Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 28, Number 137, Decatur, Adams County, 10 June 1930 — Page 1

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ME TAX IS ItHIEF PLANK HF DEMOCRATS HSr afformlAdopted at State E Conclave Today In Indianapolis lrtv i EI’UBKCANS ■are target Indianap''lis. June io.—'U.R) -Democrats launched their ««]•( 30 campa gn in Indiana to--2E yon a to'uminous platform plete with vigorous stands Emtettmiling issues, and "I uGMtafti* n of Republicans 45 fifepublivanism. A direct income tax. old re pension, and registration -•-S>i voters,:floc :| mm'd th“ ni"-! iniWi, Ht planks. Only on [prohibition wen- tin'Wi noerats fee itmit about assert ms On ■' use to Hollow the ILepublii an sil and ißnain silent. ■■i, Responslbili y and denunciation ./."j, jfe heaped ipon lite Republican , ThJ, rty for the rime wave, tin guv , tier’s eOSrgency fund, use of ■ ate police for advancement of ( ilitical ambitions, and for the Hiding tariff bill, “greatest outge sought to lie perpetrated on a ■ t!i iffering, «x burdened people.” As in th" platform two years w Demoen s attacked the natnal and Stale administrate • •hsiti larging ■jiticul corruption that liity is resulted n widespread evils. ::r "We indict Im master politicians ■ ’S [the Repntmcan party." the plat ”’•1 nn reads, “for crimes that have .tiled, debased and confounded j conduct that ipt.«d and corroded conscience; r the lust and lure of privilege . S ;U at nas brought about the am t ion- 1 t? off of seat in the United States -iisi mate priniaies; for the into! rresult of reckless p tiding. ”■ : The platform recommends that < :o p le burden of taxation on real roperty be lessened and that "an K-OiUe tax, witli exemptions not < iss liberal than those of the Filial income tax, be adopted at ast for Btat> and school aid pur)fl MSB.” The platform also recoin i r nds “pffiv ion for equitable coltetion of Itate aid funds for poorr school districts, and the proper. toiWßt, an A efficient distribution of ®* '.botftion of the fee system. wSpjieh wad presented the Ib publi |/“ piatfori committee and reIbed. was recommended in the ON PAGE FOUR) o Tire Cutting Several Reports have come to lo SlAtoliee officers the last several *Mt« Concerning the cutting of uitatnobile tires by night prowlers. | ’''Wai tides have been practically Hl'#y»tl:e malicious pra<-tic< •nd; police are guarding several < ttrsits at light in an effort to run " V|l Hfjßersons responsible. THEE MEDALS ARE AWARDED t* County Shooters Recognition At •State Contest ■ ■bounty vigilantes won Mb at the stats shoot at Kmin Harrison Monday ■ire Adams County teain ■ the first ten in the state averages. who represented Adin marksmanship, won ■hue. bar tor efficiency in that. !iv 'i»ion and Dan Grile and Leonard MOgartner received bronze liars » expert sharpshooters. Several professional pistol markshea were entered in the meet, lint . I that in all probabililiefctheir counts would not be otficiMw recorded. If such is the case, Fratj Schurger of this city will rewide a high state award in the pistul division. Schurger hit the bulls(ye|tor a total of 178 out of 200, j "rich is considered unusually good. The Adams county representa- i N v Sl| return d here late Monday i P'Sht, following the program wbicii < ■MBled the awarding of medals fol- | JiHMMBW shoot, in all but the pin- i ’ I’Whsion. <

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Gorilla Picture Will Not Be Distributed Hollywood, Cal.. June 10. —(U.R) —' The members of the Motion Picture' Producers and Distributors Asso-| elation no longer will show "Ingagi,” the so-called gorilla picture which has been drawing record crowds throughout the country, it was announced today. Behind the decision lurk charges that the widely-talked of film was mostly produced, here with characters from the Los Angeles negro quarter taking the parts of savage African tribesmen. “We have decided not to show it,” Will H. Hays, president of the association announced. He reserved further coijiment. Nat H. Spitzer, president of Congo Pictures, Ltd., which produced the film told the United Press today that fully 85 per cent of the film was faked. 16 STUDENTS ATTEND BALLS' Muncie College Attracts Manv From Adams Co.; To Get Degrees Sixteen Adams county young men and women will receive degrees at Ball State Teachers College either this month or next fall, according to an announcement made by officials of that college. Miss Gladys Schindler of Berne, who was recently secured by the Decatur school board as music supervisor completed her work at Muncie this spring and was graduated with an A.B. degree June 6. Those who will obtain science degrees at the close of the summer term include; Ivy Blanch Aspy, Geneva; Andrew C. Cook, Berne, Velma H. Fortney, Decatur; Edison Sprunger, Berne; Bryce Thomas, Decatur. Several Adams county students will complete the two year curricula at the close of the fall term. They include J3dward F. Jaberg, Decatur; Lola M. Parrish, Decatur; Milton C. Werling. Preble; Sylvia Ruth Armstrong, Geneva. Those who will finish the two year term this summer without entering the fall term are: Nellie Edith Brodbeck, Decatur; James L. Fravel. Geneva; Maryann Habegger, Berne;-Nova Nae Lehman, Berne; Marguerite Lewellen. Monroe and May Belle Wheat, Geneva. Most of the students at Ball college are taking various teachers training courses. The college also offers courses in other training. — o —— Large Shortage Found Cincinnati, 0., June 10—(UP)— Discovery of A $1,000,000 shortage in the accounts of the Cincinnati Branch of Henry L. Doherty and Company, and the arrest of the district sales manager, A. W. Shafer, on charges of embezzlement, were the results today of an investigation into the alleged "kiting” of checks og the Doherty account.

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POOL SCHEDULE j IS ANNOUNCED I’ .Swimming Pool To Be., Opened Wednesday Afternoon Here ' I The weekly schedule for the j 1 Decatur municipal swimming pool was announced today by manager I , W. Guy Brown. The pool will lie j ; opened to the public Wednesday J and Mr. Brown stressed the rule that all persons who contemplate I using the pool this season must ! present health certificates before . they will be admitted to the pool. Boys under 13 years of age were examined yesterday at the pool ’ and all girls under 13 years of age will take physical examinations this afternoon. Tomorrow afternoon the pool will be opened. Mr. Brown announced that the pool will be open to the general I ■public each night, except Sunday | night from 6:30 o'clock until 9 o’clock. Following is the schedule for | each day of the week throughout I the summer months: i Monday Afternoon From 1 o’clock until 2:30 o’clock boys up to 13 years of age will (CONTINUED nv SIX) f o Willard Steele Buys Gibson Heirs Land t Willard Steele purchased the 22 . acre tract of ground owned by the , Gibson heirs, which was sold at > public auction last evening. Mr. • Steele’s bid was $1,055. The tract t of land was sold by the Johnson . Bartlett Auction company. o CLAIM INDIA NOT PREPARED - British Believe Self-Gov-ernmen t Should Be Halted For Time London, June 10.— (U.R) —A firm conviction that the time is not ripe ' to grant immediate self-government to India was clearly the British ' reaction today to the first half z of the discoursive report of the Simon commision, made public last night. ’ The report, which furnished a broad survey of the historical I j background of India's political and ! social institutions, apparently was . designed to give thp whole story, with al! the evidence, of India under the empire. The second half of the commission's report, which will include recommendations by the commis- ; . sion, will be made public on June ; , 24. The division into volume 1 I and volume II with a fortnight’s ; [ interval was planned to permit ■ study of survey and the tacts there- I , in, that the people might under- ' > stand the reasons for the recomi mendations. (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

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REPUBLICANS ' MAKE GAIN IN ' I' TARIFF SCRAP i ’ Democratic Lea der Is Firmly Against Passage of Bill DEBATE SLOW ' ON NEW RATES j < Washington. June 10 —(U.R) —Two doubtful Republican senators I swung into line for the Smoot- | Hawley tariff bill today, putting the measure's fate directly up to Senators Reed and Grundy, Re.pns., Pa„ who have declined to announce how they will vote. Senators Capper, Repn., Kas., i and Cutting, Repn., New Mexico, are the two who have made up their minds definitely to support the legislation. This leaves the administration leaders a margin of one vote with Reed, Grundy and Senator King. 1 Dem., Utah, still listed as undecided. Reed said he may not make up his mind until just liefore the vote is taken Thursday or Fridas*. Grundy is away and has intimated through his friends here he may be absent without a pair. During remoulding of the lines, the following developments also were noted: 1 — 'Senator Borah, Repn., Ida , i leader of the coalition opposition ' to the measure declared he would not consent to fixing a time for a final vote by agreement, although he expected the vote would be reached Friday. 2— 'Senator Robinson, Democratic ' floor leader, denied charges that I I sufficient Democratic votes would |be given to the Republicans to pass the bill. “No Democratic 1 vote that I am able to influence will be cast for this measure,” Robinson «aid. 3 — Doubts about the position of Senator Metcalf, Repn., R. 1., were set at rest when Metcalf told the United Press he would vote for the bill, believing it. contained some improvements over present law. 4 — An influential cabinet memtCONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) PARTY SPLITS ON KINGSHIP King Carol Gains Young Roumania Support, Belief Bucharest, June 10. —(U.R) —The Liberal party has split completely over King Carol’s successful coup d'etat. Led by the fiery Vintila Bsatianu, once premier, the nucleus of the party reaffirmed its opposition to Carol as king, and expelled Georg Bratianu, Vintila’s nephew, for urging an ameliorated attitude toward Carol. The expulsion of Georg Bratianu, a university professor, wae Expected to throw the younger element of the Liberals to the king's side. A number of prominent Liberals, including former foreign minister Constantin Urgetoians and former minister of justice Jean Florescu, already have expressed opposition to Vintila Bratianu’s anti-Carolist policies. Carol kept his hand carefully out of the Liberals’ troubles, and devoted his energies to promoting a government representing as nearly as possible all the numerous polit(CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) 0 Everett Scott’s Mother Dies at Auburn Monday Word was received today of the death of Mrs. Lewis Scott of Auburn, who passed away Monday as ternoon at four o'clock. Mrs. Scott Is a cousin of Mrs. Charles Miller and William Schumacher of this city; Charles Geisler of Willshire, Ohio; and John Geisler of Pleasant Mills. The deceased is survived by her husband Lewis Scott, three sons and one daughter. She is the mother of Everett Scott, noted baseball player. Mr. and Mrs. Scott lived in Bluffton until a few years ago when they moved to Auburn. They are well known in this city. The funeral services for Mrs. Scott will be held Wednesday afternoon at two o’clock.

Radio Interference Reported In Decatur Radio reception disturbances have been reported in Decatur again and the incoming noise is s» bad in some parts of the city that reception is impossible, according to local radio tans. The interference is said to lie the worst in r.outh-central part of the city, with some also reported in the northwest section. Lot al people interested in radio reception are planning a thorough check-up in radio reception and then probably will submit their findings to the city council with a petition for elimination of the interference if possible. ROAD WORKERS REMAIN BUSY Two State Projects Near Completion In Adams County Work of paving two state roads in Adams county is progressing and reports from the contractors i in charge say both roads will lie I completed and'ready for traffic before the summer months are over. Concrete is being poured on state road 16 east of Decatur. Work, started at the east end of the road at the Indiana-Ohio state line, and the road will be paved to the point a mile east of here where it strikes the Bellmont park road, ' which already is paved. The road bed. much of which is entirely new has been built for som- time and the work remaining includes the cement pouring and the building of shoulders after the road work is completed. It is understood that the road will be I opened as soon as construction work is completed and that shoul-der-building will proceed after the opening. Work of paving state road 27. south of Decatur between Geneva and Bryan' is progressing rapidly and concrete pouring will lie completed soon, it was reported. When , this stretch of road is completed and the six miles between Geneva and Berne is finished, motorists will have a paved road all the way to Indianapolis, with the exception of the three mile stretch between Monroe and Berne which is not yet improved. With fair weather forecast for the next several days, contractors say the work will progress rapidly and all available men and machinery are being used on both projects. County road work also is progressing in the face of good weather and most of the main Adams county roads are in good traveling condition. The Pleasant Mills road, which runs southeast of Decatur has several bad ruts, but workmen are striving to make that part of the highway smoother. —...n , . , Girl Scouts Seek Summer Camp Funds Decatur Girl Scouts wil start soon to solicit funds for the purpose of going to camp this summer, it was announced today. Individual solicitations will be made. Local lodges and organizations also will be asked to contribute. G.A.R. VETERANS HAVE BUSY DAY Encampment at Wabash In Second Day; Many See Parades Wabash, Ind., June 10 —(U.R) — More than 3,000 Civil war veterans and visitors were expected in Wabash today for the second day of the 51et annual encampment, Indiana department. Although the encampment officially opened yesterday, activities really opened today. First business sessions were held today by the five organizations meeting. They era: Women’s Relief Corps; Ladies of the Grand Army; Daughters of Union Veterans; Sons of Union Veterans; Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War Auxiliary. All the organizations will meet at banquet tables tonight, and the G. A. R. will hold its first business session tomorrow. Tomorrow afternoon the annual parade will be held, with a radio account from WOWO, Fort Wayne. (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

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POLICE COMB CHICAGO GANG HIDING PLACES Make Effort to Find Clues' To Murder of Newspaper Man $40,000 REWARD NOW OFFERED Chicago, June 10 —(U.R) —•" an ! uprising unparalleled in the city's j history, Chicago massed its forces against gangland today in a grim ! ly determined effort to solve the slaying of Alfred "Jake” Lingle. Chicago Tribune reporter. Every agency of the law was brought together in the search for the gangster who stepped behind | Lingle in a crowded subway tunnel yesterday afternoon and sent a .D 8 caliber bullet crashing into the reporter’s brain. Rewards totalling $40,000 were posted as further incentive to police, state’s attorneys, detectives and federal agents to apprehend the slayer. Os this amount the Tribune offered $25,000, the Chicago Evening Post $5,000 and the Chicago Press Club SIO,OOO. As the search intensified and gangsters' haunts were raided, city, county, state and government officials joined in pledging a war of extermination against Chicago's notorious gangs of beer hoodlums, “alky cookers” and racketeers. Police admitted they -lacked a defensive motive for the murder of Lingle, who "covered” the city's | underworld for the Tribune for 18 years and was that paper’s star police reporter. Most of the investigators held to the theory that Lingle, an intimate acquaintance of "Scarface Al" Capone and other gangsters, probably was killed on suspicion . that lie had let leak out some of the inside knowledge he had of gangland activities. Lingle was on his way to the Washington Park race track when he was killed. He was walking through the Randolph street subway under Michigan Avenue as (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) 0 CHILD DEATH TOLL MOUNTS 116 Children Killed By Accidents in Indiana In Two Months Indianapolis, June I(I—(U.R) —One hundred sixteen children under 15 years of age were killed, and 490 injured, in auto accidents in Indiana during March, April and May, according to figures released today by the auto licensing division of the office of Secretary of State ! Otto G. Flfield. A total of 526 persons were killed, and 3,753 injured during the three-month period, the report , shows. The figure, however, does not include the Marion county accident toll, Fifield said. Os the fatalities, 198 were pedestrians, 143 were killed in collisions, and 142 in accidents resulting from skidding, turning over, striking bridge abutments, trees and culverts. o Bush Remarried After One Hour of Freedom Reno, Nev., June 10—(U.R)—Within an hour after lie had been divorced by Mrs. Maude Bush, Irving C. Bush, founder of the Bush Terminal, Brooklyn, N.Y., married Miss Marion Spohr, known as the “Angel of tlie Bowery,” yesterday. Judge George Bartlett who granted the Bush decree, performed the ceremony at the Reno residence of Miss Spohr. Miss Spohr is famous for her charitable work among the slums of New York's east side. She was given thousands of dollars to the poor. Bush filed a suit for divorce, May 26, but Mrs. Bush's cross complaint on a charge of mental cruelty won the decree. o Class Will Meet The Young Peoples Class of the Church of God will hold their next social meeting Thursday evening June 12, at the residence of C. W. Strickler, members please take notice.

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House Awards Seat - To Ruth Bryan Owen HHn Bilk ’ Jr // * I ' > j I , t X The House adopted a unanimous report of its election committee i that Representative Ruth Bryan | Ow’en. Democrat, of the Fourth I Florida District, was entitled to j her seat. Her election was con-' tested by William C. Ijvwson, Republican. 1.0.0. F. PROGRAM IS ANNOUNCED Memorial to Follow Parade In Decatur Next Sunday Plans have been completed for the Odd Fellows Memorial which will be held in this city, Sunday, June 15, j,t was announced today. Tlie services will begin at 2 o’clock with a street parade, headed by Grand Master W. W. Zimmerman and other Grand officers. They will be followed in the parade by the Cantons from Fort Wayne, Van Wert, ()., and Lima. 0., who will wear full dress uniforms. The procession will also include members of the Rebekah and subordinate lodge. The American Legion Drum Corps will furnish music for the parade which will proceed south on Second street to Adams street where it will turn west and continue as far as the Decatur high school. The program will be presented in the high school auditorium immediately after the parade. Principal addresses of the afternoon will be presented by Grace E. Child, secretary of Rebekah Assembly of Indiana, and Mr. Zimmerman, Grand Master of Indiana I. O. O. F. Following is the complete program : Invocation—Rev. M. W. Sunderman. Music—Evangelical church orchestra. Welcome address-George M. Krick. Mayor of the City of Decatur. Music —Magley Quartet. Address- Grace E. Child, secretary ■ of Rebekah Assembly of Indiana. Music—Evangelical church orchestra. Address-W. W. Zimmerman, Grand Master of Indiana I. O. O. F. Music— Magley Quartet. Benediction —Rev. Harry 11. Ferntbeil. A number of neighboring lodges have accepted invitations to join with the local lodge in this annual observance. g Health Board Issues Order to Cut Weeds Di. J. M. Miller, secretary of the city board of health, today issued an order to property owners to cut. weeds oh all vacant lots in the city If the weeds are not cut by June 20 tlie work will be done by the city street departnyent and charged to the property owner. Amos Fisher, city street commissioner will start 1 tomorrow to cut the weeds in the alleys and along the streets and stated that he had orders from the city health officer to cut weeds on all vacant lots If the property owners did not do so by June 20.

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MG NUTT SAYS TAXATION IS CHIEF ISSUE Former American Legion Commander Opens Democratic Convention NOMINATION TO CLOSE SESSION BULLETIN Indianapolis, June 10.—(U.R)— Delegates to the Democratic state convention got under way smoothly this afternoon with adoption of the platform as submitted by the resolution's committee and then prepared to nominate a ticket for the fall election. Platform adoption followed a lengthy address by Chester Montgomery, former South Bend mayor, permanent chairman of the convention. The way was paved for the platform adoption without a wet and dry fight, when W. R. O'Neil, Mishawaka, chairman of the rules committee, ruled that minority reports must be submittied without debate and that all I rules must be referred to the resolutions committee without discussion. Walter E. Treanor, Bloomington. Was the first candidate nominated. He defeated Herdis F. Clements, i Mt. Vernon, in a race for candidacy as judge of the supreme court from i the first judicial district. Treanor will be opposed by J Thomas C. Coulter, Vincennes, Curtis Roll, Kokomo, was nomiI nate supreme court judge, fourth I district and Posey Kirne, EvansI ville, appellate court. Indianapolis, June 10. — (Special)—Amid thousands of cheers that rocked Cadle tabernacle, scene of the Democratic state convention today, Paul V. McNutt, dean of Indiana University law school ’ and former national commander of the American Legion launched into a bitter attack on the Republican method of state government as he opened the nominating convention. Following the opening of the convention by state chairman, R. Earl Peters, McNutt was introduced ahd in a short keynote address he pointed out the high spots of the approaching political campaign. (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o Bank Remains Closed Cincinnati, Ohio, June 10—(UP) — Ths cosmopolitan Bank and Trust Company here failed to open its doors today as a sequel to the arrest of A. \V. Shafer, district Sales Manager of Henry L. Doherty and Company, of charges of embezzlement. The bank was taken over by officials of tlie state bunking department who said Sliafdrls alleged shortages may aggreate $1,500,000. Os this amount the bank was said to be Involved to the extent of $550. 000. o _____ DRY SYSTEM IS MADE TARGET Chairman Wickersham Is Center of Heated Discussions Boston, June 10. — (U.R) —George W. Wickersham, chairman of President Hoover's law enforcement eomrnission, became a central figure in the bitter wet-dry controversy today through his criticism of America's prohibition system. Wickersham's attitude was rev aled unexpectedly last night, in a speech before 5,000 social workets attending a national conference here. It was tlie first oprn attack on tlie dry laws, as they are administered in this country today, by a member of the Hoover commission. Although lie did not espouse the wet cause. Wickersham indicated he believed the present prohibition laws in the United States were too harsh, and that tliey had failed of their objective because they had stressed punishment rather than the education of the country to the (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)