Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 30, Number 121, Decatur, Adams County, 20 May 1932 — Page 4

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Published Every Evening Except Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. Entered at the Decatur, Ind., Post Office uh Second Class Matter. J H. Heller Pres, and Oen. Mgr. A. R. Holthouse Sec'y & Hus. Mgr. Vick D. Heller Vice-President Subscription Rates: Single copies $ .02 One week, by carrier 10 One year, by carrier „.. 5.00 One month, by mail 35 Three months, by mail 1.00 Six months, by mail 1.75 One year, by mail 3.00 One year, at office 3.00 Prices quoted are within first and second zones. Elsewhere $3.50 one year. Advertising Rates made known on Application. National Adver. Representative SCHEERER. Inc., 35 East Wacker Drive, Chicago 415 Lexington Avenue, New York Charter Member of The Indiana league of Home Dailies. John Curtis, the fakir who made the Lindberghs believe he was in touch with the kidnapers, is now in jail, where he will have ample op-' portnnity to recover the equilibrant of his mind, which he claims has been badly unsettled for several months. Two Chicago kidnapers stopped a trial long enough to plead guilty and accept life imprisonment sentences. That's a good start and the enforcement officers ought to keep right after them until they are all put away, by one method or another. Any way no one can charge George 'Dale, mayor of Muncie, with being a coward. Why he isn't even afraid of a federal judge. In his I trial now in progress at Indianapolis he spunked up several times ami the fact that the court called him. didn't check the wordy mayor who has a reputation for fighting. The beer bill lost in the United States senate by a vote of 61 to 21. indicating that there will have to be a lot of changing in the personnel of that body before any measures, tending towards dampness get very far. the Literary Digest poll, to the contrary notwithstanding. Philjp Sauers, now the undisputed nominee for commissioner of the first district, was smiling yesterday and today as he received good wishes and declared that he had the advantage of most candidates in that he could be twice congratulated. He is one of the bi ataknown men of the county, experienced in public affairs because of his years in the contracting business and is well qualified to serve the people of the county. The stock market investigation What's the Verdict of * OVIN< ET ES ■ YOUR home expresses YOU! Do floors, furniture and woodwork gleam with unmarred beauty, or are they scarred and shabby? Are rooms drab or do they glow with happy sunshine of color? What a transformation can be made at a cost of only o dollar or so by use of —WaferSpar Varnidi that evan boiling water cannot harm. Water Spar Enamel that dries in four hours and gives beautiful china-smooth finish. Water Spar Liquid Wax to give supreme lustre and elegance I Marvelously soft huesl Glorious shining colors I Slop In for Color Cards. Lee Hardware Co.

is implicating a number of leading citizens and it sound* like a terrible thing now when we read how they split million* of profit*. Yet it should not surprise any one. Just a few years ago It was common knowledge that hundred* were cleaning up profit* which often ran into the million* a* a result of stock trading. What can be done about It? We presume a man had a right to buy slock and sell it at n profit and If he knew of some way by which he cotfild increase that sqm. of course he got busy. - .""J J_ JL__. Earm lands as appraised for taxes this year have been reduced more than four and a half million dollars. That's a considerable reduction and when we add to that a similar one on town and city property and personal belongings, the totals will be off about twentyfive per cent or perhaps a little more. That means that unless the budgets are cut extensively, the tax rate for next year wi,'l be increas- ‘ ed. There is nothing to do but keep on fighting this tax bogey. If we do that the next year or two. we will get it down to a basis that will be satisfactory to every reasonable person. The recount is over and Mr. Sauers plurality was increased five votes, giving him a total of eight. Every one is satisfied and there is a feeling that could not otherwise been created, that the election officials are honest and careful. There were of course a few changes, the recount hoard apparently being a litk'e more lenient than the election boards. It was all done too in less than twelve hours of actual work and at very low cost. Mr. Gallmeyer has expressed himself as pleased for he has the knowledge now that he was a close second and that he did not lose because of any errors. A man named Bodine, up in Chicago, worked out a new scheme tor getting easy money. His plan was to go into a restaurant, order a meal and quietly swallow a tack. Then be would make a big fuss 'efawiMt . "go tb a doctor and return with an X-Ray pictcure showing the little instrument of torture, resulting in a settlement for fifty or c hundred dollars. It went well until one day this week when he tried it on a Mr. Raklios. who was so sure he was not feeding his customers tacks that he called the I-olice and Bodine admitted he had secured some s6t)o by the fake. Many people have told us the past few days that they are boosting the idea of using locally manufactured and sold goods and several <,* them are enthusiastic. Its not only the right thing but its becoming almost a necessity. Stop and think. How can we get new money in this county under present conditions’ We are agricultural and with prices as low as they are that doesn't mean a very large return. I‘ is necessary that gradually wj s ..id out large sums of money, but it Is certainly foolish to send away a dillar that can be kept here. Give your earnest thought and then join those who are in favor of trading at home. 0 —♦ Household Scrapbook —by— ROBERTA LEE * -♦ Seams Wien sewing long seams, t y I fastening the edges of the material with paper clips, such as are used in every office. This will elimimite basting of the goods. The Baby If the baby becomes feverish, it i will often prove soothing if he is | given a sponge bath consisting of eight ounces of alcc'hol to one quart I of warm water. A Cake Recipe j Many kinds of cake can be made 11 from a good plain cake recipe. But I the recipe can be varied by adding I i cocoanut, chopped nuts, citron and II raisins, dates, ar spices to the batj ter before baking it. NOTICE • Everyone interested in the cemetery, come to Mt. Tabor. Memorial Day. May 30. 1932. at 9:30. T o organize a "Mt. Tabor Cemetery association" and help clean It up. Berths, Bunner Lovina Heath 121-Btx

