Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 30, Number 37, Decatur, Adams County, 12 February 1932 — Page 1

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! Dinners To lie Tonight ! I Washington. i-Vii. 12 oj.P) Lin | coin anniversary dinners through-! out tin* country tonight will sound the oratorical ripening of I’red 'lient llonvcis r.-electioll cam 1 j jialgn. I The moat extensive l.incoln day: I programs in ret ent party history | have been organized this year., ; following tip the recent suggestion' j of Itepubliean National Chairman , Fess that ttie party go out and: | "sell" Mr. Hoover to the country j WAR RENEWAL BLASTS TRUCE IN SHANGHAI Big (iuns Start Firing Alter Six-Hour Truce; VVoosung Hattie Fierce JAP AIRPLANES ARE HID FACTOR (Copyright 1932. by I'nited I’resst Shangluti, Felt. 112. d.R) I Ih> ersisliinj* tltun <1 o r <>l honvv urlillery in 1 lu* ( li;t|>oi ! sector nl 2:15 (t.iit. (1 15 it.m. i-ST) lod;tv sluittcrod llto brief truce during which i saw thousands of frightened, nondescript non - eoinhidunts luirriodlv evaeualed from the war /.one. Big guns silenced tor six hours roared along the shell-battered front in tlie* renewed offensive sor 1 control of the lower Yangtze delta The bombardment began just ; j outside the international settle-; ■ ment Soon the entire Chapel' j front was ablaze with big guns | spetilitig destruction in a rising; j roar., I The truce apparently was not ’ j oUserved at Woosung, where inter-1 I mittent shelling by Japanese wai ships on the Chinese forts continued during the entire day. The; truce in Shanghai was marred by j sporadic Chinese sniping whi -, interfered with evacuation of rein gees and other relief work. Resumption of hostilities ironically enough coincided with ar i rival of file American. Brilisii and, French ministers in Shanghai ettj a new concerted peace „mission Mumoru Shigcmitsn, the Japanese minister, confened with Sir Miles ISimpson, the British minister. Later he talked v.iili 11. e • Wilden, from I-'ran ■. Nelson T Johnson, the American minister.; said tie expected to meet Shig> • • ntiisu tomorrow Lampson and Wilden indicated l they were advised Japan was, ready to negotiate a peace otih (CONTIM Kt> ON PACK TWOi POPE SEEKS WORLD PEACE Radio Address Fryes Fniversal Peace to Entire Christian World Vatican City, Felt. 12. —(U.R) Pope l’ins XI appealed today for j "peace which nov, seems to escape the searchers of men." His message was broadcast through thej Vatican City radio station on thej tenth anniversary of the pope ; coronation. Unfavorable conditions j prevented the speech from being ■ picked up across the Atlantic. The pontiff's remarks were considered an inspiration to world dis armament delegates now meeting at Geneva. The pope stood in the left aisle at St. Peter’s, near a bronze statue of the saint. The pontiff, wearing his pontificial robes and his triple l crown, was carried to St. Peter's 1 on a throne chair in a colorful scene suggesting the court of a potentate of ancient times. He was preceded by Swiss guards in bril-; liant uniforms, and bearers of the, “flahellae” waved their large ostrich feather fans on each sida of the chair. The pope addressed his remarks to "many of our dear sons who desire to hear from afar —as you, my dear sons, who are near me —the voice of the Father and have from j the vigor of Christ the word of! faith and comfort." "We thank Providence for giving j us the joy of this celebration in a moment of such trial and great sui-j (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOl'lO I

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First IMelurt* From Sino-Jap War Front is tlif* first pit tnro of tlio ( 'hineso-Japanose war activities to reach the United State -. The pi?I u.H sSmjw.s a <ompan> of Japanese marines lauding from cruiser-- that are anchored off Shanghai. Note !he row of machine guns

MASONS PLAN JOINT MEETING Decatur, Geneva Lodges To Observe Washington Hi-Centennial Here The Masonic lodges of Decatur! ami Geneva will hold a joint meeting in observation of the two-! hundredth anniversary of the birth of George Washington at tlie fWatnr Muonic fiatl. MVr'J) V • it was announced today. The meeting ''.ill open at G oVloek in the evening with a ban- 1 i if net to lie served to all • Masons jof the two lodges. Following the 1 banquet John it. Browne Marion attorney and thirty third degree Mason will delivt r his famous addt *s* "Wa liington. The Mason." Browne has tiuvn the Washing-j ton address before number of Masonic lodges in the middlcw st J j and it always is well received. Other features will be added to; the program. K. I'cterson.J thirty third degree Mason of this! ! city will aet as general chairmani with Dali II T.adall. master of the local lodge and several Gene vt Masons assisting. It is expected that several hun- ! died will attend the meeting. —o — \ppeal For Order To Prevent Truck Delivery Indianapolis. Fob. 12. (U.R) -The : New York Central railroad appealed In the Public Service Commission to investigate the operation of an unauthorized truck service | between Fort \Yu> lie and Waterloo| Iby the Diekinson and Sons Com-1 , panv. - o Advise On Far Fast Washington. Feh. 11’ (U.R) j i Secretary of State Stlmson calle I j I Itis diplomatic advisers to hisj j office this morning and held with I i them tt long conference over the! ! situation in the Far Hast. POLICE SEARCH WILL CONTINUE Canadian Force On Trail Os Mad Trapper Who Murdered A Constable Aklavik, Northwest Territory. Feb. 12.—(U.R) The game of hare and hounds that Albert Johnson, I crazed trapper, has played with a i hand of Royal Canadian mounted police went on today with the odds lengthening that death would he the winner. Johnson, wanted by the officers for slaying a constable and woundjing another, was swallowed up in the endless Arctic tundras north of [here. Bitter winds whipped hard-j | froze’! snow against the faces ot the possemen like steel pellets and forced them to slacken their hunt. tCONTINUED ON I'AGE SIX)

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♦ ♦ COMMITTEES Executive committee: Judge , D. B Erwin, J. 11. Heller, Sen. T. A. Gottschnlk. Mrs. J. A. Long and County Chairman Ed A. Bosse. Ticket distribution and sale: J. L. Elder, Ira Fuhrman. David Bilker. Ha r 1 Hollingsworth. James Kelley, Frank Schttmaker, Charles Brown, I,eo Eltinger, C. H. Musselman, Miss Edith VDttler, Mrs \V. W. Widdow. Mrs. O. L, Vance. Bernice Nel«m. Mrs. Ada Marlin, Robert Meibers, A. I). Sttttles, llarrj .*■' Sleshherger, Cal Yost, Phil ‘ Macklin. In charge of auditorium: Burt Cob hill. Miles Roop. M A. Breiner, Charles Maglcy. Ben Kit ing. Speakers and program: Dick Heller. Ferd O'Brien, David Adams, H. M. DeVoss, Mrs. R. A. Briggs, Mrs. Chester Michaud. Reception: All precinct committeemen. John W. Tyndall. Thurman Gottschalk, Mrs Albert Hallow. Mrs. 1.. B. Smith, Rudolph linnemeier, James Hendricks. Ernest Stengle, Mayor George M. Krick, F. V. Mills. Arrangement for banquet, location: Martin Mylott. George : M. Krick, Ben Kiting, William Linn. Milton Welling, Burl j Johnson, Mrs. Dan Tyndall, ! Mrs. Ruby Durkin, Mrs. A. R i 1 Ashhattcher. Genevieve Kitson. ♦ ♦ SUCCESSOR IS NOT SELECTED Council Is Cndecided On Water Department Manager For City Plant ! j Selection of a superintendent of j !the water department of the city I j plant to succeed the late Orval Har- i iru'f, was indefinite today and action Jof the council in naming'the man | may hi* postponed several days. | The council met in special ses-j siott last evening at the call of May-1 or George Krick and discussed the I matter. The names of at least aev- j en men were mentioned as candi- j dates for the place, but no choice j was made front the list. This morning several of the cottn-j oilmen met and talked over the! matter and announced that they had not come to any decision and that they would not give any interviews until final action was taken. They did not know of another special meeting would be called this week or if the matter would go over until next Tuesday night, tiie regular date for the council meeting. It is not known if the council will (CONTINUED ON PAOE SIX) Lenten Ser\Tce Tonight The Friday evening Lenten serj vices w ill be held at the St. Mary's Catholic church this evening. The I services will begin at 7:30 o'clock [and will consist of th“ Way of the Cross and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. Next Tuesday evening the first of the series of Lenten sermons will be given

TELLS OF WORK IN SCOUT AREA Anthony Wayne Area H\pansion Related in Address by Humphrey j Carl C. Bn in phrey local jeweler) ! told of Boy Scout activities and the j growth of the organization in the • Anthony Wayne boy scout area, he |fore members of the Decatur Rotary j i lull last evening. | Mr. Pnmphrey's talk was given in observance of Boy Scout week, j Mr. Pnmphrey is a member of tit ■ j i hoard o directors of the Anthony ; 1 Wayne area aud recently was given i an award of a silver medal in rec- 1 ognition of his work lor the Tioy j scout cause. In liis talk last evening Mr. | Pnmphrey stated. "In our own area j 10 years ago we hat) 217 scants, to i day we hav * nearly 300. We have j nearly 2,000. We haw what i.-. n i ognized as the best area camp in | the United States, hn at hi on Syl- | van lake, including the Gene Stratjton porter property. "The amnia! expense for carryling on the work in the whole area | is about SIS.OOO of w hich Decatur i share is JGOIt", stated the speakey. ! He then explained what this coinI munity received for the money. He ! said. "The paid executive of which we have only two in th • area, the • rest of the organization working without pay, assist in the registrai tion of troops, record advancement land progress of troops adminisI (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) Q . Hodman Is Indicted V Walter Hoffman, 3s, of Monroeville. was separately accused o. murder in the first degree for the ! alleged killing of his parents, Mr. land Mrs, Martin N. Hoffman and I accused of assault and battery with i intent to kill his brother. Oswald, in j four indictments r‘turned by the j Allen county grand jury yesterday. Hoffman killed his father and ttioI ther by shooting them with an atttojtnatic pistol on January 24, uis brother recovered fr om his injuries, CANNON GASES ARE DISMISSED Court Sustains Demurrer To Indictments Against Methodist Bishop Washington, Fet>. 12 — (U.R)—Justice J. M. Proctor in District of Columbia supreme court, today handed down a decision sustaining ■ the demurrer to yie indictment of Bishop James Cannon, Jr., on charges of violating the corrupt practices act. The action has the effect of quashing the indictment against Cannon unless the government appeals and obtains a reversal of Justice Proctor's ruling in the higher courts. The demurrer was sustained on the grounds j that none of the (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)

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MEETING PLANS ARE UNDERWAY BY DEMOCRATS — Committees Named For Banquet And Rally Planned For .March LARUE I KOWII IS ANTICIPATED Sixty iJemocTals from all parts of Adams county attended the preliminary meet- 1 jinjfat Democratic headquart ! ers Thursday night to make: I plans for the Democratic han-j jquet and rally which will be 1 held in Decatur early in March, County Chairman Ed| A. Rosso presided and named (he. various committees to ,plan for the hiy event. Thu mcmt«*rs of tin* exeoittivt- i ■ committee Stated that tin* date: !v, on 111 he announced next .Monday , lor Tuesday and all committees are, awaiting the decision of (he date, i Preliminary preparation will lamade in advanee. The plan, as suggested lasi night 1 I rails for banquets at several lodge: [and church dining halls with the speaking taking place at Catholic! liiati school auditorium at s o'clock on the niglil of the banquet. Chairman Bos.se has received word that all Democrat state offi-j j rials and candidates for state and congressional offices will attend the affair. It is believed that between j.lon and !»0U people will attend tie* rally. The banquet ami meeting, which \\ill follow will lie for both j men and women of .Adams county; and surrounding counties Mrs. A. P. Flynn, Democratic, stale vice-chairman has been extruded an invitation to attend and; there will lie other women notables j on the program. Paul V. McNutt and Wood Posey, I I gubernatorial candidates have ar Icepted invitations to attend and 1 Fred VatiNttvs ami Walter Myers.! senatorial candidates also have ae-[ jeepted Invitations. I lie entire j speaking program will he announc td next week. Word was brought to the Thurs-, 'day night meeting that Wells conn I ~'(l\T INI EH ON PAGE Ft It 1: 1 Quinn Fives Address French Quinn, 1 >*■. ;i luc attorney., ideliv-red an interesting addr ■- on! “Abraham Lincoln" a Hie Decatur! high school Ibis morning. The talk was given at the regular chapel j hour and was well received to til", high school pupils. Mr. Quinn is | very familiar with 111 ■ story of Lin j ruin's lie and told man yof the in-; teresling features or ins life. FORMER LOCAL j WOMAN EXPIRES Ella llodintfton Hall Dies At Fort Wayne; Resided Here Many Years Word ha; been received here of! Hie dentil of Mr.-. Lila Eddington ! Hall, 17. o'. Fort Wayne, and for , many rears a resident of this city. l who died at her home, 1725 And-j rows street Thursday afternoon at | 12: Jit o'clock. Mrs. Hall had been il! for twoj weeks with pneumonia prior to her j death. She resided in this city until 14 years ago when she moved to Fort Wayne, where she was a member of tlie Trinity Mathodist. Episcopal Church. Surviving besides the husband, Robert A. Hall, are three brothers: Harry Eddington of Union City: Frank of Sturgis, Michigan; and Clark Eddington of Columbia City. Funeral services wil he held at the Trinity M. E. Church, Saturday morning at 10:30 o'clock. The Rev. E. E. Trio peer will officiate. Burial will he made in the Decatur cemetery.* Roosevelt In Race Atlanta, On.. Feb. 12— (U.R) —Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York formally has entered his name in the Georgia presidential preference primary of March 2.3, Major John S. Cohen, Democratic national committeeman from Georgia, announced here today.

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New President Tldmmloth (IralikiT l)*‘calnr hanker who was elected president of tin* Docatur Chamber ! of Common <* at a meeting ThurnI day evening. GRALIKER IS NEW PRESIDENT Decatur Hanker Elected Chamber of Commerce Head at Meeting Theodore Graliker, cashier of Hu? 1 First State Bank, of this city, was elected president of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce ala meeting of tHe directors held Thursday evening in the Chamber of Cont- ; merce rooms. Other officers elected were Willson Lee. hardware merchant, vicepresident; Ferd L. Litterer, atlorI m*y, secretary treasurer, i The meeting was called by A. R. Ashhuncher, retiring president of j the Cluunmber of Commerce. All of j t lie officers were unanimously elected. President Graliker named a com !mittee to confer with the owners j of the building relative to Hie leasing of the chamber of Commerce j rooms. ] At the suggestion of the new .president a motion was made amt [carried that the board meet every I first Thursday of tin* month at 7 "-n joYiock It was decided by the board to I post pone the annual membership {drive until after the tirst of March lor a little later in Hie spring. Leo ! Kitsch, retiring secretary of the hoard stated that the Chamber of Commerce had a membership of ! 155 last year and that the soliciting of members took place a year 'ago in March. | President Graliker will name the [various committees of the Chamber (Continued on page six) ~o j Julius Schultz Improved Julius Schultz who resides about {two and one half miles south of l)e- --! catur, and who received a number | nl bruises when liis team of horses land wagon on which he was riding j were struck by an automobile driven by Franklin Boehm. Thursday morning at S:"n o’clock, is reported to It* recovering nicely. Mr. Schultz was driving his team land wagon north on date road 27 I Thursday morning. when Mr. I Boehm's car, which was also goi ing north, struck it. Tile wagon was completely wrecked, and Mr. Srliultz was bru, ted. * CHINA ASKS FOR MEETING May Demand Boycott On Japan From League of Nations Council Geneva, Feb. 12 — (U.R) — China has asked the league of nations council to invoke a general assemICy of the league to consider the far eastern crisis, the Chinese delegation announced today. This possibly is a move preliminary to a request for a world economic boycott on Japan. The deadline for China's legal privilege to eoncoke the assembly expired today at 10 a.in. That is 14 days from the hour the appeal for invocation of article 15 of the league covenant against Japan was deposited with the league (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

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PARTIAL LEVY PLAN ADOPTED BY HOUSE GROUP Ways and Means ( onuniltee Names Sub-group To (i at her Figures TAX WOULD HE LIMITED Washington, Fell, 12. (U.R)' Levy of a manufacturers sales tax on a wide variety of products lliut cm In-sl stand the burden was adopted today as a policy by the house wav.-i and means committee. A special suneommiUee headed by Democratic Flooi Leader Ruin- ( v called upon the commerce depart munt for data on the manufacturing industry, preparatory to a determination of which units are in the lies) condition to help Hie government balance the budget, Tlie condition of the particular industry will lie the measuring stick. The lax thus will not lie a general manufacturers' tax blanketing the industry, but will cover a large number of individual items. Acting Chairman Crisp said today that about istio.uun.uuu would have to he raised by such taxes, as only between $3511,000,000 and $400,000,000 call lie raised by tin* income, inheritance and gift taxes planned by tile committee. He called upon tlie house yesterday in an impassioned speech to raise taxes sufficient to balance tlie budget, which will require $1,241,000,d00 (billion 4 of additional revenue, amt announced the committee would present a bill that would accomplish this. On top of tlie numerous suggestions it lias received, the committee today got several from a prominent democratic leader, a leading prohibitionist, former Secretary of Treasury William Gibbs McAdon. The most novel of these were a 100 per cent tax on tin* bootleg and narcotic trade ami a tax on passports to encourage Americans (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX! —o - - Killer Dies In Chair Michigan City, lull . Fell. 12. (U.R) Herbert Johnson. 33, was put to death in the electric chair al Indiana state prison today for tile murder of Bert Frye, storekeeper at, Seibert, Indiana. The death inarch began at 12:ul a. m. Johnson was pronounced dead at 12:12. He walked to the chair unwaveringly, reiterating that lie would rather die titan spend the remainder of his life in prison. Frye was shot down ns he resisted a holdup last summer. The bandit obtained approximately $7. LINCOLN BIRTH IS OBSERVED I Springfield. Home Town of War President is Scene of (ireal Observance ill-. 1 *!> I* 1 . ‘U.R) " Abraham Lincoln lived auaiii lod.'.y in memory ns 4lie 12.'»rd anniversary of his biriii was celebrated here in tin* city where he rose from a young lawyer to President. At Sangamon county circuit court room, where the Emancipator appeared a.s a state legislator and in city schools tribute was paid the city’s most illustrious citizen. The fast dwindling hand of persons who knew “Abe” before he went to Washington as President delighted in reminiscenes of the long-legged kindly gentleman whose career from humble railsplitter to executive of the I’nited States they had watched. | Vetehms of the Grand Army of the Republic who answered Lincoln's call for men in the Givil war paid respect to their leader at the (PONT INr FTP OX r.UiK SI \ > Taxpayers Will Meet There will he a taxpayer:; meeting at the Kirkland tnwnuhip Community building. Monday evening February 16. Re-ap "rnn.AW.iU if land ami improvements will lie taken tli is spring. All farmers and interested persons are invited to attend and express their opinions on taxation.