Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 31, Number 37, Decatur, Adams County, 13 February 1933 — Page 1

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REPARE FOR FIRST REORGANIZATION

■[ADVERTISE ■R GASOLINE ■BIDS FEB. 21 ■ |v ( ommissioners ■ Advertise For Gas ■ And Oil Supply ■ aw ard BIDS ■oRbO-rn period ■f board "I county <<>lll- - session today ; it noon to advertise ■ds lor Hie t'uiiiishini’ ol K lr and oil Io the tonn■jat.K depailnn nt. I'lo--1,, |»e received for a Kluv iH-riod. ■ s will he received ['* l-iuary 21 at ten ■l in the inorninu in the - room ot the coin I are asked to quote ■ p rn r filling stations. O n th,' Sandard Oil CornI i tosn gasoline, low■isuOeOd service station ■eisti:.. Adams county." ■ board reseives the right to ■ the contract for the fur- ■_- <u< h gasoline and oil ,|.-sigrJted retail service ■i...r- n the county. Casotractors is to be quoted ■h'ered price. ■ cctntpOsinners met this ■ig with wholesale and re ■tsoltne dealers and repre Hives of various companies Ke allotting the highway Knir-r/'- r,'inirement of gaso■o ilifh-1 ' gas dealers on a ■ly basis. No agreement cached at the meeting an I |y Alterne, Henry B. Heller: si that 1,-gal requirements,. re 10 n,,r, collusion affida*’oultl nicu-nt the board from if sticii contracts. The mat ss discuss cd and decision . itully rea, lied that the hoard receive bids for dealers on day basis, at tin l expiration tirh time another contract Is* made. t week the commissioners cd proposals for the fur if of stone, stone serrensand and eravel anil bridge iai required by the highway tment. o Two Injured (ton. Ind, Feb. 13 —(UP) — findlespargor. 26. prominent on young man suffered a serrtMicnssi.in of the hrain. and Madeline Gehrett, 25, Petrolreceived a broken leg when Komobile in which they were l side -wiped another car of Bluffton >t 7 o’clock Saturtight. it young people were rushed to Mis County Hospital. At 3 o - this afternoon Kindlesparget tot regained cop#?lou;<npm. HEARSE FOR ELK MINSTREL • For Show Will Be “nipleted At Rehearsal Tonight i*hearr,al of the Elka’ Minvnd Musical Revue, to be 11 Miliary 27 and 28, will be on the third floor of tlie Elks lat " : 30 o’clock tonight. As 1151 selection of the cast wi'l ““Dieted tonight. every mem--18 requested to be present. Wording to plana made by the roittee in charge, the show "e divided into three parts. " e the regular full length 1 re ' act. in which all memos the local Elks lodge will **ti on the stage, there will be other parts devoted to ■ tun and songs. The ®“ part will consist of an “rate stage setting depicting fries o y days gone by, in costumes and songs of furttays together with approe dance num Iters will be A German beer garden will B " the setting for th* third 0 the show, filled with dunesongs, fun and romance. e will also be specialty num"’tween acts. J k A. Holthouse is in of the production, assisted "•fßaret Mylott. Cedric Voglee aad Patricia iFulleukamp. '

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A New Bismarck i JF 1 1 II **-1 ■ ' W ■ .MI A • A With the appointment of this gentleman to the post of Secretary of State at the Prussian Ministry of the Interior, the famous name of Bismark once more figures in German politics. He is Herbert von Bismarck. a grand-nephew of Count von Bismarck, the celebrated Iron Chancellor. - ' who is re garded as the founder of the German Empire. Bismarck died in 18»S. INDOOR CIRCUSOPENS TONIGHT Circus Sponsored By Relief Organization Opens At 6:00 P. M. The indoor circus, sponsored by the Decatur Emergency Relief Association, will open at 6 o'clock Ibis evening in the Bowers building on East Monroe street. Dr. Burt Mangold and members of the relief committee promise :i lot of entertainment and wholesome fun to those who attend the six day circus and bazaar, pri ceeds of which will be used to feed the needy families of Decatur. At 8:15 o'clock the Decatur Junior Band, under the direction of David Rice, will give a concert at the building. A program will be given each evening and in addition to the attractions at the various booths, bingo games and other entertainment will bo provided. Short playlets will be given every evening The admission price tonight for adults is ten cents, phis five cent's worth of beans. Beans will be sold at the door. The admission price for children will be five cent's worth of beans. Dr. Mangold stated that the relief association is feeding approximately 750 people every week. Rations arc distributed .every Tuesday and Saturday from relief headquarters in the old Moo«e Home building on North Third street. The indoor circus is sponsored by the association as a means of obtaining funds to pay the cost of feeding the poor this winter and the patronage of the public is solicited. Tuesday evening Miss Grace Coffee, teacher in the public schools, will direct a Valentine play. The cast is composed of pupils of the Cent ml school and the playlet will he given at 8:15 o'clock. o May Call “Strike” Indianapolis Feb. 13 — (UP) -— Farmers and other property owners of Indiana will meet here Thursday to discuss advisability of calling a "holiday tax strike" pending favor-, able legislation by the general assembly. The meeting was called today by William H. Settle, president of the .Indiana Farm Bure in in letters addressed to county farm bureau branches in the state. '"Home owners and farmers must; strike while the iron is liot and demand fair treatment," Settle s.id. The farm bureau legislative program calls so ropening new sbtirces ; !of revenue to replace property, sales, intangibles an Income taxes. Approximately 10.00 J persons will attend the meeting. Settle predict-■ ied.

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OUTLINES PUN FOR RECOVERY OF THE NATION Bernard Baruch Outlines' Program Before Senate Committee URGES COUNTRY BALANCE BUDGETS Washington, Feb. 13— (U.R) —I Bernard M. Baruch, capitalist and 1 advisor to President-elect Roosevelt. today outlined before a senate committee a program for 1 taxation and other emergency pro- 1 jects which he said was necessary to avoid economic disaster. Baruch appeared before th" t senate finance committee which ' is holding a clinic of "best minds"., on domestic and world problems . The scene was like a movie set I with kleig lights glaring and Bar- I m il's words being absorbed by th' J talkies for reproduction through- < out the United States. < in staccato, clipped sentences, H Baruch read his prescription for : world ills: i> “Balance budgets. Stop spend- I ing money we haven't got Sacri-i five for frugality and revenue. Cut I governmental spending -cut it as ' rations are cut in a siege. I "Tax—tax everybody for every- 1 thing. But take the hungry men I off the world's pavements and let people smile again." < lie opposed all forms of infla- I tion. insisted that a balanced 1 budget ami sound money were the < avenues to salvation for the United States. He opposed cancellation of war debts but condemned i the Versailles treaty in bitter language indicating bis belief that it should be revisexb For the United States be recommended farm relief in two directions —scaling down of farm debts ■ and curtailed production. He 1 would have the government rent from the farmers the land tak u out ot production to reduce commodity surpluses. Beer should be legalizes! and taxed. Baruch continued, and tlie ’ 18th amendment should intmed- ' lately be repealed “not alone for ‘ relief of its abuses but for the * purpose of obtaining taxation which can bo substituted for tnor" , . t onerous levies. Baiuch’s farm plan was as fol- , lows: Authorize a farm mortgage cor- , poration to issue 3 per cent tax ' exempt 30-year bonds which would be exchanged for existing mort ( cowivtnjn r>v "tap -i-umsp i PRESIDENT TO ' 1 SPEAK TONIGHT i 1 t Hoover Will Deliver Lincoln Address At New J York Tonight i Washington. Feb. 13. (U.R) For the last time before he leaves the k White House to become a private , (■itizen again, President Hoover , packed his suitcase today to go to , New York where he delivers a Lincoln day address tonight. It is regarded as his farewell ad- I ; dress. It is the last important nt- | terance he is scheduled to mttke as President of the United States. Mr. Hoover will speak at the an mini Lincoln dinner ot the Nation-, al Republican Chib at the WaldorfAstoria hotel at 10 p. m. The President spent much of ► Lincoln's birthday working over his manuscript in the White House study which he named for the im mortal President. Some who cling to the hope that t Mr. Hoover will he called upon to ( carry the Republican banner In the i 1936 presidential fight awaited to- t night's utterance with his expects- i tion. The contents of the speech i were closely guarded. Republican leaders prepared to , (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) ' Attend Meeting j The Ohio Second district ot the 1 American Legion met Sunday it 1 Van Wert, Ohio. Addresses were] given by Joe Patterson, Ohio state! ’ commander, and Paul M. Herbert, ( 1 former state commander. A l umber of legionnaires of Ad-1 1 dams Post number 43 attended the; meeting. * 1

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Decatur, Indiana, Monday, February, 13, 1933.

