Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 32, Number 54, Decatur, Adams County, 2 March 1934 — Page 1

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Mil FIVE ■fFEATEDIN ■ FIRST ROUND H Haven Bull Dog* Kninate Decatur From ■ Sectional Meet I\TK\L. ELMHURST K|Mi u |\ OPENERS ■ » ■ fort wavne scores ■Lhurtt. Huntertown, 18. K r ,;. 40: Leo. 29. ■p Hjven. 31: Decatur, 24. Harlan. 19. KZeeville. 22: Hoagland. 18. ■ gLUFFTON SCORES ■jKistr. -■«’ Liberty Center. 13 Keitr. 35: Pleasant Mills. A Kliin. 24: Monroe. 17. Kffton. 31: Rockcreek. 19. Klerton. 34; Petroleum. 33. K,, Du'alur Yellow .lack- ■ killliim hi inspired New Ku team. "ere eliminated K| the Fort Wayne secKil tournev this mornini', K|<k;lls losimj l»v a sevenKt nianjin. 31 to 21. Krattli' held a scant «-.» Kit the end of the first Ker but the Bull Dogs staged Korins spurt in the second Ker to lead at half time. 17 to Haven continued scoring ■ the opening of the third Ker and held a 27 to 13 mar■ts the third period ended. K Yellow Jackets fought back Kntely in the final period, nt ■ time cutting New Haven s K» to 28-21 but the lead held Ke Bull lw< was too great for ■ locals to overcome. ■ Strickler was the leading Kr for Decatur with three ■ goai? and a free throw for K point' Blythe scored six ■t? for the Y ellow Jackets and ■err five Hurgette and Sny- ■ led New Haven with nine ■ts each I Central Wins ■V Central Tigers were given ■•a! battle for the first three ■rters this morning by the Ix“o mis. Central pulling away in the Bl minutes io win 40-29. Leo ■at the half. 17 to 16. I Huntertown Loses ■be Elmhurst Trojans nosed ■ •21-18 victory over the HuntBn quintet in the opening Be of the tourney. Elmhurst B a 12-9 lead at the half. I Bluffton Results ■be opening game of the Bluff- ■ sectional tourney offered a fcltict upset as the Lancaster Bests whaled the Liberty Celt- ■ Hons. 30 to 13, after leading Itbe half. 15 to 9. ■wo Adams county teams were JrnvTTNj-Fnv ok psoj «tx) WIDATES TO FILE PETITIONS pitions For Candidacy To Be Filed From Mar. 9 To April 7 Pdlanapolis. Mar. 2.—(U.R>—With f Primary election little more p two months away, hundreds I’spirants to county and conpsional positions are preparing Pie formal announcements with ptary o f State Frank Mayr, Jr. Already the flood of applications PPProval has begun to pour inP'ayr’s office, but all havt been Fftl awav with instructions to f H'fir intentions after March 9. p n, ler state law. a 30-day period. r' n? one month before the elec- ■ ' s set aside for filing of canr tRB - This year the period opens »rch 9. i j“ ce •he 30th day following falls ■ unday. the deadline has been ’’ midnight. Saturday, Anril 7. candidates for representative congress, state senators and repntatives. judges of circuit, pro- '' , ’ rini inal. superior and jnvencourts and prosecuting attorn’will file with Mayr. last primary, a total of c °NTINUfiD ON 'PAGE FOUR)’

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DAN TYNDALL ; IS PRESIDENT Member of Tile Company Will Head Chamber Os, Commerce Dan H. Tyndall, a member of the I Krick and Tyndall Tile company, was elected president of the Deca tur Chamber of Commerce. at the annual organization meeting of the directors held last evening Jesse Rice, hold proprietor was •elected secretary of th" organiz i al lon. Mr. Tyndall served as secretary of the Chamber of Commerce last year and in nominating him for the presidency. Ferd L. Litterer, stated it was in recognition of his services during the past year. The ne w president succeeds James Elberson, who served during 1933. The directors approved the com- f piling and publication of a county directory to be put out by Fred Kolter of this city. The directory will contain a page on Decatur. i A donation of $25 to the Boy I Scout fund was made by the Cham I her of Commerce. Decatur did not meet ts quota last year and the Boy Scout movement is one of a few civic movements which is supported financially by the Chamber The new president will name the 1 standing committees for the com ing year and outline a program ot activities at the next meeting. The membership drive wTii be made lat-' er and in all probability the mem bership fee will be kept at the half- j price, >2.50 a year. | TTie directors besides Mr. Tyn-,, ' Jail. "Mr. Rice' aiiTjlr. "Eftierson ’ are Mr. Litterer, Theodore Gralik t er. Clifford Saviors. J. Ward Cal- I land, Oscar Lankenait and A. R. < Holthouse. DECATUR LAOY'S i FATHER IS DEAD I Jeff Klopfenstein Bi e<l Thursday Afternoon At Fort Wayne Jeff Klopfenstein. 67. father of ’ Mrs. Hazel Aeschliman ot Decatur, idled Thursday afternoon at 2:3u o’clock at his ' home. 1221 Home ‘ Avenue. Fort Wayne. The deceased was born in Wells county. March 7. 1866. The family ' formerly lived at Preble, moving ( to Fort Wayne 17 years ago. Mr. ( Klopfenstein owned a general store at Preble and at one time operated j "Jeffs Place "there. Surviving are the widow. Mrs. , Aldine Klopfenstein, and five c-hil- ‘ dren: Mrs. Hazel Aeschliman. Decatur: Mrs. Nova Bennigan. Mrs. Stella K. Adler and Lutlis Klopfen- i stein, all of Fort Wayne, and Jay Klopfenstein, at home. Two chil dren preceded him in iieath. The i following brothers and sisters also survive; Mrs. Samuel Baumgart ' tier, Decatur; Mrs. Avon Moser. I Mrs. Sarah Meyers. Mrs. Daniel Strahm and Jacob Klopfenstein, 511 of Wells county ; Joel Klopfenstein. Portageville, Missouri; Mrs. Elizabeth Brazier, Silverton. Oregon Eight grandchildren also survive. Mr. Klopfenstein was a member of the Trinity English Lutheran church and a menrber of the Eagles lodge at Fort Wayne. Funeral services will be held at the home at 2:30 p. nt. Saturday, : with Rev. Krauss officiating. o i Postpone Selection Os Methodist Pastor I. ' The appointment of a pastor of the First Methodist church in this ’ city, succeeding the late Rev. C.; ’ p. Gibbs, was postponed yesterday at a conference held in Indianap- ' ' olis by Bishop Edgar Blake of Detroit and Dr. J. Thomas Bean. ■ I district superintendent of Fort I I Wayne. Word was received here today ' that the appointment .would be I ’ made in a few days, but the local p • committee did not know exactly ': when the announcement would be ■ made. I Rev. J. W. Rhine of Geneva will | r supply the local pulpit Sunday, it ‘ ' was announced.

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Decatur Eliminated Fr°m Sectional i Ji* w»< $ Bill- ' 1 wto i 4 JR W ■ ' s - ' -*• ' Photo by Edwards The New Haven Bull Dogs defeated the Decatur Yellow Jackets in the first round of the Fort Wayne sectional this morning. 31 to 24. Members of the Yellow Jacket squad, pictured above, are; . . First row -left to right Cowan. Eady, Butler. Sanders. G. Strickler. Ehlnger P. Strickler. Blytlu. Second row Schultz. Hurst. Peterson. Townsend, student manager; Wynn. Ritter, Honman.

HOFFMAN RITES HERE SATURDAY Funeral Services Will Be Held Here For Mrs. Man Hoffman The body of Mrs. Mary Hoffman, former Decatur woman who died at her home in Chicago, Thursday as- 1 tertioon '.nil be refirrncd torfrrt cHyl for burial, arriving here this evening. it will be tak<Oi to the home of the deceased's father, Henry I lite. 323 Winchester s:reet. where the funeral will be held Saturday afternoon at two o'clock. Rev. G. O. Walton, pastor of the Presbyterian church, will officiate, and burial will be in ihe Decatur cemetery. Mrs. Hoffman uied of sclerosis of the liver, from which she suffered lor a long time. She was ill more than a year, and for the pas; several weeks her condition had been critical. She was born in Decatur, a dangh ter of Henry and Lillie Bell-Hite. On November 19, 1912 she was united in marriage to Oscar Hoffman, who survives together with three children. William. Thad. Mary Jo. all at home: the father, a brother. Hugh of Detroit, two sisters, Fannie and Madge, of Decatur. Mrs. Hoffman spent her entire i life in Decatur with the exception of the last nine years when she resided in Chicago. She was a member of the Presbyterian church of this city tor many years, and also a member of the Tri Kappa sorority and the Eastern Star. VANCE SPEAKS TO ROTARIANS • Local Clothier Talks On Indiana Industry Thursday Night 1 An interesting talk on Hie “Torch bearers in Indiana industry,’’ was given by O. L. Vance, local clothier at the meeting of the Rotary club at the Rice hotel last evening. Mr. Vance, in an entertaining manner, presented a sketch of three of the pineer manufacturers in thld state. The Studabaker Brothers, who came to South Bend in 1952 And started the first wagon works; James Oliver, who came to Mishawaka from Scotland and later started the Oliver chilled plow works and Elwood Haynes, of Portland, inventor of the first gasoline engine for automobiles. In these three industries, Indiana was the birthplace of three of the lines of industry in the nation, Mr. Vance stated. He told of the early hardships of each pioneer and how later their efforts and vision i of the future resulted in success. Dr. Fred Patterson, president of the club, announced that plans were being made to obbserve Youth : YVeek in Decatur, April 28 to May i 5. Leo- Kirsch is chairman of the I committee.

