Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 30, Number 199, Decatur, Adams County, 22 August 1932 — Page 1

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tares of lIINTY LEW | IS HIGHER H I / ■ln Valuations May B Count} Rate- IcnKvf Budget Ready ■TV COUNCIL ■ MAKE CHANGES ■hiivp estimates tor the I ■ bucket ore ready for ■hms count' council. Knot "ill meet on Sep-, tile total ol the ■is not anv liii'her than ■mates nr< pared last. ■ llif proposed county I ■ advanced from 23c to K |hc hundred dollars. Kj( loss in county valua- I Coated this year at $24.-: Froniltarol with $32.600.(k'c». ( L makes it necessary to j L the rale The proposed i irate this year n rd produce , iHtely $94,300 no. The 23' [ry last year on the higher. lot produ< ■-! about the same . p Auditor Albert Harlow ! this morning that the tig- I •ed in the budget were j gtative and that the salary I 1 county official's salaries i tot taken into ■ county had not received a, ipr of the law passed by t rial session of the legisla- 1 These adjustments will he ■ If he county council when Is The appropriations in-. in the budget are practi- 1 the same as those used a i go. tor the reason that it I •possible to get correct I at this time and <he lawj a publication of the esti-1 previous to the meeting of \ nty council. No Road Levy try will he made this year Bty highway iepair. The! for this department totals I BdO.Ooo. and it is estimated I Mams county wlil receive than $105,000 in the distri-j of the gasoline tax and KMtration fees. This will; te any county levy fori llirs. Under the new law ' ■ties receive half of the I and half of the auto reg-1 * fees. • diet Reduced Last Year a the budget was published sr. the net total to be rai.s-' Fixation was »:<txij 00, i e-. is 29 cent levy. The county ; SI reduced the total by i ■t and eliminating appro-; ta and reducing the levy to W on the hundred dollars, ‘the big drop in valuations ’ *ar. it is not known if the ■ 1 levy can he cut down to pent figure, but in all probthe county council will ewe pFXL'ED ON PAGE FIVE li BUREAU TO hold picnic fo«nty Outing To Be Wd Fridav At St. John’s Church are Wng made to hold a ! F ' arm Bureau picnic nt ’" B chur =h, north of Deea’JMd 27. Friday. August 26. co ""‘’« 8 included in L are Adams, Allen andi 'i7°, R k am Wi ” beßin a ‘ 10 IJ lth the social and educaof wT' Mrß ' ( ' harle >' Mc - P Ve!ls county. Mrs. R. G. Lc» AUen count y- and Mrs. ihin„ 0 " noVer ' Adan ’ B county. >is spef ’ al features. >res M S o. CoUnty OTanization I won ® prun Rer quartet, fair 1 ’ e t C ° nd p!ace a ‘ ‘he Tmns year ’ and Miss £ w r s W1 ’° ( ’ om P° sed a - el >- aonp 7' “ ye and Byeand.” •etry Broth K put » iß hed by IrZoH r- Betty i 8 e,ev ' tai, 0 " 1 and ’lves near PleasDians’p Settles ’ ch airman of H ‘he Bureau wUI be !*««»« wTl”’* 8 ’ 18 ”’ A Person attei? Berved and •bring his nJ’" 8 18 re(’uestl#s names » table Bervlce -

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Win Race With Death BDtCwOB SJt' ' tan*' .aWWySSBfe‘’-. rraLr A wc-v’"' mM • F ®IB K . 4;. a- ~ John D. Rockefeller Jr. and his wife as they arrived in Chicago Saturday, having won the race with death hovering over Mr. Rockei feller's sister. Mrs. Edith Rockefeller McCormick. —.--

STROKE CAUSES WOMAN'S DEATH Mrs. John W. Merriman, 84, Dies Os Apoplexy ; 111 Short Time Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Merriman, 84. wife of Justice of the Peace I John W. .Merriman, died at her i home, 911 Bush street, Sunday: night at II o’clock of apoplexy, j Mrs. Merriman became ill al,out’ ■ an hour before her death. *i She had attended the Home ■ Coming Celebration at Salem Sunday and was ready to retire ! when she suffered the stroke of; > apoplexy. Pour years ago Mrs. Merriman had a stroke of paraly-[ I sis and was in a serious condition ! for several weeks. i The deceased was born in Tuscarawas County. Ohio. April 26. | 1848, a daughter of Samuel and 1 Rebecca Gilpin. Site was united in marriage to John W. Merriman March 16, 1876. Surviving is the husband and the following children: Mrs. Matie Krogh. Decatur; Frank, Blue Creek township; Bert. Kirkland township; Floyd, of Michigan; , Oscar. Wenatchee. Wash.. and Ralph of Dayton. Ohio; 20 grandchildren; six great grandchildren; i three brothers, David R. Gilpin of Fortville; Elmer and Melvin Gilpin of Indianapolis; two sisters.t Mrs. Margaret Weinheimer of, Harbor Springs. Mich., and Mrs. I Belle Kephart of Spencerville. O. Mrs. Merriman resided on a, faint in Blue Creek township, near I Salem, until 24 years ago when I she moved with her family to I Decatur. She had resided here I since that time. She was a ntetn-j ! ber of the Salem M. E. church and’ the Rebekah lodge. The body was removed to the S. E. Black Funeral Parlors and will be returned to the home at 1:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon where friends may view the remains until time of the funeral. Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock (C. S. T.) at the home and . at two o’clock (<’. S. T. 1 at the Evangelical church with Rev. M. W. Sundennan, pastor, officiating. Burial will be made in the Decatur cemetery. o Legion To Meet Tonight At 8 o’clock Ail members of the American Legion. Adams Post No. 43 are requested to be at the Legion hall tonight at 8 o’clock. Nomination of officers will take place and it is important that all members be present.

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Firemen’s Convention Will Be At Bluffton I Bluffton. Aug. 22 —'Special—Next year's convention of the Northern I Indiana Volunteer & Industrial Firemen's association is to be held j in Bluffton, it was announced by Tom Hatfield, who attended a meeting of the organization’s executive meeting held Friday evening in Fort Wayne. It has Been a number of years since Bluffton lias been honored! at the convention. This year it was held at Columbia City. , The convention will be held in June, definite selection as to dates ; to be made at a meeting next January. It is estimated that fifty fin fighting companies from this! section of the state will be here an I thousand;# of spectators ini ’ attendance. LOANS MADE BY R. F, 0. GIVEN Federal Agency Allot 55: Million Last I*o Days In July-Indiana Included — Washington. Aug. 22 (U.PJ-The Reconstruction Finance Corporation loaned or allotted $55,000,000 to more than 400 authorized bor- ' rowers during the last ten days 'j of July, its report made public I today revealed. 1 The repoi t was made available for public inspection by South J Trim I >le. clerk of the house, de-| ! spite protests from the admintra-, j tion. J In making public tjie first report pursuant to terms of the unem- | ployment relief bill. Trimble rei vealed a representative of President Hoover telephoned him last week, protesting publication. The corporation reported toj Trimble that from July 21 to July 31, inclusive, it had authorized 437 loans aggregating $45,057,556.10 and loans increased aggregating $1,653,500. It made available $3,000,000 for purposes of relief and work relief in the states and allocated an additional $5,000,000 to the secretary off agriculture pursuant to agriculture relief provisions of the act. The aggregate off $46,711,056.10 of loans and loan increases was authorized as follows: Banks and trust companies “32.990.180.23; agricultural credit corporations $104,309 58; building and loan associations $3,088,650; insurance companies $2,247,500; joint stock land banks $90,000; livestock credit corporations, $580,716.29; mortgage loan companies $747,000: railroads $6,862.CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE

Decatur, Indiana, Monday, August 22, 1932.

