Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 30, Number 216, Decatur, Adams County, 12 September 1932 — Page 1

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■abash River Dredge Case Is Resumed In Circuit Court

■COMPLETE ■TIRE CASE fin WEEK ■ Indue Henry KisPrinceton. Is ■residing: Judge ■f\VII.LIN(J TO ■ |I \|(,HT COURT '',<lre<lge r,suni<<l hi mt' ■ Circuit Court room with Spccitil 'M Henrv Kister ot presiding. M. Kisler .H l .ceil 111 the mi,ruing und utter with attorneys 11. t^K e it was decided to with the hearing. It ~n : can be m si'v. n <‘ight days. UTint? rhi. f "t counsel for and Henry B. a remonttiat it would take three days to finish their the ras, George T V\hitM Dunkirk <hi.f of counsel *■ petin. te-r> Tod Whipple ■ . and Frank Klocb of B,'-.. represent the - informed the coift emplete their three or four days. Kister stated that "in ■ .. . case and the time de|Hto it that he favored co’i- ■ l( at this time." The case >ast May until toM,.,j wa- in session seven or .luring the year first witness called today mmonstrtitors was Jonas who testified Klint in E'rem h - Adams county. It was that Mr NeuenschwandI,, or. the stand most of Kister also announced was willing to hold nigiit of court if attorneys in Bs desired it. Miss Anna offi. i.ii >eporter. w.is M:- re . rie.l Ju the case towill be heard in the .o’irt room until Judge C. the court room 'iidge Kister today - » > ■rriNPKD nN page five Be Marion Baker I Class President junior class of the Decatur ■ n.’hisrl met today and the officers for the year were Marion Baker was select■»st<l<‘tit of the class: .Miss Ida nee president; Glen secretary, and Miss

fade Brandyberry. treasurer is Verneal Whalen will act I” guardian for the year. EM CAMPAIGN II BROADCAST e Democratic CamlKn \\ ill Be Opened )ver Radio Sept. 26 iwapolls, Sept. 12. — fIJ.R) — to open the state Democratic ai Sn by radio September 26 forward today after candidates at a meeting here on the tor the official launching of rive. tbon WFBN, in Indianapolis. * ,he broadcasting point. In 'ookup will be stations in Fort " e and Evansville. An attempt e made to include stations at Haute and Gary, R. Earl Pet- ’ ate chairman, said. J )■ McNutt, nominee for “ Or ' occupy tlie K re ater he 45-minute program, acJto tentative plans. All matt candidates will make short “es, however, Peters said. ■cts will meet Governor Frankpresidential nomiI n his train passes through J tomorrow. He will ride to Bine n üB,u B , With Roosev elt disf « Political plans. Peters inF 1 state candidates to wel-

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Hutchinson Family Missing j ——; ■ l -"V ■ \ _. ■'■Swss W---- t\ \ g v J z/f Landing in the north Atlantic last night, the Hutchinson family, is believed lost and search today failed to find their plane or anyone of the eight occupants of the City of Richmond. Besides .Mr. and Mrs. George R. Hutchinson and two daughters, four others were in the plane. The party was attempting a trans-Atlantic crossing, taking off from Greenland on th, last leg of the proposed flight.

LEGION POST TO HOLD ELECTION Annual Election of Officers Will Be Held at Legion Hall Tonight The annual election of officers I of Adams Post No. 43 of the! American Legion will he held at, Legion headquarters at eight! o’clock tonight. Much interest centers in the election and it is expected that a* large number of Legionnaires will attend the meeting. All post officers will be elected. David Adams, linotype operator at the Daily Democrat office and Harry Knapp, hardware merchant of this city, are the candidates for Post commander. Both men have taken an active interest in Legion circles for a number of years. Other candidates for post offices are: Herbert Kern and Dan Zese r . first vice-commander; Edgar Yoder and Noble Younkin. second vice- . commander; James Staley and Ed Adler, adjutant. Miles Roop is unopposed for finance officer. Candidates for the executive i committee, three of whom will be 1 elected are, Ernest Stengle. V. J.

