Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 31, Number 131, Decatur, Adams County, 3 June 1933 — Page 1

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■RADUATE . ■ CATHOLIC ■SCHOOL HERE j K|) School. 28 Eighth [Kj] ( . pupils Receive g Diplomas J Hm.it SEIMETZ 11 (.IM'S ADDRESS v the graduating , U' < Catholic high .. <KjL ihe I I’h annual coni- * , \crcises held in l i iay evening, the Joseph Seimetz, St. Mary’s Catholic urged a life in keep- - lass motto.’Tlan and work your calls for some imag- i? ■ml a- d it surely calls for a 1., • i hat imagination j, afield in visions ~ 88-v> oi.l thus forget tile < neglect the pres- . Bin iug found s ambition be Hn<. ii d perservingly SJ.y ' matter how lowly - Bftiia-t ””i.' >”'• for whilst I in the estima | in, Imai judgment tu.i i<- by God." said the were awarded to 19 Jiaditates and to 28 pupil- Awards for . udanee were also F Seimetz. Mark SK ”’’” l,)pr of 'he graxlttwas given the Holy ip'v award and a free M i 1 " Layman's re’e-at at \iignst. Miss Mary lt ! :lls " a high school , «.i awarded the attend (i ■ not having missed a . school in the past four Miss Marjorie Brown. 1 Bft grmle piii'll was given the Tan award. s school graduates wore i.. marching from the |{ auditorium to the stage. - m< hestra furnished Tlie stage was beaut’ ■ B ' u with spring flowerof the Virgin Mary. the address and disof diplomas, a two-act (j A glance backward and was given by the seniors, early school days ami in.ide. concluding with exercises and making will and testament. s So'.nietz's address dealt Mdu. a’ ion and the including as part of the curricu- (j -pr rd his remarks wild M" ' miefathers framed that document, the Coustith- i'nited States, and Si.mid and solid foundation fi" Republic, they gave |( Bw ll '' 'hey were God fearBoldly they declared to tint all men were ere and equal. But there will j. ■ 'ion of this equality " iln | ( . ss t| le individual j, is ready to recognize the of a higher power which s the destiny of nations. t‘ > on the Catholic church ( Mali times insisted upon re- ■ <i> a necessary part of the curriculum.’’ umre diffusion of purely S' knowledge has never made people, and neither is "f itself to uphold the mor- ■"'- of a nation. We. as a f M '"'mg the pant generation this sad experience. We c ea h' , i as we have sown, for allowed our institutions into dangerous sho ils. The >- ■' imrely secular education to |^V 9 its seemingly beautiful s os knowledge. As an evi NB of this fact we need but t BB a professor of sociology in s W OUr secular institutions of learning for girls. He said, i jM* is no such thing as sii; f speaking and hence it i into the limbo of are such as witch t ■■ anil sacrifice" In, our own t f " w months ago pupils were t to hear religion ridicultll,'ir own made the subject ; 8S r °°m jests. Some have declared that i the world evolved Jesus s, ood still. What chance ] young who imbibe such ni?x as these to escape withIBiktlng poisoned," said the ilr 11 evl * effect of this drift , |B front religious Influence in ( ■w hili is evident everywhere. \ j B 'TINUEU ON*PAUB*TWO) 11

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Saw Escort Slain | Uli ! Bl f x i t- ■ ; ! c Miss Marion O'Malley of Brooklyn, N. Y„ who is on the verge of i a nervous breakdown following 1 her ordeal at the hands of holdup 1 men, who killed her companion. Charles Mehling, in a parked car , on the ocean front. Mehling was , slain when he tried to protect the . girl- t CHILDREN TO GIVE PROGRAM ! 1 Children’s Day Will Be Observed Sunday At Christian Church Children's Day will be observed it the First Christian church Sun- . lay morning at 9:30 o'clock with tn interesting program by the chiliren. The 'entertainment will Include tongs ami recitations. The public is cordially invited to attend. Folowing is the compTete program: Song—Keepers of the Temple School Recitation—lt's Here Phyllis Kratt Recitation Next Time Billy Lichtensteiger | Recitaion When the World is Bright ... Jimmy Enos Song—Dwell in Our Hearts Recitation —Gladly Doing W hat We Can Belva Burke. Barbara Kohls, Avenella Kraft. Flora Belle Kohls. Recitation—Little Flowers and Little Children Bobby August Song—Sweet Story of Old Duet, Catherine Murphy and Kathryn Kohls. Recitation—Brothers Dick and Jerry Lichtensteiger. Recitation— Why Not Bobby Foreman Song—He Was a Little f hild Too Primary and Juniors Recitation— The A iolet Flora Belle Kohls Recitation—God Loves the Children’s Day Donna Kraft! Recitation— Try Smiling Betty Burke Recitation—Grandmother’s Maxim Kathleen Foreman Song —Hearts of Gold Solo Melba Kraft Recitation —The On Timers—Paul and Bob Lord. Bob Collier, and Bob Foreman S Oll g-How Shall Ae Praise Him —Duet, Catherine Murphy and Kathryn Kohls. Recitation—The Temple of Heaven Marjorie Drum Recitation God's Temple Kathryn King Song Guard the Temple School —o — Steal Equipment At Two Garages Thieves entered the garage at the homes of Rev. C. J. Koberts 110 South Ninth street, and David Adams, 115 North Ninth street, Friday night, and carried away equipment from the autos parked in the garages. Two jacks tpid a set of tools were taken from the Roberts ear and the thieves evidently intended to take the battery when frightened away. Two automobile robes, a jack and a battery were taken from the Adams car.’ None of the loot has been recovered this afternoon. K. of P. To Hold Memorial Service The Decatur chapter of t’he Knights of Pythias lodge will hold the annual memorial services next Sunday. June 11. The complete program will be announced next week.

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HAWKS BREAKS I FLIGHT RECORD 1 amous Flier Sets New Non-stop Trans-Coun-try Speed Record New York, June 3—l UP)—A Robot pilot at the controls helped ■ Lieut. Communder Frank M. Hawks i set a new non stop transcontinental t air speed record of 13 hours, 26 i minutes, when he swooped down at Floyd Bennett field shortly before ! midnight. The veteran speed pilot bettered his own record by 4 hours, 12 min-j utes. made June 28, 1929. But for ! head winds encoulitered all the i way erst from Kansas City he ' would have made even faster time ' Hawks said, He averaged 181 miles an hour in his 14-cylinder, Robot controlled plane. H iwks left Los Angeles munici ! pal airport at 9:51 E. D. T. a.nd landed at Floyd Bennet airport at 11:19 P. M. The Robot worked remarkably well, Hawks said. "The only trouble was that I got sleepy,” he added, "but all-in-all it was a remarkable J trip and a remarkable performance for the mechnical man. All I had to do was to change the direction occasionally in accordance with by ■ ourse. The Robot maintained an even course with no variations; whatesoever. The headwinds were; what held me hack. “I struck bad weather in the 1 pass through the San Bernardino mouii tains. A dense fog made fly-; iug difficult. I was at the controls then, not the Robot. 1 didn't hand the ship over to him until we were through that.” Hawks flew most of the time at i an altitude of from 14,000 to 16,000 feet. His fastest speed was 260 miles an hour which was logged over Colorado. McNUTT DENIES BREAKING FAITH Governor Denies Administration Breaks Faith On Income Tax Indianapolis. June 3. — (U.R) — Charges that the administration had "broken faith” in holding that manufacturers’ products sold interstate are taxable under, the gross income law brought a denial from Gov. Paul V. McNutt Hate yesterday. Although the law offers no exemption on income from Indiana manufactured goods sold outside the state, the impression became ! widespread that interstate goods were pot subject to the one-fourth of one per cent tax on manufacturers’ income. A group of manufacturers, rep- ' resented by Frank McHale, Logansport attorney and McNutt lieutenant during the legislature, protested yesterday against paying the tax on interstate taxes. In drafting the law, taxation of the gross income of all groups was intended, McNutt said. “I never promised that interstate business would be exempt," he added. "The administration has not actled in bad faith in ruling that the tax does apply." Hobo Injured 11. L. Ritterer a deaf itinerant was injured this morning when he was thrown' through a window by some men in a filling station north ' of town, rhe man entered the station and attempted to sell some needles. He was unable to hear them tell him to move on and when ' he remained, they pushed him out breaking a window and lacerating his arm. Buddy Rogers Named Defendant In Suits ' Richmond. Ind.. June 3—(UP)— Charles "Buddy" Bogers, movie 1 player was defendant today in two judgments of $587 each on file 1 in circuit court here. The judgments were entered in I favor of the estates of B. A. Inman 5 and Dora Smith, Richmend real ‘ estate dealers, who were fatally injured Aug. 22. 1932, by an automo- • bile driven by Rogers’ ihautfeur. I Rogers was not in the car, but I his chauffeur was driving it from » New York to Hollywood. The accit dent occurred on U. S. Highway 40 near the Ohio line.

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Lady Economist j • \ ' I •i The only woman officially attach- ' ed to the U. S. delegation to the ' London Economic Conference, 1 Miss Celeste Jedei is shown as she sailed from New York. She is a member of Professor Moley’s advisory council. CHARGE ST I AS KIDNAPERS Federal Grand Jury Indicts Eight As McElroy Kidnapers Kansas City, Mo., June 3.—(U.R) —A federal grand jury here today indictments charging I eight persons with complicity in the kidnaping of Miss Mary McElroy, daughter of Judge H. F. McElroy, city manager of Kansas ’City. Walter H. McGee, former Oregon convict, who confessed the kidnaping to Kansas City police while ■ the federal grand jury was in session was named as the leader in the plot. Indicted with him were George McGee, his brother, Clarence Stevens, Clarence Click, Wendell John son, L, R. Gilbert, Mrs. Hazel Johnson and Mrs. Lenore Gilbert. All but George McGee and Clar- ’ ence Stevens were arrested yesterday. Confesses Kansas City, Mo., June 3. (U.R) - Walter H. McGee, former Oregon convict, today confessed participation in the kidnaping of Miss Mary McElroy, daughter of Judge H. F. • McElroy, city manager of Kansas City, for $30,00(1 ransom. McGee’s confession was made . just as a federal grand jury went i into special session to investigate ■' the abduction. II o 46 Miners Killed Nagasaki, Japan, June 3 —(UP) j —A,n explosion wrecked the Interior of the Asaura coal mine near here today, dealing death a.nd injury to a large force of early morning wonkers. Reports said 46 miners were killed and 50 seriously injured. The 1 blast occurred at 7:25 A. M. and rocked the countryside. CAMPAIGN WILL CLOSE MONDAY t Rallies Sunday And 11th Hour Meetings Monday To End Campaign e' r Indianapolis, June 3 — (U.R) — i Rallies tomorrow, mostly in t churches, and eleventh ho u r g meetings Monday will close the ! Indiana repeal election campaign. In electing delegates to the repeal convention, Hoosiers will de- , cide June 6 whether Indiana will s join eight other states which have ratified the congressional resolue; tlon repealing the 18th amend--0 nient. e Indiana will be In the spotlight then for many believe that if the ii: traditional lines of prohibition fall n here, ratification by the necessary j 36 states is assured. Nearly ail the campaign windup ~ | meetings for the week end will be held by drys. Wets will be lt content to center their drive on (1 bringing out the vote. j. However, Gov. Paul V. McNutt q will urge repeal in his regular *Tcontinuhl>*on*pagb TWO)

TRUSTEES WILLI NAME OFFICER Township Trustees Will Elect County School Superintendent Trustees of the twelve townships I in Adams County will meet at the ccuiK'ty auditor’s office in the court house at 10 o’clock Monday morning to elect a superintendent of | the Adams county schools for the fbur-year term beginning Wednesday, August 16. Four school me.r.i have announced their eandidaiies for the office, i Clifton E. Striker, now serving < his second term as superintendent. is a. candidate for re-election. He < was first elected to the office in 1925 aid was re-elected in 1929. < Previous to taking office. Mr. Strik I er taught in the schools of Monroe, Wabash and Hartford townsill ips. Hansel Foley, Monroe, former Kirkland high school principal, I was the first to file for the office.! Mr. Foley also has taught in. the 1 Monmouth 'and Washington town- j ship grades. He was the only candidate opposing Mr. Striker in 1929. i Other candidates for the office' are Robert J. Man.ni, Kirkland high ! school principal, and Russell Stein-! er. former Hartford township principal. Mr. Mann has served as principal! at Kirkland for the past four year. He olso was principal at Pleasant Mills for seven years and has taught in Root township and the Decatur high school. Mr. Steiner has had twelve years of teaching experience in Adams county schools, including Blue 1 Creek, Wabash and Hartford township schools. County superintendents will be elected at similar meetings . throughout the entire state Monday. FARM OUTLOOK IS IMPROVING Purdue Expert Reports Improved Farm Outlook In Late Weeks Lafayette. Ind.. June 3 —(UP) — An, improved farm outloqjc since the United States went off the gold standard was reported today by O. G. Lloyd, chief of the farm management department of Purdue university. “Prices of 17 basic commodities have risen 24 per cent since the gold standard was abandoned April 17, Lloyd reported. "The outlook I is better than at any time in the past four years." “Corn sold for 31.4 cents a bushel in thq United States during April. Wheat brought 43.1 cents a bushel and hogs sold for $3.58 cents per hundred pounds. These prices were 89 per cent of the pre-war level while articles farmers bought held ’ equal to pre-war prices. “Inflation’ary powers invested in 1 President Roosevelt by recent acts of Congress, however, are sufficient to double the April prices, placing farm products prices on a parity with other costs.” Lloyd pointed out. In connection with recent discovi ery of stunted, yellow and dying I alfalfa and sweet clover pl ants in Indiana, the Purdue bulletin said experiments conducted in the botj any department have revelled that the wilt disease is not present aid 1 farmern should feel no fear about | cutting the affected spots. Winter Injury was blamed for such conditions and considerable damage may be expected to result the bulletin said. 1 oI William Muldoon Dies At New York Nek York, June 3—(UP) —WilI Ham famous conditioner s of athletes and prominent man, . died today ini the suburban home - t<) which he had retired reluctantly I when the ravages of old age finally t undermined his gre at .physique. > Muldoon passed his 88th birth1' day in a semi stupor last May 25 ,• and since that time lie had been j unconscious for only a tew hours at II a time. 1! The big house where he died is 8 a part of the widely known Muia doon health farm at Purchase, rear White Plains in Weschester County t In recent months he had lived r quietly there with few clients visit ’ Ing bls gymnasium.