The People’s Voice Thia column for the naa of our readers who wish to make auggeetlona for th* general good or discus* quettiou* of interest. ,*Tea*e sign your name to •how authenticity. Il will not be uaed it you prefer that it not be. i, —. ■■ — ■ —————— 0 Why Taxee.? Decatur, Ind. May 19, 1932 To The Democrat: The most popular song heard now 1* "Taxes are too high.” Every body is singing it daily, but what are they doing to cut the cost of government? If we get anywhere we must begin at home. Why build more toad* now? Th it elevate* taxes. Why hire mure, teachers than we need? That raises taxes. Why send big healthy boys to school in automobiles and hire a coach to exercise them? That raises taxes. Why have a county dgent to raise nt re crops when we already hive an over production? That makes more taxes. If you really want less taxes, you must stop talking and go to kicking to the proper authorities. Ordinary Citizen o . Answers To Test Questions ' Below are the answers to the Test Questions printed on Page Two. ♦ * 1. F. Marion Crawford. 2. Membership in the Reserve System is no guarantee against failure. 3. The Philippines. 4. Yes, there have been a number who did. 5. James Whitcomb Riley. 6. Groat Britain. 7. David Wark Griffith. 8. Yosemite National Park. 9. Alfred the Great. 10. The Norsemen. o * TVVENtF" bEARS AGO TODAY From the Daily Democrat File ♦ ♦ Mrs. John Christen purchases old Beery homestead on N. 2nd St. Eighth Grade students have class day exercises wrth Banche Biggs as May Queen. Grace Kinney breaks arm in fall from bicycle. Mrs. John Wagoner is seriously ill. Miss Sue Mayer resigns from Schafer Saddlery Co. David Flanders leaves for his farm near Sanford. Mich. The first band concert of season held this evening. Burton Niblick is surprised on his 23rd birthday. Marie Butler entertains Alba Theta Club. Mrs. Florence DeVilbis* is spending several days in Monmout'h.

BRONX JURORS ASK CONDON TO SIGN WAIVERS (CONTINUED FORM PAGE ONE) tors and the state police qu irrel- 1 ed over alleged efforts to place responsibility for failure of the kidnap hunt on one another, the trail of the actual kidnapers and murderers of Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr., grew colder. Curtis lias been fingerprinted. Schwartzkopf announced, but has i not added to his confession an-1 nounced Tuesday. The colon?!, said he was convinced had nothj ing to do with the actual kidnap ; ing. or with payment of |50,000 by Dr. John F. Condon (Jafsie) to! tne alleged kidnapers. Condon, in the meantime, is | suffering from the effects of his' strenuous activity. He is 72 years old. Yesterday it was announced he would rest for a few days before resuming his examination of Rogues Gallery photographs. But he didn’t rest. He visited West Point to look over some records there; he made several visits to Bronx police i headquarters; and he took time I out to explain that a Mary G. Ford, questioned by police in another matter, was one of many who tried to borrow money from him after his name had been mentioned in the Lindbergh investigation. Mrs. Ford is a school teacher, 45 years old. with a 19-year old daughter. A telephone call to Condon traced to her resulted in vague rumors that she was involved in the Jafsie negotiations. Condon was expected to go today before the Bronx county grand jury investigating the extortion case in which he was the intermediary. However he was expected to tell his stonf last Tuesday and the grand jury called almost everyone bnt him. Another postponement may result today. Henry (Redi Johnson, sweetheart of the Lindbergh nurse, Betty Gow. paid a surprise visit at Newark police headquarters yesterday in company with a man helping him in publication of a book describing his experiences. He is held by federal authorities

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as an alien illegally in this couti-j try. And at Englewood, the home of I Mrs. Lindbergh's family, and the] home of Henry Johnson, a hot»‘l I keeper declared a guest registered with her a few days before the kidnaping March 1 resembled the pictures and descriptions of Harry Fleischer. Detroit gangster sought by investigators. The chief of police at Englewood vouched for the accuracy of her memory, which he said had helped him In Identification of many suspects In other case*. Colonel Lindbergh himself led a group In re-enacting the kidnaping as they believed the crime was committed. Colonel Henry C. Breckinridge, detective* and police assisted him. \ The purpose was to attempt to determine the exact course of the kidnapers, their manner of procedure. ami their manner of thinking, something that has not been doiu 1 since the crime March 1. Z Schwartzkopf announced also that a letter from Buffalo. N. Y.. ] telling where the baby might be found had been discarded as from a ‘‘crank." o — If plant lice appear on seedlings give them a nicotine spray. These pests appear out of nowhere at any time.

Let’s Unite in y Indiana for the Long Look Ahead In the future there will be banks in Indiana, as now, because no state or community can thrive without banks. It is very important: then, that the protective arm which the State of Indiana has thrown about this fundamental business, should be strengthened and upheld. We must work to secure and maintain the best possible banking laws, not only for our own protection and benefit, but for the happiness and security of our children. We cannot permit haphazard politics, emotion, or the selfishness and greed of any class, to stand in the way of the attainment of the highest common good. The 1931 General Assembly foresaw the dangers which exist. It, therefore, created the present Study Commission, composed of men appointed by the Governor

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TRAIN TAKEN OVER Os VETS War Veterans Command eer Four Freights And Hook On To Express St Louis, Mo.. May 30.— (U.R) — Four hundred World War veteran*, enroute lo Washingtqn to present demands for immediate payment of : a bonus, ran roughshod over the i pleading* and commands of railroad . official* today and reached St. i Lotti* in five commandeered freight cars which they had compelled a , train crew to hook onto a train. The veterans, enroute from Oregon to Washington with a "petl- ’ tion In boots" which they pfanned to take in person before the sen- . ate and house, found progress too slow when they reached Council Bluffs. la. Without disorder or any efforts ■ to interfere, they commandeered five freight cars in Council Bluffs, and forced the crew of a freight train leaving for St. Louis to take the cars along. When the "bonus crusade" reached St. Louis today, the veterans tumbled out of the cars, whose sides were placarded with familiar “40

to serve without compensation from the state. This commission will study the sound banking laws of every state, of every government agency, and of the leading nations of the world, to learn which methods and principles have proved sound, and which unsound, during the recent world financial crisis. Already, the able men on this commission have assembled facts which can be used by the 1933 General Assembly in revising the banking laws of this state, and their work will continue until the legislature convenes. We believe the people of Indiana will welcome this effort to revise, improve and strengthen our lawa governing financial institutions, so as to provide greater protection for depositors and greater stability and security for business and banking. Every citizen should follow closely the progress of this commission’s work as the details are made available from time to time during the coming months.

. - und 8” signs, in preparation for a I resumption of their Journey. 1 "All out; change train* for Cin- i iciuuatl," »*ng out W. W. Walters. ' of Fortland. Ore., the "field com I mander" of the veteran*. The 400 or more member* of the , party transferred to a Baltimore , and Ohio freight train, in perfect order. C. G. Farmer, general freight agent of the Baltimore and Ohio, said the veterans were using the line* facilities without authority, but sighed helplessly as he admitted that it didn't seem anything could be done about it. "We have wired headquarters," j II Farmer said, “and the chances are; 'that nothing will be done to pre-j s vent the men from commandeering j u freight train here. How can you arrest 400 men?" From Springfield. 111., came further word of the veterans' success In their "capture" of the railroad facilities. < Walter Moody, chief of tn* Illinois state highway police, announced that he had denied a request i from the Baltimore anti Ohio and Pennsylvania railroads at East St. I toils that the war veterans be compelled to stop using the rail-j 'roads' freight trains. .Moody, to whom the request was , referred by Governor Louis L. Emi tnerson. said he had investigated i|and found that the veterans had I > been orderly all along their route |

r~ from Portland, Ore., to East St.' Louis. He added that they were not Interfering with the state high ways, beyond which he declared his ■ Jurisdiction did not extend. Expectations were that the vet eran*, unless railroad officials find some way to dissuade them, would leave East St. Louts this afternoon for Cincinnati. — i ■— O' City’s Funds Increase Valparaiso, Ind . May 20. (U.R) Chy employes and'creditor* of the ■ .-

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