Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 30, Number 35, Decatur, Adams County, 10 February 1932 — Page 1

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foIDATES’ MT SPLIT ■ bUGH EAST;’ | Roosevelt Sentill Is Divided Survey (oast Shows i I TEST TO I BE MARC H 8 j Lvright 1M- lP * ! Ln. Feb. 10. - < u » — E o f the New England ■ Lf S seems definitely | E between <h>v. Frank-, I Roosevelt and Alfred > lith for the democratic j Ential nomination with i E t real test of their E’h _ the New HampEresidential primary — L ■an a month away, lot the eight states Smith Bln IH2S, Massachusetts and I Island, seem inclined to L their allegiance to New ■former governor. Idiusetts Democrats, at a I E power which sees them; L both I . S. senatorial E well as the gubernatorial ■appear willing to go the [ tang ,lle brown derby on Kite House hat rack. Elly every Hay state demoKader is pro-Smith, inclndKators David I. Walsh and ■ A Coolidge. Governor L Ely. and chairman Frank Ehue of the Democratic state nee. I only notable dissenter Is Bj popular mayor. James M.i [whose following in this tra-l [ Democratic stronghold is [to Ardent Smith booster Ln aso. .Mayor Curley this Ke dim lied onto the Roose-., L wagon close to the driv-I Er Hampshire, which will [ ■ presidential primary March ■etell sentiment predomin- ■ Island, which went to [by a slim margin in 1928, ■pears .strong for him PatBenn Quinn. Democratic nat-: leomti.itteeman from Rhode | ■ and previously a Smith stip- | however, has said that ■cannot be nominates! and, if ■ed. cannot be elected. I Quinn has declared himself •osevelt. other leaders such [airman J. Howard .McGrath I stale committee and Mayor IE. Dunne of Providence are r Baine, Edward ('. Moran. Jr., ■talk candidate for governor ■riSTEIi ON PAGE THREE) —~O — Ijr For Second Term lanapolis. Feb. 10 —(U.R)- j |Sayr, Jr., today answered I s that he would make an f fifin for the Democratic ption for governor by anpu his candidacy for ref l ' is secretary- of state. P* same time all Democratic I officials announced they V seek reelection. They iHoyii Williamson, auditor; f superintendent of I instruction, and William R treasurer. RTE HOLDS WMEET Members of Tariff Confirmed Alter Discussion L'"" g t°n- F eb. 10.-(U.R)—The L, confirmed Ira M. OrnConnecticut democrat, as a Lj °j. tar *ff commission nin i’ an °nymous chargL ’ him in its first secret n ne arly three years. 'to»" T? confirme d by a vote L hn , he Ben ate at the same . out a record vote confirm k rh . ,lncoln O’Brien of BosP»innan of the tariff comrriS' R epn - Nebraska, i, ( ! he Ornburn nomihtion” >5' H ? ed for further inffltich i V he finance commithad reported favorably, made l r v r ifiwl char * es had •nd tn m a ,IRt Ornb >wn. He I he charges in WL ’ Eb 0X PAGE THREE)

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l ess (iives Warning Washington, Fob. 10 (UP) A| warning that “there will be no end io Federal relief," if unemployed aid Is vol-d now was given the Senlute today by Senator Simeon D. Fess, liepn., Ohio. Fess, republican national chairj man. made the first administration speech against the l.afollotte-t’nstl-gan |37s.<wo.mm hill as th? project and several substitute projosala neared a vote after seven days of debate. i Senator Lewis, Dem., 111. introduced a new substitute plan, to provide a ssim.mm.mm fund for merchants and manufacturers to permit sales of produce on long term credits. NEW OFFICES ARE OCCUPIED — City Clerk, Treasurer Offices Moved to Remodeled City Building — The offices of the city clerk and Icily treasurer were moved to th-, newly remodeled room on the first I floor of the city hall building on' Monroe street. The treasurer's cage, where all city bills are payable faces the north of the room. W. J. ArchIstld. a former city treasurer and . (also a former county treasurer. I was the first person to drop in) this morning and pay his light and power bill. I Mrs. Ada Martin, city treasurer J Mrs. Alice Christen, city clerk j and Miss Mary’ McKean. Isvokkeeper for the city plant, will (have their offices in the new quarters. The counter and fixtures in-i stalled in the room were purchas-. ed frtyn the old Peoples Loan and i TrttW ‘ company and make a con-’ , venient and modern looking office. I I Charles Robenold was given the, general contract for the remodeling of the building and the entire; expense including fixtures, new ] linoleum, toilets, furnace room, wareroom and other improvements was less than 15.500. M J. Mylott. superintendent of i j the city plant, will continue to] I have his business office on the I second floor of the building. Tbe| office of the water department , superintendent is also located on the second floor of the building. o ( Police Chief Absolved Bedford. Ind.. Feb. 10. — (U.R) — I Trial of William Baker, former j Mitchell police chief, on a charge I of beating a Mog to death resulted in a jury verdict of acquittal. Baker was indicted by a grand jury which investigated complaints filed by Mitcltfll residents. i o — Weed School Conducted The weed school conducted at the Beery School House Tuesday, was very successful, County Agent Archbold said today. O. C. Lee. extension botanist explained the Indiana seed law and brought out the fact that to get full benefit, the purchaser should look on the reverse side of the tag. The reverse side of the tag tells the various noxious weed seeds contained in the seed. laboratory work was done on the identity of the noxious weed seed. Each man was given a few weed seeds from each kind of weed and a magnifying glass, so that they might study them. Stained clover seed was also shown. In conclusion, Mr. Lee urged the farmers to use clean home grown seed whenever possible. He also urged them to use the seed tag attached to the bag. He also urged them to beware of stained seed and Oregon Seed. Oregon Seed he stated, will not be stained but it is not adapted to our climatic condition f ♦ ♦ MAYBE SO! Washington. Feb. 10. —(U.R) — | | Speaker Garner of the house l j stopped in awe on the White | House doorstep today when he | saw the new chromium door handles. He drew back and 1 stared at them a minute, then exclaimed: “Why, those are the same | kind of hafidles they have on I ! caskets. Is anyone around here | a funeral —say about ' : next March?" '[l j

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TOM JOHNSTON ! LIONS’ SPEAKER Purdue Publicity Head Is Guest of County: Tells Os Much Progress Tom Johnston, director of the Put due University news bureau visited in Adams county yesterday calling on the editors of the Berne Review. Berm- Witness and Decatur Democrat. In the evening. he was the guest speaker at the Lions Club meeting. Dr. Noah Bixler was (hairman of the pro-j gram committee and asked Conn ly Agent L. E Archbold to introduce the speaker. Archbold, in the introduction stated that the public school system of the Cnited States was I Used on the Ideal of the American IH'ople, that everyone was entitled to an education as opposed to the old world ideas of an educated aristocracy. He stated that so many things developed by our public school*system, particularly the land grant colleges, had now been accepted as a matter of course and little credit was now given for their point of origin He then presented Mr. Johnston by saying that the guest speaker was] paiticularly well qualified to tell of the work that Purdue had done and 1/ doing at present. Mr. Johnston then tailed attention to the various phases of r?search that had been conducted by the University both in engine<| ing and agricultural lines, (it | ■ the development of new air brake design, improved carborator design. making of a wider market for Indiana building stone as the] result of the discovery of staining and wavs of preventing it. Safer and more efficient hand-; ling of electrical power from high' | voltage lines and improvements of' | sewage disposal facilities (“many 1 cities, were discussed. In agricultural research, he] ] cited the standardization of hog I cholera serum so (hat vaccination ' is effective as a hog cholera control. New and improved varieties , of sweet corn, standardization of milk testing equipment, corn test] ] to tell plant food needs of soils, were mentioned. He then cited ! the various extension activities ' being carried on in the county, j such as the dairy herd improveI ment association work, gold medal i colt club work, the Adams county i thrifty pig plan and the boys and I girls 4-H Club work in all its I phases. MONROE TEAM IN RADIO MEET Debaters to Take Part In Discussion Friday Afternoon on Station WOWO The Monroe high school debating team will meet the North Side of Fort Wayne team in a radio debate over station WOWO at Fort Wayne, Friday afternoon from 1:10 to 1:30 o'clock. Everyone who hears this debate over the radio is invited to send bis decision to the radio station, to help determine the winner. Those who send decisions will receive a copy of all of the speeches delivered during the debate. The subject will be “Resolved: That college entrance should be limited to the upper third of the graduating class," The speakers for Monroe high school will be Delores Longenberger, Lorine Rich, and Carl Bauserman. The Monroe team met the Fort Wayne team in a no-decision debate at Fort Wayne, Tuesday night. The radio debate will be the third time the two schools have argued on the subject, the first time being at Monroe high school several days ago. Edgar Wallace Expires Beverly Hills, Calif.. Feb. 10— (gp)—Edgar Wallace, British author and playright, noted for his mysterious stories, died early today of double pneumonia after a brief illness. He contracted a cold last week which developed into pneumonia yesterday. The crisis came last night, and although for hours the writer fought for life, he died at 4:45 o’clock. Robert Crutis, his secretary, and Walter Huston, actor, a friend, were at the home when Wallace died.

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Decatur. Indiana, Wednesdav, February 10, 1932.

| To Meet for First Pi me I I 1 bot Piß- . (i I Though they have conducted many negotiations between Church i and State. Pope Pius XIH and Premier Benito Mussolini of Italy have 1 never met personally. Therefore considerable interest is aroused in . the forthcoming conference between His Holiness and II Duce. It is . predicted that a heart-to-heart talk Between the two great figures in ! Italy will do more to form a dearer understanding of the age-old affair ] of Va’ican and Government than years of diplomatic negotiations and abritration. Above is a recent photo of Pope Pius seated at his desk j in the Vatican. Inset is Premier Mussolini. |

DR. FRANKLIN ! IS APPOINTED I Former College Head, Residing Here Heads Fort Wayne M. E. Hospital Dr. E. T. Franklin of this city., i former president of Union College I at Barbourville, Ky., and later of; Southwestern Kansas college al Winfield. Kan.. was appointed superintendent of the Fort Wayne Methodist hospital. Tuesday. Dr Franklin will succeed Miss Clara Sanks. who has been forced to give up her executive work be-, cause of illness. She will continue I as a member of the hospital staff.! it was announced. Members of the hospital board; announced last night that Di. Franklin will I • gin his new duties i today. The board also named a I committee to assist Dr. Franklin I in outlining any new policies for the institution that he may deem as necessary. Members of the I committee are L. B. Harper, Fort i Wayne attorney and a member of: the First M. E. church; Dr. J.' Thomas Bean, Fort Wayne Metho-1 dist district superintendent, and I Dr. F. K. Daugherty, superintende«t of the Muncie Methodist district. The board will hold its next meeting with (he new superintendent on Tuesday, March 8, it was announced. , Dr. Franklin has had 20 years' (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE! SALARY CUTS AREDISCUSSED Tax Survey Commission Studies Wage Schedule Os State Employes Indianapolis. Feb. 10 —(U.R) —Salary reductions for government officials were discussed today by tlie state tax survey committee in a public meeting al the statehouse. The topic was the first taken up in the committee’s consideration of various proposals for retrenchment in government expenditures. ' Another phase of the subject will be aired at a public meeting February 25. when revision of the highway system will be discussed. Education and its relation to the cost of government will be the topic for discussion at a meeting March 10. Senator J. Clyde Hoffman, chairman. said the committee would hold frequent executive meetings ] to formulate the committee's pro(CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)

Woman’s Club To Present Washington Observance Tlie Literature Department of the Woman's Club will give a ' George Washington entertaimufcut I for members of the chib at the I assembly room of the Library. , Monday evening. February 15. !i The entertainment will be in; ' the charge of a committee conj ! slating of the Meadames Charles, ■ Dugan, Dore B. Erwin. Harry] ; Moltz. Fred Fruchte, Charles | I Teeple, Ruby Durkin, Fred Pat j tersqii. Walter Bean. William Linn, and W. E. Smith, and the, Misses Rose Christen and Eliza-1 | lietli Peterson. Tfoe program will consist of I patriotic songs, speeches, and a i minuet IJy four little girls in cos- ! tume. It will dose with a colonial i tea. ITALY WOULD QUIT WARSHIPS Grandi Tells Conference Italy Willing To Abolish Warfare Means Geneva. Feb. 10—(UP) —Italy is ready to abolish capital ships, submarines. aircraft carriers, heavy artillery, all kinds of tanks and bombing aircraft, and all means o. aggresive chemical and bacteriological warfare. Foreign Minister Dino Grandi told tlie world disarmament conference today. Grandi suggested that the abolition of armament be followed by | revision of the laws of war to insure more complete and effective I protection of civilian populations. He opposed the French Thesis that security must precede disarmament. “Tlie facts show that without disarmament there can be no secur- ■ ity," Grandi said. “The task o this conference is to fortify justice, and not to justify force." Japanese delegate Tsuneo Matsudaira followed Grandi and outlined Japan's disarmament policy as acceptance of the eague of Nations draft disarmament convention as a basis for negotiations, considera(CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) Rockefeller Recovers Ormond Beach, Fla.. Feb. 10 — (U.R) —John D. Rockefeller, sr.. apparently has recovered completely from the cold which kept him indoors during the last two weeks. The 92-year-old oil magnate last; night entertained a small group of friends at his winter home here, the Casements, after a day of interviews and posing for newspaper photographs.

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H.H. MYERS TO RUN FOR POST Local Attorney Seeks I )e moc rat ic N om i nat ion For Prosecutor “ Herman 11. Myers, local attorney today announced his intention of becomming a candidate for the nomination and election to the o.fice of rosccntlng attorney, subject Io the decision of th- Democratic voters at the primary election May 3. in announcing his candidacy,; Myers made the following remarks. ] "1 think that the office of prose- ] eating attorney is one of the most i important offic“s in the county. The | peoph will make theii prefen from the field o. candidates on a ba-is of morality, integrity and wil- | lingness to work. They are interested in the safeguard of the citizenry and will elect a man who has the nerve to prosecute any meritorious ease brought ’ltefore him. 1 take the stand that the prose- , cuting attorney should go into of-1 flee, not to persecute, but to see that the laws laid down by our legislators are enforced, and that each, complaint submitted to him i should be given the utmost atten-'| tion and consideration. I also think !■ that the man chosen for this of-11 five should go into it without mak- ; ing any promises or offering any ( favors to any faction or particular , group, but to treat each citizen the ( same in every respect. "The prosecuting attorney should by all means try his own cases and I. not burden the tax-payers with the ~ (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) I 1 O • 11 CHINA ACCUSES JAPS IN PLOT — Says Invaders Are Using Settlement As Base In Effort To Conquer Nineteenth Route Army Headquarters, Shangnai, Feb. 10 (U.R) | 1 —Tin- Japanese were accused by ft i Chinese army headquarters today j’ of “perfidy" in trying to "draw ( tlie tire” of the international'; I settlement's foreign troops upon ' the Chinese. A statement issued by the route I army headquarters called the.; world's attention to what it claim-;, ed was a plan of the Japanese to!, entangle the Chinese in the wrath i of the foreign patrols of the inter-] national settlement. The Chinese have been warned by the powers of the settlement against retreating into or violating the settlement. Now, according to the statement-appeal, the; Japanese are engaged in a move] designed to encircle the Chinese.! and then, in extremity, to expose i the Chinese to a three-way Japanese fire, augmented by the fire of the international settlement's forces. The Chinese troops, said the statement, have been ordered to avoid overt acts that might bring them into conflict with the settlement authorities. But, the present course of the foreigners in allow- (■■ >Nff INI ’CI - <>N PAGE TWO) I MAD TRAPPER ESCAPES AGAIN Canadian Mounted Police Unable To Capture Killer, Believed Insane Aklavik, Northwestern Territory, Feb. 10. —(U.R) -Once again the mad cunning of Albert Johnson, “bushcrazy” trapper, has enabled the slayer to evade capture by police who are hunting him by land and air over the. Rat river barrens on the edge of the Arctic sea. The trapper who has slain one constable, wounded another and beaten off eight police in a 15-hour battle in his 40-day tight for freedom escaped into the vast wilderness a second time. He had been cornered in a rude barricade after killing Constable Newt Millen, but in the perpetual ■ dusk of northern winter he slip- | ped past the guard that had been posted during a swirling blizzard. Captain W. R. “Wop" May, not(iCONTTNUED ON PAGE TWO)

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Mrs. Fry Is Improving Word lias been r<<eived hero by Mrs. T. W llolsapple concerning the condition of Mrs. Caroline Doak Fry, a former well-known resident of Decatur, who sulfered a stroke of paralysis at her home in Van Wert. Ohio, last fall. Mrs. Fry was removed to the home of her brother in Dayton, o, and the letter received here j stated that Mrs. Fry's condition ‘ lias remained unchanged for several weeks. She is now allje to sit in n chair each day assisted by a nurse, and although she could i not write, nor articulate clearly, relatives were able to understand what she meant. Mrs. Doak-Fry requested that all her friends in Decatur who so kindly remembered her at Christmas, he thanked. DIRECTORS TO MEET THURSDAY Chamber of Commerce To Name Officers, Make Plans For Year A. R. Ashbaucher, president of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce announced today that a meeting of the board of directors would be held Thursday evening at 7:30 o'clock at the Chamber of Commerce rooms for the purpose of electing officers. The board of directors is composed of nine men, three of whom were ] elected Monday night at the annual beeting of the Chamber of Commerce members. The new members j are q'heodore Graliker, local banker, Ferd Litterer, attorney and A. R. Holthouse, newspaper man. The old members of the board are William Linn, Henry Schulte, James Cowen. Wilson Igse. . Leo ' Kirsch, Avon Burk. A president, vicespresiden't and secretary-'trea-I surer will be chosen. Mr Ashbau- | cher who has served as president for the past year retires from the I board. Fighter Is Cleared Kokomo, Ind., Feb. IP. — (U.R) — iGeorge Scott, amateur boxer, today i was cleared of responsibility in the I deal li of Wilbur Russell. 29. his opIponent in a recent bout during which Russell received fatal injuriies. Prosecutor Glen Hillis ruled tha{ ! Russell was injured in a lawfully 'scheduled fight and that no charg!es could be filed against Scott. Charles Weber Is 111 Charles Web-r. well known man of this city underwent an emergency operation at the World War i veteran's hospital, 'lndianapolis, ! Tuesday. He was operated on for i hernia. Mr. Weber is an employe of Decatur works of the General Elec|trie company. o Statement Brings Laugh Geneva. Feb. 10 (UP)—LaughIter occurred in the galleries of the League of Nations council late yesterday when Japanese delegate Maotake Sato said his country enter- : taiimd no "territorial ambitions" in I China. I Irritated by the unprecedented i interrniHion, Sato said sharply, “It is our adversaries who frequently provoke us to extreme I acts.” Chinese delegate Dr. W. W. Yen I said the Chinese boycott against Japan was the result of Japanese | aggression and not the cause of it. “The boycott will die a natural death wen Japanese soldiers are withdrawn,” Yen said. o Watt Is Appointed Indianapolis. Feb. 10 — (UP) — Ben N. Watt, principal of the Noblesville high school, has .been appointed state athletic officer of the American Legion to succeed Dale Miller, Indianapolis, resigned it was announced today by Ralph F. Gates, Columbia City, state legion commander. o Hoosiers Leave Nanking Washington, Feb. 10.—(U.R)—Included among the American citizens whom the state department announced have evacuated Nanking were Miss C. Carl, Peru. Ind., and Mr. and Mrs. L. H. C. Smythe, and one child, of Gary, Indiana.

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CONCENTRATION IS POINTED AT 20-MILE AREA Invaders To Attempt To Push Chinese Back 2(1 Miles From Cities U. S. SOLDIERS PUT ON GUARD (Copyright 1932 by United Press) Slittngliiii, Thursday. I ch. ] | (U.R) The Japanese co’tcentrated their natal and military forces al Woosung and Shanghai today for a decisive drive Io push the ; (’.hinese tinny 20 miles from lite city. The Chinese redis|>ose<l I their forces Io meet the attack and the ominous preparations appeared to indicate a major battle on the 29-mile front from the Woosnng forts to Ibe city. Heavy artillery bombardments with machine gun and rifle firing went on at intervals during Wednesday but the fighting quieted during the night in preparation for a renewed offensive Thursday. At 11:30 p. m. Wednesday, the Chinese made two attacks on the Japanese positions in Chapei on the border of the international settlement hut were speedily repulsed. The relative positions were unchanged and things were otherwise quiet as the new day began—a Japanese national holiday in honor of the founding of the Japanese empire. Foreign defenders of the settlement were on the alert for any contingency. During the recent fighting. Japanese shells fell within <SO yards of the American position in the settlement, manned by American volunteers. The position will be taken over by troons of tlie 31st United States Infantry. Six hundred French reinforcements arrived yesterday from Indo China aboard the flagship cruiser Waldeck-Rousseau. By agreement with the settlement volunteer corps, the American regulars will take over thn most vital defense area at 4 pin. today.- relieving the American and Portuguese volunteer companies and one Russian detachment. The area is within speaking distance of the Chinese positions in Chapei. The same sector was the site of serious trouble in the 1927 uprising. On Tuesday, 15 anti-aircraft, shells fell there, nine of them exploding. Col. L. D. Gasser, commanding (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) o Agreement Is Reached Washington, Feb. 10 —(UP) -Senate majority leader Watson said today that agreement had been reached at a White House conference today to expedite action on emergency legislation designed to east restrictions on the discount of paper witli federal reserve banks This program is considered as supplemental to the emergency credit operations of Ihe administration's $2,000,000,000 Reconstruction Finance corporation. DAIRY FIELD IS OVER-TAXED Over-production Causes Concern Among Dairying Groups of Nation Washington, Feb. 10 —(U.R) —The dairy industry, which last year showed greater resistance to depression than any other livestock field, is about to become a victim of overproduction, in the, opinion of the department of agriculture. “The national milk pail is full and about to run over." said O. E. Reed, chief of the bureau of dairy industry. “We must either produce less or consume more. The number of milk cows has increased materially in the last year or two. with the result that we now have at least four per cent more cows in milk than we had a year ago. and between six ami seven per cent more than two ! years ago The expansion of the dairy in(CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE)