Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 31, Number 38, Decatur, Adams County, 14 February 1933 — Page 1

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Bneisubes ’IhWFOR lIIIE SCHON J Passed Monday By \re In Senate For Action .KsjSTK ATION U M„; l ,mli>. IM, 1 I <U.R) IMK "Hli adb'l.nio were m i,i 1 ' lien todav. -® n rr lib lx -1- legalizafill' Wright ■V’ la" r,p< Her. the iK| || l( . bill liberalizing : ii iiciiuisilion and of utilitv plants. !-a4t-r«. predict K, hills will I"' passed in th-- ' nd "f th, ‘ r „ li.-lmingly bill, late yesterto 13 ll"p. Lenhardt Tp,- r> . attempted ill.' nv-x-m- IO legalize l Sailed when lii< was tabled 69 to -he i . Honing onlv opposing the it"" o'' - K'lnoi rnts mi they placed in the was by Rep H. H. \V»oo Republican Th 1 bill follows in many reEvans said. saii' ". watched the the and Wright men-is-’ The latter hill ?< r L’ without debate. law bill pa.-s-had 0.i,.,| house mutt- >;>-■ of opposition mortgage loans to 2o per deposits. Edward Q '.ein BloornDentin ru' floor leader, 'Since tile bankers say. is tc -:ic it must lie lb- predicted "a new bill create.. ;1 .lew State depui',. with wi<le p.a.r- and seeks to Mg receiv-; costs by profor I ..u.l.ition of closed Ml by the department, i. Mfr’Parcd after nearly two B study ' . ■: appointed coinutility bill was the first Mr ulmination measure to unm niously. The vole M»to<t. It allows cities and Mto const. net or buy utility giving them powers of Mptutfor. f utility property of purchase. I senate yesterday afternoon I I bill taxing trot tie caps 1 •th. It was introduced by >Herbert V. Tormohlen. R.. Bd BOND BANDIT IS IDENTIFIED •her Identifies Slain •Ashington, Indiana, Bank Bandit i-ouis Feb. 14.--(U.R)-- The « man slain in a close range battle in a police car with Ky sheriffs, today was identiB FTauk Kiukater, 25. of «• City, Mo. brother of the slain man made Wntlfication at the Baumann * Parlor at Overland, a Skater and Jack Butler. Kanby. were shot to death when opened fire on the deputies a( l arrested them for speedwturday. ’’ral hours later they were ted by Indiana authorities ' bandits who obtained apmiateiy 15,000 in a holdup of Washington state Bank at “•Won. Ind. ' r ' p containing nearly 15.000 <>und in the car which the *ere riding in. Loot Recovered ’’Mngton, Ind., Feb. 14—-RJ.R) J 1943.25 of the 15,586.75 “‘n robbery of the State *J> Washington Saturday re‘“TINUEjJ ON PAGE FIVE) '

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Kidnap Victim 1 fjl • 4 i A. * * iflL Bii ? Charles Boettcher 11., scion of n wealthy pioneer Colorado fam I ily, who was kidnaped from his . home in Denver and held for 160,000 ransom. CROWD ENJOYS i INDOOR CIRCUS ! I Opening Performance of | Circus Held Monday Night on Monroe St. i The opening performance of the • indoor circus and carnival, sponsored by the Decatur Emergency Relief Association, was held in ' he Bowers building on East Monloe street. Monday night. A fair crowd attended the opening night. A musical concert was presented by the wecatur ’ Junior Rand, under the direction , of Dave Rice, and Ellis Eicher entertained with an accairdian < on cert. A program will be given ettcii night of the circus, and booths, bingo games and various forms of ' entertainment will be featured. The admission is 10 cents plus an 1 additional five cent’s worth of food. Children under 12 years of age will be admitted for the food stuff only. The project is sponsored by the local relief association, with De Burt Mangold, chairman of the committee. The circus and carnival will continue throughout the . week, and proceeds will be used to pay the costs of feeding the poor this winter Tonight the pupils of the Central school will present a Valentine play, under the direction of j Miss Grace Coffee, teacher at the. Central building. Rufus Brodbeek. blind von th of St. Marys township, will sing and furnish the entertainment. The program will be given nt S-15 o’clock. Admission tonight will be 111 i cents phis five cents worth of i potatoes The public is urged to I attend the circus. Distribute Clothes I Representatives from the Ladies Aid Society of the Defenseless Mennoiilte Church west of Berne, with the assistance of Mrs. Thompson Nell and Mrs. M iybelle Myers distributed infants clothing, comforts , and quilts to the needy families of Decatur. Monday afternoon. The representatives were Mr. and Mrs. Bitler, Mrs. Sprunger, and Mrs. Amstutz of French township. The donations were greatly appreciated by the various families. o Urges Legislation Washington, Feb. 14 <U.R) — A plea that the senate abandon efforts to consider ISth amendment repeal at this seshion and concentrate on relief legislation to prevent spread of ’’revolution” in the United States was uttered in the senate today by Senator Borah, R., of Idaho. ' If something is not done thousands will lose their homes or will be compelled to hold them by force.” Borah warned the senam in the first speech in debate over the B'aiue motion to make repeal, the senate's unfinished business. I

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DECLARE WEEK BANK HOLIDAY IN MICHIGAN \V eek’s Legal Holiday Is Declared In State of Michigan STATE GOVERNOR M AKES ST ATEMENT , Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 14, — (UP)—Gov. Paul V. McNutt itsued the following statement today when informed that an eight day holiday had been de dared tor all banks in Michii garv. ‘ I see no eason way any alarm should be caused in Indiana by the Michigan situation." Detroit, Mich.. Feb. It. <U.R) A legal holiday for one week, startr ing immediately, w.is de< lifted in Michigan today “on account of the acute financial emergency poi^ex- . isting in Detroit and throughout the state of Michigan.” . During the week, all banks, state and national: will be closed The week's legal holiday, which amounts to a banking moratorium for seven business days, was dei elated early this morning after all i night conferences among Gov. William A. Comstock, state and city banking authorities. Secretary of ' Commerce Roy Chapin, and representatives of the United States treasury and the Federal Reserve Bank. Immediate necessity for the moratorium was created by an acute condition in the ass iirs of the Union Trust Company >f Detroit. 'TSv/ Comstock said he was informed that as matters stood it would have been necessary to have c'osed the doors of that institution this morning. The Union Gnaruiuii Trust Company has been a heavy borrower from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. Inability of the Union Guardian to realize on its assets quickly, to, meet demands for withdrawals existing and anticipated, created the emergency, bank officials disclosed. Last week representatives of the bank were in Washington in conference with Reconstruction Finance Corporation officials. Representatives of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation also attended the conference. The R F. C. has loans outstanding to several Michigan banks. The proclaims ion of a legal holiday was an adaption of the tech mx’TTX’fRD nx pine five 0 JUDGE KISTER HERE SATURDAY Special Judge Will Be Here To Motion For New Trial County Attorney Henry B. Heller and Attorney C. J. Lutz have been advised that Henry Kister of Princeton special judge in the Waitash river dredge case, would be in Decatur next Saturday for the purpose of hearing the motion fut a new trial On January IS, Special Judge Kister found for the petitioners and ordered the river dredged. Attorneys for the remonstrators signified their intention of filing a motion for a new trial and Judge Kister postponed final action in the matter until February 18. so that the attorneys could complete their records. If the motion for a new trial is denied attorneys for the remon’sUators will probably appeal the case to the Indiana supreme court. Besides individual land owners, numbering about 300. the county of Adams and city of Bluffton are remonstrators to the dredging of the river ’ , - —r>— ——< Crll<*H Meeting There will be «n important called meeting of the Tri Kappa sorority in the Chamber of Commerce room tonight at 7 o’clock, prompt. Every .members of ti.ie organization is reI quested t</be present.

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Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, February 11, 1933.

Head Os Sugar Factory Enterprise Was Born In Van Wert County f Ohio

No doubt, everyone interested 11 in the Decatur sugar plant wants | to know something about the man I < who is solely responsible hi bringing about the new organization. Dale W. McMillen, of Chi- ; cago is the man. Born in a log cabin, in Van Wert county. Ohio, fifty years ago. Mr. McMillen spent the early part of his life in that. Imality and for many years was associated With his father in , the elevator and grain business, onerating elevators in Van Writ, Ohio City ami Rockford. In 191(’> Mr. McMillen moved to Fort Wayne and took over the old Doan-Egly transfer elevator where he conducted a grain and hay buying business. In 1917 The McMillen Company started to manufacture feeds on a small scale. Mr. McMillen developed this husi- , ness and under his guidance it I erew rapidly. In 1928 the McMili leu Company became the I Feed Mills and added plants in 1 East St. Louis and Buffalo. In 1929 the Wayne Feed Mills merg--1 ed with the American Milling ' cotnpanv under the name of Allied Mills. Inc. with Mr. McMillen as president. This concern is now one of the largest feed manufac- ■ turing concerns in the United States operating in 34 states with , plants at Fort Wayne, Peoria, ( Buffalo. East S’. Louis, Omaha. . Owensboro and a number of stibI sidfary njnnts in other cities Mr. McMillen is well known . throughout the country in husi-] • noss circles having served as a former president of the National ! Hay and Grain Association and ' ( two terms us president of the i American Feed Manufacturers I Association, While in Fort | Wayne, Mr. McMillen was active I JAMES D. ADAMS IS APPOINTED — Columbia City Publisher Named Chairman of Highway Commission II — Indianapolis, Feb. 14 (U.R) -- Membership of the new three- , member state highway commission was announced late yester-, day by Gov. Ftml V. McNutt. Appointed were tames Adams.. Columbia City publisher who re-' 1 cently was appointed to the com 1 mission: Evan Stotsenherg. New, Albany, former state attorney-gen-; eral; and John Ward Wheeler. Crown Point road contractor. McNutt named Adams as chair | man. Adams and Stotsenherg are I Democrats and Wheeler is a Republican although he supported, McNutt during the latter's campaign last summer and fall. The three will take over the department immediately by virtue j of an executive order. Their fi’ st reorganization move ■ on the highway department will ■ be to reduce the employe force to lon 350.000 off the monthly payroll. Three of the four department executives will be dismissed at once. They are Hugh A. Barn- ' Dart. Rochester publisher, dircc- ' tor; William J. Titus, chief engi- ’ neer, and A. H. Hinkle, maintenance superintendent. No an- ’ nouncement was made concerning the status of Ralph E. Simpson, formerly of Princeton, assistant director, and It wa» believed he will remain temporarily the new commission. Retiring commissioners aro Robert B, Boren. Fountain City, chairman of the commission and a Democrat; Arthur H. 'SSpp, Huntington. and Albert J. Wedeking. Dale, both Republicans. Wedeking is a former chairman, having ! rnNTtNtTFn on pagf vtvf Consider Budget Indianapolis Feb. 14—(UP) —The ’ house of representatives will meet ’ as a committee of the whole tomorrow afternoon to consider the 322,-! 000,000 biennial stale budget, Earl Crawford, speiker, announced today. The budget has been cutapproximately four million dollars from 'the one adopted two ye;irs ago. ■ J The house Is expected to pass the . | budget bill after its meeting and i send it to the senate.

lU i , in civic enterprises such as the i Y.M.C.A., Chamber of Commerce, , and Rotary Club. One of the encouraging features : about the management of the new I organization for the Decatur sugar i plant is the fact that Mr. McMil- ■ len knows farming conditions in ■ Adams. 1 Allen. Wells, Van Wert, Jay and surrounding counties having been closely in touch with . these communities the greater . part of his life. Mr. McMillen has always dealt with farmers and his policy has continually I been th .it he must help the farmer > make money before he could ex- ■ pect success himself. His mes»- ; sage to the farmers at the meet- ! ing here Friday afternoon, explainI ing his plans for the opbration < f I the local mill and announcing the , new beet grower’s contract will be lof great interest to all. Hold Up Bank Centerville, Ind.. Feb. 14. —(UP) —Bandits paid a return visit to the Centerville state hank yesterday, obtaining i simp estimated between--13500 and SI,OOO. A holdup at the same institution Januiry 5. netted two men $1,200. J. C. Bryan, cashier, said he was positive one of two men w .□ ei tered the >.:ink yesterday participated In the first holdup. A third bandit remained outside in a ear. They escaped north but two volunteer vigil intes reported encoun■tering them a short time later on U. S. Road 40. one-half mile west. Chicken At Elks lAnnonneement was made today [that chicken, with all the trimmings will be served as the regular ) Wednesday eight feed at the Elks [lodge tomorrow. Serving will st rt lat 6 o'clock. HAWAII CLOSES ASSAULT CASE Charges Against Four Natives Are Ordered Dismissed by Judge Honolulu. Feb. 14 (U.Rr Hawaii officially wrote the last chapter in the Massie assault case today, dosing the most sensational crim-1 inal litigation in the history of America's insular “melting pot.” Little excitement was precipitated when Circuit Judge Charles S. Davis, acting on motion of Prosecutor John )y. Kelley, dismissed indictments charging four natives with criminally assaulting Mrs. Thalia Fortesque Massie, socially prominent wife of a yonng naval lieutenant. Prosecutor Kelley Informed the court the state had no evidence ! Mrs. Massie had been attacked. Her manner of identifying Horace Ida. Ren Ahakuelo, Henry Chang, David Takia and Joseph Kahaltawai would not stand up in court, CONTTNITEn ON PAGE FIVE Mav Extend Time Indianapolis. Feb. 14. — <U,R) — Secretary of State Frank, Muyr, i Jr., said todav that the legal limit for using 1932 automobile license Plates “probably will be extendled.” Mayr said he and James Cnrnenter. head of the state license ■ bureau, would hold additional con-1 I fereace on the matter tomorrow.

