Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 31, Number 145, Decatur, Adams County, 20 June 1933 — Page 1

LaTHER Ld continued [tonight; Wed- | generally followed by [showers and |0 warm in portion.

IUTLINE PRINCIPLES OF RECOVERY

KERS SEEK lINAI’ERS OF MLUAM HAMM ■ Press Search For ■out Used By Kid- [ Raping Gang klvE RANSOM DEM \M) SLASHED k«iil. June 2(1-(U.R) harrowing circle, with precious. police search tor the used by the kidnap|a William Hamm. Jr., illj| millionaire brewer, ■s freed Monday after Ml of ransom. act i' it it's, centering ■() miles north of St. spurred bv knowledg' have had time aSßatiy miles between them today were: timjtion that the amount of iom vas a sharp reduction i SIOO,OOO first demanded. inSuro that Verne Sankey, ei’tlin the case, and Gordon alleged accomplice. ; hiding north of St. ■> months ago. that Hamm planned to ?tl city for n country reftfr a rest.

■ $26,150 Reward Mui. Minn., June 20 —(U.R) where kidnapers hid M Hamm. Jr., multi-millian- * er. has been discovered. William Da'nill told Press today. Rewards ■ $26,150 spurred a triple M the abductors, who freed collecting ransom. ■ police. Ramsey county ■ and the state bureau of ■ investigation joined In Mor the kidnaping gang, believe is headed K I agents announced they (-operating” though there evidence that the kidnap their victim out of the . portly cattleman, gambliquor ril mer. is wanted •tion with the kidnaping* ill Bohn here last sumos Charles Boettcher II er several mo'ths ago. s released after payment 1 ransom. Boettcher after of $25,000. WEATHER 10 CONTINUE Jvps Are Toll of I Wave To Date In Indiana polis, June 20 —(UP) —A ier sun scorched Indiana ay, sending temp natures degrees for the third conay. ord breaking heat wave, is month, already has Actor nine lives, eight of by drowning. The oth r fras Thomas Howell. 75. who pstrated in. Grant Con ty. I' of horses and cattle have ■t since Sunday uml-i the I sun. farmers reported. I Armington. M teorologist P S. Weather Bureau, said las mo relief in sight at least Liter 36 hours. I and continued warm tobtd Wednesday,” he said the f read. highest official temperature Bna yesterday was reported bnhus where it w'as 103. Malt’d Vincennes sweltored undegrees. Other cities in the eported temperatures ringhi 36 to 99. ish Fliers Off For Mexico City - tjna. June 20— (UPI-Cap-irlno Barberan and I.ieuteniQUfm Collar, Spanish fliers ;p iw non-stop from Seville, io Havana, took off today on mile non-stop flight to Mexr. „ |. 'light, financed by the Spanrennment. was intended to J the good will of Spain to- < lexico. Barberan and Collar et.'ined In Cuba for over a f a continuous round of ties- !

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Search For Mattern Temporarily Halted Anchorage, Aliska. June 20. —(UP) —The search for James Mattern around the world flier | ost in the h Arctic, was reported halted tempI orarily today i )y adverse weather 1 . conditions. i According to radio advices, several ships participating in the search, including the 8. 8. Victoria, I were locked in the heavy ice in Sty [Michael bay. The Aleutian islands were blanketed by fog, grounding airplanes. Kenneth Reese, veteran pilot of the north, was reported fog-bound i at Unalakeet, SORORITY WILL HOLD MEETING — ( Annual Psi lota Xi State Convention Will Be Held At Kokomo The cnnual convention of th- Psi , lota Xi sorority will be held in Kokomo Wednesday and Thursday. 1 June 21 and 22, with the Kappa chapter of that city as hostess. Mrs. W. W. Duemling of Fort Wayne, grand president of the sor- 1 ority, will preside at the business .i 1 meetings and a model initiation will be conduced by the grand of- ’ fleers. Delegates from the local sorority 1 at|? the Mesdames A. R. Holthous, !

C. O. Porter and Ger Id Smith and ' . Miss Ruth Macklin. Miss Eloise 1 I Lewton, local province officer, will 1 . attend all sessions of the meeting. • , The convention will open WedI nesday morning with b adquarters ; at the Elks Club, 213 West Walnut [ > street, -nd registrations will be I made until two o'olcck in the afternoon, at wliich time the first busir in s* session will be held. ' Onl of the outstanding events of i the convention will be a Night Club . Party with w ich the chapter will I entertain I:i the Masonic Home at,' ' 7:30 o'clock AVednesd. y vening. A breakfast will be served in the - Congregational Church at 8:30 u’el-o. k Thursday morning followed with a business meeting at 10:30 Lunch will be served at tlie Elks Club. At 4:130 o'clock swimming will he enjoyed at tit Frederick eat ite. Tlie Kokomo sorority will entertain in honor of its twenty fifth anniv rsary with a di. uer at the Kokomo Country Club. Thursday evening, and following the dinner the delegates and sorority members will return to the Ejks Club where a model i. iti tion will l> pr wented by tlie grand officers of the organization. o- — Commitniun Thursday Tlie Rev. M. W. Sundermann will preach at the Calvary Evangelic- 1 church Thursday night and conduct Holy Communion. —o ——— - . ! Pageant Rehearsal Wednesday Afternoon A ChildiM 's Day pageant will be held -t the D.catur Methodist church Sunday. (All children taking part in the pageant must l>' at rehearsal at the chur. h Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. * FORMER LOCAL RESIDENT DIES Mrs. Enos Peonies Dies Monday Night At Brunswick, Mich. Word was received here today of tlie deatll of Mrs. Enos Peoples of Brunswiik, Michigan form i resida. it of tiiis city. A message was received by ' al 10. Peterson thut Mrs. Peoples died Monday night. The message did not st ate the cans' of death. Mrs. Peoples lived h ie a number of years, her husband being engaged in the livery stable and hotel business. The family moved to. Michigan several yers ago. She; was 65 years old. Surviving besides the husband and one son are three brothers, | Robert and W -s Smith of Pleasant Mills. Will Smith of North O;*ro-' Una and a alster, Mrs. Fann y Ray j of Pleasant Mills, Funeral services will be held; Thursday afternoon at Brunswick , i and th” brothers and sisters from | < Pleasant Mills will attenid. <

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SENATOR KING WOULD REVISE FEDERALTAXES Senate Committee Chairman Proposes Wholesale Revision SALES TAX AMONG MEANS CONSIDERED Washington. June 20, — (U.R) — A holesa’.e revision of federal tax laws to equalize the burden among the millions of contributors to the [ ‘federal treasury was proposed today by Senator King, Dem., Utah, chairman of a senate finance subcommittee charged with investiga-! tion of the revenue laws. King told the United Press that ; what he called "leaks” such as were revealed by investigation of -the J. P. Morgan & Co., •partners, j none of whom paid income taxes in 1931 and 1932, had demonstrated the necessity for general revision of the tax laws. A hodge podge of emergency tax legislation is on the statute books. [ Congress spent months last year ■in an effort to balance the budget with a combination of special sales taxes and income tax increases. I The treasury continued to spend more than was collected and the session just ended extended so-call-ed nuisance taxes for another year and devised new emergency levies to amortize the administration's $3,300,000,000 public works pro- [ gram. The committee of which King is chairman will undertake to lay the foundation for more equitable tax-1 ution. His colleagues are Senators LaF.'llette, Repn., Wis.: Reed. Repn , Pa.; Barkley, Dem., Ky„ and Byrd. Dem.. Va. King said congress. could not escape general revision of the revenue law next session. King said it might not be possible to obtain a meeting of the full subcommittee but that he would proceed alone within the next fortnight to get the inquiry under way. "It is my hope that we will be able to get rid of most of the nuisance taxes enacted in the emergICOX i'INUED ON PAGF FIVE) DEATH CLAIMS WOMAN LEADER Rose Stokes, Famous Labor Leader Dies After Long Illness Frankfort, Germany. June 20. — (U.R) — Rose Pastor Stokes. 54. known throughout the world as ‘ “The Rose of the Ghetto" and one of the most celebrated of American labor leaders, died today after a long illness. She had been up- i conscious for more than 12 hours. The hospital head nurse and a phvsician were nt her bedside. : She underwent treatment earlier i.( the year at the hospital Hans Baden under Professor Holfelder who also treated her in 1931 Holfehler had her removed to the municipal hospital Anril 15 where she was treated in the [ nrivate clinic of Professor Scnmieden. Site was suffering from cancer. Mrs. Stokes had been critically [ ill since the middle of May and; little hope had been held for her recovery. Physicians asked American correspondents not to publish the seriousness of her condition -because she was a constant reader of American newspapers. After her death, the United States consulate took charge of her papers and effects. It was not i immediately determined whether burial would be in Germany or tlie United States. Born in Russia Rose Pastor Stokes was born in, Russia, spent her girlhood in the London shuns,, married a millionaire. and devoted herself to social [ service, "the labor movement. , socialism, and. in her latter years. : to communism. She was known ‘ by various* catch phrases, particu-j • • • • • •••• • • ♦ ♦ ♦ • ♦ • • iroN’TINUED G>N t PAGE FTVEI —o Infant Scalded Pern Ind.. June 20—(UP)—-Burns received when she fell into a tub of scalding water resulted In the| death of Hab-1 Dark tie Manning, 3.

