Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 32, Number 43, Decatur, Adams County, 19 February 1934 — Page 1

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WORLD MOURNS DEATH OF KING ALBERT

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Austria-Bound » ' ' V. i E > K Ju » W \ -*‘7 a m *' A Obliged to curtail his c-impaign 1 work, in the race for Governor of Pennsylvania. George H. Earle, V. S. Minister to Austria, sails from New York for bis Vienna |s>st after he had received orders from the President that his presence in the strife-torn country was neces- , sary to the safety of Americans in Austria.

ISSUES ORDERS TO CUT PAYROLL 10.000 CWA Employes Will Be Discharged In Indiana This Week Indianapolis. Feb. 19— (U.R) Orders to reduce the number of i civil works employes in Indiana were sent to each of the 92 counties by the state CWA headquarti erß today -,_ ... „ _ , TlTe Indian i administration IM , received notice from Harry L. Hopkins, federal cviil works administrator, to induce total Indiana payrolls to 88.500. effective Feb. 23. The reductions made in each county are to take place at ! the close of the current work ! week, which ends Thursday. State CWA officials estimated 1 that the payroll in Indiana was ! approximately 98,500 last week on i all except federal projects. In ordering the payroll reducI tions, Hopkins asked that needy women be given equal consideration with men. Local administrators were instructed to give careful consideration to the economic situation :n their respective counties. Major reductions should be made only where seasonal opportunities are best or where industrial employj (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) — o Fort Wayne Youth Drowned Saturday Fort Wayne, Ind., Feb. 19—(UP) James E. McCormick. 8. was drowned when he broke through thin ice at a water hole here. Claude Holmes, a skater, attempted to rescue the child but v,as ; torced to break the boy’s hold to j save his own life. o FEWER INMATES ATJNFIRMARY Registration At Infirmary Is 14 Less Than Last Year Harvey La Fountaine, superintendent of the Adams County Infirmary believes th-at conditions are getting better and points to the en rollment at the infirmary. iA year ago there were 57 inmates at the county infirmary. Today the total registration is only 43 and no one has been admitted since last December, Mr. La Fountaine stated. Three deaths have occurred a- 1 rnong the inmates this winter. The inmates include 13 women and 20 . i men. The oldest person living at the I informary is 91 years old. He is John Cook. He has made his homo there for a number of years. The youngest is 21 years. Mr. La Fountane, who has an en-; viable reputation in the manoge ment of the county infirmary stated today that health conditions of the ! inmates was good and that he had not received an applicatoin for admittance for more than 60 days.

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GANG MEMBER NAMES TOUHY AS KIDNAPER Isaac Costner Points Out Touhy, Two Companins In Court BANGHART NAMED AS GANG LEADER Chicago, Feb. 18. (U.RI Isaac Costner, confessed participant In the $70,000 kidnaping of John (Juke tthe Barber) Factor, identified Roger Touhy and two followers today as his confederates in the crime. He also implicated Basil (the Owl) Banghart, captured with him last week in Baltimore. “ Pointing a trembling fore-finger at each of the defendants in turn, Costner pointed Touhy. Gustave Schaeffer Mol Albert Kator and declared that they were among the gang which held Factor cujitlve 12 days last summer. The dramatic identification was made from the witness Stand in Touhy's trial. Costner's testimony was the first official confirmation of reports that he had confessed and furnisher! state's attorneys with a statement implicating the entire suspect gang. Costner attributed leadership of the abduction plot to Banghart, known as the "brains" of the Touhy gang. The other gangster from whom additional information was sought was Basil Banghart. Those on trial are Touhy, Gus Schaeffer and Albert Kator. Banghart and Costner, closely guarded, were brought here from Baltimore over the weekend. Factor, in addition to his direct identification of the trio on trial. Uaxe idem ifltjii Bang; hart and Costner. A find of $1,4X6 in small bills taken from Costner was said to have been identified as part of the 370,000 ransom paid for Factor's release. Crowley said that five persons (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) O JOHN NUSSBAUM OEATHJSVICTIM Prominent Retired Farmer Dies At Berne Saturday Night Berne, Feb. 19—(Special)—John P. Nussbaum. 89, prominent retired farmer, died at hie home in Berne, Saturday evening at 8 o’clock. following a four year's illness of complications. The deceased was one of the best known men of this community, residing on a farm near Berne from 1852 until 1908, when he moved into tow’n. He had celebrated his 68th wedding anniversary two weeks ago. Mr. Nussbaum was born in Switzerland, October 16, 1844, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Nussbaum. He was marred to Virginia Mazelin on February 3, 1866. Surviving are the wife, the following children: Levi, at home: Peter. British Columbia; Mrs. Sarah Wyss. Berne; William, Monroe; John. California, and Sam, Berne, and a brother, Benjamin of Monroe township. The deceased was a member of the Mennonite church. Funeral servees will be held Tuesday morning at 9 o’clock at the home and at 9:30 o'clock at the Mennonite church with Rev C. H. Suckau, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in the M. R. E. Cemetery. _o Condemnation Suit Hearings March 15 Hearings on the condemnation suits brought by the Indiana Highway commission againet Alma Bowen and others and Fran-k Jovien and others, will be heard in the Adams Circuit court on March 15. Suit was brought by the state highway commission to condemn lauds necessary for the new right-of-way along state road 527, running southeast of Decatur. The Bowen property includes the frontage of the Bowen farm and the Jovien property consists of the land along the Decatur country club. As far as known these are the only two condemnation suits brought in obtaining right-of-ways along the road.

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Killed In Fall s Off! ; (In _____ Ax. i- Albert, king of the Belgians, ; was killed In a fall while mountain > climbing Saturday. Funeral services will be held Thursday. Leoj poid, crown prince, will succeed his father as king, taking office 24 l hours after the funeral services.

CLUB MEETING TUESDAY NIGHT 1 1-H Club Meeting Will Be ' Held At Monroe Tuesday Evening i t A 4-H club meeting is scheduled ? for Tuesday evening. February 20, at Monroe above the Model Hatcht ery. Ed Gannon, extension dairyi. man from Purdue will be on the 2 .-program. A piano solo will be giv 6 en by Margaret Moses and some r Swiss yodeling numbers by Peter s B. Lehman. There will be stunts r in charge of Pollyanna Lehman. The public is invited to this meet- ’ ing, and all 4-HCalf Club members 1 are especially urged to attend. The annual Difir y Feed School will be held the next day in the same room. This school will be conducted by Mr. Gannon in two sessions; one starting at 10 a m. and the other I at 1:15 p. m Due to a scarcity of feed the feeding and management of dairy cattle this year presents more different angles than in former years. These different angles of dairy herd management will be discussed. Other problems to be discussed are “Winter Feeding Under , Present Marketing Conditions". "Pasture Program", and “Controll- ! ing the Surplus On the Market." A complete home grown feed pro- , gram for the dairy herd 7s important if the dairyman is to meet re*i (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) .| o 1 Brotherhood Will i Meet Wednesday , I— — The Christian Brotherhood will meet -at the 'home of A. D. Artmen. t Wednesday evenug at 7 o’clock. ) o PLAN MEETING HERE THURSDAY t' Democratic Women’s Club r Will Hold Washington i Day Dinner — J The Democra'ic Women’s organization of Adams County will nold a I Washington's Day dinner, Thursday evening at 6:3d o’clock in the dini ing room of the Evangelical church. The program committee is compos- , i ed of Mrs. John Tvndall, Mrs. O. L i Vance, and Mrs. Alice Christen. Keith Johns, of Indianapolis, seci retary of the state democratic com- ■ mittee will be the speaker. Special • music will be lurnished by the DeI catur high school trio, comprising > the Misses Maigaret Campbell, Helen Suttles, and Mary Kathryn Tyn- > dall.' i iA'll women of the county are in•l vited, and anycn- wanting tickets • is asked to call a member of the • hospitality committee. Members of I that committee are Mrs. J. L. Ehler, t Mrs. Leo Saylors. Mrs. Ada Martin. I and Miss Florence Holthouse, De|vatur; Mrt. Adolpb Hanoi of Mont roe; Mrs. Ar‘hur Zehr. Berne, and t Mrs. Will Widdows, Geneva. i Reservations are to be made ou or before Wednesday afternoon. I

FARMERS PLAN YEARLY BANQUET Tenth Annual Banquet Will Be Held At Monroe March 5 The tenth u «)ual farmers banquet will be held in Monroe at 6:15 p. m. March 5. The guest speaker will be Indiana’:! commissioner of agriculture, Lieut. Gov. M. Clifford Townsend. The chairman will be' Peter D. Schwartz, president of Hie ( Adams Oounty Dairy Herd Improvement Association. The ladles of the Monroe community will prepare the banquet and the tickets will sell at 25c each. reservations should be made early, as the number 6? guests will be limited. This annual feed serves as an adult achievement program for extension work in Adams county. The year's work in farmers institutes. home economics, 5-Acre Corn Club, Dairy Herd Improvement Association, Gold Medal Colt Club, and the Social and Educational department will be reviewed. In the corn club medals were won by Lawrence Blub. Benjamin D. Mazelin. and Carl E. Amstutz. In the Gold Medal Colt Club gold medals were won by Amos Lehman, J. F. Merriman ilrid Edwin NNeuhauser; silver medals by Jacob J. Yoder, la»oii Neuenschwauder, Noah Neuenschwander. Eli Habegger; bronze medals were won (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o Adams County Native Dies At Huntington D. Vernon Stoutenberry. 32. who was born in Adame county, died Sunday at Huntington of double pneumona following an abdominal operation. Surviving are the widow, who was Esther Hitzfleld, the fath er and a daughter, Janet Lowiser ' Four sisters also survive. Funeral services will be held at 2 o’clock Tuesday afternoon at the St. Mark's Lutheran church at Huntington where bural will he made. DECATUR LADY DIES SUNDAY Mrs. Edward Ashbaucher Dies Sunday Evening Os Heart Trouble Mrs. Mary Alva Ashbaucher,' 49, wife of Edward A. Ashbaucher, former county treasurer, died at I her home. 1027 South Line street, at 8:40 o’clock Sunday evening. ! Death was caused by acute coronary occlusion and followed an illness of only four days. Mrs. Ashbaucher suffered a heart attack last Thursday and her condition was considered critical. She became worse Saturday night and did not rally from the attack at any time, death relieving her suffering. Mrs. Ashbaucher was born in Decatur, December 2. 1884, a daughter of Alexander and Sarah E. Hoyer, a pioneer family of this . city. She spent her entire life in i Decatur. She was married to Mr. ‘ Ashbaucher, June 2, 1903. Besides the husband. Mrs. Ashbaucher, is survived by her moth- ; er, one daughter, Mrs. Cecil i Melchi, and a sister, Miss Mar-, garet Hoyer, all of Decatur. Mrs. Ashbaucher was a member \ of the First Presbyterian church of this city and was a member of < the different women's organizations of the congregation. Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock at the home, with the Rev. j George O. Walton, pastor of the Presbyterian church officiating. Burial will be made in the Decatur cemetery. Husband is 111 Mr. Ashbaucher is ill at his home suffering from the shock of his wife's sudden death. A nurse is in charge. Mr. Ashbaucher suffered a breakdown in health about two years ago, but in recent months had apparently gained his former good health. 0 — K. of C. Meeting Is Postponed One Week The Knights of Columbus meet-' ing has been postponed fromto night until next week on account of the Chamber of Commerce meeting. . Many of the council members are planning to attend the Chamber of j I Commerce meeting.

