Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 30, Number 248, Decatur, Adams County, 19 October 1932 — Page 1

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-■PETITION JuBOSS ■ «HM FILED - ■ ~ Uommiss...Enrr Give Informal 'Wopinioii' Today Ehmcality ■ |»BEE\ RAISED -■L] July ■ Wil- - H'. is of the '■ ■> . , oinmissionthat the tuoßKh. M, Is Decatur at:;jt • '1 oil tile regballot as the DemoJudge of the Ad Or culll! and held that the t! . k’s journal 1 the tiru- as to filing the of nomination. ? Judge Spain ;..id to Dick D. HelKijJoci -.a count;) chairman l. Welling, county clerk. "■Blftr ollowiiig a conier- . Holl board niei'’A l!le lochnicality which when the county .rr.tiio- were ;Ja. •• Mt De Voss 's name the i.rovtsinn -a ■tt octi l.iw regulating the ■ tor • rtifh air s had n t "^^^M r lied with. ' and Judge the opinion, Hiltated by Mr. Metier this Bppfr A written opinion will I H^K -.J>:ain"d from AttorneyI i'gd--n. the county ' stated. 'v arose over .the B«| the ceriiiicate filed by Heller following Mr. De .<■ party’s HH fur in convention I 'ii' ■■ form and ■VW law in every res1 IfK 1 '■ i: "' ti *‘ rk BV with instructions that it ’be proper time. ■■ lai- ~f September 2 was ■N on the paper. •■' the election laws •wt .-enifi, ation of the canname shall be made not' f»u (jays ami not less than f u,e election. Tiie "'irg I, notification ■Set .her Bth. ent of the notification ■*R m e 1111,1 r date 0‘ Sep-' qMK•SFftrein his certificate which tii.- name of H. M. Dei be placed on the Demu- . h " r '"' judge of the 26th Bi»l c-.urt and attested to by secretary of the Central ccimmittec". the entry which Judge Judge Spencer ruled thy case and stated I!■?!'> ON PAGE SIX ■IM FIRE |K LOWERED ■ ; — Ef e Loss Decreased 0®2 f 7 Last Year, ReI j port Shows lis. Oct. 19_(UP)—findloss $1,424,272. ■ '"'i' ' " nt . during the fiscal d Oct. 1, g report by Alii, state fire marshal. ■ 1| X' year the total loss in Wa> * t 6.678.061. gtuiubsr of fires, likewise, debeing 1. wered form 5.107 ° ’ The decrease was An.'? 11>8S ia ' clties of “tore 1 population was $1,926g»e< r ease (>t . , ft 24 (rer ceni |n IK*"'oorporated towns un- !■% r Population the loss was a decrease or 13 5 per cent. Bt'tft? sec,,an " the damage was W". a decrease of u.lB per ■ nitrnber of harn {irefl gainp(] ■ intra ° Hlßßton attributed ■ th» > Se t 0 lncen dlarism. ■cent l° tal fires ln lnd,a »a. 63 ■ ' * er9 111 residences. 0 of the loss to the value ■ B ‘“ i * u «e«a ny, per "aii < o <,ite<i the decreased iB-Hn flre - ( ’gluing and fire 8 agencies of the state.”

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Lions Club Meets At Pleasant Mills Members of the Decatur Lions club entertained their wives at the regular meeting of the club, | J which was held at Pleasant Mills Tuesday evening. Ladies of the M. E. church served the dinner for the members and wives. C. L. Walters acted as toast- ■ master and W. F. Beery, in charge of the program, presented Rev. E. M. Dunbar, who gave an interesting talk, basing his remarks on the subject, "Man’s inheritance as created in God's image " The club I prize was awarded to Mrs. Clifford Saylors. 1 o CHARGES MAY GE DISMISSED Prosecution of Libby Holin a n In Husband’s Death Is Doubtful Winston Salem. N. C„ Oct. 19 — (UP) —Libby iHolman Reynolds, charged with murdering Smith Reynolds, her husband and heir tc< the Reynolds Tobacco Millions, "Cannot consider as vindication, anything I that does not exonerate her com- , pletely,” Benet Polikoff, her counsel said today. The letter of W. N. Reynolds, Uncle of Smith, to solicitor Carlisle Higgins suggesting the Reynolds family would be pleased if charges against Mrs. Reynolds and Ab Wai ' ker were dropped by the state, cannot be considered as vindicatuin, ’ Polikoff said. Jefferson, N. C.. Oct. 19.—(U.R) — Prosecution of Libby Holman, form|er Broadway torch singer, in the 'death of her husband. Smith Reyni olds, was doubtful today as Hie prosecutor admitted he would “be 1 strongly guided” by a letter from the Reynolds family suggesting the qase be dropped. State Solicitor Carlisle Higgins * issued a statement saying he had I not determined whether to move to * quash the murder indictments against Libby and Reynolds' best friend, Ab Walker. He indicated he would have an announcement Jbefore the date set for trial, probably late in November. “I have the letter of W N. Reyn 'olds in my pocket,” the statement ' said, "and as yet have not determined what my course of action shall | be. Os course I will give it every I possible consideration and very 'likely will be more strongly guid'ed by it than by any other source.” 1 The position of the Reynolds famlily in the death of the heir to part 'of the vast, tobacco fortune was rei vealed in a letter made public late yesterday. It was signed by W. N. Reynolds, titular head of the tobacco house and was sent to Higgins. Neither defendant was mentioned by name, nor was it admitted that there was a thought entertained by the family that Smith killed himself. But the letter admitted “the evidence fails to prove conclusively that Smith was murdered.” CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE — o Legion Meeting At Celina Sunday The conference of the Second Ohio District of the American LeIgion will he held at Celina, Ohio, Sunday Service division schools will be held at 10 a. tn. Devotional services from 11:30 to 12. Father Lammers will deliver an eulogy at 1:30 of Col. Ralph Cole, Ohio Legion commander, fatally in jured last week in an- automobile ' accident. A parade- will be held at 4 o’clock A dance will he held at ed'gewater Park Sunday evening. Gene Tunney Will Campaign In State -Indiaiii i-polis, Oct. 19 —(VP) Well knluwn figures, callwi into Indiana to aid Democratic candidates, en.live-ned the political campaign today. Gene Tunney, firmer world's heavyweight boxing champion, has been persuaded to come into the state to canupaign for the RooseveltGamer ticket, Dick Heller, director of the Deknocratic State Speaker's bureau, announced. Dates for his appearance have not been set. lAnotber prominent figure, Bainbridge Colby, secretary of state under Preaident Wllscn, has been ob- , tamed by the DeUiovfuts to clone | their campaign in Marion County. IHw wiki address the final mass meeting and* rally of the party at Cadle tabernacle Nov 4

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Ritchie-Allen Debate , H SgjMWMB—aWE~,.L.-, . T " •' ' I 1 5 •-! U Imm r ■ iSw * wWMWr v For the first time in the national campaign, the merits of the rival presidential candidates and their policies were debated from the same platform by responsible spokesmen of the two parties. Left to tight, Silas H. Strawn, fuimet (Senator Henry J. Alien of Kansas, who spoke for President Hoover; President Walter Dill Scott of Northwestern University, Governor Ritchie of Maryland, who spoke in behalf of Governor Roosevelt, and Melvin A. Trayor. The debate took place Monday night at Thorne Hall on the McKinlock campus of Northwestern University at Chicago.

