Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 167, Decatur, Adams County, 16 July 1931 — Page 1

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CONFIDENCE IS RETURNING TO GERMANY

kFSENT HEAT WE DAMAGES ■BPS,GARDENS 1.1 rg l Opinion Prevails K,l Wave Will He of I I short Length Ho DEATHS M \KK KETOUTED ■ ■ to* H no ■fk. Lt t Ej,, , id- as that which ■ . lln re weeks ago. ■., ...... iij. plain slates pn .....ttur«> approaching ■ stenlay and ■ . iff. cd under even .bf! tlierrn .nieler readings. S I). was the hottest l(T B the.ountry with a temper lr ,, nl4. All time record* were. ■ aI pierre, S. I>.. when the ■i reach.sl 111 degrees. St. ■ Minn experienced a record tempi iature of 102.5; Ort- ■. Minn., reported 105; Fers il:-. ini' Minneapolis, 102; d Inga, N. D., 102. ■r .it:.' reporting teniper- . pin nr higher were Turou, p, hi; phoenix, lui: Moorhead, nn 1 1 1 2. I’lielilo. 100; Rapid ;y, pm; and K1 Paso, 100. Tempdui o in the nint ties were re- ■ in virtually all other secns if the middle west. In Chijo, i new July 15 record was set mi the temperature reached 97. Till In", st temperature for (he & « .huh. with The at wave brought additions - miner's death toll. Four rsas ili.-il in Chicago from the st ml numerous prostrations *e : • port• , 1 in other cities. Wild, rain and electrical storms section of the conn ; three deaths by drown;s ki high waters. Hundreds of Stinted on PAGE TWO) ■ titlph Isch Injured Ra ■h if east of Bluffton, a »rk an on the new government isto in eina e,instructed in this ly. in e,| Wednesday morn- * ’ ten a in av> stone fell on him. e w i removed to the Wells Coun--1» dial at Bluffton. Wh e Mr in ii and another worktnßei, . imaged in lifting a heavy “hr sill, tli- > slipped and the ■ f the sill was thrown on ■< > s believed he suffered a Wne hemorrhage h is the son of Fred, Isch. ftfamerv Meeting Held H fn-ni' , and trui'k drivers ■ 1 Creameries, Inc., 'Mitj territory, held iwsu.ss meeting at tlie local ot- ■ last night. »ns- ■ '"i" were discussed liy ■ Al| o men at tell,led tieB’ " - Klepper, general V'' "1 local plant was in sr«< ackets get “DEATH BLOW" ft —- — _ Jury Indicts SevW In Movie Oper- ■ ator’s Racket july 16 --(U.R)-An ac- ■ ll! ] h authorities hailed as ■' aM ' blow to rackets in Chi ■ was the naming today of ■ "bends of the Motion Pic■Perators’ Union in true bills Jd Returned by the July I m “ n re Ported named in the ■!' J "sepli Maloy, Ralph O- ' ' °mas J, Reynolds, Elmer K,ank 1 Clifford, Emn ..^ u un > al >il Manager ThomB a oy ' w bo has been called ■ 2ar " wll ° ruled the union ■“, lri " , J>and' and collected ■TINTED on PAGE TWO)

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Gain* Millions J I ([ T;s\ 'v . Kv I « IfAY . iiU% r!i\ m / [ f% i ' Doris Duke (above), daughter of! the late James B. Ihike. tobacco king, whose $30,634,000 inherited from her father has been declared exempt from the United States estate tax. The Federal Board of Tax Appeals overruled the Com-j missioner of Internal Revenue, i who sought to collect a $9,000,000! deficiency tax. OCEAN FLIERS NEARING GOAL Hungarian Aviators In Swift Flight Across Atlantic Ocean BULLETIN Budapest. July 16 — (U.PJ— The first politically inspired flight across the Atlantic ended successfully today when George Endres and Alexander Magyar, Hungarian army reserve officers, landed their monoplane Justice for Hungary. at Biscke, 15 miles from Budapest. They took off from Harbor Grace, Newfoundland, at 11:25 a.m., EST., yesterday, the second day after they had flown through dense fog from Roosevelt Field, L. I. The entire trip covered approximately 4,500 miles, of which the second log completed comprised about 3.400 miles. London, July 16 (U.R) The swift t monoplane, Justice for Hungary, i speeding over the Atlantic from; ■ Harbor Grace, was reported ap-j ' proaching the southern tip of the British Isles early today. The plane, piloted by the Hungar- , ian fliers, Capt. Alexander Magyar and Capt. George Endres, was ref ported about 100 miles southwest ( of Land's End, on the southernmost lip of England. A message from the steamship Maya said: "Austrian monoplane Justice for Hungary 298 degrees from position <9.25 north, 7.50 degrees west at 5 7:15 a. m. GMT." The vessel meant "Hungarian monoplane.” The "298 degrees” is not distance but direction of the steering wheel. It would he almost due west-northwest of the ship's I position, which was some 100 miles off England, in the English chan--1 nel. The plane was heavily loaded with 630 gallons of gasoline and weighed, with load. 8,000 pounds when it took off yesterday from Harbor Grace. The machine mov- ) ed sluggishly into the air after a long run and climbed with difficulty to a height of 500 feet before nosing out over the North Atlantic. London, July 16. —(U.R) The transAtlantic plane Justice for Hungary (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) o s Frederick Landis Hurt » Indianapols. July 16 — (UP) — Frederick Landis, editor of the Lo--3 ganspoii t Pharos-Tribune, was *in v St. Vincents hospital here today suffering cuts and bruises sustained B when the aulo in which he was rid- •_ ing with his son, Kenesaw, collided with another Hospital attaches . said they believed he would not lie _ able to leave the hosiptal today, j Landis was returning to his home „ after speaking at a dinner at the I Avalon country club. Kenesaw was not injured Landis suffered mainly front shock and loss of blood.

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FARMERS POUR WHEATON MART; PRICES LOWERj Southwest Wheat Crop Brings Record Price Drops To Markets FARMERS FACE HEAVY LOSSES Kansas City, Mo., July 16—(U.R) of the southwest stood | face to face today with financial! disaster as they [toured upon an j already glutted market the great* | est flood of the golden grain in I history and were forced to sell it I at a price far below the cost of production. Front a dozen markets came ! word of new lows reached as the huge wheat crop poured in and further depressed prices. In Chii cago yesterday July futures sold at- 5$ 1-4 cents a bushel a new low in the history of the market. At Kansas City the same month sold | at 41%, while at 'Miinneapolis the i price was 55%Dark hard wheat. No. 1, sold in I Kansas City on the cash market front 42 to 50 cents. In country markets of the southwest, 25 to 30 cents was the usual price for wagon wheat. At Dighton, Kansas, 24 cents was accepted. To some men such prices, said to be the lowest since Kansas became a state, brought discouragement so hitter that, faced with | clogged terminals and the prosi pects of an even lower market. | they drove their plows into the fields to turn under their greatest crop. They were convinced, they said, that harvesting costs would tie 100 great to justify the rewpfmr. Tenant farmers sought deals with the men who run combines for hire by which the landlord would get his share and (he J thresher the rest, leaving nothing for themselves. In half a hundred Kansas counties, great mounds of the grain—as much as 10,000 bushels in one I pirej—lay exposed to the elements,! while farmers looked in vain for : (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) | John Schug Elected John H. Scliug was elected trustee of the First Presbyterbian church at a congregational meeting held in the church, Wednesday evening. Mr. Schug will fill the unexpired term of Randolph Horton who has moved from this city to j Urbana, Ohio, and who was elected last April for a three year’s term. The resignation of Mr Horton from the board of trustees was accepted at the meeting. SPAIN IRONS OUT TROUBLES Cabinet To Quit Next Month So Government Can Function Madrid, July 16— (UP) —NJceto Alcala Zamora, provisional president of the republic, announced today that the cabinet expects to resign next month The resignation would pave the way for a return to normal constitutional government under the constitution to be dratted by the cortes, now in session. /Alcala Zomora announced that the cabinet would resign when the cotes was definitely constructed in accordance with a program fixed to (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) Local Men At Meet The Ohio extension force held a meeting on the experimental farm in Paulding County. Wednesday, July 15,. This farm contains 92 acres and is one and one-half miles south of Paulding. Numerous rotations are being used on the various plots. Drainage is being studied and a splendid orchard has been developed. The meeting Wednesday had to do with drainage problems. A latge display of tile was made. Those attending from Ada||is County were Mayor George Krick and son, Virgil Krick. Dan Tyndall, Otto D. Bieberich. Jacob Barkley, Mike Sorg, and County Agent L. E. Archhold

