Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 28, Number 287, Decatur, Adams County, 5 December 1930 — Page 1
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BNSHOWTO fry CT MANY ’ fro THIS CITY ■- Jputiires Planned E Children, Women ■ And All Men ■test is I attraction ■v tii-in 500 entries are ■ tH i ;! i ilie Adams county ■ show, L. E. Archbold, ■v agricultural agent! ■ this morning. ■ h interest is being ■ by the farmers in the ■tr show which opens ■y in the City Hall K'y oi Monroe street. K nv is sponsored by the De■chanC"‘>' of Commerce and ■ prize money will be award■winners. ■stud.in and entering of ■n the show will take place ■<- -miter Bat the city ■av>ii I’.mk. well known grain, ■ vati.r man of this city will ■charge of the show. ■exhibit of 4b acres of corn is ■play now at the Schafer ■are Ci mpany store and: ■s <m the germination possi- ■ of the ears are being made.) ■ blanks have been filled out I ■e winners of the contest I ■ m-tli> known next Tuesday I ■ co:n schools. G. R. Bierly ' ■tfcrd township is in charge, ■ testing of the corn. ■~ are ten classes in which j ■ money will be awarded, the ■ ranging from 25 cents to ■tie men and boy classes are ■te and prizes will be award- ■ the winners in each class, ■excellent program has been ■>'l for the weak and farmers nil over the county are invit- ■ attend the,show, to enter! ■corn ami attend the sessit ns ; ■ will he held in this city all ■ week, beginning Tuesday kg and continuing up to Sat- ■. This is the first corn show ■ given in Adams county and ■y Agent Archbold is more ■pleased with the interest al- ■ manifested in the event, ■iam I,inn, president of the ■her of Commerce extended a ■1 invitation to the farmers, ■ wives and children to attend
tow and to participate in the ®s which will be given durte week. o d Woman Observes iinety-Third Birthday I Jane Anderson, Winona who is spending the winter is with her daughter Mrs. W. laghty of this city celebrated tinety-third birthday WednesShe was recipient of many of greeting from northern la. O.F.SOLONS ’LAN PROGRAM e Senators Hold Canns and Discuss Proposed Laws Mnapois, Dec. 5. — (U.R> — A ''ill e to plan a unified legiss Program was selected by refan state senators at an exTe meeting yesterday which attended by Governor Harry «81ie, and Lieutenant GoverE,| l?ar Bush. * committee will serve as a Bs man to the press on re publegislation and will confer th» governor regarding prohills. Joe Rand Beckett, < f na Polis, was made chairman, other members are Rollo N. *''■ of LaGrange, and Alonzo llb > of Sharpesvile. also was decided to invite re■an representatives to a joint n ? tc be held January 5. The ution will ] )e delivered by when the representatives _ Thursday morning. ’otigh the session yesterday for nearly five hours, it was lei! that none of the proposed ati„n was. discussed definite--0 votes were taken and the Uas steered away from the ,ct <f seection of a president eni °f the senate.
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Moose Christmas Dance I TV ill He Held Dec. 19 | Plans are nearing completion for the Moose Charity dance to be Riven in this city, Friday, DecmtI her IS at the Knights of Columbus hall. The committee in charge assures the public that an excelb nt orchestra will be secured fi r the dance and the event promises to be one of the outstanding social activities of the year. Moose members are urged to turn their book of dance tickets in not later than December' HI. Thi se who have not sold all the tickets in the book are asked to turn in what they have sold. I The proceeds derived from the I dance are used to maintain MooseI heart, the home for children. PUPILS' BAND GIVES CONCERT Riley Harmonica Band Gives Concert Today at Central The children of the Riley Building have organized a Harmonica i [ band under the leadership of Miss 'Florence Haney, director, and the teachers of the Riley school, and to,day presented their first public pro- ■ gram at the chapel period of Cen- ! tral school. The Band is composed of 25 child- , ren who have mastered the playing lot several selections. They are | taught by Miss Haney to play their | in truments a: regular practice per j iods and are enthusiastic about their music. The teachers are assisting in teaching the youngsters ami I the parents have assisted in furthering the band by purchasing the harmonicas for the children. As soon as the pupils have instruments tind express the desire to become a member of the band they are taffgtr'W'pfay. The band was organized during October and has progressed rapidly, ! mastering several pieces, with some | of the more talented pupils playing solos, duet, and quartet numbers. Maynard Speaks J. U. Maynard, local funeral director delivered an address before the pupils of Decatur high school this morning at the regular chapel period. He told of the many places he visited in the south, when he recently spent two weeks at Atlanta. Ga„ attending the National Funeral Director’s Convention as a delegate from Indiana. Mr. Maynard exhibited a sprig of cotton gathered
in Georgia, and described in detail the historic and picturesque places visited in Georgia and other southern states. ————𝝾———— Man’s Body Found Indianapolis, Dec. 5. —(U.P.) —Discovery of the body of Clarence Edward Whitaker, 26, in an alley today launched a police investigation into what was believed to be a murder mystery. A bullet had pierced Whitaker's head and his clothing indicated a struggle before he died. Police believed the evidence indicated death was not a result of suicide although relatives for several weeks had feared he would kill himself. Carpenter Will Hold Meeting With Agents Indianapolis, Dec. 5. —(U.P.) —Auto license plates will not go on sale December 15 this year because the new distribution system has not yet been perfected, it was learned today from .James Carpenter, chief of the license bureau. Many of the newly-appointed distributing agents have not yet posted bonds as provided by law and are unacquainted with the work, Carpenter said. It is planned to hold two mass meetings of license agents, one in the southern part of the state and one in the northern at which Carpenter will explain the distributing work. The law provides that sale of license plates begin on December 15 and Carpenter said the delay would be of only a few days Late yesterday, the license chief announced the following distributing agents: Charles Dineen, of Fort Wayne; Mike Kelly, of Richmond, and Elgie Zellers, of Winamac. ————𝝾———— Good Fellows Club Previous Total ................... $32.26 Psi Iota Xi Sorority ............ $20.00 Friends ................................ 2.55 Friend ................................. .25 Total .................................. $55.06
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WET BLOC IN FIRST FIGHT IN CONGRESS Seek to Take Poison Out of Alcohol for Commercial Uses SENATE TAKES SHORT RECESS Washington, Dee. s.—(U.R>—The fight < f the house wet bloc to preI vent us of poison denaturants in industrial alcohol was opened today by Rep. Sirovich, D in.. N. Y„ a physician, who deulared the use of these poisons required by the government is “a shame in this 20th century of civilization." "We are going to battle for a principle that has aroused the nation and that is the principle of poison alcohol that is killing thousands of citizens,” Sirovich shouted to the assembled house. A vote was expected later in the day on the amendment of Rep. Linthicum, Dem.. Md„ leader of I the wet bloc, which would prohibit the application of any appropriations in tiie pending treasurypostoffice department bill for poison denaturants. Sirovich, representative of the Greenwich village district in NewYork. is a veteran in the fight against poison denaturants. He attracted attention a few years ago with a demonstration on the house floor of the effect of these poisons. “There is not a day that passes but some innocent person suffers from prison alcohol,” he said. , "Men and women are going blind from the effects of it. Their health is being ruined. It is a shame in this twentieth century of civilization that we are using poisons." Washington, Dec. s.—(U.Rk— With the senate in recess until Monday, congressional activities today centered fcr the most part in committee moves to hasten the administration measures for speedy drought and unemployment relief. The appropriations committee of the house considered President Hoever’s $150,000,000 unemployment relief program and the agriculture committee continued its study of the $25,000,000 bill for seed loans to farmers. The latter measuie was being taken up also 'CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) SEEK REFORM OF BANK LAWS Symons to Recommend Change in State Banking Regulations Indianapolis Dec. 5 —(UP) — A bill designed to take receiverships from banks and trust companies from the hands of bourt-appointed receivers, ano place them under direct supervision of the state banking department, will be recommended to the 1931 legislature by Luther F. Symons, bank commissioner. Winfield Miller, of Indianapolis, probably will introduce the hill, Symons said. The purpose of Symons’ recommendation is to eliminate the fees paid receivers and their attorneys. The receiverships would be supervised by the circuit or superior court of the county in v'hich the defunct bank was located, according to Symons. The bill would provide t(iat the bank department would become receiver for all banks whose doors are closed, and the liquidation would be handled by special employed deputies at a fixed salary. Their work would end after liquidation of deposi|/nrs’ funds unless the bank directors requested that the receiver continue to liquidate stockholders’ funds. If officers of a defunct bank objected to liquidation of the bank’s assets by the department they could file objections in court and order Symons to show cause why his department should handle the receivership, the bill would provide. Other legislation which has been recommended by Symons is: A loan limit law; a law requiring capitalization of a bank to be kept in proper ration to its deposits; a law bringing bank holding companI jes under the supervision of the department of banking.
