Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 30, Number 183, Decatur, Adams County, 3 August 1932 — Page 1

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$E DEFEATS IINTY AGENT Optional bill I Will Remain UnLed. Making It Manin to Name Officer Le PONDERS I ON HOME RULE Lnapolis. Aug. 3 <UJ>I Le the house . [to final consideration Los the most important |„f the special session Ifternooii the senate had I routine work ahead. Item measures were up L senatorial final a| - |1 only two of which [house hills. Lvhile the house was to [r the Hoffman Home Rule’ Ech would give the local [body the power to reduce Lwtorv salaries. The other Lt measure before the | Lus the graduated income I |i The latter bill is expect-1 [increase the state’s annual L by two million dollars, [house this morning voted to L senate bill which makes Loiutment and retention of [agents optional instead of Edering it an emergency |e at the Insistence of Dem- ( | Floor Leader Delph Mc-| [of Plymouth the house I [on to the senate the Van ] |r bill to safeguard public [s in banks by creating a L fund out of the deposit’s ■ Lnapolis, Aug 3 — (U.R/ A I bimlttee of the ways and | I committee of the housg. [was preparing a revised [store tax bill which would L the maximum tax to $250 L This would apply to | of 20 or more stores, [pendent merchants appear- I ■ore the committee last eveInd requested the increased Brding to the plan of the ■'.tee, the assessor would I the tax. which would go ■e state school tuition fund. | [The Income Tax Bill ■wpolis. August 3.—(UP) — frawf rd income tax bill profa tax ranging from 1 to 4 pt on personal incomes and bt 3 per cent on net incomes Borations, was scheduled to* ■ip tor final consideration in i [use today. [bill would impose a tax of [cent on the first SI,OOO of lai income, 2 per cent on the ' I SI,OOO, 3 per cent on the Io tenth SI,OOO, and all over [ 4 per cent. i Tax Limit Bill ■napolis. Aug 3 — (UP) — for Harry G. Leslie today |o have the opportunity to Lut his threat to veto the [at limitation bill. I governor in a special mess[the legislature, warned both I that he would not sign the h *bich would limit the state | lf to 15 cents, and local tax ! r* fTINTEb ON PAGE FIVE ' fEAL MEASURE CARRIED OVER [te Action on Wright l [ Repeal Not to Come P Lntil Next Week knapolis, Aug. 3—<U.R>—The pv calling tor repeal of the | Ft "bone dry" law and proH«r sale of medicinal whisr advanced h step in the. r hit did llo t appear f” to day that any further Mould be taken until late L . 1 16 en d of the specf ßl °n Is a week from Moni Wlt whlct > originated in the as reported to me senate Is 7L COain ' itteP on Public ... " le majority favoring lor n*' 1 " A minor, ty report lor Passage. ated discussion of the meaby„,B<>nator James J. Ro®? ' hltlng ’ anrt Senator ets r n fiep " kaPorte, avowt h ' ollowed the committee 1 n , der . ma j o|,| ty | J ‘ NlWUfi LroNPAGa’ai7**

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Borah Won’t Support Either Party gF* K Tal ’ 'A-- \ \ v i \ JH v fy "w i wm** r** * William Edgar Borah, senior United States senator from Idaho, photographed in Chicago upon his arrival there from 'Washington. He told interviewers that he will not support the Republican or Democratic ticket, and that he has no knowledge of a third party. The senator was bound for Minneapolis. CITY TO AWARD GARBAGE JOB Contract for Garbage Collector to Be Made Aug. 16; Council Meets The city garbage contract will be awarded by the city council on Hugust 16, wthen proposals for garbage collectors will be received. The contract will be awarded for a year, beginning September 1, Will Ohler has the present contract and Ge rge Blown operates the line. The water works committee was | empowered to release Joe Cloud from his contract to sprinkle the streets. Since tine first of July Second street has not been sprinkled, due to the order made by the board lof county commissioners and Mr. Cloud wishes to be relieved of the contract. The matter of piying an additional $l5O to the Decatur Junior band was referred to the finance committee. The band was paid $350 for the series of concerts given and as there is a balance of $l5O in that appropriate n. a bill was filed for the remainder. Tie taking out of liability insurance of city firemen wa- referred |to the finance committee with power to act. The city treasurer was autlioriz- ' ed to pay the three per cent, federal tax on light bills for the period of June 22 tp July 22, the first month under which the tax is due. The council has agreed to assume this tax and not pass it on to the customer. A motion was made an seconded labeling the proposed milk ordln- ( ance which was submitted to the council a few weeks ago by Peter B. Lehman and other dairymen of r ' CONTINUED ON* PAGE FIVE -J o Evangelistic Services At Christian Church Evangelistic services began at the Christian Church in this city, Tuesday evening, and will continue until Sunday. Rev. and .Mrs. Roy L. Br >wr; of Indianapolis are conducting the meetings. Evangelist Drown his a national reputation as a preadher, having held meetings in 32 states during the past two years. He was state secretary of Florida for seven years. His messages are especially interesting to men and young people. The services will begin at 7:45 o’clock each evening and the public | is invited. I Mrs. Bro wn will have special messages for women during the week.

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ARMY CAMP AT JOHNSTOWN TO BE DISBANDED Mayor McCloskey Announces B. E. F. Will Leave Thursday GOV. I‘INCHOT TO FURNISH TRUCKS Johnstown, Pa., Aug. 3. — I (U.K)—Mayor Eddie McCloskey I announced today that the (bonus army would disband and I leave Johnstown tomorrow I morning. His announcement came after he had conferred with Doak Carter, in command of the B. E. I', here; R. B. Ellison, national contact officer and Edward Atwell, chief of staff. The officers of the B E. F. went into conference to talk the befuddled situation over. McCloskey said Gov. Gifford Pinchot won't! send trucks here tomorrow and the camp would be abandoned. “We are going to the camp this afternoon and tell the army just what’s what in a gentlemanly way,” McCloskey said. Miss Gladys Kern Will Speak Tonight Miss Gladys Kern, Missionary at Red Bird Mission, Kentucky, will spe ik to the members of t.ie Young P ople's Society of the First Evangelical church, tonight. The service will be the midweek prayer meeting Miss Kern is a former Decatur girl. ..Q .. Wells County Will Not Make increases The Wells county board of review in session at Bluffton yesterday refused to make the 11 per cent increase ordered by the state board of tax ci tnmissioners on real estate and improvements in that county. Wells county was one of 24 counties in the state where increases were ordered by the state board. The valuations in Adams county were approved by the state bo/rd. OLD ESTIMATES MAYBEUSED Pending Action of Legislature Former Budget Figures May Be Used Figures in the 1933 county budget. now being compiled, will probably be the same as those used in 1932 budget, the exact amounts to be determined by the county council at its September meeting, following action of the state legislature in regards to salaries, road levies and other items of a local nature. ' The budgets must be published this month and the law permits county councils to cut estimates. Figures cannot be increased. The levy for county road repairs will probably be included, pending official action of the legislature relative to county levies for this purpose. The estimates for salaries of county officials and general office expense are about the same and these figures will be published in the budget. Whatever the legislature does in respect to cutting these items the county council will comply with. The township road levies will be lower for the next year as only a few roads were built this year. In Washington township, of which Decatur is a part, no foa~d improvement has been made under the three-mile road law and balances in the funds will permit the reducing of the levies. The same condition holds good in most of the other townships. With a drop in the county s assessable valuation this year, all tax *"* *CONTINUBd"ON PAGE SIX —o Swimming Pool Is Closed For Cleaning The Municipal Swimming Pool is closed for cleaning and will not be opened until the latter part of the week, W. Guy Brown, supervisor, announced today.

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, August 3, 1932.

Says Hell Vote For Roosevelt-Then Eats At least one vote was made for Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Democratic presidential nominee, in Decatur, today. Mrs. Henry Taylor of New Orleans. who is visiting at the Martin Miller residence here, answered a , knock at the Miller door today, to 1 find a tramp, asking for food. Mrs. Taylor, in her true southern fashion asked. "Who you all going to vote for this fall?” After an em- . barrassing uncertainty on the part I of the tramp, Mrs. Taylor continued, "Well, jou all better be findin’ out, for if you're goin' to vote for Hoover, you don’t get anything to eat here.” So saying, the tramp expressed his intentions to vote for Roosevelt. The southern woman then placed before him a meal fit for a king. CONCERT TO BE GIVEN TONIGHT Merchants Will Entertain Public Tonight; Stores To Remain Open The first of a series of weekly band concerts, sponsored by Decatur merchants will be given tonight and a number of stores will remain open after six o’clock for i the benefit of shoppers. The concert will be given by the Fort Wayne News-Sentinel Boy’s band under the direction of John L. Verweire. The band is composed of 55 mlmtiers and an hour's entertainment will be given. Decatur merchants plan to give a free concert every week during August and September and many o.; the merchants will keep their | stores open. Windows will display new merchandise and those who enjoy shopping or wish to make selections of merchandise for later purchase are welcomed to do so. The band will play the following pieces: March. "Civic Spirit” Verweire Overture, "Foet and Peasant” Suppe March. "U. S. Naval Band" Woods Selection, "Rio Rita" Tierny Cornet trio, "Flirtations” Clarke Played as a double trio by Geo. Thain, Richard Saffen, Robert Hickey, Charles Reichenderfer, Richard Osborn, Claude Reece. March. "Fantastlque" Fucik Concert Waltz DeFreyne | March, "News Sentinel” Verweire March, "Billboard Bazaar” Chenette Finale, "The Star Spangled Banner” Smith The stand is located at the north east corner of the court house square. The public is invited to attend. o Sommers Funeral Will Be Thursday Berne, August 3 — (Special) — Funeral services for Abraham Sommers, who died at his home near Berne Tuesday from burns received when he drank an ounce of chloroform will be held Thursday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock at the home and at two o'clock at ttie Berne Reformed church. Burial will be made in the cemetery, west of I Berne. GIRL'S BODY FOUND IN HUT Body of Evelyn Sanford, Missing Since Saturday, Buried In Hut Manistee, Mich., Aug. 3. —(U.K)— The body of Evelyn Sanford, 17-year-old farm girl, who vanished while walking on a lonely swamp road near Freesoil last Saturday, was found today by state police. Corporal Colburn Munger, who discovered the body, said he found it buried in a hut behind the farm home of Francis Nash, held as a suspect in the girl’s disappearance. The body was partially clothed. Munger said. Munger was searching the Nash farm, located near the swamp where the girl disappeared, when he entered the hut with Harold Pfiet'er, newspaperman. The two men searched the crude building s one room and then went to the basement, where they found the body, buried in a shallow grave.

YEGGS DYNAMITE SAFE AND WRECK LOCAL OFFICE I—l ■ —■»,!» ■ — Marauders Blew EverettHite Safe to Pieces; Contained 30 Cents EXPLOSION FOILS ATTEMPT TO ROB — Marauders entered the Ev-| erett and Hite Coinp an y offices, located in the Decatur Foundry Furnace anti Machine Company - huilding on Elm street, Tuesday night, dynamited the safe contain ' ing business records and damaged much of the furniture and fixtures. The charge of dynamite was set off at 12:56 o’clock it is presumed, as the office clock was stopped at that time and the pendulum broken by missiles from the explosion. The would-be thieves gained) entrance to the office by prying a lock on a rear door of the building. A center door into the office containing the safe was opened by breaking the glass and unlocking the door from the inside. The safe contained thirty cents and business ledgers, check books, and busness papers of the company. The money was not taken. John Everett, senior member of, the firm, stated the safe had not, been locked last night. Nitroglycerin was poured about J the safe door and soaped. A time' fuse was set and ignited. The safe blew to pieces, throwing mis-i piles about the room, breaking plaster on the walls, damaging ; windows, furniture and fixtures A large table in the room wsw| broken and moved several feet from its former position. Ledgers and other records in the safe were considerably torn by the explosion. The business is owned 1 by Mr. Everett and Charles Burdsi of this city. The explosion, heard by many! people in the vicinity of the' building, probably scared the: yeggs and foiled them in their: attempt to rob the place. KANSAS FACES SPIRITED FIGHT Favorites Nominated For Governor Assure Hot Contest In Fall Kansas City, Kans., Aug. 3. — (U.R)- A hot gulnernatorial contest in the November election was forecast today as early results of Tuesday’s primary balloting assured nomination of favorites. The contestants will be Governor Harry Woodring, Democrat, Alf M. Landon, oil man. Republican. and John R. Brinkley, goat gland specialist of Milford, running as an independent. Governor Woodring was renominated by an overwhelming majority over his two opponents. Returns from 1040 out of 2676 pre- j cincts gave: Woodring 39,077, Donald Muir, 15,908, Walter Eggers 5,429. Landon clinched the Republican i gubernatorial nomination early in the count and today reports from 1.094 precincts showed: Landon 58.872, Lacey Simpson 40,254, Joseph B. Brady 9,536. Brinkley’s name did not appear on the primary ballot, Kansas statutes permitting him to go into the general election as an independent candidate without that CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX o Winchester Disposal Plant to Be Dedicated C. B. Bales, state accountant who is here with Mr. Martin, checking county records, received an Invitation today to attend the dedication of a new city disposal plant, just completed at Winchester. The event will occur Tuesday, August 9th, with addresses by Dr. William E. King. Col. Richard Lieber, James P. Goodrich and others. Mayor Oran Ross will start the plant in operation.! Though it was estimated the plant! would cost SIOO,OOO, it was built for $61,000 and is said to be one of I the finest in the country.

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Posse Hunts Missing I Girl W' t‘ IflH ? ' I Im I '**** , *** i **^’ / ' ] kh\ I « "v * I Hb Evelyn Sanford, 17-year-old high school girl of Freesoil, Mich., who has been missing since Saturday, and who is believed to have been kidnaped. A posse of several hundred, led by the girl’s father, has bjeen scouring every foot of the swampland near Freesoil since Sunday. RURAL SCHOOLS i TO OPEN SEPT. 5 No Building Will Be Abandoned And Length of Term Will Not Change The rural grade and high schools 'of Adams county will open for the i fall term on Monday, September 15, it was announced today by Clifton E. Striker, county superinten- . dent. The annual teacher’s institute : will be held in Decatur on Friday. September 2, in preparation for the fall opening of school. All teachers in Adams county are required to attend the institute. Mr. Striker stated this morning 11 that a complete program for the county institute will be announced within a few days. A list of the teachers who will be employed during the coming school year has not been completed, but it is understood there will ] be as many teachers employed this year as during the past year. Mr. Striker stated that no districts will be abandoned and that the same number of rural schools will operate this year as in former years. Term Remains Same Several reports have been circulated that a change will be made ill the regular eight months school term. Mr. Striker stated today that no decision has been made in regards to changing the length of the school year, as the state law requires rural schools to have at *(’<*NTINCI-II > ON PAGE SIX o CANNOT ABOLISH WAR. MUSSOLINI Premier Declares Development of Mankind Does Not Permit Peace (Copyright 1932 by United Press) Rome. Aug. 3—(U.PJ—War apparently cannot be abolished and fascism does not stand for pacifism. Premier Benito Mussolini declares in a frank and astounding article to be published tomorrow in the Poplo O’ltalia at Milan, and later in all Italian newspapers. When considering the future development of mankind. the premier writes “Fascism does not believe in the possibility or utility of perpetual peace." "Which implies renouncement of struggle. Only war brings human energies to their full force, placing the seal of nobility on people I who have the courage to face it.” | The article, signed by Mussolini and entitled “Political and Social Doctrine,”' disapproves of U*CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE

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COLT CLUB IS LARGEST EVER Farmers Enroll 57 Colts In Gold Medal Colt Club This Year Adams county farmers have enrolled 57 colts in the Gold Medal Colt club. L. E. Archbold, county agent announced today. This is an increase of 20 colts over a year ago and probably one of the largest enrollments in any one county in the state. Farmers who enrolled colts in the club are: Samuel Baumgartner. Henry Dehner, Wilbur Blakey, Amis Lehman. O. T. Johnson, L. F. Sprunger, Noah Neuenschwander, John Charles Schenck, Noah Augsburger, John Eicher, Eli Habegger. Everett Hawkins, Earl Haines, T. M. Parr. G. C. McCune. Burkhart, Lehman. John J. J Moser, D. D. | Habegger, Gale Cook. Paul Leichty, Jacob Yoder. Frank Habegger, Palmer Augsburger. Enoch Yoder, Leon Neuenschwander, Erwin Bauman, Sylvan Bauman, M. M. Liechty, Benjamin Miller, Osia Von Gunten. Rufus Hirschy. Elmer Dubach, Joel Neuenschwander, Edwin Neuhauser, C. E. McKean, J. F. Merriman, John Blakey, Albert Beer, Henry Aschleman, Otto Hoile, Amos Lehman. Os the 37 colts enrolled last year more than half of them were sold to buyers outside of the county, Mr. Archbold stated. Good prices were obtained for them and the reputation of Adams county's horses makes a splendid market for horse breeders here. The colts will be exhibited here in the Gold Medal Colt club show, August 18 to 20th. The colts have made the required 650 pound gain and are owned by the following: David D. Habegger, Menno Mertz, J. F. Merriman. Raymond Habegger, Gale Cook. Frank Habegger, Rufus Hirschy, Oscar Stiner, Walter Lehman, M. M. Liechty. L. F. Sprunger, Robert A. Myers. Glen Rupert. Calvin Liechty and Teeple Brothers. The colts are fed all the oats they want and later are given good mixed hay. plenty of water and exercise. Proper treatment of the feet goes a long ways towards giving the animals sound legs and good feet, Mr. Archbold stated. HOWELL LEADS IN MISSOURI Shift of Votes in Kansas City Takes Lead From Tom I’endegrast Si. Louis, Aug. 3—(UP)— Charles M. Howell forged into the lead for the Democratic nomination for United States Senator today, with approximately one-third of the state’s 4,205 precincts reported in yesterday's primary. Kansas City, stronghold of Thomas J. Pendergast, Democratic political machine, gave Howell a 70,000 in that city to more than Balance Bennett Ch.:m,p Clark's early lead from other iparts of the state. At 8 A. M., 1,385 precinctcs reported from over the state gave Howell, 90,702, Clark. 61,414, and Charles M. Hay 28,247. Francis Wilson, Pendergast's candidate for the Democratic nomination for Governor, took a nearly, lead and increased it as returns from 1,397 precincts were received. Wilson had a total of 138,721 at 8 A. M., while Russell Dearmont was trailing with 47,695. Two other candidates received only a scattered few. Most of Wilson’s advantage was gained in Kansas City. The republican contest for the gubernatorial inomiqtation was, close, with the advantage shifting between Charles U. Becker, present secretary of state, and Edward H. Winter, Lieutenant-Governor. Beckner lost an early lead, returns from 1,161 precincts gave Winter 26,474 and Becker 34.488. Henry W. Kiel, former St. Louis Mayor, appeared to have a decisive lead over the field for the Republican nomination for United States senator. Returns from 1,301 .precincts gave Kiel 53.365 while Ro>bert J. Kratky and Dewey Short, College professor virtually were tied for second, Kratky with 14,629 and Short with 14,966. Three others trailed.

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STATE TROOPS LEAVE TO TAKE CHARGE OF AREA Airplanes, Mechanic’s Detail And Ambulance Outfits Sent To Zone FIRING IS RESUMED AROUND DIXIE BEE Indianapolis, Aug. 3. — ( U-R> — Adjutant General Paul E. Tomburg announced this afternoon that martial law will be declared in the mine area of western Indiana as soon as troops who left here this afternoon arrive at the trouble zone. , Tombaugh announced two flights of six planes each and mechanic’s detail would be rush'ed to Terre Haute also, three ambulances companies and a medical unit. Firing Resumed Terre Haute, Ind., Aug. 3 —(U.R) —lntermittent firing was resumed in the region of the Dixie Bee mine this morning after the small group of union pickets who spent the night there, had been augmented to a thousand or more. It was impossible to determine whether any of the shots were effective. Meanwhile Sheriff Joe Dreher made a desparate three-way appeal I for state or federal troops, w hich 'at 11:30 a m. had borne no results. Dreher received a telegraph from > Major H. J. Drum. Fort Hays, Co- , lumbus, O„ refusing federal inter- : vention until such time as the i state shall have exhausted its own I resources in effort to restore order > and liberate from 60 to 75 beleagl hired non union miners. ! Efforts to reach four wounded (persons in the mine failed. P. J. ■ Ryan, undertaker, Coroner John O. ■ Garrigus and a deputy where turned back by 400 pickets, within a mile of the entrance. Their help 1 to the wounded was not needed. Deputy Sheriff Joe Dreher, Jr., and "Dutch” Henneman left the mine at 9:30 a m. qnd reported that conditions there as desparate, with plcketers apparently determined to wipe out the entire defending force. He said the defenders were well armed, with plenty of ammunition, but had no food. They had plenty of water. Sheriff Dreher said there was no I chance of his force restoring order. I All efforts to effect a truce have failed, he said, even upon the offer of the mining officials to cease operations at the Dixie Bee. Thomas O'Mara, representing Dreher, said he had phoned Governor Leslie, and that the governor had refused to state whether he would send troops. "He told me that he would accept responsibility for any bloodshed, and that if he sent troops he wouldn't tell us about it,” O’Mara said. Dreher sent a telegram today to George Jeffrey, U. S. marshal in Indianapolis, seeking his assistance, on the ground that the federal injunction against interference CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE —o THIEVES ROB MONROE OFFICE Monroe Lumber Company Burglarized And Merchandise Is Taken Monroe, Aug, 3.— (Special)—The Monroe Lumber Company was robbed between two and three o'clock this morning, the thieves escaping ' with $75 worth of paint and one ' truck tire. They gained entrance through a south window which was pryed ■ open with a wrecking bar. The theft was noticed by Otto Stuckey, general manager, this morning. ’ Sheriff Burl Johnson is being assisted by Verne Pinkerton of i Huntington, a representative of the > Farmer’s Guide, in following up the ■ many robberies that have occurred ‘ during the past few days. They have visited surrounding !'counties and have a number of ’jclues as to the identity of the •'thieves who have been working in ,! Adams county. They believe the i'same gang is responsible for many |ot the thefts.