Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 31, Number 199, Decatur, Adams County, 23 August 1933 — Page 1

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WENT LEVY loposed for ■dams county H — S a |.\nd I 'apartments ■fentali'-' I 'timates ■ for Budget J®;e increase K I NAEAR 8.. . 'its on the K all taxa Je property ■ ;i!opose<i tor ■. C "ti' ■ aosl on the -s tiled by ■ at! tl departments in Kyet tai' I. It is an over the Bitrate. l evv vided two M ,: v . .. county r Adams \i. ami in |V- .• lelalms sll.Tax Adjust- ■ The r <hu <■ 1-ss min t lie tut Hie tmal’-d . ' ■ $ 1 UO.'HD. ■ j-c.. ■ lie gener- ■ d at 67 jMon th>- $1 'lie' t,> several official' First .... .. - V" and gen ■Mb v year. I .. lasoii for the - Itplellish tile gen. i: •!. which •on ■l. this oiilv s43.t)(M'. V has ad m.n townships relief -r a period of ■ than M" fur ':.• • '< hool fund ilmtr : Th" fact that ■mu ■ r has more than tied u; i losed hanks is calls' •a::- l.vy must be ample funds next offi. a!-; state. budget :■■■ n-xt year totals Mt"'. hiding for the fund a:, 6"" bond fund, cost of . Id age pensions is at tl ii; general and electioi - $6,500 and votM registrar.m $2. These ■ were rm: hided in the budyear ago. county's -.ulii ition for tax- ■ purpose- this year is s2l.nix;.... I with $24,225,000 My-ar Ti... estimated /ate is on " lower valuation. wa- made this year and M will be m ide next year for road ri;..:irs Tn.. $100,1)00 for this purpose conies to flir ■ mli the state gaso■tn levy wa pared drastically ami . rmg the year sevi ox page SIX) ■« GOLDSTEIN ■UNDER ARREST WAs Bank Bandit; ■nlt'nced Here For Kid■aping Deputy Sheriff • r X. Ind.. Aug. 23 (U.R) Sam W s y-in. 41. of Fort Wayne, was ■b’-d here last night by state ■j* and taken immediately to ■anapolis ■Mstein is one of a gang of ■’■'’sponsible for a large number ■ a nk robberies in Indiana. Illi- ■' Michigan and Ohio during ■ past two months, according ■aptain Matt Leach of the InB a state police, who arrested ioldstein and three other memnf the gang came here and w an apartment after the •* °f Cliff Mohler, another /p. . n ’ emhpr °f the gang, in nicago last week. The four out of town over the week- ’ Goldstein was seized ~ P rp,ll rned alone last night. I Wstein and William Rielly. Prp sentenced to the state iim r ° m A<lama county on an and battery charge filed lp t 0 nia ’ te their escape, riff kidnaped the deputy n °f Adams county and ... . 1138 been paroled. s>ein, who formerly lived in B „. ayne ' was Paroled to RobBuhler, local attorney.

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Vol. XXXI. No. 199.

Faces Life Fight iJMRn ■ ■ dip 1 1 JaJl Harold Wolcott, Pasadena, Cal., florist accused In the penthouse slaying of his asserted sweetheart. Helen Bendowski, pictured as he gazes through the bars of bis prison cell as he awaits his day in court. Police say the tragedy was the outcome of a idve triangle. NEW BANK WILL OPEN THURSDAY American National Bank Will Open At Indianapolis Tomorrow Indianapolis, Aug. 23. —<U.R> The American National Rank, successor to the Fletcher American National Bank here, will open tomorrow morning, it was definitely announced here today. With the opening, under the presidency of James C. Rogan, Cleveland. ().. approximately 50 per cent of funds impounded in the Fletcher bank since the national banking moratorium last March, will be released. Elmer W. Stout was elected chairman of the board of 11 directors of the new bank at a meeting here last night. Other board members are J. 1. Ho'comb, William J. Mooney. Sr.. G. Barret Moxley. John H. Ran. Charles B. Sommers. Thomas D?Taggart. J H. Trimble. Frank H. Sparks and Scott C Wadley, all of Indianapolis. Release of the Fletcher American’s frozen deposits is expected to raise tne class rating of approximately 200 small state banks throughout Indiana which had used the old institution as a central depository. o — Today’s Scores NATIONAL LEAGUE St. Louis 000 001 002—3 6 2 Boston 300 001 OOx—4 4 1 Carieton and O'Farrell; Betts and Hogan. Other games postponed—Rain. AMERICAN LEAGUE First Game Boston 000 000 100—1 3 1 Chicago 011 000 01x—3 7 0 Kline and Ferrell; Jones and Grube. Second Game Boston 000 Chicago 000 Fullerton and Gooch; Durham and Berry. First Game Washington 000 000 010—1 7 2 Detroit 010 000 001—2 10 0 Crowder and Sewell; Bridges and Hayworth. Second Game Washington Detroit Stewart and Sewell: Marberry and Pasek. New York 010 0 Cleveland 000 2 Ruffing and Dickey; Brown and Spencer.

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CARAVAN WILL I LEAVE CITY AT 8:30 THURSDAY Thousands Fr o m This District Are Expected To Join Parade LIST OFFICIAL PROGRAM TODAY The official program for Clover-1 i I at’ Dairy day at Huntington. ■ Thursday was annonmed today. Activities begin with registration at 8:30 o'clock Thursday morning. Throughout the day events will be held in the interest of dairying. The afternoon program will be held at Hier's park, beginning at one j o'clock. The Adams county and Western Ohio delegation will leave Decatur at 8:30 Thursday morning. Delegations w st of Decatur, will join the caravan The D atur Junior Band will accompany the local delegation State police will escort the laravan. expected to be several ' in length and Chamber of Commerce and city officials will accompany the Decatur delegation. A g neral invitation to everyone to join the local delegation was ' issued today by officials of the Cloverleaf Creameries, city official and those interested in having a i larg- representation at the meeting. Following is the complete program for the day. 8:30 A. M. — Registration and tours of Cloverleaf Creameries, Inc., plant on State street begins. Tickets for free luncheon and prizes giv n at time of registration. Prizes to include one thoroughbred heifer calf, five 6xß portable red wood buildings suitable for tool sheds, Ibrood?r houses and miscellaneous use on farm, and three sets of china-1 ware — —— —-4 10:00 A. M. — Free nursery-for children of Dairy Day visitors opens 1 at Memorial Park to continue until 5 o'clock in evening. Nursery in , charge of Psi lota Xi sorority of Huntington. Conference of Clover- . leaf station and route operators to be held at Elks Home on West Park Drive. Address to be given by E. T. Wallace, of the extension department of Purdue University, Lafayette. Short talks to be made by J. (CO.NTINCHB ON PAGE FOUR) o Charles Dugan Talks To Decatur Lions Charles Dugan, president of the First State Bank in this city addressed a meeting of the Lions Club which was held Tuesday night at the Rice Hotel. Rev. G. P. Gibbs had charge of tb? program Mr. Dugan gave a historical resumme of banking and told of its past, present and immediate future. Alva Nichols was introduced to the club as a new member. HOOVER WON'T GIVE TESTIMONY Former President Says His Know ledge of Banks Is Secondary . Detroit Aug. 23—(UP)—Policies of former president Hoover were criticized by the Rev. Father diaries E. Coughlin toda before thei grand jury investigating Detroit ’ bank failures. "There was corn for the pigs of j Arkansas," the radio priest shouted "but not one loaf of brea for the : starving people of Michigan. “The trouble with the Hoover philosophy is that he tried to cure the damnable depression by pouring gold in at the top while people died at the bottom." Detroit, Aug. 23.—<U.R>—Prosecutor Harry S. Toy planned today a new and more pressing invitation to former Pesident Herbert Hoover to testify in the grand jury investigation of the local banking j situation which precipitated the national hank crisis last March. Should nothing come of the new efforts to persuade Mr. Hoover to testify, the prosecutor planned to ask the former president to make a deposition, it was understood. Prosecutor Toy received a long telegram from Mr. Hoover explaining his knowledge of the Detroit banking situation was general and (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, August 23, 1933.

