Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 217, Decatur, Adams County, 14 September 1937 — Page 5

Inkers flan •DISTRICT MEET One Os Indiana Jankers Meet At War- | saw Wednesday dkrsaw. Ind., Sept. 14. — (SpecigHßßaukers from ten counties in oglfteaHterif Indiana will convene noon at the Spink WawaI on Lake Wawaaee in the eighth annual meeting of one of the Indiana bankers ■art'll upon the program will Jnassil Schenck, president of the farm bureau, who will disnew tax limitation l(^Ll i l l Dr. H <’. Sauvam. directthe investment research buthe school of business adof Indiana university, speak on "The Financial BeArch Activities of the School ss Administration of Indiappearing on the speakers will be the president of Bankers Association. F. gg, ■an Antwerp,-president of the Bank and Trust company of Bend, and Albert J. Wedekind cashier of the Dale State Bank, Dale, who is chairman of the agricommittee of the bankers ssatriation. the bankers are attending session following the mx>| luncheon, their wives will be S guests of the Kosciusko county , r s association for a boat ride pn beautiful Lake Wawasee. Tangeman. president of the Farmers and Merchants Bank oMbiffton will preside at the meetElmer B. Funk, executive vicefcresident of the Lake City here, is vice-president of the and Otis S. Fisher, cashier. xKely National ißank, Butler, is retary-treasurer of the regioa An election of new officers the regular business season. following counties compose K one: Adams, Allen. DeKalb. Kosciusko. LaGrange. Steuben, Wells, and Whitley. |M| o WNE NATIONS SIGN KROM PktHROHM) desLoyers comprise some of the faftst in the world. British admiralty ordered Cairo with a flotilla of SMb’ destroyers to lopd stores MM* depth chat gas and proceed ■Ki home waters to the Mediterto reinforce the fleet alri* there. ■fcr orders regarding depth C*uyes showed that the destroylie prepared to sink subwhich disregard the ■■p- of the Nyon agreement and come to the surface when ■■n bidden waters. the British, the French 'Mt dispatching destroyers from bMt on the Atlantic to reinforce

RTHIS WEEK —l5O YEARS AGO i 1 A The Story of the Constitutional Convention of 1787 W® Sentinel fctlurti

By RAYMOND PITCAIRN

■ THE TASK COMPLETED September 17. 1787 —just 150 ago this week — the Federal meeting in Philadelphia's what has since been described most wonderful work ever off at a given moment by brain and purpose of man." was our Constitution — that foundation of free governwinch proclaims the authority B the power of the American peoin its now famous Preamble: the PEOPLE of the United in Order to form a more Union, establish Justice, indomestic Tranquility, provide the common defence, promote general Welfare, and secure the aßssings of Liberty to ourselves and do ordain and estab- ■ this Constitution for the United BB tes of America." ■foday every American knows how a thing had been achieved in ■ Convention. Few. however, of ■e delegates who had labored 'Ugh a sweltering summer realthat day. how nobly they had Many were disappointed by result of their labors. A few Mutated or declined to sign it. to one — the wise and vener•h - Benjamin Franklin—came some Mion of the glorious future which Constitution was to ensure. MVhile members of the Convention ■re still affixing their signatures, ■anklin spoke to a group of deleclustered around him Bomting to the back of the PresiMit’s chair, where some obscure ■ccrator had pictured a half-disk ■ the sun. Poor Richard said ■T have often and often in the ■irse of the session, and the vicis■udes of my hopes and fears as to ■ issue, looked at that behind the ■esident without being able to tell ■ether it was rising or setting: but ■ at length I have the happiness ■ know that it is a rising and not a ■ itng sun." Hamilton of New York ■med Franklin in urging approval ■ the completed charter. Although |

President Extends Welcome to Nurses

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President Franklin D. Roosevelt congratulates Nurse Wilma Reynolds of Walden, N. Y„ as others of the graduating class of the Hudson Ivers State Hospital at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., look on. The President addressed the graduates.

the Mediterranean fleet. The Anglo-French naval co-oper-1 at ion will be on the largest and , closest scale since the world war. ■ The powers will mutually make' their naval bases available. Brit- • | ish destroyers will use Toulon and i . 1 other French naval ports to take , on supplies Royal air force pilots will be allowed to use French , military air fields. Similarly French planes will land on British aircraft carriers and air fields, such as Malta. No rigid rules regarding zoning hi the Mediterranean were contained in the instructions to the ’ British and French adniivale Thus a British destrdyer unay proceed to the scene of a submarine attack ' within the French zone if the I British ship is nearer than the' French, while the French may send warships info the British. zone whenever required. British authorities were skeptical over report® that a British battleship had captured a "pirate" submarine in the Mediterranean. LITTLE CHANCE . ( .^-9-yjjy. T .T-? .’T?' 3 ?'. J*-* 2T“grand passports." or life-member-ship cards, in the klan. According to the writer. Graves, then was exalted cyciops of the l Montgomery klau. and both Graves’ and Black accepted life member- ■ ship with speeches in which they| expressed gratitude for klan support tn their successful political campaigns just completed and pledged adherence to klan principles. Governor Graves ami his wife, whom he recently appointed to Black's senate seat, were interviewed last night in Atlantic City. N. J« where they are attending (he annual governors’ conference. Of'

