Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 24, Decatur, Adams County, 28 January 1931 — Page 1

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BILE COURT fIiMOBSTO HELP CHILO . goys Explains That Ration Court Is Not One of Punishment nfiE ERWIN ALSO PEAKS AT MEETING k needs, duties, and rejof the work of the pro-1 k court throughout the |tr was told in a very infere manner by Mrs. Riddick Boys of Luth, State Probation of[who addressed a number tarents. teachers, county and representatives krirfous organizations of the Fin the Decatur high school Liuni. Tuesday evening. L Boys appeared before the L o f Decatur under the ausf(l the South Ward Parent fers Association, cooperating . F. Warthman, city superdieiit of schools. Boys' address explained hleariy the work of the prota officers and those cooperathttuhetn. how delinquent boys Ijirts are helped and crimes ■tinted. te Herting's program was openkali th- singing of “America, I Beautiful.'' after which Mrs. b Smith Knapp, president of IBouth Ward Parent Teachers ■iution and county probation ■ toid of tlie desire of the Ihticn to hear Mrs. Boys, and ithe parents and teachers made ■Mihie for the public to hear pidross. k Knapp presented Judge D. ■win who gave a short talk, king the anxi ty of parent.! ■ring of their chlldrt n in this laiiuu. of the cooperation of 111 and teachers in molding ■hes of the pupils. Judge Erlaid. “The home, the school, ■the church are the three inipt factors which guide the pi of the future man and fa If the home and school Itiuirch tail, then the man and k tail.' K* Erwin then explained the Kb Court, which is a court Ito punish children for their pt. but to prevent a commiscrime. The judge praised Buchers and officers of the county schools, and conthe South Ward Parent pts Association for their fine P the citizens of the city for Pinterest and assistance to a pthat needs assistance. explained the probable pTWVED ON PAGE SIX.* f ‘ fire Causes I Slight Damage Today IP* ' rom the chimney daniof ti'e E. Burt Lencorner of Eighth ■ “troe streets, this morning ■ , ‘ cloclt with a total loss of y Fire Chief, Jack Friedt ■ ' (Ha ' lire department and extinguished the ■ w <>re any serious damage MS ABE MTUESBAY I “— ■OK C. Elects I Wrs; Appoint I Committees ~~~ — K*!. “ ere elected and coinK 0 at tlle annua l KL 7, Geneva Chamber of Kj?® l4 Tuesday night at ainin K room in Geneva. K q nan) ed were: Dr. C. P. ■*Pr2L eS ' dent; Eester StuckK; Cornea Rlchard Bri SK»e US Scha£er ’ trea ' ■**hin__T S “Pl’ointed are: IS I wd S ? h i A T n,lerson - Lu Kt-e n ,“ A Lo,la: - EnterKe n ',' 8 Schafer, Dan K 2mm rl Shei » lerd - Elm-K-n and t , ee ~~ E “ Stuckey, K”Cnt atl ‘ e8 Brlggs - B^memh WaS turn 'shed the K the H . b ® rs ancl guests preK.Ro£ ° r “ towns hip Old Kk. B 7! t . aad Bessa AusbarI*' Preside,. J Kerr ' The ">eetI “W President.

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'Tocsin Resident Will I ndergo Eye Operation I Lehr Dawson of near Tocsin left | (today for Detroit, Michigan to tin-1 dergo an operation for the removal | lof his left eye. The eye was injur- i led by broken glass in an automobile accident which occurred two weeks! ago as Mr. Dawson was returning to Detroit where he had been employed. AMERICAN BED CROSS BEFUSES APPfiOPBIATION Committee Will Not Accept $25,000,000 Congressional Relief Fund DECISION IS MADE WITHOUT WARNING Washington, Jan. 28 —(U.R) —The! central committee of tlie American Red Cross lias refused to accept , the $25,000,000 Appropriation inserted by the senate in the interior department appropriation bill. Chairman John Barton Payne told the house appropriations committee today. Thd committee took this action at a meeting yesterday when it passed a resolution as follows: “it is the sense of the centraf I committee that the Red Cross is in a position adequately to complete the task it has undertaken in 'he drought stricken areas and it . hereby assumes the responsibility of completing eaid task without public appropriation. “And it was further on motion unanimously voted that it is the sense of the central committee ' that the Red Cross cannot accept 1 the administration of the fund for ' renew*! rettef purposes as provided for under the terms of the bill : which has passed the senate and • is now pending in the house of • representatives.’’ The central committee’s decision ' was announced suddenly and dral matically to the house committee I by Chairman Payne after he had I opposed the Red t Cross entering such a gigantic task as would be i required under this appropriation. J “Our conclusion is that tlie Red ■ Cross simply cannot undertake to . administer this fund,” he said I j suddenly, and then presented to .(the committee the resolution adopted yesterday by the central committee. Former Adams County Woman Buried Tuesday r aneral services were held for Mrs. Saraii Archbold Buckingham, 68, at Kalamazoo, Michigan Tuesday morning at 11: 0 o'clock, according to word received by George ■ Steele of Tocsin, with whom the deceased formerly made her home. Death occurred Saturday at. hethome in Kalamazoo. M.s. Buckingham spent her child--1 hood days near Tocsin, living with ’ the George Steele family, and after her marriage to James Edding- ' ton lived in Pleasant Mills and De- ’ catur until 11 years ago when her 1 husband died. Seven years ago she 5 was married to Frank Buckingham of Berne, and they moved to Kalamazoo. Surviving ar6 the husband and five children. o — Operation Performed J On Fruchte Child An operation was performed last night on Margaret Fruchte. fouryear old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert H. Fruchte, who was injured ’ Saturday when struck by an automobile. The child suffered a fractured skull in the accident and was taken to Ann Arbor, Michigan where the . operation was performed by a nerve .. and brain specialist. The operation . is considered successful and ,he L girl’s recovery is expected barring unt'orseen complications. —. —o ' Land Given To Purdue For Use As Airport Lafayette, Ind., Jan. 28. (U.R)' Gift of a 157-acre tract of land just southwest of the Purdue University campus, to the university for use as an airport, was announced i today by David E. Ross, president Jot the Purdue board of trustees. I Ross purchased the tract and . deeded it to the university to P'°- . vide for future development of aeronautical courses, which have grown rapidly within recent years.

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U. S. Guns Kill Canadian Rum Captain - . t.. 'Ssr***' [ * rI r '‘-iMKMKhX ' |* * * I v p -(rnti The ( 'median motor ship, Josephine K., captured by a Coast Guard patrol after it had been shelled in chase and its captain. William Cluett, killed. Arrow pointing to pilot house indicates spot where death dealing one-pound shell passed through the wall. The boat had SIOO,OOO worth of liquor on board. Coast Guard offiiials declared the shooting took place within the twelve-mile limit in New York waters, four ami one-half miles southeast of Ambrose lightship, ten miles off the beach at Sandy Hook, alter the schooner had ignored Coast Guards’ six warning shots.

FARM INSTITUTE DRAWS CROWD Berne Auditorium Completely Filled For Tuesday Night Session The largest crowd ever present in the Berne auditorium attended the night session of the farm institute held at Berne Tuesday. Every available space was taken and manypersons were unable to gain admit- ’ tanee to the building. The feature of tin- evening enI tertainnient was a number of stunts I given by men and women of th''community. A chorus of tv.enty-four -nen and women, under the direction of D. C. Neuenschwander sang several selections. The Jefferson township grades presented a playlet. Large crowds also attended the session held in the morning and J afternoon. A total of 404 exhibits (were registered for the instit.ute, a llaree increase over the 228 articles lexhibite dlast yar. Mrs. L. G. Vannic, of Amo, and C. W. Harlan, of West Lafayette were the speakers at the day sessions. Music was furnished by Berne high school students. Officers elected to serve during 11931 were: Ed Gilliom, president; I Rufus Huser .vice-president; Leon Neuenschwander, treasurer; Carl ; Amstutz, secretary. 0 ANDREW MELLON OPPOSES PLAN Treasury Secretary Says Cash Bonus Payment Wrong at This Time Washington. Jan. 28. — (U.R): — Secretary of Treasury Mellon today denounced congressional plans for further immediate compensation for World war veterans as a program of unmitigated inflation which would lead to greater depression. He predicted a deficit this year of at least $375,000,000, and expressed the opinion the compensation project would pecessitate an early tax increase. Mellon discussed the question in testimony before the senate finance committee, which is considering several bills to cash veteran's certificates. He estimated the bonus cash payment would be $3,400,000,000. Mellon said the plan, in effect, would impose a capital levy on holders of government bonds, kill the market for other securities and disorganize the government’s debt refunding and retirement program. All bonds would be affected, he said, and capital values aggregating hundreds of millions would be destroyed. "Obviously,” said the secretary, “this is no time for the reckless and unwarranted abuse of the public credit, “The present condition of the public finances is far from being satisfactory. Expenditures are running considerably in excess of receipts. “We are apprehensive income tax receipts will not come up to the estimated figures. According to present estimates, we will reduce our national debt by about $65,000,000 during the twelve- ; month period, an insignificant amount, and even this reduction mav melt away before June 30. Emphasizing the difficulty of floating a'53,400,000,000 bond issue,! ’'TcONTOUED ON PAGE SIX)

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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, January 28, 1931.

