Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 31, Number 116, Decatur, Adams County, 16 May 1933 — Page 1

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WSHOCKS fIEAD TERROR h CALIFORNIA Eon Around San From- - Ef<i Is Rocked By IKunkes Today I IPOI r DAMAGE SLIGHT ■»n '■ M , ilv HM | |,i' Sin I’r:111 cis<<> 1 pill) Illi' SUH’Olllul|,n a hundred miles bv sharp it dawn todav. occurred at in., and lasted apr» seconds, reported. to life rn; I''l as gil ls left tile Market street anil principal thoroughfares Ke ffl with taxicabs rushing hotels. ■wklon. >' miles east, reportBa slkrp rock, as did Sacranortheast. 40 miles north, said at the north end of San Hay. reported to the .i' three separate were Oakland office of the . ompany. all automatic stopped. reports indicated that the was felt most severel>ay section, Oakland. Alameda, Ray Richmond and I'ni'ed relay at located on the of a newspaper build fixture* swayed through the first quake ■ a ’'foib.w .g shock" hut the equipment did not commission, boundary of the fixed, by a telephonic at Watsonville, approxiIB [■city of Gilroy, 80 miles ■•sported the temblor as I ■ It was less so at Watson■hile farther south it was ■ ■ in the San Joaquin E ■ON P M’.E TWO) jlat-on Urges Roosevelt Support g — 1 '• ■B >’■ 'l. Ind . May 16. (U.R) his plea tor public of President Roosevelt. ■*• Watson, former Republifrom Indiana, helped the row $1,000,000 l-'ed ■ li, re yesterday. ■t f J ■ [ r" ! -mg President Roose-1 - rtmiity to test his prii; try his policies." said E“' 1,0 ,11S afforded that I am opopsed to throw ■t stlhpsIB ” ■HI Driver Is I Accidentally Shot ■Ma'hias. 32. Rochester truck »"S accidentally shot in u,day by Herbert New policeman. shooting occurred when stopped his truck In front where the officer was' W to capture two burglars ' We inside. •Wkirk waved Matbias away '' B*s Kun son tlie latter would B>» the line of tire. The 11 sawed off shotgun, was Bth'd accidentally. bulletin B'anapolis, May 16.—(U.R)— ■ Indiana beer control law, B* ruled invalid, was held B*' tut '°nal today by Joseph Barney, judoe pro tem in B an apolis municipal court, ■arkey's ruling was made case of Martin Levy, ■aurant proprietor, arrested ■'l 29 on charges of selling ■ without a license. Bss than two weeks ago the B control law was held unBtitutional by Judge Frank ■ er in Marion county crim ; ■ court and Judge Reiter in ■hmond superior court, - |

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Vol. XXXI.

No. 116.

SAMPLE BALLOT ’I I Samples of ballots to lie used I I in tlie state repeal convention | election June 6 were received ' ] at the office of County Clerk | Milton C. Werling today. |1 Three columns are carried, I I ] one each for and against rati- , , fication and one for a written 11 ticket where names not print- , , cd may be written in. To vote for convention dele- || gates favoring repeal of tlie l 18th amendment, the voter will ] mark tlie circle labelled "for h ] ratification." To vote for dele- P | g.ite candidates opposed to roll peal, mark the circle “against 11 ratification.” ♦ ♦ 1 FARM BUREAU LEADERS MEET — Directors of Marketing Association Hold Meeting Here Monday The. board of directors of the Farm Bureau Marketing associa- 1 tion met at the offices of the pro- 1 diiee pi tnJ here yesterday after- < noon. H. R. Moltz local manager made his report which showed the 1 receipt of eggs has i creased now ' to l.Otk) cas s a week and that the ’ territory lias been enlarged by add-! ing several counties in the north part of tlie state. It is expected the' 1 re eipts will is tch 1.500 by June. J district men at: .ounced. 1 The be rd approved th» report | and unanimously thanked Mr. | Moltz and Miss Fan Hammel for j their man igentf t siitfc the first j 1 of tlie year. It was shown thlat I quality, of the eggs under the new; 1 plan astnow operated has increased , fifty per cent. A specially selected ' egg which is called "Winteregg" . (after tlie name of Joe Wirteregg l president of tlie Adams County ' Farm Bureau, is in great demand in the east. Mr. Moltz was authorized" to make i trip to N w York and. 1 Boston to arrange additional mir- 1 kets. SOCIETY WILL GIVE BANQUET Holy Name Society Will Sponsor Father And Son Banquet .lune 12 A father a id son meeting will !. be sponsored by the Holy Xante h Society of St. Mary's Catholic j church on Monday. June 12, Wil- . liatn Faurote, president of the society announced todiy. On Sunday’, Jure 11. the members of the society and their sons will receive Holy Comtnimifm in a body at St. Mary's church. The nieeting Monday’ will consist of a supper in the evening at tlie Catholic high school building .inti a program later. The regular meeting of the society was held last evening nt tlie" Catholic high school. The Rev. ■ Father Joseph Seimetz, pastor, i gave m iteresting talk on the stale prison at Michigan City. Father Sefmetz formerly lived in Me liigan City and made many vis- ' its to tie state peniteniary. He told ■ of the life which goes on behind I tlie wells anl gave an intereHll..g description of the place. An award to the high school student receiving, the liiglnst honors for the year will be given by tlie ■ society. The recognition will lie in tlie form of a free trip to the Layman's retreat at Xotre Dame uni-, , versify in August. o I Bonus Marchers Are Taken From Trucks Fort Wayne. May 16 <U.R> Ap- J proximately 150 bonus marchers were removed by Fort Wayne police today from five Noble coun- ( ty highway trucks which had I been commandeered near Angola. I Tlie marchers were removed,, without violence and proceeded' out of town on foot. | ( Drivers of the trucks, forced to, bring the marchers to Fort Wayne I returned immediately to their '. headquarters. A police riot squad met the, trucks when they reached the] I courthouse square here.

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FLOODWATERS REACH POCKET SECTION TODAY Waters Threaten to Reach Highest Point Since 1913 Flood RIVERS FALLING IN CENTRAL PART Evansville, Ind., May 111. (U.R) — Flood waters of four rivers and a I score of tributaries were pouring their overflow into the pocket, section of Indiana today. in many places tlie water threat-, ens to reaeli its highest point since the disastrous Hood of 1913. Enough rain lias fallen to send the crest of the Ohio to 45 feet j here, weather bureau officials re-1 ported. The Wabash, White and j Patoka rivers have been rising! swiftly ifi Gibson county where more than 10 inches of rain has fallen since May 1. Tlie floods already have exacted a toll of 11 lives and caused more than $1,000,000 property damage in central portions of the state. But the rivers were falling today at Indianapolis, Clinton, Terre! Haute. Anderson. Peru, and Nobles-1 ville. Tlie crest of the Wabash passed I Terre Haute last night after driv- j ing hundreds of persons from their, homes. Much of West Terre Haute | and parts of central Terre Haute were inundated. Relief agencies were taxed to c pacity to provide | food and shelter for the stricken I families. The Wabash almost surrounded I Clinton, north of here, but a notice-; able drop in the water was report-1 ed. Fifteen families were isolated! i but their homes were on high • ground and no danger for tlieir j safety was felt. Residents of Vincennes and Mt. ’ ('armel. ill., are anxiously waiting] for the crest of the Wabash to arrive. Weather bureau officials expect Vincennes to have its highest water by midweek. Serious damage to farm crops in southwestern Indiana will result from tlie many floods this spring. Crops which have been planted ' were being washed out while farmers have found it impossible to plant tlieir coin. Water covered wheat and alfalfa fields will lie deI stroyed completely, it is believed. The railroads have suffered a heavy loss to property because of washouts. State and county highways and bridge b >ve been damaged or carried away convpletely Iby the rushing water. Hoagland Bank Is Given “A” Rating Officials of the First State Bank of Hoagland were notified Mondity that tlieir instlution had received an "A" rating by R. A. McKi dley. state banking commissioner, and could operate on an unrestricted teisi< WYOMING VOTES FAVOR REPEAL Western State Votes Over-] wheliningly For Prohibition Repeal Cheyenne, Wyc., May 16. (U.R) —Wyoming today definitely became the fourth state to go on record as favoring repeal of the 18th amendment. Although unaccustomed use of the precinct convention system greatly slowed teturns, tlie overwhelming repeal sentiment of tlie state was established beyond any doubt when returns from 14 out of 23 counties gave prohibition forces the lead in only one county. Returns from 253 precincts of the state's 667 gaie repealists 395 delegates and drys 36. Delegates elected in tlie precinct conventions will attend county conventions Thursday to name representatives to the state repeal convention in Casper May 25. Platte county was the only county today that had named a majority of dry delegates. Tlie towns of Lusk, Gillette, Manville. Cody. Sheridan, Casper, Rock THCPI

