Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 30, Number 17, Decatur, Adams County, 20 January 1932 — Page 1

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IGREEMENT REACHED ON FINANCE PLAN

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Vol. XXX. No. 17.

Three Engineers Are Licensed In Indiana — Adams county has three regislerI ed licensed professional engineers, according to the current year book |of Indiana engineer* ami land surveyors. The three qualified men in Adams county are Ralph E. Roop. Orval Harruff and Walter 11. GilHom. DEBITORS TO MEET MONDAY Monroe High School To Debate North Side of Ft. Wayne At Monroe ; The Monroe high school debating 1 team will meet at the North Side. I Port Wayne, debating team at the ' | Monroe high school 1-ulding, Mon- j ■day evening at 7:2,0 o'clock. The I question to be debated is, "Resolved that the college entrance should j not be limited to the upper one- 1 third of a high school graduating class. The Monroe high school team will argne the affirmative side and the Port Wayne team the negative. I Virgil Wagner, principal, is coach I of the Monroe team, and the followI ing are the memlters, Carl Bowserman. Delores Longenberger. and Lorine Rich. John Stoner of Fort Wayne is Coach of the North side team. Dick Heller will act as chairman. ENTERTAINERS WELL RECEIVED Women Musicians Draw Applause At Program Given Tuesday Presenting a varied program cfj j instrumental music, singing, and I 1 impersonations, the D. and A. • Entertainers played before a large ; sized crowd at the Decatur high, school auditorium. Tuesday evening. The entertainers were Miss Dorothy Dyer, an accomplished accordionist and pianist, and Mi s Bessie Andrus, a violinist. These two girls presented pi / tically every type of music ami specialties, wearing clever and appropriate costumes. Their program was in two patts. the second jiart consisting of a gypsy trail, including a numl er of interesting impersonations. Both of the girls are pleasing entertainers, and their program was greatly enjoyed. Miss Dyer played selections on her pianoaccordion. and later accompanied at the piano for Miss Andrus who sang, and who played severat violin selections. Miss Dyer gave her interpretation of “Colonel Lindbergh’s Trans-Atlantic Trip,” and "Lindy’s Flight with Anne Over the Matrimonial Seas," on her accordion. She also presented several old (CONT'NT'ED ON PAGE THREE) — o — WOULD ABOLISH WATCH SYSTEM Railroad Co. Asks Council For Permit to Eliminate Watchman Here Attorney J. C. Sutton, representing the Erie railroad, appeared before the city council last evening and requested that the council perjnit the railroad to do away with The watchman at the Winchester street corssing. The railroad maintains a flasher signal at the crowing and during the day a watchman is also on duty . Mr. Sutton stated in his remarks ■ that the watchman and flasher light brought confusion to motorists and he petitioned the council that the watchman be dispensed With. The matter was referred to the committee on public safety. An agreement with the Citizens Telephone company to erect larger poles and to permit the Telephone ’ company to use them was signed by the council. The agreement is in connection with the new electric 1 light distribution system running ' from Marshal street to Jefferson street in the alley between Third (CfTNTINITED 6n PAGE THREE)

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START EFFORT TO OBTAIN JURY IN JUDD CASE J. . i I amily Men Expected Toi Predominate In Final Jury Selection QUERY BRINGS FORTH SMILES) Phoenix. Ariz., Jan. 20 (U.R) — Family men pftst middle age. some 1 with daughters as old as the lofendant. probably will preponderate on the jury that will decide whether Winnie Ruth Judd murdered Agnes Anne Leroi. As the second day of Mrs Judd’s i trial opened here 14 of the neces-, I sary 2!) qualified veniremen mid i I Been selected aid among them I j there was only one who did not | ! have a family. This jurist was i the only young man in the group. ; The other 13 averaged about 50 years in age and had from one to 16 children. The remainder of the panel also contained men mostly of middle | age and beyond. Completion of tha jury was ex pet ted today although there was a possibility it might run over until the morning session Thursday. Under the Arizona jury selection system. 29 men are qualified. Then the defense is permitted to I strike out the 10 it believes least | desirable and the state to strike! out seven. J. M. Rowley, 52. juror who said I he had 16 children, brought the I only trace of emotion that the! 26-year old defendant had exhibited in the trial to date. She smiled a bit while spectators laughed whenI boomed a vigorous "No" wheij i Judge Howard Speakman asked if J Ihe would not get restless away, ’ from his family during the trial. 1 At all other Limes, Mrs. Judd I apparently scarcely listened to the • questions of the attorneys and | paid no attention to those men I who will decide her guilt or inno- • cence. This attitude is consistent with her demeanor since she surrend- ■ ered three months ago to authorities who charged she killed Mrs. (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) R, 0. JOHNSON I IS INDICTED I Gary Mayor, Formerly of Adams County to Face Charges Crown Point. Ind.. Jan. 20 —(U.R) . —Mayor Roswell O. Johnson of ! Gary, who served 10 months in federal prison at Atlanta in 1921. was indicted by the Lake county I grand jury today on two counts charging malconduct in office. I The indictments voted today | charge that Johnson used city I funds to construct a summer beach home and to build 8 rock gardmi at his residence in Gary. Johnson was charged with being "unlawfully, willfully and corrnpl- | ly guilty of oppression, malconduct and misfeasance in the discharge of his duties as mayor.” The charges were brought bv Robert Estill. Lake county prosecuting attorney, before the grand jury sitting here. Johnson is serving his third term as mayor of Qary. He first ■ was elected in 1913 and served a complete term. He was re-elected in 1921 but indicted and found guilty of charges of heading a Gary liquor conspiracy. He was sentenced to IS months in the At- . lanta penitentiary and served 10 . months in 1924, before being pardoned by President Coolidge. The first count charges that ' he ordered Robert Green. Gary street commissioner, to purchase $586 worth of building material 1 /CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) I 0 — K. of P. Lodge Will Install New Officers Installation services for recent- ! ly elected officers of the local Knights of Pythias lodge will be held Thursday night at 7:3f)i i o'clock. All members are asked] J to attend the services, which will' .be followed by a regular lodge I meeting.

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, January 20, 1932.

Mississippi Flood Scenes ; /■ s " - IWO**" - ■* ' - Upper photo shows when the water first started to trickle over the Matthews Phillips Grassy Lake dike into the Tippo Basin. Mississippi. Hooding 40,600 acres and making refugees of 4.000 people. Lower photo shows the great rush of water after the levee gave way.

DEATH CALLS PREBLE WOMAN ♦ Mrs. Sophia Bieherich, 68, Dies At Home of Her Son, Arthur i Mrs. Sophia Bieherich, 6S, died at tile home of her son, Arthur JBleber- j ich in Preble, at 5:05 o'clock. Tues-i day afternoon of complications.l Mrs. Bieherich had been ill for sev J eral years and had been bedfast j since Monday. She was born in Preble township I Adams County, May 9. 1863, the: daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry I Linnemeier. She was united in mar- i riage to Christian Bieherich on I April 10. IS9B. lie preceded her in I death on March 12, 1911. The deceased was a member of j the Preble Lutheran church. Surviving is the son, Arthur, a I step-daughter. Mrs. Elmer Redman, i Columbia City; 5 grandchildren. ' and a sister, Mrs. Louise Roehrs Daytona, Fla. The body was taken to the W. H. Zwick and Son Funeral home and will be removed to the Arthur Bieberich home late this afternoon. Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at 1 o'clock at the home and at l:15-o*clock at the Preble Lutheran church with Rev | R. Gaiser, pastor, officiating. Bur-I ial will be in the church cemetery. . o POLICE KILL LONE BANDIT Indianapolis Bandit Killed In Attempt to Escape After Hold-up Indianapolis, Jan. 20 —(U.R) — Police radio cruisers, trailing a bandit, after he had robbed two gasoline stations, shot and killed him here last night as he attempted to flee from a third holdup. The bandit was identified as Eugene E. Ingram, 23, Mooresville. Sergeant Heuber and Patrolman O'Mara and Brahaum, warned by radio to be on the lookout for the bandit, saw him as he completed the third robbery. They commanded him to halt as he ran for his auto but lie continued his flight. Heuber leaped to the running board of the auto and again ordered him tS surrender. The bandit started the machine, hurling Heuber to the ground. Heuber fired one shot and O’Mara, coming up from the other side, also fired. The bandit died instantly. The money taken in the three hold-ups was recovered. Police learned that the revolver the bandit carried was unloaded.

Flood Endangers Lives Jackson, Miss., Jan. 20 —(U.R) - On reports that 1,000 persons in flood inundated Panola county were in danger of starvation, W. A. Cox. Red Cross worker was dispatched today by motorboat into that area. ; Panola county is north of I Greenwood. Miss., where levees ■ are near the breaking point. Cox ! was instructed to make a quick I check of the situation, so that I supplies can be rushed at once if . necessary. ] The reported plight of the i marooned was relayed to the Red i Cross by refugees. All of Panola county is ent off I from outside communication ex- ; cept by seaplanes and boats. SIXTY SHEEP | ARE DROWNED High Waters of River Sweep Into Fegley Field East of City Sixty head of sheep belonging to Ernest Fegley, St. Marys township farmer, were found drowned by’ high water from the St. Marys river at the .Fegley farm today. Tile sheep had been missing since last j Friday and Fegley first thought the sheep had been stolen. Sheriff Burl Johnson investigated and found that no wagon or automobile tracks could be found in the ! I pasture field. No trace of the sheep could be found for some time. Last Friday the flood waters began covering a part of the field and when the water began receding, the sheep were found. It was the only property damage reported during the recent high waters. It is believed the siheep. frightened by the approaching waters had sought a higher part of the pasture and then had perished as the water , rose higher. Hitch-Hiker Killed Indianapolis. Jan. 20 —(U.R) —An unidentified man. about 25, died here today of injuries suffered when he was struck by an auto a few hours earlier. Police believ- ' ed he was a hitch-hiker. A fragment of paper found in the victim’s pocket bore the names ■ of I. S. Easter. North Forest avenue. Brazil, Ind.; Raymond Hamilton. Cincinnati, and James Penman. C. Will Meet Directors of the Decatur Chant- , her of Commerce will meet at 7:30 o’ clock Thursday night at the Chamber of Commerce rooms. All directors are asked to attend and plans will be made for the annual election of officers.

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CLASS PLAY IS FRIDAY NIGHT Pleasant Mills Juniors To Present Annual Class Production 3 he Junior class of Pleasant Mills high school will present a three I act farce-comedy, "Done in OU" at ' the Pleasant Mills high school, Fri- , day evening, January 23. The cur-1 tain will rise at 8:<N) o’clock. The story takts place at the Braun summer home near Ladyfern I Lake, New York. There will be ' plenty of action an interesting plot, and many humorous scenes to make the play very enjoyable. The cast of characters includes some of the best talent of the junior class, and the cast has been working for the past few weeks in preparation for the play. Tickets may be secured from members of the class or at the door, Friday night for 25 cents for adults and 16 cents for grade school children. Following is the cast of characters. Robert Braun—Ulis father’s biggest worry Clair Carver Emil Brann—Robert's father, a retired oil man Elton Archer Vera Nyce—A persistent hook agent Myrtle Wallers Frieda Braun- Braun's wife with social aspirations Mary Moser Lena Hoflberg—Braun's cousin from Dusseldorf Dollie Chronister Elsie —The maid at Braun's .CONTINUED ON PAGE TWUi PHILLIP MOTZ ENDS OWN LIFE Wells Co u n I y Retired Farmer Hangs Self; N. E. Wait Dies Bluffton, Ind., Jan. 20.—Phillip Motz, 83. for many years a resiI dent of Zanesville, a retired farmer, ended his life Tuesday afternoon by hanging, in a burn on a farm occupied by Harry Klenke, where Motz formetjv lived. The body was discovered by Klenke at 4 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. Dr. Raymond J. Berghoff, Alien' county coroner, who investigated the death, returned a v«r- --] diet of suicide. Ho was unable to find any reasons for the act. I Members of the family stated that the deceases! had enjoyed good health for a person of his advanced age and he had no financial worries. His wife had been poorly for the last five or six months, and it is believed that he may have worried over her condition. Mr. Motz was of fine character and was active in church affairs. He was seen at the barn on the Klenke farm Tuesday morning, and again at 2 o’clock in the afternoon when he entered the barn. Later Klenke went to the build(CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) CITY SALARIES ARE REDUCED All City Employes To Receive Wage Cuts By First of Month The reduction in wages and salaries of city employes will become effective February 1, members of the city council stated at tlie council meeting Monday evening. The matter of reducing wages has been placed in the hands of chairmen of the different committees. namely the’ finance, water, electric light and public safety. May or George Krick will make up the schedule for city policemen. A special meeting will lie called this month at which time the chairmen will make their reports and recommendations as to the reductions to he made. From opinions expressed by councilmen the cuts will be five per cent on small wages and 10 per cent on the larger ones. Tlie cut in wages will affect the heads of the water and electric light departments of the city plant, the plant employes, city firemen and policemen. The council agreed last night that the lower salaries would be placed in effect February 1.

Price Two Cents

Fafher of R. A. Adams Is Dead At Warren Word, was received here of the death of John Adams, father of R. A. Adams of this city, which occurred at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Couch at Warren. The funeral services will be held Thursday mornI ing at 10:30 o'clock at the Brethren church in Warren. Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Adams left this morning for Warren. Mr. AdI ams is teacher of chemistry and • physics at Decatur high school. TWO ARE TIED ON HONOR ROLL I — Mary Grace Zimmerman And Tom Allwein Get Perfect Gradings Miss Mary Grace Zimmerman and Tom Allwein tied for first place on the Decatur high school honor roll, computed at the close of the third six week's period of the first semester, and announced today by W. Guy Brown, principal. Both are members of the junior class and have an average of 4 A plusses. Thiji is the thipd consectative time that Mr. Allwein. who is also a high school athlete, has held I first place on the honor roll this year. The honor roll contains the names of 39 pupils of which 15 are seniors, 10 freshmen, 8 juniors, and 6 sophomores. Following is the honor roll: Tom Allwein 4A4Mary G. Zimmerman 4A4Mary K. Tyndall 4A 4- 1A i Ina Anderson 3A+ 2A i Minnie Moyer 3A-J- 2A | Eula Myers 3A+ 2A 1 Eileen Burk 2A ■ 2A Gail Franklin 2A-f- 2A I Dorothy Little 2A 2A • Dick Schug 2A • 2A Elmer Schultz 2.A4- 2A Alice Jane Archbold lA+ 4A Doris ('ook lA )- 3A ( Mary (’overdale lA4- 2,A William Elston IA4- 2,A Sara Jane Kauffman lA4- 2>A 184- • Mildred Blosser 3A j- 1A IB 1- • Elizabeth Frisinger 2A l 2A IB — 1 Kathryn Hower 2A 1 2A IB - (CONTINUED (>r: PAGE THREE) POSTAL RATES MAT RE HIGHER I Postmaster Brown Urges Increase To 3 Cents On Letter Rates Washington. Jan. 20 —(U.R) — • Postmaster General Brown today recommended to the house ways ’ and means committee that first- - class postal rates be increased ■ from two to three cents Brown estimated that such an ' increase, putting letter mail back on the war-time rates, would bring in an additional $100,000,000 in postal revenues. This would relieve the hard-pressed treasury of making up that much of the postoffice department’s usual deficit. | | Congress had to appropriate $195.- | 000,000 for this fiscal year to me t the postal deficit. Brown was a witness in the committee's tax hearings after Dr. Thomas A. Adams of Yale University had testified that the Canadian system of a flat sales tax on all manufactured goods was "absolutely practicable for this country” and would raise a large amount of revenue. ■ 11 1 ■ —o Steele Judged Insane I — f Logansport, Ind., Jan. 20.— (U.R) . —Charles Steele, 56. was adjudged criminally insane by a jury which , tried him on a charge of second de- , gree murder growing out of the slaying of Henry Eberts here last I October 2. He was acquitted of . the charge by reason of insanity. I Judge John Ik Smith directed . that Steele he committed to the in- . sane hospital at the Indiana state I prison. i 0 Strcy Is Candidate Wabash, Ind.. Jan. 20. — (U.R) — . Charles L. Strcy, state senator, ani nounced his candidacy for RepubllIcan representative In congress from • 'the Fifth Indiana district. He claim--1 ed the support of labor and farm | bureau organizations.

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CREDIT PLAN IS ACCEPTED BY CONFEREES Believe Hoover Project Will Pass Senate By Thursday MILLIONS TO BE RELEASED Washington, Jan. 20.— (U.R) > —House and senate conferees j today found a basis of agreement on the administration’s J $2,000,000,000 em e rge nc y | credit project and said privately that the measure could go to the senate tomorrow for final action. The conferees will meet at 3 p. m., and may require a I night session to complete their de- , i liberations. ') The senate meantime was schod- ; uled to act finally on the |125.000.- ■ 000 Federal Land Bank relief hill , which includes a provision for a five-year discretionary morißorium j to farm borrowers. •' Another of the administration's (I relief proposals encountered inI creasingly vigorous opposition as i mortgage hankers continued their protests before a senate suh-com- ■ mittee against the proposed Home ■ Loan Bank system. Henry Robinson of the Comnion- | wealth Tile Co., Philadelphia, told | the committee the banks would not he self-snstaining and in the end I would leave mortgages just ds frozlen as they are now. I — I (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) ■ <► - i Get 10 Per Cent. Cut Hammond, Ind.. Jan. 2<> (U.R) - A reduction of 10 per cent in tha wages of 500 city employes, including police and firemen, was ordered by the Hammond city council. The pay cuts will entail an annual saving of $134,112. The council included itself in 1 the wage slashing, reducing Hie I pay of each member $5 a month. . | o r Squaler Is Killed Rockford, 111.. Jan. 20. — (U.R) - The death of a “squealer” was motled out to Jack De Marco as he gathered with friends to celebrate his | home-coming from I an nwortli ! penitentiary. U De Marco, a petty bootlegger, re- | turned yesterday from a yenr in I prison. His wife and four friends 5 (celebrated his release. Hut De | Marco was known in the underI world as one who had let drop an occasional tip to police. I Three men knocked at the door |of his bungalow. ' “We’re prohibition agents,” tho i men said and forced their way in. They ordered Mrs. De Marco, her I j four children, two men and two I women into a bedroom. Five shots II were heard. > I De Marco was found, blood wellt ing fr< )in wounds in his body and 1 1 head. Death was instantaneous. JAPAN RIOTS CAUSE CONCERN k I — Drastic Police Measures ? Taken Following Jap ! Demonstration 11 'Shanghai, Jan. 20 (U.R) Japanese demonstrations demanding that additional warships be sent to Shanghai pr.ralyzt .1 busim'ss today in part >f the international ) settlement and caused settlement 1 authorities to order precautionarx i police mobilizations. Tramcars were stoned. Wiu- ' down of shops were broken after t a mass meeting of 2.000 Japanese, f called after Japanese mobs burned two Chinese factories Imre lust I night. Two Chinese policemen - and one Japanese national we." » killed in fighting. Business north of tho Sze Cliuen road district of the International settlement was at a standstill Japanese, marines patrolled ar considered dangerous. Chinese gendarmes heavily reenforced guards on the rond entering (lie settlement. A British settlement police ofi'i- ’ cer and others of the settlement •CONTINUED ON CAGE TW<)>