Decatur, Indiana, Friday, December 5, 1930.
SCORES OVERPRODUCTION
New Cabinet Minister Steps In
POFF "il! I ■■ <■¥"s*?'' J i tlKnJ&fßr r■ML: William N. Doak, of Virginia, being sworn in as new Secretary of Labor by Samuel Gompers, chief clerk of the Labor department. The new member of the Cabinet has risen from the ranks of Union Labor. having started in life as a freight car switcher.
Aviatrix Arrives at Miami After Flight i Miami, Fla., Dec. 5—(VP)— Mrs. | Kieth-Miller, Australian aviator, landed here at 9:10 A. M. EST., tod- • day from Havana via the Bahama j Islands, where she was forced down i 1 last Saturday. Mrs. Kieth-Miller left Havana for Miami six days ago, lost her way in a storm and landed on the island of Andros in the Bahama group. She left Andros early today. —.————o— Mishap Claims Life Marion, Ind., Dec. S—(UP5 —(UP) —Flossie Di von, 45, was killed and CiifforJ C. Keene, 25, upland, her com-1 panion, probably fatally injured | when an automobile was struck by I a Nickel Plate freight train at a I crossing near the business district ; last night. The crossing was pro-., tected by flasher signal lights. o BLAST DAMAGE OVER MILLION Four Beloit, Wis., Build-1 ings Are Destroyed By Explosion Beloit, Wis., Dec. 5. — (IJ.R) —An | explosion followed by fire destroyed four stores in Beloit’s business district today. Damage was estimated at $1,000,000. The explosion was caused by a leaky gas main, according to firemen and-shook the entire business district. Patrolman Lester Sheehan, who was standing across the street, was blown through a plate glass window. He received several cuts but was the only peraon injured. The explosion occurred about 6 a. m., and was followed immediately by fire which destroyed the four buildings, a dry good store, a clothing stere, a grocery and a jewelry store. Several early morning pedes; titans were knocked down by the blast but were uninjured. The Rockford, 111., fire department was called to aid the Beloit fire fighters but the combined forces were unable to stop the flames. Sheehan said the first indication of the explosion he noticed was when the roofs of the Chester dry goods store raised slightly and then there was a terrific blast. 1/ Shoppinqdays 1(X till Christmas HEALTH TO ALL J
FRANCE LOSES GOVERNMENT Cabinet Quits For Nineteenth Time Since War-Time Premier Paris, Dec. 5. —(U.R) —France was the 19th time since the overthrow the 19tli time since th overthrow ot Georges Clemenceau's war time cabinet. President Gaston Doumergue faced thje difficult task of finding a parliamentarian capable of form- ' ing a concentration cabinet Troni | various hostile political factions. | The president accented the resigI nation of Premier Andre Tardieu j last night, after Tardieu had been | defeated on a confidence motion in the senate by eight votes. Politicians did not expect the formation of a new cabinet, for a week or more. President Doumergue’s efforts to form a government began today witli conversations with Paul Doumer, president of the senate. Dourner advocated Tardieu's return as premier. Tardieu's prosI pects thus were brightened some- | (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) FINAL TRYOUTS WILL BE HELD Candidates For Debating Team to Be Named bv I). H. S. Coach Final tryouts for membership on the debating squad of Decatur high school will be held tonight Clifford Richards faculty sponsor, announced today, and will be in preparation for the first practice debate to take place on Thursday. December 11, at Fort Wayne. At that time the local affirmative team will meet the North Side high school negative team at North Side auditorium. A return debate with the affirmative team from North Side against the negative team from this city, will take place at Decatur high school auditorium, on Tuesday, December 16. The question for debating this year will be “Resolved: that the Installment buying of consumption goods should be condemned.” The local debating team lias earned membership in the Indiana State Debating Leagueland will take part in a number of debates during the coming season. Winners of the district will participate in a state contest to decide the championship of the state. This is the first year that Decatur high school lias been a member of the league and it is quite an honor, for much of the competition will be against schools of greater size and witli more debating experience. The splendid record established by tiie local debating squad during tiie 1929 season did much toward earning the state league membership; it was learned. About 20 high school pupils reported for the first try-outs, Mr. Richards stated. Drawings for the winter’s schedule of debates have j been made and the schedule will be announced in a few days.