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NOTED FLIER MAKES PUDLIC HIS DEALINGS i Colonel Lindbergh Makes Available Financial Dealings In Aviation DENIES RECEIVING ANY GIFT OF STOCK New York, Feb 19. lU.R) Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh's financial transactions In aviation were open to public scrutiny today. They were made available by the tiler himself, apparently in reply to inferences that he profited unduly i from his connection with two major air transport companies. Trans continental and Western A'ir and Pan-American Airways. The summary of his financial dealings followed by a week his tele- ' gram to President Roosevelt, protesting against what he termed the unfairness of the air-mail contract cancellation order, which affected, amoung others, the TWA. Essentially the same as the one he forwarded to the Black airmail investigating committee in Wash- . ington a month ago, the statement detailed that the tiler made a total profit of $187,838 over a period of I six years from stocks and warrants of the TWA and PAA. exclusive of reinvestment in their stocks. The statement also contained the ! first categorical denial made by LJndbergh of implications that he had received "gifts" of stocks from airline operators. According to his statement, he realized a profit of $150,884.80 from hi s Pan-American transactions. This, with "several thousand dollars additional" he reinvested in the company. His Transcontinental and Western Air profits totaled $195,633.75. The profit figures, the summary (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) — o Daniel Scherry Out For Re-Nomination Daniel Scherry, trustee of Kirklaud township, will be a candidate for renomination on the Democratic ticket at the May primary. Mr. Scherry will complete his first term this year. o Discuss Plans To Organize Clubs A meeting of prospective leaders of Catholi: action study clubs whs held at t.ie K. of C. hall Sundry afternoon and r' ans dscussed for the organ’zing group clubs among the womeu of »t Mary's Catholic ■ parish. It is the p an to oiganize several clubs of tea mem 1 tie each and t> follow the program as outlined by the Rt. Rr v. Bishop John F. Noll of Fort Wayne. Mrs. C. J. Carroll of this city is president of the local council of the National council of Cabholic women, under whose auspices the clubs are sponsored. Another meeting will be perfected. MANY TICKETS HAVEDEENSOLD Over 100 Tickets Sold For Chamber of Commerce Banquet More than 100 tickets have been sold for the annual Chamber of Commerce banquet to be held at j6:15 o'clock Chis evening at the j Masonic hall. Dan C. Flanagan, former prosecuting attorney of Allen county and well known attorney of Fort Wayne will deliver the principal address at the meeting. The election of three new direct- 1 ors of the organization will take place at the meeting. Nine candi-1 dales have been nominated ami ballots will be distributed during the dinner hour. James Elberson, president, will preside at the meetng and reports will be read by Dan H. Tyndall, secretary of th% board. The Eastern Star women will serve the dinner and Albert Sellemeyer will lead the community singing. Persons not members ot the Chamber bi' Commerce are also ; invited to purchase tickets for the banquet and attend the meeting.

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Air Probe Witness Ig, ' si ff v J Glenn H. Martin, builder of the formidable Martin Bomber ami head of a leading aircraft company at Baltimore, Md.. pictured as lie testified before the House Naval Affairs Committee, which is holding an inquiry into profits made by airplane companies on Government contracts. /

MAI DISCHARGE PRISON LEADER Reports Are Current That State Reformatory Head May Be Dismissed Indianapolis. Feb. 19 — (U.R) — Gov. Paul V. McNutt today denied reports that A. F. Miles, superintendent of th'! state reformatory, may be dismissed. The reports had been widely I circulated after a series of disturbances by prisoners at the reformatory. McNutt said that Miles has a “tough job" because of idleness among the convicts. Several of the prison industries had to be abandoned recently because of the Hawes-Cooper hill prohibiting sale of prison made goods in the open market. — Indianapolis, Feb. 19. —(U.R) —Reports that A. F. Miles may be dismissed as superintendent of the Indiana state reformatory were circulated at the statehouse today fol- ; lowing a series of disturbances by prisoners under his jurisdiction. Assistance of state police was asked by reformatory officials yesterday to herd 180 convicts to their cells. The convicts had become disgruntled over confusion of orders which sent them to the recreation grounds for their regular Sunday morning routine. Guards ordered them back to their cells because of i inclement weather. “There was considerable grumbling among the prisoners but nothing in the way of a rebellion occurred," Miles said. Two weeks ago workers in the prison foundry went on strike, demanding several concessions from the management. Four reformatory employes, including the chaplain, were dismissed as a result. Increased idleness at the reformatory resulting from discontinuance of many industries under the (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) OAdams County Men Attended Meeting Fred T. Schurger, Jacob C. Barkeley, George Krick, Ernest I Foreman, Dan D. Schwartz, Beni jamin D. Mazelin, Chauncey Clem, 1 and L. E. Archbold, county agent. were in Muncie Saturday, attending the organization meeting for the Productive Loan Association. Adams county is one of the ten I counties in the Muncie district. Fred T. Schurger. J. C. Barkley and Dan D. Schwartz were appointed by the group present to represent Adams county as incorI porators. If Adams county had ’no representative present no loans would have been available I to our farmers. This group appointed Fred T. Schurger as a director, and he was confirmed I along with the others. In the afternoon session formal steps were taken for incorporation. In a short time application blanks will be available in the county and loans can be made to the farmers on their own chattel I as security, but no loan will be made to farmers not cooperating ‘ with the Department of Agriculture in the reduction campaign.

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BELGIAN KING IS VICTIM OF TRAGIC DEATH — King Albert Killed Saturday In Fall From Mountain Cliff f SON WILL SUCCEED TO THRONE FRIDAY Brussels, Feb. 19— <U.R) Belgium, mourning a beloved king, today prepared to honor him in death and to crown formally as Leopold 111 his 32 year o’d eldest son. Parliament was summoned to meet in special session today to hear ofl’ciallv the news that King Albert 1 had been killed »v a fall from a mountain cliff. The king's body, clad in the uniform of a general which he wore with gallantry In the world war, will be brought from Laken Palace, outside Brussels, to the royal palace here, where it will lie in state on a giant catafalque 'tomorrow and Wednesday. A funeral chapel, in black and silver, was prepared today to 1 receive the king's body at th > ■ royal palace. The funeral was set for Thursday. Kings, princes and the president of France, departing I from rigid tradition against a j French chief executive leaving : his own country, will attend. Leopold will take the formal oath of office Friday. The coronation ceremonies will come later, at a time when the intense grief for the dead king is lessened. The cabinet will offer the new ‘ monarch its resignation as soon as he has taken the oath of office. Leopold is expected to ask the : premier. Count Charles De Broque- ’ ville. and his ministers to remain in office, thus constituting them as his own cabinet. Leopold and his princess. Astrid of Sweden, arrived at the capital j late last night from a Swiss holiday. distraught and even without baggage. They went at once to Laeken Palace to console Queen Elizabeth, the widow. Pomp ami circumstance, and elaborate evidences of mourning usually mark the passing of a king. In Albert’s death the pomp and TcONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) Large Crowd Attends Specialties Program A large crowd attended the musical specialties program presented at the Catholic high school auditorium, Sunday evening. Local musicians and singers, including school pupils, took part in the program which was given in a most pleasing manner. The proceeds from the entertainment will be used to organize a j school orchestra and later a band. BobAVliite fiad charge of the program and acted as director. SENIOR GLASS PLAY TUESDAY Comedy Will Be Presented At Auditorium Tuesday Night The final rehearsals for "Let’s Be Somebody," to be presented Tuesday by the senior class of Decatur high school are assuring a fine performance by the members of the cast. The players are well prepared to reveal the family life as portrayed in the play. The situations are real, the dialog bright,, the comedy excellent, and the characters diversified and interesting. The frantic efforts to “Be Somebody" give rise to many situations, comic and otherwise. The joys and triumphs, and the disappointments are numerous. The curtain will rise promptly at 8:15 o'clock. Prices of admis- ■ sion are 15 and 25 cents, and . tickets may be purchased from i any member of the senior class , or at the door. i The cast of characters is as I follows: Helen Becker, Bud Town- ■ send, Katheryn Engoler, Helena : Rayl, Margaret Campbell, John • Heller. Milton Hoffman, Helen Suttles and Marion Baker.