Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 28, Number 191, Decatur, Adams County, 13 August 1930 — Page 1

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IT. LOUIS FLIERS REGAIN RECORD TODAY

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Vol. XXVIII. No. 191.

Is Arrested Here V " 5 Above is a photograph of Stephen William Grow, confessed accomplice in the murder of a Montgomery county, New York justice. Grow was arrested here last Sunday at the farm house of Charles 1. Stevens, west of Decatur. The picture was used to identify the alleged murderer.

LEGIONNAIRES PLAN CAMPAIGN Local Members Busy Seeking Support For Their Candidate American Legion politics is buzzing in Decatur and Attains county today as a result of the action of Adams Poet taken Monday night endorsing the candidacy of Rev. H. H. Ferntheil of the local post for state chaplain. Various committees have started writing letters, seeking support of other posts, to friends, and indications are the Decatur man will be in the race when the election of state Legion officials is held at Fort Wayne the latter part of this month. Delegates Paul Graham, Dee Flyback and Lloyd Baker stated that regular headquarters would be established by Adams post at Fort Wayne during the state convention and that they felt certain the local candidate would have a good opporunity of winning most of northern Indiana's support in the contest. Other local interest in Legion politics is focused on the election of a district commander, and especially the appointment of a district athletic officer. Many Decatur Legionnaires, who attended the district junior baseball tourney at Alexandria a few weeks ago were inspired to secure the 1931 tourney for Decatur. So, according to local members, it will be necessary to have a district commander, who will name an athletic officer, friendly to the idea of having the district baseball tourney here in 1931. The Adams post is one of the most active posts in the district. It is far over its 1930 quota in membership, and is one of the most active organizations in the county concerning civic welfare. Efforts are being made to have a 100 percent attendance of Adams post at the state convention. o Candidate For Sheriff Drops Dead In Home Crown Point, Ind., Aug. 13—(UP) —George W. Horst, 53, Democratic candidate for sheriff of Lake County, dropped dead at his home in Crown Point as he arose from his evening meal last night. Horst was a member of the board of election commissioners. Death was ascribed to heart disease. — o Home-ComingAnnounced The Salem Meth&dist Episc6pal Church of Blue Creek Township will celebrate its third annual homecoming Sunday, August 17. A basket dinner will be served at the noon hour, and a fine program has been planned for the occasion. Everyone is invited to attend the home-coming. 0 Pool Is Closed The Municipal swimming pool was closed today and will remain closed until Saturday, W. Guy Brown, in charge of the pool, stated today. The pool was closed to the public so that It may be cleaned out, and according to Mr. Brown will be opened Saturday afternoon at one o'clock.

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85 TAXPAYERS REMONSTRATE CONSTRUCTION Remonstrance Against New Scheimann Bridge Is Filed Today SAYS LOCATION IS BAI) CHOICE A remonstrance against the issuing of $30,000 worth of bonds for the building of the Scheimann bridge in Preble township.across the St. Mary’s river, was filed today by C. Kiess and 84 other property owners with County Auditor Albert Harlow. The remonstrators set out several reasons why they did not favor the issuing of the bonds or the building of the proposed new bridge. At a special meeting of the county council recently, the bond ordinance authorizing the Issuing of the bonds was adopted and steps have been taken towards the building of the bridge. Plans were ordered prepared by County Engineer Ralph Roop. The remonstrators state, “for reason that we are of the opinion that such bonds should not be issued; that the proposed issue is excvssive for the, proposed purpose thereof; that the proposed issue is unnecessary and unwise.” The remonstrators also set out “that new bridge is unnecessary and that the old one can be repaired.” Objection is also made to the location of proposed bridge with the statement “that $30,000 will not provide an adequate bridge to meet the demands of the pub(CONTINUED ON PaGE SIX. o Screen Star Held After Suicide Attempt Hollywood, Aug. 13. —(U.R) —Lina Easquette, screen star, dancer and widow of Sam Warner, motion picture producer, was held in a police hospital today after treatment for poisoning, said to have been selfadministered. Although in a semi-comatose condition from effects of the violent poison, Miss Basquette was able to tell questioners she had been despondent over failure to gain custody of her small daughter, Lita, from the Warner family.

