Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 31, Number 47, Decatur, Adams County, 24 February 1933 — Page 1

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|om>nodores Are Defeated By Central Catholic in Tourney

tATU R LOSES Ifortwayne IN FIRST GAME Lodores Are Elimin E| From State Meet ■ By 30-15 Score It half lead ■ DEI F \TS LOCALS ■janapolis, I’fli. 21 tU.R)i K|r.ii Catholic ’’l" Fort K,. (leh-ah <1 the Oei atur Ko<|i>rcs 30 to 15 in the game ol the sixth K state 1 alhoiic high ■iDiAclhail toiiriianient ■ t(»klV. _ . ■s Wavin’ leil 19 to / al ■d ol the first half. Bjlrtarur i.a ward. !•■<! the Kfrrr-s Willi three field ■ srariy half of his team’s ■ • r--. I five points Klosing quintet. ■■"'l ll:•■snail in. Fort ■ forwards, inti the Irish K, ard points, respei- ■ Both coat’lu-s used their ■ sqqails during the game. ■(>!.,. <|i.-<-iiies breaking scoring column. and summary: FG FT TP ■ad. f 1 4 io Hail, t 4 0 8 Ki r K 1 Kb 6 30 | Km nrA t o (T' Ki f Ht Kt t k.c a o o B 3 z4> 6 B o H< Ha;.' Early Today - •loniixl. o • a- -I onagers left - hriut.a? w here t her ■ - meet Central B* 1 y ■ n ihe ,>|» r. ”’ oik i. . noun. in t’m- party were: |B’- -’■ Dave Bak com -md trainer: I! Inal, ■■kt-...- student I’-d: 1.-i.se. 1 lain. Hi.,.;..- Murphy. Mil an<! ir .n Hess. MH** 8 -' ■*' ,!lls morning ’'■’"CT) ON PAGE TWO To Death Ind IV- J| tU.R’ WB|BM.I!h .mag< rof the (l ' l! --tl- . I ,11, ( any J I ■B** *4* io death ,ii heio owlav. ■T " l appal foe attempted |K*’'- V station He ■B*W*-i talking to n. r. r hein Indiana oil company. HF' "“’hid. .i son. in Riis helafiekt. Wis. K PRICES I* HINSTREL |Wfton In |' r j ces j s \ n . H7' (i Today For II Wks Minstrel ■— K" tickets tor the Elks ’ mus ie revue, to be ■KJ *"' l Tuesday night at ■HL’?" ’ h “ I "’ ‘ w,a '’ t<) 05 rent 4 | or te!lt " fur ■ hildren. '"minly announced ■K*. * ’ad 15 cents KhZ" ! ' iH '‘'s minstrel HB eVer >' Hight for the a ,a ’' (>r about Ukl "« part. üßb '”R revue is f, ' al, "c-s of the HKt>t*.r ) " ißdii ‘" s f,, ‘d HMki, , „ of ant! Cle.e. m " v «' r >'oue EH “® eat ertamment.

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Vol. XXXI. No. 47.

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Mrs. Joseph H Gill, wife of a prominent Miami official, one of the victims seriously wounded by the wild shooting of Guiseppe Zangara. attempted assassin of Presidentelect Roosevelt, has been declared to he definitely on the roads to recovery. .

