Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 31, Number 171, Decatur, Adams County, 21 July 1933 — Page 1

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JiINESSEE is -■th STATE TO Iratify REPEAL H Carry Southern f/Hte B. Slight 1/ Hlars-in Os Votes f ■gON CASTING |K'l s \ ()TES TODAY ■phis, July 21- (UR) - Imlay became the t" favor abolition H'l amendment when vesterday s reovercame the lead taken by the dry ■um- from 1,973 out of " r 12’.’.607. gainst repeal. 113,079. Ming Arkansas and AlaHs n favoring repeal. Tennea•eWani" ,!l " ' 11 '" 1 stu ’** t 0 bre ° k ranks of the traditionally sent President revocation movement halfway mark in the ua < a'vs now have enterrepeal column, a perfect WW’ r ! “ e '• jH-alists. Thirty-six amendment. . uno p-H led rural districts d u slight gain in strength Victory for repeal Ifc. assured. '"Vi 0,1.■ may show a repeal I ip the state of between ] observers a ■ large cities of the state Knoxville, Nashville, r supporters. All ijurMd I”- ! majorities but among the I Eml rn I• ■ t-.'ssee and many the state pwhe®n". ■ was strong .. the wets . the ■ryffl .i sizeable lead HuWj|t I '. centers, where JoO#' ' ' hours Inter, beimr which .soon :»age five) — JoB Delmer Dies Thursday Night ■ I Ib'lnier. SO. who spent his lift in Ohio City, Ohio, with “ f the last few yehrs in Mth he redded in Fort Wayne, Idkflf a paralytic stroke at 9.30 | Thursd ,y night at his home |onßte 111 Fort Wayne. are the widow, Bertha and the following children: Detroit. Michigan. Mrs. I^^b'I*"' 1 *"' <lf Toronto. Canada; I Dortlra Delmer and Ricks of Fort Wayne. services will be held I afternoon at 2 o’clock, Ohio fit tin- Lutheran Church in ami burial will l>e made ' ten at Ohio City. The. <>f Delphos, will offi■day’s Scores WriONAL LEAGUE 010 300 00 ... 004 &I 0 00 and Mancuso; SwePjgpnd Grace. p^ ,yn 000 000 100— 17 1 c ® natl 001 000 001— 2 7 0 and Lopez; Derringer Ml' 000 0 3t ; Jr u s 000 o ...LT 5 and Hogan; Walker and games scheduled. ■ lERICANLEAGUE 3 h 000 000 0 ) er and Hayworth; Whitefl Sewell, ,is 200 001 000 0 !l Phla 030 000 000 0 ey and Shea; Mahaffey and iki. lnd 020 000 000— 2 5 3 0rk.... 300 114 01x—10 13 2 in and Pytlak; VanAtta ckey. ’ 000 110.000— 2 6 1 010 144 02x—12 8 2 »n and Grube; Rhodes and tesy city Confectionery.

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Heads N. Y. U. ' **' A’* HHkM MS EO Dr. Harry Woodburn Chase, new chancellor of New York University, is shown nt his desk on taking over his post. He is former i president of the University of Illinois, and succeeds Dr. Emer E. Brown. TAX LIMIT LAW MAY INTERFERE Law Is Expected to Interfere With Public Works Program •Indianapolis, Jul.v 21. (U.R) —Indiana's <1 and $1.50 tax limit law ’ and the restriction holding bonded i indebtedness of the tax units to , within 2 per cent of their tax evalu- , aUpps. today was expected to interfere with the state’s public works progrwtn (Villiam H. Besik, director of the ' state public welfare department. | admitted that he foresaw trouble from the two sources with perhaps ’ serious impairment of the program, estimated to be as much as $50,000.000. He is waiting to see how federal officials rule when the two quesi . I ttons arise. The tax limit law is the most serI ious threat because it will affect all projects whereas the bonded debt limit has not been reached in ' many taxing units. Provisions of the tax limit law is amended by the 1933 legislature (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOL'l'l BARBERS MEET MONDAY NIGHT Al! Barbers of Adams And Wells Counties Will Meet Here A joint meeting of all barbers in ■ Adams and Wells counties will be held in Decatur at the Chamber of | Commerce rooms next Monday I evening, July 24. it was announced I today. 1 Dan Murphy, general orginizer tor the journeymen barber's union of America, will be in the city next Monday calling on barbers and will speak at the meeting in the evening. Union and non-union barbers ■ are urged to attend. The new state barber's law will be discussed and explained by Mr. i Murphy and the proposed barber's code in compliance with the National Recovery Act will also be explained by the national representative. Although the code regulating the maximum number of hours per week and the wage scale has not ' yet been adopted. Roy'Andress, pre-; sident of the local barber's union, stated it would provide for shorter hours, probably a maximum of 45 hours per week and as i consequence higher prices for barber's services. The same schedule of hours and prices will be uniform throughout the local district, Mr. Andress explained. It is possible that hair cuts may be advanced to 5b cents and ; shaves to 25 cents. These are tentative price suggestions and the local union has not acted on them. If a 45 hour week is adopted, the ; day schedule will probably be from eight in the morning until seven in the evening on all days except Saturday, shops remaining open until nine o'clock on this day.

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JOHN PETERSON DIES SUDDENLY THURSDAY NIGHT Prominent Decatur Man Sutlers Fatal Heart Attack Lats Night DEATH COMES AS A SEVERE SHOCK Tragedy followed the happiness attendant with the birth of a grandson in the Peterson family last night. John S. Peterson, age 64. prominent citizens and insurance agent of this city, died suddenly of a heart attack at about 12:301 o'clock Friday piorning while sitting in a chair at the Runyon garage, South First street. Earlier in the evening a telephone message was received by Mr. and Mrs. Peterson informing them of the birth of a boy baby to Mr. and Mrs. J. Dwight Peterson. Indianapolis. The family was jubilant over the arrival of the, first grandson in the son's family who was named John Peterson, in honor of the grandfather. Mr. Peterson, who stored his automobile at the garage, drove in a few minutes before and parked his car. He stepped into the office and engaged’ in conversation with Clyde Hitchcock, night man at the garage and with Gerald Smith, who was passing by. Suddenly . Mr. Peterson's head fell backward and the men rushed to his side. They called a local physician and when he reached Mr. Peterson. I pronounced him dead. County Coroner Robert Zwick rendered a verdict of death being caused by angina pectoris, a disease of the heart. Guests at Moltz Home Mr. and Mrs. Peterson sjieul the. evening at the Harry Moltz home. Mr. Peterson accompanied his' (CONTINCED ON PAGE FOUR) LOCAL PRICES FOLLOW MARKET Grain Prices Here Take Sharp Drop, Wheat Falling To 75 Cents Local grain prices were quoted at lower figures today, following the decline in quotations on the Chicago and other markets Wednesday and Thursday. Wheat was quoted at 75 cents l>er bushel and oats, 28 cents a bushel today. Corn was quoted at 60 cents per hundred pounds. The high point for wheat on the local market was $1.02 per bushel last Monday. Oats reached a peak of 51 cents a bushel and corn was up to 85 cents per hundred. The drop in the wheat price yesterday was from 10 to 15 cents per bushel. The Burk Elevator received many bushels of wheat at the high price. Farmers took advantage of the in- ; crease and brought in large shipments in the last two weeks. Some were waiting for a $1.50 per bushel price and felt that with the steady i I increase of the past two weeks that; the grain was sure to reach this peak. Much oats has been cut m the country. The harvest is about halt I completed. It is estimated that the i crop is only about 50 per cent of thq general average. The wheat crop although not good this year, is estimated to be about 65 per cent ] of the average. Prospects for a bumper corn | 1 crop are not the best, farmers state. Rain is needed to help the growth of the grain and estimates of a yield run around 75 per cent ] lof the average production. Unfavorable weather conditions last i spring and the extreme hot weather of the past month have retarded i the corn crop, farmers state. , o Two Autos Damaged In Wreck Thursday 1 Walter Bebout, Hoagland, suffered a gashed forehead about 10 o'clock Thursday night when the car he was driving crashed into the rear end of a car owned by Lottie Ladd. The Ladd car was parked on South Winchester street near ' Legion Park. The rear end of the Ladd car was badly caved in and the front fenders and radiators on the Bebout car 1 were smashed.

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Decatur Boy Scouts Will Attend Camp Plans are being made to have ; tile Decatur Boy Scouts attend camp at Camp IJinberlost, Rome , City, either the first or second week in August. Fort Wayne scouts are now at the camp and I local scoutmasters will decide on the date when Decatur scouts will be given the opportunity to attend the camp. Dr Fred Patterson, C, I ' C. Pumphrey, members of the Anthony Wayne scout council and ■ Wilson Lee of this city, visited i ("amp Limberlost Wednesday eve-1 ning. It is expected that about 25 ! Decatur scouts will attend the camp next month an<j part of their expenses will be defrayed by the local scout organization. Q WILEY POST IN FLIGHT AGAIN Around The World Flier Repairs Plane, Renews Record Attempt Flat, Alaska July 21 — (UP) — Completing repairs to his damaged plane. Wiley Post, round the world flier took off from a rough field here today for Fairbanks. He will take on more fuel at Fairbanks. then hop immediately for Edmonton, Alberta. He was expected to reach Pairlianks ifi two hours. Post, exhausted and nervous from a hazardous flight through .slaskan l wind and rainstorms and a forced landing in a rough field after running out of gasoline, still was ahead of the round the world record he set with Harold Gatty two years ago. While he slept mechanics worked on the Winnie Mae. The propeller was bent and other parts were damaged. A Pacific-Alaskfln airwayis plane rushed here with a new propeller and mechanic to repair the . plane. Unreported for six liours on his flight from Khaborovsk, Siberia. Post fought bad flying conditions until his fuel supply was exhausted. He had been sighted over Nome at 7:30 A. M. (2:30 p. m.) edt and over Ruby at 11:30 >A. M. 5:30 P.M. edt. Ruby is 150 miles northwest of! here. Circling over Ruby searching for a landing field, he crossed wild. > trackless sections of Alaska. Rain and windstorms blinded his vision. Once he passed near Fairbanks, the goal of Iris hop from Khabaro(CONTINI'ETD ON PAGE TWO) 0 Report Roosevelt To Be Married Tomorrow Chicago, July 21—(UP) — Attorney Samuel Platt, counselor for Elliott Roosevelt in his divorce proi codings at Reno, told the United Press today that he believed the President's son and Miss Ruth Googins of Fort Worth, Texas, would be married tomorrow. “All indications pointed to a wedding tomorrow.” Platt said shortly after young Roosevelt had granted an interview to reporters and refused to confirm or deny re- ’ ports of his imment wedding. Information gained by the United Press at Burlington, lowa, indicat- ' ed the ceremony would be perform ed there. BARRACKS FOR STATE POLICE Five Barracks Will Be Built To House All State Officers Indianapolis, July 21 — (U.R) — I Barracks for state police will lie established at each of the five, proposed new police radio broad-1 casting stations in Indiana, Al G. Feeney, director of public safety, announced today. Money to establish the police radio system is being raised by a committee composed of bankers and other business men who have been harried by criminals. It is planned to have a central broadcasting station in Indianapo- ( lis with sub-stations at each of the ( four corners of the state. 'Selection of exact locations for ( the stations will be made by the , ( state police radio committee, , Feeney said. It is likely that stations and i baradks will be constructed near , * *CONTINt'*ET* ON* * 1

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, July 21,1933.

BOARD MEMBERS ORDER TRADING BE SUSPENDED Trading Ls Suspended Today On Chicago Board Os Trade STOCK MARKET PRICES BREAK Chicago, July 21. —(U.R) Trading was suspended today on the Chicago board of trade, the world's greatest grain market. Directors of the exchange, meeting far into the night after the worst price depressing session in its history, voted to close today. They explained their action was necessary to "afford a brief holiday to overworked employes." But it was considered gravely significant that the order climaxed two days' sessions when wheat plunged 30 cents a bushel and other grains broke correspondingly. A few hours before issuing tile dosing order, directors had voted that for an indefinite period trading in wheat and rye will be restricted to a range of eight cents from the previous day's close. Corn and barley will be limited to a five-cent range and oats to four. The closing order today affected only futures trading in grain and provisions. Cash grain and cotton will be traded as usual. The closing and price limitation orders followed one of the wildest trading sessions in history. Volume yesterday was expected to exceed 170.im0.00u bushels, the greatest since the crash of 1929 and hectic 1 war-time sales. Wheat prices | crashed rapidly. The uproar and pandemonium sent actual trading far ahead of recorded sales. Wheat dropped as much as a full cent on single transactions. Crowded with stopjoss orders, traders shouted, pushed and fought their way about. At the end of the day they were utterly exhausted. Excessive long interests were blamed for the plunge. The dizzy operations started as huge sell orders flooded the pit. Short inter(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) 0 GIRL SCOUTS TO LAKE WEBSTER Forty Decatur Girl Scouts Will Spend Week of August 6-13 Forty members of the Girl Scout Troops 1 and 2 have signified tlieir intentions of spending a week at Lake Webster from August 6 to 13. under the supervision of the Misses Florence Magley. Ruth Macklin and Isabel Hower. A meeting of the Girl Scout troops was held at the home of Miss Hower Thursday night, during which plans were completed for the week's outing. Following is the complete outline for each day's I activities: Morning 6:00 —Arise for morning swim. 6:30 —Cottage K. P. duty. 7:00 —Flag raising. 7:15 —Breakfast 7:45 to 9:00 —K. P. duty. 9 to 10—Outdoor nature study hour. 10:00 to 11 —Scout and signal tests, etc. 11:00 to 11:40 —Swimming. 12:30—Dinner. Afternoon 1:00 to 2 —Rest and quiet hour. 2:00 to 3—Activities, tennis, etc. 3:00 to 4 —Study hour. 4:00 to 4:45 —Swimming. 5:00 to 6—Boating. 6:00 —Supper. Evening 6:30 to 9 —Games, stunts on cottage premises. 9:00— Bed. 9:30 —Quiet, lights out. o Rotarians Hear James Elberson James Elberson, local gas and oil dealer, gave an interesting talk on the manufacture of gasoline at the meeting of the Rotary club last evening. Mr. Elberson explained the merits of the new iead ga« which is now going on the market. He also told of his visit to the World's fair in Chicago and of the many points of interest found there.

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CONCERT POSTPONED 'The Mizpali Temple band concert scheduled tor tills evening at Legion Memorial park, i lias been postponed on account of tlie death of John S. Peter--1 sou, well known Decatur insurance agent and member of j l | the local Masonic lodge. The committee in charge of , ! arrangements for the concert did not state if the concert would be given later. * ... REV. LANMAN RESIGNS POST Pastor of Decatur Christian Church Will Locate In Kentucky Rev. Clifford R. Lanrnan resigned today as pastor of the First Christian church in this city, anil has accepted the position of minister and director of religious education at the Louisville and Jefferson county Children's Home at Ormsby Village. Kentucky. Rev. I.anman's resignation here will be effective August 18. and he i will take over the duties at the, ' children's home on September 15. Mrs. Lanrnan will also be associated with the institution as a teacher. Rev. Lanrnan has been pastor of the local church since December, 1930, and at the present time is serving as secretary of the Decatur ' Ministerial Association. He has I been prominent in civic activities and took an active part in the De- ' catur Daily Vacation Bible School. The Children's Home where Rev. Lanrnan and his wife will reside is 1 located 10 miles east of Louisville : and has an enrollment of 500 chil- ’ dren with 70 officials. The school has its own hospital. ’ grade school, and high school and 1 a resident minister ! o Lose Brothers Store Features White Stag The Lose Brothers cigar store is • featuring a display this week of White Stag cigars, made by the White Stag Cigar Company. The entire window is devoted to a display of different style cigars made by the local factory. There are six different brands made by the local company. Lose Bros., is I featuring the display in promotion | of local industry. o Robert Hesher Is Lodged In Jail Robert “Red" Hesher is lodged in the Adams county jail following his arrest by chief of police Sephus Melchi about 6 o’clock Thursday evening. Hesher had been sought by authorities since he stole a car owned by Dee Fryback yesterday morning. Hesher returned to Decatur in the car Thursday evening with gasoline tank empty. No charges had beeif filed against Hesher late this afternoon. 0 JUDGE TO NAME BOARD MEMBERS Judge DeVoss Wil! Name Tax Adjustment Board Members Next Week Complying with the new state law Judge H. M. DeVoss of the Adams Circuit court will name the | members of the County tax adjustment board next week. Six of the seven members of the board will be named by Judge De Voss. The seventh member will be selected by the county council from I their own membership. The law, revised by the last ses- | sion of the legislature, provides that of the six members, there shill 3>e one each representing the township trustees, the school unit and towns and cities in the county. The other three are to be named at j large. Judge De Voss is making his selections now and announced today I that probably the appointment would he named before the first of the month. Wider powers have been granted the tax adjustment board this year. Beside* having the authority to reduce tax levies, the board also has the power to reduce appropriations. (CONTINURD ON PAGE TWO)

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Attends Conference Jr WWf j > Governor Charles Ben Ross, of Idaho, is one of the twenty-five, state executives attending the an- ( nual Governors’ conference in San Francisco. .— 0 SCHOOLBOABD MEET DELAYED Meeting of Decatur School Board Postponed To Monday Night The meeting of the Decatur school board was postponed last night until next Monday, M. F. Worthman. superintendent of schools stated today. The signing of the teachers’ contracts and the fixing of all salaries will come up at the meeting. Mr. Worthman ’stated. Contracts for eight months teaching, with an additiotral month provided, will, bat ! offered the teachers. If funds are available, the school term will be nine months. At least eight of the teachers will be placed on half time schedules for the first semester and the domestic science department will be eliminated from the school curriculum. The school board faces a deficit of a-l>out $6,000 for the year, based on early estimates. Mr. Worthman believes that part of this amount will be made up in special taxes provided for by the last legislature .'nd if tlie budget can be balanced, th- school term will be extended for the entire nine months, although several teachers wi’l be employed only part time. Mayor Johnson And Family Return Home Mr. and Mrs. R. O. Johnson and 1 son Dick, who were injured in an automobile accident near Winchester last Sunday, in which three persons met instant death, have ■been taken to their home in Gary. An X-ray examination disclosed that Mayor Johnson had sustained a broken foot and some bruises and slight injuries. It will be necessary to keep the foot in a plaster cast five weeks. Mrs. Johnson, who suffered a broken arm is recovering and the son. Dick is still suffering from shock and from a number of severe bruises. No blame is'attached to tlie Johnsons who had tlie right-of-way and were not driving at a reckless speed. o Escaped Convict Will Be Returned Charles Martin, of Mississippi, held in tlie local jail since Memorial Day for housebreaking, will be returned to the state prison at Little Rock, Arkansas, in the next few days Martin, and escaped convict, readily signed a waiver of extradition, and the Little Rock warden will come after him as soon as possible. Ellis Christen Is Benton County Agent Ellis Christen, son of Mr. and Mrs. ®. 8. Christen of Root town ship, has been elected county agent of Benton county, according to word received here. He will assume his new wonk August 1 and will reside in Fowler, the county seat. Mr. Christen is a graduate of Purdue and has been engaged in various kinds of work pertaining to farming many years. The past few weeks he has b-e in charge of one of the federal reforestation camps, located five miles south of Marion, Indiana.

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ROOSEVELT IN URGENT APPEAL TO EMPLOYEBS President Calls On Every Employer In Country To Raise Wages RECOVERY PLAN IN FULL SWING Washington, July 21.— —President Roosevelt today called upon every employer in the United States to raise wages and create employment by shortening working hours. His urgent appeal launched an emergency re-employment drive such as never before has been undertaken in this or any other country. Calling for "united action." the President asked all employers to subscribe to a blanket code giving white-collar workers a 40-hour week and a sl2-sls minimum wage, and industrial workers a 35-hour week with a minimum wage of 40 cents an hour. Voluntary cooperation was the basis of this unprecedented social an d economic experiment, this "mass attack on depression.'’ Roosevelt Message Washington, July 21 — (UP) — Here is President Roosevelt’s message to every employer in the United States, asking cooperation in his program for voluntary re-employ-ment agreements, the so-called "blanket code": “1. This agreement is part of a Nation wide plan to raise wages, create employment, and thus increase purchasing power and re- , store 'business. That plan depends wholly on united action by all employers. For this reason 1 ask you as an employer, to do your part by signing. "2. —"If it turns out that the general agreement bears unfairly on | any group of employers they can have that straightened out by presenting promptly their proposed code of fair competition. "Franklin D. Roosevelt." Tlie emergency campaign intends to put the industrial recovery program into full swing without waiting tor approval of individual codes. Sections of the national industrial recovery act were invoked as authorization. Highlights of the voluntary agreement to which all employers are asked to subscribe are: (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) ■ - o CHICAGO GANG LEADER IS HELD Roger Touhy, Three Men, Held As Kidnaping Suspects Chicago, July 21. — (U.R) — Roger Touhy, desperate little gang leader who robbed the old Capone mob of much of its power, was held under strong guard with three of his henchmen today, accused of the kidnaping of John (Jake the barber) Factor here, and of William Hamm. Jr., in St. Paul. Three machine gun squads of Chicago police went to Elkhorn, Wis., where the gangsters were captured by an unarmed policeman. to return them to Chicago. Fearing a repetition of the recent Kansas City union station massacre, in which five men were killed in an attempt to tree a prisoner. 20 patrolmen and federal officers brought Touhy and his men to Chicago. The serial numbers of $1,730 in 10 and 20-dollar bills found on the men were taken, to be checked with numbers of $50,000 in bills of the same denomination paid for Factor's release. Police Chief 'Thomas Dahill of St. Paul was expected here today to question the men regarding the Hamm kidnaping. Hamm, a wealthy brewer, was hel<i captive until payment of ransom near Lake Geneva, 20 miles South of Elkhorn. Factor was held captive in the same territory, it was believed. Federal agents said that charges of kidnaping Factor would he filed against the men immediately. Chief Dahill also said he would file charges. Patrolmm Harold Ward who was off duty, captured the men after (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)