Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 31, Number 173, Decatur, Adams County, 24 July 1933 — Page 1

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IN THRILL RE WORLD fH FLIGHTS p:)ts Os Host Os Thrill America The World IJALBO FLEET e United Press) and the world led today by the Is of a host of airI Amy Mollison. irst fliers, cracked Jridgeporl swamp reinarkable flight North Atlantic lino Sands, Wales, mly 80 miles short of heir goal, when they gasoline and were Hi Both were slightlure of General Italo of Italian seaplanes egos their return trip tlantic was postponed se of had weather me! the Grand Banks. , American flier, just mi a record breaking I the world, received stic applause of his ,lrs. Charles A. Laildit Gothaab, Greenland planned a series of (plore the Greenland may go to Iceland in if charting a new air the North Atlantic. Ini. Australian pilot, ake his plane from land, to Kilmarnock ml, today where he Ml ON PAGE TWO* ;t$ take JRN TODAY Exchange And darket Prices ome Increase July 24 —(U.R) —Rett hich last week tost ban 50 points rallied nts to feature today’s stock session. The s strong making new day in the late dealin i. aet opened at noon in--0 a. m., the usual openby edict of the board of to permit brok>>rs and IfI MW <' a! ''l l up on their work. lEM■pH,.m ; s will continue t the week, the orderirmed up at the opening exception of Case. The e extended for a time in trading but when Case ht points to 64 V 4 some put was noted in other '( tile market, ressure lifted from Case list moved up easily on j rings. Buying by the especially noticeable in J's where national dis--3 10 points to 78. Gains more points were noted wet Issues. were even with market ie day. However, in the linutes the rush of shortcaused the sane to lag es. Grain Higher July 24 —(U.R>— Grain Iwarked by severe rewhich virtually pegged of wheat, opened higher r a two day holiday on So board of trade, it with the opening Crawford, former New 'tin ON PAGE TWO* eds Visit e’s Former Home th, Tex., July 24. —(U.R) lousevt.lt, son of the md his bride were here brief visit at the formMrs. Roosevelt. Pie, married Saturday Burlington, la., arrived iin shortly before midy expected to continue toast, but the time of, va* not announced.

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Mrs. Opas Found Guilty m W jr While the spectators gasped, Marion Opas (above, right), the -husband she was accused of conspiring to kill for his Insurance, strode across the courtroom In Chicago Saturday and kissed Mrs. Bessie Upas immediately after the case had been given to the jury. In spite of this gesture of affection, the jurors, out less than an hour, pronounced Mrs. Opas guilty. She must serve one to five years in prison.

COUNTY AUDITOR! RECEIVES CHECK Semi-Annual Distribution Os State School Tax Is Received Coußty' Auditor Glen Cowen lias received the check for the semiannual distribution of the state j school tax, including the common | school fynd interest, . , The check amounted to $7,174.21. [ The. distribution is made this year| on the average daily attendance of ‘ i children in school. Heretofore it was based on the enumeration of i school children in the county. Adams county is credited with an average daily attendance of 4,1 598 children. The per capita dis- * tributi’on is $1,561*28988. Under the (old law the distribution made on the total number of children of school age. The annual entimeration of children is not made by | the trustees any more or in the school towns aud cities. The county paid in $8,942.02 to the state, receiving back only $7.174.21. The net amount collected by the state was $1,367,840.07, out of which $615,532.08 or 45 per cent 1 went- for school aid. Last December the county received $7,700.94 from the November ' distribution of taxes and common i school interest. Auditor Cowen stated he would 1 make out the checks to the townships and school units in Decatur i and Berne this week. Each unit receives its per capita share. o— WILL INSPECT :: BUBAL ROUTES t Adams County Rural Mail Routes Will Be Inspected In Near Future —- I An inspection of the rural routes i out of the Decatur, Monroe. Berne , and Geneva postoffices will be , mode in the near future. Postmaster L. A. Graham, stated today. ] Word was received by Postmaster Graham today that an tnspectoi would be here this week to conduct 1 an inspection of the routes. 1 lit is believed the inspection is ( ' being made in view of consolidating i j several of the rural routes. There are six run! carriers in the county eligible to retirement and following ; consolidation program inaugurated :by Postmaster Feneral Eirley. I these men may not be replaced. If the men who retire after 30 i years service in the mail service j are not replaced the routes w ill be split up with other routes. In the I Decatur office, one man. Will Engle , ! Is eligible to retire. There are two I at Monroe, one at Berne and *w - o • at Geneva. Postmaster Graham stated he ! had not been advised what act ion | would be taken. The consolidation j of rural routes has been going on | for a number of years. When rural , i free delivery ~was established out | of the Decatur office there were 12 , routes. Now there are only eight. j Monroe 'has two and Berne and * * (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO^

