Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 28, Number 243, Decatur, Adams County, 14 October 1930 — Page 1

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|l ! SUCCEED ip BAKER | MANGER ’■officers Named For Term In AdH ams Post sfIITIVE g men named ffl com3K' oi' Adams post. AniLegion at the annual of others held last E*i Legion Hall. Ehing- .. Lio'. .1 Baker, who :i s comma! tier during vear Ehinger will in two weeks. !(■*s< Sn-iwi- was named first o' it ■ ■ .1 officer. Mm- ••iniaiim-i Baker. Char I'.iul 11. Graham .•_ ' i ' the Adams of Legion eommitte s. .onimander, n an active - mi district Legion As the local Hkri I mam 'A and the sei".. of Legion i immittees. "f financi the 'Hv m-t fairs. He had committees. War. enlisting in lie MH id C ..n\ A. H ■ servthat lire, which later was t" A. throughout the war. di" policies of Ad ■ «-.1 ; i).. little altered K S program m Commander KS* o ■p ; 'mv Boosts Hoover X. .!.. . - U.R. - W. -Morrow, hailed in the ■f a I"( -sid. ntial possibility in Hooter rMimmnated and re-elect-be a close friend of 0 ' 1 '!. pimnim-nt New Jersey consider him a potential f°r the White House, in the next campaign, in a speech opening his n for election in the sen- ' 811141 statements were tin H..J E ~ —o— — |H GROUP | MEETS FRIDAY ggPV 011 n ty Baby Sta|BP To Be Conducted ■Bt Public Library El B,by Health Station, which ■wjl rted in Adams County, each m?, r ' IJnrotl| y Teal and Miss ■ «ibbs, R. N „ of the sta ,„ 1 «alth, will be held in the E.,;,, m U . )llc Lib rary, Friday «. from 9 o’clock in the g t 0 4 o’clock in the afterdt,yil ' 1 ' e ?' up to three years of >e brought to the station Pmihati? a ( ’ o!!| P’ e te physical E»L n , Rer,nan ent records of EL. , m tld ti°ns are kept and fej., ■> m e . aSked to bring their sa o tne station from time noted* the ctlild ’ 8 Progress ■ S, 11 at atio nis being con- ■ co ,nH- b6nefitot all children in the count >’ WI U Hf ves of this opportunHF’ l ' l assist' he Psi lota Xi sor9 ‘ fJ : clerical iork Ut,on d °‘

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Rubio’s Sons Study in U. S. *$«•“•»- ■■ ■ WBBBMBBWBMaaBMWK SUk.Mai .behb ■V. *. Ji& ’tr - X, At > ' "' ’■ Mg Wi — Here are shown the sons of Ortiz Rubio. President of Mexico, who are studying in St. Benedictine's College in Atchison, Kan. The sons are Guillermo Rubio (left) and Fernando (right) in front row. Baek of them are Salvador Rubio (left), a cousin of the Mexican President’s sons, who is a senior at St. Benedictine's, and the Rt. Rev. Martin Veth, abbott of the college.

