Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 30, Number 31, Decatur, Adams County, 5 February 1932 — Page 1

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warns County Democrats Plan District Rally And Banquet

kSTARTED hIG RALLY h IN MARCH ITo Name General Lillee For Event; Janv To Allend — Nations I are INVITED | I Bosse, Aiiarns county ■ Ltic chairman announ- ; lav lhat plans were tin-1 flora Democratic ban-. Ll rallv t<» •«' held in t L the first week in | Chairman Hosse con* [with State Chairman L Peters yesterday at i Lvne ami the latter [| him that he would ■ Pemwratie state officials L the Adams comity meetL tK for slate and district Lire invited to the affair L,l Chairman Ross? said Kir- the exact date of the ■,s minoaitied lie would go Liapolls and arrange with [criili'al committee, so that L ueeting in thV state ■on liit t. L thoae invited to the affair i ijJhXutt. dean of the Indi-i Ermity law school and can-1 ■ for the Democratic noniiIfor Governor; Walter My-’ ■ Frederick VanNuys, candif&r rhe senatorial nomi-1 I Mayor Wood Posey, of I ■Hute, candidate for Uioi ■u (or governor; Frink! ■t. secretarv of state; Fliydj■Bn. state auditor. William! I state treasurer and other! ■rials. Bbtriet candidates in the new [district will lie invited and ton- from each of the seven; ■unties in the fourth district I am invited. man Bosse will call a meet-1 iTiyt'EixiN i’aiii-: t'oent PRAMMED; HUE MISSING — ! ins Schooner Goes *n After Collision M Halifax Coast I York. Fell. 5 (UP) The dishinj schooner Eleanor ' tat> was sunk off Halifax tote'a collision with the Belhi;!i;'r Jean Jadot. and 21 k are missing. ria's of the rjoy | Royal Beige •li'li line said they had re ladvir>s from the skipper of k Jadot telling of the acei M'artlng stilt missing, and cambers of lli-* Nickerson's! k'H” rescued. It i Official Faces Suit F'ille. Ind . Feb. r, (UP) Faprlation o Public funds f -'l ayainsi I.ingle It. Harris t '®”)’township trustee, In P arliKii filed ; n crt-ult court [’■iteuhip. Wiuires exceeding approf"’ likewise are charged in wf,t; h se,, ks judgment i™’ it based on an ex.iminaI arris ' “Mice by the state P accounts. Bondsmen for |tti"i a '"' a ' e naniPtl parties to C , Harril ' la «t year in office rameiit proceedings were ‘ Mainst him. but failed. 4er Today’s Witness u’ Bricher, Wabash townii ,nn,: the witness " al »ash dredge ease it i'm." 1 ' B *'■ ‘Mt’Henkunip, »»v ~C ounty ’ completed his w'is n °°" lo(iay - He h! "‘ " stand since Tuesday lln as 10 ~lp val’i? of » as no eveut tli a improveimp t t Jp re , rt madp ' Mr. Mui•"nieit T that llle cost 01 ' h ” a lUModay. be dWIUCtC<i

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Injection iclini < « - & This is 11 y ear old Mary Low. who ' with her mother and father. was| found dead in their secluded house on the outskirts of High Bridge, N. J. Her brother. Frederick, 15, the only survivor of the family, told a Macaber tale of Mow I>i Frederick ('. Ix>w. his father, de spomlent over financial reverses.’ administered an injection to each member of the family, saying »t was an anti typhoid serum. H'-j then injected Hie fluid into hi* own veins. Only a miracle saved the boy from the fate that befell | i his parents and sister. RELATES TRIP TO PORTO RICO .Major Juan Rodriguez Is Rotary Speaker Thursday Night Maj. Juan Rodriguez. head of the X-ray staff at tin- Duemlitig clinic. Fort Wayne, gave,an interesting story of his flight from Indianan ;<-lis to Porto Rico with Maj. Gene) al W. G. Everson, before numbers I of Hie Decatur Rotary club last eve- ! ning. Dr. Rodrigue/, was a guest of : General Everson. He was born in i