Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 30, Number 128, Decatur, Adams County, 28 May 1932 — Page 1

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If RIAL DAY ■[OBSERVED ■iTH PROGRAM — — ■ ui Prep;ues to HonMid Sailor Monday ■business TO K<E !.[ KING DAY * to Parade ; iri . a-k- to III' < |. building Mon ruiui- .d !':3O o'clock ;: .|i Hi.* Memoral HB 1 ,.-.r.i<!-- I'lug* will .. a program :i and sailo. he In this j,, . of Miimu !i t.rogram will I" . : Aii.uus Post of the ,ii'lo. The ritualistic Th. not . held \ it., leaviiu A;; . automobiles an I -a. Joseph CathI).-. cemeteries. ! . ■ tticlery soldiol-' decorated wi'n | short • will be held in I's Til" .i. return to L'.i the third, fourth. i<* tades will join M ie Monroe street |M wL vic. „ will be held sailoi Eai-li child in th- > ■ n American Legion Drum .M "I. the march to the ■ r.h- 1 lag the M flow. rs 1/ ' will return t<> * K tunic ihe Court Hou -■■ |&n i»r of 1 nknown Soldier. ■ Dgr.uii ..ill be concluded by l ('dock. H| Stcies to Close mR b. ' lo.es will be clos . local I" hunts today, ’■l- ’ ■ will be open U I but no deliveries will made during the RR b' ■ will be collected _ throughout the b : forenoon and anv I'^^Rli ing mail letters after - I^Rp ll ' will take them to th-’ iRR'' i :u the Adams Conn h.-.iise will be closed uiui there will not be any I IRRbUIIo ed. Rbhabuated Bom college I Decatur Residents Degrees From | I -Manchester .till- young people wer. Hom Manchester Col|^R* l|: h Manchester, at the at. einent exercises held "I ill., students completed course and received They were Ruth and Rgbei,. ] alu | |( ( i S;lrnolH | Gould. RR Andrews of this city also RWb''! the two-year course ami 11 diploma. year, Manchester col admitted to membership R.R-' 1 "' 1 it Central Association Recently Mount Mol of Illinois, decided to merge all academic inManchester. R?*!!' 111 l’ a ”l Voelker of Battle Mich., gave the ad the graduating c!a--One hundred-thirty gradRRf'utnpleted the four year's mLB'' 1 "' received bachelor deHS®* 1 '' 1 " 125 completed the two I

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♦ NO PAPER MONDAY As has been the custom for several years, the Daily Demo- | crat will not be published Monday, in observance of Memorial i i Day Retail stores, public ofI flees, and professional offices wi|' also be closed Monday t | ♦ 4 TO GIVE BAND | CONCERTS HERE > Junior Band To Give First of Series of Concerts Tuesday Night I The Decatur Junior hand- will present the first of a series of eight band concerts at the Central' I school building. Tuesday evening, I • May .’>l, at 7:. 10 o'clock, it wa.yi I announced today by Dave Rice, I ' leader. I Several local musicians will I assist the baud in presenting a] ' program of classical ami popular' numbers. The Junior Band is composed of I 145 musicians from the grade I .'schools and Decatur high school I and is directed by Mr. Rice. The i band has furnished music for all school and athletic events during the winter and played at the high school commencement exercises. ' Each summer a scries of lian-l 1 concerts is held. The remaining seven concerts i will be presented on the east lawn i of the Central school building and 1 will he held every Tuesday even- . ing during the summer. The pubI lie is invited to attend. DEMOCRATS TO REMAIN NEUTRAL

