Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 31, Number 168, Decatur, Adams County, 18 July 1933 — Page 1

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■I AGAINST |oss INCOME lIW is filed lion Man's AttorK file Suit ~t ■' Enforcement Bi'TT, OTHER ■OH K ER" NAMED ■ .Olis, Jl.lv IX <U.R) K asking that ' * :l . ul ■■Suit and i''* ■*'. |h> restraint'll from King the gross income K was filed M“™»" ■ v superior court today ■ittornevs rep resell t1 ng ■m Moser. president of Kftoii. Indiana, oil com■am Storen. stat.' treasurer, atiornev g.-neral, an J ■partmen' of :r. ..-or' were) ■ ..(Hjefrttianls McNutt. ■ and Floyd E Williamson, ■auditor, comprise the board ■ controls th.- tr.-asury de■ent ■ suit asks that the officials from collecting the ■a similar suit is to be filed Kral court thi- afternoon, it ■ndrrstood. for V" explained ■he suit net only attacks ■tutinnality of the law but ■hr intent that it imposes a ■ rapitol invested in the pnrproperty. The suit asks ■ach provisiot d 'lie law he ■rd Invalid. K. •. . .'itntionallty ■ law were perfected at a ■? of the Indiana Petroleum ■ry Members declared the, is one . the hardest. ■ the state by the tax. B re Farm Will B Be Sold \t Auction B-arre farm four mils southHos Decatur, ow ed by .Jeff ■ostein of Fort Wayne, will ■d at auction Thursday. July ■ the National Realty Auction Kth Col. Fred R PP rt, auc■r. Increased activity in farm ■ has been noted in the past I Berks because of rising grain Bort prices. B- o (■PUBLIC ■PRORRAM Irks Administration ■proves Program In ■Nine More States ■hington. July is— <U.R) —! ■* forward in its campaign Wafer workmen from relief to payrolls, the public works listration today gave nine 1 ihe signal to go ahead with iditure of $40,363,948 on 'ay construction. of the 5400.0<i0.000 set asidtighway projects throughout l “untry. expenditure of $166,-1 * io 24 states now has been M Maine. Idaho. North *’ West Virginia. Florida "ontana were among the lathose pl ans for spending their ’'ere approved. ™ va| of the highway plans 'ed announcement by Secre°f Interior Ickes of nearly a l " d construction and reno--1 Projects In al] parts of the ! on which various federal ies will spend $64,425,188. I i “ en ’ in the 118 t was ■ i 7 for ‘he great Boulder' n ’he w es t From that they J. 0 *" t 0 ’he S3OO chicken "d insect trap which the 'ural department will build ;. President Garner’s home ’ va ><le, Texas. la a Lm J 4 fOr West! ill be divided among 46: b „.i' ate ' 8 55 counties. The I il aM 1! bP 45 nPr Cent 011 '1 tenain IK,lWays ' 30 Per cent , dan nS and 28 Per cen ' on i aar y roads. i m Lathing Workers stage Riot laTabie n'u' JU * : ■ le police were called er , h r e ." 5 . 00 Btrik *ng clothing !' of ed ' n rro ”‘ of '»><■ ’ 1 ” 1 Br 0 8”. Nothing I 1

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Mother Mourns Dead Flyer 1.1 L r J ‘I ■ • ■ K• * v ' ■ ~WW'- ' WtWw. a Mrs. Augustina Degutis (left!, mother of Capt. Stephen Darius . (upper right). Lithuanian flier, whose bold attempt to fly to his native land ended with his death when his plane crashed in Germany. His companion on the flight, Stanley T. Girenas (lower right), died with him.

YOUTH MAY BE RELEASED SOON John O’Connell. Jr.’s Release Is Expected Within Few Hours Albany, N. Y.. July IS—(U.R) Release of Lieut. John J. O'Cou-j nell. Jr., kidnaped nephew of the, O’Connell brothers, dictators of the Albany Democratic dynasty. I was expected hourly today by per sons dose to the family. Rumors also persisted in political circles, close to the O’Connell clan, that the 24-year old national guard officer aad brewery official already had been liberated by his abductors wh ohad held him since midnight July 7. The family, however, denied thei reports. The Albany Evening News de-1 : dared there were reports the j youth had been released upon : payment of SIIO,OOO ransom, butt that the news, because of demand of the abductors, “must be withheld from the public for 24 or 48 hours.’ Meanwhile, however, the homes of the youth’s politically powerful uncles. Daniel and Ed O'Connell. [ bristled with activity. There was ' a distinct air of expectancy. Albany’s underworld also was abuzz with reports the youth, would be released shortly. J. W. HARRIMAN STILL MISSING New York Banker Fails; To Appear For Sanity Hearing Today I New July 18. — (U.R) —i Joseph W. Harriman remained on ■ ■the missing list when his snityj hearing was called in federal court ■ today, and Federal Judge Francis i G. Cassey ordered forfeited the $25.-1 000 bail on which the eccentric j banker has been at liberty. A bench warrant for Harriman's! arrest was issued. Harriman, giay-haired former I president and chairman of the Hat ■ I riman National Bank, now in liquidation, was sought in New York . City, in New Jersey and on I.<ong ( Island as fears grew that when he, slipped away from a nursing home j in mid-Manhattan yesterday he I went with the intent of committing i suicide. Special watch was kept at the; Long Island grave of his son. Alan.; who died in 1928. His death was! said by relatives, testifying in an attempt to prove the former bank | *’ICONT*NI*EIJ *ON *PAG-E SIX) I

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! Commodity Prices Boom Farm Outlook Washington. July 18. — (U.R) — [ Booming commodity prices have increased the American farmer's cash and potential return on foitr leading crops by more Ulan I $2.150,000.000. This huge gain attributed partly I to effects of the Roosevelt recovI ery program and partly to untav- ' orable crop reports was calculat- | ed today on the basis of the inI crease in prices of cotton, corn, I wheat and oats since March 1. The figure takes into account ' the stocks of these commodities ' held by farmers on their farms, i and the value of their maturing < rops on the basis of preliminary I estimates of yield. f, D, R. STAYS IN HIS STUDY President Is Still Suffering Slightly From Cold Caught Sunday Washington. July 18. —(U.R) —Still suffering from the effects of a cold he caught while on a week-end 1 yachting trip. President Roosevelt 1 today remained in his study at the I White House where he worked on his domestic recovery program. I Although he was much improved. ■ Mr. Roosevelt decided to stay away I from the executive offices and to entrust the task of leading the executive council which has to do I with industrial recovery to Attorney General Cummings. The council was scheduled to' I meet this afternoon, at which time I various phases of the industrial rehabilitation program will come I up for discussion. Advisers of the President said I that the blanket industrial code I 1 would be placed in the pesident's ‘ hands today by General Hugh S. i (Johnson, national recovery admin-; i istrator. The proposed code would fix; I minimum wages and maximum | working hours for all the indusj tries. In line with his determination to i get back to his desk as soon as possible, the President cut his calling list to a minimum. He was I hopeful that he would be fully reI covered by tomorrow in time for i the first of the semi-weekly cabinet meetings. Adrian Lichtle Car Is Damaged Adrian Lichtle. local foundry employe, figured in an accident near the Ohio line'. Monday when the automobile he was driving collided with another car. The front of Lichtle's car was badly damaged and it was brought to I Decatur for repairs.

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KIDNAPING OF GROCERY CLERK STILL MYSTERY Rochester Youth Drugged, Later Released Without Ransom Demand YOUTH AFRAID OF FURTHER VIOLENCE Rochester, Ind.. July 18.—(U.R) — Officials still were mystified today by the strange kidnaping of Keith Dubois. IMyear-old grocery clerk here, who .was released 24 hours after his abduction without any demand for ransom The youth appeared to be under a heavy mental strain. Officials said he expressed fear of future violence if he told the complete story of his abduction, and that he appeared rational only for brief periods. Doctors meanwhile were trying to determine the nature of a drug which had been administered to the victim by his captors. His lips, nose, throat and mouth were parched and cracked and he has suffered frequently from nasal hemorrhages since his release. Dubois told authorities at the county jail where he was brought after his release that two men followed him down a lonely road as he walked home from work Saturday night. A little further down the lane he noticed a parked auto(CONTINUFTD ON PAGE SIX) CHICAGO FETES ITALIAN FLEET General Balbo And Fleet Os Seaplanes Will Leave Wednesday Chicago. July 18.—(U.R)—Thousands of Chicago admirers gave their final salute today to General Italo Balbo and his intrepid transoceanic aviators, who tomorrow will start the long flight back to their base'at Orbete'lo, Italy. A pcrade down wide Michigan Boulevard was arranged today as the concluding public gesture to the fliers. Officials in charge of reception for the armada planned the parade as a city-wide demonstration of Chicago's praise of the epochal flight. Cavalry troops from Camp VVhister at world’s fair ground will act as escorts. After the parade, whicu will follow a luncheon given 'by Admiral Walt T. Clnverius of the Great Lakes naval training station, the fliers will visit Fort Sheridan. tThile General Balbo was guest at numerous state and civic affairs yesterday, many of his men spent their time carefully going over the motors of their 24 seaplanes in preparation for the return flight. The planes, riding at moorings in ; the Chicago harbor where they * "(CONTTNI’FJD ON PAGE SIX) REPORT THIRD I BODY IS FOUND Report of Third Death In Plane Crash Believed Unfounded Washington, July 18. —(U.R)--The state department was notified to- ! day by the American embassy in Berlin that a third person was re-' ported to have been killed in the crash of the plane carrying the Lithuanian fliers, Capt. Stephen Darius and Stanley Girenas. The identity of the third person was not made, the embassy merely mentioning that “a third member of the crew also was reported lost.” At she state department officials felt that the report of a third person on the plane was due to the fact that a package containing mail was found bearing the name of Vicj tor Jesglaites, of Wilkesbarre. Pa. Jesglaites. a check up revealed, however, still is in this country and the state department today had no knowledge that a third person was on the ill-fated plane which crashed near Soldin, Pomerania. Germany, while on its way to Lithuania from New York.

Leland Smith in Fortunate Escape Leland Smith, manager of the Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company in this city received a few scratches and his car was badly damaged when it turned over on state road 16, east of Decatur, about 3 o'clock Monday afternoon. The car turned over when it hit tarvia which had been put on the road recently. The accident occurred near Middleberry. Just across the state line in Ohio. ' The automobile turned over i several times, damaging the top i I considerably. o — LOCAL KNIGHTS HOLD MEETING Business Meeting Held By Knights of Columbus Monday Night At interesting meeting of the Knights of Columbus wjs held at the K. of C. hall Monday, th'- session being devoted to business matters and making of reports by officers of the K. of C. building committee. The work of remodeling the buildk.g. lodge and club rooms, damaged by fire last March has been completed More than $3.0041 was expended in making the repairs and improvements. The lodge room has been beautii fully decorated with new plaster walls a-:d refinishing of the floors and ceiling. The reading room, kitchen and cltlb rooms have also been red corated and new rugs have been placed i the reading room. A ladies reception and rest room has also been installed. 1 Plans for lolding social activities at the hall during the late fall and wi.-ter have been discussed and committees will he named in the , near future by C. J. C.trroll. grand l knight of the council. YOUNG GUNMEN HOLD UP STORE Richman’s Clothing Store 1 At Fort Wayne Robbed ; Os S2OO FotT Wayne, Ind., July 18.- (U.R) —Two youthful gunmen who held up the Richman's clothing store here yewterday afternoon apparently had made good their escape ' today. Officials of the firm said ! the men obtained more than S2OO. ' The bandits were last seen at 1 Warsaw where they outdistanced a sheriff's car. They herded the manager, clerks and five customers of the store into'the rear of the building while they ransacked the place, looting it of all cash. It was believed the bandits were the same ones who staged a similar robbery at the same store nearly a year ago. More than $250 was obtained in that holdup. No shots were fifed in yesterday's ‘robbery but the gunmen threatened their victims with revolvers. o , Order Probe Into High Bread Prices Washington. July 18- (UP) —-Investigation of charges of exorbitant increases ir. bread prices in 39 | cities in 21 states was ordered today by the department of justice. Cities included in the investigation were: Illinois —'Ohi'cago. Indiana —-Midland. Muncie, Terre Haute. A Story Os ! Hollywood A new serial story “PREMIERE” by Robert Terry Shannon Begins Wednesday in the Daily Democrat Exciting romance of hectic Hollywood, the story of a beautiful European actress, whose career reaches a climax when she appears for the premiere of her greatest picture. You’ll like it. Start reading it Wednesday and every day thereafter.

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TWO SOUTHERN STATES VOTING ON AMENDMENT Repeal Drive Faces Crucial Test In Former Dr # v States Today WET VICTORIES ARE PREDICTED (By the United Press) The drive io repeal the 18th amendment underwent its crucial test today as the first states of the I traditionally dry south to consider, the issue, voted on the 21st (re- 1 peal) amendment. The states were Alabama and Arkansas. Tennessee will vote Thursday. If wets take two of the three states, repeal ir believed likely this year. Drys believe that by winning two out of three they will be able to delay repeal until 1934 and perhaps retain the 18th amendment in the constitution. Sixteen states so far have voted repeal. Wet victories were forecast in both states, although the results were expected to be close and in Arkansas the drys were believed to have some chance. A year ago both states were considered impregnable dry strongholds. The campaigns in Alabama, Arkansas, and Tennessee bore a close similarity. The drys fought on the moral issue and concentrated on the “church vote.” Repeal means retirn of the saloon, they argued, and in speeches, posters, and advertisements urged the moral duty of keeping liquor away from mankind. Many posters featured Bibli- ( cal quotations. ' The wets campaigned on the fsßtte of states, rights and demanded support of the Democratic platform and a Democratic president. I The south, preponderantly Democratic. prosecuted its Civil war on the states' rights issue. A light vote was anticipated in both Arkansas and Alabnn. Both states levy a poll tax and the depression forced many citizens not to qualify. ' The repeal score to date: i For repeal: New York. New Jersey. Rhode Island. I linois, Michigan, Nevada. Delaware, Wyoming, Indiana, Wisconsin. Massachusetts. (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) Two Autos Damaged In Wreck Monday Autos driven by Fred Bittner and Andrew Liechty. both of Decatur route 8. wen damaged about 5:30 O’clock Monday evening in a collision on stat? road 16. at the Bell mont Park entrance. Bittner had ■ stopped to let out a passenger and Liechty, apparently failing to notice Bittner stopping ran into the rear of tb» Bittner car. The Liechty car was badly damaged. sustaining a smashed radiator broken axle, smashed fender affld ' damaged running board. The Bittner car was less seriously damaged. OVER FORTY TO PLAT IN BAND Mizpah Band of F ort Wayne Will Give Concert Here Friday Night More than 40 men will play in the Mizpah band concert to b» ' given in this city, Friday. Jnly 21 at L'gion Memorial pirk on Winches- ' ter street, according to information | received today by James Elberson local chairman for the event. Accompanying the band will be John L. Verweire, directoy; Fned J. Wenzler, president Robert Kel J ler, vice-presid'nt and Al Blom'bach I secretary. The band was organiz'd in 19W and has played in a number of cities. It is one of the leading bands in Fort Wiyn'-. The local committee also announced that a stand will be erected in the park where refreshm nts will ibe sold. The proceeds from the stand will go to the Mizpah T°mpl- , Crippled Children’s fund. Members of the Mizpah band donate their services in providing the concert and do it as a means of obtaining funds so rtbe crippled children. The band played here last 1 year.

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Banker Freed - N f ' ' ■ K va.--' P I ■ j i Fl * August Luer. aged financier of Alton, 111., who was kidnaped and held prisoner for six days, is shown here after his release Sunday. He appeared to be in good health, despite the fact that he was kept in a damp basement and fed sandwiches and water during his captivity. THREATEN SUIT IN TAX DISPUTE Suits Are Threatened In Tax Dispute Between State And County Indianapolis. July 18. — (U.R) — Suits were threatened today in the tax dispute between St. Joseph county and state officials. Fred P. Crowe. St. Joseph county auditor, said he might take 1 court action to mandate State Treasurer William Storen to pay the county its July 1 gasoline tax share of $30,226. Storen likewise threatened to invoke upon Crowe a statute authorizing a 15 per cent fine on officials of counties delinquent in their payments of state property tax collections. Since the county owes the state $170,371. the fine would be $25,555, assessable upon Crowe and his bondsmen. The law directs state officials to notify prosecutors in delinquent counties to file suit against tire auditor and mandates the 15 per cent fine liability. Storen and Deputy State Auditor Lawrence Sullivan conferred here late yesterday with Crowe, George V. Hepler and Charles Roy, St. Joseph county officials, (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) O Today’s Scores NATIONAL LEAGUE Brooklyn 043 010 0 Pittsburgh 200 033 0 Mungo and Lopez; Chagnon and Grace. New York 410 320 0 Cincinnati _ 000 001 0 Schumacher and Mancuso; Benton and Lombardi. Boston 000 000 Chicago 013 000 Cantwell and Hogan; Warneke and Hartnett. Philadelphia St. Louis Jackson and Davis; Dean and Wilson. AMERICAN LEAGUE Chicago 000 100 0 New York 221 000 1 Lyons and Beery; Allen and Dickey. Cleveland 000 000 110—2 6 0 Boston 001 000 000—1 4 0 Pearson and Pytiak: Brown and Ferrell. St. kfuis 300 0 Washington 000 0 Blaeholder and Shea; Russell and Sewell. Detroit 020 000 03 Philadelphia 100 010 CO Sorrell and Hayworth; Walbery| and Cochrane.

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DVER SIXTEEN HOURS FASTER THAN RECORD Around The World Flier Lands At Irkutsk, Siberia, This Morning ONLY 75 HOURS FROM NEW YORK Irkutsk. Siberia, Julv IS—(U.R) Wiley Post, setting a record breaking pace on his Hight around the world, landed here from Novosibirsk at 3:35 n. m. Moscow time today (8:35 a.m. EDT.) On landing, he was 75 hours and 25 minutes out of New s'ork and 16 hours and 31 minutes ahead of the rec- ■ ord. Novosibirsk, Siberia. July 18. — i (U.R) — Wiley Post, American ' around the world flyer, took off at 1:55 a.m. EDT today (11:55 a m. local time) for Irkutsk. 870 miles away. He was 17 hours and 4 minutes ahead of the record he and Harold Gatty made two years ago. Determined to lose no time. Post said he hoped to halt only briefly at Irkutsk, for refueling and to have his plane overhauled, and then press on to Khabarovsk, in eastern Siberia. "The Novosibirsk-Irkutsk stage will be easier than from Moscow here.” he said before he left. “I had the lousiest sort of weather.” Post when he took off was 68 hours 45 minutes out of New Yoik. where he took oft at 5:1(1 a. m. Saturday. He had spent 48 hours 54 minutes in the air. and | but 19 hours I>l minutes aground Os the 15.4(H) miles he musi make on his globe circling flight, he bad covered 6.500. He must ' get back to Floyd Ben.i'ett airport. New York, before 9:61 p.m. EDT. Sunday to better his record with Gatty—B days, 15 hours. 51 minutes. A veritable iron man. who had slept but once — at Koenigsberg. Germany—since he left New York, Post arrived here from Moscow at 11:19 pm. EDT Monday (9:09 a. m. today Novosibirsk time.) Civil aviation authorities, newspapermen and Miss Fay Gillis, of Minneapolis, were at the field to * * * * • * • ♦♦♦ (CONTtwUED ON PAGE SIX) Beekeepers To Meet Thursday, July 20 The Indiana stite beekeepers association will hold a summer field meet at the apiary of C. J. Morrison, six miles south of South Bend Thursday. All beekeepers and others inter sted i■> 'be-s or honey should attend this meet. An interesting program .ias bee.:: arranged, including speakers from over th? state a d demonstrations on handling and preparing colonies for honey production by commerj cial producers. HOME LOANS TO BE MADE SOON Loans Likely Will Be Available In Indiana In Two Weeks (Indianapolis, July 18 — (UP) — Home Loans will be available in ' Indiana, within the .next two weeks, it appeared today. E. Kirk McKhiney. Indianapolis ' state administrator for the federal home owners’ loan corporation’ was in Washington today receiving instructions as to how the law shall ! be administered. He explained before leaving that loans will be available directly to owners from the state offices but i the mortgaged property must be under $20,‘900 in value. Owners may apply personally or by mail to the Indiana office to be opened. Loans will be made to owners pnable to get money for mortgages, all of winch must have been recorded baffore June 13. Applications will be ha: died .by appraisers who will investigate the property involved, reports becoming the basis for aci tion on the applications. A total of $2,200,060 <B) will be- | available for lodns throughout the country