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Held in Extortion Plot li / w I ’ -- 1 wl i to i > SB W III 5 W trjT I * V Hk J®■ W |.'S ■i Jmmi mJ / "T •j: Oscar Mueller (left) of Wauwatosa. Wis., held in plot to extort $25,000 from Lloyd R. Smith, wealthy manufacturer, being questioned by Frank J. Prohaska, captain of detectives at Milwaukee, Wis. Mueller's alleged partner, Frank 11. Jess, was slain in an attenip to escape.

Mother Os Former Local Pastor Dead Fin; eral services lor Mis. Mario ! Elizabeth Bridge, 91. mother of | Rev. Dr. 11. S. A. Bridge, former ; Meliodist minister of this ;ity, wire held this afternoon at the residence. one mile west of \ew Havlen on State Rc"d 24. Rev. A R. Sha ks of New Haven had charge I of the services and Rev. E. L. Junes j of 'Redkey delivered the sermon. Burial was niad at Huntington. Mrs. Bridge died Sunday after- | noon at 3 o'clock at her home j where she had resided for the past I 12 years. Her husband. Rev. Henry I Bi idge. pastor of th St. Paul M. E. i Church at Fort Wayne ihout 4tt years ago. is deceased. STUDY INCOME TAX PAYMENTS Senate Investigator Is Studying Morgan Income Tax Returns (Copyright 1933 by United Press) Washington, May 16 (U.R)— J P. Morgan’s income tax returns, the United Press learned, are being studied by a senate banking committee investigator. Returns of his partners in the great international banking firm also are* being examined. It is believed likely that tlie information of the bank’s operations, scheduled to begin next week. One of the purposes of tlie committee’s general inquiry into banking and stock market practices is to turn the spotlight on loopholes in tlie income tax law and to revise legislation to plug them up. Chairman Norbeck recently predicted the committee's work would bring the government millions of dollars in additional K’OX’TIM'I’I > ON PAGE TWO)

Decatur Merchants To Bring Three Ring Circus To This City May 31

Relieving in the logic of the old proverb. “All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy," Decatur merchats, in cooperation with the Daily Democrat, will bring to this city. RUSS FILL, BROS. THREE RING- CIRCUS on Wednesday, May 31. The circus will pitch its tent on the Niblick lot. east of the Monroe street river bridge, where two performances, afternoon and evening, will be given. Besides being a great show* for children and grown-ups. one of the features will be the nominal price of admission Although the regular price of admission is 40 cents, those who obtain tickets from tiny Decatur store or place of business, will have to nay only 110 cents. In other words through the cooperative arrangements between the circus management.: the merchants and the newspaper, it is possible to distribute these tickets free, the holder paying a coupon or service charge of 101 cents at the gate. '

Decatur. Indiana, Tuesday, May Hi, 1933.

FORTY SENIORS WILL GRADUATE Baccalaureat And Commencement Exercises Will Be Held at Berne ■ ! Graduation exercises will be held , next week for forty members of ] the senior class at the Berne high ? I school. The baccalaureate set -' t ! vices will be held Sunday night, ■ ] May 21. at the Berne Mennonite . ! i'httrch. Rev. C. H. Suckau will be > the speaker. Dr. E. G. Homrighausen, pastor of the Carrtillton Avenue Reformed church of Indianapolis, will deliver | the commencement address. The commencement exercises will he Jield at the Berpe community build i ing Monday, May 22. I The compl te programs of both exercises are as follows: Bac :alaure,ite ; Processional Ruth Liechty Invocation Rev. M. O. Herman ‘Hymn- 305 Congregation Scripture Reading and Prayer Rev. J I.i. Conrad ' Special Music Xussbaum Brothers' Q.iarteft •, Sermon —"God's Claims Upon ’l Life" Rev. ( H. Suckau Hymn—2l Congregation ! Prayer and Benediction > | Rev. H. E. 'i'ropt t l Recessional Ruth Liechty ! (CONTINURD on page TWO) Miss Meta Martin To Be Here Thursday I I Miss Meta Martin, clothing extension specialist of Purdue, will 1 meet with the leaders of tlie var- ' iutis Home Economies Clubs of : (Adams County Thursday. M y 18. ‘; at Moiroe. The meeting will start ' | promptly at 9:30 A. M. The und< r 1 I taking will be on the construction I of patterns, fitting, and the remodeling of oldclothing.

I. Ten thousand of those tickets ■[will be distributed among the • stores in this city and they will • bo available to everyone after i next Friday. A person need not I i make a purchase at any store to . obthin one. All they have to do is to ask for them. At this price a family of five can see a real ■ I three ring circus for 50 cents. ■ The Russell Bros. Circus is one of the best on the road. It carries several score of people. ■ animals and a number of actors, 'I artists of the ring and trapeze II and clowns. It is booked to show ' in Frankfort. Portland and Harti ford City before coming to Deca--11 tur and from here will go to j Auburn. Ind. Tito tent will seat 2.000 people 1 and more than half of the space is allotod to free seats. Reserved . I seats are only 25 cents each and R. M. Harvey, advance agent for 1 the show assures the public that there are no "strings tied" to the i offer and “no fakes" connected I with the show.

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FIRST QUOTA IN COUNTY IS TEN 2,109 More Men From Indiana Will Be Sent To Conservation Camp Indianapolis May 16 —(UP)--Ar-rangements to seed 2.400 more men from Indiana to tlie . ivilian conservation camp at Camp Knox, Ky., were completed today by Fred link , eh lirman of the governor’s unemployment commission. After Iwo weeks of preliminary training the contingent will be assig ,ed to reforestation wonk in ! jidianu. The stat 's quota in the refores-! t ttion work in 1 diana. The state's quota in the reforestation plan is 6.500. One contingent ! of 1,200 men we t to Camp Knox | about two weeks ago. Tlie new contingent will be divid-1 d into two groups of 1.200 each, tlie first to report May 19 at recruit-1 ing offices thrirughout the state and the second to report May 22. Recruiting officers and quotas fur each county to report May 19 includes: Fort Wayne — 10 from Adams County. Local Legion Post Receives Invitation ! M< mbers of Adams Post No. 43 of the Anr ri can Legion, today received an invitation to .attend the Old time county fair a the Armory | in Fort Way,:.e, May IS to 20. Tlie program includes dancing, games, refreshments and booths, i The fair to be sponsor I by Pert | No. 47 for the benefit of their band. 1 ~~n '' llartzler Elected ' Bloomington. Ind.. May 16.—(U.R) Lloyd Hartxlor of Fort Wayne was elected north district governor of tlie Indiana Lions Club at the annual convention here this afternoon. 1 Walter E. Prentiss of Jefferson-! I viile was elected south district I i governor. WINTER WHEAT YIELD IS LOWER 1 Xpproximately 15 Bushels An Acre Is Indicated In Indiana ' Lafayette. Ind., May 15—(U.R)— A winter wheat yield of approxi-] mately 15 bushels an acre, with a j 1 total crop of bushels in ] Indiana was indicated May 1. the monthly report of tlie Purdue! University agricultural experiment station said today. The indicated production is slightly lower than the 22,976,000 ' bushel crop of last year and is considerably under the average - crop of 28,700.000 for the past ten 1 years. Cool weather retarded growth ' this spring and tlie wheat crop improved only three points during April to ?7 per cent of normal. Usually the April improvement 1 totals five pe’nts. The largest loss of acreage was I reported in the west central section pf the state. Rye to be cut for grain was estimated at 85.000 acres, the same as last year, witli the condition 81 per cent normal as com pared to the 10 year average of 84 per cent. 4 ' | Stocks of hay total 17 per cent of last year's crop, a carry over of 376.000 tons, as compared to 429.000 tons last year. Growing hay was reported at 74 1 per cent normal, about five points ’ below tlie 10 year average. Pasture condition was at 75 per cent normal, the report said. > O Speaker Os House Pledges Action > i Washington May 16 — (UP) — ! ■ Speaker of the house Rainey today pledged tlie speedi st possible ac- I > tion on President Roosevelt's busi- 1 ness recovery progrim which will o ' he submitted to congress tomorrow. ;; ■ Rainey said committee hearings " I on tlie oni 'ibtts business control-j 1 1 public works-taxation measure. I (Would lie limited to “two or three; days' and would begin immediately • ■ j upon receipt of the special presl- I I j denlaial message announcing the I ... '

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SUMMONS ALL NATIONS TO PLEDGE ACTION LEADING TOWARD WORLD PEACE President Seizes Leadership of War-Threat-ened World in Message Cabled to Rulers of 54 Countries; Urges Pledge to Send No Armed Forces Across Frontiers; Asks Acceptance of Disarmament Plan. Washington, May 16 'U.R)— President Roosevelt seized lite leadership ol' a war-threatened world today and in a message cabled direct to Ihe rulers ol .>1 countries, suminon- ! ed all nations to pledge themselves to send no armed lorces whatsoever across tlieir frontiers. He warrted that if mix strong nation refuses, the civilizi ed w orld w ill know where to place the bitline. “I urge that no nation assume such a responsibility, ♦ he said.

STRIKERS RIOT IN WISCONSIN Dairy Farmers’ Strike Reported Daily Growing More Serious (Editor's note: Wisconsin waited tensely today for the next step in the battle of striking dairy farmers to keep rival dairymen from getting their milk to market. So far the farmers have more than held their own against deimty sheriffs assembled to protect milk shipments. To obtain a first-hand picture of the battlefront, Willard R Smith, chief of, the United Press Madison bureau,, accompanied Assistant State Adjutant General Nicholas M. Schantz to Shawano, center of strike violence). (Copyright. 1933. by VP). Sh wano. Wis., May 16.— (U.R)— iAssistant Adjutant General Nicholas M. Shantz. of Wisconsin's military guard, came today to this j center of the dairy farmers' strike to take command of forces striving to restore order in the increasingly menacing milk embargo. Shawano is the home of Walter i Singler. head of the Wisconsin milk pool, which ordered the strike in defiance of a decision of tlie National Farm Holiday Association to withhold national action pending outcome of President Roosevelt's new farm program. In Shawano county, supposedly j strike-free territory, tlie worst riot of tiie strike occurred yesterday. As a result Governor Albert ] Schmedeman removed Sheriff Otto ' Druckery from office on charges of inefficiency. Oscar Dettman. World war vet(CONTINURD ON PAGE TWO) BOLIVIA MOVES TO END DISPUTE Notifies League It Will Arbitrate Dispute With Paraguay Geneva. May 16. — (U.R) Bolivia agreed to arbitrate its dispute with Paraguay, in a cable received by tlie League of Nations today. Officials believed tlie acceptance foreshadowed imminent cessation of hostilities in the Gran Chaco where opposing troops have been engaged in unofficial war since June. Paraguay declared a state of war to exist last week. Paraguay accepted arbitration yesterday. Bolivian Foreign Minister Demetrio Canelas cabled tlie league that Bolivia was willing to arbitrate on a basis of consideration of the viewpoint of each adversary, Bolivia, lie said, desired to avoid temporary palliatives which might soon lead to fresh conflict, The acceptance generally was regarded as a softening of the Bolivian attitude. Paraguay did not declare a state of war until Bolivia [rejected peace pro’,sisals of tile I neutral powers. Argentina. Brazil. ! Chile, and Peru. The league wt s considering sounding out the Vnited States. Argentina, and Chile to discover if they would cooperate in enforcing an arms embargo against tlie belligerents.

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Raisitti! his powei'ltil voice above Ihe rumbling war drums of Eurooe, the Presi--11 dent sent his sharp imperative call lor peace in the i!form of an onen uncoded . message addressed to ail the sovereigns of the world and • through them to their respective peoples. j As a first step. President ' Roosevelt urged the nations to ! accept the disarmament plan pro- ! posed by Prime Minister Ramsay 1 ! MacDonald at the world disarma- ' I ment conference. That would reduce offensive ’ ! weapons and set up a system of 1 i consultation to bring tlie powers ' : together when peace is menaced. While this is being done, he ' ' proposed that no country should ] increase its existing armaments. ’ ; Then came his emergency arnt- ’ I istice proposal in the following * words: ' “That all the nations of the world should enter into a solemn and definite pact of non-aggres-sion: that they should solemnly reaffirm the obligation they have assumed to limit and reduce their armaments and. provided these obligations are faithfully executed . by all signatory powers, individually agree that they will send no armed forces of whatsoever nature across their frontiers. ; “Common sense points out that , if any stronger nation refuses to . ' join with genuine sincerity in , ’ these concerted efforts for po- , litical and economic peace, the ! one at Geneva and the other at London, progress can be obstructed and ultimately blocked. “In such event tlie civilized world, seeking both forms of peace, will know where the re- , sponsibilits' for ftiilut'e lies. I ■ urge that no nation assume such a responsibility and that all the nations joined in these great conferences translate their professed policies into action.” The message was addressed to 54 sovereigns including Russia. 1 The message to Russia was addressed to "President Michail Kalinin, nil union central executive committee. Moscow. Russia.” This is the first time an American president has communicated directly with the Soviet authorities; it was taken to lie significant of ; the president's desire to mobilize the entire world in his gigantic drive for ponce. (It was thought destined to be a historic utterance —notice to tlie world tliat tlie United Staes has assumed her share of responsibility in the strife torn family of I nations. No direct metnion of Germany ■was made. B'ut the utterance was timed on the eve of Chancellor Hitler’s statement to the reiclistag tomorrow which the world is waiting with tense apprehension : lest it reopen the issue which ; threw tlie world into tlie most deadly war of history nearly 20 years ago. His message was an appeal for the success of both the world I economic conference and the Genova disarmament conference With such high hopeq of recovery hanging on the economic conference. Mr. Roosevelt saw it menaced hy the tense feeling bo- ( tween Germany and iter old . enemies. For tlie first time in history, so far as observers here recalled, tlie president of the United States directly addressed the rulers of the entire world and pleaded with [ them for common action to save i civilization. Mr. Roosevelt did so 1 * 7continues*on* PAGE Vw O> *