Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 30, Number 33, Decatur, Adams County, 8 February 1932 — Page 1

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TED STATES 1 FAVORABLE OJAPANPLAN etl trali/;‘li"" Plan Is stinted This Nation peeled To Veto 4 ivCT oIMA DOORS" toUton. Kfl> S - W.PJ-Ijpane.-t' I'Dn f ( tr neu-1 (loii of f'hineso ports • reiortetl A the I mted j ; if'placed formally Ihjhv government. United States finds it It to believe that reports, i project can lie authenirpears to officials here line more than a scheme for rtltion of China which *as I iiy Smctan of Suite John •pen door policyj r r the American govern|n,is it difficult to credit redllrn scheme because of the nr declaration of Nov. 9 aslit sided with the other powjhe world against the partit china. Secretary of State , would make no .statement Jie plan today. * learned autlmfitatively. :r. that the United States is led and surprised by the i the point of viewing it inJapanese statement of Nov. fed to Secretary Stimson hy | Debts !o. Japanese ambassaid in part: Hi! be recalled that soon aftclose of tie Sino Japanese lISS4-5. a policy looking to eatuai partition ■ ' China' ap|td lie gaining ground in * jßrter.i of the world. -| the denunciation of such a! the United States. Japan j W Britain were in complete i and their <i*-t. t conation to ;the territorial and adminisintegrity of China was. as-j in many of the diplomatic" tents signed hy tiiose powhe Japanese government reunchanged in their stand m.vTKii iin pack four> rneral Services Held e, Feh. S—i Special i-rtmeral I es (or Mrs. Jacob !’ Nenenschir, 53. who died at her home. # southeast of Herne in Watownship Friday evening at fclatk, were held this aftertt the home. Burial was in *sr cemetery, west of Berne. Hi was caused hy cancer and btions. Mrs. NeuenschChad been ill since last July. | *as born October 13, IS7S, I Witter of Jacob and Cathcrustatz. She was married to P. Seuenschwander, Decent--1,1*07. d’ing is the husbaad, four •*> hila, Peter. Menno, ami kail at home, tlie aged mothand 3 brothers, Mrs. J. Moser, Mrs. Kmatiuel H. * Pr - Jacob, Christian, and Amstutz ail of Berne. Three h! died in infancy. i WILLING ID HEAD PARTY jwrat Candidate In 2 8 Says It’s Up To ol "ention Delegates *T ork . F6b - B—(UP) —Alfred ■bh and Franklin D. Roosevelt r Str - D B<h for the first time ® J h iront today in what apthe S ,' Ued t 0 I,P a bitter duel ratio presidential Mtion. fc“ nventlon ba We was in- ') Smith's Willing to Run" ht today, in which the nom...and lhe candidate of “d 1924 announced. an''af? eDloCra!ic Natlon »l conid (” 1 rcaretul consideration, that it wants me to »ill make the fight; but I Ho so e * W ect>n vention cami; ' cure lt >e support of de’eCsev!!* 81 * Primary 1" which i fo r it . and forces Ms o( , Ron " ra Uy assumed l> ~^svJ- h will Intensify their °N TAGE TWO)

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War Scribe Safe P fpfi I Tito object of a search by Japanese and Chinese officials win believed him to have been captured by a bandit gang. Edward Hunter, International News S"rvice correspondent in Manchuria, is safe in Harbin. Hunter, who was with llte Japanese army, hurried to the Chinese city to file Iris news story and was thought to have been the victim of one of the prowling bands of desperadoes. GROUP NAMED TO MAKE PLANS — County Chairman to Call Meeting For Thursday Night In This City All Democratic precinct committeemen of Adams county and a number of other Democrats over tbp county have been called to | attend a meeting Thursday night I j at—k~«Vliw-h at Democratic he*dquatters in this city to make plans! | for the big rally which will he held | In Decatur early in March, County i Chairman Ed A. Rosse announc'd] j today. All committeemen will tie mem-1 hers of the general committee,! Itosse said and he also named others to make the general committee total sixty-five in number, i The meeting Thursday night will tie for the purpose of appointing sub-committees and making pie-' liminnry arrangements for the rally. The following men have lic-n muted: James Briggs. William Hector, James Kelley, Harry Meshhergpr. Roy Dtthneh, Robert Mothers. Thurman Oottsehalk, Evert Sehftg, (CONTINUED ON I'AGE TWOI COMEDY WILL BE PRESENTED Kirkland Juniors Flan Presentation of Comedy Wednesday Night "Sound Yoitr # Horns,7 a farce ! comedy in three acts will be presented by the Junior class of Kirk land high school at the Kirkland high school gymnasium Wednesday evening. February Id, a! 8 o'clock. The play is an interesting story, M and the cast oT characters has been rehearsing for the past several weeks. The price of admission is twenty-five cents for adults and fifteen cents fop children. Tickets may h-* secured from members of the junior class or at the door. Following is the cast of characters: i Drusilla—A little girl about town Francis Schlickman , Phyllis—H -r chum Heier Mcßride . Etta La.iib—A waitress. i Mable Horne Mr. Angus—Attorney for the Van Dyke estate Alvin Beinekn . Homer Bird —Contact man for Empire Bottling Works Glen Gerod . Christine Eliot — Owner of a road (CONTINUED ON PAGE Fit'll I o Boxer Nearing Death ' Kokomo, Ind., Reh. 8 —(UP) — Wilbur Russell. 23-year-old amateur boxer, was reported losing today in his battle with death. He has been unconscious since he was knocked, 1 out by George Scott in a boxing | tournament Wednesday. Physicians said he was suffering from an Edema of the brain and was gradually growing weaker.

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SAPP MAY SEEK | GOVERNORSHIP Leslie Said To Favor Huntington Man For (1.0. I*. Nomination Indianavolis, Feb. si (UP) An assertion that Governor Harry C? Leslie will place Arthur Sapp, HunIngton, in the race for the Republican nomination for Governor, was made by tin* Indianapolis Times today. Sapp is a la's lie apoinlce to the ,State Highway commission and the State School Aid commission. According to the Times’ article, la-site was allied in his selection by Henry Marshall. Lafayette publisher. The chief reason for putting . Sapp in the field, the article said, i was to combat, favorable sentiment . for the nomination of M. Bert Thurman national committeeman, and ! Fred Landis. Transport, who oji- ; posed Leslie for the nomination In 1938. Sapp is expected to make his formal announcement within a few days, the Times said. o No Loot Is Obtained Thieves broke into the Reed Elevator Company, 733 West Monroe ! street, sometime alter Friday night 1 but were not awarded with any loot for their trouble. J. J. Reed, iproprietor found a torn I off screen door and a window that ■ had been cut with a glass cutter ] evidencing that someone had entered the building, hut nothing on the inside was disturbed. It is not known when the robbery was attempted as the elevator has been dosed since Friday. INSPECTOR DT LOCAL SCHOOLS F. L. Murray Will Spend Two Days In County Inspecting Study Methods F. L. Murray, state school inspector working under the supervision ’i of George C. Cole, state superintendent of public instruction, arrived in Decatur today to spend two days inspecting the sihoals of Decatur, Berne anil all rural schools. Mr. Murray stated that his inspection includ' d not only buildings i and equipment hut also the oourses of study followed itt the various schools and the ability of various teachers to propound the subjects and courses. He stat >d that the inspection of tlte letter was regarded as the most important by Superintendent Cole, inasmuch as other inspectors investigated the buildings to a certain extent. Mr. Murray began his work in Decatur this morning, visiting Deca- ( tttr high school, .Decatur Catholic liig'u school and a number of the elementary buildings. He will then devote the remainder of his time at rural schools and at Borne. Mr. Murray’s home is at LaGrange and he was actively engag- 1 ed in tlte teaching profession liefore going into th” school field 1 work of the state department. i WOMAN'S FATE GOES TO JURY — * i Arguments Conducted Today In Judd Murder Case At Phoenix, Arizona n Courtroom, Phoenix. Ariz., Feb. , f! — (U.R) — The final pleas in the > court fight for Winnie Ruth Judd's 1 life were made today by attorneys ( in closing arguments .in her trial ( on a charge of murdering Agnes , Anne Leroi. fellow nurse. , G. A. Rodgers, assistant county j attorney, was the first pf the four , to address the jury. He pleaded with the jurors “not to consider the ( sentimental angles” in the case. , He asked the jurors to forget the defendant was a woman and that j "her aged parents were in the back- ( ground, and to "remember that the j lives of Mrs. Leroi and Miss Hedvig Samuelson had been 'snuffed (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) '

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Attend Stale Conference Peter I! Lehman, Otto D. I Bober if-h. Dale Moses and Dun Schwartz lim-uI retail dairymen left for Imllunapolls early Monday morning to attend the «tat - retail dairy association meeting. This meeting will he addressed hy Slate health authorities and Purdue dairy uutiiuritiex. The information gained will better enable them 1 to give service to the retail milk customers. LENT SEASON | OPENS FEB.IO Bishop Suspends Fasting And Abstinence; Rules Are Announced The season of Lent opens Ash Wednesday, February 10. A high mass will be celebrated at the St. Mary’s Catholic church at 7:30 o'clock and ashes will he distributed before the mass. Catholics in tlte Fort Wayne diocese are dispensed from fasting ; and abstinence this year, with the j exception of Ash Wednesday and I Friday and Saturday of Holy week the lifting or the hail being made by the Kt. Rev. Bishop John F\ Noll D. D. of Fort Wayne. Annnonc -ment was made in the Catholic churches Sunday. Due to the depression and the fact that many men are out of work the Rev. Bishop Noll, dispensed with the fast and ahstineoe regula- j tions this year and asked the faith- j fttl to perform works of charity, to attend services during the s-ason j of Lent and to make sacrifices for | the honor and glory of God. Services of the Way of tlm Cross and benediction will be held each Friday evening and a sermon and benediction will he held each Tuesday evening at St. Mary’s Catholic church. The Rev. Father Carl Hoi- ] singer will deliver rhe series of ser- > I mons. Boy Critically Hurt Berne, Feb. S.— iSpeciall—Ellis jSprunger, Jr., aged 13, of New , j York City and formerly of Berne ' suffered a fractured skull Friday w hen he was coasting on a sled anti 1 was hit by an automobile. His condition is serious. He is a grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Sprunger of , Berne. , George Lockwood 111 Muncie. Ind., Feb. B.— (U.R) -I’hys- ! icians today reported the condition | of George Lockwood, publisher of i the Muncie Evening Press, whoq 1 was stricken with a heart attack; yesterday, as “slightly improved but still critical.” MANY ATTEND ! . McNUTT MEET i i i ! i Clubs In Many Counties To Be Organized; Every County Is Represented Indianapolis, Fell. B. —(U.R) Paul V. McNutt's campaign to obtain 1 the democratic party’s nomination 1 for governor was formally launch- 1 ed today in every county of the state. Final arrangements for the con- ‘ certed drive were completed at a meeting yesterday which was at- 11 tended by approximately 600 Me- I Nutt boosters! The session was attended largely by the younger party workers. Although McNutt was known to have been pointing toward his campaign since the state convention of 1930 when he was keynote speaker. ] his formal announcement was not made until Saturday. Among speakers at the McNutt meeting were Dr. Carleton B. McCulloch, Indianapolis, the party’s choice for governor in 1920 and 1 1924; Dale t'rittenberger, Ander- 1 son; A. N. Pursley, Hartford City; George C. Kopp. Jeffersonville; * William C. Wait, Clinton; Miss ‘ Cecil Foley, Fort Wayne; Harry Neff, Anderson, and Samuel Jack- e son, Fort Wayne. Valentine Nolan, Evansville, pre- v dieted that Vanderburgh county's 1 53 delegates would vote for McNutt. * Frank McHale, Logansport, ex- ' plained that it was planned to or- * ganize a McNutt for governor club * in every county. Pleas Greenlee, Michigan City * publisher, presided over the meet- < ing.

DELINQUENT ! TAXES SOLD j BYTBEASURER i Twenty-three Titles Are Disposed of in Annual Property Tax Sale OTHERS ARE BOUGHT BACK The stile of (Iclinquciil i;i\ lilies was held litis mnrnino in the corridor of the Adams County courl house, ('.omity Treasurer John Wcehter lieing in charge. Fred Sehurucr acted as' auctioneer and offered H>~> descriptions of real eslalt' lor] sale. Only 23 titles were sold. I The published notice contained! 303 descriptions and in the last three weeks neatly half of the! titles were redeemed and the | taxes paid for hy the original j owners. Several of tlte tax titles were, for small pieces of land ami inlAts held by trustees. Word was sent i to Treasur. 1 !' Weohter that sever- ] al parties would redeem their titles before lie closed his office this afternoon and he consented to wait until that time. The largest title offered for] sale was that of the Holland S:. 1 Louis Sugar company. The last half of the 1930 tax payable in November 1931, went delinquent. Tlte November installment amounted to $7595.77. The May installment was paid. With tlte It) per eent fees added the total delinquent tax due was $8355.34. Mr. Wcehter later was notified. (CONTINUED ON PAGE F<H I:i SCOUT WEEK ! IS OBSERVED Local Troops Take Part In Anniversary of Birth of American Scouting iP.ny Scout 'Week will he spoil- : sored in Decatur and Adams Coun- j ty during this week, in commentin'- i ation of the twenty-second birthday | anniversary of the organization of j scouting. Boy Scout week opened Sunday ; February 7. and members of Scout j organizations here attended church j services In uniform and assisted in j the services of the day. Sylvester Everhart, scout master j of Rotary Troop 61. and th ' Boy | Scouts o. the seventh and eighth j grades had charge of the chapel| program for the seventh and eighth grades at tlte C 'ntral School this afternoon. Lowell Smith, Scout Master of Lion's Troop 62. and Edward Jaberg Legion Troop 63 Scout Master will present an anniversary program for the fifth and sixtli grades of the C'ntral School Tuesday afternoon. A special program lias also been planned for ail Decatur Scouts at tlte Central building, Wednesday nigJtt at 7 o'clock. A similar program will be presented hy D. F. Rile, scout master of the Geneva troop, at Geneva. BARTON TRIAL STARTSTODAY Former Blackford County Sheriff Faces Charges In Jay County Portland, Ind., Feb. B.— (U.R) —A former sheriff who is alleged to have planned bank ro-hberies on a "business” scale in eastern and northern Indiana, faced trial today in Jay circuit court. The defendant. Ira Barton, formerly chief law enforcement officer of Blackford county, is charged with bank robbery and accessory before the fact in connection with the Christmas eve robbery of the Dunkirk State Bank. Trial was scheduled to he held before Judge Frank Glllispie and a jury of residents living in the Dunkirk territory. Difficulty in selecting a jury was (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE)

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| Robbers Kill Policeman • Kansas city, Mn, Feb. ) (U.R) Bank robbers kill'd n policeman I today when Interrupted Insioe the iM' icanUie Trust Company. They j heat another olTieer and esruped. The bandit! carried two machine Rime. | Patrolmen O. B. Carpenter was Skilled when lie and Patrolman Ed 'Young walked through the door, of the bank to Investigate noises coming from the vault. Young was unhurt by the spray of bullets, but was beaten over the head a« the robbers rushed for the door. BANQUET TO BE HELD TONIGHT Chamber of C ommerce to Hear Arthur Sapp; Elect New Directors ] Everything is ready lor the annual ' banquet and reorganization | meeting of the Decatur Chamber of j Commerce to he held tonight at 16:15 o’clock at tile K. of C. hall. Arthur Sapp, Huntington, member of the Indiana highway commission ] and former president of Rotary, In- ! ternational, will lie tile princi j pal speaker. During the (linnet which will he : served at 6:15 o’clock, ballots will IDo distributed with the names of six local peopl > printed on them, j Three of the six men will lie elected | to three year terms as directors of thi Chamber of Commerce. The following men have been nominated: James Klberson, Carl Klepper, H. N. Ohsen, F. I. Litterer, Theodore Gi“a!ik“r and A. R. Holthouse. Following the election of new I directors the meeting will he turnled over to Mr. Sapp who will de- | liver the annual message to local I business men. All members of the I association have received tic kets i free and other tickets have been on ' sale all week at 50 cents for. non- , members. i A big attendance is expei s«-d at | tonight's meeting. Following the address by Sapp, other business will i he brought before tlte group. Officers for 1932 will elected by the directors later this week, it ] was stated. A. li. Asbbum-her is rei (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) Post Office Is Destroyed j* Patoka. Ind., Feb. s (U.R) -Fire destroyed the local post office and three other buildings last night, j doin£ damage of several thousand [dollars. The blaze was believed to have ioriginated in the post office base j ment. RALPH ROOP TO BE CANDIDATE County Surveyor Seeks Renomination In Democratic Primaries # Ralph Itoop, county surveyor today announced his intention of becoming a candidate for the renontimition and re--lection to the post of surveyor subject to l ie decision of the Democratic voters at the primary election May 3. Itoop, prior to it is election as surveyor was connected with the engineering department of the General Electric Co. He has been in the engineering profession for more than 15 years and at the present time is one of two registered engineers in Adams county. During the last year, he has supervised . the construction of more than lfi ditches and the re-allott-ment of about 12 to 15 ditches. He also formulated the p'ans and specifications for the construction of the new Scheiman bridge and a number o' smaller bridges in the country ordered by tlte commissioners. Roop stated that he would make an active fight for the nomination and would continue to aid in the (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) o — I)r. Neptune Returns To His Offiee Today Dr. James G. Neptune, local dentist who lias beeri ill for the last several weeks returned today | to his office. Dr. Neptune suffered a throat infection and was seriously ill for 10 days.

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lii Sea Tragedy ' x - L m Captain J. M. ImvigtiP, of the S. S. Jean Jadot, who radioed the tic ! count of llte collision of Iris sltipl with v the schooner Eleanor Nickerson. of tlte Boston fishing fleet, in! a blizznid off Cape Sable, N. S.j Twenty-one m embers of the! schooner's crew are believed 10.5t.l tint Captain Lavigne succeeded in j rescuing six others, despite the heavy sea and blinding storm. LOCAL REVIVAL CLOSES SUNDAY Dr. Bulkin Will Give Free Lecture Tonight Before Departing The three weeks of evangelistic services condin te,) at tile Methodist church in this city hy Dr. K. J. Bttlgin and song leader Charlie Clark closed with three services Sunday. Tonight Dr. Bttlgin will deliver a lecture and the children's pageant will be repeated, but the campaign was officially closed yesterday. C. L. Walters, Decatur attorney who lias been writing accounts of the meeting on behalf of the local church, said the following concerning tlte closing events: "The evangelistic campaign closed with three big meetings, morning, afternoon and evening. The church was packed with ppojile front Decatur and the country round about. This series of meetings by common consent leaves the best impression upon tic minds and hearts of people generally of tiny campaign of its kind in the histoiy of onr church. The atmosphere of the closing meetings seemed charged with a feeling of spiritual good will, reserves broken, down, and a warmth of affection among the people which is solid and permanent. We give credit to Dr. Bttlgin and Charley Clark for a campaign on a high plane, without abuse, a campaign of sincere endeavor to raise the standards of life and thought. These men will leave Decatur with the love and affection of tile people and our good wishes for future success. The offering raised for Dr. Bulgin was tlte spontaneous giving of many who gave amounts of from one dollar to five dollars and was a revelation of what people can do! when they want to do it. The morning sermon on tlte “Holy Spirit" was a sane, constructive. practical presentation of a theme which lias troubled j (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) Pastor Composes Song Rev. C. It. Lanntan, pastor of the local Christian Church, has composed the words and music of a song entitled, “Keep the Love Light Aglow." The song will appear in the book of songs. “Hymns of Assurance" which is now being published by the Hall-Mack Company of Philadelphia. Mrs. Anker's Brother Is Reported Improved Mrs. Albert Anker of this city has returned here from DannviHe, 111., where she was called several days ago because o; the serious illness of of her borther Frank Smith. Mr. I Anker was informed by the attending physician that while her brother's condition is still serious, it is believed that ho will recover.

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CLAIM JAPAN HOLDS BASE IN NEUTRAL ZONE British Are Ordered To j Shoot to Kill If Attempt To Enter Is Maile Midi CONCERN being shown (Copyright 19:13. hy I’nlled I’ren) Slumuli:ii. Full. N. <UP) Tilt* r.ninusu. ;ill:u'kiiiM llte .Ittimiipsu in :i determint'! j drive. Itiniud their sirlillerv tnnij'iit tut the inl«'i'ii:ili«»i»:il settlement itself, the luTilnil iireti oeeupied hy foreittners. The (’.lliliese shelled l!i>‘ | In'umese defense tireti "I the I set tig ment. where important Antev- ! icun property is located. A shell * fell near the Japanese consulate I on tlte waterfront it! the eenler* jof tile settlement., anil another near th” Japanese flagships in ■ In* i Whangpoo. The Chinese notified the Uni:.si I States consular that, ] since the Japanese were using the ' settlement as a hare for military I operations, t Ire Chinese could for. I lie responsible for the safety of foreign lives and property. The Japanese defense area, which the Chinese were shelling, includes such important American property as the Central China Baptist Mission, llte Robert Dollar Co., tlte Shanghai Power Co., the Shanghai Telephone Co., tlte Texaco and Soeony companies, tlio I American Presbyterian Mission. I Singer Sewing Machine Co.. And- | erson-Meyer Co., as well as mini--1 emits American homes and smaller dxistnesses. and property oC other nations. Previous to the shelling, tlie Chinese had given warning that if (lie Japanese fell hack from their j lines outside tlie settlement, the ; Chinese would pursue them into the neutral territory. Brigadier General Fleming. British commander of the settlement defense forces, informed that shells were falling in the Hongkcw quarter of the settlement. said all defense forces would combine to prevent the Chinese soldiers from entering a section of the settlement in tin* event of an assault or LtjiinDy attack. i Tokio, Fob. s dJ.fi)— A sharp clash in southern Manchuria between Japanese troops and Chin(CONTINUEfi n\ I'AGE THREE) Firemen Are Injured Indianapolis, Fel). B—(UP) Six firemen were injured while fighting a spectacular $ 1 rtO.OOG fire at the National paper stock company henlast night. Four of the men were plunged m lhe pavement when their ladder, up which they were earring a high presser hose, broke in tlie middle. Another fireman was cut h.v broken glass and a sixth was overcome by smoke and had to he carried from the burning building. The plant was virtually destroyed. DEATH CLAIMS S. W. PETERSON Prominent Decatur Man L Death's Victim: Bedfast Since Last Thursday Sylvester \V. “Wes’ Peterson, so, well known Decatur man died al the home of his son, Charles Peterson, 531 Penn street, Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Death was caused hy kidney trouble and a complication of ailments. Mr. Peterson suffered two strokes of paralysis in the last two years, but was not .paralyzed at the time of iris death. lie was bedfast since last Thursday. Mr. Peterson resided with his two sons, Frank and Charles for the past two years. The deceased was janitor of the post office until two years ago when it l - retired Prior to that turnlie tanght school in Adams County, many years ago, was a hay dealer, railroader, contractor, and at one time was City councilman. He was always prominent in Republican (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE i