Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 31, Number 108, Decatur, Adams County, 6 May 1933 — Page 1

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RREST TWO FOR MCMATH KIDNAPING

B DEVOSS ®COUNTY HNCIL TO PAY m “*** i ■Appropriation For ■v of County AtFBdaiice Officer ■prOI’RIATION ■de for salary M. DeVoss, judge of lAw’ s <ii' ct| il court, this ■i issued a mandate to of the Adams ordering the Lg to link'' appropriti[fnt the salary and ex■l Mrs. Mavbell My-! fcointv attendance ol’fiFfjthe year ending July proceedings' Km ilrd February 22 of Ihy Mrs Myers when the nuncil refused to make . tion for the payment of ry and expenses since 1, Tlie county council to include such an in the budget last l and again refused to include and expense item when | this year. irs.Blyers has served in the | b ai>. the first of the year boaW-ny salary being paid hero. K appointed to a one-year county board of editfoil er term running until K. 1933. |e E- was submitted to the intervention of a morning and Judge De|l fl:nd 'the material aver■i the complaint are true the plaintiff is entitled ■ir requiring the defendHKniilei appropriation as deHi.i complaint and the said Bconncil should be ordered M and make appropriation j ■ut in said complaint. ■ therefore considered, ord■i deemed by the court that shall within 30 davs hereof meet and make as is necessary ■he salary and expenses of ■ attendance officer for ending July 31. 1933.” ■ppropriation which Mrs. ■xted on p.*c:r four) ■ — - - o ■’alii McNutt ■Names Commission ■apoiis. May 6—(U.R)— Gov. ■ McNutt late yesterday ap- ■ a vonnuisslon to arrange ■nis between Indiana and ■tales to prevent further ■cense wars. ■ers of the commission are ■inney, director of the auto■license bureau; Evan Stots- ■ member of the state high■amission, and Samuel Tra■wibu of the public service sion. ; aa will grant full reciprocity iy state that accords the ourtesy. FFTON MAN IS APPOINTED is Stultz Is Named e of Indiana State Bank Examiners •mipolis, May <U.R>—Aplent of Morris E. Stultz of in as a state hank examiner ie tentative selection of five was announced today at ate house. five are Tom Yater of ville; George Swaim, of ird City; Hugh Miller, of '"Ville; Charles Wall, of ester, and Glenn Hines of All are Democrats except •be five have conferred Richard A. McKinley, directhe blinking department, ling department policies ami ew banking law. Definite ntment of the five' is expectntnentarily. Several of them in a conference with Melt today with their work outItz. a Republican, is the first 'her to be appointed by the democratic administration, al other Republicans will he p staff of examiners, includ"me to be retained, it was i t»lood,

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To Help Farmers JI F z n. '• fca > MBgfc' Will / , 11' rw-'»-w wmmmbi George Peek of Moline, 111., who I has been virtually decided upon : as chief administrator to execute the measures in the farm bill now near passage by Congress. As chief administrator, tremendous responsibility would devolve upon Peek in executing the policies decided upon in an attempt to lift farm prices. HENRY F. DAUER DEATH'S VICTIM Former Decatur Resident Dies Friday At Home Os Daughter Funeral services for Henry F. Dauer. 77, a former resident of Decatur, who died at 11:45 o'clock Friday night at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Ernest H. Felger. 1602 Lake avenue. Fort Wayne, will be held Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Felger home and at 2:30 o’clock at the Christ Lutheran Church. Rev. Richard Trojan will officiate and burial will be in the Lindenwood cemetery at Fort Wayne. Friends are asked to omit flowers. Mr. Dauer had been ill for one year He had made his home with the daughter for the last seven years. He was Imrn in Fort Wayne in 1855. He formerly lived in Decatur and was foreman of the Vail Hoop Mill here. He was a member of the Christ Lutheran church. 'Surviving are four daughters. Mrs. Margaret Merillat. Mrs. Mary Felger, Mrs. Frances K. Everett all of Fort Wayne anil Mrs. Bertha R. Everett, postmistress of Pleasant Mills; a son. Herbert A. Dauer of Fort Wayne, eleven grandchildren. one grea* grandchild, a sister. Mrs. Louise Gick and a brother August Dauer of the Tillman road. Roosevelt Cancels Plans For Cruise Washington. May 6.—(U.R)—President Roosevelt cancelled p'ans tor a cruise down the Potomac today and arranged instead to discuss the J world economic 'situation with Hjalmar Schacht, the German representative who arrived here yesterday. The conversations with Schacht, Jit was said at the White House, ’ would only be interrupted for tlie President to say goodbye to Guido ’ Jung, the Italian representative ’ who has been here this week for economic discussions. If the weather is good tomorrow. Mr. Roosevelt will leave Washington tn the morning for an all day trip down the Potomac on the Sequoia, to write the speech which | he will deliver that night. —o ■ Petitions Filed In Two Counties Petitions were filed in both Wells md Blackford counties for candidates as tlie special repeal elation June 6. Blackford county had 1.269 signers of the dry petition nind 650 on the wet petition. J Wells count signers numbered 4.I 320 drys and 1,500 wets.

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CARLKLEPPER IS PRESIDENT Carl .1. Klepper Is Named President of Decatur Rotarians Carl J. Klepper. of the Cloverleaf Creameries, Inc., was elected presii dent of the Decatur Rotary club j at a meeting of the new directors - held Friday night with R. A. Ash- ' baucher, retiring president of the club. Other officers elected, all of whom compose the board of directors are: Dr. Fred Patterson, vicepresident ; Bryce Thomas, secre-; tary; J. Ward Calland, treasurer; Sim Burk, sergeant-at-arms. Mr. Ashbaucher will have the title of immediate past-president and will be a member of the board. i The new officers will assume . their duties at the first meeting in July. President Klepper and Secretary Thomas will attend the annual Rotary conference at Evansville.' May 17 and 18th, being the delei gates from the local club. O —; Newspaper Bombed Havana. May 6 —(UP) —The government newspaper Heraldo De I Cuba was bombed today and a po- i lineman guarding the plant was j killed. The building was only slightly damaged. The bomb exploded near the door. The police officer killed l was Juan Hernandez. Mario Leal Yance. a passerby was injured. Police sought an automobile containing women, seen in the vicinity before the explosion. Funeral Services Sunday Afternoon Funeral services for George W. Thatcher 67. of tUvarre, i Bobo) who died t his home Thursday night will 'be held Suadav afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Rivarre j United Brethren Church. Rev. D. O. Johnson of Spencerville, Ohio will officiate and burial will be in the cemetery at Rivarre. MUNCIE YOUTH ARRESTED HERE George Futrell Is Caught Stealing Auto Owned By Paul Conrad George Futrell. alias George Brown. Muncie, is lodged in the Adams county jail, charged with the theft of a Dodge sedan owned by Paul Conrad. The ear was stolen from its parking place in front of the Conrad home shortly before noon today. Futrell drove south on state’ road 27. Paul Conrad and his | brother gave chase in another car and overtook the thief south of Decatur. The choke on the Conrad car was loose, preventing Futrell from driving rapidly. The youth, who gave his age as - 16 years, was brought to Decatur by the Conrad brothers and given into the custody of Sheriff Burl Johnson. The sheriff stated that the youth confessed to taking the car. Futrell gave as his reason for ■ the theft that he was hitchhiking in company with a Muncie girl. He said that the girl became ill and that he returned to Decalin ' to steal a car in order to take the , girl home. However, doubt is expressed as to the truth of his story as the : sheriff found two other automo-1 bile switch keys in the youth's , pockets. —o Partial Program Announced Today Part of the program to be pre- ' sented with Harry W. Thompson's first public reading of poetry was announced today. The program is sponsored by the Alphi Phi Delta fraternity and organizations of the Catholic, Presbyterian, Baptist, Methodist and Reformed churches. Paul M. Saurer of the Presbyter-1 ian church will sing a solo. The Catholic church will present a quintet composed of Clayson Carroll. Elmo Smith, Paul Briede, Leonard Myers and Fred Foos. The boys choir Os the Reformed church will sing several selections. The program will be given at tlie Catholic school auditorium ut 1 g p.m. Tuesday, May 9.

