Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 30, Number 232, Decatur, Adams County, 30 September 1932 — Page 1

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lul V. McNutt Will Install Decatur Legion Officers Oct. 5

BESIDE AT lIALLATION Bices oct. 5 Hon' Will Be Held Baturl ountn ( lub ■Wt-dnoda? Sight Hr PROMINENT ■fkers viiend ■n; of AnilerSp mnia! r Paul \ iP’.v o /.. oa! comM'ant! O’” K- ’• f ather ' Wayuu, "t ’he Amer ' w.ii par'?, mate in |Hjr; tins . ."•' Weiines--s:h. for the new Post No. 43 Legion. m wui act as in-l 1 inmander Chaplain Ryder will S|H". " —- »lii> held nt ' ■ In-gni-nine Robeit ,r ihcr, >i elected HH ' win ■ ■ .nil »»>e i'.i-ii invited BK M. I: of Isigans- . tora<!.„' .< ~-ur d eonsmitte.- m charge of, Mcegts that they will I jK Pcit Officer. B Adaiis.a. employe of the ■ham-rat office. will he in-l commander cf Adams! ■Other officer-- are. Herbert j ■he ~ alder. Edgar second v (-, e-< ommander; : finance officer; James! ■ adjutant: Ernest Stengel.! M Miller. Joseph laiurent.i ■rs of the executive cornmit-i ■They were elected at the ■ owing September 12. B Profram Announced ■ o ßrien, general chairman; ■ committee announced the program for the installa■IMI'ED ON PAGE THREE ' I

assagai — ■|E PROTESTS i ■exican laws Pius Xi Renews ■»test In Encyclical H Issued Today City Sept qp —tupv-i XI renewed hj„ pretest deplorable. outrageous, aw# oppressing the liberty orrh in Moko ko an eaK the Mexican expisopate! today. ■ prntest 10-f r « ,!i- world, par K:' !>•'.,ie governments and ns e o that the persecution n,a > he considered. be- ■ " offense against God. the H? lh ° oonst lentous Catho- ■, to constitute the in- ■ ’’"•W upheaval, which is nf 01 ‘"heists," the encyclical I B i * l ’ rov6 or eo, perate with! law is iniclt and sac _| ,h ° f ’ (>w charged. Strf- 11 'a C '“ rKy - and the faith-1 ■i, ?. <l 10 l ’ rotes! enerneti■fPrjMM s reß,ric ti"g the num- 1 B# iitlat ’ in Mexlco because of ■t ± n ,' r ' liv i n e rights Bian - t a *' as tintit *ed "AcerBettie ? ,w ' "hat while of tn U " Stit “ U ' re ''°K | 't~'.‘s “ u Kht and conscience i:d on" p A " () 'p‘ pouk* * ■ nivr Decatur g Woman On Radio to''ii n : p - Brigg " ° f °">- ■or o“ st and * former resl■rra' . Wl " tttlte P“ r ' ■ Sion o’* 1 ° Ver ■•ynlvlor E “* Oary each ■ n .„ f ’ om "46t0 9 o'clock. B the g p< r " Wi " ** broadca »* ■try „ Hrst Methodist church Kt u.," f. vera ' Decatur persons ■by'nhrm S ’ oVer ,he alr la "t ■ Hop- Hotrm he Wa * for,nel ly ■ u “ Hoffm an of Decatur

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Question Insull Official ;4? e- *" Iw ' -'' * ' SHHM? ,' j yl r> I > i ■ M In* Ik fet*/ ~-3T * -W !Nk difoJlil <1 ' C BMjLjy ••• I ■ 4 .'3 w ? a»- ? V « H - ■" SU-WS Marshall S- Sampsell (seated, right), former official in several Insull utility and investment companies, being questioned at Chicago on the tangled affairs of the Insull util’ties by State’s Attorney John A. i Swanson (left). And (standing, left to right) Assistant State’s Attori ney (Jkaries A. Bellows and John O’Hara.

LOCAL PEOPLE ATTEND MEET Decatur Residents Attend Board of Missions At Elkhart Rev. M W. Sondermann, pastor of the First Evangelical Church, and the Mesdames (’. E. Hocker. Fred Linn and E B. Macy motored to I Elkhart today where they attended the Biennial Session of the Board of Missions aod Quadrennial Mis |sionary Convention at the First I Evangelical Church. The meetinel opened September 28 and will con tintte throughout Sunday. October 2| The principal address at the asII emo an session today was given by Bish p S. J. I'mbreit. D. 11, Berlin. Germany. He -tpoke on the subject “Our Missionary Enterprise in EuAn address and conference was also given bv Dr. C. B McAfee. The program “Building a Missionary Minded Church." was pre-1 sided over by Dr. C. H. Stauffacher and various subjects were discussed bv Rev. C. L. Allen. Columbus, Ohio Mrs JtnGn Hobson, New Spring- 1 field. Ohio, executive committee members. Rev. V. C. Zener, Pittsburgh Conference and Dr E. G. Frye, edit r of the Evangelical CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO MINE RIOTERS ARE SENTENCED — Eleven Men Are Sentenced For Alleged Participation in Mine Riots Terre Haute, Ind.. Sept. 30—(UP) 1 — The first Jail terms resulting from the long series <f riots in to-j dlana coaf fields were given 11 men , here late yesterday by Judge Louis ■ Fltzhenrv, {Springfield. 111. All the j men either pleaded guilty or were convicted on charges of violating a Federal restraining order at the 'Hoosier mine near Dugger. The attack on the non union shaft occurred April 6, when purported. Union men beat w rkers and d :<■ truyed property. Judge Henry had issued a restraining order against interference with operation of the J mine February 27 Men who were given jail terms all of whom live tn Sullivan county , were Charles .Ashiburn, 30 days susCONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR |

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Special Session Acts Become Law i Indianapolis. Sept. 30— (U.P.) —I Acts of the recent special session | i of the legislature were proclaimed j law today by Gov. Harry G. Leslie. The session, called to cut governmental costs, added 70 new I laws and four resolutions, to the ' state code. Proclamation of the governor followed reports to his office from Secretary of State Frank Mayr Jr. that copies had been delivered and certified by clerks of all counties in tlie state. PROTEST MAKING REPORT PUBLIC FinanccCorporation Head Says Publicity Prevents Full Benefit Washington, Sept. 30. —(U.PJ —The protest of (’hairman Atlee Borner'etie nt the Reconstruction Financfe Corporation against publication of 1 corporation loan reports, on the ground that the publicity had emjbarrassed and Lightened borrowers. was made public today by South Trimble, clerk of the House of Representatives. Trimble said that in view of , Pometei.e's protest he felt Justified ■in "withholding publication of the (August* report until 1 have had 'an opportunity to carefully consider the opinion." ■ Trimble last month released the corporation's July loan report for publication. ; Trimble promised to make known it* decision aa soon as possible. Pomerene's letter to Trimble j charged that publicity had caused I depositors to withdraw funds from iborrbwing institutions. He said loans authorized by the corporation aggregating $3,451,000 had been rejected because approved borrowers [feared the effect of publicity. Pomerene accompanied the letter I with a brief vigorously challenging | the house clerk's publicity policy.) He also submitted to Trimble the I August loan report. Pomerene asserted that Trimble f . T g b r < ■ t g t CONTINUED ON PAGE THHEE I Massachusetts Man Will Speak Here i John W. McEvitt. former senator [from Massacbusetts. will speak on I ithe court house lawn here Saturday evening at eight o'clock. Mr. Mci Evitt will further the candidacy of .Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt and jSpeaker John N. Garner.

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MAYOR CERMAK BOUGHT STOCK AT LOW PRICE Chicago Mayor Is Included In List Favored By Insull Utility MANY PROMINENT MMEN INCLUDED Chicago. Sept. 30—(U.R> —A second list of prominent politicians, bankers, industrialists and olTlcials favored by Samuel Insull with an opportunity to purchase I stock in one of his now defunct ; enterprises at bargain prices was made public today. Announcement of the list of 318 individuals and corporations in U. S. District court revealed all who participated in the $6,000,000 syndicate lost their investment. The list was studded with wellknown names, among them, Mayor Anton J. Cermak Ranker Melvin A. Traylor, Owen D. Young. Chief investigator Pat Roche of the states attorney's office, Frank L. Smith, Republican national committeeman. the late Edward F. Swift, meat packer. Joseph Tumulty, President Woodrow Wilson’s secretary, James Simpson, new head of the Insull operating companies, Clement Studebaker, industrialist. Rosa Raisa, opera star. Gen. James A. Ryan. John Hertz, capitalists, George M. Reynolds. banker, Former Democratic CONTINUED ONPAGE THREE FIVE BANDITS { STAGE HOLDUP ■ Rob North Dakota Bank; Employe And Customer Are Wounded Wahpeton. N. Dak.. Sept. 30. — (U.R) — Five machine gun bandits held up the Citizens National Bank I of Wahpeton today and escaped; through a hail of gunfire which re-; suited in wounds to two kidnaped' i girl victims. Bank officials were checking the j amount of loot which was believed large. The girls were found in an abani dimed farm house 21 miles south west of Wahpeton. A sheriff's posse approached within a few hundred I feet of the bandits when they stopped to throw out the wounded girls. The girls. Ruth Whitts, bank employe and Doris Stock, a customer, were taken in one of the sheriff's automobiles to a hospital. The bandit’s automobile, a large CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE o Arcola Youth Is Fatally Injured Fort Wayne, Ind. Sept. 30—(UP) —Murray Meredith. 11. was fatally injured last night and Herman •Wilcnrt, 13, was seriously hurt when they were struck by an auto mobile while walking along the r,«d pulling two small coaster wagons loaded with m'lk Both boys live near Acola.

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Hohl Ray Funeral Services Saturday Funeral services for Doyle C.! Ray, 22-year-old Blue Creek town-! ship farmer who died at his home. I tiine miles southeast of Decatur | Thursday morning, will be held Sat-1 urday afternoon at 1 o’clock at the j home and at 1:30 o'clock at the] Sa'em Methodist Episcopal church. Rev. J. M. Pynchon will officiate at tlie services. Burial will he made in the M R. E. cemetery, west of Berpe. o HOLD MEETING HERE SUNDAY Adams County Christian Churches Hold Conference Here Oct. 2 The O.uuly Co-operative Association of the Christian churches of Adams County will hold its annual conference at the First Christian Church Sunday afternoon and evening October 2. The speakers for the conference will be District Evangelist (Herbert J.Buchan-, an, Mrs. J. R. Ciar of Fort Wayne, District secretary of Missionary, Work, and Dr. C. A. Burch, mission | ary to China for twenty-five years,; and now Director of Religious Education in Indiana. The program for the conference is as follows: Afternoon Session 1:30 Devotional period 1:40 Address: “Christ’s Program for the Evangelization of the World Dr. C. A. Burch 2:10 Business session 2:40 Special music. 2.45 Address: “Local Relation to Program of Christ." Rev. H. J. Buch- j | an an. 3:15 Address by Mrs. J. R. C ar i 3:45 Conferences. 5:00 tc 7:00 Young People's social I periud and ,pot-luck supper Evening session 7:30 Devotional period. 7:4U Address: “Christian Steward! ship" Rev. |H. IJ. Buchanan. 8:0 Special music by Maple Grove , S.OO Special music by Maple I Grove quartet 8:15 Address: Dr. C. A.Tlurch 8:45 Adjournment. NEW YORK MUST HOLD ELECTION Appellate Court Rules Citv Must Elect Mayor In November New York. Sept. 30.—(U.R)—Mayor Joseph V. McKee, faced with an adverse decision in his court fight to retain his position until 1034. may seek election in November as an independent candidate, according to reports in political quarters today. The ruling of the appellate division holds that the mayoralty eection must be held this year to elect a successor to James J Walker. I resigned, also renewed Walker s I hopes of seeking "vindication" at I the polls. Walker To Run Aboard Steamship Rex. Gibraltar. Sept 30. — (U.R) —James J. Walker intends to run for re-election as CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE’ Five Decatur Men Escape Injury Five Decatur men escaped serious injury late Thursday night when the car in which they were riding overturned on the MonroeBluffton road a short distance west of M j-nroe. They were enroute home fron; Bluffton, where they attended the ralr. The ear skidded in louse grnvol and turned c-miplctcly a round before going in the ditch. Occupants of the car were John loose, who was driving.. Tom Colchin, WIIMam Schumacher, Johnny Hain and Pete Reynolds. Schumacher suffered a sprained back and the others escaped with slight cuts and 'bruises. Oil whld' spilled over the motor was Ignited in the crash but was extinguished with llttbe damage The front axle and left front wheel were smashed and the body of th" /ar was scratchled. Damage to the car is covered by Uuuraace.

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GOV. ROOSEVELT RENEWS PLEDGE OF FARM RELIEF Democratic Nominee Makes Last Major Speech Os Nation-wide Tour THIRTY THOUSAND GATHER FOR TALK Aboard Roosevelt Special, en 'route Chicago, Sept. 30. — iU.RF GovI ernor Franklin I). Roosevelt swung |into the home stretch of ills nation- , wid tour today after laying down for the second time in the corn belt in barrage designed to offset the re'election offensive ofTresident Hoover scheduled for Des Moines. la.. October 4th. Roosevelt in > speech before 30. 000 persons who flocked into Sioux City, la. from Minnesota, South Dakota ami Nebraska, again pledged "a new deal” for the farmer. He presented a program which had for its salient features, the fol lowing: 1. Downward revision of tariff! rates to give the agriculturist the | | same advantages as those enjoyed I | by industry. 2. Reduction in the expenses of; | government. 3. Lower taxes. The Democratic presidential' nominee bitterly assailed the present Republican administion. charging it was the greatest spender in I peace time in American history. He asserted the administration was “one which has piled bureau on, bureau; commission on commission. and has failed to anticipate the dire needs or reduced earning I power of the people. Bureaus and i bureaucrats have been retained at the expense of the taxpayer." The governor blamed the present ! tariff for a large measure of the ; farmers ills, asserting its pn.vis- | ions to be “one of the effective causes of the present depression” and "a barbed wire entanglement against our economic contact with tlie world." Pointing out that the high tariff affected industry as well, Roosevelt ovserved “in two years from 1930 to 1932, American manufacturers have established in foreign' ! countries, to escape the penalty on | Ithe introduction of American made I [goods. 258 factories: 48 in Europe: : !12 in Latin-America: 28 in the far' ! East and 71 in Canada. “Every week of 1932 has seen i four American factories moving to [ Canada. Premier Bennett is reported to have said in a recent speech that a factory is moving every day of the year from the United Stales into Canada, and he assured those at the recent confer j ences at Ottawa that by the ar-. rangement made there Great Britain and her colonies would take from Canada $250,000,000 of trade. which would otherwise go to United States. "This, you see puts more men on the street here, who had been emCONTINUED ON PAGE SIX MRS. M AQU ARTZ DIES THURSDAY Sister of Dectur Residents Will Be Buried At Monroeville Saturday Funeral serivces for Mrs. Bessie [ Maquartz of Monroeville, sister r>f | Mrs. William Ohler, R ss Lee and [ Mrs. George Brown of Decatur, who I died at her borne Thursday will be held at the M. n.r cvi'le Methodist CliuA li at 2 o’clock Saturday afternoon. Burial will be made in tlie Maquartz cemetery. Mrs. Maqnartz was horn in Union t' wnship. a daughter ot Mr. and Mrs. IHenry l/ee. She was united in marriage to Isaac Maquartz who survies. Surviving ibeaides the husband are the father. Henry Lee if Fort Wayne and three children, Alton. Burton and Wava. all at home, and the following brothers and sisters: Mrs. Harve Stetzel and James Lee.. M.mroeville; Mrs. William Ohiier.i Decatur. William Lee. Fort Wayne; | Ross Ix-e and Mrs. George Brown, | Decatur. Her mother and two child-1 ren preceded her in death.

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Slain Cuban Senator 1 j ■ I > ; L'L'.W'S » '/ reFollowing the assassination of Clemente Vasquez Bello (above), president of the Cuban Senate and close friend of President Machado. Havana has been placed under ; niiHlaiy rule as a result of an i outbreak of reprisals. The killing | of Bello was followed by the slay- | ing of three brothers, who were associated with the opposition par- ! ty. The slain men are the brothers | Gonzalo. Guillermo and | Freyre de Andrade. All the killI ings were carried out with sub- | machine guns in a manner reminiscent of American gangster methods.

INSTALL PASTOR ATLOCAL CHURCH Rev, George O. W alton Is Installed At Decatur Presbyterian Church Dr. Samuel Callan, pastor of the First Presbyterian church in Fort Wayne and moderator of the presbytery, presided at the program presented in the local Presbyterian church Thursday night at which time Rev. Ge rge O. Walton was installed as pastor of the Decatur Presbyterian Church. The service was largely attended by members of the local congregation and as a pleasant surprise to i Rev. and Mrs. Walton, a group of members of Mr. ‘Walton’s former [pastorate at Cincinnati, Ohio, were present. The members included the choir of the Cincinnati church and during she reception whih f Mowed the installation service the group entertained with a short recital. The principal sermon of the evening was delivered by Dr Callen, who preached on the Gospel for the present age. The presentation of the pastor. Rev. Walton, was made by Elder C. J. Lutz who gave an interesting history of the local church which was founded ninety two- years ago. IHe told of the previous pastors of the church and the importance f the occasion of the installation last night. Dr. Callen, the moderator conducted the Constitutional Questions and gave the installation prayer. The charge was presented to the pastor by Dr. C. O. Shirey, moderator of the Synod of Indiana. His address was to the pastor and he stressed three .points In his advice to the new minister praise, patience and prayer. Dr. S. W. McGill, pastor of the Third Presbyterian Chunk in Fcrt CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO o • Roof Fire Causes Slight Damage A roof blaze caused slight damage at the Robert Macbeth home at 329 North Third street at one o’clock this afternoon. The city department was, called and fire was extinguished with little damage. Cabbage Available At Headquarters Annoucement was made this afternoon that a considerable quantity of cabbage remains for disposal at the relief headquatters in the ] Peoples laiaii and Trust building | Any needy families wanting cab- | bage are asked to call Saturday. A | ton of cabbage was donated for the ■ needy by Mac Ripley and son of | Blue Creek township.

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THREE SURVIVE SEA TRAGEDY IN NORTH PACIFIC Survivors Exposed To Severe Weather 48 Hours Before Rescue SEVERE STORM IS CAUSE OF WRECK Victoria, B. C., Sept. 30 (U.R) Wind-whipped, racing seas that sent the steamer Nevada to a watery grave in I the North Pacific brought ! death to 39 seamen and pasi sengers, radio messages from the Dollar liner President Madison said today. The Madison, proceeding here with the three survivors of tlie catastrophe, related a tale of heroism and horror in brief radio messages as James Thorsen and Fritz Dewall. Portland. Ore., and Lucena N. Decaney, I Manila, the survivors, told of their rescue from bleak Anatigmak Island, after their 32 shipmates and seven Chinese passengers were drowned. Thorsen cut his head in landing in the surf, the President Madison reported. Although the survivors had not slept in the 48 hours before their rescue, and had eaten only some dried flour, they were said to need only rest and sleep. William R. Robertson. Redondo Beach. Cal., the radio operator, locked himself in his cabin and continued to send out messages for help long after the Nevada had crashed ashore and mountainous waves pounded over her. breaking her to bits, the survivors 1 said. Robertson died at his past, attempting to repair his sending apparatus which was broken by the pounding waves and wind. The Nevada hit hard on the fogswept. uninhabited island Tuesday night. There was a shudder and lights went out as her nose rammed full speed against the rucks. In the howling gale Robertson pounded out the distress call that sent the Oregon Maru. nearby, and the President Madison. 500 miles away, rushing to the rescue. Some sailors drowned as lifeboats were dashed and tossed in. launching Others dove overboard trusting their own strength to CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE Sylvester Garwood Dies Thursday Night Sylvester Garwood, 57, died at. 11:30 o’clock Thursday .night at his 'home In Pleasant Mills of kidney trouble. The deceased was born July 22, 1875. in Blue Creek township, the son of Daniel and Mary Garwood. He had never married. Surviving are one. half (brother Gilas Garwood, -of H we. Ind., and two half-sisters, Zella and Dolly Garwood of Fort Wayne. Fnneril serivce will be held at the Pleasant Mills Methodist church at two o’clock Sunday afternoon, with burial in the Tricker cemetery. MRS.GHAS.AHR DEATH'S VICTIM Elizabeth Ridenour Ahr Dies Early Today In St. Mary's Twp. Mrs. Elizalbeth Ridenour Ahr, 58, wife of Charles Ain died at two <’clock this morning at in r home ‘n Si. Mary’s township, four miles southeast ot Decatur, of complications. Mrs Ahr was born in Indiana in 1874. the daughter of Benjamin and Margaret Ridenour. Surviving are tlio husband. Iwn sions. William Ahr. Fort Wayne, and Jay Chalmer Ahr. at home, one daughter, Mrs. Mary illeten Crawford. Fort Wayne; two br thers C S. Ridenour, Columbus. Ohio; and IA. L. Ridenour. Portland. Oregon; and two sisters. Mary Haugk. Decatur and 'Rebecca You»e, Louisvill", Ky. Funeral services will be held from the home at one o’clock Sunday aftern.on and at two o'clock at the (St. Mark Lutheran Church at Meuroevtlle. Services will be conducted by Rev. Trojan, of Hoagland, assisted by Rev. Hawwhew. Burial -will be made hi the Odd Fellows (Cemetery at Monroeville.