Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 30, Number 218, Decatur, Adams County, 14 September 1932 — Page 1

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lov. FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT OPENS TOUR

■yTAXRATE In BE SIXTY ■cents LOWER M |{ a te Estimated At B- on rrop<»V e d Local Lev ies Bm i’roi’osed FINAL ~n iwkc u; total tax o ■ I. 1 > ■■■ii.-.l dol |H _ . , .'llls J^R ni w!th . >jt>' applying P.O able this 18-'* ■ • : " 11 *'' 1 ,1 " 1 . ■ t>,;. « as the tn •'<! Ih I lie JK pr ,.< . » • made until 2nth ■ |H re al-,. ' ate is ■ ' ellts ~ boosted action "ii tlmse BH Means B g Saving gHd .."- •'■' tile $2.59 taM'-i." : - Vai the K Mi J"".OVU. ■> let taxation . fl MS .- I .' ■ rate figured on k ' .et? tifiired on a ■ll,. ■■■f||>e odll< ■MvI! ■noz- taxpayers, be, a - ■ ,\ mn figured is tor a . n poses, namely county, city, school city, roads and library. ■ Proposed Levies in.pu.-e.: the differ- ■ uh"- Il apply to the Mot Decatur follows ■ rate per SIOO ■> .15 ■- 61 ■ti City .85 ■fr .39 ■n .os ■ship Road . .37 ■(ship General .04 B *P Poor .12 B Total $2.58 is not a vestige of a chance fre total rate in Decatur can M* t° sl.st>. as specified in the • tax lav matter what ad■•>l cuts tile County Board of [j Adjustment might make in MktinueD on" page" two bi — n ■LAND WILL MEET PAYMENT frat Britain Is Preparr? to Meet Fully Dec. r’ War Debt Payment rndon. Sept. 14.- <u.R) —Great ■ mL iS prt!parin ß to meet fully |,. W ™ l>el ' 15 war (lebt payment I'•* united States and will not I e the suspensory clause beF the deadline at midnight tai’ • ’le United Press was relir ttirormed today. Piiiloniahe quarters here were L j J convinced that Britain r i&t the favorable impressed by meeting the payment lb a “ read J«»tment of favbt termß at the earliest stiai* i ,Jter '' he Amer,< ‘ an presi''lal election. rentit k° m ** Brl,lsh quarters aphave not abandoned hope (meat is'r riUm ’ the Britißh gov befits *’ reporl ‘ , ‘> ‘o feel that the •tporarv a ‘ noratoriu m. despite tontnarah/* 8 rabllltyi would be Ctme ! 'T early ’ tlwrollgh Wher a i!!' A concerted move itch m| B k tOrS tow ard suspension, riurn w 8 ’ ,ollow another moraPtestS da,nage BrlUßh finan ‘

