Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 31, Number 146, Decatur, Adams County, 21 June 1933 — Page 1

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DWA JOINS STATES FAVORING REPEAL

■IEFFROM ■TWEATHER ■IS PREDICTED flgo Experiences De■d Break in Heat Kxc This Morning Im ER WEATHER ■’RI'IHC TED HERE June 21.—<U.R)—A before the official of summer the U. S. r hmvaii announced second heat wave when winds shiftMthc nm-theast dropping: MinJhi.ii temperature U> in 15 minutes. ■ th, rmometer atop the building in Chicago’s li I a. m. and the wind :ii.- -unbaked prairies oi By 11 a. in. the ■rar-- ba I dropped to 79 de - "inti shifted off cootMichigan. government tiler a' the University of Chi N"> degrees at 11 a. ueaii.-r bureau officialKt tie cool wind had not H Rs.n Predicted summer due at 4:12 p. tn. K clomh _ and storms will torrid spell, tile second forecasters said. Cool Hither was expected to pre-■Km-mw in nearly all sections Mn:idW"-t which for six days iii Jml degree temper:Tom drownings and pros increased. Nearly 3o lives lost directly as a result Miro, .i United Press survey to crops and livestock ■spurted severe in farming The northwestern states ■nesuta, Wisconsin and Da- ■ Where excessive tem-per- ■ are unusual, reported that ■steiing sun rays wer burn ■1 rtr ids and searching their ■tb- seventh consecutive day. Mrcury soared over the 100- ■ mark in. Canada. Six deaths ■eported there ■ weather bureau in Chicago Bd the hottest June 20 in its ■- The mercury climbed to Mees in official readings, ba’ ■ world's fair and in suburbs Bed the 100 mark. ■ Ten Deaths Bnapolis, Jiuie 21.—(U.R) -Retom Indiana's second record ng June heat wave was led within 24 hours today by Armington, meteorologist ui S. weather bureau here, forecast, he said, is "partly tonight. Local thunder’s. not so warm in north and I portions. Thursday unsetnd cooler with showers in portion.” * prediction was welcomed by late's 3.000.000 inhabitants are sweltered under temperin excess of 95 degrees for consecutive days. deaths have been attributed current heat wave, the latest reported at Noblesville where t Dunn. 54. a farmer, was tod in his field. LROADS TO ’OSTPONE CUT tutives Likely Mill imply With Request Os Roosevelt right, 1933, by United Press) ahington, June 21— (MR) - >ad executives indicat 'd totoat they would comply with Bquest of President Roosevelt lostpone their proposed 12’/2 ent wage cut for at least six Its, the United Press learndie Joseph B. Eastman, fedrailroad coordinator, met with railroad's committee of nine Plain furtiter the administraPlans for the steam carriers, 1(1 learned that he had pre*l a two-sided proposition to 'ailroads and the men who upon them. return for definite postponeof the 12H per cent reducRastman was. understood to GTNUEIT ON* PAGE THREE)

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Clifford Barker s Taken Into Custody t •' Cliffoj'd Barker shortly after midnight Tuesday 'by ! night policeman Ed Miller and giv- * en into the custody of Hartford 5 City officials, who held a warrant , ‘ for his arrest <».i a bastardy charge. ' Barker was arrested at the Hotn--1 er lAtrnold farm tftree south ‘ of Peterson, where :e had only rer cently obtained employment. He is a son of P. W. Barker, pastor of • the Decatur Gosp-1 Temple. SIGN CONTRACTS ; FOR EQUIPMENT Fourteen Contracts,TotaL i ing $21,366.88 Sign- < ed Last Night t ’ Contracts for the equipment and material to be i stalled at th City , Light and Power plan were signed . last evening by the ■ lectrh light I committee and approved by the . council. Th e re were 14 contracts, amounting to $21,366.88. The awards were 1 made by the coil il last Friday and 3 th' contracts referred to the committee for signing. Work on the inr stalling of the equipment will begin immediately and as soon as all is, I ia working order, the council will . take steps to reduce the electric 3 rates, effective not late than Jan- , uary 1. 1934. Bond is Approved The 'bond of Grover Cottrell as night policeman was approved by rhe council. Cottrell was appointed by Mayor George Krick to succeed Arthur Clark, who resigned some ' time ago. Mr. Cottrell has bee on the police force- for several w eks. Francis Costello, notified the I council that a grade survey for ■ sidewalk and curb on Gloss street had been made and filed and requested that it be made a matter of record. H. F. Linn, chairm cn of the street committee assured Mr. ) Costello that the survey would be placed on file. .Bills were read by the finance 4 committee and allowed by tiie count cil. Adjournment followed. i E. .1. Fricke Injured In Auto Accident - ® j Fricke, Monroe, district ■ man .ger of the India, a farm bura eau, is reported recovering satis- ■ fai torily from injuries suffered in -. auto accid nt at Fort W.iyn late - Tuesday afternoon. ) Fricke's auto collided with one > driven by William Biggs at Hama Street and M Kinnie avenue. Biggs '- was only slightly injured. Fricke was taken to the Lutheran ’’hospital, suffering from severe ' I scalp lacerations and other Injuries.)

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State, National And lateraationai Newa

TRI KAPPAS TO BE HOSTESSES Sorority ( hunters of Indiana to Act As Hostesses At Exhibit The Tri Kappa chapters of the 1 Indiana have b-<"i appointed to . -rve as official hostesses at the Indiana exhibit at the all-states milding at the World's Fair in Chicago, during the two weeks of July 10 to 22. The sorority will also have charge of the Hoosier luncheon which is to be given i.. honor of Governor and Mrs. Paul V. McNutt Thursday. July 13. IndVna Day. The luncheon will be held at the Pabst-Casino at 1:30 o'clock with the Governor and his wife, the '.lndiana commissioner and other notables s honored guests. This is open to all Hooaiers and tickets • may be obtained from local Tri Kappa members. Every day during the two weeks I tint. Tri Kappa is to act as hostess, one province will be In charge. On ' Saturday, July 15. the province in which the local chapter is included will have charge. The delegate from De'/atur sorority is Mrs. William Bell. Other members who will at- , tend from this city are the Misses Vivian Burk a d Eileen Burk and Mrs. Lois Black. FIRST PAYMENT IS DUE JULYI First Gross Income Tax Payments Will Be Due On .July 1 I Indianapolis. June 21 — (UP) First payments under the new state ' income tax Igw fall due July 1, with 15 days grace allowed. Bia ks to be us d in paying the tax will be available at all of the auto license branches, all counties having at least one branch. They also are obtainable by mail at the gross Iniome tax department at the statehouse. Tax payments may be made at, the license branches. Managers are authorized to take payments and mall them in but not to accept payments officially. Bran h employes I will be instructed on how to fill out the blanks. First payments are for the two; months period, ending July 1. The, tax is computed by totalling one s . income for the two months.' sub-’ 1, ding sll6 67 (two months’ equivalent of the $1,990 yearly incomej i**CONTtNUWD ON PAGE TWO) /

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, June 21, 1933.

PROMINENT MEN |' ARE TO ATTEND LOCAL MEETING Score or More of Distinguished Men to Attend Convention Here FORMER MICH I(iAN GOVERNOR HERE A score or more of distinguished Legionnaires and prominent, state officials from Indiana. Ohio and Michigan will attend the Northern Indiana Legion convention in this city, Sunday, June' 25. N. R. general chairman on arrangements has received acceptances from a number of those invited for the convention. Among those who have assured the local committee that they will be here are: Former Governor Wilbur M. Brucker of Detroit, Mich; William O. Nelson, state commander of the Legion, Anderson; J. E. McCurdy,: LaPorte, Northern Indiana vicecommander of the Legion; Ollie A. Davis. Legion adjutant, Indianap- 1 olis; Judge Raymond Springer, Connersville, first state commander of the Indiana Legion; Perry Faulkner, Montpelier, Ohio, commander of the Legion in 1923; Forest A. Harness, Kokomo, state commander, 1930; Floyd Young. Vincennes, state commander in 1931; Ralph F. Gates, Columbia City, state commander 1932; General Elmer Straub, state adjutant - general. Indianapolis. Col. Robinson Hitchcock, deputy adjutant general, Indianapolis; Matt Leach, chief of state police, Indianapolis; Harry McClain, state insurance commissioner. Indianapolis- Martin Lang, director of drugs and pure foods, Indianapolis; Frank McHale. Logansport, state commander of the Legion 1928; Sherman Minton, of the Public Service commission. Indianapolis; Bob Bushee, Ossian, eighth district commander. Program at Country Club Following the big military parade which will be held at one (CONTINUED ON' PAGE THREE) FILE PETITION TO SHOW CAUSE Petition Seeks to Establish Lower Electricity Rates Indianapolis. June 21.—<U.R)— A ! petition asking the Public Service ; Company of Indiana to show cause i why its electric rates should not lie reduced throughout the entire “south system” was filed with the Public Service commission today by Sherman Mintoh, public coun- : sellor. The petition marked the first real step the new Democratic administration has taken to carry out its promise of reducing utility rates. Minton said that contrary to (CONTINUED ON PAGE TIIItEE)

Secretary Os Agriculture J folds Great Power Over Food Production

Washington, June 21. — (U.R> — Secretary of Agriculture Henry Agard Wallace has more influence upon food production than any othi er one man in the history of the i world. I Under President Roosevelt’s omnibus prescrintion for agricultural ails, Wallace virtually is dictator of all major marketing and plant ing operations of the American j farmer. His power enables him indirectly to fix prices through processing taxes, to limit production and hence to make his influence' felt throughout the world. So busy is the agriculture department under Wallace that it will have no time for publication of such famous brochures as “the love life of a bull frog" during his tenture. The secretary is a typical midwesterner from Des Moines—jovial, kindly and still slightly awed'by the magnificence of official Washington. His hair usually is a little rumpled and his coat a little wrinkled us he holds conference after conferI ence with farm leaders, millers, (textile manufacturers, cotton plant-j

Committees Meet Thursday Night ! All members of committees in icharge of arrangements for the: Northern Indiana district convei - tion of the American Legion are request d to meet at the Decatur Country Club at 8 o’clock Thursday night. Fa ery cwmraittee member, is urged to be present, as bust..ess I of importance will be transacted. I ] G. E. MEETING AT MILWAUKEE' F 34th International Con- ? vention Will Be Held v July 8-13 The thirty fourth 'lntern itional 8 Christian Endeavor Convention will ( be held at Milwaukee, Wisconsin. July 8 to 13. A new program for . ( Christian Endeavor will be launch-, , ed. . ( Among the speakers will be Hon. , : Cordell Hull, secretary of state; ( Governor John T. Wiant of New ( Hampshire, Dr. D. A. Poling, Dr. A. , W. Beaven, James Kelly of Gias- < gow, Scotland; Dr. W. IL Foulkes; I Dr. P. R. Hayward; Roy Burkhart a:nd Mother Clark, known to thous- ( ands of young people. , ( The Indiana leaders will be Miss Elizabeth Cooper, Dr. Ira Landrith ' and Rev. T. Day will be observed July 13 with , Jaik Schooiii, state president, in . : charge. Charles Harris of Colum- , bus, is chairman of the parade; Homer C. Augsburger of Berne is ■ exhibit chairman and Dorothy Leli- ' man of Mishawaka is chairman of (CONTINUE'D ON PAGE TWO) 0 — FOUR MEETINGS HELD TUESDAY Meetings Held Tuesday to Demonstrate Proper Insect Control County agent L. E. Archbold and | George E. Gould, entomology spej cialist, held a number of meetings ' Tuesday in' which the various ini sects destructive to garden and truck crops were discussed and , demonstratio:'. given on control i measures at the Jaaob J. Sch- , wartz farm. 37 were present it the Ralph Myers farm and more than 50 attended the event; g session at . Geneva. The first meeting was held at ■ the Willard Steele truck firm with I a fair attendance. Twenty-five at-; fended the demonstration. < For controlling Mexican bean » ■ beetle the formula given was: By » weight one part dusting sulphur, t four part hydrate lime and one part ■ calcium arsenate Contlor of cab’b- - ; age worms use one part calcium arv senate nine parts of hydrated limo, i- This mixture must be applied to the, . ; under side of the leaf. t | For complete control of potato' - insects Mr. Gould recommended usyl i; g twenty parts mono-hydrated : ;■ copper sulphate, twenty parts .eal- , cium arsenite, and sixty parts o hydrated lime. Potato s should be 1 (UONTINI' 1-71 > OX PAGE TWO)

ers, departmental experts and members of the president's "brain trust.” He has announced forthcoming processing taxes on wheat and cotton. He has seen pi ices of both commodities soar upward- and has heard critics call his program ("shotgun patent medicine." Nothing bothers the secretary. He is a real fanner himself. He also is a real farm leader. His 400acre farm in Polk county, lowa, where he develops hybrid corn, and (demonstrate.) ids ability as a man Jof the soil. His magazine. Wallace's Farmer, reveals his personal influence out where the tall corn grows. Wallace and his wife live in the exclusive Wardman Park hotel, where they can look upon greenswards as rolling ns those in their native lowa. Wallace walks to work and fin(ally has become familiar with the cranny* of the white house. After his first cabinet meeting with Mr. Roosevelt he had to ask a police- , man apologetically which door led | outside.

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FLEDDERJOHANN i ESTATE GIVEN SIO,OOO AWARD Estate of Late Decatur Pastor Awarded Damages Against Railroad PASTOR KILLED AT RAILROAD CROSSING The estate of the late Rev. A. R. Fledderjohann, former pistor of the Zion Reformed church in this city, was awarded SIO,OOO 'by Judge Endicott of the De Kalb circuit court Tuesday, in the suit brought agai st the New York Central railk, cl. by A. R. Ashbau her. of this city, administrator of the estate. The Rev. Fledderjohann was killed at a railroad crossing of the N. Y. Central at Hamlet. Starke county, on May 12, 1932. Suit was brought on a complaint of contributory negligence. Trial of the i (ase was held before a jury, but the verdict was rendered by the court, through agreement of both sides. The trial opened Monday and all evidence in the case was concluded late Tuesday afternoon. Attor-' ,:eys for the defendants moved that a verdict for the defendant be given. The plaintiff’s attorneys moved that a verdict for the. plaintiff be; given. Judge Endicott discharged the jury and rendered the decision.. Surviving the Rev. Fledderjohann are the wife and three daughters. Attorneys for the plaintiff were Judge John . Eggeman of Fort Wayne and Fruchte and Litterer of this city. Attorneys for the railroad were. Judge Howard Townsend of Fort Wayne and Walter Stump of Auburn. The judgment, attorneys for the ' railroad stated, will be appealed ■ to a higher court. ———o Della Clark Home Ransacked Tuesday Miss Della Clark, 719 'lndiana stre-.-t, reported to police last evening that someone entered her home .mil ransacked the place. The burglary was (ommitted aibout eight o'clock and neighbors report seeing a suspicious looking character about the place at th :t time. Miss Clark stated that a revolver and some jewelry were stolen. Buffet drawers and trunks were opened and articles were jhrown about the house. BREWERY TRUCK IS HI-JACKED Five Men Hi-Jack 400 Cases of Beer Near Kendallville M. Kirsch, president of the Mut- , selller Distributing company of this city, stated today that they had received a telegram notifying them of the hold-up. The local company had an order for 100 cases of Pabst and it is believed the shipment was part of th. truck load Auburn, Ind., June 21. — (U.R) — Five men who hi jacked a Mil--1 waukee brewery truck and held the ' drivers captive for 14 hours were being sought today by state police and northern Indiana officials. Tile truck contained 400 cases of Pabst beer and was enroute to Auburn II was being driven by A. H. 1 Thornton and R. E. Noeske, both of Milwaukee. Although the hi-jacking took place early yesterday the drivers had no chance to report it until late in the afternoon when they were released by their captors. They said a large sedan drew up beside them on state road 6, bei tween Ligonier and Kendallville. . Five men. all flourishing guns, forced them out of the truck and order- > ed them to lie on the floor of the car. The sedan was driven away while three men stayed with the truck. Thornton and Noeske said they (CONTINUED ON PAGE THIIEE) I Chamber of Commerce Memberships . • ♦ Al nooa today 1. Bernstein, reI | ported 65 memberships in the Decatur Chamber of Commerce.

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In Recovery Post i vb < u Wl F I ■ J Colonel Don H. Sawyer, wartime director of army camp con- . struction, who has been appointed temporary administrator of Public ■ Works in the Roosevelt re-employ-ment program. He is authorized to allot $400,000,000 for highway , construction throughout the nation. $11,425 SPENT IN POOR RELIEF County Auditor Compiles Amount Expended By 12 Townships A total of $11,425.69 has b»en expended by the 12 townships for poor relief since January 1. to June 1. of this year, according to ' figures compiled by County Auditor Glen Cowen. The amount expended is $3,559.10. more than the amounts ■ received by the townships in the' June distribution of the May taxes. Eight of the 12 townships nowhave an-overdraft in the poor relief fund The four that have a balance and the amount of credit ■ shown after the June collections are credited to their accounts are: : Preble. $325,33; Kirkland. $52.02; ■ French. $63.57; Jefferson, $168.92. The overdrafts in the other ■ eight townships follow: Union. . $15.69; Root. $1,143.09; Washing- ) ton. $6,838.08: St, Marys. $562.45: i Blue Creek. $554.28: Monroe. $"65.06; Hartford. $234.87; W’bash $1,213.86. The credits received from the June distribution of taxes were deducted from the overdrafts, the above amounts Ii being the deficit as of June 30. The following amounts have been paid out by the townships since January 1, 1933, including tiie allowances made at the June | session of the board of commissioners: Union. $286.66: Root, $866.49; I fCONTTNUWD ON PARE TWO) .« — * First Nine Million 1 Votes On Prohibition Give 1-1 Repeal Lead , ♦ ♦ (Copyright 1933 by United Press) The first nine million Americans in 14 states voting on probi- _ bition gave an approximate four to one lead to repeal, with the , once militant dry state of lowa , joining the wet column today. s Tiie 3to 2 repeal vote in lowa, heart of the prohibition corn belt ! stronghold carried the repealists over one of their most difficult hurdles. j New Hampshire and Connecticut also joined the repeal column c today, bringing to 14 the number s of states which In loss than three I months have balloted against prov hibition. Thirty-six states will carry the repeal resolution. So far. none has rejected repeal. although several southern states have refused to arrange a vote. The outstanding test will come next month, when Oklahoma. ' Alabama. Arkansas and Tennessee „ ballot. Tito Oklahoma vote will , merely be a test as it is on legalization of beer only. Anti-prohibitionists, driving for ratflcation by 36 states this year, noin' Io tiie strong margin of wets In all voies so far. The popular * vote, except Wyoming and Nevada which voted wot without a final count. Is as follows for the dozen ► states: '• For repeal 7.095,223 Hi Against repeal 1,85(1,414 Grand tabulated total 8,950,6;{7

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IOWA AND TWO OTHER STATES FAVOR REPEAL Ne w Hampshire, Co nnecticut Join With lowa For Repeal 126,000 MARGIN VOTED IN IOWA Des Moines, In.. June 21. (U.R) Trtulilionullv tlrv lowa, which prohibit ionisls nre<liele<! would he the lirst stumbling block it) the procession of states voting against the IKth amendment, favors reoeail by a majority of 125,(MX), nearly complete results I rom yesterday's election showed loiluv. Returns from 2.351 of the state's ■ 2.435 precincts showed: < For repeal: 368,409 • . ‘Against repeal: 242,113. lowa voted on a slate of 99 delegates to tiie state convention July 10. Election-of a majority on either side determi ied how all 'delegates will vote at the conven- | tion. With returns) complete from 77 counties. 43 favored repeal. A surge of late voters was the deciding factor. After apparent lack of interest early in the hot, summer day. voters thronged the noils between the hours of 5 and 8 o’clock. Repealists had feared if voting was under 400.000, thev '■would be defeated. The total number of ballots cast, however, was exnected to aggregate more ' than 700,000. 6-1 Vote Hartford. Conn . June 21 OI.R) — By an overwhelming majority Connecticut has approved the repeal of the 18th amendment, the complete tabulation of the results of yesterday’s election showed to(CONTINURD ON PAGE TWO) OtYounf Moi Warned Not To Break Lights Del Latke, special merchant's night police officer, reported today tliat yowg men were shootiirg out the alley light bylbs. He stat d be knew who'the men were and that If they did not stop their target practice on the lights he would make arrests. — ■ -o Philosonhers Chib Met Tuesday Night The Philosophers Club met Tues- ; da night with J. Ward Call? ”d. The general discussion was led by Dr. . C. C. Rayl on the subj ct of Psy- ; ehiatry. T'ose present at the meeting . were Dr. C. C. Rayl. Dr. Fred Pat- . terson. Dr. Noah Bixler. Rev. Harry Thompson, James Elberson, Carl Pumphrey. Will Bowers. Roy John- . son was a guest of the club. CHAS. MARTIN , ESCAPES JAIL I i Mississippi Man Serving 60-Day Sentence, Escapes Tuesday Charles Martin, serving a 60-day i sentence in tile Adams county < jail, escaped Tuesday evening bet tween 6.30 and 7 o'clock Martin was working In the jail garden. - as had been Ills custom since his i arrest May 30. r Sheriff Burl Johnson was en- ’ gaged in a conference with a rail- - road detective and was unable to 1 keep dose watch on Martin. An intensive search was started '- immediately for the escaped prisi oner, hut no trace had been found c of him late this afternoon. I The sheriff and a number of . other men made a thorough search e of the local railroad yards and 1 highways leading from Decatur, n conducting the search all night, but could find no traces of the r escaped man. s lohnsot communicated with s officers of nearby towns to keen r on the lookout for Martin. Blufla ton police searched every freight d train from Decatur, rounding up n a huge number of itinerants hut ; no trace of Martin was found. Martin was arrested May 30, I after breaking into the Ervin Hott residence on Mercer avenue.