Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 30, Number 272, Decatur, Adams County, 16 November 1932 — Page 1

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BOUNTY IS COVERED WITH HEAVY SNOW

i»IL CUTS fmItSES AND ® SALARIES Sugetli- Balanced For EjYlai After Several ■lteirtß Arc Reduced JKeS GET f | SECOND CUT rjh council in session ■gM balanced the 1933 KhniWt in keeping with ■ iO-eer, levy f |Xe( l fy’ Bie Kms minty board of tax I of $4.-' ■ fbrlernaiiieiital street \wing ■mi $2,000 for fire ■rant Bntal were eliminat■Urtes Bf I ''y policemen, fire-1 commissioner and were reduced 25 jpJt'l'riat'on of $255 for* ’■taininl the city rest room in ■Detatti Library building and ■ j 4Kaii.! were both eliniiu S. Thfit- appropriation this ■ was Bon. Bb« romßi proposed a city levy board of tax adit the rate to 4ft cents ' red dollars. This made I to prune an additional , int the budget. Byl I the appropriations for! Bug and fire- hydrant be was lopperl from the I balance, except about 1 made up in the salary j [and elimination of cer-1 ■nations. loprlation of $1,500 for ■nary and general elecbear was cut to SI,OOO. blieves that helpers at i can he secured for me amount allowed by embers of the election be appointed with this i mg. the councilmen i b saiary cuts, the salary I f of police will be cut I to $1,200 and the salregular policeman from ’ ;h to $75 a month. AI At cut was made in the ■ Iginning July 1, so the Will bo equal to 15 per s former salaries before i cent, cut applied. >f elective officers, were ■ I per cent, last July. I Ot affected by the extra by the council Sae appropriation for labor on 1 reduced from $5,000 lent tax levy will pro-! Iximately $19,236, figured Bion ot $4,849,071. The By would have produced litional reductions in salftTßn on’ pac.f two If VOTING I TABULATED — elt Receives Most Ever Given I‘resiitial Candidate Bright, 1932, by UP) bf the nation cast at least on more ballots in last fee* ion than ever before United Press tabulations "Sjftfults in every state show '"'»B already counted totaled it waas estimatt"»f least •'>oo.ooo votes were I "to be added in the official' ■•• t smbiacing returns from isoand from absentee United Press tabulalooaevtelt, D 21,682,858. doov* R i 5 "®W- S„ 524,466. ;»«<welt’s plurality, 6,456,254. for Mr. RooSevelt exabout 300,000 that given in 1928, when he deE. Smith. Returns 1)6 reported are expected SB l ' this total. 8it >ons of the Democratic .7*' 'Oblican candidates were f?w ~ reversed in 1928 i> r( . 3 i ( ] eul Hoover car’'■r ;UEb ow PAGE THREE

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Kiddios Frolic As Old * | *Man Winter Visits City | Today was a great day for Dojeatur’s kids, old and young. It was the first real snowfall in two years and streets and sidewalks were covered with several inches. Sleds were hauled down from 'attics and children with happy red • faces were scampering around on the walks pulling each other on sleds, which had been forgotten for two or three years. The depression was forgotten and the kiddles slid down steps and rolled in, the deep snow in yards. NEEDY ASKED TO REGISTER I Local Red Cross To Aid With Clothing And Underwear For Poor Red Cross headquarters will be 'opened in the Chamber of Comimerce rooms of the Peoples Loan and Trust Co., building .next Friday morning and applications will be received on Friday and Saturday for I the cotton, material, underwear, ! hosiery* and other clothing which is I being furnished by the national Red Cross organization, it was announced. today. Local needy families and those ; residing in. the six north townships 'of the county (Root. Preble, Union, i Kirkland, Washington and St. • Marys) are asked to register their I application, either Friday or Saturday. The local Red Cross office j will be open from 9 o’clock in the ; morning until 4 o'clock in the aftermoon on each of the two days, i The local garment committee has issued a call for assistance In sewing the garments and all church and civic organizations who will assist fin the sewing are asked, to notify either Mrs. Wai Wemhof.f or Mrs. ChartßS Knapp. Individuals also are invited to assist in the sewing and making of garments. o CITY STREET CREW IS BUSY — — — Amos Fisher Directs Rig Task of Clearing Sidewalks And Streets — I Amos Fisher, city street commissioner. had a crew of men working early this morning nfl-aring tihe I streets arid, sidewalks of tne heav- ' iest coat of snow which has fallen In Decatur for several years. At 16 o’clock this morning when the lirst ' shift of the street crew started working, every street and alley in the city was blocked. Trucks and automobiles were having a hand' time ploughing through the 12 inches of snow, and it whs necessary for many of the lighter vehicles to wait until men could shovel the straw away from the Imbedded wheals. Sidewalks were being cleared all day, but because the snow continued to fall, it was necessary for the i walk plows to be in service all day | During the morning the city crew 'made no ef.ort to haul the snow away from the streets in the business section, because all of the ! men were needed to make paths for | traffic. Tho snow was banked' along the curbings, and will he hauled away as soon as traffic on all the streets is opened. Business men who drive their cars down’ town, had trouble forcing their way out of garages, and In many instances the drifts | were so high that it was impossible ' to drive the cars through onto the gtl*GotS I Local truck drivers who make trips to nearby cities and towns made no effort to go onto the country roads today. Few automobiles I were parked in the business section today, and business was dull because of the heavy snow which kept almost every body indoors. •——o Capone Goes To Court Atlanta. Nov. 1€ — (U.R) — Ali phonse Capone, former Chicago ’ federal court under heavy guard , gang chieftain, was brought into I today to hear a plea by his attorneys’ seeking his release from prison. Capone was spirited into the building by a rear entrance more I than an hour before his habeas . corpus hearing was scheduled before Judge E. Marvin Underwood.

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SNOWSTORM IS ! GENERAL OVER i CENTRAL AREA Indiana Highways Tied Up With Several Inches of Snow, Reports Say OTHER STATES ARE HART HIT Indianapolis, Nov. 1(i - (U.R) A storm that swept across I Indiana, covering the ground I with nearly a foot of snow ! anti paralyzing highway traf-j tie, gradually abated today as it continued eastward into) ' Ohio. Weather bureau officials; predicted in its wake a drop I in temperature to 15 degrees! and clearing skies. From all parts of the state came I reports that the storm was the] worst Indiana has experienced j for several years. Poor visibility accounted for the' death .at Indianapolis of Melvin | Stanley, 28, whose automobile! collided with another during the height of the storm. Buses and automobiles were stalled in three and four foot drifts along the highways. Street car transportation was irregular. Steam and electric railroads were running behind schedules. General offices of the Winona railroad company at Warsaw reported one of its northbound freight trains lost between Peru and Akron. Scores of freight trucks were stalled on highway 31 near Kokomo. More than 10 inches of snow fell during the night in western • Indiana. Marion reporting 12. . Indianapolis had nearly seven inches and extreme southern sections of the state reported four. North central Indiana appeared hardest hit. In that locality the snow started falling early yesterday afternoon and was still com-i ng down this morning. The storm worked hardships on the unemployed but gave many of them jobs removing snow from downtown streets. Relief agencies said they were overwhelmed with calls for coal and warm clothing. It was expected 24 hours would CONtTtNCFn ON PAGRI SIX o Michael Ryan Dies Indianapolis, Nov. 16 — (UP) — Michael A. Ryan. 72 one of Indiana’s heading criminal attorneys and the I ! man who nominated Frederick Van Neys tor U- S. Senator at the state i Democratic convention last summer Idled at his home here yesterday. He was the father of Russell J. Ryan, Marlon county suprior court judge. LEGION MEET DATES ARE SET National Convention Will Be Held at Chicago On October 2 To 5 Indianapolis, Nov. 16. — (U.R) — The 1933 naional convention of the American Legion at Chicago will be held Oct. 2 to 5, the national executive committee announced today. At. the same time, Phil Collins, Chicago, chairman of the convention committee, announced plans for the presence of noted guests from foreign countries. An invitation for the Legion to hold its 1937 convention in Paris, extended by Marcel Planchard, was read to the executive committee i by Louis A. Johnson, national com- | mander. No action was taken on the invitation, however. Four Are Re-Appointed Indianapolis, Nov. 16 - (UP) — Gov. IHarry G. Leslie today reappointed four members of the India-1 ■ira World War Memorial commis-, slon. They are Samuel D. Royse, Terre Haute; Raymond S. Springer, Connersville, Thomas B. Coulter, Vin-j cennes, and Louis H*. Moore, Fort Wayne. Their terms will expire Nov. 10, ( 1936.

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WALES VISITS IRELAND TODAY Prince Arrives To Dedicate Parliament Buildings of Nation Belfast, Ireland, Nov. 16. —(U.R) — The Prince of Wales arrived here today in an atmosphere ot tension, with thousands of military and pri-! vate guards surrounding him at. every step. He came to dedicate the new parliament buildings, on Ills first visit to “modetn" Ireland. (The British destroyers Dorsetshire and Essex fired a salute of 21 guns as the prince came into harbor aboard the motorship "Ulster Prince,” specially chartered for. his passage from Liverpool. Bombing and scouting airplanes cw overhead. The city was gayly I decorated and in holiday mood, but authorities took no chances on hostile demonstrations, after the serious unemployment rioting here last month. The full force of the Royal Ulster constabularly, 10,000 Orangemen, and a special detachment of Irish guards from London were on duty at all places where the prince was scheduled to appear. The prince is usually escorted on his trips by one officer from Scotland Yard, but four officers from the special political branch of the yard arrived here ahead of the prince yesterday, and six additional men were aboard hie steamer. They had orders to keep the prince within their sight at all times. Local police' tore down anti-im-perialistic posters plastered in the CONTINITRD ON PAGE SIX o A A I CALL FOR CLOTHING | There Is need for clothing of | | various kinds and particularly | ! the needy children at the town- | | ship trustees office in the Trust I | Company building and if you | | have any old clothing, under- | | wear, overcoats, girl's dresses j | or coats, stockings, shoes, etc.. | | and will leave them there, they | will be distributed to good ad- | | vantage. There should be no | , | suffering in this community | | | and will be none, if we all help | | j as we can. ,

Telephone Co. Has One of Biggest Days I I The storm increased the use of ithe telephone today, H. F. Ehinger, general manager of the Citizens Telphone comp any announced. Today was one of the busiest [days In' years. Mr. Ehinger stated. Ix>cal and long distance calls great!ly increased in number and the !traffic load was one of the heaviest on record at the local telephone exchange. At Berne extra help was called J to work today and increased busiI ness was shown at Monroe. Mr. ' Ehinger stated the number of calls today was about double the average number received in a day. Persons i unable to get outside on account of the deep snow used the telephone to I communicate with friends and in • transacting business. No lines were i reported down SOME SCHOOLS CLOSED TODAY Heavy Snow Keeps Many Children at Home; Will Re-open Tomorrow The St. Joseph's Catholic grade school and the Decatur Catholic high school closed this afternoon because pupils were unable to come to school this morning due to the heavy snow. Nearly all of the rural pupils were absent and the attendance this morning was less than half of the regular enrollment. School will be resumed in the i morning and it is hoped that the roles will be dpen so the children can. get to this city. Rural Schools Close Many of the rural schools were closed today. Meager reports have come to the office of C. E. Striker, county superintendont of schools indicating that a number of the rural schools closed at noon today. o— Meeting Is Postponed The joint meeting ot the Knights of Columbus and Holy Name Society which was scheduled for tonight at the Catholic high school auditorium will be postponed until [next Monday night, it was an.nounced today. The meeting next Monday I will be held at the K. of C. rooms.

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MOORE ADMITS HE MURDERED AGED COUPLE Blackford County Killings Cleared by Confession of Young Man WILL FACE MURDER COUNT Virginia, Minn., Nov. 16.— John Moore, 29, Indiana murder suspect, last night confessed to James Emschwiller, Blackford county, Indiana prosecutor, that he murdered his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Moore at their farm home near Pennville, Indiana, last Friday night. Emschwiller had come here with Sheriff Ira Mannix, following the arrest of young Moore, to question him concerning the double killing. The prosecutor said that Moore Would be returned to Hartford City today and charged with first degree murder. He first shot and killed his aunt, 55 years old, and then his uncle. 62, he confessed to officials. Moore, whom Emshwiller said has served sentences in three reformatories, told the official “I don't know why I killed them.” He said he had been ordered from the farm two weeks ago when his uncle learned of his prison record, but that he came back to the farm late last Friday afternoon. The two were in the barn when he arrived, he told the authorities, 'and he went to the house and se'cured a 16-guage shotgun. When 'his aunt came into the house, he j immediately opened fire on her, according to the confession, and then killed her husband. There was no quarrel preceding ithe slayings, according to the conCONTtNfIRD GN PAGE SIX BUSINESS MAY MAKE GAINS Retailers Eye Change In Weather As Possible Aid To More Trading Local retail merchants eyed the j first touch of winter weather with i optimism today. While it will be impossible for the rural traders in De- ' catur to get to the city for a day or so because ot the heavy covering iof snow, it was felt that both rural : and' city customers would be compelled to buy their whl'ler clothing ■ supplies. Many people have been putting i oft making purchases for some time iand it is generally felt that the arrival of winter weather will bring buying above the present mark at least for a while. Business was dull today, because almost everyone except business and ipirofessional men, were prone to stay indoors. It is thought, howlever, that retail trading will increase in the next few daj s. Reguljr mail deliveries were made in Decatur today, and grocery and laundry trucks made their usual visits. Milk routes were also covered by the truckmen, but most of the deliveries were a little behind time. o ♦ * Charity Bridge Tourney Will Commence Tonight « • The first of a series of bridge parties to be sg|on.sored by the local Phi Delta Kappi fraternity will be held in the fraternity hall above the t ort Theatre tonight. The games will start al 8 o'clock with tables arranged for both auction and contract bridge. Individauls may form their own ifoursomes and will 'play at the same table the entire evening, ipivoting at the conclu sion of each game. The rules for the tourney will be 'explained at the party tonight. Tickets for the parties will sell for 25 cents which may be paid at the door or tickets for the entire series of five events may be procured for SI.OO. The proceeds from the bridge tournament will be donated to the Good Fellows Club to help the poor and needy of Decatur at ChristnA time. The remainder of the events in the tournament will take place on the four consecutive Wednesday nights iu the Phi Delt haU.

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Hoffman Funeral Will Be Conducted Thursday Funer.il services for Mrs. Louisa Hoffmaw, 83 oldest resident nf Linn Grove who died at her home Tuesday noon following a two weeks’ illness, will beheld at 2 o’clock Thursday afternoon in the Evangelical Church at Linin Grove. Burial will be made in the Greenwood cemetery and Rev. Spear, pastor of the Baie tist Church at Bluffton will officiate. .1 »i» s ; Mrs. Hoffman was a charter member of the Linn Grove Baptist Church. Surviving are throe children: Oral Hoffman, at home, Dr. Sterling P. Hoffman of Fort Wayne and Mrs. L. L. Yager of Berne. Two great graindchildren also survive. The deceased! was the last member of a family of twelve children. FARM BUREAU MEETING ENDS Delegates Hear Wisconsin Income Tax System Explained At Meet bulletin Indianapolis, Nov. 16—(U.Rl Wm. H. Settle of Petroleum was re-elected president of the Indiana farm bureau at conclusion of the annual meeting today. It was announced at today's Farmer s uooperative bieva - session that the Indiana or company with approximate ly 20 elevators in northern Indiana has been consolidated with the bureau. Indianapolis, Nov. 16 — (U.R) — Members of the Indiana farm bureau, seeking some means to relieve the property tax burden, were told of Wisconsin’s state income tax policies at their annual meeting here lute yesterday by Charles D. Rosa, member of the Wisconsin tax commission. “The Wisconsin tax law has succeeded in reducing the general property levy.” Rosa explained. It laps Incomes from intangibles, personal service, rents, sale of property, and from business. “Agricultural property comprises about one-seventh of our national wealth. This one-seventh, together with labor and managerial ability put in on it by the owners of and workers of farms, yields only about one tenth of the nn tional income. Yet under the system of taxes now under use nationally, those engaged in agriculture are called upon to pay* one-fifth of the total taxes.” Rosa said the cost of collecting income taxes in Wisconsin is approximately two per cent of the revenue. He declared an income tax was not an additional tax upon owners of tangible property; that a tax on incomes from per sonal service likewise is not an added tax, but that the tax on in-

PONTTNtrRn ON PAGE STX DALE APPEAL ARGUED TODAY Muncie Mayor’s Hearing Called Before Federal Court At Chicago Chicago, Nov. 16 (U.R) George R. Dale, mayor of Muncie, Ind.. who was swept into office after a stormy career as a crusader against the Ku Klux Klan, today fought against confirmation of an 18-tnonth sentence, imposed when he was convicted of conspiracy to violate the federal prohibition laws. The appeal of Dale and eight other defenldwnts from sentences and fines in the case was argued before Judges Samuel Alschuler, Evan Evans and Janies H. Wilkerson, sitting en banc as the United states circuit court of appeals. Judge Wilkerson replaced Judge Will H. Sparks, who is absent from the city, but who would have been Warred by court custom by sitting in the Dale case, inasmuch as Judge Sparks was from Indiana. Clarence W. Nichols ami Dixon H. Bynum of Indianapolis argued the appeal for the defendants while District Attorney George R. Jeffrey of Indianapolis appeared for the government. The case was to be taken under advisement. CONTINUED ON PAGE THRBB

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LEVEL DEPTH REPORTED TO BEUHNCHES Roads, Streets Blocked For Time; Crew is Busy Throughout County CONTINUES LATE TODAY More than 20 hours of heavy continuous snowing had covered Adams countv with a level depth of over IS inches today and spread the first touch of real winter weather over the community. Roads and streets were heavily* covered with snow* and citv and countv highway men worked all day in an effort to make paths for tourists and pedestrians. The snowfall, the first genuine snow in two years, started late Tuesday afternoon. It had rained for several hours with the temperature falling constantly. About 4:30 o’clock Tuesday afternoon the rain changed into snow and the fall continued throughout the night and today. Weather reports said the snowstorm was general through tho midwest and forecasters were at a loss to predict when there would be a let-up. The snow was heavy and the temperature was only* slightly* below normal for this time of year. People in Decatur who arose early to sweep paths were confronted with the same task again this afternoon as the snow continued to fall. No heavy drifts had been reported in the country sections, because of the low wind velocity and the wetness of the snow. Small drifts were reported later today, and highway men were busy opening roads for autoCONTINITWn ON PAGE STX HOOVER BACK IN WASHINGTON President Faces Four Months of Toil With Foreign Problems Washing‘on. .Nov. 16— (U.R) —• President Hoover, defeated for re-election but faced with one of the gravest situations in his four years' administration, returned to Washington today to plunge into discussion of international economics, war debts, tariffs, and the problem of turning over the government to the new management without disruption of the national machinery. The presidential train arrived here at 8:30 a. m. EST. Returning from his 8.400-mile railroad journey from coast to coast, the president was represented today as feeling that prompt and unified action i y all factions within the country is essential Io an early settlement cl' world problems. And he feels that a tremendous advantage has been made through Presidentelect Frankli' D Roosevelt’s expressed willingness to discuss those problems with him. Mr. Hoover, nomewhat rested from the strain of election weeks, is anxious to present a united front to Europe on the war debts question, and he counts heavily not only on his coming conference with Mr. Roosevelt, but upon discussions with Democratic con gressional leaders, to end domestic differences Mr. Hoover may seek to confer with Democratic chieftains over CGNTJNTTFn ON PAGE SIX o Car Skids Off Road Bernard J. (Bun) Keller, district tna.n for the Standard Oil Company was one of those who got mixed up ini the snow storm last might. He was returning from Fort Wayne and came upon a truck which had skidded Off the real. In trying to get past the truck. Bun’s car went I off on the other side and there | both of them remained until help I could be secured from here this | morning. It was a long wait and | only two cars went through during the entire night. One of these .brought the word in so that a seriVice car could le» sent out to rellieve them.