Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 31, Number 250, Decatur, Adams County, 23 October 1933 — Page 1

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• FORBIDS EOF GOODS Hsthancost Bid, nt Roosevelt ToMaster ■C|de For Retailers 5L lIU EXEMPTS jWsMAI I MERCHANT s four B’ 1 "- 1 ";;' OcL h 3 T ( | UR> Kfvidciit Roose Wit toii.ix i?s of |||l ,| , inasttT code for Usenet ritail stores torsales i I tfooils at less Kist. ■ provision forbidding less than cost rt -1 an orivintd section would have banned K| less than cost plus HI Th>- latter was hi'teriy by farm relief officials . . ji would work a huril- ‘ BW fr ' ' ' ir, ‘ Protestleased prices of I of ,i: d 'mall merchants, ndote - tower than five in ■ of 2.500 or less from the code. of small stores tile icliiplaillts of little could not; M- i' l <1" business under the of the M attain the complexM '" problem and NRA's Administrator ■ statement acthe code said th it ] nion'lis of experience; w. find that there are, »•> can do in aid of Mymei a ' ,t ,hp rural tnercontinued: —» retailers employing i fIS H ■ ,I,p ■h a> 1 " » ■"" m 1 |Q^B h "" ; - offset the liardKg ' . Will Not i / I I Sr-.-k Secretaryship H A B 01 ' K christen, of Fort ■M K K B|p ’’ ’ ■■ Hoard of Anri, ill 15 » ■' I '* here today. M '“''l to have Oeci: H' »•• Heller, secretary '• Bt •if M Clifford Tow n Bs *B A ~ is'ion.-r oi airriciil I- •■ ci! make tile up B ent B JA ’ B » B M>P”:■ yet to be made * ?r>—■ ■ -Mti-administration. ■ Mter.n 1)1 K- ■!- Barker, incum’’r r, 'tar'. will end Jan. 1 S is reported to favor W y of William M. Jones, n Democratic chairman ■orrn.T c 1 retary of the state ° Mu utt Praises I Hoosier Farmers Oct. 23— (U.R) M tribute was paid | )V CoverV. McNutt today to tanners and Indiana farm Zu ‘ 'i leaders who have re--1,1 take part tn the midwes* M str 'ke. ■"ring this period of depresH tl,p state of Indiana has been free from subversive Jtfffnt- • ~f | ip,, sor t •• Governor Bf ts 'l p clared. ■"f P p °Ple generally have ■' n '' lp f'tt'efront in following of President Roose- ■>" lr > itig to solve onr common ’^B" nis in cooperative manner. Bf nly in the mining area have with serious difficulty. want to express high praise farmers and farm organ! HT n leaders who have not been p, i away by subversive pro-1 ffslenda." Heal Teacher Is |BEiven Master's Degree s " p Tl 'omas, principal of the fal school has been granted a fcZ of Science degree in educa■V at indiana university. Mr. ThoBL”’ I " l ’' Pted his work for the | W- pp at summer school. He was g 'h e 216 students granted deBf J 9 month by the university ■ “ of ffustees.

DECATUR DAITT DEMOCRAT ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Vol. XXXI. No. 250.

In Utility Probe 1- ; L MHCMMNMMWkit Howard Duncan of Calumet City, Ind., former assistant treasurer of the Northern Indiana Public Service Company, who has confessed that he embezzled i $132,000 from that company. Duncan appeared before a I.ake County, Indiana, grand jury to tell of alleged juggling of utility funds. MID-YEAR MEET HERE TONIGHT Epworth League Institute Will Be Held At Methodist Church The midyear institute of the! Epworth league societies of the Methodist churches in the sum district, will be held in the Decatur Methodist church tonight at 7:15 o'clock. Final classes for the institute! will he held at this meeting. Miss Marguerite Lewellen of Monroe is dean of the organization. Rev. Jernes Rhine, registrar and the teachers are Rev. and Mrs. J. I. Meyer of Hoagland and Rev. J. M. Pvnchon of Pleasant Mills Rev. AV B. Fallis of Geneva will be the devotional leader. A Halloween partv will he held in connection with the institute and everyone is asked to come masked. All leagues in the subdistrict are invited. Following the masquerade, classes will be held and a social hour and refreshments enjoved. The recreation will be in the charge of Marion Baker and Paul Handler. Miss Vesper Gibbs will ha”? charge of the decorations. A banquet will be served at the Wayne Street Methodist Church in Fort Wayne O n November 2. At this banquet a meeting of all subdistricts in the Fort Wayne district will he held and certificates for the mid-year institu'es will be] distributed A linen shower will also be held for 'he Methodi it Hospital in Fort Wayne. FOREST CHIEF DIES IN FALL Robert Stuart. Chief Os Forest Service, Falls To Death Washington. Oct. 23 — <U.R) Robert Y. Stuart, chief of the United States forest service, fell from a seventh floor window of, the forest service building todav and died while being taken to Emergency hospital. The police report listed death as due to an ‘‘accidental’' fall Stuart had been hard a» work for months on details of the civilians conservation corps camp set-uffs. William Terry, negro messenger boy, said he saw Stuart fall. The body hit the fender of an automobile Police said that Stuart died in an ambulance on the way to; Emergency hospital. Stuart. 50 years old. had been chief of the forest service since I 1928. He was born in South Middleton, .Pa., and was a graduate of Dickinson College and Yale UniTO PAGE FIVE

