Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 31, Number 238, Decatur, Adams County, 9 October 1933 — Page 1

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BOTHER. SIX CHILDREN DIE IN FIRE

n TROOPS HO INDIANA ■Nt DISTRICT ‘U ia | | aw Declared ■ Two-Mile Area ('■Ku sui'ii' an, Ind. ||v!\l RS' HOMES ■Lil, Hi' BOMBED ■an. Ind- Oct. 9 XU.R) ■K,| |,v <lcclire<! ■HI ivo mile are:i em|he Slarburn eo:il il !i, r. loil iv lollow■J Imhiilhiil' oI lwi> min s ' Sullivan :m<l mi | H tvm aii'l men at the mine, oi. ird lri.<ms order iml officials th.. well the firing hurling of - appickets gathered morning when ' mrt’ared to enter sh-riff Alec Schafer he shots were non men but both wire sent into the air. ,i hut outbreak was n miners entered ■ - .Ivnamite thrown on- ■:- of the home of Em 0. Fox here last night the porch and broke windows. Fox and his employes of mine. ■kst was thrown the lawn of tlie Roscoe 1 it did no damage to break a few winsaid he had not been at the mine for several companies of national ♦ • ON PAGE FOUR) JOINT THREE ■HANDLE FUND Bite Between Gov. McBitt And Earl Peters L Is Settled ■napolis. Oct. 9—(U.R>—Dis-1 (lor. Paul V. McNutt and Mr! Peters, state Democratic | over funds of the Democratic Club was ■ today when the Demo- ■ state committee named ■of its members to handle, ■nds. ■ governor showed his power ■ committee when his cohorts ■scret session before the reg ■feet i ng ■, three are Omer Jackson. | ■field, eleventh district chair-1 ■political intimate of Senator ■rick Van N’uys; Alex Purs-1 ■srtford City, fourth district, ■an and a McNutt support-1 ■<l Miss Florence Smith, La- ■ ■' third district chairman, j ■ McNutt appointed state oil I ffl inier Decatur Resident Dies J; Laura Marguerite Wagner,, »ife of Wayne A. Wagner of Be, died at her home at 11 Sunday morning. Mr. and I agner resided here until fa! years ago when they fa io Markle. neral services will be held j “ay afternoon at 1 o'clock at He and burial will be made ie Decatur cemetery. tit Funeral Services Tuesday neral services for Zelda Rose a „.°” r year 01,1 daughter of d Mrs. Doyt L. Pettit, who ™<iay morning at Denver, do, will be held from the W. ' and Son funeral home on n Seco nd street. Tuesday after- ' o'clock. Burial will be '"the Decatur cemetery. t^ < ? 5 ' WHI arr ' Ve ln thiß c,f y I funeral t nd WUI bs renioved t 0 It «.Jal oD,e ' The cl,ild ls a /["“daughter of Mr. and, "atts of Monmouth. I

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I Slain iFt Mt | S I I V*«F/tW ■ /? K “-4 <• i 1 Oma Oversby, 20-year-old Chicago girl, whose body, with that of her former husband. Richard . Alflni, son of a wealthy contractor ( of River Forest. 111., was found in . an automobile on a road near Chicago. Young Alfini had shot . and killed his former wife and then committed suicide. The ’ marriage of the young couple was annulled last March. TWO COUNTRIES FAIL TO AGREE I ‘ Indications Are Disarmament Conference Will Meet Briefly (Copyright, 19.33 by United Press) Geneva. Oct. 9—(U.R)- War talk throughout Europe and a complete deadlock between France and Germany on disarmament, brought strong indications today that the world disarmament conference, scheduled tor next Monday, would be ajourned indefinitely after a brief meeting. Conferences among chief deleI gates of the disarmament steering I committee as they gathered for a formal meeting this afternoon showed France firmly opposed to , German demands that either France disarm, or Germany he ; permitted to rearm. It became highly probable that the "Big Five" nations — Great ' Britain. France, Italy. Germany and the United States — would I seek a compromise bv private negotiations. Their chief delegates seemed I inclined to believe it would be I better if they reached an agreeI ment in the next few days, to adi jotini next week’s full disarmament conference indefinitely after a brief forma! meeting, and coni tinue secret negotiations. France apparently won the support of Britain and America against German demands. The, - - - - -- - (CONTINUED ON PACK FOUR) PLAN RELEASE OF BANK FUNDS President Roosevelt Making Plans To Release Frozen Assets Washington. Oct. 9. —(U.R) —President Roosevelt is working out plans for a giant corporation to liquidate frozen bank assets, Henry Bruere, New York banker who is i cooperating with president's financial program, said today. Several billion dollars of bank . deposits still are frozen since the March banking holiday and the banking holiday and the President is anxious that these funds be released as soon as possible. The release might be made through formation of a huge governmental liquidating corporation which would take over slow assets of closed hanks and hold them until they could be liquidated. The bank depositors would be paid in full im- , mediately. Bruere conferred at length today , with Secretary of Treasury Wood- ( | in. Federal Reserve Board Gover- , nor Eugene R. Black, and other . , financial advisers of the President . i I (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE)

