Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 31, Number 99, Decatur, Adams County, 26 April 1933 — Page 1

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UOERS AGREE Itandard for WONEY NEEDED ■ K ! 1 levelt .And MacDon■Agree Standard Must |}ic Re-established K — —~—■ - I < InSH PREMIER |O SAIL FOR HOME lisliinUltm. April 26. ■ President Roosevelt and ■ Minister Ramsay MacKid have agreed that an Kiationttl monetary stan- ■ miisl be re-eslablislietl ■onn as circumstances ( ■it. I ■is was made known in a ■ statement issued al lhe ■ol their conversations K emphasized that no defi-, Kgreements had been reach- i K'liesc. they said, must bo 1 Kil in the world economic i ■pnces in .lane. Kident Roosevelt is continn- i ■s conversations with former ■, r Herriot of France. The i ■tative pact, disarmament Konri problems are the, chief i Kts tinder examination lie- i ■ them ■ Roosevelt MacDonald state- | ■said: ■hat “the necessity for an Kse in. the general level of, ■odity prices was recognized ■mary and fundamental.'' ■i recognized the need for ■strnctive effort to moderate ■twerk of restrictions of all ■by which commerce is at Bit hampered." ■xpansion of credit should ■ovided through concerted ■of central hanks, it was B. and “every means should , Bed to get the credit thus t « into circulation.” ■he discussions have indudBe silver nuestio” and said ■‘proposals were tentatively ■sled for the improvement of ■tns." ■er developments out of the ] ■ational economic confer- ■ here to date include the ■ir" ■Renpcni"" of the war deh' ■m between President Roose ■and Prime Minister MacKi. ■Favorable nttitwde hv th° 1 ■ States toward entering a ■taiive nact. ■Establishment of elbow- t.-> t ■ 'connerntion l>e‘ween the Id States and Britain in ; Bing with the manv inter- i ■ problems of economic re- . ■Decision to convene the > I economic conference at j •n .Time 12. , •Agreement that final de- , Is on all problems mhst he red until that conference ( ■rnvt'Rn mt »*age twoi k— . o 1 ffl FORGER ItRESTED HERE _____ 1 - 1 ard Wright of Fort yne Is Arrested For , rfing Many Checks ’ard Wright, 45, resident of Vsyno and formerly of LouisKv. was arrested today hv f Burl Johnson and placed in thtms county jail to await ar- . hetit on charges of check forRht is alleged to have given I checks to a number of Deca- i >d Adams county merchants, lushing the bad checks were Vian s filling s t.ition, Gits F. Preble, George Graber. ’> and the Reed Elevator of hr. <t total of the checks passed Kht could not be determined as Sheriff Johnson htd not lp d all the checks written. °f these checks were written [ niß of >3.75 to $4. “ignnient of the check forger delayed because of th • lce of Judge H. M. DeVoss, as trying a case in Fort l p today. ’ sheriff stated that Wright! . a de a complete confession to ™rges and will likelv plead *hen brought into court The , ** "tan has be n working fori iUs ti Basket company.

