Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 30, Number 87, Decatur, Adams County, 11 April 1932 — Page 1

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lIRFACTORY | II NOT RUN. | I FINAL WOROi l, '“ S :l | Mill \l>;iihloiu <I Satuidaj j H TO GET S I \O| (.1! MOXI’-Y j 1 oLm 11. sii|N i |||l<'||<l|uc:tl plant ol llu’l ML] SI. Lottis Sllg'll' rol tlci imte | I '■- 1 itilltiylu'i',! recent i' I'ic (lie coiii--111. I><.;• lin sugar mil rule this 1 i [■ c in' i p . of i I ‘ V I • :ltld •' H . dropped ■( bl ili.il the mills bmis mid 111. 'lii lil. M icit.. HIS Hno. w.i'll ! .'l9 this aider the Great s. w ii ii . . ■ •\. .-. flint the . nper.ltill" operi ] •..JI ai’il it ap-j ih.it efforts would ho sue j rx . Ilei.-miv nntaon.ilde conI i ami llm plan--. Mr. Oksetl Hearing April 19 Gallagher stated that J Master wunlil | H . held in Grand April Isili. relative tn ill., remain |"-i • Hi. beet mow the ii erop. Alon' low is ami Indi .>!■ Ilin will receive pan iiiis amount. To Hold Pledges Ft;, t., manager in Im I'.sin Bureau staled „v page two) JtlMEfl HAS •lIISI QUARTER I Instruments Are Re»H<lb(l at Office of oupß Mrs. Anderson u- f .|, „ instruments '■ ■- iluring 11,.. fi rs t three 'W' of which js 14 ._, lp( . s || nmii'i'i' f...ordrd the first niniillis ~f i!i;;i, according r "l>’"'l tiled by Mrs. Clara county recorder. I'-poii. which was computml •' nt April, shows that dur fir,i Ihr, ~ months of 19311 instruments ent • I i' l "i i| li. i rcases were no' e'etv division except real IrandVr., which showed an ts^B asi ' 1,1 for the present ;ti^B | l'”':ii-j u„. instruments Hi" number entered in S a! "l th" number recorded in liens, 24, 28; eliaiCIS, 213; releases in, 32; marginal re 176, 222; marginal assigm ■T 6. 25; miscellaneous, lit. (l f incorporation. 1,2; 3|" r ° r attorney, 1. o. ■ —o Wany Attend Exhibit I v Decatur people attended K|. lflwi,| g Os the new Ford eight mtr at Deiatnr Sales and Sunday. The new model ■•mobiles were on display at I '"' ll s;ilph room all day and |B n ® P p sentat ive of the Ford °- explained the new cars ■•• tail. cli ' u P Sunday night showa number of orders have K I) e^ fnr the new models nn ' ery wl " start soon, it ■ announced. One of the new IH e3t Pected this week and .' '' l car deliveries are exW" 1 tn follow soon.

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RUGGLES FACES TRIAL TOOM Charged With Accessory To Crime In Warehouse Case In Decatur Tin 1 criminal vase of stale vs. Clarence Rngjles. Marion young ■ man, charged with being an access- . ory be ore the fact in connection with the attempted robbery of Me- i Connell and S ns warehouse in i Decatur last summer, opened in j Adams circuit court thi- morning, i Nathan ('. Nelson, prosecuting attorney represented the stale and . the law firm of Burman and Demi [ sey, Marion, represented the defen dant Ruggles. Two of the dates witm'.-scs were Pearl llogeton and i William Dixson. Is>t h ot Marion, j 'who were convicted evera! month, i ago in connection with the attempt- ’ ed robbery and now are serving ' time at the state reformatory. A jury was sworn at 11:1a o’clock | this morning ami after abort re-I cess both sides made opening I statements -before the noon adjourn ment. Ruggles Is charged with being connected with the attempted crime inasmuch as he was to receive the j goods in an automobile anil return 1 it to Marion, where Ft was to be I sold. It was expected that the ease ! would be completed by night E'olC'ONTlNl'lfl' ON PACE TWO> YOUTH ADMITS STEALING AUTO — John Stewart (lets One to 10-Year Sentence In Reformatory John Stewart 20. Dayton. Ohio, j today changed his plea of not guilty , to guilty on a charge of automobile theft and was sentenced to from one to 10 years in the state refer : matory and disfranchised for a per- j iod of live years by Judge D. B. Erwin. It was the first day of the . April term of Adams circuit court. | Stewart admitted stealing an ; automobile from Decatur several! weeks ago and driving the car to j Rockford. Ohio where it was stripped of equipment. He was arrested , some time ago and after pleading I not guilty was placed in Adams county jail because he was unable to raise sufficient bond tor res lease. Stewart called Sheriff Burl Johnson into his cell Sunday afternoon and told him he wished to change Ills plea. He will be taken to the state reformatory to start serving his sentence this week. It Is the second offense for the young man.

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legionnaires Protest Indianapolis, Apr. 11 (U.R) New protests against the ouster of John ' It. Ecker. I.inton. Ind., as Indiana ' Amv-ricmr -I.'-wac serrn-*» -off n-er. were raised at the annual spring 'conference here yesterday. Pamphlets, in proverb like paraj phrase, outHned the method by which Ecker was discharged. They alleged that seven Indiatia'polis I men. who signed ami distributed I the pamphlets, were denied an opi port tinny to appear in Ecker's be-, 'half when the executive committee' met and dismissed Ecker. He was | replaced by Harry B'all. Marion. 1 Indiana post commander, adjutjants and other officers attended yesI terday’s meeting, w hich was an inst motional session. ADAMS COUNTY WOMAN EXPIRES — Mrs. Louise Koldewey j Dies At Daughter’s Home This Morning Mrs. I.anise Koldewey, til. former Adams county woman died at the home of her daughter. Mrs. (lust I Borne at Lake James, this morning lat 5 o'clock foil iwing a lingering I illness of carcinoma. Mrs. Koldewey resided In Adams ■Counly all her life until a year ago ’ when he moved to the home of her daughter. She was born in Adams county, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs Henry Dickson. Her husband, i William Koldewey. preceded her in I death 6 years ago. She was a member of the l-'ried-h« im Lutheran church. Surviving 'are the foil iwing children: Mrs. - Borne of Lake James; Carl Getting of Midland. Mich. Mrs. Martha palm if Toledo, Ohio. Adolph Kolde ; wey of (l.iegleim. tun.. .1 grand- ' children; 2 sisters. Mrs. -Henry ! Scheumann of E’ort Wayne; Mrs. j otto Ewell of Pteible, and a brother. Edward Dirkson of Schtiinm. Ohio. Short funeral services will be heLd at the Rodenbeck Funeral I Home in E’ort Wayne. Wednesday j a ternoon at 1 o’clock, and public ’ .-services will be held at the Friedi heitn Lutheran church fit 2 o’clock. ! Rev. C. B. Puress .pastor, will offii date and burial wi.*. be in the i church cemetery, j rrfc? ; — To Hold Discussion Miss Meta E. Martin of Purdue University will Hold a discussion ami demonstration in the band room at Decatur high school. Wednesday morning at 9:30 o’clock for all home economics club leaders, of Adams County. Hersubject will be the When Why. and How of Color selection.'’ This will -be the second of a series oi demonstrations in thelllome Economics Clothing Project.

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STOCK MARKET IS DEFENDED BY WHITNEY President Os Exchange Defends Short Selling On New York Mart DEMES RAID WAS PLANNED Washington, Apr. 11.—(UP) —Richard Whitney, president 1 of the New York stock exchange, testified for two hours this morning before a senate committee, defending short selling and denying that bear raiding is practiced on the exchange he represented. Whitney was subpoenaed; last week as the chief witness | in tbe senate'll “black Saturday" investigation. Tlie investigation grew from reports that a billion dollar bear raid was projected for last Satiirdiy on the New York exchange. He admitted that Senator Walcott, Kepn.. Conn., had told him of a report of a plan to raid U. S. •steel, but he denied any other knowledge of such a scheme. He also told the committee: That "120.00u.0uu people” and not 1 Ihe New York stock exchange led the market boom which preceded the 19211 collapse. That “wash sales" by which I (CONTINCKD ON PACK FOCBI BURNS GAUSE DEATH OF MAN I). A. Baumgartner Dies Saturday Follow ing A Gasoline Explosion I). A. Baumgartner. 55, a former I resident of Adams County, find a i well known man here, was severely burned about 5:30 o'clock •Saturday ■ morning at bis home at North Man--1 Chester, and died at the Wabash county hoq ilal at Wabash, at lOG'.tl o'clock Saturday forenoon. Mr. Baumgartner received fatal burns when the gasoline with which he was attempting to start a fire in the stove at the hatchery which he owned, exploded. rhe fire was discovered by Noah BollingeJ'. who Hied across the : street, mid lie rushed to the scene to find Baumgartner onveloped in flames. Mr. Baumgartner was I burned over most of his body. He | was rushed to the Wabash hospital. | He never regained consciousness. Mr. Baumgartner resided in a room at the rear of the hatchery, and both the room in which he lived and the hatchery were of corrugated iron. The fire was e.xtengnished but the interior was gutted. About 1.200 small chicks were burned and 4.500 aggs which were to have hatched Sunday were also burned. iFiremen saved SIOO in (OIN rlNCl'Mi ON PAGE TWO! ROME GREEN IS HURT IN FAIL Decatur Man Falls Off Light Pole; Removed To Local Hospital Rome Green, 1143 North Second street, this city, is a patfent at the Adams County Memorial Hospital where he is suffering from injuries received- when lie fell from an electric light pole on Winchester street, about 9:30 o'clock Sunday morning. Mr. Green is employed by the Deel Electric and Construction Co., of Fort Wayne, and at the time of the accident was engaged in tnaking new electrical connections on a pole between the Cloverleaf Cream- • erie.s building and the Burk Ele vator company. Mr. Green was attempting to hook the wires to the new circuit, when he slipped and fell to the ground. Green was knocked unconscious 1 and was removed to the local hospital where it was found that he i was suffering from a small cut on the scalp, a sprained back, and sprains near the bottom of his -ribs on the right side.

Attend Annual Meeting «'. If. Tei uh and <‘. J. I.ulz left today for Napam-e. where they will attend the annual conference of the Fort Wayne Presbytery whh h opimi’d In that town tins afternoon. Mr. Teeple will represent the local < hui' h as regularly eiecteilj d< legate ami Mr. l.nlz will attend; ns treasurer of the Fort Wayne i I Presbytery. Many important ipieiturns will, i he brought up at tlx- annual con , ference this year. B.H. FRANKLIN RETURNS HERE TO M. E. CHURCH Other Assignments In Fort Wayne District Announced Today MI N( IE MEET IS ADJOURNED I’,. 11. FRANKLIN Muncie. Inti., April 11. —<U.P> —Pastorate appointments for the coming year in the Northern Indiana Methodist Episcopal conference were announced tit the 89th annual convention here today. Bishop Raymond .1. Wade, presiding bishop of the convention, read the appointments. The convention, which has been in session a week, adjourned soon after the pastorates were announced. The appointments were: IFort Wayne District I Angola, Thomas Davies; Areola. •11. J. Hut.siupiUei. Ashley. G. l’\ Oshun; Auburn, E. J. Wiekersham; Auburn circuit, W. M. Hnllopeter; ' Bluffton, George F. Hubbartt; Bluffton circuit, H. E. Forbes; Coesse. A. E. Burk; Decatur. B. H. Franklin; Decatur circuit. E. 1.. John- , ston; Flint. A. A. Turner; Fort Wayne t First ehurelil. IL. Smith; . (Forest Park), .1. S. Newcombe; (Simpson), F. F. Thornburg; (St. Paul), H. A. Davis; (Trinity), E ( E. Tripjieer; (Waynedale), J. H. ' Royer; (Wayne Street), W E. Clark; (Centennial and Wallen), J. i C. Bean; Fremont, C. S. Hartley; Garrett, I! M Bcchdoll; Geneva, i , I (CONTINUED ON PAGE TllltEE) MANY CASES DISPOSED OF February Term of Court I Is Busy One; 79 Cases Go Off Record i There were 67 civil eases filed ' and 79 cases disused of in the Adams Circuit court during the j February term of court whi h s closed April 2. according to a r > port filed by Millon C. Welling, i county clerk. The February term began .lanu ary 16, 1932 and continued until April 2. Din ing that lime 61 caso were filed that originated in thicounty and 6 were ventted her. from other counties. Os the 7! eases disposed of 7 were of inis cellaneous disposal; 3 were ven lied to other comities; 25 weri dismissed: 28 judgments won [. rendered; 7 decrees of foreclosiiri 1 were issued! 6 were adjndged oi unsound mind, and 3 divorces wer granted. One divorce was giver to the wife, and two were grantei 1 to husbands. e During the past term of coni 1 19 estate cases were filed am - 23 were disposed of: 2 guardia.n ti ships were entered and 3 were dis r posed of. , y There were 26 affidavits filefl it criminal cases, ' and 19 crimina e cases were disposed of. Os tin cases disposed of 10 were dis j missed; 1 was acquitted; 2 de fendants were sent to jail, and ' ( were sent to slate penal institn p tions. The April term of court begai this morning. k <> i n Red Men District i Meet Is Announcec s ’• There will he a district meetini e of the Red Men lodges at the logo n Red Men Hall. Wednesday evenin; d at 7:30 o’clock. All local lodg s members are requested to be pres ent.

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LINDY SEEKS i NEW CLUES IN KIDNAP CASE iSuspect’s Identity Is Kept Secret; Optimisin' Is Dwindling Away BIG REWARD IS OFFERED I lopewdl. N. L. Apt - . I I • (U.R) Boblu'd ol his babx, i then cheated ol his rtinsotii ; | money lot’ its return, (.01. i C.hnrles A. Lindbergh set to work doL'oedlv tod;i\ Io lind new trails leading Io the ehdd's return. There was the most poignant disappointment at the lonelv estate on Soiirland mountain where hope for early return of the child vanished last week when II was found the kidnapers had "lioubli crossed" the| I colonel, ttikinv hi" ss(i,olHi ran-o.m! money will) a promise soon to re I store the baVv. i But down the dark roadways of . despair there gleamed some light. First, the New York authorities had arrested a mysterious man in his mot her'.-i home m New York I and submitted him to most careful examination in the belief lie r might lie able to "turn up" the i kidnapers. Second, throughout the nation today bank tellers ami many citi--1 zens scanned. $5, $lO ami S2O bills , 1 of the 192 S issue in tlie hope they might find among them some <>f | those from the big bundle of i ' $50,000 tli.it Lindbergh paid over last week for men he was satisfied • wire the a Inal kidnapers. Cod-'i -..invtlie original ransom note, uoedi I again in eomniuniealing letters re-j l cently, satisfied him of their gen-i - fineness and he gambled with the “word of honor” of a kidnaper that payment would be followed] by the baby’s return. I Third, a combination of news- ; papers offered a $50,000 reward I ; for exclusive information leading ,' (CoNTINITED ON PAGE FOI’BI o — Bill Klepper initiated i. ' Bill Klepper, son of Mr. and Mrs. ’ W. A. Klepper of this city, who attends I'iirilne University at Lafayette was initiated into tlie Sigma Alpha Epsilom fraternity, Saturday. Following the initiatory services . a banquet was held and Mr. Klep i per gave Ihe address for the ini-I • Dates. ■ ■ Commencement Date Set! I I Superintendent !•’. M. Webb of the | • Rome High School announced to- j day that commencement exercises I for tlie graduate* of tlie high school would be held Puesday evening, ,1 May 24. •' Tlie speaker for the commencee meat program will be Professor J. h Haymond Sheets of North Manuhes- - ter college. L Twenty nine pupils will be grad nuted from the Berne school, 20 i- girls and nine hoys. il '» HINDENBURG ’ IS RE-ELECTED '"I ■'■iGerman President (Jets 'J Absolute Majority In •n Run-off Election •d Berlin, April 11.—(U.R) President rt f aul Von Hindenburg will serve nl another seven-year term as a result n . of the venerable field marshal's s . sensational victory at tlie polls over Ills fascist opponent. Adolph in Hitler, by approximately (i.omi.om) a ] votes. ie The election Sunday resulted in s- a great personal triumph for the e- hero of tlie German people in war 5 and their idol in peace, although ')- Hiller Increased his popular vote over that received in the March i" elections. The President received an absolute majority. Only a plurality was required. • Tlie final returns as announced i by tlie federal election board were U Hindenburg 19,359.642 Hitler 18,417,388 Thaelmann .3.606.388 a Thaelmann was the communist candidate. His vote fell off heav- ’’’ ilv from the March election. is(PONTINPED ON PAGE TWO I

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Seeks to End Mine |i Strife i S* I l' I - ■ s» • tr M Governor Harry G. Leslie of Indiana who plans to call confer- ( em i- lift ween Hie miners and operators in an effort to end tlie. Indiana coal miners’ strike. Gov-1 eriior la-slie conferred at Terre Haute Friday with Abe Vales of the United Mine Workers, and I Harvey Cartwright, secretary of the Indiana Coal Operators' Asso I elation, and is expected to issue a formal call for another confer- ! once in the next few days. MALONEMAKES" • CABINET SLATE i I > ■ Owen I). Young Boosted I’or Presidency; Coi»L ition Cabinet — Boston, April 11.- (U.R) Dudley. Field Malone, high in the councils ! of Tammany Hall, lias suggested ■ Owen D. Young as tlie Democratic , presidential nominee witli a coali-1 linn cabinet slate including prac . lieally all leading Democratic can didates, except Franklin I). Roose-1 veil. Malone's suggestions included I (CONTINIII7I > < i.X PAGE TWO) SCHOLARSHIP MEET PLANNED I Adams County Contest to Be Held Saturday For Rural Schools The Adams County scholarship contest for pupils of rural high schools will be held at tlie Central school building. Saturday morning at 9 o’clock, it was announced by Clifton IC. Striker, county superintendent, today. The contests will I c given tlie high school pupils in the following suibjei-ts: English, biology. Latin, history, mathematics, and physics. Letters will be awarded the winners in each siithjecl. Each rural high school may enter two pupils in each subject, Mr. Striker staled. However, one pupil may enter several divisions of tlie contest anil lie eligible to receive more titan one scholarship letter. The contest is held each year and creates much interest and rivalry ■ among the pupils of the rural high schools of Adams County. In this . way the pupils become interested in ) their scholastic subjects as well as i athletic or other events of the * school Hie. Fire Cause Is Probed Gary, Inti., April 11—(UP)— A 1 fire believed by authorities to have ' been of incendiary origin destroy--1 ed the Glolte clothing store with ' damage estimated at $HW).0()0. Authorities were told that tlie flames followed three blasts. The I llrst. it was said, wrecked Hie roof and a portion of tlie walls, and was quickly followed by the fire ami lwo other explosions. Chief Joseph Shirk said he learn--1 ed that three men were seen to leave the building and flee In an auto shortly before the first explosion.

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HOOVER, HOUSE GROUP DIFFER IN PROPOSALS (.'(Hiimillee M ill Attach Rider (hi Present Tax Measure Proposal WOULD CUT FEDERAL PAY \V;isliii)i>lon, April 11 tU,: ’ Sh:it'|) dissension Itelwven President Hoover ;tnd the house economv coniinillee was ai)|>:ii'enl lodav over their divergent plans lor swecpinj> pay cuts tliroui’lionl the nation. Metnliers ol lite coinniiltee I said lhev intended Io add a direct salary reduction “rider to the legislative appropriation bill being re|)orted out today. The fight centering around this “rider” grew out of the president's “stagger employtm nt sy ■ tern" and his five-day week for irregular government workers. ] Opposed to this was 11 | tee's iilan for a direct 11 per cent pay cut on salaries above Sl.ood • a year. ’I lie disagreement threatened to ■ delay prompt action on the nation- ' al economy program to pare $200,i Otxt.otio from the 1933 appropriai tions in order to balance th"* ! budget. The economy committee met if) i oxpcutivp spssiou this bmh’lidiix uiul expected at the afternoon session I to decide one way or the other on i the controversial salary cut phase I of the plan. Director of the Budget Roop h id ! retails of the president's side of ; the program to place before the I house group. Chairman Byrns of tlie house appropriations committee said tlie ' salary reductions proitably would |be placed in one form or the ! other as a “rider" on the legisla- ! five appropriations bill. He antic- , ipated a hot fight in committee. 1 Debate was expected in the house ■ toward tlie end of the week, posI sibly by Thursday. The president's plan found stiff i (CONTINCEIt ON PAGE FoCltl Program Is Announced A Physical Education program |will lie presented at tile Kirkland • high seltool building. Tuesday eve|iiing at 7:30 o'clock. Members of Ithe freshman and sophomore classes will participate in the program. The public is cordially invited to ■attend. 8 ’ . , , Dan Cupid Scores An im r.-a-e m Hie sale oi' mar riage licenses was noted for the first three months of 1932, there being 37 marriage licenses issued. During the first three months of 19:11 there were only 24 issued, showing an increase of 1:1 for the present year. In January. 1932 there were 13 issued in February 6, and in March 18. SEVEN HELD IN DEATH PROBE d oling (Jiri Attacked. Killed In Rooming House Murder Whiting, Ind.. Apt 11.—(U.R) 1 Seven men were cjnesi ioneti todtiv in connection witli tlie slaying of ' Alberta Knight, 12. who was found 1 attacked and strangled to death with a piece of wire when a friend went to awaken iter Io go to Sunday school. The girl, daughter of a deceaa ”1 Baptist minister, was slain in her t room at a boarding house run by t her mother and grandmother. The Ifidy wits found by John t Mihalek. a roomer, three hours after the girt's mother. Mr-. ? Cynthia Knight had left for work ? at a restaurant. f Deputy Coroner David M. Boppn r said after an antopsy. that he be- ] lievetl Hie girl had been attacked. Six men questioned by police Chief Clay Collins were roomers ;) at the house and the seventh was n George Hoss. 33. Ross was apprl- - headed when Jack Goodman, a (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)