Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 32, Number 51, Decatur, Adams County, 27 February 1934 — Page 1

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Bate adopts i MENTON ■[IS BENEFITS ■endment Incorporates Kndpal ih inands 01 ■ American I egion Ip r TO \ ETO ■ ( i-KOI’OSALS ■ fehllU'h.n, I eb. 27. tu» Ji .ulmin'sli'ilion sulhied ■lur.bhii "ii velerans ■hla.u t">!" " I " " ll ' e ■l,. uh .iniend iih-oii ei Imu Hi" l» in ■ doil.lll'l- "I III" \IIHTI; ■ |. vl >ion I 'I- increased ■ r m hi ■ J < i' -loscdli I that II ■ St.-iw. r-Mr<’a--MT^ntliti.i email! in 'll ■ S -an r-v • ■ „li tulh.tt !!■ < barged that Htiit ha.l I”- a wi,h ■, j political matter. ■ Defeat Proposal ■hington. E'-C (U.R) ■ I'"!'" deb-ated :■ r ' of VP ' aditi-l rr;... >r~al ion <ti - pr<tpt».<i l'*t tlo so (‘ailed bouu- v .is oflel'ed lie ■w IU. ■. I’ 1 unit. I\mix •rat. •■ amendment tn ail .c.ily loaded with I appi iations ■ Veto Promised !■'• I' 27— (UR) Kgn; i;. stiffened his a;.-. ping liheraliza ■ of compensatiot Ks v ras: ainst the admin program sin > tri President's latest proword that he ■ ole any < ash bonus prowa> ... ■ ‘.-(il to Speaker ■the Hous ■ Henry T. Rainey. , K. 111.. although the senate the sc.-r- of the latest vet- . ■i' gain. ■p-aio-' It.. announced the ■iMem hae written him an- , ■trine plainly ihat the bonus ■posii wonk; meet with a veto . ■u.-e-t b> • I.ch ss. It was the ■md.oiiiii . .lion sent Rainey | ■ Mr. Roo-'-ieh in an effort to ■d off the veterans' drive. ■t th.' <>.ni. time with the issue ■ wurld w.n veterans' benefits ■ for deb.it. today. the senate ■ rotighshe.i over an adminis■l* compromise plan and voted • ■tfrday tn restore some $60,000.- ■ lii pensions and compensation [Spanish w.ir v terans and de-j Wnts. hr vote was announced as 51 .39 Party lines were broken. ' Democrat.- voting with 32 Ro- ' Bicans and one Farmer-Labor- ; im favor of the Stelwer-McCar- ( I proposal to return 90 per cent . the Spanish war benefits that ‘ Bed a year ago. —o , wservation League Meets Mondav. Mar. 5 . i ! "b Adams county conservation 1 inc will meet at 7 o’clock next 1 May evening, March 5, at the n&ber of Commerce rooms. Bus-H •• of importance will he discussW the roll of members will be 1 I* o up and sent to Mate head- ' hrters. -■ 1 o I BEST YOUTH IS MURDERER • 1 orktown Youth Is Arfested In Connection «ith Father’s Death Muncie. Ind., Feb. 27— (U.R> — ' ‘ rv,n Gleason. 21, Yorktown. " arrested today on a murder in connection with the bi"R of his father, Lloyd C. is °n. 45, stock buyer and meat « r W proprietor. ll( warrant was signed by | •toner Clarence Piepho. body of the elder Gleason i ’ ound in th«* basement of his , market late yesterday. He < , a] lr f n sbot three times and his • , , was badly beaten. One shoe . . ’’'rned off and police said > ■ elieved the slayer had at''hXiw destroy thp body ln 1 Gleason was suspected I. ICONTI NGEd’on PAGE FOUR)' '

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

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Dies m Air Crash ■ v '-- i ■' ■ 11 I 1 B ' ' ' ifraai w" w '■ ' ... x, • < - • ■-•**«■ .«•«• * Lloyd A. Anderson (right), pilot of the United Air Linos p’ano • which crashed mm Sall l«ike City, taking eight lives, is shown in a picture made recently whet, he brought in the last air mail and turned it over to Lieut. Starrie of the army.

Presbyterian Men To Banquet Ladies The Men's Society of the Presbyterian church will prepare a dinner to be served at the mother and daughter banquet to be h“ld ai the (hureh Wednesday eieiiiii ' The society was recently organized with Fred Smith president and Paul Saurer vice president. Tile dinner has been (tlanned for some time in appreciation of the service tlie ladies rendered at a father and son banquet recent'.,’. Dr. Fred Patterson will have charge of the singing. ENDORSE BERNE MAN FOR OFFICE Berne C. of C. Boosts T. A. Gottschalk For State Senator Tlie executive committee of the Berne Chamber of Commerce has endorsed the candidacy of State Senator Thurman A. Gottschalk, Cor the nomination of joint state senator representing Adams. W ells anil Blackford counties. Tlie committee adopted the following resolution: "Whereas. Adams County needs and deserves representation in the Slate Legislature and. wherws the Hon. T. lAi Gottschalk ha»< served in this capacity with credit to himself his town and his community. be it resolved that "The Berne Chamber of Commerce fully endorses Hie candidacy of Senator Gottschalk, and earnestly urge all voters to give him full hearted support.” . Senator Gottschalk has been serving the electorate in this district for many years, and in away that merits further service. His abilities were recognized soon as Indianapolis. As early as his second term as representative. 1923, he was chosen minority leader and held the post for several years. In 1923 he was appointed to the Dunes Park purchasing hoard and then on the legislative advisory committee. He was further appointed as a member of the state budget committee, the most important of all the "(CONTI NI’T.D ON PAGE THREE) Brood Mares Bought For Bellview Farm C. E. Bell and son today purchased a fine pair of Belgium brood mares for the Bellview farm, east of Decatur, from H P. Schmitt. The mares were full sisters, chestnut sorrell color and weighed 3900 pounds. Mr. Schmitt declared the team one of the best in that part of the county. Mr. Bell and son William are stocking their farm with grade cattle and horses.

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CWA EMPLOYES AGAIN REDUCED Orders Received Today Will Cut 85 More Employes Off List Orders wore received today by W. L. Linn, countv administrator for the CWA to reduce the numher of employes by 85. and not to •mnlov more than 338 people, (•ffeetivi Friday. Mnrch 2. I a u week ordi rs were received to cut 58 from the pavroll. the maximum employed to bo 423. The order re. e'vcd from Wilibiin '( Rook, slate director of the CWA follows: “You are instructed to reduce vour total employes by 85 effective at the close of this work week, beginning Friday. March 2. Under no circumstances shall your total employes exceed 338. This new total includes all employes including civil works, service.! local administrative and reemployment offices. You must comply with this instruction fully in reducing payroll. Follow same steps outlined in last reduction instructions. District engineers have full ] instructions to assist you in stopping less worthy projects. Women wherever possible should he kent working unless they have ceased to be eligible on basis of need." Harry Thompson, employment manager for rlie CWA stated thal plans wi re being made to comply ' witli the orders and Hint the re-) duction in number of employes would bo made Friday. FORMER LOCAL RESIDENT DIES Warren Hill Dies At Fort Wayne After An Extended Illness Warren Hill. 46. former Decatur man, died at his home in Fort Wayn this morning at 10 o’clock of paralysis. Mr. Hill suffered a I stroke of paralysis a year ago and ha I been bedfast since that time. lie was born near Decatur, a son of Joseph and Hannah Hill, both deceased. He was married to Nellie Taylor of Fort Wayne who survives 'together with six brothers and two sisters. They are Henry Hill. Charles Hill, and George Hill all of Decatur: Ben Hill. Dan Hill. Groi ver Hill. Mrs. Will Trim all of Fort Wayne, and Mrs. John Case of Mar- ■ ion. The deceased reeided in this city until about eight years ago when he moved to Fort Wayne. Tlie funeral arrangements have I not been made.

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, February 27, 1931.

NR A TO START NEW OFFENSIVE OVER COUNTRY (Jen. Hugh Johnson Barks Out Orders For New Wide Offensive CONFERENCE FOR CRITICISM OPENS Washington. FV>. 27 •—(UP) — Admnistraiar Hugh S. Johnson, opening NRA'S ''roundup of criticism", | today barke I out advance orders for a new offensive to ahort“n working hours, increase wages and rally public support to the Blue Eagle. Conceding weaknesses, efforts and '"blunders” in the NR A structiir.'. « I Johnson contended it was accomplished all that could have been expected in its first period. From the tme the recovery act | was adopted last June tc the recovery census last fall, he said N'RtA increased employment by 2.750,000 at a conservative calculation and payrolls by $3,000,000,000 (B>. While welcoming every criticism I base! on facts, the blunt-spoken recovery chief lashed out at those whom he said were trying to break , down NltAi hy a coneerte-t campaign to fool the people into thinking it was a failure. "Wei. gentlemen, it won't work.” Johnson thundered. “You can’t get away with it. “Ninety per cent of industry is itn ler codes. All of it i.s under i odes or agreements. “The Blue Eagle has just begun to function. We are going on us we have begun. "We are about to embark on a new Blue Eagle campaign and a •new and much tighter drive for it ompMance. “These meetings are the first • move in a closing up of our ranks for a new forward movement by NR A. Chance or circumstance maystop it. but you are not going to stop it or even make it falter." Johnson addressed hundreds of delegates — representing nearly every shade of thought from com-, U'ONTINCFK ON rAC.F, T«'O| YOUTH SHOOTS SELF TO DEATH 16-Year-Old Boy Endures 16 Hours of Silent Agony After Shot St. Louis, Feb. 27.—(U.R)~Sixteen hours of silent agony from a selfinflicted bullet wound precelled the death last night of Gustave W. Fricke. 16. who shot himself after he was suspended from grade school. The boy shot himself Sunday evening but the wound in his abdomen was not discovered until yesterday when the boy refused to, get out of bed “because I've got a stomach ache.” Police believed the disgrace of suspension from school apparently j ! was too much for Gustave to bear. Ho was handed a suspension slip Friday which meant his parents would have to take the matter up with a district superintendent who . would assign the boy to a new ; school where he could rna'se a fresli' start. But Gustave destroyed the slip] and said nothing about it. Sunday) night he took the family revolver] and went out behind the garage. ] The boy knew the time was drawing near when he would have to i tell his parents that he had been suspended or find an excuse to stay away from school. He held the pistol to hFs stomach and pulled the ’ (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) 0 Governor To Speak Wednesday Night — Governor Paul McNutt will speak at a public meeting to be held at the Catholic Community Center, Fort Wayne, Wednesday evening, beginning at eight o’clock. Governor McNutt will discuss “Indiana State Government” and give first hand information on subjects of interest to Hoosiers. Congressman James I. Farley will also speak at the meeting. He will discuss national issues and accomplishments of President Roosevelt. A number from this city are planning to attend.

State Senator To Speak At Kirkland I Stale Senator lairiy Brandon 1 will speak at the Kirkland com I inunity meeting. Tliursday evenI Ing. Tlie uni Ung will lie hold lb Hie Kirkland gymnasium, and Is '.pen Io the public. Following Is the program : Song, audience Leader. Louis' Wort liman Invocation Rev. Jay Smith Vocal so'o Dorothy Adler Reading Robert la-slle Mann Male quartet Worthman brothers] I’laylct. "Too Much Chicken"—) High school pupils. Hud Arthur Fosn.iUgh and Volina Spade Song, audience. An invitation is extended everyone to attend this nu cling. TWO MORE OUT FOR TREASURER r _ Delmore Wechter, I). C. Shady Announce For County Office Two more candidates announced today for the Democratic nomin- [ alion for county treasurer. Five , men are now in the race. Candidacies were announced today by Delmore Wechter, deputy county treasurer, of St. Mary's township and D. C. Shady, salesman. of Kirkland township. Up until last Saturday no one had announced sos the treasurer's nomination and with five candidates in tlie field now the race promises to be one of the most interesting of the county contests. Mr. Wechter is a son of County Treasurer John Wechter. Follow ing his father's illness more than a year ago, he entered the treasurer's office and acted as assistant. On January 1. 1934. he was named deputy. Mr. Wechter lived on a farm in Blue Creek township until liis parents moved to St. Mary's township and was engaged in farm ing. He is a graduate of Decatur high school. Mr. Shady is a member of a well , >',nown family in Kirkland township. He is a graduate of Decatur ] liigii school and at present is employed as a salesman for a Fort Wayne concern. He has lived in Kirkland township all his life anil is well known in Tlecatur. The other three candidates for ilhe treasurer's post are Truman ] Goldner of French township. Frank i Parrish of Decatur and John W. ' Blakey of Union tbwnship. o __ 1933 Legislative Act Is Held Valid Indianapolis, Feb. 27 — (U.R) — Constitutionality of a 1933 law reducing cities of less than 3.000 i population to the status of towns was upheld by Atty. Gen. Philip Lutz, Jr., today in an unofficial opinion to J. Herman Reins, city i clerk of Loogootee. Reins asked Lutz to determine the status of city officials now i holding office in Delphi, Loogootee and Dunkirk, three of the towns ;.fleeted by tlie bill. These cities are continuing their former] | officers, lie said. MRS. YOCUM IS DEATH'S VICTIM Mother of Decatur Woman Died Sunday Night At Ohio Citv ) Mrs. Elmer Yocum. 75. mother of Mrs. Frank Parrish of this city, died at her home in Ohio City. Ohio, Sunday evening at 11:40 o'clock of a (heart attack. Mrs. Yocum had been | an invalid for the past two years, j suffering injuries received when I she fell and broke her hip. ; i She was born in Mercer county.. ; Ohio a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. j Henry Miller. Surviving are the i hueltand and the following children: Mrs. William Bixler of Montpelier, Mrs. James Agler of Ohio J City. 0.. Mrs. Roy Darby of Jackson i Michigan. Gus Yocum of Van Wert 0.. H. E. Yocum of Rockford. Ohio, and Mrs. Parrish of this city. One 'son, John, preceded her in death. Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock (EST) at the home and at two o'clock at the Church of God in 1 Ohio City. Burial will be in the 'Ohio City cemetery.

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PRESIDENT OF BALL STATE TO DIVE ADDRESS L. A. Pittenger Will Dei liver Annual Commencement Address SCHOOL YEAR M AY RUN NINE MONTHS With the selection of the com-j mencement speaker for the Decatur high school's annual graduation exercise.i. announcement was made that plans won' licing made to have a nine months' term of school. We are working on a plan, which wo feel sure will give Decaj tur a nine months' s< hool term. M. F. Worthinnn. superintendent, mnonneed today. 1,. A. Pittenger. president of Ball State Teacher's College. Muncie, will deliver the address ut the annual commencement exer- ' elses, which will bo held May 21. Mr. Pittenger is an educator of note and has been president of (he Muncie colli ge since 192.. Word was received from him today that ho lias accepted Hie inj vilation to address the high school graduates. Mr. Woilliman stated today that Hie school board is very desirous of having a nine months' term this year and Ihat the board is working on a plan to assure sm-b ■ j term. It is understood that the' teachers arc cooperating in a very generous way in order to make possible the regular nine months’ term despite reduced linances. Mr. Worthman stated definite determination of the length of the : school term would he known in a day or two. A check up of sehtMil ] funds and anticipated revenue from the state which will be received up to July 1. is being made. In addition the teachers have volunteered to help and with the cooperation of tlie instructors anil expected revenue, the school board believes it possible to giv“ Decatur a nine months’ term of (CONTINI’EP ON PAGE FOt'RY CAST OF PLAY IS ANNOUNCED 1-H Garden Club Will Present Play Here Wednesday Night < The 4-H Garden Club of this city will present a three act play i entitled “Spook Island" Wednesday, February 28, 8 p. m. at the Decatur high school auditorium. The "Hobo Minstrels" of the I Union Chapel church will enter-, [ tain between acts. Ret. Frank I Engle, minister of Union Chapel. ] is tlie club leader and director oi' Hie play. The admission for adults will 1 lie 20 cents, and students 10 cents. ; The cast is as follows: ' Wheezer Arthur Poling Beanie Dale Fuhrman . skip Richard Jackson Tubby Donald Drake (Duly initiated members of the ] "Utile Scorpions' Club" of Perryville) Reginald Swinnerton Van Peterbody, Jr. (a candidate for membership) Sephus Jackson i Evil Eye Ike Robert Fuhrman I Jake De Rat, (Kidnapers and escaped convicts) Marion Jackson : Lester Wharton (son of Judge Wharton) Robert Maloney I Judge Wharton (Father of Lester and Judge of Perryville Court) Junior Drake Captain Judson (an officer of the state police) Harold Hitchcock Lew Yager Sends Paper To Office Lew Yager of this city, who has been living in Tucson. Arlz.. for ! more than a year, sends the Daily Democrat a copy of the rodeo edition of the Arizona Daily Star. The edition contains 60 pages, with a special tabloid supplement on the rodeo. W. R. Mathejrs. son in law’ of the late Dr. J. S. Boyers, former local physicians, is editor and publisher of te Star, the leading paper in the state and one of the most progressive and best edited dailies in the west.

