Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 30, Number 109, Decatur, Adams County, 6 May 1932 — Page 1

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His bill is ||fN SET BACK if COMMITTEE And Means lEMiittee Report Adon Measure RATES f TO BE LOW ER iiivi ii- A,a . v fi — (Uß) — Ktt, it II1.1 H"I. (too (B) I’at El i i “ >tms bill and all baling with cash adjusted * ■ ‘T' ' 1 , " 1 ' ,, 'd b'. the <i Ktr jdciy. ■ a- announced as blow to BE»W' " ■"‘ <i lef! *'' r ionsly Eg t .nu ll legislation Denio I bat the house laid informed him the June ■ Fn red Lower Surtaxes (U.RI The Ete t •mini!--, todiiv adsurtaxes <>n -, . d normal b CONSIDERS ■STATE CASE Daugherty vs. mark Lit en to Jury at ■ I Noon Today Ate f m. ma I lam. !mi -- ’.ok. far e-’.in-. tried before Rge.i Fl Erwin ami a Jury in ■UmL. ii. nit t'ou.t Thursday HtSpyW T • , < -1. 111 - d tin ■w’iii an.| the jury retired at it i- believed a decision i" tin - ■■' • April m »l tile exception of W . was excused. A. .1. auk Heiman. Kane. Daniel D. FauffMUHini <|di II Weiland. Noah Sudduth. Eli Augs1 Ahr, Phil Case. ■PT \ .. ..-11, ami Theodore g"* 1 ’ Ich, and llu'her DeVoss |B - plaintiffs and Ferd EW ■ lie defendant's at tor Kris not to IMPORT HOOVER Senator To Aid v - Roosevelt If He 1 I Is Nominated H . May f>. (U.R) Sen\y N orr j s o f NebrasBOT' 1 ' ’ "I the western insurgent will bolt the party ip|K>rt Governor Frank- «■ Ho.isevelt for President if fl^E'•' nominated by the Demdecision was re- ■" Atlanta by Senator Ixing. MM and confirmed by Nor- : Long also said Louisiana would be for Roosevelt. ■Ht-is. always Independent, sup Governor Alfred E. Smith race against Mr. Hoover in loibsequently the Republican ■V"' headquarters tried to read of the party and retire the senate by entering in primary a grocer George W. Norris. n,ls of Roosevelt hailed the announcement as strength- ■ j l '" New York governor's TjSfNriNUED ON PAGE FIVE)

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Special Delivery On Mother’s Day (lifts C. E. Hocker, assistant poat master at the Decatur post office, announced today that persons who wish Mother’s Day gifts, which they plan to send by mail, to be delivered Sunday, should pl ice special delivery stamps on them. There will ibe no delivery of mail Sunday, but special delivery packages and letters will be delivered throughout the day. AWARDS MADE ATEXHIBIT Striker And McComb Are Judges At Unusually Fine Show Here Awards were made at the close of the boys' and girls' exhibit held all day yesterday at the Public Library auditorium. The Judging was done by D. O. McComb, Allen county superintendent of schools and C. E. Striker, Adams county superintendent. The Decatur gotary club will award each winner of the various exhibits with a card signifying the place won. The winners in the various departments are as follows: Mechanical Drawing First—Hayold Mamma. Second —Earl Harmon. Third—Paul Clem. Honorable mention: Walter Bartlett. Art First—Otis Bodie. Second —Harold Teeter. Third Alice Archbold. Writing First—Marlowe Hoagland. Second— Evelyn Adams. Third— Betty Short. .. .. Handicraft •irst Lawrence Johnson. Second—Charles Drake. Third—Harold Zimmerman. Manual Training Writing Desk First Harold Mitmina. Second Tom Burk. Book Case First—Charles Bosse. Second—James Jvetich. Cedar Chest First Tom Burk. Second—Fred Schroyer. Pedestal First—Dale Newhard. Second Edward Shoe. Center Table First Ray Johnson. Second Vance Fenimore. Third Paul Gramelspacher. Honorable mention: Jesse Burk and Carson Blowers. End Table First—James Beavers. Second —Marion Jackson. Third Ned Moser. — Foot Stool First—Karl Reinking. Second—lßob Strickler. Third—Frank Hebble. Radio Bench First—Dale Newhard. Second—Cal Magley. Third —Ray Johnson. What Not First Richard Sheets. Second —Paul Hendricks. Third—Cal Magley. Fly Leaf Table First —Harold Muninta. Second —Paul Clem. Third —Paul Hendricks. Smoking Stand First—Waldo Gray. Second Bill Merriman. Third Hubert Stults. Magazine Rack First—Marion Baker. Second —Elmer Schults. Third —Marion Jackson. Hall Tree First —Elmer Schults. Second —Hubert Stults. Third —Carl Sheets. Combination Table First —Chaltner LeeSecond— Henry Dehner. Third—Charles Cloud. (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) Amputates Toe And Gets Into Navy Evansville. Ind.. May «-(U.R>It appears that Godfrey George Elikofer, 18, minus one toe, will 'be in the navy. Elikofer. a graduate of Central high school, went to Indianapolis for his physical examination. Navy authorities rejected him because he had a defective toe. Undaunted, Elikofer came home and had the toe amputated. He returned to Indianapolis, took another examination, and passed.

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MILLS REJECTS TAX BILL AND OFFERS NEW ONE Secretary of Treasury Denounces Amended Tax In Strong Terms OBJECTS TO TAX INCOME INCREASES Washington, May 6 ( U.R) Secretary of Treasury Mills pleadetl with the senate finance committee today to "eliminate atrocities” from the new tax bill. Following up (he rebuke which President Hoover administered to congress yesterday, Mills told the committee it had "dealt a disastrous blow to public confidence” by some of its actions. Among the sections of the bill which he described as “atrocities” Mills listed the provisions for increased surtax rates on incomes, . the penalty on consolidated corporation returns, and the lack of provision to enable the carrying over or losses from one income tax period to another. Mills tentatively accepted the Connally normal income tax rates of 4 per cent on the first S4OOO ‘and 8 per cent on incomes in excess of S4OOO. Mills told the committee the treasury would accept rates as now levied in the bill on corporation taxes, gift taxes, radios, telegraphic and telephonic communications. stocks and bonds, checks and postal rates. He suggested that the automobile sales tax he increased from 3 to 4 per cent: that exemptions on admissions be reduced from 45 cents to 10 cents; and that tobacco taxes, excluding cigars, be increased by 10 per cent. Mills proposed a tax of 5 cents a pound on lubber. The rubber tax was estimated to- produce $56,000,000 and the tobacco tax would produce approximately $25,000,000. The treasury proposed that the house rate of 4 cents a gallon on lubricating oil lb restored. In proposing elimination of the •surtax increases voted yesterday on motion of Senator Connally. (CONTINUED nv PAGE THREE) DIES FOLLOWING SHORT ILLNESS Mrs. Toni Garner Dies At Hospital Today; Took 111 Thursday Mrs. Edna Violet Glee Garner, 22, wife of Tom Garner of this city, died at the Adams County Memorial Hi spital at 8:30 o'clock this morning of acute nephritis. Mrs. Garner became suddenly ill Thursday morning and her condition was considered serious. She was removed to the local hospit'd at 8 o’clock this morning and died a half hour later. The deceased was born in Blue Creek township. July 26, 1909. the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest A. Krugh. i9he spent the greater part of her life in this city where she attended the public schools. She was united in marriage to Tom Garner in June, 1927. Surviving is the father, the husband. three children, Patricia, Irene, Thomas. Jr., and a small baby. Edna Marilyn; two brothers, Robert and Vernon Krugh, and two sisters, Juanita and Betty Krugh all of this city. The mother preceded her in death 7 years ago and U sister preceded her in death a year ago. The body was removed to the S. E. Black Funeral Parlors, and will be taken to the home of Mrs. Anna Garner on South Ninth street, where friends may view it after two ' o’clock, Saturday afternoon. ’ Funeral arrangements have not 1 been completed. o — ‘ Kuresch Government r Quits In Austria! » ■' Vienna. May 6.—(U.R)—The Aus- ■ trian government headed by Dr. i Karl Kuresch resigned today. The . ministry was formed June 20, 1931, and reorganized last January.

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, May 6, 1932.

Held in Lindhergh Plot ■ ’.7 s - ' ■ Gaston B. Means, former U. S. Department of Justice investigator, who has been seized by the Department of Justice. It is alleged he took SIOO,OOO from Mrs. Edward B. McLean on strength of assertion that he had made contact with kidnapers of the Lindhergh baby and could get the child back.

4-H AWARDS ARE MADE ATPURDUE Healthiest Boy And Girl From Delaware County; Roundup Closes Lafayette. Ind.. May 6. — (U.R) — Two Deleware county entrants today held tho respective titles of the healthiest boy and girl in Indiana. won at the 14th annual 4-H club roundup which colsed last night at Purdue University. John Phillips. 16. scored 99 3 p. ints to win the honors in the boys division. Dorotha Caster, 18, winner of the girls’ title, also had a score of 99.3. Last year Miss Caster was second in her division and Phillips was third. Oris Martin, Knox, trailed Phillips with a score of 99.2. Next in order were Ora Allen, Madison county, 98.9; Ralph Wilson, Cass county, 98.8, and EJrward Brown. Huntington county, 98.7. Alice Pomeroy, Hendricks county, was next to Miss Caster, She was followed by Beulqh Gafl Keller, Jennings county, and Mabel Himes, Montgomery county. Three Wabash county youths scored 1,993 out of 2,400 points to win first place in all livestock judging except cattle. The team, coached by W. K. Delephane, was composed of William Williams, Raymond Butterbaugh and Hubert Debois. A team from Henry county, coached by A. L. Sharp, was second. Phillip Bruner, Wayne Kurtz and Damon Cadron, Howard county, composed the team winning first in cattle judging. A Clay county team was second. Horse judging honors went to a White county team composed of Ray Straub, Herbert Harmon and John Stultz. The Delaware county demonstration team, composed of Harriet Cromer, and Eleanor Martin, both of Daleville, was awarded first in the demonstration competition. Second place went to Mary Richards and Elizabeth Painter, of Allen county. oIndiana Alumni To Meet Monday Indiana University alumni of Adams County will observe Foundation Day with a banquet at the Reformed church parlor.) in thio city, Monday evening at 6:36 o'clock. All fotnier students of Indiana University are invited to attend. Reserva ions for the dinner are to be sent o Miss Clara Reppert, Decatur high school teacher, by Saturday.

| Alfred Farrar Is Greatly Improved I Alfred Farrar, Geneva, who sufI sered a concussion of the brain when he fell from a moving automobile'Tuesday evening, is greatly im proved today. Mr. Farrar has gain ed ccnscousness and is aible to talk. The attending physician expressed high hopes for his recovery. The 'incident occurred Tuesday evening when Mr. Farrar was returning from a voting preeimt west of Geneva. Hr was leaning against tlie rear doot when it suddenly came open and he fell to tlie pavement. Mr. Farrar was a Denrciatic candidate for congress from tlie Fourth Indiana district. DRUM CORPS TO ATTEND MEETING Adams Post of American Legion to March in Parade At Bluffton Headed by the drum corps, members of lAdams Post No. 43 of the American Legion will leave Decatur about 12:30 Sunday afternoon for Bluffton to 'attend the district Legion convention to be held in that city. About 10'0 Legionnaires are expected to attend the convention. Waiter (Joy) Bockman will act as director of the drum corps a(id the local organization will compete with the Legion posts for the prizes to be awarded for the best showing in the parade. Members of corps and others who do not have automobiles 'are asked to meet at tlie Legion hall at 12:30 o'clock where' transportation will be 'provided. Vernon Aurand, first viceconiniander of the post stated. (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) Official Count May Decide District Race Indianapolis, May 6. — (U.R) —An official count to determine the winner of the Eleventh district congressional nominee on the Democratic ticket, may delay definite word on this close contest several weeks. The latest unofficial count of the district gave William H. Larabee, incumbent, with Anti-Saloon support. a plurality of 145 votes over Willis Ellis, the count being 11,470 to 11,325. An earlier complete unofficial tabulation gave Ellis a slight lead. No further upsets had occurred as final tabulation was completed in the twelve Indiana districts.

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MEANS UNABLE TO POST BOND Man Who Promised to Deliver Lindbergh Baby Charged With Fraud Baltimore, Md., May 6—<U.R) —Miss Elizabeth Nelson, a nurse, told the Baltimore Post in an interview published today that in addition to the SIOO,OOO allegedly paid Gaston B. Means, Mrs. Evalyn WalshMcLean gave other unknown persons $35,000. Miss Nelson was the nurse in the McLean home who was In the confidence of Mrs. McLean. During the negotiations Mrs. McLean engaged in hoping to bring about return of the kidnaped Lindhergh child. Washington. May 6 —(U.R)—Unable to post a SIOO,OOO bond. Gaston B. Means, sensational figure of the Harding administration investigations. remained in jail today accused of defrauding Mrs. Evalyn Walsh McLean of SIOO,OOO which she gave him to effect the return of the kidnaped Lindbergh baby. Mrs. McLean, eager to help the Lindberghs, had herself retained Means. He assured Iler he knew the kidnapers and could get the child. Out of her own funds, Mrs. McLean gave him the SIOO,OOO. He led her on Journeys to Aiken. S. (’., and El Paso. Texas, always promising to produce the baity within 24 hours and alw’iys returning with alibis. Mrs. McLean is the wealthy wife (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) o GLEE CLUB PLAY PLEASES MANY “Up In the Air,” Under Direction of Miss Schindler Is Presented A capacity crowd witnessed “Up in the Air,” an operetta in two acts given by the Boys' and Girls' Glee Clubs of Decatur high school at the schrn! auditorium, Thursday evening. 'The operetta was a beautiful presentation and was well received. Tlio musii’il presentation was under the direction of Miss Gladys dcllindler, supervisor if music, assisted by Miss Jeanette Clark, physical training ins-ructor and and Mias Grace Coffee. Central school teacher. The scene > f tlie -play was laid in the garden of the McCollum residence in Beverly Hills, California. Tlie story (enters about George Burbank '.i big business man who tolerates no one'but a young man of brawn and daring as a candidate for the hand of his daughter, Betty who is already wooed by Harold Post, a young man o fthe opposite tyipe. Many interesting 'md amusing events take place before Harold is forced to make a .parachute jump to prove his bravery. Tlie leading characters were Edwina Shroll, Edward Martz, Sara Jane Kauffm'in. Gerhard Schultz, Richard Schug, Margaret Campbell, Helen Suttles, Bernard Srheiman. Betty Franklin. Fred Musser, (Helen Hecker Robert Coffee, and Hubert Stults. About 50' boys and girls tock 'part in tlie operetta, many appearrng in the chorus numbers. 0 Standard Oil Deal Practically Made Chicago, May 6 —(UP) — President Edward G. Seubert of tlie Standard Oil Company of Indiana announced today that the $146.000,000 deal providing for sale of the foreign properties of tlie PanAmerican Petroleum and Transport company to the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey was “practically concluded.” Two Colleges To Be Merged In Fall Mt. Morris. 111., May 6—(U.R)— Mt. Morris College, founded in 1839, will be merged in the full with North Manchester College, North Manchester, Ind. The Mt. Morris trustees voted in favor of the merger at a meeting yesterday.

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Mother’s Day Is Observed In Chapel I lAn interesting Mother’s Day | pr.giam was presented at Decatur high school this morning a4 the regular chapel hour. The Central school orchestra pl'iyed a selection. M. F. Worthman, superintendent of the city sohools gave an appropiiate address on "Mother's Day and Unity in the : Home.” 1). O. McCombs, superintendent of the Allen County Schools, and Clifton E. Striker, superintendent of the Adams County schools, were gues’t speakers and gave short talks on "Mother's Day.” TAX PAYMENTS ■ WERE HEAVY 1 May Collections Total $346,255.02 ; Many Paid For Entire Year t Taxpayers of Adams county paid ' $346,255.02 in current tax up to 1 Monday, May 2, according to totals 1 compiled today by Miss Alice Len--1 hart, deputy in the office of County Treasurer John Wechter. Although the May collection is 1 within $9,000 of the total one-half due, the large collection is account- ‘ ed for in the fact tliat many taxpayers paid their full year’s tax bill in the May settlement. Miss Lenhart stated that several corporations and scores of individ--1 uals have paid their taxes for the 1 [entire year. Receivers for the Hol-land-St. Louis Sugar Company paid the May installment. Collection of delinquent taxes amounted to $25,798.27 from January to May, Miss Lenhart's report showed. Other taxes collected totaled $24.09, making the total May . collections, $372,077.38, The 1931 tax bill, payable this year amounts to $710,968.53. Onehalf of this amount is $355,484. Several hundred receipts are un • paM, hut the exact amount of delinquent tax carried over will not be known until after the county auditor posts the payments on the tax duplicate. ) Much of the delinquent tax is i small in amount, hut the number ■ is probably greater than a year ago, • it was stated by the county treas- ■ urer. I The treasurer's office was opened . again this afternoon after being i! closed since Tuesday morning for i the purpose of balancing the tax collection account. BOYS AWARDED MERIT CARDS Winners in Athletic Events Receive Place Cards at Rotary Meeting ‘ Certificates of merit were awarded winners in the boy's athletic • events held in connection with ' Boy’s week, at the meeting of the 1 Rotary club last evening. Judge Dore B. Erwin presented the cards to the 'boys and about 50’ youths were present to receive ■ them. Bryce Thomas, chairman of . the outdoor events tor the week es- ■ conted the boys to the K. of C. hall. First, second and third places were awarded the boys in the several event, 50 yard dash, 100 yard dash, high jump, broad jump, base- ' ball free throw and baseball throw. Cards were also awarded to members of the Pirates and Red baseb.ill teams, winners in the , league contests (played Wednesday afternoon. Carl Bimel, Indiana Rotary gov- ■ ernor-elect, was present at the i meeting and made a short talk. Mr. . Bimel will take office July 1. He t was elected at the state conference ■ held in 'lndi'inapolis last February. i High School Musicians Hold State Meeting Evansville. Ind.. May 6.—(U.R) — More than 2.000 high school musicians, including memlners of 32 bands, were here today for the i annual state band and orchestra I contest. Solo contests comprised the morning program. This afternoon all the bands were to join in a parade. Finals will be completed to-

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THREE BULLETS FIND MARK IN DOUMER’S BODY Russian Fanatic Fires At President as He Leaves Rothschild Mansion LITTLE HOPE HELD FOR RECOVERY Paris, May 6.— —President Paul Doumer was shot and critically wounded by a fanatical Russian assassin today. Little hope was held for his recovery. The assassin, Paul Gorguloff. also shot and wounded Claude Farrere, president of the Authors' League of France, and Paul Guichard, director of the Paris municipal police, before he was overpowered. The shooting occurred at an afternoon charity salon in the mansion of Solomon Rothschild at 11 Rue Berryer, where many prominent guests gathered in celebration cf "book week” to aid needy authors and their families. Gorguloff entered the house, pushed through the crowd, screaming, overturned men and women in his path and fired pointblank at the President. > BOMB PREMIER Cairo. May 6- (U.R) —Prem- | ier Ismail Sidky Pasha escap- I ed from an attempt against his ' life today when a bomb placed I to blow up the. train on which ' he was travelling exploded | prematurely. | The bomb destroyed a largo 1 | section of the railway track: The premier's train proceeded ! after the track was repaired. ♦ ♦ I Doumer did not attempt to defend himself. He fell into the arms of two of his ministers. Andre Francois Poncet an d Auguste Champetier de Rihes. He was wounded in the throat, the chest and the head. Farrere and Guichard grappert with the enraged Russian, who emptied his pistol at them, wounding both in the arm. The crowd closed in and threatened to lynch him. Doumer was taken to the Beaujon hospital across tlie street. At 4:20 p. m. (11:20 a. m. eastern daylight time) a blood transfusion was performed in an effort to save his life. Professor Ganchet performed the transfusion, after which the President underwent an operation for ids injuries. Doctors said, however, there was scarcely any hope he would survive. The injuries to Farrere and Guichard were insignificant. The President's son-in-law and his daughters arrived at the hospital shortly after the shooting, but Doumer was unconscious and mumbling incoherently. Premier Andre Tardieu, Chief of Police Jean Chiappe and many ministers hastened to the hospital, Gorguloff Is a doctor who had (CONTINUED ON PAGE FfVE) TOLEDO GIRL IS MURDERED Body of Pretty Nurse Found On Lawn: Believe Fiend Attacked Her Toledo, O-. May 6—(U.R) — The body of Miss Winifred Rafferty, 22, pretty, brunette dietician in Robinson hospital, was found early today on a front lawn that bore signs of a terrific struggle. The girl had been strangled to death. A fiend had criminally attacked her, police said. Richard Carr, sou of a former banker, found the body in front of his father's home as he drove into the front drive. The body bore numerous cuts and bruises. The clothing was badly torn. Library books litered the lawn, indicating Miss Rafferty had been attacked as she was returning from the public library. (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)