Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 31, Number 74, Decatur, Adams County, 28 March 1933 — Page 1

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E HOUSE EPTS PLAN MPLOYMENT — — station Bill Reportlouse Labor Comee Satisfactory ;RS SI RE OF passing BILLS ton. March 28.— (U.R) — [■ Floor Leader Byrne ■ tha' the White House led as satisfactory the on hill reported yester- • house labor committee, like the senate measure. President Roosevelt |>owthe wage of volunteer the reforestation army. ton. March 28.— (U.R) — e today began a major 1 against unemployment. ’ >rs confident of passing 1 sk two administration 1 Teating jobs for 250.000 ashing fresh relief funds I ished states. ' item is President Roose>ct to enroll jobless citi- 1 reforestation army. tic Leader*Robinson as- 1 rence with the president < expressed belief this ! assed today. Only minus were expressed yes- 1 a preliminary two-hour 1 ate on the bill. The wess today, will take up 1 re tomorrow. I eels of the reforestation 1 measure sponsored by agner. Costigan and Laprovide $500,000,000 in its to states to enable • ontin.ie to supply food ig for the needy. Lewis Dem.', 111., asked 1 » speed action on this I ’ combining it with the n hill. He pointed out 1 i has exhausted its $45.. ' ta under the present R» 1 loan system and needs quickly. :e House conference last ed against the combininson, however, said an probably would he io the reforestation bill present quota limitaloans to states. This et Illinois' immediate ——o — —— Suspects Plead Not Guilty ■] IL. March 28 (UP) , suspects in the slaying , iter Jones. Indianapolis ] pleaded not guilty today < 'tied before Judge Frank i <riminal <onrt. on the first degree mmwas tentatively set for ; ■se arraigned today were EdM Miller. George Murphy. Al 1 ■Pson and Fred Adams. Wil- ; ■ Ha.-ou fiffh membejr of the i Bd bandit gang Is confit ed to a ; ■ lj| here with ~ bullet wound < foot. ■VO ROBBERS i | GET $20,000 I'ipulis, Ohio, Bank Is i [Held Up By Two < Bandits Today ■■lipolls. Ohio. March 28 —(UPI ' f 0 fobbers today held six perI a ' -Pinpoints in the First Na- ' ■ ™ in ' ! here, obt lined approxifly $20,000 and fled after lock- | victims in a vault. U lird bandit waited in a car Bide. P minutes later John Rue, a □ nt ' entered the hank and lifted the prisoners. I 114 county sheriff Hatfield. 1 0 1 ers in adjoining counties 1 / for a 'tttge sedan i, (arnp s. assistant cashier; ' <irke, bookkeeper, and Her- 1 ” banlt eniploye. were < « those locked in the vault iers’r »P $3,000 ard the |(t fa,| cd to find it. th Mmn.; r ,'T' 1' V ‘ Ce preßide '' him 2m "P They guard- ! Hie r rV and he watch ! robbery. I,

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Proposes Reduced Electric Charges j Indianapolis March 2.8 —(UP) Reduced electric rates comprising a $225.mm annual revenue loss lo the Northern Indiana Public Service company were proposed today to the state public service commission by company officials. Fifty-three per cent of the com pany’s residential customers and 58 per cent of its commercial users in 22 northern Indiana counties would benefit by the reduction.s. Rates would remain unchanged for tlie rest of the consumers. DIVIDE STATE IN DISTRICTS Indiana Divided Into Ten Districts For Beer Distribution Indianapolis March 28 -(UP) Indiana was divided into 10 districts today by Paul Fry. state excise director, to facilitate administration of the beer control act. Appointment of the supervisor for each district is expected to be announced later this week. Brewers and importers must keep a record of all out puts and sales. Reports will he filed witli the state excise director on tlie first and 15th of each month and tlie state taxes paid then. Tlie state act provides that all fees ard taxes are payable by Wie manufacturer or the importer. Wholesalers are limited to making purchases from brewers or ini porters within their respective districts and may sell only to retailers within the county in which tlie wholesale warehouse is located. Districts are divided along the county boundaries. 3. Adams. Allen, DeKall'. Elkhart. Kosciusko. LaGrange. Noble. | Steuben. \V«U». and WUiUev . uuu-i ties. 4. Blackford, Clinton, Delaware. Grant. Howard, Huntington. Jay. Miami. Raldolph. Tipton aril Walias') counties. HATTIE GILFEN DIES SUDDENLY Mrs. Reuben E. Gilpen Dies Early This Morning Os Apoplexy Hattie E Gilpen. 59, wife of Reuben E. Gilpen. 906 South Fourteenth street, died suddenly at her home at 2:15 o’clock Tuesday rorni g. Death was due to apoplexy Mrs. Gilpen h.d not been ill. The deceased was a life long resident of Adams County, having been born In Union township. March 3, 1874. She w.s a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Magner. In early life she was married to Reuben E. Gilpen, who survives. Mr. and Mrs. Gilpen moved to Decatur and had resided here for tlie last 30 years. Mrs. Gilpen was a member of the local t'-.ited Brethren church. Surviving liesides the husband, are four sons. Oren Maynard Gilpen of Fort W yne; Hubert Roster Gilper Decatur; Harold William Gil pen of Kansas City. Missouri, and Forest Don Giljien of Decatur. A sister ami one brother also survive. Addie Anderws and Willis Magner of this city. The body was taken to the S. E. Black Funeral parlors and will lie removed to Hie Gilpen home this evening. Funeral services will lie held Thursday morning at Stilt) o’clock at the home on Fourteenth street and at 9 o'clock at 'he United Brethren Church. Dr. C. J. Roberts will officiate, and burial will be made at Monroeville o Fire Causes Damage At Brooks Residence Little damage resulted from a fire at the Sam Brooks retidence, 222 Marshall street at 11 o'clock this morning. The fire started from a spark from the chimney and burned a hole in the roof Jack Friedt. Decatur fire chief, estimated the damage at $lO. Dies Os Injuries South Bend. Ind.. March 28 —, (UP) Injuries received In a collision of two automobiles were fatal yesterday to Wallace Boocher, 35, a farmer. Sevefn other persons were Injured.

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Liner Turns Turtle ■HHT k. - ** ■ v^SSSSSHEKEKBS3BESs^ ,,a * This remarkable photograph shows the American mail liner and passenger vessel, tlie President Madison, keeled over at her disk in Seattle. Five men were trapped in her hold as she tipped over. Two of them died. The vessel was being overhauled whe.'. wa er poured through the side where workmen had removed plates, causing the unusual accident.

MARIA KOOS DIES TODAY — Aged Decatur Lady Dies At North Fifth Street Home Early Today Miss Maria Koos. 7.>. died early | this morning at tier home at 122 N»vh FitlH street, from uutipl i-, < ations and senility. She had been ill for the last four or five months. Death occurred at 1:45 o'clock litis morning. Miss Koos hail made her home in this city with her sister. Mrs. Reliecea Jackson for (the last five years. She was born in Tuscarawas county. Ohio on June 9. 1857. She was a daughter of Joint F. and Catherine Koos, hoili deceased She was never married. She moved to Adams county in 1864 and resided on a farm until about five years ago when site moved to Decatur to make her home with he sister on NoMh Fifth street. She was a member of tlie Mt. Tabor Methodist church. Surviving are two brothers and n sister. George Koos. Bobo; Jacob Koos and Mrs. Rebee- a Jackson of Decatur. Two bro ilers and two sisters are deceased. They were Caroline Myers. Margate! Shell. Phillip and John K oos. Funeral services will lie held ,it the home. 122 North Fifth street. Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Burial will be made in he Mt. Tabor cemetery. GANG MEMBERS FACE CHARGES Men Arrested At Marion Arg- Charged With Banditry. Burglary Marion. Ind.. Mar. 28- (U.R) One of five men held here as suspects in a series of safe robberies and other thefts has been identified as a member of a bandit gang which robbed George Glassburn. Pern, of 157 gallons of alcohol and $292 cash, local authorities said 'oday. Glassburn said that three men gained entrance to his home by posing as federal prohibition agents. He named John McHenry. 36. Toledo. O . as the man he had mistaken for Paul Keeley, a Peru resident who had been held on suspicion. Keeley was released McHenry, William Browning. 43 Toledo. 0.. Ray Shawl. 35. De- , trot . Midi., and Tod Elbert. 35. , Toledo all were charged late ( yesterday with banditry and sec- | ond degree burglary. Lewis (Big) Ruggles, Marion , taxi driver and fifth man to lie | arrnstod when state and loeal t police raided n downtown house. | wps charged wk'h being an acres- , (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) i 1

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Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, March 28, 1933.