Country Honors Abraham Lincoln On 124th Anniversary Os Birth

Springfield, 111.. Feb. 13.—(U.R)— Tlie abiding, immutable spirit of Abraham Lincoln lived again today in the old haunts of his boyhood as a distressed nation paused to revere the 124th anniversary of his ' birth. Statesmen, jurists, the clergy and commoners joined here in paying tribute to the Civil War President. Two governors, a celebrated judge, an Italian prince and an Episcopal minister assembled at the Great Emancipator’s tomb in ] profound respect. Pigrim's from surrounding states came to Oak Ridge cemetery and to visit other historic spots here closely associated with Lincoln's youth and the days when he was a struggling attorney. In Sangamon circuit court room, a sma l group of the Albraham Lincoln Association met today to hear Dr. James Fort Newton, of St. James church, Philadelphia, extol the Civil War President as a "high priest of humanity." Last night, Gov. Clyde L. Herring of lowa, Gov. Henry Horner of Illinois, Federal Judge James 11. Wilkerson of Chicago and Prince Spada Potenziana, member of the Italian senate. were principal figures at a Lincoln memorial meeting. Special services were held yesterday at Lincoln's tomb. A floral wreath from President Hoover was laid besides the sarcophagus. It bore a card simply marked "The President. '■ At Petersburg, where Lincoln clerked in a grocery store, a marble bust by the late Madeline Masters Stone, was unveiled. In ‘Logan county, where Lincoln was county

SENIOR GLASS PLAY TUESDAY I — Decatur High School Seniors To Present Play Tuesday Night 1 ho final re learsul for me senior class play, “Oh, Kay!" tn he presented in the Decatur high school auditoriiim, Tuesday night, Febru ry 14. at 8 o'clock, will be held, this evening. The farce comedy combined with mystery promises to ‘■e moat entertaining. Glen Roop as the good na-l tilled "gramp" witn his flivver and; its never ending accessories, and | Minnie Moyer, as the sh rrp-to.igued j "gram” who tries all the patent ] inediclnes. make a very humorous | couple. Ferrel Fenimore ma*kes a charming girl detective and her clever un-; raveling of the mystery is worth, seeing. Edwina Shroll plays the part of Edith, the emotional young writer, and Hubert Stults acts as her brother Arthur who considers his thoughts and decisions as the last word in wisdom. They are juvenile characters of much appeal. The p’.rt of the thoughtful mother i is played by Eileen Burk" and Tom j Hiirk is Captain Whitman. Other seniors taking part in the play ate Dick Sutton as Ed Turner: Dick .Macklin ,s Fred Alden: Theodore' Sovine as Jim Haye.i and Myrtle, 1 Walters as Alive Borden. The one character who rem ,Ins unknown Is] rvwriNaiFtn on o*<>R TWO j BANKERS FIGHT NEW CODE BILL Some Provisions of State Banking Measure F3nd Opposition Indianapolis, Feb. 13 — (U.R) — Opposition to certain provisions of the new state banking code bill ] wa» voiced hy bankers today as the measure was ready for third reading in the Indiana house of repreat.itativea. A bulletin of the Indiana Bank-1 er's Association legislative com-1 mittee revealed opposition to a ] clause limiting real estate nioitgage loans to 20 per cent ot de-1 posits. A better percentage would be one-third, the committee be-1 lieves. Another complaint of the com-1 mittee is that the clause limiting banks' deposits to 10 times their capital should not become opera- ] tvle for four years. Objections also were made to j CONTINUED ON PAGE 'tHBEE

