Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 31, Number 64, Decatur, Adams County, 16 March 1933 — Page 1

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ECONOMY BILL GIVEN FINAL APPROVAL

■fIICN FOR ftIACREAGE Joses today Hlhan 12.500 Acres "®eßeen Contracted ■for By Farmers M; \OT At CEPT _*ow: covtracts fjHiip.iiuit I" obtain lor lOt* (,i‘iiti;i! (’oinpaiiv t>l lilts citv lothiv. a total "I more 'Wi" ')(!!• icrcs lit lim rottlor. TW\V:ti’tl t'.tluitl. general ■ s up. hiilt'ii< | cnt lor Hie stilt* <i " ill "<’> nie'T . tllllt'tU’ls :is fo.tlift l' il lor i< V.. !>.•<•■ I Io .isslire e'urtllion of d’. llan' LOT I . iiiinaigu which Febris.'O 17 to secure the 1 wine heels in '(■is railed 1 .i'i:r terri »• 1 ’ ; ami imliv: Inals i- genercauip.iio was launched most f vorahle circumth*- weeks rolled amount acreage confor grew steadily j tinal «ir.'iup of the cam was i.'ai Uak.-n last week a lini'.-d was madcounts 1 ■ secure acres .1- s-ild" in nearby Mr. Calland sated the contracted for in tlrs - would be about 2.5«»0 Csllatid 'i'd T. E. Snyder. superinii dent of the ■ thin | their anp'-o-to 'lies'' who signed and to th. individuals who Bh! their in obtainii<", AS To Visit Growers next - ' he campaig" |Mle to have the sugar comf:»ld it every grow the t'-iiimry rid eottf ■ him relative r.i ilp eh'omoie selecting of land to 1*■ growing and th' 1 tor sow ing the seed. sowit,. w ill begin ■ ! April -.'.1 and cor.t’nue to ■ 15, M ( -i; ..,d stated. Seed ■l» e ppii.,! ( |, r sugar com a the mill will early this .spiing anil II lias been employed as ■ supiritit.iide'.t. Mt. Oksea connected with the S I.unis Sugar comformer owners of the local local plant, distinguished Sniv beet sugar, mill in was purchased by Dale and associates of negotiations now in probeing far enough along that ■Wation of the plant tlrs Mh assured. liiana court (issues ruling BDreme Court Reverses Decision of Marion Circuit Court ‘ttiaiiapcdts March 16.—(U.R)— *i»er« of defunct companies * lln .egal right to sue on be °t stockholders and creditors recovery of funds allegedly ined f rom them through ■ ll'e Indiana supreme court “ yesterday. J’tead, the stockholders and ors must sue individually, '°urt held. 1 Ms ruling the court reversed arion county circuit court «> awarded a $29,000 judgment st Charles J. Orbison and r wieers of the defunct IndiCitizens Building, Savings x,an Association. Indianapojudgment was awarded to ■ .esh. receiver for the com ■ who charged that the offidefrauded certain stockholdand "editors. He claimed vli> W * re IPt ' t 0 I’e'leve they were " g s,oc k in the association actually they only bought "‘rshlps entitling them to » stock.

