Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 31, Number 52, Decatur, Adams County, 2 March 1933 — Page 1

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EN. THOMAS J. WALSH DIES

Im SIGNS ■epealerand Jeer measure B„hl Bone Dry Law Is Kpealed: Beer ConJ trol Bill Signed ■teenth state ■to pass repeal March 2—(UP) IK Feeney director of the B,,State depaitment of public war appointed by Gov. |K | , McNutt today as temexcite u'. evtur under the B, beer control act. will serve until repeal 'Bth amendment has been at wh'ch time a full will be named, ■dutt Mid. Bit present .1. ties of the exB director w ii consist of colthe 25 cents a pint tax Bmedicinal whiskey and the and wort taxes provided the bill. Bdianapolts. Mar. 2 ( U.P) Bov Paul V. McNutt talc Brnluv signed llic Wright Bit <lrv" law repealer .-mil Bcuinpanii'ii measure the Brontrnl bill. Bdiana thus Iteeanic the to ri<l itself of a B> liquor < iiliircenient act. Bk- onlv liquor laws on Bst.ituti s tiui.iv were those ■:i:a:g ilrui.k.-n driving and intoxication. Police no B* ar> ' wei-.-ei to condui t raids Medicinal whiskey s <jld :n drug s.ores if pre- ■- BtaotH cf the beer bill will K< effc. if the 18th is repealed. ■f > ’ of breweries will tn 21 in Indiana. Beer ■be sold only in bottles anil ■be taxed five cents a gallon. ■ewers will be required to pav ■k tees of $2,500 annually, ■esalcrs $250 and retailers ■tirinc! whisky will be taxed ■its a pint. »r mat 1..- purchased in case of 24 bottles but it cannot be tad on the premixes. Heer be sold with “food’’ in restbb. club* hotels, dining cars boats. The word food is not led. I excise director to be ap;ed by the governor and paid ® annually will administer law. The bill is intended to Kt any possible return of the saloon. » ■ — 0 ut Executive In Decatur Tonight I* Hotchkiss, of Fort W'yne I executive of the Anthony »e council area, will be in the •bis evening to confer with ‘routnr sters and leaders. Bnpbfey. vice-president of t'he til area has called a meeting • scout lenders for 7:30 o’clock the Rotary meeting IIE. MOORE DIES IN CHAIR rtford City Slayer Is '•ectrocuted Soon After Midnight I'bigan City, Ind.. Mar. 2.—(U.R) •Perm almost until the last •® of seeing his father again. ■ Moore, 26. was electrocuta\ for the slaying of his aunt unde. be couple, Mr. and Mrs. Bert v e ' Pennville, Ind., were slain , T s 11, 1932, Gov. Paul Merefused a last minute plea to ®ute the sentence to a life 1. oore told prison officials that u expected his father, Ray L. re of ( Detroit to visit him be •he I execution. Autnorlties ' OWe Uf. that no plans for body had been receivthat Voore hjd not arrived current was turned into the c chair at 12:03 a. m. and n,l, h was pronounced dead at •“ i. m,

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Signing Indiana Sales Tax I I ■BfaBEEMT — irff j iiumb wra ■ll ii »M<rwMMMßMraa Governor Paul V McNutt (seated) signing the Indiana sales tax bill, which is expected to lift the state out of a financial inoraSs. Left to right (standing) are Speaker Earl Crawford, Lieutenant Governor M. C. Townsend. A. S. Thomas and E. B. Bender of the Indiana Farm Bureau. W. H. Settle, president of the farm bureau, and O. S. Boling, Indianapolis lawyer

LIBERALIZE TAX LIMIT MEASURE Houses Liberalize $1.50 Law; Senators To Attend Inaugural Indianapolis. Mar. 2.—(U.R) Indiana senate leaders today turned toward a few important bills left on the calendar before leaving for Washington While the upper chamber will not recess or adjourn for the inauguration several member- pla:: to accompany Gav. Paul V. M- Nutt The special session $1.50 tax limitation law was liberalized yesteiday in the senate and house. The proposal also permits increase of the levy over limits. $1 in the county and towns and $1.50 in incorporated cities in "emergencies The house must concur on senate amendments before the bill goes to the governor. The senate approved the parimutuel betting till yesterday.. Increased license fees and dog races would be legalized under terms of the measure. Income from the bill would be used to defray cost of the old age pension system in the state. A house teachers’ salary measure was sent to third reading. This proposal would level minimum wages to I s ") for grade un i sl.oo'l for high schoo' tea-hers. The house had suggested a flat SBOO salary for both, bu a sen He amendment. proposed by Sen. Ward G Biddle. D.. Bloomington, prevailed. Sen. William P. Dennigan. D„ Vincennes, led a fight against the 'petty loan interest rate and the senate adopted his amendment which i educed the rate to 2 per cent a month. The house measure voted on in the senate would have set the rate at per cent a montl) up to $l5O and 2’s per cent a month over that sum. The mine blasting bill was carried to third reading in the senate | after a bitter argument. Before passage the m 'asure was amended by Set/ William I). Hardy, D.. Evansville, making it apply only to smaller Indiana mines. The bill would prohibit blasting while miners are working in tunnels. In the house four mining bills received consideration. Three, designed to place so-called "gopher" mines under regular regulations as larger mines, were advanced to second reading. The fourth was sent ( back to the labor committee for j amendments. Quake Shakes Tokio Tokio, Friday. March 3—(UP)— A severe earthquake shook Tokio at 2'35 M. today. No immediate; reports of damage were revetved.

