Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 32, Number 20, Decatur, Adams County, 23 January 1934 — Page 1

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! BLY RELEASE I I ED BREMER ISPREDICTED — Os Kidnaped St. El Banker Expected ■Within 21 Hours Bort CONTACT Kith kidnapers ■ — p au l. Jjn. 23- U.K-Kid o* Edward G. Bremer commute-Med *'th his ,or th,rd tl,ne ’ thl * I ty telephone. United I K,, learned today. I^K ( th.rci contact, a telejLH.e call to Dr. H. T. Nipgremer family physician .Hbebe«ed to indicate the ransom demanded K be pa d Without police 1 erf • VH Paul. ' UR) MKxc oi I.dwanl Breniknh ..... | bunker, wus within 21 hours lo’'’■followiim :i series ol |B ti'' l ' developments. ‘ Beprt'M ut.'ti' l s '‘l Vlohih the \ ielini’s father irieinl of Presi- ■ K Rooma !!. were reporl- , , aptors and have negotiator with designated rendezvous. ■- the deliver'M ■ were said * ii t lined in two notes K ■ '•• window in the ~f In il T. X’ippert. Brem1 admitted the SjBB was i ' ted Willi tile rj '.t < ’ 'lied It coll ta ine I Toda' b<th X’ippert and, . K:v: ■ denied that the . crashed through' • door, had anvthine I'n. . ase. Thev declar- ' made Press learned with ler'aintv, however, ‘hat later denials probably were the dire.'lie battle. report---' r. mint of the.s<> 'Tp 0 - “ ' oi'd by the inseradvertisemetr in two Br* * ov T*AGF TXVCH - Dentists To I Examine Children Eafatnr dentists will examine of children in the city '.Veda, day, it was annotincAil local dentists will M in the examinations and the 1^"" 'i the merning and me throughout the day. nnan Residence Damaged By Fire ' which started from a spark the chimney, caused damage ited at sls to the Mrs. John tan residence on North Secreet at 12:30 this afternoon, ird house on the south side i street, across the Pennsylrailroad. fire burned a portion of the nd was quickly extinguished local fire department. HATCHERIES lESOLDTODAY Bnerties of Geneva IHatcheries. Inc., Are -» By Receiver of the Geneva HatchSB I11( ' • located at Geneva and in towns in Indiana weer sold at receiver’s sale at Heller and Schurger law to Ira M. Petersime of GetpB rg ' °Mo, for $9,000. brought by Chester T. trustee and William W. t^B s of Geneva was the receiver. lfl|ii<les Geneva, hatcheries and were located at AlexanI3g| Sullivan, Farmland. Cam“B p . Hinton. Rochester, Micha JB*' Fr ancesviUe, North Judson. Carmel. Lizton, Royal CenVincennes. At Geneva real B 6 and buildings were included. B. Heller of this city and or > l - Gordon and Edris of —Sfiton were attorneys in the case.

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BRIGHT FUTURE IS PREDICTED FOR INDUSTRY Roosevelt And NRA Program Called Saviour of American Labor MINE WORKERS IN CONVENTION TODA' Indianapolis. Jan. 23— (U.R) ' Credit for elevating the coal in dustry to its highest plane in i history was given the national re-: covery administration today in the biennial report of officers of the ; I’nited Mine Workers of America. Dissention. bloodshed and cutthroat competition have been! | eliminated an 1 miners are deriv l iug great benefits from the "new deal,” the report said. | It was drawn up hy John I. Lewis, president; Philip Murray, vice president, and Thomas Ken ' nedy, secretary treasurer, and was read at the opening session of the organization's 33rd biennial con-’ vention here. The report contained a lengthy ] ' review of work done hy the Uni‘- t ; ed Mine Workers in connection ■with codification of the coal industry and it outlined the program which will be followed a' the convention. It called President Roosevelt i and his NRA program the "saviour of American labor." A bright future was predicted; hy the union leaders who only)' ■two years ago saw tjieir industry , on the verge of collapse because ' of bloody strikes, persecution of. labor and general unrest. “We are perhaps too " closely ’ associated with the manifold de- : ' tails of our daily problems to he ■ i able adequately to appraise the I true value of the great progress i which has been made by our union since the last conven'ion in 1932." i i the report said. “It is a far cry from the deci- ‘ mated industry of that year, with (CONTINUED ON ’’AGE FOt'P) o FIRE DESTROYS SHERIFF’S CARS Two Autos Owned By Sheriff Destroyed; Garage Badly Damaged Fire of undetermined origin early Tuesday morning at the garage at the Adams county jail completely destroyed two automobiles owned by Sheriff Burl Johnson and caused considerable damage to the garage building. The loss of the two cars was estimated this morning by the sheriff between S6OO and S7OO. Only the sidewalks of the garage were left ' standing and estimates on the loss of the building and other contents varied from $l5O to S3OO. One car, a Plymouth, had not been out of the garage since Sunday, and the other auto, a Ford, was left in the building shortly before 9 o’clock Monday night. The fire was first discovered by Miss Rose Christen, who lives next door to the jail. Miss Christen turned in the alarm but when the fire department arrived at the scene, the building was a mass of flames. Sheriff Johnson and fire chief Jack Friedt were unable to determine the cause of the fire this morning and no vidence of inteni diarism was found. Besides the damage to the cars and the building, a large quantity of garden tools owned by the sheriff were destroyed. o Naval Committee Favors Measure Washington. Jan. 23 —(UP) —The house naval affairs committee today voted unanimously to report favorabl/ the Vinson bill, which would build the U. S. fleet up to treaty limits. In the effort to speed action, contI mittee members said an effort would be made to attach the bill . as a rider to the regular naval appriation bill which was being dei bated in the house today. The committee's action came asI ter admiral William H. Standley, chief of naval operations declared I failure to build the fleet to treaty ' strength endangered the safety of| , this nation.

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Dr. Alice Wynekoop Ends Her Trial I " ? ft . wMMy B B/ W ■ ■ - MWIb ' —' l »"l A Dr. Catherine Wynekoop (center), her brother. Walker ttiglvt): doctors, jail officials and others leaving the county jail in Chicago after the conference in the cell of Dr. Alice Wynekoop that resulted in the a*ied physician asking that her trial for the murder of her daughter-in-law be discontinued.

PHYSICIANS TO AID IN PROGRAM Adams County Medical Society Sponsors Immunization Program The Adams County Medical Society is sponsoring the diphtheria immunization program which has been launched in Decatur and the county with the appointment of two urses working under the civil works administration. An organization meeting was held Monday to form committees to aid in the drive throughout the county. A committee was named to make a house to house canvass ami another was named to complete arrangements for the opening clinic, which will be held at the Decatur public high school Friday morning. January 26, from 8:30 to 10 a. m. The committee to make the house to house canvass is composed of Miss Vivian Burk. Mrs. William Lin . Mrs. Charles Champlin, Mrs. Oscar Lankenau, Mrs. Vernon Aurand. Mrs. Clayson Carroll and Mrs. William Bel!. The committee to arrange the clinic is composed of Mrs. Faye Smith-Knapp, Miss Vivian Burk, Mrs. Charles Champlin, Mrs. Oscar La ’kenau. Mrs. Don Lutes, Mrs. Dan Tyndall and the nurses, Mrs. Martha Beavers and Miss Irene Gerke. Drs. J. M. Miller, G. J. Kohne and Palmer Eicher will give their services free at the clinic Friday. The state board of health is pro(CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) TOWN OFFICERS HOLD MEETING Monroe Officials Confer With Electric Light Committee Earl Sauders, clerk and members of the Mouroe town council met here last evening with members of tlte electric light committee of the city council. A discdssion was held on light and power rates. The petition for reduced rates does not apply to the Monroe Light and Power company, as the city plant furnishes the utility current at wholesale rates. The rate which applies now is five cents per KWH for the first 1000 KWH and two and one-half con’s for all over 1000 KWH. This rate is considered low and in keeping with the rates which apply now and also correspond with the reduced schedules proposed by the city, committee members state. The Monroe officers who met with the local committee were Mr. Sauders, Martin Hoffman, chairman of the board, John Johnson and Otho Lobenstein. Members of the city light and power committee are O. L. Vance. H. M. Gillig, Joe Hunter, M. J. Mylott, superintendent.

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Kirkland Township Institute Thursday Tlie Kirkland townshp farmers’ , institute will be held at tee Kirk-' ! land gymnasium Thursday, January | 25. Exhibits will be open to Kirkland. Preble and French townships, i The morning session will open at | 9:30 o’clock and Mrs. Russ Hershey ; ; will address the meeting on the sub- j I ject. “Woman the Spender." and M.O. Pence will speak on "The Why and How of Liming." Dinner will be served by the Kirkland ladies’ club and the afternoon ■ program will follow at 1:15 o’clock, 1 and the evening session at 7:15 p. m. Mr. Pence and Mrs. Hershey will address the afternoon meeting and a musical program will be presented luring the evening. CUBA GRANTED RECOGNITION United States Today Formally Extends Formal Recognition Washington, Jan. 23 —(UP) —The United States today extended for- , mal recognition to the government of President Carlos Mendieta of Cuba. At 2 p. m. President Roosevelt instructed the state department to cable instructions to the American l embassy in Havanna to notify the Cuban government that the United States government was according immediate recognition of the Mendieta government. The appointment and exchange of ambassadors will be a mere formality. The American ambassador ; will be Jefferson Caffery. former assistant secretary of state and at present President Roosevelt’s personal representative in Cuba. The | Cuban Government has indicated it will designate as its ambassador to Washington Marquez Sterling, who *was named Ambassador by Carlos as President for three weeks after Manuel De Cespedes, who resigned the overthrow of former president Gerardo Machado, and who in turn was turned out by a mutiny in the Cuban Army which placed Prof. Grau San Martin in the presidency. —o Dynamite Blast Takes 2 Lives Rio De Janeiro. Brazil. Jan. 23— (UP)—A check early today showed two dead and 12 injured in a dyna- ‘ mite explosion during the night on 1 an island in Guanabara Bay. near Rio de Janeiro. Homes were demolished by the terrific force of the blast, which caused widespread damage. •| o School Teacher To Go On Trial Feb. 12 Indianapolis, Jan. 23 (UP) — Judge Frank P. Baker of Marion i county criminal court today set ’ February 12 as the date for trial ■ of Miss Cora Steel, Terre Haute i school principal on charge of taking ■ $25,000 in bonds held by the state J teachers retirement fund.

ATTORNEYS TO SEEK RELEASE Will Seek Release of Dr. Alice Lindsay Wvnekoop On Bail Chicago. Jan. 23 — (U.PJ -Attorneys for Dr Alice Lindsay Wvnekoop. suspected slayer of iter daughter-in-law. Rheta. announced today that they would seek her release on bail. A trial of murder charges against the woman nliysician was declared a mistrial yesterday. Judge Joseph B. David arranged the mistrial declaration after a committee of physicians reported to him that continuance of the trial presented the danger of Dr. Wynekoop’s death from heart disease. David instructed one of his bailiffs to summon a juror from the box. William A. Grummitt. a contractor. was signalled tn sten down from the jury box. thereby disrupting the jury and providing the legal technicality for a mistrial. The action occurred in the midst of the state’s presentation of its charges that Dr. Wvnekooo chloroformed and shot Rheta to death to collect insurance payments and rid her son, Earle, of an unwanted wife. It followed a growing weakness | in the defendant who collapsed five times during the week of trial. Physicians revealed she was suffering from hardened arteries and a weak heart. Assistant State’s Attorney! Charles S. Dougherty said he, wou'd onnnse anv attempt to win the defendant’s release on bail. rmNTTNT’FD OS) r»AOF TUttEKI ! MEETING HELD MONDAY NIGHT Knights of Columbus Hrid Rogul?r Meeting Here Monday Night The Knights of Columbus at their 1 regular meeting last night decided on February 7, as the date for the; ! next K. of C. dance. It was announced at the meeting that plans were being made to entertain more than 41’0 men and boy at the annual K. of C. fathers and sons program Wednesday ! night. The program will consist of an hour’s picture show, including a rip snortin’ comedy, made possible through the cooperation of I. A. I Kalver. The Knights of Columbus also! voted $lO to further the health hygiene and and immunization campaign to he held in the parochial and public schools under the supervision of the Adams County MediCal Association and the county ■ health nurses. The meeting last night was largei ly attended and great interest was shown In the council’s activities.

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GOVERNMENTIN FIGHT AGAINST GRAFTS IN CWA • Administrator Hopkins t Warns Prosecution Faces AU Grafters INVESTIGATIONS ARE CONDUCTED Washington, - Jan. 23—U.R) — Puniic works Administrator Ickes has been given blanket authority by President Roosevelt to take such steps as he may deem necessary to prevent graft and manipulation | of public works funds, it was ' learned today. Washington, Jan. 23.—<U.R>—The j governme-'t battled graft in the emergency rdiet and Civil Works Administration today. Administrator Harry L. Hopkins asserted bitterly that thousands of | dollars already had been devoted to investigating reports of scandals in the two adini 'istratlons and warned that prosecution faces un scrupulous politicians and petty grafters who have used the recov-, cry agencies for personal gains. The youthful, clear-eyed, head of the twin units which have provided 6,1)011,000 Americans witli employment, food, shelter and ' clothing said that the department of justice henceforth will deal with those profiting due to the misery of others. Assistant Attorney General Jos--1 eph B. Keenan, driving chief of the criminal division of the justice department, has been placed in charge of ferreting out the grafters. Already a CWA scandal is brewing that may reach into polit-l ical circles. There, a “brokerage" I fee racket has been exposed, and two women have been arrsted. The civil works program at Pittsburgh. Pa, has been ortlered investigated by Hopkins, and a civil works engineer for Pennsylvania (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) CWA OFFICIALS JTCONFERENCE VV. L, Linn And Harn Thompson Confer With State Administrator Local CWA officials, W. L. Linn, administrator and Harry Thompson assistant, were in Indianapolis today conferring with William H. Book, state administrator of the CWA. Ain effort will be made by the men to have the schedule of work hours for CWA workers increased. Last week instructions were received to reduce the time schedules to 15 hours a week. Clerical and supervisory help were limited to 30 hours a week, under the order eent out by Administrator Book. The local CWA administrators wished to ascertain if any changes would be made in schedules and if more hours could | be worked. Since the work week begins on Fpiday most of the men had their time in by Monday night and all projects were at a standstill today. Work iu the redecorating and repairing of the offices in the court house was also at a standstil today, the men getting in their 15 hours yesterday. 'lt is likely that some change will be made and Mr. Linn and Mr. ; Thompson wished to obtain first I hand information from the state ad- | ministrator relative to plans and if ! possible have the work schedules increased here, benefiting the 490 poeple on the payroll. ■ . _o George Strickler Trustee Candidate George E. Strickler today announceded his candidacy for the j Demcratlc nomination for trustee ' of Washington township. Mr. Strickler is the second can-! I didate to announce for this office. Mr. Strickler is a well known democrat. He lives on a farm in south j Washington precinct and for sever- ! al years has been a salesman for a flour company. He stated he would make a canvass of the voters before the primary and hoped to be able to see, each person before the eelction,.

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Additional Food Supplies Received T R. Noll, Washington township trustee, has received a shipment i of 300 pounds of butter and eight 1 cases of eggs, to be distributed among township residents on the poor relief roll. These supplies will be distributed I today and Saturday. The butter and eggs are furnished by the federal government. o REGISTRATION LAWHELDVALID HI HIGH COURT State Supreme Court Upholds Validity of New Voters Law APPEALED FROM MARION COUNTY Indianapolis Jan. 23—(UP) —Constitutionality of the new Indiana voters registration law was upheld today by the state supreme court. The vase was appealed from Marion county superior court by the Marion county council which reIcently was mandated to appropriate ! funds for voters' registration. The council attacked constitutionality of the law. contending that it provided there could be no vote unless registration. The supreme -court differed in this view, however, holding that - the law does not deny nor abridge the constitutional rights of voters, j “It is for the legislature to furinish reasonable regulations under i which the right to vote is to be exercised." the high court ruled. "And it is uniformly held that It may adopt regulatory laws if they ! merely regulate in a reasonable. ! and uniform manner how the privilege of voting shall be exercised." The court held that the law, passed by the 1933 legislature, provided ample time for registration and provides tor county councils to appropriate the necessary funds. Attempt To Aid Small Business Washington, Jan. 23. — (U.R) — An attempt to solve one of NRA's hardest problems, assuring credit ! for small businesses to meet obligations while complying with codes, began today with appointment of Division Administrator A. D. Whiteside as a special assistant on credI it and finance. From the inception of the recov 1 ery program, Administrator Johnson has been troubled with the plea of small business units that, however willing they are to cooperate, they could not meet increased labor costs under codes and continue in business. The effects of increased costs upon prices have also created a difficult problem for NRA, and Whiteside, in his new capacity, j will work with Col. Robert H. Montgomery, new chief of the research and planning division, on questions of code provisions for merchandise cost and selling prices to consumer, and administrative action on such provisions. o FORMER LOGAL RESIDENT HERE Mother M. Alovsia, Stationed Here 39 Years, Pays Visit Mother M. Aloysia, head of the Motherhouse of the Catholic Sisters of St. Agnes, Fon du Lae, Wis., is visiting at the Sister's home in this city. Sister Aloysia is a former resident of Decatur. She left this city 15 years ago last June after being stationed here 39 years. She is a former mother superior of the Sister's home here and was principal of the Caitho-lic schools for a number of years. Sister Aloysia was elected mother of the order of St. Agnes 1 a year ago and her visit here is her official bi-annual trip to the different missions under her supervision. She will remain until Thursday. Many of her former pupils and a host of friends in this city call--1 ed on her today and extended to ( her best wishes. Sister M. Aldegundls accompanied her.

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AMENDMENTS ARE APPROVED BY COMMITTEE Banking And Currency Committee Vote Favorable Report Today AMENDMENTS TO LIMIT POWERS Washington, Jan. 23.— The senate banking and curIrencv committee today voted a favorable report on the Roosevelt gold program, hut I approved amendments designed to limit the broad powers ol the bill and to place it on an emergency rather than on a permanent basis. . . , . One amendment adopted by the committee would place a two year limitation on operations of the two billion stabilization fund which the bill would create. Another amendment, proposed by Senator Glass, Democrat, Virginia, and approved by a vote of 12 to eight, wou-ld set up a board of five to supervise management of the two billion dollar fund instead of giving Secretary of Treasury Morgenthau sole control over it. Pending arrival of the measure. f the senate expected to debate the St. Lawrence waterway treaty and other matters while the house continued discussion of the navy appropriation bill. In the senate airmail investigation. A. J. Ball of the Pennsylvania railroad testified that Senator Reed. Republican. Pennsylvania. once filibustered a senate resolution that would have prevented award of a mail contract without competitive bidding. The Rayburn bill for federal regulation of interstate bus and truck lines was approved in the house hearings by representatives of the TJ. S. chamber of commerce land opposed A. M. Loomis of the * *fXWTTNt;ED ON PAGE FOUR) STATES JAPAN DESIRES PEACE Japanese Foreign Minister Says Country Wants U. S. Friendship Tokio, Jan. 23.—(U.R)—No problem exists between the United States and Japan that is not capable of solution. Foreign Minister Koki Hirota declared in his address to the Japanese diet. In a speech regarded as extremely pacific in tone, Hirota reviewed the events of the past year in Manchukuo, the Japanese withdrawal from the League of Nations, and the Japanese-American position in the Far East. "Between Japan and the United States of America," he said, “there exists no question that Is intrinsically difficult of solution. Far from having any thought of picking a quarrel with America, Japan fervently desires American frtend(CONTtNUED ON PAGE THREE) 0 Federal Financing Program Completed Washington, Jan. 23.--(U.R> —Final details of the government's $lO.- ' 000,000,000 financing program were completed by administration fiscal experts today. The treasury will announce the first phase of the program tonight, asking investors to buy the first of its huge security issues. President Roosevelt approved the size of the issue, the length of the term, and the rates of interest last night at a conference with Secre- ! tary of Treasury Morgenthau, Gov. Eugene Black of the Federal re- ! serve board, Gov. George L. Har- .! rison of the New York Reserve ' Bank, Tom K. Smith, treasury banking adviser, and Earle Bailie, I former treasury official. . The conferees refused to discuss , , the nature of the offering, but gov- , eminent bond brokers believed it would total from $1,600,000,000 to I $1,500,000,00(1 and be in the form of one to two years 2'4 to 3 per cent I notes. It was believed that the . comparatively high interest rate , | xvould cause the government to not .! excend a 2-year maturity in the issue.