Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 31, Number 83, Decatur, Adams County, 7 April 1933 — Page 1

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BALE OF BEER ENDS 15 YEAR DROUGHT

Um one if 19 STATES ■fITHAS BREW 'H|. And Restaurants K\ Ru-hinn Business; ■Avenue l> Received Kil l's \RE SENT ■ |\ TELEGRAMS April 7.—W.R) <»l legal heer to Innt tot absence of received so today that c . restaurants ■, . supply by ■flu bottle ''..l- placed on flrn-. rimmed the t.miboi,i had sold out BE, n, -•-•• = > H;ls replete ' the bar-w-tc down -. In- . bringa stale brew on 1 . ■ Mishawaka. South meet the deilia- the state email' any beer at tbiiitv ioi l ook buewery to Mr til. :i.'» ii’ew before .June Ei.c ■ udent on He mamilai Hirers. ti In- h.- Calumet dlswas shi| ped in from KO. ii. i al . dies found unable to buy beer belocal retailers. a sauna and beer for 20 the ffi.. of Patil Fry, state i.t Mnl his .'ffi. • 'tying to get last permits to sell beer. - es) - I'oiai. l . he sent out 700 tha would be permitt gß*' * •••••» lii. ~y page THIIERi ■VEPRUCRAM I MT NIGHT fl- Parker Chorus ProMani At Monroe MethoI dist Church Seth Parker . horns program M be presented in the Monroe Epi s c ( ,p a ] church SuiiMevening at 7:30 o'clock. Folis the program for the eve ■jthunental music. “Sweet Hour M^ayvr.' am| Medley of Ilvmus" y*- Reuben Meyer. Moly. Holy," and “Day is Dying ■"e West Chorus, g-ayer-itev. E. M Dunbar ■"nii’i' Lead M<\ n>st I Stray” ■’ women. R ||( 'k of Ages”—Chorus. Am Listening”—Male quartet lesns Saves" -Chorus. Jld Rugged Cross" — Mixed rtel. ’ntiKing ip the Sheaves” — rus. I>, h Parkers story. "Mother's ini." feautltiil Garden of Prayer”— • 'tt Heffner and Mrs. James frier. 'slh-Rev. E. M. Dunbar. «ring. Special music bv Mr. iM;.. Everett Rice. y*ke the Name of Jegug with 1 —Chorus. Peciil number—Male quartet. 1 Large to Keep 1 Have irtis. and song. “God Will Ta"ke „ , You ”—Mennas Lehman. ® ,,lah Land -Chorus. s Thine Own Way, 1-ord” '■ W. llusche and Miss Irene 'iteregg. *hide Win, Me”—Chorus. e a " d Writing on the Wall’’— hman M ’ D " nbar an<l lr »yer. » Be With You TIL We Meet

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Named for Old Job I ■■ '* DWv —- • • fl I? fl fl' □£.. fl ■ W Sumner Welles, of Maryland, who has been nominated by President Roosevelt as Assistant Secreta/y , <>f State to succeed Harvey Bundy. resigned. Welles is no stranger to the State Department, having held the same position during the ad min legation of President Wilson. TO REORGANIZE HEALTH BOARD Reorganization of State Department Expected To Save $75,000 Indianapolis, Apr. 7.—,'U.R) — Dr. John Hare. Evansville physician, was appointed director of the state health board today by Gov. Paul V. McNutt. He will take office April 11, 1 succeeding D Wm. F. King of Indianapolis. I Indianapolis. April 7 —(UP) Reorganisation of the state health deI i»rttneut will be completed fter selection us personnel. Gov. Paul V. > McNut said today. I The reorganization will save $75.(100 ye.rly, he de- lared. It tails for ‘ removal of all purely stlenlifit wor.; i us Hit departure t if the Indian i University School of Medicine laboratories. Included in the removal will be • the bacteriological and pasteur lab- ’ ot tories, tile vital statistics divi- ' sion, the division of commnni ble diseases, and *' e maternal and infa. t welfare department. They will be under Dr. Clyde Culberson and Dr. Thurman B. Rice, hot > of the medical school. i Rabies p tients will lie fed nd housed in the medical center, instead of downtown. No medical work requiring police power will be do e by the depart- • ment. that being turned oyer to the public safety departmen' where state pol’ e will make inspections after instructions. MoNntt said th t Dr. Willi iin 1 Lowe Bryan. Indiana University preside t. had approved the plan. Dr. Willianf F. King. Secretary of the health board since 11122. Is expected to be dismissed in the organiz tion. STOCKS CLIMB TO NEW HIGH Improved Conditions In--1 fluence Continued Rise In Markets Today i New York. April 7. —(U.R>—Stocks continued to mount into higher - ground in the early trading on the i stock exchange today aided by reduction in the. New York Federal Reserve Bank rediscount rate and . improved business and banking conditions v J Initial gains of fractions to more than a point were extended tn the early dealings. Volume increased - on Hie rise. Steel issues were strong. U. 8. • steel opened at 3(1>4 up % apd then moved toward 31. while the preferred jumped to 61% up I'a Bethlehem steel opened at 15% up % • and extended Its advance toward 16. American telephone rose to 92% ■ up a point, while Case rose to 45% • up %; American Can 59% up %; |Du Pont 36% up %; Ai led Chemjicul SI up 1%: Auburn Auto 35 lup 1. and liltcrnutlonal Harvester 23% up %.

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METHODISTS TO HOLD MEETING LATER IN 1934 Convention Votes to Meet In .lune; Convention , City Not Selected ■_ i SI,OOO MINIMUM IS RECOMMENDED Huntington, Ind . Apr. 7. —(U.R) — ' Members of the North Indiana conference of the Methodist Episccqial i church voted today to hold their 1934 meeting in .lune instead ol April. Failure to receive any invitations i for next year's conference delayed selection of a city. It was believed, however, that the meeting might , be held at Epworth Forest. WebsterLake, because of the change in date. A committee named last year to determine a goal for minimum ministerial support recommended SI,OOO yearly and house rent as the minimum. District superintendents, working with the committee, will discuss plans for making the recommendaI tion effective at the next eont'er- ' ence. The proposal may reSult in consolidation of several charges since 96 of the parishes in the . north Indiana conference have been paying less than SI,OOO. Huntington, Ind., Apr. 7. —(U.R) — —Continued support of the ISth amendment was assured by the North Ifidiana conference of the Methodist Episcopal church today following a report submitted by district superintendents. The report recommended retention of the law and promised that the superintendents would help or-1 g ‘..ize counties to fight repeal. It ' was read by Dr. Frank K. Dough- . erty. Muncie district superintendent. MRS. METZGER . DEATH'S VICTIM Mrs. .Joseph Metzger Dies A! Home Thursday After Lon? Illness Mrs. Catherine Metzger, 70, wife of Joseph Metzger of 317 North ■ Ninth street, and a life long resident of Adams county, died at her home Thursday afternoon. April 6. at 3:10 o’clock. Mrs. Metzger had , been i'l for aboib two years. Death was due to complications. She was born in Adams county October 35, 1862 and spent her entire life here. She w s S faithful members of the St. Mary's Catholic < hurc't and the St M ry's Sodality. Surviving are the husbaniL Joseph Metzger and the following children: Mrs. Marie Anderson. Decatur; Sr. M. Virgene. Fondulac, Wisconsin: Joseph H. Metzger of Pontiac. Michigan, and Edward and Frances Metzger at. home. A daughter Anna, precede.l her mother in death two years ago. Four brothers and two sisters also survive: Henry, Mathias and John Thom s of Dfcatnr: Mrs. Joseph Grpthonse of Fort Wayne: Theresa Sngarman of Chicago, and | William Thomas of Wichita, Kansas. Funeral services will be held at 9 o’clock Saturday morning from the St. Mary's Catholic church and burial will be made in the St. Joseph cemetery. The body was tikcc to the home : from the Yager Brothers funeral ■ parlors today. , o Dry Organization To M?et At Monroe The (Adams County Dry organization will meet at the Methodist , Episcopal Church in Monroe. Tuesd y afternoon. April 11. at 2 o’clock. A state and nationally known ipewter will present the f ids relative to the law governing the question regarding prohibition repeal. Will Attend State Industrial Meeting Amos Ketchum of Decatur and Andrew Cook of Geneva will attend the annual meeting of the Indiant ■ industrr.il arts asswluliuii at Mitu-, • cie tonight and tomorrow. The meeting will open with a banquet at . the Masonic temple at Muncie.

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Decatur, Indiana, Friday, April 7, 1933,

.Jimmy Walker To Be Married Next Week Can..es, France, (April 7 -(UP) — James J. Walker, former mayor of New York and Betty Compton, actress, will be married in lite Cannes town hall next Thursday morning the United Press leir.red tod'.iy. Michael Arlen, the author, and Norma Shearer, motion picture actress, will be witnesses. The ceremony will be performed by mayor Cazaignaire. It was understood there would be no church ceremony. W.liter refused to discuss the m triage for which the official ban 1 s were published several days 1 ago. He had lost his usual smile and appeared in I. d temper. TO HOLD DAIRY MEETING HERE Cloverleaf Creamery Will Hold Dairy Meeting This Month W. A. Klepper, general tn inager of the Cloverleaf Creameries, Inc., of this ity, announced at a meet- : ing of the Chamber of Commerce members list eve.ing that the . ireatnery would hold a dairy meeting here this month, farmers and ere.nn patrons from the county being invited. The date of the meeting or the title of the one day session have not yet been determi Led, Mr. Klepper stated. It will he similar to a dairy short-course or conference between f irmer and dairymen and the local creamery, wishes to ooperate in every way with its patrons. Plans are also being made by local mercha .ts to tie-in with the special day and to offer to visitors her« 4, attractions in merchandise landfto fake part in file program, [stressing the importance of Decatur as a dairy center and market for produce. James Elberson. president of the Chamber of Commerce assured Mr. Klepper of the whole hearted support of every retail merchant in •helping make the day one of exceptional interest to farmers and dairymen and announced that a meeting would be called as soon s the time for holding the conference was an non need. It is expe.-ted that more thin a 1,060 farmers and dairymen will attend the sessions, tentative plans calling for holding the progi m is the auditorium of t :e Catholic high school building. Brotherhood To Have Charge of Program The March section of the Evangelical Brotherhood will have charge of the Sunday night program at the First Evangelical Church. Virgil Wugoner, principal of the Mo'iroe high school will be the speaker for the evening, and the program will start at 7 o'clock. The public is invited to attend. REV. O'DONNELL SERIOUSLY ILL President of Notre Dame Reported In Grave Condition South Bend. Ind.. April 7—(UP) -The Rev. Charles L. O'Donnell, C. S. C., president of Notre Dame university, was reported in a grave condition at St. Joseph's hospital here today. Last rites of the Catholic church were administered late last night when three physicians pronoun; ed his condition critical. Father O'Donnell became ill 10 days ago with a streptococcic throat infection. Father O'Do.nell, a native of Freenfield, Ind., is serving his second term as President of Notre Dame. He was gi adn ted from Ihe school in 1906 nd Ifirst nanifed president in 1928. After graduation he attended Holy Cross Li Washington. Harvard and Catholk college of Washington. He was born in 1884. Father O'Donnell, who holds a high rank in the Holy Cross order, also is poet, "The Dead Musician al d Other Poems” being among his works. Shortly before going to the hospital Father O’Donnell presided at : a memorial service for Knute K. : Rockne, former fool ball coach at Notre Dame.

SELECT POSTERS FOR EXHIBITION Copies Prepared by Local Students to Be Exhibited In State Meet Posters prepared by Harold Teeter. Ruth Fonghty and Wilma ’ Andrews were chosen Thursday night to represt t the De. tin high school in the state poster contest at Bloomi. gton, April 7. The poster contest was Held in connection with the choral concert' and :rt exhibit of the pupils of the high school. 1 i' the school auditorium, Thursday night. A large crowd of parents and friends of the pupils attended the program. The girls' glee club, the high school quartet .nd a trio presented a fine program of music. Martin E. Calland entertained with a specialty number. Miss Helea Hau hold supervisor of music had charge of the musical numbers. The art exhibit was the work of the two art classes in ihe high sqhool under the dir. .tion of Miss Katheryn Kauffman, art instructor in the public schools. The subject for the poster contest was sent out by the state and was "Children' of 'All Nations,” Three posters were chosen to repre ! sent the local school in the state ontest, and Miss Madge Hite of this city, acted as judge. The three posters chosen were as follows: Friendship Rules, by Harold Teeter: Come Join Onr Circle of Friendsship, by Ruth Fonghty, and Have Pen Pals in All Cou tries, by Wilma Andrews. o Legion Meeting Monday The regular meeting of Adams Post No. 43 of 'the American Legion will be held at Legion hall Monday evening. April 10 at 8:00 o'clock. All members are urged to attend. NEW HIGHWAY BOSSES NAMED Adams Names 11 Superintendents And Two District Engineers Indianapolis, April 7. — (U.R) —■ Eleven new suhdistrict superintendents and two dis'rict engineers were appointed today by James D. Adams, chairman of the state highI way commission. He said that additional changes would be announced later but that ' not all the present subdisu'ict and district superintendents would be dismissed. There are 36 subdis- ' tricts and six districts. ’ District engineer appointees were ' —Oliver Downs. Crawfordsville, to ‘ succeed C. C. Newsom: mid Ray H. Bower. Fort Wayne, to succeed F. R. McNiece. Subdistrict superintendent changes follow: Levi J. Keiser. Warsaw to replace Frank Schwab. Charles E. Hyde, Waterloo to re- > place H. Quackenbush. Harry Fetinig. Ridgeville to replace Charles Weeks. ! Frank Conley, Tipton. to replace 11. F. Lutz. S. S. Hazel, Bloomington, to replace Virgil Emmert. Fred Ramsier, Jr.. New Albany, to replace William Holland. ’ G. G. Thlry. Dale, to replace W. ‘ T. Wright. Awal Barr, Evansville, to replace Earl Smith O. D. Lemonds, Linton, to replace Steve Stalcup. E. E. Ragan. Fort Wayne, to replace J. R. Hardendorf. Ray N. Lamb, Petersburg, to replace A. C. Redman. Bedford Enters Plea Os Guilty To Murder Grad Rapids,—(UP)—Henry B. Bedford. 43. school principal, pleaded guilty today when arraigned on a warr int charging him with murder 1 (tnnection with the killing of 1 Mrs. Mattle Bengert and her two children yesterday. 0 Enjoy Theater Partv i Between 45 and 50 members of the Monroe faculty, the Monroe ■ graduiiti'ng diss and friends enjoyed a theatre party at the Court . Theatre In this city Thursday night. The movie, "Afraid to Talk” with ‘Sidney Fox, was witnessed.

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HOUSE TO HOLD UP ACTION ON 30 HOUR BILL Speaker Rainey Says President’s Program Will Come First MEASURE WOULD SHORTEN WEEK Washingtc . April 7—(UP) —The five day week bill, passed yesterday by the senate, will be delayed in the house to make way for the president's emergency program, Speaker R iliiey said today. The Speaker added the measure "contained dynamite" and would be "very carefully considered” before be?: g brought up for final action. So t ,r as he knew he said, it was not a part of the administration program. "We are going ahead with the reconstruction program before we consider this bill.” Rainey Slid. ";lt has many (complications atxl proposes a revolutionary change. " Washington, April 7—(UP) —The fate of the Black bill to enforce a i six-hour week on interstate industry is now up to President Roosevelt. House leaders said today they were awaiting definite word as to whether Mr. Roosevelt wished the measure passed. Speaker Rainey said the house would follow if desired by the White House. Miss Frances Perkins, secretary of labor, favors the principle involved. There were intimations during Se- ate debate that President Roose- . velt was sympathetic. He indicated, however, that he would study closely the provisions of the measure t before revealing his position. Democratic leaders have ueen informed that if the President supi ports the bill, he will insist on mod- : ifications along the li'.ie of Detnoc.i.itic leader Robinson's proposals which the senile rejected. This Would limit the working week to 36 hours rather than 30 hours. In its effect on the daily lives of workers and the conduct ot ma: ufacturing establishments, the measUie is one of the most farrea hing to come out of the depresCONTINL’ED ON PAGE EIGHT o Officers And Miners Meet In Gun Battle Duquoin, 111., April 7 —(UP) —Deputy sheriffs and miners fought a gun battle today whr .. tlie officers attempted to arrest the miners for . questioning in conneeilun with wounding . deputy sheriff's 14 year . old d lighter. When the smoke c leared, o e progressive miners of America union- . ists was dead, another critically wounded and a deputy was suffering from bullet wounds. TROOPS MEET HUNGER CROWD Illinois Capitol Menaced By Crowd of 10,000 “Hunger Marchers” Springfield. 111., April 7—(UP) — A ring ot bayonet armed state troops with two airplane observers protected the state capitol today against advance of an army of ‘“hunger marchers” estimated it 10,0 W. At Goverror Henry Horner’s re quest of delegates from the demonstration army wis allowed to proceed through tile military lines to confer with him here this afternoon. The capitol was in j state similar ' to seige. Stale troops, deputy sheriffs and highway police h rrlcad d every highway about 20 miles out side of the city. Cables were ■ stretched across the pavement md ’ soldiers armed with rifles, hayo ets machine guns and tear g s bombs ' prevented any marchers from coming near the i sty. Two airpl nes of the Illinois National guard circled over head spott- , ing groups of hunger marchers as , they approached and dropped warnings to the sentries. The group, a unit of which was driven out of Ott.’wa by tear gas ' after a hind to hand fight with 1 CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT

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Akron Sidelight ’(. .. » ® n wt fl. After her first husband, Petty Officer Joffrey, lost his life in the Shenandoah disaster, the widow ’ married Richard E. Deal, with whom she is shown here. Deal, who was a survivor of the Shenandoah crash, was one of the three who lived to tell of the Akron disaster. Were it not for the whim of fate, Mrs. Deal would have been widowed by the second of the two greatest U. S. air disasters. MRS. DEITSCH DIES SUDDENLY Mrs. David Deitsch Dies At Home Late Thursday Afternoon ‘ Mrs. Martha Matilda Deitsch. 66. wife of David Deitsch of 418 Elm - street, died suddenly at her heme, ■ Thursday afternoon at 3:55 o’clock, ■ following a short illness. Deatl’ ■ was due to heart trouble. ’ Mrs. Deitsch had been ailing for ihe lasi three veals but her con- ’ dition was not considered serious. She had been ill for a week suffer- ’ ing with a cold. Her death came L as a shock to the many relatives ! and friends. Mrs. Deitsch was horn in Monroe, December 31, 1866, a daughter of Perry and Sarah Andrews. She was one of a family of nine children. only one of whom survives. In 1884 she was married to Heze- ' kiah Hebble and seven children were horn to the union. Three survive: Mrs. Arbie Owens. Herman 1 Hebble and Mrs. Ed Warren, all of ’ Decatur. Mr. Hebble preceded his wife in death in 1901. 1 The second marriage was to David Deitsch in 1904. Two children were horn to this union. Miss Edwina Deitsch at home, and Edward Deitsch of Decatur. Surviving besides the husband and children, are a sister. Mrs. Angie Young of Fresno. California. 10 grandchildren, and a number of nieces and nephews. Mrs. Deitsch was a member of the local United Brethren church. Funeral services will be held I Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock at | the home. 417 Elm street, and at 2:30 o’clock at the United Brethren CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT [ -o — Foreign Government Heads Invited Here Washington, April 7 —(UP)—The ■ state department announced today [ that it had invited Premier Mussi- • lini of Italy, Chancellor Hitler of ’ Germany, and Premier Leladier of Frame either to come personally or send representatives to Washing- . ton to discuss prep-ratio s for the . world economic conference. The heads of states were told that ( if they could not come or send . members of their governments the United States would he glad to ex- . change ideas with them through . regular diplomatic channels. ! ~ t Class To Be Confirmed At Lutheran Church A class of nine young people will ’ be received into communicant membership with Zion Lutheran churxh next Sunday. Public examination ‘ind confirmation will he held in the one service scheduled for Sun- ’ day. beginning at 10 o'clock. Those to be confirmed aret Luella Fiolmapfel, Margaret Hoff- ’ man, Ellen Mailand, Marjorie Sell- ’ enm mn. Erw in Bin her. Walter ( on--1 . rad, Arnold Conrad, Robert L inkenk au, Robert Marbach.

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BEVERAGE GOES ON SALE HERE AT NOON TODAY First Shipment of Product Received by Mutschler Distributing Co. TWO RESTAURANTS RECEIVE PERMITS The first shipment of legal beer arrived in Decatur at ’ noon today and deliveries were being made to restauri ants and clubs licensed to sell it and to homes. , , The beer was received by the I’red Mutschler Distributing Company, Inc., authorized wholesale distributors for Adams county. Deliveries were m:de to the Eats restaurant, the Peoples restaurant and to the Elk’s' club, permits being received this morning to sell beer at retail at these places. Berghoff and Augustiner brands Were being supplied the trade here. Berghoff is in.ide in Fort Wayne and the latter brand at Columbus, Ohio. The amber fluid, legalized by law, with a 3.2 per cent alcoholic content, is also being sold in c..ses of 24 bottles at the Mutschler Meat market on Monroe street. Prices were quoted at $2.50 a case for Berg.hot't and $2.95 for Imported brands with a o:.e dollar charge for bottles and container. Retailers announced that the price of Berghoff would be 15 cents and 20 cents a bottle for imported ’ brands. Restaurant owners anounced a strict compliance with the law and emphasized the fact that beer could be sold only with a lunch or meal. , The local wholesale distributor received its license this morning a d orders were given immediately to the breweries to deliver shipments. .Several hundred cases were received here today and the breweries promised more tomorrow. I'he Moose lodge of this city has applied for a license to sell beer at its dub looms on North second street and it was stated a few gro- ' ers intended to obtain permits to retail beer in case lots. UndeV the ' law restaurants, hotels, and dubs are the only places where beer can be sold by the bottle. The Indiana law does not permit the sale .if draft beer. Restaurants were busy tod ly installing refrigerators and making final arrangements for the handling . of beer. Both proprietors annouuoed that they expected to employ n extra man to caie for the trade. The sale of beer started at 12:ill a. m. today i.. about 20 states. Eat h st ile lias its own law governing '.the traffic. The Indiana law was passed by the re. ent session of the legislature. Under its provisions there will be one wholesaler or distributor in this county, the license fee being SI,OOO a year. Restaurants and clubs must pay S3OO a year. Grocery stores or meat markets, who are permitted to sell in cases, are taxed s|oo. a year. Tlie advent of beer was void of any boisterous demonstration ind alter tle novelty of order!ag a bottle of the creinty. foamy (leverage dealers expect a normal business. REV.THOMPSUN SPEAKS TO CLUB Decatur Man Speaks To Members of Rotary Chib Thursday Harry Thompson, wlio classihes himself as a booster for Decatur , and everything in it, pointed out some ot the ills of th- community, , in a talk before the Decatur Rotary club last evening. “A person living in this community should support local enterprises and trade with the merchant 1 in business. One of tlie handicaps to local business is the sending of I money earned here to mail order • houses. Anol her is the practice ot i the merchant himself who attempts i to eliminate the retailer and trade i witit the wholesale house.” Mr, - Thompson stated. The program was in charge ot H. P. Schmitt and a special turkey - dinner was served at the Rice hotel. - Mr. Schmitt also' "pulled ' an April I'ool entertainment, passing out n ■ i mnubei of bumper cigars among the boys.