Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 30, Number 197, Decatur, Adams County, 19 August 1932 — Page 1

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MOLLISON LANDS IN NEW BRUNSWICK

Edging Starts In Colt And 4-H Club Show; Many Entries\

Uy EXHIBITS w JURE FIRST MAL SHOW Bi, r In Calf C I u I) iH| ri<ia> : Man) \ isit Kia it men I' Today ■de to be ! ■jih.i i>-\n ■ (~,1,1 M'<lal ‘.oil elul. B I II « <ll club and , u t < \lnbit opened httl.ix .inti ititlgtng ■nml darled this :dCll || nitl call shows KL ;||| ,| in lhe (.omniunbam nil hast Mona,,d Hie girl's art calves will )»• bc-S o'clock. . there were 54 K lr sllow there M ■Al.ibiC'i'- and the k ' it' c m i"- *t‘ ris Tlle shows are m ; ,o •!;.> Animal HusM<|. pa:" :i.' in. Purdue UniB>>' the judge in the colt; Mi.. judging took place at of First and Jackson! M E T ' Wallace of the! lO'. . M I gives and Miss Rosel r ''' m: " f t'ert Waytie p exhibits in the art de-' Brotf Mrs tn the colt club will I silver and bronze* awarded by the Indiana i M. k lir lii s Association ZI S ranging from one to I Mg ■“ the ' alt show will I ■. n.oming and each will be given $1.50 per $d the winners will receive: to the State fair and to B‘ |: -' 1 l: ‘d up next spring. B' llI 'i , ‘ F in the colt and calf B arly proved Adams coun-| He rotation as a horse and B' lltl ‘i' and lhe animals ex-| B w,, re said to <be as fine as B>' wllH| 'e in the state. B List of Exhibitors in the calf show low S Senior Calves ■ (Ayrshire) B Fuelling. Hugo Fuelling, Bftb't'Eb ON PAOE 'five' * Ij- U. To Conduct Kvangelistic Service B va *’Se!i'-ti<- service will be B e,t at the Adams County ■tv, Sunday afternoon at two | under the auspices of the l B' C- T. U. Mrs. E. SharB ttle local union, will have B o( ll *e pn Ki am The public is B'o attend. )TID N SCHOOL LOSES TERM mas Awarded to 20 duates at Exercises Held Today nencentent exercises were >r twenty graduates of the uni-annual term of the Repuction school, this morning school room in Bellmont park, furry Thompson of this city «d the address of '“Terminal Fred Reppert, president, aII the diplomas and talks were •' each of the graduates. !r talks were given by Miss 1 Miller, secretary to Mr. td. C. B. Drake, instruc*m Mazon, 111., Col. Roy John*citur, and Col. Roy Hiatt tland. motto of the summer term its was "Be Thoro”. The RepUctin B school opened Monday Ist, and closed today after *eeks of study and practical “me In selling.

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Discuss Church Work ' liiL a ft wjk x TWy 1 <2 IKRQB w—nwrinwro i rawm w *».'"» »iMMim»o4wnib;imwTiWß Senator Reed Smoot (left) of Utah, one of the twelve highest officials of the Mormon Church, ami George- Cardinal MundeleitV spiritual leader of the Roman Catholic Church in Chicago, enjoyed a friendly chat in the archbishop's office. They discussed the vocational training of under privileged boys.

PICCARD TELLS OF WEIRD TRIP IN BALLOON Scientist Ascends 10 And One-Half Miles Into A “Dark Sky” TEMPERATURE WAS t EXTREMELY COLD Desenzano. Italy, Aug. 19. — (U.R) I—The eerie sensation experienced 1 | by a man who flew in a "dark sky ' | during "below zero temperatures I | while people on earth sweltered"; was described today by Professor I August Piccard after his 10%-mile[ flight into Pie star sphere. a flight , which took him higher than any . human being has gone. Piccard brought his gigantic balloon down near the village of Cav-1 allaro di Monzanbano late Thurs- ' day. He told how he and his a 1 tant. Mar Cosyns, peered from the portholes of their gleaming white j gondola toward an earth they could not recognize. The scientist said the cold was so intense that they feared, for a while, that they would freeze to death within the sealed ball that] hung from the giant gas bag. Far below, through the haze and the clouds, stretched what seemed to be a murky, blue plain, seemingly flat. Though they were over the Alps, the great peaks appeared to have melted into the crust of the, earth and the vista was one of flat, i glooming sameness. "Our ascent from Zurich," said Professor Piccard, "was very rap- 1 id. We reached our maximum alti-l tude of about 16,600 meters (between 10 and 11 miles) within three hours. At that time our instruments registered 36 degrees centigrade below zero. "You may recall that on last year's flight we were almost suffocated by the heat, because the gondola absorbed the sun's rays. That's why 1 had it painted a glistening white this time, and we suffered | terribly from cold. You see, I was wearing only a sport suit and tennis shoes.” When it became impossible to CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE ■■ — —o Mission Festival To Be Held Sunday — The annual Mission Festival of the Emannuel Lutheran church in Union township will be held Sunday in the Otto Bleeke Grove, northeast of Decatur. The public is invited to attend. The morning sermon will be de-1 llvered by Rev. R. Koch of Fort I Wayne. This service will be in German. The afterncon program will consist of a German service by Rev. L. Zellner of Ridgeville Cor- i ners, Ohio, and an English servicej by Rev. F. Wambsganss of Fort; Wayne. In case of inclement weather the | festival will be held in the church, | Rev, M, J. Frosch pastor, stated.

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Republican Leaders Will Attend Rally Winona Lake. Ind., Aug. 19 — j (UP)—Most of 'lndiana's Republican leaders will attend the second district political rally here August 26. at which congressman Will R. Wood. Lafayette, will be the honor guest. Heading the list of notables will be Senator James E. Watson, candidate for reelection, and Raymond ' S. Springer. Republican gffbetmatoTi ial nominee, who will make addresses. Others who will attend the con- ' clave in the Winona Lake Tabernacle are; Governor Harry G. Leslie, Senator Arthur R. Robinson, and Congressman Wood. Noel C. - Neal, Noblesville, and Clara Barr. I Winimac, district vice-chairman, * will introduce state candidates. LAYMANWILL GIVE TALK I , I Charles Teepie Will Speak At United Brethren Church Sunday The. D. D. B. Class of the United Brethren Sunday School will prej sent a program at the church, Sunday evening. August 21, at 7:30 o'clock. The public is invited to attend. The Ladies Quartet of the Magley Reformed church will furnish sipecial music. Charles Teepie of this j city will deliver the principal adl dress of the evening on "Respon- ! sibility of Church Members.” Mr. I Teepie will speak from a layman's | viewpoint. The f. urth quarterl yconference will be held tonight at 7:30 o’clock. All official members are urged to be present. Rev. R. E. Vance, pastor today announced that the 88th session of the St. Joseph conference will convene on August 30 at Winona Lake. Rev. H. H. Foul, D. D. of Indianiapclis is the presiding bishop. R. R. j Jackson of this city is the delegate I and E. A. Crider was named alternate to represent the local congregation. Rev. Vance also stated that officers for the Sunday School will be named next Sunday morning, and the Class leader will be elected at the close of the morning worship service. o Bankers of Group One Will Attend Meeting The annual meeting of Groop One of the Indiana Bankers Association i will be held in Fort Wayne, Septemher 14. Group One includes Adams i county and local bankers are planning to attend the meeting. The meeting will be 'held at the Anthony ' Hctel with Oscar Bushing of Lln- ' coin National Bank. Fort Wayne, j in charge. Other counties in Group I One aie Allen, LaGrange, Steuben. ! Noble, DeKalb, Koscisko, Whitley, j Huntington, and Wells.

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GOVERNOR WILL NOT SIGN ANY MORE BILLS Pari Mutuel And “Home Rule” Measures Will Die By Pocket Veto SIX OTHER BILLS ARE NOT SIGNED Indianapolis, Aug. 19.—<U.R)! —Death of the pari-mutuel! and “home rule” utility bills I passed by the special fegisla-l five session became definitely. apparent tod?y when it was announced that Governor Harry G. Leslie would not* sign any more measures. Leslie’s announcement was made through his secretary, Gaylord S. Morton. It said: “1 am directed by Governor Leslie to announce that no further consideration will be given any of the remaining measures passed at the special session of the legislature which were not received at this office two days prior to its adjournment." Six other measures were doomed to "pocket veto" by the annouuce- ’ ment. In refusing to sign the pari-mu-tuel measure, Leslie commented: “I am opposed to educating our children with gangland money." Regarding the “home rule" measure. which would give municipalities authority to obtain and operate public utilities outside jurisdiction of the public service commission. Leslie said: ‘This measure would constitute a perpetual threat of confication of private property.” The pari-mutuel and utility bulls j were centers of heated controversies during closing days of the legislature. The former would have placed a tax of SIOO a day on operation of race-track betting systems. Il had been estimated the revenue to the state would be several million dollars annually. Money accruing from license would have been turned over to the state school fund. The utility measure and a similar one that originated in the senate were held unconstitutional by Attorney General James M. Ogden. It brought scores of telegrams to the governor's desk demanding veto. The bill for reduction of salaries of officials of Delaware county and Wayne county was another doomed to the veto. The governor characterized the bill as purely “political," because is provided for reduction of Republican officials' salaries in Wayne county and increase in salaries of Democrats. Other measures awaiting gubernatorial action are: The house bill providing for salary reductions of officials in Delaware and Wayne counties. The house measure calling for a cuti n the salaries of Anderson city

' ’ continued' on'page' four’ ' CHARGES MAY BE HARB TO PROVE Departments of Justice Doubts Conviction of Sen. Davis and Others Washington, Aug. 19 —(U.R) —Department of Justice officials expressed belief today that it would be difficult to prove he indictment charges returned by a federal grand jury against Senator James J. Davis, Republican of Pennsylvania and six others for alleged operation of fraternal lotteries. New York, Aug. 19 — (U.R) — Seven leaders of fraternal orders, including Senator James J. Davis, of Pennsylvania, will be arraigned in federal court here within a week to answer indictments on lottery charges. Copies of the indictments have been mailed to the defendants. United States Attorney George Z. Medalie said, however, he would not issue warrants for their arrest, as he assumed the defendCONTINUED ON PAGE THREE

Rotary Club Hears Address By Craig O. M. Craig, principal es the Bluffton high school, gave an ex- | cellent address before members of the Decatur Rotary club last eveIning. His subject was, “How Much lAm I Worth." (His discourse dealt with community service. Real worth is not considered from a material standpoint. Mr. Craig stated. M. F. Worthman, city superintendent of schools was chairman of the program. LOCAL MEN IN NEW BUSINESS Directors of The Schafer Co., Purchase Interest In New Goshen Store A new hardware store will be opened in G roben about September 1, the directors of the Schafer Company of this city and Herbert H. Gortner and William L. Shoots of Goshen being the owners of the business. The store will be known as the Goshen Hardware Co., and will he loc-Jted in the Old Hawks Hardware company building. The building has a street frontage of 66 feet and is very similar to the Schafer hardware building in this city, except that it is four stories high. The store will be managed by Mr. Gortner, a hardware man of 2/ years experience. Members of the firm from this city are C. ('. Schafer G. H. Wehmeyer and B. T. Terveer, Mr. Shoots is a (prominent real estate owner and capitalist of Goshen. These five men comprise the beard of directors. The store will be opened with an entire new line of merchandise and in addition to the regular hardware items will carry a line of stoves, kitchen furniture, glassware and other articles wQiich go to make up the modern store of today. Arnold Gerberding of the Schafer Company and Max Boxell of the Skhafer Hardware company will assist in the opening of the new store. CURTIS MAKES DRY SPEECH Republican Vice President Differs With Hoover On Platform Washington. Aug. 19.—(U.R) —VicePresident Curtis, remaining true to Kansas' prohibition tradition, has wrung some of the dampness out of the Republican national ticket. In his acceptance speech at Topeka, he renewed his pledge of loyalty to the 18th amendment and opposed its repeal. At the same time he subscribed to the Republican platform declaration recognizing the right of the voters to pass judgment on the issue. This differs from President Hoover's personal platform as announced in his acceptance speecli here last week. The President, while condemning unqualified repeal, said he had reluctantly come to the conclusion that a change was necessary. He favored returning the problem to the states but with federal constitutional restrictions to protect dry states and to prevent return of the saloon. After declaring his belief in majority rule, Curtis said: “PersonalCONTINUED ON PAGE SIX

BELIEVED COMMISSION WAYLAID IN THE MAIL The official commission issued by Governor Harry G. Leslie. naming C. L. Walters judge of the Adams Circuit court is believed to be lost in the mails. Ralph Yager. Republican couni ty chairman talked with L. O. | Chasey, the governor's secre- ; tary this morning and he in- : formed Mr. Yager that the comi mission had been issued and ' mailed last Wednesday. •It . should have arrived here not | later than Thursday. Mr. Wai- | ters cannot assume jurisdiction | in the local court until he files | his commission. ♦ *

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DEMOCRATS TO MEET TUESDAY TO NOMINATE Committeemen to Meet at 7:30 o’clock at Court House to Fill Vacancies NAME CANDIDTE FOR JUDGE’S POST A cull for the Democratic I i central committee of Adams 1 county to meet next Tuesday night at 7:30 o'clock at the . Gouri House at Decatur for the purpose of “filling vacancies on county and township tickets for the November election" was issued today by Dick Heller, Democratic county chairman. The call was sent by mail to the 68 precinct committeemen and vice-committeemen of the county. Each is entitled to a vote for the nomination of a Democratic candidate for judge of the Adams circuit court. Township vacancies will be filled by township committees, subject to approval of the full county committee, in accordance with opinions of the state board of election commissioners. Each candidate for the nomina- / tion for judge will name a mem- . ber of the committee to examine . proxies. Heller said, and the chairman also will name a memI ber of the proxy committee. The . 68 seats will be roped off in the , Court room for the persons entitled to vote. Grover Baumgartner. Berne, a I deputy in the office of State Audi- , tor Floyd E. Williamson, has been named sergeant-at-arms and will j usher the committeemen and the ! vice-committeemen to their places in the room. H. F. Ehinger will act as teller as the votes are tabulated. The I order of business will be first the: roll call hy townships and towns, I then the regular business will be taken up. At present there are three avowed candidates for the nomination for judge. They are H. M. DeVoss, H. B. Heller and A. C. Butcher. ' all of Decatur. The official call is as follows: “Official call for Democratic County Convention. t “To All Adams County Democratic committeemen and vicecommitteemen : “By the authority vested in me, I hereby issue a call for a meeting ""'continued ON PAGE SIX . 0 Sells Filling Station Harry Staley has sold his service station and used car business on North Second street to Charles E. “Bud" Magley of this city. The building which was gutted by fire ' several weeks ago. is being remodeled and Mr. Magley will operate a filling and service station. o_. 0 _. MINE GUARDS ARE ATTACKED New Violence Flares In > Christian Coal Mine Zone In Illinois Taylorville, 111., Aug. 19.—(U.R)— Violence flared in (he Christian coal trouble zone today. Two mine guards were taken from their automobiles near the Peabody mine at Langleyville, beaten and told to “get the hell away from here as fast as you can.” Unoccupied homes of two miners were destroyed, either by bombs or incendiary fires. The disorder cropped out in the hitherto-peaceable invasion of the Taylorville coal region by 15,000 miners on “strike" against the new! $5 a day basic wage scale. The invaders, constituting probably the largest picket army in Illinois labor history, stood in banks about mines near here that they forced to close today. W. C. Argust, superintendent of I the Peabody Coal Company's mines I in Christian county, reported that j the two guards at Langleyville ► CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE

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Near Death * * Jr "it sl m il L : ’ 1 < I \ i ■1 JI Mrs. Edith Rockefeller McCor- 1 miek. who has been seriously ill ' in her apartment in a Chic ago j hotel, suffered a sharp turn for the * worse Wednesday night. Her 1 physicians admitted a crisis was ’ at hand and members of her fam- ( ily remained at her bedside. POLITICAL PLOT GHARGEMADEBY MAYOR WALKER , New York Mayor Carries Fight Against Ouster In National Arena HEARING IS RESUMED TODAY State Capitol. Albany August 19 —-! (UP)— Mayor James J. Walker of! new York today lost his fight for ! dismissal of the fifteen charges ojH misconduct filed against him with | Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt by Samuel Seabury, counsel for the Hofstadter investigating committee. The Governor after hearing two ' days of argument by John J. Curtin, the Mayer’s counsel that the charges were “worthless and without foundation" denied a motion to dismiss the accusations. Albany. N. Y., Aug. 19.—(U.R) — Mayor James J. Walker carried his fight against ouster charges into the arena of national politics today by a bold move designed to show a Republican plot to win votes in November. The mayor summoned eight Republican leaders of New York * state to testify at his hearing before Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt. Tile Walker defense, will attempt to obtain testimony from those men showing the New York city legislative investigation, out of which the present ouster charges grew, was created to make the mayor and Roosevelt the victims of a national political plot to help President Hoover's re-election campaign. The eight leaders called were: W. Kingsland Macy, Republican state chairman; State Senator Samuel H. Hofstadter. chairman of the investigating committee; j State Senator Walter W. Westall, White Plains; William L. Ward.

’cONTI NUEd'oN PAGE* SIX* * O Fire Damages The J. M. Breiner Home Fire damaged the roof of the J. M. Breiner residence on Jefferson street this morning at 10:45 o’clock with a total loss estimated at $lO, 1 according to Jack Friedt, City Fire I Chief. Mrs. Breiner had been burning; some rubbish in the furnace, and the s>parks from.the chimney ignited the roof. The local fire department was called.

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FIRST MAN TO COMPLETE SOLO WEST FLIGHT i Young Scottish Aviator Lands Because He Was Too Tired to Carry on INTENDS TO FLY BACK NEXT WEEK Pennfield Ridge, N. 8., Aug. 19. —(U.R)—James A. Mollison, Scottish flier, ended a nonstop Hight westward across the Atlantic at this airport at 12:50 p. m. today. “I came down because I was tired,” Mollison told the United Press, Mollison said he would continue tomorrow to New York, which was his goal on his non-stop flight. He thought he would not start his return flight eastward for about j a week. Mollison's little Puss Moth plane, in which he made the first westward solo crossing of the Atlantic, still had ga-s in its tanks when ho .came down here. Mollison. however, felt too exhausted to continue to New York. Mollison said he encountered trouble witli fog, which made the | crossing bad, but made very good time nevertheless. He passed over , Harbor Grace, Nfd., where he had I planned possibly to refuel, in the | dark. He was sighted early this morning over Halifax and continued ' westward from there, finally deciding to down at the local airport I here. Mollison a-sked the United Press ;to notify his wife, the former Amy jJohnson, English girl flyer, that he was safe. “Tell her 1 had a very bad cross- * ing because of fog." he said, “but I made surprisingly good time. “Tell her I am very glad I have justified her confidence in me and am going to New York tomorrow, i where I will rest a few days before flying back across the water." Eight Successful Only eight east-to-west transAtlantic flights have been successful, and only three of those were non-stop. They are: August. 1924 —U. S. Army round-the-world fliers, London to New I York with stops enroute. March. 1928 —Baron von Huennefeld, Koehl and Fitzmaurice, Dublin to Labrador. June, 1930 — Charles Kingsford- ! Smith and three companions, irei land to Newfoundland. August, 1930 — Von Gronau and three companions, Germany to New York with stops enroute. You Gronau has made two similar flights since. • September, 1930 —Coste and Bellonte, Paris to New York. August, 1931 —Do-X, Switzerland to New York via South America. Ernest B. Thomas Refuses Appointment Washington Aug. 19 —(UP) —The White House announced today that Earnest B. Thomas of Rushville, Ind., had found it “impcssible" to accept his appointment as a member of the Federal Farm Board by President Hoover several days ago. UNION SERVICE AT M.E. CHURCH Rev. Lanman Will Deliver Sermon; Attendance to Determine Program The Union services cf Decatur , Protestant churches will be held at the Methodist Episcopal church next Sunday night at 7:39 o'clock it was announced today. The Rev. C. R. Lantnan, pastor of the Christian church will deliver the message. The size of the attendance at the Union, services this summer on Sunday evenings will determine whether the churches will unite next summer in similar services, it ! wis announced today by the Ministerial committee. The service next Sunday will commence pr mptly at 7:30 o'clock and it is the desire of the Ministers in charge that as many people , as can, plan to attend. Members of I all churches are invited.