Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 31, Number 110, Decatur, Adams County, 9 May 1933 — Page 1

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It ASE IN ||BES ANSWER j It) PRESIDENT Be pl Wage Increases From RoosefWelt’s Attack Hindi stries |iOlA( I- INCREASE ■wAe "I "age increases, having power of Bjflporkers in 25 states. answer today Roosevelt's vig- ■ atuck on the depres■jjjileil Press-survey disKti e widespread growth EjMli nee reflected in opforecasts as well as Ern -of pay. Ford, announcing his ■in t ! deal" by his first Ktinikg campaign in more than j Kir, Limed the sentiments of ■ •tufa. Hirers in the words: made a complete j Kunsiid. and at last America’s' the future." Ke It st impressive move to-j ■ redtorution of buying power [tat hv Erret Loban Cord. of the E. L. Cord CorEO who announced, within after Mr. Roosevelt’s of his first eight ■ office, that all Cord units wages 5 per cent on Ba urn of events that has in our country under Roosevelt’s guidance happen.” Cord said, conditions are to a great extent President's dogged nor Io balance the budget purchasing power, definite evidence that program is well on ■ toward its goal. It be- ■ all American business to hR program.” companies affected by are: Airways. Inc.: Avia-1 Auburn AutoBelf.nnnanvi.l.ycoruing MantiMg contnany: Stinson AlrDusenberg Inc.: ■ Heater company: I. G. S. ■ corporation: Columbia ■>mpanv: Central ManufacMompany and the Limousine interstate corporation ■ toward pre-denression ■nd salary levels was the ■an Peanut company, which ■ted increases of from 10 to ■ cent for its 2,000 employes ■miles spread through five ■ A definite upward trend ■corned by the company in ■iness volume this year, ■nt C. IT. Smither said. «e Norwalk Tire and Rubber ■y passed on to employes ■nefits of rising prices in the ■ld in the form of a five per ■onus on weekly wages, ■nt John W Whitehead said ■mis was planned “with a ■ aiding the President’s pro■of increased purchasing ! ■ Artistic Shirt company of N. Y„ with more than employes in Albany, Troy, ■on and New York City, an Bd immediate wage increase I per cent and the Standard ■mpany of Wilmington. Del.. I last January divided a f bonus among its 50b emit. raised wages seven per ■TIN'UtStt oy PAQF. TWO) r —o poe Resident’s Sister Is Buried p ral services were held this °on for Mrs. Gertrude Roehm ter of Philip Heffner of Mon'b° died at the home of her ter, Mrs. Thomas Ahpaugh in oga Palis, Ohio, Saturday ' E - The body was removed to Wne of a son, Carl Roehm in City, Ohio, and services were ” the Lutheran Church at nm. Ohio. Burial was made in nurch cemetery. ’• Roehm bad been ill for some Ceath was due to heart dinSurviving are two sons. Carl ® of Ohio City. Ohio, and EdRoehm of Convoy, Ohio; two, iters, Mrs. Thomas Alspaugh i *rs. Stella Sears, both of Cuy--1 Falls, Ohio; two brothers, 1 Heffner of Monroe and Con•Wfner of near Chattanooga, |

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Tells of Terror St >1 ... if life’ I W JI ... ...-z'tAS*-*- ' ’V7" Loretta Schmitz. 17. as she : appeared on the witness stand Monday at Elgin. 111., and told how Oliver Day, drink-crazed hired man, had slain her father, 1 John Schmitz. Saturday night in her Plato Center farm, near Elgin. Day then wanted to kill her. but. changing hia mind, compelled the girl to talje his weapon and turn it on him. She killed Day. A coroner's jury promptly freed the girl. LEAGUE PLANSZ; SOCIAL HOUR Epworth League of Pleasant Mills Church Plans Program The Epworth L> ague of the Pleasant Mills Methodist Church will give a social and entertainment at the church Thursday evening. May--11, at 7 o'clock. Admission for the program will be five cents. A one act farce, "Foiled, By Heck" will be presented by the young people and comedy sketches will also be features of the program Refreshments will be served Following is the cast of characters in the farce: Rueben, a self made man —Amy Anspaugh. Matildy, his shy young wime— Mary- K. McMillen. Clarence, the fired man—Arthur Anspaugh. 'lrene, heiress in her own name — Mary L. Sovine. Olivia, a vampire—Doris Durbin Sylvester, a villiarGeorge W. Clark. The com l <ly sketch, “Green a.s Grass” will have the following characters: Hiram, played by Lor--1 en Troutner and Luke, played by Ralph Pynchon. The sketch. Help, I'm Married" will be given by I Ralph Pynchon. So.igs win be sung bv th Ramblers. TRACTION CAB IS OVERTURNED Five Passengers, Motorman. Miraculously Escape Injury Fortville. Ind., May 9 —(UP) — Five passengers and the motorman ■ miraculously escaped injury today when an interurban oar of the Indiana railroad jumped the track near here and overturned. Traveling at 70 miles an hour, the car failed to (negotiate a switch It turned completely around, broke off two telegraph poles and rolled over on its side. The car was separated from its trucks. Railroad officials said that the steel construction of the car prob-1 ably saved the lives of the passeng--1 ers and motorman, none of whom whs injured except for a few i bruises. Glass in many windows of the traction! car was broken. The accident occurred half a mile ! from the scene of the famous AlI font wreck in which a. score of per I sons were killed several years ago.

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CHICAGO CITY I’ OFFICERS WAR ON RACKETEERS: Federal Government Also . Takes Hand In Labor * Racketeering ORDER SHIPMENTS OF COAL WATCHED ■ Chicago May 9—(UP)—The Unit- 1 ed States government stepped into I Chicago’s war on labor racketeers 1 today. 1 . Operatives of the United States I Bureau of investigation were ordered to watch all shipments of coal in 1 Interstate commerce to determine whether any are being interfered ' with by the strike of coal wagon and truck drivers. Approximately one-third of the 1 city’s 312 coal yards, which do a ' $96,900,000 a year Iwsiness, were 1 , tied up today by strikes. The driv- 1 ers were called out when leaders of onV> union faction refused to ne- < gotiate with the truck and trans- ‘ I>ort exchange, known as the “T-N- 1 T.” The exchange is alleged to ex- 1 tract $1,000,000 a year from the coal > drivers' union -or the benefit of < Murray Humphries, public enemy i > No. 1, William "Three Finger Jack" 1 White, and other labor racketeers. > The city’s attack on the union racketeers we.it forward under the personal command of Mayor Ed- I ward J. Kelly. The mayor stepped | in when the rivalry between factions in the union progressed from bombings and machine gun raids on union headquarters and leaders’ j homes to a major strike. The mayor conferred with state attorney Thomas J. Courtney, V<c- - tor Olander, secretary of the Illij npis federation of labor; John Fitz-1 YrbsidenT tiT ThW fTttriige- ■ Federation of Labor; ami Edward N. Nockels, secretary of the Chicago federation. •— Leaving the conference, the Mayor said: “The situation requires action. ; ' not ballyhoo. We will have another conference but we hope to show results in action, not words." The government agents, it was explained, regard the Union troubles in Chicago as a local matter tor the <-ity to solve. Any interference with shipments of coal be- ■ 1 twee, states, however, will give 1 : c use for federal action. _o VAN WERT MAN IS SELECTED "■ ■' i ( Cal Pormort Is Chosen President of Highway Association .Monday Cal Parmort, Van Wert. Ohio,' > was elected president of the Benjamin Franklin highway associa- 1 tion at the annual meeting of the > organization held at Leßoy, Ohio, i Monday afternoon. Other officers; : chosen were George Burkhalter. * Butler. P iv sylvanli. vice-president! ' and E. L. Woolsey. Finday, Ohio. 1 secretary-treasurer. I ' James Elberson, W. A. Ixiwer I and Carl Pumphrey were the De- . catur delegates attending the meet-; I ing. | Plans were made at yesterday’s 1 meeting to carry the request tor (national routing of the Benjamin Franklin highway to officials in Washington. The proposed route , runs from Atlantic City across,. country to the Pacific Coist. From , Van Wert west the road follows state road 16, passing through Decatur arid then west to Huntington. ; The proposed highway is the i shortest trans-continental highway ; [ and also has tin? least amount of grade. All but a few miles of the 1 r road is now paved. 1 j The association plans an adver- t tisinig campaign to show the bene- r fits of such a national highway to e the residents along the proposed route. e 1 o_ | * Rev. Roberts Leaves ■ t For Church Meeting ■ Dr. Charles J. Roberts, pastor of the First United Brethren Church v left this mon?ing for Akron, Ohio, e where he wil lattend the General '' Conference of the United Brethren denomination. Tills is the highest ‘ l.i w making isxly of the church and 1 convenes every four years. He will return to this city in time tor the Sunday services.

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Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, May 9, 1933.

♦— • Cloverleaf Employes Make Large Donation * * Cal E. Peterson, secretary of the United Charities for this community, this morning received a check for $52.96 from the employes of the Cloverleaf Creameries, Inc., making a total of $204.36 from that source since December, a remankuhle showing of good will and fine spirit, tn addition to this the Clov-, erleaf employes have also given financial assistance to numerous individuals of the community. The fluids received from them by I Mr. Peterson have been usit-d in giving assistance in many forms to the needy here and is sincerely appreciated by every a.:e concerned. Just mow they are furnishing seed for gardens so that many will be able to have vegetables for the summer and next fall and winter. Mr. Peterson is cooperating in his work with T. R. Noll, trustee of Washington township, both of whom expressed their appreciation of the aid rendered by the Cloverleaf and by all others who have recognized the problems and helped to prevent sufP rii.ig here. The amount donated represents one per cent of the employes' salaries since December. In addition to this amount, approximately $l5O has- been given to deserving families. This plan is also in effect in the branch plants, such as Huntington and Fort Wayne, where the money is turned over to local charity organizations. COUNTY BOARD TO MEET MAY 24 Adams County Council Will Meet in Special Session May 24 Members of the Adams county council will meet in special session at 9 a. m. Wednesday. May 24. in the auditor's office at thcourt house to consider special appropriations for the county offices and institutions. The appropriations to be considered are: county attendance officer, salary and expenses. $691.50; circuit court dockets. SB6; circuit court, special judge. $300; circuit court postage. $25: auditor's office supplies and equipment. S3OO. The appropriation for the salary and expenses of the county attendance officer was ordered by Judge Huber M. DeVoss last Saturday, after a hearing on a mandamus suit filed by Mrs. Maybell Myers, county attendance officer. Mrs. Myers has served in the office without pay since January 1. the county council refusing, in a meeting last fall, to make anv appropriation for pay of this officer. Taxpayers appearing at this meeting shall have the right to be heard on these appropriations; . after such appropriations shall he made, ten or more taxpayers feeling themselves aggrieved by such appropriations may appeal to the state board of tax commissioners for further and final action, and the state board will fix a date of hearing in this county. DROP CHARGES AGAINST WOMAN Murder Indictments Against Mrs. Carrie Simmons Are Dismissed Lebanon, Ind., May 9.— (U.R) — First degree murder indictments against Mrs. .Carrie Barrett Sim-i mons. Hancock county farm wife, in connection with the death of her two small daughters from strychnine poisoning, have been dismissed. . Judge John W. Hornaday granted a defense motion for dismissal yesterday in Boone circuit court — the site of the six weeks trial of Mrs. Simmons which ended in a jury disagreement 18 months ago. An Indiana statute which provides indictments may be dismissed if no effort to prosecute is made in ’ three successive court terms made the action possible. Should the state discover new evidence, new indictments may be returned. Mrs. Simmons was released uu-

ILLINOIS MEN CONFESS PLOT j OF EXTORTION Two Men Abduct Manufacturer, Are Arrested And Confess Crime OFFICERS WERE WARNED OF PLOT 1 1 Freeport, 111., May 9. — (U.R) — A ■ plot to kidnap a wealthy manufac- ■ turer came to a swift conclusion I here today with the abduction, cap- ' I ture of two suspects and their con- ! session all within a period of six hours. ■ Authorities had been warned of ’ the plot several days ago and had f kept the victim. William Trevillian, I I 60, vice-president of the W. T. Raw- ■ leigh Medicine Company, under ’ constant surveillance. They per 1 mitted the kidnapers to carry out ! their plot, and then quickly raided 1 their hideout, freed Trevillian and - made the arrests. 1 Laverne Moore, 21. an employe 1 at the Rawleigh plant, and William ' Stubbe, 27, who lives on a farm 1 i near Durband, 111., confessed the ' 1 kidnaping, according to United | ! States Commissioner T. E. White. of Chicago. White engineered the I counter-kidnaping plans. The abduction plot was revealed by two brothers, "Red” and "Jack” Schultz, both of LaSalle, former under cover men for Sheriff E. J. Welter of LaSalle county. Moore approached them several: ■ days ago and urged them to partici- ! pate in the kidnaping. They informed Sheriff Welter, who called | in Commissioner White. White brought more than a dozen federal agents to the scene and directed the Schultz lirothers to work with the kidnapers. ■ vised both Trevillian and his wife of the plot. Trevillian went about . 1 his work daily while several agents kept watch from a distance. As Trevillian left his office last , night, the Schultz brothers carried out Moore’s orders and seized Trevillian. They had been ordered to take the victim to Stubbe’s farm. Halfway there Moore and Stubbe met the Schultz brothers and the. victim. Stubbe went with one of the brothers and took Trevillian to an abandoned barn. Moore and the ■ K’ONTINURP ON PAGE TWOI SUNDAY SCHOOL 1 MEETING HELD Annual Convention Os I Two Townships Held Sunday Afternoon 1 ] ■ 1 The annual Sunda School con--1 vention of Union and Root town- ' ships was held at the Mt. Victory United Brethren Church Sunday afternoon and at the Union Chapel 1 Sunday evening, with Norval Fuhrman in charge. Tlie election of officers was held for the coming year and resulted in the following: Norval Fuhrman., chairman; Elizabeth Cramer, secretary; Frank B'.rkless, treasurer; Mrs. Wilda Rice, superinte dent of I childrenls division; John Bailey, superintendent of adult division: Thurman Drew, superintendent of | young people's division; Bernice Brodbeek, superintendent of education division aud John Walters,! 'administration superintendent. ' At the afternoon session talks were given by sev-ral county Sunday School officers. The principal speakers were Rev. L. M. Pierce of Clarks Chapel Church and Rev. E. L. Johnston of Mt. Pleasant Church 1 Sji.ifial musical numbers were given by Mt. Victory and the Men’s of Unioni' Chapel. A special feature of the evening session was the Bible Memoroy Contest and the Bilili Story Telling Contest. Those chosen to represent the townships in the county contest were Lewis Brown of Union Chapel (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) i Hocker Farm To Be Sold At Auction The 40-acre farm owned by the; late Sam Hocker will be sold at j public auction at 2 p. m. Monday, j May, 15. Mrs. William Yag?r is administratrix of the estate. The farm is located 19 miles southwest of Decatur. Sale will be conducted by | Fred Reppert. i

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HEAVY TICKET I SALE REPORTED Large Crowd Expected To Attend Harry Thompson Reading Tonight The Alpha Phi Delta fraternity , lias completed its ticket .’.rive for ; Harry W. Thompson’s first public j j reading of poetry to be held to-: !! night ip the Catholic school audi--1 torium at 8 o’clock. The five par-1 ■ ticipating churches report that a | large number of tickets have been * ■' sold. The Rev. Father Joseph J. Hen- ■ nes will introduce the speaker. ; • Special music will be contributed by the Zion Reformed church. ! Paul M. Saurere will sing “Friend O' Mine” and “The Irish Girl.” A Catholic quintet composed of Elmo \ Smith. Fred Foos, Leonard Myers, t ■! Clayson Carroll and Paul Briede ! ': will close the prorain with “Ave ■ 1 Maria.” : j Mr. Thompson has filled numer- ! j our speaking engagements in 1 northern Indiana. He was pastor |of the Christian church in this ' ,: city until his retirement several * years ago. For the past year he , | ! has been writing verse, much of ’ , j which has appeared in the Decatur Daily Democrat. On several : oecnssions he has read Ids poems , , ! to closed audiences and upon