Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 21, Decatur, Adams County, 24 January 1931 — Page 1

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IK COUNTY ME TERMS [KCOMPETIN6 L Public High Schools [re Entered; Play at | 1). H. S. Gym. hl. GAME WILL K PLAYED TONIGHT (First Round Lfcrd Twp 26 Pleasant Mills 3 [terser Twp. 20. Geneva 15. Ltur 17. Berne 15. L K e 17, Monmouth 13. bland 23. Hartford 13. Semi-final Round Ltur 36. Jefferson 20 L Decatur seconds entered the Lame of the second team tourBis afternoon by defeating Jefk. 36 to 20 in the first semill contest this afternoon, persin started fast and held bi lead at the end of the first |The Yellow Jacket reserves L in the last half and pulled kb to an easy victory. Ltur will meet the winner of Kirkland-Monroe game in the |ronn.i tonight at 8 o’clock. Imp and summary: L FG. FT. TP it- • 1 0 2 L 4 0 8 L. I ... Oil fc-- 1 0 2 It „ 4 2 . 10 Lg 3 7 iter g..... 3 0 6 ib...... 1} 6 36 Lon f 2 0 4 Lt 4 3 11 n i 1 3 ißhaghcr g 10 2 it g ... 0 0 0 nger g ... 0 0 0 lais 8 4 20 Berne Eliminated e Yellow Jacket second team heed to the semi-final round » Adams county second team ley by defeating the Berne ids this morning, 17 to 15. tur led Berne at the end of first half, 10 to 7. I'iNTIVPF>i qnj P4C.E SIX. tland City Alan Given Sentence Today rtngfield. 111., Jan. 24—(U.R)— “ Hayes, Oakland City, Ind., sentenced by Federal Judge lenry yesterday to two years ie reformatory at Chillicothp, 1 a charge of transporting an Wille from Princeton, Ind., to ®>d City, 111., a plea for pro- ® vas taken under consideraStatesman *°Fonn New Cabinet J* 8 ’ Jan. 24 -(U.R)— Aristide . veteran foreign minister 'wmer premier, was asked by ™ Gaston Doumergue today -a new cabinet, succeeding St^g' 1 goVernn,ent of TheoF request was contained in a LT 1 sent t 0 Briand at Genebrv is atteil(3 ing the F 0 ' -Nations council meetL; drie , r Brl and had told L’ e did not desire to beF premier ÜBITIES WEISE MOB broV’ Citizens to Lynch Today fc’ot^'n 0 Jan ’ 24 ~<UP)kj b . n ? ered citizens was " todav P ° ’ Ce and cou nty ofItetl the lttr they l,lad sur ’ kXu Unty jail in which E i >^ a vXrt UrdererOf k hegaT I) . aCt,on "’’ en the F Walter p t ? I ring threats a--1 through S ' 361 au t or ities r'Miaband groUPand Order ‘ ' his two broC’ sr 13 ’ and Elijah, was Klege(| iy s b n t n \,, Crestline after 8t ll e Bheriff who K baling, 1 * ° n & chargfe

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Auto Completely • Destroyed By Fire A coupe belonging to Hugh I Hokhouse was completely destroyI ed by fire of unknown origin. Friday evening about 9:10 o’clock. I City fire, chief Jack Friedt stated | today that the catnte of the fire Is unknown. Mr. Holt house was driving along , state road 16 near the Catholic 1 cemetery when he smelled something burning. He stopped his car and upon investigating found flames beneath the seat. Th* local fire department was called but were unable to save the car, ' which was completely destroyed. o 'VERDICT BRINGS I TEARS TO DAISY -— Found Guilty on One Count. Clara’s SecretaryFaces Prison Term Lop Angeles, Jan. 24. — (U.R) — I Daisy De Voe, former secretary io Clara Bow. was prisoner No. 142431 in the Los Angeles county jail today, under conviction of grand theft on one of 35 counts the film star filed against her. A jury of seven nrn and five women, all middle-aged, returned a , compromise verdict against Miss D? Voe at 3:45 p. m. yesterday, ending 4S hours of argument. AIL ' members joined in asking that' leniency ba shown by the court, i Sentence will be passed Monday. Miss De Voe wept hysterically when the verdict was read and she realized that she faced a term of cne to ten years in San Quentin i nrlsop. She was. iiua.sXaXe xit ae.uu- ! eoilapse when taken to the jail on ' the 13th floor of the hall of justice land placed in women’s tank 1)1. , I The verdict came suddenly at a i time when Judge William C. Dorian and others connected with the t trial believed the jury was hopei lessly deadlocked. , Miss De Voe sat quietly near the > counsel table when news came from the jury room that a verdict was ’ ready. She watched the 12 jurors file to their box, then turned toward Judge Doran, who took th? report case from a bailiff. “We find the defendant, Daisy De Voe, guilty of count No. 7 in the indictment,'' the judge read. A photographer boomed a new .! type bulb flashlight near Miss De ! Voe and it seemed to be the spark ,'which touched off her nerves — , I strained from 10 days in the court- , I room. She -started to sob convulsively > and threw herself into the arms (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o Three Men Obtain Loot at Petersburg ; Petersburg, Ind., Jan. 24 —(UP) — | , Approximately $6,000 was the loot of three men engaged in the hold-i up of the Peoples Loan and Trust I company here yesterday afternoon, aank officials announced. Two men held up L. L. Dearing, president; H. H. Harmeyer, cashier and Miss Lena Arnold, Bookkeeper, taking money from the tills, and mroni the vault. They then escaped in a machine driven by an accomplice. o Disappearance of Trustee Explained Terre Haute, Ind., Jan. 2 —(UP) — Temporary insanity, caused by worry over personal financial matters, was given today by relatives of Everett Fox the reason for the disappearance Dec. 30, of the former Riley township trustee. Since his return here Thursday from El Centro, Cal., where funds werew ired him, Fox has been “a nervousw reck.’’ relatives said, rec j ords of the trusteeship were found by state board of accounts representatives t» show no irregularities. Guilty Cashier Will Be Sentenced Feb. 17 Sullivan, Ind., Jan. 24—(UP) — Richard Kirk, former cashier of the Shelburn State bank, found guilty by a jury in Sullivan circuit court on a charge of bankers’ embezzlement, was ordered by special judge Humphreys to appear in court Feb. 17 for sentencing. The conviction carries a two to 14 years prison sentence. Kirk will contiue at Liberty under bond.

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URGENT APPEAL MABE FOB RED CROSS FUND First Contributions Received Here; Need Money To Feed Starving CHAIRMAN WEMHOFF MAKES APPEAL HERE — An appeal to the people of Decatur and Adams county to contribute to the Red Cross Relief Fund, was made today by Wai Wemhoff, county chairman. Mr. Wemhoff stated that National headquarters had wired the local organization to send what contriI buttons it had received so that relief work could be started in the I southwest and west. Two contributions were received today. The total contributed was sls. The contributors were Dr. Fred Patterson, $lO. and Mr. and Mrs. Bryce Thomas, $5. Dr. Patterson in making his contribution stated he knew what good the Red Cross did during the Mississippi river flood in the south a few years ago. Dr. Patterson's brother, J. Bruce Patterson, lives at Marmaduke. Ark., and i saw with* his own eyes the wonderful work performed by the Red ' Cross. Hundreds of lives were ' saved by the Red Cross workers and thousands of people were given food and assistance. A national appeal was made by President Hoover, former presi(CONTINUED Oq PAGE FIVE) ALABAMA PRISON BUILDINGS BURN Executive Office And Textile Plant Destroyed by Fire Early Today Montgomery, Ala., Jan. 24. —(U.R) —The main building of the Alabama state prison was heavily damaged by fire today. Flames which broke out shortly before midnight gained rapid head-, way and destroyed the entire north wing of the building. The prison’s executive offices and one of the textile factories were burned to the ground. The prison, located at Wetumpka, 14 miles from here, houses 562 convicts. None was sleeping in the [burning building, however, and no i disorder was encountered by the i prison authorities. Fire companies were summoned ; from Wetumpka, and Montgomery ■ Io help the prison force combat the I flames, which at one time during 'the night threatened the other| | buildings of the institution. Fire-j I men said at 4 a. m. that they had i the blaze under control and expected no further damage. After destroying the north wing of the main building, the flames spread to the south wing and caused some damage in that section before help arrived from nearby <CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) (American Legion Will Meet Monday Night The regular business meeting of the American Legion post will be held at 8 p. m. Monday. Every member is urgently requested to attend. A round table discussion will be held on junior baseball, drum corps post activities, service work, post finance and the 1931 street fair. Aviatrix Flies To New Albany Today Indianapolis, Jan. 24—(UP) Tho 20,000 mile journey which Mrs. Victor Bruce, English aviatrix has taken by air in a tiny plane, to visit the home of her mother in New Albany, Ind., was to reach its Climax today. . . . Mrs. Bruce was to leave here during the day for New Albany, drop a flag over the city in commemoration of her mother’s former home, then land and send her mother a cable dated from New Albany. Mrs Bruce landed here yesterday afternoon in her round-th-world flight.

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Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, January 21, 1931.

Famous Radio Speaker Is Cousin Os Decatur Physican Local people who listen In each evening to the Literary Digest radio program, giving the news of the world for the day, will be interested in knowing that Lowell Thomae who does the broadcasting and who seems to know about every thing every where, is a cousin of Dr. P. B. Thomas of this city. His home originally was at Hollingwood, Ohio, where he was born and reared. He has travelled all over the world, is a writer of great ability and a student of International affairs. His talks are not only entertaining but very Instructive and millions of people depend upon, his reports to keep them posted as to events worth while. i BUILDING TO START SOON Soon as Details Are Arranged Work on Postoffice Will Begin l Postmaster 1.. A. Graham this ■ morning received a letter from the I Anderson Construction Company i -of Chicago, the fir mwhich recentI ly received the contract to build ■ he new federal building here, reading as follows: "We will commence building as ■ soon as we have received the necessary approval from the department on various materials.” Mr. Graham believes this will be H oomplete<T in a few days and that II work on the building here should I start in a short time. While it will [ require several weeks to get the I stone and other material on the I ground, the excavating and other preliminary work can be done in the meantime and the building ■ completed by early summer. —o Local Hardware Co. Entertains Crowd i . I Four hundred persons attended • I ’he luncheon given by the Schafer Hardware Co. Friday noon at the K. of C. hall in connection with t’.ie tractor school held yesterday. ’ A full house was present at tho . Cort theatre in the afternoon for , the free show given by the hardware company. The feature film was “Romance of the Reaper”. A film showing tractors and tractor ■ drawn implements were shown in ’ the morning to more than 300 per ' sons. The school was held at thi? 1 time in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the invention of the first McCormick-Deering reaper. NEW PRESIDENT OF ARMOUR & CO, T. George Lee Elected to Succeed White; Philip Armour Resigns Chicago, Jan. 24.—<U.R)—Armour and Company, for more than 60 years one of the largest' packing concerns in the world, today became Armour and Company in name only. The resignation las- n(ght of Philip D. Armour as first vice-presi-dent and director left the company, for the first time in its history, without a member of the Armour family in an executive position. Armour is the grandson and namesake of the late P. D. Armour, who founded the company. His resignation followed the election of vice-president T. George Lee to (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX . Sixteen Telephone Companies In Case Indianapolis, Jan. 24—(UP) —The public service com mission has reopened the case in which several northern Indiana telephone comipanies were autorized to collect rates for inter-exchange service at the request of patrons. Sixteen companies including the Rochester Telephone company, the Whitley county telephone company, and the northern Indiana Public service company, are involved.

MRS.BLACKUDGE GIVES UP POST Resigns as Internal Revenue Collector, Following Swindle Springfield, 111., Jan. 24.— (U.R) —Charges that Mrs. Myrtle Tanner Blacklidge was fleeced of $50,000 that she borrowed from Edward Litsinger, will be investigated, State's Attorney Hugh E. Fullenwider said today. Fullenwider made the announcement after receiving a letter ftom Litsinger which asked that a thorough investi- , gation be made with a view to prosecution. Chicago. Jan. 24.— (U.R) —Mrs. Myrtle Tanner Blacklidge, who lost $50,000 of a prominent Chicago politician's money in a strange faro game swindle, submitted her resignation today from her $7,500 a year position as collector of internal revenue. The resignation was contained in a telegram s nt by Mrs. Blacklidge to the commissioner of internal revenue in Washington. She gave no explanation of relinquishing her post but was preparing a i statement which she planned to ■ issue later today. Edward R. Litsinger, Cook county tax reviewer, who loaned the ma- ! tronly Revenue collector the $50,000 . which disappeared so mysteriously this w'eek in Springfield, reiterated 1 bis determination to prosecute ' Mrs. Blacklidge on charges of • swindling him. NIGHT CLUB IS I SCENE OF FIGHT — - • 0 I Gambler Proprietor Found In Street After Being Shot And Stabbed New York, Jan. 24.—(U.R) —What police believe to have been a furious battle in a popular New York night club, the Abbey, was revealed today when Charles Sherman, gambler and night dub proprietor, was taken to a hospital in a serious condition after being stabbed, • shot and beaten. Mavis King, red-haired cigaret girl at the club, took Sherman to the hospital and said she had found him in the street cutside of the night club. Detectivec, however, went to the Abbey which is in the basement of a mid-town hotel. The interior, they said, gave evidences of a fight. The walls had been perforated with bullets and there were blood stains on ths floor. Two automatic pistols, their clips emptied, were found on the I floor. Detectives said that Julius Strassberg, driver of the taxicab which Miss King hailed, told them, that when he approached the girl and the wounded man he heard her say: “We'll get even with them.” 'CONTINUED ON PAGE SIXI o Decatur Woman’s Club Will Present Play Rehearsals for “The Wild Oats Boy” a three-act comedy to be given by the Civic Section of the Woman’s Club are progressing and the play promises to be very entertaining. It will be presented by a cast of local characters on Monday evening February 9 at the Decatur high school auditorium. o Operetta Will Be Given March 27 The pupils of the North Ward school have begun to practice for the annual operetta to be given March 27, in the Decctur High School auditorium. The production chosen this year is entitled. “Unde.' The Sea” and is a musical play for children ,in two scenes. The lyric and dialogue for the play have been written by Evelyn Haydn and the music by Jesse Mao Jewitt. The North Ward play is an annual presentation, and is one of the outstanding events of the year for both adults and children.

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CHIEF MEASURES IN LEGISLATURE DEAL WITHTAXES Legislators Take WeekEnd Recess After Receiving 293 Bills TO MAKE EFFORT TO REDUCE TAXES Indianapolis, Jan. 24. — (U.R) — Legislators dispersed to their homts today after a second week of lawmaking preliminaries aimed chiefly toward reduction of proprty taxes and governmental expenditures. In the senate, 96 bills had been introduced as the solons adjourned for the week-end, and in the house, 197 bills had been poured into the hopper. In both houses, a majority of the important measures concerned taxation or reductions in public expenses. Leaders, throughout the week, adhered to their previously annount-ed plans of driving toward taxation relief and centered their attention on propose! legislation concerning this aim. Conferences during the week resulted in introduction of measures providing for such additional revenue sources as income taxes, universal and doubled poll taxes, amusement and luxury taxes, and malt and cigaret taxes. At the same time, measures were laid before the lawmakers that, if enacted. would place an absolute limit on the amount of taxes that could be levied against property. It is definitely understood that ev ry effort will be made to enact laws reducing taxes on property land tapping new revenue sources, (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) (Country Club Meeting Next Tuesday Night AU 1930 members of the Decatur Country Club are requested to a--a meeting at the Chamber cf Commerce rooms. Tuesday evening at 7:30-o'clock. The meeting schedul ed for last Thursday evening was postponed. ■ o Contract For Union Building at I. U. Let Indianapolis, Jan. 24 — (UP) — Contract for construction of the Union building at Indiana University in Bloomington was let by the board of trustees late yesterday to E. A. Carson, Indianapolis contractor. for $531,345. Total cost of the building will be about $640,000. o TO DRIVE OUT WEALTHY CLASS Final Attempt to Be Made In Russia to Drive Rich From Country Moscow, Jan. 24—(UP) —A statement issued today under the signature of Josef V. Stalin announces the beginning of “a decisive final drive” to eradicate the Kulaks of Russia as a class. The drive against the Kulaks (a erm chiefly applied to rich peasants will be carried out with the intention of eliminating the class withir. the present year. It was interpreted as meaning a new offensive in behalf of the collectivization campaign which probably would exceed the intese drive of 1930. new drive against Kulaks was described as intended to assure dominance of the collectivized farms ever the private farms the (CONTINUED ON PAG-3 SIX) o Brookville Man Named President Friday Lafayette, Ind., Jan. 24—(U.R)-— County surveyors and engineers named J. L. Stewart, Brookville, president of their association here at the close of the annual road show at Purdue University late yesterday. Don Gilbert, Angola, was elected vice president and Jesse Botset, Plymouth, secretarytreasurer.

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(Committee Selling C. of C. Tickets Members of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce who wish to attend the annual dinner at the K. of C. ! had Monday night can secure tickJets from Dee Fryback, Robert Helm Leo Kirsch or Will Linn. The din ner will be served at 6:30 o'clock and the committee would like ‘o ■ have all tickets sold Monday morn ing so that reservation can be made Edward G. Hoffman, vice-president of (he First and Tri-State National Bank and Trust company will be tne speaker. Three new director of the i organization will also be elected. FORTY-ONE ARE ON HONOR ROLL — Students on Honor Roll For Third Six Weeks Period Announced ■ The honor roll for the third six weeks’ period of the first semester ■ was computed and published today i by W. Guy Brown, principal of Decatur high school. The honor roll r contains the names of 41 honor stn- ■ dents, of which 13 are Seniors. 12 juniors. 10 freshmen, and 6 sopnomores. Miss Mary Madeline Coverdale, a , Junior, again led the honor roll with 5 A plusses, and Miss Minnie Moyer a sophomore holds equal honors, with 5A plusses and 1 A. Following is the complete honor ‘ roll: A-Plus A B-B-lus Mary Coverdale s Minnie Moyer 5 1 I (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) DECISION WILL BE APPEALED Ruling Against Proposed Merger Will be Appealed By Corporations New York, Jan. 24—(U.R)—Bethlehem Steel Corporation will appeal the decision of Judge David D. Jenkins of the Mahoning County (Ohio) court enjoining the proposed merger of Bethlehem and Youngstown Sheet & Tube Com- ' pany, Eugene G. Grace, Bethlehem president, announced today. This action wouiu reopen litigation which was brought to a temporary close with Judge Jenkins’ decision just before the close of 1930. The case had been under consideration before that for more than six months. Cyrus S. Eaton, Cleveland banker, and dominant stockholder of Youngstown Sheet & Tube, had been largely instrumental in instituting the court action against tho consolidation. Youngstown, 0., Jan. 24 —(U.R) — The Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company and the Bethlehem Steel Corporation announced simultaneously today that they would appeal the recent decision of common pleas Judge David G. Jenkins enjoining consolidation of the two concerns into a billion dollar unit. 0 Tom Mix Must Pay $90,000 Damages I Erie, Pa. Jan. 24—(UP)—A jury today awarded Zack T. Miller, western showman $90,000 damages against Tom Mix, western film actor, for alleged breach of contract. The verdict was reached by the jury late yesterday. It was read w’hen court convened today. Miller had sued for $345,000 damages for an alleged breach of a verbal contract. o General Electric Donates To Red Cross New York. January 24 —Members of the Board of Directors of the General Electric Co., today voted an ■ appropriation of $50,000 to the $lO,i 000,000 fund being raised by the , American Red Cross for the relief i of the sufferers in the 21 states of I the United States afflicted by the > drought. This ■ contribution follows , the appeal for funds made Wednesday night by President Hoover, Cal- . viu Coolidge, Allred E. Smith and others in a National Radio ihookup. i

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ENFORCEMENT BILL TO BE 1 INTRODUCED I ■ Wets P’an Rider to Model Enfoicement Bill And ;( Force Vote SENATOR CHARGES HOOVER HAS C HANGE j | Washington, Jan. 24—(U.R) —Opportunity for a vote on modification of the Volstead Act developed in the senate today as wets planned to attach a four per cent beer rider to the model enforcement bill sought by Senator Howell, Repn., Neb., for tbe District of Columbia. 1 Senator Bingham, Repn., Conn., ! said he would offer the amendment. I to enable manufacture and sale of I four per cent lieer and porter. i Desultory discussion of the Howell bill was interrupted briefly when the military affairs committee reported favorably on tho war department appropriation bill providing for $446,518,448. The appropriation last year was $446.414,536. 1 Chairman Hawley of the house ways and means committee gave indications today of yielding to tremendous pressure from house members for a hearing on numer--1 ous cash bonus proposals now 1 pending before his committee. Senator Hur's Charge Washington. Jan. 24. —(U.R) — Charges that President Hoover was attempting, through close associates, unanimously to modify 1 the dry position generally attributed to him after submission of the Wickersham report were made I today on the senate floor. Senator Wheeler. Dem., Montana .read into the senate record—two newspaper articles asserting Mr. Hoover, members of his cabinet and Walter Newton. White House | political secretary, had privately ; informed reporters that the 100% dry interpretation placed on the I President's Wickersham message | was unwarranted. I “After tlie president sent his message to congress,” Wheeler said, “he seemed to have changed his mind.” Insurance Fraud Plot Discovered Indiana Harbor. Ind.. Jan. 24 — (UP) —A large-scale plot to murder ( for the insurance of the victims, was believed revealed here with the arrest of two negro women and a ' Mexican on a charge of murderin'.; ' a negro girl for $562 insurance. Anna Estes, alleged “brains" of ■ .’he plot, had several insurance pol- '' icies in her possession, all naming 1 her as beneficiary when arrested. 0 Terre Haute Man Is Elected President Terre Haute, Ind., Jan. 24—(U.R) —Abe Vales, Terre Haute, was declared the new president of District 11. United Mine Workers of America, today when official tellers of The district returned a report giving him a majority cf 211 votes over Frank Barnhart. Farmersburg, in the annual eleci tion. ' John Suttle. Linton, won tho race for district secretary-treasur-er from William Smith, incumbent, by a majority of 1,241. (WARRICK COUNTY MEN INDICTED Three Public Officials Charged With Shortage In Accounts Boonville Ind., Jan. 21 — (UPIThirteen indictments charging a township trustee, a justice of the peace, and ah assistant county road superintnedent. of law violations have been returned by the Warrick county grand jury. Smith Abshier, Ohio township trustee, is accused of being $1,561.36 short in his accounts. A shortage of $399 is charged to Granville St. Clair. Boonville township justice of tho peace. Cruiey Toole, the road officials, is alleged to have padded payrolls to the extent of $1,700. Indictments were based upon a report by examiners for the stat - I board of accounts.