Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 31, Number 149, Decatur, Adams County, 24 June 1933 — Page 1

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MIS SOLE |l MVIVOR OF j PLANE CRASH lee .Men \re Victims of < Wane Crash In Lake ■ Michigan Iman afloat on KfT FOR 38 HOURS tnkfort, Mich.. June 21. | W Rescued alter she ■drifted '>ver the choppvf of I ike Michigan for! K) UrS . the sole survivor’ L air tragedv which cost l]j vfS of three cornpan-j ■ indluding her husband.' Eol here todav. Es. Margaret Rennie, 27, Kurd after her harrowing science. returned to this ■,l 6:10 a. in. on the ferry E rescued her at dusk last I, (W fitv relatives, who ■ Mrs. Rennie at the dock. her quickly to a waiting Eebile. and she was whisked tintin' direction of that city. K> appeared somewhat rested, ■ter face was drawn and white K f js -han 4S hours time. Mrs I E had started on a trip by K to Milwaukee, crashed in ’ ■hip. clambered aboard an im- i raft, and witnessed the ting of her companions, one j te. as they sank exhausted ; ■ clihgiiig for hours to rhe I ■Lie tank of the wrecked Li, with all hope of rescue ■ she was sighted by the Ent of the Ann Arbor car ferry ■ and brought aboard the vesI First word of the tragedy ■ cost the lives of her hits- | Charles Jr.. 29; James Gil- ■ !8. his uncle, owner ami ■of the plane, and Peter Kel Its. mechanic, was radioed It last night as the vessel proBed to Kewaunee. Wis. ■ snail group of relatives who Bed here from Traverse City, ■ted further news in the office ■Wabash Radio Corporation. ■toy stood on the dock await- j ■ the return of the ship from tWisco.isin port. Iby were heartened when El- ■ Jacobson, operator, told them ■ the ship’s physician radioed ■ Mrs. Rennie had slept for ■ll hours. ■lette’s plane, bound for MilBee on a business trip Thurs-i ■ | Wiling, ran into dense clouds If flew over this village. A Ipiinutes later, it crashed into • Michigan, about 10 miles off Be four occupants «wam to a Bof floating wreckage, the pine tank of the plane Plac 1 I* section of the broken wings pop. they pushed Mrs. Rennie 1

lof it. e men clung to the e improvised raft, as it it the choppy waters of The wreckage would ly Mrs. Rennie. details were radioed »ssel after Mrs. Re ini°, three children, had releal aid. s men held tenaciously all day, she reported, tight Keller showed 'akening. At midnight, his hold upon the raft, The others, their pent, were unable to f encouragement from gave Rennie new But filially. Friday rhile his wife looked '» hands dropped from T support and he sank gs Everybody h the columns of to- | Uy Democrat, mer- I lanufacturers and in- I extend greetings and of welcome to the res. visitors and 1 > will be here for the | Legion convention "sages are sincere ex- | of good will and were 'd by the signers | ie convention commit- | Legion — «

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CAS VICTIMS I ARE RELEASED FROM HOSPITAL Only One of 44 Persons Remains In Indianapolis Hospital PHYSICIANS SAY NONE IS SERIOUS Indianapolis, June 24— (U.R) Only one of 44 persons poisoned by chloride gas here yesterday was left in City hospital today. The remainder were discharged after treatment for lung conges-I tlon. Physicians said the condition of none was serious. The gas felled more than 25 persons in their tracks as it waft- i ed around a wide area on the near! east side. It was released when I the cap blew off a tank which was being moved from a warehouse to! the river for safety. Decision to move the tank was I made when it developed a leak Thursday, As the poisonous fumes penetrated lungs of persons living I within a two-block radius of the i warehouse. police, national guards-' men, firemen a id troops from Fort Beniamin Harrison worked fever-i ishly to evacuate' the area and! carry victims choking and cough-' ing to City hospital. Several children were among 1 those stricken. Three were found huddled together in an alley behind the warehouse where they! had been playing. Nine firemen wore overcome ’ after Returning to their station. It was tfhr if the firemen who st,ill was in the hospi’al this morning. | Police had difficulty restraining I curiftus crowds that were attracted to the neighborhood. Many of those who failed to heed the warnings collapsed either on their way , (CONTINPRP OX PAGE SIX' 26DEFENDANTS ARE DISMISSED Freed From Charges of Selling 3.2 Beer VV ithout State License Indiana Harbor, Ind.. June 24.— (U.R) On motion of the Lake county prosecutor’s office. 26 defendants were free today from charges of selling 3-2 per cent beer without a state license The affidavits were dismissed by Justice of the Peac August Benedict. His decision was Interpreted in effect as holding the beer control law unconstitutional. Benedict’s action followed the hearing for Miss Helen Wegrzyn, _ . ..f .i .. *>£ /lofanHnntK. Sht? WftS

one of the 26 derenaanis. — ■ represented by James A. Patterson. C.ary attorney, who assisted his . partner. Oscar I- Theil >n overthrowing the Mat ■ beer control lawin the Rosen case. Patter.-on said tnat 20 of the arrests were mad- u the direction of Justice of the Peace Ignatius Turon president of the Ind .ana Leensed Peer Dealt rs. Chauffeurs. Helpers and Handlers Protective [ Assoeiatio’i Inc. - Regular Legion Meeting Monday The regular meeting of Adams Post of the American Legion will be held Monday night at 8 octo David Adams, command r stated today. First nomin tlon. of can dat.-s for the different Legion offices will take place at the meet ing. Nominations will < lose on July ’ io and the an. ual election will be held on July 24. Dick Heller Reports Getting Many Requests Indi napolis. June 24< Members of dry organ'/.' '> s . anxious to be in at the < < a. I o 18th a.nendm nt »<t the Ind- a. p ( . I conv ntion to be hold next Monday- iinntonDick Heller, secretary to lieuten anpgovennor M. Clifford Townsend who will open the convention, said he lias received requestsl froml 1. members of dry groups to. tickets , O s admission to the convention.

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Distinguished Guests At Convention i|j w Jr 'HPSHn i s' If H1 W - W m v a u < 11 /*>•* JH 9: % jWT .<■ X " Ilk i : ' w o"'"o' 1 "lAnderson, 1 Anderson, left, Indiana Commander of the American Legion, former Governor a ii i” , lll ’ ker of Michigan, center, and Ralph Gates. Columbia City, right, past state commander who a "! 'or Northern Indiana Legion Convention Sunday. Commander Nelson and Governor Brucker |p Iwt give the principal addresses at the program to be held at the Decatur Country Club. <■

BASE RECOVERY ON HOME TRADE Expansion of Domestic Market Looked to For Trade Recovery i I (Copyright 1933. by United Press)!, Washington. June 24— (U.R) — j i The Roosevelt administration is ; ] ■ pegging its trade recovery hopes 1 I almost entirely on expansion ofii ! 'he domestic market, rather than I I on foreign trade, according to an | I authoritative explanation of the;: I administration given the United ] j Press today. Such foreign markets as can be ' found win. nt cotifsp woirnnrtr ; j The American delegation's propos- < lal at London for reduction of world tariff and trade barriers is a long range move to facilitate this supplemental outlet. But despite the emphasis which Secretary of State Hull is placing on the abolition of trade barriers at London, the administration has its eye mainly on the home markets. Progress Made Washington. June 21 —(U.R) The I first week of administration of : the national recovery act has ! brouult substantial progress. But several thorny problems, notably those of price-fixing and adjustment of conflic ing trade interests, were thrust today into the path of the men who are re-creat-! 1 ing economic America. tn th hrczy vernacular of ad-! • minist.rator Hmb S. Johnson. i these problems are ‘■pineapples"] The hie ni 'eapple thus far is the . co.il industry. The chain-store problem promises to become a j pineapple of equal size. (CONTINUED OX PAGE SIX) | ANOTHER BEER LOAD HIJACKED Latest Holdup Nets 250 Cases In Southern Indiana Friday Indianapolis. June 24 —(UP) — Los- tb'i.' 18 hours after solving lon-’ b->er hijacking case, state poI |jce were confronted with another ! today. The latest holdup was reported neir Versailles by Robert Payton i and Sdmotid Chandler. New Albany 1 truckmen. T ey said four men robbed them of their truck containing 1 250 cases of beer. The brew was being s nt from lyOiiisvJle to Cincinnati. Confession obtained late yesterdiy from John Ch user. 38. Indianapolis, cleared up the theft of 300 ( ases of beer from Robert Freeman, 29, near Seymour Wednesday night. Tlie be r was discovered by state . police in a barn on the farm of How.'rd Fill, 42. near Indianapolis. ** ( continued ON PAGE SIX) • — ——i - O “ Boy Scouts To Meet At Central School All Decatur boy scouts are reI quested to report In uniform at the I central School at 12:30o'clock Suni jay afternoon. The scouts will be , assigned to their various duties during the afternoon at this time.

