Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 31, Number 214, Decatur, Adams County, 11 September 1933 — Page 1

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Roy Kalver Named Theater Manager Roy Kalver, son of Mr. and Mrs. I. A. Kalver of this city has been made manager of the McVickers theater In downtown Chicago. Roy wm formerly assistant manager of the same theater, later being sent to Ddroit where he managed the United (Artists theater. The .McVickers is one of the oldest theaters in Chicago R was originally a legitimate show house but some years ago was converted to a plctur • theater. MAKE PROGRESS ON COAL CODE Johnson Confident Os Winning Agreement From Factions Washington, Sept. 11 — (UPI — Protracted negotiations over th" disputed bituminous coal code moved toward a conclusion today in what recovery administrator Hugh S. Johnson described a new spirit of cooperation and conciliation. While Johnson was confident of winning an agreement on the coal code, chairman Wagner of the National lalior Isiard appealed to capital and labor to '‘forget all feuds" and work unselfishly for success of the recovery program Coal operators in public statements bombard d the revised code drafted by th • NRA on whirl) f nal public hearings will be held tomorrow. Early approval by the President is expected to follow these h -arwgs. Alabama operators thr atened to refuse to abide by the code if it is put into effect in its present form. The powerful non-union Appalachian group charged the code would give the government virtual tunu ul all tire redos err Johnson, dis ussing the code which was submitted by the NRA (CONTINUWD (>N > 7\g7?S*N ** MORE DEATHS IN ST. LOUIS Fatalities From Encephalitis Reach 120; New Case At Warsaw St. Louis, ’ (Sept. 11—<U.R>—Thirteen additional deaths resulting from encephalitis, epidemic here since July 30, today increased to 120 the number of fatalities among the 720 persons who have been confined to hospital isolation wards. While spread of the mysterious disease seemed to gain momentum scores of the nation's leading medical scientists sought desperately to find some means of checking It, or a successful formula for its treatment. Physicians have been especially concerned over the high death rate here, about one death out of every five cases. Only about 110’ persons have been released from hospitals as cured. Chief hojje of medical progress in fighting’ the "sleeping sickness” outbreak, was centered today on experiments with six monkeys inoculated with the mal-j ady. Even the most optimistic of those directing the elaborate research activities, said it possibly would be weeks, even months, before a preventative or successful me'hod of treatment • could be developed. Third Case Warsaw, Ind., Sept. 11—(U.R)— Simultaneous with the quarantining of one home here today be- | cause of sleeping sickness, a third ** CONTtNI'WD ON PAGE SIX) Charles Caron Is Arrested Again Charles Caron, well known Decatur umbrella mender, was arrested at 5 o’clock Saturday evening by Sheriff Burl Johnson on a charge of assault and battery, preferred by Jacob Hodle, West Monroe street. ; Caron was arraigned before Mayor George Krick in city court early this morning, entering a not guilty plea, lie was returned to the jail pending release on SSOO bond. Caron, at the time of his arrest, was at liberty under heavy bond orx a rape charge, filed several weeks ago. He is to be tried on the latter charge next week.

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111-Fated Hop-Off / 'j Jr \ Hw J ■” / * • i . M - at the takeoff from South B »nd, Ind., of the autogyro in which H. E, Manning, Charles Otto and Majenta Gerard are believed to have perished in Lake Michigan, en route to Chicago. Mis Gerard is in the forward seat and Charles Otto at the controls. Manning had not entered the ship i at tlie tin,, tlie pic ure was made.

TRUSTEES MEET THIS MORNING Township Trustees Meet At Office of County Superintendent The township trustees met this I morning at th offic eof C. E. Strfk-1 er, county superintendent of schools | and discussed a number of subjects including school attendance, poor relief and budgets for next year. U. was voted, i,hat luimir rol.ls would be given to tho»" pupils who do not miss a single day of school , during the 1933-34 school term. Heretofor pupils who were not absent more than three days during the year r ceiv >d an honor roll. The trustees told of their exper- > iences In administering poor relief and of som -of the probl ms they encountered. They held a round table discussion on the poor relief subject and also on the budgets. In the budg'ts for 1934 the trust es have figured on receiving S3OO | for earti tea her from the state, bas- , ed on the 35-25 attendance o.uota in high schools and grades. Tlie trustees brought copies of the budgets 1 with them and filed them with County Auditor Glen Cowan who will submit them to th? County Tax Adjustment Imard when it convenes next Monday. IAII of th? 12 trustees were present at the me ting. County Agent L. E. Archbold spoke to the trustees relative to the wheat control organization to be organized in this county and r?ad figures of the number of contract signers in each township. The trustees served as the temporary committee and the county organization will be in all probability be form-d this week, 1 Mr. Archbold stated. POSSE SEEKS ESCAPED MEN Convicts Kill Two. Wound Three Others In Break For Freedom Baton Rouge. La.. Sept. 11 —<U.R) —A posse of prison guards and county officers today surrounded a wooded section where ten of twelve convicts who shot their way to freedom at the Angola state prison yesterday were believed to have taken refuge. The convicts, all desperate long-term prisoners, killed two men and wounded three others in their sensational dash for freedom. One convict was shot to death and another was believed separated from the group. The convicts burst suddenly into the office of sugar camp E, a refinery located in the center of the prison, brandished three rifles . and several pistols. They demanded that A. L. Bryan, a trusty, give them the keys to the gun rack. When Bryan hesitated they slugged him with the guns and took the keys. They armed themselves with rifles amd forced Bryan to supply them with amtnuni(CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE)

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Berne Youth Badly Hurt Saturday Night — Lester Farlow. 20, of Berne, suf- ■ sered serious injuries Saturday I evening about 7:30 o’clock when I the motorcycle on which he was: ' riding collided with an Amish rig,' owned by Jacob F. Schwartz. The accident occurred one mile j east of Berne Farlow was enroute |to Berne on his motorcycle, when ■an Amish rig approaching road US .from the south, drove onto the in-1 ' tersection without stopping. The | | motorcycle struck the horse, knocking it down, and Farlow was thrown about 50 feet into a ditch. He suffered a wrenched back and other serious injuries. He was unconscious following the accident I and had not regained consciousness late this afternoon. RAMON MARTIN TAKES OFFICE New Cuban President Takes Oath of Office At Noon Sunday Havana, Sept. 11. — (U.R) —Hope ' ful that the danger of armed American intervention had passed. President Aamon Grau San Martin today sought to complete his cabinet I and rally political leaders to his support. There was only one incident, to break the calm of the capital. A bomb exploded at 2 a. m today at j Colon and Aguila streets, near the j gas and electricity station. It was ' thought possible the bomb was exploded in connecting with the pub--1 lie demand for lower utility rates. The new president, inaugurated at noon yesterday, hoped to persuade leaders of the half dozen political parties that only by backing him in a nationalist govern ment could intervention be averted and normal conditions restored. Confusing as the situation was, ' *?CON“riNUED ON PAGE FIVE)

Creamery Head Urges Program Or Beautification For Decatur

In a letter addressed to the Daily I Democrat, W. A. Klepper. general manager of the Cloverleaf Cream* < eries, Inc., and civic booster of this < ! city, urges a program of beaut iti- 1 cation in Decatur and the erection I of welcome signs leading into the l city. Mr. Klepper makes several sug* ' ; gestions and expresses the hope that action wiill be taken by Chamber of Commerce or some other civic organization in sponsoring a program here. He suggests that| the unemployed be hired to do most of the work. His letter reads: “It is my personal belief that now is the opportune time to beautify the city of Decatur by making 1 use of the unemployed this fail. In 1 talking to some of them I know, full well that they are willing to I do the work, because of civic pride, | and the thing I think is necessary: to do, is to have the Chamber ot 1 Commerce organize tlhem into a 1 group, so that the work can be ' done in a systematic manner. ■! "The following are just a few ' I suggestions, that I think could be j carried out, and there would be

WETS PREDICT WIN IN MAINE New England State Voting On Repeal Today; Others Tuesday Portland. Me. Sept. 11 (U.R) — Maine, dry since 1851, voted today on ratification of the 21st (repeal) amendment. Observers predicted it would be the 26th consecutive state to repudiate national prohibition. Today’s election opened she final phase of the drive to repeal the 18th amendment this year. It Maine falls into line, repealists will need only 10 more states, (‘(dorado. Minnesota and Maryland vote tomorrow. Idaho and New Mexico vote a week from tomorrow; Virginia, Oct. 3; Florida. Oct. 10; Ohio. Pennsylvania. North and South Carolina, and Utah. Nov. 7. The wets could lose two states and still be victorious. Repeal Cannot become an actual ' ity, however, until Dec. 5 or 6. Ohio holds its formal ratification convention Dee. 4. Pennsylvania. Dec. 5. and North and South Carolina. Dec. 6. Predictions of the wet victory ——— Mrs. William Rider Died Saturday Night Mrs. William Rider. 66, died at I a o’clock Saturday night at her I home two and onehalt' miles southeast of Monroeville. Death followed I a h-art attack which Mrs. Rider, suffered Saturday morning. Mrs. Rider was visiting in Decatur Saturday morning and was stricken with the heart attack here. She was removed to her home wher death followed a second attack. Surviving are the husband and one son. Charles Rider of route 10, Fort Wayne.

but little expense involved: “1. The property south ot the Christian Church should be torn down and the wood distributed to the needy, and this lot could be beautified by putting in a rock garden and a nice lawn and a few benches, so that when the rural people come into town they will have a place to assemble and rest. "2. The property east of the postoffice could have a hi!! Ixtard erected on the same, to hide the unsightly small sheds and buildings, and this bill board could be so constructed, that there could l>e shrubbery planted around it, and it would add to the beauty of the landscaping of the postoffice. i “3. At the entrances to the city lon the main highways, there could be a small sign erected with mereI ly the words "Welcome to Decatur ’ and have a rock garden and shrub- : bery arrangement around the sign, |so that it would be very attractive, and it would give the tourists com ing into Decatur the impression that we are very proud of our city. “1 am sure that if we start to carry out the above that many peoiCONTINUHD ON PAGE TWO)

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TAX ADJUSTORS WILL CONVENE NEXT MONDAY 1 Adams County Tax Adjustment Board \V ill Ex- 1 amine Various Budget ALL BUDGETS TO BE REVIEWED The Adams County Tax Adjust- I ment board will convene next Mon ' day for the purpose of examining and passing on the budg ts and tax levies proposed by the different tax- ■ Ing units in the county. The members of the board are, M. Kirsch, r pr senting the county i council; Mayor George Krick, rep resenting civil towns and cities in , the county: Arthur Blakey, Union township, representing the 12 townships; Chris Steng 1, Berne, representing the school boards; Charles Fuhrman. Preble township. Frank Johnson. Jefferson township; Josephus Martin, Geneva. All exc pt Mr. Kirsch w re appointed by Judge H. M. DeVoss of the Adams Circuit court. It is likely that a preliminary ' meeting of the board will be held about the middle of this w -k for : tlie purpose of organizing and map- I ping out a program tor next week. Budgets of the townships, school , boards, towns and cities and the 1 | county will be review dby the . Is>ard and according to law, "It shall be the duty of such board and to examine and, it it deems such action necessary, revise, change or r duebut not increase, any tax levy and any corresponding items \ of the budgets on which such tax levies are based and apportion the ■ total of all said levies so that the I total levy on prop rty within any, municipal corporation for which the property therein is taxable, including the state levy referred to in section- 1, shall not exce d the ap-(COX-TINtTED OX PAGE FIVE) POLISH BALLOON FOUND SUNDAY Two Balloonists W ere Lost For Seven Days; One Still Missing Akron, Ohio, Sept. 11 —iU.R) — Ward T. VanOrman and Frank Trotter reported to the Goodyear Tire and Rubber company today that they had landed safely a week ago Sunday night at Timagani, provincial forest, Canada. The message was relayed to the Goodyear office by the Sudbury office of the Hydro-electric Construction company which j has a branch near Timagani. Chicago. Sept. 11— (U.R) —Hope ! ] for the safety of the one unaccounted for balloon in the Gordon . Bennett race was heartened today by discovery of the missing Polish bag. lost for seven days. The Polish balloonists, Capt. Francizek Hynek and Lieut. Zbiginew Bnrsynski. arrived at Riviere A Pierre, in the Province . of Quebec. Canada, after wander ing for five days through wilder- j ness. They had traveled approximately 840 miles from Chicago, farther than Lieut. T. G. \V. Settle, pilot of the navy bag. who ■ landed near New Haven. Conn.. | more than 700 miles from Chicago. The missing balloon was piloted } by the stellar American balloon(CONTINUT'7I» ON PAGE STX) Q Samuel Steiner Is Arrested For Arson Samuel Steiner. Berne drayman arrested at that place at 2 o'clock this afternoon by Sheriff Luster j Bowman, Wells County, and Dave Dubach. Berne town marshall, was , expected to he arraigned in circuit i court late today on a charge of having set fire to a residence property i belonging to Joney Myers, at Vera Cruz. June 12. The specific charge is the plac-1 ing of combustibles in the building with the purpose of arson. According to prosecuting attorney Georg ' Glass, Bluffton, admis- ■ sion of the charge had been made 1 by Steiner previous to his arrest. Steiner moved to Berne about two weeks ago from Vera Cruz.

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Holy Name Society Will Meet Tonight The first of th" fall meetings of the Holy Name society of St. Mary’s Catholic church, will he held this , evening at the K. of C. hall. French Quinn, well known local citizen will spiak on the NRA and , the chang « being made in the Amer- j lean form of government. Mr. Quinn | spolke on tlie same subje-t before j tlie county teachers' institute in Fort Wayne last month. William Faurote, pr'sldent of the society, will preside at the meeting. o » COMMITTEE TO BE SELECTED IN FEW DAYS! 199 Adams County Farmers Have Signed Wheat Control Agreements HOLD ELECTION THURSDAY NIGHT One hundred ninety-nine Adams county farmers iiaye signed the wheat control agreement, county agent L. E. (Archbold announced this afternoon. Saturday was the final day for signing the agreements, making the signers eligible to vote for the selection of a permanent wheat control committee. Present plans call for selection of the committee Thursday night. Although a final decision has not be-n made. It is thought likely that this county will be divided into five communities for the purpose of this j election. Not enough farmers have signed -agreements to warrant ’• | choosing a committee for each ■ l township. Mr. Archbold stated that definite plans for holding the elections will l»e announced as soon as possible. In this election, each community 1 will elect three men to serve as a permanent committee. The chairmen of these community committee will serve as a board of directors for tlie entire county and wiil name three of their own number as i the allotment committee, which will render final decision for this county regarding wheat control. i The twelve township trustees i have been acting as a temporary committee and will have complete ■ charge of the community elections. | Union township leads Adams : county with 37 signers, with 36 Root township wheat growers signing the agreements. The number of signers by townships is as follows: Union. 37; Root. 36: Preble, 22; i St. Mary’s 6; Washington. 19; Kirkland. 30; Blue Creek. 4; Monroe 6; French. 14: Jefferson, 8; Wabash, 3; Hartford. 14. —o Civic Section Will Meet Tuesday Night The Civic Section of the Woman’s i i club will hoi da call d meeting in the Chamber of Commer-e room at 7:30 p. m. Tuesday. Every memi ber is urged to be present. TWO KILLED BY FREIGHT TRAIN Youths Die When Auto Strikes Train And Bursts Into Flames Warsaw, Ind . Sept. 11 —I UP) — l Two men were killed instantly , near here today when their automobile struck a freight train and in turn was run over by a passenger ' locomotive. The dead are Wayne Cook. 19. who lived three and one half miles | west of Akron, and Ralph Blesch, 20, who lived three and one lialf i miles northeast of Akron. The accident occurred when 1 Cook's machine struck a fr- ight | train which liafl stopped on a cross- ■ ing one and one half mile northI east of Claypool. The boys' car immediately burst into flames and i was ground to pieces by a speeding passeng r train on the next track. Cook and Blesh were en route home from Warsaw on road 13 at the time of the tragedy. Their bodies were burn d and mangled beyond recognition.

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IGNITED DUST CAUSES BLAST THIS MORNING More Than Score of Other Miners Escape Through Drift Shaft ANOTHER MINER SUFFERS BURNS Pittsburgh, Sept. 11 <U.R)— Kight miners were killed to- ■ day when coal dust ignited in the Oakmont mine of the Hillman Coal and C.oke company at Barking station. More than a score of other miners fled three m i les through lh<‘ dritt shaft to the surface and escaped. J The blast let go shortly after i the day’s work began. Immediately after word of the I blast was brought to the surface by terrified miners. Hillman off!i ctals sent emergency calls to the Pittsburgh office of the federal bureau of mines for rescue crews. Then they refused information, minimized the accident in re sponse to telephone inquiries, and summoned state highway patrolmen to halt automobiles approaclf- ’ ing the mine on highways. Four bodies were brought to the surface, within a few hours after I the explosion, which occurred at a point where the Oakmont mine approaches the Newfield mine, penetrating the ground from ani other angle. Three of the dead were identi- ! tied as: Mike Stokio. 35. a loader; Charles Solomon. 47. New Kensington. a loader, and Joseph 1 Franconl. 25. a driver. The fourth, unidentified, was carried ! to the improvised morgue in a nearby farm house. The rescuers who crept through the three underground miles with the four bodies told reporters four other bodies were there. There was one other casualty, Joseph Payer. 23. of Springdale, who was taken to Citizens General hospital. New Kensington, suffering burns on he hands and : face. Rescuers believed no one was i trapped, and tliat onfy the nine, ‘ caught in the apex of the explo(CONTTNUE'D OX PAGE O Seven Arrested In Fort Wayne Strike Fort Wayne. Ind., Sept. 11—(UP) i — Seven additional arrests on assault and battery charges growing i out of a strike last week by approI ximately 100 employes of the Fort ■Wayne Tailoring company, were . made today. MeanwhiH. officials of the 'Amalgamated Clothing Workers of Am- ' erica, executives of tlie tailoring j firm, government officials, and officials of the American Federation of Labor, who came here Saturday, j n gotiating for a settlement of the ' strike. Today's additional arrests brought to 11 the number now in custody for alleged violence in connection with picketing activities at the : clothing plant. Today’s Scores NATIONAL LEAGUE New York 000 Cincinnati 000 Bell and Mancuso; Lucas and Crouch. Philadelphia at Chicago—Rain Brooklyn at Pittsburgh—Rain. Only games scheduled. AMERICAN LEAGUE First 'Game Chicago 300 000 000—3 9 1 Philadelphia 003 200 OOx—s 7 0 Lyons and Berry; Grove and ' Cochrane. Second Game Chicago 000 000 ' Philadelphia 100 041 Heving and Berryf Marcum and Cochrane. Detroit 100 010 30 New York 100 000 00 ' Marberry and H :>xorth; Ruffing and Dickey. Cleveland 00 Washington 10 Harder and Spencer; Weaver and Sewell. Only games scheduled. Courtesy City Confectionery