Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 31, Number 69, Decatur, Adams County, 22 March 1933 — Page 1

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9SEREBELS KINST PLAN lemwnt isl — ■ Revolt I lares In !»■,„' Today Against : "Booscvi'lt Proposal jB()R FEDERATION Il vH|i|»()Sl> ME VSI RE March 22—(UP) RoocrrfO today sumK members of the senate BTouse labor committees to Hou-r conference to- ■ t or the administration's program submitHynterday to congress. n t hearings on the bill, to employ 250.000 n. reforestation and other wo ks. ar- to begin to- '" ■ashiiij'lnn. Mar. 22 <U.fi> ■pen mihl (lelianl revolt ■l in llie house today ■si I'n siilml Ihiosexelf , Hr..!l In iturnit ;t imiHjeil :irinx el 2.">< 1.000 joliHniil put I lien i lo work on HjeprojtvU at $1 a (lav. Hr American I'edcralion H.ilinr. powirlti! spokes■for a million voters, nfiii aitiilie t the ■nc •: ; "- - ili'..l Oreey of Hr.r dangerous to wales. ■ irtiinn] by coil K;.il leaders of In- ' labor Hi'' ::.i nf 'tie ti,man H eeniaiif. daily refused in <la- hill. Ho probable mw the fight attaint !n . loilny to i rmH the hill. ■ - in- ■ ■> "f'ili!."' discipline" amt prnvi-ionH. Labor Frames ■;- a ’ tii< ■m an-.' scold be recruitthnn.mh the war do ■w-l's eiili-inient service nmn wlm enlist" for a ■m. year " ill lie tin'formed' ■ armv ua , -of sl.on a d.iv! Birrti in work camps nnil." Hi distipliee ami then set to ■ upon itiures'.ation and re■tion pro ipi ts. Hnediate funds to finance tinwill he obtained from a unexpended balance work- appropriations in The whole program. ■Tixncn u\ *.*(’*; Vhukki* (ARCED WITH PERSONATION ■JJiapolis Man Charged l"ith Impersonating | Wayne Coy ■Aianapolis. March 22 - -U.R: —A of impersonating VViiyiai ■ Wcretary to Gov. Paul V. Mr obtain S7OO for a promise a prison pardon, was today against Rohe'P* <2, Imllanapolis. fcfiis was arrested last night. P* Police said he was identiMrs. Krelda Hitch as one P**® men who obtained *7OO P -er while represent mg lili!if ,s Coy. Burris’ companions P lot been arrested but one of P has been Identified as Kurl PPoll. 38, Indianapolis, polic Pj- Hitch told police the men (“kril a pardon for her husP 1 J °hn Hitch, serving a 12- ( lorm ji> the state prison on [Mon of bank robbery. She »hp na|q jjjp mo))f , v nt a ? n * at Anderson, a Imported Ihe swindle after a picture of Toy in a nowsfr. hppell is a fugitive on a t: of carrying weapons a I 1 lib «ny under *2,500 bond on •windle charge. Rond nf *SOO J le weapon charge was orderwteited yesterday wh«n he ' t 0 appear in municipal handles all prison matters. Gw McNutt.

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West Point Chief * 1 ' I-tei ; enant Colonel Simon B Buck- 1 ner, Jr., of Kentucky, executive j officer of the Army War College, j who has been appointed new corn mamlant of the United States Military Academy at West Poinl. * Colonel Buckner was a member of the Army's training si aft during the World War. He has been an i executive officer in Washington • for many years. DESCRIBE TRIP AS SUCCESSFUL English Statesmen Return To London After Peace Conferences Croyrten Airport. England, Mar. j ' 22.—(UJ!> Prime Minister Rams y MaePonakd and--Foreign Minister Sir George Simon arrived by air from Paris at 10:63 a. m. today, completing iheh tour of European ' capitals undertaken in an effort to establish a new peice pact through ' out .western Europe. “When negotiations are complete ' we shall have been successful." was MacDonald's cryptic comment In | - describing his (rip. MacDonald left Paris with no aisiiranee that France would sitpy n I the four-power peace treity proposed hv Premier Mussolini of Italy i ,to end the danger of imminent in | temational misunderstandings. Ini; j he did have an understanding with Premier Eduard Daladier thai! ' France would consent to enlarge the conversations over the fourpower pact and would consent to a review of the whole European • situation. The powers which would he in ! voiced in the treaty as proposed by | Mussolini are Italy. France. Eng | land and Germany. Under the i agreement reached informally in (MacDonald's conferences with Dll- - it appeared a conference of !representatives of the four nations I 1 probably will discuss the treaty plan I in detail. No definite arrangements > have been made for such a conference. The French feel til it their naI tion has been placed in an embar-j rasing position. They are unable to reject the Mnssolini-MacDonahl( plan, since doing so would place | on them the responsibility forj ' breaking up the peace talks. Yet ! they are thoroughly opposed to either revision of the World warj treaties or abandonment of the ' little entente, both of which are I involved. O ■ Will Retain Federal Tax On Gasoline j I Washington. Mar. 22 —(U.R) —The j, ' tax program of the Roosevelt ad ! ministration undoubtedly will in- , chide re-enactment of the one cent 1 per gallon federal g'soline tax. majority leader Byrna said today. .' The majority leader added that j he personally would favor repeal of the check stamp tax "if it would i not interfere with budget balanc-ii ling." “However." he added, "in all i these tax matters we must eongld- i er the budget-balancing as pre-jr eminent. Nothing must interfere |< with that." it ° ! J NOTICE jt A meeting of all the unemployed t imen of Decatur will he held at the it | Adams County garage Thursday I ! evening at 7:30 o’clock. It was stat-j, led that the purpose of the meeting jt was for icorg nizatlon and every jl member is urged to attend. a

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ARREST BANKER | UN CHARGES DF TAX EVASIONS Government Will Press ('harges Against Charles E. Mitchell FORMER CHAIRMAN OF NEW YORK BANK New York. March 22.— (U.R) — Under orders front Washington, the United States altoi’.ieys office prepared today to press immediately its charge of income ax evasion against Charles K. Mitch ell. one of the financial heroes of j the boom days. Mitchell, former chairman of all ! the vast enterprises affiliated j with the National City Rank, was : arres'etl last night at his Fiflit ! Ave. home, and was released on $1 o.orty bail. Evide. ee to support the government’s charge that Mitchell evaded a $ti.'i7.124.41) tax due on his 192!l income will be presented to the federal grand jury at once, and If an indictment is returned he case will be tried speedily. The statute of limitations leaves I on'v a few weeks for action. I U iteii States Attorney George j Medalie announced that he had j delayed taking action agaitmt an- ; other prominent banker. .Joseph !W. Harriman. on more serious ! charges for nearly three mon'hs upo ’! orders from the department i of justice in the Hoover administration. The delay was renuested by the comptroller of the currency ;to give time to reorganise the Harriman National Rank, ii was explained, hut the liauk was no' reorganured. It was not allowed to re-open after the national bank holiday, and Harriman. its president. was arrested, charged with financing hank stock purchases »*«***e*« ••••••••««• ♦♦ • • <ro\'TlNri’?l> ON PAGE SIX) SEEK CUSTODY OF 6 PERSONS InfU’inupolis Police Seek Custody of Alleged Police Killers Indianapolis. Mar. 22.— cal authorities collected evidence and witnesses t iu> ill an effort to j win their leg 1 battle for custody of six persons held at Covington, j Ky . as suspects in the machine gun ‘ murder of Sergeant Lester Jones. Indianapo'is policeman. Chief Milk Morrissey of the Indianapolis police department made a hurried trip to Covington yesterday with extradition papers and copies of murder indictments agiinst the suspects. But lie discovered that a hearing on a writ of habeas corpus to free :he prisoners is scheduled tor tomorrow i morning. I Morrissey returned to Imlianapjolis this morning and instructed bis men to round up witnesses and .get them ready to testify at an lextrad'Mnn hearing in Frankfort. ! Ky i Those held in Covington are Millie Mason, alleged safe cracker: A! | Thompson. Edward Miller, Fred Adams George Schwartz, reputed | former Chicago gangster, and Mary j Phillips. 21-year-o'd sweetheart of the men. Detectives claim they have definite clews linking the suspects with the murder of Sergeant Jones during a robbery of a bus garage here Fell. 7. o — C'tv Council Holds Brief Session Tuesday The Decatur city council held a brief session Tuesday evening, with little business of Import inee coming up for actio: The council adopted a report of the street committee recommending abandonment of a light at Third street crossing of the Erie r ilroad. The council also voted to change the light at the Winchester street crossing of the Clover Leaf railroad in order to effect a siving In power used.! The council granted a petition . 'tug for the installation of a light , heiwec Elm street and the Clover Leaf railroad. Regular hills were ! allowed by the council.

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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, March 22, 1933.

BULLETIN Washington March 22 — (UPI — President smoothly working legislative machinery sped his ambitious farm relief bill through the house today with, many votes to spare. An hour and a half I debate pieceded the vote. The complicated measure, which would take poor land out of proj duction, place a roundabout bounty on reduced cotton acreage and tax farm products forth ebenefit of the farmer now goes to the senate. ENGINEER HAS MADE ANALYSIS Engineer Is Making Survey of Decatur Light And Power Plant An analysis of the water and I I steam and data pertainig to the , City Light and Power Plant, has been made by Charles Brossmaa . consulting engineer of Indianapolis, who lias been e 1 gaged by the City to m ike a survey of the local plant. Mr. Brosstnan is supervising the 1 installation of a large turbiti at Purdue and intends to return to De- ; cat nr about the first of the month and complete the survey here, i The survey is being made as to jthe efficiency of the machinery and j equipment it: the city plant and sug--1 gestions made by Mr. Brossman will ; be along the lire of lucre sing efficiency of the pla t and lower the j cost nf production. Every effort will be nude by the city to reduce the light and power ’ rates and as soon as facts are available actkvn will be taken by the council. Despite the large decrease ‘ business, the city plant showed a substantial profit last year and January and February of this year also were profitable. ' Recommendations will be made :by the consulting engineer and (where the improvements are feasible the council will in all probability install the equipment needed to ; reduce plant costs. —o Rev. Father Reinig Gives Third Sermon Selecting for Ii is text. "And Die (whole multitude of them rising up. led him to Pilate”, St. Luke. 23-1. ithe Rev. Father Alfred Reinig, (assistant pastor of St. Mary's Cathjdlic church, Fort W yne, gave in inI spiring discourse on the pas3ion of Jesus Christ at St. Mary's Catholic (church in- this city Tuesday evenJing. The sermon was tlie third of a series of Lenten discours'.> deliver- , ed by Father Reinig. He dealt with the trial of Jesus before Pilate and the audience of the Christ man be- . fore Herod. , Rev. Father Joseph Seimetz. p .s- --. tor gave the Benediction, of the I Blessed Sacrament following the i sermon. REPUBLICANS ABANDON FIGHT Slate Committee Abandons Fight Against Election Postponement Indianapolis, March 22.— (U.P> — Plans to test the constitutionality of the bill postponing municipal elections for one yeiyr were abandoned late yesterday by the Republican state committee. Members of the committee accepted the advice of Don Irwin.! Frankfort, state chairman, who said that the bill apparently is j legal. In view of the postponement it was decided to revise the party rules for Jinldine municipal elections next year. A committee was named by Irwin to study the question and revise the rules where necessary. It con-! sisls of Ewing Etnlson, Vincennes: Edmund J. Freund, Valparaiso; j Schuyler A Haas. Indianapolis: John W. Scott. Gary: Miss Carrie : korff. Evansville, and Mrs. Lula; Fitch. Muttcie Earlier In the day Irwin had ap-1 pointed advisory and executive 1 Icommittees of the state committee. Ogden L. Mills, former secretary of the treasury, will address the' next meeting April 29. |

EARLY ACTION ; ON FARM PLAN — r Roosevelt Plans Action On Farm Credits And Home Owner Relief Washington, March 22 —(U.R) | Presided Roosevelt is planning early action on farm credits and relief for the small home owner, j it was learned today. Sources close to the White House said that the president was i prepared to submit to congress I! wi. bin the next few days a message and hill on farm credit to be followed by legislation along similar lines for the sinalj home own- ’ er. This farm credit legislation will have two purposes, it was declared. • One would be for the incorporai tloii in one nr two control bodies • i the functions thai: now are being administered by the eight farm credit agencies. Another would be the reducticr of the interest rate on farm mortgages and .'he extension of time in the general financing scheme. It was understood that mortgages held not only by the federal agencies but also by private mortgagees such as Insurance I companies, for example, would be included in the new category. This legislation now is in the s-age of preparations and it was expected that the rough drafts would be completed at the White House by Friday. Plans for relief for the small home owner still are in the formative stage. It was sa>d ’hat the same principle will he applied to them as to the relief of farm mortgages. This means a reduction of the interest rate probably to about three per cent and longer terms on amortization of the 1 mortgage. In this way, it was explained, it was hoped that organizations such as the farm loan banks would he ((CONTINUED ON VAO.E FOUR) APPROVE CUTS IN LIGHT RATE Reductions of 20 Percent. Approved By State Commission • Indianapolis, Mar. 22. —(U.R) —Reductions of 20 per cent in electric tales for rural patrons of the Public Service Company of Indiana ; were approved late yesterday by I the Public Service Commission for 23 counties and three towns. The petitions asking approval of the reductions were tiled after ofticials of the co/npany had reached . an agreement with their customers. A total net saving of $5,545.22 will result from an average cut of llt.S per cent given consumers in Benton, Boone. Clinton, Tippecanoe. Montgomery. Warren and Marion 1 cottnJes. An average reduction of 19.-1 is provided for rural consumers in Randolph. Union. Franklin. Fayette. Wayne, Dearborn. Hancock. Rush, Henry, Ohio, Delaware and parts of Ripley county. In this group 1,082 patrons will receive reductions and 139 increases. Reductions averaging 19 per cent were approved for the town of Moores Hill, 15 per cent for West Lebanon, and 23.2 per cent for Whitewater. File Petition Indianapolis. Ind.. March 22 — (UP) Petition asking electric rte 1 red tit ions In 13 Northeastern Iml--1 |iana towns served by the Indiana service corporation were filed to- ; day with the Public Service commission. Tlie towns Include Poe, Chnrubttsco, Uniondale, Lautto, Kinunell, ilMerriam. Tocsin, Lynn Grove, New Cory don, Zaresville, Ossian, Ar|colu and Huntertown The movement for lower rates was sponsored by the Municipal league of Indi ina. o \ Babe Signs Contract St. Petersburg, Kla. March 22 — (UP)—Babe Ruth today signed his 1933 player contract with the New York Yankees, calling for a salary lof *52,000.

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THOUSANDS OF I ACRES FLOODED i BY HIGH WATERS Hundreds of Families Are Forced To Flee To Higher Ground REPORTED WATER SLOWLY RECEDING ; I (By United Press) | Flood waters of the Ohio. White ■ ( and Wabash rivers poured their j - j muddy contents into the pocket 1 section of Indiana today, inwudati ing thousands of acres and send- | I 1 ing hundreds of families scamper-1 I ing for higher ground. I Weather bureau officials predict i that the Ohio will reach the 45 . I foot stage at Evansvlle. three feet : ; under the level established during lithe disastrous flood of 1913. But bo h the Ohio and Wabash are expected to reach their crests ! in southern Indiana today. • I Cities along the upper reaches of the streams reported the crest had been passed and that the I water was receding slowly. Drowns at Muncie ■ j The flood waters yielded lip the ■ bodies of a man and woman ye.s---j terday while at Muncie Miss ■ Dorothy Jane Pfeiffer. 20 year old : student at Ball State Teachers i College, used the swollen White ■ I river to commit suicide. She was last seen swimming I under the Walnut street bridge. -1 Police and firemen planned to > I drag the river for her body. The > j girl’s ■ father, George Pfeiffer. i i Center township assessor, said - j she apparently was despondent i because of low grades received at • school. Recover Bodies At Clinton fishermen recovered tj lie body of Vivian Scott. 17 year i i old high school girl, from the > ; Wabash river. She jumped from ! a bridge last December, leaving a ! note saying she had been tint' rtunate in a love affair. I -dianapolls police recovered i the body of Edward Rozier, tit, ! front the canal there. He disappeared from his home Feb. 6. The Ohio drove 30 families from 1 their homes in the village of Utica »•«*•••••«•••••••♦•••*• ♦ (CONTI Nl' El > ON I* AOR SIX) O —— Decatur Girl Scouts Will Sponsor Movie The Decatur Girl Scouts will , sponsor a benefit movie at the Adams Theatre Friday and Saturd y , March 31 and April 1, it lias been . announced. The movie to be shown . will be "Little Orphan Annie." A meeting of the Girl Scouts was f held i: the Central school building, Tuesday night, and tickets for the I movie were distributed. Admission I will lie 1(1 cents for grade children and 15 cents for adults. A matinee I I will lie show:; Friday afternoon at ‘ 3 o’clock. BANDITS LOOT ILLINOIS BANK 1 Six Mon Blast Through Wall; Known Loss Is About SIO,OOO f Chicago. Mar. 22—(U.R) Six rob- : i bet's using nitroglycerin blasted I ■ through a wall into th. Argo Stat"' I bank today and looted the vault and safety deposit boxes. j The known loss was $4,000 in , cash and apnroximately *5,000 in! (stamps. Police estimated that the; . contents of the safety deposit boxes! . including one for a nearby postal savings bank, might bring the final 1 figure to *IOO.OOO. . j Harold Lear. Janitor employed at the bank, entered while the men still were at work. He was forced to face the wa'.l while the final charge exploded. The bandits, how-; ’ever, became nervous and after gathering all the available loot left when two companions ot lasar rapped at the front door. | Samuel M. Frankland. president j of the bank, said that the institu- ! tion had less than *25,000 In catOi 1 on hand and that the bandits hod, been scared away before they hud obtained all of that. He said the! bank had no estimate of Hie money *UX)NtTnCB rr 3N VagV FOUR) *

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Ranger for Congress M * * Milton H. West, of Brownsville, Texas, a former Texas Ranger, who will succeed Vice President John Garner iti the House of Representatives. West recently received the Democratic nomination, which is tantamount to election. His election will mark the first time that an ex-Ranger has gone to Congress. FILES PETITION FOR INJUNCTION South Bend Man Files Petition Aeainst Reorganization Law Indianapolis. March 22 —(U.R) Selection of a three-judge federal ciHirt to hear arguments on the injunction petition filed against the state government reorganiza- ! tion act was awaited today Although a permanent injunck'' was asked, Judge Robert C. Bultzell refused o issue a temporary restraining order pending outcome of the petition. The petition, filed at 3:30 p. m. yesterday by Ralph Wetzel, auto license branch manager at South Bend, sought 'o restrain Gov. Paul V. McNutt. William Storen. state treasurer, and Floyd E. Williamsop. state auditor, from taking over the auto license department. I attacked constitutionality of the reorganization law under which the auto license department has been transferred from the office of Frank Muyr. Jr., secre tarv of state, to the department cc -i rolling the treasury departI merit. Mavr also was named a defendant. Although Wetzel still is auto license manager at South Rend, lie polluted out in the petition that his posii'ion is threatened with the pending reorganization. Oliver W Loomis, South Bend, retiring attorney for the northern Indiana federal district. and George W. Hufsmith and Fred A. Wiecldne. denulv attorneys generI ii er'-ferred with Judge Raltzell la*e yesterday. Constitutionality of the law was attacked on three grounds impairment of Wetzel's branch manager eoni'ract, deprival of "life, liberty or property" without due law process, and the law's faulty (title. The title is "a bill for an I art" rather than "an act." - Mph’s Shops Needed By Relief Organization Dr. Burt Mangold, president of j the Decatur Emergency Relief! (Association, announced today that Stlie association has had numerous requests for men's shoes, which the organization has been able to fill. (Any persons having old shoes which (the are willing to donate to the I needy, are asked to notify Dr Man.gold. o Recommends Divorce Miami Fla., March 22 (UP)—An absolute divorce for Mrs. Janet Aide:’ Walker from .lames John (Jimmv) WHker, former mayor of New York, was recommended today by Thomas J. Dowdell, special master jin chancery in his report to circuit judge W. W. Trammell. | Dowdell heard testimony in Mrs. Walker’s action yesterday.

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BEER MEASURE IS SIGNED BY THE PRESIDENT First Sales Under New Law W ill Be Permissable April 7 j PREDICT DELAY IN THIS STATE BULLETIN Indianapolis March 22 —(UP) ( —Thirsty Hoosiers who had looked forward to the return of "real” beer April 7, received a cruel blow today when Paul Fry, newly appointed excise director announced that it may be June 1 before the liquid is ready for sale in Indiana. "No licenses have been issued to brewers, wholesalers or retailers," Fey explained, "and there is going to be considerable delay before they are.” Thirty to 60 days probably will be required to get the license machines in operation he said. Washington, Mar. 22. — tu.R) —After more than 13 years of exile, beer and light wines will be back as legal beverages on April 7. President Roosevelt today ; signed thfc Cullen-Harrison I bill modifying the Volstead (act to permit 3.2 per cent beer and wine. ; The first, sales under the new law will be permissable at 12:01 a. m.. on Friday the seventh, two weeks trom the day after tomorrow. The President, blinking under 1 the photographer's lights signed ' the measure in the cabinet room t as the little old fashioned clock on ■ the mantle piece at one end of the room pointed exactly at 2 o’clock. Mr. Roosevelt sat at one end of . ihe long mahogany cabinet table. . thumbing through the five and a : half page document which means the legalization of beer for millions in the country. i He used four pens to sign the i bill, writing a few letters with each I one, ■ The ceremony lasted two or ■ three minutes, for the benefit of : photographers who were admitted . to record this historic event. When the cameras were turned . on. the President struck a pose and turned through the bill, holding a , pen in one hand as he read its provisions. Looking up with a smile as he finished the signature, the President was asked when tlie country could get beer. "The act goes into effect in 15 days,” he replied. The committee of five congressmen who brought the bill to the White House stood in the adjoining hallway to watch the signing and were not actually in the room. Raising his hand after he had traced the signature, the President said, almost inaudible: ."That's done." It meant the carrying out of the Democratic platform pledge of early modification of the Volstead act, o Commits Suicide .Auburn, Ind., March 22 —(UP) — Despondent because his automobile w r fis to be repossessed in default of a $lO payment, William Church. 19, Auburn, committed suicide ves- | terday. ♦ BUY SOMETHING West Orange, N. J„ Mar. 22. i —(U.R)—The following bulletin was posted In all plants of Thomas A. Edison, Inc., today | by Charles Edison, son of the j inventor and president of the | company: "President Roosevelt has done his part; now you do some- | | thing. "Buy something — buy any- | thing, anywhere: paint your j kitchen, send a telegram, give j a party, get a car, pay a bill, | rent a fiat, fix your roof, get a j haircut, see a show, build a | | house, take a trip, sing a song. ( j get married. “It docs not matter what you j do but get going and keep ; going. This old world Is start- | j ing to move." ♦ -♦