Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 28, Number 183, Decatur, Adams County, 4 August 1930 — Page 1

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wy-ihde him mn [is assented Lss" ■several Petitions f 1 HI • — lor :l tG "" IV Ci !’’ B rkmrv \\;‘S IIKHH* Elrni'lo the I"' 1 "’' 1 " r coiiiinissionors hv KJ C. Sutton an-l ■ rtnk W. Downs, who Knlid ixtitions signed by Eis in Kiiklaml, Mon- ■%. Murvs. Boot and ■a townslii| !S asking Ke library be estabKtton stated that the taw K that a levy from oneK one mill on the dollar ■h, levied for establishing ■mintaine a county library. ■ sotton stated that she believ- ■ lew of six-tenths of a mill ■.dollar would sufficient. ■ nlf would yield approxiK, »nooo on the county s K valuation of s33.noo.OUfi. ■ tth basis it wool i be neces■to add five or six cents to ■iggntv's tax rate. A six cent |ot eachSI 1 11" 1 nf taxable pr> yield approximately ■l I year. K county library would be Ked with books from the ■library and substations Kbe established in Monroe. K Geneva. Pleasant Mills, Ky and Preble. I’atrmis would Kg'r »k- ' L --- L J’-'at ions ■ persons would be employed Kgenise the running of the Sutton and Mrs. Downs ex Kg that l‘> counties in the Kiow maintained emitily <irBj libraries. They stated | was much sentiment ■tp county for tie e-tablish-■tf a county library system ■ that it would extend to the ■1 people the -am- pi i\ ileges | city public library. Al commissioners took the Ar under consideration today ■gated that they would act on ■ quest ion before adjourning Afalfa Seed Produced |Held of alfalfa on the J. A. Aticks farm, north of Monroe Ahtocing a crop of seed this A County Agent 1,. E. ArchAitatre that this is a bit unAln this part of the county ■•« doubt the seeding is due ■te extreme dry hot w. at her. Bausemian who is oporA the Hendricks farm was de- ■* loibewhat in his second At and when he came to the ■ foittd the seed pods well A* and full of seed. He exA ta let the cutting go until of the seed A** t " ,|lwn a,,il ™> the crop a clover huller. R SCOUTS fIMHORK K, T(, / Wnsh ‘l )s Inspect- | wln County; Start ■ ol > Fourth worliil ’K in AdKgf co er the Bta te depart- ■' Cio rVadl,n ' have ■w,.. ps ‘ The scouts ■table t Union ' Roo ‘- ■ «tt «! 65 »’ " l>S and rel ’ ort Kkn e acres of corn, 760 K be en found to be infest■SiL? ?° Ved from U* ■ there h c V'' Mary ’ s tow “- ■Vewye ?° rer frat ■**ii | ig nnri aK °' Borer scouts I" 1 ,re lnspe r etin ate th S,lPorVis - K fiad'bv'", J' e Btalk is lhe ■“• Mace tt inst ' f '-t-)rs in ■•the I Waa re ' )( >rted. KoX are “o■pMed that‘°n B lt 18 8ea ‘ A tbr has bee n » Warm( ’ K lo '‘»e bor e " a,d ■J 10 * inatann ' Ma " y eggs K hav h tne borers A® lhe extreme' J U ’ ld dried | ” »eeks. “ hea ‘ of fi'e