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Heads Rotary | 1 * Mk wHI Carl J. Klepper of the Cloverleaf Creameries, Inc., will head the Decatur Rotary club for the coming year, beginning .July 1. He has been a member of the dub for several years. His father, W. : A. Klepper, was one of the first presidents of the lo'al club. ALBERT GEHRIG NAMED MANAGER Albert Gehrig Is Named House Manager Os Local Country Club Albert Gehrig of this city has ■ been named house manager of the Decatur Country club, leased recently by Adams Post of the AmI erican Legion. Mr. and Mrs. Gehrig will move to ' the club house next week and resid there. They will have ch irge of the house and club rooms and be in charge of all social activities 'e.ir'ried on at this recreation center. - The board of governors of the ! Country club also nounced the appointment of Albert Bauman as th man in charge of the greens - and fairways of the golf course. Mr. Bauman has had some experience i:i this line of work and is now devoting his time in getting the course in shape. The board of governors of tji ■ duh, named by David Adams, commander of the local legion post today named the offi ers. They re. Paul Graham, chairman: Walter J Bockman secret ry-treasurer. Albert Mntschler, Joe Laurent. Dr. Harry O. Jones, directors. 0 Says Amendment To Be Eliminated Washington May 6 — (UP) — Sp aker Rainey predicted today that the controversal Simpson price fixing amendment to tlie administration farm relief hill would be eliminated before final passage. The provision, attaches! by the I senate as a ride would guarantee cost of production to farmers and allow a profit on the domestic illy consumed portion of their crops. The house will pass on it Mond y and Rainey sai dhe was confident i it would be rejected. The farm bill now is in conference and tlm con sere se repres nting house and senate h ive agreed on all but the Simpson proposal. GIVE VERDICT FOR PLAINTIFF I Jury Grants Judgment of $231.50 For Michigan Furniture Co. Judgment of $231.50 was granted the Michigan Furniture Company of Fort Wayne ini its replevin suit against Harry E. Quaokenbuah by a jury in the Adams circuit court Friday night. Tlie trial opened Thursday morning. Evidence was concluded Friday manning and the case ' Went to the jury at 2:45 p. m. Friday. The jury returned tlie verdict at 8 o’clock last night. WillirAi Buiick was foreman of the jury. Other members were: Sam Bertsch, William F. Hilpert, Glenn. J. Baumgartner. Sherman Archer, Frank: Heller, Thomas Griffith. Rolla E. Raudinljush, John Struse, Grant Owens, Freeman 1 Walters and William Hardings. Attorney for the plaintiff was I Glenn Smiley. Louis IL Dunten and Clark J. Lutz represented the defendant. The case waa venued here from the Allen circuit court.

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CONFERENCE TO CLOSE SUNDAY Closing Sessions of Evangelical Church Conference Sunday The closing sessions of the annual Indi.ma Conference of the Evangelical Church will be held at Kendallville, Sunday, when the ' appointment of ministers and the ordination services will be co.iduct- 1 ed. A number of members of the 10-' cal Evangelical Church ire planning to attend the Sunday programs. The afternoon session will be held in the Kendallville high school i gymnasium and minister! il appointments will 'he read by Bishop L. H. Seag’ir at 4 o'clock, daylight saving time. Rev. D. A. Kaley of the First Evangelic;! Church i.n South Bend ■ was elected district superintendent of the conference, succeeding Rev. ' J. O. Mosier, who is retiring. Rev. Mosier served as district superintendent for tlie last 20 years. Rev. E. G. Johnson and Rev. M. ' O. Herman of Berne were re-elected president .and secretary of the con- : ference Missionary Society. Rev. George Losier was the newly elected treasurer. Plans are underway to divide the : conference into two districts to he called the Indianapolis and Elkbirt districts Instead of tlie former divisions of eist and west districts. Final business sessions were held I today. The regular Sund iy School and worship service will he conduct d Sunday morniig, followed by the ordination sermon by Bishop Seagar and the ordination service by the bishop and district superintendents. During the afternoon the annual missionary service will be held and the reading of the ministerial appointments will take place at 4 o’clock. The evening service will : be conducted at the First Church , in Kendallville and Dr. E. W. Praetorius of Cleveland. Ohio, will deliver tlie sermon. LOCAL LEAGUE TO HOLD RALLY Decatur Walther League Will Hold Annual Spring Rally I The annual spring rally of tlie Inter-River Zone of the Indiana District Walther League will bn held in Decatur Sunday, May 14. . it was announced today by A. F. Werling, teacher of tlie local . Zion Lutheran School and president of the Inter-River Zone. The members of the Decatur Walther League, a society of the Zion Lutheran Church, will act as hosts and hostesses. An opening ,service and business session will lie held at the Zion Lutheran Church at 2 o'clock standard time, in the afternoon, and a banquet at the Decatur Country Club, will be a feature of the eviir' 'g's program. The Walther League is an international organization of Lutheran ynttng people within the Lutheran church of the Synod of Missouri. : Ohio, and other states. The pur- , pose of the organization is to assist in keeping Hie young people within the church and to promote I systematic study of the Bible. The International Walther ’ League has a membership of over 50.000 young people with 1.270 senior societies and 482 junior societies in the 37 districts in the ' United States and Canada. E. .1. Gallmeyer of Fort Wayne, Is president of the International Walther League. — o Shipment Os Flour Will Be Received Wal Wemhoff. chairman of the I Red Cross relief committee, today received word that another ship- | ment of flour was being made to ■ this county. The ear will contain 220 barrel 1 of flour and will be the fourth carload received since last June. It will be he last ear assigned by the | Red Cross. The flour will be stored at the old Moose home on Third street, relief headquarters, and will be distributed by the township trustees I among the in the county.

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PETITIONS ARE ON FILE TODAY FOR ELECTION Candidates Are Nominated For State Repeal Election June 6 TWO CANDIDATES ON EACH TICKET Petitions nominating candidates i for the special wet and dry elec-1 tion, Tuesday, June 6. were filed > today with County Clerk Milton , c. Werling. The candidates favoring repeal' are: Frank McConnell, wholesale tobacco dealer. Jacob A. Long, Geneva, retail ' druggist. These men pledge tlmmselves to vote in favor of the 21st amend-'l ment to the Constitution, which j amendment repeals the 18th i Amendment. The candidates opposed to re- . peal are: Amos Ketchum, Decatur, high ( school teacher. Edison Sprunger, Berne, high school teacher. The above candidates pledge I 1 themselves to vote against ratification of the 21st Amendment. ■ which would repeal the 18 th Amendment. Today was the last day, according to law, to file the petitions. I The petition for the dry capdiI, dates contained about 1900 names. ; : while the petition for the wet • candidates contained 950. The law specified that each petition , -: had to contain at least 500 names. The election will be conducted I the same as a general election, exI ! cept that the election boards will -1 consist of three members only, an I ! inspector and two clerks, to be 1 named by the Democratic and Rei ' publican county chairmen. The state convention, at which ■ formal action will be taken by the ■ delegates elected by a majority oi the voters in their county, will be held in Indianapolis. Monday. June 2G’h. If a majority of the i voters in Adams county vote in > favor of repealing the 18th amendment, Mr. McCon’ell and Mr. Long will cast their vote accordingly. If a majority vote against repeal of the 18th amendment Mr. > Ketchum and Mr. Sprunger will cast a corresponding, vote in the convention. The question to he voted on is. does the voter favor the ratifica- > tion or rejection of the 21st , I amendment, which would rptain ) ■*- . ((’ONTINU HI» <»N PAGE UOITH) 0 i Boys Given Awards Friday Afternoon ’ Awirds for proficiency in ath- ’ letic contests were made at a meetI I ing at the Catholic high school an-' ditorium Friday afternoon. Appro- - ximately 490 boys attended the > meeting. Th'? awards were in de in : connection with the national observance of Boys Week. ' Presiding at the me; ting. were ! Rev. Joseph Heaves, Rev. Joseph Seimetz. Bryce Thom.is, M. F.; . Wortlinian and Carl Pumphrey. LOCAL YOUNG MEN INJURED Lawrence Wolpert And ' Boh Gage Injured When Car Skids i Lawrence Wolpert. Standard Oil I' Station employe and Bob Gage. Imth of this city received injuries ; this morning when the automobile in which they were riding slid off the pavement on road 527, east of Decatur, and tunned over. I Wolpert received an injury to bis hip and was removed to his home , and the full extent of his Injuries , was not learned. Gig' received sev-; . eral gashes on his head. , ’ Tlie accident occurred shortly lie j fore 9:30 o'clock this morning. The II two men were driving east on the . ‘ road when they attempted to pass a i car and were forced off the pave- , ment. Tlie ear went about 75 feet before turning on its side. The two , men were badly shaken. The car owned by Gige was damaged con-1 . slderably a d was t.iken to the Sayi lors Motor Cai company for repairs.

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Child Released ■kvl i F; ■ WBMi. Margaret McMath. 10, heiress., was freed yesterday by kidnapers who had held her captive since Tuesday. SBO,OOO ransom was paid for her return. LIQUOR CASES H ARE POSTPONED Action Against Grant Countv Officials Delayed Until December Fort Wayne, May 6 — 'U.R) Action on the liquor conspiracy cases against Grant county and Marion officials will be delayed until the December term of federal court here. The continuances were granted by Judge Thomas W. Slick. South Tend, who is rapidly concluding the present court term. Motions to quash the indictments were filed by Mayor Jack Edwards of Marion; Harry Roberts. Marion attorney; Charles Truex. Marion police captain, and Ray Collins. former assistant po'ice chief of Marion. Charles Garrison. Marion attor- ' ney. who is named in two separate indictments, entered a temporary plea of not guiltv and said his counsel wou’d file a motion to quash Hie charges. Uleas of not guilty were en'er- ; ed by others named in the indict- ■ j ments. including Sheriff ' Bert White of Grant county; Mayor Ed i Day of Gas City, and Elmer Ver onet, Gas City police chief Several other cases were disposed of yesterday. Samuel L Eltz-, roth, Hartford City, pleaded not ' ' guilty on charges of counterfeit-1 ing Frank Vischneau. alias Frank Moore. 35. was sentenced to Leav on worth penitentiary for two : years on charges of violating the postal laws. He and Harry Isaacs, alias Delaney, rinned mien a mail bag in a car on the Pennsylvania railroad. Isaacs received a suspended sentence. o Second Ronus Armv Will Leave Sunday Indianapolis May 6. — (UR) Members of the second bonus army will leave Indianapolis for Washington tomorrow afternoon by freight train and truck. Ellis Camnbell, commander of the Indianapolis contingent, estimated that 660 men will make the I trip. They are pledged to stay in Washington "until the bonus is ' paid.”

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TWO BROTHERS ARE ARRESTED AS KIDNAPERS One of Brothers Admits Aiding In Abduction Os Girl WAS GIVEN SIO,OOO OF RANSOM MONEY Harwich, Mass., May (>. (U.R) Cyril Buck, garage proprietor and supposed intermediary in the Peggy Mci Math kidnaping case and his : brother, Kenneth, were arf rested today. Brigadier General Daniel Needham, state public safetv : commissioner in charge of the investigation, said Kenneth admitted tint I the abduction was a four man plot. Cyril, however, maintained his innocence. Ten-year-old Peggy was returned to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Neal McMath late yesterday after payment of ransom said to have been $60,000. Arrest of the Buck brothers was announced after they. McMath and William Lee. business associate of McMath. had been questioned by state police for nearly 16 hours. Needham quoted Kenneth as admitting he had hidden SIO,OOO of the ransom money and as promising officers he would get this money and would make full restitution. According to Needham, the plotters explained that the split up would be SIO,OOO for Kenneth and SIO,OOO for Cyril and a division of the $60,000 or $70,000 he--1 tween two men as yet unapprehended. Shortly after the arrest of the Buck brothers. Ralph H. Snow. Cape Cod banker, revealed that the ransom money had been sent here by Mr. and Mrs. William R. i Kales of Detroit, parents of Peggy's mother. Needham said that Kenneth actually received his SIO,OOO but that Cyril apparently became panicy and refused to accept his share, a like amount. o Wages Increased In New York State Washington May 6— (I’Pl — More than 2.000 employes in four cities : of New York st >te today received increases in wages as the result of President Roosevelt's appeal to the Clumber of Commerce of the Utilti ed States. The White House was advised In telegrams from one of the leading' manufnetur. rs of men's wear, with plants in New York City. Albany, K: gston, and Troy. N w York that w ges of employes ’ Would he in creased 10 per cent effective immediately. The .president of the concern praised Mr. Roosevelt for the position he took and said that already his business was beginning to feel favorable results from the adrniiistr.ition's recovery program. YOUNG PEOPLE PLAN PROGRAM Young People’s Anniversary Day Will Be Observed Sunday The Young People's Anniversary Dav will be observed ut the United Brethri..: Church Sunday with a program by the Christian Endeavor and Intermediate societies. The observance is the anniversary of the organization of Young Peoples soci ties In the denomination. The program will start at 7:30 I o'clock and will include musical [ selections, short talks and a play". Following is the program: Piano prelude.—Mrs. Ralph Roop Song—Congregation. Prayer Mrs. C. J Roberts. Scripture- Katheryn Hill. Pl iy. Troubled Times”—Chris- >' tiam Endeavor members. Short talk. "Wh I Constitutes a Christian Endeavor" —Mrs. John 1 Hill. Special music intermediate Trio Short talk. "Christian Endeavor , Workt”—E. A. Crider. Anniversary Day offering. Closing prayer—Rev. C. J. Rob- ' erts.