Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 31, Number 102, Decatur, Adams County, 29 April 1933 — Page 1

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|LY PASSAGE | INFLATION fcILL ASSURED Bure Xppi°ved bySenKidav Night by Vote |)t Three To One fcs PRESIDENT |REAT AUTHORITY ■s'niiidlon. April 29. fcirlv final enactment Kssured today lor the Kus inflation-farm relief I'ik which the senate has K, President Roosevelt K s unmatched in modBgislative history. K unprecedented ineasthe admininn Io inflate the eurI raise commodity prices. L agricultural production Knee farm debts now goes ■house. Senate approval was ■asl night by a three-to-one nr ■ farm crop and mortgage B of the measure already t jhssed the house as separate ■ Leaders swift K on the composite bill with ■eu inflation section added | senate. House and senate ■convene Monday after a Kid recess begun last night, ■he three sections of this Kdinary bill, two are merely ■sive—farm relief and in- ■ The other section for ■ down and refinancing ■ mortgages is mandatory, ■rent of discretionary anth■given President Roosevelt Kcretary of Agriculture WalK almost unlimited in its Kill effects upon their fellow ■ace is empowered to give ■s a pre-war return on the ■ through a system of hotinKid rents. These would be ■n exchange for arrange reBn to eliminate surplus pro- ■ and drive prices upward. ■ for the bounties would be ■ through taxes levied on Bsors of foods—taxes to be ■n the end by housewives ■ groceries at the corner ■.000.000.m)0 (R) federal land llicnd issue is authorized for ■mine of farm mortgages at ■iced scale and on a longBasis. ■ inflation section also has Bndotis international significI It offers a potential 30 per ■ebt reduction on current ■faulted installments. An- ■ section authorizes the Bent to revalue the gold dol■thin a 50 per cent range, ■mants of the Republican old ■ bugled themselves into bat■ainst inflation. Their oppoI proved feeble. Betins of tea's produced as ■ smashing administration vicB Senate overwhelmingly Bonist for months had found ■Portimity to follow a leader ■°ttld take responsibility for Bfcv expansion. ■nine that President Roose►nuld rot nay veterans’ adB compensation even if anth- ■ were writ'en into the Bill B'ted a bonus boom which Belied for a time to succeed, ■endntents showered on the ■ the voting hour approached ■ ice President Garner put I ,n a vote and the senate pTIMURn ON PAGE TWO) | ~ l an K<‘ Time Schedule fbiung Sunday. April 30, the P ai U of the Cloverleaf CreamI nc., wi|] operate on daylight ►tern time. I a(l onimodate cream patrons FiistomerK, extra help will he U, in the plant and in the L, Wal * on ,hoa e who find it L ~ tn conform with the F time, a man will be in f. 0 ,hp plant <,urin R the L.' * a ( 011 ' ream Patrons who “ 'he Plant after dark. -Ganges Announced J a napol| a , Anr. 29 —(U.R'—Per™an»M'Hh l , staff of the I ' Rchool at Plainfield ounces late yesterday by ■rcenlee, secretary to Gov v McNutt. Jl' ns e appointed and dismiss'lcin'i?'" , ’' ai| i , ' e l*l °r the nearGreenlee said.

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Brotherhood Will Entertain Guests I The Men's Brotherhood of the Decatur Evangelical Church will be hosts to the Huntington organization Monday night at 7:30 o'clock in the local church. The Huntington Brotherhood will j present the program for the even ing which will consist of music and addresses. The meeting will op n at 7:30 o clock with a business meetingl ami the program will follow at s o clock. The May section will serve refreshments. MEETING WILL CLOSE TONIGHT Fort Wayne Editor Will Become President of State Association Indianapolis, April 29.— (U.P.) — Arthur K. Remmel, editor of the Fort Wayne News-Sentinel, automatically will succeed to the presidency of the lndian:i Republican Editorial Association today at the annual election of officers. He lias been first vice-president. The t-wo-day meeting, featured by the address last night of Ogden 1,. Mills, former secretary of the treasury. will close tonight with the annual gridiron banquet. Wray R. Fleming, Shelbyville, chairman of the joint legislative committee of the three state press associations, will report today on acts of the 1933 legislature. Other speakers on today's schedule include Wilbur E. Sutton, editor of the Muncie Press; J. Wymond French of Indiana University, and Harry B Rutledge. Chicago. Mills told the group that abandonment of the gold standard by 'the United States and completion the administration's inflation I program would amount at the beginning to a vast price cutting campaign against other countries, i Since Great Britain was fenced off the gold standard in September, 1931, British prices have shown no marked increase, despite a 30 per cent depreciation of the pound, he said. World gold prices, however, have declined by 12 per cent. But there ■'is very real ground for belief that tlie gold panic occasioned by the departure of Great Britain from the ■ • * * • ♦ •♦ • ♦ • (UGNTTNURn OK PAGE TWOi JUDGE REITER TO RULE MAY 4 Lake County .Judge Will Rule On Constitutionality Os Law Hammond. Ind.. Apr. 29. —(U.R) Judge V. S. Reiter of Lake superior court will rule May 4 on constitutionality of the Indiana beer control law. Hearing on the suit brought by Abe Rosen. Gary bottler, was completed late yesterday after Judge Reiter admitted in evidence an affidavit alleging that contributions of SSOO to the Democratiu state campaign fund are demanded from persons seeking licenses to import beer. The affidavit also charged that Rosn was denied an importers license because he was a Republican and did not have the support of the Lake county and Gary Democratic organizations. Rosen obtained a temporary order restraining Paul Fry. state excise director, and Bake county officials from interfering with his sale of beer. His suit contended that the beer control law is unconstitutional and that he should be permitted to *7ooNTIN('ED on PAGE FOUR) Annual Meeting At Leroy, Ohio, May 8 Official notices have been sent out that the annual meeting of the .National Benjamin Franklin Highway Association will be held at Leroy, in Medina county. Ohio, on Monday. May 8 at the Westfield Inn. The Ohio meeting will convene at 11 o'clock. Eastern time and the national meeting will follow immediately after the business of the Ohio organization is complete. James Elberson. president of the Decatur Chamber lof Commerce will take cate of local reservations.

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Resist Law in Farm Foreclosure I MfrW A _JL_ WT - ] 1 Innin tc:: - iii.i.j ■BffnM'lWWriLi “ The Durband family of Le Mars. la., who are resisting officers in the foreclosure of their farm. T.eft 0 right: Edward Durband. Mrs. Edward Durband with her son, Joe, 10 months old; Mrs. Katherine Durband, widow of the man whose grandfather first farmed in the area; Jim Durband. 5 years old, and he son of Edward: Miss Margaret Durband and Francis Durband. Now with the aid of other farmers hey are resisting tlie officers who are trying to obtain the farm.

LIST PROGRAM FOR EXHIBITION Woman’s Chib Will Sponsor Athletic Exhibition Tuesday Night The complete program to he presented in tlie D-catur high school gymnasium Tuosdiy night. M'iy 2. by the athletic department of the school, and sponsored by the Civic Section of the Woman's Club, has hen announced. Th? program will be presented under the direction of Miss Jeanette Clark a d 11. L. Curtis, instructors in physied training in the public schools. A league championship basketball game will be played by the high school boys and included in the ceiling's program will be the presentation of the trophy to the champio: team and jwords. Admission will be 15 cents for adults and 10 cents for students and children. The program will start at 7:30 o'clock. The public is urged to attend this fine exhibition of physical rt. Following is the complete program f'>r the evening: Old Fashioned Dance. Pyramids. Drill Leap Frog Relay by Central Boys Athletic Dance. Volley Ball Game League Ch nipionship Basketball game by high school boys Mock boxing match between halves of the game. Presentation of trophy and awards. TWELVE NAMED INVESTIGATORS Excise Director Appoints 12 Men to Investigate Beer Violations Indianapolis April 29 — <VP» — Appointment of 12 men to investigate violations of the state beer control law was announced today by P ul Fry. state excise director. -la addition. Fry appointed Orris Willis of Petersburg, te investigate' medicinal whisky and malt permits. The investigators will report Monday for two days instruction from Fr d Bechdolt, council for the excise department, and Herbert M. Patrick, deputy attorney general. The mew investigators are: Hurless Nine, Warsaw; R. D. Vinzant of Hobart; Ed Palmer of Paoli; Frank Mcllwein of Rushville; Will H. Rogers of Madison; Ralph McN'ibl) of Fort Wayne; Joint J Ry it of Lafayette; William Brown of Indianapolis; Jack Strickla d of Indianapolis; Charles Wolford of Linton; Robert Geplv.irt of Vincennes; and Bert Yocum of Lafayette. They receive >l6O a month.

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Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, April 29, 1933.

Insurance Agency Offices Are Moved I The Decatur Insurance Agency, | which for i 'itum'ber of years lias I had its offices in the Schafer Bldg.. I moved this morning to the room > above tlie Schmitt Meat Market. Ira Fuhrman is owner of the | agency. 0 Kukelhan Brothers Purchase Stallion Kukelh.in Bros., of northeast of Deeatui have purchased a valuable Percheron stallion from the Maiers Brothers of St. Marys, Ohio. Eli Sprunger. former importer of horses in this city assisted the Kukelhan Bros., in making the selec-, tion. The st :Ilion is a coming three , year old. it is a valuable show horse. It was sired by Horticultieur 71210, which was imported from France by tlie Maiers 20 ago. o_ CONGRESSMAN AWARDED MEDAL Minnesota Representative Is Given Carnegie Medal For Heroism Pittsburgh. Apr. 29.—<U.R> —Rep. Melvin J. Maas. Minnesota, who disarmed a man in the United States House of Representatives Dec. 13. was awarded a silver medal by the Carnegie hero fund commission at its annual spring meeting late yesterday. The commission credited Maas with saving un indeterminate per son or persons from a homicidal attack. Among others honored by the commission were two from Indiana : Bronze medals were given to Mrs. Violate M. Applegate, former widow of Gerald Wise, and Norman B, Emery, 25. both of New Albany. Wise, 29, died attempting to rescue John D. Christensen, 42, concreate contractor, from suffocation, on Aug. 29, 1932. When Wise was overcome, Emery made an attempt to rescue them both. Christensen was overcome by methane gas while working in a new cesspool, into which sewage from an adjacent cesspool was seeping. Wise entered the pit first and was overcome. Emery was overcome by the fumes and fell on Wise and Christensen. Firemen removed them later but Christensen was dead and Wise died 24 hours later. I 0 Memory And Story Contest May 14 The Washington Township Bible memory and story telling contest will lie held in the First Christi in Church here Sunday afternoon, May 14, at 1:30 o'clock. All Sunday School superintendents are asked ' to take notice of this contest. Chris t Lehpian is chairman, of the event.

CONFERENCE AT KENDALLVILLE — Evangplical Churches Will Hold Conference Opening May 2 I The eighty-first annual section of the Indiana Conference of the Evangelical Church will open at Kendallville Tuesday and continue through Sunday. Mav 7. Host churches for the conference will be the Evangelical churches of Kendallville. Wolcottville and Avilla. . The entertaining nas'ors are Rev. W. J. Dauner of Kendallville: Rev C. R. Bitzer of Avilla and Rev P. F. Young of Wolcottville. AH sessions will be he' 1 on central daylight savings time. The appointment of new min fc'C’-s.- wi’l he rend hv Rishon 1,. ’T. Seeger D D.. and L. I D. of LeMars. lowa, conference chairman. at the Sunday afternoon session. Many persons from De i catnr will attend the Sunday services. The first session of the cotifer- ! ence will he held Tuesday morning at 10 o’clock. Rev. M W Sondermann of this city will deliver the address at 4 o'clock in tlie afternoon on the subject. "The Minister and His Message." Rev D. A. Kaley of iSouth Bend will give tlie evening address on "Why ' the Christian Ministry." The opening session of tlie conference will he held at 2 o’clock Wednesday afternoon with Bishop Senear, chairman. An address of ' welcome on behalf of the City of Kendallville wiil he given bv I icoiwivTmn nv nice -rvvoi O M GIVE CONCERT SUNDAY NIGHT Zion Rpfornwd Church Orchestra Mill Present Concert Sunday Night The Zion Reformed church orch- ■ estra u i :id- u r the direction of Robert ' White, with Albert Sellemeyer as 1 accompanist, will give a concert at the church at 7:30 o’clock Sunday Miss June Martin of Berne will he the guest soloist, playing a piano solo. The public is cordially invited to attend this concert. The 1 : program is as follows: Men of Ohio—march by Fillmore. The Royal Highway — Overture by S. J. Mustol. Sixth Air Varte-Violin solo by i Dancla. (Mrs. Walter Miller) > Organ Echoes —Serenade hv Hayes : i Bai’barossa —Bass solo by Bit’ni house. . (Rolland Reppertl ' Vera —Waltz by Lithgow. I Piano solo by Miss June Marlin, i Offertory. . | Vikius March—By King.

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FOUR MEMBERS OF FARMER MOB ARE ARRESTED Suspects In Beating Os Judge Bradley Are Arrested Today state: troopers PATROL DISTRICT Le Mars, la., April 29 —<U.R) — Four suspected members of the farmer mob that tried to hang Judge C. C. Bradley were arrested by Col. Glenn C. Haynes of the lowa national guard today as the far revolt spread along a 100-mile frontier. Khaki-clad state troopers patroled Plymouth and Crawford counties, determined to prevent recurrence of such outbreaks as j the one in which the veteran jurist was mobbed near here and that at Denison where farm rioters injured some 20 deputy sheriffs in a pitched battle. The four men arrested by Haynes. who is in command of the 250 troopers stationed here, were tak- 1 en to the armory guard house b.v military police. Thirty other members of the mob were still being sought. Those arrested were: John Kounkel, T. J. Ernst, 35, Jack Sokolovski, 19, and Henry Heintz, : the latter a farm hand on the Ed Durban farm. There a huge crowd I of farmers have gathered, threatening to aid Durband resist an eviction order. At the other homes, members of the families merely said the men wanted were not at home and ' refused to say where they might be. Authorities believed they were in hiding at one of the several camps thrown up by farmers in the surrounding countryside. Judge Bradley was dragged from his courtroom Wednesday by five masked men. assaulted and nearly hanged when he refused to sign an oath promising not to sign further foreclosure orders for lowa farms. Charles Gross, official of the National Farmers Holiday Association. arrived here . this morning. Other state and national 'GG\"i , tKri' , n nv picf rwni o — BANK SUSPECT ADMITS GUILT Indianapolis Youth Confesses Assistance In Bank Robberies Indianapolis April 29 — (UP) — Thaddeus Quiiw, 19. Indianapolis, was held at Martinsville today after dmitting to police that he assisted Harold Kiel, 18, in holding up banks at Reynolds and Morgantown. Kiel and two other hank robbery suspeits are It i g held at Delphi while a fourth member of the g'ng Is in jail here. Quinn said that he and Kiel obtained $2,000 in the Reynolds hold- . up a'nd $5)600 at Morgantown. He said they curri d a s . wed off shutgnu and a revolver and used stolen cars for the holdups. Quinn told - Indianapolis police police that he had used part of tlie money to p.y physicians foes when his wif > had a baby ind that he. purchased new furniture and a iew automobile. Sentence Soon Delphi, Ind.. April 29—(UP) — Two of three hank robbery suspects held in Carroll Cot:: ty jail will lie sentenced early mext week by circuit Judge E, E. Pruitt. They are Harold Kiel. 18. and John Stroh. 38, both of Indianapolis Stroh is a former policeman. They pleaded guilty on charges of armed ‘ (CON Tixuini ox PAGE TWO) o Heavy Tax Paying Rush Here Today The heaviest t ;x paying rush of the season was pn today at the County Treasurer's office. Persons weie ikied up in (lie office and in corridor of the court house waiting | o pay their taxes. Monday, May 1. is the last day to pay the spring Installment with the penalty being added. Tills year the penalty is only three per cent, j plus interest at 8% for the number of days from May 1.

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Supreme Court Upholds Sentence Indianapolis, April 29. (U.R) — , Death sentence conviction of Glen Donald Shustrom, Whiting, on i charges of attacking and murder- : ing a 12-year-old girl was upheld : late yesterday by the Indiana su- j j preme court. Shustrom was convicted aftey i 'the death of Alberta Knight in! 1932. His ele<rocution Is set for I June 16. The court yesterday reversed I the life sentence convictions of two : i other state prison inmates, Joe : Daveros and Jacob Kelley. SOVIET UNION, PARTY LEADERS ISSUE DECREES Simultaneous Decrees Establish Fixed Zones Os Residence MASS MOVEMENT OF POPULATION Moscow. April 29 —(UP) — Two momentous decrees issued simultaneously today by the Soviet gov--1 ernment and the commu'iiist party provided for the establishment of j fixed zones of residence for a population of 160,000,000 (M) citizens and for the probable expulsion of, i approximately 1,000,000 party members from the communist ranks. The- government's decree sets up • buffer strips along both tlie western and eastern frontiers made up of only the most politically and socially desir .hie elements of the I population. It orders a mass movement of population without precedent in history of the world. The communist party called a nation-wide “Chist'ki" a cleansing of the p rty ranks. Each one of the party’s 3,200,060 members without exception will be called before a commission and i i public hearing i quired to prove his right to be a communist. The decree divided Russia into three main areas. The first will be the rigidly restricted one from (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) O Three Assessors Complete Reports Three of the township assessors filed their final reports today with County Assessor John Felty. The assessors who have completed their work are Anton Thieme. Union township; John Tonner, Ficin h township and F. O. Davis. Jefferson township. May 15 is the lac; day tor assessing property and most of the assessors are tryiug to get their work com pleted by May 1. so the records can be compiled. Attention was called by the assessors that May 15 is also the final date for paying the annual dog tax. After May 15, tlie lists are turned over to the township trustee for collection. WILLIAM OWENS DEATH'S VICTIM Union Township Retired Farmer Dies Following Long Illness William Owens, 86. of Union township, a retired firmer, died at , the home of Mrs. Effie McGill, wife of his deceased neplv w, at 7:45 o'clock Saturday morning, following an extended illness. Death was due to dropsy and heart trouble. Mr. Owens had been ailing since November 24. l ist year. Had he lived Mr. Owens would have been 87 years of age Sunday. He attended the United Brethren Church, and was i farm r in Adams ; County for :i number of years. He was born ia Ohio, April 30, 1846, the son of John in.l Sarah Owens. He was never married. Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Mattie Krohn of Van Werl County, Ohio, and Mrs. James Bowers >f tie r Van Wert, and one broth r, lAndrew Owe s of Van Wert County Ohio. Funer il services will be held Monday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock at the United Brethren Church. Burjal will be in the Decatur Ceniei tery. Tlie body was removed to the S. E. Black funeral parlora.

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PRINCIPAL AND TRUSTEE SLAIN BY CRAZED MAN Failure of Son to Pass Final Examinations Is Cause of Tragedy KILLINGS OCCUR ON MAIN STREET Hollon. Inti., April 29 <U.« A lather, angered because his son failed to pass his final examination in school, shot and killed the school princintd, a townshin trustee and then himself today. The victims were David S. Rea. 59, trustee of Otter Creek fownshin: J. H. Pelt''. 35, principal and basketball coach of Holton high school, and the father, Frank Ellis. 55. a shoemaker. The shootings occurred in the Main street. Ellis fired twice al Rea. twice at Petty, then walked calmly to his shoe shop nearby and fired the remaining two cartridges inl- - his head. Tlie trio had argued briefly about the Ellis, hoy’s school record. Suddenly the- shoemaker exclaimed angrily: *I ll show you who is the best man." He then pulled the gun from his pocket and fired. Rea died instantly. The school teacher died shortly afterward at Milan hospital. o— — Deikman’s Orchestra To Broadc . Monday Boh Deik.man's 11-piece orchestra which will pl 'y for the Phi Delta Kappa Spring dance at the Decatur ! Country Club next Thursday night. May 4. will broadcast over station WOWO a» Fort Wayne Monday nigth at 9 o’clock. Central standard time. GIVE DIPLOMAS AT JEFFERSON Twentv-one Seniors Will Graduate at Exercises Monday Night Annual commencement exercises will be held at the Jefferson high school auditorium Monday evening. May 1. Twenty-one seniors will be awarded diplomas at these exercises. The commencement address will be given by the Honorable Barton Kees Pogue of Upland. Shirley Wiest will deliver the valedictory address and the presentation of diplomas will be made by County ' Superintendent Clifton E. Striker, June Shoemaker is the class sallttatorian. Members of the graduating class are: Raymond E. Miller. Arthur John Jntte, Ralph Raymond B >l- - Merrill B. Weaver. Francis D. Arnold. Florence G. Peel, Richard G. Kelley. Edith June shoemaker. Shirley C. Waist, Nora M. Smit ley, Eleanor E. Miller. Mary Esther Brewster. Therman E. Charleston, Archie W. Wendel. Beatrice M. Luttnian, Karl E. Kauffman. Chester J. Smitley. Holman L. Egley, Rovce Wall. Kathryn Christeen Stuber, Bernice F. Becher The complete commencement program is as follows: March, “Joy Riders" Orchestra March. "Roll of Honor" Orchestra Invocation Rev. Carl Yahl Violin Solo Betty Hart Salutatory June Shoemaker Overture. "Zenith" Orchestra Address Barton Rees Pogue Saxophone Solo Evelyn Fetters Valedictory Shirley Wiest Presentation of diplomas Superintendent Striker March. "Avenger" Orchestra Gallon. “Excelsior' Orchestra Benediction Rev. Carl Yahl Orchestra. ■ — " r — 11 O""I■■■"—*■■—■ 1 ■■■"—*■■—■ Denies Resignation Washington. April 29 (U.R) — Secretary of Treasury Woodin in a statement from his sick lied today emphatically denied reports that he was about to resign.