Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 272, Decatur, Adams County, 17 November 1937 — Page 1

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*IL PASSES ■Knancefor WOOL HOUSE Y fcy Cdiih* -il Takes NecKjjL steps l or IssujT sc»o -•' ,l ""’- *’'"’ ■ l,l "l" ■ ■'Ev'(■<*• >■ n t '" s,|:,y nig,f ’ * ■. /^K„ r .‘ ii lib' "lip < 1.'111.H1- ; "i'li fes K., i " i'll i'< 'I" i jjCJK ■h|k 11 « ®A *w «L tSEd ' ! ' gY®, i.i i»' <:<i..i'''i '■■ board th. 1 !'>--'''i 1,1 '■•'"pin" Jjriate IS.-’ ll' l’> from the general J< Wnnd K> several of the ilepartKnente cl the city, to make up (!<■- • ill the various funds. ■This iation does not call ■for additional taxes but is a legal Irequimleni in shifting funds from Bone acclunt to another on the lt»lcity’»Bt>ks. >3® A r®n • " is filed and ordered ■placed on record from the board ■of puße works and safety, an■nonnefc that the remodelling of ■the silos at the city light and ‘••■power giant had been completed ■by Phil [Sauer, the contractor, lilts UNIONS MLAY MEETING ICIO'|AI L Factions PostI poise Conference To I ■November 29 WaAing'"ii. Nov. 17 (U.R> The ■ Ameriotn Federation of Labor and ■ the coßniiiiee tor industrial organ»|l ization today postponed resumption apeaee negotiations from to- ■ ®orr®s- until Nov. 29. I Ths.ax.eioti. gave rise to that settlement hopes I had re. Lived a set-back since the ■ WwSßii'e recessed Nov. 9. ■ The p-ipom-ment was r.-.;m-s' ■9d by the three A. F. of L conasked delay until Nov ■ 22 hemuse of prior commitments business. B The (’lit d.legation of 10 then I agreed to hold over the conference week and to reI stimb Woi k Nov. 29. I Thotkli both factions denied the ■ PPStfSmemeni had any significance .1 wlbelieved it would not help ■ WWr toward a truce. ■ conferences between the II warring labor groups broke up in ■ deadlock eight days ago. No pro-|b-M-t - been made during the I Interim ■ It Be reported that tin l dead caused diverg 0 ence In opinion over the value and ■ ffiethß of appointing subcommitwork with the negotiators I and gr ng., adjustments of juris I fights in industries in 1 I’uth factions have a union. I ’’■U' the labor conferees markI Pl'bssure for peace in the I fact ional fight from out- ■ •• < ™ ®urces was increasing. The , | States conference of may °a 8 ' - sessi °n here, prepared to *«opl a resolution urging a quick •hd of the dispute. IgS Name La Guardia Eg lll ngton. Nov. 17 (U.R) The homtaming committee of the I’. S. ®»fjence of mayors today unanimoudy named Mayor Fiorello 11. ! “®Goa a of New York for anaß President of the con-! ; Of>Nl INUED ON PAGE SIX) TEMPERATURE readings ORtaOCRAT THERMOMETER a. 28 10:00 a. m. 29 Noln 31 2:00 P m. 29 !>■ m. 28 I- WEATHER becoming fair, somewhat v r northeast portion tonight; WH’sday increasing cloudiness, r [Hp temperature west and Wuth portions in afternoon.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Marty Mylott Marks* 40th Anniversary As Employe Os The City * + i[ M. F. (Marty) Mylott passed out , I cigars, cigarettes and candy Tues ' , day night when he notitled those present at the regular meeting of the city council that he was cele- ■ brating his 40th anniversary of i work as an employe of the city of Decatur. Mr. Mylott, superintendent of the city light and power plant, is the I city’s oldest employe in years of service. After finishing school Mr. Mylott entered the apprentice school of the Jleneral Electric company in Fort Wayne and while em ployed there assisted in the installation of electric plants at Decatur. Peru and Seymour. When he was first employed in the Decatur plant, “the power pro diiced would not light our lights today.'' he said. This month I i the Decatur plant will probably generate a million and a half kilowatt hours, It is reported. Mr. Mylott was first appointed superintendent of the plant by Mayor Amos Beatty about 1905. o LET CONTRACT TO YOST BROS. School Board Accepts Bid For Razing Central Building The city school board in a spe1 cial meeting Tuesday night accept I ed bids filed by Yost Brothers of this city for the demolishing of the I Central building to provide a site for the new Decatur PWA school house. As asked in the invitations to ' i bid. alternate bids were submitted I and the school board Tuesday night reserved the right to determine at a later date, which of the alternates to accept. The bids were submitted either i I to tear down and remove all of foundations, footings and the basement floors, or to remove everything down to Hie grade line. Yost Brothers agreed to pay th<I city $3lO to remove everything down to and including the basement floor and to remove i 1 everything to the grade line. The Martin Wrecking company. ! of Fort Wayne, offered to pay the [ city S2OO to remove everything to I the grade line. H. Danner, of Fort Wayne, agreed to remove everything to. the grade line for nothing. The Griffin Wrecking Company, of Fort Wayne, agreed to remove . everything to and including the basement, floor if the city would pay the company $975. and to re--1 move everything to the grade line if the board would pay the company SBOO. Alternate Bids Filed The alternate bids were submitted in order to determine which would be the cheapest means 6f removing the portion of ' the building below the grade line, ! whose removal is more expensive ! and has less resale value than the rest of the building. It was thought possible that the general I contractor might remove this portion of the building cheaper than the wrecking company. The school board retained the | } right to save the bell, all black-1 boards and part of the rest room i equipment. Before the wrecking can begin. I i it will be necessary to obtain per-1 I mission from the state tax board. I It is estimated that this will re- | quire about three weeks. Notices of invitations to bid on the general contract for the new , PWA school will be published in (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) URGE CENSUS ‘ ! CARD RETURN Unemployment Census Cards To Be Returned | By Saturday Persons who registered in the I unemployment census being con- i i ducted here are urged Lola iP. Macklin, acting postmaster, to ' return their cards promptly. All cards are to he at the local j post office by midnight of Satur-; day, November 20. They may be j returned either by dropping them in ' a box. handing them to a carrier | or bringing them to the post office. 1 In event an unemployed or 'partly employed person wants a card and does not have one, it may be secured from the post office or a carrier. Mrs. Macklin stated that no infor- | mation on the number of cards re- j ceived was to be released, in accordance with original plans of i maintaining strict secrecy. I

F.D.R. URGES ENACTMENT OF FARM PROGRAM President Calls For Enactment Os National Program Mt. Vernon. Va., Nov. 17. —KU.R) President Roosevelt today called for enactment of a nationally integrated farm program to give farmers parity with industry and labor in meeting modern economic con-1 { ditions. Mr. Roosevelt’s address was presented to a celebration marking the 1 '7sth anniversary of the establishment of the department of agriculture and institution of the “and grant college program. It was read to the gathering by Secretary of | Agriculture Henry A. Wallace. Mr. Roosevelt is confined to the White ■ House with an infected tooth. The president drew on the views of George Washington in support of his thesis that modern conditions demand a national approach to farm problems. I "George Washington's own words," said Mr. Roosevelt, “show that he considered agricultural production even in his time to be much more than a local matter. Yet many changes were destined to come that he could not possibly iforesee.” The President declared that the protective tariff policy had placed agriculture in America at a perm-i arfent disadvantage. He cited the, intricate financial system whereby farm mortgages were linked 1 through life insurance investments to millions of urban residents. Washington, said Mr. Roosevelt. ; “could not foresee that fixed I charges such as taxes, interest and j freight rates would push thousands of farmers into bankruptcy whereever the prices of farm commodities collapsed. “He could not foresee that abundant production, instead of lifting the farmer's standard of living, ‘ (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) SEEKS FLASHER SIGNAL CHANGE City Attorney Ordered To Notify Railroad To Make Change City Attorney John L. DeVose was ordered to notify the Pennsylvania railroad company to remodel the flasher signal light at the Nuttman avenue crossing, by the city council in its regular meeting Tuesday night. It was stated in a letter from Mayor A. R. Holthouse that this light operates when trains are passing on the main line, but not when cars are operated on the switch track. It was reported that a school bus narrowly avoided being struck Tuesday morning by a switch train. Several other recommendations were made in the letter submitted by Mayor Holthouse relative to the traffic safety measures in the city, j The letter was referred to the board of public works and safety I for investigationThe letter was: I “Gentlemen of the council: i "In the interest of public safety, II believe it would be advisable if j the council took up our existing ordinance, "relative to the installaI tion of flasher signal lights at rail- , road crossings. There are no j flasher lights at the Adams and; l Monroe street crossings of the Pen- ■ nsylvania railroad although these I crossings are guarded part of the jtime with gates and watchmen. “My attention has also been call-' ed to the flasher signal of the Pen-1 nsylvania railroad on Nuttman j avenue. This signal works on the, j main track but does not function! with the switch track. This con- ' dition creates a hazard to the motI oring publijc and in all probability, I could be corrected very easily. “Also, I wish to recommend the [installing of stop and go lights at [the Fifth street cfossing on Monroe street. If the highway com--1 mission, in taking over this street [as part of route No. 224, does not j install the lights, it would be in I the interest of the public for the I city to take such steps. j “In view of the regulations reI(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) —o Lions Members To Portland Thursday Members of the Lions club will go jto a district meeting at Portland Thursday nig(it Instead of Tuesday, 1 as was previously announced. The i re;(u’ar meeting here this week. I was cancelled.

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana' Wednesday, November 17, 1937.

Brady Gangster Pleads Guilty p —w' — T <s * • ** w < ‘Mir •' 4 * ' "■—,. s —— ■ ■ ■> “Guilty" was the plea entered by James Dalhover, 31. last of the Brady gang, when he was arraigned in federal court at Hammond, Ind., above, for the murder of a state patrolman. Dalhover. second from the left, will be sentenced either to life imprisonment or the electric i chair on Dec. G.

SUGAR MAKING ENDS THURSDAY Sugar Processing At Central Sugar Company Ends Tomorrow Sugar processing operations at the Central Sugar company here will be concluded Thursday morn- . ing when the last of the 1937 sugar will be bagged. The slicing of the sugar beets, the first process in the making of sugar, was ended I early Tuesday morning. Approximately 67,500 tons of beets were sliced this year, sliglitI ly. below the early estimates. This [ w|ft due to an unfavorable grow-1 1 ing season with much wet weather No figures on average yields are ! yet available. I The quality of the 1937 beets [ was good, the purity being 81.02 ! percent and the sugar content. 15 • ! phis percent, slightly better than [ I the average for this area. The first payment to growers [ ■ will be made December 15, at [ which time they will receive the $5 a ton guaranteed in the con- ' I tracts. As provided under the 50'[so contracts this year, the growI I ers are to share equally with the ’[ mill in the proceeds of the sale of sugar, beet pulp and molasses. ! Other payments will lie made as [ the sugar and the by products are 1 1 shipped, the second to be made [ ' I March 1. The third and final pay- ! ment will be made within 15 days I 1 [ after the last of the sugar and by-1 products are shipped, but no later . ; than July 1. ' [ In addition to the payment* to i I be made by the Central Sugar cßm-1 ' j pany, growers are eligible for [ government checks, the exact j (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) I[ o — Legion Plans Fish Fry Friday Night A fish fry for Legionnaires, their I ' wives, auxiliary membet s and their j [ husbands will be held at the local [ ■ Legion home Friday night from 6 ! until 8 o’clock. The fry is sponsored by the entertainment committee of J the Legion post.

Weather Expert Joins Staff Os Decatur Daily Democrat

Dr. Shelby Maxwell, noted astro- j ' nomer, whose weather predictions have proven so accurate in the past | I that the United [

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j forecasts attracted wide attention las far back as 1926, his record this year in long and short range forecasting has brought him ! international acclaim. Among some I of the most startling and accurate forecasts were those of last winter’s i heavy snow, the spring floods and ithe summer’s drought, together I witli a 100 per cent accurate predic-

Mexican Fined For Public Intoxication A’bert Golbo, Mexican, was fined $1 and costs, amounting to sll, in city court late yesterday as- j ternoon when he plead guilty to a charge of public intoxication. Un- [ able to pay the fine, he was remanded to the county jail. Golbo was arrested Saturday afternoon on Monroe street by Officer Ed P. Miller. Walter Garwood, of this city, who was arrested at midnight Saturday t by Officer Roy Chilcofe on a charge of running a red light, while driving to work, was granted a continuance. O'NEAL SPEAKS AT FARM MEET Farm Bureau President Speaks Today At Annual Convention Indianapolis. Nov. 17 — (U.R) An address by Edward A. O’Neal, president of the American Farm Bureau Federation, today highlighted the 19th annual state convention of the Indiana bureau. O'Neal, a leader in the fight for a national ever-normal granary plan and parity prices for farm > products, planned to discuss legislation the farm bureau is sponsoring before the spe-:al session of , congress. Behind the scenes, the state I bureau's resolutions committee i was meeting to take action on a 1 suggestion of L. L. Needier, di- [ rector of the federation’s tax and legislative department, that a special session of the general assembly might be desirable to revise Indiana social security taxation laws. I In a report to the convention, I Needier said that 20 per cent of I the social security cost is being | borne by the counties, 50 per cent ' by the federal government and 30 I per cent by the state. He tnaiuI tained that the coun'ies should be j relieved of all responsibility and [the cost turned over completely to ' (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)

tion of the day the drought would end. Professor Maxwell, developed the formula, now carefuly guarded, which is designed to “take care" of ! the weather by use of astronomical ! computations. He supplied the mai thematics necessary to carry the ’ Greely system into long range pre- ' diction, using fourth-dimensional ■ mathematics, since the customary higher mathematics is not able to ; take care of the euuations dealing with time, space, energy and matter. Predicted Hurricane One of the most amazing demonstrations of Dr. Maxwell’s science was his broadcast over a nationwide chain of the Florida hurricane of last July. He predicted the hurri-1 cane 12 days before it happened. Beginning Thursday, November 18, Dr. Maxwell’s forecast for the week, accompanied by daily weather charts, will be a regular feature of The Daily Democrat. Watch for it.

States Navy has an option on his services in case of war, becomes a [ member of The Democrat staff of feature writers Thursday when I the first of his j I weekly series I “Next Week’s | Weather,” will be ■ published. Although his

CHINA LEADER QUITS CABINET TO LEAD ARMY China’s Strong Man To Lead Army In Its Final Stand Shanghai, Nov. 17—(U.R) —Japan- 1 ese forces today took a firm grip: on the Yangtze river valley, jugu-1 lar vein of China, foreshadowing [ the fall of the Nanking capital and eventual end of the war. A U. 8. gunboat sped down the river to protect Americans at Nanking: Chiang Kai-Shek resigned civil office to lead a last military stand; government ministries fled to widely scattered Interior cities; and hordes of panic stricken civilians moved out of the capital as the Japanese approached. Seventy Japanese warships were strung along the Yangtze. An unconfirmed report said that the Japanese had reached the boom barricading the river at Kiangyin, approximately 10 miles south of the capital, and were preparing to open the river. Fear that the Japanese soon would attack the capital heightened. Chinese admitted that once the Kiangyin boom was penetrated the Japanese would drive quickly on Nanking. The evacuation fever spread rapidly. Thousands of residents — rich merchants, civil employees, studertts, coolies and beggars jammed the water front, railway stations and train sheds. surrounded by their household goods, weeping women and crying bab-. les. President Lin Sen already had i left for Chungkiang. far up the; Yangtze in Szechuan province. I Five other ministries went with him. The majority of government! offices were bare of files. The Russian embassy was the first to announce plans to move up the river and the United States, | British. French and German diplo-1 ! matic corps were expected to fol-' low when the government an-, nounced definite plans. The United States river gunboat : ! Oahu was en route to the capital, I from Ichang, 450 miles up the ' Yangtze, presumably to offer pro- ■ tection to 56 Americans in Nan-[ king. More than 200 other foreign- ] ers — British. French, German, i ‘ Russian, Danes tnd Poles are in the city. Chiang Kai-Shek, the country's strong man, was reported to have relinquished his post as head of ] the executive council, correspond-[; ing to a cabinet, to devote his en-|j tire time to the army. Chinese t [ military authorities were expecting I the first Japanese attack on the ( I capital from the Yangtze. H. H. Kung, finance minister t and vice president of the execu- | tive committee, is to succeed him. it was said, with Wang Chung-Hui. I ( foreign minister, relieving Kung |, of the vice presidential duties. | It was evident that Chinese [ | leaders thought the war had reached a crisis. United Press dispatches from Nanking said that 11 extraordinary precautions were be-11 ing taken and that the streets ( were heavily patroled by soldiers ( at night because of reports that ( plain clothes provocateurs, in Jap-| anese pay. were penetrating into!, the city to start disturbances. j, There were unconfirmed reports j here that the government had dismissed 80 per cent of its civilian , employes at Nanking, paying them (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) LOCAL WORKERS ORGANIZE UNION Wayne Novelty Company) Employes Affiliate With CIO Workers at the Wayne Novelty company here have organized a un-; ion, affiliated with the CIO. and > have applied for a charter, Dowe 1 Singer, spokesman for the laborers [ stated this morning. A series of meetings have been held for the purpose of organizing i a collective bargaining agency, the j larorers stated. The management of the company < has been notified of the organization and it was stated that recogni-1 tion has been asked. [ The union was organized under ■ the Novelty and Toy Workers,’and I I is* affiliated with the CIO. Officers I I of the local organization are to be ! elected the latter part of this week, Mr. Singer stated. Norbert Flockenstein, of the Fort Wayne workers' union, organized the loca’ group. Approxixmately 89 men and women are employed at the plant at present. *

Pope-McGill Farm Measure Endorsed By Henry Wallace

STRIKE PICKET BADLY INJURED State Labor Conciliators Intervene In Washington Dispute Washington, Ind , Nov. 17 (U.R) I —Conciliators of the state labor department intervened today in the six-months old lalHir dispute at the Reliance Manufacturing company, determined to settle a strike which yesterday resulted in serious injuries to David Hogle, 24, a picket. Max Schaffer of Indianapolis, a mediator for the labor department, was to be joined by Thomas Hutson, state commissioner of labor, and the two hoped to effect a settlement between the-company and the United Garment Workers of America union, an affiliate of the A. F. of L. Hogle's skull was fractured when he was struck on the head by a tear gas bomb shot l>y special deputy Clarence Shaw. 30, Loogootee. Shaw fired the bomb into a crowd which reportedly had been pelting the company warehouse with rocks. He was held in jail pending outcome of Hogle’s injuries. The deputy said that Hogle had thrown two rocks at the building. He maintained he "shot at the ground in front of the group, and the bomb must have glanced up to strike Hogle.” The incident occurred as workmen attempted to move materials from the warehouse for shipment. They worked under the protection (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) EXPECT RECORD ROLL CALL HERE Red Cross Membership Drive Likely To Exceed 1936 Record Prospects of the most successful Red Cross roll call drive in history are being looked forward to. Walter J. Krick, drive chairman, announced today. In one ward of the city. Mrs. Fred I Heuer reported that out of 15 homes 13 new members were signed and the other two were not at home. A return visit is hoped to enroll these. Any persons who have not been contracted and think that a drive worker has missed them are asked to enroll at the Winnes shoe store, Red Cross headquarters. Executive Here Mrs Ralph L. Feagles, special Red Cross representative from Fort Wayne, visited here yesterday and | expressed considerable pleasure [ over the showing made by the local chapter thus far. In Kirkland township, it is reported workers have succeeded in enrolling the residents almost 100 per cent. Mrs. Feagles expressed the de(CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) . —o A. & I*. Store Head Undergoes Operation Fred Foos, manager of the local | A. & P. grocery, underwent an ap-) pendectomy at the local hospital this morning. He was stricken with [ an attack of appendicitis late last, night while working at the store. Junior C. Os C. To Meet Thursday Night A special called meeting of the Decatur Junior Chamber of Commerce will be held Thursday evening at 7 o’clock in the city hall, Bud Townsend, president of the organization, announced today. At the meeting, plans will be made for the annual Christmas party for the children. The possibility of a Thanksgiving dance will also be discussed. All members have been urged to attend. o BULLETIN Syracuse, N. Y„ Nov. 17. — lll.R) — Harold (Red) Crowley and John Oley, two of the three O’Connell kidnappers who broke out of the Omondaga county penitentiary at suburban Jamesville yesterday, were captured today in a rooming house here without a shot be- ' ing fired.

