Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 30, Number 101, Decatur, Adams County, 27 April 1932 — Page 1

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hITS HOLD WO BANK: IfEAL $1,427 Lana Bank Looted This jh Two’l outh■Wful Bandits Bk fired y \1 TER THEFT LXI . Api H -’7 - ( U.R)_ . • .’.it - held up ■/ er of the Amo Ej and escapstained 'roni •• et < Alt side uh :i. the hold-up Kg J,,.. ■ ii' -I the bank B, ,[ t , |m !,•■<! by Mo: IR. i 1 < MLlljt ■ .'irey Phillips. Mbfr ■ "'■" ro "‘ he,! \i time K Cfe, 1..,: ' '". clerk in a ion as Miss ' .low n Ify the tile t!;. no rePlainfie’.l t: the bandits ■gH Tin -:.>t'.<l northward . .. east- | who Ills auto j on. was fired, re--,e.i bandits came yi inquired | FIVE) ■ Pension Bill Vetoed K’Jiiio April (U.R) today vetoed '. tae house of repa bin granting penMM in. ii used pensions to ■ TP'"’ sailors of the and and to and widows O' <>f ■grists I BEING HELD ■ Member Confesses Disturbances In I ■Calumet Area 'rd Apiil 27 —I VP I— A Kuna responsible for reEy l usings, and numdisturbances was ■***" linin' in a confesiion tty »■''"■ '' v "be of the gang's a.- <• sought the niur■S' l th., la -•, alleged leader. 1 '- -iie. 45, whose body ■^B 1 " 1 ' mi a railroad right of yesterday. B*%' ’’ni'il' a sales manager rv real estate film, had «m---■ill " Mn ’ ! bf '’Sinister said, to " ' aluniet region the.ieis tn |) Oni b theaters, and to disorder. Police be-E-rJI !I ‘ U ups" ordered EJ**| 'li'atli. fearing that he might members of the gang were custody Sunday after had been made to kidBikos, Gary theater a! Id* home in Glen Park, febir 'C' " I ' ll ' ree of t* l6 prisoners, Ol, lke Rukavina - 25, and Don lentif < ' |,ptured after Bikos UT tbe mas the men who cd to kidnau him at his L ' l>olil p said, repeatedly had, I a ..,J‘ a,Pnpd as had other theaL., , Prs who were- seeking to Be one 6il stalfs motion picryierators to one for each tlueat n Leslie's body was found arailroad tracks, his legs ■■ f‘„‘ nd body bj<t >y mangled. HK / to have been Ki«„ WeVer ’ a Po,r, °ner sex htk i ,' ndicate<l that he had 01° before his body wa.s M 011 the tracks. .

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Vol. XXX.

No. 101.

Defense Alienists **• * jjllk ' meO Ila ; | f isav 1 - OhMK >»* a i ■k. ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Dr. T. .1. OrMson (left) and Dr Edward H. Williams, defense alienists, who testified that Lieut. Thomas Massie was mentally deranged at the time of the slaying of his wife’s alleged attacker, and a victim of amnesia for some time afterward.

Potato Raising Is Discussed at Meeting W. B. Ward, horticulture special ! Ist of Purdue, met with a number of farmers and farm hoys in the' county agent's office last evening| to discuss the growing of potatoes. 1 Mr. Ward stated that Adams county produces only one bushel out of three bushels used and that If clean, bright potatoes graded to i size were produced in this terri-; , tory slight difficulty would he experienced in marketing them at good prices and that this would make one of the best cash crops possible to raise this year. MEMORIAL TO ! BE CONDUCTED I Moose And Auxilliary To Hold Annual Services Sunday Afternoon The Iztyal Order of Moose and I the Women of the Moose will hold ‘ their memorial services Sunday afternoon. May 1. at 2 o'clock in ' the Christian church, it was announced today. I Rev. Harry Thompson of this city will deliver the memorial address. The music for the program will be furnished by the Young] Men's (horns of the Zion Reformed church. The memorial service is an an-1 nual observance to honor the members of the lodge who have' died. An appropriate program has, been arranged, which is as follows: , Song. "Nearer My God to Thee"| Audience Selection. "Going Home,", Anton Dvorak— Young Men's chorus < Women of Moose Memorial service] Loyal Order of Moose Memorial ( service Selection, "Steal Away.' Slave] song Young Men's chorus Roll Call Decoration of Moose Memorial standard Song. “Just Outside the Door." P. D. Ackley. Young Men’s chorus] Memorial address Rev. Harry Thompson. STOCKMARKET GROUP NAMED i I Hoover Spokesman Not ] Named On Special Committee of Five Washington, April 27 —(UP)— , President 'Hoover's spokesman in . the Stock Market investigation was locked out of the inquiry's inner' cMincil today when chairman Norbeck completed his ‘'board of stra-; tegy” without including , , Walcott, Republican. Connecticut. Norbeck selected Senator Town-] send. Republican. Delaware, for the ; remaining Republican vacancy .on j the inner council of five members . Norbeck and the four others who, will plan procedure and policy met today to map their program 1 Plans to rectall Richard Whitney. President of the New \ ork Stock , 1 exchange, for further testimony be- , fore the committee were revealed |by Norheck when the board of I (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) j

