Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 32, Number 14, Decatur, Adams County, 16 January 1934 — Page 1

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lINGEB ANS MS HUNTED Jeter slaying Kenuui Murdered Koldun of East J| Chicago Bank WIEVE ONE OF ■ \\(. IS WOUNDED EL ('liic:iu<>. li”l- Jan. H» i\vo small troops of ■uri' rs ttxlav worked in ■lut,•< |O pick m> the trail K UI Dillinger. killer and convict, and two who shot a oo|o d<ath here while from a hank holdb " rsl Huoueh n i'!' East Chicago police of a ■ Ed-st National bank J. „.t Policeman Wil K O'Malley blocked their I was ent down with a other p.-licemen who had to a burglar alarm set the bank were forced their fire as the bandits ■ from lire bank, holding Spenc--r bank official. believed to be John ,i, upna'ently was woundpoured a heavy fire at iiutoniobile after was released. Bullet vests were bemade the fusillade ~K lews ’he bandits' raid , a spe. ..d picked detail of ' icemen was mobi- •••>. Dillinger. This. < f marksmen purChicago i weeks ago. Captain Matt Leach ' Ind:..- .'ate police ordervarious stations in the hunt for the trio, i ON "AGE FOITP* ■ - o IGLE FUNERAL : ■ITESTHURSDAY I 9 Kr»l Services Will Be Kid Thursday For ■Accident Victim services for Mrs. Wil-' o f Decatur, third <>f an automobile accident I took place shortly after i at Fiat. 13 miles ■ Bluffton, who died at the ■ Countv Hospital Monday' at 3:15 o'clock, will be wil' be held at 1:30 at the Engle home, south- • Decatur, and at 2 o'clock ■fi First f'lnistian church, of BH>he wa . a member. Rev. .1. na-for. wil! officiate will be made in the 1 cemetery. E-tigle died Monday of in-1 in an automobile JgW which occurred at the of state roads 1 and IS Dani Seesengutli. 49. of count-, brother-in-law of j r '“ iP - djpd s un d a y evening Wells county hospital and Kyle. 69. of Miamisburg, shortly after he was to the hospital. of Mrs. Paul and Mrs. Kyle, wives W fatally injured men, Mrs.' of Bluffton and Roy i chauffeur for the Kyles, i e f' ortp d to be about the • • Mr. Engle received HI bruises. ■ •''ary Elizabeth Engle was’ township. Adams nA * T ATX) K Hoko Named | Indiana Director Klum?' 1 ' Jan ' 16 ~ < U - R > — ■ Rel ' executive director ■ a tonal Emergency Coun-1 .■ Fred Hoke as ‘ ' rPC '° r '° snoorvise NRA ■ a,!''. an<i eonr( iinate recoves ’ Hoke is from In 'i wa ’ recommended for the Kj fI J, 5 Sen Frederick Van ■ct/ "[ ,he White House had KenkV senator ’ 8 original <>n ' Richard Werneke.

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I Albert 11. Stump For Earl Peters Indianapolis. Jan. 16. — (U.R) Election of R. Earl Peters, Fort Wayne, as United States senator from Indiana would please Presi [ dent Roosevelt, in the opinion of Albert H. Stump. Indianapolis attorney and twice Democratic nomime for the position. "It would be a source of gratification to those interested in the general purpose of the program of Hie President to realize that here | iis a party organization through I which it is possible for that program to be advanced." Stump said ,in a statement endorsing Peters' candidacy. Stump described Peters, former state Democratic chairman, as hav-' ing confidence of the national lead ership to an extent few have ever attained and lield without occupying official position. FIVE CONVICTS i ARE LIBERATED Two Men Free Convicts At Texas Prison; Two Guards Wounded Crockett, Texas, Jan. 16 (U.R> i Two men manning machine guns, one of them believed to be Clyde ; Barrow. notorious southwest gun-1 man. liberated five convicts from’ the Eastham prison farm near here today and wounded two guards. . An ally of Barrow, Raymond | Hamilton, former Dallas desperado • under sentences totaling 263 years, ’ was one of the five who escaped. Others were J. B French, of Hunt county; W. H. Bybee, of Stevens I county; Henry Methvin of Refugio, county, and Joe Palmer of Lime i i stone county. The delivery was made as the men left camp alsmt 7 a. in. to i chop wood. Two men in a small black sedan began tiring with machine guns as : the line of convicts reached the open, dropping the two guards, then, as if prearranged. Hamilton : and his four companions broke : ranks and tied to the car. The machine roared away with a hail of bullets pouring from the guns of the two deliverers and weapons issued the five men who joined them. Major Crawson. a guard, was j , taken to tile prison hospital in , Huntsville in critical condition. . Olen Bozeman, Groesbeck, the oth- j er guard, was taken there with less | i PAGE SIX* o Fall Into Cistern Brings Damage Suit Evansville. Ind., Jan. 16. —(U.R) — A fall into a cistern was the basis today of a SIIO,OOO damage suit filed against the Peoples Savings Bank here by Dr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Stanley of Bicknell. Mrs. Stanley fell into the cistern while site and her husband were inspecting a house owned by ! the bank. Dr. Stanley is asking 435.000 for loss at his wife's services and she is asking for $75,000. Mrs. ' Stanley was rescued by firemen. REPUBLICANS TO URGEBONUS Republican Senators Seek Restoration Os V ets’ Benefits Washington, Jan. 16 —(UP) —Senate Republicans in formal conference today voted unanimously to wage a determined fight for restoration of veterans’ benefits at the, present session of congress. Twenty of the 35 Republican Senators attended the conference. 'lt was decided also to attempt restoration of Government pay cuts and to force, if possible, public hearings on the administration's gold reserve act proposed by Presi- [ dent Roosevelt yesterday. Senator Reed, Repn.. Pa., immediately introduced the proposed veterans' legislation as an amendment to the independent offices bill. Advised of the conference decision to seek hearings on the proposed monetary legislation, chairman Fletcher of the banking and Currency committee, said: “They can have all the hearings (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

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LITTLE DOUBT ABOUT SUPPORT OF MONEY BILL Congress Appears Certain To Make Money Policy into Law SOME OBJECTIONS BY OPPOSITION | Washington. Jan. 16 — (UP) —| , Congress appeared today certain to write President Roosevelt's money policies into the law of the land, i The gold reserve act, title of a ; bill carrying out the President's : lecommeudatlons for taking into the treasury all monetary gold and (revaluing the gold content of the dollar at a point between 50 and' . 60 cents, aroused constitutional dispute. but sentiment appeared over- ( whelming in support of the ntea- ; sure. Senate republicans were called 'together to discuss opposition stra- , te.gy. Their leaders, however, lhad , little hope of fiefeating the president's program. The most they be-i ; lieved they could do would be to ( force public hearing on the bill. They forsaw a senate division approximately the 64 to 21 vote last i April on the Thomas amendment by wiych the president was given authority to revalue the dollar down , to 5d per cent. Constitutional objections were iaised promptly, and answered | i equally promptly after the Presi- ' dent's newest monetary proposals > reached capitol hill. Rep. Robert Luce, Rep., Mass., I stated the rase of the objectors, i The intended seizure, he said 1 , i whereby the treasury would take from gold owners. “Two-fifths, pos- ■ sibly one half of their property.! would violate the bill of rights. The government, he pointed out ' is paying more than $34 an ounce for gold abroad, but proposes to pay "citizens of the United 1 states $20.67 an ouni*." He predicted the su(CONTINCEn ON PAGE FIVE* GIVE PPOGR AM FOB INSTITUTE — Union Twp. Farmers Institute Wednesday And Thursday I Dallas Spuller. chairman, today | announced the program for the annual Union township farmers institute which will be held at Luckey's school house, Wednesday evening and Thursday afternoon and evening. The program for the three sessions follows: Wednesday Evening—7:ls Song. Address -“Cooperation in the Bus- j iness of the Home" —Mrs. V. L. Huey. Monticello, Indiana. Oratorical Contest — Two pupils ( , from each school. Address—“ The Future Farmer of Indiana"—Ralph Harvey. Newcastle, Indiana. Questions on the Corn-Hog pro , gram—L E. Archhold, county agent. Thursday Afternoon —1:00 Song—Primary class. Devotional —Rev. Frank Engle. Address— “Yesterday and Today in Homemaking" — Mrs. V. L Huey. Violin Solo—Walter Hoile. Address—“ The Pencil in Farming" — Ralph Harvey. Duet—Lewis and Gerald Brown. Secretary's report. Report of premium judges. Thursday Evening —7:00 Music—Union Twp.. Orchestras ’TcONTINL'EYD ON PAGE SIX) - State Manufacturers May Finance Exhibit Indianapolis, Jan. 16. — (U.R) Indiana manufacturers may finance .' the state exhibit in the 1934 extern < j sion of a Century of Progress at i Chicago. 1 The state has no funds to particfpate in the 1934 fair, Gov. Paul i V. McNutt told C. Ross Bartley, t publicity director for the exposl-1: tion, late yesterday. | ‘ Bartley's plan Tor manufacturers' 1 sponsorship of the exhibit was ap- < proved by the governor with the provision that proposed exhibits be < passed upon by the state adminis- i • tration. 1

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, January 16, 1934.

Rheta’s Parents in Court ■ ’• ! | 1 \« j * fir al., .J f -V’ Mr. and Mrs. Burdine H. Gardner of Indianapolis. Ind . father and stepmother of the slain Rheta Gardner Wynekoop. in court in Chicago MoJday as they awaited the call to testify tor the prosecution in the trial of Dr Alice Lindsay Wynekoop. Shown with them is Martin Ward (left), assistant state's attorney.

aI It (irn nt air n aiun ir NEW PRESIDENT NAMED IN CUBA Men Behind New President Prepare For Possible Civil War Havana. Jan. 16. — (U.R) —Provis- , ional President Carlos Hevia. 37 year-old Annapolis graduate. ' sought to organize a government today while the political powers who pushed him into Cuba's highest office prepared for possible civil war. Col. Fulgencio Batista, swarthy army chief of staff, and Antonio Guiteras. the strongest man in the cabinet of President Ramon Grau San Martin whom they forced out , of office, were in open and dangerous opposition to each other, with ] Hevia the foil. Guiteras was firmly behind Hevia as likely to carry out the radical program which Grau sponsored but could not affect. He was openly i against Batista and trying to alienate the army from the former ser-1 geant so as safely to drive him out. Batista, who since he led the revolt of army and navy enlisted men that put Grau in office has kept his j men solidly behind him, was supporting Hevia for the moment though his candidate to succeed, Grau was Col. Carlos Mendieta, nationalist leader and considered the most popular old line politician . in the country. A portentous sign of the situation was shown this morning when army men guarded the presidential palace and the army bar tacks at Camp Columbia while the (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO, ORGANIZE CLUB HERE THURSDAY Adams County Democratic Woman’s Club To Meet Thursday The Adame county Democrat woman's dub will meet in the city hall at 7:30 o'clock Thursday evening. At this time, organization of the club will -be completed and plans made for the monthly meet- i ings. The purpose of the club' is to interest and instruct women in government, by taking up the study of local, -state and national government, and to promote the welfare I and work of the Democrat party. ' Cards of invitation havg been sent to all precinct committeewomen, with requests to notify the women of their precincts. All women of the county, interested in the purpose of the dub. are cordially invit-i ed to attend the meeting. Mrs. John W. Tyndall, chairman , of the program committee, has arranged an interestnig program for the opening meeting.

Decatur Men Bag Coon Last Night C. D. Teeple. Cal E. Peterson and Sim Burk of this city went coon hunting last night and returned about 11 o'clock with a fine 15 pound animal. They were accompanied by Chris Kneipstein, who lives west of St Johns. Mr. Kneipstein keeps the coon dogs owned by ■ I the Decatur men and the hunt was | an enjoyable affair, ending just one hour ahead of the deadline when j the hunting law terminated. The pelt of the toon was being shown by Mr. Teeple today. PRISON GUARD IS QUESTIONED State Prison Guard Questioned After Near Escape Os Two Men Michigan City. Ind., Jan. 16.— ! (Up-—Albert Such, East Chicago/ a guard at the state prison, was questioned by’ officials today after . two convicts nearly escaped by climbing the wall near his watch tower. The attempted escape was wit-i nessed by Warden Louis E. Kunkel, Deputy Warden L. E. Schmuhl and Chief Clerk Howard C. Crosby. They were conferring in the warden's office when two unidenti-; fied convicts laid two 10 foot planks, which had been spliced together, against a wall near the, administration building. As one of the convicts began to ascend the wall. Schumel telephoned Such in the watch tower and asked him to investigate. Ringing of the hell frightened the convict and he scampered back down as Such appeared on : top of the wall. The two convicts removed the planks and carried them away. Then they lost themselves in a group of prisoners working nearby. It was believed the convicts were identified later hut prison officials refluaed to reveal their names. Warden Kunkel safti he blamed Such for not stopping the convicts at the point of a gun. It is believed that the twol prisoners Intended to scale the wall, slug Such, seize his guns and keys and make their way to freedom down a winding stair in the tower which connects with a door opening on the outside of the wall. —o K. Os C. Dance Wednesday Night All members of the Knights of ; Columbus, and their families are invited to the free dance to be held at the K. of C. Iliall Wednesday evening. Refreshments will be served and the committee in charge assures a pleasant evening for all those who attend.

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STATE BEGINS TESTIMONY IN WYNEKOOPCASE Close Friend Os Woman Doctor Gives Testimony This Morning POLICE TESTIFY THIS AFTERNOON Criminal Court Building. Chi- . cage. Jan. 16—(UP)—Over dogged I objections to Dr. Alice Lindsey ! Wynekoop's attorneys, the state I today pieced together its version I of the death of Rheta Wynekoop. ’ which, it charges, was cold hlood- , cd murder at the hands of the I elderly woman physician. Enid Hennessey, closest friend | of Dr. Wynekoop and witness of the events of the murder night, told of the meal eaten by her and : i Dr. Wynekoop a few hours before ‘ police first viewed Rheta's body i on a basement operating table. Mrs. Veronica Dunean, next , door neighbor, told how she was ; the last person outside the Wynekoop household to see Rheta alive. Both witnesses left unanswered , the puzzling questions which have I 'tormented investigators since the I case first burst onto the front page. Although present in the household in the hours preceding dis-. covery of Rheta's body. Mss Hennessey offered no explanation ot the murder. She hinted at a bej lief similar to that of the defense theory that Rheta was shot by a prowler but did not develop the theory. Although a vigorous attack was made on Mrs. Duncan's testimony on grounds it differed from that ’ offered at the inquest, her story , contained no vital information. ■ It was expected that the first ' of a series of police witnesses , would testify at the afternoon session. I oWeather Conditions Prevent PWA Work O. D. Baker, district state highway superintendent, has been notified that no work should be done | under the PWA on U. S. road 27 i north of Decatur and state road 118 ’ I near Berne, until weather condi-1 tione permit satisfactory work be- ' ing accomplished. No work will be 'done on the local projects until I such proper conditions exist. o Decatur Junior Band Names Officers Members of the Decatur junior band elected officers at a meeting of the organization Mon'day night. Officers chosen were Richard Brodbeck. president; Robert E. Johnson, vice-president; M. F. Worthman. treasurer. Helen l Becker, secretary. Seek $7,500,000 For Unemployment Relief Indianapolis. Jan. 16 — (UP) — i Application for $7,590,000 to be used for Indiana unemployment relief was forwat'ded to Washington to-1 day by Gov. Paul V. McNutt. o FILES SUIT ON STANDABD OIL Government Charges Violation Os Code Os Fair Competition Washington. Jan. 16— (U.R) — I The first major suit under the petroleum code was filed in the | District of Columbia supreme i court by the government today i against the Standard Oil Company ■ of New Jersey. The suit charged violation of ' the code of fair competition for I the petroleum industry, and was filed by the government at the | instance of Oil Administrator Ickes. The government seeks to enjoin | the Standard Oil company ot New | i Jersey from giving premiums. The hearing on application for; an injunction against the company will be held Jan. 30. Ickes said the action was based upon "numerous complaints" that the Standard Oil company “refused to abide by provisions of the ' *"TcONTINUE?D ON PAGE TWO)

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Woman Faints And Drowns In Creek Madison. Ind., Jan. 16 — (U.R) — I Fainting as she crossed Big Creek i one mile east of her home. Mrs. i Ayres Elliott, 47, drowned in five inches of water. , A daughter. Evelyn, 16, witI "..essed the accident but was unable to lift Mrs. Elliott from the] I water. LONG FACTION IS DENOUNCED Senate Committee Denounces Louisiana Political Practices Washington. Jan. 16 — (UP) — I—(HFR) —A stern denunciation of ; “vicious and abhorrent political ■ practices" in Louisiana was conveyed to the Senate today by its special committee which investigated ! 1932 campaign expenditures by Senator Huey P. Long's state democra- . tic organization. The committee reported that it I felt itself bound “candidly and frankly to reveal to the senate the deplorable and distressing political ] conditions existing in Louisiana.” Political organizations in the ' state, it said, “play the political game according to the standard that the result is the important thing and the means of obtaining it , secondary conditions.” Long frequently has referred to himself as “the Louisiana Kingfish." The committee apparently agreed with him, for it had this to say about the state democratic association: “It appears that Senator Huey P. ' Long and his lieutenants completely controlled the affairs and poli- ] cies of that organization x x x. It further appears that this organization dominates and controls not : only the Governor of Louisiana and liis policies but also directs and con--1 trols all, or practically all, of the j state departments and their em- ' /CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) 0 TO ADVERTISE NEW BIDS SOON Contracts Fo r Culverts And Small Bridges To Be Advertised Indianapolis, Jan. 16.—(U.R) —ConI tracts for construction of culverts and small bridges on 400 miles of I state highways improved and widj ened recently as unemployment relief projects will he advertised I soon, it was announced today by James D. Adams, chairman of the state highway commission. Between $500,000 and $700,090 will be spent on the new program. Adams estimated Pans to expand the road-widen-ing program have been prepared in anticipation of an extension of the federal unemployment relief work, he said. Adams said the highway commission provided approximately 26,000 jobs, spending $3,000,000 of its own funds and $600,000 provided by the federal government, in the road-widening program. o— —_— Touhy Kidnaping Gang Is On Trial Chicago Jan. 16—(IT)—Prosecutors today made an attempt to place Roger Touhy and three of his gang in the electric chair when I their trial opened before Judge Michatel Feinberg in criminal court on an indictment accusing the Touhy gang of kidnaping John (Jake the Barber) Factor. Selection of a jury from a special venire got under way when Judge Feinberg overruled a motion to quash the indictment on legal grounds. Judge reversed action on motions to suppress as evidence j guns taken in Touhey's home in Elkhorn, Wisconsin, and a revolver found in the home of Albert Kator at the time of his arrest. Hoosier Novelist Talks To Students Davi'd Wolf Anderson, prominent Indiana novelist, spoke at a special assembly at the Decatur high school auditorium this afternoon. Mr. Anderson, author of “Blue Moon”, “Red Lock", “Thunder--1 hawk”, spoke on “Ideals of Youth.”

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F. 0.8. MONET PLANS LIKELY OPEN STRUGGLE Prospects Os Foreign Exchange, Trade Battle In Two Nations BRITISH CABINET HOLDS CONFERENCE I — Presi (I e n t Roosevelt’s money plans appeared today likelv to lead the two most powerful world powers into a multi-billion dollar battle over foreign exchange but toward ultimate international currency stabilization. (ireat Britain and the I'nited States, possessed, or soon to be, of huge equalization funds, would lx? the antagonists. France, still on the gold standard, is a third parly vitally interested in the outcome, whatever it may ' be. London dispatches reflected the fear of British financiers that the American equalization fund policy will lead to a race for depreciated currency. The goal would be fori eign trade. Great Britain has a $1,800,909.000 (B) equalization fund. Mr. Roosevelt proposed $2,000,000,000 for the United States. “We have as many blue chips as the other fellows.’’ was Secretary of Treasury Morgenthau's cryptic reference to these vast sums. “It is notable that Mr. Roosevelt himself attributes some responsibility for last autumn's dangerous commodity price slump here to foreign efforts to increase the exchange value of the dollar. But the disposition of the capital , is to look beyond a possible billion dollar foreign exchange battl.» to the ultimate international currency stabilization which may flow from American policy. Mr. Roosevelt hopes his policies will hasten such agreements. Only when foreign nations proved to lie unable or unwilling to join in monetary discussion with world wide objectives did Mr. Roosevelt decide to go part I of the way alone. His request for ultimate dollar revaluation between 50 and 60 ' cents represents about as far as he is likely to proceed without France and Great Britain. .Secretary Morgenthaii believes a three-way agreement among the United States, France and Great ; Britain would permit international monetary adjustment. The position of France in this international triangle is becoming increasingly interesting; there seems reason to believe that she ultimately will be driven from the gold standard. ’ Britain and the managed pound sterling also interest Washington. British delegates to the London . conference proposed international (CONTINUED ON PAGE STX» ' ■ O COUNTY HEALTH NURSES HIRED Irene Gerke, Mrs. Martha Beavers Are Appointed Nurses Two county health nurses have ( been employed under the CWA to work in the city anil rural schoole. The nurses are Miss Irene Gerke of Union township and Mrs. Martha Beavers of Geneva. They will being ' their duties immediately. The appointments were announced today by Miss Alice Funk of Indianapolis supervisor of county nurses in the state. Miss Funk was here today outlining a program of 1 work for the nurses. It will be the duty of the nurses . to visit the schools and examine the children. Reports of the •child's health will be furnished parents, together with recommendations for corrective treatments. They will be employed five days a week. The nurses will be employed as long as the CWA appropriation is extended. Later the work may be carried on as a local movement providing an appropriation can be obtained. Both women are graduate nurses. Miss Gerke was graduated from Robert Long hospital, Indianapolis, recently and Mrs. Beavers is a graduate of the Lutheran hospital, Fort. Wayne.