Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 270, Decatur, Adams County, 14 November 1931 — Page 1

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LOAMS MURDER CASE IS NEARING CLOSE

■E OWNERS' | ■OGRAM MADE |y PRESIDENT ■erW ill Ask Congress Large Fund To gKvr Foreclosures ■.ION TO ■ BE \FFECTEI) 'i i. Nov. 1 I (U.R) ; Hoover will :isk next month to apt . 10.000 homo IHu: proer.nii designed die home bllildmill to keep ■in m mre< losure” from doorstep, aggressive pm • • his Friday pr.-ss national system discount banks. ■■ make avail .. i to build and discount banks. one for ■-. .. district. fold pressure on home and the banks holding ■ ' .Vin- iin-m-that has gripped the dustry. and eslihmortgage of su< !i strength I. future years the t of business : emphasized that ■ S< alter. Foi examthe -ti. gage la but that no sinh ■ ribl. for rediscount I ■lldoubmdh will h. tian « ISo the ■Mil possibility of diaO • ■ rhaps more I Im•> le I" . OUIItIeSS others einploymeip vitv in the build an ambition of Hoover to establish American home i 1 new plans fryings p -;c right down to th” t!. and the subiirowner. who th.ir mortgages B 1 " • h:< h are worry in ■iTlVriri, u S PACE FOUR' ■tie Stolen From ■einm iat Carrier Box ■ ■ ing to Meredith ■ ist evening wiimi in front of the Daily fra! Meredith is the ■ r h the route established ' rim Daily Horn, rat m ark addition He h-’t I'dde and after he seH ll ' pap rs from this office. 111111 someone had taken it. B I'iiied tday. The hoc appreciate it if the " !1 1 took it would return it Daily Democrat office. lIFN BONDS Ire recovered R bers C heck With ■hose Stolen From ■Kendallville Bank ■•dallviiie, ind.. Nov 14 _ found j n possession suspects arrested at Mich., correspond with rs of bonds taken in the " f l *'e Citizens National ■ here October 16. the Ken- ™ N'ews-Sun said today. ■Pfcsentat ives of the News■J*' they checked numbers of ■’•"ids at the b ank an(l f oun( ] Otlt ‘ taken from the suspects ■* They amounted to SIB,OOO. ■ ln the robbery was $25,000. ■» r oup of Kendallville citizens. ses of the robbery, will go ■■esvliie tomorrow morning in ■''•’nipt to identify the men,, ■ K«ve their names as Joe and Bert Angus, 39. bp given a preIim■NTINUED ON PAGE TWO)

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT ONLY D AILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Vol XXIX. No. 270.

E. Men To Have Charge of Program The Mens Brotherhood of the I Methodist chut ch will be in charge lof the Sunday night services 'at 7:30 o’clock. Special music by the choir of the Mens Brotherhood will be pr-sented under the direction of Wilson Beery. The sermon will be delivered by Rev. E. E. Ftanklin brother of the Pastor, Rev. B. H. Franklin. His subject will he "The Future Program of the church". Everyone is not only invited but urged to attend. MORE ACREAGE IS OBTAINED Former Field Men Volunteer Services And Secure 3,324 Acres Former field men of the Decatur • plant of the Holland-St. Louis Sug- ‘ ar company made trips over their I territory this week and report much i enthusiasm toward reopening of | the local sugar beet mill, under new management and with new capital | All men did the work voluntarily the repot t much interest among the farmers. E. L. Harlacher, Decatur territory field man stated he would make a canvas of the local territory starting either November 18 or 19. Mr. Harlacher is anxious to get acreage near the plant. The total acreage secured by the field men is 2,324 and is exclusive of the 3,000 acres obtained by the Farm Bureau. This brings the necessary acreage to more than 6,000. It is understood that the Great Lakes Refining Co, will lease the local mill provided 12,000 aeies can (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) NEW FUNERAL HOME PLANNED Veteran Undertaking Conce r n Establishes Funeral Parlors Yaget Bros., today announced the opening of a new funeral home in the residence, 110 South First street The north half of the residence has been remoueled and made into a funeral parlor and all cases will be cared tor at this place. Recently a new ambulance was purchased by Yaget B os., and a lady attendant has been employed to assist in carrying out tlie details of the profession. The ambulance service is available at any hour of the day and members of the firm will answer calls for their set vice whenever needed. Yager Bros., is the oldest undertaking firm in Decatur, being established here in 1865 and continual service has been given the public in the past 66 years. o Legion Members Will Go to Ft. Wayne Sunday Members of Adams post Amercan Legion who desire to take membership cards to Fort Wayne Sunday to give them to the state airplane squadron ate asked to meet at Legion hall Sunday morning at 11 o’clock, where transportation will be I furnished. Q Roos Is Sentenced Indianapolis, Nov. 14 — (UP) — Leo Roos, former Anderson Jeweler, was fined $5,000 and sentenced to federal prison In Leavenworth Kas., for five years on each of two counts, the terms to run concurrently, by Federal Judge Robert C. Baltzell, today. Lena E. Roos, his wife, proprietor of the jewelry firm in Anderson, was fined $2,500 and sentenced to serve 15 months in Federal women’s reformatory at Alderson, W. Va. o Lindbergh Plans Trip Roosevelt Field, N. Y., Nov. 14. ’ _(u.R)—Col. Charles A Lindbergh left here by airplane at 10:23 a. m. ’ for Miami, Fla. At Miami he will pilot the African Clipper, new Pan-American Airways plane, on the inaugutal trip to Central America.

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Berger Foundation Dinner infills U> : ? t :<rv n - e je Mayor Daniel Hoan of Milwaukee Heft), speakin ■ at the Berger Foundation dinner at Chicago Thursday night Left to right: Mayor Hoan. Mrs. Hoan, Clarence Darrow. Mrs. Meta Berger widow of Congressman Victor Berger, and Governor Philip F. La Follette of Wisconsin. The dinner was the first of thhty being held throughout the country under the auspices of the Victor Berger Foundation to develop support for a liberal press.

FRUIT DRIVE IS COMPLETED Civic Section Makes Record In Collection of Fruit, Vegetables Miss Emilie Christ, superintendent of the Adams County Memorial Hospital today reported the total number of cans of fruit and the amount of vegetables received during the recent fruit drive conductd by the Civic Section of the Woman's Club. Miss Christ and members of the hospital board, together with members of the Civic Section regard | the driv as the most successful ever i conducted in Adams County, and | feel grateful to the many generous donors who contribute toward the I success of the drive. Miss Christ repot ts that there were 1374 quarts of fruit received and an unusually large amount of miscellaneous articles including nearly every kind of vegetables, fruits, juices, catsup, vinegar, jelly, honey, and flour. The fruit drive is an annual event ami has been sponsored by the Civ ic Section of the Woman’s Club for a number of years. The fruit derived from the county-wide canvass is used at the Adams County Memorial Hospital. Each year the drive nets more contributions than the year before. Following is lite report of dona(CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) HUNTERS URGED TO KEEP LAWS Indiana I‘hheasants Protected By Statute At All Times of Year Leigh Bowen, president of the Izaak Walton league today issued an appeal to hunters not to kill the pheasants in Adams County. Although the law forbiris the killing of pheasants, hunters will kill them. Mr. Bowen stated. As a matter of sportsmanship a true sportsman will not kill the birds. Mr. Bow en emphasized. Several months ago 100 pheasants were placed in Adams County and if the birds are let alone the flock will multifly and in a few years the state law may be changed to permit the hunting of pheasants. Ohio has such a law, the open season being tor ten days. The hunting season for rabbits and quail opened November 11. The bag limit on quail is 15 birds a day and not to exceed 45 for three or more successive days. The bag limit on ral’l’its is ten a day. Tile quail season closes December 20 and the rabbit season January 10. ■ ■ -.Q Contract Is Awarded Washington, Nov. 14 —(UP) — Tlie veteran’s administration announced today award of the contract for constructing an addition to the Chillicothe, O„ veteran’s hospital to H. G. Christman Co., of South Bend, Ind., for $429,830. The addition is to provide 300 beds. Contract for plumbing, heating and electrical fittings was awarded to C. A. Cooper Co., of Madison, Wis„ for $149,650.

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, November 14, 1931.

Group Holds Meeting The first meeting of the preschool study group was held Fri- ■ day evening in the Chamber of commerce rooms with a large num- i her of mothers present. Dr. Dorothy I Teal and Miss Nancy Gibbs of the Baby Health Station were in charge and iplans were made for future ! study meetings. The group will meet the second I Friday in each month, and mothers interested in character training and development of small children are invited to attend. (The subject of the next meeting will be "Heredity and Environment—how they influence the nature of our children." CLERK MAKES I [ TERM REPORT Many Civil And Estate Cases Filed In Adams Circuit Court Miss Bernice Nelson, Clerk of the I Adams Circuit Court, today filed j her report of the September term of I court, which closed here Saturday, l I November 7. i According to the report there was i a total of 169 new cases filed here lin the Civil docket, including 61 cases venued here from other conn-1 ties. 'This includes cases filed dur-1 ing tlie summer vacation and the’ September term o fcourt. A total of 131 eases were disposed'of. of which 20 were miscellaneous; 4 were venued to other counties; 55 were dismissed; 37 judgments were render-1 ed; 5 decrees of foreclosure were ' issued; 9 persons were adjudged of | unsound mind, and 1 divorce was I granted. There were 32 estate cases filed during the summer vacation and ■ regular term of court, and 22 old cases were disposed of. Six new guardianships were entered and 11 | old ones were disposed of. Miss Nelsqn also reported 55 persons W'ere arrested and made de- ‘ fendants in criminal cases during the past term of court. Os the criminal cases disposed of 25 were dis- ' missed; 4 were acquitted; 3 received suspended sentences; 3 received | fines only; 5 were sentenced to ' jail, and 8 were sent to the State Penal Farm. The November term of court will open on Monday, November J 6; Miss Nelson stated. ; o i Theft, Murder Admitted Evansville, Ind., Nov. 14. — (U.R) —William Phelps, 21, confessed to- , day that he and William Wedding, , j committed the restaurant robbery i n Princeton yesterday morning I . when Harve McGarrah, 61, pro-, . prletor, was shot and killed, auth- j I orlties here announced. , Wedding, who was shot in the leg in an attempt to evade capture, is being held under guard in a hospital. Phelps, who was captured with Wedding, is in jail. Both live here. Home-Coming Sunday i , The United Brethren in Christ C church at Bobo will observe its annual home-coming Sunday with an j appropriate program and all day service Sunday November 15. A bas4 ket dinner also will ty* served. The f public is Invited to attend all the services.

DREDGE GAUSE TAKES RECESS Wabash River Case Is Continued Until Dec. 7 By Agreement Further hearings on the Wabash River d:ain cause will not be heard until December 7. this agreement being reached last evening by Special Judge Henry Kister of Princeton and the attorneys in the case. A short session was held this 1 morning and adjournament taken i. until that date. This was decided I upon because the appropriation oil ' $750 made by the county eottneil last week would not permit the I hearing to continue until January j when returns will bh made on taxes ■ and at which time the county will be reimbursed by the state for the i money paid to Judge Kister which amounts to $25.00 per day. The case has already occupied eight weeks and will continue that much longer at least. Several are of the opinion that it can not be concluded in less than three • months. Tlie attorneys and Judge Kister have other matters which are pressing them and which must have attention in courts, so the vacation at this time seems to have been enI tirely satisfactory with every one | concerned. C. J. Lutz one of the attorneys In the case will assist the state in the iprosecution of Joseph (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) ILLINOIS MAN CORN CHAMPION lowa Corn Field Is Muddy As State Title Holders Compete Grundy Center, lowa, Nov. 14.--I (U.R) —Orville Welch. Monticello. 111., whose weight is about that of a good college halfback, today hud SIOO in prize money and tlie title of champion corn husker of America. The 26-year-old farmer-athlete won the honors by sending more than a ton of golden corn ears thumping against the bankboards of his wagon in 80 minutes in Clyde Wilhelm’s muddy corn field. With a husking hook on his bare right hand, Welch bobbed his way through tlie acre corn patch to victory while 60,000 spectators including Governor Dan W. Turner cheered him on. The husking champion was !Grundy’s greatest celebration, i Spectators from all over lowa and (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO, ■’ o — Urges More Confidence Fort Wayne, Ind.. Nov. 14.—(U.R) — Greater public confidence in banks was urged by Governor Harry G. Leslie in an address before the Guest Club here. He attributed much orlhe present economic uneasiness to withdrawals by ' persons who had lost faith In bank- -, ing institution. I “Indiana has some of the best j 1 banking officials in the country," I ’ Leslie said, “and its banks are I safe.”

State, National And International News

COOLIDGE HAS I LIFE OF SMALL I TOWN ATTORNEY — Ex-President Happy In Simplicity; Is Satisfied If Left Alone NO DESIRE FOR POWER Copyright 1931, by United Press I Northampton, Mass., Nov.; 1 | —(U.R>— Calvin Coolidge apparently is the only man left in America who refuses to volunteer advice for curing the depression. He is devoting himself energetically to minding his own business in his characteristic silent wav. If there were a shortage of advice, Coolidge undoubtedly would do his bit. But as with other commodities, the market on advice is gorged. So this man who guided the nation through its richest years is | content to let those who have responsibility exercise it while he sits quietly in his country town I law office here, philosophical and i confident that the common sense of the average hard-headed man will make the best of what there is and eventually restore things to rights. Citizen Coolidge is one national figure making a determined effort to efface himself. Most public men, after retiring from office, insist upon resuming their amateur standing which includes the pre(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o CORN YIELD IS HIGH FOR YEAR Indiana Crop Is Six Bushels Above 10-Year Average, Report Shows Lafayette, Ind.. Nov. 14 —(UP) —lndiana’s corn crop, now being harvested, is yielding 41.5 bushels an acre, it was revealed in a report today by M. M. Austin, statistician for the U. S. department of agriculture staff. This yield, Austin said, is six bushels above the 10-year average. Drought damage was reported along the Illinois line between the Wabash and Kankakee rivers, but (he crop in general is of exceptional quality, Justin said. It is rated 90 per cent normal. The 10-year average is 77 per cent. The report also said that the potato yield averages 94 bushels an acre, but of inferior quality. Tobacco averages 924 pounds an acre. Tlie 10-year average is 833 pounds an acre Quality of tobacco, placed at 85, is 3 per cent higher than average. Soybean acreage was estimated at 164.000 acres with the yield at 17.3 bushels an acre. The crop estimate is 2,837,000 bushels, approximately a million bushels more than last year. Apple production was placed at 95 per cent of a full crop. Pears I were reported to be 91 per cent 1 and grapes 88 per cent. Qualitys ■ of all fruits is above average, the | report said. Supervisor Is Named — Indianapolis, Nov. 14 —(UP) — I Floyd Saxton, Gary, today was nam-1 ed supervisor of chain store (ax collections in the first district, Lake county by the state tax board. Supervisors for the other districts were named yesterday. —n Former Decatur Resident Dies At Burr Oak, Mich D. L. Sovine, 80, former Decatur man died this morning at the home of his son. Henry Sovine, in Burr Oak. Michigan, according to word received by relatives here today. Death was caused by heart trouble and complications and followed an illness of only a few days. Surviving are the following children: Robert Sovine of this city; Mrs. Will Michaels, Jr., of Monroe; I Mrs. Ervin Hawk of Waynedale; i Henry Sovine of Burr Oak, Michl--1 gan; Dan Sovine of Warren, and 1 John Sovine of Gas City. Funeral arrangements have not I been completed.

Price Two Cents

Husband Identifies Slain Woman wife ' I f W t. ■■■*. Mrs. Mary Stelmachowski, 22-year-old Chicago woman, believed by her husband and sister-in-law to have been the Crystal Lake, 111., “grave" killing victim. They identified the undergarments found in the shallow grave as having 1 belonged to Mrs. Stelmachowski.

DOLLAR DAY DRAWS MANY Shoppers Take Advantage Os Local Bargains Saturday Shoppers were busy today trading at the local stores and taking advantage of the special bargains offered by Merchants in the Twin Dollar Day sales. Beginning yesterday, the Dollar Day shoppers took hold of Decatur and merchants report a nice business for the first day. Early today shoppers arrived in Decatur and stores were busy during the forenoon. As has been the custom the stores will remain open tonight and it is expected that large crowds will lie here to do their week-end shopping. Much seasonable merchandise was offered by Decatur merchants in the dollar day sales and the thrifty shopper was quick to take advantage of the others. Practically every retail store In Decatur joined in the city wide two day sale feast. With Christmas shopping only a few weeks off, local merchants are planning to give the shopper every bargain possible. Courteous service and well displayed stocks of Hie new lower in iprice merchandise are always offered by local (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) o— MRS. CARAWAY TALKS POLITICS New Senator From Arkansas Says She Will Follow Old Program Jonesboro, Ark., Nov. 14.—(U.R) — Mrs. Hattie Caraway, a short ■motherly woman with brown wavy ■ hair and blue eyes, talked of her appointment as U. S. senator today, ; weeping quietly when she spoke of I her husband, Senator T. H. Caraway, whose death left the place she I will fill. With her three sons—two of them ■lieutenants in the navy — around I her, Mrs. Caraway sat is the dark . paneled dining room of their modest home and told how she rarely had discussed politics because she wanted her husband to "get a good rest” when he was at home. Mrs. Caraway was appointed by Governor Harvey Parnell of Arkansas to fill the senate vacancy temporarily with the recommendaiCONTINI HI) ON PAGE TWO) o Rowbottom Is Home Evansville, Ind., Nov. 14.—(U.R) — Former Congressman Harry E. Rowbottom, home here after eight months in the Leavenworth Federal penitentiary, today prepared to join former Mayor Herbert Males In an insurance firm. Rowbottom was sentenced to Imprisonment of a year and a day on a charge of selling postoffice appointments. His wife and son, Emerson, and a few friends, met him | when he arrived.

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KILLER ENDS TESTIMONY AT HIS OWN TRIAL State’s Attorney Tries To Mix Witness; Case Thought Near End WILL RESUME NEXT MONDAY Fort Wayne, Nov. 14 —<U.R) —The state completed ils cross examination of George Adams, accused of the murder of John Wilson, prohibition agent today. Prosecutor Walter Helmke, proceeded in confusing Adams regarding a few details of the slaving of Wilson and Walter Gilbert, another agent last Julv 22. when Adams reiterated in general the storv he told on direct examination yesterday. At that time he said that after he reached for his gun “everything went black.” Today Helmke reminded him that he previously had recalled firing in all directions. The State asked if Adams remembered firing at Wilson and Oliver Gettle, also an agent. Fort Wayne, Nov. 14—(U.R)-— The state continued to batter today at George Adams’ story of the killing of John Wilson and Walter Gilbert, prohibition agents. Two and one-half hours of cross examination failed to shake the testimony Adams gave on the witness stand yesterday, the first 'CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO' , o RAILROADS TO BE KEPT OPEN 1 Japanese Officer Says He Will Force Opening In Manchuria , Copyright 1931 by United Press Mukden, Manchuria, Nov. 14.— . (U.R) —General Shigeru Honjo, commander of the Japanese army in Manchuria, intends to open the railroad line to Tsitsihar ami to keep it open, charging "a regional ’ state of war exists in the Anganchi area." “There is clear evidence that the Chinese commanders at angan- ’ chi were helped from tlie outside, with troops, ammunition and advisors,” he declared. “Such help Apparently is possible only from Chinese Korean soldiers in the third red army in Sibteria," he said in an interview with the United Press. 1 The Japanese commander, who I delivered an ultimatum to General Ma Chan-Shan demanding evacuation of troops opposed to Japanese before Nov. 25. was smiling and friendly when he received the correspondent. But he made it clear that the Japanese troops which have been fighting General . Ma's Chinese forces on the Nonni front near Anganchi would reopen (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) POWERSFACES ■ MURDER CHARGE Marriage Agency Man Arraigned In Court On 1 Death Charges ’ Clarksbur;, W. Va., Nov. 14 — ’ (UP) — lHarry F. Powers, alleged ’ confessed “bluebeard" killer of two ’ women and three children, ipleaded not guilty today when arraigned formally on five charges of first degree murder. Judge John C Southern tentatively set the trial date for Dec. 7 and said he would set dates for argu- • ments on a motion for change of 1 venue later. Fifty officers guarded Powers as ’ he was taken from the 'Harrison 1 county jail to the Federal building to enter formal pleas to the Indictments which were returned last 1 Tuesday. Heavily handcuffed, an dwearlng the same light gray suit he wore (CONTINUED ON “AGE TWO)