Lions Hear State Probation Officer I i, Mrs. Florence Riddick Boys ot Plymouth. State Probation officer addressed the meeting of the Lions Club, in the Christian Church basement Tuesday evening following tlie , regular banquet of the Club. Mrs. I Faye Smith Knapp, county proba- j :tion officer, introduced Mrs. Boys | who gave a very instructive address to tlie local organization. Mrs. Maybel Myers and Miss Eva Acker were also guests of the Lions ( 1 Club, last night. A special entertain-11 inent of music was presented by the , Riley building harmonica group. j ( o__ — SORORITY WILL ! HELP MARITY Tri Kapnas Will Hold Bridge Tournament to Aid Needy Persons — ‘The Tri Kappa sorority will sponsor a Charity Bridge Tournament in the Elk’s Home beginning Tuesday evening, February 3. for the purpose of securing money to use for charitable purposes. The tournament will be in three contests, the first of which will be ! held on next Tuesday, and the fol-! lowing two op Thursday. February 12 and Tuesday, February 17. The two highest scores of each participant will be recorded until the completion of the tourney, when the persons having highest scores will lie awarded the prizes. If any person cares to participate in I three of the tourneys, he may do so. and then the two highest of' the three scores will be counted. | The Tri Kappa sorority, like; many other organizations in 'this city, has been called upon by the destitute people from time to time, | for help, and proper assistance can not be lent them without money. The sorority, which is a social and charitable organization, has been engaged in charity work, providingfuel, food, and 'clothing for sick (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) HURLEY URGES WAR DEBT CUT , Postponment of Payment Would Stimulate Business, Says Capitalist Chicago, Jan. 28 —(U.R) — Deferment and reduction of Europe's war debt payments to the United States will stimulate business, aid employment and decrease armaments. Edward N. Hurley, manufacturer and former 1 member of the World War foreign debt commission, said today in an address before the Chicago Association of Commerce. Hurley’s plan called for deferment for two years of both principal and interest payments on the debts of the 16 European nations involved and a gradual reduction in the total amount to effect a 50 per cent cut in 30 years. The suggested moratorium and reduced payments would be contingent upon gradual reductions in the war budgets of both America and its debtors, to bring about an eventful 50 per cent decrease within 20 years, Hurley said. "We have had a reai awakening and the past year has proved, beyond any doubt, that in order to assure maximum employment of our labor we must have regular customers in foreign lands to ab(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

DEBATE TEAMS WIN DECISIONS — Negative Team Defeats Portland; Affirmative Wins at Eaton Decatur high school's debating teams won two victories with two to one decisions at tlie opening of the league debating season, Tuesday evening. The local negative team defeated Portland high! school’s affirmative team in a delate held at the Library Hall In this city, and the local affirmative team defeated Eaton high school at Eaton. A large sized crowd witnessed the debate held at the Library Hall, which was in the charge of Miss Esther Sunderman. Ival Newhard was chairman and Marion Baker was the local timekeeper. Judges included three members of | the Garrett high school faculty, who awarded the two to one'deefoion in favor of the local team. Eil Martz. Eileen Burk, Paul Hancher and Milton Hoffman comprised tlie local negative team, and Ted FlefTing. Charles Cannel, Ernest Gaunt and John Kidder ! represented Portland high school. The members of the local affirmative team who defeated Eaton include Helen Hain, Richard Schug, James Burk and Betty Frisinger. (ilifford Richards, coach, stated that the victories scored last eve(CONTINUED ON PAG<O SIX) CHICAGO VOTERS ARE REGISTERED Thompson-Lyle Race To Boost Vote; Ex-Convict Runs In Herrin Chicago, Jan. 2S.- -KU.RX—Predictions that the Thompson-Lyle-Al-1 bert Schmidt race for the Republican nomination for mayor will bring out a record vote in April were made today after 169,832 new voters had registered when less .than one-half that many were expected. Leaders in all of the republican factions saw in the unexpected rusli upon the registration places an indication thgt the primary race has aroused more interest than was believed and that the battle just beginning between Thompson and Lyle would become one of the most spectacular in the city's history. With 1,264,234 persons previously registered, yesterday's registra-' tion of new voters raised the total to 1,434,066. It was estimated about 50,000 or 60,000 of these names would be erased in the revision which will be completed Saturday. Ex-Convict in Race Herrin, 111., Jan. 28.—(U.R)—Marshall D. McCormick, who cites the case of Christ as proof that a man should not be censored because he is an “ex-convict,” has returned from Federal prison to “seek vindication” in a race for the mayorship which he formerly held. Former Mayor McCormick recently completed a two-year sentence at Leavenworth prison, where he was sent under conviction of violating the prohibition laws. His brother. Eimer, and former Chief of Police John Stamm, served sentences on the same charge. “I have served two years’ time and been a goodsport.’’McCormick states in the advertisements announcing his candidacy.

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COUNTY TAX BILL IN 1931 SMALLER THAN YEAB AGO Total to Be Paid by Adams County Taxpayers Is $878,464.50 ROADS AND SCHOOLS RECEIVE LARGE PART The 1930 tax bill, payable in 1931 in Adams county tota 1 s $878,464.50, whi c h amount includes $18,027.91 of delinquent taxes. The 1931 payment is $7,984 less than the total taxes paid by taxpayers in the county in 1930. The bill last year was $886,448.50. The valuation for this year is $33,493,223, according to the abstract ot' taxables prepared byCounty Auditor Albert Harlow. | Taxpayers in tlie townships will j pay $513,615.54 and those in the| corporations of Decatur, Monroe,! Berne and Geneva will pay $364,-. 848.96. The abstract sheet shows that ! poll tax is assessed against 3,151 persons in the county. 1,816 being in the townships and 1,335 in the corporations. The largest tax item shown on the abstract sheet is for schools and pay of teachers. The next largest expenditure of the tax bill is for roads, including upkeep and payment of bonds and interest. The abstract sheet has been approved by the state board of tax commissioners and the figures have been certified to the countytreasurer for collection. The first installment of the 1930 taxes is payable not later than the first Monday in May and the second installment in November, 1931. The Tax Bill Amounts to be paid by taxpayers in the several townships and corporations in the county are: Blue Creek $36,90<>.75: French 35,888.10 Hartford . 44,799.30 Jefferson 36,107.38 Kirkland 38,144.10 Monroe 58,634.02 Preble 37.556.70 Root 47,885.37 St. Marys 47,438.35 Union 32,849.70 Wabash 42,449.08 Washington . 54,962.69 Berne 93,347.1 I Decatur-Root 18,964.93 Decatur-Washington 224,420.76 Geneva 21.293.14 Monroe 6,822.99 I 0 (Services At Calvary Church Thursday Night The Rev. M. W. Sunderman will deliver a sermon at the Calvary Evangelical chur c h , Thursday night at seven-thirty o'clock. o PRODUCTION IS ON INCREASE Automobile Manufacturers Report Increased Sales at Annual Show Chicago, Jan. 28—(U.R)—Increase in automobile production as a result. of an improvement in business conditions were reported by executives attending the national automobile show here today. While no general estimates were available, individual manufacturers and sales executives reported an increase in buying orders of 33 per cent as compared with last year, and revealed that orders to “speed up” production were going back to home factories. The orders are being reflected in raw material purchases also, the executives said, and steel and cotton mills, glass factories, copper smelters and others are benefitting by the buying. What the executives had to say about the buying increase included the following statements: E. L. Cord, president ot Auburn —Company’s factory at Connersville, Ind., running overtime; and plant at Auburn, Ind., being equipped with assembly line for Auburns. as well as Cords usually produced there. Sales qt Chicago show for three days exceeds that during entire show last ysar. Alfred P. Eloan, president of (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

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Mrs. John Coolidge Honor Guest in South j isac With her husband and parents, Mrs. John Coolidge, wife of the ex-president's son. is vacationing in St. Petersburg. Fla., where she I has been the honor guest at many I social functions, including the , bridge-breakfast at which this pic- ! ture was taken. STATE SENW PREPARES BILL Jeffersonville Man Would Remove Power From I. H. S. A. A. Indianapolis. Jan. 28.—(U.R) — A bill to take away the power of the ! Indiana High School Athletic Association and place tlie governing of high school athletics under complete control of the state board of education, is being prepared for iliitroduction for tlie legislature by ■Senator Russel Kehoe. Democrat. 1 Jeffersonville. The measure is the outgrowth of the suspension yesterday by the 1. H. S. A. A., of Jeffersonville high school's undefeated basketball t am from further participation this year in interscholastic contests. Action to suspend the team came after it had been charged by New Albany and Salem high school authorities that three players were ineligible under rules of the association. o NINE BOYS HURT IN RACE RIOTS Whites and Negroes Fight In New Jersey Reformatory; Few Escape Annandale. N. J.. Jan. 28 —(U.R) —Nine inmates of the New Jersey state reformatory for boys were missing today and nine others I were injured after a race riot broke out among the 400 boys ot the institution. j The fighting started in one of the cottages in which the youths are housed, and quickly spread to I the others, anil to the unwallod yard. The unarmed guards were unable to stop it until state police arrived. During the contusion about 75 boys escaped, but all except nine returned or were captured. lil feeling had been evident between tlie white and negro inmates for some time. During the study hour last night a fight started in a cottage which contained about 6c in-nates and four guards. One ot the combatants was white, and the other a negro. Within a few seconds all the other boys in the room had joined the battle. Windows were broken, tlie de ore torn from their hinges, chairs and tables broken up for clubs, and a fire hose was cut into sections and used as a weapon. The combat spread out into the yard, and soon inmates of all the other cottagas joined in. Troops were called from the Somerville :rd the Lambertville stations, ami subdued the riot. 0 Local Men Members of Breeders’ Ass’n. Kukelhan Brothers, Adams county breeders ot' Holstein cattle, have been admitted to membership in the world's largest livestock recording association, according to the Hol-stein-Friesian Association of Am- , erica. The association has 30,796 members, of which 585 are in Indiana.

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DISCUSSION OF MEASURE LEADS TO DIFFICULTY If Motion Had Carried All Tax Bills Would Have Been Killed SENATE ARGUES OLD AGE PENSION BILL Indianapolis, .Jan. 28. (U.R) — Democratic plat Io r m p'edges occupied the attention of both houses of the state legislature during its morning session as the senate debated the old age pension measure and the house discussed tin income tax bill. Both houses reconvened at two p. m. The house discussion nearly resulted in death to all income tax measures during this session, when a motion was made to kill a bill introduced by Representative li. 11. Evans, Republican, Newcastle. Had this action lieen adopted, no other income tax measure could have been introduced at this session. This provision in the rules was pointed out by Janies Knapp, Hagerstown, minority floor leader. The senate spent its entire morning session in discussion of seven proposed amendments to tlie pension bill and finally passed two lof them, providing for making a pension system optional with counties, and for empowering authorities to take over property j owned by pensioners. i Indianapolis. Jan. 28 —(UP)—Calendars jammed with minor matters that tended to obscure and delayprogress on the important issues, confronted Indiana legislators when they convene today. An aggregate 0f..3533 nieasttr»s had been poured into the. hoppers of the two houses and leaders strive to obtain speedy action on unimpori tant bills to dear the decks lor consideration of taxation measures. In the Senate this morning, the old age pension bill was called for a special order of business ami promised a lengthy debate. Another bill scheduled to meet with opposition was Senator Addison Drake's propo sal to make central time the standard time throughout Indiana. Introduction of bills and «onsi:leration of committee reports were on tlie program for tlie house. Two measures were expected to lie reported favorably from committees. They were tlie bill providing poll taxes for women, and a measure allowing change judge in cases qL' indirect contempt of court. Nine bills were introduced in tllo senate yesterday afternoon in a short session preceding committee meetings. One would require reduction of 1931 and 1932 liudg ts in local units of governni nt to 75 (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) FOUR GUNMEN STAGE HOLDUP Rob Forty Men and Women Attending Church Meeting in Chicago Chicago, Jan. 28 —(U.R) —A series of the most daring holdups ever attempted in Chicago was climaxed last night when four gunmen held up 40 men and women attending a church meeting, robbed them of about SIOO, and escaped. The series began four days ago when three bandits raided tha Hillman Pure Food store in the center of the loop, killed one money guard and wounded another and escaped witlt SIB,OOO after throwing thousands of Saturday night shoppers into a panic. The second holdup of the series was even more daring than the first. Five bandits entered the Wieboldt store, outside the loop, Monday afternoon, engaged in a gun battle with several policemen who were guarding a safe, shot one of the officers and a bystander, and escaped with $19,200. The four men last night appeared suddenly at a community meeting in the basement of st. Hedwigs Catholic church oh th« Northwest side. The 40 men and women were herded into one room and searched quickly. Os the loot, $lB was taken from Leo Doman, secretary of the organization that, was in session.