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HIGHWAY PLANS ARE EXPLAINED H i g h w a y Commission President Gives Plans For Road Expansion Bedford, Ind.. April 27. — (U.R) — The state highway commission is launched on the largest yearly program in its history and already is advanced two months over any previous year according to Albert G. i Wedeking, chairman. i Approximately 525 miles <*) paving will be under contract following the May contract letting. Wedeking told representatives of cities along I'. S. 50 from Vincennes to Lawrenceburg who attended a road booster meeting here last night. Before the end of-the construction season, the commission expects to have contracted for 600 miles of I paving, he said. He said that absorption of 1,000 miles of county roads into the state system since March 23 will save counties approximately $200,000 annually in maintenance. This burden is shifted to the gasoline tax funds, Wedeking said, where formerly it was borne through di(CONTINITFH* PAGE SIX' NO REPORT ON MYSTERY YACHT i Lindbergh Baby Kidnaping Cause Has No New Clues Reported BULLETIN Norfolk, Va„ April 27—(UP) —John Hughes Cortis, who for four days has been off on a Mysterious yacht c r uis,s in attempts to negotiate return of the kidnaped son of Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh, returned to Norfolk today. > 1 Nci folk, Va.. April 27. (U.R) 1 Watchers in Norfolk and along I Hbmpton Roads still were without news today of the yacht Mareon, jin which John Hughes Curtis has ■been seeking to establish common- ' Ration with men who he believes jto be the kidnapers of Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr. With one break Sunday, when it was forced to seek shelter near ] Norfolk because of heavy weather, [the Mareon completed the fourth 'day of its cruise last night. It put in at the Norfolk naval base on its ! way out into the hay again Sunday night, and probably refuelled there, ilt can cruise for four or five days [at low speed with its twin Diesel | motors. When the Marcoh left here Friday night, from Curtis, board yard, jhis fellow negotiators were hinting broadly at developments of * great importance. i They said early today that they , were "just waiting for news." Hopewell. N. J., April 27. (U.R) ' State police reported no develop(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, April 27, 1932.

ISENATE KILLS SURTAX EFFORT IN COMMITTEE 'Couzens Amendment Is Beaten; Would Have Made Big Increase EXEMPTIONS ON SCHEDULE Washington, April 27.—<U-R) 1 he senate finance coinmit(tee today defeated by an 11 ito 5 vote an amendment of .Senator Couzens, Repn. Mich., Ito the billion dollar revenue ibill which would have restored the 1918 income and surtax rates. The Couzens amendment would have included surtaxes ranging to 65 pgr cent on incomes in excess of $1,000,000 and a reduction of exemptions from $2,500 ■ to $2,000 for married persons and from S4OO to S2OO for dependents. I The war time sliedule also inI eluded the setting of the normal .'tax on individuals at six per cent 'for the first $4,000, and 12 per cent ' on additional income. It whs learned that the committee adopted by an almost unaniI mous vote a schedule of income taxes starting at 3 per cent on the first $4,000 net income rising to six I per cent on the next $4,000 and set I at 9 per cent for income above that. ! This schedule replaces one set at ’'two per cent, four per cent and seven per cent. The committee i also agreed to a surtax of 45 per . cent on incomes over $1,000,000. LEGION RALLY IS ANNOUNCED J I Decatur Members Plan To 'I Attend Bluffton Meeting On May 8 ' Reservations for 65 Decatur Legionnaires have been made for the ' Atnci ican Legion meeting to be held in Blufft n, Sunday. May 8. it was L announced by Jesse Dyson, commander of the Bluffton post. Posts in Northern Indiana and a special delegation from Indianapolis will attend the meeting. Plans are being made to make it one of the largest Legion meetings ever held in the state. Among the distinguished visitors , will be Ralph Gates if Columbia I City, state commander of the Legion. A feature of the convention will be the military parade t» be held • at two o'clock. Twenty bands and drum corps will participate and a competitive drill contest will be held. Prizes totaling $175 will be awarded. The progl lam for the all day event follows: Registration; concert, F: it Wayne band: parade, competitive drill, business meeting, fun fest, banquet, speaking entertainment. The evening program will begin at 5:30 o'clock with a banquet following by speaking. HOGE VISITS HERETUESDAY II .1 Lions Hear Republican Congressman; Conference Follows Address Congressman David Hogg. Fort Wayne and representative in Congress of the fourth Indiana district spoke to members of the Decatur Lions club and a number of invited guests Tuesday night. It was Mr. Hogg’s first visit to Decatur in his present campaign feir renomination. El ’gg gave a brief summary of national politics and viewed his opinion on several of the leading questions of the nation. He admonished the vters to look well into qualifications of candidates for elective offices. Following the address, Mr. Hogg held several conferences with local Republicans concerning his present campaign against Dr. IHarry O. Jones of Berne, wet Republican candidate for congress.

