Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 31, Number 259, Decatur, Adams County, 2 November 1933 — Page 1

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OVERNORS MEET WITH ROOSEVELT

I EMPLOYES Lm HELD MFR ARREST L e) Bank City Trust Employes Are Hder Indictment ■gE'IEN took Eni\<. \m<h ms ii.. Nov. 2.— ( U.R) enilib acs and one "f the Fowler ■ 1 ;-t Company ■ ste.i today on hanking irregularid 193 indict■xi ■! 'A the TippeKfdiiit'. grand jury, c h a r g e six men each took amounts from ■ i, K. d each. am -',.,| wore: Harry olio loycd at a filling John I’ « indictments: ' ..t„ auditor, one inand ’"bn Kensinger. asarrested. in of the indictments. BH Bonds Recovered ■. 111 . Nov. 2.— (U.R) —ReMu' ■ worth of bonds ■ .-.-■ern state Hank !:. ■ Ind., was announc peine today. ■ ' ■ Ponds were found campaign. M 'l iui Bend bank was 0,-nmer 24. and authorliar,- been working on since arrest of several here. o — — ■ Hirstein Is I Eh cted Chairman Nov. 2 — (VP) — ! slay was elected NBA Industrial adtn succeed Walter C. ■eii. • mnected with the FilHuston, has served up- • - ial board during the and also is a member of Labor Board. withdrew with four others ■the Industrial board's new i- iting its membership. ■ — . — o ■ Two Million ■ln Income Payments ■ r ■napolis Ind.. Nov. 2 —(UP)— ■ income tax collections for ■talhnent due Oct. 15 reached ■?v today on the basis tof ■ returns. ■ average amount paid was ■re than twice the average of ■aments which totalled 41.■oxiniately 15,000 more Oc■eturns remain to be counted, ■ng to Clarence Jhcksqn, adBator of the law. B 0 I Process Tax May Be Too High ■hington, Nov. 2—(UP)—SecI of agriculture Wallace re- ■ today that he believes the yit'S tax of 28 vents a bushel B> may be too high. Opening a public hearing on B. Prew Savoy of the A. A. A. Banting Wallace, said: fresentatives of the Milling B r y went further. They said 28 cent tax was so high that •vitably would backfire with ■ lower prices and poorer qual■Mutts. ■ 0 Per Weather Is Promised For State hnapolis, Ind., Nov. 2—(UP) r l, ‘ P weather in Indiana was F Sf,| l tonight after two days F°nl breaking November heat. Rial temperatures of 80 dewere recorded at Terre Haute [Evansville yesterday. It was warmest November day Terre r lias experienced in 18 years. |))ew all time record for the I was established in Indianawhon the thermometer regis--1 <8 degrees. f t Wayne had 76 degrees. 6 all time November record at mond was tied when the temmre soared to 76.

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Vol. XXXI. No. 259.

Defied Extortion i JF’" |\ z ' ?* 'll OBPfh ’ ■■ii ‘ i Dr. Williard Beach, wealthy ' Bronx, N. Y„ physician, reading • 1 one of the extortion notes demand- > ing 1500 on pain of having his 10- • year-old grandson kidnaped. Ignor- : ing the warning. Dr. Beach nott- . I fled Federal authorities, who trapl ped three suspects who will be ; tried under the new “Lindbergh ■ Law." CONFERENCE AT LOCAL CHURCH Missionary Conference Will Be Held At Local Methodist Church A conference of the Bluffton group of the Fort Wayne Home | Missionary Societies will he held lin the Decatur Methodist church, Friday, November 3. Morning and afternoon sessions will be conduct- ; ed, and at the noon hour a cooperative dinner will be served. Each I woman attending is asked to bring one dish of food and her table ser- . jvice. j The theme, “Our Missionary Highway, ’’ will be followed in the entire program for the day which - will be as follows: , Devotions—Mrs. James Royer. Minutes of the Last Meeting of This Construction Gang. Observation of Chief Engineer ’.. Mrs. Seth Painter Highway Supervisors: 1. Guide Posts Missionary Education Mrs. E. R. Harris j 2. Side Roads Lenten Offering Mrs. Tannehill Mite Boxes Mrs. Wicks Music Bluffton 3. .Emergency Stations Supplies Mrs. Shookman 4. Rumble Seat The Young People Mrs. Homer Gettle 5. Tales from the Trailer The Children Miss Zalert Mrs. Smitley Incidents on the National (CONTINUED ON ’’AGE FOUP.)

DENY LENIENCY TO PRISONERS State Clemency Commission Shows Unprecedented Severity Inqi mapidi.s, Nov. 2. (U.R) Displaying unprecedented severity, the state clemency commission today denied 21 leniency petitions of state prison inmates, granted one parole and continued one case. The parole was granted Argir Evanoff. Fort Wayne, only on condition that he is deported to his ’ natNe Bulgaria. Evanoff was convicted and sentenced to life imprsonment in Allen circuit court in 1930 on a murder charge in connection with the hatchet slaying of his wife after she purportedly had a love affair with his friend. in petitioning for the parole Evenoff's attorneys said tlie Federal department of immigration was read) to deport the prisoner to his native land where he would be welcomed. A 90-day continuation was recommended for John Kinezoni, VaIpar*~PNTINUEP*TQ PAGE FIVE

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ADAMS POST TO I HOLD PROGRAM ARMISTICE DAY Harry McClain of Indianapolis Will Deliver Principal Address WILL HOLD MEETING DURING NOON HOUR Adams Post No. 43 of the American Legion will again sponsor an Armistice Day-Service Club program in this city, Saturday. November 11. the fifteenth anniversary of the ending of the World war. The annual Armistice Day observance will also be participated in by members ot the Chamber of Commerce, Lions and Rotary dubs, the membership of these organizations attending in a body. N. R. Holthouse has been named I general chairman of the meeting <’ and officers and members of Ad- : ams Post will be in charge. The time of holding the program ■ and banquet will be changed this - year. The program, which will be held at the Decatur Country club, will begin at 10:45 o’clock in the ‘ morning and dinner will be served, i according to tentative plans at about 11:30 o'clock, the speaking ■ program following. Hon. Harry McClain, Indianap-J olis. insurance commissioner of Indiana and prominent legionnaire, will deliver the principal address. I The American Legion ritual for Armistice day will be exemplified and the meeting was changed from evening to morning, so that the assembly will be in session at 11:11 -a. m. the official time marking the ‘ signing of the Armfttice by Mar- - shall Foch in 1918. Mr. McClain will speak attar the u dinner has been served. The American Legion Auxiliary will preP pare and serve the dinner and tick- * ets will be placed on sale today, i. Mr. Holthouse stated Reservations 1 must be made at once. The committee on arrangements tor the meeting is composed of i Paul Graham, Walter Bockman. z ♦ ♦ (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) BUSINESSMEN , MAY RULE CODES r Consider Plan To Turn Code Administration Over To Leaders Washington, Nov. 2.— (U.R) — National Recovery Administrator Hugh S. Johnson in a 1 formal statement today declar- ' ed that the Gerald Swope plan 1 for industrial self-government “does not propose the slightest 1 inference with NRA.” Washington, Nov. 2.— (U.R) — A ’ crisis in the affairs of the NRA marked by charges that it is med- ’ dlesome and dictatorial was met to- 1 ’ day by consideration of a plan to turn code administration over to 1 a national council of industrial I leaders working in conjunction with government officials. The plan was advanced by Ger-j aid Swope, president of General J Electric, and provided that industry and commerce would police and | I regulate itself, dealing with code: violators among its members even l to the point of turning them over [ . for federal prosecution. Swope’s proposal was presented to the commerce department s busines advisory and planning council : soon after adoption of a critical - resolution by the National Associai tion of Manufacturers, and a statement by Henry I. Harriman, presii dent of the Chamber of Commerce i of the United States, that there *rCONT*NI'ED ON PAGE THREE) 0 Adams County Native Dies In Michigan Funeral services for Mrs. Mary • Ann Mowery, 83. a native of Adams » County, who died Tuesday noon at ' the home of -a daughter. Mrs. P. E. ' Miller at Battle Creek. Michigan, will he held Friday afternoon at • 1 o’clock at the Six Mile Christian ■ Church, southeast of Bluffton and burial will be made in the ceme- » tery adjacent to the church. Mrs. Mowery was a member of the Six Mile Christian Church while ' a resident of Wells County, where she had resided for many years.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, November 2, 1933,