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Slaying Clue r~ ■ .•»»»**»■■ ■ ■ ■ ww •'ti'.VU i * a r . ¥ i » - 4K * ' * Marjorie Manaell, entertainer at the Detroit, Mich., radio station for which Gerald Buckley, slain crusading radio announcer, worked, is held by the police in the hope she knows who lured Buckley to hte death with a telephone call. THIEVES FAIL TOI GET LOOT Three Youthful Robbers Frightened From Burk’s Elevator Three thieves entered the building of the Burk Elevator Company on South Winchester street, last evening at 11;45 o’clock, but were frightened away before forcing open the safe. The thieves gained entrance to the building through the southwest window, and Harry Thomas, night operator and agent at the Nickel Plate railroad, hearing the noises of th» thieves entering the building, notified police. However, the men were evidently warned by a fellow thief, and made their get away before lhe police arrived. G. T. Burk stated today that the thieves probably got a small amount of money from the cash drawer, but the exact amount was not known. The thieves were seen to leave the building and it was estimated that they! were about 15 or 1G years of age. The police are attempting to find the young men who have entered a number of buildings in the last several weeks and It is thought that they will be apprehended soon, o Escaped Ward of Feeble Minded Home Is Returned A young woman, aged about 18 and later identified as Helen Cole, escaped from the Indiana Home for Feeble Minded, Fort Wayne, was picked tup Sunday afternoon and brought here. A tourist family not'ced her signalling near the Nine-Mile house and gave her a lift. Arriving here they turned their charge over to the county jail and Deputies Hower and Burger telephoned surrounding, cities. In the late afternoon a call from Fort Wayne identified the young woman and officers came here to return her to the institution. The only word Helen could say, in reply to questions from the local authorities was "mamma." Grove Funeral Held Funeral services were held at 2:30 o’clock (Eastern Standard time) this afternoon for Mrs. John Grove who died at the Adams Conn ty Memorial Hospital Saturday at the Mt. Olive Church of God, morning. The services were held near Rockford, Ohio, and burial was made in the adjoining cemetery. Mrs. Grove is survived by her John Grove, a farmer, and four children, all residing on a farm west of Willshire, Ohio, near the state line. Two sisters, Mrs. Will Deman and Mrs. Ernest Creek of Rockford, Ohio, and a number of relatives residing in Adams county also survive, a

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COUNTY BUDGET IS CONSIDERED Commissioners Meet In Monthly Session Here Today The board of county commissioners met in regular session this morning, it being the August meeting. Claims were checked and allowed this morning and work was started on the compiling of the county's budget'. The commissioners stated that they did not believe any increase in the county tax rate would he made for next year. They also stated that the bridge levy would probably be lower for next year, even in view of the proposed building of the Scheimann bridge n Preble township, spanning the St. Mary’s river. The bonds on the Smith bridge will be paid off this year. The levy for this bridge has been $5,000 each year, while the levy for the Scheimann bridge would not be more than $3,000 a year. Tuesday the board will receive bids for the building of the Luther Martin road in Hartford township and the Henry Schoenstedt road In Union township. Bids will also be received for the building of the McLean bridge in Monroe township. These improvements will be made this year and were included in the $150,000 public building program now under way in Adams county. Tax rates payable next year will be made in September, when a joint session of the county council and the county commissioners is held. Figures and proposed levies will be completed this month and published and the rates fixed by the county council next month. o Former Local Teacher Has Toledo Position Miss Gertrude Kienzle, daughter of Mrs. Flo Kienzle, of Columbus, Ohio, formerly of this city, will teach in the public schools of Toledo, Ohio, this coming year, friends here learned recently. Miss Kienzle, who formerly taught in the Decatur schools, was graduated from Ohio State university recently, receiving a Bachelor of Science degree in the department of eduation. The Kienzles moved from Decatur to Columbus several years ago. o FIVE DIE IN BOATTRAGEDY Outboard Motor Boat With 12 Passengers Aboard Sinks Louisville, Ky., Aug. 4. — (U.R) — Unable, because of the uneven distribution of the human cargo, to breast the strong current, a flatbottomed, outboard motorboat capsized in the Ohio river here Sunday. carrying six of its 12 passengers to death. Five of the victims were children. The remaining six persons swam to safety or were rescued. The dead were. John Guenther, 45; his daughter, Matilda, 12; two nieces, Mildred, 12, and Mary Lee Guenther, 10; a nephew. William Guenther, 9, and a cousin. Mary Heichelbach. 10. Leo Guenther, 21. one of the elder Guenther’s sons and a capable swimmer, rescued three other children by placing them on the upturned bottom of the boat. They were his brothers, Clitus, 9, and William, 6, and Alvin, 4, another nephew. They tfiere Taken to shore by men from a nearby Ashing camp. Lawrence Schacklette, a friend of Leo Guenther who also was in the boat, swam to safety with Anna Mae Heichelbach, 14, sister of Mary. The twelve were members of a family picnic party. o Glider Rider Killed Milipltas, Cal., Aug. 4 —(U.R) —A broken elevator control was held responsible today for a glider accident that cost Sawyer H. Gillistrom, 20, his life. The youth’s home-made glider, in which he had made more than 200 flights, crashed from a height of 50 feet a second after it had been cut loose from a tow rope.

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Decatur, Indiana, Monday, August 4, 1930.

