Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 31, Number 252, Decatur, Adams County, 25 October 1933 — Page 1

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Jana posts 3tp FORCES IN *ftlVE ON CRIME ■ Commander Issues To 302 II Indiana Posts /i Herat agents ifKi.SO PLEDGE AID Oft. 2.». *O.R) —— mi inkers of tile K, ';ii Legion lot lav joinK Ml.nl w ilh stale and lofal M in an effort In end of a hand outlaws. — — pnielamalinn In llif |>nsls. V. V. Mlimiia. stale enmmand- ■ pi ■!.•, ! lives and proper--11 i/ens against tlie H action was- approved by A Hayes, national coni and Gov. Paul V. McNutt. L ne i mat commander if |C Brian d J M. bandit gang is composed of esi aped lorn; term con Hf, t state prison whose outlawry was the robbery. South Bend and || J® ; lie gang had freed from the jail at Lima. a da riff, and raided H arsenals at Peru and Au-j B ■ |kt> -f t!-i r. S Department ™ lit tire also joined 1n tlie fight crime today. Bliss Mor-| ~~ . l : le>»,,-carters in Cincin- — It!, i arrived -his morning and wit'a ('apt. Matt Leach. H. Indiana state police. BHjrtnn -aid another agent would brought into Indiana to; out the criminals, upon the aid of Armstrong pointed I ■■that he was following aj made ihe recent nationChicago when' went on record as and anxious to join the end crime. tex, liis proclamation :e -mr st ate lias tieen by an unparralleled ontof crime and whereas « M beli, ve in the principles at.- -a. red to our organlzauphold and defend the j of tne I'nited States" maintain law and order" is the American Ixgion convention at Chicago a resolution pledging the H n,:< unqualified support and constituted authorities ill, of crime." there-: I. hv the authority invested | as department commander. PI Legionnaires to assist ' stimtod authorities in wagrelentless war against vio-| Ms -1 posts should take such ini- i steps ns their member deems necessary to assist ■■enforcement agencies in ttie | nv p»nr ptvri IM o Performance Os 11 Legion Show Tonight dress rehearsal for "The : s (All Right" was held last P@'. Everything is in readiness i PBhe show, which is being sponI ' ) - v Adams post numtjer 41! of I Legion. ■ ■heavy advance sale of tickets | BfPorted for the production. The! W 'H start at 8:15 tonight and • ■“ e K i ven aga j n Thursday night. ’ - —O- —— V - Pnigh Speaks gf° * ' ,,ns Club Members Charles M. Brush, pastor of Zion Reformed church, spoke ; lllrDecatur Lons club at the! lfca'l mßeting held at the Rice L, Tllew| lay evenng. The speaker | Usse d in detail the political de- j in Germany. told of Germany’s participain ( he League of Nation's and II league covenant's effect upon Icon !ateat developments in that | He also told of the reason ! ■ nf Adolf Hitler's radio speech I laS-i ”'' rawa * from the League and ® f con ditions precipitating it. L word Saylors was in charge of i JK Program, 1

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Tragedy Victims ' w*- m M ■ . Kgpww , Seven-year-old Ruth Kettley and her father, Frank Kettley, of Dover. Mass., two of the victims in a triple death mystery. With mother and wife. Mrs. Frank Kettley, they were found shot to death in their Dover home They ! had been dead for several days when the bodies were discovered. SCHOOL HEADS HOLD MEETING Adams County Principals And Superintendents Met Tuesday The principals and superintend- | ents of schools in Adams County met at the Kirkland high school j Tuesday night for a business and program meeting. This was thp second meeting of the school officials for the year. The interesting program included a group of readings by Robert J. Mann, w ho also read two of his own compositions, talk on local ! history by O. L. Vance of this city. Mr. Vance told about history per--1 taining to Adams County. Mr. Mann hap written a group of 15 poems which will be printed soon. Besides the two of his numbers, he read "Homesick for Indiany” by Elizabeth Neweombe, "Sleep Little Sweetheart" by Strhrk- ; land W. Gillilan, “A Big Town Humi orist" and "When the Frost in on j the Pumpkin" by James Whitcomb , Riley. Mr. Mann's daughter gave | the reading, "The Bear Story b> Riley. This was Mr. Mann's first appearj atice as a reader. His poems lie read j were "My Prescription” and "Little | Orphan Aiutiie Tells How to Beat ! Old Man Depression.” BOARDS TO AID WAGE EARNERS Recovery Officials Plan To Protect Buyers From Increases Washington. Oct. 25 — (U.R) — He-, j coverv officials worked today on arangements for a nationwide system of local hoards to help protect wage earners from excessive inI creases in tlie cost of living. The plan was exacted to he comi pleted in a day or two as a followup of President Roosevelt's action I to guard manufacturers against an influx of cheap foreign goods. The president, by executive order last night, laid down the procedure by which tariff increases and even emi bargees will be brought into use under the Recovery Act in cases where American manufacturers with increased costs under codes are threatened bv foreign imports. To ward* off profiteering, an agency will he set up in every sizeable community to which consum- ! ers can carry complaints when they consider prices unjustified. The ‘ ’XcUNXiNIKV ON PAUH FOUR) '