Holy Name Society Will Meet Tonight A meeting of the members of the | Holy Name society of the St. Mary’s Catholic church will be held this evening at the K. of C. Hall. A short program will he held and the committee in charge will serve a lunch. Members are invited to attend. The meeting will start at eight o'clock. BULLETIN Fort Wayne, Oct. 14—(U.R) —Ivan : Szotton, a collector for the Sinclair, Oil Company, was kidnaped by two masked men, this afternoon, I forced to drive his car six miles into the country, and robbed him of his car and SI,OOO he had collected. The masket bandits were, driving north on the St. Joseph road, out of Fort Wayne, when last seen, Szotton said. 0 SEEK KIDNAPER OF RICH WOMAN Expectant Mother Is Taken Bv Masked Bandit In Missouri Greenfield, Mo., Oct. 14. —(U.R) —‘ A steadily growing posse of offi-1 cers and angered citizens searched j this section of Missouri today for | trace of Mrs. Alma Wilson Me-1 Kinley, 24-year old daughter of, Dade county's wealthiest citizen. ■ and the man who kidnaped her. The man. masked and armed I with a shotgun, entered the large Renton Wilson farm home near here last night, bound Mrs. Wilson and forced her daughter to leave with him in an automobile. To delay pursuit, he had cut the telephone wire into the house before entering. The fact Mrs. McKinley soon will become a mother was cited as probable basis for a belief by the abductor that he could obtain ransom easily from her wealthy father. “The man at first demanded money,” Mrs. Wilson told officers who were called after she freed herself and ran to a neighbor s house for aid. “We told hi mthere was none and he said, ‘Which one can drive the} car?’ When my daughter told him she could drive he tied me and made her drive away with him.” Wilson, who made a fortune in Oklahoma oil fields and retired to his 4.000 acre farm near here, was in Kansas City when the kidnaping occurred. He was accompanied by his two sons and Harold McKinley, the girl’s husband. Mrs. McKinley and her husband have been living at the Wilson borne until their own house, under construction nearby, is completed.

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DAVID HENSLET OBTAINS STORE To Open Variety Store at Marcellus, Michigan, Next Saturday Word was received here today that David Hensley, formerly of this city has located a Five and Ten cent store at Marcellus, Michigan and was moving his family from BronIson, Michigan where he '’as been in I the variety store business for the last ‘wo years to his new location. Marcellus is located northwest of Kalamazoo in Cass County and the town has not had a variety store , Mr. Hensley has leased a business I loom and haij started remodelling i the building. The new store will 1 lie opened to the public next Saturday. Mr. Hensley has been engaged in the variety store business with his father-in-law A. D. Hunsicker at Bronson for the last »wo years. Prior to that time he was employ(CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) o Vallee Will Sing Local members of the Phi Delta Kappa Fraternity have just received information from Rudy Vallee from his headquarters at No. 67 West 44th St.. New York City, that he will broadcast their fraternity song, "Phi Delta Kappa Sweetheart” over the National Broadcasting System on October 16 at 8 o'clock p m.. Eastern standard ! time. GERMAN LABOR UNREST GROWS Hindenburg May Be Forced To Organize Government Berlin. Oct. 14.—(U.R) —A dangerous surge of labor unrest increased the government’s critical political position today. With the capital heavily patrolled by police guards who occasionally clashed with extremst political groups, the Berlin metal workers —140,000 strong and the backbone of the German labor unions—voted 90 per cent in tavor of a strike to start tomorrow. The employers are prepared, if necessary, to prolong the struggle with the strikers, Stefan Oppenheimer, general counsel for the Berlin Metal Manufacturers Association. told the United Press. “We believe the strikers’ purpose is to prevent a nation-wide six per cent wage reduction as foreseen (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)

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Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, October 11, 1930.

