Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 30, Number 217, Decatur, Adams County, 13 September 1932 — Page 1

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EMOCRATS WIN ELECTION IN MAINE

Lcatur School Board Cuts School Tax Levy To 85 Cents

■EASE IS |ge SAVING ■OTAXPAYERS ■ ( hoolTa\Le\yWas ■ : Mean* Saving of Hlmost $35,000 ■i< POSSIBLE ■ i SINL SURPLUS K Decatur School Board ■| <|U lust uigl.t prepared K b „.| | <ir 19.13 and cut K,'ol citv's tax Jew for ■ear from $137 to X.», ■ in til, hundred dollars. ■ budget as raised by I ■, from the tax leyv Kjuc<<i t roll! S92.l'Xtt .iX ■,197.09. oil " is made possible ■ trough the using of the Hwhhh the school city lias ■is and the pruning of esti ■expenses. ■e-. salaries were reduced to 15 per cent . the cuts after January 1. 1933. ■he new salary law is effec- ■ ibis saving amounts to ■7 Dr. Burt Mangold, presi■f the hoard announced toKeen teachers were reeeivK minimum leather’s pay as I by law and their salaries It be affected by the cut. principals and special is under contract until the the school term next May t b» affected by the cut. _ levies proposed for next on each SIOO of taxable ,y follow; ial fund—2s cents, on fund—6o cents. levy Is made for the bond t as the amount necessary.; will be paid out of the a Dr. Mangold stated. The made last year and collecthis year were, special fund. L«: bond. 10 cents; tuition, to: total. $1.37. $1.37 rate this year, based i taxable valuation of $6.-1 0 produced $92,480.58 while i cent levy figured on a valtl-i of $4 849.071.00 will produce| 141.197.09, which is less than ( the amount required to » the schools. The budget timated expenses totals 3.42, the difference of aplately $40,000 being taken the surplus, which Dr. Manexplained had been created i period of eight years, with impose in mind of applying a later date on the building new school building here, rer in view of the present n-INUED ON PAGE FIVE IS NOMINEES I STATE VIEWS f <l E. Smith Wants indidates to Clarify Bonus Problem Hadelphia. Pa.. Sept. 13—(UPJ » E- Smith today called upon tandidates for President to Ute people what they intend 1 About the soldier bonus Ms. s demand tiy the Democratic ,8 1928 candidate for the «ency was set forth in a righted argument written by “ for the Saturday Evening Published ioday. voiced the forthright speaking ’ other's own disapproval of wted legislation and some an the books; it declared Present laws would force the fnment within 20 years to as much for pensions as the 'government costs this year; B ®* p d the house of representaifor encouraging much of the 'ob° n “ nd agltation - ’ the former governor * 11 take the negative side Question that the man who ’ himseif to the country in trouble should be rewardrl he unfortunate thing about e 8 at a "Just and equitable ri , compensation and reON PAGE FIVE

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;Graydon Dixson Is Injured At Muncie Graydon Dixson, son of Mr. and ; Mrs. George Dixson. 615 Indiana street, and a senior at the Ball State! Teachers college in Muncie, suffer ed cuts about his face and a badly I lacerated tongue Sunday evening I when he ran into a guy wire while walking on the school campus. Mr. Dixson was en route to the campus hospital Sunday night about 7:30 o'clock on an errand. Due to the darkness, he was unable to see the wire. His injuries were dressed at the hospital where it was found that his tongue was practically severed. Eight stitches were required to close the wound. He also suffered cuts about the face. He was brought to this city Monday and his condition is reported to be improving. GOV.ROOSEVELT CROSSES STATE ■ Democratic Presidential Candidate Makes Only Two Brief Stops Aboard Roosevelt Special. Indianapolis, Ind.. Sept. 13 — (U.R) Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Democratic presidential nominee, arrived here at 1:20 CST today en route to the Pacific coast. Roosevelt was greeted at the station by a group of Indiana Democratic leaders who later boarded his car for a Ifrief conference and to assure him the state would be in his column in Novftnber Indianapolis, Sept. 13. —(U.R) —Gov-, ernor Franklin D. Roosevelt. Demo-1 cratic presidential nominee, turned his attention to Indiana politics today as his special train speeded across the state en route to start his western campaign tour. The train was to stop only briefly at Indianapolis and Terre Haute. R Earl Peters, Fort Wayne, state j chairman, planned to board the | tiin heie at 1 o'clock this afterI noon and accompany the nominee ;to St. Louis while he outlined Indiana's campaign plans. A committee headed by Thomas Taggart, French Lick, and Mrs. Samuel Ralston, Indianapolis, national committee members from Indiana, was to greet Governor Roosevelt upon his arriva. All state candidates and Mrs. A. P. Flynn, Logansport, state vice chairman, were . to welcome the New York executive to Indiana. Peters said he expected to arrange for Roosevelt's appearance in Indianapolis for an address dur- . ing October. He also will discuss the probability of Roosevelt's speaking tour into northern Indiana previous to his speech in Chicago on September 30. Rallies Scheduled Indianapolis, Sept. 13. — (U.R) | Both major parties today were in full campaign swing and rallies CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX Decatur Man Falls From Roof, Into Car Charles Brown, son of Mr. and Mrs. Luther Brown of Russel street fell from the root of the iHunsfcker property at the corner of Eighth ! and Monroe streets about 4 o’clock ( Monday afternoon, and plunged 1 through the top of an automobile . parked below. Mr. Brown was engaged in repairt ing the roof on the Hunsicker pro- , pert when he slipped, falling onto , the top of a cir owned by Jacob Eady. Brown received a sprained , ankle. The top of the aitto was j slightly damaged. i Curtis Wolfe Dies At Pleasant Mills > i Curtis Wolfe, 61, of Portland, died suddenly early Monday morning at ■ the home of his son Carl Wolfe at > Pleasant ‘Mills. Mr. Wolfe was visiting with his son when he is ’ thought to have suffered a stroke > of paralysis. 1 The deceased was born in Preble 1 county, Ohio., and was united in ■ marriage to Mary Sidler, who sur- • vives, together with two sons, Car! > Pleasant Mills, and Garland of Dun- • kirk. Mr. Wolfe was a member of the Friends church in Portland.

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ANOTHER PLANE STARTS FLIGHT ACROSS OCEAN Two Men And a Woman Take Oil For Projected Non-stop Flight to Rome LEAVE AIRPORT AT 6:17 THIS MORNING Floyd Bennett Airport, N. Y„ Sept. 13. — (U.R) —The plane American Nurse with two men and a woman aboard took off today on ar | projected non-stop flight to Rome. I 4.200 miles distant. The huge Bellanca plane roared I into the air at 6:17 a. in. EST. William Ulbrich was at the controls of the "flying medical laboratory" with Dr. Leon M. Pesculli and Miss Edna Newcomer, nurse, las passenger. The flight was designed to be a scientific expedition with the physician studying the physical reactions of Ulbrich and Miss Newcomer to fatigue, atmostpheiical conditions and the gases from the motor. The American Nurse carried 850 gallons of gasoline. Ulbrich expected to average more than 130 miles an hour with his 420 horsepower Wasp engine. That estimate would require about 35 hours for 1 the flight. The plane, the same one used by Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Hern ] don in their round-the-world flight, was reconditioned. It was painted