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Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, July 16, 1931.

Public Library Dream Is Realized In 1903

[Carnegie Donation Aids Local Board In Building Library Building Editors note: This is the third of a series of historical articles dealing with the beginning and progress of the Decatur Library system by Miss Annette Moses, Librarian. The next article will appear in Saturday's issue. In January, 1904, a call was extended to the people in Decatur, | interested in a Public Library, to! meet at the Presbyterian church. I It was a bad, cold night, and only j a few people responded to the call. I Mr. George Woodward, a trustee of the school board, was not willing to give up tile plan for a library. Rev. E. A. Allen presided at the meeting and appointed Mr. Woodward, chairman; Mr. C, J. Lutz; ) Professor Hartman, superintendent of city schools; Mrs. Omar Kenyon, und Mrs. Elizabeth Morrison as a temporary board. Before a meeting could he arranged Mr. Woodward was taken sick and a meeting of the board was delayed. His subsequent death w-as felt keenly by all who knew him and the Library Board felt they had suffered an almost irreparable loss. His enthusiasm to the cause was con-. tagious and he had gone Into it [ with all his heart. Weeks drifted by without much: being done. Rev. E. A. Allen call-j ed the board together at the office) of the First National Bank, where they talked ways and means, it was just at this time that Carnegie Libraries began to spring into existence and it w r as decided that Rev. E. A. Allen write to Mr. Carnegie in behalf of the board, asking him to donate SIO,OOO. While waiting for a reply several meetings were held to discuss the needs of the board. No reply being received from Mr. Carnegie, Rev. Allen wrote a second letter. Again the board waited weeks hut no reply was received. Location was being discussed in the meantime. The

BORER GUARDS START MONDAY Sweet Corn Transportation Illegal Where Area Is Guarded Springfield, 0., July 16. —Inspection of vehicles on highways, under state and federal quarantines for the European corn borer, will he begun this season on Monday, July 20, nearly two weeks earlier than last year, it is announced by E. G. Brewe[\ in charge of the western j area headquarters of the plant i quarantine and control administration, United States department of agriculture, located here. Stations for vehicle inspection [ will be located on roads leading from the area quarantined on ac-1 count of the corn borer, compris- 1 ing, in the west, most of Ohio, all of Michigan and part of Indiana. At these stations, inspectors in uniform stop all vehicles, to explain the quarantine and ascertain if prohibited articles are carried. Corn on the cob may not be taken from territory infested with the corn borer to points outside. Spread of the pest by artificial means is prevented, ttie quarantine authorities state, by the enforcement of this restriction. Cooperation of the public has been excellent, wherever the purposes of the quarantine were understood, Mr. Brewer says. Every effort is made by the officials to avoid inconvenience to travellers. Maturity of the sweet corn crop earlier than usual caused the advance in date of, starling the vehicle inspection for the current summer. It will he continued for sixty to ninety days. Mitchell Reported Better Kenneth Mitchell, who was injured when a Yost Brothers truck which he was driving and a car driven by C. L. Oliver of Monroe collided Tuesday afternoon, is resting well at his home today. The young man was unconscious for sometime after the accident and also received a number of severe cuts and bruises, but his condition is reported to he somewhat improved today.

