Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 32, Number 10, Decatur, Adams County, 11 January 1934 — Page 1

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I MEN WILL ■ WEN WORK lIIHE PROJECT »i of Workers Is Adnai to Those WorkIn State CWA ■fs elberson K'\|)\j|\lSTß \TOR \\ \ Iministrator ha> approved use of :c - employes on the Ipment ot subsistence itead projects in IndiVisconsin and West VirA Will lie eniploydesigning, deIng and construction ot Indiana project at Decatur employ approximately 583; a Wisconsin 962 Corporation 219 Is will he used at Elkina, W.' i Named Administrator , I « Elberson, president of the er of Commerce and a mein-! the board of directors of , r Homesteads, Inc, the lo- , npany that will operate the ' ■ enee homestead division, has j j lamed federal administrator I, CWA. i Elberson's appointment was ; i by E. H. W eiking of Wash- ‘ D. (’.. representative be-, the CWA and the Home- ' ’ division of the Department ■ lu-ad officer ■ ■ project, num addition tvl -a.ployed on the ■ projects. Elber-Oii | that he at a nteetms y-sterday with KtPa- cWAadminis- ■ 1 and ::.tor:t:-h hint that the .J Os "a;-- aid here was ■ r-ai hu.i ■ unskilled and , C.c -.-ini skilled )f ■ * local offi .a- Decatur I . , have no idea . will start on the pro■t'i Mr Klo.stated that . *■ for- would not he ($ advice was from Wa. ington. will be eni] . yed on a 30we k - and payment , made ' .nah the local P- ■ office, alti; ;l i| employpayrolls will go through \ OX PAGE F'VE* n ■ L Bs Os Four In ■ Lutheran Church of four adults will he reinto '(iniinutih ant memberthe Zion Lutheran c'.lurch the rite onfirmation at ■'iM Sunday morning. The -j-.e. e:-.. ; it struction since ■ a ‘' frv ’ m Rev | .on w Schultz, confer the ■ an ] deliver address. ■j 11 *''* of th,. ,| ass , irp O] .| ey a I' et '- ■ Reidenhach. Be W 11 ” ffma ' -"'l Mrs Neva MKuhn. Others to he received ■®«nbership with t he church ■*' tpa '>Mers are Mrs. Emil B, M ' ? an:l Mrs Oscar Leh--0 Bprni|lg W alters. Bright Peterson ■ “ ill Head Company B’-iglit Peterson, formerly of Kas T 111 Mls - 01ive Peter ' Bseiuri efte ‘ l presMe nt <>f the BoPs les Cor P°ration of IndBtfnder U( ', Wll '" g Dick Miller, B 0(., ed hls resignation as tte company. idetibn'? f " r 15 yeara has Bet a d f Wi,h ,he securities | hae ’ f “ r ,tle las t three B"»o.r naKpr ° f Bue'a, ?a ai S ' Mr ’ Miller win B ' a ''■rector of the com-1 Brs et o?°\ WaS 011e of the or Hi s e City Securities Bof ? any dealß >n the and C h<>ol anrt municipal 111^1 ' ° f CUBto ‘j

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BEETCROWERS GIVEN PAYMENT January Payment to Beet Growers Totals More Than $40,000 The January payment to* beet growers has already been made by the Central Sugar Company of" this city, checks being mailed from the !<>■ al office yesterday. The payment was for all beets delivered from December 1 to time of closing the local factor)*. More than lO.dfhi tons of beets were delivered (hiring the last month of operation of the mil) and the payment represented more than 140,000 to the growers. All beets delivered to the mill during the 1833 campaign have been paid for on the four dollar a ton advance payment. The next payment due growers will le made March 1. officials of the company stated. The growers, although assured of a four dollar per ton advance payment on beets, participate on a 50T>o basis on the entire sale of sugar, molasses and pulp processed by the local factory from the beets Based on present conditions they will‘receive more than the four dollar advance payment. Plans for the 1934 campaign will be announced later, company officiate stated. The sale of thd local property on order of Federal court will be h#ld in February and following disposition of legal matters, the company will make an announcement in regards to the 1834 contract. K. Os C. Lodge To Sponsor Free Dance The Knights of Columbus U>dge will sponsor a free dame at the K. of C. Hall on Wednesday night, January 17, it has been announced. Members of the lodge, their families and sweethearts are invited, and round and square dancing will be enjoyed. o SOLONS UPHOLD F.D.R. POLICY Administration Scores Victories In Both Senate And House Washington, Jan. 11 —(UP) —The administration scored two rapid fire victories in congress today. The senate by 44 to 30 knocked out of the liquor tax bill the Clark amendment imposing high levies on liquor on nations in. default on war debt payments. After reconsidering yesterday's action and killing the amendment, the senate again passed the tax measure and sent it to conference for adjustmnt of minor differences with the house. In a test vote in the house on President Roosevelt's economy policies, the membership sustained the president by 261 to 112. The vote came on a drastic rule which would ban any attempt to restore any of the 15 per cent government pay cut except the five per cent which the president has promised to restore on July 1. Republican leader Snell made a point of order against the rule. Edsel Ford, president of the Ford Motor Company, testified before the senate banking committee today that the company frequently made “special and temporary deposits in banks of the Guardian, Detroit group about the time annual statements were due. Under questioning by Ferdinand Pecora, Committee council, Ford said he “did not suppose" that was "an ethical method of enhancing the appearance of a bank's condi*(CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) Two Lake Cottages Destroyed By Fire Warsaw, Ind., Jan. 11. — (U.R) — ! Cottages owned by Benjamin Phillipson on Winona lake and James Durham on Center lake were destroyed by fire last night. Authori ities said they were planning an , investigation to determine whethler there was evidence of arson. 1

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Milk Strike Ends w ~ " Sr ■ -£»i *,"***WlWii j*y js*. -«! A»w- - - »v .MWMlßß»lMMiil|inWi*lWFl*WnW'' --■ - The scene in the office of Mayor Kelly in Chicago. Wednesday, when, after a three-hour co.iference, a truce to end Chicago's milk strike was agreed upon Seated (left to right): Donald M. Geyer, who resigned Tuesdav night as secretary of the Pure Milk Association; Mayor Kelly and F. D. Walmsley of the Milk Council. Inc. S anding at tim right is H. A. Pfister, preside i of the Pure Milk Association.

FARMERS ARE GIVEN HONORS Indiana Farmers Awarded Distinguished Agriculture Certificates Lafayette. Ind.. Jan. 11. — (U.R) ; Tlfree Indiana farmers, all former, Purdue students, were honored today for outstanding work in agricultural extension projects spoil sored by the university. L. B. Florea. Milton; John A. Randall. Pittsboro, and H F. (’aid well, Connersville, were awarded distinguished agriculture certificates. Only 11 men have been able to meet requirements for the award in the seven years it has been given by the university. Presentation of the certificates was made at the luncheon meeting of the Purdue Agricultural Alumni Association at which Dr. Glenn Frank, president of the University of Wisconsin, was the principal speaker. Dr. Frank spoke on “Recovery and Reconstruction of American Enterprise.” The luncheon was the feature event on the week's program of the annual agricultural conference be- j Ing held this week at the univer-i sity. Ralph Kolkmeier. Waldron, (Shelby county), was crowned Indiana corn king at the close of the an- * "continued*to page five RECENT GRANT AIDS BUILDING PWA Grant of $98,000 Is Made To Indiana State Teachers College Terre Haute, Ind., Jan. 11—(UP) The recent federal Public Works Administration grant of $98,000 for erection of a new training school building at 'lndiana State Teachers ! College climaxed the efforts of 10-! cal civic leader and educators fori more than a decade. ■ The federal grant and $281.000 1 the college has on hand will be used j i to construct one of the most modem trianing schools in the country . and will elevate the local college to j ! a high rating among teachers train-' ing institutions in the United States. Bids for construction will be advertised soon and it is expected the I contract will be let in February to facilitate early employment relief according to Cyril C. Connelly, conI troller of the college. The new training school will be I CONTINUED TO PAGE FIVE

Decatur, Indiana. Thursday, January 11, 1934.

Col. Pettit Speaks To Decatur Lions Col. Guy Pettit of Bloomfield. lowa, oue of the Reppert auction | school instructors, spoke to the Lions chib at their regular meeting > Tuesday eveqing at the Rii e hotel. Dr. Burt Mangold, president of the . lub. presided. W. F. Beery had i charge of the program. I Clifford Saylors was honored for I bringing ten new members into the club. For this work. Mr. Sqylors will be made a master key Lion. —— o THREE FIREMEN KILLED TODAY Aurora, 111., Firemen Are Killed When Blazing Wall Collapses Aurora, 111., Jan. 11 — (U.R) A blazing, three story front wall ot downtown building collapsed upon firemen today, killing three outright and injuring three others seriously. i The accident occurred as 15 fire ■ companies froth Aurora. Elgin and i Naperville battled a $250,000 blaze The dead were: Edward Rees, captain of Aurora No. 4 fire company. John Peterson, captain of Aurora No. 5 fire company. Charles Hoffman, captai nos Aurora No. 1 fire company. I Another fireman, a policeman 1 and a spectator were removed to St. Charles hospital with serious . injuries. The fire was confined to one three-story building. This edifice. . however, occupied by the W. W. , Woolworth five and 10 cent store, , was destroyed. The fire raged 1 through the brick and wood structure from midnight until 2:40 a. tn. | The wall collapsed shortly after 2 ‘ a. m. It fell into Broadway, a main thoroughfare. The three firemen killed were buried under tons of bricks and embers. Those injured were struck by falling debris. O— — I | Rules Tax Board Has Final Jurisdiction I i— Huntington. Ind., Jan. 11—(U.R) 1 —The state tax board has final jurisdiction in disputes over tax 1 levies regardless of the 1933 amendment to the $1.50 tax law. Special Judge Wilson D. Lett of Marion, ruled late yesterday. His ruling was made in the city tax rate suit of W. D. Hamer against Auditor Ned Brown and 1 others, invoking the emergency clause of the statute. "The legislature has given the 1 taxpayers the right to appeal to ' the state tax board in the $1.50, law,” Judge Lett held.

DISTRICT MEET OF ODD FELLOWS Tenth District of 1.0.0. F. Will Hold Meeting Here Saturday The Tenth district Odd Fellows I association of Indiana, comprising all lodges in Adams. Wells. Jay and Blackford counties, will meet in Decatur Saturday, January 13. The association holds four meetings annually, and the local meeting is the regular winter session. The meeting will be held at the I. O. O. F. hall, corner of Second and Monroe streets, and will start at 7:30 p. m. Officers of the association will conduct the meeting. D. F. Grile of Geneva is president and Fred Major of Decatur is secretarytreasurer. The second degree will be conferred by lodge number 721 ot Petroleum. George P. Bornwasser, Indianapolis, grand secretary, will deliver the principal address. Other ! grand lodge officers are expected to attend. I in addition to member lodges of i the -association, invitations have been sent to a number of ledges in adjacent districts and to all lodges in Van Wert county, Ohio. All sojourning members of the or- ' der, lesiding in the vicinity of Decatur, are asked to attend. CHICAGO MILK DROUGHT ENDS Milk Flows Into Chicago Bv Truck And Train After Five Days Chicago, Jan. 11. — (U.R) — Milk flowed into Chicago today by truck and railway car, ending a five-day drought, but dairymen’s protests which led to a strike remained unsettled. The strike was ended yesterday through a truce arranged by Mayor Edward J. Kelly between officials of the Pure Milk Association, Dairymen's Cooperative, and ( hicago Dairy Companies. The truce left the settling of how much the dairymen will be paid for their milk up to a board of three arbitrators. One representative of the distributors and one for the farmers have been appointed and they will chose the third board member. Although it appeared likely that the producers will come out of the negotiations with a reduced price, they succeeded in gaining new' "-(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

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NAVAL PLANES ARE REPORTED NEAR HONOLULU Six Seaplanes On Longest Overwater Mass Flight In History LEFT CALIFORNIA WEDNESDAY P. M. San Francisco. Jan. 11- II).R) -V squadron of six United Slates navy seaplanes, led by Lt. Comm. K efler McGinnis, today neared Honolulu after a steady flight through the night from San Francisco bay, where the longest overwater mass flight in aviation his-, tory was started at 2:25 p. m. Wednesday. At 8 a. m. Pacific time, Lt. Comm. McGinnis reported to naval headquarters here that the six planes were 1.494 s»*<i miles out of San Fra ’Cisco. Only 775 miles then separated McGinnis and his 29 officers and men from their goal at Pearl Harbor, T. H. The flagship Wright. upon which Admiral W. R. Johnson, commander of the air base force, mantained a vigil, was passed within a short time after McGinnis made his routine report. The 30 naval fliers passed a relatively uneventful night in the I air and when day broke found themselves soaring beneath blue skies and over tranquil seas. Some wind and fog patches had been encountered during the night. The squadron, with Lt. Commander McGinnis and three of his planes in formation, were making about 103 miles per hour at last report and should reach Pearl Harbor by 2:30 p. m. (PST). The 10P4 and 10P5 were flying about 40 miles ahead of the main group. The reason was not given (CONTINT'YTD ON PAGE TWO) BANK ROBBER SHOT TO DEATH Suspected Oklahoma Bank Bandit Is Killed In Gun Battle Wellington, Kan.. Jan. 11 —<U.R) —Red Carsob, suspected Oklahoma bank robber, was shot to death here on the streets today in a pistol battle with three officers. Sheriff Jess Harrison was shot in the arm during the furious exchange of shots in front of the Atlas hotel where the suspect i spent the night. After an exchange of 25 or 30 shots a bullet fired by H. C. Haines, acting police chief, inflicted a mortal wound in Carson's body. Carson, wanted for questioning in the robbery of the bank at Willow Springs, Okla., last Thursday, and sought as a fugitive who escaped from the Pawhuska, Okla., jail several weeks ago, was seen here last night. Officers noticed that he was staying at the Atlas hotel. Early today Sheriff Harrison, Acting sheriff Geary Holt went to the Police Chief Haines, and Underhotel and waited in front. “Up with your hands,” commanded Sheriff Harrison. Carson paused a moment, then reached for his .45 caliber pistol. The three officers and the suspect stood in the open, face to face, exchanging shots. Then they took cover behind automobiles and started sniping at each (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) 0 Dr. J. M. Miller Reported Better Dr. J. M. Miller, well known Decatur physician, who was injured in an automobile accident Tuesday night is reported to be getting along satisfactorily. Dr. Miller is a patient at the Adams County Memorial Hospital where he was taken following the accident on state road 527, south ot the Decatur Country 1 Club.

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Adams County War Veteran Is Dead Funeral services for Arthur Joseph Kenney, 39, of Adams County, north of New Corydon, who died Wednesday morning at 7:30 o'clock at the Jay County Hospital in Port-i land .will be held Saturday morning at 9 o'clock at the St. Mary’s Catho lie church north of New Corydon. Burial will be made in the church cemetery. Father Linz, pastor, will ; officiate, assisted by Rev. EJffvard Faonl of Portland; Father Sthwietertnan of Carthegenia, Ohio, and Father Vincent Minch of Zarsela, Ohio. Mr. Kenney died from cancer of t ie liver. He had been ill tor the last three weeks and was removed to the hospital about three weeks ago. He had engaged in farming and was never married. Surviving are the parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Kenney, a sister. . Mary, at home. The deceased was a veteran of the World war. BANKS REPORT DEPOSITS ARE MAKING GAINS Nation-wide Survey Reveals Large Increase Throughout Country RANGING UPWARD TO 50 PER CENT (Copyright 1934 by UP.) Bank deposits have shown in- j creases ranging upward to 50 per i cent since government deposit insurance went into effect Jan. 1. a United Press nation-wide survey showed today. Reports from all sections ot the country told of hoarders taking their savings from insecure hidingplaces to receiving tellers. Some sections reported withdrawals from postal savings and commercial banks. Many bankers reported the gains as due primarily to government guarantee of deposits up to $2,500. Universal confidence was reflected in the answers. Only in New York City was there little tangible evidence of the benefits of deposit insurance. Bankers explained that New York institutions had not suffered as had many others by loss of public confidence. Bankers pointed out that deposits ordinarily increase at this time of the year. While some of the deposits may represent this seasonal trend bankers believed them more than seasonal. The First National Bank of Chicago reported "people taking money out of safety boxes and depositing it." It noted an increase of $7,000,000 in deposits since the first of the year, a slight amount above normal. The Northern Trust Company of Chicago also reported removal of money from hiding. Its savings manager reported a gain of 100 per cent increase in cash deposits for the first nine days of the year over a corresponding per iod at the close 5t 1933. “Deposits in lowa banks are increasing steadily this month, an unusual thing when deposits generally fall during January," D. W. Bates, superintendent of banking in lowa, reported. Milwaukee deposits increased (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO, o Junior Class To Present Comedy The junior class of the Decatur I Catholic high school has chosen ; “Aunt Billie From Texas" for a class play to be presented at the school auditorium Sunday night. ; January 21. The .play has a clever plot and [ the ludicrous situations arise from > what was originally intended to be I harmless fun. Aunt Billie from , Texas is to visit her niece at col-; lege and at the last minute she wires to say she cannot come. In order to get to a theater chaperoned, the girls persuade Ruth Owens, a friend, to impersonate Aunt Billie. When the real Aunt Billie | arrives on the scene, there are I complications. A fine cast has been chosen to j present the clever play and rehearsals will be held during the next 1 few weeks.

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WOMAN DOCTOR ON TRIAL FOR MURDER CHARGE Between 6,000 And 8,000 Fight For Admission To Court Room EARL WYNEKOOP IS NOT PRESENT Criminal Courts Building. Chicago, .lan. 11 — —The trial of Dr. Alice Lindsav Wvnekoop for the strange opending table murder ol her daughter-in-law, Rheta. started todav amid scenes ol wild confusion as shrieking women fought for admission to the courtroom. The crowd was estimated at between 6.000 and 8,000. While Dr. Wynekoop, ashen faced, and heavily veiled, huddled in her chair as if to withdraw ' from the court’s proceedings, a jury of 12 men slowly was chosen and varetuly qualified to inflict , the death penalty if the evidence justifies. Mysteriously missing from the ' scene was Earle Wynekoop, philandering husband of the beautiful slain girl. Favorite son of Dr. Wynekoop, once an eminent physician, Earle did not appear although he had sworn he would find evidence himself to prove his mother innocent of the crime. Beside the aged woman, however. sat two of her children. Walker and Dr. Catherine Wynekoop. They expressed concern over the marked weakness of their mother who was brought to the court in a wheel chair and carried into the room by deputies. “We don’t know where Earle is," his sister declared sharply. Defense Counsel Frank Tyrrell and W. W. Smith offered no explanation as to his absence. Before the trial got well under way, fiery Judge Joseph B. David ordered out police reserves to : clear the courts building corridors of several thousand curiousity seekers. Screams and shouts of ■ the crowd penetrated the courtroom as the throng, mostly women, ba tied with police and deputies to win admission. The court then ruled that the public be ex(rDNTTNT’V'D nv T>»GF etvrd Q . Farm Bureau Votes 6 Per Cent Dividend The directors of the Adams County Farm Bureau met at Berne today and declared a divident of six per cent on stock and 12% per cent on patronage. J. D. Winteregg, county manager had charge of the meeting and at the noon hour a dinner was served to the fifteen directors at the Peoples Restaurant. PLANT TREES ON IDLE FARM LAND Conservation Department To Plant Trees On Sub Marginal Land Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 11 —(UP) —Several thousand acres of Indiana farm land which will become idle I by the government’s crop reduction program are to be planted in trees by the state conservation department. under the government plan will Limitation of acreage for crops leave large sections of land unproductive, and it is the plan of the ; conservation department to plant trees and classify them as forest lands. Under that classtfication. land taxes will be reduced materially, and also will provide future timber supply and aid in soil ero--1 sion work. Land owners having tracts of ; three or more acres on which trees are planted, will be assessed at the . rate of only $1 per acre. Taxes would he reduced to less than five cents per acre. Grazing will be prohibited and fire precautions must be taken, the forestry division de- ' dares. Trees may be obtained from state nurseries through the Division of Forestry at the cost of production, jAt present, nurseries have large supplies of American Red Pine, Norway Spruce, Evergreen, Osage Orange, Locust and Black Walnut,