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BISHOP CANNON GIVEN REVIEW OF INDICTMENT Supreme Court Will Grant Review Os Indictment To Bishop i CORRUPT PRACTICE ACT VIOLATIONS Washington, Oct. 23. —(U.PJ —Bis-' hop James Cannon. Jr„ reform lead-; er of the Methodist Episcopal] I church South today was granted a' supreme court review of the Dis-1 ' trict of Columbia court indictment charging him with violating the! corrupt practices act in his 1928 election campaign activities. The ruling Is expected to delay ] for months any possible trial of the churchman and his secretary.! Miss Ada L Burroughs, a quiet,; middle aged woman long associated with his reform activities. They were indicted two years ago on charges of failing to report conI tributions received from E. C. Jam-i eson, New York capitalist, to aid their ..campaign against Alfred E.; Smith. The court's consideration of the i bishop's case is expected to result I in a ruling on the validity of the, corrupt practices act which Cannon challenged on his demurrer to; the indictment. It was for the pur-; pose of this ruling that the government consented to review his case. The case was set tor argument! Dec. 4. The indictment against the I churchman was returned tollowing I long agitation in and otlf of congress. It was baaed largely on information brought out by a senate committee investigating the 1928 campaign in which Cannon was active against Smith's election be- ‘ cause of the candidate's attitude on ] prohibition ' ~~ ! Jameson, it was revealed, had, contributed $63,500 to the Cannon, cause much of which was not re- 1 ported to the clerk of the House of Representatives as required un*7cOVITNI'ED ON PAGE FIVE) , 0 FARMERS GIVEN MANY MILLIONS Emergency Hog Marketing Program Gave Farmers $31,000,000 Lafayette, Ind.. Oct. 23—Special) —While corn and hog growers are getting ready to organize for control of production next year, a summary of the results of the emergency hog marketing program carried on in August and September I reveals that at least three important things have been accomplished by the marketing program, as follows: (11 It put about 31 million dollars in cash in the pockets of the farmers. | (2) It took more than six million pigs anti 200.000 sows off the markets already burdened by heavy ! surpluses, and threatened by even worse surpluses during the coming months. (3) ,lt is bringing 100 million , pounds of surplus pork from the farm to hungry, undernourished families in the city. Already, 593 carloads, or 17,790.000 pounds, of the cured pork from hogs processed I under the plans have been requested by the shipper to relief agencies in more than 40 states, Including 19 carloads to Indiana. Fortunately, the program to take disastrous surpluses of pork off of the markets tied right in with the program to prevent hunger and CONTINUED TO FACE FIVE o Missionary Institute At U. B. Church Friday The Woman's Missionary Asso- ! ciation of the Fort Wayne group of ; the United Brethren church will hold a Missionary Institute in the First United Brethren church allday Friday. The meeting will begin at 9:30 : o'clock Friday morning and sess- ■ ions will be held Monday, afternoon and evening. A dinner will ] be served in the basement at the ! noon hour. Rev. Walter Schuts, a returned missionary from Africa will give three addresses. The general public is invited.

Decatur, Indiana, Monday, October 23, 1933.

Scout Leaders To Meet Wednesday There will be an important meet- ! Ing of Scout Masters and Scout Executives Wednesday night after the regular scout meeting. iA program I will be arranged for instituting the ! safety patrol for schools. The exact date for this program has not been I decided, but will probably he held | some time next week. The Court of Honor will be held ; tonight at the Central School and a number of merit badges will be aI warded. LIQUOR RULING I EXPECTED SOON Regulations To Control Sale In State Are Expected This Week Indianapolis. Ind., Oct. 23 —(UP) ! | —Regulations to control the sale of liquor in 'lndiana after National Prohibition ha« been repealed are J expected to be completed this week , ! by Atty. Gen Philip Lutz Jr. Lutz refused to comment today i lon what the regulations will be lotheg than to say they would be "liberal." The word liberal was interpreted as meaning that open sale of whis- I I key and other intoxicants would be' permitted in drug stores. Lutz is acting upon instructions • from Gov. Paul V. McNutt. The governor made it clear re-1 i cently that whisky and beer will I | not be sold in the same places. This ■ ; would mean that present holders of. beer licenses would be unable to ' handle anything intoxicating. Hotels, dining cars and clubs, however, may be permitted to sell both beer and whisky. McNutt de- | dared. Lutz said he hoped to be able . I to j-omplete a draft of the regula-1 | tipßs by the end of this week. His ’ work has been interrupted recently I by the serious illness of his rncther i at Boonville. Taxation of whisky and other spiritous liquors provides the greatest problem. The sale can be regulated under the state beer con- ; trol law. it is believed, but provi-1 sion will have to be made for the ' state to collect its share of taxes. There has been talk that a spe- i cial session of the legislature might! be necessary to levy liquor taxes but Governor McNutt has denied that such action would be neves- j sary. The beer control law provides a (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)* Second Suicide Attempt Failure Charles Kohler of the Adams] i County Infirmary made his second unsuccessful attempt to commit ] suicide Saturday. He had been I nlaced in solitary confinement | i for a week, following his first I suicide attempt by slashing his ] wrist. He had removed the sheet from the bed and was attempting to , hang himself when discovered. I o JOE ROBINSON GIVES PROGRAM Democratic Senate Floor Leader Outlines ThreePoint Program Indianapolis, Oct. 23. — (U.R) — A three-point program to provide an increased tax on liquor, balance the budget and improve banking laws was outlined here last night by Sen. Joseph T. Robinson, Arkansas. Democratic floor leader, as his formula for success of the next session of congress. The congress which convenes in January should attempt to limit its legislation to those three points, the majority floor leader of the senate, said. “The United States lias many domestic problems of unusual importance and difficulty. With additional revenues which may b<‘ reasonably anticipated through] early repeal of the 18th amendment, it may be practicable to dispense with certain excise taxes and reduce others within two years, he said. The senator said he could not forsee a possibility of establishment of a dictatorship in the Uniti ed States and ridiculed suggestions that President Roosevelt now holds powers similar to a dictatorship.

JOERUMSCHLAG IS HIT BY AUTO Steps Into Path of Car Driven By Rev, Schultz Sunday Night Joe Rumschlag of route 4. Decatur. is a patient at the Adams | County Memorial Hospital suffering from injuries he receiv'd Sunday night about 6 o'clock when he was struck by an automobile driven by Paul W. Schultz, pastor of the Zion Luth-; eran Church in this city. The unavoidable accident occurred on South Second street when ] Mr. Rumschlag suddenly stepped from between two cars parked on the street, into the path of the Schultz car. Rumschlag sustained a concussion of the brain and cuts on his head. He was removed to the local hospital where attending physicians reported that his condition was satisfactory today. Rev. Schultz was returning from a church meeting at Schumm. Ohio, and was driving north on I Second street. Rumschlag suddenly appeared from between two parked cars on the east side of Uhe »tsseet. with several bo'tles of pop which he was taking across the stree* to the Ed -Rumschlag children in an automobile, on the west side of the street. The Rumschlae car was parked in front of the court house. Rev. Schultz swerved the car to 7he west in an attemnt to miss striking the man. Rumschlag was •hrown over backwards as he struck the right side of the Schultz car. breaking the glass in the right side car door. No other damage was done to the Schultz] automobile. o | Kapna Kappa Gammas Pledge Eileen Burk Miss Eileen Burk, daughter of Mr and Mrs. Avon Burk of this city, and a freshman at DePauw University. Greencastle, has been pledged to the lota chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma. o I HITLER PLANS MANY CHANCES German Chancellor Plans To Further Centralize Government Berlin. Oct. 23—(U.R)— Chancellor Adolf Hitler plans after thNov. 12 election to formulate im- ] portant governmental changes to I be effected early in 1934. it was learned from reliable Nazi sources today. Both cabinet changes and centralization of power in. the Berlin government were contemplated, it was said. Creation of a ministry of security, with Hermann W. Goering in , charge, was one of the most important proposals considered. Goering would retain his post of minister of aviat'on in the central cabinet. He would take over control of all police forces in the country as minister of security. If it was decided not to make Goering minister of security, it was said, he might assume the post of vice chancellor, succeeding Franz Von Papen. Pap en j would become foreign minister and Baron Konstantin Von Neurath. present foreign minister. | would become ambassador to Great Britain. Plans envisage abolition of (CONTINUED ON PAGE FTVEI Youth Suffers Fractured Arm t Theodore Eyanson son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Eyanson of 1247 West Madison street, received a fractured. right arm Saturday afternoon | when he fell from a tree onto a bar-; rel. Both bones in the right arm were ' fractured two inches above the wrist. —o U. B. Brotherhood To Meet Thursday The Otterbein Brotherhood of the First United Brethren church will hold its monthly meeting in the church Thursday evening. Rev. A. S. Elzey of Ossian will give the address. Refreshments will be served.

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‘SOUND MONEY' IS ADVOCATED BY ROOSEVELT President Says Government Credit Will Be Maintained RESTORE PRICES OF COMMODITIES Washington, Oct. 2; —(U.R) — President Roosevelt called in his financial advisers today to carry out the pledges he made to the nation last night looking toward further increases in commodity prices as the prime step toward economic recovery. Cheered by the response to his address, the fourth of his fireside speeches, the Chief Executive summoned to the White House Jesse Jones, chairman of the Reconstruction i Finance Corporation; Dean Acheson, acting secretary of the treasury, and Henry MorI genthau, Jr„ governor of the Farm Credit Administration. I Washington, Oct. 23. —(U.R) —The strain of uncertainty regarding the government's immediate monetary] plans was eased somewhat today i by a public declaration of President Roosevelt for a "sound cur rency.” The in the fourth of. his "fireside'' addresses to the nation last night, raised the curtain of his monetary objectives, after first pledging himself to aid the farmer by raising the prices of his : products, if not in one way, in an- , other. "Government < redit will be main|tained," Mr. Roosevelt said, "and a round currency will accompany a rise in the American commodity ; price level." He revealed another step in his monetary program for a managed currency based on a dollar of unchanging purchasing power when he announced plans to tighten the government's grasp on gold. The effect of his plan would be a government corner of gold, to prevent its export to European speculative i centers. Senator Elmer Thomas. Dem. Oklka.. leader of congressional pro(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE' 0 Phi Delts Move To New Quarters The Phi Delta Kappa fraternity will hold the first meeting in the , new hall over the Mutschler Meat Market on Monroe street, tonight at 8 o'clock. ' The rooms have been remodeled land new furniture and drapes have I‘been placed in the hall. At the meeting plans will be completed for ; the annual Turkey Trot Dance to be held in the Decatur Country ! Club ball room on Thanksgiving ! night. Committees to complete the , I arrangements for the annual affair will be named. Other important ) business will also be discussed. AWARDS WIDOW $4,000 CLAIM Mrs. H. Grover Awarded Sum For Accidental Death of Husband Bluffton, Oct. 23. — (Special) —! i Settlement of a claim for damages growing out of the accidental death ] last June 6th of Herman Grover, ! was noted on the circuit court doc ]ket Saturday, with the entering of judgment against the Indiana Ser vice corporation in the sum of; $4,000. Payment of damages in that sum , was a matter of agreement and the action in court was for the purpose] ]of having legal record of the settlement of the claim. The complaint was filed by the (firm of Sturgis, Stine & Sturgis, as I attorneys for Mrs. Della M. Grover, widow of tile accident victim The defendant company entered a form al answer in the form a general ] denial, and there was notation of' a hearing and entry of the judg-l ment. Herman Grover was accidentally electrocuted when he attempted to remove from a highway northeast; of Craigville a high tension wire of the defendant company. The company recited that there had j ON*PAGE FIVE) *

