Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 31, Number 113, Decatur, Adams County, 12 May 1933 — Page 1

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D. ROOSEVELT SIGNS INFLATION BILL

■ MEMBERS fa FAMILY .fa TO DEATH nt - —■ — K e r, Three Daughters sEpjted I'l Burning ■pome At Elwood MEMBERS |B:S( M’E DEATH j BUI, . May 12.—(U.R) and her three ' ®j‘e) napped on the ~ I ■.■l’lshed today : . M proved their j of the ' WB' ' " ’ w, ’*’ e rs ’ * va and her daughters. s. Beulah, 19, and IKtigoi i.ird. 11. and Kenlirst floor, were to escape. i the father, was a the ■ptav bl ''.irk at tnidwas discovered 3 kBB " When tire gMßi'ed the house was in Kes SV ' "‘O' was no chance to mother and girls. Marjorie, EBi: the bedroom occuFire li the smoke and the alarm, tb'idah were still in MB .■■• had been snffogHgl ' 'rhe mother VmM|< s' finer were on the ■te-ttn ■ ' "I into the han- ■ - town believed the ■ned f chi k-n incubator the house.

■ . ■mH Powers Agree I T< ( all Tarifl Truce |UiH May 12 —(UP) - The Btiiag..’■nr Id ago- <1 today ■ atJrii I > ■ xl«-nd not only finished BTmMi ' was r-ach-d committee of th. ifrWß' ropiest-.tins. s. instructed Sir British foreign secreother government to that parties thereto to withdraw at July 31 hy giving one I Bn Is Drowned Iflß' Ind., May 12 —(IP) — s. North in Mini 1. ke. if 11 -re. Late yesterd ix. f" BM !’■ i'i li -en visiting at tinan uncle, Jack near lake. H OBSERVE lows DAY f r ß tln Honoring MothfWill He Held At Elks Biome Sunday g mothers a program the Elk's home at 2:"-o afternoon, to whi- h ' H invited. Judge Janies T. Merry |' n Wl deliver the tribute to Mrs 1,. A. Holthouse the music program. ’ be given in connection IBM lodge's ritualistic services L°W illg mother's day is one 'W jt'int ipai program:: siioti o.i ‘ “X-■» Elk's lodges throughout and for several years lodge has given an appro IWWfet ’ will be distributed to [■ and the lodge officers charge the be several vocal numthe program, directed by house. local vocalists . TMjlubijp - s ~o r(| ja ] |y Invited to and members are asked their mothers to the r '*B fc | . d.

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Vol. XXXI. No. 113.

Injured Girls Are Reported Improving i Misses Martha Colchin, Ethel Cook and Wanda Reidenbach, who I are patients at the Adams County ■ Memorial Hospital suffering from ) injuriea received in an automobile j accident Wednesday night, were reI ported to be recoviring today by I the attending physician. From X-ray pictur s taken it was . found that Miss Cook suffered sev- ‘ oral cracked ribs. The extent of her injuries was not at first learn - led. — o . __ ; MANY FARMERS SOWING BEETS Over 1,(100 Acres Have Been Sown Despite Recent Rainy Weather Despite the rainy weather of the past few weeks, more than 1,000 acres of land have been sowed for sugar beets. J. Ward Call ind, field manager for the Central Sugar Company stated today. In Adams County about 250 acres have been sowed. Mr. Calland stated. Beet r. ed can be sowed up to the first of June or a little later. Mr. Calland slated. More than 12,000 acres of beets have been contracted for a d regardless of the past few weeks of tad weather, farmers are hopeful ' of putting out every acn?. In several instances farmers have called the local office and endeavored to contract with the company for growing beets. The work of lenovating the bigmill is well underway. Hans C. Oksen. superintendent, stated today. About 25 men are employed and every day se.s part of the job of cleaning the machinery and equip. ' ment completed. LOCAL LEAGUE WILL BE HOST Walther League Will Entertain at Annual Spring Rally Sunday The Decatur Walther League will be host to the annual spring r Uy of the Inter-River Zone of the Indiana District Walther L ague i:. this city Sunday, May 14. The opening service and business session will be held at the Zion Lutheran Church Sunday aluroon at 2 o'clock. Standard time, and a banquet will be serv' d at the Decatur Country Club during the eveI ning. j A. L. Ulmer, vice president and Chester G. Hitzeman, field secretary of the Indiana District will address the Walter Leaguers during the business sessions of the afternoon. Tthe election of officers for the ensuing year will also be held. . (An oratorical contest will be a feature of the afternoon program 1 and the winning contestant will represent the Inter River Zon at the Indiana District Walther League convention to be held in Fort Wayne Sunday May 21. A one-act comedy entitled “The First Day of School" wilj be presented during the evening by the .Imai organization All members of the organizations in the Inter-River Zon" and friends are invited to attend the rally. O-. r.Jacob Wiles Dies Thursday Afternoon Jacob Barr Wiles, 48. for the past six years manager and industrial commissioner of the Fort J Wayne Chamber of Commerce, died late Thursday afternoon at the Lutheran hospital after a short illness. His death came as a severe, shock to his many friends. Mr. Wiles was well known by many Decatur residents, as he had spoken here on several occasions. I He is survived by the widow and two daughters. Livestock Market At New High Level — — Chicago, May 12 —(UP)— The I Livestock market soared to new I high price levels for the year at the | Chicago union stockyards today, with hogs touching S4.SO a hundred weight and lambs an SB.OO peak. Hog prices were 25 cents above yesterday’s peak and lambs were: $1 higher. _ t

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GARRETT NAMED | AT CONVENTION I 1931 Convention of M. E. Missionary Societies to Meet At Garrett Garrett was selected for the 1934 I ) convention of the Fort Wayne M. , E. district Women’s Home Mission-' ary society in its 3t>th annual meeting Thursday at the First M. E. church of Fort Wayne. Mrs. Seth ■ Painter of Monroeville was re-elect-! ed president for Hie fourth consecutive year. Other officers e ected are: “Mrs. Thomas Davies. Angola, re-elected first vice-president: Mrs. F. V. Mills, Decatur, re-elected second vice-president; Mrs. J. Thomas Bean, Fort Wayne, third vice-presi-dent; Mrs. C. J. Pittman, Fort Wayne, re-elected fourth vicepresident; Mrs. W. H. Cook. Monroeville, re-elected corresponding secretary; Mrs. A. A. Berry, Fort Wayne, recording secretary, and Mrs. D. D. Ramsey. Fort Wayne, reelected treasurer. The new officers were installed during the afternoon session. Appointments announced at the meeting are as follows: Department secretaries: Wesleyan Service Guild. Mrs. Mary Thomas, of Fort Wayne, re-elect-ed; young people’s secretary. Mrs. Homer Gettle of Fort Wayne, to succeed Mrs. C. E. Butler, of Now Haven; junior promotional secretary, Miss Esther Zahrt. of Fort Wayne, re-elected, and children’s secretary, Mrs. R. P. Smitley, of Fort Wayne, renamed. Committees elected for the year follows: Spiritual Life. Mrs. James H. Royer. R. R. 4. Fort Wayne; missionary education. Mrs. Ray Harris, R. R. 4, Fort Wayne; sup-f plies, Mrs. M. F. Shookman, Fort ( Wayne; Christian citizenship. MissJ Imo J Trisch, Fort Wayne; perpetual and conference members, Mrs Frank Casteel, Garrett; be(CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) ■ —O ROTARY CLUB ENTERTAINED ~ — — Aces of Rhythm Orchestra Entertains Decatur Rotarians Thursday The Aces of Rhythm orchestra.! composed of seven Decatur high J school boys, made its first public I appearance in the city last evening when a program of popular music was furnished at the meeting of: the Rotary club. The orchestra is directed by Harold Teeters. The other members are, William Schafer, Robert Eit--1 ing, Luther Singleton, Robert Engler, Frank Hebble and Rooert Johnson. Banned together under the title of Aces of Rhythm the boys ! played several selections at the meeting and were given a hearty | applause. The lA.ces intend to furnish music | lat several functions in the near | i future and their appearance last | . evening was proof that Decatur i had an able and entertaining orcheslra. Roy Johnson was chairIman of the program. J j

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Decatur, Indiana, Friday, May 12, 1933.

[Confess Torturing, Robbing Aged Couple Valtiaraiso, Ind.. Maj- 12 -(UP) —Thre? men held in the Porter i | county jail have confessed they tor- j tured and robbed an aged couple! j of S7OO April 25, police said today. The prisoners are Floyd D. Curt-1 [ is, 31. and Leonard Martin, 40, both | of east Gary, and Joseph Mansfield 1 j Kouts. The men entered the farm home [ I of Mr. and Mrs. Gus Windry, Kouts l I bound and couple to a chair and tortured them into revealing the l hiding place of their life savings. 1 (confession said. A son, Leroy, entered during the ■ 1 robbery but was shot in the leg and lied to a chair when he tried to assist his parents. ALLEGE MELLON EVADED TAXES Department of .Justice Investigates Tax Evasion Charges Washington, May 12.—(U.R)—The once-popular practise of wealthy men of se ling securities to register losses in order to reduce their income taxes was under tire again today as it became known that the department of justice was inquiring into unofficial charges that Andrew W. Mellon, secretary of the treasury under three presidents, evaded taxes by this system. Mellon’s case is one of a number now under investigation, Attorney General Homer Cummings revealed. Mellon, it was asserted, registered a $6,700,000 paper loss by selling stocks, which, it was stated, j were repurchased 31 days later by one of his companies. Charles E. Mitchell, former chairi man of the National City Bank, is Jon trial in New York on charges of evading income taxes by selling stocks to his wife In a transaction which the government alleges was not a bona fide sale. Names of others whose Income tax returns »re being investigated were not disclosed. The small, mild mannered, silverhaired Mellon, one of the richest men in the United States, was tor a decade the idol of American bus *~*(7'*>ntFnued *ON *u\*g*e‘

President Acknowledges Receipt Os Democrat's Special Edition

A copy of the Daily Democrat's i President's Day issue was sent to President Roosevelt by Lewis A. I Armstrong of Fort Wayne, former-1 ly of this city and acknowledge-1 I inent of its receipt was made to' | Mr. Armstrong by Louis McH. Howe. secretary to the President. I The paper was published on April 27. It consisted of 16 pages and from comment and letters received at the Daily Democrat office, I seemed to strike a popula rchord. 1 Recognition has also been given i by several trade papers. | Mr. Armstrong, who was formerly connected with the Peoples Loan and Trust Comnay here, is , now employed by the trustees of j the First and Tri State National Bank of Fort Wayne. In mailing the copy to President Roosevelt, he also wrote a letter, mentioning! [that "Decatur is surrounded by. a

FLOOD THREAT ” GROWS SERIOUS .Flood Conditions In Central Indiana Worst Since Spring of 1913 Indianapolis. May 12. - (U.R) — I Flood conditions in central Indiana ’ today reached the most serious pro- | portions since 1913. Hundreds of families have been (driven from their homes, two lives . have been lost and thousands of dollars damage caused to gardens 'and farm crops. I The situation was most serious (at Kokomo where more than 400 [persons had to flee their homes because of the high water. Wildcat creek left its banks at,ter four inches of rain fell there between 5 p. m. Wednesday and 1 a. m. Friday. The creek was bellieved to have reached its crest early today and officials were hope- ’ ful the water would soon recede. Stricken families were cared for (by the American Legion, Red [Cross and Salvation Army. Shelter , and food was found for all of them. I. gio 'naires patrolled the vacated homes to guard against looting. One of the districts inundated is occupied largely with homes of factory workers. Somers Park was under eight feet of water. The Kokomo city water supply was threatened when the plant was cut off by floods. Officials said ’ there was little danger of contamination. | All other streams in Howard county were out of their banks and hundreds of acres of low farm lands were flooded. ’ | The first death was reported at ’lFairmount when Alfred Matson, 5, drowned in Black creek. He was throwing sticks in‘o the swollen stream when he lost his balance. ! The swift water carried him down- : 1 (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) —o Mother’s Day Program At Union Chapel Church A Mother’s Day Program will be presented at the Union Chapel 1 Church, Sunday morning at 9:15 ' o’clock. A special program in keeping with the day will be presented and the public is cordially Invited to attend.

| rich agricultural community.” Mr. McH. Howe’s letter, written on White House stationery, reads: I "May 6, 1933. I “My Dear Mr. Armstrong: ' “The President has asked me to thank you warmly for your kind I letter and to tell you how much he appreciates your thoughtful interest in sending him the copy of the Decatur Daily Democrat. I was ' very glad to bring it to his attention. “Very sincerely yours, "Louis McH. Howe. "Secretary to the President." L. S. Armstrong, Esq., 905-06 Old First Bank Bldg., Fort Wayne, Indiana. In a letter to A. R. Holthouse of the Daily Democrat, Mr. Armstrong 'enclosed his renewal for a year's subscription to the paper.

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MEANS STATES CHILD KILLED ACCIDENTALLY Testifies He Was Informed Lindbergh Baby Accidentally Dropped GIVES ADDITIONAL STARTLING FACTS Washington, May 12. —(U.R) —Gaston B. Means testified today that 1 ’during his connection with the’ : Lindbergh kidnaping case he was ! informed that the child was killed when it was dropped accidentally by kidnapers moving it from its original place of concealment. Means said that he confronted one of the men whom he has named as having been involved in the ' kidnaping with this information and was told, “there’s not a damned word of truth in it.’’ Means, resuming his astonishing 1 “inside’’ story of the kidnaping, said that a "Max Hassel” and a “Max Greenberg,” who he said had been delivering beer to the Lindbergh servants, took the infant to a secreted New Jersey dug-out where they stored liquor. The round faced, bald former justice department investigator was testifying in the trial of himself and Norman T. Whitaker on charges of conspiring to defraud Mrs. Evalyn Walsh McLean of $35,000. He testified that on March 23. 1932, an "Dying Fenton," whom he connected in testimony yesterday with the kidnaping, told him the baby at that, time still was alive and “there could be no question, about it.” Means said Fenton told him the ‘ baby was taken from the Lind- ' (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) j — O VERDICT GIVEN TO PLAINTIFF W'hiom Worden Awarded sllO By .Jurv In Circuit Court Todav A jury in the Adams circuit ’ court this afternoon found for the plaintiff in tjie suit of William Worden, et al vs Fred Fox et al. The jury set the amount of the plaintiff's recovery at sllO. The suit was predicated on wages alleged due Wayne Worden, a minor, son of the plaintiff. The trial opened Thursday morning, the first day being taken up with hearing of evidence. In structions were given this morning and the case was given to the jury at 10 a. m. Members of the jury were Sherman Archer, foreman; Sam | Bertsch, William F. Hilpert, Glen ’ J. Baumgartner, Frank Heller. Rolla Raudenbush. John Struse. Grant Owens, Freeman Walters. William Buuck. William Hartings; and Aaron Williams. Justice Os Peqce Faces Embezzlement Gary. Ind., May 12— (UP) —John ' Primich. Gary, a justice of the peace was free under $6,000 bond today after surrendering on an in-) dictment charging embezzlement. Four counts were contained in! the indictment, prosecutor Robert l , C. Estel said. They charge that he collected judgment for Gary business establishment and converted the rash to his own use. Primich his hern in the real- 1 estate business for many years. ... ... ; Predicts Arrest Os Two Suspects Indianapolis, May 12—(UP)— Ar- . 1 ’ rest of two men who robbed the j Paragon state bank late yesterday ( ') of $1,350 was predicted today at ■ j state police headquarters. Capt. Matt Leach indicated lie 1 i had information as to the identity of the bink bandits and was ex- ' I petting them to be taken into cus- ' tody soon. The two bandits, apparently 1 white men who had blackened their . faces with burnt conk, entered the j bank shortly before closing time, j yesterday. They forced R. L. Hend-)' drlcks. cashier. Lula Knoy, assist-1 1 ’ ant cashier, and Sarah Farr, a cus- j 1 ; tomer, Into the vault, scooped cur-|' i [ rency from the cages and secaped [ ! I in a roadster.

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National Farm Strike May Be Postponed St. Paul, Minn May 12—(UP)—[ Postponement of the national farm ! j strike called for Saturday was hint-: ed strongly here today as leaders ; of the farm holiday association went into conference on President I 1 Roosevelt’s appeal for leniency toward farmer debtors. “The President’s statement will I i have a very material effect on our) ) plans, ” declared Milo Reno, na-1 tional president of the association ) | to the United Press. FOUR BANDITS I THWARTED IN BANK HOLDUP Two Wom c n Slightly Wounded by Shots Fired Bv Machine Gunner — ROBBERS FAIL TO OBTAIN ANY LOOT Lucerne, Ind., May 12 — (U.R) — ' Four bandits, two of them dress- 1 ' ed as women, fired wildly into a crowd of pedestrians here today : after falling to hold up the 1 Lucerne State bank. Two women were struck by machine gun bullets but neither was seriously wounded. One of the bullets hit Miss 1 Ethel Witters, 20, a pedestrian, | in the left arm. One of several 1 shots which went through the [ home of Court Minor struck his wife, Dora. 24. in the left arm. It was first believed that two ' of the bandits were women, but. one of them was driving the car and the other was operating the , machine gun from the rear seat. ' Local and state police pointed out that it was hardly probable that women would be assigned to such important jobs. Theyb elieve wo-1 men’s clothing was used as a disguise and to avert suspicion. Before firing into the crowd, two of the bandits had exchanged shots with Everett Gregg, cashier | and Lawson Zeller, bookkeeper, inside the tank. Before the bank opened, the ) two bandits secreted themselves ’ in an alcove above the bank. Gregg entered the vault after some money and Zeller started to - follow, when the robbers poked guns out of their hiding place and commanded. “Hands up.” Zeller dashed into the vault as the bandits opened fire. He and , Gregg obtained guns and returned ( the shots. The bandits fled out a rear door ( without loot. They jumped into a [ (CONTTNUETI ON PAGE SIX) 1 o | Fraudulent Check Writer Sentenced i i Edward Wright pleaded guilty to a charge of issuing a fraudulent ) (heck in the Adams circuit court | today. He was sentenced to serve : i 30 days in the county jail and was . ' also fined $1 and costs. o , YOUNG KILLER FOUND GUILTY 1 16-Year-Old Boy Found Guilty of Murdering Younger Boy < New York, May 12.—(U.R) Harry , Murch. a pale slight boy of 16. , awaited sentence of 20 years to ■ life today tor the stabbing of a 12-( year-old "tattle tale" whose gagged and bound body was found stuffed in the closet of a vacant house last January. A juror sobbed, and from an adjacent rixim came the scream of an hysterical 13-year-old witness as the verdict of guilty of murder in the second degree was read last night. Harry received the verdict without emotion. He seemed perplexed that his parents were not in the courtroom. A few minutes before the jury filed in. his mother, Mrs. Mary Murch, collapsed anil had to he led away by his father. As the door of the jury room opened Grace Miller; whose testimony was largely responsible for the verdict, became hysterical. She anticipated the verdict from the[ appearance of juror Leonard O’- * (CONTINUW C»?“pAG4irsiX)**

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MEASURE GIVES BROAD POWERS TO PRESIDENT Roosevelt Given Power Over Nation’s Currency, Farm Prices IS BEGINNING OF WAR ON DEPRESSION Washington, May 12.—XU.R) —President Roosevelt, at an impressive White House ceremony, today signed the currency inflation-farm relief bill giving him sweeping powers of the nation's currency, and empowering the administration to raise farm commodity prices. The following statement was issued by the President as he affixed his signature to the bill; "1 have just signed the farm relief bill which includes the refinancing of farm debts. “The act extends relief not only to farm borrowers but to mortgage creditors as well. "Holders of farm mortgages will have the privilege of exchanging thtem for Federal Land Bank bonds, the interest payments upon which are to be guaranteed by the treasury of the United States. "Farmers whose mortgages are to be exchanged for these bonds will reap the benefit. Provisions of this act should be extended to all who are in need of them and that none should be deprived of them through ignorance or precipi tate action.” To End Depression Washington, May 12. — (U.R) — Chairman Morgenthau of the farm board today hailed the agricultural credit section of the new farm relief law as the beginning of an eight-pronged attack on farm debt oppression. Morgenthau as governor of the (CONTINUFTP ON PAGE SIX) BERNE TO HAVE BIBLE CONTEST Annual Memory Contest Will Be Held At Berne Evangelical Church The annual Bible Memory and Story Telling contests will be held at the Evangelical church in Berne. Sunday afternoon, May 21, at 2; 30 o'clock. The contests are conducted by the Indiana Council of Religious Education as a means of stimulating interest in the Bible. The contestants will he boys and girls who represent the different townships in the countv. The winners in this contest will represent Adams county in the regional contest which will be held in Montpelier. Sunday afternoon. May 28, at 2:30 o'clock at the Methodist church. Adams county is in Block 11 as grouped by the state. Other counties in this block are Miami. Wabash, Huntington. Wells, Blackford, Jay and Grant. The purpose of the memory contest is the presenting of a devotional reading of the scriptural message. The purpose of the story contest is the presenting of the Bible story devotionally as it is selected and arranged by the contestant. Every one is cordially invited to attend these contests. This work deserves the cooperation of everyone who is interested In the promotion of Scripture memory work among the boys and girls. Foreign Colonics Organize Legions Asuncion. Parakuay, May 12 — (UP) —Foreign colonies, tearing Bolivian air attacks, were organizing today into an auxiliary legions to maintain order help the wounded .nd put out fires in case of bom‘ha.rdment. The third day of the formal state of war between Paraguay and Bolivia found the Grand Chaco front quiet In the Chaco, 40.000 Paraguayans faced 60,000 Bolivians fllong a stretch of 300 miles ot trenches and fortifications. The rainy season still made roads impassable and much of the territory was , swamp. Observers did not anticipate geni eral and heavy fighting until the rainy season is over in a few 1 weeks.