Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 122, Decatur, Adams County, 22 May 1931 — Page 1

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WAND GOES WSTANDIN | IW DEFENSE Charged With ■ MV cr Makes Final Effort HAS SURPRISE Rate! i Ind.. May 22— I of curious, tied (lie Porter I circuit ' hcur the Kirkland at his [ on charges of, Arlene Drives. ■* Ina# l "- (;ary ath,e,e was l .,.ssion to repeat his 1,1:11 n, ‘ ' nv, ’ <i Ar,pne -Id I ll ' ' !ik '' "" ,I, “ w a,,rib ’ Los the causes of the i *lL,d., gill's death at a wine < ■ jJcc' l ! party. 1 ■L f af Li h-'W questions concern- I Qth» Lo.inonv of ,w 0 of his 1 Bpsnirms. Paul Barton and Hen- > at the drinking party. ■ton tnri Shirk, who did not ( ■tv 8 t the first trial, when I RtlnndF was sentenced to life I Eirtseiißient. accused him of j KlißV' itoinal attacks on the new witness for jAnsi- was disclosed when I ■fadaild'S attorneys submitted to Kge ■nnnn.i' ker a letter from ‘ ■pl Manning. of Davenport, la., testify. BMaiUWi- wrote the defense athe could relate an 1 he witnessed in Gary iKlk account for Arlene's Stadia- accidental. o PTels Os Convention f accounts of the an- j SB CSSifi r< nce of Indiana Rotary . B* at Michigan City last , Bpk wre given before members ( Rotary club last , by A. D. Suttles and ‘ KjknfiE Beavers, delegate's to K co: ference. Each speaker j synopsis of the ad- , (■Atimi by nationally prom- ) at the conference ( the subject most wide- ( was “community serMr. Suttles is president- ( ■fctaid Mr. Beavers was re-elect- . of the local club. ■ Lenders Are Named , IlfI**" 1 **" port. Ind., May 22.—(U.R) * gßppoi tment of district superin- j of the Indiana Women's j Association brought to i j the ninety-second annual of the Disciples of appointments were: Mrs. E. W. Taylor, gy yml: third. Mrs. A. E. Kern- I fourth, Mrs. W. A. Logansport; fifth Mrs. .1. Bort Wayne; sixth. Mrs. ,1. Richmond; seventh, Mrs. Martz, Tipton; eighth. Bellis, Judson; ninth, . Tager, Martinsville; tenth ' ||| -' lore Ab- scrobie, Rush Mrs. James Bad twelfth, Mrs. Dillman, Mitchell; 13th.. ®ts. f. [| Wilbern, JKt. Vernon; ( Mrs. Theodore E. Lyon, WHENSON : fl IN NEW PLEA Writ Is Filed With ' I | Court By Ex-Dragon I ■£- 1 , May 22.—(U.R)i—A i ! of error coram nobis was I • ‘' ’*»® pith the state supreme court I Hj|f TOni D. C. Stephenson, for- s IMgr ll leader, serving a prison < f W a charge of murdering 1 j i duplicates the two , and adds one new alle- < that H. W. Evans, LlHi ' tllre atened to kill Stephf™W|®f he took the witness stand < ■Bwn defense during the trial l in 1925. It charges ) j 1 *' Bf ank L. Dobbs was given I a revolver and ordered I BB'IN’UED on PAGE EIGHT)

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Knows His Shots Joseph "Joey'' Thebault (above) may be only five years old, but he certainly is the golfing wonder of his home town, Pawtucket, R. I. Despite his tender years, “Joey" knows all the shots in the game. He started swinging a club when two years old and his best score to date over the course where his father is pro is 60. The golfing prodigy will be entered in the Rhode Island junior championship this summer. THIRTY-SIX TO LEAVE CENTRAL Eighth Grade Graduates Eligible To Enter Decatur High School Thirty-six pupils of the eighth grade received diplomas which entitle them to become freshmen in high school next September. Bryce Thomas, principal of Central school awarded the diplomas to the SA pupils who'completed the elementary grade work and passed the required writing examination. The Central school writing department is regarded as one of the best in northern Indiana and it is necessary for each pupil to pass certain writing requirements before entering high school. Miss Grace Coffte is room teacher of the 8A class and Miss Coffee also teaches grammar and writing in the other Central grades. Following are the pupils who are eligible to enter high school next September; Martha Elizabeth Calland, James Harkless, Pauline Affolder. Dick Brodbeck, William Elston, Martha Erma Butler, Calvin .Magley, Mary Jane Shaffer, Kathryn Hill, Donald (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) o GERM AK WINS OVER STRIKERS 3,000 City Employes Return After Mayor Remains Unchanged Chicago, May 22. — (U.R) - More than 3,000 city employes who struck in protest to Mayor Anton J. Cermak's economy program announced today they would return to work at once after Cermak had firmly informed them that “the unions are not going to run the city.” The walk-out, which Cermak characterized as a “political conspiracy” and "an attempt by former administration employes to hang onto their jobs,” lasted only a day. The dispute was not, however, permanently settled, but Cermak predicted it would be when he meets next Monday With a committee of union officials. The mayor said the strike was started by the Truck Owners’ Association and that other groups followed. Among those listed as taking part were 1,378 street cleaner. , 225 section foremen, 80 truck owners, 417 teamsters and truck drivers’ and 1,100 street repair men. The protests, Cermak said, centered about his efforts to eliminate all jobs not absolutely essential. Many jobs have been discontinued, he said, in line with his policy that the ofily Immediate^way^^Jl^ 6 (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT)

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WOMAN SEES HUSBAND DIE — Auto Strikes Train At Road Intersection In Southern Indiana Linton, Ind., May 22.—(U RJ—Lying on a cot in Frei man county hosI pital here. Mrs. Emmett Jaicas told | how she sat helpless along the roadside at the Beehunter crossing |on state road 67 last night and i watched her husband die as she 'called for help. En route to their home at Sanborn after visiting in Linton last night, the automobile in which Mr. and Mrs. Lucas were riding with Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Killion, struck the side of a moving Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul freight train. ' The automobile was demolished 1 1 and its occupants were thrown in- ' to a ditch. They were found three ' hours later by residents of a near- 1 by house, attracted by Mrs. Lucas’ calls. "Mr. and Mrs. Killion were unconscious," Mrs. Lucas related, “and my husband was pinned beneath part of the automobile. I was thrown clear of the wreckage but both ankles were so severely wrenched I could not walk. “I crawled out of the ditch and sat at the side of the road, calling tor help. The accident occurred shortly after midnight but it was three hours before 1 was able to ( make anyone hear me. All the time 1 my husband was lying there in that ditch, groaning. “I don’t know how long he lived but I knew he was dead when the i groans stopped. I could do noth- 1 (CONTIM-'ED UN PAGE EIGHI. Saturday Is Poppy Day The Delta Theta Tau Sorority wi4l have charge of the sale of pop--1 pies in this city, Saturday, May 23, . • The day has been designated as Nai tional Poppy Day and the proceeds • of the sale will be used for the bene 1 fit of disabled World War veterans. , The poppies were made by disab- . led soldiers and veterans i» hospi- . tals throughout the country. The public is urged to purchase , the poppies from the local sorority , girls. o :ASSERTS FEES ; WERE CHARGED i Rensselaer Man Is Dis- I charged As Custodian of Game Preserve , I 1 Indianapolis May 22 — (UP) — Ray D. Thompson, Rensselaer, was • dismissed today as custodian of the Jasper-Pulaski county game pre- 1 serve on charges that he accepted commissions from persons whose , land was purchased by the state for the preserve. The dismissal was announced by Richard Lieber, director I of the state conservation depart- . ment. Thompson's record books have been turned over to the state board of accounts, n was said. Steps for , ■ prosecution will await the recommendation of Lawrence F. Orr, chief examiner. According to Lieber, Thomson, a real estate man and lawyer, was ‘ named state agent to purchaee 5,000 . i acres for the preserve, when the < i acreage was opened, Thompson was ■ made custodian and appointed to ' i represent the state in land deals. [ Waiter Shirt head of the fish and ’ . game division, said affidavits had . been obtained from three persons contending that Thompso nhad taken commissions from them on the ■ pretext that he would get the state to buy their land. ’ o 1 Officers Are Elected ’ I J Indianapolis, May 22. — (U.R) —Os- i fleers and a majority of the direct- 1 ors of the Marmon Motor Car Company were re-elected at the annual i ' stockholders' meeting here. The < company was reorganized under the 1929 corporation law, but its pol- I icies were unchanged. ' o 1 Smith Succeeds Jones Westward Ho. Eng., May 22. — ’ (U.R)—Eric Martin Smith of Royal ’ i St. George’s succeeded Bobby Jones ’ as British amateur golf champion by winning the final 36-hole match i with John G. Deforest of Addingi ton, today. The score was 1 up. i

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Not * / wibl Not to be outdone by his famous sister, Ruth Nichols, probably Am- , erica’s foremost aviatrix, E. Snowden Nichols (above) is now a fly- , ing cadet in the U. S. Air Corps school at Brooks Field, San An- | tonlo, Texas. Nichols graduated from Princeton in 1927. His sister is now making plans for a solo trans-Atlantic hop, first of its kind i ever attempted by a woman. MEMORIAL WILL BE HELD SUNDAY ( Soldiers of All Wars To Be Guests at Methodist Services Rev. B. H. Franklin will deliver the Memorial Sermon at the annual services which will be held in the Methodist Episcopal church Sunday morning. May 24 at 10:30 o'- ' dock. (The soldidrs of all wars and auxiliaries of the various organizations wil be present at the service, and the soldiers are asked to be ready to march into the church promptly at 10:30 o'clock, and seats will be reserved for each group. Dan Tyndall, principal usher, will receive and place the various groups. Merlin Doan, chairman of the transportation committee, will arrange means to bring the disabled . soldiers and widows to the services. Any one desiring Mr. Doan to call for them is asked to call him at the Beavers, Fryback, and Beavers store. Mis. Dan Tyndall will have < harge of the musical program, and Mrs. Avon Burk will preside at the organ. The public is invited to this annual service. o _ Spanish Ambassador Persona Non Gratae Vatican City, May 22.— (U.R)i — Cardinal Pacelli, papal secretary of state, informed Madrid today that Luis de Zulueta was considered persona non grata as Spanish ambasador to the Holy See THREE DIE IN OHIO WRECK Two Women And Child Die When Auto And Train Collide London, 0., May 22. —<U.R> —Two 1 women and a 3-year-old girl were dead and another child, aged 18 months, was in a serious condition today, the result of an automobile 1 and train crash on the outskirts of ' the city. Those killed were Mrs. Ralph Bennett, 25; Miss Mary Kelley, 48; and the child, a daughter of Mrs. Bennett, all of Denver, solo. The baby, also Mrs. Bennett’s, was taken to a Columbus hospital. Mrs. Bennett and Miss Kelley, ‘ the girls’ nurse, were enroute to Columbus to visit Mrs. Bennett's mother, Mrs. A. J. Frick, of Memphis, Tenn., when their automobile was struck by a Big Four passenger train. Mrs. Frick was with a carnival company in Columbus. Mrs. Bennett was the wife of the ( leader of the “Seven Aces,” an orchestra now playing at Louisville, Ky. Legion To Attend Meet All members of Adams post, , American Legion, are asked to meet at Legion hall Sunday , morning at 10 o’clock, daylight saving time, to attend the Memor- . ial services at the Methodist church. (

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, May 22, 1931.

RED CROSS IS PRAISEDIN HOOVER TALK President Says Organization Is ‘Beautiful Flower in Spirit’ ORGANIZATION IS PRAISED Washington May 22 — (UP) — President Hoover last night praised the American Red Cross as "one of the most beautiful flowers of the American spirit and the American Democracy.” Speaking on the occasion of the sth anniversary of the organization Mr. Hoover said “ It represents our people in their most generous, unselfish and spontaneously Warmhearted character.” Women, he said, provided the Red Cross with its purpose, adding that "Through the loftiest of all spiritual qualities—charity—it has become the guardian of the people from suffering in times of disaster. Without going into the controversy that raged around the organization in the last session of congress, the President traced its origin and development in the last half century. He said it represented the people "in the most effective exercise of their powers of organization and self-government. Supported wholly by the voluntary 815 of the people, it is managed by the voluntary service of high minded private citizens” Chief Justice Cnarles Evans Hughes also praised the Red Cross which, he said, ''Represent# the united voluntary effort of the American people in the ministry of mercy." o — Tax Collectors Start Special tax collectors for the collecting of delinquent taxes started to work this morning in Adams county. J. A. Heffner and his assistants are doing the work. The men were employed Dy County Treasurer Ed Ashbaucher in compliance with the state law that personal demand has to be made on the taxpayer for the taxes due. BERNE WOMAN EXPIRES TODAY Mrs. Peter Nussbaum Dies After Illness Os Bright’s Disease Berne, May 22—(Special)—Mrs. Peter Nussbaum 57, died Friday morning at 8:18 o’clock, at her home on North Sprunger street it) Berne, from bright’s desease. Mrs. Nussbaum had been bedfast for the last four weeks. Mrs. Ida Baumgartner Nussbaum was born in Monroe Township March 23, 1874, the daughter of Abraham and Caroline Ellenberger Baumgartner. She was united in marriage to Peter Nussbaum, and the greater part of her. life was spent in Monroe ‘Township, 2% miles north of Berne. Mr. and Mrs. Nussbaum moved to Berne, December 1 1932. Surviving are the husband, and the following children: Mrs. Amo# Liechty, Rufus and Henry Nussbaum of Monroe township: Martha Nussbaum at home, and Caroline Nussbaum of Fort Wayne. One son died in infancy. The following sisters and brother survive: Mrs. C. C. Wittwer Mrs. David Winteregg, Mrs. Levi Sprunger. Mrs. Noah Augsburger, and Mrs. John Nussbaum, Emma Baumgartner of Bern; and Sam Baumgartner of Berne: and Sam Baumifiother, died! about two years ago, and two brothers died In infancy. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 o'clock, standard time, Sunday afternoon at the home in Berne and 2 o'clock at the Mennonite church. Burial will be made In the M. R. E. cemetery. o Anguish Quits Post John Anguish, Scout executive of the Anthony Wayne area, which includes Adams county ,has resign ed his position effective soon. Mr. Anguish will continue in the Scout executive work but it is understood will go to another area. He has been active in boy’s work for some time.

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Former Berne Doctor Expires In Florida Dr. William Broadwell of West Palm Beach, Florida, and u former physician of Berne, died at his home at 6 o'clock Wednesday morning of heart trouble. Dr. Broadwell lived at Berne until 40 years ago. Surviving is the widow, Mrs. Aldine Michaud-Broadwell, and two children, Ralph of Birmingham, Ala., and Mrs. Elsie Odom of West Palm Beach. Funeral arrangements have not l>een learned. AUTO PLUNGES OFF BRIDGE Six Members of Reef Family Ducked; All Escape Injury Six members of the William Reef family of near Willshire, Ohio sustained a ducking in the waters of Borum's Run, 2 mile# south of this city at 4:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon when the automobile in which they were riding ran into the bridge removed the bridge banister and turned over into the creek. All escaped injuries. Mr. and Mrs. Reef and four children were completely drenched with water and escaped drowning by crawling through the broken windshied of the automobile. The car was going south at the time of the accident. Mr. Reef attempted to pass a north-bound car and ran into the bridge with enough force to remove the banister and the car turned over into the creek, which was well filled with water. The automobile was badly damaged and was brought to this city by ! the R. N. Runyon and Son wrecking |ar. i —o Bluffton Man Dies Bluffton, Ind., May 22.—(tl.Rv —Lon Oxley, 72, was burned fatally here today when flames, caused by an overheated stove, destroyed his home. William Poffenberger pulled Oxley from the burning house, but he lived only a few minutes. Surviving are four daughters Mrs. Frank Rowe, Huntington; Mrs. Clifford Miser and Mrs. M. J. Theis, Fort Wayne, and Mrs. Arthur Costello, Bluffton. o ) Man Is Found Guilty Terre Haute, Ind., May 22. —(U.R) —Charles Acton, tried in Vigo circuit court for the fatal shooting of Grover Haines during a drinking party here last January, was found guilty of manslaughter by a jury late yesterday. He will be sentenced to two to 21 years in prison next week. No attempt was made by the prosecution to show premeditation. The trial lasted five days. AIR FORCES ON NEW YORK TRIP Armada Leaves Dayton Early This Morning After Chicago Tour Fairfield Air Port, Dayton, Ohio, May 22. — (U.R) —The combined air forces of the United States army left here shortly after dawn for their eastern “base" at New York. The eastward movement was to be made byway of Columbus, Cleveland, Rochester, Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. Departure of the planes marked the end of the western phase of the maneuvers which began a week ago. The ships returned here late Thursday, after a demonstration over Chicago, refueled and today at dawn, the “zero hour," left by units for the east. The itlnerasy of the various units was as follows: Fifty-seven pursuit planes direct to Buffalo, to be followed a short time later by 27 observation planes, che combined units then to move on 1 to New York. Seventy-nine pursuit planes direct to Rochester, tjieuce to New York. Thirty light bombardment planes and 45 transports to New York by way of Middletown, Pa. Thirty-six heavy bombardment (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN)