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SEVEN KILLED | IN OIL FIELD BLAST. FIRE Over Twelve Persons Reported Missing; Fear Further Deaths OVER MILLION DOLLAR DAMAGE Long Beach, Calif., June 3. —(U.R) —A smoking, blackened ten block square section of Signal Hill, one , of the world's richest oil fields, was searched for bodies today as auth- j orities sought the toll of the explosion and fire that turned the district into a holocaust late yes- ■ terday. The known dead stood at seven this morning, but more than 12 per- ’ sons still were missing and some officials expected the total death list might reach 20. The injured totalled 40, most of whom were expected to recover. ’ Property damage was placed in ' excess of $1,000,000 and some estij mates set it as high as $2,500,000. The higher figure included dam- ! age to a score of homes, adjacent jto the field. Some were demolish- ■ ed. The homeless were carred for by appropriation of $25,000 from ; the Red Cross fund established to ’ aid victims of the major earthquake that shook this section i March 10. The blast, followed immediate- j I ly by fire, came in the middle of f a quiet afternoon while Signal Hill was pouring out its daily 1 quota of oil. A few seconds before 2 p. m. ; there was a slight detonation at i the absorption plant of the Richfield Oil company in the southwest section of the field. • Those who knew what caused i that minor blast did not live to I ! tell what happened, but it was | presumed that a valve from a j pressure tank blew out. A few workmen ran to aid those already in the absorption plant ; for all knew that it was importI ant to shut off valves. It was too | late. Sheets of casing head gasoline, highly volatile, went flying through the air and then came a ! terrific blast. The concussion was sq great it was heard in Hollywood and Pasadena. almost 26 miles way. It broke windows in San Pedro, sev(CONTTNUED ON PAGE THREE) o Fort Wavne Bank Will *Reopen Soon Fort Wayne, Ind., June 3—(UP) —The Old First National Bank and ' ’ Trust Company, Fort Wayne’s largest financial institution, will 'be reopened soon, according to Frank H. . i Outshall, president of the instituI tion. ■, A complete audit has been made . of the bank's records and tentative I plans for Resumption of normal [ functions have been approved by chief examiner C. E. Taylor. , The institution has been on a . restricted withdrawal basis since ; , before the national banking holi- ; day. , j o SEEK CORPS TO ■ BUILD LEVEES t v i Southern Indiana Towns ’ Seek Civilian Conservation Corps 3 [ t Terre Haute. Ind.-, June 3—(U.R) —Plans to seek a civilian conser- | vat ion corps contingent to construct flood levees along the Wabash river will be’discussed at a [ meeting of representatives from cities along the Wabash Monday ' night. 1 Representatives from Attica, '• Clinton. Vincennes. Rockville, e ' Newport and other towns in the I area will attend the meeting, f | sponsored by the Terre Haute j chamber of commerce. Two army engineers, coming r> here for a conference witli Mayor II Wood Posey, will lie present. 1 j Fred S. Purnell, former con- ’ gressman from the old ninth diss trict, will head the Attica delega- -- tlon. Mrs. Virginia Jenckes, r present congresswoman from the y I sixth district and owner of con d slderable farm land In the flood I- i region, will be one of the principal speakers.

