Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 29, Decatur, Adams County, 3 February 1931 — Page 1

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, t r WER TAKES ®AND AGAINST' APPROPRIATION ■iel' Measure “Strikes A Roots of Self-Gov-Wernmenf’ He Says -Epeals TO PEOPLE i ■•IO DONATE funds, k^Wibhiiiul" ll ' Feb. 3—<UR’ -I Hoover- inerting; ■ ' havsimih l int'll today, ! Ki,, h attacked the $2.),-1 [■(Hill ;i>)|>ro|>i'httioii tori h ■ Ous'- ivhef upon which , 'isr ami senate are I ■ I I 1 ’!' nronosal to use Bfunds lor loods in the al the very roots ol mal | ( . the statement after Watson (Rep., Ind.) had with him at breakfast ■_ of breaking the legislative over the appropriation Ifter having brought the inatIfore the cabinet for discusI repealed to congress and the Lto give needed relief in ■ h<> ' haracterized the 'Anieri- |« v " He urged that local Kanities and state governments ■!’■> tn minister to the hungry ■cold through voluntary subBtious. Idn not think I should be Led with lack of human sym- ■ the president said in a Ln voice as tie recited some ■is own experiences in relief ■ "The people have the re- | the ability, the desire and Kindliness of spirit to meet the Kbon." I Us own relief work. Mr. ■er explained, relief always ■accomplished on the basis of . contribution except people were unable to care v . this morning the Red has notified me that no one hungry and that no one go hungry or cold." Mr. HoovHe contended the Red Ks TOTIN'PED ON PAGE SIX) igasi o— ——■ — ■yer of Daughter J I Given Life Sentence ■ h ianapuiis. Feb. 3. — (U.R) — A ih.. .pc prison in Michigan from which there will be no will be taken tomorrow by rd Guiry, 61. confessed slayer i daughter, Isabelle Fern. ry pleaded guilty yesterday second degree murder charge, tid he killed his daughter beshe was out of her mind. He ered from wounds made in a al attempt. • o je Considers Plea For Mercy By Daisy Angeles, Feb, 3. — (U.R) — De Voe’s plea tor mercy was consideration today by Judge trn C. Doran who had denied new trial on charges that she money from Clara Bow, her (yer. unients on her application rotation will be heard next lay. but it was indicated it require probation officers at two weeks longer than that tiplete their report. — o OSIER AUTHOR (EGAINS SIGHT th Tarkington, FamAuthor, Regains Sight ■Through Operation Md„ Feb. «3. — (U.R) — IB Tarkington sat in Wilmer rr at the Johns Hopkins hos- ■ W an 'l told how it feels to know be able to see again after certain he had lost his ■ he most important thing I can Tarkington said, “is that I<J * )e a^e to see again. last August my sight |B eil to fail and it kept getting until my recent operation. weeks I could not see but now it is a certainty that see. believe anyone knows « JNTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

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'Dunkirk Debate Team At Library Tonight i The affirmative team of the lie. ' jeatur High School will participat • I |in a debate with the Dunkirk high I school negative team In the Public , '.Libiary Hall, tonight at 7:30 o'clock , I This will be the only debate oi l the local affirmative team whicn will take place in this city. All oth I er contests of that team will tak- I place in other cities. James Engeler will act as th" I chairman tonight, and Marion Bak- 1 |er the time keeper. The members of |the affirmative team are Richard iSchug, Helen Hain, ami James. I Burk. GEORGE EVERETT DIES SUDDENLY Heart Attack Fatal to Postoffice Clerk; Found Dead in Yard George W. Everett. 58, for many | years money order clerk at the 10-| cal post office, dropped dead in the back yard of his home, one mile south of this city, at 9.40 o'clock. 'Monday evening. Coroner J. C. | Grandstaff, after an inquest held this morning, stated that death' was caused by a heart attack. Mr. Everett bad been outside, and was returning to the house when he suffered the attack and fell forward on his face. His nose was broken and several cuts and j bruises were received in the fall. His body was found by Mrs.: Everett and daughter Charlotte,! who became alarmed because he. failed to return to the house, and i turned on the back porch light, j ' They found him lying near an outbuilding. He had suffered with heart, trouble for over a year, but was, ablq |o be nt work niost of the.; 1 time. He worked Monday and was i apparently in fairly good health Mr. Everett served as money 1 order clerk at the local postoffice for the past 27 years and was well known here. Prior to this position he was employed as a school teach- * er. and later was employed by the ’ Krick-Tyndall Tile Company. He was a nieniber of the Modern Woodman lodge, and attended the Baptist church for many years. The deceased was born in Ohio, June 4. 1872 the son of William ana ! Sarah Lions Everett. His first wite, Ada Miller-Everett, preceded him in - death, and 24 years ago he was, i united in marriage to Grace M. • Beli-Liby, who survives, together (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) - -o Lebanon Officials Study Room Rate Plan Lebanon, Ind., Feb. 3. — <U.R>, — 1 Mayor John C. Perking and other Lebanon officials are studying a “room rate" plan of charging for electricity, proposed by the Inter- ' state Public Service Company. The first reaction to the plan by - officials was that it would not efi feet much of a saving, possibly not > more than $1,200 a year. I Threat of the city to appeal to j the Indiana public service commisr sion unless the utility provided a lower electric rate, led to pressn i tation of the ‘‘room plan,” said to t be in effect in 250 Indiana cities t and towns. t City officials found particular obt jectio nto the present annual cost of $15,000 for current used for street lighting and water works power. — —o — 28 Rebels Hanged ■ In Turkey at Dawn Newmen, Turkey, Feb. 3 —(UP) The bodies of 28 dervishes convict ed of plotting religious revolt " swung from 28 gallows here today, j t their breasts bearing placards pronouncing them guilty of a crime against the state. They were hanged at dawn. The bodies will swing in public 1 pntil tomorrow. 1 ‘ Four death sentences had been ' commuted by the National assemr bly. 8 The prisoners were brought from their cells, where most spent ‘he n night waeping and praying. They t were turned over to soldiers and marched through the streets of t Menenen to their respective ga>l g ows, in a cold rain. i. Several youths collapsed before e they reached the gallows, but sol ,t diers dragged them through the streets. The older men, sexacenara ian. bearded shieks, walked solemn - and upright to their places of execution.

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VETERAN'S HERO FAILS TO AGREE ON BONUSPLANS General Hines Refuses to Endorse Any of Four Plans Submitted i ADVISES EXTENSION OF DISABLED RELIEF Washington. Feb. 3. —(U.R)— Gen-1 t ral Frank T. Hines, head of the 'U. S. Veterans Bureau, testifying 1 I before the s nate finance commit- ■ I tee today, refused to endorse any I |of the four plans for readjusting | veterans' compensation which have' ■ been suggested to congress. “My best advice is," he said.i "that the congress should give consideration to the further extension I ;of benefits to the disabled, to the I . widows and orphans of deceased | ex service men, and to the building I | of additional hospitals and soldiers' i homes to care for the sick, and' i leave the able-bodied ex-service! i men to take their places along witli I the other citizens of the country | in working out their own salvation I in these distressing times.” While Hines was testifying before the senate committee, E. D. Duffield, president of the Prudential Life Insurance Company, was telling the hops • ways and means I committee that issuance at this ■ time of a large amount of new government securities to pay a cash ; bonus would postpone a return of prosperity. A prediction that prosperity “is not far distant." was I made by Duffield, who was the first of several financial and industrial leaders called by Chairman Hawb y of the hourfb committee to bol(CONTINUED ON PAG® SIX) ' - Man Commits Suicide In Chicago City Hall Chicago, Feb. 3. — (U.R) — lllnsss and financial losses were blamed today for the suicide of H. H. Maier. who was well known in politics and who shot himself aftt r gaining en'rance to a locked courtroom in the city hall. DO-X Flight Delayed By More Motor Trouble Las Yalmas. Canary Islands, February 3 —(UP) —The flight of the Dornier flying boat DO-X from Las Ualimas to tlie Cape Verde Island was delayed again today by motor trouble. At 8:30 A. M. it was decided that it would be impossible to reach Porto Praia, in the Cape Verde Islands, during daylight today* The departure therefore was post poned and set tentatively for Wednesday, between 4 and 5 A. M. TOY GUN BANDIT SHOT TO DEATH Storekeeper Kills One, Critically Wounds Another At Indianapolis Indianapolis, Feb. 3. —(U.R) —One “toy gun” bandit was shot to death, and his companion was w‘ounded critically in an attempted grocery store robbery here last night. Joseph Glosson opened fire at point-blank range when he entered the store room where the bandits were binding up his stepson, Richard Eastridge, 17. Mrs. Glosson had discovered the robbery attempt when she peered through a trapdoor in the living quarters over the grocery room. The dead bandit was known only as Nichols, and his home was said to be in Detroit. His companion, (CONT.NUED ON PAGE SIX) o Mrs. Maud Dorwin Is Reported Improved The condition of Mrs. Maud Dorwin well known Decatur lady who is confined to her home following a stroke of paralysis which she suffered Sunday ,is reported to be a little improved today. Mrs. Albert Gehrig of Huntington; Miss Helen Dorwin of Fort Wayne; and Dean Dorwin of Muncie were called ‘,o the bedside of their mother Monday evening.

