Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 31, Number 155, Decatur, Adams County, 1 July 1933 — Page 1

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ALiAN FLEET :ndsopenini LAPOF JOURNE ne Plane Crashes ( anding At Amsterdar Mechanic Missing LANES ENROL TK I TO WORLD’S FA Amsterdam, Juiv 1 (UJ ammanding the grent • ng distance air arniatli i 'iation history, (»en. lj; )ll«i led the Italian st|i: 11 of 24 planes to a lanli i tlie Dutch coast tt<i iding the first stage At iglit to Chicago with has p ie plane which craslictl The seaplane "I'dini," k'j l psized a.id was partly sufc j d, with one man missiug tad lerently dead, was the on* a I" e perfect fKl'f from Ofcetj a Amsterdam roared alile pefore 1 p.Jr a few miAtesl keeping * <1 » lean plaiA di(j He water! Tj le settled ■nooj so that PtliiiJ nitre squaronj one sui'if era down in If re was Jcraslj id it lid »>• Pi rest iel pan iving ship of 1 corps. A tnne'i! swunefc round pullet: f' 'tipsidi Ja i Wlkanip d p and Beamed 1 tlin-JBthers. intnkejnf the i nun. officials e man tost, fivers were: 1 eat. Amelia Ni t a Demetro -I aid to be t who, was k: as said to 1 /er closed par was believed lie mud and f re of the fligb Londoaberry, h the trans-.V island and Gr Second stag tart Sunday ni at Vatican ' it's of the fli) •ratlin: a inasi ne on a good forts and a t the flight. w In benefit to amer ,ulder Bro »r, seven yea: Mrs. John Cr •t st rivet, rect ier and cuts ■noon when to* tomotoile drive ccurred short! First street, ross the street vhen be ran approaching ed to the off: in and was itns County Ai Church iserve Foi etiiodtst Cpis 'reck towi n shii •urth of July pial on tihe <'l gram of spea ngs. In tlnc oh ■« from the y are expeett am. The ente } the public :

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■Seized by Nazis jf kTj "I [m < 4 Ip fe* $z I | J !«P M ■Hhk' .JS 1 .£ » I 9 HP*"' 111 Johann Lelcht, formerly of the Iteicdstag group ! Hp Catholic Bavarian People's and the outstanding cleric j Catholic politicians in GerB-. who was arrested recently Nazi drive to make Germany country. Mgr. Lelcht Catholic leader in Munich. Ihn heller I REAPPOINTED Snncrat Editor RenamS o Indiana State Teaeh- ■ ers College Board tfldiunapolis, July 1— (UP.) — Ap-'■tiilt-ut of members to 11 more B. boards" was made public to'■by Gov. Paul V. McNutt. e announced personnel of 10 ds yesterday. Cnder terms of state government reorgmizaact state employes can not e after today unless officially •intod by the governor, embership of the 11 boards will tde: ate School for Deaf. Indianap- - New member, Mrs. Carl Broo, iimn. Reappointed, William dschnidt, Cannelton; C. H. KelIndianapolis. ate S bool for Blind, Indianap\'ew members. Albert Stump, a polis; E. O. Snebten. Zions- »: Mrs. A. L. Moss, Flora, and 5. Ransom. Indianapolis, idiana State Prison, Michigan i— New members, Robert Grafi, Michigan City. Reappointed, r. Arbiekte, RushviUe; Jess C. Irew, West Point, and Arthur Denlston. Rochester. Uliana Reformatory. Anderson—v members, Frank Hanley, ncie, and Wiliam O. Nelson, Anson. Reappointed, D. Delos in. Rensselaer, and Carl Huston, rion. idiana State Farm, Greencastle lew members, William B. Peck, >encastle; A. E. Kress. Terre ate; Peter Schloot, Hinton. Re•ointed, John 0. H. Klingler, nil. idiana Women's Prison — New m tiers, Miss Margaret Neely, rtinsville. Reappointed, Mrs. ce W. Poynler. Sullivan, lirl’s School. Indianapolis—New mtiers, Mrs. Florence C. Silver's, Muncle; Mrs. James N. Rog- , Indianapolis. toys' School, Plaintiold — New mbers, Gay H. Humphries, lomfield; William Minor. CannelReappointed, Joseph Hlmec, Summltville. Rate Livestock Sanitary Board Jew members, Dr. T. A. Sigler, lencastle. Reappointed, Dr H, ad Hamilton, Muncle; R. M re. Franklin. ndiana State Teachers College m ] — x e w member, William min. Terre Haute. Reappointed, lford M. Keltner, Anderson; ink C. Ball. Muncie, and John Heller, Decatur. Rate Board of Dental Examin—New members, Dr. C. A. Glas- , Brookville; Dr. Ross Kennedy, chart, and ,Dr. Fred Baker, Hamnd. Reappointed, Dr. J. M. Hale, . Vernon. large 4 Per Cent On Public Work Loans •Vasfitiington; July 1 —(I P) The »iiv -1 board in charge of I’rer.i---!t Roosevelt’s $3,300,000,000 connction program today set four ■ cent as the interest which it j ends to charge on loans for all . blie works projects.

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STABILIZATION PLAN REJECTED BY ROOSEVELT President Rejects “In Present Form” Plan to Steady Currency PROPOSAL MADE TO MEET C RISIS London. July 1 <U.R) —President Roosevelt tonight rejected "In its present form” the plan advanced by European gold standard nations ito steady the dollar and pound | sterling on the international ex- ! change. The proposal, involving a joint statement hy the United States, Great Rritain and the gold standard nations to the effect that central hanks would attempt to end fluctuations of currency, had been described as meeting the gravest crisis of the world economic ; conference. The gold nations, led by France and Holland, threatened to boit the parley and declare It could not succeed nnless some action ; toward temporary stabilization were taken. The entire world had anxiously awaited the president’s ! reply for 24 hours, so confident that it would be favorable that the i outcome was a shock to almost every delegation. No Agreement Campo Bello Island. New Brunswick. July 1 — (U.R) — President Roosevelt emphasized today that the United States has declined lo enter into any formal currency stabilization agreement at the world economic conference, although it is understood the president has no objection to action by the bentral banks to restrict ex- : change fluctuations. o— Young People Society Will Hold Social An ice cream social will be given by the St. Paul Young People's Society of Preble, Sunday, July 9. Music and other entertainment will be furnished a d r freshments will lie served. The public is cordially invited to attend. FIFTH BANDIT IS SENTENCED Culver Bank Robber Sentenced To Serve 25 Years Plymouth. Ind., July 1 — (UP) — Dancy McGeoghagen, Chicago police character and last of five men to lie tried on charges of robbing the Culver State Bank, was taken to state prison at Michigan City today following his conviction hy a jury in Marshall County circuit court. He was sen ten real to 25 years by Judge Albert Chipman. The jury deliberated an hour, receiving the case at 10 o’clock last night and retur. ing the verdict at , 11. Six men held up the Oulv r hank May 29, obtaining SIB,OOO. Five j w >re captured when their automobile crashed into a tree as they attempt' d to escape. The sixth was killed by a citizen of Culver who ; shot at the fle ing bandits. Four of the men were convicted j earlier this we.-k in Marshall cir- j cnit court and sentenced to prison, j Hire -for 25 years and the other for I 10. Man On Trial For Impersonating Yet Indianapolis, July 1. — (U.R) — i Charged with assuming the name i of a world war veteran and ob- i Lalnlng federal compensation for ,] injuries to the former soldier, ] Mar loti B. Rutherford, Oklahoma 1 convict, went on trial lu fed« r *l 1 1 district court here today. j; Prosecutor Val Nolan said a man identified as M. R. Rutherford had i assumed the name of Raymond Berry, Indianapolis, and collected $178.5« at the rate of $lB a month, from the federal government. The Rutherford who perpetrated the fraud had met Berry in North , i Platte, Neb., and formerly lived I at Monrovia, Nolan said. The fraud was discovered when j Berry applied for federal compen-1; I sation. jfr b

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Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, July 1, 1933.

I Continue Work At Ladies Rest Room The underground work and plumbing ni’icuswary in tine new htdles comfort station In the base ment of the court house, was ap proved yesterday by R. W. Nolan, of Fort Wayne, architect employed to draw plans for the job. The work of t stalling a concrete , floor in the room will begin next Monday and the toilet fixtures will I be set about the last of the week, Harold Sautter, contractor on the j job stated. The pla.ee will lie ready to open about the last of the month. The room is located in the aorth- j east corner of the building. It has 1 an outsit!- entrance, facing Madl- 1 son street. NO SERVICES i HERE TUESDAY No Celebration Planned For Fourth; Fireworks At Green Water No public celebration has been planned in Decatur for Tuesday, \ July 4. Tin? day wili be an occasion for family gatherings, outings : at nearby lakes art! various other forms of recreation. 'Baseball games will probably be scheduled for the afternoon and the ■ local theatres will be open during the afternoon and evening. Restaurants and confectionaries in the city will also be open through the l day. Swimming ad diving contests' will be held at Green Water Bathing Beiif-ib and Cal Yost, owner of the )b ach announced today that a public display of fire works will be held there during the evening. As has been the custom for a j number of years, there will be po j publication of the Daily Democrat on the Fourth of July. No mail delivery will be made. L. A. Graham, local postmaster, announced today. Local and Bertie markets will be closed Tuesday. •The offices of the Adams County j officials will remain closed Monday j and Tuesday in: observance of the holiday. New Postal Rates Effective Today New posta4 rates affecting local mail went into effect this morn ing. U der the n w postal law. J letter malted in the sender’s own postoffiee territory to an addressee residing in the sum - postoffiee ter-, ritory will be carried for two cents postage. A' letter mailed to an addressee residing outside the seeder's postoffice territory must t arry the usual thr e cent postage. Thirty Employes Are Appointed Indianapolis, July 1. — (U.R) —Appointment of SO new employes of the state banking department and plans for placing field examiners under civil service were announc- j ed today by Richard A. McKinley, department director. The new examiners are employed on a trial basis, McKinley said. Among the new appointees were 20 state bank examiners, 10 trom each political party. They include: Democrats—G. E. Swaini of Hartford City. AUTO MA6NATE TAKES OWN LIFE — Albert Russel Erskine, Studebaker President; Commits Suicide South Bend., July I—(TIP1 —(TIP) —Albert Russel Erskime, president of the Studebaker automobile corporation and chairman of the board of the Fierce Arrow motor car Company, committed suicide today. Erskine was 62 years old and had beetii worried to distraction by the ! recent receivership of the giant! Studebaker corporation. He took his lifeiby shooting a bullet through his heart while in his bedroom this morning. The body j was found by his adopted son, AlItert Russel Erskins, Jr. Announce ment of the tragedy came from ‘P'dl G. Hoffman, one of three reieivers for the Studebaker corporation. 'if 'Erskine wrote a suicide note in j was not revealed. Details of the' guicide ref* jealously guarded by j Uie family. 1

CIVIL SERVICE 1 PAY IS SLASHED Salary Cuts of 15 Percent For Employes In Effect Today Salary cuts of 15 per cent, In addition to 26 days forced vacation I without pay. went into effect today among Civil service employes, affecting the postmaster and 19 | employes of the Decatur postI office. Under the reduced salary scale. Postmaster L. A. Graham’s salary , will be cut to $2007 a year. This j is a reduction of nearly S9OO in the i last two years, the former salary being $2,900 yearly. Last year, for the period ending June 30. I 1933. the postmaster’s salary was cut to $2700. Then for the next fiscal year, a 15 per cent ent is ! made, and according to new federal legislation 36 days of forced vacation without nay must be taken, reducing the salary to about $2,000 a year. All employes in the postoffic®, city and rural mail carriers are suhiert to the eenernl 15 per cent : cut for the next year. In addition they must take the forced vacation. nine days out of each ouarter or 36 days a year. A further reduction of one-half cent a mile for maintenance allowed rural carriers fov Iheir automobiles is made, beginning today. Rural I carriers were formerly paid four j cents a mile. The new rate will be three and otiobalf cents. Postmaster Graham stated be was not sure tha* the 9 day forced vacation applied to the rural carriers. , hut that it did apply to citv car- , tiers and all other employes. There are 23 people employed jin the local postoffiee. listed as follows four clerks, four city car j riers. eight rural carriers, a parcel i Dost delivery man. assistant post master and postmaster. Two substitutes. employed on an hourly j basis and one of tlie lanitors are i ! not affected bv the cut. The salary of the rural carriers, j including their mileage allowance, will In several eases exceed the nay of the postmaster, provided I the vacatlon-without-pay does not | apply to them. MULE IS STORM DAMAGED Cloudburst, Hitrh Winds Cause Heavy Damage Late Friday , RushviUe, Ind., July 1. —(U.R) —A cloudburst accompanied by cyclon:ic winds climaxed two weeks of hot, dry weather in RushviUe and vicinity late yesterday, destroying crops and causing property damage estimated at more than $75,000. | During the four-ho.tr storm houses and business buildings were un-;' roofed, streets were flooded, telephone communication was disrupt ! ed and electric lines were blown ! down. No one was injured, according to reports received early today. Buildings unroofed included the j RushviUe furniture factory; a twostory business and apartment building downtown; American Legion hall and several smaller structures. Flying bricks endangered the lives of pedestrians. One hundred large trees in Memorial park were j blown down. Fences were destroy- j I ed at the ball park and the slate | ■ roof of the Rush county courthouse :. was damaged,, | • ! Overflow from a small creek flooded several blocks. Nearly j every street In the city was impassable last night because of wat-! er or debris. Board Os Review Completes Session The county board of review ad ; journed today, completing the an- , Dual session which began June 5 j The board reviewed all the per .; sonal property assessments and corrected errors and compiled : totals of the assessments in the 1 !12 townships and Incorporations, i The members of the board, comprised of three county officials : and two men named by the court were. Auditor Glen Cowan. Assesi «or John Felty. Treasurer John | Wecbter, Wintfrled Gerke, Union | township and Pete ReiclieldefTer, j Geneva. No changes were ordered I in the general assessments.

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JAKE FACTOR | IS KIDNAPED | FRIDAY NIGHT Man Once Sought For Financial Swindles Is Held For Ransom HIS SON RECENTLY FREED ON RANSOM Chicago July I—(UP1 —(UP) —CVrtain-1 ty grew a day that the kidnapers ; of John (Jake the Barber) Factor, known variously on two continents ias multi-millionaire stock broker and super-swindler, have contacted 1 bis attorney and demanded a run som of upwards to $200,(TOO. Chicago, July 1 — (U.R) —John “Jake the Barber" once bunted on three continents as alleged perpetrator of multi-million dollar financial swindles, was kidnaped today before the eyes of his wife and the 19-year old son who him self was abducted for SIOO,OOO ransom less than three months ! ago. Factor was seized by nearly a dozen heavily armed men as he, his wife and son and the family of j A. L. Epstein, an attorney, were leaving a fashionable night club in a northshore suburb. The kidnapers, driving three I automobiles, jerked Factor front the automobile his son was driving, commanded the son to drive away, placed Epstein and Factor in their car and escaped under guard of the other two machines. A half mile away Epstein was i 1 ordered out of the car. He walk- | ' ed to Niles Center, another suburb, and notified police. During the , ride in the kidnapers’ car, scarcejly a word was said. Epstein re- [ | ported. Epstein met Factor’s son. Jerome, at the former's home i i | Chicago a few hours later and both immediately began efforts to j obtain Factor’s release. Six hours aft®r the abduction. William Bleet. Factor's secretary, said he bad not received a communication from the abductors. Lieut. Leo Carr, of the Chicago ; ! police department, who led the I search for Jerome while he was I (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) O Organize New Bank At Indianapolis Indianapolis, July 1. — (U.R) —Organization of the new American National Bank here to succeed the Fletcher American National Bank was begun today following completion of a $1,800,000 common stock subscription campaign. More than $10,000,000, representing 50 per cent of the deposits in the Fletcher American Bank when it was reopened on a restricted basis after the bank holiday last March will be released to depositors when the reorganization is completed. Reopening of the bank will affect 288 state banks which used the Fletcher American as a depository prior to the moratorium. Many of the smaller banks are expected to be raised from class B to class A institutions, operating without restrictions, as a result of the reorganization. JOHN MEYER IS DEATH'S VICTIM < Brother-in-Law of Decatur Resident Dies At Dayton, Ohio Phil Sauer and children Florence and Harold of route 3, Decatur and Henry Sauer and John Sauer of Ossiaia will leave Sunday for Dayton, Ohio, where they will attend funeral services for their brother-in •law, John Myers, 55, who (lied Fridiay morning. Mr. Meyer had 'been ill for sever-' al years with a nervous ailment.! Death occurred at 3 o’clock Friday monnlng. He was 55 years of age. j The Meyer family formerly resid-1 ed at Fort Wayne. Sarviving is the widow, and four sons and a daughter, Walter, Arthur, Carl, Edward and Minnie. Mrs. M's yer is a sifter of Phil, Henry and John Sauer. Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at the UMieyer. home and burial will be made in Dayton.

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Most Accurate ? inn jJL Sir IT '*•••'•■"W 4 Miss Janette Sawicki. Cleveland, Ohio, with cup which she won with the title of the world's most accurate typist, in competition with forty-nine other stenographers at A Century of Progress Exposition at Chicago. The cup was given by Governor Ritchie of Maryland. NEW LAWS IN EFFECT TODAY Indiana State Government Begins New Fiscal Year Today T Indianapolis. July 1. — 'U.R) —Effects of four new laws were felt today as the state government be-j gan its fiscal year. Start of the fiscal year was changed by the 1933 legislature from Oct. 1 to July 1 Today was 'he first for paying taxes under the gross income tax law passed by the 1933 legislature, with 15 days allowed for payment before delinquency. 1 Reorganization of the state gov- ' ernment had been completed wfth all former employes and state board members not reappointed by Gov. Paul V. McNutt automatically dismissed. Last of the reappoint- . ments were completed yesterday. The state’s new banking code i also became effective. A commission appointed by McNutt several weeks ago now will administer the ' law. The old board of state charities ( department died at midnight, succeeded by a new department of public welfare which eventually , will take over poor relief in the state. Physical changes in the state , house also were under way or impending. Removal of the state,library from its third floor quarters to its new building across from capitol square neared completion. As fast as it has moved, workmen have been remodeling its old quart- | ers so the gross income tax department may move in from its temp- , orary location in the House of Representatives chamber. State board of agriculture offices also were being moved today j to the state fairground. They 1 ! formerly were in the east wing, second floor. Plans were ready today for remodeling that entire! , wing, work to start soon. o , Post Office Clerks To Meet At Ft. Wayne Fort Wayne, Ind., July I—(UP1 —(UP) — j, The sixteenth annual convention of tlve Indiana federation of post office clerks will he held here July 4. Principal speakers include United States Senator. Frederick Van j Nuys, Congressman James I. Farley | Leo O. George, national president 1 of the organization and E. R. Steph- ! ens, president of the Indiana fed-1 eration. —o — Trade War Ends London July 1 (UP) — Trade war between Or at Britain and Soviet Russia ended tod y after title Soviet executive committee liberated and ordered deported two | British subjects imprisoned fqr sa-1 botage after a sensational trial in j Moscow.

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CONTESTANT IN NATIONAL AID DACES INJURED Russel Boardman Critically Injured When Airplane Crashes THREE FLIERS ARE FORCED OUT OF RACE (By United Press) Col. Roncoe Turner and Amelia Earhart s|w«l westward across the continent today, outstanding contestants for the Hcndix prizes in New York to lam Angeles races which took an earlv toll of casualties. Turner, flashing on from Wichita, Kan., at 9:!>1 a. w. UST„ six hours after he left New York, appeared far ahead in the tnen s SIO,OOO race. Os the four other men contestants, Russell Boardman. tranaAtlantic flier, was injured critically in a crash at Indianapolis; Russell Thaw damaged a wing tn landing at Indianapolis for fuel and l>*e Gehlback was reported 1 down east of Indianapolis with | the probability that he was out of ; the race. The fourth flier, James Wedell. landed at Wichita at 9:50 a. m. and took off ♦’a minutes | later. Miss Ruth Nichols, who had ln- ! tended to oppose Miss Earhart. was held at New York by motor trouble but expects to start for Tx>s Angeles Sunday. Tlie winner in the women s division will receive $2,500. The prizes in the men’s division are; ! first. $4,050; second. $2,250; third. $1,350; fourth. $900; fifth. $450. An additional SI,OOO will go to the winner if successful In lowerj jig the present record. All the fliers were confident of reaching ’ I,os Angeles in 12 hours or less. Condition Critical Indianapolis. July I—(U.R) Rus sell Boardman. trans-Atlantic flier, was critically injured here today in a series of mishaps which grounded three of five male pilots competing in the Bendix roast-to-roast air race. Boardman's speedy little Gee Bee plane crashed from a height of 50 feet while traveling 1»0 miles an hour. He was believed to have received a fractured skull. ** ONTINI'ED ON PAGE I'Ot'Kt O —— " Auburn Ynunv Man Fatally Injured Auburn, Ind.. July 1 — (UP) —U«cll Holloway. 24. of Auburn, was probably fatally injured and Grov r Favlor. 24. his companion, was cut and bruised "ear hep® today when they swerved their automobile off the road, to avoid striking another machine. Tb'ir nr overturned twice after striking an embankment, throwing both men' clear of the wreckage. NEW EFFORT TO FREE KIRKLAND Garv Youth’s Attorney Files Motion Alleging Judge’s Error Valparaiso, Ind.. July 1. —(U.R) —A new attempt to obtain the release of Virgil Kirkland, Gary youth, from the state reformatory where he is serving a one to 10 years sentence in connection with the death of Arlene Drives, was on file lietore Judge Charles W. Jensen in Porter circuit court today. Oscar Thiel, Gary attorney, tiled the motion to void the judgment under which Kirkland was imprisoned after conviction on a charge of assault and battery with intent 'to assault Miss Draves. She died after n drinking party attended by ! Kirkland and several other Gary youllis. The petition charged that Judge Grant Crumpaeker erred in sentencing Kirkland on a lesser crime 1 than tlie one for which he was indicted. First arguments can not tie heard before the September term of court. Judge Jensen said. 1 Kirkland recently lost an attempt to gain his freedom under habeas ! corpus proceedings in Madison superior court at Anderson,