Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 31, Number 161, Decatur, Adams County, 10 July 1933 — Page 1

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■MOV AL OF htITTON CODE ■ SPURS DRIVE Roosevelt Aptile Industry L.rl ABOLISH '■l.l. CHILD LABOR I wlhington. July 10.—(U.R)— I* bint demand that industry ~r,B rreed.lv w.thin the ad?lSU"°"'s national recovct was made today by Hugh S. Johnaon. ad*^Krator. at a meeting of Manufacturers 'I dilation here. I wLsor's ultimatum deliverEZa , secret meeting of the |EEfacturers. climaxed a busy which the adminisLratk exerted every effort to industry into line before and prices get out lof lx nds. I Waihington, July 1€K — <U R> Roosevelt’s apSBallofthe code of fair comfor the cotton textile Qrr was coui’.ted upon to!)U t new drive into the to enlist all.indus|y jr the administration refaveri plan. |TB cotton code becomes |3ve Julv 17—just a week It is the first industry to ’FkAtht under the recovery proL a >d absorb unemployment, inand stabilise busLss. as approved by the pesitbnt was substantially In the brut (agreed upon in hearings lo days ago. It pro MtHtiinitnuin wages of sl2 tn the Hugh Johnson estimat id tkk means an average increase cent in mill wages. TSe code limits workers to a in. of to hours a week and UaeMr - to 80 hours. Johnson would bring employment cotton textile industry up a H7 M)0, not only absorbing all who have been unem luyjsince 1929. but requiring 13 er At more workers than in the | elk |ear, 1927. Thllimitation on machine hours against over-produc-might nullify the atto spread employment arid mass purchasing power. abolishes child labor, for a plan for eventual, scmOwnership for mill workers, the white-collar group into for minimum HSa and maximum hours, reJtrletl ixtensions of the controvertp “gretch-out" system and pro-1 MBsafeguards against possible of the completed after Mr. Roosevelt re-1 from a day’s cruise on the of nothing further that, been done," President said after he signed the I “I cat. think of no greater of cooperation, niut|kl nt erstanding and good will." j President was especially i 1 at the abolition of child FtCWTINfEn ON PAGE TWO?"* Jfday’s Scores Htional league ,Wgirgh 000 100 011—3 7 2 French-Picinlch. game scheduled. First Game Pjfc 010 000 001 00—2 12 0 '*■ 100 010 000 01—3 1 0 2 Grove-Cochrane. Second Game MBS° 400 100 000 001 Oliver-Cochrane. F *T' ork °°° 001 Mx ~ lo 9 2 Brown-Dicky wW- and 010 000 _ naton on 000 St i rder ' Sper,cer ; Stewart-Sewell. u,s 080 001 000—9 8 1 ! ””5" 300 001 100—5 7 3 I ■'* hea; Andrews-Ferrell. ■■ SCortß are furnished ■BL 1 . he courtesy of the Citv ■'tlonery, phone 16.)

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Kidnaping Tale [k 1 Wfr I ■ g I 1 ‘ \ rJames Pryor Bowen, 17, explains to Sheriff Davis, of Atlanta. Ga„ details of his participation in the kidnaping of John K. Ottley. Atlanta banker. The boy said he did it in order to earn the banker’s gratitude by helping him escape. Ottley was released without pay rnent of $40,000 ransom demanded. RAIL DIRECTORCALLS MEETING Director Eastman Will Meet Friday With Regional Committees Washington, July 10 — (U.R) — I Federal Rail Co-ordinator Eastman today revealed he would confer next Friday with the car ’ tiers' regional committees, and at the same time announced appointment of "key" men to aid him in re-organizing the affairs of the railroads. After obtaining approval of President Roosevelt for his organization. Eastman appointed 15. men to important positions here and in the field. Ho said other appointments would he made later. He will deal with railcoad reorganization through units or sections located at Washington. One unit will be a "section of freight service" which will deal with the modernization of freight carrying to meet motor truck competition Eastman appointed four men to his research staff, which willundertake a study of the railroads’ problems and attempt to formulate a permanent' improvement plan. They were: O. S. Beyer. Washington, consulting engineer for the war department: Leslie Craven. Durham. N. C„ professor of law at Duke University: W. B. Poland. New York, former designer and constructor of railroads in F’ersia and China, and consulting (CONTTNTRn ON PAGE TWO) FIVE BANDITS OBTAIN JS,OOO State Bank At Sandwich, 111., Robbed; Bandits Make Escape Sandwich, 111.. July 10— (U.R) — Five bandits raided the State Band here today and escaped with $5,000 cash and securities of unknown amount ami a hail of bullets fired by a citizens' constabulary. The raiders drove up to the bank in a large sedan, four entering the institution and one remaining in the car They forced President E. C. Mosher, Cashier Amos Cauliflauer and Mrs. Florence Knutson and Alice Shales. employ o ® to drop to the floor. As the men rifled the vault. Miss Shales managed to touch off a burglar alarm on the floor. As the alarm sounded the gun men fled hastily. Citizens’ vigilantes committee members rushed for their weapons at the sound of the alarm. The bandit car escaped from the town under heavy, ! fire. One shot crashed through the rear window of the autonio-> bile and one of the bandits was, believed wounded. The gunmen returned the fire of the citizens i but none was wounded.

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GUNMEN FIGHT I CHICAGO COPS | IN GUN BATTLE Two of Four Gunmen Captured, One Wound ed Another Escapes WOUNDED MAN ONLY SLIGHTLY INJURED Evanston, 111., July 10— (U.R) — Four gunmen fought a vicious gun battle here today with two sharpi shooting policemen who had ordered them to halt for questioning. Two men were captured, one only slightly wounded, a third was believed to have kidnaped a woman motorist and forced her to drive him away in an effort to escape, and the fourth was being hunted in underbrush at the outskirts of the city. The city was a turmoil of police activity after the baAtle. Every officer on duty was pressed into the hunt for the gunmen and adjoining suburbs were asked to aid. Sergeants Hubert Kelsh ami Aumergne Seeley sighted the gangsters’ car as they were cruising | in a squad car. In answer to a demand to halt, the gunmen speeded away. There was a wild exchange of shots and a 70-mile-an-hour pursuit which ended when the auto driven by the criminals was disabled. Three men leaped from the car and fled. Their companion collapsed on the sidewalk unconscious. ■■ ■ ■ ■ o I’hilosonhers Club Will Meet Tuesday The Philosophers Club will hold I its regular meeting at the home of Harry W. Thompson Tuesday evening. Dr. Fr si Patterson will have charge of the program. o HOME LOAN ACT TO AID OWNERS Government Is Nearly Ready to Put Mortgage Act In Operation Washington, July 10 — (U.R) — Millions of citizens whom President Roosevelt says are threatened with loss of their homes now may deal direct with the federal government for long-term extern sions of their mortgages. Under the new home loan act. machinery for which is nearly ready to function, a fund of $2,200,000,000 is available for resin ancing of small homes. This sum is large enough to refinance one-ninth of all the homes in the United States. Any borne valued under depression prices at $20,000 or less, is eligible if it is used primarily for dwelling purposes and houses not more than four families. If the mortgage holder is agreeable, the federal government is prepared to exchange for the mortgage an 18 year, four per ■ cent bond, up to a maximum of 80 per cent of the value of the home. | The government guarantees payment of the interest on the bond, to be issued by a new federal home owners’ loan corporation. The mortgage holder is free to sell the bond in the open market. ' This provision is expected to help banks turn their frozen assets, into cash. The home owner gets his old indebtedness cancelled. In return he signs a new mortgage to the federal corporation. The mortgage runs for 15 years at five per cent, together with annual amortization payments. If the owner (CGNTTNUFfn ON PA GF! TWO) , — — o Two Decatur Youths At Fort Harrison Ch ilmer D. Ix*es. 515 Line street and Eugene L. Johnson, Routh 5. Decatur, hav>. reported for duty | with the Citizens’ Military Training camp at Fort Benjamin Harrison, , and hive b°en assigned to company , , E. provisional Regiment. C. M. T. C. The training, at the camp will consist of instruction in personal hytgiemi , citizenship, calesthenics, I and military drill.

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Four Persons Hurt In Auto Collision A wreck occurred Sunday afternorfn near Linn drove in which tour persons received minor injuries. and two automobiles were completely demolished. The ears, driven by Ivan Moser of Berae and Charles Martin of near Geneva, collided at a cross road near Linn drove. Mr. Moser received two severe gashes on his forehead. Mt Martin was accompanied by his wife and four year old sou Stanley. Mr. and Mrs. Martin received bru’ses and cuts and the child suffered a gash above his right eye and his right ear was practic-' ally cut off. Mrs. Martin and the boy were thrown out of the car. TAKE INVENTORY OF LOCAL BANK Bank Examiners Making Inventory of Old Adams County Bank An inventory of the assets and liabilities of the Old Adams County Bank of this city is being made this w>eek by W. R. DexheimeY and I George Swjim. examiners for the Indiana Banking Department. The audit is made in compliance with the law passed by the 1933 state 1 gisfiture effective July 1, which provides that the state banking department shall make an inventory of all ba: ks in the process of liquid ition. The- law also places all closed banks under the supervision of the state department. The public to be followed by the department regarding banks in the process of liquidation has not yet been determined and it is not likely that any action wifi be taken Until an audit has oeen made of all the closed books in the state. The Old Adams County Bank has been closed since May 17, 1932 and Leo Yager has been in charge as liquid’ting agent In addition to colie, ting about SBO,OOB which we: t to pay pref rred claims and more than $71.0'10 ow d to the Reconstruction Finance Corporation a.t the time the hank closed, a four per cent distribution to depositors a is been madt. Deposit liabilities have been reduced to $161,000. Mr. Dexheimer lives in Fort Wayne and Mr. Swaim is a resident of Hartford City. Mr. Dexheimer has been a memb r of the board for nearly 10 years. Two Injured While Riding Motorcycle Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Fry of Monroe were severely but not seriously injured Saturday when. they were riding a motorcycle 1 west of Monroe and ran into a dog. Mr. and Mrs. Fry were driving toward Monroe on the gravel road when the dog, owned by Roe Wynn, ran into the road, throwing the motorcycle. The two persons riding the motorcycle were bruised and cut by the stones. The dog was so badly injured that it was necessary to kill him. RECEIVE WORD HERE OF DEATH Mrs. Laura Covert, Mother of Former Local Pastor, Is Dead A letter from Rev. Brianerd N. Covert, former pastor pt the Decatur Presbyterian church, tells of the d-eith of his mother, Mrs. Laura Ann Covert, at Mason City, Illinois, July 3. Funeral services were held at Mason City July 5 at the Presbyterian church, in charge of Rev. J. Paul Vincent. Burial was made at Indian Point. Mrs. Covert, who visited in Decai tur frequently when her son was the losal pastor, was born in Menard county, Illinois, June 1, 1858, the daughter of William and Ber- | rilla Gincaid. She married Rev. S. lA'. Covert at Irish Grove, September 11. 1880 Her husband served as pastor in 14 lowa and Illinois towns retiring actively in 1925. Since that time he has supplied in various ! pulpits. Surviving are the husband and the son. One son, Orin, died in in-, fancy. Rev. Covert’s letter states ’.hat his father win reside with him at Kirksville, Mo., for the present.

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MATTERN OWES LIFE TO RIFLE Aviator Lived For Three W eeks On Diet of Wild Birds Moscow. July 18 (U.R) —James J. Mattern. American round the world aviator, owes bis life to a rifle given him by Russian aviators when he took off from Khabarovsk, before straying from Ills course and landing in barren northeastern 1 Siberia, it was revealed today. Living an epic of adventure. Mattern. with the aid of the rifle lived for three weeks >n wild birds, which he roasted over log tires. He landed his plane while the bleak country was frozen. The Anadir river opened and th.- first Russian coast guard motor launches nosed their way up from the coast. Tlie coast guardsmen found MatI tern and took him to their post at 1 the hamlet of Anadirak. The fuselage of Mattern’s plane, the chassis and one wing were damaged in landing. He was not hurt. Coast guardsmen are organizing an expedition to tase his plane to Anadirsk from Its landing place. 50 miles up river. Brief reports which arrived today from Khabarovsk, in far eastern Siberia, told the story of Mattern’s adventure. Desiring to make Mattern some offering in token of their good will the Russian aviators at Khabarovsk airport gave Mattern a rifle, and it was the rifle that took him through. He landed his plane in a stretch of country broken by icy marshes and hillocks, in a river valley which itself is uninh..bited and : along which there are only occasional settlements of the nomadic, reindber breeding "shukchis." He wandered around, shooting birds as he found them. He suffered from cold during the first week, (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREEI SOUTH WING OF CAPITOL BURNS SIOO,OOO Damage Caused By Fire At Illinois State Capitol Springfield. I!!.. July 16. —(U.R) — The south wing of the historic Illinois capltol was swept by a SIOO.000 tire last night, threatening to disrupt the state repeal convention to be held in the House of Representatives chamber today. i Many valuable state documents were destroyed in the four-hour fire which'tor a while threatened ' the entire structure. The flames were discovered in the office of Richard Kinsella, state oil inspector, on the sixth floor. Governor Henry Horner entered the building while the tire was at its height and directed protection of portraits of Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas at the entrance of the representatives' chamber. A portion of the south wing roof collapsed soon after the fire started. Scaffolding used in reroofing the central dome fed the flames. Water and debris caused considerable damage in the representatives’ chamber. The law creating the repeal convention specified that it was to be held there. If held elsewhere, it was said, validity of the convention, pledged to vote for repeal, might be attacked. The convention was to convene i at noon, with Bruce Campbell as (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) 0 Bread Prices Rise Throughout Country (United Press) Rising prices for bread were reI ported throughout the United States today a® a result of the increased cost of wheat and the imposition of the government’s processing tax. Tlie average increase of price to , the housewife was lietween one and two cents a pound. In many instances. bakers reduced the size of I the loaf by two ounces and m intamed former prices. Government xperts have figured that the increased .prices for wheat , and the processing tax should entitle bakers to a.n Increase of ap- , I proximately 1 and 1-3 cents a pound | ■ for the finished product.

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COL. LINDBERGH AND WIFE VISIT SON ON FLIGHT Famous Flier And Wife Plan Short Visit With Young Son FORCED DOWN ON WAY TO GREENLAND North Haven, Me.. July 10 -(U.R) —Colonel and Mrs. Charles A., Lindbergh, on a trail-blazing flight from New York to the North Atlantic, stopped at this pictures- ■ que island today to bid farewell to their 1 l-mo.ith-old son. John. The famous fliers brought their pontoon-equipped monoplane down on the waters of a cove within sight of the Morrow summer estate at 10:52 am. (EDTI after I a short flight from South Warren. It was first believed the Lind- ' berghs’ visit here would be limited to only a few hours, but the colonel told a reporter: ! "I'm not on any schedule; we may stay here for a day or so.” A haze hung over island waters I this noon and flying conditions' were not propitious Forced Down South Warren. Me., July 10. — (U.R) —Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh and his wife were found safe here today after being forced down by fog on their flight from New York to Greenland. South Warren is about 10 miles south of Rockland. The famous fliers had hoped to reach North Haven, near Rockland, so they could spend the night with their infant son, Jon, at the Morrow summer home, but were unable to proceed through the dense fog and came down on sandy shores In the south pond section of South Warren. The red low-wing monoplane was undamaged and Colonef Lindbergh told the United Press that 1 he and his wife would resume their flight this morning "as soon after 9 o’clock (EDT) as possible.” The fog had vanished before a bright sun this morning. The Lindberghs left New York yesterday afternoon with Halifax. N. S.. their first scheduled stop on their flight to blaze a new air trail across the North Atlantic. They were forced down at about 7 p.m. (EDT). a little more than three hours after the take-off Lindbergh told an attendant at Spear's garage here that visibility was almost negligible when they came down. Lindbergh had gone to tlie garage to secure an oak rod with which to tighten the struts of his 'noVTTNi'ETi nv T.AGV -rrvni Bible Conference Will Open Friday The program for the Thirty-ninth annual Bible Conference at Winon i Lake will open Friday. August 11 and continue through Sunday, August 20. Homer Rodeheawr will have charge of the music. OKLAHOMA TO VOTE TUESDAY Voters Ballot on Legalization Os Sale Os 3.2 Beer In State Oklahoma City, July 10. —(U.R) - The wet-dry battle raged through this prairie state today as jubilant i wets predicted a victory in terri- ; tory which second to Kansas has I been considered the driest in the United States. The battle was over legalization of 3.2 per cent beer, but the repeal issue was indirectly connected. A special session of the legislature now is considering machinery for a repeal vote. The Oklahoma electorate votes tomorrow on whether ( legal beer will flow in its domain for the first time since statehood. 5 I Observers thought that if the wets won on beer their chances for victory on repeal would be greatly enhanced. Both wets and drys, after an extensive campaign, claimed victory. State officials assumed victory would be with the wets. Die state attorney general cullI ed a conference of county judges : and county attorneys Saturday to (CONTINUBD *O>**'AGE TWO)

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Sanity Questioned r -n Ji 1 i An excellent closeup of Joseph ,W. Harriman, indicted banker 1 facing trial for alleged defalcaj tions from the New' York bank I that bears his name, whose attorneys have requested that their ! client’s mental condition be examined. Testimony was introduced in an endeavor to prove that I Harriman's "prolonged saturation I with alcohol" had affected nis mind. KILLS DAUGHTER AND THEN SELF Markle Farmer Shoots Daughter. Then Commits Suicide Huntington. Ind., July 16.—(U.R) -The deaths of Erwin Elick. 41. Markle farmer, and his daughter. Edith, W. were attributed to murder and suicide today by Huntington county officials. Edith was found in her bed with a bullet wound through her temple. Her father was found in the rear seat of his automobile in the family garage. A bullet had gone through his forehead and he was holding a .22 salibre rifle in his hands. Authorities said that Elick apparently had shot his daughter and then himself. He had objected to suitors calling on her. bei ig jealous of their attentions. Elick also was enraged by his daughter’s intention of leaving home, his wife said. Edith had been working at a neighboring farm and returned to celebrate her 19th birthday with her parents Sunday. Mrs. Elick said she heard no shooting and was not aware of tlie tragedy until she found her daughter's body. Glider Builders Make Test Flight tClark W. Smith. Charles Ehinger and David Kunkel gave their home built glider another test flight Sun- ! day a.t the Calvin Kunkel farm. A large number of Decatur people and tourists witnessed the flight. The boys announced that Oren I Welch, well known Portland aviaI tor, will do stunt flying and also probably 'will make a test of the glider here at an early date. o Two Men Arrested For Intoxication Tony Schumacher and Framik Hower were arrested by chief of police S’hpus Melchi shortly after noon today. They were lodged in the Adams county jail, where they will he held pending arraignment on public intoxication ch rges i Tuesday morning. New Superintendent Named At Richmond Indianapolis Ind.. July 10—(UP) —Appointment of Dr. Richard Schillinger, Richmond, as superintendent of the Richmond state hospital. succeeding Dr. E. F. Ross was {announced today by Pleas Greenlee, i ex< i utive secretary. Schillinger is a democrat and Ross is a republican.

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TO DRAFT PLAN TO SETTLE ON MONEY PROBLEM James M. Cox Is Made Chairman Os Ten Power Committee GERMANY LEAVES GOLD COUNTRIES London, July 10— The monetary commission of the world economic conference, in a half hour meeting todav, confirmed the appointment of a 10 power committee to draft agenda which would meet the wishes of tlie gold bloc and the non gold standard nations. Tlie steering committee previously had selected the committee, which is evenly divided between the two groups. James M. Cox was made chairman of the committee hut the United States will have only one vote. 1 One leading German delegate confirmed a report that Germany ’ has decided to refrain from act4 ing with the gold countries. Fight Forecast ' I.ondon. July 10 — (U.R) — Faced with the certainty of a stubborn fight, the steering committee of 1 the world economic conference " today ordered the monetary commission itself to meet this afternoon and decide wliat money problems may usefully be discussed in view of President RooseI velt’s refusal to stabilize currency. The decision came after Charles ■ Rist, honorary assistant governor ■ of the bank of France, had announced at a meeting of the subcommittee on reestablishme.it of an international monetary stand5 ard that France, and presumably the rest of the gold nations, would not discuss any monetary problem but that of monetization of silv-r even if th? subcommittee and the steering committee decid- • ed to retain all such questions on •, the program. p The steering committee, knowj. ing that a bitter fight was in prospect, appointed a special com , mittee to prepare a draft agenda !. for the monetary commission, in p which it will be sought to effect p a compromise between gold and p non gold men. , Cordell Hull, chief American s (rn\’TT n\ T Twro >■ Ludlow Is Named Committee Head ' Washington, July 10 —(Special) Representative Louis Ludlow of Indianapolis ins been promoted to be chairman of the Legislative sub- ' committee of the House. Committee on Appropriations. ' The new subcommittee assignments have just been announced by Repres- ntative Junes P. Buchanan of Texas, who succeeded Represen1 tative Joseph W. Byrns of Tennesse? as chairman of the Appropriations Committee when the latter was chosen as Democritic leader t of the House. STROKE PROVES : FATAL TO VET 1 Lester Shoe, Ossian Veteran, Dies At Bluffton Hospital Lester Shoe. 56. Ossian World War veteran, and half brother of 1 Edward Shoe, of Dec.itur, died at 5 o'clock Sunday morning at the < Wells County HospitiT in Bluffton, f He was found Thursday in a woods i- suffering from a sun stroke. He had , ! been unconscious since that time. ( . Death was due to cerebral hemort rhage. s H was born November 9, 1896, j three and one half miles southeast of Ossian, a son of Matthew and | Mary Heckley Shoe. His father is deceased. Surviving are th'- mother 1 a brother, Raymond at home, two half sisters, Mrs. Willa Smith of ) near Ossian nd Mrs. Chauncey 1 Wilson of Bluffton, and a half broi- ther. lEUward Shoe of Decatur. Military funeral s-:rvices will be s held Thursday afternoon at 2 i o’clock at the Tocsin United Bretha | ren Church. Burial will be made in i, the church cemetery.