REUNION PLANS ARE ANNOUNCED FOR WEEK-END — Old Company A Members To Entertain World W ar Unit Here WILL START SATURDAY NOON The program of events for ! Hie ninth annual reunion of I the 1391 h Field Artillerv, of | which Comnanv “A” was a i unit in the World War. to he held here Saturday and Sunday was announced today by (). Porter, president of the Reunion Association. Thurman “Dusty" Miller, newspaper publisher, orator and humorist of Wilmington. Ohio, will be the principal speaker at the banquet Saturday evening. The banquet will be held at the Decatur Country club at 6:30 o'clock and Col. Robert L. Morehead. Indianapolis. commander of the regiment during the war will also be one of the s-peakers. It is expected that more than 200 men, members of the regiment who served during the war will attend the reunion. A special invitation was extended to members of Adams Post No. 43 of the American Legion to attend the reunion.. The war veterans will register at the Rice Hotel, beginning Saturday noon and the booth will be | in charge of former Company “A” j men. Mr. Porter stated. An informal meeting and get-to-gether session will be held at the Decatur Country club during the ‘ afternoon, climaxing in the big love feast to be held in the evening. A short business session, during which the election of officers will (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) —o— Will Open Campaign The speaking campaign of the Democratic state political campaign will be opened Wednesday night at 7 o’clock when lion. Paul V. McNutt and all state candidates will give short talks over a state-wide radio hook-up. Evansville. Indianapolis and Fort Wayne stations will be used. COUNTY PUPILS IN ORCHESTRA Fifteen To Take Part In Orchestra of 300 At Fort Wayne Fifteen Adams County high school pupils will take part in the ail-district orchestra next Friday afternoon October 17 at Fort Wayne in connection with the Teacher’s convention. Fourteen counties will lie represented and approximately 300 high school boys and girls will give a 45 minute concert beginning at 1:15 o'clock. Mr. David Hughes the assistant music director at Elkhart, will have charge of the boys and girls. IWOWO will broadcast the entire program on Friday afternoon as well as on Thursday morning. The following from Adams county will take part. Berne: Elda Fleuchiger, Violin; Robert Jones, Trumpet; Rawley Jones, Flute; Woodrow Hoffman, Violin: Maurice Smith, Trombone; Edward Rice, CJarinet. Monroe: Doyle Hoffman. Drums; Elmo Stuckey, Saxophone. Decatur: Rolland Reppert, Cor net; Harold Teeters, Cornet; Arthur Krick, Base; Cecil Schafer, Base; Edward Martz, Clarinet; Mary Engle, Alto horn; Esther Sunderman. Clarinet. o — Will Construct Dam Washington, Oct. 14. —<U.R) —The government will move forward immediately at all possible speed and begin construction of Boulder Dam, President Hoover announced today. The announcement came as the asult of yesterday’s supreme court decision authorizing the government to go shead with rhe work despite Arizonia's protest.

Creamery President Is Guest of W. A. Klepper L. B. Samuels, president of the Purity Creameries, New York City, a subsidiary of National Dairy Products ComiHiny. was in (he city today, (lie guest of W. A. Klepper, general manager of the Cloverleaf Creameries, Inc. Mr. Samuels is the originator of a special kind ot cheese which his company manufactures and which will be made at the Cloverleaf Creameries plant at Huntington. The machinery is now being installed In the Collins Ice Cream plant and operations will begin in the near future Mr. Klepper stated. Mr. Samuels does all his traveling by airplane and arrived in. Fort Wayne this morning from Pittsburg. o TAX PAYING IS REPORTED SIOW $402,000 In Taxes Remain Unpaid With 18 Days Left To Pay County Treasurer Ed Ashbaucher announced today that $102,000 of the fall installment of taxes remained unpaid this morning. Since payments on the November installment started $41,000 has been paid. The total tax receipt hill is $443,000. Mr. Ashbaucher stated. Only IS days remain for the pay(CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) TEXAS FACES FLOODMENACE Continual Rain For Past 48 Hours Threatens to Inundate Sections Dallas. Texas, Oct. 14 —(U.R) — Streams and rivers, flooded by rains of the past 72 hours, threatened today to inundate portions of central west Texas and western Oklahoma. Merchants at Brownwood, Tex., removed stocks from lower floors of their stores as Pecan Bayou, fed bv flooded streams and-ereeks, reache;! the highest tAiint since 1908. The Bayou was rising at the rate of a foot an hour early today. Danger was believed past at Brady. Tex., where, for the second time within a week, residents living near Brady Creek were forced last night to flee their homes. Cabins of two tourist camps were washed away. Roads throughout central west Texas either were washed out or made impassable. More than 400 head of sheep were drowned at Christoval when the South Concho river left its banks. All transportation facilities were brought to a standstill in western Oklahoma by rains of cloudburst proportions that fell throughout the entire Canadian river drainage district. Three railroad bridges were washed out near Thomas. Railroad service was expected to be restored late today, however. TWOC9URTS ARE DIVIDED Sunreme Court Holds That Unsigned Bill Became A Law Indianapolis, Oct. 14. — (U.R)—lndiana’s supreme court upheld the creation of separate superior courts for Grant and Delaware counties in ruling that the 1929 act creating the courts became a law despite the governor’s failure to sign the bill. Unsigned bills, handed down during the last two days of the legislative session, are automatically vetoed. The question in the court case was whether Sunday counts in the last two-day ruling and the supreme court held that it does. This ruling put the bill in the governor's hands in time so that he must either veto or sign it. the court held. His failure to take either action within five days after the bill’s receipt makes it a law, the high court ruled.