triangle at the' intersection of Mer-1 cer and Winchester streets, the I Central school grounds, and the present location were most favorably regarded. The reply of Mr. Carnegie was most anxiously awaited. Then it was suggested that the secretary . and treasurer write. They might j present the matter in a new light, land receive a favorable answer, j This was done and in a short time an answer was received saying he ! was pleased to give us SIO,OOO. Following is a copy of Mr. Car-; Inegie’s letter: March Bth, 1904. ! j E. A. Allen, Esq., I Decatur, Ind., ( Dear Sir; Responding to your communications oil behalf of Decatuf. If the city agrees by resolutions of Council to maintain a free ) public library at cost of not less than one thousand dollars a year, ] and provides a suitable site for the building, Mr. Carnegie will he ideas- i ed to furnish ten thousand dollars to erect a tree public library build- ( ing for Decatur. Respectfully yours, Jas. Bertram, Private Secretary. There was on hands an appropriation of S6OO for library pur- ] poses. The city council was pay- | ing S4OO per year, rental. The I board said, “Give us this rent and jwe will give you a room in the li- : brary for your use while you need j it. This will give us the income j needed to get Mr. Carnegie's gift without further taxation." l The city council adopted the resolution, accepting our proposition and Mr. Carnegie authorized the payment of SIO,OOO to the board, October IS, 1904. In the meantime a permanent library hoard, consistiilg of the folI lowing members, had been appointed in July, 1904: By the Judge of the Circuit Court: Mrs. Omar Kenyon, Mrs. L. G. Ellingharn, and Mrs. Elizabeth Morrison. By the city council: E. X. Ehing(CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR)

Moose Picnic Is Sunday The annual picnic for members of the Moose lodge and their rantlilies will he held Sunday, July 1H at Sun Set Park, east of Decatur. Those attending are asked to bring basket dinners. Transportation will he provided those who do not have automobiles if they will get in touch with Charles Heare, secretary or leave their names at the Moose Home. The children are especially invited and an outdoor program will be provided for them. There will he contests of all kinds and the committee in charge will serve ice cream and lemonade. GRANITE SCRAP IS CONTINUED ! — ! Limestone Interests To Continue Effort On Material War Indianapolis, July 16.— (U.R) —A charge that granite to he used in the George Rogers Clark memorial at Vincennes will he quarried in Canada was made here by Frederick E. Sehdrtemeier, counsel for the Indiana Limestone company. According to a message from Morgan, Stanstead granite, named as the material to be in the bid of W. R. Heath, Greencastle, to whom the contract was awarded, is quarried in Canada. The Federal Memorial commission awarded the contract to Heath after considering other bids, one providing that the mounment be erected of limestone and the other of a combination of stone. The Heath bid provided that granite be used in the base and superstructure, and limestone on the interior. "I have information that not one foot of Stanstead granite is in Am(CONTINUED ON °AGE TWO) Mr. Reynolds Improved The condition of John W. Reynolds, aged Decatur man who was injured when a car he was driving and an automobile driven by Mrs. Clyde Butler collided at the intersection of Jackson and Third streets Tuesday evening, is some better today.

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DEATH CALLS PERRY CARTER i Pleasant Mills Barber Found Dead Tuesday Morning Early Funeral services for Perry Carter, 74, who was found dead in his barbershop at Pleasant Mills, at 5 o'clock Wednesday morning, were held at one o'clock this afternoon at the residence in Pleasant Mills. The body was then taken to his i former home at Warren, Ohio, I where funeral services will be con- ] ducted Saturday morning. Burial! will be at Warren. The deceased w’as found dead early Wednesday morning by residents of Pleasant Mills. A coroner's inquest was held Wednesday and acting coroner, Dr. J. M. Miller of this city, stated that death was caused by acute indigestion. He also stated that the man had I died suddenly sometime during the 1 night, probably around midnight. | Mr. Carter became ill last Sun- 1 day, suffering an attack of indigestion. His condition seemed to be | improved and he attempted to resume his duties as barber, Tuesday. | He had lived alone above the j barbershop which he operated, for the past two months. Mr. Carter was born in Adams county, the son of Ardellas and Hannah Carter. He lived at Berne for a number of years, and later I resided at Warren, Ohio, until tw'o I months ago. His wife, Rene John-1 son-Carter, formerly of Berne, pre-1 ceded 4iim in death three years | (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) \ o Home-Coming Date Set The annual home-coming celebration will be held at Wiilshire, Ohio, Sunday, August 2, it was announced by William G. Hotter, chairman, today. All former residents of Willshire and friends are invited to attend the day’s program. A feature of the day will be a basket dinner to ">e served in the park. MIRACLE OF VIRGIN SOLVED Police Fi n d Reflection From Curtain In Gangster's Home Chicago, July 16 —(U.R) Chicago’s now famous "miracle," the image of a mother and child on a !>are wooden wall, wasn’t a miracle at all. It was merely the reflection from a lace curtain, located, of all places, in the fiat of Sam Genna, notorious gangster. The discovery, in the gray hours before today’s dawn, brought back) to the workaday world the minds of some 25,000 persons who had milled most of the night in the crowded west side streets surrounding the image.

“Its all a big fake" shotted an officer after pulling down a shade! in the Genna flat and thus satis- | lying himself that the image across j the street had disappeared. "It ain’t no miracle." His announcement sent the I crowds wandering homeward, gave half a dozen riot squads a chance at last to go to bed and caused Dr. J. J. Stoll, principal sufferer from the "miracle,” to sigh i nrelief. Dr. Stoll was unfortunate enough to occupy the flat on South Ashland boulevard, directly in front of the wall where the image had ap(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) County Agent Says Tar Stops Chinch Bug Tar smelling strongly of creosote can be secured from the Gas plant at Van Wert, County Agent Archbold stated today. This tar is satisfactory for use in checking the travel of chinch hugs. The ground I should he smoothed off, and cracks filled with dust by dragging a plank or other object through the corn field. Then the tar placed in a bucket with a hole in the bottom of it allowing the tar to flow in small continuous stream. Usually the chinch bugs will turn back when : they reach this barrier. Spraying with nicotine sulphate (Black leaf 40) and soap solution makes an effective kill when it i conies In direct contact with the iti- • sect. This spray however, is rather expensive-

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J ‘‘Plenty Grand” | "Plenty Grand,” hailing from I the Hassayampa Hills of Arizona,) j established a new national toad j sprint record of 40 seconds flat j at the annual horned toad derby | held at Los Angeles. And he! (crossed the line backwards! Here j pretty Norma Lee is posing with "Plenty Grand," the speeding toad, \ which she placed her roll on--] and won. MAKES APPEAL) FOR RATE RISE Rail Head Says Revenue Must Increase For Efficiency Washington, July 16 —(U.R) —J- JPelley, president of the New York, New' Haven & Hartford railroad, | told the interstate commerce commission today that t lie country’s i railroads must have additional re ;- j enues if an efficient transporta- j tion service is to be maintained. | Appearing as a witness on the second day of the hearings which j the commission is holding on the carriers’ petition for a 15 per! cent freight rate increase, Pelley j said: “The railroads have made their I application only because, without j additional revenues, they cannot i continue the transportation service ! which it is their duty under the j law to provide and which is essen-1 tial to the public welfare.” Pelley is chairman of the special I committee of eastern railroad i presidents who formulated the | proposals for a rate increase. His testimony was a principal part of 'CONTINUED ON PAGE TWOI FALL APPEALS TO PRESIDENT

I’ardon Plea Referred To Department of Justice For Action Washington, July 16 —(U.R) — President Hoover today referred lo tlie justice department an appeal from New Mexico officials asking executive pardon for Albert ft. Fall. The telegraphic appeal was received at tile White House soon after the president reached his office and was immediately transmitted to the office of the attorney general. Mr. Hoover will take no action in the matter until the department investigates and makes a recommendation, It was said. Mr. Hoover’s speech at the Harding memorial dedication, stating no is too great for officials guilty of malfeasance in [ office has been Interpreted generalv as representing Mr Hoover's (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o Sidewalk Is Rebuilt Under tlie supervision of Amos Fisher, ci’y street commissioner, a new stretch of sidewalk was being constructed today at the corner of Thin! und Monroe streets. Tinwalk had been tourn up some time ago to repair the fire hydrant at the corner and a few extra blocks of concrete were laid around it.

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PEOPLES'FEAR VANISHES AS BANKS REOPEN Delegates Plan To Go To Paris For Conference On Finances LONDON MEET TO BE MONDAY Berlin, July 10 (U.R) Conj fidence began to return today jto Germany, wracked for davs bv fear, uncertainty and acute financial distress. As Chancellor Heinrich I Bruening and Foreign Minister Julius Curtiius-prepared to go to Paris to take part h j a conference with worln leaders, it was generally felt that I Germany's crisis could be averted ! and that the international situation as a whole had improved. Banks reo[>ened after a two-day j emergency holiday. Although there was a far-reaching stoppage lof business, owing to sharp rei striction of banking transactions, ! Germany was calm and the populace was visibly relieved. There appeared to he general I public feeling that government was !in complete control and that a ) concrete plan to combat the crisis had been evolved. Fear of extre- ] mist trends toward communism or j fascism no longer w-as in evidence. A foreign office statement said j that after the Bruening-Ourtius j conferences in Paris, German, | British and French statesmen I would proceed to London for » conference there on Monday. Italy also will he represented. At noon the Darmstaedter und National Bank (Danatbank), which remained closed tit is morning as other banks resumed business, re- ! opened and began paying out for ] payrolls and taxes as provided by i government decrees. (t was exj pected to aid in restoration of i confidence, as the dosing of the | Danatbank last Monday was one | of the major factors in precipitating confusion. The Bruening-Curtius trip to ! Paris makes visits to Berlin by J. j Ramsay MacDonald, Arthur Hend- | (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) o Reformed Shervices Will Be Conducted At Berne j The Zion Reformed church eonI gregation will enjoy a Sunday ] School and congregational picnic j in Lehman Park at Berne next SunI day. Tltere will he no Services here at the church but Sunday School and worship services will be held under the pavilion roof in the park. Sunday School there will begin at 9:30 o’clock and the worship services at 10:30 o'clock, daylight saving time. At noon a fellowship dinner will he enjoyed. 'I Ail those desiring to attend’Sunday School and have no way of conveyance should be at the church at 8:45 and cars will be provided. i All others who wish to attend the i worship service and have no way to go, should be at the church here at 9:45 o’clock and away will ba provided. All those who have no way of transporation and cannot arrange to be at the church should not hesitate to call any of the deacons or Rev. A. R. Fledderjohann. All the ladies of the church are asked to bring baskets. FOUR AVIATORS DIE IN CRASH Army Planes Collide In Mid-Air Over Texas Army Camp ■ i San Antonio, Tex.. July 16—(UP) - Four army fliers were killed when iltw’o airplanes crashed in mid air over Brooks field here today The Dead: Maj. Charles V. Hart, of Pennsylvania. Medical corps officer and one of ttie new flight surgeons with > a pilot’s license. , Capt. Charles J Chamberlain of - New Yotk City, a National Guard ■ officer, passenger in Hart’s plane. Lieut. K. Austin Rogers, Colum- > bia. Mo , Pilot of the other plane. i Flying cadet Endicott Longacre i of San Antonio, passenger in Rogers I plane.