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CENTRAL SUGAR FACTORY WILL STARTTUESDAY ■ Between 4,300 And 4,500 Tons of Beets On Hand This Afternoon EMPLOYES CALLED TO WORK TODAY It was definitely decided late this afternoon that the Centra! Sugar Factory in this city will s’art operating Tuesday morning. H. C. Oksen. plant superintendent announc- | ed. Between 4300 and 4500 tons of beets are now stored at the yard, andwith favorable weather and soil conditions In at least half of the territory, company official determined this afternoon to start slicing of beets in the morning J. Ward Calland. field manager . and his crew of territory fieldmen t were looking after the job of having I the beets hauled to the mill and at r i noon today many growers were i busy transporting beets to th- sac- • tory. t The supply on hands by tonight 1 is equal to about a four and half ' day run. but with favorable wea- ’ ther conditions the next few days, the supply can be increased to a ' point guarant-eing the daily operation of the plant during the sugar making campaign. More than 340 men have been i called to work. Mr. Oksen stated, i Eight hour ehifls will be observiu, i which division of the hour in- ' erases the number of employe by nearly one half compared to for- . mer years when sugar mills operated on a 12 hour basis. The first shift for tomorrow has been tailed for six o'clock and plant operations will begin at eight o’clock. The shifts will be from 8 lA. M. to 4 p. m. 4 p. m. to 12 o’clock midnight: from ‘ 12 pm.toB a. m. The local sugar plant is the only one of its kind in Indiana. The mill * (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVB) O SIXTEEN BOYS IN LOCAL CLUB Local Boys Are Enrolled In Glider Club Which Meets Weekly ■ Sixteen Decatur youths are at present enrolled in a glider club, which meets every Friday evening at the home of Jam s Ehinger West I Madison street. This club was formed during the the latter part of August, with 11 I boys enrolling as charter members. | Officers elected at that meeting were James Ehinger. president; L. ; Smith, vice-president and R. Steele, secretary-treasurer. Enrollment in the club will be limited to 20 members, officers of the club stated this morning. New officers will be selected at the first meeting in January. Results of several contests held Iby the members also were an- j nounced today. In the hand-launch-ed qontest, L- Smith was first, his i glider staying up 20>4 seconds. I j Lankenau was second. 19 2-5 sec- j onds; Ehinger, IS 1-5 seconds; Zim-i merman. 11 1-10; Sundermann, 8, 3-10 seconds. Winners in the glider contest: L. Smith and Ehinger, 8.9 seconds; ■ McConnell, 7.6; Sondermann, 6.7; I Lankenau. 6.5: Hunt, 5.4; Zimmer-, man, 5.5; Bixler. 3.6. In the takeoff. Ehinger, 17.8; Smith, 14.5; Lankenau, 12.1. Members of the club are: Acheson, Alton, Beavers, Bixler, Brown. Ehinger. Highland, Hunt. Kunkel, Lankenau. McConnell, Merriman. Smith, Steele. Sundermann and Zimmerman Harry W. Thompson Car Is Recovered Harry W. Thompson. North First street, received a telegram this morning from the chief of police at Highland. Illionis. stating that i Mr. Thompson’s Ford r oach, stolen I h re last Friday, had been recovered at Highland. I Virglloua Shafer was taken into < custody by Highland police. A later ' telegram received this stated that Schafer had confessed l and would be turned over to federal 1 authorities for prosecution under t the Dyer act. 1

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Decatur, Indiana, Monday, October 9, 1933.

