Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 30, Number 132, Decatur, Adams County, 3 June 1932 — Page 1

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MAYOR DALE GETS 18-MONTH SENTENCE

MELT TO WIT ACTION MM CASE Sid omnut■shouli! I'resent The Evidence To Him Irp'S I)I'TY I is RELATED Ly. N V.. lune 3. —<U.R> Er-ioi- Fnnikliii i). RooseEay indicated he would WL the initiative in a Kl removal of Mayor K Walk, i of New York, nt ;he Hofstadter Katiim , nimiltee’s fmd- ■ instead he maintained ■listhr lommittee’s duty Kent evidence to him. K, this dear in a sharp Kgt today, which he put reK squarely to the HusK conimiU’-e to act instead for hun to take the insonic sources have inti■he should do. Be tin,,, tor the legislative ■tire and their counsel to stop ■ a!U i do something," the Btnt said crisply. "It is not K for political sniping or Hissing." Hevtdt in a statement said: H ( ,i.i information before the Kor is in the form of very in Hte newspaper stories. It is Hen clear from Judge Sea- ■ itatenieiits to Chairman HosH whether he has fully com- ■ the investigation. I acted H case definitely, positively Hth due promptness. ■ the law straight. It is the Hf •!,. cislative committee ■ counsel. if they believe they Hlficienl cause to present He to the proper authorities H waiting to make formal re■iTINUED CIV PAGE KIX) H- -o Indidates File Costs ■ candidates filed their ex In" unis with Milton C. WerlHtnty cle k. Tiiursday, making H of 39 wiio have filed. The ■Ue was Thursday, Mr. VVerl■M. ■wiidates who run for offices ■ the salary does not exceed ■ year at- n 4 requited to file Be accu nits. Several candi■for committeeman, who were Iquired t > rile the accounts. Bowing a o the five wh ) filed Idav Bert Zwii i%, Democrat f if coro■o.so; Bert McClertthan, Democrat. ■hMcuting attorney, sll9 4**. B. Brown. Democrat, for comBnan, none. BLong. Democrat, for comini*H imn H* K champlin, repnidicat. none. lommunion Is Held P Friday of the month serl*cre hi Id at the St. Mary’s P ic morning. Many Pel the mass and received pommimion. Prayer devotions Peid fall wing the mass.

F 9 Parade To Feature legion Meeting Sunday

}t Drum Corps And ™*ry Hand To Be In Line of March . **** military parade to be “® re Sunday afternoon as ture tl'e American Legion ’ ence and reunion, will start .*” e corner of Monroe and i h streets at 1 o’.clock, Paul t parade chairman, anuounc□ay. hne of march follows: or th 0 n Fourth street to Psh all street. ,st on Marshall street to ond street, outh on Second street to ’’ohester street. “ uth on Winchester street «gion Memorial Park. jeast eight Legion Drum Corps „ ela rge military band of Post Port Wayne, will march in »rade. 68l ' ort of seven state motorPolice will head the parade

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♦ 15 YEARS AGO Do you remember what was ; going on fifteen years ago Sun- , j ‘lay. June sth? It was registrn , 1 ; Don day, when under the newly ,|l enacted draft law, every mail : | between the ages of twenty-one and thirty-one had to register ,! for servii,. •, bo called when and how needed. Later the age i limits were changed to from I ! eighteen years to 45 and four ; ' i million men were thus called : \ ; to the colors. FLOOD WATERS : HIT OKLAHOMA * Thousand Families Are l! Marooned Following Big Cloudburst • Oklahoma City, Okla., June 3.— • i (U.R) — A thousand families were • j marooned in raging Hood waters 11 of the flatbed North Canadian river, • officials estimated, after a terrific ■ cloudburst struck central Okla- i honta today. i j The National Guard was mobillz-1 1 1 ed to aid in rescuing the stricken i ■j families. All resources of the city were turned to caring for those j ’ I stricken. No loss of life was reported to j police after a hasty check of nta : rootled householders. The storm struck here about 3 i s. ni., climaxing a week of heavy • rains that have paralyzed railroad ■; traffic. washed out highways and ■ damaged crops. 11 Frantic calls to police from low- '! land areas gave first indications of 'the seriousness of the situation. 1 1 The calls reported people being i ] forced from their homes by torrents ■ : flowing over tile banks of swollen creoktt and streams, i Emergency relief action was got•j ten under way after a call to police i from a woman saying she was sec-(r-ONTtNitrcn nv i>»c,f s>x> REVIVAL WILL BE CONDUCTED I i Religious Services to Start At Antioch M. B. C.. Church Sunday ' Revival se vices will lie held at the Antioch M. B. ('• Church, f. ur miles west of the city', beginning Sunday, June 5, it was announced today. Rev. Franklin Moore of Tipton will he the evangelist. ’ ißev. Moore is well known in this city where he lived and where he was employed for several years at the Peoples' Restaurant and as a filling station attendant. He became converted six y'ears aoo anti quali- ’ fied himself to preach the gospel. He has been in the ministry far the past three years. Rev. Moore is a forceful speaker ! ami his stirring messages will lie - greatly enjoyed by all who hear » him. These meetings will continue ' indefinitely, and will begin etch I evening at 7:45 o'clock. i The ipublic is invited to attend the meetings. ___

and distinguished visitors and state Legion officials will head the parade. Legion Posts who are sending drum corps to Decatur are. Kokomo, Port Wayne, Bluffton, Illwood, Waterloo, Angola, Decatur, lnd„ Van Wert and Celina, Ohio, i The famous American liag owned hy the Kokomo American Legion ! will be carried in the parade. The parade will probably be the largest of its kind ever seen outside of a state Legion convention and Mayor George Krick. who will welcome the Legionnaires to Decatur ai the speaking program to he he d al the park urged all Decatur citizens to turn out for the inspiring event. The public is also invited to attend the program at the park. Colonel Ralph Cole ot Findlay, O veteran, orator and one of he founders of the American Legion will deliver the principal address, cn the program, which also includes a short talk by Ralph olumbia City, state Legion commander.

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HOUNI) FOR WASHINGTON ! B vKasm VB- (MMK9 PUSSfc- * *ey ; Ntw -' —" Crowded into coal cars, these jobless war veterans were photographed as their train pulled out of Detroit, bound for Washington, D. C., where they will augment the rapidly growing “bonus army," and where they will voice their pleas for immediate payment of the soldier bonus.

RURAL LETTER CARRIERS MEET Delegates And Officers Elected by Adams C'ounty Organizations The election of officers of the Adams County letter Carriers anil tlie Auxiliary organization was held it: connection with the meeting which was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Karl Butler in this city Thursday night. Delegates of l>oth organizations • were »)*«-chosen for the Xau. cquvention to he held at laike Wawasee. July 17, 18 and 19. Harry .Crownover of Decatur was chosen as delegate from the men's organization and t lie Mesdames Kay I Smith. \V. F. Beery and Karl Butler were chosen to represent the auxiliary. C. Shaffer of Geneva was chosen president of the letter carriers of ! Adams county, to replace Karl But- ' her who acted in that capacity for the last year. I Other officers chosen were: ; I Adolph Hahnert of Monroe, vicepresident, and Hubert Zerkle, Decatur , secretary an d treasurer. Lewis Neaderhauser of Berne was the former vice-president and Harry Crownover was formerly the secretary and treasurer of the organization. The officers of the auxiliary were re-elected. They are as follows: President, Mrs. Harry Crownover; vice-president. Mrs. W. K. Beery, and secretary and treasurer, Mrs. IS. S. 1 .ehman of Berne. Following the meeting, jefresh--1 ! ments were served. Those present ■!were: Mr. and Mrs. Wm. H. Black and granddaughter of Uniondale; Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Neaderhauser and sons George and Robert, Mrs. Simon Lehman of Berne; Mr. and i Mrs \v. F. Beery and grandson, ' Billy Buck, Mr. and Mrs. Harry (OONTWintm OX PAOK TWO! TAX MEASURE BEFORE HOUSE Conference Report Is Filed Today; Passage Is Believed Near Washington, June 3— (UP)—Mov- ; inß with record-breaking speed to- , ward final enactment of the budget ■ balancing tax bill, the house today 1 received from its conferees the ' completed revenue measure—A bill . which digs deeply into the pocket of , a n glasses of American citizens. I The heavy Income tax rates passed 'by the senate were accepted by ’ the house conferees, it was an- - nuunced by acting chairman Crisp ; of the*House ways and means committee. Crisp filed the conference ' report with the house, with the announcement that the house would j be held in session tomorrow until ,ithe bill passed. i crisp said also that the house C conferees had accepted the Senate 'tax on hank checks and the Federal i gasoline tax on one cent on a galloo.

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, June 3, 1932.