IT’S A BOY! A nine-pound boy baby was l born Saturday night to Mr. and j | Mrs. Fred King of Mercer ave- j | nue. The baby has been nam- | ed Dick Edward and is the first j son and second child in the | King family. Mr. King is in | charge of the castings department of the Daily Democrat, j Dick and Mrs. King are getting | along fine. I WORLD PLANE IN ACCIDENT Take-off at Harbor Grace Wrecks Record Attempt Harbor Grace, N. F., Aug. 4.— (U.R) — John Henry Mears, whose swift plane was shattered yesterday on the takeoff for the second leg of a projected around the world flight, expects to try again soon. If the veteran globetrotter’s backers are willing, he said today, another ship will be fitted for the venture and a new attempt will be made to capture the speed record tor encircling the earth —a record which Mears held twice and which new rests with the Graf Zeppelin. In the crash yesterday, which occurred just before dawn as the airplane “City of New York" was taking off for Dublin, Mears and his pilot, Henry J. Brown, escaped with minor injuries, but the plane was wrecked as it blew a tire and swerved into the stones at the side of the runway. Mears' chief concern, outside his plane, appeared to be the whereabouts of his terrier mascot, Tailwind 11.. which disappeared after the crash. Searching parties were sent to look for the dog. "We were just about lifting from the ground, with the engine at top speed and the controls set for the climb when the accident happened. “The plane turned almost at a right angle to the course, and though the engine was quickly thrown out of speed, the momen(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) Picnic Ends In Tragedy Chicago, Aug. 4 —(U.R) —A family picnic had a tragic ending Sunday when the Kenneth Post family automobile, parked on the side of a hill, slipped into motion, ran over and crushed to death Robert Eugene Poet, two months old, who was lying on a blanket beside his parents. Mrs. Post saw the runaway car just in time to drag another child, Edward, 16-months-old to safety. Endurance Plane To Be Radio-Equipped

St. Louis, Aug. 4 —(U.R) —The endurance monoplane, "Greater St. Louis,” was equipped today with a radio transmitter and hereafter Pilots Forest O’Brine and Dale Jackson will broadcast their requests to the ground crew. Receiving sets on the ground successfully picked up O’Brien’s voice yesterday when he talked into the tiny transmitter aboard the plane. GRAIN PRICES MOVEHIGHER Drought and Heat Are Aid In Sending Values Toward Gains Chicago, Aug. 4. — (U.R) —Reports of heat and drought in the midwest sent corn prices 1% to higher on the board of trade today with March corn selling for 90c a bushel. At the same time September corn was selling for l%c more than September wheat and March corn was at a 2%c premium over September wheat. Despite the difference between the two grains, wheat scored an advance of 2c. Damaging reports continue to reach the market from the stricken corn belt with even a general rain of little use at this late stage. Profit taking and selling against the offers checked the bulk but the undertone was strong.

INSTITUTE TO BE HELD HERE Adams County Teachers To Gather August 26 For Annual Meet The annual Adams county teachers’ institute will be held August 26 and 27 in this city, it was an nounced today by (’. E. Striker, county superintendent of schools. Mr. Striker stated that the place of the institute and speakers for the two days would be announced in a few days. There will be speaking only the two days and on August 28 the entire day* will be devoted to organization and group meetings, Mr. Striker said today. This plan is a deviation from the usual plan of having lectures on three or four days. Mr. Striker stated that in ail probability the institute would be held at Decatur high schol auditorium. but a final decision hail not yet been reached. Speakers and final plans will be announced later this week. DEATH CALLS GENEVAWOMAN Mrs. Kitty Ann Neal Dies After Illness of Several Years Geneva, Ind., Aug. 4 (Special) — Mrs. Kitty Ann Neal, 71, well known Geneva woman, died at the homo of her son, L. L. Neal. Saturday night at 12:30 o'clock, following an illness of several years. A few years ago Mrs. Neal suffered a stroke of paralysis and since that time had been bedfast. During that time she lived with her son at Geneva. She was born on October 13, 1858. the daughterof Joe and Kitty Ann Ines, both deceased. Her husband, Daniel Neal, preceded her in death 35 years ago. Surviving is a son, L. L. Neal of Geneva, and two daughters, Mrs. Sam Glober of California and Mrs. Vora Roe of Battle Creek, Michigan. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock at the L. L. Neal home at Geneva. Burial will be made at Montpelier. o

HUES CAUSE MUCH DAMAGE Rural and Urban Outbreaks in State Cause Losses Indianapolis, Aug. 4 —(U.R) —Fires took considerable toll in rural and some urban districts in Indiana over the week-end, as winds swept sparks across dry grass and woodland in several localities. Four buildings were consumed in the path of a grass fire at a abandoned serum plant near Plainfield. Valuable timber was destroyed in the blaze. Another grass fire in the same locality threatened the Charles Hayden home, but no ser ious damage resulted. The baseball park and bleachers of the Columbus High School Athletic Association fell before another blaze, grass being again the fuel in which the flames originated. The stadium will have to be re-built. Loss was estimated at $3,000. Brief excitement prevailed at Sheridan when a grass and timerland fire was driven toward the town by wind. Farmers cut off the (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIA. Bobby Klepper Injured Bobby Klepper, little son of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Klepper, is in bed today recovering from bruises received when he was struck Sunday evening about 7 o’clock by a Chevrolet car driven by Joseph Augburger of near Berne. Bobby was playing on his kiddie car and darted out from behind a parked car just as the Chevrolet was passing annother car opposite the Standard Oil filling station on Winchester street. The boy was thrown several feet and badly bruised but no bones were broken and It is believed he will be as good as ever in a few days. No blame was attached to Mr. Augburger who was driving carefully at the time of the accident.

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AUCTIONEERS ’ START FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL Twenty-Second Term of Reppert School Opens Here This Morning THIRTY ARE AT FIRST CLASS The twenty-second term of the Reppert Auction School opened at 9:30 o’clock this morning in the auction schoolroom at Bellmont park wi'h 30 students answering the roll call. Several more students are expected to arrive in the next few days, it was stated. The forenoon session was opened by an address of welcome by tae president of the school, Col. Fred Reppert, who also outlined the work for the coming term. His address was followed by a talk by Col. Carl T. Bartlett, who is one of the new instructors in the school. Col. Bartlett was graduated from the January, 1930, class. Col. Earl Gartin of Greensburg, who has been an instructor in every class since the school was tounded and who is well known here, outlined his part of the work, stressing the fact that those who make a success in any vocation, first love the business, keep abreast of the times, and are able to render the kind of service that the public is willing to pay for. Col. Guy I’ettit of Bloomfield, lowa, will arrive this evening and other instructors will visit the school from time to time. The total enrollment for the school included fifty-eight stu dents, some of whom have been eliminated. Those who registered this morning represented 12 different states and one province in Canada. The Reppert School of Auctioneering has over 1200 graduates lo(CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) o To Try New Flight Rooseveltt Field, L. 1., Aug. 4 — (U.R)-Louis Reichers and Robert Black, endurance fliers, who came down Saturday night after more than 310 hours in the air, intern! to take off again tomorrow on another attempt to better the 558hour record of the Hunter brother. The new attempt will be made in a sister ship to the Stinson monoplane that stayed aloft almost 13 days. 0 — Johnson Funeral Is Held In Washington Washington, Aug. 4 —(U.R) Members of the Washington baseball club stood in a sorrowing group about Walter Johnson today at the funeral of the wife of the famous pitcher. Mrs. Johnson died last week of heat exhaustion which followed a long cross-country drive from Coffeyville, Kansas. Her father, Edwin E. Roberts, former congressman and now mayor of Reno, Nev., arrived here last night. The funeral services were conducted from the Johnson home at Alta Vista, Md. Great masses ot flowers surrounded the casket, including tributes from President and Mrs. Hoover and many of Johnson’s baseball friends. ADAMS COUNTY FARMER DIES Charles Wittwer, 85, Is Death’s Victim After 7 Week’s Illness Berne, Ind., Aug. 4— (Special)—• Charles Wittwer, 85, for many years a resident of Monroe .township, died Saturday night at 11:40 o’clock at the home of his son here following a seven week illness of |,4i fir mi Gets which developed into pneumonia. Mr. Wittwer was born in Switzerland and came to this country with his parents, Karl and Barbara Wittwer when he was 11 years old. For two years they lived in Wayne county Ohio and then moved to Adams county, where the family located in Hartford township. On September 28, 1867, the de(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