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Union Services Are Not Likely ! ilt is not likely that union church | services of till© Protestant churches j will be held in 'August, Rev. M. W. Sunderman. president of tHe Decatur Ministerial association, stated today. With the exception of the Evangelical and Baptist churches, none of the churches is’ holding evening services this summer. For several i years it was the custom of the ProIt slant churches to unite in holding ! a union service on Sunday evening \ alternating uUe places of meeting | iietween the churches. MRS.BURKHART DIED SATURDAY Mrs. Arilla Burkhart Died At County Hospital Saturday Night Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon for Mrs. Arilla Blossom Burkhart. ss>, of Kirkland township, who died at the Adrnis County Memorial Hospital Saturday night. July 22 at 9:30 o’clock. Services will be h Id at 1:30 o'clock at the Albert Beineke home in Kirkland township and at 2 o’clock at the Zion Reformed Church, with the Rev. Charles A. Prugh officiating. Burial will be made in the Decatur cemetery. The body was removed to the home from the W. H. Zwiek and Sons Funeral home late Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Burkhart spent practically her entire life in (Adams County with the exception of seven years during which she resided in Adrian. Michigan. She was a member of the local Reformed church. The deceased was born in Adams County August 13, 1882 a dtugfiter of Lyman and Elerla Blossom, deceased. She was united in marriage to Firhrman Burkhart, who preceded her in death. Surviving is the daughter, Rlossom Beineke, wife of Albert Beineke of Kirkland township, with whom Mrs, Burkhart made her home. A sister, Mrs. Ada Stogdill of Fort Wayne and two brothers Frank Blossom of Gerard, Ohio and Omar Blossom of Marion, also survive, together with three grandchildren, Phyllis June, Alice Ann and Jack Frederick Beineke. Mrs. John Schlatter Dies At New Haven Mrs. John Schlatter, 58, of New Haven, died at her home from diabetes Sunday night, it was learned here today. Mrs. Schlatter was formerly Lydie Gerig and was well known in this city. Local Legion Post To Elect Officers Officers of Adams post number 43 of the American Legion will be elected at the regujar meeting of tlie post at the Decatur Country club at 8 o’clock this evening. Every member of the post is urged to attend. Refreshments will be served following the meeting.

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Decatur, Indiana, Monday, July 24, 1933.

MOLLISONS HOP j ENDS IN CRASH SUNDAY NIGHT Flying Sweethearts Forced Down Only 18 Miles From Their Goal « BOTH SUFFER ONLY SLIGHT INJURIES Bridgeport, Conn., July 24— (U.R) —Jim and Amy Mollison, Great Britain's “flying sweethearts," who ended their courageous and perfect flight across the North Atlantic from Pending Sands. Wales, in a swamp, adjoining the Bridgeport airport, hope to continue on to New York today. Mechanics who examined the wreckage of their plane, however, believed it was damaged beyond j repair. The exhausted fliers were put to bed at Bridgeport hospital last ’ nlglrt after they had been treated for slight cuts and bruises Hospital authorities thought they - were in such a nervous state j afler their 29 hours in the air that it would he Impossible for them r to fly before Tuesday. But both Jim and Amy expressed the bitteri esa disappointment at not reach- - ing Floyd Bennett airport, their goal, and were determined to oon- . finite on at the earliest possible i moment. They were forced down 80 miles . short of their goal when their fuel » was exhausted. 5 1 Their huge twin motored bi--1 plane. “The Seafarer." appeared . over the Bridgeport airport at 10 , ■ o'clock last night, 29 hours after > taking off from Pending Sands, to 5 I carry Britain's most famous fliers on their “greatest adventure." Sunday it raced down the North Atlantic coast, after successfully negotiating the treacherous eastwest Atlantic crossing. At Floyd Bennett field. New York. 20,000 ' people waited. The plane circled the field. Tiny Tasker, his maniger. thought the pilot was about to land with the I wind, a procedure disastrous oil a field so small. Fred Moeller, Northeastern Air service pilot, hastily went aloft, then landed against the wind. The example , ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦••♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ 1 i (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) 1 : o Retail Merchants Will Meet Friday > A meeting of retail merchants s will he held at the Chamber of I Commerce rooms Friday afternoon I at two o'clock. James Elberson, pre- . sident of the Chamlier of Com--1 merce urge all business men to at- ’ tend the meeting as matters of im- • portince and of Interest to a!) will I | come up for action. r I■— O •*■ l '■ ' ■ BADLY BURNED j BODY IS FOUND Body of Murder Victim Found Near Cook Remains Unidentified Crown Point. Ind., July 24.—(U.R) —Chief Deputy Sheriff Carroll Holley and a detail left hurriedly for . an announced destination "today after receiving a telephone call in , connection with the finding of a man's partially burned body in a hay field near Cook last Saturday. “We expect to know the identity of the victim within a few hours,” Holley said. “We believe the case is a triangle killing and not a gant slaying.’’ While the chief deputy refused to elaborate his statement, the theory was strengthened by the discovery near the partially burned trunk in which the victim was found a pair of woman’s gloves. Lowell, Ind.. July 24. — (U.R) —Efforts to identify the badly burned body of a murder victim found in a kerosene-soaked trunk Saturday continued today with little apparent progress. ; The charred remains were burned almost beyond recognition but . it was determined the body w-s that of a man about 24. some 5 feet - 6 Inches tall and black-haired. He has been shot in the back of the head, stripped lo his underwear, wrapped in a blanket and then ! placed in the trunk. After saturat(CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)

