Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 30, Number 67, Decatur, Adams County, 18 March 1932 — Page 1

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K GROUP lIOES PLAN E COPPER TH ■ \ n d M<:ui' Croup K n( js \ctioo taken - jppnr-d;i> U 'left Bests on S x| HIM I <IA I ngt. -- 1K,,, :•>■ ’ " Hirst ■• ' c:a ' f -/ proocs' L 1 f-Oir 6 P r? K by The Kq rate >s - per K vote was 84 ■ Wi>. i■ttee t.nla? decided propost .1 taxes <>ll and whisky. ■ cninutt. • rem inded its ■ ■ V,. centemp- ■ a duty of tour cents a ■ --. impor’e.! i opper. and ■j not to submit the K ■:■ IO the The vote 10 Cbairni.m < i:-|> .mnounehouse oeu.m consider- ■ ■,,• ne« billion dollar tax ■ nun-h-i! lip the hill jester- | ■ »e tnui< hod down again | ■ v.. 'bat the copper | .invoke changes of thej ■tin l"o: I" .lifleient ways. J ■«»- lie to work Olllj ■olhrt: .itn> r.’lmeiit while. ■ bill is before the house." L ■ issue is expelled, however. I ] ■allied lat. i the floor by j of the copper tax. the refusal of the to adopt a liquor tax, ■ reason ».is ilnq we did not | ■ get inio nn more prohibi-1 > in this hill." ■ present tax on medicinal' ■is JI lo a Ballon The trens-1 ■tiaiated to the committee! eincrea.se to s."> would raise! LWii.iHlii additional revenue. j rriXCEb o.x PACE SIX) IT FILED < IT DEMOCRATS t 1 te Minority Supports nkhead Election In Alabama < ihington, Mar. 18. — (U.R)- A 1 Ity report "dissenting em*lf'' from a majority recom ’ ttion that the seat, of Senator 1 **<i. Dem.. Ala., he declared I was submitted to the sen- 1 dvileges and elections comtoday by democratic mem- 1 »! a sub-committee appointed ’ tr the contest brought hy for ’ lenator .1. Thomas Heflin. ton George, Georgia, and |! New Mexico, signed the i ■ which disagrees categorical-1 1> a similar document prepar I hairman Hastings. Repn., *nd concurred in by the other “Publican members, Senators ' n ' Ind., and Glenn, 111. i’ important to bear in mind," I linority report reads In part, it is nowhere shown, or even “ <le, i by anyone, that Mr. •NTIXUED on page TWO) , " I uneral Is Saturday 11 »wal services for Mrs. B. H. 1 wife of Rev. Franklin, -“'I at the Methodist hospital ort "'me early Thursday " g ' will be held Saturday ~ at 9:15 o'clock at the "■ a nd at 9;30 o’clock at the 1 “'list E>: iseopal church. Dr. W. r , "ld of Marion, past district "tendent of the Methodist ">pal church will officiate. 1 ! ' erv ice at the house at 9:15 v "'ll be for members of the 1 • After the church service, “emission will be held for ' ■ the cortege will be es- ' roni the church to the burial : at Knightstown, leaving at clock. Burial will be in the «Mown cemptpry.

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Chicago Honors Noted Visitors ~~1 IT ; ; .. ~ • • ; v’ .. «?. * ■BRraSHK ' 1I ; • ■ ■ "W f * Tfcj* i LkFJi ” ‘ ' fl.? i . . . Gi-ete) <' org<- <. *» (left) . tends the glad hand to Secretary of i War i .ilri. k J. Hurley (rciht, and I’anl Claudel, French ambassador to | toe Catted Stat--“. a,-, tin 1 , nriived in Chicago Wednesiiay in the secre-1 lary’at tri-motei plane from \\ i.rlingtou. 1). C. Ambassador Claudel! cxpl.ifueil that the principal pinpose of his visit to Chicago is lo inspect tltU, jrtoundss.d the < i irtory of I'rogress. j

COUNTY MAP TO BE PUBLISHED Surveyor Koop Plans To Place New Map On Market In Few Days A new and completely up to date Adams county map has been com pleted by Ralph E Hoop, county surveyor, pnd will be on the mat kel in the next three weeks, I: was announced today Copyright action is being taken on the new map. amt as soon us tliei papers t ome through, the map will i be printed and placed on sale to the public. The new map is the first since i 1908. when Abe Bagley of Herne | placed his map on the market. The Roop map has drawings of all riv-1 ers. bridges, churches, roads, towns unit farms. It is complete in every i respect. Mr. Roop also announced that he | was now working on a map of all drains and ditches in the county witti arrows pointing the direction of flow from each faipi. The maps will sell for popular prices and as soon as completed will be placed In all townships of the county for sale. FAMOUS ACTOR, SINGER, DIES Chauncey Olcott Expires At .Monte Carlo; Native Os Buffalo, N. Y. Monte Carlo. March 18. — (U.R) - Chauncey Olcott, famous ballad' singer, who introduced the song "Mother Machree," died early today from pernicious anemia. He was 71 years old. Olcott's wife, son. and daughterj were at his bedside at his villa ; here. The body of the singer-ai - tor will be buried in New York, they said. Olcott was :r native of Buffalo, N. Y.. where he was born July 21. 1860. He was developed as a singer by the late R. M. Hooley and became famous as the “Irish tenor.” He married Margaret O'Douovm of -San Francisco in 1897. travelled with Hooley's company several years, appeared with various minstral and opera troupes, and then went to England to sing in comic (CONTINUED ON PYGE FOCTO

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Would Extend Line D. F. Teeple, Decatur truck line I operator. :. circulating a petition) to tic presented to the Indiana Publlic Service Commission, asking i hat he lie permitted to extend his| Intel, lino south to Portland and j east to Willshire, Ohio. Mr. Teeple) {operates a truck line Hom Fort J Wayne to lieealut He is One of the In ' known truckmen in this part of the state and his petition contained several hundred signatitles today The proposed truck lino would stop at Monroe. Berne and Genova. TWO SERVANTS ARE LOCATED Kidnap Suspects Are Be-! ins Questioned By Police Officers — Hopewell, .1.. Mar. 18 —(U.R) State police announced today they have located two German servants ' who disappeared from the home of Leandro Lightfoot at Franklin Park immediately after the kidnaping of Charles A. Lindbergh, i Jr. The couple whose names were listed as Mr. ami Mrs. EngstenIh res. were being quesitoned to-| l day/ It was not revealed where they! . had been located. , Hopewell. N. J„ Mar. 18—(U.R)— ‘ Routine investigation of hundredsj , of reports including two from the far Wist continued today after Colonel Lindbergh'- secret nightll conference with leaders in the! hunt for his kidnaped baby. One report was from Pocatello. ' Idaho, to the effect that a suspect • in another case there had said he drove the kidnaper's car. The report was considered by some to be a flippant boast. The second far west report was ! based on a question asked Colonel I H. Norman Schwartzkopf. and involved a further check on activities of Denver gangsters. Practically all other “leads" were considered useless; even the investigation of two German servants wtio left their jobs near (CONTtSIIEP ON PACK TWO) Special Meeting Called There will be a sce.clal meeting■ l of the Decatur Lions club at the i Vance and. Linn Clothing store at 7:30 o'clock tonight. President Hari ry Knapp has asked that all memi hors attend the meeting.

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CLELAND TALKS TO ROTARIANS Fort Wayne Attorney Is Guest of Local Rotary Club Thursday Samuel Cleland, county attorney >f Allon county gave an Interesting talk on "Taxes", before m< mhers of th<‘ Decatur Rotary duh last evening. Mr. Cleland segregated luxes un- j i der three elassificalions, namely : fixed charges, current operating expenses and improvements. He stat■cd that the fixed charges included ! charges for interest and payment lon bonds for improvements already I made; current charges were for . .eneral operating expenses of pub- , lie offices and Institutions improvements included charges for road building and school building indebtedness made in the future. The expenditures for improvements can be controlled and the other two charges can be curtailed, but not eliminated altogether, Mr. : Cleland said. Mr. Cleland warned against the I attitude shown by many , ersons Ito overthrow everything in the effort to reduce taxes now. Valuations j do not have much to do with the a--1 mount of taxes to be collected, ex--1 i ept that a low valuation curtailed improvements. He stated the danger of a too low valuation, pointing out that what it meant to the perI son who wish to borrow money or i secure a mortgage on his farm or home. Mr. Cleland advocated the passing of a bill by the next legislature to a;i. ropriate ss.imo.imu from i the state gasoline tax for the i building of insane and feeble tnind- ! I’d homes or making additions to , the present institutions. In nearicoNi ISI HP OX PAGE FOl lit SPECIAL HOLY WEEK SERVICES — Decatur Men to Hold Half Hour Prayer Service Each Morning Prayer services each morning starting next Monday morning and lasting until Friday were unnoticed today by a committee represcsntintg all Protestant churches. It i.s the first observance of Holy Week by the irten for many years. T.ie services will be held each : morning in the Chamber of Commerce rooms on Madison street, i starting at 9:30 o'clock and closing I at 10 o'clock. Seating capacity for 1150 people has been arranged. On Monday morning at 9:30, the Rev. A. B. Brown >. astor of the local Baptist church will have charge of the half hour session. All men of Decatur are invited to attend the Holy Week services. The leader will be announced each day by the committee. On Friday morning the services will be dispensed with and the men will join the entire city in observance of the threeOour Good Friday .services startin; Friday noon. REPLACEMENT IS CHARGED Chinese Newspaper Says Japs Withdrew Troops For Stronger Unit Shanghai, Mar. 18 -(U.R) — The Chinese-owned China Press charged today that the Japanese 9th division, withdrawn from thShanghai area amid public announcements, had been quietly replaced by the 40th division, twice as strong. The Press charged that the 40th division of some 20,000 men had taken over the 9th division positions as part of a Japanese concentration of men and material which would make a large scale offensive possible. The paper voiced the private opinion of prominent Chinese by declaring it was skeptical of the sincerity of Japanese peace overtures. China fears Japan “is making a grand stand play for the benefit of visiting members of the league of nations Manchurian comniis(CQJJTINUEfD ON PAGE TWO)

Theobald Is Speaker Mr. Tlmobold of lhe Anthony Wayne Institute si Foil Wayne, de llvered an address on "Personality" before the pupils of Decatur high school at the chapel hour, 'this morning. Mr. Thoobold was 'brought to the locul high school by |tho Commercial club, and was announced by Miss Ina Andei on, president of the club. W. Guy Brown, principal, announced that a radio has been ins:alled and the pupils are invited i to listen to the games of the slate I tournament. LUTHERANS TO HOLD SERVICE Rev. Schultz To Lead in Pal mSunday Confirmation Program — A class of seven children will be ’received into communicant member|sh:. with the Zion Lutheran church ! I’u.lm Sunday, and the children will ! make their solemn vo* to remain true unto death to the Triune God as confessed by the church, it was | stated today by the Rev. Paul W , Schultz, pastor of the church. The services will liegin at 10 o • clock, and will be conducted by the pastor w in will deliver an address on the subject." Keep Thy Vow (into Death. And He a.-sured o. a Good Conscience And True Heaveni ly Peace,” In connection with this service an examination of the confirmants in tile chief parts oR| Christian doctrine will be held pre ceeding the rite of confirmation. Tne members of the class will ■ sin; the choral." Take Thou My Hand And Lead Mo." file well I known hymn. "In lhe Hour o Trial. Jesus Plead For Me." will bo sung by the Sunday school children-. The Sunday school will convene at 9 *><> <>'( lock Sunday morning. Those to be confirmed this year .ire: Rai l Alt. Catherine Hieberich. I Viola Ellsworth. Florence ReidenI l>a< h. Henry Bieberieh. Albi rt Kel II b i. Robert M, yer. o Firemen Make Run ' • I The local fire depariniem made a rim to the Bob \larhach rcsidfii<<‘ on South Tenth street, at 9:30 o’clock this tnomiih; where a roof fire was reported. The tire was caused by sparks from the chimney. Jack Eriedt, city fire ( hie estiniat ed ihe damage al $5 u«>. FOUR CHILDREN DIE IN BLAZE Mother Badly Burned In Eftort To Rescue; New Jersey Home Razed Paulsboro. N. J.. March IS—(U.R) —Four chldren were burned to death early today in a fire which destroyed <their home, a twotstory frame structure on Crown Pqint road, about 15 miles from Camden. The fire i.s believed to have started from an ovei.ieates -love. The victims: Theresa Bell. 1.",; Mary, her sister. 8; Ruth, another sister. 4; William, a brother, eight months old. Mrs. Lillian Bell, 38, mol her <> j I the children- was badly burned in I trying to rescue them. Charles Blackman, a neighbor, noticed the fire, while walking near , his home, ran to lhe Bell house | and aroused Mrs. Bell. -The father, William Bell, a mechanic, was at work. Mrs. Bell aroused the sleeping <l ■< (VHNItWD GN I’AGE SIX, — —. Mail Carrier Killed Bloomfield, Ind.. March 18—(U.R) , —Clifton Dixon Jr.. 44. Bloomfield mail driver, was killed when his i truck plunged over a grade after [ colliding with another truck. Dix- . on's son, Lloyd, 14. who was riding . with him was uninjured. I o War Vets To Meet There will be a meeting of the ‘ Spanish War Veterans Sunday af- ’ ternoon at 2 o'clock at the Kitson ' Barber shop. The meeting will be 1 held for the .purpose of inspecting ' the camp, ami other business, Al- * fred Hahnert, camp commander of camp No. 52 requested that all vet erans he present.

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POWERSWILL ! HANG TONIGHT FOR MURDERS Bluebeard Killer Coes To Gallows; Reprieve By Stale Refused ACCUSATIONS ARE ADVANCED Charleston, W, Va., Mar. 18. — (U.R) — Harry F. Powers, ] “Bluebeard” killer accused of |hanging or strangling live : persons, is schedu ed to die on the gallows tonight for thej murder of Mrs. Dorothy Press-' jler Lemke of Northboro, Mass, lured by mail order promises! 'of marriage. Powers' last hope for a reprieve faded last night when Governor | ! William G. Conley overruled a tele phone plea by J. Ed Law. Clarks-1' burg attorney. Law defended thej be idy eyed Powers. Powers was convicted after a" I trial held in Clarksburg opera l ! bouse beerfuse the court house was too small. i ( He admitted that he and Mrs. Lemke had driven here from Mass-, aehusetts after lie had promised her a "big farm in the west." But | lie denied that he killed the buxom! Mrs. Lemke. He said she told him. she preferred another man. ai “Cecil Johnson." I, The last he saw of Mrs. Lemke. Powers claimed, was when she “said goodby to me to go with him." Mrs. Lemke's body was one of five dug up from a shallow drain- - age ditch back of Powers' garage' nt his Quiet Dell home near Clarks-1 .. •( .x H\l ED ON \ ‘: 1 : i i V i: ■ UNITED ACTION GROUP WORKING Quarter Million Jobless Cared P’or By New Organization in N. S. New York. March 18 (U.R)-Tlie' t'nited Action gmi;. . organized to obtain employment for 1.1hN1.000 | mon throughout the country. Ann-1 minced today that its drive had ' passe dthe quarter million mark. The total number of men hut to work since the drive began on February 15. was 256.914, the statement | showed. Minnesota, reporting 6,154 new wage earners for yeiterday, re- I gained the lead over New York. | with 29.514 men back on jobs. New ; York got jobs tor 24.872 and Penn ! sylvania 18.383. The group consists of the American Legion, the American Federation of Labor, the Association of National advertisers and the Legion auxiliary, and several other organizations. Among the other states reporting rotress, are: Wisconsin, 16.959; West Virginia. 9,11)5: Oklahoma S. 6SB; Missouri. 8.147: North Caro '(CONTINUED ON PAGE I'lVEl DEATH CLAIMS BERNE WOMAN Mother of Mrs. Thurman Gottschalk Expires At Home In Berne Mrs. Grace Howard Simison, 77. well known Berne woman and widow of the late Samuel Simison. died at her home in Herne, Thurs-j day evening. Mrs. Simison was well known in and around Berne, where she lived for many years. Her husband. Samuel Simison. was a business man in Berne until his death several years ago. The deceased was Imrn in Van Wert. Ollie'in May. 1554. Two child- > ren preceded her in death, dying in infancy. Surviving are three dangh- ’ ters, Mrs. Ervin Bell of Fort Wayne; Mrs. Harold Snyder of Detroit, Michigan and Mrs. Thurman ’, ■ Gottschalk of Berne. ; Funeral ervices will be held Sun-, . day alternoon at 1:30 o’clock at the ’ home and at 2 o’clock at the Evangelical church in Berne. Burial will j be made in the M. R. E. Cemetery

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Banquet Speaker * f -4 C | IBK'' T. A. Coleman Mr. Coleman is the principal speaker fop the annual farmer's banquet to be held at Berne. Thursday. March 21. The banquet will be held at 6:30 o'clock in the Berne Auditorium and Fred Blum will act as chairman. Several hundred people are expec:ed to attend the meeting. TAX RECEIPTS SHOW DECLINE Income Figures Show Big Drop Compared to Those Compiled In 1931 Washington. Mar IS—(U.R) Income tax payments tabulated hy the treasury March 16 amounted ! to $55,611,451.99 as compared with 1 $X5,6f»1,515 on the coeroffpondhm ' date a y« ar ago March 15 lax payments so far tabulated by the treasury tot.ll $u5,26D.2->7. The largest part of (he payments will bo recorded in treasury statements the next two days. Income lax payments for the month through Mar< h 16 totalled $106.212.5.36 and for the fiscal year $755.42 4.175. 'lhe corresponding figures last y< ar were $106,25ami sl. 277.655.216. Today’s figures seemed to hear out treasure e timaies that March 15 payments would not exceed $175.0U0.0th) The treasury col-U’OXTIM-EU ON' PACK SIX) RICH CLUBMAN IS FOUND DEAD Egbert Hoffman. Former Detroit Special Police Accidentally Killed Detroit, Mar. IS— (U.R) Egbert M Hofman. 27 year-old millionaire clubman once held as a material witness in the slaying of Gerald “Jerry" Buckley, radio announcer, was found dead in his Grosse Pointe mansion last night, a bullet wound near the heart. The millionaire's death, at first reported a suicide, was adjudged an accident by Coroner J. E. I Burgess. Hoffman was killed when an automatic pistol he was cleaning exploded, the coroner snM. Mrs. Alma S. Hoffman, society leader and mother of the clulflnan, told authorities she heard the shot was known for several years as which ended her son's life. Hoffman, a lawyer and heir to one of Detroit’s largest fortunes, the millionaire-policeman after he accepted a job as "special officer" at police headquarters. He became involved in the Buckley murder investigation when it was disclos(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o _ Miss Chew To Speak The Literary Department of the Woman’s Chib has been able to secure Miss Doris Chew of England, now the Exchange teacher at the North Side High School iu Fort W#yne to deliver an address. Her .subject will be “Impressions of America." and the program will he given in the Lfbrary Hall.. Mondpy evening, April 4. Members of the Woman’s Club will have the privilege of using tlieir guest tickets and a good attendance is desired.

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CICERO UPSETS VINCENNES IN FIRST CONTEST Central Catholic Wins Al Chicago; Newcastle, Connersville Win BLCFFTON TO PLAY WINAMAC Afternoon Scores Greencastle, 32; Columbia City, i? Butler Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, Mar. 18.—(U.R>—Cicero, New Castle and Connersville won lheir way to the second round of the 21st annual 1. li. S. A. A. state basketball tournament this morning, the first in a sensational 17-15 victory over Vincennes. New Castle and Connersville ran true to form in conquering Seymour. 25 to 2i>, nnfl Wiley of Terre Haute. 2u to 17. respectively. All three morning games were closely contested. Cicero, in beating one of the tourney favori'es fought every minute of the second lull to gain a two-point margin of victory. Tile Vincennes team had led all through the first half, but the conqtieror.s of Marion at last week s legional tom ney. gained a h ad in | the closing minutes of the game and stuck it out to get a 17-15 decision over Viincennes In the secund morning game Seymour gave Newcastle a scare in the last period. Newcastle went into the final quarter of the game with a six-point lead but watched il dwindle to two points with threo minutes lo play. Newcastle managed to stall lor about six minutes and then crashed through with a 25-20 win. Wiley of Terre Haute battled hard against Connersville but was unable al any time to pull away. Wiley led at the end of the first quarter. 13. but Connersville took the lead and held on lhe rest of the game. The final count was 2017. The morning crowd was disappointing to tourney officials. For the first time in live years there were vacant seats seatiered over tile fieldhouse. It is believed that ll'ON I’tX'l'lM' <>x I’VGE SIXI Fire Razes School Lafayette, Ind.. Man a IS -(UR) Plans to hold Classes in the gymnasium and avaDaMe halls and rooms in (’larks Hill were made to day by Lauramie township authorities following destriu tion of the school building by fire late yesterday, Loss was estimated at $7d,000. The building was 20 years old. The siaool term has only four weeks to run. —o — No M. E. Church Sunday Owing to the death of Mrs. Benjamin Franklin, wife of Lie pastor of the local M. E. church there will he no preaching services Sunday. Sunday School will he held as usual il was announced. DREAMERS MAY AID LINDBERGH Pyschological Class At Harvard Studies Many Dream Reports By Henry Minott United Press Staff corre . undent. Cambridge, Mass. March IS (UP) Tlte Lindbergh ba >y kidnaping case may throw light on tho mysteries of mental telepathy through an elaborate dream doily undertaken by the Harvard Psychological clinic. From 44 states and Canada, within the past tour days, have come reports on 500 dreams inspired by the sensational abduction, and Dr. Hen ry A. Murray, head of the clinic, told the United Pre-s today he be lieved analysis of these contributions may reveal valuable new data concerning uncot’seious mental processes. I hough many ot the dream reports stated more or less defini:e ly the tjttpposed "whereabout.-" of (CONTIXT’ED ON PAGi: l'lVt:i-.