Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 37, Decatur, Adams County, 12 February 1931 — Page 1

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|jODEBATE I# IN HOUSE lIfIBHT LAW i H Gurley, a Baptist thcrAnd Dry AtE f y Lead \t U tiincuts N HEARING was E id LA st xight wpolis. 1- U.R: In-! I fright I' 111 "' llr ' lilW was -t) y a publish. !. a ministattorney am! a business k M open Ivai-a ■ last night tals e of repr' - •natives on te repeal the statute, ig the assault was I! >yd E. mililMt e.li’or of the In lite Ti#n '■ " ■•" a * Jft of his address that he |i,p Anti Saloon I . ague & was first organized and Mt i racket-" g tepresenta’i'' s 1,1 etlueaHinisWial. civic and dry or, spoke in iefense of the [law. with Ethan A. Miles. ( v for the Indiana Anti-Sal tague. leading the defense, je conclusion of the hearing, tentative Russell J. Dean, ms. announced that a decisI the resonirn.-niLition of the ttife would not be made heWay. At th same time the Bw will act on a bill which give physicians authority to i fte medicinal whisky. It | the subject of a public hoar- 1 lesday night. ley. In launching his attack I [Wright law stated he was' (the first editors in the Unit-1 Kes to bar th? insertion of WED ON I'4.TE THREE) , • r, Give Home Talent St. Peters I public is invited to attend] toe-talent t lire -act comedy i i l Giri,” to be given by the tar’s Young Peoples Society t Peter's Lutheran church, Say and Sunday evenings. ! ost of characters was publishi Wednesday’s evening's Dailv I tot. Those taking part are rente Boeger, Della Boeger, thy Biebericlt, t ail Busick, i Busick. Melvin Scherer, tt Bueoer and Helen Fuelling. Hu Greunke is director of the W music will be furnished it Hoosier Eagles. S— o WON PLANT EUNED PROFIT “icipal Plant Had Net »mings of $25,567.08 For Year 1930 * Bluffton municipal light and Alam made a net profit of $25, • ro- 1930, according to the anfiled with the city coun’Ed Hans, superintendent of tot. an<l Power department ’>51.68 and the water went earned J3.215.6S Alllf‘ 1930 profit was not up to l(, r years it is considered as l ’ ew of the business de■on. jt-ross income of the electric: "taut was J 89.608.96 and exu,eri ’’67,257.28. The income water department was $22,s 111(1 the expenses were $19,tl' ° litS °. f the B»uftton plant tin "f I>a^ltlK the bonds for the Aof the community building ’ maintaining it. nriT Ual report ahows that the u. ‘ 10 “ char Bes in the electrio wtment were $9,837.62 and ater department, $2,844.26. (kin Elevator W ‘H Be Sold Feb. 25 V° C > 8 ? Parm « r a' Elevator fiirv « d t 0 the high birider M tha ' acco,,l ''ng to a decis- ! Btocl< holders announced L,. 3 wi " be re ceived for t leal* * 8 ' illclu< i' n 8 all equipitorwm? 4 real estate ' Tho ie « i- e 901 d only for eash 1( tockhoders reserve the Hw,.;, 1 any °i' all bids. The fed'l) S .' ’J' 110 number 187, are iDan ’ , p °rter, president: fenkJ’J ce ' pr - esl<len t; and N. *' nkn ‘ght, secretray.

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Pay Tribute to Lincoln T j -mi -.41111 I-' ; '• ' v: ’ . 'io I 111—g.i iwmi—a—wniMTiifMirCTn unTiiim x Governor Wilber M. Brucker (left) of Michigan, and Katsni I Debuchi. ambassador to the United States from Japan, photographed i ' in Chicago on train bound for Springfield. 111., where they apeak today at ceremonies attending celebration of the 122nd anniversary of the 1 birthday of Abraham Lincoln.

REPUBLICANS IN BITTER BATTLE' Mayor Thompson And .Judge Lyle Hurl Threats In Chicago Campaign — I Chicago, Feb. 12. — (U.R) Jack-, asses, machine guns and inelegant i I epithets were employed with from: ! tier-day recklessness today in the' [battle between Mayor William I I Hale Thompson and Judge John H. • • Lyle for the republican nomination! for mayor. Thompson paraded his donkey ■ and jackass through the’streets t > symbolize his opponent . Judge Lyie I Lyle displayed submachine guns land sawed-off shotguns at h'is meet I j ings as symbols of tiie mayor's ai ; I leged ineffectiveness against crime.: I And between these two rival.; flew such epithets as. “Blubbering jungle hippopotamus ” “Nutty judge." "Jumbo, the flood relief quack." “Moron." “Lurching, shambling imbecile” “Arrogant, incomp tent, inefficient judge.” "Flabby jowls of .. r.invardi hog." “Essence of nothingnes.ChTeago has gone through tn-1 miiltuous campaigns in the past (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) ASSEMBLYHEARS FORTWAYNEMAK . Col. Foster Addresses Legislature on Abraham Lincolib Indianapolis, Feb. 12. —(U.R) —Col. David Faster, Fort Wayne, who knew Abraham Lincoln personally, I treated members of the General Assembly today to a talk on his character, and a word picture of ( the stirring time of the Civil War. “He was three-fourths legs, and i homely,” Foster eaid, “but I believe that God raised him up to • save our nation from dissolution." • The Senate adjourned until 1 . p.nt. and convened with the House I of Representatives at 2 p. m., to . hear Curtis Shake. Vincennes, in a Lincoln Day addrees. Services Are Held Indianapolis, Feb. 12 —(U.R) —The ’ Indiana General Assembly today held services in commemoration of Abraham Lincoln's birthday ! anniversary. The Senate set aside an hour of (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT)

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Fort Wayne Woman Hurt In Accident * Mrs. Anna Frauhiger (of Fort I Wayne was seriously injured in an accident which occurred nine miles * southwest* of Fort Wayne. Wednes|day morning, when the automobile i which she was driving collided head-1 ion with a large truck driven by jt’arl Palmer of this city. Mrs. Frauhiger, who was unaci lompanied, was taken to the Lutheran Hospital, where it was learned site had received a deep scalp wound ■and a possible fracture of the hip. Deputy Sheriff Charles Coulardot, of Allen county who investigated the accident, reported that the truck (which was leaving a small bridge and was being driven toward Fort Wayne, was struck by tlm woman's car. THREE BANDITS STAGE HOLDUP Bank Custodian Critically Wounded In Indianapolis Robbery Indianapolis, • Feb. 12 (UP)— [Three bandits bearing machine guns attempted to rob the Broad Ripple State bank hero today, shot diaries !W. Parr. 54. custodian, and fled southward as police emergency squads closed in on the vicinity. Parr's wound was critical. One o' the bandits was believed wounded by patrolman Mawry Johnston. who fired six times into the fleeing auto. The machine was a- | bandoned a short distance away and the bandits continued in ar. other auto, which they stole. Two of the men entered the bank and one covered the cashier. F. C Carter. Meanwhile, a customer entered, but h-3 was shadowed by the third bandit. Parr, on tha outside, peered through the plate glass window at the moment and was met by a fire from a bandit's machine gun. He dropped, shot through the lung, and the bandits fled. As the trio ran to the waiting auto, they opened fire on patrolman johrston, standing nearby, and he returned the fire. _____ 0 — Special Matinee To Be Given Friday The Tattler staff. Decatur Catholic high school publication, announced today that a matinee for the benefit show, “New Moon,” would be given at the Adams theater, Friday afternoon at two-thirty o’clock. The matinee was arranged to accommodate the many persons who could not attend the show tonight or Friday night.