Porto Rico and visited with his p-r---ients and other relatives at San | Juan. The T.OUO-mile journey was made lon schedule despite (he several I days delay in flying from Indianapolis to Jacksonville, Florida The trip was made without a mishap. Dr. Rodriguez told of incidents on Hie trip and what a thrill it was to "fly over the top," meaning in going over the clouds. At out- time the pilot of his plane flew ala height of about l.oiiO feet and for more than two hours they were go ing through a large cloud. He told of the receptions given (< a>N I INi’l-.'l > ON PAGE TWO) WRECKED PLANE VICTIMS FOUND Eight Bodies Enroute To Bakersfield, Calif., After Tragedy 1 .os Angeles. Calif.. Feb. (U.PJ . - Just a week after a Century Pacific Air Liner crashed in tin bliz zard iwept Tehachapi mountains, (bodies of the eight victims, crushed and charred, were to be brought to Bakersfield today. -Six days of search revealed the twisted skeleton of the plane on a ’ 2,000-foot hillside four miles west of Fort Tejon. Paul Appadeca, In dian range rider, found the wreckage. The plane had struck with teri iiic force. Pilot J. V. Sandblom, with a record of 4.000 hours in the air, had no time to switch off the igni tion. < Cascading gasoline from I It l • wreck tired inefnterating the eight , occupants. i Sandblom's body was crushed I under a huddle of the three great • motors. Six others were missed at the frnnt of the plane. Only one f that of Mrs. F. H Fickeisen ot San Diego, had been thrown clear. Appadeea sighted the wreckage turned and rushed through thr j snow toward Fort Tejon. "I <l‘dn t (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

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JURY CALLED FOR MONDAY l-cbriuirv Tenn Petit Jury To Have First Case Next ilondav The Fi bi u.ii i I i 'll of tin 1 Adams circuit r nut petit jury will have its Hist ■ a e m xt Monday Judge It P. Erwin today notified Sheriff Burl I Johnson that tin- jtirynn-n are re- | qi.i ' d t.i I ■ i i t heir chairs at !» loilis k Monday morning. Earlier this wm-k it w.i. thought (the jury would l.e called today, lull 1 I attorney! in Hi.- ca*e being. Hied in i emu: decided to hold th-ir hearing ' In-foil* Judge Ei win. Sin riff John on today was litl.ty noli ying eaidi of the venire. The .ctit Jury includes: Adolph Schainerloh, Union town | ship; Rex Andrews. Kirkland town- ! ship; A. M Biberstine, French j township, William Butcher. Jeffer(son township; Sam Berlsih, French 'township: Ed R. S< berry, Kirkland; i township; John N. Baumgartner, i French township; Ed Hurst. Washjinrton township; Albert \\ Liechfy : Monroe township; Xoah W. I.eh ' mam Monroe t.iwnsliip; Ed Pusey. Wabash township; George Hlrschy.! Monroe township. — — — o Car Service Halted I South Bend. Ind.. Feb. 5 (UP) , j Discontinuance of street car service I I in Michigan City was authorized in , ; circuit court here upon petition by ' I Ralph R. S.r.ith. president and re-’ i reiver for the Nsiihern Indiana rail- ■ way com; any. Public service commission appro-1 val must likewise be granted, how-j ' ever, to make the ord if boMMuaeFormer Mayor Expires , j I'liniii r: Vila-, li.d.. Feb. 5 ll'l’.l' I Funeral s>rvices will tie held here' tomorrow for Jaaieu A. Clifton. Hi. i former mayor of Connersville, who, i died aft -r a month s illness. Clifton | . Lwns an a.torilt y here for nearly .! 