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, June 24, 1933.

15 Years Ago Sunday I With The American Army Over There (June 25, 1918 was on a Tuesday) ] With the Americans on the j Marne —The fignt in which the Am- I ericans completed their conquest of Belleau Wood was one of the strangest of the war. German machine guns, cunningly hidden in trees and on pulleys between trees, were fired from different points. Most of these enemy weapons were ensconced behind rocks, however, from where they ] spat continuously. The Americans crawled and wriggled forward, dropping with , the aid of roots and branches down ' into declivities where they would lie motionless for a moment. Then they would resume their stealthyprogress. Eventually, they swarmed over ] many emplacements, only to find j that the Bodies had fled with their guns, leaving the ammunition be(CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) j JOSEPH L SIPE DEATH’S VICTIM Farmer of Near Willshire Dies Friday at Decatur Hospital Joseph Lewis Sipe, 55. farmer of .-.ear Willshire, Ohio, and brother of Harry Sipe and Mrs. Elizabeth Irelin of Decatur, died at the Adams County Memorial Hospital in this city Friday afternoon at 4:30 o’clock. Death was due to cancer of the stomach. Mr. Sipe had been ia patient at the local hospital since Monday. The deceased was born in Blue Cre k township near the state line and following his marriage to Addie 'relan of this vicinity, moved into Ohio, just across the Ohio li: Surviving besides the widow are two sons, Clark Sipe of Chatlanogj. Ohio: and George Sipe of near Will shire. Ohio; two daughters. Martha and Carrie of Michigan. Three sinjters and three brothers also survive: Frank of east of Benue, Jesse, south of Willshire. Ohio; and Harry Sipe of Decatur; Elizabeth Irelan, Decatur; Tene Buchanan, south of Willshire, Ohio and Lulu Lawson of east of Berne. Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock, cen- ] tral standard time, at the Bethel Church, west of Chattanooga and üburial will be nude in the Mt. Hope cemetery. The body was removed to the Buchanan funeral parlors it Will- ■ shire, Ohio from the local hospital. o_ Lone Bank Bandit Identified Today — Warsaw, Ind., June 24.— (U.R) — ■ Officials o( two Ohio towns today identified Merrit Longbrake, 38, i Claypool, as the bandit who robbi ed their banks. Herbert Longbrake. ; 31. Mishawaka, nephew of the suspect, is being held in connecI tion with the robberies and John Ellis, 28, South Bend, was being . held for investigation. , The three men were arrested at . Kokomo and brought here last , night. Officials of Huntsville, 0., . and Hicksville, 0., made the identification.

