Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 31, Number 151, Decatur, Adams County, 27 June 1933 — Page 1

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1 IONIZER itELE*SED |«W NIGHT >M,4eslt-r Youth, Held eSlllv !;iv In Brun:K er Death. Is Freud ■EVIDENCE of K ( IJ I>S DRI\ I\l. K Ronii/Pi - . 17. '•>’ u hiK » 4 - Moiidtu. iKJ from the Adams IK .-il- t o i liaises being Htfainst lam in conm-c---■/th lii. accident Slinda’. whoa his automobile ■» on the sidewalk on B, V, ii,L. -ter street amt K yn-ma laleen BrunnK t -,’nl -eriously injured ■ ; Bmnr,. r. to. and Normt jo. <>f Hits city. ~f I lie Frank Peterson ■L. n Brunner families did n ” ■topM’i ..barges against Um ■ gMll . Follow ins a thorough !>.'■ County Coroner KJzwick ami Sheriff Hurl whirl. included the infer a number of people li pmximity of the ■*.. obiaiu- d to warrant Itm. ■ irrest .m a reckless droit Ko r .1 manslaughter . h.. riiari' - including reckless drivit ■■ ■ ju.. 'I filed, if evidence it. lid A. Bosse. pros' attorney stated. ■ visits Home of Victims ■fewmr la. release from j ii. au 'tnpanied by his moi:; ■rs Vina Mil'er. Hitt Soin ,tree Fort Wayne, wen' Brunner and Peters. K The) talked with , m.-m f.im.h and offered t Io They viewed tile bodv girl, whose life «aout when the youth's aim her down ami ran over imr ■«>"•■ il.. : ly sympath.-ti< witnessed the niemtm: two families stated. Tin it was leirned today, whatever financial r> Bp ho i >uld towards fitm-r.i! ■tepital expenses. Si Not Driving Fast learned from tile invest! ■1 made by county officials ■frIN'UFD ON PAGE I’< >!’»:• — .n

BRITY BOARD IEOWED le Charity Board Reganized Into State Relief Department jfcapolis, .lune 27.—(U.R) l! ' fation ot' the Board of Slat' Be* into a department of l’ ;,il feifare directing state miemlent relief was started today »• Paul V. McNutt. Han: H. Book. Indianapolis tar of Commerce worker, is Brector. succeeding John A I. secretary of the chatili''.' 'department will work with prernnr's commission on mi Sment relief, . After the pres fergeney is ended, it will as!all duties of the commission fKutt named a board to direct departments. It consists of Hoke. Indianapolis, chairman ta governor’s unemployment Riteion; Mrs. Mary Arnold. and Mrs. Fred Rose. Muncie, •octal workers: Joseph A. An , Lafayette attorney; \V. A. W, assistant superintendent of * ♦♦♦♦•*••••••* pINKED ON PAGE I — O ,r d Os Review To Adjourn Saturda) k Adams county board of re'•Hl adjourn Saturday, com the 28th day session. Final tat ion of the personal problanks and of corporations big made this week. •otne cases the totals in Feme Decatur will be reduce.!, dm to tat thett taxpayers included •ceounts and intangibles in as °essmeint. Under the new ita*' are rot listed for taxaintangible tux and the 1 income tax law applying I" I cases. ‘complaints were received by Y ar d «w> to the assessment of "Cividuni taxpayers.

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Funeral Services Held I his Afternoon I Funeral services Wpre held th| • afternoon for Norma Eileen Brunand Mrs. Oren Brunner of 1051 South Line street, who was killed Sunday morning when struck by an automobile on South Winchester street Services were held at 1:30 o’clock I at the home and at 2 o'clock at the First Baptist church. Rev, p' Brown officiated at the funeral servites and burial was made jp p IP Decatur cemetery. CUT EXPENSES OF GOVERNMENT Ordinary Running Expenses Reduced Nearly Billion Dollars Washington, June 27. (U.R)—Tim administration is within sight of its goal of a billion dollar reduction in the "ordinary'' running expenses of the government, the United Press learned today. At the same time it is preparing to spend additional billions not included in the regular budget. Estimates today showed a reduction of $849,60t).(M»1> in running expenses for the fiscal year beginning this Saturday. Much of this has been accomplished by curtailing benefits to war veterans, reducing government salaries, laying off workers and reorganizing departments. A considerable amount also is due to tlie far t that expenditures for public buildings, highways and naval construction has been transferred from lite ordinary budget to the s3,3tH).(tt)ti.ouu (B) public works program to lie financed by a bond issue. Preliminary estimates of "ordinary" expenditures submitted to Budget’Director HSitglSs show that expenses for the year beginning July 1 will amount to $2,742,300.000 (B» compared with $3,593,000.000 (B) ill the current fiscal year. The huge saving, however, is more than offset by large special expenditures to be made under the recovery program. Principal special expenditures will be the $3.3('0.000.<100 (Bl for public works and roads and $500,000,000 for euiet a ency relief work. lite administration contends that these expenditures are "capital ex

u’l i.x i ini i:i> i in page ri\ e> .—o Bandit Suspect Is Identified I Warsaw. Ind. June 27— (UP) — Merritt Ixingbrake 38, of Claypool, was identified today as the liandit who held up the Hicksville. Ohio. ’ bank April 18, obtaining $2,900. The identity was stablished by Henry W ntworth. assistant cashier. Longbrake is being held with his ■ nephew. Herbert. 31. of Michawaka. • nd John Ellis, 29, of South Bend, in connection with ba -k robberies at Hicksvilli? and Huntsville. Ohio. NEW ILLINOIS SALESTAXLAW Two Per ( ent Sales Tax Measure Is Near Final Enactment Springfield, ‘ill.. Junie 27— »Ul’) — T ~ New Illinois 2 per cont sales tax bill, replacing a law declared Invalid two mo- ths ago, was almost ready tor signature of (lor. Henry Horner. The bill, passed by the state Senite. was approved by the house ol r p’resentatives last night by the scant majority of 77 to 74. Senate concurrence in a minor am ndment was expected today. Governor Horner is expected to sign the mmsur by the eml ol the w ek. It will become effective July 1- ~ , The first sales tax law', which levied a 3 per cent tax on all retail sales, was, invalidated when courts held it to be discriminatory. The :ew law will be in effect for two years. It places a tax on very sole except “occasional and incidental” sales between persons not regular merchants. For the first six months, proceeds will be apphCt to the Illinois emergency relief commission. After that funds will be used to reduce the state pro-, | perty tax levy. -*•

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INDIANA CASTS I ITS VOTE FOR REPEAL MONDAY Repeal Is Formally Ratified Al State Convention Held Monday FORT WAYNE MAN HEADS CONVENTION Indianapolis, June 27. (U.R) Indiana formally ratified repeal of the eighteenth amendment late Motidai at a boisterous constitutional convention. Happy days are here again," hooted John \v. Eggeman, Fort Wayne Democrat, after ills election as president of the convention. He is chairman of the United Repeal Council of Indiana. "We want beer." chanted jovial delegates as they sweltered tinder a temperature of nearly 100 degrees. The slate house of representatives where the convention met, was filled The 329 delegates occupied ail available floor space while nearly 500/ spectators Jammed the galleries. The delegates were elected June ti when Indiana citizens cast a popular vote of two to one against prohibition, electing 2hi repeal ilelegates and S 3 favoring retention of the eighteenth amendment. Alm >st every mention of repeal brought shouts and handclapping from the galleries and convention floor. "indiona" has been know nas the "you can't state for too long." said Eggeman as he took the chair. From now on she ll be known again as the good old state of Indiana." Prohibition delegates accepted their defeat good naturedly. Notabb among them were William Lowe Bryan, president of Indiana university, and Dr. William P. Deering, president of Oakland City college. Since 1917. when the legislature placed a ban on intoxicating liquors, Indiana lias been considered a prohibition stronghold. From 1925 until March. 1933. the state's! fam its Wright "hone-dry" law was in force. The Wright law was the most HV iX I'INI'EP ON pace; FOUR)

LIFE TERM IS GIVEN SLAYER Otis Turner Given Life Term For Death of Two Farmers Sullivan. Ind.. June 27—(U.R) — Otis Turner. Hymera, convicted on charges of second degree murder last month in connection with the farm mortgage slaying of Andrew and Oral Reedy, was sentenced lo life imprisonment today. Judge Martin E. Pigg pronounced sentence after overruling a motion for a new trial, filed after def,--so aliorneys announced they had sm tired an affidavit from Frank Vanderpool, one of five other defendants in the case, confessing the slayings a id exonerating Turner. Andrew ’b ed) and his son, Oral were fatalh beaten and shot at their Hvmera home after the elder Reedv had started action tn foreclose a mortgage on Turner s farm. Chanae of Venue A change of venue has been granted four other defendants in •he case. , Trills were to have opened in Sullivan circuit court todayfudge Marlin E. Pigg said they , probably will be taken to Algo-1-onntv and held at a later date . Those granted changes of venue were Frank Vanderpool. Emil i — o — Repeal Delegates Return To Decatur Frink McCoun 11 of this city and | Jacob Long of Geneva, returned j last -light from 'lndianapolis where they attended the state repeal convention. Both men were Jelegates from Adams County. They cast the , county's vote in favor of repea ing the Eighteenth ammendment voti.g for ratification of the. 21st Amend- | inent The vote was 24G for repeal i to 83 against.

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Lake Victim and Survivor . •* *' \J K__ i -- Ir*" -'*>•> ,j~- ' —wiiU' >" OSh v’i I ■ 1 a A s Mrs. Charles E. Rennie Jr. (left), wife of a Traverse City, Mich., oil company official, tlie lone survivor of tragedy in which a seaplane, at top. crashed in a fog in latke Michigan, causing the death of her husband (shown here at right) and two other melt. Mrs. Rennie was picked up after she had clung to a make-shift raft made of a gasoline .ink, nearly a day ami a half after the plane crash. iSlie was suffering torn exposure a.ui tlie shock of watching iter husband, James Gillette, the idiot, and Peter Keller, mechanic, slip to their deaths, one by one.

HAY CROP FAR BELOW NORMAL Adams County Farmers Report Hav Crop Off Nearly 50 Per Cent Adams county farmers have Just about completed the job of cutting bay and tlie harvest of wheat has begun. The threshing season will begin in about two weeks, farthers state. The hay crop, including the timothy, clover and mixed varieties, is just about half of the normal yield, farmers state. One farmer cut Id acres of hay and obtained only eight loads, which he said was less than half of the nortißl yield. The alfalfa crop is a little better. The oats crop is negligible this 1 year, the wet weather in tlie early spring washing out a lot of it and Hie dry weather following, further damaging the crop. The wheat yield will not be up to normal this year, farmers state. It is ripening fast and several farmers have already cut it. Following a short period during which the grain is given time to dry out, threshing will begin. The hay crops were damaged greatly on account of the hot weather and in order to save what stand there was, it was cut before it obtained much of _• growth. IB

Congressman James I. Farley Gives Information Regarding Mortgage Loans

(Editors Note —Due to the num-! erous requests from home owners | I aslking for information, regarding i i the Home Owners' Loan Corporation. James I. Farley, Fourth dis-tri<-t congressman, has compiled the following information as to the method arid procedure’ of procuring loins from the Federal Home Owner's Doan Corporation.) “The Home Owners' Loan Corporation was created by Congress ; to be administered by the Federal! Home Loar.i Bank Bond as Directors for the purpose of saving the I homes of home owners, where they i are unable to secure money to pay j I -mortgages otherwise, and where rhe mortgagee is threatening fore-! closure. This Corporation lias a i capital stock of two hundred mil- : lion dollars subscribed for arid paid 1 by the United States Treasury, and | it also has the authority to issue ' two billion dollars worth of bonds , running eighteen years with foul per 'cent liuteres.t the interest being i

New York Banker Before Committee Washington. June 27. (U.R) —Otto H. Kalin, head of Kahn, Irneh and ('<>.. charged today before the senate stock market investigating committee that in "two mad years” from 192(1 to 1928 American inter- , national bankers went in a foolish, reckless bidding spree for foreign bonds to the detrimant of Hie. American investors wjio bought the ( securities. VOTE ON REPEAL IN TWO STATES West Virginia And California Are Casting Ballots Today i. (By the United Press) Voters in two more states — West Virginia and California—. went to the polls today to vote on ' repeal of the IStli amendment. The New York state convention. 1 heavily committed to repeal, met ' in Albany under the presidency of former Governor Alfred E. Smith, pioneer in tlie fight' against prohibition. Should both West Virginia and ' California vote wet they will be ' the 15th and 16th states to do so. ' Prohibition repeal has been favorI *(C(INTTNITED ON PAGE F( >U’

I guaranteed by the United States Government. “These loans can only be made on homes appraised at twenty-thou-I sa' id dollars or less, and, the bonds 1 cannot .exceed eighty per cent of the value of the property. The mort- , gage on the home must be of r cord on June 13. 1933, the date of the approval of the Act. Cash loans cani not exceed forty percent of the I appraiser! value of th- property, arid in no event can a loan exceed fourteen thousand dollars. I . “The home owner may obtain aid from the Government in the following matin r: . “Firstly: He can persuade the ’ person who holds his mortgage to I exchange iit for bonds of the Home j Owners’ Loan Corporation created I by this Act. The interest of these , bonds shall not exceed four per j cent. The Government Corporation ] then carries the mortgage as the I first lien oh the property, or resin-1 lanced as a home mortgage. If the | [ * TcONTINURD ON PAGE TWO)

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14 CANDIDATES i ARE NOMINATED First Nominations For American Legion Officers Are Made The first nominations of candidates for the different offices in Adams Post No. 43 of the American Legion were made at the regular meeting of last evening. Nominations may also be made at the meeting on Monday. July 111. The annual election of officers will take place July 24. The slate of candidates nominated ast night includes: Albert Miller, commander. James K. Staley, first-vice commander. Edgar Yoder, second vice commander. Walter Gladfelter. adjutant. Miles Roop, finance officer. David Adams, retiring commander. H. P. Schmitt. Vernon Aurand, members of the executive committee. David Adams. Loo Eliinger, Herbert Kern, delegates to state convention. Alternates to state convention wwere James K. Staley, Charles Welter, Ott Gause. Tlie state convention will be held in Evansville, August 26-30. Several of the Legionnaires from here are planning to attend. Prohibition Bureau To Dismiss 1.300 Washington. June 27 — (UP) — Tlie prohibition luireau will dismiss more than 1.300 employes at tlie -nd of this week, affecting in. savings of four million dollars, attorney geni ral Cummings said today. INJURED GIRLS RESTING WELL Girls Hurt In Tragic Accident Sunday Reported Doing Well Wanda Brunner, 10, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Oren Brunner of 1051 South Lino street, and Norma Peterson. 10. daughter of Mr. and •Mrs. Frank Peterson of 515 Penn ; street, were reported to be resting we’l today at the Adams County Memorial Hospital by tlie attending physicians. The two girts were seriously injured Sunday morning when Joe Romizer, 17. of Winchester, lost control of the automobile he was driving and struck the children as j they were walking north on Winchester street. The third child in [ the party. Norma Eileen Brunner, four, was killed almost instant'y. Norma Peterson suffered a broken right leg just below the knee, and cuts on her hands and head. An X-ray picture of the injury to the knee may be taken in a day or (wo. the physicians stated today, to make sure of the extent of the injuries. Wanda Brunner received a severe injury on her head. She lias rested well since she regained consciousness Sunday afternoon and it is thought that there is little possibility of lie’- having a fractured skull. The child may be removed to her home in a day or two. MOLEYONWAY TO CONFERENCE Roosevelt’s Personal Repesentative Proceeds To London Queenstown. Ireland. June 27. — (U.R>~ Prof. Raymond Moley, President Roosevelt’s personal/ repreI sentative, proceeded to London on I the liner Manhattan today after a brief halt here. He will tell the " world economic conference that it must sponsor the “bold expert-, ments" held necessary by President Roosevelt if it is to succeed. Though an airplane was waiting to take Moley to London he decided to continue by liner to Plymouth, where he will arrive i about 5 p. m. thence he will go to London. The United States, Moley said | to newspaper men here, is eager (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE)

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Announce Programs For Winona Lake Tlie season's program for the Winona laike Institutions nt Winona Luke lias been published. The season opened last Sunday and will continue until Saturday, August 5. The programs during the summer will include addresses, concert*. motion pictures and other special entertaining features. A number of prominent speakers will appear on the summer’s program. A patriotic celebration will be held Tuesday, July 4, when there will l>» contests, band concerts and I baseball games, and the Russian Cossack Chorus will present a con--1 cert at S o'clock in the evening. JULY 13 TO BE INDIANA'S DAY Elaborate Plans Being made For Big Day At Chicago World’s Fair Indiana Day at the Century of 'Progress at Chicago, Thursday, July Mth. will he one of the outstanding events of the entire exposition according to plans now being made for the big event. Bantis, orchestras, musical organizations galore will participate. There will be a parade in charge of Adjutant-General Elmer F. Straub, a radio program of almost an hour over a nation-wide hookup. all topped off with a reception to the public in Federal Hall in the evening. Appearing on the radio program will he Governor V. McNutt. Mrs. Chalmer C. Shafer, of Fort Wayne, grand president of the Tri Kappa .sorority which will have charge of the program. Meredith Nicholson. Rufus C. Dawes, president of the Century of Progress, A. Murray Turner, chairman of the Indiana World's Fair commission. , and Col. Richard Lieber director of ! state parks. i Although complete details of the program have not been worked out. as yet, it is definite that the program proper and the parade will be preceded by an official luncheon at 1:30 p. m. in a casino which will l )e especially reserved for Indiana visitors. The parade which will follow the lunchedn will be composed of distinguished guests, bands drum tr-ONTTNUEn ON PAOE FOTTfI) — o SPECIAL DANCE FRIDAY NIGHT Phi Delta Kappa Fraternity Will Snonsor Special Dance Tom Hmbold will act as general ohairman in charge of tlie arrangement for the Phi Delta Kappa Special Summer Dance to be held t the Decatur Country Club. Friday night. June 30. it has been ani’ounc -d. Mr. Haubold will act in the capacity of general chairman in the ibsence of John Burnett who was named chairman. The Special Slimmer Dance is being held in honor of college students and visitors in tlie city who were unable to attend the annual spring d ine of the fraternity. Boh Deriknian’s orchestra will furnish music for the dance which will start at t.ine o'clock and con- ' tinue until one. The orchestra, composed of 11 pieces not including the leader, also includes six specltl i entertainers. Deikman’s orchestra play d at I the Sprirg Dance held recently and , through popular requests ind I special arrangements, a return engagenr irt was made. (CON'TINUED ON P.VIH FIVE) Boy Scouts Gather Articles For Sale Boy Scouts started toduy to gather up articles for the Boy Scout benefit sale next Saturday, i They were making a canvass throughout the city, asking residents to donate a useable or wearable article for the sale The sale will be held at eight o’clock Saturday evt-ning on Madison street ar<l I Cols. Fred Reppert and Roy JohnIson will be in churge. Tlie scouts hope to secure funds to be applied on the cost of atte: ding Camp LimJberlost at Rome City, which opens 1 July 9.

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HUGE TRADING VOLUME SENDS PRICE SOARING Wheat Goes Above $1 For First Time Since 1930; Others Rise OTHER MARKETS FOLLOW CHICAGO Another tremendous volume of trading shot wheat above $1 a bushel on the C.hicago board of trade today for the first time since 1930, and brought vigor and booming prices into the nalion's other major markets. Grains again were snectac- • ular. Mtiv wheat opened ’ above the dollar mark the sign appearing on the blackboard of the new trading pit on LaSalle street bringing intense excitement- and gradually climbed higher. All wheat deliveries soared more than 4 cents a bushel. December wheat reached SI.OO, up five cents from previous close. Corn showed advances ranging to mpre than 3 cents per bushel. Hirley gained more than 7 cents a bushel. Oats gained close to 2 cents a bushel. So active was the market that there was no way of determining what Individual traders were doing. Great long lines have been I taken out in the last few days by the “big boys” to whom tremendous paper profits have accrued. Actual board prices at times were : running 1 cent behind the market , and the tabulators were busily , changing the board to keep pace with rapid price changes. New York’s commodity interest j chiefly centered in cotton. On the new exchange on the top floor of ■ a down-town skyscraper, there was a furious scene around the "ring." After an easier opening cotton started forward again and reached new seasonal highs for gains around one dollar a bale. Rubber was up 11 to 19 points 1 at the opening, silver futures showed gains of more than 1 cent an ounce, silk trading was heavy in a wide range. To Fix Price Washington, June 27—<U.R>— A proclamation fixing the exact amount of the wheat processing tax together with its effective date was prepared today by the agricultural department. Formal announcement was exi pt.tejl either tWs aturtioon or tomorrow. Local Showers Are Predicted Indianapolis, June 27 — (UP) — T' prospect* of local thundershowers encouraged sweltering citizens today ns they waited for a break in India 1 a's latest June heat wave. Weather bureau officials said tbs forecast was fair tonight anti Wednesday and continued warm hut there was a possibility rain would fall. Two deaths wore attributed to , th l !■’ ’ I yesterday. Rex Simmone 8. . drowned in White River at Edwardsport while getting cooled off. Thomas I). Perdue died at Roches- ." ter from a sut strolke. CHILD LABOR TO BE ELIMINATED > i —— Child Labor In Cotton Textile Industry Likely To Be Stopped Washington. June 27.— (U.R) — Child labor in the cotton textile industry probaldy will be eliminated through application of a code of I fair competition. George A. Sloan, , president of tlie Cotton-Textile Institute said today at the first of i ; tjie industry hearings under the national recovery administration. Sloan, recognizing complaints ' which itave been made since the presentation of the textile industry's proposed code, said he and his associatets would be glad to deal with the child labor problem. “In the first place." Sloan said, "setting of the minimum wage at $lO would make the hiring of chi! , dren uneconomical. "The number of children under 16 employed in the cotton textile 'I 1 (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE)

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