Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 31, Number 59, Decatur, Adams County, 10 March 1933 — Page 1

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ORDER PERMITS BANKS TO REOPEN

ISTPONEANY Ink opening I FOP FEW DAYS nS . ■ideal Roosevelt Ex■nd' Banking Holi- ■ day Indefinitely Mrgengy BILL ■ PASSES rapidly ishingtoa. Mar. 10.-<U.R) iMCnexpc'ie'l delay today tußwnrtl Hank reopenings at t he earliest. Roosevelt issued ■wbmation late last night ■nding H"' hanking holiday ■ the gold emharko indcfi'iiHntil the treasury grants banks ran perform liniil''H Inn, lions previous- . eft'irials encountered in ;.i>-paralions for inireopening banks under . art which was rttsbv^Blnsinl: coiiL'H-ss and signed Hy ■ i^Km>wv> It last night. They had to begin opening banks law gave the president diepowet over banks and pro- < for hundreds of ntiilions oft ■ current y. aitei midnight Secretary Woodin announced no wnii’.d be authorized Saturday. is obvious that it will not he to act upon alt of the apeven by Saturday," lie inviting the batiks to ask immediately to reopen, the l.atdts open under the Woodin said, they "will > -ilion to meet all 1 Ks iiei.it : openings was due d main reasons: , ■ Checking the- condition of ' . ibt-imine which should , up at once is taking tilne Ih.ii was anticipated. Time is being allowed for banks to join the federal resystem order to obtain - under lite cm legislation which permits Vt latitude in obtaining new government enlittr.a’i here was running ■new m ,m,., ,i| ||| ( . I;lte „f jp. . ■""f a day to supply reopened put in one of its hectic peace-time nigli.s. K Record Speed th,. White House It had passed Io congress with recspeed following a short ent- ■*"' message fr >nt President fifteen minutes later Roosevelt, surrounded jßbt-‘< family and a few friends, 'he (sure —a momentous emergency act, giving !■ war-time powers. hours later he issued the ■tllination extending the bank ■ s ' ! ' was necessary to proclaim the emergency and to per■MINIJED ON PAGE* SIX) ■ARLB. ADAMS IISSELECTED ■wl Attorney Is Elected ■Exalted Ruler Os Elks I Lodge ■ 4r l B Adams, well known De■W attorney, was elected Exalted ■ er of Decitur lodge No. 993 of ■J . P. O. Elks at the annual held Wednesday. anis W 'N succeed L. A. ■*twtuie, who has served two ls as exalted ruler of the local Mr' Mr. Holthouse was named B* R Me to the national convention 1(1 n «« summer. V st officers elected tie: VlnBorman, esteemed leading ■T ■ 0. w. p. Macklin, esteemB‘°Val knight: Frank Braun, en-■ ■LBr tUrlng kn *K ht ■n > 1 WBtl re elected secretary obert E. Mothers was re-ele. Iof the lodge. Dr. G. F. ■‘ “orn was elected trustee, suc-i K™. * H J. Yager. Will Johns was tyier. 11l k o, F ice °f chaplain and esquire Iw ~ By appointment. The ■ti».< rs wl » Rennie their ■ le ’ la April. 1

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New Cabinet Eady " wk 3 •" ' 5 S I Pl s£*•"’ w ■ A charming studio portrait of Mrs. t Homer S. Cummings, wife of he , Attorney General in the Roosevelt , Cabinet. Mr. Cummings, whoso , home is ,Tt Stamford, Conn., was | appointed to the post following | t he tragic death of Sen. Thomas ,1. Walsh. He will hold the Aitor- | ney Generalship only until such ! time an Presith nt Roosevelt selects ( a permanent appointee. after ( which Cummings will go to the , Philippines as Governor General. THREE KILLED JT PLAINFIELD I Woman, Two Men Killed Friday When Auto Hits Interurban Pltinfield. Ind.. March IC—(CP’ Three persons killed when an inter:urban atruek an automobile near i here lite yesterday have been klen tiniied as E. W Smiser. Butler. Mo.. William M. Dale. ’Eldorado. Mo., and Rose E. Dale, Eldor nlo, Mo. The accident occurred at a crossing one half mile west of plainfield,* where 21 perso s .have been killed in interurban-tutomobile crashes during the past nine years. Smiser apparently was driving th«- automobile. He was trailing a- - ear which crossml the tr .cks despite the flashing of warning signals. The Smiser ear w is carried 51)0 feet. Letteis of congratttl itions in Sntiser's pockets and passes to both houses of co gross Indicated th it oomtix'i's*n on nxnp etx Extends Limit Os Banking Holiday ♦ ♦ Washington. March 10—- (U.R) — President Roosevelt's proclamation extending the limited banking holiday follows: "Whereas, on March fi. 1933. I. Franklin D. Roosevelt. President of the Vnited Stales of America, hy proclamation declared the exhlence of a national emergenev and proclaimed . a bank holiday extending from Monday the t>th day of March to Thursday the 9th day of March. 1933, be lt dates inclusive in order to prevent the export, hoarding or earmark ii'g of gold or silver coin, or bullion or currency, or specula 'lon In foreign exchange: and "Whereas, tinder the act of March 9. 1933. heretofore or hereafter issued by the president pursuant to the atiihoii y conferred by section 5 (BI of the ac‘ lof October fi. 1917. os amended, are approved and confirmed: an,l "Whereas, said national emerg- 1 j ency still continues, and 'I is' necessary to take furthe- measures extending beyond March 9, 1933. in order to accomplish such purposes: “N"W therefore. I. Franklin D. Roosevelt, president of the United States of America, in view of such continuing notional emerg-; ’ ency and hy virtue of the authority vested In me bv section 5 (B) of the act of October ti, 1917 <4h iS'at. L.. 411) as amended by the act of March 9. 1933. do hereby i proclaim, order, direct and declare That nil the terms and provisionr of said proclamation of March ti, 11933. aM 'the remilations nnd orders issued thereunder are hercbv, continued in full force and effect | until further proclamation hy the ! president. “In witness whereof T have he "■ I unto set my hand and have ctused propriated $1,000,000 for the state's, be nff’xefl. "Franklin D. Roosevelt."

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PRESIDENT TO CUT COSTS OF GOVERNMENT President Roosevelt De- ' livers First Budget Message Today URGES NEED OF PROMPT ACTION Washington, Mar. 10 — (UP) — Acting to speed President Roosevelt's demand for authority to cut veterans expenditures and federal salat ies the house today idopted a special selected t ommittee to deal with the Icgisl ition. The action came immediately after reading of the presidential message w is completed and was adopted without a record vote despite the protests of some members w.bo have been active in the e:slt bonus battles of past sessions. T.s.e President’s message in part follows: “The nation is deeply gratified hy the immediate response given yesterday by the -co.- gross to the necessity for drastic action to restore and improve our hanking system. A like necessity exists with respect to the finances of the government itself, which requires equally courageous, frank and prompt action. “For three lo: g years the federal government has been on the road toward binkruptcy. “For the fiscal year 1931 the deficit was $4«2,000.00fl. "For the fiscal year 1932 it was $2,472,000,000. "For the fiscal year 1933 it will probably exceed $1,200,000,000 "For the fiscal year 1934, hased on the appropt t ition hills passed, by the last congress and estimated revenues tAe deficit will iwobaldy exceed $1,000,000,900 unless immediate ction is taken. “Thus we shall have piled up an accumulated deficit of $5,000,000,1100. “With tlie utmost seriousness 1 point out to the congress the profound effect of this fact upon our national economy, it has contributed to the recent collapse of our CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO JAPANESE OPEN NEW OFFENSIVE Plan Bitter Fight Against Reported (’ h i n e s e Counter-Attack Jehol ( ity, March 10 — (U.R) — Japanese troops, striking hard at a budding Chinese counter-at 1 ack. opened an offensive arouud Kopeikou. a portal in the great wall of China, today. The offen«ive was aimed at Kopeikou where Chinese had been reported organizing their forces for a direct charge at Nipponese lines. The Japanese columns were! • upported by It) planes which bombarded the Chinese positions on the heights of the-rocky terrain. The fighting continued over a wide area. Reports that Tang Yo-I.ln. Chinese governor of Jehol I’roVince. had been executed after fleeing the capital before the ,lapane<e >‘ook possession were questioned here today. Military headqimr-; ers understood the deposed official took refuge in the mouUtain village of Fengning, 60 kilometers northwest of here. The report said Tang was guarded by 3.000 troops. His flight and subsequent conquest of he entire province by Japanese trou ts left the post in the hands of Gen. Chang Hai peng, previously appointed by the Manchoukuo government. Chang's appointment as chairman of the province was definitely decided today at Changchun, Manchouktto capll al. o Township Assessors To Report Saturday The township assessors, who beigan the job of assessing property In the county, March 1, will make their first report to County Asses- ; sor John Felty Saturday. The assessors and their deputies i will meet here and compare their work a:.d receive further instruc'tions from Mr. Felty.

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Decatur, Indiana, Friday, March 10, 1933.

Nellie Young Speaks At Children’s Meeting The .annual Children’s Division ■ Institute promoted by the Adams County Council of Religious Edu- : cation was held Thursday, the afternoon program taking place at the j Methodist Churc.’t in Monroe and the evening program at the Unit Grove Evangelical church. » Miss Nellie C. Young, state director of children's work, was the 1 principal speaker at the meeting. . Mrs. .A. B. Brown of this city con- t ducted tlie devotio al services at t I the afternoon progrim. Several per- 1 sons from Decatur attended the I sessions. WALKER NOT TO CONTEST SUIT Jimmy Walker Will Not Fight Wife’s Action Seeking Divorce Cannes. France, Mar. 10. —(U.R) — Jimmy Walker, former jaunty playboy mayor of New York City, spent this morning in his hotel room applying hot irons to cure lumbago, and let it be known that he was grateful to Mrs. Walker for the comparatively harmless grounds of desertion on which she brought suit for divorce in Florida. He will not contest the suit, and he has ,no intention of returning to the United States in the near future. Walker said. Reminded that Mrs. Walker had not asked alimony. Walker said it didn't matter because she already had tied up the family money by legal proceedings. The former mayor's attitude today. as he treated the lumbago ! from which he has suffered for a week, was markedly different from his irate treatment of newspapermen when he returned at dawn to his hotel after a gay gathering with a party of friends at the Ambassador night club here. “1 have been fantastically misunderstood." he shouted out of a window at newspapermen. "The action is absurd. Shut up." Tlie former mayor's acquaintances here said he was far more worried over money matters than over the divorce proceedings. Despite many offers, lie has not definitely .- old his biography, they said. Miss Be:ty Compton, actress friend of Walker, also is writing her biography. Friends said it was nearly completed. Chicken Supper At M. E. Church Wednesday A chicken supper will he served at the Methodist Church Wednesday evening. March 15t.ii, at 6 o'clock P. M. The committee incharge announced; "This is not a banquet hut an old fashioned chicken supper with fixings and trimmings. It will be furnished, paid for, and served by the men of the church. The women of I the church will be their guests. This means that the men will wish the dishes." A short program and a business 'session concerning the every member einvass will follow the supper. NEW CLEMENCY BOARD NAMED New State Commission Will Hold Organization Meeting March 13 Indianapolis, March 10 —(UP) — Members of the new state clemency commission, appointed by Gov. Paul V. McNutt late yesterday, will hold ■an organization meeting here March 13 and their first official session April 17. Named to the commission were J. T. Arbuckle. Rushville, members of the board of trustees of state I prison; D. Delos Dean. Rensselaer, 'trustee of the reformatory, and . Wayne Coy, Relpbi, secretary of the ■ Governor in charge of penal affairs. The new commission, created by the 1933 General assembly, will replace the old pardon a.ttd parole , board which was made up of trus- . I tees. All powers of the penal itistltu- ! tion Itourdb with respect to clem- . ency are removed except paroles sunder the determinate sentence law.

INDIANA BANKS FOLLOW ORDERS State Commissioner Orders Indiana Banks To Observe Holiday lndia.:.'ipolis. March 10— (UP)— An order to take cognizance of tlie nation il holiday extension was issued to all state b.inks i.i Indiana ; today by Luther F. Symo.ts, state I>inking commissioner. His action flooded a conference with Gov. Paul V. McNutt. Symons explained that the order was merely a technical protection for the slate banks, it is similar to the one .he issued following President Roosevelt's proclamation declaring the National banking holiday. It was not estimated how many Indiana hanks will be. ready to open when the moratorium is lilted but j Indianapolis institutions are practically certain to resume business under a restricted withdrawal basis. Members of the India t.apolis clearing house association met this morning to consider the possible adoption of a scrip plan for meeting payrolls Saturday. At previous meetings the issuance of scrip .lias bee. > opposed, members of tlie association holding t ,at it would be unnecessary if the banks are permitted to reopen Ity the end .of this week. Uncertainty as to terms of the i hanking ai t pissed by congress yesterday caused some confusion in state hanking circles. Most of these misunderstanding were expected to he ironed out today. High School Students Entertain Rotarians An interesting musical program was given by high school students ad David itice. Decatur band director, at the Rot try meeting held at the Rice hotel last evening. Those pa ticipating in the program were Mr. Rice. Miss Martha Butler. Edward Martz. Miss Vera Butler, Dick Wertzherger and tlie Trillity Trio composed oi the Misses Hetty Franklin, Sarth Jane Kauffman and Edwina Sbroll. Jess Rice, proprietor of the hotel was chairman of the meeting. BOMB IS FOUND IN WASHINGTON Report Bomh Sent To President Roosevelt Found In Postoffice Watertown, N. 1.. March Hi — (UP)—A tomb addressed to Pressident Roosevelt was foiled in the pustoffice here early this week, it was reported reliably today. Two weeks ago, before Mr. Roosevelt was inaugurated, a crude bomb addressed to him at Washington, and mailed in Watertown, w s found in the Washington imstot'ficc. Postal inspectors, here seekirg the sender of the first bomb, refused to discuss the report of the second, but it was understood authoritatively that there was every indication tlie same person had mailed both bombs. Police here received a letter a week ago threatening deatli to “all presidents, governors, millionaires." aid promising to "finlslt the work of Zingara.” Giuseppe Zangara, who fired six shots at Mr. Roosevelt in Miami last month and missed the President but wounded fatally mayor Anton Cermak of Chicago, comes up for sentence for first degree murder in Miami today. The handwriting of the note was understood to be similar to that on the packages containing the two bombs. Police declined to discuss the bomb discovery, insisting that everything is quiet." BULLETIN Washington, Mar. 10.—(U.R) — The nation’s twelve Federal Reserve bank's tomorrow will > begin the distribution of new currency throughout the country’s business structure it was announced today. > Charles Michaelson, acting as Woodin's representative, said the reserve banks would be open tomorrow to make loans on government securt ities as well as for other bus- • iness authorized under the Roosevelt banking program.

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CERMAK KILLER SENTENCED TO DEATH TODAY Guiseppa Zangara Will Die In Electric Chair For Murder CERMAK’S BODY LIES IN STATE Miami, Fla., March 10 —(U.R) — Giuseppi Zangara was sentenced to death in .he electric chair to-i day tor the murder of Mayor, Anton J. Cermak of Chicago, whom he shot here Feb. 15 in an 1 •attempt to assassinate Franklin 1). Roosevelt, then president-elect. Circuit Judge Uly O. Thompson ordered Zangara o stand to be sentenced shortly after he convened court at 10:15 a. m. He slowly read the sentence of death in the electric chair. Defiantly, Zangara accepted the sentence, fairly shouting vi.uperation at tlie court, declaring: "You give me electric cltair?" “I did." Judge Thompson replied. "1 no scared of electric chair. I do what's right. Capitalists crooked. You is crooked man. too. A’on capitalist. “Put me in electric chair. 1 no care." Zangara hurled villificatioin back over his shoulder at the court as he was led away Ity deputies after a brief time in court. Prior to passing sentence. Judge Thompson delivered a brief address in which he appealed for congressional action to confiscate all fire arms carried without per- ’ mil. "Assassination attempts, successful and otherwise, would be 1 eliminated," he said. "In the j 1 hands of good people, a pistol is : harmless.” Zangara was remanded to his cell on the 21st floor of the Dade county courthouse to awai actiop . ”I‘c<9NTIN*UEN PAGE SIX) i i o Small Roof Fire At Michaud Home Sparks from the chimney caused a small roof fire at Mrs. H. S. Michaud residence. 33S Mercer avenue at two o'clock this afternoon. The local department was called I tt.'td with the tld of chemicals the blaze was extinguished. —o Storms Is Named ' Ed Storms, of Winchester, has been promoted to the rank of lieutenant of the state highway polite in the Muncie district, succeeding Guy Sears of Redkey. He .as served two years on the department. o Mrs. Moltz’ Condition Reported Unchanged > , The condition of Mrs HR. Moltz t well known Decatur lady, was re- . ported unchanged today. Mrs. Moltz ; is a patient at Adams County Me- - mortal hospital and her condition is ■ considered serious. Specialists from . Fort Wayne were called in sot a . consultation yesterday. I o APPROPRIATED TWO MILLION L i General Assembly Appropriates Twice For Poor Relief Aid i Indian tpolis. March 10 —(UP) — ‘ ] The IndiatM general assembly ap- , proprlated twice as much for poor relief as was originally intended, it , was learned here today. t Under a measure signed by Gov. Paul V. McNut’ late yesterday, a state poor relief commission is set up and $1,000,000 for poor relief is provided. Under a separate measure the legislature previously had appropriated $1,000,000 for the state's general funds for use of the new commission. Tlie original intent had been to authorize the commission a.ttd make available $1,000,000 for its operation. The acts now provide that one appropriation of $1,000,000 will he tvnilable March 15. and a similar amount July 1. The money will remain in the general fund, however, a.nd be l drawn only In case of emergency.

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Broke Precedent | ■ - ; /X..' s' Sanora Maria Louisa Arcelay, who!' was recently elected 'to tlie House of Representatives of the Porto Rican Legislature, is pictured at her desk in the legislature chamber at San Juan soon after taking up her new duties. Rcpresenta- ' tive Arcelay is the first LatinAmerican woman to sit in the Legislatui e. LESS THAN 40 BILLS REMAIN Governor McNutt Has Acted On 142 Measures In Few Days Indianapolis, Mar. 10.—(U.R) —Less than 40 bills remain to be signed, or vetoed by Gov. Paul V. McNutt. When the legislature adjourned ■at midnight Monday 163 measures were laid on the executive desk Ont of this number 142 have received attention and the remainder will be acted upon by tonight, it was predicted. Governor McNutt attached his signature late yesterday to the bill reorganizing cities and towns and reducing salaries of public officials. Total savings of more than S2OO, 000 annually are expected to result. The bill reduces IS fifth class cities to towns, consolidates offices, and boards and alters salary schedules. One of the important transfers places duties of city judge in the hands of the mayor. The position of clerk and treasurer will be combined in fourth and fifth class cities. Salary changes become effective Jan. 1. 1934 and the reorganiztaion must be completed no later titan that date. Other bills signed late yesterday were those: Reducing the $1.50 tax rate maximum to $1 outside incorporated cities and towns. Legalizing all past tax rates in excess of $1.50. Fixing minimum pay for public school teachers at SBOO. Creating a new department of 'agriculture and abolishing the pres ent state hoard of agriculture. Increasing exemptions allowed to defendants in judgments and in bankruptcy front s6oo to SI,OOO. Repealing the law which created the horsethief detective association. Creating a state probation department of lite |>erstuis. appointcoNTitvnKn on pagf. two Bernard Wemhoff Is Named On Committee Bernard Wemhoff. commerce and finance college student at the Uni-, versity of Detroit. Detroit, Michigan. has been selected a member of the Junior Prom committee. Fifteen men will comprise the committee this year. Norbert Reisterer was named chairman of the 1933 Junior Prom group. Three men from each college of the university compose the committee. The men are selected by the Union Board from a group of names submitted to them by the deans of the various schools. Stu- , dents are considered who have shown an active interest in extracurricular activities as well as hav- , Ing compiled a high scholarship , rating during their first three years in school. The Union Board selects the men thought to he deserving of , the honor. , Wemhoff served as sophomore . and junior class president, was chairman of the 1932 Sophomore , Snowball, news editor of The Vtirs- , ity News, Tower reporter and Union Hoard representative.

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ORDER SIGNED BI ROOSEVELT ALLOWS ACTION Secretary of Treasury Is Empowered To Open Some Banks NORMAL OPERATION MAY COME MONDAY Washington. Mar. 10 ( UR> President Roosevelt today signed an executive order empowering Secretary of Treasury Woodin to open some banks today lor emergency business. the executive order is exnected to make it possible lor national and stale hanks to exercise most of thi ir functions to meet the needs of communities or household expenses. foods, medicines, necessi- ; ies and the relief of distress. The White House said it understood that telegrams were goitis out now from he treasury department to the hanks informing them of the proclamation. The ortb r in effect gives the bankers largo discretionary powers to determine how far they may go in reopening their various department's. The order indicates that most banks will be operating in "substantial volume" probably by Monday morning. Only Few Days It is a matter of only a few days at the furthest "when the banking machinery of the country will be operating again at full speed." Secretary of Treasury William H. Woodin said today “The reopening of the banks of the country." Woodin said, "is not to be accomplished in a fewhours. Tn general the process w ill be ' bat the secretary of treasury will receive through the federal reserve hanks application for reopening by hanks which are memibers of the Federal Reserve system. These applications will bo acted upon forthwith. "In the ease of the state banks it is provided thw applications will be made to the proper state authorities." To Issue Order Secretary of Treasury Woodin today said that an executive ord r or regulation will be issued shortly direo ing all hanks of th-’ Federal Reserve system deftlrlng CONTINUFin GN PAGE TWO o ♦ — <1 Features Os New National Bank Bill ! Washington, Mar. Ilf. —(U.R) —Important features of the new banking bill: Confirms President Roosevelt's emergency action and gives him wide powers over financial institutions. foreign exchange trading and go'd and silver during national emergencies. Empowers the secretary of trens. ury to protect the federal reserve system's gold reserves by requiring member banks to turn over all their gold or gold certificates in return for other currency. Authorizes the comptroller ot the currency to appoint a “conservator'’ tor any federal reset ve member bank if he deems it necessary to conserve assets for depositors or cerditoin. The comptroller may prescribe such regulation as ho deems necesstry, including limita- , tion on withdrawals. Authorizes national banks to issue preferred stock to obtain now capital. Secretary of treasury may permit any bank to sell preferred stock to the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. Federal reserve bulks authorized to Issue federal reserve bank notes sectired hy 100 per cent of I United States government obligations or by 110 per cent of United States government obligations or by 110 per cent ot notes, drafts, bills) lof exchange or bankers acceptances. The notes will rank a3 national bank notes and be redeemable in lawful money. Issuance ot the notes to cease when the president proc'aims the emergency hart ! passed. Permits member banks in exceptional cases to obtain advance* from the reserves hunks on time or demand notes. ( Permits the federal reserve banka under certain restrictions to make advances to individuals, (partner- ! ships or corporations on their promtissory notes, secured by United 'States government obligations.