Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 30, Number 274, Decatur, Adams County, 18 November 1932 — Page 1

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jjHEFT HALTED eßk Official Releases Oas As Bandit For Vault JH TWICE « IN ESCAPING ■ N" v - 18.—<U.R» thihkJig by Presiu r Cas< today th wart- ' jHoldup of the Westville I'2 miles southJ; l' : ‘P or,e v " 111 '- ■ bandits escaped withafter tiring two shots both of which J' lin !:• 1 ktenwall. cashK, akme in the bank when Mgfdits entered. ;■>. cimm-n jumped over np and headed for the iIE itid *■>, Cass turned releasing a flood of tear then ■ | on another sounded the burglar clanging of I rit^B k ij ’ o.side the cage Relieved the banattempted to kill him. ’.:.>. in deperation. f.n. > a eash drawer. [ ■it' "p. b. Alarm wires , ■ d to it kept him access. alatm kept sounding. and merchants started toward the bank. The ibuidoned their efforts to money and with their eyes from 'he tear gas they waiting autoniosa.d least two num the ar It thundered out going west and eluded a iißß« ’ r ° ni f’onald took up organizing his and ph. nearny towntii* 1 iourimt fm ti.e bandit said the bandits H|^B* V ' obtaitifd a few dollars 5: as he could tell from on page two KE SCALING ■lit BE MADE Bit.' Employes To Get ■>wer Wages For a 1933, Report t-^B' 1 "f executives and emthe city plant, in both and water departments. bv the city council session last evening. action on the proposed _^^f (aiillK will be made at the meeting of the connJanuary 1, 1933. - ntgn i ..iincilmen would not , IP*' tares this morning and ■ at the committees had i na, iy determined on the ; | 1 ; ’* "as learned that in , itistunees the proposed cut , than 25 per cent., based i ' ,l ' l salaries before the 10 1 ' cut applied last July. *age cut will affect every BFWojr, one councilman stat|Bf w 'll include those employed or monthly basis and by the hour. It was the highest salary to "ext year by the city would o!i datlon of the clerk and < er office in 1934 was also ed by the council, but no wa s taken. Pruning down of the num V( >lunteer firemen or the reKI of the hour scale for all 1 >^K*' rs was discussed and ac- 1 ; ,)t ‘ taken on the matter 1 B the first of the year. ■ tllp meting Tuesday night. 1 cut salaries of policefiremen and street 81 °ner 25 per cent, in order 1 nce s he budget for next year. ’ ■appropriations of $4,000 for ’ 1 ' Btreet lighting expense #0 for fire hydrant rental 1 j^B 180 eliminated. It was nee- J prune an additional $4,- 8 W o?' 6 estiniatea in orMer to 1 SF " e budget in keeping with ' ■■ Pent tax levy,

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New Minister > w!8IlA L - up ” ■' : ■ r -w a . ] «<•: « iXyZ;:;.;.; Rev. Charles M. Prugh Rev. Prugh will assume the pas--1 torate of the Zion Reformed church . in this city on Sunday, November ( |27. He will be ordained Sunday, ‘ | November 20 at Central Reformed I church, Dayton, his home. He is a graduate of the Dayton schools, Heidelberg college and Princeton seminary. He won a fellowship at Princeton and studied a year in Germany, returning to this country in August. He succeeds the ’ late Rev. A. R. Fledderjohann as pastor of the local church. SUPPORT ASHED FOR RED CROSS l Chairman M emhoff Urges Local People to Renew Membership at Once Wal Wemhoff. city chairman of , the annual Red Cross Roll Call, in urging people to enroll in the organization, pointed out that the county would receive more from the Red Cross this year than was ever paid in by Adams County residents for memberships. Mr. Wemhoff estimates that this | county will have received flour, i corn meal, clothing and. merchandise from the Red Cross to the value of SB,OOO to SIO,OOO by next spring, when demands for relief are I expected to droy. Two car loads of flour has already been received by the local Red Cross relief committee. A large shipment of muslin aM sheeting has been received and will be made into clothing. Requisition has been j made tor a large quanity of clothing, such as overalls, underwear. and other supplies. The National Red Cross furnishes these supplies to local relief, agencies. The only financial support ■ given by this community is the one dollar membership fees. About 200 people have enrolled in the Red Cross for the new year. A few of the soliciting teams have been unable to canvass their territory on account of the weather. Persons wishing to join are asked to hand their dollar to Miss Anna Whines, secretary, at the Winnes Shoe store. Mr. ’Wemhoff stated the Decatur membership should reach 500 i this year, if for no other reason | than the big saving made by Decatur and Washington township in caring for the needy through the generous furnishing of supplies by the Red Cross to this community KILLER STILL UNCAPTURED Chicago Bad Boy Foils Police; Believed Mentally Defective Chicago, Nov. 18—(UP)—A youthful “sweetheart killer" whose ex-i ploits have spread terror through the far South Side remained at ; liberty today despite efforts of more than 6,000 police to caipture llinl , .. Officers believe that James Varecha, 17. mentally defective and for- ( mer inmate of a reformatory, was the youth they sought . They believed he was the 'quick trigger" bandit who klllt'l Frank F. Jordan Wednesday might and ha an hour later kidnaped Miss Lillian . Henry, 20, niece of former police ] commissioner John A. (Iron Mant cuntinuld on page four

