Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 90, Decatur, Adams County, 15 April 1931 — Page 1

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lit SECTION I INS FLOWER ICONTESTHERE jden'. Elowers, Plants Est Judged; Prizes nffll Be Awarded L U PEOPLE ■ UK(.EI) to ENTER I Be livic Section of the I club will sponsor a contest in this purpose of stim■wl interest among the K]e If Decatur in beautiand improving E surroundings, it was anJ . Ke Itv will be divided inKoTsides. the north and fcutljaiid the contest will take 'he residents of the Mrs. E. W. Lankdiv i liairman in charge Be Jfrangements for the conI anl Mrs A. I!. Ashbaucher |MrslEnrl Butler will comprise for the north |whi!> Mrs M. F. Harris and ■A. f- Snides will have charge L cobtest in the south district. Kies [will be awarded for the garden in the city, also in both the north fam sections, the best flower baskets, porch boxes Mow- pot arrangements. The be $5 to the persons havBhe ~' flower garden in the each best garden in and south sides; $1.50 for Beat porch boxes in each disfcr the best flower basil S for the best flower pot pKjents. fcoß<- who wishes- to enter the asked to'register immed■nSith one of the committees, I should begin planning and pin® on the flower planting. Bren are also eligible to take |in tile various events, with the ■h of the flower garden conL which is open only to adults, ply he common seed flowers [be judged, such as petunas, 88. Marigolds, asters, pastures, Ad cosmos, and many other Beinidens of the persons who Ister in the event will be inKi inued on page six . ■ o dianapolis Crime Is Ireaily Reduced, Report jdian ipolis, April, 15 — (UP) — ii'l-Biled" tactics of Judges and ■>rs reduces crime, Police believed here today as i rev ialed an unprecedented dejsefo holdups and robberies in during the first three R if 1931. ■t from J. E. Kinney, police d. ind Fred Simon, chief of pti|es. to Judge Frank Baker Herbert E. Wilson, for their vigorous atcriminals and gave them ■^■or 1 lowering Indianapolis' losses. nr « the first quarter, $227,163 inkroperty was stolen than in period last year. ■ showed. Fifty-nine persons sentenced to prison Judge Baker since Jano BIER LEGION BEAD EXPIRES — Me Gregg, Prominent ei F’>crat Worker Dies I At Vincennes “Wines, Ind., April 15—(UP)— : E - Gregg, 44. World War i former Vincennes Mayor, esident of the Vincennes rorporation, which he orI > died at his home here late I ►>' of apoplexy. He had 1 several years. I was an active Democratic He served as chairman of rond district and was a ‘s of the state central com- ■ M was a member of the Am- ■ Legion and once served as department commander, M* e third commander elected ■e organization was formed M® Gregg purchased the Vin--1 Commercial but sold it a •er, when the naper was with the Vincennes Sun. _ r dow is the only survivor.

