berne Youth Hurt In Fall Tuesday Robert Lehman, 17-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Christ Lehman of Berne, suffered a severe gash on his left arm Tuesday afternoon when he fell from a scaffold at the Dunbar Furniture company in that town. Thirteen stitches were required to close the wound. Muscles in the arm were also injured but the attending physician stated complete recovery was expected. 0 Prices For Steers Continue To Mount , Chicago, Sept. I—(UP1 —(UP) —The upward march of steer prices continued today at the Chicago stockyards where 1200-pound well-finished weights commanded a top of $18.50 per hundred weight. Today's top price was a new 9year high. The spread between top prices and top .'*t hogs was choice weight hogs bringing only $ll,BO, $1.98 under the 11-year high estab--1 lished August 6.

That "the Legislature may propose amendments to the Constitution, to be binding when assented to by three-fourths of the States." That "an address to the States accompany the Constitution, when transmitted for ratification." Much of the discussion centered on the powers of, and upon, the Presi- A dent and VicePresident. It was zfT decided to give the Chief Executive the* power. in concurrence with the Sen- 5F * ate, to appoint ~ ' Officers Os the Morri. United States. "whose appointments are not otherwise provided for" in the Constitu- . tion. On the proposal that the VicePresident sit as President ex officio of the Senate, interesting debate arose. George Mason, of Virginia, protested that the office would be "an encroachment on the rights of the | Senate; and that it mixed too much ‘ the Legislative and the Executive, which, as well as the Judiciary department. ought to be kept as sepa- ■ rate as possible.” Elbridge Gerry, of Massachusetts, offered further objection in the fear that the plan might give the Chief Executive too much power. "We might as well," he said, “put the President himself at the head of the Legislature. The close intimacy that must subsist between the President and Vice-President makes it absolutely improper." To this Gouverneur Morris offered a prompt and witty response; “The Vice - President," he said, “then will be the first heir-apparent , that ever loved his father." With these points settled, the . Convention adjourned for a day to await the finished report of its Committee of Revision on Septem- ' ber 12. Next Week; The Task Completed.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1937.

Mrs. L. H. Snider and granddaughters of Auburn were vlsit’jrs In this city Tuesday. Mrs. O. H. Shosenberg and daughter, Miss Dora Shosenberg, of this city and their guests, Mr. and I Mr*. Earl Bienz of Washington, D. jC.. spent the day in Fort Wayne. Tice Ulman, Mrs. Geimer, Mrs. ! Victor Uleman and Mrs. Bob Miller , will attend funeral services for Mrs. Jesse Kuhns in Fostoria, Ohio I Thursday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Alva Nichols, Mrs. Samantha Nichols, Robert Earl and Julia Ann Meyers, have returned from Detroit. Mrs. Fred Nichols remained for a week’s visit with her daughter, Mrs. C. A. Farr. Among the more recent building improvements in the city is that being done at the home of Ed P. Miller, city policeman. A new porch has been built, a new roof placed and shingle sidewalls are being put on by the carpenters, Charles Robeiiold and Roy Schlickman. Officer Miller is also assisting in the work. Tlte- Erst heat prostration case in the city was reported yesterday afternoon when Grant Lyons, of Fourth street became ill while working. He returned to work on Winchester street after treatment by a physician. A blue Oakland sedan, stolen in Fort Wayne a week ago, was recovered here last evening on Liberty Way by Policeman Adrian Coffee.

W'.rd has been received from Mr and Mrs. W. P. Lose and their daughter Miss Margaret, who are ! enjoying a two weeks motor vacation through Canada. They crossed into Canada at the Straits and visited the quintuplets at Calendar, ' Ontario, stopping at Toronto, Can-' ada and were at Niagara Falls, New York when word was received here. Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Lankenau spent the week-end in Lansing I Michigan. Mrs. W. L. Plew of Des Plaines, Illinois and Mrs. William C. Briggs of Gary arrived here Tuesday to spend the remainder of the week ; I with their sister, Mrs. Eugene Runyon, and with relatives at Geneva. Mrs. L. G. Webert and son Louis of New Orleans, Louisiana have arrived in this city to make their future home. Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Munson of Brasher Falls, New York have arrived. in Decatur V» make their j home. They will reside with Mrs. Della Miller on North Fifth street. ; Mr. Munson is employed in the building of the Burdette Custer . 1 homes. Mrs. Anna Lankenau of Renn- ' ville, Minnesota has returned to her home after visiting the E. W. Lankenau family. A. D. Welty of Berne was a business visitor here today. Mrs. E. W. Lankenau, Mrs. Bob Helm. Mrs. Paul Handier and Mrs. , L. G. Webert spent the day in Fort Wayne. Business houses closed here this i morning during the funeral of ' Bernard T. Terveer, well known citizen and member of one of the pioneer families. Work of remodelling the resi- ! dence on Winchester street into a , modern apartment house by the new purchaser, “Chick” Aeschiiman, has begun. It will add greatly to the appearance of that section. Miss Florence Holthouse of Indianapolis was here today to attend the funeral services for her uncle, B. T. Terveer. Mr. and Mrs. James Westfeld and daughter, of Grand Rapids. Michigan are visiting at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Fred Patterson, Winchester street. William McCoy and family have moved to Columbus, Indiana, where Mr. McCoy is employed. The Paul V. McNutt for President in 1940 Club, Inc., James E. 1 Perry, president, is now seeking

Aids Wounded Envoy Jp « wib sk--. * * V |p tar L " ' ibhte. H. A. Thompson (above) of Mountain View. Cal., U. S. Navy pharmacist’s mate, donated his blood in an effort to aid Sir Hughe ( Knatchbull-Hugessen, British Am- I bassador to China, who was wounded by machine gun bullets fired into his speeding auto between Nanking and Shanghai.

Labor College on New Course »■ Students at Com- j monwealth col- SJwK ° lege have recrea- Agf iion hour mb vV. n • j W L 3I V : - k fl | J I , ..*VA «—4| Rev. Williams j| /I, I t ® Hilf S 1 . —IMKjHsrtM I ' - Recent appointment of the Rev. Claude C. Williams as new director of Com- wwealth college near Mena, Ark., signals the beginning of another chapter in the stormy career of this institution devote! to furthering the cause of organized labor in the south. Students and faculty members both work as well as study and teach in this school which has an enrollment of approximately 80 students. It has been the target of considerable criticism and even a legislative investigation, but the school has carried on and is now embarking on another and more ambitious period in its history. *

membership with dues one dollar per year. A tax meeting will be held at Monroe this evening and the proposed rates will be discussed. A representative of the Indiana Taxpayers Association will lie present. Dr. L. A. Pittenger of Ball State Teacher's college at Muncie, was a business caller here this morning. Mrs. Herman Ehinger and Mrs. Oscar Lankenau visited at the Fort I Wayne Country Club Tuesday. Albert D. Fuller of Detroit was I here today looking after his farm and other Adams county interests. Miss Eleanor Reppert and Rolland Reppert returned Tuesday from Colorado Springs, Colorado, where they visited for the past two weeks. Among those from out of the city who attended funeral services for Bernard T. Terveer here This morning were C. R. Uhl. daughter. Miss Margaret, and son B. B. Uhl and El Volmer and Joseph Rodd of Toledo. Ohio: Mr. and Mrs. Robert Voglewede of Chicago, Illinois; Mr. and Mrs. William Dowling, daughter Mary and son Willitm, Jr., Mrs. Bert Kilbourne and Mrs. John Carmody of Fort Wayne, and Sister M. Gabrielita, of South Bend. Miss Glennys Roop will leave Thursday morning for Hagerstown, where she will be employed in the Hagerstown city school. She was this year from Ball State Teachers College. Mrs. Carl Miller and son Karl, returned to their home in Indianapolis today after spending several w’eeks at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Niblick. 0 Rev. Noah Smucker To Head Conference Rev. Noah Smucker of Berne . was elected president of the emI ference of the Defenseless Mennonite church, at the concluding session of the annual meeting, at

Held on White Slavery Charges ( v I MUI Umiifn arrested In raldT] ■ Ham. It 11 * t- ffTS —Mi Mi St is .w ' i < ' J k 52 /■ BWf } I ; ; - J . I ■ %> wwMWrS U ; ifcl $ &■ I i’/1 B M— -JI W MB White slavery charges were filed against 137 men and women following their arrest in 13 simultaneous vice raids staged by G-men in Atlantii/City, Wilmington. Del. and Philadelphia Here are some of the victims, shielding their faces from the cameraman as they _ left federal court at Trenton. N J . following arraignment, r.

Berne Tuesday night. Eight hundred to nine hundred delegates attended the conference, which opened last Wednesday. Other officers elected were: Rev. E. Rocke, Groveland, 111., vice-president; Rev. H. E. Bertsche, Gridley, 111., secretary: Clarence Diller, Andora, 0., treasurer; Mr. Diller, Menno Augsburger of Berne and E. E. Zimmerman of Groveland, 111., trustees. COURT HOUSE Suit Venued Here A suit to foreclose a mortgage, filed by the Home Owner’s Loan corporation against L. Charles, Helen, and Lucy Jocquel and B. Paul Moeeman has been venued from Allen county here. Estate Cases An application for letters of administration was filed in the estate of Gustave H. Wehmeyer, by Mathilda S. Wehmeyer. Bond in the sum of $60,000 was filed. The bond was filed and approved. Letters were issued. Inventory number one was filed. The clerk’s report was filed. 0 Too Much “Dummy,” Breaks Engagement Hollywood, Sept. I—(UP1 —(UP) —Judy Canova, film comedian, broke her engagement to Edgar Bergen today because ,she eaid, she "does net want to play second fiddle to a dummy.” The other side of the “triangle” was “Charlie McCarthy” the famous wooden dummy that Bergen uses in hie radio and screen act. Miss Canova told friends that she heard entirely too much of “Charlie McCarthy” since her engagement to the ventriloquist. o Trade in a Good Town — Decatur

SHIP ATTACKED (CONTINUBD FROM FAOB ONE) Spain, including the exchange of telegrams between Premier Benito Mussolini and Gen. Francisco Franco, Insurgent commander. France additionally expressed concern over the “alarming frequency” or torpedoing of merchant ships in the Mediterranean, “which cannot be attributed to Spanish submarines and which occur at great distances from the coasts of Spain." A spokesman said: “The patience of the Paris and London governments has its limits. It Is increasingly difficult to resign themselves to the fiction of non-intervention, which is so openly and broadly transgressed by a power which seems resolved not to take account of its commitments." o CITY COUNCIL (CONTINUED FROM gA.HB.ONJB> of works and safety ta receive bids f'V equipment and also for installation of equipment for the ccal conveyor system at the city p'ant. The contract for the silo repairs was awarded to Phil Sauer several weeks ago and the conveyor system will be installed as part of the improvement. The companies will be asked to bld on their own specifications, subject to the approva l of the city. o Former Local Resident Dies At Fostoria, Ohio A number of relatives and friends from this city will attend funeral services Thursday morning at Fostoria, Ohio, for Mrs. Dorothy Kuhns, 35, wife of Jesse Kuhns, former residents of this city, who died at Fostoria, Monday noon. Mrs. Kuhns had been in ill health for the past two years. Mr. and Mrs. Kuhns resided in this city for some time, Mr. Kuhns having been in the meat market business. They left here ■ three years ago and went to Fostoria where they made their home. There were no children in the

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family. Funeral services will be held ( Thursday morning at the Fostoria Catholic church. o Many Western States In Need Os Rainfall Washington, Sept. 1. — (UP) — The agrictuture department reported today that weather during the past week was favorable for crop progress east of the Mississippi river but that rainfall was needed badly in many western great plains states. in its weekly weather and crop bulletin, the department said that there was too much rainfall for cotton in the southeast but additional moisture is needed in parts of Wisconsin, Indiana, Illinois, Ohio anj Kenucky. o Attorneys Sam Jackson and R C. Parrish of Fort Wayne were business visitors in this city Tuesday ] night.

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65 Men Are Added To State Police Force Indianapolis. Ind., Sept. I—(UP)1 —(UP) i Sixty-five new state police officers were sworn to their duties today In a mass oath administered by I justice George Tremain .'vf the supreme court. The men were those selected from the July training school conducted at Indiana University in which 115 took the course. The men were given equipment and will be dispatched immediately to the various state police barracks many of which have been under manned. J Phone 300 1315 W. Adams