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At Insull Hearing IL ® ] Samuel Insull. Jr., son of the former utilities czar, pictured in court at Chicago during hearing on charges that receiverships for the bankrupt power empire were ; "framed" by his father. Samuel ' Insull. Sr., before the crash which cost investors millions. FARM LEADERS SEEK SUPPORT Leaders In Farm Strike Seeking Support Os Labor Organization Chicago Oct. 23 —(UP)— Labor and agriculture sat down to a conference table today and discussed the National farm strike. Representing labor was A. V. j Whitney, president of the brother 1 1 hood of railway trainmen, an orI ganization that lias used the strike j as a bargaining weapon for many ; years. Representing agriculture was Milo Reno, big boned and bluff lead- , er of the Farmers Holiday association and organization that seeks to | adapt the strike principle to the , . old homestead. Reno, accompanied by John Chal- . mers. president of tlie lowa organi- ' zation of the holiday association, came to Chicago today to mept Whitney and seek the endorsement of organized labor for the national farm strike which began last Sat- ' urday noon. Picketing such as resulted in bloodshed and unrest in previous strike attempt, already has ] i been reported from Northwestern lowa. Cheese factories were reported closed in northern and central Wisconsin. As Reno went nto the confer- 1 ence today he was supre'r ly von fident. "We already have the support of ] j the Continental Congress of Work- i ers and Farmers and the Techno- • crats of the world," He said as he] , posed for pictures. "It'll be a long fight to the finish this time." , Reno, who claims two million fol- ] ! ' I . 0 BULLETIN Greencastle. Ind., Oct. 23.— <U.R) — Four men, armed with sub machine guns robbed the Federal National Bank and Trust Co., vs approximately $75,000 here today. The bandits, all wearing overcoats with the collars pulled up, entered the bank shortly before closing time. Two of them whipped out revolvers, took positions beside the front door and commandered every one to ‘‘stand still.” Their companions entered immediately and herded six employes and several customers into a rear room. —s o Regular Legion Meeting Tonight The regular meeting of Adam.s post number 43 of the American Legion will be held tonight at 8 I o’clock at the Decatur Country Club. Every member is urged to be present. , O Injuries Cause Death Os Woman '! Hammond, Ind., Oct. 23—(UP)— Injuries Buffered by Mrs. Agnes ’ Schultz when she was struck by an automobile driven by Floyd Chand- ' I ler, caused her death in a hospital here last night.

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NORTH SECOND ! STREET STORE : ROBBED SUNDAY Loot Estimated At S2OO Obtained At Brunnegraff Grocery ONE OF TRIO MAY HAVE BEEN WOMAN Three bandits staged a daring holdup at the Joe Brunnegraff grocery store in the !>(K) block on North Second street at anproxiinatelv 7 o’clock Sunday eveninc’. The amount of loot obtained hv the bandits has not been accurately determined but is estimated at between SIXO and S2OO. Joe Brunnegraff and his brother. Mart, were busy waiting on customers. The three bandits enter-d I the store quickly. One of the men went to the rear of the building, where Joe was making coffee and ordered Joe and several customers there to the front of the store. I Mart was then ordered to stand ! still. As Joe came to the front of the store, lie dropped to the floor but when one of the men threatened to shoot him. he arose and obeyed the bandit's commands. The men took a billfold, containing about $35, out of Joe Brui.negraff’s pocket. They also took Sin from James Hague, one of the I customers and obtained the rest of the loot from the cash register. Betw >en ten and fifteen men were in the store at the time of the holdup. The bandits ordered all of them, the customers and both proprietors, to leave the store and walk north on Second ' street. While the men were walking j north, the bandits disappeared. It is believed the bandits wont through an alley to Fifth street, making their getaway in a ear parked there. Mrs. John Maglev. residing on North Fifth street, re- ; ported a car bearing Ohio license plates, was parked near her home and tliat three persons gos into l the car and drove away about the same time that the rohhery was ] perpetrated. While the store was being held I up, two women approached the scene and as they turned ‘o 'eo away, they were ordered Io ent -r the groceiv and later were forced ! to leave the store, with the "rest rrONTTNI’FD ON PIGE STXI EX-SECRETARY OF LABOR DIES William N. Doak. Secretary Under Hoover, Dies This Morning Washington. Oct. 23.—(U.R)—William Nuckles Doak. who rose from ! a railroad yardhand to Secretary of Laltor during the Hoover administration. died at his home across the Potomac from Washington today. I Deatli was due to a heart ailment. Doak was 51 years old, a native of Rural Retreat, Va„ and son of ! a confederate soldier. Over Hie opposition of the Amer- ' lean Federation of Labor he was ; named Lalffir Secretary by President Hoover December 9, 1930, succeeding James .1. Davis. As cabiI net member he launched a drive : for deportation of undesirable aliens, and figured in a heated congressional controversy over establishment of federal employment I agencies. When 18 years old he obtained a yardman job with the Norfolk and I Western railway. After joining ! the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen in 1903 he rose from local grievance committee chairman to ] national legislative representative in 1916, a post which he held for I many years. Doak had a part in passage of much railroad legislation including | the railway labor act and federal control laws during the World War. Mrs. Doak was with her hustund i when he died. He had been ser- ; iously ill for several weeks. Masonic funeral services will be held here at 11:30 a m. Wednesday. The coffin will be placed in Abbey mausoleum, near Arlington cemetery, pending burial later at Rural Retreat, Va„ Doak's birthplace.