Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 30, Number 97, Decatur, Adams County, 22 April 1932 — Page 1

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MKESPfARE ■ UB CLOSES ■IFTIETH YEAR ■ dub Members And ■t> Hear Miss Boris ■ hew - ' \ddress ■ tEEI’I E ■ !«-. HYIRMAN ,*>O \. .ns <>l happy |n prut/ jssoci.ilion ■tph. Hh I Sh:ik« - ■ ('.lub <>f this citv gave baiKliiel last even|K||lr mk i.il rooms <>l the ■ud chinch. Members Hub « ith their escorts guests Io the r <|| ItO jlleiuled tin' ■ vhdi \is inleresl- 1 K,| h.ipp\ one lliroiioh- ■ "I presided Pan 11 . ad.ill and Mrs. . I;. . Ill" guests d t>s| 0 Erwin Unnks ..nd asked the the Reformed iv. d dinner which lightful. fol ! tie program was' songs by Dr. | duets by Dr. and Mis Dan Tyndall. Kj llaubohl aciomon the ' r ' C an interesting; ■ n| " th. . ik of the club na<t and then pro-1 Mrs Philip Obenaner, a! K member of the club who; B .j a ion 5b rears ' ■ iiu moiiui the late Mrs.. ■ v'liidJek-r. her sister. Morrison, herself ■x oih. i - At that time chibs were very few and I your.- considerable ad- ■ o n was expressed, but hoc proven profitable ■;,> who have studied and with the c lub. The orga-l was inad" in 1882 and for: Shakespeare and his. the study subject. The I w is given at the old I house in 1887 and has continuously since, at I ■cl sing of tlie year. The club its ..nd half century' s l> Heaver* as ■ Morrison, also a charter B' was c alled on and told of made by the club to K the lie. our Carnegie LiMin whi h the club played. Man important part. Both ■were of great interest. A ■Jnirn Mr- Jennie Furman, ■fINUED ON PAGE THREE) S' -o M Robbery Attempt B Announced Today B yHlt> ' h "l-. April 22—(UP)— yerupt to rob H. L. Fickle, of the Farmers (State Bank B rk Hill, of what the bandits B'|| *ast a shipment of $35,invest .gated by authorities B's >aid the robbery attempt Bed Tuesday night, but lie had B*l not tn notify police. Police V of the affair thHillgh other o — JPONE SEEKS hum APPEAL ttwneys File Petition To IM Case To HighestU.S. Court I Kington. April 22 — (UP) — B'mjs for Al Capone today filed I Pea ' w 'th the United States I court asking that body t 6 I 'i« recent conviction on ipI «X Irattds. I ’ apDteal was filed by Michael I ~'| n aiHl Ak *’ er t Fink, as counI ■h»k P ° ne ' The brief H "' ,,m ' tt( ‘ ( l I _ aif of Capone challenges the la". 1 " 1111 ’ 011 wl >fch he was sen1. 111 teri, is of imprisonment I " a .. ng 11 - vears aud fines toI 8 $60,000. on ly question here involved ■®’ slate s, “is whether the felK i''J ° n their face are so de■hi Ut tlley ra nnot support pronounced upon

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I U. B. Juniors Will Present Program The Juniors of the United IJrelct ret) church will have the Glad Chest 'opening program. Sunday evening lat 6 o'clock in the Junior room. The public is invited to allend thi pr >gram. A playlet, entitled “Go Forward." will <be presented and the cbira • ters who will participate in the production will be as follows: Junior Superintendent, Miss Perkins Miss Ireta Fisher Helen—Mary J oh ir ton. Charles I.a' er Hahey Huth Eileen J hnston. Elaln -Byneth Hill. I Ix-well Junior Vance. Philip— Richard Schafer. Those per I ;.ins taking part in the program are asked to meet at the canreh Saturday afternoon at l:.!u o'clock lor final i lattice. The complete program for the evening will be as follxiw : Song Juniors. Scripture. John 21:1*. Junior i Roop Prayer. » Duet, "Junior Hour" - Betty ICONTINIfI' ON PAGE TWOi I.H.S. A. A.WILL DIVIDE PROFITS Member Schools of Indiana To Receive Proportionate Shares Indianapolis, April 22 dJ.R) -The iperplexing problem of dividing pro,'tßs of the Indiana High School Athlletlc Association, over and above the Jl'Ht.ooo reserve fund, h is been ,'solved by the board of control and lapprogimately 140,000 will be distributed among jnember schisds 'tleV ’hetober I. ft was .-innoinicod ■ today. ! One-half the money in the troasJury, over the SIOO.IIOO, will he di•vided pro rata by years among member schools on the basis of ■ membership for the years 1925, 1'1929, H)::0, 1931 and 1932. The oth•ier bait' will be divided pro rata by ’(years among schools whose teams y pariieipaled in the sectional has'kefball tourneys for the same years. | Receipts of sectional and regionI al basketball Kmrnaments have de j-reased 33 per cent and 25 per cent 'respectively for tiie past three |years, but the final tourney has ' shown little change, the boaril an|nounced. It was pointed out that • the basketball tourneys have paid the way for other sports. I I Announcement was niaue of the ’ sixteenth annual sectional outdoor ■(track and field meets Saturday. May '|l4, and'of the twenty-ninth annual • finals at Butler fieldhouse. Satur[day. May 21. A new sport was introduced to the high school membership with announcement of the first annual golf tournament at South Grove .municipal course, Indianapolis. Saturday. May 21. Sectional assignments for the <CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) O Firemen Make Run Sparks from the chimney caused a roof fire at tlie James Cowen Residence on North Fifth street at about 8:15 © clack this morning. The roflf at the west corner of the north side f the house wjs burned and firemen kept the blaze from spreading, it also burned a small hole on the south side of the root's Fire chief Jack Friedt estimated the loss at $75. Quartet Coming Here ' The Young Men's Quartette of Anderson College. Anderson will present a program o. -acred songs at the Church of God on Cleveland street Sunday night, beginning at 7:30 o'clock. : The widely known gospel singers • have braailcast from most o! the broadcasting stations, and haie spent four years together as tlie Anderson College Quartette. In their work they have traveled over a great part of the United States. . Thousands of radio listeners have been inspired by tine encouraging messages in song by these singers. The entire evening service will be in the charge of the quartette I witch will present a program in- ■ eluding sol -s, duets and quartette . numbers. No admission will he charged but a free will offering will be taken. The public is invited to this musical program.

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ANTI-SALOON ! LEAGUE HEAD IN STATEMENT Mcßride Ollers Substitute Plan For G. O. P. Referendum Proposal MIGHT FAVOR AMENDMENT VOTE Washington, April 22.—(U.Pjl —The Anti-Saloon League appears to be falling into line in the parade moving toward a prohibition referendum. Conditional indication of I this has just come from F. Scott .Mcßride, general superintendent of the league; und!er certain conditions he is j ready to challenge the antiprohibitionists to a referendum. 'Thus, the lineal successor of the (late Wayne B. Wheeler, until now hi uncompromising opponent of 'referendum, joins in principle with I the growing company which as disIclosed by the United Press within jthe last few days includes some of j ; (President Hoover's most intimate 1 I edvisurs and reaches even inside of the cabinet. Mcßride, in a statement oppos-1 iing referendum proposals suggest'led from Republican quarters, count:t>red wilh suggestion that the con- ( st it nt ion could be amended to provide that by a majority vote in two- . thirds of the states, the people could initiate amendments and make it mandatory on congress to , submit them. i; The machinery would further proI vide that • a majority vote of the . 1 people in three-fourths of the states , would be sufficient tor ratification. II "We < hallenge tlie wets trr meet this issue by referendum under this method, which would be a process under constitutional government. " , Mcßride said "The attitude of tlie f wets as to Illis proposition will de ■' u'oN'l'lXt t:i> <>N PAGI-: THm-IKI LINDY STARTS NEW EFFORTS L , Strange Visitor Appears At Lindbergh's Home This Morning — J Hopewell, N. J.. April 22 (U.R) Renewel efforts to negotiate with Jthe kidnapers of Col. Charles A. . I Lindbergh's son were indicated toI day following a mysterious trip by the flier and tlie arrival of a man