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SECRETARY HYDE SENDS HiS REPLY TO THE SENATE I Secretary of Agriculture I Says Fund May be Used ■ . For Food Purchase TELEGRAM ASSURES HIS COOPERATION Washington, Feb. 12—(U.R) —Sec-; retary of Agriculture Hyde today ' te'egraphed the Senate Hhat there > was no restriction in the com- j I promise drought relief appropriation in his interpretation of it which would prevent use of the money for the purchase of human loon. Hyde's telegram, sent from Louisville, Kentucky, was in reply to questions propounded to him by the Senate under a resolution, passed yesterday. Hyde's tele-j gram added, however, that provi-| sion of food and clothing to the needy in the drought area was the “major purpose" of the Red Cross, which he elieved was now meet- . ! inc this need. At the moment the clerk com- , • pleted reading Hyde's telegram, , I Senator Norris. Republican. Ne- | braska. interjected that it was j | ‘very much like the Wickersham - 1 report.’’ This remark indicated the atti- , tude to be taken toward it by the insurgent Republican group, who 11 I have been opposing the compro-p i mise measure. Hyde's telegram said persons in h (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT)]J DECATUR MAN'S FATHER DIES Wm. A. Frvback, Father I of Dee Fry back. Passes Away Today William A. Fryback, 67. well-1 known Bluffton man and father of ’ Dee Fryback of this city, died at! the home of his daughter. Mrs.' Nova Fields in Marion, at 2:30; o'clock this morning. Death was | caused by complications of sugar diabetes and paralysis. Mr. Fryback suffered witli diabetes for the past ten years and was not able to work. He had been bedfast for the past two weeks, having suffered a stroke ! of paralysis two wdeks ago. Mr. and Mrs. Fryback left their home in Bluffton last September to srend the winter with their daughter in Marion. The deceased was born in Wells county, April 7, 1863, the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Nelson Fryback both deceased. He spent his entire life living in Wells county, and until his retirement from business, ten years ago, was employed as a district manager of Schlosser Brothers Company. Surviving is the widow. Mrs. Ida Jane A very-Fryback, and the following children: Mrs. Nova Fields of Marion; Brent Fryback of (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) COMPROMISE ON BILL EXPECTED House Committee Expected to Vote Favorably in Increased Loan Plan Washington, Feb. 12 —(U.R) —The way was opened today by the House ways and means committee for adoption of a compromise veterans relief bill to increase the loan limit on adjusted service certificates. It was indicated the committee would vote favorably later today on such a plan. The committee devoted its morning session to hearing Undersecretary of Treasury Ogden L. Mills and Director Frank T. Hines, of the Veterans Bureau, who discussed the approximate cost of loan proposals. A loan bill is the only proposal now being considered by the committee. Rep. Fish, Re.pn., N. Y., today modified his bill providing for a 25 per cent cash payment to provide a 25 per cent increase on the loan limit, which would make (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE)

Chamber of Commerce i Meets at Berne Monday The I’erne Chamber of ('oninurcel is making plans for a meeting next Monday evening, which promises to be Hie biggest and most inter-1 eating ineejing held by the < hum I her. Arthur F. Hail, presid nt of the National Lincoln Life Insurance Company and Charles H.' Buesching, president of the Lin-1 coin National B ink, Fort Wayne, I will be the principal speakers at the meeting. State Senator Thur man Gottschalk, Bern , and Rep- , resentative Virgil M. Simmons. Bluffton, are also planning to at- , [tend the meeting. (). F. Gilliom is i president of the Berne Chamber of Commerce. The meeting will • open with a dinn r at 6:30 o'clock. “WILD OATS BOY" TO BE REPEATED Woman's Club Play Will Be Given at Catholic High School Monday The p'.ay, “The Wild Oats Boy" which met with such sui < ess when i (presented by the Civic Section of the Woman’s Club last Monday night, will be repeated in the Decatur Catholic High School auditorium. Monday night, February 16, at 8:15. The play will be repeated by popular request and on a benefit basis. The same cast of characters will | take par: in the three act comedy. Us appeared before, and it is hoped |that all persons who did not see the I play at its first appearance will wit- • iness the production next Monday I night. s Tickets will be sold Sunday morning at the Catholic Church door and at the door of the auditorium on the night of the performance for 56e for adults. Children will be admitted at ‘he door Monday night for 25c, Rev. Lanman Speaks at Lion Club Meeting Rev. C. R. Lanman, pastor of th? First Christian church in this city, addressed the meeting of the Lion I club, which was held in the Chrisj tian church basement, Tuesday | night. The program followed the I banquet which was served by the j ladies of the church. I , Mr. Olsen and Janies Staley of the Cloverleaf Creamery were guests at the meeting. Amos ,1. Graber, a member of the organ- , ization, served a special ice cream to the members and guests. TWO CHILDREN KIILEO INURE Three Other Members of Akron, ()., Family Injured When Home Burns Akron, 0., Feb. 12—(U.R)—Two children were killed and three other members ot the Joseph Sourek family injured today when fire destroyed their home near here. The bodies of Betty, 16, and Joseph, 6, were found in the ruins after they had aided in an attempt to save their father, an Akron attorney. Sourek rushed into his wife’s bedroom with iris clothing aflame and roused the sleeping family l , Mrs. Sourek and the children wrapped a b’anket around him to put out H. 3 flartes and then sought to escape. .Sourek made his way to safety while his wife and another daughter, Rose, 14, were injured when they leaped through the window. The other children apparently became confused and perished as they remained inside. Sourek’s condit ion was critical. ?vlrs. Sourek is an author. What Do You Need? To fill your wants read the advertisements in tonight's Daily Democrat. Several pages chuck full of bargains and timely suggestions for the thrifty shopper. Here they are: Page Beavers. Fryback & Beavers 5 Holthouse-Schulte & Co 8 John T. Myers Co. 4 McDuffee Tire Service . 3 Saylors Motor Co 6 Miller-Jones Co 8

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EULOGY GIVEN I FOR LINCOLN AT SPRINGFIELD Gov. Murray, of Oklahoma, Praises Civil War President in Memorial THOUSANDS ATTEND ANNUAL OBSERVANC Springfield. 111.. Feb. 12—(U.R)—! Gov. William H. Murray of Okla-1 homa. himself a man of tile com-1 mon people, self educated, gaunt i and rustic like "the Great Emanci-j nator.” stood last night in the shadow of the Civil War Presi- ( dent's tomb and uttered a prayer i for the coming ot “another | Lincoln." Murray, whose ca’reer is remind-] fill,of that of Lincoln, came out of the southwest to join in paying l homage to the martyred president! who was born in Kentucky 1221 years ago today. Born, like Lincoln, in a log 1 house; and. like Lincoln, a lawyer; Murray, who enjoys his nick-! name of “Alfalfa Bill." extended i life great hands, declared the: world was facing the same problem it faced in 1860. and prayed: “Oh. Father of all mercies. “Send us another Lincoln.” The meeting at which Murray spoke marked tlie start of the annual observance which today drew thousands to the city where Lincoln's career began. He was only one of a half dozen famous men .who spoke, but his words some- ] how gripped his. audience as ( no other address at the martyr’s tomb has done in years. “We assemble here,” he said, “to perpetuate not so much his name but those attributes of character I y a recital of his history." “The history of Lincoln, he de- • flared, “is the history of America ] in the ideals and moral precepts I ■for the safety of (he Republic and i the betterment of humanity.” Every period of history, he said, has been dominated by the character of some man or government and as a result civilization has gone up and down “like an elevator." Lincoln, he declared, was the! dominating figure of his age, an | age when the ever present struggle “between two principles — right (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) 0 Schools Observe Lincoln’s Birthday Abraham Lincoln’s birthday was observed throughout Ihe schools of the city today, with stories, recitations and talks on his life and work. No special observance of the day was held in the various grade rooms, but stories of Lincoln's life were told. The grade pupils of the St. Joseph Catholic school enjoyed a program in keeping with the. annual occasion. The Central pupils held a short program at the close of the school today. The regular Lincoln program wili be held at the chapel period Friday morning in the Central building and at the .Decatur High School. A Lincoln play will be presented by the pupils of the Central school, and recitations and songs will be featured. o — FINANCE WIZARD DISAPPEARS Albert W. Benham Disappears From Home at Belvidere, Illinois Belvidere, 111.. Feb. 12.— (U.R) — Albert W. Benham, elusive shipping clerk who scaled to fame on a mysterious “get-rich-quick" scheme arid then went bankrupt, disappeared again today as friends strove to reorganize his business in a more conservative interest basis. The yellow cottage at 1020 Caswell street in this quiet town of 8,000 persons stood untenanted, although last night a Boone county deputy sheriff swore that the portly “financier" had returned from an announced “vacation." The doorbell and telephone went unanswered. In another part of the town, where scores have invited and until recently received amazing amounts of interest t\om Benham. (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)

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I Bubble Breaks Oar F WIM ’ 1 Albert W. Benham, the amateur j financier of Belvidere, 111., who; i was hailed as an investment wiz-! | ard and who paid his clients from ' 10 to 50 per cent interest on money entrusted to him, is broke. He announced this fact himself Tuesday night. His creditors in Belvidere alone number 800 and his liabilities were estimated at $400,000 by State’s Attorney! ! Alexander Strom. DONATIONS ARE STILL NEEDED Nearly All Contributions Have Been Given Out By Welfare Committee The City Welfare Committee, an organization of local citizens for the purpose of looking after the! welfare of the poor and needy of I this community, today reported I that nearly all of the contributions | received have been distributed; among the poor. Mrs. Mabelie ] Myers, a mdmber of the committee. stated there is still a special, need for children’s shoes, boy’s I clothes, and food. Some member of the committee is at the City Hall building every afternoon from four to five o'clock 'to receive donations. Those who have no way of bringing food or I (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) Two Bandits Rob Mail; Get Worthless Currency Washington, Feb. 12 —(U.R) —Two bandits today invaded Union Station, black-jacked a mail clerk, seized three registered pouches consigned to the federal treasury —and got a mess of worthless currency for their pains. The money with which the robiiers escaped was destined from the New York Federal reserve bank to the treasury’s reduction division to be ground into pulp. But already the bills having a face value of $807,000, had been ent in half in New York and perforated. Day of Prayer Will Be Observed Feb. 20 The World Day of Prayer, a national organization of the Council of the Women's Home and Foreign Missions, ami sponsored by the missionary societies of the various churches in Decatur, will be observed in the Methodist Episcopal Church auditorium, Friday afternoon, February 20, at 2:30 o’clock. The Rev. H. H. Ferntheil will deliver the sermon for the afternoon program, to which the men and women ot the city are invited. The World Day of Prayer will be observed the world over on February 20. Some of the objects of •prayer on that day are for the Mission work of the union societies, both heme and foreign; international relations, and the unemployment situation at present.

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MESSAGE SENT FROM VATICAN AROUND WORLD Impressive Ceremony Marks Holy Father's Observance of Anniversary FIRST BROADCAST OF KIND IN HISTORY Vatican City, Feb. 12.— f U.R> —Pope Pius XI today broke down the barriers which had separated the head of the Roman Catholic church from the world for three score years and sent his voice by radio t » all parts of the world. Observing the ninth anniversary of his coronation. Pop ■ Pius inaugurated the powerful new Vatican wireless station with an address wishing "the peace of Christ" for all of the faithful. The pope sent his blessing to all of the peoples of the earth, to his ministers, to the priests, all of (h • faithful, the missionaries, the governments and their peoples, tinrich and the poor, the employe 1 and the unemployed, the afflicted and the suffering. After broadcasting of the Pope radio message, which was then translated from the laitin for broadcasting to ths. International radio audience, the pontiff left the i radio station and went directly to ] the Papal Academy of Science s j where an extraordinary session ; was held in celebration of the coronation anniversary, the inauguration of th? new station ami to install Senator Guglielmo Ma’’coni as a member. The pope, beginning his radio speech, said he spoke in th'“Name of the prince of the Apostles, by Divine command" for all peoples to hear. “Listen all people," he said. "Availing ourselves of the work of Senator Marconi, we use am! . with the aid of God. this wonde - . ful invention. "Hear ye. people of the world, let our first words be: “ ’Glory to God in the highest and. on earth, peac ■ to men of good will.’ ” Impressive Ceremony Vatican City, Feb. 12.— (U.R) Pope Dins XI arrived at the Vatican City radio station this afteri noon to broadcast a radi i message to the world, inaugurating tho ! new station on the ninth anniver- - ' (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) CLUB ORGANIZED BY TEN WOMEN Home Economics Club Is Formed at M o n r o e Wednesday Afternoon Ten women living in ami near Monroe formed a Homo Economics club in a meeting a: the Monroe high school buisding Wednesday. They were assisted in formation of the club by Mrs. E. W. Busche. county' club president, and countyagent L. E. Archbold. " The members of (he club arc: Mrs. Virgil Wagner. Mrs. Janies A. Hendricks, Miss Ruth Schwartz, Mrs. William Rupert, Mrs. William Bluhm. Mrs. John Floyd, Mrs. Ada Crist. Mrs. William Stucky, Mrs. James Anderson and Mrs. Bessie Ray. Officers selected were: Mrs. John Floyd, president; Mrs. J. E. Anderson, vice-president: Mrs. William Bluhm, secretary; Mrs Raymond Christ, treasurer; Mrs. Roy Price and Mrs. Virgil Wagner, leaders and Mis. James Anderson and Miss Ruth Schwartz, alternates. Miss Schwartz was also selected reporter The next meeting will be held a: the Janies A. Hendricks home Wednesday, March 11. 0 Geneva Postmaster Examination In March Civil service examinations for postmaster at Geneva will be held at Berne next month. Carl W. Am-, stutz. civil service secretary at Berne announced. Applications must be filed not later than February 27. Oliver A. Potter has been postmaster at Geneva tor eight years and his term expires March 3. The salary of the Geneva postmaster is $2,300.