Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 31, Number 302, Decatur, Adams County, 23 December 1933 — Page 1

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WORLD WILL OBSERVE CHRISTMAS

tCATUR WILL ■OBSERVE TWO ■ DAY HOLIDAY ■ Churches Plan Spec- ■] Services For Observance Os Christmas ■sin ESS WILL BE SUSPENDED — —y, ■djRCH ANNOUNCEMENTS noiincements of ser in the Decatur churches ■ - - . and Christinas Day be found on page five in paper. ■ - ® ■lerrt Christ intis to ever' ■: htippv mood evervlxxlv ■ pnptiring iodtiv tor tin ■erviiiicc of Christinas next ■idtiv. The fact that Sunproceeds the greatest ■dav of the year makes it ■wo dav observance and were brisk nreto closing practic.T- ■ lines of business lor the period. t':>» exception of picture Mrs. !■ -laurants. hotels. ami st ands. ijterine to '■ and hu"Kry will be closed until morning U M. DeVoss announce.! Mth.-i- would not be any -• court. Offices in the < ity hall, the po>toft'H »■. and nianufai will be closed. No delio n will be made Monday. and PWA workers will on the job Monday Sei were working I- lav ;o to make up for the loss of next Monday. r eonditiims and with nearly every in Peca'.ur gainfully einplo' will be occasion for all in the joyful .-elebrat ini services will be hold in Eve and on Monday nv rim? P’xt —o ■o Huntington Men ■ Killed By Traction ■: ii, Ind. Dec. ( I'l’ l ■ b.: iigton Citv official-: w<-r«-K’■ ■’ ;ir here late yesterday K t automobile was demo!M by an interurban car. ■e'b id are William W Lilian ’rent cotnmissionei and postmaster, and W. M. Alt'ity councilman. B&|cas is a member of the local board. He and Allen were from a visit to the city plant in connection wl'h a Mwotks project when the ar»t occurred. is survived by a widow at d Iff in ACKS ■TIER THEORY BP Pius. In Encyclical, ■scores Theory Os ■ Sterilization ■'lran City. Dec. 23— (U.R> encyclical directed to church throughout Hie i In commemoration of the 'B?' '•*» season, Pope Pius toscored the theory of sterilization in imperfect as planned by the Hitler in Germany. ■* allusion to the sterilization said, was undertaken with repugnance, but lie deit necessary to speak in Hr to satisfy the expectations clergy and laity. v i ft ws, the pope added, had ■ made clear in his encyclical on “casti conubii." dealins ■ matrimony, in which, he said M have already said everythat must be done and con9“'' on sterlllzat ion.” word, sterilization," he “denotes the experialready carried on in farcountries. Hence it is not preparation that it has ■ made the object of ler.isla■actlon .” ■ the pope's encyclical of 1930, ■ (COWTINUBD O*N *PAGE SIX)