NO CHANGES IN TEACHING STAFF No Changes Will Be Made In Staffs of Local Catholic Schools There will not be any change in the teaching staff at St. Joseph's grade and in the Decatur Catholic high schools the coming year, it was announced today. Sister M. Vera, principal of the Catholic school, has returned from Fond Du Lac, Wis., where she spent several weeks at the Motherhouse of of the Sinters iff St. Agnes. Sister Vera will continue to be principal of the local school and announced the list of Sisters who will teach' in the grades and high school. School will open Tuesday, September 5. The Sisters and the grades taught by them are: Sister M. Helen, first; Sister M. Henrita. second; Sister M. Dominica, third; Sister M. Gertrudis, fourth; Sister M. Angelus. fifth; Sister M. Letitia, sixth; Sis- ' ter M Winitireu. seventh; Sister M. Lamberta. eighth. in tile high school the following Sisters will teach: Sister Agnes Terese. Sister Helen Claire, Sister M. Regina. Sister M. Edwardine, Sister Vera, principal. Two new Sisters will be in charge of the Sister's home. Sister M. Mildred and Mister M. Borromea. Elected Mother Superior Sister M. Aloysia. for 39 years a resident of Decatur an teacher in the Catholic schools here, has been elected Mother Superior of the order of St. Agnes. Sister Aloysia 'eft Decatur 14 years ago and since that time has been located at the Motherhouse at Fond Du Ijtc. It is expected that she will visit the local sister's home next year on her bi-annual trip to the different missions in the territory «?ONTWUBD ON PAGE MX) CHANGE RULING OF STATE BOARD Forty-three School Corporations Affected By New Ruling Indianapolis. Aug 23. — (U.R) — Forty-three school corporations in 10 counties, expecting easy access to state school aid funds for the 1933-34 year, faced disappointment today. Their access to the funds had ap-l peared easy by a recent state board of education ruling that any school corporation with a tax rate of 50 cents will be eligible for state aid. Formerly the rate requirement was $1.20. But the board late yesterday ruled that if any corporation's tax rate for this year was less than 50 cents, the difference between the rate and 5o cents must be added to the state aid rate minimum—also 50 cents —before the corporation may receive state aid. The board's resolution read that “a school unit whose total levy * *CONT* NURD ON PAGE TWO)

Newspapers Doing Their Part nra. NATIONAL RECOVERY A DAHN IS TRATION Washington, 1). C. August 19, 1933 wc oo our part , Publisher Democrat, Decatur. Ind. Dear Sir Thousands of inquiries are being received at NRA headquarters as to how the Blue Eagle may be obtained under the President's Reemployment Agreement. The Agreement itself specifies in technical terms how this may be done, but in order that everybody may understand, we have prepared a full statement covering all phases of the problem. A copy of that statement is enclosed. It is prepared in the form of an advertisement in order to reach the greatest number of people with a uniform message in the shortest period of time. Frankly, the National Recovery Administration would like to pay you at regular advertising rates for the publication of this advertisement. But the plain truth is that such an expenditure, on a nation-wide scale, is impossible at this time. We therefore ask you, in the interest of national welfare, tc publish it tor the information of your readers. Time means everything. We are trying to place this information before the public on Wednesday. August 23, in order that every employer may join this movement by Labor Day. If you will publish this advertisement on the 23rd, it will be of great assistance. In order to facilitate your cooperation by every means in i our power, we are sending you a mat of this advertisement. It comes to you not in a spirit of presumption, but simply as an aid to quick action if you feel disposed to help. Sincerely yours, HUGH S. JOHNSON, National Recovery Administrator.

Forest Army Author? j Hr K V ■ ! Claiming he is the originator of the reforestation corps idea. J. D. Wilson. lAtanta. Ga.. jobless truck driver, called at the White House displaying correspondence he had a year ago with President Roosevelt. Wilson did not see the Chief Executive, lint says he will call again. FIND BODY OF OHIO EDITOR Authorities Believe Fred S. Wallace Committed Suicide I Coshocton. <).. Aug. 23. — (U.R) Belief that despondency because of I long illness caused Fred S. Wallace. 61, editor and publisher of ' the Coshocton Tribune, to take his own life was expressed today by authorities and members or the I editor s family. Wallace’s body, trussed with wire and weighted down with a heavy plow point and pieces of . lead, was found in the Muskingum river near here last night after the editor had been missing from his home for two days. First indications were that Wal- . lace had been brutally murdered and his body thrown into the river, possibly by someone angered by the editor's fearless and sometimes vitriolic editorials. Coroner . Floyd W. Craig and Prosecutor Russell Lyons, however, inclined toward the suicide theory after a thorough investigation. “At this time the inquiry into Mr. Wallace's death points to suiI cide,” said Coroner Craig. 'He was to return a forma! verdict by noon i today. Prosecutor Lyons said he did (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) Junior Band To Meet At Adams County Bank All members of the Decatur Junior Band are requester! to meet in front of the Old Adams County Bank, corn r of Second and Monj roe streets, at 7:30 o’clock Thursday morning. Th- band wil be in i the caravan to Dairy Day at HuntI ington.

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DEMAND LEVY I BE RAISED TO REPAY LOANS Tax Levies Must Be Made To Repay Poor Relief Advancements REPAY ADVAN( ES DURING NEXT YEAR Indianapolis. Aug. 23 U.R) The McNutt administration demands that tax levies must be made to repay poor relief advancements leuardless of the $1 and $1.50 rate limits, the United Press learned today. Advancements, either from county or federal funds, must be repaid next year, even though their repayment levy will send the rate above the $1 limit for property outside incorporated cities and towns and $1.50 on al! other property, Chairman Philip Zoeri her of the state tax board informed i county auditors today. Auditors are bound by law to enforce the ruling, the letters to them said. Protests, or even law suits, are j expected by state officials because of "touchiness" of the tax rate limits situation and widespread local insistence upon strict observance of the rate limits. Zoercher explained that county commissioners in September will receive trustees' estimates of levies necessary to raise money to repay the county for poor relief funds advanced to the township during the current calendar year. Should trustees not comply, then auditors must estimate the levy. “It is the opinion of the board that the levy herein provided is made mandatory as it is to pay indebtedness or an obligation of the township and must he made by the county auditor, even if such levy increase the total above $1 or $1.50," Zoercher wrote. Not only must advancements from county funds be repaid, hut those from federal poor relief funds as well. Zoercher said His opinion concurred in the view of the executive committee ((’OKTDTIF' nV P\GF' STXI I ■ o Lindberghs Start Another Flight Es'kifiord. Iceland. Aug. 23—(UP) —Col. and Mrs. Charles A Lindbergh left at 7:40 A. M. EDT.. today on the eastward route to Europe Their immediate destination was the Faroes 'lslands, north of the Shetlands. Their plans beyond that I point are indefinite. DECATUR MAN ON COMMITTEE Louis Houk Will Assist In Forming Dairy Code At Fort Wayne Fort Wayne, Aug. 23—(U.R) —A I committee to work with the Fort Wayne Milk Council on a local dairy code was appointed here last night by directors of the Fort Wayne Milk Producers Association. Arthur Dawson. Auburn, was named chairman of the committee. Others named are Louis Houk, Decatur; Byron Yohe. Columbia City; Ed S. Jones. Ossian, and O J. Sheets, Dixon. O. Heads of the producers group said their committee would seek i a fair milk price. They indicated they would insist on a better prite than that offered in a tentative ; code and at the same time demand that cost of milk to consumers be : held at a figure comparative to its production cost. E. S. Christen, of near Decatur, i chairman of the association, had ' ; charge of the meeting, o Charge St. Paul Man With Assault St. Paul Aug. 23 —(UP) —Charges I of assault with intent to kill, and kidnaping were filed today against i Dr. W. M. Medberg, burly ehiroprac-; ; lor and former pugilist. Hedb?rg is alleged to have made Dr. E. J. Engberg, secretary of the J state board of medical examiners, his victim, because of delusions ’ that he was being persecuted.

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Accused Poloist ■. /x \ Cecil Smith, famous Texas poloist. ranking No. 2 player of the United States, did not allow the accusation of criminal attack brought against him by Miss Eugenie Rose, 23-year-old nurse, of Chicago, to influence his playing ability. Arrested and released on bond. Smith played the game of his life in the East-West polo World Series at Lake Forest. 111., scoring six goals for the West which won 12-6. PLAN CANVASS IN THIS CITY Form Organization Tonight To Make CityWide NRA Canvass At a meeting to be held this evening at the city hall an organization for making a city wide canvass for the N.R.A. will be made. The local N. R. A. organization, composed of Mayor George Krick, chairman; E. W. Lankenau. Dan M. Niblick. C. C. Pumphrey. H. C. Oksen. Dr. Gerald Kohne. Roy Runyon. Frank Carroll and James Elberson. has been asked by the sttae organization to make a canvass here of every household and place of business. The purpose of the meeting tonight will be to name committees for making the canvass in this city. Three cards, furnished by tlie state organization in the interest of furthering the NRA in eu» h community will be given to solicitors to obtain signatures thereto. ■ One card is for the householder, asking every member of the house to patronize only those firms who display and abide by the Blue Eagle. The second card is for the employer. asking the questions how many people have been employed as a result of N.R.A. compliance and how much wages have been increased since they joined the' N. The third card will list the ■ number of unemployed persons in ! the home, giving their names, etc. . The city canvas will begin next Monday and state and national officials of the N.R.A emphasize that the work is to he done gratis.! An organization similar to that | formed during the war for the sale of Liberty Bonds and other patriotic movements will be perfected and will function along the (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) o Red Cross Meeting Changed To 7 I’. M. The me ting of the executive .committee of the Red Cross has been changed from 7:30 tonight to 7 p. m. The change was made be- ; cause of a conflict with the NRA | committee, which is' to meet at 7:30. 10-Year-Old Youth Dies Os Injuries Akron. Ind., lAug. 23 — (VP) — James Henry Allen. 10, died today of injuries suffered Monday when he fell from a bridge Into a shallow stream. The boy was dragged from the . water by two young companions. He suffered a punctured kidney ‘ from a jagged rock on which he I landed.

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REPORT LINER IS MAKING OWN WAY TO SAFETY Storm Spreading Along Eastern Coast; Coast Resorts Hard Hit GUARDS RESCUE SCHOONER ( REW (By the United Press) A storm of hurricane force whirled up flic eastern seaboard todav, damaging property on land and imperilling ships at sea. . • The S. S. Madison, with 90 aboard, was in distress off (he Virginia Capes, lighting valiantly against the gale while other vessijis went to her aid. Six coast guard cutters and a patrol boat were attempting to aid the Madison. The cruiser Indianapolis was ready to assist, as were several destroyers with steam up. Coast guards rescued the crew of a four-masted schooner off the North Carolina coast just before the ship went ashore. The storm was spreading along the coast. The weather bureau warned that it was moving northward where strong winds have hindered shipping, wrecked small boats and caused inland damage since Sunday. A 52-mile gale threatened Atlantic City. Coastal resorts along the Virginia coast were hard hit. The navy took over wire circuits into Norfolk. Washington, D. C., reported minor damage and expected winds of gale force later. ; Airplanes were grounded in most eastern states. All small shipping was held in harbor. On Own Power New York. Aug. 23 —(U.R) —The storm-battered coastal liner Madison, with 90 persons aboard, is proceeding under her own power in the teeth of a southeast hurricane toward Chesapeake Bay. the eastern steamship lines offices were advised today by the steamer Washington, a sister ship. No Lives Lost Norfolk. Va.. Aug. 23 —(U.R) —A gale of hurridane intensity that swept the Virginia and North Carolina <s,asts early today moved northward this afternoon leaving extensive damage but no reported loss of life. Principal streets of Norfolk were strewn with wreckage. Willoughby Beach, a summer resort near here, reported most of the homes there destroyed or badly 11 •, (NTINUEI' ON P AGE F< 'Cl' > MANY REPORTS OF VIOLATIONS Thousands of NRA \ iolations Are Reported To Headquarters Washington. Aug. 23. (U.R) —Administrator Hugh S. Johnson's warning that withdrawal of the Blue Eagle would mean economic death to "cheaters and chiselers” focused attention today to a new NRA bureau, set up especially to ' handle complaints and check on violations of re-employment agreements. Although the bureau has been operating only a few days, desks already are piled with complaints. Reports of violations are coming ! in by the thousands from all parts : of the country. To single out from these cases one violators lor the sentence of economic death which Johnson says would be the result of removal of the Blue Eagle insignia, presents a task which even Jllnson, forceful and determined as he is, probably ■ would hesitate to undertake. On the other hand, there is the question of playing fair with the industrial and business concerns cooperating whole-heartedly in the recovery drive. The NRA must back them up by preventing unscrupulous competitors from undermining them through chiseling i tactics. While some see in Johnson’s warning a hold effort to intimidate the cheaters to such an extent drastic action will not be necessary, it *(CONT?XUED’oN PAGE