Two Killed When Auto Hits Tree Princeton, Ind., Oct. 9 — (UP) ’ —Two persons were killed and four others were injured seriously when I the automobile in which they were | returlng from a dance crashed Into ' a tree. The dead were Betty Jane Mounts 17. and James Rily, 20. I’ Four other occupants of the car Mr. and Mrs. Harold Mounts, their daughter Wanda Lee, and Fred Jones, all were hurt badly. Coron-r Roy C. Smith said he would ask the grand jury now In [’ session to investigate reports that Mounts was intoxicated. s 1 O31 MEN START WORK ON ROAR I. p Berms Are Being Widened On State Road 27, North Os Decatur r Thirty-one men started work ii this morning on U. S. road 27. north 5 of Decatur, wh-re the Indiana State t Highway Commission is widening » the berms on the side of the road. Four trucks and two teams are t; also employed on the job. The f trucks are furnished by the high- . way department and the teams en- , ‘ gaged locally. , The men were recruited •from . the ranks of the unemployed. Will r Linn, chairman of tne Governor's Commission on Unemployment, is ! in charge of the employment and stated that work would be given a new gang of workmen next week The improvement of the road P begins at the Smith Bridge, north of the city limits and extends north , to the Allen County line. The I same improvement is being made j i from Fort Wayne to the Adams. s County line, 100 men starting work in Allen county. J The old right of way of the Fort j , Wayne-Decatur Traction Company has been donated by the Indiana ,Service Corporation for the widen--1 ing of the road on the west side. , 1 The shoulders on the sides of the road will be widened four feet, it I was stated. The men will receive 40 cents an hour for a six-hour day. live days a week. It is planned to distribute | the work as much as possible and I new men will be employed next | week Orders from the township i trustees that the men are out of I I work must be obtained. No Extension Os Barber Law Indianapolis. Oct. 9.—<U.R>— Positive assurance that no further eL ; tension will be granted barbers for enforcement of their licensing law I was given today by Arthur C Wilson. president of the examiners' board. Two extensions already have I been granted, the last halting enforcement until Oct. 15. Observance must be strict after that date. ' Wilson said. He announced more than 5,500 i licenses have been issued and that; they are continuing at the rate of, , about 600 a day. PLAN PROGRAM I AT AUDITORIUM I Catholic Ladies Social Club To Give Program Two Nights ' A gala entertainment will be presented in the Decatur Catholic high school auditorium. Sunday night, October 15, and Tuesday, i October 17;. The program will be I presented under the direction of the Catholic Ladies Scoial Club. Specialties including fancy and ballet dancing and music by a twenty-eight piece orchestra will be featured, together with the pre- ; sentation of the four act comedy, i "Windy Willows.” ; ; The full wto hour program may 1 i be enjoy d for twenty five cents, j ’ Tickets may be obtained from any 1 member of the club or admission ' may be paid at the door. ) A matinee will be presented for the children Sunday afternoon, Oct- : ober 15, at 2:45 o'clock. (Admission t will be ten cents. s The public is invited to attend ' these gala events. The four act play promises to evoke much laughter and the clever dances will be ap- < predated. 1

JSAYS CHICAGO ‘BOSS'HANDLED 11 ROBBERY LOOT H r Chicago Political Leader 1 Held Under Bond For Mail Robbery ‘ LEADER LIKENED TO AL CAPONE Chicago, Oct. 9—(U.»—John J. tßoss) Mcl.aughlin, Chicago political leader, was named before ! Federal Jtidge James H. WilkerIson today as the handler of $237,000 of the $250,000 loot in the Chicago mail robbery of last December. The revelation was made by . Assistant U. 8. Dis:rid Attorney Edward Fisher in a hearing when he opposed a reduction of McLaughlin’s bond from the $50,000 figure set at the time of his arres'. 1 Fisher likened to Al 1 Capone. No. 1 Chicago gangster, in hie argument that the amount ’ of the bond should not be cut Attorneys said such a high , bond had never been set in Chi- , cago before excep: in the Capone case. “This man is akin to Capone," Fisher told Judge Wilkerson who i was trial judge in the Capone in--1 come tax case. Score Held 1 Chicago. Oct. 9 —(U.R) The story 1 of a gang acting as a clearing 1 house for bank and postoffi<- bandits throughout the nation, snapI ped open by the sensational gun i death of a gold coast club owner, i spread to undreamed of proper- > tions today. Federal authorities ) held a score of suspects in more l than a half dozen cities. t The train began as officials ‘ delved into the records of Edgar B. Lebensberger, who died by a ■ bullet in his exclusive North Shore , apartment while a grand jury was • indicting him in connection with i a $500,000 loop mail robbery here (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) KELLY FIGHTS WITH OFFICER George (Machine Gun) Kelly Starts Fight On Way To Courtroom Oklahoma City, Oct. 9. — (U.R) — The terrorist George (Machine Gun) Kelly replaced threats with violence today as he and his wife. Katherine, went on trial as accused major conspirators in the $200.000 Urachel kidnaping Federal agents warned him. as a tentative jury was chosen, that he would be shot the next time he acted as he did today. The manac,led gangster fought, witii a federal ageiff "in federal building and was beaten over the head with a pistol. I Kelly was struck over the left I eye with a pistol in a tight with federal agents today as he and his wife. Katherine, entered federal building for trial Agent J. U. White wielded the pistol. The fight started when Kather ine Kelly slapped White, and Kel , fy, with handcuffed hands, swung at the agent. I White caught Kelly's hands and struck the gangster with his fist. As Kelly continued the tight. White drew his gun and clubbed Kelly. Guards kept back a curious,! crowd and the two defendants were hurried into court. Start Terms Fort ven worth, Kan., Oct. 9 ' (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) Q Former Local Man Is Holdup Victim Bluffton, Oct. 9 —(Special)—Two ' young bandits staged a holdup at 1 the Pyle grocery Saturday night ! and escaped in an automobile, re- i ' ported stolen at Muncie. .Max Teeple manager of the store, staled 1 the loot obtained was about $75. This was the second holdup at the 1 grocery during the past year. Teepie pursued the bandits for 1 several miles but was forced tc ! I abandon the chase when the men shot a hole in his radiator and 1 windshield. * 1 Max Teeple is a former resident 1 of Decatur and is a son ol Mrs. Minnie Teeple, this city.

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Figures in Mail Plot 1 MMMNIMK... - ■p* . AT * ml k? | ’' ■■■l a «* f, > 1 Edgar B. Lebensberger (left), Chicago night duh owner, whose ■ suicide Friday revealed that he had been indicted with others for 1 alleged complicity in the $250,900 mail robbery in Chicago's loop district last December. At right. John J. (“Boss") McLaughlin of Chii < ago. who was also indicted on charges of complicity in the same robbery.

k I MRS) CONNOR IS I DEATH'S VICTIM Mrs. Daniel Connor Dies At Home of Daughter Saturday Night Mrs. Mary Isabell Connor, 75, of ' Geneva, wife of Daniel F. Connor, and grandmother of Mrs. Edward ; Deiteih of this city, died at the ' home of a daughter. Mrs. Irpeel 1 Hall in Warren. Saturday night at 6:45 o’clock, following a several I year's illness. Death was due to complications. Mrs. Connor had been in failing health for several years. Mrs. Connor was born in Hartford Township, Adams County and ' spent her entire life in Geneva and the vicinity. She was born September 9. 1858. a daughter of Lewis and Mary Lovell-Wilson. She was married to Daniel F. Conner on October 21, 1876. She was a member of the Geneva Methodist Episcopal Church which she attended until her health failed, and of Sylvia Rebecca Lodge No. 327. Surviving are the husband, and four daughters. Mrs. Lou Armstrong. and Mrs. L. L. Neal of Geneva; Cecil? Connor at home and Mrs. Irpeel Hall of Warren. Seven grandchildren. Waldo. Daniel and Merle Neal of Geneva; Mrs. Edward Deitsch of Decatur; Mrs. William Myers of near Monroe; Mary Lucille Hall of Warren and Mrs. Harry Dunwoodie of Geneva, one great grandchild Eddie Gene Deitsch of Decatur, a sister, Mrs. Amanda Chrisman of Los Angeles, California, two brothers. William *7cOVriNUED ON PAGE FOUR) O STATE POLICE CONTINUE HUNT Pursue Search For Eight Men Who Escaped From State Prison Indianapolis, Ind., Oct. 9—(UP) —I State froliee were active but seer©- ! ! tive today in their man hunt for; eight felons who escaped from the Indiana state prison. They continued questioning of Ralph Saffell and .Mrs. Margaret 1 Behrens, alleged arcs ssories of six 1 convicts. They bunded for other accessories j 1 including Mrs. Mary Kinder, alleged to have brought the six to Saffell’s ] house the night of the escape Sept. 26 and a man and a woman who went to the house and gave the men money. . .Mrs. Behrens was arrested Sat- , urdav at her home here when she return d from visiting her brother . and husband, both of whom ar ] serving hank robbery sentences at f the state prison. She was identified j by Saffell. who insists he was forced to house the convicts, as accont- ) panying the man and woman who ( provided the money. She revealed nothin, according to I j (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) 11

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Dairy Expert Will Speak Here Oct. 17 J. C. Nisbet, associate editor of j Hoard's Dairyman, will be the , principal speaker at a meeting at 1 the Decatur high school auditorium Tuesday evening. October ! 17, at 7:30. The Cloverleaf Creameries, 1 through Roy Price, are aiding in ! this meeting. Attendance will he by invitation only. Anyone wish--1 ing to attend should see either I Roy Price, county agent L. E. Archhold or a member of the I Adams county dairy herd improve- ' ment association. I Mr. Nisbet's discussion will be on the analysis of the breeding program as t has been carried out by the Hoard s Dairyman herd for the past 30 years. LOCAL PEOPLE HURT IN CRASH Mr. And Mrs. .Joseph McConnell Hurt At Fort Wayne Saturday Mrs. Joseph McConnell was seriously injured and her husband, who was driving a Plymouth sedan, was painfully hurt Saturday evening in Fort Wayne, when (heir car collided with one owned by Dr. James C. Cowan of New Haven. Mr. and Mrs. McConnell, with a sister of Mrs. McConnell, were driving into Fort Wayne., As they turned a corner, Dr. Cowans' car was parked on the wrong side of the street. The lights from another car blinded Mr. McConnell, and as a reuslt the McConnell car crashed into the Cowan car. A chauffeur in the latter car. the only occupant, was uninjured. Both Mr. and Mrs. McConnell were taken to a hospital, where it was at firs' feared that Mrs. McConnell had been injured internally. A report from the hospital this afternoon was that she was resting “fairly good." She suffered a lacerated chin, a badly cut left leg and a broken ankle. Mr. Me-' Connell's face was severely cut ' by broken glass and he received a bad bump on the back of his head. However he was released from the hospital after his injuries ; were dressed. The Plymouth ear. the property of the Frank McConnell & Sons Company was badly wrecked and was brought here this morning to ! be repaired. o Fort M ayne Man Takes Own Life Roy Hull, age 57. of Fort Wyane hanged himself in a rear room of M. L. Lose Barber Supply houee, sometime Saturday morning. His body was found by Mr. Lose, foillowing a telephone call he received from Mrs. Hull that her husband had not come home for dinner. Mr. Lose said he and Mr. Hull had planned to go to a lake Satur day afternoon. 11l health is believed ; to have caused the man to take his I life. He was employed by Mr. Lose | tor the past eeven years.

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FLAMES CLAIM LIVES OF SEVEN WHILE SLEEPING Cause of Fire Undetermined; Efforts At Rescue Are Futile MINNESOTA TOWN SCENE OF TRAGEDY Pequot. Minn.. Oct. 9 <UR) | - A mother and her six children. raiitfinH in ufte from seven months to nine years, nerislied today in a fire that destroyed their home while thev slept. The cause of the fire was undetermined. The v ic t i in s were Mrs. Sadie Johnson. 29. and her children. Roland. 9: Warren. 7; Shirley. 4: Keigh Leroy. 3; Beverly i Fay. 2. and Elden Alfred, seven months. The father. Roy Johnson, was at work when the tragedy occurred. The home was a mass of flames when Mrs. Martha Olds, a neighbor. spread an alarm. Attempts by neighbors to enter the fastcrumbling frame structure were I futile. Mrs. Johnson's body was found at the foot of a stairway, indicating she had attempted to arouse the children sleeping upstairs. The bodies of the children were found at locations indicating they died in their sleep. St. Paul Church To Observe Rally Day A home coming and rally dav ! will be observed at the St. Paul i Church located four mile* south of Decatur on the county farm road, Sunday. October 21. Rev. J. E. Smith is pastor of the church. The Sunday School will be held at the usual time and an all-day meeting will he held. A program will be prevented during the afternoon. o Berne Democrats Name Candidates The candidates tor the Democratic ticket for the November 7, Berne town election, were named at a meeting of the Democrats in Berne Friday night. Chris Balsiger and Henry Winteregg were named couneilmen and David Depp was chosen clerktreasurer. o Avjan Tuberculosis Specialist Is Here Dr. E. E. Coshow, avian tuberculosis specialist, has established headquarters at Berne and will make a house to house canvass in Monroe township. He may be reached through the county agent’s office. o ‘BUY NOW DRIVE STARTED TODAY Administration’s Buying Campaign Gets Underway Today Washington. Ort. 9—(UP) —The Administration's buying campaign started today, with recovery administrator Hugh S. Johnson confident that it would serve as the stimulant business needs to sustain employment and payroll gains resulting from NRA codes. A flood of telegrams and letters to Johnson from all parts of the country over the week-end promised cooperation, through advertising special merchandising appeals. Manufacturers and merchants, large and small, in every field of business have pledged cooperation with the recovery administration and the consuming public in a buying push to break the depression,” Johnson said. “Some of the letters reveal new and improved products to be offered tlie public, others report greatly increased advertising budgets as evidence of faith in the upturn, and all pledged their writers to maintenance of fair prices.” Johnson planned to dovetail hia * (CONTINUED*ON *J»AGE *FOUpj *