Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 31, Number 93, Decatur, Adams County, 19 April 1933 — Page 1

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IOOSEVELT MOVES TO RAISE PRICES

■IS COMPLETE Ibbation I for election H M. \V. Sundermann ■a nes Members of <)rKization Committees ■ekai. meetings Hre on schedule M Sundermann ( ,i Hie Evangelical ■-I, mid chairman <>! the Kps C< hi l.l\ Dry Eederatodav named the mem the m veral cmnmitwill serve the orgin the canmai'm the repeal of the Amendment. also aiinoiinr holding of meetings in M io. Pleasant Mills. suH and Berne, in; Kaet'iion will: the campaign. county meeting held at I;|O we.-k, candidates for to tin' state eonven ion held .lime -11. were named, a"- Edison Sprungam! Amos Ketchum of Both men are high instruc'ors. They are to the retention of the Amendment The election K»-.'t 'he '.. gates will be ■ft. u-nm.i'tees named follow" Mr pr... t committee: E. W. Monroe: Daniel F. Grile. Jerry Liechty. Berne; ; Snnller. Decatur R. R.: Mills. Decatur. ■Hr- ''lnm I: - ■: n: •■>■,>: Rev. C. De.-alur: Rev. W. B Geneva; Rev. .1 M. Pyn- j Pleasant Mills: Rev. A. B , Decatur: Rev. M. O. ' Berne. ED 'local committee: ’ “ Decatur, Rev. C. I’. De<a: .'■■ A. D. Unversaw. Ke: in h Shoemaker. Ge--1 Petition commitEdison Sprunger, Bertie: | lo t. limn. Decatur; Clarence Geneva: Manas Lehman, 0 V Dilling. Decatur. ■Grouty Club committee- Mrs. Hocker . Decatur; Mrs. on page six> ■esent plat IT MONMOUTH Bimouth .Junior Class ■ill Present Three-Act ■Comedy This Week junior class of the Monhigh school will present a in three acts. "The Wild Boy." Thursday and Friday in the Monmouth CotnmunThe play will be at 8 o’clock each night and will be 10 and 20 cents. comedy offers plenty of ■iter and mystery. The pub-; Es 1 urged to witness the pre- ; ■8 ! caHl of characters is as By l Anne, the housekeeper If Evelyn Connor the maid Lena Sauer Uncle George’s daughL, Luella Brokaw M*‘- Murphy, the cookL 5 David Kunkel y ca Gil< ien, Judy’s friend Bjd u Leota Bittner f|J2 r ! in . Charlotte Cook on page three* o—a^ er Expert Says No Danger Os Flood Oianapolis. April 19— (U.R) — ers of the White and Wabash rs win fall f ar short of heights e( farly this month and no J llß flood damage is expected, ■Armington, U. S. meteorolo"erp. predicted today. e Wa t>ash river south of Vln--108 was at 18.9 feet this mornt is rising slowly but Is not e'ed to go more than one foot ! f west fork of White river his " ed its peak at Elliston and 8 e only slightly farther south. r weather prevailed over n ‘ the state today and only i shower, wprp expected in the ‘west portion by tomorrow it. |

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Charge Father With Death Os Young Son Bloomington, Ind., April 19—(UP) : John Davidson, 48, unemployed , stone worker, was charged with the , death of his seven-year-old son. , Robert, in a verdict by coroner Ben R. Ross today. ‘Deat- i by acute alcoholic poison- ! ing, the alcohol administered by the . father of the deco sed" was the verdict of the coroner after examir.a---i lion of the boy’s stomach by Her-I man T. Briscoe, Indiana university chemistry professor. COUNCILWILL RECEIVE BIDS City Council Will Receive Bids For Improving Streets May 2 Bids for furnishing road material and placing it on the macadam streets within the city will be reI ceived by the council on Tuesday, May 2. The council has under consideration a program which calls for the improvement of practically every macadam street in the city. An oil asphalt or pre-coat material will be used, making the streets similar to a hard-surfaced highway. Several streets, including Oak street, are now improved with this material. Proposals will be received by the city for the material in barrels and by the gallon and also include the cost of spreading it on the streets. If financial arrangements can be made the city favors going ! ahead with t|ie program this • spring and to continue the work I as far as finances will permit. It | would put several men to work 1 , and give the city a network of i fine improved streets, members of the cnuncH state. The matter was discussed at the council meeting last evening and referred to the street and sewer committee. Other Council Matters A petition from Sarah and Wil--1 liam Ayres for the extension of an electric rural line to their farm was referred to the electric (CONTINUED ON PAUK SIX) 0 Bar Politicians From State Police Indianapolis. Apr. 19.—(U.R) — Xj precinct committeeman, or anyone else having an official connection with the Democratic party, can be a member of the state police force under the new reorganization, it was announced today. The rule, laid down by Captain Matt Leach, has the approval of ls>th Al Feeney, head of the state safety department, and Gov. Paul i V. McNutt. Leach said. "For the first time in the history of the state we intend, to employ policemen instead of politicians," he declared. FINAL MEETING | HELD TUESDAY South Ward Parent-Teach-ers Hold Final Meeting Os School Year The last meeting of the ParentTeachers Association of the South Ward school building for the present school year was held Tuesday afternoon a' the school Officers of the club were elected in the following capacities: Mrs. Ralph Yager, president; Mrs. Sol Lord, vice-president; Miss Helen Shroll, secretary; and Miss Mary Suttles, treasurer. Mrs. L. A. Cowens will be the chairman of the program committee for the year, assisted by Mrs. William Affolder and Mrs. Charles Champlin. A program was presented during the afternoon by the South Ward school children. Pupils of the first grade presented an original interpretation of the story "Little Red Riding Hood." The play was given in costume and the setting was a part of the group activity for the year. The cast included every pupil In the room and was -. thoroughly enjoyed by the club. The second grade chorus sang a group of four numbers, "The 1 Wind." 'lSong of the Easter Hare," (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE)

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RUSE ENABLES LONE BANDIT TO OBTAIN SB,OOO Syracuse Bank Is Looted By Bandit Using Cashier’s Auto TWO MOTORISTS ARE TERRORIZED Syr.icuse, Ind., April 19 —(UP) —; A lone b.u-dlt roU>bed the Syracuse Iwtik of between $8)000 and $lO,000 today and sped east of town in an auhnnobile belonging to Sol Miller, cashier of the institution. According to Miller, the bandit : telephoned the bank from a farm .house, guying that he w. s connected with the state banking department, that his car had broken down a: cl asking the cashier to come after him. Miller said he drove his machine to the ...ppointed spot and wus held up by tlie bandit, who forced him out of tlie automobile at tne point of a revolver.. The bandit then drove the stolen car to the bank, robbed the inJ stitution and fled in the cashier’s I machine. Charles Bachmun, assisbint cashier, was in the bank at the time of the robbery. Terrorize Motorists Terre Haute, Ind., April 19 — < CP)—Four bandits who robbed two Ferre Haute bank messengers of $40,000 yesterday were traced early tod,.y to a point four miles nort.li of Morocco where they" held up and terrorized two Indianapolis motorists. The Indianapolis car was riddled with 11 bullets before two of them (CONTINtrEI > ng *PAG*E* **X)* * ■ __ —a- — ADAMS COUNTY QUOTA IS TEN State Enrollment In Reforestation Program Will Start Tomorrow Indianapolis. Apr. 19. —(U.R) —Enrollment of Indiana's quo,a in the President's reforestation program will be started tomorrow. Fred Hoke, chairman of the governor’s unemployment relief commission, announced today. At the same time he announced assignment of quotas by counties, based cm the number of needy families. Indiana has been assigned a quota of 6,500 men for the forest camps, but 397 tire being withheld from the assignment for the time being, Hoke explained. This is being done in order to make possible the selection of men in the vicinity of forest camps as desired by the federal government, Gov. Paul V. McNutt has asked that the enrollment in Indiana be conducted under the direction of ids commission on unemployment relief. County chairmen will receive applications of their counties. Application planks were mailed the county chairmen today and are expected to arrive so that enrollment may start tomorrow, Hoke said. Enrolllment must be entirely voluntary, Hoke pointe d out. and agency workers will be prohibited from threatening to remove from poor relief rolls dependents of men not wishing to work in the forestry camps. When the state office receives definite calls for men to report tor (CONTINCND ON PAGE SIX) Lindberghs Start Long Flight Today Newark N. J. April 19—(UP) — lAmerica's most famous flying couple—the Lindberghs returned to the .ilrways today wit.li Col. Charles A. Lit dberg at the controls. They left on a transcontinental flight'at 12:03 p. m. In a Ixn-kheed Vega monoplane. .It was the Lindbergh's first long flighat together since the kidnaping of their first child. Charles Augustus, Jr. Lirdbergh said he planned to stop first at Camdon, New Jersey, where they will receive we ther reports before deciding upon the next destination.

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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, April 19, 1933.

Decatur City Council Designates Week Os April 24 As Clean-Up Week

'Clean up Week in Decatur will i he a week earlier this year, the I city council at the request of the i Civic section of the Woman's club ! designating the week of April 24 as ; the official spring clean up period. H. F. Linn, chairman of the street committee, announced that the city trucks would start out Tuesday morning to gather up the tin cans, bottles and other rubbish raked ; from the lawns and alleys. Ashes i will not be hauled by the city | trucks. Citizens are asked to place the rubbish in boxes, barrels or some I kind of a container and placed ini DECATUR WOMEN AT CONVENTION I Sixteen Local Women Attend Annual Federated Club Convention — Sixteen women from Decatur, attended the annual convention of the Federated Clubs of the eighth district held at Anderson, Tues- ’ day. The meeting was held in the First Presbyterian Church, i with two hundred women in attendance. Tlie Decatur clubs presented splendid reports. The Woman’s Chib of this city, under the guid-' i ance of Mrs. Henry B. Heller,president, repqrted the greatest number of points reached in the district during the year’s work and was awarded the Merit Flag for the fourth consecutive year. The election of officers resulted in the re-election of the farmer heads: Mrs. Paul Powers, presi-' dept; Mrs. A. F. Meeks, first vice-; president; Mrs. A. B. Shockey, second vice-president; Mrs. Roy Lambert, secretary and treasurer. Mrs. J. W. Tyndall. Mrs. Henry Neireiter and Mrs. Charles Knapp •ire district chairmen: Mrs. R. I). Myers is president of the Adams County Clubs; Mrs. O. L. Vance I served on the resolutions committee and Mrs. H. B. Heller on the j Merit Flag committee. The yearly reports showed I splendid work done by tl(e entire district during the year, especially along the lines of community . service, philanthropy and public J > health. Study programs were j i carried out according to schedule I in both senior and junior clubs . while economic aud 4-H Club’ work is progressing well in the Purdue program. I Music was furnished during the , day by the Madison and Delaware ' ■j ((DXTIXIEP ON PAGE* S*X)* * CONVENTION AT BEULAH SUNDAY ’ I Sunday School Conveni tion Will Be Held At Beulah Church ■ i :| The Kirkland-Preble Sunday ■ School convention will be held at the Bettlalt Church Sund'.y afier- ' noon. April 23 at 2 o'clock. The I principal address at the meeting - will be given by former Congresa- • man David Hogg of Fort * Wayne. • He is a noted Bible scholar and the subject on which he will speak is ■ "The Rise and Fall of the Kingdom" I The complete program tor the I afternoon is as follows: i Congregational Singing. 1 Prayer—Rev. Edgar Johnston Song—Magley Ladies Quartet Reading—ißhnehe Fugate. 1 Address, "The Rise and Fall of the Kingdom—'David Hogg. Fort Wayne. Solo —Dorothy Adler Song—Beulah Sunday School. Offering Song—lmperiaJ Quartet Benediction. At a recent meeting of the super- : intendents the following officers ' were re-elected: Elmer W. Peters, president; John Ebnett, vice-presi- ■ dent; John Ebnett, vice-president; 1 Blanche Fugate, secretary and treltv 1 surer. o : Special Drum Corps Practice Tonight i The drum corps of Adams post i number 43 of the American LegioU i will hold a special practice at the . Legion hall tonight at 8 o'clock' AU members are urged to be present.

| the alley so men on the trucks can [ pick it up. The rubbish will be hauled to the city dump. As only a few days remain to do the work, the council urge everyone 'to cooperate whole-heartedly in the move to make Decatur spick and span. By having the cle.n-up campaign done before the first of Muy I the city obtains a credit in the naj tional clea -up campaign and in ' this accomplishment the women of ! the city are deeply interested. Several trucks will be engaged by : the city and the work will be diri ected by Amos Fisher, city street I commissioner. Many Farmers Attend Sale Os Implements Several hundred fanners attended the sale of tools and implements uised by beet growers at the local I factory of the Central Sugar company. i Drills, cultivators, walking and ■ riding plowsjand lifters were sold. I The tools and implements were I obtained -ffbm the receivers of the , , old Holland St. Louis sugar com pany. The local company will not : furnish tools to the growers. 1 A similar sale will be held at ’ Woodburn Thursday and one at Union City on (April 21. The machinery is sold to beet growers only. The sale was in charge of J. Ward Calli nd, field manager for the company. o , Kitch Reappointed Indianapolis, Apr. 19.—(U.R)—John W. Kitch, Plymouth, was reappointed a member of the board of tius-i tees of the State Schoifl for Feeble : Minded at Fort Wayne late yester- . day by Gov. Paul V. McNutt. Kitch,; a former state representative, has i been on the board tor several years. His new term will be four years. ; 0 _— LODGE TO HOLD DISTRICT MEET Decatur Knights of Pythias Lodge Will Hold Meeting Thursday A district meeting of the Knights of Pythias will be held at the local lodge home on Third street. Thursday evening. April 20, beginning at 7:30 o'clock. Edwin Thomas. Fort Wayne, grand chancellor of Indiana and other grand lodge officers will attend the meeting. This will be the first time since 1925 that all of the grand lodge officers have attended a meeting here. In connection with the meeting an initiation of candidates will take place. Representatives from lodges at Fort Wayne. Bluffton. Ossian. Monroeville. Auburn, New i Haven. Columbia City, Geneva : and other towns in the district will attend. Among tlie grand lodge officers who will he here are, E. D. Gray. Fort Wayne, deputy grand cha.i---cellor: Carl R. Mitchell. Indianapolis. grand keeper of records and : seal: Harvey Walker. Montpelier, grand inner guard. The Program Following is the program for I the meeting: ' Opening of lodge. 7:30 o’clock, by Grant Fry. Chancellor Com mander of Kekionga lodge. Welcome Address O. L. Vance. Decatur. Response by Bluffton lodge District meeting turned over to E. D. Gray. Roll call of lodges by Carl R. Mitchell. Initiation in rank of page hy grand lodge officers. Address by Grand Chancellor Thomas. Meeting Tonight A special meeting of the lodge will be held this evening at the K. of P. home at seven o'clock and all members are urged to attend. Final plans for the district meeting will be made. Pleasant Mills High School Class Play The play, “The Alley Daffodil” will be presented by the senior j class of the Pleasant Mills high | school. Friday and Saturday 'nights j April 21 and 22. Admission will be 10 and 20 cents t The play will start each night at I 8 o’clock. The public is invited to witness this clever presentation.

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ENGLAND WILL BAR IMPORTS FROM RUSSIA Embargo Declared On Russian Imports As Result Os Convictions EMPLOYER ORDERS IMMEDIATE APPEAL ' London. Apr. 19. —(U.R) —England struck back at soviet Russia today for conviction of five British subj jects on espionage charges. King George and the privy coun- ■ cil declared an 80 per cent em- ( bargo on Russian imports and the 1 Metropolitan Vickers Co., employer of the convicted men. ordered an immediate appeal on behalf of two defendants who were sent to prison. . The partial embargo, amounting : , practically to declaration of an economic war, will become effec- , live April 26. Sir Felix Pole, chairman of , Metropolitan Vickers, issued a statement reaffirming his faith in , his five convicted employes, as appeals were ordered for William ( MacDonald and W. H. Thornton, , the only two sent to prison. The statement echoed a general ; British opinion that the men had not received a fair trial. "Knowing the two men, there is no doubt in my mind that they , were hypnotized in some way," Sir Felix said in commenting upon the incriminating admissions made by MacDonald and Thornton during the trial. "Not for a moment do I believe them guilty." Until the three defendants who were sentenced only to banishment return tn London. Metropolitan Vickers will continue its work in, I Russia. The luter policy will be 'derided after the banished men confer with the company's execu- ; tives. ;, Embargoed items included timber, petroleum, grain, raw cotton, and butter. “The government is still out to save the endangered men,” an official spokesman said. "It would i be unßritish to leave them in the lurch." The proclamation explained that the only reason a blanket embargo was not declared was because an 80 per cent prohibition would facilitate technical operation. The spokesman pointed out the embargo showed that in the opinion of the British government the Moscow verdict was unsatisfactory,; but that its relative mildness ap-j peared to justify Britain’s previous (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) CIVIL WAR VET DIES AT BERNE —— John McClain, 91, Dies Early This Morning At Home of Nephew • John McClain, 91, one of Adams county's few surviving Civil War ; veterans, died at o’clock this morning at the home of a nephew, Glen Smith of Berne. The deceased had been bedfast since last Thursday of pneumonia and coniI plications. Mr. McClain was a patient at tlie Adams County Memorial hospital in Decatur for several weeks the past winter following a fall in . which he suffered a fractured : hip. He had been recovering sat-} isfactorily from this injury when he contracted pneumonia. John McClain was born in Ohio ; November 4. 1841, the son of Mr. (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) o President Suffers From Sore Throat , Washington. April 19 (U.R) - President Roosevelt is suffering from a slightly sort throat and j decided today to remain away! from his executive offices. Because of the rainy and damp i weather It was decided that he would recover much more quickly I if he did not make tlie trip from ' tlie White House to tlie offices, t | The president's sore throat, i however, did not interfere with the press conferenc escheduled for i this morning. The correspondents t | went to the White House proper > l insted of seeing the president in his office.

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# * PRICES SOAR Spurred by indications of in- ( 5 | flation of the American dollar | j commodities soared in all mar- 1 kets today. j Wheat jumped 1% to 2%c i a bushel. Corn up % to 1 cent. j Barley up %to 3% cents. Cotton up more than $1 bale. Silver up 300 points, the Him- | | it of fluctuation for one day. TAX PAYMENTS ARE BEING MADE Spring Installment of Taxes, Due May 1, Being Paid Rapidly The spring installment of tuxes due May 1, is being paid rapidly this year, figures compiled by Miss j Alice Lenhart, deputy county trea- i surer, show. Up to noon today, $60,143.26 of the current -tax bill h id been paid. Since the first of the year. $6,878.84 of delinquent tax had beer. paid. The current tax bill for 1933 is only $385,306.83. The delinquents carried over from last year amount to $40,009.56, or a total of $428,316.39. Half of the current tax bill would be $194,153.00. On the basis of collections up to noon todav. about one-third of the ' mount has already been paid. During the past few days the treasurer’s office has been a busy place. In addition to taking care of the regular taxpayers, the treasurer's office must also sell the stamps for intangibles. The sale of these stamps totaled $1,748.70 today and each day several people called at ‘ the office for them. JUNIOR CLASS PLAY THURSDAY t Three Act Comedy, “Be Yourself", M’ill Be Presented At Auditorium Fical rehearsals for the junior class play. “Be Yourself.” have been held and everylhing is in readiness for the presentation in the Decatur high school auditorium. Thursday night at 8 o'clock. The play is a bright and sparkling comedy in three acts, new and thrilling. Tickets may lie procured from members of the junior class or may b 8 purchased at the door. The price of admission is twenty-five cents for stu-1 dents and thirty-five cents for adults. i The scene of the play is in a j pent house apartment in New York. Leslie Ferris and Beverly | Lane are two girls who are employed by Madame Francis, an Interior decorator Madame inj sists that the two girls live in an lapartment soon to be occupied by the Prince and Princess Luverne. She claims tliat only by living in the apartment can the girls absorb the proper atmosphere necessary for decorating in an artistic manner. Beverly and Leslie move in, assuming that the apartment is (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o Orders Guardsmen In Flooded District Jackson. Miss.. April 19 —(UP) — I Gov. M. S. Conner today ordered , N'ltloual Guardsmen into the flooded district of Northern Mississippi, where 300 men last night dvnamit- - ed a main levee of the Tallahatchie river. Acting on orders from the governor, Company F. 155th infantry, Mississippi National Guard, stationed at Clarksdale, left immediately for Glendora. They will have orders to shoot to kill any one molesting the levees. Auburn Man Will Speak At Meeting Senator Larry Brandon of Auburn will he the speaker at the mass meeting at tlie Methodist church at 7:30 o'clock Tliursd y night, Sen. Hrandon will speak In defense of the 18th Amendment. Amos Ketchum, one of the Adams county dry candidates for delegate to the state convention, will preside.

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MOVE REGARDED AS GOING OFF GOLD STANDARD President Makes Decision Not To Support American Dollar Abroad EXCHANGE, MARKET PRICES SHOW SPURT i (Copyright, 1933 by United Press) Washington April 19—(UP) —The Precs was reliably informed today that the next move contemplated in the world wide money battle is a grant to President Roosevelt of supreme power to regulate the value of the United States Currency. The program, if adopted, would be in- effect a surrender by congress to the president of the constitutional power “to coin money and regulate the value thereof." Washington, April 19 (U.R) President Roosevelt moved with world wide stroke today to raise prices by a decision not to support the American dollar abroad. Officials regard this as going off the gold standard. The announcement from the White House was the signal for a quick spurt which ran up prices on stock exchanges and sent wheat and other commodities to new higher levels. It was stated orally at the White House today tha' last Saturday President Roosevelt had decided to allow no further exports of gold until further notice except that already car marked but still stored in this country by foreign owners, and expert for paying balances for trade movements in accordance with earlier regulations. — Effects sought by the president in this action are world wide: 1. An ’ immediate raising of prices in the United States. 2. A decline of the value of the dollar in terms of foreign money. That would enable a British manufacturer to pay fewer pounds sterling for a consignment of American cotton although the American seller would s ill receive as many dollars in l*ayii'ONI INUED ON PAGE FIVE) 0 „ Monmouth Principal Speaks To Lions Club Mervin Hustettler. principal of the Monmouth high school, was the speaker at the Lions Club meeting held Tuesday evening in the Rice I Hotel. Mr. Hostetler discussed the development of education from a historical standpoint, front the time of the Spartans and the Anthenians in Greece, to the present time. He told how the Romans conquered the Athenians by military strategy only to be conquered later by the Athenian culture in science, art and literature. Tlie dub appreciated Mr. Hostetler’s address and extended him an invitation to return at some convenient date, Rilph Yager had charge of the program. o TRANSCRIPT IN CASE IS FILED Decatur Attorneys File Dredge Case Transcript In Supreme Court Attorneys (’. J. I.utz and Henry B. Heller have returned from Indianapolis. where they tiled the tr.mscript in the Wabash river dredge case with the Indiana Sup- . ' reme court. , ! The transcript. Including t.iie bill ; of exceptions, which was approved by Special Judge Henry Kister of Princeton in the Adams Circuit court, last Saturday, contained 5012 typewritten pages. The brief in the f case will be filed liter, the attorneys stated. t Tlie c se was carried up to the t supreme court on the appeal of Adt iinis County. Attorneys Lutz and Heller represent the remonstratora t and the county government tn the ■ famous case. It is not llkly that any decision ■ , will be rendered by the. supreme 1 court in thee aso for a few years.