♦ ; —; ♦; Breeders Association To Meet Here Monday The Adams County Guernsey I Breeders Association will hold tlie monthly meeting in the county I agent's office Monday evening, 'i June 6th at 7:30 o’clock. Reirihold secretarytreasurer of the organization, will give an account of his trip to the Purdue Round-Up. Definite plans ! will be made at this time regardI 1 ing the sponsoring of the Adams ,; County Guernsey Calf Club. All members of the Guernsey i Breeders Association and friends ■ are invited to attend this meet,l ing. Officers of the association are: f refer B. Lehman, president; Gil- . bert Hirschy. vice-president; Rein- ,! hold Koldewey, secretary-treasurer 1 and Wesley Stuits and Dale Moses , directors. ENROLLMENT m IS INCREASING Bible School Pupils Enjoy •j Chapel Exercises This Morning The Daily Vacation Rible school. . which opened in this city last Tuesday morning, had an enroll- > meat of 257 children this morning which is un increase of 34 over the first day. The total enrollment is • just 6 less than the final enrollment • for the school a year ago. The work of the school is well underway, and indications are this ! will be one of the most satisfactory 1 schools' ever held in this city. The : aim of the staff of teachers and " those in charge of the school is to ' increase the efficiency and make 1 the school a credit to this city. ' This year a large class will be graduated and will receive diplomas at the commencement exercises. The Boy Scouts had charge of the chapel program, presented before i pupils of the Daily Vacation Bible i School this morning. Rev. Is. H. i Franklin, pistor of the Methodist Episcopal church, spoke on "Scouting," and several Boy Scouts took . part in an exercise. Arthur Sunder man, son of Rev. M. W. Sunderman, was presented with a first class scout badge for completing the requirements neces- ’ sary to become a first class snout. He is a member of the Lions Troop No. 62, and is the first scout of the troolp to receive this recognition. Plans Are Completed Final preparations for the Boxing Show, which is being sponsored by the Volunteer Firemen under the management of Ray Snedeker, are being eomlpleted. The show will be held in this city June 17, and i the place will be announced later. The main feature will be a match between Tarzan Hicks Os Pennsylvania and Paul Conrad of this city. Plans are being made to have three or four preliminary bouts. Will Form Cabinet Pa.is, June 3 —(UP)— Edward Henriot, radical specialist leader, was invited by President Albert Le Brun tonight to form a cabinet.

REPUBLICANS i TO FILL TICKET i All County Offices To Be Contested By New G. 0. P. Leaders * I - > j The Republican county ticket for -! the November election, now beor»l ing only three names, Frank Aiiiistutz, Berne for auditor; Cal F. '! Peterson, Decatur, for prosecutor, 'land Charles Ohamplin, Decatur, for ■'surveyor, will be completely filled, jit was learned from authoritative •|source today. -j Under the Indiana election law. - the Republican and Democrat par- :', ties have a right to fill all vacancies ' iij county and state tickets to within 60 days of the November election. Independent candidates canrot announce their candidacy after 30 days prior to the May primaries, according to the law. It lias been assured, however, by party leaders that every office, up 11 for election this fall, will have a jO. (). P. contender. Republicans have elected three ' county officers here in the last 50 years. The party organization recently changed control when Ralph Yager defeated Paul Graham as county chairman. Paul Graham ■ and his brother, L. A. Graham, post- | master, and formerly county chairman, controlled the organization for . many years. j This spring a move was started , to change the control and Yager was selected by the anti-Graham group as the most likely winner. ! He defeated Paul Graham by a ( vote of 43-24. The entire Yager organization was swept into control. Mr Yager , will accompany the Republican 'delegates to the state convention at \ Indianapolis next week, he said to--1 day. The six Adams county delegates are not pledged in the eightcornered contest for governor but (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) SHANK HOLDS CONFERENCE Tax Board Representative Confers With Assessor Felty Ray Slihnk, representative of the 1 State board of tax commissioners j was in the city today and conferred ! with County Assessor John Felty relative to the new valuations on farm lands and other real estate. Mr. Shank made a chart showing the avernge assessable valuation in all the townships for 1925, 1928 and 1932. In 1925 the average farm land appraisement was $80.06 per acre and witli improvements added it was $97.88. In 1928 the value was $62.30 on land and $78.30 on land and improvements. The assessments for 1932 show the value of farm lands to he S4O. 62 per acre and with improvements added, $55 per acre. The shrinkage this year was compared with former valuations is about 28 per cent 'over the county. Mr. Shank indicated that the values in this county were too low comlpared with Wells and Allen (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

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TRIBUTES PAID TO L.C. WARING Funeral Services Held At Home Today; Body Taken to Ft. Wayne Tributes to the character and life of Lawrence C. Waring, Decatur manufacturer and banker wit I was found dead in his home Wednesday noon, following a stroke of apoplexy, were paid by minister, friend and lodge associates at funeral services held at tile Waring residence at two-thirty o'clock this afternoon. As a mark of respect, local business houses, offices and the First State Bank were closed during the funeral hour. Tlte Rev. Dr. Charles Noyes Tyndall castor of the Episcopal church, Fort Wayne, was in charge of the service, assisted by the Rev. B. H. Franklin, pastor of the Methodist church of this city. The Rev. Harry Thompson, a neighbor and friend of the deceased, delivered the eulogy. The Masonic Blue lodge ritualistic service was exemplified txy the Decatur, chapter. Following the service, the body I was taken to Fort Wayne and | placed in a receiving vault. Complying with a request made by Mr. Waring, his body will probably be cremated and the ashes sent to Columbus, Miss., for burial Rev. Thompson in delivering , the eulogy said: "My friends, we have come here today, having answered the call of the awesome messenger of death. To this call no one may be deaf. Priest and parish. King , and pauper, each in his own place ■ and time, must answer his call. , j Death is not unusual except that ■ | it gives to each and all an austere ; majesty, and makes of all man-1 . kind, kindred of the dust. "We are met here today to pay j honor to the memory of one who j has had no small part in the lives (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) DEATH CLAIMS RALPH CASE Former Decatur Resilient Dies Suddenly In Indianapolis — j Mrs. Sarah rase of North Fifth street received word Thursday of the death of her son. Ralph Case, 47, of Indianapolis, who died sud- ‘ denly Tiiursday morning at 10 o’clock. Mr. Case had suffered a nervous breakdown several months ago and lie had not been well since. He was born at Magley. the son of Robert and Sarah Case. His father preceded him in death more than 10 years ago. Mr. Case and his brother George Case of Indianapolis, were owners of a drug store in Indianapolis. Tite deceased is survived by his wife and a (laughter Jean of Indianapolis, his mother, Mrs. Sarah Case of Decatur; a sister, Mrs. Frank Annen of Marion, O.; and , four brothers, Almond, of Oxford, Mich; Ervin of Glendale, California; Harold of Linn Grove; and , George of Indianapolis. 1 Mrs. Case of this city and Harold Case of Linn Grove left this morning for Indianapolis, where ! they will attend the funeral ser- ] vices which will be held Saturday afternoon at 3 o’clock at Indianapolis. Musicale Is Planned The Sunday School orchestra of the First Christian Church, under the direction of Adam Kunowich, will present a musicale at the church Friday night, June 17, at 7:30 o'clock. The committee in charge of the musical announces that a number of special selections will be played by local musicians. The service is open to the public without charge. The complete tprogyam will be announced later. , .... ■■■■—O Commencement Is Set The Adams County Eighth grade commencement will be held in this city, Saturday, June 11, it was an- j nounced by Clifton E. Striker, county superintendent, today. The coni* i plete program for the day will be announced, later, Mr. Striker stated.

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Is Candidate Arthur H. Sapp. A member of the Indiana State highway commission who announced itis candidacy for tlte Republican nomination for Governor. Mr. Sapp lives at Huntington. He is a former president of Rotary International and is well known in Decatur. REVUE WILL BE GIVEN TUESDAY Violet Reinwald To Present Pupils In Decatur Next Tuesday Night A Violet Reinwald Revue will be presented at the Decatur Catholic high school auditorium. Tuesday evening, June 7, at 8 o'clock. Tlte revue is the same that was : presented in Fort Wayne, Hunt- ! ington, Ait Warn and Columbia City during the past two weeks. It is (lie first Violet Reinwald Revue ever to he staged in Decatur. Tickets for the production may lie procured from pupils of Miss Patsy Fullenkump or at the door foe 50 and 25 cents. Following is the program: Part I —Grand Ensemble How Do You Do —Mary Jane Gregg Sailors Tap Dance — Boh Porter, Bob Gentis, Eddie Boknecht, Bobby Mutschlor, Barney Brooks Doyle Lee. Donald Lee, Jack Holthouse, Jane Graber, Rosemary Fullenkamp. Baby Tap Dance—Naureen Fullenkamp A Northern Fantasy 1 — A. Northern Sweethearts— Neta Nurine Davis, Deloris Humbreclit B. The Snow Man — Margie Lou Wickes C. The Midnight Sun—Marjorie Elaine Butler Betty Co-Ed —Dottie Wemhoff "You’re The One 1 Care For" — Irene Brooks, Mary Jo Butler, Nancy Daniels, Rosamond Graham. Joan Zeser, Naureen Fullenkamp, Ruth Joan Miller, Joan O'Brien. Marjorie Linn. "Hoosier Hop". — Georgia Sue Cowen, Atm Cowen Acrobatic Dance — Tlte Schauer Sisters “Concentratin’ On You ' — (CONTINUED ON RAGE FOUR t

French Quinn Recalls G. O. P. National Meet

Local Man Tolls Story of Famous 1920 National Convention Speaking before the Rotary club at its regular meeting last evening, French Quinn of this city, who was an assistant sergeant-at-arms at the Republican National convention in Chicago in 1920, asserted that “the stubbornness of Chairman Lodge in refusing to recognize Senator Albert Beveridge proßably prevented the latter from being president of the United States.” Mr. Quinn told an interesting story about the convention, recalled tile deadlock between the Bowden and Wood forces and how the convention turned to select a “dark horse.” As the story goes, Senator Beveridge was prepared to take the platform and make a speech similar to D yun'B famous "cross of gold speech," stampede the convention and be nominated. Several attempts were made by the delegates to have Senator Lodge, who was permanent cliair-

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MUNCIE MAYOR ALSO RECEIVES FINE OF SI,OOO Chief of Police And Others Get Sentences; Massey toChillicothe, O. APPEALS TO BE COMPLETED Indianapolis, June 3. ( U.R) .—Mayor (leorge R. Dale oi Mu ncie was sentenced in Federal court here today to serve 13 months in the Federal penitentiary, and was lined -SI,OOO. Chief of Police Frank Massey, who was convicted along ' with Dale and eight others, - was given tlte same punishment ! as Dale. Dale will serve his time - in (lie federal prison at Leaven- - worth. Kansas. Judge Robert C. E Baltzell decreed, and Massey will I serve at the federal reformatory at Chillicothe, Ohio. Motions for new trials, as well as motions for arrest of judgment, were overruled by Judge Baltzell. Sentences und fines imposed on Hie other defendants were: William Parkhurst, night captain of detectives. fiO days: Fred Ellis, safety board member, a year and a day imprisonment and fined ■ i $500; Kenneth Horst man. detective. six months; Harry Nelson, detective, 90 days; Raymond Powell, patrolman. 90 days; Dan Davis patrolman. 60 days; Ernest FlatI ters, alleged bootlegger, 15 months ■ imprisonment, fined $1,000; Cor- ■ belt Johnson, confessed bootleg- • ger and a government witness II during the trial, 18 months and - fined SI,OOO. I Dale, Kubeck and Johnson will t serve their terms in tlie Federal ■ prison at Leavenworth. Kans.; Flatters, Massey and Ellis in the [ (CONTtNUFJP ON PAGE SIX) TRADITION IS CARRIED OUT Young Hawaiian Kills Sweetheart, Leaps Into Huge Crater Hilo, T. H„ June 3.— (U.R) —The ■ body of his sweetheart in his arms, 1 Sylvester Nunes, sturdy young Hawaiian, followed ancient tradi- ! tion and leaped to death in the , rater of Kilaueau volcano, investigate s ors reported today. Nunes, before jumping to death on the rocks close to the fiery pit, shot and killed his 17-year-old high , school sweetheart. Margaret Enos. • His automobile was found parked - near the edge of the crater, an autoi ntatic pistol on the floor and bloodstains on its cushions. i "Ten minutes to eight,” a note 1 left in the car read. "Margaret died • instantly. She did not suffer. Now 1 must pay.” Police prepared today to lower fPONTtNUEP DX PAGE SIX)

' j man of the convention to recogi nize Senator Beveridge. He called on several other distinguished Republicans and refused to recognize the Indiana statesman. > Finally, after a caucus, an agree- - meat was reached to vote for , Senator Warren Harding and on - the tenth ballot the Ohio catidiI date was nominated. , Many of the Indiana men wants ed to see Senator Beveridge nom- ) tnated and those who knew of the - latter’s intention, believe that if • lie were called on for an address - that the convention would have turned to him. ; Senator Beveridge and Senator • Lodge represented the “stand-pat” ■ and progressive element of tin 1 : Republican party and the Massai chusetts statesman had the con- , trolling hand and played it to BovI eridge's defeat, according to tlio i story told by Mr. Quinn. W. A, Klepper, who was an i alternate to the convention, was in charge of the program Elmo Smith, Decatur baritone, ■ sang a group of songs during the - meeting.