Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 30, Number 192, Decatur, Adams County, 13 August 1932 — Page 1

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If yTAKES [fptions to fa SPEECH K Oyt Defects In ■dent' Economic, Kihiiioo formulas ■ fr program ■) BE I Al ACHED 1. '. V.. i : U.R) The' ■ tl , puhloity bureau cut, K a ,- with a triple attack on K,,. II ...■■■ ~ | lance ■ n Farlev of the DemoKati..»al eoiinnitlee called to the president s prouiisK. t , ■too n. I 11 to ask of a cantli- ■ j Os. sill.'io > that he tell ■he js going to make thia ■ad assault on economic ■ sn( | why if there are any ■/, o f such a battle p'an ■e not already been acted ■ of course there Is his pro- ■ idea of repealing the 18th ■ent without repealing it ■tut the states full authority ■„r while forever banish■al.Kiu by federal law." Far■nued. "A good many pete ■ sought a formula for this ■ very much success. If the ■t has found this formula it ■is own secret.” ■niftit by Senator Fletcher. ■ a charged that the ad■tion during the first year ■of of the depreuion did ■ but assure the “country ■daily that prosperity was the corner’." Fletcher citral reserve reports showing ink (failures in 1929. 1930. d the first five months of or Pittman. Dem.. Nevada, I Mr. Hoover’s pledges were i to no more respect" than e made in 1928 "which SO ly miscarried.” To Call Meeting ington. Aug. 13.--(U.R) —The ul attack" against the deI on all fronts which Presi»ver forecast in Itis acceppeech is about to begin. II for a general conference m-wide business and indusmmittees is being prepared White House. The date is nnounced shortly. impose is to unify the fertimi program. Federal ream! private initiative are o-ordinated. dent Hoover has made it mt the exigencies of the ntial campaign and the heat■nient over prohibition will ■■track his one big objective ■malate business. Bias declared his personal ■hat the 18th amendment ■be changed so that, with the ■ forbidden, states shall refcntrol of the liquor problem. ■ho expected him to go no I than to recommend sub- ■ of the question, are slow ■nent. ■ord-breaking flood of con■ory telegrams at the White I has cheered Mr. Hoover, ■visors sense in this aval|of approval what they be- ■ a turn in the tide, with a ■ympathetic hearing assured I President from now on. |y Ford sent a telegram of finent. registering the posiIpressed to this correspondan interview months ago f. Hoover should be re-elect-ITINUED ON PAGE TWO DHL HEADS WIND H E R E #n E. Striker to Be to Superintendents uesday Morning ,n E. Striker, count supern|. will be host to county itendentg from various sur'S counties at a meeting to in his office, Tuesday morn--930 o’clock. Various probrising in the county superin- * offices will be discussed " and successful ideas will hanged. Wntendents will be present ( ble - Allen, Dekalb, Steu‘F- Wells, Wabash, Marshall, »»o and Whitley counties.

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Robert Baxter Has Left Leg Broken Robert Baxter, 11-year-uld son of 1 Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Baxter of MerI cer avenue, had his left leg broken Friday evening, when a pony, i which he was riding, slipped and J fell. The accident happened near ‘ the Monroe street river bridge as I the boy was returning from the i carnival. A local physician, who set the | bones last night, stated the injury | consisted of a double fracture be-1 low the left knee. The pony was i not injured. STOCKSTAKE ANOTHER SLIDE Prices Slip One to Five Points; Sales Less Than A Week Ago Now York. Aug. 13 •'U.R) — The stock market today plunged down 1 to s'points in another hurst of selling, steadied as dealings became more orderly, and rallied on short covering to close irregular. Sales were about a million shares under last Saturday when volume exceeded 2.700,009 shares. Rumors were circulated in the street that bear operations of the last few days were coming under i closer scrutiny by the exchange,) but these could not be verified, I The reports may have been re- 1 sponsible for the late covering which also was stimulated by sturdy resistance of the list to pressure of offerings. Grains were steadier than yesterday. Wheat reacted fractionally and then came back from the lows. Corn made small gains. Cotton futures ruled steady. Silver turned dull with prices down 5 to $U points in the futures market. Bonds held well for a time. Inti. later reacted 1 to 3 points, low coupon U. S. Treasury' issues dropping sharply. Senior securities rallied from their lows before the close with the improvement in the stock market. In the early selling. American Telephone touched 108’4 off 3’g net; steel common 36% off 1%; Auburn 60 off 4; American Can 48’4 off 1%; Atchison 40’4 off 3'4 DuPont 31 off 3%; International Harvester 25’4 off 2 1 4; Caso 42’4 off 5*4; Union Pacific 58 off 5*4 and Allied Chemical 68 off 5. Near the close, Steel made up all its early loss and rose slightly above the previous close. Telephone also made a small gain and a long list of leaders followed. Wide advances from the early lows were recorded throughout the list. Not all of the recoveries held, however. o Governor Leslie Returns To Office Indi mapolis, Aug. 13 —(UP)— Governor Harry G. Leslie returned to. his office at the state bouse today after four days in Methodist Hispital. The governor went to the hospital Monday to recover from a conditio nresulting from injuries he suffered in 1903 when several members of the Purdue University foot trail tain were killed in a train wreck. The Governor’s condition w.us reported as “G od.” o Farmer Held For Stabbing Tenant Bluffton, Ind., Aug. 13 —(UP) — Willis Flick, 40. Jackson Township farmer, was held in jail here today as authorities Investigated the stabbing of Lester Fay Crisamore, 31. a tenant on Lick's farm. Officials reported that Crisamore was stabbed during a quarrel with Flick. He suffered a deep gash in I the left side and an arm injury. He was taken to a Hartford City hospital. Auction Students To Hear Sermon Sunday The students of the Reppert ■ School of Auctioneering will go in ■ a body to the Decatur Methodist ■ church to hear a baccalaureate ser-, ■ i mon to be preached by Rev. H. W. ■ I Thompson. II Rev. Thompson has chosen for: I ibis test "The Devil’s Auction.” The (services will be in connection with i;the regular morning services and; •I will begin at 10:30 o’clock. The. . church members as well as the pub-1 ■ 11c are invited to attend.

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CITY ORDINANCE TO MAKE TRAMPS KEEP ON MOVE — (Measure to Be Drafted Forbidding Loitering In The City ( ITY INFESTED WITH TRAMPS Mayor George Krick and Sheriff | Burl Johnson are preparing to' have an ordinance drafted forbid- , ding loitering in the city ami, I serving to keep transients on the move, it was announced by the officials today. City Attorney J. Fred Fruchte will be asked to draft an outline for such an ordinance and the city council will He asked to adopt it. The matter will be presented to the council probably next Tuesday! and following its adoption city and county officials will see that it is enforced. Tramps and transients have been flooding the city in recent months and -as several nearby cities already have such an ordinanoe, Decatur seems to get the, overflow. Many of the recent robberies and depredations comI mitted in and near the city are I charged to transients and officials ’ wish to take a step which will i serve to keep the undesirables I out of the city and on the move when they do come here. Ayershire Breeders To Hold Annual Picnic Henry Aeschliman of west of| Berne, president of the Indiana Ayrshire Breeders’ Association, announces that their annual picnic will be held at Lehman Park, on Tuesday. August 23. X fine, program is being arranged for the occasion and C. T. Conklin, of Brandon, Vermont, National Secretary of the Ayrshire Breeders’ Association and editor of the Ayrshire Digest will be the main speaker. Everybody is cordially invited to attend this picnic, regardless of the btreed of cattle they raise. The dinner will be at 11:30, central standard time. Those who plan to attend are asked to bring wellfilled baskets. Mr. Aeschliman. president of the Ayrshire association, has one of the finest Ayrshire herds of cattle DECATUR WOMAN DIES IN WEST Mrs. Ellen Adelsperger Dies At Home of Son In Seattle, Wash. Word was received here today of the death of Mrs. E'len Adelsperger. 86. former resident of this city, which occurred Friday at Seatt'e. Wash., at the home of her son. Charles Adelsperger. Messages received by Charlie Voglewede and Mrs. John Colchin did not state the cause of death, but it is thought that complications of age. aggravated by a dropsical condition and kidney trouble caused her death. Mrs. Adelsperger had been a resident of this city for more than 50 years, coming here from Pennsylvania when a young lady. She went to Seattle aliout five years ago, accompanying her son, who is a prominent real estate dealer and former newspaper man in the west. Funeral services will be held in Seattle Tuesday morning and a requiem high mass will be celebrated at the St. Mary’s Catholic church in this city at the same time. The body will be placed in a vault and at a later date brought back to Decatur for burial. The deceased is survived by one son. Two children proceeded her in death. Women Flyers Fail In Endurance Test » Valley Stream, L. 1., Aug. 13.— ! ((j p)—The ‘Flying Boudoir’ in which I Mrs. Louise Haden of Baltimore land Pittsburgh and Mrs. Frances ! Marsalis of Centreville, Miss., were (attempting a new women’s enduri ance flight record landed shortly ' before 10 a. m, after less than 18 j hours in the air. The record is 123 ! hours.

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, August 13, 1932.

Magnate Home |< 1 L\ s L I t MEW ,1 I Harold F. McCormick, harvester millionaire, as lie arrived in Chi-'i cago from California. Mr. Mc-I Cormick was attending the ; Olympic games when he learned I ]of the critical illness of his di- , vorced wife, Mrs. Edith Rockefeller McCormick. Mrs. McCormick was too ill to see him when he arrived in Chicago. HEAVY DEATH TOLL IN STATE Eight Violent Deaths in 24 Hours; Auto Accidents Claim Five By United Press ‘ Violence took a toll of eight f lives in Indiana during the pastj 24 hours. ’ Five persons were victims of j > automobile crashes. Two com-i II mitted suicide, one by shooting! and the other by drinking poison. 1 > One man was killed by a train. I t —— ! Shoals, Ind., Aug. 13—(U.R)—Two . persons were injured fatally and > two persons were expected to ; succumb to injuries suffered when the auto in which they were rid- > Ing collided with a Baltimore & t Ohio passenger train near here. > The dead were Dorothy Gaddis, 13. and her grandmother, Mrs. | Alice Vollers, 76. Mrs. W. O. Lee. driver of the: 11 auto, and Miss Mina Gaddis were! , not expected to recover. Scottsburg, Ind.. Aug. 13 —{U.R)—i Mrs. Hugh S. Ross, Indianapolis, was killed instantly and her hus- . band was injured, probably fatally. when the auto in which they were riding with their two children collided witli a truck near here. The children suffered slight • injuries. i Kokomo, Ind., Aug. 13 —(U.R) — t Myrna L. Walker. 3, was injured ■ fatally when the auto in which she was riding with her mother > collided with another at a street i intersection. i Columbia City. Ind.. Aug. 13— I (U.R)- A man believed to lie M. E. - Clements, 40, Lynchburg, Va„ was killed instantly when his autorno- ■ bile overturned in a ditch on a l road near here. Bloomington. Aug. 13 — (U.R) — - William Cox, 84, committed sui- ■ cide by drinking poison at his ■ home here. t Indianapolis. Aug. 13 — (U.R) — . Joseph Crouch, 40. shot himself . fatally at his home here. Rela- . tives said he was despondent over . unemployment. i Indianapolis, Aug. 13 — (U.R) — Thomas Henderson, 60, was killed I I instantly when struck by a Big . Four passenger train here. Local Fire Department Called To Martin Home ; The local fire department was called to the Ada Martin residence - 312 Winchester street, Friday evei nlng at eight o'clock where a bed > and bedroom furniture on the • second floor was burning. The( ■ fire department was successful ln( ■ keeping the flames from damaging | ’ the house. I The damage to the furniture] : amounted to >25, Jack Friedt, city | fire chief, stated today.

SESSION TO END MONDAY NIGHT Clocks Will Not Be Stopped In Order to Prolong Legislative Session Indianapolis. Aug. 13. — (U.R) — There will be no stopping of clocks at midnight Monday to extend the 4U-day special session of the legislature well into Tuesday to accomplish the outlined purpose of tax relief. Lieut. Gov. Edgar D. Bush announced today that at 12:30 a. m. Tuesday, central standard time, the j curtain would be rung down on deliberations of the senate. The house is expected to concur in the senate’s move. Indications pointed to a night session of the senate. Constitutional rules were suspended in order to speed several bills through the senate mill, hut it was doubted whether sufficient headway could be made to avoid extension of deliberations into the night. Under the constitution, the gov--1 ernor may refuse to receive bills 'after midnight tonight. That was ( another reason why the senate | was anxious to accomplish as much as possible today. Under suspension of the rules, the senate passed the house measure of Miles Furnas, Rep., Winchester, which, as amended, would extend time for advertising budgets of all units of government from September 1 to October 10, 1932, so local officials would not be inconvenienced by the changed tax i situation resulting from laws enacted at the special session. The I vote was 36 to 3. Wheat And Other Grain Markets Decline Today I Chicago, Aug. 13 —(U.R)— Short support and buying failed to halt the declining tendency of wheat I today and the major grain ended | the session on the board of trade ■ with prices in all months 1 cent I below the previous closing levels. | Sentiment was not as bullish as I recently and the undertone of the i market was weak. Corn and oats | sagged fractionally at the close I in sympathy with wheat. At the close wheat was 1 cent lower, corn was to %c lower, and oats was down % to %c. Provisions were weaker, lard being 22 to 27 points lower. Cash prices were: Wheat %c lower; corn and oats unchanged. Receipts were: Wheat 58; corn 218; and oats 193 cars. AFRIALIST IS KILLED IN FALL Woman Loses Hold While Sliding Down Ropes; Trapeze Falls Atlantic City. N. j.. Aug. 13.-(U.R) —One woman aerialist died early today and another was seriously injured when they were hurtled 200 feet to the ground as 3,000 persons watched their act. Irene Berger. 21. of Minneapolis, Minn., died of internal injuries. Mrs. Roxie La Rosa. 27, of Des Moines. la., was said to be near death, both legs broken, one lung punctured and her back injured. Orville La Rosa, her husband, also was sent hurtling toward the ground but seized some ropes which broke his fall. He was not critically injured. 'The three working under stage name of “The 'Three Falcons,” i had just finished their trapeze act at the ocean stadium on the steel pier and were preparing to descend to the ground. 247 feet below. When Miss Berger started to slide down a rope, she lost her hold. In falling, she struck the guide rope holding the trapeze equipment in place. The trapeze toppled to the ground, carrying the other two performers witli it. Boy Shootts Steeple From Rubber Band Tillman Gehrig was hit in the face with a copper wire steeple, which a boy sprung from a rubber band, held in the hand and drew I back like a sling shot. The steeple I was sharp on both ends and ' pierced the flesh. Boys about | town have Been shooting wires at ' people and Chief of Police Seph I Melchi was notified. He warned ’ boys to stop the practice.

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HITLER CARDIES DEMANDTOVDN HINDENBURG (Nazi Leader Insists On Chancellorship; Hindenburg May Resign VON PAPEN REMAINS CABINET HEAD Berlin, Aug 13 Rumors were current in Berlin j i todnv that President Pauli Von Hindenburg may resign as a result of the governmental tleadloek which has arisen through Adolf Hitler’s demand for the chancellorship. It was rumored widely that President Von Hindenburg was violently opposed to the appointment of Hitler as chancellor, and that he has threatened to resign if the crisis is not settled. In recent conversations with Von Papen and Von Schleicher, I the aged president is reported to have exclaimed with heat: “If the Nazis want to force me to such an extremity, 1 will not hesitate to fire on them. We have come to a sorry pass if we cannot guarantee the reliability of the army for use against the national socialists in the event of such action appears unavoidable.” Berlin, Aug. 13—(U.R)—With a ( large peace-time army at his call, | Adolph Hitler. .Nazi leader, today placed his demands for power per--1 sonally Before President Paul Von Hindenburg of Germany. He failed to achieve his,aim of becoming chancellor of thfe reich. As a result of today's confer- : ence witli the aged field marshal, : Hitler will remain outside the '■ ( cabinet. Franz Von Papen will I continue as chancellor. 1 Meanwhile, it is learned that the government is seriously considering proclamation es a so-call--1 ed "state of emergency," somewhat similar to martial law. in 1 event today’s conversations have ' proved fruitless in composing the troubled political situation. In effect, it would be designed ’ to forestall a possibly violent ' attempt by the Nazi to grasp > power. Hitler arrived at Von Hindenburg's, palace at 4:15 pin. After a day in which he is reliably re--1 ported to have rejected both the posts of vice-chancellor and the post of Prussian premier, offered him in an earlier conference with Chancellor Von Papen and War Minister Von Schleicher. He had demanded the chancellorship, and had gone on to 1 President Von Hindenburg to Their conversation together get it. lasted but 20 minutes. "Before my conscience and the country I cannot assume the responsibility for such a move,” Von i Hindenburg is reported to have said in answer to Hitler’s demand for full chancellorship power. Hitler thereupon left the palace. —o Rev. A. L. Bennett Dies At Indianapolis llndiinapolis, Aug. 13 —(UP) — The Rev. iA. L. Bennett. 70, member of the Indiana conference of the Methodist Episcopal church for more than 40 years, died at his home lierel ast night after an illness ( of several months. Since being ordained in September, 1890, Rev. Bennett served as j pastor in Indianapolis, Evansville, I Oakland City, Clay City, New Harmony, Spencer Mitchell and Greens # - 1 burg before being retired from Flat 1 Rock in 1930. Burial will be in Evansville Tues- ' day. Sen. Robinson Goes To Virgin Islands > St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, August 13—(UP) —Senator Arthur R. Robinson of Indiana arrived here | this morning from Puerto Rico in a marine corps airplane piloted byMajor Moore. He will make a study ’ of General conditions while here. ■" -—o ' 1 - Ruth Chatterton j Weds George Brent i t Harrison, N. Y., Aug. 13—(UP) — t Ruth Chatterton, actress, and 1 George Brent, actor, were married 1 here today by justice of the peace Winifred C. Allen.

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Three Suspects Are Charged With Murder Muncie, Ind., Aug. 13 —(U.R) — Grand jury indictments returned here against three men suspected of slaying Patrolman James McCracken during a robbery last April 24 charged them with first and second degree murder. Police Chief Fred Massey said he expected two of the men, Edward Luker, 38. and Donald Rohr. 27, both of whom are held here, to plead guilty. Massey said he would attempt to bring here for trial Russell James, who is being ( held in Springfield, 0., in connection with the slaying of a policeman there. RAT GRAHAM DROWNS SELF Auto Manufacturer Jumps In Creek While Visiting In Canada Chatham, Ont., Aug. 13 —(U.R) — Ray A. Graham. 45, Rosslyn, N.Y., treasurer of the Graham - Page Motors company, threw himself into McGregor Creek here today and was drowned. He came here yesterday with his brother, Robert E. Graham of: the same company and the Rev. Fr. Shine of St. Louis University. Shortly after arising today he rushed from the hotel, hurried to the creek which winds through the town and after running a fewsteps along its bank, plunged in. fully clothed. The body was recovered shortly afterward. Officials decided no inquest was necessary and recorded is as a suicide. Graham had suffered a nervous breakdown and his brother and Father Shine were takin him to Morristown. New Jersey, where ha was to enter the Loyola House of' Retreat for a rest. He was the youngest of three Graham Brothers, who acquired the Paige Motor Company in 1927. Graham, generally was credited with being the mechanical genius responsible for development of the Graham trucks which were manufactured at Evansville, Ind. This business brought them into contact with the Dodge brothers and the truck interests eventually were purchased by the Dodge Motor Car Co. Graham became secretary-treas-urer of the Graham-Paige Co. when CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX IOWA FARMERS IN MILK STRIKE Milk And Cream Poured On Ground as Farmers Enforce Strike Des Moines, Aug. 13 —(UP) —A farm strike in lowa reached its sixth day today with milk and cream soaking the ground where it was dumped and opinion sharply divided as to the success of the unusual movement. Force has been resorted to in Northwestern lowa to prevent delivery to market of milk and cream. Opponents of the strike movement, and these included many business men who felt the holidayplan was hopeless and only served to increase economic difficulties, contended the violence that has been displayed thus far in part of what is termed the Sioux City milk war. They differentiate between this and the general farm strike under which all produce is to be withheld from market tor a 30 day period. The strike leaders, on the other hand, assume a share of the “credit” for the milk war at Sioux City pointing out that the price of $2.17 per hundred pounds which the milk producers demand is the estimated “cost of production plus a reasonable profit,” which the holiday association fixed on milk as on other CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX 0 William Murray Is Appointed Secretary Washington Aug. 13—(UP)—Edward Murray of Rockville, ill., was today appointed secretary of the federal home loan bank board. The board also appointed A. R. Gardner of Olympia, Wash., administrative assistant.

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HOUSE VOTES DOWN SENATE REFERENDUM Plan Votetd Down, 61 to 31; Committee Named to Make New Draft GOVERNOR SIGNS 14 MEASURES TODAY Indianapolis, Aug. 13.—<UR) —All hope for any change in the Wright law faded today as a conference committee consisting of two “bone dry” (senators and two “dripping i wet” representatives were named to draft a measure suitable to both houses. The house refused to concur in the senate amendment which would have made a referendum of the house bill. The house measure called for repeal of the Wright law and would legalize medicinal whisky. The house voted down the referendum plan of the senate, 61 to 31. Minor measures occupied the time of both houses as they attempted to clear their dockets for the last day’s session, Monday. The house was to convene at 2 o’clock this afternoon for a short session. The senate was expected to remain in session until late tonight. The senate will not be in session after 12:30 a. m. Tuesday, Lieut. Governor Edgar Bush announced. Speaker Walter Myers said the house would remain until "all work of the special session is finished.” Governor Signs Bills Indianapolis. Aug. 13. — (U.R) — Governmental cost in Indiana was slashed more than $1,600,000 today when the Governor signed the budget bill dratted by the special session of the legislature. The budget bill was one of 14 measures signed by Governor Harry G. Leslie. The new bill revises budgets fixed by the 1931 legislature. The house when it passed the measure provided for more drastic cuts but the senate amended it by returning approximately $42,000 tu the budget. As now provided the budget will be $12,109,822. One of the other bills which the Governor signed would make retention of county school attendance officers optional. Another declared a moratorium on delinquent taxes of 1929, 1930, and the first installment of 1931. Three senate bills, abolishing Lolding companies for the erection of school buildings in towns, townships. and school cities, also were signed. Another of the bills, a house measure, does away with the mandatory county fair levies. One of the bills which became a law-, permits the abandonment of township schools on petition of a majority of the voters. Leslie Makes Statement Indianapolis, Aug. 3. —(U.R) —Gov. Harry G. Leslie informed the Indiana senate today in a terse message that all bills passed by the special session will receive “courteous attention." The Governor s message, read by' his secretary, Lewis O. Chasey, in both houses this afternoon, resulted. Leslie said, “from statements made in the senate that tlie Governor would not receive or consider any bills presente dto him on MonCONTINUED ON PAGE TWO o BUS DRIVERS TO HOLD MEET State Man To Address School Bus Drivers Monday Night at Monroe AU school bus drivers of Adams County will meet at the Monroe , high school building. Monday evening at 7:30 o'clock. The meeting is sponsored by the State Vehicle Bureau at Indianapolis. Clyde Underwood of the state department will conduct the meeting. He will give instructions and information concerning the rules ■ for school hack drivers for the comi ing school year. > A similar meeting was held last • year and proved to be so satisfac- • tory that the Adams county truss tees in their last meeting voted to hold another meeting this year.