GENEVA PHONE HEARING HELD Rate Increase Hearing Draws Attention of Many Citizens Geneva, Aug. 13. — (Special)—■ Hearing before West of the Indiana Public Service Commission concerning an effort to advance telephone rates in Geneva by the Jay County Telephone Corp., was held at’ the Geneva town hall here yesterday. The hearing started at 10 o’clock Tuesday morning and was not adjourned until after 4 o'clock in the afternoon. West took copies of all evidence presented and will report the hearing to the commission for final action, he said before leaving here. Many witnesses were heard for the remonstrators. Floyd Aspy and Dr. C. R. Price both of Geneva, represented the remonstrators and Attorneys Goodrich and Amery of Indianapolis, represented the phone company. The chief facts brought out by the remonstrators were: “The Jay County concern purchased the Geneva company for $5,000 some time ago and immediately raised the inventory price to $24,000.” “The service at Geneva has not been first-class for some time." “The proposed rates are unreasonable.” Recently the Jay county company petitioned the public service commission for permission to advance the rates and immediately the citizens of Geneva filed a remonstrance. The case was heard in the usual manner before representative West who in turn will take all evidence to the commission as a whole. A ruling will be forthcoming in a few weeks, West said.

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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, August 13, 1930.

Lindbergh Beacon of 2 Billion Candle Power Ready To Dedicate Chicago, Aug. 13—(UP)— The two billion candle power Undbergh beacon, most powerful ever built, rested today atop the Palmolive building and will be installed and ready for dedication during the Na tional air races. August 23 to Sept. 1. The Beacon, shining from the ‘op of the 600-foot high building will throw a beam that will be visible to aviators 300 miles away and by which they will be able to read a newspaper when 50 miles away. It could be seen 500 miles away if airplanes could go high enough so the earth’s curvature would not interfere. The Beacon was given to the city of Chicago by Elmer Sperry and named after Col. Charles A. Lindbergh. o COMMONERS WIN IN PRIMARIES

Trend From Wealthy Office Holders Felt In Many Sections (By United Press) Victories of two comparatively poor men over their rich opponents In Oklahoma and of a Democratic wet candidate for governor stood out today among five primary elections which laid battle lines for fall elections. In Oaklahoma Thomas Pryor Gore, a blind former senator, was selected by the Democratic party tc oppose W. B. Pine, Republican, for the senate, and William Murray, self styled “Commoner," was selected to oppose Ira A. Hill for the governorship. Gore and Murray, both comparatively poor men, won over wealthy opponents bylarge majorities, incomplete returns indicated. Regular Democratic' in Alabama nominated John H. Bankhead to oppose Thomas J. Heflin. “Jeffersonian Democratic candidates," in the fall election. The race for the gubernatorial nomination was close with the lead shifting between B. M. Miller and Q. C. Davis. The prohibition issue entered into the Ohio primaries with odd results, the voters nominating a wetdry Democratic ticket to oppose an all-dry Republican slate. Former Congressman Robert J. Bulkley, a wet, was chosen by the Democrats to run with George W. White, a dry candidate for governor. They will be opposed by Sen. Roscoe C. McCulloch and Gov. Myers Y. Cooper, Incumbents, both of whom were nominated without opposition in the Republican primaries. Sen. Joseph T. Robinson met in Arkansas the first primary opposition he had faced in 12 years, but early returns indicated he still was the choice of the Democratic voters and would win the nomination by a maority of about 3 to 1. The gubernatorial race between Brooks Hays and Gov. Harvey Parnell was close with neither conceding vic(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o Four Persons Killed In Auto Collision Cranberry Lake, N. J.,\Aug. 13— (UP)—a milk truck and an automobile sedan collided in the‘morning mist at Fredon near here todaykilling four persons and injuring five others, three of them probably fatally. YOUNG BANDIT GETSIOYEARS Virgil Meyers Pleads Guilty to Banditry and Receives Sentence Kendallville, Ind., —(UP)—(Virgil Meyers, 18, of Fort Wayne pleaded guilty in LaGrange Circuit court today before Judge Clyde Carlin, on a charge of robbing the Farmera State Bank at Stroh, last Saturday, and waa sentenced to 10 years in the state reformatory. He will be taken there tomorrow. Judge Carlin told Meyers that only his age saved him from a life term. Alvin Tratt, 20, pleaded not guilty on a charge of being an accessory before the fact in the robbery and was bound over to the September term of court under bond of $25,000.