- surveyor, all religions denominfjations joined in a memorial sr-r---y vice. .1 Dedicate Bust o Boonville, Ind., Feb. 13.—(U.R) —A s bronze bust of Abraham Lincoln was dedicated yesterday at tlie j I Warrick county courthouse s«|uare, , the place where his family turned their oxen north ami headed for. I Illinois in 1830. More than 3.000 persons uttend--1 ed the ceremonies High state off flcials in the audience included Gov. 1 Paul V. McNutt, Atty. Gen. Philip 1 ; 1 utz. Jr., and Roscoe Kiper, chairclman of tlie state industrial board. r | The statue, along with one of ‘ Wiliam 1., Harker, a student of 3 1 Lincoln's life, was donated by William Fortune, Indianapolis. The busts were executed by George . Honig. Evansville sculptor. - "One of tlie richest heritages left r lus by Lincoln, was the faith in Hie ability of the people to govern I themselves." McNutt said. i "There were prophets of evil in . Lincoln's day, aud there are proph- . !ets of evil today who say our coun- • try is passing into the fate which f befell Rome. "It is time for us to hearken back to the man who had faith in 1 | the people, that from him we might | gain renewed faith that a govern- ■ ‘ ment of the people shall not fail." 1 ! Lincoln often came to Boonville ('when his parents lived on a farm t 117 miles from here. He seldom » missed a good court trial and borIrowed frequently from the library i of John A. Brackenridge. > On his way to Boonville, Oovect nor McNutt placed a wreath on the i grave of Nancy Hanks Lincoln at ’ Lincoln City.

Good Attendance Despite the very severe weather the marketing school at Monroe and St. Johns started with an encouraging ittendame. Dr. W. D. ! Shelby. '•*" instructor, disclissezl {agriculture tn the pioneer days i wien the farmer bartered or exchanged all his commodities. There Iwis no marketing problem at that time. However, as civilization brought about the change.!, it gave rise to the production and consumption of firm products. This outline was to lay the ground work for a comprehensive study in marketing. The subjects to he treated in t.ie school class will lie values and the things which effect values; the fa. - tors taken in to account in market; j processes of marketing ami market [factors. This course of instruction | ls sponsored by the department of .public instruction, divisio:: of voc i|tional edit ation and the Indiana land Adams County Farm Bureau ] The public .both farmers and business men ire urged to attend. BANQUET PLANS ABE COMPLETED Ninth Annual Farmers i Banquet Wil) Be Held At Monmouth Tuesday I I All pl .ns have been coninleted for >tlie ninth annual farmers banquet, jWhich will be held at the Monmouth {community building, Tuesday eventing. February 14 The banquet will ;be served hy the ladies of Mon- ' mouth and will be held promptly at 6:30 o'clock. Ben H. Petty, of Purdue university, will ho the principal speaker. He will discuss general highway icoiditions throughout Adams conn ty and the state. In addition to the progrim already announced, herd honor rolls will be distributed by Peter D. Schwartz, president of the Adams County dairy herd improvement association. The following men will receive these honor rolls. P. D. ' , Schwartz. Peter B. Lehman. I). H. Habegger, Rudolph Steury, Beavers • and Harvey, E. H. Kruetzman. Noah {Rich, Harris and Morrow. John J. .Schwartz, David F. Mazelin, D. D. ' | Schwartz, Henry Aschleman, Schroyer and Wynn. Dan Mazelin. O. D. I Bieberich, Ralph B. Henry, David P. Steury, Chas. Grandlienard. Dan ; Steury, Steury and Schwartz, Dennis Striker, and J icob J. Schwartz. Pershing Better Bidlind, Tex. Feb. 13 —(UP) — ' General John J. Pershing, 72, year'Old world war leader, today was reported “slightly improved" from I bronchitis and laryngitis which has | confined him to his hotel room here fur several days.

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BANK BANDITS ARE SLAIN IN SAINT LOUIS Killed By Officer After Arrest On Charges Os Speeding ARE SUSPECTED OF OTHER ROBBERIES SI. Louis, Feb. 13 (U.R) Auth-, orities here today dug into the past of Jack Butler, slain by police in an effort to identify his slain companion, while Indiana authorities. who identified them as Washington, Ind., bank robbers, sought to connect them with oilier recent bank holdups. The two men wire shot to death bj Deputy Constable Charles Bradley. Jr., in a gun battle in a police car. when they were arrested on a speeding charge, late Saturday. As the police car started toward Clayton, the county seat, 1 one of the bandits said. "Let's give ’em the works." Arthur Lazear. also an officer, who was driving the ear, was shot through the arm. Bradley, riding on the running board, shot both men to death. When police found it grip eon tabling nearly $5,000 in the speeders' car, the pair were suspect" ’ of being the bandits who earlier had held up tlie State Bank of Washington. Ind. Police communicated with authorities there. Two Washington officers came here early yesterday and identified them as the bandits. They said one of the men was Jack Butler. marri"d in Kansas City a week ago. F. C. Iliuilington. Indianapolis, covTiNt’Rn n” Pung two HOLD MEETING NEXTTUESOAY Annual Count y Farm Bureau Meeting Will Be Held Feb. 21 The Adams County Farm Bureau annual meeting will be held February 21 in the Niblick Building on South Second Street. \ stock-hold-ers meeting will be held at 10:00 and the election of officers will follow. In this meeting the an ’iial report will he made by Jos. D. Winteregg, business manager. Tlie ladies auxiliary will serve a basket lunch. This will he free to all who attended and the public is invited. All who attend are cordially invited to remain for tlie afternoon speaking program. Speakers from the Sta'e Farm Bureau office will he I. 11. Hull, and A. L. Stallings. Their subjects will be. "Refinancing Farm Mortgages”, “Changing of the Gold Standard ■ n ( | its Relationship to our Present Condition" and also the "Cause of tlie Depression and the Way Ont”, Any food left over will he turned over to T. 11. Noll, tlie township trustee for such distribution s lie set's fit to make. TWO PROVINCES ARE THREATENED Disastrous F I o o d s Are Feared In Two Chinese Provinces Peiping, Feb. 13.- - (U.R) — Disastrous floods were reported today to be threatening two provinces of China, one of which still was crushed by the efforts of an earthquake which according to some estimates took 70,000 lives. Wholesale destruction of life by flood was feared in tlie distant inland province of Kansu, where tlie earthquake occurred last December. Shantung province, on tlie Yellow Sea, also was threatened, ice floes from high mountain gorges sending the Yellow river level rapidly upward. Dykes already were reported crumbling in Shantung and coolies were working desperately to rebuild them before the water rose too high. The first official, hut wholly in-; ■ ||T ',. 4 . CONTINUED ON PAUE THREE

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Aide to Einstein ' t wgw o Tlie opportunity of a life time" is what John 1.. Vanderslice (above) 25-year-old graduate student at Princeton University, calls the ] distinction which has come his way. Vanderslice will shortly have tlie honor of working witli Professor Albert Einstein, "father of the theory of relativity," who is to carry on his mathematical research at Princeton. CITY OFFICIALS FIGHT MEASURE Four Decatur Men at Indianapolis To Oppose lax Measure Several city officials went to Indianapolis today to appear at a 1 hearing op a utilities bill, provis-. I ions of which would tax municipally owned light and water plants The Decatur delegation was composed of City Attorney J. Fred Fruchte, M. J. Mylott. superinten--1 dent of the electric department of the city plant and Councilmen O. L. Vance and H. M. Gillig. They are opposed to the measure. A<< elding to information recciv . ed here by city officials the hill provides that municipally owned plants be placed on the tax duplicate and that they he assessed the same as other utilities, paying the tax rate in the respective taxing units. Assuming that the local light and water plant would ho assessed between $400.01)1) and $500,000, the current tax would amount to around SB,OOO a year. City officials state the bill has some chance of passing for the reason that the state would receive a large income, estimating that all municipally owned plants would be assessed at about $50,000,000, on which the state would collect its tax levy of 15 cents on the hundred dollars. Decatur is joining Fort Wayne and other cities in voicing protest against tlie bill and every effort will he made to defeat it, city officials state. Mayor William Hosey of Fort Wayne is leading the tight, against the bill. ■ o — Band Program ( The Junior Band will give a concert this evening at 7:30 p. in. at Hie indooi < ir< ns being held in the Bower’s building. Following is the program: Mar<l> Noble Bach Overture—Cinderella Rosenkraus ( Waltz. Cirihiribin Pestalozza Fantasia -Songs of Glory—Dalby —Polk Fancy Free Clay Smith Baritone solo hy Vera Porter Selection Prince Channing King ( Finale--Star Spangled Banner Keys ( o- ] Goods Are Sold < Tiie public sale of household goods in the suit of Julius Haugk vs. W. D. Porter, vis held this afternoon at the Teeple Storage barn on North First street. Mr. Hougk bid in the entire stock of goods. ; Fred Engle was tlie auctioneer in : charge of the sale. Burn To Death Youngstown, Ohio. Feb. 13—(UP) —A family of tour was burned to death when fire of undetermined origin partly destroyed tlie bungalow home of Alexander A. Spraker today. The fire apparently started in a small attic or on the second floor, i All four perished before flames ate | through the roof and were discov-|i ered. ,

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GOVERNOR WILL PREPARE ORDER MAKING CHANGE State Police, Fire Marshal, Criminal Bureau To Be Grouped MENTION FEENEY FOR HEAD POST 11>« li:tnti |><>l is. I'ol). 13 (UP) Gov. Paul V. McNull is preparing an executive order to place the slate police, lire marshal and criminal bureau of identil icalion in one division of the executive department, it was learned today. The change will be the first made under the stale government reorganization hill passed recently by the general assembly. It was underslood tin* three departments would be grouped under a division of public safely. Al Feeney of Indianapolis, who played football at Notre Dante on the same teams as the late Knute Roc.kne, is expected to be appointed head of the .safety division. The executive order would dispense with Alfred E. Hogston. tiro marshal since 1925 and all his 31) employes. The fire marshal's monthly pay roll is about $4,000 but the money is provided by insurance cotnpunles. Duties of tlie fire marshal's office would be handled by the slate police and criminal bureaus. Charles Bolte of Wabash, chief of the criminal bureau and Grover ('. Garrett, chief of the state polb e would be retained in their present capacities for the time being Passage Scheduled - liidianapoli*. Feb. 11l (U.R) Four major bills with administration hacking were scheduled for passage in the Indiana house c.t representatives this afternoon. They are those legalizing and taxing beer, repealing the Wright “bone dry" law. recodifying th« state's banking laws and amending utility laws so munieipaliti-4 may obtain by condemnation and purchase utility plants after a special ebu-tioti. They are among numerous bills eligible for third reading. Announcement of their alt"rnooii program in the house today befo e it recessed at noon indicated administration leaders have singled them out for speedy The four will go to tlie swiaio as soon as passed. Ask Postponement Indianapolis. Fell. I.l— U.R) Indefinite postponement of ilia Wright “bone dry" law repeal, r was recommended in tlie senate today in a minority renort sign' d by Senators Elias C. Swiliart. I)., rnVTTNrtEn nv pagr tttrf-r BILLY SUNDAY IS IMPROVING Condition of Noted Evangelist Is Reoorted Better Today Des Moines. la.. Feb 13. (U.R) — The Rev. William A. (Billy) Sunday, 69 year-old evangelist, was confined to his hotel room today recovering from an attack of acute Indigestion and it heart ailment. He probably will be taken to Rochester, Mimi., for treatment late this week, later going to California, to recuperate Evangelistic cam* paigns scheduled at Evansville, Ind,, and Canton. 0.. have been cancelled. Stricken as he gave the altar call at the climax of a series ot meetings Saturday night. Sunday was taken to his hotel in an ambulance. He spent yesterday in bed and physicians said today there was "no Immediate danger.'' News of Sunday's illness brought telegrams and telephone calls from all over the country. Dr. Charles ?»layo telephoned from his clinic at Rochester: Gen. W. W. Atterbery, chairman of the board of the Pennsylvania railroad, and R. E Simpson of the Southern Pacific railroad sent felicitations. Mrs. Sunday and Harry D. Clarke, the evangelist's assiumit. prevented visitors from entering Sunday's room. Clarke will fill Sunday's I Canton and Evansville engagements.