blue and white and carried. tile number NR 796-W. Ulbrich mapped a course that J i would take tile American Nurse out ] Ito sea from Cape Cod. Then, flying the southern route over ship lanes, he would head for Cape Finestere. Spain. Once over Spain the American Nurse s course would be across the Mediterranean to Florence. Italy. There Miss Newcomer planned a parachute leap to commemorate the honor of E lorence Nightingale. Weather charts indicated the fliers would have favorable tail winds for two-thirds of the crossing, when they would enter a storm area. Ulbrich hoped to dodge that or fly 'continued on page six ADAMS COUNTY FARMER DIES Noah Fox, Monroe Township, Passes Away At Home Monday ' Noah Fox, 56. well known farmer of Monroe township, died at his . home at 1:30 o'clock Monday afternoon, following an illness of 1 about two and a half months. Mr. Fox had been ailing for the last few months and he was taken to the Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne several weeks ago. He was ’ returned to his home but his condition gradually became worse, re--1 suiting in death Monday. ■ The deceased was a son of Mich- • ael and Elizabeth Captain Fox, and i was born in Monroe township, Oc- ; tober 18. 1875. His entire life was I spent in that community. > He was united in marriage to Miss Lillie Hirschy on May 29, . 1904, who survives, together with . four sons and one daughter. At- , thur. Herman. James and Gordon, , and Miss DorOthy Pox. Two sist- [ ers, Miss Emma Fox and Mrs. Ma- , linda Moser also survive. Funeral services will be held from the home at 9 o’clock Thursday morning and at 9:30 o clock from the Mennonite church, of ’ which the deceased was a member. Rev. C. H. Suckau will officiate and 1 burial will be made in the M. R. E. cemetery, west of Berne. o- —— Hammond Lineman Is Electrocuted . Hammond, Ind., Sept. 13 (UP) Conrad Horn, 45. electrician for the . Northern (Indiana Public Service I company, was electrocuted here when a saw lie was using came in ’ contact with a wire carrying 11,000 volts of electricity.

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Maine’s Governor J jj? jffiS '.■£ 4. WHManMBSEMMn Louis J. Brann, Democratic gubernatorial candidate, on the face of nearly complete returns, was elected governor of Maine ini a surprising victory over Burleigh! Martin. G. O. P. nominee. Brann held a lead of 2,035 votes with only a few tiny rural precincts yet unreported. Brann is the first Democrat elected as governor in Maine since the 1914 election. I BONUS QUESTION! IS MAIN TOPIC — Resolution Urging Congress to Pay Bonus at Once Being Considered Portland. Ore., Sept. 13 —<U.R)“ A resolution urging congress to pay adjusted service certificates (the bonus) immediately and in full had evolved today out of a maze of bonus resolutions and was on its way toward the floor of the [ American Legion national convention. The second significant development in tlie Legion bonus fight came when Patrick J. Hurley, secretary of war and a member of the Tulsa. Okla., Post, appeared with a delegate badge of Oklahoma on his lapel. In accepting a seat with the Oklahoma delegation, Secretary I, Hurley openly pledged himself to vote as that delegation had been instructed Hack home —for immed- . iate cash payment of the bonus and for repeal of the 18th amendment. It had been popularly supposed that he was here to represent President Hoover in an effort to 1 stall advocacy of bonus payments. Die-hard bonus opposers led by CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO G.O.P. LEADERS 1 ARE SURPRISED Administration Leaders Withhold Comment On Maine Election Returns ) Washington, Sept. 13 — (U.R) — 1 Amazed at the overturn in Maine which swept Democrats into the ' governorship and two of the three congressional seats, administration leaders withheld comment today until they could study the returns more closely. Democrats forecast election of ‘ Governor Roosevelt on the basis 1 of their victory in Maine. President Hoover went into con--1 ference immediately after break- ' fast with his two chief political advisers. Postmaster General Walter F. Brown and Secretary of Treasury Ogden L. Mills. Neither | would comment on arriving at the White House. They remained with Mr. Hoover until the cabinet , meeting at 10 a. m. The Maine victory gained . especial significance because of ! the fact that even in 1916, when ( Woodrow Wilson was reelected. CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE

DAVID ADAMS (SELECTED Is Named Commander of Adams Post No. 43 of The American Legion David Adams, employe of the Dal y Democrat, was elected commander of Adams Post No. 43 of the American Legion at the annual election of officers, held Monday ’evening in the Legion hall. The other successful candidates for the various offices were: Herbert L. Kern, first vice-commandar; Edgar Yoder, second vice-command-er; Miles Roop, finance officer; Janies K. Staley, adjutant. The three successful candidates for the executive committee were Ernest Stengle, Joe Laurent and Albert Miller. The installation of the new officers for the year 1932-33 will be held Monday. October 10. Ferd O’Brien and Albert Miller were appointed a committee to have charge of arrangements of tlie installation. Plans are being made to have William O. Nelson, of Anderson, state | commander of the Legion, take active charge of the installation ceremonies. Short talks were given following the election last night by Bob Bushee, of Ossian, district commander. Mr. Slane. commander of the Ossian post, and Mr. Umpleby, of Richmond. One hundred twentyfive attended the meeting. .Music 'was furnished at the meeting by I Tillman Gehrig, violinist, Henry l Faurote, accordionist and a quartette. It was also announced that the total membership paid to date for the year 1933. has reached the number of forty members. August Kelley Is Chosen President A meeting of the Sophomore class of the Decatur high school was held Tuesday morning, at which time August Kelley was chosen president, and Miss Eloise Lewton was selected the class guardian for the year. Other officers selected were Clark Smith, vice-president; Evelyn Kohls, secretary; and Dick Brodbeck, treasurer. JOHN MALLER DIES MONDAY Prominent French Township Farmer Dies After A Three Months Illness John Mailer. 79, prominent French township farmer, died at his home at 5:30 o’clock Monday morning, following a three months illness. He had been a resident of French township for the past forty three years. Mr. Mailer was born in Switzerland, January 17, 1853, the son of Jacob and Elizabeth Moser Mailer. He was first united in marriage to Leah Steffen who preceded him in death. His second marriage was to a sister of his first wife, Elizabeth Steffen. Surviving besides the widow are seven children, by the first wife: Mrs. Jehu Gerber, Adams county; Mrs. Amos Bertsch, Elgin. III.; John L. Mailer and Joel Mailer. Adams county; Samuel Mailer, Bluffton; Mrs. Lewis Gerber, Adams county, and Levi Mailer, Bluffton. Funeral services will be held at the home at 1 o'clock Wednesday afternoon and at 2 o’clock at the Christian Apostoliic church of which the deceased was a member. Burial will be made in the church cemetery. o Congressman Hogg Here On Business Congressman David H. Hogg of Fort Wayne was in the city t day and made his headquaiters at the Decatur postoffice. He was attending to official business and innounced that he would be in his office every Monday and Saturday and remainder of the time would be spent in the district.

