Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 30, Number 29, Decatur, Adams County, 3 February 1932 — Page 1

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Inrejects ■TH PART OF ■eace project Lernmen' ■ acuate l and Tak- ■ n in Manchuria I it PARTS ■|{E \i< r.I’TXBI.E 10, Japan, Feb. (UR) today rejected the m the identic | Ran and British notes ■| to restore peace in ■provision called for set- ■ of all outstanding con- ■« in China in the spirit ■ k'rlCsr naH outlawing ■ A nd such a settlement ■ have mean! b,-s ot Japan ■s in Mani lim ia. ■rvjeiti''!'.. based on the fad ■wan troubles w.■ ild be in- ■,. : ■ ■ threatened ■k efforts d wo. Id powers, ■pnerica and Bridie, to stop ■rfare in Shanghai which ■„ the peace <' the world, ■'tire t.»ir id-nth’ proposals ■ notes wer* conditionally ac-■ ■e. the I’nit'-d Press was in ■ oficially. ■ however, reserved the ■ pi... • .. ■ at ionals ■apanese troops it was emK ■ gevernment :■-is that the ■u.'a:.' most pre-ssing P’ob■to secure withdrawal of the. ■ forces to a safe distance | ■sU:;hai tn prevent further, ■s wttfi Jup.c ■■- tones thare.l K> kit i egotiations ■ft she.!d t-nvis.ige the cre-1 ■of permanet,. neutral zones I ■ ah the principal Chinese; ■ thus eliminating in future ■kaare of att.uk on these' ■ by Chinese. ■HOT Minister Kenkichi Yosh- ■ drew up identic replies to; ■itish anil American notes. ■ Hat rejection of the fifth > ■ indicated Japan has no in- . ■n o. giving up Manchuria. I Krticle in qu-stion. the las’ of 1 ■conditions outlining peace i ■TIXt’KI) ON PAGE THREE) II SUSPECTS iREIN JAIL pg Men Identified As Who Robbed Monroe Restaurant Tuesday to bandits held up the Ferd Pr restaurant at Monroe, TuesWht at 9:4u o'clock and escapapproximately S4O in cash, iff Burl Johnson and chief of *Sephus Melchi today arrestN'o suspects, one an Adams *! young man and the other man, who are at the Adams *’ Jail. Mr. Tabler identified Joang men this afternoon as I Utn robbers. ( <»o men entered the store, fening and one man carried «■ He told Tabler "This is a ft Me're not going to shoot * have to and if we have 111 spill yon all over the floor." * er man ,(| ok the cash from ** register. and the two men ** in an automobile outside. °" e was in the store at the ° T r °M>"ry except Mr. and «tftj ler Mrß ' Tahler was not *n* 0 ? u *P« !t » held in lofi/* ■'■»« confessed to a num“Brobberies recently. Their ■ w «re not divulged. 0 tonduct Funeral n P ' S '‘ Rite M »aons will have jt, ™ ,Pral services for Orval fc.'i.i c atUr nian w ho died ‘«ln. Members of the Scota(t “ rB asked 10 meet Thursfc a Tb :30 °’ ClOCkatthe Hhere ln a L 8 Wi, ‘ e ° reaidence. t 0 the Har ’ ‘ w ° Are Indicted tia< \r k ' D Peb 3 ~<U.R)—Sheriff itv., d , rley ° f New York Culkir ' Urmer Sheriff Charles Mbil many leade ’ 3 . were id i arf '“ e f a h d i’try today on ’'•'iona i’ ? harge ® arising from Wittee ’ PfOre the H ofstadter I

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Stolen Articles Are Returned During Night • - —- I Several things stolen from the building of Macy Conveyors last | week were returned to Hoorn 3 Peoples loan and Trust Co., build ling last night and left at the door. One of the articles not yet returned is a fountain pen desk set and | the person who has it is known. It I was said today that prosecution would follow if the set was not returned immediately. REPORT FILED BY WORTHMAN -— School Superintendent Files Semester Report On Attendance The report of attendance in the I Decatur public schools for the first I semester of school ending January i 19, was made by M. F. Worthman. I superintendent of tht’ city schools I today. The per cent, of attendance for . this semester is the best that it has been for the last ten years. Mr. I Worthman stated. Three hundred ninety six homes ■ of school patrons in this city have i been visited by the teachers dur- ' •ing the first semester of school. I The semester report shows the following number of visitations: Decatur high school. 13; South Ward. 131; North Ward. 31; Riley build ing. 52; and Central building. 269. The attendance report ‘ for the I.VtX I INUI-7D ON PAGE TWO! WILL EXAMINE BABIES FRIDAY County Health Station To Be Held At Library All Dav February 5 — The Adams County child health! ' board announces that the next Ad-‘ I urns county baby health station j will be held in the Decatur Public •Library building on Friday. February 5. The session will eoutinu ■ from nine o'clock in the mornius ; until four o’clock in the afternoon. I Dr. D. D. Teal and Miss N Gibbs.! of the Stat? Board of Health, will be in charge and children under three years of age will be given -t | • free physical examination i Meml»ers of the Psi lota XI sorI ority will assist in conducting ihe I Station bj furnishing committees, ' with Mrs. Chai les Knapp, as chair ' man. to take care of the clerical and publicity work. Mothers of the county are invited to bring their children to th“ station for free examination. The, county child health board points out several advantages of litis opportunity: 1. The practicing physician does not always have time to discuss (CONTINUED ON PA<SE EOU IO O ft. CUBA SHAKEN BY EARTHQUAKE Ten Believed Killed At Santiago; Hundreds Are Reported Badly Hurt Havana, Feb. 3—(U.R)-Seventy-five per cent of the buildings in Santiago De Cuba were damaged . by an earthquake which shook . that city early today, according to advices filtering into Havana. The dead were unofficially estimated at between 75 and 100 persons with 200 injured. It was announced officially today that the known dead at Santiage was 7 with 50 injured. The quakes were felt in Guantanamo and Bayomo also hut the damage there was slight. , When the quakes started about| ' 1:15 a. m. Santiago's power facili-| ties were disrupted and all lights extinguished. The greatest confusion prevailed. The waterworks department was effecting repairs in the city • and conditions were being returned to normal. There is no danger , of famine, according to reports , reaching here. Secretary of Public W orks , Onetti left, for Santiago in an air- . plane. A squadron of army planes fUONLINL'ED ON t'AOE THREE)

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CONTRACTS TO LOW BIDDERS ON MATERIALS L >7; — (Stone \\ ill Be Bought From Concern Furnishi ini; Lowest Prices ALL AWARDS ARE ANNOUNCED lite cotiiilv commissioners i concluded Iheir session todnv i with the awnrdinjj of con- ! tenets for the furnishing of stone, urtivel. ftpsoline. oil. , tires, lumber mid other materinl required bv the coui’tv j hi.i’hwav department for the next vear. The stone blds were 10 cents 1 lower on the ton than a year ago. • The price quoted by three quarI ries was Ito cents a ton at the I quarry. The contract last year I was SI.OO a ton. The Plymouth . Ilock Stone- Co.. Meshl»>rger Stone Co., and the Erie Stone company 1 al! bid 90 cents a ton. I The delivered price for stone pt j the following stations follow: France Stone Co.. Monroe, sl.4‘>; Herne. $1.46; Monroeville. $1.29; ! Dixon. $1.26; Rivarre. $1.51; Preble. $1.51; Pleasant Mills. $1.51 Mid-West Stone Co. Geneva. $1.49. Erie Stone Co.. Williams. $1.43; Preble. $1.50; Magley. $1.50; Decatur. $1.43; Peterson. $1.56; Craigville. $1.56: Cfirryville. $1.56. Meshlx'tger Stone Co., at quarry. 