Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 31, Number 193, Decatur, Adams County, 16 August 1933 — Page 1

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SjNH AGENT JES EVENTS -Ihay show IS [■ — ■sCount) Show Will \t Bellmont Park Morning ■j FLIGHTS ■ toBE I EATI RE ■ official program of ■ forth'' coimlv 111 ■m at Bvllniont I ark, ■ Decatur. I hursdav, ■ and Saturday. was t<>d:iv i'V Coimlv EMI e Xitlilm.M. uciut■innan. ■show oi'ots 1 hursdav ■„ With 'he judging "I ■j; 1)1 and Home exhibits. assembclub c.ilO'S anil Gold Tin' exhibits were r .par-<! t.'.l.ix and everyhe read-, lor the open- , fair early Thursday >gram will he b' Orin Welch of —• famuli' > nnt aviator ■jder flights bv Charles | ■ Ehi’isr-r David Kunkel William Smith Decatur assembled their own l'.;V' made several Stic F t recently. by club memof live stock and will feature the Friday afternoon at the Decatur Junior , provide a concert at Or. Saturday the hand cancer s at the cor-i ( ■ - and Second streets on» tt J o'clock and one at 7 o'clock. thousand visitors are. , for the show. itur Vo: intent Firemen charge of al! the concesOV PAGE TWO) n ■BOOKS FOR lIGH SCHOOLS ■t New Text Books ■II Be Used in Local I Hitfh School new books have heen hy the Slate Board of for the high school text ■ list this year. Several B- in studv books have been the fall term of school. book list will be ptih- ■ within a few days. are the changes made ■t books la.e last spring: Schoo! English." Book Canby, will replace "Our by Denny, iti the freshSchool English." Book Canby, will replace Clip■flXTEn ON page THREE) ■ ■njjeler Buys ■ Peterson Agency S. Peterson fire insurance B was sold this afternoon to ■ Engeler. who will continue from his residence at Adams street and will i a renewal of the bttsion the books as well as lines. The agency includes twenty companies writing ■’’'■ automobile and other lines ■ i! '' and county, and is one of ■West agencies tn the city. o — ■ Enliven Fair I With Stunt Flights Welch, well known Portland do stunt flying during the ■ h ”*' at Bellmont Park Friday afternoons. Thursday ■° On 'he will distribute 5,000 over the entire county. ■>' and Saturday, at I p. m., will release small para cont aining a ticket good for ■"* flight. aviator win perform stunts ■ m ' both Friday and Saturday. ■, ng the stunts, glider flights Ktl 6 , ma d p by three Decatur F'• Charles Ehlnger, David ■ “nd Clark William Smith.

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Envoy to Nicaragua / W | -jeb Cr i 1 .-TX J ji ■W' P' ■® J? JiW • ■III • Arthur Bliss Lane, who is new U. 8. Minister to Nicaragua Lane, who has had a long record in the diplomatic service, formerly was counselor to the U. S. Embassy in Mexico City. HUNTINGTON TO HOLD DAIRY DAY Cloverleaf Dairy Day Will Be Held at Huntington. August 24 Hunliqgton, Ind.. Aug. 16. —(Special*, —One of the most unusual CBiehTStfflffs held 'anywWre in the United States — Cloverleaf Dairy Day —will be held at Huntington, Thursday. August 24. the fourth great state-wide demonstration of its kind. Famous throughout the United States for the interest which it invokes in scientific dairying. dairy day will provide elaborate educational and entertainment features all in a free day’s celebration at Hier Park. Huntington. to which visitors are expected to flock from every middle-western state. Governor Pau! V. McNutt. Officials of the United States Department of Agriculture; ex-Governor Harry G. Leslie: J L Kraft, one of the outstanding leaders of the dairy Industry and president of the world's largest cheese company; state officials from dairy boards of every middle-western state will be present as guests of honor of the Chamber of Commerce of .Huntington and William A. Klepper. general manager of the Cloverleaf Creameries and originator of the idea of dairy day. Plans have been made by the hast cities of Huntington, Fort Wayne, and Decatur to take care of more than 30,000 guests on that day in Huntington. Distinguished leaders of the dairy industry from all parts of the country are to lI'ONTINUWD ON PAGE SIX) TWO KIDNAPERS ESCAPE POLICE Hundreds of Chicago Officers Make Intensive Search For Men Chicago, Aug. 16 —(UP) — Armed with machine guns, hand grenades and tear gas bombs, two squads of Federal agents, accompanied by Chicago police set out today on their second major drive against kidnapers within 24 hours. Vexed at the escape of two suspects yesterday when 300 officers were searching for them, the police turned today to the summer vacationland of Southern Wisconsin for another raid. Chicago. Aug. 16— (U.R) —Two members of a kidnaping gang who easily side-stepped the most elaborate police trap ever laid, were hunted by hundreds of chagrined officers today. Authorities had a good idea of their identity. They believed them to be members of a- kidnap * CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE)

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LABOR TROUBLE IS REPORTED IN MANY SECTIONS 60,(10(1 Garment Workers Strike In East: Others Discontented COAL OPERATORS IN CONFERENCE (By United Press) Industrial strikes and rumblings of labor discontent were reported in widely scattered parts of the United States today. In the New York area. Including New Jersey and Connecticut, about 60.04)0 garment workers walked but. demanding abolition of sweat shops and higher wages. Philadelphia reported new troubles among strikers at the Cambria hosiery mill; the adherence of 1.300 more workers to the new radio workers union strike; continuation of a strike by 4,000 cleaners and dyers; failure of mediation in the neckware workers strike and the start of a new walk out hy the fur section of the -I needle trades workers. I < From Boulder Dam the govern ; nu-nt's huge water power project, j came reports of a strike by about ] 10 per cent of the 2,500 workers ] who demanded reduction in food I charges. f I In Connecticut Bather goods workers walked out at Bridge- ■ port; a score of bootmakers struck I at Middletown and wage increases were demanded by a small group of tobacco workers at i'oquonock. All complained against wage provisions under the NRA. Held CWWtttutlomrf • Washington. Aug. 16 — (U.R) — ( Recovery Administrator Hug li Johnson called leading coal operators to a conference in Washington today in a new effort to find a basis for agreement on a code Tension increased in the fight over unionization of the coal and (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) A— — ( ARAM BUETTEL DEATH'S VICTIM Retired Merchant Tailor Dies At Decatur Home This Morning Adam Buettel. 76, retired merchant tailor and well known rest- , ’ dent of this city, died at 9 o'clock ■ Wednesday morning at his home. 317 South Third street, following ■ an extended illness. Death was due I ‘ to complications. ■ Mr. Buettel had resided in Decaj tur with his family forth? last 25 I years. Previous to that time 'he had i lived in Ohio. I He was born in Bayern. Germany on August 2, 1863. a son of Nicholas and Lois Buettel. He came to America when 18 years of age and ; settled in Tiffin, Ohio. On September 25, 1887 he was , united in marriage to Eleanor , Schelk of New Reig I. Ohio. The , widow survives, togelher with one daughter, ddella, at home. Surviving besides the widow and j daughter are two sisters, Saraphine i Kolsch and Marie Buettel of Muni den'.ieim. Bermany. Mr. Buettel was a faithful member of the St. Mary’s Catholic Chucrli and the Knights of Columbus. the Holy Name Society and the Sacred Heart League. Funeral services will be held Saturday morning at 9 o’clock from the St. Mary's Catholic Church wit'll the Rev. Father Joseph Seimetz ofi filiating. Burial will be made at New Reigel, Ohio. The body will be removed to t'he Bupttel residence Thursday morning from tlie Yager Brothers Funeral Home. Adams County To Receive $4,281 > • Indianapolis Aug. 16 — (UP) — - Counties’ shares of a $698,229 in- • tangibles tax receipts distribution ■ to be made October 15 were an- ; nounced today by tfli'e state tax ■ E j board. 1 They include Adams County $4,- ; 281, Blackford, $2,963 and Wells $4,I 454. I

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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, August 16, 1933.

Cuban Refugee * ■ k Jfe 7 -ft ♦'r : nF ' ; | ? \ W i > / f - £3 k Dr. Orestes Ferrara, former Secretary of State in the cabinet of President Machado of Cuba, pictured arriving at Miami, Fla., after fleeing Havana by plane. Ferrara barely escaped with his life, the plane in which he fled being riddled with revolutionists’ bullets. CITY VOTES 575 TO RADIO FUND City Council Favors Donation To Establish State Radio System The city of Decatur voted $75 towards the fund to establish the state police radio system in Indiana. action 'being taken by the council la.st evening. Sheriff Burl Johnson, chairman for raising the city’s quota of S6OO and il. Bernstein, chairman of the soliciting committee, appeared belore the council last night and requested that an appropriation be, m; de. Sheriff Johnson stated that the town of Geneva had pledged SSO The First State Bank of this city also donated SSO to the fund. It is estimated that the radio police system will cost about $1 'O,OOO. It will be used in broadcasting information to enforcement officers and in apprehending criminala and bandits. Sheriff Johnson has met with great success in raising the county’s quota and the movement has been enthusiastically received by individuals and firms throughout the county Many merchants and local citizens donated to the fund and Sheriff Johnson expects to have the county fund raised this week Several counties have already obtained their quotas. GOVERNMENT IN BANK BUSINESS Government May Eventually Own Large Amount Os Bank Stock Washington, Aug. 16. —(U.R>—Government ownership of a large part of the capital of the country's banking system appeared today to be a possible outcome of the administration's bank rehabilitation program. If present policies are carried to t'he limit the government eventually would own from 25 to 30 per cent of the outstanding bank stock estimated now at approximately $3,000,000,000. Jesse H. Jones, chairman of the government owned Reconstruction Finance Corporation, has indicated tlie R. F. C. stands ready to buy up ' to $1,000,000,000 worth of preferred stock to assist bank reorganizations and to help going institutions expand their capital to meet increasing business needs. Government officials point out that they do not intend to go into active public ownership or oper--1 *XcoNT*Nt*BD SlX)**

THREE NEW WELL SITES FAVORED City Council Recommends Sites For Proposed New Water Wells The water works committee of the city council recommended three favorable sites for locating the pro posed new waler wells, which the city is figuring on drilling in tlie n ar future. The sit s recommended or favored by tlie committee are: The tract of ground owned by the J F. Colchin estate, directly beck of Legion Memorial park, south of Oak str, et. i ontaining about three acres; tlielot owned by Adams County at the edge of South Winchester str et. adjoining the Hammel! property; the tract of ground owned by C. P. Bell, running parallel witli the Nickel Plate tracks, and along Grant street. The committee reporting on the sites is composed of H. M. Gillig. H. F. Linn and O. L. Vance. The committee did not report t'he price on the tracts of ground This matter will be turned over to the finance committee with power to act and it is likelv that one of the sites will be purchased or leased. Tlie city wishes to sink several wells in order to insure an adequate water supply in the future. It is the desire of the council to locate the wells in the south part of the city. (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) o Noah Schrock Is Badly Injured Noah N. Schrock of route 2. Berne, received severe injuries at about 10:3J o’clock this morning when he fell from a ladder vi'Tfife working on his farm. He was brought to the Adams County Memorial Hospital in this city. Mr. Schrock suffered a compound comminuted fracture of tlie left ankle and fractured radius and ulna of the right arm and tibia and tibuia of the left leg. FORMER LOCAL RESIDENT DIES Medrick P. Miller Dies Early Today At Grand Rapids, Michigan Jesse G. Niblick this morning received a message announcing the death of a cousin. Medrick P. Miller, of Grand Rapids. Michigan. aged about 57 years and a native of this city. Death occurred early today and funeral services will be held in Grand Rapids Friday morning. Mr. Miller was the son of Mr. and Mrs. John B. Miller, pioneers of Decatur, and resided here until a young man. He was a painter for the Coppock Automobile Company and left here about twentyfive years ago when the factory was moved, to Michigan. Med. as lie was familiarly known here, attended the Decatur schools and became a decorator and sign painter. He is survived by the widow, formerly Miss Elizabeth Louthan of Pleasant Mills, three sons. Med Jr., Wayne and Claire and one daughter. Miss Elizabeth. The deceased had been ill several weeks with yellow jaundice, and death is believed to have resulted from that, although the message gave no details. Award Contract To Charles Roop Charles Roop was awarded the .city garbage contract by the council in session last night. Mr. Roop’s bid was $420 for the year, beginning September 1. Mr. Roop has been the city garbage contractor this year. His contract price was $320. The ordinance ' provides that he shall gather and dispose of all garbage set out by citizens. The ordinance does not prohibit the placing 'of wrapped ' garbage in the cans, nor does it specify that it shall not be wrapped. The contract was awarded to Mr. Roop on the basis that the garbage shall not be wrapped, members of the council stated.

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CITY COUNCIL MAY NOT RAISE CIVIL TAX RATE Study of Budget And Estimated Expenses Made By Council Tuesday PRESENT RATE IS 40 CENTS ON SIOO Decatur’s civil city tax rate, payable in 1934. may not be increased one cent over the present levy, members of tlie council stated today. Tlie rate this year is 40 cents on the SIOO. which on the old valuation will produce about $19,396.00 in tax income. The same rate on the new and lower valuation of $4,295,443.65. will produce approximately $17,000, or about $2,300 less than this year. A study of the budget and a tentative draft of estimated expenses for the coming year was made by the council last night. The councilmen are desirous of keeping the rate at 40 cents and every possible economy will he effected and credits taken for all anticipated income, other than that raised through taxation, members of the body stated. The tentative draft of the budge' does not levy any appropriation for ornamental street lighting or fire hydrant rentals. No levy was made this year hy the city for these two public services, the City Light and Water department no receiving any pay for street . lighting and hydrant rentals for fire protection. Formerly the municipal plant received from $7,000 to $12,000 a year. Decatur is one of few cities not levying a tax for these utilities. The councilmen stated that if the city was not forced to increase the appropriations for tiremen and policemen next year, they believed the levy could he held at 40 cents, one of tlie lowest civil city rates in tlie state. Firemen and policemen are now working on 12 hour shifts and are Exempt under the NRA. However, to fol(CONTINUFTD ON PAGE SIX) o : Gas Tax Funds Used To Rebuild Streets The finance committee of the city council reported to the council last night that $5,500 of gas tax funds held by the city, were being used in the repair and rebuilding of the streets. The law provides that money the city receiv s from tlie slate gas tax be used exclusively in the repair of streets. Under the direction of the city street committee of which H. F. Linn is chairman. ' more than two miles of macadam streets are being resurfaced this year. Other improvements are also bt ing made. PRISON PLANTS MAY BE CLOSED NRA Provisions Prohibits Sale of Prison-Made Products l~ Indianapolis, Aug. 16. —(U.R) — Pro- ; visions of the National Recovery , Act prohibiting sale of prison-made i goods on the open market, seriously threatens the welfare of Indiana penal institution inmates, Gov. i Paul V. McNutt said today. . Closing tlie market means dosing the prison factories except for I production of goods which can be consumed by the state government . 1 and any political subdivision willing to buy, he said. Idle factories will allow prisoners too much leis- • ure, he pointed out. A study is being made with the . hope that new industries can be found to occupy prisoners at mak- . ing state government supplies and I proposal for a cement plant at the . Putnamville penal farm is more seriously considered than ever, he I said. McNutt explained that slatehouse \ I and state institutional officials will ( buy all the prison-made goods possible but that other government ; units within the state are not rc- ■ * ’(CONTI*N PED *O*N PAGE SIX)

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Torch Victim Z 1 X / hn Earl Hanson, Rockford, Ill.,: business executive who was burn- j ed to death in his car as it stood in the driveway beside his former, wife's farm. Evidence indicated gasoline had ’ been thrown upon him, followed by the tossing of a lighted match. E. S, CHRISTEN IS PRESIDENT Adams County Man Chosen To Head Milk Producers Association E. S. Christen of near Decatur was elected president of the Fort Wayne Association of Mttk Pro ; ducers at an organization meeting held Tuesday evening at Concordia college gymnasium, at which 535 producers serving Fort Wayne met to organize under the agricultural adjustment act. B'vion Yohe was named vice president. Louis Houk of rural route No. 7. Decatur, was elected secretary, and G. W. Dawson was named treasurer. Plans were made for a meeting of the officers and hoard of directors of the new association, to be held Tuesday evening. < During tlie meeting the five members of a temporary producers committee named to meet with tlie dairy interests of Fort Wayne (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) — o ___ . Today’s Scores NATIONAL LEAGUE First Game Pittsburgh 000 100 000 00 —17 0 Brooklyn 000 001 000 01—2 6 1 French and Grace: Mungo and Lopez. Second Game Pittsburgh - 020 213 3 Brooklyn 000 011 0 Swetonic and Grace: Carroll and Lopez. Chicago 000 000 Col—l 8 1 Boston 000 000 06x—6 10 0 Tinning and Hartnett; Frankhouse and Spohrer. First Game St. Louis 021 001 101 001—7 14 1 Phila. 110 002 011 000—6 14 2 Grimes and Wilson; Ragland and Davis. Second Game St. Louis 0 Philadelphia 0 Dean and Wilson: Moore and Todd. Cincinnati 000 000 000—0 5 1 New York 003 002 OOx—s 14 1 Derringer and Lombard; Schumacher and Mancuso. AMERICAN LEAGUE Washington 010 101 0 Chicago 000 010 0 Whitehill and Sewell: Gaston ! and Grube. ' Philadelphia _ 020 011 Cleveland 001 002 Cain and Cochrane: Hildebrand and Spencer. Boston 003 000 0 Detroit 300 021 0 Brown and Ferrell: Frasier and Hayworth. ' New York 00 1 St. Louis 01 Devens and Jorgens; Wells and 1 Hemsley. ! Courtesy City Confectionery.

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AKRON LAWYER ADMITS CRIME TO OFFICERS Says He Murdered Four Because The Ma n “Knew Too Much" MURDERED MAN WAS A FUGITIVE Hot Springs. Ark... Aug. 16 'U.R) Murk 11. Shank, an attorney, admitted to authorities lodav thal he poisoned a man his wife, and their two children because the man “knew too much.” An automobile with a «*ead man at the wheel, a dead woman at his side, and two dead cli'ldr<-n in the rumble seat crashed into a fence on the Little Rock Malvern highway last night. Shank jumped out and fled into the woods. He was cap- | tured soon afterward by police I aided by bloodhounds. The dead were identified as Alvin Colley, of Akron. 0.. his wife, and their two sons. Clement. 10, and Clyde. 7. A third child. 4 ' years old. was not harmed. Millar Halbert, district attorney. announced that Shank ail mitted placing poison in grape juice the motoring party brought at a roadside grocery to drink along the road. Shank said he was an Akron lawyer and had engaged Colley to steal papers from the Akron prose- , cuting attorney which involved a "big shot" Shank's firm was defending. Colley fled to Hot Springs to hide and Shank followed to devise some means of disposing of him. Halbert said Shank confessed. Taken to the cold spring in Saline county where tlie party had eaten the lunch that purportedly resulted in death for four a« they drank the poisoned grape juice. Shank had expressed a desire to end his own life.. Sheriff Tom Fisher, of Malvern, asked what some crystals were that appeared in the containers put of which the crane juice was taken. Shank said he suppose 1 (■CONTINUED ox PAGE THREE) 0 Receive Pronosals Until August 18 Proposals will lie received at the ; local postmaster’s office until August 18 forth hire of vehicles without drivers on an hourly basis for use in collecting delivering and relaying mail during the quarter year j ending December 31. 1933. The vehicle required is a one panel or screened truck. Estimated week days of work are three and holidays, four. Estimated hours of service tor t’he quarter are 300. Blanks on which to submit proposals will be furnished on application to Postmaster L. A. Graham. — ——o MORE EMPLOYES ADDED AT G. E. Local Plant Recalls 25 Workers; Plan Additional Employment Employment took another spurt at tlie Decatur plant of the General Electric company this week. 25 persons being to worHc this morning. E. \V Lankenau, superintendent, stated. By the end of the week at least 35 additional persons will have been employed this week. Mr. Lankenau stated. Four started work yesterday and several more will lie given employment Thursday and Friday. Nearly 330 people are now em- | ployed at the G E. plant. A week ago about 40 persons were recalli' ed to work. Practically every i 1929 employe has been reemployed. The plant is operating on a 36 I hour week schedule and despite the reduced hours production has increased about 15 per cent, Mr. Lankenau stated. The minimum 1 wage scale, adopted by the Electrical Manufacturers and approved by the administrator of tlie NRA, is 32 cents an hour, with an 1 ■ additional increase of 10 per cent on all wages effective August 14. I Employes recalled to work will benefit by the higher wage scale.