Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 31, Number 267, Decatur, Adams County, 11 November 1933 — Page 1

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ILINOIS PRINTER IS KIDNAPED TODAY

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■atur clubs IN SERVICE AT COUNTRY CLUB Harty McClain of Indianapi> is Delivers PrinI ci pal Address LO|AI. legionnaire DELIVERS EULOGY “01 this memorial day we should renew our pledges to serve| our community, state and nation in time of peace. Our obligations did not end with Hie signing of the Arniistiw 15 vents ago,” emphasized Harry McClain. insuranclconiniissioner of Indiana i deliverin'? the princiBavjtxldress at the annual Artnftice day observance held at ttewcatur Country chib at noon in sponsored by Ad amsfro-'t of the American Legion waslattended by Legionnaires. of the Chamber of Com me»W. Hotary and Lions clubs. PlatA were set for more than 100 Ptfteding the address by Mr. MiClin and beginning at 10:30 o'cloiK. an Arniis ice day ritual was Ixnnplified by Post Conimanftr Albert Miller and staff of office's Invocation was given by Post!chaplain Floyd Hunter and the ■tlosv to the dead was delivered Paul Graham. Sillier was served a 11:45 if3k by the Women's Auxiliary of th' Legion. CoLnunder Miller presided during Bie ritualistic services and Jsiw Cowan acted as toastmaster J he ilium r and program bllowed. N. R. Holthouse eneral chairman on arrangeThe meeting was one of rgest patriotic gatherings ssembled here. ng the dinner hour patri>ngs and songs popular dure days of 'l7 and 18 were sung Mrs. Clyde Butler, accompani'ld by Miss Dorothy Haley at the Jiano sang two solos. ""'S. prefaced his adiir<® i telling of visits to Valley Fo® Gettysburg and Arlington ('enjtlcries. where the heroic dead 1861 and the Unknown Softer of 1918 rest.in peace. is a day of celebration as consecration. It is fitting years after the Armistice M signed that Legionnaires to pay tribute to those not asftrtnnate as we. who are restFlanders Field, in Germaiy Belgium or somewhere f>v« there.” stated Mr. McClain. McClain told how the body Unknown Soldier was wwted in 1921 and brought to Aiiwrica and placed in a tomb in Arftgton cemetery on the hillside (Booking the capital of the tail n for which all men fought to (reserve. bodv of this Unknown Softer is the symbol of everyman gave in the crisis of ■Wind 18. We who are left must tarry out his ideals. Today we think of the valors and glorK>f the ba'tle field, but must ourselves to fulfill our ■ges to our communitv. state ■nation in time of peace. merica has reached i's greatand made the i ■' progress in time of peace. ■fe are to continue this proft Is and realize the greatest ft Bing of America, that of free- - 11 We must lie willing to serve I >n the spirit of war. the martial Ilc and the uniform does not MNTINUEn nv ’•acf iifi:i:in Biers Funeral Services Monday Bineral servics for Mrs. Mary E. Brs, 68, wife of Henry Peters. B died at her home, 3116 South ■gland avenue, Fort Wayne, ■rsday evening, will be held ■day afternoon at 2 o’clock at ■ residence, and at 2:30 o’clock 8 110 St. Johns Reformed Church ■which Mrs. Peters was a mem- | Rev, F. H. Rupnow will offi- ■ fi and burial will be made in ■ Lindenwood cemetery ■rs. Martin Miller and Mrs. Soft Reppert, Jacob and Christian ■tie of Adams County are sisters ,' ft brothers of the deceased.

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Hears Touhy Case B 1 Federal Judge M. M. Joyce, before whom the Touhy gangsters are being tried in St. Paul on charges of kidnaping William Hamm Jr.. St. Paul brewer, for SIOO,OOO ransom. APPROVE GRANT FOR LOCAL ROAD Federal Grant of 30 Per Cent Is Approved For State Road 527 Indianapolis. Nov. 11 — 'U.R) ■— First assurance that the federal public works administration will grant the stati- highway department 35 per cent of the cost of all road construction projects came today from Washington. James D Adams, chairman of the commission, announced that the first grant, one of $156,000. had arrived for five projects. "We have a $7,000,000 road and bridge construction program laid out." Adams explained. "If the public works administra ion continues these first grants of 30 per cent, then $3,000,000 in federal grants will be added to our program." In addition, application for a like grant in the highway department’s "pick and shovel road improvement is pending in 55 ashington. If granted, that 30 per cent will be an additional amount ranging between $300,000 and $600,000. Adams said. The five projects approved in grants arriving today were: Road 6.8- 10.5 miles gravel surfacing between Lynnville and Sei- ■ vin; road I—pavingl—paving between Milan and a point a mile and a half east of Elrod on U. S. road 50; road 527—paving 7.3 miles from Decatur to the Ohio line: U. S. 50—paving of 4.7 miles between Bedford and Seymour, and paving of the road between Logansport and Grassy Creek. COURT MARTIAL CUBAN REBELS Cuban Government Takes Drastic Steps To Halt Revolution Havana, Nov. 11. (U.R) * ourt martial of 34 air corps rebels today inaugurated a policy ot iron repression of revolt by the Grau San Martin government Theatres and cinema houses were closed by official order. Snip- ; ers and soldiers roamed the streets searching tor one another. Business was semi-paralyzed. Townsfolk were warned to remain indoors at night. President Ramon Grau San Martin, summoning Cuban newspaper men to his palace, warned them that they were not to publish antigovernment articles under penalty of summary courtmartial. American air line planes on regular schedule were ordered to givei two hours' notice of intended flight i—which occurs daily—over the presidential palace area. This was caused by fear that Cuban **(CONlTnv2r ON PAGE SIX)

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ALLEN COUNTY SHERIFF NAMED ININDICTMENTS ( Grand Jury Indicts Sheriff I For Illegal Liquor Transportation WIFE RECENTLY GIVEN DIVORCE Fort Wayne. Nov. 11 — <U.R> — Fred G. Lunz. 44, Allen votin'v sheriff, continued to hold office today after his arrest late yesterday on grand jury indictments charging him will illegal transportation of intoxicating liquor. Lunz was arrested on four true bills, and was held for a time in his own jail until he furnished . bonds to aling SIO,OOO. Warrants were served on the Allen county sheriff by Dr. Raymond J. Berghoff. county coroner, and only official legally vested with authority. The jury also retimed an informel report of Lunz' "manner and conduct." The indictments recite that Lunz. while sheriff, transported liquor in an automobile during months of April. May, July and August. 1931. and that he gave away certain quantities of intoxicants to a large number of people at many times during the same year. ■ The indictments relating to Lunz' "conduct." civil in act ion i are said to lie of such a nature as may result in his impeachment. Hearing on the charges has been set tor November 20 before Judge Clarence R. McNabb, circuit court. Lunz ook office here in January. 1931. served his t«o years, and was reelected to a second term last year His wife recently obtained a divorce from him and ' was awarded $5,000 alimony. Tlte liquor involved in the case 'CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) AUTHORITY TO QUIT NRA GIVEN Restaurant Association Has Authority To Withdraw Eagle Indianapolis. Ind-.. Nov. 11 —(UP) •—The executive committee of the Indiana Restaurant association today had authority of members to withdraw the association from compliance with the NRA. Authority to take such action if deemed necessary was voted late yesterday at a meeting of the association. Thirty-six county delegations were represented and tlte vote was 28 to 6. After the meeting, however. Francis Wells, secretary of the district NRA board, said he thought the trouble could be straightened out by local compliance boards so that the restaurants would not be forced to take down their Blue Eagles. Members of the association main- ) tained that chiselers have made it ; impossible for them to make a profit. They charged that many rest- . aurant owners holding Blue Eagles are flaunting the President's re- ! employment agreement by cutting prices ami making employes work i long hours. Wells asked the association to . cooperate with local compliance boards in an effort to obtain a list \of all chiselers. After the list is ' obtained, he said, steps will be taken to make the violators conform. ; Regardless of what action the - 'executive committee takes, tlte as- ! sociation probably will draw up a new code pending adoption of a permanent national code. Joseph O'Mahoney, vice president, announced. _—— —o — Indoor Circus Show In Decatur Today First performance of the United Indoor Circus was given at the pub- i lie school gymnasium this after- : noon at 2:30. A second performance i will be given at 8 o'clock tonight, i Admission prices tonight will be ' 15 cents for children and 35 cents , 1 for adults.

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, November 11, 1933.

Rules Ford Dealers Entitled To Bids Washingiton, Nov. 11—(UP) — Comptroller General McCarl ruled today that Ford automobile dealers are entitled to hid for government contracts for tlte pnrclta.se of automobiles although Henry Fold himself has not signed the code of fair competition for the automotive industry. Mc( ari s ruling was announced in letters to the Secretaries of Commerce and Agriculture who had asked his opinion in connection with two low bids they had received from the Northwest motor company of Bethesda, Md. INDIANAPOLIS OBSERVES DAY Gov. Paul V.McNutt Gives Dedicatory Address At Flag Shrine Indianapolis. Nov. 11— <U.R> Armistice observances here today centered around dedication of the flag shrine in the $12,000,000 Indiana world war memorial building. ■ Italy. Belgium. Jugoslavia. France and Great Britain were officially represented at the Shrine dedication. Gov. Paul V. McNutt made the dedicatory address. The governor also was inducted into the French legion of honor in a ceremony performed by Leon Morand. French consul at Detroit. The officer rank in the legion was conferred upon the chief executive. Thousands joined in tlie day's observance, watching or marching in the long, colorful parade downtown. and attending the shrine! dedication. Tlie five foreign representatives participated in unveiling of por- j traits of allied war leaders. In the ceremony were Dr. Vin-j cent Lapenta. Italian consular agent here; Charles Harraert. acting Belgian consul at Chicago: B. P Stoianovitch, first secretary of tlie Royal Jugoslav legation at (CONTINt’Fn nv Ptc.F THREE) 0 — C hickenpox C ase In Adams County One case of chickenpox was reported in Adams County, according to tlie morbidity report of the week ending Saturday,'November 4 No additional cases of diphtheria were reported in the county for the week. 1

Eulogy Paid To Hero Dead In Address At Armistice Day Service Here Today

“Let us make sure that those men who gave their last measure of devotion, may not have died in vain. Let us re-dedicate ourselves to the things for which they died.” stated Pau! H Graham, former commander of Adams Post of the American Legion in delivering the eulogy to the dead at the Armistice day program held at noon today at the Decatur Country club. Mr. Graham's address follows: "Fifteen years ago. November 11th. the great war ended. “Over here, bells rang, whistles pierced the air. orators spoke to cheering throngs and the sky was filled with flags and the streets, with marching children. “Fathers and mothers thanked! God the end had come in time to save their boy, while others turned to a picture above the fireplace. then went out into the garden and plucked a flower for the vase beside the likeness of a youth, asleep in France. “Over there” millions of muddy | men swarmed like ants out of the trench-torn earth, gradually learn-1 ing to stand erect and unafraid beneath a peaceful sky. while all (round the endless energies of war were strangely still. “Those men were dazed by the silence of it all. “They had heard this story of i an armistice before, only to have i it turn to mockery. “Then from somewhere came the faint strains of the "StarSpangled Banner.” couriers dashed everywhere with magic words upon their lips and then the sky was rent by mighty cheers! “Then came the conference of Versailles.

MEETINGS WITH RUSSIAN ENVOY ARE CONTINUED Litvinov And Acting Secretary Os State Phillips To Meet WHITE HOUSE SAYS PROGRESS IS MADE j Washington. Nov. 11. (U.R) The Soviet-American recognitions will lie continued late today in a talk between Foreign Commissar Maxim Litvinov ami Acting Secretary |of State Phillips at the state department. Phillips, in annotinchig tlie conference. declined to shed any light on the progress of the conversations thus far. He said lie was . not informed as to when Litvinov would see President Roosevelt again. Tomorrow being Sunday, it appeared likely that the negotiations may not lie concluded before Monday. The talks are continuing over ia longer period than had been anticipated. Officials indicate there have been no serious impediments to negotiations, lint that they are necessarily prolonged because of the mass of detail involved in them Make Progress Washington. Nov. 11 (U.R) —The White House announced "progress has been made" at the conclusion early today of a three-hour talk between foreign Commissar Max im Litvinov and President Roosevelt on terms of American recognition of the Soviet union. The long conversation ended the I third full day of negotiations between the shrewd Soviet diplomat land high administration officials. I There was reason to believe that ! throughout the conversations the ' participants have been moving constantly closer to their goal. But never in the memory of Washington observers have negotiations been so closely guarded as those taking place between Mr. Roosevelt and Litvinov. Their communiques have been little more than bare statements that meetings (CONTIX’CFfn OX 1 AOK 81X1 —p Clerk Esu. Eng Lice;. <es Forty-seven bunti..- lieemes were issued in the Adams County Clerk's 1 office Friday.

“Whatever else occurred, America stood apart, so sublimely different from anything the petrified diplomats of Europe had ever seen. I they rubbed their wondering eyes. "Here was the nation which had turned the tide of war. the nation which could demand any tribute —the mightiest nation in the world — and while others clutched for the spoils of war, this nation said: “1 want no money: I want no land; I want—nothing!” “Fate has driven its rude plough-| share over the leaders of that ‘ 1 great conflict. “Woodrow Wilson sleeps at Washington; Clemenceau, cast I aside by fickle France, went, embittered to his grave; the Czar of Russia lies, butchered in Siberia. Franz Joseph of Austria is dead; the Sultan of Turkey rests with Mahomet: Foch and Joffre are in their tombs; Ferdinand of Bui-! , garia drifts about the Balkans, a scuttled derelict: Lloyd George, 1 relegated to the rear by the land he saved, battles still in British politics, the mere shadow of a giant who was. while the kaiser who strove to rule the world is now an exile, feeble, impotent, despised! “The aftermath of that war has wrecked the prophet's dream. “It was a war to bring internatonal relations into the limeli"ht, yet moles of intrigue burrow beneath the continent from Moscow to Madrid, while ‘open diplomacy' is hopelessly lost in the labryintliian winding of entente, alliance, understanding. “It was a 'war to make democ-' ••*♦•♦♦♦-• • ♦ • ♦ • ♦ (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE)

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Touhy At Kidnap Trial 1 X 'I J F* ”■ -‘iii- iin i .-ii- -Ljiiii. ■■iimwiMt jnir-nr-r-T —- Roger Touhy (right). Chicago gang leader, is shown with his counsel. William Scott Stewart of Chicago, during his trial with three other members of his gang in the federal court at S' Paul. Minn., tor tlte kidnaping ot William Hamm Jr., wealthy St. Pan! brewer.

ASK REMOVAL ] OF RECEIVER Fort Wayne Bank Depositors Ask Removal of Fefers’ Appointee Fort Wayne. Nov. 11 (U.R) E C. Miller, receiver tor the Old-First; National Bank and Trust Company.) today refused to be quoted regarding stockholders' organized opposition started last night to have his ' appointment nullified. He did say, however, that he had) no personal obligations at the) bank but that the Fort Wayne) Builders Supply Company, oi which he is vice-president, owes the institution. .Millers attorney. Fay W Leas. iiKewtse refused t.> make any state-' mein pending further develop-; meins. Fort Wayne, Ind., Nov. 11 —(UP) ■ -Depositors and stockholders ot’| . the Old-First National Bank and Trust company today had on file ) in Washington a resolution asking for tlie removal of E. ('. Miller. Fort Wayne Lumberman, as reeeiv- ) er of the institution. The resolution also asked for tlie removal of Fay W. Leas as attorney for the receiver, a partner ; of R. Earl Peters. Indiana slate Democratic chairman, who is said to be involved in a corporation in(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) JUDGE REJECTS KIRKLAND PLEA Virgil Kirkland Loses Another Fight For Freedom in Court Valparaiso. Ind., Nov. 11 —(UP) - Virgil Kirkland, former Gary ) high school boy. has lost another ) fight for freedom from the state re- ) formatory where he is serving a one to 10 year sentence in connection with the death of Arlene liraves, Gary. Overruling a motion of Attorney ) Oscar B. Thiel. Gary, judge Char-, les W. Jensen of Porter Circuit ; court refused yesterday to grant a petition for Kirkland's release. Thiel bad contended that Porter Circuit Court, where Kirkland was ’ tried twice in 1931, was without jurisdiction and that the jury in the second trial violated the law by finding him guilty on charges of assault when the indictment charged him with murder. Judge Jensen said he could find no authority in Indiana law to support and contention that he refus- ** CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

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iSentenced For Theft From Prison Clerk ) Greencastle, Ind., Nov. 11 —(UP) l Admitting the theft of a gun and coat from a guard at the state penI al farm. Alva Woods, 35. Indianapo- ' lis. was sentenced to the Instltni tion for 6(1 days in Putnam circuit court today. The complaining witness was I Harry Whissel. clerk at t ■ penal f farm, who said he missed the coat and gun after Woods ha I visited a i brother, Louis Woods, a prisoner. William Glass. 4b. Lafayette, who ! escaped from the penal farm reI cently, was sentenced to one to . five years in state prison. PAY HOMAGE TO SOLDIER DEAD President Roosevelt Pays Homage At Grave Os “Unknown Soldier” | Washington, Nov. 11— <l'P) In 'tlie presence of .several thousand solemn Armistice Day spectators. President Roosevelt today bowed in homage before the totnb of the unknown soldier at Arlington cemetery, leading tile nation in tribute I to America's war dead. The ceremony in the wind swept ; amphitheatei was simple but impressive. i The President .stood for two ! minutes before the tomb. At his 'side is silence also stood Captain I Walter N. Vernon and Col. Edwin I M. Watson. ..is naval and military i aides. Alter two minutes of silence, captain Vernon stepped forward to re ) receive in the name of the Prsident ' a wrath of pink chrysanthemums from the hands of a grizzled army sergeat. Vernon then placed the I wreath on tlie plain whit marble: tomb of the unknown war hero. A bouqffet of yellow chrysant'heI mums then was presented Mrs. i Roosevelt and she in turn placed them at the foot of the tomb. At the conclusion of these brief ' cetemonies an at my bugler stepped from the ranks of tlie army kind, sounded “taps," and the ceremony was concluded. Mr. Roosevelt, accompanied by (CONTINI IN> ON PAGE SIX! o Epworth League Plans Interesting Program An interesting program will he (resented at the Epworth League meeting of the Methodist Church Sunday evening at 6:00. Judge C. I>. Walters will give an address on "What We Can Do To Promote World Peace," Paul Han her will he the leader and a number of the Leaguers will participate in the i program. The public is invited to | j attend.

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FAIL TO FIND ANY TRACE OF WEALTHY YOUTH Joliet, HL. Printer Beaten And Kidnaped By Two Men Today CHILD THOUGHT KIDNAPED FOUND Joliet. 111., Nov. 11 (U.R) Henrv Billers, 50 veins old, was beaten and kidnapeil by hni men lodav. Neighbors wbo witnessed the abduction said one "I Ibe kidnapers resembled Jack Klutas. reputed lender of an extensive midwestern kidnap ring. Li tors was alone in his cottage ar Siiorewooit Beach, six miles west of here when neighbors saw | two men drive up to the house in a small sedan and call him outside. He refused to enter tlie car, I according to Elton Pyle, who watched the proceedings from his window. Pyle said Bitters was severely beaten and forced into ) the car. Then for several minutes the three men apparently conversed before one of the kidnapers returned to the house and brought ) a coat for Bitters. The three lien drove away. County officials obtained a description of the two men from Elton and from Mrs. C. J. Otter, ;!i,rttb''r neighbor, and conjectured | that one of tlie men resembled Klutas Bitters was a printer who ■ came here from Morris. He was not believed wealthy. Search Unavailing Los Angeles. Nov. 11— (U.P) — Passengers on the Matson liner T.urline were held on the vessel when if docked here today to permit detec ives to make a thorough search for Brooke Hart, missing voting business , xecutive of Sall Jose, wbo purportedly was kidnaped. There were a score of officers in tlie boarding party Tlie idea that Hai might be aboard tlie craft was based on the fact that his purse was found yeserday Indeed on a bumper rail of an oil tanker tha" serviced the Lurline Inst before it sailed from San Francisco San Francisco authorities con- ■ eluded that the purse mieh' have been thrown from a porthole of the Lurline. An exhaustive search of the Hncr wits unavailing. Child Is Found Los Angeles. Nov 11 (U.R) An all night search for 'wo-vearolrt Peter Baldwin, whom notice believed kidnaned ended this morning when the child was found It ■< tXTI XT Ifl' CtV I’tcr SIX’) —f) Fire Does Slight Damage Here Friday Damage estimated a! $5 was done to the roof on tlie Catholic Sisters Home. 415 West Monroe street. Frl day night, about 5:15 o'clock. The fire was caused by a spark from the chimney. THREE ESCAPE DEATH BY FIRE $150,000 Damage Is Caused by Fire Friday At Bloomington Bloomington. Ind.. Nov 11 U.R) Immediate plans to rebuild Iho Indiana theater building here, destroyed by tire yesterday, were announced today by Harry Vender- ; schmitt, owner*. He. said the total loss would amount to approximately $15,1)1)0, including damage to two stores ) which were in the building. Vonderschmitt plans to have a new theater ready to operate with- ) in 60 days. The fire started backstage in the theater a short time before tlie afternoon performance was scheduled to start. There wore no patrons present. Origin of the fire has not boon determined. Two women and a six months old baby trapped on the second and third floors escaped through windows. Mrs. Harry Alexander, the ; mother, threw the baby out of a ' window of their apartment into the .continued on RACE SIXT