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Treasury Aide p ' J n O- 4 *" ' JI i A recent photo of Stephen B'.! i Gibbons, of New York, whose ap-' j pointrnent as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury was recently confirmed by the Senate. He succeeds Seymour Lowman. PILOT STARTS WORLD FLIGHT James Mattern Hops Off For Solo Flight Around The World Floyd Bennet Airport. New York,' June 3.— (U.R).— James Mattern. trans-Atlantic speed record holder ! and Oklahoma colonel, took off in I his airplane Century of Progress at 5:21 a. m. E.D.T. today on a solo flight around the world. Mattern is” a Texan, smiling, [curly haired and confident. His plane is the one in which he land Bennett Griffin, trying a wprld i flight a year ago, crashed in a Russian peat bog. ! Mattern’s flight today is perhaps [ the most difficult ever essayed. His route is Berlin-Moscow,Yakutsk-Si-beria-Edmonton, Canada, Chicago, I New York. Alone he will try to break the two-man record, itself hailed as history making, of Wiley Post and Harold Gatty, on his 15,-’ 651 mile world flight. But there was no sign that to ' Mattern, army trained veteran of many flights, he was risking his life. For weeks he had been reconditioning and testing his 600horse power Lockheed plane and checking the instruments, the best obtainable, on which he depends. I It is painted to resemble somewhat an American Eagle, with wavy stripes to represent feathers. It I lias no r»dio. For days now, Mattern had been awaiting favorable weather. Late last night he telephone Dr. James [ Kimball, the famous meterologist of the weather bureau, who has , given the “go” signal to so many > trans-Atlantic fliers. [ Kimball told the Texas aviator , that a start this morning would give him clear skies and a favor- , able tail wind across the Atlantic. , Mattern at once telephoned the field that he would take off soon after dawn. Mattern arrived at the field at 4:20. He had with him a few personal belongings and a little additional equipment. “I’ve got a good tail wind and half a dozen oranges, and I’m off," said the smiling Mattern The plane rose gallantly, and was [off on its first stage to Berlin and , its second flight of the Atlantic. 5 Mattern swung out over the sea, ■ then back over the field before he took off due east to disappear at I) — 0 Calvin McClure Flees State Prison a Calvin McClure escaped from the a state reformatory at Pendleton at y 3 o’clock Friday afternoon, accordI ing to word received by Sheriff Johnson last night. McClure was ' sentenced in the Adams circuit ®, court December 2. 1932. when he a was convicted of robbing the Appleman grocery in this city. | o r Granted Divorce i- Chicago June 3—(l P) Mrs. Heli- en Cermak Kenlay. d nigliter of the i- late Mayor Anton J. Cermak, was <, granted a divorce from Floyd M. e Kenlay, assistant attorney general i- of Illinois. She charged cruelty. <1 , They were married in 1926. Mrs. 1-[ Kenlay was granted custody of their two-ye«r old daughter.