CONFERENCE AT LOCAL CHURCH Annual Meeting of Fort Wayne District at M. E. Church Next Week The annual meeting of the Kort Wayne district of the Methodist Epi»<o|ul ihutches will be held at the Decatur M. E. church next Mon day and Tuesday. February 27 and 28. Bishop Edwin F. Lee. the Methodist missionary bishop of Malaya and the Philippines, will be one of the principal speakers at the meeting. The first sessio- will pen at 1 o’clock Monday afternoon with examinations of candidates for license to priu;h. local preachers in course of study, candidates for reception trial, for orders and recognition of orders. Rev. Benjamin Kendall of Peru will discuss "The Merged Church Service". The afternoon session will close with a sermon by Rev F. F. Thornburg at 4 p. m. The laymen's banquet will be held at 6 p. m. Monday, the program in charge of E. Stanley Gerig of Fort Wayne The Decatur choir will furnish a musical program. Addresses will l>e made follow! :g the banquet by Dr. Orien W. Fifer of Cincinnati and Bishop Lee. The Tuesday morning session will open with a devotional period at 8:45 o'clock, under the direction of Rev. W. E. Loveless. Huntertown'. This will l>e followed by examinations and recommendations for local preacher’s license, doctrine by Rev. U- S. Hartley, Fremont; discipline by Rev. E. .1. Wicket sham, .Auburn. Short discussions of the various i chinch institutions will be given at 9:45. The morning session will dose with an address by Miss Mar garet Haberman, missionary to India, at 11 o'clock. The meeting will close with the jafternoon session Tuesday, Rev. G. F. Hubbart. Bluffton, will speak on, I "Re-Thinking Missions ". The district superintendent will deliver the I closing word at 2:45 p. in. A special ministers wives and daughters program will be held Tuesday afternoon, opening at 1:15 ‘o'clock. Choked On Ropes Muncie. Ind., Feb. 24. —4U.R) - Dr. Ralph Wilson. Evansville wrestler, wan reported out of danger at Ball Memorial hospital today where he was taken last night after being injured in a bout with Wee Willie Davis. Virginia. Attending physicians. R. A. Beeson and Ed C. Davis, expressed no alarm over the wrestler's condition. It was thought he might have suffeted a brain concussion. Dr. Wilson, former Indiana universlty wrestler and former light heavyweight champion of the Big ■ Ten, was said to have been choked i between the ring ropes in his bout , I with Davis.

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McNUTT SIGNS NEW BANK CODE MEASURETODAY Bill Provides Stringent Control Os All Indiana State Banks SOME CLAUSES EFFECTIVE NOW Feb. 24—(UP) Two Huntington banks closed since January 23 on a moratorii m declared by Mayor Zach Dugan, reopened today under the new bank code bill just signed by Gov. Paul V. McNutt. One provision of the bill effective immediately enables banking department to permit reopening of banks if 80 per cent of the depositors are represented in an agreement. ' Indianapolis Feb 24 —I . Fl —Gov. Paul V. McNutt today signed the new bank code bill providing stringent control of all state banks. Emergency clauses written in- the bill before its passage by the senate will become effective immediately. Remainder of the bill authorizing appointment of a five man (tanking commission and creating a pew departme t will go into effect July 1. One of the sections becoming a law at once authorizes the present banking depaitmeni to set up rules to meet emergencies in any part of the state. Tliis flexible power, govern, g ttart.il ularly acute situations where a limit in withdrawals will allow a hank to reopen or remain open is described as the greatest placed in any department in the country. The department is permitted to close any bank' temporarily if deemed advisable, set tip a depositors withdrawal limit and allow reopening if creditors representing 80 per cent of the depositors agree to withdraw no more titan tiie prescribed limit. The other three sections made effective immediately would: ’’Allow a reope ing if 80 per cent of the depositors are represented in an agreement. ‘Give department as well as receivers power to enforce stock hold(is double liability. ‘•Authorize liquidating agents of GONTfNT'Rn ON PAGE FIVE BALMY WEATHER IN MIDDLE WEST Typical Spring Weather Sweeps Across Midwest From California Chicago. Felt. 24. —(U.R) Typical spring weather swept across tlio middle west today on balmy breezes from California. Overcoats weie discarded. Sandlot baseball games were organized. Marble champions were practicing in their neighbnrhoods At Kansas City, where the temperature was 72, Floyd B. Beagle, 35. broke hist leg when lie fell while playing Itaseball on a vacant lot. Davenport and Keokuk, lowa, reported temperatures above 60 degrees and were in the same class as Los Angeles and warmer than San ETancisco. Denver and New Orleans reported the same temper- | ature of 68. Indications were that the warm weather, which was in marked contrast with the record-breaking cold wave earlier this month, would continue at least until the weekend. In Chicago, the last rent- ' nants of snow drifts rapidly were ! disappearing under the bright sun- , shine. The Dakotas and upper Great Lakes regions were at greatest variance with the high temperatures over the rest of mid America. An tbsence of high pressure areas was ’ given ns the explanation of the tin-, seasonably warm weather - — O" 11 ■" School Destroyed • Marion. Ind.. Feb. 24. —tU.RI Fire i destroyed the Washington school! i here early today. Loss was est. i mated at $45,000.

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, February 24, 1933.

Pays Mortgage To Get Out Os Debt j County Auditor Glen Cowan tells an interesting story of a Decatur I resident who called at his office recently and wanted to pay a small school fund mortgage which the county held, because he wanted to be "out of debt once in his life." L The man. without mentioning any name, Mr. Cowan stated, is 73 years old and his mortgage was not due until 1934. lie said to Auditor Cowan, "1 am 73 years old and have been in debt all my life. Sometime ago I made up my mind that 1 wanted to enjoy a few years without Ute thought of owing a single soul. 1 have the money now and I want to pay my mortgage." Mr Cowan accepted the payment and the elderly gentleman left the office, smiling all over and frossessing an air which, they say, goes with financial independence. The remark was made, "well there goes one person who does not owe anyone a penny" and those who heard the remark wondered what kind of a feeling it would bring to them. Mr. Cowan stilted today that the payment of interest and principal , on the school fund mortgages was behind and that an effort would have to be made to collect the delinquent payments. WALTHER LEAGUE PRESENTS PLAY L Zion Walther League Presents Three-Act Comedy Thursday Night . A clever three act comedy, “I • Will—T Won't” was presented by i the members of the Zion Walther ' League in the Decatur high school auditorium Thursday night. The ’ auditorium was filled to capacity for the production ‘ Music was furnished by the Fort Wayne Mandolin Club, and Albert Keller gave several readings betwee:. the acts of the play. 1 The cast impersonated the various characters in a splendid man-! ■ ner anil the comedy was greatly enjoyed by the appreciative audi- : eiice. The play was laid in the i living room in the girls’ dormitory at Brainerd College during midwinter. The second and third acts ■ take place one month later. Dr. Anthony King, the school ! doctor, the part which is played ■ by Harry Keuer, wishes to establish a hospital for crippled children. Tillable to realize his ambition he becomes medical attendant to a group of healthy college girls. f Miss Mollie Haugk enacted the part of Miss Willis, dean of the girls' school in a fine manner, and i Mrs. Oscar Lankenau played the j part of Mrs. Stevens, a modern . hard-boiled grandmother who proved that she had a heart of gold when the happiness of her newfound granddaughter, Joan Stevens. was at stake. Frelda Shearer I took the part of the co-ed who was > Joan's rival for the affections of i the school doctor and. by her knowledge of the substitution of of • the real Lucile Stevens, by Joan Stevens, parts well played by Alma Bucher, added to the complications. ; Edna Hoile plsyed the part of Joan's roommate. Richard Mail-. : and took the part of the lawyer, who had the giving of a hospital to the doctor in his charge. Eldred Frc.hnapfel took tile part of the CON’TTNtIEn ON PAGE FIVE O Institute Saturday The Adams County Teachers In-1 stltute will be held iu the Decatur high school auditorium. Saturday. All teachers in county schools will attend the institute which will be in two sessions, morning and astern 00,11'. The morning program will open at 9 o'clock and the afternoon session will convene at 1 o'clock. Mr. Stacey of Indianapolis will speak on "World Peace.” — o Chapel Program • Harold Taylor and Oscar a d Edgar Grotrian, of near Monroeville presented a program of mountain songs at a special chapel program at the Decatur high school this morning. They are regular broadcasters from station WOWO at Fnrt Wayne. Tne program was arranged by the Commercial club.

RUSH BILLS IN ~ BOTH HOUSES Administration Measures Receive Consideration In Assembly Indianapolis, Feb. 24 —(CPI—Im- . portaut administration bills receiv- ' ed first consideration iia the legia- ‘ lalitre today as both homies speed- ■ ed up their program in an effort to ' lie ready for adjournment next week. 1 Gov Paul V McNutt signed Hie bank code bill and received Hie gross income tax me iusre ‘ Both houses concurred in a i • ferenee committee report removing 1 two amendments from the gross ' income tax bill. One would have 1 made the law effective only until ■ April 1935 while the other would I have exempt contracts in effect before May 1. The law becomes effective o that date. ‘ Another udmi. istration hill was i given preference in the house to--1 day. A companion measure to the bank lode bill provides for an interest rate of three and one half per cent a month on petty loans up to Jl5O and two and one half per cent on loas from $l5O to S3OO. Fifty-one members of the house ' petitioned lieutenant governor M. ' Clifford Townsend to use his infltteenee to force house bill 322 out of the senate committee on education without recommendation. The hill provides for printing of ■ first, second and third grade text books in the state reformatory at j Pendleton. These books would be sold to pupils by the state at less than 10 cents each. The senate this afternoon was ex pected to vote on final passage of ' administration bills controlling the sale anil manufacture of beer and . repeal of the Wright "bone dry" : law. Senator Jacob Weiss, D., of Indianapolis, announced that his bill setting up machinery for a state conCONTTN.ITED ON PAGE THRFTE O Lincoln Program A program, featuring the anecdotes and sayings of President Liu coin was given by members of the Rotary club at the meeting held al the Rice hotel last evening. The men who took part in the program were Chat les Broadbeck. Martin Mylott, A. D. Suttles and Wilson Lee. ROOSEVELT TO AWARD OFFICES President-elect Starts Conference With Various Party Leaders Albany, N. Y., Feb. 24—(U.R) - President-elect Roosevelt, who has ignored political and geographical factors to an unusual degree in selecting his cabinet, is ready now to recognize the practical political requiremeutH Inherent in the dispensing of patronage. He settled down today tor the i first of a series of conferences , with James A. Farley, national Democratic chairman and as such, chief patronage dispenser, to decide awards of plums to loyal party workers. Commission chairmanships, positions in the ‘little cabinet” of assistants to cabiuet members, «nd important postmasterships I will be discussed. The president-elect has his own patronage list and Farley had one laboriously prepared after his meetings with politics! leaders in Miami while Mr. Roosevelt was l yachting. The two men. long associated iu New York polities, set out to reconcile the two lists. It was reported authoritatively that the cabinet line-up which i came from Washington 48 hours ago. and which included the names lof Dan Roper of South Carolina for secretary of commerce ami I Harold Ickes of Chicago for secretary nf the interior, was authentic. This list, which included George H. Dern. former governor of Utah for secretary of war, a selection confirmed at Hyde Park by Mr. Roosevelt yesterday, will receive the official approval of the presiCONTLNUaD on' PAGb'tWO

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JAP DELEGATES LEAVE LEAGUE MEETING TODAY Delegation To League"Of Nations Walks Out After League Report LEADER STATES JAP WITHDRAWAL Geneva. Feb. 24. (U.R) —The Japanese delegation to the League of Nations walked out of the league assembly meeting today alter the assemb'y adopted the report and reeonimendatio s for settlement of the Manchurian dispute. Japanese delegate Yusoke Matsuoka told the assembly Japan could no longer coonerate with theGea-; gue. The assembly vote was 42 to 1. iwith one abstention. The United Press correspondent asked Matsuoka if the Japanese! delegation's action in leaving the assembly meant his government's withdrawal from the league. “We are not coming back,” Matsuoka answered. Matsuoka later announced the delegation's withdrawal from the league, the first step rn breaking ’ relations with Geneva. Two years is required to make withdrawal final. Japan will be held responsible for fulfillment of her internat- ; ionai obligations during that time. The Japanese delegation left the hall while a translator interpreted Matsuoka's speech. In the galleries some spectators hissed, while others applauded. Matsuoka. usually typifying the placid Oriental diplomat, was neri vous before he began his speech, and abandoned the text before he finished. He shouted from lite rostrum : "Japan will oppose any attempt at international control of Manchuria. It does not mean that we ' defy you. because Manchuria be- ] i longs to ns by right. "Read your history. We recov- 1 eted Manelittrla from Russia. We , made it what it is today." He reiterated that Manchuria 1 was a matter of life and death for j Japan and tliat no concession or compromise was possible, saying: "Japan has been and will always lie ’ the mainstay of peace, order, and progress in ihe Far East." In objecting to proposed inter- ( national control of Manchuria, lie j asked: "would the American jieo- ( pie agree to such control of the Panama Canal zone, would the British permit it over Egypt?” Matsuoka looked grim and de- f CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE 1 O Reorganize March 1 i «. Indianapolis, Fell. 24. —(U.R) —Re- ( organization of Hie state athletic 3 commission will lie completed 1 March 1. Al (I Feeney, slate iKrect- 1 or of I'ublic safely, said today. Feeney will act as supervisor and Hie old commission will bo abolished. It consisted of Andrew Weisberg. South Bend, iliairman, Lee Bays, Sullivan, und Nortn.in A. * Perry, Indianapolis. In addition. 1 James Veach, Indianapolis, served I as full time secretary and G. A. 4 Farahangh. South Bend, acted as ‘ commission attorney. 1 Offices of Hie commission in * Circle Tower. Indianapolis, will bo abandoned March 1 and transferr- 1 ed to the statehouse. Work pre- 1 viously handled by Veach will lie 8 taken chre of through a clerk and I stenographer. 1 o a Relief Bills Pass Indianapolis Feb. 24 — (UP) — j Within 10 minutes this afternoon ( the house passed three adininir.trai tlon poor relief bills. The first would create a goverinor's commission on unemployment to investigate relief work of trustees. ,lt empowers the governor to 1 remove trustees for failure t|i per- 1 form their duties properly. The second bill continues Inde- r finitely the law permitting county 1 | comniiasioners to borrow funds for ' poor relief. 1 The third hill provides that appli- ’ cants for poor relief must file affi-i 1 davits setting forth the condition of 1 themselves and families it also 1 authorizes trustees to refuse aid to| 4 persons refusing to work for money ! I food or clothing. I®

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George H. Derm former Governor of Utah, has been appointed secretary of war in Hie cabinet of President-elect Roosevelt. Dern, twice governor of his state, is a mining expert, inventor and the author of several industrial laws.

LOCAL PASTOR” GIVES ADDRESS Rev. M. W. Sondermann Speaks At Fort Wayne Meeting Today Rev. M. W. Sundermann, pastor of tlie Decatur Evangelical Church delivered an address at the morning session of the group c onferenc e in religious education .it the First i Evangelical Church in Fort Wayne today. ■Conferences of a like nature are being held over the Indiana conference of the Evangelical churches today. There arc 16 churches in the Fort Wayne group. Rev J. 11. Arndt is the group leader. Rev. Sunderm, nil's subjec t was “What Is It All About’’" The morning session opened at 10 o'clock with devotions by Rev. C. R. Bizer. Following the address a discussion was held. The noon luncheon was served by the women of the First Church. The afternoon program opened at two o'clock with devotions conduct- ' ed by Rev. I*. F. Young. Rev. M. O. Herman gave the address. "What is ' Our Record?" IA brotherhood banquet and din- 1 ner will be served this evening .nd Rev. C. I’. Mass will he the toastmaster a ladies meeting will be held in connection with the dinner. Amos Ketchum of Decatur will peak at the evening session. His subject will be "Giving The Men a Chance." Rev. tArndt will also speak at this session and his subject will be “What Makes a Leader?". C w. ' Eninger will conduct the devotions. o — Increased Attendance The series of marketing school sponsored by the state board of , public instruction, vocational de- ’ partnient, the Indiana farm bureau J and the Adams county bureau, has concluded its third session with much larger attendance in both classes. The Monroe auditorium was filled , to capacity Tuesday evening for the talk by Dr. W. D. Shelby, instructor ' and to hear the play, “Pay Day”, presented by the Jay county farm ' bureau creamery troupe. The school . at St. Johns has more than trebled , Its attendance. Dr. Shelby is tejch- ' ing the philosophy of cooperation , as applied to agricultural econo- ( mics, stressing particularly the dis- , tribution of farm products. — Many Farms Sold The John A. Harvey real estate company has sold several farms 1 this week, including the 91 acres of Julius Reichart. adjoining the town of Herne. It was purchased by Chris ; Balsiger of Berne for $1(10 per acre 1! During the past two weeks they hive sold three other farms and 1 Mr. Harvey stated today that the > inquiries being received remind ' him of the good old days. They have listed a number of good <Ad- 1 ams county farms and expect dur- ’ ing the next few weeks to close sev-: 1 eral more deals. 1 1

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CHICAGO MAYOR SINKS RAPIDLY PAST 48 HOURS Attending Physician Gives Cermak Only One Chance In Ten USE OXYGEN TO ASSIST HEART Miami, Fla., Feb. 24.—<U.R) —Mayor Anton J. Cermak of Chicago, victim of a bullet from the gun of Ciuseppi Zangara, would-be assassin of President-elect Roosevelt, was reported near death today. The mayor’s condition, complicated by colitis and a hypostatic lung condition, the forerunner of pneumonia, has become rapidly worse in the past 48 (hours, and this morning Dr. Frank-, > Jirka gave him "one chance in ten to live.” His stuff of physicians, which Includes heart and lung specialists, performed valiantly to stimulate his resistance during the manifest crisis. Oxygen was used to assist his weakened heart action. At lit a. m., Cerntak was sleeping. Dr. Karl Meyer, leaving his room, was asked specifically wlieth:er pneumonia had set in. "I examined his lungs thoroughly,” he replied, "and he has no ' pneumonia.” 1 The corridors near the mayor's room were closely guarded, and [ orders were issued to stop al! intruding noises.. Dr. Jirka is the mayor’s son-in-law. He was first to reveal that Cermak was slipping rapidly. Dr. Frederick Tice issued the fol--1 lowing bulletin at 10:30 a. m.: "Mayor Cermak had a restless night. The colitis continues to cause him discomfort and distress. His heart action is only fair and at times causes much anxiety. However. his circulation is well sustained and the congestion of lungs has become much less and practically disappeared. Comparatively li i s condition is considered satisfactory. but he is not yet out of danger." Dr. J. W. Snyder, one of the consultants. said he considered Coriiiik’s chances to live as "better than 1 out of 10.” Dr. Tice said the mayor's temperature was 98, pulse 120 and respiration 30. He. too, thought Car* mak had no better than a 1 to 10 chance to survive. Father Sidney J. Morris, of Chicago. Cqrmak's friend, arrived at : the hospital before noon and planned to remain all day. STUDENT KILLS AIRPLANE PILOT Student Passenger Slays Instructor, Then Commits Suicide San Benito. Tex.. Fell. 24.—iU.R) —The slaying of an airplane instructor as he manipulated his ship a thousand fe<-t alaive the earth and Hie suicide of his 2i-yeur-o!d student passenger was reconstructed by ofticals today. Some said the shooting nf Lehman Nelson, 33. teacher in a private flying school, by Erin McCall, who killed himself, was cold-blood-ed murder. Others said McCall's mind gave way from a disease ha contracted some weeks ago. The youth, son of a prominent San Benito family, went to the airport last night for his usual flying lesson. Those who saw the takeoff did not see q pistol which McCall carried. Nelson, as usual, occupied the front cockpit of the plane, which had dual controls. Bei hind him sat McCall. Swiftly gaining altitude, the piano headed over the open country. A. little later it passed directly above the home of George Whitael. a farmer. The plane flew on, steadily losing altitude. Three miles away it swooped low over another farm Itouse. Occupants heard a piercing scream, they said, and a moment later at terrific speed, the ship landed on a nearby field. Nosing over almost as the wheels touched, the plane was wrecked. (Witnesses saw McCall, apparently unhurt, leap from the rear cockpit, CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE *