Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 30, Number 79, Decatur, Adams County, 1 April 1932 — Page 1

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ORE REVENUE ADDED TO TAX MEASURE

longressmtin Albert H, Vestal, Os Old Eighth District Dies

Ir WTH CLOSES ! ONG CAREER B noon today W l( j I, h a* RepieHatne; W a- W hip <»l ■Wi) |’ In House Hj. KNOWN 9 i\i.i<\nß — (URI 1;, ? '/ b ’f Ainici' N:tvv j • „| a \ and ill■pf several weeks. ..... |„,ni m I rankI, .Jaiuiarv 1 8 1875. lii'liana State K ho.'la' I'erre Haute. :v,| hi- \ U degree from .. in 1896. He ■ II I<l i M Malone ■ ... I, ' II" 1 -. adniii'ed to the bar i in Vi J,,,| ~ . |. . ■• .1 in 1902 am! |,. ]!,!« elected io a nd re-elected i. 1926. isjs ... w ho worked ; . tot whi. h to train ..; ■ terms. a I .... ■ ■ ..Hub.; "•I! Known in ■ in this city - ami Berne occasions. 1- ■■■ a! > rew feil.-rai building in Deworked together with ■ - ing il.ling finally was building was Mi Vestal was unable II INES TO ■EDUCE PRICES B- Ranue From 10 to 65 ■hr Cent.; Effective E In Middlewest M' ' Mi. April 1— (U.R) — ■ gening of general ii Trans American ■ ed fare ranging trom lit to 65 per ■ immediately between ■>" l'!• velaial Chicago and 15 1 : ps m Michigan, Indiana Ohio. IB' lomp.ny also announced in spring and summer whedulea. r “ oil tile 55 minute DetroitMT !ul aiiipliil.ian service, which! ■ f,|s Apr'! ’J!, has been reduced I 9 1 tll.lin in f1u.75. the company ■ >TH'MI. The $8.95 fare on the ■ «>•'»>•• Ite'.ioii I'nledoCleveland ■ 'ami service is unchanged. ■ ibfned service for the two De■B Aleveiami lines. Includes six ■ >d trips daily and four on SunH 1 and holidays. ■ '« through fare on the Detroit--9 l' Bend-Chicago division re9Us at $13.25. '[’he company, how ■ '.has reduced the Detroit-South ■'< rate from $3.95 to $8.90. The ■ I between South Bend and Chi 9 ? has been lowered from $4.95 ■ 4-35. Three air liners will ■ e Detroit daily at 8:30 a. tn.. 9 P- m. and 5:30 p. nt. on this 9 Blf| b- A fourth leaves Detroit 9 P. m., carrying night mail and 9 '"'"fers tn Chicago via Jackson 9 b-alatnazoo. I Dr. Tapy Expires B rawfordsville. Ind. Apr. I—(U.R) ■ beorge Henry Tapy. 62, a B ■ ei 01 •Bp Wabash College ■ W from 1908 until last tall, M > m his home here yesterday B, r ? '°ng illness. He was grant- ■ ' ' f ' aVe of absence last fall be--9 01 tailing health. servic es will be held K<7' "" tile coile « e chapel. The B an< ) one son survive.

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Intermediaries in Conference I ...W ” " I o | .. Revived hope for the return of the kidnaped Lindbergh baby is at present centered on these two men, who. with Bear Admiral Guy 11. Burrage. are acting as intermediaries Uetween Col. Liudltergh and the abductors of his child. They are the Very Bev 11. Dodson-Peacock ami John Hughie Curtis, of Norfolk. Va. The clergyman recently flew through a storm from Norfolk to a conference with Col. Lindbergh at Hopewell, N. .1. I

BANDIT GANG IS CAPTURED Ten Bank Robberies Are Cleared With Arrest of Midwest Bandits nftcago. Apr. 1. (U.P) —Chief of I Detectives William Shoemaker today announced the arrest of a mid west bank robbery gang charged wi h perpetrating ten bank raids in which kidnaping and torture! were employed. The gang. Shoemaker said, is responsible also for kidnaping four wealthy gamblers and holding them for ransom He said five men had* confessed and gave their names as > Michael Yuro. Edward Bennett, Ed-i ward Kuzma, Frank Faifer. and Ed-1 ward Halligren. all of Chicago. The banks raided and amount of, loot included First National. Ma ' zon. 111.. Oct. 8. 1930, 113.000; State | Bank, Mundelein. 111.. April 3. 1931. j | $10,215: Tazewell County National.! I Delavan. Wis.. June 5. $6,500; Maj ipton State, Maquon. 111.. Oct. 21. $4,250 and 128.000 securities; State Bank. Mundelein. 111., Jan. 20. 1932, $2,700; State Bank of Kirkland. 111 .J Feb. 11. $25; State Bank. Ringwood. I 111., Feb. 20. s2.oo<>; York State Bank. Elmhurst. 111.. Jan 15. 1931, $6,000: Citizens' Bank. Delavan. Wis., Mar. 18, 1932. $7,000; a bank at Milton Junction. Wis.. $4,000. Yaro. Bennett and Faifer are named in Lake county, Illinois, warrants charging them with the Mundelein holdup. The method of the raiders was to imprison bank officials in their j (CONTIN'HKD ON' >•'<'■'' s't\> o • BOMBAY RIOT IS REPORTED Strikebreakers Cans c Grave Trouble; Many Seriously Injured Bombay. April 1 —(U.P.) — ! worker- on strike and Pathan (Afghan) strike-lbreakers clashed in serj ious rioting near the Bombay docks today and later fired many dwell j Ings in the Pathan section. First police reports listed one man killed, twelve seriously injured. and 20 slightly hurt. Police fired on the rioters. Fire hose was played on the battling mob. The Pathans were en route to the docks in motor truck-, after ignoring appeals from strikers to refrain from strike breaking. Strikers dragged the driver of a truck from his seat and beat him to death. A general fight followed. Sticks and stones were used freely. A fre;h group of armed Pathans attacked the strike's shortly before police re erves arrived. The crowd was dispersed. The strikers then reassembled and marched to (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

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Aged Monroeville Woman Dies Thursday Mr-. Susan E. t'rabill, 93. .of Al- | len county, step-mother of Andrew t'rabill of Decatur. died at 6 o'clock ! Thursday evening at the home of her da ighter. Mrs. Nelson Hertle, southeast of Monroeville. Mrs. Crabill fell four weeks ago i fraCturin? an arm. and shock from the .all hastened lies' death. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Hertle, and Mrs. A. P. Sprangue of Joliet, ill., and three stepchildren, George Crabill of Monroeville; Andrew Crabill of Decatur; ' and D. V. Crabill of Missouri. The body was returned to the ertle home this morning. Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the home. | Burial will be made in the 1.0.0. F. cemetery at Monroeville. MAXINE DUBACH DIES THURSDAY Pneumonia Is Fatal To Craigville Child; 111 Only Two Days Maxine Ixju Dubach, little daughter o Mr. and Mrs. Amos Dubach of Ciaigville. died at 4 o'clock Thursiday afternoon, following an illness of only two days. Death was caused from pneumonia. The child was born April 5. 1931, the daughter of Amos and iHuldah Gerber Dubach alid was aged 11 months and 26 days at the time of j death. Surviving are the parents I and a brother Leonard. The funeral will be held Sunday with services at the home at 9 o'clock. and at the Christian Aisistolic church at 10 o'clock. Burial will be in the church cemetery. p— Four Die In Chair Ossining, N. Y.. Apr. I—(U.P)—•1 —(U.P)—• Four murderers went to their deaths, one after another, in the death chair at Sing Sing last night. Peter Sardini. 28. was the first to die. He had been convicted of ‘ killing Rocco Zappo in a Brooklyn I holdup. Dominie Scifo, 24. Michael I Roadick, 20, and Walter Borosky. I 24, followed in order. They had ! been convicted of the murder of Frank Pendlebury, an Elmhurst. L. 1., grocer, in a holdup. Man’s Body Is Found Gary. Ind.. April 1 — (U.R) — The I body of a well-dressed man. about i !»0 years old. was found today two I miles west of Dyer, Ind., in a ditch along Lincoln highway. A Pierce Arrow coupe. Nqw York 1932 license 7N-5861, was parked nearby. An automatic pistol, one shot tired, also lay near the body. The pistol had jammed before the second shot could be fired. The man had been' shot once in the abdomen. Police said they believed the case a suicide.

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, April 1, 1932.

WOMAN'S CLUB 1 PLANS CLOSING Play to Feature Last Meeting Os Present Winter Period The c losing meeting of the Wo- H man's Club on Monday night, April 1 18. will be featured with the play, I "Mid Peabody Pew." a comedy in ' I two acts written by Kate Douglas || The play will be presented in the I Decatur high school auditorium by the members of the Dramatic do- i [ artment of I hi* Woman's Club I This closing meeting will boa paid . admission night. The cast has been j I '•hosen for the play from the bevt taltrt in the department. Th- comedy pot rays the plaintive love story of a woman's waiting and I the unsuccessful attempt of the undeclared lover to win a fortune in the We t and come home to claim her. Th.- two young people had grown tilt in the church, sung front the same hymn bo tk. and worked amt spent the intervening years in sil(CONTINURD ON PACE SIX) LINDY PROBERS CONTINUE WORK — Baby Missing Month Today; Thin Clues Followed by Officials * Hopewell. N. J.. Apr. 1- <U.R)— The thin triangle formed by New York. Philadelphia and Norfolk ! 1 Va.. seemed today to contain the I most likely ‘‘clues" to the kidnap-j ing of Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr., from his crib exactly one month ago. After an apparent halt in nego-i tiations at Norfolk with men claiming to be the kidnapers, interest shifted to New York and I - Philadelphia when two private detectives, Morton Bernstein and Samuel Kransnow. conferred with a representative of Colonel Lindbergh at the Sonrland mountain estate. The* visit of Bernstein and Krasnow was one of the longest any outside investigator lias made to .the home. Afterward the deter , tives said their lives "would not ■ lie worth two cents if we said too much.'' They said their investigation did not corroborate reports the baby is being held near Norfolk. The men said Brooklyn police! raids on "narcotic Joints" started them on the present line of inquiry. "We must be careful of our wording or we will trespass on dangerous territory." Krasnow said. "Our lives would not be worth two cents if we said too (CONTINCOn ON PAGE TWO) PROBE RADIUM POISON DEATH Patent Medicine Blamed For Death of Wealthy Pittsburgh Man New York. April 1. —(U.R) —Death of Eben N. Byers, Pittsburgh manufacturer and sportsman, from radium poisoning induced by prolonged consumption of a patent medicine containiing radium, was under investigation today by the New York medical exnminer, as it became known that more than 100 persons are afflicated with a similar form of poisoning. While Dr. Charles Norris, chief medical examiner, was undertaking his investigation with an autopsy on the manufacturer's body, Dr. Frederick B. Flinn, a consultant in the case, informed the press that a Pittsburgh physio-therapist prescribed the radium water for Byers, and recommended its use to a number of other patients. Dr. Norris, upon completing his autopsy, said there could be no doubt that Byers’ death was caused by radium poisoning, and that it (CONTINUED ON PACE SIX)

Evangelical Men Will Hold Meeting Monday The men of the First Evangelical church will meet in the church ha-ement, Monday night, April 4. at 8 o'clock. Walter Boc.-mun will have charge o the Brotherhood meeting and promi-ies a real April I program. Refreshments will bo served and a huge attendance is desired. Following the regular program. George | Holston of South Bend will speak , RUSSIA, TOPIC OF GOODRICH Former Governor States Present Five-Year System Is Unworkable Former Governor James P. Goodrich who acted us a special emissary of Herbert Hoover to Russia in 1926, classed the Soviet's five year plan as unworkable under the present system, in an address before members of Ihe Decatur Rotary and Lions clubs hold at the Christian church last evening. “You cannot destroy the inherent desire of human nature to enjoy the fruits of their labor and under the Communistic plan all production is placed in one big pot and divided equally. This policy has been changed somewhat and a policy of rewarding the skilled is now under way and is more successful than the first steps taken by the government,” said the former governor. Governor Goodrich, in his talk gave an historical sketch of the Russian government preceding his remarks on the five-yeur plan and present conditions in Russia. He stated that the country had Hie greatest natural resources of any country on the face of the earth ami that methods now used were similar to those practiced in; America, but that Russia was try-i ing to do in five years what Americans accomplished in 11)31 yea rs. He stated that the Russian (CONTINTTNI OX PAGE SIX) BERNE WOMAN DIESTHURSDAY Mrs. Sam Minger Expires At Decatur Hospital; Funeral Sunday Mrs. Ethel Gertrude Tucker-Min-; ger, 36 year old wife of Sam Min-; ger residing near Berne, died at the Adams County Memorial Hospital Thursday night at 9:55 o'clock, tollowing a week's illness. Mrs. Minger died of complications She became ill a week ago. and was removed to the local hospital Thuivday noon. The deceased was born in Decatur. March 13. 1886. the daughter of William and Jane Rumple TuckI er. She was a member of the Evan- I | genical Church at Berne. Surviving is the husband. Salm ; ' Minger, and the mother, Mrs. Jane ; Tucker of Berne, a brother. David ’ Tucker of Geneva, and two sisters I Mi s. Opal Kehrn and Emma Tuck 1 er of Berne. A foster child. Marion | I Wayne Stopher of Berne, al-o stir (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) — o Kists Have Mishap A. A. Kist. Portland newspaper manager, and his wife are recovering from injuries which they received in an automobile accident Wednesday morning about 9:30 o'clock on state road No. 27. south of Bryant. Mrs. Kist was removed to the Jay County Hospital for treatment, and Mr. Kist suffered a black eye. contusions on the left hand and wrist and other minor bruises. Mr. and Mrs. Kiet were en route to Logansport when the accident occurred. Mr. Kist attempted to pass a truck which was parked on the highway, when lie noticed an approaching ear. He attempted to stop but his automobile skidded into the rear of the truck. The car wa« considerably damaged and Mrs. Kist was cut about the lace and neck with broken glass.

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DR. H.O. JONES ENTERS RACE FOR CONGRESS Berne Man To Oppose Hogg For G. O. I’. Nomination In Fourth FOR REPEAL OF DRY LAW Dr. Harry D. Jones, pi'oin-! inenl physician of Berne, to-i ; tlav announced his candidacy; lor the Bepnhliean noinina- ; lion tor Congress I'roni the . Fourth Indiana district. In his formal statement. Dr. Jones commits himsell' Io a program of economy in nnhlic allairs, an equalized tariff, readjustment of working hours as a solution of the unemployment problem and repeal of the Volstead dry law. Dr. Jones' entry into the Reptile lican race, makes the fight for the Republican nomination a three cornered affair. The other two, candidates are David Hogg, repre i sontalive in Congress from the old Twelfth district and a candidatei in the new Fourth, and Frederick! Green, attorney. Both live in Fort Wayne. Hogg's record is dry and Green is committed to a modification program. Dr. Jones said. In announcing his candidacy. "On the solicitation of my! friends and after careful consider-! ation. 1 have decided to announce nfy candidacy for the Repu,llican | nomination for Congress from lie* Fourth district. "If elected to this office I shall do everything in my power to bring alioiit economy in the affairs i of the government. "I believe in curtailment of govi eminent expenditures, the abolish-j ! ment of needless boards, bureaus! ! and commissions. "I am a strong believer in n tariff that will protect the farmer, the laborer, merchant and the manufacturer. "If elected I shall favor legislaI five measures that will tend to I equalize taxes. "I feel that the only solution of the unemployment problem is to shorten the hours of labor and an! adjustment of the wage scale soj that every wage earner can have! employment that will pay a good; living wage. Favors Repeal "The Volstead law has transferred the crime center from the! saloon to the “speakeasy.'' the, ' road house and to many homes. "I am absolutely opposed to the return of the saloon. I was of the opinion that the Volstead law would help the temperance cause and help all people to be more temperate in their habits, but after 12 years I have seen this law destroy the very thing that it was intended to help. “Coming in contact with the (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) O TOW-INS HELD TO BE INVALID Indianapolis .Judge Issues Written Opinion on Automobile Impounding Indianapolis. Apr. 1. —(U.R)—The tow-in provision of the Indianapolis laws was held unconstitutional today by Judge William H. Sheaffer in municipal court. The written opinion was in the case of Jack Klein, who was recently forced to walk home in a snowstorm because his auto had been inpounded for violation of a traffic ordinance. Judge Sheaffer held that the oril(CONTINTED ON PAGE FIVE) —o Two Children Rescued Columbus, Ind.. April I.—(U.R) — Joseph Chasteen, a school bus driver. was in a serious condition today with burns suffered when he rescued his two children. Dolores and Norma, from flames which destroyed the bus. Chasteen said the fire was caused by a motor backfire.

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(L (). I*. Leader Dies ■ ’ 1 > i 9 Albert H. Vestal Congressman Vestal, of Anderson. has represented the old Eighth Indiana district for eight terms. He is well known in Deca tur. Mr. Vestal's death occurred! at 11 o'clock this morning and was due to a heart attack. BASE RESCUED IN MINE SHAFT Two-Year-Old Gerald Collins Saved After 12Hour Danger Picher. Okla., April I.— (U.R) Twelve perilous hours spent weds-, ' ed between the jagged rocks ofja lead mine test hole left two-year-old Gerald Collins unttharmed to- ' day. The child was rescued from his dangerous plight 17-feet below the ground in the narrow shaft after a ; day's work by a frantic crew of ! miners working in shifts. As they bored a parallel hole in order to reach the child without dislodging the shale by which he ' was trapped they could hear the boy calling "Mama, come and get me. I fell in," in a piping voice. ' Gerald was carried to the surface, wrappi'd in blankets and placed on a hospital cot while 3.000 per- ' sons cheered. The glare of fiood- ' light and electric torches illum'[inated the scene. "It's you." he screamed as Mr;,. Paul Collins pushed her way through the crowd and took him in | her arms. The child's face was tear-stained and dirty, his overalls ripped and torn. But be smiled and | his eyes sparkled when his mother i kissed him. "There’s nothing wrong with the !kid,'' said Dr. F. V. Merriwether, | who examined him. ' Gerald, however, was taken to the hospital at Miami for observation. Fever often follows exposure in the cold, wet earth. The entire facilities of the TriState mining area were rushed here to save Gerald. A steam shovel, a pulmotor and air pump, a corps of doctors and miners skilled in rescue work came from surrounding mine centers. , After a quick survey of the situJ ation. miners started digging a tunnel ten feet long and eight feet i (vide to the boy's side. The steam | ; shovel tore out loose dirt and rock | las the workers made headway. ;; The boy's voice grew weaker as I , I the day passed. Fresh air was I pumped to him constantly. By nightfall. 3.000 persons jammed the scene shouting eneourage- ‘ ment to the boy. His mother and ’ father. 3 miner, watched, their faces ' marked with anguish as the boy's cries faded and rescue workers met difficulties with hard shale. Compressed air drills sounded a , (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) Youth Hurt Fatally Marshall, Mich., Apr. 1. —(U.R) — Norman McLouth, 19, of Leslie, who was robbed of a few pennies and then shot twice and thrown from a fast train here last. Saturday. died of his wounds today in -a Marshall hospital. His assailants, two negroes, have • not been apprehended. McLouth left Gary. Ind., last Frit day to come to Leslie to visit his • stepfather, Amos Young. The youth was attacked a few minutes - after he had boarded the train, he told officers.

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PROPOSALS TO TAX DIVIDENDS PLACED IN BILL Garner Denounces Mills For Last Minute Announcement on Budget WILL RAISE <SO MILLION Washington, April I.— <U.R) I—The house ways and means j committee today voted to subject dividend payments to the | normal rate of taxes, raising $80,000,000 in additional revenue. The committee took this drastic action after being i |l_ formed by Secretary of Treasury Mills’that the revenue bill as it now stands is $165,000.1)0,1 short of balancing the budget. The new tax will be presented to the house in the form of a committee amendment. Acting Ch lirmau Crisp of the committee said lie believed it would provide ample funds I to balance the budget. Crisp added that this step Ims been taken "to meet a great emergency." and that a provisions would he inserted in the bill automatically repealing the dividend tax on Jult 1. 1934. Speaker Garner joined Crisp in angry denunciation of Mills supplemental estimates. "If republicans would cooperate with us in the least" Garner told iiewspaperinen in his office, "we could save $250,000,000 in that budge. But instead of cooperating, every cabinet officer is running to the senate saying that proposed reductions are ruining the govertiI ment. "Secretary Mills is pursuing the old Mellon policies of estimating low revenues for taxes he doesn't like and high revenue for those he favors. I've been outguessing them for ID years on estimates. "The individual income taxes will raise $20,000,000 more than the treasury estimates for it. It is unfair for the republicans to come here this way at the last minute." Crisp announced to the house the .CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX* 0 ; March Weather Severe Indianapoli-, April 1- (U.R) More severe winter weather prevailed during .March than in either December, January or February, records of the U. S. Weather b'lreau here showed today. (Both the average temperature and the total snowfall were more typical of winter than in any of the immediately preceding months which winter ordinarily prevails. The average temperature for March was 33.3 degrees. In December it was 41.2 degrees, in January 38.8 degrees, anil in February 39.6 degrees. The average March temperature was about 6 degrees below normal. In December anti in February only a trace of snow was recorded. In January U of an inch fell. March brought 1.9 inches of snow. KIDNAPED MAN FREED IN GARY |Chicago Contractor Is Released: No Ransom Is Paid. Report Gary. Ind., Apr. I—(U.R)1 —(U.R) —Hands tied behind his back. Fred A. 1 Barnes. 60. Chicago contralto., was found wandering on Gary's west side today after being freed, he said, by kidnapers. A Gary police squad, touring the neighborhood, came upon Barnes at sth avenue anil Bridge street. Gary, and untied him. communicated with his daughter, in Chicago, immediately. and learned no ransom bad been demanded or paid. Barnes said he did not know th'* ( identity or number of his kidnapers. but accused a former wife ■with whom he had quarreled over alimony of inspiring the abductor "I went to my store al 1312 ' East 54th street. Chicago, Wednesday night, to do some work, and was beaten over the head and knocked unconscious," Barnes (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)