Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 193, Decatur, Adams County, 15 August 1931 — Page 1

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M MAY ’ •SOLUTION WINE WAVE I Inched Crimes ■ jlichitfan Probed K v investigators WuTHIN WliK\|\C TERMS ■ a ■ - <U.R) ■ O 7 rr 'i smith and; 'l with crinivs. 9 a; . .1 Rapp Os |K, n ?■ at several a I'tirneil at “ f a tarnol ■> bank .■' ;!.« Huron ’‘iaol th'' |Kyt> a I">shll>D' victim Wi'-r- ’t" ,(i V' ■■ ■ ■ At an May T •EC-' -■'■'am them. «!>:«!'"■ ■ 'h'-y had |Kr k r |H is . ; \ revolver] ■. ::.. "tind in as »vi: a blood- !•'■ s:• killing !■<:. - Kits" He is beM lv :«■ tb- of one of •:-■•! ■ killings. Skip Believed Lost Atten*- — (UP) - ~ .:■ :a\ by tl ■ ■ ■ im :he ■ ' believed to iii typhoon. Beast Is Observed ' of Viraii M.irv was celeSt Mui.'s Catholic .i, s aid at ai forty five. Bed Official Makes ■ Settlement to State ■ • ■ i li-pt— with the state by ■E) Thomp- Renssalaer. ’t'l on comla: ; bases for the 'y game prewas ann<ii;: i today by atJanies M. Ogden, paid >he state conser- ■ kM.' ami criminal ac- ■ piannwi, Ogden said. iv o .noved from his agen’ t d custodian of sevetal months ago by Richard Lieber, of the con- ■“> department. B °t Thompson's accounts B* be had , barged cornmis- ■ « propertv holders selling the state, ai d had retained. ■ for leased lands. i mt on mercer plan “Mnd. East Chicago to Decide Merger Problem ® ri " <! August 15 —(UP)— *»on "turn iis of Hammond hlcago will !>e mandated *fe for a general election fe| ttoll 01 c °nsolidating tfiie ' it was announced today. ’" ( s of the merger an“t7 had secured the rett'lterof signatures to their # f °r a referendum.on the * * orlt ltig toward amalgaPotnted out that the com’ould materially reduce 4i* hat ' ,hen wou,<l bp ’he i ' K " st r *ty In Indiana. valuation of the l rt n 'i’i U ' l>P °* er two hundred «UMOO. W ‘ th ’ P ° PUlatiou

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| Dodging Rebel Bullets • Ml WwJKifW * IK mi Ol IrfeH' W iw S MBft i JsSHSay , ® «■ 1 MrXwSoSr: iWW > few “ x -j 5 The cameraman risked his life to take this photograph of Cuban federal soldiers about to storm an abandoned furniture factory defend-' ed rebel troops near Havana. The factory 1 has been used by the in- 1 surrectionists to store arms for use in the uprising against President' Machado. Shots were being exchanged even as this picture was taken. I Two wore killed and two wounded in taking the rebel stronghold.

CUBAN REVOLT BELIEVED OVER Loyal Troops Win Important Battle at Many Places Havana, Cuba, Aug. 15—(U.R)—I Cuba's week of revolt was believ | ed near an end today with loyal troops victorious and most of the rebel ringleaders captured. Gen. Maria Menocal, former president and head of the revolt, was on his way to prison to await action. The government issued orders for the capture, “dead or alive.”, of other rebel leaders, as rei q-1 forcements were poured into the | Province of Pinar Del Rio and | Santa Clara. A speedy end to the' insurrection against the regime of j Pres. Gerardo Machado is sought.; The country remained quiet dur-' ing the night. No reports of new | skirmishes reached the capital. I l President Machado was said to he remaining at Santa Clara, direct-1 ing the operations in that rebelinfested area. General Menocal and his companions, under arrest, were due to reach Havana late today. General Menocal was captured after the former president, turned rebel, had slipped through the ever-tightening net spread by federal soldiers. He was seized at Rio Verde, in the western province of Pinar Del Rio, without a struggle. A few close friends were captured with General Menocal in the dramatic maneuver by government! forces. They included Col. Carlos i Mendieta, second most important Insurgent leader, Representative Miguel Angel Agiar, and others. ‘CONTINUED ON PAGE SIXi o — Train Kills Family Montvale, N. J. Aug. 15.—(U.R) — The laughter of a happy family bound on a week-end motor trip to see relatives drowned out whistles of an approaching train and brought death to six members of one family, two of them children, last night. An Erie railroad motor train struck the roadster at the Magnolia grade crossing here, killing five persons instantly. The other mem-| ber of the party died shortly after! reaching the hospital. Girl Scouts Asked to Meet Monday Night; All of the local Girl Scouts who are planning to go to camp next Saturday, are asked to meet at the home of Mrs. Bryce Thomas on Third street, Monday night at 7 o'clock. The girls are asked to bring their dollars, advance fees, and report the articles they wish to take along. Also those who can furnish cars, are asked to report Monday , night.

