Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 30, Number 84, Decatur, Adams County, 7 April 1932 — Page 1

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INDBERGH BABY BELIEVED TO BE SAFE

»|P. KEYNOTE I SOUNDED | STATE MEET Hlican To "■rWabon, Hurley j K \nniial \llair W i'.i; I'l >x'H> ai, HnaP"b. Apr. -I.jnier.krh'K Hur- • ! war. t” sound 11,I 1 , campaign. fc-tJef’ and the -\i. _ K |M, uu'"- 'I a iir-' the an , I-? ■. .< ■ '"■ M ~.<.iv a liivh i ■ -idential - week 'I .. o -l» ak beI : . ’ H..ki 81->.'. b-wat.l Ills speech - |B lur campaign. - night - ■ Indiana support Bib--.' campaign. A full, of Hoosier G. O. I'.l k expected to attend the; uiiniei', view *;* reports I -- made w ill tax ot ! . banquet hall. lie Hie editorial I 'hmitgli ..inference of hedilled for ,n , 'itral com •f ileti'i. county chair 1 ■' : . been ■»"! toi- They a ■ Sen.lto! Wai - 1 M •:■■■ chairman. " , oi „ ■ hr-t of Hie state! .. ircanizalion A , - j tentative for th.- slate convenr.i, ..\ i.yo,i: Form > INVENTOR I DISCOVERED Biti'lnis. Ind., Man Has Bl'dess Radio Perfect- ■ <‘d, Report Says ■ By Jack Cejnar. gK" S Sla)1 Correspondent p,| April - ([NSI I’atriek. mountain boy inB| “I Kentn, ky, now a resident BL 31 ''i- lakes I,is place in the h < ' ■ o’lebrating his 21st birth"e.'sarv today by presentmankind his perfected tube|t is an .||| electric A. la| k> ,t volutionary advance broadcasting art. It operMfttirely without Hie familiar Hie invention reaches the Public it will, in the opinexperts who have test sfl t. make obsolete at one *’"'v radio of conventional 1 i°w in use. '* "ill usher in a nef ""b'-ard of radio entertain |K “Hl virtually will banish "’ s! of radio reception ,7 “ k'hockout blow by Bti/w" SS receiver ‘I is claimed. ■ set will cost only six dol- ■ manufacture according to , i ,! will consume 5,..?’ ,f the electricity requirK, t. avera « e tube set. Each Him 6 life tin,e service as m not hi n K about it to of dollars will Kb OX p AGE ~.I VE)

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T<x) Many Wives Trap Bandit I e. -* MM«HMa|M.aaMnia I i* B ■ z feb --OFT .i Ijonuld tleft»,. r ‘’Umt* wolf” bank robber wiiojlias, ron1 to n»t|>fng more than ;• scorr of banks, ami (at right ) oii»- of Hisj ' three wives. Evelyn Neath. 19. of Roseland. 111. .Miss Neath, who mar-, ; fied t/oftos under the name of iUchard Hollister, was deserted by Los- j I Lua »®si November. LoD.us. who is wanted bv aninonties of several | 1 states, was arrested in Mishawaka, Ind., ami is Iwing held by (’hicago i P°^ ee - —I

OHIO BANKER ' HANDS SEI.E B. F. Hoffman, 68, ( ommits Suicide at Ohio City; Bank Closed I Ohio City. Ohio. Apr. 7 Spe i.il I.— Funeral services for ft F. lloii I man. 68. assistant cashier of t|>. (Farmers Bank, who committed stti I cide by hanging himself al I'—" 'o’clock Wednesday night in a 1 barn at his home, will he held I Saturday afternoon at 2 o clock front the Lutheran church. No motive was ascribed to Mr. Hoffman’s act. The bank was closed this morn-: Ing on orders f"' tn the state banking department and examm < ers for the department too’: charge of the institution. No] statement was issued. The Farmers Bank was capital ized at $25,000 ami had total re I sources of $114,000. Individual, deposits amounted to about $2-». , >OD j Mr. Hoffman was connected with: | the bank for more than 20 ve ns I and was one of the well known I citizens of this community. ♦ ♦ Health Station I 1 ridaj The monthly Adams o mty Baby ; Health Station will be held in the j Decatur Public Library on Friday April Sth from 9 A. M. to 4 I’. M Mothers are invited to bring children under two years of age for a free and complete physical examination by Dr. Dorothy Teal and Miss Nancy Gibbs. R. N. of the State Boanl of Health. The slogan,of the Baby Station is “Keep well babies well". The greatest value of the station to mothers | lies in the po -ibjlity of returning the babies from month to month, checking their development and progress and discussing diet, care 1 and habit training with the doctor. ! Parents are also asked to note , that there will be a Preschool child (CONTINUED ON PAGE ItlltEE) 1 o Firemen Make Call The local ire department was called to the JT*ff Addy home a’ 332 Oak street thi- morning where a small fire was reported. Sparks from the chimney ignited the shingle roof, and damages estimated at $1 were reported.

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Emory Funeral Held • Funeral services ' were held this i afternoon a: 2 o'clock .rom the I White Oak Friends church of southi w- t i.l Geneva fol William Emory i , j year old farmer who shot and | j killed himself Tuesday morning at j j 6 o’clock. Des, ondetlcy over ill health is aid to have been tile cause of the I net. Mr. Finoty had been ill for several years Early Tuesday morning lie look a .-hot gun from a rack 'on the wall, leaned over the muzzle lot’ the gun. and touched the trigger. Dr. J. C. Grandsta f, Adams County coroner, was summoned. Surviving ate the widow and one son. Burial wat made in the cemetery 1 near the Friend churt h. 1933 M,E. MEET 1 TO HUNTINGTON Methodist Conference In Session at Muncie Heas Russian Talk Muncie. Ind.. April 7. (U.R) — 'Huntington was selected by the Stith annual Northern Indiana MethOdist conference here today as the site for the 1933 convention. The vote was unanimous. Following divisional business and ; conference sessions this morning, la general session on "Christianity land Word Affairs.!’ was scheduled for this afternoon. Dr. G. Bromby ttxtiani. president of the DeI’atiw University, delivered an address on the Manchurian situation. Dr. Oxnam recently returned, from the'Orient where he studied 1 shifting social and economic conditions. The Taylor University banquet |~— —— — (CONTINUED t»N PAGE TWO 1 Infant Babe Expires j Hetty Poling, a premature baby I born to Mr. and Mrs. Rolland Poling ii f Washington township, died at the tdams County Memorial Hospital Wednesday night at 11:30 o’clock. The baby lived about one hour after birth. Surviving are the parents, one brother Donald and one sister Margaret. Funeral services were held at 2 o’clock Thursday afternoon in the Lobenstein and Doan funeral parlors. and burial was made in the Decatur cemetery.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, April 7, 1932.

MEMBERSHIP MAKING GAIN Merchants Respond To C. Os Drive For 1932 Members William Linn, chairman of the nu n bershin campaign of the [>«-a- ' tur Chamber o. Commerce, an- ( nmmced today that more than 75 1 members had renewed their mem • bershlp for 19:12. Several of the soliciting teams j have not made their canvass or reported to Mr. Linn and it is thought that by the end of the week the emolled membership will be at the lea-st Uhl. The nieni'bership fee for 1932 is | $.1.00 a year for merchants, proses-1 sional men and manufacturers. A,] special membership is available to clerks, ministers and county offices and other indivldaiils at $2.50 a year. Every citizen is urged to join the organization. The membership fees provide the only income for the organization and make it possible for the Chamber of C ommerce to maintain heailquarters and support .projects of a civic or public na-1 Hire. Persons wishing to enroll now and who have not been solicited may do so at the Vance and Linn I Clothing store or at the Daily Dem- ' ocrat office, where Mr. Linn or A. I It. Holthouse will be glad to fill out | I their receipts and i-sue the new; I card-. I Former Country Club Members Will Meet i 'AU former members of Decatur i Country Club have been Invited to ■ attnnd a meeting of directors and : a talite £'Jiuinl>er Com-, [i llc ;.. room Friday night at 7 o’-; | clock. Several important matters | • will Ire discussed at the meeting ; ■and it is the desire ot (tie old, i directors that all former members! I attend. YOUNG PEOPLE 1 TO GIVE PLAY |St. Peters Society To Present Comedy; Tickets Are On Sale "Fimil’s Holiday," written byi Myrtle Girard Elsey. a comedy in ! three acts, will be presented hyi | the St. Peters Young Peoples ■ Society, Saturday and Sunday nights, April 9 and 10. The play will start each night at 8 o’clock. Music during the program each | evening w ill be furnished by the I Twilight Hawaiians. of Fort j ■ Wayne, from radio station WOWO. I The scene of the entire comedy! is laid in the living room of the! I Bradley farm home in Arkansas. The characters in tne play are as follows: Jed Bradley, an Arkansas Fruit Farmer Lawrence Boerger Toni Bradley, his son Alvin Bohnkel Clark Masters, friend of Tom Ervin Franz | Tony Drew, hired hand of the Bradleys Ruben Gerke Mrs Bradley, the family drudge Leona Bucher i Thelma Bradley, the proud daughter Dorothy Bieberieh Bammie Bellaire. Thelma’s friend .... Lorinda Wietfeldt Myra Haviland, the berry picker Mildred Boerger Grandma Haviland, Myra's grandma Flora Wietfeldt |

Shoppers Offered Extra-Ordinary Bargains In Merchandise This Week

A shopping feast Is on in Decatur. A number of stores, practically including every mercantile line are offering special bargains to shoppers this week and next and today saw many stores filled with persons eager t otake advantage o tthe ex traordinary of.ers. The special sales and bargain events will continue for sometime, nut shoppers are urged to take advantage of the bargains while the stocks are complete and diversified. Local merchants feel that the way to kill sales resistance, due to the nation-wide depression, is to do with bargains and merchandise and they have proved this logic in the

Final Meet Planned The final meeting of the Monroe Parent-1 eachers association will be held Monday night. April 11, In tne Monroe high school. It that j time, the octet of Union City will pi. seiii a program of music and a I short lecture will be given by liar I ley Gai'ber, superintendent of the I'nlon City -choola. Mr. Gaidier i.i one of the i light male singers of the , octet, which also includes Mr. Me- ! Cullough. principal of lite schools,! Ralph Pontius, teacher, forriierly of j Geneva. CLUB LEADERS HOLD MEETING Boys And Girls Interested In l-H Work In County Conference The leaders of the Adams County Girls 4-H Clubs met with Miss Neva Stephenson of the Purdue University extension division in the offices of the county agent here this afternoon. During the meeting plans for additional enrollment were discussed. and tlie date for closing the enrollment was set for May 1. Girls between the ages of I<> and 20 are eligible to belong, and anyone desiring to join the organizations in the county may turn her name into the county agent. Tlie leaders of the hoys groups will meet in the county agent's office tonight, with F. M. Shanklin and L. E. Archbold in charge. At that meeting program plans for the year 1932 will be completed. I Projects to be taken up in the ! boys’ groups will be dairy calf. ! pig. corn, and potato. It is hoped ■ , Heal the 411 < Clnb be ‘ i reorganized by April 15. and any I boy wishing to become a member! may do so upon signifying his! wishes to riie county agent. Included in tlie projects to he j , taken up by the girls’ clubs will 1 lire clothing, canning, food prepar- ] i ation. and baking, and the girls . may choose the subject most suit I able for them according to their | , previous experience in duh work.: <<’O\'TlNt'f?l> ON PAGE SIX) 1 Dearing M ill Speak — I Dr. W. P. Dearing of the Oakland ! I City College will lecture 1 before the ] | pupils of tlie Decatur High School, - ! Friday afternoon at 2: Jo o'clock. W. ! Guy Brown, principal of tlie school announced today. Dr. Dearing will talk on the -ule |ject, “Cheated.” A special invitaI tion is extended to all parents of I school pupils, and friends of the j school, to hear this lecture, which i will be presented by a worth while ; speaker. GOVERNMENT IS ASKED TO QUIT Newfoundland Riot Is Gaining Momentum As Storm Nears Crisis i St. Johns, Newfoundland, April 7. —(U.R) Immediate removal of tlie Newfoundland government was requested today by a citizens' committee to prevent further disturbance in the capital, still dominated by crowds congregated outside government liquor stores, apparently ready to renew rioting. Police and citizens volunteers kept the crowd in hand. Unless CCONTfNI'I-lD OX PAGE FIVE)

present unheard of offers to shoppers. You are invited to visit the Decatur stores this week and profit through the savings obtainable in every household necessity or wearing apparel line. The usual hig week-end bargains of the grocery and meat markets will be published in Friday's paper and with these additional items, of interest to every thrifty housewife or household manager, shopping is expected to reach a new-time peak. Read the advertisements select the items at yfur favorite store and see how easy it Is to fulfill your wants for a few dollars.

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LAFOLLETTE I POWER SLIPS IN WISCONSIN —.— Control of G. O. I’. Delegates May Go Te Regular Republicans “BIG THREE" FAR IN FRONT! i Milwaukee. VVis.. Apr. 7 (U.R) 'control of tlie LaEollette faction j I over the Republican party in Wisl cousin .was threatened today when ' | ‘stalwart" Republicans went intoj the lead in Itl of the 27 contests, I for delegates to the national con-1 i vent ion. The IgiFollette slate, pledged to Senator George W. Norris of Nebraska, trailed in races for tour 1 of the seven delegates-at-large and for 12 of the 20 district delegates.j As the "stalwart" slate, unin-, I strueted but favorable to Presij dent Hoover, madt 1 serious inroads in late returns. Instead of capturing the Wisconsin delegation by a majority of at least one delegate, as previous tabulations had indicated. Senator Robert M. LaFollette. Jr. and Gov-j ernor Phillip F. LaFollette found | one of the closest races in years] on their hands. The vote for delegates-at-large. 1 in United Press returns from 2.2251 of tlie state’s 2.884 precincts. ! showeti the "big three” of the Iji ! Follette slate well in front and] assured of election. Regular Re-J publicans held the next four' places, with their grip on three ofj them firm. Senator LaFollette headed the] j list with 126,098 votes, almost; | s,W<l bettor than Secretary’ of 1 I States Tlteodore Hamann, who had j 121.391. The third member of the| I progressive "Big Three," Senator I John .1 Blaine, had 117.507. (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) CHICAGO MAN I HAS MISHAP — !.). I’. Cushner Arrested On Charge of Drunken Driving After Mishap - j A man, giving his name as J. P. ' Cushner o ' Chicago. I!!., was arre-t- I ed this afternoon by Chief ot' Police Sephus Melehi following a smash- ! up oi Cushner’a automobile with I two other cars parked on Third ■ ■treet, near tlie Court Hom e. Cush- | ner was charged with drunken driv- j ing and public intoxication. The man was driving on Third i street and his automobile hinged ; into two parked cars belonging to ] Charles B. Crist, Indianapolis and Milton Werling, county clerk. The cars all three were damaged. Cushner refused to get out of his automobile following the collision, and Melehi was summoned. The ! man made several remarks to Chief Melehi. and finally it was ] necessary .or the latter to use force to take the man to jail. Several per.-ons who gathered at the scene of tlie wreck said that the driver was intoxicated. No liquor was found in the automobile The ear was towed to the jail and a search will again be made when the keys to tlie rear of tlie ear are oh tained. ——o Teachers Will Meet The teachers of schools in Adams county will meet in tlie Central grade school building Saturday, where the county institute for teachers will be conducted. The meeting will be in two sessions, afternoon and evening. Dr. W. P. Dearing of the Oakland City College has consented to address the teachers Saturday. He will speak on a subject pertaining to school work. Hopes For Sales Tax Disappear Quickly Washington, April 7. — (U.R) — Possibility of reviving the general manufacturers sales tax in the senate apparently vanished today when minority leader Robinson announced after a party conference that senate Democrats seemed to regard house repudiation of that source of revenue as "conclusive."

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Picked as Keynoter ■ ? 1., ' I - rK Senator A W. Barkley of Kentucky, whom thg Democratic national committee on arrangements j has selected for temporary chair-! i man at tlie June convention bi ■ | Chicago. His duties include making of the keynote address | FAST TIME TO BE DISCUSSED Chamber of Commerce Directors Asked To Consider Time Question —— Directors of the c hamber of j ( Commerce will meet tonight at , I 7:30 o’clock at the Chamber of, j Commerce rooms and tlie board, ! will be asked to adopt a resoln-] tion requesting the city council i ’• fit repeal the daylight s'ltTiWC ordr-l ! nance. Practically all the directors fa\- ' or a repeal of tlie ordinance this ■ year. Several citizens have asked Theodore Graliker. president of. tlie Chamber of Commerce to have tlie board of directors or the en-i j tire memliersliip sign a petition! I agreeing that all stores operate on standard time this year. As far as could be learned, little | ! sentiment exists among Decatur! I business men for daylight saving 1 time this year. They do not favor | the closing of stores at 5 o'clock, standard time. Tlie court house clock will con- | tinue io operate on standard time| I tins year. Another argument against adopting fast time is tlie i fact that delivery of mail would , not be made until 9 o’clock in the J business districts. Local banks j do not favor the daylight saving j time schedule on this account. The postoffice does not open' (CONTINCEtI ON PAGE TWO) COLT CLUB TO SPONSOR TOUR Adams County Animals to Be Examined; Demonstration To Be Given ] The Gold Medal Colt club comimittee has planned a colt club tour for Tuesday afternoon. April 12. The tour will begin promptly at 12:311 p. m. The first stop will be at the Dan Kauffman home in Monroe township. This farm is two miles east and one-fourth mile south of Monroe. The owners of Gold Medal Colts in the neighborhood will be asked to bring their colts to this point. P. T. Brown, Purdue extension specialist on horses will make the trip and put on a hoof trimming demonstration, tail and mae trimming and will discuss the breeding and feeding of colts. Some of the men in the neighborhood owning gold medal colts are Teeple Brothers, Wm. Rup- ' ert, Cook and Son, Wm. Mitchell, David D. Habegger and Dan Kauffmann. At 1:45 o'clock the group will leave for the Calvin Liechty farm, 2 miles east and 2 miles north of Berne. Gold medal colts club , owners in this neighborhood are Calvin and Menas Liechty, Frank Habegger. L-eon Neuenschwander, ! Ruins Hirschy and Peel Brothers. The third stop will be at the David F. Mazelin farm, 2 miles j north and one mile west of Berne. Mr. Mazelin has three colts enroll- ' ed in the Gold Medal Colt Club. ! Colts to be seen on this tour are ’ (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)

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RECOVERY HOPE STILL BRIGHT; i RETURN SOUGHT — Assurance of Safety Said To Have Been Received By Probers (FOREIGN TRIP IS COMPLETED Hopewell. N. .1., Apr. 7. (U.R) The diligent work l<»Wiird recovery <>l the kidnaped l.indherglt child continued today with belief still prevalent that the child was well and would be returned to its j parents. There was no announcement upon which tlie belief could lie positively pinned. Governor A. i Harry Moore had expressed such | a belief and Col. Charles A. Lind- ! liergh had made secret flights to I the New England shore. Norfolk I negotiators also professed to have i assurance the baby was well. Today's police bulletin cast no i light on progress of the case other than that the search for blurry I Fleischer, dinner Detroit purple ! gangster, and Abe Wagner con--1 tinned. “Fleischer and Wagner are still | being sought and from time io time information comes in which I is immediately investigated." Col. • H. Norman Schwartzkopf reportI ed. "Peculiar circumstances surrounding their disappearance as 1 well as tlie report as to where I they had been seen, seems lo bring them under suspicion. And |it is important to this investigation that they he located ami ! questioned." | Meanwhile, tlie activity in the I Martha's Vineyard section abated | somewhat. Inspector William .1. Fitzgerald of the customs service i drilled lie was working on ts defi- | nite lead and said he was merely | offering his services around Fal- | (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) DEATH CLAIMS PREBLE MAN Christian Eickhoff Is Death's Victim; Funeral To Be Sunday Christian Elckhofi, 75 year old 1 retired farmer of Preble township. 1 died at his home, -even miles northwest of Decatur. Wednesday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock, following a long illne s. Death was due to complications. Mr. Eickhoff had been bedfast for the last five weeks. The deceased was born in Preble township. December IS. 1856. the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernst Eickhoff. He was united, in marriage lo Charlotte Stoppenhagen on April 12. 188". Mr. Eickhoff was a member of the Zion Lutheran Church in Preble township. Surviving are file following children: Clara, at home; Rudolph. Mrs. Adolph Bultemeyer. and Mrs. C. .1 Korte, all of Preble townsuip. Two grandchildren survive, al-o the allowing brothels aim sisters: Mr.-. Louise Koeneman of Preble township; William Eickhoff. port Wayne Mrs. Minnie Koeneman of Preble township; Ernst Eiokho f. Latoma. Kan.sa- Mrs Sophia Conrad. Junction City. Kansas; Fred Eickhoff and Mrs. Hannah Scheiman of Preble Township. Funeral services will lie held Sunday arternoon at 1:30 o'clock, standard time, at the home and at (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) Local Young People Attend College Day 1 High School Day was observed • today at the Indiana Central Col • lege, the United Brethren lienomin ■ ational church college, in Indian--1 apolis. Eight members of the local ’ United Brethren church motored to 1 Indianapolis today and attended the 1 special program planned for the en- ! tire day. Dinner was served on the cam--1 pus of the school and during the afternoon a pageant was presented ’ by the students of the college. ' Those from this city who attended • the program were Harold Mumma. Carl Hurst, Mary Lenwell. Alice Vance. Rosamond Hoagland. Mabel ' Hurst, and Rev. and Mrs. R E. Vance.