Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 81, Decatur, Adams County, 4 April 1931 — Page 1

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FAIR AND WARMER Indianapolis, April 4. —<U.R>— I “Fair and warmer," the best ; news the weather man can give |' in his predictions for Easter Sunday, was forthcoming from I the U. S. weather bureau office here today. Conditions are such that an idea) Easter Sunday was as nearly assured, as any weather condition can be, said J. H Armington, senior ineteorolo I . gist. , ♦— ♦ COURT TO GET i WEEK VACATION ■ Adams Circuit Court Closes February Term This Afternoon » ► I The February terra of Adams cir- > cuit court closed at 5 o'clock this afternoon. A week intervenes be- ‘ fore the April term opens on Monday. April 13. Judge Erwin stated that he had two cases outside of Adams county as special judge 1 1 which would be disposed of and r | that he hoped to take a ajiort vacation in Michigan the latter part 1 of next week. The April term ot court will last I until June 13, and already many ' cases are set for the new nine- ’ week term. The court dockets show that more than 60 cases were I j disposed of during the term which j } ! closed today. All except three of the grand jury indictment cases I returned by the February jury I were disposed of and the other I three are set for the April term. . i Since January 1. 1931, 106 new I I civil cases have been filed in the | local uourt; 25 criminal cases have } * hewtlled: 22 estate cases and five ; guardianship cases have been plac- < ed on the docket. I | Judge Erwin spent most of Sati urday allowing the bills incurred I I during the February term ai*d set- - 31 ting some cases for the April term. I One divorce was granted on the , I suit of Dorothy Westervelt vs. Or- . I ville Westervelt. Plaintiff was ' granted a divorce and custody of i (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) BANK EMPLOYS : NEW ASSISTANT >• l Mathias Kirsch Named by Old Adams County Bank as Aide J — »— Mathias Kirsch, well known citizen and banker of Depatur has ace cepted a position with the Old Ade ams County Bank and will begin a his duties there, Monday, April 13 1- Mr. Kirsch has been engaged in the banking business in Decatur for ri more than 25 years. He began his r banking career with the Old Adams e County bank and is a former vicepresident of that institution. •, In 1915 Mr. Kirsch was elected e president of the Peoples Loan and I Trust company and served in that s capacity until the closing ot the institution last June. He was named liquidating agent for the Peoples Loan and Trust company and has been engaged in closing the affairs of that institution for the past nine I months. C. L. Walters is attorney for tne liquidating agent and he and Mr. Kirsch will close the affairs of tne bank together. ’ Gets Heavy Sentence Indianapolis April 4 —(UP) Only heavy punishment will stop people s from being “tools” of criminals, d Judge Frank Baker of Marion crirnelinal court, said in sentencing Misdi Thelma Santuci, 26. to one to five years in the women's prison, and e fined her SIOO. ■- Miss Santuci claimed she had j- been operating a still for a man >1 whose name she would not reveal. „ — i- Will Present Play 11 The Young People’s Society ot s Friedheim will present a three-act il comedy at [Friedheim, ThttrsWaj. s Saturday and Sunday evenings, it April 9, 11, and 12. The play is en- -- titled “The Man in The Green Shirt ' d and the young people of the organe ization will take part in the ptee sentation of the comedy. y‘“' The paly will start each night at s- 8 o’clock, and adults will be admitt- -- ed for 35 cents and children for 15 cents.

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Knute Rockite’s Body Taken Home » -WBHBMBBBBMB > •T., HI/ ; jH- ft* ft* r t ' 1 ,'h ’ i ’’it V 1 i rar - I ■ ' ■ JSOk ■ 'Bt - x. JK--it® * y ,]W - HWmr 'w Students of Notre Dame University taking body of Knute Rockne from funeral parlor, where it lay in | state, to his home at South Bend. I

CHILD HEALTH | CONFERENCE TO BE HELD HERE I .) - - I Mrs. Faye Smith Knapp Announces Program | For April 10, 11 DR. KING IS ON PROGRAM !j Plans are practicallv complete for holding an Adams Countv conference on C.liild Health and Welfare in Decatur. I'ridav and Saturday, April 10 and 11. Tlie conference sessions 1 will Io held at several different places, including the court room, the auditorium of the Public Library and probably in the auditoriums of - the Decatur Catholic high school. The Speakers wig include many prominent and leading health authorities and educators and the program promises to be one of the - most interesting and beneficial in - promoting health and welfare - work ever held here. i Included in the list of possible speakers are Rt. Rev. Bishop John i F. Noll, D.D. Fort Wayne, and Dr. ' William F. King. Indianapolis, t secretary ot the State Board of t Health. Dr. King has assured (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) I 0 FORMER LOCAL : WOMAN EXPIRES Marguerite Dillinger Succumbs to Heart Attack Friday P. M. Mrs. Marguerite Kosht-Dillinger 25, former Decatur youug woman diet/ at the Coleman hospital in lur dianapolis, Friday afternoon at > 12:30 o'clock according to word received by friends here today. Death . was caused by a heart attack and followed an illness of some time. s Mrs. Dillinger had been a patient 1 at the Coleman hospital for several weeks. 1 The deceased spent her childhood > in this city and was a popular young lady. She was graduated from the Decatur high school in 1925 and later attended Nurse's Training at the Robert Long hospital in Indianaf polls where she was graduated in t 1929. Surviving are the husband. Dr. George Dillinger and a 14 months -old son at French Lick; the parents • Mr. and Mrs. David H. Kosht of St. . Joe, and a sister, Mrs. Phyllis . iGrandstaff of Fort Wayne. Mr. and Mrs. Kosht and Mrs. i Grandstaft left early today for - j French Lick where the body was r taken following deadth. Funeral arrangements have not been made.

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Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, April I, 1931.

I New Name Linked With Bank Robbery Anderson. Ind., April 4 (UP) —| i A new name was linked with the | unsuccessful attempt to rob the New Augusta, Ind., state bank last JanI uary 22, with the arrest today of I Frank S. Funkhouser., 35, Henry I county farmer. j Bandits who beseiged the hank were routed by Robert Huffman, .cashier, who fired from behind a, j bullet-proof cage. Authorities said that Funkhouser j 'confessed participation in the rob-' bery attempt, and implicated Ralph .Gifford. 26. who was arrested in j Marion county three weeks ago. Funkhouser was wounded when his companion's revolver discharged accidentally as they fled. o FUNERAL PYRE IS PREPARED — Quake Wreckage; Victims Burned at Managua Bv Guards * . By Leigh Stevenson, I’P Correspondent. (Copyright 1931 by UP.) Managua. Nicaragua, April 4. — ((jpjj—A funeral pyre was prepared today in the ruins of 'the onceflourishing city of Managua. Squads of relief workers, alnjost exhausted by the vain task of recovering all of the earthquake dead from the ruins of the central part jof the city, poured oil over the j debris which was once the central I market and the penitentiary. | Tlie wreckage will be the pyre i of the unrecovered dead today when the cremation will remove the last possibility ot an exact count of casualties. A careful check by National Guard officials of the number buried since the city was destroyed by quakes last Tuesday'showed a to- ' tai of 566 bodies accounted for. In i addition 40 others were reported ■ buried in a trench at the outskirts of the city. Lieut. Col. F. B. Garrett of Moni roe, La., said that more than half 1 of the dead already were buried and that the total would not exceed 1,000. E. J. Swift, the Red 1 Cross director. confirm*ed his estimate. 1 There are 110 bodies buried along : the lake shore; 46 at the peniten- ' tjary; 125 in boxes by families; 275 'CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO! ■ ’ o 1 Man, Known Here Is Heart Attack Victim : J. C. Murphy of Indianapolis, rep- . resentative of the Commercial Lii thograph Company of Louisville, Ky., who is well known in this city, . died Friday morning at 4:20 o’clock • of heart trouble. Funeral services i will be held Monday afternoon at -two ofclock at the Presbyterian church in Brainbridge, Ohio.

FAMOUS GRID j COACH BURIED I AT SOUTH BEND Knute Rockne Laid To Rest At Highland Cemetery Today NOTABLES AT LAST RITES /South Bend. Ind.. April 1. (U.R) Bcneatli the spreading houghs of old council oak' on the edge of town there i ■wan a shadv snot today await-] png the body of Knutei Rockne. Il was here 233 vears ago ithat La Sa'le. French explor- j [er smoked the pipe of peace i with the Indians. Beginning at 3 p. m. the last rites —a simple, solemn service without mass —for Rockne were to be held in the church of the Sacred Heart on the campus. Places in tlie little church shaped like a cross have been reserved for Notre Dame athletes, intimate friends of Rockne and the immediate family. The world must listen to the ceremony over the radio. Millions who marvelled at the reat foothall machines built by | Rockne will tune in. Efforts were (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) I o BANKERS FACE COURT ACTION , Three Officers of Noble County Bank Indicted By Grand Jury 1 Albion. Ind., April 4. — (U.R)I 1 Charges of embezzlement and accessory to the crime of perjury. - were returned by tlie Noble efiunty f grand jury here against Walter A. • Gillian, first vice-president; Milton - K. Jacobs, second vice president. I and Samuel Galloway, trust officer. -of the defunct Noble County Bank "and Trust Company of Kendallville. ; It also was reported that charges ■ were voted against Samuel K. Ja- > cobs, New Y'ork. president of the bank, who now is touring Europe. Gillian and Milton Jacobs furnished $30,000 bond each, and Galloway furnished $5,000. All were reI leased. The three officers were charged . with permitting Samuel Jacobs to . withdraw $28,200 from the bank by illegal means. , Gillian collapsed on the day of ; of the bank failure, last January j 10, and Lauren F. McCarttney, t cashier of the institution, commiti ted suicide by drowning early this week.

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JURY AWARDS $1,600 DAMAGES IN ROAD CASE Enos W. and Sarah Lehman Receive Payments For Ground Taken OTHER CASES ARE SETTLED rhe im v hearing the case of State of Indiana vs. Enos \V. and Sarah Lehman, de-' terniining amount of dam-1’ ages due the defendants for ground taken in inwrovingl state road number 27. south ' of Berne awarded the de-, iendants $1,600. The iurv returned aver-1 diet, signet! hv Fred H. Koeneman, foreman, at 8:30 | o dock Friday evening. The jury; 'retired about 4:30 o’clock, alter bearing the case since Friday | morning. The appraisers had awarded I damages of $1,400 to Mr. and Mrs. Lehman. Neither the state nor the Ijehmans were satisfied with the award and the case went to trial. The Lehmans claimed that in addition to the ground taken, that, several valuabtle fruit trees had l been destroyed on their farm. Conner D. Ross. Indianapolis. ] represented the state at the trial. I While here he settled the claims i of Etta Heffner and John McKean for right-of-ways taken by the! I highway commission near Monroe, i | The Heffner claim of $l,lOO was '.settled' for $950 and the McKean claim of S7OO for $625. Mr. Ross stated that he might I i file motions for a new trial, but i probably would wait to see if the i i Supreme court reversed its former 'decision that benefits resulting’ I from a road improvement should 1 ! not lie considered in awarding I damages. The verdict was based ' ion the Supreme court's decision. Two more cases that of Smith I Shoemaker and Clement R. Gotti schalk, Berne, for ground taken , in Berne for improving state road ! numlier 27 will probably not be i tried until the fall term of court. o WALKER FACES RIGID PROBE New York Mayor Returning Home; Issues Statement New York. April 4.—(U.R) —The New York Daily News, in an article introductory to a series regarding the life of Mayor James J. Walker —now on his way home to face investigation of his administration after a California vacation — says in its issue of Saturday that Walker “has suddenly become the hero of the greatest story in the modern world.” "... There is beauty in the story, thrills, glamor, a gorgeous woman, if political fight, the making or unmaking of a great national figure,” says the Daily News article. by Edward Doherty. "There ' are things involved that may lead to the shaping of the fate, ofl nations of the world. . . . “Walker is to New York a romantic figure, a gallant gentleman, a handsome playboy, the hero of the people who ride the subway and elevated trains, a genial wisecracking man's man, and a fighter of great ability. And he's coming home to get into the biggest fight ' of his life . . . “F*or weeks New York has been talking about Jimmy Walker and i Betty Compton, his friend. Betty’s , sudden marriage to Eddie Dowling ' (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) oi Boy Thumbs Nose At Sheriff; Gets Fine Hartford City, Ind.. April 4-r(UI’l ■ —Even fa college boy must not ' thumb his nose at the Blackford ' county Sheriff. Joseuph Severn 20 Taylor University student found, I when he was fined'sl and costs—- > sll in all —for the offense. ’ Severn allegedly was with a group of 20 students from .the university t protesting against the arrest of a ' fellow-student who was said to have . made derogatory remarks about tne - sheriff but nothing happened until i Severn allegedly thumbed his nose at the sheriff.

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I DOG GONE! Chicayo, April 4.—(U.R> Samuel Alexander was confident his’drug store never would be | robbed. “If robbers come, my bulldog will chase 'em away," he said, j, "And if the bulldog doesn't I chase ’em, then my parrot will remember what they say and | police will catch 'em," he added to make his confidence more | impressive. When Alexander was called to his store early today he dis- | covered it had been robbed. Besides $1,500 worth of merchandise, $375 in cash was gone. The dog and parrot also 'i had disappeared. * • CHICAGO READY FOR ELECTION — Thompson and Cermak In; Final Drive For Mayorship of City Chicago, April 4—(U.R)—William Hale Thompson ' and Anton J. , Cermak today made their final , major attacks in the campaign which each hopes will bring him victory in next Tuesday's mayorship election. Due to the unusual and international importance of this year's election, neither candidate plannI ed to bring his drive completely |to a close today although it is I customary here to end campaigns on the Saturday before the votes j are cast on Tuesday. Cermak was scheduled to make eight speeches today and Thompson about the same number. Each will continue his campaign right up to the minute the voters begin going to the polls Tuesday. The winner will tie mayor of Chicago during the Century of! Progress Exposition, or World's ! Fair, in 1933. Thompson, running for a fourth term, has his whole political future iat stake. Cermak. already in control of the county, is making the climatic, bid for popular favor in a political/ career that has been carried onward and upward steadily l(ut unsensationally for years. Neither candidate can afford to lose. Neither will pass up a single opportunity to win a vote. Cermak observed Good Friday I yesterday by not making a public ! address, but held numerous conI ferences. Thompson spoke several times. Tn one address he called Cermak “The biggest crook that ever ran ' for mayor." Big Bill also attacked the administration of State’s Attorney John A. Swanson, one of many Republicans who have left him during this campaign to support Cermak, a Democrat. Another former political power emerged from retirement last night to enter the campaign when Carter H. Harrison, five times .CONTINUED ON PAGE SIXt 0 Grand Jury To Probe Hammond Bank Crash Hammond, Ind., April 4 —(UP) — Indication of Grand Jury investigation into the failure of the $7,000,000 First Trust and Savings bank of Hammond, and the American State ban kof East Chicago were apparent here today. Walter Scarage receiver for the American state bank appeared be- . fore the grand jurors yesterday as a witness in the investigation of the First Trust and Savings bank closing. —.- o Red Cross Report Is Filed By Chairman Washington, April 4 — (UP) — Chairman John V. Payne of tne American Red Cross announced today the organization had spent approximately $10,000,000 in drought relief so far and that “no person had died of starvation from drought conditions and no one is suffering”. ! Payne said the Red Cross is coni fining its activities to drought te- , lief and is not undertaking to relieve unemployment. But Payne added that no discrimination was profiti edin distribution of relief funds. He ■ said the Red Cross within the past i few months had surveyed the situa- > tion among West Virginia miners. >'This unemployed group was reportI ed starving and in critical condition > but Payne did not reveal the nature of the West Virginia report.

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SERVICES AT ALL CHURCHES | ARE ANNOUNCED Christ’s Resurrection Observed Throughout Christian World FAIR WEATHER IS PREDICTED The glorious feast of Easter, celebrating Christ’s Resurrection from the Tomb, will be appropriately observed in the Decatur churches tomorrow. « 4 Church services will mark the general observance of ! Easter and the glad tidings of j the Angel, “He is risen. He I is not here’’ will be celebrat- | ed by joyful hearts in every j church in this city. Emerging from the sorrow attendant with Good Friday and the day’s meditation on Christ's suffering and death on the Cross, the services to be held Sunday will express the joy lof the world on Christ’s resurrection from the tomb and the fulfilljment of His promises for tlie redemption of mankind. The weather man has promised ideal weather, “generally fair and warm" and if today's brand is an example the Easter parade of new clothes and bonnets should be *.he envy of those who are not so fortunate to “spring them" Church services will be held in the morning and evening in the Decatur churches. At the St. Mary's Catholic church the Easter mass will be said at five o'clock. This will be a solemn high mass. The other masses will be held at eight-thirty and nine forty five. A short synopsis of the special programs of Easter services in the different churches follow. Church of God —evening Easter service, 7 o’clock. Zion Lutheran Church —9 o’clock Sunday morning, German service and Holy Communion, 10 o’clock. 10 o'clock Sunday school, 10.45 o’clock English Service. First Baptist Church — Evening Easter program 7:30 o’clock. First Evangelical Church — Sunrise prayer service 6:30. 9:15 morning. Special Easter service in all departments of the Sunday School. Easter Cantata “Joyous Bells of (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) o Nick Jenny Pays Fine Berne, April 4. —Nick Jenny, police character of this town was assessed a fine and costs amounting to $49.80 in the court of Justice of Peace Chris Stengel here after pleading guilty to charges of public intoxication. Jenny has paid a number of public intoxication tines in the last few years. 0 Moose Will Elect Tlie annual election of officers ot the Loyal Order of Moose will be held at the Moose Home, Tuesdayevening. April 7, at eight o'clock, Charles Heare, secretary announced Every member is urged to be present. o COUNTRY CLUB OPENS SUNDAY Golf Course Is Ready For Season’s Play, Manager States The Decatur Country Club ami golf course will be opened Sunday l morning for the season, it was announced today by Bernard Clark, manager of the local club. Tempor- ■ ary greens have been established -for all nine holes, and weather per- - mitting the course will be opened t early Sunday. i Mr. Clark stated that he soon ’. would announce his summer Sun- . day dinner schedule. The club rooms - and locker rooms also will be open • starting Sunday. The course is in good condition, - Mr. Clark said, and workmen have - been busy the last two weeks clearj ing the grounds. The permanent t greens will be ready in a short time - if seasonal weather continues, it . was stated. Various club committees will i meet in the next week or two to ? make plans for men’s and women s tourneys it was said.