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♦ — ——■— - • I Vacant Buildings W ill Be Improved In Their Appearance ♦— 4 Vacant stores and empty win- ■ dow« are not the best adverti.seF rnent for a town. Decatur only has I six vacant store rooms in the business district, but these are too many and the bareness of the • places are not In keeping with the up and up spirit here. A committee composed of Roy Johnson and Jesse Rive from the Rotary club have calles] on the owners of the vacant buildings. The ) owners have agrees! to wash the j windows and the committee will 1 have attractive signs painted on the glass, stating that the room Is for ■ rent and that Decatur is the best town on earth in which to live. j j The windows will be attractively painted with a valance and drapes I and the for rent sign in the center. The committee urged everyone i, to help beautify the store front and _ to assist wherever possible in adI vertising to the world that Decaturites believe in the old town. P I o RALPH N. TIREY 1 HEADS COLLEGE Bloomington School Head President Os Indiana Teachers School I Indianapolis, Dec. 23 — (U.R) Elisha P. Blackburn, superintendent of Posey county schools, today was appointed to the state board of education by Gov. Paul V. McNutt. ' j He will succeed Floyd I. Me- ’ Murray who was named state superintendent of public instruction. earlier today. McMurray 1 -will be an exofficio member of the ' | board. 1 Blackburn is the first repref I sentative of the southwestern ini diana teachers association to ' serve on the state board of edit- ' cation. He is a democrat. 1 j ■ Indianapolis, Dec. 23. — (U.R) ' Ralph N. Tirey, superintendent of Bloomington public schools and 1 close friend of Gov. Paul V. Me- ' Nutt, was appointed president of Indiana State Teachers College, Terre Haute, early today by the board of trustees. George C. Cole, state sdperinten- ! 1 dent of public instruction, was named vice president and business . manager of the college. , Floyd I. McMurray, superinten- - dent of Boone county schools, was ' appointed Cole’s successor by the j governor. Cole succeeds Louis J. Rettingj er as vice president while the post of business manager is new. The changes are effective Jani uary 1. j x The appointments were announc- , ed after a lengthy meeting of the i trustees with Governor McNutt. Tirey will succeed Dr. L. N. **(CONTINUI?D PAGE SIX) 1 0— Son Born To Japan Imperial Family Tokio, Dec. 23-(UP)-A eon, the f long-awaited crown prince of the Imperial family of Japan, was born today to Empress Nagaku amid the rich medieval ritualism which surrounds the world's oldest dynasty. . News of the birth of the first male child of Emperor Hirohito and the Empress brought great rejoicing among their 95,000,000 subjects whom the newcomer, s hould h ® "'® ' will somdday rule as the l-sth M- “ kado, continuing the unbroken line ' founded 2,500 years ago by Omatei- ‘ asu Omlkani, goddess of the sun. f [ Standard Oil Will Reduce Gas Price : Chicago . standard oil company 11 re j* , prices of all grades of motor gas ’ line one half cent a gallon Jan 1, it was announced today. Reduction i waZ made possible by the remova of one-half cent of the present cent : and a half Federal tax on gasoline. t _ o ' Extortionist Held By Chicago Cops • Philadelphia, Dec. 23— ■ William Schultze, whom police t charged -ith attempting ’ money from Lessing • ■ - chairman of the board o Sea Roebuck & Co., was held under ■ J lO 000 bail for court today by a ' police' magistrate.

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BANK BANDITS SHOOT THREE, KIDNAP YOUTH I I Iwo Desperadoes Roh Wisconsin Bank Os $2,000; Shoot Three KIDNAPED YOUTH IS SHOT IN LEG Milwaukee, Dec. 23—(U.R)—Two desperadoes who robbed the Sauk City State bank of $2,000 and spread a trail of terror across the s'ate were sought by southern ' Wisconsin deputies today. The bandits shot two men and ' a woman and kidnaped a youth in their wild ride through Dodge and Waukesha counties. After locking two women and three men in the vault of the Sauk City bank, the gunmen sped toward Madison. They next were heard from | near Lowell in Dodge county I where they abandoned their auto ! mobile and forced John and Josi eph West and their mother from i I a larger machine. Joseph West , defied the bandits and was shot ■ | in the leg. The West family notified auth- i | orities and pointed out that the I robbers could not get far in the I car since the oil supply was | practically exhausted. The bandits abandoned the car at Boty I ■ Park in Dodge county when a ■ bearing burned out. I They kidnaped Celestine Lang- j er, 18. son of Edward Langer, operator of a tavern at Boty Park. ■ and forced him to drive them to- 1 • ward Hartford. The car went off j • the road two miles west of Aship-' ■ pun. Without apparent cause ! ' they shot young Langer in the * * C-oNTtNUEfD on PAGE SIX) YOUNG GERMAN FOUND GUILTY Sentenced To Death For Firing Reichstag; Others Acquitted Leipzig. Germany, Dec. 23 —-(UP) Marinus Van Dec Lubbe. 24 was sentenced to death by hanging today for burning the Reichstag building February 27. His four fellow defenciante. all communists, were acj quitted. Slumped down in his chair. Moronic, looking like a clothed animal, i Lubbe, the Dutch stone mason who proved an enigma through the trial j heard the supreme court verdict without interest. The four acquitted were Ernst Torgler, former wihip of the communist party in the Reichstag; George Dimitroff. effervescent exleader of the Bulgarian communist party,; Wassil Taneff. 3€. Bulgarian shoemaker, and Blagoi Popoff, 31. Burgarian student. They showed less emotion than those packed in the dingy, dark courtroom to see the end of the \ trial that may take a place among the most famous of modern times. Torgler’s mother and wile were in the front row. The others were without relatives or friends in the courtroom. None was actually freed. Torgler voluntarily gave himself into proi teetive custody—putting himself at the disposition of police as well as * '(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) oCelina Man Named Berne Plant Head Frank W. Dine of Celina, Ohio, has (been appointed manager of the Berne Furniture company, succeeding A. C. Neuensch wander, who has managed the plant since 1929. Mr. Neuenschwander asked to be released from the manager's post and will devote his time in the selling field —— —o — — Brother Os Bishop Noll Dies Friday Fort Wayne Dec. 23 —William H. Noll, 63, of 1114 Columbia avenue, died Friday morning at 4:30 o'clock at St. Joseph's hospital of cirrhosis of the liver. He was a brother of Most Rev. John F. Noll, bishop of the Fort Wayne Catholic diocese. He had been, ailing sinte mid-sum-mer, and had been seriously ill since November.

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, December 23, 1933.

Rotary Club Holds I Annual Xmas Party I ■' i—■« ' The Rotarians held their annual Christmas party at the Rice hotel Thursday evening. Rev. Charles Prugh, pastor of the Reformed church being In charge. i A feature of the evening's entertainment was the recitation given by Miss Dorothy Moeller, assistant . secretary of the Y. M. C. A., Fort i Wayne. Miss Moeller recited the beautiful story of "The Other Wise, Man”, by Henry Van Dyke. Dr. Fred Patterson led io the I singing of carols and Carl J. Klep--1 per, president of the club played I Santa Claus by presenting each member with a swanky kit. The j waitresses and Mrs. L. A. Holthouse. pianist were also remembered with gifts. Six Rotarians from Bluffton attended the meeting and Frank Thompson acted as their .spokesman. ORDERS REPAIR WORK STOPPED Ralph Roop Orders AIL Road Repair Work Stopped Immediately Ralph E. Roop, county road sup-1 ervisor has issued orders to stop all road repair work in the county. 1 effective today and continuing until January 2, 1934. Exceptions were made in the I ease of emergency bridge repairs and in the event a heavy snow fall i should make it necessary for the assistant supervisors to order the cleaning of the county highways. Mr. Roop sent letters to the road assistants requesting them to stop j the repair work today and to bring their equipment, except graders, drags, sand and sewer pipo to the Adams County highway garage on, First street for marking and inventory. The road supervisors were asked to list all unmoveable equipment and furnish Mr. Roop with a copy ! of the equipment they have on : hands or located in their respective i ' districts. Tilie tools were being, . brought in today. The equipment will be distri>but-| ' ed after the first of the year, when , the commissioners name the supervisors. A complete Inventory of all ! items, material and machinery will be made by Mr. Roop and a copy ! furnished to the board of commissioners. The facilities of a truck were offered to the road assistants in cases where they had a large quantity of supplies and hand equipment to move. Cloverleaf Company Gives Annual Party The annual Cloverleaf Creameries Christmas party was held at the company's office this afternoon. Plant employes, their families and a number of children were present. A program was held and gifts were distributed to the children. A short talk was made by W. A. Klepper, general manager of the company, and Christmas carols were sung by : the children.

smm I To Everyone - Our Sincere Wish for a very MERRY CHRISTMAS

HOLD SERVICES - FOR STATE COP Eugene Teague. Officer Killed During Capture, Is Buried Today Indianapolis, Dec. 23— (U.R) — The body of Eugene Teague, third law officer slain in the hunt for, members of the John Dillinger convict gang, was buried in | Memorial Park cemetery here to-1 day. Teague, an Indiana state police-1 man, was wounded fatally in a gun battle at Paris, 111., Wednesday that preceded the capture of Edward Shouse, one of tlie 1(1 Indiana escaped convicts and Dillinger mobster. A contingent of 30 uniformed state officers, led by Al G. Feeney, state safety dIH-c|or, and Capt. Matt Leach of the state police ■ ' force, attended the funeral services. A motorcycle escort of the Indi-, ananolis police department headed the procession from the church to the cemetery Mrs. James Teague, mother of the slain officer, was i;> a state I of collanse and could not attend the services. Lieut. Chester L. Butler, who 1 said he fired the shot that killed Teague, returned to duty today I but was ordered to remain in the headquarters office. Expenses of the funeral may be paid by the sta'e and since the state police force has no pensio i system,/. Teague’s unemployed father may be offered a state job, Gov. Paul V. McNutt said. Miss Ruth Spencer. San Diego, Cal., and Mrs. Frences Colin. Fort Wayne, captured with Shouse, -e---inained in custody here pending further questioning by Capt. Leach. LARGE CROWD AT G.E. PARTY Over 700 Peonle Attend Annual G. E. Club Party Here Friday Night A crowd of over 700 perso.is enjoyed the Christmas program ' of the G. E. club last night in the Decatur Catholic high school gymnasium. The first part of the program started promptly at 7:15 land continued until 9:30 o'clock when Santa Claus made his annual appearance and distributed toys to the children. At 10 o'clock Jerry Nite and his orchestra furnished music for the dance. The complete program was: Act 1 (Song—" Merry Christmas” Song—“ Jingle Bells" ■Nine boys and nine girls, 10 years age: George Werst, Paul Lord, Bob Elzey, Leo Ulman, Richard Chronister, Donald Fruecht". Frederick Coffee, Robert Beery; Katherine Keller. Bella Kohls, Ann Eady. J. Ann Hanna. ■ Jane Eady, Laverna* Roth, M. I Catharine Shackley, Alice Jane *7rn*VTiN’T-pn ok page =tvi

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THINK SILVER PROGRAM WILL i AID BUSINESS New Monetary Moves Are Being Studied By The Administration LONG CONFERENCE HELD AT CAPITOL Washington, Dec. 23. (U.R) —Administration leaders today counted upon the government's silver coinage program to give important support to business, now entering the usually dull post-Christmas season,! as several developments indicated ! new monetary moves were being | ! studied. The developments included the ! action of the White House in referring to Attorney General Cum- | mings for study a bill proposed by ■ Senator Thomas, Dem., Okla., ad-1 vocate of currency inflation, which would authorize the treasury to realize a $4,000,000,000 (B) profit on the federal reserve system’s stocks of impounded gold. This profit would accrue from a revaluation of the gold at $41.34 an ounce,' | twice the statutory value of $20.67 j under the old gold standard.. Another development was an ■ eight-hour conference at the treasury of government officials and heads of eastern federal reserve . hanks. One of the conferees said the subject of the long conference was "too important to talk about.” , The reserve conference, evidently of the greatest importance, appeared to have been summoned hurriedly. Only a few of the gov- ; ernors of the 12 reserve banks were present. Some others were represented by deputies. The governors present included George L. Harrison. New York; George W. I Norris, Philadelphia, and Roy A. Young, Boston. None of the governors or members of the reserve board would even hint at the nature of the discussions. They parried questions with such answers as "we discussed everything" or "I can’t tell you i a thing." President Roosevelt expressed the hope that the nations of the world would come to an agreement I on gold such as the London silver .agreement, ratified Thursday night by an official proclamation for the ON PAGE SIX) School Interiors Are To Be Painted The interior of a number of the school houses will be painted dur- . ing the Christmas vacation period, : the work being .approved by the ' CWiA I. The townships or school units will furnish the material and the I i labor will be paid through the CWA ' i A number of the projects have been ■ approved, C. E. Striker, county sup-! • erintendent said and work will be- • gin next week. •! The listing of all the old cemeteries is being done and application . will be made to obtain an appropriation forte payment of labor I ‘ necessary to clean the grounds. oLOCAL OFFICERS TO ENFORCE LAW State Officials Will Not Enforce Liquor Law, McNutt Says Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 23—(UP) —Local officials will be hold responsible for enforcement of liquor laws ip Indiana, Gov. Paul V. Me-' nutt said today. “There will be no state agency for enforcement. That is what the prosecuting attorneys are for," the governor explained. Plans for the state’s part in supervising the liquor traffic were outlined by Paul P. Fry, state excise director. The excise department will be concerned chiefly with seeing that all state revenues are paid. Fry said The department has three special investigators who will be assigned to any particular matter on which information is wanted. Licenses of dealers who are known law violators will be revoked, according to Fry. Dealers may oppose such license revocations ON PAGE SIX)

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A- ■ ' " TOO MUCH CHEER I I Three men allowed the ' I Christmas spirit to get the I best of them Friday, all of 1 them landing in (lie Adams | 1 county jail on intoxication j charges. James Worden was 1 arrested about 4 o'clock Fri- ; I day afternoon by Chief of | I Police Melcni. I Louis Shingles and Charles I | Tceple were taken into ettsto- | I dy at. 7 p. m. Friday by ?lght | j officers Miller and Cottrell. | I Shingles is charged with pufc- | | lie intoxication and Teeple ' with driving while intoxicated. | DISTRIBUTION ~ OHAXESMADE County Auditor Issues Checks For December Tax Distribution Checks for the December distribution Os taxes wore being issued hv County Auditor Glen Cowan to- ' dav to the townships, school boards, incorporated towns and cities, the library board and to ‘ the state treasurer. The total distribution amounted I to $202,968.75. The state of Indiana received $23,800.67. The poor fund for all townships amounted tn «S 204.25. while the amount for pavment of road bonds and interest totaled $31,043.60. The cou ity government received S2B 293.31 for county revenue and $230.25 was credited to 'he highwav repair fund, it being paid as delinquent tax from the previous ' veer’s lew for this purpose. A credit of $20.40 was also received ! for ditch e’ean outs. The amounts received by the townships and other taxing units follow: Townshins; Wabash. SB,‘276.01: Bine Creek. $6,255.81: French, $4,951.77; Hartford, $7,038.69: Jefferson. $6,253.76; Kirkland, $4,668.36; Monroe, $10,852.37 Preble. $3,760.88: Root. $5,817.80; St. Marys. $0,505.43; Union. $2.939.31; Washington. $6,760.47. Towns and cities: Berne. $3,193.06 Decatur, $10,324.52: Geneva. sl,159 62' Monroe, 8214 03. School boards. Berne, $5,950.52; Decatur. 515.467 24. Decatur library board $1,007.12. PENSIONS ARE STUDIED TODAY — County Commissioners Studv Anplications For Old Age Pensions ‘ The county commissioners took : up the study and investigation of the applications for old age pensions today. County Attorney Henry B. Heller and F. V. Mills, investigator employed by the board I met with the commissioners. It will be several days until formal action Is taken on the applications. Mr. Mills stated that 208 ; applications were filed and that he i had a number of names of other people who wished to make out the blanks. A thorough study of each application will be made by the hoard. In the first place funds do not permit the granting of a pension to every applicant. The county has appropriated $7,000 and the state will pay an equal amount, making $14,000 available during the year.. '! It Is likely that the first pensions I will not be paid until February. Only in cases of the greatest need will the maximum pensions Ibe paid each month. The comniissioners will apportion amounts from $5 to sls to those eligible. Not all of the applicants who : have applied for a pension will re ! ceive one, the commissioners Indi- ! cated. The commissioners will be guided by the law in deciding who 'I Is entitled to a pension. The law specifies that the appli ! cant must be over 70 years of age unable to work and without chil i dren to care for them. The law ■'CONT’NT’PT* OK STX) O— Joe Meyer Taken To Michigan City i Joe Meyer, sentenced Thursdaj ! to a 1-10 year term in the stat< I penitentiary for the robbery of tlu ' Teeple and Peterson- clothing store was taken to Michigan City earlj I I this morning by Sheriff Burl John ‘ son to start serving his sentence.

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All COUNTRIES Will UNITE ON CHRISTMASOAY Traditional Ceremonies In Bethlehem Will Feature Observance CEREMONIES WILL i BE BROADCASTED Bethlehem, Palestine, Dec. 23. — (U.R) — The bells of the |Church of the Nativity, marking the spot where the infant 1 Jesus was laid in a manger 1 nearly 2,000 years ago, will ■ ring out through the world | this Christmas eve. As the traditional ceremoni ies are held in the vaulted cathedral surrounding the tiny stone cell where the nallowed manger stood, the bells will peal as they have for centuries, but this ■ time, their peace and Joy will be I heard not only by th© devout yll- • grlms gathered here for Christ--1 mas, but by a large part of the 1 Christian world. ’ The chimes will be picked up by radio and will be re-broadcast in 1 the British empire, the United ' States and at least 16 European " countries. The broadcast, an in--1 novation in the hallowed tradition ' of the Savior’s birthplace, was ac- ■ cepted by the ecclesiastical authorities in the belief that the nations, beset by economic difficulties and ’ strife, will be heartened by the ' chimes as a voice of peace from ' the home of peace. ' Crowds thronged the streets of ‘ Jerusalem and Bethlehem today in preparation for the annual observance. In spite of world conditions, which materially lessened 3 the number of foreign pilgrims, the various nationalities of the earth ' were represented as usual —black ana white, occidental and oriental, Americans, Arabs and Chinese ! Christians. I On Christmas eve, the bells will be rung at intervals through the ; day and at midnight will peal out a salvo of chimes to herald the I dawn of Christmas Day. Priests will walk through the streets swingj ing censers, followed by whltesurpliced boys singing carols under the calm, star-sprinkled sky. In the absence in Rome of Monsignor Barlasina. Latin patriarch in the Holy Land, Monsignor Fellinger, auxiliary bishop, will conJ duct the Christmas eve and Christmas Day ceremonies, arrayed In the gorgeous robes and mitre of his office. Just before midnight, he will bear the effigy of the Blessed 3 Babe to its sacred spot in the i grotto of the nativity. j German is predominant among | the languages heard here this year. It is the language of refugee Jews C from the reich, many of whom are £ present in the land of their tradl- ' tional origin to watch the Chrisf tian celebrations. Timber shoring will somewhat . ON PAGE SIX) —oHigh Waters Flood b 3 Western States e " ■■ - - f Portland, Ore., Dec. 23. — (U.R) “• t Flood waters inundated sections of three states today as a period of i- steady rainfall Isolated parts of I. Washington, Oregon and Utah and '■ raised the December storm toll to o 13 deaths in the northwest. s Relief forces estimated that at e least 5,000 persons were driven S from their homes by rapidly rising waters. s Towns bordering the Columbia river and its tributaries In northit ern Oregon and southwest Washs ington felt keenly the effects of the )- flood conditions. Dikes gave way s under the rush of swirling waters. Homes were hastily abandoned. o -o 1 * Good Fellows Club e ♦ 0 Members of the Delta Theta Tau sorority, sponsors of the Good *' Fellows club, devised away to e ' boost the fund in order that Santa Claus would be able to make his w j rounds Christmas Eve. Tickets * were sold on a big turkey and $28.20 was received. The turkey was awarded to Pearl Riker. The amount boosted the fund over the y S2OO mark. The sorority members were joyful to learn that the fund •y exceeded S2OO and stated that e Saata would not miss the deservie ing children. e, | Previous total $175.93 ly Sale of turkey 28.20 n-. 1 Total $204.13