Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 31, Number 154, Decatur, Adams County, 30 June 1933 — Page 1

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MED HOI IflL CAUSES III® DEATHS ■foe Given For Initiate Relief; Rain Kg Aid to Crops Ihti ke TORNADO ■ yoRTII INDIANA Knapoiis. June 30.-UU.R) ■ nvH'i persons had fallen ■ t 0 the heat in Indiana R an( i weather bureau <4ll- - there was no hope ■mediate relief- ■ forecast said “continuKmi with possible local K>rshowers. ■] showers. it was point ■ ■twould bring only tempRelict 111 sweltering citizens Rjuld be invaluable to farm ■de six deaths recorded yes- ■ two w<re prostrations and Kerr drownings. K Bev. Arthur J. Folsom, pas- ■ il,. i'ivnio C.mgregatioi a! ■ at Fort Wayne, died from K attack brought on by the Kg. rollaiwd while working K prden. Robert Stolt. 49. K a barber chair at Va'.par■l> drowning victims were ■ Lindley. 40. Fulton county K Patricia Fay Cannon. K..X. 11. who fell into a swim ■pe-i at Fort Wayne while ■g relatives; Donald Albert ■5. Terr.- Haute, and Albeit New Harmony. Relieved drought condition■thern Indiana yesterday but Red to avoid southern seeK the state. South Bend reIt’ll inches and Rochester ■ rloi.id burst struck the Caln ■iiiho.o .’ffieial temper.ll t; ■fena yesterday were 100 at ■tn- Ma ;son and Vincennes ■ cities reported from 94 to ■ Miniature Tornado ■.lnd.. June 30.— <U.R> — A ■nt- tornado accompanied by ■hnued ox page rivtii |m SPEAKS 10 ROTARIANS fcer Major Leaguer ■aks Al Rotary MeetI ing Thursday ■»rts night program was giv- ■ the weekly meeting of the ■ dub at the Rice Hotel last R. Bill Wambsganss, native ■t Waytie. who won national ■k 1920 by making an on■l triple play in a world s ffatne. telling of his bi« ball Ik Beimer of Fort Wayne. I Jack Willard’s first visit to ky of The former cliamp- * there. Willard, he said feitleiiien of the first rank who regard I Mack as the greatest man trail, was here Thursday to it a baseball school for the H the city, the event being Trd by the Cloverleaf Creamlltr. of this city. The r.'in '*postponement of the event Mthrdav. played under Connie ■t. Wambsganss had an optn stndy this great base f ßr,> at close range Instead DS the driving, swearing typo •hall manager, so often found 1 Mack is the fatherly type, ttker said. He pointed out Connie Mack never "bawls PWtrFJD ON PAOK SIX’, Electric Clock In Auditor’s Office ’’ electric clock has beei w the county auditors ofiu ■■ aoart house. The clock n - old calendar clock. in*l>*n the court house was 1 1872. Md clock hot only registered of (lay, but had a day a d calendar on it, which when aing lowed the dite and The clock was out of order, county recorder’s office is if office where one of these remain on the wall It 18 and is considered quite an

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To Seek Mattern fl k Refusing to give up hope for Jimmy Mattern, missing round-the-world flier. Rill Alexander (above) New York aviator and close friend of Mattern, plans a flight over the Behring Sea route where Mattern may lie stranded in hopes of finding a clue to the flier's fate. He will use the plane of Hugh Herndon, globes irder. EXERCISES ARE HELD THURSDAY Eighteen Pupils of Daily Bible School Are Given Diplomas Graduation exerci? s were hold Thursday evening in the D.eatur high schol gymnasium for eighteen pupils of the Decatur Truly Yaca- . tion Bible School. The presentation of diplomas was , mad by R v. M. W. Sundermann, p slur of th First Evangelical Chun h, and dean of the s. bool this year. Mrs. Fra k W. Downs, principal of the school and teacner of the primary department, presented the gr dilation class. Th Bilde sc tool op lied for the present summer term Monday morning June 5 a d continued for ; tluee weeks. A program was given in .onne:tion with the graduation exercises. An exercise was give by Mrs. t :i---rel Cole’s kindergarten cl ss and the primary department sang the song, "Th Baby Moses . Mrs. H rnian Myers' kindergarten class prese ted an exercise nd the primary department gave a Bilde dramatization. The junior dep rtment conduit d the junior worship service and the intermediate department pr sen ted a day in Bibl- School. Rev. Chas M.Prugh gave ill" 1> ne Sugar Company Taxes Paid To Treasurer County treasurer John Wi-chter today received a cheek from the !. reivers of th old Holland-St. Louis Sugar comp ny, in payment of '.-..st Nov mber's taxes tin- spring installment this year. The check sig ..< d by Flios. <= Gallagher and the Security I’rust Company of Detroit, co-reo ivers for the comp my, amounted to sa.484.69 of which $4.t174.5f> was for last fall's taxes and 11,410.13 for th- May installment this year, and included pendtles a d interest. The inter- st and penalty tor not lP -yingthe taxes When due amountI ed to $375.87. - -----■— -—D~~~~ Fort Wayne Man Takes Own Life Fort Wayuu. Ind.. Jun- 30—(UP) | -Despond nee over ill health and ' tina.-cial reverses. Michael It. Roy. 59. retired manager of the Kokomo gas and fuel company comm. W suicide by drinking poison heio i The' body was found in a sitting position a ar a tree on the St. Jos i p-nh river bank. I Royal came here from kokomo: i after his retirement four years ago. | 1 The widow and one son survive.

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DAMAGE CAUSED' BY HIGH WINDS HERE THURSDAY ( onMderablc Damage Reported From Decatur And Adams County ELECTRIC. PHONE LINES DAMAGED ConsideraM d .mage was caused in Adams county by high winds which accompanied Thursday afternoon's rttin. Some parts of tb- 1 ; county reported receiving little of the heavy rainf.il which was experienced i Decatur between 1 and 2 o'clock. Herman Ehing-r, manager of the Citizens Telephone Company, report d a large number of lines were out of commission throughout Decitur and Adams county following the high wind. One cable was cut completely In half, toning the Fort Wayne toll line out of commission. Telepio e linemen worked until 1 o'clock this morning repairing damages. A few scattered lines were still down late this afternoon. M. J. Mylott, superintendent of the De atur city plant reported considerable damage was done to electric lines in the city and county. Most of the damage was caused by falling tr e linubs. Complete service iv :s restored by the city plant at 7 o’clock Thursday evening. As stated yesterday, several thousand dollars loss was sustain-: d by Mrs. Ruth Moser when a ■ large barn on her farm one mile, west of Berne was struck by light > i ing and totally destroyed. A severe windstorm struck Monroe and Blue Cre k townships. A barn on the Ja; ob Dolch farm south ■a.it of Monro was. blow : down nd fit's windmill was leveL-'j foTie ’ ground. David D. Habegger's house was lonsiderabiy damaged by th wind. Many trees were t ported blown ■ over throughout the two townships and damage was expecte-1 to be quite large.

LARGE DEFICIT IN GOVERNMENT U. S, Government Closes Books Today With A Huge Deficit Washington. June 30. —(U.R)—The United States government today closed its books for the 1933 fiscal year with a deficit of approximately $1,750,090,000 tB). It was the second largest peace-time deficit on record and amounted to $4,800,(100 for each day of the year. Expenditures for the year approximated $3,950,000,000 (2). Income from taxes, customs and other sources amounted to only $2.200.000,000 (81. To make up the difference the gov rnment w s forced to borrow. This 'carried the public debt to the highest level since 1922 at $22.500,00C.000 (B). In addition, a total of $1,249,692,983 (Bi was ad’-anced to the Reconstruction Finance ( orporation. If this was included in the budget, this year's deficit would be increased so approximately $3,000,000,000 (H). As the fiscal year closed, receipts of the government were on the ascendancy because of the recent pick-up in business. More than $10,000,000 monthly were coming in through the sale of beer. At the same time ordinary expenses were being slashed $846,000,000 through reductions in veterans' benefits and *7’\*nxt'E!'>_'<X PAGE i'TVrc)

♦ * doubly unlucky Vaughn Lee Myers, four-year-old son of Mr and Mrs. Lee Myers. 513 Jefferson street, met with two misfortunes yesi terday. He was playing in the Central school yard and jump- [ i ed on a piece of glass, cutting i ( the ball of his foot. A doctor was called and it required one stitch to mend the gash. While he was at the doctor's office, someone took his tricycle which he left at the school i grounds. His foot is getting ' along alright and if the person , who took the tricycle will return it everything will be o k

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Decatur, Indiana, Friday, .lune 30,1933.

Accuses Wall Street I ■ an.. ' J 11 1 L J ” r A I Herbert R. Wilkin, general manager of the Guardian Detroit Group, who recently testified before a Detroit grand jury that the local banking imbroglio was the result of a Wall Street -plot to "get'' Henry Ford. Wilkin, said Ford seniyd danger and organized two new banks to avoid it. MAY CALL OFF INDIANA FAIR Dispute Between Governor And Board May Result In Cancellation Possibility that Gov. Paul V. McNutt might call off this year's state fair was considered today as a result of his tight with the state board of agriculture. The board claims that he is attempting to usurp its control of the fair. When the last legislature passed the state government reorganization act, it was intended that 1 the agriculture board be completely reorganized. However, it is a separate corporation and a special law was passed placing the board in the new state department of ’ commerce and industries as an agriculture advisory group to the department head, Lieut. Gov. M. ■ Clifford Townsend. By a vote of 7 to 4. board members yesterday decided to contest I two appointments to the board made by McNutt Wednesday. If the courts uphold the board. McNutt's appointment of George Stolte, Fort Wayne, and William 11. Settle, Indiana Farm Bureau president, will iw>t stand. The two ousted members, Oran E. Felton, Fairmoupt, and Richard Canan, West Lafayette, together with E. ' ***>\*r*Nri'.l> ON PAGE FOUR) o BILLY HUSTON INJURED TODAY Broken Piece of Steel Pierces Neck; Taken To Local Hospital William Huston of Bobo, an employe of the Pennsylvania railroad, is a p.tient at the Adams County , Memorial Hospital suffering from injuries received at 8:30 o’clock Friday morring. when a broken piece of steel struck him in the neck, just below the jaw. Mr. Huston was engaged in driv- ' ing a steel bar into the ground with a sledg? hammer this morning at the Central Sugar Beet company plant, where work is underway to rebuild the yards. A piece of sbeel broke off the : bar, struck the man in the neck, passed under the external jugular vein and hecartxe. imbedded in the muscle. The piece of steel was about one half inch square. He was taken to the local hospital where the steel was removed. Mr. Huston was reported by the attending physician to he resting well today. Work started last Friday to rebuild the yards at the Sugar factory land in connection with the work I the reconditioning and renovating , of Uh® sugar mill is being made.

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SUGAR GROWERS PRESENT CAUSE Sugar Men From All Over Country Are Present At Hearing Hearings b’fore Dr. John b?e .Coulter, a nr mher of the Federal tariff commission, in charge of the sugar division have been concluded" in Washington. The cause of the American beet I and sugar caw? grower and sugar manuf ictur r was presented to the department by men interested in protecting the industry in this country. Os vital interest to farmers and the people of this county. Indiana. Ohio and Michigan, is the nilotiwnt pl in provided in the new agriculture adjustment act. The act permits the r duction of beet and cane acreage in this county. Th- contention of the American beet grower, opposing t.he allotment pl n. is based on the fact that the United States produces only 29 per cent of the sugar consumed yearly in this country and that there should not be any curtailment of acreage for beets and cane. Th re are sufficient plants in this country to process the sugar. A committee was named to represent the American beet growers 1 a.nd inßnufaeturers, composed of C. R. Oviatt, Ijansing. Mich., representing the east central beet producers and Charlee M. Kearney of N brask i. representing tfr“ western beet growers. W. D. Lippi it of Denver. Colo., was named representative for the domestic beet sugar | manufacturers. | In Indiana and Michigin about 24.0U0 grow rs have seeded 193,000 acres to beets and if part of this land would lie taken awi/ in the ’ allotment plan, it would div rt to other crops, such as corn and grain, of which there has been a surplus. Joseph Winter gg of llerne,.j.epresenting the Firm Bur an and beet growers, attended the hearing in Washington. L. E. Snyder ■ gen ral superintend nt of the Cen- » tral sugar company of this < ity also was in Washington during the con- . ference with Dr. Coulter. , o GENEVA WOMAN , IS APPOINTED ; „ , 4 • j Mrs. .1. A. Long Is Named s On Central State Hospital Board Indianapolis, June 30— (U.R) — 1 Personnel of ten state boards was * announced today by Gov. Paul V. ' McNutt. ' About half the former members were reappointed. 1 Under provisions of the state re--1 organization act, only those re--1 appointed by Gov. McNutt may ’ hold their jobs after today. ’ Boards and members include: Central State Hospital, Indianapolis—new member, Mrs. J. A. Long of Geneva; reappointed. Charles B Jenki is of Noblesville Dismissed. Miss Mae Helmer of Terre Haute. , Richmond state hospital reappointed. Charles S. Haas of Wabash. Dismissed, Lewis W. Hoover of Portland. School for Feeble Minded Youth | at Fort Wayne — new members, Mrs. Clara Parrot of Fort Wayne and William R. Barr of Bluffton. Reappointed. Earl Leas of Waterloo and John W. Kitch of Ply- ‘ mouth. Dismissed, Harley Som- ' ers of Fort Wayne and Mabel Y. ' ' Courtney of Danville. I ’ o j Beer Dealers In Michigan Complain Michigan City. Ind.. June 30 — ! (Dl»)—While Indiana beer dealers t are complaining of a too limited z and stringent beer control act, > dealers in the adjoining abate of Michigan are declaring their state ■ regulation act is too lax. , In Indiana only bottled beer may i- be sold. Wholesalers are limited ■ according to districts and retail 4 licenses are denied persons once i convicted of bootlegging or similar - ’ ’charges. i Just over the Indiana-Michigan -' line, drought beer is readily available. Licenses, some dealers have - complained, are issued to any applit cant —without cost. The only rec qufrememt is that the applicant pur- ; chase 15 cent excise stamps at the state capitol at Lansing.

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COURT ORDERS SALE STOPPED East Chicago Councilman Ordered To Stop Selling Draught Beer ■lndianapolis June 3(I—(UP) —The . Indiana supreme court tpday order'd John T nkley. East Chicago j councilniaii, to discontinue the sale of drought beer. The court made permanent a writ of prohibition preventing Judge E. Mlles Norton of Lak? county sup rior court from acting further i.n the case. Judge Norton gra.nted a temporary restraining order May 9 which prevented officials from Interfer-1 ing with th? sale of drought beer in Te: kley's place of business. Sin e that time Tcnkley has been selling tap brew in violation of the state b.er control law. The court's order today prevents Judge Norton, from enforcing his restraining order, and makes Tinkley subject to arrest should he continue- the sale of beer on drought. Constitutionality of the law was .lot considered by the high court. Order Farmers To Remove Thistles W-lls county township trustees are ending notices to many firm ow ie.rs' warning them to have Canada thistles on their farms cut immediately. In the event the land owner do's not cut the weeds, the law empowers the trustees to hire the weeds cut and pay 50 cents per hour for the work and charge the cost as a lien against the real estate. Fort M ayne City Clerk Dies Today Fort Wayne. June 30— (U.R) — Leonard Pranger, 37, city clerk, died at St. Joseph’s hospital here today. He had undergone an operation for appendicitis a week ago. Pranger also was president of the Indiana City Clerks association. i The widow and parents survive. Funeral arrangements have not' been completed. Frank Cutshall Is Named Conservator Fort Wayne. June 30— (U.R) — Frank H. Cutshall, president of the Old-First National Bank and Trust Company here, today received word of his appointment as conservator of the institution. The announcement came from J. F. T. O'Connor, comptroller *of the United States currency. It was explained the appointment was made necessary at this time, and before announcement of reorganization plans, because all national banks must issue a statement of conditions as of June 30 ■ ach year. Th’ hank is operating on a restricted basis and a statement of conditions can bo issued only by a conservator. —o DANIEL TOBIN RECOMMENDED Democratic Politician and Labor Leader Is Slated For Post Indianapolis, June 30.—(U.R) —Appointment of Daniel J. Tobin. Indianapolis. Democratic politician and labor leader, as Indiana public works administrator under the $3,000,"00,000 federal public works ■ program, was anticipated in polit-1 : leal circles lien- today. The three advisory board posi-, tions were reported scheduled to 1 ■ go to Lew G. Ellingham, Fort - Wayne publisher. Charles B. Sommers, Indianapolis capitalist, and ‘ Cornelius O'Brien. Lawrencelwrg, I son of W. H. O'Brien, Democratic I leader. > All have been recommended by ■ ■ Sen. Frederick VanNuys, it was | said. : The appointments are expected ■ to be made shortly after President ■ Roosevelt returns to Washington • from his vacation. Tohin is general superintendent of the International Brotherhood of i Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Stablemen and Helpers.

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I Nonchalant Kahn 1 K. v 7 ■v 70 * 9. ' i L < '' It isn't all question and answer 'at the Senate banking investigation as this picture will testify. | Otto Kahn, head of the financial ’ house of Kuhn, Loeb & Co., is shown being nonchalant with the aid of a cigarette after he had testified he paid no income tax for the past three years. CLOSE OFFICES ALL DAY MONDAY County Officer Will Be Closed Mondav To Provide Holiday - - - i Following a custom set by other I counties In the state, all of the of-! fiees in th” court house will he closed Monday, the day before the July Fourth holiday. The county commissioners have also postponed the convening of their monthly meeting from Monday to W d esday. 1 T' ” closing of county offices on Monday is being done in a number of surrounding comities, because of I the holiday on Tuesday. The cir- , cult court is on vacation until September 4. Becans? the holiday falls on Tn sday. county officials believe that little business will be transacted on Monday and in order to give them a three day holiday, a roundrobin canvass of the county officials was mad - yesterday and all agreed to clos.?. The commissioners decided not to meet Monday, as the j session would have to be continued i over to Wednesday. The offii- s to lie closes! are the auditor, clerk, treasurer, recorder, assessor a.nd surveyor. The officials stat' d that if anyone bad urgent or import int business to transact on Monday they would gladly come to th? office and take care of it. All of them <an he reached by telephone land sev ral expect to be "banging I aron d", in case someoue wants ' to ,b* waited on. o Rev. Arthur Folsom Dies Os Heart Attack Fort Wayne, Ind., June 30.—(U.R) I —Funeral services for the Rev. j Arthur J. Folsom. SS, will be held I at 2 p. m.. Sunday at the Plymouth Congregational church here where he served as pastor. Burial will be at Lindenwood cemetery. The Rev. Folsom died suddenly Thursday afternoon at St. Joseph s hospital from a heart attack induced by heat. He was stricken I while working in his son's garden I near the city. The deceased was a 33rd degree I Mason and widely known churchj man. He was horn in Haldimand I county, Ontario and came to Fort j Wayne in 1910. Among the survivors, are the I widow, a daughter and two sons. Brooklyn Preacher To Be Here Sunday — Rev. W. Glen Roberts, pastor of the First Friends church of Brooklyn, N. Y„ will be in Decatur over Sunday and will preach at the First United Brethren church Sunday. ', He la a nephew of Dr. Charles J. i j Roberts, pastor of the local United I Brethren church.

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STATEMENT IS MADE SUBJECT TO APPROVAL Lead in jr Countries Would Cooperate To Prevent Fluctuation THINK ROOSEVELT WILL FAVOR PLAN London, June 30. (U.R) _ — l ip' gold standard countries Stales and Great Britain, of Europe, with the t'nited agreed tonight on a joint statement announcing co-op-eration of their central banks to prevent speculative fluctuations in the international monetary exchange. The agreement is subject to President Roosevelt's approval, which was expected momentarily. It was reached after a private I conference attended by Professor Raymond Moley, representing President Roosevelt, and leading statesmen and financial experis of Britain. France. Italy, Germany. Holland. Switzerland. Belgium and Poland. Problem For Banks Campobello Island. New Brunswick. June 30 —(U.R)— President Roosevelt was said today to feel that there is no objection on his i part to any plans for the various central banks to undertake temporary currency stabilization. The president indicated that i temporary currecy stabilization is a problem for the central hanks, not the government, to settle. He was understood to take the attitude that there was no objection (CONTINUED ON PAGE POUR) — o Gas Tax Collections Higher Than Last Year Indianapolis. June 30. — (U.R) — Gasoline tax collections In Indiana increased $154,359.30 in May of this year over May. 1932, according to a report by State Auditor Floyd E. Williamson. Consumption of gasoline for the month of May increased 3,560,301 gallons over the same month of last year, the report showed. Gallonage last month was 40,343,420; in May of last year is was 36,783.119. Total collections for May this year amounted to $1,621,826.91. compared with $1,467,467.61 in May, 1932. Williamson reported $259,207.13 in delinquent gasoline tax and penaltes collected since January I. of which $4,022.18 was collected this month. —() To Give Entertainment At Scout Auction Sale Auctioneers Fred Reppert and Roy Johnson will provide clever entertainment at the Boy Scout benefit auction sale Saturday evening. The sale will be held at eight o'clock on Madison street and Bob White's orchestra will furnish the music. Many useful articles will be sold at the sale. The Scouts nave been gathering the merchandise te be sold and part of the proceeds will he used to defray expenses to the scout camp at Rome City next month. TO RESURFACE STATE ROAD 27 Three-Mile Stretch From Decatur To Monmouth Will Be Resurfaced Announcement was authorized today by Ora Baker, district ihighw ly maintenance officer, that state road 27 north of D catur will be resurfaced. work starting aiext Wednesday morning July 5. The road will be resurfaced from the bridge at the northern edge of Decatur to the Pennsylvania railroad tracks at Monmouth, a (listano? of approximately three miles. The road will be surfaced with Kr .lucky Rock, the same material as w s used in resurfacing the stretch last summer. While the repairs are being made trafli on the state road will be • detour xi over the river road, east ’ of number 27. Belwven 15 and 20 men will be . | employed at the start of the repair II operations, according to a tentative announcement by Mr. Baker.