Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 294, Decatur, Adams County, 14 December 1931 — Page 1

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|nate opens m BUSINESS pus leader Ldcnt Pro Tem Is Still ■ Undecided; Moses I Fails To Win In. CARAWAY ■ ON COMMITTEE lashinjrton. Dee. 14.—<U.R) Ke senate organized for I today without wait- | ■for a settlement of the! Hsofthe wild jackass” dis- j K which is delaying elecKof a president pro tem■rgaiiization was completKfter a w eek had been deKj to futile efforts to reK Senator George ft. Moses, ■n N'. U . to that honorary ofBor tn replace him with anotlipresiil. el pro tem issue may Holve through a ruling by ViceBident Curtis. Curtis may rule Bg that the election may be Bgcnl as unfinished senate bus B by a majority vote or l>v Bimcu.i consent. In the latter ■ the senate probably would reBt in stalemate until Moses is Bd to withdraw or the insttrB repultlicans capitulate. OthBse Moses would remain presi- ■ pro-tem without ttie formality ■^election. ■pmization was effected by ( Bally constituting senate contBees for the new session. InBents have said they had been Bussed with loss of committee Brmanshtps if they maintained B opposition to Moses, but alt ■them retained their places. Bnator Hattie Caraway, Dem.. Band tir.st full-time woman senB was assigned to one major Baittec, agriculture, and to the Bportant committees on the lilt? and enrolled bills. ■ Japanese Is Speaker B Icyda, a Japanese, gave a Bt talk before pupils o: DecaB bigb school this morning, tel 1Ithe customs of the Japanese as Bared with those of the Am n ils. He also exhibited a number of B->. pictures, and paintings B in Japan. MTOfiIUM IS DOUBTFUL pover Plan Starts On I ncertain Trip Through | Congress Washington, Dec. 14. — (U.R) — Bdent Hoover's foreign debt •ttorium was started on its unlain course through congress toB with the White House blessing I hoping. Administration leadB predicted its eventual ratiflcaI though well aware of a real It. Birman Collier of the house I s and means committee today Pkluced the bill prepared by the paury to make the moratorium •Wive, jjp called the committee P eet - at 2p. m. tomorrow to hear Pereeeretary of the Treasury P e, i L. Mills on behalf of the Piinistratlon. Collier said he B the house would complete fi'in by Saturday. NtinuED on PAGE THREE) I O [Good Fellows Club r — ♦ Contributions to the Good Fellow which is being sponsored by ► Delta Thota Tau Sorority, f" n ot been coming In very rapPb and those in charge desire r ! everyone who can give do so F s °on as possible. P !le money to be derived from f elnb will be used for poor rWren of this community at fdatmas time, and a large fount will be needed this year. [ Tl >e sorority, in its effort to r* the club a success, are r'dng hard in preparation for r annual benefit basketball game Thursday night, ontrlbutions received to date "Hide: devious total $82.88 Total $83.00

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Missing Singer | 1 The mysterious disappearance of Mine. Santa Biondo, 28-vear-old lyric soprano, on the eve of her first major appearance at (he Met-, ropolitan Opera House, New York.: continues to puzzle her friends and the police. Mme. Biondo. who! lives with her husband in New I Haven, Conn., when not singing, | left a note in her hotel suite! threatening .suicide, but detectives! are of the opinion that there is j something more behind the sing-j er’s disappearance WREN PREPARES FOR DEDICATION! i i New Town Hall Will Be Dedicated Wednesday At Wren, Ohio Final preparations have been completed for the dedication of the new town hall at Wren, Ohio, which will be held Wednesday afternoon. December 16. at 1 o'clock. | Rev. F. E. Fetherolf, pastor of the | First United Brethren church at Wren, is chairman of the commttee in charge, and will deliver the dedicatory service. Addresses will be given by Rev. j W. C. Davies and Rev. F. 1.. Pres-! tidge. An interesting afternoon’s I program has been arranged by a committee comprising Rev. Fetherolf. Rev. W. O. Johnson, and Rev. G. A. Eddy. Town officials of the town of Wren are G. G. Sheets, mayor; Otto Gehres, clerk, and Frank Sheets, treasurer, and members of the council include Bryan Myers, J. S. Dull, C. C. McWilliams, Walter Gehres, Ellsworth McClure, and Clarence Chronlster. The public is invited to attend the dedication. Following is the program; Music Wren High School Band “America" Audience Scripture Reading and Prayer Rev. G. A. Eddy, pastor it. U. B. Church. Music Wren High School Band Address Rev. W C. Davies, (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) CRIME WAR IS SUCCESSFUL Figures Show Commission In State Is Effectively Working Indianapolis, Dec. 14 — (U.R) 111 1930, when the Indiana crime commissioner waged a state-wide campaign for more effective law enforcement, there was a sharp decrease in the number of law violations compared with the two previous years. Ti.'s was revealed in a report from all of the state's courts compiled by the state legislative bureau under Charles Kettleborough. Criminal offenses charged in all courts in 1930 numbered 86,148, compared with 9", 518 in 1929 and 93,447 in 1928. Although the total number of cases decreased, there was a decided increase In such crimes as homicide, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny, forgery und counterfeiting, f ‘ mhezl ‘ ietuent (.CONTINUED ON RA3E THREE)

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E.T. WALLACE TO BE IN COUNTY Purdue Extension Man to Speak at Two Meetings During Week E. T. Wallace, extension dairyman of Purdue University will be the speaker ala meeting of the Dairy Herd Improvement Association at Monroe high school buildI ing Wednesday evening, December [l6 at 7:30 o'clock. The Herd Improvement Association is entering its eighth year and lias done good work in feeding and j culling. The breeding problem is j getting to the point where it needs special emphasis. Mr. Wallace will conduct a breeding school. This i work is timely and any cattle I breeder other than the Herd Improvement Assocation is invited to attend. A number of the Herd Improvement Association members are well ; started on their cattle breeding program and one of these' men, Mr. D. . 1). Schwartz of Berne will receive 1 j a special recognition this year for j ! his Work in this line. The sire own-! led by Mr. Schwartz named Clover- j ] leaf Duke Ormsby No. 442402 a Hoi- j ■stein Friesian will receive a silver j (medal. Six of the animal’s daughters have an average of 13,687 i pounds milk, 457.3 pounds butterfat with an average test of 3.3% at an average of two years and 10 months. The lactation period was ! figured for 365 days. E. T. Wallace will address the 4-H Calf Club members at a meet- j | iing at the Monroe high school, : Thursday evening, December 17 at 17:30 p. m. A program is being j I arranged in addition to the talk by j jMr. Wallace. It is planned that through these meetings interest inf 1 4-H dub work may he continued throughout the year. Plan Charity Ball The local Moose lodge will sponsor a Charity Ball in the K. of C. | Hall, Friday night, December 18, it has been announced. The Grim t orchestra of Tocsin will furnish the I music lor the dance. The evening will he vaiiated with round and i square dancing. The charity ball will be given I lor the purpose of starting a carn- ! paign for new buildings at MooseI heart. DECATUR MEN'S SISTER DIES Mrs. Rachel Brewster Expires Following SixWeek Illness Berne, Dec. 14—(Special)—Mrs. Rachel Brewster, 71, died at 10:30 o’clock Saturday night at the home of her daughter, Mrs. F. A. Burke near New Corydon, Jay County following a six wi«k's illness of carcinoma. She was born in Mercer county, Ohio. November 25, 1860, the daughter o Joshua and Elizabeth Bebout. | In 1879 she was united In marriage to George Brewster of Berne who preceded her tn death 12 years ago. | Surviving are the following children: Mrs. F. W. Burke of New Corydon; Lewis of Portland; Samuel of Mt. Pleasant, Michigan; Mrs. ' Goldie Teeter, Portland; the following sisters and brothers, Mrs. Laverda Brewster, Portland; Mrs. Anna Foreman and Mrs. Carolyn Foreman of Jefferson township; Mrs. Elizabeth Wendell), Berne; John and Abe Bebout of Decatur; Bruce i Bebout of Ashtabula, Ohio. Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at one o'clock . at the Burke residence and at 1:30 . o'clock at the Mt. Carmel church . with burial at New Corydon. Club Plans Meeting The South Ward Parent Teacher's Association will meet Tuesday afternoon, December 15, at 3:30 I o'clock In the South Ward School building. j Mrs. Robert Garard will lead a discussion on “Willing Obedience." Robsrt Lord will entertain the group with a piano selection, and Miss Mina Collie! 1 will have charge ! of the group singing. The officers of the association urge a large attendance of patrons 1 as matters of vital Importance to I the organization to be dlcussed.

Al’s Missing Son ! ! * I' tei # ■ 1 U&U J; || ( ! The disappearance of Walter Smith, youngest son of ex-Gover-nor Alfred E. Smith of New York, from Manhattan College, where he was a student, is believed to have j the fine Italian hand of little Dan Cupid behind it. The young mail is shown in a photo made last summer at Southampton, L. 1., with Florence Watson, in whom he was unusually Interested. ESTHER CONRAD EXPIRES TODAY I t 1 Ernst Conrad’s Daughter Dies Following Short Illness Esther Conrad, 7-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ernst Conrad living six miles northeast of this city died at 2; 16 o'clock this morning at the Adams County Memorial Hospital oi peritonitis. Miss Conrad attended school at i Zion Lutheran Parochial school j where she was a member of the sec- j ond grade until last Wednesday when she became ill. An emergency operation was performed early Friday morning, and on Sunday she underwent another operation from which she never recovered. The girl was born at Decatur, February 5, 1914, and %pent her entire life here. Surviving are the parents, three brothers, Walter, Arnold, Ralph all at home; the following step-brother and sisters, Mrs. C. M. Ellsworth of this city; Alvin ContCONTINUED ON PAGE TWOI Moose Plan Party The annual Moose Children’s Christmas program will be held Tuesday evening, December 22, at six o'clock at the Decatur high school auditorium. The program will be given early because of the General Electric program which will be held the same evening. All Moose and their families are I welcome, and a good program will i he given. FLIERS SAFE AFTER JUMP Passenger Leaps to Lighten Ship’s Burden; Both Safe Greencastle, Ind„ Dec. 14. —(U.R) —An aviator’s daring leap from a plunging plane permitted the pilot to right the ship and bring it safely to earth near Danville. The aviator, Richard Scanlon, 30, came down In Greencastle. He suffered a leg fracture and bruises, falling to a street after crashing through high tension wires. It was his first parachute leap. Frank Spring, 45, pilot, returned to Greencastle after landing the ship. Scanlon and Spring left St. Louis yesterday morning en route to Detroit. Striking heavy fog, they became lost and wandered for several houis. At 700 feet, the ship, a light monocoupe, went liito a nose dive. Scanlon leaped so that Spring, with the plane lightened, would have less difficulty in righting it..

\ DON’T QUOTE ME ♦ (U.R) ♦ Washington, Dec. 14.—(U.R)—The very own hook of tlie congressman and senator, the congressional directory, is out. In this volume, published each lime congress meets, the members of congress can tell of themselves the things they want known It becomes the repository, therefore, to which members confide the events of which they are proud. It is a revealing publication. Scrutiny reveals that Senator James John “Jim'' Da\is of Pennsylvania has the most to say for himself. He has 40 lines of biography, the longest in the volume. In position of longest biographer he succeeds former Senator Cole | B'.ease of South Carolina, who re(CONTINUED 1.:,’ i’AGE'THREE) COUNTY AGENT MOVES OFFICE L. E. Archhold Establish-! ins New Quarters In Federal Building The office of the Adams county pgricultural agent today was i moved from the second floor of the Adams county Court House to the sutebasement of the new Decatur Federal building, where new headquarters will be located permanently. L. E. Archbold, county agent, and Miss Erma Gage, secretary were supervising the moving of records. The new office room, provided by the Treasury department of the United States, is completely fur- ; nished with desks, tables, chairs and filing cabinets. All that is being moved to new quarters are the records. In all counties where new federal buildings are being constructed rooms are being provided for the county agent. The position is a joint-position with the county and federal government sharing in payment of the annual salary. Mr. Archbold said today that his new quarters would be ready for public inspection in a day or | two. There is an outside entrance j to the county agent's office. The I government now will furnish the heat, light and janitor service, which were formerly provided by the county. ARKANSAS HIT BY TORNADOES Four Towns Destroyed In Ravaging dale And Windstorms Little Rock, Ark., Dec. 14 —(U.R) —Four southwest Arkansas towns lay stricken today by a tornado that claimed one life, injured more than a score of persons and did hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of damage. Crews of workmen aided by national guardsmen were sent into the area today to clear away debris and search ruined buildings for other possible casualties. Five-year old Helen Colbvert was killed at Camden where the storm struck first. Her parents and two-year old sister. Louise, were so seriously injured that they might not live. The twister ripped through the business section of Camden and then out over the state to Waldo, Bluff City and Stephens. It cut a wide swath and farms along Its route were damaged. Damaged communication! lines (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) 9 Shopping days till Christmas

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WAGNER OFFERS | UNEMPLOYMENT PROGRAM TODAY Would Speed Up Public Works As Aid To Jobless Millions IMMEDIATE ACTION ASKED Washington, Doc. 11 (U.R) Senator Wagner, Deni., N. i Y„ father of hist session’s un-j employed legislation, today offered a resolution in the senate proposing a ,$2.000,000,000 public* works bond issue. The resolution would request President Hoover, the federal employment stabilization | board and the budget director to start the machinery for a vast new public works program. “There is no more grevious extravagance than the United States is today guilty of than tliati it permits the valuable time and labor of its 6,050,000 unemployed to go irretrievably to waste," said Wagner in air accompanying statement. “The policy is daily sapping morale) and wrecking character and undermining the health of the coming generation. These factors must he admitted to the national balance sheet and given full weight in considering the pno-1 posal that the government embark ! upon a two billion dollar bonded construction program.” The resolution points out that employment in manufacture estal* (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) Q Firemen Make Calls The local fire department answered calls to two fires over the week--1 end. although very little damage was reported in either case. A fire was reported at the Harry Poling residence on Tenth street, Saturday night at 8 o'clock, where ' a gasoline stove had exploded. No 1 damage was done to the house. 1 The second fire occurred Sunday i night at 6:30 o’clock at the Sam . Smith home, west of the Decatur 1 Country Club. The fire is thought to have started from a spark from the chimney. About $lO damage I was reported. o BULLETIN North Liberty, Ind., Dec. 14 I (U.R) —Two negro bandits entM ered the North Liberty State banik shortly after 2 o'clock this afternoon and escaped with $3,000 in cash. F. W. Pierce, a director, was the only officer in the bank. Pierce, standing behind the cashier's cage, and several customers, were menaced 1 with revolvers. One of the 1 bandits scooped the money into a sack and both fled. The men/ were in the bank only a few minutes. Both carried revolvers but no shots were fired. The bandits made their escape in an old touring car * parked at the entrance to the bank. NEWSPAPER IN : LIBEL CHARGE i ' Deposed South Bend City Manager Files SIOO, 000 Suit * South Bend., Ind., Dec. 14 —(UP) —The South Bend Tribune local newspaper, was named defendant in a SIOO,OOO libel suit filed here today by Rudolph Ackermann. Ackerman was ousted as city comtroler two weeks ago by Mayor W. R. Hinkle. In the court action, Ackermann charged that the Tribune, expressing Its favor of Hinkle’s action, published news stories and editorials which were libelous, scandalun and injurious to his character and reputation. The South Bend City council tonight will hear Ackermann's charges that his dismissal was brought about by his efforts to block Hinkle’s alleged attempt to protect vice am? gambling in South [ Bend.

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Mysteriously Shot f^i I llliiii HU. illllllf fpPf .<3r>teniili^tiM ll o JHpR ye’"* l * Here is a recent photo of Mrs. Grace Giuliano, 28-year-old graduate nurse and hrideof five months, who was killed in her home at West Orange, N.J., by a mysterious bullet which crashed through a window. Police investigating the j shooting believe that the bullet was not fired with murderous intent, as several houses in the vicinity are also marked, supporting the theory of earless marksmanship on the part of an amateur rifleman. hMgetT ! ANNUAL AWARDS Members Receive Checks At Meeting Here Saturday Afternoon The Adams County 4-H Club Achievement program w-as held in the Decatur high school gymnasium Saturday afternoon, Dec. 12. Miss Ruth Yake of Kirkland township presided as chairman of the meeting and Call Klepper opened the meeting with the song “The More We Get Together.” Miss Ella Thieme a 4-H Club girl of Union township gave a reading and was followed by a 4-H Club I song “Boost. Work and Sing" by j the following girls from Union I township: Margaret Schamerloh, j Monema Blakey, Hilda Plakey, j (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWOI OTTO HOLLE WINS CONTEST Union Township Farmer Wins Shelling Contest Here Saturday Otto Holle, Union township farmer won the men’s corn shelling contest and Noah Yake won first in the boy’s contest at ttie closing of the Adams county corn show at the Court House here Saturday night. HoNe's ear of corn shelled out 89.6 percent, corn to the cob. John Heiinan was second in the men's contest with 88.6 percent. La.s.ire was third and C. M. Lalsure "/as fourth. Dor-in Lalsure was second in the b ys contest and Raymond McAiiren was third. Even Yake finished 1 fourrh among the hoys. 1 Checks for all premiums in the 1 torn show are available at the office of Leo Kirsch, at the P. K.rsch and Son garage on North Second street. County Agent L. E. Archbold issued a statement thanking all who co-operated In ctuducting the second annual event. Payment Is Withheld Paris, Dec. 14 — (U.R) —The government announced today that, in accord with Washington, France will not pay her debt annuity of' $19,261,000, due tomorrow. Health Bond Is Sold The Masonic Lodge pu rc.»»tihos/jjgjg j i chased a $5.00 J'-T. health bond tnwtnSPSßv] ! day from the i I 1 Adams County Jti ■ i ii . i iii m ■ Tubercul o s i s Association, it was announced by W. Guy Brown, president.

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NO VIOLENCE IS REPORTED; GUARDS GALLED Prisoners Employed In Furnace Rooms Refuse To Continue Work BREAK PROBE IS STARTED Lett veil worth, K;ts., Dec. I 1 -—(U.R) Convicts working in the boiler house of the federal penitentiary here went on strike today. The prison faced the possibility of being without heat as the fires went down. There was no rioting, it was repotted, but the night guard was called out to aid the day force in preserving order. The new disturbance, which came three days after the desperate escape attempt in which seven men kidnaped Warden Thomas LI. White and fled with him through the main gate of the prison, occurred while Fred Zerlist, acting warden, was away. Zerbst, in charge of the prison while Warden White, wounded by the men who kidnaped him. is confined to the hospital, was reported to have gone to Kansas City to meet Federal Prison Director Sanford Bates, en route here from j Washington to investigate the (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWOI o Burdg Properties Sold Lands, lots and buildings of the Dick Burdg Larson Corp., Dick Burdg, Jessie F. Burdg and Alvin L. Burdg, were sold at Sheriff’s sale today by Slipriff Burl Johnson to the Old Adams County Bank for $18,323.67. The hank also assumed first mortgages and liens on the properties. The sale was held in satisfaction of Judgment rendered against the defendants in the case. The sale included five residences and a two story brick building hi Monroe street ami several vacant lots. Rev. Paschal Coming On next Thursday evening, December 17, Rev. Howard Pashal of the Pilgrim olliness Church at Fort Wayne will preach at the Pleasant Valley church, located one . mile south and two miles east of Monroe. The evening services will begin at 7:30 o'clock and everybody is invited to hear Rev. Paschal. o —— Drain Cases Continues The Wabash river drain case was grinding on today as it has for weeks, the petitioners offering evidence to establish the benefits to properties along the river through Adams county, Alonze Long of Jefferson township was still the witness, 11. B. H tiler,.attorney representing the county, was at Portland this morning until about 11 o’clock and Mr. Lutz was alone at the remonstiators table with Mr. Whitaker and Mr. Kloeb on the petitioners side of the court room. WOULD PLACE HEAVY TAXES Laguardia In Favor Os Heavy Taxes For Wealthy Classes Washington, Dec. 14 — (UP)— Levying of heavy taxes on the rich was urged today by Rep. Fiorello H. Laguardia, N. Y,, one of the insurgent republican leaders in the house as a social measure to bring about for equitable distribution of the Nation's wealth. I The pugnacious little congress man whose views of taxation and other matters are shared by a sizeable group on both sides of the asllo said in an interview with the United Pi ess that high surtaxes on big incomes should be of a permanent character and not subject to reduction later. “Such a tax is not only for revenue but is social legislation," he declared. “ it is the only weapon the government has to prevent the con(CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)