Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 30, Number 170, Decatur, Adams County, 19 July 1932 — Page 1

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II 011 BELIEF unemployed HIE PLEAS Lure Works On Lm As Marchers Ur In the House OF SESSION MAY be near Ln»polis, julv 19 —<U.R)| | measures were prpL| m Indiana s legis- | today amid cries <>l [r marchers lor h,l a S'Jj.IKHI.IHMI fluid employed- .1 I nwjvhers recruited i all paWs of th? state lied around the State [while their renresen-i I presented their demands |the house. They were not h the Senate. [intimation that the end of Lon may he near was confin an announcement by frank Southworth. Rep., of, kh that he will enter a moborrow providing that no] L introduced after next k lures which would provide! [on of half the state gaso-| M auto license funds to nits, absorption of township [by county commissioners, Lion of the fee system and a of county prosecutor’s k were advanced to third I in the Senate. I House ways and means Km reported favorably a Hcb would limit t iture budII counties, cities and towns lof present expenditures, leisure is a companion bill I which would reduce expenI of state government units fen bills aimed at reduction ■ic expenditures were prelin the House. One would f every public official except fvenior. judges of supreme Welate, circuit and superior Ito pay back Into the generI parts of their salaries, peial business this afterpe House was to consider a fcich would abolish county Hnship assessors. Bttks Relief Program papo'is. July 19. — ((J.R) [of big sticks" and "whips" ftard in increasingly menacp 8 today as the legislature fed consideration of a mass f proposals. I»as awaited from Goverfh' 0. Leslie on the unveilby Lieutenant Govert' ' ' ' pTEP OX pace THj; RE pegfield Is Jbome Better Today Rngeles, July 19 —(XTP)— F* «f Flo Ziegfeld, New f’ i ’ <er »ho lies seriously ill p»«f Lebanon hospital here C '« be -better" today by F* B, C. E. Fishbaugh. Fbbaugh, did not disclose J patl( “ nt bad passed the lifimtion p 8 OR 15 J' n ' Hoover To Be pl of Nomination I Soon July 19.— (U>R) _ [of New Yort a<ler Bertrand hiu, u ork ’ announced at C ” 1 * today that PresLnatmn°f d be notlfie(l of Cpuljli ' ° r Election of B. ticket on August h^'thp wa ’ not yet cer - eereh an L Social I ToßeH eld Friday RSlne'o 1 W ‘" be fiivpn Lav ev „ “ 8 Nation at Magh todav n V Uly 221 “ Wiw Attend." Pllblic te *nKoiter

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Keep Dogs Aivay From Legion Park An appeal to the public to protect the squirrels In Legion Memorial Park was made today by Amos I Fisher, street commissioner and I members of the city council. | Visitors to the park are request led not to bring dogs with them and 1 persons seeing dogs in the park are asked to chase them away as they I molest and kill the squirrels. The park has a number of squirI rels and city officials would like to I have them protected for the amusement of visitors. Dogs are their I worst enemy. 1 j o PLANS COMPLETE FOR TRADE DAY Shoppers to Be Entertained With Eree Acts Wednesday; Stores Open Shoppers from the Decatur territory will be here Wednesday for the special Trade Day event, sponsored by Decatur merchants. Stores are offering hundreds of 1 bargains and a free entertainment ■will be given morning, afternoon and night for the benefit of visitors. The morning act will be held at I 111 o'clock, the afternoon act at 3:3.1 i o'clock and the night act at 9:30 o’clock. "The Fox" in the mysteries of Houdini will perform uncanny feats at the morning and afternoon program. The platform will be placed on Liberty Way, aiVording to plans made today. At *9130 o'clock Wednesday evening the big thriller will be given by Captain Edwards, the "hnman torch," who dives into a tank of water, spread with gasoline and set on fire. This act will either be given on Liberty Way or at the inter--1 section of Madison street with First street. It is one of the hairraising acts of tlie season. Merchants are offering many bargains for the trade way and the list of specials published in the ads in ■ the Daily Democrat assure the shopper of receiving extraordinary buys in seasonable merchandise. The stores will remain open Wednesday evening and every effort will be made to please shoppers and entertain them with an interesting program. W. .1. Moyer Is New Editor At South Bend South Bend, Ind.. July 19 (UP) —The appointment of William J. Moyer as editor of the South Bend News-Times was announced today by Fred Millis, Publisher. Moyer joined the News-Times as News Editor last November. In March he was appointed managing editor. Before becoming associated witli the News-Times he was connected with the Fort Wayne News-Sentinel The Toledo Bl ide and was city editor of the Canton Ohio Daily News. — Finding of Another Bullet Delays Return of Jurges Chicago. July 19 —(UP)— Bill Jurges, Chicago Cubs' short J-top, will not return to the lineup Friday , agaikist Pittsburgh as had been I expected. i A third bullet lodged between his nhith and tenth ribs was removed from his body last night by Dr. John F. Davis. Club physician. The ball player wan shot July 6 ■ by Violet Popovich Valli. and was well on the road to recovery when the third bullet was found after an X-ray photograph last night. The first examination revealed that he had been shot only twice, 1 in the right hand and right side. He probably won’t be ready to play ' agiin until the first of August. Prisoner Uses Saw To Escape From Jail Fort Wayne, Ind., July 19—(UP) —Humbert Hayes, 25, held on t charge of murdering his brother, Leslie, last month, sawed his way freon the Allen county jail last night. Hayes had been in solitary confinement in the psychopathic ward. First information of the escape reached the sheriff’s office througih ■ a telephone call, believed from relatives of the escaped man. The caller said Hayes had been seen near his home.

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RELIEF MEASURE SET IN MOTION i| ST PRESIDENT Hoover’s Signature to Bill Makes Possible Loaning of Money SEVERAL STATES HAVE APPLIED Washington, July Is —(UP) — 1 ' One stroke of the pen by President Ho. ver today will set in motion a 1 vast cell f program that means ■ food, sli-.es and better prospects of 1 a job for the unemployed man. Tlie President was ready to sign the $2,122,000,000 (B) measure by which congress in its closing days ,' committed the federal government ■ to the tin st far-reaching relief plan j in its history. Mr. Hoover remained overnight at his mountain camp . but was expected back at the White [ House early. Exact time of the '; signing was not announced. The reconstruction finance corporation, which will h-indle most of the relief, is rapidly expanding its facilities and arranging more of- ; fice space. The states are rushing applications for l„ans. Illinois and | Pennsylvania are at the top of the I list. States tbit have got down to the > bottom o-f the relief resources will be loaned a total of $300,000,000 for I direct relief of distress —f ir providi ing groceries, clothing, fuel and j shelter for the destitute unemployed and their families, it is expected that these funds will be made available first by the corporation. A maximum of sl.;>oo.uulUlUU. i.EI) , will be loaned for construction of self supporting public projects. Work will be created for thousands of men on bridges, tunpels, waterworks and similir improvements. Not only will this directly aid the unemployed, but the administration confidently believe it will be a boon to business generally, by creating a demand for trainloads of materials , and increasing the purchasing power of the people. Illinois officials are here to ar- , ninge for a direct relief loan of pro- . bably about about $34,000,000. The . delegation is headed by William , 11. Sexton, Corporation counsel of Chicago, which has had difficulty in caring for its unemployed. Pennsylvania lias forwarded her formal application for a loin. MichCONTINUED ON PAGE TWO GARNER BEGINS l HIS VACATION Vice-Presidential Candidate to Take Fishing Trip; Politics Tahoo Uvalde. Texas. July 19. — (U.R) — John Garner, worn and tired by eight months congressional labor. - rested at his home today in preparI ation for his campaign as the Democratic vice-presidential nominee. I Garner planned to leave his spacious pecan ranch and well ordered grape arbors tomorrow for a four ■or five week's fishing trip. “I'm going to fish in several places and they'll all be live miles from nowhere." he said. The speaker of tlie House emphasized that he will make no political state- ; ments for some time. "Reporters can come and write about the spotted pony my granddaughter rides, about my pecans and my grapes, but they can't quote me on anything, because I won't be here for them to see. "Do you know my grapes made a 4,000 or 5,000 pound crop last year —and they made good wine, too.” After his fishing trip, the vicepresidential nominee plans to launch his campaign with his old time vigor and fight. — o British Producers Reach Agreement Today London. July 19 (UP) The Evening Standard said today that British iron and steel (producers had leached an agreement with Canadian producers at Ottawa for mutual protection of their interests, enabling Canada to give the United Kingdom the trteel purchases now being made in the United btatos.

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, July 19, 1932.

Jurist Dies Suddenly Judge Dore B. Erwin The suddqn death of Judge Erwin at 3:10 o'clock this afternoon, of ,acute dilation of the heart was a shock to the community. Judge Erwin took ill last Wednesday while visiting in Fort Wayne. He -wssitmed office as Judge of the Adams Circuit court. January h—HkH. He was til years old.

EXPANSION OF MONEY URGED Senator Borah Advocates Expansion of Currency To Avert Chaos (Copyright. 1932, by UP.) Washington. July 19. —(U.R) —Senator William E. Borah, Repn., Idacounselled tlie country today to turn to currency expansion to avoid “chaos and disaster.” The $1.()()0,000,000 (Bi expansion authorized under tlie Home Ixian Bank bill “is a start toward the honest dollar" but should be only the beginning. Borah told the United Press in an exclusive interview. He declared there could be “much further” expansion without endangering the nation’s monetary system. As William Jennings Bryan in 1896 campaigned for tree coinage of silver to increase the amount of money in circulation, so Borah, leader of the western progressives, now argues for the same goal through currency expansion. He said: "There is nothing ahead of this country but chaos and disaster unless we boldly undertake to bring prices back to what they were when a substantial portion of our CONTINUE7D ON PAGE SIX SUNDAY SCHOOL TO HOLD PICNIC Annual Reunion of Evangelical Class To Be Held At Berne The annual picnic of the Evangelical Sunday School will be held in Lehman Park, Berne, Thursday afternoon and evening. The members and guests of the Sunday School will meet at the church at 2 o’clock Thursday afternoon and ways will be provided to take them to the ipurk. During the afternoon the men and boys will play baseball while the children will be divided into two groups for games. Entertainment will also be furnished for the adults. At 6:30 o’clock the picnic supper will be served. All members of the church and their families and guests are invited to attend the annual affair.

Affidavit To Remove Mayor Dale Withdrawn I Muncie, Ind.. July 19 —CUP) — II An affidavit filed with the City council two weeks ago seeking removal from office of Mayor George ; R. Dale as the result of his con viction in Federal court on a liquor conspiracy charge, was withdrawn bby John A. Cox, former constable. Cox said lie did not wish to create tlhe impression that he "wis con- ' niving with tlie council." He charg- • ed that "The council did not intend ’ to give impartial consideration to 1 the petition, but intends to delay any affirmative action to appoint ij a successor to the mayor." i — —o BLOODY CLASHES TAKE 100 LIVES Political Warfare Still Continues In Berlin; Many Wounded [| Berlin, July 19.— (U.R) —Bloody >[clashes between communists and iFascists today sent tlie death list i for political warfare soaring to lt)0 or more in the month since the ban [on uniformed political organizaJtions was lifted. . | The latest clashes resulted de- . spite drastic government decrees banning outdoor assemblies and [government threats of the death [penalty for all persons carrying unlicensed firearms or possessing ex- | plosives illegally. The government decrees were less than 12 hours old when members of the Republican “iron front hatchets" attacked a Nazi parade at Breslau. Killing one Nazi and wounding four others. The attack was similar to the fighting Sunday at Altona, where 17 persons were killed and scores were wounded. The Altona attack roused the government to efforts to quell the prolonged political disturbances. Reports ot fighting, however, reached Berlin throughout last night and today. Clashes occurred in the Rhineland, and near many important cities including Hanover, CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX Three Bandits Rob Fifth Avenue .Jeweler New York July 19—(UP) —Three bandits invading the strongly policed exclusive shoptplng district of lipper Fifth avenue today robbed the jewelry firm of Charles W. Schumann and Sons of gems valued at between S6,O(H) and $125,000.

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NO RELIEF IN NEXT4BHOURS IS PREDICTION Mercury Continues To Soar Today; Reaches 1(H) Mark at Noon RAINS EXPECTED BY THURSDAY The mercury continued to soar in Decatur this afternoon. Street thermometers registered from 95 to 100 degrees at two o'clock this afternoon. Indianapolis, July 19 <U.R) Slightly higher temperatures prevailed in Indiana today as the current heat wave neared its peak. .1. 11. Armington, I . S. meteorologist, reported. With a forecast of genertdlv fair and continued warm tonight and Wednesday, Armington said there was little hope of relief within 26 to 4S hours. At Indianapolis the mercury climbed 12 degrees to 89 degrees in the three hours between 6 and 9 o'clock and continued its upturn. The state’s high temperature for yesterday was 99 at Lafayette. In the north and east of Angola an.l Farmland cooler weather was experienced. both cities reporting temperatures of 89 degrees. One death from heat prostration occurred at Lafayette. Heat is General > Chicago. July 19 —<U.R) -Stifling ■ hf-$t gripped most of the nation CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO , STRIKERS FORCE MILL SHOTDOWN Textile Workers Refuse 25 Per Cent Wage Cut 1 And Force Shutdown Thomasville. N. C., July 19. (U.R) An apparently leaderless "wrecking crew" of several hundred strik--1 ing textile workers from High 1 Point, where 3.000 went out in protest against a 25 per cent wage cut 1 Monday, invaded Thomasville today and forced the shutdown of all mills. I The invasion was tlie noon day l climax of a hectic 24 hours in which similar tactics were employI cd in several other nearby textile . cities, where not only mills were ' .-hut down, but workers were forced out of laundries. Their purpose accomplished here, I the men moved to Lexington, where they intended, it was understood, to close down every industry. Cutting of power lines was one method used by the "wrecking crew" to close industries. Reports from High Point said that approximately 6,000 mill work--1 ers either on strike or forced out 1 by the strikers, had been augment- ’ ed there by about 2,000 unemployed. They roamed the streets as if on a holiday. Shouts rang through 'I High Point streets, but no major ' violence was reported. o— POWERS AGREETO I COT ARMAMENTS U. S., Great Britain And France Reach Agreement To Reduce Geneva, July 15 —(U.R) — "Substantial reduction in world armaments applied to land, naval and air armaments,” has been agreed ' upon by the United States, Great Britain and France. Their agreement was noted in the draft of the disarmament resolution which will be adopted, it expected, l>y the world disarma- ■ ment conference, after which the world powers will negotiate settle- , ment of certain armament differ- . ene.es. The resolution declared that the I conference was “guided by the underlying principles of the HoovI er declarations." It did not, how- * CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR

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SHORT ILLNESS FATAL TO EMINENT DECATUR JURIST Death Occurred At 3:10 o’Clock This Afternoon ot ( Dilatation of the Heart; Took HI Last Wednesday While In Fort Wayne; Was Prominent in Legal And Knights of Pythias Circles in State. Judge Dore B. Erwin, 61, judge of the Adams Circuit ■ court, died suddenly of acute dilatation of the heart at 3:10 o’clock this afternoon at his residence, 519 North Second street, following a short illness which confined him to his s j| )Ce last Wetlnesday.

LOCAL JAIL MAY : GET PRISONERS : l — — i - Sanitary And Safety Con- . ditions Approved hy Federal Inspector 1 Due to the fine sanitary and f safety conditions of the Adams County jail, federal prisoners are r likely to be sent here, an inspec- , tion of the place having been made I by a Federal physician and a favorable report made on the condition r of the institution. , Within the last several weeks I Sheriff Burl Johnson and prisoners .■at the jail have been working on a , program and today have practically completed their job. All the | work was done without expense to the county, the county paying only for the material required. The cells have been cleaned, win- ’ dows washed, new safety screens placed in the windows, cell kicks installed, walls painted and white- : washed and armor plate placed [ around the walls. The cisterns and supply tanks have also been cleaned and the plumbing repaired. Sheriff Johnson, who served with the Rainbow Division in the World War, operates the jail under a military system and each man is responsible for his quarters. Sheriff Johnson stated that Jim Van- , lette, was named "crum boss" and ' it was up to him to see that the floors and tables were clean. Dr. Morrenz, federal inspector was here a few days ago and intimated that the government might ' send six or eight federal prisoners here as guests of Sheriff Johnson. Federal prisoners have been "farm-ed-out" to other jails in tlie Fort CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE BILL AIMED AT BOOTLEGGERS Adding Teeth to Old Law Would Stop Bootlegging of Gasoline Indianapolis, July 15. —(U.R)—lnto a hopper heaped witli scores of more or less controversial revenue measures, a bill proposing to raise an estimated half million dollars a year by the simple expedient of putting teeth into an existing statute, was introduced in the house 1 today by Representative John F. Ryan, Dem., Terre Haute. A new "motor vehicle fuel tax law," taxing any motor fuel, how*- l ever blended with gasoline, kero- | sene, naphtha or benzol, backed by provisions designed to obliterate bootlegging activities, was placed before the house at the behest ot Floyd E. Williamson, state auditor, whose office is charged with enforcement of the existing act. Ryan points out that although motor vehicle fuel furnishes the state with its greatest revenue, provisions for enforcement are so impotent that bootlegging has flourished in defiance of all constituted authority, despite efforts to bring the criminals to justice. Support of both Republican and CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX o Chairman Borah Names Sub-Committee Today Washington July 19 —(UP) — Chairman Borah of the Senate foreign relations committee today appointed tihie subcommittee whiijli will investigate the St. Lawrence waterway treaty and announced hearings probably would not begin until mid August. Borah will be chuirman ot the committee.

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Judge Erwin was in Fort iWayne last Wednesday attending to legal affairs and I became ill shortly after reI turning li oin e . It wa s {thought he was sufferI ing from a heat attack. His I condition did not improve and vesterdav he became I worse. This morning it was fearI ed that pneumonia was developing 'and a trained nurse was summoned. Anxiety was felt over his condition. although it was not believed that his illness was critical. News of his death came as a great shock to the community. His legion of friends and admirers, although alarmed over his condition were hopeful of his recovery and little did anyone think that his death wjs imminent. Scores of telephone calls were received at the Daily Democrat, inquires being made if the report of the judge's death were true. The attending physician stated that pneumonia developed this morning and that acute dilatation of the heart caused Judge Erwin’s death. Judge Erwin, one of the most jeminent and well known jurists in [this part of the state, was elected to the bench November 4. 1930. He assumed office January 1, 1931, having four and one-half years ot his term to serve. Judge Erwin was also well-known in Knights of Pythias lodge circles, having served as Grand Chancellor of Indiana. He also served as Chancellor Commander of Kekionga. lodge, Decatur, and took an active part in local lodge circles. He is a past president of the Decatur Rotary club. Judge Erwin was born in Union township. Adams county, October 12. 1871, and taught school in the rural schools in this county before studying law and taking up the practice. Judge Erwin is survived by his wife and three children, Mrs. Treta Littlejohn of Fort Wayne, Miss Doris Erwin of San Diego, Calif.-, and Mrs. Elizabeth Rhoda of Fort Wayne. o i Indianapolis Man Killed In Colorado Indianapolis, July 19.—(U.R)—The body of Robert F. Smith, 41, Indianapolis. killed while mountain climbing at Estes Park. Colo., yesterday. will be returned to his home here tomorrow, according to word from the widow. Smith, general manager of the American Legion Monthly since 1924, came here from California, where he had been commander of the Frank S. Reynolds Legion post at Bakersfield Mr. and Mrs. Smith had been vacationing since July 2 and were to retur nto Indianapolis Thursday. UNEMPLOYED DEMAND RELIEF Noisy, But Orderly Army March In Indianapolis To Statehouse Indianapolis, July 19.— (U.R) —A noisy, but at the outset orderly band of several hundred unemployed men. mostly from northern Indiana, marched up the statehouse today demanding relief. Banners presenting a wide variety of protests and petitions, were waved as the marchers, joined locally by numerous women and children, filed through the streets, and stopped, perspiring freely, outside police lines at the capitol. City and state policemen, prepared for any eventualities, refused to let any of the demonstrators excepting their authorized commit CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR