Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 276, Decatur, Adams County, 22 November 1937 — Page 1

tjXXW. No. 276.

\ Ifidvorable Report 'J On Farm Measure nJ J Given To Senate 'm p... — t —

|A ? ric«lture Committee rif t , ~ *-■ Make teport l avormu I FarwßeachinK Program . , ~ M.r-jj TO jAkI l armer. I WAiTEN PROGRAM tiU — '”' “*<■ WaAftiion. Nov. 22 - (U.R) i.,~ j. n |„., v idiim iol Biion of hi !l > 1111 a "' l , l "' 1 l;s ■ against*'' ’ - u iiies. wan rfpori- '>'*!>■, y Io lh>- senate today ' —the B ri ' ,ll " ll ' t ' committee. ■ tQKt unanimously agnail ■ upon by ,lIP committee after a ■ week-end session, will permit the |„. t|ll i,,. ■ morrow. Majority leader Allien \V *■ Barkley, D. Ky . said that he ■ hoped to "htain final action on | the bttlK>> th p week end. .*’•* JftHlniated that the farm program Wi I cost a little less than the in soil conservation and approximately ii’om customs receipts DEPffl * 3’ ... alreadßa vailable. Other sstim tes. Including those . of the aci n iiltma- department. '"’ a hare I the cost as high as ’<* 1700,«loo. Mefjjfrhile. house majority lead- *‘® er Semi Rayburn. I).. Texas, said „ after * 1 nf"r,’ni (' with chairman MarrtolJones. I), Texas, of the W«| l ire committee that 11,11 the |Ae should be able to begin debate bn its new farm bill WedneeXr Friday. Rgjlfetm told of conferring with rm Jones Sm added: he might get the bill wmJ certainly tomorrow " is r '' u ' l - v tonight li »l W- 'I «-•!., V 11 ■ th- house ,]S?| it'Mfg I • .t.. y .1 ~- I:. ■ . iWy'' . n.mksgnmi u ■Mt aß| Hasten Program fHH 1 ' - - v "' ;j|M mim-e h oi' i.' rjjjUjSF wSmL ' It -|i 1,,. MB in v umild hasten la "as much ■ in the special session I of «®ress. I Th* ' !• - ' Were Vice I'l esidell! I MWr- iiiumer; senate majority ■ W. Barkley. I). Ky . ' IB TPX I ' imp . ollfel Ird w I e|! ii, his White House ■ Barkley issued the folagreed I much as possible. jB canvassed legisla'ive prosthe A I MH ,l '' ,al HI 11,11 W,:l '"m' '" t I SPnate tomorrow." ■ declined to wlmthei ■ '* ,hp s, ' na ’e draft of the I would be approved by g I bdßßto senate and house. r anything I now.” he said. 'S conference was the second — Mondar morning parley Mr Roose- * 110,(1 w, th the legislative ill lo ®dßs .He called them in last to hear him read his nies- " <®®ITlN’URn ON PAGE FIVE) k i Ch|dren’s Bazaar Will Open Tonight lal children's bazaar will Joseph's Catholic school 5, ill be served at E:3O o’5 women of the parish stival will open about ooths are filled with atrchandise and the public 1 attend. dinner will be served 1 Tuesday evening, the : 35 cents for adults; 20 Hdren. ey 11 the nings.. is the day set aside amily feast . . . the f the year when good eat are much In evlyou are planning on t dinner , . and who you’ll find plenty of s In ►morrow’s democrat >od stores and meat will carry their food i tomorrows issue and nvited to shop these lents.

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i LICENSE LAW ' IS EXPLAINED New State Driver’s License Law Explained By Manager i Explanations regarding ihe new , driver's license law. enacted by the last general assembly, which be- [ comes effective January 1, 1935, , were issued today by Dee Fryback, , manager of the local license bur- . eau. The new law provides for five , types of licenses. First is the be- , ginner's permit. All persons who have not held a . driver or chauffeur's license will ! be required by the law to secure a ''beginner's permit." The per- , mit, valid for 90 days, costs 50 , cents. All holders of this permit must lie accompanied by a licensed , chauffeur or operator while driving during the 90 days, according ’ to the law. If the applicant for the permit is between 16 and 18 vears of age, he must be approved i by the father, mother or guardian. Before beginner's permits are , issued the applicant is required to pass an examination. Fifty-two examiners will work throughout the state. M. E. Hower, of this city, is examiner for the local district. Manager Fryback will accept the application and arrange for an appointment for the examiner. The second type of license, according to the law. is the beginner’s license. After serving the 90 days under the beginner's permit successfully, the beginner’s license may be issued. Those persons under 18 years of ago who held an operator's license in 1937 will also be required to carry a beginners license. The ,license costs 50 cents and is good for one year. Monthly reports are to be made to the state on special report blanks. Failure to make the report is cause for suspension. If at the end of the 90 days permit and one year license, the driver is still under 18, he will be required to apply for another beginner’s license. The third type is the regular operator's license, with a fee of 50 cents, which will be issued without examination to applicants, who have previously held an operator's or chauffeur's license, providing the last held license was not revoked. The fourth and fifth types are two kinds of chauffeur’s license, each of which costs the applicant sl. Class one includes the family chauffeur or the truck driver. Class two includes the driver of a public bus, school bus or taxicab. While no examination is required, certain questions are to be answered. Certain qualifications will also be explained upon application. o— William Heim Taken From Hospital Sunday William Heim, foremaji at the De catur works of the General Electric company, was removed from the Adams county memorial hospital Sunday to his home on North Second. Heim had been a patient at the hospita l after he became suddenly ill 10 days ago. SOIL PROGRAM HEADS LISTED Three Tow/iships Name Soil Conservation Committees Educational meetings on the 1938 soil conservation program were held Friday evening in Washington French and Monroe townships. Officers elected to serve as the community committee are: Wasljington twp. chairman, Frank R. Braun, vice-chairman, John E. Heimann; third member, Everett R. Johnson; a'ternates, Carl E. Barnett and Ben Eiting. French twp., chairman, Henry! Meyer; vice-chairman August Schlickman; third member, Martin alternates, George Ringger land Daniel V. Bertsch. Monroe Twip. chairman, C. W. R. ' Schwartz, vice-chairman, Carl I. Schug; third member, Benjamin D. Mazelin; alternates, Dan Habegger, | | Jr. and Dan Kaehr.

LATEST BLACK CHALLENGE IS GIVEN REFUSAL Supreme Court Again Denies Challenge Os New .Justice I Washington, Nov. 22.- tU.RI The •j supreme court rejected today the | latest challenge to eligibility of Associate Justice Hugo L. Black- " The new petition had asked that I all questions relating to Black's right to sit on the high bench be settled "once and for all." The challenge was contained in j a petition Hied last week by Robert Gray. Media. Pa., and Elizabeth ’i L. Seymour, Salamanca, N. Y. They asked permission to tile I ■ formal suit against President ■ Roosevelt's only appointee to the tribunal. They had filed a similar request earlier which was denied by the court last Monday. Their new plea raised several new questions not 1 previously officially brought to the I tribunal's attention. ' I Among these questions was that of whether Black had perjured ' himself in taking his jurist's oath because of the allegedly irrevoc1 i able character of the oath he took in becoming a member of the Ku ' Klux Klan, and whether he had been confirmed by the senate tin1 der false pretenses because he fail--1 ed to reveal his one time membership in the hooded order. The court granted a Tifftional la- ’' bor relations board petition for re- ! view of the ninth circuit court of appeals decision refusing to com- ’ pel Pacific Greyhound Lines, Inc., to comply with certain NLRD orders. The decision to review the case had been generally predicted when the court, early this month, agreed to review a similar decision of the third circuit court of appeals refusing to compel the Pennsylvania I j (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) O TAX Fl ATES FOR EACH TAX UNIT r All Tax Rates Payable In 1938 Lower Than Last Two Years ■! All tax rates payable in 1938 will ); be lower than in 1936 or 1937, ac- ■ | coring to a table prepared today > by County Auditor John W. Tyni dall. ' The rates became final Saturday ' with the receipt of the report from the state tax board, which made ■ several changes in the budgets and • levies for 1938. The last date for filing remonstrances or objections and for the holding of hearings on • the tax rates has expired. j The tax rates in' Adams county I have been decreasing each year ' year since the depression, due to I economies of local' governments i and greater returns from the state. County Auditor Tyndall is now I preparing an itemized table of inj dividual items which go to make I up the total rate in each of the 18 1 taxing units in Adams county. This will be published as required by ' law for the information of the public in several weeks. i Taxing Paid Paid Pa’ble, Unit ‘ 1936 1937 1938 I Union Twp $1.82 $1.51 $1.31 I Root Twp 1-45 1.24 1.13: Preble Twp 1.09 1.00 .86 Kirkland Twp 1.98 1.62 1.39 Washington Twp. 168 1.60 1.44 : St. Marys . 2.06 1.84 1.75 I Blue Creek 2.38 1.93- 1-57 Monroe Twp 2.14 1.76 1.24 i French Twp 1.48 1.38 1.08 Hartford Twp. 2.50 2.17 1.91 Wabash Twp. 2.24 2.33 1.93 Jefferson Twp. 1.90 2.01 1.80 Berne 2.94 2.95 2.74 Decatur-Wash 2.81 2.74 2.46 ' Decatur-Root ... 2.65 2.45 2.24 | Geneva 387 3.98 3.13 Monroe-Monroe. 2.50 2.11 1.64 Monroe-Wash— 2.04 1.95 1.84 o Hawkins Infant Is Buried Today Fneral services were held Monday afternoon at 2 o’clock for the still born baby of Mr. and Mrs. Wilber Hawkins. The Rev. Glenn Marshall of the Church of God officiated. Burial was made in Spring HiP cemetery. The baby was born Sunday morning at 4 o’clock and weighed ten pounds. She was named Mary Jane. Surviving besides the parents are ; the brothers, Forest, Virgil and Charles and a sister. Pauline; the i grandparents, Mrs. Anna Burk'hart of Monroe and Mr. and Mrs. W. W. | Hawkins of route 6, Decatur.

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Decatur, Indiana, Monday, November 22, 1937.

Garner Helps Check the Census Bl I Vice-President John Nance Garner pulls a number out of his Texas sombrero held by John D Biggers, Director of the Unemployment census. The number 42 designates the key to the country's postal routes j which will be sampled to determine accuracy of unemployment census I being taken.

F. D. R. VISIT IS POSTPONED Physicians Advise Postponement Os Trip To Georgia Washington, Nov. 22. — (U.R)' — President Roosevelt, acting on advice of his physicians, today postponed his visit to Warm Springs. Ga., and scheduled a brief trip to Florida to aid his recuperation from a tooth infection and slight stomach disorder. The new schedule calls for Mr. Roosevelt to remain in Washington until late this week or early i next week. Then he is expected ■ to leave for four or five days flshI ing and relaxation in the Florida j sunshine. He will stop off at Warm Springs on his way back to ! Washington instead of visiting I there Thanksgiving day as he first planned. The president last week suffered from an abscessed tooth and a slight intestinal disorder. He remained in the White House today but had five scheduled callers. The change in Mr. Roosevelt's Thanksgiving plans was announced by White House Secretary Stephen T. Early. Early said Mr. Roosevelt would | delay his southern trip probably | until the later part of this week or the first part of next week. Then, instead of going straight to Warm Springs, he will go to Florida for four or five days iisli(CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) -o Kelley’s Condition Reported Unchanged The condition of 59-year old F. E. Kelley, Central Sugar company employe, who was seroiusly burned by boi'ing beet juice and lime while working at the plant Thursday evening, was reported unchanged today by the attending iphysician. Consderable toxem’a is being experienced by the injured man. the physician stated and but little imI provement has been noted in his 1 condition. I —— ——

I — — I Santa Claus is Invited To Visit Decatur December 6

Santa Claus, the genial old; gentleman, with the long white beard who comes at Christmas time with toys for the children, and gifts of laughter, charity, and good fellowship for all who have the spirit of childhood in their hearts, has been invited to visit Decatur, on December 6 by the DeI catur Junior Chamber of ComI merce, on behalf of the merchants. They have asked him to bring his reindeer, and to send samples of his toys and Christmas gifts, which the merchants promise to display in their windows and their stores. Art’ Invitation has also been sent, to several of Santa Claus’ assistants to help on his visit to Deca-] tur. Santa Claus was requested to send his toys in advance so they may be seen in the Decatur stores and in order that merchants mayj publish pictures and descriptions of them in the newspaper. Santa Claus has been asked to bring his Christmas order book with him in order that children too small to write, may whisper j their Christmas gift orders to him personally. Members of the Junior Chamber]

John Johnson Narrowly Escapes Death Saturday | John Johnson, Monroe, narrowly | escaped death from carbon monoxide gas Saturday while in the garage at his home. , Mr. Johnson had the motor of his auto running while filling the radiator with alcohol. When he failed to appear for lunch, Mrs. Johnson investigated and found her - husband slumped on the running . board, with hie bead inside the car. Enlisting the aid of Mrs. Susie Reppert and William Smith neighi hors, Mrs. Johnson removed her ' Husband from the garage. At first 1 feared dead, Mr. Johnson was un- ■ I conscious for two hours. His condition was reported improved today, ’ i although he is stil Ibedfast. YOUNG STUDENT > TAKES OWN LIFE — “White Lie” Told By 15-Year-Old Sweetheart Blamed For Act i Chicago. Nov. 22.--(U.R) A “white lie” 15-year-old Loretta Harynex 1 told Warren Sinclair Stanley, 17, i 1 i her sweetheart of four years, was ' . blamed by investigators today forj’ . the youth's suicide. i "I told him 1 was going to have | a baby," the girl said. "It wasn't ' , true at all. I just wanted to make ' ’ him happy.” Stanley, student at the exclusive 1 Missouri Military Academy. Mexi-j' co. Mo., and son of a wealthy Chicago manufacturer, shot and killed himself early Sunday after the stolen car he drove was wrecked in suburban Berwyn during a po- 1 lice chase. Loretta, an alluring brunette, is ' a first year high school student.' Clad in a fur coat and wearing a : half-veil, she sobbed as she told state policemen she had loved the i boy since grammar school days. “We loved each other," she said.; i “He was anxious to get married.] He wanted to quit school and go (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) i ,

t lof Commerce stated that it was I; probable that Santa Claus would ] < accept the invitation because of j t j the fine reports they have received 'from the parents and school teach-1j , ers of the boys and girls of Deca-11 tur and Adams county. ; Here is the invitation that was sent to Santa Claus this morning: “Santa Claus, l “North Pole. ] “Dear Santa: • "The children of this community ! have been so fine during the past ; year we would like to do something t for them and we can think of nothj ing that would please them half so f ] much as a personal visit by Santa Claus. Is it possible for you to ■ i | come to Decatur on December 6 ] and in addition to your reindeer ], bring some more of your animals,i and friends from the Northland? ’’All of the children for miles t around will be here with their par- j r j ents to greet you and we will all have a big party. We think our s , children deserve this treat and we t ' want you to let us know if you can j come just as soon as possible. i “Yours for a bigger and better a j Christmas. F “The Merchants.” J

JAPANESE PLAN i FURTHER RAIDS ON CHINA CITY Chinese Defenses Near Nanking Are Reported Crumbling Shanghai, Nov. 22 — (U.R) —Forj signet's who had. remained in Nanking made hasty preparation to evacuate the capital today on the strength of reports that Chinese defenses to the south were cracking and that Japanese air saids were impending. United Slates Ambassador Nelson T. Johnson already was aboard the gunboat Luzon, which will steam up the Yangtze river tomorrow for Hankow, leading the general evacuation of foreign embassies. For more than an hour today six Japanese planes power dived, bombed and machine gunned troops moving southeast from the city toward the Wusih-Kiangyin defense line. Unconfirmed reports said that Wusih, pivotal point of the Nanking defenses, had fallen. This would remove the last big obstacle in the way of the capture of Nanking. The Japanese bombing squadron drew no reply from the Chinese forces. The city was strangely quiet because all anti-aircraft has been removed to Hankow. Remaining residents were apprehensiw>. believing that the Japanese wtTe aware that Nanking was without air defense. Japanese warships and airplanes rained hundreds of bombs on | Kiangyin in preparation for an I attack. Chinese reports also said that Japanese warships bombarded Langshan, on the north bank of i the Yangtze, halfway between the mouth of the Whangpoo river and: Kiangyin. Military experts believed that the bombardment was! in preparation for a mass movement against Kiangyin. A Chinese spokesman asserted. | meanwhile, that Japanese troops I in armored boats which attempted ] to cross Lake Taihu for an attack i on Changhsing were repulsed with i (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE). I 0 _ Colored Christmas Lights To Be Strung On Streets Os City » — * The colored Christmas lights will again be strung over Second. Monroe and other streets in the shopping district, city officials announced today. M. J. Mylott, superintendent of the electric department of the municipal utility, has placed an order for a couple thousand 25-watt colored ; lights. The bulbs are colored on the i inside so the colors will not wash off. The lights will be strung acrose the streets from one ornamental light post to the other. Each string will be made up of one color. It is planned to have the lights turned on by December 11, if possible, Mr. Mylott stated. YOUNG PEOPLE TO GIVE PLAY St. Peter’s Young Peoples Society To Give Play Two Nights The St. Peter’s young peoples society will present “Clover Time,” | a three act comedy, Saturday and Sunday nights at 8 o'clock,-at the St. Peter's Lutheran school in Root township. Action of the play in Marysvale, a small town in the Susqueanna valley. M. A. Greunke is director of the presentation. The cast of characters follows: Peter West, poor but honest—i Edgar Fuelling. Sally West, “isn’t she the sweetest thing”—Leona Dornseif. John Flint, owner of the hardest ] heart and fattest pocketbook in town —Wilfred Scherer. Fanny Flint, his wife —Frieda Dusick. Harry Flint, her son — Wi'bert Fuelling. Katherine Flint, John Flint’s niece from the big city—lrene Fuelling. Stumpy Smith, Peter's pal and the toughest guy in the sesquehanna valley—Erwin Franz. Fatty McCullogh the town constable with lots of law but very little order—(Alvin Bohnke. Emmaline, Caroline and Margoline, three Brown sisters who ’ive in a red house on Green street —Adele Fuelling, Elleft Fuelling, Alice Hoile.

Sit-Down Strikers , Evacuate Plant Os Fisher Co. Today

HOWARD COFFIN IS FOUND DEAD ) Friend Os Two Presidents Found Dead Yesterday Morning I Brunswick. Ga.. Nov. 22.- <U.R>— I A coroner s Jury will decide, probably today, the circumstances leading up to the mysterious and violent death of Howard Earl Coffin, 1 nationally known industralist and r Intimate friend of two presidents. Coffin was found shot to death in I his apartment in one of the several ; l hundred winter homes of northern [ millionaires on Sea Island in Brunsj wick Bay yesterday mornijig. A ( i single shot from his hunting rifle had penetrated his brain. The ] rifle was beside him. All that was known was purely ! negative. Coffin could not have been slain. He was seen to enter I I I the apartment after he had been downstairs to breakfast and the ( I apartment was empty. The rifle was beside him in such a position ; as to show that the bullet had been ] fired by himself. Coffin disposed of his own elabor- ’ ate estate after the death of his I first wife in 1932. It had been used as a summer white house by his 1 friends, former President Calvin Coolidge and Herbert Hoover. He was widely known and respected as an industrialist and was prominently mentioned for a post in President Hoover's cabinet. He was best known for his assoI ciations with the automotive and (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) ARREST 27 IN ■I MORALS BAIDS State Police Nab 27 In LaPorte, St. Joseph County Raids Michgan Cty. Inc., Nov. 22—(UP) Twenty-five women and two men were' held here today on morals charges following raids last night by state police on five resorts in La Porte and St. Joseph counties. Those arrested were questioned by Federal Bureau of investigation agents concerning a suspected i white slavery ring. The G-men re- ! fused to disclose what their questioning revealed but it was reported ! that proprietors of the establishments be charged with federal ini come tax law evasion. Twenty-four state police, led by Lieut. Ray Fisher, raided the five resorts simultaneously. In La Porte county, arrests were made at the homestead and the Blue Moon, both about two miles east of here, and at an establishment located in an abandoned school house. in St. Joseph county, state troopers raided the Fan Inn, eight miles east of South Bend, and the Riverside Inn east of Mishawauka Sixteen women seized in the La ] Porte county raids were being held I in the La Porte county jail. They i probably will be tried on morals charges. Nine women and two men were arrested in the St. Joseph county raids. They are expected to appear before the justice of the peace in South Bend. Police also seized a number of slot machines. o Elks Plan Thanksgiving Eve Dance Wednesday The Decatur lodge of the B. P. O. Elks will hold a Thanksgiving Eve dance at the home on North Second street, Wednesday night at 9:30 , o’clock. Admission for the dance, which is for members only, will be |1 per couple. Bill Miller and his orchestra from Fort Wayne will furnish the music. o — TEMPERATURE READINGS DEMOCRAT THERMOMETER 8:00 a. m 19 10:00 a. tn 22 Noon 28 2:00 p. m 30 3:00 p. m 30 WEATHER Fair tonight and Tuesday; continued cold tonight, not so cold west and south portions Tuesday afternoon.

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End Six-Day Sit-Down Strike After Martin | Makes Personal Plea To Strikers. \ LEAVE PLANT Pontiac. Mich , Nov. 22--(U.R) - Five hundred sit-down strikers in the closed |>lant of the Fisher Body i- corporation terminated their sikI- day strike today after' Homer i. Martin, president of the United , Automobile Workers Union, had j pleaded with them for more than I an hour to return to work. i A personal appeal by the youth--1 ful union head climaxed 24 hours 1 of concentrated effort by high . union officials to break the strike. I Martin went to the closed plant a this morning after previous threats 9 and promises had brought no response from the sit-downers. r As Martin left the plant, after 3 a conference with strike leaders r that lasted one hour and 20 mini utes. he was followed by the first > of the strikers. » “It's all over, boys," he told i newspapermen waiting at the i gates. He started to tell reporters that . the plant would be evacuated imi mediately, but his words were I lost in the rush of the self-impris-i oned strikers for the gates. 1 "We hope that this will mean . the men can return to work toI morrow,” Martin said. "General . Motors corporation will be notified i immediately.” Almost at the moment that the . strikers, some of them bearded and | unkempt, moved out of the closed plant, Martin revealed his intention to attempt immediate negotiations over the grievances which precipitated the strike—the alleged lay off of almost 100 Fisher workers, and later the announced determination of the corporation to punish the four known “perpe- | trators " of the sitdown strike. I A full day of vigorous attempts Ito "break” the strike, which mII eluded conferences between Martin and 21 of his 24-tnember general executive board, had failed when the bespectacled union leader was summoned to the plant this morning By telephone. Jubilantly. Martin related that the strike settlement was “accidental” —the result of a chance visit to the plant by one of his henchmen. While officials of the union, groggy after all night conferences, prepared for bed, Leonard Netzorg, assistant to union counsel Larry 8. Davidow, ventured into the Fisher plant. The strikers wanted to talk the situation over with this union man from outside. Wasn't it true, they asked, that President Martin was afraid to come into the plant to talk to the men? Netzorg telephoned his superior at the Waldron hotel, and by mistake was connected with the Martin suite. The union president was in bed. Netzorg told him of his advices and Martin jumped into his clothes, hailed a taxicab and drove 'to the plant. Board members had ordered breakfast after an all-night session (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) TO DISTRIBUTE XMAS SAVINGS Approximately $20,000 To Be Distributed By Local Bank Approximately $20,000 will ba distributed to members of the Christmas Club of the First State Bank here on Friday, December 3, T. F. Graliker, bank president, announced today. This figure is far above the average, Mr. Graliker stated, exceeding by about 25 per cent the amount distributed last year, despite the lower amounts prevalent in other sections of the country. Approximately 625 persons joined the club during the past year, which is also a substantial increasa over last year, he stated. Nationally, according to a bulletin of me club, a total of $320,000,000 will be distributed to about 6,600,000 members. The Christmas Club for next year will be opened the sama week, immediately following the* distribution of this year's savings, and members of the local bank anticipate an even greater number than before.