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SEVEN BANDITS ESCAPE AFTER WOUNDING TWO Two Banks In Cullum, 111., Rohhed Simultaneously By Gang AMOUNT OF LOOT IS UNDETERMINED Cullom, 111., June 3.—(U.R)— A gang of desperate bandits took over this town temporarily today, robbed both banks and escaped after fighting a fierce gun duel with a posse of vigilantes. Two citizens were wounded. The bandits attacked the First National Bank and the Farmers State Bank simultaneously and were just completing the holdups when the alarm was spread. The citizen’s vigilante committee organized a posse that engaged the bandits in a gun battle reminiscent of old western days with citizens firing from second story windows and from be- ' hind telephone poles while the bandits made their escape in a car. firing as they drove. The amount of loot obtained by the robbers was estimated variously at from $2,500 to $6,500. The bandit gang included at least seven men. Driving to the oik skirts of this village of 1,000, they left one automobile with a guard. In another car six bandits drove down the main street, flourishing guns and making no attempts to disguise themselves or their puri pose. At the First National Bank the gang split, three going inside and three going to the Farmers State Bank, half a block further along the main street. Inside the First National Bank W. J. Kiley and J. W. Shearer, cashier and assistant cashier re’spec lively, were held at gufTpoint while ' the cash drawers and vault were looted. Meanwhile J. D. Radoin and his son. Howard, officials of the Farmers State Brink, were held at bay by the remainder of the gang. It appeared for a time that the robbers would escape without firing a shot. However, the alarm reached Mayor James M. Jeytz. He quickly sent word to vigilantes who armed themselves and lined the streets. Part of the posse surrounded the First National Bank and were ready to shoot when the bandits emerged, but the robbers used Kiley and Shearer as shields to cover their escape. The two bank officials later were released. Nine-Year-Old Boy Is Bady Injured Elmer McCoy, nine-year-old son i of Tom McCoy of route 2, Monroe- , ville. Is a patient at the (dams I County M' mortal Hospital here suffering with injuries he received when he was dragged under a har- [ ’ row by run-away horses. The lad was e ’gaged in harrowing a field on the McCoy farm Thursday when the horses ran away, dragging the harrow over the body. He receiveii a long wound on his right leg extending from the I knee ten inches. His right leg was , pressed into the ground by the weight of the harrow and creases were ground into the hone. The [ skin was taken off the hip, elbows and both arms, and a gash was cut on his head. ORAL HUFFMANN DIES SUDDENLY Well Known Druggist Dies This Morning At Linn Grove Home 1 Orval Huffman. 53. well known ! druggist and a lifelong resident of Linn Grove, died suddenly at his home at 10 o’clock this morning. Mr. Hoffman was born in Linn Grove, July 4. 1880 a son of Peter anti Louis Hoffman, both of whom are deceased. He was never mare ried. s Surviving are a brother. Dr. Sterl- . ing Hoffman of Fort Wayne and a 1 ’ sister. Mrs. L. L. Yager of Berne. . Two older brothers. Orestes and Forest, preceded him in death. f | Funeral services will be held i Tuesday morning at Linn Grove.