j County Council To Meet Wednesday The -counly council will meet in special session Wednesd .y for the purpose of eoiisld ring requests for ' several additional appropriations. It also will he the duty of the 1 1 ouncil to select one of Its memI bers to serve on th? County Tax ' Adjustment board, which will con 1 vene nexl l>, tober. The other seven | members of the tax -Ixianl will be .'named hv Judge II VI DeVqss of If J t G Y S '-/’*•* * ' tile Attains Circuit court. GOOD RAINFALL OVER WEEK-END 'Showers Sunday And Today Brins Relief From Heat, Aid Crops The prayers and supplications of a sweltering people were answered with rain Sunday afternoon and night, showers continuing early this morning. The rain not only brought distinct relief from the heat but was of great benefit to crops. | The tale afternoon shower was accompanied by a high wind and lightning and some damage was reported to telephone and electric line wires. ,| Awnings in front of the Settler cigar store and the Center ice cream office were torn down by the high wind. Branches of trees were blown down on North Seci ond street. M. J. Mylott, superintendent of the City Light plant and a crew . of men were busy today repairing ! the damage to electric lines in the i north part of the city. Charles . Heare. superintendent of the Citi- , zens Telephone Company reported . damage to telephone wires on . North Second street and a wet 1 ICONTINUED ON PAGE TWO* MARTIN H, BARE DEATH'S VICTIM Aired Man Dies At Home Os Daughter In Decatur Early Today Martin H. Bare, 74. father of Mrs. Rufus A. Stuckey of 726 North Second street, died at 2:30 o clock Monday morning following an extended illness. Death was due to a stroke of paralysis. Mr. Bare had been ill for the list two years and had been bedfast sine - the death of h:s wife last September. The deceased was born in Rockcreek township. Huntington county, March 27, 1859. a son of George and Catherine Hoover Bare- He was united in marriage to Cora Zell who preceded him in death on September 13, 1932. Mr. Bare had been retired for title last six years. He was a member of the Knights of Pythias lodge and of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Surviving is the daughter Mrs. Stuckey, with whom he had mad? Ills home, and three sisters: Clara B. Dill of Kalamazoo. Michigan: Barbara Bare and Malinda Bekman ! of Lancaster township, Huntington county. Seven brothers and sisters are deceased. Funeral services will be held Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock at th? home on North Second street with Rev. C. P. Gibbs, pastor of the j local Methodist church officiating. Burial will be made In the I«aneaster cemetery, 10 miles south of Huntington, The body will be removed to the home from the Yager Brothers Funeral parlors Tuesd iy morning. Farm Club Boys To Visit Purdue Rev. F. L. Engle of Union Chapel will accompany a group of 12 boys to Purdue University, Tuesday where they will visit until Wednesday. The boys are members of the Washington Township Farm Club. They are. Arthur Poling, ' Harold Hitchcock, Marion Jackson, Dale Fuhrman, Robert Funrman, Robert Maloney, David Wynn, Clarence Miller, Junior Drake. Donald Drake. James Moses and Richard Moses. Contributions were given by several local citizens so that the boys could buy gas and make the trip. Rev. Engle promoted the trip as ju educational movement in the interest of the boys.

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EXPECT HEAVY MONEY DEMAND I BY KIDNAPERS Multi-Millionaire Oil Man Held By Kidnapers In Oklahoma KIDNAPING DONE SATURDAY NIGHT Oklahoma City, July 24 —<U.F:> —-1 , Kidnapers were expected to demaud a prince’s ransom today lor the release of Charles F. Urschal, multi-millionaire in his own right . and the trustee of an estate estimated at upward of $40,000,000. Mrs. Urschel, widow of T. B. Slick, “king of the oil wildcatters" ' and her advisers gave department of justice agents free reip in handling the case. They sought to allay her anxiety by saying it was improbable word would be received from the kidnapers before today, possibly later. The six-foot two-inch 40-year-old oil man was seized Saturday night by two kidnapers who “looked like Italians:” They rushed the sunporch of the Urschel home where a bridge game was In progress, flourished machine guns and spir-' Bed away two victims. ' The second was Walter R. Jarretl, himself a wealthy oil man. who was released an hour later within a few miles of the Urschel ! home. The only formal statement from the family or officials since the! i abduction was at a press eonfer- ' eiice last night. E. E. Kirkpatrick 1 of Tulsa, intimate friend and business associate of Urschel. acted 1 as spokesman and announcedd: 1 ■ “Absolutely no word of any kind - has been received from the kidi napers. We are not expecting any ! yet. "Perhaps no word will come | until Tuesday.” Mrs. Urschel, sister of the first j wife of her husband, was bearing I up well under the ordeal. Only intimate associates of the family (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) o Pleasant Mills Scouts Will Meet Harry Troutner, scoutmaster of the Pleasant Mills troop announced , there will be a meeting of the parents and all those interested in scouting at the Pleasant Mills M. E. church, Tuesday night at 8 o’clock. The purpose of the meeting is to acquaint the public with the scout movement. Lowell Smith of Decatur is to be the principal speaker. Anthony Wayne Area officials will also be present. Fifte?n boys have ignified their intentions to become scouts and a charter will be obtained „s ■ soon as possible. GRIP OF HEAT WAVE BROKEN Rain Over State Breaks Wave; Nine Die In Indiana Over Week-end Indianapolis. July 24. —(U.R) —Rain today broke the grip of a mid-sum-; mer drought and heat wave which I claimed nine lives in Indiana over the week-end and threatened deI struction of farm and garden crops, j The rainfall was scattered about the state and wherever it fell, farmers received it gratefully. Yield of oats and wheat already had j suffered from the continued drought and heat. Corn crops are seriously endangered and many grdens , j have been "burned out." Os those who perished during tlfe | past 48 hours, eight were drowned 1 while attempting to find relief from the 100 degree temperatures. John Short, 79, Bedford farmer, ! dropped dead from a heart attack brought on by t lie heat. Two Illinois brothers, Joseph Koubeck, Jr., 21, and Oldiich Koubeck, 18, drowned in Fish lake near LaPorte. Oldrich went under when j he attempted to save his brother who had been seized with cramps. Their bodies were recovered in 18 feet of water. At Winamac, Stella Hatfield drowned in an unsuccessful but heroic effort to save her brother, Willard, 32, from Tippecanoe river. Willard's body was recovered. A mill pond near Terre Haute claimed the life of John Dean, 7, (CONTINUED* ON*PAGE *TVVO)*~ '

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Around The World a. . a—. Wiley Post, daring flier, set a new record for an around the world flight when he landed his plane at New York at midnight Saturday. His was the first around the world fligh ever accomplished by o:ie man. Post beat the previous record by nearly a full day. REPORT THEFT” OF MAIL HERE No Losses Have Been Reported To Postmaster Graham Here Postmaster L. A. Graham has received a letter from Earl K. Jones, postoffice inspector, informing him that -? man by the name of Thoma 3 A. Collins. 3353 Calumet A\'e., Chicago. was being held at the county jail in Peoria. Ilk. after confessing the theft of four letters from a mail box of an Insurance company ofj fice near the court house in Decatur. Mr. Graham made inquiry of sev--1 eral insurance agents and was unable to obtain any information. No one reported a loss of letters to him. According to the postoffice inspei tor, Collins said he took the four letters, destroying tlirefe of them somewhere between Decatur and Berne. The fourth letter contiineded a check or voucher payable to Peter Bailey for $8.98 or a similar amount, which Collins is supposed to have cashed at Herne. The letter st ted that Collins was a dope addict and had been in.arcerated in the Michigan City penitentiary severtl times, breaking his parole four times. His prison number was 9609. The inspector inquired if the man should be held and Postmaster Graham, unable to obtain information about the supposed theft, was unable to order his arrest. The case will be investigated further by postal authorities. Hearing On Lower Rates Continued ilndianapolis, and., July 24—(UP) —Hearing on the public service commission's attempts to obtain lower electric rates in the south system of the Public Service company of Indiana was continued today until 10 A. M. July 2. Neither the commission nor the utility was ready to proceed when the hearing was caller! tlii-s morning. It is understood that the utility is preparing a schedule of voluntary rate reductions. Commits Suicide Portland, Ind., July 24 —(UP) — While his 7-year-old daughter watched him, Luke Nichols, 42, Portland, committed suicide by drinking poison. o : Today’s Scores NATIONAL LEAGUE No games sheduled. AMERICAN LEAGUE First Game Washington 030 200 000—5 11 1 Philadelphia 000 !00 100—2 4 2 Burke and Berg; Grove and Cochrane. Second Game Washington 013 020 Philadelphia 001 000 Crowder and Sewell; Earnshaw and Cochrane. Only games scheduled. 1 Courtesy City Confectionery.

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!ROBBER SLAYS POLICEMAN AND IS BA9LY HURT Bandit Puts Up Gun Battle In Court, Endangering Hundreds ROBBER’S TRIAL WAS CONTINUED Chicago, July 21 U.R) A hank robber (lodged a bailih leading him out of criminal court today, whipped a pistol into play, shot and killed ti policeman an <1 endangered the lives of a score with wild shots before being felled bv another policeman s fire. The shooting broke out in Judge Charles Mathrops coup: room and continued dowu corridors of the new $7,000,000 criminal courts building. Hundreds heard the shot and saw ; some phase of the wild scene. J The judge had just set over until the September ierm the bank robbery case of John Seheek and three alleged accomplices. They were charged with robbing the bank at Niles, Illinois two months , escaping with more than $2,000. ago. fatally wounding a teller and Bailiff John Kavanaugh eseort- . ed the quartet out of the courtroom in"o the lockup. Scheck ! suddenly produced the pistol. He forced Kavanaugh to drop to the floor, then dashed back into the ' courtroom. Policeman John G. Sebick who ran to i,: ereept the fugitive, fell ; with a bullet through his heart. Then Scheck wheeled and rain1, ed shots over the courtroom. : Judge Mathrop. prosecutors, attor- ' neys and spectators ducked for cover. None was hit. Out the door, through the corridor. and then down a stairway to ' 1 the next floor Scheck ran. On a second floor corridor he encou.it- * ered Assistant State's Attorney ' Charles Daugherty. Scheck thrust his gun against the assistant prosecutor’s temple and pulled the trigger. A click of an empty shell was heard. 'j A bullet from a gun in’she hand of a state's attorney's policeman felled him. He was rushed* to a hospital in a critical co.idition. Tw o Adams County Students Honored Lafayette. July 24 (Specitil)— John A. Bilderback, Decatur, and Wilbur H. Fricke. freshman, were among 427 students at Purdue University gaining i place on honor roil the past semester. Besides the scholastic honor, each person who attains the rank has certain fees totaling S3O remitted. BURL DUDJEON DIES SUNDAY Former Craigville Man Sutlers Heart Attack While Swimming Bluffton. July 24 (Special) — Burl Dudjeon. 40, a farmer of northeast of Uniondale. died of a heart attack while swimming in Psi lota Xi pool, the municipal swimming place in the south part j of the city, Sunday afternoon. Dudjeon with, four other men of near Uniondale, Lawrence Shive--1 lv. Ora Williamson, Daniel Bryan and A1 Williamson, had come here to swim. Dudieon's companions i decided to swim out to a raft in ■ deep water. Dudjeon said that he , would stay along the wire which • marks the safety limit because his heart was troubling him. He had been subject to heart attacks. The four others swam to the raft and after a while noticed that j Dudjeon had disappeared. They concluded that he hecimp ill and j went into the dressing house Later "hey found his clothes still I in the locker. A search was begin , immediately and swimmers about I the place began divi.ig for th--body. It was recovered by Woodvow Neff. 24. of this city, near the I wire. The city's resuseitator. manned „ by firemen, was called, but was jof 1.0 avail. Physicians said Du 1j jeon died of a heart attack. Very ] little water was found in his lungs. • ••*♦♦•• ♦♦ • ♦♦ * •« (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE)