Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 279, Decatur, Adams County, 27 November 1931 — Page 1

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mCHRISTMAS in PLANNED ioR FAMILIES litjH E- Employes To '"'Kd Annual \flair At ■t.H.S.E) mnasium Claus /■' WILL ATTEND of tin biggest Christ•—r Io be held ill —^K r is planned for De--22 when all employes Decal ur plant of the Electric and their will gather at Decahigh school gymptoember 22 for the K Santa Claus visit. Krv empboe has signiti--,’iici attending the Knit this year and it is estiliandieds of kiddies. ■a:v planned for the '- been made * ger.e’-.d ' mittee for the | 1..: Claus and his ' .luring the eve tiril.g lieSS to the ( llil- • . the grown-up-aid tree to those at Mt and Santa Claus will disoirdv. apples, oranges. ■-:• drinks and balloons, Il s been secured ■ ing. and darn ing in the night s en ral acts of vaude ibtained and the any .0,,. r similar event M ? tory. the coin stat.-d >a announcing the l.a>" underway tor l:av. taking a deep >t. year's party, payattention to the chil ■ ?' tertainment. <m and detailp.ot. till be announced Mit was said today. flne Young People Ko Give Program Here Msl’ram. Burkhalter and a people from the |^B° nar y elmt.li at Berne will opening s -rvi< es church. Sun inning at 7: :1b o'Burkhalfr recently wa. and ha j. frequently been over ratlin station WMBI invited to the ser■untington Girl Hurt Margaret Perceli of near a<-< ijiein , h Q ssi j an r , )a <l U“ | lnrk tins morning and was 1 I ' th- \danis County MeHospital It was learned her are in,t serious and she her home this aflerB" other o. t upant of the car, a man. was not Injured. The badly damaged and was ' t° a local garage for re■LEY FINED IfH CONTEMPT ft "ho Disap pea rB i “ r <>ught Before J u<tee Erwin Today Dailey, twin brother of 111 lalley. Who was acquitted m s circuit court two weeks nnr, a . harge of larceny On wit '* t,le alleged theft i lhe Sama ntha Younk lehi i’ US Cr ««k township, was d euurt this morning and lor contempt of court by •' D - B. Erwin. a urn Ualley> who was called . Ile * B in Ute case against e>. disappeared after he Part of his testimony and . return to court. A writ was , ,’ nQ<l!ately hut officers r hi.’J e to f,n(l hlm the day H disappearance/ !v » r "l”' In fining Dailey sehl.ePrJ I ? an< * e< ’ ,llm anti stated r. y °lation had been a flac °ntempt of court.

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Vol. XXIX. No. 279.

I Anti-Saloon League Representative Coming Rev. J. Erank Jenner, of th.- State force of the Indiana Anti-Saloon League, will present the work of I that o.ganization, next Sunday I m irnin ■ at the I church. Rev. Jenner is one of th regular men who speaks for the Indiana • League. All who ar.- int< the prohibition cause who can pos sibly do so, are urged to hea Mr. Jenner. SNOW VISITS COUNTY TODAY J Heavy Snowfall Conies During Night: Winter Weather Arrives Adams county citizens awakened , this morning and got their first . dose of winter weatli r. A heavy . snow, estimated to be about five ' ’im-hes In depth had fallen during I 1 the night and everything was white I It was the first snowfall of the I season. After an unusually warm autumn. 1 1 the temperature dropped some last : Wednesday and Thursday, the mer i cury hovered around the freezing I mark. According to weather rec ords kept by F. V. Mills. Adams ’ circuit court bailiff the temperature ■ a year ago Thanksgiving was 1 degree above zero, and at one timoi 1 in the night the temperature fell ' ■ to below zero. A year ago there were two ' inches of snow on the ground and ‘ winter had been well imbedded for several weeks. Following are the • November, 1930 temperatures from ’ November 23 to 30 inclusive: 1 Nov. 23, 33 degrees above zero. Nov. 24, 39 degrees above zero. Nov.x2s, 22 degrees above zero. ' Nov. 26, 22 degrees above zero. ' snow. Nov. 27. 26 degrees above zero. Nov. 28, 2 degrees above zero. Nov. 29, 21 degrees above zero. 1 Nov. 30, 44 degrees above zero. ' November 27. which was Thanksgiving set a new November temp .CONT'NUED ON PAGE SIX’ ,1 ®- WILSON ISSUES > I j NEW STATEMENT Denies Words Charging Legionnaires \\ ith “Much Drinking" Washington, Nov. 27 <U.R) Dr. Clarence True Wilson, - of the board of temperance, prohibition and public morals of the Methodist Episcopal church issued a statement today declaring he had never referred to American 1 Legionnaires as “bums.' ' lums," or “imps of hell He also said it had never been his opinion that “American Legion conventions are planned ahead of lime as drunken orgies.” “When the American Legion 1 convention in Detroit passed a ’ resolution which was generally 1 interpreted as ’wet,' although the newly elected commander. Mr. Stevens, says that this is a mistaken interpretation. I made certain comment which was in accordance with the text of a carefully i prepared statement,’ Dr. \t i 111 H statement said. “Subsequent to the publication of this comment. I was approar hed’by reporters for a western newspaper who asked for a special interview Being in a hurry to reach an engagement, I explained that 1 could give (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX; r o i Willshire Plans Play » r The junior class of tire Willshire 1 high school will present a clever t three-act comedy. "T h e Ghost t Walks," at the school auditorium. I tonight. November 27. ' The chief parts in the comedy will be taken by Miss Irene Hofi 1 man and Donald White, and they I will be supported by the Misses > Mildred Edwards. Margaret Yocum. I Opal Gause, Devonna Painter. Heli en Roop and Delmore Mitch, ami I Messrs. Vernon Coffee and Marvin t Putman. Miss Pauline Remagen has direct- - ed the play, which will start to--1 night at 8 o’clock. Admission will - be thirty-five cents, twenty-five and fifteen cents.

