Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 31, Number 157, Decatur, Adams County, 5 July 1933 — Page 1

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LIVES LOST i THIS STATE OVER HOLIDAY >mobiks, Drownings d Airplanes Claim 11 Lives In State IEE SUICIDES ALSO REPORTED —.Jarion, Ind., July S—(UP) erncn Humphrey. 26, of /ood, died in Grant county pital here today from inlet received when his air—crashed southeast of Fairunt yesterday. Ils father, William, 69, was ed Instantly in the crash, 'ernon suffered a skull frace and lacerations. He was —-eer and pilot of the plane. " dianapolis, July 5. — (.U.R) toniobiles. drownings and lanes claimed 11 lives in "ana July 4, while firekers sent a score of per- ; to hospitals with minor nj der burns. espite the number of lities, police in almost v y city reported it was the f t quiet Independence Day oration in history. addition to the accidental M, three suicides were reportj the state. ?ath er conditions were almost . yesterday. with maximum serature of 80 recoided in y places. Parks, golf links !ak»s attracted thousands ot >rists. Civic celebrations ated thousands more. — Five Drown te drowning victims included fathers and their sons. ill Chappell. 39, Oakland City, his son, Robert. 14, perished he White river west of Peters- ;. The father died while atpting to save the boy’s lite. 1 were Swept into deep water. from shore omer Reynolds, principal of itvlile, IIU high school, and his Homer. Jr., drowned in the >ash river west of Kingman, , yesterday afternoon. The er stepped Into deep water le wading with his son on his aiders. —nother drowning occurred at Lake, near Gary, when lard Sanders. 4, Cicero. Illthrown from a speed boat. rles Reguly, 24, Donald Shields, nd Thomas Wilburn, 11, all ot eago, were saved. he only airplane fatality reportin Indiana yesterday was southt of Fairmount where William Humphrey, 69, Elwood, died in wreckage of a ship piloted by son, Vernon, 26. , he son escaped with serious ines but is expected to recover. > plane crashed while Vernon l making a forced landing, it i understood. rile McKinney, 30. a Detroit, h„ automobile salesman, was ed near Huntington yesterday sn a car driven by his fiancee, is Lillian' Geisel. 25, Detroit, shed into another machine, ajuries received in an automo- > accident were fatal to Russell der, who died in a hospital at ghtstown. .utomobile injuries also claimed life of Mrs. Mary Etta Townd, 63, Fort Wayne, yesterday, diaries Wilis, 56, Mishawaka, senger in an automobile which shed Into a tree, was killed inj'ntly. Herman Mygatt, Lewise, was fatally injured when his omoblle skidded and overturned r Brownsville. all the firecracker accidents orted over' the holiday none w'as to have been serious. ’’he suicides included Lewis fCONTINUED ON PAfIE TWO) V ■ I ill — m«f ; FAVORS DRAUGHT BEER J- P 1| IndlaturpoUs, July 5. —(U.R) — [ Sale of draught beer In Indiana j eceived the official approval | oday of Guv. Paul V. McNutt. | "If we can find away to sell | iraught beer without bring- | ng back the old saloon, 1 shall i ecommend to the next legisature that its gale be legallz- | id,” he said at his press con- | -crence. /'• i "I’m In favor of draught beer md I like it. lam in favor of | 'lickel beer, but 1 don’t want I laloona.” . "W"* i——————♦

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Rome and Return 1 1 ’ I / ■ Roger Q. Williams, well-known : American airmail, who has com-' 1 pleted plans for a flight from New I York to Rome by the southern 1 route and return by the Norih • Atlantic, next July. Williams flew • to Spain with Lewis Yancey in ’ 1929. ROOSEVELT IS BACK AT DESK President Expresses Confidence World Conference To Continue Washington, July 5. — (U.R) — . President Roosevelt, plunging into the task of his office again 1 . after a sea going vacation, i.rdi- ■ cated today that he was confident ■ that the Loudon economic confer--1 en(*e would survive its present impasse. At the same time it was made [clear that the president intends • to stand unflinchingly by his de- ■ cision not to enter into a stabilization agreement at this time a.id intends to follow a three point currency program. • London. July 5 —-(U.R) — United '[ Press sources understand Prime Minister J. Ramsey MacDonald 1 canvassed the leading delegates today after which it was agreed: that the steering committee would adjourn the world economic con- ■ ference indefinitely tomorrow. The committee would meet ; again in two months to decide whether conditions, particularly 1 readiness of the United Stites to ; stabilize currencies -would permit convening of another plenary [ session. London. July 5 —(U.R) — Anieri- ' can delegates, working desperately to save the world economic conference, planned to issue late toi day a statement reiterating in i strong terms President Roose-. velt’s view that currency stablliI zation is not essential to conferI ence success. It was reported that new instructions from the president, the basis for the expected statement, were even firmer than his telegram of Monday which brought the conference on the verge of i collapse. Delegation members indicated * « • * * s • » -e ♦ -• • ♦ • • • I (CONTTNUHP ON PAGE TWO) Today’s Scores NATIONAL LEAGUE Cincinnati 100 00 Chicago 400 10 Derringer ■ Hemsely; TinningHartnett. St. Louis ..... 102 200 Pittsburgh 000 040 Walker-Wilson,; Meine-Picinich. Only games scheduled. AMERICAN LEAGUE Chicago 010 0 Cleveland 301 0 Kimsey-Grube; Harder-Myatt. Detroit —Game starts late. St. Louis Bridges - Hayworth; BlackolderShea. Boston 000 000 0 Philadelphia 121 000 0 Welland-Ferrell; Oliver-Majeski. Only games scheduled. (These scores are furnished through the courtesy of the City , Confectionery, phone 16.)

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FOOR NATIONS I IN AGREEMENT ON PRODUCTION U. S., Canada, Australia And Argentina Agree In Principle PURPOSE TO RAISE PRICES OF WHEAT London. July 5 4U.R) Delegates, representing the United States, I Canada. Australia and Argentina today reached agreement in principle on a “policy of temporary [ adiusttnent” to raise wheat prices, but agreed that coopera’ion of European countries would be 1 necessary to any final solution of the problem, it was announced ! officially. The text of a communique | issued by the “big four” dele- | gates was: “The four overseas wheat exporting countries — Argentina. Australia. Canada and the United States —today agreed in principle meat of production and trade to on a policy of temporary adjustworld demand, with the view of improving the price of wheat and liquidating the surplus stocksnow hanging over the market. “They recognize, however, that i solution of the wheat problem depends upon the cooperation of European countries." It was indicated, thus, that the wheat exporting nations, perhaps with the inclusion of Russia, must get importing agreements with ! nations such as France that have been Imposing high tariffs on foreign wheat in order to stimulate their own production. There must then he final approval by the governments con-, cerned. The “big four" delegates.-iLilh ! (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) CONFERENCE ON RADIOSYSTEM Al Feeney to Outline Plan For Statewide Police Radio System Indianapolis. July 5 (U.R) —Establishment of a statewide police radio system will be sought July 7 at a conference of representatives of four state organizations. Al G. Feeney, state director of public safety, will outline a plan for coordinating present city police radio systems with a small [ system just started by state police. Sheriffs also would lie joined in i the system. They have promised i to install sets. Represented at th.e conference will he the Indiana Bankers' Association, the Indiana Manufacturers’ Association, the Indiana State Chamber of Commerce and the Indiana Farm Bureau. Inc. Feeney first enlisted aid of the bankers' organizations, which named a committee to handle the proposal. Since then he has interested the three other groups. Financial aid of the organizations wi'l be sought In founding the system. State police now are using , on a small scale transmitting and receiving equipment virtually do- 1 j nated by the Indiana Naval Re- ( j serve. . Twenty-four hours of daily communication. with police of Indiana [ and adjoining states, is planned by Feeney. Members of the bankers’ committee include Walter Rahel, Terre , Haute, who will be chairman of the . conference; J. G. Wallick. Elkhart: B. D. Mitchell, Kokomo; W. R.: Smith. Whiting; C. E. Endicott, Huntington, and R. E. Brown, of Greencastle. X o County Commissioners Meet This Mornings Thi? Adams County commissioners met in regular session this morning. The forenoon was devoted j to the allowing of -biljs and dispos- ’ ing of routine office work. .The board will be in session Thursday land bids will be received for infirmary supplies for the next quarter. Blds will also be received for constructing a concrete floor in the new comfort station room in the basement of the court house.

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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, July 5, 1933.

I ♦ ■ — 41 Democrat Renders Further Service i | Starting today, the Daily Democrat will furnish an additional service to baseball fans. | Each day, results of the day’s | I j games will be carried as a front page feature of this pap- | er. Games will not be com- | [ plete in all cases but will he | carried as completely as poss- [ j'lble up to press time. This service is being extend- | ed to Dally Democrat patrons | i I through the- courtesy of Paul j [ Briede. proprietor of the City j confectionery, who has recent- j | ly installed a telegraph ticker [ j [ in’ the confectionery on South Second street. * MINE OFFICERS ASKED TO MEET Indiana Officials Invited To Meeting In Washington July 7 Terre Haute. Ind . July S—(U.R) —lndiana Coal Trade association members have been invited to meet with John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers' of America, and other mining officials in Washington July 7. The Invitation, signed by Lewis and W. J. Jenkins, president of the Illinois Coal Operators association. wAs to be considered before a meeting of Indiana operators today. The proposed meeting would be an outgrowth of one held in Chicago a few days ago w-hen a national mining code was discussed, it is understood. The Coal Trade Association of Indiana was not represented at the Chicago | meeting. i Discussion of the new state mining code drafted hy a committee of 15 operators and made I public Monday is expected to be « resumed at today’s meeting of operators here. Opposition to the proposed code has been expressed hy at least one United Mine Worker official. John H. Suttle. Terre Haute, district 11 secretary, said: "From press reports I have read regarding the proposed code of fair competition. I can not see where operators have complied (CONTTNHKD n»GF Ttvm o_ Forecast Hurricane Will Strike Texas Corpus Christi, T."xas. July 5— Beach residents along this area of Texas Gulf coast today were warned to have for higher ground before night by the Unit’d States weather bureau. A hurricane was expected to strike early tomorrow. The tide was above normal and a heavy ground swell started. o TO HEAR TEST CASE JOLY 13 Suit Contesting State Reorganization Will Be Heard In Federal Court Indianapolis, July 5. — (U.R) — 1 Hearing before three judges in Federal Court of a suit by Walter A. Wetzel. South Bend auto license ! branch manager, contesting the . state government reorganization [ act, will be held July 13, Judge Robert C. Baltzell said today. The case was scheduled to come up in Judge Baltzell's court room here tomorrow but was postponed [ to follow two other cases Involv- ■ ing constitutionality of phases ot’! the reorganization act. Wetzel denies the right of Gov. Paul V. McNutt to transfer the 1 auto licensing department from the jurisdiction of Secretary of State Frank Mayr, Jr., to the treasury •department. Three-judge court hearings also have been requested for a suit of the Northern Indiana Public Service Company against an order of the Public Service Commission temporarily reducing gas rates in South Bend 15 per cent and an action in which thte state hoard of agriculture seeks to prevent the I administration from interfering with its proceedings. Gov. McNutt is named defendant in all three suits.

INJURED WOMEN LEAVE HOSPITAL Two of Women Hurt In Wreck Monday to Leave Late This Afternoon Two of the women injurrd in the automobile .collision on state road No. 27 at the Adams-Allen county j line Monday afternoon, will leave late tiiis afternoon lor their home a-t | Greenstxiro, N. C„ auoinjianying ■'he body of David Homer McCol- [ lum. who was killed in the wreck. The party will leave here at 4:10 I o'clock via the Erie. Th- women who have been patients at the Ad.mix Cou.ty Memorial hospital sin, e the accident and who will accompany Mr. McCollum’s .body back home are, Mrs. McCollum, the widow and Miss Cammie G’ay Miss J ssie Shields, third woman passenger In the automobile which ram into a truck as the latter turned into the road from the west, suffered a fractured pelvis and will lie confin. d to the hospital from four to six weeks, physicians stated. She was the most seriously injured of the women. Richard Wells Causey, also of Greensboro, who was accompanying the party to Chicago where they i int nd- d to visit the world’s fair, will leave Thursday for his home. He will attend the coroner's inquest to be held in Fort Wayne this evening. Mr. Causey was ridi: g in the back seat with the Misses Gray and Shields when the accid-nt occured. He was able to walk about after having minor injuries and J cuts dressed at the hospital. Gene Fox of Portland, operator of the Jay-Port Transport line, was the driver of the truck which the tourists party collided with. As the . accident took place in Allen county Dr. Walter Kruse of Fort Wayne. I aaaunud jurisdiction in the case , and set the coroner's inquest for this evening. ANNAAPPELMAN DEATH'S VICTIM Aired Lady Dies At Home West of Decatur Tuesday Morning Mrs. Anna Appelman, 91. of west of Decatur, widow of Andrew Appelman who preceded her in death 22 years ago, di d at her home on route 4. Decatur, Tuesday morning at 7:15 o'clock. Mrs. Appelman had resided at the present resident for the last 55 years. She was born in Seneca County, Ohio March 27, 1842,. a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sebastian SendelLaoh. In 1866 she was united in marriage- to Andrew Appelman. He died 22 years ago. Ten children were born to the union, one of whom died in infancy. Surviving are the following children: Mrs. Anna Nesswaild of .Marshall street; Mrs. Eliz.ibet-h Losche 'of Coldwater. Ohio: Mrs. Ther-sa S hafer of Fort Wayne: George App Iman Mrs. Mary F lurote, John. Joseph, Lena a.:d Rose Appelman, at home. Thirty three grandchildren and five great grandchildren ' -also survive. Mrs. Appelman was a member of j the St. Mary's Catholic Church, the i [ St. Mary's Society, and the Third Order of St. Francis. Funeral services will be held Fri-! ■ day morning at 9 o’clock at the St. .Ma-ry's Catholic Church and burial will b? made in the St. Joseph | cemetery. o Tyndall Arranging Picnic Transportation Dan Tyndall, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, is arrang- : ing transportation for 4-H club and j | -Home Economics Club members to the picnic Friday at Lehman park at Berne. All members of the club are ask -d to meet at the Chamber of Commerce rooms not later than 9:30 Friday morning. Regular Legion Meeting Monday Adams post number 43 of the Ameri an Legion will meet in regular session at eight o’clock Monday night at the Decatur Country Club. Nominations for post officers will be closed at this meeting, with the an 1 u 1 election scheduled fur Monday, July 24.

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SEAPLANE AND BOATS SEARCH FOR MISSING 70 or More Persons Adrift On Barges In Atlantic Ocean VESSELS WRECKED BY HEAVY STORM New York. July S—(U.R5 —(U.R) —Seven coast guard boats and a seaplane searched wind-swept seas from ' : Cape May, N. J., to Lewes. Del., today in a frantic search for 70 or more persons adrift on barges disabled by an unseasonable storm that wrecked half a dozen other vessels and sent at least five men to death. No an X °f l) ,e niissing barges had been qiscovernl by the coast guard fleet which since dawn has patrolled the waters. The only story of what happened was contained in meager wireless reports and in the tale of the ! crew of a rescued ship, the Collier A. L. Kent. The Kent figured in perhaps i the most -remarkable incident of the storm. Plowing through heavy seas off Fenwicke Shoals Monday, the 9,000 ton collier sighted the tug Brooks Scanlon towing three lumber barges, and obviously in trouble. The tug refused to accept aid. and the A. L. Kent steamed on. soon the tug called the collier back by wireless. The tow line was afoul her propellor and the seas were pounding the barges toward the shoals. The hardest hit of the barges was the S. G. Wilder. The five members of her crew launched a , dory. Captain Edward Leveau maneuvered his ship to take the men aboard, but they refused. ICONTTNIIWII ON PAGE TWO) Jail Damaged Bv Recent Storm Sheriff Burl Johnson reported to the county commissioners this morning that several slates and a smoke stack were blown off at the county jail during the recent storm. The roof leaked and tubs had to he placed in the cell block. 1 The commissioners informed the sheriff that the matter would be reported to the insurance companies. Awning Destroyed Bv Fire Tuesday Fire thought to have been caused from a firecracker, completely d.?storyed the awning on the Saylors Motor company building on South Second street at 3 o’clock this morning. The woodwork between the glasses in the front of the store was burned. o BUSINESS GAIN AT SOUTH BEND Unemployment Rapidly Decreasing In Northern Indiana Counties South Bend. Ind., July s—(U.R) —[ Business gains at South Bend. Mishawaka and Elkhart showed j ! today that unemployment is rapid-! : ly decreasing. St. Joseph county poor relief | rolls, becoming steadily smaller. ! each week, indicate that less than 5.000 persons will be receiving aid in the county by Sept. 1, i according to E. J McErlain, county relief commission chairman. The number now has dropped to 6.000 families. Factories in South Bend and Mishawaka daily are putting more men to work, McErlain said, with the impetus showing no signs of j slowing. Spurts of industrial activity in ■ Elkhart are so far above seasonal, advances that ibdualtrialists feel the speeding pulse of better business. Gains, above the seasonal, are from 5 to 25 per cent, they estimate. Concord township, in which Elkhart lies, recorded an 8 per! cent poor relief expenditure de- i crease in June despite commodity [ rises. Freight and passenger pickups; (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWoT*

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New Nazi Minister 1 • tA ; / A-- jr-A. I Dr. Kurt Schmitt, who has been appointed by Chancellor Hitler as German Minister of Commerce. The appointment followed the ousting ot Dr. Alfred Hugenherg, leader of the Nationalist Party which was recently suppressed by .Nazi edict. TO BUILD FENCE AT HANNA PARK City Council Orders Wire Fence Built On Two Sides of Park A wire fence will be built on the south and west sides of Han-na-Nuttman park, west of Decatur. it was reported to the council Monday evening bv H. F. I,inn. chairman of the park committee. The council met Monday even ing instead of Tuesday on account ’: of the Fourth of July. A deed for 200 additional feet on the south side of the park was filed with the council. Oliver S. I Hanna of Fort Wayne, donor’ of the 40 acre tract for park purposes, donated a strip of land 200 f ee t deep by 80 rods long, adjoining the original tract, so that the fence could be placed on the south side of the creek The south and west sides will be fenced in with a four foot wire I fence, with several strings of I barbed wire at the top. Amos Fisher, city street commissioner, will be in charge of building the fence and w 11 employ local men ;to do the work. The city will pay for the fence and the expense of erecting it. The park was donated hy Mr. Hanna, with t. e request that a fence be built. It was also stipulated that the park be known as the Hanna-Nuttman park. Mrs. Hanna was a daughter of J. D. Nuttman, pioneer merchant and hanker of Decatur and Fort Wayne. Bills were allowed by the council and the session adjourned. Sylvester Sheldon Dies At Linn Grove Sylvester Sheldon, 66, died this morning at the home of his sister. Mrs. A. J. R yields, north of Linn i Grove, following a five months illi ness from heart trouble. Funeral services will be held at: 2:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon at I the Reynolds home. Burial in the | Gnenwood cemetery at Linn. Grove. Directors To Meet Thursday Night The monthly meeting of the dir- ! ectors of the Chamber of Commerce : ' will be held ah 7:30 o’clock Thurs- j day 'evening at the Chamber of ; Commerce rooms. 1. Bernstein who has been making ■ the solicitation for memb rships will make a report. The latest figure given out by Mr. Bernstein was 104. This is an increase of more than 30 compared with a year ago. Economy Store Takes Over Shoe Market The Economy Store has been | I completely remodeled to take care of the entire stock and fixtures of the Shoe Market which has been I taken over hy the .store. A ne w a: d modern shoe depart- | ment has be n placed in the store which has one of the largest stocks | of footwear in the city. Other meri chandise through out the stone has I been rejit rang d and placed in more ‘ j convenient places for the shopping j public.

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AUTOMOBILE MISHAPSTAKE I HEAVIEST TOLL Generally Fair Weather Contributes To Many Fatal Accidentts PLANE (RASHES CAUSE 6 DEATHS - —•— Chicago. July 5 <U.R) The nation's Independence Dav eelebi'ation cost the lives ot at least 170 persons, a survey bv I nited Press revealed todav. , Traffic accidents, drownings. plane crashes and fireworks explosions contributed the majority of deaths. Combined with casualties indirectly 1 resulting from holiday celebrations they caused 170 deaths, the ! survey showed. With fair weather over most of ■ the country, automobile and crossing mishaps took the heaviest I toll. In Michigan alone 23 persons died Lt automobile accidents. Sixteen died in California from the same cause and seven in Kansas. Heavy toll was taken by similar accidents in other states, as follows: Ohio 8; Pennsylvania 6: lowa 5; Indiana 5. New York led in number of inI juries resulting from fireworks explosions. Physicians and hospitals there treated at least 1,000 victims for burns. Only a few ■ were serious. More than one hundred fireworks accidents were reported in the Chicago area. Ninety-six were burned in southern New Jersey and 46 i.t --'.r. tern Pennsylvania. I three fatally. A large number of injuries also was reported from Milwaukee. In southern California, four members of one family were killed in a railroad crossing crash. At Seattle. Wash., a girl tell to her death from a third story [ window while trying to get a better view of a holiday parade. The most spectacular accident was the world’s fair here. Climaxing a holiday fireworks program, Joseph Wilson. Hollywood, leaped from an airplane in a parachute stunt. Two ’chutes he was carrying failed to open and he plunged to his death in Lske Michigan while more than 50.000 spectators watched. In Pennsylvania, the numbw of deaths for the weekend and holiday period was 42. More than 300 were injured. e (CONTINT’ET» ON PAGE TWO) — o Charity Bo trd To Visit Infirmary The Charity Bo rd will make its annual visit to the Adams County Infirmary Friday. All members of the board, their wives .and husbands will li"" the guests of Mr. and Mrs. | Harvey LaFountaine at dinner Friday noon at 11 o'clock. o FLYING BOATS HOP OFF AGAIN Italian Air Armada Takes Off On Third Stage of Trip To Fair Reykjavik. Iceland. July s—(Ul’>5 —(Ul’> j —The Halian air -armada led by ; Gerenar Italo Balbo., enroute to I Chicao, arrived at 4:55 p. m. todty - from Londonderry Ireland. Londonberry, Ireland, July 5 — — (UP) —General Italo Balbo today led liis fleet of 24 Italian Royal air force “255x'' flying boats on the tilrird stage of their trip to the I Chi'ago exposition — A 930 mite mile flight' to Reykjavik, Iceland. Balbo's pla'ii? took off from the waters of Ixnigh Neath at 12:40 P. M. (7:40 A. M. EDT) and the j other planes followed group by : group. The last plane took the air at 1 P. M. (8 A.M. E.D.T.) Held -here since Sunday by bad I weather, the planes faced a dangeri ous stretch of their 7,100 mil Orb- : etello-Chicigo flight on bhe cruise to Iceland. Their course lav northwind along the Hebrides 'islands and northwestward across the Atlantic, up above tl»e southern extreme of the drift ice area to Reyh- | javik, off the Great Faxa Fiord on the west coast ot Iceland.