NO REASON FOR PRICE BOOSTING OF PRODUCTS Secretary of Agriculture Does Not Look For Profiteering Now GOVERNORS TO MEET PRESIDENT HOOVER Washington, Aug. 13.—(U.R) — Secretary of Agriculture Hyde today notified the American Railways Association that emergency brought conditions in 198 counties in the states of Virginia, West Virginia, Ohio, Maryland and Indiana required special freight rate relief authorized by the interestate commerce commission. Shortly after Hyde's conference with the president, Rep. LaGuardia, Repn., N. Y.. called to protest to Mr. Hoover against a tendency he said had appeared in New York City to increase the price of meat, butter, eggs, vegetables and milk. Unless the price rise is checked, he said, the consumer must take drastic action. The New York member said he would yrge the agriculture department to make public figures on production of meat, butter, eggs, vegetables and milk, in order that the consumer might know whether prices were justified. He said that while there is a surplus of meat and wheat, that the prices of bread and meat have not come down as they should. By Lyle C. Wilson United Press Staff Correspondent Washington, Aug. 13 — (UP) — The present drought situation and resultant crop shortage hold no justification of greatly inflated retail (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o Mrs. Lindbergh Pilots Plane On Flight North Adams, Mass., Aug. 13. — (U.R) —With her husband as a pass' enger, Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh took off from the Aero Transportation Company airport here today, presumably bound for New York. Colonel and Mrs. Lindbergh came from North Haven. Me., yesterday to permit the famed flier to deliver an address before the Institute of Politics at Williamstown. Mrs. Lindbergh made a perfect take-off. o STATE HISTORY IS PiIBLISHEO County Superintendent to Receive Copies For Each School

A copy of the new- historical book on Indiana state government, published by the Board of Public Printing has been received ut the Daily Democrat office. The book, a fine example of the printing art and resembling a college or high school annual, contains a story of the history of Indiana from 1800 to the present day. The book is entitled “Indiana" and pictures of all the governors of the state, state buildings, United States senators and representatives in Congress, other state officers and institutions, arranged by departments are contained in the book. This is the first time that photographs of all the ex-governors of Indiana have been published together and it is the first time that photographs of Christopher Harrison, the first Lieutenant-Governor of the state and of Robert A. New, the first secretary of state, have ever been published. The book Js published to acquaint Hoosiers with the history of the state and sufficient copies will be sent to every county school superintendent so that a copy can be placed in each school in the state. The state library is also furnishing all libraries of lire state with copies of the book. Persons desiring a copy cun secure one by addressing the Board of Public Printing, Indianapolis and sending 10 cents to defray postage and cost of wrapping. No charge is made for the book.

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Regain Endurance Record '■< . x - 3S.'. •’ ’* / v. il I lb « JF k Bv iwßggWe m - L aS* ' i 'tow - Above picture shows Forrest O'Brien (left) and Dale (“Red") Jackson, who at 9;52;30 a.m. today regained the world's refueling endurance record, lost when the Hunter brothers beat their former record by staying in the air 553 hours. The St. Louis fliers intend to stay up 1,000 hours in the “Greater St. Lou's" plane.

HAWKS BREAKING FLYING RECORD Cross Country Flier Is Ahead of Record Set By Lindbergh Indianapolis, Aug. 13. —(U.R) — Capt. Frank Hawks brought his monoplane down at Mars Hill airport at 1:23 p.m. CST,, today and refueling was started immediately for the departure for New York. Hawks left Los Angeles this morning in an effort to establish a new west-east trans-continental speed record. Hawks took off at 1:35 p.m., 13 minutes after landing. He had flown the 651 miles from Widhit.i, Kansas in 2 hours, 41 minutes, an average of 237 miles an hour. Wichita, Kas., Aug. 13. — (U.R) — Capt. Frank Hawks landed his bul-let-nosed monoplane here at 10:28 cst. today on his way across the country to set a new west-east trans-continental record’. Captain Hawks’ elapsed flying time from the Pacific coast was six hours and 12 minutes. He was 44 minutes ahead of the time made by Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh in their record setting flight. x The plane made the jump from Albuquerque at better than 200 miles an hour, 20 miles an hour faster than its average to the New Mexico city. The filer paused here only long enouglr to take on gasoline and oil. He climbed into his narrow cockpit at 10:35 a. ’m. cst. and roared away toward Indianapolis, the last scheduled stop before NewYork. Middlewestern weather was ideal for the dash. Skies were clear and rains had cooled the air. There was little wind. Captain Hawks \yas jubilant as he left. He said he believed he would arrive in New York with an elapsed time of 12 hours, more than tw-o hours better than the record set by Col. Lindbergh. o Hangouts of Racketeers Is Known In State Indianapolis, Aug. 13.—(U.R)- —Indiana’s state crime bureau knows the hangouts of Chicago racketeers in northern Indiana and they are. being watched, Otto G. Fifield, secretary of state, said today. “Most of these criminals, who are frequenting the lake resorts, are hiding out from Chicago, and are not likely to commit crimes drawing the limelight to themselves while in Indiana,” Fifield said. Fifield’s statement was made in connection with the monthly report by Chief E. Lu Osborne of state police.

