Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 31, Number 246, Decatur, Adams County, 18 October 1933 — Page 1

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MANY asks JoOALiTY WITH NATIONS Ms;i" Hi> Country ■ lie Granted ComEquality *■ EOI X; PATION ■ :R\i W RETLRN k (), ■ 18 —(U.R)—(lerI . hI no conier- > J E/ Mgn nothI IM''' is >' riaiite<l I IK- " !l "' r nati " ns - Hitler said liH*’" ' , ' l»u;. n‘ X;izi aiiles. Aa ' nia<le i ' >-leadW M ” ill-’ 5 l^^w if,r!i I , : ■ ■ ’ ,. «. | • .< > institutions. EK ..■•■•■n.fii p.-ssi dSH Complete Basis by U»») U.R> Europe’s ■ H'K 't 11. hark to lie :,i. ■ rtiiich to rebuild ..Hire the by Su i^M : , Ku ..l.itlon Wit I. lEK': hi eat Britain. ■ x ne had elosyd ■■ ot difficult -iftied to bring bai k to the League ot ■ rid disarmament I -WdcJ Hi:;-: :■ i many chancel--KBa t i: n tn a group ot Ktjlgn i:ii... made it plain that Ms-'.' tie built witha: • - equal part of j - d ex-etneny of —_ |Kevelt To Study M’rtii.o I Retail Code I'Bi- Pte pared today for -’. •;■,.■ proposed re- ’•• House indicates was -xpeited r “ ;i ’t fur some time, of price ■ i k and fourth at ■>< months. S| :.‘ : - President to de->.-s were before ' consistently farm,»: liters which would tal.s a,,n|s at less than A :i.premise provision Bt-ten would forbid sales than ■HDRAWPART If guardsmen ■ National Guard Com■n- v W ithdrawn From I Mine Area Hr van - Ind.. Oct. 18— (U.R) — three ci.niHgnies of Indiana guard troops stationed in fig; 'i> county to prevent coal <il ' ! 'i:lrimI>s 1 >s was withdrawn ■ R AII, " r ’ H. Whitcomb issued jor Company F. Attica, to onie ' This company has ■ stationed on the court house B'°thfr two companies will - K?„ On dllt y at the Starburn M to’ismr mines indefinitely. ' P wit hdrawal of Company css houses will continue ■ '° Bed at 10 p. m . and the Kged CUrfeW ° rder win be un ‘ ■j ll,arv headquarters will re■]i„"’ ~le court house but the B sq " arp here again will be ■’" open to traffic. ■ulli. er With McNutt ■““raged hv ' ° Ct ' 18 -" (U.R)- ■ pfn, a conference with Sullivan ■°"Ttnued on page'TTve**

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(DAIRY LEADER SPEAKS HERE 1 .1. C. Nisbet Gives Interesting Talk On Dairy Cattle Breeding "Fifty years ngo. the dairy cattle of Denmark averaged 2.700 pounds of milk and 90 pounds of butterfat per year. Today, the average is 8.500 pounds of milk and 285 I pounds of butterfat Contrast this with the advancement the United ' States has made. Forty-two years ago the dairy cattle in the United States averaged 2,900 pounds of milk and ]oo pounds of laitterfat i Today, the average is 4.700 pounds of inilk and 170 pounds of butterfat. At our present rate, it will take us 120 years to catch up to I where Denmark is now." With this introduction, J. C. Nisbet, associate editor of a leading dairy publication, launched into one of the most interesting talks on dairy cattle breeding ever heard 'in this area. The meeting was held in the Decatur high school auditorium Tuesday night, and was called for the purpose of discussing ways |of improving the dairy herds in this section. Breeders from three counties were present. ‘"Many of our dairy cattle breeding standards should be asked to give an account of themselves and prove that they are based on fact , — not fancy," said Mr. Nisbet "Most -of us are in the dairy business to make a living. We know that good cows titake us more 1 money than poor ones. The pro- , duct from a cow producing 160 pounds of butterfat per year must sell for 80e per pound to leave the same amount ot money for family necessity as would the product of a 350-pound cow. selling at 20c. Uetting rid of poor cows is the first step toward immediate improvement," Nisbet pointed out. ‘ We at our farm, after 30 years of breeding cattle, have learned onr lesson Only four out of the. CONTINUED TO FAGE FIVE SOUND MONEY PLAN DELAYED Pronouncement of Sound Money Policy Expected From Government (Copyright 1933. by United Press! Washington. Oct. 18 — (U.R) President Roosevelt's advisors i have sifted 50 plans for an official monetary policy down to a handful which declare for "sound money"' in one form or another, ’ the United Press was informed by a high authority today. . . The plans under study ignore ‘ the issuance of greenbacks either as a means to inflate the currency or as a means of raising prices, it was understood. The unexpected break in the prices of farm products was believed to have postponed the administration's plan for a "sound I money” pronouncement this week, which now may be delayed until prices are restored near the desired levels. I Those working out the PresV dent's monetary policy are regarded as unlikely to give in to de- ' mands for cheapening the dollar i through the issuance of greenbacks either as United States , notes or non-interest bearing treasury notes. Under the Thomas amendment j to the farm bill, the President is given authority to issue 13,000,000,000 in United States notes, or greenbacks, in meeting payments 'on the public debt. However, the 1 ease with which the government this week sold >500.000,000 in nevy 10 to 12 year bonds and the assurance of success in its re- ' funding plans for the Fourth Lib- « ♦♦ ’ * ON PARE FIVE) —O Ralston Child Dies Early This Morning Private funeral services were held this morning tor Selma Ralston, four year old daughter of Bert and Martha Ralston, who died at ■ her parental home, 127 Monroe street, at 12:30 o'clock Wednesday morning. 1 Death was due to diphtheria. Rev. Harry Thompson conducted the ' graveside service at the Decatur " i cemetery, where burial was made. The child was born January 31, . 1929. Surviving are the parents £ud . I one brother, Earl.

