Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 32, Number 24, Decatur, Adams County, 27 January 1934 — Page 1

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Kate downs ■hendment of ■silver leader ■l \ ( r Remonetization Relation Beaten By ■ Two Votes Lage OF BILL ■ fait* i »•■>> tod.u Lin. 27. <U.R) |h|. narrow margin **■ K n the senate tndin ■ “-li ili”' l I"' 4l * rlx 1,, incorporate silver Mjpuiti/.itioii legislation in ■ peiitlin” gold l»*H. While House had Io j| possible pressure at in. on nt Io tiefeat. I > th. Wheeler anieixl- , would have directed I the tieusury to llaSl . . 7ooii.«ito otmi-s agl . •O' I" lo limit tlelilt’e ..iter Majority Uad- ■ ' -'I tlie tl,r «‘ at of 1 t ■ (>v»r Republicans 1!ail d against any |Hd, :.. ;r ' dilation bill |Kp, ■, . throughout the ■ -i i oversial issue MH t ,‘;. which conservative ...... Hl.. ciulo, z.en I in . ''ee of five. rej n „ ;.i ■. :ifi victory for ion. ;l .. to ft. ... ■ Defeat of the ... board proposal control the fund in the of retary of tre.is-j |H\n.| secretary 'O the President i iitV-rent front th" passed by the house a Mk ago at it carried a proK.n limiting to a maximum of year.' time in which the leva mate the dolMr : . during which cc .. . fund mifv il.ai g. is acceptable to Mi . ■.. ,t probably will 1,. . es pre linii:. tu pint.tit’ the bill in final a.'s held in ses .on night uu'il nearly 6 p. in . as .!•-eonstratod to the BHutniea: ■;.■ his determination the bill passed today. . Sming Pigeon Is E Caught Near Here wearing a band ::;>tion "5943 —M R. <l. c ." stopped at the Ed farm in Blue Creek townids caught. The pigeon. ■■th pi’ ' belongs to some lot: - .ci.' placed in a box and H M '■■■■' maikng an effort to Mti '..- .wuer. Mr. Miller's add is Monroe. R. R. 2. S 3 - —o —■ Buis Koldeway I Out For Trustee ■ *.-y today |Bcand;'a. y for the Democratic for trustee of Union and has lived in Union all his life. He is the first . announce his intention f li.og the nomination in the pri’iiji y from Union township. gU - -—o — H' e Dynamitings I Mark Miners’ Strike jHilkes-Barre. pa.. .Jan. 27—(l'P< |B V * dynamiting, an incendiary H storings and other violence ( | (| lt strike of anthracite ers in the Wyoming valley tohouses were damaged, by |^V> S at Plains and two homes damaged at Larksville. B-Lreniier Refuses I I To Form New Cabinet H aris ' Jan. 27—(UP)—President I-cßrun today requested Ca|W, ‘ <.hautemps. resigned premier the formation of a Chautemps, however, deto reform the cabinet. Judge it preferable to give jW ( a government with a solid ma116 told the United Press.

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CWA PAYROLL IS ANNOUNCED Local Payroll $4,185 For Week Ending .January 25 The local CWA payroll for the ' week ending January 25. amounted to $4.185.iM). (leorge Andrews, I certifying clerk stated today. This is a little more than half | of the total paid a week ago. when the payroll reached a peak of 18,000. There were f>o9 persons on the payroll for the last week. With few exceptions, as allowed by William B. Book, state adminisi trator. all Labor worked only 15 . hours last week. The new work week started yesttuday and gangs were busy today on the many proI jects in the county. Clerical help | worked 30 hours last week W. L. Linn, county CWA administrator. hopes lo have the local work schedule increased. He has made application for a 24 hour week and it is believed that some increase will he granted here if the CWA program is continued after February 1. James Elborson, federal administrator for the Subsistence Homestead project, has received notification that men shall be employe ! 24 hours a week. Work on this project will not commence, however. until plans and specifications are prepared by the arcßitects and engineers. The topographical survey is about complete and it is expected that orders to procead with plans will be received here shortly. With the payment today, the total outlay for CWA work amounts to more than $57,000. since the program was started November 20. o Gospel Ouartet To Sing Here Sunday The gospel quartet from the College of Missions. Fort Wayne, will sing at the Sunday evening service at the First Evangelical church at 7 o'clock. JOHN FACTOR LEAVES STAND Kidnaped Man Withstands Gruelling Questions By Attorney Criminal Courts Building. Chicago. Jan. 27. — (U.R) - Joh ■ (Jake .the Barber) Factor left the witness stand at 12:25 p. m. today after withstanding a gruelling cross examination in an effort to break down his story that he was kidnaped by Roger Touhy and his gang. Under a stream of objections from prosecutors, defense Counsel William Scott Stewart, acting for Touhy and three henchmen charged witTi the kidnaping, placed on the record a partial history of Factor’s promotional activities iu . England which have led to his indictment there on charges of bilking investors of several million dollars. Factor, whose suave manner is reputed to have made him a confidant of the Pri .ce of Wales, was noticeably nervous under the rigorous questioning. He wiped his brow with a silk handkerchief and drank water repeatedly as he answered Stewart's questions in a low. . h’.:.sky voice. Touhy and his three companions sat sneering at Factor's answers. They seemed unpreturbed by Factor's identifications of them—thus far the only direct identifications of the defendants in the trial. The defendants. Roger Touhy, Gustav Schaeffer. Albert Kator and ■ ’’(COXTTNI'Bb ON PAGE SIX) J O Knights Os Columbus To Entertain Women ' The mothers and their daughters will be entertained by the Knights lot Columbus at a mothers and ‘daughters meeting at the K. <;f C. ; hall. Thursday. February 1. A program is being arranged sot : the gueets of the lodge by the same - committee that put on the fathers • and sons entertainment last Wedt, nesday. ' Widows and daughters of deceased Knights of Columbus are also in- ■ vited to the meeting. Following the > entertainment a lunch will be serv- ■ ed to the mothers and their daughters. —

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CONTRACTS TO BE SIGNED SOON Signing of Corn-Hog Reduction Contracts Starts Next Week Lafayetle. Ind., .fan. 27.- TSfif 1 ?- ial) —Sig ing of corn-hoe reduction ’ contracts for the 1934 production ’ year will begin in earnest next i week throughout Indiana, as thousands of farmers will affix their signatures to the contracts offered by tile Agricultural Adjustment Administratio . This was the announcement made today by Director J. H. Skinner of the Agricultural Extension Department of Purdue University, and chairman of the state corn-hog advisory committee. The educatio al phase of the adjustment campaigns are under the ’ supervision of the extension department of the university with L. E. Hoffman, assistant county agent leader, directly in charge. Copies of instructions on how to fill in the contract and of the administrative rulings covering various points not explained in detail in the contract have been received a d sent to each county, enough of them at least to supply members of the county and township committeemen who will direct the work. Many of these committeemen already have signed their contracts and have asked and answered the questions that are encountered by most farmers in filling out their work sheets, contracts, drawing outline maps of their farms on which are designated the contracted areas, and gathering their suptCONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) STATE POLICE GUARDATSALE Two Foreclosure Sales Held At Warsaw Without Demonstration Warsaw. Jan. 27—(UP)— With state police and deputy sheriffs on guard, the farm of Harvey May and property of Lena Lane were .sold at a mortgage foreclosure sale at the court house today. Few bidders were on hand and no demonstration was made as sheriff Harley Peerson auctioned off the properties to the highest bid- ■ ders. Thirteen state police and 50 Am- I erican Legion volunteers were on guard to prevent a reeurrance of a near riot which marked a mortgage foreclosure sale here a week ago today. Probe Record Fort Wayne, Jan. 27 — (UP) — 1 United States district attorney James R. Fleming, Fort Wayne, to- ' * ’(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) '

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, January 27, 1931.

Sister Os Local Women Is Dead Word has been received here of I the death of Mrs. Eva Coil ot Swan. i I sister of Mrs. L. H. Lake and Mrs. John Chronister of this city. Mrs. | Coil die! at her home Thursday •afternoon. Surviving are the husband, six i sens, one daughter and five sisters, ; including Mrs. Lake and Mrs. TUhronfster of Decatur. One brother aso survives. Funeral services will be held at the Methodist Episcopal Church at Swan, Sunday afternoon at 1 o'- . clock. RANSOM MONEY NOT YET PAID Father of Kidnaped Banker Has Not Paid $200,000 Ransom St. Paul. Jan. 27—(U.R)— Investigators in the Eaward G. Bremer kidnaping case today said they have learned that $200,000 ransom money still was being held byAdolph Bremer, the victim s father and a personal friend of President Roosevelt. The elder Bremer still was ' negotiating with the men who have held his son captive for 10 days, the investigators said, due to an unforeseen misunderstanding. Although negotiations for trading the huge ransom for the young i banker’s release were believed practically completed several days ago, the Bremer family was mak-| ing eviry effort today to assuro ■ the kidnapers that all lines were open for negotiations. . Sneculation arose over whether failure to complete the ransoming ' grew out of attempts of the ' Bremer family to pare the kidnapers’ demands cr over demands for proof that the victim still was alive. Apprehension for the safety of the kidnaped man grew out of the finding of blood stains in the automobile from which he was abducted. A device through which tie family could gain assurance that ! young Bremer still was alive was offered to the family by Dr. Or-; lando F. Scott, Chicago criminologist. Scott suggested the Bremer family require the kidnapers to obtain a signed newspaper of (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) I O Former Treasurer Os Kansas Guilty Topeka, Kan., Jan. 27 — GJ.R) — I Tom Boyd, former Kansas treasurer, was found guiltv todav on charges of illegally removing $260,000 in bonds from the treas- | ury in connection with the $1,500000 forged bond scandal uncovered ! in the state last year. Sentence will be pronounced I later. The two counts upon which he was convicted carry a total ! penalty of from four to 10 years.

ILLINOIS CWA LEADERS QUIT Appointment of Army Engineer Brings Wholesale Resignations Chicago, Jan. 27. —(U.R) - Appoint-' ment of Lieut. Col. Daciel Sultan. United States army engineer, as CWA administrator for Illinois grought the resignation today ot the entire Illinois emergency relief commission front CWA work. Robert J. Dunham, chairma • ot the commission, tendered the resignation of his 1.200 state relief administrators and county committeemen as a protest against the ap- ; pointment. in a telegram to Harry L. Hopki s. federal administrator of public works, Dunham offered to allow his organization to continue CWA work until successors can be appointed. The commission will continue to administer state and federal relief work. The Illinois emergency relief commission has conducted the entire CWA program in Illinois, involving thousands of workers and millions of dollars of payrolls with only Hopkins and Howard O. Hu ter, field representative in charge of six states, supervising its actions. The commission inaugurated the CWA work in the state after Nov. 10. 1933, when Hopkins designated it as the CWA organization. Dunham was state chairman of the i CWA with Frank D. Chase, execu-1 tive director. Hunter when apprised of the resignation said that the civil (CONTI NT TET> OK PAGE S*X)’ RECEPTION IS HELD FRIDAY Mid-Year Freshman Group Is Given Reception At High School A reception was held at the Decatur High School Friday afternoon for members of the mid-year fresh- . man group. Gerald Strickler, senior class president. presided, and talks were given by David Macklin, freshman president, anil advice to the freshmen was given by Myles Parrish of I the senior class. Entertainment included cleverly arranged “screen try-outs” and sev- I eral skits portrayed by the members of the mid year freshman group. Those in charge of the tryouts were Marion Baker, ‘'director’'; Helena Rayl" assistant, and Milton Hoffman, "cameraman. ” The program concluded with the I entire mid-year group taking the i oath of allegiance to the Decatur high school and the singing of the high school song by the entire student body. Dean Dorwin, instructor . I in the school was in Charge ot the , I program.

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FREE TICKETS FOR RIRTHDAT BALLTUESDAY Persons Who Will Be 52 Years Old Tuesday Will Receive Tickets TO GIVE PROGRAM AT COUNTRY CLUB Persons whose 52nd birthday come next Tuesday, January 30, will be admitted free to the Birthday ball for the President in this city. N. I* Holthouse, general chairman of the event announced today. The birthday ball to be given at the Decatur Country Club next Tuesday is in observance of the 52nd birthday of President Roosevelt and those who reach the same age on the President's birthday will be honored guests at the big party. Many people in sympathy with the movement to endow Warm Springs Foundation for the treatment of infantile paralysis with proceeds from the birthday bail for the President, have purchased ; tickets for the local event. The tickets sell for $1.50 per couple. SI.OO of the amount being donated to the Warm Springs Foundation. Yesterday a canvass was made ,by Dan H. Tyndall, ticket chair- ' man and Mr. Holthouse and a number of tickets have been sold to' public spirited people, who will be unable to attend the dance or bridge party, but wanted to support the national movement to endow Warm Springs Foundation where children afflicted with infantile paralysis can be treated. The dance will be one of the largest and most entertaining ever given in this city. Earl Gardner's famous 10 piece orchestra and a troupe of 13 talented artists will provide music and present a de-1 lightful floor show. The principal act of the floor show will be preirON’TTN'TTFtn OX PAGE StX) FEDERAL JURY INDICTS TWO Two Prominent lowa Men Accused Os Fraud In PWA Projects Des Moines, la., Jan. 27. —(U.R) — A conspiracy to defraud the Federal government in administration of millions of dollars worth of public works projects in lowa was charged today agai ist Lieut. Gov Nelson G. Kraschel and Carlton D. ‘ Beh, prominent Des Moines bond broker. Kraschel until last Nov.. 14 was ! state secretary for the public works administration. At that time ihe was removed from PWA work I by Secretary of the Interior Ickes. The charges against Kraschel and Beh were contained in two in-; dictments returned by a federal grand jury. Both men were named | ' in one indictment charging a con-1 spiracy to delraud the United States a- d Beh was named alone in another indictment charging that he I forged several pages of an application for a $140,000 loan and grant to the city of Ottumwa. la. Kraschel made a public statej ment, pointing out that he had not , been afforded a? opportunity to defend himself. He said he would insist on an immediate trial of the charges. The joint indictment specifies 19 counts in which alleged acts of Kraschel or Beh were considered indicative of a conspiracy. Kras- | chel and Beh are charged with asserting to municipalities and counties of lowa that applications for federal grants would be welcomed by the government in preference' to applications for loans and grafts. Necessary loans were to be made through commercial chanj nels, preferably the Beh firm, the men were alleged to have asserted. In the forgery indictment Beh ! was charged with having made alterations in five pages of an application of the City of Ottumwa, la., ‘for $140,000 in loans a id grants for ; construction of a bridge. It was ( ■ charged that Beh re-wrote the application so that it asked solely for , i a grant from the PWA instead of loans and grants. . i Attempts to divert applications .' for loans from the government to Beh's firm were charged.

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Still Working On Old Age Pensions The county commissioners did ■not conclude their Investigation re I lative to the granting of old age pensions at the meeting held yesterday. The pension roll him not yet been approved and further investigations must be made before final determination In the matter is made So far no official word has been received from the state if the local appropriation for paying pensions will be I matched with a similar amount or if the state appropriation will be only half of the total for this year. Although the levy for paying pen sions is made this year one-half of the funds will not be available until the May taxes are paid. DOOM JACKSON FOR SENATOR Clarence Jackson Expresses Willingness To Run If Urged Newcastle. Ind., Jan. 27.- iU.RY Clarence A. Jackson. Newcastle, director of the state gross income tax division, today awaited only . approval of Democratic friends to announce his candidacy for nomination for United States senator. Addressing a tenth district party rally here last night. Jackson expressed a willingness to run “if Democrats in other sections of the state believe 1 fit ■ the requirements." Jackson frequently has been mentioned as the choice of Gov. Paul V. McNutt to oppose R. Earl Peters, former chairman of the Democratic state central committee. It the income tax director decides to become a candidate he will be the third Democrat to enter the senatorial race. Peters and Harvey ■ Cole, Peru attorney, having preI viously announced their candidacies. Jackson was introduced by Dr. George W. Carrier, Henry county ■ chairman, as “a man who has made good in all walks of life." ‘"He told me that the political bettor senator is buzzing in his bonnet," Dr. Carrier said. In response, Jackson said he had not told any one he was an aspirj ant to the senate nomination and that injection of his name into tlie discussion tame as a surprise. Tn the conduct of our official duties we have studiously attempted to avoid promoting ourself or any other individual for any office," Jackso'i said. • "There are several reasons why I I do not believe this is a propitious time officially to announce even if my mind were made up." After denying ever having talked to the Governor on the subject. Jackson said: “I understand that the Governor has stated emphatically that he does not intend to take part in the campaign for the nomination. I i think we all agree that this is the only policy he could honestly pursue. "To make any official announcement at this meeting tonight, I where the Governor is an honored guest and principal speaker, would j not be fair to him and would probably be misunderstood in many quarters." Jackson said he would support j Walter S. Chambers, also of Newcastle. if the latter became a candidate for the senate nomination. Peters spoke briefly, declaring he would be proud to serve with (CONTTNTTFjn ON PAGE STX) O Stock Exchange Rules Suggested Washington, Jan. 27 — (U.R) — Federal regulation of all stock exchanges was recommended to J President Roosevelt by a special ; inter-departmental c onimf ties ‘ whose report was made public today. The report, transmitted to the ' senate banking and currency com- ( mittee, urged creation of an adi ministrative authority with broad discretionary powers to require stock exchanges to enforce regulations which world establish ‘‘a minimum standard of fair dealing.” The report suggested federal licensing of exchanges “as a condition permitting the use of the malls and of interstate commerce instrumentalities for transmitting their quotations in all communi- • ■ cations respecting sales and other transactions.''

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ARIZONA WILL HONOR INDIANA ORDER FOR MEN Governor of Arizona Promises To Honor Extradition Papers MAKE SEARCH FOR THREE SUSPECTS Phoenix, Ariz., Jan. 27. (U.R) — Governor B. B. Mouer announced todav that he had tigreed to Derinit the extradition to Indiana of John Dillinger, accused killer, i three memhers of his gang. I and one woman captured | Thursday in Tucson. Ihe governor said the agreement was reached in a long distance telephone conversation with Wayne Coy. secretary to Gov. Paul V. McNutt of Indiana. The companions mentioned are Russell Clark, Charles Makley, Harry Pierpont and Mrs. Mary Kinder, all of whom were arrested , with Dillinger at Tucson. Ariz... . Thursday. Coy advised Governor Moeur that he had prepared extradition papers based on indictments returned against the prisoners in Indiana. r Dillinger Is under indictment in , Lake county in connection with the murder of a policeman during a bank robbery, in Marion county I in connection with the robbery of 1 the Massachusetts Avenue Bank ■at Indianapolis, and in Putnam 1 i county on charges of robbing the J Central National bank of Greenj castle. Mrs. Kinder is wanted with Dil- ’ linger on the Indianapolis bank robbery charge and Piernont, M-'klev and C'ark are wanted in ' connection with the Greencastle ’ ■ robbery. ' ; Atty. Gen. Philip Lutz Jr., and Edward Barce, deputy attorney general, will leave tonight for Tucson to appear for the state 1 when the prisoners are arraigned I on fugitive charges Jan. 30. Hunt Three Tucson. Ariz., Jan. 27 — (U.R) — Three reputed members of an outI law gang that John Dillinger, accused k«ller. unwittinglv led into t a "hick town" police trap, were . himed in this vicinity today. Dillinger and three confederates I were held in jail planning a fight i to secure their release. A habeas corpus hearing schad- ■ uled today was the first sten in their fieht to gain freedom before I authorities of several midwestern states descended on them with reouisition papers, charging robbery and murder. Indiana and Wisconsin authorities engaged in a plane race to ' be the first here to claim the prisoners. Illinois and Ohio were expected to follow, precipitating a ‘ sharp fight over their custody. ' The hunted suspects were John 1 Hamilton, Josenh Fox and Josepii ' Burns. Authorities believed they were liiding somewhere in the vicinitv. hatching perhaps, a plot ■ to deliver their leader. Dillinger Russel Clark. Charles Makley and Harry Pierpont from their capl tors. The jail resembled an armed (CONTINUE 1 !) ON PAGE SIX) o . DENIES KAISER TO RULE AGAIN High Hitler Leader DashI es Hopes Os Former Kaiser’s Return ' i Berlin. Jan. 27.—<U.R>—Any ambi- ’ tions of the former kaiser “or any 1 other old-fashioned king” to return * Ito the throne of Nazi Germany | were flatly dashed today in a statemeet to the United Press by a high ’ I party leader of the Hitler govern- ' ment on the former emperor’s 75th ' j birthday. ‘' The statement came a few hours 3 ■ after a group of former imperial army officers gathered at the Mar1 ' morsaal to drink a birthday toast to their former monarch were dispersed by Nazi brown shirts. "Hitler is the restorer of authority from above and discipline from below. He is the restorer of self 3 I ‘ respect and hope, but no restorer ’iof kings,” the party leader said, A "National socialism preaches the ON* PAGE* Six/ ’ 1 I