Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 31, Number 135, Decatur, Adams County, 8 June 1933 — Page 1

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WHAVENMAN I js PRESIDENT ■■. R. Sanks Again *nw l'» Ht'ad Epworth | [ague District K< E NELSON ■ ISVh I. PRESIDENT ■ e vJA k. Sanks of New E-enß':t> >'<“ elected district of the Fort Wayne E«Fnworth League, at convention in sess- ■ gXlie local Methodist church, this afterKh ■ the 1932-33 officers Ew-elected except one. Laid Hall, Garrett, was Kd®ni<o League Superbilen[faeeding Mrs. E. S. Mor-, ■ber <> 1, rs letained for anoth- ■ rear im !uii» : Jessie Phares, msedai first vice-president; B-preaent; Jay F. Olinger, ParE. thii vine-president; Orval ir, fdu'th vice-president; Alice I W district secretary, A Hilling. Fort Wayne. ■rictßeasurer. Ikeflßofticers were nominated ■■■oniinating committee at ■ tills afternoon amt by the convention fcr. J.W- Bonn of Fort Wayne is by conferIf S#B>intment. BtlsOni port ant business to be late this afternoon ina convention city ■a i Tonight Rhe * King event of the two-day ■Mahii h attracted approxiKelywOO delegates from surto Decatur. will lihjannual banquet tonight at Sen ock at. tlie Decatur high have been made tor i pet Vi■ is, it was announced this with a possibility of a Ker ■iiib.-r attending the sess[toniht. Wiant of Indianaptlie speaker, and an enprogram has been planI ■Morning Session r e W venl * ou opened this morniat®:!e o'clock with a Morning «ervice with Rev. F. F. prntai of Fort Wayne, in Decatur Girls Choir service. o'clock breakfast was the church, followed by I MBoon session. Rev. E. S. the song leader, and £-35 re!t loonl delivered tlie The Junior Hour by the Junior Leao'clock a luncheon was ■Afternoon Session this afternoon open- *■ a song service at 1: 3t> ■xi’Kll ON PAGE FOUR) [ISH DRAFT FAVORED TODAY 1 Hrence Commission ■ppts Disarmament ■ Treaty Draft ■*> June B.—(U.R) —The genot the dtsarmavoted today to ac British draft of a disarmant treaty as a basis for a future The »ote was taken over of the French dele- ‘ lO Vote was taken after Nao--8 Sato. Japanese delegate, h id Japan would refuse to ac--1 W’l'tion ot aerial bombardW ■ntil all aircraft carriers By st roved. is extremely vulnerable BBipletelv exposed to air athworn its coasts," he said. *®e unable to renounce air M without something in reMjpmplained that the London an atmosphere of and apprehension." an agreement to preuse of civil aircraft for purposes in war time and f abolition of carriers but against the construe--1 of vessels with landing decks.

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Children Exercises At St. Paul Sunday The annual Children’s exercises! ■ will be held at the St. Paul ChrisI tian Union church, four miles south |of Decatur on the County Farm | . road, Sunday evening, June 11 at 7:3d o’clock. The committee in charge will ! i comprise Miss Naomi Walters, Mrs. ' Everett Hawkins and Mrs. Floyd ! Arnold. Mrs. Menno Mertz is in i charge of Lie choir. Rev. J E , Smith is pastor ot the church. The public and friends of the church are cordially invited to atI tend. DRYSWILL TRY COUNTY OPTION Anti-Saloon League Workers Start Campaign For Local Option Indianapolis, June B.—(U.PJ—With Indiana voting almost two to one lor repeal of the 18th amendment, Anti-Saloon League workers today started a campaign for enactment of county option laws. Complete but unofficial returns ' from Tuesday’s election showed a ; popular vote of 553.486 for repeal and 306,839 against. This was sufficient to elect 246 repeal delegates and S 3 prohibition. The delegate allottment was changed from 248 to 81 when it was found that Decatur county, originally reported for repeal, had voted for prohibition. The repeal vote was approximately 60 per cent of normal and ‘ exceeded expectations. Prohibition candidates were elected in 37 of the 92 counties. These counties were composed largely of rural communities which control only a small minority of the state legislature. The Anti-Saloon League fight will he led by E. L. York, state president. "We shall start all over again," he said. "The counties which voted for prohibition will be our battleground.'’ County option prevailed in Indiana when the state was wet. The Anti-Saloon League will urge the counties to take this alternative again if the 18th amendment is repealed. York said an effort also would be made to elect drys to congress and the legislature. The prohibition candidates succeeded in carrying the seventh congressional district by 127 votes, on the unofficial count. Rep. Arthur Greenwood, Washington, present congressman from this district, is considered a foe I of repeal. The two to one wet vote may pave the way for the sale of draught beer in ifidiana. Gov. Paul V. McNutt admitted frankly that the legislature banned draught ' beer because he wanted the state to vote for repeal. He and many others felt that legalization of [ draught beer so soon before the election would hinder the repeal cause. A case is pending before the supreme court which may result in a decision legaliz’/g the new 3.2 per 1 cent brew in kegs. It was brought i by John Teukley, East Chicago ’XT*\'!T'.l’ ON RAGE FOUR) Hijackers Hold Up Truck, Get Cigarets Seymour, Ind.. June 8 —(U.R)—Hijackers held up an Indianapolis truck driver between here and Co- ’ lunibus last night kidnaped Him and stole his truck containing SM.-$ M .- 000 worth of cigarets. The driver, Fred Fritchett, said ! he was released tour miles from Shelbyville. 1 Three men conducted the bodup. he said. One drove the truck away while the other two took 1 Fritchett in a small sedan. ’ ; -O — Return Rev. Gibbs To Decatur Today J. M. Doan and Robert Zwtck left . early this morning for Indianap- • olis by ambulance. They will re- - turn Rev. C. P. Gibbs to his home here. Rev. Gibbs has been conflni ed to the Methodist Hospital at In- ( dianapolis for several weeks but is now reported recovering rapidly. BULLETIN |i Henry Koeneman died at I his home at Hoagland short- .! |y after 3 o’clock th is afier- . I noon.

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RELIEF FROM | HOT WEATHER IS DOUBTFUL Weather Forecaster Predicts No Relief Before Tomorrow NEARLY 50 DIE IN HEAT WAVE Chicago June 8 —(UP) — Hope dwindled today for immediate rad" to break Lie heat that in five days has el'aimed 50 lives in the middle west. Weather forecaster, C. A. Don’el said there wis little prospect of thundershowers before tomorrow in most of the sweltering mid-contin-ent area. He" predicted another scorching day with temperatures ranging generally from 95 to 100 degrees and above. Sets Record Chicago, June 8. — (U.R) — Rain clouds which will break the beat wave that has baked the midwest for three days were gathering in upper central states today, the United States weather bureau here reported. Relief from the torrid weather, which already has taken a toll ot lives and damage to crops and livestock, will come late today to the Mississippi and .Missouri valleys and the upper Great latkes region. forecasters said. A break in the heat wave is Expected in the . lower Ohio valley tonight or tomorrow. Continued high temperatures, with the mercury hovering near the 100 degree mark, was forecast for the southwest. No relief was in sight for Oklahoma. Texas, and adjoining states. ' A United Press survey showed that the death toll as result of heat was nearing the two-score mark. Scores of prostrations were repotted as farmers fell unconscious in . their fields and city residents col- . lapsed on sidewalks. In many farm sections work was abandoned by day and farmers drove their plows and”planters at night. The toll by states was as follows: ' Wisconsin. 15; lowa. 5; Illinois, 7; Nebraska, Missouri and Kansas, 8; Michigan. 2. and Indiana. 2. A new high record of 100 de- , grees for June was set in Chicago, in Illinois, Indiana and Kentucky. (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) FEDERAL BOARD MAY BE PROBED ! I i Farmers’ Association May Ask Senatorial Investigation r f Indianapolis. June 8 — (UP) i > Plans for seeking a senatorial inI vestigation of tlie Federal farm board were considered today by leaders of the Farmers Grain Deali ers'state'and national association. - The proposal came up at a meett ing opening a membership drive in > Indiana. Another will be held in , Delaware hotel. Muncie, tonight; i the Fowler hotel, Lafayette tomorrow night, and the Eagles Home, Peru, Saturday night. ; Millard R. Myers, Chicago, a representative of National headquarters of the association, said 130 , farmer-owned elevators in Indiana, 800 in North Dakota and 600 in 11, , Enols were affiliated within. Its . raniks. "The new f irm relief legislation I involving as its does parts ot the ! equalization fee, the Debenture system and the allotment plan, resembles hash," (Charles Adkins, Deva-1 t tur, 111., former representative in t congress told the farmers. Plans for the congressional inquiry were outlined by C. 11. Conway, vice president of the Nation'al Organization and chairman of r its legislative committee. L. R. Rumsyre, Soutli Whitley, Secretary t of the farmers grain dealers' asso- - elation of .Indiana, spoke for the - state organization. 0 Postpone Directors , Meeting Tonight The regular meeting of the direc-1 tors ot the Chamber of Commerce has been postponed from tonight | until next Monday, James Elberson president of the organization stated. 1

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Accused Banker at Court r n BK * u--’ I ✓ i u v l Mi ' L- / i | ? A NJ* & 'I I M /<■ Z *T I Aw \ wS / i® Z art-1 - V J ’• ;■■■ k: • ■■■ ✓ f essMbbL W g x" !® v ' V ' > Vv< % i J| i '."LWiihiiir "liiiiiiiiiii—i —ii Mini imßMawwiwiiiwJoseph W. Harriman (left), former head of the Harriman National Rank, pictured as he arrived at the Federal Court, New York, with his physician. The banker, who is completely recovered from his recent suicide attempt, pleaded not guilty to charges of misappropriating i bank funds. His trial was postponed tb June 19.

TO REORGANIZE | COALINDUSTRY First To Be Reorganized Under Industrial Control Bill — (Copyright 1933 by United Press) Washington. June B—(U.R8 —(U.R) —The ( coal industry will be the first to | he reorganized under provisions ’ of the revolutionary Roosevelt industrial control bill, the United Press learned on reliable authority today The bill is now being debated in the senate. Early passage is virtually assured. iSeveral other major industries have held conferences and are drawing up codes covering production, prices and wages. These codes have been submitted in tentative forms to authorities who . will administer the act, but the I coal industry, long in a chaotic I condition, is the first to perfect J its organization. D. W. Buchanan, Chicago oper- ' ator who controls extensive coal mines in the Clearfield, Pa., field, probably will be selected as administrator of the coal industry. The decision to begin rehabilitation of the fuel industry prior to similar efforts on behalf of ' other basic industries was made at a recent conference at the home of Bernard Baruch. New York financier, influential Democrat, and associate of Gen. Hugh (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) ADAM BROWN IS DEATH’S VICTIM Former Decatur Resident Dies Last Night At Fort Wayne I Word was received here today of the death of Adam Brown, age 75, who died Wednesday evening at the home of his daughter, 3020 Nelson street. Fort Wayne. The message stated that death ; was due to a heat stroke. He had I been in failing health and the ex- ! tretne heat is thought to have hastI ene<l his death. I Mr. Brown was a brother of i Isaac Brown of this city. He moved to Fort Wayne more than 20 I years ago and previous to that time was associated with Julius Haugh in the horse importing business. Funeral services will be held al I the daughter’s home In Fort I Wayne Saturday afternoon at 2:30 [o’clock (DST). Burial will be made lin Lindenwood cemetery.

i One Man Killed When Cars Collide Martinsville, Ind., June 8. —(U.R) —A head-on collision between a truck and an automobile near here, today had claimed the lite of Roy Churchill, Depau w. Three other men riding with Churchill were injured, one seriously. Herbert Irwin, Frankfort, Ky.. (suffered a brain concussion; Waldo I Engleman and Harold Cammack, both of Corydon, received head injuries. All were brought to Mem- ! orial hospital here. I The accident occurred when the I auto in which the four men were ’riding crashed into a produce truck | driven by Orville Rhoades, Indiani apolis. NO DISCUSSION OF WAR DEBTS Secretary of State Hull Issues Statement To Press Today 1 : Plymouth, England. June 8. —(U.R) _ —Secretary of State Cordell Hull. ! arriving today en route to the world J economic conference, declared that . war debts shall not be discussed al , the conference. ■ I Before boarding a special train ■ for London witli the remainder of •[the United States delegates to the -1 conference. Hull told the press he i ; favprs lowering excessive trade and ! financial barriers between nations, I hut that war debts talks are barrI ed. [ “That subject is altogether outside the purposes of I lie confer I'ence," he said. “I have nothing to say regarding payment by Britain ■of the debt installment due next I Thursday | "TTiat question will be handled l- exclusively by government officials iat Washington. I cannot emphasize [that too strongly. We are confined to our instructions for the economic conference." f He also said disarmament would , |be excluded from their mission, betjing left entirely to Norman H. [Davis and officials in Washington. “There is a feeling of hopefuli ness in the United States regarding lithe issue of the conference." Hull - added, "especially after six weeks • of preliminary conversations between officials of Great Britain and f I ten other countries. •i "The nations have suffered ) (enough from barriers and restriciitions. A serious problem has arisi [en that calls for inflTlnational action. Trade is being destroyed by I [these extreme economic barriers t and must be restored. I) [ "My hope is that it will be achiev--3 jed as the ultimate issue of the conference."

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SIX DIE FROM 1 EXTREME HEAT 1 Weather Bureau Observers Predict No Immediate Relief In State Indianapolis, June 8. — (U.R) —An I ’ early summer heat wave which 1 . sent the temperature above 100 de- I I ! grees in Indiana had claimed six i lives today. | 1 Weather bureau officials said ] ( there would be no immediate relief. I Human beings and livestock suf- | sered alike under the sun’s burning 1 rays. Many farmers were forced to j keep out of the fields because of danger ot harm to themselves and their horses. Thermometers registered official I I temperatures yesterday whl ch I broke previous June 7 records by I many degrees. , The maximum temperature at ; i Washington, Warsaw and Kokomo was 101; Evansville and Craw-[ Tordsville 100; Wabash 99; Bed-’ ford and Huntington 98, and Indianapolis and Columbus 97. The temp-i erature reached 90 degrees in every I i section of the state. : Three of the heat deaths occurr- [ [ed in Terre Haute. Edward J. Burke, 14. drowned in Walton lake | [while peeking relief from the heat. [ Harry Bouelden, 59, a fisherman, j ; fell in the river while fishing and was drowned. James Houston, 67. I ■ a farmer, was overcome while ' [working in the field. A steel worker at East Chicago, : Ananias Culp, 50, was overcome and died. Ray Burton. 25, Los Angeles, an orchestra player, drowned Jn Lake Maxinkuckee when he was seized | with cramps. Henry Fries. 50, Columbia City farmer, died from heat prostration. o Conservation League Will Hold Fish Fry Members of the Adams County ' j Conservation league will enjoy a fish fry Monday, June 12 at the community hall in Monroe. The meal will be served by the Ladies Aid society of the Methodist church : at Monroe and serving will begin at 6:30 o’clock. A limited number of tickets at I 35 cents each may be obtained from Dan Tyndall Will Powers Charles I Knapp Sim Burk at the Teeple and Peterson Clothing store. Roy Johnson is president of the organization. Greater Power Is Given Inquirers Washington June 8 —(UP) —A resolution giving the senate banking and currency committee sweeping power to inquirey into stock | sales made to avojd income taxes lYas approved by tlie senate today as the committee resumed its hear- ! ipgs in the Morgan inquiry. The senate also voted to give the Morgan investigators an additional $100,600 so the inquiry might be continued during the summer recess of congress. O. P. Van Sweringen, Cleveland railroad magnate, continued at the Morgan hearing today his story of how a millioii-dollar “rfhoe-string” was pyramided into a railway sys- ! tern extending half way across the 1 continent. DOUGLAS STORE TO MOVE JULY 10 ‘ Dry Goods Store Will Move Into K. of C. Building Soon I The ('. A. Douglas store will move ■ from the Bernstein building, South . SSiond street to the K. of C. building in the room now occupied by - the Shoe Market. ; Advertisements in today's issue I of the Daily Democrat, state that ( the Shoe Market is going to dis- ■ continue business. The latter busI iness was opened in tlie K. of room several months ago. I) The Douglas store is owned by :C. A. Douglas of LaGrange, wtifi - purchased the place of busines.. . from 1. Bernstein. It deals in dry r, goods, shoes and ready-to-wear ap- ; parel. T. J. Metzler of this city is manager of the local store. The change in location of the | Douglas store will take place about ‘July 10.

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Berghoff Beer Truck Hijacked Chicago, Jun® 8— (UP)—Six men 1 driving into two cars hii-jacked a truck load of beer enroute to Chi- ■ cago near Valparaiso, today. The truck was loaded with beer ' valued at $1,062, consigned Iby the [ Berghoff Brewery at Fort Wayne I Indiana. Earl Forest and Orville Delong | were forced to accompany the hi- I jackers to Sicero where they were 1 given $5 and released. THREE BANDITS ! STAGE HOLDUP Bank At Yeoman, Ind., Robbed of S6OO Wednesday Afternoon Delphi, Ind.. June B—(UP)—Two [ mon and a red haired, pale faced [ [ youth were sought today for the I $660 holdup at the bank of Yeoman. : The men entered the institution I about 3 p. m. while the red haired boy was engaging cashier Walter i Kennard in conversation. Kennard, two other employes ) amd Mrs. Faye Holloway were [ threatened with guns while the I l cash drawers were robbed. The bandits escaped in an auto- [ mfeibile and were seen speeding i southward a tew minutes riier the! I holdup. The red-headed youth had been around Yeoman for a week, pretending to lie searching for some I one. The bank at Yeoman is a private institution. W. S. Milton is president. Chicago June 8 —(UP) — Seven liandits with sawed-off shotguns and pistols, their faces masked with handkerchiefs, terrorized 2»> persons in the main state bank today and escaped in two automobiles with $17,4)00 loot. As they fled, the bandit leader I fired a parting shot but It went wild. Eight bank employes, three of them girls, were forced to lie on , the floor., .Eighteen customers held up their hands. With their gunmen posted at Vantage points, the other bandits ran into the Pages and scooped the money into sacks. They did not take several thousand dollars worth of bonds and oher securities. MINE DISPUTE CAUSES DEATH Labor Conflict In Illinois Mine Area Claims Another Life Springfield, 111., June B—(U.R)' — ; An airplane roared low over this capital today dropping pamphlets in the bitter mines labor conflict which took a toll of another life last night. The plane flew over the residences of miners and showered literature urging them to join the Progressive Miners Union which yesterday fought a pitched battle j to halt operations of the Peerless Mine of the Peabody Coal Co. Thomas Urban. 25, Progressive miner, was dead today as a result lof the outbreak. He was one of [ 2,500 Progressive pickets who ' rushed United Mine Workers j members as they went to work at the coal shafts yesterday. Urban’s death brought to nearly 115 the toll of the intermittent mine strife which has wracked the centra! and southern Illinois coal fields since last summer. National guardsmen patrolled the two local Peabody Co., mines today and dispersed small groups of pickets who appeared. The troopers were called here from Taylorsville where they have been on duty since last fall. Another Test Os Beer Control Law Imminent [ Fort Wayne, Ind., June 8. —(U.R) .:—Constitutionality of the Indiana beer control law will be considered by Judge Bert A. Fagan in city l court here June 14 in the trial of .i two negroes charged with unlaw- ■ fully transporting liquor, • ! William Goings and Jesse Easter, i the defendants, have filed motions to quash the affidavits and suppress > evidence. They charge liquor found t|ln their automobile was seized without a search warrant.

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HEAVY STORM DELAYS FLYER FROM TAKEOFF Bad Weather Forces Jimmy Mattern To Delay Further Trip PLANE SLIGHTLY DAMAGED IN STOP Bielovo, Siberia, June 8— (U.R)—Janies J. Mattern's <lei partiire from this out-of-the wav and unscheduled slop on his solo flight around the world was delaved tonight by a heavv storm. Although he planned to depart early tonight, the weather forced him to delay his take-off until at least 1 a. m. Moscow time (4 p. m. CST ) Mattern said he was feeling fit, despite the effects of gas fumes which he inhaled when his motor went wrong enroute from Omsk. advices from Novosizirsk said that Mattern had made his forced landing Wednesay night I (Novosibirsk time) many hours 1 after he passed over that city. It appeared that he had flown [ around all day in the heavy fog. lost, befotle landing at Bielnvo. The news that he was down did not reach Novosibirsk until between five and six a. m. today (7 p. m. Wednesday EDT.) Officials at Bielovo told the United Press by telephone that Mattern, with the aid of local ' mechanics, repaired the damaged tail of hfs plane in a few hours. He wanted to take off immediately but officials persuaded him to take a brief rest. They described Mattern as happy because the accident was onlv l of a minor nature. He washed. ate, and rested while keeping an ’ eye on the local workers. I Bielovo is one of the most re- ’ mote places in the Soviet Union that can be reached by telephone from Moscow. It is a typical scattered Siberian coal mining settlement in the Kuznetsk (now Stalinsk) district far off the main highways. Not one of the inhabitants had heard of the around the world flight, and because of the difficulty of language, it was almost an hour before Mattern made them i understand the significance of the sudden visitation from the clouds. The strange and tov-like Ted. I v hlte and blue monoplane created the greatest sensation in the hisI tory of the neighborhood, the Bielovo officials said. Hundreds of miners and peasants for miles ■ around flocked into Bielovo to see I U ’ 0 Michigan Rank Robbed Os $4,000 I • 1 Brooklyn. Mich June B—(UP)—8 —(UP)— Two armed men held up the Brooklyn State Bank today 'and escaped with $4,000. leaving Frank Brown president, hound and gagged. Tire robbers entered the bank ' sometime during the night and met Brown and Bernard Ayers, cashier, when thev arrived. '[ o NAME OFFICERS AT CONVENTION 1934 Firemen’s Convention Will Be Held At Dunkirk, Ind. — Bluffton, June B—(Special)— i Dunkirk was chosen as the 1934 i convention city by members of i the Northern Indiana Industrial i and Volunteer Firemen’s Association in convention here at a business session preceding the annual banquet which brought activities t for the opening day to a close. Officers elected for next year ) are: president. T. J. Yoos. Markle, i vice-president, Leßoy frothers, I Bremen' secretary. G. W. Darr, t Columbia City; and assistant secs retary. Thomas Hatfield. Bluffton. Directors elected are William Cook. Hartford City: Harry . Starke. Fort Wayne, and Bud U Moon, Warsaw. < Thirty companies. Including DeI catur. attended the convention, I [ with each city represented by I from 10 to 25 members.