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“Brightest Boy” /OB* v \ 4 » r*’ Arthur O. Williams Jr., bank messetfger of East Providence, R. 1., who was declared the winner in the Thomas A. Edison scholarship for which boys from forty-eight states competed. LOCALPEOPLE IN ACCIDENTS Sheets Auto Damaged In Mishap Near Wapakoneta, Ohio Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Sheets of this city figured in an automobile accident, Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock when the automobile driven by an unknown person crowded the Sheets ear off the road near Wapakoneta, Ohio. The Sheets cer struck a bridge wall, damaging the car considerably. Mr. and Mrs. Sheets, together with Miss Mary Speakman and Rolla Speakman, were returning from Russell Point where they had visited yesterday. All were bruised and considerably shaken up in the accident! The damaged automobile was covered by insurance. Olin R. Baker of Jonesville, Michigan, former resident of this city while driving on the Maple road near Hoagland, was struck by an automobile driven by Henry G. (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) 150,000 MEIT START WORK Detroit Automobile Factories Open After Lay-off’ Detroit, Aug. 4. — (U.R)—Their period of enforced idleness ended, between 150,000 and 175,000 men returned to work today in some of Detroit's greatest manufacturing plants. Motor car companies were the principal scenes of resumed activity. At the Ford River Rouge plant alone 100,000 men, away from their jobs three weeks, picked up their tools and resumed where they left off, with the daily schedule speeded up to 8,000 units. Work also was resumed in the Canada Ford plant. Resumption of work at the Ford plants also meant that many activities which have been curtailed the (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) 0 George Everett HI George W. Everett, clerk at the postoffice, residing south of Decatur, underwent a major emergency operation at the Adams Coun ty Memorial Hospital Sunday afternoon. Mr. Everett is reported to be resting well today. o Earthquake Reported London, Aug. 4.— (U.R) — Reports of a severe earthquake on the northeast shores of the Caspin Sea were received here today. The Morning Post reported 300 killed and 4,000 injured, and great devastation in the towns of Tchapaevo and Rritsky. Two hundred houses and a church were destroyed in the former town, the advices said, and the bodies of 30 children were recovered from the ruins of the children's home. The river Ural broke its banks and flooded the town.

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LITTLE HOPE IS EXPRESSED FOR HEAVY RAIN Farm Products Lost In Parts of Middlewest, Report Says LIGHT SHOWERS ARE FORECAST Light showers, bringing with them a slight drop in temperature arrived in Decatur anti parts of Adams county this afternoon and aided in abating the heat wave which started anew in the county Saturday night. Continued warm weather was predicted, but some light showers were forecast for northern Indiana. Cooler weather was believed on the way for at least the north part of Indiana in a day or two. The new heat wave which in many localities pushed the mercury even higher than the three recent heat spells which have smothered the middlewest the last 30 days was gaining momentum throughout the nation today. The temperature here reached 96 degrees just before the rain, but cooler breezes sent the temperature down slightly after the rain. Chicago, Aug. 4 —(U.R) —Scorching heat took a firmer grip on the middle we-'t today, extending the month long drought that has seared the corn and wheat belts. Almost three score persons died over the week end from the August heat wave that blew in from the southwest. Most of the victims were drowned when they took to beaches and lakes to escape the terrific heat that drove the mercury well over a hundred and showed little disposition to recede. Enormous destruction of corn and spring wheat crops, estimated last week at $300,000,000, was being added to hourly. Indications were that general rains would be necessary before the end of the week to save the remnants of late crops. Temperatures of 100 or over were widely reported over the weekend and the mercury started another rise today toward levels as high. No end to the drouth was in sight, but the weather bureau predicted slight drops in temperature. The relief will be scarcely appreciable, according to forecasts, for (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) _o Child Known Here Is Victim of Death Mary Maxine Vance, infant daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Walter Vance of Markle and well known in this city, died at the Lutheran hospital, Fort Wayne, this morning. The baby was born July 15, 1930 and was the only child in the family. Surviving are the parents and grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Shelby Vance of Willshire, Ohio. Funeral services were held this afternoon and burial was made in the Maplewood cemetery, this city.

MAC DONALD TO RETURN EAST Says He Has Told All He Knows and Seeks Permission to Leave San Francisco, Aug. 4—(U.R)— John MacDonald, who came here from Baltimore to tell the supreme court and Gov. C. C. Young that his testimony in the murder trials of Waxren K. Billings and Thomas J. Mooney was not true, considers his work done and expected today to be excused from a “re-triall,” being conducted by the court. "I have told them I lied in 1916 and 1917 when I testified against Billings and Mooney in the preparedness day dynamite trials," MacDonald said. "That’s all I can do. 1 want to get back to my job in Baltimore, that is if I still have a job.” Confused and conflicting statements characterized all of MacDonald's repudiation testimony, but in the main he adhered to assertions that his identification of Mooney and Billings as the dynamiters was false.