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Mapping New Mooney Fight .siHßiSSik mHB' 'Mi i < ■wW - Hi V* ’ st J iv J i f A Photo shows (from left to right), Frank P. Walsh, noted labor lawyer; Tom Mooney, and Edward Nockels, labor loader of Chicago interested in the M ocney case conferring in San Quentin prison on new j (..mpaign to win, the acquittal of Mooney in the fam >us San Francisco Preparedness Day r bombing.

M AGLEY YOUNG MAN EXPIRES Harley Anderson, 20, Is Death’s Victim; Dies At Local Hospital Harley Kenneth Andereson, 20, I electrician living a mile west of Magley died at the Adams Coiyity Memorial Hospital Wednesday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock of tuberculosis of the brain. Mr. Anderson had been-, ill for a short time and was removed to the hospital sot—treatment last Monday. He was born in Lancaster township, Wells county. February 11, litll, the son of John B. and Aldula Fiauhiger-Anderson. He resided | near Magley for 15 years and for the past 5 years has worked in a number of cities as an electrician. He was a member of the Pleasant Valley church. Surviving are the parents, the following brothers and sisters, II John, Robert, Garth. Ervin, and Mrs. Velma Scrivener of Detroit, Mich. Funeral services will be held Saturday afte noon at 2 o'clock at the • Pleasant Valley church with Rev. E. L. Johnston, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in the Oakland cemetery. o Choir Will Rehearse Members of the Zion Reformed Church choir will meet for rehear--1 sal at 7 o'clock tonight. It is important that every member be present if at all possible. SNOW ISOLATES INDIAN TRIBES l Five Hundred Reported Endangered From Cold And Hunger Gallup. N. M., Nov. 27—(U.R)— i Five hundred Navajo ami Zuni > Indians trapped on the desolate . windswept mesas of the southwest • faced death from cold and starvaI tion today rather than abandon’ i plnon nuts they gad gathered. Nine already are dead in what > may result in. one of the nation s worst blizzard tragedies. Trapped in the mesas when a blizzard suddenly swept the region, the plight of the tribesmen was described as horrible. But with ■ the queer psychology of the redman. they braved death rather than abandon the pinon nuts they • had gone to gather. Three hundred Indians, in small ' groups, straggled, more dead than alive, into civilization yesterday. The rest, they said, remained to 1 guard the nuts. The tiny Indian • ponies were so weakened by hung- ■ er and exposure they were unable I to haul the harvest. i The three hundred set about Immediately to fatten their ponies on forced diets of corn and oats—rarities in the life of an Indian I pony —to strengthen them suffl- ' ON PAGE SIX)

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, November 5® 1931.

Harry Knapp Takes Lions’ Presidency Rev. Howard Brumley of Chica(J go delivered an address on “The I Big Stick," before members of the ; Lions Club at the regular meeting, ; Tuesday night. Dr. Burt Mangold i was in charge of the program. The resignation of Ralph Gentis as president was accepted and Harry Knapp was appointed to succeed Mr. Gentis, serving the remainder ' of his term. The new president will be named at the regular election in June. The Lions t’hili members I will meet at Monroe on December I 8. J I o Snowfall Is Heavy Miss Mary Yost who has charge • lof the water gauge in Decatur an- ‘ jnounced today that the actual depth ' I of the snow on the ground, follow- ’ [ ing last night’s snowfall, was 1 . inches. The depth of the melted ! snow was %-inch. o LEAGUE HOLDS " SECRET MEET -1 J . Japan And China Are Barred From Session Held Today Paris, Nov. 27 —(UP) —The League of Nations council of 12 memI bers with China and Japan absent . I held a brief secret meeting today . | and adopted Its revised resolution t providing for cessation of hostilities in Manchuria and an official invesgation. ’The Chinese, however, were reliably reported to have refused to consider the resolution as long as the southern Manchurian city of 1 Shincho was menaced by Japan' se ) troops. The League secretariat did not expect a public session of tile counI efl before Tuesday, with efforts being made in the interim to have the Japanese and Chinese agree to the •CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO! i Movie Star Expires a t New York, Nov. 27.—(U.R) —Lya de Puttl, film actress and internalional beauty, died here early today 1 ot double pneumonia following infection that followed an operation I to remove a chicken bone from her s throat. j Oxygen was administered in a I I last attempt to save her life.

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STATE HOUSE UNDER GUARD Police Requested After Communist M arch Plans Are Exposed Indianapolis, Nov. 27—(U.R) - City and .state police were requested by Lewis O. Chasey, secretary to Governor Harry G. Leslie, to place the statehouse under a special guard today. Chasey said he had l>een ini formed that several men, armed I with revolvers, planned to demand ' that Governor Leslie obtain the, , release from prison of Theodore 1 ' Luesse. convicted communist agi- ! tator. and provide food and lodgI ing Monhay for “hunger marchers’’ 1 1 who will arrive here en route to ! Washington. D. C. | The men were overheard this I morning while making their plans, Chasey said. Governor Leslie, who was at 1 his office for only a few minutes | today, has refused to pardon I Luesse and on several occasions ! has turned a deaf ear to the de- ’ ntands of committees representing (CONTINUED ~N PAGE SIX) oMurder Trial Starts Mt. Sterling. Ky.. Nov. 27 —(UP* , i —Tales of Harlan county labor ‘ | meetings where plans were made t > ! * were on record today in the state J go “squirrel hunting" for deputies | drive to convict W. B. Johnes, mine "1 organizer, in. the killing of deputy sheriff James Daniels. o JAPAN ACCEPTS I PEACE PLANS Agrees To Withdraw Certain Troops In China Great Wall Tokio, Nov. 27. —(U.R) Japan" has t accepted the proposal of Marshal Chang Hseuh-Liang to withdraw f his troops from Chinchow inside the great wall of China. , Foreign Minister Baron Shider hara informed French Ambassador M. de Martel of the government's , decision. The government said there was no intention of occupying Chinchow at present. It was understood that Japan’s i acceptance of Chang's offer was i based on direct negotiations between Chang and the Tokio government. It was understood Japan would not make a pledge through any neutral power but would issue a general declaration to the world to the effect that if Chinchow troops were withdrawn from Manchuria, Japap would not occupy the Chin-chow-Shankakwan area. That would remain a demilitarized zone under local Chinese authorities. The cabinet’s decision not to send reinforcements to Tientsin meant that Baron Shidehara was determ(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

State, National And In terna t luuul News

THANKSGIVING OBSERVED HERE No Accidents Mar Day In Adams County; Hunters Take To Fields Thanksgiving Day passed quietly in Adams county with many family reunions, and company dinners reported from every town in the county. No serious automobile or hunting accidents were reported. Hundreds of Adams county farms were visited Thursday by hunters j who took many rabbits from the fields and woods. There was no community program, hut several of the churches held special Thanksgiving services. Weather was seasonal and the mercury hovered around the 34 mark almost all day. Darkness ar- , rived at 4:45 o’clock Thursday, about 15 minutes earlier than usual because of the cloudy skies. The sun broke through the clouds many times during the day, and there was little wind. Deaths Reported Chicago, Nov. 27.-—(U.R)—Thanks-giving Day accidents took upwards of 100 lives, a survey by the United Press indicated today. Though a cold wave in most sections of the country ended the lengthy siege of autumn-like weather, motoring accidents led the list I with responsibility for more than I half the fatalities. Hunting mishaps and home fires caused a considerable number of the deaths. The joy of motoring to Thanksgiving dinners was turned into tragedy in a number of instances by automobile accidents which resulted fatally. Five persons were drowned at Tyler, Tex., when their automobile shot over an embankment. They were Sam Hughes, 38, his wife, 30, two sons, Claude, 7, and Robert/ 5, and a brother. Ed Hughes, 30. Two men and a woman were killed at La Juna, Calif., when their I automobile collided with a coal i truck. Preparations for Thanksgiving j dinners took several lives. Mrs Marie Sousa, Visalia. Calif., (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) WEST TO EAST 1 FLIER IS SAFE Hinkler Safe After Hazardous Flight In South Atlantic Paris. Nov. 27.—(U.R)—The Aeropostale Company announced that Bert Hinkler, Australian flier, had arrived at St. Louis, Senegal, Africa. at 2 p. m. today from Natal, Brazil, completing the first nonstop airplane flight across the South Atlantic form west to east. Hinkler planned to proceed to Port Etienne tomorrow, the Aeropostale advices said. Hinkler’s flight from Natal was accomplished with considerable secrecy and mystery. Although the I South Atlantic has been crossed several times by airship and seaplane, it has never been crossed from Soutli America to Africa. The distance from Natal to St. Louis is approximately 1.650 miles. The flight to Port Etienne, northward along-the coast, should take i five hours, Aeropostale said. From there. Hinkler planned a 600-mile I flight across wild country to Casa- , blanca, Morocco. Unfriendly Moors reeide in That area. The weather across the Atlantic , during his flight was bad, except when approaching the African coast, the advices said. Manuscript Adopted Bloomington, Ind., Nov. 27. —(U.R) —A manuscript written by Miss Charlotte Hodell, Fort Wayne, was selected for the Jordan River Review, the Indiana University allstudent musical comedy. Miss Hodell was awarded the SSO prize for submitting the best musical com- , edy plot in the annual competition. Man Believed Murdered I Evansville, Ind., Nov. 27. —(U.R) — , Ule Reed. 53, was believed murdered today by a robber. Reed’s body was found in ills home. The place had been ransacked ami police said evidence showed Reed had struggled before he was slain with a [blow on the head.

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THE JURY | Charles Gage, retired farmi er, Root township. Joseph L. McConnell, salesj man, Decatur. Henry Schulte, clothier, De- I j catur. j Bert Haley, plasterer, Deca- ! | tur. Wilmer Worthman, farmer, | Kirkland. [ John A. Hendricks, farmer, Wabash. A. D. Suttles, loans and in- | surance, Decatur. Charles Balmer, barber, Monroe. E. D. Engeler, retired merchant, Decatur. Enos W. insurance salesman, Berne. Frenk Kuntz, garage operat- t i or, Berne. Dore Anspaugh, farmer, Jes- . j ferson township. ♦ -♦ LAVAL'S PLAN WELL ACCEPTED Reparations To Governments Before Private Loans M in Favor Paris, Nov. 27 —(U.R) — Premier Pierre Laval’s foreign policy, which calls for reparations payments from Germany before payment of Germany’s private debts, including two billion dollars in America alone, has won a suprrisingly strong vote of confidence. The premier, who recently conferred in Washington with President Hoover, also advanced as his government’s foreign policy, insistence that no basic changes be made in the Young plan, and that there be no reduction in reparations without a proportionate reduction in French war debt payments. fiTwUilzzm dfiß—T SKJ yy JJ2JII The premier offered a detailed report on his visit with President Hoover, and on his visit in Berlin, prior to the vote of confidence. He insisted he had made no “secret agreements.” The chamber of deputies, with I the radical socialists abstaining. I voted confidence in the foreign policy by 325 to 150. The majority of 175 surprised even the ardent supporters of Laval. Laval discussed the foreign policy for 40 minutes. Regarding reparations, he said: “Firstly, we will not agree to basic changes in the Young plan but will accept provisional arrangements for the duration of the crisis. “Secondly, France will agree to reduction of reparations only in proportion to reductions agreed to in France’s war debts. “Thirdly. France will not agree to priority of payment of Germany’s private credits over reparations. “Fourthly, France insists upon continuation of payment of unconditional annuities. "Before defining France’s definite position,”' the premier continued, “I am awaiting firstly the United States congress’ approval of the Hoover moramorium, and secondly, the report of the Basle experts who will study Germany’s capacity to pay." The position of the German government is that the relation between loans and reparations is I inescapable. Germany has paid reparations through private loans (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) o Pedestrian is Killed Terre Haute. Ind., Nov. 27. —(U.R) —Mrs. Lydia Small, 45, was struck down and killed by a hit-and-run auto driver late yesterday. It was Terre Haute's only serious holiday accident. Former Student Held Milwaukee, Wis„ Nov. 27—(UP) —Allen Dunham, 20, rncine, who said he was a former student at Notre Dame Unversity, was arrested here today after being implicated in the holdup of a gasoline filling station. Dunham and two companions were taken into custody shortly after Eugene Sweet, filling station attendant, reported lie had been lobbed of $38.66 Sweet identified up. The other two suspects were Dunham as the man who held him held as material witnesses.

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EYE-WITNESS TELLS STORY OF SHOOTING James Halberstadt, Jr., Is First Witness For State As Trial Opens WITNESSES TO BE SEPARATED « 4 29 to be Called i It is expected that twenty- | nine witnesses will be sub- ! i poened by the state while | | attorney for the defense ex- j pect to use thirty. The court room was packed I i long before 1:30 this after- I | noon, many standing along the I I sides and at the rear of the [ I room. The order was excellent | I throughout. 4 ___4 BULLETIN James Halberstadt, Jr., was recalled for cross-examination as the trial opened this afternoon. Jim told the story over, adding that when Everett turned the Quo on him and said “beat it” he started to run that Everett turned the gun on Tom who also ran. Heard shot and returned to help Doras, struck Everett several times. Attorney DeVoss then asked a number of questions, tending to impeach the witness: Question —Did you go down to the river for the purpose of beating up Joe Everett? Answer—No. Did you tell Harry Daniels you were going to get your brother and Werling and beat the old up? Answer—No sir. Did you ever say you were going to get Joe Everett? Objection by state and argument follows. Mr. DeVoss said the theory of defense was that there was a conspiracy between Werling and the Halberstadt boys to assault Everett. Mr. Lutz objected to the questions along that line and was sustained. Did you say in) Dr. Vizard’s offica when asked what you were doing while the shots were fired that you were giving Everett h-l? No. Did you tell a man named Burkhalter you were going down to beat Joe up? Objestion sustained. Did you say to Luther Funk, showing your wrist, ‘that’s what I got beating the old up? Answer—No sir. Did you a few days after the fight, tel! Harry Daniel you were Sorry you didn't kilt Everett? Objection sustained. 1 Re-examination Attorney Lutz re-examined and i brought out that when Halberstadt told Joe he was going to ■ tell the sheriff that joe replied: “to h-l with the sheriff, I’m not ( afraid of him." He emphasized l the fact that James or Tom Halberstadt or Doras Werling did not • | touch Joe until after the first shot [ vvas fired and that Joe was 250 ■ feet or more away when they I arrived at the scene. Halberstadt was excused at 2:50 and Sheriff Burl Johnson was called by the state. He identified tho revolver which Everett admitted to him he used in shooting Werling. (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) BANDITS FACE THEFT CHARGES Kendallville Suspects Are Charged W ith Robbery At Coldwater, Mich. Coldwater, Mich., Nov. 27. —<U.R) —Charges of robbing the First National Bank of Kendallville, Ind., of $25,000 today were to be placed against Joe Hanley, Chicago gang- ’ ster, and Bert Angus, Toledo, suspects arrested near here November 13. Warrants charging the suspects with tile Kendallville holdup were to arrive today according to county Prosecutor William H. Frankhouser. The prosecutor said he believed Indiana authorities have the best claim on the two men. charged here with possession of stolen bonds and carrying concealed weapons. Defense attorneys have Indicated they will fight extradition.