Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 31, Number 156, Decatur, Adams County, 3 July 1933 — Page 1

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40US FLIER IES TODAY AT INDIANAPOLIS sell Boardman Dies —4g Morning of Injuri Suffered Saturday CONSCIOUS SINCE "{ME OF ACCIDENT ianapdis, July 3.—<U.R)— ell Boardman, Boston t (-Atlantic flier, died in ■L. hospital here today from < ies received when his Bee racing plane crashed jnicipal airport Saturday. > suffered a fractured — and neck and a puncturing. Physicians said he unconscious from the of the accident until his oilman's wife and his brotharl, both arrived here yester>y plane. Mrs. Boardman left lospital for a hotel a few minbefore her husband died. She | - been in constant attendance her arrival from Providence. |i ” Uie brother was present when h came. He had flown here lAibuquerque N. M. ardtnan's body was removed local funeral 'home pending aletioa of arrangements for ices. le famous pilot flew from New t to Istanbul, Turkey, in 1931. of the longest nonstop air ts in history. He was compettn the B-miix trails.'«, itinental race when his accident occurrw sturdy little plane, built for d rather than safety, was about eet in the air and traveling at ‘ miles an hour when it crashed, tnded wheels up and skidded ,g the ground for more than ItMt . A wind current, was blamed | ilrport officials for the accident. | 'hen field attendants reached plane and lifted its crushed Boardman fell from the cockunconscious- The plane was ly damaged but did not catch No attempt has been made to air it. oardman was attempting to "oNTINUETD ON PAGE TWO) o— • | GHT KILLED INKENTUCKY hool Trustee Elections Result In Killing of Eight Persons ’restonburg, Ky., July 3—(U.R) school trustee election in ich polling places of two coun- ■ t became murder shambles cost ht Ilves In Kentucky, it was med today as reports were reved from outlying sections, ’hree other persons were nnded. Vomen and children fled from ing booths in Floyd county I adjoining Morgan county en violent quarreling over can ates and the time at which Is were to close led to whole'e shooting. 'he Morgan county dead were: in Lovely. Booth Cox and ther Cox, slain at the Goat Ige schoolhouse voting booth. •'hose killed in a Floyd county ling place were Wilburn in, 38; Wayne Click, 40. his de; Mimms Conn. 45; Millard in, 21. his son. and Green Conn. his father. 'he Floyd county shooting oc.;red at Prather Creek. The in were partisans of Sol Sanins and Arnold Robinette, truscandidates who were running lose race. One faction conded the polls were closed, iie a second held voting could itinue for several minutes, n Morgan county, Ixively aiiCONTINUFTD ON PAGE TWO) ——o unicipal Swimming Pool Open July 4th The iriuniHpal swimming pool 1 be open all day Tuesday. July W. Guy Brown who is in charge the pool, Announced today. The ular schedule of swimming trs will be followed. The pool will remain closed Wed.day, however, for cleaning.

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Noted Aviator Dies Os Injuries / ' ’ nW▲ z ’W* zJ // T -t u * d ' r O A ■ 31 fHHfal ■"""X •HBW /AM ■Mte-JWMCtaaaaMHBaEMMaa Russell Boardman, (at loft), died at the City Hospital in Indianapolis this morning of injuries suffered when his plane crashed at Indianapolis Saturday. The other flier in the picture is Russell Thaw, who also crashed in landing at Indianapolis but was uninjured.

HOLD PICNIC AT BERNE FRIDAY I I 1-H, Home Economics Clubs to Picnic At Lehman Park Friday Arrangements have been completed for holding a 4-H Club Home Economics Chib picnic at > Lehman's Park. Berne, Friday, July 7. It is expected that the picnicers will begin to gather at about 10 o’clock in the morning, and a basket lunch will be served at the noon hour. The Home Economics women will be in i charge of- the dinner. Merwin Miller will have charge of the program ia the afternoon for the calf club boys and girls and will arrange to have a number of calves on hand so that ■ judging may be done and a calf fitting demonstration given. Rev. Frank Engle and Mervin Hostetler will see that there is soft ball equipment on hand and i have charge of the boys games in ■ the afternoon. Mrs. Mary Rodenbeck. Mrs. R. I 0. Wynn, and Miss Helen Kenney will have charge of the games for ■ the ten year old girls. Mrs. Nellie Jackson, and the Misses Bernita Hoffman and Mary Schlagenhauf are on the committee for the eleven year old girls. The leaders of the twelve year old girls will be Doris Shiffc-rly. Bet|y Frisingor ; and Mrs. Leland Ray in one group | and Mrs.. Tom Rhodes. Doris Johnson and Mrs. Wm. Liby in the j other group. The Misses Alice ’ Jane Archbold and Glennys Roop will arrange games for the fourI teen and fifteen year old girls. ; while the Misses Delores Neuhausj er and Helen Roop have charge !of the sixteen, seventeen a'nd I eighteen year old girls. Each chairman of the Home ( Economics Club will be asked to have one game or stunt in mind and will have charge of that particular event .for the Home Economics women. OVER MILLION DOLLAR DAMAGE Violent Hail And Windstorm Causes Damage At Chicago Sunday Chicago. July 3—<U.R)— Damage I j of more than $1,000,000 was counted today from a violent hail and windstorm of cyclonic intensity which struck western Chicago’ yesterday. Business buildings, houses and scores of trees were leveled. ( Wheaton. Glen Ellyn, iSt. Charles, i Elgin and Lombard suffered the worst. The storm ripped a path j 200 feet wide through the towns. ' moving frame structures from their foundations and flattening nearly a dozen larger buildings. Four women were hurt when 40 summer cottages near St. j Charles were wrecked. An airplane hangar at Elgin was moved a quarter of a mile. Stands at municipal airport where the American air races are in progress • were twisted. The storm lifted as it approach ed the world’s fair, causing only] minor damage.

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Receive Supplies For Enrolling Colts The Gold Medal Colt (Tub committee met Thursday of last week in Herne and received the necessary supplies for eurolllng colts this year. Any draft colt foaled in Adams county since January J of this year is eligible to enter in the Gold Medal Colt Club upon the owner’s paying fifty cents to join the association. No further fees will be required of such members when showing their colts in the suckling colt club show to be held in Berne early in the fall. Non-members will be required to pay a like fee. Anyone wishing to join the Gold Medal Colt Club should see one of the following men: Henry Dehner, Wm. Michell, Dan Kauffmann, Leon Neuensc’nwander, Frank Habegger, Ed Neuhausen ('has. Scherry or County Agent Archbold. WESTERN CUBA SUFFERS STORM Hurricane Causing Great Damage, Killing Many, l ew Reports Available (Editor’s Note: The following dispatch was telephoned from Pinar Del Rio. “to Havana by Guillermo Rodriguez. United Press stall correspondent, who went to Pinar Del Rio when it became known a hurricane would center there. Just after this story was telephoned communication with Pinar Del Rio was severed.) (Copyright 1933 by United Press) Pinar Del Rio, Cuba. July 3.—1 (U.R> —Western Cuba huddled in terror today as an out of season Caribbean hurricane swept across the narrow end of the island repubic leaving a trail of ruin. The southern coast town of Coloma. 24 kilometres south of Pinar Del Rio was reported en-l gulfed in a tidal wave. Casualties were believed heavy. Wrecked homes and flooded lands marked the trail of the terrific winds that came in from the sea, moving northwestward. Pinar Del Rio was struck' around midnight. The hurricane’s I center moving at 10 miles an hour, passed on over the Sierra De Los Organos mountains to the northwest coast. The course of the hurricane j had been traced for days and ample provisions had been made to aid the injured and homeless' when the storm struck. Heavy rains preceded the hurricane. The wind gradually increased in volume until around midnight when the center of the, » * ♦ ♦ ♦ »-• (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) O Sam Black To Move Funeral Parlor S. E. Black, prominent under- i taker of this city, who recently purch s d th“ Tow send property, cor-1 ner Third and Adams street announced today that he would convert this property into a modern funer.al (home within the 'near future. ; Mr. Black, together wibii his son-in-1 iw. C. E. Weber has conducted) a funeral parlor on South Second j street for the past several years. | It is t’hf* intention of Mr. Black to i j make his home in the new estab-1 lishmeut.

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Decatur, Indiana, Monday, July 3, 1933.

KIDNAPED MAN I IS STILL HELD FOR BIG RANSOM Jake The Barber Is Still In Custody of Kidnapers; Ask $75,000 FAKE TELEGRAM PROMPTS SEARCH Chicago, July 3.— (U.R)—A wild goose chase prompted by a mysterious telegram from New York marked another day of uncertainty i as to the fate of the kidnaped broker-promoter. John (Jake the Barber) Factor. Police searched without success a house near the suburb of Niles Center after a telegram today signed by Charles E. Dwyer, of New York, to the state’s attorney’s office said Factor and four other persons might be found on the second floor. Chicago. July 3.—(U.R)—Kidnapers holding captive John (Jake the Barber) Factor promised to furnish instructions today for payment of the $75,000 ransom tney demand for release of the man reput-j ed to have made a million dollars last week in the booming wheat market. Although the ransom was reduced from a purported 1200,000, Factor’s son Jerome. 19, himself kidnaped and held for 1100,000 less than three months ago, searched frantically but apparently in vain for the money. Jerome talked to a man who said he was one of the kidnapers by telephone last night. It was the third attempt of the abductors to communicate with him. the youth believed. The call came to the home of his mother, Mrs. Leonard Marcus. Factor’s first wife. A short while before two other calls, apparently from the same man, were received at the home while young (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) o Cabinet Members Meet With Roosevelt Annapolis, Md. July 3 —(UP) — Cabinet members braved a lashing [ wind and high seas today to bring Ito President Roosevelt on board the cruiser Indianapolis a first hand report on developments in the recovery program since his vacation trip bega i. The group embarked on a submarine chaser shortly after noon for the President’s ship, anchored several miles off sthore. o Folsom Funeral Rites Held Sunday Fort Wayne, Ind., July 3 —(UP) — Funeral services were conducted at the Plymouth congregational church here yesterday for the Rev. Arthur J. Folsom, who died last week after a heart attack. Nearly 2,000 persons attended the last rites. The body was taken to a vault at Lindenwood cemetery. Bur ial will be today. BAD WEATHER HALTS FLIGHT Italian Air Armada Kept From Taking Off On Third Lap of Flight Londonberry, Ireland, July 3. — (U.R) —Italy’s air armada bound for the Chicago exposition was held on [ the waters of Lough Foyle by bad weather today. Upon the advice of meteorologists, Gen. Italo Balbo, air minister and commander of the flight, postponed until tomorrow the take off on a dangerous flight to Reykjavik, third halting place on the seven stage 7-100-mile flight from Orbetello to Chicago. The squadron arrived here from Amsterdam yesterday, after a [ flight of 630 miles. Balbo telephoned Premier Benito I Mussolini at Rome, who sent good wishes to the expedition's 96 officers and men. “The planes are behaving splendidly.” Balbo said. “I do not an- ' tlcipate any trouble from them he- ' tween here and Chicago.” Over the North Sea from Amster- | dam the planes met heavy clouds (CONTINUfi)D* ON PAG E TW Ol”

' To Observe Fourth At Country Club A fourth of July c lebration will 1 be held at the Decatur Country ‘ (flub Tuesd.y tor members of the Decatur Country Club Tuesday for, members of the Legion,, th Country Club members and general public. A basket supper will be served after which a display of fireworks will b> enjoyed. RAIN BRINGS RELIEF HERE Heavy Rainfall Sunday Morning Brings Relief From Heat, Drought Heavy rainfall early Sunday morning, followed by showers Sunday afternoon and evening, brought relief to Decatur and Adams county residents after a long spell of suffering from the heat and drought. Approximately an inch and a half of rain fell in Decatur Sunday morning while other parts of the country flepoift even heavier rainfall. 1.75 inches fell at Berne, according to the official government gauge at that city. Rain General Indianapolis, July 3 —(U.R) —Driving week end rains and cool northeast winds brought relief today to drought stricken residents of Indiana. The breeze ended the record breaking heat wave which held Indiana in its grip throughout most of June. Weather bureau officials said 3.44 inches of rain fell here Saturday night and Sunday, definitely ending the threat of drought to Marion county farmers. The rain was accompanied by an electrical storm which cans-1 (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) NO ATTENDANCE OFFICER HIRED County Board of Education Votes Against Hiring Officer The county board of education in session this morning at the office of C. E. Striker, county school superintendent, voted against the employing of a county school attendance officer for the year beginning August 1. The vote was 11 to 3 against employing the officer. The term of Mrs. Mabell Myers, who lias served several terms as attendance officer, expires July 31. The duties of the attendance officer will be assumed by Superintendent Striker, except in the city of Decatur amd in the Berne schools, where the superintendents ■ will look after delinquents. Mrs. Lee Myers will continue to act as assistant in the county superintendent’s office, tlie board voti ing in favor of employing a deputy at a salary not to exceed $2.50 a day. The employing of an attendance i officer lias been a matter of discussion in this county for a few ! years. The county council struck i out the appropriation last fall from i the 1933 budget and the matter was j i carried tf> court. In view of the i contract that the officer had with i the county board, the court ruled | that the county should pay the salary due tip to August 1. The employing of an officer for the coming year was left to the board of education, the result being that they voted against employing anyone for the next year. o Fire This Afternoon Causes Little Damage The Decatur fire department was called to Ute home of Mrs. John Smitle on North First street at 1:30 I o’clock tt'.fi® afternoon, when th© I insulation burned off the electric I wires on the outside of the house ; No damage was reported. o Bandits Rob Owner Os Confectionery Hammond, Ind., July 3 —(UP) —[ Two bandits robbed Steve Fechalos, co.afet tloniery proprietor, of $465 in week-end receipts here today, bound and gagged him and escaped with an accomplice in an automobile.

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UNITED STATES SEEKS PLAN OF LASTING VALUE President Roosevelt Explains Purpose To World Conference TELEGRAM SENT TO CORDELL HULL London, Julv 3—(UP)—Adjournment of the ill fated world economic ■conference appeared highly probably tonight. Authoritative sources said that as a result of inquiries which prime rninist r J. Ramsey MacDonald carried out among the various delegations, officials believed it almost , certain that the steering committee would recommend tomorrow immediate adjournament because of the impasse over currency stabilization. London. July 3 —-(U.R) —President Roosevelt, seizing confident personal leadership of the world economic conference, told in a telegram published todav hv Secretary of State Cordell Hull what he is trying to do for America and the world. Explaining forcefullv and frankly why the United States would not endanger its nrice taising efforts in order to join Europe in stabilizing currencies, the president said: "The old fetishes of so called international bankers are being replaced by efforts to plan national currencies with the objective of giving those currencies continuing purchasing power which does not greatly vary in terms of commodities and the need of modern civilization i “Let me be frank in saying the i T’nited States seeks the kind of dollar which a generation hence will have the same purchasing and debt paying power as the dolf lar value we hope to attain in the near future." he declared. “That objective means more to the good of nations that a fixed ratio for a month or two in terms of pound or franc. “Our broad purpose is the permanent stabilization of every nation’s currency." It would be time to talk stabilization of currencies, the president said, when nations balance their rrciNTTNT’wn nv two) o Jefferson Township Club Plans Picnic The 4-H Club group in Jefferson Town-ship under the direction of their adult leader. Miss H-len Kenney. are making good progress in this year’s work. Their next meeting will be Thursday. July 6 at hie regular time and on Tuesday evening, July 11, they are going to put on an ice cream social. The proceeds will be used to defray some of the. expenses of the club. The public is invited to attend the picnic on the 11th of July, at the Jefferson High Schoo). o PICTURE STARS NEAR DIVORCE “Perfect Romance” Os Doug Fairbanks And Mary Pickford on Rocks Hollywood, July 3.— (U.R) —The “perfect romance” of Douglas Fairbanks, Sr„ and Mary Pickford headed toward the marital shoals today. Unless Fairbanks makes immediate overtures from Europe to reI store peace at “Pikfair,” their famous $400,000 home, a divorce is likely, it was learned. A recent wire from Doug to Mary saying she would have to assume all expenses of maintaining Pickfair, was the .final straw that ended three years of pretense on the part of both that all was harmonious between them. Struggling to keep back her tears. “America's Sweetheart” ended her long silence. “It is true that Pickfair is to be sold and that a separation between Douglas and me is contemplated." she said. “If there is a divorce, the grounds will be incompatibility." Back of the rift is a story of one of the most publicized romances TWO)

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Kills Self I % Ilk i Albert Russell Erskine, presi- ! dent of the Studebaker Corporation and one of the principal fig- . tires in the automotive industry, I who shot and killed himself Sati urday in his home at South Bend. . Ind. Mr. Erskine, who was 62 years old. had been in failing i health in recent months. CONDITIONS IN STATE IMPROVE I Gradual improvement Noted In Business In Past Six Months i Indianapolis, July 3 —(TP) A gradual improvement in general i business conditions throughout f Indiana at the end of the first six > months of 1933 was reports todray. r A steady and gradual upturn without the benefit of boom or fiem- > porary improvement was preceptible. , Both industrial and agricultural I cent, rs have. experienced favorable , trends, reports showed. Increases of grain prices have rais-d ‘stimiated buying power of ndiana farmers approximately 25 per cent. Beer production his increased employment at breweries and in al- , lied industries. Gains have been shown in the glass industry. Steel mills have recalled employes and a.ne .engaged in an expansion program. The .coal industry is preparing for improvements expect- ‘ ed to result from the federal industry recovery efforts. Anticipat' d use of Indiana Lime- ' stone in federal building projects has resulted in increased production at stone quarries. Furniture output has been increased. Numerous wage in reases have been reported during the last ■ month. Conditions were reported as follows in a few representative cities: Lafayette—D. spite late planting and unfavorable weather for oats and corn this season, resulting in a short crop, an improved outlook for Indiana farmers was reported by i directors of the Purdue university agricultural department. Wheat , conditions are almost normal and price hi.', reases have been noted. Bloomington — Production his been increased and wages raised at the Showers Brothers Furniture plants here and at Bloomfield on ’ the basis of new orders. Lint' stone is being quarried for use in the Federal Arcchives building at Washington and several new posti offices projects. And'arson- The Delco-Remy corporation and the Guide Lamp Corporation, subsidiaries of General (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) —c Coal Production In State Increases Indianapolis, July 3. —(U.R) —Coil production in Indiana increased \ 25,000 tons during the week ending [June 17, a report from the United ’ States bureau of mines showed to- ’ ■ day. The report showed approximately 188.000 tons of coal were mined, ■ compared with 163,000 for the pre--1 vious week. The amount was 35.000 tons more than was mined for 1 the same week in 1932. Indiana mined slightly over 3.31 .[per cent of the total national production for the week ended June 17. according to Hie report. Nat- ’. ional production was 5,674,000 tons. '! compared with 4.048,000 for the '' same week in 1932.

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CRASHBETWEEN TRUCK AND AUTO IAKES ONE LIFE Four Others Injured At County Line; All From North Carolina PORTLAND MAN IS DRIVER OF TRUCK Dr. Walter Kruse. Allen county coroner who investigated 1 the crash, stated late this afternoon that he will hold an inquest into th? wreck at 6:30 Wednesday evening at Fort Wayne. One person was killed and four others injured in an auto accident on stale road No. 27, seven miles north of Decatur at 12:30 o'clock this afternoon, when a sedan auto car collided with a truck which had turned into the road from the west. Th<> auto party was from North Carolina, composed of young people. on tlieir way to the world’s fair at Chicago. i The dead: Homer McCollum, age 25. Elam Ave.. Greensboro. N. C.. employed i in a hosiery mill there. The injured: Mrs. McCollum, age about 24, ' ■ wife of the man fatally injured. Miss Jessie Shields, age 18. Colfax, a suburb of Greensboro. Miss Connie Graf, age 18. also from Colfax. Richard Wells Causey, age 21. of Greensboro. . The accident occurred about I 100 feet north of the Adams county line in Allen county. Mr. : Causey, who was able to walk. . stated at the Adams County Me i mortal hospital, where the injur ed were taken, that the truck drove into the road from the left hand side. The auto party was going north, intending to stop in Fort Wayne for lunch. The truck was driven by Gene 1 Fox of Portland, who was driving a Jay-Port Transport truck. Mr. McCollum, who was driving tlie auto, was killed instantly. Mr. Causey stated their auto was thrown over into the adjoining field and that it turned over sevi eral times. He began to make a check-up of the occupants of the auto and when he reached Mr. McCollum found him dead. Both of his legs were ‘ broken and circled around his body. The S. E. Black and Zwick and Son ambulances brought the injured to the hospital in this city. As the accident took place in Allen county, the coroner and ■ sheriff from Fort Wayne were called. Late this afternoon it was not know if Mr. Fox, who operates tlie truck line between Portland and Fort Wayne, would be held. Stop at Geneva Mr. Causey stated he and his - companions left Greensboro Sunday morning, intending to go to (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) EMMA DAWLEY DEAIH'S VICTIM Aped Wabash Township Woman Died Saturday; Funeral Today Berne. Ind.. July 3-(Special to 1 Democrat)—FuneraA services were I held this afternoon for Mrs. Emma Rawley, 80, widow of the late Wil- . liam Rawley. wWo died Saturday ! afternoon at 1:05 o’clock at her ' home in Wabash township. Services » Wt't’.f* h Id at 2:30 o’clock at the home with Rev. Frank Join son offiliating. Burial was nude in the I Crawford cemetery near Geneva. Mrs. Rawley died from .cancer I of the liver and infirmitie.s of old ■ age. She had suffered witili cancer for the last eight months. She was formerly Emma Patter- . son and was born in Wayne county, Ohio, March 31. 1853. She was in .t---riisd to William Rawley in 1875, and lie pr i eded her in deatli in 1894. Surviving are the follow! .g childI ren: Mrs. Charles Farlow of Oxford -Ohio; Thomas and Jess Rawley of ? I Wabasili township and Mrs. D. D. Jones, of Berne. Sixteen grandchild- ,! ren and five great grandchildren a (also survive. Three daughters preceded the mother in death.