Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 32, Number 44, Decatur, Adams County, 20 February 1934 — Page 1

r I ,0,!OA . W , „,outh 'I ( now ' ,b, ’ h

[OLD WAVE IN NORTHEAST CLAIMS 20

KILPASTOR lISDODENLY -IffIISMORNING Be I’err' Gibbs Os KthodM* liurch I)ies ■ At 10 A. M. ■poor heal™ - ■ ['OR XL \RU YEAR .■.vereiHi ' f,, ‘ irv Gibbs. K Ba<tl • the Decatur ■luidiiit cEirch since last wn through ’ suddenly at ■rtlob th‘' ■ -iiiihK «’ tl "‘ p..: • nage followin exhculed illness ot ■Xjgli K-V. Gibbs had ■Till poor he. th tor nearly unexpectedly irain g I- Lad been up and -..-terday. This e; when - awakened he nt feeling well. <jfe H was assisted to . ■ I’.hin a few min ■ ;; ,nnng the local - under went a 'he Methodist He return _ Jin- and spent . iperating. his - i«'h an extent Sgu. tne his tintpastor and love for monstrated a S today when he . - II at lite I eglli.lr morn trig service. - ministry in 190 s. F l.eete. Rev. Gibbs as pa-t. : in a half dozen :: also acted as ■ l i e-< re-ary overseas World War. |Hh:r. K t.-, ny. m the village Johnson county, .March be w.n a son of the Rev. ant datilda Gibbs. His »a- . .c ’lst minister for M years. the <■ I<■men ta r y Ke- s entered Berea in 1. finishing a two ■tarn: <..urse. He taught ■Min hl- i.i- county and late’ Mtthe position as surveyor tor t'oal and CokA Co.. Ky. ■hdog tin- . n tnstiation ot the ■t PWlli- ■ ■ 10l e Roosevelt ■tGibbs was named U. S. rev- ■» office, m -. headquarters at Mttfort. K-< He served in this ■t tor two years. Ml June Ibm he was married to Bl Flora X-wman of Batesville. Me ministry appealed to him and ■ lib'lie enu red Moores Hill colto take up his theological Mses. He was graduated from Mt Wtitin: -1, and the following M*years s> iv>-d as pastor of the Mttodist chm >ies at Vallonia and MJGarret Biblical Institute of ■rhwsjtt-rn . narsity. receiving JtTj( decree in 1914. During y* Hire* years he preached anti MWnwsn on page three) MUNDS PAY linos TO KING Bousand* of Belgians ■ny Last Resnects To | King Albert Rossels. Feb. 20.— (U.PJ -ThousM upon sorrowing thousands of g™* Passed today before the ■ ; of King Albert as it lay in r e on its catafalque in the Chap ■ T ? rtiente ol tlle Royal Palace. ■ M in a general's uniform, the f" bruised by a fatal tall from a pnttin rock face, the hands E, 1 ?* a cru cific, the dead king’s Ek s * n a Bettin? o{ silver and |7,,, Pories and green foliage. I noles flickered eerily in the E? Mbce chattel, near the grand E 0081 i» which only recently.the r ard queen h at j g | Ven a ga i a f art Md. L.? 1 ?'*"' 81 ' 8 ' n ithafci. with crepe F ’Words, stood guard, as they Ilin ° ne a " while those first ■ “ outside the royal palace were Ku, ng ' from midnight on. to pay rt ‘, e,O the monarch who had in war and peace. If eil r 'Tterans. whr widows, chil.War t * ea d' men an< i women "-ONTINugp Qjj page THRSB)

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Vol. XXXII. No. 11.

Local Officials To Attend Meeting Harvey La Fountaine, auparinten■dent of the Adams t'oinity ,infirmary and t’ounty Commissioners Dennis Striker, Frank Martin and Phil Sauer will attend a meeting of infirmary superintendents and fotnmliiHloners In Fort Wayne to morrow. The meeting will be held ( in the court house and suhjecte re- | lating to the operation and management of county Infirmaries will l> - discussed. Officials from eight nor-1 them 'lndiana counties will attend, j RECEIVER WILL MAKE PAYMENT Depositors Os Peoples Loan And Trust Company To Be Paid A third distribution of two per ; cent will be made by Herman H. Myers, receiver for the stockholders assessment to depositors of the Peoples Loan and Trust Company. Mr. Myers announced today that i the payment would be ready. Monday, February 26 and that depos ! itors in the closed bank should ’ call at the office of Lutz and Myi ers in the Erwin block to receive ’ their checks. The distribution from the special - stockholders assessment ordered ! more than a year ago by Judge C. R. McNabb of Fort Wayne amounts to approximately |5,U00. The final | payment from stockholder was due January 25. In addition to the six per cent I paid to Receiver Myers, the liquidating agent for the bans has already paid 58 per cent to deposiI tors, the payment next week making a total of 64 per cent. C. J. Lutz, who succeeded C. L. Walters as liquidating agent for the bank, will not be able to make another distribution until after A>fW- i, the rtate -frred -for bknis claims. It is believed that depositors will receive more than 75 per cent of their total deposits by the time final distribution is made. MYRTLE SNOW DIED SUNDAY Mrs. Earl Snow Died At Indianapolis Sunday Os Pneumonia Mrs. Myrtle M. Snow, 49, wife of Earl Snow. 3307 Central avenue, j Indianapolis, formerly of Decatur. ; died at her home Sunday night folI lowing an illness of pneomonta. Mrs. Snow took ill about two i I weeks ago and friends here did not i know of her serious illness, receivi Ing worl ofher death last night. MTs. Snow was well known here. ■ Her last visit to Decatur was last fall when her father-in-law, John F Snow died. The deceased was born in Lynn. Randolph county and for the past seven years lived in Indianapolis, where her husband operates a job: printing office. Mrs. Snow was a member of the; Unity Truth Center of Indianapolis and the Order of Eastern Star in Wabash Surviving besides the husband I are three daughters, Miss Kathryn Snow, Miss Mary Snow and Mrs. Ward Hunter, all of Indianapolis. Funeral services will be held at (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) 0 Resume Delivery Os Coal In Chicago ’ - I ■ Chicago, Feb. 20 —(UP)—Delii very of coal, halted yesterday by a • strike of teasters and yard men. i was resumed today iby approximate- ■ ly 100 companies which agreed in a i secret conference to meet wage i demands of the strikers, according i to union officials. I — Former Decatur > Resident Dead i * Wond wa-s receved today t'liat I I Mrs. Jacob Fa goner. 67, formerly of I this city, died at her home In Tra‘l verse City. Michigan. Monday. She ' was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. : David Murphy and was well known ’ here. ’ | Survving are eight children, and 1 , the following brothers and sisters: i Lewis Murphy, Noah Murphy, and , ■ Mrs. Charles Burrell of Decatur. 1 1 The message did not state when | 'the funeral will be held.,

Mrna, NatlOMi

NEW DIRECTORS A RE SELECTED MONDAI NIGHT I Chamber of Commerce Annual Banquet Held At Masonic Hall ATTORNEY MAKES PRINCIPAL TALK Speakng on the fear of economic uncertainity as the major problem of the day, Dan C. Flanagan before a crowd of 125 men attending the annual Chamber of Commerce here last evening emhpasizej, "This problem will yield to the same force which i-aused other problems to I.vie! I". The mi etiug. preceded by a banquet .served by the Eastern Star women. wjs held at the Masonic hall, with James Elberson, president of the organization presiding. Leo Kirsch led in community singing and Albert Sellemeyer presided at the piano. The election of three new directors took place at the meeting. Those elected are. J. Ward Calland. field manager for the Central Sugar Co; Clifford Saylors, girage proprietor. Jess Rice, hotel proprietor. A financial report for the year was read by Dan 11. Tyndall, secretary. Mr. Tyndall's report showed that the organization had 124 paidup members last year. The receipts from dues and miscellaneous items amounted to $490.10. The expenditures totaled. $333.41, leaving a balance of $156.69. The Chamber of Commerce maintains headquarters fn the Peoples Loan and Trust Company building and its use is donated free to local organizations. At present it is occupied by the CWA. Mr. Elberson announced ttrat the board of directors would meet Thursday, March 1. for the purpose of electing officers. Mr. Flanagan was introduced by Attorney Fend L. Litterer of this city. His address was a patriotic oration, built around the lives of Washington and Lincoln and ideals of the American form of government. I’n part he said: "We are gathered between a period <>f time which should almost be sacred —the period between the birthday anniversaries of our two greatest Americans, Washington. Lincoln. As the chamber of commerce was established to solve the great problems of their days. "Since the beginning of time men have been free. They have been ruled by four great fears, the fear of the supernatural, of political tyrany. of physical bondage and of 'economic uncertnnity. "Primitive man when he roamed the forests was free to take what he wanted, limited only 'by his physical ability. Yet he was not free. Regard history which tells the story of the predominating influence of the fear of the supernatural before ; the time of Christ. They were willing to sacrifice anything, even their loved ones to appease the thing they feared most. Great philosopbVcONTRNUED ON PAGE FOUR) PREPARE ALIBI ! FOR DILLINGER Two Attorneys Will Seek To Establish Alibi For Gangster Crown Point, Ind.. Feb. 20 —(U.R) Two attorneys today were pro-1 paring a Florida alibi for John Dillinger, gang leader charged with slaying William P. O'Malley, East Chicago detective, in a bank -obbery Jan. 15. Di'llnger. held in the Lake County jail here, is scheduled to go on trial on a first degree murder charge March 12. Joseph Ryan. Indianapolis attorney who appeared with Dillinger at his arraignment, conferred with the murder suspect In jail here yesterday. Ryan said he will | go to Florida soon in an effort to ; locate witnesses who will testify ’ ’hat Dillinger was in Florida at | the time of the East Chicago holdup. louis Piouett. Chicago attorney, was halted late yesterday bv i Sheriff Li'llan Holley when he | attempted to take a stranger into 1 (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE)

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, February 20, 1H34.

Identifies Touhy Isaac ftennessee Ike”) Costner as lie appeared on the, w itness stand in Criminal Court. Chicago, Monday, and delivered a smashing blow against Roger Touhy and two co-defendants by swearing Hint he and the rest of the Touhy gang kidnaped John Factor for ransom last July. Costner, wiio was recently seized in Baltimore anti return cd to Chicago, turned state s evidence.

Mens Brotherhood To Meet Wednesday The mens brotherhood of the Zion Reforme.l church will hold its first ' regular monthly meeting in the so-1 cial rooms of the ciiurvh Wednesday evening at 7:30 o'clock. French Quinn will deliver his lecture on Abraham Lincoln and other entertainment will be furnished by members of the organization. All men and boys from this community are cordially invited to attend this meeting. o AMENDMENT TO 1933 FARM ACT Extension of Reduction Program Likely To Be Proposed (Copyright 1934 by United Press) . Washington, Feb 20 — (U.R) , Amendment of the 1933 emergency ' farm act to extend the administration’s acreage-reduction program on a wider, more permanent, front probably will be proposed to this session of Congress, it appeared today in view of statements by Secretary of Agriculture Henry' A. Wallace. A tentative draft of such an I amendment is reported on good authority to have been prepared. Wallace, in any event, believes an amendment probably will be pro- ! posed. A definite commitment to . the extension of acreage reduc(CONTINI'RD ON PAGE TWO)

Telegrams Urge Protection Os Beet Sugar Industry In U. S.

— Telegrams to United States Senators Frederick Van Nuys and Arthur R. Robinson and to Congressman James I. Farley, urging that they prevent the passage of 1 any legislation detrimental to the i domestic beet sugar industry, I were sent today by the Decatur Chamber of Commerce. Last evening at the annual banquet of the Chamber of Commerce, J. Ward Calland, field manager for the Central Sugar Company, eave a short talk and explained provisions in the Agriculture Adlustment Act, which allocate and would reduce the beet acreage in •he United States. Mr. Calland stated the tentative draft of the allocating measure allotted 1,750,000 tons of domestic beet sugar and that the proposed quota had been reduced | to 1.400,000 tons, while the tonnage from Cuba and island possessions had been increased. The measure has been sent to | Congress and probably will be acted upon this year. Domestic beet i sugar plants are opposed to re-1 jiuced tonnage, which consequent-I Jy reduces the beet acreage in|

ROOSEVELT TO OPPOSE BONUS President Will Not Approve Bonus Legislation At This Time Washington, Feb. 20—- (U.R) — , Speaker of the House Henry Rainey said today he was authorized by President Roosevelt to say that the President cannot approve I any bonus legislation at this time. Rainey, who called at the " bite House this morning as a house bonus petition rapidly was reach- 1 . tng the required number of names I to force a vote, called newspaper men into his office to make the following announcement: "I am authorized by President I Roosevelt to say this la not the 1 time to pay the bonus and he cannot approve any legislation to that i effect." Rainey would not amplify his statement, but indicated that he would let the statement stand and would not bring any other pressure on the membership to forestall a vote. The bonus petition had 138 names on it shortly after the house convened today. I One of the first to sign today i was Rep. Wright L. Patman, Dem , Texas, who led the bonus fight in the 72d congress. In a speech on the floor Patman praised the currency features ofj the bill which provides for Issuance of $2,400,000,D00 in green*7cONTINT’ED ON PAGE FOUR) _

Adams County and territory of the local company. He asked the cooperation of the membership of the Chamber of Commerce in bringing the allotment provisions of the bill to the : attention of the Indiana senators , and Representative Farley. He ! asked that the following telegram | be sent and unanimous action was taken bv the assembly: •‘To United States Senators Frederick Van Nuys and Arthur R. Robinson; Congressman James 1. Farley. i “In behalf of 1,400 farmers growing sugar beets in this locali tty and our local workingmen who : receive almost two million hours of labor annually, the Decatur Chamber of Commerce urges that you make every effort to prevent any legislation by Congress that would injure the domestic beet sugar industry. I 'Signed. ■ Decatur Chamber of Commerce.”, Acreage Nearly All In Mr. Calland assured the busi- ■ ness men that the Central Sugar j factory would operate next year | ""(CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)

FanilskeS n» raitm

BROWN DENIES ANY COLLDSION IN CONTRACTS Charges By Sen. Black Are Hotly Refuted By Walter Brown SAYS AIRLINES “DIVIDED UP” Washington. Feb. 2u (U.R) Charges of "preference" in the award of airmail contracts during the Hoover administration precipitated a bitter exchange today between former Postmaster General Walter F. Brown ami Chairman Hugo L. Black of the senate airmail investigating committee Pounding the committee table with his fist. Black made repeated charges that the nation's, airline routes were "divided up" at a “spoils conference" between Brown and mail operators in the postofYice department in 1930. “There was no such thing as a dividing up' of those routes," Brown shouted back, his face flushed. The alleged “spoils conference” formed the basis for one of the reasons given recently by Postmaster General James A. Farley in annulling all domestic air mail contracts on the ground they were awarded "eollusively.” Testimony on the subject followed a charge by Black that former President Hoover hail taken part in a controversy in August. 1930, ■ resu’ting from the postoffice de(CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) - — — Lodge To Observe 70th Anniversary • The 70th anniversary of the . Knights of Pythias lodge will be i celebrated by the Decatur Knights lof Pythian Sisters Friday evening. A pot luck eupper will be served at 6 p. m. followed by a program ot entertanment. All members are urged to attend. 1 o YOST DROTHERS LOWEST BIDDER Local Firm Submits Low Bids For Construction On Road 527 Indianapolis, Feb. 20 — (U.R) — Bids for the construction of 14 bridges were opened today by the state highway commission. The low bids totalled $251,265, as compared to the engineers' estimate of $302,265. All but one were state proiects. The other, an NRA project, calls for construction of a bridge over the east fork of Whitewater river in Franklin county on road) 101. H. L. Maddocks. Newark, O„ was low bidder at $49,990. Low bids on the other projects ! include: Rd. I—Wabash1 —Wabash river, north edge Bluffton,' Wells county: James A. Crosbie, Bluffton, $68,778. Rd. 527— Borem Run, 0.2 mile southeast Decatur, and Raudenbush ditch. 0.7 mile southeast Decatur, both in Adams county: Yost Brothers. Decatur, $16,715. Rd. 527 —Yellow Creek, 1.8 miles southeast Decatur. Adams county; Yost Brothers. Decatur, $9,679. Rd. 527 —Blue Creek, one mile southeast Pleasant Mills, Adams county; Yost Brothers, Decatur. $14,895. To This State Washington, Feb. 20 — (UP) — Civil works administrator Harry L. Hopkins announced late yesterday that allotments aggregating $30,605.000 had been made to each state and the District of Columbia for new commitments “for all purposes other payrolls" from Feb. 15 through the end o' the CWA program. The purposes “other than payrolls" Hopkins said, include such items as materials, team and truck ill Ire and equipment purchase or hire. The allotments are maximum amounts which may be spent from federal funds and instructions to administrators said that obligations I incurred in excess would not be honored. The allotments include: Illinois, $3,00’0,000; Indiana, $250,000; Wisconsin, $500,000.

Price Two Cente

Large Crowd Attends Initiation Services A large crowd attended the Elk's 'initiation and meeting at the Elk's home in this city last evening. A class of 17 candidates was ini'lilted. Two re-instatements were made. I The ritualistic work was in ! charge of Earl B. Adams, exaulted I ruler and regular officers of th" ' lodge Following the meeting a lunch was served by the committee, C. <). "Cadle" Melbers, being the ch f. HOLD HEARINGS ON PLANT SALE Judge Slick Reserves Decision; Announce Other Decision Friday ' iSoutli Bend, Feb. 20— (U.R) — Hearing on the objections of the Continental Sugar Comp an y , against proposed purchase price . of Lake Shore Company for unmortgaged property of Holland-St. Louis plant at Decatur was start- ’ ed in federal court today. ■ Late this afternoon no decision had been reached, and attorneys ' still were brguing the question. ■ Bid of the Lake shore company, • submitted several weeks ago to ’ j W. D. Remmell, special master in I i chancery conducting the sale, has ■ been called "grossly inadequate" by the objecting company. Federal Judge Slick said the taking of evidence probably will be concluded today, but that no , decision will be reached until a ■ later date. He indicated he would ’ake the matter under advisement with the conclusion of today's I hearing. Expect Confirmation ■ Grand Rapids. Mich.. Feb. 20 — (U.R) —Confirmation of the sale of > the Hol’and St. Louis company s . unmortgaged property in Holland j snd St. Louis, Mich., to the Lake Shore Company is expected from I U. IS. District Judge Fred M. Ray- ; mond here Friday. Judge Raymond conducted a hearing on the sale in district i court here Tuesday. Lenten Service At Lutheran Church | The second of a series of six Leni ten services will ibe conducted at the Zion Lutheran Church W-dnes- , day evening. The service will begin at 7 o'clock and will be under tiie direction of ihe pastor, Rev. Paul iW. Sthultz who also will deliver i the Lenten address. The first service held last WeiI nesday evening was very well at- . tended and a fine turn out is again anticipated for tomorrow evening. The public is invited to these sre- ', cial passion meditations. o Warmer Weather Is Forecast Wednesday • i f The temperature fell to about six ■ below early this morning. At noon a bright sun was thawing the snow ' and the weather man predicted rising temperatures today and Wed nesday. The last two days were numbered among the coldest of the late February period. '■ o LOCAL DAKING CONTESTPLANS Adams County Contest Will Be Held At High School Saturday The state baking contest which . will be conducted at Purdue university March 15 and 16, sponsored by the Indiana Millers association is attracting unusual attention throughout the state. The Adams county contest will be held at the Decatur high school , building Saturday morntag, February 24. All entries must be made before 10 o'clock. Judging will start . shortly after 10. Ribbons will be given to class A. and B winners with casli prizes to ■ the three best in class A and merchandise to the three best in Class B. , All A. and B. 'blue ribbon winners ( will be entitled to enter the state k contest at Purdue university. The Geneva Milling and Grain company of Geneva, the only flour mill in . Adams county, is 'assisting in staging the local contest.

WZOOCXMMZr

'ID WOMEN ARE FIRE VICTIMS IN HOSPITAL — Traffic And Shipping Endangered By Severe Cold, Blizzard ARMY AVIATORS BATTLE STORMS (By United Press) , A new cold wnve nwle '•own on the northeastern states today on the heels of a driving blizzard causing 20 known r’eaths and endangering traffic and shipping. Three boats were in distress off Massachusetts. Two of them were grounded. A fourth anoai'ei'tlv was in dis♦r<*ss m l.onj l Island Sound. , Fire during last night's blizzard . caused the death of ten bedridden women patients in the hospital ot . the Memorial Home for the Aged I at Brookville. Pa. Five bedfast patients were rescued. Five other ' deaths were attributed to the storm in east and central Pennsylvania, including a boy who fell ' and broke his neck during a snow * battle. A man and an unidentified wo- . man died in Brooklyn of heart disease caused, by exhaustion from struggling through snowdrifts to . reach the subway. Only one plane broke through the snowstorm to laud at Newark L . airrort this morning. t In New York an eight-inch snowfall was packed into drifts four feet deep by the wind, creating the worst traffic tieup in years, and affecting ha'f a million commuters. The delay in transportation caused the stock exchange ( and the curb exchange to postpone the opening an hour. Some residents of suburban 1 communities temporarily were snowbound, the temperature fell 21 degrees to 9 above zero, tying ( the low record for Feb. 20. In Connecticut the snowfall (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) I CHANGE MEN TO STATE PRISON l i Ringleaders of Recent Reformatory Trouble To Be Transferred ’ Michigan City. Ind., Feb. 20. —(U.R) 1 —Fifty ringleaders of recent disturbances at the Indiana state reformatory will be transferred to the state prison here either tomorrow or Thursday, Warden Louis E. | Kunkel, announced today. Order for the transfer came through the office of Gov. Paul V. McNutt. Kunkel said. ‘ "We were asked to take 150 of 1 the reformatory prisoners but 50 is all we can absorb," Kunkel ex- ' plained. "We are confronted with the same idleness problem here as ! at the reformatory." Kunkel said that no special preparations for the convicts are being made and that they-will b® permitted to mingle with the prisoners here immediately. “We anticipate no trouble." he declared. “If these newcomers I start agitation here, it will be our ) job to handle them." The men being transferred were said to have been responsible for , a recent strike at the reformatory II and a disturbance last Sunday which required the assistance ot state police to get the men back to their cells. i Idleness due to the closing ot . prison industries was blamed for I the unrest. , o l Vaults Blown Open In County Offices I Shoals, Ind., Feb. 20 — (UP) — • Vaults n the county clerk and treas, surer’s offee here were blown open with nitro-glycerin today, netting bandits approximately S4OO. An attempt was made to blow > open the vauft in the postoffieg but ■ the door jammed, preventing eni trance. Onlv about $3 was obtaned from the postoffic®. ) The explosion was heare4 by » John Vanhoy, night policeman, who > saw three men running across state t road 50 a few’ seconds later. i Fingerprint experts from India- ■ napolfe were called to examine the offices. ,