Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 30, Number 1, Decatur, Adams County, 1 January 1932 — Page 3

1931 In Indiana —*- ♦ RBBy United Press January -George L. Saunders, state rept«S*ritattve of Bluffton dies suddenly of heart disease on the five of his selection as majority leader of the 77th Indif.na general assembly. -Seventy-seventh Indiana general assembly convenes, -H. 0. "Pat" Page resigns as head (football coach at Indiana University at request oi athletic [board. Earl jC. Hayes is chosen he.id football coach at Indiana university to succeed H O. "Pat" Page. Hayes was assistant coach Twenty-nine miners killed in explosion in "Little Betty’’ coal mine | near Linton. February -Grant county circuit court jury acquits Charles Lennon, second defendant tried on a charge of complicity in lynching of two negroes on the courthouse! lawn, August 7. 1930. March -Governor Leslie vetoes Old Age Pension bill, appearing persori iUy before the senate to explain action. State budget of $75,900,000 adopted by both houses of legisuf lature. Only s97,ink) below orSiliJ iginal figure. I .’ [-Governor Leslie- signs bill cre- . : I atingi state boxing commission. -Ke-apj>ortionment bill reducing „ districts from 13 to 12.adoptnt 1 od ’ :n -Legislature adjourns 1: 15 p.m. after turning back official elocks tor 13 hours. -Virgil Kirkland, Gary, convicted in Valparaiso on a charge of murdering Arlene Draves, his sweetheart, at a Gary gin :i _- party Sentenced to life inila. prisonment. -Harold Herbert Schroeder. Moe! I bile, Ala., convicted on nian--1114 slaughter charge at Indianapolis, for “torch slaying" of ttn- ] identified man whose charred - vJ body was found in Schroeder’s ,er 1 auto May 31, 1930. Sentenced opiJtwo to 21 years. wl-ii-ASMavits against six Marion men charged with implication in lynching of two negroes on hi.* Gram county court house lawn in August, 1930, dismissed because of acquittal of two defendants in separate trials. -Muni! Bearcats win .931 Indiana high school basketball championship, defeating Greencastle. 31 to 23. April -Body of Knute Rockne, famous NotTi- Dame football coach who tawas killed in air crash near •io Bataa r. Kansas, received at 1 " | South Bend. 1 Knijto Rockne buried. ♦Virgil Kirkland, who was convicted on a first degree murder charge for the gin party slaying |of his sweetheart. Arlene Draves, an dsentenced to life imprisonment, is granted a new trial by Judge Grant Crumpacker in Porter circuit court. Valparaiso. Cities of Muncie and Indianapolis tile suits in Marion cir■lt’fjsuit court charging fraud and •’ corruption in passage of House ,„.j motor transporation reg- _ ulatjury measure. Seek injunction to prevent its publication. «®HaiT.v E. Rowbottom. Evans--4 ville, republican congressman from Indiana's old first district, is found guilty by federal court jury in Evansville on a charge of selling post office appointments, and sentenced to a year and a day in Leavenworth, Kans , federal prison. IMay -Joofcaccia, 31, and his mechanic. Clarence Grove. 28, killed when their racing auto goes through wall at Indianapolis speedway during practice for Memorial day race. -Virgil Kirkland. 20, accused of slaying Arlene Draves, 18-year-old sweetheart in a Gary gin party, convicted on assault and battery charge at second trial in Porter circuit court. Valparaiso, and sentenced to one to 10 years imprisonment. -I ouis Schneider, Indianapolis, win* annual Indianapolis speedway 500-raile auto race after Billy Arnold. 1930 winner, crashes and is injured seriously, While in lead at 400-mile mark. June -Preßldent Herbert Hoover' speaks to the Indiana Republi can Association in Indianapolis at annual dinner. Alice Jean, 10, and Virginia. 14, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Simmons, of near Greenfield, die of strychnine | poison placed in pressed chicken sandwiches eaten at Sim-mons-Pollard family reunion in Lebanon. Three others ill of poisoning. July -Mrs. Carrie Simmons indicted by Boone county grand jury -" charged with first degree murder of her daughters. Alice Jeau. 10, and Virginia, 10, who died of strychnine In sandwiches eaten at a family reunion picnic in Lebanon, June Si ! 21. -Skeleton of Parlie Hogg, 16.

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One day when Old Father Time is in a reminiscent t mood he will, no doubt, look back o\ejr his brood of r ear children and rumble in his beard, “I remember when—” As he skims over the life of child 1931 some of the principal events of that period that will Occur to him are pictured above. ( 1 ) Depicts a tragedy that shook the nation when Knute Rockne, famous football coach of Notre Dame, was dashed to death in a plane on March 31, near Bazaar, Kansas. (2) Wiley Post and Harold Gatty accomplished “the impossible'* by flying around the world in eight days and 15 hours, starting and finishing the epic flight at Roosevelt Field, New York. (3) The largest dirigible in the world, the U. S. S Akron, was sue* cessfully launched and made her maiden trip at Akron. Ohio, on September 23. (4) Auguste Piccard Cl. » . I

found at bottom of air shaft in Central high school. Muncie, where he apparently fell to ; mysterious death in 1922. 22 —Two federal prohibition agents.' John Wilson. 46, Indianapolis, ami Walter Gilbert, 33, Cincinnati, .shot to death by George Adams. 35, Xiootlegger, near Fort Wayne. Adams captured. . 21—Elizabeth Dunn, Indianapofls, i* wins state women's golf title,' one up. over Alice Belle Eng- i lish, Lafayette. August lit Neil Mclntyre. Indian ipolis. I wins state open golf title in third play-off with Ralph Stonehouse, Indianapolis. 15—Bill Heinlein. Indianapolis, wins' state amateur golf title. 27— Point on Charles Elkins farm. 2.7 miles from Linton. Ind., is designated by ts, S. census bureau as nation's new population center. September 28 — Trial of Mrs. Carrie Simmons, Hancock county farm mother, on first degree murder charge. ; for the strychnine poisoning i of her daughter, Alice Jean. 10.' at a Lebanon family reunion picnic, opens in Boone circuit court. Lebanon. November s—Charles A. Greathouse. 62. ■ democratic national committee-[ man from Indiana, died in In-j dianapolis hospital. —Boone circuit court jury in Lebanon fails to agree in first degree murder trial of Mrs. Carr’“ Simmons, and is discharged by Judge John W. Hornaday. 6 Mrs. Carrie •-.arrett Simmons released on SIO,OOO bond. 14—Grant county grand jury in Marion virtually discredits Attorney General James Ogden's charges that the city is “seetli-' ing in corruption" by adjourn-' ing without returning indict-1 ments against county officers. | 18—George Adams is sentenced in Allen circuit court to two to* 21 years in state prison on manslaughter conviction for slaying of John Wilson, federal I

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, and an assistant flew to 50,000 feet into the stratosphere in a sealed bah, on May 2/, landing in the Austrian Tyrol eighteen hours after their take-off from Augsburg, Germany. (5) On August 27 the huge German flying boat DO-X came to rest on New York Harbor after completing a flight of 12,000 miles which started in Germany on November 5, 1930. (6) The most impenetrable mystery of the year was the death of Starr Faithfull, beautiful New I ork society girl, whose body was found on a deserted beach on Long Island. • Whether she was the victim of murder, suicide or accident has never been established. (7) The year was remarkable for the number of foreign diplomats who came here to confer with the I resident. Mr. Hoover is shown in

prohibition agent, near Fort Wayne, July 22. 21- Southern California breaks Notre Dame's three-year winning sreak in football with "game of the century”, 16-11 victory at South Bend after trailing 14-0 at start of fourth period. 24 —Thomas Taggart. French Lick, elected democratic national committeeman from Indiana to succeed Charles Greathouse. 28—Purdue beats Northwestern in sensational upset to gain triple tie with Northwestern an d Michigan for Big Ten football championship. Notre Dame loses to Army. 12-0, in equally unexpected reverse. 1931 REVIEW OF EVENTS IN ADAMS COUNTY (CONTINUED FORM PaGE ONE) wages. Mar. 9 Yellow Jacket basketball team wins sectional meet. Reapportionment • bill places Adams county in Fourth district. Apr. 7 —Dr. Homer P. Rainey, president Franklin College, to be high school commencement speaker. May 26. Apr. 10—Adams county conference on Child Health and Protection opens for two day session. Apr. 11 —50 students to be graduated from Decatur high school. Apr. 13—April term of Adams Circuit court opens. Apr. 15 —Civic Section of Woman's Club to sponsor Clowe.' contest. Apr. 16 —Decatur Catholic High school becomes accredited school by state hoard of education. Apr. 17— Decatur independent baseball team joins Wabash Valley league. Apr. 22 —Engineers to be employed to prepare plans for Decatur's new electrical distribution lines. Apr. 28—Twenty-one students to be graduated from Decatur Catholic high school. May 6—Arthur Clark appointed

| city night policeman. May B—Henry Lister of PrinceI j ton. appointed special judge in ■; Wabash River Dredge case. II May 9 Peoples State Bank of i! Berne to open May 16. D. J. I Harkless, Decatur, cashier. I May 13—Daily Vacation Bible I school to open June 1. with Mrs. , ' Cora Downs, principal. 1! May 14 Herman F. Eliinger i elected nresid ?nt of Decatur I Country Club. II May 16 Juniors entertain Sen- ■ ■ tors of Decatur High school with I j reception. l' Jury awards Lawrence Hendri “l' $1,230 damages in suit against '. Blanche Biiderl.ack and Fred j Young. May 18 —Rev. M. W Sunderman addresses Senior class ■■.icmbers at baccalaureate service. May 19 —Dates for Decatur's third Free .Street Fair set. for September 15 to 19. May 20— A will contest case of I Aaron Ijiutzenheiser and Bell i Young vs. G. Clinton Lautzenheiser ami others, opens. May 21-- Dr. Rainey addresses seniors at annual commencement • May 29 —Married women teach-1 ’ ers in Decatur public schools to ■ lose jolts, in accordance with new ruling. •. June 1 Charles O. Miller, wife and three children killed Memori ial Day at Pennsylvania railroad ■ crossing at Berne. Program held in observance of 1 j 25th anniversary of Decatur i Knights of Columbus. ■ i June 4—Adams County Eighth igrade schools to graduate 259. June 6 —525,000 bond sale orderi ed for building of Scheimann 1 bridge. June 8- P. B. Putman. Fort i Wayne, low bidder on new Sc-hel- - maun bridge. June 16 —Adams County farmers petition health board against milk ■ house ruling. i June 22— Elmer Maglev, jail breaker, sought 15 months, can- > tured In Mic higan. • ‘ Rural letter carriers hold annual eighth district meeting In I .Berne.

composite with Premier Laval of France and Foreign I k.ini.tar Dino Grandi of Italy, who discussed inter- | national affairs with the Chief Executive at Wash--1 ington, D. C. (8) The world lost its most brilliant I inventive genius in the death of Thomas A. Edison at his home in Orange, N. J., on October 18, at the age of 84. (9) Depicts an event of great importance : to the Catholic Church. Pope Pius XI is shown as he delivered the first radio address from the new station built in Vatican City, February 12. (10) Spain became a Republic with the abdication of King Alfonse on April 14. His queen, Victoria, who fled with him, is shown bidding farewell to her i courtiers on the French border where she found refuge. (11) A new field «f .xploration was

June 23—Yost Brothers to open pool, “Green Waters", north of i Decatur. June 29— Everett & Hite Wholes sale company sold Jo A. C. Dugui.l. . Coldwater. Midi. Doras Werling fatally shot by * Joseph Everett in dispute over I swimming and fishing rights in St. Marys river. ' July I—New telephone directory ■ i wl.h 2.709 listing issued. j July 2 41 teachers employed for -/Decatur schools. 269 were enrolled i j in Daily Vacation Bible schools. July 3—liar! H Hings worth na:;: I 'ed state motorcycle officer. A. I). Suttles installed as presj--11 dent o. Rota.y club. i July fi .Married nurses not to be 11 employed on regular roe at It wpiiltal. More than 50 horses died in ' county last week. Miss Pearl Ray awarded T.i Kappa scholarship. July 71). W. P. Macklin awardI ed contract tor So ond street i.n- ■ provenient. Bid $27,872.00 Papers charging Joseph Eve ett , with murder filed by Squire A. C. ■ Bute her in Circuit court. ■ | July 8 New purifier in ope ation i i at city swimming pool. City to place new tables in Legion i Memorial park. . Sult to rec.ever $60,000 from . stockholders o. eld Peoples Loan an I Tin t company filed by the 'c hafer Co. ’ July 9 - Chinch bugs invade Ad- ■ ams County. D . Fred Patterson nameci mem- , her of State hoard of educati n and hygiene. Jtt’> 10 -Council isistpones rei mode.ing of city hall building. 34 men employed on post office building. Bernard Clark resigns as manager o Decatur Country c lub. i July 11—No Satu.day afternoon ; mail delivery in city. Teachers institute to be one day I affair. July 13 Everett and Hit wholesale business liquidated. Mrti Mabelle Myers reappointed i counts attendance officer. TovAiship trustees not to aid per-

. opened up by Sir Hubert Wilkins, who left Province. , town. Mass., on June 4. on the first leg of the voyage under the Arctic ice in the submarine Nautilus. (12) The world was stirred when Mahatma Gandhi, Indian Nationalist leader, arrived in London on September 12 to attend the Round Table Conference, seeking freedom fur India. Gandhi visited the King in Buckingham Pa.ace wearing a loin cloth. (13) The dove of peace w al again put to flight when Japanese tones invaded Manchuria. (14) On March 31, a catastrophe overwhelmed Managua. Nicaragua, when , ar J. earthqua " e shook the city to its foundations, ' ..lll.ng approximately 2,000 persons and causing property damage estimated at $30,000,000. as well a * ’njuring 10,000 of the population.

i sons owning automobiles. i July 14—laxpaye s of Union towc. lii]> to meet July 20. -! Odd Fellows to hold picnic Ji,?, . 19. July 17—Temperature In:’, degrees ■ above. >'• Sheriff Johnson makes raid on i Frank Straub residence. July IS lAdams county credit. .! . with 2,140 farms. July 20 Raid s made on Adam , Diehl and Sam Bailer homes. July 22—Two men captured while ing l.> breas in McConnell and | C m whoiesa'e horse. July 23 Junior league baseball . I tournament gets under way. July 25 —Portland wins junior league championship. July 28 Work startl'd on new Scheimann b. idge. City of Decatur wins suit tiled by Instill Utility interests. July 23 Me libers of Lions junior league team gt to Cincinnati to see game. •Lily 30—Remonstrances filed against Hocker and Reusser road improt ement.c. August 1- Dr. Bu t Mangold reelected president o s-hool board. Premium lists fc" Decatur street fair issued. Summer term or Reppe tAu ?n tchool opens. Au ust 3 Judge Erwin announces plan to sentence child and wife deserters to work on roads at $1 a day. Aug. 4—Edgar Mutschler named new director at Old Adams County Bank. Aug. 5- Small depositors in local banks to be charged monthly ser- : vice fee. Phil Sauers awarded contract ; for building Myers road in Sit. I Mary's township. Aug. 7—Mr. and Mrs. Harry ’ Broddy and daughter of Dayton. ;O„ killed in c rash with Pennsylvania passenger train at Moni mouth. Aug. 10—Spanish American war ■ ; veterans meet at Ossian. Window peeper stalls Virgil i | “Pete” Krick three times. Aug. 12 -Annual M. E. excurLslon tt> Toledo. O„ attended by 476

picnickers. Aug. 17 Clifton Hart and Willard McConnehey arrested in liq- | nor raids. Grace Debolt suffers fractured skull in auto accident at Berne. Leah Griffiths and Betty FriI Binger win trips to state fair j school. Twenty-fifth term of Reppert i Auction school closes, diplomas presented to 29 graduates, Aug. 22—Road bond levies in all townships to be lower. . Aug. 28 Weather gauge to bo located here, in the charge of Mary Yost. Aug. 31—Grand and petit juries for September term of court 1 drawn. Sept. 2- City council adopts budget and fixes tax rate at 71c. Annual Adams County Teachers’ Institute held here. Citizens ask that macadam streets oiled. Miss Florence' Gerke killed in auto accident in Chicago. Sept. S Decatur public And parochial schools open for fall term with 1.359 enrollment. September term of court opens. Sept. 9- Wabash river dredge case opens. Sept. 10—Issuing of bonds for improvements of Reusser and Hocker road disapproved. Sept. 11 Judgments totalling $10,850 sought against bank of I Linn Grove. I i Sept. 12- Washington township I poor levy increased three cents on SIOO, because of $1,280.70 I. deficit in fund. Sept. 15—Decatur Free Street | fair opens with parade of 1.000 I children. . 1 Sept. 16—Old Settlers Day pros gram given. Horse and cattle .'parade feature of fair. Sept. 17 Evidence heard in Wabash river drain case. Flower show awards made. Automobile l parade held. Sept. 18- Henry Foreman, rural mail carrier, to retire Nov. 30. 1, Sept. 19 -1931 Street fair closes. Sept. 21 Thieves loot local . drug stores. ; Sept. 22 Elmer Magley, who

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[escaped jail and was captured^jo : face grand Jury. Bootleg ring with portable still uncovered in raid. Harry Hischey arrested. Sept. 23 Thirty-one local njer chants to close stores at 5:30 o’clock. Sept. 24—Farm of Jesse Stouebnrner heirs destroyed by fire. Sept. 26—Receive formal atiprovial to issue bonds for Second I street improvement. Seht. 28 Bandit robs Standard I Oil Service station and gets $2Ol. Sept. 29—Rev H. H. Ferntheil | succeeds Leo Eliinger as commander of Legion Post. Sept. 30 William Dixson charged with entering McConnell building. found guilty by jury. Oct. 1 Mis. C. E. Hocker electcd president of County W.C.T.U. Oct. s—Pearl Hogston sentenced one to 19 years at reformatory. : Dixson seeks new trial. Oct. 6 —The case of State vs. Dr. Elizabeth Burns of Ft. Wayne opens. Oct, 7 —Unimproved streets of city to lb oiled. Charles Robinold awarded c’’v contract for remodelling city h'Bl. Bonds sold for building of MeiGuffigan road. j Oct. B—Resurfacing of Second ■ [treet in progress. i Oct. 9 Dr. Elizabeth Burns is . found “not guilty.” Oct. 10—Pearl Hogston taken to I Pendleton for one to 10 years. Oct. 12 —Work completed r< * I Dairy Day. Gov. H. G. Leslie io attend. Tax rates for 1932 in Adorns County to be reduced from 73 to [ 58 cents, on hundred dollars. Oct. 13— Bandits use IT. T> . Schmitt car to rob a Mishawaka | bank of $12,000. | Oct. 14—Thousands take part in j Dairy Day. J. L. Kraft, president | of cheese manufacturing concern here. Oct. 15 —Joseph Everett indicted for first degree murder. 15,000 attended Dairy Day. Oct. 16—Fred Schafer, veteran merchant, injured in auto mishap Oct. 17—Harry Sipe replaces J. M. Breiner as janitor of court I house. Oct. 21 Methodist to have jubilee on fiftieth anniversary of the present church. Oct. 22—Joseph Everett to face first degree murder charge Nov. 23 Oct. 23—Bonds for improvement of Myers and Sheets macadam roads sold tc Old Adams County | Bank. Oct. 27 —Beet plan explained to local farmers at joint meeting I here. I Oct. 28 —Second street improve- | ment completed. ! Oct. 29 —Stanton Dailey, Fred Farve and Benjamin Farve arrest ed for stealing sheep. Oct. 31 —George Massonnee, 73. fatally injured when struck by z Automobile. Nov. 3 — Arthur Daniels and Austin Krick charged with steal- | ing chickens. Arthur Sipe, 27, ends life with shotgun. Nov. 6 —1932 tax bills reduced $150,000. Nov. 9—Three women drawn on i special venire for murder jury to ■ try Joseph Everett. United Charities to conduct j money drive to aid charity here. Nov. 11—Armistice Day observ- , ed here. Nov. 14 — Civic section fruit ; drive for hospital is completed. Nov. 16 —American Red Cross j drive started here. Nov. 19— Elmer Magley, jail breaker, sentenced by court. ' Clifton EL Striker, re-elecfed president of Adams County Sunday School Association. Nov. 20—Adams County Eeo-- < nomics Clubs present Achievement Dav program. Nov. 23—Joseph Everett mut’d r case opens. J Nov. 26—Thanksgiving Day observed. Nov. 30—State completes evii deuce in Everett murder case. Dec. I—Postoffice1 —Postoffice building dedicated. Doc. 3 —Deel Electric’ Engineer* | ing and Construction Co., awarded ■ contract for electric distriliution ' system. Doc. 4—Grave diggers attempt ■ to rob grave of Milo Black. Dec. s—Santa Claus, guide and musher, visit Decatur. Scheimann bridge open to pub1 lie. Unit. —Joseph Everett found guiltv by jury of first degree murder. Dee. 9 —Wabash river dredge case re-opened. Road building credits total $267,637.26 for 12 townshins. Annual corn show held in Court House. Bee. 14—Adams county agriculture agent, L. E. Archbold, establishes office in federal building. Dec. 19-—J. H. Heller named trustee of Ball State Teachers and Terre Haute State Normal colleges. Dec. 23—General Electric club entertains 1.000 children and adults nt Christmas party. Dec. 24—Christmas to be observed throughout Decatur and Adams county . Dec 29—Mid-winter class of Reppert School of Auctioneering opens Dee. .30—Schafer Company conference held here.