HOOVER'S MEN PLAN BARRAGE AT ROOSEVELT Republican Ire Aroused Over Roosevelt’s Speech In Columbus Saturday STATE DEPARTMENT MAKES DENIAL (Copyright. 1932. by United Press) Washington. Aug. 22 —(U.R) — A' sharp counter barrage was dire‘t-1 ed at Governor Franklin D. Roose-1 velt from administration liatteries! in answer to the governor's Co-' lumbus speech. The state department issued a formal statement denying Roosevelt's intimation that it had connived at encouraging flotation of foreign loans in this country. Republican House Leader Snell asked why the stock market and federal security regulation which Roosevelt advocated had not been tried out by him in New York state where the nation's money market is located. Secretary of War Hurley is arranging to make a more detailed answer in a speech at Providence, R. 1.. Wednesday. And at Manila. P. t., it was announced that Theoflore Roosevelt. Jr., was to return at once to the United States, supposedly to help campaign against his cousin, the Democratic Roosevelt, although the announcement did not mention the campaign. Roosevelt’s strong language at CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR O CANDIDATES TO BE NAMED LATER I — Republicans Did Not Fill Ticket Saturday-Meeting Devoted To Speeches Adams county Republicans at an organization meeting held in the ■ Decatur Chamber of Commerce ’ rooms Saturday night did not [ nominate a candidate for judge or for county offices which were not I filled at the primary last May. The matter of filling the ticket j was left in the hands of County j Chairman Ralph Yager. In all ! probability C. L. Walters, who beI came judge of the Adams circuit I court today, filling the vacancy caused by the death of Judge Dore | B. Erwin, will be named to head I the ticket. Mr. Yager stated there | were no candidates for the place i and that it would lie offered to Judge Walters. Other vacancies on the county ticket will be filled. Mr. Yager | stated. The law gives central I committees until September 7 to fill the tickets. The Saturday night meeting was devoted to oratory and campaign plans. Chief among the speakers at the meeting were Congressman David Hogg of Fort Wayne, who defeated Dr. Harry O. Jones of Berne for the nomination; Fred Rohrer, Berne postmaster and one of the republican party bosses in Adams county: Judge Walters. CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE O KIDNAP WOMAN POOROVERSEER Rabid Unemployed Group Kidnaped Officer-Re-lease Her 30 Miles Away Charles City, la.. Aug. 22—(U.R) —Miss Marion Stull, overseer of tlie poor was kidnaped by dissatisfied unemployed men today and carried 30 miles to Alta Vista, where she was released. Miss Stull, telephoned to Mayor C. G. Grya shortly after 11 a. m„ saying she had been released and her captors had fled. Mayor Gray immediately left with Chief of Police Shannon to return Miss Stull to Charles City. Although officials said they were on the trail of the unemployed who stormed Miss Stull’s office in the city hall because they believed partiality had been shown in the allotment, of work, they had made CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX

1 Edith McCormick i Is Better Today Chicago, Aug. 22 —(U.R) Edith Rockefeller McCormick held a | precarious advantage over death i today after a night that her physi- ! dans described as restful. While her family watched falth- | fully, the famous woman battled I against the fatal malady that L steadily has been sapping her J I strength. Her condition has not I ] | changed appreciably, according to an official bulletin at 9:45 a.m. JUDGE WALTERS ASSUMES OFFICE Republican Attorney Becomes Judge Os Circuit Court-Took Oath Today C. L. Walters, republican attorney of this city, became judge of the Adams Circuit court this morning, filling the vacancy caused by the death of Judge Dore B. Erwin on July 19th. Judge Walters filed his commission, which was received Sunday, with County Clerk Milton C. Werling this morning. The oath of office was administered by Mr. Werling. Judge Waiters’ first official duty wa the committing of Glen Manin to the Easthaven hospital at Richmond, application having been made by the youth's mother, Mrs. Ada Martin. The commission issued to Mr. Walters by Governor Harry G. Leslie under date of August 17th, reads: “I do hereby appoint and commission C. L. Walters of Decatur, Indiana, as judge of the Adams Circuit court to serve the 1 unexpired term of Dore B. Erwin, from August 17, 1932 and until his successor has been duly elect- | ed and qualified." I Due to the wording of the com- ' mission, the contention arose that I possiNy the unexpired term might run to January 1, 1936, but this is not likely as County Clerk Wer--1 ling has an opinion from the Attorney General's office that a successor to Judge Erwin should I be elected next fall and according to the statute would take office, January 1. 1933. - _o Volunteer Firemen Hold Meeting Tonight A meeting of the Decatur Volunteer Firemen will be held tonight at 7 o’clock at the Fire Department and all members are asked to be present. BAND PROGRAM IS ANNOUNCED 1 Wren High School Band To Furnish Music For c Merchant’s Concert The fourth of a series of bund ' concerts sponsored by Decatur < merchants will be held Tuesday 1 night. The Wren, O„ high school > band will present the musical pro- 1 gram, under the direction of J. O. Danner. ' A number of the local stores ‘ will remain open during the evening. as on previous merchants' I nights. Shoppers may avail them selves of the evening shopping. ' The stand will be located at the court house corner. Following is the program to he presented: March. “Charge of the Lancers,” . G. Bleakley ’ Brooks Chicago Marine Band March. R. F. Seitz The World War Medley. "Over There.” 'Selection of American World War Songs. M. L. Lake. Trombone Emear. “The Jazzin One Step Kid," H. Fillmore March, "The Drum Major," H. Elite Waltz, “By the Mississippi,” T. Davis. March, "Anchors A-way’’ A. W. Hughes Galop, “Circus Echoes" Ung-Kong-Foy-Ya. Chies Intermezzo, K. L. King El Capitan March, Sousa Tenth Regiment March, R. H. Hall March, Dunlap Commandery, During the intermission in the above program. Otto, the "Flying Dutchman” will entertain with music.

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CHORUSES WIN FIRST HONORS IN FESTIVAL Berne Choruses Win First Place In Two Events And Third In Another — SANG IN CHICAGO LAST SATURDAY; The Berne choruses singing ini tlie Chicagoland Music Festival in Chicago, Saturday, proved to the competing organizations that there were no better choruses in the middle-west than those coming from Adams county. First honors were won by the Berne Community Ladies’ chorus and by the Berne Community Mixed chorus, while third place J was won by the Swiss Male chorus. The latter chorus won first place last year. The ladies’ chorus is composed ' of 40 women and the male chorus has 35 members. The ladies' i chorus is directed by Mrs. Evangeline Embler. while David Emblar is director of the male chorus. A number of Berne residents accompanied the choruses to Chi'cago and many in this county heard them over the radio Saturday evening. The Chicago Sunday Tribune, speaking of the triumphs won by the Berne choruses said: The town of Berne, with less than 2,000 population, proved the sensation of the choral division of the third Chicagoland Music Festival Saturday by emerging victorious in both the women's and mixed chorus contests and winning third in the men’s finals. Chicago’s one winner was the Allerton Hotel Glee club of 24 voices which took first place among the male choruses. This group, under the direction of Frank Bennett, sang “Comrade Song of Hope." by Adams, in addition to the required selection, Cadman’s "I Am the Builder." The Berne Community Ladies’ [ chorus is under the direction of Mrs. Evangeline Embler. The singers were neatly uniformed in ’ white dresses with dark blue ties. The 40 young women sang "Praise Ye the Name of the Lord” by Gor- 1 okhoft as well as the contest I number, which was "Salutation,” by Gaines. Defeat Former Winners In winning, tlie Berne women I defeated the laipoitte (Ind. I wo-1 men’s chorus, victor of last year. | CONTINUED ON PAGE] FIVE —o Fort Wayne Man Is Hurt Near Decatur — Charles Boissenet, 33G3 South Barr Street. Fort Wayne, suffered scalp wounds Sunday afternoon, when the automobile in which he was riding with four other persons from Fort Wayne, turned over, at Miller’s Bend, north of Decatur on State Road 27. Mr. Boissenet was removed to the Adams County Memorial Hospital where the injures were dressed. The other occupants of the car were uninjured. Mr. Boissenet was riding in the back seat of tlie automobile. The car turned over at the bend when a tire blew out throwing the car on its side. NEW GERMAN LAW INVOKED Five Members Os Hitler’s Party Sentenced To Death For Murder Berlin, Aug. 22 —(UP)— Five members of Adolph Hitler's Brown Shirt Militia were semtenced to death for the murder of a communist today by a special anti-terrorist court at Beuthen, Silesia. The death sentences were the first under the emergency decree approved by President Von Hindenberg August 9 to curb political riotiong and caused a sensation throughout Germany. The communist, named Peitzhuch was killed early August 9 the diy the decree became effective, at the village of Potampa, Silesia. The Hitler storm troopers sentenced to death were Paul Lachmann. condemned as t'he instigaCONTINUBD ON PAGE SIX

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Sea Conqueror J i JI If ji' '<> I Photo shows (’apt. James A.| Mollison refreshing himself with i coffee after he landed at Penn-j ■ field Ridge. New Brunswick. Capt.| Mollison is the first man to alone i fly the Atlantic from east to west !

DICK PARRISH IS UNHARMED Parents Confident Son Has Not Been InjuredRumor Was Circulated t Word has been received here . that Richard Parrish, son of Mr. [ and Mrs. Frank Parrish, 607 West . Jefferson street, is returning to ' his home, after spending the last I , I three weeks in the West. ! The rumor had been circulated ~ that Dit-k had met with-an acct- . j dent while in New Mexico. It is fl thought that the rumor is un- ,: founded, as a telegram was re.l ceived by the parents here August; 19, notifying them that Dick was en route home. ’ The Parrish boy had been em-l f ployed in South Whitley as a bar- ■ | ber and became acquainted with i' Hank Snyder, a South Whitley . high school graduate. The two ■ I boys had gone to Muncie where' • I the 'Snyder Hoy planned to attend t| college. While in that city they •| received an offer to drive a car | through the West for a man, i whose name was not learned. 1 ' The party was en route home •; when a telegram was received by • I Mrs. Parrish, from Clovis. New ! Mexico and signed by Mrs. V. L. Everson who inquired if Mrs. Parrish had a son by the name of Dick. Mrs. Parrish immediately ■ responded to the wire and in turn asked if anything had happened to her son. The second telegram was sent by Mrs. Everson from Amarailla, Texas, and stated that nothing was wrong and further stated that Dick was on his way home. Much anxiety was experienced by the Parrish family over the week-end until the second telegram had been received. The son had mailed cards from various ! places along the route, and in his recent messages had expressed his desire to t eturn home. 0 4-H Club Members Guests Os Creamery Following the parade given by the Gold Medal colt club and the members of the county 4-H clubs, in this city Saturday afternoon, the members of the county organization ivent tc the Cloverleaf Creameries Inc., where they were treated with ice cream. About 200 girls and boys cf the 4-*H clubs and the members of the colt club were guests of the creamery. In addition to the ice cream three household stools were awarded as door .prizes. W. C. T. U. Presents Program At Infirmary The W. C. T. U. presented an Evangelistic service at the Adams County Infirmary, Sulnday' afternoon. Fifty inmates and several persons from this city attended the meeting. Mrs. C. E. Shairow, County Evangelistic director, was in charge. Rev. T. H. Harmon, zpastor of the Union Chapel U. B. church delivered the sermon and Haive LaFountain, superintendent, gave a short ' talk. Miss Kathryn Schroyer sang a vocal solo and Mrs. Eugene Run- ' yon and Mrs. Henry Adler sang a duet.

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ORDERS TROOPS TO WESTERN MINE AREA Hoosier And Dixie Bee Mines Operate Despite Rumors Os Outbreak PICKET KILLED IN ILLINOIS CLASH Indianapolis, Aug. 22 Additional national guardsmen were ordered to the Western Indiana mine area today after Adjutant General Paul Tombaugh received reports that new outbreaks were treateninff. Coinpanv E, Tipton, and Company 11, Anderson, comprising 132 men, were dispatched to Shakamak State , park where troops have been held |in readiness since one man wa< I slain and nine injured in picketI ing at the Hoosier mine, near Pimento. Tombaugh did not indicate at what point in the striketorn mine field new trouble was expected. Tombaugh explained that if conditions remain quiet, two companies that have been on guard since the Hoosier fighting. L of Ladoga and M of Indianapolis, will be permitted to return home. Terre Haute, Aug. 22— (U.R) —• Botlt the Hoosier mine at Dugger and the Dixie Bee mine at Pimento v. ere being operated today while threats were heard of fresh outbreaks between union and nonunion men in other parts of the I Indiana coal field. Non-union men are employed at the Hoosier and Dixie Bee shafts. The former is a co-operative mine. The latter is operated independently. A provisional civilian guard was !on duty at the Hoosier mine. Troops of the national guard wera I at the Dixie Bee. Picket Killed Zeigler. 111., Aug. 22 —(U.R) —Ona picket was killed and several wounded in a clash at Bell and Zoller Mine No. 1, near here today. Sheriff Browning Robinson reported. Dominic Lauranti. a miner, who was a member of a group of about 75 picketing the mine, was killed. Names of the wounded were not learned. "The fight was just a temporary outburst and every thing was quieted down, though the situaCONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE COOLIDGE'S KIN KILLED IN WRECK Cousin Os Former President Is Victim. Had SIOO,OOO In Bonds San Bernardino. Calif.. Aug. 22 —• (U.R) —Charles B. Coolidge of Los Angeles, killed with his wife and another woman yesterday in an automobile accident 100 miles northeast of here, was tentatively identified today as a cousin of former President Calvin Coolidge. Letters found in a strong-box tn his automobile indicated the relationship. according to Coroner A. W. Uren of San Bernardino. The strong-box also contained JUKI.OOO in negotiable securities. Coolidge, who was 62. was travelling with his wife to visit a son. A. L. Coolidge, in Lead. S. D. The automobile figured in a three-way collision on the Arrowhead Trail, 100 miles northeast of here. The Coolidges and Mrs. Pearl R. McDougall, occupant of one of the other automobiles, were killed. Louis McDougall, son of the third victim and driver of her car. and his sister, Beverly. 12. were injured seriously. E. M. Joseph. Los Angeles, dri . - CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX Local Pastor Will Attend Conference The 88th St. Joseph Conference of the United Brethern churches of Indiana will be held at Winona Lake, beginning Sunday. August 28 and continuing throughout the week. Rev. R. E. Vance, pastor of the local U. B. church, will attend the meetings.