Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 31, Number 140, Decatur, Adams County, 14 June 1933 — Page 1

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iorthernjtndiima Legion Convention In Decatur June 251 — A. A. MM T - ~ .....

BATUR POST ■ILL SPONSOR ■MEET'NG HERE ■)a\ Program Is Being ■ranged For Large ■Convention Here KtfER MICHIGAN ■ ERNOR TO SPEAK ■ Northern Indiana con■n of the American LeKrill he held in this city, ■v. June 25, N. It. Holt- ■ general chairman on ■gement> announced to■eral thousand visitors ■ .nected for the all-day Km. beginning with a ■uiirnanient at the Deca■uery < iu'« Sunday morning. Ktary par.ule and a speaking ■ni will l"‘ held in the after- ■ : i Wilbur Bruck-: ■rinsan accepted an itivi■to attend the convention, ■lid,.in-. of the principal ■ws at tlie afternoon pro- ■ which will be held at the ■y chib. ■ Invite McNutt ■ invitation has also been ex- ■ t.i Governor Paul V. McNutt. ■ national commander of the ■can Legion. He assured Mr. ■use and members of the ■tee that he will be here if ■us arrangements do not con ■nth the date. ■mer state and district com■rs of the American Legion ■been invited ami several have ■if the local committee that ■ill be heje. Besides Legion ■is. a number of state officials ■ teen in . ited. including Paul ■ndiana excise director. Pleas ■tee. secretary to Governor ■tt and others. H Compete For Prizes tcore or more of l egion drum i and bands will be here for ig military paratie and prizes be given for the best drilled best uniformed outfits. lionnaires from northern Inand western Ohio will be in lance. as well as visitors over the entire state. This is Irst time that a northern Inconvention has been held in part of the state and Legion lla have sanctioned the holdI the convention in this city liam Nelson, of Anderson, commander. ,T. E. McCurdy, rte. northern Indiana cornier and Robert Rbshee of Osfourth district commander, officially represent the Legion attend the convention. r various committees to art for the program and enterteat, of visteors and guests, being named and will be anted in a few days, Mr. Holtt stated. Every member of oral post is cooperating in the I to make it one of the outling Legion gatherings ever in Indiana. it year Adams Post was host fourth district conference. A try parade was held and a prowas held at Legion Memorial on South Winchester street. r ßed this year to a northern na convention, the meeting draw more than twice the d and will he doubly important hegton event. atures fn connection with the 'eniion will i>c announced by ronnnittees as soon as all dear© arranged and every effort be made to extend Decatur's hality to distinguished visit‘nd guests. f key Is Awarded School Coal Contract io Decatur city school board ’warded the contract tor film’s coal to the city's five public "is to R. a. Stuckey's Cash an d Supply Company. 'A total Jib tons will be needed for the ,er ' a supply. Mattern Plans To Resume Flight loscow, June 14—(U.R)- James rn. resuming his round the 1 aeroplane flight, planned to p about noon, C.S.T. today J H's little town in Siberia '* he now is, for Nome, ■ka.

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Economic Conference Opens ”■ ■ ' I » ■■ ' ■■ hHMHHRhMHI JEB ■ A i ■Bk *l-' * '' s - ■MMBr Scene in the Geological Museum at London Monday as King , George V opened the world economic and monetary conference. Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald is at extreme left.

