Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 129, Decatur, Adams County, 1 June 1931 — Page 1

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TRAGEDY AISTORY OF > | RNE OCCURS 0. Miller, Wife And [hßr Children Killed f ■atunlay A. M. IM NDREDS AT ■1 NERAL TODAY Fuilral services lor |,iH£ 0. Miller, 10; Mrs. lili'il 11. and three of their | e ■lildren, Wilbur, I'2; EjSy. 10 and Elsie, 2. who Ire Saturday morn- ’•) Kw lV n the autonioile in were ri<Hn S WJ, s >'■■ by a Pennsylvania Irr al Ha Main street cross.Eat®<rne, were held al the ly|fl|Hule church at Berne f KW>rniim. j p.-ople were enroute to I Ohio, to visit over the Ey«y. Mr Miller was driving ■•car iM apparently did not see ■ heJthe approaching train. Mr. Id Mr Miller were killed inEidy.;i«l the two older children Ke fi uni a few minutes after unconscious. They to the offices of Dr. if. KjK and Dr. Dailey Jones, Kreihpy both died in a few lit iKnut® The youngest child was End |i a field an hour or two rv Ker ft? mishap and was dead Ben f< tnd. ■The strain was engineered by WllWi •wers of Richmond and J. ■ lAger of Fort Wayne was I 1 <4du< tor. Alfred Zumbrum. .■Marshal of Berne was one of to the scene of the Egedy He said that 'a minute ■toreltlie accident he had seen .Be atr. driving at a fast rate of Main street of He called to warn Miller feKwtis time for the fast train TBt evidently Miller did not hear. ■■■Mjßliller was placed in one Mrs. Miller and Elsie, the ■Kt child were placed in a casket and Wilbur and jmtir were placed in a third ■sketj All five victims were burKwiNUED ON PAGE THREE) o — DSl| W’U Observe Week Ij'hiid Health Week will be obftvflßn connection, with the Win■a W t<? '"hautauqua, July 6 to 11 Bien pT .entatives from every ■ui®i/dWi rff Indianapolis, and F s south of the capitol, ■k:*.:l the Northern Indiana a continuation of the •t-tBl House al, d Indiana State 'e. This meeing will be ■■v. by the Indiana State ®W>f Health, division of Infant <1 »!<! Hygiene. ■conference will open Thurs9, when the Education and * 'l* groups will • discuss their •OS for meeting the challenge of Charter to the home, tscii (>1 and to social work. This JK w . fully discussed and ex- ! ■ at the Child Health contenfti of Adams County held in in April. interesting events will take tlie week, including a hnonitratioii of the activities of le W v S< outs. Girl Reserves, Hi-Y ' Girls, 4-H Clubs. EUHSOFIB 10 BE PROBED rtl Relatives of Chi<W:o Woman Have ■>ied Mysteriously Chit..., ne 1 — (U.R)i — Deaths and’, friends of Mrs. IB 1 ' 1 ' 1 Summers were investigat■lay by authorities compiling to be presented a grand a request that murder I s be returned against the haired woman. r of the deaths were caused •anic poisoning, a coroner’s ®ld after the bodies -were exl and’ examined by medical “■ C. Wayland Brooks, assislate’s attorney, said evidence riNUED ON PAGE THREE)

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Vi hat a Generous Stork ' ifeiF ■z > sy1 A > Jr x i KxK /V Jb / J *a" A. . 4 ■vjf Some people may look upon twins as no blessing whatsoever, but how about two sets of them within 14 months? Mrs. Joseph Dusch, 36 years old. of Pittsburgh. Pa., is photographed with her foursome, but they’re not quite ready tor the golf links yet. Married at 24, Mrs. Dusch is the mother of ten children, including the new twins, a boy and a gill. Bobby and Melvin, shown at the left and right of their mother, are a year old.

