Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 27, Number 129, Decatur, Adams County, 30 May 1929 — Page 1

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record expected TO FALL AT 500 MILE AUTO RACE Thirty-Three Drivers Stake Their Lives Against Chance For Fame WEATHER IDEAL FOR GREAT RACE Indianapolis, May 30.—(U.R 1 —A brilliant sun heralded In a day which carried all the earmarks of □ "scorcher” for the running of the seventeenth annual 500-mile automobile race here today. Crowds jammed the downtown street corners awaiting buses, taxis, trains and traction cars shedding their coats and constituting a colorful scene rivaled only ty the Kentucky derby. Indianapolis, May 30. —(U.R) —Staking their lives against a chance for fame, 33 race drivers begin the annual 500-mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway race today. As the drivers lined up in 11 rows of threes for the start, it was believed that the winner would break all records in the last race in which the present type of racing car will be used. Tiie American Automobile Association has decreed that the tiny engines, cne-seater type of automobile will go out of existence this year and that a two-seater, with a larger type of motor will come in for next year s race. This fact led drivers to shoot at a record today, inasmuch as they are agreed that two-seaters cannot approach the present mark which was made by Pete DePaolo in 1925. DePaolo ran the 500 miles at an average of 101.13 miles per hour. Three Have Good Chance At least three drivers were conceded a chance to break the record if their cars hold up. One of them, Leon Duray, is known as the “daredevil" cf the track, and the other two. Cliff Woodbury and Ralph Hepburn are among the best in the country! Duray has what is believed to be the fastest car in the country. Although he was driving it at a speed approaching 130 miles an hour in tests before the race, he did not run through his qualifying heat fast enough to gain the pole position. Woodbury took the pole at a speed of slightly more than 120 miles an hour and Duray was surprised that his car did not average 125. The field is the fastest ever to win places in the contest. Not an entry averaged less than 103 miles an hour for the ten mile qualifying trials, with Cliff Woodbury, Chicago, hitting the peak at 120 1-2 miles per hour. There were far more entries than are permitted to participate, and it was a case of the survival of the speediest in the qualifying runs. Several things united to make the (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) O HEAT WAVE CHIPS THIS COMMUNITY Mercury Soars To Near 90 Degree Mark; Many Take Outings Today “Old man summer”, with all his sunshine and heat, came intodlecatur and this community this week and took complete chnrgc of weather conditions. Tiie meicury scored a new high mark for the season yesterday when local theremometers registered around the 88-degree mark during the afternoon. Little relief from the hot weather "as noticed later in the evening and today the sun was out bright and early, giving every indication of another record hot day. The day was almost perfect for outings and hundreds of people motored to lakes and other amusement centers to enjoy the holiday. Weather forecasters predicted several more days of hot weather. Farmers in this community gathered optinjism from the weather, after an "’’seasonal spring, and many farmers throughout the county were in their fields early today getting them ready ■or planting, which should have been don e by now. The farmers are still optimistic flout the crops this year and they say ’rat crops will be normal if the weather continues good.

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PLAN CAMPAIGN OF INDUSTRIAL ASS’NJ Directors Set Membership Goal At 200; Vote To Hire Secretary “Secure 200 members in the next two weeks." This was the goal set at the regular meeting of the board of directors of thp Decatur Industrial Association, field last night at the association's rooms on Second street. Plans for securing the membership were discussed and it was decided to employ a secretary for two weeks in! June to look after the renewal of memberships and also the soliciting of new members. At present, there are 150 members in the association and it is the hope of the directors to raise the membership to 200 in the next two weeks. . The annual membership fee of $5 was retained, and all merchants, professional men and manufacturers will be urged to join the local association. Plans also were discussed for aiding in several projects in Decatur and committee reports were heard and discussed. The president, Dick Heller. and William Linn, secretary, were appointed by the directors to secure an acting secretary for two weeks to assist in the membership drive. o Auto Overturns At Street Intersection; No One Hurt A man, whose name was not learned, drove his Ford sedan into the curb at the corner of Fourth and Jefferson streets about 5:30 o’clock Wednesday afternoon to avoid striking another car driven by a local young ladv. As the Ford struck the curb, a front tire blew out, causing the car to overturn. The driver crawled out and, with the aid of several other people, he set the car back on its wheels and was able to proceed. The one front fender was damaged lyo Van Wert Man Hangs Self; Note Found On Body Van Wert, Ohio, May 30-t Special) — Charles Ross, 37, committed silicide Tuesday night, by hanging himself in a private garage at 621 North Chestnut street. Ross had been rooming atthat address. Police found a note on Ross’s body, addressed to a woman, which read, “I can’t live and see you go with anyone else.” o- —— St. Marys, Ohio, Youth Killed In Auto Crash Celina, Ohio, May 30—(Special)— Edison Taylor, 18,' son of Mr. and Mrs. Orland Taylor, of St. Marys Ohio, died at tiie Otis hospital here yesterday morning, of injuries sustained in an automobile accident three miles northeast of Celina. Tuesday evening. The young man's neck was broken. He was a senior in St. Matys high school and would have been graduated last night. The car in which he was riding with two other St. Matys boys, turned over in a ditch, when the driver became blinded by the lights of an approaching car.

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Gov. Leslie Reserves Box Seats At Races For Lindy And Anne Indianapolis, May 30.—(U.R)—Two box seats at the 500 mile automobile race here are being held for Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and his wif.e by Governor Harry G. Leslie it was learned today. The governor was said to be acting on a “hunch’’ as he declared no word had been received that the elusive honeymooners would be here. .—o —j

CENTRAL SCHOOL MAKES AWARDS Final Awards And Leader And Digger Pins Are Given Out W. Guy Brown, principal of the Central grade school, today announced the list of final scholarship awards and the leader and digger pin awards for tiie last six weeks of the school year at Central. Ten members of the SA class received final scholarship award pips. This is the largest number of SA pupils ever to receive tbe final award pins since tiie present system of scholarship awards was instituted three years ago. Final scholarship award pins, which are in tiie shape of a key, significant of the key to high school, were awarded to the following 8A pupils: Sara Jane Kauffman, Pauline Marshall, Edwina Shroll, Mary Catherine Toney, Miriam Haley, Eileen Burk, Kathryn Hower, Dorothy L.ittle, Maxine Manley and Minnie sV>yer. Other final awards were made as follows: 7A pupils—Marie Teeter, Ida Mae Steele, Barbara Krick, Pauline Hakey, Marjory DeVoss, Mary Cowan, James Cowan, Myles Parrish, Faye Eichar_ and Mildred Hesher. 6A pupils—Alice Jane Archbold, Vera Clevenger, Martha. Erma Butler, Harriet Fruchte, Mildred Gause, Helen Gay, James Harkless. Helen Jones and Madeline Spahr. $ 5A pupils — Agnes Nelson, Billy Schaffer. Floyd Ely and Harry Moyer. Leader and Digger pins for the last six weeks of school were awarded as follows: 8A Leaders—Sara Jane Kauffman, Mary Kohls, Pauline Marshall, Edwina Shroll, Mary Catherine Toney, Miriam Haley, Eileen Burk, Kathryn Hower, Dorothy Little, Maxine Manley, Minnie Moyer, Mary Grace Zimmerman, Theodore Sovine, Franklin Keller and Dick Sutton. 8A Diggers—Dick Macklin and Marion Feasel. SB Leaders— Mary Maxine Brown, ■ Gertrude Brandyberry, Virginia Mil--1 ler, Forest Baker, Eugene K'nodel, Glenice Tindall. 7A Leaders— Faye Eichar, Marcella ' Gilbert, Ellen Gephart, Mildred Hesh- ' er, Joyce Riker, Ellen Uhrick, Marie ! Teeter, Ida’Mae Steele, Helen Suttles, Genevieve Koos, Barbara Krick, ' Pauline Marshall. Ruth Foughty, 1 Roselyn Foreman, Marjory DeVoss, Mary Cowan, Helen Becker, James Cowan. Myles Parrish, R()l)ert £^ le (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

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DISCUSS STREET FAIR FINANCES Finance Committee Lays Plans For Drive; Seek Money For Farm Show The size and success of the fall agricultural exhibit and show to be given next September in connection with the Decatur Free Street Fair will depend largely on tbe success of the drive by a finance committee among Decatur merchants, Joseph Laurent, chairman of the street fair finance committee, stated tSday after a meeting held by his committee last night. Every cent collected from -local business men will be used on the agricultural exhibit, it was decided by the finance committee. Money collected from concessions will be used Io defray all other expenses of the fair. The same method of soliciting used by the Old Home Week committee last year will be used again this year and each local business house will be assessed. At the committee meeting held last night, the assessments were readjusted, and plans for the campaign to secure the funds will be announced later. Besides Mr. Laurent, Dan M. Niblick, Leo Ehinger, William Linn and Dick Heller are on the committee. A sub-committee of 50 local men will be appointed to aid in the soliciting of founds. Other street fair committees which have been organized will report at the general committee meeting to be held Friday night at Legion hall, and the actual work of arranging for the big week will start at once, it was announced today. —o NEW HISTORICAL BOOK PUBLISHED Interesting Data And Pictures From Adams County In Publication “Historical markers and public memorials in Indiana, ’ compiled by Jessie P. Boswell and published by the historical bureau of tiie Indiana library and historical department, Indianapols, is- the title of a 106-page booklet just out. The compilation of the information has required about three years, containing a list of all markers of historical value in tiie state. The first one in the book is Adams county with a list of the soldier’s monument, representing peace, first of its kind erected in the United Sstates; the Adams County Memorial hospital, erected to the memory of the men who served their country in the World War; elephant rock, a memorial to Mrs. Gene Stratton Porter by the school children of Adams county. Tiie chapter includes a photograph of the soldier's monument and it is the finest looking one in the entire book.

FORMER GENEVA WOMAN KILLED IN AUTO WRECK Mrs. Earl Havelin Victim Os Crash; Accidents Take Three Other Lives YOUTH DROWNS; TRAIN KILLS TWO| Wabash, May 30,—<U.R>—A drowning of a Manchester college youth and an automobile crash involving persons bringing a pulmotor to the scene of tiie first tragedy cost the lives of two persons and injured five ottiers, three perhaps fatally, here late yesterday. Walter Highley, 19, of Converse, a student at Manchester college at Ncrth Manchester, was drowned in Long Lake near Laketon. when he attempted to swim across and was seized with cramps. Rescue Car Wrecked James Slee, driver for a local grocery truck, carrying a pulmotor In response to calls from the lake, was I unable to avert a collision when an | automobile carrying Mrs. Earl Havelin of Portland. Ind., and seven chil-, dren. emerged from a side road. Mrs. Havelin was thrown out and killed instantly. Slee was so badly injured that doctors said that he might not recover. A small child of Slee, in the car with him. was also Injured, but not seriously. The Havelin car was being driven by Bert Havelin of Indianapolis, a brother-in-law to Mrs. Earl Havelin. Two of the seven Havelin children were seriously hurt. Mr. Havelin was slightly hurt. Three ambulances were sent from (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) .~r— °~~ BRITAIN GOES TO THE POLIS Seventeen Hundred ( andidates Seek 615 Seats In Parliament By Kendall Foss (United Tht s Staff Correspondent I London, May 30—(UP)— Polling is proceeding today in tiie 615 constituencies of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to choose a new Parliament. More than 1,700 candidates a:e asking seats in the new House of Commons. Tiie present strength of the parties follows: Conservatives 397 Labor IG2 Liberals Independents ‘ 612 The voting booths have been open since 8 o’clock this morning ami will remain open until 8 this evening. Few policemen are in evidence at London polling stations ami it is expected the day will pass off quietly. Today is not a general holiday, though in many parts of the country it is the regular weekly early closing of shops day. Nevertheless, a big rush is expected in the last few limits when working people and business men come to cast their votes. Polling is done in school houses wherever possible or else in some convenient county or municipal building. Every effort is made to prevent duplication, impersonation and other forms of evasion. No Party Ballots The voter is presented with a slip on which are printed the names of the canidates alone. There is no indication of which paity each represents. Voting is generally done in open booths parti tioned off from one another. Party representatives are present at most polling stations to instruct those who do not know which party the candidates stand for. Immediately after 8 o’clock to-night the boxes will be sealed and taken to the town or county ball where the doors are locked and the counting begins. In cities and thickly populated areas the counting usually is under way by 9 o'clock and the first returns ate announced well before midnight, in scattered districts where it is difficult or even dangerous to transport the precious ballot box to tiie counting rooms at niglit, the work does not commence until the next morning. Owing to the addition of more than 5,000,000 new young women voters to the register, it is expected that tiie task of counting will be unusually slow this year. Although in many dis(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

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Official Timer EW J . , M ’ ■ J J Mrs. Alice Hoffman Trobeck, Amer-ican-born. adopted duagjiter of France, who will be in the pit at Indianapolis as official timer for Louis Chiron. French speed demon, during the international 500-mile Memorial Day race. VALUE OF AUTOS SHOWS INCREASE Adams County Has Fewer Cars Than In 1928 But Value Is Greater Although 23 fewer automobiles were assessed in Adams county this year, the total value is more than the valuation of a year ago. figures compiled by County Assessor Jay Cline show. This year. 3,398 automobiles and trucks, with an assessed value of $693,898, were reported by the township assessors, as compared with 3,421 automobiles and trucks, with an assesst sg value of $661,923 in 1928. Mr. (’line stated that he believed the total number of automobiles in Adams county, would he greater this year than a year ago, following a cheek up of tiie assessors reports. Tiie figures used above were taken from the weekly reports of tiie township assessors and it would be easy. Mr. Cline stated, to miss many cars. The number of horses in Adams county decreased about 200 in a year, the figures of the county assessor show. This year, -1,257 horses were listed by the assessors as/compared with 4,481 in 1929. Tiie value is about tiie same, in 1928, the assessed value was $335,371 and this year it is $335,311 which shows that horses have a higher value than a year ago. The number of chickens took a decided drop this year. Tiie township assessors reported 13.865 dozens this year, as compared with 15,455 last year. The value this year is higher than a year ago. In 1928, the value was $666,813, while tills year the I value is $724,087. A gain was made in the number of households assessed this year, there being 3.917 household assessments as compared witli 3.846 in 1928. The >value of all household goods, as assessed by the township assessors was $724,087 this year as compared with $666,813 in 1928. Tiie figures for 1929 follow: Item No. Valuation Farm Implements 1540 $222,849 Autos * Tractors .. 3398 693,898 Horses . 4257 335,311 Mules 243 20.475 Milch Cows 8169 550,640 Other Cattle 5439 181.047 ON VAGE FIXE) 0 Man Hunt For South Bend Bandits Under M ay z South Bend, May 30.—(U.R)—Detectives and deputy sheriffs from several northern Indiana counties combined in a search today for three bandits who kidnaped President Richard M. Johnson of the South Bend State bank and a taxi driver and robbed Johnson of $13,100 in currency. Johnson and the driver, who were conveying money between banks here, were taken shortly before noon yesterday ito a house under construction near the city limits, bound with wire and tape, and ordered not to move for half an hour. A tip that the bandits had driven into Michigan sent a squad of pursuers northward, to search tiie lake and resort district in the southern section of tha tstate. Johnson gave authorities a good description of the robbers.

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MEMORIAL DAI OBSERVANCE IS HFLDINDECATUR American Legion Posts Os Decatur An d Geneva Sponsor Program Here REV. L. N. ROCCA GIVES ADDRESS Veterans of various wars anil Adams county citizenrv joined today with bowed beads to pav tribute to Ibe dead heroes ol all wars involving Ibe United States. A great Memorial Day program, sponsored by the Decatur and Geneva posts of ibe American Legion, was carried out throughout this morning. Numbered among the first tn gather at the Adams county courthouse, were several veterans of the Civil War. One or two. were dressed in tiie blue uniforms, worn by the soldiers of tbe 60’s. Veterans of other wars also were present to hear the concert by the Dunbar band, of Berne. At 9 o'clock, an automobile procession was formed on Second street and the war veterans and many local citizens motored to tiie Decatur cemetery. where a service was held by tbe American Legion. Following this service, the procession moved to tiie St. Joseph Catholic cemetery where a similar service was held. Naval Heroes Remembered At 10 o'clock, a parade was formed and flowers were thrown into the river at the Monroe street bridge in honor of the dead naval heroes. Memories went hack today to other years and small groups congregated along the streets in the business district to hear once more some of the thrilling experiences of the soldiers. Following the procession to the river, the Rev. L. N. Rocca, veteran of the World War and pastor of the 1 First Episcopal church at Fort Wayne delivered a public address, on tiie court house lawn. Rev. Rocca pa : d a great tribute to the soldiers of all wars, both living and dead, and urged that International peace through preparedness be carried out by all citizens. Through the efforts of the Legion,, all cemeteries In the county, were visited and every soldier’s grave was decorated with an American flag. The program was concluded at noon. All Decatur dressed up for (he day and tbe business district was bedecked with flags. Many local residences also were covered with bunt-, ing and lawns were decorated with flags. There was no set program for the afternoon, but various organizations held memorial meetings throughout the rest of the day. OFFICER FACES BRIBERY CHARGE Clinton County Surveyor Indicted By Grand .Jury; Free Under Bond Frankfort, Ind., May 30 —(UP) —Nelson T. Amos, 35. Clinton county surveyor, is free under $2,000 bond pending trial on an Indictment charging two counts of bribery. On one count, Amos is charged with offering to permit substitution of materials in construction of a bridge by General Michael, it being alleged that he offered to divide with Michael, the contractor, proceeds of using a cheaper material than specified. Solicitation of a SSOO bribe from Wilbur C. McDonald, sand and gravel company agent, Is charged in the other count. 100 Perish In Forest Fire On .Japanese Island Tokio, May 30.—(U.R) More than 100 persons, including 40 school children, were reported today to have perished in the teriffic and uncontrolable forest fire which has been raging on Saghaling Island for the last four days. Thousands of the inhabitants of the island off the coast of Siberia were homeless as a result of the conflagration which was still raging. Several townships were threatened, according to latest reports.

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