Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 202, Decatur, Adams County, 26 August 1931 — Page 1

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Monroe Teacher Takes | Position At Greentown S. A. Lahr, who for the past! three years was an instructor in the Monroe high school, has accepted; a position to teach science in the: Greentown high school this year. The Greentown school is on the Junior-Senior plans with an enroll- 1 ment of over 250 pupils. Mr. Lahr j has received degrees front Valpar-1 aiso and Indiana Universities, and i the College of Engineering in Antes, lowa. He has had a number of years experience in teaching. FRED KING’S FATHER DIES Nolan King. Former Resident of Decatur Dies At Fort Wayne Nolan King. 60. former Decatur man and father of Fred King, pressman at the Decatur Daily Democrat, died at 5:30 o'clock this morning at the St. Joseph hospital in Fort Wayne. Mr. King lived in this city for many years during which time lie operated a feed barn. He had re-1 sided on Anthony Boulevard in Fort Wayne for the past two I years. The deceased was bom in Union township, the son of John < and King. Surviving Is | •he widow. Alice King, one son Fred of this city, and two grandchildren. Several cousins and distant relatives reside in and near this city. Efforts have been made to locate the son, Fred King who left with his wife and children last Saturday for a several day's vacatioit in Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. King are expected to return to this city sometime late today. The body ot the deceased was taken to the Chalfant-Cutshall Funeral Home, 801 West Berry street, Fort Wayne where funeral services will be held at 2:30 o’clock Friday afternoon. — - - ■■ ' o Returns Home From Visit In This City Miss Caroline Blackman, who visited in Decatur several days with Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Keller has returned to her home at Bluffton.

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POLICE SEEK ST. LOUIS GANG Kidnapings In Chicago Create Stir; Police Tighten Nets Chicago. Aug. 26.—(U.PJ—Two St. Louis gangsters, described as professional killers and veterans of the , kidnaping racket, were sought by ■ state's attorney’s police today as the men who kidnaped John J. "Jack” Lynch, wealthy turf and ! betting figure and threatened him with death if $250,000 ransom was not paid. The St. Louisans, whose names I were not made known, were said Ito be working under orders of a Chicago gang chief. Efforts of "Scarface Al" Capone to liberate Lynch, who was seized Thursday while enroute to his $125.0000 home at Lake Geneva. Wis., were said by police to have been balked because the Chicago gang that ordered the kidnaping is (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) HINCH BONDS | READY SOON J Twenty Bonds Printed Today; Extended Over 10-Year Period Bonds for the construction of the John Hinch drain is Preble township are being printed today in the job department of Daily Democrat and will be delivered to the county tomorrow. The issue is for $4,019.57, divided into 20 bonds. The first bond, due in November 1931 is for $219.57. The 19 subsequent bonds are for S2OO each. The bonds are extended over a period of ten years, two bonds becoming due every May and November. The bonds bear six per cent, interest, payable at the office of the county treasurer. This is one of the first drainage bonds to be issued for ditch improvements in the county this year. I Probably one of two other issues I 'Will be made this year, covering coats for new drain construction.

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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, August 26, 1931.

NEW BRITISH CABINET MEETS Plans Being Devised For Reconstruction Os Finances London, Aug. 26—<U.R) —Britain's new "goventment of sacrifice,” headed by Prime Minister J. Ramsay MacDonald, received the seals of office from King George at Buckingham palace at 11 a m. today as the labor party prepared to fight the proposed dole cut. The new- cabinet took the oath | at a meeting of the privy council after members of the late laborite government had handed over their seals of office to the king. The cabinet was to meet immediately and begin the task of effecting economies in national expenditures sufficient to balance the budget and restore foreign I confidence in the pound sterling. Members of the late labor cab-1 inet who refused to sanction a I reduction of unemployment benefits prepared strenuous opposition to the new regime. MacDonald was disowned ini a labor party statement and his right to repre- . sent the party in the new cabinet challenged. MacDonald addressed a letter to labor members of parliament appealing to them to "think over the situation without prejudice or passion," before deciding upon their course and to suspend judgment until parliament meets. "All this has caused us great pain. When it is over, the party will be left untrammelled as to policy and program,” the prime minister wrote. He reiterated his statement made on the radio last night that he had acted in, the country's interest. A statement from the labor party, now rallying under leader- ' ship of Foreign Secretary Arthur 1 (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o Two War Vets Expire Lafayette, Aug. 26—(UP)—Welllington Carpenter. 92, Civil War I veteran, died at his home here last! | night. Two daughters survive. Wolcott. Aug. 26 —(UPl—Samuel Spencer, 94, the oldest Civil War veteran in White County, died at his home here. During the Civil War Spencer served with the 163rd Indiana vol- . unteers. Two sons and two daugh- ■ ters survive. The funeral will be held Thursday afternoon. o — HILBERT MACKE EXPIRES TODAY 1 I Six-Year-Old Youth Dies Following Removal Os Appendix , Hilbert Macke, six year old son > of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Macke of ' seven miles northwest of this city died at two o’clock this morning at the Adams County Memorial Hospital following an operation he underwent for appendicitis. The lad was taken to the hospital Monday ■ noon. He was born in Preble township, | July 31, 1925. the son of Henry and Adella Ewell Macke. Surviving are the parents and a brother, Alvin, at I home; the grandparents. Mr. and I Mrs. Christ Macke, Sr., and Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Ewell of Preble township. The body was removed to th» > Wm. H. Zwick Funeral Home and ■ wll be taken to the Macke home on ■ the Ossian road late this afternoon. Funeral services will be held Fri- ’ day afternoon at two o'clock (Sun Time) at the home and at 2:15 I o'clock at the St. Paul Lutheran , church with Rev. Robert Gasser, . pastor, officiating. Burial will be • in the church cemetery. I o 1 Sundermans Return To City After Vacation Rev. M. W. Sondermann and family returned from a trip yesterday. Rev. Sundermann will > conduct the prayer meeting at the ■ First Evangelical church this ■ evening, and will preach at Cal--1 vary Thursday night, and direct ; the choir at the First Church Friday evening.

Berne Missionary Is Among Those Captured' Philadelphia, Pa.. Aug. 26 —Sixteen ot' the thirty missionaries held captive by Chinese bandits are Mennonite missionaries who have been working in the Hoepei province for periods of from three to sixteen years. Rev. Silas Grubb, editor ot the chut ch paper, The Mennonite reported today# Included in the list of those known to be held captive are Rev. and Mrs. C. L. Rennebecker, Elkhart; Miss Frieda Sprunger, Berne; Rev. ami Mrs. P. L. Boeh. Miss Marjorie Regier and Rev. and Mrs. 8. J. Goerrig. o AUTO UPSETS NEAR DECATUR Thomas Gill Escapes Serious Injury When Car Is Wrecked Thomas Gill, photographer of Lima. Ohio escaped serious injury here at noon today when the light automobile which he was driving turned over at the curve just east of the Monroe street bridge. Gill was on his way to Huntington to deliver child photos which he specializes in. Evidently the man attempted to make the turn at too fast a rate of speed and his car turned completely over. The automobile was almost totally wrecked, the top being ‘ (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o Lonergan Is Sentenced South Bend. Aug. 26 —(UP) — A sentence of six months on the state ■ farm and a fine of $1,500 was meted I David Lonergan, former Mishawaka , real estate dealer, on liquor charges' Lonergan was arrested on accusa-l tions by a South Bend woman that* he provided girls for married men's I parties. CONSIDER BILL i ON COTTON CROP — Louisiana Assembly To Consider Crop Holiday Bill Today Baton Rouge, LS„ Aug. 26 - -fIJ.R) —The Louisiana state legislature considered Governor H;wy P. Long's “cotton holiday” bill today in extraordinary session. A cessation of cotton planting next year would be I ordered if the measure is passed. ; The bill was presented by Representative Horace Wilkinson, of West Baton Rouge, and R. T. Douglas of Gaddo Parish, a few minutes after the bodies convened separately last night. House and senate then were gathered in joint session. Governor Long addressed the assembly, appealing for immediate passage of the measure to aid in restoring economic stability to the cotton industry. The bill declares the planting, (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) PROBING GROUP CALLS BANKERS Bishop Cannon Activities Are Still Under Fire Os Committee Washington, Aug. 26 —<U.R) - Several bankers were called before the Nye senate committee today in its renewed attempt to discover whether undisclosed forces aided the 1928 anti-Smith campaign conducted by Bishop James Cannon, Jr., of the Methodist Episcopal church. South. The long-deferred Inquiry wa|3 reopened yesterday with C. Bascom Slemp. Virginia Republican national committeeman and former secretary to President Coolidge, as a witness. Slemp revealed he had solicited a contribution from E. C. Jamesoni New York capitalist who gave $63,560 to the Cannon Virginia campaign, and had introduced the Bishop to Jameson. He also testified he had personally advanced for the campaign $7,500 which has not been repaid.