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The romance of Paul Whiteman, internationally famous orchestra ' leader, and his wife, who was Vanda Hoff, has ended in an "amicable ' separation." according to reports along Broadway. Mrs. Whiteman, shown here with her famous husband, is at Palm Beach with (heir 6-year-old son, Paul Jr. She was at one time a well known dancer.

BROTHERHOOD HOLDS MEETING I Forty-Eight Men Attend Program at Evangelical Church Monday Forty-eight men attended the E'. - i 1 angelical Brotherhood meeting at : the First Evangelical Church Monday night. The regular business I meeting was presided over by T. L. j Becker, the president. The program and social features I were in charge of the February section of the Brotherhood, with Orval | Harruff, chairman. The first part i of the program consisted of a number of questions by S. E. Black concerning the Decatur Water Works, answers to which were given by Or- ' val Harruff, water works superintendent. William Dellinger then questioned William Meyers concerning the poultry business, particularly considering the transportation and marketing . Dallas Spuller fol-1 lowed with a paper giving some of! the outstanding problems of modern | I farming. Rev. M. W. Sunderman presented • the February sevtion in a musical. , comedy, "The song of the sheet. Re-1 freshments were served to those present by the February section. o Mystery of Burning Boat Solved Today i I Eureka, Calif. Feb. 3—(UP) —The. mystery of the burning vessel 30 miles north of here stood solved today with the arrival of the coast I guard cutter Carokia which rescued ( the crew of two men. Captain Adolk M. Moller, Seattle and Olaf Webstad, the crew of the f power launch Vertex, cleared the ' Mystery that had caused wide speculation and excitement along the ’ coast all day yesterday. Captain Moller explained his launch left Seattle last night and 1 caught fire yesterday morning, > forcing him and the mate to abandon the ship in a small dory. The Vertex sank. o Revival Services I At Church of God Revival srevices at the Church of i God on Cleveland street, started 5 Sunday, and a good interest has - been manifested in the meetings, i Rev. Alva Bragg, pastor of the t church, is acting as the evangelist, : and is a forceful speaker. A great i revival is assured. The meetings j will be held each night this week, i- and the public is invited to the services.

MAY BE FOOLING Groundhog More Often Wrong Than Right, Statistics Show. Several Cities Can Look for Six Weeks More of Winter. Chicago, Feb. 3 —(U.R) —It may I be Springtime in the Rockies, also ! in Montreal, but folks in Florida ! will wear overcoats for the next six weeks or else the tradition about the groundhog and February ! 2 is just a tradition and nothing I more. While persons who have faith in i the groundhog as a weather forej caster puzzled today over the fact | that the sun shone yesterday in places where it wasn't expected and didn't shine in places where it ! was. Forecaster ('. A. Donnel of Chicago compiled statistics showing the groundhog has been wrong more often than right. Among the places where the (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIXi OPPOSITIONTO BONUS DEVELOPS t ■ Indiananolis Legion Post Oppot' immediate Cash Payment to Vets Indianapolis. Feb. 3. —<U.R)i —Open opposition to the American Legion's policy favoring immediate cash payment of bonuses to World war veterans was announced by in m- . bers of the Mcllvaine-Kothe post of the Legion here. I What appeared to be a direct 1 blow at the organization's policy ' was delivered at a post meeting ‘ last night when all members voted ■ to indefinitely table a communica- ' tion from state Legion headquart ers urging cooperation in the cash 1 bonus movement. 1 A motion to write United States •j .CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) Three Men Murdered At Granite City, 111. I East St. Louis, 111., Feb. 3. <U.R! —Secrecy surrounded the invest! I j gation today of the slaying of three men whose bulbt riddled bodies were in an isolated district neat Granite City, 111. The dead men were David Hoff • man, East St. Louis pawnbroker: 3 J. F. Carroll and Theodore Karnin ski. Carroll and Kaminski wer< s said by police to have been in volved in a kidnaping ring.

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VIEWERS NAMED ON SEVEN ROAD: IMPROVEMENTS ■ No Objections Are Filed < And Improvements Are J Furthered One Step i HENRY B. HELLER IS 1 NAMED ATTORNEY' Viewers were appointed to- < dav by the board of county commissioners on seven pro- I posed road improvements. | reports to lie t iled bv themj' before the March meeting ofi the board. . , i The viewers on the ditfer-; ent road improvements are, l Will Baumgartner, Phil Schug, on I Bait Boice road. Wabash town- t 'ship; Harry Meshberger, Luther I Martin, on the Bernstein (North' I Second improvement) Decatur; I Oscar Meshberger. Janies Kelley.' William Wyant road. Jefferson | townsh'ip; Frank Heiman, Free-1, I man Walters. Larson road. Blue j Creek township: Ed Bultemier. 1 Ed Zwick, Myers road, St. Marys; township: Martin Bieberich, Aug-' list Kruetzman, William Barkley | road. Union township: Henry Lehr- 1 man, Frank Gleckler, Koeneman road. Preble township. No objections were filed against I the road improvements and the i | viewers will meet this week and j t ext to inspect the routes and filo' j their reports. Attorney is Appointed Henry B. Heller was reappointed county attorney by the county, commissioners today. Mr. Heller i is beginning his 18th year as coun-i ‘ ty attorney and the commissioners * extended him a vote of thanks Tor | i- , | (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) j o • — ' 0. C. PUMPHREY 1$ CHAIRMAN Decatur .Jeweler Elected ’! County Chairman of Bov Scouts Council I . I C. C. Pumphrey, Decatur jeweler | J was elected county chairman of the I Adams county Bov Scout Council. i|at a meeting of Scout directors held! .. Monday evening at the Chamber: t of Commerce rooms. i Other officers elected are, M. J. 1 Mylott, vice-chairman; Sim Burk, I t secretary-treasurer; Bryce Thomas,j f scout commissioner. The new officers will be notified ’ of their election today by J. L. I Anguish, chief scout executive of 8 the Anthony Wayne area council, 'Fort Wayne. Following the election of officers! plans for a Boy Scout program in 1 ; Decatur were discussed and a pro-1 | posed drive for funds to carry on activities with the Anthony Wayne: * council were also discussed. No | Faction was taken on the latter project, the directors leaving the matter for the new officers to dei cide. 1 E. W. Lankenau, superintendent I of the Decatur Works of the General Electric Company. Mr.'Pumphrey and Avon Burk of this city are i members of the Anthony Wayne a area council.' , t o—- ’ Lady Decies Dies In London Home Today London, Feb. 3—(UP) —Lady De- ' cies, formerly Helen Vivien Gould * daughter of the late George Jay ” Gould, died at a nursing home here (l at 4 A. M. today. '■ Lady Decies is survived by her husband. Baron Decies, an Irish II peer, and one son and two daughters. 8 Lord and Lady Decies were married in 1911. o — Graham Is Named Washington, Feb. 3.—<U.R). — President Hoover this afterll noon passed the name of i- Lewis A. Graham, Decatur, e Indiana, to the senate for cons firmation as postmaster of r Decatur. f. Mr. Graham, who is serving his •; first term as postmaster, will be--i- gin his new term February 17. He ■e'was first appointed in 1927. He i-1 was recommended for appointment by Representative A. H. Vestal.

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Former Resident Dies In California , Word has been received here of the death of A. J. Aber, aged 62 a ‘ormer resident of Adams County, who died at his home in Pasadena, Cul - fornia, last fuesday. Death was due to penumonia. Mr. Aber was the son of Mr. and Mrs. David Aber, a pioneer family of Adams County. Surviving are his , wife; a son Thomas Aber of El ' Paso, Texas; a sister, Mrs. B. J. Finegan of Beverly Hills. California I and a brother. Karl H. Aber of Albuquerque. New Mexico. The deceased was an uncle of John I). J Aber, also of Albuquerque. New Mexico, formerly of resident of this city. FORMER LOCAL |' RESIDENT DIES Sister M. Angelica,6l, Dies At St. Agnes Convent In Wisconsin Sister M. Angelica. 61, formerly !Miss Caroline Smitli of this citv, I died at the St. Agnes Convent at iFon du Lac, Wisconsin, this morning according to word received bv. 'relatives here today. Death was caused by paralysis. Sister Angelica was the (laughjter of Joseph and Anna Smith amt I spent her childhood tn this city where she was well known. For tlie past 38 years she lias been in the Ist. Agnes Convent, and prior to ■her death was a teacher in Chica- | go, 111. She was born September 18, 11869. Surviving are the following brothers and sisters: Lee Smith of Fort Wayne; Mrs. Amelia Christen of '.this city; Mrs. L. R. Heiman of 'Fort Wayne; Lawrence Smith ami '.Joseph Smith of this city; Mrs. I John E. Wilson of Payne, 0., VinIcent Smith of Fort Wayne. Mrs. | Mary Smith of this city, mother of [Mrs. Frank Lose, is a step-mother lot’ the deceased. The father, mother, a brother Benjamin Smith and Alhinb Smith i Smith preceded the deceased in ■death. Funeral services will be held Thursday at Fon du Lac, Wisconsin Mrs. Amelia Christen and daughter ißernadine, Mr. and Mrs. John Willson of Payne, Ohio and Mrs. L. R. Heiman of Fort Wayne left today Ito attend the funeral service. o Circus Will Remain In Winter Quarters Peru, Ind., Feb. 3.—(U.R)|—The i John Robinson circus will not make ■ it annual tour this year, but will j remain in winter quarters here, ac- ' cording to word issued today by I circus officials. The Sells-Floto jand Hagenbeck-Wallace shows are I preparing for their tours, however. TAX MEASURES TU COME FIRST Reapportionment Bill May Be Side-Tracked For Tax Adjusting Bills Indianapolis, Feb. 3—(UP) —The doom of all reapportionment based I upon Lieutenant Governor Edgar D. Bush's statement that sentiment among Senate republicans is opposed to tackling reapportionment until taxation matters are definitely settled. With only 35 days more of the 61day session, taxation and various other important matter remained to be disposed of, and republicans thus far have done nothing toward solving the 12-way congressional division. All 12 Indiana congressmen will be elected at large next year, if; reapportionment is not accomplished at this session. The most open show of party hostility of the session was shown yesterday afternoon when Senator James J. Nejdl, Republican, Whit ’ (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) , Former Local Man Arrested by Sheriff D. C. Haverstick, of Fort Wayne, former Decatur resident was arrest- ’ ed by Sheriff Burl Johnson this at’- ' ternoon on a fraudulent check ’ charge. HaVerstick is alleged to s have given a bad check to the Krot ger store on South Second street. Bond for his release was set at SIOO

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SECOND TREMOR INCREASES LIST OF THOSE KILLED Eastern Coast of North Island Shaken by Second Quake Today MEAGER REPORTS SHOW MANY KILLED Auckland. New Zealand, Feb. 1 (\Vednesdav) (U.R) The broadlv-cui'ved eastern coast of North Island, which was rocked near Hawks Bav j)v a devastating earthquake earlv Tuesday, was shaken again at midnight bv new’ tremors which were less violent. The new tremors, which occurred at intervals, hampered the feverish work of rescue in the stricken district around Napier, where semiofficial advices reported 10 dead, and Hastings, where 21 were known killed and 100 others unofficially estimated dead. The earthquake, which caused a twisting or shitting of certain undersea regions along the coast and was reported to have raised the harbor floor at Napier 18 feet, wrecked most of the business buildings at Napier ami Hastings. Tidal waves ami fire added to the many millions of dollars of damage. At Hastings 16 employes still were trapped in a store building which was demolished. One man was extricated uninjured after nine hours of work, but the new tremors hindered further rescue efforts. Many were reported injured at Hastings and about 1,000 were said to lie injured at Napier. The casualties in other towns — Gisborne. Mangaweka, W’aipukuraii. W'airoa, Waipawa, Taupo and Rotorua —khich were known to ha>o suffered great damage, were tinct rtaih. 'r'he first relief forces were en route to Napier on two- British cruisers, which were making 24 knots ami due to arrive at daybreak. Sixteen doctors and IS nurses with necessary suppli-'s were aboard the shfas. Auckland, New Zealand, Feb. 3. —(U.R) —A devastating earthquake, accompanied by landslides, tidal waves, and fire, caused immense property damage and an undetermined less of life along the east, coast of North Island. New Zealand, today. First reports received here crime from ships along the coast and by radio-telephone. The damage was summarized as follows: (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) 0 Fort Wayne Legion Band Here Tonight The American Legion Band of Fort Wayne. Post No 47. will present a concert in the Decatur high school auditorium, tonight at 8:15 o’clock. The concert will be sponsored by the V. I. S. Class of the United Brethren Sunday School. The band consists of 58 pieces and the program will include solos amt quartets and a variety entertainment. Tickets for the event may be procured at the door tonight for 35c The public is invited to this musical program. FRIEDLY BILL HEARING TODAY Bill to Oust Control From Trester up For Hearing This Afternoon Indianapolis. Feb. 3—(UP) —The Indiana high school athletic association was to be placed “on the tire" this afternoon at a meeting of the Senate Committee on judiciary B for consideration of the Friedley bill for creation of a state lioard of athletic control. Tlie bill, introduced by Senator Roy Friedley, Republican, Muncie provides for establishment of a board of seven members, consisting of high school, town, county, and city school officials to direct al’ lathletic activities in the Indiana j high schools. Another measure aimed at abolition of the present high school • CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX,