Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 30, Number 281, Decatur, Adams County, 28 November 1932 — Page 1

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'«JHIS!T!ON : “WES MUCH ? | DISCUSSION - I Problem Faced by rttencßrress: Amendment Kgued By Many ■ PLAN SCANNED s :-n.. !?■■- r " itell f’ressl T N'»v. 28 »U.R> the most difficult Wnis riding down on --■ss as it prepares to 'Oint lumhiiii'iittil proliiin the session -a week from to - to prevent the tbe saloon. tins lias provoked in among re-n-d Si'iiip waul to pm I. - - :!!-llrtlll<'e ililu ■I.- amendment. ’he a^H would have it to Individ- - Pifin nlties in defin---rm appeared. The aoize is one of the first waitthe thn-sli.-d out when conmi this highly conprohibition problem. Garner has indicated e.msider various repeal before deciding — to throw his forces !opi(H the senate meets, it will unshed busith,, lari session the i repeal amendment of A ('..ji..i (:u.<c Dem., Va. ... -. that Gla-s '■ti. hi.- measure for : lit- lmiir dry. who says he tasted liquor. Glass has ■■ to bridge the chasm be Ihtll^H 'i'.r .'lion views of the ..nth and extreme the north. He tells • mti - prohibit ion that can obtwo thirds necessary t” -a a o peal amendment :. !:.■ safeguard.upon 1-y drys. these is a clause which th*- of intoxicating "t'vr ".msumption at the ___^B ! ; a'-'- i mimmly known of ihis restriction, such Bingham, Repn., Conn. gtl^B at if 'lt'- phrase were con literally it would prevent . t'c'-'anrants and hotels. iys^B oll l | l leave the country still prod^B lls spralmasy as un illegal the large chain drug *• jSI which have become half -•* . - - ml ON PAGE TWO ui *■ •■remen Make Call ■■local fire department was |^V n the Orval Roop residence ij of Tenth street and dtM* avenue. Sunday morning clock where a small roof quickly extinguished. was estimated at ss.ou. !1 "le was burned in the roof fire was thought to have front a spark from the ICEPTION TO pfDNESDJV «®"ned Church MemH to Welcome New ■* :!or and Wife to City I ■ ™ wn «regation of Zion Re-form-of this city will hold a for their new Pastor. Rev. ■* M - Prugh of Dayton. Ohio. a ' >ri * s ' 1 in the church par»e<fiiesdav evening Novemb.-r «:3o o'clock, ■[ ort P r °R ra m' wUI be held i" auditorium including an of welcome by Rev. M. W. ■?!" n ' president of the DegB M,n i“terial association and by the Rev? Mr. Prugh. ■ n"r ng mans vested chorus “formed church will sing S® . Be ' ec tfbns after which ending the reception will ■, 0 dining room o." the church „. lasen ' ent where refresh- ■ he served by the ladies and a social limn will tosether. ■“embers and friends of the Kki. 0,1 a, 'e Invited to come reception. j

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Hays To Be Speaker | Indianapolis, Nov. 28 — (L'pt — Will H. Hays, Sullivan, Ind., for-1 met- stati and national Republican! chairman and present head of the I Motion Picture Producers and Dis-j Ptributors of America, will bv the i I i principal speaker at the annual j j winter banquet of the Indiana State I ■ Bar lAssociation here Dee 17. Committee reports will be given! and discussion of a bill to be pre sented to the 1933 state legislature! providing .for licensing of ail prac-1 tising attorneys will be held at the! business sessions during the day. UNEMPLOYED ! !| FORM GROUP ! Jobless Men To Assist In • Gathering Contributions For Needy I _— • Through the assistance of Chris- - Eicher and the Adams county coinI :missioners, the unemployed of De-! ■|oitiir have obtained the office of •.the Adams county garage on First: ', street as a headquarters. I The object of the unemployed in ! ’i organizing 1s to work with tihe I county, city and township. Red (Cross and other relief organizations ! toward finally securing work and 'aid for the needy in Adams county. ' ' | Any individual or group which ■ i has work or a plan for wot k, if for 1 i one or a group of people, is reiquiested to telephone number 60 or I, call at the County garage. Those, I most in need of aid will be given “•the first opportunity when work; -; presents itself, it was stated, and I •' one member of the unemployed will | 1 ' be on duty at the garage from 7 ■lo'clock each morning until 4 o’clock I each afternoon. ■ Anyone who has clothing or food i, to contribute for the needy is asked j ■I to c.ill and someone will call fori ’ Die goods and turn it over to ITnit- | i‘ed Charities for distribution. Un-; i employed men of Decatur are aski ed to register at the headquarters. DR. HINCHMAN IN ACCIDENT Geneva Physician Suffers Seven Fractured Ribs In Mishap Dr. C. P. Hinchman of Geneva is •l patient at the Adams County Me- , morial Hospital where he is suf- , feting from seven broken ribs, the (result of an automobile accident ' near Geneva. Sunday morning at 10:30 o'clock. The accident took place on a [country road near Geneva. Dr. ['Hinchman was driving east and I was accompanied by Bert Reisener town marshal of Geneva. Two cats apparently racing, were approaching the Hinchman car from the eust I Dr. Hinchman drove off the road ■'as far as he could to avoid hitting [one of the approaching cars, but the auto driven by Rantond Fogle of [wear Geneva, struck the Hinchman 1 car head on. Dr Hinchman was the most seriously injured. Miss Ruth Ford also of near Geneva was an occupant of the Fogle car. I Mr. and Mrs. Abe Sprunger, 1109 'Grant street. Fort Wayne, received severe gashes on their scalps and I other bruises when they figured In la head on automobile accident [north of Decatur, late Sunday night. Mr. and Mrs Sprunger were enroute to their home in Fort Mayne 'after visiting Sunday in Mr Sprunger stated that the lig s [from the approaching car blinded two injured people were [brought to the Adams County Memorial Hospital wlwret '’® l . r , I ' lJ ' ir 'm (Iwere dressed. It is thought that the ■ broken windshield caused the deep [cuts and gashes. Mr Sp.unger also ! received cuts about each of his 'eyes. Carr Funeral Is Held Indianapolis- Nov. 28 — < bl ’ J Baseball and business trrnnd. ■ 'Charles C. Carr, sporting gcods manufacturer and former i rnanager of the Indianapolis oasebal club, paid their final respects at fnnern services here tod iy. Pallbearers Included Owme Bush 'manager of the Cincinnati Reds I Carr died last week in Memphis . Tenn He piloted the loc-l club to , an American Association champ j ionship in 1908.

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THREE YOUTHS I CONFESS THEFT [ ATAPPELMAN’S Decatur Young Men Arrested Saturday Night By Sheriff Johnson GRAND JURY MAY PROBE| i Three Decatur youths con-1 fesseu to Sheriff Burl Johnson that they robbed Appel-! jman’s grocery in the west [part of Decatur, October 27 [and sold the loot in Decatur jand Fort Wayne. The trio, Wilsha Gause, 19, Calvin McClure, 21 and Edward Evans, 17, gave Sheriff Johnson signed statements Saturday night. ' The youths are being held in I Adams county jail and will be arraigned later on charges of either 'rebbery or burglary. All three ad- ■ mitted complicity in the robbery, (and officers today questioned the young men further in an effort to !uncover other thefts they might be implicated in. The statements, almost identical, state that the youths robbed the 'grocery and later sold the cigarettes and tobacco to Fort Wayne cigar stores. The shirts and clothing obtained in the theft were disposed of in Decatur. Later the boys became scared [that they would be apprehended, land went to Arizona. In the meantime, Sheriff Johnson obtained a l number of clues and went to a Fort Wayne cigar store where the owner admitted buying the stolen cigarettes. Saturday, Sheriff Johnson learned that the young men had returnled and he immediately arrested them. The confessions followed Sheriff Johnson said this afternoon that he had not yet learned of any CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE o BULLETIN Freetown, Ind., Nov. 28—(U.R1 Three masked bandits, all carrying guns, held up the Farmers State bank at Freetown today and escaped with $2,000. Three customers and Ralph Lucas, cashier, were present when the bandits entered. One of them appeared at the cage and asked Lucas for change. Then he produced a gun and ordered the cashier back to the vault. Ine otner two bandits wok up positions enabling them to cover the customers. The vault door was open and the bandit scooped up all available cash. They ran outside and jumped into a new car which they had stolen last night from I neodore uoaa, an automobile salesman at Bedford. The car v.*as owned by Sherwood Chastain, a dealer and carried license plate No. 121. o RED CROSS HAS 305 MEMBERS County Organization To Be As Big As Usual, Workers Believe — Miss Anna Winnes, secretary of I the Red Cross exprosi nil confidence this morning that the Adams county membership will be almost up to' last year and a little effort will; make it exceed that. The memberships heretofor reported were 240 and to this Geneva added 65. a sptemdid showing for that community and bringing the total up to 305 With Berne, Linn Grove and Peterson to hear from, the workers are confident they will malke an excellent showing for this year and they are most grateful to all who have assisted and all who have joined. The Red Cross is the most active organization of its kind in the world as every one knows and during these times of stress and need, they are even more deserving of support than ever. — Banquet Is Thursday The annual Father and Son Banquet will be served in the First United (Brethren Church (here Thursday evening at 7 o clock. A [ program will be given In tiou with the banquet. I

Decatur, Indiana, Monday, November 28, 1932.

Wins Stork-Judging Contest I 8! I Miss Jean Leake. 15-yenr old Emerado, N. D.. girl, wlfo won the non-collegiatu stock judging contest at the international Live Stock Exposition held in Chicago. Sixteen teams from as many states competed for the SI,OOO scholarships offered by the Chicago Athletic Association. Miss Leake won the individual judging, being the first girl to achieve this honor.

TAXES SHOW BIG DECREASE Property Owners To Pay Over 30 Per Cent. Less In 1933 Taxes — Indianapolis, Nov. 28. —(U.R) —Indiana property owners will pay 30.0 per cent less taxes in 1933 than they did this year, it was estimated today by the Indiana Taxpayers Association. The total tax bill will be reduced $42,000,000 the announcement, issued by Harry Miesse, secretary, said. The savings are all the more re- I markable because of the decreased property valuation in the state, according to the association. The total value of all taxables in Indiana for 1931 (on which 1932 taxes were collected) was $5,073,241,146. Estimated valuation of taxables this year (on which 1933 taxes will (be paid I Is $3,995,843,383. Application of the $1.50 tax limit Ilaw, passed during the special legis- | litive session last summer, Was | (held responsible by the association (for the unprecedented tax reductions. ( "A reduction in taxes was accomplished in all of the 92 counties," the announcement said. CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO

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Will Seek Big Loan Crown Point, Ind., Nov. 28—(UP) —Approval by Governor-elect Paul V. McNutt, immediately after he takes office Jan. 9, of a $1,000,09'0 poor relief loan to Lake comity by the Reconstruction Fiunance Coij I poration. is being sought by county j officials. County officials, under the leadership of Charles Baran, county commissioner, have written the governor-elect seeking an opportunity to present their petition for the I loan 'before he assumes office. I They will pressent their petition for the loan before he assumes of- ■ fice. They will present the same statistics which Governor Harry G. Leslie ruled were insufficient in' their first request for federal aid. Baran said. STUNT PROGRAM IS ANNOUNCED Home Economics Clubs To Hold Annual Program December 15 The Adams County Home Economic Clubs will hold the annual stunt night program in tw'o sections this year. The north section Including I Union, Root, Kirkland and St. | Marys township clubs will present i a program in the assembly room of tine Decatur High School on; Thursday' night, December 15. The south section comprising Jefferson, Hartford. Better Homes Economics Club of Monroe, and Monroe, Wabash and French town-• ships clubs will hold its entertainment at the Hartford township high ischool on Thursday night. December 8. The purpose of the programs is to ' furnish entertainment at a low cost and the proceeds will be used to | defray the expenses of the local; leaders on their annual trip to the; Agricultural Conference Week nt Purdue, the second week of Jan- ! uary. o In Honorary Club Bloomington, Nov. 28. —Josephine Archbold of Decatur has been elected to membership In Le Cercle Francais, campus French club at Indiana university Seventy-eight I U. students have won this honor.

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R.F.C. REPORTS LOAN INCREASE Total Soars As Large Loans Are Reported During October Washington, Nov. 28— (U.R) — . The Reconstruction Finance Cor- ( poration today reported to the clerk of the house that its loans during October had increased approximately $55,000,000 over September, reaching a grand total of $194,923,447. Loans showed large increases in every classification except those to banks, trust companies, railroads and similar enterprises The increase includes a $24,000.000 subscription to the stock of the regional agricultural credit banks. . Loans to banks, railroads, and similar organizations totaled $59,023,185 as compared with $64.217,500 during Seplembier. Emergency relief advances to states showed an increase from $18,523,502 to $22,634,562; while loans for self-liquidating construction projects increased from $53,105,000 to $81,514,500. Relief through the agricultural department was $7,500,000 as against $2,500,000 during the previous month. Advances for financing sale of American agricultural products abroad totaled $251,000 for October. Os the $59,023,185 authorized for banks and other financial institutions, $21,448,494 was advanced to banks and trust companies. including $1,940,250 to aid in liquidating closed banks. Building and loan associations received $3,701,907; insurance sl. 209,000; mortgage loan companies, $4,392,500; joint stock land banks, $594,930; agricultural credit corporation. $1,272,978; livestock credit corporations. $477,105; and railroads, $25,926,269. Applications for loans totaled 601, Including 484 from banks and CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO DEATH CLAIMS BERNE WOMAN Mrs. Amos Burkhalter Is Death’s Victim: Funeral Wednesday Berne. Ind.. Nov. 28— (Special to Democrat)—Mrs. Amos Burkhalter 61, died at 12:53 o'clock Monday morning at her home on Water street, Berne. Death was due to pneumonia and complications. She became ill Tues 'day night and her condition immediately became aJHrmlng. Slhe had been in ill health for three months. Mrs. Bargara Sprunger-Burkhal-ter was born March 29, 1871 th l ? daughter of David and Barbara Lehman-Sprunger. She was a public school teacher in Benne and also , taught in the Monroe and Wabash (township rural schools. She was united in marriage to ! Ainos Burkhalter August 20, 1988 and they had resided in Bertie since. Surviving is the husband and four children: Mrs. Wilbur Nussbaum. and Mrs. William P. Habegger of Berne; Mrs. Riley L. (Vise of Shipshewana; and Mrs. Clarence Schneck of Pandora, Ohio. Three sisters, Mrs. Joe Lehman and Miss Judith Lehman of Berne ' and Mrs. C. C. Moser of Fort Wayne and the following half-brothers and (half sisters also survive: Mrs. Da (vid Sommers of Fort Wayne; Mrs. Frank Z.mstutz, Mrs. Adolph Sprunger, Mrs. Wilbur Nussbaum. [‘Caleb Sprunger, and Martin Sprun[ger of Berne. | Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock ,at the home and at 2 o'clock at | the Mennonlte Church of which she i was a member. Burial will be made | in M. R. E. cemetery Named To Glee Club Bloomington, Nov. 28. — Richard .Schug of Decatur is among the 45 [ men students chosen to make up I this year's men’s glee club at InIdlana university. Prof. Douglas D. iNye of the I. U. music school faculty and director of the glee club has been conducting voice try outs since the opening of the present school term in order to obtain a well balanced musical organization. Schug sings second tenor. |

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Bids To Be Received Indianapolis, Nov. 28 —(UP) —J Bids on jwint, oil and varnish used 1 in departments of the state high- j way commission during the fiscal, year 1933 will be opened by the commission December 12, John J. Brown, department director, announced today. More than 18,600 gallons of paint ( and 1,000 pounds of aluminum bronze powder will be purchased for use on bridges, roads, signs, and equipment. Department heads have estimated the cost will be approximately $25,000. ; CROP LOANS TO BEAR 7 PERCENT Corporation Officials Fear 5 Criticism For Big Interest Rate t Washington. Nov. 28 — (U.R) — ( Crop production loans made to < farmers by the Reconstruction’ Finance Corporation will carry a * seven per cent interest rate, the ; United Press learned today. Some corporation officials said' this rate, the same, as that charg- 1 ed on feeder loans to cattlemen,! • was excessive and “probatjyl would result in widespread criticism by farmers and congress-(-men.” | 1 The corporation pays 3% per j t cent interest to the treasury for' < money it loans to farmers at:' seven per cent. One corporation official said j the farm relief provided in the re- ■ 1 lief act was “just another noble ! legislative gesture which looks]' grand in theory but proves a dud [ in actual practice.” "Crop loans,” according to the R. F. C., “will he made to farnjers to enable them to pay taxes and to harvest, hold and market their commodities in an orderly man-! ner. * W “Barnyard’ loans are also being made. They are loans to fanners to provide them witli capital, the security taken being a lien on farm stock and equipment —work horses, cows, chicker s, machinery etc." All crop production loans must be “fully and adequately secured I financially." according to the re-1 lief act. Chattel mortgages on personal property are taken as security. Liens on real estate and crops may he taken only as additional collateral. o Will Present Play The St. Paul's Young Peoples Society of Preble will present :i ■ play entitled “Listen to Leon" Saturday and Stiiiday evenings, December 3rd and 4th. The play will be ( given at the St. Paul Lutheran School and prices will be 15c Saturday and 25c Sunday. The public is ■ Invited to attend. o REPEAL WILL BE CONSIDERED > — — Judiciary Committee To Confer On Resolution Calling For Repeal Washington, Nov. 28— (U.R) — , Chairman Summers of the house , judiciary committee today announced that in response to re- , quests by the "Democratic leader- , ship” lie had called a meeting of , his committee for Friday. Dec. 2. to consider a prbhibition repeal resolution. Summer said the resolution to [ be < onsidered was personally handed him today Uy Speaker ] John N. Garner. The text of the proposed constitutional as made public by the judiciary chairman, provides flor outright repeal in , accordance with the Democratic platform pledges. It further provides for ratification of the amendment by specially elected state conventions and limits the period of possible ratification to seven years. Text of the repeal resolution as ! framed by the Democratic leadership and as, in all probability, it will be presented foi early, congressional action follows: i "Section 1 The eighteenth article of amendments is hereby repealed. "Section 2—This article shall 1 •' Inoperative unleos it shall have I '

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ANSWERS ARE AWAITED; MILLS IN CONFERENCE Great Britain To Make Decision Without Aid Os Parliament SIMPSON AND MILLS CONFER Washington, Nov. 28. —<U.R) —The war debts crisis was thoroughly canvassed again today by President Hoover in a lengthy conference with Secretary of the Treasury Mills and Secretary of State Stimson. “We’re waiting now to hear more from Britain and the other nations,’’ Mills said at conclusion of the conference. "We frankly know no more than than has been published—but will all know a lot more in the next 48 hours." Mills and Stimson were closeted with the chief executive for more than an hour. London, Nov. 28. —(U.R)—Premier J. Ramsay MacDonald indicated in the House of Commons today that the government would settle the question of paying its Dec. 15 debt installment to the United States without consulting parliament. Asked by the Rt. Hon. George Lambert if commons would be consulted before "further payment of ] war loan interests is made,” Mac- [ Donald replied that if requested (through the usual channels, it ’ would be given careful consideration “but it is not to the public interest to have debate at this mo inent.” o — MAYR-PETERS SCRAP LOOMS Secretary of State Employes Dismissed; Retrenchment Claimed Indianapolis, Nov. 28 — (U.R) The political struggle between Secretary of State Frank Mayr. Jr., and R. Earl Peters, Democratic state chairman, which nearly precipitated a party split last spring, returned to prominence again today. Following a report that several members of the state auto license division had lleen dismissed, Mayr and James Carpenter, i hies of the license department, said the move was in line witli a retrenchment program set out in the new 1 udget. It was recalled however, that when the Mayr-Peters dispute was soothed on tile eve of the Democratic state convention, resulting in re Humiliation of the I secretary of state, it was with the understanding that several of his department chiefs were to be let ! out. Among these. It was understood, were to he Carpenter. Grover Garrott, chief of state police, and Robert Cod-1. Man's chief deputy. Subsequent to his re-election. Mayr declared that these three men would he retained. Those dismissed, according to Carpenter, were clerks and assistants. Carpenter said that five were dismissed. Others reported that 11 additional employes were to be discharged. This was denied by Carpenter. It was pointed out that Mayr's attitude might be regarded as one of defiance of Peteis and the administration, but party leaders noted that during the coining session of the legislature it was CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO 0 , Former Resident Dies Daniel A. Johnson, 84. of Hartford City and a former resident of Decatur, died at the Blackford county ; hospital Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Death followed a Call (which Mr. Johnson suffered last Wednesday afternoon. | The deceased was a Blackford county Civil War Veteran and a member of the Jacob Stahl post of the G. .A. R. He enlisted at Decatur in 1863 and served until 1865. Surviving are five children. Funeral services will be held at HartIford City Wednesday.