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Notre Dame Honors Marconi >. jf Left to right: Guglielmo Marconi, father of wireless; Bishop John F. Noll of Fort Wayne, and the Rev. Johfi F. O'Hara, vice president of Notre Dame University, at luncheon givep at the university in | Marconi's honor. Utter the inventor was made an honorary doctor of laws.

SOLHABEGGER j I I DIES AT BERNE Prominent Retired Farmer Dies Tuesday Evening Os Pneumonia Berne. Ind.. Oct 18. — (Special) I , — Solomon Habegger. 75, prominent retired farmer, died at his home ' on West Main street. Tuesdav eve-i 1 ' I ning at 6 o'clock. He had been ill , for the last two weeks with pleurisy which developed into pneui mon fa. He was born in Canton Bern. ■ Switzerland, j'of Peter and Elizabeth LehmanHabegger. He came to this coun-, ■ try when a small boy. On April 16. 1883. he was married to Caroline Reusser, and they ■ lived in Wabash township, five I I miles southeast of Berne for many I I years. Mr. and Mrs. Habegger moved to Berne 20 years ago on October 16. | Surviving are the widow and the following children: Rev, E. O. Habegger of Bippus; Mrs.\Pessie, Bracker. Berne: Mrs David Neu-' hauser, Ridgeville Corners. Ohio; William Habegger, Mrs. Omer . Neuenschwander and Mrs. J. L. Mei Crory of Berne. Seventeen grandI children also survive. Children who preceded their. I father in death were Mrs. E. S. Burkholder, Jesse and Celia HaI begger. Brothers and sisters surviving are Jacob P.. David. Lewis . Habegger and Mrs. Jacob Amstutz I . of Berne. Three brothers and two sisters, Abraham, Peter and Ben- 1 jamin. Mrs.’ Fred Frankhauser and Mrs. Joshua Sprunger, preceded I Mr. Habegger in death. The deceased was a member of "(CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) ! I — o MAN MURDERED BY WIFE TODAY Woman Hacks Husband To Death With Axe; Holds Prayer Service Memphis, Tenn.. Oct. 18 —(U.R) Mrs. Daisy Storie, 39. hacked her i unemployed husband to death witii an axe here today, then held a family prayer service over his j battered body. The victim, Robert Wilson ■ Storie, 45. jobless Hallway man,: was killed as he lay asleep. Mrs. Storie was arrested on a, charge of murder. She told officers she called in her two daughters, Manella. 17. and Clara, 13, showed them the j • bloody axe and prayed over the body. The woman said she had been beaten and threatened by her: husband, who had repeatedly ordered her to leave home. Manella Storie bore out her mother's story of cruelty at the hands of' her . father. "We had barely enough to eat,”[ the girl said, "and mother took in washings in exchange for gifts of second hand clothes by people in I the neighborhood." Miss Storie said her mother had 1 * \cONTINUBD ON PAGE SIX)

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana. Wednesday, October 18, 1933.