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I .Mrs. Nellie Ross Opens Campaign New Albany, Ind. Sept 14 —(UP) I—Mrs. Nellie Tayloe Ross vlcechulrman of' the Democratic National I I committee and former governor of II Wyoming, will open her Indiana | speaking tour here tonight. Mrs. Ross will be accompanied I here by Mrs. Samuel R. Ralston, ■ widow of the late senator, and Paul V. McNutt, Democratic gubernatorial nominee. She will be the first womun speaker of the National organization to speak iu Indiana. Mrs. Ross is scheduled for two >j speeches Thursday. She will speak | at Matthew Grove, near Clinton, in 1 the afternoon. In the evening she • will be principal speaker at a Terre ; Haute meeting honoring Mrs. Vlriginia Jenckes, candidate for con- ; gress from the sixth district. o CONVENTION TO J DISCUSS BONUS — Various Factions at Legion Convention Promise to Continue Fight Portland. Ore., Sept. 14. —<U.R> — The legislative committee of the ' American Legion today by a vote I of 21 to 9 adopted the report of a sub-committee favoring immediate cash payment of the bonus. i 1 Portland. Ore., Sept. 14 (UP) — American Legion sentiment for immediate payment of the bonus ami criticism of the Administration for I evicting bonus marchers from the ( National Capital had crystalized in committee** today and appeared ready to burst forth on the Nation--1 al convention floor. iA stubborn minority promised to carry, ita opposition to the Bonus i resolution and the movement to eojulemu, President Hi-over onto the convention floor for a direct vote 1 of the 1.289 delegates. The Netiramka delegation, backed by Missouri and Minnesota, will de- , i niand that a minority resolution . against immediate payment be re.id and voted upon. , Only Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines appetred likely to defend the ad1 ministration's views against pay- ' ment of the bonus. Secretary of . War Hurley left last night without waiting for the issue to be settled. The “censure Hoover" movement ■ was credited with a signal victory, i by George Brown of Pennsylvania. member of the resolutions commit- • tee. and others of his delegation. Brown t. id the United Press that a .subcommittee headed by Clyde Edgar of New Jersey hid agreed tx> adopt a resolution regretting that the administration found it necessary to evict the bonus army. But even if the resolutions committee adopts the coni'iiromise agreement. Brown and other Per.n- --' sylvanians said, the Quaker State ' men will upset convention prece--1 dent by demanding a roll call on ‘ the minority committee report. “The 'Anaoost|i” reeolutiom a-' dopted by the Pennsylavlna State department will be the minority report of the subcommittee," said Paul H. Griffith of Uniontown. Pa. "We want a convention vote on it as is.” Brown held that the subcommitlee « > t ■ it- ir it «t w •- • ' COX'TINUWD ON PAGE SIX Funeral Rites For Mrs, Bare Thursday Funeral serivces for Mrs. Cora Mae Bare. 68, who died at the home of her daughter Mrs. R. A. Stuckey on North Second street at noon TUewtey, will be held from the home at 1 o’clock Thursday afternoon. Rev. B. H. Franklin, pastor of the local Methodist Episcopal Church will officiate and the body will be talken to Lancaster for burial. oMission Festival At St. Luke’s Church 'The annual Mission Festival of . the St. Luke's Reformed Church of - Honduras will be held Sunday,, September 18. at the church. The services will begin at 10 ■ o’clock Sunday morning. Afternoon and evening programs will begin , at 2:30 and 7 o'clock respectively, i The pastor will speak at the morn-, i ing service. i Rev. Alferd Yost of Spencerville, i 0., will be the speaker at the as- , ternoon and evening services. The public is invited to attend and meals will be served at the homes of the members In the congregation.

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PAUL V.McNUTT I TO SPEAK HERE I ON OCTOBER 5 l i Democratic Candidate for Governor of Indiana Slated For Speech I OTHER SPEAKERS ARE ANNOUNCED 'j Paul V. McNutt, Demo-' cratic caiulitlate lor uoxei nor of Indiana, will speak in De-: eatur, the night of October sth, it was announced today bv stale headquarters. Plans will l>e made to 1 make this the opening event | of a snaopv thirty dav cam-: paiyn which will cover the entire countv. Mr. McNutt is an orator and his message will 1 lie of interest to every voter. An-, nouncement will be made later as , to the place of holding the meeting and other arrangements. J. H. I Heller, acting county chairman! stated. H M. DeVoss, who represented. | Adams county at the district meet-1 | ing held ax the Keenan hotel.! ■ Fort Wayne, said there was much, interest shown and that plans arebeing made for a number of lm-| portant meetings in the various counties, with several headliners on the program. ' On October sth. Mr. McNutt will] speak at Albion. Columbia City, ams Bluffton during the day, con-| I eluding with the night meeting! l >here. Fred VanNuys, candidate for United States senator will he in the fourth district October 26 1 and will be in Decatur from ten • a.m. until one o'clock. A tour i over the county will probably be i arranged. Oilier important dates. auiwuiu_-j ed include a joint meeting of Wells I and Adams counties at Bluffton, some time next month with i Claude G. Bowers of New- York i City as the speaker. Governor! |i Ritchie of Maryland will speak in. 1 Fort Wayne about October 10th' J and Clarence Manion of Notre ! Dame will be the headliner at a, 1 fourth district meeting at Hamil- 1 ton Lake, Circle park. September ! 21st. Other dates are being ar i ranged and the month of October, will be a busy one politically, Mr. J Heller stated. | Candidates and other Democratic' I 'cONTINUBp'oN PAGE SIX MONOPLANE IS I I STILL COING "American Nurse” Is Sighted Over Atlantic; All Is Normal London. Sept. 14. (U.R) - The mon- ' oplane American Nurse, carrying i an American nurse, a doctor and a doctor and a pilot on a non-stop flight from New York to Rome, was ■ eagerly awaited over the coast of Spain and Portugal today. The plane apparently was mak ing steady progress and. if it holds to itk southern course, should be in the vicinity of Cape FinUterre.! northern Spain, early this evening, ‘ New York time. When last reported to the United Press by the steamer Ashbur- , ton at 12:30 a. tn. EST., the plane | , was 450 miles northwest of the Azores, or about 1.600 miles from i Cape Flnlsterre. At an estimated J speed of at least 100 miles an hour, the plane should make land before nightfall in New York. As the fuel load decreased, the plane's speed , would increase, it was pointed out. Aboard S. S. France, Sept. 14.— (U.R)—The France passed a monoj plane headed east at 4:50 p. m., Greenwich time, 11:50 a. in. ESI., today. , It was aluminum color. Every- ( ■ thing seemed normal with the plane. I Our position at the time was,' 149 36 north, 17.38 west. I ■ | The American Nurse is not aluminum but is painted white. It is • likely that at a distance its color' would be mistaken for aluminum Officials at Floyd Bennett airport 'at New York said. If the plane cited was the American Nurse it was I ■ north of its Intended course. The position given is about 450 miles west of land’s end the southeastern i 'extremity of England. j