REVIEWBOARD OPENS SESSION Annual 30-l)ay Meeting Opens Today At Court House The Adams county board of review convened this morning and following tlie organization meeting adjourned until Tuesday morning. John Felty, county assessor was named chairman of the hoard and Albert Harlow, county auditor is the secretary. The other members of the board are Ed A. Ashbaucher, county treasurer and W. A. Lower, Decatur and John Mosure, Hartford township, who were appointed by the court. The board will be in session for the next thirty days and will review all the assessments made by the township assessors. The board is also autorized to make any change or adjustments it deems advisable in the personal property assessments. Mr. Felty believes that the rechecking of the figures this year will show a loss, regardless of the increased number of articles shown He stated that he believed the total would show a loss of more than $500,000. Tentative figures published recently showed increased values, as well as gains in number of cattle, hogs, autos, horses and other live stock!. SMITH BABE IS DEATH'S VICTIM Two-Year-Old Babe of Mr. and Mrs. John Smith Dies Bernice Evelyn Smith, 2 yearold daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Smith died at her home on North Thirteenth street, at 6:30 o’clock Sunday evening, following a several months illness of leakage of the heart. The child had been ailing for two years and was in a critical condition for the past three months. She was born in Decatur, May 4, 1929. the daughter of John W.’and Anna A. Okeley-Smith, both of whom survive. Three brothers, John Herman. David, and a sister, Frances, all at home, two grandmothers "(CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) — o —■_ Funeral Is Held Funeral services for Mack Dickerson. who died at the Adams County Memorial Hospital Thursday night, were held at the Wells Brothers Funeral Parlot at Geneva. Saturday morning at 9:30 o clock. Burial was made in the Riverside Cemetery at Geneva. The deceased had been a resident of the Adams County Infirmary for the past two years.

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G. O. P. Plans Hoover Visit To Indiana Indianapolis, June 1. —<U.R> —Plans for the two-day convention of the Indiana Republican Editorial Association, which will be climaxed by a dinner at which President Hoover will speak, were announced here by W. B. Maddock, Bloomfield News, chairman of the program I committee. I President and Mrs. Hoover .will 'arrive the second day of the convention, June 15. The conference is scheduled to begin at 2 p. m. Sunday to be folI lowed by an informal dinner at 6 i o’clock. Preliminary business will Ibe handled at that session. Election of iffficers will be held Monday morning. Charles U. Becker, secretary of state in Missouri, will be speaker during a noon luncheon. President and Mrs. Hoover will !be guests of Governor and Mrs. j Harry G. Leslie during their visit in Indianapolis.

MEN’S MEETING TO BE TONIGHT Congressman Hogg Will Be Chief Speaker At All-Men’s Meeting Several local ministers, business men, school officials and Judge D. B. Erwin of the Adams circuit court will give short addresses at the Men’s Brotherhood meeting which will be held in the First Evangelical church, tonight at 8 o’clock (DST), at which time Congressman David Hogg of Fort Wayne will be the principal speaker. Ail men of local churches are invited to be present at this Brotherhood meeting, which will be sponsored the June section of the organization of the Evangelical church, and an inspirational meeting will be assured. Included in tlie program will be short talks by Rev. M. W. Sunderman on “What Brotherhood Is,’’ Rev. C. R. Lantnan on “Its Aims” and by Rev. A. B. Brown, on “Its Value to the Church.” Judge Erwin will speak on "Brotherhood in the Courts" and (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) , o— Former Decatur Man Dies Saturday Night Word was received here by Mrs. E. Burt Lenhart of the death of her cousin, Ed. Baker of Lorraine, Ohio who died Saturday night. Funeral services were held in Lorraine Monday afternoon. Mr. Baker formerly lived in Decatur. His brother, Ira Baker was also a resident of this city for a number of years, now residing in Fort Wayne. Surviving here are the following cousins: John T. Myers, R. D. Myers, Miss Eliza Spangler, William 11. Johnson, Ed. Spangler of north of the city; Jake Henschen, west of the city; and Mrs. Clara Ball of Peterson.

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LOCAL MEN TO BE EMPLOYED ON POSTOFFICE Sub-Contractors Ordered To Employ Decatur Workmen Immediately ANSWER IS DUE AT ONCE Anderson A Company of Chicago, contractors for the construction of the new post office building here, this morning served notice on the sub-contractors that within three days they must comply with the contract of the treasury department of the United States and employ local labor exclusively and at the prevailing wages. Mr. Baltes, who is the sub-eon-tractor for the brick and stone work, immediately employed Frank fairand, well known local brick (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) o— . DEATH GAELS MABY WEMHOFF Aged Decatur Woman Is Death’s Victim; Funeral To Be Wednesday Mrs. Mary A. Wemhoff, 83, for many years a resident of Decatur, died at the Adams County Memorial Hospital, Sunday morning at G o’clock from heart trouble. Mrs. Wemhoff had visited with relatives in Fort Wayne for several days where she suffered with a cold. She became quite ill Saturday, and was removed to the local hospital where her condition became serious. Mrs. Mary McLean-Wemhoff was born in Dayton, Ohio, August 22, 1847, the daughter of John and Ann McLean. She moved to Decatur in November, 1848, and has lived here for the rest of her life. She was united in marriage to Bernard Wemhoff. January 11. 1872, owner of the (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) o Albert Burris Dies At Home of His Daughter Albert Burris, 86, of Geneva,, a Civil War Veteran, died Saturday morning, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Lewis Beckwitz in Fort Wayne. He is survived by his wife and three children. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the home of a son Perry Burris in Geneva. Burial was made in ihe cemetery south of Geneva. KIRKLAND TO BE RETURNED Judge Crumpacker To Hold Rehearing Following State Appeal Valparaiso, Ind., June 1. —!(U.R)-— Sentence of Virgil Kirkland on charges of assault and battery with intent to rape Arlene Draves was reopened by Judge Grant Crttmpaefter today when he ordered Kirkland returned to Valparaiso from the Indiana state reformatory at Pendleton. On motion of Prosecutor Robert G. Estil, Crumpacker will hear arguments tomorrow on a motion to change the sentence to imprisonment for five to 21 years and SI,OOO fine. Judge Crumpacker sentenced Kirkland to one to 10 years when the jury convicted the youth of contributing to the death of his sweetheart at an all-night drinking revel in Gary last November. Estil challenged the sentence on the ground that it was not compatible with the 1921 statute. Crumpacker contended lie was acting under a 1929 statute, giving judges certain discretionary powers in juvenile cases, applying to Kirkland because he is under 21.

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V y Local Couple Observes Fiftieth Anniversary 0 —— 0 Mr. and Mrs. Casper Lange, well known local couple, and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Eiting on Minster, (.)„ united in celebrating the Golden Anniversary of their weddings a' tlie Eiting home in Minster, Ohio, Sunday. The celebration consisted of a dinner served at Ihe noon hour and a social time during the afternoon. Two long fables were decorated with roses, and appointments of gold. Mr and Mrs Lange presided at ■ the head of one table where their relatives were seated and Mr. and Mrs. Eiting presided at the other talde. Gold plates, cups and saucers,, gifts given to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lange on their fiftieth wedding an- j CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) o SCORES KILLED OVER HOLIDAY More Than 180 Lives Lost In Mishaps And Gangland Battles Chicago, June 1. —<U.Rk — More than 180 persons died violent deaths in the United States during the crush and excitement accompanying the double holiday I that resulted from Memorial Day falling on a weekend. Os these, more than half were killed in automobile wrecks. Swimming holes and airplanes took their tolls. There also were the inevitable holiday shootings. Several were killed in freak accidents, The weather played an important part, both in swelling the toll of dead and in keeping it down. Hains Saturday kept thousands indoors who otherwise would have risked their lives on .tlie crowded highways, but the same rains soaked the pavements and led to deaths in skidding autos. Cool breezes in many sections on Sunday held down the number of deaths by drowning. In the east, however, it was hot and it was there and on the west coast (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) FORMER LOCAL WOMAN EXPIRES Ann Parent-Krouse, 50, Dies Suddenly At Fostoria, Ohio, Home Mrs. Ann Parent-Krouse, 50. former Decatur woman died suddenly Sunday night at the home of her sister, Mrs. Joseph Rahrig at Fostoria, Ohio, according to word received by relatives here today. Tlie cause of her death was not stated in tlie message. Mrs. Krouse died shortly after arriving at the home of her sister where she expected to visit for a few days. She lived in this city until 12 years ago when she moved to Fort Wayne. For many years she was floor lady at the Waring Glove Company in this city and was well known. She was born hi Decatur, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Parent, botji deceased. A year ago she was united in marriage to Gustav Krouse, who stir vives together with the following brothers and sisters: William and Roman Parent, this city; Omer Parent, Clare, Michigan; Frank Parent, Saginaw, Michigan; Edward and Bernard Parent, Fort Wayne; Mrs Joe Rahrig, Fostoria, Ohio; and Miss Vena Parent, Fort Wayne. Funeral services will be held Wednesday morning at 9 o’clock (D. S. T.) at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Fort Wayne. Burial will be in the Decatur Cemetery. o Thief Steals Radio A thief entered the office of the Wemhoff Monumental Works some time Friday night and stole a radio outfit. Nothing else was molested in the office, according to a report to police. The thief evidently entered the building about 11:30 o’clock Friday night and knew where the radio was located. Several clues have been received by police.