Rev. L. Deininger Is Critically 111 3 ____ f 1 Rev. Father Leonard Deininger i i- of Oxford, son of Mrs. Magdalena ' Deininger of this city, is seriously • i ill in a hospital at Lafayette. Mrs. I t Deiirutger, son Richard and d.iugh-1 e i ter, Mrs. Edgar H. Kilbourne of: t Pnrt Wayne, left this morning to I t be at his bedside. s Father Deininger is pastor of the 1 Catholic church at Oxford. His cons dition becj-me serious yesterday r and he was moved to the Lafayette hospital. Word from V ere this morning was to the effect that his i condition was critical a d that visir tors were not permitted to see him. s Father Deininger was ordained a 1 priest nine years ago and said his first mass in this city. • WETS PREPARE : ORGANIZATION Leaders Preparing Organization For Indiana Repeal Convention 3 Indianapolis, June 14. — (U.R) — Lines of organization for the state repeal convention June 26 when ■ Indiana formally goes on record as ’’ opposed to the 18th amendment ’ were being drawn by wet leaders ’ today. f William E. Stokes. Indianapolis,' 8 chairman of the united repeal or- ’ ganizatioiis. together with wet r chiefs in other parts of the state are busy preparing tor the conven- * tion. k Their big job is to select the '■ proper candidate for chairman and 1 secretary A Democratic repealist ■ probably will be chosen as ehalr- ’ man with possibly a Republican ’ .prohibitionist for secretary. 8 Rep. John F. Ryan. Terre Haute. 1 is most frequently mentioned as the 'likely chairman selection. He 8 pushed both the liquor control and f Wright "hone dry" law repeal bills , " through the legislature last winter. 1 Henry Marshall. Lafayette pubs Usher and Republican wet, is a - favored delegate for the secretaryI •"TcONTTNIIWD ON PAGF TWO) o I County Clerk Has i Supply Os Laws C County Clerk Milton C. Werling H has received a supply of the sumI mary of fish and game laws of the e state of Indiana. All persons over the ige of 18 must have licenses to' fish or hunt in Indiana. These are available to the public as 10. g an| tthe supply l ists. The only exception to this law „ f, tor owners of farm lands and members of their families living n at home, may fish or limit only on their own lands. Permanent permits wibli license are issued free- , to honorably discharged soldies. | ’! sailors, marines and army nurses.;

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YOUTHS ADMIT BANK ROBBERY Yeoman State Bank Robhen Is Solved By Youths’ Confession Kokomo. Ind.. June 14 —(U.R) — The recent robbery of the Yeoman State Bank has been solved with the arrest and confession of George Hensley, 19, Danville, and Carl Phillips, 17. Ben Davis. Sheriff C. ('..Currens said today. The hoys were arrested at a barbecue stand south of here on a tip furnished by officials of Carroll county. The Yeoman bank was robbed .of S6OO by three men June 7. The third suspect. Sheriff Currens said, is Ira iSeybold, 26, Logansport. Curren quoted Hesley and Phillips as saying that Seybold picked them up while they were hitch hiking and offered to help them make some easy money. After the holdup, they said. Seybold brought them here, gave them S3O each and said he would meet them later to divide the rest of the loot. He failed to show up, how-' ever. ('apt. Matt Leach of the state police department revealed that Seybold had been traced to Pitts- ■ ICONTINFKP ON’ PAGE TWO) REV. CONWAY IS IN AGAIN Muncie Pastor Is Charged With Transporting Liquor; Free On Bond Muncie, Ind.. June 14.—(U.R) The Rm. G. Lemuel Conway, deposed i 'pastor of the Madison Street M. E. church here, was a victim of cir- : cumstances when he was arrested at Evansville recently on a charge of transporting liquor, he said to-1 ;day. i The pastor pleaded not guilty [ and was released under $250 bond. | His automobile was held pending i disposal of the case. Federal officers arrested Conway and William Patterson, who also was released under $250 bond, in the pastor's car. Conway said he had never met j Patterson before but had offered him a rid- near Evansville. A box (arrled by Patterson contained home brew, federal officers said. The minister recently was acquitted by a Delaware circuit court jury on charges that he attempted ; to attack Miss Helen Huffman, 18-year-old Muncie school girl. An , celesiastical jury found Conway i guilty on the girl's charges and I suspended him for a year.

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SENATE ADOPTS COMPROMISE ON VETERANS' PAY Adopts Administration Compromise On Vets’ Compensation VETERANS BLOC TO FORCE VOTE Washington June 14- (UP) —The senate today adopted an administration compromise on veteran'p compensation but Democratic leaders were unable to prevent the veterans’s bloc from moving for a showdown vote on the more liberal Steiwer-Cutting amendment. The administration compromise assured pension of at least sls a month to 56 per cent disabled and needy veterans of the SpanislhJAim-' erican war, the Boxer rebellion, and the Phiiii'ppiae insurrection who are over 55 years of age. Senator Steiwer, Rep., Oregon, immediately offered the more liberal substitute sponsored by himself and Senator Cutting, Rep. NewMexico. The Cutting-Steiwer amendment would limit to 25 per cent reduction in compensation for service con-1 nectsd disability and would create special boards of review to pass on compensation cases. Near Adjournment Tie extraordinary session of congress appears to be on the verge of adjournment although bitter debate may prolong it far into tonight or possibly even until the end of the week. Speedy enactment yesterday of the industry control Lili and the Glass Barak reform measure demon-: started the eagerness of most mean- ! jibers to quit and go home. But an old-time political shindig, remiiiiscent of the Hoover administration’s, battles with an unconroll.ible congress, is rising around Mr. RoosetcoNTTNnirn on- page two) 86 VETERANS JOIN PARADE Civil War Vets Parade At Huntington; Bloomington Is Chosen Huntington. Ind., June 14 —(U.R) —Eighty-six of Indiana's Civil war veterans rode at the head of a two and one half mile parade here today during the annual en- . campinent of the Indiana depart- : meat, G. A. R. Captain William P. Wright, Chi-1 cago, national commander of the veterans’ organization, marshalled the 10 drum corps and bands in the parade. Delegates to. the annual conven- ! tions of various organizations allied with the veterans’ unit completed the lineup. Business sessions of the Ladies of the G. A. R.. Women's Relief Corps, Daughters of Union Civil War Veterans, and Sons of Union Civil War Veterans, were held (CONTINCWH ON PAGE TWO)

Majority Os Democratic Party Pledges On Way To Fulfillment

I (Copyright 1933 by United Press) Washington, June 14 —(U.R) — If politics wasn’t the kind of game it is, there would be no point in reporting that a check at the end of the first phase of the Roosevelt administration reveals that most of the major Democratic party platform pledges have been started on the wav to fulfillment. This is one of the most exceptional feats in modern politics. First, because of the rapid-fire speed with which it has been done, and second, because it is a real novelty to have such a thing happen at all since politicians generally have regarded platforms I as being made to run on, not to stand on. Some doubt has been raised whether the administration, due to unavoidable circumstances or for other reasons, has followed the party policy in several mutters —especially as to platform declarations for sound money, stricter

* HIGHLIGHTS OF SPEECH * Washington, June 14.—(U.R) — | | Secretary of State Hull, declar- , ing the American delegation | would offer concrete sugges- ( I tions regarding all problems I i before the world economic con- I feretice, in his speech today outlined the questions and some I 1 of the proposed remedies as I ‘ follows: 1. Banishment of “narrow > and self-defeating selfishness” i | of the economic isolationists. 2. Realization of the need , | for united action. 3. Immediate agreement of i | the participating nations to a : world tariff truce. 4. Cessation of the erection | j of trade barriers “with their | 1 excesses, rank discriminations and hate breeding reprisals and : retaliations.” 5. Removal of all excesses i , in the construction of trade | i harriers. | 6. Abandonment of all tin- i ; | fair trade methods and prac- | | tices. 7. Simultaneous efforts by j the nations to stimulate em- I ! j ployment and restore industry. | 8. Formulation of the prop- j i j er function of gold and silver | j in the operation of an inter- j national monetary standard. 9. Adoption of means to re- j I j move restrictions from foreign exchange dealings. !♦ ♦ FEENEY SEEKS BANKERS' AID Safetv Director Asks Aid In Establishing State s Radio System Indianapolis. June 14— (U.R) — I Cooperation of the Indiana Bankers' Association in establishing a state police radio system was asked today by Al G. Feensy. state director of public safety. Speaking before the association’s annual convention he pointed out that financial assistance and leadership of the bankers will be necessary to establish the system. He proposed transmitting stations In each of the four corners of the state and one key station. The project would cost between $50,060 and $60,060. Feeney said, but the state has no money to spertd on a police radio. All but four of the 92 Indiana sheriffs have agreed to place receiving sets in their offices should 1 the system be established, he ! revealed. Co-operation of the I Michigan state police radio system also has been promised. I He asked appointment of a comI mittee representing oil companies, i insurance companies and others | vitally interested in stopping , * 'rONTTNUTTn GV PAGE TWO) Dealers Will Meet Thursday Morning A meeting of all retailers, whole | salers and representatives of major companies of gasoline, tiresand j auto accessories, will he held at 9 o’clock Thursday morning at the I Chamber of Commerce rooms.

antitrust law enforcement, jus- ' i tice to war veterans and non cancellation nf war debts. A check on the fate of Demo--1 eratic platform pledges adopted a year ago at the Chicago convention shows action has been taken ’ toward execution of promises on ’ the following: 1. Government economy. 2. Balancing the budget. 3. Reduction of tariffs by 1 s negotiation. 4. Unemployment relief and ' re-employment. ’ 5. Farm and mortgage relief. . 6. Waterpower development in , tlie public interest. 7. Securities control. I 8. Correction of banking weaks nesses. p j 9. Pursuance of a foreign polI I Icy which would Include a pledge 3 I to consult wit U other nations in J currying out the Kellogg antiwar p ' (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR)

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TEN PER CENT DEBT PAYMENT IS INDICATED Indications Developing Today In Advance of Formal Announcement FORWARD PROPOSAL TO GREAT BRITAIN Washington June 14—(UP) —Great Britain will pay $lO,000,003 to the United States in acknowledgement of her war debt pending final settlement. President Roosevelt said today. The sum is about one-se?enth or a little more than 13 per cent of the June 15 installment. "In a spirit of cooperation,” President Roosevelt said, “I have as executive noticed the representation of the British Government with respect to the payments of the June 15 installment in as much as the payment made is accompanied by a clear acknowledgement of the debt itself. In view of those representations and of the payment I have no personal hesitation in saying that I do not characterize the resultant situation as a default." Washington, June 14 (U.R) In- , dications that the United States would receive approximately 10 per cent of the war debt installment due tomorrow from Great Britain, Italy, and Czecho-Slovakia developed today in advance of , the formal announcement of America's reply to the British ' debt proposal. It was understood also that the payment would be made in silver. An American note to London, containing President Roosevelt's attitude toward the British payment plan, was dispatched to the British embassy here. The British proposal was under(CONTtNI'EP ON PAGE TWO) ARREST FOUR AS SUSPECTS Chicago Police Arrest Four Men As Lafayette Bandit Suspects Chicago. June 14—(UP)—Acting ■ on a:i anonymous tip. police raided ■ a garage at 61 East 16th Street ■ today and arrested four men as suspected members of a bank ban- ■ dit sextet which yesterday held up . and robbed the Purdue State Bank ; at West Lafayette, Ind., ; The men gave their names as: James Donovan, 36. George Welsh. 48, Richard Brennan, 40 and Simon Dezerieux, 38. Brennan, who has red hair and is 5 ft. 5 inches tall. r resembled a description of one bam-: dit, police said. . Authorities at West Lafayette • were notified of the arrest and askI ed to come to Chicago to attempt ■ identification. Clues Lacking West Lafayette, Ind.. June 14 — . (UP)—lnvestigation of the holdup of the Purdue State Bank here yesterday in which $2,504 was taken , and two persons were kidnaped by L six men, turned to routine channels i today from lack of clues. The bandits were not reported after freeing Miss Dorothy Arnold, . 26, assistant cashier, and C. A. . Young, a customer, just north of ] the city on U. S. Road 50. . j One shot was fired, apparently ’ j accidentally by one of the bandits j as five of thpm entered the hank. i No trace of the bullet was found in the bank, however. 0 State Police Check ! Drivers’ Licenses State police officers Ed Rose of I Bluffton and Lieut. Beaverford of i Fort Wayne were in Decatur today checking driver’s licenses. Motorists wee stopped at th ■ corner of | - Madison and Second streets and ! were required to produce their drivI- er's license, 'if they did not have © the liiens", 24 hours was given to ) get them. Licenses are olitain.inle flat the local license bureau al 50 *■' cents each.

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Envoy to Reich I' - '' ' ? K K I • ~ ** 1 z < \ rl Ik' William E. Dodd, professor of | American history at the University of Chicago, who has been nominated by President Roosevelt as United States Ambassador to ■ Germany. Professor Dodd was a close friend of the late President; Wilson. DOCTORS MEET AT MILWAUKEE ■ I 84th American Medical Association Convention Opens Today Milwaukee, Wis„ June 14. (U.R) —Sectional meetings oi the 84th i American Medical Association convention opened today, with physicians studying new achievements in treatment of diseases ranging : from toad poisons to cataracts. From papers presented by specia’ists, doctors learned that persons , revived after apparent death have ' no experience of a “hereafter.” that birth rates appear to shift auto- ( iniiiicully to meet prevailing economic conditions, that cataracts may be caused by improper diet, that gangrene of the feet is becoming more general among women since they began smoking, and that faces burned beyond recognition now may literally he made over. The common belief that the race is degenerating because upper classes practice birth control and less intelligent classes do not is unfounded. Dr. E. D. Plana, of the University of lowa, declared. ! “Nature seems to establish a mysterious kind of balance which holds vast populations static," lie said. “Even in primitive tribes) where birth control is unknown, fewer children are born when overcrowding or strained economic, conditions exist" Seasons of the year and the amount of sunshine apparently influence the birth rate and general j condition of infants. Dr. Lee Biv-) ings. of Atlanta. Ga„ reported. In 1931. 1932 and 1933 the birth rate IGONTTNEWn ON PAGE TWO) o Billy Bollinger Has Elbow Injured Billy Bollinger, six year-old son of Mr. and .Mrs. Walter Bollinger of 229 Grant street, was injured Tuesday evening when he fell from a wheel harrow on which he was playing and suffered a fractured and dislocated elbow. He was removed to the Adams County Memo- 1 rial hospital where the injury was treated and the bones set. o Drum Corps Ordered To Report In Suits Members of the drum corps of Adams post of the American Legion ire requested to report in uniform at the Decatur Country Club j ready to leave the duh at 7:30 o'clock tonight for tlr> joint flag ' day services at the Eliks home. All Legionnaires ire requested to fall in with the parade on Secn d street tonight. The public is in- 1 vit <1 to attend the services, which j 1 will start at 8 o'clock.

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UNITED STATES URGES NATIONS TO CO-OPERATE Secretary of State Hull Calls For International Co-operation WARNS AGAINST ANY OBSTRUCTION London, .lune 11 — (UR) The United States called on the world today to hanish economic nationalism, break down trade barriers, establish a sttne monetary system and pull toitether to end the tragic bnrdtti oppressing all nations. Secretary of Slate Cordell Hull faced tin expectant and recepiive international audience at tlie world economic conference and offered his country's wholehearted cooperation to end economic war. He asked tlie conference to create a “will and a determination" to follow such a course. Definite plans would come later. While he spoke. Washington and London were arranging what was believed to lie a mutually satisfactory compromise on tlie troublesome British war debt problem. Hull pointedly ignored the injection of the debt issue into the. conference by previous speakers. He warned the conference against selfish obstruction by any nation of its work, asserting that any nation which did so would merit “the execration of mankind." Well Received His speech, earnestly delivered, was received with enthusiasm by I the delegates. Hull said the conference must face the “vexed problem” of a permanent monetary standard, lay down the proper function of gold and silver and remove exchange restrictions. The American delegation is prepared to offer concrete suggestions on those problems. although it did not do so today. Hull's elear-ent expressions against isolation and economic nationalism created a good impression. removing fear that the United States might retreat into isolation. They stirred the delegates deeply. At one passage he said "The more extreme proponents of these disastrous policies in operation during the post-war period. in a spirit of mistaken selfishness or unreasoning fear, have insisted strenuously upon the very mi imum of economic contacts with other nations. "The.ir slogan lias been tlie taiismanic word ‘prosperity’ and each nation living by itself was to grow rich and tlie people (CONTI Nt'ED ON FACIE TWO) REPEAL WINS BY 4-1 VOTE Massachusetts Reentries 11*h Sfstfp Tn Ratify Prohibition Repeal Boston. .Tame 14 —(UP) — Th a I Massachusetts convention to ratify tlie prohibition repeal amendment will lie held Moidiy. June 26. at noon, probably in the senate chamber. Governor Elv announced today Boston, Juno 14 (U.R) Massaelius.'tts became the 11th state to ratify repeal of the prohibition amendment today as complete returns from yesterday's voting showed tlie election of every repeal delegate by a smashing state-wide majority of more than 4 to 1. The dry rout even extended into tlie supposed prohibition ) strongholds of the far western portion of the commonwealth and tlie Cape Cod area. A 3 to 1 vote for repeal was recorded on tlie cape. In urban Boston, largest citv in the state, the vote for repeal was ton tn one. Complete returns from tlie state's 39 cities and 316 towns showed the following popular vote: For repeal 441.361. Against repeal 98,927. Drys had made no claims as to ICONTINUKI) ON J’AGE TWO)