Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 195, Decatur, Adams County, 18 August 1931 — Page 1

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iIISOPEN ■ETING WITH mffl miss io — fl e« Session follows ■ofC. State Con.■dave Opening ■ABLES AKE fl'lfiUWl Mlo\ [;ek. AX- -‘ U ’ R) .■Xr rekgi.sH ser- ■,/ ’’-A. as .'■frar the 1,1 the l Knual supn ir- . "tiv’iiOs Knight- ni 1 ..nimbus Hdav.with 1: -’ !!!-st I.USK, s .. ■■ J"’"' F'“ ' Loui'-ville. was ‘ in "’' ar I '' l, ' ,l ‘‘ ll ■ -I-. ' ii.. Kt , Tl "' hyntis. l(> Indiana I' l ' Husopened. . Kri'id Rapids. o.'i ■ ■ the addi ' Martin H .Midi.. kins' *' x ■ sessivi. delegates. ■d Prb a Haven. ■ stale deputy, is at the head Ki. |> .a ■ ald in this H 1; is als ■ rst time that ■ ■ n In-Id town. ■«l' tnnrnam..!’' and an auto ■«■■■:- visits i.. St. Meinrad's Hand th- Nancy Hanks LinHr-" ■ tin. visit- ■"- v.day. i; ..ular sees■wiii i.intiniif t .m...1 i-.ivv, with ■wm ran :ng to a close ■iTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) ■ o - ■oted Doctor Expires ■ ii"i''an<. . Aug. 8 —(U.R) ■ ArNiihs Aui.i ■ who Buttons for his : art in the disBy 'hat Yellow Fever is transit by a certain type of mosB died after a heart attack at Birne here last night. B«’as the last survivor of the B of four doctors who particiBin the research into the manBf lelow Fever transmission. Agramonte. recently elected Bknt of the Pan American Bil Association in Mexico ■ held honors from many soB wuntries for his work in ■»! science. IMS SEEK | mi OF MAN f Merchant Is Missr n hen Ship Returns 1 rom Cruise * York, Aug. 18.—(u.R>—While '■Hard boats were searching off New York today for ' l(ly , of Histashi Fujimura, tny Japanese silk importer, F’tt'ty of his disappearance he liner Belgenland last Frihiorning became more intriguS * Mary Rei »iter, the „...' ? ® ven iess of Fujimura’s 1R ' C r ‘ 01tl daughter went into IS X eisner ’ sal<l to be a forirn.r" F rl, accom Panied the Belen dai ' Klller ’ KasWira, on lock a? d 8 Crulse to Halifax. u herself into her Meurapartment, and refused f ,, ," y ° ne exce Pt Fujimura’s Harry c. W. Melick. interviewing her Melick i»K’ Md e “!L d ," an unwi >l‘uK ring tin tn 04 1 tt,e value in jsjtp ( h e mystery." fiT INUED ON PAGE TWO)

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[Teachers Are Announced! The teachers for French township have been named by Edwin Beer, trustee of the township, for I the coming school year. Mrs. Vera I Owens and Miss Elizabeth Kramer will be assigned to either district number 3 or 6. although it has not definitely been decided yet. The teachers at the four other districts are as follows: District 1. Myron Lehman; District 2, Robert LeFavour; District 4 Marcella Robin;' District 5, Louise Neusbaum. o SCHOOL TOWER TO BE HAZED — North Ward Tower Is Declared Unsafe; To Remove At Once The tower on the North Ward school building built in 1893, will j be removed M. F. Worthman. sup | erintendent of city schools announc- ! ed today. Proposals for contractors for tearing down the tower will be received by the school board at once. The tower has been declared unsafe and architects have declared that it is useless to repair it. The school board at a meeting last night decided to have it torn down. The roof will be level with the other part of the building and the work will be done before school opens, Mr.'Worthman stated. Budget is prepared The 1932 budget for the school city was prepared by the board last night. The budget totals $85,133.17 a saving of nearly $7,000 as compared with the 1931 budget. The school city’s tax rate will be reduced five cents on the hundred dollars, the levies for next year being. 5$ cents for special school; 75 cent tor tuition; 10 cents for bond fund. The bond and special school levies were cut in order to make the reduction in the total school rate. The annual meeting of the board will be held September 8 at which time the budget will be adopted. Would Quit Service Indianapolis, Aug. 18 —(UPl —A petition of the Indiana Railroad to discontinue street car service in the city of Muncie has been filed with the Public Service commission. The Indiana railroad, which acquired the property from Arthur W. Brady, receiver for the Union traction company, a year ago, now operates seven cars in Muncie, holding three in reserve. The petition set out that "in recent, years other means of local transportation, both public and private, have supplied the demand for local transportation," referring to bus lines and private autos. Operating revenues were said to have from $85,399.84 in 1926 to $40,855.85 in 1930. Operating expenses fell from $114,433.98 in 1926 to $56,471.90 in 1930. the petition said.

Blind Beggars Barred Indianapolis. Ind. Ang. B.—(U.R) — Blind beggars will not be tolerated Judge Joseph H. Williams ruled, on Indianapolis streets. Superior "This court will not issue an order preventing arrest of all blind musicians who beg on the streets,” Judge Williams said, in dissolving a temporary restraining order. "The case of each violator arrested must be tried upon its own merits.” Evidence at a hearing in the case of Wesley Ambler, Wind musician revealed that most blind beggars operating on downtown Indianapolis streets could obtain employment. o City Judge Expires Evansville, Aug 18—(UP) —Judge Clyde C. McCray, of Princeton City court, died here today, in a hospital where he had been since becoming violently ill Sunday of an intestinal obstruction. Survivors are,the widow and a stepson, William Emerson, Louisville, Ky. Oil Prices Advance Findlay, 0., Aug. 18.— (U.R) —An advance of 15 cents a barrel in all grades of crude oil was announced here today by Ohio Oil company. New prices quoted Lima at 85 cents; Indiana 50 cents; Illinois 70 cents; western Kentucky 65 cents and Wooster 88 cents.

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GUARDS PATBOI TEXAS FIELDS; NO OIL ROMPED Governor’s Orders Are Carried Out By Thousand Armed Soldiers I NO VIOLENCE IS REPORTED — By Ed Jones, UP Staff Correspondent Kilgore, Tex., Aug. 18.—<U.R) —Spurred and booted cavalry-1 men under Brigadier General! Jacob F. Wolters extended] their rule today to oil wells in the remotest corners of a der-rick-studded territory equal in area to the state of Delaware. » The martial law enforced by the 1.200 mounted state troops to stop the flow of oil from 1,631 wells under orders of Governor Ross Sterling was declared to be virtually complete with operators offering no resistance. Mounted patrols will seek out any violators of the order in the remote sections of the four counties under martial law. The waste gas torches burned at flowing wells would make these easy to detect, particularly at night. Sentries posted at pipeline outlets and tankcar loading racks will prevent the taking of oil from closed wells. Arrival of several hundred mounts from Palacios gave the militia I much more of a military appearance (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) Janitors Start Work Janitors at the Central and Decatur high school buildings started to work Monday morning M.F. Worthman, superintendent of schools announced today. The janitors will get things in shape for the opening of school on September 8. o CHINA MAY GET 10-YEAR PLAN l 1 Possibilities of Modernizing Country Is Being Considered , Geneva, Switzerland, Aug. 18. — (U.R) —Industrialization of China under a “10-year plan” was under I consideration by the International labor office today. . The unique program, drafted ) along lines similar to the soviet Russian five-year plan for indus- , trialization, would involve purchase ( from abroad of enormous supplies, including 12,000,000 tons of steel I and 200,000,000 tons of coal. China already has approved the plan, the international labor office announced. Financial arrangements.

however, have not yet been disclosed. They are essential to make so gigantic a project practical. The program is built around the idea of modernizing China, cultivating millions'of acres of land now not used in that vast country, and developing industrial works throughout the nation. The salient points in the “10year plan” Include: 1— Cultivation of 300,000,000 acres of arable land. 2 — Extension of transportation and other communications. 3 — Construction of seaports. 4— Construction of 8,000,000 tons of shipping for a Chinese merchant marine. 5— Creation of industrial works throughout China. The labor office announcement said the plan would be carried out in part by the national government of China at Nanking, and in part (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o -.— No Special Session Washington, Aug. 18 —(UP) — President Hoover has no intention of calling a special session of congress this fall for unemployment relief or any other purpose, it was learned officially at the White HJbse today. « The President’s views were made known in connection with recently published rumors that he might summon congress November 15 to permit early organization and thus clear the way for unemployment relief legislation.

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Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, August 18, 1931.

Many Happy Returns k Si K 1/i L'* 1 J 1 V* 7 Wf X J W- Wc<-- «•> . •ABHR-T ... k Coach A. A. Stagg of the University of Chicago, who celebrated; his sixty-ninth birhday Sunday, is shown here as he carved his birthday cake with Mrs. Stagg looking on. The famous coach said he, was feeling well, doesn’t even contemplate retiring, and is anxious for the football season to begin.

INSTITUTE TO BE SEPTEMBER 2 County Teachers’ Meet To Last Only A Day Striker Announces The annual teacher’s institute for , all Adams county school teachers will be held Wednesday. September 2. at the Decatur high school gym-, nasium, it was announced by Clifton E. Striker, county superinten- J dent today. Dr. George H. Topy, professor of psychology and education at Wabash college, and Dr. Jesse E. Adams of the University of Kentucky at Lexington will be the principal speakers of the all day meeting. ■ The teacher's Institute this year will be known as a “Travelling Institute,” as the speakers will travel from one county to another over a four-day period of time. They will begin with Allen county, speaking ] in Fort Wayne on Tuesday, September 1. The second stop will be in Adams county, at Decatur on September 2; the third stop at Albion, Noble county on September 3, and the fourth stop at Columbia City, Whitley county, on September 1 4. I 0 FLIERS FAIL TO GET CONSENT Pangborn, Herndon In Japan Awaiting Permit To Fly Plane Tokio Aug. 18.—(U.RU-The Avia- ' tion Society today continued its refusal to grant Clyde E. Pankborn 1 and Hugh Herndon, Jr., American hviators, permission to attempt a 1 flight to the United States. It was contended that if the pilots were Japanese their licenses 1 would be revoked because of violation of the law in taking pictures of fortifications when they flew 1 here from Russia. Representatives of the fliers asserted that payment of $2,000 fines had closed the incident. Customs officials, meanwhile, were threatening to seal the machine pending an arrangement guaranteeing payment of duties in the event the craft is not taken out of Japan. Berlin, Aug. 18.—(U.R)—Capt. Joi hannes Ratje and Otto Koelber, pilot and mechanic of the Eurasia (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) i 0 British Isles Flooded I-ondon, Aug. 18 —(UP) — High winds and torrential rain, a sweepi ing the British Isles, caused the i worst floods in 40 years in Selkirkshire today, resulting in loss of life and wide property damage.

Bandits Rob Bank Berlin Aug. 8. —<U.R) —Two mask- ' ed bandits entered a branch of the Reichsbank in Berlin today, taking its cash. One of the men shot and wounded the cashier. Karl Kreye. As they speed away on a motorcycle they fired about 20 shots which wounded a pedestrian and a child. Police in a pursuing motorcar | fired on the bandits, but. they only I succeeded in wounding their own | chauffeur. The robbers obtained i 22.000 marks (about $5,170). o DEMPSEY'S WIFE j MAKES CHARGES Eight Specific Cruelty Charges Made In Count-er-Complaint — Los Angeles, Aug. 18. — (U.R> — A divorce suit charging Jack Dempsey with eight specific acts of I cruelty was ready today for filing •I by attorneys representing Estelle i: Taylor. As soon as word was received of Dempsey's Reno suit, Miss Taylor conferred with Joseph Scott, her attorney, and drew up her complaint. Where Dempsey charged “men1 tai cruelty" without definitely specifying the acts. Miss Taylor charges “cruelty" and listed as two of the eight acts the removal of her automobile by Dempsey’s brother, Joe, I and his filing of the Nevada divorce | suit. The other six acts were not revealed. “I am terribly sorry that Jack . has seen fit to do a thing like this . right at a time when the attorneys i were negotiating for a settlement.” i Miss Taylor said “I had asked t for so little, but now that he has started things, I'll finish them. “I know we are in tor a real , fight to the finish, but I am prepar- . ed. I know Jack only too well, so I have decided to expect anything." ; It was said Miss Tailor had' agreed to give Dempsey his free- . don if he would pay off a mortgage ( on her Hollywood home, pay off the balance on the expensive automo- , bile, and pay the balance of Scott’s . fees, a total sum estimated at S4O,- ‘ (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) t ; 0 Graf Begins Cruise Friedrichshafen, Germany, Aug. , 18 —(UP) —The dirigible Graft Zepi pelin departed for a cruise to England today. < The big airship, carrying 22 passengers, left at 7.05 A. M. Princess Ileana of Roumania and her husband, the Archduke Anton i of Hapsburgh, Cancelled their pas- - sage at the last minute. They had > planned the air trip as part of their - honeymoon. f The Graf Zeppelin recently »e---turned from a trip into the Arctic.

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TOWNSHIP TAX RATE BOOSTED Washington Township To Have 1-Cent Boost In 1932 Tax Levy Washington township’s tax levy for next year totals 43 cents on the hundred dollars, Thomas R. Noll trustee announced today. This is a one cent increase over the 1931 rate, the increase coming in the tuition fund. The budget totals $17,062 which is only sl6 more than the sl6 total budget. The levies applying to the city of Decatur will he one cent lower next year. That part of the Washington township rate which goes to make up the total rate in Decatur is the township general levy, three cents and the poor fund, three cents on the hundred dollars. The levies for next year are: township fund, three cents; tuition 14 cents; special school, 22 cents library.one cent; poor fund, three tents. These rates are assessed on each SIOO of assessable property. Preble’s Tax Rate Preble township's individual tax levy for 1932 is estimated at 47 cents on the hundred dollars. The rate applying this year is 26 cents on the hundred dollars. The increase in the levy and in budget is due to the levy for tuition puropses This is the first year that a levy for tuition purposes has been made in four years. The levy for tuition purposes is 25 cents on the hundred dollars. The budget for next year totals $10,580.81, The budget this year was $6,978.86. The purposes levies in the township for next year are, four cents for township; two cents for roads; 24 cents tor tuition purposes; 17 cents for special school. senk l 70 t 1 o— Fire Claims A Life San Francisco, Aug. 18—(UP) — Forest fires in California claimed the life of a volunteer fighter and seriously injured a second man. The body of Vernon Creson, 34. world war veteran from Los Ange-1 les. was recovered from a charred hillside near Junction City where he i had been trapped Friday, Major i Swift Berry, member of the state board of forestry, was seriously hurt when he fell from an embankment while returning from a fire near Placerville. o Foreign Trade Low Washington, Aug. 18 — (UP) — United States foreign trade continued dining July on the low level of recent months, with exports totaling $183.(8)0,000 and imports $175, 000,000, the commerce department announced today. These figures compare with exports July 19330 of $266,761,000 and imports of $220,5558,000. BANKER FACES FRAUD CHARGES John Bain And Sons Charged With Illegal Fund Transfer Chicago, August 18—(UP)—John Bain. 63. an immigrant who opened his first financial institution in a shanty, and fought his way slow ly to a position as one of Chicago's most powerful banker was accused today in a public statement of making huge withdrawals from his 12 chain banks shortly before they closed June 9. Charges that Bain, his two sons, and three affiliated Bain companies owed the twelve banks more than $2,000,000 were made by Irwin T. Gilruth, state appointed receiver for the institutions. Gilruth said he issued his statement "to prevent depositors inindulging in hopes oj either a speedy or a complete recovery of their deposits.” Bain's twelve banks were shut down during a city wide financial upheaval. Millions of dollars in deposits were tied up. Bain re(CONTLN’UED ON PAGE FIVE) 0 Auto Stolen Monday The Dodge sedan belonging to Hubert P. Schmitt, local meat, market owner, was stolen from In front of his resident on North Fourth street Monday night.

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Complaints Are Made Several complaints have been received that girls are not obeying the rules of the Decatur tennis courts, which require girls to wear tennis shoes. Many girls have been wearing rubber soled shoes that have heels instead of the regular tennis shoe. The shoes with hard rubber heels will ruin the tennis courts and girls are asked to wear the regular type tennis shoes when playing on all local courts. ADAMS POST TO ATTEND MEET Local Legion Members Plan To Go To State Convention Sunday Members of Adams Post of the American Legion are planning to attend the state convention of the Legion to be held at Anderson, August; 22 to 25. The Decatur Drum Corps of 25 members will attend the convention and march in the big parade to be held Monday afternoon. A program of interest to the public has also been arranged and Hoosiers are invited to the convention city. There will be seven running races at Athletic Park on Saturday and Monday nights, purses totaling $2.400. Drum corps and band contests will be held at the park Sunday afternoon and evening. A musical comedy revue will be given Sunday evening at the Paramount theater and dancing will be enjoyed at the Green Lantern pavilion on Saturday, Sunday and Monday nights. A number of reservations have already been made by local Post members and the attendance is ex-, pected to be one of th</ largest in the history of the Indiana Legion. Last year at Fort Wayne Adams Post won first prize for the best 1 decorated float exhibited in the big parade. —o — FOUR AUTOISTS ESCAPE INJURY Cars Collide Here Monday Night; None Os Occupants Hurt Four persons escaped injury in an accident at the corner of Monroe and Fifth streets last night at six o’clock. Charles Coffman of Portland, driving south on Fifth, slowed at the stop sign, but failed to see Andy Sabo of Ohio driving J. A. Cline’s automobile west on Monroe street. Coffman’s car was turned over. His small son, Donald, and Willis Sypers of Indianapolis were only slightly bruise ddespite the flying glass. Cline’s car had the front axel, bumper, and fender badly smashed. The other car which was turned completely over before it tipped over had the back end almost torn , off, the top mashed in, a wheel broken off, an axel bent, the frame sprung, and two glasses in the doors broken. However, Mr. Coffman who was enroute from Fort Wayne to Portland was enabled to have it rel paired sufficiently to continue to 1 Portland last night. He did not carry insurance. i Tom Leonard, Jr., drove a motor- [ cycle out of a garage on First 1 street, where it was being repair- ! ed. The machine got away from Leonard and crashed into an auto- ’ mobile on the street. Leonard was slightly injured. Merchant Is Missing New York, Aug. 18. (U.R) —Murd- . er on the high seas or suicide are i believed responsible for disappears ance of a wealthy Japanese silk importer and business man while t on a “snow boat” cruise with his 1 young daughter and her pretty show i girl governess. • His body is sought by coast guard patrols and police. It is believed to be near Ambrose channel, about 30 miles at sea. Business associates of Hisashi Fujimura, whose Japanese wife > and boy live at Norwalk, Conn, ask- ■ ed the search be made after failt ure of the merchant to check in on i return of the Red Star liner Belgenland to port Friday.

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SITUATION IS MOST SERIOUS DISPATCH SAYS Nation Is Under Military Censorship On All Revolt News SECRET WORD IS RECEIVED Havana, Cuba, Aug. 18. — (U.R)—Unconfirmed reports today said federal troops at Holguin had gone over to the rebels seeking to overthrow the government of President Gerardo Machado. Great excitement spread through the capital during the night. The reports could not be confirmed, communications to the provinces being under a strict military censorship. The censorship was extended to foreign dispatches. Holguin is a city in eastern Cuba, about 65 miles northwest of Santiago de Cuba, on the extreme eastern tip of the island. Further excitement was caused by reports that two schooners, one flying the Norwegian and the other the German flag, had arrived at Gibara, in Oriente province, Port of Holguin, bringing ammunition and recruits for the rebel forces. The ships were sai4 to have brought 500 men, mostly negroes, and a number of machine guns In addition to ammunition badly needed by the rebels. The capital was tense. Rumors of an impending break in the revolt one way or the other persisted. Excited groups gathered in the streets, discussing the reports. The presidential palace authorities, in the absence of President Machado, insisted all was well. It was admitted that heavy fighting had been expected in Santa Clara province, but no results of any engagement were given out. The army headquarters was the scene of unusual activity. New York. Aug. 18. —(U.R) —Fighting and operations of rebel forces I seeking to overthrow President Machado, are growing more violent and effective momentarily, according to secret advices local Cuban revolutionists claim to have received. Dr. Fernando Ortiz, vice-presTdewt of the rebel junta, said telegMma from secret rebel sources indicated the fighting forces were now un(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o Bandits Make Escape Indianapolis, Aug. 18 —(UP) — One bandit was wounded in a $1,560 robbery at the Highland golf and Country Club early today. As two gunmen stripped Frank Murillo, 32, Indianapolis, of an SBOO diamond ring, S7OO diamond pin and S6O, Russel Hichman and Robert Homsker, greenkeepers at the elub were attracted by the noise. Hickman opened fire on the robbers, striking one of them. The other bandit dragged his companion into an auto and they escaped. REPORTER SHOT BY STRIKERS Man Sent To Mine Area From New York Escorted From Town Pineville, Ky„ Aug. 18.—(U.R) — Boris Israel, sent by the Federated Press, New York, to report on conditions in the Harlan County coal fields, was in a hospital here today with a bullet wound in his left leg. inflllcted he said by three men . who ordered him to leave Harlan and not return. Israel said he was taken from the Harlan court house by the . three, forced into a car and brought to the county line. OrI dered out and warned not to return, asserted they fired at him as he started down a path. Limping to the highway he obtained a taxicab and came here. Israel. 21 years old is from Columbus, O. The bullet imbedded Itself above Hie knee. Despite loss of blood, he was improving today. Several weeks ago another news(CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)