Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 31, Number 271, Decatur, Adams County, 16 November 1933 — Page 1

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B I EIGHT I H LIONS FOR PUBLIC WORKS ■diana G Assured of This From Federal I* I Gov eminent He officials I Mh! I I < >\|ORRO\\ ■ Thr . ,i;gs here tonior. s’, unlay will start .... ■ . .55.000.000 civil Bi l -.-- Washington that K*at«‘ will obtain that K* from the civil works Gov. Patil V. BNb • '• 11 'he meetings , public works pr<>- , til" E. Will 11.- ■■! . » which they are fam- ... ami - will meet tn pi-< >al projects. Kifj ami county staffs of the - mission w ill receive Saturday as to their Kt I th.- state program Broj •- the program must he Ktbl'. " contracts and mi is eligible, Kv'tiP im. ■m-..1 his commission here. «i leaves, he pointed out. public works possibilities B| g- r. ;■ mr of roads ami streets ■ i»iildings. forestation cleaning up of streets. other public lands. >’ir\evs of possible probeing made in numero n.ties and cities to-pres.-i tation of tomorrow 's financed federally will be Mint- I The Indiana civil works headed by Fred Indianapolis, chairman of i.nemplovment will give final approval of ■':>< to return here today the program personally. I . .g: .ii he conferred with Roosevelt, Secretary of 1 l. kes. Postmaster , ;..,i ami Federal Relief 'Ad Hopkins. his few minutes with the pW’tit Im was non-commital on >,f their conversation EBewise would not discuss his Eyith Farley. . conferences were believed dealt with the state’s politas related to developwitlim the Democratic party. of R. Earl Peters, state <■ ■ tnian. announcement of tor U. S. senator and I~f a n ew political contact ■H between Washington and In democracy, vacated officially all probably were reB£d "ith the President anti Farwas agreed here. F|ity Hearing For Monroe Twp. Man h. 0. Jones and Myron ■tt''l'. both of Herne, have been by the Adams County >" hold a sanity examination Nussbaum of Monroe answer is to be returned by I Nussbaum is a young fara father of three children. been despondent ami in ill ■h. B ■ o BULLETIN ■San Jose, Calif., Nov. 16.— BP)—Brooke Hart, 22, graduB* of the University <Jt Santa Bara and son of a wealthy famB here, was kidnaped and killB last Thursday night by two Brt. one of whom allegedly Blessed to authorities today. announced the ■nfession was obtained from Bomas J. Thurman, arrested ■** fight, under the name of B**f. He was said to have BPlicated J. m. Holmes, an Bwnployed oil worker of San B >e ’ ■'Holmes also was in custody, » r «sted early today.

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In Kidnap Probe "•s-— Peggy Carey (above), 19. an Indiana beauty contest winner, who was seized by Chicago police Wednesday morning in the apartment of Helen Terry, who is being sought in the roundup of the ; Touhy gang. IRENE ANDRESSINJURED TODAY Daughter of Roy Andress Suffers Broken Leg When Hit By Auto Irene Andress, eix year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Andress, 315 N. Fourth street, had both i bones of the left leg broken when struck by an automobile at about one o'clock this afternoon, near the North Ward school building on NortTi Fifth street. The driver of the auto was Fred H. Jones, manager of the Underwriters Adjustment Co., Fort Wayne. He was driving south on ■Fifth street and the little Andress girl, who is a pupil in t e first grade at the North Ward was in the act of crossing the street. She was crossing the street from the east side. Evidently she did not see the approaching car. Mr. Jones was driving slow and no blame was attached to him. He stopped his car and assisted in taking the child to the Adams County Memorial hospital where a local surgeon set the bones and pla ed the leg in a plaster parls vast. An X-ray was also taken and the attending physician stated he did not believe the child suffered any other injuries. Large Crowd At Church Dinner The largest crowd in several years attended the New England dinner, an annual event of many years, at the Methodist church today. The tables were decorated with ears of corn, apples, popped corn and autumn leaves, while the sugar bowls were made of sugar beets, hollowed out artistically. The menu included chicken, turkey, cranberry sauce, dressing, sweet and Irish potatoes, slaw and many , other things, including mince and apple pie. The ladies sold candies ami novelties and linenwear upstairs. — o— Perrysville Bank • Robbed Os SI,OOO Perrysville, Ind. Nov. 16 (I I ) i —A lone bandit held up two employes of the Perrysville State Bank here today and escaped with approximately SI,OOO. I q A Myers, bank president, was forced to lie on the floor while an, employe handed money i 1 counter and tills to the The robber escaped in a small coupe bearing green wire whe U The robbery occurred just as Myers was preparing to go to lunclb It was the fourth holdup of the bank in recent years. J ■>- Brazil Democrat May Be Secretary ■ Indianapolis, Nov. 16 — ,l ” ( appointed ! SdVrom a reliable source todaHe will succeed Marshal W’illiams* who resigned Tuesday when r Farl Peters quit as state chair man ti become a candidate for. United States Senator.

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CONTINUE CASE I UNTIL NOV. 28 Injunction Hearing Is Continued Until The Above Date Hearing of evidence in the case 1 of the City of Fort Wayne against 1 Sophia (loette et, al, was continued Wednesday afternoon until Tues- , I day. November 28. at 1:31) p. in. Defendants in the vase are Soph-' | la (loette, Fred 11. Goette, Henry Berning, the Walton Coal Company 1 and the Walton Avenue Coal Company. The city's complaint states that , Sophia Goette U the owner of lots 27 and 28 in White's subdivision of Lillie's outlot number 26 in Fort Wayne, and adjoining parts of va- : rated alleys. The plaintiff states that the City I lof Fort Wayne condemned the ' right of easement for purpoaen of placing a pole on the property of | defendants and that the condemnation was necessary to extend the lines of the city light plant. The complaint further states that the, Board o.f works of Fort Wayne pass-' ed a resolution July 12, 1922, approving the condemnation proceed-1 ings, and that $175 in gold was ten- . dered the defendant. Sophia Goette, 1 as payment for damages to property in connection with the easement. The complaint alleges that when ! employes of the city attempted to ■ do the work as outlined, defendants Fred Goette and Henry Berning refused to permit such work to be done, allegedly threatening bodily harm to the workmen. The defendants aver that construction of a pole at such a location as sought by the city will cause great damage to their coal business. and that at a former date the city had condemned certain property in another nearby location to take care of the extension of the line which they planned to ereef on the" defendants' property. The city seeks a permanent in- ! (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE’* O—YOUTH DIES OF INFECTED LUNG Grandson of Adams County Woman Dies At Ft. Wayne Hospital Funeral services will be held Saturday for Ross Molthan, 10 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Molthan, Jr., 3525 Webster street, Fort Wayne, grandson, of Mrs. Henrietta Kukelhan of Adams County and Mr, and Mrs. William ( H. Moltan, Sr., of Hoagland. Services will be held at 1:15 o'clock at the home and at 2 o’clock at the St. Paul's Lutheran Church with the Rev. Paul F. Miller officiating. The death of the youth took place at 4 o’clock Wednesday morning at the Lutheran Hospital where the lad had been taken Tuesday for an emergency operation. Death was due to pneumonia which resulted from an infection of the lungs from a straw which became lodged in his lungs last June. The boy had breathed a timothy 1 straw into his body while running ’ with it in his mouth. The operation I was performed in an effort to remove the obstacle. Surviving besides the parents and grandparents is a twin brother, I Roy. —- Will Resume Work On Road 27 Friday Work will lie resumed on state | road 27, north of Decatur, Friday morning. The work ’"as halted Wednesday and today because of adverse weather conditions. A total of I'oß men, 14 trucks and ! six teams worked on the road the first part of this week, moving back fences laying tile ditches and grading. The men are working between Decatur and Monmouth. — o Marbach Residence Damaged By Fire A small roof fire at the Rob Marbach residence on Tenth street shortly before 1 o’clock this afternoon caused damage estimated at $5. The local fire department was tailed to the scene of the tire and quickly extinguished the plaze. The fire started from a spark from the | I chimney.

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Decatur. Indiana, Thursday, November 16, 1933.

Robinson Favors Waterway Project Indianapolis, ilnd., Nov. 16—(UP) —Construction of the Great I,akesSt. Lawre>nve waterway will provide the most effective method of agricultural and industrial recovery available to the middle west. Sen. Arthur R. Robinson, Repn., Ind., told the Indiana farm bureau in annual convention here today. "The American farmer and the American wage earner comprise ' the backbone of the American Market,' 1 he said. "Opening of a water i route with its subsequent reduced 1 transportation rates will result in j increased buying power for these inidwestern residents." . COPIES OF NEW LAW RECEIVED County Clerk Receives Copies of New State Registration Law Copies of the new Indiana registration law were received today by I County Clerk Milton C. Werling and were being distributed to those who wished to acquaint themselves i with the provisions of the act. The pamphlets contain a ropy of the law, sample forms of reglstra- ■ tion blanks, blank forms, records I and supplies required by the state board of election commissioners. The law becomes operative next January and Mr. Werling is designated by law to administer it in this county. Preparatory to installing the cabinet and filing systems in the j clerk's office, the private office room at the west of the clerk’s office is being remodeled to house the equipment. The master filing system will he Installed on top of an old counter ajid Jhe fixture is being changed so T that the cabinets will fit in it. This will save the county more than SSO for a new cabinet stand. The pre--1 rinct filing system will be placed on shelves beneath the master cabinet. New linoleum will also he laid in the clerk’s office and the floor and doors In the rooms are being remodeled. The county commissioners will meet Thursday, November 23 to receive bids on the extra equipment ; required in installing the registra- . tion system. ■ — -o Conrad Mann Given Roosevelt Pardon New York. Nov. 16 —(UP) - Conrad H. Mann, today expressed gratification for a presidential pardon which saved him from serving a five-months sentence on charges of violation of the Federal lotterylaws. He returns to Kansas City today. “The president apparently took into consideration that no normal turpitude was involved and that the charity affairs were honestly j conducted," Mann's attorney, Clyde Taylor, said. "The law under which Mr. Mann was convicted was per- ; fectly technical." SPECIAL CLERK USTWGNAMES Fred V. Mills Grouping Applicants For Old Age Pensions Fred V. Mills, special clerk employed by the county commissioners to assist in administering the old age pension law in this county, is busy at work at the auditor’s office compiling and grouping the names of those persons who filed their names as applicants for a pension. More than 220 names were filed with County Auditor Glen Cowan in the past few months. These are being classified according to town and township. Mr. Mills stated that cards would be sent to the men and women who filed their names, requesting them to appear before him and assist in filling out the application blanks. Mr. Mills will fill out the forms as the information is furnished to him. The law becomes effective January 1 and persons over 70 years of age, entitled to a pension, will reI celve an amount not to exceed sls , a month from the county, half of which will be paid by the state.

PROMISE RELIEF FROM COLD SNAP Relief Is Promised From Severe Early Winter Storm In Midwest New York, Nov. 16— (U.R) — Winter’s first attack, unseason- 1 ably early and striking with notable force, rolled up a death toll of half a hundred lives today. Bitter zero and sub-zero cold, raging gales and driving snowstorms marked the November storm which spread from the North Atlantic to the midwest and north to Hudson Bay. Besides the toll of lives taken in the United States. 27 were feared drowned in the Atlantic when they took to lifeboats after abandoning the British freighter Saxilby. Chicago. Nov. 16. — (U.R) —Relief was promised today from chilling Arctic blasts that sent temperatures around the zero mark in the most severe early winter story in < the midwest in recent years. A blinding snowstorm and a 40niile gale swept the Great Lakes, endangering small craft and driving two lake steamers ashore. The steamer D. E. Gallender. with a crew of 24. was beached near Long Point, Ont., in Lake Erie. The Norwegian steam Flaks with a crew of 12, bound for South Haven with a cargo of wood pulp from Oslo. Norway, was grounded in the gale. Coast guard crews reached the vessel but said abatement of the storm would be awaited before attempting to free the ship. The canal barge Schulyer. which went aground near Menominee, Mich., was abandoned when heavywaves began to pound it to pieces. The freighter J. F. Schoellkopf, which went around near the same point, was freed. Snow covered most of six states ’(CONTINUED ON* PAGE THREE) 0_ — JAMES BARNETT DEATH’S VICTIM Aged Decatur Resident Dies Early This Morning Os Infirmities James J. Barnett, 83. retired business man and a resident of Decatur for 50 years, died at his home 515 Mercer avenue at 4 o’clock this morning following a two year illness. Death was due to infirmities of old age. Mr. Barnett had been ailing for the last two years and his condition became critical about five ! weeks ago when he was confined ; to his bed. He engaged in business in Decatur for many years, having had the i street sprinkling contract here from 1895 till 1930 when he retired. He resided on Mercer avenue for 30 years. He was born near Pleasant Mills on January 1, 1850, a son of John and Sena Merryman Barnett. On May 6, 1875 he was united in mar- ; riage to Samantha Thatcher, who survives. Four children were born to the union, three of whom are |' living. Surviving besides the widow are two daughters and a son. Mrs. William Ramey of Fort Wayne; Mrs. '• Joseph (’loud and Harry Barnett of Decatur. A son Charles, is deceased. Mr. Barnett was the last surviving member of a family of four children. Eight grandchildren and one great grandchild survive. He was a member of the Decatur ’; Christian Church. Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at ' 2 o’clock at the home, 515 Mercer avenue. Burial will be made in the Decatur cemetery. The body will be removed to the home from the W. H. Zwick and Son Funeral home this evening. o Walther League To Present Comedy The three act comedy, “Here Comes Charlie" will be presented in the Decatur high school auditor ium. tonight at 8 o’clock, by the ' members of the Zion Walther League. Admission will be 25 cents for adults, 15 cents for children. | Final dress rehearsal for the comi edy was held Wednesday night and the play promisee to be entertainI ing throughout. The public is invited to witness the presentation.

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WILLIAM MYERS IS SUCCESSOR TOMORGENTHAU New York Man Succeeds To Governorship Os Farm Credit CURRENCY PLAN IN CRITICAL PHASE Washington, Nov. 16 — (UP) — i William I. Myers of New York will succeed Henry Morgenthan, Jr., as governor’of the farm credit administration, the White House announe- ; ed today. Myers, who had been an assistant ' to Morgenthan in the farm credit Administration, is a former professor of agricultural finance at Cornell University. Morgenthan was the first caller at the White House today, discussing with President Roosevelt various aspects of his new treasury duties and also to recommend Myers for the position that lie is quitting. iln connection with the leave of absence that secretary William H. I Woodin is taking, it was pointed out tliat Woodin ia seriously ill and clung to the job when lie should have been seeking rest away from Washington. His doctors said it was imperative that Woodim go away for his health. Myers has been deputy governor of the farm credit administration. Critical Phase Washington, Nov. 16 —(UP)— Criticized at home and threatened with retaliation abroad, the administration’pushed its managed currency program into, the most critical phase today. Henry Morgenthau Jr., replaced Secretary William H. Woodin and undersecretary Dean Acheson in control of the treasury department. Woodin was given a complete leave of absence to recover his health and Acheson resigned, as the dollar, and government bonds dropped yesterday. Simulataneons with announcement of a possible alliance between France and Great Britain to combat the cheapened ' dollar. Morgenthau was sworn in last night as undersecretary. He became chief of the treasury due to ■ Woodins absence. In selecting Mongenthau, President placed in charge a man who sees eye to eye with him on his plan for a dollar which will be adjusted in value to give it a constant purchasing power in terms of a fixed index of commodity . prices. 0 Holiness Association Will Meet Next Sunday The Adams County Holiness Association will hold the regular monthly meeting next Sunday, November 19, at 2 o’clock, standard ' time, at the First Nazarene Church in Berne. Rev. Lee Tyndall of Portland will deliver themessage and every body is welcome. ESCAPE PLOT IS REVEALED Plot To Free Four Suspected Murders At Indianapolis Disclosed Indianapolis, Ind.. Nov. 16 —(UP) A plot to free four suspected murderers from the Marion County jail was revealed today by Sheriff Charlee Summer. A package containing two guns and two sacks of ammunition which was to have been smuggled to the ‘ prisoners was discovered by the sheriff in the jail garage. i Sheriff Summer said be had had information that the weapons were j intended for Edward (Foggy) Dean ' and three others held on charges of ■ murdering Lester Jones Indianapolj lis police sergeant, during a hold- '; up here last winter. On information furnished by John Gordon, a trusty at the jail, 1 sheriff Summer arrested John • Doan, brother of Edward, and a woman whose name was withheld. Gordon was placed in solitary ■ confinement, Summer said, alter I confessing that he conspired with ■ I Dean and the women to smuggle . the guns into jail. Gordon said he was told the pack- . age contained doped cigarets and I whisiky.

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Taken by Death a*. I 1 to e I IT V Vi A Edward N. Hurley Sr.. Chicago manufacturer, member of both the i industrial and labor boards under the NRA and wartime head of the United States Shipping Board.! i who died Tuesday evening at the age of 69 years. THREE PAROLES GIVEN TUESDAY State Clemency Commission Grants Three Petitions Tuesday I Indianapolis, Nov. 16. — (U.R) — Three paroles and four -commutations of sentence were granted to reformatory prisoners by the state clemency commission yesterday. Cases of four men were continued while petitions of 16 were denied. Among those paroled was Joseph Johnson, 17, convicted on forgery charges in Delaware county in December, 1932, and sentenced to one to 10 years. He will return to school. The youth allegedly forged a $667 check to pay for a truck. His trial judge recommended his release. Commutations were granted to Alvin Cooper, Herbert Wendt and Harold Wilburn, all of Cass county, and Frank Adelsperger, Lake county. Cooper, Wendt and Wilburn were sentenced in January, 1931. to five to 21 years each on rape charges. They allegedly attacked a girl whom they forced from a parked automobile in a “lovers’ lane" near Logansport. The commission reduced their sentence to three to 21 years, making them eligible for release next January. The girl Involved wrote the commission that she felt the youths had served enough time. J B. Smith, the trial judge, also recommended their release. Adelsperger’s sentence was shortened to permit his release next year. He has tuberculosis. Continued cases included that of Dan Sasek, sentenced in Lake county in 1930 to 10 years on robbery charges. Prisoners denied leniency were Erwin Steup, sentenced from Allen county in 1932 to 1-10 years on charges of involuntary manslaughter; Louis Walter, Lake county, robbery: Dick Smith, Vermillion I county, manslaughter; Paul Krueger, Alien county, burglary: John Stout. Wells county, burglary: Alphone Deig, Posey county, burgj lary; Marcellus 11. Headley, Monroe county, burglary. William Raska, LaPorte county, robbery; George Ping, Vanderburgh county, 'robbery; Allen Warner and Elmer Neunlist, both of St. Joseph county, anto banditry, and James Wiley, Lake county, burglary. Prehle Younjf Peoole Will Present Comedy The comedy, "Aaron Slick from Pumkin Creek" will be presented . by the St. Paul’s Young People's ■ Society of Preble, Saturday and Sunday evenings. November 25 and 26. at the school hall. The public is ! invited to attend. o Fort Wayne Man To Speak Here Tonight (AU members of the Decatur chapter of the Knights of Pythias lodge are urged to attend the regular meeting tonight at 8 o’clock. E. D. Gray of Fort Wayne, deputy grand , chancellor of the Eighth district, I will attend the meeting.

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BOLD CRIMINAL FOILS ATTEMPT ATHISCAPTURE Auto In Which Indiana's Public Enemy Escaped Is Recovered FAILURE BLAMED ON ORGANIZATION Chicago, Nov. 16.—(U-RJ—The automobile in which John Dillinger, Indiana’s public enemj’ number one, escaped an elaborate police trap last night, was found by police today on Greenview avenue near Howard street. Twenty-two bullet holes had pierced the machine. Police believed the car, an ' Essex sedan, had been stolen by Dillinger and his two companions, one a woman. The license platefi had been removed. Authorities were uncertain whether the desperado had taken to a hideout in Chicago or had stolen ' another automobile to make good his daring escape. On the possibility that he and other members iof his gang may be in hiding here an elaborate hunt was begun. Chicago and Indiana police last night laid an elaborately planned trap for him when it was learned ; he was in the office of a Chicago .physician. Machine gunners snr- ! rounded his automobile. Tlie automobile sped through the ; trap as dozens of shots rapped harmlessly on the bullet proofed I glass. A machine gunner in Dellinger’s automobile fired from a porthole, shattering windshields of i pursuing automobiles. A woman was in the Dillinger automobile. Dillinger was classed by police I along with Verne Miller as among the most desperate criminals at liberty. His gang was believed composed of convicts who shot their way out of Michigan City state prison two months ago. , The failure of the police trap was blamed today on its organization. The officers had counted on Dill- . i inger to enter his automobile without suspecting the trap. They expected he would drive straight ahead in the direction his car was pointed. They set their trap a half a block away in the middle of the block they thought Dilling would be traversing. Three police automobiles, ' including the Indiana car. were parked along the sides of the street, expecting to converge across the street in front of the fugitive. Another police automobile was parked a half a block behind Dillinger's ' car and expected to follow him into the trap and block an avenue of escape to the rear. The signal for the springing of the trap was the flashing of a spotlight on the automobile behind Dillinger's car. When the fugitive left the physician's office and en- ■ tered his automobile, the signal was given This apparently alarmed Dillinger. The bandit instead of driving straight ahead into the i trap, threw his automobile into reverse, hacked around a corner and drove away on a slue street. Only the Indiana police realized what was happening in time to pursue the desperado. Dillinger meanwhite had gained almost a block on his pursuers. As soon as it was apparent that Dillinger was backing out on the trap, police in the ear parked be- ■ hind him, followed and opened fire. ■ | The bullets failed to penetrate the bullet proof g lass of Dillinger’s ' automobile. Lieut. John Jenkins and Sergt. ■ G. W. Ryan of the Indiana state police also fired at Dillinger's auto- ' mobile as soon as they were able • ■ to aim. Within a few blocks. Dillinger I had accelerated his speed to around 85 miles an hour, police said. The r I (CONTTNUKD ON VAGF THREEI O 1 Evansville Man Burned To Death j Evansville. Nov. 16—(UP)—Polite today attempted to establish identity of a man. who was burned to death at 6 a. m. when fire destroyed the home of Alex Clinard, here. 1 Mrs. Clinard. who was rescued from the building by a negro, said . it was her husband. i Neighbors reported, however, r that a drinking party preceded the fire and that a man named Taylor 1 was to the house. The body was , I so badly burned it could not be 1 identified.