Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 32, Number 17, Decatur, Adams County, 19 January 1934 — Page 1

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WALTERS TALKS TO ROTARIANS C. L. Walters Speaks To Decatur Rotary Club Meeting Thursday “We are going through a period when partisan politics should be laid aside and when every Anjerican should support President Roosevelt in hs effort to restore better conditions'*. Former Judge (*. 1.. Walters stated in a talk before members of the Decatur Rotary lub last evening. Jitlge Walters stated “there will be plenty of time to take issue and play politics when the time comes. Right now the President is making a sincere effort to bring alvoilt better conditions and we should support him”. Most great things have evolved from a thought in man's mind. Judge Walters stated in his talk. His subject was “Belief it. Yourself.” He made reference to Edison who was obsessed with the thought of turning on an electric light; of t'harles Goodyear who carried the : thought of inventing some way of manufacturing rubber products and lot the final successful inventions I of both of the men. ■ We must have faith in ourselves, our city, state and nation and we must continue to believe in all”, the Judge stated. The high school trio under the direction of Miss Helen Haubold furnished music. The trio is composed of the Misses Helen Suttles. Mary K. Tyc.dall and Margaret Campbell. A. D- Suttles was chairman of the program. TO ENCOURAGE IMMUNIZATION County-Wide Campaign Against Diphtheria To Be Instituted In connection with the work of the two county . urses will be the county-wide campaign to encourage immunization against diphtheria. The nurses. Miss Irene Gerke and Mrs. Martha Beavers, are offering their services and assisting jin bringing public attention to the .campaign among the school chi)I dren. A supply of the toxin-antitoxin 'used in immunization lias been received here and those not able to pay for the doctor's services, can obtain a permit from the township trustee, the nurses stated. 1 The members of the Adams County Medical Association are cooperating in the campaign. Diphtheria immunization efforts in a community campaign should be directed toward the protection of children under ten years of age, j states a bulletin issued by the state division of public health. “At the time of birth nearly all ■ children are immune to diphtheria, provided, of course, that the mother is immune —as she usually is. This immunity, however, is rapidly lost and by the time the child is six months old nearly all children are susceptible to diphtheria The percentage of those who are immune then gradually rises until nt the age of ten or twelve years. 50 to 60 per cent of the children are no longer susceptible. The great majority of deaths from diphtheria are in the younger age groups—6n | per cent under school age, and 85 per cent under ten years of age. “It is obvious, with such a preponderance of deaths ifi the lower age levels, that the big problem for the state is to immunize its children under ten years, and thereby bring their resistance up *7cONTTNUED ON CAGE FOUR) .... o Legion Auxiliary Plans Card Party The American Legion Auxiliary i will hold a benefit card party in > the Legion Hall on South Second , street, Tuesday evening at 8:00 o’clock Games of bridge, pinochle i a : 'd bunco will be played. Tickets » will sell for twenty-five cents each, and the public is invited.

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PERL HGGSTON IS SENTENCED ATFURTWATNE Counterfeiter Is Given Two-Year Sentence At Leavenworth SENTENCED HERE FOR STORE ROBBERY Fort Wayne Jan. 19—(UP) —Op-j erations of an alleged counterfeiting ring which federal authorities say broug t tliousamls of dollars of worthless five dollar bills into Indiana were bared In United States district court here today, witli the sentencing of one of the gang's members. Perl Hogston, 30, Gas City, exconvict, in spite of his plea for mercy, and that he “would go straight for the sake of his wife and J baby,” was given a two year sentence to the Leavenworth. Kansas, federal penitentiary. Hogston pleaded guilty on charges of conspiring to counterfeit several weeks ago. and apparently had expected to receive leniency betause of information he gave government agents regarding the gang. Floyd (Firpo) Overmeyer. Gas City, said to be an associate of Hogston, is still being held at Huntington pending disposition of his ease. Others are being held in Ind-, ianapolis. Federal agents say that the two Grant county men obtatiwd the counterfeit money from New York, through an Indianapolis agent. Hogston is said W have made previous attempts to buy worthless money in Kansas C(ty. Hogston served a prison term upon conviction in the Adams circuit court of complicity of the rol>bery of the McConnell and Sons tobacco warelitnise here several yea's ago. Colored Singers At Baptist Church The colored singers led by Madame Ella Winn will have charge of the Sunday evening service at the Fit st Baptist church Sunday at 7 o'clock. This is the second appearance of the singers and the local church extends a j cordial welcome to the public. JUNIOR CLASS PLAY SUNDAY t I Catholic Junior Class Will Present Play Sunday Night i The cast of characters for the I Decatur Catholic junior class play, i "Aunt Billie From Texas.” lias . been announced. The play will be • presc ited in the school auditorium Sunday night. January 21. at 8 I o’clock. The program for the evening will • be in two paits. the first will include clever sketches and the sec- • ond will lie the comedy. The play i centers around Aunt Billie from i Texas, who plans to visit her niece Jat college. VMhen she wires that ■ she cannot come, the girls persuade t a friend to impersonate the aunt > and complications arise when the > real Aunt Billie arrives. The first part of the program will 1 II be as follows: "Pseudo Alices", R. , 1 Miller, R. Voglewede, J. Spangler,, > M. Ripberger, M. Carroll, M. M., Klepper. D. Leonard, M. Wertzberg- ! - er. Ag. es Schultz and Cecilia r Noonan; The Awkward Squad. J. i Lose. V. Hebble, G. Tester and R. , Ulman; By Way of Contrast, J. 1 Brennan. J. Porter; The Real Alice, j > P. Fullenkamp. This program has i been arranged and coached by Miss *(CONTINIT®r> ON PAGE FOUR) O — • Equivalency Exam Saturday, Jan. 27 i Clifton E. Striker, superintendent 1 of the Adams county schools, an- i ) nouncee that a high school equival-, j|ency examination will be held Sat-j < urday. January 27. The examination will be given in Mr. Striker’s office | i in the court house.

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Bandit Barrow Frees Five luOM illilllll g o i : w w c T| •’ w ■ Upper photo shows main building of the Eastham prison farm in Texas, from which five convicts made their escape, being aided by ■Clyde Barrow Viewer left). Southwest killer and robber. Among the convicts whose escape was effected by Barrow was Raymond Hamilton Hower right), his former partner in crime.

CWAPAYROLL OVER SB,OOO — Highest Amount Paid To Date; New Project Is Started The local CWA payroll amounted to $8,076.80. this week the highest amount so far paid to workers since the civil works program got underway in this county last November. With this week's payroll the total paid to workers amounts to $53.354.55. an average weekly expend!- j ture of about $6,000. Men and wo-I men on the payroll totaled 503 this i week. A new project was started in this I | county today, employing four peo-i pie for at least two weeks. The w'ork consists of making a study of the farm mortgage and ! land valuations in Adams county I i over a five year period. Ed A. Ashbauther was named | county project leader and will have ' three assistants in compiling the data at the county recorder’s, treasurer’s. auditor’s, and clerk's office. They will be employed 36 hours a week. The project is known as federal I project number 3.438. The work was j ‘TconVinued ON ”AGE FOUP) PREDICT STILL HIGHER WA GES Gen. Johnson Reveals Higher Wages, Shorter Hours To Be Asked New York, Jan. 19.— (U.K) —Employes of more than 200 codified industries were heartened today by Recovery Administrator Johnson’s revelation that still higher wages and shorter hours would be demanded at ■» public conference to iron out present code deficiencies. Johnson’s disclosure of a “significant” February meeting was; made in an address before the Nat-1 ional Retail Dry Goods Association last night in which he predicted a “distinct congressional movement” I to repeal the National Industrial | Act, but warned, in characteristic I fashion: , “In a distressed democracy they might be making one of the great--1 ’(CONTINUED* ON* PAGE ’tHREE*

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Hammond Business Men Die In Wreck Dyer, 'lnd., Jan. 19 —(UP) —Two Hammond business men were killed near here late yesterday when the automobile in which they were riding was demolished by a Monon express train. The victims were Jacob Schroeter, 70, and John Pascaly, 69. Both were former Democratic members of tiie Hammond City council. They were en route to a political meeting at Crown Point when the accident occurred. ORGANIZAIIUH IS COMPLETED Mrs. Faye Knapp Elected President of DemocratitWomen More than 50 women attended the opening meeting of the Adams County Democratic Woman’s Club which was held Thursday night in the City Hall. Organization of the club was completed and officers and committees were elected. Mrs. Faye Smith Knapp was named president; Mrs. John 11. Heller, vice-president; Miss Bernice Nelson, secretary, and Mrs. J. A. Long, treasurer. Committees appointed were as follows: membership committee, the Mesdames Dan Tyndall. Alva Nichols, Elmer Chase, O. N. Smith and Adam Reef and Miss Helen Holthouse; program committee, the Mesdames John Tyndall. Alice Christen and O. L. Vance; publicity. Miss Mary McKean, Mrs. C. Musselman and Mrs. Russel Steiner; finance, Miss Genevieve Kitson, Mrs. Leo Kirsch and Mrs. J. A. Long; hospitality, Mesdames J. L. Ehler, Leo Saylors, Ada Martin, Will Widdows. Arthur Zehr and Adolph Hanni and Miss Florence Holthouse. The constitution and by-laws of the organization were read and approved, after which Mrs. John Tyndall, chairman of the program committee, gave an interesting talk on county government. Mrs. | John Parrish gave a splendid talk i on News of Washington, dealing with child welfare and the Tugi well bill, introduced by Senator Copeland, which is a pure food. ! drug and cosmetic bill. Miss Flor- ' ence Holthouse reatl a paper on Mrs. Roosevelt’s program for the coming year. The meeting was well attended (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE)

By Valter Prew

SENATE URGED TO ACTION ON MONEY POLICY Morgenthau Says Measure Must Be Passed Bv Next Tuesday HOUSE TO ACT ON BILL TOMORROW I Washington, Jan. ID. LU.PJ Administration pressure for early passage ot the gold bill swung to , the senate today, as liousv leaders geared for action on the significant monetary legislation tomorrow. Chairman Fletcher of the senate banking and currency committee said that Secretary of Treasury Morgenthau had informed 'he group that it was "imperative" that the bill become law by Tuesday. What was in the wind on that day, neither Fletcher nor other committee members would guess. It was understood however that the treasury plans some new financing next week. Mea 'while an abrupt rise of the dollar on foreign exchange indicated the need of starting operations with the $2,1)00,000,000 <B) stabilization fund which the bill provides. As house and senate committee lieari-’gs on the dollar revaluation measure continued today, the administration found several provisions of the bill opposed by significant financial figures. Governor Black of the Federal reserve board before the senate banking and cur(CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) FEAR KIDNAPED MAN MURDERED Bloodstains Fou n d In Auto From Which Banker Was Dragged (Copyright. 1934. By UP.) St. Paul, Minn., Jan. 19. —<U.R> — Discovery of bloodstains in the automobile from which Edward G. Bremer was dragged by kidnapers lias chilled the bankers family dread that he is seriously injured or perhaps dead, the United Press learned today as the rendezvous I tor payment oi $200,000 ransom was awaited. The gruesome index to the abductors' desperate character was | found shortly after the abandoned motor car was discovered by searchers Wednesday afternoon. Chief of Police Thomas Dahill, i who has had 67 men on “instant I call" duly since the first rumors 1 ' of the snatching, but still is not 1 ■ officially in the case, learned of the motor car's recovery and upon examination found it "covered with I blood," the United Press was in- ' formed. Two large splotches and a smeary I I streak crimsoned the front cush- . *~*(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) 0 “MYSTERY MAN" DNDERARREST Dr. Wynekoop’s Serious Condition Causes Postponement Criminal Courts Building. Chicago, Jan. 19.—(U.R) - States attorney investigators today arrested i John Simmons “mystery man" of the Wynekoop case, shortly after f Dr. Alice Lindsay Wynekoop’s I murder trial was continued until ( Monday in fear the strain of an- ! other court session would kill her. Simmons, a friend of John Van Pelt, odd jobs man in the Wyne- . koop home, has been the -subject of , i mysterious allusions by Dr. Wynekoop's defense council since the P opening of her trial on charges of murdering he r daughter-in-law, . Rheta. j Captain Dan Gilbert, chief inj vestigator for the state’s attorneys office, said he also was seeking Van 1 Pelt for questioning. The investiON PAGE SIX)

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CITY COUNCIL ADOPTS CHANGE Amended Petition Changes Penalty Charge To Collection Charge I An ame <led petition changing the penalty charge to a collection I charge and lowering the charge after tlie first $3. was adopted by tile 1 city council for the Light and J Power rates and sent to the Indi- 1 ana Public Service commission to ' day. Instead of a pel alty of 10 per 1 cent on hills not paid by the 20th ' of month following service, the 1 Public Service Commission sug- 1 gested that the charge be changed ( to a collection charge. The collection note now reads: , "if not paid by 20th of month fol . lowing service a collection charge of 10 per cent on first $3 and 3 , per cent on all sums in excess will , he charged.” , The charge proposed was a flat - , 10 per cent on the entire amount 1 ■ of the delinquent bill. 1 The hearing of the city's petition will lie held in this city, Tuesday. . January 31 at the city hall by Pete 1 Dawson, an examiner for the Pub- i lie Service Commission. it is proposed that the lower I rates become effective with the February meter readings, provid ing the Public Service Commission acts on the petition by that time. o i Seaway Reports Sent To Senate Washington, Jan. 19 —(UP) —Two ' reports on the economic aspects of the St. Lawrence Seaway were, transmitted to the Senate today by 1 President Roosevelt. The reports were prepared by the war department at the requeet of the President and in cooperation with the inter-departmental board which already lias made public an exhaustive survey of the possibilities of the seaway as an economic factor of great importance in Am- ! erican life. Today's report said that construe-1 tion of the seaway would permit 70 .per vent of the world's ocean going freight cargo tonnage to ’ reach lake ports serving approix rnately 45,1)00.000 people. ADAMS COUNTY DELEGATES 22 Fifteen Democrats, Seven Republicans To State Conventions Indianapolis. Jan. 19. — (U.R) ' County apportionment of delegates ; to political party state conventions | this year was announced here today by the state board of election commissioners. Because of the heavy Democratic vote in 1932 that party will have the largest conventioj. with 2.147 delegates. The Republican con- | vention will have 1,671 delegates, socialists 49 delegates and prohij bition party, 10. State law provides that each 'county is entitled to one delegate for each 400 votes, or major fraction thereof, cast for the party's candidate for secretary of state in the preceding election. Both Democrats and Republicans i are expected to hold their state conventions in Indianapolis some-! time in June. All candidates for state offices | and for United States senator will I ' be nominated in the conventions, i State officers to be nominated in-1 elude secretary of state, state treasurer, state auditor, superintendent of public instruction, clerk of supreme and appellate courts, 1 one judge of the supreme court and four judges of the appellate ' court. County apportionment of dele, (CONTTNTTWD ON PAGE STX) •> — Appropriation Bill Is Passed By House Washington, Jan. 19 —(UP) —The house today passed the $31,098,504 interior department appropriation I bill for the 1935 fiscal year. There ! 1 was no record vote.

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FEDERAL HEAD ORDERS HOURS CUT ONE THIRO Action Is Necessary In Order To Conserve Federal Funds LOCAL OFFICIALS COMPLY WITH ORDER Orders to reduce the working hours of ad men employed in CWA projects, excepting the administration stafl, one third, were received here this morning and in coini)l’Miict‘, nil those ut work lodttv were granted four hours todav and the same number tomorrow. The action is necessary in order to conserve the funds and in order that the work may lie continued over a longer period. The work all over the United States has provided employment for millions of men at good wages but there is of course a limit to the amount to be secured for this purpose and the new order will reduce the wage payroll in this state half a million a week. Tlie order came to William Linn, county chairman, from William H Book of Indianapolis, in chargeof CWA work for the state. The telegram reads as follows: Indianapolis. Ind.. Jan. 18. W. L. Linn, Decatur, Ind. We have instructions from federal civil works administration, that due to fact that payrolls are in excess of original estimate it is necessary to reduce our payrolls. Details are being worked out here. In the meantime you are instructed to see that no employe other than administration staff, works more than eight hours Friday and ' Saturday, combined. Further detailed instructions will lie forwarded at once. William H. Book. State Civil Works manager. Haff Million Indianapolis, Jan. 19 — (U.R) — Approximately $556,000 weekly will be cut from tlie Indiana civil works administration payroll ' under orders from Harry L. Hopkins. national CWA administrator, it was estimated today by the : state CWA board. Hopkins sent instructions to all state CWA boards last night to cut work hours by approximately : one third. The present civil works payroll in Indiana is $1,670,000 a , week. The order from Hopkins directed state boards to discontinue purchase of materials for county and city relief projects and instructed that more women should lie given work under the program. To Demobilize Washington. Jan. 19—<U.R)~The I civil works administration contemplates a drastic demobilization among its workers, starting Feb. 15. which “substantially means I dropping 1,000.000 men every two weeks." Civil Works Administra- ' tor Hopkins said today. Hopkins said sufficient funds were on hand to meet tlie CWA - payroll at least up to Feb. 10. Any activities of (he civil works administration after Feb. 15, he said, 'nONTrNepn GN «>VGR SIX) n— ESTHER BOWERS IS ENUMERATOR Decatur Woman to Enumerate On Prices Farmers Must Pay Lafayette, Jan. 19 — (Special)— Ninety persons in as many Indiana I counties will start work next Monday morning on a. study of the prices of commodities that farmers buy, in order to determine the relai tive prices of farm products and other articles as they exist today. The survey will be conducted by enumerators who have already been named by the local re-employ-ment chairman and have been taken from the lists of CWA workers. Miss Esther Bowers of this city was named by Purdue university as local enumerator. She will be employed four days and will spend one day each in Decatur, Berne, Monroe and Geneva in obtaining facts required in the survey. These special enumerators who *7cojTtinued OK i pagV*four7* J