Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 31, Number 119, Decatur, Adams County, 19 May 1933 — Page 1

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. laoers hope lIdLENCE DUE I TO IGNORANCE ) Ki Striking Fanners Strike Has en Arbitrated ‘•"Mknor’s life I ■> THREATENED ■adis' 'I Wise., M>v 19. ■ ■M’ll- was spilled and ■sit''' lii''‘<l iii Hi'' WisKjn Hulk strike today de are agreed tn Kt:S olTieials and strike Bells of both factions Kf ( | he display of ' iolence Kv Ls a result of i'<n<>rK o the truth. \t Wnnthere a shot was fired B tra - carrying 25 national ■nisifti deputies were told by Bjffic il word <>! the truth and iKg ca u. Hove what yon read lEirl (triers.” ■ear Elknorn. 'wo loads of It W( imped on the hisrhIby ni‘ ■• ts who r- tir.-d to Hjrre ' 'rnce Sheriff O ltrielimmdiate arrest of all Irkets. Kt I Leader Located ■talt* M. Singb-r. president of HWi milk pol and ■ti*' f the milk strike \is lie been for 48 hours. IVr'bim B Rubin. ißt n*' ' he would a'-riv. n to meeting. was intercepted on route Y. ■k fn k piiol leaders rli;p ' K (M< i d been halted and a . .1 trip B|St-ike Arbitrated \vi<. Vov in nip' warlike milk I a dramatic close here toile a cordon of heavilv militiamen stood guard to officials as. they reachprooment with an arbitrn htnittee of the state milk rnnrd was thrown about t wine of the canitol and Biambers nf Gov. Albert C (man after lives of the hcttlive and his aides wore led in an anonymous teleh"' i of the acroopenl 1 tnres'rictod dairy oner the state Smco BfW 'tdav when the embargo If jib'd, deliveries in more dozen counties have been aft i d bv strikers Thoufl pounds of milk and i wore destroyed. Two ner|ei<* shot anti scores were | in severe clashes between I and 5.00 b dennties. intuitional m.ardsmen, ealllo clear hlghwavs. Irtice nact was signed while I were nlaonfne new nn milk plants at dawn. • following the " -t r>nt General Ralph 5’ t-l- rranhcd national cuard hi commnnd of dnniitioc bv nnssiveiv He feared r ‘ l I '' “ some areas urn|^V r he truce. would resume In the morning. Four • | Tickets! MM i ♦♦♦ ♦ I |^V r< lickets for the big Rns. 1 I. tliroe-rinr (-irons 1 will «how in Dncnfnr. I Mav 31. wnrp plac- I locnl stores todav. I ’oneh an arrangement l with tho rirrns manage- 1 the Dailv Democrat and merchants. the tickets ’ Istribnted free, hparinn’ a I t service rharp-c nr tax 1 ocular admission nr’cp to rrus is io c or it««. Bv hav- 1 1,0 the clients tickets Wilder can get in for nnlv I I Hr Your tickets now and I 11® *° c °rn p to Denatiir. Mav 1 It will he n hip dav for ' and old. Thp circus is ' ■-h class show and von’ll 1 'l

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Children Killed By Truck Friday Goshen, Ind.. May 19 (UP)—Two children were killed instantly l ite yesterday when they were hit by a truck driven by Donald E. kitstraw. 34. (kiry. They were Ruth, 7, and Cecil, 4. , Children of Mr. and Mrs. Sleo Frazi r. living near Nappanee. Austraw said the children, started to cross the road and then turned back directly in front of his truck. EXPERT TALKS TO ROTARIANS Ersel Walley Gives Interesting Talk On Agriculture Conditions Fewer horses, a change in diet, habits and clothing requirements were ascribed as some of the reasons that caused a surplus of agriculture products, in a talk given by Ersel Walley of the Walley' Agricultural Service, before members of the Rotary club last evening. Mr. Walley’s subject was "What Really Happened to Agriculture." He charted the population of the country, the farm population, farme, number of acres and crop production from 1890 to 1930. He compared the figures as to production and population and showed how production was increased during the war period and then the drop in consumption. Taking an average on farm lands, which Mr. Walley stated would apply to the average value in Adams county, the value in 1912 was given as S9B an acre, climbing to a high of SIOO an acre in 1920 and then declining to about S7O an acre in 1932. As farm lands increased in value taxes increased, which further curtailed the farmer’s buying power and eventually brought a stagnant market for farm lands. "People have learned to eat more vegetables in the last 10 years, which accounts for a surplus in meats and with lighter work and better heated buildings we require less food and clothing, stated Mr. WalleWMr. Walley predicted that bettor days are ahead for the farmer. Inflation starts with raw products and already prices have lucre sed, the speaker stated. Labor will be the last to benefit by the increase if the rules of economics repeat, Mr. Walley stated. Mayor George Krick was chairman of the program. '■ Bluffton Doctor Is Reported Dr. C. J. Blackjnan. Bluffton os- ( . teopath who is well known here., is' reported ret overlng rapidly froman op ration perHynqHl sonft> tjmi:' ago at Chicago. Ifd' was' returned to his home at Bluffton this week. Dr. Blackmai; is well known In Decatur. ISSUE RULES FOR ELECTION Rules Governing Repeal Election. Convention. Are Announced Indianapolis, May 19 (!