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Portland Plane Has Government Approval Portland, hid., March 16 (SpeIcial) The airplane recently designed and built by Orin Welch has sue 'lcessfuliy met all tests applied by Il rold R. Neeley and a representative of the aeronautic branch of the U. S. Department of Commerce. Welch designed the plane, selling the poperty rights to the Aircraft Corporation of America. When the corporation discontinued building it.te planes., Welch purchased the right and will build the pla e:i in Portland. STOCKS, BONOS SHOW INCREASE Prices Soar In Respective Markets After Rush Os Buying (Ry United Press 1 Stocks, bonds and commodities , soared today on their respective markets. Excitement ran high and bidding was fast on various exchanges. Stocks jumped 1 to 3 points in a rush of buying that cause-1 tickets to lag S minutes behind the market. Cotton futures were carried up 13,00 to |4 00 a bale when trading was resumed on the New York. Chicago, and New Orleans exchanges. Crains on which limits of fluctuation had been set opened with gains at or near the maximum fluctuation permitted. A curb exchange seat sold at . $39,000. up $4,000 from the prev- , ious sale. 1 Grain Higher Chicago. March 16 — U.R) —.' pandemonium of buying orders , .struck the whest pit of the Chi ~ cago board of trade today signal- ' izing the end of the first e iforced , stoppage of trade in the history of the world’s primary grain market May wheat opened al 53 to ’itl’g. four and a quarter cents a bushel above the closing quotation of March .1 or almost the full 5 co t advance allowed under trading res'rictions. heat futures i>i i<for i . cry month of delivery jumopa □’trio the full advance in..-- 'ld.- in she dramatic reopening of th» grn n i July wheat was quoted at st’.'< up 5H from the close March ". the last previous day of trading. September was at 55 cents a ' bushel. 4’s cents above the las' close. 1 The trading floor was protge ’ 1 with excited brokers nc-rvousl. ’ awaiting resumption of trade as ’ the opening- gong refunded in 1 the ornate quarters in the 42-story skyscraper at the head of LaSalle 1 street. 1 The Minneapolis and Kansas ' City markets simultaneously opened five and 4% cents a bushel ’ higher. Stocks Raise New York, March 16— (U.R) — Buying orders accumulated overnight brought another heavy opening on the stock exchange ted iy with prices up substas tally from Ithe previous close. The deluge of buying 01 dels I from all parts of the country I dogged stock exchange machinery. Twenty minutes as er the opening the highspeed motor tickers were 6 minutes behind the 1 actual market. Copv Os New Fish ini; Regulations Received 1 County Clerk Milton Welling has received a copy of changes in 1 the fishing license laws, as passed by the 1933 session of the Indi1 ana general assembly. The principal change is that all persons over the age cf IS must nrocure 1 licenses to fish, even In their own ’ 1 county. Exceptions to this ruling are ex--1 ! service men twd owners or ten- ' ants on the lauid they occupy. ■ o— — Epworth League To i I Give Playlet Sunday I The young people of the Pletstutl > Mills Epworth League will give a progr m at the Church Saturday ■ evening March IS. consisting of a ■ missionary playlet In the form of a I mock trial and several special num--1 ibers by local talent a.i>d others from outside welcome. 1 Admission free. Free will offering "will be takes.