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MANIACSSTILL HAVE FREEDOM Six Criminally Insane Convicts Evade New York Policemen New York, Dec. S—(UP5 —(UP) —Six escaped criminal madmen, one an acid killer, another a murderer and still another a dangerous pyromaniac matched their cunning against state and city autorifles today in i an effort to stay free. Police agencies pressed a vigori ous search for them in lite Labyrinth of metropolitan New York and in the wooded sections of Weschester county, but they successfully eluded all who were hunting them. I Their escape from the Matteawan state hospital for the criminal insane near Beacon jCiHt before dawn yesterday was effected with daring and efficiency by three arm ed men who overpowered eight hospital guards and fled with the six inmates in an automobile toward New York City. • o Woman Fatally Hurt Indianapolis Dec. S—(UP5 —(UP) —A hit and run driver struck and fatally injured Mrs. Clara Jackson, 38. of Indianapolis, as she was looking into her rural route mail box last night. After striking the woman, the driver increased the speed of this automobile and switched off the lights 1 apparently to prevent his license dumber from being read. - Mrs. Jackson died a tew hours later of a fractured skull. She was the mother of five children. o Plan Foreign Debate Greencastle Ind., Dec. S—(UP5 —(UP) — . A debate with a team from Germany Moiiday night will provide DeI’aitw University debaters their second experience in international debate. A few weeks ago DePauw debated a team from England on tne question of England. The question to lie discussed with the German team is resolved: that Nationalysm is a positive eval in the modern world. ‘ — STATUS QUO ACT
TO BE TESTED Suit May Cause Change j In Bailiff’s Law in Certain Counties South Bend, Ind., Dec. S—(UP) — A suit that will test the eonstituI tionality of the “Status Quo” act passed by the Indiana General assembly in 1929, was filed in St. Joseph superior court today. The complaint was brought by ; Glenn Robinson St. Joseph county, after he had applied to the county commissioners to be appointed bailiff of their court. The commissioners’ court attor- > ney Alfred Martin, returned the i opinion that tiie court could not I make appointments, according to ■ tiie Status Quo act of 1929. i In Robinson’s suit, he asked that ' the court hand down declaratory judgment. I An act of 1907 provided that the ' bailiff should be appointed if the ' county’s population was 150,000 or more. The Status Quo act of last year ■ said the classification of a county I shall not be changed “by reason of 1 the 1930 census." For the first time tiie strength of the 1929 act will be tested. ' A survey showed that five Indiana ‘ county governments would inau--1 gurate changes in their organizations would have been prevented by - the “Status Quo" enactment. i The counties were Allen St. I Joseph Vanderburg and Lake. ; — —o Gets Long Sentence 1 Bluffton, Ind., Dec. 5--(U.P) ~~ Everette Anderson, 26, of Keystone, was sentenced to from five t(A 21 years in the state reforma1 tot'y when he pleaded guilty in 1 Wells circuit court to charges of 1 criminal assault. o ( CORRECTION " In the court items last evening an error was made in giving the title of a suit filed on note. The correct title is Old Adams County ? i Bank vs. Gust Borne and Louise -' Koldewey instead of Louis KoldeJI way. This statement is made for I correction.
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i Lone Bandit Robs Terre Haute Theatre Terre Haute, Ind , Dec. 5. —(U.R) ! A lone bandit, about 19 years of age, concealing a revolver beneath his overcoat, held up and robbed the cashier of a downtown theatre c.f $165 last night and calmly walked away. Appearing at the ticket office shortly before dosing time, the bandit purchased a ticket and as the cashier started to hand him his change, lie showed her the muzzle of his revolver and demanded the entire day’s receipts. Edward Valle, head usher at the theatre, followed the bandit several blocks but lost track of him when he stopped to call a policeman. SCOTTISH RITE PLANS PARTIES Adams County Club to Hold General Party And One For Boys The Adams County Scottish Rite club organized recently by 1(H) members of the Valley of Fort Wayne residing in this county, today announced two Christmas parties to be held the latter part of December. The first party, which will occur shortly before December 25 will be for sons of members of the organization and will be known as the annual Christmas party. The party will be held at the local Masonic hall and the date will be announced soon. Members of the committee in charge of the hoys’ party are Dan H. Tyndall yhairmau and Charles Langston. Sim Burk, of Decatur; J. H. Hendricks of Monroe; O. N. Smith of Berne and Cornelius Shepherd of Geneva. The second party, which will be held at the Masonic hall between Christmas and New Years, the exact date to be announced shortly, will be for all members of the club their wives and children. The committee on arrangements for the second party includes John Peterson. | chairman; R. D. Myers, Charles | Burdg, Dr. F. I. Patterson, C. C. j Pumphrey.
