Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 31, Number 91, Decatur, Adams County, 17 April 1933 — Page 1

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■semi is M FIGHT |MT PLANS Hrri'ul Interests Are ■nirinji Pressure To Rear In Congress ■y interests |[ PROTEST PLAN'S ■thington. Apr. 17.—<U R) time is near when ■mt Roosevelt may re-K-helhei he is merely a K r vb,.r leader or is ready ■|| up his sleeves and ■ with bare fists for lhe ■tjonarv program which ■lieves ne> essary to eonK the first six weeks he ■ , gallerv and the playhim. They spin ted on niovju: program. But those numbered. Week ..ml. Senate Leadanil Hanse Leader bitterly over the hesration of congress. are no longer rushing K emerge): measures with-tli'-iti Powerful interfear their toes will be on are beginning to pull to halt the submissive Mos congress. newspaper* are sliowtt-- Signs of rebellion at <T their traditional which favor loose private business. Indusch have snuggled behind walls .ire registering over President Roosevelt's ■ art blaiilt.-t power to disPritt..- .’djiisler Mac Do- ' I’rern >r Herriot, and statesmen who hethis week, mutual reof tariff harriers to revive international trade. Henry 1. Harriman of St..'- Chamber of Coin- ■, a private power executive. bis membership, regisstrong protest against the program for developing Shoals and later other areas ci v. rum. 'll operated powhave slowed down redesigned to make ■ safe tor depositors and to the public against unscrup- ■ sellers of stocks and bonds. ■ exchange interests are at to thwart proposed federB estate interests are appreof plans to build cheap Mngs through government aid ■ of a vast public works proexecutives are faced probability of taking cuts Jliio.ooo salaries under the Muiry national management ot through a federal coMtor which President Rooseexpected to propose this ■ the momentum of popular ■NTIX'I-ffll ON PAIIE SIX) ■ Sunday Raps | Return Os Beer ■’aw. Ind., April 17.— (U.R) — ■zitur the return ot beer and ■ting the 18th amendment will ■tained, William H. (Billy) ■>’. the evangelist, has come ■o his summer home at WinBake to recuperate. ■•ame directly from the Mayo ■ at Rochester. Minn., where y sl taken after suffering a ■is breakdown at Des Moines, ■er will not bring back prosSunday said. H would why are England, thy and France not prosperThey are even unable to pay w ar debts. ’• ln Cupid Scores leavily In Adams County Saturday — — * n and cold weather proved no ent to love-stricken couples catur Saturday. The office of n ( ■ Werling, Adams county reported one of Its busiest on record kt the marriage libureau. 1 couples, determined to make lt.ll l M p of) E a!) ( er were fg sn . Saturday afternoon, In business was so rushing for a the clerk was forced to call •ergency help to take are of •utotiß applicants.

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Kingfish’s Accuser 1 A •toN f" hi ' V i 1 i » / Former Governor John M. Park1 i er. of Louisiana, who leads the group of prominent State citizens which presented a petition to the , U. S. Senate asking the removal of Senator Huey P. Long from office. The petition charges Senator Long with "personal dishon1 testy. corruption, immorality, racketeering and bribery," among other things. STATE HIGHWAY TO BE MOVED I State Road Number 527. Running South of Decatur, To Be Paved i State road No. 527. running southeast from Decatur to the Ohio .state line and to Willshire, will be . improved immetjirtelx, LlaiUfuuil ■ Bower. flew director for the Fort Wayne region, announced today. I Mr. Bower stated that the requis : ’ itlon for materials would be for- • warded to Indianapolis today and ■ that work is expected to start with- ' in 10 days. The improvement will : be of the modern type of road ’ building, with cut-back asphalt. • stone and gravel as the material required and it is c aimed by ex- ■ peris that it is the Is st and most “ durable as well as the most econ- > omical. The road, which is one of the ■ leading arteries into this city, has been in bad repair lhe past several weeks, due to the fact that it was but recently taken over by the state ■ and since it was desired that the • road be hard surfaced, no effort I was made to repair it. At a recent meeting of the reg- , ional officials of the state highway I commission. James D. Adams, high- ' way director, urged the greatest ‘ possible effort in putting the roads t in first class condition a: once. He • called their attention to the fact ’ that it is estimated that 50.000.000 • people from the east will visit Chicago during the world's fair which r opens June Ist and that 60 per cent • of that number, will motor through (VONTINI'RI) ON PAG'D SIX) LAY PLANS FOR ■ ENROLLING MEN Are Completing Plans > For Enrolling Indiana ‘ Quota of 6,500 Men ’I Indianapolis, April 17. — (U.R) — Plans for enrolling Indiana’s quota Os 6,500 men in the federal reforestation project were being complet- ’ ed today by Fred Hoke, chairman of the governor's unemployment ' commission. i He said that quotas will be assigned to each county in proportion ’ to the number ot families in poor relief rolls. And until these quotas are assigned. Hoke warned, applications for k reforestation jobs will not be reI I ceived. j I Most of the preliminaries were t completed a; Washington Saturday .I by Eugene C. Foster, director ot J the Indianapolis foundation; George E. Gill, manager of the Emergency Work Committee, Inc., and Ralph s Wilt ox, state forester. These mon were appointed by t Hoke to confer witli department of t labor officials regarding Indiana's I, part in the reforestation plan. f ; The first quota, at least, will be 1 *7cONTINUED*ON PAGE FIVE);

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SENATE VOTES I APPROVAL OF WORK MEASURE Black 30 -Ho u r Work Week Bill Is Sent To House For Passage ARMS EMBARGO BILL i’ASSES Washington, April 17— (U.R) — The Senate today reaffirmed its approval of the Black 30 boutwork week bill and sent it to the house where administration leaders plan to modify its provisions Tlte senate action was taken through defeat by a vote of 52 to 32 of a motion to reconsider the bill, which was passed by the senate originally on April 6. The Democratic leadership combined with senate liberals to force action after the measure had been delayed in the senate tor more than a week after its first passage. It had been charged the delay was designed to "back fire" against the farm bill. The bill would prohibit the I shipment in interstate or foreign I commerce of any article produced I on a work basis ot more than six hours a day or five days a week. The motion to reconsider was made by Senator Tramell. D., of Florida, so lie might offer an amendment placing the same restrictions on imports. Another attempt to write the provision into the bill is expected in the house. Further proposed amendments involve a federal minimum wage restriction. Passes Resolution Washington. April 17 (U.R) —i The House today passed the controversial arms emb,atgo resolution xtatilitig Pr»sid«*»t .lL*usjAj'lt . authority to ban munitions ship-, ments to any nations at war. Earlier the chamber rejected I overwhelmingly a Republican mo- ** CONTINt'RIi ON PAGE SIX) ■ ; 0 DECATUR WOMAN DEATH'S VICTIM Mr... Pearl Bebout Richards Dies This Morning After Long Illness Mrs. Pearl Bebout Richards. 2S wife of Alton Richards. 721 Elm street, died at 9:50 o'clock Monday morning folio" ';,, a six months illness. Death w s due to tuberculosis. Mrs. Richards had resided in Decatur for tlte last three ye:rs and ; previous to that time had lived in ' St. Mary's township. She was a members of the church of God. i The deceased was born In Blue ■ Creek township. October 19, 1904. the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Bebout ot Hoagland, who survive. . Site was united in marriage to Alton Richards, five years ago. Surviving besides the husband ! and p rents arc two children Patsy ' Ixmise and Peggy Lou. a d the > following brothers and sisters: Thruman Bebout. Faye Belsjut, Mrs. I Vern Niblick of Fort Wtyne; Mrs Chester Stutler. Sarah. Clyde. Ruth, (CONTINI'E'D ON PAGtE SIX) . ——— -o ; Jefferson Township Farmer Is Dead i Betite, Ind., April 17—(Special . to Democrat)- t II 1 ’ 11 Adams, 83, , prominent Jefferson township farmer, died late Saturday afternoon .[at his home. Death was caused by , tumor. Surviving are the wife and one son. Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at ( the Mt. Carmel Church. . —i o Governor Denies Session Necessary IndianapoMs. April 17.— (U.R) — Week-end reports that a special ‘' session of the* legislature is needjed to enable numerous Indiana 1 counties to administer poor relief through bond issues were refuted by Gov. Paul V. McNutt today. 1 He said no emergency exists for a special session. I The reports started after Rep. c l Albert F. Walsmait, D., ludiauap- ' oils, now a member of the slate tax board, pointed out that the new $l- - tax limit luw practically pro- ' ■ hi bits issuance of poor relief bonds.

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Decatur, Indiana, Monday, April 17, 1933.

11 Better Business I Is Reported In Democrat Office | * i q The printing business is getting lietter. For the first time in two months all of the printers arid i pressmen employed in the printing ' department of the Daily Democrat returned to work today. The wheels of the largest joh [ press in the office turned today. Orders from the Cloverleaf Creameries, Inc., and other local industI t ies together with work in connection with printing two high school annuals started the ball rolling. Il.oial activities are improving i and merchants report a good business last week. MAYOR JOHNSON IN INVITATION Former Adams County Man Offers Hospitality To Fair Visitors The personal invitation of May-| or R. O. Johnson for local officials i and citizens to join Gary in celebra'ing “Gary Day" at A Century |of Progress on June 29 and to make Gary headquarters whenever visiting the World's Fair this summer, was delivered here yesterday by R. B. Phillips, civic sec-; rotary of Gary Commercial Club and Chamber of Commerce, locat I ed in the new Hotel Gary “Gary! is but 40 minutes direct to the fair gates by electric express; half hour." Mayor Johnson stated., "and we want folks of your city to park in Gary and go byway of I this quick, safe electric line or our hits system so hat you will avoid all traffic congestion. In fact those who park in Gary and use our facilities will he within, ' the- exposition gtouhds and enjov-’ ing the sights long before hose < who try to drive on into Chicago, park there and walk or taxi to the grounds. It must be remembered hat no autos will be allow-1 ed on the grounds and no parking is permitted over the exposition area." Mavor Johnson stated. "Please tell my old home-town I that he keys of the city of Gary are awaiting them during this ' period when they will want to visit this greater world’s fair.” I Johnson declared. “]>' is a ‘cen- ' tury of progress’ for Chicago, but ; in less than 27 venrs Gary has grown into the 100.000 group, has developed internationally famous schools, narks and churches, has completed the only civic gateway of its kind in lhe world and has j opened up the beautiful silver I bathing beaches and singing sutnds I in its dimelands along Lake Mich igan. We want you all to stop in Gary and enjoy the livest. the fines l ' —and at the same time the | cheapest—vacation you ever had. during the coming summer. "Twelve different sections of! ’ the exposition are co-operating with Gary and two special exlti-l bits from he city itself, aside; from its vast industries and edit-1 I (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) HOLD CONTEST HERE SATURDAY — County Scholarship ConI test Will Be Held at Ceni tral School April 22 [ The Adams County Scholar ihip ! contest will 'be he'd in the Central , school building. Saturday. April 22. Clifton E. Striker, superintendent ' , of the county schools, announced I today. The contest is an annual affair and pupils from the seven rural high schools will take part. The high schools to be represented are Monmouth, Monroe. Kirkland, Jef- ’ ferson. Pleasant Mills, Geneva and Hartford. Fourteen subjects will comprise I the scholarship contest and twocon- • testants in each of tlte subjects will i be entered by each ot the seven ( high schools in bite county. I The subjects are English, I, 11, 111, and IV, biology, algebra, plane • geometry, solid geometry, United St tes history, geueial history, eco- . nomics, Latin 1 and II and physics, i The wintiets in the various sub-; ejects will be presented with letters ■ A on which will be embroidered the • | subject in which they were success | . tul.

MEMORIAL IS GIVEN CHURCH Memorial of Mrs. M. W. Sunderman Is Given Church by Pastor An impressive service was held at lhe First Evangelical church, I Sunday mottling, when the pastor Rev. M. W. Sundermann presented a memorial in memory of Mrs. Sun- ' dermann, a much beloved member of the church, who died about three years ago. The memorial is an oil painting of the hoy Jesus, copied after the , famous Hofman painting. The pic- [ ture was painted by Mrs. R. C. Hosternian, daughter of Rev. Sundermann, of Charleston. West Virginia. The frame is hind carved in one piece, especilaly designed , for the painting. in presenting the memorial Rev. Sundermann said. "The sainted Mrs. Sundermann was a great lover of purity of youth. She gave her life in service and example to the development of high ideals and; l pure character. We present this me- [ morial to her memory in hope that those who look upon this picture in days to come may continue to 'be impressed with her ideals, and though dead, svlie may continue to . speak. "The daughter, while painting the picture, followed every stroke of the ■ brush with a prayer, that her mother’s influence may continue to In- ! spire youth." The artist received her early training in art in Indiana, being i a graduate of the Technical High [ .School of Indianapolis. She attended the John Herron Art Institute of Indianapolis, and School of Art at [ Cincinnati, Ohio, and the Art School of Boston. Mass. The painting will be permanently placed in the auditorium of the .First Evangelical Church by the! Board of Trustees It is likely that 1 there is not another memorial of its [ kind in the state, a memorial presented by the hujband in honor of, his wife and painted by a daughter i of the dec-eised. ASSOCIATION MEETS TUESDAY South Ward Parent-teach-ers Will Hold Final Meeting Os The Year The last meeting of the ParentTeachers Association of the South Ward school for the year will be ; held Tuesday afternoon. The [ meeting will be in the form of a celebration for May Day. An interesting progragn start- ' ing at 2 o’clock and particularly [ dealing with child's interest, will [be given. During the business ; meeting the election of officers will he held. The first grads' of the South Ward school will dramatize the [ s'ory. "Little Red Riding Hood." and the setting for the play is pari of the first grade activity [ of the year. Several choruses. "Heavenly . Father," “The Wind." and “Song [ of Easter Hare," will be sung by i pupils in the second grade, and piano selections, duets and solos 1 will be sung by third and fourth ■ grade pupils. Mrs. Joe Linn will discuss “Facts about Prohibition." Mrs. C K Champlin will talk about “Beautification" ami Miss Helen Shroll will report on the Riley and Orme Memorial Hospital for children. Q Durbin Funeral Services Tuesday Berne. Ind., Apr. 17—(Special to Democrat) — Funeral services for Mrs. Angeline Durtiin. 81 who died Sunday morning at -her home in Jefferson township, will be held Tuesday morning at li) o'clock at the home and burial will be made in the Springhill cemetery. Surviving are a daughter and three sons. o— Congressman Farley Appoints Secretary Congressman James I. Farley Sunday announced the appointment | of Albert J. Holtman of Fort Wayne as his seiretary. Mrs. Hollman is a salesman for the Lincoln National Life Insurance Company. He will [ take up his duties in Washington May 1.

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MILLIONAIRE'S SON HELD FOR HEAVY RANSOM 19-Year-Old Son of “Jake The Barber” Held For $50,000 Ransom SON WAS STUDENT AT NORTHWESTERN Chicago. April 17— (U.R.' — John (Jake the barber) Factor, is negotiating with the gang that kidnaped his 19 year ’ old son. In a hurried trip to underworld haunts over the week end Factor left word that he is “ready to talk business,” and he waited in the Morrison hotel today for word that the kidnapers had appointed a gobetween to complete negotiations. ; (Copyright 1933, by United Press) Chicago, April 17—(U.R) —John i (Jake the barber) Factor, whose meteoric rise from bootblack lo a dapper financial wizard left its imprint on three continents, waiti ed in despair today for word from kidnapers of his 19 year old son,' Jerome. While the United States sit- | preme court in Washington began deliberations on Factor’s extrudi ■I tion to England, the multi-million-aire sat morosely in one of his ultra-luxurious hotel suits hoping for further instructions from the abductors, who demanded $50,0'99 . ransom. In an interview with the United Press Factor, his debonair features creased with anxiety, said he had received only one message from the kidnapers since Jerome, a student at Northwestern Uni ■ ■ versify, was seized last Wedties- : dav night. He stoutly denied that a second “ransom note” had been received. Police had questioned a messenger boy who said he delivered a note to Factor’s Morrison Hotel suite at midnight Saturday. Tin- ransom demand, carefully penned on manila paper, was received by Factor's mother z at her , Northside hime Friday. News of the abduction was disclosed the next day. The ransom demand read: I "Mr. Jacob Factor: If you want , , your son Jerome home you will do as you are told. Get $50,000 in old money and small denomina(CONTINUF7D ON PAGE SIX) Postal Savings 'deposits Taxable An opimon has been given by ■ Paul Weber, representative of the State Bo.ird of Tax iommlsai»>i:ers. that postal savings deposits are subject to the intangible tax. Persons having deposits at postoffices are therefore required to pay tlie tax on them, officials state, information was given to County Assessor John Felty relative to assessing postal deposits. Local banks have I agreed to pay the tax on fit .ds deposited with them. GROUP MEETS AT MONROE APR. 19 Missionary Societies Os Methodist Church Will Meet At Monroe The animal group meeting of the Women’s Foreign Missionary i . I (Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church will be held at the, Monroe M. E. Church, Wednes- ’! day, April 19. beginning at 9:30 . ' o’clock in the morning. The auxiliaries in the group arc ' from Ossian, Bluffton. Montpelier. Roll. Geneva, Salem. Decatur and [ I Monroe. The principal speaker at the meeting will lie Miss Victoria ' ' Lang, returned missionary from 1 China. Mrs. Delton Pass water i of this city is the leader of the r group. The meeting will he in two ses- ' sions, morning and afternoon and II .a 15 cent luncheon will he served s[ at the noon hour. Several of the » district and conference officers I will be present at tile meeting. II Memlters and friends of the 11 church are invited to attend the sessions of the group meeting.

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Balcks Reflation as Real Farm Aid ESBi » ■ ■■ * -w ** SW"' i 11HI.I1.—S——— Louis J. Taber, Master of the National Grange, who headed committee of the organization which called upon President [ Roosevelt to tell him they believe reflation of currency and credit is essential to solve the farm problem permanently. The combined effect of the farm commodity and the farm credit bill will not be sufficient to pull the farmer out, of his difficulties, the committee reported. EASTER SUNDAY OBSERVED HERE Churchgoers Observe Easter In Decatur Despite Inclement Weather Despite inclement weather, church-goers braved the showers and biting breezes and attended : the special services held Sunday in local churches in observance of the joyful feast of easter. Beginning as early as six o'clock and continuing throughout the morning and up to Sunday evening, services were held in the churches. Large congregations attended and I singing of Easter hymns, inspiration sermons on the Resurrection, confirmation and Holy Communion services featured the day. Sunrise services, breakfasts -and Easter high masses were held in several of the churches early in the [day. In the evening, cantatas, Biblical plays, and special programs were given at a few of the churches. It rained most of the day and those who did venture out used the, automobile in joining the proverb-; lai Easter parade. Church goers wore new clothes and children were made happy with the annual visit of the Easter bunny. No fires or serious accidents ! wei’e reported over the day and ' aside from the large turn-out at the i churches, others were content to I spend the day in-doors. ———————-O Japs Drop Bombs Peiping, April 17—(U.R) —Japanese airplanes dropped five bombs ! near American Methodist Mission property at Changli, the Changli railroad station master reported to Peiping headquarters today. [ Hundreds of wounded Chinese . [ poured in here from the 250-square mile triangle in China proper newly occupied by Japanese and Maui choukuo troops, as Colonel Walter iS. Drysdale, United States military attaches received disquieting reports that bombs had fallen within 200 yeards of the Fit- [ teenth United States Infantry camp at Chinwangtao. Race Driver Killed Los Angeles, April 17.-- (U.R) — Crashing through the upper fence of Ascot speedway's "death curve", > I Bobby Carey. 29. 1932 A. A. A. nat- . ional racing champion, was injured i fatally yesterday. • Carey, a resident of Anderson, ■ Ind., and South Gate. Calif., entered the curve at 100 miles an hour • when ills foot throttle jammed and I a steering knuckle froze, track ofI ticia.s said. II His careening ear broke through i the rail and plunged 40 feet turning over once before it landed up- • side down. ■ Carey died a few minutes after 'entering a hospital.

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SAYS MRS. JUDD RECENTLY TRIED TO KILL MOTHER Mother of Murderess Testifies To Insanity In Her Family AGED WOMAN IS POOR WITNESS Florence, Ariz., April 17 - (U.R; Winnie Ruth Jtuld, under sentence to hang Friday for the murder of Agnes i Ann Leroi, recently tried to kill her mother, Mrs. Carrie McKinnell. the latter testified today at a sanity hearing through which Mrs. Judd’s attorneys hone to save her from the gallows. “I haven’t visited my daughter for three weeks," said Mrs. MeKirnell who is white haired and i careworn. “Nc‘ since the night she tried to kill herself and me. I couldn't hold her and I had to call matrons and guards to help me." Mrs. McKinnell did not elaborate on this volunteered information and attorneys did not ask her about it. The aged woman who said that “God will take care of Winnie" was a poor witness. She seemed calm as she gazed through her old fashioned gold rimmed spn - ! taeles, but her story was so rombling it brought censure from the ! .court. | She testified first that there was insanity in her family. Her own mother and a cousin of her mother’s went insane, she said, and one of her cousins, “also was insane.“ Mrs. McKinnell's -testimony was apparently intended tn help erect the insanity defense through which Mrs. Judd's attorneys hope to have her appear insane. It is I illegal in Arizona to hang the insane and this is her only hope to escape the noose. Mrs. McKinnell's story was so disjointed the county attorney objected. “How can I tell this story without giving the background?" Mrs. McKinnell demanded angrily. The court admonished her to “stick to the questions." and O. V. Willson, chief of Mrs. Judd's counsel asked if “Winnie had :>ny peculiarities as a child.' “Once she thought she was going to become a mother and started making baby clothes." Mrs. McKinnell said. “Another time she disappeared for three days. When she came back she said she had been kidnaped.” “Was she kidnaped?" "I don't know." Mrs. McKinnell ' said tes'ily. "I was 8 o glad to see her I didn't bother to investigate.” o RUSSIAN TRIAL NEARS FINISH Prosecutor Suggests Mercy For Englishmen on Trial In Moscow Moscow. April 17.— (U.R) Death for six Russian prisoners but mercy for tlte Englishmen was suggested by Prosecutor Andrew Vishin? sky today as Moscow's famous sabotage trial neared its end. Vishinsky. although lie made no specific recommendations for pun- ; ishment in his final argument, exonerated one of tile six Englishmen. A. W. Gregory. "All of these men are guilty except A. W. Gregory." he declared, "and all deserve death. But our courts are not vengeful or cruel. "Nevertheless if the court con- ' siders it necessary to carry out the supreme measure, your hand must , not shake." Turning to Allan Monkhouse, chief of tlte Metropolitan Vickers I Company in Russia and chief of the English defendants, Vishinsky shouted: "We hive read your British . espionage laws and you would have I been convicted under them. We . wil' bring out a verdict against you, too." , He asked special consideration . for tlte Russians, Peter Oleynik . and Anna Kutuxona, employes ot Metropolitan Vickers For the , woman he asked consideration be1 * (CONTINUED ON