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Paroled Convicts Are Arrested In “Hideout” Indianapolis April 15 — (UP) Two convicts, paroled less than o'l hours, were arrested here last night tin what police said was a liquor establishment and "gang hideout." Jack Holloway and Thomas Draginnis, both of Cleveland, O„ who were serving auto banditry terms in state prison at Michigan City, Imposed in 1923, were taken to jafl They were paroled Monday. — o AUTO LICENSE RECORD MADE i Total of 3,586 Sets Issued In Adams County by Local Bureau Passenger automobile licenses for 1931 totalling 3,586 have been issued by the Adams county license bureau located in this city, J. L. Ehler, bureau manager announced today. The total since December 1. 1930, is believed to have established a record for the Adams county bureau. The figures also show that 550 truck licenses have been issued in ' the county and 475 trailer licenses j have been issued. Two hundred ] chauffer licenses have been sold . by the bureau in the county. . The new law effective about ' May 15, gives bureau managers a; fee of 25 cents for each license. plate set sold, regardless of wheth-' er the application has been notar-1 Ized before it is Wrought to the] bureau. Mr. Ehler has been local bureau , ! manager since last December 1. J succeeding Paul H. Graham, who was bureau manager in Adams county for several years. The ! appointments are made by the; ■ secretary of state for a two-year . period. The Adams county license bwri eau is located in the Adams County Auto Co. building on , Madison street. , — o I, WILL EXAMINE [; •I BABIES FRIDAY Health Station Will Be Held All Day; Advantages Are Explained The Adams County Baby Health “ Station will be held in the Decatur Public Library on Friday, April 17 . ■ from 9 o'clock A. M. to 4 o clock, ‘ P. M. Mothers of the County are invit- I • ed to bring their children, under three years of age, to the Station , for a free physical examination. Dr. I Dorothy Teal and Miss Nancy Gibbs, R. N„ of the State Hoard of] t - Health, will be in charge assiste 11 . by a committee of the Psi lota Xi Sorority. ’ The following advantages are ’ pointed out in this opportunity by • the sponsors of the station: The practicing physician does not . always have time to discuss health ’ problems. The mother does not always ask him questions. ' If a baby is well and developing j the mother wants to know it. If he has any apparent defects or illness he should be referred at once to the family physician in order to correct any permanent damAt the Baby Health Station ah ( these conditions are noted. Any ] I habits the baby is forming that will A harm him later will be discussed and corrective measures suggested. ( Much interest has been shown ny . , the Mothers in the past stations L and a cordial invitation is extend- ] ed to them to attend the session ( next Friday. — -o i ‘ Sue Zimmerman Named Miss Sue Zimmerman has been , 3 chosen leader of the Kirkland Girl s ’ 4-H club, and a reorganization meet- ( i ing of the group will be held in the , Bleeke school, Saturday afternoon. , Miss Zimmerman will be assisted , r with her work by Miss Leah Gif- , j flths and Miss Ruth Yake, who are , expecting to take the Junior Lead- , ership project this year. Miss ( Griffiths hap won her second trip ( s to the Purdue round-up and Miss i • Yake attended the State Fair :i School of Home Economics at In.l Indianapolis last year. i- Miss Zimmerman is a graduate a of Kirkland high school and is a s finished music teacher, and will make a splendid leader for the •. girls 4-H club.

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WILL ATTEND LEGION MEET Local Post Officers To Go To Indianapolis Sunday For Conference Several members of Adams post, American Legion, including Leo Ehinger, post Commander; William Linn, post adjutant and Ferd O’Brien, district athletic officer, will attend the annual spring confer-' ence of the Indiana American Legion at Indianapolis next Sunday. The conference will bring together all state and district officers of the organization and all post commanders and adjutants. Plans will be made for spring and summer activities. It is probable that after post problems are disposed of. final plans will be made for the state convention of the American Legion, which will be held this year at Anderson. Several local Legionnaires besides officers of Adams post also are planning to attend the conference which will open Sunday morn- ' ing and last all day. I Adams post has the largest membership in the history of the local I organization and has been active lin many community affairs recently. DENTAL CLINIC WILL BE HELD School Children To Get Free Dental Examination In Decatur All Decatur school children will be given a free dental examination by Decatur dentists, it was announced today by Dr. J. G. Neptune, chairman of the dental health committee of the Adams county Child Health conference. The system of school children dental examinations has been used for a number of years in almost every city in the state, and has been used here once or twice in the last five years, Dr. Neptune stated. It is the plan of the county committee to make the event an annual one. Ix>cal dentists will visit each school in the city at a date to be announced soon and each child s teeth will be examined. Cards will be issued following the examination, pointing out faulty teeth of each child. The cards will be sent to the parents of the children and they will be urged to send their children to the family dentist. The work will all be done by local dentists through the co-opera-tion of the various school teachers of the city. It is the present plan to complete the work in a day. Gasoline Price Lower Straight run gasoline was the lowest in Decatur today that it has been for‘many months. Filling station signs gave the price as 9.4 cents (plus the state tax.

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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, April 15, 1931.

Dempsey Appears To Be Near To Parting 1 Hollywood, Calif., April 15 —(UP) | —Estelle Taylor, the actress, plann-l ed today to sue Jack Dempsey for! divorce if necessary—but not on' grounds that he ever "beat her up" i 1 either before or after he ceased to be world’s champion heavyweiglr prize fighter. "It’s just another of those thousand and one rumors.” said Miss Taylor in denying vehemently that ' i Dempsey had beaten her. t! Whether' the actress filed suit dei pended, she said, entirely upon I: whether Dempsey planned to file ■'lone of his own in Reno, Nev. — o ' PRESBYTERY HOLDS MEETING 1 Ed S. Moses Named ElderCommissioner to General Assembly of Church . The Fort Wayne Presbytery of ) which the Decatur church is a par* | ■ met in the Peabody Memorial Honu ’ for the aged at North Manchester Tuesday April 14. C. D. Teeple, E. I S. Moses and Rev. Harry H. Fern- ■ theil represented the local church , ■ at the meeting. Rev. Paul Bourns, son of Rev. ■ A. P. Bourns the stated clerk of the Presbytery was ordained to the Gospel ministry. Rev. Harry M. AlIburt pastor of the Huntington j Jchurch was elected Commissioner to the General Assembly which will meet in Pittsburgh mA 28. E. S. Moses who has served the t local church as an elder for Fifty years was honored by the Presby-i tery on being elected elder Commissioner to the General Assembly. Rev. Ferntheil was appointed chatrI man of the business committee 1 which has charge of all judicial bus- ’ fness and the appointments on ’ committees. The Monday session of the PresI bytery was held at the Anthony Boulevard church Fort Wayne? C. J. 1 Lutz and Rev. Ferntheil i epresent--1 ed the local church at this session. ’ Mr. Lutz is the treasurer of the Na--1 tional Mission committee. o Valuation Is Announced Indianapolis Ind. April 15—(UP) , —Value of the Pullman Car com- . pany property in Indiana was set at $2,374,196 by the state tax board . here. Last year the valuation was ! $2,503,564. I The board set a value of $435,283 . t n property of the Panhandle EasI tern pipe line company, a new corporation. o Lightning Kills Two I i Lebanon, Ind., April 15 —(U.R) — Two brothers were killed by lightning near here yesterday when they took refuge under a pile of rails in a field to escape ? a sudden spring storm. t Bodies of the men, Lester J. - Wood, 27, and William K. Wood, 3 17, were recovered late last night by their father.

WOMEN ATTEND DISTRICT MEET Mooseheart Legion Members of District Three Meet at Bluffton Fourteen members of the Decatur Mooseheart Legion are attending a meeting of district number 3 a* the Bluffton Moose home, today. The afternoon session, which is the opening session, will begin at 2 o’clock and the regular business will be transacted. The local drill team will have charge of the degree work. At 6 o’clock a banquet will be I served by the Bluffton ladies, and I the evening will be devoted to a social time. Mrs. J. M. Breiner of this city lis past regent and Mrs. Archie Long is junior regent of the district Representatives will attend from Auburn, Fort Wayne, Huntington, Columbia City, and various other cities in the district. Those from this city are attend- ■ ing* include the Mesdames Roy LehIman, William Schafer, Virgil Dra!per, William Hoffman, Archie I Long, J. M. Breiner, Doy Lhamon. I John Losche, Bert Haley, George | Tester, Jake Grimm, Andy Zeser, j Adolph Cook, and Clara Baumgartner. DECATUR MAN EXPIRES TODAY Maynard Johnston, 64, Dies Following Long Illness; Funeral Friday Maynard E. Johnston, 64, well known Decatur man died at his home, 109 South Tenth street, at 7:10 o’clock'this morning following an operation he underwent four weeks ago. Mr. Johnston had suffered with kidney trouble and rheumatism for sometime and was a patient at the Adams County Memorial Hospital for eight weeks. Two weeks ago he was removed to his home on Tenth street. Mr. Johnston was employed as a truck driver for Kocher Lumber Company for more than 18 years. He was a member of thg Evangelical church of this city for many years. The deceased was born in Adams county on January 30, 1867 the son of Perry S. and Cybia An-drews-Johnston. He was married to Miss Mary Ellen Andrews who ‘CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX» o Chamber of Commerce to Hold Directors Meeting i Directors of the Decatur Chant- ' ber of Commerce will meet at the Chamber of Commerce rooms Thurs . day night at 7:30 o’clock, A. R. , Ashbaucher, president announced t today. Several important projects will be discussed at the meeting.