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LUNZ DIVORCE TRIAL OPENED THIS MORNING Suit Against Allen County Sheriff Opens In Local (Hurt MRS. LUNZ GIVES HER TESTIMONY Mrs. Lena Lunz of Fort Wayne, told of her marital troubles and shattered romance with her husband, Fred Lunz. sheriff of Allen county, in tlie opening of the divorce and $50,006 alimony suit ini Adams Circuit court this morning. Judge H. M. DeVoss is presiding in the case. The suit, filed by Mrs. Lunz last August was venued here from Allen county. In addition to the divorce and alimony. Mrs. I.*inz also seeks the custody of their 111-year-old son. Raymond Lunz. a pupil at St. Paul’s Lutheran school. Fort Wayne. Mrs. Lunz. in her testimony this morning charged her husband with "heating her up.” causing her bod--1 ily harm and pain and alleged that f he associated with other women, i called her vile names and cursed i and swore at her. The witness swore she never as- j j sociated with other men, and in • answer to questions propounded by i Guy Colerick, chief of counsel for Sheriff Lunz, denied she v as ever • with any public official from DeKalb or Steuben county. She also denied recognizing a picture of a man submitted to her by Attorney Colerick, when he asked if she was \ ever with him on a party. The » name was not mentioned: The court room was comfortab-, ly filled with spectators, a majority of the persons being from out 5 of town and including several of the witnesses for the plaintiff. It is expected that the trial will consume two or three days. It was learned that the plaintiff would call 22 witnesses and that the defend- ' ant would have 12. Mrs. Lunz told that in three of 'CONTINCRTI O'.’ PAGE STXI QUAKE FAILS TO 1 CAUSE DAMAGE t Earthquake In California i Last Night Causes No Damage Los Angeles, Oct 25.—(U.R) —Ail earthquake of comparatively mild force that jolted Los Angeles and 1 immediate environs from sleep late \ last night left the district un- ‘ scathed, a survey disclosed today. The earth disturbance, recorded at 11:01 p. m., centered in the suburban cities of Pasadena, Alahanv 1 bra and Kagle Rock where the single was pronounced. Windows rattled and doors trembled on their hinges in Los Angeles as early sleepers jumped from their beds, fearful of recurring shocks. The tremor was of milder intensity than that which dealt considerable property damage to southern California Oct. 2, according to , Dr. H. O. Wood, seismologist at the California Institute of Technology at Pasadena. — _ Mother Os Local Woman Is Buried Funeral services for Mrs. T. F. North, 53, of near Van Wert, Ohio. I mother of Mrs. Paul Kirchenbauer of this city, were held this afternoon at 2:30 o’clock at the Bethel; Methodist Episcopal Church, southeast of Van Wert. Ohio. Burial was | made in the Ridge cemetery. Mrs. North died Monday afternoon. Surviving are four children: Loren, residing north of Convoy, Ohio; Hale of north of Wolcottville . Carolyn at home, and Mrs. Kirchenbauer of this city. Roland Reppert Is In Band, Glee Club Roland Reppert. son of Mr. and i Mrs. Fred Reppert of this city, has been selected as a member of the ! Heidelberg College band and glee j i club.

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♦ * $223,796 Loot Indianapolis, Oct. 25 -(U.R) — '■ Since jan. 1, 1933, bandits have held up 30 Indiana banks and obtained $223,796. Three holdups netted no funds while the money obtain- j ed in another was recovered Also there was an unsuccessful httemp: to rob a messenger for the Twin City Bank at 1 Gas City. The Wpstern State Bank at South Bend has the doubtful honor of being the first lntll , ana bank robbed this year and the last one so far. It was | robbed of $12,000. Jan. 3. and $2,500 yesterday. One bandit and one banker have been killed ill Indiana hank robberies this year. '♦ ♦ NUDIST LEADER FOUND GUILTY Fred Ring Faces Possible Sentence Os One Year In Jail Allegan. Mich , Oct. 25.— (U.R) — Fred King. 40-year-old dancing master, today faced a possible sentence of a year in jail avid a SSOO fine on conviction of open, indecent and obscene exposure of his person. A jury of 12 elderly farmers found him guilty of operating the Sun Sports League, a nudist colony on wooded Swan Creek, in violation of Michigan laws. Tlie jury deliberated only 50 minutes. Judge Fred T. Miles deferred seni tenee at Ring's request. Attorneys for the 110-pound exponent of nudism announced they would appeal i the sentence. Judge Miles announced he would pass sentence sometime within the next weeks. "1 expected it when I saw that jury,” Ring commented on the verdict. "We might as well smile about it," said Mrs. OphelPa Ring, his wife, who was facing trial on similar charges. Ring was convicted on testimony of Mrs. Mary Angier. elderly grandmother, whom defense attorneys described as a "second Carrie Nation," and Sheriff Fred Miller, who raided the colony last Labor Day *(CONTtNITEn ox PAC.H FIVE. McCormick Named In Huge Damage Suit Chicago. Oct. 25—(UP)—Harold F. McCormick, wealthy international Harvester Company executive, declined today to comment on the praecipe of a $1,500,000 suit filed against him by Mrs. Rhoda Tanner Doubleday, New York society woman, Tiie praecipe, or intention to file suit, contained no details as to the I nature of the charges, but attorneys for Mrs. Donbleday were quoted in N’ew York as saying she would ! of promise to marry. McCormick posed for photographers hut told reporters "I have nothing to say." FARMS SOLD AT AUCTION SALE — A. Z. Smith Farms Bought Bv Herman Ehinger, S. H. Michaels — The farms of A. Z. Smith, located about five miles southeast of Deca-j tur were sold yesterday at public auction. The west 129 acre farm! was sold to H. F. Ehinger of this city, manager of the Citizens Telephone Company. The price paid was $47 per acre. The farm is well improved and has a house and other buildings on it. The east 120 acre farm, unimproved. was sold to S. H. Michaels, also of Decatur. Mr. Michaels is a section foreman on the Pennsylvania railroad. The price paid was $27.25 per acre. Personal property amounting to about $3500 was also sold at the sale. Cols. Roy Johnson of this city and Carl Bartlett of M untie conducted the sale. Mr. Smith will retire from active farming. Both farms are located along the Washington-St. Marys ■ township Hue.

STATE PRISON SHAKEUPMADE Deputy Warden And Assistant Deputy Ordered Discharged Indianapolis, Oct. 25— (U(R) Harry I). Claud.v, deputy warden of the state prison at Michigan i City, and Albert Evans. Gas City, second assistant deputy at the prison, were discharged today as result of escape of 10 long-term convicts Sept. 26. Tlie dismissals are effective immediately. * C. Schmuhl, night cap ’ tain of the prison guard, was named to succeed Clattdy. Schmuhl has been a member of the prison guard force for 12 years. i Gross negligence on the part of Claud.v in his assignment of officers and guards to their various posts throughout the prison was charged by the prison trustees in k their report which MoNutt also released today. Clattdy had charge of placing j tlie guards and officers and was responsible for discipline, the - trustees explained. Most likely avenue of entrance ‘ of guns into the prison is shit>i ments received from the outside. 1 the report said. Only smallest shipments preced- j i ing the esgape of the convicts; ■ w ere opened and inspected by ■ officers. The large shipments, i • 1 mostly those into the shirt fac- ’ ' tory. all were opened by inmates , themselves and alone, according to • the report. t Preceding the escape, two of the ; men who did escape had a part in J 1 opening the large shipments, the ' report said. Schmuhl took over Claudy's ■ | office at noon today. Clattdy. a - i native of Frankfort, had been at ■j the prison since 1909 He is a Democrat and Schmuhl is a Re ■ publican. 1 Two men, not yet selected, will • ! * * CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) SET PRICE FOR ! » GOLD AT531.36 t Government Begins Open Market Gold Purchases This Morning .Washington. Oct. 25 —(U.R) —The I : government today began its open i market gold purchases ala rate ' of $31.36 an ounce in President , Roosevelt's new price lifting and j monetary program. I I Jesse Jones, chairman of the i 1 1 board of the Reconstruction Fini | anee Corporation, made public the ', i country's gold price after a conference this morning with Dean i i Acheson, under secretary of I treasury, and Henry Morgenthau. , ! Jr., farm credit administrator. ; Payment for the gold will be.; I made by the RFC in its new 99 ; day debentures. | The price set in Washington | was 22 cents above the price fixed !in London today, reckoned on ■ noon exchange rate for the pound, ij The London price at that time was $31.14. The price for gold set yester- | day at Washington was $29.80. i The increase in this price, as ( I compared to today’s price, was $1.56. The statutory price of gold; in the United States is $20.67. The newly announced price was $10.69 above the old statute price !of $20.67 per ounce. At the new ( price the gold value of tlie dollar ! is 65.91 cents today against 69.36 *"*PONT iVIIKD* TO PAGE Ft VE Indoor Circus Will Be Here November 11 ‘ The United Circus Company of; ' Peru, ,Indiana, will stage a:i indoor circus at the Decatur high school gymnasium Saturday, November 11. j The circus will be sponsored by the | high school athletic association amd 1 both afternoon and evening performances will be given. This company lias staged the cir- ' cus in many cities the past several weeks, recently appealing at South [ i Side high of Fort Wayne. Further announcements of the show will be 1 made later.