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Assyrian To Give Program Thursday The program, “The Shepherd's Song of the Dills of Jttdae’’ by Julius Ceasar Nayphe, an Assyrian, sponsored by the Methodist Episcopal Sunday School, will take place in the Decatur high school an-1 ditorium, Thursday night at 8 o'clock. The members of the local churches and Sunday schools are especially urged to attend the program and to hear the interpretation of the Twenty-third Psalm by Mr. Nayphe. He will appear in the costume of Ids native people UNDERTAKERS TO MEET HERE District Meeting of Funeral Directors Here Thursday Evening A district meeting of funeral directors will he held in this city Thursday at the Masonic hall, ses- I slons beginning late in the afternoon followed by a dinner at 6:30 I o'clock. Funeral directors from the see- I one! district, including. Adams, Allen, Huntington, Wabash, Wells and Whitley counties will attend the meeting. Bert S. Gadd, Indianapolis, stai president, John Paul, state se; re- 1 tary and H. A. Flynn, Chesterton, first vice-president are expected to attend th. conference. Decatur funeral directors will art as hosts to visiting members of the association. S. E. Black is chairman of ar- t r.mgements. i About 50 men are expected to be i ia attendance and among the sub- 1 jects to be discussed will be the ' coming state convention which will be held in Indianapolis. Mav 23 to , 25. O_. _ , RUNES GATHER IN INDIANAPOLIS More Than 40 Airplanes Will Meet In Legion Membership Roundup Indianapolis, Apr. 26. — (U.R) — More than two score airplanes I from all paths of the nation will converge on Municipal airport here 1 April 30 as the climax to the an- 1 nual America:) Legion member- 1 ship roundup. Plans are for all the planes to lar.d within a two-hour period, between two and four o'clock in the afternoon. A banquet that night, al which visiting pilots, aviator officials. ’ legion heads and other distinguish- 1 ed visitors will be guests, will close ‘ the day's ceremonies. Clarence Manion, dean of the school of law at Notre Dime university, will be toastmaster at the banquet. Speakers will include Louis A. Johnson, national com mander of the Fee ion: G.iv. Paul V. McNutt, former national command er; William D. Nelson. Anderson, state commander; Col. E. V. Rickenbacker, chairman of the legion's national aeronautics commission; Luther E. Bell, general manager of the aeronautical chamber of commerce. and T. B. Clement, vicepresident of Transcontinental Western Air. Inc. Four planes of organized airplanes will start from the most distant parts of the nation April 29 and the morning of the 30th. picking up membership cards ami dues en route. One TWA plane will start from Los Angeles at 8 a. m. April 29. Another TWA plane will take off from New York at 9:30 a. m. April 30. An American Airways plane yvlll start from New Orleans at 8 ■* • * • .'CONTINUED ON P'GE TWO) o — Former Monroe 1 outh Awarded High Honor Dick Hendricks, a s nior at North Side high school, Fort Wayne, son of Clyde Hendricks, former principal of the Monroe high school, has 'been awarded first place in a national sports writing contest conducted by Quill a d Scroll, int rnational honorary society for high school journalist. Dick Hendricks is sports editor | of the Northerner, weekly newspaper published by North Side high ‘ school. His father is now principal |of the Rudicel school in Fort i Wayne. , 1

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Detroit Banks Start Paying ty ** SSSfiSw' ■■■■HaMMMB Siu* IWh wr ■ v Ek I I TTOi' ''Ws» A in the First National Bank of Detroit, Michigan, as the first contingent of depositors filed past tellers’ tviedows to receive 30 per cent of their deposits.

UNEMPLOYED TO i RAISE PRODUCE Decatur Men Vote to Support Local Community Garden Plans Thirty-five men, at a meeting of I the unemployed last night in the , I'.dams County garage, voted unani-■ mously to wholeheartedly support j the community g rden. Work on it will start this week. The plot of I nd on which the! men will raise potatoes lies on 1 West Washington street in the north part of town. It was not under cultivation last year. L. E. Archhold, count age: t, volunteered to act s an dvisor on the project. Seventy-five bushels of seed pota toes have been given to the men by Washington township under the authorization of the county council. The men will work on it in shifts as the present wood-cutting crew is doing, and the prUr-eeds will be divided equally among the unemployed workers. The men will haul fertilizer to the plot this week. Fifteen loads were deemed uecess ry by the eon 1 : t v age .t to adequately prepare the land. Will Linn, who is taking < harge of th land for the Eineragency Relief Committee, said that it might be possible to get another plot for a community garden. In addition to ihe community garden the men wii! have their individuah gard-ns. Seventy-five lots are available to the men for their own use. A large selection of small seeds has been received by the Emergency Relief for the small gard ens. SHERIFF WILL SELL PROPERTY Decatur Country C 1 u b Property Will Be Sold At Sheriir’s Sale A sheriff's sale of the Decatur Country Club prop -rty will be held it the court bouse' in this city on Thursday. M y is by Sheriff Burl Johnson as a result of the judgmc :l awarded C J Lutz, former ■owner against Paul Schulte, Emma Schulte. Frank Jovien ami Mrs. Frank Jovien. Local parties and concerns who have obtained judgments against the ow. ers are also made parties to the suit. The property 1-uvolveil in the sale includes the ciu'b house .nd 20 acres of ground, which is part<of the nine hole golf course. The property formerly belonged to Mr. Lutz. Following the liw, rents z.nd profits for a term of seven years will be offered for sale and on failure to obtain the amount of the judg- | ment. the sheriff will offer for sale the fee simple of said real estate and improvements thereon. The sale is held as a resull of ’ Mr. Lutz obtaining a judgment for $4,500 against the purchasers, the amount representFcg the balance due on a mortgage held by him. Mr purchased the proI perty anil l .ter .-.oia it to lhe Joi vlue« of Chicago.

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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, April 26, 1933.

Bishop Cannon Speaks At Berne I Berne, Apr. 26. (Special)—Drys I j from four counties met at the' ! Mennonite church here Tuesday i ! night to hear Bishop James Can-! non, Jr., lecture on “The Wet Re-11 'bellion." Bishop Cannon quoted | i various leaders of the dry cause' land of education groups, attacked' I the newspapers, decried the trend; [toward repeal and asked a militant[ jfiglti.be waged against it in i state. |, I Rev. M. W. Snnderinann of the 1 1 ; Decatur Evangelical church presid- t ed at the meeting. Dry leaders < ; were present from Adams, Wells, ' I Jay and Blackford counties. RECEIVER WILL MAKE PAYMENT 1 ('hecks For Balance Due Beet Growers Will Be Mailed Out Soon Checks for the balance due beet growers for the 1930 crop furnished the old Holland Si. Louis Sugar 1 company at the Decatur and Hol--1 nd. Michigan plants were beihg made out today by T. G. Gallagher, of Toledo, co-receiver for the company. • According to information receiv- ' ed here the cheeks will be mailed either from Toledo or Detroit and will probably be mailed the last of ' the week or the first of next week. The claims of the beet growers are paid on order of Federal Judge Raymond of Grand Rapids, Mich., an order of court being made last Thursday. Settlement is made on the basis of $7.00 a ton for the beets and it is estimated that about $98,000 will l>e distributed to the beet growers. 1 The beet growers agreed to accept settlement in full at $7,011 a ton. The 1930 be t crop was a heavy one and growers state it w :s one of the most profit ..hie ever * raised. The local plant of the old Hol- . land St. Louis Sugar Company now owned by the Central Sugar com- • piny, had a capacity run that year. I — k Ak I j a \ * "= - Aii air trf oDtimism is re- ' f’ccted throughout lhe couii-m ’ trv on headway already made 1 and nrospects for a revival of c emnlovnient, trade and busi- ! ' ness in general. In Thursday's naner local merchants and rminufacfurers will express this reborn ' 1 confidence in messages of ’ ' f'lifh mid bargains for the ; shonner. On Saturday local shon- ' ners wit’ rean ’he harvest of hotter things hv having a f city-wide bargain event and ' hv the* we mean it's some- ‘ thing different because it is ’; part of iho notional observ-;' I qpoo of F’residcni's Dav. Read Thursday’s tinner and nlan to do your shopping jhere Saturday.

PRESBYTERY TO FIGHT REPEAL Fort Wayne Presbytery .Adopts Resolution To Uphold Prohibition Bluffton. Apr. 26 (Special) — Adopting a resolution placing it on record as "irrevocably opposed to all traffic in alcoholic beverages" the Fort Wayne Presbytery concluded its two-day session here Tuesday afternoon after having selected commissioners to represent the presbytery at the general coi ference' to be held in May at Columbus, Ohio Represented Fn the presbyter' - which assembled here w’ere the churches of 11 counties. Elxhart. Lagrange. Steuben. Kosciusko. Noble. DeKalb, Whitley, Hunting ton. Adams and Wells. The resolution adopted reads as follows. “Be it resolved: That the Fort W yne Presbytery in session at Bluffton, Ind.. April 25. in regular soring session assembled, place ourselves on record as being irie voi bly opposed to all traffic in alcoholic beverages, either by individuals licensed by the government or by the government itself, and “Be it further resolved: That the present attempt to change the constitution of our nation by repealing the eighteenth amendment thereto we express our inaleinable right and take our stand firmly on the side of the constitution. Be it resolved: That we plead with all our people and all good (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) NINE CHICAGO MEN INDICTED Life Insurance Company . Heads Face Charges Os Huge Conspiracy Chicago. April 26.—(U.R) —Nine officials of two collapsed life insurance companies here under indictment today, accused of conspiracy to perpetrate a $1,702,100 fraud. Machir J. Dorsey, president of Hie Security Life Insurance Company. one of the firms involved, was among those indicted. He also was chairman of the board of the Northern States Life Insurance Company, a firm operated by the (Securities Life. Others indicted were Bertram Day, president of the Northern States Company and a director of the Security Lite; John W. Seids, a director of the Security Life; C. Edwin Johnson, vice-president of the Security Life; Harry S. Tressei, Northern States treasurer and Security director; John S. Lee, an attorney; Harry Huttig, Charles Surface and Edwin Holt. The indictments charged., that mortgages of $1,702,960 were negotiated on 38 acres of lake front land near Waukegan. Prosecutors alleged that value of the property does not exceed $150,000. Lee and Huttig were said to be owners of the property. Bonds ol SO,OOO were fixed fol 'each of the defendants.