on the floor of the Convention he had opposed some of its provisions, he now pleaded convincingly for “the good to be expected from the plan." whose Preamble and final draft he had helped prepare. But it was. historians agree, the eloquence — and the vision —of Benjamin Franklin that did most to win "the unanimous consent of the States pres- — ent." with the name of George S. A Washington ' J "President and ftfC' Xi deputy from Vir- ■- _ k S&Q' ginia." leading the list of signa- \ - | tures '’kx Today we know . . 2™ \ that Franklin's Wt-. -ci.’?;*® vision was pro- “ phetic. What he witnessed was the dawn of a r’" brighter for America than any m i. ber of the Convention dared lie What he foresaw was a nation n. to greatness by virtue of a Constitution which proclaimed that "We the People" were to rule. For. under that Constitution The United States has achieved a growth in territory, in population, in resources and in influence unrivalled among nations. The persecuted have found Refuge . . . the despairing. Faith . . . the oppressed. Liberty . . . the courageous. Opportunity All men have attained the highest human aspiration — the right to be free, in body and in spirit. All children are assured the richest heritage possible — the right to be educated All citizens are guaranteed the greatest power known—the right to govern themselves Under that Constitution'? The People rule. No man is King; no man a subject. Despotism is outlawed. The Will of the People is the Law of the Land These were results of the historic Convention which wrote our Constitution and thereby made the year 1787 outstanding in the history of human liberty Hext Week The Bill of Rights

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I Black's reputed klan affiliation, I Graves said: "I've heard it talked about, but I so far as I know there’s nothing . Ito it. There's not a thing in the ‘ world I could say. You’ll have to i ask him about it.” I As for himself, the governor said he had no personal sympathy 1 for the klan nor any suspicion of I ever having been close to it. “I know that two-thirds or more , of them always voted against ' me," he said. Efforts to reach Black in London. where he is vacationing, still were of no avail. He remained in strict seclusion, leaving instructions at his hotel that he wanted to receive no visitors. The hotel I ■ telephone switchboard refused to I I accept any calls, even trans-At-l, , huitic ones from the United Stales., I Administration spokesmen came | quickly to the defense of the for-1 mer senator, who was appointed l to the country's highest tribunal j by President Roosevelt to succeed | Justice Willis Van Devanter, who 1 retired. o Prominent Retired M. E. Minister Dead — Greencastle, Ind., Sept. 14 —(UPI i I —Funeral services tor Dr-. Alber-; 1 tus Z. Briggs, 75, prominent Metho- i ' diet Episcopal retired minister,' ■ were arranged today for Wednes-I j day afternoon at Gobin memorial 1 church where he was acting pastor ' iw?. years ago. Dr. Briggs, a graduate of DePau w ! University in 1890 with Phi Beta 1 Kappa honors, died yesterday at f Indianapolis Methodist hospital. Ho I had been superintendent of the 1 Hammond district of the Metho-! dist Episcopal church from 1908 1 to 1914 and superintendent of the ‘ Greencastle district from 1925 to ; 1931, the year of his retirement, j _ o Indiana Trustees Award Contracts i Bloomington, Ind., Sept. 14—(UP) Indiana university trustees today awarded contracts for construction of a new service and stores build- ; ing and a women's swimming pool' addition to the student building. j General contract for the service and stores building was awarded to the /ames 1. Barnes construction company, Logansport, on a bid of $55,400. Other contracts awarded in-

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An aerial view of the British destroyers, Fortune and Firedrake, as they steamed through Dover Straits after leaving Chatham enroute to the Mediterranean. They are two of the fighting craft sent by Great Britain I with orders to act against the mystery submarines that have played havoc I with the shipping of several nations.

cluded: Plumbing and heating to Fred W. Fenneman company,; Flootningt,«n, $9,260; electrical, W. J. Bailey company, Bedford, $5,350.1 The William P. Jungclaus com- i pany. Indianapolis, was awarded the general contract for construe- ' tion of the women’s swimming pool I on a bid of $21,100. Other contracts included plumbing and heating Fred j W. Fenneman company. Blooming $9,800, and electrical. W. J. Bailey 1 Company, Bedford, SB7O. ! —; 0 Insanity Defense Planned For Slayer Fowler, lud„ Sept. 14 —(UP) —| Defense witnesses prepared to testi- ' iy today in the trial of Leroy Clark 23-year-oid farmer charged with the ! shotgun slaying of jjis wife, Mayme. I It was reporte that Clark’s coun-! I se! will offer an insanity defense. ■ The state concluded its evidence i J against the young farmer yesterday i I with introduction of a dozen wit-' guesses including the coroner, sheriff i and state police who obtained a ! signed confession from Clark. The . confession, introduced early in the i trial, attributed the killing as mo- | tivated by anger because Clark’s i wife refused to arise and prepare : Ms breakfast. _o Landis Resigns From Securities Commission Washington, Sept 14 — (U.R) — I James M. Landis today tendered j to President Roosevelt his formal | resignation as chairman of the securities aud exchange commisj siou. Landis, who previously had , announced his intentions to retire I j from government service, said at ■ j the White House that his resigna-1 1 tion becomes effective imiuediate- ! ly. Landis quit to become dean of I i the Harvard Cniversity law school. I The school’s fall term opens SepI tember 28. Philadelphia Heiress Is Found Dead Today New York, Sapt. 14—(UP)—Mary ■ Brown Warburton, Philadelphia , heiress was found dead today in her I Park Avenue apartment. Her phyi sician death fe? her use ot' reducing tablets. Miss Warburton was a granddaughter of the late John Wanamaker millionaire merchant of Philadelphia and New York. . i

VIOLENCETAKES I LIVES OF FIVE Indiana Violent Death In 24-Hour Period Is Five Persons (By United Press! Five persons died violently In, Indiana during the last 24 hours, i i Death of four victims was attrib-j uted directly to traffic mishaps and ; one was burned to death. Raymond D. Irwin, Kendallville: undertaker, was killed instantly when his automobile was struck by i ! a New York Central train at a ! country road crossing about four miles west of Kendallville. Walter Hudson, SB, Indianapolis, died of injuries suffered in an unusual automobile accident near! Brownstown. Hudson was stand-1 ing on the running board of his: automobile while Lloyd Smith, 16, j 'a passenger, was attempting to ( I drive out of a ditch. The car j lurched forward throwing Hudson, I to the road apparently inflicting in-’ I ternal injuries. i Forrest Overman, 39, Kokomo, i was killed instantly when he drove | his automobile into the side of a I I locomotive while driving at high speed at a South Bend crossing, j i Coroner Donald Grillo said he. would open an investigation today.. Mrs. R. D. Brown of near Leban-I I on, died in the hospital at Leban-| on from injuries suffered in a col-J 1 lision of two automobiles near Whitestown Saturday night. , Charles Stottlemeyer, 61, AnderI son, was killed in an automobiletruck collision on a bridge near Anderson. Virgil Ledford, 23. Anderson, driver of the truck, was not ! held. Freddie Metz. 3-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. John Metz of near! Harmony, was burned to death when his clothing became ignited: from a Are in the yard at his home. — o Annual Hobo Dance, Wed. at Sun-Set, Free Soup—Cash prize. BMA Free Sample of GID GRANULES—the vegetable mucin, whose protective demulcence end detoxification brought a relief and correction to thou- S •ande—at your Druogiet: M Holt house Drug Co.

Effective Tomorrow AND CONTINUING THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE YEAR THE FOLLOWING Groceries - Meat Markets and Bakeries will CLOSE each WEDNESDAY at NOON for the BALANCE of the DAY — GROCERIES — STEIGMEYER GROCERY STULTS HOME GROCERY ROOP’S GROCERY KROGER’S STORE McMANAMA GROCERY A & P FOOD STORE 1 & 1 GR(X E,n QUALITY FOOD MARKET D * M * RICE GROCERY BELL’S GROCERY (uptown) MEAT MARKETS BELL’S SOUTH END STORE MUTSCHLER MEAT MARKET S. E. HITE GROCERY SORG’S MEAT MARKET KOLTER’S GROCERY GERBER’S MEAT MARKET APPELMAN GROCERY MELCHI MEAT MARKET DEITSCH GROCERY ERIE GROCERY L| — BAKERIES — MILLER’S NORTH END WALL’S BAKERY MILLER’S ADAMS STREET fe || WELCOME BAKERY

• PLAN MEETINGS I jtqON j lN UACXj t'KOM HAUM ONB), 1 ceseity of Reports and Where Most.' Mistakes are Made.” I Mrs. Scholl earn that no meetings I have been scheduled for some of [ southern-most counties, but that or- i ganlzations are under way and I i meetings there will be planned tor

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a later date. “Such conference® have never been held before," Mrs. Scholl said, • "But from the enthusiasm shown I 1 am sure they will prove succeaaful. We believe they will bring about a more coinp'ete co-operation boi tween the state dlvlHi.ii and the i I counties, and that is what we are I striving for."

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ARRIVALS Mr. and Mr®. Richard Lewton of Detroit, Michigan, are the parents of a girl baby born at th* Adams county memorial hoapltal this j morning at 10:54 rVclock. The baby I weighed seven pounds, seven and I one-half ounces, and ha® been named Barbara Ann.