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PRESIDENT TO SUBMITRELIEF MEASURE TUDAY Roosevelt Will Send Special Message To Congress Late Today PLAN SEEKS RELIEF FOR UNEMPLOYED v Washington, M i\ b 16 —I UP I — Two messages- instead of one on agriculture and unemployment relief, will lie sent to congress by 1 President Roosevelt, it was le rued today at the White House. Mr. Roosevelt will send up his agiicultnral relief message this after. (xm. The one dealing with the unemployment problem will not go until sometime tomorrow, it is believed. Origill.il plans called for the President to embrace both subjects in one message. These were (hanged, however, in order to make it easier for leaders at the capitoi and in order that tlie matters could be referred to the p.oper committees without delay. Washington. March 16.—(U.R) President Roosevelt will send a special message .0 (-.ingress late today on agriculture and unemployment -relief, it was learned at tlie White House The message, it was stated, will not he moie than 6110 words in length and it is expected to reach the house and senate before 5 p in. The President began putting the finishing touches to the do. unient as his first order of business today. The contents represent the views of farm leaders from ail sec- ■ tions of tlie country representing a dozen er more organizations ami • a so the views cf senators aipl othI er leaders who have assis.ed him in formulating his policy toward 1 tlie jobless. ’ While Mr. Roosevelt and his friends have been reticent as to tlie contents of the message, it is a foregone conclusion that he will ask that congress authorize c mps for a vast army of lhe unemployed in order that an immediate start - can be mode on reforestation, in • •oNTix-rni' nv paiii.' thurf o MOST OF STATE BANKS ARE OPEN AH But 28 of Indiana’s State Banks Are Open Today BULLETIN Indianapolis, Mar. 16—‘(U.R.' —Twenty eight state banks were changed from class B to class A rating by the state banking department today. It was announced that licenses to reopen have been granted 288 class A banks and 182 class B institutions, leaving only 28 still closed. Most of these will be permitted to re sume business after further investigation. Banks changed to class A rating included the First State Bank of Berne. Indianapolis. March 111.—(U.R)* All but 28 of the state bunks in Indiana were open today, endl.is almost completely the holiday i; which started March 6. The remaining few are expect- : ed to open after their statements can be che< ked more thoroughly ■ and their affairs put in better shape. Names of the 28 were not ■ revealed. i Among those opened. 288 have -' class A rating and 172 are classed as B banks. Almost all of the i class B institutions opened for ■ the first time today while those •in class A have been reopening) i since Tuesday. A withdrawal limit of five ner cent will he placed on deposits | made prior to the national bank Ing moratorium. There will be no restrictions on new accounts, however ('lass B banks nlso will be required to prohibit withdrawal from savimgs and on certificates of deposits for 90 days. A ’ist of more than 250 class A banks permitted to open was given out yesterday by Symons. Ilf snid ’hst other ba’’ks would 7cwtinued ’os~page* sixT

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Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, March 16, 1933.

Chicago’s New Mayor ■ ‘‘ST V KIl 1 LJ Jr B ■■' _ 4 xg ttwf "WK, -w '•»"< -wow Frank .1. Corr, member of the Chicago city council, candidate of tne Democratic party organization, who was e’ected acting mayor of Chicago to succeed lie late Anton J. Cerntak. at a special meeting of lie city cou'ii il. Mr. Coir is 56 years old and has been a reside.i’ of Chicago since lie was 12 years old. He was formerly an assistant eorporaticn counsel.

QUAKE INQUEST NEXT TUESDAY CoronerWiil Hold Inquest Into Quake Deaths Tuesday Los Angeles. Mar. 1. (U.R) — A eoimer’s inquest into the deaths caused by the earthquake last Friday wil b? held Tuesday in the Halt of Justice, at which time a thorough investigation into construction methods, will be initiated, Coroner Frank A Nance announced today. The inquiry will concentrate on the quality of construction in die damaged area, and will dwell largely on the tact that numerous school bui dings 111 Long Beach, Hunting ton Park. Compton and other districts were demolished while older structures sustained less damage. “I am choosing a jury of competent engineers in order that the findings may be understood thoroughly and properly weighed." Coroner Nance said. "I don't know whether there lias been any criminal responsibility in connection with any construction work. That is for the inquest to determine.” District Attorney Burton R. Fit is pledged his aid in the inquiry. Plans for financial relief and rehabilitation were well under way. OOVTIVI'P.t' OV OMIT? ‘ t\'|.APPROVE SALES TAX WEDNESDAY Illinois House of Representatives Approves 3 Per Cent Tax —— Springfield. 111. March 16- (U.R) —A sales tax measure und r which the state will collect 3 per cell from all sales, whether they be sewing needles or Paris gowns or automobiles was approved by lithe Illinois house of representatives last night. Senators already have approved the measure, which will be sent t back for formal approval of minor , bouse amendments today. Gov.) Henry Horner, who advocated passage of tlie bill as one of his administrative achievemen- s. will 1 sign the proposal promptly. Gasoline, which already is subiect to a 3 per cent state tax. was the sole exception to the tax measure. Finds raised by he sales tax will be distributed to counties on the basis of population for poor relief. Amv motleyleft over may be applied by the 1 counties to reduce property tax.

Decatur Woman Named Conference President Mrs. 11. N. Shroll of this city was chosen president of the Women's Missionary Conference of tlie Salamone Association which was held . in the First Baptist Clinic i in Diin- ' kirk. Wednesday. Miss Lozier, mission!-ry of CenI tral America, give the principal address at the meeting. Other officers chosen were Mrs. Lewis of Dunkirk, vice-president; Mrs. Walter Tuttle of Muncie, secretary a d treasurer and Mrs. May Cope of Newcastle, civib work. COMMUTATION HOPE LESSENS Arizona State Board of Pardons Hostile To Plea Todaystate Prison, Florence, Ariz., March 16—<U.R)— An openly hostile state hoard of pardons and 11 paroles today all but stifled hopes of Winnie Ruth Judd for a coin- ; mutation of her death sentence. 1 1 Tlie board refused to hear four I witnesses summoned in her behalf after Chairman Lin B. Orme indicated a belief that lhe s ory she had told tin in during a secret four-hour session last night differed from her previous accounts. Mrs. Judd sought to have Judge • J. C. Niles of Phoenix testify in her behalf. Judge Niles, in dtsi missing murder accessory charges aga nst J J. Halloran, her wealthy friend, held that Mrs. Judd had killed Agnes Ann Leroi in self I defense, and that murder had not I been committed Mrs. Judd was I convicted of the crime without ' I testifying in her own defense. She is under sentence to hang i April 14. Good Friday, for Mrs. ' Lerot's slaying. She also was charged with killing Hedvig SamI nelson, but never has been brought . to trial on that indictment. Auto Damaged In Accident Today A peculiar auto accident occurred lat the Madison-Second street corner at 3:30 this afternoon. Elmer iEhrsim of Monroe was driving I north on Second street and George 'Adler, traveling south was attempting to make a left lend turn into Madison street Adler had a trailer hooked on to his car and Ehr■sam's into sideswiped it. The trailer was hurled against a new sedan i! parked at the northeast corner of Madison street, smashing the fendi ers one light and dingeing the radiator. The pirked car was owned by ■iC. P. Meyer, oil burner salesman 'from Fort Wayne.

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SENATE LEADER ASSURES BEER PASSAGE SOON Senate Starts Consider- • ation of Bill At Noon Today POSSIBILITY OF PASSAGE TODAY Washington March 16—(UP) Senate prohibitionists loosed a salvo of protest today against the beer-wine bill modification of the Volstead Act to legalixe those beverages. Senator Borah, R.. of Idaho, and Senator Sheppard, ot Texas, spoke for : caure apparently lost and against a Democratic conspiracy of silence—the fomer charging "nullification of the cha- ter under which we live, and the latter pleading the moral cause of prohibition. Washington. Mirth 16 --(UP)- — Whatever miy have happened to prosperity, legal beer and wine are just around the coiner today and will lie on sale next month. The Senate takes up the 3.2 per cent beer and wine bill at noon on a schedule calculated to insure its passage by tomorrow eveni.i g. Tlie house voted Tuesday to legalize heer alone. There may be house 1 objection to the wine and fruit i juices amendment inserted by the Senate finan e committee. Grape growers on the west co st h ve protested that 3.2 per cent is not sufficient alcohol to suit their purposes. One Senator received a telegram demanding that the limit be raised to 10 per cent. An American Federation of Labor smvey reports there arc 23 states with an aggregate population of 72.OOO.coi persona in which the legalized beverage may be sold as soon as the Volstead act is modified. The Harrison-Cullen bill, by which the Democratic pirty promises to redeem its immediate beer platform pledge, will become effective 15 d ya after President Roosevelt signs it. ”1 •xpecl lhe hill to pass the senate by a two-to-one majority by tomorrow eve- ing and it may pass today," Senate majority leader Robinson told the United Press. “I see no reason why it should not lie amended to permit sale of the legalized beverages in the District of Columbia as soon as elsewhere." Senator Borah. Repn., Idaho, is rumbling protests ag.inst "Nullification of the constitution." But tlie veteran western dry eon.e-.les t.ieia cdVTix-rici i nv i'»oi.’ <siix o Application Blanks Are Now Available Indianapolis, Mar. 16. —(U.R) —Application blanks for wholesale and retail dealers in medicinal whiskey were available today at the office of Al G. Feeney, acting liquor excise director. Wholesale and retail druggists may apply for the blanks now but before returning them should first obtain a federal permit so its number can be placed on the stap? application, Feeney said. RESUMETRIAL OF REV, CONWAY Trial of Muncie Pastor Continues; Testimony Kept Secret Muncie, Ind.. March 16. —(U.R) —. Trial of the Rev. G. Lemuel Conway. former pastor of the Madison Street Melhodist Episcopal church continued before an ecclesiastical ’ court today with only witnesses (and principals permitted to attend. None of the testimony will be made public, it was announced by Bishop Edgar Blake of Detroit, Michigan, who is presiding. Conway is charged with assaulting and attempting a criminal attack on Miss Helen Huffman, 18 year old high school girl. Her father. Burl Huffman, was one of the first witnesses. Friends of the suspended minister said lie had witnesses to prove he was in a plumbing shop when the alleged attack took 1 place.

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Presents Drastic Proposals Today Geneva March 16 —(UP)—‘Warning solemnly against the danger of war, Premier J. Ramsey McDonald of Great Britain today presented drastic proposals for dis i rmaniei't to the World Arms conference. He proposed a new conference of all naval powers t.i' 1955, the year before limitations of the London conference expire, and presented a British convention, looking to reduction of armies, navies, and weapons. "If there is failure, then the j stream of events will drive you speedily to new : atastrophe." MacDonald sad vehemently, pleading for agreement. "Failure will loose the passions jwhich make w.:r. Have we not had enough of enmity and war and the settlement of issues by force?’’ CONTEST SEATS IN CONGRESS Fourteen Congressmen Are Involved In Bitter Disputes Washington, March 15. — (U.R) Fourteen congressmen are involved in bitter disputes over their right to sit in the house of representatives. They are variously charged by opponents with fraud, corruption, deceit and other violations including: Use of waste paper baskets and garbage cans for ballot boxes; payment of 50 cents and $1 each to voters; use of trick ballots to confuse the balloters; counting of votes cast by prisoners in the county jail; tinkering with voting machines so they wouldn’t register for the opposition. The congressmen concerned have filed vigorous denials of the charges. The depression, said a veteran ' Washingtonian today, accounts for the almost unprecedented number of election contests. He explained that a congressman gets $9,000 a year; hence he has to fight this year to keep his job. The pending con.ests follow: California. 20th district; Claude Chandler vs George Rrunham. Connecticut, 2nd district: William C. Fox va. William 1.. Higgins. Connecticut, sth district: Martin E. Vormley vs. Edward W. Goss. Illinois. 9th district: Janies McAndrews vs. Fred A. Britten. Illinois. 10th district: Charles II Webber vs. James Simpson. Jr., and Ralph E. Church. lowa, sth district: Lloyd Ellis vs. Lloyd Thurston. Maine. 3rd district: Ralph O. Brewster vs. John G. Utterbaeh — (charge not yet Tiled.! Michigan, 15th district: Charles Bowles vs. John D. Dingell. Mississippi. 7th district: Loyal Reese vs. Russell Elzey. New York, 20th district: Fiorello Laguurdia vs. James J. Lanzetta. Pennsylvania. Ist district: Joint J. Shannon vs. James M. Beck. Pennsylvania, 12th district. John 1 J. Casey vs. C. Murray Turpin. Pennsylvania, 32nd district; Mrs. Anne E. Felix vs. Michael Muldowney. Tennessee. Ist district: Albert C. Tipton and () B. Lovett vs. Carroll L. Reese. Constitutional contests also involved E. H. Shoemaker, who was seated as a member at large front Minnesota even though he was an ex-convict, and Henry Ellenbogen. who may be seated from Hie 33rd Pennsylvania district when his naturalization papers have been in force seven years, a constitutional requirement. o Twenty Unemployed Men Work On Farms Twent members of the Decatur unemployed worked all day Wednesday at the Andrew Fuellirg and Hermtan Foreman farms, which were badly d imaged during Monday night's severe windstorm. Fifty men had been working Tuesday. o Dog And Pony Show Location Announced Van's dog and pony show will appear here Saturday afternoon at the corner of Second and Madison streets. The show is given free, arrangements for its appearance being made by Decautr merchants. The show lias appeared in a number of nearby cities. The performance will be given at two o’clock.

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CHANGES ARE ACCEPTED BY HOUSE TODAY Measure Awaits Only Signature of President Roosevelt ALLOWS REDUCTION IN ALL EXPENSES Washington. March l(i. ; (U.R) President Roosevelt's !fi500,( MM 1,000 economy bill, carrying extensive savings in veteran's expenditures and federal salaries was given final house ajiproval today and sent Io the president for signature. the chamber accepted without prol e s t senate amendments cutting some 317.000,000 from the estimate of total saving thus completing congressional action' on an unprecedented grant of power, to tlio chief executive The bill, as it will become law. allows the president to cut veteran’s compensations, pensions, and 1 allowances by a little less than $490,000.01)0. More than $100.0011,000 in federal economes is expected to be achieved from the section authorizing pay cuts up to a maximum of 15 per cent. In combination with the beer legalization and taxing program. I now pending in the senate, re- . taenchments possible through go-- , ernmental reorganization. the . economy bill is expected to effect the long sought balanced budget. , The measure gives Mr. Roosevelt , virtually unrestricted power to re- ) vise and curtail the whole system of veterans’ pensions and benefits , to save about $400,000,000. It atithorizes him to reduce federal payrolls up to 15 per cent to save an ( additional $100,000,000. . Final enactment of the bill will . put the new administration well I along toward its goal of a balanced t budget and complete tlie second . phase of the president's emergency legislative program. The first item was the banking , hill passed last week. The third is the heer liill on which the senate begins debate today. Mr. Roosevelt momentarily is expected to put congress to work on the fourth and fifth items, unemployment und farm relief. The major reduction in World war veterans' benefits is to lie accomplished by eliminating disability allowances to all except those whose disabilities are shown due directly to war service. The president and tlie veterans bureau can reduce the compensation received by those whose disabilities are found to be service-connected. Pensions to Civil war veterans and their dependents will be continued on the present basis, but with a 10 per cent reduction in amount. Spanish war veterans will conI tinue to receive pensions if they prove service-connected disability or if they are over 62 years of age. Senate amendments reduced tha estimated savings by only $6,000.000. The only important ones accepted were an amendment by Senator Black. Dem.. Ala., allowing (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) BODY IS FOUND IN STOLEN CAR Linton Man Is Found Dead Near Railroad Crossing Today I Mitchell. Ind., Mar. 16 —(U.R)— The body of Fred Gates. 23. Linton, was found near a railroad I crossing five miles west of here today. Police said he was riding in a stolen car which iwas struck by a B. and O. passenger train Hite last night. Arthur Sargent, other occupant of the automobile, was removed to a Washingion hospital . in serious condition. i Authorities said a gun was found in Sirgent's possession hut 1 that he refused to talk. The car was stolen from Earl i Booher. Linton, while It was park- ■ ed in front of a Mitchell store. It ■ was being driven toward Bedford when (he accident occurred Sargent was found immediately • | after the accident but Gates’ body . was not discovered until 6:30 a.n».