Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 27, Number 181, Decatur, Adams County, 31 July 1929 — Page 1

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holders of new flight record receive praise pilots And Plane Ikscend Inbeaten Alter. 420 Hours Aloft ——— I Hl OBJECTS OF fl KIHT ACCOMPLISHED I — —l Louis .I.H. 31 U.R) - The 1 I#nge »t flight In history at a S1 Took off a,n - J ‘‘ ly V', . | Equalled Angeleno’s record 2:01 p. m.. J ll '.'' - ’ . Started establishing new record I 301 p. hi.. July - s - OCicial l.n...ing time 7:38:30 p tn.. July 30. ! To.al length of Hight 420 hours ! 21 minutes 30 seconds. ' Total time beyond Angeleno's record 173 hours 37 minutes 58 seconds. Total fuel consumption. 3,590 gallons. Times refueled. 77. Estimated joint earnings of pilots 32 per minute, totaling approxl- | mately $31,250. By Paul Weber, UP Staff Correspondent St. Louis. July 31 — U.R?—Aviation's | [ newest heroes two grinning young I . men who look as if they were go- . , ing to a party' received the plaudits es the world today, having made tie! ! longest airplane flight since mankind . f learned to fly. Out in a lunger at Lambert S, ' Iquis airport, a slim orange mono- i plane stood, its motor 'silent and its i •heels on the earth for .the first tlmo j j *lB days. The boys are Dale "Red" Jackson. | . and Purest “Okie" O'Brine. and tin i monoplane is the St. Louis Robin i Those three names today were famous. Up 420 Hours, 21 Minutes The Robin landed at Lambert field las’ night at 7:49, having remained in continuous flight for 420 hours, 21 1-2 minutes—or 173 hours and 37 m’nutes longer than any other plane that ever flew. Plane and pilots descended unbeaten. Jackon and O'Brine brought the ! plane to a perfect landing with the I power on, unconquered and unwilling, i still believing “we could take the ! same, ship and break the record we ' hare just set" they landed under ord ! ers from Major William B. Robertson, chief sponsor of the flight, after it had been decided that all objects of the flight had he n accomplished, and a record far in advance of all ex' peeta’ions had been set. In other words the Robin came , (CONTINCEp ON PAGE THREE) BUDGETS TO BE PREPARED SOON Heads Os Taxing Units In Counties To Estimate Expenses For Year Heads of the various taxing units ■md incorporated governments in Adams county will be busy during the ni'intli of August, preparing budgets °f estimated expenses for next year. August is the month when the bud,e,g are prepared and submitted to he governing bodies tn the various! axing units and the tax rates are ixed during the first week in September. bounty, township, school boards 'it) governments must prepare 1 n budgets during the month of Wu*t. estimating the expenses for next year and, after the figures are •n the county, the assessed valuh'lon is tower this year than a year sim f ‘ x P enßes are about the »®e. it IS likely that there might be known 1- we th ® taX rate ' Lt ls not ' b» klnd of a program .will btiildin erUk<?n ‘ n reßard t 0 bridge filing next year. This program ~a le or less affects the county tax . lln u‘ e bu,,getß Os 'he various taxing and item Pllb!lahe( ’ according to law tive « nOt included In the tentafigures cannot be added after ne adoption of same.

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Killed few -.v J.« jj<7 ft W Jbs : 1# A \ Geotge Lee Lambert, son of Maj. Albert Bond Lambert, St. Louis millionaire, who crashed to his death at Lambert Field. S'. Louis, when the plane in which he was riding fell close to the scene where his friends. Forest O’Brine and Dale Jackson, were setting their endurance record ] The pilots of the St. Louis Robin did not see the accident. CATHOLIC SCHOOL HEAD APPOINTED The Rev. John Babst, Os Bluffton, Named Superintendent Os The Diocese Fort Wayne, July 31. —The Rev. John Babst, pastor of St. Joseph's Catholic ihurch at Bluffton, has been appointed to the position of superintendent of the Catholic schools in the diocese op Fort Wayne, according to an announcement made by the Rt.j Rev. John F. Noll. D. D., bishop of j Fort Wayne. The appointment was made at a special meeting of *he| school board which was held recently I at Victory Noll, Huntington. Father Babst will succeed the Rev. Albert E. Lafontaine who served in] that capacity from 1901 until his I dea’h last November. He is especially fitted for the position of superintendent of schools as he has taken the educational course at Notre Daniel university where he received his Bachelor of Arts degree and where he soon would have received his Master’s degree. He will continue his studies in September when he wiil at-j tend the superintendent’s school at the Catholic university in Washington. D C. Father Babst was ordained in 1921 and served as assistant at St. Joseph’s Catholic church, at Mishawaka until his appointment to the pastorate at Bluffton. The members of the school board who made the appointment are: The Rt. Rev. John F. Noll, D. D., bishop of Fort Wayne; the Rev. F. J. Jansen of Hammond, president; the Rev. Lawrence Monohan. of Lafayette, secretary; the Rev. John M. Schmitz, of Peru, and the Rev. Thomas Travers, of Anderson; the Rev. R. E. Kelly, of Huntington:,and the Rev. Joseph Biernacki, of Otis. — o More Arrested In Jay County Still Case Portland, July 31. — Additional arrests have been made in connection wl'h the finding of a huge liquor still on the William Manor farm, near Powers Station, Sunday. Sain Boguski and Manor were arrested by Sheriff Lon Wehrly, on charges of manufacturing liquor Clarence Green, arrested Sunday, is still confined in the county jail, in de- | fault of $2,700 bond. Officers claim I that Green was the owner of the still found at Boguski’s place. —: o GROCERY IS ROBBED South Bend, Ind., July 31. —(U.R) - An armed bandit forced his way behind the counter of a small grocery here last night, snatched a package containing SI,BOO which was on hand for cashing customers' pay checks and escaped.

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ORA SMITH IS ARRESTED HERE THIS MORNING Decatur Man, Arrested In Illinois On Car Theft Charge, Returns Home FACES BAD CHECK CHARGE HI2RE NOW Ora 'Smith, 21, who was released yesterday from the federal jail at 1 Chicago, where he had been held fol-! lowing his arrest at Homewood, j 111., last Friday, with Roy Smith. 24. j of this city, and William Bland, 16,1 of Paulding, Ohio, when they were! driving a stolen car, was rearrested '.his morning by Sheriff Harl Hol- 1 lingsworth and Chief of Police Seph- j us Melchi, at hie home here, on a | charge of issuing a fraudulent check , Smith was arraigned this morning In the Adams circuit court and asked 1 for more time in which to plead. He was taken to the Adams county jail. I Smith's statement, his morning to [ local officials did not correspond to j the statement given to federal auth-1 orities at Chicago, it was stated. Two Held At Chicago Roy Sm<’h and Bland are still being held in Chicago where they were taken from Homewood. It is understood. however, that the two w’ill be transferred to the federal court at South Bend. Ora Smith this morning denied any knowledge of stealing the Chev-! role’ sedan in which he was riding when arrested at Homewood. He sa‘d that he had taken Roy and Ernest Smith B<> Paulding last Wednesday afternoon in a car he had purchased here from the Dierkes second hand automobile lot. He said that he had paid $5 cash for the car and had given a check for $25. It Is this check on which the charge was filed here today. He later is said to have sold the car at Paulding for $1 to a second hand dealer in that city. Ora Smith said that after he sold his car at Paulding, he caught a freigh' train and returned to this city about 11 Wednesday night. He said that about an hour later. Roy Smith and Bland came to Decatur and asked him to go with them to Illinois. • He said that he thought the men were in Bland's car. It later developed, that the car was stolen at Paulding and '.hat Ernest Smith’s (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) HOLO VESTRIS WAS NOT FIT British Board Os Trade Announces Finding In Sea Disaster Brobe London. July 31.—XI.R>— The steam er Vestris was not in safe condition when she left Hoboken last Nov. 10, and was not in a fit condition to encounter the perils of what proved to be her final voyage, the British board of trade found today in making public the report of its investigation of the Vestris disaster. The court found that overloading contributed to the sinking of the vessel with the loss of 111 lives, and adjudged the responsible officers of Sanderson and Sons. New York agents of the Lamport and Holt line, owners of the vessel, guilty of “wrbngfvl act and default which contributed, to the loss of the Vestris.” The court censured the late Capt. William J. Carey, who went down with the ship, for not sending out an S.O.S. earlier than he did. The court made eight recommendations as a guard against future disasters. Among the recommendations were the following: That the same protection for safety of life which is afforded immigrant sh'ps by means of board of trade supervision and inspection should be extended to all foreign-go-ing passenger ships. That the board of trade invoke the assistance of consular and other independent respor/Hble authorities to observe the record of draughts of British vessels sailing from foreign ports and report to the board of trade. That the boat list for passengers and crew should be prepared and boat stations exercised before sailing. That, data on stability should be supplied to the ship’s officers.

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Fish Are Eager To Be Caught In Wisconsin Lake; Jump Into Boats Rhinelander, Wls., July 31.— (U.R) - I So eager are the fish in northern Wls-! cousin lakes to be caught that they | leap right into the fishermen's boats.. Dr. J. H. Miller, Pana. 111., captured a 14-inch Walleyed Pike at Planting Ground lake and Leo Charbonneau, Chicago, throttled a 40-iuch Muskellunge which jumped into his lap at 1 Twin Lakes. o JURY CHOSEN TO TRY DR.. SNOOK Eleven Men And One Woman Selected To Decide Fate Os Alleged Slayer Courtroom Columbus, 0., July 31 — Twelve jurors to decide the guilt ori innocense of Dr James Howard Snook, ( former Ohio Slate University professor accused of the murder of Theora I Hix, were accepted today. They include 11 men and jne I woman. A 13th to act as alternate should any I of the 12 become Incapacitated will be ! chosen before evidence is taken. The twelve accepted are: O. L Weaver, clerk; Clyde Moody, farmer; Edward W. Hoe. salesman; Roy S. S iffey, engineer; Howard E. Brown, confectione: ; Jacob Rehl. salesman; Frank Joyce, mechanic; Helen F- Lunsford, housewife; E. S. Baird,, retired funnel, Raymond Hann, 1 farmer; U H. Belthasar, grover, C. S. ; Butcher, Carpenter C. S. Butcher, carpenter, passed to fill the vacant seat. Both sides announced acceptance of the jury a< constituted. | 0 Grandmother Os Decatur Woman Dies At Albion Mrs. J. W. Clovse. 77. of near Albion, grandmother of Mrs. William Linn of this city, died at the home of her daughter. Mrs. Chauncey Herron. of near Albion. Tuesday morning. Death was due to a stroke of apoplexy. Mis Clouse had been a resident of Noble county for many years. She was a member of the Methodist church of Albion. The husband. J. W. Clouse, preceded Mrs. Clouse in death. Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock at he Methodist church of Mirriam, Indiana. Burial will be made in the Methodist church cemeter: at Mirriam. o Democrats Plan Six Regional Meetings Indianapol’--. July 31. —(U.R) — Six regional mee'lngs will be held late in the summer to assist local Democratic committees in municipal campaigns this fall. R. Earl Peters. Democratic state chairman, announced today. The meetings will be held at LaPorte, Lafayette, NewAlbany, Evansville and Fort Wayne. Dates were not set. The state committee. Peters said, has been urging special efforts In citv elections to strengthen the organization for the congressional election in 1930. SCOUT JAMBOREE FORMALLY OPENS American Boys Lead Parade Os 50,000 Youths Into Arrowe Park Arena Arrowe Park. Eng., July 31.—(U.R)'— Thirteen hundred sturdy young Amer leans, representing the flower of the boyhood of the United States, march ed into the vast arena here today as the great Jamboree of Boy Scouts of the world was formally opened. Americans led by the van, and the rhytihmic swinging stride of the straight, healthy looking boys from overseas brought thunderous cheers from the crowd. Behind them in the huge parade came Australians, Armenians, Brazilians and so on through the alphabet, until approximately 50.000 young men representing 71 nationalities had pat ailed past the stand. They were reviewed by the Duke of Connaught, uncle of the king, who made a speech of welcome formally opening the Jamboree.

LARGER FUND IS ' AUTHORIZED FOR ROAD BUILDING State Budget Committee Allows $500,000 Increase In Budget LARGE INCREASE IS PAVEMENT PREDICTED — Indianapolis. July 31.—<U.R>— State I highway commissioners today planned their depar ment operation under I the new $500,000 construction division I budget increase, which was allowed; by the state budget committee, after | much controversy. The inctease convers only the fiscal year of 1929-30. no action by the budget committee having been taken on the next year as commissioners requested. Under the new commission policy, made pcfsiEjki by the increase all construction work will be under William J. Titus, chief engineer of the devision, and the maintenance budget of Chief A. H. Hinkle will be slashed from the present $4,000,000 to $1,500,000. Foimerly the maintenance division had charge of laying blacktop pavement and the construction division dealt largely with concrete. To Enlarge Personnel The budget increase permits an Increase in personnel from 256 to 559 employes. Titus, wtio led the presentation of arguments for i'is adoption, pledged tliat not more than $550,000 of the $1,120,720 will be spent. He pointed out that salary increases were necessary to retain an adequate sass. but that now only 16 per cent are getting maximum salaries. The new budget allows increased maximums on all salary classifications. Trtus predicted an 86 per cent increase in pavement during 1930-31, over the 1928 total, and pledged expenditures not to exceed $850,000, but no action was taken by the committee. Two Indiana Men Held For Larceny In Illinois ‘‘’springfield. Ills., July 31 —(UP) Unable to furnish lx>nd for $1,500 each, Hollon Bivin and James Milligan. Hot lx of Indiana Harbor, Ind . were held in Sangamon county jail here today on grand laiceny charges. Waiving hearing when they appealed before a justice of the peace, they were ordered held for action of thb county grand jury. The two men were attested in Texas. LINDBERGH HAS TWO ACCIDENTS Tires Punctured On Two Landings Tuesday; Lindy And Anne Unhurt Newark. N. J., July 31.—iU.R> —Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh met with their second airplane accident of the day when they landed at the Newark airport late last night. It was almost a repetition of the mishap that occuired at Columbus. O . earlier in the day. As they came down to the airport here, the flood lights at the field were thrown on. A tire on Lindbergh's plane blew out, and the left wheel and left wing of tiie ship were broken. Neither Lindbergh nor his wife was injured. Without commenting on the accident, the Lindberghs went ny automobile to the Morrow estate at Englewood, N. J. Lindbergh was flying his speedy Curtiss Falcon and was returning from a business trip through the west. When the Lindberghs landed, the nose of the plane plowed into the earth and the motor was not pulled away until early today. Lindbergh cut off the motor quick ly to lessen the danger of fire. The flier and Mrs. Lindbergh got out of the plane unassisted and apparently unperturbed by the accident "Boy, that's tough luck; that's the second crack-up I've had today," Lindbergh remarked to the night manager of the field. Mrs. Lindbergh helped unload four suitcases and three bundles from the plane. It was the third landing accident the Lindberghs have had. The first one was in Mexico City before their marriage when Lindbergh brought Hhe plane down after it had lost a wheel in the air-

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Her Beauty Wins - ? ’ i ill wk» wwT id I I ' hr , > Miss Nannette Sparks (above) of Rb-sellville, Alabama, was chosen as the most, beautiful from among 1.600 students at the University of North Carolina Summer School. Twelve hundred votes were cast. Miss Sparks winning hy a majority of 700. autocrowFed OFF HIGHWAY Four Men Escape Serious! Injury In Accident Near Monroe Today Four men escaped serious injury at 1 o’clock this afternoon when the sedan in which they were driving was crowded off Federal road No. 27, a mile north of Monroe, by a Ford coupe driven by a woman, whose name was not learned. The car struck the west ditch and ran along, within inches of a barbedwire fence. The car was finally stopped before it. turned over, and it was only slightly damaged. Three of the four men received bad cuts on their heads from ihe jolt when the cat struck the ditch. Otis Hirons, of Fort Wayne. Albert Kelsey, of Monroe and Clinton Fisher, of Kalamazoo, Michigan, were brought to a local physician's office where their head injuries were dress ed. I', was necessary to take about eight stitches in Fishers forehead to closs up the wound. The other two men were less seriously injured, but stitches were necessary to close each wound. Hirons. Kelsey. Fisher and L. " Larimore, of Fort Wayne, were going to Monroe after completing arrangements to take the body of Kelsey’s mother away on a local train. Fisher was driving the car. | The E'ord coupe was coming north. | Two women were in the car. and. according to the men. the Ford driver refused to move from the center of the road. In an effort to avoid tin I accident Fisher swung .his car and it struck a ditch, running along in the ditch for several yards before stopping. Larimore said that he grabbed onto the seat of the car and his head did not strike the top. He was uninjured. The men were unable to obtain the license numlier of the Ford coupe and the driver did not stop. Describes Tour Through East At Lions Meeting Don Farr, who has just returned from a. 2,100 mile motor trip through the east, gave an interesting talk at the weekly meeting of the Lions Club, last night, in which he described his tour- Mr. Farr made the 2,100 miles in five days and six nights, taking time for stops at Washington, Annapolis, Baltimore, Newark. Philadelphia, Atlantic City. New York. Albany. Buffalo, Niagara Falls and Detroit. He arrived in Auburn, N. Y„ last Friday evening. shortly after the serious riot had broken out in the state prison there He spent a few hours there, watching the battle between prisoners and tiie guards and troopers. John Stults was a guest of the club last night. o HAS ANOTHER PROSPECT Paris, July 31.—(U.R) According to tiie newspaper Petit Journal. Prince Serge Mdivani, who is'being sued for divorce by Pola Negri, motion picture actress, will marry the singer, Miss Mary MacCormick, after the divorce.

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GERMAN AIRSHIP IS SCHEDULED TD START AT 3 A, M. Three Women Included In List Os Passengers For Trans-Ocean Flight START OF FLIGHT AROUND THE WORLD Eriedi’ichsluil’en, ' iernuiny, July 31. (U.R) Tlx’ Graf Zeppelin will start her t light to the United Slates, a preliminary to a voyage around the world, at 3 a. in. tomorrow. Commander Hugo Eekener announced today. Three women will be among the passenger.-, on the dirigible’s third attempt to fly the Atlantic westwaid. The second attempt failed. Weather Threatening Friedrichshafen. Germany, July 31. —(U.R) —The world-famous dirigible, Graf Zeppelin, straining at its ground ropes heie in the huge Friedrichshafen ait drome to be away on its second flight across the Atlantic to Lakehurst, N. J., may be forced again to postpone its sailing date. Officials of the Zeppelin works today said that it was unlikely tliat the big ship would start Thursday at dawn as had been contemplated because of repotts of a suddenly approaching k’prm which might cut. across the Zeppelin's path. — o Showers Tonight Expected To Bring Cooler Weather Indianapolis, jidy 31 (UP)-Show-ers, predicted for Indiana tou.ght, were expected to bring relief from the heat wave which lias held the state in its grip for more than a week. j H. Armington. U. S. weather forcaster here, said showers probably descend tonight and that cool winds from the Canadian northwest would tend to shove the mercury downward. Temperatures today ranged about the same as yesterday, Armington said. Official weather reports yesterday showed Vincennes as the most torrid spot in the state with a reading of 97 Madison. South Bend. Columbus and Evansville bordeied on tiie 97 markIndianapolis' reading was XS. Wheatfield remained the coolest with 60 degrees. o American Convicted Os Manslaughter In London London, July 31.—4U.R' - Richard J. Reynolds, wealthy young American was found guilty of manslaughter in old Bailey court today ami was sentenced to serve tive months in prison in the second division Reynolds was ordered to pay cos s of prosecution. DECATUR YOUTH SERIOUSLY HURT Harry Baumgartner. 18, In Fort Wayne Hospital Following Auto Wreck Harry Bamgartner. IS, of this city, was injured in an automobile accident at Foit Wayne, yesterday afternoon. Baumgartner, who Iris been working at Fort Wayne this summer, was riding in a ear driven by Richard Baker, formerly of this city- Two other cars collided and one of tiie cars struck the Baker car. Baumgartner was taken to the Methodist hospital where his injuries were regarded as serious. An artery on the left side of his face was cut. and lie lost considerable amount of blood before reaching the hospital. Baker was'not injured. — o Film Companies Declare Truce In Film Talkie War Uindon July 31 (UP) Leading American film companies declared a (nice in the fil mtalkie war today. The Famous Players-I,asky, MetroGoldwyn. United Artists, Universal, and Warner Bros., concerns issued a statement declaring tiie truce in he strife over interchangeability of talkie apparatus They declared willingness to use their talkies with any make of talkie apparatus which a committee of independent experts should approve.

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