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I JOHN MOORE TO DIE MARCH 2 i COURT ROLES I I i Hartl ord City Killer Is Sentenced In Short Ord- | er After Return UNCLE AND AUNT VICTIMS I i j Hartford City. Ind., Nov. 18.—((J.R) John E. Moore, 29, was sentenced to death in the electric chair jlast night after pleading guilty to charges of murdering and robbing his aged uncle and aunt. Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Moore, Pennville farm|ers. I Events moved swiftly after : Moore was returned here from Virginia, Minn., where he had been . captured at the home of a woman. The Biackford county grand jury was called into session. Til a short time it returned a verdict of murder committed while in the act of burglary, a crime making the death sentence mandatory lit Indiana. Moore was permitted the services of an attorney for a brief conference. Then he went before . Circuit Judge E. W Secrest to . plead guilty. ! Almost before anyone realized' what had happened, Judge Secrest read the verdict: | "I sentence you to death hi the 'electric chair at Indiana state prision some time before sunrise March Moore was asked if he had any-' i thing to say. He shook his head .negatively. He appeared on the [verge of tears but seemed to be, otherwise composed. Sheriff Ira Mannix led the young prisoner away. He must take him lio the state prison at Michigan 'City some time within the next two weeks. Moore's father, Ray Moore, of ■ Detroit. Mich., came to Hartford j City when informed of his son’s predicament. He was not present! for the court proceedings, however, ’ having previously told friends that [lie did not care to see his son. Young Moore had been living [ [with his aunt and uncle on their; comfortable little farm near Penn-: ville until recently. They learned I that he had a prison record and ' * continued on page four 0 H. DEVOSS IS COMMISSIONED .Judge-Elect Files Papers Todav With County Clerk M. C. Werling Huber M. DeVoss, judge-elect of I the Adams Circuit court filed his I commission as judge of the 26th I judicial court, with County Clerk Milton C. Werling. Mr. De Voss received his commission as judge yesterday. It was 'issued by Governor Harry Leslie at Lidianapclie and countersigned by Frank Mayr. Jr., secretary of state.! The commission reads that Mr. I De Voss shall perform the duties of judge of the 26th Judicial circuit during ‘he tenure of his elective term. He will assume office January I, 1933. succeeding Judge C. L. Walters who was named to fill the vacancy caused on the local bench by the death of Judge Dore B. Erwin. Mr. De Voss was elected judge on the Democratic ticket In the election November 8. He has been a member of the Adams comity bar for more than 20 years and is a former mayor of Decatur. — o Indiana Obtains Loan Washington, Nov. 18 — (UP) — Indiana, Missouri and Arkansas today were granted Reconstruction Finance corporation relief loans toitailing $380,168. Arkansas received $287,268, Indiana, $85,000 and Missouri, $7,900. Bank Charter Approved Indianapolis, Nov. 18 —(UP)— Granting of a charter for the pro-1 posed New Union Bank of Ham - i niond was recommended today by, William P. O'Neill, state 1 securities commissioner. O'Neill also recommended as ■ clean and trustworthy” another i group seeking to organize a second bank to lie called the mercantile I 'bank of Hammond. I

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New lowa Governor for Economy ® 1 ■' 'Si i I k' • w » ■ 11 ■■ 4 / . . Governor-elect Clyde Herring, the first Democrat to be elected governor in lowa since 1890, photographed in Chicago, while en route to Massachusetts. Virginia, North Carolina and Georgia, to learn from the governors of those states how best to start the job of uprooting political bureaus and commissions, The new governor intends to institute a program of economy that will bring about a considerable cut in taxes.

GOTTSCHALK IS i RE-APPOINTED Berne Man Is Only Old | Member On 1932 Budget Committee In State i Indianapolis Nov. 18 —(UP)-tAp-i pointment of a new' stale budget committee was announced last night | by Gov. Harry G. Leslie. Only one lof the four was reappointed. I The committee follows: ! Senator Thurman A. Gottschalk, ' Berne, a democrat. Senator t[. Floyd Garrott, Battleground, Republican. Rep. Harry G. Strickland, Green- | field, Democrat. Rep. George E. Denny Madison, Republican. They will serve with lawrence F. Orr, chief examiner of the state board of accounts and ex-officio member of the budget committee. Senator Gottschalk was the only reappointment. Both he and Garrott are holdovers. Garrott, who was majority caucus chairman in 1931 succeeds Senator Byron Huff. Martinsville. Denny replaces Sam J. Farrell, Hartford City, who was defeated for ireelection, and Strickland will sup- ' 'continued*ON'p'ag’f? 4-7) pirates sailed the Spanish Main and love tvas marked by chivalry ... The BLACK SWAN Rafael Sabatini’s new novel; tnors exciting than Scaramoucht. Saturday in Daily Democrat

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HEAT WAVE San Francisco, Nov. 18.—(U.R) | j —While most of the nation | | shivered in freezing temperI atures today, California had another sweltering day of unpre [ cedented heat in store. An all-time heat record for | Nov. 17 was hung up here yes- [ terday when the mercury j II reached 82 degrees. Los An- : 11 geles, San Jose and Sacra11 mento reported 84 degrees, i I The high temperatures will : 11 continue today, the weather | i j bureau predicted. HOTCHKISS IS ROTARY GUEST Purpose of Boy Scouts Is Explained By Area Chief Executive

A talk on the purpose of the Boy Scouts and the functions of the Anthony Wayne area council at Fort Wayne, was given by L. L. Hotchkiss, scout, executive in charge of activities in the local area, before members of the Ro tary club last evening. Mr. Hotchkiss explained that the Boy Scout organization was created by an act of congress and that it is a non-profit organization financially. It was created with the sole purpose of aiding the boys and to assist them in molding fine character and good American principles. Scouting provides away for boys to fill idle hours in a profitable way and to guide the gang spirit which every average boy fosters. It is not a corrective organization. It is a medium through which wholesome recreation is provided and in which both father and son can become interested, Mr. Hotchkiss stated. Earl Groth, vice-president of the Anthony Wayne area council was a guest at the meeting. The services of the Anthony Wayne council are cooperative and scoutmaster and group leaders are invited to avail themselves of the cooperation offered. C. C. Pumphrey, a member of the advisory committee of the Anthony CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE STATE ROADS OPENED TODAY Some Highways Reported Slippery And Dangerour By Workmen Indianapolis, ilnid., Nov. 18 —(Special) _ Snow blanketed the entire state Wednesday, November 16. While traffic moved laborously only a few blockades were reported on state highways. Maintenance forces attacked huge drifts with smow .plows, and unless the snow storm repeats itself, all state roads are expected to be open by Friday at the latest, in the opinion of highway officials. A fleet of 210 snow plows augmented by heavy drags and scrapers were engaged to clearing roads of the heaviest snow fall in many years. Within a few hours U. S. Highway 40 hud been opened across the state between Richmond mid Terre Haute. Rd. 31 was open between Louisville and South Bend. Rd. 34 open from Indianapolis to Crawfordsville, but temporarily blocked thence to the (Illinois line. Rd. 38 was blocked between Rd. 31 and Noblesville. Rd. 36 was blocked west of Danville. Rd. 44 was temporarily blocked by fallen telephone wires between! iMartinsville and Franklin. Between Lafayette and Fowler about 35 cars were stalled.: Huge drifts tied up traffic on Rd. ON PAGE FIVE Interest Is Growing Rev. B. 11. Framklin. pastor of the: Methodist church, who is conduct-1 Inga revival at his church, reports increased interest in the service, and larger attendance as weather! conditions improve. Professor Marford, the song leader is meeting with wonderful success, the pastor states and the congregation is wr '. pleased with the special song program. Rev. Franklin invites the public to attend the services and assures everyone of a hearty welcome. ,

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BIG DEFICIT IS | REPORTED IN | GOVERNMENT I Congress Faces Task of Balancing Budget; Economy Is Urged LEADERS NOW MAP PROGRAM Washington, Nov. 18 (U.R) — A I deficit which Democratic leaders estimate will run to $2,000,000,000 (B) for this fiscal year stares the government in the face as work on the new budget swings into the final lap. Conferences which President | Hoover is holding with his cabinet j members are expected to produce; the most drastic economy program of this administration. "Tlie president wants every department cut to the bone,” Secretary of War Hurley said after an axe-swinging session in the president’s office. Members of the house appropriations committee now meeting share that feeling. Continuing into debt at the rate of nearly $5,000 a minute, if Demo cratic estimates of the situation are correct. This fiscal year began July 1. Expenses have outrun revenues by $700,000,000 up to now. At the same ratio the deficit will be $2,000,000,000 (B) by June 30 next, in the opinion of Chairman Byrns of the house appropriations committee. This is due to two things. One, the disappointing revenues from the new tax law. The treasury last night reported October reve nues exceeded September’s by more than $30,000,000, but they I 1 are still running far below ex ; ' pectations. Total collections for! the first four months of the fiscal, year were $79,542,399 less than i last year, despite the new taxes. I The only new tax which outruns expectations is that on safety de-! CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE [ O Thank Offering Meeting The public Thank Offering meeting of the Evangelical Missionary Society will be held in the church auditorium, Sunday night at 71 o’clock. A special feature of the I program will be a two-act play.' “That Pill Box’’ to be presented, by eight young people of the! church. The public is cordially invited j to this service. All members of | the Missionary Society having! Thank Offering boxes are asked to; bring them to this meeting. The program will be as follows: Prelude —Miss Arline Becker. Hymn. Scripture—Mrs. Amos Ketchum. Hymn. Prayer—Mrs. Fred Linn. Special musical number. Reading — Mrs. George Dutcher, Jr. Special musical number. Two act play. “That Pill Box." Thank Offering. Closing Prayer —Mrs. (’. E. Hocker. REGISTRATION STARTS TODAY Red Cross to Lend Aid to Persons Needing Clothing And Other Apparel Red Cross registration of needy families for clothing to be supplied by the National Red Cross organization started this morning at the Chamber of Commerce rooms and will continue until Saturday afternoon at 4 o'clock. The committee in charge of the registration includes Mrs. Bryce Thomas, Mrs. H. L. Curtis, Mary Helen Lose, Mary Harris, Vivian ' Burk and Kathryn Hyland. Those 'in charge urge that all persons,! especially those among the unem-| ployed in Decatur and the six north townships call and register, j I The Red Cross will furnish cloth-' ling and underwear for as many as : lis possible. Assistance from church societies and civic groups has i been asked to help with the sew- i ing of garments. At noon today a number had i registered, and the committee stated that many were expected to register for aid Saturday. i

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Kidnaped by Killer ' “■•VW'” f Miss Lillian Henry, 20-year-old ! Chicago girl who was kidnaped i and taken for a wild t ide by a ban ' dit who boasted that just a short time before he had slain another holdup victim. The gunman kidnaped Miss Henry and her escort who were, seated in an automobile. After throwing her escort from the machine, the bandit rode about with his victim while score of police squads had already been pressed into the search for him. TEACHERS WILL HOLD SESSION County Institute Starts Saturday Morning at 9 O’Clock at Central The County Institute of Teachers will be held Saturday at the Central. ; School building. Tlie opening session will be held at 9 o’clock Saturday morning, when sectional meet- | lings of the rural group section of primary, intermediate and high school teachers will be held. At 11 o'clock O. H. Greist of Indianapolis, Secretary of the State | Teachers Retirement Fund will; | address the meeting. Three addresses will be given at [the afternoon program which opens at 1 o’clock. D. E. Stacy, Manager' of the World Peace Committee of Indianapolis will be the first! I CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR i 0 *■ STATE RESULTS i ARE TABULATED I VanNuys Leads Other Candidates With Over 200,000 Majority Indianapolis, Nov. 18— (U.R) — Official returns in the general election Nov. 8, as tabulated by the state canvassing .Board, showed today that Frederick VanNuys. Dem., was given a plurality of I 208 303 votes over Sen. James E. I “Jim” Watson. Paul V. McNutt, Dem., led Raymond S. Springer. Repn., in the I governor race by 192.381 votes. The canvassing hoard completed the count on senator, governor. lieutenant governor, and alii members of congress yesterday. Counting of ballots for all other) candidates was expected to be completed today. Results were as follows: U. 8. Senator Frederick Van Nuys, Dem., 870,053; James E. Watson, Repn., 661.750. Governor — Paul V. McNutt, Dem., 860,924; Raymond Springer, ON PAGE THREE 0 Guild Plans Program The Girls Missionary Guild of the Magley Reformed Church will hold the annual Thank Offering service in the church, Sunday night at 7 o’clock. |A program will be given in ; connection with the service. , o Plans Made For Dance | Plans are being completed for the Thanksgiving Eve Dance for tlie members of the B. P. O. Elks Lodge 1 which will be held on Wednesday evening. November 23. in the bill room of the Elk’s Home. Dancing will begin at 9 o’clock, and music will be furnished by Paul Weaver’s orchestra from Fort Wayne, Fred Schurger is general chairman In charge of affairs.

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DEBT CRISIS IS DISCUSSED WITH CABINET — Attitude of Hoover Is Not Divulged; Congressional Leaders Called ROOSEVELT IS PLANNING TRIP i Washington, Nov. LX <U.R) I The forthcoming war debt I conference between PresiI dent Hoover and Presidenti elect Roosevelt overshadow;ed all else at the White i House todav. she president discussed budget matters with cabinet members and other high fidministration officials but even these highlv important conversations frequently diverted to the debt crisis. The chief executive hopes to ! gain direct co-operation with his Democratic successor and the congress as a result of the conversations next Tuesday which I for the first time in American' , history will bring a presidentelect to the White House to confer with the man he will succeed. Whether Hoover will reconr- ! mend that the congress agree to a postponement of the payments | due Dec. 15, which European ! nations now ask be held off until the whole debt question can lie | reopened was believed to depend ' largly on Mr. Roosevelt’s attitude. The president also will be guided by a conference Wednes- , day with ranking Republican and i ; Democratic members of the fl'i nance committee of the senate i and the ways and means committee of the house. • | President-elect Roosevelt perI sonally telephoned the president I that he would arrive by train in Washington at 3:30 p. m. next. ,' Tuesday and proceed at once to i the executive offices. The conversations probably will not last over an hour or so, if. was believed at the White House. ! The New York governor has nc- '! cepted an invitation to guest I of honor Tuesday evening at tho ! National Press Club, after which I he is expected to leave for Warm | Springs, Ga. Secretary of Treasury Mills will sit with the president at the | meeting. Prof. Raytnofid Molev. ) long a close adviser of Roosevelt. | will lie at tlie president-elect’s elbow. Tlie members of congress in- ' vited to confer witli Hie president the next day are: Senate Finance I committee: Chairman Reed Smoot, Utah; Senators James E. Watson. Ind., and David A. Reed. Pa., Republicans; and Senators Pat Harrison, Miss., Walter F. George. Ga.. and William E. King. Utah. Democrats. House: Ways and means committee Chairman James W. Collier. Miss.. Reps. I Henry T. Rainey. 111., and Robert. L. Doughton, N. C„ Democrats; I Allen T. Treadway. Mass., Isaac J CONTINUED ON PAGE^TIIREE * PLAN PROGRAM FOR SCHOOLS Local Pastors To Have Charge of Thanksgiving Service Here The Thanksgiving services for the pupils of the Decnttir schools will be held at 2:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. The parents of the children are also invited. The program will be furnished by the children and tlie pastor assigned to the various schools. The children of the grades will hold their service at the following places: North Ward—Reformed church. South Ward -Evangelical church. West Ward • — United Brethren church. Central School - At Methodist church. High school —In the high school auditorium. A minister of one of the local churches has been assigned to each service and the pupils and stu dents of the schools are urged to attend. The Decatur schools will close Thursday and Friday for the Thanksgiving holiday.