Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 30, Number 61, Decatur, Adams County, 11 March 1932 — Page 1

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Lllotv Jackets Ready For Regional Tournament Saturday

■TISMEN TO |y HARTFORD In IN OPENER ■ (.anio St httluh’d ’ ’** ■A'lock: Winners I Will -Meet Be FAVORS ■ YELLOW .1 \( KFI S M i ■ to get reports |y bv play reports of the Jir-Harltoi'l City yarn.' at Wayne torn--rt'- w :inl ' " y fcht’ftame it I mil wins jpener will be r- « .-iv.-d at peoples Lean ami Trust isilding here. ft tatur high school Yellow Its. winners of the Fort ie sectional basketball i tv will return to South pmitasium Saturday to tie with Hartford City, hijrton and Hhitl'ton high I teams for the right to sent this region at the basketball tourney at Intolis next Friday and Cirffsnu-ii are prepared for ponal grind The first game taornov will be held Saturlemoon at 2 o'clock. Derail play Hartford City AirAt 3 o'clo-k Bluffton ami gton will ntix. Ic.'iUk Smmd.sy night the tat-r- will pl.n and the winthe nigh' game will go to |i» tournament. H Curtis announced today |. same squad which repreIDwatur in the sectional will itti.' regional. This inchides L (lay. Hill, litiffenharger, Jowan. (1 Sna kier, I’. StrickIjnhe. and Eady. taterger has been confined tarns most nf this week with L hut today In was reported in condition to play Satnrch Curtis ha.s drilled the Jacurd this week for the touruui season's dope favors the r Jackets to go to the state, ■ton is favored slightly over <t"ti. but Huntington is re--4 as best on record of the two months. Arrangements been made to receive the Deflartford City game play by mtint'rd on page six) o evival Services End tL. L Bennett returned to his at New Albany today after wing revival services at the ih of God for the past several The services began op MonFebruary 29 ami closed Wedb night because of the Illness * evangelist. w are underway for another II in the spring or fall when ienm-tt will again be in charge i crowds attend'd the meeting hitch interest was mantfeat in Plages brought by Rev. BenHe is a well known minister * attended school at Vander’"iversity, Nashville, Tenn. - GUARDIA TO ighttaxplan Tax Substitute To * * resented At House Session Mar. u —<u P.) - ‘‘-aguardia, Repn., N. Y.. an'<i today that a liberal group i ii l01 ?-' had organized to sales tax ttuariit 1 ' h<> neW revenue biU * ar "U predicted tiefeat of Ritnf S *? x antl formulated a ni'ute for it. ieit-nr?. ° pi . nion at, cr personal lif nJ* Wil '’ my colleagues Are wi'll C be la V the Sa ’ eS W ” t bill" i “ eliminated from "After New Worker declariof the h-t? earc,ul considerastate on beON su?;

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Vol. XXX. No. 61.

Bomb Materials r I *’■' It J ' -j? |TW ’ " t ■ » . JSct!.' ■ otml' i ~~, .. «■■■■>■ ••iis-we. • * Murray W. Gnrssoii (left), special assistant secretary of labor; Inspector 1.. L. Alpine of Washington. anil Sergt. George Yunker examining guns and powder found in (he Chicago home of Coiumbo Boris, admitted anarchist. A veritable bomb factory was found in Boris’ Home by officials in search ot source of bombs used in the Easton, Pa., post Office bomb outrage

WM. HARTINGS IS CANDIDATE Decatur Man Seeks Democratic Nomination For County Recorder William Hartings, well-known, Decatur retired restaurant pro-j' prietnr, today announceil his in-f 1 tentions of being a candidate for i ' the ■fJcmocratte nomination for,' Recorder of Adams county subject to the decision of the May 3 1 primary election. Mr. Hartings has been an active ' Democrat lor many years and has resided in Deeattir for 4b years. He has never held a public office ‘ and has served as a precinct' worker in Decatur for a number of years. Until two years ago Mr. Hartings } owned the Peoples restaurant in! this city. Since he sold out lie lias Deen retired. He stated today'l that he would start his campaign: nt once, and that he woukl endeav- 1 or to see as many voters as pos-j sible between now and Hie time' of election. Today's announcement is rhe lifth for the office of* recorder.l' Others who have previously an . nouneed are: Walter Bockman.'' Ella Peoples, James Brown and ' Mrs Clara Anderson. Incumbent. , CRIMINAL CASE IS BEING TRIED ■ Anderson Y o u n g Man I Charged With Larceny; I Jury To Decide Fate L The case of state vs. Robert 1 derson. Kirkland township young I man. charged with the theft of tur-) keys from a Kirkland township farm was being tried in Adams ch j cnit court today before a jury anil i Judge D. B. Erwin. A jury was selected at 10:20 o'-1 clock this morning and the state rested at noon. It was expected the defense would take several hours this afternoon and that the ease would go to a jury yet today. Nathan C. >'elson. state's attor-1 ney built up a strong case and then ' turned the matter over to John T i Kelley, defense attorney. The jury I includes:' j( Ira Bodie, Gus Conrad. Evert/Ban-' ter, Adoph Schamerloh. Grover Shanks. Albert Liechty. John Peters, Ed Zwick. Samuel Bertsch, Abe DMbersttne, George Hirschy. Noah Lehman. Cashier Is Released Monrovia, Ind., Mar. 11.- —(U.R) — Two bandits who held up the First National Bank here yesterday afj ternoon and kidnaped Assistant | Cashier William Hadley as they) fled, obtained cash estimated at $1,500. As the men left, they forced Hadley to accompany them He was released near Bellville.

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Moose Plan Meeting An important meeting of the Loyal Order of Moose will be held Tuesday evening at the Moose from several prominent Decatur for lio'me on Third street. Applications from several prominent Decatur men fur membership in tlft* lodge will be voted on and Charles Hat-re, secretary, urges that th<- members attend. A luncheon will be served following the meqting and plans made to put on a membership drive. The initiation fee has been red>od to six dollars. Mr. Heme said. lodge has a membership of about four hundred and an effort will be made to secure a nutnber of candidates this month. o—j— TILLMAN DIEHL EXPIRES TODAY Former Kirkland TownShip Resident Expires At Bluffton Home H Tillman Diehl. SI. of Bluffton who spent his entire life,, with the exepetion ot the last ten years, in Kirkland townshij. died at his homo on West Lam aster street, Bluffton at 6 o'clock Friday morning. Death was dm- to in:iimities. Mr. Delhi had been ill for the last three weeks. .le was liorn in Kirkland township August 21. 1850. the son of W illiam and Hannah Billman Deihl both of whom are deceased. He was united in marriage to Mary Meehling of Kirkland township, who preceded him in death. His wife. Mrs. Mary 11. Strowl survives. Mr Deihl resided in Kirkland township until 10 years ago when |he moved to Bluffton. He was a member of the Christian Union Zion land Nazarene Churches. Surviving are Hie following I children: Grover Deihl, Mrs. Minnie Bell ot Garrett; levin and LawIrence Deihl of near Bluffton: Mel(vin Deihl. Decatur; and Mrs. LeWlis Egley of near Bluffton. One sister. Mrs. Carfie Scherry, tCONTINUSD ON PAGE SIX) GRAIN SURPLUS IN STATE HIGH Crop Report Shows Increase In Supply Over 1930 Figures Lafayette Ind., Mar. 11 —(U.R) — Grain supplies on Indiana farms ' March 1 were almost twice as ! great as on the corresponding date of 1930, it was revealed today in the monthly report of the Purdue University agricultural station. The report was prepared by M. M. Justin, statistician of the expeiii ment station. Justin attributed the ihereased' supplies to unusually large wheat und corn crops in 1931- Oats, although not as plentiful as other grains, was above CCONIINUEU ON PAGE TWO)

