Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 31, Number 80, Decatur, Adams County, 4 April 1933 — Page 1

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AVY DIRIGIBLE IN CRASH

Issi ADMIRAL WILLIAM A. ■pFETT IS LISTED AMONG jOSE REPORTED MISSING S Department Today Virtually Abandons Hope ■Ol The Rescue of Moffett And Other Missing Bficers And Men From the Dirigible Akron; Ksistanl Secretary of Navy Will Aid in InvestiKion of Fatal Crash. April I <U.R> 'fhe Nnvy department Inabandoned hope for the rescue of Rear AdiniiA. Moffett and the other missing officers and ■rout Hu' dirigible Akron. ■iVe have lost a very' fine officer in Admiral Moffett.” ■orelai v of Navy Swanson in revealing that none of< dispatches indicated the missing men would he I K i*—-

■b only three siirv ivors. Killi list would number He u|- i:t |, sl number ever a dirigible accident. ■ navy deparlment add- j H inline of Lieut. Robert ! Hre of Elgin, JI!., Io the , those aboard the Akron ' left Lakehurst. N. J.. last ■■ Sure, attached to the ' station, was a passen-1 brought the number I M tip Akron to 77. ■ 77 aboard and only three the death list would be for wreckage of the AkIndies of possible sur- ■ was being conducted along; rain whipped seas. 1 Military reports of sighted ■ Mge reached the dermrinieni ; Mere was no word of surv'v- * Mrapt for the 'three being! ■to New York aboard the ; ■ ■ Admiral William A Mof■hiof of the Navy Bureau of ■Nies. was a passenger on ■trim. Nothing to indicate ■tht hare been saved had ■received a- the department ■a. tn. ■tart Secretary Henry L. ' ■wit. under orders from ■ent Roosevelt, left by motor ■kelnirsi to aid in invest :- ■ the erash and to aid in ■ing activities. ■. McClintic, Dent.. Okla., ■otlay he had under considerresolution of inquiry inn ■saster. McClintic was chnir■of the congressional comV which investigated the B lasi year. The report nt Bime was a vindication of Bds used in constructing the ■retnry of Navy Swanson ■red at the navy department ■Admiral William V. Bratt, ■of naval operations. It was a statement would be ■ later. ■sident Roosevelt was keen- ■ touch with the situation. ■ navy department also was in coinmtinicaiion with B’S! Moffe’t’s wife, horse 7 *? an •’TINCRp ON PACE FIVE) lUnEND fIIST SESSION ■ e Delegation From ;catur Attends First lay of Convention trge delegation from the WoMission' ry Society and the Missionary Guild of the Zfcin >ned church attended the first p ’wo day session of the elennuud convention of the ReMisaic ary Societies in the Wayne (lassis at Blufftoir to‘convention opened this mnmt the First Reformed Church nffton and sessions continued about the day, closing wit i 'enioon program Wednesday. ’PMaI Interest this evening a’litud Girls Missionary Guild w at 6 o’clock. Following the «t the regular program will Bkl with Mrs. F. W. Leich of Ohio, president of the Wo- ’ Missionary Society of the 11 s J’nod, the principal speakMissionary societies of the ' * B he represented by os, und a large number of 8( * lety will attend the meet-

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— ♦ — ' STATISTICS New York, April 4. — (U.R) — | ‘ | Statistics of the dirigible Ak- | j ron: Gas volume 6,599,909 cu. ft. [| Length 785 feet. j I Maximum diameter—l,32.9 ft. I Cost $5,3'“069. Height, overall 146.5 feet. Maximum speed — 83.8 miles I per hour. Cruising range without reII fueling—lO.sS6 miles. Gross hit —403.090 pounds. , Useful lift—lS2.ooo pounds. Number o f engines—8. Total horsepower—4.4 80.

