Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 31, Number 304, Decatur, Adams County, 27 December 1933 — Page 1

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tTATE SUFFERS ||!s FIRST COLD WAVE OF WINTER I Persons Lose Lives In ndiana Because of SubNormal Weather LIGHTLY WARMER heather PROMISED Indianapolis, Dec. 27 ’U.R' k Indiana experienced its jut cold wove of the winter rfav as temperatures dr<>|>i>Iheiow zero in nearly evttv Elion of the state. jcven persons lost their B during the oast 21 hours (8 use of the sub-norm il sillier and scores were inrrd in traffic accidents Bsed by snow and ice. Weather bureau officials here DBii.’ed slightly wanner wentle i |i afternoon with snow and sill sher temperatures tonight. The mercuiy dropped to three law in Indianapolis early today, legrces lower than the cold—e tther experienced previously i winter. Snow ranging in denth front f inch to five blanketed the ite. even alo -g the Ohio river, your of the storm victims tewned in Igike Michigan yesler|y when their 50 foot fishing tug. |irtha. was capsized by a wave the entrance of the Michigan By harbor. The men were reeling from a fishing trin They lire Walter Biddle. 32: William lemich. 41; Wallace Martowski, I. a'd Tony Gaytke. 30, all of Khisran City. [At Frankfort an aged man was jnnd frozen to death under a Broad trestle. He was identi- j Kas Frank Benefiel. 73. Offi-1 said he apparently fe’l from it trestle and was unahle to nnmo’t aid because of injuries, tier t ion from a mile walk rough a snowstorm was held iponsible for the death of Zena iamhangh. 79. at Wanash. H a ssned dead while walking with i wife. Hunters found Abraham Lair i Davton. 0.. near death front Josure in a corn shock on a rm six mUes south of here Lair 'old no'ice he had been feed from the home of relates |-> pavton and had walled Itll he crawled into the shock r rest. Ahram A. Blake. SI. fell dead on street in Anderson. A coroner s edict said death was due to a art attack cause by the extreme id. —■ -o <l ßth or Dolts Work On U. S. Road 27 8»m Bentz, foreman on V. S. »d north of Decatur, stated this kmoon that renair work on the Id would be stopped until the ether moderates. Mr. Bentz stat-; it was doubtful if work would be mined this week. The snow and • prevents the men from continu 5 the work, Mr. Bentz state. THE BOARD SEEKS FUNDS oard of Agriculture Seek $20,000 Advance To Wipe Out Debts Indianapolis, Dec. 27. — (U.R> ms to secure a 120,000 advance J m the state finance committee e being worked out by ’be 1 a Board of Agriculture, it was Pounced today. The money will wipe out cut i < n bts, including bond interest paints and permit E. J- Bar cretary to retire with a cleat Ate, it was said. I Harker's duties will be take er by Lieut. Governor M. Cliff”™ Wnsend Jan. 1. Townsend mrnissioner of agriculture for the ite. The agriculture board will hie to operate the Indiana . 1 Hr as in the past, but under tne law Gov. Paul V. McNutt mus Prove all plans. . Eight members of the pr® 9 *rd will seek election at the am #1 meeting of delegates from i-' ricultural organizations to ' Id January 3. The delegate meeting follow (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

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BASE SETTLED OUT OF COURT I Agreement Reached In Dold Estate Case After Jury Is Sworn In The jury trial of Anna Kienzler I vs the t'elist Dold estate, in which | the plaintiff asked $2,845 for services rendered as housekeeper from 1923 to 1933. adjourned I abruptly this noon when agreeI ment was reached by the litigants \ t, outside of court. The plaintiff set out in her, ''complaint that ah ekept house for Mr. Dold and cared for him and acted as housekeeper from April 1. 1923 to June 7. 1933, when Mr. Dold died. She asked $5 a week, for 529 weeks and slo a week for 20 weeks, during which time Mr. Dold was confined to his bed suffering from a fractured hip. The jury had already been sworn in a.rd statements had been made to the court. Attorney Arthur Unversaw moved that the 'rial adjourn pending a conference between the attorneys for the plaintiff and those represe ting I Chris Hilly, administrator of the estate. Judge 11. M. DeVoss, who l was presiding in the case, granted the motion. At two o'clock this afternoon an agreement was reached. The plaintiff was given SIOOO and the case was dismissed at claimant'sI cost. Attorneys in the case were Mr. 1 Unversaw and Ainos Hirschy of Berne and Olin R Holt of Kokomo for the claimant. C. L. Walters; and C. J. Lutz represented the | estate. The members of the jury werel Otto Peck. W. L. Ray. Hernia' Franz, William Goeltz. Lewis I Worthman. Howard Manlier, Geo. Bu'leiueier, Charles Morrison,. 1 Fred Bluhm. Janies Halberstadt, Otto Bieberick. Calvin Hamrick. | Oyster Supper At Moose Home Friday An oyster supper will be held at the Moose home Friday evening at eight o'clock. Arrangements are I being made to serve a large crowd and Ralph Burnett, chairman of the event urged every member to attend. Refreshments will also be served. — o —— FORMER LOCAL MAN ARRESTED Clvde Brandyberry Under ‘Arrest For Setting Fire To House Clvde Brandyberry, formerly of this'city, was arrested by Sherlff Roy Schafer of Van M er ‘- ol “ ' and Deputy Fire Marshall Merk.e I of Ohio, charged with arson in connection with burning a house occupied by Willard McConnehey on the Charles Thatcher farm, south ' of Willshire. Sheriff Burl Johnson of this city was called in the case and was at (the Thatcher farm when the ar . 1 rest was made. The alleged arson charge wa.s . the outgrow th of a fight whichl Me- | Connehey, Brandyberry and Rox? Stetler engaged in > esterda> i . an : cording to Sheriff Johnson. Biandv - | berry and Stetler had words and 'engaged in a fight at the Thatcher; farm McConnehey occupied t i bouse. The latter tried to separate J" two men and when Ste le freed himself, he and McConnehey went to Willshire to get the town I P °Tlwy did not return to the farm , | house until this morning and when , 1 they approached the place saw the [bunding on Brandjberry was **(CONrTTVTTF?r> GN PAGE W 0 Citv Council In Session Tonight The city council will meet in special session tonight for the purpose lof allowing bills and completing business for the year - The salary adjustmen matter ... , b—vicTit nn probably <lis 1 Chy employes, including those of the City Light and Water plant firemen, policemen and memrequested that part of the cut wages be restored to them | The matter was referred to the (liHerent committees and reports | will be made tonight.

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INDIANA U. MAY SPONSOR CLASS Extension Division Promises Aid In Emergency Education Plan Bloomington. Ind.. Dec. 27. — I (Special) —In a letter today to sup erintendents and principals of I schools in Adams county, Director R. E. Gavanaugh of the Indiana University Extension Division pledged the university's statewide extension facilities to local school officials who may organize admt education classes under the national government's new Emergency Education Division. Prof. Cavanaugh offered two plans for the : obtaining of university credits for work done in such classes. Under the federal plan, classes may be organized and provided with teachers without cost to the student. The minimum number for a class is eight students. Unemployed teachers will be paid by the government for their work on a relief scale of sls per week. One plan offered by the university for the granting of credit is that the student follow his E.E.D. course with a final examination at the university similar to the regular final examinations for students n residence. Another pan provides teaching supervision by I. U. professors in addition to the instructional work of the Emergency Education Di- '< CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) o — DRIVE RESULTS IN LARGE GAIN Adams County Red Cross Shows Gain of 339 Members This Year A total of 804 members have been enrolled in the American Red Cross during the annual membership drive in Adams county, according to the report made public today by Miss Anne E. Whines. secretary of the Adams county Red Cross organization. This is a gain of 339 members over the enrollment obtained m 1932. Members of the county organization today expressed their appreciation to the township trustees, the home economics clubs and the Decatur citizens who aided in making such a large gain over memberships obtained last year. ’ The total funds received in tins enrollment drive are $804.02 This total was received according tu <i.»tricts as follows: French, Monroe and Blue Creek townships Geneva and three southern . townships, Decatur and six northern I 'Si* .Z—::: <>•«

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Three Plead Guilty To Counterfeiting 1 i Fort Wayne, Ind., Dev. 27—(UP) i I Three men pleaded guilty in Unit-! ! ed States district court here late I I yesterday to charges of counterfeit-1 1 Ing. One wae sentenced to a two-, ‘ yqar term at Leavenworth Federal 1 penitentiary. 1 Admitting that he manufactured , j and attempted to pass worthless | 50-cent pieces. Frank Firestone. 36 Kendallville, received the sentence. j He said he learned how to make the < . counterfeit coins while serving a ll) months sentence at the Indiana . ‘ state reformatory. He was released , from Pendleton last month. Judge Thomae W. Slick continued the cases of Perl Hogston, Gas City and Elmer Hutton. Anderson, both ‘ . of whom admitted passing worth- ’ less five-dollar bills. MRS. JOHN MOSER : DEATH’S VICTIM 1 “" e 1 French Township Resi--1 dent Died At Hospital Tuesday Night 5 Berne, Dec. 27.— (Special)—Mrs. 1 t John J. J. Moser, well known rest- " dent of French township died at ; ; the Adams County Memorial Hos- ■ pital, Decatur, at nine o clock ■ I Tuesday night. ’ i Mrs Moser underwent an emerg- ‘ ency operation for the removal of ’ the’ appendix last Saturday. She ’ | had been in poor health for some time. Death was attributed to her weakened condition. The deceased was born in Monroe township, February 11, 1880, a , daughter of Jacob and Katherine lAinstutz. In early life she married Abraham Kneuss. Six years ago following the death of her husband she married John J- J- Moser ’ Surviving besides the husband and her mother are 14 step ch(l-. dren and the following brothers and sisters: Jacob J. Amstutz. Mis. Elizabeth Habegger. Chris Amstutz | ’ and David Amstutz of Wabash ’ township. . .. ’ i Funeral services will oe held ’j Friday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock at ; ' the home and two o’clock at the i f Defenseless Mennonite church. ■ west of Berne. Burial will be made in the church cemetery. Rev. | 5 Henry Klopfenstein will officiate. 1 o— — *BUYSHEALTH BONDJ s * ” The B. P. O. Buy Christmas Seal* Elks lodge today purchased a < i a fiVe dollar s 9 health bond t , from the AdSl+Cfirisfma?. n ams County Tuberculosis 1 I W. Guy Brown, presiden. oi the 9 ! organization announced. The sale of health bonds will continue until 1 after the first of the year, Mr i 2 Brown stated. |

AUCTION SCHOOL OPENED TODAY Reppert Auction School Opens With 18 Students Enrolled The twenty-seventh term of the Reppert school for auctioneers opened this morning with 18 students enrolled. Others will arrive in the city today and tomorrow. The school is being held in thel Hensley building on Second street and the same staff of instructors as in former years, will conduct the school under the leadership of the organizer, Col. Fred Reppert. Instructors who attended the first classes today were Col. Roy Johnson and Harry Thompson of this city; Col. Guy Pettit of Bloomfield. lowa and ' Col. Earl Gartin of Greensburg. Many of the graduates of the auction school have made national reputations for themselves. Over 1,600 students have graduated from the school and have been enrolled from every state in the Union and every province in Can- j ada. The men will have their first public auction in the Hensley building Saturday afternoon and each evening until the close of the school term. Following are the names of the students enrolled in the school today: William Schmidt, Glllead, Neb. rrnKTiNUFm ov pagf BANK PROBLEMS FACE CONGRESS Wall Street Making Drive For Unification Os Banking System Washington, Dec. 27— (II.R) —A Wall Street drive for unification of the American banking system may force the congress convening one week from today to consideration of vital problems which have developed in connection wi'h the dual federal-state bank structure. Informed congressional opinion is convinced it would be impossible to impose this unification this winter. Past behavior of congress when confronted with allied problems indicates that judgment is sound. But congress is faced with many questions today arising from the existence of the dual banking system. In attempting to solve them it mav be necessary io give a bearing to all sides of the controversy. The rival Morgan a’d Rockefel- ■ ler interests, latelv in polife disagreement over federal regulation of private banks, are bidding now for congressional attention in bei half of bank reform legislation. I ...... ! (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

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TWO ARE NAMED TO MAKE RURAL HOMES SURVEY LaVonna Christen And Richard Archbold Will Make Survey WORK WILL START BY END OF WEEK Indianapolis, Dec. 27 — <U.R) j Visiting of farm homes in the rural housing survey of I. (liana, j sponsored by the federal govern- | ment as a civil works project,! i will start before the end of the j week. In each of nine representative - counties, enumerators will start i filling out questionnaires to , de-; termine home equipment needs. Miss Leila Gaddis, director of ! home economics extension at Purdue University and director of - the state survey, said today that - chairmen and engi -eers have been named for all the counties. Three county groups, including the Cass county chairmen. Miss Lillian Geier. Star Ci'y, and G. M. Chambers. Logansport, county engineer, met with Miss Gaddis last week. Three county groups also met with Miss Gaddis at Warsaw yesterday. They were: Laporte county—Miss Eleanor J. Cass, Westville, chairman, and Ray- ; mond F. Larson, LaPorte engi-! Heer: Noble county-Miss Arcllle Butler and Harry J. Colier, Albion, chairman and engineer, re’’mONTTWFP ON PAGE SIX) o Bury Monroeville Youth Thursday | Funeral services for John R. Quinlan, 19-year old son ot' Mr. and Mrs. Walter Quinlan, three miles east of Monroeville, who was aid- , dently killed by his brother, Joseph - Quinlan on Christmas morning when a shotgun which the brother was carrying accidentally was discharged, will be held Thursday morning at 9 o'clock at St. Rose Catholic -church at Monroeville, Rev. T. V. Fettlng officiating. Burial will be made in the Catholic cemetery. o LOCAL COMPANY HOLDS MEETING Schnfer Hardware Company Held Annual Meeting Last Night The annual meeting of the officers, office and factory employes and salesmen of The Schafer Company, wholesale hardware and saddlery concern of this city was held at the company's office on North First street last evening. Employes of the Schafer Hardware Company also attended, more than 50 being in attendance at what is termed the “annual party of the Schafer Company.” Talks were made by Ferd L. Litteerer, local attorney and French Quinn, abstractor and historian. Mr. Litterer told of plans under--1 way in this city for the building of 48 modern houses by the Subi sistence Homestead division of the . - Department of Interior and the opi portunity it offered factory and ofjfice employes to purchase their jown homes at moderate monthly payments. Mr. Quinn spoke on the NRA, dei fining it as the Golden Rule of bus--1 iness. “Boiled down the NRA ■ simply means taking from those ■' who have and are able to give and ' giving to those who do not have, ' with the express understanding ■ that service shall be returned," 1 Mr. Quinn stated. Mr. Quinn also paid tribute to 1 the owners and officers of the com[pdny for the splendid progressive 1 ; spirit shown by them during what I (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO. I - • A I THIRTEEN spades < — 1 ’ 1 Kokomo. Ind., Dec. 29.—(U.R) f/l —The ambition of all adult | i bridge players has been achlev 'll ed by an eight-year-oid girl, I ' i Betty Noble, Kokomo. She | 1 | drew a hand containing 13 I ’ ' spades during a game with her I ■ j father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. I • | Lee J. Noble.

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* SI,OOO TO ROOSEVELT * San Pedro. Cal., Dec. 27. —(U.R) —Unless heirs protest success- | 11 fully, Joseph Stalin and Presl- ' ' ' dent Roosevelt will receive sl.- I, 000 each from the estate of L. | - Q. Mcßurney, 63, who died at | j 11 his home here of a heart at- j I tack. ! i Police found the will while | j | searching his effects for poss- | ' ible communist propaganda. Mcßurney’s four children were bequeathed $1 each. — « CITY SUFFERS COLD WEATHER First Severe Weather of Winter Hits Decatur And Vicinity Decatur and vicinity suffered today from the first severe void wave Jof the winter. The official government thermometer at Berne reglsterd 10 degrees below zero at 7 o'- : clock tie morning, the lowest point reached by the official gauge. Street thermometers in Decatur compared closely with the official mark. Some registered lower than the official 10 below while others failed to go as low. No traffic accidents of any con- - sequence were reported today, most - people evidently preferring to stay off the streets and highways, made - dangerous by snow and ite. Some relief is promised tonight and Thursday by weather observers. Slightly warmer weather with j a possibility of additional snow fall I tonight or tomorrow have been predicted by the United States weath- ’■ er bureau. The severe cold weather stopped part of the CWA work program in , the county. The men were also call- | ed off on PWA work on U. S. road - 27 north of Decatur and on state ' road 118 east of Berne. Workmen braved the cold on sev-! eral projects in and near Decatur. ■ Bert Colvhin and his force of men were at work along the St. Marys river. A gang of men was also working on the Thirteenth street water main and reports came uto the local CWA office that men were working on the Blue Creek ditch i j°b- i, I The schedule of hours per week permits stopping of work. The men have been working three days of 8 i hours each and one day of six hours making 30 hours per week. This permits a change in time and the making up of loss time on any day that i work is stopped. o- — Renews Subscription For Thirty-Fifth \ear J. L. Graber, one of the county s best known and most successful dairy farmers, living on route one out of the Berne postoffice, called at the Daily Democrat office and renewed his subscription for the HOME PAPER for 1934. Mr. Graber stated that this was the 35th ' year that he renewed his subscripi tion. Previous to the publishing of the Daily Democrat in January 1903 ' Mr. Graber subscribed to the week- ’ ly eddtion. TAKE GANGSTER TO INDIANAPOLIS • » I Milton Crouch, Dillinger Gang Member. Returned For Trial Indianapolis, Dec. 27.—(U.R)—I n- ’' der indictment on charges of robbery, Milton Crouch, member ot 1 the John Dillinger convict gang, ? was brought here today undei . heavy police guard from Chicago. ' i Crouch, former auto race driver i and former convict, was indicted I with Dillinger and a third man, for ithe $25,000 robbery of the Massa- ’ i chusetts Avenue State Bank here ’ i Sept. 6. The money was said to 3 have been used to finance the Sept. 1 26 state prison break when 10 of ’ f Dillinger’s associates escaped. While Indianapolis police ques- • tioned Crouch regarding the bank robber, state police waited to ask [ him about the Dillinger gang’s ae- . tivities. At Chicago, where Crouch was captured by a police squad aligned to round up the Dillinger gang, the former race driver was said '[ by police to have admitted the ' i bank robbery here. Crouch was said to have bought I ► (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR)

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SUB-ZERO COLD SPREADS OVER ENTIRE NATION Eight Men Are Drowned In Lake Michigan ; Two Babies Smother 48 BELOW ZERO IS LOWEST REPORTED Devastating cold and terrific winter blizzards today took a toll of 115 lives as «'tb-zero cold spread over the nation in the wake of widespread storms. E'pht men drowned in the. icv waters of Lake Michigan vl'At) two small tugs sank with all hands whileattenmtinP *n recover fish'ng nets. A hlrd tug was beschad and the crew swam through freezing breakers to safety. Severest cold of the year brought suffering and death from exnositre to many. In the midwest temperatures were as low as ?0 'o 30 degrees below zero. Lake Fdward. Oue., reported 48 degrees below zero and claimed the honor of bei rg North America's coldest spot. It was 9 below zero in Chicago. Among the score or more of deaths caused by cold in the midwest. two in Chicago were most •raeic. Blanche and Barbara Marshall, 15-months old twins were smothered to death when their mother, Marie, put them in her own bed fearing they would freeze If left lb their crib. Trading on the Chicago fruits and vegetable, onion and potato markets was suspended because traders feared the vegetables would freeze if unloaded from freight cars. The death toll of the floods and storms* of the Pacific northwest today was set at 24 and damage at $20,000,000. Authorities were fearful of additional deaths due to continued heavy landslides and snowslides which have taken eight lives since Sunday. Weather forecasters predicted a slight letup In the cold today and tonight but said the higher temperatures probably would bring renewed snowfall. Communication services were ’'CONTINUFTO ON PAGE STXI 0 — Three Are Fined For Public Intoxication —— — James Worden, Cecil Bess and Louis Shingles pleaded guilty Tuesday night before Mayor George Krick in city court to charges of public intoxication. Each waa fined $1 and costs, while Bess was also given a 60-day jail sentence. The sentence was suspended during good behaviour. The case of Charles Teeple, charged with operating a motor vehicle while Intoxicated, was continued until Friday evening. Bees was arrested early Sunday morning, December 17, while the other ; three were arrested last Friday. ———o ■ ——~ Sister Os Local Woman Is Buried Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Holeapple have returned from Anderson and Fort Recovery, Ohio, where they attended funeral services for Mrs. ■ Holsapple’s only sister, Mrs. Emma , Collas, who died at her home in. Anderson Saturday morning. Funeral services were held Tues--1 day and burial was made at Fort ! Recovery. Surviving are three daughters and a sou, Mrs. Walter Schaffer, Mrs. Leo Kinley and Mrs. Anna Sharp, all of Michigan, and John Lowe of Fort Recovery. I The husband preceded Mrs. Collas in death last April. o— Columbia City Post Entertains Jan, 4 The Ray P. Harrison post of tho American Legion at Columbia City will be host to the Fourth District posts Thursday, January 4 State ' officers who will attend the meeting will be State Commander Arm- ; strong, State Adjutant Sayres and State Service Officer Harry RHall. ' Mr Hall will conduct a service " officers' school at 3 p. m. An ex- ' cutive meeting will be held at $ 1 o'clock, with a parade at 6, follow- “ ed with a chicken dinner. A floor show will be presented during the , dinner. Registration for the entire meeting will be 50 cents.