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Three Bridges Planned New Albany, Ind.. Aug. 13 —(UP) Action looking toward construction of three bridges, two over the Wabash, and one Over the Ohio River was taken by the Indiana Highway commission in its meeting here. Contracts with Illinois for construction of bridges over the Wabash at Vincennes and Mt. Carmel, were signed, and now require only the signature of Governor Harry G. Leslie. The two structures will cost a little over a million dollars. The commission decided to ask attorney general James M. Ogden whether the $2,000,000 Kentucky bond issue for payment of its share of the cost of constructing a bridge over the Ohio river at Evansville, is legal. Albert Wedeking, commissioner, said the contract will be let if Ogden advises that Kentucky's action is within the law. PROSECUTOR IS THREATENED Lynching Prober is Warned By Letter to Drop Charges Marion, Ind., Aug. 13. —(U.R)—lnvestigation to determine persons responsible for the lynching of two negroes in Mat ion last week, took a new turn today when Harley Hardin, prosecutor, gave Federal postal authorities two threatening letters received by him from Gary and Indianapolis. Hardin was threatened with death if he continued his efforts to identify and punish mob members. He believes the letters were written by members of the lynching party who fear detection, and hope to frighten him from the trail. Hardin said the letters may help in the investigation, as they furnish another clue to identities sought. He believes they were taken to Indianapolis and Gary from Marion, to be. mailed. Another meeting was scheduled today between Marion, Grant county, a.n d state authorities. Merle M. Wall and Earl Stroup, deputy attorneys general, represented the state, Hardin and Sheriff Jacob C. Campbell the county, and Lewis Lindenmuth, chief of police, the city. They were to go over a list of a score of names of persons supposed to have been directly implicated in the mob which did the lynching. The case will be turned over to the grand jury on September 1, at which' time also Hardin plans to seek a first degree murder indictment against Herbert Cameron, 16-year-old negro alleged to have been the third member of the trio who held up Claude Deeter, 19, and his fiance, Miss Mary Ball. Deeter was shot to death and Miss Ball was attacked. It was for that crime that the two other negroes were lynched.

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PLANE IN AIR MORETHANSSS HOURS TODAY O’Brine and Jackson Say They’ll Stay In Air 1,000 Hours ARE CHEERFUL AND HAPPY OVER FLIGHT Lambert-St. Louis Field, St. Louis, Aug. 13.—(U.R)—Dale Jackson and Forrest O’Brine regained the world's refueling endurance record for airplanes today at 9:52;30 a.m., CST, exceeding by one hour the Hunter brothers' mark, and flew on with 1,000 hours as their goal. The veteran fliers had been in the air almost 555 hours when they sailed past the record of 553:41:30 in their orange and black CurtissRobin plane, in which they have spent 40 days in the last year to gain and regain the record. A torrent of rain greeted the fliers as they passed the Hunter brothers' mark, but subsided into a heavy drizzle as the new record was made. It was the first real rain, however, that this droughtdistressed section has had in a month. Each revolution of the six cylinder motor's propeller helped add to the time of the new record as the Greater St. Louis flew on. The little “orange and yellow bungalow" as Jackson and O’Brine call their home in the air, left the ground at 7:11 am. on July 21. Today’s rain was the first since they went aloft. In their first endurance flight last summer Jackson and O’Brine established a record of 420 hours that stood until John and Kenneth Hunter exceeded It in Chicago in June and July. O’Brine and Jackson dropped a green flare as the record was made. It signified—all is well. An impromptu parade started on the field. Men, women and children joined in despite the rain, which increased at 10 a.m. Bombs' containing black powder were set off and sirens screeched. Through downtown st. Louis fire and factory whistles were blown. — Fo , u -_ r _” linuteg after breaking the (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) M hite Boys Murder 12-Year-Old Negro Jacksonville, Fla„ Aug., 13—(UP) Seven white boys, all under 20, were held by police today charged with killing Leo Lee, 12-year-old negro. The seven boys told police they were playing war and that “snipers” accidentally hit the negro, who was killed by a .22 caliber rifle bullet in the head. 0 MISSING AGED COUPLE SAFE Wealthy St. Louis People Return to Their Home St. Louis, Mo., Aug. 13—(UP)— Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kern, elderly couple who were missing for two days with a $70,000 negotiable bank draft on a real estate pu/chasing expedition in Ohio, allayed tears that they had been kidnapped when the yreturned to their home here early today. Police had feared that confidence men had forced them off a Toledobound train at Defiance, Ohio, seeking to obtain the bank draft which Kern carried ostensibly for use in completing a real estate transaction in Toledo. Kern, elderly retired bakery owner of considerable wealth, refused to discuss where he had been, except to say, "That's nobody’s business. We're back home and were not kidnaped and that's all we’ve got to say.” Return of the couple climaxed a 24-hour search for them which started when Toledo police, wno had been advised Kern was carrying $70,000 with him, found the two had left their train at Defiance, Ohio, although they had bought tick ets to Toledo. Two men were reported to have left the train with them, the four driving away in an Hllinois licensed (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)