Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 31, Number 138, Decatur, Adams County, 12 June 1933 — Page 1

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WORLD ECONOMIC CONFERENCE OPENS

■VISITORS ■N TO DEATH ■plane CRASH ■edv Follows Pleasure Knt at World’s Fair ■'hen Plane Crashes ■i[ES BURNED ■ A st recognition ■ago .nr 1- - (UP) ~ A gay ■ofWoi M - f>ir pleasure-sp.’k-■a< burn il i‘> death late yes- ■ in an airplane crash so (le■ing that even the number of ■ and I identity of some r<jd w certain today. |rr ed bodies of nine victims, ling'the p lot and his mechan(re removed from the twisted tage of a Sikorsky amphibian 1 plunged to the ground at new, a suburb 30 miles from jo. Owners of the plane. , was tighting toward an airafter being crippled hi an ipted landing at the World’s lanbor. believed a tenth victim biv a woman, was aboard, rktinis were identified. They | v Vickery. Chicago, pilot, rry Ja.vbs. Wheeling. W. Va.. inic. ward Schaller, 22. storm Lake T. Robinson, 21. New York. arf . ts were believed to live ie Hotel Ansonia, New York. | ward M. Fay, Chicago. k Stephanie Ogoree. 20, Chibinson was the son of Joseph jbinson. New York City, an il of the Travelers Life InsurCompany. Sehaller was the Os George .1, Schaller, director ie federal reserve bank Chi- , e of the other victims was a an. She tentatively was identiu Mrs. Ida Goodwin, 47. for , of Missoula. Mont., A diet!- ' in a private school on long L N. Y. e Robinson family came from York to attend graduation of her son from Culver last week, lief that Mrs. Goodwin was o: e 8 victims grew this morning. A k key found on the body bore Mme. Authorities were notified te.k authorities in Missoula I the key had been issued to i Goodwin. is. Goodwin, who was registerit the Stevens hotel, had not reird to her room this morning “•he left to go to the fair veslay. itkery, a veteran army flier, Moabs, an experienced media»ere found in the control room, tiler and Robinson were Idem id by the latter’s father. II the victims, trapped in the it> of the ship when it plunged ” a height of 150 feet, were otd beyond recognition. Schalli identification was established • Culver class ring. i“ntification of the other vic- ! officials feared, may >uot be ipletetl for days. They were k'g the thousands of week-end ’ •iters at the fair and may have R from distant parts of the l| ry. In that event, identifica--1 <ould not be completed until I are reported missing by relas or friends. uiulay afternoon motorists saw ■ONTINt.-Riv ON PAGF TWO) Men Arrested On (hicken Theft Charge il'criff Burl Johnson uiTest.ul Ellston and Marior? Burntlw‘ at Bluffton this morning on lrft * °f sterling chickens. They e brought to the Adams County ; w here charges will be preferraSainst them. a R Day Service To Be Held Here dag day service, sponsored by ) ’tar lodge No. 993 of the B. I’. , J l "’ assisted by Adams Post ’ of the American Legiotr. will eld Wednesday evening at t o clock on the lawn of the " home. [•’id Adams, post commander 1 •arl Adams, exalted ruler of 1 •Iks are arranging the pro- 1 ' The Legion drum corps will . " music and a short address made on the flag. Public is invited to attend I Ingram, patriotic In nature iteld in observance of Flag I h June 14.

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Envoy to Berlin | i" 1 TA ’J' 1 / I 1 > .» Professor William E. Dodd, chairman of the department of history at the University ofj Chicago, who was nominated by ’ President Roosevelt Saturday to be ambassador to Germany. The Senate speedily confirmed him. Professor Dodd is 63 years old and a native of Clayton, N. C. VETERANS MEET AT HUNTINGTON Hand-full of Civil War Vets Attend State Veteran’s Meet Today Huntington, Ind., June 12. —(U.R) i —The rapidly dwindling roll of Indiana Civil war veterans was called again today as members of the G. A. K. and affiliated organizations opened their annual state . convention here. Nearly 10,000 persons were expected in Huntington today but only a few of these will be former Union soldiers. Allied organizations meeting at the same time were the Women's Relief Corps; Ladies of the G. A. R„ Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War. Setts cf Union Veterans, and auxiliary to the Sons of Union Veterans. A distinguished guest at the convention was Col. William P. Wright. Chicago, national commander of the G. A. R. He will ride at the head of the official parade Wednesday and his cat will be followed by others containing Civil war veterans. Among the other guests will be James Bowden. Muncie, state department commander of the G. A. R.; Eldora Essex. South Bend, department commander of the Women's Relief Corps; Ellen Gray, Terre Haute, department ' * CONTINI’EP ON PAGE THRRE) — -O “—• — NO WORD FROM JIM MATTERN Aviator Believed to Have Started For Nobe, Alaska; Faces Hazard Moscow. June 12—(U.R) Jimmy Mattern. American aviator, was believed to have hopped off today from Khabarovsk, Siberia, on his; long flight to Nobe. Alaska. ! No news from the flier came in on the single telegraph line connecting the capital and the remote eastern Siberian town. ynportant teegrams often are delayed 20 to 30 hours Officials believed that lie j had taken oft because nearly hours had elapsed since he landed in Khabarovsk. Spaniards Land Caamagttey, Cuba, June 12 —(U.R) -Delighted Cubans organized fiestas today in honor of Captain Mariano Barberun and Lieutenant Joa nuin Collar of the Spanish ait force, who alnded their plane here vesterdiv. 40 hours and three minutes after they took off from Seville, Spain. Their flight was the longest over water hop In a lieav "^L«'.»»' 1 ‘(OONt’nUED on PAGE FOUR!