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(inducts Revival Rev. L Earl Slaciim. Newcastle, will open revival services at the Church of God tonight. The services will continue each night until March 18. CLUB LEADERS HOLD MEETING Study Club Leaders Met Sunday With Head Os Directors Mrs. C. J. Carroll, chairman of the board of directors of St. Mary’s Society of Catholic action held a meeting with leaders of study clubs Sunday afternoon in K. of C- Hall. A check up showed that 12" women have liecame affiliated with study clubs, under leadership of 13 women. These ladies will study topics of the day relative to both church and state. St. Mary’s Society, which is one of many thousands of such societies throughout the United States who are members of the National Catholic Welfare Council, will join in a nation will; protest of a bill before the senate this week. This bill deals with one phase of moral |ethics and the passage of said bill would prove disastrous to the nation. During March all clubs will review tl.e Holy Father's Encyclical on Tlie Christian Family", besides irONTINI’En °N PAGE SIX' Three Men Given 15-Year Sentences Frankfort. Ind.. Feb. 27—(U.R) - Admitting a series of kidnapings ami robberies, three men were sentenced in Clinton circuit court here yesterday to servo 15 years each in the state reformatory. Daniel Ludlow, 18. and Francis Bright. 21. both of Indianapolis, j and Morris Herring. 25. Frankfort. , were those who pleaded guilty to auto banditry charges. They artI milted perpetrating a series ot j filling station holdups, kidnaping : ’ attendants, and using a stolen taxi in the crimes. INDICT THREE AS MURDERERS Two Lagrange CWA Employes Held For Murder Os Donald Chesbro Lagrange. Ind., Feb. 27. — (U.R) — Three men, two of them CWA em- : ployes, were under indictment here) today on charges of complicity in the killing of Donald Chesbro. Lagrange slot machine operator. James Ray Bridges, 38. Lagrange | j county surveyor and director of I CWA work, and Orville Nelson, 45, ; a CWA foreman, were named in i three counts charging them with be- ! ing accessories before the fact. Charles Hatfield. 40, Sturgis.' Mich., was charged with murder. He has not been arrested. Martin (Mike) Ross, living near Howe, recently pleaded guilty on charges of killing Chesbro and was sentenced to life imprisonment at Centerville. Mich. Chesbro’s body was found on a lonely road across the Indiana state line in Michigan. Authorities said that investigation indicated Bridges (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)

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SEVEN BODIES RECOVERED IN RAILWAY CRASH Speeding Locomotive Crashes Through Trestle l ast Night MANY PERSONS REPORTED HURT Feb. 27 'U.R) Seat chi i s abaiidoiusl hope lodav that they would he able 110 find the bodies ol ttliv I oilier victims of the Penhsvlvania railroad passenger train wreck here last ni.iihj, if anv still remained beneatii •he shattered mass of iron that w is a locomotive. Both the engineer and tin - men w. re still unaccounted for more than 12 hours after their locomotive speeding downgrade, nlunged through a trestle, dragI glug five coaches from the rails land killing seven whose bodloi were found. Mrs. W. Miller Wudrop. wife of Hie assistant, general manager of I the Pennsylvania railroad, was i identified this morning, lying on iho morgue slab to which she was borne early today. The identification came after hours of dispute, and even after Wardop himself Trad viewed the body, and said he did not believe it was his wife. Later. Wardrop’s offices ar.uottneed the body was hers, but the coroner refused to issue a death certificate until Mrs. Wardrop's cousin appeared and identified the bodv. The coroner had insisted the bodv remained in the wrecked pnllmans. but a thorough search of them disclosed no more victims. Tlie train. Itcund from Akron >o Pittsburgh, was less than a mile from Penn station here wh”U the locomotive left the rails and plunged into a street below. One car rolled on (op the locomotive. The four remaining cats left the rails and stopped at (CONTINIIRD ON PAGE TWCH NEW EVIDENCE IN DEATH CASE State Offers; New Evidenuo Os Trial Os Dr. Alice Wynekoop Chicago. Feb. 27—(UP)—A few weeks before Rheta Wynekoop’s nearly nude body was found on the operating table in her mother-in-law's private office. Dr. Alice Lindsay Wynekoop told her bankers she soon would receive a large sum of money to meet pressing obligatfons. state evidence introduced in the doctor's trial today. The state, seeking to solvo the mystery of Rheta's strange death, iby convicting Dr. Wynekoop on charges to murder, moved into grounds . not covered in the first trial which was halted because of the defendant’s fragile health. Letters were read into the record whf‘ h had been penned in the halting handwriting of Dr. Wynekoop was writing "please" to hoicreditors asking for more time to moot her dedits. “I am confident of obtaining a considerable sum of money not latter than January. 1934." she wrote in one letter to the City National Bank and Trust company wlmh held a mortgage on her home as security for a debt of $3 500. The letter with, others to the hank, was dentified by David M. Sweet, assistant vice-president of ICONTTNCFD ON PAGE TWO) 0 Tickets Gointr Fast For Annual Banquet Ticket sales for the annual farmers banquet are reported brisk. As only a limited number of tickets will be sold, persons wishing to attend are asked to order tieikets at once. They mat be obtained from the Monroe ladies organization. Roy Price. J. D Winteregg or Merwin Miller. " T 1 In aldition to the review of the year’s work. Lieutenant governor iM. Clifford Townsend will speak. :The banquet will be held above the 1 Model hatchery in Monroe.