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TWO MURDERED. TWO WOUNDED BY CRAZED MAN Painter Kills Daughter And Father-in-Law; Wounds Two Others TAKES OWN LIFE AFTER SHOOTING Crothersville. Ind., April 26. — (U.R) — Stanley Hammelman, 28. Bethany painter, committed suicide last night after murdering his small daughter and his father-in-law and wounding his mother-in-law and his divorced wife's sister. Resentment over losing the love of his former wife. Marguerite, 22, was blamed today for Hamrnelman's action. They were married j five years ago and divorced three years alter. Hammelman blamed his material troubles on his moth-1 er-in-law. Both Howard Weddle. 54. the father-in-law. mid Donna Jovce Hammelman, 3. the daughter, were shot through the heart. They died instantly. The mother-in-law, Mrs. Weddle, 50. was struck in the face, chest and leg and is in critical condition at Schenck Memorial hospital. Seymour. Attendants at the hospital said she spent a restless night and was suffering from loss of blood. The sister-in-law, Mary Weddle. 15, was wounded slightly in the side and no concern was felt over her condition. Marguerite, the estranged wife, probably was saved from being killed because she was attending iCONTINt'E'II ON PAGE TWO) FORTY PUPILS ONHIGHHONOR Forty In Catholic High School Win High Honor; 20 Gn Honor Roll The names of 40 pupilsl in the Decatur Catholic high school were entered on the high honor roll of the school for the second six weeks period of the second semester. Twenty pupils were listed on the honor roil. The freshman class had the largest number of members on the high honor roll, the'names of 13 freshmen appearing on the list. Following are the names of the honor students: Seniors—High Honor Annette Lengerich Margaiet Kuni schlag. Agnes Wolpert, Dorothy Lafontaine, Mary K. Leonard. Lucille Miller, Mary Ulman, Mary Juno Colchin, D dores Klepper,' Seniors—Honor Dorothy Heimann. Mark Schurger, George Schultz, Mildred Teeple. Juniors—High Honor Helen Barthel. Dorothy Leng-, erich. Edward Lose. Mary Wolpert, Abort Hain, Mary M. Keller, John Carroll. Dorothy Miller. William Lose. Alvera Vian. Juniors—Honor Herman Knapke, Marceline Gage, Rosemary R'lmschlag, Herbert Foos. Sophomores—High Honor William Borns. Rosemary Miller, Richard Ulman, Alfred Rumschlag. James Lose. Ruth Voglewede. Edward Ehinger. Madonna Ripberger. Sophomores—Honor Robert Colchin. Julian Parent. Edward Schultz. Guy Tester. Ed- ' ward Wolpert. Francis Shell. Jus - tine Spangler Freshmen—High Honor Margaret Wertzherger. Leo Miller. Mary Sclmltz. Dolores Leonard, Agnes Schultz. W liter Bak r. Mary M. Klepper, Mary M. Hei- ’ mann, Julia Parent, Mildred Rutn- . schlag. Eugene Daniels. Marjorie Carroll. Eloise Leonard. Freshmen—Honor Helen Gillig. Theodore Appelman, Don ild Hoss, Helen Heimann. Mildred Miller. i o School Teacher Commits Suicide I Evansville, Ind.. A(m11 26 —(U.R) ■! —Paul Baldwin. 48. principal of ’ Baker school here, went to Garvin I Park Lake late yesterday, knelt I' beside the water and put a bullet through his head. He died instaidly. Officials said lie had been 111.

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Minnie Holthouse Brought Home Today Mrs. Minnie Holthouse was 1 brought home this afternoon from , St. Jos hospital. Fort Wayne, where i she has been a patient for the past : nine weeks, during which time she underwent a serious operation. She is gaining strength and hopes to be! up and around in a short time. She ! was taken to the home of her son and daughter-in-law Mr. and Mrs. , C. hj. Holthouse, the latter being ' ; the nurse in charge. INDIANAPOLIS OFFICERS SHOT Three Detectives Wounded In Gun Battle With Bank Bandit Suspect Indianapolis, April 26 —(UP) —| Three Indianapolis detectives were recovering today from bullet wounds suffered in a gun battle with a hank robbery suspect last night. The wounded officers, William Miller. Clifford Beeker and Jack Small, were part of a detail of 21 men assigned to conduct a citywide cleanup in which nine men. four of them identified as bank robbers, were arrested. Thomas Howard. 24. shot the detectives when they attempted! to arrest him for questioning in connection with robbery of the Burlington bank April 11. in which sl,-. 635 was taken by three bandits. He is also suspected of complicity in robbery of the Rosedale National bank Monday in which two men took $2.6'10. After the shooting. Howard and three brothers, Joseph, 21; Edwin, 18, and Raymond, 16. and his broth- ! er-in-law. Moi k Montgomery, 32, ' were taken into custody. Bond for | each was set at $20,000. The shooting at Howard's home followed the arrest earlier in the . evening of four oth r men at the home of Lamis R. Reese, 26. Reese, John Stroh, 38. and Harold E. Kiel. 18. were held under $5,000 bond as suspects in the Burlington robbery. Fred Hurner, 30, arrested with : them, was held on a vagrancy charge. Three automobiles, an automatic , shotgun, a revolver, and a .32 caliber pistol used by Howard in fighting the detectives were confiscated (CONTINCWP ON PAGE TWO) Q Daylight Saving Time Starts April 29 Daylight saving time will go into effect in Fort Wayne at midnight Saturday, April 29. The city will he on fast time until September 30. A few other large cities in the midwest, notably Chicago, and most of the Eastern cities also will move their clocks ahead one hour Saturday night. TREASURIES IN NEGOTIATIONS French And British Seek To Maintain Positions Os Their Money Paris, April 26.- (U.R) — Three French and British treasuries are negotiating a financial alliance to maintain the positions of the franc and the pound in international exchange, the ministry of finance admitted to the United Press today. The French hope to acquire as a loan the francs bought by the British in open market operations of the Bank of England's equalization fund. The ministry denied the proposed alliance was a maneuver directed against the dollar, pointing out tliat it was similar to aid extended England by France in 1931 when the pound was endangered. Instead of converting its franc credits into gold, the Bank of England would permit France to make use of its balances in stabilization operations. preventing a drain on the gold reserves of the Bank of France. The negotiations were regarded as- part of the treasury's effort to keep France on the gold standard. Despite official assurances that' the franc is not in danger, financial and economic experts were quick in pointing out the difficulties France will encounter in maintaining her present monetary pol--1 (CONTINUED ON*PAGE*TWO**

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SEN. ROBINSON OFFERS RIDER TO INFLATION Indiana Senator’s Proposal Calls For Immediate Cash Payment GLASS MAY FIGHT ADMINISTRATION Washington, April 26. (U.R) A drive to revive the soldiers bonus issue broke in both houses of congress today in connection with the administration’s currency inflation bill. The house veterans bloc began circulating petitions for a party caucus Monday nitfht for a bonus showdown. Senator Robinson. R.. of Indiana. offered in the senate a rider to the- administration inflation measure calling for immediate cash payment of the $2.225.00(1.960 compensation to war veterans. Glass Opposed Washington, April 26 — (U.R) — Fiery little Carter Glass of Virginia. first Roosevelt choice for treasury secretary and long the financial oracle of the senate, was on the verge of a break with the administration today over inflation. The senate met at 11 a. m. and was scheduled to vote today on tie controlled currency inflation program denounced by old guard Republicans as suicidal and laud>ed by Democrats as the only escape from depression. Passage seemed assured. Indecision of Senator Glass whether openly to oppose the administration on the inflation issue was the only factor of uncertainty in the plan to reach a vote before nightfall. C>ss ami Repute lican leaders refused yesterday lo i agree to limit debate today. If ha in the raids. Police said that pictures of Tlio(CONTTNtTEP ON PAGE TWO) LUTZ MOVES TO DISMISS SUIT Indiana Attorney-General Files Motion To Dismiss Test Case Indianapolis. Ind . April 26-MU R) —A motion to dismiss the suit questioning constitutionality of the state reorganization law was filed in federal district court today by Atty. Gen. Philip Lutz. Jr. The suit was brought by Ralph Wetsel. manager of the automobile license branch at South Bend, on grounds that the reorganization act deprives state employes of their “property rights” and impair.- their contracts with the state. In support of bis motion. Lutz alleged that no federal question is involved and that the court is without jurisdiction in the matter. The. motion sets out further that the right to hold public office ! is a privilege rather than an inherent property right. Wetsel brought the suit after Gov. Paul V McNutt had dismissed several auto license branch managers who supported Secretary of State Frank Mayr. Jr.. South Bend. Wetsel was one of Mayr's backers in the latter's fight against McNutt’s nomination during the Democratic state convention last year. His suit alleged that ho was faced with loss of his job as the result of the reorganization act. Under (lie old law. Mnyr dispensed the brinch manager patronage. McNutt has announced that Wetsel would not he dlseharged as license manager at South Bend pending outcome of the suit. Illinois To Vote On Repeal .July 10 Springfield. 11l April 26—(UP) — Both houses of the Illinois legislature p seed hills today providing for a convention to vote on ratifying repeal of prohibition here next July 19. Shortly aft r the senate had passes! a measure providing for election of delegates to such a convention at the judicial election June 5, the house passed a similar measure of its own.