■’) With the election to choose delegates to the Indiana repeal convention less than three weeks away, . preliminaries are in he last stage. The election will be held from 6 A. M. to 6 P. M. June 6 with general election rules ffective. Delegates elected will assemble at the statehouse in th- House of Representatives chamber June 26 at 2 P m. when the convention- will be held Lieut. Gov. M. Clifford Townsend will preside. Boards of county election com missioners who worked in the 1932 general electior.- will have c harge of the repeal election in their respec- ] five counties. County commissioners will pay expenses without an I appropriation being necessary. Precinct offitials will consist of one inspector and two clerks to be ( appointed by the election commis- , slotter at least Hl days prior to the ( elecion. Their pay will be $2 for , '*TcONTINUFD* ON PAGE TWO) 1

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MACHINEGUN BANDITS LOOT BANK OF 52,500 T err ori z e Minnesota Town After Making 7 Persons Prisoners CHILDREN IN BUS ARE THREATENED Okabena, Minn.. May 19—<U.R) — Machine gun bullets spread terror through this town today when two robbers and their two women companions made a spectacular escape after making prisoners of five men and two children and robbing the First State Bank of approximately $2,500. Buildings, automobiles and streets for a distance of six blocks were scarred with bullets after the i bandits had opened fire with two sub-machine’ guns while speeding ,in an almost circular course around the business district. A school bus filled with children was threatened by the gunfire as the bandits sped south from Okabena and outdistanced pursuit after a chase of four and one half' miles. One of the bandits is believed to Have been wounded by the pistol fire of August Hez, hardware merchant who began shooting as the gunmen fled through the rear door of the bank after looting it and locking up employes and customers. o Boy’s Murderer Is Given Sentence New York. May 19 — (ILLI) . Harry March, boy garg leader, was sentenced to from -26 years to life imprisonment today forth" murder of 12 year-old Willi in Bender whom he bound, gagged, stabbed and left in an abandoned house. HUGH JOHNSON MAY BE NAMED Prominent Industrialist Likelv To Head Public Works Plan 'Washington, May 19 —(UP) — Hugh S. Johnson, industrialist and who had a dominant part in mobilizing men and machines to meet the world war crisis, was I viewed today as President Roosevelt's choice to guard tho Nation's battle against the enemy of unemployed. ‘ Although white house aides asrsertgd no definite selection, had '■been made for the post of admin istrator of the new public works and industrial stabilisation plan, Mr. Roosevelt was reported ready to e,. -trust lite job to Johnson if lie would accept. Any formal appointment is expected to await -actual | passage of the bill. Johnson was considered a most' logical choice for the position. He has been here for some time helping frame the hill which would give the governni- nt power to assist and to enforce industrial agreements to spread employment and equalize, profits, as well as to put vast num hers of the unemployed at work on public projects. To the task of helping set up this American "two-year plain-," Johnson brought wide experienceas a manufacturer, as author and director of th, - world war selective I draft, is originator of the army's wartime division of purchase and ' traffic, and as a member of the war industries board. Since the war Johnson lias been vice-president of the Moline plow company and chairman of the Moline implement company. Since 1927 he also has been associated with Bernard Baruch, New York financier and prominent Democrat Moline, 111., is his home. Burglars Obtain 1,000 Pounds Sugar Mt. Vernon Ind.. May 19—(UF)— Burglars who stole 1,000 pounds of sugar from a grocery store here last night used a city street department push-cart to convey it to : the Ohio river, where tho loot was loaded on a boat.