their • recommendation was asked by thv . t Alpha Phi Delta fraternity to give a public reading. Decatur churches which are co- ■ '.operating are the Catholic, Metho-1 (list. Baptist, Presbyterian, and ' Zion Reformed. Adult tickets are 25 cents. Student tickets, which 1 include high school pupils, are' 15c. Admission may be paid .at the door. 1 Vacation Bible School Opens .June 5 <r , —r . ‘. The Decatur Daily Vacation Bible 1 School will be held this summer in ; the Centra! school building, begi-nn-I ing June 5 aind closing June 30. The school is conducted under the 1 j leadership of the Decatur Ministerial Association. 'l Rev. M. W. Sundermann is dean |of the school a' d Mrs. Frank W. Downs will b the principal. She ;. will be assisted by a competent staff of teachers. 1 Churches cooperating in the ' school are the Baptist. Christian, Church of God. Methodist. Presbyterian. Evangelical and Reformed. The periods covered will be the kindergarten, primary, junior and intermediate children. Charles Lindbergh Appears In Court WashingfO'.i, May 9—(UP) From ' the witness stand in district supreme court today CJiarles A. Lindj bergh went back over the tragic I story of the a'liduction and murder ' 1 of his sou. He appeared as a witness in tlie trial of Gaston Means and Norman T. Whitaker on charges of attempting to defraud Mrs. Evalyn Walsh McLean of $35,009 on the promise 'tliat they could recover the Li'. d- | bergh baby. Every seat in the small, white ’ 1 wallcff court room was ocupied as ■ Lindbergh began his testimony, and 2,000 persons were massed outside. REPORT HEAVY j TROOP LOSSES Japanese Troops Indict Severe Casualties On Chinese Soldiers Mukden, Manchuria. May 9.—(U.R) — Japanese-Manchu troops flung . the full fury of their attack against i ] the Chinese below the great wall [ today, inflicting losses which Japanese estimated ranged into the . thousands. The Japanese were victors in I every engagement, advices here j said. 1 The offensive, launched east of! .the Luan river, extended to Shuan- 1 gwangpu which fell to the invadI ers. ! , Another column of Nippon troops . moved upon Chlenan. and stormed the walls. Fierce street fighting en- ' sued before the Chinese troops < fled, leaving 600 dead, advices said. | Chiense casualties were reported in the hundreds at Lengkou where 1 . crack troops under command of | ( jGen. Sung Che-Yuan, chairman of , ‘* 4 CON’TIN UED* ON*PAGE VW oT* 1

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Gives Reading MW Harry W. Thompson, who Vrill give the first public reading of ; his poems tonight at the Catholic high school auditorium at 8 o’clock. The program is sponsored by the local Alpha Phi Delta fraternity and young peoples organizations of various Decatur churches. HOUSE DEFEATS PRICE FIXING Votes Down “Fair Price” Amendment To Farm Relief Measure ■ - Washington, May 9 —<U.R> —The house, acting on direct orders from the administration, today rejected the controversial SimpsonNorris “fair price” amendment to the farm relief bill. The chamber’s action places fate of the amendment, endorsed , by striking midwest farmers, directly up to the senate which orfg : inally wrote it into the bill despite White House opposition. Democratic leaders rallied their followers to defeat the proposal only after a hard fought parliamentary struggle in which Majority Leader Byrns personally took the floor to appeal to the house not to revolt against the President at this late stage of the emergency session. Strike Saturday Des Moines, lowa, May 9—(U.R) —Disappointed by rejection by (CnNTTNTTim ON PAGE TWOI MAKE PLANS FOR MEMORIAL DAY Adams Post of American Lesion Plans Observance on May 28 Plans fgr observance of Memorial Day were announced today by David Adams. commander of Adams post number 43 of the American Legion, following action taken by the local post at the 1 regular meeting Monday night. Memorial services will be held Sunday. May 28. The Decatur post accepted an invitation from the local Zion Reformed Church to hold the annual services at the church. Rev. Charles M. Prugh, pastor of the church, will deliver the memorial sermon. This service will be held at the regulai morning church service. Special programs will be held in Decatur on Memorial Dav. Tuesday, May 30. This program will: be announced later. Poppy Day. sponsored by the ' national organization of the; American Legion, will |>e observed in Decatur, Saturday, May 27. < The committee in charge of the 1 sale of poppies on this day will be Lloyd Baker, chairman; Janies Staley. Vincent Borman, and Ernest Stengel, Berne. All proceeds i from the Poppy Day sales are tCGNTTNUETI GN PAGE TWO) O Kenneth Buck Takes Blame For Kidnaping Harwich, Mass., May 9 -(UP)— Kenneth Bink, charged with the kidnaping of Peggy McMuth, h ~ assumed “full blame a 1 d responsibility for the crime.” and implicates no other party, police chief E. E. Hall announced today. Buck had charged tliat “someone else” was involved In the plot today Chief Hall declared that In a sworn statemeni.t to him, Kenneth repudiated his allegation.

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GREAT DAMAGE IS CAUSED BY STORMSTODAY No Injuries Reported In Electrical Storm Suffered Today SIX ARE INJURED IN DAYTON STORM (By United Press) High winds, lightning and rain caused widespread damage today in central Indiana, Show windows were broken. houses unroofed and chininevs demolished at Anderson. Several houses in the residence district were struck by lightning. Fruit trees were badly damaged and high tension electric wires were torn down. No one was reported injured. Small fires broke out in many places but were extinguished by firemen with ithe aid of torrential rains. Basements of several stores and homes were flooded. Livestock suffered heavily in the vicinity of Noblesville. Hundreds of chickens were killed. Roofs of several barns were taken off by the wind. Two barns were destroyed. The storm swept into Richmond. uprooting trees and scattering limbs along the highways. Winchester and Union City were reported to have suffered heavily from the wind and rain. Lightning tore the cornice from a downtown building in Indianapolis. Falling bricks and mortar endangered the lives of persons hurrying to their work at offices. A six weeks old child was frightened into unconsciousness by a blinding flash of lightning He was taken to a hospital for examination. Hits Dayton Dayton, 0.. May 9 —(U.R)— A shrieking wind. which raced across middle Ohio today, left a patli of property damage and injuries in Dayton's west side. Half a dozen persons were taken to hospitals witli minor injuries. Loss of property owners was estimated at more than $250,990. Industrial plants suffered heaviest property loss. Numerous residences wore damaged. The power of tlie wind was restricted to a narrow strip. Weather officials said *lie storm had “earmarks of a tornado.” Dense clouds covered central Ohio, carrying electrical displays, hail, wind and a roaring downpour, but cyclonic force was reported only at Dayton. —o Ministers To Meet Wednesday Morning The Decatur ministerial association will meet at tlie First Evangelical church parsonage Wednesday morning at 16 o’clock. Every member is urged to he present as matters of importance will considered. GREAT BRITAIN * ACCEPTS TRUCE U. S. Proposal For Tariff Truce Is Accepted By British Today London, May 9. — (U.R) Great Britain accepted today the United States proposal for a tariff truce until tlie opening of tlie world economic conference. Tlie acceptance war, communicated Norman H. Davis, President Roosevelt's personal ambassador to Europe, in the house of commons just before an important speech on foreign affairs by Prime Minister J. Ramsay MacDonald. MacDonald. Sir John Simon, foreign secretary and Walter Runciman, president of the board of trade, jointly conferred with Davis before the session. What reservations or stipulations were made in connection witli the British acceptance were not disclosed. After the consultation, it was authoritlvely stated: “The last obstacle to British adoption of the economic armistice recommendation has been re(CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE)