Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 31, Number 81, Decatur, Adams County, 5 April 1933 — Page 1

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lIjES ORDER | FORBID ALL BLD HOARDING ■jdeiitKf><''V\elt Issues ■ecutive Order ExBending Embargo ■('IRES (JIVING B p GOLD BA MAY 1 ■ivhingh'ii- M'lil ■>. (U - R) ■li 111 executive order de■u that the national emergence still :l inl forbidding the of gold coin, gold ■im.' and gold certdiK. onh r r. quires all ner- ■ > deliM r on or before ■ l to .1 federal reserve |M j.-Hiiy. nil gold i inning Inr p,,'.. nil before Willi exceptions. ■. ■ ime. ii became lint M Roosevelt was r . I, session of |O! ill! ion by whii b Un- tariff bar■nn b- broken down as a ’■ it'd i i pr.w’:i’:: ”ow is being pro a -w ini’ slowlv out ■ >er..-. ■ Canges between and tl»> administration. of Mt Roosevelt said ■ ' ■ daily and that they were handled an informal 1> it io :ir:reein.nn legisit «.i. made i |e.o- 'hat the have progressed no than preliminaries as to will he asked of congress in of legislation. XU. Roosevelt was ■bins with interest the opera|B<c hi. onal economy pro- ■ involving the savings of more from veter- ■ appropriations. Hines. administrator affairs, has given the dent a mat ion regarding ■ ed in e tistrnc ope. n f hospital and facilities. is of he opinion that as a of the economy order sl.IEi will be saved. wrote that "the act of 20. 193:’.. by eliminating f,, r ~ny further con ot hospital or domiciliary ■few will effect estimated ■ONTINt i’i. ox page nrm I o : ■ight Peterson I Named To Office B Dwight Peterson, son of Mr. BMrs John S. Peterson of this ■ and mating: r of the City SecurB Company in Indianapolis, was ■ntly elected president of the ■•ay school cabinet and superBttleiit of the Sunday school for ■Tabernai le Presbyterian church ■adiimapidis. The Sunday school fifth largest in the United BJ's and Dwight has been active Bte work there the past seven or Bt years. hMER LOCAL CHILO IS DEAD pant Daughter of Leo ISieia Dies At Markle Tuesday fcrolyn Elaine Siela. 15 months Idaagnter of Mr. and Mrs. Leo p. died at 11:35 o’clock Tuesday ffiihg at the liinlly home, one f mile west and one mile north ilarkle, following an extended illr front pneumoniu. _ babv was born in Decatur, ember 13, 1931, a daughter of ’and Ella Nelson Siela. The f.i---y moved to Markle from Decatur 111 a year ugo. Jtrviving are the parents, seven hers and sisters: Leona. Bel ma. or . Robert, Dwight, Gerild. and •“rty all at home. Funeral serM will be .held at 2 o’clock Drstlty afternoon at the home the Rev. M. It. Scott, pastor he .Mankle Chun h of Christ in ’S'- Burial will be made in the r|tlc cemetery.

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Heroic Survivors ’! -s 1 -a 5 'E» * ’ loss? . b ;JrMl fir &'' a jEE? I ®#* «> ••■MBdBMJBBBSr. ** r Uere are shown the only three survivors of the Akron as they arrived at Brooklyn Navy Yard aboard the U. S. S. Tucker. Saved from the sea by the tanker Phoebus, they were later transferred Io the Tucker It. E. Deal is shown on the stretcher 111; behind the stretcher is Moody Irwin in shawl (2|; behind Irwin in white uniform, with white hair (back to camera), is Lieutenant Commander H. (.'. Wiley (3).

Raymond Springer To Speak At Banquet ! i Raymond pi tninent 1 Phi Dert-of ConitPrsvflle. wifflie rftc guest speaker at an open banquet , i-> the Phi Delta Kappa hall. Monti y night. Sprit 24. Mr. Springer i was the .Republican c ndidate forgovernor at the ehs-ti.m la H Nov em tier. The bamitiel will be served at 7." cents a plate and anyone m airing to atte d the banquet nd pr ygr im | nt y do sc. Delegates from Phi Del chapter; in the state will be preseni at the meeting. Mr. Springet i n inter-, esting speaker and an active Phi Dell member. TWO BREWERIES READY FRIDAY Fort Wayne And Mishawaka Breweries Will Have Beer Bv Friday — I. Indianapolis, Apr. 5. —(U.R) —Only ; two Indiana breweries will have 3.2 ! per cent beer reidv for sale April I 7. it was re.ihiled today by Paul 1 , Fry. state excise director. They are the Berghoff brewery at Fort Wayne and the Kamm and Schellinger brewery al Mishawaka. Kamm and Schellinger obtained a permit yesterday a d Berghoff is expected to receive one either today or tomorrow. Scores of new permits to manufactures. wholesalers and retailers i have been issued within the past 24 hours and the number is increasing daily. Many counties may still be without beer April 7 because wholesalers have not applied for licenses. Fry expects many new wholesalers to file applications today and Thursday, however. An ample supply of beer is promised for all the larger cities of the state. Most of the beer on the first day will come from Milwaukee. Cincinnati and Chicago brewers. 1 Ten additional firms were tncor1 *(CONTINHED ON PAGE THKEK) |t O | Important Meetins Thursday Night J A meeting of members of the 1 Ch mber of Commene and local mere ants will be held at the Ch tn- ’ her of Commerce rooms at S o’clock J Thursday night. Detrails pertaining to a special community day. in . oopeiation with ‘ a local industry will be explained 1 ■ . d every business man is urged to ’ attend. The directors of the Chamber of ‘ ! Commerce will meet al 7:30 o’clock and transact business before the' open meeting Is held.

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MACDONALD TO DISCUSS DEBTS Report British Premier Will Sail For U. S. During Next Week London, April s—<U,R) —Premier J. Ram ay MacDonald will sail for the United States next week to discuss debts and disarmaments, it was learned on the most reliable authority today. Premier MacDonald will spend a f< w days in Washington where he visited Presiden Hoover in the last administration, discussing current problems with President Roosevelt and laying the groundwork for the coming world economic conference, it was understood. No official announcement will be made until Washington formally an'ounces that an invitation to MacDonald has been issued, or at least until it can be said that an invitation has been accepted, it was made known. The information as to MacDonald's plans came to the United Press from unimpeachable sources. however. Visit Helpful Washingion. April 5 (U.R) — President Roosevelt today said that lie felt a visit to the United Sta'es by Prime Minister MacDonald of Great Britain would be (CONTINUED ON I'AIIE POUID GUNMEN FIGHT WITH OFFICERS Three Bandits Are Badly Wounded And One Policeman Shot In Leg Chicago, Apr. 5. — (U.R)—Five holdup men fought a losing gun battle with a dozen police in a north side real estate office today while the ten employes and customers lay on the floor. When the powder smoke cleared, three bandits were probably fatally shot ami a policeman had a bullet in his leg. The gunmen invaded the real estate office in the fashionable Irving Park boulevard district owned by Aiderman „atnes B. Waller. They terrorized those in the office and le> eled i revolver at Mabel Annis, cashier. When she failed to open the vault as quickly as the bandits wished, they manhandled Sydney Wolfe, attorney for Waller. Becoming Impatient, the bandits I ON PAGE TWO)*

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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, April 5, 1933.

GIVE REPORTS OF ASSESSORS Statistical Reports For 1932 In Adams County Are Published Statistical reports for 1932 of the annua' crop summary, the livestock s summary for 1933 and the assessors’ enumeration of crops for 1931, have been published and sent to newspapers. Figures for Adams county are given in the three reports. The counties are grouped by districts, this county being classified in the northeast district. The assessors' enumeration of acreage harvested in 1931 and reported in 1932 to the assessors for Adams county follows: Number of farms, 2.105: acreage in farms, 201,699. Crops: Corn. ■44,776: oats, 30,597; wheat, 15,220; rye. 435; barley, 1.006; soybeans. 7,769; cowpeas, 37; buckwheat. 36; alfalfa, cut or postered. 1,082; clover hay. 7.877; clover and timothy hay. mixed, 12,650; timothy hay, 10.100; other tame grass hay. ISO; sweet clover hay, 164; tomatoes for canning or market, 11; peppermint, 29; onions, 65; other crops. 551; plowland in pasture only, 35.152; crop laud idle. 1,566; rough pasture, timber or waste land, 31,014; clover, new sown for 1932, 22.398. The estimate ot acreage, yield per acre and production of corn, oats and tame hay for 1932 follows: Corn: acreage. 47,000, yield, 40, production. 1,880,000 bushels. Oats: acreage 31.000; yield, 37: production. 1.147.000 bushels. Tame hay: acreage. 32,000: yield. 1.26; production. tons, 40.000. Wheat: acreage. 14.000. yield. 24. production, bushels, 336,000. Wheat sown in fall of 1932 for 1933 harvest. 16.000 acres. Soy beans for '(gntin: acreage. 2.000; yield 17; production, bushels, 34.000. The livestock report follows: Horses. 4,012; mules. 200; milk cows. U.4SO. oilier cattle. 5 sheep. 9,202 sows. 4.446; other hogs, 18,526; poultry, dozen, 12.691. According to the report Indiana had 284,075 horses. 64,008 mules, 1,081,998 head of- cattle. 529,020 sheep. 1.652.090 swllie; and 805,103 dozens of poultry. Sample Report A sample report of one per cent ((•ONTINI ltll ON t'Al'.l-'. TWO) HUNTINGTON WOMAN NAMED Mrs, R. B. Meckstroth Is Elected President of Missionary Society Mrs. R. B. Meckstroth of Huntington was elected president of the Women's Missionary Society of the Reformed Churches in the Fort Wayne dasis it the eleventh a ■ ■ru. 1 convention of the organization held in the First Reformed Church in Bluffton. Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Chris- Lehman of Decitnr, former president of the society, will setve as the fir.it vice president. Other officers chosen were: Mrs. C. W. H. Sanerwein of Plymouth, second vice-president; Mildred Mullet, Fort Wayne, recording secretary; Mrs. Doyle White. Fort ■ Wayne, corresponding secret ry Mrs. Mae Karns. Fort W yne. treasurer; ami Mrs. 'Austin: Romig. Culver, historian. The two day session of the convention opened in Bluffton Tuesday and will close with the afternoon program today. Reports qf various committees, recog itioti service. CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) Rev. Father Reinig Gives Meditation A meditation on the suffering of Mary, the mother of God. was given by the Rev. Father Alfred Reinig of Fort Wayne at St. Mary's Catholic church in this city last evening. The .sermon last evening was the fifth of a series of Len.en discourses which the Fort Wayne priest h is delivered on the Passion and death of Jesus Christ. The final sermon will be given next Tuesday, which marks the opening of Holy Week. The reciting of the litany and benediction of the Blessed Sacra intent was given in connection with the service.

Rev. Harry Thompson Will Conduct ('lass Rev. Harry W. Ttompson will give the first of a series of lectures on psychology mil public speaking tonight to a cluss sponsored by the Alpha Phi Delta fraternity. The, course will consist of a class each Wednesday night for five months. The class will meet at the fraternity rooms. Mr. Thompsor. is well known in this city, having been pastor of t ie Christim church in Deo tur for a number of years. Since his resignation several years ago he has been interested in adult education. He conducted a class in the Standard Teachers school > nd Repperl’s Auction school. At the present he Ins another class of young men. About fifteen men have signed for the class already. There are still a few openings. Janies Kocher is chairman of the committee in charge. 0. L. WALTERS IS SELECTED Named District President Os M. E. Lavmen’s Association Huntington. April s—-tIJ.P)5 —-tIJ.P) Dr. Otto IT. King of Huntington was elected Dresiden' of the Layman s Association of the North Indiana conference of the Methodist Episconal Church today. O .1 Neihbors of Wabash was named vice-presidertt; E. Stanley Gerig of Fort Wayne, secre'arv. and Clarence Cramer of Richmond. treasurer. District officers of the association were elected as follows: Fort Wayne: C. L. Walters of Decatur, president. lairing G. Scott of Fort Wayne, vice-presi-dent: Merle Bisel of Auburn see " retary. and E M. Berry of Montpelier. treasurer. Suspension Upheld Huntington. April 5 'IIP' Susnension for one year of the Rev. G Lemuel Conway of Muncie, was unheld todav hv the North Indiana conference of the Methodist Eplsconal church. Even if it wanted to, tlie conference has no authority to reverse the decision. Bislion Edgar Blake of Detroit, pointed out. Conway was suspended by an ecc'esiastical jury last month after he had bee” found guiltv of imprudent enndnet as a result of charges brought bv Miss Helen Huffman. 18. teacher in his Sunda v school. She had testified that Conway (CONTINUED ON PAC-E THfiFf" Roy l);i’ '« vs Tafil pr Trial Is Still On Testimony of witnesses was still being heard in the suit of Roy D’vis vs. Ferdinand Tablet’ in the Adams circuit court late this fterr.oon. Davis is seeking $5,000 damages for alleged malicious prosecution. caused by his arre t and imprisonment by the defend nt in February. 1932. The case opened with the selection of a jury Tuesd y while this mornings and after o.in's sessions were taken up with the evidence of many witnesses. ORGANIZATION MAKES REPORT Decatur Relief Association Renorts Aid Given During March Dr. Burt Mangold, president of the Decatur Emergency Relief Organization. today announced a report showing the work done by the organization during the month of .March. Eight hundred sixty-five people were fed. Food distributed through the organization included: 820 pounds of beans, 105 bushels of potatoes. 625 pounds of corn meal. 2.000 pounds of me t. donated by Mntschlers, one gallon of cottage cheese. 54 dozen eggs. 17 gallons of i lard, ml 275 twenty-foiu pound sacks of flour. Two school children were fitted with glasses. Goods were bought for one student for sewing in school. Many articles of clothing su.h as shoes, stockings, socks, coats, dresses, underwear, hats, e ps and sweaters were also distributed by i the organization.

