Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 86, Decatur, Adams County, 10 April 1931 — Page 1

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fc'S BODY || HOMEWARD Sky today ‘ii ■ Horth Funeral ( ort- : BLnes Aiken, S. Wit 11 A. M. me®DEM HOOVER BriEXi' I I NEK U, 'l'" 1 URI The ■ - p.-ik H i 1 iunati for 1> a sl| llple i to I h>' home of b ' , wber, ‘ II yesterday. The to tlie hearse t! .Hilo J drawing varied to the railway it was placed withof Charles :>:d :i> - t arrying o.cial colony. who t!,.' speaker as an anin the gaieties of a.'o.irp.'nied the hearse. Mayor B. Weathersix Mill, ii polo plav Van State, sportsman; -ii M< I.can of Washingfriend of the now widIflr.■■•..•! ib-nry Wilds, chief physi, ians who attended in Ins last illness. ■1; m-. ■ < i.g wort h. wid--;.-rd.iy when her died pneumonia in this latal >1 aided against a -niony in WashBut so far as.it is able, . participating in o to speaker of the *:■ ■ barter.-d a je a * to Longworth's win r.- his family for ox PAGE FIVE) - - — Bican Legion I Meeting .Monday tn.■■•ting of Adams ■ T■ \nierican Legion 'i-i'i at x o'clock Monday in the Legion hall. Busi-' ■1 inipenaii.-e will be discussnill |>(. followed »;y and smoker. IMS STATE lIM TD OPEN Be Bank Is Expected B Re-open Within H Next Ten Days B A?:.! 19—(Special)-The s State Hank is expected to ■" '’■'■Him the next ten days. a statement issued lat-r B* a} ' il|! ''t <"111 by Thomas Barr B ominiissioner of the state department. Mr. Barr and S. inn, also of the hanking examined the bank recfigures Thursday aftera|nl issued their statement an. i ward. They Were assist- < x.imination by state senWlturman Gottschalk, who has B f,i:igas liquidating agent for ■ttnk. have made a volun■wntribution of $60,000 to eubank to re-open. This sum ■ »<• assessment the stockhold■re willing to pay but a free ■mtributlon. ■wing of the stockholders will ■ as soon as possible and of- ■ of the bank will be elected ■ , institution will then be 'or business. ■ Peoples State Bank was clos- ■ y '• 1930. Two distributions B ten Per cent, have been Bj!-'be bank's depositors. Tne ■ T| xt;ed on page three) K O— | d Superintendent || *° Conduct Meeting ■ of S" llingß ’ field superintenB. , 6 Crampton canneries, ■ wnduet a meeting at Berne ■ • °r the discussion of the ■ Methods necessary for sue- ■ fit? 6 and bean crops. More ■ ? .0 0 wag paid in 1930 t 0 Aa I, ' farmers for truck crops I th?*,, ies aad beans and this ■ f1,,,, lgure >s expected to exItem a , mount ' The Pickle acrelod ? arly will be greatly ini' 0 fais year.

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Statesman Dead \9* J Wi ■ i ill && if k ( IS R • Bk JP Mk-Al. r Nicholas Longworth ’ Speaker of the House of Repre- • sentatives in the 69th, 70th. and 71st congresses, died yesterday at Aiken. S. C„ after a short illness l of pneumonia. Funeral services will be held at Cincinnati, SaturLday afternoon. i . ANNUAL CLASS PLAY IS GIVEN — Juniors Present Comedy i At High School Auditorium Thursday - 'I ■| The annual Punior class play was ‘ presented to a fairly large audience ‘lin the High School auditorium, i Thursday night, and will be repeat- . ed at 7:15 o'clock tonight. Tickets 1 may be secured at the door of the i auditorium at 40c for adults and 25c for children and high school stui dents: i The play chosen by the members ' of the junior class this year was “Take My Advice”, which proved to be a popular thrill comedy in three acts. Miss Verneal Whalen, instructor of public speaking in the high school, directed the comedy in a capable manner, and the ! characters portrayed their roles in a splendid way. j The entire play is enacted in tne 'office of the Eureka News in the town of Eureka, a mighty dead place which Is controlled and dominated by John Wargrim, the pa-t of which is ably portrayed by Edward Martz, i Through Bob Mannion, editor of I the “Eureka News", the role enact I led by Ival Newhard, Wargrim succeeds in placing his campaign preI paganda before the people of the town, and keeps any improvements ' for the town from taking place. Through a mysterious means, Wargrim has gained complete subjugaI tion of Boh, who also suffers at the hands of Marcia Wargrim, daughter of John Wargrim, and Miss Mary Madeline Coverdale, as the spoiled and pampered daughter of the wealI I thy man, plays her part splendidly. ' Richard Schug as Jimmy Sanson lot the Bickley Slogan Company > ——■■--■-■— ' (-CONTINUED UN PAGE EIGH'I i o OSCAR STEVENS TAKES OWN LIFE j — Resident of West Liberty Commits Suicide Thursday Portland April 10—Oscar Stevens 1 62, of West Liberty, nine miles north-west of here, committed suicide Thursday in his home before police officers could get into the house to arrest him on a charge of threatening to kill his family. He shot himself through the head with a .45 calibre revolver. Members of the family told police officers and County Coroner F. E. ' Keeling that Stevens had been out of work tom sometime and had been worrying over poor health. The coroner returned a verdict of suicide and giving the cause as despon- ' dency. Mrs. Stevens early Thursday went • to A. C. Ford/ prosecuting attorney , at Bryant and asked him to issue an i insanity warrant. Ford swore ou > the warrant and gave it to Sheriff Lon J. Wehrly. Stevens saw tne i sheriff and his deputy, Andy Ferguson, approaching the home. Stevens remarked that “they wouldn t airest me" and then fired the fatal shot. Mr. Stevens is survived by the widow; four children and a halt sister, Mrs. Elvina Priest of near

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URGES PASTORS TD AID SCHOOLS Dr. Albert Kirk Speaks at Methodist Conference At Mishawaka Mishawaka, Ind., April 10.—<U.R) —A pl»a for ministers to help promote small Christian colleges was made here by Dr. Albert E. Kirk, speaking before the convention of the North Indiana Methodist conference. Dr. Kirk is secretary of, the division of educational institutions of the Methodist Episcopal board of education. The speaker pointed out that Methodist churches promote morel educational work than any other denomination. Thirty-eight colleges, five universities, 25 secondary schools, 17 schools for negroes, and a score of other types of schools are maintained by the church, Kirk said. The convention was scheduled to' teach its peak tonight when Dr. Meiton S. Rice, Detroit, will speak , on “What of It?" Number of districts in the con-, ference will continue to be six, it was decided by a vote of delegates. Redistricting has been an issue of the conference for five years, and I (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) Share Jury Fails To Agree, Is Discharged. . Minneapolis, Minn, April 10 — (UP)—The Jurors who heard the; case of Philip (Flippy” Share, charg-l ed with the slaying of Sam (Doc)' Miller, was discharged late yesterday after failure to reach a verdict during 66 hours deliberation. The jurors said they had stood 9 to 3 for acquital on most of tne ballots. Philip Sauer Escapes Injury In Accident Philip Sauer escaped injury when a truck load ot stone which he was driving skidded from the cement pavement, turning over into the ditch at 8:30 o’clock this morning. The accident occurred south of the Albert Burke farm, on the Pleasant Mills-Willshire road a mile and a quarter south of Decatur. The truck • fell over a barbed wire fence into a field. Mr. Sauer was uninjured and the it ruck was only slightly damaged. MONROE PUPILS PRESENT PLAYS High School Students Mill Give Two Plays Tonight, Saturday The pupils of Monroe high school will present two plays at the Monroe high school auditorium, tonight and Saturday night, beginning at 7:30 o'clock. The first play is “Jack’s Wife Arrives,” and the second play is “Mary Cotnes Home From College.” I The first is a two-act play with an interesting plot, and the second is a one-act play'. The public is invited to ' attend. Following is the cost of characters: “Jack's Wife Arrives” Mrs. Follett, a rich widow Frieda Heyerly Dorothy Follett, her daughter Dessie Mazelin Mrs. Rosalie Follett, impositer Osie Striker Mrs. Jack Follett, impositer Ruth Balmer Philip Haines, in love with Dorothy Elmo Stucky Elise, the French maid Lois Hoffman "Mary Comes Home from College” Mary Smith, about eighteen, just home from college < Naomi Walters Mrs. Sujith, about forty-seven. (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) oSouth Bend Man Speaks To Rotarians Thursday 0. M. of South Bend, assistant manager of the Travelers Fira Insurance Co., addressed the members of the Decatur Rotary club on, “Fire Hazards and Insurance Rates” at the regular meeting of the club Thursday evening. The speaker explained the ten classes of fire protection and told how the insurance companies determine their rates lu a city.

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Decatur, Indiana, Friday, April 10, 1931.

Saturday Speaker — ■*. Mrs. R. D. Rood Mrs. Rood, of Washington, D. C., staff associate, will speak on the “White House Conference”, at the Saturday afternoon session of the I Adams county conference on Child ’ Health and Protection. LOCAL SCOUTS GIVEN AWARDS Nine Members of Rotary Troop Receive Tenderfoot Badges — I Nine members of the Rotary .Troop No 61 of the Boy Scouts of I America were given badges Thursday night. The boys received the awards in the tenderfoot class and C. C. Pumphrey, president of the Adams County organization of Boy SScouts presented the pins. Preceding the impressive ceremony which marked the presentation of the awards the boys together with sixteen members of Troop I No. 24 of Fort Wayne their scout master, George Boggs, and C. L. Denielson, field executive, were guests of the Rotary Club at a dinner served at 6 o'clock. The boys who received awards were Billy Schafer, Lewis Beery, Harold Zimmerman, Erwin Buecher, Ellis Squier, Charles Barnhouse, Joe Beane, Jim Beavers, and Bob Ashbaucher. The ceermony took plac# in the Decatur high school gymnasium ami the Fort Wayne scouts demonstrated how the tenderfoot class ceremony was to be enacted. The visiting scouts, with the troop colors, flags, color guard, and patrol scouts gave a fine demonstration. Three candles at the improvised altar in the center of the room (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) o —— IWerst Funeral Rites Saturday Afternoon Funeral services for Mrs. Hester Young Werst, who died at her home on Schirmeyer street Wednesday night from pneumonia will be held Saturday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at the home, and at 2 o’clock at the First Evangelical Church on Winchester street, with the Rev. M. W. Sunderman officiating. 0 16 ENROLLED AT PURDUE U. Adams County Students At State School Are Listed Today Lafayette, Ind., April 10—(Special)—Sixteen persons from Adams county have been registered at Pur- t due University during the current academic year, affording to data given out today at the registrar’s office. The total enrollment for the year will be more thas 5,000 different individuals, a gain of more than 500 over last year, and a new high mark for Purdue. Last semester on on Oct. 1, the enrollment reached 4.544 and for the current semester is above 3,300, the second semester showing the usual drop from the first period of the regular academic year. Those registered from Adams county are as follows: Geneva: W. C. Baker; J. A. J. Bilderback; H. L. Brown, M. J. Campbell; H. G. Holloway, C. I. Kizer Berne: H. Eichenberger; Decatur: R. D. Frisinger; P. J. Klepper; Gretchen Kocher,; J. L. Kocher, S. L. E. Spuller; A. D. Suttles; Patricia Teeple. Preble: J. F. Newhard.

COUNTY CLERK FILES REPORT I Report Made of February Term of Adams Circuit Court Ninety-one civil cases were filed and 71 civil cases were disposed of during the February term of the Adams Circuit Court which closed las'. Saturday according to a report filed , today by Bernice Nelson Clerk. j The report snows that of the 911 jcivil cases filed 83 originated in Ad ams County and eight cases were venued here from other counties, (if the 71 eases disposed of four were venued to other counties; 11 were I dismissed: 26 judgments were ren ' dered; 10 decrees of foreclosute were issued; three persons were adjudged of unsound mind; 10 miscei-, laneous cases were closed and seven ‘ divorces were granted six to the. wives and one to the husband. Twenty-five criminal cases were filed and seventeen cases were dis posed of according to the report. Twenty-eight estates were cl6sed and 25 new estates were filed; eight guardianships were disposed of and five new guardianships were created Miss Nelson reported. The report was filed today and the docket was made ready for the April term of court which opens Monday April 13. O. L. Vance Speaks To School Pupils - O. L. Vance addressed the pupiis of the Decatur High School at the chapel period this morning, and gave them an interesting talk on local history. Mr. Vance told of the expeditions of Harmar, St. Claire, and Wayne, and also a story of the life of Little Turtle. The talk was both interestling and instructiveMiss Gladys Schindler had-eharge of a musical program when the Freshman Chorus sang "Amoryllis," and "The Old Refrain.” Moose Memorial Service April 19 The local Order of Moose will observe its annual Memorial Service, Sunday April 19 and stat Senator T. A. Gottschalk of Berne will be the principal speaker on the program. Full details of the service will be announced later. o MRS. KINTZ DIES THIS MORNING Adams County Woman Passes Away at Adams County Hospital Mrs. Catherine Regena Kintz, 74, well known Adams county woman, died at the Adams County Memorial Hospital this morning at 8:27 o’clock fallowing an illness of several weeks. The immediate cause of death was pneumonia and complications. Mrs. Kintz fell and suffered a broken hip nine weeks ago, and since that time was a patient at the local hospital. She had been in failing health for several years. Mrs. Kintz was born in Seneca I county, Ohio, September 7, 1856, the daughter of John and Theresa Vorndran, both deceased. On April 18, 1887, she was united in ma'rriage to W. E. Kintz, who survives. Since her marriage she resided on a farm, a mile and a half west of Decatur. Surviving besides the husband are the following children: Lewis • T. Kintz, Fort Wayne; Orval M. Kintz, Plattsmouth, Nebr.; Mrs. (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o Baptist Minister Speaks At Chapel Rev. A. B. Brown, pastor of the Baptist Church, talked to the pupils ■ of the Fifth and Sixth grades at the : Central building at chapel this morning and told many of his experiences while living in the west He explained the Cow Boy Life to the pupils in a very entertaining manner. Mrs. R. D. Myers addressed the seventh and eighth grade pupils today, and told them of her visit to New York City. She described the Statue of Liberty and many other interesting places there. Mrs. H. Curtis’ room sang a special song, “Ticks” at both the chapel programs.

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GERM AK CUTS 2,200 EMPLOYES FROM PAYROLL New Chicago Mayor Threatens To Remove 800 More Today BIG BILL THOMPSON ON VACATION TRIP Chicago, April 10. — (lI.R) —Anton J. Cermak’s administrative broom became a scythe today as the new mayor of Chicago slashed right and I left in his determination to make i the city hall a "place of business" ' instead of the “three ring circus” he said it had been under Big Bill ! Thompson. With one great sweep of execu- ’ tlve power, Cermak slashed 2,200 < I names from the city's payrolls on 1 his first day in office and he indicated that another onslaught today!) would remove possibly 200 more. Establishing himself quickly in 1 the office to which he was elected? Tuesday by a record majority of' 194,257, Cermak began the task of 1 “cleaning up” by ridding the city | ' hall of every possible reminder of ■ the Thompson administration. He did not immediately fill all his cabinet positions, but selected men for the more important ones and left the others vacant after accepting the resignations he had re- | quested of the Thompson aides. He i will leave next Monday for a short I vacation and indicated he might not complete the cabinet until after : that. Thompson was not present late , (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) O Decatur Man Files Freight Petition 1 •-*■ — Indianapolis, April 10 — (UP) — Requests for certificates for two i motor freight transportation lines I were filed with the state public service commission here today. O. N. Hesler, Elwood, sought permission to operate between Muncie land Kokomo. D. F. Teeple, Decatur, (petitioned for a freight line between Decatur and Portland. o Decatur People Attend Program High School Day was observed Thursday at the Indiana Centra! (College in Indianapolis, a United Brethren College and more than ' 1,000 high school students from all ['over the state of Indiana, attended, i During the morning a fine program was given, followed at the noon hour by a cafeteria dinner for all those who attended, at which the college officials were hosts. Stunts and basketball games were features of the afternoon program. Those from this city who attended Jthe special celebration were Rev. ■ land Mrs. R. E. Vance and daughter [Alice. Mrs. R. E. Mumma and augh- ' ter Clara Ellen and son Harold, •IMrs. W. H. Foughty and daughter i Georgia, Miss Mabel Hill, Otis Baker, and Maynard Butcher. REPRESENTS ADAMS COUNTY St a n 1e y Thompson of Kirkland in Discussion League Contest I Stanley Thompson of Kirkland ! high school and R. J. Mann, county chairman of the discussion league, left today for Jackson Center high school, Randolph county, where the former represented Adams county in the eighth district league contest at 1:30 o’clock this afternoon. The contest is conducted by : the Indiana University Extension Division. Forty-eight high school students [ entered the district meets held to- ! day, and the 13 high school contestants who win the district honors will gather at Indiana univers- ' Ity, Friday, April 24, for the final . meet, at which time the champion high school orator of Indiana will , be selected. A gold, a silver, and a bronze , medal will be awarded the winners . of first, second, and third places ■ in the state meet. The subject for discussion this year is “The Chain . Store System." The local contests ■ were held March 13 and the county, March 20.

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Hoover’s Nominee Ii A IJKI V' A JHi 'X- rs SWWWKIHMaaBSS”Gunnar H. Nordbye, of Minnesota, whose recent appointment as a Federal judge by President Hoover has aroused the opposition of Senator Thomas D. Schall, of Minnesota, the blind member of the Upper House. Through this appointment the President has stepped on one of the senate’s most prized prerogatives. RESUME WORK ON NEW BUILDING Construction of Decatur Postoffice To Be Resumed Soon Work on the new postoffice build-1 ing here will be resumed in a fewdays it is expected, a slight delay having been caused by the weather and because the brick has not ar rived. The steel is in and the brick is expected at any time now. wheli the work will be resumed and pushed right along according to information received by L. A. Graham, Decatur postmaster. An inspector was here this week checking up on the work already done and allowing same so that the funds may be drawn from the government as per contract. Rumors which have been going the rounds the past week or so concerning an extended delay in the construction of the building are unfounded. It must be completed within 300 days from the date the contract was made and will be finished long before that it is stated. o LESLIE NAMES STATE TRUSTEES Governor Reappoints 8, Two New Ones At Institutions Indianapolis April 10 —(UP) — Eight trustees of state institutions were reappointed and two new ones named by Governor Harry Leslie. Mrs. Etta Porter Hagertown. was appointed trustee of the Indiana Women’s prison to succeed Miss Margaret Neely, Martinsville, for a four-year term. Mrs. Louise S. Swain, Pendleton. Mrs. hCarlotte J. Dunn, Indianapolis, and Mrs, Alice W. Poynter, Sullivan, were reappointed for four-year terms. Abe Vales, Sullivan, will serve the unexpired term of Michael Ferguson, Terre Haute, on the state mining board. He will serve until September 12, 1933. Mrs. Alice F. Mullins, Fort Wayne was made a trustee of the Indiana Girls' school for a four-year term. Moses Epstein, Frankfort, will continue for another four-year term as trustee of the Logansport state hospital. Charles B. Jenkins, Noblesville, was reappointed trustee of the Central state hosiptal at Indianapolis for four years. Mrs. Elizabeth Paul, Cambridge City, was renamed trustee for the state school for the deaf and Marshall Volger, Hope, was reappointed trustee of the Indiana village of epileptics. o Mrs. Marie Cole Is Acquitted By Jury Rushville, Ind., April 10—(UP)— A Rush county circuit court jury today acquitted Mrs. Marie Cole, 25 Indianapolis, after considering tor 40 hours the charge that she was an accessory io the murder of her husband Raymond Cole, last October 31. The case went to the jury at 5 p. m. Wednesday.

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‘FIRST SESSION HELD AT LIBRARY THIS AFTERNOON — Meeting Will Continue With Sessions Tonight And Saturday DR. ADA SCHWEITZER SPEAKS AT OPENING rhe two day session of the Adams County conference on Child Health and Protection was formally opened at the Decatur Public Library this afternoon. The prog ra in started at 2 o’clock, with Dr. R. E. Daniels, secretary of the Adams County Medical Association presiding. The initial address of the proera m was given bv Dr. Ada E. Schweitzer, director of the child hygiene division of the state board of health. The Riley School Harmonica Band played a number of musical selections ou the harmonica, and I individual members of the hand | also played musical numbers. Chairman Opens Meeting Mrs. Faye Smith Knapp, chairI man of the conference formally opened the meetings and stated that President Hoover, in his address to the White House conference called last November, expressed his approval of the work for the children, the “most wholesome part of the race, the sweet- | est, for they are freshest from the i hands of God.” The President realized the benefits, influence, and fineness of the works of the conference, and it was decided that similar conferences must be held in every part of the country, so that solutions of many of the problems pertaining to children might be solved. Mrs. Knapp stated that Indiana was the first state to hold a follow up conference following the one held at the White House, and Governor Harrv G. Leslie, Dr. Wm. F. King, secretary of the State Board of Health and Dr. Ada E. Schweitzer, found it favorable to send the President's message to every county. Dr. Schweitzer Speaks Dr. Daniels then introduced Dr. Ada E. Schweitzer who talked on “Maternal Care in Relation to Infant Health." (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) o Peeper Is Captured By DePauw Students Greencastle, Ind., April 10. —(U.R) —Two DePauw University students captured Earl Wells, 22, while he allegedly was peeping into windows of the Alpha Omicron Pi sorority house. He was to be questioned likewise in connection with theft of $25 and some silk hose from the house. Police said Wells served a state farm sentence for window peeping in Anderson several years ago. His capture was effected by John Medaris and James Clemons. KIDNAPERS HOLD MAN FOR RANSOM Wealthy Manufacturer Kidnaped From Home At Monroe, Wis. Monroe, Wis., Apri. 101 —<U.R)»— A hunt for Fred J. Blumer, wealthy near-beer manufacturer who was called from his home last night, kidnaped mysteriously and held for $150,000 ransom, spread over two states today with the trail of the fleeing abductors rapidly growing cold. The hunt extended from Monroe on the north to Chicago on the south with clues stretching northwestward to Rockford and Freeport, 111., where Blumer’s .automobile was found early today. The trail of decoy telephone calls and ransom demands ended at Freeport, with the indications that the band of kidnapers had sought the underworld of Chicago as a haven from which to press their demands on the brewer’s frantic family. Chicago police, confronted before with similar kidnapings of wealthy men in Illinois and Wisconsin, sent (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)