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Decatur, Indiana, Friday, May 19, 1933.

Personal Property Assessments In Adams County Show Decrease Personal property assessed this year by the township assessors totals $2,356,139, according to figures compiled by County Assessor John Felty. This is a decrease of $2,409,067, which includes a difference of $949,050 listed under intangibles last year. This year intangibles were not assessed. By deducting the $949,050, the loss in valuations this year would be $1,460,017 or a little more than 38 percent. Taxes on intangibles must be paid this year in the form of stamps j : placed on the documents and the assessors do not assess it. The personal property assessment last year was $4,765,206, which included the intangibles. Figures released today by Assessor Felty follow: 1932 1933 1932 1933 Item No. No. Value Value Autos. Trucks 4,337 3,983 $518,945 $299,470 Jewelry 78 86 4.732 3,880 Farm Implements 1,551 1,540 174,580 157.811 Household Goods 4,359 4,038 553,177 4(8,434' Horses 4.012 4,274 265.830 274,785 Mules 200 228 14,445 13.765 Milk Cows ... 9,480 10,019 287,341 218,720 Other Cattle 5,939 5,234 79,859 66,577 Sheep 9.202 9.744 28.695 21.108 Sows - 4,446 5,370 57,069 51.951 Other Hogs 18,526 24.859 57,533 68,419 Merchandise 248 233 644.134 611,886 Dozen. Poultry 12.691 13,808 50.854 53.045 Tractors 548 506 47.731 36,288 Mr. Felty explained that his figures were subject to correction and that the reports would be checked by members of the County Board of Review at the annual meeting which convenes June 5.

CIRCUIT COURT I JURY GETS CASE —— Suit on Account for Board And Lodging Goes To .Jury Late Today The case of Clarence and Kath-: ryn Miller vs Christian .and Susan ' Schwartz, suit on account for hoard and lodging furnished the couple in August and September in ■ 1929. went to the jury in Adams circuit court late this afternoon. The sui-t is a result of board and lodging furnished the Sehwhrtzs while they stayed with Mr. and Mrk. Miller in New York. The defendants alleged they were on a visit and were invited to stay. Demand for $148.80, amended to $l2O, is made by the plaintiff. Hubert R. Mi-Cleiiahan appeared tor the plaintiffs and Attorney Unversaw of Berne represented the defen- : dants. Both parties live in Berne. Mr. and, Mrs. Schwartz were married while visiting in New York. The members of the jury an? Samuel Bertsch. William F. Hilperl Glen J. Baumgartner, Sherman Archer. Flunk Heller, Thomas Griffiths, Rollo E. Raudenbush. John Struse. Grant Owens, Fi'sema.i Walters, William Buuck, William Hartings. A number of (Amish from Berne attended the trial. Life Os Christ In Pictures Monday A motion picture showing scenes from the Holy Land and depicting lhe life of Christ will be sliow.a at the Zion Reformed church, Monday evening at 7:30 o'clock. Rev. J. A. Williams will give an explanatory lecture during the : showing of the pictures. No admi.t---i sion will be charged, a collection being taken to defray expenses. TAKE MEMBERS OF HOLDUP GANG Unemployed Mill Hand Fights Off Six Men, Aids In Arrests Indianapolis, May' 19.— (U.R) —An unemployed mill hand last night braved the fire of six men who accosted him and bis wife on a lonely road, captured one and obtained information which led to arrest of the others. He is Leo Hergenrother, 29. He and his wife were parked in their automobile when six men approached and surrounded the car. Hergenrother held on to his capone of them, and held him as a ; shield when the others opened fire. They ceased firing and dispersed. Hergenrother held on to dis captive and took him to a farm house where police were notified. The prisoner was identified as William McMahan. 33. A short time later his nephew, Owen Devere, 18, sur-! rendered and said lie was one of ■ the members of the gang. He provided names of the others and they ' were arrested. j

Anker Infant Dies Soon After Birth Funeral services- for the infant I son of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Anker of I east of Decatur who died at 5 i o’clock Friday morning at the home ! will be held Saturday afternoon at I 2 o’clock at the Anker residence on ; Route 8, and burial will be made I in the Decatur cemetery. Rev. Paul , I Schultz, pastor of the Zion Luther- . aai Church will officiate. The baby was born at 3 o’clock | this morning and died two hours : later. Surviving besides the parents are two ibrot-hers, Walter and Arthur, and the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Chris Biebericli of Tulsa, Oklahoma. The body was returned to the Anker home from the Zwick Funer al home late this afternoon. — — _ —o BOLSTER WEAK RIVER LEVEE Pile Sandbags Against Weak Snots In Levee At Vincennes Vincennes. Ind.. May 19. —(U.R) - City employes and volunteers piled sandbags against four weak spots in the Wabash river levee today in an effort to hold back flood waters which have threatened to inundate parts of the city and a large section of Knox county farm land. A section of the levee threatened to break south of VincenAes last night. More than 75 men worked frantically to avert the danger. A break would have flooded the entire lower part of Knox county, including the government airport. Families in the lowlands have taken refuge on top the levees. Water coming through the break in the Niblack levee, north of Vincennes. was running over the C. & E. L railroad tracks. Crest of lhe flood is expected to he reached late today or Saturday. Evansville. Ind.. May 19. —(U.R) — Flood crest of the Wabash and White rivers rolled farther downstream in southern Indiana today. Crest of the Wabash was expected to reach Vincennes today. The level there this morning was 23.6 - feet, 9.6 feet above the flood stage. At Mt. Carmel. 111., the Wabash today reached 25 feet and still is rising. Crest of White river was expected soon at Decker, a few miles below the junction of the east and west works. Depth at Decker today was 25.4 feet. 8.4 above flood stage. As soon as it reaches 26 feet, a decline is expected. Weather indications were favorable today, with no general rains forecast. Cloudiness with light, local shc-wers wei'e predicted for tonight and tomorrow. Meredith Nicholson To Speak At Bluffton Meredith Nicholson. Indianapolis noted Hoosier author, will speak at the regular meeting of the Ro- | tary club at Bluffton this evening.'

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MUSCLE SHOALS ACT IS EIGHTH MAJOR MEASURE Eight Major Laws Have Been Enacted In Past Eleven Weeks SEVEN MEASURES WAIT ENACTMENT (Editor’s note: In the rush of j international news of recent days it has been difficult for newspaper readers to follow closely the progress of the Roosevelt domestic legislative program. The following summary shows what has been ac- p complished and the status of measures still awaiting action). Washington. May 19.—(U.R) The Tennessee valley development act, just signed by President Roosevelt, was the eighth major law put into effect in the 11 weeks he has been in office. The major accomplishments of the administration in the domestic field to date: 1. Emergency bank legislation. 2. Reforestation act. 3. Legalization of beer. 4. Government economy. 5. Farm relief. 6. Currency control. 7. Wagner direct unemployment relief. 8. Tennessee valley — Muscle , Shoals development. Status of major parts of the administration program yet to be enacted : 1. Public works-industrial control: Expected to be reported Monday by house wavs and means committee, and passed promptly. 2. Railroads: Measure being redrafted in committee. 3. Oil production control: Bill expected to be introduced today. 4. Home mortgage relief: Passed by house and now before a senate committee. 5. Securities control: In conference 6. Taxes: , Gasoline, postal-rate bill in conference. Re-employment taxes included hi the public works bill. 7. Glass-Steagall hank bill: Pending in the senate and house. Frank Finney Will Present Awards Indianapolis. May 19 —(UP) — Frank Finaiey, Martinsville publisher and director of the state auto licensie' bueau, will have charge of the awarding of the Indiana Democratic Editorial Association’s cup for editorial excellence this year. Wray Fleming, association! president. has announced. Finney will name the three judges who will select the winner of the cup preset ted at the February meeting in 1934. Winners in the first two years the cup was offered were Jack Dolan, Hartford City, and A. .1. Brodhecker. Brownstown, INDICATE WAR IN CHINA OVER Indications Are Prevalent That Truce Has Been Arranged (By the United Press) Two significant developments in the unofficial but sanguinary war of Japan against China today supported earlier rumors that a truce conceding the sovereignty of Manchoukuo had been arranged. In Tokio, a government spokesman indicated that Japan would predicate her acceptance of President Roosevelt's peace proposal upon recognition by the United States and the world powers of the great wall as the southern boundary nf Manchoukno. This seemed to indicate an expectation that the Japanese would withdraw from China proper to <tiie great wall, instead ot advancing on Peiping and Tientsin. In Peiping, the Japanese legation announced that the Japanese advance had been halted and an area of China proper the approximate ' **<•>NT*NI?KD *ON *PA*IK* SIX)’ ’

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Three Senior Girls Are Given Medals Three senior girls in the Decatur high school were presented medals by the Eta Sibma Phi, na-! 1 tional classical society, for their' 1 ; high standing in Latin during the ' four years. The awards were made at the high school Wednesday. Those who receive the medals , I wene the Misses Eileen Burk, Min- | ’de Moyer and Mary Grace Zimmerman. These awards are made annually to the seniors who have ’ ! taken four years of Latin and who ' i oughout theav-S 1 have maintained grades of A ' throughout the course. DECLINE NOTED IN POOR RELIEF Expenditures In Indiana Are Reported As Dropping Sharply i. Indianapolis, May 19. — (U.R) — I Seasonal decline in the extent of ■ unemployment relief already has : begun to show in Indiana, Gov.' Paul V. McNutt said today. Poor relief expenditures are dropping sharply. But while warm weather lessens relief activities in most commun- j ities, it increases poverty in coal fields. Many mines are forced to close. McNutt said that three projects . in the state for work of the civilian conservation corps already . have been approved at Washing- . ton, approval of four more is ex- ! pected at once and 31 more are be- - ing drawn up by his aides. They i I will be announced soon, * He quoted Washington heads of I the corps as saying that any kind ■ of work except permanent engin- | eering may be done by the corps I I workers. McNutt said he hoped that considerable soil erosion prevention. such as building dirt ■ levees along streams, could be done in Indiana. Register Jobless Hammond. Ind.. May 19. —(U.R) ‘ Registration of 25,000 unemployed factory and steel workers was tin--1 der way today at East Chicago, I Whiting. Calumet City and Hammond. Mayors of the four cities are Asking employers to contact them ; in hiring men and to use those registered in an attempt to keep I "floaters" attracted by the world's fair from getting jobs in the four cities. Rev. C. P. Gibbs Still In Hospital I Indianapolis, May 19 — (UP) — The Rev. C. P. Gibbs, pastor of the Decatur Methodist church, who is under medical observation at the Methodist hospital here, told the United Press he is fueling fine today. He said he expected to have a few more examinations ind would know just how serious his illness is within two or there days. He said C. L. Walters visited him today. 1 o— Accepts Invitation To Sing At Opening Indianapolis, May 19 —(UP)— . Mii4( Ernestine Schuinenn-Heiink has accepted an invitation to sing ’ ai the opening of the American la*- ( gion national convention at Chicai go Oct. 2, it was announced today by national headquarters. She will sing "The Star Spangled . Banner” in the opening and at the . memorial services will sing "There . is (iio Death." , Mme. Schumann-Heink bad sons; I . in both the (American and German. armies during the World War. Former U. S. Senator Dies At Washington 1 Washington, May 19 — (UP) Porter James MeCumber. United States senator from North Dakota for 24 years, died last right 36 hours after suffering a paralytic litroke. He was 75 years old. MeCumber had practiced law here si ice his retirement from the senate in 1923. He was a member of the international joint commission which arbitrates cases involve ing use of boundary waters between the United States and Can-1 uda.

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ADOLF HITLER WILL AGREE TO DISARMAMENT World Arms Conference Takes Definite Step Forward Today CRITICAL WEEK OF CONFERENCE Geneva, Mav 19 (U.R) The world arms conference look a definite step forward todav when Germany accepted Hie British disarmament plan which President Roosevelt urged all nations to adont in his message to the world. Rudolph Nadolny, German delegate, acting on Chancellor Adolf Hitler's instructions, announced his country's acceptance after Arthur Henderson, president of the conference, had appealed vehemently to Germany and other nations to withdraw their amendments, which were deadlocking the conference. The general commission of the conference convened this after--1 noon in a tense atmosphere, with its leaders expressing the view that the crisis had arrived and the next few days would mean peace or war for the world. Norman H. Davis. President Roosevelt’s special ambassador, had told the United Press before 1 entering the hall: "This is the most critical week of the conference. Either it blows up in our faces next week or we will be on the way to success." The proceedings opened with ! the reading of President Roosevelt’s message to the world. > On the basis of Mr. Roosevelt’s message and Chancellor Hitler's speech. Henderson appealed to the ' delegations to withdraw their J amendments. “The conference cannot continue indefinitely.” he said. ! "What we do in the next few days (CONTINUBD ON PAGE SIX) o— GRADE PUPILS ARE GRADUATED Forty-one Eighth Grade Pupils Receive Diplomas Thursday Graduation exercises were held lat the Central school Thursday night for 41 eighth grade pupils' who will enter the Decatur high school as freshmen next fall. Superintendent of schools, M. F. Worthman presented the diplomas and awards to the class members. The newly constructed stage, made by the high school manual training boys, was dedicated in connection with the exercises. An exhibit of art. manual train- ' ing. mechanical drawing and writing work was held previous to the graduation program. A large crowd visited at the school, enjoyed the exhibit and evening program. A clever comedy "Fun on the Podunk Limited" was given by the members of the Bth grade class. Following are Hie names of the graduating c'ass. Donald Arnold. Russel Andrews, Vernon Affolder, Robert Beavers. Lewis Fennlg. Neil Highland. John Huffman. Arthur Sunderman, Robert Wortliman, Lawrence Anspaugh. Donald Bixler, Ervin Bucher. Eugene Freldt, Monroe Fuhrman, Richard Girod. Ralph Hurst, Orville Irwin, David Macklin. Robert Marliach. l ewis Smith, Alice Baker. Rosella Heare, Phyllis Hoagland. Melba Kraft, Jane Krick, Emma Marquart, Vera Roth, Marjory Schenmann, Irene Sell, Isabelle Swygart, Virginia Breiner. Jeanette Christen, Betty Campbell. Agnes Foreman. Esther Fisher, Mary K. Garner, Rachel L 'hman, Rosie Moyer. Margaret Hoffman. Kathryn Kohls. Margaret McGill. Turn to page 2 Read the new serial story “STOLEN LOVE” By Hazel Livingston One of the latest novels by a well knpwn author. You’ll enjoy every installment, beginning today, in Daily Democrat.