Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 30, Number 227, Decatur, Adams County, 24 September 1932 — Page 1

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Mail Truck And Auto Coil ide A mail truck driven by Carllllam mond of this city collided with a I car driven by Chrence Work <>f I .Mount Pleusont. Michigan, early I this morning. No one was Injured Mr. Hammond pulled away fr..in the curb in front of Omlor’s t n fectionary and collided with th Michigan auto. Noth were going South. The truck had an axle and a fender bent. The automobile's fender wis slightly damaged. The truck was covered by Insurance. JAPS ATTEMPT ! OCEAN FLIGHT — . Non-Stop Flight From Sabishiro Beach to Nome, Alaska, Is Started Dutch Harbor. Alaska. Sept. 24 ‘<U.R> Helief that the radio trans 'mitter of the Junker's monoplane Hocki Nichlbei might have failed was expressed here today when ■ radio stations and ships along the route to Nome from Japan failed to contact the Good Will plane as , ter midnight Friday. The plane was reported to have passed over I'rupputo. a large. mountainous island. 480 miles south ; and 450 miles west of Petopov.sk. Kamchatka, but the Otchishi radio' I station had been unable to contact' I the radio operator Tomayoshi Ishllta since midnight. Nemuro. Japan, Sept 24.—<U.R>— Eichiro Baba. Japanese pilot at i tempting a non stop flight of 2.670 miles from Sabishiro Beach to' Nome. Alaska, passed over Nemuro. iat 9:06 a. m today. (7n6 p. m Friday EST) flying against decreas Ing headwinds. It was estimated that the Japanese ter would, reach Nome, bis first projected stop in a flight from ■ Tokio to Oakland. Calif., in 31 hours if he maintained the speed 1 he set between Tokio and Nemuro. Baba's route leads across the i North Pacific and the Bering Sea He is accompanied by Kyoshi Hom-; CONTIM 4TD ON PAGE SIX MOOSE HOME TO BE REMODELED North Second St.. Building Is Being Remodeled For Local Lodge The Moose lodge of this bity has started t remodel the building recently from Charles Sether on North Second street. Charles illeare. secretary, stated today th t the lodge hoped to move into its new quarters within the next threweeks. (Approximately $2,000 is being expended by the lodge in remodeling the building. A new entrance to the stairway is being built and the second floor will be made into a 1 dge room. A kitchen and dining room will be placed in the basement. The first floor will have a lobby, secret try's desk and cluh rooms at the reir. A new hot air heating system is also being Installed in the building A porch, extending from the sec ond fl or of the building and across the front will also be eretced. The porch will be 14 by 21 feet and entrance will be made from the second floor. As soon as the rem (deling program is completed the lodge will move from its present home on. North Third street to the new quarters and officers state a 'house warming meeting will be held at that time. — o — Robert P. Davies Is Commissioner Rohprt P. Divies was sworn in today as the third commissioner In the Thomas Parr drainage caa,-. The appointment was made by Judge C. L. Walters. Other commissioners are'Amos K. Stoneburn er. Adams count commissioner, and Rdph Roop, engineer. BULLETIN The Decatur Yellow Jackets were defeated by the South Side Archers at Fort Wayne this afternoon, 19 to 6. Feaxel, Decatur end, scored in the fin al quarter on a 35-yard pass, south side scored 13 points in the second quarter and six In the third.

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Mass Meeting of Striking Farmers a——K-www x- wri in— l y »-«■— In I —mi I—iirWMW—■ % HBHB| At Amk. Mi a:, ikkiiMF'. ajCwwjls . If 80 j Jml WBiMBI. BBIA a_ iW'' M IV- “ »tKk ir'wiLjp’- -an—- x* Legislative action for the relief of farmers was demanded at a mass meeting of more than 1.5< tanners in a huge lumber shed at Moville, la., where they were addressed by Senator Smith \V. Brooi halt A program of legislative relief was approved and Senator Brookhart was authorized to present jto President Hoover and Congress. Senator Brookh irt is shown speaking, in the foreground.

STATE PRISON RE-BINDS BOOKS . Convict's Hobby Has Developed Into Exceptionally Active Enterprise Michigan City. 'lnd.. Sept. 24 — i (UP)— A hobby started by a con- ; viet in the Indiana state prison s i here has developed rapfdtv In.Tr> one-t of the institution's m st active en-. , terprises. | ' Six months ago. a prisoner at I tr.icted Warden Walter C Daly's ' attention by rebinding several books lin the prison library. The work, Daly said, was neat and efficient. He instructed the prisoner to re-i bind all columes in the library that ■ i were worn and in ned of repair. I When the convict had completed I his work in the pris n library. Mrs. 'Daly obtained several books from J 5 other libraries until at present the I iprisun his agreed to do work for! I public schools in Evansville, Vai-1 paraiso, Gary. Bloomington. Logan-] I sp rt and LaPorte lAs the work increas. d. the convict was given the assistance ofl one man. The book-binding shop was subsequently increased at in- . terv.ils until at present it employes I 20 men full time. H. J. Baleini, an employe of a| 'book binding firm in )Hammond.| ! came here to supervise work in the prison sh p. Machinery to assist in' the work will be obtained, he said . and the shop will be capable of] 'handling a greatly increased volume of business. Warden Daly said he believed that bo k binding soon might be one ' of the institution's leading occupations. FARM STRIKE IDEA SPREADS Movement is Too Localized at Present to Etlect A Raise In Prices | Des Moines. Sept. 24. —(U.R) —The; farm strike idea appeared today to | I have spread over a wide area but thus far the holiday movement has been too localized to have the desired effect of raising prices. While reports came from New ’ York and Atlanta. Ga.. of use of farm strike methods in boosting milk prices and claims were made that even farmers in foreign coun- . tries were interesting themselves in the idea, here at the birthplace of the movement it appeared the . most successful thing about it in its second phase was the avoidance of violence. In the first phase of the strike, when it concerned the state of , lowa alone, there was much cltlbb- ( ing, windshield breaking, barricad- , ing of roads and even shooting. But with the start this week of ( the general strike movement there , has been no serious outbreak. . On the markets, the only result *"*"*CONTINL'ED ON PAGE SIX ]

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, September 21, 1932.

County Sunday School Convention Oct. 12, 13 The Adams County Sunday School Association met Friday I ' night at the Friend’s Church in M (nr e at which time dates were] set for the county tonvention and] also conventions of the various! i townships. Wednesday and Thursday October ] 12 and 13 were ch sen as the dates] ' for the Adams County Sunday j School convention. The meeting will I be held in the MenikUiite Church tat Berne. The complete program' will be announced later. Convention dates for tlie various] townships were set as follows: Blue; (’reck. October 9: Wabash and St. Marys. Oct (her 16; Monro . Oct ber 130; Preble and Kirkland. November (i; Union, Root and Hartford. Novjentber 13; and Washington Novem- ! her 20. o- — WM. W. STEWART DIES SUDDENLY Decatur Resident Dies At Horne This Morning After Sudden Attack William W. Stewart, 71, well ' known retired farmer of Ohio, and | a resident of Decatur for the last I seven years, died suddenly at his I home. 115 south First street at I 10:30 o’clock this morning. Death was caused by acute indigestion and angina pectoris. Mr. Stewart had been working about the yard at his home this morning when he suffered an attack of indigestion. A physician was summoned but Mr. Stewart was beyond medical aid. Death followed an hour later. William W. Stewart was born on a farm two miles north of Wren. I ()., May 7. 1861, the son of Mr. and ' Mrs Hugh Stewart. In 1886 ho was united in marriage to Emma Snyder of near Wren, O. The I widow survives The deceased resided on a farm near Wren until about seven years ago when he moved to Decatur. He was employed at the Daily Democrat office and other places I in the city as janitor. He took ill ' about a month ago and Was forced to give up his work. He was a member of the I. O. O. F. Lodge and of the Pleasant View Baptist church. Surviving besides the widow are two sons. Orville Stewart and Dr. Russel Stewart, both of near Wren. One son died in infancy. Two continued' on Va'ge four ' o Francis E. Corbett Enter Law Office Francis Edward Corbett, former Decatur resident, has entered the practice of law with attorney Guy Colerick in the Lincoln Tower at Fort Wayne. A s-jn of Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Corlbett, Francis Corbett graduated in June from the Harvard Law school after completing a four year course at Notre Dame. Mrs. Fred Fullenkamp, of Decatur is a sister of Mr. Corbett.

CITY COUNCIL OPPOSES SIGNS — Practice of Stringing Banners Across Second St., Is Frowned On The city council has gone on reclord is being opposed to the strine-j j ing banners across Second street. The council’s objection tri’ this ] practice is given for two reasons. I First, the councilmen state, the i banners create a hazard, and secondly. after the banners become old I and tattered they become unsightly hanging in the air. Recently the council's attention! was clled to certain banners! stretched across the street, citizens! complaining that they were not seI purely fastened and feared they I •would fall and probably injure: | some tie. No official action was taken in the matter, bnt tile council issued an appeal to merchants and others | to desist fr tn putting up the ban- . ners The council pointed out that 4he I city had spent several thousand I dollars in removing the unsightly poles and wires from Second street land that in their opinion the banj ners did not improve the appear-! ' ance of the street. One of the coun-! I cilmen stated, ‘‘if every merchant I would do it just imagine bow the town would look." Those who wish to put up signs are asked to place them in front of the buildings and te> cooperate with city officials in keeping the street clear of anything (which I might mar the appearance of the up II wn district and create a hazard I to persons and traffic. RELIEF LOANS ARE ANNOUNCED Five Middlewestern States Receive Loans From Corporation Washington. Sept. 21 (U.R) Belief loans to Missouri. Michigan. ] Kentucky. Illinois and Ohio were ' announced by the reconstruction finance corporation today. The corporation announced the j following loans: Illinois—ss,ooo,ooo to be used in ! the period Sept. 24 to November 1. Ohio — $470,000 for immediate use in Cleveland and $2,337,000 to be used in Cleveland and advanc- . ed in monthly installments during September. October. November and December. Kentucky—s672,sso to he used during the remainder of 1932. Missouri—slß9,B9o for Kansas I City, for the period until October |, I 31 and $31,133 to a group of cities in St. Francis, Callaway and Pike counties. Michigan—Two loans of $296,000 j to Be used in Flint during the remainder of 1932 and $20,000 for CONTINUED ON PACE SIX

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PARTY LEADERS IN CALIFORNIA SURE OF STATE —, Assure Gov. Roosevelt He Will Carry State In Fall Election PARTY FA( TIONS ARE ELIMINATED Aboard Roosevelt Special, en route to Los Angeles. Sept. 24 (U.K) — Campaign advisors today assured Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt that fresh triumphs awaited him in southern California after his political gains in the northern portion of the state, Nothing short of a political miracle. they declared, could eclipse' the Democratic presidential nominees triumph in San Francjsco, where he won a tacit endorsement from the Progressive Republican! Senator Hiram W. Johnson, and' healed an open breach between the Alfred E. Smith and McAdoo factions of his party. Roosevelt today had a California democracy united and aggressive behind his candidacy for the first time. Even more important, he had Senator Johnson’s stamp of approval. cautiously given but considered by his advisers to be worth a possible hundred thousand votes from Progressive Republicans to whom Johnson looms bigger than the party. William Gibus McAdoo is as much a bourbon hero in the south as is ex-Governor Smith in northern California. Roosevelt and the Democratic nominee for the United States senate were informed that a tremendous ovation await- | ed them today in Los Angeles. Roosevelt made two addresses in San Francisco One set forth his philosophy of government supervision over private business to assure economic independence for small traders. The oilier derided Republican replies to McAdoo I speeches. Both were enthusiastically I cheered, but the 70-word statement CONTINUED ON PAGE "OCR ISSUE APPEAL FOR CLOTHING Red Cross Makes Plea for Clothing For Men. Women And Children An appeal for clothing for men, women and children was issued today by the local chapter of the Red Cross. Persons having wearable clothing are asked to take it to the Peoples Loan and Trust building, barracks of the local relief agencies. where it will be distributed by the township trustees and members of the United Charities. Miss Anne Winnes, secretary of the Red Cross stated there is great need for all kinds of wearable clothing tills year and that the chapter desires to obtain a quantity of merchandise for the needy. The Red Cross wishes to secure the clothing before cold weather arrives and those who have wear ] alfle items are kindly asked to see, that they reach the committee. O Missing DePauw Student Returns Vincennes. Ind.. Sept. 24 —(UP) —Clarence L. Arnold, missing since Sept. 5. when he left to enter DePiitw University at Greencastle has returned home here after having completed a 3,500-mile hitchhiking tour through western and southern states. lArnold took the trip in search of work after failing to obtain parttime employment at Greencastle, he told his parents. 0 Walther League Rally At Garcreek The members of the Decatur Walther League Society will attend a rally to be held at Garcreek. Sun- ' day. September 25. The program will begin at 1:30 o’clock and special speakers will address this meeting. A banquet will be served in New Haven Sunday evening for the Wai(flier League Soeie|y, and a program will also be given at that time.

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Adrian Lenhart Denies His Guilt Adrian H. Lenhart, man ijner of of the Lenhart Dairy Products Co., entered a plea of not guilty before Judge C. L. Walters in the Adams circuit court when arraigned on a charge of issuing fraudulent checks Affidavits were filed by Albert Biggs of Schlosser Bros. Mr. Lenhart stated that Schlosser Bros, owed hlt» money fir e. >nimissions and that he ordered payment of the cheeks he issued stopped when the company failed to pay t ..,-se commissions The case will | be tried at the November term of court. U. S. SENATE TO PROBE INSULL ] UTILITY CRASH ('hairman Announces Senate Banking Committee Will Investigate SEEKS SUBPOENAS FOR INSULL BROS. Chicago. Sept. 24 (U.R) —lmpli 'cations of the billion dollar collapse ,of Samuel Insull's utilities pyramid spread rapidly today with promise of a U. S. senate Inquiry and demands that Instill and his brother. Martin, be returned to ' America. l Newest developments in the de--1 gacle which is estimated to have (cost investors close to $1,000,000,!000 IB) were: Announcement by U. S. Senator Peter Norbeck, Repn , S. D . that the senate banking committee of which he is chairman will make a close study of the Insull matter when congress reassembles: I Request by a bondholders committee that subpoenaes be issued for the return of Samuel Insull from Paris and his brother. Martin, from Canada where the pair have .sought retirement: Demand by State's Attorney John A. Swanson for a $50,000 appropriation to be spent in searching In'siill records for evidence of possible violation of statutes: I Editorial demands by Chicago (newspapers for revelation of thelj (complete list of persons allowed by I Insull to purchase stock in his concern below the market price, j The impending senate investigation was revealed in a statement Hssued by Norbeck. He said the Insull inquiry would be carried on lin connection with the stock mar- j ! ket study undertaken at the last (session of congress. Recent receivership audits convinced him. Norbeck said, that the Insull stock issues should be investigated with 'a view to possible irregularities. A committee representing bond- < holders of Insull Utility Invest- ‘ Intents, Inc., which has been declar- < led bankrupt by U. S. District Judge < Walter C. Lindley announced they (would ask the court to seek return < lof the Instills for exafHTnation. The ’ (action, which is civil, would be tin- « dertaken in hope of recovering ‘ 1 CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE t LESLIE NOT TO OPPOSE LIMIT: i n : ill Not Oppose . 15-cent State Tax Lim- < it Provision f Indianapolis. Sept. 24. —(U.R) —The v 15-cent state tax limit proision in ( the new $1.50 tax law will prevail, so far as Governor Harry G. Leslie is concerned. ( “The legislature fixed the state | 'rate at 15 cents and that's all there , is to it,’’ Leslie, who opposed the ( bill before it was enacted by the ; special session of the legislature, t said. Philip Zoercher. of the state tax commission, differed with the governor and said he did not believe - the board was bound by Attorney General James M Ogden's opinion that the state rate took precedence over all budget and appropriation 1 (bills. He pointed out that the 15 i I cent rate "will not produce enough I I revenue to operate the state.'' Approval of Floyd E. Williamson, state auditor, is necessary before i the board finally sets the 1933 state levy. Williamson is represented!: as favoring the 15-cent limitation.'

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ESTIMATE LOOT OBTAINED AT FIVE THOUSAND Purdue Professor's Stolen Car Is Used by Robbers In Getaway OTHER HOLDUPS ARE REPORTED Reynolds. Ind.. Sept. 21(U.R) Two bandits driving an automobile stolen from a Purdue I Diversity professor held up the Bank of Reynolds todav and fled toward Lalavette on state rout! 13. William Searey. cashier, was unable to determine immediately the amount of the loot hut estimated it at SS,(M)O. Both the bandits were armed. Oliver Irwin, assistant cashier, and Clements Heimlich, a customer. were in the bank with Searcy. When the bandits left they forced their victims to lie on the floor behind the counter. The bandits parked the Buick sports coupe which they were driving in front of the bank. The machine was stolen yesterday noon in Lafayette from Professor T. A. Coleman, assistant director of the Purdue University agricultural extension department. As they fled, the bandits had difficulty starting their auto. Heimlich ran into the street and attempted to start a truck parked nearby to pursue them, but was outdistanced By the gunmen. A revolver owned by Searcy was taken by the bandits. Searcy described the men as between 25 and 30 years of age. One wore a light suit and tho other a dark brown suit, he said. Order Lookout Lafayette. Ind.. Sept 24 —(U.R) — Local and state police here today were ordered on lookout on road 43 for bandits who this morning held up the Bank of Reynolds. An hour after the robbery the bandit car had not been sighted. Reynolds is 18 miles north i f CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE GEORGER.DALE IS STILL MAYOR Muncie Mayor Claims City Council Has No Power To Remove Him Muncie. Ind.. Sept. 24. — (U.R) — Mayor George R. Dale. Muncie’s ousted mayor, remained in office today and appeared to have won over city council in his tight to retain his position. Robert L. Parkinson, named by council to succeed Dale after the office was declared vacant, was quoted as saying he would not attempt to act as mayor. Dale, under a federal prison sentence on liquor conspiracy charges, took the attitude that council was not empowered to remove him. Ho termed the action “noneosnsical” and said he would retain the position until a successor was elected. Council voted 9 to 3 to remove Dale because of his federal conviction. It also decided that City Controller Lester Holloway. Dale’s son-in-law. was unqualified to succeed to office It ordered a special meeting October 4 to elect a mayor from the council itself. Parkinson was quoted as joining with Dale in the view that a council vote does not oust a mayor. Threatens Arrest Muncie, Ind. Sept. 24 (UP) — George R. Dale today ib-eatened to l ave Hubert L. Parkinson, named mayor by the City Council Thursday night, arrested for "impersonating a mayor" if any move is made ti. eject Dale from office. CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE Miss Eloise Lewton At Sorority Meet Miss Eloise Lewton left today for Indianapolis where she will attend the Grand Council meeting of the Psi lota Xi sorority held in the Hotel Lincoln today. Miss Lewton is the northern province chairman of the sorority witli |IS chapters under tier jurisdiction. (Sororities from the state of Indiana 'will attend the meeting.