— Indiana Delegation to Go i Uninstructed To National Meet French Lick. Ind.. May 28. —(U.R) i 'j—State politics was temporarily‘jrelegated to the background today' ' as Democratic editors and party I ' leaders turned toward consideration; ’ ot the presidential situation. H Simultaneously it was announced, Iby Thomas 1). Taggart, national committeemen. and R. Earl Peters, j (state chairman, that Indiana’s delegation of 30 would go uninstructed ■to the convention in Chicago The ■ announcement was a setback to proponents of the pledge system, ' who had hoped the Hoosier deleligation would be instructed to place t|its strength behind Governor Frank-, I! Un D. Roosevelt of New York. ’ It was reported, however, that 1 the Seabury investigation of Mayor ■ James J. Walker had turned some ’ sentiment against the New York ' governor. Party workers reported that Newton D. Baker. Cleveland, ' was drawing increasing strength. I Governor Ruby Laffoon of Kentucky was expected to make a ■ strong bid for Roosevelt tonight i.i his talk at the editors’ dinner meeting. A fight over the order of business for the state convention wap foreseen today as supporter.- of Paul V. McNutt sought to reverse the schedule, so that judges will be ‘ nominated before the senator ami governor. Proponents of the change , asserted that such a plan was effec- ’ tive in providing selection of a ’ better judicial ticket in 1930. No sifflts of peace appeared between the Frank Mayr Jr., secre- ’ tary of state, and the Peters forces • despite the efforts of Richaid • Werneke, Terre Haute, and Joseph I Ci avens, Madison, to close the breach. I The name of Clifford Townsemd Grant county, was being IcONTINI’!•?!> "N l>A<,|i! **' X> Fort Wayne People To Picnic At Sunset ( The Rev. Father Francis Sheri- , dan and his Community Players of . Fort Wayne will have a P‘<’ nic , SunlSet park, southeast of this city. . Monday afternoon. The party wtl arrive in this city at two o clock. . Father Sheridan sent an invlta- . \ion to all of his friends in this i C ity, asking them to attend the . picnic. He has brought his players i to this city, a number of times, pre- • senting players at the Catholic hig - school auditorium, and has many friends here.

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FORTY RACERS QUALIFY FOR 500-MILERACE Lgu Moore Awarded Pole Position; Attains Speed of 117 Miles AVERAGE SPEED IS OVER 10(1 MILES Indianapolis, May 28. <U-R)| A full field of starters for, the 500 mile auto race here! .Memorial Day was guaranteed today when shortly I filter noon three more cars had qualified for the event. George Mackenzie was the ; ;ißth Io qualify when he sent Ins ear around the track four limes ;d an average of 108.(53 miles an hour. Mackenzie way driving a Brady eight cylinder special. Al Gordon'piloting a Miller moti ored Lion head special was the 19th qualifier. His average speed was 111.29. Zeke Meyer, the last of the five man Studeluker team was 40th | to qualify. His average speed I was 110.745. Lou Moore, a young driver who set a sensational record during the winter season on the west coast, won the pole position by | qualifying at 110 plus miles an hour. Billy Arnold. 1930 victor, who was wrecked while leading the field in the last hundred miles last year, will be next to Moore in the front row. Arnold again is driving his Miller-Hartz Special. Bryan Saulspaugh in a special . built by Harry Miller, will occupy ' the third position in the front row. Speed averages turned in by the first 37 qualifiers were fastlei I than ever before recorded at the I speedway. In view of the qualiti-1 i cation requirement of 100 miles an i

I hour, increased from 90 miles an ' hour last year, veteran racers i U’nNTINI’RI» o (Arthur Beery Is Sent To China Mrs. John T. Myers of this city : received word from her sister. ; Mrs. 1). W. Beery of kos Angeles, California, stating that her son. I Arthur Beery, has been sent to i China. Arthur is a member of the 1 marine band and has been stationed at San Diego. Five years ago he was ordered to China where he remained for two years. o TO COMPLETE LEGION PLANS Adams Post to Meet Tuesday To Complete Plans For Big Meeting A meeting of Adams Post of the ( American Legion will be held Tuesday evening at eight o’clock at Legion ball for the purpose of making final plans for the big Legion conference and parade to be held in (, this city. Sunday, June 5. The entire membership of the Post, chairmen and members of lithe committees named by N. R. Holthouse, general chairman of the J event, are asked to attend the ( meeting. Responses from nearly every Legion post in the Fourth and Eighth - districts have been received by Mr. Holt house and it is expected that i nearly a 1,000 Legionnaires will be i in attendance. i Ralph Gates, Columbia City, Indiana department commander, 01. . lie A Davis, Indianapolis, depart--1 ment adjutant, V. M. Armstrong, Indianapolis. chairman of the new Veteran’s hospital, and other leading Legionnaires have written the general chairman tliat they will at- ‘ tend the conference and reunion. About a dozen drum corps will ■ march in the parade and participate : in the program. The Legion band , of Fort Wayne, one of the outstandl ing military organizations in the . middle-west will also be here and -' provide music during the parade. , ( A speaker of national prominence ■ will deliver a short address at Le,lgion Memorial Park on Winchester I street following the parade. Mr. i | Holthouse stated that the name of J the speaker would be named next j week.

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, May 28, 1932.

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EDWARD SWIFT FALLS TO DEATH Prominent Packer Falls From Apartment Window And Is Killed Chicago, May 28—'U.R) Edward F. Swift, chairman of the board of Swift & Co., one of the largest ' packing firms in the world, died] in a fall at his home today. Tin- nature of the death which occurred about 8 a. m. was not! immediately determined. A statement confirming the' death of one of the most promln . ent of midwest industrialists was issued by his brother. Charles Henry Swift. "Edward F. Swift has been in poor health for several weeks," ids brother said. "On the advice of his physician he had arranged to leave Tuesday for a vacation in Europe. Hip affairs are in excellent conditions." Swift, who was 64 years old. tell to his death from the sixth floor window of his fashionable North State Parkway apartment overlooking Lincoln Park. The fall was witnessed by the packer’s chauffeur. Harry Dice, who was waiting in a limousine parked in front of the building to take his employer to his office. Lieutenant Timothy Rohan, who made an investigation of the (CONTINtIRD nN PAGE SIX) WOMAN GETS $650 BY JURY Vera Hilman Awarded Damages In Suit Against Fort Wayne Dentist Vera Hilman, Allen county, was awarded damages in the amount ot' $650 in her $5,000 malpractice suit against Dr. M. A. Mason, an Allen county dentist by a jury in the Adams Circuit Court. The verdict was returned at 5:30 o’clock Friday afternoon. The cause was venued to Adams county and was tried before judge D. B. Erwin and a jury in the Adams Circuit Court. C. J. Lutz of this city and James P. Murphy of Fort Wayne rep.esented the defendant, and Eichorn, Gordon and Edrs of Bluffton represented the plaintiff. The plaintiff charged that an illfitting false teeth plate caused Injuries.

Republicans Favor Wright Law Repeal Gary. Ind.. May 28—(UP) —William P. Gleason, superintendent of j the U. S. Steel Company here, and Sidmon McHie, publisher of the' Like County Times, Hammond, will be the first district delegates to the National Republican convention in Chicago. Victor K .borts, Lowell, ! and Mayor Thomas OVonnor, East [ Chicago, were selected as alternate delegates. John W. Scott was [named the district’s member on I the resolutions committee, which [ will write the party's platform. Repeal of the state’s wright bone I dry law. and the Federal 18th a-I intendment, and st:engthening of' (banking laws, were urged as planks ■ in the party’s platform. ! 0 FEDERAL AGENTS BEGIN RAIDS l Drive To Make Chicago Dry By Convention Time Is Under Way Chicago, May 28.— (U.R) —Simultaneous raids by federal prohibition ' agents struck in 28 places in Chi- - cago and the suburbs early today ! as part of an asserted campaign to 1 dry up the city for the national ■ political conventions in June. ’ The agents, acting on evidence ' gathered during the past few days by undercover operatives, arrested more than 40 persons. The raids were the most extensive here in many months. Nearly every section of the city was enter- ' ed by a large force of federal men operating under Prohibition Administrator Malachi L. Harney. Two places in the loop were closI ed. In several places agents en- ' countered resistance but forced their way in to make arrests. Prohibition forces have been active here since the recent appoint- . ment of Harney. Word has been ’ spread among speakeasy proprietors that “the heat is on." Liquor dealers reported they had received word to shut down during June when the Republican and Democratic conventions will' meet here or face the threats of raids. Since the start of the dry cam- [ paign half a dozen raids daily have been the program. Many liquor , dispensaries that have run without interference for several years have I been raided and several night clubs 'closed. Prohibition directors have stoutly denied that any special campaign relative to the political conventions was in progress. (CONTINUED ON PAGE JO Uli)

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GARNER MEASURE i BRINGS REBUKE ! FROM HOOVER I — Relief Bill Is Classed As' Big “Pork Barrel” By Preseident GARNER DETERMINED TO STAND BY GUNS' I Washington. May 28 U.R) Speaker Garner was determined | today to push his 12,147.000.0001 ’ (U) unemployment relief program i through tile House despite Piesi i dent Hoover's vehement denunciai tion of it as "the most gigantic i pork barrel ever proposed by th? J American congress." The dispute between Mr. Hoov er and Garner centered around the I tillion-dollar provision for public : works, including more than 2,000 i post offices and other Federal ; buildings throughout the country. ' These would be financed by a ' bond issue. I In one of the most outspoken statements of his administration. | the President accused Garner of | enumerating the countless local' projects in his bill in an effort to i i win the support of these commute i i ities at the expense of the nation-1 al welfare. He said many of the postoffice projects had been dis | credited by congress' a- extrava-1 gant. He declared the program would unbalance the budget an I would give work to only 100,000 men at the most. “If the President had suggested my bill." Garner retorted, “it > wouldn't have been a pork barrel.' ICONTINI'I-ID ON PAGE FOUR)

BANK EXAMINER ; NOT GUILTY New York Department Head Found Not Guilty of Willful Neglect | New York. May 28- (U.R) Joseph I A. Broderick, state superintendent I of banks, was found not guilty to- | day of willful neglect of duty in | not closing sooner the Bank of the I United States with $160,000,000 on [ deposit l]y 400,000 persons. The jury was out almost 16 hours before reaching a verdict. Evidence consumed eight weeks of the trial on a misdemeanor I charge with its penalty of from six months to three years, and a SSOO fine. Broderick was indicted Oct. I*l, 1931, accused in three instances of failing to perform the duties imposed upon him by law in rela- , tion to the affairs of the Bank of United States. In another count he was charged with having conspired witli five officers of tile bank to violate certain banking ' regulations. He specifically was 1 accused of having failed to make required examinations of tho 'bank's records under stipulated ' periods. He was charged with failing to inform directors of the bank on ' the status of the institution's iCONTINt’ED GN PAGE FGtTTi) TRUSTEES TO HOLD PICNIC Annual Reunion of Town--1 ship Trustees To Be At Berne, June 9 , The annual picnic for all past ■ and present Adams C unity trustees will be held at Lehman's Park, 1 Berne, Thursday, June 9. it was anI nottneed today. An interesting program is being arranged by T. R. Noll, trustee of ’ Washington township, and Clifton ’ E. Striker, County superintendent ' of Schools. A speaker will be secured and an entertaining time is be- ’ ing planned. 1 Al foimer township trustees and present trustees and their families are Invited to attend. There are 631 ex-trustees and present trustees re 1 siding in the county, and plans are being made to accomodate about 200 persons at the picnic.

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More Candidates File Expense List Three candidates filed their ex pense accounts with Milton C. < Welling county clerk, tojj-y, mak• ling a total of 211 who have filed. IThe final date for filing is June 2. Following are those who filed to-1 day: C. H. Museltnan, Democrat, for i | Joint State Representative. $97.25. Ralph E. Roop. Democrat for surveyor. $126.50. Fred T. Schurger, Deinoc.at, for auditor. $135.53. INDICT CURTIS FOR FOLLY IN KIDNAP CASE Grand Jury Charges Boat Builder With Obstructing Justice MAY NOT OPPOSE AND TAKE SENTENCE Hopewell, N. J., May 28.— (U.R)—An indictment charging [John Hughes Curtis with obstructing processes of justice lin the Lindbergh kidnaping ! case, was returned by the j I Hunterdon county grand jury I [in Flemington today. The Norfolk boat builder I who admitted a hoax on the Lindbergh,family by his story , of alleged contacts with the kidnapers of their son, has been held in ' jail at Flemington since his arrest. Presentation of the case to the grand jury was made last week anJ [three witnesses testified to Curtis’ hoax. There were unconfirmed reports tiiat Curtis would not oppose the charge--merely placing himself at the mercy of the court with a nouvult plea. Col. Charles A. Lindbergh may appear as a witness against Curtis I if trial is held. He has Indicated i a willingness to testify should | ' authorities deem it advisable. o — Huntington Man Halts Car, Dies H Rochester, hid. May 28 —(UP) Lon Ware. 57, Huntington, brought I his locomotive to a halt in Erie i ya: ds here and fell dead in nis ' t ab. He had just completed a run ( 1 fr. m Hammdnd on a freight train. I 'I The widow ami u.-ven children survive. t o— EXHIBIT WINS ; SECOND PLACE 3 1 Local Garden Exhibit 1 Wins Prize In Fort Wayne Flower Show : The exhibit of the Civic depart- ’ ment of the Woman’s Club in the Flower and Garden show held at the Armory in Fort Wayne received ' second prize in the informal water garden division. 1 The exhibit, which is one of the 1 most elaborate flower and garden 4 shows ever held in Fort Wayne, is attracting hundreds of visitors daily Many from this city have attended the exhibits. The show is sponsored by the Fort Wayne Men's Garden Club and entries were made by var- > ious towns surrounding 'Fort Wayne Judging of the entries took place I Thursday evening, Dr. J. W. Thimlar, proprietor of the Thimlar Nurseries, being awarded the grand - prize. The judging of flowers, gardens. and exhibits was done by experts in each division. The show closes Monday night. The local exh'blt was arranged * by a committee from the Civic Sect tion, assisted by the Decatur Floral Company, The Fisher Greenhouse the Acker Cement Works, James Cowen, and E. L. Carrol and Son. Mis. H. N. S'hroll was general chair- ’ man in charge of the exhibit. Tho f Acker Cement works also was ai warded a prize tor Rs exhibit. I . ■ <) -- * ■ ' Youth Killed By Auto In Fort Wayne l Fort Wayne, Ind., May 28—(UP) s P'tricla Luegring, 7. was killed late ■ yesterday by an auto which struck her as she attempted to run across s the street near her home. It was t the eghth auto fatality in Fort Wayne this year.

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TO TRANSFER 15 MEN FROM COUNTY JAIL Department of Justice Orders Prisoners Sent To Other Jails EXPECT GROUP TO GO TO MARION Washington, May 28. —<U.R) ! —The justice department today ordered the 15 federal prisoners interned at the Allen county jail, Fort Wayne, Ind., to be transferred to other prisons in the immediate vicinity because of alleged laxity of prison discipline in the Allen county institution. Officials said investigations ot conditions in the Allen county jail revealed that prisoners had been given numerous privileges including great’y extended food rations and the serving of intoxicating beverages. May Go To Marion Marion. Ind.. May 28.— (U.R) — Transfer of federal prisoners from the Allen county jail to the Grant county jail here was anticipated today as the result of approval of i local quarters by E. O. Hall, marshall of the northern Indiana district. Sheriff Burt White ot Grant county has communicated with federal authorities regarding the transfer. o Threats Force Two Theatres To Close Indlinapois May 28—(UP) —Two of the largest theaters in Indiana, the Circle and Indiana, located here announced today that they would close the night of Thursday. June S. for an indefinite peii d because of a threat of terrorism. The decision to cease business I in Indianapolis p obably tor a perlon I of months followed attacks on both | houses with stench Ibombs last i night which forced some patrons to leave the houses. The management of the two houses announced that there was no method of fighting back at the racketeers and rather than endanger the ives of patrons they would close until seme effective | guarantee methods of safety were | found. ——o— Local Dairies Pass State Inspection (Samuel Nail, milk inspector f ,t the Indiana state board of health has completed an inspection of all the dairies retailing milk in Deca- | tur All the dairies except one were found to comply wit’a slate regulations. Those qualifying are, Hetry P. Graber, Jacob Graber. William | Faurote, J. E. Anderson, Peter 11. Lehman. Blue Creek Dairies. Blue Valley Dairy, Dale Moses The herds owned by the different duties have been T. B. tested and the state examiner stated that the dairymen were striving to better conditions. APPRAISERS MAKE PROGRESS Listing of Assets of Old Adams County Bank Well Underway The job of appraising the asse's of the Old Adams Uounty Bank which closed May 17, was well underway at noon today when the appraisers, Cal E. Peterson and 1 James L. Kocher, adjourned until ■ Tuesday morning. [ It is thought that their report will be ready by the middle of i (text week. The appraisers started to work Friday afternoon, follow- ■ ing a meeting of the board of s directors of the bunk at which action was taken requesting that an appraisement be made. No action on Hie petition for a receiver for the bank will he , taken until the report of the appraisers is made. The date for i the hearing is set for June 7 be- - ; tore Judge Dore B. Erwin of tile : Adams circuit court. > Formal application for the rei ceiver was made by the state banking department under date of May 19 and was filed here May 26.