Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 31, Number 34, Decatur, Adams County, 9 February 1933 — Page 1

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lOUNTRY SUFFERS FROM COLD WAVE

ixpect General Assembly To Pass County Salary Bill

MES CUTS JJWTIMLLY 111 INSTANCES House- Expected To Bill Ender Sus-'■peii'-io'’ oi Rules "»OSED local ■ SALARIES LISTED ■ To Paos Bril fMidianapoiis. reo. »—bpeciai w^Kn< ir a suspension of rules WChard-Ale bill fixing of county officers the state. will be by the senate and today. — ]cb. ■ lie" administration bill Kdinii tor out- million 'i®r rulut turn in total sal*Bpai<l county officers in was submitted to ut the house and *■, in c. iiarate caucuses ■ addition to cutting the lull would detour? . ,-t< 1,1 many fees an- p-tmitted to retain bill h into effect the ■ payroll Go county officers ■s, $> g<-.j..,-, Gov Paul V. ■tt said. said it was based on four ■ valllti ■ bt.-::--- 'r.uisacted by the ofi’i, and areas of ar.- personalities in he added. provided in the bill from Un'' for Ohio county ■in Lak- . Marion counties ■ Adams County Salaries Slaws prto ided for officers counties include: • A.i..ms county. $2,160; $2.08": Blackford. $1,760. Adams, $1,840; ■ $1.760 Blackford. $1.5*0. Adams. $1,840; Wells. ■): Blackford. $1,440. Adams. JJ.840; Wells, Blackford. $1,440. Ailams $1,200; Wells Blackford. SI,OOO. Adams. $950: W-dls, ■ Blackford $750. ■sesbut Adams. SI,OBO, Wells, ■: Blackford. SBBO. ■wty d superintendent: $1.7211. Wells. $1,680; ■ford. $1,520. ■u-'.ty c . . -sinners: Adams. ■ Wells. $300; Blackford. ■? measure will be introduced senate as tbe Lochard-Al-MRn-aijied at caucuses this 1 ey'sinr five ill TRAUTMAN liITH'S VICTIM ■her tis Adams County ■ a p Dies Near Fort ■ Wayne Wednesday f! Miry Trautman, 86, of near Wayne, mother of William nmati n f Adams County, died at oelock Wednesday afternoon “ e home nf a daughter, Mrs. J. Harber, Route 4. Fort De. ““ was due to peneumonii •hich Mrs. Trautman had «* for one week. * had beet a lifelong resident en county aftd was a member le Mark's Lutheran Church nushand. Peter Trautman, preor in death 17 years ago. p? inK are four daughters, hristina Harber, near Fort Mrs. Clara Roller of Yoder; Philomena Minnich of Route 4, ~’ yne and Mrs Caroline KleT J ort w ayne; one son, WillJWman, Adams County. Two ’ gr itidchlldren and 13 grandchildren also trvive. wal services will be held Sat- / * R «rnoon at 1:15 o'clock at of the daughte, Mrs. Hark. , at 2 o'clock at the St. Lutheran Church. Burial ma <le in the church ceme-

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Postpone Party The benefit bridge party sponsored by the Tri Kappa sorority which w a scheduled for tonight in the Plii Delta Kappa fraternity hall has been postponed on account of the I extreme cold weather. They party ) will he held next week and the definite date will be announced later. SCHOOL CITY REPORT GIVEN I Annual Report of Decatur School City Is Given Today The annual report of the school city, for the year 1932. published ; in full in today's Daily Democrat,! shows expenditures of $97,588.94 and cash balance of $32,152.67 for i the calendar year. The report lists receipts in the bond tuition and special fund as . follows: ! Bond fund $12,843.82 i Tuition fund $72,381.69 | Special fund $44,506.10 , The receipts included balances carried over from December 31. ; 1931. ’ The disbursements in the vat , lous funds were as follows: Bond fund $ 5,058.75 , Tuition fund $61,152.42 , Special fund $31,377.77 The balances on hand January 1. 1933, in the three funds are: . Bond fund. $7,795.07: tuition fund. $11,229.27: special fund. $13,128.33; total of all balances. , $32,152.67. The receipts did not include all of the tax money due for 1932, ns the December distribution was not made until after January 1. I The report lists the amount of ’ every voucher drawn by the • treasurer on the school funds. FiIER STARTS OVER ATLANTIC Captain James Mollison Hops Off On Africa to Brazil Flight Dakar. Sengal Africa. Feb 9.—' (U.K’—Captain James Mo'lison, Brit- , ish flier, hopped off today for Natal. Brazil, on his second solo venture across the Atlantic oce:n. He was the first man to fly alone across the North Atlantic from , east to west. Captain Mollison’s first attempt to take off failed because of his I heavy load of gasoline, but on the ■ second attempt his plane rose • easily. He took off at 12:50 a. m. The flier predicted after studying weather reports, which were unusually favorable, that he would ■ reach Natal in eighteen hours Capt. Mollison left England early I Monday and flew here in two days with stops at Barcelona. f’asaIblanca, Agador. Morocco, and Villa Cisneros. Rio de Oro. He piloted the "Heart's Content, the same small ahip In which he flew the r North Atlantic. The route Capt. Mollison intended to follow was flown successfully a few weeks ago by .lean Mermoz. French sir mail pilot, with ,- six companions in the huge mono- ! plane Arc-en-Ciel. The distance Is l about 2.00 b miles. i A coastguard ship reported at 6:15 a., m. that an airplane bellev-l t ed to have been Capt. Mollison's was heard at 7:37 north 23:36 west, ( making a speed of about 108 miles I an hour. The report indicated that the flier was slightly off tbe aeroI postal route to South Africa but P that he had made good speed, bet-: i ter than 100 miles an hour, on the . first six bouts cf his flight. The vessel reported weather excellent. —o Dies Suddenly -I Mrs. Crystal Slagle, wife of Mor- • ris SI igle of Detroit. Michigan died > suddenly at 2 o'clock at the home 1 of her father, Nathan Roe, fiive miles southeast of Monroe. Mr. and ■ Mrs. Slagle had come to Monroe to tStake care of Mr. Roe. who has been • I"- .! The body was removed to tbe I Ixtbenstein funeral parlor in Mon- - roe and will be returned to the Roe home Friday morning. 1

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TEMPERATURES TODAY SHATTER FORMER MARKS Decatur and Adams County Suffer From Coldest In 15 Years HOME DESTROYED BY FIRE TODAY Decatur anti Attains county lodav is experieneiiig the c< Idest weather in 15 years, with temperatures dropping well below the zero mark. No immediate relief is forecast for Ibis section, with hinneralures ranging from eight to L”» below nredicted for tonight. Die bitter cold weiltier is general throughout the country. Official government thermometers registered 10 degrees below Zero jit six o'clock this morning, the coldest February weather registered in this section of th» country since February. 1899, when the mercury dropped to to below. From six o'clock until two o'clock this afternoon the temper-ntn'-o c'imbed a few degrees registering two below at the latter hour. Street thermometers registered from 12 to 16 degrees below zero at an earlv hour this mornine. Traffic and business were curtailed greatly and everyone was busy trying to keep warm The sub-zero temperature today was comparable to the brand on Febrarv 5. 1918, when official thermometers registered 19 degrees below. The country was tied up in a severe storm at that time. (Little relief was promised for the next 48 hours and predictions were that the mercury would drop from five to 15 degrees below zero in Northern Indiana tonight and Friday. The extreme cold weather today did not break the record of January 12. 1918. when thermometers registered as much as 32 degrees below zero. Tho schools in Berne weie forced to close this morning on accouct of tlic sevce cold. Farm Home Destroyed Fire from an overheated stove completely destroyed the Harve Lawson home, four miles of Berne early \j] household goods were de- troved in the fire. Mrs. Lawson and son Harrv. ave 16. were in the house when the fire started and fanned by a high wind efforts to confbat it were (CONTINUED ON ’PAGE* SIX) EXPECT BATTLE WITH CRUISER Warships Pursuing Mutineers Are Ordered Ready For Action The Hague. Feb. 9. — (U.K) — A squadron >f Dutch warships overhauling mutineers aboard the cruiser De Zeven Pluvllicien wus ordered today to "clear decks for action." It was understood the government would demand the unconditional surrender of the mutinous native seamen who seßed the ship Sunday and have been chased through Sumatran waters ever since. The mutineers threatened to open tire on one pursuing government vessel, not a warship unless the craft dropped back to a safe distance. A squadron of modern fight- ; ing ships steamed from the Celebes Sea td intercept the 20-year-old cruiser, while seaplanes scouted its movement to Vice Admiral Osten. in command of East Indies fleet. Admiral Osten. on orders from the government, was expected to ignore wireless messages sent from the cruiser outlining tbe mutineer's sureiider terms, which included liblerty for 400 z native enlisted tnen arrested* at Sourayaba, Java, for protests against recent wage cuts. The mutineers sent out another mess, ge to the “World Press" early 1 CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE

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Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, February 9, 1933.

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AFRICAN TAKEN 1 INTO CUSTODY Savage Lecturer Is Arrested On Serious Charge Os Sodcmv 1 Ibn Lobagola. an African Bushman. traveling through •hi'-- eotin- ; > try as a lecturer, was a.ested nt' > St. Mary's. Ohio, this morning by f Burl Johnson, Adams county sherI iff. and brought to the county jail in this city. > Lobagola is charged with the > seiluus offense of sodomy, alleged i to have been committed at Berne I > Tuesday night, where the Afri- ■ can delivered a lecture. When arraigned before Judge H. i M DeVoss in circuit court this morning, Lobagola asked for time to secure an attorney and also asked for a reduction of bond to | i SI,OOO Pending release, he was returned to the county jail. I Conviction on the charge carries a fine of not less than SIOO nor more than $2,000 and linpris- . onment of from two to 1-1 years i Lobagola bits delivered manv! lectures throughout the country. I recently speaking at a meeting of the Executives Club at Chicago, i L He escaped from the African ' jungles when a boy and was edit- ' ‘ ca'ed in Scotland. When he appeared In court this and headdress worn when deliver-1 ‘ morning, he was wearing the robe | ing lectures. Lobagola spoke at a; ’ high school chapel meeting at St. ’ Mary’s Wednesday afternoon. I o Donate sls . I The locjl O. E. Club donated sls I today to the Decatur Emergency. Relief Association for the aid of the; needy. Any talent wishing to assist! in the program for the indoor cir- 1 cus to be sponsored by the relief association next week is asked to ’ get in touch with W. F. Beery. U —-o File Petition 1 -Indianapolis, Feb. 9—(VP)—Rural users of the Indiana Public Service company between Stflamonia and College comer, J-r.y county, late, yesterday petitioned the State Pub-' ‘ lie Service commission for reduced electric rates. Town customers of ; the company nearby recently received a reduction hut none was ’ made for country users, a letter I from Philo W. Journey said. 1

No Health Station i "On account of the cold weather the Baby Health Station for Adam s County will not lie held Frid-.iy as previously announced. Mother are asked to please take notice of this I postponement. o Monthly Meeting The monthly meeting of the Holy Name society of St. Mary’s Cathoj lie church will be held at the K. of ■C. noli Monday evening at eight o’clock. W. A. Klepper, vice-president and general ni.i.agei of the Clover’eaf j Creameries, Inc., will deliver a talk on business. William Faurote, president of the society will preside. Members of the society will receive Holy Communion at the seven o’clock mass at St. Mary’s church, i Sunday morning. SALES TAX MAI BE WITHDRAWN iGross Income Tax. Likely To Re Sustituted For Sales Tax Indianapolis. Feb. 9—<U.R) -Kill- ; ing of the -tales and income tax j bills pending in the house of representatives and substituting a i measure flatly taxing personal | aud business gross incomes 1 per j <-en' appeared probable today. The new measure, being drawn Iby administration leaders, would Ibe a simple substitute for the | complicated bill taxing retail sales j from one-eighth of 1 per cent to 2V> per cent, acoerding to the ob- | jects sold. The income tax measure pendI ing in the house also would die I with introduction of the new meai sure, referred to as an excise or gross income tax bill. An exemption of the first SI,OOO In income would he provided in the new bill, according to present plans. Administration leaders in the house and senate have met daily with Gov. Paul V. McNutt to con-’ .aider the new measure. Its introduction will come as soon as the state budget hill, introduced yesterday, is started well on its way | through Die assembly. Leaders believe thr»rt the new . I gross income tax measure would ' CONTINUED ON PAGh’tWo' '

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MARION MAYOR DISAPPEARS DURING SEARCH Jack Edwards Disappears While Marshal Seeks Tn Serve Warrant OTHER OFFICIALS FREED ON BONI) Marion, Ind.. Feb. B—(U.R) — Mayor Jack Edwards of Marion surrendered to federal officia's late this afternoon on a warrant charging conspiracy to violate the prohibition laws. He immediately posted $5,000 bond requested by Marshal E. O Hall of South Bend. Marion. In<l., I’eb. !l <U.R) While federal officials searched the county for Mayor Jack Edwards of Marion Io serve a warrant charging him with conspiracy to violate the prohibition laws. Sheriff Bert White and Jaeol) ('.. CampTiell, former sheriff, surrenderud todav. Both White ano Camphell provided bonds of SS,(MM>. They were among 17 Marion and Gas City men indicted by the Federal grand jury at Fort Wayne last week in the government’s move to end alleged law violations which have been going on for nearly three years. Shortly before noon deputy marshals arrested Mayor Ed Day and Police Chief Elmer Veronet, ! both of Gas City, and Orville : Wells. Grant county deputy sheriff. Previously Marshal E. O. Hall of South Bend had arrested eight (('ONTINTED ON PAGE SIX) — FRED VAN NUYS GIVES SPEECH Senator-Elect Makes Address At Farewell Dinner Wednesday Indianapolis, Feb. 9 —(UP) —Declaring the preservation of homes, morale and jealth of Americans was the p ratnouiit issue before congress. S. S Sen. elect Frederick Van Nuys pledged his support to such a program at a farewell dinner In his honor here last night. He said he not only will back the policies of President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt but will vigorously support measures designed to est blish a six-hour day and a five-day week and to ellminitc child labor. The dinner wa.s given by tbe Washington township Democratic organization to which Van Nuys belongs It was attendod by ;’.50 persons. Expressing his faith in Roosevelt. Van Nuys dwl red the "plans of the President-Elect must not fail because in them rests the perpetually and prosperity of America." "With 12.009,000 men out of work I we find 2,000,000 children employed lie declared. "This ins not only helped to increase the depression but strikes at the very source of American greatness and security." Van Nuys said prompt action must be taken to relieve unemployment. help the fanner, correct wrongs in the banking system and stabilize international money. Postpone Sale Tlie household goods sale at 217 South Second street scheduled for Saturday, February 11, will be postponed. Fred Engle, auctioneer, announced tod y, on account of the illness of Mrs. Frank Lose who lives ; nearby. o Italian Killed Slianhaikwan, China. Friday, Feb|lo —(CP) — Cavalrymen of Gen. Chang Hsueh- Liang killed an Italian soldier, mistaking him for a Japanese, it was reported here today. The Italian consul prepared a strong protest to present the Chinese NatiuJialist government. Details were cot reported, but Ithe killing was understood to have occurred near here.

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Receives Bulletin A bulletin has been received by postmaster L. A. Graham stating that, the idea some of the patrons ; have that an unsealed letter may be sent for one and a half cents is erroneous. Any letter sealed or tin-, sealed, is first class mail and must have three cents for each ounce i ■or fraction thereof. This idea be-1 c me current arround Christm|a,s ‘time when greetings were sent.’ Cards may be mailed second class | for a cent and a half when the only j writing on them is the senders name ! a.nd address. Letters mailed this way are only held up for the lack <if sufficient postage. WILL CONTRACT BEET ACREAGE Activity In Securing Acreage Is Expected To Begin Next Week Activity in securing acreage i for the Decatur sugar plant is expected to begin next week. The : contract is now being worked out and it will be one of the best ever offered here. Farmers in this territory seem to favor the opportua-; ity to grow this profitable crop and after Monday, the 14th. definite announcements can be made. Reports received from the various beet sugar producing areas in Michigan indicate a large increase will be made in the acreage devoted to sugar beets, next vsummer. If the movement to reopen several beet sugar factories is successful it is estimated more ( than 209,009 acres will be devot ’d to beet culture next season Farmers and business men throughout (lie state arc lending their support to the movement to rehabilitate .Michigan’s beet sugar industry, since it has been demonstrated in 1931 and 1932 that sugar beets were tlie most important cash crops grown in Michigan. Tlie 1932 crop was grown by 14.000 farmers who received nearly $7,000,000 in cash for their labors. It is pointed out that the sugar PAG77 SIX) Glass To Decline Washington. Feb. 9—(UP)—Senator Carter Glass of Virgiria probably wil idecline to become secetary of treasury in the Roosevelt cabinet, it wis said reliably here today. Friends understood that one factor was the Senator's health. He had a sericus illness last summer and has been obliged to conserve his strength c.’refully this winter. o Island Threatened St. Johns, Newfoundland Feb. 9— (UP) The entire isl ,nd of Sandy Point off tlie west coast of Newfourdland, containing about 7'oo people w. s threatened with destruction by the sea today. Tremendous waves lashed at the sandy foundations of tlie island three miles long and less than a mile wide when the breakwater collapsed in tlie center. Tlie inhabitants, panic stricken, because the highest point in the island is only feet above sea level started to make a frantic exodus in Itoats. Meetings Postponed Thespeci al revival meetings at: the Union Chapel United Brethren church this week have been postponed and the services will be resumed Sunday, it was announced today by tlie pastor. Rev. Frank L. Engle. Rob School of $1,500 Terre Haute, Ind.. Feb. 9—(UP)t Thieves who entered the controller’s office of Indiana state teacher's college during the lunch hour yesterday while nearly 500 students moved about t ie halls, escaped with more than $1,500 in o:i«h and checks school authorities reported. Entrance to the office was gained by picking a lock on the door, police said The burglary was discovered by I four women employes of the office when they returned from lunch.

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SUFFERING IS AFTERMATH OF COLD WEATHER Middle West Is Center of The Coldest Weather In Many Years — NO IMMEDIATE RELIEF FORECAST Chicago, Feb. 9. — (UR) — Temperature records of years’ standing fell today under the onslaught of a bitter cold wave that centered in the I middle west. Only in a few spots in the area was relief forecast. Temperatures that dropped to 27.5 below zero in St. Paul and the northwest climbed a few degrees as the sun came up Slightly warmer temperatures were forecast in Wisconsin and Minnesota but in Illinois, Indiana. Nortli and. South Dakota affll Nebraska the word front ('. A. Donnel, Chicago forecaster, was laconic and disheartening, "continued cold." The lowest reading in Chicago was 19 below at 9 a. m. Donnel’s shippers' forecast summed up the prospects for another bitterly cold day tomorrow: "Lowest temperatures expect cd during the next 24 hours within 300 miles of Chicago in the direc- ■ tion indicated: North and northwest 20 to 30 below; west 15 to 20 below; south 5 to 10 below;; east 10 to 15 below: northeast 15 to 20 below ” Misery in the ranks of unemploy, ed, accentuated by numerous fires, grew as the temperature fell. Relief agencies in Chicago, Milwaukee and several points in Indiana were hard pressed to fill the evergrowing roll of request’s for food, fuel and clothing. Heavy snow which reached depths of a foot and more over tlie midwest had stopped and highways for the most part again were passable. Five tires broke out and resulted in damage well over $500,000. Ono fireman was known to have been killed and four others were feared lost in a hotel fire in Omaha. Firemen braved a 20-degree below zero temperature to extinguish a fire in Rippon, Wis., which threatened a business block. Scores were sent scurrying into the bitter 19 degree weather in a Chicago apartment house fire. Two firemen were hurt in a $250.000 fire in Barberton, 0., St. Paul's Methodist church in Mt. Vernon, Ind., was damaged by an early morning fire. More than 100 persons were treated for frostbite in Milwaukee. Tlie coldest points in that state were Antigo, 3 2;Superior. Wausau nd Eau Claire. 30 and 24 at Green Bay. Rockford, 111., reported 25 below, (CONTINtmD ON PAGE l-'IVI'I REV. CONWAY ENTERS PLEA Muncie Pastor Pleads Not Guilty; Trial Set For March 20 Muncie, Ind.. Feb. 9.—(U.R) -The Rev. G. Lemuel Conway, suspended pastor of the Madison Street M. E. Church, will be fried In Delsware circuit court March 20 on charges of attempting to assault Miss Helen Huffman, 18-year-old high school girl. The minister unexpectedly appeared for arraignment before Judge L. A. Guthrie late yesterday, He pleaded not guilty. Rev. Conway waived arraignment on the other indictment returned by the grand jury, that of assault and battery on William Aurnnri, his choir leader. He also pleaded not guilty to this charge. I w -Aurand was knocked over the chancel rail during church services Jan. 22 when he engaged in an. argument with the minister, the indictment charged. Miss Huffman told the grand jury the attempted attack occurred on a country road near here after she had accepted a ride downtown in the minister's automobile. She was a friend ot his daughter. Both charges will be tried before a church jury March 15 and 16 at the Normal City M. E. church here,