Many Attend Funeral I Among the out of town people who attended the funeral held for Joseph Depinet Tuesday morning, I who died at the Adams County i Memorial Hospital Saturdiy afteril n >on were: Adam Depinet and ■ daughter, Mr. and Mrs. John Depin [ et and son, F.ank Depinet and son. ; Mr. and Mrs. Albert Shurgiv and ; .ons, Mrs. Henry Kim.net and I daughter Mary, Anthony Brickner and son Bernard, and Miss Emma , Rose Miller all of Fostoria. O„ Mr. I and Mrs. Joe Reindel, Mr. and Mrs. : Stephen Reindel and Mr. and Mrs. ''Alfred Reindel of Delphos. O.: Mr. land Mrs. Stophen Repinet of Toledo Jo.; Mr. and Mrs. Earl Depinet of Mansfield. O.; Mrs. Joe Depinet and " son and Mrs. Mary Meyers of FreI mont, O.; Misses Ruth and Mary De| inet and Mr. and Mrs. Will Depinet of Toledo, O.; Mrs. John Star- > ost, Mrs. Al Baade. Mrs. Walte.r Roy and Miss Betty Holthouse all of Fort Wayne. 0 — FINAL MEETING ;l HELD TUESDAY — , i Parent-Teachers Club Os t South Ward Observes Child Health Day The Parent-Teachers Association ■ of the South Ward school held the > closing meeting of the year. Tues- ■ day afternoon at the school. The t program was in observance of May t Day. which is national Child Health Day. Mrs. H. H. Ferntheil, chairman. • introduced C. H. Byfield, of the ‘ State Department of Child Health. ' who gave a lecture, illustrated with three films, showing the care of children during epidemics, and generally. Mrs. C. O. Porter, retiring pr«sident. told of the conference of Ithe State Parent-Teachers Association to be held at Muncie. Thursday. Four delegates were named to dttend this conference. They are Mrs. Porter, as presi--1 dent; Mrs Francis Eady, vicepresident; Miss Effie Patton, faculty representative, and Mrs. Robert Krick, parent representative. Robert Lord played several piano solos, including “Narcissus", 1 The pupils of the first and second ’ grades presented a number of folk dances. The first grade pupils gave the ' Dance of Greeting" I and "Bells of Dunkirk." and the • second grade pupils gave the (CONTTNtTED nv PACE FIVE) PENNSYLVANIA FOR ROOSEVELT 1 I 1 Smith Carries Massachu- ‘ setts With Tremendous Majorities In Cities r Philadelphia. April 27 —(U.R) — Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York forged ahead of Alfred E. ’ Smith, his rival for the Demo- ’ cratic presidential nomination today, and was leading around mid- ' forenoon by 3,000 votes in the contest for Pennsylvania’s 76 delegates. The vole: Roosevelt — Smith - 51.523. I Those figures represented results from approximately half of the state’s 8,181 election districts. James .1. Davis, running for Republican renomination to the 1 United States senate, continued to gain over Maj. Gen. Smedley D. Butler and with 4.653 precincts reported the vote was: Davis—s2B.ll6 Butlei —267,843. Boston, April 27 (U.R) — Massachusetts delegates to the Democratic national convention will l (CONTINUED ON PAGE StXl o President Is Defeated Dublin. Apr. 27. —(U.R) —President . Eamon De Valera was defeated in ■ the dail today during debate on i the bill for abolition of the oath of ' the crown. The dial, by a vote of 74 to 66, ; rejected his motion to discuss the I second reading of the bill ahead of other business. . | Since the vote was not on a majtjor issue, It was believed the government's resignaticAi was unlikely.

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COMMUNION IS | ANNOUNCED FOR I NEXT SUNDAY 14 Catholic Boys And i (Jiris To Receive Communion First Time FULL LIST IS ANNOUNCE I) ) A class of 44 boys and girls will 1 make their first Holy Communion 'I at Hie St Mary's Catholic church I Sunday morning. May 1. ' | A high mass will be celebrated ■at seven o'clock during which the : [children will receive Holy Communion and renew their baptismal vows. Impressive services will be held and procession of the communion class, accompanied by flower carriers and candle carriers take place | ' through the center aisle of the | < linrcli preceding tile opening of I the mass. The members of the class are: , Robert Anderson, William Baker. I Arthur. Braun, Gerald Braun, Max Colchin, Joseph Deininger, Edward Faurote, Francis Geels, Robert Heimann. .lames Holthouse. Harold Keller, Robert Klepper. Robert I Laurent. Richard Lengerich, William McClintock. Janies Raudebush. Arthur Raudebush. Paul Smith. ] David Terveer. Herbert Welker, i ( Janies Kohne. Raymond Lengerich. | Robert Lengerich, Alfred Bentz. I Jerome Heimann. • Patricia Bollinger. Dorothy Braun. ’ Jeanette Braun. Phyllis Anne Dan- ■ iels, Betty Foos, Marjorie Gass. 1 ' Vera Heimann. Mary Adeline HoltI (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) .BERNE MAN IS DEATH'S VICTIM

Benjamin M. Smith, 57, Is J Dead Following Attack Os Asthma Tuesday 1 1 Berne, April 27 — Benjamin •|M. Smith, 57. well known salesman I I of this place died at his h tme on 1 I Sprunger street, Tuesday evening Jat 6:30 o'clock f asthma. Mr. Smith suffered an attack of suffocation which resulted in his death. He had been subject to these attacks for many year’s and for the past 3 weeks had been ailing. He was a salesman f. r the A. J. Moser Cfmpany at Berne since 1914. He was born in Adams County i May 5, 1874 a s?.n of Mr and Mrs. Robert E. Smith. On (August 12, 1993 he was united in marriage to Ida Pearl Hendricks of Monroe. They resided in Monroe for many , years, moving to Berne 3 years ago. Mr. Smith was a former blacksmith at Monr e. ant! was at one time connected witli the Hocker Smith hardware business. He ' operated the first automobile gar- ' age in Monroe, and for 3 years was ■ a salesman for the Ford agency at ‘ Bluffton. The deceased resided on ■ a fa 'rn a mile and a half n >rth of ■ Monroe filr many years. ! Surviving is the widow and three ’ children. Kirk, Vale, and Mrs. Mar(CONTINIIRII OK PAGE SIX) ADAMS NAMED ' AS RECEIVER » Local Attorney To Serve As Liquidator For American Security Co. Eat 1 B. Adams, local attorney today was appointed pe: manent receiver for the American Security I Co., by Judge D. B. Erwin and Ed Berlin* former receiver filed his final report. Mr. Adams Ixmd was set at $3,000 and he was granted five days to qualify. The docket shows that after a re-examination of the case ( it was learned that Ed. A. Barling previously appointed receiver, was ' an employe of the company and therefore not qualified under the , law to be permanent receiver. Mr. Berling was notified and in)- ' mediately filed his final report and turned the assets over to the new ■ receiver. The company is not being ■ operated under the receivership and . liquidation is in progress.

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In Congress Race Aspiring to be the first woman to represent Indiana in Congress. Miss Ora M. Riggs, editor and publisher of Griffith, has announced her candidacy for the Republican nomination from I lie First District. She is shown here making campaign speech. HONOR TRIAL NEARING END Darrow Is Expected To Close For Defense of Four Americans Courtroom. Honolulu, T. H.. April 27 —(UP) —Four Americans, charged with Honolulu's honor slaying, placed their final battle for freedom today on the weary shouldei s of Clarence Dariow. In possibly his last appearance before, a jury, the firey' .7f,-year-old chief defense counsel was to present the closing plea for the I accused before a mixed Island jury when court convened before circuit Judge Charles S. Davis. With a doctor beside him to

guard his failing strength, Dariow > planned an address of "two or three hours" summing up the case of Lt. Thomas H. Massie, Ms society Matron mother-in-law, Mrs. Grace Hubbard Fortescue, and two navy enlisted men, Albert O. Jones and Edwaixl J. Lord. His argument, undou'btedly ini- ’ luted with all the emotion at his command, precedes the tei'iitory’s closing plea by Prosecutor .John C. Kelley and Judge Davis’ in.strucI (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) CAPONE BAIL HOPE FADING Government Has No Intention Os Permitting Gangster to Be Freed Washington. April 27 (U.R) The i government has no intention of letting Al Capone out of jail to i join in the search for the kidnaped child of Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh, the United Press was , authoritatively advised today. There are two ways in which Capone could be released. One is by action of the Chicago courts, admitting him to bail and the other by presidential pardon. Ordinary procedure to obtain action by the courts would he for I the attornev-general or his repreI tentative to appear before the ' court and ask his release. The United Press has been informed by the highest authority that the “ department of justice contemplates no such action. No effort to obtain a pardon for Capone has been made, but should (CONTINUED ON PAGE PfVE) _o Visit Pig Raisers i 1 John Schwab, extension sw’ine specialist of Purdue University and i County Agent L. E. Archbold visiti ed the following co-operators in tlie ■ thrifty pig project: Peter D, i Schwartz, William Boerger, Otto : D. Bieberich, Jacob Heimann. L. F. i Sprunger, Grant Owens. Henry 1 Graber, and Chas. Schenck. > These men are following the recommendations of Purdue in that they are having clean sows farrowI i ing in clean houses on clean [ground, that has not had swine on ; lit for at least a year and are feedl'ing*tbe pigs in a self-feeder as | soon as they are old enough to eat.

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'PRESIDENT IS ! CHIEF SPEAKER AT CONFERENCE Has Plan For Economy In All Governmental Taxing Units SEES BETTER TIMES AHEAD Richmond, Vti.. April 27. I (U.R) Presidenl Hoover today ' urged upon the nation the i necessity of adjusting taxation and government expen- [ (litnres as "the sure highway ' toward national recoverv." J Mr. Hoover addressed the ! 21th conference of governors I here this afternoon after .'coining hv motor and train i from Washington. The President ! gave the governors, gathered from i all over the country, a message to !be carried home and applied I through every phase of goveru- | Hieiit from the town council up1 ward. I Among the President’s specific 1 recommendations was a plea for I lower taxes, elimination of dupli- ' , cation in taxation, and discovery ■ of new revenue sources. "One of tile taxes which is rell sponsible for a disproporl imiat .• I part of tlie hardship of our pres- | ent tax system is the present I property tax." Mr. Hoover said. | “The tax burden upon real estate I iis wholly out of proportion to that ■ ■ upon other forms of property ami • ' income. There is no farm relief more needed today than tax re- ' ! lief, for I believe it can be demonstrated that the tax burden upon ‘ j tlie farmer today exceeds the • burden upon other groups." >1 Mr. Hoover pleaded for cooperi at ion in every phase of government. He emphasized that tlie ■ ! stability of the republic can be i maintained only through Hie “fin--1 I ancial integrity of every state. ' ■ county and municipal govern- , ment. " ' : The President presented the tax , problem in four phases: ■ 11. The need for ultimate reduci . tion in tlie tax burden. i '2. Tlie need, in Ihe existing ! emergency, for new forms of tax- ■ ! ation. I 13. Tlie "great problem" of dtl- ■ plication in federal, state and local . j taxation. 4 Reorganization of Hie lax j basis to se: nre a more just dis- | tribntion of the tax burden. Mr. Hoover said that the iva>" | out of depression is difficult an I I " ’ (PONTINI'ED ON PAGE FIVI-D O Killers Are Hunted Muncie. Ind.. April 27. — (U.R) [Muncie police redoubled their es- . forts to capture two men who shot I Patrolman Ovid McCracken to death Sunday night, when informed by Anderson police that several shots had been fired there at Police *: Captain Kerschner by three men. '[Two of the gunmen were believed ’ito have been the Muncie slayers. 'I Descriptions of the men and the • auto they drove were both said to ' i tally closely with the Muncie banIdits, who shot McCracken to facil- ' Jtate robbery of two theater mess--I,engers ,engers carrying money to a bank. . I o .._— EDITORS HOLD MEETING TODAY I Annual Newspaper Conference Held In New York This Week I ‘ ; New York. April 27. (U.R)—Discussion of the financial conditions existing among American advertising agencies and of efforts to obtafh favorable changes in telephone rates and radiotelegraph communications occupied members of the American Newspaper Publishers’ Association in their annual convenJ tion at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel today. . The committee on advertising agents reported to the convention , that a shrinkage in surplus among agencies has been apparent during the last year and that it, the com- ! mittee, has succeeded in lending a | helping hand on several occasions when agencies were confronted by L financial difficulties. (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)