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CLEAN SLATE SO CONGRESS GAN ADJOURN SOON Administration Forces Thwart Attempt To Introduce New Legislation VOTE DOWN CITY AH) MEASURE* Washington, .June 12 <U.R) Administration forces drove toward an early adjournntent of congress by defeating two attempts to de-1 lay conclusion of the session! by consideration of measures not on the administration’s program. Senate Democrats, with a bellowing “no” that jarred ) the chamber, shouted down a; motion by Senator Vanderberg, ) Rep., Mich., to bring to the sen-1 ate for consideration a bill to re- j : lieve bankrupt cities. The house ways and means ' committee voted to delay consid- j , eration of the wine legalization bill until the regular session of | congress next January. Opinions of congressional leadi ers regarding a probable time for • adjournment was divided. Speak-' I er of the House Rainey predicted . that congress would adjourn “sometime tonight""’ übt other: i leaders said they believed ad-1 journmeht would be delayed until: tomorrow and perhaps later. Washington. June 12 —(U.R) — A . drive to force enactment of legis-1 lation for relief of bankrupt cities i before adjournment of congress. : opened today in the senate as ad-j ministration leaders struggled to obtain enactment of President , Roosevelt’s remainnig three einer- - gency bills and immediate ' ad-. journment. Washington. June 12—- (U.R) —' House Majority Leader Byrns I predicted today that congress would pass the Glass-Steagall bank reform bill before final ad(CONTINUEP ON PAGE THREE) o GOLLEGES HOLD COMMENCEMENT

Exercises Onen Today At c Indiana Universities; < McNutt At I. U. ; ißy UnPed Prses) li The religious responsibilities of life were outlined before approxi- j niately 3,000 students, graduating, from several Indiana colleges and , ( universities in baccalaureate ser- , vices yesterday. • | , Graduation exercises at the schools will be held throughout i the week. Dean P. L. Powell and the Rev. L. Stealey, Bloomington, ad- j dressed the 49 seniors of Frank- ( lin college in two services yesterday. Diplomas were awarded and Dr. William Gear Spencer, Pittsburgh. Pa was inaugurated as 10th president of the ?chpol duringcommencement exercises today. -Prosperity in the soul travels ' slowly and a depression after ■boom' years affords our spiritual advancement an opportunity to catch up." Hr. George A Frantz, Indianapolis, told the class of approximately 1,000 seniors at Indiana University Gov. Paul V. McNutt and President Fred E. Bryan of Ohio State University were commencement - ' speakers today. ! A Butler University class of TWO) —o — Auto Swerves Into Standing Box Car Paul Johnson, young man living south of Decatur met with a peculiar accident Sunday afternoon while driving on the roadway par- ■ [allel with the Nickel Plate railroad t t"l C KiU Pap is in his auto blew out and Mr Johnson le tied over to see what they were. In doing so the auto , swerved into a box car standing on the track and before he could stop it the front fenders, radiator l.jnd pari of the top were torn oft. Mr Johnston was not injured. 3he I I damage to the auto was estimated | at more than SSO.

Decatur, Indiana, Monday, June 12, 1933.

Thieves Get Empty I Cash Register Here I Thieves entered the Wertzberger ‘ Confectionery on West Monroe ’ street early this morning, and es-1 caped with an empty cash register, a malted milk shaker and some cigarettes. The robbers entered the 1 store by unlocking the front door. I The robbery was first noticed at ’ five o’clock this morning when several persons who passed the) store noticed the- front door stand-1 ing open. Local police were notified but have ino clues as to the identity of the thieves. Barney Wertzberger is proprietor of the confectionery. REVIEW BOARD : SETS HEARINGS. k — Schedule of Dates Fixed ' By Board For Hearing j', Os County Taxpayers f The county board of review has , fixed a schedule of hearings for s taxpayers in the 12 townships and , incorporated towns and cities in; the coiwity. j t The hearings will begin, Thurs- ( day, June I's and will continue un- ( til June 26. Any taxpayer feeling t his assessment is too high or wishing to correct an error in the val- j nation placed on personal property, ( is invited to appear before the ; board. ) ( The following schedule was announced today by the .board of review: . Union and Root townships, June | 15; Preble and Kirklan d townships I June -*; Washington and St. Marys townships, June 17; Blue creek and Monroe townships, June 19; French and Hartford townships, June 20; Wabash and Jefferson townships, June 21; Geneva, Beriie and Monroe corporations, June 22; Decatur June 23 and 24; incorporations,

June 26. The board has not ordered aiity horizontal changes in any of the’ townships. Father And Son Meeting Tonight A father and son meeting will be held at the K. of C. hall at eight o’clock tonight, sponsored by the Holy Name Society of St. Mary’s Catholic church. A short program will be held, followed by a luncheon for the boys. The annual father and son day service was held at St. Mary’s church Sunday. The fathers, accompanied by their sons attended the seven o’clock mass and received Holy I Communion in a body. More than | 300 men and boys attended the ser-1 vice. Directors Os C. C. To Meet Tuesday The directors of the Cliamber of commerce will meet at the Chamber of Commerce rooms at 7:30 o’clock Tuesday evening. James Elbe-rson, president of the organization. urged all members to be present.

Successful Flight Made Here In Glider Constructed By Three Decatur Youths

Successful test flights in a | home-made glider were made Sunday on the Roop field, north-! west of Decatur, by three Decatur young men, builders of the craft and by Oren Welch, Portland, I licensed pilot. The builders of the glider, Clark William Smith, David Kunkel and | Charles "Sonny” Ehlnger, com I pleted the joh last week and Pilot! Welch, came by plane from Port-' land to make a test flight before the boys attempted to go up. j The glider was towed down the field by an automobile, until it ascended. It was a big moment in the lives of the boys. Mr. Welch went up about 390 feet and then glided through space, landing safely. He pronounced the devise safe and sound. The young men later made short flights, going up only a few feet and then j landing. The glider has a gliding ratio of 18 to 1. By going up 100 ■ feet the glider will travel 1800 feet. The youths started to build the glider last February and each day saw the work progress. There 1 are several thousand pieces of- - In the glider. It weighs 1 120 pounds and has a wing spread of 32 feet. The wings are five j feet wide. All of the material was , purchased by the boys and aside j from some assistance given them ; iby William Beard of Portland, |

COOL BREEZES FOLLOW RAIN Temperature Takes 20 Degrees Drop Today; Relief From Heat Wave Rain early this morning cooled the atmosphere here today. At noon local street thermometers registered 76 above, about 20 degrees cooler than Saturday and Sunday temperature. Indianapolis June 12. — (UP) — Northeast winds and a threat of thunderstorms today ended the season’s first heat wave in Indiana. Relief came just one week after temperatures started rising to record breaking heights for June. Deaths of at least 19 persons were attributed to the heat. Most of the victims drowned but others were stricken by tile burning sun as they toiled in Isjth city and , country. The latest heat death was at Hammond where J. Preston Smith, 49, was overcome while working as a plumber. Before the winds shifted during the night and fanned the state with cooling breezes, the officials temperature had soared above lot) yesterday. The hottest city reporting to the U. S. weather bureau here jvas Vincennes with 101. It was 100 at South Bend, 99 at Lafayette and Columbus, 97 at Angola and 96 at (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) FRANK BREWSTER HURT IN WRECK Berne Man And Two Others Injured In Accident At Odessa, Mo., Today (Special)—Three Indiana insurance salesmen were under treatment in a hospital here today for injuries received in an auto accident at Odessa, Mo., 36 miles east of here. L. D. Crabtree, 65, Indianapolis, suffered a fractured neck and cuts and bruises. Andrew Gunga, 44, Gary, and Frank Brewster, 52. of Berne, were cut and bruised lyThe men were enroute to Kansas City for an insurance company meeting. Their machiiip was forced off the highway to avoid strik ing a parked auto. Local Man Injured Bluffton. June 12 — Special — Martin Brunnegraf. Decatur, was ) brought to this city Saturday i morning for medical treatment of ! severe cuts about the face receivj ed when his automobile crashed into a cement bridge retaining wall at a point east of hetje. After his injuries were treated he was able Ito return to his home. Another man who was riding with him at the time of the accident, escaped injury.

| licensed plane mechanic. they assembled the entire craft. The ! final construction work was done ( in the Holt.house building on I Nqrth Second street. The preliminary work was done in the Ehing- ! er garage on West Madison street. Clark William Smith is the son |of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Smith of i South Third street. He is I£. I David Kunkel is 16 and a son of i Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Kunkel of 1 north of Decatur. ‘'Sonny" EhingI er is the son of Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Ehinger of this city. He is 16 years of age. The youths built the glider in spare time and titter school. They are enthusiasts of aviation and despite the hazards of flying state that they are going to follow aviation as a business. Today, the science is a hobby with them and to have seen them Sunday or to have watched them in the construction of the glider, one would have sensed the joy and thrills which they experienced. The glider has been numbered as 13,502 by the Federal governI ment. Later application will be made for a government license, i The youths intend to give a demonstration in the near future. This is the first glider built in [ this county and one of the few In ! this part of the state. The youths I treasure it more than Unci" Sam | does the gold reserve.

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Cooling Off in Gotham < J? Ik w < iOlMk k /■■■ f iiihw The heat came in waves, but relief arrived in pails, if these pic- ) tures are anything to go by. At left Dorothy Addis, Atlanta, Ga„ girl j visiting New York, sits on a block of ice and takes a shower from her friend, Helen Muldoon. At right a mother cools off her pride and joy ) on the bank of the East River. |

Trustee Urges Men To Report For Work All the unemployed, who expect I to participate in the proceeds from ■ the community garden, are request- j ' ed by T. R. Noll, Washington town-j I ship trustee, to report at the Adams ICou’ -ty g irage Tuesday morning, i | The five acre tract near the Krick | land Tyndall Tile Factory will be plowed and ready to work by then. ; The men will plant pot:toes and if space permits, cabbage and tomato plants will also be planted. Mr. Noll further stated that the 1 cooperation of the unemployed with the township on the commun- ) ity projects has been lacking. He ) ) said that no ore who did not help) with this work could expect aid this winter. BANKERS OPEN MEETING TODAY Provisions of New State Banking Laws to Be Explained At Conference Indianapolis, June 12. (U.R)- New banking regulations and practices, most of them provided by the new Indiana hank law. will hold chief I interest at the two-day Indiana Bankers' Association convention ’ opening tomorrow. While state officials and others I will discuss phrases of the new ) bank code, two headline speakers > will die cuss the bank situation generally. )' They are Max B. Nahm. Bowling Green. Ky„ speaking on “The Way , in and Out," and L. A. Andrews, , bank superintendent of lowa, who , will talk on “The Bank Situation.” State officials on the program included Myron H. Gray. Muncie, and Robert R. Batton. Marion, members of the new banking commission; ’ Richard A. M< Kinley, director of > the banking department: S. P. Good, and Hugh V. Miller, state ex- ■ aminers, and Leo M. Gardner, In- • dianapolis representative who spoil-1 sored the bill in the last leglsla-' ture, ; Al G. Feeney, stale safety direc tor, will discuss new state police powers and plans for cooper.'.lion • with bank vigilantes. I) Gov. Paul V. McNutt will attend the convention luncheon Wednes day. New officers will be elected Wed- ’ nesday to succeed W. A. (’oilings, "(CONTINUEI> ON PAGE TltliEE) Large Silver Shipment Received At Fort Wayne i, ■ i Fort Wiyne, Ind.. June 12—(UP) > An express shipment of 7,000 silver doll, i - in payment for a ear load of washing machines manufa -fared here was rceived during the weeki end from a Salt Lake city. Utah, i buyer. i Western or.thusiasm over silver II as a monetary base w.s esponsibl I for ttie method of payment.

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TO PAY SECOND DISTRIBUTION Depositors In Peoples Loan & Trust Co., to Get Another 2 Per Cent. i A second distribution of two peri . cent to depositors of the old Peoples Loan and Trust company from the stockholder's assessment. will be made by Herman ) Myers, receiver for the collection ' of the assessment, beginning June 13. Mr. Myers stated that $5,690 had been paid in on tlie second assessment. This is about S6OO less than the first assessment, when $6,500 was paid in. *The amount received will be sufficient to pay another two per cent on total deposits when the) bank closed. It will bri ig the total distribution up to 62 percent. 58 percent having been paid by the liquidating agent. The bank had deposits of more than $300,000 when it closed. In order to save expenses, Mr. Myers stated the checks would not be mailed to depositors. They are requested to call at his office in the Erwin building,, beginning Tuesday and receive payment. Mr. Myers also stated that the ■ court had ordered executions of judgements levied on those who have not paid their assessment. Judgment was rendered against the stockholders by Judge C. R. McNabb of Fort Wayne, last January. BABY INJURED IN AUTO WRECK Three-Year-Old Daughter Os Mrs. Vida Lammert Injured In Ft. Wayne Little Norma Lammert, throe year old daughter of Mrs. Vida Lammert. 122 Smith Eighth street this city, is in a serious condition at the Hospital I':- Fort Wayne, suffering from a concussion of the brain anil a fractured nose received in an automobile accide it. Sunday. | The accident happened at the corner of Oxford street and Robinwood drive. Fort Wayne. Sunday aftei’: oon at 4:16 o'clock. Mrs. laminiert suffered a cut over Ihe eye ami Irnad Injuries, but was able to leave the hospital Sunday evening. Miss Hazel Hunt, ilso of Decatur, and driver of Hie car was uninjured. Miss Hunt said she was drlvi'g south on Oxfoid sire- I when a second antomiliile veered out of Robinwood drive. Both drivers swerved jin lime to avoid a head-on collision.

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SECRETARY HULL ISSUES HOPEFUL NOTE TO WORLD Conference Will Not Fail, Says Head of American Delegation To Meet WAR DEBTS AND TARIFFS ARE UP London, June 12 — (U.R) — Secretary of State Cordell Hull predicted a success of the world economic conference in a formal statement tonight. Hull interpreted the opening speeches of the King and Prime Minister J. Ramsay MacDonald at the wor I<l economic conference as evidence of their faith that the conference “will aid materially the processes of restoration." While admitting there might be some differences in methods suggested bw the delegates, he saw no indications that all were not aiming at the same objectives. “Not only do I deem failure here impossible,” he said, "but 1 have i definite and renewed confidence that the action of the conference will point the way to steady and not over distant improvement in the world economic condition.” I London. June 12—(U.R) —The nations of the earth were invited by King George V. today to bury their economic hatreds and get ) together for a common effort to restore prosperity. The bearded monarch, ruler of i one-fourth of the world’s population, officially opened the world economic conference, a gathering 1 of statesmen front 66 nations, convened to debate the economic l crisis. The entire assemblame of 800 persons in the London Geological Museum listened in hushed silence as the King gave them a cordial welcome, wishing them Godspeed in their efforts and showint himself deeply anxious that the world should overcome the crisis. The King arrived at the museum at 2:50 p. m. -by automdbile from Windsor Castle. Wearing a top liat, lie stepped carefully from the (CONTINUFfn ON PAGE TWO) o AUTO RUNS OFF ROAD INTO DITCH Fred Brown, Escapes Serious Injury When Auto Strikes Bridge, Upsets Fred Brown. 20, son of Lirther ; Brown of this city, escaped serious injury when the automobile he w.is , driving hit a bridge abutment and ■ ran into a creek. 4 miles north of , Decatur or state road 27. t 12:30 ) o’clock this morning. Mr. Brown was returning to Decatur and fell asleep, letting the car run off the road, recording to in- , formation received by Sheriff Burl Johnson. He suffered a number of cuts and bruises about his head and face, one laceration requiring three ; stiitches. He was brought to a local physician by Harold Essex. After the wounds were dressed the you- g , man was tiken to his home. The j attending physician started his injuries were not serious. • Mr. Brown was driving a car belonging to William Heller. He bad taken Charles Brown, his brother, and Raymond Heller, to Gilffltlis where they begin woaking this ' morning, and was retnrtpiig to his 1 home here when ths l accident happened. The automobile ran off of the ! road at the (bridge abutment, Jump--1 ed the bin mister and landed in the creek The exhaust manifold was • left on top of the bridge and the machine was turned about in such a manner th it it was standing on end with ’the front part resting against 1 the bridge. The car was wrecked. 0 Dpnate Plants t The Fisher Grienhouse company s of this city Inis donated 4.600 c bbage plants to the unemployed. k Those who wish to plant them in - their gardens are osked to soe Doris Staltcr at the Adams County J I garage, where the plaints will be i. distributed.