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Woman. Five Children Are Burned To Death Sand Springs. Okla.. March 2 — (UP) Mrs. Ernest C. Kepner. 34, . was burned to death here WuijteHday in a heroic effort to save her . eight children when fire destroyed ' their home. Five children burned to 'death. Tlnee escaped through the mot Iter's efforts. I Mrs. Kepner leaped through a window with a baby and returned . for the others. Her body was found , with th.it of one child in her arms. I The dead were: R tbert and Charlotte. 13-year-old twins; Jewell. 11. , Way e 10, nd Frank 7. All were in bed when the fire started. The husband and another son were at work in a cotton mill. o — MAYOR GERMAK RESTING WELL Physicians Believe Wounded Chicago Mayor Generally Improved Miami, Fla.. Mar. 2 (U.R) —Mayor I Anton J. Cermak. fighting cheer- ■ fully to live, slept peacefully in an . oxygen room this morning and . physicians, watching for eontplica , tions that might spell the end, believed lie was sustaining a general i iinpioveint t from effects of Glus- , eppi Zangaia's bullet. At 1:30 a. m„ Dr. Frank A. Jirka said he was resting comfortably. His respiration was down to 30 and . !iis pulse was 114. No official bulletins were issued after that. Colitis, present for several days , but not sufficiently advanced to endangering the patient, brought Dr. I’. B. Welsh, a specialist, to the . bedside. Consulting physicians re , garded it as the greatest danger i to the mayor. They believed it , was caused by blood absorption from the wounded liver into the peritoneal area which could develop into peritonitis. There was no Im(mediate alarm. Yesterday Cermak had several mild attacks of hiccoughs. Dr. Walter Hamburger, heart | specialist, examined Cermak and (reported that while his heart disi played inherent strength,'' he remained "very dubious.’’ | "He is a very sick man,” Dr. r«nvn INT’RT* nN PAOV 'TWO I 0 —— House Passes Bill Reducing Interest The C.hambersiKetohum Senate bill, which would reduce the rate of Interest on school fund loons from 6 per cent to 5 per cent on all piesent outstanding and future loans and maturity of present loans is exi tended for five years, was passed by the House.

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Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, March 2, 1933.

ADMINISTRATION BILL RECEIVES FINAL APPROVAL State Clemency Commission Is Created By Senate Measure OTHER MEASURES AWAIT SIGNATURE Indianapolis, Mar. 2 <U.R) One administration bill received final approval of the legislature today anti four [ others were ready for the I governor's signature. Administration lead er s speeded up their program in an effort to be ready for adjournment March (». Bills ready tor tne governor’s signa nre are those reorganizing the public service commission; postponing election in cities for ■ne year; liberalizing the $1.50 tax limit law and reducing salaries of city officials. Meanwhile the house passed a senate administration bill creating a state clemency commission. It will be composed of a trustee of the state' prison, a trustee of the reformatory and the governor's secretary in charge of penal affairs. The board will meet not more han 30 days each quarter. The mew commission will replace the old board of pardons and paroles which consists of trustees of the institutions. The senate passed a house bill increasing the taxes on chain stores. It will be sent back to the hotfse for concurrence in amendments before being given to the governor for signature. Governor Paul V. McNutt announced that plans to raise poor relief funds through a two cent cigarette tax had been abandoned. Approximately one million dollars in the state general fund will be made available for the purpose. Decatur Woman's Niece Dies Today Mrs. Ella Skiles of this city has received word of the death of her niece, Norma Gene Jackson. 7-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Jackson of Morocco. The child died this morning at Fort Wayne. The mother was formerly Miss Margaret Beery of near Peterson. Union City Granted Reconstruction Loan ■Washington M irch 2—(UP) —Ten selfliquidating loans a d seven emergency relief loans totaling $8,130.975 were announced today by the reconstruction corporation, the largest being a relief loan of $3,224,429 for Pennsylvania. The loans granted included one to Union City, hiditia.. of s)s.tni) for water works improvements.

Elk’s Minstrel To Be Repeated March 12, To Aid Unemployed

The famous Elk’s minstrel and revue will he repealed here, Sunday, March 12, all ot the proceeds from the sale of tickets to be donated to the unemployed of Washington township. Arrangements for repeating the minstrel, which met with so much popular favor at the presentations Monday and Tuesday night, were completed today by T. R. Noll, trustee of Washington township, members of the Elk's lodge and members of the cast. Everything will be donated, so that every penny received ftfom he sale of tickets will be used in aiding the unemployed of Decatur and Washington township. The use of the Catholic high school auditorium was donated by the Rev. Father Joseph Seimetz, pastor of St. Mary's Catholic church, the Fort Wayne musicians will donate their services and the Daily Democrat will print the tickets free of charge. The 76 or more members of the chorus and minstrel volunteered their services In repeating the show and the Elk's lodge will furnish the stage pieces and other articles needed in putting on the big show. Mrs. L. A. Holthouse Will direct

Girdon W. Summers Dies Os Heart Trouble Girdon W. Summers, 58, died Wednesday at his home near Poe after a brief illness of heart trouble He had resided in that vicinity all his life. He wis a member of the Masonic lodge and the Method Episcopal church at Poe. Surviving are his wife. Isabel; four children. Charles of Ossian, Dale of Oregon a; d I.uella and Evan it home; four brothers. F. P. Summers of Ossian, Edward of Poe end ira and C.ianncey lof Fort Wayne, and two sisters, Mrs. M. J. Strany of Fort Wayne a;;.<l Mrs. W. S. Shearei of St. Joe township. o SEVERAL BILLS CONCERN CITY Bills Passed By Legislature Will Affect City Os Decatur Several hills have been passed by the legislature and will likely be signed Governor Paul V. McNutt. which affect the city of Decatur. The city salary bill reduces the pay of ciiy officials paid by taxes. The “skip” election bill does away with the holding of a city election this year and Mayor George Krick, members of the city council and the clerk and treasurer will hold over for another year. The gross income tax bill places a tax of one per cent on the gross income of the plant. Another bill, passed this week by ' the legislature taxes municipal plants. The city plant would be required to pay the state and county rate, on a valuation fixed by the state board of tax commissioners. There are certain exemptions which would lower the valuation below the value carried on the books. Last year when the federal tax on electric current became a law. the city plant assumed all of the i tax. The latter tax is two per cent. This year the municipal plant does not receive any revenue from lhe civil eity for ornamental street lighting, the maintaining and upkeep of the lights and fire hydrant rental, last year this levy amoiinl'ed to $7,000. Within the year the city plant wi 1 be carrying a large tax overhead. heretofore not figured in t.ie making of rates and in deter: lining profits for the year. o Film Players Hurt Hollywood, Mar. 2—(UP)—Mite Clarke and Phillips Holmes, motion picture player, were under care of physicians today for severe injuries suffered in an ititomobile accident. Miss Clarke lost a tooth and Incurred a possible broken jaw a d Holmes wjs cut about the face and head when their automobile struck a parked car. The accident o, curred on a narrow road near Miss 'larke s home. Holmes (old police he swerved to avoid an approaching car nd then lan i to the parked m c ine.

i the minstrel and Miss Patsy Full- • enkamp, local daincing teacher, . will direct the chorus and musical 1 numbers The minstrel and revue was given Monday and Tuesday night I ■ and the hundreds who saw It Were more than pleased. So enthusiastic were the comments that the i suggestion was made that the show be repeated. Trustee Noll , and others were consulted and this morning arrangements were made io repeat the season's home ■ talent production, which as someone stated, was a combination of ■the Ziegfeld Follies and Earl Carrol's Vanities, with a little of the spice "Os Thee I Sing," thrown in. Trustee Noll requested that all unemployed men report at the Adams County garage, corner of • First and Jackson streets, at ten i o'clock Saturday morning, for the ■ purpose of receiving tickets and i to aid in selling them. An effort will be made to sell ■ 2.000 tickets and the assurance I has been given that practically; ■ every penny received from the i sale of tickets will be used to aid ■ the unemployed. The tickets sell ■ for 25 cents each and every person who can spare a two-bit piece | ; Is asked to purchase one.

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AMYSCHLUPIS I AWARDED $1250 Ft. Wayne Girl Is Awarded Damages By Jury Wednesday Night Miss 'Amy Sehlup of Fort Wayne wj.s aw'irded judgment of $1,250 by a jury in the Adams circuit court late Wednesday night. The case was given to the jury at 4:45 p. m. Wednesday ami the verdict was reached about 9:30 o’clock. Miss Sehlup sought to recover isls.o<)P damages for serious injuries ' |sustained while riding in a car owned by the defendant, Carl Recke- ' jwek, also of Foi l Wayne. • | The accident on which her claim was based occurred near Arehlsdd, Ohio, on the eve: ing of April 11, ■ 1932. The car was driven by Paul ■ Reekeweg, brother of the defendant in the damage suit. The com- [ plaint'illeged that Paul Reekeweg was driving in a reckless an dnegligeiit ma.nner. Miss Sehlup alleged that she suffered two broken vertebrae and ■ severe cuts to 'her head and limbs and was confined to a hospit '1 for 14 weeks following the accident. ■ The case opened in circuit court Monday morning, two and one-half i days being required for the presentation of evidence. Arguments by . the attorneys and reading of in- . structions to jury occupied the I Wednesday after oon session. POSSES SEARCH ; FOR KIDNAPERS Seek Men Who Fled With i| $60,000 After Releasing Millionaire II Denver, Colo., Mar. 2. —(U.R) —The .! relentless spirit of early-day vig ■ ■ lantes today spurred hot pursuit . I for the kidnapers who fled wi.h [ I $60,000 ransom after releasing i Charles Boettcher, 11. young miltpionaire who was held captive for . 116 days, t | Incensed ranchers near Eaton .(organized posses to join forces with •Colorado and Wyoming sheriffs' of- , I fleers to track the outlaws. Less than two hours after BoetJtcher was released a trail was pick,l ed up near Barr where DeputySheriff Charles Williams of Adams (county and two volunteers battled (two men believed to have been the fleeing kidnapers. Fifteen shots were fired at the , speeding suspects. Some were be- ! lieved to hive taken effect. The , men returned the fire, but escaped . in their dark sedan. A few hours later the men roared into Greeley and stopped. PatrolI men Claus and Winn rushed toI ward them in a police cruiser. The men. who had started to alight, fired at the ptftrolmen, and were t answered with a sizzling barrage. One of the suspects appeared to I have been wounded as he scrambled back to his place in the sedan as it gathered speed. The officers pursued. The chase led northward on the Cheyenne I highway Gradually the faster ma- . chine of the men in flight pulled away. Just before the Wyoming capital was reached the officers were outdistanced, A second time the trail (was lost. — 0 Complete Jury Tn Circuit Court Today A jury was completed in the Adams circuit court at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon to hear the ease of the State of Indiana, ex rd Nettie Smit : vs. Floyd Keller, for bastardy The case is being heard by special Judge Fred Frnchte and a jury. The entire morning session and one hour of this 'afternoon's session were taken up with selection of a jury. The ease is expected to be completed later this afternoon or Friday morning. o Hold Pep Session A pep session: was held at the St. Joseph school today for the 1 eighth grade invitationul tourney which will be held at the Catholic gym Friday afternoon and evening. Six teams from Fort Wayne and the St. Joe team are entered in the .tourney which will start'at 1 o'clock i | Friday afternoon. The finial game will be played at 8 p. m. Friday.

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•PROMINENT DEMOCRAT DIES ON WAY TO WASHINGTON Montana Senator Is Fatally Stricken While Enroute To Washington With Bride of Few Days; Recently Appointed Attorney-General In Cabinet of President-Elect Roosevelt; Was Instrumental In Exposing Oil Scandals Several Years Ago; Presided at Democratic National Convention Which Nominated Franklin 1). Roosevelt. Rockv Mount, N. C„ March 2.—(U.R)—Senator Thomas J. Walsh, 73-year-old political veteran who was attorney gen-eral-designate in the new Roosevelt cabinet, died suddenly ( aboard an Atlantic coast line train today while en route to Washington with his Cuban bride. Physicians attributed his death to a heart condition oi a hemorrhage of the brain.” um.-iri.i Senator Walsh was taken ill at Daytnna Beach. Honda, night before last, when he suffered an attack of indigestion, but his condition had not appeared serious. . Mrs. Walsh awakened about 8:30 a. m. today to find the

Dies Suddenly gr - y < a J r i , I 1 Ml■l ' 1 Senator Thomas J. Walsh, of 1 Montana, died suddenly early this ’ morning while enroute to Washington with his Cuban bride. Senator Walsh, one of the outstanding Democratic leaders ot the 1 country, only recently was appoint--1 ed to serve as attorney-general in ' Roosevelt’s cabinet. HONOR PUPILS ■ ARE ANNOUNCED 91 Central School Pupils 1 On Spelling List In 6-Week Period ' The names of 91 pupils of the J Central school were placed on the list of 100 per cent spellers forthe 1 J first six weeks period of the Becloud semester. ,1 The pupils of the 5A class taught l'by Miss M. Katheryn Si-hug won the J honor class aw l rd for this six weeks period. The following is the record for the cl ss: 66 per cent of . the class received scholarship a- . wards during the past six weeks; I only two members of the class were | tardy; the average per cent of atI tendance was 98.9. spelling 96.8. and .(attitude 99.0. JI Following is the list of 100 per cent spellers: 5R—-Charles Cherry, Billy Durbin Pittl Hoile, Loyd Miller, David Smith, Kathleen Acker, Peggy Lou Gaunt. Heleir Harkless, Helen Kelly, Irene LighU Jeane Zimmerman. 5A— Richard Hammond, Ned ; Johnson, Edward Toney, Ethelyn Burnett, Lavon Debolt, Mary K FryL- ck, Vivian Hitchcock, Marjorie Miller, Hetty Ross, Thelma Smith. 6B —larriet Gilso , Annabel Rupert, Margaret Ritter. 6 A —Billy Buck, Junior Zerkel, 1 Betty Cook, Vera Frauhiger. Wanda Fry. Margaret Hoffman. Mary ' Johnson, Ruth Kimble. Helen Jean Kohls, Florence McConnell, Marjorie Massonne. lonu Schnepp, Dor(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) , Chamber of Commerce Directors To Meet • The monthly meeting of the direc- . tors of the Chamber of Commerce ■ will be .eld at 7:30 o’clock this > evening at the Chamber of Com- ; merce rooms. James Giberson, pre- > sident, urged every member to be present.

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senator lying on the floor ot I (heir drawing room, unconscious. He apparently had arisen to take medicine or a I drink of orange juice. Mrs. Walsh called train attendants, who stopped the ! train at Wilson, only a few miles away. Dr. M. A. PittIman of the Mooreherring hosIpital, Wilson, boarded the train, but found that Senator Walsh already was dead. Mrs. Walsh, who was Senora Maria Nieves de Truffin, widow of [a Cuban sugar magnate, until her i marriage to Senator Walsh in Haivanna last Saturday, became hysterical. Dr. Pittman gave her a sedative. j The body was brought to Rocky Mount. IS miles away, the next stop on the Atlantic Coast line. Dr. Pittman said it was planned Ito take the body to Tvashington on a train leaving about mid day. Mrs. Walsh rested ai the Ricks I hotel, where she regained her composure though she remained “very -cuvot-ionah” Dr Pittman said. f! i Washington. Mat. 2. —(U.R)-Death . of Senator Thomas J. Walsh, who . Saturday would have become at- . torney general in the Roosevelt > cabinet, stunned his associates to- . day and cast u shadow of sorrow j over preparations for inauguration festivities. Democratic Leader Robinson said he would ask the senate to adjourn today out of respect for the distinguished Montanan The senate was scheduled to convene at 10 a. r Senator Walsh's death ended a brilliant legal and political career which was to have been climaxed > by service in lie Roosevelt cabinet as attorney-general, the highest law enforcement post in the land. Washington looked upon Walsh as one of the strongest members of the Deeming cabinet. As a leadsing figure in file senate's investigation of the Harding administration oil scandals, the sombre Montana senator established a reputation as a relentless prosecutor. Long before that he was known as an outstanding authority on con- ’ stitntional saw. The capital also had looked forward to the return of Walsh and his Cuban bride as an event which would add to the brilliance of official society during the Roosevelt Administration. The senator’s marriage just a few days ago to Senora Maria Nieves Truffin. widow of a ; wealthy Cuban, had been u stir prise to most of his friends and they had planned many celebrations on the couple's return. Walsh was born at Twi Rivers, iwis., on June 12. 1859. His parents were poor and he earned his (own way from boyhood. He was graduated from the University of Wisconsin law school in 1881 ami went to Montana to practice in ’ i 1890. After some dabbling in politics, -1 he ran for congress in 1906 and was CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE o $585.50 Paid Recorder As Tax On Mortgages County Recorder Walter J. Bockman collected $585.50 in February as tax paid on mortgages recorded t at his office. Tills is more than twice the amount paid during the ■ month of January. The tax was pi id ■ on mortgages totaling $116,652.17. ■ The law is that if a 5o cent per hum-' dred fee is paid on the mortgage, it is exempt from taxation. The fees received are turned over to the I county treasurer.