Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 31, Number 270, Decatur, Adams County, 15 November 1933 — Page 1

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■slators i MN SPECIAL PESSIONMOVE W ( . Overwhelmingly Session In InKrmal Meeting Today Ln FIVE VOTES ■\\ OKING SESSION Nov. l.» <UR) suupoi’Hng the |s |ralien stole the show KBi.ox Paul V. McNutt’s at the intoi'inal meeting to<l av , K helm imlx voting a resopoosing a speei.il the Indiana gem r--11 an halt the 150 members legisla' a*- attended al the of Sen. Thollie V.’. , 'BZ Boston, b adei of a group insurgents the fir. voted in support of a session. 'o calling of a speK one of the principal anti administration u.o roh-ed in two caucuses and by lie board of of the Indiana farm burK tere last night. of the governor in a of the s ate democratic here yesterday, at R P*ir’ Peters. Fort Wavim. as sta'e chairman and ft McCulloch. I’"!' was chosen as his sue-ad.i.-tl strength to McNutt's of the legislators rapid events of the last Kt weeks indicated that the gov<'.y dominates the, throughout the entire sta’> meeting of the legisla o.s was called by Sen. Thollie. Btulw, Wayne county, and a BM of senators with whom he Oct. 28 to discuss the administration. proposed a special session legislature to redraft the control law to provide Beeipcally for handling and tax hard liquor after repeal the road bond moralaw to permit counties to ■■Rations were mailed to all federal construction funds. of both houses of the: nv .-.or- rm’SKi Beva Man Held I f On Larceny Charge Hendricks of Geneva was late this afternoon by Burl Johnson and deputy D. M. Hower on larceny Hendricks is alleged to ■ stolen fence rails from Tillwho signed the aft'ifor Hendricks’ arrest. 800 l Officials I Met Tuesday Night ■meeting of the principals and was held in the township high school night. Every high school in the county was present. Moran was the principal and a supper was served Hhe Domestic Science girls. The ■sot the grade school presented What I am to be Thank■For." The Jefferson township Pt istra played several selections Rf [NAVE’S by JllrVlL/ Clayton iLflk r B«M ® thrilling love story of the 1 who became the world’s ampion bridge player . Starts Today on Page 2. Daily Democrat

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New Chairman 11 * % ■HHEEhfee w. wiir 1 Dr. Carleton B. McCulloch' of Indianapolis. Democratic candidate for governor in 1920 and 1924. was named chairman of the Democratic i state committee yesterday. Dr. McCulloch succeeds R. Earl Peters. who resigned to become a i candidate for the Democratic nomination for United States Senator. Mr. Peters formerly lived in Decatur and was employed as reporter on tthe Daily Democrat. DR.McCULLOCH NEW PARTY HEAD Former Candidate For Governor Named Demo cratic State Chairman Indianapolis, Nov. 15— (U.R) — Election of Dr. Carleton B. McCulloch as chairman of the Democratic stake central committee emphasized today the control which Gov. Paul V. McNutt holds over the party in Indiana. McCulloch was elected unanimously by members of the state committee after R. Earl Peters, Fort Wayne, resigned to become a candidate for United States senator. Peters and McNutt had been at odds for several w*eks with the result that the former virtually was forced to quit as state chairman. A group of Peters’ supporters on the committee made a futile attempt to hold the chairmanship by mentioning James D. Adams, chairman of the sta’e highway commission, as his successor. Adams refused to have his name mentioned, however, and it was I reported that the Peters men could muster only nine votes. McCulloch then received unanimous support. I An Indianapolis physician with I a flair for writing poetry, McCulloch was the Democratic nominee for governor in 1920 and 1924. , Both times Ife was defeated by Republicans. He will serve until May when the state commi tee is reorganized and is expected to follow the dictates of Governor McNutt without question. Peters will establish campaign , headquarters here wihin 10 days. His nomination for senator is expected to be opposed by Sherman Minton, public counselor of the .public service commission, re- ■ ported to be the governor’s choice. Many other Indiana Democrats have an eye on the senate nornina*(CONTTNT'ED ON PAGE THREE) Model Club Members Exhibit Models Here Nine members of the Decatur model club are exhibiting some of I their models in the north entrance show window of the Morris 5 & 10 • cent store. Huntington Man Is Hurt In Accident Fort Wayne, Ind.. Nov. 15.—(U.R) Earl Robinson. 31. Huntington, Herald-Press circulation manager, was a patient in St. Joseph s hospital here today recovering from injuries received yesterday afternoon in an automobile accident. Robinson suffered a chest injury, , hip and arm burns and cut on the head when his car collided with one driven by Tom Glllert, Fort i Wayne, three miles west- of here on state road No. 24. Glllert and his two companions I were uninjured.

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NEW WORK PLAN AIDS MILLIONS OF UNEMPLOYED Civil Works Administration To Furnish Work For 4,000,00(1 Men CITY OFFICIALS PRAISE PROGRAM Washington. Nov. 15 —(UP)— The administration today inaugurated its project to put 4.00(1.000 un- : employed back to work in a month. Its first move was an explanation of President Roosevelt and his work administrators of a new work relief program to make available $400,000,000 by Dec. 15 for the salaries of workers, many of whom : have been long unemployed. Twenty governors. 150 mayors, 250 state and city engineers and 80 state and city relief administrators came to Washington to obtain de tails of the program from the President, public works administartor Ickes, and civil works administrator Hopkins. , The mayors said the program was the greatest, from the stand-' point of the city dweller, yet under-1 taken by the administration. So critical is the employment situation in some of America's largest ' cities, they said, that developments . this winter might have been serious had not the President heeded their pleas. They sympathized with the farmer, but pointed out that 45 per vent of the nation’s population lives ' in 96 major cities. Destitute as the I farmer may be, they said, the plight of the jobless city man is worse. The farmer usually can eat, they said, but the destitute city dweller frequently faces starvation. Paul V. Betters, director at the United States conference of mayors. and head of the American municipal association arranged the meeting with the administration of- * ’continued to page five COLD WEATHER HITS DECATUR Snowfall, Bitter Winds Usher In First Real Winter Weather Decaturites trudged to work this morning through a couple inches of snow and facing the first of winter’s biting breezes. Thermometers registered from eight to 14 above zero, the coldest dav so far this season. The snow began falling yesterday and continued into i'he night, residents here waking this morning to see the landscape covered with a beautiful mantel of the shining flakes. Children took to sleds and seemed to enjoy the season's first. snow. Street’s and roads were icy , last night and traffic was some ' what delayed. A collision between a truck and i passenger car took place last evening a: the Second and Monroe street intersection, but no serious accidents were reported up to noon. All the rural carriers out of 1 the Decatur postoffice were able to make their trips today. The snow did not driflt to a great extent in the rural sections. Many hunters took to the fields and woods today in search of rabbits. Several reported great success, while others got “the exer--1 else.” 10 Above Indianapolis, Nov. 15— (U.R) — , *7cGNTTNUED ON PAGE FIVE) ■ • o Local Boy Organizes Quartet At College Henry Bus "he, son of Mr. and ' Mrs. Fred Busche of this city, and i a student at Indiana Central College at Indianapolis, has organized a quartet of singers that filled en- ’ gagements at Waldron, Corydon, [ and Georgetown, Indiana and Louis- . ville, Kentucky recently. Mr. Busche had the honor of accompanying the president of the J college. Mr. Good, to the first Na- , tional Adult Convention on Religious Education of the United , Brethren Church held at Dayton, i Ohio. He sounded the tall of the i ! seven trumpets beginnig each session.

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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, November 15, 1933.

Kidnaped Scion I M j|bb bbl t iB I J I l . A' ■=S... Brooke Hart, kidnaped son of a wealthy San Jose. Cal., merchant, who is the object of the greatest manhunt in California history. Soon after the youth's disappearance his automobile was found on a lonely road, following which his father, Alex J. Hart, received a telephoned demand for $40,00(1 ransom. SECY WALLACE FINISHES TOUR Secretary of Agriculture Completes Tour W ith Speech At Muncie Muncie, Ind., Nov. 15r-(UP) — Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace returned to Washington today after completing a midwestern speaking tour with an address here last night before the Eastern Indiana Livestock breeders association. More than 1,300 persons jammed Masonic Temple to hear the speech. The meeting of the association formally opened the corn-hog production control program in Indiana. Wallace was introduced by William Settle, president of the Indiana farm bureau federation. A final solution of the farmers’ troubles must come through adoption of a permanent foreign policy by the United States, Wallace told his Audience. “But regardless of whether the nation decides on a policy of Nationalism or Internationalism, the people must be willing to follow the plan not for four years only, but for at least 10 or 15 years," he said. “If we follow the International program we absolutely must receive great quantities of goods i from aboard and must not be disturbed by the people who are hurt thereby. “If we follow the national program, we must resolutely plan to 'keep 50 million acres of land out of use, no matter how loud may be CONTINUED TO F AGE FIVE —— —o —’ PROMOTER IS FOUND GUILTY Estate Promoter Found Guilty By Jury; Given 10-Year Sentence Sioux City, la., Nov. 15.—(U.R)— Oscar M. Hartzell, Drake estate promoter, was found guilty by a federal jury on 12 counts of mail fraud today. Judge George C. Scott immediately sentenced him to a total of 10 years imprisonment and $2,000 fine and demanded hint to the immediate custody of U. S. Marshal Don Preussner. The jury reached its verdict after II hours deliberation. It received the case at 12:32 p. m. yesterday. The jury’s report held Hartzell guilty of all 12 counts on the federal Indictment which charged the dapper 57-year-old former lowa farmer with fleecing more than 40.000 midwesterners of a total of $1,400,000. Judge Scott sentenced Hartzell ' 1 to five years in prison and SI,OOO fine on the first five counts in priand SI,OOO one on the other seven counts. The fines total 12,000 and the two five year prison terms were stipulated as to consecutively, not (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)

MAKE PROGRESS I IN CONFERENCE Report Progress Toward Russian Recognition After Conference ■ Washington, Nov. 15 (UP) —| After a conference at the White \ House today between President . Roosevelt and Foreign Cquiniissar , Maxim Litvinov of the Soviet Un-i ion, it was said authoritatively that I district progress was being made toward the goal of recognition. It was indicated that if the con- , versatlons are not flnislied before . : the President leaves Friday for Warm Springs. Oa.. Litvinov might , be invited to accompany him. The Soviet commissar, it was learned, came to the White House ' today on Mr. Roosevelt’s invitation. Observers were warned against' I the conclusion that failure to announce recognition by Friday would indicate failure of the negotiations. Officials were unwilling to predict the date by which the talks might be concluded. The commissar went to the White House at 10:15 A. M. to see Mr. Roosevelt. The conference was held In the executive mansion pro-1 per rather than Mr. Rooseveltte business office, where he usually entertains visitors. Although there has been no stated meeting between Litvinov and the President since last Sunday night, the United Press learned reI liably that negotiations have been proceeding rapidly under the surface by means of secret meetings I and telephone conversations. oNo Change Considered In Gold Buying Plans . I Washington, Nov. 15 —(UP) i President Roosevelt Is not contemplating any change in his gold buyi ing policy, it was sai dat the White i House today. Mr. Roosevelt was represented as ! feeling that the policy is satisfac- : [ tory. o EDWARD HURLEY DIES TUESDAY Wartime Chairman of i Shipping Board Dies of Penumonia Tuesday Chicago, Nov. 15 —(U.R) —' rlle na ’ ■ tion paid tribute today to Edward > N. Hurley, wartime chairman of • the United States shipping board. | who died of pneumonia last night. I He was 69 years old. Hundreds of messages from in- , dustrial and political leaders from all parts of the nation poured into . the family home, from which Hurley was removed to a hospital a few hours before his death. , Hurley became ill of a severe t cold Monday afternoon. Yesterday ( I his family physician diagnosed his i illness as pneqmouia and ordered i his removal ti a hospital. He soon passed into a coma and did not regain consciousness. Long prominent as a midwestem industrialist, Hurley’s political I career began in 1913, when he was appointed trade commissioner to Latin America. Later he became i vice chairman and then chairman of the federal trade commission. 1 In February. 1917, he resigned > ! that post and in June the same year was appointed by President Wilson to head the United States shipping board. He Held that post through- ’ out the World War. resigning in 3 1919. 1 As a result of his services in 1 (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) 0 ) Fourth Kidnaper > i Fitted Into Case 1 St. Paul Nov. 15—(UP)— The federal government today fitted r Gustave (Gloomy Gus) Schaeffer 1 into its picture of the William i Hamm, Jr., kidnaping, thus involv1 ing all four of the Touhey gangsters who are being tried on Lind- ’ bergh law indictments. 1 Roger (the Terrible) Touhy had ’ been identified as the “voice’’ of I the kidnaping gang; Eddie (Father Tom) McFadden as the bearer of onea ransom note, and William ’ Sharkey as the driver of the gang's black limousine. i John (Jake the Barger) Factor at- ■ ' tended the trial of the gangsters 5 against whom he may testify in an j 1 effort to aid the government in con-1 victing them.

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PROPOSE PLANS FOR FREEING OF BANK DEPOSITS Machinery For Releasing 20 Millions In Indiana Banks Started TWO ADAMS COUNTY BANKS INCLUDED Indianapolis, Nov. 15 (U.R) — Machinery for releasing about $20,000,0(8) in closed bank deposits in Indiana will be started here tomorrow at a meeting of repro- j sert’atives of 83 banks. 'The representatives will hear details of a plan for pledging assets of their banks as collateral for federal Reconstruction Finance Corporation loans. Invitations to eligible banks to be represented were sent by Robert R. Batton. Marion, chairman of the state banking commission, who said today (that the plan is contingent on approval of the loans at Washington. Eligible institutions largely are '’hose in the seventh federal reserve district which includes all of Indiana except about 10 counties in the extreme southwestern part. Eligible banks also are largely those which have closed since Jan. 1, 1931. The average loan per bank is expected to be about $500,000, Batton said. Long term loans will be made to receivers and liquidating agents iof the bank who in turn will pledge existing assets of the banks as collateral. Cooperating wii h RFC officials in making the loan will be the state banking commission, composed of Batton, Myron H. Gray, Muncie; Oscar P. Welborn, Indianapolis; Harvey B. Hartsock. Indianapolis, and C. M. Setser, ; Columbus. The committee will receive applications for loans and then will fix a liquidating value on the banks' acceptable assets. A district committee then will consider the application, acting on the state committee's recommendation for a loan of the stipulated amount less the cost of liquidation. ICONTTNUWD ON PAGE TWO) Lindberghs Land At Lisbon. Spain Lisbon, Nov. 15—(UP) —Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh arrived at 12:50 P. M. today (7:50 A. M. EST.) in their seaplane after a 235-mile flight down the coast from Caldelas De Tuy. Lindbergh was expected here, this European terminus on his flight along the Atlantic ocean borders. to confer with aviation offii cials on plans for a trans-Atlantic air route via the Azores. The National air council announced that he had telegraphed seeking a conference on stablishinent of such a route for c-ommer-vial purposes. CONRAD MANN SURRENDERS Convicted On Lottery Charges; Is Ready To Serve His Sentence New York. Nov. 15 —(U.R) —Con- ; rad Mann surrendered today to ; the U. S- marshal to begin his sentence of five months in the ; federal house of detention in | New York City. It was announced that plans •were to hold Mann In custody of ' the marshal until 2 p. m., when he will be transferred to the federal house of de'ention. Mann was also fined SIO,OOO. Mann, appearing tired and under great mental strain, said he would wait for word from Washington regarding request for a presidential pardon. Meantime, a' the federal building, Louis M. Treadwell, assistant United States prosecutor in charge of the case, said he had received word from Washing on that no action had been taken on the pardon, indicating he did not ; expect any. The Kansas City man was conI victed in connection with alleged : lotteries conducted by the Eagles j lodges, at which drawings for ’ (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

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Resignation Refused — B w Cwß Ww William H. Woodin, secretary of the treasury, was given a leave of absence today because of ill health. Woodin submitted ills resignation but it was refused by President Roosevelt. The President named Henry Morgenthau. Jr., as secretary. MAGADAMROAD WILL BEBUILT State Road 527 Will Be Constructed of Asphaltic Macadam State road 527, extending from the Country Club road southwest to the Ohio state line, will be constructed of asphaltic macadam, according to word received from Janies D Adams, chairman of the State Highway Commission. The reason given for the selection of the asphaltic macadam, in preference to concrete, was that the Federal government, which pays 30 per cent of the cost, demands that the lowest hid be accepted. Meshberger Bros., of Linn Grove, 1 low bidders on the project, bid $169,195 for concrete ami $159,408 ion the asphaltic macadam. Mr. Adams's letter follows: "Under the Indiana State law we are required to advertise for three comparable types of pavement. Engineers have determined what they consider comparable types. "On your project we solicited and have secured the approval of the Federal Government to the extent of 30% of tlie cost. There is a ruling of the Federal Government that where bids are taken on comparable types of pavement that the aw-ard shall be made to the low bidber. That being the case the award has been made on the asphaltic macadam, which was some SIO,OOO lower than concrete. “The type road which is to be built consists of the following courses: 1%-in. of tine aggregate for instillation purposes. | 3%-in. of water bound macadam. 3-in. of penetration macadam. 2-in. of hot top, ■ making 13%-in. in all. Our engin- ' eers firmly believe that such a road i will be as satisfactory as any type iof construction. Owing to the immense amount of material which goes into the building of such a (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) : O Roosevelt O. K.’s Seven New Codes Washington, Nov. 15. — (U.R) — i Codes of fair competition for the air transport and limestone industries were among seven new codes approved today by President Roosevelt. o Injunction Hearing Evidence Resumed Hearing of evidence was resumed before Judge H. M. DeVoss in Adams circuit court today in the I case of the City of Fort Wayne ‘ against Sophia Goette et al for an injunction. The plaintiff alleges | that the defendants refused to abide by an order of the Fort Wayne board of works condemning a certain piece of property in that city to be used in the erection of a light line. I Several witnesses were heard | Tuesday and today and time as to : the conclusion of the trial was un- , certain at press time thiw afterI noon.

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RESIGNATION OF TREASURY HEAD IS TURNED DOWN Henry Morgenthau, Jr., Is Named Acting Secretary By F. I). R. UNDER SECRETARY ALSO QUITS POST Washington. Nov. 15— ( U R) President Roosevelt in a startling pronouncement today named Henrv Morgenthau, Jr„ one of his Albany proteges as acting secretary lof the treasure to take the nlace of Secretary William H. Woodin, who resigned because of ill health, but whose resignation was not accented. Simultaneously Mr. Roosevelt announced that Dean Acheson, undersecretary of the treasury, had resigned, effective Saturday, Nov. 18 and that Morgenthau, when Woodin ro’urns, would assume Acheson’s position. While Woodin’s resignation, be- ' cause of 111 health, had been fre- ’ quently rumored and again revived this week, it was felt that due to his vehement denials that ! they were without foundation. Hence the surprise occasioned by a letter of Oct. 31 asking that he be relieved of cabinet duties to regain his health. Tlie President, declining to accept his resignation, asked him to take a leave of absence which Woodin will do without pay. He will go to Arizona in about 10 days, ’here to put behind him all activities of government until his doctors say he is in fit condition to return. X Little or no explanation, however, was given for Acheson’s decision to retire from the gov- ■ eminent service. He was looked upon as one of the wheel horses of the treasury in the frequent absence of the secretary. In some quarters it was felt that his lack I of financial experience was one of the reasons prompting him to retire to private life. No less surprising, however, was the rapid ascendency of Morgenthau. at present governor of the farm credit administration. He came here March 4 wi h Mr. Roosevelt from Albany where he had served as state conservation commissioner. He is the son of Henry Morgenthau. Sr., who was ambassador to Turkey during the Wilson adminis’ration, and long has been a close persona! friend of the Roosevelts. Tlie President lias not yet de(CONTTNUED ON PAGE PTVRI 0 Postal Officials Urge Early Mailing Decatur and Adams County people are urged by postal officials to do their Christmas shopping and mail their packages early this year, i There will be no mail delivery ou Christmas Day. Monday. December The local post office will make i every effort to handle the Christmas mails without congestion and delay, but owing to the enormous volume this can be done only with the cooperation of the public. It is urged that gifts .greetings and letters be mailed a week or 10 days before Christmas, according to the ’ distance. SEPHMELCHI’S BROTHER DEAD Brother of Decatur Police Chief Died Tuesday At Sturgis, Mich. I Chiel of Police Seph Melchi of this city, was called to Sturgis. - Mich., today on account of the i death of his brot her, William > Melchi, age 75, whose death • occurred yesterday. i A message was received by i Chief Melchi late yesterday after- ■ noon informing him of the death ! of his brother. Derails were not • given, but it is assumed that inr flrmities of age caused his death, t Besides the brother in 'this city, two brothers. Bert of Convoy, Ohio I and Charles of Sturgis and two > sisters, Mrs. Alice Hilton and Mrs. - Emma Heath, of Convoy, survive. The funeral will be held Thursday at Sturgis.