Tax Representative Meets Assessors Paul G. Weber, special represen jtative for the state board of tax jcommissioners was ;n the city today conferring with county assessor John Felty ai d several of the township assessors. Matters pertaining to the intangible tax law were discussed by tlie ; assessors and Mr Weber. The stite board representative stated that the law. specified that notes and other; iuttuuctlii* be taken at face value.* unless after i hearing wlt'i the state board, it was proved otherwise. The irt ingible tax is 25 cents on ■' the SIOO. The special stamps must be obtained from the county trea- 1 sit rer. FIRE ADDS TO FLOOD DAMAGE $15,000 Damage Caused At Leavenworth: High Waters Hamper Firemen Leavenworth. Ind.. Mar. 28 — (U.R) -Fire loss was added to fin' d damage as Leavenworth watched the muddy waters of the Ohio river recede. Damage estimated at $15,000 was caused by a fire which destroyed five buildings late yesterday. Starting In a grocery store 1 three doors north of the river, tlie 1 blaze swept through tlie adjoining st ructures. Fire hydrants in the neighborhood were under water that has swirled over the streets from the flooded Ohio river for nearly a week Tlie blaze was extinguished with tlie aid of the English fire department. Firemen stood in water to their armpits manning the liose. Slowly Receding Evansville. Ind.. Mar. 28 —(U.R) Flood waters of the Ohio river were receding slowlv today after reaching their highest level since 1913. As tlie flood crest passed Evansville Red Cross relief workers received reports that a sharp rise in the Ohio had occurred at Uniontown. Ky., 3b miles downstream. Uniontown officials said many families were forced Co leave their homes so quickly that it was necessary to leave belongings behind. (CONTINUED ON PAGE TH II EE) OEpworth League To Present Program The Epworth League of the Pleasant Mills Methodist Episcopal Church will present i missionary play and prog.i m at the Salem M. E. Church in Blue Creek township. The program will be presented under the auspices of the Salem Epworth League. Special music and readings will 'feature tlie program. Everybody is invited. Tlie admission will be tree and a free will jOffering will be taken.

THOMAS ELZEY DEATHS VICTIM Lifelong Resident of Adams County Dies Early This Morning Thomas Elzey. 83. a life long resident of Adams County, died at iliis home 602 (Indiana street, at 1:15 o'clock this morning. De til was nne to senility Mr. Elzey was bonn in Adams County on June 12 1849. He was a son of William and Sarah Elzey, one of a family of nk.e children. He was united in marriage to Mary Venis. who survives. Two children were born to this union Mrs. Bert, a Howell of Marion. and Ervin Elzey of 602 I (liana street. Decatur. Mr. Elzey had been a retired laborer for a number of years, and was a member of the loci United Brethren Church. Surviving besides the widow, and the two children, is a twin brother. William Elzey of Decatur. Seven brothers and sisters are de eased. Three grandchildren and four great grandchildren also survive. Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon al 1 o'clock at the United Brethren Church with the Dr. Charles J. Roberts, pastor of the church officiating Burial w ill be made In the Decatur cemetery. The body will be removed to the Elzey home on Indiana street from tlie S. E. Black funeral parlors, this evening, where the remains may be viewed after 8 o’clo. k until time for the funeral. MUNCIE PASTOR GOES ON TRIAL Rev. G. Lemuel Conway Appears In Court On Girl's Charges Muncie. Ind., March 28—(U.R) Tho difficult task of selecting a jury was undertaken today as tlie Rev. G. Lemuel Conway, suspended pastor of tlie Madison Street M. E. church went on trial on charges of attempting to assault criminally Miss Helen Huffman, his pretty 18-year-old Sunday school teacher. The prospect of hearing sensational testimony brought an overflow crowd to the court room long before Judge L. A. Gu'hrie appeared on the bench. Less than two weeks ago a church jury found Conway guilty on charges of attemping to attack Miss Huffman and he was suspended for one year. Bishop Edgar Bhik ■ De’roit. Mich., preside.l The minister also is under indie ment on charges of assaulting Willard Aurand. his choir leader. He is accused of knocking Anrnnd over tlie chancel rail when tlie latter attempted to lead singing during Sunday evening worship Jan. 22. (CONTINUEJD ON