LEE HARTZELL FAVORS CHANGE Fort Wayne* legislator Favors Amendment To Tax Limitation Law Fort Wayne, Oct. 19—<U.R)'"Le*' J. Hartzell, who championed the. $1.50 tax law through the special' session of the legislature, today favored an amendment to the law to make it more stringent. Hartzell, majority floor leader in the senate, attacked the leniency with which county boards of. adjustment declared “emergencies" and permitted tax rates to be set I i over the $1.50 limit. He urged an amendment to remove the adjust-, ment boards' power to declare' emergencies. “Apparently the boards of tax I adjustment never read Webster’s [ dictionary on the definition of i ‘emergency’," Hartzell said. “If they had. they would have cleaned: house on Oct. 10." County boards met on that date to set their respective levies. Under the $1.50 law. passed after a hectic course through the legislature but never signed by the governor, local levies may exceed the limit if adjustment boards be-) Hove an emergency exists No loophole was provided whereby the state levy, which it set at 15 cents, could be exceeded. GOVERNOR PAYS TRIBUTE TODAY Gov. Leslie Honors Late Hoard Member at Laying Os Cornerstone Indianapolis, Oct. 19 (U.R) Tribute to Mrs. Elizabeth Clayircol Earl, late member of the Indiana Historical board, was paid by Gov. Harry 0. Leslie today in an address at laying of the cornerstone for the new state library. “She gave unstintingly of her time and devotion to the cause of the state library," Governor Leslie said in his brief address which followed a parade and exercises by the Masonic lodge. "This library,” the governor said, "with its thousands of columns and manuscripts will accumulate ‘souls of all that men hold wise.’ Into this building are going! the toll ami labor of a taxpaying! public, the ambitions of public! officials and the longings of those who know the value of our state. [ "This structure is the realization of a dream of many years dura-i tlon. Time after time enabling legislation seemed only to die 1 aborning. Finally a few devoted citizens inspired by the vision of useful service of a state library,] succeeded in impressing the 77th] general assembly and the project] became a fact.”

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Will Consider 166 Pardon Petitions Michigan City, Ind., Oct. 19 — (U.R) —Pardon and parole petitions of IG6 convicts will be considered at the quarterly meeting of the . | Indiana state prison board of trusI tees here Oct, 27. it was announced today. included in the group is the peti- ' tion of Mathew’ “Dink" Dolin, ' sentenced to two to 14 years in j Gibson circuit court last January on charges growing out of bombing of a miner s home. Dolin was an official in the local mine union. Forty of the men seeking commutation are serving “life" terms. ■ Ninety-five cases are new, 62 reopened and nine are reformatory transfers. 0 REPORT WELLS ! COUNTYTHEFTS ' Two Tocsin Stores Are Robbed; Two Schools Are Entered Bluffton. Oct. 19.—Local officers are investigating several burglaries and a holdup that occurred in • Wells county Monday night. Included were raids at two township school buildings. F. J. Carrey, Sidney. 0., reported that two bhndits armed with I revolvers stopped his car about two miles east of Bluffton on state road No. 124 about 11 o'clock I Monday night and relieved him of I $22. They took the money from his purse, he reported, and threw the purse back into the machine. He said the bandits were driving a car with Ohio license plates and both wore blue-striped overalls. The E. C Plummer radio shop al Tocsin was entered and loot taken including radio tubes, cigars, clgarets and candy. At the Hansel Kreigh filling station in Tocsin about SO gallons of gasoline were stolen. An effort to enter the office of the Tocsin Gram and Lumber company was frustrated when a key was broken off in the lock. Four typewriters were stolen at tile Lancaster Center school, en- ' trance to which was affected by breaking the glass of a door so that a bar on the inside could be reached. Other loot included a CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE I — 0 !Leo Ehinger Is Robbed of $43 Forty three di liars in cash was taken from the safe used by Deo ["Dutch” Ehinger, Decatur insurance 1 agent, between the hours of six and .seven o'clock Tuesday evenin'?. The money was in an envel :pe in i the safe. Mr. Ehinger stated the .I outer door of the safe was closed ' but the two Inner doors were not. I He was not certain whether t r not ! he locked the office door, located on j South Second street, before leaving the office.

MUST ADJUST CITY BUDGET I Announce City Council Will Adjust Budget in Near Future i Adjusting the city budget tw-eon- ’ corm to the 40 cent tax levy fixed -by the Adams County hoard cf tax i[ adjustment will be done in ‘he near . future, H M Gillig, chairman of the - finance committee reported to the . city council last evening. The 40 cent levy will produce ap- ' proximately $19,336,284.00, figured on the city's valuation of $4,849,071. [The budget as prepared by the city | was figured on a 61 cent rate, whicii [would have produced approximately j $29,579.43, which makes it n'ecesijsary f r the council to prune $lO,[243.15 from the budget. "j Mr. Gillig stated that the council probably would first eliminate the i appropriations for ornamental ‘[street lighting expense and fire hydrant rentals. These two items which were included in the budget totaled $6,000. The charge for ornamental street lighting expense was I I $4,000 and $2,000 for fire hydrant -Irental. This would leave a balance 11 of $4,243.15 to be pruned fr m t'he -I budget. It will have to be distribut- > ed someway, but the nrethed or plan to be followed has not yet been de- - vised. ! L CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE GROUP MEETING 1 AT FORT WAYNE I M. E. Missionary Societies 1 Will Meet at Fort Wayne Friday i JJ 1 A grottip meeting of the women’s Home Missionary Societies of the I Methodist Episcopal Churches will I be held in the Simpson Meth dist ‘ Church in Fort Wayne, Friday. The group includes auxiliaries of Bluffton, Fort Wayne Simpson, De- ■ catur and Waynedalo churches. The i meeting will open at 10 o'clock Fri- > day morning and will continue i throughout the afternoon, with a covered dish luncheon at norm. The theme of the meeting is “Indians” and the Indiana subject will be carried out throughout the pro- • gram with Indian music furnished and u public feast at noon. i On award of five dollars will be i awarded for the auxiliary showing i the greatest mileage. A large number of tnembers from Decatur are planning to attend the meeting. The guest speaker at the session i will be Mns. E. W. Matthews, na- ! tional promotional secretary. Mrs. Howard Beatty of Waynedale is the presiding officer, Mrs. C. K. Reid of Bluffton is secretary and Mrs. Fred Mills of Decatur is a t Ice-pre-sldent of the organization'..

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HUGE CROWD IS EXPECTED FOR TALK TONIGHT ■ 100,000 Expected to Hear I Gov. Roosevelt in Pittsburgh Speech WHEELING GREETS NOMINEE AT NOON Chi route with Governor Roosevelt, Oct. 19. —(U.R) - Pennsylvania's 36 electoral votes were the prize sought by Franklin D. Roosevelt today as he prepared tor one of his major campaign speeches at Pittsburgh tonight. Members of his party said he would discuss the soldiers’ bonus, but early today word came from Governor Roosevelt's private car that he had not decided whether to discuss the bonus tonight or reserve it for later. The candidate, traveling overnight from Buffalo to Pittsburgh, planned to motor to Wheeling, West Virginia, for a noon speech dealing with budget questions. He was to' return during the afternoon. He j was promised an audience of 100,000 in and near Forbes Field in j Pittsburgh tonight provided the weather is favorable. Speaks In New York Roosevelt in two New York state speeches yesterday, at Rochester land Buffalo, represented himself as champion of the "forgotten man.” The included “my old friend, Al Smith” as one of the original collaborators in a program of state welfare legislation intended to protect the “forgotten man,” and attacked Colonel William J. Donovan. Republican nominee for governor ol New York, who he said had asked what the Democrats had done for Uie "forgotten man.” “I want to take you back —as my old friend Al Smith would say, ‘let’s take a look at the record’," Roosevelt said. "Who was it that proposed the present system of old age pension laws in this state?” he asked. Applause halted him. CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE ASKS SUPPORT OF LABORERS Senator Norris Urges Labor To Help Elect Gov. Roosevelt Cleveland. Oct. 19 —(U.R)—* Senator George W. Norris, Nebraska, has called on labor to defeat President Hoover because. he charged, the president tried to defeat legislation friendly toward labor, such as the anti-injunction law. Tiie fiery Republican senator, who deserted the G. O. P. in 1928 to support Alfred E. Smith, and who now is campaigning for governor Roosevelt, called upon labor, in an address here last night, to defeat Herbert Hoover in the coming election. His white head shaking, lis voice trembling with emotion, the 71-year old lawmaker, branded as "untrue” the Republican assertion that the president supported the "anli-yellow-dog” contract bill. Speaking in the auditorium whore President Hoover told an audience last Saturday that the aim of his administration was to aid labor, Norris charged that the President opposed the bill prohibiting “yellow dog” contracts and providing relief from labor dispute injunctions. ’ Norris based his address upon a quotation in the Republican national campaign book in which the President was described as having supported the anti-yellow-dog contract bill against forceful opposition. “That is an outright lie." Norris bellowed. "The only effective opposition to the bill was that which wns made by the Hoover forces. CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE o Pleasant Mills To Hold Carnival Pupils of the Pleasant Mills high school (will give a Halloween carnival at the hkgh school building Friday night. October 28. An interesting program has been arranged and refreshments will be served. Everybody is invited. ,

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I Methodist Council Criticises Parties Indianapolis, Oct. 19 —(U.R) — A temperance resolution, uncompromisingly opposed .to the DemoI I cratic, Republican and Socialist parties, and pledging defense and support of the 18th amendment ; was recorded today as the attitude , of the state council of the Methodist Episcopal church. Criticising the three political parties, "especially the Republican party under its present leadership in Indiana,” Blake sought the support of all avowed "dry” candidates. Bishop Blake was re-elected president of the council. Threq vice presidents were chosen. They were Arthur Sapp. Huntington; Frank Evans, Crawfordsville, and Dr. \V. W. Wiant, Indianapolis. John Rem Ward, Hiptou, was named secretary. 0 RIDICULES IDEA THAT INSULLS ARE PENNILESS ; I States Attorney Names Source of Funds Available to Fight Case INSULL APPEARS SURE OF REFUGE Chicago, Oct. 19 —(U.R) — State's Attorney John A. Swanson today ridiculed the LaSalle street assettion that the Insull Utilities dynasty was “too broke to be bankrupt” and named what he believed was the source of funds available to Samuel Instil] in his fight against I return from Greece to face criminal charges here. Swanson said lie had learned Samuel Insull. Jr., had an income of SIOO,OOO a year from four Insnll ■ operating concerns. Young Insull is now in Paris. His father is at , l Athens. Greece, fighting extradition to Chicago. The prosecutor said Insull, Jr., was in a position to finance a long legal battle if necessary. The elder Insull also has an income from the operating utilities amounting to $21,000 a year. As vice chairman of Commonwealth Edison Co.. Peoples Gas. Light and Coke Co., and Public I Service of Northern Illinois. Insnll, Jr., receives $25,000 from each. He also gets $25,000 as president of Midland United. ' “The Insulls are far from being poverty stricken,” John J. Bailey, auditor aiding Swanson, said. “They are in a financial position to put up a stiff fight.” The investigation was made • after reports from Europe indicated Insull had ample funds at his ‘I disposal. The state’s attorney's office plans to question young In--1 still regarding his finances on his 1 return from Paris expected about Nev. 10. Assure Refuge ' Athens. Oct. 19— (U.R) - Samuel 1 Insull, former utilities magnate • whose extradition to face embez- - zlement charges in Chicago is • sought, appeared assured today ’ of a continued refuge in Greece , CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX Ival Newhard Is Named Secretary Ival Nlewhard of Decatur was i elected secretary ( f the Navaho frai ternity at the Hall State Teachers ’ College at Muncie, it has been an- • nounced. Newhard was graduated » from the Decatur High School last ■ year I q District Chorus I Broadcasts Friday ! i The All-District chorus, consisti ing of singers selected from each . high school in the Northeastern AsI aociation, will sing under the direction of Roland Schafer, director of ; music in the South Side high school - over radio station WOWO in Fort i Wayne, Friday afternoon at 1 o'- . clnrli, The girls frmn Decatur hiigh school who are being trained by Miss Helen Haubold, music supervisor in the Decatur public schools to take part in the all district chorus are the .Misses -Sarah Jane Kauffi man, Edwinna Shroll, Mary Kath- - ryn Tyndall, Eileen. Burk. Kathryn - Hower, and Mary Maxine Brown. The singers from the various high I schools in tiie Association are traln- • ed by the music supervisors ot their respective schools.

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SEN.LAFOLLETTE GIVES SUPPORT TO ROOSEVELT Commends Liberal Views Os Democratic Presidential Nominee ALSO SUPPORTS STATE TICKET ‘ Madison, Wis„ Oct. 19. — (U.R) — Senator Robert M. LaFo'lette, Jr., leader of Hie Progressive Republican faction in Wisconsin, announced today his support of Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt. Democratic nominee, for President. He announced his bolt of the Republican ticket in a statement commending the "liberal views” of Roosevelt while at the same time declaring that he has “no illusions about either of the two old political parties." Young LaFolletle also announced ihe would vote tor Albert G. Schmedeman, Democratic nominee for governor, and F. Ryan Duffy, the party’s nominee for U. S. senator, and added that Progressive Republicans who were victorious in the recent primary would re- ' ceive his support. He hinted at formation of a new political party, progressive in principles. In a 1,700-word statement, he expressed confidence that “ultimately there will be a new political align- ■ meat that will afford a definite ■ party organization for those who believe in the fundamental coni cepts of democracy.” ' Os Roosevelt, he commented: "Franklin D. Roosevelt has tak- ’ on a position on some questions with which many Progressives are I not in accord. On others he has > not yet declared himself. By and I large, however, lie expresses in his I speeches a liberal point of view upon certain economic issues which, • taken together with his record as governor, makes it consistent for Progressives to support him in this particular campaign." ’ He warned, however, that if ' Roosevelt is elected, he would feel 1 free to oppose any policies not in accordance with his own views. LaFollette dismissed the Socialist party as not offering “an organiza- ■ tion with which they can permanently affiliate and expect to see 1 their prim iples worked out in state 1 and nation.” LaFoliette's younger brother, ’ Phillip F„ elected governor two ' years ago. was defeated for tenom- ■ ination by Walter Kohler, wealthy ' manufacturer. John B. Chapple, young editor, won the Republican nomination for United States senator over another ' Progressive Republican. Senator John J. Blaine. LaFollette assailed the Republi--1 can regulars who defeated his brother for renomination. He asserted that “upon his record, I do ! not see how any Progressive can vote for President Hoover." o — MINE LEADERS STOP PICKETS Cessation of Picketing Is Ordered By New Organization Today Taylorville, 111.. Oct. 19—(U.R)-’ Prospects for peace in Christian county coal fields appeared brighter today than at any other time since violence broke out between miners of rival unions more than a month ago as a result of the issuance of an order to members of the newly organized progresi sive miners of America to cease ■ picketing activities at two mines located near here. The order to stop picketing was I issued from Gillespie, headquarters of the P. M. A., yesterday. . According to Arthur Hughes, publicity director of the new organi ization, tiie move wm mudc In ;n ’ effort to cooperate witli citizens -of Taylorville in bringing about i the withdrawal of seven units of Illinois national guardsmen from . the county. In line with tiie order to ceaso ! picketing not a striker appeared in the vicinity of mines which are , working here under a wage scale . contract with the United Mine r Workers of America, from which CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE