Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 31, Number 300, Decatur, Adams County, 21 December 1933 — Page 1

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■JURED MAN ■averts wreck IOF FAST TRAIN Kilu.i' Signal Man Stops K a >t Passenger Train ■ From Crash fcOIS.M SAVES ■JI W'i FROM DEATH ■jakdale. Tenn., Dee. 21. — K __ A railway signal man. Bering t' - " m a P" sslllle fracheroically averted B^ ec k nt the crack Ponce Bkeoii ; a'senger tram, lie B-c Miami, today, by ilagg Bthe ther to satety before Beached a landslide which B| wrecked his rail motor Band caused his injury. W II- Waters, who won K, . was speeding on an tivn lour of the elect rn ... ot the line when :||. ■ . jar struck the landslide was thrown all feet, a d u possible fracture of ■>,, K at the base of the brain was hulled upon a rock pi I. Kelly to safety. damaged the bin, k ■ Kll i wires in a manner he would result in red d.uix.,a ■! Hie fast ap; i Ponce He Leon. He thru up the track, waoin of warning. ng down the the Tennessee hili'. tra screeched to at the edge of the landslip, d-i t hen , mm rumbled on 1 - .1' Kelly wore on pack six, Ibß - — o — Bfunct Labor Paper Bought Bv Keith John- -. Ind.. De .'1 dTi Tn'".- defunct label --. ■ for many \ • I i\.-ith Johns. Demorraffc state rnmi» .is .-:e of the paper is th it entitled to accept legal ad,did not announce that h.to do with the paper. B — -o Brne Truck Damaged ■ In ( rash At Chicago large truck belonging I. Furniture company Be wa- struck by a street (.it V, p.esday, it wae l»-:<:’ • today. trip is. occupied by Edward and Howard Eley, both left Herne with a load of t .■ TIP- pig | The been unloaded when th- ■»■ or, nrred. The truck was ■>!’ damaged and El.rsam i d -ligi;, iy injured. T ■ to Herne today, after had been repaired. BTH CLAIMS ■bernewoman David Schindler Dies ■ This Morning Os ■ Complications r <. David Schindler, 81. died at home on Water street, Hern" o’clock this morning of "Id ■ and complications. She had ■ bedfast since Wednesday. S|ciliindler was born in B*n township August 9. 1852 a ■Anter of Joseph and Elizabeth ■•burger Schlatter. She was ■Tied to David Schindler on Jan 7. 1872. He preceded her in ■th on July 2S, 1933. ■“rviving are the following child ■' Noah. John, Samuel and EdSchindler of Berne; Menno <d |H~ Sll township; Joseph of DeMichigan; Simon of Jackson. Elizabeth a nd Selena. a' ■* e : Mrs. Henry Winteregg of ■J**' and Ellen of Fort Wayne. ■° sisters. Mrs. Sol Moser and Jaoob Graber, preceded Mi'll- - in death. S e deceased was a member of ■ Missionary Church at Berne. ■«ral services will be held Sun- ■ afternoon at 1 o'clock at the ■ e and at 1:30 o'clock at the ■•lottery Church. Burial will be ■** ! n the M. R. E. cemetery.

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Vol. XXXI. No. 300.

CDUNTYBOARD RECEIVES BIDS I County Commissioners Receive Various Bids ~ At Meeting Today The county commissioners receivjed blds today for furnishing road , material, bridge, sewer and culvert j material, roofing for the barns at • the county farm, auto tires and sup--1 1 plies needed in the court house and | 'highway department next year. • More than 30 bide were submitted • by dealers and manufacturers. - Awarding of the contracts will pro--1 bahly not be made until late today or at a continued session to be held - I before the close of the year. Bids on the sheet roofing for the - infirmary barns were quoted at the 1 same price, the manufacturers fol--7 lowing the standard code ot prices. 1 It was indicated that the stone 1 prices would be advanced 10 cents • a ton. The price this year is so ” cents and due to increased labor costs, under the NRA Code quarryj men state that it is necessary to > i increase the price. The county uses about 40,000 tons of stone a year, in addition to sand and screenings. The county does not award a con- . tract anymore for gasoline used , by the highway department. Month- . ly allotments are made each month I to the dealers in every part of the ! county. Gasoline companies somet time ago removed the bulk price discount and dealers are satisfied . with the present arrangements. , Auto tires for the highway trucks , and autos will be purchased by the commissioners. The roofs on the county farm barns will be done by CW'A labor, the county purchasing the material. , It is planned to lay the metal roof over the present asphalt shingles. The commissioner® met in the county assessor's office, due to the j fact that the auditor's office and I the annex used by the commissioni ers wlhile in session are torn up in I the remodeling program being car- . ried out in the court house. All la--5 bor on the various jobs come un- , der the CWA. BOARD TO STUDY PENSIONS SOON Commissioners M ill Take ( Up Pension Allotment Before .January 1 A f The county commissioners will > take up the old age pension allot--1 nient before January 1. it was In- ; dicated by members of the board 1 today. f FV. Mills, special clerk employ- ■! ed to make out the applicaUons ? and investigate cases where applt- » cation for pension was made, res ported to the board that 203 1 blanks had already been filed - with him. ? The old age pension law, autni orizing pensions not to exceed sls I to persons over 70 years of age without dependents to keep them. I becomes effective next year. ; The county has appropriated . ' $7 000 to pay its share of the pensions. The state will appropriate ian amount, either matching the total authorized by the county or a sum equal to half of t.i" J , pavment. Official interpre atlon' ’ on the matter has not been given. The meeting of the commissioners will be held with Mr. Mtlls a d County Attorney Henry B. , Heller If Mr. Heller is able to, ”Zet with the board Friday the £ Bsl on may be held this week o I otherwise carried over until i W ln k all probability amounts under , sls a month will be m peni ****\’TT\* nN PAGE STX) J -o-— —“““ ; Several Homes Looted Last Night Several homes on North Tenth r and North Eleventh streets were ‘ b V b b °ut O P nT a t X d u a n y t oMoot was obtainmL The f prowler's method was the same 1 W, He 'pick'ed UP trousers In each - home, took the trousers. out in th yards and searched hetm f obtained included $2-90 a ~ p nvmO nd Shackley home. S' cenls ■ a t the Herman Dierke" s while no loot was taken ’ Z?ja2lnd Herman Hoff-! man hotties.

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Indicted Utility Financiers and Prosecutor ** _ w .. *... «i ' 'iX .' H*" ' . jig \ v “a/ m. m — rwi j/ • ■ W > ; W <WiMMW MMMB ’***' V Samuel Instill Jr. (left), former chairman of the Northern India, a Public Service Company, Morse Dell Plain (center) of Hammond. Ind., director and president ot that company, who were indicted by the Lake County, Indiana, gra d jury on charges of conspiracy to commit a felony, embezzlement and larceny. The indictments were voted after two months of investigation directed by Prosecutor Robert G. Estill nigh i into the affuii-s of the Norther.l Indiana Public Service Company.

RIVER PROJECT IS PROGRESSING About 25 Men Are Working At Cleaning Os St. Marys River Much headway has been made on the river improvement program along St. Marys river, beginning at the Erie railroad bridge and proceeding north along the stream. A force of about 25 men under the supervision of Bert Colthin was , employed on the job this week. . With the aid of tractors, teams or I a drag line, the heavier work will be done and arrangements are being made to obtain this equipment. Members of the board of public works of Fort Wayne will be asked to make a visit to Decatur and offer suggestions as to improvements. The work is being carried out as a CWA project and the slate administrator lias appropriated $lO. 600 for labor. Practically every property owner has signed releases or given permission to the local CWA to clean the banks along their property. Those W'ho signed are: Fred Colchin, Mrs. Julia Colthin. Joseph E. Smith, H. Berling Co.. J. D. Dailey. Mre Schmitz, Harvey J. Teeple. Harry Fritzinger. H. F. Linn, Mutschler Packing Co., Julius Haugh. Mrs. J. S. Bowers, C. A. Dugan, \\. H Zwick Mrs. Minnie Knapke, C. F. Zimmerman. Mrs. Catherine Christen, Mrs. Ada Swartz. Frank Neadstine, Ervin Breiner, Fred Reppert C. L. Walters. Kocher Lumber and Coal So., Phil L. Macklin. A. R. Ashbaucher. Ferd L. Litterer, Mrs. Kate Place. Frank Schmitz. E. Burt Lenhart, guardian for William JackSOIL . . j i 1 The signatures were obtained by Ralph Gentis and Roy Mumma, a ‘committee named by the Lions Club one of the civic organizations cooperating in the river improvement and beautification program. report shows A SLIGHT GAIN Indiana University Reports Slight (iain In State Business Bloomington, Ind., —General business conditions in Indiana improved slightly during November and were about equal to the July peak, the Indiana LniverS lty Bureau of Business Research reported today in the Indiana Business Review. “Six elements of the Indiana general business curve gained and five 1 declined during November, with i the index of automobile production leading the upturn largely as a result of early introduction of new models," the report said, ! -Department store trade made substantial seasonal improvement in most sections of the state but stores in a few cities reported con-tra-seasonal declines. The dollar value of sales as a whole continued above the corresponding period a year ago. . ■New passenger car sales made ' less than the usual seasonal decline and continued well above the ON PAGE FOUR)

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, December 21, 1933.

Former Decatur Physician Dead Funeral services were held this afternoon for Dr. C. H. Branch, forI tner Decatur resident, whose death occurred at White Cloud, Michigan , ! where he has resided the past few years. Darrell Williams and family ' and several relatives from Monl roe attended. Dr. Branch became ill several months ago when he sufi sered a stroke of paralysis. He re- ■ covered but a second attack about ten days ago proved fatal. He came ■ i to Monroe from Illinois some years | ago and later moved to this city. where he practiced until he located i at White Cloud. He loved to handle . bees and his honey was quite fa- ■ j nious in this section, being sold I . in numerous stores. Mrs. Williams - was a step daughter of the de- ■ ceased. ARRANGE PARTY I FRIDAY NIGHT — Annual G. E. Club Christmas Party Will Be Held Friday Arrangements for the fourth an- ■ nual General Electric Club Christ- ’ mas party have been completed. ' Bert Gage, general chairman, an- ■ nounced today. The party will be held in the Decatur Catholic high school auditorium Friday night, be- ■ ginning at 7:15 o'clock. The program will open with children singing Christmas carols, followed with a playlet by a group ■ of children, portraying a beautiful Christmas story. A clever comedy ■i sketch will be presented between the showing of the motion picture filpis. Santa Claus will distribute gifts 1 and treats to 280 children from 1 one to 10 years of age. If any . children are ill, or unable to attend the party, their parents may*! present their children's tickets to i Santa and receive their packages. Music for dancing will be furn- | ished by Jerry Nite and his orches- ; j tra from Fort Wayne. Dancing ‘ \ will start at 10 o'clock and continue until 12 o’clock. An invitation is extended by chairman Bert Gage to all employes of the local plant and their families. o Farm Bureau Holds Meeting Today Noon Indiana Farm Bureau representatives from 10 nearby counties were entertained at a dinner meeting held in the basement of the Christian church today noon. The ladies aid society of the church served the meal and a program followed the dinner. Officials of the Central Company, including Dale McMillen, president, T. E. Snyder, vice-president, J. Ward Calland, field manager and others attene the meeting. Talks were mae by E. J. Fricke, farm bureau manager and others. # — - ♦ Good Fellows Club • .— — ——♦ i Previous Total $145.68 j Lions Club 5.00 Junior Arts Club 5.00 A Good Fellow 100 Morris 5 and 10c store 3 00 Total •••■ 5159j68

MISSING STOCK PLUNGER FOUND Jesse L. Livermore, Thought Kidnaped, Returns To Home New York, Dec. 21.—(U.R) —Jesse IL. Livermore, spectacular stock 1 market plunger, was in a New York I hotel room during the 24 hours po- ■ | lice listed him as a missing person. A small army of city and federal ’ | detectives, who had combed tlie I metropolitan district for some clue Ij to his "abductors.'' returned to II their posts today, somewhat chagrined by the futility of it all. Livermore returned to his luxI urious Park Avenue apartment late i yesterday and to his third wife. ' who had reported him missing and . who had grown more distraught hourly, indicated he might have 1 been the victim of foul play. He explained that for the past 24 hours I his mind had been a blank. He ; came to hitnself in a room in a mid-town hotel, saw a newspaper • with his name coupled wltn the ; word "kidnap" in large type, and j rushed home. He seemed pale and somewhat unsteady. He was ordered to lied and a physician called. Detectives questioned him and left the apartment, announcing the case was closed. . I Livermore's absence gave the metropolis as exciting a day as it . has had in many a month. Wall i street, where his many market coups have made him a legendary figure, paid more attention to fresh details emulating from the activj ities of detectives —details that inj dicated more and more the possi- | bility of kidnaping—than to the I ticker. At the Livermore apartment de- ! tectives had taken over one room las headquarters and ordered a (special telephone installed. Outfl (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) WORKERS FIND SBOO IN GOLD CWA Workers Discover Two Tin Cans Containing Gold Clippings j Indianapolis, Dec. 21.— (U.R) —The sudden riches of two laborers on a ’ civil works project at Zionsville were taken away from them today as Indianapolis detectives invest!gated the source of the wealth.. I Isaac Sluder, 65, and Ray Neese, ' 44, found two tin cans containing gold clippings and shavings estimated to be worth SBOO while clearing away roots and underbrush along a road near Zionsville. • i A Zionsville banker to whom they took the metal for appraisal referrI ed them to an Indianapolis smelt- ' ing and refining company. Neese sent his son, Meredith, 23 I to Indianapolis with the gold and officials of the refining company ' called detectives. The detectives took possession ■| of the gold with the promise It i would be returned to the finders if prior ownership is not established. t A quantity of gold shavings and ' clippings were stolen from an inLdianapolis jewelry manufacturing I' company several months ago.

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MUCH INTEREST MANIFESTED IN LOCAL PROJECT Action On Home Building Will Await Arrival of Representative SEVERAL SITES ARE AVAILABLE Awaiting the arrival of E. L. i Middleton tield representative of ; the Subsistence Homestead division of the Department of Interior. Washington, D. C., local action in the house building project will be ; held up until the government rep resentatlve arrives here. Ford L. Litterer, attorney and ' advisor for the local committee, stated today that he expected Mr. ' Middleton in a .few days, but in view of the Christinas holidays, he probably will not come until sometime next week. Yesterday Mr. Middleton wired Mr. Litterer asking that he submit a name for the local corporation I which will administer the building of the houses, purchase the site | | and conduct the financial details of | the community project. Previously the name of the "Home and Garden Corporation" was sul mitt- i ed. but it is not known if this name ' * was rejected or if the tentative naming of the organization was mislaid with paper filed with the government officials. Much interest is taken in the , ‘ house building project, which in--1 eludes the building of 40 to 48 1 houses on an 80-acre tract of ground, the Subsistence Home- ’ stead division furnishing the money 1 for the development, except the * building of streets, sidewalks and * leveling of the land. A local cor--1 poration will be organized as a subsidiary to the federal department and a government representative. ' probably Mr. Middleton, will be one ‘ of the directors of the Decatur , ' unit. 1 Houses may be contracted for C (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) CWA PAYBOLL TO BE $6,950 i More Than 400 CAVA Workers Will Receive Checks Saturday ! The Christmas week payroll of the CWA will total approximately I $6,950, Harry Thompson, assistant administrator of the local office * stated this afternoon. i | Wotik on writing the checks start- ■ i ed this afternoon. More than 400 ■ ■ people employed on CWA projects i will receive the checks Saturday. > I The amount disbursed by the lo- ! cal office does not include that paid * j to road workers on U.S. road 27 and i state road 118 east of Berne. I Mr. Thompson also announced I that the new federal registration I had been received and that it was I nceessary for all employed CWA [ workers and applicants for jobs to reregister at the local office. The work of tilling out the raids will start Friday and those now engaged I on CWA jobs and those who have I their names filed in the local of- ) fice on the old cards are asked to j call at the office and give informa- . tion required on the federal blanks. The registration system will be uni- | versal throughout the, country and the cards first used were compiled by Ralph Roop, county engineer, as . the preliminary step in getting the i local project underway. Prowler Fails To Obtain Any Loot ’ A lone prowler, discovered in the : Riley Chrisman home on North ' Tenth street at 2:30 o'clock this ' morning, was frightened away with--1 out obtaining any loot. Night officers Miller and Cottrell were called ’ to investigate, but no trace was ‘ found of the intruder. *BI A S HEALTH / * The Knights of Buy ChrMmat Suit Columbus to--1 dav purchased f * lajfat' s a five dollar j t / from the Ad- ? , yT I'ubercul o srs Fight TubarculoiU Association.

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> —♦ COHRECTION I The legal notice designating l the boundaries of the four j | wards or eouncllmanie districts l | in the city Is published in to- | 1 day's Dally Democrat. j In the article in Wednesday’s | paper an error wus made In j naming the boundary of the Sec- | ond ward. The boundary lines l are: "Territory south of Madison | I street and east of Fifth street | to Studabaker street and east of Winchester street to south I | corporation line." The new wards will be used | I in the elections next year. STORE ROBBER PLEADS GUILTY IN LOCAL COURT Joe M“ver Is Sentenced To 1-10 Years At State Penitentiary CLOTHING STORE ROBBED DEC. 7 Joe Meyer, age 41. alias Joe Browir, alias Joe Donovan, who ! was caught on the morning of December 7 while robbing the Teeple and Peterson clothing store here was sentenced late this as-j ■ ternoon by Judge H. M. DeVoss in Adams Circuit court to one to 10 years i:> the state penitentiary at Michigan City. Meyer, through Attorney Edwin R. Thomas entered a plea of guilty to larceny, the affidavit being filed by Prosecutor Ed A. Bosse today. The other affidavits charging auto banditry and grand larceny were 1 not dismissed. In passing sentence the court also defranchised Meyer and found the defendant incapable of holding any public office of trust or * profit for the next two years. Meyer was one of at least three persons, one a wcnia.i, who robbed the local clothing store. The other man and woman escaped tn an automobile. Meyer was caught (CONTTNTTFTI GN PAGE «IX) 0 Berne Child Dies Wednesday Night Keith Lamar Neuenschwander, two year old son of Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Neuenschwander of Berne, died at 11:30 o'clock Wednesday night at his parental home. He had been ill for one week with an infection of the throat and lungs. The child was born August 17. 1931 to W. O. and Cora Beitler Neuenschwander. Surviving besides the parents, a half sister, Mildred and two half brothers, Herman Neuenschwander and Lewis Habegger. Funeral services will be held at i 9:15 o’clock at the Berne Reformed Church with the J. A. Conrad officiating. Burial will be made in the M. R. E. cemetery Miss Nancy Heller Dies In Bowerston Word was received this morning I by Mrs. J. W. Tyndall announcing the death of her aunt. Miss Nancy Heller, Bowerston, Ohio, following a short illness. Miss Heller was the ! eldest sister of the late Judge Daniel D. Heller of this city. She lacked only a few days of being 96 years old and had resided on the old Heller homestead a mile east of Bow-1 erston, her entire lite. Surviving are one sister. Mrs. Margaret Host, also a resident of Bowerston, and many nieces and nephews. Other relatives are John H. and Henry B. Heller of Decatur and Miss Bertha Heller of Indianapolis. Funeral services will be conducted from the home Saturday afternoon. ► — ■■■ . A COMPLETES RUN The last pound of Sparkling | 1 Crystal White sugar came | i through the Central Sugar | Company mill this morning. | | Fires were drawn from under | | the boilers and the big plant j was idle after a run that start- I > ed October 10. t j More than 20,000,000 pounds I of fine granulated sugar were | made during the present cam- | 1 paign. It was one of the most | ■ j | successful runs in beet sugar | i history and the grade of sugar - i made is declared by food ex- | r I i perts to be the best that can | t . be made. e — —♦

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SHOUSE TAKEN BACK TO SERVE OUT SENTENCE Officer Held Blameless In Death Os Fellow Officer Yesterday TEAGUE IS THIRD OFFICER KILLED Indianapolis, Dec. 21.— —With the lives of three law enforcement officers sacrificed so far in attempts to round up Indiana’s gang of escaped prison convicts, Captain Matt Leach of the state police predicted today that more policemen would be killed before | the last man is caught. The latest victim was Eugene Teague, 24-year-old state patrolman, who was killed in gun Are which preceded the capture of Edward Shouse, 27, one of the escaped convicts, at Paris, 111., yesterI day. Teague was killed by a fellow officer but Leach pointed out that blame rests entirely on the convict gang. A Chicago policeman and a sheriff at Lima, 0., preceded Teague tn death. Both men were killed in sikirmishes with the convicts. "We are starting a new cam- ' paign to round up the remaining members of the gang,” Leach said today. "We won’t cease until they either are killed or are behind the I bars again.’’ Shouse was one of 10 convict® who escaped from the Michigan [ City prison Sept. 26. Janies Jenkins, one of the 10 men, was shot I and killed by a sheriff's tsiree a few days later in Brown county. I James Clark, another of the felons, was caught two days after the escape in Hammond. Harry Copeland, a parole violator who Joined the convict gang, was captured in | Chicago and returned to the state ' prison about three weeks ago. Shouse and two women, Ruth Spencer, 24, San Diego, Cal., and Mrs. Frances Colin. Fort Wayne. 20, were captured when they (Irove into a police trap in front of a Paris hotel. Teague, one of three Indiana policemen at the scene, halted I Shouse's automobile and opened tire. Lieut. Chester Butler, Indianapolis, another Indiana state policeman. started firing at Shouse when the latter attempted to draw his gun. Teague stepped into the line of fire and was struck in the head. He died several hours later at a (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) BETTER TIMES ARE PREDICTED Frances Perkins, Labor I Secretary, Sees Improved Conditions Chicago, Dec. 21—(U.R)—A sharp upswing in wages and incomes, bringing better times in 1934, was predicted today by Frances Perkins, secretary of labor. Miss Perk- ■ ins addressed a meeting of the Railway Labor Executives' Association. She warned that "grave and serious” problems remained to be solved, but said the outlook is definitely better than at any time in many months. Other speakers expressed the optimism of labor concerning the "new deal.” Economic security, additional i leisure and adequate incomes were ’ outlined by the secretary as the "cornerstones” on which a new social order must rest. She renewed her advocacy of a five-day work week. She outlined a "10 point program" for social improvement, including limitation ot hours of latbor, elimination of child labor, a i standard minimum of wages for women, adequate workman’s com- ■ pensation and free public employ- ; ment exchanges. A. F. Whitney, chairman of the association, warned that “if the present-day tendency of machines to displace workers is not counteracted by shorter working hours and higher rates of pay for all workers, the day soon will come when the great majority of the American people will be able to exist only by the grace of charity ► and the doles of government."