MUNCIE PASTOR ? ISACQUITTED Rev. Con wav Is Found Innocent of Attack By Jury Monday Night Muncie. Ind., April 4 (U.R) — Charges that the Rev. G. Lemuel Conway attempted to attack a pretty. 18-year old Sunday school; teacher, on whfe hhe wm ,'ound | guilty at a church trial several weeks ago. were erased in civil court today. A jury of 10 farmers, a school j teacher and a salesman found the suspended Methodist minister in-1 nocent after four hours delibern : tion. He had been accused by : Miss Helen Huffman, high school ' senior, of taking her in his automobile to a secluded country road to teach her “the facts of life.” . A few minutes before the jury brought in its verdict, loyal mcm hers of Conway’s Madison Street congregation held a fervent prayer service in an ante room off the court They cheered when the verdict was announced and Conwav. with tears in his eyes, hurried forward to thank the jilry. The trial, which lasted a week, bared Internal strife within the church and brought sensational accusations both from the state and he defense. I- final arguments Prosecutor Paul Lefler referred to the clergyman as a “Dr. .lekvll." At the same time counsel for Conway depicted Dr. Frank M Daugherty, district superintendent and a star witness for iliy 11 state, as “the mos-l dangerous nin" in America’’ Conway said today he would seek an nnpeal from the ecclesias- . ideal verdict. An assault and buttery charge also is pending aeains’ him. It resulted from an argument the minister had with ’i (chnttnuftd ON P'.GE SIX) ■ | ’ o Distribution Os Five Per Cent To Be Made W S. Smith liquiitating igent for the Monroe State Bank, tod’y announced that a five per cent distribution would l>e made to depositors on April 6. This will make a total dlstribnI tloir of 81 per cent since the hank I closed a few years igo. Checks representing payment to depositors ■ are now Ireing m 'de out and those i who have accounts with the liquid- ■ nting agent are asHed to call at the h .nk tor them. • Mr. Smith state! he ..oped gen- ' oral business oomHtiona and farm ’ market prices would Improve in the ■ near future so another distribution jcuuld be made within the year.

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GAS TAX MONEY | IS DISTRIBUTED Decatur to Receive sl,254; Adams County Given $20,854 I Indianapolis, April 4 —OJ.R) Disitribu'ion of $2,554,016 to counties cities anil towns as their share of gasoline tax and auto license collections was being made today by Floyd E. Williamson, state auditor. The highway commission's share ' amounted to $3,512,529 while the general fund received $958,594. Distribution- to cities ami towns! follow: t Auburn $1,238: Bicknell $1,268; ' Bluffton $1,234; Brazil $2,125; I Clinton $1,931; Crown Point $984: I Decatur $1,254; East Chicago ! $13,334: East Gary $586; Elkhart $8,019; Evansville $24,887; Franklin $1,382: Gary $24.44:’,; Goshen $2,530. Greencastle $1,122: Hammond $15,713; Hartford City $1,609; Huntington $’.266; Kendallville. $1,323; Kokomo $7,993; IgiPortej $3,834; Logansport $4,504; Mart-: insville $1,207; Michigan City. $6,507; Mishawaka $6,968. Mt. Vernon $1,225; Muncie sll.-j 329; New Albany $6,284; Peru $3,098; Plymouth $1,287: Portland $1,284; Princeton $1,826; Shelbyville $2,584; South Bend $25,360. ■ Sullivan $1,291; Terre Haute $15,287; Valparaiso $1,966; Vincennes $4,275; Wabash $2,151; West Terre Haute $873; Whiting $2,648. In distributing the money to counties. Williamson deducted a percentage of the amount in cases j I where counties owe the highway commission. His action was | authorized by the last legislature. Amounts distributed to counties follow; Adams $20,854 Allen $46,834 Blackford $5,771 Huntington $29,385 Wells $21,129 Jay $21,108 with $3,898 deducted. TOSS OF COIN DECIDES BID Two Bakeries Make Identical Bids On Bread; Berne Baker Wins The tossing of a coin decided the awarding of the contract for the furnishing of bread to the Adams County Infirmary, at the letting held this morning by the county commissioners. The Eichenberger bakery of Berne and Miller's Bakery of this city each submitted a price of she cents for a one and one-half pound loaf. A c >iti was tossed by Sheriff Burl Johnson, heads being Eichenberger ami Liils to Miller. Heads came up mid Eichenberger was ' awarded the contract Miller had the contract for the past three months. The grocery contract was awarded to the Home grocery, bid $207.73. Walter Deitsch was awarded the contract for tobacco, $120.95 and dry goods, $24.23. The Burk Elevator Company was awarded the contract for furnishing oil meal, cotton seed meal and tankage The price per hundred was, oil meal. $1.60, cotton seed meal. $1.30. tankage. $1.75. The commissioners adjourned 1 this afternoon. « Baptist Brotherhood Met Monday Night I j ■ The Brotherhood of the Baptist ■ Church met in tile church for I r six o’clock dinner program, Monday ■ night. Thirty men atte ed the i meeting. Harry Thompson wjs the speak- • er for the evening and he gave a : very fine talk presenting the thought that “a man should Wive a i definite purpose in servi g his leli lowman in a Christian manner." Ti e election of officers w is held ■ and Ralph Kenworthy was selected president; Ira Bodie, vice-president • |('arrol I-ake. secretary a d ireasui- : er. ■I Mrs. C. Hilyard, president of the i; Pliiliuhae class and members of the class served the dinner.

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Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, April 4, 1933.

New Dry Chief | '' F K.. Z E| ■. Major A. V. Dalrymple, of California, who has been appointed Federal Prohibition Administrator by President Roosevelt. He succeeds Amos W. Woodcock of Maryland. I There is every reason to believe I that Major Dalrvtnple will lie the! last to hold Hie post, which will i probably be abolished when —and 1 iif the 18th Amendment is re-1 j pealed. TEN IMPORTERS ARE LICENSED All Importers In State Are Ready To Have Beer For Sale Friday Indianapolis April 4 (UP) — With all of tiiie 10 importers licenses issued, arrangements were being made with brewers tod y to giVe the st .te its first beer supply April 7. Brewery, wholesaler and retail permit continued to pour into the office of Paul Fry, state excise director, who reported that he had ha, ked $90,000 in receipts and still held $150,000 in ehecks a. comp nying unapproved . applications. Importers were contracting with | brewers, mostly out of the state, for I early deliveries Friday. i The last importers licenses went Illite yesterday to the Southern IndHi. na Beverage Co.. Ev nsvjlle. ■ tiled by William Mabbe, former Vanj derburg County sheriff, and to the i Calumet Beverage Co., headed bv ' i Mike Kierman, East Chicago. Habbe’s firm will hive the tenth district permit covering Vanderburg and 12 other counties. The . C lumet Company will serve the > first beer district. Lake and Porter t counties. , Breweries getting most of Ind- - Sana's present business are Atlas and Prima of Chicago, Schultz und f Blatz of Milwaukee and Bruck of , Cincinnati. , More th ri 50,000 cases of beer I will move into Indiana immediately f after midnight Thursday, recording . to reports here. About 100 truck.>. t wit-> 400 cases each, will bring Indi ianapolis its first supply if Hie two 1 (CONTINt'RII UN PAGE SINi J 4) JURY CHOSEN : TO TRY CASE I ~ i Twelve Jurors Selected 1 This Afternoon to Try ( Davis-Tabler Case A jury was selected at 2:30 o'clock this fternoon to try the suit of Roy Davis vs. Ferdinand Tabler, L I alleging malicious prosecution. Examination of the prospective t jurors opened in the Adams circuit c court this morning. The twelve men r chosen to try -the ease are Anton > Thieme, Daniel Helm. Herman Gillig, Otto Boerger, J. D. Elzey. D-tviil Mettler, Henry Kiess. Junies IL 1 Crosier, Ad mi Bentz, Henry Crowu- » over, Rufus Huser, Walter Cable, i 'Die suit is the outgrowtli of a - holdup at Tabler's restaurant at Monroe in early February, 1932. The I complaint alleges th. t Tabler c.ius--1 e-d Davis’ arrest for the holdup and t tiien that Tabler later identified . men held hi Fort Wavne us tho«e who perpetrated the holdup. e Evidence iui the ease may be come|Pleled late this .afternoon or Wednesday morning,

DECATUR FIRMS i SEEK LICENSES Local Business Houses Apply For Permits To Sell Beer Here It is doubtful if beer will be sold | legally in Decatur l>y next Friday when the Federal law legalizing the sale and manufacture of beer of 3.2 alcoholic content goes into . | effect. Under the Indiana law licenses I and permits must lie obtained 1 from tile slate excise director liefore the foamy beverage can be manufactured, transported or sold in the state. A beer distributor lias not been named for the county, the law providing that one distributor for each 20.090 people lie named. This liowmver would not hold up the sale of beer if permits to retail it were obtained. Joe Lose of the Eats restaurant today sent in his application. ; accompanied by a $309 check, the j license fee required of restauriiants, to obtain a permit to serve ' beer in his place of business. Application was also made last ! week by tile Mutschler meat market to retail beer in cases and - announcement was made from Indianapolis that the application was granted. August Heiman of the Peoples Restaurant and Ross “Shorty” ' Lee. who operates a restaurant i house on West Monroe street, also intend to apply for licenses Ito sell beer. Their applications i will be made this week, the men stated. Jess Rice, proprietor of the Rice hotel probably will not apply for a permit to sell beer, because the entire fees amount to S6OO a year. Mr. Rice does not think it will lie a profitable investment in face of this charge. Under the Indiana law hotels and restaurants are permitted to sell beer with meals and lunches and hotels can serve it in rooms, if an additional license is taken out. Clubs are also permitted to sell beer, providing a license is i obtained. At least three clubs in ' the city are considering making application to dispense tile beverage. CHICAGO MAN LEASES PLANT George Strejcek Has Leased Kukelhan Bros. Cheese Factorv George Strejcek of Chicago, tori merly er gaged in the cheese busil ness in Wisconsin, has leased the ’ Kukelhan Bros., cheese factory, northeast of Decatur and is oper- ■ ating the place of business. The factory has been closed for a few yens and recently the build- . t g was repaired, repainted nd put - in shape -for immediate operations. > llt will lie operated as the Decatur ■ Cheese Fa lory. Mr. Strejcek is an expenienced cheese maker and has contr cted for his entire output with a well known dairy concern. The capacity of the factory is i seve tons of < jeese per week Genii nine Colby cream cheese will be , made and through -the wholesale concern it will lie distributed over a wide are.i> in retail stores. I Mr. Strejcek will give employment to eight men. including rotate men who will gither cream ami I milk for his busiress. The first churn was made yesterday and op- ) erations will continue, the new ownt er having plans to enlarge the plant , to i- ciease the d.-iry capacity of t .e factory. 3 The Kukelhin Bros, established t the cheese -factory a number of i years ago, retiring from the busii ness recently. i Sixth In Series Os Sermons Wednesday The sixth of a series of Lenten i services will lie held at the Zion t Lutheran Chudch al 7:30 p. m. Wed- ;■ nesday. The Rev. Paul W. Schultz :- will deliver the Lenten address, i This will be the last passion tnediI tation of the season at this church, e These servic es h .ve been well at tended this year and a hearty invitation is extended to t'.ie public tc I-1 worship at the Lutheran church Church Wednesday night.

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PROHIBITION REPEAL VOTED IN MICHIGAN — - Michigan Is First State To Vote Repeal of 18th Amendment WISCONSIN CASTS ITS VOTE TODAY ——* Detroit. April 4 (U.R, Michigan I became the first slate to ratify repeal of the 18th amendment toil iv when returns ifrom 2392 of the state's 3.417 precincts gave wets an overwhelming lead of nearly four to one. Wets were assured of more than 70 of the 100 delegates who on April 10 will go through the formality of voting as instructed. A bare majority of 51 is sufficient to ratify. The popular vote, from 2392 preci etz was: For repe l. 639,805 against repeal 187,003. Incomplete returns indicated that the wet victory might become a clear sweep as wet candidates led in practically every district. In some the lead was narrow and returns meager, however. .Detroit, with 21 of the delegates. was slow in compiling returns. but was giving the repeal forces the largest margin of any point in the state.

Democra'ic candidates for state offices, including two justices of the supreme court, highway commissioner and superintendent of public instruction, were adding to theft - earlier! lead and appeared assured of election. Votes Today Madison. Wis.. April 4 —-U.R)— ’ Wisconsin, traditional home of beer, voted today on delegates to . the state convention on repeal of the 18th amendment, with drys j conceding they had virtually no chance to win. The convention will be h°ld in i Madison April 25. The Rev. Warren Jones, Madison. state superintendent of the : Anti-Saloon League, conceded victory to repealists before balloting began. In a formal statement, he predicted that "most or perhaps ; all the repeal deleates will win.” Fifteen delegates will be selectI ed. all at large and wt’h no regard 'ifor political affi'iat.ions Each I delegate was committed either I for or against repeal, and a like number was endorsed both by dry , and wet factions. I On the basis of previous ballot- : >ng. Wisconsin definitely is wet. I It was one of the first states to i repeal its own prohibition law, ■ voting four vears ago 359.337 for . repeal to 196,402 against. > Today's election was in connection with balloting on numerous . state and local positions, including a state supreme courtship. i- The wet-dry issue also was involv- . ed in many municipal elections as i communities voted on repeal ofj dry enforcement ordinances which J r would have a bearing on sale of legalized beer. TWO INDIANA i MEN IN CRASH : . - Vincennes And Rushville Men Were Members of Crew of Akron ’ Vincennes. Ind . April 4 -(UP) — '■ Frank C. McCord. 42. commander ■ of the dirigible Akron which pilingt ed into the sea this morning, left b his ImyhiMMl home here in 1913 to enter the navay academy at lAtina- • polls. f He was the son of Mr. nd Mrs. I- Charles McCord, both of whom died more tha>r. 10 years ago. He graduated from Vincennes high school and still 11 la many relaf tives and friends here. n Rushville, Ind., April 4 —(l'P) — n One of t'i;e passengers aboard the I- dirigible Akron when, it crashed z this morning was Gerald Tonies 3. 23, son of Mr. and Mrs. William i- Tomes, living south of Rushville. i. Gerald joined the navy two years t- ago. He visited his pirents last i- su-mmei and told them he had been o I transferred to the Akron. He forh inerly was a printers’ apprentice in Rushville Republican office.

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WORLD’S LARGEST AIRSHIP IN CRASH OFF COAST OF NEW JERSEY EARLY TODAY U. S. S. Akron Crashes in Flames, Hurling Officers And Crew of 77 Men Into Atlantic Ocean; 74 Are Believed Dead or Missing; Only Three of Those Aboard 111-Fated Ship Rescued At Latest Reports This Afternoon. New York, April 1 The dirigible Akron, brilliantly iiluiniiiuled by a mighty flash of lightning, dove downward to destruction through a storm that lipped her envelope and hurled her against the waves oil New Jersey with such force that she crumbled under the impact. 'fhe meager but vivid details of the disaster which cost perhaps 71 lives were relayed from the stormy waters ofl Barnegat light by ships which searched for bodies and ♦'picked up the three living

mourns tragedy Washington. April 4. —(U.R) — : t President Roosevelt in a state- | [ ment today joined, the nation ; | in its mourning for the loss of j the Akron and its crew. He said: "The loss of the Akron with j its crew of ga’lant officers and I i men is a national disaster. I ( i grieve with the nation and es- ' | pecially with the wives and j families of the men who were j lost. "Ships can be replaced but j | the nation can not afford to lose such men as Rear Admiral ' William A. Moffett and his | i shipmates who died with him : ■ upholding to the end the finest | . traditions of the United States I navy." ♦ *

CONFERENCE TO OPEN TONIGHT Methodist Episcopal Church Conference Opens At Huntington The Northern I.rdi ma Methodist Episcopal Church conference meeting will open tonight at 7:30 o'clock in the First M. E. Church at Huntington. A large number of laymen of the local Methodist church will attend the opening session. Members of the Decatur church through the church Tn/ .rd. have asked for the return of Rev. B. H. Franklin, p stor here for the last three years. The appointment of ministers will be read at the Sunday afternoon session. Dr. J. F. Edwards, pastor of the First M. E. Church of Huntington will have cli rge of tire opening session tonight. Visiting delegates will be welcomed nd the election of conference officers will he held. Dr. I Edgar Blake, bishop of the Indiana-Ipoiis-Detroit area of the Methodist | churches, will preside at all sessions. i Greetings will be given by various pastors, and Bishop Bl ike will give the response. C. L. Walters and W. F. Beery of this city are acting as delegates to the conference this year and left today tor Huntington to attend the event g session. Rev. B. 11. Franklin also went to Huntington today, and a number of members of the local church are planning to attend all or a part of the sessions this week. No New Boycott Berlin, April 4 (U.R)—The antisemitic boycott that closed Jewish business houses throughout Germany Saturday, will not he resumed tomorrow, a government statement said today. The government, the statement said, was "satisfied the defense action had been successful." — < r French Dirigible Destroyed In Crash St. Nazaire. Fiance, April 4 — I UP) The French naval dirigible E-9 crashed ir. d w ,s destroyed at the village of Duermaude while on a ttiul flight from the Rochefort naval base today. Two ot the crew us 12 were injured. The dirigible was valued at four .million francs.

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ti 7 1 survivors. f The Akron was flying at an altitude of more than 1 I<M) feet when the storm began gathering about midnight. Lieutenant—Commander H. \. Wiley was on duty when the Ak- ■ ron began to run into the worst of the storm. He changed his course us the wind and lightning became more severe but his huge craft • began to descend rapidly. Wiley called all hands to their posts and began a battle against the stiJrtn but his efforts were i futile as the lightning grew more vivid and the thunder claps echo- : ed one after another. In the glare of brilliant flashes which lighted the heavens the ; crew began dropping ballast to keep the craft at a high altitude. But the fury of tfib WTWT twreasled and the Akron continued to drop steadily. Then, when the srorm mounted suddenly, a blast of wind ripped along the big envelope, damaging 1 the rudder and causing the stern j to dip. v As the crew- battled to save the Akron she hovered at an altitude of about 1009 feet. Then, she dropped. The dirigible fell with great rapidity to the water and crumbled it struck stern first. A few hours after the Akron crashed, a grey fleet of steel-clad warships and powerful airplanes circled slowly through dense fog from Barnegat Beach to Atlantic City, searching for survivors. They found four men who lived through the collapse of the huge framework and envelope of tho craft in which Rear Admiral WilLiam A. Moffett had been a distinguished passenger on a projected New England cruise. One of the four picked up by Ifie first vessel tn flash word of the disaster —the German tanker Phoebus — was Chief Radio Man Robert W. Copeland, who had sur- : vived the crash of the U. S. S. Shenandoah in 1925. He died on the Phoebus. Lieut. Commander H. V. WTloy, Seaman Carl C. Deans and Seaman Moody Erwin also wore picked un by the Phoebus and put aboard the destroyer Tucker, I which was due in New York about noor. Copeland’s body also was aboard. The rescue fleet, feeling its way through rain, a high rolling sea (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVItI BULLETIN — Lakehurst, New Jersey. April 4— (UP) —The body of Commander Frank C. McCo'd of Chevy Chase, Maryland, war reported to have been found today by boats searching the scene of the Akron disaster. 1 Beach Haven, New Jersey April . 4—(UP) —The United States navy . blimp J-3 crashed into the ocean off . here today while searching for survivors of the Akron All seven of t the J-3's crew were rescued. New York April 4—(UP)— The coast guard cutter 2-13 reported today that it had picked up the body of Lieutenant Commander Harold E. MacClelland of Westerly. Rhode ‘ Island, near the scene of the Akron disaster off the Jersey coast. B Brooklyn, New York April 4—t (UP) —The destroyer Tucker, carry--1 ing the three survivors and one dead from the wrecked dirigible Ak:i ron, arrived at the navy yard today, s: Four ambulances were waiting at the pier.