CHINA’S NEEDS ARE DISCUSSED Rotary Club Host to Miss Esther Sellemeyer at Meeting Speaking before the Decatur Rotary club last evening, Miss Ether Sellemeyer, Reformed church missionary to China, gave an instructive talk cn "Economic Problems of China.” Miss Selltmeyer has spent more than 10 years as a missionary in China and is an intelligent student! of affairs In tile eastern hemisphere. "The physical make-up of China and America are very similar,” Miss Sellemeyer stated. She then showed the contrast between these two countries when it came to transportation and communication facilities, education and industry. “China's greatest need today is , more transportation and communication facilties, education, and . masters of industry. The United States has more than 250,000 miles of railroads and China with a larger area has only 7,000 miles. . In America there are about 26.000,- ■ 000 children in schools and in China wth nearly three times as many people, only 6,000,000 children in schools. Due to lack of transportation facilities industry and business more than masters of art and doctors of philcsophy," declared the speaker. Miss Sellemeyer expressed her , belief that Chinn would eventually . overcome many of its obstacles, i the first proof being that the old T sultan type of government having been replaced with the republic form of government. Summing up her remarks about China and the United States, the ; missionary stated, "You have just ■ recently observed Thanksgiving ■ land you have this to be thankful • | for, that you were born an Ameri ican citizen and have the privlege ■ cf living in America." James Cowan was chairman of tiie program.
YOUR HOME PAPERLIKE ONE OF THE FAMILY
MEMBEES SAY PRICE DECLINE 1 1 WILL CONTINUE Failure to Stop Drop Re- < ported in First Message 1 Sent to Congress SUMMARY IS GIVEN OUT I Washington, Dec. 5. — ’U.R) —Failure of its stabilization operations to prevent severe price declines was reported to congress today by the federal farm board in its first annual report. i The report bluntly warned I the nation’s growers that the government cannot protect them from the consequences of continued overproduction. Voluni tary restriction of production by farmers was held imperative if government aid is to lie effective. Although admitting its em- rgency buying operations in wheat and cotton had not produced the 1 results desired, the board held they were justified nevertheless. If the ■ beard had not intervened gr»in . and cotton prices would have fal- , len even further, the report said. For the future, the board said stabilization measures might continue to play a limited role in the 1 government's program but added “such measures cannot wisely lie undertaken lightly, for many involve not only excessive risks of loss of public funds, but grave danger of serious disaster to cooperatives themselves." "Finally,” it added, "the board . regards measures ter prevention Os surpluses, through control cf excessive production, as absolutely . eM»ential to staldizing farm price, and farm incomes. Cooperative, • associations and stabilization cari porations. supplemented by other • devices, may prove able to deal . with temporary or occasional sur--1 pluses. "But none of these, or all to- ’ gether, nor any government agency ■ can protect farmers from the cou- ' sequences of repeated or contin- ’ uous production in excess of mar-
ket requirements. Adjustments if production to market requirement.! are indispensable, in agriculture as in industry, to the solution of surplus problems." Summarzing its conclusions as (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) o— - Legion Meeting Called The regular bi-weekly meeting o" Adams post, 43, American Legion will be held at egion Hall in this city next .Monday night at X o'clock it was announced today. Commander Ehinger stated that several important plans concerning the Legion program would be discussed. RAILUNIONS MAY COMBINE Joint Meet of 21 Unions Will Be Held Next Week Cleveland, <>.. Dec. 5.— U.R; I'nitlcation Os the 21 railway labor unions into a program designed to improve carrier business will be sought next Monday when executives of the organizations meet in Washington, David B. Robertson, president of the Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, announced today. The meeting was called yesterday by Robertson and executives ot ’ four other large brotherhoods afi ter they had assumed a stand ’ against further government development of waterways in coni- ■ petition with rail carri rs. ■ "The purpose of Monday's nv et- , Ing," Robertson explained, "will bo I to bring together the programs ; which have been worked out sep- • arately by the 21 unions. Only by so doing can we unify our plans : and expect to attain results." i -o No Clues In Holdup 1 Frankfort, Ind., -Dec. 5 -(UP) - ' Authorities today were without any ‘ clews to aid them in investigation of the $65,700 robbery of the FarJ mer's Trust Company here Wednesday afternoon.