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|C. H. HAYSLIP ENDS OWN LIFE IN THIS CITY Former Hotel Proprietor Slashes Throat, Wrist At Elks Home Here BODY FOUND THIS MORNING Charles 11. Hayslip, 69, former proprietor of the Madison hotel, now the National hotel here, committed suicide at the Elks home in this city where he had been residing Ihe last two weeks. Coroner .1. C, (irandstatf staled that Mr, Hayslip cut his throat sonic time between midnight and 5 o'clock this morning. The knife with which Mr. Hayslip ended his life was lying beside the body in the bathroom of the north bed-room which the man had occupied since his return to this city. Evidently Mr. Hayslip (CONTINUED ON “AGE TWO) o PLAIN TALK TO FEATURE MEET Governors Will Hold Open Forum At Busness Session Today French Lick, Ind.. June I.—<U.R) —Prepared programs for the 33rd i Governors’ conference sank into in- i significance as business meetings got under way here today, with reports that governors witli ideas, planned to express them. Impetus was added to this movement by announcement of Governor Norman S. Case, Rhode Island, executive committee chairman, that so far as he is concerned, the conference is an open forum. He had head newspaper stories relating that Governor Gifford Pinchot, fam(CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) o Final Party Tonight The last of the three-game series of bridge parties given by the local Elks lodge will be held at the Elks home in this city at 8 o’clock tonight. Playing in the tourney will start promptly at that time and winners of tlie complete series will be announced following the completion of tonight's games. Other persons who have not attended the first two parties are invited to attend tonight's play. Awards are made for eagh night’s high scores and also for the total score. SAMUEL EGLEY EXPIRES TODAY Well-Known Geneva Resident Dies; Was 111 Over Three Weeks Samuel Egly. 74, of Geneva, died Monday morning at 9:05 o'clock from complications, after having been confined to his bed for the last three weeks. Mr. Egly was well known in Adams county having been associated witli the Geneva Milling Cotnany for a number of years, and was acting as president of the company at tlie time of his death. The deceased was born in Hartford township, April 6, 1857, the son of Rev. and Mrs. Henry Egly. On October 13, 1878 he was united in marriage to Miss Fannie Schindler of Berne. They resided on a farm in Hartford township until 1904 when they moved to Geneva. (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) o _— Band To Rehearse Junior Hand relieastal will take place in the Decatur High School building, toniglit at 7 o'clock. All members of the band are urged to be present.

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Cupid Beats Star r vWF; \ i Cupid lias won a victory over Glenna Collett (upper), where few individuals ever could accomplish it. Glenna. leading woman golfer of the U. 8. and holder for the last five years of the national championship. has become engaged to Edwin H. Vare, Jr. (lower), of I Ambler. Pa., also a golfer, conl struction engineer and nephew of William S. Vare, Republican leader of Pennsylvania. The wedding bells will ring out soon, according to announcement from the bride-to-be’s mother, of Greenwich. Conn. SCHOOL REPORT IS ANNOUNCED Supt. M. F. Worthman Files Annual Statistical Consensus The statistical report of the enrollment of pupils, number of absences and tardiness and other facts of the summary report, made at the close of each school year in the grade schools and the Decatur high school, was announced today by Superintendent M. F. Worthman. The report this year contains many interesting facts There were 332 boys and 313 girls enrolled in the grade schools of the city this year, including tlie first to eighth grades. Five pupils were received outside of the state while five pupils were received outside of the county. During the past winter seven pupils of the grade schools moved out of the state, while eleven moved out of Adams County. A total of 833 pupils of the grades were absent during the school year on account of illness, thereby causing 3,040 number of days absence Teachers reported 139 cases of tardiness. and the number of pupils neither absent nor tardy was 45. The number of homes visited by teachers was 206. Tlie per cent of attendance was 93.1. The following records were obtained in tlie higli school. During the past year 141 boys and 147 girls were enrolled in the school, making a total of 288, There were 1,411 days of absence recorded, with a per cent of attendance, 93. Twenty four pupils of the high school were neither tardy nor altsent. o — Native of Decatur Is Found Dead In East Ed J. Bailey, a native of this city where he was born and reared was found dead in his bed. May 24th at Angelica, New York where he had resided the past several years. He was about sixty-eight years old and was the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Bailey, pioneers of Decatur. For a number of years Mr. Bailey clerked in the Niblick and Company store afterwards leaving here to work at Fort Wayne. He is survived by one daughter. Mrs. Leota Bailey Litchfield of Maydville, New York. Mrs. Bailey died several years ago. o No Meeting Tonight The meeting of the local K of C. lodge scheduled for tonight will be held a week from tonight, Dan Niblick; announced today.

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WILL SEEK AID OF GOVERNMENT IF NECESSARY Knights of Columbus Entertain Supreme Knight At Banquet Here — MANY ATTEND BIG AFFAIR i Protest of the Fascist government's action in closing Knights of Columbus -playgrounds in Rome, will be made today, Martin H. Carmody, Supreme Knight, stated in an address before 200 Knights of Columbus and their guests at the Decatur Council’s Silver Jubilee banquet held at the I Decatur Country Club Sunday evening. Supreme Knight Carmody was the principal speaker at the program held in observance of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Decatur council stated that the protest would be filed with Mussolini's government today by Edward L. Hearne, in charge of the recreation centers in Rome. "The protest will be filed on the grounds that the Knights of Columbus Is an American corporation, is the owner of tlie grounds where the playgrounds | are located, that the order has more | than $700,000 invested in property there and a one million dollar fund to perpetuate them. If Missolini refuses to rescind his order, protest wil Ibe made through tlie Amer lean government and every American citizen, regardless of creed will support our demands," the supreme knight stated. The Supreme Knight's address was devoted to a brief sketchinge of the educational program carried out by the Knight of Columbus. A class of 30 candidates, including seven from Decatur, and the others from Fort Wayne and Huntington were initiated into the order at ceremonies held Sunday morning and afternoon at the K. of C. hall. The first ami second degrees were conferred by Carter McLaughlin and staff of Fort Wayne and the third degree was exemplified by Harry J. Kitchin and stuff of Richmond. Several hundred Knights attended tlie ceremonies, culminating in the banquet and program last evening. Dan M. Niblick, grand knight of the Decatur council acted as chairman of the meeting. Short talks were made by the Rev. Father J. A. Seimetz. pastor of St. Mary's (CONTINUBD ON S’AGE THREE) o Commissioners Meet The county commissioners met this morning at the court house. The forenoon was devoted to tlie checking and allowing of monthly claims and tlie taking up of routine matters. The board will be in session Tuesday at which time several road and bridge matters will come up for action. Hids will be received on six bridge projects and three township roads., o Child Has Meningitis Margaret Withem, 11 months old granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Zeke Evans of this city, is suffering with spinal meningitis at tlie Adams County Memorial Hospital. The child became ill Friday and since that time has been given serum treatments twice each day. Her condition is somewhat improved today. AIR LINES IN HUGE MERGER World’s Largest Transport Company Established Today Chicago, June 1 —(U.R) — The largest air transport company in tiie world was established today with consolidation of four United States lines which operate a total of 120 planes daily over 6,119 miles of improved airways. Announcement of the merger was made by F. F. Rentschler, president of the United Aircraft and Transport corporation. The four companies involved are National Air Transport, Boeing (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE)