Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 136, Decatur, Adams County, 9 June 1931 — Page 1

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SACHERS' MEET PROGRAM ANNOUNCED ".

“«MENTTOO U K LATEST •ORT SHOWS «*VS KSLhatn G r ° U P Is HHrable to Changes g Jjgl’resent System Mfts means iK? <>F escape 1 ! ■!■ UP S ' il!f C'"' l ' t * s l K,nd ‘' nt f June 9. — <U.R)) there are too many. gjWtions on the route to j evident throughout . .f the Wickersham j fcmi.'-ion reports, which Kis with prosecutions. .. tables present th< Eure of a criminal’s proKggl ward judgment. At , ■rv' st< ' In- tinds means of escape ' the prosecutor 01 li; themselves Knelling that will strike the Ervel in looking at these tab- j E sa y- the report, "is the large, BLberL" different steps or stages K»>* 11 prosecution is or may the large ■ ways by which a prosecution Kith la knack for apt nomenassociated with > es. the commission Kcriixt the record in this respect indicative ■ the p - 'nitty of proset ■ K e&avor. ■VVhyFso many steps?” asks the „hy so complicated a sys- ■■. £, same breath it warns nn,I -tinning acceptance other - conservative k' interpreted ' ■ Al"' of prosecutions seems disproportionate to ■t'Ub NUED ON PAGE SIX) ■ i gr|)st Burned L p 3 I A* Melons Grow I 1 () W.i- cheated t'rori devasta a patch of canteioupes on . Ripley farm; in Blue B gees us.r by a novel method. |gg>< today to County Apt nt Ripley ' - ■ ■ • ' k : ■ . ■ ■ a:..; Ute weather ■ egTMt, melons would ■ - . : ley worrit'd all day ■day When evening came and ■ten ■ ter registered neat ■ tl- g ■ mark Ripley found W ich saved his plants ■ man got a lot of straw and ■ lea alone tin* rows ol ■ vines Last evening he set B> th. traw ami the wind was B ' nt y the heat through Bnelon patch keeping them ■• 801 m all the vim s were ■ii- ,i .-ood as usual. County ■ Archbold stateil that to his ■l'ile the expel Itnelll l*St p he first "canned heat' ■ in the county. Now if the I’tay out of the melon patch ■ says he will have the ear ■Behms tn the county. ir o — ill ANSWERS UPE'SMESSAGE Lion of Trouble Is klieved Near; No Official News Given imr. June 9.—<U.R>— The Italian F tn the Pope’s protest against recent Catholic-Fascist * inci- • was delivered to the Vatican r, note was submitted to CardPacelli, papal secretary of *. by Count Caesar de Vecchl, kalian ambassador. Pacelli ihunicated its contents to the ! after conferring with his l>*r, Marquis Francisco Pacelli, "as the Pope’s unofficial rstnan in the informal negoti- [’ conducted by Cardinal Gasand Mgr. Francesco Borgon- 1 Utica. CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

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Police Recover Many Automobiles In State! — Indianapolis, June 9. — (U.R) Police recovered 47 more autos than were stolen in the state during the first six months of 1931, according to a report by Grover C. Garrett, state police chief. Recoveries represented only 83 per cent of stolen machines, however. the report showed, others being from outside states, or thefts of previous periods. The recoveries numbered 635, compared with 58S thefts reported. Michigan showed the highest recovery average in this area for the period, with 93 per cent, and Ulin-1 ois the lowest, with 71 per cent. KIRKLAND TERM IS UNCHANGED IN REHEARING Judge Crumpacker Refuses to Give Gary Youth Heavier Sentence WILL RETURN TO REFORMATORY Valjiaraiso, June 9.—(U.R)— Judge Grant Crumpaeker refused today to increase the i 1 to 10 year sentence imposed when Virgil Kirkland was | convicted on a criini na 1, attack charge growing out the death of his sweetheart,! Arlene Drives, ala Gary! drinking party. The court’s decision which ter-, minated a hearing at which the' prosecution sought to have Kirk-1 land w-sentenced to a term of 5j to 21 years, was based on the i judge's conclusion that he bad gi?en Kirkland the maximum penalty permitted by law. The state did not present any; evidence when Judge Crumpacker challenged it to prove that he i was empowered to inflict a heav-, ■ier sentence. The judge ruled that he had imposed the full measure of thej | law on Kirkland at the time of, original sentence and that he was I snot empowered to alter the term. (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) o — To Attend Conclave The Misses Faye Harkless and I Helen Fairchild, Messrs. Leland I Slteets and Harold Burger motored j to Rockford. Ohio, this morning i where they will attend the animal Auglaize Sunday School convention i of the United Brethren Chiuch. | which is in session at the Otter-1 bein Church. The young people are delegates to the convention which opened Mon > day. The convention will continue -throughout Wednesday. closing > ■with the evening session. G.A.R. MEMBERS OPEN SESSION More Than 125 Veterans Registered At Annual Encampment Newcastle, Ind., June 9.—'.U.R>— Business sessions were started here, today by auxiliaries meeting with the 52nd annual encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic.’Mem-1 oria 1 services were held by the Women’s Relief Corps. Ladies of the ■ G. A. R., and Daughters of Veterans. Miss Jean Sumers, Kokomo, department president of the Daughters of Veterans, was io present a gift to the Henry County Historial Society during the meeting this as-1 ternoon. There was no formal program sot the veterans today. Reunions occupied the time of the old soldiers, more than 125 of whom were registered. General James E. Jewell nation al commander, announced he would remain here for the entire encampment. which ends tomorrow, cancelling his engagement at the New York encampment in Blnghampton, N The annual parade will be held tomorrow. Veterans will be gathered In the reviewing stand while bands, floats, Jrum ON °AGE TWO)

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EIGHTH GRADE I COMMENCEMENT PROGRAM READY Superintendent Striker) Announces Plans For Saturday’s Affair GEO. C. COLE CHIEF SPEAKER 't he program for the Adjanis County eighth grade I commencement to be held at the Community Auditorium i at Berne. Saturday afternoon, (June 13. has been announced by Clifton E. Striker, county school superintendent, and is as follows: Music —Orchestra Invocation —Rev. J. L. Conrad. Music—Quartet Class Address —George C. Cole, State Supt. of Public Instruction M uslc —Quartet Class Song—“ America, the Beautiful” Announcements —C. E. Striker Presentation of diplomas— Township trustees Benediction—Rev. C. H. Suckau Music —Orchestra. Honor Students Named Jacob W. Grether of Preble | township is the honor student for 'the past year, having the highest I average among the eighth grade graduates of Adams county. His average is 809 points of a possible I CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO! 0 . Tumbleson Girl Hurt | Alice Janet Tumbleson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Tumbleson jof Decatur. Route 7, suffered a severe gash on her left leg* late Monday afternoon when she fell through a broken board in the floor of the corn crib on the Tumbleson ! farm. The child went to the corn crib I for corn. When she stepped on a j rotten board it broke and her left I leg fell through, cutting a deep I gash and bruising the flesh considerably. it was necessary to take i several stitches in the leg. but the child is resting well today. 0 FOUR DEATHS IN FORT WAYNE Violence Claims Four In 24 Hours; One Is Suicide Fort Wayne, June 9 (U.R) —Four I violent death reports were being i checked by authorities here today. Robert Fuelling, 14. Monroeville i died of a skull fracture suffered i when his head struck a rock as he dived into a shallow pool of i water. ! Leroy Maule, 21, Elgin, 111., j working with a carnival concession I here, was crushed beneath the I wheels of a truck from which he leaped when it appeared the truck would collide with another auto. John Rlberchak, Garfield. N. J., was found dead in a Nickel Plat* freight car. Death was attrili/uted to a cerebral hemorrhage. John Connett, 79. Fort Wayne, hanged himself in a barn at his home. — n Hoover Meeting Informal Indianapolis, June 9 —(U.R) —ln- ! formality will mark ceremonies here next Monday when President and Mrs. Hoover arrive for the Indiana Republican Editorial Association dinner, at which the President and his wife will be honor guests, it was stressed by the i committee in charge of arrangeI ments. Business suits will be the vogue i for men during both the reception ' for the presidential party and the i dinner in the evening at the state i fair grounds. Decorations of flags and bunting will line the route President Hoover will take from the station to the ) fair grounds. Heads of stores and business establishment* have announced they will join in a general program of flag display along main streets. The soldiers' and sailors' monument, which will be along the line of march, and the Indiana World War memorial, will be draped in national colors.

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, June 9, 1931.

Chiefs in Huge Bank Merger thee itrrtMl«« MM MitHiliPri'W IPP ff' Jg™— — 1 -=r.. i W' I is' n S ’V. W' ifliiflF Walter W Head (left), who was president of the Foreman Banks of Chicago, is shown here conferring with Melvin A. Traylor, president <d llie First National Bank of Chicago, which, with tile First Union Trust & Savings Bank, acquired the Foreman Banks. The merged banks will have total resources oi’ 5883,000,1)00, makihg the new bank the second largest in Chicago.

DAMAGE CASE IS NEAR END $25,000 Sought By Fort Wayne Man Following Fall Into Shaft The $25,000 damage suit cf! Kaleel Stephen vs. Clark Fruit Co. I of Fort Wayne was scheduled to! go to tt jury in Adams circuit ; court about 5:30 o’clock this at-; ternoon. Final arguments started I at 3 o’clock, and each side was! granted 50 minutes. It was be-1 lieved that the court's instructions would take an additional 30 min-' utes. The case, which started in Allen ) superior court where a jury award-) ed the plaintiff $4,500 in a SIO,OOO suit, was appealed to the state nppealate court where the .first verdict was reversed. The case was refiled and made a damage ( suit of $25,000, and venued to Adams county. The plaintiff alleges that because of injuries sustained when he fell into an elevator shaft at the Clark Fruit Co. caused him to become a cripple for life. Matt (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) ; REV.VANCETO I ATTEND MEETING United Brthren Instittute Opens At Albion This Afternoon Rev. R. E. Vance, pastor of the local United Brethren church left today for Albion where he will attend the annual minsterial institute of St. Joseph conference, United Brethren in Christ, which opens in that town today and will last until Thursday noon, June 11. The faculty at the institute includes L. L. Shaffer, J. B. Glick, C. I J. Roberts, D. B. Kessinger. B. H. Cain, J. W. Lake and S. A. Welis with R. E. Vance, B. F. Dotson, (’. A. Sickafoose, R. E. Chambers. M. S. Livengood, P. L. Mast, and A. It. McKain as associates. More than 80 ministers of northern Indiana United Brethren churches are expected to register at the annual institute. The first program starts at 1:15 o'clock this afternoon. A number of interesting discussions are scheduled for the conference. o Lutheran Picnic Planned — —— I The Children’s picnic of the : Emanuel Lutheran church, Union township, will be held Sunday, June 14 in the Bleeke woods, north of the ; church. The public is invited to attend. 1

Gerald Kohne To Get Degree In Medicine Gerald Kohne. son of Mr. and Mrs. Alphonse Kohne of this city, will receive his M. D. degree Wednesday June 10 having completed i his four years course at the Loyola . University of Chicago, Illinois. The graduation exercises will take place in the Loyola University gymnasium Wednesday afternoon. | Mr. Kohne attended Nortre Dame | College, Notre Dame, where he reI reived a two year per-medical course and was graduated in pharI macy from that school several I years ago. He will serve a year’s internship iat the St. Elizabeth Hospital in I Chicago following graduation. 0 MILLIONS ARE TRANSFERRED Chicago Bank Mergers Create Excitement In Loop District Chicago, June 9—(U.R)— Armored trucks clanged through the loon today as millions of dollars of ) assets were transferred from I building to building in completion of the biggest bank mergers in I Chicago’s history. Officials of the four banks I which were combined into two said the physical transfers would be completed in time for the opening of business this morning. It was a huge task. Hundreds of bank employes and armed messengers assisted. Assured by bankers that they wotfld lose nothing ami that the city’s financial standing actually was being strengthened, thousands o& depositors showed few signs of nervousness as the gigantic transactions were carried on. I There were slight disorders yesterday in some of the banks, but f ON PAGE FIVE) O -a Children Will Take Part In Program The Pleasant Grove United Brethren Church will hold a children's i day program next Sunday evening i at 8:15 o'clock, (sun time) at the , church. The public is cordially in- i vited to attend this program. o . | To Get Music Degree Miss Mina M. Collier of this city will be graduated from the Arthur Jordan Conservatory of Music. Indianapolis, at the Commencement exercises which will be held in the Odeon. Friday evening. June 19, at 8:30 o’clock. ' Miss Collier is the daughter of : Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Collier, and has i appeared on musical programs, and taught in tlie Dally Vacation Bible 1 I School in this city last year.

State, National And lii tr runt lonni News

HOGG, VESTAL ARE SPEAKERS AT CONVENTION District Letter Carriers to Meet At Berne June 20 For Session W. F. BEERY WILL SPEAK Hon. David Hogg of Fort Wayne j Hon, Albert H. Vestal of Anderson. and State Chaplain. W. F. Beery of Decatur, will deliver addresses at the annual eighth district convention of the rural letter carriers and the Ladies Auxiliary, which will be held in Berne, Saturday, I June 20. The convention will be in two j sessions, afternoon and evening. - The afternoon meeting will take | [ place in Lehman's Park, where an : address of welcome will be given by 1 O. F. Gilliom, president of the Berne Chamber of Commerce, and the resjmnse made by Bob Dick of Farmland. Round table talks by* state officials, and report of the nominating committee will be features of the afternoon session. 1 The evening meeting will be held in the Community Auditorium, where a banquet will be served at 6 o'clock by the Berne chapter of the W. C. T. U. Senator T. A. Gottschalk will be toastmaster at the banquet and addresses will be giv(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o H. P. SCHMITT HEADS LODGE Local Man Named Grand Knight of K. of C. Lodge In Decatur H. P. Schmitt, meat market proprietor of this city was elected Grand Knight of the Knights of Columbus at the annual election of the councl held Monday evening. Mr. Schmitt was elevated to the commanding position in the council after serving two years as deputy grand knight. Other officers elected were, C. L. I Carroll, deputy grand knight; I Robert Gage, warden; Ed Bosse, I chancellor; August Heiman, trea-1 I surer; Will Schumacker, recording I secretary; George Colchin, advo-i cate; Leonard Meyers, inner guard; I Arthur Lengerich, outer guard; Joe Lose, trustee. Delegates to the state convention, Dynois Schmitt, Herman GilligD. M. Niblick is the retiring grand knight. He served two years in that office and recently supervised the plans for the joint initiation and celebration of the Silver jubilee of the local council. The new officers will take office at the first meeting in July. MINE TROUBLES STARTS AGAIN Fighting Breaks Out In Princeton Mining District After Quit Princeton, Ind., June 9.—(U.R) — Fighting between union and nonunion miners broke out again today in the coal fields near here. Seventeen men going to work in the Liberty mine, near Francisco, were attacked by pickets, pulled from their autos and trucks and severely beaten. None was injured seriously by the attacking men, said to number approximately 50. A warning was given the men that they should not attempt to operate the Liberty mine, but workers and officials said another attempt would be made tomorrow. The mine was to have been opened today on a cooperative basis. Two years ago the main tipple (CONTINUED ON PAOE SIX) o Niblick Funeral Held Funeral services for Mrs. Mary D. Niblick, wife of J. T. Niblick who died Saturday night were held at 2 o'clock this afternoon at the home 6 miles west of "this city, with Rev. Edgar Johnston, pastor of the Beulah Chapel church officiating. Burial was in the Antioch Cemetery.

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To Receiive Bids For Interior Paint Job. The trustees of the Adams County Memoral hospital will receive proposals from contractors for paint I ing the operating room, kitchen and 15 bed rooms in the hospital. Bids ' will be received on July 3. Separate bids for furnishing the paint and doing the painting will be received I by the board. The board will also receive bids for furnishing linens, I including bed sheets, pillow cases, | towels and other supplies on the I same day. FIRE LOSS IS I )| SET AT 53,000 • : Harry Robinson Barn Is Destroyed By Flames; , Local Firemen Aid ! A large barn on the Harry Robin- ) son farm in St. Marys township was ) j completely destroyed by fire about | 9 o'clock Monday night. The work j of the Decatur tire department and | neighbors who formed a volunteer) brigade saved adjoining buildings. The damage was estimated by a local insurance underwriter as more than $3,000. Origin of the fire is not known, and when the flames ! were noticed it was too late to save ! the barn. Firemen were called and | in the meantime a bucket brigade ) fought the flames and managed to keep the fire from spreading. Some farm implements were destroyed in the blaze, but a large' amount of the equipment was sav-, ed. Adjoining buildings were dam-1 aged by the intense heat, but were not burned down. The fire could be seen for a num-. her of miles and attracted many ) | people to the scene. It was the first serious farm fire in the county for | l-some time. | . o Richmond Man Seeks Rotary Club Honor Robert Heun. Richmond, a former district governor of Indiana Rotary clubs, is one of ten men from the United States who is a candidate tor director of Rotary International. The election of the directors will take place at Vienna, Austria dur-| ing the week of June 22. Several Rotarians from Indiana were planning to attend the convention. PHI DELTS IN ANNUAL OUTING — Birthday Celebrated At Country Club Banquet; Don Farr Presides Tlie first anniversary of the Phi i Delta Kappa Fraternity of this citv I was celebrated witli a stag banque’ at the Decatur Country Club, Mon-1 day evening. About 100 members) from this city, Portland. Van Wert ) Elwood, Huntington, Marion .Fort ) Wayne, and Wabash enjoyed the I dinner and program. John Burnett, president, had charge of the program and Don Farr was toastmaster. At 8 o’clock ) a three course chicken dinner was served in the dining hall, where red and black, the Phi Delt colors decorated the long tables. The i dinner was served by James Enge I ler and the Country Club caddies. | Principal addresses were deliver ed by John Burnett, who gave the | Welcome address. Rolland H. Neese I of Elwood, past national auditor ■ who told "How Epsilon Chi Came j About," and Dwayne Miller of Wa-1 bash, past national president. Phi Delt songs were sung before the dinner and between the courses, and a program of songs and dances was presented by several of the members and Miss Teddy Beattv and her Company of Fort Wayne. (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) O — John Gillig Speaks Josn Gillig of Lexington Ky.. a former Decatur resident met with members of the city council last evening and gave an instructive talk on the city water supplies. Mr. Gillig is a well known architect and sanitary engineer and has designed and supervised the construction of several water and filter systems In the country. He discussed water supply problems with the councilmen and gave them valuable information pertaining to this subject. He told of conditions in Kentucky and how most of the water used there came from the rivers and water filtered.

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LARGE ARRAY OF SPEAKERS IS OBTAINED Fall Teachers’ Meet Is j Scheduled For Ft. Wayne On October 22, 2.3 M. F. WORTHMAN IS SECRETARY Will Durant, Columbia University philosopher; Genlenil Smedley D. Butler, chief [of the I'nited States Marine I corps; Ruth Bryan Owen, i member of. Congress from IFlorida; George C. Cole, [state superintendent of publlic instruction; Fowler D. I Brooks, head of department [of education at DePauw I ni- [ versity and Wallace B. Aimsburv, Chicago, author and j writer, will be' the chief speakers at the annual Northeastern Indiana Teachers' association meeting at Fort Wayne, October 22 and 23, M. ) F. Worthman, secretary, announcI ed today. Mr. Worthman also Is chairman ! of the arrangement committee for I the annual affair and lie announced I his plans at a meeting of officers I of the association at Fort Wayne i this afternoon. More than 2,000 teachers attend the conference i each year, which is an alternative [ to the one held simultaneously at I Indianapolis. i All Adams county teachers are I members of the association, of l which Mr. Worthman has held an ] office for several years. W. S. Painter, superintendent of public [ schools at Garrett is president of the group. | The conference will start Thursday morning October 22. Mr. Worthman stated today and will last until Friday afternoon at 6 o’clock. All schools in northeastern Indiana will be dismissed during the two days. Following is the complete program as announced by Mr. WorthI man: Thursday morning (General meeting) Address of welcome. Mayor William J. Hosey. Fort ,Wayne Response, President W. 9. Paint(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o Legion Members Invited Members of Adams Post of the ; American Legion are invited to attend a social meeting of Fort ' Wayne Legion post No. 47 at Fort | Wayne on June 25. Floyd Young, i state commander will be the guest I of honor. The meeting will be held i at the Catholic Community Center j and a lunch will be serVed free fol- . lowing’ the meeting. The meeting I will be held at 7 o'clock Central j standard time. IRev. Hennes To Attend St. Joseph Commencement I Rev. Father Joseph J. Hennes assistant pastor at St. Marys Catho- [ lie church here left today for Ren- • sselaer where he will attend tlie | annual commencement exercises at I St. Joseph college, from which inI stitution he was graduated. I Rev. Hennes also will visit his i parents who reside near Rensse- | laer. He will return to this city i next Thursday. RADIO SHOW STARTSTODAY Million Dollar Exhibit Opens In Chicago; Many Attend Chicago, June 9—(U.R) —The newest developments in radio were presented by the country’s “billion dollar" radio industry today in one of the most lavish displays ever shown. Exhibits worth more than sl,000.000 and covering nearly 100,000 square feet in a half dozen of Chicago's leading hotels showed the latest in console sets, midget sets, cabinets, television sets, tubes, antennae, and even Iceless ice boxes, electric irons and alarm clocks. The occasion was the filftli un(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) ’ •