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50 CHAPTERS ) REPRESENTED ‘ National Convention of t Psi lota Xi Sorority Held At Kokomo J Representatives and guests from , 50 chapters of the Psi 'loti Xi sor- , ority in Indiana and Ohio were en- ' terta'ined June 21 and 22 by the Kappa chapter of Kokomo for the 1 3<sth nation'll convention of the or- ■ ganlzation and the 25 th anniversary 1 of t'he foundig of the Kappa chapter. Outstanding 'among the reports ' given at the business sessions was till at of the national charity officer. Included in the year's work were 1 i three scholarships to the state ; bob rd of charities, scholarships to three active Psi lota Xi girls, re- | conditioning of t'he sorority ward i in the Riley Memorial Hospital and ; the purchase of 10 oxygendaires for i use in hosiptals. Miss Lewton Chosen The 1934 convention will be held in June at Potawotami Inn at I Lake James with the Angola chap- ' ter as hostess. Miss Eloise Lewton of this city was chosen grand sec- I retary of the corority. Miss Lewton is a teacher in the Decatur high ' school, and for the past year has served in the (opacity of province inspector of tibe sorority. Featur-s of tlie convention were ' i the Sophie Tucker Supper Club party and the (Anniversary Dinner for which the Kappa chapter was hostess at t'he Kokomo Country Club. The delegates, Miss Ruth Mick lin and Mrs. Chalmer Porter repre- j sented the Alpha Delta chapter of ] Decatur at the convention and Mias Lewton attended tlhe sessions and (CONTINUED OX PAGE SIX) O MACON ARRIVES AT LAKEHURST Navy’s Newest Dirigible Is Moored to Mast At Dawn Today Naval Air Station,-Lakehurst, N. J.. June 24 —IUP)— The dirigible Macon, the navy's newest ship of i the line, arrived at dtiw.ii. today i from Akron, 0., At 5:30 A. M. (EDT) she was moored to the same mast from which her sister ship the Akron cast off on the final voyage th it ended in death for-all but three ! of her crew. The ship left Akron 8:30 P. M. ■ (EST) last night, with S 3 men . aboard. She replaces the lost Akro:i in the local hangar. The Macon was In command of .Lieutenant Commander Alger H. Dresel, among those aboard were rear admiral Ernest J. Ki g. chief ' of the navial bureau of aeronautics, commander Garland Fulton, head • of th? bureau's construction corps, commander R D Deyerb icher. and ■ presidept P. N. Litchfield of the Goodyear Zeppelin Company, makers of the Macon and Akron. 1 Weather conditions wene ideal as ’ tlie big s'h'ip docked. The ground crew,~ttnder Lieutenant Commander 1 Jesse B. Kenworthy, pulled the Ma--1 ion's nos down to the movable ’ stub ni'ast, towering 50 fed above 1 (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

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HITLER GIVEN |( GREATER POWER BY GOVERNMENT New Drive Is Launched To Make Germany A j One-Party State CABINET ADOPTS EIGHT NEW LAWS! Berlin. June 24.—(U.R)—Launching the final drive to make Germany a one-party state, Adolf Hitler armed his government today j with new’ and drastic powers. Eight new laws were adopted at a midnight cabinet session. One | amended the constitution so that i a member of the reichstag may be prosecuted without the reichstag’s consent. A few hours before the decrees were ordered, Paul Loebe, social-! ist leader and former president ol < the reichstag, was taken into custody. The other decrees provided: Merger of scout organizations | with the Hitler youth movement, j Dissolution of the Wurtemberg ! Catholic Swabian guard. Dissolution of Catholic Evangel ical workers' clubs as enemies of ■ the state. Another law envisaged a net- 1 work of motor roads on a scale; more extensive than anywhere in ‘ the world. The government displayed excite- 1 ment over an airplane “invasion.” An official report of a mysterious [ squadron of “foreign" airplanes i which appeared over Berlin and' dropped leaflets attacking the government was given newspapermen. . The planes were said to be of a ' -type unknown in Germany. As Germany officially has no airplanes, several privately owned sports planes, the official report said, ascended from Templehof airdrome in pursuit, but the “foreign" planes, of superior speed, outdistanced them. Official quarters declared that

ICOXTIXTBP ON PAGE SIX) DENIES CHAIN METHODS USED Rumors That Chain Gang System Used at State Prison Are Unfounded Indianapolis, June 24 —(L PlRumors that chain gang methods t are being used at the 'lndiana state i farm were quieted today by a report of an investigating committee named by Gov. Paul V- McNutt. Six prisoners were hobbled with light chains preventing them from running but enabled walking, the committee reported. Each had at- j tempted to escape, the report said, and was punished by the long-used method. , The committee members making the investigation were chief Michael F. Morrissey of the In dianapolis police department; Captain Matt ; Leach of the State police, and I Wayne Coy. undersecretary to Me I I Nutt. I Gov. McNutt said he had heard j ' rumors repeatedly of chained pri , ] soners and wished to investigate j them officially. He said he dispatched the committee to t lie farm without notifying officials. Os the six hobbled prisoners, one ] was in the stone quarry and five | were engaged in farm work, the re- ] port said. The committee, also found only two prisoners subjected to a bread I and water diet. They had broken rules and were on the lean tar- for one day. No prisoners were found > -in the hospital suffering from mistreatment by guards. ' o , McMath Kidnapers Fate Up To Jury • Barnstable. Miass, June 24 —(UP) I —The case of Kenneth and Cyril ‘ Buck, brothers iharg d with the kidnaping of 10 year old Peggy McMath, went to the jury at 3:20 p. tn.. • The jury, which had heard evlI deuce in the case in the .superior " court here during the past fortnight I • retired immediately to begin the ? deliberation which will determine] ' tlie fate of tlie two Cap Cod gar . ' agemen. 1

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COMPLETE ARRANGEMENTS FOR DISTRICT AMERICAN LEGION CONVENTION HERE Legionnaires From All Over Indiana, Michigan, And Ohio Are Expected to Attend Legion Convention Tomorrow; Estimate About 5,000 People Will Be In Decatur; Many Distinguished Guests Will Be Present For Great Meeting. F.verything was in readiness today lor the holding of the Northern Indiana Legion convention in this city Sunday under the auspices of Adams Post No. 43 of the American Legion. A crowd of about 5,000 people is expected to attend, Legionnaires coming from ail over the state, eastern Ohio and southern Michigan, N. B. Holthouse, general chairman, ! stated. A military parade will be staged at one o'clock, C. S. L, forming on Marshall street and then marching south on

LOCAL DELEGATE I ON COMMITTEE l ! Frank McConnell On Organization Committee Os Repeal Convention , Indianapolis June 24 — (UP) — i Thomas McCullough, general man- j ager of the Anderson Bulletin, a,rd political ally of Governor Paul V. McNutt was selected by Derno- ! cratic leaders today as their choice for chairman of the Indiana repeal i convention June 26. McCullough's name will be suih- ;! mitted by the- nominating committee making it virtulally certain that ihe will be named to direct the con- ' vention. | Other nominations may be made I from the floor, however. It is believled that Republican delegates, in the ’ minority, will submit the name of Henry W. Marshall, Lafayett ■ pub-

Usher. Indianapolis. June 24 — (U.R) — Organization of the Indiana repeal convention will be completed Mon- I day morning at a meeting of the I permanent organization commit-! tee named by-Lieut. Gov. M. Clif- ] ford Townsend. The convention will be called ] to order at 2 p m. Monday. Consisting of seven wet dele-1 gates and five drys. the committee [ is headed by Sen. William D. Hardy. D.. Evansville, chairman. Wet members are Mrs. Mere- j dith Nicholson. Jr.. Indianapolis: ] Robert C. Fox, Indianapolis; John | F. Ryan, Terre Haute; John Stahl. Lawrenceburg: Frank Me-] Connell. Decatur; Edward Dorn. South Bend; and J. Harry Patterson, Marion. Drys on the committee are Dr. William Lowe Bryan, president of Indiana University; Dr. Robert IL Kent. Franklin; Daniel Mills, Madison; Joseph W. Harrison. Attica, and Peter Wadsworth. Washington. Members will meet at the statehouse at 10 a. m. Townsend’s appointment of the committee took at least three candidates for convention offices out I ” •(CONTINITFfD ON PAGE SIX) Line Os March The Legion parade will form at tho corner of Third and Marshall street, march east on Marshall to ' Second, south on Second to Merleer avenue and then south on Mercer avenue to the Decatur Country 1 Club. Tlie formation will lie as follows: Parade marslril Dee Fryhack State motor police Horse back riders Mayor George Krick and city officials. Former Governor Wilbur Brucker and State Commander William Nelson. Other distinguished guests. Drum corps and bands Women's Auxiliary of Fort Wayne. Decatur Junior Band. Berne City band. Junior baseb ill teams in uniforms. I Boy Scouts. i Decatur Drum corps. | Among the drum corps and LeI glon bands to he here are. Bluffton, Fort Wtayne, Angola, Warren, Iml . I Van Wert and Celina, Ohio, and j probaldy Sturgis or Three Rivers, 1 Michigan.

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I Second street. A public j speaking program will be 'held al the Decatur Country Qlub following the parade. Fortner Governor Wilbur Brucker of Detroit. Mich., and State Commander William <). Nelson of Anderson will deliver the principal addres- : ses. Pleas Greenlee, secretary to | Governor Paul V. McNutt, will preI side as chairman of the meeting. It is possible that Governor McNutt might attend tlie convention j later in the day. a previous enj gagement preventing him from I assuring his presence. Prizes will be awarded to the ! best uniformed and best drilled drum corps and band. As the parade passes the reviewing I stand, corner of Second and Madi- ' son streets, the judges will make ' j the awards. The judges are. David Rice, local band director. 'E. W. Lankenait. superintendent of the General Electric Company ‘ and True Fristoe, well known musician. ' It will be one of the largest ’ Legion gatherings, outside of a ' state convention, ever to be held

in this part of the state. About a dozen Legion drum corps and bands will be in the parade, besides the Berne and Decatur l ands. Boy Scouts. Junior baseball I players, and many distinguished I guests, including Legionnaires I and state officials. | Governor Brucker will be accorn- | panied here by C. L. Ayres of Dej trolt, president <?f the American Life Insurance Company. They I are expected about noon. Among Sitlier distinguished | guests will be J. E. McCurdy, La--1 Porte, nothern Indiana vice-chair 'man: Ollie A Davis, Indianapolis. I Legion department adjutant; Perry Faulkner. Montpelier. Ohio. ] state commander In 1923; Forest i A. Harness, Kokomo, state commander, 1931): Floyd Young. Vincennes, state commander. 1931; Ralph Gates. Columbia City, state commander. 1932; Judge Raymond Springer. Connersville, first state commander of the Legion and Republican candidate for governor in 1932: Bob Bushee. Ossian, Eiahth district commander: Sherman Minton. Indianapolis, commissioner of state Public Service commission: Paul Fry, Indianapolis. state excise director; Al Feeney. Fort Wayne, director of public safety; Dick D. Heller. Indianapolis, secretary to Lieut.- | Gov. Clifford Townsend; Frank I McHale, Logansport, state commander. 1928: Harry McClain, state insurance commissioner; Matt Leach, chief of state police. Indianapolis: Col. Robinson Hitchcock, deputy adjutant general, Indianapolis: General Elmer Straub, state adjutant general. Indianapolis. State Contest Seen Chairman Holthouse has received telegrams from several of the I (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) Several Decatur People At Meeting Several young people of the Union Chapel Mid the Union Brethren . churches of Decatur are spending tlie week at bite Young Peoples (convention at Oakwood Park. Lake . i Wawasee. Those who are attending the con1 v i’ tion are David Wynn. Ruth Noll. Bob Fuhrman. Otis Baker. Esther Schnepp. Genevieve Noll. Elizabeth . Cramer. Alma June Wynn, GeneI vieve Light. Mrs. Howard Roden- , buck, Mrs. Earl Chase, Rev. and Mrs. Frank Engle.