Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 32, Number 31, Decatur, Adams County, 5 February 1934 — Page 1

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HOUSE PASSES HUGE RELIEF MEASURE

j)ne Bid Made For Unmortgaged Property

■HOLDERS ■LY BIDDERS 111 PROPERTIES ■ of $30,000 Is Subject ■o Mortgage Os Three ■ Plants ■oCEEDING HELI) ■at i.(H \l. plant ■,. Laki shore Sugar Co.. ■iiHiiuaii corporation. of K, Dale W. McMillen and ■ Snv<k r. ov\ ners of the ■tral Suu ir Co., are conKj nt . stockholders, snbthe onlv hid for the ■liim- oi tile unmortgaged ■nertv ol the local plant ot ■Hollund Louis Sugar ■.before w illiam I). Rcin■tM<eci.il master in clian- ■ n the -ale held at the comoffice in this city this ■- Kfi r bid ■■ ■ S:IOJHN). subject to Kb.OOO.O" mortgage on the Hj plants of the Holland St. ■ Sugar <’o.. including the ■tor plant and the ones at and St. I-ouis, Michigan. Ku- :Ti-d on the factory. A Kir sale of the two Michigan K| will be held at Holland. ■ February 9 and it was rtood ’hat Mr. McMillen and loons'. ■- .U.ich also includes es E Larrowe of Detroit, will lit a bitt for the properties. ke sale this morning, subject approval of Federal Judge tu V. Slick, of the U. S. Het court. Fort Wayne divi- , wa> a step towards the aciag of the local plant by the rai Sugar Co., owned by Mr IjUen Mr Snyder and their titles who operated the De-: r factory last year. The tgage. in the form of bonds he three beet sugar plants, is hi by th- Central Sugar Com , and as no bid was filed on plant and machinery, ownerwill divert to the bonders upon onsummation of the Approval of the sale will dispose of the receiver. blowing 'he sale of the Michiproperties, the Federal judge 10 days in which to announce decision when a time of hear-j wUI be fixed, on which the sfion of sale will be argued, he sale today of the unmortrd property, included rolling k owned by the company amt tls of re il estate in Curryville, th Mills and Monroe, equite t and other material not insd in the receiver's inventory teld by him. resent at the sale today were bias G. Gallagher. Toledo, rear for ths Holland St. Louis tr Co.. Charles A. Wagner. To- , • Rr a d R Shoaff, Port Wayne, meys for the receiver; E. J. OXTIXURD ON page FIVE) ICAL COMPANY UMS $65,000 J 1 ® Loan Association * as Apnlications For $515,000 16 local office of the Adams nt! ' National Farm Loan Assoton, has Completed the making •any farm loans since the first he mr. Fred T. Schurger, inigator for the company stated tee January 15, loans totaling have been completed. Mr. “rger stated. The company has ttations for loans totaling $515.and since the local agency of Psderal Land bank was estabM more than 1250,000 in loans p been made. local company was organized lear for the purpose ot aiding 'owners secure new loans to retee their farm mortgages. They now able to make the loans ct to the owners. ®es L. Barkley is president. Hoffman, vine -president £■ Burt Lenhart is secretary 6 local loan agency. The loan mittee is composed of Harvey W, Carl Koenetnan, Fred Bleen“ Daniel Kaehr.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

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Grover Moser Is Trustee Candidate Grover Mower, well known insurance man of Berne, has announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for trustee of Monroe i townwhip in the May primary elec- . tion. A. A. LEHMAN FOR SHERIFF Arthur Lehman of Berne Enters Democratic Nomination Race The race for the democratic nomination for sheriff of Adams county became a triangular affair] today with the announcement that Arthur A. Lehman of Berne will be a candidate in the May primary. Two other candidates, Joe Col-, chin and F. J. Schmitt Os this city, announced their candidacy for the office last week. Mr. Lehman is a well known resident of Berne. He has served tas special policeman there for several years and his friends vouch that he is qualified for the office he seeks. Mr. Lehman lived in Decatur from 1926 to 1928. being employed by the Gerber Ladder company. He was born and reared on a farm near Berne and for 10 years was employed by the Dunbar Furniture company of that place. Returning to Berne after his residence in this city he was employed by the Berne Ice Cream company for three years. At present he is a member of the Berne fire dsparuuwul. Several announcements of can didacies were made last week by candidates for county and township offices. With a litile more than 60 days remaining for the official filing of declarations, it is expected that the next two weeks will firing out the entire field of candidates who seek party nominations in the May primary. CIVIL WAR VET DIED SATURDAY Joseph C. Panner Died At Home of Son Saturday Night Joseph Cyrus Parmer. 88, Civil War veteran, died at the home of his son, Gettys Parmer, 344 Line street. Saturday night at 9:45 o'clock of senility. Mr. Parmer was a retired farmer He entered the Civil War at the age of 17 and served two years ‘and 10 months. He was a member a}’ company E. 113th. Ohio regiment. He was a member of the G. iA. R. here, 1 Mr. Parmer was born in Ohio on March 4, 1845, a son of Joseph and Mary Parmer. He was united in marriage to Margaret Foster and five children were born to the union two ot whom are deceased. Mrs. Parmer preceded her husband in death on September 1929. Surviving are two daughters and a son. Mrs. George Baxter and Mrs. Olive Smith of Van Wert County, Ohio, and Gettys Parmer, Decatur. Six grandchildren and six great grandchildren, also survive. Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 1:00 o'clock standard time, at the Gettys Parmer home, 344 Line street, anil at 2:00 o’clock standard time. 3:00 o'clock, EST at the Wolfe Church, six miles east of Wren, Ohio. Rev. A. B. Brown will officiate, assisted by Rev. Eddy. Burial will be made tn the Van Wert, Ohio, cemetery. The local American Legion will have charge of the military service. The body was removed to the Parmr home from the S. E. Black funeral home Sunday afternoon and remains may be viewed until time for the funeral. o— North Ward School Will Give Operetta The North Ward school will present its annual operetta at the high school auditorium Friday, March 23. The title of the oper- j etta is "Blue Birds in the Forest] Court." :

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Sankey and Wife Taken to South Dakota Jail Ml w, ; ■HwUwK-’' ‘j? ill fl I,ef. to right: Mrs. Verne Sankey, Verne Sankey and Deputy F. S. Marshal Arthur Anderson, photo- ! graphed outside the jail at Sioux Falls, S. D„ where Sankey and his wife are being held in connection with she kidnaping of Charles Boettcher II of Denver, Col.

WILLSHIRE MAN IS FOUND DEAD S. S. Buchanan, Furniture Dealer, Found Dead In Bed Sunday ff. S Rwchanan. asre CT, weh | known furniture dealer and undertaker of Willshire, Ohio, was found dead in his bed dearly Sunday morning. Death was believed due ! to heart trouble. Mr. Buchanan's son and daughtei in-law. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Buchanan. lived with him at the family home. When they went to his room early Sunday morning they found him dead. Mr. Buchanan was a resident of Willshire for more than 6t) years. He was born in Fairfield County Ohio. Nov. 15. 1848 and had been in the furniture and undertaking business during his three score years of residence in Willshire. He was well known in the western section of Ohio. The deceased was a member of the Knights of Pythias lodge and in the First Methodiet church of Willshire. Besides the son with whom he lived he is survived by two, other sons. H. V. Buchanan. J. S. Buchanan of Willshire; three daughters. Mrs. Walter Scott, Mrs. Daisy Hile man, Willshire and Mrs. Eldridge Lautzenheiser, Monroe. Hit wife died 10 years ago. , Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at two o'clock Ohio time, from the Methodist church. Wills.)lre. Rev. V. Halnen. officiating. Burial will be made in the Willshire cemetery. COUNTY BOARD ALLOWS BILLS Adams County Commissioners Hold Regular Session Today The county commissioners met in regular session this morning at the auditor’s office in the court house and transacted business. Claims against the county were checked and allowed. The commis sioners stated that an. inspection of roads would be made this after-. noon. The board will be in session | again Tuesday. .Among the matters , to be brought before them will be a further investigation of the old age pensions. Final determination in the granting ofthe pensions has not yet been made. Official word from the state has not been received if the state will j match the county's appropriation I of or give only half of that amount for the payment of pen-! Slone. A re-appointment as county at- ■ torney will he extended to Henry B. Heller, who has served nearly 18 , years as county attorney.

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Brother Os Local Man Dies Sunday — 11 M. J. Welker of this city has re-1 I' celved word of the death of his | brother, A. D. Welker, 62. of Lima. ' Ohio, w ho died at 1 o’clock Sunday t morning of heart trouble. The deI ceased was also a brother of F. T. Welker of route 6. Decatur. He was a former teacher of Adams County. I Surviving are the widow, a daughter. and a sister. Arville Engle of Findlay. Ohio. Mr. Welker was a member of the United Brethren Church and was a teacher of the Young Men’s Bible class. Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, eastern standard tijne, at the United Brethren Church of Lima. o PLAN SERIES OF MEETINGS ! Series of Meetings On Corn-Hoar Plan Announced This Week The complete schedule of the I second series of educational meetings on the Corn-Hog plan is as follows: Monday, Feb. 5 9 a m. —Kohr school. Union twp. 1:30 p.m.—Monmouth Gym. 7:15 p.m.—Central school, Decatur. , Tuesdav. Feb. 6 9:00 a. m. —Kirkland Gym 1:15 p.m.—-Above Model Hatchery in Monroe 1 7:15 p.m.—Preble school, one mile north of Preble. Wednesday. Feb. 7 9:00 a.m. —Hartford high school 1:15 p.m.—Pleasant Mills high school 7:15 p.m.—Geneva high school. Thursday, Feb. 8 9:00 a m. —.Jefferson high school Gym I 7:15 p.m.—French twp.. Election school Friday, Feb. 9 7:15 p m. —B’ue Creek townshin Jacob school. The producers have received i their work sheets and have begun to fill them in. The purpose ofl these meetings will be to try to (answer such ouestions the nmduc- [ ers must, have answered before 1 they can comn'ete their work, j Everyone attending is asked to hring all corn-hog papers with I him. “Sign-up days" will be an- ' nounced when it Is apparent that I the producers have completed their work sheets, drawn mans and furnished other necessar.v data. .n, . - —-... Townshin Trustees Meet This Morning The township trustees of Adams countv met in the office of Cliffton . E. Striker, county school superln- j ' tendent, this morning. The regular 1 routine of business was transacted, j and Ralph Roop, county surveyor, ; discussed the county drainage aysItem.

MRS. STRICKLER DIED SATURDAY Mrs. Jane Strickler Died Saturday Afternoon At Home Here Mrs. Jane Strickler. 75. well known resident of Decatur for many years, died at her home at 835 Mercer avenue, Saturday afternoon at 2:15 o'clock following an extended illness. Death was due to complications. Mrs. Strickler had been ailing for the last 10 years following a stroke of paralysis. She was born in Van Wert Counity, Ohio, on August 36, 1858. a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Thatcher. On September 2, 1875 she was united in marriage to George H. Strickler, who preceded her in death June 25. 1915. Surviving are three sons. Lawrence, Decatur; Gilbert. Mercer avenue, Decatur; George E. of near Monroe, and one daughter. Laura Strickler, at home. | Two sisters, Mrs. Samantha Bar- ' nett, Mercer avenue, Mrs. Amanda Ross of near Willshire. Ohio, and a sister-in-law. Mrs. Mary Roop of Willshire. Ohio, also survive. Seven grandchildren and two great grand- ' children also survive. Mrs. Strickler was a member of the local Church of God. Funeral services will l>e held Tuesday morning at 10 o’clock at the home on Mercer avenue, and at 10:30 I o’clock at the Church of God, with tlie Rev. Glut Marshall offviating. Burial will be ma te in the Decatur cemetery. i The body was removed to the I home from the S. E. Black funeral home Sunday afternoon. SEEK RELEASE OF DILLINGER Attorneys Allege Dillinger Illegally Extradited From Arizona Crown, Point, Hid., Feb. S.—(U.R) Attorneys for John Dillinger, acloused murderer and gang leader, his release from jail today ion a writ of habeas corpus on tht ground of illegal extradition from Arizona. The surprise move was not expected to interrupt his arraignment this afternoon before Judge William J. Murray, when he is expected to plead net guilty to the charge of killing Policeman Patrick O'Malley in an East Chicago bank robbery. The petition pointed out that j Dillinger was extradited from Tucson, Arizona, on the first indictI ment voted against him, but is held under a second, filed recently. The extradition, the petition argued, therefore, is illegal and void See Hamilton Crown Point, Ind., Feb. 5. —(U.R) ~ (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

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f Iff CONFESS FARTIN DEATH OF EX-PASTOR Indianapolis Police Promise Early Trial For Those Held j I i ROOMMATE Dll) ACTUAL SLAYING Indianapolis, Feb. 5- — <U.Ff> An early trial of five persons report-, ed to have confessed complicity in the murder of Gaylord V. Saunders, 36. retired Wabash pastor,' was promised today by local p.ilice. Questioning of the group, which included the widow of the slain man, her nurse. Mrs. Mabel Balke, and three vonths. Theodore Mathers, 19; Masil Roe. 19. and Ross Curtz. 20, continued today. Evidence will be presenter! to I the Marion county grand jury within two days, Herbert E. Wilson, prosecuting attorney, announced. Saunders, who resigned a week ago from the pastorate of the Wabash street Methodist Episcopal church at Wabash, was slain because his wife feared he was 'o«ing his m>nd and would harm her and their children, James, 10, and William. 13, according to confessions police said they obtained. Mathers, roommate and fellow student of the pastor at an Indianapolis embalming school, planned the shooting with Mrs. Saunders, police said they were told. Mathers fired the fatal shot while he. Roe and Saunders were ] drinking in the victim's car early Friday morning, according to police evidence. Murder charges have been filed (CONTINt'ED ON PAGE I’IVE* * MALINRA LYNCH DEATH'S VICTIM Mother of Local Residents Died At Fort Wayne Saturday Mrs. Malinda Florence Lynch, 78, mother of Frank Lynch and Mrs. Will Dellinger of this city, aied Saturday afternoon at 2:10 o’clock at the Jessie Davis home, 2316 South Harrison street, Fort Wayne, of heart trouble. Mrs. Lynch was born n Indiana on September 16, 1855, a daughter of Absalom an.d Martha Judy. She was united in marriage to Ed Lynch who preceded her in death. Surviving are the following children: Jessie Davis, Hattie Davies and Maggie Marbaugh. all of Fort Wayne; Forrest and Arthur Lynch and Ona Patterson of Salem; Frank Lynch and Edra Dellinger of Decatur. Funeral serv.. > s will be held Tuesday afternoon at the Will Patterson home in Salem at 1:30 o'clock and at 2 o’clock at the Salem Methodist Episcopal Church ot which Mrs. Lynch was a member. Rev. J. M. Pynchon will officiate and burial will be made in the Tricker cemetery. The body was removed to the home of Mrs. Will Patterson in Salem from the S. E. Black Funeral home Sunday afternoon. o Gerhard Reinking Trustee Candidate Gerhard Reinking, Union township farmer, today announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for township trustee. Mr. Reinking has spent his entire life in Union township and has never sought elective office before. ■ ■— o Former Local Woman Suffers Broken Hip Mrs. W. W. Stewart, 68, of Wren Ohio suffered a broken right hip Saturday morning when she slipped an J fell on the Ice at her home. She was removed to the Adams County j Hospital. Mrs. Stewart resided in Decatur for a number of years and is well 1 known here.

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Local Mail Carrier Suffers Eye Infection Merril Peterson, city mall carier ' is a patient at the Lutheran Hospi-' tai in Fort Wayne, suffering a serious eye injury- The attending physician stated today that Mr. Peter-; , son was Improving and that it was : | not likely he would lose his eye. Mr. Peterson received an injury ' to the eye ball some time ago when a rwlg struck his eye while he was hunting. The eye ball became infected and a corneal ulcer develop--1 ed. He was rmoved to Fort Wayne a week ago. CLAIMS EFFORT TO WARN PRISON GUARDS FUTILE D. C. Stephenson Claims He Tried To Warn Os Prison Break STATEMENT GIVEN BY WAYNE COY Indianapolis. Feb. 5.- -(U.R>-B- ( '- Stephenson, former Indiana klan dragon, now serving a life term in 1 the state prison, was checkmated when he attempted to warn officials ’ of a break in which ten inmates 1 escaped Sept. 26. Wayne Coy, secretary to Gov. Paul V. McNutt, announced today. Stephenson's claim was made in ’ a statement to Pleas Greenlee, executive secretary to the governor. ■ nearly three months ago hut was withheld by McNutt. Certain officials of the prison, unnamed by Coy when he told newspapermen of the statement, ' were accused by Stephenson of acI cepting bribes from the escaped convicts. . The governor and Coy hot it expressed a belief that the former klan dragon's report was "highly fantastic and untrue." "It is a direct result of Stephenson’s deep-seated hatred for all I prison officers,” Coy said. I When asked why tlie Stephenson statement was not made public along with the testimony of many other inmates of the prison during • an investigation of the break by I the institution's board of trustees. Coy said: "We placed absolutely no cred- . ence in Stephenson's statement and . felt it was unnecessary to furnish • Stephenson with any more publicity. He always has sought the i limelight." : Coy denied that the Stephenson statement conflicted with the re- . port of the prison trustees in • which H. D. Claudy. deputy warden > of the prison, was blamed for the i escape. Claudy was discharged on the (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) HATCHERY AT BERNE RAZED I Hi-Way Hatcheries Completely Destroyed By Fire Saturday The Berne Hi-Way Hatcheries, located one mile north of Berne, were completely destroyed by tire Saturday morning The loss has' been estimated at SB,OOO, one-third of which loss is covered by insur-; ance. One of two men who had been working in the building and had gone to sleep there was overcome by smoke, but was revived. Both men were severely burned. The hatcheries housed incubators with a capacity of 45,000 eggs. Galen Brewer, of Sherwood, O„. and Paul Boos, service men, had been making repairs in the hatch-: ery, and had quit about 11:30 p.m., and had gone to sleep in the building. The fire is thought to have started about midnight. The men were awakened by the crackling flames, and barely escaped alive. Brewer, overcome by smoke, was , revived by neighbors. A fire truck from Berns answered the alarm, but was unable to • check the flames. The hatcheries were owned by Ervin and Vilas Schindler.

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ONLY ONE VOTE CAST AGAINST RELIEF DILL $950,000,000 CWA Measure Passed Under Suspension Os Rules TEXAS DEMOCRAT ONLY OPPONENT Washington, Feb. 5—<U.R) — The house passed under suspension of rules today the $950,000,000 CWA relief bill. The vote was 382 to one Representative Terrel’, Democrat, Texas, cast the only vote against the measure. Under the whip of Hie leadership, factions ODPOsmg curtailment of the CWA in the spring, were beaten down failing to get the required vote to defeat the bill, which under suspension necessitated a two-thirds majority fo|' passage. The victory for the administration was clear proof of tlie President’s hold over the house. The bill was passed after only 40 \ minutes debate, and under a pro- | cedure which forbids any amendments and required the membership to vote the measure either up or dow’n. Sensation of the debate was an assertion by Representative feller. Democrat, New York, that Mayor Laguardia of New York had authorized him to say that unless the CWA was extended, ’here would be serious riots by the unemploy'ed of Manhattan. Washington, Feb. 5— <U.R) —An unemployment insurance bill bearing the endorsement of Secretary of Labor Perkins was introduced in congress today by Senator Magner. Democrat, New' York and Representative Lewis. Maryland. President Roosevelt has not committed himself publicly to the bill but is known to sympathize with the aim. The Wagner-Lewis measure is (CONTINT’ED ON PAGE FIVE) SUPREME COURT ISSUES RULING Prohibition Violators W in Amnesty Against Prosecution Washingion, Feb. S—(U.R5 —(U.R) —Prohibition violators numbering more than 13,000 who were indicted before repeal of the 18th amendment today won an amnesty from the supreme court, which ruled they could no longer be prosecuted. The court affirmed a North Carolina federal court ruling which held that wiht repeal the federal courts were powerless to entertain dry law cases hangingover from pre-repeal days. An old common law rule provided that when a law was repealed, the penalties on violators remained in force unless the repealing act specificallj’ withdrew j the penalties. In the case of prohition repeal, however, it was held that constitutional authority to enforce a police regulation was withdrawn from the courts, and while tlie law might permit the imposition of punishment, the courts could (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) Additional Federal Supplies Received T. R. Noll, Washington township trustee, received a quantity of food supplies from the federal government today for distribution to the needy. Supplies received were 230 pound soft butter, 364 cans of beef and 800 pounds ot salt pork. These food supplies will be distributed Tuesday by Mr. Noll. The food was brought from Fort Wayne by Fnank Teeple. o Lions Club Not To Meet Tuesday Night —X— ta— The Decatur Llone club will not meet in regular session Tuesday evening at the Rice hotel. The ] Lions club will join other organizations at the scout banquet at the hotel Thursday evening.