Borman, Charles Burke. Albert) Miller, Joseph Laurent, Frank I Liniger, Vernon Aurand. A social seston will be held; following the election and a lunch-1 eon will be served. o— —— ,941 Are Enrolled In Public Schools The total enrollment of the De- , catur Public schools at the close of the first week of school Is 941. according to Superintendent M. F. Worthman. This is an increase of 17 over the registration Tuesday. ■ the opening day of school. ■ Tuesday there were 301 pupils ; registered in the high school, and i at the close of the first week of i school an increase of one was ' noted, the total being 302. Several more pupils are expected to register within the next few days. -— 0 Indiana Miners Return To Work Terre Haute. Ind., Sept. 12. — (U.R)—Hundreds of Indiana miners returned to work today under the new wage agreement signed with operators last Saturday. Additional mines were prepar- ’ Ing to open later in the week. It was estimated that the number ’ of miners returning to the shafts ' would increase to thousands in a 1 few days. ’ Non-union mines, a majority of ’ which have been closed because of • dissension with union workers, • were expected to be permitted to re-open unmolested.

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Important Meetings In County This Week Thrifty pig meetings and low cutting corn demonstrations announcement will be held this week ; in Adams connty accordtng le an nouncement this morning by county agegnt Archibold. Thrifty pig meetI ings will be held at one p. m. Tuesday at the Peter D. Schwartz farm, ■ north of Berne, and at three p. m. I at the Peter Graber farm, alto north I of Berne. The first low cutting demonstra- | tion will be held at 1:30 p. m. \Ved- [ nesday at the Ed Ringger farm I 2% miles north and 114 miles west lof Berne. The second demonstration will be held Thursday at 1:30 i,p. nt. at the Jomthan Rumple farmtwo miles south and five miles east of Berne in Jefierson township. T.H. BLOSSER DIES SUDDENLY Heart Attack Causes Death Os Aged Carpenter at Home of Son T. H. Blosser, 79, retired carpenter of this city, died suddenly at the home of a son, Fred Blosser,

315 North Seventh street, Sunday I morning at 10:30 o’clock. Death was I due to heart trouble. |i Mr. Blosser was born jt Bluffton, ■May 7. 1853, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Abram Bl sser. He was united in marriage to Nancy M. High, who preceded him in death November 28, 1915. In 1890. the family moved to Decatur, later going to Hammond. Mr. Blosser had made his home in ' Decatur with his son for the last ■ 10 years. He was a member of the • local Methodist Episcopal Church. Surviving are the following child- ' ren: Gertrude Miller and Alice Hemstock of Hammond; Helen ' Blosser of Calumet City, Illinois; , and Frew Blosser of Decatur. One sister. Mrs. Frink E. Smith of 1 Bowling Green. Ohio, also survices. Funeral services will be held ’ Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock from the Fred Blosser residence. 315 North Seventh street, with the Rev. B. H. Franklin officiating. Burial) will be made in the Bluffton cemetery. -— n ■ — - I Tom Allwein Chosen Senior President I . _ Tom Allwein was chosen president of the senior class of the De- ’ catur high school at a meeting of the class held Friday. Miss Blanche ' McCrory, commercial teacher in the 1 school, was selected the class guarr dian. t Other officers for the year will be Marion Feazel, vice-president; \ Miss Minnie Moyer, secretary; and Verma Hill, treasurer.

Decatur, Indiana, Monday, September 12, 1932.

MITCHELL SAYS USE OF TROOPS WAS JUSTIFIED Attorney General’s Report On Bonus Army Eviction Made Public USE OF MILITARY STOPPED DISORDER Washington. Sept. 12. —(U.R) At itorney General Mitchell's report on. 'the bonus army eviction, defend-; lug the use of federal troops, and declaring that ranks of the B. E. F. were threaded with criminals, and communists reopened today the controversy over the dramatic episode of last July. The report was made public by President Hoover on the eve of the American Legion convention at Portland, Ore., today, with the expressed hope that it "should correct the many misstatements of i fact as to this incident with which the country has been flooded.” Mitchell said the department of justice investigation disclosed that "appalling scenes of disorders" would have occurred the night of July 28. but for the "prompt use of the mill,ary to outnumber and over- . awe the disturbers.” The administration was completely exonerated of criticism for CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE o TROOPS BATTLE :! IN PARAGUAY Paraguayan Forces Claim ’ Annihilation of Bolivian Regiment 11 Asuncion. Paraguay, Sept. 12.— ' (UP) —“Annihilation" of the 14th Bolivian infantry regiment was 1 claimed by Paraguayan forces to--1 day as thousands of troops battled ' fiercely for possession of Fort 1 Boqueron, scene of several days ■ fighting in the disputed Gran * Chaco. Announcement of the Paraguayan victory was made soon after midnight. It was cheered by thousands in the streets. An earlier communique from the I war department said “fighting continues in the vicinity of Fort Boqueron and our forces have taken la number of prisoners.” Public excitement was high. II Crowds paraded, singing the national anthem. Sunday morning, a two-minute period of silence was observed in honor of Paraguayans killed in the ttgiitlng. An alleged description of the 1 first air battle of the campaign was ' printed by the newspaper El Diaro,

signed by the chief of the Paraguayan air force. "Lieutenants Rocholl and Garcia, pilot and observer of the bombing plane carrying 12 bombs, flew over Fort Doqueron Sept. 9," the de- , script ion said. "They were attacked by three Bolivian planes. Lieut. Rocholl was wounded in the arm but he put the Bolivian planes to route, dropped the bombs on the fort, and . returned to his base. The plane was hit by 30 bullets." Bolivians Resist La Paz, Bolivia. Sept. 12.— (U.R)— Five thousand Paraguayan troops are engaged in an intense attack on Fort Boqueron and Fort Aguar- , ica in the Gran Chaco, the war department announced today, but BoCONTINUED ON PAGE SIX O — Ask Donations Os Fruits, Vegetables Any persons having fruit or vegetables which they wish to donate for charity punposes, are requested ; to bring these articles to the Peoples Loan and Trust building tomor- • row or any succeeding Tuesday. Anyone unaibla to bring the articles ’ in, is requested to notify Superln- > tendent M. M. Worthmun or Mrs. > Mabe! Myers, and the articles will • be called for. The fruits and vegetables will be i I canned by the domestic science de- i partment of the local high school 1 and will be distributed among the i needy families in Decatur.

'Woodshed, (Jarage Destroyed By Fire , Fire of unknown origin complete-1 ly destroyed a building used as a : wood shed and girage on the J hn ' ' R. Braun property, 429 Winchester I street, early Sunday morning. The local fire department was called to the Braun residence at 5 o'clock Sundiy morning where the wooden frame building at the rear of the property was ablaze. The building was empty at the time. Only the charred wo< den frame of the building was saved. Damage was estimated at $35. GERMAN BODY IS DISSOLVED Vdn Papen Decrees Dissolution of Reichstag Amid Wild Scenes Berlin. Sept. 12. (U.R) The relch- . stag, amid tumultous scenes, was f dissolved by the Von Papen govi eminent today but broke into open rebellion and refused to consider f itself dissolved. t A "state of emergency,” similar ' to martial law. was expected to be f declared. I As soon as the reichstag conven-j - ed to hear the maiden ministerial declaration of Chancellor Franz • - Von Papen, the communists and r Hitler's fascists declared war on ■ the government. W ithout awaiting Von Papen's speech. Hermann floering, the' speaker, who is a Hitlerite deputy,! called for immediate vote on com-1 . imunist motions rescinding PresiI dent Paul Von Hindenburg's emergency decree of Sept. 4. providing a I rigid one-year plan of economy to |save the country's nances, and also 11of misconfidence in the government. Von Papen immediately read a decree of dissolution. Goering refused to leave the rostrum, how- 1 ■ ever, and insisted on a vote. The | H communist motions were passed, ’ 513 to 32, with only five ahsten- *• tions. 1 Amid thunderous cheers from the t opposition. Goering declared he con--8 sidered the dissolution decrees ini valid because they were presented CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE BOOTLEGGER FOUND DEAD !1 William Paske Shot To j Death Near Baraboo, Wisconsin, Today a Baraboo, Wis., Sept. 12. —(U.R) — e William Paske. 30. was found shot s to death near here today, and 20 '• minutes later his body and the

automobile in which it was found had disappeared. The body was recovered three houis later, several miles away, lying beside a road. It apparently had been thrown from an automobile. The motor car in which the body was found immediately after a telephone report to the sheriff s office still was missing. What had happened to the corpse in the meantime was undetermined. Sheriff's officers said that Paske had complained to friends recently of being "high-jacked out of considerable alcohol, and believed that his death might have occurred in resisting renew-, ed attempts. Sheriff Fred M. Wheeler, District Attorney C. M. La Mar, Officer Lloyd Wyatt and Coroner F. E. Tyron found Paske’s body slumped over the steering wheel. It was still warm, they said. A bullet wound was evident at the base of his heck. The rim of his hat had been pierced by the bullet. There were other bullet holes in the windshield and right door CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX Commissioners To Receive Bids Oct. 4 The county commissioners will receive bids on October 4th for the furnishing of an electric ironer at the county infirmary. Specifications are on file in the county auditor’s office.

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J. H. HELLER TO ! BE IN CHARGE OF HEADQUARTERS Appointment of Decatur Editor Made at Democratic Meet Saturday FARLEY AND OTHERS SPOKE AT MEETING Adams county Democratic headquarters will be opened in Decatur iin the next few days for the fall ! < it was decided at an orIganization meeting of committeemen. candidates and a few party workers at local headquarters Sat-1 urday night. J. I. Farley. Auburn, Democratic I nominee for congress in the Fourth] Indiana district and Virgil M. Simmons, Bluffton attorney and Fourth district chairman addressed the meeting. Dick Heller, county chairman, announced the appointment of J. H. Heller, editor of the Daily Democrat. as acting chairman, while he in at Indianapolis in charge of the i Democratic state speakers' bureau. Almost every precinct in the 'county was represented. Besides Mr. Farley and Mr. Simmons, Han. ] Abraham Simmons, father of V. M. I Simmons delivered a short talk. Al Holsman. Fort Wayne and Julian Franke, city controller of >Fort Wayne, also attended the 'meeting and spoke briefly on organ- | ization. Plans for a lively campaign were discussed. H. M. DeVoss. Democratic candidate for judge of Adau«s circuit court was appointed to represent the county at a meeting called by Chairman Simmons at the Hotel Keenan. Fort Wayne, Monday night, for the purpose of completing plans for the speaking | in tile district. Among prominent speakers who ! will appear in the district during the campaign are Gov. Albert Ritchie, of Maryland; Claude Bowers of New York; Frederic VanNuys. senatorial nominee; Paul V. McNutt, gubernatorial n rninee; Clarence Manion, dean of the University of Notre Dame law school and keynoter at the Democratic state convention last spring, and a number of others. The possibility of having Manion close the Adams county campaign I with a county-wide rally at Decatur i early in November was discussed. |lt was decided to hold four outstanding meetings during the campaign. one at Berne. Geneva. MonI roe and Decatur. The poll will be taken by the CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE o Two Persons Robbed By Bogus Hitchhikers Bourbon, Ind. Sept. 12 —(UP) —

inrill ■ » u. bj v ’ A highway robber in the role of a hitchhiker and two accomplices obtained cish and jewelry aggregat ing $450 last night from W. A. Winters of Wolcott and Mrs Elizabeth Phipps of Lawrence 0., the victims reported to police here today. After Winters and Mrs. Phipps offered' the hiker a ride, they reported, he | ordered them down a lonely road where he was met by the accont-1 plices. The victims were released a mile further. o Lawrenceville Man Critically Wounded Vincennes, Ind., Sept. 12 —(U.R) — I Marlin Vance. 24. Lawrenceville, 111., was in a critical condition in a hospital here today, suffering from a bullet wound inflicted by . Hairy Parmenter, night merchant policeman. Vance was shot. Parmenter said, when he and three companions attacked th> policeman after he had warned them against violations of a city ordinance. i o Senator .James Davis Obtains Separate Trial New York. Sept 12—(UP) —‘Sen. ater James J. Davis today was granted a separate trial by federal lottery laws. Divls was Indicted with seven others in connection with alleged lotteries conducted by the Moose and Eagles. Davis will be tried September 19.

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Bern’s ‘First Wife’ Feared Suicide; . 1 llhv A This is the Dorothy Millette who played with Paul Bern and Frank Craven in "Too Many Crooks” and who lias been identified as the woman known for ten years as Bern's wife. As friends were attending the funeral of Paul Bern, husband of Jean Harlow; it j was reported that Dorothy Millette I had committed suicide by jumping from a river boat between Sacramento and San Francisco. ADAMS COUNTY ENTRIES WIN Horse Owned by Adams County Men Win Many Honors at Shows Adams County's horses have been giving a good account of themselves in the fall shows the last few weeks. Henry Dehner of Union township had his aged roan m ire and a three year old sorrel mare entered in the Van Wert Horse Show. Each tixilk first place in their classes and the aged mare took sweep stakes in the breed and grind champion in all breeds. Ed. Neuhouser in the Jay County fair took first and grand champion witli a three-year .Id mare, second with his two-year old stud and second with a suckling colt. In the fair at Nipoleon, Ohio, the two-year old stud took first and the mare was second in her class. A yearling purebred stud colt, bred by Wm. Mitchell out of the David Habegger colt. Douglas, owned and shown by Mike Meyers of Elwood, took first at the Illinois State Fair in the open classes, took first in the Gold Medal Colt Club at Indianapolis in a class of 14, both

breeds showing. This fine c. It also took second in the open classes of the State Fair at Indianapolis. These men are all planning on entering suckling colts in the fall suckling colt show at Berne, October 20, and they state that horsemen and breeders from all over Indiana and points east are expressing their intention of attending the show. They also sttte that these men are anxious to pick up the better colts. Adams County has long been known as the home of really good horses and with the recent revival and interest in horses will be able to realize on this reput ition and keep Adams County to the front with the Belgian Breed. o Junior Band Will

Practice Tonight The Junior Band will meet for practice in the high school building tonight at 7 o'clock. All members of the band are asked to be present for rehearsal. o Brotherhood Meeting At Church Tonight The Brotherhood of the First Evangelical Church will meet tonight. at 8 o’clock in the church basement. T. L. Becker will "have charge of the entert linment and refreshments. An interesting evening Is assured, and every member is urged to attend.

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FLYING FAMILY MADE FORCED LANDING IN SEA Little Hope Is Held For Survival of the Family; Dow n Amid Ice Floes STEAM TRAWLER CONTINUES HUNT Abourtl Tr a w 1 e r Lord Talbot, in Denmark strait, by Radio to I nited Press. Sept. 12 <U R) We are still searching for traces of the missing ‘living family of Col. George R. Hutchinson without success. We swept the waters of the Denmark strait with searchlights all night. Iliere are a number of icebergs in the strait which make our work difficult. (Signed) Watson, commander. Copenhagen. Sept. 12— (U.R) — Twenty-one hours search in the waters of Denmark strait revealed no trace today of Col. George R. Hutchinson and his "flying family” of eight persons, who made a forced landing yesterday In their Amphibian airplane. While officials and natives continued the search, the natives including women of the fishing families in charge of large "lifeboats.” littie hope was held for the survival of the flying family, dropped suddenly in the midst of treacherous ice floes. The Greenland board asked Knud Rasmussen, famous explorer. to join the search in his motorship Thstauning. Rasmussen was about 400 miles south of where Huntchinson came down en route I from Juliane-Haah to Angmagssalik on a flight by easy stages from New York to Europe. The last word received from the amphibian was an SOS call picked up by the British trawler Lord Talbot. The trawler found no sign of the plane when it reached the position given in the calls. The SOS said Hutchinson had made a forced landing in the sea. Greenland authorities were frankly pessimistic over chanc«s of finding the plane and the flying family altoard. Officials in Greenland advised authorities here by wireless that they feared the flying family had been lost. A radio message ear>- today from Julianehaab. Greenland, where Hutchinson started to fly to Angmagsalik, reported that all search for the plane had been futile. Tile distance overland from. Julianehaab to Angmagssalik is about 450 miles. If Hutchinson followed the coast and avoided the dangerous overland crossing, as Danish authorities expected him to do. he would have added about 100 miles to his route. The amphibian carried enough fuel for a flight of between 800 and 900 mile. Aboard the plane were Col. and

CONTINUED ON PAGE THRE7E MINISTERS GIVE FAREWELL PARTY Ministerial Association Honors Rev. Vance; Rev. Lanman Chosen l 1 The Ministerial Association met 1 at the United Brethren parsonage last Saturday afternoon to hold I a business meeting and to bid farewell to the members of the Vance family who were departing for their new field at Plymouth. Indiana, to which Rev. R. E. Vance was recently appointed.

During the business session the financial report of the association was read by Rev. Vance, secretarytreasurer. Rev. C. R. Lanman. minister of the First Christian church, was elected secretarytreasurer to fill the office vacated by Rev. Vance. Following the business session the ministers and their families enjoyed a surprise program arranged by Rev. M. W. Sunderman. president of the association. Mrs. A. B. Brown sang a very appropriate number entitled, "The Lord Bless Thee." as a farewell message to Rev. and Mrs. R. E. Vance and family. At the close of the social hour refreshments consisting of cake and ice cream were served.