Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 31, Number 82, Decatur, Adams County, 6 April 1933 — Page 1

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MERS TO I APPOINTED liSTPJBUTORS Mjlutschler DistributK( 0., Inc., To DisW tribute Beer iMiITEXI’EC'TEI) •oMKTI.MK TOltA't we obtain "nr license towill make every often beer in I local nr sonieK.laar Mutschler. 1 in- local distrihfirm Ht.iicil loilay. 'We |,i in tench with .e • enr periccii! Mr. Mulsohler - ♦ ITE Fred Mutschler DisHng Company, Inc., will Hnnl beer distributor for ■<! county, according to He information received ■lndianapolis today. Hrporation papers for the Business have been filed ■ the secretary of state ■rith the Adams county Her. complying with the Hhias Kirsctt. retired hanker ■idem and Albert Mutschler Bretarv-treasurer es the new I Incorporators and directors W liter distributing company ■Albert M utschler, Edgar liier. Benjamin F. Shroyer and ■as Kirsch. all of Decatur. Icept Mi Kirsch are connect■tli the Mutschler Packing niy or .hi- city, I company H incorporated for \ In and i!»• nailers show that I has been paid in as capital I i tie stock is divided into pharos ol ; In each. I papers sei oat that the comRs organized “for the purpose Itributing and wholesaling al Ir mall beverage* and engagI Borchandialng. wholesaling ier the Indiana law only me ■tetri butor for each 20,000 I will he named. Since the ■tion of this county is under I the local company receives bnchi.se for the entire eounty. I distributors w ill supply resP*. hotels, eaiing houses and lautliorized under the law with land under the law can also F to private homes in cases. | Indiana law complies with rueral law in permitting beer taleohoolic content to he sold pfixi'Kt, ON PAOK I'IVKI nage Suit Goes To Jury Late Today niments by counsel in the Sc suit of Ray Davis vs Mnd Talder were concluded Ig after 2 o'clock this after A brief recess was taken, which court's Instructions 1° he rend to the jury before 'rations are started.

BAM SCHAFER IIS RE-ELECTED Piod Dictator of Deca- ■ Moose I.odee At An- ■ nual Election 8 301 Schafer was re-elected dic- ■ of Adams Lodge No. 1311 of order of Moose, at t ea, - held Tuesday night. ■'Sf officers elected are: George ■ Myers, vice-dlctor; William ■ !>• prelote; Charles A. Heare. ■ ai>: William Lister, treasur- ■ rnVer Odle, trustee. of the offi -erfi, except Mr Bff* ail< ! Mr. Odie were former ■« new officers will he Install- j H PHI 25 and win assume their ■ K on May 2. ■ Heare announced that tlie ®d twugurated a new niemK!f < * Ueß Wing plan. Former ■nsT from the roster jff 0 'l‘oy were tinahle to pay BJ** r *y dues can be reinstated B ying one dollar, ping the first E H U :, rter ' B ' ,ues - ' mounting to E| 0 ars - On this basis mem- ■ r ; ca ° be obtained tor four

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Choral Concert At High School Tonight All parents and friends of high school pupils are urged to attend the choral .concert ai d art exhibit i to lie given in the Decatur high I school auditorium, tonight t 7: Pc o’clock. No admission will be eParked. The girls' glee club of tile high ' school, under the dire, tion of Mias j Helen H übold, music supervisor, will present a musical program after which the art exhibit w-ill be, displayed. Miss Kathryn Kauffman, instructor of art, will have charge ’of the art work. TO HOLD 1934 MEETING HERE Missionary Society of Reformed Church Will Hold Convention Here The 1934 convention of the Women's Missionary Society of the Fort Wayne classic of the Reformed church will be held in Decatur, it was announced at the closi g session of the convention ut the First Reformed church in Muff-ton. Wedi nesday ifternoon. Department secretaries for the year were also announced by the new ofkers which were elected at the Tuesday afternoon session. Me. R. R. Meckstrotli of Hunti gton will be the president of the classis for the year The secretaries chosen are as follows: literiture. Mss Mynne Ehrsam, Berne: Life and Mcmoriam Mrs. Charles Cumpher, Fort Wayne Girls Missionary Guild, Miss Eleanor Reppert, Decatur; Mission Bands. Mrs. Matthew Worthm Bluffton: temperance, Mrs. Miles Bradford. Goshen, Organizition and I mamte-l'.-dup. Miss VVuud* tvacy, Hiitingcon; thank offering. Mrs. Harry N'eue ,sell wander. Herne; • « H’OXTINTKI) (b\ IMIiK i iVH) RAILROAD CASE IS DISMISSED Representatives of Several Cities Hold Meeting At Bluffton Bluffton, April il. (Speciall- .1. H, Lilac of De'plios, Ohio, was named chaiimuu ol a committee to represent cities along the Clover Leaf railroad between Frankfort and Delphos in efforts to induce the officials of the Nickel Plate to continue in operation through freight trains over the Clover Leaf divisi in instead of diverting through freights over the Lake Erie and Western division from Frankfort to Fostoria, Ohio. Such a change was announced under contemplation recently, hut the re.ilroad officials reported later that the plan to discontinue through freights over the Clover Leif division had been dropped for the time at least. Chambers of Commerce in the interested cities decided to hold a meeting to discuss the matter ami hence the meeting here Wednesday afternoon The committee selected will stay on the job to keep interested cities informed of developments. James Elberson. president of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce, was uamed to represent Decatur. F. J. Tangeman will represent Bluffton. Other cities represented at the meeting and each of which will be asked to designate a committee members were Swayzep, Marion and Delphos. Other inter- ; ested cities will be invited to eo-1 operate. o Hartford City Man Is Declared Insane Hartford City, lt d. April 6—(UP) | —Francis McCombs. 29. who shot 'to death his two year old son. Harold, was sentenced to the hospital for criminally Insane at state prison today, when the court entered 'a j piea of not guilty by reason of Snsanity. Me Combs pleaded guilty in Black ford circuit court yesterday and expressed a desire to be executed fori i the crime. The court, however, refused tilie plea and appointed three physicians i to examine him. They reported him iusfne,

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Chicago Pupils on Strike Thousands of Chicago school children “struck” Wednesday. The Englewood High School students, pictured above, left their classes, demafading that th r teachers he paid.

WILL REMODEL HOTELVERANDA Remodeling Will Start At Rice Hotel Sometime This Week Work will begin this week on re- ! modeling the veranda in front of the Rice Hotel, corner of Third and Madison streets, .less Rice, proprietor, announce,! tod.iv. A steel beam will lie placed around the entire veranda and new brick pillars will support the roof. The old iron pipe posts will be removed and the gutters which carry off the water from the roof will be enclosed in the pillars and underground connections made with the sewer. The brick pillars will harmonize with tiie rest of the building and will add grace and dignity to the appearance of the hotel. Air. Rice stated that seven pillars will lie constructed. Four of these will fare Third street and ih.-c; hi Madison street. The pillars will be 17 Inches squarae. Tlip walk in front of the hotel will also be rebtiiA contract for the concrete work has been let to Fhil Sauer and work on this project will begin this week. The upstairs is being redecorated and Mr Rice stated that approximately SI,OOO would he expended in remodeling and rede orating Lite hotel. o Amendment Defeated Washington April 6—(UP) —Administration pressure to compel modification of the Block 20 hour week failed tod y when the senate deteated the Robinson niendment to increase the permitted period of weekly labor to 26 hours. HARTFORD TWP. RESIDENT DIES Noah Roth Dies Wednesday Evening At Home Southwest of Berne Berne, Apr. 6—(Special (o Democrat) —Noah Roth. 53. died Wednesday evening al 5:25 o'clock at his farm home in Hartford township, southwest of Berne. He had been ill for three days with double pneumonia. He was born and spent all his life on th“ farm on which lie died. He hud never married He was torn oil March 5. IS7B the son of Peer and Lydia Roth. Surviving iR a brother. Christ Roth of Hartford township, three! sisters. Rose. Sarah aiwl Mary all at home. His parents, three brothers and three slaters preceded him in death. He was a member of the Missionary Church west of Berne, Funeral services will lie held Saturday morning at 9 o'clock al llie home and at 9-30 o’clock from ihe , Missionary Church. Burial will be made In the church cemetery. ;

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Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, April (i, 1933.

♦ — -♦ ENJOYS SHOW Washington, Apr. 6.— .'.U.R) — President Roosevelt went to the : | theater last night ; nd laughed hear:ilv over Rachel Crother's comedy, “When Ladies' Meet." It was the first time in five years that a President has attended a regular theatrical per- | ! - forraance. The audience gave Mr. Roosei valt a rousing ovation -.is he i entered his box with Mrs. Roosevelt and a White House party. ♦ ♦ FIRST PRICES WILL BE HIGH Boer In Indiana Will Bo Scarce Arid Costly In f irst Few Days Indianapolis, Apr. (i. — 'U.R/ —The new ,3.2 per cent beer will lie both scarce and expensive when it goes on sale in Indiana for the first time tomorrow. | Standard prices ranging from $3 to $3.25 a case have been tenta lively agreed upon by wholesalers and importers. In addition to this price the consumer must pay a $1 deposit on the bottles. Schlitz beer from Milwaukee will cost $3.25 a case when delivered To private homes; Falls City, Brock, will he $3. while Atlas, Prima. Miller anil R!atz will cost $3.15. These prices are exclusive of the deposii. It was estimated today by Frank McHale. Logansport, assistant excise director, that only Sl.tmiF cast s cases of beer would lie available in the state tomorrow. Tills amount wi I have in lie distributed among more :l:an half a million beer drink 1 ers. Allas will have 18,000 cases ready (mVTINIT.I) ON IVW.E FIVE)

Breweries And Retailers Prepare For Legal Sale Os Beer At Midnight

Chicago. April t! (U.R) At the stroke of 12 tonight beer kegs, | steins, brass rai’-s and bars regain J a dignified status in the United States after 13 years' outlawry. Today there was frantic activity j at breweries and cases, and hotels and cabarets us the hour neared j for legalization of the new 3.2 per, cent beverage. The spirit of "beer ; is back" spread to thousands of citizens who will greet beer at mid-, night with welcomes of varying degrees of gayety. At breweries in Milwaukee. Chi- ' |cago, St. l»uis. Pittsburgh und New York thousands of cases and kegs were piled high ready for instant ! delivery. Fleets of speedy trucks were readied in Chicago. Milwaukee i and St. Louis to start out at one minute after 12. Refrigerator cars were pulled up on sidings to be i loaded with heer and rushed to a'l parts of the country. Old timers sh! bark and conjured \ names that brought hark memories of "Good Old Days”—Schlitz, An (heuser Uuach, Pllsener, Blatz, Berg-|

LECTURE HERE MONDAY NIGHT Illustrated Lecture And Film Will Be Sponsored By Club j An illustrated lecture will be i given and a film on the Century ! of Progress will lie shown at tlie meeting of the Woman's Club in the Library Hall, Monday night at j > 7:45 o'clock, through the courtesy I of the Erie railroad. The lecture and film will he in keeping with the theme of a Ccn | tury of Progress carried out in ! the Woman's Club programs for i ; the year. R. B. Rogers of Chicago j will he the speaker at the meet- | ing Monday night. The game film will also lie , ! shown at the Adams Theatre at 1 3 o'clock Monday afternoon for I high school students only, instead ' of for the public as was previously announced. The Woman’s Club 1 will sponsor tiie showing of the film for the pupils, i i The literature department will be in charge of Hie program for the Woman's Club meeting. Mrs. Ralph Yager is chairman of the committee and other members are tiie Mesdames C. A. Dugan. Paul ’ Graham, .1. H. Heller. Don Farr. ; Fred Mills, A. B. Morrison. H. B. - Heller. Charles Teeple, and O. 1,. (CONTINUED ON PACE SIX) O Holy Hour Services At Catholic Church — j Complying with the wish of Pope Pius X that the efttire Christian world join in observance of a “Holy Hour" on Thursd y night, incident to the inauguration of the Holy Year, which liega: last Sunday, services will lie held at St. Mary's | Cal olic church this evening. A I prayer hour will lie observed, followed by benediction of tiie Blessed Sai lament.

hos. Prima Special, Millers, Pa list, and Atlas. Bartenders, natty in j white aprons, stiff shirts and short cutaway coats, polished steins that have been gathering dust for 13 years, iftige bar mirrors, fancy trays, foam dippers and mugs made 11 heir appearance in the hustling activity. Preparations lo welcome beer differed throughout the nation, hut jin most ci ies the edge had been taken off plans for riotous celebrations by cautions advice of groups I fearing that too-spirited affairs i would provide food for dry propaganda. and ultimately endanger re|Pea! of the lstli amendment. In New York. Col. Jacob Ruppert, jprtsldent of the United Stales Brewing Association, ruled that deliverties will not he made there until 7 a. m. Restaurants and other es jtablißhmef'ts expc tpd to have hper ion draught at S o’clock. Chicago hotels and cabarets planI tied to sell beer Immediately alter I (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) *

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ENROLL 25,000 UNEMPLOYED IN FORESTRY WORK Labor Department Representatives Select Men In 1(> Cities FIRST RECRUITS UNMARRIED MEN W shington. April 6 —(UP)—The vanguard of President Roosevelt’s .army of 250,000 unemployed was' being'enrolled today to work in the torests for $1 a day and their keep. L bor departme t representatives in 16 big cities of the east and middle west were sele: ting tiie first contingent of 25,000. It is hoped to have some of t.ienr herded for con- , ditioning camps by nightfall. The first recruits were unmarried men betwee.i IS and 25. with dependents. Roliert Fechner, direc tor of conservation relief work, explained that tiie first 25,000 were being enrolled in large cities' be( .use labor department representatives there already had obtained names : of needy cases from relief agencies. : In a few days, enrollment offices will be set up in smaller communities a’ d in the west to permit selec- ; tion of the rest of the army. The recruits will take . n oath to : remain in the conservation corps ' for six months, unless released ear- ‘ Her. and to obey all regulations on penalty of dismissal. T e recruits will be sent at once 1 to regular U. S. Army c mps near their home cities. They will there two weeks, for physical examinations, instruction in their newwork by forestry experts, and to lie outfitted with clothes. Then they . will be dispatched cm the woi ij | camps in the forests. There will be about 1.500 work (CONTINUED ON PAOF, SIX) CANDIDATES TO OPEN CAMPAIGN Candidates For Delegates To Repeal Convention To Open Campaign Indianapolis, hid.. April (i —(U'P) —Candidate- for delegates to the Indiana repe l convention will ope'.’ their campaigns Saturday when Gov. Paul V. McNutt issues a pro- i clamation , ailing for tiie election ! June fi and the co ivention June 21. McNutt had said he would issue : the prod' mat ion tomorrow but it i was discovered that Saturday w:s i the proper day. Toe law requires i that exactly 60 days must intervene i between the proclamation and the election. Caudlil tes for the deleg up seats are prevented from filing their intention to run until after the proclamation. Neither an petitions in behalf of the candidates be circulated before . Saturday. i Candid hes will he selected by l petition-, those having the greatest ' number of signatures receiving tiie | nomination. 'ln most counties, however, wets I and drys will select their respective I candidates and then proceed to dr- I icillate tile petitions. > Adams County Native Dies At Fort Wayne Funeral services for Louis H. Geitke, 76. of Fort Wayne, former i resident of Ad mis County, who died Wednesday ut 4:20 o'clock at his home, 12n» McClellan street, will | be held Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the home, and at 2:15 o’clock al (lie Emajiuel Lutheran Church. The Rev. William Moll will officiate and burial will he made in the Concordia cemetery. Mr. Gerke was employed for many years asi government railway mail clerk. Previous to the time he retired lie was In charge of the stockrooms at the Wayne Knitting Mills plant in Fort Wavne. The demised was born In Adams , County and lived here until about eight years ot age,when he moved to Fort Wayne where he resided ;since. He was a member of the Emanuel Lutheran church, the B. V. V., and the Railway Mai! Clerks' association. Surviving are the wife, two | daughters, a brother and three sis-l; ters. i

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♦ AKRON MINIATURE The crafty hand of George | j Strejcek, operator of tiie Decatur Cheese factory, north- ; east of Decatur, is demonstrate \ ed in tiie miniature likeness of the dirigible Akron, which Mr. j I Strejcek carved out with his j own hands. When word of the Akron dis- [ j aster was received by Mr. Stre- i jeek. lie remarked, "let me show you something." He exhibited his replica of Ihe great silver cigar, made along a scale of one inch to every 10 feet. The great Akron was 780 feet j long. Mr. Strejeek’s miniature | ship is 78 inches long. He fol- j 1 lowed all over specifictions ae- [ eordingly. The toy ship was brought to j i j Decatur by Harry Knapp and ! | is on display at the Phillips | ; service station, operated by | Mr. Knapp. ♦ 1 ♦ GOUNTY BOARD ADOPTS RULES Commissioners A d o p t Code of Rules For Granting Poor Relief The county commissioners have adopted a code of rules aid regulations for granting poor relief in the county. Regulation number one rrox r ides .that the township trustees, by virtue of their office, shall be the overseers of the poor in their respective 1 townships. Regulation two provides, “No peri soa shall be employed as a poor person or unemployed person to be paid out of the poor fund of any j township, or out of the county unemployed fund, except upon the written recommendation of the trustee". No person shall be entitled to any relief or be employed, unless he has a wiilten order from the' trustee, regulation t.'iree states. Regulation four read a “No relief shill be granted or extended to any perse. - as a poor person (except in extreme emergency cases) by any person, firm or corporation without first obtaining a written order from the township trustee of the township to lie charged with tiie cost or expense of such relief." Regulation five: "Any person applying to the township trustee for relief of any kind will lie required to file with such trustee an affidavit setting forth the personal condition of his family as now lequired by law". Regulatio six: "No claim will be allowed by the board for any war:; done by any unemployed person, or lor relief of an kind extended to uny person, when done, performed or furnished in violation of these irONTINTHn ON PAGE SIX) o Body Found At Fort Wayne Identified Fort Wayne Ind.. April 6—(UP) A body found floating i!. a ditch near here was identified today as that, of George Krockenberger, SS, who disappe.red March 16 after a party. Police are holding for questioning - Irene Merrill, believed to have been the last person with Krockenberger, a: si her alleged sweetheart Otto Oxley WINNIE JUDD'S PLEA DENIED Condemned Murderess Exneeted To Die On Gallows April 21 Phoenix. Ariz., April 6 -(U.R) —i Tiie plea of Winnie Ruth Judd, condemned murderess, for a six weeks reprieve from the gallows, was denied by the stale board of pardons and paroles today. Un'ess some nnforseen legal move saves her. she will he hanged at 5 a. m. April 21. Convicted of killing Mrs Agnes Ann Leroi. fellow nurse, in a nnarrel over .1. .1. Halloran, Plioeliy lumber man, Mrs. Judd sought the stay for an appeal. Tiie board which a week ago denied lie)' request for u purdon, , pnrole or commutation gave no reason for denying her latest re-1 quest.

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PATROL BOATS FINDWREKAGE FAR FROM SCENE Empty Gas Tank And Other Equipment Found 22 Miles From Site HOLD SERVICES FOR THOSE LOST Washington, April <> —The navy department received a telephone message from Gape May, N. J., saying that eotist guard patrol boats had sighted a large spot of oil on the water about 22 miles southeast of Bamegat lightship. The discovery was made in approximately the same position where searching boats picked up (lie body of Lt. Comdr Maclellan, officer on board the Akron. The wreckage included an empty gas tank, a spare radio transmitting power tube, a life raft from the Akron’s airplane compartment and bits of wood. The message said the articles were being assembled on board the Portland for delivery to Lakehurst where they will be examined further by naval authorities. The radio transmitting power tube was intact in its shipping I crate when found. All wreckage was picked up approximately 70 miles southeast of the reported i position of the Akron crash. A bumper bag from the blimp .13 also was picked up. the message said. Continue Search New York. April 6 (U.R) —-Naval and coast guard ships, still holding to slim hope that some of Ihe Akron's passengers and crew might still be clinging alive to I drifting wreckage kept up despairing search off the New Jersey j coast today while in New York digiiitarioß gathered for a solemn high mass of requiem for tiie lost. A gasoline tank and some other wreckage from the airship was found off southern Jersey late vesterdav. reports reaching the navy and const guard headquarters during the night revealed. Nava! officials insisted there still remained a possibility that soma survivors might be found on floa - • »-♦ • • ♦ ♦ • • •- (PONTTNURD ON FA OF. SIX) NAME MEMBERS OF NEW BOARD Gov. McNutt Names Members of New State Board of Education Indianapolis, April 6— (U.R) — Membership of the new state board of education, provided under the state governmental reorganization act. was announced today by Gov. Paul V. McNutt. The six appointees are President William Lowe Bryan. Indiana University; Dr. Henry B. Longdon, vice-president of DePauw University: Floyd Me Murray, superintendent of Boone county schools: Frank Allen, superintendent of .South Bend schools; Dr. Joy Muchmore Lacy of Indiana State Teachers College at Terre Haute, and Judge A. Jewel Stephenson of Hendricks circuit court. lie governor. Lieutenant-gover-nor M. Clifford Townsend and George C. Cole. state superintendent. are ex-officio members | of the new board i o — Mortgage Tax Fee May Be Recovered Persons who paid the fee under ; the filing fee mortgage tax law during the first part of the present year, may recover the fee by filing their claims with the auditor of the county and presenting their receipts. The mortgage tax was collected during January and February and part of March. The law was repealed during the last state loginin'lire and the lee paid In previous to the changing of the law will he returned. The law called for a tux of 50 cents on each hundred dollars. A number of persons have recovered Ihe fees paid in. but others I have failed to tile their claims and present their receipts.