Prominent Man Dies I / Ew v \ Richard D. Myers, 57, prominent resident of Decatur, former furniture dealer and well known veter-1 an of the Spanish-American war, died at his home at 337 Winchester street at nine o’clock Wednesday night. Death was due to heart I disease from which he suffered for a long time. DEATH CLAIMS RICHARD MYERS Prominent Decatur Man Died Last Night After Extended Illness — Richard D. Myers, age 57, a member of a prominent pioneer family of this community, former furniture dealer of this city and a well known Spanish-American war veteran, died at nine o’clock Wednesday night at his home, 337 Winchester street, following an extended illness of heart trouble. I Mr. Myers, who retired from ac-[ . mercantile business in 1929. had been a sufferer from heart! disease for more than a year. I During the past 10 months he was confined to his home on several different occasions. About 10 days ago his condition grew worse and death was expected momentarily. Born in Decatur. July 24. 1976 a son of Henry IL and Elizabeth Myers. Mr. Myers was active in business and civic affairs for nearly half a century. With the exception of 10 years. Mr. Myers lived | in Decatur and was engaged in the furniture business for more than 25 years. Following his graduation from the Decatur public high school, Mr. Myers was employed as a i clerk in the Auten and Gay furniture and undertaking establishment, which trade and profession ■ he followed in later years. In 1898 when the Spanish-Amer lean war broke out, Mr. Myers enlisted as a private. He was soon made a sergeant and later was commissioned a second lieutenant. Although he did not see active war service in Cuba, he spent nearly a year on the island and took part in the government’s great sanitary and improvement program carried on there following the conflict. For about 10 years following . his return from Cuba, he worked at Hartford City as manager of an oil well company and as man- * CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) GOLD PRICE IS j BOOSTED AGAIN Domestic Bid Price Raised 10 Cents To New High At $32.36 Washington, Nov. 2 — (U.R) The government boosted its bid price on newly mined gold today to a new peak ot $32.36 an ounce as the Federal Reserve bank of. New York prepared to begin gold purchases abroad. The ten cent rise in the domestic bid price was expected to be followed up with a corresponding boost in the foreign price of the: metal, under authorization given the Federal Reserve bank yester , day to start actual purchases of, ( gold abroad. The domestic and foreign price rise in gold was another step in President Roose- ( velt’s deliberate depreciation of . the American- dollar in order to. promote corresponding rises in American commodity prices. It was understood that purchases of gold in the foreign markets would begin today, but gov- , *^(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) 1

REV. SEIMETZ GIVES SERMON Father Seimetz Says Requiem Field Mass At Catholic Cemetery The requiem field mass held at eight o'clock this morning in St. Joseph’s Catholic cemetery In observance of All Soul's day was attended by nearly a thousand men, women and children. Under a bright morning sun the mass was said by the Rev Father, Joseph Seimetz. pastor of St. Mary's Catholic church. It was, the first out door mass ever celebrated here. The boys' choir of Decatur Catholic high school sang the requiem mass. The Rev. Father Joseph Hennes, assistant pastor, assisted Father Seimetz in saying the mass. Leo Miller and Theodore Appelman acted as servers. The children of St. Joseph’s school attended in a body. The mass was offered for (he repose of (he souls of all departed and was the last of six masses 1 said this morning at St. Marys church, priests being privileged to say three masses on All Soul's day. An altar was erected Jn front of the Crucifixion group, which is located west of the main entrance to the cemetery. Standing on a mound, the altar and celebrant of the mass were clearly visible to the congregation attending. Father Seimetz delivered a short sermon on the views of life and death. His excellent discourse follows: “I would have you this morning view life as one great panorama and time as a high hill which man must ascend. In that panorama we see some just beginning the ascent, some are half way up the , I hill side, and some have reached ’ I tlie crest. And as we continue to. gaze we notice how speedily some make the ascent, while others ; must trudge wearily on. and not until years have whitened the hair of their head and furrowed their cheeks do they reach the top. Yet. whether they are young, middle (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o BLOCKADE MAY BE PERMANENT Road Blockade By State Police-Guardsmen Meeting With Success Indianapolis, Nov. 2 —(UP) —The state police-National Guard road blockade, now being used temporarily in the hunt for the Indiana convict gang may be made permanent, Al G. Feeney, director of public safety, said today. The plan has been in effect only three nights, but has met with success in capturing law breakers. Last night tlie blockade was es- i tabliehed secretly on U. S. road 31, north of Franklin. The guardsmen captured a load of stolen chickens a load of alcohol, a youth who had burglarized tlie Franklin High , school and a gang of armed - negroes. The night before two liquor run- ; ners were caught on Road 52. South of Lebanon. The high school burglar was re-, turned to Franklin much to the delight of Sheriff Albert L. Mulkins. Tlie burglar was returning trvm Indianapolis with money received from pawning band instruments taken from the school. Feeney today promised to assist I in prosecution of the negroes and ; chicken thieves. By keeping locations of the blockades secret , Feeney believes that 'CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) O Monroe Bank Makes Further Distribution A seven percent distribution to depositors will be made by the Monroe State Bank. W. S. Smith cashier of the bank announced today. This will be the eighth distributions made by the bank since it closed in 1930 and blings the total up to about 88 per cent paid depositors by the bank. Depositors are asked to bring their certificates with them. Mr. Smith stated. Mr. Smith expressed hope that additional payments would bring the total distributions to near 100% of the deposits.

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REPORT FILED ON CONDITION OF BERNE BANK Report of Peoples State Bank of Berne Filed In Circuit Court RUDOLPH SCHI G NOW IN CHARGE Arthur Voglewede of this city, ati torney for Rudolph Schug. representative for the Department of ' Financial Institutions, in charge of tlie Peoples State Bank of Berne, ' today filed in the Adams Circuit 1 court a report of assets and liabilities of the closed bank, together with a copy listing all notes held by the liquidating agent. Tiie total footings, as shown in the balance sheet are $212,590.61, exclusive of about $51,090 carried I separately in notes not included in the assets. The report is dated October 25. , when Mr. Schug took over the affairs ot the bank at the order of the state banking department. The i bank closed in July, 1932. A comparative statement showing the amount of money collected and the expense of operating the liank from last July to October 25,! was also included in the report. The balance sheet shows the fol- , lowing: Resources Loans, bills discounted $ 98,013.59 Furniture and fixtures 6.800.00 Real estate, 17,321.35 Other real estate 4.100.00 Expenses 2.926.33 Taxes paid 587.45 Interest paid 97.76 Mortgage loans 73,453.44 Deposit-Hank of Berne 4,083.19 Deposit Old National •L Fort Wayne 677,56 I Cash 382.29 ‘ County Bonds 2,610.00 Treasury stock 1.422.50 Premiums 117.16 Amount notes short . 7.99 Total $212,590.61 Liabilities Capitol stock $60,000.00 Surplus ~ 1,000.011 ! Undivided profits 1.991.J8 Demand deposits 143.715.63 Interest 4,368.00 Collection and exchange 2.50 Rent 849.08 Safety deposit box rent 139.03 Checks outstanding 483.12 Due less on deposits 41.17 Total $212,590 61 The comparative statement shows that from July to October 25. this year, $1241.47 was collected on loans. The expense of liquidating duiing this period was $711.11 and the mortgage loans were reduced $103.63. The bank’s deposit in-j creased from $2,019.75 to $4,083.19 ON PAGE FIVE) Two Diphtheria Cases Reported Two cases of diphtheria were re-1 ported in Adams County, according to the morbidity report for the i week ending Saturday. October 28. Diphtheria was the only disease re--1 porteu in the county. GUARD AGAINST NAZI ACTIVITY Grave Trouble Is Feared In Internationalized Territory Saarlirncken. Saar Basin, Nov. 2 —(U.R)—Nazi activities threatening grave trouble between France and Germany brought a series of stern repressive decrees today from tlie league of nations commission governing this internationalized territory. German demands for immediate return of the territory to the. German flag have so inflamed tlie population that French authorities feared an outbreak —and the rest of Europe has feared that, if there were an outbreak. France would send troops into the territory. Anxious lest inaction lead to a French-German crisis, the league governing commission decreed: lA-Prison terms and fines for carrying arms are increased. 2 — The commission will control display of flags. 3 — Civil servants must observe *(CONTINUEIToN PAGE THREE) ‘

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Bowed to NR A F '•* ■*** * ■ HIM Myron C. Taylor, chairman of the board of the Bethlehem Steel Corp., leaving the White House I after conference with President Roosevelt. NRA officials and other steel heads on the “captive mines" situation. It was later announced the steel men had agreed to recognize labor unions. NAME MEMBERS SAFETY PATROL Local Boy Scouts to Form School Safety Patrols Are Chosen Presentation of badges and inI signia to the Boy Scout members who will take part in the safety control project at the local grade school biddings, will he made at the program to be held in the Catholic high school auditorium Friday afternoon at 2:15 o’clock. Tlie Boy Scouts will patrol the ( street intersections near the grade school buildings during the opening and closing of schools. i.An appropriate program has been arranged for the meeting Friday. 1 with C. C. Pumphrey, president of the Decatur Scout committee, act1 ing as cliairman. All schools including the Lutheran, Catholic, the three public school ward buildings and the Central school will take part ill the program. Boy Scout members will he seated on the stage in the auditorium. The Scouts from the Central school will furnish patrols for the three ward schools and the Central school. Edward Jaberg. Scoutmaster of American Legion Troop 63 will he in charge of these patrols. Following are the safety patrol, members: Lutheran School. Arnold I Conrad. Raymond Franz and Fred Hoffman. St. Joseph Catholic school: Dan Holthouse. Fred Voglewede. Dick i Gillig. Bill Voglewede, William ' Kuhnle, Paul Schmitz. Dick Eiting and Jim Ehinger. Central School: Jim Krick, Mere- i ditli Cline. John McConnell, Kenneth Gaunt. Fred Kirsi h, Jav Alton, j Keith Hunt. Donald Drake, Richard ; Schafer, Guy Koos, Jim Highland. ; Arthur Merriman and Billy Hunter, i C. C. Pumphrey will explain the [ purpose of rhe meeting and will present Scout Executive, L. L. Hotch-I kiss of the Fort Wayne area who will state how the Scouts can help I in the safety patrol program. Carl W. Rothert. director of acci(CONTTNUED ON PAGE FOUR) [ o City Officials I Issue Warning On H Burning Os Leaves ♦ —♦ Local residents were reminded today by city officials that a city ordinance prohibits the burning of leaves after four o’clock in the afternoon. Warning was also issued not to burn leaves on any of the asphalt or black top streets in the city as the heat damages the street's surface. During the fall season when visibility is more or less confusing at sundown, the smoke from the leaves adds to the mist and fog and the ordinance was passed with the idea of eliminating any undue hazards during this period of time. Mayor George Krick requested Chief of Police Seph Melchi to enforce the ordinance and also asked that public notice be given through the press.

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STATE LEADERS IN CONFERENCE AT WASHINGTON Midwestern Governors Present Demands For Further Farm Relief iuRGE ADOPTION OF CODE FOR FARMERS Washington, Nov. 2.—; <U.R) — Governors of five farm states came to Washington (today to lay before President Roosevelt demands for furth- , er farm relief formulated at a j conference at Des Moines. la., which was held at a result ot the national farm strike. The governors were Alfred G. Schmedeman of Wisconsin, Floifl B. Olson of Minnesota, Clyde , L. Herring of lowa, Tom Berry of South Dakota and William Langer of North Dakota The latter three arrived by airplane last night. Governors Olson and Schmedeman i arrived by train at 8:55 a. m. Herring and 1 anger received Immediate assurance of assistance from the Agricultural Adjustment Administration and applied for a , conference witli the President at which they planned to lay before ; him requests for currency inflation, an NRA code for farmers, pegged prices for farm products and quick mortgage relief. The President was prepared tor the conference by statistics from his interpreting economist in which it was figured that the purchasing power of farmers had been increased about 20 per cent between March and October, and that farm . prices had advanced an average of 12 points in the commodity Index while industrial prices were advancing an average of only nine ' points. Governor Herring explained on arriving here that the governors’ purpose was to speed up relief for the debt ridden farmer, something which he said he feit had not been ' done. "We need immediate increases in the price leve.l,” Herring said. “It doesn’t matter much now it is done. One of the most important things, we feel, is the adoption ot a code. If prices can be brought up to a fair level, other matters will almost take care of themselves.’’ In a statement issued on their i arrival Secretary of Agriculture Wallace and Farm Administrator Peek promised to give "careful consideration to the methods proposed" and offered the aid of the agriculture department’s experts if (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) o Unemployed Husk Corn For Tom Noll Fifteen unemployed men went to the T. R. Noll farm Wednesday evening and husked a large quanI tity of corn. The men were served their suppers and a lunch by Mr. I and Mrs. Noll. JOINT MEETING HELD AT CHURCH Quarterly Church Conference Held Here Wednesday Night — A joint quarterly conference ot i the Decatur and the circuit Methodist churches was held Wednesday night in tlie local church. Rev. E. jL. Johnston is pastor of the Dej catur circuit church Dr. J. T. Bean, district superintendent. was present at the meeting and after a short sermon on “Getting Back to God.” conducted the business of the conference. Reports from all the organizations within tlie local church showed a growing and satisfactory condition and financial reports were given by the church secretary. Mrs. H. F. Callow and the treasurer, Mr. i Heller, which were gratifying. As a result of a financial campaign 1 which was climaxed last Sunday morning. Rev. C P. Gibbs and the officials reported that every obligation of the church will be met in full. The growth in the circuit churches was marked and Dr. Bean expressed his personal pleasure in I the work being done by Rev. Johnston in these rural communities.