Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 100, Decatur, Adams County, 27 April 1931 — Page 1

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>ER PARTY fS EXCITING iIVER VOYAGE "Bjve And Party, In Mii r.iii Battle EleSHitsOn Potomac IB MEETS S sTH I BREEZE April 27—(U.R)—A mov-Tiii' n' ft urn voyage, Mtii; >• " President tli' 1 i h'si' today of a H ,x wok.-nd experth. 1 f'lrnieuts up and Potomac. |^B rl .. , Mr-. Hoover and h n.' arrived in the |M t <i ISBthe t.i; be left Washingi.i -tiff breeze, the t&L M . ul .e 'olind himself, liis | l!t , afoot inspection ... . department |E win'!, t"" 1 - lightning and ■ ® 1’". ■ rive' — heavy IMh.. lint. 'here was bright like there was afternoon when he deSequoia to eeleof the t!w cavaliers on the ■ ■ t ape Henry. |mile- :'"tn Norfolk. Bit’. u.is worse than hail possible, like the tlm trip, when a thundPul,. : Hie celel/ration |Ktty reciting the ! t Bit ,pn l"’"' - I,IP party had down the Potomac in] il quarters of the] I to !? ip the Tidewater | of Virginia Women 1 the landing of the American colonS ..<><> persons were i into i lie sandy well of a I sai, amphitheatre at ]|Hof tin- i ape. Mr. Hoover and Mrs. Hoover iw .. colored bonnet. ’ the downpour. started. Hi' of the stands, the |Mh" m i I r~t lady stood with Mtlhuii'i:' down upon them. EMtving mi im h. Even Bishop of the Episcopal ,lIP 1 "Ho microphones in RMoi' him was forced to stop at the point: us this day our daily re thrown over the in tlie President and the hßtni'f.i; ox page THREE) ~ ys At Brazil w Are .Merged Today Inih. April 27—(UP)—The National bank today forover the assets of the bank of Brazil and insi itui joes were operated <>l tin First National Bank ■* (| in isst; to the Riddell Nawns consumated Sati.riiv.'ni ;,H ions over a period years. Both banks will contheir present location until ■ e, ]' in of the Riddell Bank’s July i. ■ottrees of the Riddell Nation|V* under the purchase was an■f"' 1 as $2,300,000. Im tour to I IE MADE HERE Herd Improvement ■ssociation To Meet Buesday After Tour ■meeting of the Dairy Herd ■° v einetit Association will be m the Monroe high school, evening, April 28, at 7:30 B't ,® ntra l standard time. H • wallace will be the prin■■jipeaker at the meeting, and Bn«°o th<? co, ‘ nty lwill be maile Ht* the day to note the irnBh?t nt w,l ’ cb has been made KJ u edins P r °Bram. ■J* Holstein Breeders of the K. wi "J 10 !'! a meet i n S If the Bn? a school lAiiiding, evening, April 29, and Bic w? vman ' President of the ■ ans m e ' n Bree< iers Associa■d« Mr ’ Barn ey of the exten- ■ uepar tment will be present.

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PRESBYTERIAN WOMEN TO MEET ■Fifty-fifth Annual Meeting of Fort Wayne Presbytery Opens Tuesday The Fifty-fifth annual meeting of the Women’s National and Foreign Missionary Society of the Fort Wayne Presbytery will open Tuesday morning at 10:30 o'clock in the local Presbyterian Church for a two day session. The opening meeting with continue throughout the day, and morning and afternoon sessions will be held Wednesday. Interesting and instructive addresses will be given by Mrs. E. W. Simpson, a Presbyterian Missionary to Islampur, India, and by Mies Helen Streeter, Field Secretary for National Missions. The Tuesday morning meeting will open with prayer followed with an executive meeting. Mrs. (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) BIRTH CONTROL IS APPROVED — Presbyterian Special Commission Approves Control System Philadelphia, April 27.—W.R> — Immediate approval of birth control by the general assembly of the Presbyterian church in the U. S. A., is recommended by a special commission appointed to study marriage, divorce and remarriage. The assembly will be asked to go on record as favoring the use of 1 contraceptives, but only "in fidelity to the highest spiritual ideals of the Christian home.” ' The commission’s favorable report comes after the federal council of Church in America as well as the New York Academy of MediI cine has approved birth control. , “Earnest Christian people,’’ the report states, “are asking for the j church’s guidance on the subject of birth control.. This ' (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) o ’ Theaters To Run » On Standard Time » Proprietors of the Cort and Adi ams theaters announced today 'hat , both theaters would operate on Cen--1 tral Standard time. The first show s will be given at seven o'clock Stan- • dard time, or eight o’clock daylight - saving time. Patrons are asked to take notice.

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- j To Install Moose Officers Tuesday Tiie of the Loyal Order i of Moose will be installed at the meeting to be held in the Moose Home. Tuesday night April 28. Following are the officers of tiie organization which are to be installed: Dictator. Ralph Burnett, vice-dictator. Lloyd Kreischerf prelate. Archie Long; secretary, Charles A. Heare; treasurer. Roy V. Mil ler; trustee, G. A. Hahnert; sergeant at Arms, William Foughty: inner guard, A. L. Stultz; outer guard Frank Helmer. The auditing committee will comprise J. M. Breiner, M. O. Brown, and Homer Templin, and the entertainment committee will include Joe Brennan and Frank Lynch. — -o SERVICE TO BE HELD SUNDAY Class of 38 to Make Holy Communion at St. Mary’s Catholic Church A class of 38 children will make their solemn Holy Communion at the St. Mary’s Catholic church Sunday, May 3. Ihe services will be held at the seven o’clock mass. There are 20 boys and 18 girls to receive Holy Communion at the mass. They will be attended by ' candle carriers, flower bearers and ushers and impressive services, in charge of the Rev. Father J. A. Seimetz, pastor will be held. The members of the class are—Boys: Frederick Coffee, Richard Gase, , Frederick Geels, Patrick Hackmatin, Arthur Heimann, Max JohnI son Joseph Keller Robert Kohne Richard Lose, Joseph Miller, Oscar Miller, Donald Miller, Homer Rauch, , Robert Schmitz, Paul Schultz, Eugene Smith, Maurice Spangler, Joseph Weber, Carl Geimer, Robert i Kuhnle. Girls: Marcyle Braun, Justine (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) —o— Funeral Held Today For Rauch Baby i Berne, April 27.—(Special)—Helen Louise Rauch, infant daughter of Calvin and Leah Steffen Rauch of North Sprunger street, died at the home of its grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Godfrey Rauch, Saturday night at 10:15 o'clock. Death was . due to pneumonia. The baby was born March 26, and five sisters survive. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon ’ at 12:30 o’clock at the home and ■ at 2 o’clock at the Christian Apos- . tolat church, northwest of Berne. The surviving members of the i Rauch, family are all confined to their beds with illness.

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Decatur, Indiana, Monday, April 27, 1931.

W.C.T.U. BACKS NEW STATE LAW Anti-Cigarette Law is Sent To Councils And Tobacco Sellers At the recent annual meeting of the j\dams County Woman's Temperance Union held .here last week, the group went on record as favoring the new Indiana anti-cigarette law. The women also decided to send a codified text of the law to , all establishments in ihe county selling cigarettes and also to the Berne, Geneva and Decatur councils. The law places a heavier penalty on sale of cigarettes to minors and also makes the minor purchasing the cigarettes a law violator. Following is tiie Temperance Union’s codified card which is being circuj lated: An act to prohibit the selling, buying, receiving and using of cigarettes, cigarette papers, cigarette wrappers, and other snpstitutes thenefor, by minors and providing penalties for the violation thereof. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, That it shall be unlawful for any person under the full age of twenty-one years, by himself or through any other person or by any means, directly or indirectly, to buy receive or accept for his own use or the use of any other person what-1 soever, or to keep or own or to have in hik possession, or to sell either I as principal or agent, or to use any : | cigarette Cigarette paper cigar.ette wrapper or any paper or wrapper containing morphin", nicotine,

I (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) O FEAR DAMAGE TO FRDIT TREES Farmers Express Fear That Frost May Injure Early Tree Buds Fruit growers of Adams county were concerned today with tiie possibility of frost doing injury to fruit trees. Many trees are full of buds and growers fear that the same occurrence of a year ago, when almost all fruit trees were Injured by frost, will be repeated. Vegeta,liles and grains now in the ground, will suffer little, it is generally believed by farmers of this community, but it is pointed j out, fruit buds are less hardy. Weather forecasters say the cold wave is about spent in Indiana and that warmer weather and sunshine will arrive in the next few hours. Coal piles have been depleted the last few days and warmer weather will be welcomed by all citizens. LEGS DIAMOND ESCAPES DEATH Notorious Gangster Is Shot at In Roadhouse, But Survives Bullet Cairo, N.Y.. April 27—(U.R)—The amazing luck which has saved Jack (“Legs”) Diamond from assassination twice before in liis unsteady gangland career came to his aid again today when he emerged alive, though severely wounded, from a terrific volley ot enemy gunfire. A midnight ambuscade in a Catskill Mountain roadhouse was the latest trap set for the New York underworld chief by the foes who long since have marked him for death. But, by the narrowest of margins, this attempt failed like the others that have been made on Diamond's strangely charmed life. (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) 0 Burial Held Sunday Funeral services for Thomas Franklin Ray, Monroe man who died at the Adams County Memorial Hospital last Friday, were held at the Friends church at Monroe, Sunday afternoon at two o’clock with Rev. Vernon Riley, pastor, and Rev. E. M. Dunbar pastor of the Monroe Methodist church officiating. Burial was in the Ray Cemetery at Monroe.

A Week To I Get Ready' You have all this week to get ready for the annual Clean-Up week in Decatur. Next Tuesday, May 5, City Street Commissioner Amos Fisher and his force of men and fleet of trucks will begin gathering the old tin cans, bottles and rubbish and haul it away. Cann, Nit ties, etc., must b" r placed in containers so that they can lie taken away by the truck drivers. The mayor, city council and Mr. Fisher urges every citizen to cooperate in the clean-up j campaign and to assist, in helping to make Decatur spic and span. o LOYALTY DAY IS OBSERVED Rotarians Snonsor Entire Week of Boys’ Activities In City Boys’ Loyalty Day, in connection with the International Boys’ Week, was observed in the city schools today, sponsored by the Decatur Rotary Club with Dr. Fred Patterson in charge of the pro- ■ gram. The first of the week's activities j started Sunday with “Boys' Day: in Church,’’ and all boys of the j city were urged to lie in some j church. A special event will sea-. ture each day of this international week program. Dr. Patterson spoke to the boys of- the Central school this morning- ■ nnd talked on “Loyalty to Our ! Country.” He told how the boys; I all over the United States were i I having similar meetings, and of the good that was Itoped to be derived from such programs. Mr. Patterson gave a very interesting talk in which he urged that the boys remain loyal to this country at all times. Rev. A. B. Brown, pastor of the Baptist Church led in prayer, and I gave a short talk on "Boys’ Loyhlty to God" and told instances in the life of the Western people where they did or did not remain loyal. The principal address was given by C. J. Lutz on “Showing Loyal(CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) BANDIT SOUGHT AFTER SLAYING Winchester Authorities Still Seeking Driver of Bandit Auto Winchester, Ind., April 27—(UP) —The man who killed police chief Troy Clevenger in a gun battle here Saturday night and who died of a wound inflicted by Clevenger was identified today as Lawrence Shank 32, Muncie, a reformatory parole violator. Identification was made by E. L. Osborn, chief of the state bureau of criminal identification. Osborn said Shank escaped from the remormatory while serving a vehicle theft sentence imposed in Muncie in 1928. In 1929 he was arrested at Richmond for robbery, and had been paroled. Winchester, Ind., April 27. — (U.R) —The trail of the driver of the auto from which police Chief Troy Clevenger was slain Saturday night, led authorities toward northern Indiana. The fugitive, fleeing from the scene of the shooting in which Clevengex killed one gunman after he himself had been wounded mortally, returned to within a half-mile of the slaying after he wrecked his auto, it was learned. A farmer said he believed the gunman was the man to whom he had given a ride and let out as they arrived at Winchester. From here it is believed the man who, with Ids companion, was sought In connection with a robbery in Richmond, fled to Bluffton, stole an auto, and continued northward. Meanwhile efforts to identify the clain gunman were futile. Clevenger stopped the men’s auto, police here said, and one df them opened Are immediately.

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BURKE IS CIVEN LIFE SENTENCE FORMCRUER Man Charged With Murder of Policeman Sentenced In Michigan THANKS JUDGE AFTER HE HEARS VERDICT St. Joseph, Mich., April 27 —(U.P) —A career of crime and murder came to an end here this afternoon when Fred Burke, professional machine gunner received a life sentence. Charge!! with the murder of Patrolman Charles Skelly, Burke entered a plea of guilty. After a brief hearing he was sentenced to the Marquette branch of the state prison. Judge Charles White, who passed sentence, held him guilty of second degree murder. Burke, whose quick handling of machine guns and revolvers, allegedly accounted for a score or more murders in 18 states, lived up to his reputation this afternoon. As Judge White passed sentence J'urke. who had arisen from his seat, spoke for the first time. “Thank you," he said. That was all. Then he turned to his guard—heavily armed deputy sheriffs and state troopers — and held out his hands. Steal I cuffs were snapped around his I wrists and the return to tl\e jail, i across the street, started. Burke, whose arrest a few weeks ago in a farm house in northwestern Missouri, ended a two year search for him, probably will he taken to prison tomorrow. Sheriff ( .Fie<l Cuttier planned to take him i in an armored car. with a large I escort of state troopers. The guard about the jail maintained since Burke was returned here from Missouri, will not be relaxed until he is inside the gates at Marquette. Cuttler said. Judge White explained placing (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) o Woman Killed In Sunday Auto Crash Hartford City April 27 —(UP) — Lloyd Huggins, 25, Hartford City was fatally injurc«l, bis mother. Mrs Samuel Huggins, 46, liis brother, oseph. 9. and liis sister. Marjorie, 4. sustained lesser injuries in an automobile accident which occurred Sunday evening at 5:30 o’clock. 16 miles east of Kokomo, when the Huggins car was struck by a se-1 I dan driven by Charles Edmondson, i 22 of Kokomo. Huggins died at the B’ftckford County Hospital Mon-', day morning, and Edmondson is being held on a charge of involuntary manslaughter. o GUILTY PLEAS ARE ENTERED Harold Swartz Is Fined SIOO And Costs; Gets Suspended Sentence Harold “Skpeter" Swartz, former Decatur baker, pleaded guilty in Adams Circuit court this morning (bjefore Special Judge C. J. Lutz to the charge of violating the prohibition law and was lined SIOO and costs and sentenced to 60 days in jail. The court suspended the sentence and Swartz was probated to Dr. Burt Mangold of this city, he to report every fourth Sunday to Mr. Mangold. He was first tried in Mayor's court and found guilty and then appealed his case to the Adams Circuit court. His case was docketed August 19, 1929 and had been continued several times. Through his attorney Swartz asked for a change of judge and then this morning when .Mr. Lutz (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) o Fuelling Funeral Held The funeral of Mrs. Mary E. Fuell ing, wife of Henry F. Fuelling who died early Saturday morning was held at 1 o'clock this afternoon at the home in Root township and at 1:15 o'clock at the St. Peter's Lutheran church with Rev. L. J. Dornseif officiating.

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Child Murder Victim > ■ I %• k/* □' ■A l • • .>/ 1 W 1 1 V/ "t / '' V /.. Merle Springer, 11 - year -old ' Fleming, Tex., girl, who was ' stabbed to death with a penknife, her slayer inflicting more than a score of wounds. A Mexican 1 youth who is said to have confess-, ed the crime has been arrested in I Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, and will. be extradited to Texas. STRAW BALLOT FAVORS HOOVER 1928 G. O. P. Delegates Favor President For Renomination In 1932 Washington, April 27. — (U.R)' — Delegates and alternates to the 1928 republican national conven-| tion are overwhelmingly, of the opinion that President Hoover will I be renominated next year, accord-] ing to a poll conducted by the Washington Post, and discussed in a copyrighted article Sunday. Vice President Curtis, according to the copyrighted story, was favored for renomination also. The following summary of opin(CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE’, o INVESTIGATION IS A FRAME-UP Governor Leslie Says Investigation of Bus Bill Is Frame-up Indianapolis, April 27.—<U.R> —An outlay of muddled evidence, denials, accusations and charges of a “frame-up” appeared today as Governor Harry G. Leslie, and Russel J. Dean, Indianapolis, Democratic representative testified before the county grand jury regarding passage of house bill 6. Overzealous activities of “certain city attorneys" was blamed by Governor Leslie tor the investigation, which he termed a “frame-up." He denied that he refused to return the bill. The grand jury investigation is based on suits brought by Indianapolis and Muncie, charging conspiracy in passing of the bill. They alleged the bill, which removes control of truck and bus (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) — o Child Hurt By Auto Miss June Keller. 4 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Keller, 345 Winchester street, received a number of minor scratches when she was bumped by a car driven by Miss Rose Green at :> o’clock Saturday evening. The accident occurred on Winchester street, just south of the tive point signal light. The child was crossing the street with her parents and was struck by the automobile just before she stepped upon the sidewalk. She was knocked over and received a number of scratches and bruises. The driver of the car was blinded ■ by the rain and failed to see the child in trout of the automobile.

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THIRD REPORT OF WICKERSHAM GROUP FILED Major Steps Set Out In Report To President By Committee TO GATHER INFORMATION Washington, April 27.—'U.R) —Lack of satisfactory data on crime and punishment prevents an authoritative knowledge of the real extent of crime in this country, the Wickersham commission has reported to President Hoover. “Statistics,” said the report, third of 11 the commission was asked to make, “are needed to tell us —or at least to help tell us—what we have to do, how we are going to do it, and how far what we are doing responds to what we have to do." The commission recommended five major steps: 1. Centralization of statistics on federal administration of justice in one new bureau of the department of justice: 2. Collection by the census bureau of nation wide crime data as soon as state legislation lays a proper foundation for the work; 3. Continuation meanwhile of | the development ot' statistics in the | census bureau and justic and labor departments, preparatory to | the proposed consolidation; I 4. A uniform state law for gathi ing and transmitting state statis1 (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) o .Ordered To Live With One W ife; Support Other — Indianapolis. April 27. — (U.R 1 — Thomas C. Colwell. 40, who for 11 years maintained two homes and two families here, today was ordered by the court to sever all relations with his common-law wife, I Mrs. Margaret Cook, and live witii Mrs. Nona Colwell. In addition, lie I was directed to pay $lO a week for | the support of a daughter by Mrs. Cook. Judgment against Colwell was withheld by Judge John Geckler. Colwell has two children by liis legal wife. 0 .Johnston Babe Dies - 1 - Ray D. Johnston, Junior, two day old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray D. Johnson, Senior, residing north of the city, died at the Johnston home this morning. Death was thought to have been caused by pneumonia. Ten brothers and sisters, and the parents, survive. - Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at the Monr-oe-ville Catholic Church with the Rev. Father Marr officiating. Commission House Is Declared to Be Insolvent New York. April 27 —(UP) —West and Co., stock commission house, was suspended from the New York stock exchange today for insolvency. The company has branch offices in Pennsylvania in addition to its New York office. LOCAL LODGE PLANS MEETING Initiation Work Will Be Given Here By K. of C. Members Plans are going forward for holding a joint initiation of candidates of the Knights of Columbus of the Decatur and Fort Wayne councils in Decatur on Sunday, May 24. A number of candidates will be secured by the Fort Wayne -council and tiie ceremonies will be held here at the K. of C. hall. Grand Knight Dan Niblick stated today that the complete program had not yet l*>en arranged. The degree team lias not been decided upon, it was stated. A number of Decatur and Adams county men will be initiated into the local council and the joint initiation promises to be one of the important days in the history 1 of the local lodge.