Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 32, Number 47, Decatur, Adams County, 23 February 1934 — Page 1

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■HLIOSS 111 DURING Jmetboom Ki, Banking Commit■flnvestigation DisW" doses Facts ■v DA RD oil is |. ..M rum K»i: s^L s hi ll utoii i <•». <UP) \ ~ I.IH 1(1.(100,01 Ml l.uy c<»i|>oraU i(h< V " 'i'd'k mo"'''’ lllH'lll- tll‘‘ MN'Ctlll- ■ boont ol 1929. it was |K r H | , \ .<l. nee and re|K „i ui' ■ stiyators |»n|K| |„ lore the senKiiiiinittec, p,.-. : .i .1 by Ferdin , .mtHhntor tn'..: ' f broket."' loans . 11 l ,b "I L'l.'itulo of $K ST ■- * corporations companies. K* s. : Klei I lie Bond | al t.-r - aggregate was Cities Service (>.'i‘ tills of the two test ifi«-<!. I,' J vice pre K;. of Kb) i Ho said the aiiiei:’, 1 . utstanding si'.'. was s4l.oihi ■ >. month be. Bt stock tn.i ket crash. - . was in charge call loans. ■ era. committee charged that brokers ».... speculative on Wait street and were IB -Me for much of the buoy■pite" in the l.ooni perimi. tiled mouthly letters on written by Charles ■ral th-- i 'u s Service orz to executive coni of y- '.rv 1.. Doherty and ■Ehl RITES I B REV. GIBBS Wees Held Today For hstor of Decatur Methodist Church W>ie to memory and life > late Rev. C. Perry Gibbs, fcr of the Decatur Methodist Mi, whose death occurred Wday momma at the local parwere paid at the funeral Wees held at the Methodist Mi in this city this morning, lie church was filled with ■ds and members of the conBtion who < ante to pay their I worldly respects to a beloved Mr Mid clergyman. J Thomas Beau, Fort district superintendent, "cred the principal sennon. Inner Ju |g H c L Walters of • city delivered the eulogy on ® of the membership of the Mt. I®' Charles Ptugii, pastor of Zion Reformed church, repreltiB S the Decatur Ministerial •ociation. read the Scripture' I Rev. F p Thornburg, former »or of the Decatur church. *°f Fort Wayne, delivered the f Methodist ministers of the; a yne district, attended In a a nd sang one song as their | e to their brother pastor and I ?r - The girls choir and quartet sang during the on ware RIX) Brians Hear Rev. Chas. Prugh ’ Rev Charles M. Prugh. tir"h ° f tll “ ion Reformed th , Ka ' e a minute sketch e spiritual side of Washinglb at the meeting of the Rotary las t evening. Washington .uu , plv religious men and fl 10 p I'fe shows that he was uJ“ cc<i !»' his belief in DivinOw./ ® BV - Pfdgh declared. , r Lankenau war. chairman ike u- Pr ° Bram and a birthday brer w pre߀nte ' 1 hy Carl Pum Kai " e also celebrating his '.. M , annh ’ €r sary on George •*"lnilon'» birthday.

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Democratic Speaker Keith R Johns, secretary of the Democratic state ventral committee. was the principal speaker al the Washington Day dinner of the Adams County Democratic Woman's Club, held at the First Evangelical chtlrcii Thursday evening. 1 LOCAL PAYROLL IS 55J33.41 CWA Payroll For Week S2OO Less Than That Os Last Week The payroll distributed by the local CWA office for the week ending. February 22. totaled $5,733.41 Harry W. Thompson, employment manag- r stated. This week's total is about S2OO less than the previous week, tor the reasdn that some of the project® were, com pl-ted early n the week. Beginning tojiay the uayjloymeuk 'list was reduced to 42’ persons, on orders received from William H. Book, satate CWA director. T e total paid to CWA workers since last November amounts to moi - than $78,000. Demobilization Starts Washington. Feb. 23 —.(UP) — Ranks of the unemployed were ini creased by approximately 572.500 persons today as mass mobilization of the civil works army was started by order of civil works administra tor Hopkins. Tomorrow, these workers who had gov rnment pay checks for several months will be potential jobhunters. Next week, another large number of workers will be in a similar position, an.i so it will go until (CONTINT'KO ON PAGE SIX* Herman Lee Fined ' In Ft. Wayne Court Fort Wayne, Feb. 23.—(Special i , —Herman Lee of Decatur was fined $lO and costs and given a suspended sentence of six mouths at the state penal farm by Judge Bert A. Fagan in city court Wednesday on a petit larceny charge. Lee. who was found guilty of stealing a number of spark plugs, has been convicted previously on another petit larceny charge. He was put on probation to the city probation officer and his sentence suspended on good behavior. o SCHOOL PUPILS I GIVE PROGRAM Patriotic Program Is Presented At Central School Today — IA patriotic program, including 'musical numbers and a play, w-as presented before the pupils of ( enitral school, this afternoon. Following is the program: song.; "Flag of Flags." by the Glee Club; Recitation, “The Minuet,” by Ka(ryn Knapp. Play “The Sewing Society." 'I Cast of Characters: Mrs. Smith, Mary Frances Dodd; Mrs. Brown, Evangeline Fuhrman; Mrs. White, Nina Eichar; Miss Jones. Mary Steele; Mrs. Green, Florence McConnell; Mrs. Gray, Betty Hunter; Johnnie Smith. Bill Hunter. Piano solo. “The Robin s Return, ' bv Barbara Burk, Play. "Telling the Truth." Cast of Characters: Jasper. Bob Stalter: Edward. James Christen: Clarence. ,; Doyle Lee: Fred, Lewis Murphy. , I Dramatization of "The Old 1 ning Wheel."

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MAIL SERVICE | IS OPERATING ‘ON SCHEDULE' Despite Ba d Weather, Army Pilots Operating Mail Service TWO ACCIDENTS REPORTED TODAY (Copyright 1H34 by United Press! After more then three days in charge of the service. United States army officials reported today that the air mail was beginning to operate on an 'on schedule' basis. Had weather has been the chief foe of the army pilots. Airports al Newark. Cleveland and Boston throbbed with activity as workers sought to remove all traces of the storm which paralyzed the eastern states and toreed postponement of the serice's inauguration Monday night. Pilots, mechanics, officials and ■lerks at Chicago. Kansas City,, Dallas and a half dozen other cities worked overtime to perfect vi- e's inaugur ition Monday night. < The army's system of aerial com- i munication designed to supplant 1 that of the private carriers. Despite five fatalities in the 1 pilots’ ranks —three of them before army planes had carried a single sack of mail—and the confusion attendant upon setting up a nation wide flying system almost overnight, a survey of the nation's mail terminals disclosed that with few exceptions the mails were going through. Two more accidents, one involving fire and the other bad weather, were reported today. At Fremont. ().. Lieut. Norman R. Burnett, army pilot, was forced to ' bail out." He landed in a field, and lay with a broken leg for four hrmrs in" WTo weafhdr. was found hy a farmer/ He was not carrying Atail at the time. At Clearfield. Pa.. Lieut H. M. McCoy saved his load of mail, bound for Cleveland from Newark, after nis motor caught fire. He was forced down, but the mail went on, bv train. , TWO KILLED IN THEATER BLAST ■ f Explosion, Followed By Fire, Kills Two In New York Yonkers, N. Y . Feb. 23—{U.PJ— An explosion followed by fire ■ caused death and injuries in Proctor's Thearfei on Broadway ' shortly before nooh today. Preliminary estimates of ' the casualties were two killed and 12 injured. . Two alarms of fire were sent out. Six injured were taken to St Joseph’s hospital and the ambui lance went.back for more. The explosion, officials said, occurred In the basement of the 1 theater, which was not open at the time. Two workmen were repairing an electrical transforpier in a vault in front of the basement. One of the workmen was killed. I ' police, said. The other dead was a passerby. The injured suffered severe burns, indicating that fire had followed the blast. Two of the injured were believed to have suffered fatal burns when the sidewalk in front of the ; theater collapsed. The lobby of the building was destroyed and the front of the (heater blown out. At least 10 of the injured, it I was said, were passing by in i front of the theater when the explosion occurred. Tlte dead were Motorcycle Pa- 1 trolman Patrick Whalen, who 1 dashed into the theater to invest!- 1 | gate the blast, and the electrical 1 workman tentatively identified J through papers in his clothes as j Carl Qruber. Township Assessors < In Session Today , The township assessors met here 1 this morning with John Felty county 1 assessor and plans discussed for ’ the annual assessing of personal! property, beginning; March 1. Paul Weber of Huntington, spe- i rial representative of the state board of tax commissioners, addressed the assessors. The assessors ' will meet again March 1. to adopt rules and determine on schedules, ’ I for assessing personal property.

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, February 23, 1931.

Held in Kidnap Plot i ■ -MHate JI >. <■ John Lacy and his wife, Mrs. Minnie Lacy, who are held by Chicago police following the attempt to kidnap E. P. Adler. Davenport. lowa, publisher, from a Chicago hotel. Lacy, according to the police ' and state's attorney's office, confessed to the kidnaping companion in the plot, Charles W Mayo, hanged himself in his cell a short time after his arrest.

PLAYLET GIVEN AT HIGH SCHOOL Sale of 1934 Ravelings Is j Launched With Chapel Program The chapel period at the Deca- 1 tur high school this morning mark- I ed the beginning of the 1934 Ravelings sale. The Ravelings is the year book, published yearly by the pub- ' lie high school. A well arranged and cleverly executed play, entitled "The 1934 Ravelings", was presented. The play was written <by four high school students. Marion Baker, Myles Parrish. James Harkless and Ruth Margolie-s. The program was sponsored by the staff of the 1934 Ravelings staff and the A. K. S. club. The first scene represented a typical business meeting of the '34 staff at the high school. Fun and troubles alike were shown. The secdnd scene —in a private hotn for the showing of the first copy of the book. The third scene —20 years later —in which the book was found and reminiscences were given. Talks concerning the Ravelings were given by Barbara Kridk, editor of this year’s book, and S’guarl 1 Anderson, faculty sponsor. Those who took part in the play wer.?: Marie Grether. Vance Fenimore, Williams Elston, Martha E. 1 Butler. James Harkless. Martha E. Calland, Evelyn Kohls. Clarence I Walther. Myles Parrish. Charles i Elxinger, Zula Porter. Ruth Porter, Madalcne Crider, Agnes Nelson and 1 little Patsy Edwards, daughter of 1 Mr. and Mrs. Paul Edwards. 1 Those in charge of the production were Helena Rayl. Virginia Dolt h. Mary K. Tyndall, Phyllis Krick, Dick Sheets and Clarence Walther. i o FRANK PARRISH FOR TREASURER ( • , Prominent Decatur Citizen Seeks Democratic Nomination Frank Parrish, well known resident of this city, today announced < his candidacy for the Democratic | nomination for county treasurer, i subject to the decision of the voters i at the primary, Tuesday. May 8. Mr. Parrish,, who has been totally blind for the past years, is the first person to announce as a candidate for this office. Up until the time Mr. Parrish's eye sight was impaired, he operated a restaurant in this city. For the ; past 14 years he has been afflicted j with blindness. Mr. Parrish is a lifelong demo-' crat and resides on South Sixth i street. He ha-s two children. The election of a county treasur er is held this year, although the new treasurer will not take office i until January 1, 1936. It is one of’ the most important offices in the I court house.

Churches Plan Union Meetings The First Evangelical and First United Brethren churches of this city will hold a union evangelistic meeting beginning Sunday. March 4. and continuing to Easter Sunday. Services will be held each eyening < except Saturday, at’ 7:30. During the first and third weeks, the meetings will be held at the Evangelical church, with Rev. C. J | Roberts preaching. The second and fourth weeks. Rev M. W. Sundermann will preach at the United Brethren church. Music will be furnished by a c horus choir organized from the choirs of the two , churches. KING LEOPOLD CROWNEDTODAY Leopold HI Is Proclaimed King of The Belgians This Morning Brussels, Feb. 23 -tU.RJ—Leopold 111 was proclaimed king of the Bel- < gians today, hailed by clamoring bells, cannons and the wild cheers of hundreds of thousands of his 1 subjects. Princess Astrid, of Sweden. Leo- 1 pold’s consort, became queen of the Belgians. Queen Elizabeth, ' widow of King Albert who was 1 buried yesterday, became the queen i mother. ! Leopold at 11 a. m. in the senate ' chamber, before the two houses of parliament and an audience of notables, took this simple oath: "I swear to observe the consti- 1 tution and the law of the people of Belgium and to maintain the national independence and territorial i integrity. ’’ A great cheer broke from those in the chember. The guns began booming out at brief intervals the 101 gun salute that is his due. Leopold, in his khaki lieutenant general's uniform, face drawn, looked a moment out toward the legislators and began his first speech to his people. The auditors rose to their feet cheering when he said: "The Belgian dynasty is at the service of the nation. The king will always be devoted to the interests of the Belgian people." Queen Elizabeth, ill and prostrated with grief for King Albert, was not present at the ceremony. The new queen was in deep black, relieved only by a pearl necklace. It was a ceremony that none who saw could forget. But to two in (CONTINUED ON PAOE FIVE) Cecil Bess Fined, Sentenced To Jail Cecil Bess was convicted by Mayor George Krick in city court Thursday evening of stealing sls in silverware from the Phi Delta Kappa fraternity rooms on Monroe street. He was sentenced to 20 days in Jail and fined sls and costs. I The silverware has not been recov-i ! ered.

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125 WOMEN AT I BANQUET HERE LAST EVENING Washington Day Dinner Held Bv Democratic Woman’s Club KEITH JOHNS GIVES PRINCIPAL SPEECH Elithiisiasni and interest in Democratic politics were displayed by the attendance of 125 women at the first Washington Day banipiei to be held by the Adams County Demociatic Woman's Club al the Evangelical church in this city last evis ning. Tribute to the memory of George Washington, as Father of our Country. was paid by Keith Johns. Indiiiuapolit'. secretary >f the Democratic state committee. An instructive talk on tax affairs, including figures pertaining to Adams county and how the new state taxes are benefiting local communities in the reduction of property levies, followed Mr. Johns' eulogy on Washington. Mrs. Faye Smith-Knapp, president of the club presided at the meeting and Mrs. John Tyndall, chairman of the program committee introduced Mr. Johns. Every seat in the basement of the church was occupied and the last minute demand for tickets exceeded tlte available accommodations in the dining room. A trio of high school girls, namely the Misses Mary Kathryn Tyndall. Margaret Campbell and Helen Suttles, assisted by Miss Helen Haubold at the piano, sang a group of songs. Singing of "America" was led by Mrs. Dan Tyndall. The dinner was served by the ladies aid society of the Evangelical church. "If Washington were living today he would be carrying out a program similar to that being mapped out and executed hy that unselfish and great loader. President Franklin Roosevelt,'' Mr. Johns stated. "Parallel® of the lives of these two great Presidents have been drawn and their thoughts of preserving the nation lor the people coincide with their actions in trying to make government of greatest value to the largest number. The nation will never forget Washington and will forever revere his memory and unselfish purpose in designing and establishing the American form of government." Mr. Johns, recognized as an authority on state income tax affairs dwelt largely on tax and school matters and keen interest was given by the women in his instructive talk. Mr. Johns also complimented the officers and members of the woman’s Democratic club and urged them to take an active part pt politics. urging them to start in the game by filing as delegates to the state convention and candidates for the offices tiiat can be filled by women. The speaker laid special emphasis on the excellent financial condition of taxing units in this (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) THREEYOUTHS UNDER ARREST Y oung Men He I d At Frankfort Are F'acing Serious Charges Frankfort, Ind.. Feb. 23—<U.R> — Charges carrying long term penalties were on file here today against three young men in connection with a series of abduction and robberies Monday night. Those held are Nathaniel Ludlow and Francis Bright, both 19. i of Indianapolis, and Maurice Herring, 24. Frankfort. Charges of robbery, robbery wl)ile armed, auto banditry, kidnaping and inflicting injury on a person while committing robbery, wore filed against the trio by Prosecutor Willard Morrison. Herring, arrested on an anonymous tip to police, implicated the two Indianapolis youths, Morrison said. The kidnaping and injury to a person during robbery, both carry maximum sentences of life prison terms. Sentences of 10 to 20 years i imprisonment could be imposed * _ *(CONTINUUD ON PAGE SIX)

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Kidnaper Ends Life t -r , Charles W. Mayo, who hanged himself in a Chicago police cell after ho confessed he Dietl to kidnap E. I’. Adler, wealthy low.i ; publisher, front a Chicago hotel. I This picture was made thr< 1 hours before Mayo killed himself APPROVE PLANS FOR HOMESTEAD Architect’s Desiern Fo r Homestead Site Is Given Approval The architect’s design of the Subsistence Homestead division south of Decatur was approved yesterday by th" supervising architect in Washington. E. L. M'ddleton. a director of the local operating homestead corporation and Edward Quinn, member of the architect firm of McNally and Quinn. Chicago, were in the city yesterday and conferred with local dir f tors. They informed Ferd L. Litterer. attorney and secretary of Decatur prints, showing the lay out of the grounds, the driveway an lt--nta r tive spotting of the bouses, had been approved by the Department of Interior. Mr. Quinn will begin work immediately on drawing the /plans for the 4S houses and will make a perspective of the entire 80 acre tract. If the application of the local CWA offices for labor to build and extend the city water mains and the building of roads and approaches to the site is approved, work will commence immediately, local director states. Application has been filed with the state CWA for an appropriation for labor on these projects. James Cowan, a member of the hoard of drectors of the local company, is working on a plan to landscape th-e homebuilding side. The state department of conservation has offered its help and n cooperation with H. B. Hull, landscape architect of Purdue, a beautification program will be carried out on the | grounds. Local Girl Is On Honor Roll Miss Mary Grace Zimmerman, daughter of Mr. and Mis. Martin Zimmerman of thjs city, has been j placed on the honor roll for the freshman class at Earlham College. Richmond. —o Mixed Chorus Will Sing Here Sunday A young people’s mixed chorus :of 45 voices from the Mennonite ; church at Berne will present a program at the Evangelical church of this city, Sunday evening, February ; 25. The program will begin at 7 ; o’clock, and is open to the public. The chorus is very well known I for its musical ability. o Brotherhood Holds Meeting Thursday The Otterbein Brotherhood held i the regular meeting at the United Brethren church Thursday evening. William J. Archbold delivered an interesting address on the subject, “Life Work." Refreshments were served to 32 men.

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R9GERTOUHY SENTENCED TO 99-YEARTERM Two of Gang Are Also Given Prison Terms Os 99 Years FOUND GUILTY OF KIDNAPING i ACTOR Chicago, Feb. 23. — W.P) — Roger Touhy, ruthless leader of lhe “terrible Touhy of the northwest side,” and two ol his desperadoes, Gus Schaeffer and Albert Kator, were found guilty today by a jury in criminal court of kidnaping John Factor, wealthy speculator. The jury fixed upon a 99year term in the state penitentiary as punishment for each gangster. The verdict was read in a courtroom crowded with spectators and I armed guards. The defendants sat manacled to guards for the first time since their second trial opened. Burly police blocked every exit lest a rescue attempt occur. The guilty verdict was expected, due to early reports from the jury room. It came at 12:30 a. m. Judge Michael Feinberg and prtni cipals in the case awaited the ver- ! diet for six hours, most of which j time the jury spent in deliberating ! whether to give the defendants the I death penalty. Six jurors favored death in the electric chair. The 99-year senI tern e wae said to have been a compromise. The verdict read: ’ "We. the jury, find the detendant, ' Roger Touhy, guilty in the manner and form as charged in the indicti ment and we fix his punishment at 99 years in tlte penitentiary." Similar verdicts were read for Schaeffer and Kator. Feinberg ! thanked the jurors, then said with : unusual emphasis: “1 trust you will have no occas- ■ ion to regret doing what you have I conceived as your duty.” Roger Touhy and the other defendants failed to catch the verdict. Defense Attorney William Scott Stewart leaned across and repeated it for hint. Touhy rose to his . | feet. Then the man who rose to overlordship of shooting, bootlegging. . hi-jacking,' and extoMion activities in 20 suburbs and the northwestern part of the city sobbed and ran for the bullpen, dragging his guard with him. ■ There he cried for a. tew minutes and then was ied to his cell. Schaeffer and Kator maintained <he composure which marked the conduct of all three during the trial. The jury's rapid decision contrasted with the result of the first trial of the three gangsters in which a jury disagreement was declared after two days of bickering. Li. . Curtis, jury foreman, revealed that a unanimous guilty verdict was voted on the first ballot. The conviction was seen as the final blow to a gang empire which rose to its full power from the ashes of tlte Al Capone reign. Only two of the gunmen, bank robbers (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) CONVICTED MAN GETS NEW TRIAL School Teacher, Convicted Os Wife’s Death, Given Chance Springfield, 111.. Feb. 23.—(U.R)— Hubert S. Moor, former Robinson ; high school teacher convicted and sentenced to death in the electric chair on a charge of murdering his wife, Marjorie, was granted a new ‘ trial by the Illinois state supremo court today. In granting Moor a retrial the supreme court reversed its previous ruling in the case in which it as- ! firmed the lower court's action and 1 i sentenced the condemned man to j be electrocuted last Dec. 22. A petition for rehearing was ! granted at the December term of , court, thus staying the execution. Moor was convicted on an allegI ed confession that he killed his I wife because she was not a good housewife, that she didn't wash her ' dishes. Mrs. Moor, also a school teacher. * was shot to death while she and (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)*