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Garden Club Head ■HL BN| * A W’ I I Mrs. William A. Lockwood ■ (above), head of the Garden Club ; of America, welcomed tile 700 dele- . gates from 29 States of the Union when they recently held their an- , nual meeting in Glen Cove, L I. Mrs. Lockwood is prominent in social circles as well as interesting herself in garden work. MURDER CLUES ARE OBTAINED Suspect In Double Slaying In California Surrenders Los Angeles, May 22. —<U.R>~David • Harris Clark, young morer deputy district attorney with a "spotless record", was booked by poHce *oday on a charge of murder after giving himself up for questioning in connection with tlie double slaying 1 of Charles Crawford, political boss, * and Herbert Spencer, magazine edii tor. 1 Clark, wan, unshaven and with ■ cireler under his eyes, walked into - the hull of justice shortly before last midnight and surrendered to 1 Chief Investigator Blayney Mat- ' (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) o HONOR ROLLS ARE ANNOUNCED Fifty-eight Pupils 11 a v e Perfect Attendance Records Fifty-eight boys and girls of the ■ grade schools of this city were neither absent nor tardy during the past school year. The girls on the honor roll outnumber the boys by five, there being 37 girls and 21 boys on the list. Riley building had eight honor pupils; North Ward, 9; South ward. I 11, and Central, 30. Following is the’list of honor roll students: Riley Bui'ding Kennith Schnepp, 2nd grade. Marjorie Miller, 3rd grade. Mardle Christner. 3rd grade. Billy Durbin. 3rd grade. Howard Gehrig, 3rd grade. Carl Miller, 3rd grade. ' Mary Weber, 4th grade. Raymond Sheets. 4ui grade. North Ward ’ Carl Rash, first grade. Theodore I ,ough. second grade. 1 Mary Girod, third grade. Violet Girod, third grade 1 Junior Zerkle, fourth grade. Cleona Elston, fourth grade. I Anna Jane Tyndall, 4th grade. Harriett Gilson, fourth grade. (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) ( o i Tenderfoots Get Pins A Tenderfoot installation ceremony was held in the Decatur high i school building. Tliursday night for three scouts of the Rotary Troop : 61. Danielson, Held executive of : the Wayne Area Council presented , the pins to the three boys, Dick ( Girod. Carl Quandt, and Wendell Smith. P. B. Thomas gave a short ad- , dress in which he congratulated the boys on their achievement. i It was planned at the session last , evening to hold a meeting out of doors, Saturday afternoon at 2 o’t clock. The boys planning to go are to meet at the Central school buildI ing.

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SCHWAB SAYS IMPROVEMENT WILL BE SOON Says Tide Is Headed Inward ; Favors Wage Scale Retention SCORES FEAR AS BIG EVIL New York. Mnv 22 (U.R) The ntilion “can he cheered bv the knowledge that the tide is coining in.” insofar as business is concerned, (’hairman Charles A. Schwab of the Bethlehem Steel Corporation said today. Speaking liefore the Amer, ican Iron and Steel Institute, Schwab, noted for hit) optimistic 1 leanings on American business outlooks, told his hearers the steel industry had not cut wages. «’i<l would stand by its workmen. While professing not to give counsel to other lines, his speech made clear his conviction that by greater efficiency in operation, American wages generally can be maintained. He also suggested there is growing "a more sane attitude" concerning lowering of artificial I trade barriers. There is, he said, II "A growing ability to recognize that trade between nations can flourish only on a basis of mutual , advantage. "Unnecessary fears of the nation's people should be dispelled at once,” he said, “for those fears are an important contributing faeI tor in the present ecenomic sitna- ■ tion.” t Schwab probed the subject of » depression from several angles ■ and declared there are “two clouds i over our luisiness horizon” andtwo only, which need to he dissipated. One of these “clouds," he said, is the question of wage-cutting, which has been solved by the , steel industry wjth extremely satisfactory results; and the other is the fear on the part of business men concerning the instability of prices, particularly the fear of lowering prices. These two conditions can lie adjusted ami will be adjusted, Schwab said. Millions of American families, he declared, entertain a fear that, there will lie a cut in wage rates and a consequent lower living standard. "This fear," Schwab said, "Ims led the public to husband its savings, to wear old clothes, to postpone the buying of homes, to curtail purchases far below the level of normal needs.” The danger lies, Schwab believed, to arbitrary slashing of wage rates, ami he held that such jn|ethods are neither sound nor (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) Negroes Are Sentenced Clinton, Ind., May 22.— (U.R) — Three Evansville negro youths were sentenced tn three to five years each on their pleus of guilty to charges of robbery in Vermillion circuit court. The youths, Matthew Martin, 18; Stratford Newton, 18, and Dee Tackel, 20, were arrested while burglarizing a clothing store here Wednesday night. o CUBAN RIOTS ARE QUELLED Revolutionary Flare-Up Believed Halted in All Parts of Country Havana, Cuba, May 22. — (U.R) — Suppression of Cuba’s revolutionary flare-up appeared complete today, with reports from all points indicating quiet had been restored. Underlying this surface calm, however was a tension attributed by government authorities to opposition efforts to keep the nation in a condition of alarm, and it was indicated that revocation of constitutional guarantees might be expected to follow any new wave of disorder. Latest reports confirmed that several were wounded in the arm(CDNTINUED ON PAGE THREE)