Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 30, Number 124, Decatur, Adams County, 24 May 1932 — Page 1

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■ODISTS ■OCATEI2 iURCH HEADS ___ - —— ■polis District Is ■shed: Blake To Ko To Detroit ■ NEW | assignments ■tie City, N.J, May 24. ■Twelve bishops of the ■t Episcopal church ■en assigned to new ■• the general confer■leven of the posts af■e in the United Stat- ■ Francis J. McCon- ■ retained in the New ■a for four more years Kshup Ernest G. Richard ■ladelpliia. Bishop Edwin Kes of Chicago was sent ■igion. D. C„ considered ■> most important posts of ■> 81. Ralph Magee, wl)o was ■ superintendent at Seattle, ■ elevation, was appointed B I'atil area. Bishop Ralph pastor of the Asbury J B •hnrch in Rochester, N. ■elected to the board, was j Bie Denver area. ■('holes Wesley Burns of, ■'isco was assigned to the ■ea. B Ernest M. vValdorf, of ■ity. was sent to Chicago. I Bmp Charles L. Mead of 1 ■ireeeding hint. ■ H. Lester Smith of Chat■was named to the CincinB. ami Bishop H. James ('. K-merly of Korea, was givSc Francisco district. Bitinn to Bishops McCon- ■ Richardson the following Butned to their old areas: 1 B Frederick T. Keeney of B Bishop Robert E. Jones ■Orleans; Bishop Frederick ■ of Omaha; Bishop Titus i B Portland, (Ire.; and BisW. Clair of Coving- ■ bishops were made avail- ■. . .. Bt'EU ON-PArtE THHREi EKMER WILL rAY BIG FINE B • Exiled Principal In lot Dome Case Will I Pay $60,000 ■ oik. May 24.—<U.R>—Henry ■kni. r. fighting district atBlm left the roaring camps ■le Creek to become a mil- ■ oil man without a country. It $60,000 to Washington to ■fine in the Teapot Dome oil ■ so he can come back jf the Denver millionaire's ■ is accepted, as is probI may return from his self- ■ exile in France and face I of income tax conspiracy |g penalties of $0,000,000. Bner has been abroad, most lime in Paris, ever since the I Dome oil scandals broke [he greyed financially worl'< ii B. Fall, secretary of the | in the cabinet of Warren [i»g. sending Fall to prison, (attorney, oil man. banker, ■stern "good fellow" had repo testify against his old I Harry F. Sinclair,, soda k'lrn became one of the most lot the millionaire oil operr the middlewest fields. Inter was fined $60,000 for |pt of court. He fled to I The government confiscatP.OOO of his property, levied pi $60,000 and took away his h making travel in Europe convenient, I French government refused "1 the oil man back to this r lor trial, after a court hearfwhlch the millionaire sat in t roonj beside two manacled Itnier has been in France ibanned from all American t affairs in which official hston wis represented, but in other social life about the I capital. His life, however, k been one of the happiness Pedom to which he was acled. Jo<lay, it became known hXMUED ON PAGE FIVE)

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Youth Ends Life I In Rented Plane ' ■ ■ 1 ; ' v * tt ■ ■ ? *'■ Ernest J. Lengyel, 18-year-old j Chicago messenger boy, who shot | and fatally wounded himself in a! sight seeing airplane while soaring over the Municipal Airport in . Chicago. The youth, who paid a I pilot $" for the Hight, was despondent over being thwarted in i his life's ambition to become a, i pilot. The astonished pilot landed • the plane immediately after the I youth shot himself. SPRAGUE CASE I BEING HEARD Plaintiff Presents Evidence In SIO,OOO Damage Suit Here I -The case of Harvey Sprague, Decatur barber vs. Aleta (Harlow, depuy county auditor for SIO,OOO peri sonal injury as the result if the i Harlow automible colliding with a I bicycle on which Sprague wis •riding over a year ago continued in Ad i apis circuit court today. • Attorney R. C. Par.i--.li for the I plaintiff was still calling witnesses this afternoon and indications art the case will not go to the jury he tore late Wednesday. The accident occur.ed in Mirchl 1931. Miss Harlow was driving her automobile on North Second street near the McGill residence. Sprague 1 was going north on his bicycle. The I car struck the bicycle and Sprague was knocked down. 1 The plaintift alleges that the injuries caused by the accident have made it impossible f<>. him to return tn his b it'bering profession. ' Witnesses to the accident and the - attending physician. Dr. J. M. Miller i were among the witnesses called to- ■ day. , ' »—o ’ Child Loses Life Madison, Ind.. May 24 —(UP) Fatal injuries weie suffered by 4 Maude Ix>udeu, 8. when she was struck by an auto while »ie was returning home from school. She j was the daughter of Mrs. Henry Opal here. I -o— —— — BIBLE SCHOOL : OPENS JONE 1 I Plans Completed For LoI cal School; Pastors To 1 Aid In Studies All things are ready for the openr Ing of one of the Decatur Daily ’ Vacation Bible Schools. Mrs. F. W. ' Downs is the principal, and she will Hably be assisted by a competent U force of department heads and - teachers. Rev. C. R. Lanman will be the 1 director of the boys play. This 8 assures every boy of having a great ' time on the playground each day. ’ The management believes in the 1 old expression: "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. p Ample provision has also been ’ made for the girls and younger I children. ’ The worship period will be in 8 charge of Rev. A. B. Brown. Ben- • jamin Franklin. M. W. Sunderman cind It Vmice. " The school will continue for four weeks, full of interest and enthnSII iasm from start to finish. The opening date is June 1-

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LOCAL PASTOR GIVES ADDRESS Rev. Paul Schultz Is Speaker At Deaconess Association Meet —'— "We achieve true greatness and' our lives become truly beautiful j in the degree that we strive to, imitate our Savior’s life of service! and consecrate our llVes to the service of others for Christ's sake," declared the Rev. Paul Schultz, pastor of the Zion Lutheran church here, in a sermon; Sunday night at the installation service of tlic l.ntheran Deaconess Association at the Bethlehem I Lutheran church in Fort Wayne. The Rev. Mr. Si hultz’s subject was "True Greatness is Attained Only by Humble Service.” He was presented by Hie Rev. Bruno Poch. of Fort Wayne, superintendent of tlie Lutheran Deaconess Associa-| lion. Miss Edith Cornelius, of New Hockford. N.D., and Miss Ida S nillinger, of Nuncia, Mich., were installed as deaconesses. They I comprised this year's class id' the | deaconess training school in Fmtl Wayne. "As Lutheran and Christian

deaconesses you have made the vow to he of service to your God i and to your fellowmen," asserted the Rev. Mr, Schultz. ' How often are we not approached by men who want us to know and believe that they can and will render ide tl service for ns in our various in- | leresls and undertakings. Manv make hasty and lofty promises in order that we might employ their | services. But disappointments, exposed frauds and corruptions have brought many tq the knowledge that natural man is only bent on serving himself, and is only then willing to serve others when there is a gain in it for himwit. nr when it brings him praise, honor and glory among men. Your set vice is. and we hope will remain. to be of a different nature. Old actuated and motivated by a different force. You will say. Tlie love of Christ constraineth us.’ “Our text teaches us that true greatness is won only by those (CONTTNTTp’n ON PAGF TWO) FREE CLINIC IS ANNOUNCED — 'County Tuberculosis Association to Hold Examinations In Decatur The Adams County Tuberculosis Amidation will spons, | a /free tuberculosis clinic in Decatur, Thursday. May 26, it was announced today Tlhe clinic will ibe held in the Decatur public library, beginning at 10 o’clock Thursday morning and continuing for the remainder of the day. Free examinations will be given. and the public Is invited to attend the clinic. Dr. Murdock of the Irene Byron Sanitorium. Fort Wayne, will be present, and Mrs. Albert Scheuman and Mrs. VV. G. Brown of Decatur and Mrs. E. M. Webb of Berne, will be in charge. — o—• —— * Play Cast Named * The Cast of characters for the play, “Slave of Mammon,’’ to be presented by the Young People -- Society of the Magley Reformed church, has been announced. The play will be given in the Kirkland big school auditorium, Thursday evening, May 26, at 7:30 o’clock. (Admission will be 15 cents. The public is invited. Following is the cast of characters. John Grinder, a slave of Mammon —Noah Borne. Catherine Grinder, his daughter —Miss Mary Dettinger. Ralph Grinder, his son — Walter (Hildebrand, Nellie Allen, his servant— 'Magdeline Borne. Olaf Nissen, a blacksmith —Raymond Borne. Sam Pierce, his helper — Glen Girod. Angel of Death—'Selma Peters. Mail ca tier- Walter Hilgeman. Gypsies Long Hank—-Robert Kolter. Shorty —Jack Grether. Bill—Jacob Borne. Liza—Marie jHildebrand.

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, May 21, 1932.

Suicide > , . ■ I ■ mW I .WK 1 lb In Miss Ethel Salhanlck, 21 -yearold Chicago artist, who ended her I life hy leaping from the twenty- ; ninth floor of a Chicago hotel. I Thwarted love for a university j student was offered as the explan- ' at ion for the suicide leap.

DEATH CLAIMS ERNST KAISER I JL „- Allen County Farmer Is Victim of Death; Funeral To Be Friday Ernst Kaiser, 69, Allen county farmer residing on state road 27. 13 miles north of this city, died al his home at 1 o'clock this morning of complications. Mr Kaiser had been ailing for several years and had been bedfast the past week. He was born in Marion township. Allen county. February 1. 1863, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Kaiser. Surviving is the widow, Amanda Miller-Kaiser; two sons. John of Marion township. Allen county; Frank of “Fort Wayne; a brother, William of Marion township. Allen county; a sister, Mrs. Henry Kroh of South Bend, and three I grandchildren. The deceased was a memtbr of I the St. John's Lutheran church, north of this city. Funeral services will be held, Friday afternoon at 1 o'clock at . the home and 1:30 o'clock (C.S.T.) at the St. John's Lutheran chur.n with Rev. R. Treulzsch. pastor, officiating. Burial will be made in the church cemetery. Funeral Is Wednesday Muncie. Ind., May 24 —(UP) Funeral sei. vices will be held here . tomorrow for William E. Hitchcock 75, chairman of the board of the Delaware county bank and presi- , dent of tihe Muncie Savings and Loan iCompany. The widow sur- . vives. Hitchcock was vice president of the Warner gear company, and a director of the (American gas and electric company of New York. ‘AMELIA GUEST AT LUNCHEON American Flier Receives Congratulations From British Crown ' London, May 24—(UP)— Amelia Earhart Putnam expected to “talk ' shop” with English aviatrixes at tea this aternoon at the residence of Ambassador (Andrew W. Mellon. (Miss Earhart, a guest at the Ambassadorial residence since she aiived here after becoming the first woman to fly the Atlantic, was up early today for more morning shopping and private visits to Louden friends. Several guests were invited to luncheon with Miss Earhart at the Mellon residence. 'She planned to go to Rome later this week to attend the congress of t| ans-ocean fliers and to sail for the .United States June ID. It was learned today that King George and Queen Mary sent their congratulations to Miss Earhart at Londo-nberry Sunday but (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)

POPPY DAY TO : BE OBSERVED Tri Kappas Will Aid In Sale of Legion Flowers , Here Next Saturday Poppy Day. American Legion tag day for disabled war veto ana, will •be held in Decatur next Saturday. May 28. it was announced today hy | Vernon lAiirand, Adams post pub Hetty chairman. The portpies will be I turned over to the local Legion •post. All money derived from the sale of the poppies will be given to dis- ’ ahled veterans in the various government hospitals. The vete ans , make the poppies and they are sold | to Legoats throughout the country The day w ill tie observed through I Indiana next Saturday. Gov Harry i G. Leslie has designated tlie day as Indiana day. There is no set price for the paper flowers and contributions from five cents up - ward will >l>e accepted. The local sorority memlbers will - be stationed in all parts of the bttsi- . ness section to conduct the sale. • This is the fifth year that the local - Legion post has joined other posts in sale of poppies.

, 0 | Fraud Is Uncovered I s Indianapolis. May 24.—(U.R>—An j 1 (alleged lottery fraud advertised as; a benefactor of police and firemen’.) 1 pension funds was uncovered here, resulting in arrest of three men. They were held today on charges of operating under false pretenses. • Charles Mitchell, alleged head of the scheme. Arch Gaigher. 33, and M. B. Hopey, negro “salesman.” 1 were said by authorities to have 1 been preparing to extract large sums from city employes by sell- 1 ing 25-cent weekly tickets on a 1 lottery which would be represent- 1 ed to pay prizes aggregating SI,OOO monthly. The suspects told buyers the drawings would be held at 1 the city hall and that 50 per cent • of receipts would go to police and firemen aid funds, according to police. Scores of tickets were report- , ed sold. Police said the suspects admitted the fraud. ORDINANCE TO BE REWRITTEN L - Sections To Be Changed Before Final Passage By Council Certain sections in the proposed city ordinance regulating peddlers, solicitors and transient merchants will be rewritten before it is pass- ’ ed by the city council, members of ‘ the council stated today. A special meeting was held last I evening and the ordinance was taken up section by section. It is not the desire of the city f to prohibit farmers or any resi- , dent of Adams county from selling I produce or garden truck within the city limits and to prepare an ordinance which eliminates residents and bars non-residents is a legal technicality which requires investigation. I The proposed ordinance also regulated or prohibited boxing and wrestling exhibitions, except under school auspices, dance halls, shooting galleries, fly-by-night fire and » bankrupt sales, pawn brokers distribution of circulars, itinerant photographers, dry cleaners, hair dressers, vending machines and t defined who was a non-resident. The council will investigate ord- [ inances in other cities and if found f practical will draft one similar to those now' in force. , -o— ’ . Former Local Man Is Dead At Dayton, Ohio Word was received here today of the death of Nicholas Bonhalzer, > 65 former Decatur man which oc- ) curred at his home in Dayton. Ohio. ) The funeral will (be Friday morning ■ in Dayton. The deceased resided in this city 1 for 20 years and was well known here. He was a farmer. His occupa- : tion while in Dayton was a slate p roof contractor. t The deceased was a cousin of the Yager family on South Second street.

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♦ ——th Wemhoff, News Editor Bernard Wenuhoff. son of Mr. and Mrs. George Wemhoff if Decatir and a Sophomore .it lite University lef Detroit has been appointed 1932I 33 news editor of tlie Varsity News tlie daily newspaper which is pule | ! lished by students of the university Wemhoff lias heen on the staff since he enrolled in the school two years ago and lie has had a niiniber iT pronioti ns. Tlie news editor, whose place he took( was appointed editi.' -tnchief of the p iper. Wemhoff will serve the rest of this term as news editor and all of i next year. He also lias written a | number of special news articles for Detroit newspapers. HONOR PUPILS I ARE ANNOUNCED Forty-Five At School On Time Every Day of School Year There were 43 pupils of the ward school buildings that were neither tardy nor absent for the entire school year of .1931-32, it was announced today. The South 'Ward school led the

1 lit? OULIIII vvuiu HUt'l <1 IUV honor roll with IS pupils ' being neither ’ tardy nor absent from school, and the Riley building was next with 15 children. Following is the list of honor roll pupils for the year: South Ward First Grade Betty Wert. Kathryn L. Yager, Albert Fernthell. Second Grade Roberta Cofielt, Jack Porter. Theadore Lough, Atola Jane Eady, Ellis Skiles. Third Grade Betty Brown. Wanda Brunner, Ruby Miller. Winifred Skiles, George Werst. Fourth Grade Rolsut Collier. Robert Egly. Harold Nares, Robert Porter, Mary Anna Johnson. Riley Building Second Grade Jean Barkley. Helen Fennig. Third Grade Maxine Millisor. Junior Roop. Fourth Grade Charles Cherry. Billy Durbin, Samantha Drake. Howard Gehrig. J Mary Maxine Hilton, Vivian Hitchcock. Phyllis Hunter. Helen Kelly. Marjorie’ Miller. Karl B. Miller. Junior Owens. North Ward First Grade Virginia Veins. Billy Beery. Second Grade Carl Rash. Third Grade Margaret E. Handier, Marjorie Springer. Fourth Grade Mary Girod, Helen Darkless, Lawrence Rash. Richard Hammond. Eugene Hitchcock. Want Tomato Plants A call has been issued by the commitlee in charge of the community gardens here for tomato plants. Anyone having plants either tomato or cabbage, who wishes to donate them to the charity plan, is asked to communicate with William Linn at Vance and Linn Clothing store. BONUS CRUSADE AT STANDSTILL War Vets Relinquish Claim On Box Car To Await Truck Rides Caseyville, 111., May 24 Ihe “bonus crusade” of 350 world war veterans against whom Illinois sent six vom’panles o militia to keep rail road traffice moving was thrown into confusion today when t- neks to take.them to Washington. Ind., en route to Washington, D. C„ could not ibe obtained. Sherif Jerome Mttnie, who promised the veteransthat the trucks would be provided if they would retrain from the track-soaping which kept the Batimore and Ohio freight train standing still last night told the grumbling veterans shortly after noon that he w.is unable to provide the transportation. The announcement caused grumbling and the crusaders whose leader had gone ahead to meet them in Indiana. None knew what would be (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

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Speculators in Chicago’s financial district havi just discovered that the crop forecaster they have been praising as ‘that man Miller’ is not a man at all. but a woman. The crop reports which bore the j signature of “E. 11. Miller” gavel the Impression that they were the work of a masculine statistician. The “E” stands for Eileen and Illis is her picture. She is one of the only three women in,her profession in this country. ■■ ’•-'«3wsa| BANK AUDIT ALMOST DONE | Barr Expebted To Arrive Either Today or Wednesday At Bank The making o ft he audit of the records of the Old Adams County Bank wthlch closed its doors. May 17. has prog essed to the point where it can be completed by Wed nesday noon, E. S. Martin, state bulk examiner in charge of the work stated today. W rd from Thomas Barr, state bank commissioner is expected today or tomorrow and fir ther action in the case depends on Mr. Barr’s decision. J. E. Myer, bank examiner, who was placed in charge of the bank, was called awlay last week and Mr. Martin has been in charge f ■. the past few days. The audit as to balances has been completed and other detailed information required by the hanking department is being compiled and copies made. The mortgage record is also being copied, and all other necessary papers are being prepared As the work is completed the records, evvelopes and books are sealed by the bank examiner and will remain intact until turned over to a liquidating agent or receiver, on orders o the hank commissioner. ♦ - ♦ Explains Radio Message Gerald Cole today explained the reception of the radio message from Miss Gladys Kern, to the high school graduates. About ten days ago lie made contact on his short wave telephone station, W9DRS. with station WItETT in Pineville, Ky. A message of greetings by radio from the Cole family was given to W9ETT who in turn sent it ly card 20 miles back into the mountains to Mi is Kern. He also told her that any time she should wish to send a return message to Decatur that lie would lie pleased to handle it for her. On Friday evening at 7:30, W9DRS again made contact with the station in Pineville and took two messages that had been sent there from the Red Bird Settlement school by Miss Kern. The first message was the one to th° graduating class, and she asked that it be delivered before 8 o'clock that evening, so ft was delivered (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE)

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SALES PLAN IS SUBSTITUTED I BY COMMITTEE — Farm Relief Bloc Organized By Western Senators In Coalition NORRIS IS CHIEF LEADER Washington. Muy 21. (UP> The seiitile finance committee voted lodtiy Io substitute tt 10 iwr cent sales tax on tires anti rnbher lubes in place of tlie house provision for a five cents a pound tax on tubes and a three cents i pound tax on tires. While the struggle over ' provisions ol the revenue hill was going on in the cominitte •. tlie senate was preparing to consider an amendment by Senator Norris. Republicaif. Nebraska, to put into effect tlie export debenture plan of farm relief. Tlie rubber tax. it was estimated, would yield $42,500,000. The vote was on a motion by Senator

Connally. Democrat. Texas. On a motion by Senator Bark- ■ ley, Democrat. Kentucky. the committee voted to reduce the tax on racetrack admissions from 25 per cent to 10 per cent. It also rejected the two cent stamp tax on hank checks, voting that the banks would deduct the i tax and eliminate the stamp. The committee also agreed to exempt farmers mutual insuran companies from corporation income taxes. Chairman Smoot of the finance committee obtained immediate , consent of (he senate Io adopt the tax exemirtion for mutual insurance companies. Washington. May 24 (U.R>— Demands for farm relief today Blocked progress on the $1 ,000,000.000 <B> tax bill in which a triumphant tariff coalition has voted protection for oil, coal, copper and lum(CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) Name Is Omitted The name of William •Smilley of Sturgis. Michigan was unintentionally omitted from the list of surviving relatives of George Smit ley. former Decatur man who died at Fort Waytie. Willi ini is a brother of the decea-ed. The funeral services were held at 1 o'clock this afternoon at the home in Fort Wayne ami at 3 eel >ck (I) S. T.) at. the Mt. Hope church, near this city. Mrs. Williams Hurt Word was received here by Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Schlickman that their daughter. Mrs. John Williams of Denver. Colorado, who has visited in this city on several occasions, was injured in an interurban accident, last Thursday. Mrs. Williams is a patient in a Denver hospital. She has not yet regained consciousness since the accident in which she received a fractured skull and a brain injury. CONDITIONS ARE PROBED — Lavity of Federal Prisoners’ Supervision at Ft. Wayne Revealed t ’ Fort Wayne, Ind.. May 24 (UP) * —-Continued investigation of pnr--1 portedly lax conditions under which * Fede:al prisoners were handled it P l the Allen county jail due to an- ’ nouncement today by Herman V. At8i kins, deputy U. S. Marshal, that s four prisoners recently were drunk f when taken to the railroad station 1 for transfer ty Federal prison. ’ Yesterday Dr. E. O. Hall U. S. I m irshal, disclosed (.hat luxurious meals, cooked on electric hot-plates *■ in the prison cells, accompanied by II alcoholic drinks to the tune of radio k music, had been the lot of Fedeial * | prison? s, who often didn’t arise '■j until noon. p | Those wh > were intoxicated when “ taken to the railroad station were il named by Atkins as Clark Mckinley ls Leon Spencer, John R. Wilson and 11 William Charles Long all sentenced for prohibition law violations.