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WOMAN’S GROUP |. SEEKS REPEAL ; OF DRY LAWS: i: Petition President For i Chance to Change Present Statutes IS ACCEPTED BY PRESIDENT I Washington, April 15. —<U.R) —i | Women'opponents of the elgh-j I tee nth amendment in eession here. I today approved a resolution petitioning President Hoover ami congress to give the people of the i nited States an opportunity to Change the national prohibition conditions and planned immediately to deliver the document to'Mit Hoover at the White House. The women adopted the reso-! lutioi. in executive session. Mrs. I Courtlandt Nicoll of New York | was named to deliver the ex pres-j sion of sentiment to the President. It is a lengthy document and refers in the preamble to the effort of John J. Raskob, chairman of the Democratic National committee. to raise the prohibition issue among Democrats and to Senator Morrow, Repn., N. J., in connection with his anti-prohibi-tion speeches during the New Jersey campaign. The resolution says seven of i the eleven members of the WickI ere ham commission signed individual statements declaring themselves “in favor of an immediate < hange in the prohibition law.” In addition to Raskob and Morrow, tin- preamble continues tlu< ' many other eminent citizens, public servants and candidates for . . I public office have expressed full i I coiicurrence in the conclusion ’ that the experiment in national J prohibition has been a disastrous I failure, retarding the raw of 1 .CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX> 0 BOX CAR GOES ON WILD RIDEI Six Decatur Boys Are Questioned; Charges May Be Filed Six Qecatur youths were taken into custody today by Chief of Police Sephus Melc'.ii and L. H. Einspanier Pennsylvania Railroad de- , tective after having admitted taking part in releasing brakes on a box car which was on a siding in the north part of the city. ’ The incident occurred last Sunday. Evidently the boys were playing' on the car and one of them released the brakes causing the car to run wild down the siding. Rail road employes claimed the car aud track were damaged to the extent of about $l5O. It is not known if court action will be taken and it is highly probable that if action is taken it will be brought in juvenile court. The (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o , | Former Fort Wayne Man Faces Charges Chicago, April 15—(U.R) —Charges of murder will lie filed against * Guy Sprague, 59. police said today, as a result of the fatal shooting of Policeman Patrick J. Galla- ’ gher. f Sprague, said to be a wealthy " grain broker, who came here from 3 Fort Wayne, Ind., about five years 1 ago, is alleged to have shot Gallagher when the latter attempted ’ to quiet a noisy party in the 1 broker's apartment in the Wind- ' sor-Wilson apartment hotel* 915 Wilson avenue, yesterday. 1 Gallagher and Policeman Carl Johnson were called to the hotel on complaint of the night clerk ‘ and Sprague promised to quiet the revelry. It was renewed, however, as the policemen left. Upon ? their return. Sprague was alleged to have fired two shots. One struck Gallagher In the abdomen and the other went wild. ) Wilblur Massie, 36, and John W. f Eidner, 41, Benton Harbor, MiclK, members of the party, also were i- held. Two women, Bernice Cole lins. 33, former school teacher at s Berlin. Wis., and Julia Pierce, 22, I. Christianburg, Va., were ordered I to report for the inquest. .4 Sprague will be defended by Attorney Barratt O'Hara.

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Hoover May Spend Most of Summer at Washington Washington, April 15 —(UP) —lt now seems possible that President Hoover will spend most of the summer in Washington, Theodore Joslin, presidential secretary, said today in answer to inquiries regardling Mr. Hoover's proposed trip [through the National Parks of Cali fornia. [ “It is not definite, but it begins to look as if much of the summer would be spent here," Joslin said. "There is a tremendous amount of work to be done,” o —— SPAIN'S KING SAILS TODAY FOR ENGLAND i -— Deposed Monarch Says “Long Live Spain” As He Leaves Shores FEW FRIENDS SEE DEPARTURE Cartagena. Spain, April 15. —(U.R), —Alfonso XIII, until yesterday the king of Spain, sailed into exile to-; day with the cry "Long live Spain" I on his lipe. The deposed monarch — perhaps the "last' 'of the Bourbons —hoarded the fast cruiser Prince Alfonso just before dawn and was carried away from the land over which he had reigned since his birth 44 years ago. As he departed. Alfonso made a brave gesture toward the newlyborn republic of Spain. "I preserve and follow my traditions,’ 'he said in a firm voice as I he shook hands with a little group 'of high army and navy officials J who stood beside him on the dock. Then the few persons "who wft- , nessed one of the most dramatic j events in Spanish history saw him turn abruptly and enter the motor-1 'beard which was to carry him to] the cruiser, waiting with steam up] for departure, presumably for England. “Viva Espana!” cried Alfonso as j he stepped from the soil of the reI public. "Viva Espana!” was the echo from the shore. Alfonso, wearing civilian clothes (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o Dentist Is Acquitted Princeton. Ind., April 15—(UP) — Dr. J. K. Cunningham, princeton Dentist, today was) free of charges of killing Marion White, a tenant I on his farm. The jury deliberated one hour. White's body was found February 24 with a bullet wound in the head. Q. 4-H CALF CLUB NAMES LEADERS Frederick Duff Elected President of County Organization Tuesday Adams County 4-H Calf Club members held a reorganization meeting in Monroe last evening. The Monroe high school orchestra gave a concert before the meeting started. President Calvin Steury opened the meeting by introducing Harry F. Ainsworth, assistant state club leader of Purdue who gave a discussion on the objectives of 4-H Club work. Following his talk, the election of officers was held which resulted as follows: Frederick Duff, president; Lorine Rich, vice-pres-ident. and James Moses, secretarytreasurer. W. A. Klepper of the Cloverleaf Creameries traced the history of the 4-H calf club in Adams county. This was followed by a 15-minute . playlet presented by Lorine Rich , and Helen Mitchell. County Agent L. E. Archbold . called the attention of the mem(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o Report Cards Issued Report cards were issued at De- : catur high school Tuesday after- , noon for the second six weeks of I the second semester. The honor roll will be computed and published r within a few days, it was announci ed.

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WITHDRAWAL OF GUARD MAY BE POSTPONED Rebel Outbreaks Present Serious Problem to U.S. State Department TO PROTECT AMERICANS By JJoseph H. Baird, UP. Staff Correspondent Washington, Apr. 15.—<U.R> I—New and grave problems in I Nicaragua faced the administration today, scarcely six j weeks before the date it planned to reduce drastically the •Marine forces stationed there I for half a decade. I Insurgents and the Nicaraguan guardia nationale are I battling in the east coast 'jungles. Eleven Americans were ■ reported dead in the Puerto Cabezlas area on the east Nicaraguan [coast in unofficial advices from the | Standard Fruit and Steamship j Company, dominant concern of the • r egion, to its office in New Orleans. Official reports to the navy department said four United States citizens were killed in this district and three were missing. Meanwhile, the gunboat Asheville is standing by at Puerto Cabezas to protect 300 United States citizens there, mostly employes of the Standard Company, and its subsidiary, the Bragman's Bluff Lumber Company. Representatives of these interests have been in conference with the state department. They are understood to have represented strongly the need for adequate protection of life and property. Orders to Commander W. W. Waddell of the Asheville from the navy department told him to probed American lives, but to leave , fighting with the insurgents in the interior to the Marine officered guardia nationale. Anxious to liquidate the Nicaraguan occupancy — much attacked in congress—the state department is striving to avert open fighting between Marines and Nicaraguan Insurgents. Two months ago Secretary of State Stimson announced that all but 500 Marines would be withdrawn from Nicaragua in Juife. He hoped to have every Marine out of (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) o Cooking School Will Be Held Here This Week Miss Georgia Cook home economist of the Home Service Department of the Northern Indiana Pul>lic Service Company will be in Decatur, Thursday and Friday afternoon, April 16 and 17, and will conduct a gas cooking school. The demonstrations will take place in the offices of the Northern Indiana Public Service Company on Madison street, and will begin each afternoon at 2 o'clock. The school will consist of the preparation of an oven meal and the making of salads and desserts. Recipes which will be used in the preparation of the demonstrations will be distributed to the guests. 1 The public is invited. BACCALAUREATE TO BE SUNDAY I Monmouth Seniors Will Attend Reformed Church In This City Baccalaureate services will be .[held in the Zion Reformed Church Jin this city Sunday night at 7:30 o'clock, for the graduates of the ' Monmouth High School of the class ' of 1931. Rev. A. R. Fledderjohann ' will deliver the sermon on "The Harmonious Blending of Life's Melodies." The graduates of the school this year are Betty Schieferstein, Helen Fritzinger, and Ruth Fleming. Following is the program for tho service: Organ March Scripture Reading and Prayer. Duet —“Guide Me, O Thou Great • Jehovah" Lansing. — Mrs. 11. Shroyer and Mrs. D. Goldner. 1 Organ Solo — "Ave Maria” — (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)