Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 142, Decatur, Adams County, 16 June 1931 — Page 1

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~,>ER OPENS CAMPAIGN; VISITS LESLIE Party Goes to ■cion. Ohio. Today ■|.' |ir Dedication ' M attend !■ HOOSIER MEET S iantipolis. Ind.. June 16 . liter receiving one of ’ K"" 1 ciitluisiastie demonK IIIS of His presidential K : il Indianapolis fair President Hoover ;ir |v lodav to proceed Bu-iuii. (>.. to join iiis preCalvin Coolidge. in Kiline the Harding Inns; delayed event was reK as pr. senting President r «‘-> a particularly difficult sl.-live'itig an appropriate due to the tragic influcrossed the path of administration. Hoover laid the basis! K n-1-■■ ion campaign in his Km Indianapolis at a fried, • where 5,000 persons two acres ate in family tie'll repeatedly cheered b.. pr.'j.lied tlie Republican . prut, . tive tariff. <>i Kto government ownership K. 1,.!.- and outlined a hope- ' ' American plan" to the Russian five plan advanced by for voluntary exrican activities an expansion of 2". population in the next 20 and Mrs Hoover spent the K as guests of Gov. and Mrs. ar executive mansion, er.' made to board ■::: " Motion immediate?. breakfast Following the <>!'.-monies. President! will go to Columbus Io i n 1 War veterans after Ki lie will make an overnight S' , in. held. 111., to dedicate 1 Lincoln tomb toBnTIXVED ON PAGE FIVE) . Bow-ln Law Deferred I in June 1)1 - d'l'i I^B r tire several protests. In ■Kreda tioii for two days oi th. curre.■(ion which would ■■ the ordinance autori;>iie ■ < f'.f nnpi ep.-rly- parked autos speakers voiced vigorous . t„ the impounding stat was temporarily suspend Week after two days of opt ’ because of the flaw. Resolucivic clubs likewise were K’”' ! in opposition to the mea of Parking, which removed all parking in the downtown area, ,n f,ir vigorous critii ism sin.| that it has crippled ■t business. n o — ■Departure Is Delayed B eft ' Volrk: June 16- iCl'i A fni' which overhung this retoday delayed the scheduled of Miss Ruth Nichols, ■ lhe Jirst leg of an attmepted flight. It was uncershe would try to leave in the day. lIHE FISH ARE ■OPEN SEASON ■"osier Anglers Take To ■wkes; Season Opened S At Midnight j un e 16—i.U.R)— In- ■ as Kame fish again became to lures and Halts of anglers as the season was reopened ■‘ a respite since April 30. ■J state conservation department K, ate(l •Oat thousands of ang"'mid be whipping the waters le state's many lakes and ■7 ani s today. ■o? S »' Vatiolls h av e led conservaK ’ s' 4 ' 8 l ° * )€lleve •he annual |>ti | remarkably well. n •he year they were con■J" -° V<?r t * le conditions of ' ■ C °NTINUED on PAGE TWO)

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Claims Record 'i Ww x jyßri V-" "■ "' ' « T—»■— I May Haizlip, who ascended about 22,(100 feet in a one-seater at Detroit, claims a women's alti- ! tude record lor this type of plane? Her instruments are being check-i ed by the National Aeronautical 1 Association. LOCALMAN'S BROTHER DIES .Jerry Howard Is Victim of Long Illness; Funeral To Be Wednesday Jerry S. Howard. 32. of Fort Wayne, brother of Chester Howard of this city, died at the St. Josepn's ; hospital, Monday afternoon at 4 o’- i clock following an illness of a year and a half. Mr. Howard was an employee of the Genera! Cable corporation in Fort Wayne and was a member of the First Church in Christ. Surviving are the widow, Mildred i Howard: two sons, Billie and Dean Howard; the parents Mr. and Mrs. Erwin Howard of Fort Wayne; four brothers. Joseph, John and Merritt Howard of Fort Wayne; and Chester Howard of Decatur; and two sisters, Miss Julia Howard Fort Wayne and Mrs. Anna Lohsiger of Monroe. Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at the home, 1308 Franklin avenue, and at 2 o'clock at the First Church of Christ. The Rev. A. P, Wilson will offeiate. Burial will be I made a* Paulding. Ohio. COLLEGE HEAD IN STATE DOITS Speaker at Decatur Commencement Resigns Post At Franklin Today Franklin. June 16—(U.R) Homer P. Rainey, president of Franklin College here since 1927. has re-1 signed and will accept a similar position with Bucknell T niversity, Lewisburg. Pa., it was announced by the board of directors today. The resignation will take effect immediately. Rainey, who came here from the University of Oregon, is a member of the North Central Association of Universities and Colleges, to revise standards in liberal arts colleges At Franklin he Inaugurated h campaign for a $1,900,000 endowment fund, expected to be completed by the school's 100th anniversary in 1933. He also placed the "distinction" system of schooling in effect here. Franklin being the smallest college in the nation using it. Dr. Rainey spoke at Decatur high school commencement exercises here last month and will be remembered by the many who heard his address. He * s well known throughout the nation as an educator and lecturer. , Police Chief Named Indianapolis. June 16 -( UP)— 1 Lieutenant Michael F. Morrissey to- . dav was appointed chief ot Indianapolice by the Board of Safetv. He succeeds the late Jeremiah E. 1 M The"new chief is 34 and has been 1 a member of the force for 10 years. No other changes were contem . plated, the safety board announced. I

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TAUNTS CAUSED! ANGRY CAPTAIN TO SAIL SHIP Survivors Say Passengers "Kidded" Captain into Return Voyage MORE BODIES ARE RECOVERED Saint Nazaire, France, June 16.— j ■ U.Rk—Taunts by passengers that he’ i was a fresh water sailor" angered! ' the captain of the pleasure boat | Saint Philibert into taking his ship Ito sea on its last fatal voyage, inquiry into the disaster revealed today. I Excursionists whom Captain Olive Shad taken to the Island of Noirmoutier, in the Bay of Biscap. for ia day's outing pressed the captain to risk the return to Nantes up the I ■ Loire river, it was said. Against his better judgment, survivors of Sunday’s disaster said in the inquiry today, the captain consented and put to sea with £is barometers showing him a storm of hurricane intensity was brewing. I It sank the boat with all on board and all but seven perished. The j captain, on the bridge, went down I w ith his ship. Estimate of the total dead remained uncertain today, but I authorities said as many as 450 may have been lost. The inquiry developed conflicting | evidence. Several of the survivors | insisted that a boiler had exploded. However, only a little floating ! wreckage was found and the bodies recovered were not mutilated, ini dicatings to the contrary. Divers (CONTINUED ON D AGE TWO) G.O.P. EDITORS END MEETING Hoover Banquet Climax of Two-Day Session At Indianapolis Indianapolis, June 16 —(U.R) —Republican editors of Indiana returned to their desks today with pleasant recollections of the success of their dinner here last night, and the ovations which greeted the first battle cry of the 1932 campaign, uttered by Presii dent Herbert Hoover. There was no discord in the rei ception for the president; no interI mingling of jeers with the cheers, j The much-advertised communist I demonstration fell as flat as the I "hunger march" which the same ! group engineered a few weeks | previously, from northern Indiana ito the capitol. A few communists gathered at Sullivan Park, but dis- ’ banded without endeavoring to j make their promised march upon , Governor Leslie’s home during the reception for President and Mrs. Hoover. The thousands who lined the ! streets from the station to the governor's mansion, as the President and Mrs. Hoover were escorted along the route, were orderly, mid for the most part quiet, al(CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) CHARLES ALT IS ARRESTED Former Local Man Taken By Sheriff on Fraudulent Check Charge Charles Alt, of Lima, Ohio, former Decatur resident was arrested here this afternoon on a charge of issuing a fraudulent check at a local filling station. The check was issued May 4, 1931. Alt told Sheriff Burl Johnson and Deputy Dallas Hower that he was not in the city on that date. The man was taken to jail and his bond has been fived at SSOO. La’e this afternoon he had been unable to raise the bond ami was being in jail. Alt camo to Decatur this morning bond lias been fixed at SSOO. Late lives at the county infirmary. When arrested he was with his father at a local store. He stated that he had not issued any worthless checks and would plead not guilty to the charge.

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Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, June 16, 1931.

5-Acre Club Entries Completed For Contest j The enrollment in the 5 Acre I Corn Contest closed June 15 and | the following men joined the Indi- | ana Corn Growers Association and the members in the contest are as i follows: W. T. Rupert, Benj. D. Mazelin. E. W. Busche, Ralph S. Myers. Otto .Hoile, Robert Myers, John E Heimann, G. R. Bierly, Geo. Brown, Leland Ripley, Chris Inniger, Rufus Inniger, Sol Mosser. Franklin Mazelin and Carl Amstutz. Mr. Geo. Krick of the Krick-Tyndall Co. assures us that the usual prize money of $50.001 I will be awarded this year, and he j ' hopes that the first prize of $15.00 ; will be used to defray the expenses of the winner to the Agricultural; conference at Purdue the second week in January. TRAIN WRECK CLAIMS LIFE Cars Jump Track When Freighter Is Sideswiped On Tracks New York, June 16.—‘(U.RK—Two or three cars of a New York, NewHaven and Hartford passenger train, inbound from New Rochelle, N. Y.. were derailled in a wreck at 233rd street and Woodlawn avenue this morning, according to a report reaching the Manhattan dispatcher’s office. The train, No. 219, was due to reach Grand Central terminal at 9:18 a m. E.S.T. First reports said that one man was killed and six others injured. The injured were said to have been taken to Fordham hospital. The passenger train, running on the Stanford division of the road sideswiped a freight train and one | of the passenger coaches teleseop(CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) Q Band Concert Tonight The Junior Band Concert which was scheduled to take place at 8:30 o’clock tonight on the Central School grounds, will begin at 8:151 o’clock instead. A large crowd is | expected to attend the concert. o Red Men Will Meet The Decatur lodge. Improved Order of Red Men will meet at Red Men hall at 8 o’clock tonight for an important special meeting. All members are urged to attend as business of importance will be diseussed. LABOR CRISIS IS AVERTED British Premier Agrees to Amendment; Cabinet Will Not Resign London, June 16. —<U.R> — The crisis that threatened the labor government over its land tax measure was averted today when Premier J. Ramsay MacDonald accepted a liberal amendment to the bill guarding against double taxation on amounts already paid in income taxes. MacDonald told a meeting of the parliamentary labor party that the government accepted the amendment, as redrafted, subject to reconsideration of certain details. The threatened crisis in the house of commons this evening therefore would pass over, he said. The announcement meant that the amendment would go through but would not constitute a government defeat. since the labor party would not be in the position of opposing it. o Plans Equivalency Test The high school equivalency tests will be given the last Saturday in July, which is july 25. Clifton E. Striger, County superintendent, announced today. Those who contemplate taking the tests are requested to get in touch with Mr. Striker at once, so that he may order the questions from the state department. The subjects in which persons intend to take examinations must be known and reported to the state before the questions can be ordered, Mr. Striker stated. Those taking Hie examinations may choose the new type or essay type of questions. The time and place for the examinations will be announced later.

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NEW RULINGS PROTESTED BY FARM LEADERS Adams County Farmers Petition Health Board Against Milk House MANY SIGN REMONSTRANCE Adams county farmers are organizing to protest recent ! rulings of the state board of; health which is enforced will require expenditure of much money to equip dairies throughout the state. The chief reason of the protest is that farmers are unable at present to raise money with I which to make the dairy improve-1 ments, which the health board de ! clare would “improve sanitation.” ; Theodore Ewell, well-known Ad-1 ams county farmer and a group of others interested are circulating a petition asking that rule 4 of the state board be tabled for at least a year. The rule makes it mandatory for farmers to construct new sanitary milk houses and otherwise causes farmers to im- , prove their dairy equipment. Farmers throughout the state are joining witli local farmers in protesting the ruling. Hon. Herbert | H. Evans, Newcastle attorney, and one of the farm leaders in the 1931 i general assembly, is aiding farmers of the state in organizing to petition the state board of health against the new rules. The chief protest among farmers of this county is that they keep only a few cows in most instances and that the expense of building a CONTINUED ON PAGE TWOI MURDERSTILL DEEP MYSTERY I Starr Faithfull Death Remains Unsolved After Week’s Probe New York, June 16.—(U.RS —Both the family of dead Starr Faithfull I and District Attorney Elvin N. Edi wards of Nassau county clung to- ■ day to the theory of murder in her i strange death -moreover their idea that the girl of many moods met a violent death before her body was cast up by the sea at Longbeach, was strengthened as traces of veronal were found in post-mortem ex I amination. The veronal may have been merely a sedative, but from the sinister chain of circumstances so far adduced in her life history, authi orities were more than ever convinced that death was traceable to someone who wanted her silenced. Stanley Faithfull, who with his wife, Helen, and stepdaughter, Tucker, are giving the United Press exclusive data on the career of the | girl, insist that murder was done. 1 j The girl was not a drug fiend, 1 but according to their story a man ’ who debauched her as a child of 11 years taught her to like ether. (CONTINUED ON PA(?E SIX) i o INDIANA GIVES TWO DEGREES 1 Two Men Honored At 102nd Commencement of State College Bloomington, June 16.— (U.R)I — Two honorary degrees were conferred at the 102nd annual com--1 mencement of Indiana University. They were to Hugh McK. Landon. Indianapolis, and Newell Sanders, former United States senator from Tennessee. Jennings Laing, dean of the University of Chicago, gave the commencement address. Diplomas were . awarded 738 graduates. , At a meeting of the board of . trustees of the university, held in connection with commencement, of- . fleers were re-elected. They were: • President, J. W. Fesler; vice-presi-dent, George A. Ball; secretary, ■ John W. Cravens, and treasurer, Edwin Corr.

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Examiners Hold Meet Indianapolis, June 16 —(U.R) — Officers were to lije elected by the Field Examiners’ association, of the state board of accounts, in their meeting here today. The annual luncheon was to follow. Governor Harry G. Leslie and Lawrence F. Orr, chief examiner, addressed the first meeting of the association. Governor Leslie praised the examiners for their efforts to “arrest the worst men in the state—the ones who ask for votes and then violate the voters’ confidence.” He contended, however, that a majority of errors made by public officials were not intentional. Orr gave the examiners general I ; instructions and urged them to speed their work. Edward Farmer, Bloomington, is president of the group. DISTRICT 0. F ! MEET PLANNED Rally To Be Held Tuesday At Bluffton; Timmons Ils Chief Speaker The district Christian Endeavor rally will be held in the community building at Bluffton, June 23, and ■ Rev. Kenneth Timons, trustee in the International Christian Endea- | vor organization will be the principal speaker. The district rally will be a joint meeting of the societies of Huntington. Wells, and Adams counties. The state C. E. convention will be held in South Bend on July 2 to 5, and the International C. E. Convention Will take place in SanFrancisco July 11 to 16. The Adams County Chirstian Endeavor Union held a rally in the Mennonite Church in Berne, Friday evening at which time the new officers were elected. Rev. Timons of Eaton was the principal speaker at the meeting and gave an interesting address to the young people. The election of officers resulted in Carl Luginbill, a member of the Mennonite Christian Endeavor society being elected presde;it of the Adams County organization, and other officers are: Cyrus Cable of Decatur, vice-president; Doris Neaderhouser, Berne, secretary; Ruth Speicher, Berne, treasurer; Harold Mumma. Decatur, missionary superintendent; Gertrude Burkhalter. Berne, quiet hour superintendent; Mary Macy, Decatur, publicity superintendent; and Thurman Drew. Decatur lookout superintendent. CLAIMS FARM RELIEF COSTLY Chicago Grain Dealer Is Speaker at Grain Dealers Meet Today Fort Wayne, Ind.. June 16—(UP) Richard I. Mansfield .Chicago grain man, told the Indiana Grain Dealers convention today that the Government's "farm relief" program actually was costing American farmers 20 cents a bushel on their new wheat crop and that total losses were “immense and cannot be accurately calculated." Mansfield took direct issue with a statement by chairman Stone of the farm board that Government “pegging” had increased the price of grain 7 to 10 cents a bushel. 'On the contrary," he said, "We can prove that the government's 200 or 250 million bushels of wheat held as a club over the market, is costing the farmer 20 cents a bushel on his new crop wheat. The board must announce its position definitely or take responsibility for new crop losses.” i o Lawrence Green Brings Flower Exhibit Here Lawrence Green, 828 Russel street, brought a beautiful bouqet of roses grown on the grounds of his home, to the Democrat office today. The bouquet contains specimen of varieties of roses in many colors ranging from deep red to tinted pink, and white. One light pink rose is unusually large and the bouquet also contains large white roses. Mr. and Mrs. Green are among the many flower lovers in Decatur and their home on Russel street is set amidst a pretty arrangement ot flowers.

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Happy Ending! ISr ® IP W'W Marriage at Springfield, 111., last 1 week of lola Bradford (above), ' echool teacher victim of the Pleasant Valley School bombing three years ago, and John Veir, has just been revealed. Miss Bradford was engaged to Hiram Reed at the time she was seriously Injured by an exploding stove in the schoolhouse at Pleasant Valley, 111. Reed confessed that he placed dynamite in the stove. He is now in prison. KENTUCKIAN IS BEAUTY QUEEN Anna Lee Patterson To Represent Nation In Beauty Contest Galveston, Tex., June 16—(U.R)- - Miss Anne Lee Patterson. 19-year old hazel-eyed girl with titian, curly hair that hangs to her shoulders. represented this country today as “Miss United States” in competition against eight foreign girls at Galveston’s 12th annual international beauty pageant. Coming to Galveston from Ludlow. Ky.. to represent the blue I grass country in the national con-1 test, Miss Patterson was select’d! last night as the most beautiful | of 28 select American beauties and I won the right to compete today for the title of “Miss Universe." Four of the seven judges cast their votes for “Miss Northern Kentucky." The other three voted for Miss Lena Thomas, “Miss Memphis.” The new “Miss United States” is five feet five and one-fourth inches tall and weighs 118 pounds. Her titian curls cling close to a shapely neck, which is 11 and (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) — o Magley Church Plans Service for Wednesday As a part of the 75th anniversary celebration the following program will be rendered at Salem Reformed Church, Magley, Wednesday evening. June 17 at 7:30 (Central Standard time). Organ Prelude Miss Irene Peck Invocation Hymn "Praise to the Lord" Congregation Reading of Ps. 100 and Prayer Rev. Jason Hoffman “Awakening Chorus" Magley Male Quartet Axldress, "An Anniversary Invocation" Rev. O. H. Scherry “Praise Ye the Lord” Ladies Quartet Address. “Virtues of the Rural Church” Rev. W. E. Scherry Hymn, “I Love Thy Kingdom, Lord” Congregation Address, "The Church, a Salt in the Community" Rev. A. L. Scherry “The Old Home Church" Magley Male Quartet Announcements Benediction and Doxology. Picnic in Barger's grove, half a mile south of Magley. Thursday afternoon. Music by the Orphans Home Band of Fort Wayne. The program for Friday evening will !*■ printed in tomorrow's edition of the Daily Democrat.

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GANG LEADER AT ODDS WITH CHIEF LAWYER Capone Reported Ready To Take Sentence In Federal Court SCHEDULED FOR LATE TODAY BULLETIN Chicago, June 16.—‘(U.R) —Al Capone, his underworld powers crushed by the United States government, stood in federal court today and pleaded guilty to defrauding the nation of almost $200,000 in income taxes and conspiring in a $200,000,000 beer combine to violate the prohibition law. The plea of the fallen gangster marked the climax of the government’s efforts to stamp out syndicated crime rule in the country's second largest city—a drive started when city and state government seemed helpless to smash Capone’s strange hold. Sentence of the gangster was deferred by Judge James Wilkerson until June 30 at 2 p. m. Chicago, June 16—(U.R)— “Scarface Al” Capone was reported ready to plead guilty today to a charge of income tax fraud when lie is arraigned at 2 p. m. Reports were that Capone had dismissed his high-sal-aried attorney, William F. Waugh after a disagreement over the plea. Waugh indicated yesterday that he would enter a plea of not guilty for the gang leader, and Capone was said to have refused. It also was reported that Capone decided to plead guilty in the belief that his sentence would be two and one-half years imprisonment in the Federal penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kan., with a fine of several thousand dollars. (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o— Advertising Members To Meet Wednesday A meeting of the members of the ■ Decatur Advertising Association I will be held Wednesday evening lat eight o'clock at the Decatur Chamber of Commerce. Matters pertaining to trade days and action on Hie question of closing the stores on July 4, will be taken. Members are urged to attend. o Scheuman Funeral Held Funeral services for August Scheuman. former Preble township trustee who died at the Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne, Friday night, were held at 2 o'clock (Sun time) at the home. 10 miles northwest of this city, and at 2:15 o'clock (Sun time) at the Friedheim Lutheran church. The services at the church were given in both German and English by Rev. C. B. Preuss, pastor. Burial was in the church cemetery. Several past and present township trustees of Adams County attended the services. CONFIDENCE VOTEDOXNAM DePauw Head To Start Another Year; Gets Conference O. K. Greencastle, June 16—(U.R) —Dr. G. Bromley Oxnarn, president of DePauw University, today began a new yea ras head of the school, assured of unwavering support from the Northwest Indiana Methodist Episcopal conference. The conference, in its closing session, reappointed Dr. Oxnam president of the s< hool after it adopted a resolution endorsing his leadership. The resolution was interpreted as confirmation ot Dr. Oxnam's administration in face of a bitter attack against his regime, led by i Will P. Evans, Indianapolis alum(CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)