Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 147, Decatur, Adams County, 22 June 1931 — Page 5

SaNCE holds • fate of war DEBT PROPOSAL HtfINUED FROM PAGE ONE) Kp, save Germany from threat- ■ pionnmlc and political chaos, s i,,r, confidence and ease cred BKroughout Europe, and thus to channels of world trade. K. Hoover was return ins to the Be House today from Rapldan H where he went Saturday K immediately after issuing his Kith proposal. Motoring back H him at sun-up were chairman K Smoot of the senate finance Kiittee, who will be in charge KfiHcation of the project in conK and Undersecretary of the K-ni'V Ogden Mills, who will pre- ■ it for congressional study. Knot and Mills wore expected with Secretary of K> stimson in drafting the forH presentation of the proposal to H i 3 foreign governments conHe<!. It was indicated these comKcations would be dispatched ■ today or Tuesday. pnifdetc ratification of the proby all nations will require some I. although it would be effective r l lu most countries, legisre bodie* will have to act. Mr. ver believes he already has igli senators and congressmen ged to secure passage of the issary resolution when the ;ed States congress meets in ember. was said on behalf of the sklent that the response to his losal has been gratifying so far [eneral comment is concerned, rial comment on the French atde was withheld, be state department announced t Mr. Hoover had requested and eived from President Von Hindurg a report on German condiis, but he “considers its fonts as confidential to himself." ■ state department added that r information thus obained corsoiriis to that obtained from othofficial and private reports and ch is publicly current.” enator Smoot, who motored to lidan immediately on bis arrival e yesterday, issued a statement cribing President Hoover’s proal as “without parallel iu the rs that have passed since the ling of the World War.” 'lt will no doubt bring confidence the business interests of the rid," Smoot said, “and again ive that America has nothing but l welfare of the peoples of the ilizod world at heart. Accept:e of it by all the interested powshould go a long way toward ; senina the burdens o (depression i restoring prosperity at home Id abroad.” Hie proposal means money out \ [the pocket for the United States Inporarily—about $216,000,000 due allied war debt principal and in-! rest payments in the next 12 inths. in the present state of tile 1 (daet, with the government ap-

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I preaching the end of the fiscal year I June 30 with a deficit of nearly a | billion dollars, this extra load is | not welcome. i Hut President Hoover is looking i beyond the figures as they concern | the United States treasury books. “I am suggesting to the Amer- ! "' an People that they be wise crediI tors in their own interest and be ! goed neighbors,” Mr. Hoover said j in the statement he issued SaturI day night announcing to the world 1 one °£ the most striking intehuit- ! ional actions of the United States ! sil 'ce entering the World War. “The purpose of this action is to . K>ve the forthcoming year to the | economic recovery of the world i and to help free the recuperative i forces already in motion in the l nited States from retarding influI ences abroad. The world wide de- ! pression lias affected the countries of Europe more severely than our own. Some of these countries are feeling to a serious extent the drain of this depression on national economy. The fabric of intergovernmental debts, supportable in i normal times, weighs heavily in the midst of this depression. “Wise and timely action should contribute to relieve the pressure of thoae adverse forces in foreign countries and should assist in the ■reestablishment of confidence, thus forwarding political peace and economic stability in the world." President Hoover emphatically

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declared he still is opposed to cancellation of the war debts. I do not approve in any remote sense of the cancellation of the debts to us,” he said. “World confidence would not be enhanced by such action.” The present temporary relief, Mr. Hoover explained, was prompted because there was no desire to extract any sum from debtors beyond their capacity to pay "and it is outview that broad vision requires that our government should recognize the situation as it exists.” In closing Mr, Hoover alluded to the proposed world disarmament conference to be held in February. Without saying directly that further American aid would be contingent upon the cooperation of other powers in reducing armaments, he said that "inasmuch as the burden of competitive armaments has contributed to bring about this depression. we truth that by this evidence of or desire to assist we shall have contributed to the good will which ! is so necessary in the solution of | this major question." ’! Only the gravest dangers in Gerj many would have prompted Mr. i Hoover to take this step. But a run on the German Reichsbank since June 1 has drained gold out so rapidly as to cause the gravest concern. In this crisis Mr. Hoover intervened, suddenly, dramatically, to save the German government front

going into tiie hands of the militant extremists who want to repudiate all reparations, to save Germany from financial collapse which would have endangered some $2,000,000, 000 of American private investments there. In the event reparations were stopped allied debt payments probably would have stopped also. Then there ls the more positive side, the chance that tiie year’s debt holiday might drive away the blues and start business in general on a steady upward climb. Officials here hope France will seo the situation in tilts broad light rather than in terms of immediate payments. Officials said France was "mildly favorable." Press dispatches from Paris are not so optimistic. Col. Johnson Plans To Hold Night Sale Col. Roy Johnson and the others interested ’n the Community Sales which have been conducted here the past several months have arranged to hold the neJtt sale at night. The regular date for the event falls on July 4th and those in charge have decided to give it in the evening before, Friday July 3, beginning at 7:30 o’clock daylight savine time. The farmers are very busy at this season atul this will give them the opportunity to attend the sale. A large crowd attended last Saturday and the totals were very satisfactory we are informed. Mr. and Mrs. Scott Ellis of Cassapolis, Michigan, were weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. Christ Boknecht.

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RURAL LETTER CARRIERS HOLD MEET AT BERNE FROM PAGE ONE) teemen Clyde Delano of Piereeton and Walter Jester of Eaton. During the business session which followed the afternoon program, Selma, Indiana, was selected as the 1932 meeting place of the convention and the following officers were elected: W. F. Beery, Pecatur, president of the R.L.C.A., and Charles E. Turner, Selma, secretary. Mrs. W. F. Beery and Mrs. C. K. Turner were chosen as president and secretary respectively, of the Ladies Auxiliary. The convention then re-assem-bled in the basement of the Berne Community Auditorium at sixthirty o'clock where a banquet was served by the W. 6. T. U. oif Berne. Invocation was given by George Vincent of Converse, past chaplain of the Indiana letter carriers, and orchestra music was furnished by a trio consisting of Freeman, Gertrude and Florence Burkluilter. Souvenirs of miniature cedar chests, manufactured by the Nussbaum Novelty company, were distribute to the 185 convention guests. The evening prdgram was continued in the main floor of the auditorium, whetA Senator T. A. Gottschalk acted as toastmaster. Farmer comedian, Osia Von Gunten, delivered a politial' address which was well received. Addresses by Albert H. Vestal of Anderson, David C. Hogg of Fort Wayne, and Postmaster James i’.atchell of Union City were inter-

esting and instructive. Several selections by the Berne Broadcasting Quartette were greatly appreciated. James Clark of Portland,, carrier In the district in tiie rural service Tor thirty years and seven months, received an Ottoman, as the prize. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hunter of Worthington, who drove 186 miles, the farthest distance to the convention, were awarded a footstool an,| Mrs. Robert Dick of Farmland, the only National Charter member of the Indies Auxiliary in the eighth district, also received a footstool. Other prizes included a cedar chest won by Mrs. M. A. Hallenback of Anderson for gaining the most new members in 1931, and a pair of overalls won by W. W. Bark of Dunkirk for having the largest waist measure. The convention was adjourned with singing "Blest Be the Tie," Among-the visiting guests were a number of postmasters, city carriers and carriers from Ohio. POISONINGS ARE PROBED ,CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) here. Lebanon officials joined the search for the dispenser of {lie poisoned capsules. It was believed that Mrs. Simmons would he questioned further. Lebanon, June 22. —<U.R> — Poisoned sandwiches eaten at a family reunion near here resulted in the death of two sisters and illness of

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their father and two ffther persons. The victims were Virginia and Alice Jean Simmons, 14 and 10, respectively, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. John Simmons, of near Greenfield. Those 111 were Lester Carr, 18; Horace N. Jackson, 55, and Simmons. Officials believed that the poison was strychnine, placed in the sandwiches in capsules. Before the meal began, one capsule fell from one of the sandwiches. It was taken immediately to a physician, who was of the opinion tHat it contained quinine. This view was held also by another physician. Meanwhile the dinner at the re union had begun. Alice Jean died 15 minutes after becoming violently ill. Virginia lived several hours. Other persons were reported to have felt slight effects from the poison.. Only a few of the pressed chicken sandwiches contained poison, authorities learned. The reunion, which approximately 25 persons attended, was held near here for the benefit of Mrs. Charity Simmons, of near Greenfield, and Mrs. W. H. Pollard, living near Lebanon. An investigation, started immediately by Boone county authorities, revealed that there were two occasions) when the poison could have been placed in the sandwiches. Coroner G. A. Owsley said it could have been injected when the sandwiches were made, or when the family stopped for about an ‘hour near the home of Isaac Pollard, a relative. —o Mr. and Mrs. Frank Schultz of Akron, Ohio, are spending a few days with relatives in Decatur.

REV. SEIMETZ OBSERVES ORDINATION ANNIVERSARY (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE, holy communions received, 1,084; rosaries, 1,544; litanies. 1,505; visits to the Blessed Sacrament, 1,297; ejaculations, 28,529. Ordained in 1901 Father Seimetz was ordained to the preisthood June 21, 1901 by the Rt. Itev. Bishop Herman J. Alerding at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Fort Wayne. His hist appointment was assistant pastor at St. Charles church, Peru, from which place he was transferred to Reynolds, Indiana, as pastor of St. Joseph's Catholic church. He remained at Reynolds about two years and was then named superin tendent of the St. Joseph's orphan’s home, Lafayette, an d remained there until he came to Decatur. Father Seimetz was named pastor of St. Mary's Catholic church in December 1913 and came to Decatur January 9, 1914, completing ills seventeenth year as pastor last January. He succeeded the late Rev. Father Theodore Wilken. Under Ills charge and through much zealous work the congregation has grown to be one of the outstanding Catholic parishes in the state. It has grown in membership more titan one-third and the beautiful grade and high school building, recently commissioned by the state, will always stand as a monument to him and his untiring work in behalf of the parish. | o Get the Habit—Trade at Home.

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