Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 31, Number 197, Decatur, Adams County, 21 August 1933 — Page 1

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■EFFORTS ■whip coal |[H INTO LINE ■nistrator Johnson fl se< I'm' ( ode Gov* KngCoal Industry fly HEARING ■ \ K F [ill'll I’D flhink>" r - 1 ’ UR) H's bihii''" ll l |, ld ‘he Kind | (M |;iv •' i><; fl a t ,x|. ' IIIIH2 the ■at iii'lii'’ l ''- 1 ■ Revell giive hllll a ■put for ilitilmg with i"O<’. crux fl rill l ,-ode Imbt. when fled th, steel, lumber ■ i Jidllslrr ' Ull'ler the i XU A provi-ion , ,»Tl»'<! tn join union was each ■ w3 < of quick coal ■ p....-'-' O applied ■ tr .orn-n production : which hear Xied contain ■ provision, but it trisatishy I>l it rj NR\ ■1 counsel. Mheiluicl for action this a -isie for tlie retail ■on which hearings have ■r> for tomorrow. ■ •nppwl til’s week’s list, and ■tin called hack his former ■r.’ p!mi:,>-r.itor. Edward F. ■dr from his new post of ■nt secretary of labor. Me ■ warned tin- coal men that ■filiation ‘is seething with ■' tdmit 1-r Kenneth ■mpson and Richberg also ■to whip ’lie coal operators ■tty-nine coal codes have ■submitted and four days de ■to hearings. Both Presi■RiwevHt and .Johnson have ■ted that the immediate job ■ consolidate them into one ■ charter, and none of the ■ting groups was willing to ■responsibility for the final ■ elimination of wage differ- ■ was a stumbling block, in ■n ’o the unionization issue. ■ administration aided with ■tior.s for settling the dis■e from immediate code dis- ■**. the NRA was faced with ■ts from independent oil pro- ■ against the code which the ■went dratted. An exten-1 ■of the price fixing provisions ■ktixpep ON PAGE SIX) 0 —. . ■ Anspaugh | Becomes Nurse ■ Elva Anspaugh. daughter of ■KI Mrs. Elmer Anspaugh of ffy, student nurse at the St. ■ Hospital in Fort Wayne, has ■eted her six month’s proba■>ii has been accepted as a ■ and has received her white! ■® and cap. HNPROGRAM IUESDAY NIGHT Jeert And Social Wil! r Held At Zion Reformed Church ’J’oung men's chorus and the lstra of the Zion Reformed 11 will hold an ice cream sofhurch supper and band conthe church lawn, Tuesday ' “*• la ease of rain the affair I e held in the church base-1 Gaatry #a t e w! n a!a3 b „ he i d * ttion with the social and pies, •• “oodle soup and chicken will J • Following is the complete ® tor the band concert: “ e n ity March —Weldon fount Overture—King. and Baileu's Favorite fh-Ktng. Fa Waltz—Lithgow. at , ns ~Cornet Duet H. Teetnd J- Schieferstein. irTn ation Over ture— Hazel . ontificale— Gounod. . H llo-Flllmore. Spangled Banner.

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Proposals To Carry Mail Are Withdrawn Postmaster L. A. Graham announced today that proposals for carrying mall on the star route from Ohio City. Ohio to Decatur and return, has been withdrawn, because Mr. Walt-rs. the present' driver had qualified by giving bond on his original contract. The contract price for the return trip, daily except Sunday is |72u a year, o FARM FIRE DOES HEAVY DAMAGE Loss of Several Thousand Dollars Caused at Fred Gerber Farm Ix>ss estimated at several thousand dollars resulted from a fire at the Fred Gerber farm, about 12 miles southwest of Decatur, French township at one o'clock Sunday afternoon. The exact origin of the fire was not known, but it is believed that ' children had been playing with matches in the barn, setting fire to it. A large barn. 36 by 40 feet, a tool shed, granery. some implements. about 30 tons each of hay and straw, and several hundred bushels of corn, oats and wheat were destroyed. The Bluffton fire department was called and with the aid of bucket brigades succeeded in keeping the flames from doing further damage. Water was obtained from a well and cistern. The house, located east of the barn was not damaged A new chicken house was damaged and about a dozen hens were burned. The .mplements. hay. straw and grain belonged to the Isch Bros., and to Joe Gerber. Part of the farm was rented to them. The loss to the buildings was ’ estffnatea as more Tfian " $£(M ” The Implements were valued at several hundred dollars and the hay and grain was also worth several hundred dollars A large crowd was attracted to the place during the time of the fire. ANNOUNCE HOG PRICE CONTROL Program In Effect In Six Midwest Market Centers Wednesday Chicago. Aug. 21—(U.R)—The agricultural adjustment administration office here announced today that the emergency hog program sponsored by Secretary of Agriculture Henry Wallace will go into effect at six middlewestern markets next W’ednsday. Ths markets are Chicago. Omaha. St. Paul, Sioux City. Kansas City, and St. Joseph. At other public markets and packing plants the agricultural adjustment administration said the program will become operative by August 28. The program calls for the purchase of 4.000.000 pigs weighing from 25 to 100 pounds and 1.000,000 piggy sows. Prices paid for pigs at Chicago will range from $6 per hundred weight for 96 to 100 pounders, to 19.50 for 25 to 30 pounders. Sows will be purchased "at the current market price at the market where purchased at the time of delivery, plus $4 per head, and without the customary dockage.” It was explained I hat on pigs 1 the prices in markets outside , Chicago will range 40 cents per I 100 pounds below the base point schedule. o — Seven Known Dead In Eastern Storm I Ocean City, New Jersey. Aug 21 I—(UP)— A mounting death toll from a freakish northeaster that descended on the New Jersev and Long Island coasts yesterday w-as feared today as coast guard boats patrolled areas about a mile off ■ shore. The known dead reached 1 seven. Scores missing. About fort boats were reported at i sea in this vicinity when the storm ' broke. Early today more than 300 persons had been taken to the coast ’ guard base at Cape May, New Jersey and 3 boats had been acounted for. Six other craft with a score aboard still wwere missing in this vicinity.

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Fatal Bus After Crash [ 1 t Ib<•►**■* fl I .-JET— S ■ X. wK OW.’ - -n >Jr u I Wit EScyja Vsf L * ll - I „ .J*: - . to, -?*" airr .’*«-»« • Six persons were killed and twelve seriously injured in this improvised bus when a hit-and-run truck driver crashed into its side near South Bend. Ind The twenty-nine occupants, mostly residents of M aka- i rusa. Ind., were returning from a visit to A Century of Progress Exposition. Inset shows Charles 11. Laughlin of Osceola. Ind . who was driver of the bus which met disaster.

BROOKLYN MEN i HURT IN WRECK Three Youths In Accident This Morning; One Is Badlv Injured I Two young men from Brooklyn, i New York, are patients at the 1 Adams County Memorial Hospital suffering from injuries suffered in I an automobile accident this morning at 10:30 o’clock near Monroe- ( <-vitle. - — —, The accident victims are Raymond Zielemeski. 20, 128 Eckford street and Edward Waskie, 25. 162 Eckford street. Brooklyn. New York. The third young man in the accident. Theodore Stypenski, 20. also of Brooklyn, was only slightly injured. The three men were enroute to , Chicago to attend the world's fair. The accident occurred on U. S. Highway 30. four miles east of Zulu, near Monroeville. Stypenski was riding in the rumble seat of the roadster and was thrown clear of the wrecked car. The automobile turned over when it struck loose gravel on the side of the pavement on a curve. The car was slightly damaged. It was repaired today and Stypenski returned to his home. The two injured men will remain at the hospital for several days. Waiskie suffered greatly from shock and was in a serious condition this afternoon. The full ex- ■ tent of his injuries has not been determined by the attending physician. Zielemeski suffered a badly torn left ear and cuts and bruises. QUESTION MAN FOR ROBBERIES Life Inmate. Out On Parole. Is Held For Several Bank Holdups Indianapolis. Aug. 21. — (U.R) — Questioning of a life inmate of the Indiana state prison who has pur-1 portedly confessed to robbing a Kentucky bank while out of prison on a temporary parole was continued today by state police. Capt. Matt Leach went to East I Chicago in an attempt to obtain additional Information from the, prisoner, Clifford Mohler. 33, on the operation of two alleged bank ; robbery gangs throughout four mid-! western states. Mohler, sentenced to life in 1925 on a charge of slaying a Fort i Wayne policeman, was released, two months ago on recommendation of a physician who said the prisoner needed special tuberculos- ’ is treatment. His parole period I ended Friday, the day he was ar-1 rested in East Chicago on a bankj j robbery charge. Leach questioned the prisoner I Saturday and said he had obtained ■ a confession of a $1,200 robbery of a Gravel Switch, Ky., bank. The confession also implicated William Kirkklin, 46, Lebanon, **( CONTINUED 'oN ’IPAGE* SIX)’ *

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Decatur, Indiana, Monday, August 21, 1933.

Two Ohio Men Face Charges At Ft. Wayne Fort Wayne, Aug. 21 — (U.R) — ' , Charged with grand larceny and ! obtaining money under false prei tenses, Elmer Faber. Sidney, 0., ’ , and Clyde Blackford. Mansfield, i 0.. waived preliminary hearing toi day and were bound over to Allen i | circuit court. Their bonds were ; set at $3,000. Faber, arrested at a Sidney : hotel, admitted forging the name , ■ of D. L. Reed to a SI,OOO United States bond and receiving a $750 loan on it front the Peoples Trust , it. Savings Bank here. Blackford. by Faber, was arrested at his home Saturday night. He admitted giving Faber the bond which is part of the loot obtained in a $25,000 bank robbery at Bowersville. O. SCHOOLS OPEN SEPTEMBER 1 Adams County Schools Meet For Organization On Above Date The various schools of Adams County are being prepared for the opening of school on Friday. Septembtr 1. at which time the teachers will meet with their respective classes for organization. The pupils will be presented book lists and books may be secured on I Saturday, preparatory to the starting of classes on Tuesday, September. 5, it was suggested today bySuperintendent of schools. Clifton . E. Striker. AH children are especially urged ’ | to meet with the teachers on Friday in order that classes may start on the following Tuesday. Books may be secured at book and drug stores in Decatur Linn Grov-. B rne and Geneva. Few changes have been made in the book lists this year and parents are encouraged to buy usable old book’s for their children. The hooks in the elementary grades are the same except the history for the fifth year. An exchange price will be given on new histories for the old history book. The changes in the high school list included'English, History, Latin and biology. Exchange prices for old books will also be given for high school books at the various booik stores. Tlie exchange prices for high (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) Richmond Business Men Die In Crash — » Richmond, Ind.. Aug. 21.- —(U.R) — ■ Two prominent Richmond business i men were killed near here early Sunday when the automobile in which they were returning from a i trip to Ohio overturned in a ditch 1 1 on U. S. road 40. The dead were Everett McConaha, 45, secretary and treasurer of the McConaha Garage Company, i driver of the car, and Lawrence ’ Taylor, 54). president of the Taylor i & Thompson Beverage Company. McConaha's watch had stopped at 4:15 but the bodies were not discovered until 5:30 a. m., when a hitchhiker called police.

MORE EXHIBIT WINNERS GIVEN Economics Club Exhibit Winners, 4-H Health Winners Announced A complete report of the win- . ners of the Home Economies Club, exhibit which was held in connection with the 4-H Club fair al Belmont park, August 17, 18 and 19. has been compiled by Mrs E. W. I Busche, county chairman qf the. 1 home economics clubs. i The winners in the girls 4-H health exhibit were also announced. Blue ribbons were presented Harriet and Sanna Kunkel; red ribbon to Elizabeth Beihold, and yellow ribbons to Margaret Moses, Avonel Beihold and Marguerite Kitson. Mrs. Leland Ripley was presented with an incubator by < the Schafer company tor winning the most placings in the Dress Revue and wall exhhiit. Following are the winners in the women’s division: Wall Exhibit Made Over Child's garment —Class a. Mrs. Noah Neuenschwander of the W. M. J. Club. Class b—Mrs. Ruth Schwartz of the Monroe Better Homes club. Class c—Mrs. L. A. Ripley of the Blue Creek Friend- : ship Village. Adult Garment: Class a—Mrs. Albert Huser of the W. M. F. club. Class b —Mrs. Mary Drew of Union township. Class c —Mrs. Mary Finstermacher of Geneva. Best Dresses Class a: Mrs. W. S. Smith of the *~*(CONTINURD on PAGE SIX) LIBRARY BOARD PROPOSES LEVY Five-cent Levy In Decatur, Two Cents In Township Are Proposed The Decatur Library Board proposes a tax levy of five cents in th’ city of Decatur and two cents ' on the SIOO on all taxable property 1 in Washington township, according Ito the budget compiled hy the board. The five and two cent levy, based 1 on the lower valuations in Deca- 1 ! tur and Washington townships, ; ‘ would raise only $2,427.00. This is only slls more than the amount ( raised by the four and one cent ' levies in the city and township this year. The valuation figures used in figuring the budget for next year ' are; Decatur-Root, $193,910; Deca-, i tur-Washington, $3,677,435; Wash-! ington township. $2,181,137.27. The salary of the librarian is list- ’ ed at S6OO, while only S4OO is ap- 1 propriated for buying new books ’ during the year. The board does not have any unexpended funds this I year and to comply with the reduced budget this year hours of ser- i vice have been cut and no new ,! books have been purchased for • | more than a year. I

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GRAND JURY IS STILL PROBING BANK FAILURES Sen. Couzens Says He Got Facts From Chicago Federal Bank NEW YORK BANKER DENIES ANY OFFER Detroit. Aug. 21.—(U.R)—Senator James Couzens today revealed to the grand jury inquiring into bank failures that the source of his hitherto unlalieled facts regarding closed Detroit banks came from the' Federal Reserve Bank at Chicago. The senator said the tiles of the bank were made available to him "at my request." "Why, then, were these bank records available to you and not to uh?" Prosecutor Harry S. Toy, queried. "I don’t think the government, has refused you the records," Senator Couzens replied. “They did refuse to send witnesses. But I might add that 1 am a federal official ” The senator then asked permission to read into the record a statement by a federal official regarding the Detroit banks hut reused to reveal the name of the letter's author. The request precipitated a lively encounter between Prosecutor Toy and Attorney Genera! Patrick H. O'Brien with the latter threatening to oust Toy from the inquiry. Toy said he was "in -her< . to stay" and cited sections of the statutes to support his contention he is a vital part of any such grand jury probe. The argument stopped court pro- ' cedure for several minutes ami caused Judge Harry B. Keidan fin-' ally to interrupt and request that they "quit bickering." George W. Davidson. New York banker, in a telegram to which the latter read into the record. denied ever having offered president of a new Detroit bank—J fCONTTNUKn ON PAGE TWO) o LOCAL MEN AT INDIANAPOLIS James Elberson, Dan Tyndall, Carl Pumphrey Attend Program Jam s Elberson. president of the Decatur Chamber of Commerca, Dan Tyndall, secretary and Carl Pumphrey, member of the board of directors, are in Indianapolis today , to attend the state Recovery Day 1 program, at which Harold Ickes, secretary of the interior, will be the i principal speaker. While there they will call upon M. M. Dunbar and others connected with the state organization to se- } cure such information as will enable them to form the organization here. There is much work to be done in each community, including the data as to number of unemployed. names of those supporting the movement, reports on the number of men and women who l ave been returned to work and other information. The committee named by ' President Elberson to have charge • of theNRA organization here, with i Mayor George Krick as chairman, j will meet tonight at the rooms of ' the Chamber of Commerce and it 1 is planned to hold several meetings , during the wek, concluding such arrangements as are necessary to carry out the work as prescribed by General Hugli Johnson and others in charge. Huge Parade Indianapolis, Aug. 21. — (U.R) — A gigantic parade and celebration reminiscent of the first Armistice 1 (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) 0 Continue Campaign For Radio System The campaign to'raise S6OO, the quota tor Adams county, to establish the radio police system over Indiana is moving rapidly to completion. Decatur, including a $75.00 donation for the city, has subscribed $330. Geneva has raised $125 including SSO from the town. Herne will meet tonight to arrange for a i contribution and Monroe is expected to give $25.00. Sheriff Burl Johnson and 1. Bernstein, who are in charge of the drive, hope to conclude it this week with an over sub- . scription.

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* CONSUMERS' CARDS * I Postmaster L. A. Graham reports that although euch merchant who has signed the NRA agreement has been given cards to be signed by consutni ers, very few have been turn- l ed in. It is important that each household signs one of the cards supporting the cam- i paign and agreeing to patron- j ize employers and wqrkers who | i are members. Please sign your | card immediately. If yon have not received one. you may do | so by calling at the post office. ; INJURED BOYS TAKEN HOME BY AIRPLANETODAY Washington, D.C., Youths Hurt In Accident Near Zulu Sunday PLANE CHARTERED FOR RETURN TRIP Two Washington, D. C.. youths, accident victims and patients wt the Adams County Memorial hospital. were transported to their homes this afternoon by airplane, leaving the municipal airport in Fort Wayne at 2 o'clock. A tri-motored Ford plane was | chartered from Detroit, Michigan and landed at the municipal airport in Fort Wayne shortly after noon. The injured men were taken to the airport by the Painter Brothers ambulance of Monroeville and the W. H. Zwick and Son ambulance of this city. j The accident victims were Arthur Stein, 18. 4612 Fifteenth street, and Benjamin Frank. 17, 3922 Legation street. Washington D. C. Stein suffered a fnrrttrrPd right thigh and Frank received a kidney and back injury. The two young men. together with Malcolm Levy, 3610 McCollum street. Washington, were en route to Chicago to attend the ; world’s fair. The accident occurred on U. S. highway 30. two miles east of Zulu, Sunday morning at 10:30 o'clock. They had left their homes Saturday morning. Levy was driving the automo-: ' bile and stated this morning that the front tire blew out causing him to lose control of the car. It plunged off the road, rolled over j several times and was demolished. The automobile tore down about 100 feet of fence and cut down a telephone pole. Levy was only slightly scratched and bruised. Sherry Stein and Mason Frank. ; fathers of the injured youths, ar- : rived in Decatur by airplane, this morning and arrangements were completed for the removing of the lads to their homes. Dr. Ben Duke of Monroeville, the attending physician, also accompanied ' the boys to Washington. i MISSOURI WET I THREE TO ONE — Is 22nd State To Ratify Repeal: Texas To Vote Saturday Kansas City, Mo . Aug. 21. —(U.R) —Sixty-eight anti-prohibition delegates will meet at Jefferson City | on Aug. 29 and formally cast Missouri's vote for repeal of the 18th amendment. Scattered returns! from dry rural precincts today fail-' ed to dent the overwhelmingly wet' vote of Saturday's special election. 11 The vote at the repeal convention will be unanimously in favor, ! of ratifying the twenty-first amend- 1 ment. Missouri was the twentysecond state to join the ranks of the repealists. With only a few of the state’s 4.-, 104 precincts yet to be counted, the vote was almost four to one wet J The wets cast almost 525,000 bal-j lots, while the di,v» mustered less! than 155,000. St. Louis showed a 15 to 1 sentiment for repeal. Kansas City, long considered dry, cast 122.349 votes for repeal and 11,406 against. St. Joseph, Springfield and the smaller cities were all wet. The country districts succeeded in keeping almost half of the state's 114 counties in the pprohibition column. Predict Repeal Dallas. Texas. Aug. 21. — (U.R) — (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE),

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DEMAND HIGHER WAGES, BETTER WORKING HOURS Strikers Also Demand Employers Sign NRA Industrial Code STRIKERS RIOT IN PHILADELPHIA Chicago, Aug. 21 <U R) — Ten thousand garment workers. demanding higher wages and better working conditions, and insisting their employers sign the NRA industrial code, walked out on strike todav. tving up more Ilian 100 ladies' garment shops in the citv. The strikers included men pressers and cutters, and women employed as finishers, drapers and examiners, all members of the International Ladies Garment Workers' Union. Non union workers and women employed at embroidery and needle work, joined in the walkout at several plants, according to Bernard Shane, organizer for the garment workers. Shane said that the union workers had hoped to comply with President Roosevelt’s plea for a moratorium in strikes, but that employers had refused to meet their demands during the many conferences held last week. Failure of the employers to recognize the union was a factor in the walkout, Shane said. Other demands include a 35hour working week or seven hours a day for five days; a minimum of $44 per week for cutters; a minimum of $1.25 per hour for pressers and 85c per hour minimum for.operators. The walkout was in answer to the call made by Morris Bfalis, vice-president of the Garment Workers' Union. Bialis said that all efforts to reach an agreement with the employers failed and. after the final conference Saturday, the walkout was agreed upon. The strikers left their shops at 10 a. m.. and went to two meeting j halls for discussion of procedure. Five Arrested Philadelphia, Aug. 21— (U.R) — Four women and a man wore arrested and a score of picketers, i non strikers and policemen were injured slightly today in a riot of 500 strikers at the plant of the Eclipse-Needles Shirt Manufacturing company. The disturbance occurred when hundreds of strikers, using their umbrellas as clubs, attacked non strikers. The angry women Strikers matched umbrella rods with night sticks until police restored order. Cleveland Man Will Head Bank Cleveland. Aug. 21—(UP) James S. Rogan, former first assistant liquidator of the failed Union Trust compnay here, today became president of the American National Bank of' Indianapolis, it was announced here. Lockjaw Causes Death Os Boy Fort Wayne Ind.. Aug. 21—(UP) Ixnkjaw resulting from a broken arm suffered a week ago caused the death here Sunday of Gerald Frieburger, 8. The boy received the injury when he fell out of a tree. 0 Today’s Scores NATIONAL LEAGUE Chicago at New York—Rain Cincinnati at Philadelphia—Rain. Only games scheduled. AMERICAN LEAGUE New York 000 000 Chicago 000 000 Devens and Dickey; Gaston and Berry. Boston _ 000 000 1 Cleveland 110 000 0 Weiland and Ferrell; Pearson and Spencer. Philadelphia 304 00 Detroit 110 00 Barrett and Cochrane; Auker and Pasek. Only games scheduled.