H ard Calland Speaks To Local Lions Club J. Ward Calland. field manager of ! the Central Sugar company, addI ressed the meeting of the Lions flub Tuesday evening at the Rice ■ Hotel on the development of the I beet sugar industry. Mr. Calland traced the origin of ■ beet sugar and its two centuries of I development in continental Europe. I first in France and then in Germany. The speaker demonstrated expert j knowledge of the biological and ‘ chemical formations of the beet sugar plant. Ralph Yager had charge of the) program. Walter Harris, plant superintendent ot the Cloverleaf j Creamery was a guest of the club. D. J. SCHWARTZ IS ACQUITTED Monroe Township Farmer Acquitted In School Attendance Tria! A verdict of acquittal was returned by the jury in Adams circuit court in the case of the State of Indiana vs. David J. Schwartz. Monroe township farmer. The case i went to tJie jury shortly before 3 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, the jury returning its verdict about 9 o'clock Tuesday evening. The State's complaint recited that on September 7, Clifton E. i Striker, county superintendent of schools, acting as attendance offii cer, filed a written notice on Mr. Schwartz, ordering him to send his daughter. Eleanor, aged eight, to school, but tha’ Mr. Schwartz refused to comply with this order. The affidavit was then filed on September 11. I Mr. Schwartz contended that his daughter is frail and under a physi ician’s care and is physically unable to walk the two miles to and from the school house each day. He insisted that he wished to send the girl and also a son to school but that he objected to present conditions. The trial opened Monday morning. with most of the morning session devoted to obtaining a jury. Evidence was practically completied Monday afternoon, with attorneys presenting their arguments Tuesday. The case went to the jury shortly before 3 o’clock Tuesday afternoon. Prosecuting Attorney Ed A. Bosse, Clark J. Lutz and .Hetman H. Myers were attorneys for the state. Mr. Schwartz was defended by J. Fred Fruchte of Decatur and W. H. Eichhorn of Bluffton. Members of the jury which tried the case were: John Marshall, foreman; John Tonner. Edward . Arn- | old, Simeon W. Beineke, Frank Liniger, Osoer Ehrsam, Charles H. Windmiller, Charles G. Kirchner, John M. Parr, Leonard Merryman. Richard Mauller and Louis Dolch. Bread Prices Higher Though Costs Lower Washington, Oct. 18 — (UP) — bread prices last month i increased although cost of the ingredients declined, the agricultural adjustment administration reported today.

. ARMED GUARDS ' PROTECT GATES J State Prison Gates Guards ed To Prevent Any Further Escapes Michigan City. Ind.. Oct. 18. —(U.R) l —Armed guards protected gates of 1 I the Indiana State prison today to 1 prevent the escape of any more 1 : prijpners. Precautions were taken when it e hwas reported that a gang of six *■ i machine gun bandits was in Mich f.igan City yesterday afternoon, ostensibly to deliver companions | from the prison. C. D. Graham, a railroad employe, said a car containing four men drew up beside him and asked the I route to Chicago. As he give the directions. Graham declared, he saw a machine gun in the rear seat. The driver carried a pistol. "After hearing the directions, they offered me a drink." Graham told police. "But just at that moment another car slid up behind with a screech of brakes. Both cars then started up and sped . away." Warden Louis E. Kunkel station- ? ed 15 guards near the gates of the prison last night. He had feared p a possible attempt to release pr'.s 3 oners ever since a gang of bandits z robbed the police arsenal at Auburn £ 1 Saturday night, obtaining machine guns, riflfles. bullet proof vests and I thousands of rounds of ammunition. f This gang is believed to contain .; part of the 10 convicts who escaped from the prison here Sept. 26. s Only two of those who slugged and , i shot their way to freedom have . been caught. o VOTE PURCHASE OFCOLCHINLOT 1 1 City Council Favors Oak Street ' Property Fo r Future Water Wells . i Members of the city council.! -'meeting in Tegular session Tues-1 -1 day night, voted to purchase the 11 Oak street property of tlie John. ?IF. Colchin estate, as the most de-1 ■ i sirable for location of future wells for city plant purposes. . | This lot. adjacent on the east ■ to the Legion Memorial park on ■ South Winchester street, contains , i approximately four and one , half ■ I acres of ground and was found by i the council's investigating com--1 mittee to be the most desirable • for wells. The purchase of the lot was re1' ferred to the council's regular purchasing committee with author- ■ | ity to act. The proposed price ■ for the lot is $3,800. A contract was let to Ed Gaffer . ’ and John Deßolt to paint the bath- j : house and diving tower at the j • municipal swimming pool. Two ' coats of waterproof white paint I .'are to be given each structure i 1 The contract price. Including labor . I and material, is $56. 11 Regular bills were read and al- . I lowed and reports approved, folj * *(CONTINUE?D ON PAGE SIX)

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START PLAN TO BALANCE CORN, HOG PRODUCTION Agricultural Adjustment Administration Embarks On Project MOST EXTENSIVE PROJECT STARTED Washington, Oct. 18 —(U.R>- -The I agricultural adjustment adminisi tration embarked today upon Its . long-term plan to balance corn , and hog production with effective demand, the most extensive pro- > ject it has yet undertaken. The program will cost $350,000,-. 000 <M > to be raised by process-, ing taxes. It is intended to re- ! lieve financial distress in the i corn belt, eradicate surpluses thus bolstering prices, prevent future' overproduction, and provide relief supplies for the destitute. This program follows an emergency hog purchasing program, recently tarried through at a cost of $35,000,000 (M). Under the new program 20 per cent of corn acreage is to be taken out of production for three years and the hog crop is to be reduced by 25 per cent in two years. Corn growers who reduce their crops will be paid 30 cents a bushel based on the average yield ; of the acreage taken out of pro- ’ duction Hog raisers who cooperate will be paid $5 a head in in- ! stallments over a two year period on 75 per cent of their average production. The processing tax on hogs will ' i start Nov. 5 with a levy of 50 ’ . cents a hundred pounds of live; animal. It will ge scaled up to a maximum of $2 a hundred pounds by Feb 1, 1934. Secretary of Agriculture Wallace expects the' irONTTNUED ON PAGE FIVE) O EMBEZZLEMENT CHARGE PROBED Former Utility Company Officer Admits Embezzling $132,000 . -Crown .Point, Ind., Oct. 18. —(U.R) —The affairs of the $100,000,000 Northern Indiana Public Service Company today faced a special grand jury investigation as the outgrowth of charges of irregularities against it by a former official. The grand jury was summoned for tomorrow afternoon. Records of officials of the company were expected to be subponaed immediiately. The investigation resulted from a dramatic scene in the court of Judge William J. Murray where Howard W. Duncan, former assist- ; ant treasurer of the company, pleaded guilty to charges of embezzling $1,500. j Duncan admitted the defalcations , charged against hint and then admitted that his speculations during the past six years amounted to ' $132,000. Most ot this money, he j said, went to bookmakers and 1 gamblers. Duncan's attorney, Joseph Conroy, made a plea for leniency that resulted in the investigation. "Attempts have been made to hush up this case," Conroy said. "Because the power company off! , cials were afraid it might lead to a grand jury investigation of their mess." He handed the judge a bulky envelope. "In that envelope is enough evidence to send officials of the company to prison. It shows how some I of the officials defrauded the pulMlc iCON-riNI'ED ON PAGE FIVE' O Huntington Bank Charter Denied Indianapolis, Oct. 18--(U.R)-The charter application of the propos- ■ ed Union State Bank of Huntington has been denied. S. P. Good. i assistant director of the state ■ banking department, announced ' today. An indication that the state : banking board favors supporting the two present Huntington banks, | the First State and the Citizens' Stale, was seen in announcement that the department now is considering plans tor rehabilitation of those two institutions.

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* FAIR EXTENDED Chicago. Oct. 18— (U.R) —A I Century of Progress exposition I will be continued through Nov. 12, officials announced, 1 i I in order to permit celebration : i of a "Personal Liberties" day I , Nov. 8 and Armistice Day Nov. I I n ' Announcement of the twelveday extension was made by Maj. Lenox R. Lohr, general manager, in response to an appeal by Mayor Edward J. Kel- | ly, and the concessionaires' ; | I | association of the fair. A gala celebration, including ! free beer and sandwiches, is | I planned for Nov. 8, the day , ' after the 36th state will have . voted on repeal of the eigh- | | teenth amendment. A military I I ! celebration of Armistice day is f planned. ♦ - ♦ PAYROLLS IN CITIES SHOW AN INCREASE $693,414 Increase Shown In Indiana City Payrolls Under NRA LOCAL FIGURES ARE INCLUDED Indianapolis. Oct. 18 — (U.R) j Payrolls in Indiana cities have i increased $693,414 weekly and : 34,511 persons hereto unemployed have received jobs under the NRA. | 1 Francis Wells, United States de-1 : partment of commerce representai tive for the state, announced today. At the same time, he announc-, l ed. there were approximately. 86.000 persons in Indiana still unemployed. Increasing activity at the sieel . mills added 5.328 men and $112,524 to weekly payrolls at Gary for the I ' best gain among larger ..cities in | the state. Wells said that 262,000 constun- ■ ers pledges were signed in 58 1 cities included in the survey. *TCONTiNUED ON PAGE THREE) , O Withhold Report Prison Trustees Indianapolis. Oct. 18— (U.R) Board of trustees report on the recent escape of 10 state prison, inmates was awaited oday following a meeting of the board called here by Gov. Paul V. McNutt. In the midst of the meeting last night the governor announced nothing would be forthcoming for ■ the present. He indicated, however, that the report might be released later. He insisted it is not a "white- | wash.” but fixes definite responsibility for the prison break. FARM PRODUCTS PRICE TOO LOW Administration Will Make Every Effort To Raise Commodity Prices Washington. Oct. 18 —(UP)—Th(fc| White House still feels, it was said today, that the prices the farmer i« receiving for commodities is too i low despite the Index figure which shows a gradual gain over last I year. The administration's interpreting economist has reported to the pre- . sident that prices of products : which the farmer sells showed from march to September of this year a ! 32 per cent gain over the same period last year. lAt the same time prices of products the farmer buys increased 11 per cent in that same period. On manufacturing, the September 1933, figures giveit the President -showed a recovery ot twofifths of the decline from 1929 and that income of factory workers had recovered one-quarter. The cost of living however,* in September had arisen nine per cent ' since March of this year. The White House indicated that i every effort would be made by the administration to advance the prices of commodities in line with the program of recovery, experts insisting that wheat was altogether too low and also hogs and corn. I

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VIOLATORS OF 1 NRA CODES TO FACE PENALTY President Roosevelt Invokes Penal Sections Os Recovery Act FINES. JAIL TERMS FACING VIOLATORS Washington, Oct. IK. —<U.R) | —Fines and jail terms faced violators of recovery codes and agreements today. President Roosevelt invoked the Dentil sections of the | National Industrial Recovery Act last night in a sweeping executive order and delegated full Dowers to Administrator Hugh S. Johnson to prevent violations of the law and : force compliance with codes and agreements, and all rules and regulations issued under them Johnson immediately supplemented the President's order with regulations placing those who display the Blue Eagle under the ! President's reemployment agreei rnent on an equal footing with I those for whom codes have been promulgated. Johnson's regulations also required surrender of the Blue Eagle upon demand. The President acted under secJ tion 10 (A) of the law. It reads: "The President is authorized to prescrioe such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry I out the purposes of this title, anti | .fees for licenses and for filing codes of fair competition and agreements, and any violation of any su' h rule or regulation shall be punishable by fine of not to 1 exceed SSOO. or imprisonment for no 1 to exceed six months, or both. The President’s order was in four parts. The first prohibited I anyone from falsely representing ' himself to be discharging the obI ligations, or complying with the provisions, of agreements, codes, or rules of regulations. The seci ond prohibited use of the Blue Eagle contrary to rules prescribed ' by Johnson. The third delegated to Johnson j the power to enforce the first i two prohibitions, and "take such other steps as he may deem advisable to effectuate such rules ’ and regulations or any rules so 1 prescribed by the administrator, and to appoint personnel and delegate :hereto such powers as may ibe deemed necessary to accomplish the purposes of this order.” The fourth part of the order set forth the penalties contained in ! the law. Under that authority. Johnson issued five regulations The first proclaimed the Blue Eagle insignia the property of the governi tnent. The second provided for its display upon compliance with codes, agreements, rules and regulations. The third required its surrender upon demand by Johnson or his authorized representa- : tive. The fourth provided that | nothing should prevent those from whom the Blue Eagle has been ■ taken away from displaying or selling goods marked by others with the emblem. The fifth set i the penalties. Actress’ Lover To Be Arrested I Los Angeles. Calif., Oct. 18 — (UP)—A warrant for the arrest of | Alfred C. Reed, Jr.. Oakland broker on a petty theft charge was issued I today on complaint of Claire Windj sor, actress, who recently lost a $75,000 alienation affection verdict ; to Read's wife, Marian. Municipal judge Clement Nye is- | sued the warrant and it was expect--led t would be forwarded to San Francisco, where Read was reported to be. Kendallville Man Slugged. Robbed Kendallville, Ind., Oct. 18—(U.R) —Curtis Hilkert. 50, was slugged by two men in his place of business here today and robbed of $4 and a diamond ring valued at I SIOO. he reported to police. , Hilkert, a member of a firm of I auto dealers here, was awakened at liis home early this morning by the two men who asked him to come to the salesroom on the pretext of wanting to buy some parts for a disabled truck. The men I escaped in an auto.