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, March 11, 1932

TAX RECEIPTS ARE COMPLETED Treasurer’s Office Finishes Task of Preparing County Receipts — County Treasurer John Wechter and deputy. Miss Alice Lenhart, have completed the job of making out the 19111 tax receipts, payable this year. There are about 20.000 receipts for all the individuals and corporations who pay taxes on real estate lor personal property in Adams county. Half of this number is for the spring installment, dne not later than Monday, May 2 and the other half is due on or before Monday, Novt tuber 2. The receipts are printed on pink paper this year and are perforated at one end so that the receipt for (he spring installment can be torn off and given to the taxpayers. The fall tax receipts are made at the same time and are perforated so II'OVI tN’l’ini ON PKOE TWO' RECEIVERSHIP ASKED IN SUIT ■ I Hearing' on American Security Co. Suit Will Be Held Here March 24 The American Security Co., small loan company operated in Decatur by a group of local stockholders tofaced rveeiversliin prccedings. ’ A surt on notes by L. C. Waring against the company, asking receivership because ’’the company is in an insolvent state”, was filed in Adams circuit court today. Attorneys tor the plaintiff in the r ase are Fruehte and Litterer. Summons are returnable March 24. The loan company has been in operation for a number of years, dealing with small short time loans. For the last two months, Ed Burling has been acting as secretary for Hie company and he has spent considerable time collecting past | due'notes. It is understood that the suit, brought today, was only a formality toward liquidating. i o Choir To Rehearse ( Tlte Senior Chorus Choir of the J Zion Reformed Church will meet I .or rehearsal at 7 o'clock tonight. Q LULU GAUNT IS -■ • DEATH’S VICTIM Daughter of Mrs. Frank i Mudhenk, Geneva, Dies 1 At Portland Thursday i 1 Mrs. Lula Gaunt. 49. wife of Deputy Postmaster Walter Gaunt of ; Portland and daughter of Mrs. ' Frank Mundhewk of Geneva, died at ' the Jay County hospital Thursday morning. Surviving are the hsuband and the following children: Char- • les Bonitas of Fort Wayne, John of Evansville, and Lee, Mary, Merle, Dan. Frank, Miriam and Robert all at home; the mother, Mrs. Mundh“nk oY Geneva; a sister, Mrj. Clarence Waltz of Evansville, and I two step-brothers Fred Drury of Lima, Ohio, and Charles Drury of I Portland. Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the . Congregational church in Portland with Rev. C. F. Baldwin officiating assisted by Rev. J. H. Nall and Rev. C. E. Scifres. Burial will be made in Green Park Cemetery at Portland. o~— i ’ Seek Missing Vessel > _____ • Washington. Mar. 11. — (U.R) — - Coast guard headquarters today • ordered a wide spread search for • the yawl Nahma, on which Richard ' DuPont and a party of friends have been unreported since Tuesday. F The sectional bu.se of the coast 1 guard at Charleston has been ord- ’ ered to put to sea every available r boat in the search. Several seaplanes may be dispatched to aid in the search.

Officers Re-Elected L. A. Holthouse. local ice cream manufacturer, was re-elected exalted ruler of the B. P. O Elks at the i annual el-ction. All other officers ■ were reelected for the year. The list I besides Holthouse includes: i It. A. Stucky, esteemed leading I knight;) James Cowan, esteemed loyal knight; Charles Weber, esteemed lecturing knight; Lawrence | Beal, secretary; Robert Melbers, treasurer; A. L. Colchin, C. C. Scha.er and H’-rman Yager, trustees. Ben Knapke was re-elected tiler. o COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER NAMED — Sam Crathwcll, Traveling Lecturer Selected For This City 1 Sam Gruthwell of Cleveland. O„ traveling lecturer who has been in every country in the world, will be the speaker at the Decatur high school commencement exercises, Friday, May 20, it was announced by M. F. Worthman. superintendent today. Mr. Grathwell was named speaker 1 at a meeting of th«' school board. Thursday evening. He is known a< a world historian I and his subject for the commenceI ment address will be "Visions,'' or i "TlU‘ New Viewpoint of the Old Land." Mr. Grathwell presents a highly colonul and most enlightening picture of existing events in l the Orient. Following the commencement ad- . dress and awarding of diplomas the gradiiatuig seuiors will entertain ; with a res—ption in the high ‘ school gymnasium. The school board at its regular meeting. Thursday evening named (CONI'iXI BP OX PACK TWO) . | —o- . — W.C.T.U. PLANS I COUNTY MEET ■ —— Annual Institute Will Be Held at Berne on Tuesday, March 15 The annual institute of the Women's Chris ian Temperance Union in Adams county will be held in the Berne Evangelical church Tuesday. March 15, the county president. Mrs. C. E. Hocker, announced today. The institute will be held in two sessions, morning and after-, I noon. The morning program will I open at 10 o'clock, followed with a dinner in the church social ' rooms. The meeting will be resumed at the afternoon session at 1:30 o’clock. . Mrs. Elizabeth Stanley of Liberty, state president of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union, will be the principal speaker at the meeting. Every member ot the ’ local organization is especially urged to Ise present at this annual meeting. Following is the complete program for both sessions of the institute: Morning Session ' Devotions —Rev. I. G. Roederer of the Berne Evangelical church. (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) 0 EX-GOVERNOR COMING HERE ,L P. Goodrich To Give Address on Russia at Service Clubs’ Meet A Joint meeting of the Decatur Rotary and Lions clubs, will be held in this city on Thursday. March 31 at the First Christian church. Former Governor James P. Good- ! rich of Winchester will he the , speaker at the meeting. Governor Goodrich will deliver an address on Russia. He spent several ■ months in the Soviet country a few i years ago, representing Herbert ■ Hoover, who at t hat time was I secretary of commerce in President Coolidge's cabinet.

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FIREMEN MAKE THREE CALLS Small Property Ixisscs Reported In Fires In City This Morning The Decatur tire department made throe calls this morning between 9 and 10 o’clock, (wo to residences and one to an automo-j bile. The total loss for the Ihreej fires was estimated at |lO, it was, staled by Jack Friedt, city fir ■ I chief. The first call was at 9 o < lo< k |l at the Clyde Butler icsidence on' South Third street. Sparks fro;.i the chimney caught on the roof, damaging the toof slightly. Mr. Friedl estimated (he loss at $5.00. The property is owned by John! H Sehug. The second fire was at 9:10 o'clock, when an automobile ' l|U j longing to Dr. R E. Daniels caught fire in front of the Daniels residence on Sixth street. The fire! was caused by a short in the I wires and the fire chief stated| there was practically no damage done. The fire department was called) to Hie Robert F’ritzinger residence! lon Marshall street at 9:50 o'clock I i where a roof fire was reporte,!. ■ The file siarted from sparks from! (be chimney and the total loss was | : estimated at $5.00. The property' j is owned hv Bill Mvers. ♦ • Pre-Easter Program At Church Planned ♦ ♦ Announcement is mode of the| 1 special pre-Eastii- activities at ' the Zion Reformed church here.l The examination of the catechum-j' ens will take place at the morning j 'service hour next Sunday. A] I class of elevon boys and girls i have been instructed in the fnnda-j - mentals of the Christian faith ami I religion during the last two years. The course of instruction in- , eluded the teachings and doctrine jot the tHeidefberg Catechism I which contains the standard of! | tlte Reformed church. This course of religious instruction is given ' , prior to full church membership. The confirmation services will! take place on Palm Sunday and' Holy Communion will be celebrat-! ed on Easter morning. Special > services will lie conducted during} , Holy Week beginning with Palm , Sunday night until Easter. On! I Easter night the senior chorus > choir will lender a cantata, eni titled, “Joyous Beils of Easter." BRANCH OFFICE i IS ANNOUNCED Cloverleaf Creameries, Will Open Fort Wayne Distribution Office Tlie Cloverleaf Creameries, Inc., < ' of this city is making arrange--1 ment.s to open a branch, plant in i Fort Wayne, for the distribution of ice cream ami butter products man- i ufactured by the company and for aU Kraft-Phenix Cheese company ' products. A building at 72G South Barr street has b n en leased by the com- i paiiy and as soon as it is remodeli ed the necessary equipment will be I installed. ! W. A. Klepper, general manager of the company negotiated th? lease i and stated that the new office I would be a general sales and distrii button office for the company in supplying the .trade in. the F*ort Wayne territory. • The manager of th > branch plant has not yet been named. Mr. Klepper stated. Plans are being made to open the place of business within the next few weeks. o I i Publisher Expires Los Angeles, Mar. 11. — (U.R) — Byron H. Canfield. 52, chairman of the board of the Scripps-Canfield ’ newspapers, died suddenly early i today in his apartment at the exI clusivp Town House hotel here, r His wife, Mrs. Jessica Cauficld. t and a sister, Miss Alice Canfield, i were with him when he died. lie . was believed to have succumbed to a heart attack.

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To Speak Here "A ■•U __ x 7 t ; /• I j t / l I \ -If James P. Goodrich Former governor of Indiana who will speak here Ma l ch 31, at a} joint meeting of the Decatur llotaiy and Lions clubs, to be held at the First Christian church. LINN TO HEAD LOCAL DRIVE Chamber of Commerce Membership Campaign Will Commence Soon William Linn, well known clothier ot' this city has been named chairman of the membership committee o: the Decatur Cl'xN'ber of Commerce to renew the membership in this organization. The appointment was made last evening by Theodore Graliker. provident, at the monthly meeting of the board of directors of the Chambei of Commerce. Mr. Linn did not state when the canvass for members would be made, but plans to do it sometime • his month. The membership last year was about ISO and it is hoped that the roster of the organization will show that many members this year. To Observe Three Hours The Chamber of Commerce also adopteil a resolution requesting all husines . houses and offices to close from twelve to three o’clock (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) Freight Train Piles Up Upper Sandusky, 0., Mar. 11.— (U.R) —The rear-end collision of two Chesapeake & Ohio freight trains a half mile south of here today caused injury to three trainmen and! piled 40 cars in a tangle of splint-1 ers and steel. Elden S. Congrove, eingineer. was; taken to Grant Hospital, Columbus, where his condition was reported; “satisfactory." W. H. Grove. Columbus, fireman, and Walter Davis, Columbus, brakeman, were cut i and bruised. PEACE PLANS ARE UNDERWAY League Adopts P lans Known Acceptable To United States London. Mar. 11 —<U.R> — The league of nations program to end warfare and conflicts in the Far Fast is under way despite a delay asked by Japan today, and it imodelled to fit the pattern of th” American far east policy, in the opinion of informed British leaders. The program, it was pointed out. left America and not Great Bi itain initiating sometimes economically distasteful plans and policies, it held the league to oction it knew the United States (CONTINL'ED ON PAGE FIVE)

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SPITALE, AIDE TO MAKE TRIP IN NEAR FUTURE Underworld Go-Betweens Held On Liquor Conspiracy Charges at Present ONE ARRESTED IN FLORIDA Hopewell, N. J., Mar. 11.— UU.R)—The trail of the baby j Lindbergh kidnapers turned today toward Detroit. It developed that Col. Lindbergh’s underworld go-be-tweens, Salvatore Spitak? and Irving Hitz, have “leads” which will take them soon to the Michigan city. Spitale and Bitz are among a group of 16 indicted on liquor conspiracy charges in Brooklyn. They are listed under lictitioiis mimes but the defense counsel confirmed today that the pair are li.-u---ed. and that they “plan to go to [ Detroit as soon as this matter ttlio liquor case) is disposed of." Spitale is listed in the Brooklyn case as James Martin, and Bitz as Morris Grossman. in a case involving seizure of 190 cases of liquor Inboard the schooner “Colonial” on , p Brooklyn beach last year. One Iman was wounded in an exchange .'of shots between the police ami the [ Ullcßftl rum runners. | Before the trial started today, j Abraham Kesselman of defenso !counsel. verified that tlte two were in tlte indicted group and added: | “They have a 'lead' which will i take them to Detroit just as soon i as the case against them here in 11 federal court has been finished I jiflnnot discuss the nature of this |information, but they plan to go i, to Detroit as soon as this matter (is disposed of." Colonel Lindbergh last Saturday I night named Spitale and Bitz as Ihis "listening posts" in tlie underl world in the hope that with their icontacts they could act for return lof the baby, without undue publicity or police interference. j The first statement under this system revealed that at Miami. John Normal Brett, reported to I have been a triend of the LindI bergh servants, had been arrested land questioned. He offered an alibi, I which is being fort iter checked ami [denied knowing the si rvants. The text of tlie statement fol- ! lows: "John Norman Brett, reported to 'have been a friend of the I in’dlergh servants, was arrested by the Miami police, questioned and (CONTINUED ON I'AGE FIVID BIBLICAL PLAY WILL BE GIVEN “Book Os -Job” Presentation At M. E. Church Sunday Night Tlie “Book of Job" will be pre- ! sented in play form by the F.ywotth League of the Methodist i Episcopal church in the chuiclt. | auditorium. Sunday night. Marell j 13. at 7:30 o’clock. No admission will be charged for the presentation and the pub- ' lie is cordially invited to witness this splendid production, taken from tlie Bible, which will be presented by the young men of llv> organization. The girl" in the league will fn '- nisli the music, to be rendered in connection with the play. O. L. Vance is the director of the play, and the music will be under the direction of Mrs. Dan Tyndall, ( with Mrs Avon Burk at the organ. The cast for the presentation is as follows: Prologue Harold Murphy ') Spokesman of the Lord Arthur Suttles, Jr. Satan David Hell.s’ (CONTINUED ON PACE SIX) FYineral Held Today Funeral services for Helen Francile Harvey, 11 year-old daughter of I Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Harvey who Idled Wedne. day moriunc. --re held 1 at 2 o’clock this afternoon at the 1 United Brethren church in thi- ' city. Rev. R. E Vance, pastor of--1 ficiated and burial was in the Decatur Cemetery.