Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 32, Number 9, Decatur, Adams County, 10 January 1934 — Page 1

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tHICAGOS MILK STRIKE IS ENDED

Guarantee Os Farm Credit Bonds Is Asked

ILTO CARRY ■IT PROPOSAL lISINTROOUCED Levelt Asks Guarantee hf Principal As Well t As Interest Is MEASURE IN ■SPECIAL MESSAGE ■ashintlton. Jan. 10 <U.R> ■sidciit Itooscvelt today Id con.i’i’ ,ss :l special l‘i,ie to authorize a «ovKqit guarantee of the Uikil as well as the interKn $2.000.000.(HIO (B) of I credit administration ■K I bill to carry out the ■dent's proposals was intro- ■ in the house by Chairman K ,»f the agriculture commitEmmediat dy after reading of ■president's message. ■ interest guaran’ee was prolin the legislation which ■,l nine farm finance agen■in the farm credit ad min l«■n The President told con- | today that a moral obliga■o guarantee the principal al- ■ existed aid should he rec■ed by law. ■at ion of a corporation to ■ the bonds was proposed in ■nessaae to keep the refill■g of agricultural credit on a ■ttstaining basis. The Presi- ■ pointed out that a gover.’- ■ guarantee would put the ■ bonds on a par with treas■ecnrities. ■■ceding that “technical re■ibilities of the government" ■d be increased by $2,000,000.■ißt if the federal gnara.’tee ■NTISTET) GN PAGE two, ■ (> . ■ille Rigsby Is I Given Scholarship ■sl.n.iile Rigsby of this city ■awarded the 19:1:1 Tri Kappa ■arship loan for three years, it ■een announced Miss Rigsby ■ed nurses training at the St. ■th Hospital Tuesday. She was ■ntM from the Deratitr high ~ O~ . Bal Residents I Attend Auto Show I**' Thompson, local Chevrolet ■r. chartered a bus last evening ■ took 27 Decatur and Monroe ■ents to the Chevrolet auto ■. held at the Shrine auditor- ■ Fort Wayne ■dels of the 1934 Chevrolet ■ exhibited and viewed by the of people. Mr. Tliontp- ■ stated that t e new models ■darrive here in about 10 days. IM MARKS lUTH BIRTHDAY ■Sue of Nations Found- ■“ II Years Ago; Dis■armament Problem ■>eva Jan in. -<(J.R>—The Lpa ■"'Nations, conceived by WoodErf,,, n and organized in the ■ “ atmosphere of thp war>g ■ Served its nth birthday to- ■ ’“‘ n observa '>ce rather | ■n » ebratlon - Germany and . Kath. "°“ Cp " f withdrawal E, w year - ’ts disarmament ! Kot th : at a ( * Paill o‘h. On the' ■port frn * eneral secretary was j lUs 3 league com niisßion I I official'war” h*!’ W( ’ rW ' S ■ Param. bp| ween Bolivia ■rthn 48 y ~ had failed. Kmem gOSS ,' p was that ~l(1 dis - Terence would be ■ s t e tlt e it« V | e< ’ tllat tlle lea B ue ■ form P ' as ' ypar its presI': Italy k J” Bpnito Mus »°- ■evise its on Ponsor 01 a move K«‘iT ant 10 makp « Kd Sta> Pa t> nat ‘ ons like the E ' Russia and Ger- ; , tb ‘ s ’ Joseph Avenol - ; . 3r

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Resigns NRA Post ■ Grover Whalen, NRA Adminis- , trator for New York and general manager of the John Wanamaker department store, who has resigned both posts to accept that of chairman of the board of the Schenley Affiliated Corporations, distillers and distributors of liquors. Whalen recommended Deputy Administrator H. F Wolff as his NRA successor. JONES REPORTS RFC ACTIVITY Over Six Billion Dollars Appropriated For Recovery Purposes Washington. Jan. 10. — (U.K)—Recovery appropriations of more than $6,000,000,000 by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation in the two years of its existence were revealed by Chairman Jesse Jones today as the administration moved to extend its life and increase its lending powers. Meanwhile, new financial problems developed at the treasury department where the withdrawal of executive Assistant Secretary Wai ter J. Cummings to head the Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust Co. increased major vacancies in the treasury staff to three This has developed at a time when the treasury faced the greatest peace-time financing problem in history—-the raising of $10,000,000,000 over the next six months. Jones' report of the activities of the RFC for the period from its organization on Feb. 2, 1932, to Dec. 31, 1933, showed huge recovery loans and commitments, many of which have not yet been completed. They were $4,142,907,976 in loans, mostly to banks, $816,• 811,850 preferred stock and capital note purchases in banks; $991,391,921 financing of government relief agencies, including unemployment, and $78,726,187 in gold purchases in pursuing the administration’s dollar depreciation program. Only a part of this huge sum has i been poured out in actual cash and loan repayments have been large The’ treasury has furnished the RFC with $2,850,000,000 in cash, including $500,000,000 for its capita) stock, but the latter has power to increase this advance tn $4,575,000,000 if needed. ; In addition to the government cash, the RFC has realizzed sl,(CONTINUWI>’oN PAGE SIX) o President Favors Debt Amortization Washington. Jan. 10 — (UP) — President Roosevelt is in favor of amortization of railroad debts through the establishment of sinking funds, the White House revealed today. At the same time Mr. Roosevelt made it clear that regulatory bodies such as the Interstate commerce commission, should permit all utilities, railroads, telephone, and others, to earn a sufficient figure that would permit them to set up the | sinking fund. The President is of the belief that these funds could be created without a raise in the rate structure.

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VET BENEFITS CURTAILEOIN FIRST MEASURE Continued Curtailment Provided In First Supply Bill Introduced LESS THAN LISTED APPROPRIATIONS Washington, Jan. 10 — (U.R) — Continued curtailment of veterans' benefits was provided for today in the $566,435,693 independent offices appropriation bill, first of the supply bills for the new fiscal year to be reported to the House by its appropriations committee. The total recommended for the establishments covered in the measure was $59,206,593 less than appropriations for the present i fiscal year ending June 30 and $7,144,200 less than budget estimates. The largest provision was $525,155.891 for the veteran administration. a reduction of $56,832,109 from the present year, made possible by contemplated continuance of the economy act’s pension and disability allowance decreases. Among increases over appropriations for the present fiscal year recommended was $50,000 for alterations at the White House, $426,000 additional for the civil service commission. $67,303 additional for the federal power commission, $57,730 additional for the federal trade commission, $240,970 tor the interstate commerce commission. The bril pifwaieti for— restoration on July 1 of five per cent of the 15 per cent government tray cut as asked by the President. The committee in its report estimated this would cost $63,217,499. but that the continued 10 per cent reduction would still make possible salary savings of $160,000,000 annually. In line with Mr. Roosevelt’s /mX'TtNITED GV PAGE FGTTRI PRISON ESCAPE STORY IS TOLD Walter Detrich Details Story of Indiana State Prison Break Indianapolis, Jan. 10 —(UP) —The daring escape of 10 long term convicts from the Indiana state prison September 26 was described in detai flor the first time today by Walter Detrich. one of the felons. In the presence of Captain Matt Leach of the state police and newspaper men, Detrich recounted how gune were smuggled into the prison and how- he had planned the break for two years. Detrich was brought here last night from Chicago where he was aaptured last week. He will be returned to prison tonight to compete a life sentence imposed in 1931 on charges of robbing the Citizens bank of Clinton. The prison break originated in the shirt factory where Detrich was in charge of incoming shipments of supplies. "1 realized the possibility of an escape two years ago when they put me in the shirt factory,” Detrich said. “I saw how easy it w-ould be to smuggle in weapons because 1 handled the incoming shipments before they were inspected by guards. “I could have smuggled in an elephant. “Two days before the break three guns arrived in a package marked , ‘thread’ 1 hid them in a box of but*~*(CONTTNUEID ON PAGE SIX) —o ■ — * BORN WITH MUMPS — Wabash, Ind., Jan 10.—(U.R) — | • One of the strangest cases in | Wabash county medical history |; i was reported here today. The infant daughter of Mrs. |, I Everett Dawes had the mumps | ; when it was born, j m rxwes contracted the | I mum ’-r days before her | | daug ' rrlved. J

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, January 10, 1934.

Feared Ixist at Sea -Ji Ik $ ■ i Mrs. Sadie Helen Ancker, noted 1 amateur painter arxl close friend of the prominent Vare political family of Philadelphia, who is ’ feared lost at sea following her ' strange disappearance from the 1 steamer Fairfax. She was last ' seen as the ship ploughed its way ; ' north off Carolina coast. She was ' not on board when it docked at • Baltimore. DR. MILLER IS HURT IN WRECK ) Dr. J. M. Miller Injured In Auto Accident Tuesday Evening Dr. J. M. Miller, city health officer and county physician is a patient at the Adams County Memorial hospital suffering from in- ■ juries received in an auto accident last evening. Dr. Miller was driving south on state road 527 when he ran into an automobile parked along the | road in front of the old Gillig farm, south of the Decatur Country club. Dr. Miller was on his way to the county infirmary to I call on a patient. Another car, driven by a young man from Wilishire, came from the north and struck Dr. Miller's auto as he was driving away I the scene of the first crash. Dr. Miller could not recall the name of :the Willshire man, but stated that the young man offered his assistance in getting him to ' the hospital. The Decatur physician received a severe injury to the left knee and chest injuries, encountered when he was thrown against the steering wheel of his car. His condition was reported rroNTtNUFin on page two) CHRIS MERTZ DIES TUESDAY — Farm Bureau Truck Driver Dies At Home Near Geneva Tuesday — Chris Mertz, 62, truck do’iver fora the Adams County Farm Bureau, died Tuesday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock at his home near Geneva. Death was due to pneumonia and j complications, from which Mr. been i!4 for ten days. His : condition had been reported imI proved, but Monday night he suffer- : ed a relapse. Mr. Mertz was the driver of a gas and oil truck for the farm bureau. He was born in Germany on April 18, 1871, a son of John and Barbara Mertz. He came here when a small boy and resided in this -county praci tically all his life. He was united in marriage to Lydia Mosser, who survives, together with four children: Ivan and John of Bluffton; Mrs. Albert Amstutz of Linn Grove; Mrs. Aug:;burger of Berne. Several Brothers and sisters also survive. Funeral services will be held Fri-. day afternoon at 1 o’clock at the home and at 1:30 o’clock at the Defenseless Menonite Church, west , of Berne. Burial will be made in j | the church Cemetbry.

ORGANIZATIONS TO COOPERATE Clubs And Other Organizations Will Aid In Staging Big Dance Lodges, dubs, sororities, civic and fraternal organizations will cooperate with the general committee lor the Birthday Ball for the President, to be given here January 3(1. Norbert R. Holthouse, genera! chairman of the event today announced a list of cooperating agencies and the chairmen of the various organizations who will assist his general committee in making the event one of the largest and most entertaining in the history of Decatur. The organizations and representatives named follows: Sororities: Psi lota Xi, Mrs. <’. O. Porter; Tri Kippa. Miss Helen Haubold, Delta Theta Tati, Miss Mildred Niblick. Fraternities: Phi Delta Kappa, Dr R. E. Daniels. Patriotic and civic organizations: Adams Post No. 43. American Legion, Albert Miller; Chamber of Commerce, Dan H. Tyndall; Rotary dub. Dr. Fred Patterson; Lions club, Ralph Gentis; Woman’s club, Mrs. Henry Heller. Benevolent and fraternal: Masonic lodge. Earl B. Adams; Knights of Columbus, Clayson J Carroll; B. P. O. Elks. Andrew Appelman; Loyal Order of Moose, Charles Heare; Knights of Pythias, A. I). Suttles. Womens organizations: Eastern ; Star. MJ’s. James Elberson; Decatur General Electric club. Mrs. Harry Miller; Catholic Ladies of Columbia. Miss Edith Ervin. Labor; Albert Colchin. The general committee will be announced in a few days by the chairman. The program of entertainment in connection with the ball, the price per ticket and general program will be worked out by the executive committete. The purpose of the ball for the (CONTINUED Oti PAGE EOUK) FARMERS STUDY MAJOR TOPICS Corn-hog Plan, Conservation Are Discussed At Annual Meeting Lafayette, Ind., Jan. 10. — (U.R) — Two major topics being stressed in the “new deal" for farmers occupied the attention of 4,000 Hoosjiers attending the Purdue agricul tural conference here today. The corn-hog plan of the agricultural adjustment administration and conservation, main points in I President Roosevelt's program to | put farming back on a profit-mak- : ing basis were discussed by Claud .R. Wickard, state senator, and ; Seth Gordon, president of the American Game Association. "The corn-hog program, if aci cepted and carried through by I farmers of Indiana and other parts iof the corn belt, will restore prosperity quicker than any other j single project,” Wickard said. He iis assistant chief of the oorn-hog I division of the AAA. Gordon urged that many of the I 40.000,000 acres of land that have I been plowed up in the last 15 years i be converted into forests. "Every state should have a long’Ti’jNt’iNUED ON PAGE FOUR) 1 «. ♦ FARM MESSAGE I Washington, Jan. 10. —(U.R) — ; j Major points of President | Roosevelt’s farm credit mess- | | age to congress: | 1. Asked government guar- j I antee of the principal as well | as interest on the $2,000,000,000 I i issue of farm credit bonds auth- | orized to aid mortgage refinanc- | ing. | 2. Said such action would put s these bonds on a par with regu- | ! lar federal issues and fulfill a i “moral responsibility of the | | government.” | 3. Urged formation of a cor- | | poration to take over issuance | | of the bonds in order to put | | agricultural-refinancing on "vir- | | tually a self-sustaining basis.” |

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PURCHASE MORE HOGS IF FUNDS ABE AVAILABLE Plan Purchase of 150,000 To 200,000 Hogs If Funds Are Obtained 75 MILLION IS SPENT TO DATE 'I (Copyright 1934 by United Press) Washington. Jan. 10—<U.R) —The federal surplus relief corporation expects to purchase between j I 150,000 and 200.000 more hogs if necessary funds are made available by congress, the United Press learned today. Jacob Baker, of the corporation, said in an exclusive interview 1 that the purchasing plans were based on anticipated relief needs ■ up to “the middle of the summer.’’. He said that in addition to the pork, the corporation contemplated purchasing and distributing ’ about 50,000.000 more pounds of beef and 20.000,000 pounds of 1 butter. Baker stressed that the corporation was “purely an emergency organization and is not building up a program leading up to the indefinite future.” I Thus far. the United Press learned, the corporation has spent ' about $75,000,000. Os this sum. i approximately $55,000,000 came ' from the agricultural adjustment administration and the balance . from the $500,000,000 emergency 1 relief fund, which is rapidly being depleted. To carry on its work, the corporation, Baker estimated, will require from congress an additional $50,000,000. , “We have been purchasing about one-fourth of the hogs on , the market.” said Baker, “and are now buying and processing , approximately 23,000 hogs a day.” The corporation has been obI tainlng flour by exchanging wheat ,wi h millers in various parts of the country. These purchases. Baker indicated, will be continued guided by prevailing prices. I Wheat purchases, Baker said, . have been used as “lever for lift- ' ing the wheat market." Hogs, he observed, have fallen seasonably, “but our purchases served as a ON PAGE SIX' 0 Family Night At Moose Thursday Moose Family night will be observed Thursday night at the Moose Home on North Second street. Round and square dancing will be a feature of the evening's entertainment and all members of the Moose lodge and their families are invited. I Q VANDER LUBBE PUT TU DEATH Moronic Dutchman, Convicted Os Burning Reichstag, Beheaded Leipzig, Germany, Jan. 10 —(U.R) —Marinus Van Der Lubbe, moronic Dutch stone mason convicted of burning the Reichstag building, was beheaded today at Leipzig prison. A plea by Queen Wilhelmina of Holland, sent through the Dutch minister, for commutation was unavailing and the 24-year-old Lubbe went to the block at 7:30 a. m. The silk hatted, frock coated executioner severed Lubbe’s head just after daybreak in the inner court of the Saxon state prison. The beheading, in Nazi eyes, was a concession. He was to have been hanged, a death considered less honorable. Lubbe went to the scaffold like a dumb animal a - d placed his head on the block. The executioner released the knife of the guillotine and Lubbe’s head was severed in the manner first prescribed in Saxony 130 years ago by Napoleon I. Had the execution occurred (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR)

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Evangelist i Rev. Franklin Moore, Bluffton, is conducting revival services at the Antioch M. B. C. church, west . of Decatur. The evangelist is a ; aon of Rev. Simoii Moure, pumui • of the church. He will be assisted , in the services by his wife and . soli. WARNS AGAINST UNFAIR BUYERS » ! Secretary Wallace Warns Against Evaders Os Processing Tax , A warning to farmers that local r hog buyers and small processors ; in several sections of the country, purchasing live hogs for commer- ’ cial slaughter, are reported to be 1 deducting the whole or a part of ’ the amount of the processing tax from the regular market price quot- ; ed to the seller, has been issued ■ by Secretary of Agriculture WaiI lace. ; Secretary Wallace lias stated ’ that country buyers and others - who, in settling for hogs with the : seller, make a deduction for the f processing tax on the bill of sale . are penalizing the seller and are 1 tending to frustrate the declared policy of the agricultural adjust- , ment administration. Farmers are - urged not to sell to any buyer who > makes or proposes to make any . such deduction. Names of hog puri chasers following the practice, together with lull particulars on individual cases, should be forward- ' ed to Dr. A. G. Black, chief of the corn-hog section, agricultural ad- ’ justment administration, Washington. D. C. The administration will . use all powers under existing law > to prevent fraudulent practices in [ connection with the collection of : processing taxes. i The administration points out I that city or country buyers who i deduct the tax from the price offered farmers and who then resell the live hogs to another person or processor, simply are taking advantage of the farmer in order to realize a larger profit on tne shipment than otherwise would be obI tained.. This is because buyers who do not slaughter hogs are not required to pay the processing tax. Slaughterers who deliberately deduct the tax from bids based on ’ the regular market quotations i I really escape buying any tax at all, I because the sum they pay the government is offset by the deduction , they make in the price they pay ' the seller. In contrast, the majority of persons who slaughter hogs pay the full quoted price for the live hog and in addition pay the government | the processing tax out of the proceeds from the hog products. o ■ Elks Will Serve Chop Suey Supper A chop suey supper will be served in the dining room of the Elks home tonight and members of the lodge are invited to attend. A small : amount will be charged for the I supper which will be served at 5i I o’clock. 11 O j ; Rabbit Season Closed Today 1 Today is the last day to hunt 1 rabbits in Indiana. All hunters, 1 caught shooting the furry animals [ after today will be subject to penal-1 1 ties.

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MATTER TO BE SUBMITTED TO ARBITRATION Arbitration Agreement Is Announced Bv Mayor Edward Kelly COMMITTEE WILL STUDY CONFLICT Chicago, Jan. 10— <U.R> — The Chicago milk-strike was qnded todav with an agreement of all parlies to submit the matter to arbitration. Meanwhile the federal government prenared to take control of the situation bv licensing ah milk distributors in the citv. The arbitration agreement was announced by Mayor Edward J. Kelly after a conference of all parties to the dispute shortly after the United Press learned that federal authorities were going to invoke the licensing pro visions of tl»e agricultural adjustment act no matter what the warri >g milk factions decided to do. The arbitration agreement was j signed by representatives of all : Chicago milk distributors including independent dealers and by representatives of all milk producers, including independents. They agreed to allow a committee of three to study the conflict and set a new milk price. One will represent producers, one distributors and a third chosen by the two. No fixed price for milk was set for the interim but it was expected that prices iu effect before the strike would continue until the arbitrators concluded their , work. 1 An Immediate truce of all strike ' activity and immediate resumption of milk deliveries was provided. The decision to end the strike came after the most thorough disturbance of farm products marketing of a series which has affected tlie midwest in the past two years. The agreement to resume normal milk deliveries must be ratified by directors of the Chicago Pure Milk association but this was reiCOyTTVT’Rn GN PMIE TWO> Chris Musselman Escapes Injury

Enroute to Berne from Hoytville, Ohio, C. H. Musselman of Berne escaped injury in an automobile accident near Monroe, on U. S. road 27. Tuesday night. The automobile which he was driving skidded on the curve near Monroe and went into the ditch. Mr. Musselman walked to a farmhouse nearby to telephone to a garage and while he was gone a thief stole a grip Containing valuable papers, Mr. Musselman's hat, the key out of the car and a robe. o INDIANA SOLON CHARGES GRAFT Rep. Griswold Asks Thorough Probe Os “Guardianship Racket” Washington, Jan. 10 —(UP) — A congressional investigation of an alleged “guardianship racket" the victims of which are mentally afficted war veterans, was urged today by Rep. Griswold. Indiana. Griswold introduced a resolution calling for appointment of an investigating committee of five. “We are sitting idly by while mentally afflicted veterans in looked wards of veterans administration hospitals are (he victims of a shakedown by their guardians and are being systematically robbed of money Uncle Sam gives them because of their injuries. Griswold said. He charged that veterans administration lawyers hired to check reports of guardians “are inefficient and incompetent.” Griswold asserted that “one institution that acted as guardian for neary 100 veterans In one hospital had their w-ards sent a Christmas present and charged the wards for ft.” In another case he said a patient “so insane that he could not appear "(CONTINUED ON PAGE FOtJP)