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MEETINGS FOR MONTH ARE SET RY DEMOCRATS Pole-Raising Friday At Monroe; Sam Jackson To Be Speaker MRS. KNAPP ON PROGRAMS A comlete speaking program with the high-snot set as the Hickorv Pole Raising at Monroe Friday night, Oct. 17, has been arranged bv the sneakers bureau of the Democratic county committee. The schedule calls for meetings between now and November 4 in all parts of the county.' The big all-county meeting at Monroe next Friday is expected to draw a large attendance from all parts of Adams county and parts of Wells and Jay counties. It is the first time in 20 years that a hickory pole has been raised during a campaign. Hon. Sam Jackson, prominent Fort Wayne attorney and wellknown Democrat will deliver the chief address following the pole raising. Mrs. Faye Smith-Knapp of this city will share the program with Mr. Jackson and will appeal especially to the women voters of the county. Democrats of Monroe are work ing hard to make the meeting the largest held in the county in the last several years and indications are that next Friday will be the high spot of the Adams county •CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) Baptist Guild Meets The state convention of the World Wide Guild of the Baptist denomination was held in Shelbyville. October 10. 11, and 12. Two Decatur girls took part in the program Saturday. Miss. Vivian Thomas state treasurer, gave her report, and Miss Anna Elizabeth Whines gave the toast at the banquet which was “A Birthday Party” celebrating the fifteenth anniversary of the organization. Mrs. C. E. Bell of this city is a past state officer of the Guild, but was unable to attend the con vention. 0 CIVII WAR VET ANSWERS TAPS James Brunnegraf. 85, Is Victim of Heart Attack At Home Monday James Brunnegraf, 85, well known Decatur man and Civil War Veteran, died at his home, 303 North Eighth street. Monday, following a heart attack. Mr. Brunnegraf had enjoyed his usual health but was subject to heart attacks. He had not been bedfast. He served in the Civil War, being a member of Company H. 198th Regiment of Ohio InPantTy and was discharged because of illness on May 8. 1865 at the age of 18. The deceased was born at Hanover, Germany, June 2. 1845, the son of Herman and Elizaeth Brunnegraf, ' both deceased. When tie was five years old the Brunnegraf's moved to Australia, and when he was ten years of age they moved to America, settling in Ohio. They moved on a farm in Jefferson township. Adams county in 1879 and in 1884 moved to Decatur, residing in the present Brunnegraf home on Eighth street. He was a member of the St. Marys Catholic church of this city and the Holy Name Society. (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) o Horse Buyer Here Venus Hicks of Holyoke. Massachusetts, was in this city yesterday, in the interests of Hicks Brothers. While here, he bought a part of a load of horses from Ed. Ahr, and made arrangements for Fred Ahr to truck them to Wolcottville, where they will be loaded. Mr. Hicks stated that he would be back in Decatur in two weeks when he would load a full load ot horses from here.

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Wounded Gangster and Sweetheart -I Marion Roberts, Broadway show girl and sweetheart of the bulletridden Jack ("Legs") Diamond (inset). Miss Roberts admitted she was entertaining the gangster in her room just before his enemies shot him down. She was questioned by police. sulayschool’ MEET PLANNED St. Marys Township To Hold Annual Conclave At Bobo Sunday The St. Marys Township Sunday School convention will be held Sunday afternoon and evening at the Mt. Zion United Brethren church at Bobo. Benjamin W. Teeple is chairman of the meeting which will consist of an afternoon session beginning at 2 o’clock and an evening meeting beginning at 7 ;30 o'clock. Rev. M. W. Sunderman. pastor ot the Evangelical church of this city, and Rev. B. H. Franklin, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church, will deliver the principal addresses of the afternoon session, with Rev. F. S. Burns delivering the evening sermon. Special music will be presented at both of the sessions. The public is invited to attend. Following is the complete program (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o » » Here’s Fish Story That’s Hard to Believe % — -a Chicago, Oct. 14.—'U.R? —Ephriam S. Noble, an angler of some note on the south side, tossed a line into Lake Michigan yesterday at-1 temoon off the foot of Roosevelt Road. Then he lighted his pipe and lost himself in contemplation of his cork. His thoughts rambled afar so far that two men held up Michael Weiser, 53, who not only buys old clothes but also wears ’em, close by and Noble didn't know it. “Give us your dough,” one of the bandits demanded. “I haven't any," Weiser replied and byway of proof indicated his threadbare raiment. The skeptical bandits searched him and found $64 tucked away far inside the tattered coat. As a penalty for lying to them, the robbers tossed Weiser into the lake. Noble still fished and contemplated. Suddenly his bobber dived. Yards of line spun through the reel. Noble leaped io his pole. Visions of whales, sea lions and muskies sashed through his head as he deperately reeled in. The pole bent almost double. Noble was hard put to land his catch. Hut it couldn't be a whale or even a sea lion, Noble reasoned as he reeled in, for they don’t wear derbies. It wasn’t. It was Weiser.

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FRIENDS CLAIM HE IS NOT FOE TO TOLERANCE Letter To Lutherans Is Misinterpreted, Attaches Say WILL MAKE LETTER PUBLIC BULLETIN Washington, Oct. 14.—;U.R) — Friends of President Hoover moved today to refute the allegation by the Rev. John J. Burke, general secretary of the ational Catholic Welfare conference, that President Hoover had violated “the spirit if not the letter of his oath of office” in a recent letter to the Lutherans of America. They made public a private telegram which President Hoover sent to George Cardinal Mundelein, Catholic bishop of Chicago, on Septemte. 24, expressing cordial greeting to the national eucharistic conference. Washington, Oct. 1 ' — The White House is aroused at suggestions that President Hoover's recent utterances could be interpreted ns opposed to religious tolerance. A further statement was promised from the executive office todav in answer to the allegation of the Rev. John J. Burke, general secretary of the National Catholic Welfare conference, that Mr Hoover violated ‘‘the spirit if not the letter of his oath of office" in a recent letter I to Lutherans. To prove his good faith, the | president was planning to make public a lette rhe sent a few days ago to Cardinal Mundelein of the Roman Catholic church for presentation to the coming Eucharistic Congress, the United Press was reliably informed. The attitude of Mr. Hoover was made clear in a statement issued last night by George Akerson, his secretary. “Any such suggestion or impli. cation as that made by Father Burke is an injustice both to the president's own sentiments and the complete religious tolerance he has always felt and has always •CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) Willard Winch Dies Fort Wayne. Oct. 14 — Willard Winch, formely of this city died Wednesday at Los Angeles, Cai., according to word received here by his siter, Miss Fannie Winch of 1014 Ewing street. Mr. Winch left Fort Wayne some years ago and had since lived in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was an appraiser of farm lands and forests for the state of Utah until ill health forced his resignation some months ago. He had been in Los Angeles onl ya few months when he died. Mr. Winch also has several relatives in Decatur. URGE SUPPORT OF DRY LAWS State W. C. T. U. Asks All Public Officials To Aid In Drive Anderson, Ind., Oct. 14.— (U.R) — Resolutions urging concentrated support of law enforcement by all public agencies and officials were passed by the state W. C. T. U. in the closing session of its annual convention. Lafayette was chosen as the 1931 meeting place. One of the resolutions urged the pulpit, press, screen and radio to aid educational agencies to carry on a constructive campaign to increase public sentiment for law observance. Another commended Attorney General James M. Ogden for his efforts to enforce the liquor lawn. "We think that ten years of the eighteenth amendment, though most of the.time in Hie hands of its enemies, have proved that it can. if given an American square deal, bring about the purposes of (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE)