Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 220, Decatur, Adams County, 17 September 1931 — Page 1

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■BSHOW KOS MADE; 1 816 SUCCESS K re( j< Visit Exhibit In K ur t House Lobby Wednesday Whittle W GETS I’K A ISE K > of >: m. under the Kc .Man- <■- Cowen. K.-.> ' ■*' i' ;,r ; ■ ind which :< being held IK ’ " A-lams (.ar! House this K'ha- made the exhibit Kth—a’;'.' ' K,, " ts ■ street Fair. m 1111,1 the iinlciiic 1,1 'l ll ' How|^K|h, ati.l iliums r. »•■!. ’ - iustru 10-k " H. Ll "'" IH j v> i in plai ing for the exhibit. j y .. liairman w , y on::.included E Ur> I tan TynI). .;..■:->■ Fl 1 iders. and G. Cowen. : show Mur ua: .■ flow Mg Si . tn ;_• ■. and under. ■ ■ ii. - >w. and eon ■i ' ■farmai .iiid rm:il garden o' < n idor of the ■ tase neo d>>< ..rated with r '..A. - ■ lit ranee Ktia. . 'til;, arrana■kb shrub!** n pottery urns Hnt»ow boxiA tilled with tlowK two formal gardens conMN by Mr. Cowen were un■lw.ii. -of the show. ShrubBind Howers an d garden B* and urns w. re furnished ■r Brennein . ■ I’. urist ('uin B Decatur Floral Company, following awards of $3. $2. ■ffKUED ON PAGE FIVE) ■hrm Plan Offered ■napolis, Sept. 17 (UP) A ■ wbrn-by the Federal Farm ■ would ..it, i .<>>l,ooll bushels ■.iiirpius wheat to the Presi- ■ rdief agent ies. was proposed ■ state chamber of commerce' ■lt came from Marvin Smith. ■Jf of the Mt. Vernon, Ind-1 ■(haniber of Commerce, who 111 a * a resolution embodying ■*t be sent to Washington. ■‘• in a letter to William H. ■ director of the state Cham ■ Commerce, urged that the ■went pay for milling the ■ »ith aditional grain for its ■• which would result in con■"ot approximately 100,000,pßhels. ■*! said the state directors ■ consider the resolution at | ,Mt meeting, October 7. R DEFENDS FARM BOARD r of Curtailing ProMion Is Workable, j Speaker Says Sept ' 17-—<U.R)-De-t tm> federal farm board's I c “rtailing production was L?' , ander i.egge. former iliere the board ’ in an ad ’ »h |ril j i,,le of t * le n*anufact--11 does not produce more Nil T wben 1118 warehouses s iould be applied to agriUn / egße sai< l- "Farmers ( DIJ I, nce of having the law and demand function under the present condi- . 8 the aim of the farm remedy this evil." i c ar , llpf ense was offered by v ■ St° ne> Present chairman T1n UED on PAGE TWO)

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Accidentally Found Found by her father, Major Frank E. Ott, retired army officer, who accidentally saw her wandering on a street in San Francisco after having disappeared from her 1 home at Manhattan Beach. South-1 ern California, nearly two weeks ago, Lillian Ott (above), 21-year-old former New York society girl, was apparently sufferirtg from loss of memory. The girl sobbed out a pitiful story to her father and told 1 Jtim the whereabouts of the man alleged to have accompanied her. | STAFF IS NAMED FOR RAVELINGS Ival Newhard, Mary Coverdale Get Chief Posts On D.H.S. Publication The Decatur high school Raveltngs staff was Selected by a factifty committee, at a meeting held Wed nesday. Ival Newhard, senior, was named .editor-in-chief and Mary Madeline Coverdale, senior, was chosen business manager. The staff will publish the annual yearbook of the school late in the spring. I Other members of the staff include Sara Jane Kauffman, assistant editor; Hick Macklin, assistant business manager; Ina Anderson, girls' athletic editor; Dick Schug, boys' athletic editor; Rosamond Hoagland. Art editor; Louise Haubold. assistant Art editor; Ruth Winnes, snapshot editor; Harold Mumma, assistant snap shot editor; Woodrow Wilson, photography editor, and Sylvia Ruhl, write-up editor. Sigurd Anderson, instructor in the Commercial department, was chosen faculty advisor of the staff and Miss Blanche McCrory, senior class guardian, will assist in the publication. o TWO DIE WHEN HOTEL BURNS Five Others Seriously Burned In St. Louis Hotel Tragedy St. Louis, Sept. 17.—(U.PJ —Two men were burned to death and five other persons, including three women, were seriously burned when fire swept a small hotel here early today. Twelve other roomers escaped. The fire broke out on the second floor of the three-story building, cutting off the escape of persons living on the third floor. Several of the 12 who escaped were carried to safety by firemen from rooms where they had been trapped. Cause of the fire could not be immediately determined. The dead: an unidentified man believed to be George Sowell and Sam Sansone, 60. Those injured and reported to be in serious condition at the City Hospital were: Mrs. Elizabeth Lawrence; Mrs. Margaret Collins. 35; Mrs. Bertha Lawrence, 26; John Reilly, 50, and an unknown man. All were believed to be St. Louisians. Third Traffic Fatality Indianapolis Sept 17—(UP) —Mrs. Laura Seeing, 43, was killed when struck by an auto as she stepped from behind a parked machine, marking the third traffic fatality here within 12 hours.

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GANDHI TALKS OF DEPRESSION IN INTERVIEW — United Press Writer Gets Exclusive Statement From Indian THIS COUNTRY PARTLY BLAMED London. Sept. 17 —(U.R) — 'Hie United States must dissipate its great hoard of gold, a primary cause of the world depression, the Mahatma M. K. Gandhi said in an exclusive United Press interview today. “The United States is the richest hut not the best nation in the world." he said. The leader of millions of Indians I in their passive struggle for freeI dom squatted on a mattress on the cement floor of his cell in Kingsley Hall as he received the correspondent. The bedroom terrace overlooked the mist-enveloped, dumpy slum 1 houses and myriads of chimney i pots in the direction of the i Thames dockland. “One day America will cease worshipping mammon and probably will become the best nation in the world." said the asceti" "great soul." in his loin cloth and unbleached shawls. “The United States has the necessary courage and idealism to become the best nation. The United States has a great hoard of gold—a curse and a primary cause of the depression. This must be dissipated, distributed and put into circulation, and wealth equalized. "When I say equalized, I mean within the bounds of poseibgUhm. You are a great producing country and have not learned the lesson of (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) FOSTER FACES CHECK CHARGES Lagrange Prosecutor Arrested On Fraudulent Check Count Lagrange, Sept. 17.—(U.R) —A warrant charging Ralph Foster, Lagrange and Steuben counties prosecutor. with issuing a fraudulent check, was on file today with Milo Thompson. Angola’justice of peace. The warrant was filed by George Brat tin. The check involved was drawn for S2B. Thompson fixed Foster's bond at SSOO. Enemies of Foster recently sought to have Attorney General James M. Ogden remove him from office, on the contention that they could produce affidavits showing that Foster had accepted protection money from liquor interests. Ogden advised that conviction on a criminal charge would have to precede any action on his part. The protection money charge was expected to be aired at the current session of the county (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) NAVY PAY CUT INVESTIGATED British Officials To Probe Cause On Which Men Went In Strike London, Sept. 17—(U.P>—An order is being issued to the British fleet assuring the men that the pay reduction hardships which caused them to strike are being investigated, Sir Austen Chamberlain, first lord of the admiralty, informed the house of commons today. He warned the participants in the passive mutiny, however, that they must return to discipline and obey orders. ‘‘Any further refusals by individuals to carry out orders will be dealt with under the naval discipline act," he said. Meanwhile, Great Britain's Atlantic fleet was bound for home ports for investigation of one of (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE)

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, September 17, 1931.

Labor Favors Beer Columbus, 0., Sept. 17 —(UP) — Modification o fthe volstead act by congress and return of the legal sale of beer were favored by the Ohio state federation of labor as it closed its annual convention here. A resolution supporting the action of the American Federation of Labor was unanimously adopted at the closing session. The Federation favors the sale of beer as a part of its economic program, to provide work tor thousands of men and create a market for grains. The federatio nalso voted S2OO for Thomas Mooney and Warren K. Billings, convicted of the 1916 preparedness Day bombing in SanFrancisco. The delegates drafted an appeal to Governor Rolfe of California to bardon the two men. METHODISTS HEAR WILSON Speaker Says Church Will Keep Nation Dry Forever Bloomington, Sept. 17. — (U.R) — The church is unfailing in its campaign for a dry United States, Dr. Clarence True Wilson, of the Methodist Board of Prohibition and Morals, told the 100th assembly of the Indiana Methodist conference here. Pointing to what he termed as four major victories for prohibition. Wilson expressed confidence that support of the dry cause was growing steadily. Organization marked the opening of the assembly. H. W. Baldrige, Corydon, was elected secretary; C. M. Kroft, Indianapolis, treasurer, and Lee Starrett, College Corner, 0.. statistician. An amendment, changing the name of the church's hospital iu Indianapolis to the Methodist Episcopal Hospital of Indiana, was adopted. A resolution, providing fulfilling decoration of the graves of the original members of the Indiana conference, also was passed; memorial services were held for members who have died the past year. Greetings were ordered sent to Bishop Edgar Blake, presiding at the Kentucky conference in Louisville. Election of seven delegates to represent the conference in the general assembly at Atlantic City, May 1 to 31, 1932, will be held Friday. Hospital Head Named Indianapolis, Sept. 17 —(UP) — Appointment of J. H. Ale, regional manager of the U. S. Veterans’ bureau as executive head of the new Veterans hosiptal here, was announced 7>y Federal officials. Ale will continue as manager of the Veterans bureau.

GANG LETTER ACCUSES MANY Thousand Word Letter Accuses Capone of Ordering Lingle Death Chicago, Sept. 17—(U.R) —A letter signed with the scrawl of Mike De Pike Heitler, who could write nothing but his name, and who may or may not be still living. gave authorities a 1,000-word chronicle of gang murder, police corruption and huge graft to puzzle over today. Al Capone was named as the gang lord who ordered the assassinations of Alfred “Jake" Lingle, Chicago Tribune reporter, and Jack Zuta, a henchman. Capone also was listed as one of eight men for police to look for should Heitler, paunchy, double-chinned vice monger, he “taken; for a ride." The letter supposedly was dictated by Heitler to an illiterate woman shortly before the vice dealer disappeared. Whether he died under the guns of gangsters (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) o Women Can Vegetables The women of the local Zion Reformed Church met in the church, Wednesday, and canned 186 quarts of fruits and vegetables to be used in connection with the work of the Board of Charities this winter. The canned food will be distribute dto the poor and needy during the winter months.

SWOPE PLANS CONSTITUTION FOR INDUSTRY Plan Is Outlined At Meeting of Electrical Manufacturers SEEKS FEDERAL SUPERVISION New York, Sept. 17 ( U.R) A “business constitution" designed to federate till American industry in working out an economic plan to safeguard employer and worker and solve permanently- tin? problem of “Hard Times" has been drafted by Gerard Swope, president of the General Electric company. ■Swope outlined his plan to 60A (members of the National Electrical Manufacturers association at a banquet last night. The plan calls for organization of each industry into a trade association regulating production, through agreement on trade practices and ethics, and providing standard accounting methods and regular financial reports. Labor's interests are protected through provisions for workers' compensation, old age pensions, life and disability insurance, and unemployment insurance. The interest of the general public is protected through federal supervision. The federal trade commission or a bureau of the department of commerce would regulate companies and trade associations. Swope's plan gives the workman a sense of security in his job and tends to remove fear of the "fortyyear deadline" as he grows older. The proposal was drafted in con(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) DEATH INQUEST IS POSTPONED Coroner Says New Developments Arise In Collings Case Huntington L. 1., Sept. 17—(UP) — Postponement of the inquest into the death of Benjamin P. Collings, found dead in Long Island Sound was suddenly announced today. District attorney Alexander G. Blue of Suffolk county, directing the investigation, altered his original announcement that the coroner's inquest would be held this afternoon. He said it would not be held before tomorrow, if then. Blue said "certain developments" caused him to delay the inquest, and referred to “many angles and many possibilities" in the case. He added that there was a possibility that Collings, a retired engineer, had been killed by a lunatic. This. Blue said, might explain the wfeird tale told by Mrs. Lillian Collings, widow of the dead man, who insisted her husband was beaten by two "pirates,” who threw him into the sound from the cruiser .CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE)

TOKYO FLIERS CONTINUE TRIP Refuel On Island and Will Fly On To United States, Report San Francisco, Sept. 17—(U.R) — Don Moyle ami Cecil A. Allen, whose attempt to fly from Japan to America ended in the lonely North Pacific, have refueled their monoplane at Navarin Island and will attempt to take off from there today, according to a mes sage received by the navy radio station here this morning. Like the first vague reports that flashed out of the ether yesterday to tell that the airmen were safe, the latest message came from the Russian steamer Buriat. The message said Moyle and Allen had landed on Navarin Island near Cape Navarin, on the southern coast of Siberia. Apparently they attracted the attention (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE)

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I « * * CHECKS FRIDAY ! I Winners in the Poultry, I I Swine, Dairy and Agriculture 1 displays will receive their : checks from the Street Fair | board Friday noon at the offices ; | of Paul H. Graham, general | chairman. HEAR EVIDENCE IN DRAIN CASE Week’s Preparation Is Completed In Wabash River Case Here At eleven o'clock this morning, attorneys announced they were ready to receive evidence in the Wabash river drain ease, which had been under way a week, the time being spent in completing issues. Attorney Whitaker for the petitioners said it was their intention I to present the reports of the engin- | eer and the drainage board and to go farther because of the public uJ tility and damage question and pre- | sent oral evidence. After some discussion and the I reading of several discussions the court ruled that the petitioners i should complete their side of the I case before the remonstrators are heard instead of taking the cause up in sections. Judge Kister ordered the clerk of the coqrt to swear the witnesses and when four persons arose it looked as though every body was set to go. Then Attorney Kloeb asked if attorneys for the remonstrators would agree to the action as to the validity of the rights of the Ohio petitioners. This was objected to and Mr. Kloeb offered as exhibit No. 1. a certified copy of the interstate! ditch laws of Ohio. Attorney Lutz j objected and explained at some length the differences in the statutes of Ohio and Indiana, especially regarding assessments. Attorney Whitaker replied and the argument extended over to this afternoon. Judge Kister taking the position that this matter is one of vital importance in the case. At 2:30 this afternoon the moktion had not been decided. Glass Blowers Draw Favorable Comment Among the many good features on the midway there is one of special interest to the ladies and children. It is the Meyer glass blowers located in a tent in front of the Ford garage on south Second street. There you will see a master worker making novelties of various kind, the largest glass steam engine in operation and a number of interesting attractions. A souvenir is given to each person who pays a dime to enter the tent. DEMOCRATSTO DISCUSS TAXES Party Leaders In Meet At Indianapolis To Argue State Taxes Indianapolis, Sept. 17. —(U.R) —Taxation was discussed at a meeting today of Democratic state and legislative leaders. The meeting, called by R. Earl Peters, state chairman. comes a few days before the date set for fixing the Indiana tax late for 1932. Tax reduction by means of pairing costs in state institutions was one of the plans up for discussion. Heads of institutions would be directed to conform their expenditures to new price levels instead of spending their entire appropriations. Price levels have fallen since the 1931 general assembly made appropriations for 1931-32, proponents of this plan contended. It was rumored that a resolution (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) awards made Judges on the parade award- | ed the following prizes: , | Oldest car. $10 —To the Frank | Wrecking Company on a 1910 ! | Buick. Stunts —First Fred Braun in | , | a horse drawn cab, sls. | Second —Clowns in old Ford, I I $lO.

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Red Tape Victim .. Me--—** . IK I KB—- ' t —Or, . T ■ : Facing separation from her hus- ] band and 4-year-old daughter, because of a deportation order to send her back to her native Jugoslavia. Mrs. Ivka Kuzmanich (of San Francisco, a Move with husband Bud child), who is soon to be a mother again, made tearful en- i treaties to the authorities to permit her baby to be born an Amer- 1 ican. Mrs. Kuzmanich had only a! six-month permit when she came i here six months ago and married Martin Kuzmanich. The Jugoslavian Consul is interesting himself in her case. COUNTY BOOKf ARE APPROVED State Board Examiners Find Records In Good Condition Reports from the state board of accounts approving the work and finding all funds in balance in the office of County treasurer Ed Ashbaucher. County clerk Bernice Nelson, County Recorder Clara Anderson and County Surveyor Ralph Roop have been received by (he county officials. The records of (he county highway superintendent were also approved in the auditor's report. The reports cover the years of 1929 and 1930, the records being examined a few months ago by examiners O. A. Hutchins and C. F. Lautzenheiser. No discrepancies were found in any of the county records and funds held in trust by the county officials were in balance and approved. The examiner's reports also show that the proper records are being kept in the different county offices and the examination of the public I records shows everything satisfac-1 tory in regards to the conduct and ! administration of the different officials. Directors Hold Meet The directors of the Provident Building & Loan Association met last evening and elected offieers for the ensuing year. Henry B. Heller was chosen as president, E. B. Lenhart, secretary; J. L. Kocher, vice-president and Fred Schurger, treasurer. T|ie annual report shows the company to be in splendid condition and to have made their regular earjtings during the past year. o — Everson Gives Address West Baden, Sept. 17—(UP) —A tribute to United States citigenship was paid by Indiana Kiwanians in district convention here, in a program at which Major General William C. Everson, chief of the U. S. Militia bureau, was the speaker. Feature of last night*s session was presentation of the Ki wants star of service emblem, awarded this year to William H. Bradt, Brookville. John Goodwin. Brookville accepted the medal for Bradt, who is on a western trip. ~ T ' O'— — ■ Sheriff Loses Life Brazil, Sept. 17.—(U.R)-—Roy Tipton, 12, sheriff of Clay county, was killed here when he was struck by an auto. Tipton had left his rfwii auto and started to a farmhouse to ■lake a man into custody. He stepped into the path of the other maChine, driven by Robert McDaniels, 16. Center Point. Tipton is survived by his widow [and three children.

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NEW RECORD IS PREDICTED FOR THURSDAY FAIR Crowd Comes Early And Raindrops Fail To Dishearten Concessioners HUNDREDS PACK BIG MIDWAY Crowds came early to the [Thursday program of the Deicatur Free Street Fair, and [while the weather threatened for a few minuses shortl.v afternoon, the big crowd which i already was milling up and down the midway was game and didn’t seem to mind a few > raindrops. The automobile and stunt parade ■was the first feature of the after- > noon. The General Electric band •cleared the midway at 2:20 o’clocß [and the big parade followed. The line of march were P. Kirsch and Son's fleet of Hudson-Essex Automobiles; Adams County Auto Co., with Oaklands and Pontiacs. [ The Evolution of the Pontiac was I the title of a pageant in the parade with Pontiacs for each year since the start of that factory in 1927. Thomas Durkin's Reos and DeVaux models followed in the line of march and then came W. D. Porter’s Buicks. The big Ford fleet came next in line with about 35 Ford models, including passenger cars and trucks. Every now and then came an oldtimer in the parade. t Neering's Chevrolet group came next in line wilfa the 1931 series ' featured. Saylors Motor Co. was (next with Dodges and Plymouth* and directly behind them'came, the Riverside garage truck. Dettinger's Chrysler and Plymout fleet was next and then came the Decatur Auto Paint and Top Co., truck and the Dierkes Wreck ing Co. truck*;. The Willys-Knight autos from a Fort Wayne com ern came next. Fred Braun’s 1565 cab ended the ICON’ITNUED ON PAGE SIX» Gangster Is Killed New York. Sept. 17 — (UP)-— Meyer Shapiro, chief of the Brooki lyn alcohol racket who with his brother Irving, incurred many enmities because of their activities in the Brownville section of Brooklyn, was found shot to death, a bullet wound behind his ear, in the bnselneut of a squalid lower east side tenement. Irving Shapiro, with whom Meyer I was engaged in the slot machine and laundry rackets before branching out into the “Alky” trade was shot and killed last July. o — BULLETIN Wathington, D. C. Sept. 17. — (UP) Comptroller of currency Pole today approved consolidation of two [ banks in Bluffton, Indiana, the First National Bank and the Old National Bank of Bluffton. The new bank, which is under the charter of the Old National Bank of Bluffton, is, to be known as the Old First National Bank in Bluffton, Pole approved the merger by signing a certificate of consolidation. HORSE JUDGING STARTS TODAY Winners Will Be Announced Friday, Superintendent Says The judging of the mares and colts iu the horse show started at one-thirty o’clock this afternoon. David M. Fyffe, veteran superinten dent of the livestock department of Ohio state university being in charge. The horses were lined up on the lot north of Jackson street and the judge started his inspection at one. Mares with suckling colts were first judged. The judging will not be completed until late this afternoon. Dr. (;. F. Eichhorn, superintendent of the show stated. Five prizes each are awarded in the different divisions Prizes totaling more than sll4 will be awarded the winners.