Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 30, Number 153, Decatur, Adams County, 28 June 1932 — Page 5

L*ICKEN THIEF I WAR IS OPENED ) Kate Police To Aid In llsi«lal t i n g Numerous *■ Thefts In State iG * 2S ' ~~ S|lv ’ ' al ' pdlci' USSiHttlUce ill I til r '' k , ~ ,hiet war" being orgauin Indiana liaH been offered by ! ' ,f Slate Frank Mayr, Ji , ,fl V Cl l ’' 1 Grover C. Garrott of tln- ; p,,iii e Io the prosecuting at 1 ‘‘iß,,,, and sheriffs of the coin C |H slJ ’, aide conference of prose ' |s ~, | M , | ie id jn Indianapolis Friday. July 1. at the call of Fil "® IHt ,. 11 iior Herbert E. Wilson of .entity, to discuss methods Pl -■T.mbing (tils form of crime, that tlle slate Police l,, '^B u . . a "very much interested i. duction of chicken thiev f Garrott expressed Hie o' his organization to with the local authorities' fullest extent of our avail lime, men and equipment." oil-.' cable work has regularly fr done in this field by the state ’ I ~ t hies Garrott said, in addi te maintaining a patrol of ■ reaching 160.000 miles a K,ih. .becking over thousands of ■tom ..'lies and recovering more th n are stolen in the stat.' after month. He cited >' v >n iking recent instances, in the breaking up of a chick M R^Bthi.: nng operating in Marshall; : Starke ounties. Through the] j of State Patrolman Art j of Plymouth twelve men I convicted. m.ui William J Wittmer City broke up a gang of three! Rockport. This group hail] n over 500 chickens and also I i ilc tires and gasoline. With ■^B u ..timers cooperating. P.nrol B ll.ill Hollingsworth ot Decatur '•■''l three chicken thieves mai '.ll and Ceylon recently. Sev■at state policemen worked with Pan Powers in breaking up (Union county ring in the 1 st K weeks. Lieutenant Fred 1.. > of Shelbyville and Pan <1 e G. orge Gilby of Indianapolis i two chicken thieves whom l Mini asleep in a barn when 1 officers were looking tor a i Hy.t cur." oB Reading Led to Crime . ITi- Reading live Stories of crime ami nun . m hold up the occupants of ntinent in the Paris-Dieppe - train and to sh agent who tried to into vene. o - Tea-time in Greenwich ——— n B Gr. • iiwich England - (IP) - A MMku-.rU guests visiting the R ' ii the cradle of time-] iojing. here, were amazed when 'Hlr Frank Dyson. Astronomer Roy sieved them te i when all the pointed to 3 p. m.. an hour . JB kly. as all good Britishers know. JlB It Frank explained with gentle lorn tint although Greenwi. ii does ||B it ’ecognize Summer Time, or ay light saving" time, all th.' rest uidK'O England has moved its 1. ks a fad and he was willing to give tea by their own time iusl_.il his, Socialists Enlist Jobless : I.miis —(UP) The which polled tower tljlm 2,50(1 Res in Missouri in 1928 has placed virtually comtplete state and naDual ticket in the field tiiis year. party has started a campaun ’ unemployed.

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Entire Nation Sits on Tacks as Budget Balancing Begins . * * * * • * * No Pocketbook in Forty-eight States Immune to Treasury Offensive in Drive for $1,118,500,000 That Is t 0 Put Budget on Even Keel. WW, SHWLETRCART DONTCHA I S' "~ — SEE, if |D a GONU AN Gotten ( WHAT A A SODA ID A HAD TO-HAVE ) I i laid out a lot o’ y \ budget by ) MONEY IN \YOUpffELF ’ .taxes /'A? — i/I!I ANO WITH A TAX ON LutlE^TW* OF s*foN . SOFT DRINKS. WELL —» COSMETICS nOW.GiRL§ ■ '■> . -. r ■.■".■.t .■L?-aS«ti . M, fsiAND STILL DESE ITT r \7 VI Bullets is costin' ME PLENTYffi a W w Jfen ' ffi From now on when a girl powders her nose, she is helping not only to take the shine off that organ, but is also helping to remove the shine from Uncle Sam’s pants. The old gentleman was getting a little bit shabby since his Federal Budget took that alarming list to starboard, and tbe new taxes, which came into effect June 21, will restore its equilibrium, according to our financial experts. But the operation will be far from painless, for every person in this broad land will have to contribute his share to satisfy the rapacious appetite of the Treasury. Chewing gum, matches, telephone calls, automobiles, radios and phonographs are amongst the commodities which are affected by the levy. One cannot even enjoy a soda without contributing to the life raft that is to keep Uncle Sam’s head above the flood water of depression. Even love is taxed indirectly, for the young swain who calls on his lady love with the traditional box of candy will have to pay tax on the sweetmeat. He will also be taxed on the telephoned sweet nothings he whispers into her shell like ear. The married man, too, with a fondness for poker will pay for his terminological inexactitudes when he buzzes the wife on the phone to tell her about the terrible rush of work that will keep him at ! the office. One cannot even go to a show or a movie to forget as they also come under the tax hammer. And don’t imagine you can escape by dying for there is a tax of 4 cents a pound on the copper fittings of your casket.

Washington. I). C.. June 28. —We i never thought we'd live to see the day when the mere act ot a girl ! powdering her nose ... a smoker I lighting a cigarette ... an office 1 lx>y stoking up on a fresh stick of p chewing gum ... a poker hound, 1 lying to his wife over the phone I about tlie rush of business at the I office ... or a gangster taking a. rival for a ride would be helping I our dear old Uncle Sam to keep his | head above the flood turned loose] by the economic depresssion. Yet. fellow-citizens, it hath come, to pass. On June 21 the new Fed-; era! excise and miscellaneous taxes , went into effect. They are esti-| mated to add a yearly total of SL-i 118,500,000 to the national treas-. ury in driblets of a few cents at a j time frqm tlie pocketbooks of rich man. poor man, beggar man and thief throughout the nation. Articles, which in the opinion of our law-makers are luxuries, and which have not been taxed since i the World War, will bear the brunt ot taxation. But in its frantic search for ways and means to balance the national budget, Congress dug up a wide variety of new iraposts. Eve y time anybody writes a check, lie will have to put a stamp on it to show that lie has paid tlie 2 cents tax demanded by tlie goverment. Likewise when one visits a ~oda fountain, Uncle Sam again

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gets a little rake-off. But if thirst is assuaged in a speakeasy, the treasury does not benefit because liquor being official non existent is not taxed. Birthday, wedding and Christmas presents, too, will contribute their 'mite towards the gigantic life raft that wi 1 keep Uncle safely afloat, despite the waves of depression, as will radios, phonographs, automobiles. sporting goods and cameras. Even the young man's fancy that lightly turns to thoughts of love comes under the levy; for the candy, which tradition demands he I must supply the object of his at- ( lections, is expected to yield $5,- ; 000,000 to the giant maw of the •treasury monster controlled by Secretary Ogden Mills. Nor can the i gay Lothario spend hours and hours draped over a telephone whispering sweet nothings to his darling without paying tribute to : I'nele Sam, for the telephone, too, has come under the luxury ingThere is one ray of sunshine in the maelstrom of taxes, for we see that firearms, shells and cartridges ere soaked 10 per cent. Now, maybe the free-shooting gangsters will ■ take a bit more care with their (marksmanship and there will be ' less innocent bystanders holding i down morgue slabs. The tax on tires and tubes, too. may curb the I habit of taking rival badrnen for the well-known ride, so it is problable that the gang victim of the future will go for a walk. But that's not all. The good old ( beast of burden, John Q. Pub ic, ■will have to carry an addition to his load in the tax on household per- . quisites such as mechanical refrig- ■ orators and coal. These two are (expected to yield the treasury sll,>OOO,OOO yearly. Another item that comes into (effect on July 6 is the increased postal rates, the annual total from i which will be the tidy sum of $160,I 000,000. The rate for first-class doi mestic mail will be raised to three ' cents. But the impost that will hurt more than any other, as it smacks •the old pocketbook directly and in plain sight, is the new income tax schedule which goes into effect year. It is estimated that another ($225,000,000 will swell the coffers lef” the U. S. Treasury when the nation's income comes under the hammer. And the worst angle of the whole business is that one cannot go to a show, movies or night club and gayly forget the whole business. • for a visit to any of those places lis aTo regarded as a luxury and therefore subject to taxation. Even (dying is a luxury, the copper that (gees into the fittings of one's cas- • ket being taxed at 4 cents a pound. ISo there's nothing to do only con'sole oursel' gs that things might be worse. For instance, they might have taxed worry—then we'd all ibe broke. ■

TWO-THIRDS OF ALL DELEGATES ARE NECESSARY ,CONTIMUBP FBUM TAOB ONE veil delegatPH wore badly confuted and the leadera aeemed illtempered and almont panicky. Roosevelt and "Stop Roosevelt" | leaders U>th insisted they would Ki> ahead with the contest between Jouett Shouse, antl-Roosevelt, un I Senator Thou. Walsh of Montana, pro-Roosevelt, ofer the permanent chairmanship of the convention. Copyright, 1932, by UP. Convention Headquarters, Chi cago, June 28.— (U.R) —Rival Democratic forces lined up to defy Governor Roosevelt of New York today. His chances at the presidential nomination were at stake. Compromise possibilities—chiefly Governor Ritchie of Maryland and Newton D. Raker of Ohio were movinK into the picture. But Roosevelt was still far ahead. 'He needed 100 more delegates to win under the two-thirds rule as the Democratic national convention faced its second session beginning at noon today. Whether he can get them is uncertain. His friends are trying a shortcut. They propose that the convention. if deadlocked after six ballots, vote to decide whether it shall make a nomination by a simple majority. That decision, to be made today, may determine whether this convention is to be short or long. Excitement was lashed to a high pitch by the prospect of a day of heavy fighting. What normally are routine parliamentary preliminaries became surcharged with the feverish intensity of the bitter fight of Alfred E. Smith and several favorite son candidates to stop Roosevelt despite his present strength of a majority of the delegates. A United Press poll showed a sharp trend for a platform flatly recommending repeal instead of submission. The poll showed two over a majority for going all of the way op repeal. Smith won a partial victory in the New York delegation caucus which voted 67 to 26% against the Roosevelt choice for a permanent chairmanship of the convention. However, despite this adverse showing, there were persistent reports Tammany was preparing to climb aboard the Roosevelt bandwagon within the next 24 hours. These reports alleged that John F. Curry, leader of Tammany Hall, had come to the conclusion that while he was not enthusiastic about Roosevelt, there was no other course open except to support him. It was represented that while he personally favored Ritchie or Newton D. Baker, he had felt that he could not support an outside candidate when New York had two in the field. His hostility to Smith is deep and he was elevated to the leadership of Tammany over Smith’s opposition. If these prospects should materialize, Roosevelt would gain fresh momentum which might quickly sweep him across the magic twothirds line. The candidacy of Melvin A. Traylor of Illinois emerged into the open today with the announcement that he is to be placed in nomination by Michael Igoe, retiring Democratic national committeeman for Illinois and regarded as friendly to Roosevelt. Reports were current that discussions were afoot to swing Illinois in behind Roosevelt alter a few ballots when the prospect that Traylor might be made the vice-presidential candidate. Traylor, however, denied emphatically that he is interested in the vice-presidency. Issues confronting the convention today were these: 1. whether Senator Thomas J. Walsh, the Roosevelt candidate, or Jouett Shouse, the Smith candidate, should be chosen permanent chairman of the convention. 2. whet h e r the convention should accept the pro-Roosevelt plan of the rules committee by which the convention could, by majority vote, suspend the two-thirds rule it there was no nomination after six ballots. 3 —whether the traditional order of business shou'd be reversed and the presidential and vice-presiden-tial nominees be selected before the platform is adopted. 4.—Whether the pro-Roosevelt delegation from Louisiana headed by Senator Huey Long shall be seated. This heavy schedule of trouble, threatened to turn the convention into a Donnybrook fair. Round by round fighting was in prospect from the first whack ot the gavel at noon. Smith planned to take the floor in the opening fight to make Jouett Shouse permanent chairman. Roosevelt has ordered his forces to go down the line for Walsh. The Shouse fight served as the vehicle for what amounted to an attack on the personal integrity of Govemoi Roosevelt who, it is alleged, consented to a deal whereby Shouse was to be given the permanent i chairmanship if Roosevelt was ali lowed to name his own man for convention keynoter. Now Smith 'and his allies are openly charging

IVas Nomination of Curtis Echo of Longworth-Gann Feud? ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ “Princess Alice" Said to Have Campaigned for Brother Teddy Behind Scenes, While Mrs. Gann Fought for Brother Charley in the Open. ? BP 6 U W/- ■ Mrs ' Ja Dolly vß|w k /J 1 ' Mrs Alt •>’ ~ Pf'C'.L.'.T’A’ , Charleys J I/omgwrth Curtis If ever the iu»ide hiitory of the recent G. O. P. convention come* to be written, it is very probable that a special chapter thereof will be devoted to the inb-rosa battle of wits that resulted in the nomination of Vice-President Charles Curtis. It is a matter of record that when Curtis’ re-nomination was announced the demonstration with which it was received was directed not at the successful candidate, but at his sister, Mrs. Doily Gann. By putting two and two together one can easily arrive at the reason for this. It is well known that to Mrs. Gann belongs the credit of stopping the stampede of Curtis supporters from his standard, but how many people know that the convention hall was made the scene of another round in the feud between Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Longworth and her social enemy, Mrs. Gann? “Princess Alice,” according to insistent rumors, went to the convention to stop Curtis and if humanly possible to put her brother, Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., Governor of the Philippines, in his place. If such was Mrs. Longworth's intention, sha kept it discreetly to herself and did all her work in the dark, for she never declared it in public. Not so Mrs. Gann, who hurled herself into the fray on behalf of her brother canvassing delegates wherever she could get hold of them and winning them back to Curtis' allegiance. Not until her brother’s, nomination was announced did the militant woman politician relax, dead tired but triumphant. Her victory moved a high official of the G O. P. to remark: "We could do without Curtis, but we could not do without Dolly Gann.”

Washington. — ‘M'lie hand that i rooks the cri-idle rules the world,”] some long-haired versifier once i wrote. And though the poet may t have rhapsodizing at the time when I he gave birth to t'he immortal j thought he wrote more truth than .poet: y. The other day in Chicago, when the re-nomination of Vice-President , Chai les Curtis as running mate to I President Hoover was hnnounced at t'he G. O. P. convention, the assembled delegates climlbed up in their seats and cheered wildly. But they were not cheering Charlie Curtis. No, sir. Cu tis i?|ot the nomination, ‘but his sister, Mrs. Dolly Gann, got the cheers. Why, asks the uninitiated, should Mrs. Gann Ibe cheered? Because, says t'he one who knows, the nomination of her ’brother was entirely a .personal triumph for the militant tidy whb knows more about politics and the psychology of politicians than a great many solons who hold down seats in the National Capitol. On the eve of the convention and up Id tlie last day, when the nominations we e made, there had (been | ominous rumblings of a bolt from the Curtis ranks. These rumors were given color by the (uesence at the convention of Mrs. Alice Roosevelt LDngwQrth, widow ot the former Spyiker, who it was said, was in Chicago to go to bat for her brother, Colonel 'Theodore Roosevelt, Governor of t'he Philiippines, and, if humanly possible, to snatch the nomination for the Vice-Presi-dency away from Curtis. If such was Mrs. Longworth's intention, she kqpt it discreetly to herself, for she neve- declared it in public, keeping to her mysterious, glanil.rous course as always, | charming to her friends, coldly a- ’ loot to those not so friendly. In , brief, still retaining the attitude. that eai ned or her the title "Prim , cess Alice.” As has been pointed out, the pres-1 ' ence of Mrs. Longwlorth at the convention lent color to the rumors of. an anti-Cuitis movement and it was !

j Roosevelt with "double crossing" Shouse. They have issued a flood ot statements here for the last week reiterating the charge. The roll-call on this fight was regarded as the first convention tost of Roosevelt strength. However.’ Roosevelt expected to lose some delegates on this test who are counted upon to vote tor him on the nominating ballot. The rules committee fight found delegates in a chaotic situation. Antißoosevelt forces were mobilized against any tampering with the century old two-thirds rule. Roosevelt called upon Ills manager here, James A. Farley, not to press [lor any change on the first ballot. <But he did express the hope that la rule would be adopted which ] would prevent a deadlock. Some ] ' Roosevelt friends took 4. cut from [this, they jammed through the rules committee a recommendation that the convention, if it failed to nominate on six ballots under the,

1 openly whiqpered that a show-down in the long-standing feud between I the Speaker’s widow and 'Mrs. ! Gann was imminent. This feud began with the election of Curtis four years ago and his selection of his | sister, Mrs. Gann, (is his official j hostess. There are certain set rules where I by the social amenities are observed in diplomatic circles and Mrs. Longworth and Mrs. Gann differed as to the inte ipretatS m of these rules, 'With the result that Washington society was split into two tam|ps and.’ not only our native statesmen but foreign diplomats were placed in many embarrassing positions when they had both ladies on their guest lists. 'However, when the crisis came in Chicago, Mrs. Gann met it like a veteran. When all seemed lost and the (popular cry was for Dawes, fortune smiled upon the womtin campaigner, for Dawes refused to consider the nomination. .Heartened by this stitokie ot ludk, she went to work wit'lv a iwill. From delegation to delegation she went, disdaining the more subtle kind of political f aneuvi/llng usually takes place behind closed doors in hotel suites. Mrs. Gann did not telephone the “light people" with a whispered pica lur sun>ort. linstead, she bi.i tonjlioled every deletpte she could find, big or little, whether she encountered him on Michigan Boulevaid or in a hotel lobby. Her formula was brief and to tbe point: ‘lflow’s your State? Everything all right?" 'Then with that persuasive, yet <• impelling, way that has made he: a power in politics she set forth in a few words good and convincing reasons ; why her brother should be re-nom-iilited. j 'lit was a hard battle, but she kept at it until the announcement of her j bi other’s nomination. Not till then ! did she relax with a tired sigh. No . wonder a man high up on G. 0. I’, ‘councils said: "We could do without Curtis, but we couldn’t do with- ! out Dolly Gann."

' two-thirds rule, consider whether 11 it should then switch to a simple [majority rule. Immediately anti-, ‘Roosevelt forces charged trickery ( and alleged that this was merely 11 an attempt to knock out the twoI thirds rule in another guise. Far- , I Icy issued a statement just before 1 midnight declaring that Governor 1 Roosevelt acted in good faith and that neither he nor the Governor I was consulted about the compro- . mlse plan. The situation was left ■ muddled. 1 The rules committee also sprang . a surprise during the night by vot- • lug by a majority of one—2s to 24 1 —to switch the historic order of . business and nominate the presidential and vice-presidential canI didates before the platform is ad Jopted. This would bring the nomi ilnation fight tomorrow instead of ■ ‘ Thursday. Roosevelt managers said they II had not sought this. Others said ; [it was an attempt by the Roosevelt,

force* to force tbe balloting a day < earlier before their delegate strength disintegrated, or before delegates ran short of funds and started time. Another report was ' that It was part of a plan for Governor Roosevelt to leave Albany as 1 soon as he had been nominated!' and make a dash to Chicago to ad ! 1 dress the Democratic national com mittee meeting the day after the 1 convention adjourns. The minority was Indignant and declared they would move every 1 power to beat the plan on the floor 1 They said that no candidate could i .in honor accept a nomination until | he knew on what platform he was j 1 expected to stand, that the result i [of such procedure would be to) intake consideration of the platform 'an anti-climax. Icon Show in Paris Paris —(UP) —A valuable collec- I tion of authentic icons wa-i shown j [here recently at the exposition "A I ' la vieille Ruasie" in the Faubourg Saint-Honore. Tliiity-five Russian ,prin>itives belonging to Jacques Zol otnitzky were inspected by art lovers and critics from many parts of Europe. ■ — o Cattle Quarantine Strict Harrisburg. Pa., —(UP) —Juno 1 maJked the beginning of a stricter quarantine in Pennsylvania ion cattle imported from sections infected with Hing disease. In this movement the Hate joined 26 other states.' Q— Unearth Indian Skeletons Deerfield, Mass, —(UP)—Three Indian skeletons have been un- | earthed In this town in recent ' months. The latest specimen was j that of an adult male. An Indian t ‘pipe made <;t white sandstone was j I found nearby.

Welcome !' Bi You Will [. Nlways Re/nemAer/ The mbute you step into the Severin you ' knox that you are welcome you feel 0 friendly, i neichboriy atmosphere. The eaper service. B " J—l M 4 M the unobstructed new from the spacious rooms ISfeSi the running ced water, the latest improved guM .> •« Sg|s| Shower bath or tub, as you prefer, the luxunous beds, the pood wholesome food n the ' dminfl room ond coffee shop . .no warder the Sevenn b the most popular hotel in Indianapolis If you drive youll like the way our attendant at the ' door takes your cor to cur fireproof parofV where REDUCED it s cored for according to your wishes, if you RATES come by train youll like the fact that we are SINGLE just 0 block from the depot . . . saving you tail fore. And last .the appreciation cf your - 5O . 000 patronage by the management. pHCTEL no «(»«». L SEVEIKIN L W. H. WELLS INDUNAPOLIf NOTICE The Old Adams County Bank is being liquidated and we ask the co-operation of all patrons. Persons owing the hank are asked to call at once and make payment. It is impossible to renew notes and amounts due the hank must be paid or re-financed. With the co-operation of everyone, the process of liquidation will he speedily done and the depositors paid. For the information of those who have papers or other valuables in safety deposit boxes, we wish to announce that the bank carries a blanket insurance policy on vault and boxes. Individuals may. however, carry seperate policies on their safety deposit boxes if they wish. Old Adams County Bank By LEO YAGER, Liquidating Agent.

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Baby Health Station To Be Held Friday | •The Adams County Biby Health Station will be held In Decatur at the Library Hall Friday, July 1. Registration houis are from 9 to 11:30 o'clock In the morning nnrl from 1 to 4 o'clock during the afternoon. The Baby Health Station Is <fbni ducted each month In (Adams County by representatives of the Child i Hygiene Division of the State Board of Heilth. All mothers with babies and children under two years . of age a e cordially invited to visit the station. A steady gain In weight through out the first year of the baby’a life is one of tlie best indications ot health. During the first six months [every biby should be weighed once I a week. i If the progress has been aitis- | factory during thia time, weighing every two weeks until he is a year old should he suffii'iont. The usual rate ot gain is from six to eight ounces a week the second four months; and thiee to four ouiyoa a week the last four months of the first year. The gain should be reported to the doctor regularly, especially if it is less than one should expect. The Adams County Baby Health stition is held each month 'in this city for the conveniens of mothers Os chidren. in order that the iprogiess and gala in weight of the children may be noted. O- — IN. Uncle Eben "Fohglve yuh enemies ns fur as ' yuh kin." said Cncle Ehen. “But , list ijeesn nienn dat you Is expected to lay yohse’f wide open to mo' ! trouble at dclr ban's.”—Washington Star