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’MANIAC SLAIN AFTER CHASE Police Kill Mad Man Who Wields Hatchet When Auto Stalls Chicago, Aug. 26 'U.R)— A maniac at the wheel of a careening automol.|ile endangered scores of lives today, then attacked two policemen with a hatchet when his car was forced to the curb. He fell under a bullet from one of the policemen's guns. Cards in the man’s pockets indicated he was H. B. Young, i Franklin Park, 111., a railroad clerk. His body was held at the morgue. The wild race with death began at Niles, a suburb, when motor patrol Officer Frank Stankowicz drew his motorcycle alongside the madman’s automobiile. It was zigzagging on the wrong side of the street. Shouting curses, the motorist attempted to swing his automobile Across in front of the motorcycle. Failing, he sped away, Stankowicz in pursuit. i Standing on a northwest side street was Policeman Fred Kordes. He saw what was happening and leaped onto the carrier of Stankowicz's motorcycle. A crowd of pearly 100 persons was waiting for street cars and buses at an intersection. They fled as the maniac sent his car roaring through their midst. Then, his whim changing, the motorist stopped, leaped out and started for the policemen with a hatchet. (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o To Abandon Service Indianapolis, Aug. 26.—(U.R) —The ’Northern Indiana Power Company, lan Instill concern, filed a petition ’with the Public Service Commission | today asking permission to abolition street car service in Kokomo. I The petition said that the company lost $5,540 in operation of the | lines in five months of this year and that no profits have been earned in the past two years. o Lohmeyer Funeral Held Funeral services for Frederick E. H. Lohmeyer, Allen County tanner who died at the Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne Sunday, were held at 1:30 o'clock this afternoon at the home, on the Decatur road, and at two o'clock at the Trinity Lutheran church with Rev. Karl Wyneken officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery. LUTZ IS NAMED TO STATE GROUP Local Attorney Member Os Bar Examination Committee In State Indianapolis, Aug. 26 —(U.R) — Appointment of a committee to pass upon) the-character and fitness of candidates for admission to the bar in the five supreme court judicial districts, was announced today try Chief Justice Clarence R. Martin of the Indiana Supreme court. Each Indiana county will be represented by one member and in some instances two to four member*. As provided in the 1931 legislative acts, which set up the new machinery for passing upon bar applications. Among appointed by Judge Martin were: Fourth judicial district: John Edris, Bluffton; Clark J. Lutz. Decatur. 1 o Thieves Are Jailed Columbia City, Aug. 26.— (U.R) — Five men were under arrest here today and four were held in Fort Wayne on charges of committing several small robberies in this vicinity, including the hold up of 60-year old reclure near Churbusco. Pete Garrison, Kenneth Cristlieb, Roy Deck and Henry Whitten were held in Fort Wayne charged with the Churbusco recluse robbery. Melvin Wright, 17, Fort Wayne: Richard Cohurn,a27, Fort Wayne; Robert Stabler, 18, Fort Wayne, and Charles Davis, 23, were held here. They were charged with several robberies here and in Churubusco.

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She Said ‘Go’’ _ w _ 1 ■ llll ~ W '"-iUf" _■'l inTgv;? i * J i 1 1 t tl I 4 1 * 1 ! I L i B I F Mrs. Amelia Johnson, 83, of Niles, Mich., onto of the oldest living telegraph operators, who recalls the Cimmarron land rush, which she started upon receiving official word from Washington that the rush into the new country might begin. RALLY WILL BE HELD TONIGHT M. E. Epworth League To Hold Sub-District Meeting Here Members of the Methodist Epis- ' copal Epworth League of Decatur, Monroe, Pleasant Mills and Gene- ] va churches will gather here at 8| ( o'clock tonight for a sub-district I, rally, it was announced. The meeting will be opened with a. League program. Following the program which will last about an hour, a social hour will be spent while members of the various churches become better acquainted. The meeting will be held at the local Methodist church and will begin at 8 o'clock daylight saving time. Local members have charge of arrangements and an interesting program has been formulated, those in charge say. o No Special Session The county council will not be called in special session to consider the budgets filed by the various county officials and departments. The regular meeting will be held | on Tuesday, September 8, at which 11 time the council will go over the | estimates and budgets and determine what the appropriations shall be. The tax levies for the county general fund and the highway repair funds will be fixed by the county council. Board Member Named Indianapolis, Aug. 26.—(U.R) — Appointment of Mrs. Edwin F. Miller, Peru, to the George Washington Dicentennary commission, was announced by Governor Harry G. Leslie. Mrs. Miller is president of the Indiana Federation of Clubs. Dope Fiend Creates Stir In Jail Yard Earl Martin, Greencastle, caused a commotion in the jail yard here last night. The man, who is an itinerant dope fiend became unruly ' and rolled all around the yard. A physician was called and the man was cared for. He agreed to leave the city immediately but was found i this morning by Sheriff Burl John- i son and Chief of Police Sephus Melchi. The man was immediately i taken out of the county.

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ONE DEPUTY IS KILLED; FIFTY SHOTS FIRED Enemies Os Governor Start Shooting' In Wild Session TWO OTHERS ARE WOUNDED Mexico Citv, Aug. 2(> — (U.R) ! —One deputy shot to death, ! another reported dying, and a third wounded was the toll today in a shooting affray in the chamber of deputies in which some .”>(1 revolver shots were fired. Manuel Ruiz, deputy from the state of Jalisco, died on the steps leading to the speakers' tribunal with seven bullets in his body. Sebastian Allende was shot in the stomach as he stood in the center of the chamber. He may die. Carcia De Alba, standing in front of the tribunal, was wounded in the right hand. Witnesses said the shot whkh set off the affray was accidental. The first shot, they said, was fired from Ruiz' revolver while friends were trying to disarm him. Firing then began from the doors of the chamber, allegedly from private citizens from Jalisco, enemies of the governor. Col. Ignaacio De La Mora. The shooting was the result of discussion of the official acts of Gov. De La Mora. Ruiz was at<CON””INUED ON PAGE SIXI Tire Causes Concern Fort Wayne. Aug. 26. —(U.R) —The new endurance bicycle riding record of three local youths appeared to be nearing its end today, after more than 700 hours of continuous riding, all because of a flat tire. Eugene Bobilya, Alton Kennedy and Lowell Welter have been riding the bicycle in one-hour day and three-hour night shifts, and threatened to continue until the truant officer stopped them. Yesterday, however, a flat tire developed, and it was ground to shreds today. A stop to change tires is against the rules. The youths expected to exceed I the old record, which they surpassed a few days ago, by at least 190 hours. - ■ o Local Woman’s Aunt Dies At Greenville, Pa. Mrs. D. N. Erwin received a message today from Greenville. Penn, that het aunt, Miss Susan Falk, 84 had died Tuesday. Death was the result of a stroke of paralysis which she suffered several weeks ago. Miss Falk formerly lived in Adams County, but for many years she had resided near Greenville. Penn., When a child she was afflicted with infantile paralysis, and was unable to walk without crutches. She was well known by many residents ot Union and St. Marys Townships. Fueral services will be held Thursday afternoon at Greenville. Miss Mary Callow and Freeman Falk will attend the funeral. DATE SET FOR FUND RAISING Unemployment Relief To Be Sought Through Free Will Offerings Washington, Aug. 26.—(U.R) October 19 to November 25 is designated by President Hoover's new unemployment relief organization as the period for concerted campaigns to raise funds for relief agencies throughout the nation. Stimulating these local drives and welding them into a great national appeal for millions of dollars to aid the jobless will be one of the primary functions of the new organization headed by Walter S. Gifford. The dates w’ere announced by Gifford after a conference with representatives of six leading public and private welfare organizations. A majority of welfare fund drives have been conducted between those dates in the past years. The annual roll call of the Red Cross is set for November 11 to 25.