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WISCONSIN IS SECOND STATE VOTING REPEAL Entire Wet Slate of Delegates Chosen For State Convention MICHIGAN NAMES ONE DRY DELEGATE Indianapolis, Aprli S—(U.R> — Indiana will elect delegates to Consider repeal of the Eighteenth amendment June 6, Gov. Paul V. McNutt announced today. The constitutional convention will be held at the state house June 26. A formal proclamation calling for the election and convention will be issued Friday, McNutt said. Milwaukee, Wis., Apr. 5. —(U.R) — Wisconsin joined Michigan today hs the second state to vote repeal of the 18th amendment by. naming a slate of 15 wet delegates to a s;ate convention which will ratify the repeal amendment to the constitution. Returns from 1.502 of the state's 2.899 precincts gave: for repea', 408,327; agiinst repeal. 88,764. Fifteen candidates were committed for repeal and a like number against it. Vyting throughout the state was virtually sold either for all repeal delegates or for all dry delegates. Votes of individual delegates will be tabulated Liter. Present figures indicated the count on straight tickets. The individual count was not expected to vary greatly from the total vote. In Milwaukee, traditional center of beer interests, wets piled up a majority of more than 10 to 1. In River Hills, exclusive Milwaukee troNTtNUED ON P AGE THBREI —I —oGasoline Stove Causes Fire Here A gasoline stove at the John Thompson residence t 219 North Eighth street, exploded late Tuesday afternoon. The local tire department was called to t' eaccidert and the fire w i quickly extinguished. No damage was reported. BABY STATION AT MOOSE HALL Bahy Health Station Will Be Held At Home Friday, April 7 The Adams County Baby Health St.’tion will be held in the Decatur Moose Lodge hall on North Second street, next Friday. April 7. P rents wit babies under two years of age are invited to bring them to the static between the hours of 9 and 11:30 a. m. and 1 and 4 p. m. Mothers who can. are eked to bring 'their children to the station during the morning hours. All the processes of the h by’s gn.wth and development are of Importance a d are discussed with parents at t :e health station. The development of the teeth begins at le «t six months before the baby is twin. At birth every tooth ot both sets, temporary :nd permanent. has already he, gun to form: nearly all the first set are already partly or wholly harde: ed. Diet pl ys an important role in the development of these teeth before liirihd. y as well as following t e birth. Teething is a normal process which continues from about the age of six months to two and a halt' years. During the time whei o. toot i is dually coming through the gums the biby may be irritable or fretful nd may not eat well, but teething alone rarely accounts for illness or fever. Clark Lutz Named As Available Judge Clark J. Lutz. Decatur attorney, is one of three men nominated as avail hie tor special judge in the actio of George Fry gainst sto ki olders of the Citizens Trust compan defendants in an action for recovery on stockliolulers liability. Tlie other nominees are Judge Sumner Kenrer of Huntington and Dan Link of Auburn, former judge 'of DeKalb circuit court.

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On Akron pH Rear Admiral William A. Moffett. one of those reported missing from Akron when it crashed in tlie sea early Tuesday morning. CITY COUNCIL HOLDS SESSION Decatur City Councilmen Hold Short Session Tuesday Night A short session of tlie city council was held Tuesday evening at the city hall. George Sprague of South Line street, appeared before the council and complained that livestock was running loose in the south part of town and that damage was done to his garden and lawn. Tne matter was referred to the judiciary committee. J. G. Niblick was ordered to repair a walk and guard rail along the walk in front of the lots on West Monroe street. Representatives of local insurance agencies appeared before the council relative to issuing policies for the civil ci:y and the city plant. The policies were allotted the same as a year ago. The matter of redistricting the city into four wards instead of three was not brought up by the council. Under the law passed by the last legislature in cities of the fifth class, which includes Decatur, four wards arc to be designated and councilmen ahe to he elected at-large. Bills were read by H. M. Gillig, chairman of the finance committee . nd allowed hv the coulicil. o Local Officials Attend Meeting James E'lberion, president of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce, and Da Tyndall, secretary-treasurer of the organic tion. attended a meeting it Bluffton this afternoon of organizations of various cities along the Clover Leaf reailroad cel ween Frankfort and Toledo. The purpose of the meeting is to form an organiz. tion to protect the interests of the communities along this railro -d. The movement started after railroad officials announced pin: s to divert freight traffic to other lines. Erie Railroad To Show Progress Film The Erie railroad will show a film on the Century of Progress at the Adams theater. Monday afternoon, April 10 at three o’clock. The show is given free of charge and tlie public is invited to attend. The same film will be shown before members of the Woman’s club Monday evening. H. N. Blair, local Erie agent announced. Bowers Cottage Is Reported Entered Sever 1 .ottages at Sjiring Beach on the North side at Sylv n I.a .e have been entered by vandals tlie past few days. Included t these cottages is one owned b) John Bowels of De.atur. Nothing lias bee. reported missing by any of Hi- cottage owners although considerable <1 rmage was done.

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HOUSE NAVAL COMMITTEE TO PROBE CRASH Naval Affairs Committee Will Conduct Exhaustive Investigation NAVY RESUMES ITS SEARCH FOR DEAD New York, April 5 —iU.P 1 — The three survivors of the Akron disaster departed by airplane from Floyd Bennet field at 12:53 p. m. today for Washington. Lieut. Commander Wiley, who was on the bridge of the Akron when she plunged through a thunder storm to destruction off the New Jersey coast and two seamen, Moody E. Arwin and Richard E. Deal, boarded a tri-motored plane at the airport. In Washington, they will tell their story to the investigate s named by the naval department and also a committee authorized by congress to inquire into the cause of the disaster Wtislunglon, April 5. ( UR> The house nttvttl affairs committee today voted imanimoustv for a thorough investigation of the Akron disaster which would include the past historv of the naw dirigible and rumors of sabotage during its construction. The innuirv will be constructed hv the naval affairs sub-committee on aeronautics. Tlie crash of the non-rigid blimp J-3 during Akron rescue work also will be investigated. Chairman Delaney. Dem.. N. Y„ of the sub-committee said it had not been decided whether the inuuirv will bo hold at Lakehurst or Apshington. Delaney indicated that the same group of witrseses likely Io Ire summoned before the navy department’s board of innniry will lie called Irefore the house investigators. Details of the inquiry will lie decided by Friday, he said. Delaney said he was "by no means convinced" that the Akron disaster meant the end of the dirigible as a naval weapon. His view was concurred in by Rep. McGrath. Dem., Calif., of the subcommittee in whose district the Sttnnyfale Naval Air station is located. The new dirigible Macon is scheduled to be based there. The committee adopted res u i iNTINt'ED OX' PAGE THrtEKI Missionary Sneaks • At Lions Club Meeting Rev. H. H. Moser, a missionary in the Belgian Congo, Africa, spoke to the Lions Club. Tuesday night. Mr. Moser has been stationed at his present location in Africa for 1(1 years. He spoke of the peculiar habits and customs of the people, and gave an interesting talk. Dr H. Frohnapfel had charge ot the program for the evening and introduced the speaker. LEGION LEADER MAKES APPEAL Commander Johnson Appeals To Posts to Get Rid of Goldbrieker Indianapolis, April 5. (U.R) —An appeal to “get rid of the goldbricket in government" was sent to the 10.720 posts of Hie American Legion today by National Commander Louis A. Johnson. "The structure of veterans' legislation has been wiped away in one fell swoop. Johnson declared. "The legion, true to its ideals, stood patriotically in support of the new president to the mercy of die atorial power: offering and giving all aid In the ability of its officials to obtain right and justice lot the truly disabled. "Never let ft be said after the sacrifices that have been decreed, that the monetary saving to our governmtnt was made in vain. “Every time yon see a dollar wasted in government, whether municipal, county, or federal. 1 ICONTINL'KD ON PAGE*TM*O* *