9o cents per ton. Delivered in the following townships, per ton. Preble, $1.54); ' Kirkland, $i 40; French. $1 40; Hartford. $1.40; l Washington. $1.50. Plymouth Rock Stone Co., in | Wabash and Jefferson townships. I $1.30 per ton delivered. Blue Creek Stone Co . and Mesh berger Bros. Stone Co., delivered in the following townships: Union $1.50; Root. $l.;>0; St. Marys. $1.15 i Blue Creek. $140; Monroe. $1.40.4 il The superintendent was ordered •' to buy from the low bidders, exi cept in cases of emergency when the low bidder could not furnish the material needed. Other Material Rids I O. C. Chronister was awarded ■ (con riNuicn on u\<;i: three) JUDD TRIAL PROGRESSING Defendant Attacks Witness Who Told of Intimate Relations Phoenix. Ariz.. Feb. 3.—(U.R) — i One of Arizona's wealthiest men. fl. J (Happy Jack) Halloran, lum- , ter dealer and sportsman, may be , called today to testify at the trial of Winnie Ruth Judd, charged witli slaying Agnes Anne Leroi. He has been prominent in the case as a man who assertedly was intimate with the 27-year-old defendant and over whose affections Mrs. Judd allegedly killed Mrs. | Leroi and Mrs. Leroi's room-mate 'j Hedvig Samuelson. The state said today it might put him o» Ute stand in an effort • to clinch its first degree murder case against Mrs. Judd. Halloran is under subpoena as a prosecution rebuttal witness, The’ story of Halloran’s assertl ed intimacy with Mrs. Judd led [ late yesterday to the wildest ' scene of the trial when Mrs. Judd tried to attack the man who told' ’ it. then threatened a matron and finally dared Sheriff J. R. McFadden to "slap her down” as he said he would do. Court closed with Dr. Paul Bow--ers. prominent Los Angeles phychiatrist on the stand relating what Mrs. Judd told hint. "She advised me she had inti(CONTIN'CED ON PAGE FOt'U) H. B, Heller Renamed Adams County Attorney Henry B. Heller was renamed county attorney today by the board ' of county commissioners. Mr. Hel- • ler has served as county attorney - since 1914. !r. Heller represents i (h» county in the Wabash Dredge case and the board of commission--1 ers voter! their thanks in appracia- • tion of his services. He has given 1 much of his time In the last four mouths to this case.

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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, February 3, 1932.

How Shanghai Crisis Evolved ! S I BERIA -P / . / NONNI fftvEß ' ( 1 y BRiOGE ) I-—% 'Ttsitsharl J occupied Nov 19 zZ L 4 \ - VzZ HAR&IN / V |ANGANCHIL>«y C,T> OF i taken Nov i MANCHURIA f*' SINMIN I MUKDEN Tl occupied Nov 25 4 CAPrupf d Sep 18 LC: . Chinchow 1 jr 1 Tientsin * ~|.iap stronghold ' f shelledMovlO g~ u ' »—y." 1 ' ? y- • .Fy , L— p z? | SHANGHAI . 6C ENE ci LATEST it | ACT IVt TV —■ NANX'NG ' == = , Tin- above map presents a nutshell history of events that led to the present crisis an Shanghai, which threatens international peace. The blowing up ;>f the railroad tracks of the Japanese-owned South Manchuria Railway, no, th of Mukden, started the fracas. Japanese placed tne blame on t’ht'ese ami occupied Mukden as a reprisal. Gradual occupation ot the entire province of Manchuria followed, the Chinese - putting up no resistance, but appealing to League of Nations ami boycotting Japanese trade. It was to force the lifting of tfie boycott and fie suppression of anti-Japanese societies that Japan attempt'd . the occupation of Shanghai. 1

COWAN SEEKS COUNTY OFFICE — Decatur Man Candidate For Nomination For County Auditor — Glen (Bill) Cowan, Decatur ' • barber shop proprietor today anUiounced his intention of being a i candidate for tlie office of county i auditor, subject to the decision of i Democratic voters at tlie primary < I election next May 3. Cowan was A candidate four years ago an I • vas defeated in tlie primary by less than 50 votes by tlie inciin:- j beat. [ Mr. Cowan said that lie would ' I make a thorough canvas of the! I county, and that if elected he| would serve all the people of the community to the best of his ability. ' He has served atnf is at present 1 precinct committeeman of first wareU precinct B in Decatur ami has been active in county ami township Democratic politics fi r many years. . Cowan stated that he would - start his campaign some time the 1 latter part of this month and that ' 1 he would endeavor to visit all the 1 ' i Democratic voters of the county. PLANES SOUGHT BY RESCUEBS Clearing Storms Permit Rescue Squads to Seek Crashed Planes (By United Press) ( Storms in which seven airplanes disappeared sending 15 persons to j almost certain death cleared today | to allow rescue parties opportun- ; tty for extending search. ( The almost unprecedented series ( of accidents was scattered from , the Florida coast to the Pacific ( mountain region where the toll was heaviest. The toll included: Jack Sharpneack, United Airlines pilot, crashed to death near Rio Vista, Calif., flying the air mail from San Francisco to Reno, Nev. , Eight persons aboard a Century- f Pacific airliner which vanished last , Friday in a storm over the Tehac- , liipi mountains in southern Cali- < fornia. Only faintest hope remain- ( ed to find them alive. Pilot Vai Chick and four pass- , eugers missing since Monday on a j flight from Miami to Bimini oft the > Florida coast. There was little , hope they had survived on the j storm-tossed ocean. ( Lieut. Edward D. Hoffman, miss- | WONIINUKD ON PAGE TWO) '

Rev. Brown Holding Revival Meet Series Rev. A. B. Brown, jiastor of the First Baptist church in this city l< conducting a Revival meetng at the Pleasant View Baptist church north of Wren, 0., this week. Last I night a capacity crowd greeted the | pastor, and interest is such that church members are considering a plan ot' extending the Revival another week. Rev. Brown’s sermons dwell entirely on Hie gosp‘l and his treatment ot various subjects lias won many friendships for him in the community of Pleasant View church Several Decatur people attended the services last night. 0. F. LEONARD DIES SUDDENLY Former Decatur Resident Dies At Bluffton Tuesday I*. M. Delmar F. Leonard. 57. Huntington real estate man and former Decatur business man dropped over dead at the Caylor Clinic in Bluffton at 4 o’clock Tuesday afternoon. Mr. Leonard had gone to the Clinic for treatment and died suddenly. Death was caused by heart trouble with which the deceased had suffered for the past 3 years. Mr. Leonard resided in this city for about 12 years and was engaged in tlie real estate business. He mbved from Decatur 6 years ago and since that time lived at Huntington. ( The deceased was born at Potomac, 111.. September 12. IS'4. tlie son of James A. and Sarah ' ham-bers-Leonard. In 1896 he was inited in marriage to Helvie (Burd. Surviving are the widow and the following children; Mrs. Virgil Krick of this city; Mrs. Karl Grove and Miss Bernice Leonard of Tulsa. Okla., Mrs. Van Boyd of Louisville Ky., and James Leonard of Fort Wayne; 7 grandchildren, and 2 brothers, F. E. Leonard of Thorntown, (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) M ould Erect Diner Permission to erect a dining car on the Morrison lot on the south side of Liberty Way on the oast side of the alley from the new postoffice building, was requested byGeorge "Spike” Cramer before the city council last evening. Mr. Cramer stated if permission would be granted to place the car facing Liberty Way that he would beautify the grounds. The matter was referred to the committee on public safety and if the dining car complies with all fire regulations, permission will probably be granted.

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JAP PREMIER DEFENDS HIS NATION’S PLANS Blames Chinese .Military Attacks For Renewal Os Fighting SELF DEFENSE IS MAINTAINED By TSI YDS HI INC KAI. Premier of Japan. , Written for the United Press (World Copyright 1932, by UP! Tokitu Japan, Feb. 3.—(U.R) •—Mancnuria is nearly 1,000 miles from Shanghai and the (Shanghai incident is an affair [entirely separate from the ! Manchurian incident. ; Both occurrences were due :to a similar cause, namely, ;violent Chinese military attacks. In the Shanghai case, ian arrangement had been made in consultation by the international [authorities in view of the disturbed conditions of the city for its deI sense by international forces, and ,in accordance with this scheme a I particular sector was alloted to the , i Japanese. Tlie Japanese navy proceeded to [carry out this international duty by landing a force of Marines. These men immediately were subjected to a galling fire by Chinese , troops. In the execution of their I [ (CONTINCED ON PAGE THREE) OCITY OFFICES TO BE CLOSED Officials Will All en <1 Funeral Services For Orval Harruff The city hall will lite closed Thursday afternoon during the funeral services for Orval Harruff, superintendent of the water department of the city plant, and members of the city official family will alt.'nd the services. Mr. Harruff’s death occurred suddenly Monday evening. He had been connected with the city family for 12 years. At the regular meeting of the ' I council last evening Mayor George Krick requested Councilman O L. : Vance to draft resolutions to the ; memory of Mr. Harruff. . Floral offerings from the mem'i bers of the council and Mayor I Krick,* M. J. Mylott, superintendI ent of the electric department of ! the city plant. City Clenk Alice I 1 Christen. City Treasurer Ada Martin. Miss Mary McKean, city bookkeeper, employes at the water plant and employes of the city stieet cleaning department were (CONTINUED ON I AGE FOUR) INSURGENTS ARE DEFEATED v — • Mine I nion Delegates Opposed To Lewis Are Defeated On Floor Indianapolis. Feb. 3. — (U.R) —Discord from insurgent leaders in district No. 1, Pennsylvania, Illinois and Indiana, came to the floor of the United Mine Workers convention today in the form of objections to appointment of field workers, organizers and officers by international officials. The insurgents lost their battle, however, as they have lost all previous thrusts in the current convention, whfen by a standing vote the delegates rejected 19 insurgent resolutions which would have provided for election of the workers, in favor of the committee report favoring appointments. Henry Mische, Nanticoke, Pa., opened the insurgent offensive with a charge that there were HI organizers in district No. 1, where organ- , izing was not needed. Joli n L. Lewis, international , president, interrupted Mische to remark that the organizers were up- ' pointed at the request of district officials “to protect the organiza- ' tion from attempts of those who (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE)

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To Observe Prayer Day The World Day of Prayer, an annual observance, will beheld in the United Btelhren Church ull-duy Friday, February 12. The meeting Is sponsored by the Women's Missionary Societies of all the local ' churches, and members of all protestant churches here ar? invited. The subject of I hep rogratn this (ear will be "Call to Prayer." Every one is urged to plan to attend this ' meeting. IMPROVEMENTS ARE ACCEPTED: Council Plans. To Move City Offices To New Quarters Soon The improvements at tlw 1 city hall building were accepted by (he council in session last even-! ing ami the offices of the city! clerk and city treasurer will be ; moved Io the newly remodeled downstairs quarters next week, members of the council stated It was tlie intention of the council to move the offices this week, but due to tlie death of Orval Harruff. superintendent of th-? water department, plans were postponed until next week. The electric light committee grunted tlie petitions of Sanford Wagner for a street light on Jackson street, between Tenth and Eleventh street and one for John Mayer for a light on Washington street. The petition of Floyd Acker for building a stretch ot cement side- ■ walk and curb on Walnut street was granted by the street and sewer committee. I The petition of the li P 0. || Elks, through 1,. E Beal, “seen•I tary, for the erection ot a light! in the alley south of the Elk'sj I home was referred to the electric J light committee and the request granted. Claims totaling more than $4,000 were allowed by the council and | the session adjourned. Drum Corps To Meet I There will be an important meeting of Adams Post, American Legion Drum Corps at Legion hall to- ' night at 7:30 o’clock. All members are requested to attend. ROCKEFELLER REPORTED ILL Cold Keeps Financier In- i doors; “Not Serious” 1 Secretary States • Ormond Beach. Fla., Feb. 3.— [ • (U.R) —John D. Rockefeller has[‘ been ill with a cold, hut the ill- j ness is not serious. Nestor W. Davis, secretary of the 92-year old financier, announced officially today. It was that illness, Davis said, that kept Rockefeller indoors for the past week, forcing him to [ abandon temporarily his game of golf and to absent himself from (httreh Sunday for the first time , in two years. ' Rockefeller- is showing a gradual. improvement, David added. Today's official statement confirmed United Press dispatches about the aged financier's condition for days. Friends of Rockefeller, reluctant to discuss the , matter, had insisted he was not ill. o Freighter Is Aground Washington, Feb. 3 —(UP) —The 8.000 ton freighter Endicott went . aground today three miles south of . Tortugas off the Florida Keys, The i coast guard was advised. The Endicott carries a crew of 43 . and was enroute from Galveston to , Germany. The Endicott’s master asked for assistance and the coast guard cut- , ter Petrel has gone to her aid. I O-r Two Banks Re-open Warsaw, Ind., Feb. 3 —(UP) — 1 Banks at Claypool and Silver Lake ' two of the 10 institutions which ' closed in Kosciusko county last week, were reopened today. Offi- ' cers of the Kosciusko county bank- ’ ers association announced that the : | others would reopen late this week.

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SETTLEMENT'S BORDER SCENE OF GUN RAIDS Jap Leaders Admit Defeat In Effort To Capture Native City OTHER I IRINt; IN PROGRGESS Sliaiighni, I'cl). 3 'Un' Chinese held oil the Japanese attack and drove them hack today in a tierce hattie at the Ilongken holder of the international seltlcnient. A similar battle went on in the nearby Chapei native (iiiarter and Chinese forts at Woosung. 20 miles from the city, were heavily bombarded by J,q>aneso warships. Despite withering mudline gun. artillery and rifle fire and aerial bombing, the Chinese, without leaving their own trenches, drove the Japanese ba< k w ith their ni l ' field pieces a quarter mile from the rifle range m the Ilongken border of the settlement. The Japanese admitted today hey bad again failed to dtslod-e the Chinese from the north station. on tlie Chapei border of the settlement. Japanese casualties were announced offidally at four fulled and 22 seriously wounded. Shanghai, China. Feb. 3—(U.R) Headquarters of the 19th Chineso route army anacuneod officially today that the guns of the Woosung forts had sunk a Japanese destroyer ami forced others t > withtfraw. seriously t ripplod I The claim was not immediately (CONTINUED OX PAGE THREE) o Farrar Is Speaker The Men’s Chorus from the Mem nonite Church in Herne presented a musical program at the meeting of the Lions Club here Tuesday night. A. R. Farrar. Democratic candidate for congress was tlie principal speaker, and gave tlie address of the evening. The meeting was in the charge of Albert Scheumaiin and Harry Knapp. — —o Farmer Is Witness B. F. Mullenkamp. pioneer resident of Waibash township in Jay county was a witness in (lie WaIrash river dredge case this morning. Mr, Mullenkamp b-gan his,' testimony yesterday, in testifying as to the value of the lands he stated that if the proposed improvement was made the value of the lands today would lie less, due to the cost of the assessments. Whatever the assessments would be, Mr. Mullenkamp stated that the lands would be worth that much less. — o MURDER TRIAL STARTS TODAY Witnesses Tell of Father Killing Son At Dance Hall Altercation Rockport. Ind.. Feb. 3. (U.R) - Descriptions of how William Taylor, 70, shot and killed his son, Bryan Taylor. 32. during an 'argument at a dance hall the son operated at Apalona. were presented by numerous witnesses of the slaying at Taylors murder trial here today. Russell Logsdon, a deputy sheriff, told the court that, after all other dancers had left the floor. William Taylor remained to dance a jig. His son quietly asked him to leave, Logsdon testified, and then took him by the arm and attempted to force him off the> floor. The father drew a revolver and shot his son while scores of dancers looked on. Logsdon tosiified. 0 Fighter Drops Dead Evansville. Ind. Feb 3.—(U.R)— Cyril "Bild" Hughes, IS. of near Rockport died last night a few minutes after collapsing in a ring while boxing with Ernest Anderson, IS, negro, during an amateur boxing tournament.