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Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, June 20, 1933,

Freedom Denied L f. A JI RaUr 111 1 a j Virgil Kirkland, Gary youth I serving a sentence of one to tfen years in connection with the death of his sweetheart, Arlene Draves, was denied release under a writ ’ of habeas corpus by Judge Campbell in the Madison county superior court. BENEFIT FOR BOY SCOOTS Auction Sale Will Be Held July 1 To Raise Funds For Scouts A Boy scout benefit auction sale will be held in this city, Saturday night, July 1, proceeds to be tiled in furthering the scout movement here nd to aid scouts in taking advantage of the camp facilities at : Camp Lim b - dost. Rome City. An appeal for donations in the • form of articles to be sold was made by C. C. Pumphn y, chairman of the sale. Any person wishing to help the scouts is asked to donate some article, clothing, furniture, livestock. f rming implements, sleds, wagons or whatever they have to sell. Col. Roy Johnson is volunteering his services as auctioneer for tlie sale and Bob White and his orcb si tra will furnish music proceeding the auction,. The auction stand will be erected on M ixlison street, between First street and the alley and the stree.t will be roped off. Persons wishing to donate articles for the sale are asked to noEify Mr. Pumphrey, Dr. Fred Patterson. James Elberson, C-rl E. Peterson. Col. Johnson or A. R. Holthouse and the articles will be gath- . ered by a scout. These articles should b.- ready by Friday. Jun • 30, giving tlie committee time to gather them for tlie sale. o Housebreaker Given Sixty-Day Sentence Charles Martin, W.fer Valley, Mississippi was sent need to (it) days hi the Adams county jail and fii.i.d $lO and costs by Mayor Gorge Kricik in city court Mondaynight. Muirtin was arrested the the night of May 30 by De* atur night policemen when be was cAught in the Ervin Hott tesidence on, Mercer avenue.

Chamber Os Commerce Membership Drive To Start Early Wednesday

“Tell ’em I am going to start out early Wednesday morning to get members for tlie Chamber of Commleroe” I Bernstein, general mmager of the membership canvass for the Chamber of Commerce, announced today. "I believe every man in Decatur will want one of thle new deil mem- , berships. For $2.50 they can pay their dues for tile year and support the organization", Mr. Bernstein stated. ' The mamlbershdp dues writs re- ( duced this year from $5 to $2.50 a 1 yeir. This Chamber of Commerce. Janies lEUierson. the president stat<l, wants only enough money to keep the organization intact and to

WILL OBSERVE GOLDEN JUBILEE Catholic Church East Os Geneva Will Observe Jubilee Sunday The congregation of St. Mary's Catholic church, located east of Geneva, will celebrate the Golden jubilee of the church on Sue -day, June 25. A jubilee high mass will be said Sunday morning at 10' o’clock, OST. The Rev. F ather Camillus Kloeters, | >C. PP. S., of Butternut, Wis., will sing the high mass. Other officers of the mass will Ibe, Rev. Father Julius Heffner, C. PP. S., St. Peter’s, Ohio, deacon; Rev. Father Linus Stahl, C. PP. S., St. Wendelio, Ohio, suibdeacon; Rev. Father Robi rt Mayer, C. PP. S., Cran-berrie, [ Ohio, mister of ceremonies. The Rev. Father Roman Schwietermari. C. PP. S., Carthagena, Ohio, will deliver the sermon. A number of visiting priests ana also expected i to attend the services. I li.i, the afternoon and evening a social will be held on the church grounds and plans are being made [ to accommodate a large crowd. On Sunday, July 2, the parish [ will hold a golden jubilee picnic. A program is being planned and a ■ chicken supper will be served. The I public is invited to attend. The church is located on Geneva route two, ejjst of town in w.liat is known ais the Kiianey settlement. A number of Decatur people are planning to attend the jubilee service and picnic. | . o Church Superintendent To Preach Wednesday The Rev. D. A. Kaley, Indianapo- ; lis, newly elected district superintendent, will preach at the First Evangelical church Wednesday night at 7:30 o'clock and wiH also , conduct th? quarterly business ses ! sion. Post Office Has World Fair Stamps The Decatur post office has received a supply of Century of Progress I stamps. Persons wishing some, of i the stamps may call at the Port [ Office. DENY FREEDOM FOR KIRKLAND Gary Youth Fails In Attempt For Freedom by Habeas Corpus ■I Anderson, Ind., June 20. —(UR)— I Thwarted on his attempt to obtain i freedom for Virgil Kirkland. Gary, Jon a writ of habeas corpus, Oscar l Thiel, Gary attorney, today planned an appeal to the state supreme . | court. . [ Judge Bartlett H. Campbell of ; ; Madison superior court late yester- [ day denied the writ which would . have released Kirkland front the ! state reformatory. The youth is i serving a one to 10-year sentence |in connection with the deatli of ; Arlene Draves, Gary school girl, l.who died after a drinking party lat which she was repeatedly as- , [ saulted by Kirkland a*nd his cotn--1 - panions. [ In filing the petition Thiel allegled that the trial judge erred in | sentencing Kirkland for a lesser > crime than the one for which he ' was Indicled Judge Campbell held the petition ■ contained insufficient grounds for I action.

maintain the room which it offers to the pulilie free of charge. If 2Oi> persons join at tlie new rate we’ll g 1 t by", the president stated. Mr. Bernstein volunteered to make a complete canvass of every manufacturer, merchant end professlonal man in the city, hoping to enlist everyone in the organization. The annual nl'nibership eantpiign wis postponed from May to June this year at the request of merchants who thought it best to carry on the oanipaign a little later in the year. Last ylear the Chamber of Commerce had about 80 members. i.\ few years ago the roster showed nearly 200 members. ‘

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DELEGATES IN AGREEMENT ON SAME PROGRAM U. S. Delegation to World Conference To Follow Unified Program NO FUTURE SPLIT IN U. S. POLICY London, June 20. —(U.R) — The United States delegation to the world economic conference agreed in a meeting today to follow a uni- [ fled and common program, it was I learned today. Aware of criticism in the London press and among conference delegates, Senator James Couzens told his fellow delegates that it ’ was necessary to avoid in the future any splitting on American policy, the United Press was told. Couzens declared America had to ' decide whether it was pursuing a nationalist or an internationalist economic policy. t The informant predicted a new unity in the delegation following what appeared to be several [ about faces in policy during the last fottr days. The delegation, it was under- ; stood, also held a private discussion on stabilization of currency. The general impression prevailed that there was little chance for defacto stabilization, it was said, but the delegation agreed to work : for permanent stabilization. Meanwhile before the monetary commission the proposals of Senator 'Key Pittman. delegation member, for increased use of silver and decreased gold coverage, met some measure of support. Chief interest, however, was in the declaration of James Wari burg. United -States expert, that ( the United States was unwilling to retur > to tlie gold standard until it was sure it would work. The delegates awaited eagerly for the arrival from the United , States of Professor RaymonjJ ' Moley, assistant secretary of state, feeling that lie alone would be able to speak for President

' Roosevelt. Some uneasiness was caused, however, hv the general feeling that lie favored a policy [ of economic nationalism. — - o Enforce Martial Law In Austria | Vienna, June 20 —(UP)— The government enforced martial law in parts nf Austrii today as it moved energetically to eradicate tlie Austrian Nazi party. The Nazis w?r?. ordered dissolved after a series of bombing and ; terroristic outrages. The cabinet . was convinced the Nazis sought to ! , overthrow the government. Police, augmented by the military, began \ . an immediate round-up of Nazi leaders. , Foreign observers fa red the dissolution order would lead to a com- ■ plete break in German-Austrian relations, strained since the cabinet I b gan suppressive action against ; , the Austrian Nagis 10 days ago. : o — GANG MURDERS WISCONSIN MAN Former Associate of Chicago Beer Baron Is Slain In Hotel Twin Lakes. Wis., Juna 20. —(U.R) [ —A. gang assassination recalling j [“spot” murders of racketeers in their heyday confronted authorities [today in the slaying of Harry Robinson. former associate of Terry Drnggan. Chicago beer baron. Tlie gang, armed witli automatic revolvers, operated with system- , atic swiftness as It trapped Robin- ( son in his luxurious Edgewater hotel a few minutes after he returned from a swim with his pretty, blond, 22-year-old wife 1 of j five months. i Striding up to tlie bar. the men demanded four beers. They whipped out revolvers as Leo McPhaul, the bartender, turned to serve them, McPhaul w ordered out on the terrace veranda where sat [Levin, 37, Robinson's partner, and j several others. One man stood guard over the group. The others re-entered the I hotel. (CONTINUED ON PAGE*THI*EE* 1

Price Two Cents

Senator Predicts Dollar Wheat Soon New York June 20—(UP) —Dollar wheat by the end of the year was predicted for the. American farI: mer by Senator Arthur Capper of Kansas in an interview here, on tlie basis of the increase in price over last year and the promise held out in new farm relief legislation. I Capper pointed out that wheat j is selling at 60 cents a bushel compared with 30 cents last year. o THREE STATES VOTING TODAY I lowa, Connecticutt And New Hampshire Voting On Repeal 11 Des Moines, la.. June 20 —(U.R)— ' lowa, solidly ill tlie prohibition i column for 17 years, voted today . o.n repeal of the 18th amendment. > A closer contest was expected i | in lowa than in any of the other 11 states which have voted, all of ■ which recorded repeal victories. ■ Whirlwind activity by both prohi,l bitionlsts and repealists marked [ the last week of the campaign. ■ 1 The All-lowa Emergency Prohibition Council, composed of' the ■ [ W. C. T. U„ Anti-Saloon League • and kindred organizations, appeal- . ed for victory on grounds that I repealists had "flooded the state • with false propaganda.” , I R. N. Cowin, chairman of the : lowa Repeal for Prosperity committee, accused drys of forming • boycotts against drug stores, gro- - eery stores and restaurants ow ii ed by repealists. Dr. J. W. Graves, secretary of • the Emergency Prohibition coun- • cil, predicted tliat “if lowa resists i repeal, the prohibition amendment - will not be erased from the con--11 stitution." r “But if lowa fails the dry cause” I Dr. Graves said, “its decision will have a marked effect on states ’ which have not yet voted.” I ; Cowin based his hopes for a I wet victory on a large turn-out of F voters I "If balloting totals 500.0dd. we l will win,” Cowin said. “If it is

| less than 400,000, we fear defeat." Wets Favored Concord, N. H„ June 20 —(U.R) — A wet victory by two to one was forecast bv political observers today as New Hampshire elected delegates to a repeal convention, but it won’t do the state's drinkers any good for at least two years. The state dry law. in force since 1917, will remain in effect at least until 1935, when the next legislature meets. Drys. headed by church groups, conducted a .vigorous campaign for their delegates, but since the legislature has been decidedly wet experienced observers believe the I (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) Former Inspectors Sue For Back Pay Indianapolis. June 20 — (U.R) — Suits asking S6OO each as back salary were filed in Marion circuit court late yesterday by 13 former : state 6il inspectors. Their salary was represented to lie $125 monthly, provided they collected that amount in fees, according to the suits, but they received only SIOO a month even though their foes met the mini- [ mum figure. Plaintiffs are John W. Davis. Russell A. Dilts, John Everett Jarrett. William R. Griffith, John Horace Ephlin. Prince Albert Edwards. Harold A. Davission. t hued* * E. Edwards Alfred C. i Campbell. Mike Ankron, Joseph 1). Burl left. Charles W Blanch-: and Morton A. Breedlove. Plan Program For Dairy Field Day The Dairy Herd Improvement IVssocfation program committee, Noah Rich, chairman; P 'er B. Lehman. Ben Mazelin, Pete* l>. Schwartz. Merwin Miller, cow teeter, and county agent Archbold met Monday night at the Sol Musser home In Jefferson Townshin to finish the details in the plans for Dairy Field Dav Friday, June 23 at 1 P. M. The speakers for the occasion will l>e Mr. Dennis of the American Jersey Cattle Club, E. T. Wallace, extension dairyman of Purdue and Mr. Copeland of the advanced registry of the American Jersey Cattle Club, ad Kell r Beeson, extension I agronomist of Purdue University.

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JOHNSON ASKS SUBMISSION OF 1 INDUSTRY PLAN Drive For Economic Recovery Proceeding On Wide Front COTTON TEXTILE PROPOSES CODE Washington, June 20 <U.R) [ — Basic principles of the national recovery program, stressing the necessity for agreements on minimum pay, maximum hours of labor. and elimination of cut throat classes of conmetition were outlined today bv Administrator Hut’ll S. .Johnson. Johnson invited the immediate submission of simple basic “codes of fair competition” by the ten largest industries -iron and steel, automotive, coal. textiles, oil. food, lumber, leather, machinery, drugs and chemicals. One of these industries, cotton textiles, already has proposed a code under which wages would be increased, hours of labor shortened. and new' jobs created. Tim drive for recovery proceeded on a wide front. Among developments were the following: An unofficial attempt on hehalf of President Roosevelt to dissuade railroad executives from making another general wage cut. .Announcement by the Tennessee Valley authority that labor for its great undertaking would be hired from the valley itself so far as possible. Secretary of Interior Ickes contracted to buy 400.004) barrels c' I cement for Boulder Dam. Treasury officials revealed tha-i proceeds from sale of new securities totalling more than a million dollars were now on hand in the treasury to finance public works. Postmaster General Farley reported a marked rise in postal receipts. Chairman Stevenson of the Home Owners Loan Corporation said he hoped to have state organizations functioning by July 1 to bring relief to home owners in danger of foreclosure. A delegation from tlie far west agreed tentatively on a program involving 25 million dollars expenditure from public works funds to complete various reclamation projects and arrange to seek government approval at a conference later today. COMPANY RATES TO BE ADJUSTED Rates In Northern Indiana Service Svstem Will Be Adjusted India, apolis, June 20- (U.R) — Adjustment of gas and electric rates in tlie entire system of the Northern Indiana Public Service company will follow tlie Public Service commission’s action late yesterday i.i ordering an emergency reduction of gas rates at South ! Bend. Although tlie South Bend ease originally concerned enly gas rates there, it will result in nil audit and appraisal of the whole company, which serves 44 cities and towns in 10 northern Indiana counties, commissioners revealed. Establishment of final gas ratoit for South Bend will await audit and appraisal of Gie company. Tlie new adjustment of gas and electric rates for the whole system will lie made then. Tlie order yesterday sets up temporary gas rates for South Bend. in company income the reduction amounts to about $150,- ; 000 annually, or approximately 16 (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) o Won’t Take Joh Buffalo, N. Y.. June 20—(UP)— I Jack Dempsey, prouybter of tlho Maxlßaer-Max Schmeling bout, will not become matchmaker for Madison Square Garden in New York City, lie said here last aught. The garden and Ms pollcv of outside liiterQ*rence has "smothered" some fine boxing promoters, ini eluding Tex Rickard and Jimmy Johnston, he asserted.