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Three Cars Collide i Three cars were slightly damaged in accident at seven o’clock last night on South Second street in ! front of the Court House. No one | was injured. An automobile driven iby J. A. Eicher of Berne going south collided with the car of I Murine Starn of Indianapolis who ; had just pulled out of a parking place. His car was pushed against la third car owned by Joe Ehlinger lof Monroe. Michigan, which was : standing still. The Starne automobile was damaged the most; the frame being sprained, the fender bent, and a tire ripped open. The Eicher car had a fender and an axle bent. Ehlinger's car suffered only a dented fender. Insurance was not carried by either Mr. Eicher or Mr. j Starne. PORTLAND LADY ENDS OWN LIFE Mabel Stevens, VVpIL Known in Decatur Is Found Dead Mrs. Mabel Stevens 39, of Portland and well known in this city, committed suicide Thursday evening by drowning in a swimming pool in the yard of a neighbor. Mrs. Stevens was the owner of the Little Art Shoppe in Portland, and when she did not arrive at work I Friday morning, a search was made ■tor her. Her body was found floating ■ face downward on the top of the ! water which was two and one half feet deep. Despondency over ill-health was thought to have been the cause of the act. The deceased wax the widow of Mark Stevens, who died 13 years ago. Surviving is a 13 year old daughter, Mary Susan, who was visiting in Gary. Mrs. Stevens’ father, Denoy Covalt and step-mother of Portland, one brother, and three sisters, also survive. f Q Gangster Is Arrested Fort Wayne, August 15—(UP) — ' Included among 25 persons arrested ' in 16 raids by Federal prohibition ; agents here during the past two ! days, was Jac Frady, Hammond, 1 purportedly s member of a Chicago 1 liquor group. Others taken into custody by the 1 augmented squad of Federal men ' I were generally among the "small fry” class. o Knife Wound Is Fatal Fort Wayne, August 15 —(UP) — A knife wound sutfered by Grover C. Aker, 43, in a tight last Saturday night with Fred F. Higgins, resulted in his ucatli last night. Higgins has been held since the 1 fight on a charge of assault and bat- 1 tery with intent to kill.

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Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, August 15, 1931.

