Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 31, Number 46, Decatur, Adams County, 23 February 1933 — Page 1

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|ss INCOME MEASURE IS APPROVED Houses of (Jenera! Lmhly I’ass Bill Late Wednesday Le makes to AMENDMENTS Lnapolis, Feb. 23.—(U.R) — L t . jmendment making Lminutrations gross in[u, bill effective only unLwill be removed by the mwe committee before Ci* sent to the governor ■Mature. it was repotted [amendment was acceptL idmmistration leaders L prate when they fearLugb strength could not Eitered to suspend rules fah the bill through to Lpolis. Feb. 23.—0 W hot Democratic adminfa forces held strongly [lndiana state and house faterday and the legisIpajseti Gov. Paul V. |t’s gross income tax fe suspended rules. ■ house vote was 64 tn ■the senate. 35 to 13. ■important amendments faei in the senate. One fat bill effective only until ■ 1135. The other provides fatncti already in effect ■ come under provisions of ■a u th? hoiise concurs in ' ■etdmr-nts the hill will he ■ Gov Paul V. McNutt. It ■ped by night. ■htiou forces were 1 ■ tearful of their strength ■mat- when the bill was ■the house y.-t> .day after- ■ report of the ways and ■mtittee. But their fears ■tlth the huge majorities ■ bill in both houses. ■grtsfaniH . !r; the house Bi means ton.mittee, the ■forparage and the minor- ■■ only by Rep. J. Clinn ■ ten.. Hanim 'nd. for inBhhtponement. Ellyson atJtt measure .c speaking on ■ harntfii! to the "little Bp>".l> te,a.t, adopted ■ house voted 74 to 19 to Perales. With the bill on ano.her attack BJ“ti by fiepnblcans and ■pDentotrat-. including repre.- i,'..'i\es. But ■ preset with 13 votes to ■ tas- Repul.i , alls voted ■Jreijri Tli r y were Rep. ■** William c. Babcock. Hobart Creighton. ■ ‘‘rrei i .oiidard. Rush■*wi»is voting against it ■ Wiesentai v<-s .John F. i.,ke Coun.y; ■•“• Elkhart: Samuel Fei ■•J*" 1 * V. Korpal. South |1 11g1 ,.. s (Pnjhpn; Michigan City: ny paqf FIVE fWIE IWWENT * B/or Trust ComWjyment Will Be y*dy Saturday two per cent. “Posit < in the People.) ■L?I*' 1 *' Company, will be ■ jj' Herman H. Myers, 'he collection of the stoikhold today. ’ ,|ll no * lie mailed. *<*• This is done to having 6r ° asked to call office i„ lhe Erwin t ', OUI 1 Soco sl street. ML u er on *‘ dollar will be Myers stated. De■btk.? 1 * 1 "' l”''son and W! ' n ’ enls--1 Bill l "' ’'istribut■L, i» figured of more than s3ho,. ,he "foclt■Mtu a " r ® n <’*red in first * trlt, ‘Hion repre1 > 1,300 checks

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MAYOR GERMAK PASSES CRISIS IN HIS ILLNESS Chicago Mayor Shows Definite Turn For Better This Morning WOMAN REPORTED OUT OF DANGER Miami, Fla., Feb. 23 (U.P) Mayor Ante J. Cermak of Chicago pass-' ed the crisis at 7 p. m. yesterday and this morning had shown a definite turn for the better. Dr. J W. Snyder, one of his physicians, announced today. The announcement came after a night during which, for the first time, two of Mayor Cermak’s physicians remained at the hospital, one. Dr. Frank J. Jirka, his son-in-law, sleeping in the mayor's room, i Cermak’s temperature was near i normal this morning and his pulse and respiration had retarded .satisfactorily. Dr. Snyder said after his night-long vigil. Mayor Cermak slept fitfully, it was learned from hospital authorities. About 4a. m. he awakened and said. "Gee. I feel better." At that time his temperature was 98.2, respiration 20. and pulse 104. Though official reports have held CONTTNHRn ON CIOC TWO SAMUELCLELAND MAKES ADDRESS Fort Wayne Attorney Speaks At Washington Day .Meeting Here "There must be some form of currency inflation and ere way to do it is to have the government issue two billion three hundred million dollars worth of currency and pay the soldiers ‘bonus", Samuel Cleland. wai veteran and atior ey of Fort Wayne stated in an address at an American Legion Washington birtiday anniversary meeting here last night. Mr. Cleland was the principal speaker at the first Washington birthday program held by Adams Post No. 43 of the American Legion. The program was held al the Decatur Country club and was semi- public. Mlles Roop was general chairman of the meeting and C. O. Porter acted as toastmaster. Commander David Adams of the local post presided. Music was furnished by the Decatur German Bind. Prof. Paul W’.iithouse, Tillman Gehrig He ry Faurote and singing by a quartet of Legionnaires. Several hundred men attended. | Mr. Cleland paid tribute to George Washington as one of the greatest statesmen in history. "His work i the Constitutional convention is the most noble Out of this convention ; the greatest government on earth has been bnilded and every true (American appreciates the servites rendered by Washington. ••Today we are facing one of the most perilous moments in history. The depression is undermining our 1 form of government There are two ways to maintain' government. One is by force and the other is through ' confidence. Today we l-i k faith and I confidence and until it is restored ’ conditions will not get better' stat ed Sir. Cleland. Mr. Cleland is an exponent of I currency inflation. He stated he did not care how the system was changed but emphasized that some change had to be mule before the J ilia of the depression were combat ed. “Let them isuse more currency or let them change the gold standard. By law congress has fixed the value of gold at $20.67 an ounce. , Congress can change this standard. CONTINUED ON PAGE HVK 0 Capacity Crowd .' The Moose auditorium was filled I to capacity Wednesday night when the Women of the Moose presented ■ a George W ishingto play. The proI gram also consisted of musical num- . tiers songs, readings, tap dances • and the one act play, "Mother and i Son." • I The program was sponsored by ■ the Library committee of the lodge, i' comprising Mrs Lula Shaffer and I Mrs. Ida Lehman.

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Cermak’s Latest Photo ______ WMMIIIS Mil 111 mums. H ■ 111 111 I.MMI hi,.iii,i,. mmoVt 'JlßMa— m f ~-F. Here is tiie latest photograph of Mayor Anton J. Cermak. taken in I lot ida on February 1;>. while the mayor was a'*uiting a conference with President-elect Roosevelt. That same evening a mad assassin, seeking to kill the President elect, shot down Mr. Cermak.

Man Acquitted Greenfield. Ind.. Feb. 23—(UP)— A jury in Hancock circuit court last night acquitted Charles J, Schmidt on the nine year old charge of murdering August Snilker, Gem farmer. The jury found, hovever, that Sc'l.midt was insane at the time Spilker was killed in November, 1923. Schmidt was arrested after the shooting, declared insane and sent to the state hospital for criminal i sane at Michigan city. He spent nine years there before officials acceeded to the plea of relatives and sent him back for trial on the murder charge. Hospital attendants said Schmidt apparently has regained his mental balance. Ho will be examined again before being freed. LEADERS SEEK FARMER RELIEF Farm Leaders, Legislators Seek Working Plan For Debt Relief Chicago. Feb. 23 —<(J.R)—Agricultural leaders, state legislators and dirt farmers themselves today sought a working plan for debt : relief Calling of a truce in the Wisconsin milk strike again focused attention on proposals for pernian- . ent farm relief Instead of transatory attempts to raise prices. legislative action to establish moratoria on mortgages, which already are in effect in lowa and Wisconsin, was taken in Montana, Gktahoma, Arizona and Michigan. Hope for a 'new deal" to American farmers under the incoming Roosevelt administration was seen in statements by Henry Wallace. lowan who is to he secretary of agriculture anid whose father held the same job in the Republican Harding cabinet. "If prices do not become higher, it will be necessary to have legislation reducing debts to a point which will justly horrify all banks and insurance companies.” Wallace said. "If the banks and insurance companies really understood the peril of continued de(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE! o —— Rehearsal Tonight An old time minstrel act full of songs and laughs will be the entertainment furnished during the first part of the Elks Minstrel and Musicol Revue, according to the committee in charge. Clayson Carroll will be interlocutor. Endmen will be Fred Schurger. Kenneth Beard, Mark Braden. Frank McConnell, Martin Mylott and 0. W. P. Mack1 Un. A rehearsal will be held at seven thirty o’cclock tonight at the Elka home. The entire cast is requested to attend.

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Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, February 23, 1933.

COMMITTEE TO MEET SATURDAY I Democratic City Committee Will Organize Here Saturday , Dr. Burt Mangold. Democratic I city chairmin today called a meett ing of the precinct committeemen aid vice committeemen for SaturI day afternoon for the purpose of electing a chairman and other officers of the city central committee. The meeting will he held at 1:30 o'clock at Democratic headquarters above the Daily Democrat office. Members of the committee are urged to be present. A chairman, vice-chairman, secretary and treasurer of the organization will be selected by the committeemen. The new chairman will 1 pilot the Democratic party during: 1 the comiug city election. Dr. Mangold has served two terms as democratic city chairman. The | city committee and the vice com- > mitteemen are: First ward “A" Will Linn. Mrs. Mabelle Myers; first ward “B”, Dee Frybaek,, Mrs. Leo Saylors; second ward "A”. J. L. 'Ehler, Mrs. J. L. Ehler; second I ward "B” Ferd O'Brien. Mrs. Ferd , O'Brie.?; third ward, "A” Ed Green. Miss Genevieve Kitson; third ward "B". Miles F. Roop, Mrs. Miles F Roop. So far the legislature has not made any changes in the primary law and under the present law the city primary will he held Tuesday. May 2. HOOVER TO TAKE FISHING TRIP President Hoover Will Make Trip After Inauguration Day Washington, Feb. 23. — (U.R) — President Hoover's fishing trip after he becomes a private citizen will take him to the Pearl Islands ' off the coast of Panama, fabled ini' the lore of pirate treasure. He will spgjid four or live days among the islands and iu the bay of Panama in quest of the elusive sail fish. He then will sail for his California home, probably on the liner President Van Buren. Mr. Hoover likely will attend a deception by the governor of the i Canal Zone, and another by the president of Pan' ma. He intends to be the center oi no other formal entertaining. Arrangements for the trip have been completed by Roy T. Davis, minister to Panama, now in Washington. Mr. Hoover will leave for New York immediately after the inauguration on March 4 to sail on the liner Pennsylvania. 1 CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE* * '

DEBATE LOOMS OVER TEACHER TENURE BILL Measure Goes To House For Second Reading; Debate Threatens OTHER MEASURES ARE CONSIDERED Indianapolis, Feb 23 — (U.R) — Another long debate over proposed repeal of the teacher tenure ■ law was threatened in the legislature today when the bill was sent to the house on second read j ing. It has been passed by the senate where it was amended to repeal the tenure law only for teachers in towmship schools. The house education committee in reporting out the measure amended it to exempt teachers in i township, town and consolidated I schools from the tenure act. Representative E. Millard Dill, D.. of Plainfield, started an argument then by moving to retain school towns under the tenure. Before a vote could be taken the house recessed with the intention of resuming its debate I this afternoon. It was announced that the bank code bill would be recalled by the house in order to place a limit of seven on membership of the new banking commission set up under the measure. The house concurred in a senate amendment increasing the appropriations of $51,000 and sent i the twenty two million dollar biennial budget bill to the governor for signature. A hill limiting women In industry to 48 hours of work a week was killed in the senate by indefinite poetponeßient. A inuuoii to force the senate bill reducing the interest rare on petty loans from three and one half per cent .to two per cent a month was tabled in the house 42 to 41. Under suspension of rules the senate passed and sent to the ! house a bill placing the lieutenant i governor's office on a full time CONTINt'F.D ON PAGE FIVE DICK HELLER IS NAMED TO POST Decatur Newspaper Man To Be Secretary To Lieutenant-Governor Announcement was made at Indianapolis today that Dick Heller, newspaper man and son of Mr. and Mrs. John Heller, of this citv. had been named secretary to Lieutenant-Governor M Clifford Townsend of Marion. Mr. Heller, who is secretary of the state senate, will take up his duties at the close of the present assembly session. He has been in Indianapolis since the session convened. January fl. In the reiu giiuizatinn of the state government, the lieutenant- , governor becomes one of the directing heads of four of the prin- , cipal departments of government. These departments are now group■ed under the divisions of stat', education, public works, commerce and industries. Next to the governor, the office of lieuI tenant-governor becomes the most I important office in the state. Since 1925, Mr. Heller has been associated with his father in the publishing of the Decatur Daily Democrat. Following his graduation from Indiana Uniersity in 1924, he was employed on the Indianapolis News, later returning toe Deatur. He served as chief clerk in the House of the 1931 legislature and also in the special session of the assembly last July. Mr. Heller is at present Demoi cratic county chairman and is a past president of the Indiana Democratic Editorial Association. He is vice-president of the Decatur Democrat Company. He and his family will move to Indianapolis sometime next month. o Brotherhood Meeting The Otterbein Brotherhood of the United Brethren church will meet at '7 o'clock this evening at the church. O. L. Vance will speak are I the subject, "The History of the 1 American Indian.’’

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Roosevelt Cabinet Is Completed Barring Any Last Minute Changes

Hyde Park, N. Y., Feb. 23.— (U.R) —President-elect Roosevelt today announced appointment of former Gov. George Dern, of Utah, as secretary of war in the new administration The president-elect also announced appointment of Representative Lewis Douglas, Arizona, as budget director. Washington. Feb. 23. — (U.R) — President-elect Roosevelt has comI pleted his cabinet of nine men and one woman who will bring to the - new administration the views of ■ i nearly every section and every ■ shade of party opinion. The final set-up. as disclosed io ’ the Democratic leaders here, includes men experienced in industry and finance, in the problems of ■ the farmer and the laboring man, ■ in legislation and polities. ' The new cabinet breaks with tradition in giving representation ‘ to men who previously had been ‘ aligned with the Republican party, t For the first time, it gives a woman 1 a place at the national council table. • Barring last-minute changes, the • cabinet which will help Mr. Roose--1 velt shape his promised "new deal" will be: 1 Secretary of state —Senator Cor- • dell Hull, Tennessee. - Secretary of treasury — William H. Woodin. New York industrialist. 1 Secretary of war George H.

BEET ACREAGE RESPONSE GOOD r Field Manager States That Campaign Progresses Satisfactorily 1 'Hie campaign tor beet acreage - is progressing in a very satisfactory • manner, it was stated today by .1. 1 Ward Calland, local manager. The 5 number of acres contracted to d te are surprisingly high, he said, and 1 he believes that within a short time ’ the required amount will lie secur- ‘ ed. At a meeting held at Van Wert Tuesday night and attended by about 125 farmers, a total of 408 acres was signed. Many applications from outside teritories have come in but these will not be accepted ■ unless necessary to complete the desired total. This week the greatest effort has been made in the territory outside the immediate vicinity and the c.imI paign tor the ten-mile circle around the plant, will open Saturday. It is expected that this will he cleaned up withii? a week and it will then be known definitely how to plan for the section beyond the trucking • limit. Several field men are assist- ' ing in the work this week. —o Open Investigation r I.os Angeles, Fol). 2:1 (U.R) — ( Tlie county grand jury today be- 1 gan investigation of the deatli last Labor Day of Paul Bern, motion picture executive and husband of .Jean Hallow, screen platinum blond REOPEN BANKS IN MICHIGAN ) Most of Michigan’s Banks Reopen Today Fo r Limited Operations Detroit, Feb. 23—(U.R)— Most of ■ Michigan's banks reopened today' . for limited operations under a. ■ modification of tlie holiday period . pi ©claimed last week by Gov. • William A Comstock. I The Union Guardian Trust com . ! pany opened only its trust departments. Officers announced a ■ statenul -ft would be fssned cxt plaining their position. Crisis in i the affairs of this institution was • the direct cause cited by the gov- -. ernor when he issued his moratorium order. > All other units of the Union . Guardian group opened in conference witli limitations agreed upon by other bankers. A group of 70 small banks In j the "thumb district" announced t they would refuse to open until , the status of their deposits, in j, Detroit banks, was clarified, j. Upper peninsula banks stead-i | ►«»>. . . , CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE

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Dern, governor of Utah from 1924 to 1932. Attorney general—Senator Thomas J. Walsh. Montana. Secretary of navy — Senator Flflude A Swanson. Vrginia. Secretary of agriculture—Henry A. Wallace, lowa farm publisher. Postmaster general — James A. Farley, New York, chairman of the Democratic national committee. Secretary of commerce -— Daniel C. Roper, South Carolina lawyer and veteran Democrat. Secretary of interior — Harold Ickes, Illinois lawyer and one-time "Bull Moose" Republican. Secretary of labor —Miss Frances Perkins, New York state industrial commissioner and authority on labor problems. I Selection of Hull and Woodin ali ready has been announced formally by Mr. Roosevelt. Announcement of the others is expected soon. Choice of Ickes. Roper and Dern were the last to be decided. Ickes, a Chicago attorney, was a leader in the Bull Moose campaign of 1912 and his selection gives representation to the insurgent Republican elements which supported Mr. Roosevelt in the last election. The interior department post which he will fill had been offered to two Republican senators, Johnson of California and Cutting of New Mexico. but they preferred to remain CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO

Limit Withdrawals Fort Wayne. Feb. 23 — (U.R) — 1 Officers of the Dime Savings and Trust Company of Fort Wayne, i one of the smaller financial instii tutions here announced today that withdrawals on checking accounts will be restricted to five per cent i a month temporarily The bank also is enforcing the 160 day notice' on withdrawal of savings and certificates of deposits. It will continue- business as usual. The Old First .National Bank, one of the largest financial insti tutions in Fort Wayne, started enforcing the 60 day rule Monday' but has made no restriction on checking accounts. RECEIVE BIDS FOR AUTO TIRES Commissioners Will Receive Bids Here Tuesday, March 7 Proposals from dealers to furnish automobile tires to the county highway department will be received by the board of commissioners, Tuesday March 7. Bids will be received on truck i tires., including solid, semi pneumatic and heavy duty tires. Dealers are requested to furnish the i ame of the tires, size, weight and carrying capacity and hid on forms prescribed by the state hoard of accounts. The commissioners met at tlie ; court house this morning and fixed tlie date for receiving bids The matter of employing a superintendent of highways or turning tlie raids over to the county surveyor. in compliance with the new law. has not yet been definitely decided. The board will meet before March 1 for the purpose of taking action. The law provides that the supervision of the roa’ds be turned over to tlie county surveyor or a road ' supervisor be named. The taw! abolishes the present county high-■ way department. 0 Found Not Guilty Hartford City. Ind.. Fev. 23 —(U.R) —A jury in Blackford circuit court early today acquitted Harold Me-' Donald, 20, on charges of involuntary manslaughter. He was accused of giving liquor to George Ireland, 17, which resulted in the latter’s death. ——o--Earthquake In Chile Iqi'ique, Chile. Feb. 23—(UP)—! A violent earthquake, accompanied by subterranean noises and flashes of lightening was fell here at 4 A. M. today. Tlie population, alarmed, ran from houses into the streets. First i I reports indicated no casualties or j 1 extensive property damage.

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HEAVY LOSSES ARE REPORTED DURING BATTLE .Japanese Troops Storm Chinese Trenches Near Nanling Today EIGHT BAYONET CHARGES MADE Nanking, Friday, Feb.. 24.— (U.R) —China received a Japanese ultimatum demanding withdrawal of Chinese forces from Jehol and immediately replied today that any aggressive action would be resisted. Peining, Feb. 23 (U.R) A desperate battle with heavy losses on both sides was announced by the Chinese today in the vicinity of Nanking. The Japanese stormed the Chinese positions alter a preliminary air bombing and heavv artillery barrage, lhe Chinese reported. Wave after wave of gretn-efad Nipponese broke against the ( hinese trenches as eight bayonet charges were made. Machine guns and mortars poured death into the struggling iroops, fighting hand-to-hand. The attack finally was repulsed and the Chinese held their positions. they claimed. Nanling. on the Jehol border east of Chaoyang, is the most hotly contested sector of the 250mile battle line. The Chinese reported that Japanese planes bombed Chaovang itself, destroy- : ing many houses. Chinese Dug In Peiping, Feb. 23—(U.R) —Chinese armies ifefetidhrg Jehol pi'ovince , against the powerful Japanese war machine dug In today along a 250-mile battle front, to block the Japanese drive for annexation of Jehol to the state of Manchoukuo. Although heavy fighting had occurred along the eastern Jehol border, where the main Chinese and Japanese forces were concentrated. Chinese sources here agreed tliut the main Japanese . offensive was not yet under way. The Chinese were equipped with modern engines of war and were using the french tactics de- ■ veloped in the world war. Involved in the impending ba*tie for Jehol were infantry, cavalry, artillery, machine guns, tanks and liirplanes. Fierce hand-to-hand encounters were reported F rom the Nanling sector. An official communique issued here claimed 300 Jananese casualties in the first fighting, and it was admitted tha' Hire Chinese suffered heavy losses. Killed By Auto Wabash. Ind., Feb. 23. — (U.R) — Joseph Treska. 48. father of 12 chilJ dren. was killed last night when struck by an*'iitomobile. 414 DELEGATES IN CONVENTION Bill Provides This Number For Special State Convention On Repeal Indianapolis, Feb. 23.— (U.R) —Indiana’s convention for ratification or rejection of the congressional resolution repealing the 18th amendment would consist of 414 delegates, under the hill introduced by Sen. Jacob Weiss, D., Indianapolis, : it was determined today. The bill allows each county ona delegate at large plus one delegate for each 10,000 population. Nominations would be made by petition. Each petition must contain at least 500 names and would nominate candidates equal to the ■ number allowed the county, provided those named either are all for or all against ratification. Nominees must. declare their stand before elections. Nominees would be chosen by the secretary of state. The governor would certify the nominations to circuit court clerks. The bill provides tha' the goverCONTINUED ON FAGS FIVH