Price Two Cents.

Secretary Favors Farm Measure In Principle; Administration Plans Face Battle. SOLONS REBEL Washington, Nov. 17 — (U.R) — Secretary of agriculture Henry A. 1 Wallace today told the senate agriculture committee that he favored the Pope-McGill farm bill “in principle.” The house agriculture committee at the same time adopted for its permanent farm bill a voluntary cotton control plan on a tilled acreage basis. Corn and’ wheat subcommittee chairmen said their groups probably would recommend marketing quotas and penalty taxes to make programs for those commodities virtually compulsory. Chairman Marvin Jones. D.. Texas, of the house agriculture committee, said penalty taxes for non-conformity with the cotton (flan were still under consideration. Today’s action gave the bill a big push toward completion, but there was no indication it would be ready for house consideration for at least several days. Concerning the opposing views on voluntary and compulsory crop control. Wallace advised a "mid-dle-of-the-road" policy. With the Pope-McGill bill as a “work bench" measure, the senate committee moved to speed its considerations in order to meet the demands of administration leaders #n- an early report to the senate. Southern senators, who have demanded outright compulsory control In the cotton program, will meet late today to discuss Wallace’s suggestion. The Pope-McGill bill provides "voluntary” compliance in the farm program until commodity prices reach a level to be determined by the secretary. At that | time, a referendum vote will lie taken to determine whether com- | pulsory control shall be enforced. I Affirmative vote by two-thirds of the farmers of a commodity would inaugurate compulsory control. Fight For Program Washington, Nov. 17 — (U.R) —• Administration loaders fought today to save President Roosevelt's legislative program from severe 1 damage at the hands of an unruly congress. Conflict in both senate and house tested the command of the leadership and created speculation whether even the farm bill portion of the program could be enacted by Christmas. A drive to over-ride the administration by immediate legislation to aid business was temporarily shoved aside. In the senate, a southern bloc that had planned a half hearted | obstructionist campaign against [ (he anti-lynching bill came to life with a filibuster that may prevent a vote until the farm bill is ready for debate a week or ten days hence. The crop measure will displace the anti-lynch bill. In the house, the leadership was hard pressed by a Republican amt Democratic outburst that broke out because the farm legislation—prime objective of the special ses(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) DEATH CLAIMS GENEVA WOMAN Mrs. Palmer Sprunger Dies At Hospital This Morning Mrs. Marcella Sprunger, 29, wife of Palmer Sprunger. of Geneva, died this morning at 9:25 o'clock at the Adams county memorial hospital. Death was caused by a bowel obstruction. The deceased was born in Mercer county, Ohio, September 4, 1908, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Maynard Gephart. Death followed an operation at the local hospital last night. Surviving. besides the husband, aro the mother at Pleasant Mills and a brother at Grand Rapids, Michigan. The body was taken to the home at Geneva this afternoon. Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock at the Geneva home and 2 o’clock at the Berne Missionary church. Burial will be made in the M. R. E. cemetery, west of Berne.