AWARDS MADE IN CLUB SHOW 4-H Winners Named at Closing Session Friday at Berne The final day of the Adams County 4-H Club and Extension exhibits was held at Berne, Friday with a wards being made in the various departments. The judging of the 4-H Calf Club was conducted Friday by A. M. Ice I County Agent of Randolph County, • and the winners were announced tb- . day by L. E. Archbold, Adams County Agent. The judging in the girls' 4-H (Tub exhibits were held Thursday afternoon and winners will be determined after the records looks are graded. The girls winning trips to the State Fair school and to Purdue will be anounced at the time the individual exhibit winners are determini ed. i Those in charge of the Calf»Club exhibits and other exhibits feel this three days meeting was the most successful showing ever held in Adams County. Following are the Calf Club win-1 ners. Guernsey Junior Calf —Helen Hirschy, Ist. ! Juanita Lehman, 2nd; Gladys Har(CONTINUED ON PAOWC SIX) H.C.PETERSON DIES FRIDAY Son of S. W. Peterson Dies at Newcastle; Funeral Monday Henry Clay Peterson. 60. for years an invalid died at the Epileptic Home at Newcastle, Friday evening at 7:40 o'clock of complications. Mr. Peterson was admitted to Newcastle 11 months ago and prior to that time was an invalid. He was Imrn in Upper Sandusky Ohio, June 12, 1871, the son of Sylvester and Eliza Peterson. The mother preceded him in death a year ago. Surviving is the father, a sister Mrs. Loretta Whitman of this city, and 3 brothers. Robert S. of Fort Wayne, Frank and Charles of this I city. The body was brought to this city I in the Lobenstein and Doan ambul--1 ance and was taken to the Charles | Peterson home late this afternoon. Private funeral services will be ' held at the Charles Peterson home, I 521 Penn street, at 2 o’clock (Daylight Saving Time) Monday afternoon Rev. Harry Thompson of this city will officiate and burial will be in the Decatur Cemetery. FLIERS FINED; GAIN RELEASE Japanese Officials to Dismiss Two American Fliers with Fine Tokio, Jaj>an, August 15 —(UP) — Two American aviators, Clyde E. Pangborn and Hugh H. Herndon, Jr., were fined 2.050 yen today for taking pictures as they flew over the Makodate secret fortifications while en route to Tokio from Siberia on their trip around the world. In American money, he fine a mounted to about SI,OOO. Japanese officials who imposed the fine had indicated earlier they expected their action in this case to establish a precedent for AmericanJapanese relations. Besides fining the American fliers the officials ordered confiscation of a camera which Pangborn and Herndon used for taking pictures during their world encircling flight. Films and a map also were ordered taken over by the government. Settlement of the case, which as(CONTZNUED ON PAGE SIX) ■ — o——-——— Hoosier Tries Suicide Los Angeles, August 15 —(UP) — Roland Nichols, 31. Indianapolis attorney was in a critical condition today following an attept at suicide f>y swallowing nearly 100 poison tablets. Nichols had been despondent over ill health and inability to obtain employment, police learned.

I Berne Man’s Brother Dies at Grand Rapids Berne, August 15 —(Special)— Funeral services for Ernest Rohrer 62, former Berne man and brother of Fred Rohrer of this place who died Thursday afternoon, were held today at Grand Rapids. Michigan. Mr. Rohrer resided in Berne until ■ 40 years ago when he moved to I Michigan. Surviving are the widow, two daughters and a son, a sister Lizzie of Fort Wayne, and two brothers. Fred of this place and Robert in Tennessee. FATHER KILLS DAUGHTER. SELF Despondency Is Given as Cause of Fortville Man’s Actions 1 Fortville, Aug. 15.—(U.R>—A father who suffered from tuberculosis fired two bullets into the body of his 13-year-old invalid daughter then turned the gun upon himself, the shots killing both. Bodies of the father, Herman Ilanna, 46, and the daughter, Alice, were found in the parent's auto parked at the side of a road south of McCordsville. A note in Hanna's clothing told where his belongings would be found and asked that a son, Hugh Hanna, Denver, Colo., be notified. The daughter, living with an aunt here, had been ill since child ! hood. Hanna, formerly of Fortville I but now of Los Angeles, where he ■ had gone hoping to recover his' health, thought himself incurably 1 ill with tuberculosis. He had parted from his wife, who is ("mployed at the Sunnyside (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o Brown Funeral Held Funeral services for Esther A. Brown. 16 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Brown who was found dead in bed at her home at Monroe. Thursday morning, were held at 1:30 o'clock (C.S.T.) *hls afternoon at the home and at 2 o’clock at the Winchester United Bre-1 thren church, 3 miles southwest of Monroe. Burial was in the Ray Cemetery at Monroe. LOCAL FACTORY OPENS MONDAY G. E. Employees to Return from Two-week Annual Vacation Manufacturing operations will be resumed Monday at the Decatur works of the General Electric company, E. W. Lankenau. plant superintendent stated today. The plant has been closed two J weeks for the annual summer vacaItion. The Fort Wayne works has also been dosed since the first of the month and will resume operations next Monday. The local plant wiil resume the regular three day a week schedule. Mr. Lankenau stated. This may be increased later, but for the present the plant will operate three days a week. About 350 people are now employed at the Decatur plant. A few years ago the company adopted the policy of designating two weeks of the year as Xhe annual vacation period tor employes and since the first of the month the persons employed there have been enjoying their vacation. o Denies Debt Discussion Washington. Aug. 15—<U.R)—Secretary of State Stimson, in a telegram made public today by the state department, categorically denied reports he had discussed revision of war debts with Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald of Great Britain. Stimson now is in Scotland. ■ o — Low Bids Announced Washington, Aug. 15—(U.PJ—The three low bids for construction of the Fort Wayne, Indiana postoffice were by James A. Holpud, Chicago, $502,206; Ralph Sollitt and sons, South Bend, Ind., $503,000 and James I IMlrues, Logansport, Ind., $511,500,

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RUSSIANRULE I AIDS AMERICAN WHEAT PROBLEM Rationing System May Be Completely Abolished, Report TO WITHDRAW' BREAD CARDS Berlin, Aug. 15. —(U.R)—Abolition | lof the entire rationing system for | Soviet consumers in Russia which would mean immediate restriction of Soviet Wheat exports and greater foreign markets for American wheat, is provided in plans disclosed today in authoritative reports from Moscow. The United Press learned that Josef V. Stalin, Soviet Director, addressing a meeting of leaders of j Soviet co-operative societies sever-1 al days ago, announced the scheme I for abolishing the system which has kept the people of Russian on a war-time rations basis. Stalin's plan as outlined to the co-operative societies hitherto, it was said, has been kept secret. The rations system is to be abolished early next year, the reports I said. The immediate effect would be restriction of Soviet grain exports, notably wheat, from the 1931 crops. I A vast volume of wheat and other cereals, dairy products and finished manufactured articles has been | stores in Soviet Russia for export. Hence, the surplus of the current grain crop will be exported only to a limited extent, because the government expects a big rise in domestic consumption after the removal of the rationing system and withdrawal of the bread cards. Consequently, the Soviet authorities, Stalin was quoted as saying, will have to hoard larger supplies of foodstuffs and industrial goods against the lifting of the rationing restrictions. The Soviet wheat exports until now had been expected greatly to exceed 1930’s 2.500,000 tons. However, Stalin's announcement I probably will vitiate those plans, experts agreed. The decision was regarded as an indication that the population of the Soviet Union henceforth will be relieved of many privations. Incidentally, the recent drought in eastern Siberia has reduced the I wheat crop from the prospective lumper proportions to the level of last year's production. Drought also prevails in the black soil belt, while the weather in the northern Caucasus has been inclement, curtailing the wheat production this summer there., Stalin’s reported move follows his recent action in opening a new era in the Communist experiment (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o » INTERURBANS HIT HEAD-ON Four Seriously Hurt in Crash Near Columbus Friday Columbus. Aug. 15 —(U.R) — A head-on collision of two interurI bpn ears on the Indiana railroad line six miles south of here latii yesterday resulted in four persons being sent to a local hospital, two of them injured seriously. Other passengers escaped with minor hurts. Both of the cars were badly wrecked. Mrs. Stella Gunn. 52. Louisville, Ky.. and George W. Slusher, 46, Columbus, were most seriously injured, although the condition of neither was regarded as serious. Mrs. Talmadge Smith. 49. Indianapolis, and Miss Mildred MuriPhy, 25, Indianapolis, also were taken to the hospital. Bruce Wilson, motorman on the southbound car, and Virgil Hawk, motorman on the northbound car. escaped with minor abrasions. An investigation of the crash was lk»ingc conducted today. o— Ex-Trustees to Meet The Adams County township trustees that held office from the year 1909 until 1915 will hold a reunion in the Lehman Park at Berne, Thursday, August 20.

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“Queen Titania” j I WiEir X. Marjorie Ix>uise Goldvogel { (above), daughter of Mr. and Mrs. j Louis Goldvogel. of Elberon, N. J., has been chosen as "Queen Titania," to reign over the fortieth annual baby parade at Asbury Park, N. J., September 2. Marjorie is noted as a rider of show. horses and has won many ribbons at various competitions. GIRL IS HELD FOR SHOOTING Tells of Yates’ Relations with Her; Mother Unsympathetic New York, Aug. 15—(U.R)—Pretty, blond Ruth Jayne, 27, self styled “social secretary'' to State Senator Roy T. Yates, 36. of Paterson, N. J., found yesterday in her apartment wounded by a l)juilet which left his clothing unmarked, received little sympathy from her mother today while 'facing felonies assault charges. "Ruth got what was coming to her,” the mother, Mrs. Hannah Crammer, told the United Press at her home in Media, Pa., where she .CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) LABOB FIGHTS GOODS'APPEAL Prison Case Will Be Taken to High Court; Ogden Insists Indianapolis, August 15 —(UP) — Attorney General James M. Ogden today said he would proceed with his petition to transfer the prisonmade goods case to the state supreme court, despite pleas against the move from organized labor, the Indiana state chamber of commerce and the Indiana manufacturer's association. The point in question is whether prison-made goods can be manufactured and put on the market in competition with free labor and legitimate commercial industry. The appellate court has ruled that prison-made goods cannot be placed on the open market, the decision from which Ogden wishes the appeal. He said that idle men in overcrowded prisons offer a greater social problem than would the slight competition resulting from prison production. Legislators to Meet Albany, N. Y. August 15 —(UP) — The Hofstadter legislative investigating committee's request for an extra session of the legislature was granted today by Governor Roosevelt. He ordered the legislature to convene August 25. By virtue of the Governor's action the committee, which is investigating affair of the New York City government, went a step ahead in its move to obtain full power to grant immunity to witnesses. o— Books Are Obtainable Anyone who has not received a premium book for the 1931 Decatur Free Street Fair can obtain a list of exhibits at either Decatur bank. Paul H. Graham's or of Leo Ehinger at the Lenhart, Heller and Schurger offices.

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FIGHT FOG ON SIBERIAN HOP; LAND SAFELY — Will Proceed to .Japan Sunday, if Weath Is Fit for Flight BERING SEA IS CONQUERED San Francisco, Aug. 14.— ,(U.R) — Completing a perilous I flight through dense fog above the Bering Sea, Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh landed at Karaginski Island, off Kamghatka Penninsula of Siberia, at 1:49 a. m. (EST) today, according to a radio message received at navy radio station here. The first man to fly alone across the Atlantic ocean from the United States to Europe thus was joined by his wife in blazing a new air line to Asia across the Pacific Ocean. 1.067 miles from Nome to KaraI ginski Island was completed, according to the report, at an average speed of 100 miles per hour. “We are landing now." was the message Mrs. Lindbergh tapped out slowly but expertly on the tiny portable radio sending apparatus aboard the ship. “Reeling in Antenna," she stated. “See you at 9 Greenwich time (1 a. m. Pacific Standard Time). The Ochiishi radio at Tokio messaged that it also received the lading report from the Lindbergh plane. The Tokio station said the time was 1:50 a. m. (EST), one minute later than that set in the message relayed by the St. Paul Island operator. A short time earlier, Mrs. Lindbergh had messaged that departure from Karaginski for Petrovavlovsk, 350 miles to the south, would depend upon refuelling facilities. Since they crossed the International Dateline on their journey, the Lindberghs landed on the Island at 5:49 p. m. Saturday, Karaginski time. After being delayed at Nome, Alaska, by unfavorable weather since Tuesday night, the Lindberghs took off at 9 a. m. (3 p. m. EST Friday on one of the most dangerous legs of the trip which originally was planned to —take them from Washington to Usl<io. but which the Colonel said-4ater might be extended to becoffie a flight around the world. At 10:30 p. m. a messaifp relayed from the plane via the powerful station on St. Paul Island said the Lindberghs believed then 'CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) 0 Annual Picnic Sunday The public is invited to the annual picnic to be given by St. Rose Catholic church, Monroeville, to be held in the Giant Grove, iliree miles northwest of the church, A chicken dinner will be served at noon and supper will be served in the evening. There will be music and entertainments in the afternoon and the Rev. Father Theodore Fettig, pastor, extends a cordial welcome to all attend. POST,GATTY PLANE WRECKED Famous Fliers Safe After Plane Noses Over Taking Off Old Orchard, Me., Aug. 15.—(U.R) —W'iley Post, and Harold Gatty, who are making a tour of the country in their world-circling plane, the Winnie Mae, cracked up today in a take-off on the beach here. The plane was damaged slightly and the fliers were shaken up severely. As the plane sped down the beach in a take-off for Montreal, where Post and Gatty were to take part in an air meet today. It was struck by a large wave and tipped over on its nose. The propeller was bent when it dug into the sand. Repairs were made here and the men were to leave for Portland, Mt., to have the Winnie Mae checked more completely at the airport there.