Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 30, Number 283, Decatur, Adams County, 30 November 1932 — Page 1

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>SH DEBT SmEISfIEMY •J fl! DELIVERY CEsH For Postponement ■ Offer to Pay If , I OR GOLD SHIPMENT Nov. 30. — (U ' Rl 1 lie debt note to Washing—been completed and transmitted to WashR|)B once. Neville Chamchancellor of the exannounced in the of Commons today, text of the reply will :1 ,la - v tw(> ’’ said. ' . (U.RI Britain's ll)a J^^R r Itonement of the Del!,'bt payment of to the United Slates ofb-t io pay in gold if the ,»States insists, is ready for tn Washington, it was Downing street discussed : Lord Heading pie -» Mioisier Ramsay Mac Siuiiio. Baldwin was ab — and MacDonald io accompany Sir to Geneva tomorrow. newspapers understood note would be cabled to Lir^^B delivery to Secre<l;p. tiij.s alter i« Dailv Mail said that the . note would b«pay in gold, if the Unit -^^KhNTEI •nX 1•A GE FOUR ■fficer* Are Elected new officers war. ii.niiw with the meetth- Moiooe Methodist I'ipisSchool Board at the Lehm.i home Tuesday i- t E. M. Dunbar opened thwith prayer. It was d -cided - :nas program at the - Sill.d.l. evening. Decembe: MH Lehman was chosen e of the Stinday Hr Arthur Mitch'.-l. assistant •mJ^Blttendeiii. Helen Mitchel, secHelen Bluhm, assistant- C. _ treasurer. Ottis Bra.;.-lyberry was seisup ri.mndent of the pri- * ft^B^pirtnieat, Marguerite Lew assistant; Holland Sprnnger. Max Bahaer, assistant Mitchel and Jeanette Rich. ‘ Margaret Burkheadj L‘< Mrs. Phil Heffner, superof literature; Mrs. Otto superintendent o: department; Mrs. superintendent of Home Mrs John Crist, cradle : Haymond ci isi ' a: ice superintendent; Hei pianist for pHmary depart and Mrs. E. M. Dunbar, chor primary dep irtme. t. Jroer trial 1 nears finish ■endant Tries to Estob- „ Kh Fact That He Was I In Kansas R Hamilton's defense in his i tri.il here approached the t(x lay as he planned to deny 'I ■ th « witness stand charges that implicated in holdup and of Lafayette A. Jackson. |^E na P<>iis chain grocery owner, testimony which he m his first trial, Hamilton was to show tltat he was in Kans., his horn *, attending a v’ V liilnier when Jackson was May 27, 1931. Although identi- .-' Jackson's son, Chester, who his father when he was Hamilton maintained the Ratification was in error. mother, Mrs. James who came h re with ■y relatives for the trial, test!E? " her R on yesterdiy. She was cross-examined today. In her testimony, she said Hatnil ■j'ml Charles Vernon Witt, round Rs— -° F mi| rder charges and sengB°NTINUED on page four

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Registration Sought I | Needy families who wish Red Cross clothing and hav ■ not regis|tered, are requested to register next I Saturday afternoon from 1 >to 4 o clock at the Chamber <>, Commerce room, located in the rear of the P oples Loin and Trust build-' ing. No garments will be cut Si-t- ' nrday. NO WORD FROM ; KIDNAPED TOT Rensselaer Child Still Missing; Illinois Police Aid Is Sought Rensselaer. Ind., Nov. 30.— (U.R) —The aid of Illinois police was enlisted by Sheriff Tom- Kanne to- 1 day as he intensified his hunt fori Patricia f’earl Tripp. 4. snatched : from her grandmother's farm home near here by a kidnaper. Failing to unearth a single clue in a trip yesterday toward Gary and Chicago searching for the auto- i mobile in which the abductor escaped. Kanne said that today he would go to Kankakee, 111., and nor.hward from there. August Johnson, and his wife, living in Porter county, paternal grandparents of the girl, may be re-questioned today, Kanne said. Johnson protested vigorously when Mr. amk Mrs. Hamilln Smith, ma ternal grandparents of the victim and her guardians, adopted her after her parents died. In previous questioning, both Johnson and his wife have professed ignorance of the abduction. Kanne .said . Since a few hours after the kidnaper, a tall, swarthy, foreign appearing man, seized the child after entering the Smith home on a ruse, roads leading fiorthwaard from Rensselaer have been patrolled. ■Kanne and Mrs. Smith were ol the 'opinion, however, that the child was transferred to another machine soon after the abductor sped away from the house, and that she is PAGE TWO TICKET SALE STARTS TODAY Civic Section To Present “Spooky Tavern." At I). H. S. Dec. Tickets are on sale for “Spooky Tavern." home-talent play to he presented Tuesday night. December 6 at Decatur high school attdi- , torium under the auspices of the , Civic Section of the Woman's club, and the public is urged to purchase i tickets for the play. The cast has been rehearsing for several weeks and X\ E Beeiy, ■ director, said that the approaching , production would be one of the [cleverest ever attempted by a toI cal organization. J The cast includes: limn Hacker, owner of Spooky I Ta vert «<»' ■'Ghost woman, who haunts Spooky Tavern Mrs. Ed Coffee Lucy Hacker, spiritualistic »• Helen Schroll medium y 11 Joyce Wingale. resourceful col | i eg e girl Mrs. Bryce Thomas Florabel Wingate, her • vo “" gf ' r I sister Mrs. Hon Farr Bedelia, the two girls' mammy _ (iiu« e ( onee Ralph Channing, senior in !'>'« I . ch timer Fisher with Joyce < naimei I Terry Tanner, junior in the I ' Marian Baker same lix , ... .win. know. .. n- ™p» pm I Blackie Sims. Farone’s former I henchman ’ Continued on“paob three Famous Artist Dies < — 1 Fredericksburg. Vlt.. Nov. JOi Mlchers, interna - • allv known America-, aitlat. tuec ' Sdenly today at his home near ’ Fredericksburg. Rev. Seimetz Better J Rev Fr. J- _ aT Seimets. pastor > Os St.’ Marys Catholic church of - .it u .itv —as reported to be great >]y "improvotl today. |{l ' v S " i T' t ’' | , Z i- has bee.t seriously ill at ' '^. vel ,, l i"" 1 ' osit UP today 2 the aXdU said ■ h" was considerably improved.

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COUPLE FACES MURDER COUNTS Deaths of Five Infants I .aid To Couple After Reported Break Ahgusville. Man., Nov. 30. —(U.R) i —A middle-aged man and woman ■ today faced murder charges in the! 1 slaying of five infant childrefr th a crime which police believed was ' revealed only through a desire tori 1 revenge on the part of the woman. ' Mrs. Nichola Yacab and Fred ’ Stavishyn, believed by police to be 1 mother and father of the infants whose bodies were buried on Mrs. (Yacab’s farm, were expected to be arraigned at Russell. i The bodies of the five badies, each slain by' strangulation, were . dug from shallow graves on the Yacab farm when Royal Canadian mounted police investigated an anonymous letter hinting at the deaths. [ Officials were convinced the letter was written by Mrs. Yaeab. Discovery of the bodies resulted ill Ini immediate arrest. Stavishyn. a widower and considered a ' prosperous farmer in the neighbor1 hood, was arrested on Mrs. Yacab's statements. Police said the couple had carried on a clandestine affair for ’ several years. Mrs. Yacab s husband has been in the United States r for several years. An accusation by Stavishyn that i J Mrs. Yacab had set fire to a stable on his 160-acre farm had brought a break in the couple's relations. Police believed this prompted the woman to write the "anonymous' letter which brought the slayings , < continitko on SOVIET LEADER FOUND ALIVE Zinoviev, Reported Dead Is Well; Refused Interview To Press r ——- By Eugen? Lyons r Unted I’ress St.af Correspondent] (Copyright 1932 by United Press) ,■ Mqseow. Nov. 33-(UP) -Gregory Zinoviev, former head of the ,- communist International reported h dead yesterday was found alive and .well today by the United Press. ‘ Zinoviev talked to the correspondent by telephone. He was very surprised at the report of his death. Zinoviev spoke in Russian. He refused to grant in interview to the ' ‘ Capitalist FiNss.” r | - | cannot discuss my health or 'anything else until 1 consult my comrades,” he said. Soviet authorities refused to reveal Zinoviev's address, saying he 1 win a private 1 dividual and that f they were not oV rly interested in ' r po, s o his death. Zinoviev was Z expelled from the communist party last month. Zinoviev went to the private house Where he is living recently i “'cONtTnUED ON FADE THREE

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, November 30, 1932.

i i Ford Reported Better I IDetroit. Nov. Roi->(UP) -Henry [ [Ford's conitinued improvement from [ [a hernia and •appendicitis operation ■ indicated today he may be strong' 'enough to leave th? hospital with|in ten days I The firot visitor was admitted to * [Ford's sickroom yesterday. He was i William J. Oameron, a Ford Motor j 'Company executive. ' Mrs. Ford, who had remained at, her husband's side since Saturday, | left the hospital for several hours , lust night o attend a meeting at her home. ; A bulletin issued at 6:30 lastj night wald: “Mr. Ford’s condition remains { satisfactory. Temperature 99. pulse 1 816, respiration, 20." FORMER LOCAL i RESIDENT DIES Richard Stoneburner Is Death’s Victim at Redkey Home Tuesday Funeral services will be held at ilia Free Methodist Church at Red Key, /Thursday afternoon at 2 [ o’clock :or Richard Stoneburner. 68 ■ who died Monday at his home, fol-J lowing an extended illness. Burial, will be made in the Hill Crest Cem-. etery and Rev. Pearl Shady will of-1 fieiate. ; ■ The deceased formerly resided I in Decatur and was, employed at the Krick anal Tyndall Tile Factory here and was also on the Nickleplate railroad. He was a member of the .Decatur Red M-ns Lodge. He was born in Perry County., ] Ohio, April 14. 1864 the son of I . Phillip and Lucinda Sto.ieburner | 'both decea.> d. On February 21. 1889 | he was united in marriage to Elizabeth Jane Dcrring-r. To this union, three daughters and two sons were, born. Two sons and one daughter j died in infancy. Surviving is the wife, two daugh-1 tars, Mrs. George Oswalt of Decu , tur and Mrs. Robeit MeCH’h o Red Key. Two step daughters, Mrs. J I). Carpenter of Fort Wayne ami [

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DRYS HOPING FOR REACTION Disorganization May Hinder Work in Approaching Congress By Raymond Clapper. United Press staff correspondent (Copyright 1932 by United Press)] Washington. Nov. 30 (U.R)— In all of this breathless haste over repeal and beer, drys are biding their time Yon hear little about them.: You see little of them. When ' you corner one of them in his , I obscure office in Washington and] 1 ask what his crowd is doing, he ] is apt to look at you with an odd i twinkle and reply slowly: , "We are not doing much of anyj thing except giving the wet i crowd more rope. Only a few of] 1 them know what they are up , against.” ! It isn't that the repealists are . up against a highly organized dry | machine-such as the late Wayne, 'B. Wheeler used when he was! 1 practically prohibition dictator for a decade. There is no Wayne Wheeler in the dry army now. Drys have little money. Their ] morale has been badly shot by I the two national conventions and ' President Hoover's recantation of i 'what he had once tagged the ] noble experiment. Their board of strategy has j Been called to meet here next | week to talk matters over —which will be after the house has voted repeal according to the program I Speaker Garner is hopeful of ! rushing through. They hope to i put more pop In their activities | after that, provided they can oriVTIVI'RO ON I'me TWO BANDITS-'STEAL ! AUTOMOBILES Employes Kidnaped And Later Released; Two Autos Are Stolen Indianapolis, Nov. 30- (U.R) — ] Four heavily armed bandits raid'ed the Thirtieth street garage j here today, kidnaped two emI ployes, bound a third and • fled , with two large automobiles. The captives were freed a mile ; north of here on road 31 and the gunmen sped northward. They [ handed their victims $3 as they I shoved them from the bandit I ear. Stanley Myers. 33. a mechanic, I who lives above the garage, and to accompany tHe Hindi tn. Rich Thomas Pullian. 31. were forced . ard Mayes. 20, was securely bound | and left in the rear seat of an I automobile in the garage. When ( he bandits arrived they asked for repair work on their small sedan. Pnllan said. A mo- ' ment later they produced revol- ' vers and removed two cars from | their parking places. After Mayes I was tied, two of the gunmen, one ! «... . I I CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE 4

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RESIGNATION NOT ACCEPTED Commissioners Ask Henry B. Heller To Reconsid- . er His Action The resignation of Henry B. Heller as county attorney be-l comes effective December 1, un-j less Mr. Heller is prevailed upon; by the county commissioners to serve from a month to 9(1 days longer. It was understood that the| .county commissioners were en-j deavoting to get Mr. Heller to reconsider his action in resigning and would agree to serve until the first of the year or until his appointment expires on March 1, 1933. The commissioners would re anpoinl Mr. Heller to the post for another year if he would accept it. Mr. Heller has not stated if lie will continue to serve at the wish of the board or if he would accept a reappointment. Mr. Heller tendered his resig-: nation to the board about Novem-i her 1. stating it was to become | effective on or alnut December

1. The commissioners at their ( last meeting urged Mr. Heller to ( serve longer. i Mr Heller has acted as county . attorney for the past 19 years. ( Although his formal resignation did not state the cause of his resigning, it was understood by dose associates ' that his official duties interferred with Ills private practice of law and that he desir -I' ed to devote more time to his I i office work. The county commissioners will confer witli Mr. Heller today or] Thursday and if he refuses to ' I continue longer as county attor-1 I trey, the appointment of a succes-] I sor will come up at the December! session of the Liard on Monday. | | Attorneys mentioned as prob-. ] able successor to Mr. Heller are I i Na’han Nelson. .1. Fred Fruchte] i and Herman H. Myers. As far as i j known none of the men are active] I candidates for the place. FORMER LOCAL WOMAN EXPIRES Malinda Zimmerman Is | Death’s Victim at Ft. i Wayne Hospital Mrs. Malinda Zimmerman, 84. of] Fort Wayne for many years, a resi-, dent here, died yesterday at the] Anthony Wayne hospital in Fort] Wayne, after i six weeks illness] with senility. | Mrs. Zimmi rmau was born i|> Beiks Co.. Pennsylvania and came here when a girl. She married Eli i Zimmerman who owned a section .of land just east of Decatur and for, iy;urs the family was one of the ' best known in this county. After J the death of her husband Mrs. Zimmerman married William Frobfield who died about fifteen years ago. One son, George Zimmerman, survives, residing in Fort Wayne also. Private funeral services will be I held tomorrow afternoon al one I o'clock from the Sehone funeral] I home. Dr. chirles H. Smith of.iciat ( ing and burial will tie in Maple I Grove cemetery. Timber Is Donated Charles Ahr residing east of Decatur has donated the timb r along the river near his home to the un-lemploy.-d of Decatur. The timber will be cut and used for fuel for ■ the unemployed .nmilies in Claim s city. 0 Revival Is Opened 3 The Revival meeting at Calvary 3 Evangelical Church opened Sunday ’ night in a most promising way, tin- ’ der the leadership of Rev. E. C. Kunce Evangelist. Rev. Kunoe will preach each night this week at sevj en o'clock, standard time and 7:30 i Sun Time. The community Is most . cordially Invited. J| 0 n Widow Named To Post I — — y Sullivan Ind.. Nov. 3> (UP) — r Mrs. Sarah Batey has been named >■ to serve the remainder of the term I- as county record r, suer.edlng her n huhand, Russell Batey, who died s Monday. e Funeral services for Batey were “ held today.

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Brown Resigns Post Indianapolis, Nov. 30. — (U.R) John J. Brown, director of the Indiana state highway commission resigned today. He immediately was appointed by Gov. Harry G. Leslie to the state tax board succeeding Pliny j Wolfard whose term expires tomorrow. Brown's resignation was accept-1 ed at a meeting of the highway 1 commission which Gov. Leslie at- ( , tended. | Ralph Simpson, assistant direct- [ or, will have charge of the com 1 I mission until Governor-elect Paul IV. McNutt makes a new appolntI ment. SCOUTING SHOW IS ANNOUNCED Area Exposition Will Be Held At Fort Wayne Friday, Saturday The Anthony Wayne are t couni ell, Boy Scouts of America, will [stage j merit badge exposition at ! the National Guard Armory, Fort Wayne, on Friday evening. Saturday afternoon and tevening, D cember 2 and 3. Thirty-five merit badge subjects have been assigned to ivarious troops of the area for; demonstration, Fred Wehrenberg, general chairman of the committee on arrangements of the exposition, stated that 'the purpose of the evicnt was prinicipally to provide for the general | public a graphic demonstration of [the widely varying and instructive I activities participated in by Boy I Scouts in their scouting progress land earning of merit badg ■ awards. Merchants arc cooperating reed* 1 ily as booth sponsors', it was staled I in assisting scout troops In decorating booths and providing materials to be used in the demonstration of merit badgi? subjects. Only the contribution of materials ,ind instruction of Hie scouts in the requirements is being asked by the Scout troops. To the second class and first class scout, there comes the privilege ox delving into new suhject-i that interest him. There are many isubjects to 1..10w and many crafts ito muster. A faucet in the house gets out of order, the Scon' would | like to know how to‘fix it —the | i 'i)N HNTTED ON PAfIE THREE —— o BULLETIN Marco, Ind., Nov. 30—.'U.R 1 — The Farmers State Bank here . was robbed of SSOO shortly after 1 noon today by a bandit who 1 entered the institution while Mrs. J. W. Pope, assistant I cashier, was there alone. Mrs. Pope had locked the door while her husband who is cashier went to lunch. The > I bandit knocked on the door and told her he wanted chanqe for 1 several bills. Mrs. Pope told | authorities. When she let him enter he drew a revolver, forced her to lie on the floor, scooped up con- ' tente of the cash diawer and '' fled. ' n

i ~ LOWER RATES ARE EXPECTED Utility Companies Ask Reduced Rates For 11 InI diana Communities Indianapolis, Nov. 30 'U.RI Kale inductions for electric service in 11 Indiana communities was seen today in petitions filed with the Public Service Commission by three utility companies. One of the petitions, filed by the Traction Light j-nd Power company, asked decreases in Ingalls. Walton. Bunker Hill, Home Place and Onward The reductions have been agreed upon by officials i of the company and the cities inI volved. ' Tlie .Northern Indiana Power .company filed optional reduced. ■ schedules for service in Stock- | well and Newton, and reduced i gas rates in Williamsport. These schedules also were agr .-d upon - bv the municipalities and the I civ’ncnv. I Tile Public trice company of • Indiana asked appt oval of lown--I ml rates In Economy and WilliamsInrg. Authorities of the comniuu- • ities agreed with the company on | the proposed reductions.

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HOUSE CANVASS REVEALS MANY FAVOR REPEAL [Garner Says Resolution [ Will Be Handed Down Monday — CANVASS TO BE CONTINUED (Copyright 1932 by United Press) Washington, Nov. 30 'U.R> Democratic leaders charged hv Sneaker (larner with conductin’’ a canvass ol the house to de 1 ' ' prohibition repeal sentimenl haxe found indications in the survev thus far that a reneid rest,till ion would pass il brought to a vote next Mondav. Members conducting the poll told the United P.ess today that they believed 275 votes could he secured tor outright repeal. It was anticipated there would le enough absentees to lower the two-thirds majority requirement of 287 votes which would apply if the full hotise were present. One of the party leaders said the poll showed house sentiment shifting toward outright repeal among representative members from both north and south. They ieported that while many congressmen still are out of the city, the information received in inquiries yesterday and today indicate there will be 150 Democratic reveal votes and 125 from the , Republicans. Garner ordered the survey as , a test before hazarding a vote on [ the floor. He was prompted Io take this action by protests from some Democrats against the form [of his “naked repeal" resolution. | It was revealed that last year's ' vote on the Becklinthicum prohi- ; bition repeal was being used an I a basis for the present poll I CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO CONSTRUCTION TO EMPLOY 200 ■ I Bridge Building To Aid | Men Unemployed in Indiana Next Few Months Indianapolis, Nov. 30 — (U.R) ■ Employment of at least 2110 mon 1 and payment of a quarter of n i million dollais to workmen will ! be accomplished through construction of 21 L-idges in Indiana dur1 ing December, the highway commission estimated today. The payrolls comprise approximately • half the total amount to be spent on the bridges. Fids on the first letting of the 1933 fiscal yem will be opened Dec. 20. i Officials said that 90 per cent I of the cost of a bridge goes to labor employed in Hie immediate

area. Contractors have l>een urged to employ local labor where practical, officials said Tlie pioj-'ets Include: On l on road 55 over Turkey ('reek. 1 mile north of Merrllville; one in ImPorte and Starke counties, on road 43 ovei the Kankakee river, I four miles south ol LaCrosse; one on read 37 over Salt Creek in Lawrence comity, a mile north of Bedford; throe on toad 5 on the Huntington ■ Wells county lino; one on road 167 north of Albany in Delaware county; one on road 43 over Deer Creek in Putnam county.

Mrs. Ellis Is 111 Mrs. Bertha Ellis, Decatur woman, is ill it the home of her d (tighter, Mrs. E. G. Coverdale on North Second street. o BULLETIN International Amphitheatre, Stockyards. Chicago, Nov. 30. — (U.R) —For the third time C. E. Troyer, mild mannered little tarmer from an Indians river bottom farm, is the corn king cf North America. Hit ten ears of Reid's dent corn, a gjlden yellow exhibit, won over entries of farmers from all over the country today at the international hay and g-ain show held in conjunction with the international i live stock exhibition.