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FLYING FAMILY IS FOUND ALIVE IN GREENLAND Hutchinson Family Is Found On Barren Coast By Steam Trawler MISSING SINCE SUNDAY AFTERNOON Angmagssalik, Greenland Sept. 13 —(UP)— The flying Hutchinson family rescued from their Shattered trans-Atlantic plane on the bleak coast of Greenland were landed at Finssbu near here by the Aberdeen trowler Lord Talbot today Angmagssalk. Greenland. Sept. 13—<U.R> —Col. George R. Hutchinson and his "flying family" were saved from a death on the barren Greenland coast today when they were found alive and well at Ikersuak Fjord. Their airplane! was wrecked. The steam trawler Lord Talbot, | first vessel to receive Hutchin-1 son's SOS signals, found the fam-] ily early today. The amphibian airplane in which eight persons were flying to Europe was forced down on the | open sea at 3:10 p. m. Sunday. The discovery of the little liand huddled ashore after their airplane had been wrecked saved them from likely starvation or death from cold in a deserted region. The privations would have been especially severe on Mrs. Hutchinson and her two 'daughters. Katherine. 8. and Janet 6. A flotilla of craft ranging from trawlers to Eskimo canoes had searched the sea since Sunday for the missing family, while airplanes flew over Denmark Strait seeking to spot them. Aboard the amphibian “City of Richmond" were Hutchinson, his wife and two daughters, and a crew of four; Peter Redpath, navigator; Joseph Ruff, mechanic; Gerald Altfilisch, radio operator, and Norman Alley, cameraman. The flying family left New York Aug. 23 and flew to St. John. N.B. Hutchinson made the next stages.] CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX o Two Testify Today In River Dredge Case! David Schertz of Wabash town ] ship nid Jonas Neuenschwander of) French township were witnesses today in the Wabash river dredge case. They testified relative to damages and benefits to lands in Wabash and Hartford townships. The case was resumed yesterday following adjournament last May. Special judge Kister of Princeton is presiding. Q CHILE FACING REVOLUTION Aviation Cor p s Issue Manifesto Against Acting President Davila Santiago, Chine. Sept. 13 —(UP) —Revolution was threatened again in Chile today after members of the aviation corps led by Col. Merino IBenitz had demanded in a manifesto to the armed forcecs withdrawal of acting president Crlos Davila. They entrancetie themselves at ! the bosque field and refused to turn ] over command to the government. Reorganization of the cabinet on 1 the ground that it was not carrying out the country's socialist program, also was demanded in the manifesto. delivered last night. It was believed to have caused the Cabinet's immediate resignation and reorgan- ■ ization. which was announced aHer , midnight. , It appeared, however, that the aviation faction still was dissatisfied and the possibility of open revolt appeared. , A second Manifesto this morning , asked Davila's immediate resignaI ’continued on page six

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Hold Final Concert In Decatur Tonight The last band concert of the season, sponsored by the merchants of the city, wi'l be held tonight at 8 o'clock. The Decatur Merchant's . Band will present the program of music. The treasure hunt will start at 5 o'clock this evening, and a large number of persons trom Decatur and Adams county are expected to attend the event. Local stores will remain open during tlie evening treasure hunt and band concert. The program tor the concert will! be as follows: The Drum Major, march—Ellis. Eagles Convention, march — Schultz. By the Mississippi, waltz —Davis. Slick Slide, trombone novelty — Huffer. Gladiators, overture —Swade. El Capitan, march -Sousa. The Pazzazza Promenade, one step—Huffer. Oveline, march—Vandercook. Cecellia, waltzes —McFall. St. Vitas Dance, fox trot — Holmes. Back Home, march —Huffer. VON PAPEN IS STILL LEADER German Government Warns Reichstag Members Force Will be Used Berlin, Sept. 13—(UJ!)—The government of Chancellor Franz Von Papen, given an overwhelming vote of misconfidence, nevertheless appeared today to have a favorable start in the next general election, after the chancellor had dissolved the reichstag in one of the most dramatic scenes in German parliamentary history. Tlie government warned the opposition that force would he used, if necessary, to prevent deputies from reassembling. It decided, however, that mftrtial law or other strict measures were not necessary after the proposed attempt to call a reichstag meetj ing today was abandoned. The defiance by Hie reichstag, 1 where the opposition led by the ! Nazis refused to accept dissoluj tion as legal, cooled notably when i Speaker Hermann Goering decided to cancel a session he had called ] for today. Instead. Goering said, I several German states "close to I the Fascist movement" would ap- ] peal to the supreme court on the I legality of dissolution. Several leading politicians interviewed by the United Press believed that the manner of the reichstag's dissolution was favorable to Von Papen. The chancellor's speech, delivered over the radio last night instead of in the reichstag, was well received. Von Papen reviewed the sensational scenes in parliament. He rebuked the reichstag for having listened to Clara Zetkin, 75-year-old communist "freshly arrived from Moscow” while it I refused to hear the chancellor. Clara opened the reichstag session as result of her seniority and demanded the impeachment of the president and the cabinet. Blosser Funeral Services Are Held Funeral serviices w-ere held today for T. H. Blosser. 79-year-old resident of Decatur, who died at the home of his son. Fred Blosser on Seventh street, Sunday morning. The funeral was held from the Fred Blosser residence, and burial was made in the Bluffton cemetery. Mr. Blosser formerly resided in Bluffton. - — o Tropical Storm In Louisiana New Orleans, Sept. 13 —(U.R) —A tropical disturbance swooped in toward the Louisiana coast today bringing squalls and heavy seas to the shore line. The storm apparently was about 100 miles southwest of the tip of the Mississippi river delta. Inbound ships battled gales all night. The tide was two feet above normal at Gulfport. Miss. An east wind was blowing. Rains extended throughout the section.

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GOVERNORSHIP, CONGRESSIONAL SEATS ARE WON Gubernatorial Candidate’s Lead In Latest Returns Is Over 2,090 DEMOCRAT HEADS ARE JUBILANT Portland, Maine. Sept. 13. (U.R) Bock ribbctl Republican Maine apparently has done Democratic, Republican hea<l quarters admitteil here today. The Republican canipaipi leaders conceded that Louis .1. Brann, Democratic candidate for governor held a lead of 2.035 votes over Burleigh Martin, with two communities believed to he Democratic still unreported. Not only did it appear that the Democratic candidate for governor had been elected, but two of three Democratic candidates for the House of Representatives held growing leads. Edward C. Moran in the second district, was leading John E. Nelson by 2.500; and John G. Utterback, in the third district, was leading former Governor Ralph O. I Brewster by the same margin. Brewster has served three terms as governor. Carroll L. Beedy, Republican candidate in the first district, apparently was the only Republican congressional candidate elected. His lead was about 2,500. With returns from only a fewprecincts missing, the vote stood; Louis J. Brann (D) 118,337 Burleigh Martin (R) 116.302 Every one of the three congressional battles was extremely close. In the first district returns front all but 10 of 145 precincts gave: Rep. Carroll L. Beedy IR) 36.402 Joseph E. F. Connolly (D) 33,711 Returns from all but 12 or 213 precincts in the second district gave: Edward C. Moran, Jr. (D) 40.825 Rep. John E. Nelson <R) 38.233 Returns from all but 29 of 274 precincts in the third district gave: John G. Utterback (D). 36,786 Ralph O. Brewster (R) 31.237 It was the closest Maine election since 1880. when the Democratic candidate for governor won by 174 votes. The two unreported communities were the town of Sanford, largest in the state, and two wards in iston, the home town of the DemoCONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE MRS.CORA BARE DIES AT NOON Passes Away at Home of Daughter, Mrs. R. A. Stuckey, Today Mrs. Cora Mae Bare, 68. mother of Mrs. R. A. Stuckey of this city, died at the home of her daughter, 724 North Second street at 12 o'clock noon today. Death was due complications. Mrs. Bare had been in failing health for several yeaiw fbut her condition became worse about five weeks ago it which time she became confined to her bed. The deceased was born in Milton. Wayne county, March 30. 1864, the daughter of John W. and Frances Zell. She was united in marriage to Martin Bare, who suivives. Only one child was born to the union. Mrs. Bare was a memlber of the Methodist EJpiscop&l Church. She spent her entire life in Huntington county 'where she moved with her family at the age of five. Mr. and Mrs. Bare moved to this city a year ago and have made their home with Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Stuckey. Surviving besides the husband , and daughter, are three brothers: ■ Glen Zell of Connersville; Julius, i Fort Wayne: and Earl of Detroit, Michigan. One brother and four sisters preceded her in death. > Funerfal services will be held it . 1 o'clock Thursday afternoon at the . home with tlie Rev. B. H. Franklin, > pastor of the local iMethodist Epist copal Church in charge. Burial will . be made in the cemetery at Lancaster.