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, September 11, 1932.

To Open Campaign Qi. ■F -J f " -»■**< / bm aii uMiiir *w—iiiiiiiitwr" '■ ■'--i-iimri—r'-■ iiia—BCi Paul V. McNutt Democratic candidate for governor who will open the campaign in Adams County witli a meeting to be held in this city on the night of October 5. The place of holding the meeting will be announced late.-.

DOLIMER SLAYER IS EXECUTED Assassin of French President Pays With Life Today For Deed Paris, Sept. 14 -<U.R> The assas- ' sin of the beloved President Paul Ihmiuer paid for his crime at dawn today when the sharp blade of the guillotine chopped off his ! head. Dr. Paul C.orguloff, half-mad Russian, shot down the frail I "Pere” Doumer at a benefit book sale for war veterans on May 7. The knife of the guillotine fell at 6:03 a.m. The Russian's head | clopped into a basket and Jtis body thumped into a zinc-lined i wicker casket. Within five minutes, horses trotted over the I cobble stones drawing a closed van that carried the body to a pauper’s grave. ‘Monsieur Paris." ns official Guillotiner Anatole Deibler is called. officiated in a grey suit and derby hat. The execution was completed so quickly that even the group of lawyers, officials, and Journalists assembled at Sante prison near the guillotine scarcely saw it. Hundreds including scores on their way home from cabarets of Montmartre and Montparnasse, tried to break through police lines, j Immediately after the execution.] police washed the blood-stained \ CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE HOLD HEALTH STATION HERE Adams County Baby Health Station at Library Friday, Sept. 16 The Adams County Baby Health Stat i n will be conducted Friday. September 16 at the Decatur Lib rary. Registratfon hours will be from 9 to II:30 o'clock Friday morning. and from 1 to 4 o'clock in the afternoon. The age limit includes babies from birth to two years of age. The importance of sleep as well as all ether pluses of the babies health will foe discussed at the health station conducted by repre-l sentatives of the Child Hygiene Division of the State Board of Health. In an article prepared by members of the Child Hygiene Division it is said that "Children need more sleep and rest than grown people. CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE

Special Session Acts Are Distributed 11 Hndianapolis, Sept. 14 —(UP) — 11 Distribution > f printed copynf acts ' of the recent special session of the I legislature was started today. It was exxpected that they would be I declared effective within a week. The volumes, each containing 325 ] pages were loaded on trucks and I sent to clerks of all counties. Clerks ] are entitled to 20 copies for each I] 1,000 votes cast in the county for 1 secretary of state at the last elec- ' tion. .: The acts will be made effective |by proclamation of the governor J after all clenks notify secretary of I state Frank Mayr, Jr., that their .I copies are received. DREDGE CASE IS ADJOURNED I Hearing Will Be Resumed Before Judge Kister Wednesday, Sept. 21 The Wabash river dredge case was adjourned by Special Judge 1 Henry Kister of Princeton in the ' Adams Circuit court this afternoon until Wednesday, September 21. The case will be resumed as - nine o'clock Wednesday and the petitioners will complete their ] introduction of evidence and begin the rebuttal. The remonstrators ]: rested their case with the court at noon. County Suiveyor Ralph Roop was the last witness called by the remonstrators. He testified relative to the estimates! damage to bidges and roads in Wabash and | Hartford townsips, affected by the proposed dredging. Three bridges will He rendered unserviceable to the county in the proposed plans to dredge and change the channel of the river. They are the Moore. Price and Township line bridges. Surveyor Roop estimated the damages on a replacement value on the Moore bridge at $11,000: the Price bridge at $14,000 and the Township line bridge. $15,500. This total is smaller than the estimates made a year ago. due to . the lowered cost of construction. ■ Three other bridges whii'h now cross the river can be used. SurI veyor Roop stated. The case was resumed Monday , morning and attorneys on both sides stated It would require only seven or eight days to complete the testimony and make the closing arguments. To give the attorneys time to prepare rebuttals the court adjourned the case for ’ a week and it is expected that ' all evidence and arguments in the case will be completed next week.

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DRY LEADERS 1 ARE WINNING IN PRIMARIES I < Hold Early Leads In Nine! State Primary Contests Held Tuesday SEN. JONES FACES CLOSE CONTEST — (By United Press) Dry leaders involved in nine state primary contests where is , , sues ranged from prohibition to Huey (Kingfish) Long held early leads in returns today, although Senator Wesley I. Jones of Wash- | ington, Republican author of the drastic "five and ten" prohibition law. was threatened with defeat. Early returns had given his opponent for the senatorial nomination a slight lead, but later re- j ports left Adam Beeler, jovial reI pealist and former state supreme court justice, trailing. The wet Democratic candidate for that office in Washington, Hom er T. Bone, held a substantial! lead, however, over Stephen F.! Chadawick. Seattle. The Democrats ! were registering double the Republican vote. Another state in which prohibition was an issue was New Hampshire where Governor John G. Winant, who usually won a heavy dry and woman vote, led his Republican repealist opponent. State Senator George I. Haselton. almost 7 to 1, in the race for the gubernatorial nomination. United States Senator George H.‘ CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO REPUBLICANS SHOW CONCERN •, I President Hoover Acts to Spur Party Leaders To Renewed Activity Washington. Sept. 14. — (U.R) — | ' Concerned over the Democratic victory in Maine. President Hoover ■ has taken the lead in spurring his ’ Republican lieutenants to greater campaign activity as Governor ' Roosevelt swings into this transcontinental speaking tour. “We have a strong case and a right cause," he declared in a personal message to chairman Sanders of the Republican national committee. He said Republicans had known all along that owing to the ravages of the world depression, the fight ‘ would be a hard one but that the result in Maine imposed need tor' stronger efforts to make tl)e issues 1 at stake clear to the people. At the same time, he declared ! continuance of reconstruction ef- ' forjs transcended all personal and ' partisan considerations. Some of Mr. Hoover's advisors were urging that he expand his speaking program beyond the two ’ or three addresses now planned. Most Republican leaders made no ' effort to conceal their disappointment over party losses in Maine. 1 On the contrary they frankly are. >, f I CONTINURD ON PAGE Sla LOCAL PEOPLE I I ATTEND SESSION 92nd Session of Salamonie Baptist Association Is At Dunkirk The ninety-second session of the ‘ Salamonie Baptist Association was ! opened in the Dunkirk Baptist ! church today. The program will also continue throughout Thursday. ‘ Mrs. C. E. Bell of Decatur is thd 1 song leader for the entire program, and Rev. A. B. Brown had charge of the devotional services which opened the annual session Wednesday morning. The annual sermon was given by ! Rev. Hillyer Straton of Muncie during the morping program and the addresses for the afternoon were given by Rev. W. R. Jewell who talked on “Teaching Them To Ob- * serve All Things." and Dr. R. H. . Kent, “Franklin College." Special musical numbers were ■ I CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE

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Federal Home Loan i Bank System Opens | llndianjpolis, Sept. 14 —(UP) — The new Federal Home Loan bank system swung into operation here today with opening of stock sales. C. C. Dunphy, Industrial Commissioners of the Indianapolis Chamber Commerce, was in charge of subscription sales. They will continue for 31) days. 1 A state-wide campaign to sell stock will be opened soon, according to Dunphy. Subscriptions also m.iy be purchased at Evansville and Fort Wayne. George Agden, Peru, J President of the state building and loan association, said. A site for the new bank and a board of directors are yet to be , chosen. A. K. WILDMAN TRANSFERRED Representative of Reconstruction Finance Corp. Goes To Roanoke A. K. Wildman, representative of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, in charge of the collection of securities pledged by the Old Adams County bank, on a loan of about $70,000, was transferred to Roanoke, Ind., today.; He was notified it would not be I necessary to replace him here! since the showing made by the! local bank was sufficient to assure the finance corporation officials that the loan will soon be paid. It has been reduced below SIO,OOO and it is believed it can be paid off in another thirty days. Mr. Wildman came here about June 15th, following John Bolden who came immediately after the closing of the bank on May 17. The results here have been better than .in most places, according to i those in charge and with the con tinned cooperation of the citizens, stockholders and depositors, it is believed the liquidation can be satisfactorily disposed of in due time, officials state. Leo Yager, liquidating agent, is making every effort to collect notes and to apply same in such' manner as will best serve every! one concerned. He as been aqth-i ; orized to continue the work for the| finance corporation anil will take care of any matters which may come up in that connection. Mr. Yager and the bank direc-! tors appreciate the fine spirit displayed here and “realizing the conditions under which this important job of liquidation is being done, ask for a continuation of the efforts." Mr. Wildman made many friends during his stay here and conducted his unpleasant task in as kindly and efficient manner as possible, bank officials stated. O Talking Picture At Kirkland Friday A three-reel talking picture. “The Benefactor" will be shewn in the Kirkland High School, Fridty evening, September 16. at 8 o'clock. The talkie is a thrilling story of farm ' folks. In addition to the movie, the' first issue of the National Farm I News Reel will be seer, showing I the National corn huskir.g contest. I the national livestock exp. sition i and the national dairy show. •'Horse Sense" a three-reel pic-; tore will also be shown. It is a pie-1 ture in which the Ark'i'iisas wood-1 chopper appears in a debate. Other ( features of the evening will include a prize drawing contest sponsored! by the Adams County Farm Bureau.' Special music will be furnished by the Sprunger Quartette, and reading entertaining features will be given by local talent. The enter- t tainment will 'be of special interest of aggricultural and home eco- < nomics students between the ages 1 of 10 and 18. 1 o ' William H. Harrison Advocates Repeal , Indianapolis, Sept. 14 —(UP) — ; William Henry Harrison, descendant of two Presidents and candidate , from the 12th Indiana district, advo- , cated repeal of the 18th amendment in the opening address of his cam- ■ piign here last night. ; The amendment is not an issue of retention or repeal but of wheth-; er the constitution of the United j States is to he preserved. Harris nj said. Harrison is a grandson of the late President Benjamin Harrison and a great great grandson of Wil-i liam Henry Harrison.

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MAKES OPENING ADDRESS AT TOPEKA. KAN. Democratic Presidential Candidate Stresses Need For Farm Relief MEETS GARNER AT KANSAS CITY, MO. State Ctipilol, Topeka, Kan. Sept. 1 I <U.R) A crowd of 20,(XM) Democrats thron«e<l the grounds of the historic state capitol today to hear Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Democratic presidential nominee offer to the farmers of the nation his nanacea for their economic ills. A blazing hot sun bed down on most of the atx’ience who streamed into th'* park after lining Main Street to welcome the nominee and Speaker John N. Garner, of Texas, his running mate. Two hands alternated in blaring for»h "Happy Days are Here Again” and “Anchors Away" ‘he official campaign tunes of the Democrats while Roosevelt discussed political problems with Gov. Harry H. Woodring and state Democratic leaders. They promised the New York governor and Speaker Garner. Kansas would be found in thele column in November. Earlier in the day Garner visiting Roosevelt aboard his special train told him “The West was safe for Democracy.” State Capitol. Toneka. Kan . Sept. 14—(U.R)— Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt today offered the agricultural mid west a relief plan to give farmers a tariff benefit equivalent to the benefits given Industry. The governor, making the first of four major speeches on hi* transcontinental tour, emphasized important points in the plan pro. viding for self-financing and pre. vention of retaliation by foreign countries. He also advocated more equitable distribution of taxes, the need for refinancing farm mortgages and extension of credit to holders of farm mortgages on certain conditions. The governor summed up his plan in six proposals that provide: 1 — A tariff benefit over world prices which is equivalent to the benefits given by the tariff to industrial products. 2— The plan must finance itself. 3 — It must not make use of any mechanism which would cause European customers to retaliate on the ground of dumping. 4 — It must make use of existing agencies and so far as possible be decentralized in its administration. thus placing resmonsibilftv for operation upon the locality rather than upon Washington. 5— It must operate as nearly as possible on a cooperative basis and its effect must bo to enhance POKTTNITEn GV PAGE VTVE MORE VIOLENCE IN FARM STRIKE Cattle Truck Driver In lowa Is Badlv Beaten Bv Farm Picketers Sioux City. la.. Sept. 14.—(U.R)— Violence broke out anew today in the farm strike. A cattle truck driver who succeeded in running his cargo through picket lines on highway No. 57 south of Sioux City, was fololwed into file city then attacked. He was beaten and his truck was damaged. Police placed five suspects under arrest. The violence followed by only a few hours a mass meeting at which a vote was taken on the question of continuing picketing Approximately 4,oot>* attended the mass meeting, but only those who had participated in previous picketing activities were permitted to vote. The ballot gave: For picketing. 436. Against picketing 249. Picketing which has been in projgress on lowa highways since the governors' conference last week, was spreading gradually today Into (South Dakota and the Nebraska (area west of Sioux City.