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GOV, McNUTT MAKES SPEECH AT FT. WAYNE Defends State Administration In Political Address Last Night IRWIN ATTACKS ADMINISTRATION (By United Press) Gov. Paul V. McNutt's state administration was the object of discussion in political addresses by Republicans and Democrats throughout the state last night. An attack on utility rates and a plea to rid the Indiana Democratic party of factionalism also came from political rostrums. Chief defense of the administration came from the Governor himself in an address at Fort Wayne. Careful planning and hard work have resulted in a government program to the best interest of all Indiana citizens, he declared. To support that claim he outlined the record'of his administration, i claim by claim. He stressed relief from taxation, utility rates, unemployment atiß poor relief. He cited federal aid given in poor relief, highway improvement and conservation. [>*ti Irwin, Frankfort, Republican ■ state chairman, made tlie principal j attack on the administration in an I address at Gary. The administration is extrava- ; gant. he claimed, because it is spending $1.23 for every $1 it is i collecting. A $5,006,000 deficit will : have accrued by next July 1. the i end of the state fiscal year, he add- ! ed. “With tax rates hiked for next i year the governor promised to lowjer them, and with local aid from the state about one-half.what was promised by the governor, he finds , himself in a sorry mess," Irwin isaid. "Bonds are being stolen from the teachers' fund. Prison walls suddenly seem incapable of coping 'with the governor's abusive use of the spoils , system, and prisoners 1 riot, escape, murder and raid police stations for fresh weapons with which to rob more banks and committ more hideous crimes." R. Earl Peters, state Democratic chairman, made the attack on utility rates in an address at Vincennes. He cited cost and sale figures of a Terre Haute gas utility showing a 770 per cent profit. The present problem is whether the utilities or the government shall set the rates, lie avered. Internal strife within the Democratic party is more dangerous than Republican opposition, Val Nolan, i IT. S. district attorney for the southern Indiana district, told the ! Marion county Women's Democratic club at Indianapolis. Factional fights must end, he said. Sherman Minton, public counselor for the Public Service Commission claimed savings of $1,000,000 a month' for the state administra- ••••••♦♦•♦•♦♦* (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) UTILITY RATES ARE ATTACKED Democratic State Chairman Attacks Rates In Vincennes Speech Vincennes, I ml. Oct. 25 — (UP)Rates charged by public utility companies were attacked by R. Earl Peters. Democratic state chairman, in an address here last night at the annual Jefferson club banquet. He said that an important aspect of the utilities problem is whether i the government or utilities themselves shall determine the basis oni" which rates are to lie charged. “Throughout the years of the depression. farmers have accepted greatly reduced prices for their produce," Peters declared. “Wages •of laborers have been substantially lowered; manufacturers have suffered great losses in arranging their prices to accomodate the unfortunate economic j plight of the people. But the utility companies which deal in household * ’continued ON PAGE FIVE)

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Arrest Slayer ... *a Edward J. McCann, wife slayer who was trapped in Chicago, will return to Detroit to stand trial. McCann, admitting his crime, t thought that lie performed a j "perfect murder.” A Chicagoan, a brother-in-law of the victim, was 1 McCann's nemesis. PICKETS BLOCK MANY HIGHWAYS Midwestern Farmers Blockade Highways to Enforce Strike lies Moines, la., Oct. 25. —(U.R) Midwestern farmers dumped milk and turned back shipments of livestock to market today in an effort to enforce tlie strike called by tlie National Farm Holiday. Association. Farm organizations in lowa and Wisconsin notified dairymen and farmers of their intention to continue -to blockade highways to stop shipments to market by "forceful means if necessary." At Milan, Wis., 100 farm strike pickets invaded a cheese plant and dumped 10,000 pounds of milk from vals. Trucks loaded with livestock were turned hack near Sioux City, la., and deliveries of produce were halted on highways near Veillsville, Wis Pickets blockaded roads leading to Stafford, Wis., by piling timber across them. Production was halted in cheese factories of Barron, Runn, Rusk, Polk and Chippewa counties in Wisconsin. Delegates from Farm Holiday Associations in lowa. Nebraska and South Dakota met in Sioux City; to lay plans for enforcing the strike, called Saturday by Milo Reno, six-foot-two president of the association. A resolution endorsing picketing and declaring, "this is war, nothing less," was adopted. It called for establishment of concentration points where farm products maybe sold on a cost of production has-; is, but not below that level. Representatives of 12 creameries in Chippewa and Dunn counties, Wisconsin, met at Bloomer, Wis.. and decided to close their plants; for five days, beginning Friday, in | sympathy with the farm strike. While Reno and other Holiday Association officers toured the middlewest pleading for support of the strike, intending to force federal farm relief, the movement met j opposition from several sources. Representatives of the Wisconi CONTINUED TO f AGE FIVE Mission Workers To Lead Local Services Representatives of tlie Chicago! Hebrew Mission will conduct the prayer meetings at the Baptist, I'nited Brethren and Church of God churches this evening. Interesting services are promised to all who attend. Local residents are ! urged to attend the nearest church; tonight. Miss Johnson will conduct the I services at the Baptist church, C. P. Meeker at the United Brethren jand Miss Morlan at the Church of God.

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THIRD, FOURTH HOLDUPS SINCE FIRST OF WEEK Neither of Today’s Robbery Gangs Connected With Convicts ONLY SMALL LOOT OBTAINED TODAY (By United Press) Two hank robberies today. Hit* (bird and fourth since Monday, sent crime soaring to a new high in Indiana today, A man and a woman held lip the Fillmore State' Bank near Greencastle, obtaining about $l3O and kidnaping the cashier. They rid themselves of the cashier a mile outside of town. An hour later two men entered (he Modoc branch of the Peoples Loan and Trust company at Modoc, Randolph county, obtaining approximately S4OO. Neither of today's robbery gangs were connected, however, with the hand of escaped convicts | which held up the Central Nation;al Bank at Greencastle Monday and then stuck up the WesternF ate Bank at South Bend yesterday. $l3O In Silver | Greencastle. Ind.. Oct. 25—(U.R) —A ntan and a woman held up the Fillmore State Bank, eight miles northeast of here, today but escap- ! ed with only $l3O in silver. They kidnaped Cashier Amos i Hunt and released him about one mile west of town. A short time after the robbery, it was reported that a posse of sheriff's officers and state police i were in close pursuit of the han4,jiiU car, The male bandit entered the 1 bank about half an hour before the holdup an I talked with Hunter t at length about the purchase of a ! farm. Hunter was alone. In the meantime the woman accomplice entered. transacted some minor business at the cage, and walked outside to a parked automobile. As Hunter turned liis back he was commanded to “stick 'em up.” The bandit went into tlie vault but took only silver, overlooking the • currency that was there. Officials helieicd I hat neither 1 fie nor liis accomplice was an experienced criminal and that their nervousness prevented their obtaining more money. Lone Bandit Modoc, ind.. Oct 25- -OJ.R) -the Peoples Loan and Trust company of Modoc was robbed of S4OO today by a lone bandit. It was tlie second Indiana hank robbery today and the fourth in the state since Monday. A second bandit remained outI side in an automobile while his

(CONTINUED ON PAGE FTV^> BERNE LADY IS DEATH'S VICTIM Mrs. Mary Myers Died Tuesday Afternoon of Heart Trouble Berne, Ind., Oct. 25.— (Special* — Mrs. Mary Myers, widow of the late Andrew J. Myers, died Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock at her home in Berne. She had lieen ill for twelve weeks. Death was due to heart trouble and complications. She was born northeast of Berne April 12. 1N69. a daughter of Joseph and Sarah Drake Hendricks. She was married to Andrew J. Myers on July 9. IKSS. He was a prominent merchant at Berne. He preceded her in death in 1929. Surviving are the following children: Coral Mattax, Berne; Mrs. Anna McAlhaney, Fort Wayne; Mrs Eva Barkalow. Schoolcraft, Michigan; Mrs Ella Long. Painesville, Ohio; Mrs. Rosa Liby, Centerville. Michigan; Mrs. Ethel Debolt and John Myers of Herne. Twentytwo grand-children and three great grandchildren survive, also one brother. John Hendricks of near Berne. The husband, one daughter, one sister and two brothers preceded her in death. Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at the home and at. 2 o'clock at the Evangelical church. Burial will be made in the Springhill cemetery.