Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 31, Number 292, Decatur, Adams County, 12 December 1933 — Page 1

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bloweather Kontinuesto I CLAIM LIVES ■ Least 30 Deaths At■ihuted To Storm Over B United States ■'USUAL heat ■ \\ \\ E IN M ASK \ BB By Putted Press expt in in « <| ■ unusual “heat wave" Klrv blasts swept over ■l of tin reiiiaiiuler ol the K|, American continent. BKujinn snoss, sleet and slid ■u tciniM ratures. ||||>< raturcs raiiijed I rem above in the Are ■ Circle, the ice box of the ■tinint. to 24 decrees l><at Owls Head. N ■ |,;.//,rd was general from Ho' Mountains to the :’.u deaths were .inriMi ■ 0 the storm. Most of the ■th, were in eastern stat -s. |Hch bore the brunt of the Pennsylvania reported I.' and New York City thiee states repor ■ ■! K a:: y towns in the western sta'e of Washing on were ■ t l' v ,he highest flood watets ■rears. Hundreds of families ■i maroe ed or forced to lea’.c homes and seek shelter s\ persons were repot ed one was missing. ■ States meterologist- ' e d rising temperatures ov." in ores today, hut add'd i frigid blast would send tumbling again te ■it or tomorrow. coldest weather of the was recorded in many tires fell to zero ami ■to ri-e slowly. Virginia. Minn ■. Wis.. 16 below, and Peril's X D., 14 below. New York the thermome . . dropped back to 19 above A heavy s.ow covered ■s of New England. A blank't covered most of Ohm. west skies were clear. winds which drove a blit snow over eastern s ales ■p.r >d airplane travel. Nmir Canada, a severe strnw e veloped persons who set ■ from Hamilton to Fort Erie ■an airplane. Pilots who tool ■in rescue planes were forced A blizzard also swept the ■vino- °f New Brunswick. R Cold In Mexico ■exi<'.> ( tty. Dec. 12 <U.R> ’INT’ET > ON PAGE I" vim ■B ——— ■iker Speaks To ■ School Teachers meeting of the city school wits held in the public building Monday night and and instruct in- 1”. was given by Clifton E. Strik ‘"inity superintendent ol His subject was "Motiv.o Assignment.” f LYING COUPLE I LANDS SAFELY ■dherghs Complete ■light Over Desolate H Territory In Safety ort of Spain, Trinidad. Dec. 12 B^-'R)—Col. and Mrs. Charles A. flying homeward, arrivfrom Manoas. Brazil, after Bfcht over dense tropical jungles. mountains and wild, deso B territory. Bhe Lindberghs landed at 2:27 B EST. B'be last hour of the flight, the western coast of TriniBb was in heavy weather, with a Rstant downpour, a ceiling only M feet high and poor visibility. ■ s had cut down their flying time ■3O minutes. Col. Lindbergh had Rfidently expected to arrive at B P- m. EST. Bheir flight northw’ard was markRby the same- accuracy of direrB and regularity of speed that Es characterized all of the major made by the Americans B e their departure from New' B'k, July 9, on a t our o f more ■ D 25,000 miles.

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Kansas Murder Victims ~ wUK Wk V Ik wa* *■■■■■ rv< wm> Mr. and Mrs Harry Pritchard of Wichita, Kan., who were abducted and shot to death last November 23, following Pritchard’s attempt to prosecute Jack Vt isdoni. a farm hand, on a bogus check charge. Wisdom was arrested Sunday near Delaware, Okla., and narrowly escaped lynching at the hands of a crowd of enraged Kansans as police rushed him to the Kansas sta e reformatory at Hutchinson.

Decatur Moose Will Observe Family Night Family night will be observed by the Moose Lodge at the Moose home on north Second street. Thursday. December 14. Members of the lodge and their families are invited to participate in the social event, including a dance and general get together meeting. Music will be furnished by old time fiddlers and Charles Heare. secretary of the lodge assures the Moose and their families that an enjoyable evening is in store for them. New Years Dance To Be Staged By Elks The B. P. 0. Elk’s New Years , Dance will be held New Years eve Sunday. De ember 31. A special party is being arranged and a good orchestra will be secured. —o JUNIOR CLASS TO GIVE PLAY Play Will Be Presented At Monmouth Thursday And Friday i The junior class of the Monmouth high school will present the play, •'Miss Adventure’’ in the school I gymnasium. Thursday and E riday i night at 8 o’clock. The comedy is in three acts, writI ten by Charles George. It is a play filled with youth, charm, romance land humor. Josephine Carter, a i young and pretty “tomboy"’ know n to her friends as Jo is sent to a girls' finishing school. She dislikes ' it, so steals the janitor’s clothes 'and escapes. She applies for a| ’ position as a farm hand and is ' i hired Everything goes well until she is found out by the janitor. | The characters are as follows: I Sue . Janet Brown Betty Harriet Kunkel Peggy Francile Bucher | Samson, the janitor IjOUis Schuller , Miss Prim, matron Elizabeth Belhold Josephine Carter *7*OVTlNt’En OK PAGE FIVE) Condition Os Brice Martin Is Unchanged The condition of Brice Martin, 27 year old son of Frank Mar. in. Adams county commissioner, who is a patient at the Wells County hospital in Bluffton, was reported to be unchanged this as ernoon. , The young man attempted suicide Sunday night by shooting himself twice with a revolver, on a side road near Bluffton. Public Invited To Attend Performance The public ie invited to attend, the musical perform® nee at the Kirkland gymnasium We ‘ | night at 8 o’clock. Admission will, be 10 and 20 cents. The following persons will ta nart in the performance: Forest,, Rena and Marjorie Dinger I Oscar, Ruth. Ervin. Grotrian. Herman Bittner, Rob t. Werllng and Edgar and Ost ar Werl , ing.

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MEETING HELD MONDAY NIGHT (’nuntv Farm Bureau Mos As Jacnh’s School House Monday The Adams County Farm Bureau held a meeting a’ the Jacob’s schoolhouse Mr.tjday evening and sneakers for the evening were , Pev. E. E. Bragg. Mrs. E. W. Busche. chairman of the Home , Economics Clubs in Adams county, Mavor Georee Krick of Deeiniir. foe Win»eregg. manager of the Adams Con tv Farm Bureau at Berne, L. E. Archbold, county agent, and E. J. Fricke, manager of 'he copoerative activities in Indiana Thirty two nersons attended the meeting. Members of tlie soc'al and educational department will include Mrs. Sol Moser, chairman. Mrs. Fred B'uhm. vice-chair-man and Mrs. Mary Worklnger, secretary. The officers and 'heir committees of each community organized the social and education denartmetv of the Adams Con ’ty Farm Bureau and are requested to be present a' a meeting at Monroe over the hatcherv. Friday evening at 7:30 o’clock to assist in completing the county organization and to ou’li e 'he program for 1934. Women who are interested are also asked to attend. Mrs. McNeal, the district chairman, will be present at this meeting. At the close of the meeting coffee and doughnuts were served. Good Fellows Club Previous total $27.45 iA Friend A Good Fellow .40 | Total .. ’528.20 WILL SUPERVISE ROAD BUILDING H. B. Pickering. Federal Inspector, Takes Over Local Supervision H. B Pickering, federal inspectior for the Public Works Administration arrived in Decatur last evening and immediately took over the supervision of State road 527 and 1 U. S. road improvement 27. Mr. Pickering will represent the federal government on these two projects which come under the PWA. He is an engineer and will inspect the two road improvements | as the work progresses. I Inspection of pay rolls will also come under Mr. Pickering’s supervision. Road improvement number 527 i consists of the building of a new I road from the southern limits of Decatur, southeast to, the Ohio | state line. On U. S. road 27, noith I of Decatur, the shoulders along the J road are being widened. Mr. Pickering stated that he exI pected to be in Decatur until both projects were completed W. J. Wells is the engineer in charge for I the state highway commission in I the construction of road 527.

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, December 12. 1933.

VIOLATORS MAY BE PROSECUTED BY GOVERNMENT Criminal Prosecution Threatened Against Cleaners And Dyers VIOLATING RULES ON PRICE FIXING Washington, Dec. 12. (U.R) The government today threatened criminal prosecution of cleaners and I dyers who violate Blue Eagle price | fixing regulations, Out of 100 summoned to a compliance hearing, only one man. owner of a shop in Warsaw, Ind., promised to raise his prices high enougli to meet NRA regulations. William Davis, tousle-headed national compliance director, called the others ‘crazy.” He said they wished to turn their cases over immediately to the federal trade , commission for investigation, leading to prosecution. • | Some of the cleaners approached hysteria in admitting that they had violated the regulations. They said they would rather go to jail, than comply. Others, bitterly ' angry, told Davis they had not been given the proper opportunity to have their say; that they refused icovriNt’En nv pagt? . 0 Jury Trial Opens In Court Today ’ The claim case of Lawrence S. s Fulkerson against the estate of Rej gina 0. Loyd opened in circuit ? court tliin morning before Judge DeVoss and a jury. The case was ven- ? ued here from Allen superior court I number two. . The suit is a retrial of a previous , suit in which the plaintiff was a--11 warded judgment of $1,715, plus in- ,- terest and attorney fees. The defenr dant’s motion for a new trial was i granted in Fort Wayne ami the case sent here. 1 i o URGES OWNERS TO BUY PLATES 1 No Extension Will Be ’ Granted For Purchase of 1934 License Plates T . • ’ i Adams county motorists are urg- ! ed to purchase their 1934 automor' bile license plates within the next I few days in order to avoid a last minute rush. II J. L. Ehler, manager of the Adams' county license bureau, has , i been notified by the state license epartment, that no extension of time will be given tiiis year, a deads line having been set at December I I 31. In previous years, numerous exI tensions have been allowed, often running many weeks past the first, i of the year. However, in accordance with announcements made tin's year no extension will be granted. Only a few more titan 200 plates had been issued at the local bureau at noon today, out of a possible to- | tai number of more than 3,000 to be. ■ issued in the county. ' All persons operating motor vehicles must purchase new drivers' licenses for 1934, the deadline for I purchase of such operators’ licenses also having been set for December 31. The principal reason for refusal to grant any extension beyond the first of the year is because of the work which license bureau will be handling in connection with the J gross income tax returns after January 1. - -n — ' Officers Return ? Charles Hickman ' Sheriff Burl Johnson, Mrs. Johnson and night policeman Ed Miller , arrived home late Monday evening .. from Meadville, Pennsylvania. They brought Charles Hickman back to 7 face a grand jury indictment of first jr degree rape returned by the Adams f county grand jury in 1932. j _ .

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l A«. I Take Photographs Os Mavor Opening Local Cheese Week » ♦ Photographs of Mayor George Kilck slicing a giant Kruft cheese | at Hie city hall, marking the formal ■ opening of Cheese week In this city, were taken Monday afternoon by I Paul Edwards, local photographer. One picture showed Mayor Krick cutting irtto tlie st> pound cheese 1 loaf, witli W. A. Klepper. general manager ol' the Cloverleaf Creami erles, inc., standing by. A group i picture of offi err and employes of tlie local creamery. Mayor Krick and city officials was also taken. A display of Kraft cheese pro-' duets is exhibited at Hie i ity hall this week and local groceries and meat markets are also displaying Hie Kraft lines in store windows and on counters. The cheese industry is faced witli a 30.000.090 pounds surplus tiiis year, which fait refle ts itself throughout the dairy industry. Although large, it was pointed out that if the 28,000.000 families consumed one pound extra for a week that the surplus would be wiped out. The campaign to reduce tlie surplus is being carried out nationally. . PROPOSED TAX $2.60 GALLON Administration Men Say This Tax Will Permit $1.50 Liquor Washington, Dee. 12—LU.R> K'l- - ward G. Lowry and Joseph ChOSte, representatives of the administia- ' tion at the joi. t congressional liquor tax nearing, today proposed a whisky level of around $2.60 a i gallon which Lowry said would . permit sale of liquor at $1.50 a 'uart. ■ I Lowry, a member of President • Roosevelt's interdepartmental comt mlltee on alcohol control and ■ representative of the treasury, appeared before the house ways and means a.id senate finance | committees to sponsor recommenI dations of tlie President's group calling for a $2.60 tax, trade bargaining policy on imports and ' sharing of federal liquor revenues I with sta es which refrai • from voluide taxes. "It is the belief of the comniit- ( tee,” Lowry said, ‘‘that with a ' $2.60 tax and elimination of stab' I gallonage taxes that after the first tew months of repeal sLsii i quart whisky should he available ■ to consumers.” Lowry expressed the opinion, t in response to ques'tions by Rep. t McCormack. Dem.. Mass., that it would require three years to rid - the nation of the bootlegger. < "Do you believe tills social prob- > lent Will be with us for three ’ years?" McCormack asked. "I do." the witness replied. "I ■ : believe it will take at least that ; long even with a reasonably iow . 1 tax.” i Senator Harrison. Dem.. Miss., t' brough out in questioning of ‘ ’ CONTINUED TO PAGE El VR • ELMO SMITH TO HEAD SOCIETY Local Druggist Elected J President of Holy Name Society Monday ? I Elmo 'Smith, local druggist, was 1 elected president of the Holy Name < society of St. Mary's Catholic ? church at the annual meeting held -; last evening at the K. of C. hall. I Other officers elected are: Frank Heiman, vice president and the Rev. Fat "er Joseph J. Hennes, as- . \ sistant pastor of St. Mary's Catholic Church was named secretary-trea--1 surer. r' The annual memorial service for ; deceased members of the society z i was held in connection with the j 1 Monday night meeting. During the t \ year six members of the society « died. The Rev. Father Joseph Seimetz pastor of St. Mary.'s said the prayers and delivered the eulogy to the dead. He spoke on"’"Man’s destiny" and delivered an interesting and in spiring talk. Tne names of the deceased members were read by William Faurote. retiring president of Hie society, who with the old officers were in charge of ritualistic work.

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RESIGNATIONS ARE EXPECTED Further Reorganization Os Treasury Department Is Imminent Washington, Dec. 12— (U.R) — Further reorganization of the I treasury department appeared Imminent today with tlie impending resignations of Assistant Secretary Thomas Hewes. and executive . assistant Walter J. Cummings. Continuing tin' drastic shake up of personnel that began when Secretary William Woodin look a indefinite leave of absence and ■ Undersecretary Dean Acheson iej signed, it was learned definitely that Hewes intended to present his resigna ion to President Roosevelt this week. Cummings, tin associate of' Wooditt and now chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance corporation, is expected to leave utter tlie first of tlie year to take over tlie chairmanship of the Continental Illinois Ba.,k and Trust , comnany of Chicago. Also revealed today was the fact tha* acting secretary Morgenthau has promoted Earl Bailie, former Wall street banker and now Ills assistant in charge of fiscal affairs, to the position of second in command of Hie treasury department. This displaced Hewes. who had been designated by the President | *o act as secretary of the treasury in the absence of the secretary or the undersecretary. These disclosures were accompanied by reports in some quarters that Woodin might sever his nomi al connection with the treasury. The White House denied knowledge of such reports and they were widely discounted in view of the fact that Woodin previously had submitted his resigna- ’ fton In event of Woodin's resignation being accented, it was understood Hint Morgenthau. now tlie real directing head of the treasury, would be formally advanced to the CONTINUED TO FACE FTVR 0 BEGINS EFFORT TO FREE MOTHER Earle Wynekooo, Freed Os Murder Charges, Will Aid Mother Chicago Dec 12 —(UP) — Earle Wynekoop today began efforts to dear his mother on charges she murdered bis pretty 23-year old wife Rheta. He was freed from a charge of accessory lief ore the fact of murder. “I know my mother is innocent and I’ll spend every cent I have and the rest of my life if necessary to prove it," tlie i urley haired former worlds fair guard said. Mrs. Alice Wynekoop, a well known physician, was held in jail : pending trial set for early in January. She has repudiated her confession Rheta died of an accidental overdose of cholorform and that she then shot her in tlie back to ' make it appear she was killed by a burglar. Wynekoop went to the home of his brother. Walter Wynekoop. Two ' policemen guarding the musty ' I'INIT'ID on PAGE FIVE) Health Officers To Attend Meeting I - * Dr. J. W. Vizard, county health officer and Dr. J. M. Miller, city 1 health officer, will attend a meeting of the state advisory commit- ‘ tee of health officers at Fort Wayne ‘ Thursday. At this meeting a discus- ’ sion of plans for immunization of ' school children in the district will ' be held. The Adams County Medical Society and local school authoiities will not take any action until after the Thursday meeting. \ 1—

1 *BUYS HEALTH BOND* 5 The Research Buy Christmas Seals Club lias pur- . chased a five ' Tfc.C do 11 a r health 5 ? bond from the - t Z 3 Adams County 5 Tubercul o s i e (lT___^T f \V. ‘ Fight Tuberculosis Ol *y Bro WU. president, announced today.

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Held as Slayer I ’ (■. I' J. C. (“Jack”) Wisdom, who narrowly escaped lynching following his arrest at Delaware. Okla., on a charge of having murdered Mr. and Mrs. Harry Pritchard of Wichita, Kan. Wisdom is accused of abducting Harry Pritchard and liis wife and killing them to prevent Pritchard from prosecuting . a bogus check charge against him.

VAN PELT TO BE GIVEN HEARING William Van Pelt Will Appear Before Judge Slick In Federal Court Fort Wayne, Dee. 12, —(UP) — I William Van Pelt, of this city, under arrest but released on bond on a counterfeit money possession ! charge in Chicago following the uncovering of an alleged large counterfeiting ring there, will be given a ■ hearing here within the next few weeks before United States District Judge Thomas W. Slick. Van Pelt faces revocation of probation and sentencing to the Federal Penitentiary at Leavensworth, Kan. Judge Slick last week continued tlie hearing of Van Pelt, when the latter was brought before him at ' Hammond in Federal Court. He was released on his own recognizance and permitted to return to Fort I Wayne, where he has been employed on a Civil Works project. Judge Slick, who will open Federal Court in the Fort Wayne Division next Monday, said that he will hold Van Pelt's hearing when the criminal docket is called. Van Pelt was found guilty on a counterfeiting charge tin Federal ' Court here in June. 1932. when six other men were also tried as alleged members of a counterfeiting ring. He had been arrested in December. 1931. and was indicted by a ' Federal Grand Jury on March 7. 1932. Four others in the same ring II were given sentences. Judge Slick 1 *"7cONTINUEr> ON PAGE FIVE) KIDNAPERS WIN A CONTINUANCE fl Roger Touhy And Gangsters Win Continuance Until December 19 r Chicago. De<” (U.R) ROW * (The Terrible) Touhy and three ot , : his North Side gangsters appeared , before Judge Harry B Miller tn criminal court today without benefit of counsel and thereby won a t ; continuance to December 19 of their arraignment on charges ot t - kidnaping John t.lake the Barber) I Factor. Touhy, Gustave Schaeffer, Eddie , McFadden and Albert Kator, tlie I suspects, were escorted to the courtroom from county jail by 55 guards. Twenty uniformed deputy sheriffs. 20 plainclothes deputies * and 15 detectives from the states attorneys office were at hand to * forestall any attempted delivery of 1 the prisoners from tlie hands of '• authorities. ? It was Touhy who spoke first. 1 Girl Disappears The disappearance of Helen Terry, important state witness in 5 the John Factor kidnaping case, B was revealed today when police ’ began an intensive search for her. ON PAGE FIVE)

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ADDRESS FARM BUREAU ANNUAL MEETING TODAY Administration Leaders Speak To Powerful Farm Organization WALLACE PLEADS FOR COOPERATION Chicago, Dec. 12. — <U.R) — The contrasting philosophies of Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace and former AAA Administrator George Peek were presented today in the forum of the American Earm Bureau Federation. The high administration agricultural officials, whose clash over policies led to the shifting of Peek to a newly created export i ost, spoke one after the other before the powerful farm organization which claims to represent 1,000,000 farm residents Wallace pleaded for closer cooperation in carrying out the administration's crop reduction program and urged the formation of a powerful midwestern "pressure group" to supply the President with a strong reservoir of support in his reoovery actions. Peek emphasized the necessity i of controlling capitalism if it is to survive as an economic system He devoted a considerable portion of his address to the possibility of export outlets for farm surpluses. Wallace sharply attacked mistaken leadership during the post-war years which allowed agricultural surpluses to pile up despite the sharp curtailment of export markets. "Ever since the war," said Wallace, “we have blundered along re(CONTINUED ON PAGE F’VE) Workinger Infant Dies This Afternoon Funeral services for Bet'.y Lou Workinger, six month old baby of Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Workinger, who died at 12:30 o'clock today will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock at tlie W. H. Workinger home, five miles southeast of Decatur. Burial will be made ia the Decatur cemetery. This was the first child in tlie family. The parents and grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Workinger survive. The body will be removed to tlie home from tlie Black Funeral home Wednesday morning. ———— _o Fined For Hunting Without A License Enos Habegger of Monroe township pleaded guilty to a charge of hunting without a license i’l justice of the peace court this morning. His case was heard by justice of . the peace John T. Kelly, who fined : him $lO and costs, amounting to $23.50. Habegger was arrested by game wardens Hanlin and Wilson. I who filed the affidavits. Legion Auxiliary Christmas Party The American Legion Auxiliary 1 Christmas party will be held at tlie Decatur Country Club Friday, December 15. <A4I members are asked ■ to bring gifts nuitable for a girl : from six to 17 years of age or a boy, from 14 to 18 years of age. These gifts will lie sent to the orphans of Soldiers and Sailors at the . Knightstown Home. An entertain- ! nient will be given during the evetii I ing and luncheon will be served. , Farmers To Meet At Hoagland Thursday f : 1 R. E. Franz of the poultry department of the Indiana Farm Bureau, • announced today that a meeting of 5 farmers will be held at Hoagland, ? Thursday, December 14, at 7:30 ’ | o'clock P- M. at the Hoagland high ’’ | school. s ’ Explanations of the A. A. A.’s I corn-hog allotment plan will be ’ I made by the speakers. Among the f i speakers are Dale W. McMillen, f J president of the Central Sugar Co; 1 H. S. Heckard. Allen county agriculture agent; Mayor George Krick, Decatur, Sam Clelland, attroney II of Fort Wayne. 1 The processing tax on corn and '■ hogs is a subject of much interest B to fanners and an invitation was extended to them to attend the meeting.