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ADAMS POST TO OBSERVE DATE Local Legion Post Will Hold Washington Day Observance Here Adams post number 43 of the American Legion will hold a special Washington Day parly at the Decatur Country Club Wednesday night. February 22. according to a decision reached by the post at the regular meeting at the Legion hall Monday night. All Legion posts of the Fourth' I congressional district will be in!vited tn attend the special party. Principal speakers on the program will include Sam Cleland, of Fort Wayne; Hob Bushet of Ossian, Fourth district commander, and T. P. (Butch) Haas, of Fort Wayne. Invitations will also be extend-j ed to all ex-service men. whether] or not members of the l,egion. to : : attend the observance of the birthday anniversary of George ■ Washington, first president of the United States. Special entertainment, including a colored quartet and an orchestra, will he presented for the enjoyment of those attending the meeting. The party will start at 8 p. m. Entertain Scouts Announcement was also made that the local post will entertain the Legion Boy Scout troop at the , regular meeting Monday night. February 27. Members of the local post have also decided to visit the soldiers home at Marion, Indiana, on National Hospital day. Friday, May 12. ADAMS COUNTY RESIDENT DIES! Mrs. Carrie Scherry Dies Today At Home West Os Peterson Mrs. Carrie Scherry. 72, a life long resident of Adams county, died at her home three miles south and a half mile west of Peterson at 8 o'clock this morning. Death was due to heart trouble from which Mrs. Scherry had been ill for the last 13 months. The deceased was born in Kirkland township and spent her entire life in this county. She was . the daughter of William and Hannah Villman Diehl, both deceased. On June 24, 1878 she was united in marriage to Jacob Scherry. who preceded her in death ou November 30. 1929. Two daugh- | ters and two sons were born to I the union. One daughter, Mrs. | Lucy Heller is deceased. Surviving are one daughter and two sons: Mrs. William Reppert. route 3. Decatur; Lewis Schern. Upper Sandtlskey, Ohio; and Will Scherry. route 2. Decatur Eleven grandchildren and five great grandchildren also survive. Three sisters and two brothers are deceased. Mrs. Scherry was the last surviving member of the family. She was a member of the St. Luke's Reformed church. I Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Zion Church and burial will be made in the Zion cemeteiv. The Rev. Meckstroth of Vera Cruz will officiate at the funeral. Infant Dies Fort Wayne, Feb. 14 (U.R) — Suffering from H cold and eye Infection a month old baby died today because its unemployed father. Cliffoi’4 Schribner. was unable to obtain medical attention. Police finally were called to remove the child to a hospital but "hev were delayed considerably by muddy unpaved streets leading to Schrlbner's home. - O— --.— A One Man Killed Fort Wayne, Ind.. Feb. 14—Due [man was killed and another injured when their automobile struck an iron Limp post here late yesterday. I Dewey Fisher, 30, driver of the I car, was 'killed almost instantly. Edward A. Chapman was In a ser|ious condition in a hospital here today.

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NEW OWNERS TO ANNOUNCE PLAN AT MEETING FRIDAY Dale W. McMillen. Head of Concern, Will Address Beet Growers And Give Out Terms of Contract; Farmers in 35-Mile Radius of Decatur Invited to Meeting; Acreage to Be Secured; Operation of Mill Means Employment to Many Men. The Decatur sugar factory will operate next fall anti announcement of the new company’s plans and contract tor growing beets will be made at a meeting of farmers, beet . growers and business men to be held in the auditorium of_ the Catholic school building in this city at 1:30 o’clock Friday afternoon. Dale W. McMillen, of Chicago, president of Allied Mills and head of the group of purchasers of the local mill will address the crowd relative to plans for operating the factory and seek their cooperation in one of the biggest commercial I undertakings undertaken in this section of the country in the

oHOOVER SPEAKS IN NEW YORK President Urges International Co-operation For Revival ——— New York, Feb. 14— (U.R) —; President Hoover went back to Washington and the White House 1 today for his 17 remaining days in office, leaving his party a clear-cut policy on war debts and , monetary stability but disappointing followers who had hoped lor an open bid for the retention of party leadership. Mr. Hoover, in what was widely heralded as his 'farewell address.” called for international co-operation for economic revival, with possible use of war debt payments to the United States as a fund to aid central banks in stabilizing currencies on a gold basis. He derided the contention that the war debts in themselves are the dominant factor in the world depression, and made clear a belief that if Europe expects concessions on the debts, her ' nations must’ cooperate in stabilizing currencies and otherwise acting for economic betterment. He spoke before the Lincoln Day dinner of the National Republican club last night. The world, he said, should try to find "a place for silver, at least in enlarged subsidiary coinage.” But though his audience followed his comments on international affairs closely, it was when he turned briefly to party matters that the 1.50(1 Republican listeners displayed the greatest interest. crtNTTVTtKn ny page five MINOR MATTERS ARE CONSIDERED Legislature Considers Onlv Minor Matters In Morning Session Indianapolis. Feb. 14 (U.R) — Minor matters occupied attention ! of house and senate members today as they cleared the way for action on several important administration bills. Both houses will meet this afternoon, the house to consider bills on third reading and the I senate to take tip the utility bill and the bank code bill. A bill reducing salaries of legislators from $9.10 a day to $6.50 was introduced in the bouse. The county salaries bill was recalled from the governor and amended to permit officers in counties of 25,000 population or more to appoint one deputy each. Previously the bill provided for’ appointment of deputies in counties of this class by the commissioners. A bill reducing salaries of field examiners for the state hoard of accounts $2.50 a day was passed in the senate. Representative John M. Cantlev, F)., of Logansport, offered a bi'l in the house which would place a flat tax rate of 1' 4 per cent on all business of personal incomes. Plans of the administration to have state printing done al penal and correctional institutions were revealed in a bill introduced by: two administration leaders. j

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T. E. Snyder, also of Chicago and general-manager of Ithe Decatur plant will be here. ',). W. Calland of Pontiac, Mich., who was recently employed by Mr. McMillen as general field superintendent in the Decatur territory will jattend the meeting and read the contract which the com- , pany offers to beet growers. C J. I Lutz, Decatur attorney will preside lat the meeting. Farmers in Northeastern Indiana and Northwestern Ohio are invited to the meeting and it is expectled that more than a thousand will be here. Great interest is shown by farmers in the raising of beets this year. Although terms of the new conI tract were noj ready for publiea(tion today, it was learned front authoritative sources, that the provisions are the most liberal being offered by any beet sugar company. The grower will participate on a | sto-5U basis with the manufacturers and will be assured of a minimum of at least four dollars a ton for all beets delivered to the local plant. An extra bonus or premium will be paid, based on the average prico paid for sugar and farmers declare that the crop will be one of the most profitable produced. Invite Farmers In a territory of 30 miles surrounding Decatur, a special invitation to farmers to attend the meeting has been extended. The Citizens Telephone Company of this city cooperating with the local committee In charge of arrangement s for the Friday meeting, will salt patrons on 25 exchanges, retching several thousand people with tho announcement that farmers are invited to the special meeting. A caravan of Decatur men wi.l cover the 30-mile territory with hills and placards Thursday, inviting farmers to be in Decatur Friday and to hear Mr. McMillen explain his plans for the operation of the local plant. Appreciating the benefit to farmi era through the operation of tlio beet sugar plant. County Agent L. E Archbold, got in touch with j county agents in a number of adjjoining counties and invited them and farmers from their counties to attend the meeting. Aside from the financial returns of raising the beets, the crop dove-tails in with other crops am! serves as a soil builder, it was pointed out. Deal Closed Today Negotiations lor the purchase of the bonds on the local mill were closed today, it was learned from men associated with Mr McMillen in Chicago today. Details of the deal will probably lie explained by Mr. McMillen and assurance has been given that nothing will hold-up the taking .over of r’te mill and operating it this year. County Is Jubilant Residents of Adams cojinty and surrounding territory are jubilant over the definite announcement that the sugar mill will operate this year. The raising of beets mea. s a cash crop to farmers and the employment of hundreds of peopln during the growing season and, while the mill is running. The new owners intend to make many improvements at the mill and in the yards. It was .stated that plans were already drawn for rebuilding the unloading yards and that work will commence immediately. Tentative plans call for tho expenditure of many thousands of dollars in rebuilding and renovating the plant and in a short time activities will begin, giving employment to several score men. The new owners want at least 12.000 acres of beets contracted tor the 1933 campaign and the securi CONTINUED oiTpAOEFIVir*