Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 30, Number 169, Decatur, Adams County, 18 July 1932 — Page 1

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Trade Day Shoppers Will Be Entertained Trade Day shoppers who come jto Decatur Wedne-day will be enI tertaEned morning, afternoca and I night with a big Free program. The steres will remain open Wednesday night. "THE FOX ”, in the mysteries of Houdini will perform at 10 o’clock in the morning and again at 3:30 o'clock in the afternoon. Aji etire change of prt gram will feature the morning and afternoon attractions. lAt 9:30 o’clock Wednesday the big diving act will be given by Captain Edwards, the 'Human Torch", who will dive from a high tower into a tank of water, spreid with gasoline and set on fire. Thrills? Why thrills a plenty! Arrangements are also being I made to have a band concert either |in the afternoon or evening and I annoucement of this feature will ' be made tomorrow. Will Linn, president of the Decatur Advertising i Committee 'announced. Merchants who are offering ex- , ceptional l»argains im the Trude | Day event, carry their advertisements i-n tonight's Daily Democrat They are: St hafer’s Hardware Co., A. Douglas Co., Nicholas Shoe Store; Mot's Hether; Holthouse-l ! Schulte Co; Winnes Shoe Store; Economy Store; J. J. Newberrys; Kroger’s Additional liargiFns will be puhI lished Tuesday and readers of the I Daily Democrat are urged to read i the advertisements and if they are | “economy minded’’ to take advantage of the exceptional offerings. The Trade Day and Free entertainment is sponsored by 41 Deca- . tur merchants and stores and a i cordial invitation is extended to ' everyone to attend. RURAL CARRIERS IN CONVENTION — Adams County Mail Carriers Attend State Meet At Lake Wawasee — 1 The thirtieth annual state convention of the Indiana Hural Let- . ;ter Carriers' Association and the I Ladies’ Auxiliary opened at Oak'wood Park, Lake Wawasee. Sunday. ’ A number of the rural letter car- . I riers from Adams county are attend ling the convention which will continue throughout Tuesday. The program opened Sunday afternoon with registration of delegates, followed by a band concert on the lake front by the Elkhart county high school band of eighty pieces. I A free boat trip around the lake was enjoyed by the visiting carriers and their families. The Trillity Trio from Decatur sang musical selections at the Sunday evening meeting, and the assembly singing was led by W. F. Beery, state chaplain and song leader, of this city. The address of welcome was given by F. H. Hersh of Avilla, member of the park board, and Robert i Maggart gave the response. The principal address of the evening. "Special Delivery,” was given by Hou. Arthur H. Sapp, member of the state highway commission. The business sessions were held CONTINUED ON PAGE FOt’K C, E. RALLY TO BE HELD FRIDAY Adams County Organizations to Hold Picnic at Lehman Park An Adams County Chistian Endeavor Rally which will ,be in the form of a picnic supper and out-of-door meeting will be held in Lehman Park, Berne, Friday night. ■ July 29, it was decided at an , executive meeting of the organization held in Berne, Sunday. At this meeting the new officers , for the year will be chosen, and a . report of the state convention of , the organization held in Bedford recently, will be given. Homer Augsburger, district president of the Christian Endeavor Union, will give a report of the i convention, and several other members who attended the week's meetijing will speak. i A picnic supper will be served at 6:30 o'clock, followed by a pro--1 gram. Carl Luginbill, county president, will have charge of the meeting.

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PRESIDENT TO SIGN RELIEF BILL TUESDAY Giant Relief Measure To Become Law With Hoover’s Signature CONGRESS ENDS HEATED SESSION Washington, ’July 18. — (U.R) — President Hoover is acting quickly to put in ecect the giant relief measures enacted in the closing hours of the congressional session. The President announced he would sign on Tuesday the $2,122,000.000 (BY unemployment aid measure. He hailed it as “a strong step toward recovery." He said the provision for Reconstruction Corporation loans of $1,300,000,000 (Bl for revenue-producing public construction should ultimately provide work “for hundreds of thousrnds of people without drain on the taxpayer.” Mr. Hoover also will sign the home loan bank measure setting up a system of discount banks to aid the hard-pressed home owner who finds it difticult to meet mortgage payments these days. This measure carries a rider authorizing a possible expansion of $995,000,000 in the nation's currency. The administration opposed this feature, but Mr. Hoover will sign the bill nevertheless. He has asked Comptroller of the Currency Pole for an opinion on the bill and is expected to use this as a basis for a statement minimizing the effects of the currency authorization. The President's statement on the unemployment relief program was (issued through the White House [while Mr. Hoover rested as hfs Rapidan camp. He motored there Sunday morning and expected to return late today or early Tuesday. Mr. Hoover summed up the benefits of the relief bill thus: "First — Through provision of $306,009,000 of temporary loans by the Reconstruction Corporation to such states as are absolutely unable to finance the relief of distress. we have a solid black log of assurance that there need be no hunger and cold in the United States. These loans are to be based upon absolute need and evidence of financial exhaustion. I do not CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR TRUCK OPERATOR PLACEB IN JAIL Sheriff .Johnson Rejects Bond of Freeman Fiske And Arrests Man Freeman Fiske, general manager of the Frigid Transport Oo„ a trucking concern which operates between Decatur and Cleveland with headquarters here, was placed in jail yesterday. Fiske was arrested July Bth on a charge of issuing fraudulent checks (His bond was fixed at SSOO and to provide same his wife, signed an affidavit that she owned real estate in Adams county valued at more than SI,OOO. Investigation proved this was not a fact and Sheriff Burl Johnson rejected the bond, and placed Fiske in jail. Up to this afternoon he had not furnished an approved bond. The docket entry reads: - “Come now the sheriff, Burl Johnson and rejects defendants bond because the surety thereon, Mrs. Freeman Fiske does not own real estate in >Adams county, notwithstanding the fact that slhe swore that she does." "Fiske offered to turn over the automobile but wis rejected because of a mortgage held by a finance company. o 250 People Enjoy Moose Picnic Sunday More than 250 picnickers attended the annual Moose picnic held at Sun Set park, Sunday. At noon a basket dinner was served and during the afternoon a. program was ipresented. Games were played in the afternoon and free ice cream and lemonade was served. The committee in charge included J. D. Grimm, chajrman, William 'Huffman and Brice R'oop for the Ice cream, and J. M. Breiner and A. L. Stultz for the entertainment.

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Mayor Cermak Improves /' ! 'C" ~ ' ■ -■ ._rinii.il 1 ■>r ■i f nßwiaii i , X-' ■ —w ' Mayor Anton J. Cermak of Chicago photographed at his Summer home at Antioch, 111., following his release from a Chicago hospital. Mayor Cermak’s physicians have warned him that he must forego official duties for months in order to regain his health.

STALEY STATION RUINED BY FIRE Midnight Blaze Does S6OO Damage to Staley Service Station Fire which broke out in the .Harry Staley Service Station on North Second street at 12 o'clock. Sunday night, caused'damage estimated at S6OO. Jack Friedt. Decatur, fire dhief suited today. The fire, which started in the rear of the building, is thought to have been caused by instantaneous • combustion, possibly In a pile of I i soiled rags used in the service sta-, | tion. The building was erected early • I this year on the east side of North Second street. The building was used to house tires and other accessories of the service station. ■The buck of the building was completely burned. Included in the | loss was a large number of automobile tires, a battery charger and other articles. damage was covered by insurance, Mr. Staley said. Floyd Death Free On $5,000 Bond Floyd Death, who was shot in the left leg Wednesday night, July 6 while he was allegedly attempting to break into a freight car at the Erie railroad tracks, was released from the Adams County Memorial Hospital, Saturday. His bond of $5,000 was approved by Sheriff Burl Johnson. Death had been a patient at the hospital since the night of his injury-

Resume Os Week's Activity In State Legislature Given By Clerk Os House

('By Dick Heller) i Indiana Legislators have passed i the 10-day mark and are entering a new week of emergency law-mak- i ing with the hoppers in the House , and Senate crammed with all sorts i of tax reform and tax relief,; measures. i Tantamount in the week's aotivi- 1 ties in the House was the passage to second reading of two liquor mea 1 sures. One bill would completely 1 repeal the Wright law and Ohie ' second would repeal the Wright law ' and make the Ind Nana laws on 11- ' quor control coincide at all times with national laws. The repeal measuras are almost ‘ certain to pass the House, but it is , highly doubtful if the measures will pass the Republican Senate. That the Republicans are disregarding their party pledge to repeal the Wright law is evident in each liquor vote. The Republican bloc in the house voted 23-1 for retefltion of the present laws. With the liquor repeal measures out of the way, chief interest is centering about emergency laws which will relieve the taxipayers. Many

Prominent Fort ne Doctor Succumbs Today Fort Wayne, Ind.. July IS—(UP) i Dr. Albert E. Bulson, 64. died at his I home here after a six weeks' 111- | ness. Dr. Bulson hid been a prosesI sor of ophthalmology at Indiana University since 1908 and had been head of the department for several years. IHe had been editor of tlie Indiana State Medical Journal since 1908. and was chairman of the section on ophthalmology of the American Medical Association. GERMANY HAS WEEK-END RIOT [Nation Considers Establishing Martial Law Follow ing Outbreak Berlin. July 18. — (U.R) —Germany was threatened with martial law today after oe of its bloodies political week-ends took a toll of at least a dozen lives and caused injury to at least 50. The first move toward possible martial law was taken today when public demonstrations were banned throughout the reich. The order was issued by Minister of Interior Baron Wilhelm von Gayl. Chancellor von Papen returned from a week-end conference with President von Hindenburg at Neudeck and called an immediate meeting of the cabinet. The chancellor was understood to have obtained wide powers for the government, with the possibility that more authority would be given army leaders. Communists, hiding on roof tops and in windows, fired on several CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE

salary cut bills have been introduced in each House, atid it is probable that all state, city, county, township and city officials will receive salary cuts. Employes of political units and school teachers also are likely to awaken in 30 or 40 days to find their wages drastically cut. Rep. Virgil Simmons of Bluffton and Delphi McKesson, Democrat floor leader in the House have been tihe outstanding House members during the first ten days of the special session, and unless their views become antagonistic to too many members it appears that these two men will have to be approached before any measure leaves the House. Tn the Senate among the Democrats Senator T. A. Gottschalk, Berne and Sen. Walter Chambers of Newcastle have the strength at present. Among the Republicans in the Senate Byron Huff of Martinsville, and Lee J. Hartzell of Fort Wayne are swinging a hammer which is felt in that chamber. A personal and corporation inCONTINUED ON PAGE*TWO**

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HOUSE FAVORS SUSPENSION OF ROAD BUILDING Bill Introduced Would Curtail Road Building For Eight Years LEGISLATURE CONVENES TODAY Indianapolis, July 18.— W-R) - - The house roads commitlee today recommended tor s>assage a hill suspending for eight years enforcement oi the county unit and threemile road tax laws. County unit work now under construction would continue hut no new bonds would he permitted. State Can't Borrow Indianapolis, July 18 — (U.R)-— A plan whereby Indiana may Itorrow eight million dollars for needy relief this winter was being drawn up here today despite a constitutional barrier preventing the state from going into debt. Details were to be worked out later today by Gov. Harry G. Leslie and Dr. John H. Hewitt in charge of the state’s unemployment relief work. Session Re-Convenes Indianapolis, July 18. (U.R) —A puzzling relief program confronted the general assembly today as legislators re-convene after the second week-end of the special cession. The senate, which has passed a half dozen bills, had before it for final reading three measures of comparatively minor relief importlance. The house, which has not ‘passed a bill, with the exception of I the routine appropriation measure. lin the first fourth of the special session, battled internally over conflicting courses of action. Charged with lacking leadership, the legislature promised speedier action this week from spurs applied by leaders of both political parties. Democrats, who hold the whip hand in the house, already have organized and charted a relief course. The 123 bills now before the house, however, are not sufficient to round out their program. They said more would be introduced. Both Republicans and Democrats in the senate set up a protest when they learned of house Democrats' plans. It appeared probable, however, that G. O. P. leaders would take a similar step this week. J. Glenn Harris and John Scott, both CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE — —o New Building Started For Extra Floor Space Columbus, Ind.. July 18—(UP) — Construction of a new building, to,provide 20,000 feet of additional floor space for the manufacture of Deisel Engines for motor trucks, was started at the Cummins engine works 'here today. The building will be competed within 60 days. ONE FATALITY FROM THE HEAT Week-end Toll Takes Seven Lives; Six Killed In Accidents Indianapolis, July 18. —(U.R) —One fatality from the heat, which continued to oppress Indiana, and six deaths from accidents, marked the week-end death toll in the state. Grover E. Saib, 39. Jasper, desk manufacturer, died in an Indianapolis hospital three days after he was stricken with a heart attack brought on by the excessive temperature. In Richmond. Lewis Studt, 63, died of shock suffered when the auto in which he was riding, sideswiped another. Studt's only injury was an arm fracture. Malcolm Cox, 33, of Louisville, Ky., and Grover C. Johnes, 38. Evansville. were killed in an auto collision in Evansville. James Meade. 3. of Sunman, was killed when the auto driven by his mother collided with a truck. Arthur Harvey was scalded to death when a threshing machine I boiler exploded near Cort land. | Floyd Puterbaugh. 23. died of inI juries suffered in an auto crash near Logansport.

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72nd. Congress Dealt Mostly With Relief Washington, July 18. —(U.R) —Major accomplishments of the 72nd congress in the long session that began last December and ended Saturday night: 1. Passed the $1,118,500,000 (B) tax bill imposing drastic "nuisance” taxes and higher income taxes in an effort to balance the national budget. 2. Passed the $2,122,000,000 (B) unemployment relief bill, designed to create work for the jobless and aiding states carrying the relief burden. 3. Ratified the Hoover moratorium on foreign war debts. 4. Established the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to bolster railroads and banks. 5. Broadened discount privileges of the Federal Reserve Banks, and of the intermediate credit bands. 6. Cut federal expenditures by approximately $750,000,000 by reducing departmental appropriations and passed the $150,000,00(1 omnibus economy bill. 7. Passed the Home Loan Bank bill setting up a system of federal aid banks to help small home owners. 8. Approved the Glass plan for currency "reflation” under which national banks could issue $995,000,000 currency back by Federal I bonds. 9. Passed the Norris "lame duck” amendment to the constitution, which when ratified by 36 states will change the dates on which congress convenes and the President is inaugurated. 10. Passed the Norris anti-in-junction bill limiting the powers of Federal judges and outlawing “vellow dog’’ agreements in industry. COMMISSIONERS LETCONTRACTS Four Bridge Projects Go To Charles Arnold; Yost Brothers Get One Contracts for building three bridges and painting the Lewton bridge in Root township were awarded today by the county commissioners to Charles Arnold who filed a combination bid of $835.00 for the four projects. The contract for the Schnepp bridge in Washington township was awarded to Yost Bros., of Decatur on their bsd of $1,496. Albert Roth filed a bid of $1,579. The bids on the painting of the Lewton bridge were: John Magley, $191.50; Alfred Daniels, $128; Adam Schafer and William Huffman. $142; Phil Sauer. $178.25. Charles Arnold was the only bidder on the Gerke bridge improvement, the bid being. $240. Bids on the Reihle culvert project were: Yost Bros., $165; Albert Roth, $130; bid withdrawn; Charles Arnold, $135. Fuhrman bridge: Yost Bros.. $595; Albert Roth, $498.50; Charles Arnold. $475. All of the bridge improvements are to be paid for out of the county highway maintainence fund and the county gasoline fund. o Auto Accident Near Preble Sunday Night Five persons escaiped serious injury when a car driven by Otto Helmrich of Decatur, Route 4 was sideswiped by a car driven by Walter E. Trulshube of Fort Wayne in front of the Indiana Pipe Line Company at Preble, Sunday night. Miss Alma McClure of this city was riding witlh Mr. Helmrich and .neither were injured. The occupants of the other car were Mr. and Mrs. 'Trulshube and Mrs. Sadie Deerwester of Huntington. Mrs. Deerwester suffered .a.n injury to her leg and all were slightly cut and bruised. Both cars were badly damaged. o Members of Elks Lodge To Feed Wednesday Night Members of the local Elks lodge will be treated to a turtle soup feed Wednesday evening at 8 o’clock at the Elks Home. The committee in charge announced today that there will be plenty of soup and the trimmings lor all who attend and urge as many as possible to participate in this free feed.

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ST. LAWRENCE RIVER PRUJECT TU BE STARTED United States To Pay Hall Billion of Cost; Senate Must Ratify OPENS GATEWAY TO THE OCEAN Washington, July 18.— <UR> —A treaty providing for action by the United States and Canada to engage in the outstanding engineering project of modern times—an SBOO,000,000 St. Lawrence waterway linking the heart of the American continent with seagoing European traffic was signed here today by representatives of the two countries. Secretary of State Stimson signed the treaty in behalf of the United States and Minister William D. Herridge for Canada. The treaty will be the subject of senate hearings at which Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt, Democratic presidential nominee, may testify regarding New York state’s part in the giant project. Roosevelt recently asked for a conference with President Hoover on the subject but Mr. Hoover rejected the proposal. Roosevplt is interested in the power phases of the pact, opposing any arrangement that would enable large public utility corporations to gain control of the power output. The senate and the Canadian parliament must approve the treaty before it becomes effective. The project calls for the construction of a setiway 27 feet deep to connect the Atlantic ocean through the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence river with the vast grain and oil producing sections of the American and Canadian midwest. Under the treaty the two governCONTINUED ON PAGE THREE — o Program For Band Concert Announced The Junior Band will present its weekly concert. Tuesday evening, July 19. at 7:45 o'clock at the Central school grounds. The public is invited to attend. The following program was announced today by Dave Rice, band leader: March, "Yankee Spirit.” Weber Selection. "Victor Herbert's Favorites,” Lake Popular number, sung by James Engeler. “Goodnight Sweetheart,” Campbell; "Just Friends,” Klenner Waltz, “Ciribiribin,” Pestalozza Fox trot, “Texarkana.” Holmes Finale, "'Star Spangled Banner,” Keys. LESTER STRAHM IN HOSPITAL Boy Bitten by Dog Enters Riley Hospital Sunday For Treatment Lester Strahm, 10, the lad who was terribly bitten by a police dog at the Stauffer farm in Wells county. Saturday, entered Riley Memorial hospital at Indianapolis, Sunday morning and is being treated there. It is believed the expert services received there will soon restore him and save needless scars. The boy was bitten on the nose and face. Application to send Hie boy to the Riley hospital was made at Bluffton because the residence oC his parents is now in Wells county, but the petition was refused because they had resided there less than a year. The father, Lewis Strahm and several neighbors came to Decatur late Saturday night and asked that the injured boy be sent from this county. Judge Dore B. Erwin who is ill, appointed H. B. Heller as special judge in the matter. Ho granted the petition and the papers were issued by County Clerk Milton Werling at his home at Preble at 11 30 Saturday night. Mr. Werling called the hospital and the boy was admitted Sunday morning, being accompanied to Indianapolis by his father and Mr. Haggard.