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SURVEY SHOWS IMPROVEMENT IN CONDITIONS United Press Survey Shows Nationwide Revival of Business THOUSANDS OF NEW JOBS BEING FILLED (Copyright 1933. by United Press) New York, March 28.— (U.R) — America is fighting for a business revival —and getting results. Tliw economic pickup was reflected today in a nationwide survey by the United Press, showing that: 1. Millions of dollars are pouring into new enterprises. 2. Thousands of new jobs are being filled and many thousands more are opening up in the new beer industry. 3. The speed and energy of the new administration at Washington is being echoed by the whir of factory wheels in many cities. Preparations for sale of legal beer are playing a major role in I new business and industrial activity. But the reopening of banks on a sound basis after a national holiday, the launching of public works on a large scale, and the optimism inspired by developments at Washington have given business a surge far in advance of the usual spring activity. The big brewing centers provided perhaps the most s'riking signs of new business. Here are a few substantial bright snots from that field: The York Ice Machine Corp., of New York received orders for SIOO,OOO worth of refrigerating eqnipment. The Mengel company received orders tor 100.900 beer eases for Aniienser-Biiseh company. which took an op ion on another 100.000. The AnheuserBusch company, in all, has ordered 400.000 gross of hotties. A new issue of 177.000 shares of common stock of the Falstaif (CONTINUKII ON PAG ■! THItKRI TO DISTRIBUTE APPLICATIONS Annlication Blanks For Sale of Beer Are Distributed Today Indianapolis. Mar. 28 IJ.R) Ap plication blanks for the sale of beer were distribu ed today under the direction of Paul Fry. state excise director. The blanks were available at room 328. statehouse, and were beiig sent out by mail upon request. Ar the request of Gov. Paul V. McNutt. Fry said his department would use all possible speed in acting upon the applications so that beer may go on sale in Indiana April 7. “Every brewer, wholesa’er and retailer must be thoroughly >nve« igated as to moral and financial responsibility before ho can receive a license.'' Fry explained. “We are not going to tolerate conditions which might result in the return of the old saloon. Every beer dispenser will operate a “e---speo able place or will be refused a license." Names of the applicants will not be made public. Fry indicated. (CONTINI'E.r ON PAGE TtlftEE) O - — Secretary Woodin Grants Permission Washington March 28 —(UP) Banks of the country which ore members of tlie federal reserve system liut which are in toe b inds of conservators or state authorities were granted permission today by secretary of treasury Woodin to resume business on a limited basis. The order of tlie treasury department was Interpreted as giving state and federal authorities wide discretionary power in permitting closed banks to resume business on a partial withdrawal basis. State or federal authorities under this .ruling could, on their own iniihllve. permit many hanks to re open on a restricted basis if in such cases a 100 per cent reopening, would not he possible.

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Adopt Ordinance To Meet New Law Bluffton, March 28 (Special)— Meeting in special session, the Bliifl'lc.i city council adopted an ordinance wlii li provides for the division of tihe area of tlie city of Bluffton into four wards, in compliance with a new state liw enacted by the 1933 legislature. Provisions of the new law are for five councilmen in a city of the fifth class. Instead of f leeting ward councilmen all five couincilmen will be elected as councilmen-at-large. One clause of the new law is to the effect that not more than one candidate of any political party shall be nominated in any city ward. This .apparently limits each party to four candidates, meaning that no party could have more than four members of tlie council. 0 INTANGIBLE TAX LAW EXPLAINED Stamps May Be Received At Office of County Treasurer Today The intangibles tax stamps were received this afternoon at the county treasurer’s office. The amount received was $2,750, in denominations of sc, 10c, 25c, 50c, sl, $1.25 and $2.50. Receipt of the intangibles tax stamps was ~ expected today by Miss Alice Lenhart, deptvy comity treasurer, based on newspaper dispatches that the stamps were being mailed out Monday. At noon today the s amps had not been received. The stamps will be in seven denominations. They are. 5 cents. 10 cents. 25 cents. 50 cents, sl. $1.25 ar t $2 50. The tax is-5 cents for each S2O of value or 25 ceni's per SIOO. Many inquiries have been received by the county treasurer and other county officials relative »o the intangibles tax. Last week Miss Lenhart issued a few receipt's to persons who sold intangible property, on which a tax stamp was due. The sections oi the law pertaining to the stamp itfcx follow: "If the taxpayer has heretofore omitted listing his intangibles for taxation and hey are now taxed, they are not subject to any tax or penalty by reason of such prior omission. Sec. 32. “The taxable intangibles include promissory notes, stocks in foreign corporations, bonds, debentures. final judgments, certificates and or other evidences of indebtedness excepting deposits in banks, brokerage and/or other trading accounts with brokers, a'l accoun s arising out of transactions involving deposits or loans of money, excepting in banks or trust companies, all instruments however termed, with interest coupons or in registered form known generally as corpora e setCONTINt'EH ON PAGE TTIItEEI STATE POLICE REORGANIZED Al Feeney Divides State Into Thi •ee Districts; Appointments Later Indianapolis. March 28 - -(U.R) — Ai G. Feeney, director of the new state department of public safety, today reorganized the state police department. With Cap'. Matt Leach. Gary, he divided (lie stale into three districts ami announced that tlie police personnel will consist of a cap ain, three lieutenants, one statistical or office sergeant, six sergeants and 60 patrolmen. Leach will receive $3,000 yearly ; and patrolmen sll9 a month each. The office sergeant will lie paid SI,BOO. Amounts fur tile other sergean's and the lieutenants have not been figured out. Tlie former setup consisted of a r chief, assistant chief, office captain. another captain. 10 lieutenants and 48 patrolmen Personnel of he new police force, except for Leach, has not been announced. Its organization is expected to lie completed in a few days. When completed, tlie whole force will attend a school here. Tlie three police districts will; (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE)

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CAMPAIGN OF RETALIATION BEGINS TODAY Adolf Hitler’s Nazi Organization Begins Campaign Against Jews TWENTY PERSONS HURT IN CLASHES (By the United Press) Sporadic attacks tin Jews were reported in Germany lodav, but the Nazi party oranization postponed a repressive campaign of retaliation in the hope that "atrocity propaganda" abroad woit’d halt. More than IJMXI.OOO Jews and Gentiles gathered at mass meetings throughout the United States lasi night to hear Christian and Jewish lenders denounce anti-semitism. Former Governor Alfred E. Smith, one of the speakers at the New York met ing, pleaded against religions bigotry and declared “there is no difference between a brown shirt and a night shirt.” In Schwerin, Germany, Jewish shops were ordered closed. In Gleiwitz. Nazi pickets patrolled the sidewalks in franc of Jewish shops, urging prospective patrons to buy elsewhere. Jewish store owners were ordered to pay their employes two months wages in advance. In Munich. Professor August L. Meyer, former director of the famous Pinako'ehk Museum was taken into “protective custody." In Hamburg, carrying out the Nazi campaign of removing Jews from prominent public posi- , tions. the chief prosecutor of lie criminal courts and his two assistants were ousted. In Moscow the Soviet government unofficially pro ested attacks on Soviet citizens. in New York George Sylvester Viereck made public a cablegram from the former German crown prince in which he compared current stories of Jewish persecutions with the war-time propaganda of German atroc’ ies. Speakers at tne main New York meeting included, in addition to Smith. Senator Robert F. Wagner, Bishop William T. Manning. Bishop Francis T. McConne'l. Charles H. Tuttle. Rabbi S-eplien S Wise. William Green, presiden’ of the American Federation >f Labor, and Mayor John P. O'Brien. Bishop John J. Dunn of tho Catholic archdiocese of New Yoi k withdrew as a speaker “in deference to tlie state department” after Secre ary of ®:ate Cordell Hull's statement that mistreatment of Jews in Germany had ceased. Orthodox Jews of New York spent yesterday sac ing in preparation for tlie protest meetings. McNutt Speaks Chicago. Marell 28—(U.R) —Jewish organizations of Chicago today likeeed themselves :o tlie persecuted tribes of Biblical Judah as they voiced protests against "the systematic and brutal depression which tlie German government has Instituted against Jews in that country." Thousands of Jews thronged tho Auditorium theater here last night in a;> indignation meeting held simultaneously with a similar gathering in New York. After Gentile ind Jewish orators had criticized bitterly reported atrocities against Jewry in Germany, a protest resolution was adopted. It contained a plea for the "United States to continue generous efforts to obtain rtvtitution of Jewish rights in Germany.” Gov. Paul V. McNutt of Indiana, former national commander of the American Legion, pledged support of his state “against this persecution" and pictured the world as “standing as Esau before a mess of pottage, whose price is the birthright of all lovers of free, doin'' “No government can long endure that fails to guarantee to its people the right to live as normal human beings." McNutt said. "The present governmen of Germany thus writes its own destruction." McNutt said lie believed there were specific grounds for protests, which “honlrl he based on principles of Christian tolerance. Dr Paul Hutchinson, editor of tlie Christian Century, sponsored the protest resolution with a (CONTINUED ON PAGE THTtEE)