J believed to le Dean H. Dobson- ] I Peacock, of Norfolk. I ; The flier’s journey, which may . ■ have taken him as far as Milford, . Conn . neded shortly before midI night. He was alone in his own > car as it speeded along Featherbed rSad leading to his Sourland mountain home. Tlie gate was open. Earlier in (lie day several motor cars bearing New Jersey licenses, stopped in Milford. Two men be--1 lieved to be Col. Lindbergh and 1 Col. H. Norman Schwartzkopl. state police head, were in one cat. No explanation or denial concerning the Connecticut trip was 1 made by Schwartzkopf. ' The man believed to be one of 1 tlie Norfolk iwgotiators arrived ' soon after Lindbergh returned home. Two men were in tlie tar (CONTINUED ON PACK SIX! *Pleasant Mills H. S. Baccalaureate Sunday . —♦ Tlie baccalaureate services for ; the senior class of Pleasant Mills I high school will be held Sunday evening. April 24. at 7:30 o'clock at Hie Pleasant Mills high school auditorium. Following is the baccalaureate , program: . Music. “Follow Hie Gleam” Girls quartet. '. invocation Rev. Johnson Music "What are the Glad , Bells Ringing?" Boys duet , Scripture reading R ev - Flay ' Music. "My Wild Irish Rose." 7th and Sth grades 1 I "Trees" Vocal solo ! Sermon ~R eV ’ na ' Music “Goodnight Song" Mixed chorus • Benediction Rev. Pynchon The commencement exercises (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, April 22, 1932.

Ancient Grandeur al Bridal mBB’IFAR w «Bv * ijMMF jiwraSMflk i BwwlaW . i. y |r JiX " L ' Nineteenth century pomp marked the brilliant wedding in London of Ri< liard Allierly Jenks, son of Umdon's Lord Mayor, to Miss Marjorie ' Du Cros. All the silks, satins and velvets of a hundred years ago cam"' ! into fashion again for tlie o caslon. Photo shows the bride entering ' lier carriage on tlie way to church. Her father. Sir Arthur Du Cros. | I is'with In r Note tin- beplumed postillion in the background.

MOONEY WILL ASK NEW TRIAL Friends Start On New Effort To Liberate After Refusal J Sacramento. Calif.. Apr. 22. —(U.R) Denied a pardon for the fourth; , lime by a California governor. Toni ■Mooney began anew today his tight ‘tor freedom that in 16 years behind I bars has brought only dissappoim- ; merit and defeat. Governor Ralph's refusal to grant i the pardon because "no new facts "! were offered to support Mooney’*-, plea led supporters of the eonvictI ed lalHtr leader to seek his liber- ; at ion along entirely new lines, possibly through a new trial. ■ In the front lines of the reorgan- ' ized .Mooney forces, was his SI lycar-old mother. Mis. Mary A. (.Mother) Mooney. She listened in di v eyed unbelief yesterday as Gov et nor Rolph read the decision i which doomed her son to stay in San Quentin prison. J Recovered from the first shock " oi" the decree she had hoped for i'at least a commuted sentence — ■ Mrs. Mooney announced an attempt ■ i will be made at once to have District Attorney Matthew Brady try ,-Mooney on a single murder indict-1 . nient in San Francisco superior i court. This indictment has not been I pressed since 1917. when Mooney i was convicted on related indict-1 ments as one of the Prepardeness (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN* . — o t PROF. TRITCH HERE SUNDAY f ' Washington Township S. S. Convention Will Be Held Sunday ’ The complete program for the; Washington township Sunday School convention t,o be held next ■ ’’Sunday afternoon at St. Pauls r I church on the county farm road *-was announced today by C. E. Petfjerson. retiring president. c i Prof. Jonas Tritch. principal of 1 International Business college, Fort j Wayne, and former Decatur resi- ’ dent will deliver the chief address. | liis subject will be "Clear In The West." ’ Following is the complete pro--1 gram: Song. ' Prayer by pastor. ’ Special music by Trility Trio. Reports of committees. * (Special Young Men's Quartet of ’| United Brethren church. " Report on Young People's organI ization by C. D. Teeple ’Music, Trility Trio. 1 Address, by Prof. Tritch ’ Music, by Quartet. Adjournment.

— Gen. Keifer Expires .Springfield. 0., April 22 -I I I’)General J. Warren Keifer, 96 speaker of the United States house o: representatives in 1881, died at his home .'ore today. He had been ill two years. An attorney and ci’ ll war voter in | General K<*i’’er had served 16 years ia -a member of Übhiress: His c .edition became critical late i Thursday and he lapsed into coma 'early today. His son. W. \V. Keifer, i Springfield attorney, was with him - when d* th came. BRUSH RELATES SHORT SELLINC Financier Tells of Values On Stock Market; Long Questioning Washington. A. ril 22 i CP) Matthew C. Brush, one of the New Yori Stock Market’s most important traders, t day denounced the practice of "closing up" and “dos- : ing down" the sleek mhrket as the greatest abuse in tin; manipulation • al’ markets. Brush was the first genuine . "bear" produced as a witness at the ) Senate banking and currency committee stock market investigation. | He said without hiesitiation that in I**29 lie had a $15.01*0.0*0 "Long” i interest in the market and in 11*30 I was 125,001) shares short. But he protested that lie was not an "in and mil" trader and know wliat was back oi the shares he bought and s ;ld. Asked what basis the t iibllc acted upon in trading he said it was usually the tip of "Helnie and Geegoobler —Two fellows who came over from Greece two nt nths ago." For the laymen it wits explained that "closing up" ami "closing down" meant the practice of brok iets putting in a sale at the moment ICnNTtNllffl* ON PAGE «tx> 0 — . .John Sawyer Dies ■ John H. Sawyer. 71, Geneva man, ■ died at his home in Geneva at 1:30 ■o’clock Wednesday morning following, an illness of eleven days of i paralysis. Mr. Sawyer was born -in Wells county, August S. 1850, a | son of Benneville A. and Sarah A. I Reiff Sawyer. He was united in (marriage to Etta Conner, who preceded him in death. Surviving are three children. Mrs. Lola Ethel Lacy, Galena, Kans.; Mrs. Emma Loretta Ellis. Wichita. Kans.; Martin Sawyer of the U. S. Navy, and the following brothers and sisters: Mrs. Emma French Smith. Berrien Springs, Midi.; Susanna Williams, Geneva; Amanda Green. Wichita, Kans.; David B. Sawyer, Silvertown, Colo.; Eliza A. ■ Galley, Osborn City. Kans.; Noah jSawyer, Belne, Kans.; Edna Padfield, Temple, Arizona. Funeral arrangements have not been announced.

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REFERENDUM TO BE HELD City Gets Permission To Hold Fast Time Referendum At Primary Permission to hold a daylight j saving time referendum in Decatur I on May 3 in connection with the | regular primary election has been gganted to t.iis city by the state buard of election commissioners. Tills fact was veri.ietl in a letter to J. Fred Erm lite, city attorney from i i Fred Gauze, chairman of the state iboard. The hullots will be printed on separate sheets and will state the I question. “Are you for daylight sav-1 ing time?" Below the question will lie Iwo I lihx ks witli Yes and No opposite I tlie blocks. If a voter marks the] Yes block, he is voting in favor of tlie fast time and if ho marks the, No block he is voting to discontinue ‘ 11 he time. Attorney Fruchte and several I coiuicilmen stated this morning' that the present fast time ordin ante. Hilling for daylight saving time April 28. will not be effective (until after the May 3 referendum ! It is understood that before tlie j referendum is held tlie matter w ill I have to lie voted on by Hie county j board of election commissioners. I I - ll'oNTlNCtllt ON PAGE FIVE! HONOR TRIAL NEAR CLIMAX I Prosecution Plans New Attack When Case Is Resumed Saturday 1 Honolulu. T. H.. April 22. (U.R) Hawaii's honor slaying trial was jin adjournment today while prose{eiition alienists made ready to tesitify against Lieut. Thomas II Massie, young naval officer and one ot I the defendants. Meanwhile Prosecutor John I Kelley revealed tile use he had inI tended to put to Hie psychological 11questionnaire which was torn to bits by Mrs Thalia Fortescue Mas |sie, the lieutenant's wife while she '(was on the witness stand. Tlie only answer in the qiiestionnaire which lie intended to use. Kelley told Hie United Press, was ione in which Mrs. Massie describ ed her husband as "not demonstrative." He said lie had intended to use that answer to impeach Mrs. MasIsle’s statement Hint her husband I was “always kind and affectionate. Kelley said Hie alienists. Dr. Joseph Catton, of San Francisco, land Dr. Paul Bowers, of Los Anigeles, may be called tomorrow when they are expected to combat defense claims that Massie was insane when lie killed Joe Kahahawai. half caste accused of leading an attack on Mrs. Massie. Kelley would not say definitely iie intended to use them. He in(CONTINUED <>N PAGE FIVE) MOVIE BOMBED AT ANDERSON State Fire Marshall To Aid In Investigation of Theatre Blast Anderson, Ind.. April 22. - (U.R) Harper McCune, of the stale fire j marshal’s office j ined local autlior- . ities today in investigation of the t Orpheum theater bombing here 1 last night. Labor difficulties were 1 blgrned for tlie attack, which cans- ! ed damage estimated at SSOO. The front of Hie theater and sidewalk and pavement were damaged. No one was injured. ; Police reported today that one suspect had been questioned and . subsequently released. Meanwhile - police continued their search for i three men repotted to have been ; seen in an auto near Hie theater - immediately after the bombing. The Orplieum theater employs .. non-union help. Last night's attack t was the first against the Orpheum I-[theater, but the Ritz, another movie house in which non union men are t employed, hud been the scene of three stench bombings.

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Mothers Asked To Note ji Change In Clinic Dates | Mothers of children between tlie ages of two and six me asked to take note of the cluing" in the date of Hie Pre S. licol Child lleiilth station in this cily. The children oi Deeatur mid the | northern townships of Adams Jciunty will lie examined here Friday. April 22. mil Monday. April A 125, instead of April 26 and 27, as I I wa« previously arranged. Mothers of children of the pre I school age are urged to bring llmm I to Hie healt i station for examimi- ij tion between the hours of 8:\lu | o'clock in the morning to 4 o'clock | I in the afternoon c-.ach day. ROTARY NAMES : ! NEW DIRECTORS' t I j Officers To Be Selected By Board; To Take Os- J fice July 1 < , i' Five directors o Hie Dualur Ro- J lui y c lub were elected Thursday l< evening at tlie regular meeting of I' the- dull. The new directors are: | k iA. R. Ashlbaucher. Glen Beavers, I . E. W. Lankenau. Bryce Thomas and t | Carl Klepper. |< I Ihe officers will lie selected from |< I the board of directors. An organi- j< zation meeting will b" held in the ji near lulnre and a president, vice- J president, secretary, treasurer and isergciint at-arms will be elected. j* A. I). Suttles is president of the i' ' eluli. The now officers will take I i office July 1. Harry Thompson Talks Hairy Thompson gave an inter-j; ■esting talk n "Adult Education”' jat the meeting last night. Mr J 1 i Thomp-on -ated that a majority of j' i people, only used ten per cent of | | their talon's in tlie systeffi“bf edtiI cation. He stated one of lie best ' '[sources of education was a good II library, equipped witli modern; 'book- if science' mid education. ■ ' Glen Beavers acted as chairman [ ■ 1 of the program. G, Ri AND I. TO USE GAS CARS Division of Pennsylvania I Railroad A d o p t s Change In Policy The G. li. and 1. division of the ■ , ; Pennsylvania railroad will put gas- | joliue engines in operation on the | I l read 'between Fort Wayne and: . : Richmond next Monday. Both the south and north bound ; day trains will be propelled by gaso- , .(line engines, representatives at the ( •, local f ice cf the railroad stated. I ['They did not know if the gasoline .[trains would run farther north than j ,; Fort Wayne. . I There will be at least one comI bination coach on the tuiii. This • will carry passengers, express and - mail. The- schedules, beginning Sunday | will lie changed lo 1:20 p. m. on tlie | north bon nd train and to 15:“5 p. m. lon Hie south bound train. The new locomotives are of the I I gasoline clectrhl type and have l been in use for several years by I other railroads. The new trtains I will not carry a fireman, it was slated. || Tlie four night trains, two south | land two n.rtli. will not be changed. T.iey will be propelled by steam locomotives. Two of the trains, one ! each, do not stop in Decatm'. One of the Southland and one of the 1 Northland limited. o Chapel Program Held B An entertaining program of mu- :- sic and don. ing wa i presented before the pupils of Decatur high , scho >1 al the c liajiel hour, this i morning. Tlie Central and liigli school orchestra played two selec I 8 tions. and a short entertainment I was presented by the first and secp ond grades of .-'jutii Ward, r Tlii“ children of the first grade, n wile are taught by Miss Eva Acker r ng several songs and presented a dance. Tlie children of the second 1 v grade, taught by Miss Helen Shroll I k r :onteci a pretty dance. Miss n Jeanette Clark, physical training , e instructor, was in charge of the e dances. ,f Tlie program was closed by a selection from the orchestra.

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ECONOMY PLAN MAY BE CAUSE OF OPEN BREAK Senate Leaders Desire 10 Per Cent. Budget Cut Throughout SALARY CUTS ARE IMMINENT Washington, April 22.—<U.R) —President Hoover and leaders of the Republican-controll-ed senate appeared today lo lie approaching an open break on the economy issue. The administration resents the senate’s apparent determination to make flat 10 per cent, reductions in the appropriation bills for every one ot the government departments. High officials term it “sham economy” which would seriously cripple Hie government service and force th'' dismissal of thousands of employes. The President is determined to stop it if possible. The White House attitude' is tlial the President, in his omnibus economy bill submitted to Hie house economy committee, presented an elderly way of cutting federal expenses by $225.000,0011. Now, the administration feels. Hie senate is recklessly plunging ahead with its own plan wit limit waiting for development of the house program. Tension also is Increasing between tlie White House and the house economy committee, which started out a cooperative endeavor. The committee last evening cast [aside the Presidents plan for stag gering federal employment and vot led ins.ead to report a flat reduction [of 11 (icr real, in aill g.(>veiiini' iit (salaries, with SI,OOO exempted. The Hoover plan, however, will oc of- ! << -I >N II Ni l'll > ON PAGE EIGIIIJ 0 — Special Meet Planned i A special program will lie held 'Sunday night at 7:.'10 o'clock at St. Paul church on the county farm raid. An out-of-town speaker will deliver the address. All members and friends of the church are asked lo attend. Play Is Presented The I.lice act coimslc "Nora. Wake l’p” was (.reseißeil lor the second lime, Thursday evening, at tile Catholic high school auditmI him. under the auspices of the CathI olic Ladies Social Club. A large i crowd attended the performance [and many consider it one >. tile best home talent plays of the year, [it was given last Sunday night for jthe fri.st time. Warning Is Issued Mukden. Mane inrili. April 22 (UP) —The Manehilkuo Republic government at change Inin todaywarned Hie Earl of Lytton, head of Hie League of Nations Manchuia commission, that Wellington Koo will he arrested if lie accompanies the commission outside the South Manchuria railway zone. Tlie new ynd -pendent Stale" I recently ]>r nested ; resence in Manchuria as Chinese delegate to as-ess damage for his country resulting from tlie Japanese campaign. CALIFORNIAN ATTACKS BONUS Democrat House Member Urges Committee to Reject Patman Bill Washington. April 22.—(U.R) —Thft $2,000,000,000 (Bl bonus bill was attacked before the house ways ami !means committee today as a measure which would give the veterans $1,350,000,000 (Bl more “than the government now owes them." Representative Lea, Democrat, California, made the assertion. Ho urged rejection of the Patman bill, (being considered by the committee, land adoption of a bill of his own, •providing for payment of rhe present value of adjusted service certiIficates. I.ea said approximately $700,000,000 would be available to veterans (CON'TINLEI) ON PAGE SEVEN)