25 year s. DECATUR MAN'S SISTER DIES »■ I • ■ Mrs. Hannah E. Gideon Expires At Home Near Payne, ()., Thursday ■4 , ’ Mr Hanmili E. Gideon. S 4 of near 4 Payne Ohio., and sister of Aaron 1 Stevens of this city, died at her r | country home three miles south of Payne, Thursday morning at 11:30 o’clock -astern lime. 1 Mrs. Gideon iiad been making her home on her farm nea’r Payne, with Gm Russel Finkhausen family. She suffered a stroke of paralysis last .November anil since that time her condition has gradually become Iwtiise 1 esultim'. in Iler death Thill'.day tuortiiti". She wa born in Union 'township. Adams County, th ■ daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Janies Stevens. She was » united in mairla/i to Henry Gid eon who is deceased. Later she mar rietl her firn husband's brother, John Gideon, who a'so preceded Iler in di-atii al-ottl IS year. ago. No children wire born to either 1 union. Surviving are two brothers. Aaron '■ Stevens o. Decatur, and Janies 1 Stevens of near Sturgis, Michigan. 1 E. Burt Lcijhart. Norman G. Lenhart, of Decatur, anil Harlan " | Stevens of Union township are “ | fie; hews of the deceased, and Mrs. 1 I Lave Rice is a niece. 1 i Mrs. Gideon was a member of the ‘ I United Brethren Church. Funeral services will be held Sunday afler1 noon at 2 o'clock (eastern time) h in th > McGill Church, three and one .' ha'f miles south of Payne. (). Hold Wage Conference Montreal, Que., Reb. 5- 1 1 Pi Wa.e negotiations between the Ca- ’’ nadian National and Canadian Pa'dcific railway and their 26,000 emd p|. yes have been settled by an ’• agreement providing a 10 per cent 11 cut effective from Dee L 1933, r - Papers we e signed yesterday. In- ’■ eluded in th’ employe group agree- ’’ im’ to the wage cut are iocoiuotive ' l engineers, firemen, trainmen, conductors, yard mon and telegraphers.

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Decatur, Indiana, Friday, February 5, 1932

lloj >e for Peace J’'" '" - ' z ' r WZk Ml . f ® j I W' The appointment of Admiral Kiihisaburo Nomura as commander of the Japanese forces in Chinese waters is seen as the i first rift in the war clouds thixt; I hover in the Far East. Admiral i ! William V. Pratt. V. S. Chief of j i Naval Operations, declared that the new Jap leader is a statesman as well as a sailor, and if anyone | cun clear up the delicate situation j I it is Nomura. I CHIIBCK PLANS OBSERVATION — Lenten Season Services Tu Open At Lutheran ( hurch Ash Wednesday The Rev. Paul W. Schultz, pastor of Zion Lutheran Church on West Montoe Street, announced that a ■ I series of Wednesday evening ser- i I vices will be held at the Church | during Lent. The first of these services will l>' ' conducted next Wednesday evening j at 7:30 o'clock. As in loi nier years thes’ special I services will be held in eommemori ation of Jesus pasion and only pas- ' sion hymns will be sung, t'he pastor stateil lhat these services are always highly cherished by the hear Hers, and he expressed the h >t- ■ iCi iNTINt’E'D ON PACE SiX> — New Chaplain Named Michigan City. Ind.. Feb. 5 (I'i‘t Warden Walter 11. Daly of the In- ■ diana state prison today announced the appointment of R -v. Robert Hall. Michigan City, as chai lain of ' the institution. i Rev. Hall will assume the position April 1. He succeeds Rev. Aaron Wood. SO. who resigned after having served more than 13 years. MURDER CASE NEARING END Judd Trial Jury Rests Today Because nf Holiday In Arizona Phoenix, Ariz... Feb. 5. tU.R) The jury in the Winnie Ruth Judd trial listed today becau.ie it was a regal 1 holiday in Arizona. ' It already had received the most damaging testimony the state Iras presented in its attempt to hang 1 Mrs. Judd on the charges she niurd,ered Agnes Anne Leroi, a close friend. The testimony was that of Dr. ‘ Joseph Catton. San Francisco alien--1 ist, who said the blonde defendant ' told him she killed Mrs. Leroi ami 1 Mrs. Leroi's room-mate. Miss Hedvig Samuelson, because of J. J. Halloran. wealthy Arizona sportsman. This suppoiled directly the state claim that jealousy over Halloran led Mrs. Judd to shoot the two girls to death. "There would have been no Winnie Ruth Judd case if there were ' no Jack Halloran,” Dr. Catton said t she told him. Halloran. Arizona lumber dealer, has been mentioned frequently in the case. Dr. Catton advanced the pobulbtlity that Halloran was at the (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

JAPAN READY TO GIVE REPLY ON ACTIVITIES Grave Decisions Reached, Tokyo Reports Relate; Answer Soon CASUALTIES - REPORTED HIGH lokiit. Id). >. 'UP A sLiletiiciil clmi'actt'i'i/.t'tl ns highlv significant anti <•••-; bodving “grave deeisioits" concerning Janan's activities in C.ltina was being |tre|uired for inintediile announcement, lite I tilled Press learn ! rd todav. A spokesman at the foreign I office said that the statement! ' would give reasons for activities in the Shanghai area.j ' He said it should be ready ls»t,*| I today or tomorrow. The statement followed an :<n j I rriimemeiit that Jiipan might I consent to international control I of the lower Yangtze valley if the ■ powers suggest such a move. The spokesman said that Ambassador Dibuehi in Washington ! unintentionally had denied to SeiI retary of State Stimson certain' I events now happening in China. ! He said the government hud not ( advised its embassies’ abroad re- ; garding its plans. However. Del lu-lii now has been | advised fully, he said, and pre- , suniably has informed Stimson. It : was admitted that Dabuehi might Ire embarrassed but suggestions he might resign were ridiculed. The United Stages, and Great Britain and other interested pow I era, probably will not be informed ! directly of the government's I grave decisions" exported to in* j" outlinisl in the statement, the I spokesman said. The government was represent- ' ed as holding that the powers had (CONTINI'FJD ON PAGE SIX) SNOW BLANKETS MOST OF STATE Zero Weather Accompanies First Real Touch Os 1932 Winter Indianapolis, Feb. 5. (U.R) — A heavy snow blanket in the north:ern section of the state, biting i temperatures in the central area, {and floods, in the southern section, complexed Indiana's meteorological 'map today. 1 The heaviest snow and the coldest weather of the season struck northern Indiana, high winds pil l Ing the snow into drifts that hamp jered traffic Snow plows were I I needed to dear highways in man.) ' northern communities In the "pocket" section of Ihe slate, flood waters of the Ohio river were reported still rising, innmlal ing liundreils of acres and isolating numerous homes. Boats ami skills were used by many families of Union township. Vamlerhurg i-oun > ty. to go to and from their homes. 1 Traffic was barely able to move 1 in and out of Evansville. llm last ferry across the Ohio river ceased I operations because of high wind, i Only one road was available to 111 r inois, and traffic was being pnllml - through high water of. I S. 11 to > Kentucky. Flood warnings were issued to . families living in lowlands. Weather bureau officials said the i water, already far past the flood 1 stage of 35 feet, probably would rise another foot. In the central area the temper . ature hovered around the 25 degree - mark. Warmer weather was foret east for today. , o Assistants Are Chosen South Bend, Ind.. Feb. S.—(U.R) 1 Three members of the 1931 Notre Dame football team will assist ’ Heartly (Hunk) Anderson, senior 1 coach, in developing the 1932 eler en. Marchmont Schwartz, back field; Tomm Yarr. center, and R Nordy Hoffman, guard, have been engaged to help.

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I wo !• oil Wayne Youths Are Hehl In Louisville Louis, llle Kay. Feb. 5 I UP) — Khiiiilli Stutz; Hi, ami Dean Brain Id-tl. It) both of Foii Wayne, wait ed •■viimiiiatimi in police court here toila, and were bolln I over Io the grant jury on two charge of robtiriy 'the grand jury will convene February 15. I ‘ Bond for each of the ■ u peels was I fixed al J:' Stutz and Biuniblelt were arre t- 1 ! i d la *l night a lew minutes after ■ i a gasoline station attendant had lien) held up and robln-d of $ 1!». Police said they admit led the hold I up. robbery of a restaurant here ' yesterday morning, and live hold ups in Indiana before coming to I 1 smisv ille The youths were arreded in an I auto stolen from Garrett. Ind . TICKET SALE STARTSTODAY ■ Distribution of Chamber of Commerce Tickets Is Underway In City Tickets for the annual banquet , and reorganization meeting of! the Decatur Chamber of Commerce were mailed to members this afternoon bty Leo Kirsch, secretary.; i The meeting will he held at (i:lsg . o’clock next Monday night at the ; K*. of C. Hall. Arthur Sapp. Huntington attor-- | ney and member of the slate, ! lughway commission, will be the i chief speaker. Sapp, also is past -, , i president of Rotary, International.; N'ollowiug th.- banquet, the an-1 nual election of three directors' will take place. The ballots will contain names of six members, I J nominated by the present hoard I of directors, and the three receiv- \ in.-- the highest number of vet"s, will lie elected to the boaril for, three years. A. R. Ashbattcher. C. C. Pum-i Ij phrey and Dick Heller are the re-{ ' tiring directors Each has served i | for six years. AU local citizens, not members ! of the chamber of commerce are' ! invited to attend the banquet J i i <<-i i\ ri ni i .'i > iin t'Ai:i: si x > . Leonard Funeral Held { Funeral serviifs for Delmar F.; . Leonard. Huntington business man ; { who dropped dead in a Blulfton cli- : { nic I uesday a lernoon. w -re* held at 9:30 o'clock this morning at the ] home of a daughter. Mrs. Virgil k I Krick, +l7 South First street. Rev. ‘ I B. H. Franklin, paskir of the Me- * I tbodist Episcopal chttri-h. officiated • 1 and burial was in the Dei atur <’ ‘tn- ■ etery. 1 Mr. Leonard formerly lived in | this city. TAX COLLECTOR HAS PROBLEMS r Poll fax Necessary In Obtaining 1932 Licenses i- For Stores I IndiaiiaiMilis. Feb. 5. (U.R) New . difficulties ’were added to chain ( Store tax collectors', jobs today in I a ruling by Attorney General .Limes IM. Ogden that they must that . store owners’ poll taxes are paid 1 before being issued 1932 store li- ,; t enses. I Since payments are made by mail. , ,IL. O. Johnson, chief of tax collections, pointed out. payees must B send in poll tax receipts with the I payment. After they are checked, i they will be returned. All persons more than 50 years .. or age are exempt from the poll tax, ~ but they must explain that wlien .. they make their payments, John {son said. Tile law providing issiiume of state licenses only to persons who liave poll tax receipts was passed by the 1931 legislature. p Mellon Is Nominated it r Washington, Feb. 5 iI'P) —Pre- .- sident Hoover today sent to the t- senate the nomination ot Andrew d ; W. Mellon to be ambassador exirati i ordinary* and plenipotentiary to ’Great Britain

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Houston Skipper j HOU 1 In command of the cruiser Houston at Shanghai. Captain Robert! A Dawes, of Duxbury. Mass., willhave the job of evacuating Ameri-j cun citizens from the war zone in{ the event of such a procedure ne { .lulling necessary. The Houston isj the flagship of the Asiatic fleet, which was rushed frpm Manila. P. 1 . following the appeal of ConsulGeneral Edwin S. Cunningham for reinforcements SEBVICESFOr’i LENT PLANNED i Catholic Church To Con-| duct Series of Tuesday Night Sermons The Rev. Father Carl Holsinger, assistant pastor of St. Peter's; : Catholic church. Fort Wayne, will deliver the l.entcn sermons at th? St. Mary's Catholic church, be-; I ginning Tuesday. February Hi. { The season of Lent opens Ash ; Wednesday. February 10. and { i continues until Easter. Marell 27. , The Lenten sermons will be de-; livered each Tuesday evening. On ! Friday evening the Way of the| I Cross and Benediction will be, { held. The services will he held! al 7: Jo o'clock. The Way of thel ]Cro*s will also be made at 11:3dI a. in on week days diirin. (he; ; Lenten season. Father Holsiner was ordained a{ I priest about four and one-half| years ago. He attended college with the Rev. Father J J. Hennes., assistant pastor of St. Mary's! church at Rennsselaer and eom-i nleted his theological studies in Rome. His series of sermons will probably deal w ith incidents and I experiences during his residence 1 in Rome. The lenten regulations will he{ road al the masses Sunday morn . ing al the St Mary's church Teachers’ Wages Cut — Indianapolis. Feb. 5 —(HP) A ; resolution providing an “etner-I I gency" 5 jier cent reduction in pay j to Marion county school teachers! : was adopted by the county board of j {education. Announcement 'of th»| | slash was made today by county i superintendent Fred E. Gladden. Teachers whose pav is sl.t)Stl orless will not he affected by the reduction. Gladden said. The reductions will become effective next June, when new contracts are made. Gladden explained that the board was opposed to wage cutting but was forced to take the i action "because Os economic conI ditions which have affected school budgets." — o —~ Twenty-One Are Killed New Delphi, India, Feb. 5 (UP) I wenty one persons were killed and many wounded tislay when Kashmir police fired into a crowd at the town of Kotli, in Jammu province. to break up communal rioting. o Barney Drey fuss Dies New York. Feb. S.—(U.R) —Barney Dreyl'uss, owner of the Pittsburgh Baseball club, died in Mt. Sinai hospital today. He had undergone two operations recently for glandular disorders.

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DESTROYERS ALSO ARRIVE FROM MANILA Terrific Battle Waging V+ Soldiers Arrive At Settlement ACTION FOR protection Sliatightii, i'cb. •>- 'U.R) lite 31sl litl.Hili v, the first Antci'ictiii «• x |>«•<!lli«»itni'N i<»i'c<‘ to (.hitttt since the Boxer rebellion, arrived today I rout Manila al lite height of a terrific battle between .lapanesc and t’.hinese forces in the Cliapei sector. The Infantry. 4 tarn men strong, reached Shanghai on board the transport Chaumont. Seven I nited States destroyers arrived earlier in the day. augmenting Amer- ! ican marine and naval force-i conj eentrated in Shanghai. The transport Chaumont arrived I late this (Friday) evening. It. ■ was overdue, having been expectI ed at 2 p tn. (1 a. m. E S.T.) the { troops will be landed tomorrow morning. The Americans will disemhailc at the central customs jetty on the Bund and march up Nanking mad to the "New World” amusement house to 'heir new billets. Their barracks will be in the "New ' World Palace." part of the estalv ; lishment known as "Shanghai's Coney island. " The 31st Infantry will take their ■ places in the lines along the Amerj ican sector of the international I settlement defenses, reinforcing I the 4th regiment. United States Malines, now on duly. Their arrival brings the United States land forces up to soin-i 2.6(H) men. In addition, the American warships concentrated in the Whangpoo river otf Shanghai canland several hundred bine jacke' *. The first army transport from | Japan arrived this afternoon and i began landing guns north of th" ■ settlement. The arrival marked the first invasion of regular Jap- { anese troops to reinforce the ; marines hitherto carrying on th.) ! battle. Japanese headquarters annmincI ed the hulk of Ito- army ton; I couldnot arrive before Sunday { from Japan. Tokio. Feb. 5 (U.R) The cabinI et late today still was considering ’ whether to dispati h regular army I forces to Shanghai Io reinforce ; marines there. | Reports that a division had ; been ordered to proceed to Sluingi hai were classified as rnniors. — London. Feb. S—(U.R) Japan's I reply to the joint peace proposals i was received today. The govern- | ment began a study of its conj (CONTINI’I'.'D ON PAGE SIX) J.R.VOORHIS DIES AT 103 New Y orkTammany Lead er For Many Years Is Victi mol' Death New York Feb. 5 (U.R) John IR. Voorhis. for 20 years (he | "Grand Sachem" ot powerful Tammany society, died today in Ills 10.3 rd year. He nad rounded out a lull life. He saw the city of 2t)t).o(H) grow into the great metropolis of today, and he himself became the oracle of Democratic politics. He died at his home on Greenwich street where for more than 61) years he had resided. In that time the once fashionable resiil *nlial district had been converted into the now Bohemian Gn enwi- 'i village. Voorhis was retired last October as president of Hie board of elections on an (8,000 annual pen- ' sion. Voorhis had felt he had almost outlived his time. Last July 27 when reporters called on him for his annual Birthday interview he , turned to them and said: j "I said the last one would he j the last. 1 have had too many birthdays Let the others have , birthdays. I have had enough. It (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR)