Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 31, Number 192, Decatur, Adams County, 15 August 1933 — Page 1

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ItIEAW lIjCNITiON |H REGIME ■Recognition of New ■ban Government ■] s Predicted Kna Aug. 1 • <UR) “ \niki" i<l ii Sllin■jL'xvbo iiilurineil the corps that lie had Kions to csl.ibhsh olh"ith the De eoverniiHUl. I li , is ■ the w:iv tor early M o'. 1 ' ■tion born regime, it |K ir:lr il on reLilil' milli- ■ AE erean i Claxtwo a *d 't l * 1 I. -ti'.mied away titan 24 in Ha ‘ ' K|K i . miser ■ at -If entrance to K tj,. An • ' <U-strpyer was in i If harbor. H. I'ramp at in 11'11 i> an eflifits, capable i . """ horse(r ..ittf nt is ■ threenigh: Spanish em|K . itanif of -I !':■ - • arned from that Welles .: ■ ■ ordered ia’ions with CarDe Cesp. .|. - them was underthat government ■ well established. :::■;■ to have said ' sent here ■ ' new if it needed them. iltoin. i through the it tied to their ■k :< and the city Mrdlr presets.-i an inereasM norma! aspect as Welles jjF world powers to give the ■espel- gi>vei-.nient a dipioMrote of confidence. ■ Porrista hunt continued. Mt tile lire:,(l, (I Machado gunMat least, were killed ia the Ml yesterday, sixteen more Mimprtfifd and Machadiste M who had in- urred popular ■fINPED ON’page FIVE) M — — Morßand Members mill Meet Wednesday ■members of the Junior Band Rested to m et at the high I auditorium promptly at 7:30 1 Wednesday evening far ! re. Dave Rice, director, an- i *1 today The band will play it-H Club show and also at werleaf Creamery fair at Igtou. HIES BURDS WD MEMBER •I Man Is Chosen Ditar to Succeed The J. S. Peterson , "■les Burdg of this city has elected a member of the state I of directors of the Traveler’s tiive Association, succeeding te John S. Peterson who had | "o a number of years in that Cl b. Mr. Burdg Jias worked 01 years and was elected local p y following the death of wterson. The official notice selection as a member of the ’board came to H. R. Moltz, 1 6 >it of Post X and reed as fol-1 ?' ana Polis, August 14- At a 7 . meptin ß of the State Board I J c tors of the 'lndiana division, ■ of rm. 14 August 12 " thp ma <- i i»S the vacancy on the e| ' ‘ r “" sed by the death 0{ Johll wus discussed. On mo-1 k) „, r ' y ’bonded and carried,! of pA°v ted tl,e recon, n>enda- ' urdg'l’ nd *>** ed Charles he the unex Pi>'ed term . CaUMd ’ by Mr ' Peter ‘ u Stevens, Sec’y-Treas.

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Mrs. Carl Pumphrey Injured During Fall Mrs. C. Pumphrey, 337 South Third street, suffered a lacerated scalp and was considerably bruised when she fell from a step ladder at 10 o'clock this morning while working at her home. Mrs. Pumphrey fell about five feet to the floor and was unconscious tor some time. She regained consciousness and was reported to be resting well this after noon. DRAUGHT BEER FOR A NICKEL Local Dealers Announce Tap Brew Will Be Sold For Five Cents Decatur went on a nickel beer code today, the 3.2 beverage from the keg going on sale at a few places after nine o'clock this morning and by late afternoon others had completed the job of hooking up coils, cooling the foamy amber fluid and dispensing it from the spigot. Dealers were selling what they called a seven or eight ounce glass of beer for a nickel. The big 12 ounce steins sold for a dime. The Fred .Mutschler Distribut ! g company, county wholesalers of alcoholic beverages, received shipments of beer from Fort Wayne and Milwaukee. Rerghoff. Schlitz and Blue Ribbon were the brands of keg beer available in Decatur today. Plumbers and carpenters were busy yesterday and joday installing equipment and puttlug the finishing touches to the beer dispensing paraphernalia in restaur*7r<rs* NI'ED ON PAGE FIVE) MAN BELIEVED MURDER VICTIM Divorced Wife of Industrial Executive Questioned In Death Rockford. 111., Aug. 15. —(U.R)-The divorced wife of an industrial executive was questioned by authorities today as they sought to substantiate a theory that the husband was the victim of a torch murder plot. From Mrs. May Hanson police said they had learned she purchased gasoline three hours before her former husband's charred body was found beside his flaming automobile in the lune leading to her home. In a field nearby a porcelain bowl and a box of matches were secluded under bushes. Mrs. Hanson admitted she owned these. Earl Hanson. 42. executive of the ! Ingersoll Milling Machine Company, was burned to death a few moments after he had returned his daughter. June, 12. to her mothers care. Since the Hansons were divorced last year the father has I been permitted to see the girl only > on specified days. Hanson was driving away from his former wife's house when his ■ car suddenly was enveloped in flames. His b >dy was seared beI yond recognition before he could ■ *"cONTTNUED ON PAGE EIGHT O' Lindberghs Start New Flight Today Angmag.ssalik. Greenland Aug. 15 I —(UP)—CoI. and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh started their flight to Reykjaviak at 2:20 p. m. today con- ' tinning their exploration of northern air lines. The weather was reported good. o Community Chorus Will Sing At Berne The Berne Community Chorus, numbering about 75 voices, will ' give a concert of a capella choir I and instrumental music at Leh- ! man's Park in Berne, Sunday afteri noon, lA,ugust 20, at 3 o'clock. The j chorus is composed largely of mem--1 bers of the choruses which wou I honors in the Chicagoland music ! festivals of 1931 and 1932. Verdi L. Reusser. a student at the Westminster Choir school at Princeton, N. J., will direct the choir. No admission will be charged but an offering will be taken to defray expenses.

State, Natleaal Aa4 lateraatioaai News

1 Table Os Tax Valuations In County 1

The following table glvi s the real I estate aud Improvement valuations, personal property valuation, the state's assessment of utilities, the i mortgage exemptions and net val- 1 nations In each township for 1933. ■

Real and State Mortgage Valuations Valuations Taxing Unit Imp- Personal Assessments Exemptions 1933 1932 Blue Creek $ 781,285 $ 92.665 $ 75,771.76 $ 82,620 $ 867,101.76 $ 917,205 I French . 855.670 130,390 77.581.12 61.950 1.001.691.12 1,081,494 Hartford . 933.840 124,680 32.309.50 69.220 1.021.609.50 1.106.457 Jefferson . 859.560 104.800 15,110.00 87.300 892.170.ii0 914.378 ■ Kirkland 902.515 112 270 190.355.20 66.650 1,138.490.20 1.224.948 Monroe 1,405.080 » 204,160 282.961.12 152,370 1,739,831.12 1,947,082 ] Preble 932,640 196.750 491,079.92 60.160 1.560,309.92 1,785.914 Root 1.281,795 157.700 294.330.91 92,100 1,641,725.91 1.779.839 St. Marys 784.882 75.710 592.696.31 69,400 1,383,888.31 1,493,416 Union 881,540 102,970 9,038.00 86.590 906*958.00 927.863 Wabash . 1.069.746 154.920 160,486.80 92.840 1.292,312.80 1,396,276 I Washington 1,365,583 169,120 744.164.27 97.730 2,181,137.27 2.323.685 » Berne. Corp. 1,030,140 433 440 95.650.30 110,520 1,448,710.30 1,864,366 - Decatur, Root ... 111,480 82,990 3.460.00 560 197.370.00 217,048 | ' Decatur, Washington 3.229.630 697.970 420,638.65 250.165 4.098.073.65 4.521.445 < Geneva, Corp. 280,310 131,140 61.650.47 29.590 443.510.47 539,244 Monroe Corp., Monroe ... 94,080 39,205 15,528.04 8.450 158,243.04 189,216 Total $16,814,826 $3,013,710 $3,562,812.00 $1,418,215 $21,973,133.37 $24,229,876 t ——• it

STELLA BRAUN DIESTODAY Local Woman Dies This Morning After An Extended Illness Miss Stella Braun. 37. lifelong resident of Adams county, died at her home at 604 Nuttman avenue. Tuesday morning at 10:30 o'clock following an extended illness. Death was due to complications. ! Miss Braun had been ill for a year and had been bedfast for the last • eight months. She was a member of the St. I Mary’s Catholic church, the St.! Agnes Sodality. Third Order of St. Francis, and the Catholic Ladies of Columbia. She had been employed as a telephone operator at j the Citizens Telephone comjfany for eight years. Miss Braun was born south of Decatur October 9. 1895. a daughter of George and Johanna Braun. Her fa'her preceded her in death in 1919. Surviving are the mother, one brother. Frank R. Braun of west of Decatur: one sister. Sister Ambrosine of South Bend, and a foster sister. Mrs. William Hammer of Massillon. Ohio. Sister Ambrosine took her life vows in the Holy Cross Sisterhood at Notre Dame today. Services were held in the chapel at the Motherhouse. Sister Ambrosine will arrive here sometime Wednesday to attend her sister's funeral. The body will be removed to •he home on Nuttman Avenue Wednesday morning from the W. H Zwick a d Son Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held L Friday morning at 9 o’clock at the . Ist. Mary's Catholic Church with *he Rev. Father Joseph Seime'z ,! officiating. Burial will be made ! in the Catholic cemetery. START STRIKE IN NEW YORK 2,500 Dress Industry Workers Protest Contract Labor System New York, Aug. 15—<U.R>—The j first major industrial conflict . since President Roosevelt's noni strike agreement broke out today . I when 2.500 workers fn one divi-1 ' I sion of the dress industry walked out as the forerunner of a strike ; ' of 55,000 to 60.000 members of the dress and waist makers union and international ladies garment. ! union set for tomorrow. The walkout, in protest against the contract labor system, and sweatshops, will provide the first • test for the NRA mediation committee here. Tonight strike leaders will meet I to draw up plans for picketing ■ 3,800 shops in New York. New Jersey and Connecticut, and members of an employer group, the , United Association of Dressmaking manufacturers, will meet to . : consider the walkout. Another employer group of the industry, the Dress Manufacturers National Association has voted to I accept the blanket code effective August 21. But Julius Hochman, ! * i president of the joint union board I asserted that employers merely ON PAGE EIGHT

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Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, August 15, 1933.

The valuations for 1932 appear in ■ the last column The net valuations this year total $21,973,133.37. compared with $24,229,876.00, last year, 1 ’ a decrease of $2.25'6,743.00. The de- ■ i crease In valuations came from the I

Solicit Funds For Police Radio System Sheriff Burl Johnson and Isadore Bernstein are making a campaign to raise the S6OO assessment foriAdamms county to establish the state wide police radio system. Under this system news of hold ups, robberies and other crimes wi'l be re-. ceived over short wave radio sets | and the officers here will be notifi- j ed immediately after a crime has I he m committed. The new plan is ; in charge of Al Feeney and is being I supported by the banks, filling stations and merchants in every county in the stat?. At noon today more t'han a hundred dollars had been subscribed and the campaign will continue until i the entire amount is at hand. It is j believed this system, once inaugur-1 1 ated. will bo far toward checking ' the crime wave in Indiana. GUARD AGAINST PRICE GOUGING NRA Consumers Advis-i ory Board Will Protect Buying Public Washington, Aug. 15 — (U.R) — j Strengthened protection of the pu l l ■ against price gouging was predicted today as a result of the NRA internal dispute which led to resignation of Dr. William F. Ogburn, University of Chicago economist, from the consumers advisory board. The incident is not ended and fresh sensations may be expected. ■ It appeared likely that a complete reorganization of the NRA’s consumer protective agencies would be necessary. Development of an adequate re- j porting service to keen an accurate check on the relation of prices to purchasing power was one of j the reforms expected to result , * - 7conhnuef> ON PAGE FIVE) Ohio State Road 17 Will Be Improved Approval has been given to pave four miles of Ohio state road I'7, * ’ (U. S. road 224) west of Van Wert. 1 The project will be financed through the National Recovery highway de-1 partment. the Ohio officials stated, j The cost is estimated at $96,090. ' Road Numiber .17 connects with , Indiana state road 16 at the Adams i ■ County line.

Big Shopping Week Here

This is the 'big shopping week in Decatur. Beginning Thursday the "AROUND the TOWN SALES” open at a number of local stores and seasonable merchandise is being offered at attractive puces. With the price tendency upward in all merchandise lines local merchants are sacrificing profits in order to give the shoppers of this I community real bargain treats for j the next three days. Visitors to the County 4-H Club fair which will be held at Bellmont park, Thursday, Friday and Saturday are urged to visit the shopping district as soon as they have viewed the exhibits and then do their ' buying. Man bargains and specials for I the week-end appear in today's issue of the Daily Democrat. More will be published Wednesday. Thursday and Friday and shoppers are invited to first read t'iie host

■ lower ass ssment on personal property, the omitting of Intangible* from the tax schedules this year. I conforming to the new state law and t'.te lower assessm tits on utlliI ties made by the state.

TROOPS GUARD JAILED NEGRO: 1 i 1 Alabama Jail Guarded by i National Guards To t Protect Negro $ ‘ i Tuscaloosa. Ala.. Aug. 1* —(UP) ( —A company of the Alabama Na- j tional Guard surrounded the county ( jail today to protect th- negro vic- ‘ j tim of a bungled lynching. Threats ( were circulated that a mob would ; storm the jail. The negro was Elmore Clark. 28, taken from the sheriff S iturday night with Dan Pippen. Jr.. 18. and A. T. Harden. 16. also negroes. | Bodies of Pippen and Harden were found riddled with bullets in a J toadside ditch early Sunday. i Clark was found in a shanty last night. He was in serious cohtfltion ■ | from two bullet wounds Authorities believed the mob had left him be j side Pippen and Harden thinking I he was dead and that he freed himself from a handcuff and crawled I to the shanty. I The Tuscaloosa company of the i National Guard was ordered mobiiized by Governor B. M. Miller at 1 th? request of County Judge H. B. I Foster. 1 T.ie three negroes were charged with the murder of Vaudine Maddox, 18. white. When they were arraigned. attorneys for the International Labor defense sought to serve as counsel, but were disqualified by Judge Foster. The attorneys i were threatened by a mob and authorities, fearing for the negroes' safety, ordered th? prisoners trans1 ferred to the stronger Birmingham jail Saturday. Enroute to Birminghab the sheriff was waylaid by a i mob t'.iat seized the thr?e negroes, i o Barber Code Changed To Forty-Eight Hours A code for barbsis, approved by General Johnson of the NRA.. provides f iat owners of shops and barbers employed therein can work 48 I hours a week. The former schedule 1 was 40 hours per week. The ode also applies to beauty shops and ■ beauticians, the maximum hours 1 permitted being 48 hours per week and no person under 16 years of ! age can be employed. ! Local barbers and beauty shop ' proprietors will comply with the I cod?, extending their hours of ser- . vice to eight hours a day or 48 i hours a week.

of bargains, then start out on the shopping tour, joining the TREASURE HUNT Saturday afternoon and night. Free Gifts will be distributed by the merchants. Pick yours. The following advertisements appear in today's paper: E. F. Gass Page 3 ! Teeple and Peterson Page 3 1 i Frickles Place Page 3 ! Coal Merchants Page 3 j i Morris 5 & 10c Store Page 4 Niblick and Co Page 4 Krogers Page 5 LankeJaus ... ~ Page 5 Economy Store Page 5 Decatur Produce Co Page 5 Schafer Store Page 6 Adams Theatre Page 7 Cort Theatre Page 7 Nichols Shoe Store Page 7 Holthoust Schulte Co Page 7 Elberson Service Station . Page 8 S. E. Black Page 8

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VALUATION OF PROPERTY IN COUNTY LOWER j Decrease of Over Two ■I Million Dollars In Taxable Property Shown , HIGHER RATES MAY BE LEVIED The valuation of all taxable property in Adams County this year is 1 $21,973,133 37, compared with $24. 229,876.00 in 1932, as shown by figures compiled by County Auditor Glen Cowan. This is a decrease of $2,256,743.00 About SBOO,OOO of the drop in valuations is accounted for in the state's assessments of utilities etc., the remainder being the lower assess- ' menta of personal property and the omission of intangibles from the tax list this year. The figures compiled by Auditor Cowan will be used in figuring th“ I tax levies in the various taxing units for next year. The decreased valuations mean higher rates, assuming that budgets remain the same. The taxable valuation of real estate and improvements is listed at $16,814,826. Last year it was $16,776.891. The increase is due to listing of omitted property and the correction of errors found this year. Real estate was not assessed this year. Personal property is assessed at $3.013, 710.00. compared with $4,573.250. Tae state's assessment thia year is $3.562.812.00, compared with $4,362,258.00. Mortgage exemptions decreased this year. The total is $1,418,215.00. Last year they were listed at sl.482,523.00. The mortgage exempt(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o I WILL PROTECT WHEAT GROWERS Secretary Wallace Says U. S. May Make “Subsized Exports” Washington. Aug. 15. —(U.R) —Secretary of Agriculture Wallace today announced that if world wheat producing nations refuse to cooperate further in reducing crops the United States will make "subsidized exports." “I don't like to use the word dumping,'' said Wallace, "and I think subsidized exports describes it the best." He made the announcement after a conference with Henry Morgenthau. Sr., United States delegate to the international wheat conference and G. C. Haas, chief economist of the farm credit administration. Morgenthau reported that satisfactory agreements were worked out with the Danubian exporters and that the Russians indicated a cooperative spirit but that of all the importing countries only Great Britain and Austria showed any genuine willingness to help solve the problem of world wheat over production. “If the other exporters will not cooperate.” said Wallace, "we forON PAGE EIGHT O IMPROVE ROADS BY LABOR DAY State Highway Department Orders Improvements Made at Once Ora Baker, district superintendent for the state highway commission, announced toda that work will start Wednesday on getting ! roads into first class condition. 1 State road department heads have ’ issued orders that every road must ; i be improved by Labor Day. The improvement will include the painting of fences, bridg s and posts, cutting of weeds, grading of macadam highways and improving berms. The state department is also asking cities to cooperate by seeing ■that all streets over w'hich state highways are routed, are put in good condition this month, as the state department cannot do this work in cities of more than 3,5(W : population.

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Miss Jessie Shields ' Leaves Hospital Today Miss Jesse Shields of Gr-ensboro , North Carolina, who has been a patient at the Adams County Memorial Hospital here for the last six weeks left for her home at 4 o'clock She suffered a fractured pelvis in an automobile accident which oc- j cured north of Decatur on state road 27 on Monday. July 3. as she and a party of young people from North Carolina were enroute to Chicago to attend the world's fair. The driver of the automobile was ; killed instantly. Miss Shield s condition has im- [ proved greatly and sUte was able to walk short distances about the hos- I pital today. o SEEK RELEASE OF AL CAPONE FOR NEW TRI AL Illinois Authorities Wish To Try Gangster For Racketeering INDICTED BY CHICAGO JURY Chicago, Aug. 15.— (U.R) —A writ of habeas corpus of prosecution was issued today for Alphonse (Scarface Al) Capone, now serving a sentence in the federal prison at Atlanta. The writ was granted by Chief Justice John Prystalski of the criminal court here and was made returnable Aug. 29. The state of Illinois thus won its first legal skirmish in an attempt to return Capone here to face charges of racketeeri ing. Under terms of the writ Capone either must be returned here August 29 or the government must be prepared to defend its refusal to nive up the prisoner. The writ will fee served on the warden of the prison who in turn will seek counsel from Attorney General Cummings. Chicago. Aug. 15. — (U.R) The state of Illinois asked the Federal government today to release Alphone (Scarface Al) Capone from the penitentiary at Atlanta so he can be returned here for additional prosecution. The gang leader, whose original conviction on charges of income tax evasion, signalized a major victory for the forces of law. would be returned to the scenes of his gang atrocities to face charges of CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT To Hunt Chicken Killing Foxes Bluffton, Ind.. Aug. 15—(UP)— A hunt for foxes that have been ■killing chickens in this vicinity is scheduled for tomorrow. Five of j the animals have been seen. A total of 300 fowls have been carried away from the John Graham farm alone in the past few weeks. Hoyt Hartman, Bluffton. Who will be captain, .said he bad oliatioed permission from the state conservation department to conduct tlie hunt. t o ' Today’s Scores NATIONAL LEAGUE Chicago 000 100 000—1 10 0 Boston 010 000 001 —2 5 3 Bush and Hartnett; Canwell and Spohrer. St. Louis 100 002 002—5 11 1 Philadelphia 000 000 100—1 6 2 Hallahan and Wilson; Hansen and Davis. Only game:, scheduled. AMERICAN LEAGUE Washington 000 003 02 Chicago 010 000 00 Crowder and Sewell; Jones and Berry. Philadelphia 203 100 02 Cleveland 002 120 00 Grove and Cochrane; Ferrell and Spencer. Boston . 001 000 0 Detroit 101 001 0 Johnson and Ferrell; Marberry and Hayworth. New York 000 St. Louis 000 Allen and Dickey; Knott and I Shea. I Courtesy City Confectionery.

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TWO SUSPECTS ARE HUNTED BY CHICAGO COPS Airline Planes Supply Clue For Arrest of Oklahoma Suspects FOUR MINNEAPOLIS MEN AKE ARRESTED Chicago, Aug. I.' <U.P) — Airplanes, automobile squad cars and police on foot were mobilized today in a huge manhunt understood to be directed at two kidnap sus- ' (Ireat secrecv surrounded the police expedition at the outset. Forty-three squads of officers made Westchester, a suburb, the focal point of their attack. They moved behind a veil of secrecy and with great speed. The two suspects were reported to have been located and pursued in an automobile. One was believed wounded as they abandoned the car and sought refuge in a wooded section. Heard Planes Dallas. Tex.. Aug. 15— (U.R> — Airline planes which passed twice daily over the farmhouse where Charles Urschel was by kidnapers. supplied the which led to the arrest of Harvey Bailev and solution of the crime, it was revealed today. Bound and partiallv blinded bv sane, the oil millionaire heard planes pass twice a dav over the nlace. On a Sundav one nlane . did :mt nass. Depar'nunt of justice agents checking logs of American Airwavs pilots found j that a pilot had detoured that day because of bad weather. A study of the schedule and a map enabled the investigators to fix the location of the kidnapers’ hideout in an area 85 miles northwest of here. Using binoculars they picked out the house from a" airplane. With Urschel accomnanyine them agents then descended on the nlace before dawn and captured Bailey, leader of the Decoration Day Kansas prison break and sought in connection with the Kansas City Union (Station massacre. He was arrested without resistance alone with the occupants of the farmhouse. Four were held. fmvriVT’rn nv o Former Counfv Pcs’denf Dead John D. Yager. 56. of Rellertm. Ohio, a former resident of Adams County and a brother of Mrs. Fred Bender of Pleasant Mills, died at his home Sunday evening at 9 ! o’clock of apoplexy. Surviving are the widow, one son. Daniel D. Yag r of Clyde. Ohio, and a sister, Mrs. Bender of Pleasant Mills. Mr Yager was born in lAdams County and llv«d here until a young man. He was an employe of the Nickel Plate railroad. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at Bellevue. Ohio. TO INVESTIGATE ALL COMPANIES Over 200 Complaints On NRA Code Signers Sent To Washington Indianapolis. Aug. 15. (U.R) — Full details on more than 200 complaints of non-compliance by NRA code signers were forwarded to the national recovery council today by Francis Wells, department of commerce representative in Indiana. Wells said he had been notified al! complaints should be relayed through his office to the national council. Most of the complaints received have come from employes, I he said. Copies of the reports sent to Washington also were referred to the Indianapolis recovery council, , for investigation by that body. Charles W. Chase, "general" of the Indianapolis recovery army, returning from Washington after a week-end of conferences, said he believed most cases on no-compIf-♦"(CONTINUED*ON PAGE FIVE) *