Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 36, Number 126, Decatur, Adams County, 27 May 1938 — Page 1
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I® HIGH faCEMENT ■jINKOAV H| (>rll i i: pion ■L \ie Held For flHfii) Seniors ■H ... ■> v. i iKet ■K '' X1 " 1 "" |k ■.■•.. |^K.. ........ ;,IlIII!;< i .... -. in ■ .. to HL :li.. music for HKL trthman Honored silting the graduating Guy Brown, the school the class had Kj ~ . » ;. 'h. purpose of i.r- ... loved Martin superintendent of - of ■■iLispi. I. by the girls' Bbtra tallowed by the pro<li. invocation by the Kit V. Cr.llrilil. pastor of the ■. rkn 11 Three songs “PilBt I Pipes of Spring" ■D 1 S were sung by the K i.k superintendent iuii,..lii ed the speaker < .. . I. Ainom Bi-'Jfi. >ur." followed liy the By 11 ' °f the graduating ■ Ityl Mr. Brown. Diplomas Bjrer tied the class by Ira B. pfesid’ tit of the board of BtaL anil tlie benediction was. by the Rev. David Bfer, kstui ut the Salem EvanB*l a I Reformed church of suiir. "Themes from Was played by the girls' The class marched out while the orchestra ■i 'i 11. S." ■ his address: “Living Like ■ Dr. Cordier pointed out Btet person in the audience comforts than the roy|ttf a lull years ago. for whose every resource of the EB?‘ IS htvished. The roylliwi! better than 95 per cent. I whose standard of ■ little better than the ia r as material things ■■cerned. B*t ' himself jointly to the B'") and their grandchilIh> the graduating class he two generations in the civilization began life different conditions." himself as a parent as between the two genera- J f he began his courting j B r ' and buggy and finished I of change increased : F’ TON PAGE THREE) i lIEH DETOURS B WEEK END additional Detours To ■Established Over Holiday ■tional detours will be set Md the city over Memorial B Baker, district highway •udent, stated today. on roads leading south B e city will ibe held up until B ‘oliday, Mr. Baker stated. B ol ' re-surfacing of Second V the north end continues, |T kmen expected to reach ■■dreet before the week-end. B “it federal road 27 around M end of the city is tne only H* detour. The detour route B on federal road 224 and ' Piqua road to 27 at Mil- j K 1 " 1 as w °rk reaches that ■ d ic will have to be rett Uttl out ot the city on both | federal roads. The newly Lp| , routee will not he open i f or some lime. i
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Son Is Born Today To Sheriff’s Wife A new deputy arrived today tc assist Sheriff Dallas Brown during the last seven months of his term 1 as sheriff of Adame county. Mr. and Mrs. Brown are the par ents of a husk.y eight pound, seven I and one-quarter ounce baby boy, . ■ born at the Adams county memorial hospital at 9:46 this morning. Both mother and babe are doing nicely. The new arival has not been named as yet. This is the first boy in the family. F.D. R.SLAPS AT PROVISIONS OF TAX MEASURE Allows Tax Revision Bill To Become Law Without Signature Arthurdale, W. Va., May 27-<U.R> —President Roosevelt announced to this mountain community and a nationwide radio audience today that he will allow the new tax revision bill to become law at midnight tonight without his signature. It was the first time since he became president in 1933 that he had taken the unusual course of allowing an act of congress to become law without his signature. The president announced his action in an unprecedented speech delivered to an audience of 200 mountain residents of this new deal-sponsored rehabilitation community on the occasion ot the graduation exercises of 13 high school students. His words, however, were carried to the nation at large by radio networks. He spoke from an improvised platform set up in the gymnasium of Arthurdale's white clapboard schoolhouse — the community center of a tiny mountain hamlet of only 14S families. The president declared that his unprecedented tax bill action was taken for the deliberate purpose of calling attention to "those unwise parts of the hill” to which he objects. The $5,330,009,000 revenue tnea(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) RESERVATIONS FOR I. U. MEET Reservations For Banquet Next Week Must Be In Saturday Dwight Peterson, president of the City Securities corporation of Indianapolis, a former Decatur resident and a member of the board of trustees of Indiana University, | has informed G. Remy Bierly. presI ident of the Adams county alumni society, he will attend the annual banquet of the society Wednesday | evenihg “if at all possible." William Kunkle, publisher of the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette and also a member of the board of I trustees of Indiana University, has accepted an invitation to attend the banquet. The principal speaker is to be Clarence McNabb, of Fort Wayne, chairman of the district Indiana University Alumni organization. ( The banquet is to be held in the Rice Hotel Wednesday night at j 6:30 o'clock. Tickets will cost 75 I cents and should be reserved with | Mrs. Ralph Yager before Saturday I night. All graduates and former stu-1 | dents of Indiana University as well I as students and former students in ' Indiana University extension cen-1 I ters have been invited to attend. An invitation is also being extended to those high school students and graduates who are intending to enter college soon. The progress made by Indiana University and plans made for its future development are to be ex-1 plained. Candidates File Expense Lists Three more candidates filed expense accounts today. They were. William Adang, Jefferson township trustee candidate and John H. Borne Kirkland township advisory board candidate, no expense; August F. Baker, Hartford township trustee candidate, sl. ♦ | NO PAPER MONDAY — In accordance with annual custom, the Decatur Daily Democrat will not publish an edition | next Monday, May 30, Mentor- | ial Day. <
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e Charges that improper cost accounting had deg ceived the public about the expense of TVA activif ties were made by Dr. Arthur E. Morgan, ousted 1 chairman of the board, when he testified before a congressional committee checking into operations
FRAUD SUITS I FILED TODAY 1 Three Suits Charging ’ Fraud Are Filed In Circuit Court > I Three suits charging fraudulent ( i conveyance or asking damages i have been filed in the Adams ciri cult court. * ( One suit was filed by Erma R. , and Martin L. Lehman against Har- . old E. and Mary Lehman, charg- ,' ing ttiaT the plaintiffs were the I ! owners of 80 acres of land on a, . date not given in the complaint, -j It is charged that on that date 1 Erma R. Lehman was sick and had been sick for a long time prior and I was by reason thereof easily sus I ceptible to “the influence, arts and ' j persuasions of others." It was ‘ also charged that Martin L. Leh- ' man was "greatly worried because of the illness of his wife, Erma R. I Lehman." J It was stated that the defend ant, Harold E. Lehman, a son, ; "knowing of the weak and enfeebl- ' ed condition of the plaintiff corruptly contrived and intended to ! profit thereby to defraud" the ’ plaintiffs to convey him the prop- ■ erty by warranty deed without any 11 consideration, and the land is worth $5,000." The complaint re- ■ ’ cited that the plaintiffs have de- ■ ; nianded the return of the real es-' . [tate but the defendants refused to ! give it back. ; Summons were made returnable, June 10. Nathan C. Nelson appeared for the plaintiffs. Tlie second case was brought by , I Rose Lantis against Frieda and | Paul Habegger. In this, it was j ' charged that on June 12, 1935, An- ' ton Zurcher was the owner of an ; (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) (
CHICAGO WOMAN BRUTALLY SLAIN Mother Os Two Children i Attacked And Slain By Negro Chicago. May 27- (U.R> —While her two children and her sister slept in nearby rooms. Mrs. Florence Johnson, 34-year-old register-1 ed nurse and wife of a city fire- ' man, was attacked and beaten to i death with a brick early today by a negro who fled through a broken window. j it was Chicago's fifth such ■ crime since May 29, 1936. In only I two of these have convictions been | | returned. Bricks were the murder | I weapon in all cases. j Capt. John Prendergast, chief of Chicago's uniformed police force, took charge of the case and said. "This is one case we're going; to crack.” . Before police even arrived at the scene, they arrested an 18-yeai-old negro whose right hand was scratched and clothing blood-stain-ed. , And two hours later, a second suspect—a 27-year-old negro—was seized by police. Mrs. Johnson's attack-murder oc(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)
ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY
Decatur, Indiana, Friday, May 27, 1938.
City Light, Power OH' Monday Morning City light and (power will be shut off between 5 and 6 o’clock Monday morning. May 30, while workmen transfer transformers at the city plant. The electric load has grown to such a point that the present transformers of 800 amperes must be replaced with 1200 ampere transformers. The transformers are in connection with the main switchboard at the plant and since the lines carry 2300 volts, work cannot proceed without disconnecting the electric load. ULMAN TO HEAD ANNUAL PICNIC L. Ulman General Chairman Os St. Mary’s Picnic June 12 Chairmen for the fourth annual St. Mary's parish picnic have been named and arrangements are being made to serve one of the largest crowds in history at Sun Set park on Sunday, June 12. Leo Ulman, active in Knights of Columbus and church circles, has been named general chairman for« the picnic. Joseph Laurent will again serve as treasurer. Tickets for the dinner sell at 35 j cents. It is planned to begin serving at 11:30 a. m. Supper will also be served. Other committees appointed by Mr. Ulman are: Dinner tickets: Herman Knapke, chairman; William Lose, Jr., Francis Wertzberger, Ralph Reed. Help in the dining room: Alex | Tanvas, chairman; Harold Tester, Edward Noonan. Coffee making: Fred Colchin, chairman.
Refreshments: Pop: William Schumacher. chairman; James Murphy, Edward Geimer, Bernard i Staub. Ice cream: Anselm Hack-1 Iman, chairman; Louis Kelly, Ar- , thur Meyers. Trucks: Herman Heiman, chair-[ man. Concessions: Fred Schurger, | i chairman; Lawrence Beckmeyer,! chairman; Herman Miller, chair-! man. The public is invited to attend the picnic and dinner. Ample park-! ing space is provided at Sun Set park and plans are underway to j serve a larger crowd this year than (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) Q
Seniors Present Gift To Sponsor Miss Mildred Worthman, sponsor | of the senior class of the Decatur j high school, was presented Thurs- ! day with a cameo lavalier as a gift I j from members of the c.ass for her I work and guidance of activities during their last year at the school. o—Graliker Attends Banker Convention T. F. Graliker, president of the First State baulk, will return to his office Saturday, after attending the Indiana state bankers’ convention ■ at French Lick during the past few ; • days.
of the project. Dr. Morgan, shown conferring with Walter Kohoe, his former assistant, was forced out because of his feud with David E. Lilenthal. shown ! at the hearing, and H. A. Morgan, the other two members of the board.
PLAN TRIBUTE | TO WORTHMAN Memorial To M.F. Worthman To Be Placed At New School As a fitting tribute to the man in whose heart the success and j wellbeing of Decatur’s school child was ever uppermost, a fund has bee netarted here to finance the erection of a memorial to the' late Martin K. Worthman, former I school superintendent and for years the city’s defender and i champion of young Decatur and I the student. In a prominent niche of the new $245,000 junior-senior high school, long a cherished ambition of the deceased pedagogue, it is planned to place the memorial. The credit for conceiving and being the first contributors toward I the memorial goes to the members of the 1938 graduating class of Decatur high school, who last night received diplomas significant of their graduation from the institution. The entire cash balance in the class treasury was given into the care of Principal W. Guy Brown to be used as a foundation for further contributions toward erection of the memorial. The contribution replaces the cusotnary gift to the school by ■ graduating classes each year. Consider Plaque A plaque, mounted in a conspicuous corner of the new school, i I which is to be completed this fall, i is being considered as a proper memorial. There the plaque will stand as, a constant reminder to the school ' (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) ■ WAGE-HOUR BILL IN CONFERENCE ——- ; Southern Congressmen May Force Revision 1 In Measure i Washington, May 27. — ((U.R)I—, 1 —, The wages and hours bill, passed . by the house Tuesday night, went I' to a senate-house conference today [ where its rigid provisions faced i 1 probable revision to satisfy south- I 1 ern congressmen. Opponents of a universal wage |' standard held little hope of writ- i ing definite differentials into the I 1 bill, but it was 'believed likely that j > provisions would be made for con-I 1 sideration of geographical differ-1’ ences in connection with fixing! wages and hours. ( The house bill starts with a 25 cents per hour wage minimum which would increase to 40 cents in three years. A 44-hour work week for the first year would be 1 decreased to 40 hours after two ; 1 1 years. Under the senate bill, passed last summer, a labor standards board J is authorized to adjust wages and ‘ hours on a basis of local economic J conditions and other factors. One J member of the senate conference (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) t
TRAINMAN DIES AFTER ACCIDENT NEAR VAN WERT Bert Young Os Ft. Wayne Fatally Burned As Train Hits Truck Van Wert. O„ May 27.—<U.R> - Bert Young of Fort Wayne, Ind , engineer on the Pennsylvania railroad's Liberty Limited, died in the hospital here early today of burns received when the locomotive struck a large semi trailer truck at a Lincoln highway detour crossing. three and a half miles east of here. M. E. Ferguson of Fort Wayne, i tireman of the locomotive, was I burned seriously but was expectI ed by hospital attaches to recover. The truck's cargo of starch exploded when the train struck, enveloping the locomotive cab in flames. George Alt, the truck driver, and Lloyd Berkey, his helper, both of Elkhart, Ind., escaped injury. The ' truck was enroute to Baltimore. Md., and the train was eastbound, i The locomotive was disabled and ■ train service on the route was delayed two hours. The accident occurred last night land Young died at 1:15 a. m. today. The trainmen were burned by flames from the truck's cargo of i starch, believed to have exploded ; iat the impact. Wreckage of the j I loaded trailer was Scattered 309 j feet along the right of way and i was consumed by the flames. The train, eastbound, struck the 1 trailer of the truck and seared it I off. leaving the tractor unit standi ing in the highway, a detour of U. !S. highway 30. The truck belongi ed to the Ready lines of Elkhart ' and was en route from that city to Baltimore. The occupants were I only shaken up. i It was reported to state police, i investigating the wreck that Alt, j i the driver told a railroad detective I from Fort Wayne that the truck, had stopped for a west bound j freight and that as the freight passed, over the crossing he start(CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) AUCTIONEER TO VISIT EUROPE Col. Fred Reppert Leaves Thursday On Flying Trip To Europe The name of Col. Fred Reppert, local auctioneer now nationally. known, is to 'become of internation-; al renown soon, it would seem at [ present. Col. Reppert, who has for years been establishing an enviable reputation throughout most ot the Unit- 1 I ed States as an auctioneer of un- ] eualled ability and training, will i sail tonight from New York to Eu-1 , rope to seek new fields. 'Col. Reppert flew to New York (from Fort Wayne, leaving Decatur late Thursday afternoon. He sails from New York on the Bremen, disI embarking at South Hampton, Eng-1 land. The cruise, while iparttally a plea-1 I sure trip, embraces a business visit I to the more prominent livestock | 'marts of the European continent. ; He first plans to visit his fath-j er's birthplace at Sarbuchen, Germany and then go to Switberland. and from there to the Percheron ' horse farms of France. In Belgium,! home of the famed Belgian horses, 1 he will visit with several business! associates, whose acquaintances lie has formed in his work. Stock shows and sales in Scot- j land, home of the Shorthorn cattle. ! will be next on the list, followed by a visit to Italian stock farms and places of interest. The trTp will I wind up at the Herford cattie farms of England. All of his European traveling will be done 'by plane to save time. The return trip will be made on the Queen Mary, repute dto be the (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) j n Crude Oil Odor Permeates City A heavy odor of crude oil permeated the air in the North Second street area last night and many persons thought an oil well had been struck. The odor came from the tar and oil spread on Second street, preparatory to resurfacing it. The atmosphere was heavy with the crude oil smell for a few hours, clearing away after the material was spread on the street.
100 Persons Are Injured Today In At Akron
CHARGE THREAT MADE ON LIFE OF ROOSEVELT House Committee To Probe Activities Os “UnAmerican" Groups Washington, May 27 — (U.R) Representatives who will conduct I a house investigation of “unAmerican” organizations and foreign pro- ' paganda said today that they would ! produce affidavits to prove that threats had been made to assassinate President Roosevelt. Overwhelmingly and without a record vote, the house created a seven-member special investigating committee yesterday to investigate the activities of the German-Ameri-can Bund, communists and any j groups suspected of opposing the j American form of government. Speaker William B. Bankhead shortly will appoint the members ' who will be empowered to sit any- ' w here in the United States during I the congressional recess and to ! subpoena the leaders of allegedly I “subversive” groups. Rep. Martin Dies. D.. Tex., as author of the investigation resoI lution, will serve as chairman. ! Chairman Samuel Diekstein, D. N. Y., of the house immigration committee, a foe of alien governmental philosophies and author of a similar measure rejected by the house last year, said that he expected to be “forced to serve as i assistant chairman." Dies told the house yesterday that a threat against the presi- ( dent's life had been made at a i recent meeting of an organized ' group. The American League of , Peace and Democracy has been represented publicly as possessing at least three such affidavits. Dies' remarks recalled a meeting of an organization called the Silver Shirts at a meeting in the Great Northern hotel at Chicago on Sunday. May 8. Following that meeting it was announced that secret service agents were investigating a report that a member remarked (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) -— o Request Merchants To Display Flags ■ Decatur merchants are requested i by officials of the American Legion to display flags in front ot I their business houses Monday, Memorial Day. The officials also announced that all school children marching in the Legion parade Mon- ! day morning will be given flags. o — C. C. Directors, Fair Committees To Meet The board of directors of lite De(catur Chamber of Commerce and chairman of all street fair conunitj tees will meet at the auto license : bureau office, Madison street, at 17 o’clock tonight. AU members are | urged to attend, as important bueij ness must be transacted. TRIAL BY JURY I IS POSTPONED Jury Trial Set Today Postponed, Change Os . Judge Sought ; The Jury trial, which was to have been opened in Adams circuit court this morning failed to materialize and the jury was dismissed. The panel was to have heard the account suit of the Wolverine Port- ! land Cement company against the I Manefee Art Stone company, orsI ginally set for this date. Upon a motion for a change of 1 venue from the judge, the court dis- ' missed the jurors after they had reported for duty. Nathan C. Nelson filed appearance for the defendant. L. H. Dunten is plaintiff's counsel. The jury was informed by the court that no cases have been set for them for some time and that they would be notified when their services were required. The agreement upon a special judge to sit in the case is expected to be reached soon.
Price Two Cents.
Police Battle Pickets For Three Hours And Threats Made To Call , National Guard. GOODYEAR PLANT Akron, O„ May 27—(UP)—Po1 lice and pickets battled bitterly for three hours today in a riot which caused injury to at least 100 persons and gassing of hundreds more, as officiate threatened to call national guardsmen to enforce order at the strike-beseiged Goodyear tire and rubber company plant. Adjutant general Emil F. Mark [ at Columbus ordered 3,000 guardsmen in central and northwestern . Ohio to “stand 'by” for possible strike duty. Hundreds of Akron WPA workers marched to the Goodyear picket- : lines today in a sympathy strike. Officers moved against embattled ipinkets with tear-gas and nightsticks in the early morning, when, ' police said, they refused to observe a “neutral zone" set up before the plant. The pickets retaliated with stones. Night sticks cracked again and tear gas clouded a fighting front a half-mile long. Blood stained industrial Market street lined by plants of the companies which make most of the world's tires. Many bystanders, watching the fighting, were injured. Some treated themselves or declined medical . examination and their number could ■ not be estimated. The pickets!! dividing themselves into three sections, drove back at 1 police. Many climbed roofs and threw bricks. Derbis littered the street. Police, to meet the attack, ' formed in three platoons and drove 1 forward with a new barrage ot tear 1 gas. Several fired into the air with their service pistols. After a lull in the fighting police forced angry pickets to move back several blodks tor entry of a shift (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) COUNTY AGENT CLUB SPEAKER L. E. Archbold Explains 1938 Farm Act At Weekly Rotary Meeting Lawrence E. Archbold, agricultural agent of Adams county, discussed the 1‘938 farm act at the weekly meeting of the Decatur Rotary club Thursday evening at the Rice hotel. Stressing the point that the welfare of the business and industrial men of Decatur is tied up closely with the welfare of the farmers ot Adams and surrounding counties, the county agent explained briefly the purpose of farm legislation and programs of the federal government. Delving briefly into farm history, Mr. Archbold pointed to parity prices prevailing in this country in 1910-1914, or immediately preceding the World War. At this time, the speaker ipointed out, the price which the farmer received for his products was on a parity with the price of commodities which he purchased. During and after the world-wide conflict, exports of farm products increased greatly, with the farm prices increasing, although not as rapidly as other commodities. However, the agent pointed out, when the United States, cognizaut of the fact that European nations apparently had no intention of paying the huge debts owed this counry, no further loans were made, thus halting abruptly further exports tq these nations. As a result, Mr. Archbold stated, farm prices dropped sharply, far under parity with other commodities. And during these years of im(CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) — o TEMPERATURE READINGS DECATUR THEREMOMETER 8:00 a.m. 66 2:00 p.m 82 10:00 a.m. 68 3:00 p.m 80 Noon 73 WEATHER Mostly cloudy, thundershowers tonight and possibly in east portion early Saturday; not much change ip temperature.