Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 32, Number 29, Decatur, Adams County, 2 February 1934 — Page 1

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lIMES HOLD WOTLICHT OF ME NATION ■ inge r Is Reindicted; -Minht Case To Jury; J Kidnaper Held PKors return "■v.u |\DI('TMENT (By Inited PreM) -B-nw hh! criminals held Wpitional spotlight today rB ...| cr;l | authorities ami liv, ‘ b,ales brollylll Bnt-ir conclusion Mime <>l ■ -IB . tanilar minis last vear. Biree inemhers of a once ■ fr | U | Imihv ■fang waited jßhic.am l<>r a juiv verdict ißdi would ln '*’ “* cli. ’Ht- or send the n Be el w m. < hair, hi the same ((B'XFera! ..r-nts captured Gor uM Alcorn a few hours after. Sankey, his leader in th-’ "pipings of <’has. Boettcher. 11 Beiivri ai d Haskell Bohn of St. had been whisked out of the F ’ alls - S " Lo I' l <'r<>wn Point, new indictment the notorious John nil ■ r on a , l.use of murder dm . a dime for whi h K- . penalty is mandatory. IBfec mil - away three of his |B«”’- solitary confinein th. State penitentiary »>..• l: they escaped five. |Ble o- > A woman companion |Br in 'nt'aitiapo. New Indictment |B r, ' tm'nt against John Hpr i liateine him with the |^E ; ;' 1’ 'iceman William O' K v mi East Chicago bank w.i.~ i,-turned today by a BK tv grand jury. Judge ■■am J Murray ordered the load*-! arraigned next Mon- • tment differed tn . a. ' ts from one vot 1.. .irner was returned 7... \,\i . where ho and merd .-is of his gang were ■►*(! G. Estil said the -red charge was ohto la-are that a death neninflicted if Dillingconvicted. Delay Arraignment lis. Feb. <U R) K.ginn-'t ' • Ma, '- V biiml.-r of the “trigger forth“ notorious Dillinger was postponed indefinite;-. at the request of her attorMiss Jessie Levy. Frank P. Baker of Marion criminal court agreed to the arraignment for a few {■ so that Miss Levy would ' OX PAGE FOUR* Jffl SNOWS I HIT DECATUR ■ ♦ B' °f Heaviest Snews B)f The Winter Falls I In Decatur which started to fall about o'clock this morning, kept it continuously for six ending with about five, inches ground. |Hwas one of the heaviest shows winter. Reports from over were that it was not and although traffic was none of the- roads were closed. Roop, county road superQB- stated that the snow plows ready on five minutes notice out and clear highways re closed. At noon today no had been made for the keep the roads open if to work during the night." stated. The trucks are at the county garage and are readv to carry out B rs - weather was ideal. The |^B era ture stood around 30 above at noon and everyone seemed the snowfall. It clung to IWfTees and shrubbery producing | s B es no artist could duplicate. ■ le city snow plows will probrJW clear the walks this evening, e snow continues to pile up ■ makes walking difficult.

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Verne Sankey Captured 80. A A; Trapped in a Chicago barber shop. Verne .Sankey, long-hunted South Dakota rancher, confessed to the nationally known Boettcher ond F.ohu kidnapings. Federal operatives questioned him on the Lindbergh kidnaping, of which < ase he is suspected of having knowledge.

VERNE SANKEY TO SJOUX FALLS Confessed Kidnaper Taken To South Dakota To Await Trial Chicago. Feb. 2. —dJ.R) —Manacled to a huge department of justice agent. Verne Sankey, co leased kidnaper, was taken to Sioux Falls. S. !>„• today- tn fare trfwt on charge* of abducting Charles Boettcher. 11. of Denver. Sankey's removal from Chicago was accomplished with such dis i patch that one of the guards designed to accompany him was left behi ’d. There were plenty of others to prevent Sankey's escape. , however. Eight federal men surrounded the elusive suspect as he was hurried aboard a train bound for Sioux Falls. Federal department of justice agents indicated they had dropped i their attempts to learn whether Sankey could shed any light o the kidnaping of the infant son of Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh. It wul believed, however, that a St. Paul, gasoline station operator would view Sankey whe" the train reached that city to determine whether Sankey was the man who placed several long distance telephone calls from the station to a point in I New Jejsey at the time of the kidnaping. Sa’key’s removal was arranged in a matter of minutes while a train was held to accommodate the federal men. Sankey probably will be tried with his wife. Fern, at the next session of the federal court (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) 111-Fated Balloon Over 13 Miles In Air Moscow, Feb. 2--4U.R) - A baro- ' graph ribbon, rescued from the wreckage of the gondola from the ’ stratosphere ballocn. Syrius, in which three valiant Soviet aeronauts plunged to their death, showed today that they had reached the unprecedented ■| heights of 13 2-3 miles before they 1 . crashed. The ribbon, registering pressure 1 within the gondola was intact and undamaged. It showed that Commander Paul Fedoseenko and his 1 two companions reached their ' highest altitude at 12:30 p. m. | Tuesday. •i — o ; Leander McCormick Dies At Miami Beach > ' Miami Beach. Fla., Feb. 2 —(UP) —Leander Hamilton McCormick,, ’ 74. Chicago, inventor and author, ' died at the Miami Bea-h Hotel to- : day. I McCormick, in poor health for several years, and his wife were spending the winter at the hotel, s having arrived Dec. 15. . Funeral arrangements are being 1 withheld pending arrival of his son > Alister McCormick. Santa Barbara. ; Cal., who is expected by plane tomorrow night. -j Two other sons, both now living in England, survive trim. They are 1 Edward Hamilton McCormick, I Leander J. McCormick.

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DUNCAN GIVEN LIGHT SENTENCE Confessed Utility Embezzler Is Fined, Sentence Suspended Crown Point. Ind., Feb. 2.- (U.R) —Howard S. Du can, wh admitted embezzling $132.1MM) from the Northern Indiana Public Service Co., was free today after paying a |1 fine ami costs of the ease —total. sl9.7f>. Despite his huge defalcation. Durnau wus forced to borrow s2u from his attorney. Joseph H. Con roy. before he could leave the courtroom. The former assista t treasurer ofvthe Instill fompany was sentenc ed also to from two to H years in the state penitentiary, but was paroled by Judge William .1. Mur ray to the court bailiff. .Murray said the light sentence was in recognition of Dmican's aid in exposing alleged irregularities in management by other officers of the utility company. When arrested on complaint of Morse Dell Plai president. Duncan retaliated with charges in court that funds of the Northern Indiana Company had been transferred in an illegal manner of other I sull concerns, to aid in maintaining a rate structure. A Lake county grand jury recently indicted seven Insull officials O i the strength of his testimony, including Samuel Inysull, Jr., vice chairman, and Dell Plain, for embezzlement. All are at liberty under bond. The grand jurors said in their report that they “could not condone" Duncan's theft, but added that he had rendered a public service by exposing the ‘manipulation (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) JOE GOLCHIN FOR SHERIFF Decatur Plumber Announces Candidacy For Sheriff’s Office • | Joe A. Colchin. Well known pluml'»r of this efty, today announced ms ' -indi.lacy for the democratic nomination for sheriff of Adatrns County. Mr. Cob l.in is the second man to enter the sheriff's race. F. J. Schmitt of this city, having announced his candidacy a few days ago. Sime returning to Decatur from the world 'war, Mr. Colchin has been steadily engaged in the plumbing and heating business here. Duri ing the war he served as a coppersmith in the United States Navy and saw services overseas, being stationed in France for nine months. Mr. Colchin is 43 years of age and is married. He acted as a special deputy sheriff several times while John Baker, his father-in-law served as sheriff of Adams County, ■f 'it was rumored today that several i other men were cotitemplating entering the sheriff's race, making it one of the most interesting in the •county primary election next May. —, o Choral Society To Give Program The Adams County Choral Society will present a half hour program at the Community meeting to be held at the Monroe Hatchery building. Wednesday evening at 7:30 o'clock. Members of the choir are requested to meet in the club rooms, above the Brock store Tuesday evening at 7:30 o’clock for a practice session. — O — Weekly Dance At Elks Saturday The regular weekly dance held by the Elks Lodge will be staged at the Elks Home Saturday evening. Dancing will start at 10 o'clock and music will be furnished by the Rhythm Queens, a five piece orchestra. No admission charge will be made and every member of the club ie espe- , cially invited to attend. . Rev. Gibbs Will Preach Sunday Rev. C. Perry Gibbs, pastor of the First Methodist church, who has been ill for several weeks will preach at the regular morning service Sunday. Hfe subject will be, “Our Father’s Business.

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, February 2, 1931.

Thetus Hocker Heads Minnesota Organization Thetus Hocker, of Austin, Minn.,' son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hocker of this city, has been- elected [ president of the Twin Cities Pur < busing Agents, an organization of several hundred manufacturer's purchasing agents in Minnesota. ; Mr. Hocker is purchasing agent for the Hormel Packing Co., of Austin. I It is one of the largest packing firths i' the country ami Mr. Hocker has been connected with it for a number of years. He is the , youngest man ever to head the state organization. o — - JAMES H. ROTH SPEAKS TO CLUB Rotary Activities In South America Are Told By Speaker Rotary activities lit the laitinAmerican countries were interestingly told by James H. Roth, former American consul and special foreign representative of Rotary In-' ternational at a meeti :g of the Decatur Rotary club last evening. Decatur was one of 10 Indiana cities visited by Mr. Roth, lie was accompanied here by Oscar Cravens, of Bloomington, India'.a Rotary governor. Rotary in the Bouth American countries is one of the dominating ‘ factors in government and educational movements, Mr. Roth stated. The presidents of the several republics are either active or honorary members of the clubs in Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires. Many of the civic projects launched in these two cities have lu'en furthered and brought to successful conclusion through the leadership of Rotary. Mr. Roth stated. Rotary was established in , the South American countries more than 10 years ago. Mr. Roth told of many interesting experiences he had in the Lat-in-American countries. He has , traveled in most of them. Governor Cravens invited the members of the local club to attend the district conference to be held in Bloomington next May and stated he would return to Decatur for I his official visit later. H. C. Oksen. superintendent of ( the Central Sugar Company of this city was chairman of the meeting. Ft. Wayne Postmaster Will Resign March 1 i ■ E. J. Gallmeyer will resign as postmaster of Fort Wayne, March . 1, according to an announcement made by Mr. Gallmeyer yesterday. His resignation was sent to James A. Farley, postmaster general. His term would not have expired until March 18, 1935. It was reported that Mr. Gallmeyer would seek the Republican . nomination for congress or be a candidate for mayor of Fort Wayne. He denied both rumors yesterday. CITY OFFICIALS AT FORT WAYNE Local Officials Attend Municipal League Meeting Today City officials and heads of the electric light and water depart-' ments of the municipal plant attended a group meeting of the Municipal League of Indiana at Fort Wayne today. The meeting was held jointly with district officials of the PWA. The session was held at the Anthony Hotel. Thomas L- Cooskey, mayor of Valparaiso and president of the league presided at the meeting. He talked on “Organization." Dan C. Hess, utility superintendent of Richmond, addressed the meeting on the coal code. Silk Spurgeon, former mayor of Kokomo and executive secretary of the Municipal league, spoke on the electric code. Short talks also were given on the PWA and tax problems. The PWA district meeting was held in the afternoon and was attended by officials from more than 40 cities and towns. The public I works administration board and the assisting public work administrator addressed the meeting. A round-table discussion was to be held oh PWA projects and problems.

INCREASE CWA WORKING HOURS CWA Employes Will Work 24 Hours Weekly Beginning Today Will Linn, county civil works administrator, received instructions this morning to increase work schedules on all county projects to 24 hours a week. The new a d longer schedule of ■hours became effective today. Fri- , day being the beginning of a new week on work projects. For the past two weeks CWA workers have been employed 15 hours a week. Mr. Linn tiled petition with Wll'liam H. Book immediately following the order to cut employing t to 15 hours and last evening in r ! telephone conversation with the state director was instmcterl to put the longer work hours into effect. Increasi g from 15 to 24 hours means approximately 4,500 additional work hours for the 500 CWA employes in this county. It will increase the payroll more titan fit) per cent. Until the 15-hour was ordered here CWA laborers worked 30 hours a week. Due to lack of funds the state administrator ordered a curtailment throughout the state. The preset t work schedule will continue until February 15 and longer if Congress appropriates additional funds for carrying on the work. The CWA payroll this week totaled $4,228.81. In a few rases, indudi g clerical and office help employes were granted 1(4 and 30 I hours during the past two weeks. WALT JOHNSON COMMISSIONER Is Named Election Commissioner By Republican County Chairman E. Walt Johnson, well known insurance agent of this city, was named republican election commissioner today 'by Republican county chairman Ralph Yager. Mr. Johnson will serve with Clark .J Lutz, who was named the demo- ' crat member of the board. County Clerk Milton C. Werliug by virtue of his office, is chairman of th,board. It is the duty of the election commissioners to surpervise the printing of the ballots and to tabulate the votes on the night of the election. They will serve for the primary and general elections. The primary election will be held Tuesday. May 8. In addition to the regular county, township and congressional election, the city election will be held this year. As far as known the election commissioners will also act for the city eleci tion. Women Entertained At K. Os C. Hall More than 200 attended the Mother's and daughters entertainment and banquet held at the K. of C„ Thursday night. Five reels of very good comedy pictures were shown, followed by the banquet which was served by the Knights of Columbus. Many favorable comments were made by the ladies to members of the committee on their ability to entertain and serve the banquet. In response the officers promised to repeat the event next year. The committee in charge comprised Leo UTlman, chairman, August Heiman, Pat Costello, Joe Kortenber, Eddie Gase, tA'ndrerw Appleman. Edward Voglewede and William Parent. The picture show was given by Mr. Parent and Ralph Roop. Health Clinic Held At Monmouth School T health clinic was held at Monmouth high school, Thursday morning, when 45 indigent children were immunized against diphtheria. is was announced by Miss Vivian Burk, women's administrator of the CWA today. Drs. S. D. Beavers and Robert Daniels, assisted by Miss Irene Gerke and Miss Florence Anderson, public health nurses, and several high school girls conducted the clinic.

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LARGE RELIEF I : BILLISGIVEN TO HOUSE TODAY $950,000,000 U nemployment Relief Bill Is Reported PORTION OF FUND DEVOTED TO CWA Washington, Feb. 2. (U.R) A $950,000,000 unemployment relief bill, designed to continue the Fed- , eral wing of protectio-' over the nation's Jobless, was reported to ' the house today hy the appropri atlons committee. Despite angry undercurrents of protest against the administra- , tlon's intentio to use the bulk of the new fund for relief aid other than that provided by the civil works administration, house leaders planned to put the bill before the house under suspension of rules on Monday. Speaker Rainey said ( the house would pass the commerce - labor - justice - state department appropriation bill today ami 1 then adjourn over the week end. ' Approximately $4511.000.000 of the appropriation, accord!' g to Emergency Relief Administrator Harry L. Hopkins, will be used to extend the 1 CWA until May. when the work 1 projects which have put 4.000,000 men to work will be dropped. Hopkins informed the appropriations 'committee that the remaining $500,000,000 would be used mainly to continue relief aid to states. , Hopkins asserted that the CWA ' was set up as an “emergency measure for the winter only" and that he expected that by May a pickup in PWA work, and i' dustrial and farm conditions would make possible “complete demobilization." 1 . A graphic picture of the ttnemI ployment situation was presented | the committee by Hopkins, it was revealed by publication of his testimony. He minimized “graft" con- . ditions in the CWA. warned that millions of jobless will present a federal problem when "normal" times return, and estimated that 3,000,000 persons would be on re- - lief rolls throughout 1934. As a permanent solution to the ■ unemployment problem he said a r "scheme of unemployment insurance is going to be necessary.” Present CWA funds will be ex- - hausted by February 10, he testified. with the government having - put a total of $500,000,000 into the • project and states and cities from $175,000,000 to $200,000,000. The $950,00'.000 bill emanating from the administration should pro- ‘ vide sufficient funds to carry on ■ federal relief work until next Jan- - uary "possibly two or three months ; longer,” Hopkins said. I Hopkins indicated that it necee- * sary the CWA would be continued ■ a “few weeks longer" than May 1, - if there was a delay in seasonal k'ONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) —————o FARM BUREAU ' MEETS FEB. 9 Annual Meeting <»i County Fann Bureau Will Be Held Here The annual meeting of the Adams County Farm Bureau will be held at the Catholic school attdi ( torium Friday, February 9, it was ( announced today. Speakers for ( the occasion will include Joh ■ Sims of New Albany and Paul Engle, former executive of the Indiana Farm Bureau, now experts in the fertilizer business. The meeting will convene at ten i o'clock a. nt., with Jerry Leichty, county president, in charge. He will be assisted by O. V. Dilling, secretary an i Joseph D. Winterj egg, county managd’r. The morning session will be devoated to I hearing reports, election of officers and okher matters pertaining to the . program for the ensuing year. r At 11:30 a free dinner to all i members and their families will . be served and immediately follows ii:g, the fertilizer school will open. . A program complete in detail and participated in by Mr. Sims and t Mr. Engle will be of interest to ; every farmer who attends. It is expected the event will be 1 one of the best ever held in the , county and much good will be derived from those who participate.

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Sankey’s Woman Companion 1 FWriiF WBIi I JttMM I * Helen Mattern, companion of th£ notorious criminal, Verne Sankey, hid her face from camera tnen as she was being held for questioning by federal operatives.

50-CENT RISE IN HOC PRICES Heavy Government Buying Adds To Rise At Chicago Market Chicago, Feb. 2. — tU.Ri ~~ Under the influence of heavy government buying a d limited receipts hog prices made a spectacular 50-cent advance at this world’s livestock market center today. The top price jumped from $4 to $4.50 per hundredweight. The advance, brought about principally by federal purchases for relief work, put the market up to the highest point since Nov. 6 and marked an advance of 75 cec.ts over the close for last week. Some . credit for the advance also was givjen to the dollar devaluation program of the federal administration. The entire market tone was strong and experts anticipated a further advance over the week end with light receipts in prospect. Receipts of only 20,000 hogs today Inclined 10,000 directly to packers. The sharp response to the government’s buying program cheered proponents of the plan to increase prices by buying pigs for relief. Traders saw in the new price an indication that Secretary of Agriculture Wallace has determined to make good his promise that hog prices would "rise sharply.” Wallace originally mentioned Jan. 15 as the date oy which the government buying program would be felt on the market. Although swine prices on the Chicago market have climbed steadI ily higher since the first of the | year, prices have remained below what farmers claim to be "cost of production" returns. Prices for best hogs finished the year with a top of $3.35 per hundred , pounds, climbed to $3.50 by the end of the first week in January and hovered near that, figure for the next fortnight. The peak since j November was reached this week when twice the price was lifted to $4 per hundredweight. o Edward Koos Is Trustee Candidate Edward Koos, St. Mary’s township farmer, today announced his candidacy for the Republican nom- ! ination for township trustee. Mr. Koos, who has resided in St. Mary's township his entire life, made the race four years ago. More Corn-Hog Meetings Listed Another series of corn-hog meet-1 ings has been scheduled for each township in Adams County. The purpose of this series of meetings will be to answer questions that the farmers may have* to ask regarding the contracts. The meetings scheduled so far are for Monday. Feb. ruary 5. The morning session will be held at the Kohr School house in Union Township at 9 o'clock. The afternoon meeting will be held at the Monmouth gym at 1:30, and the school Building, Decatur, at 7:15. The other township meeting will be announced later.

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POLICEMAN IS FATALLY SHOT IN ONE HOLDUP Four Holdups In Country Today Net Total Os Near $160,000 ONE OF ROBBERIES N E T S $130,000 (By United Press) Bank holdups in widely separated parts of the nation — one resulting in tlie lai d «h<'ot'.ng of a policeman netted a total of a bout $160,000. The most sensational robberv was tit Penns Grove, N. J., where bandits threatened National Bank and I rust Co., eniplov'es with death and seized *l3O 000. At Needham. Mass., the Needham Trust Co., lost about $12,000 to bandits who ki’led a policeman aud wounded three other persons. At Coleman. Tex., bandits robbed the First National Bank of $20,000. abducting an emnloye as they fled. The emnloye later was j freed. At Rochester, N. Y„ four bandits wearing dark glasses and handkerchiefs for disguises held up a branch bank of the Union Trust Company today and escaned with loot estimated at between I $7,500 and $15,000. Needham. Mass., (Feb. 2 —411. R) — A policeman was slain and three other men were shot todav when four young unmasked bandits held up the Needham Trust Company in the business district and escancd with between $12,000 and $13,000 in cash. The policeman. Forbes McLeod, di«d of a stomach wound. Names of another policeman and a tirem»n wore nlaced on the daneer list. A bank emnlove. the fourth victim, nrobablv will recover. Two bank employes, taken as hostages to protect the Peeing robbers, later were freed, unharmed. Penns Grove, N. J.. Feb. 2—(U.P) —Four bandits robbed the Penns Grove National Bank todav. and escaned with $130,000. state police reported. Tlie hanfU’s' automobile later was found abandoned on the road to Woodstown, about six miles from here. Stole nollce were un- ! certain whether the outlaws bad transferred to another tnaohine. Thev considered the possibility that Pretty Bov Floyd, notorious ' Oklahoma outlaw recently renorted in this state, had been involved, but were inclined to doubt that coniecture. The money represented the week’v pavroll of the Du Pont nlants at Deepwater and Carney's Point. Four youthful bandits held up two etnnloves of the bank. The employes. Harold Ander■i son. a teller, and William Waddington. a guard, were taking the money from the nostofflce to the bank for the bi-monthly payroll ' of the Du Pont plants. As they neared tlie bank a small ; sedan swerved toward them and ' two men leaned from the car. "Stick ’em tro and don't make in v trouble." Anderson said one of the men to'd him. The men grabbed the bag containing the AV S?TX) O Gilliom Is Named On Board Os Directors O. F. Gilllotn of Berne, a representative for the Lincoln Natloc.al Life Insurance company and an outstanding life insurance salesman, was elected to the board of directors of the Lincoln Life at the annual meeting of the firm's stockholders Wednesday afternoon. Mr. Gilliom along with E. C. Wightman, vice-president and controller, and Leland J. Kalmbaeh. 1 reinsurance secretary, both of the : Lincoln Life home office here, were the new men placed on the board this year. I O-.t last October 27, Mr. Gilliom completed his I,oooth week of consecutive production of life Insurance business. For more than 19 years he has sent an application week in and week out to the homo office of the company. He Is directly responsible for $7,214,000 of life - insurance in force in his community. He also has been six times leading producer of the entire Lincoln ETfe company.