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Decatur, Indiana, Friday, March 2, 1931.

Dairy Industry Is Showing Improvement New York. Mar. 2.- (U.RJ—Thomas H. Mclnnerney, president ot: National Dairy Products Corpora ' tion, said today that “some irn- i provement" has occurred in the dairy industry this year." "Stocks of butter and cheese," he i ' said, "although still above last : I year's figure, have been considerably reduced, and the oitt-ot-storage i movement in both products has been except ionaly large. The price 1 of butter on the Nfcw York market •has risen from an average of about 21) cents in December to an average of about 26 cents for tile last week of February. The increase in the price of cheese is even more marked." SORORITY WILL GIVE MUSIC ALE I’si lota Xi Sorority Will Give Musicale Sunday, March 11 The Psi lota Xi sorority of this city will present a trio of artists in a musicale to be held at the Masonic hall. Sunday afternoon. March 11. i The artists are former members of the Chicago symphony, the Mendellsohn club, the Chicago theater orchestra, nationally known hands and pupils of some of the masters in vocal and instrumental music. There will be voice, piano and flute selections during the program 1 and lovers of fine music are anticipating the engagement with much pleasure. Miss Luella Feiertag, vocalist. Mis Vera Sessler. pianist and Mr. Dale Shumaker, flutist will provide a program of eight numbers. The program will begin at 3:15 o'clock. The musical numbers follow: Gypsy and the Bird Benedict Miss Feiertag and Mr. Shumaker The Wind Among the Trees Briccialdi : Mr. Shumaker Ungeduld Schubert Staudchen Strauss Spinneliedchu Reinmann Miss Feiertag and .' Mr., Shumaker ■ Spinning Song Mendelssohn Roudo Capriccisso . .Mendelssohn Miss Feiertag and Mr. Shumaker The Dew is Sparkling Rubustein Spring Song Curran The Brownies Leoni Miss Feiertag and Mr. Shumaker Bird Song Papp Mr. Shumaker | “The Coming of Spring” a—Winter Laudon Ronald b—The Sleigh .. Kountz ' c —Floods of Spring Rachmaninoff d—Open Secret Woodman Miss Feiertag ■ The Wren Benedict > Miss Feiertag and Mr. Shumaker Well Known Artists , Miss Feiertag was a soloist in ’(CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) *

WIFE SLAYER IS EXECUTED Harley Edwards Executed Shortly After Midnight Last Night i Michigan City. Ind., Mar. 2.—(U.R) —Harley Edwards. 39-year-old World war veteran, was electro . cuted in the state prison here to j day for the murder of his wife. With faltering steps lie marched to the death chamber from the prison hospital where he had been taken 22 hours previously after an attempt to kill himself. The execution was cairicd out lon schedule after Gov. Paul V. McNutt refused to let the suicide attempt intervene. Edwards slashed his wrists with the lens ot his reading glasses early yesterday morning. Physiciaus administered two blood transfusions and other stimulants as they carried out a successful tight to prolong his lite until tie could be executed legally. The death march started at 12:02 'a. m. and Edwards was strapped to the chair three minutes later. Dr. P. H. Weeks, prison physician, pronounced him dead at 12:10. A sister living at Edwardsport will claim the hodv. Only prison attaches witnessed the execution. Edwards killed his wife, Lillian, at her home in Mitchell in July, 1932, and wounded his step-son, Clarence Head, IS, when the boy attempted to intervene in a family *7cONt7nVED ON PAGE FOUR) i o REVISER WAGE SCALE IN CWA Wage Scales For CWA Workers In Indiana Are Changed Today ; Indianapolis. Mar. 2. — (U.R)—Be. I vised" wage scales for civil works ' labor in Indiana went into effect today. The new rates, which provide fo| both increases and reductions, were ordered in telegrams sent out Ito all county CWA administrators ' by William H. Book, state director iof relief. Changes were made in accordance with general instructions from Federal works headquarters ! at Washington which ordered that pay schedules should be revised to conform with prevailing schedules ' for like classes of labor in the respective sections. Pay for unskilled workers will be cut from 50 to 40 cents an hour and : the rate of $1.20 per hour for skilled labor will be cut to the prevailing union rate. In several instances i truck drivers, operating tbeir own machines will receive increased wages. Book declared. Although tfce general orders were to cut unskilled labor pay, county administrators are given the power i to increase, it to 50 cents if the (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR)

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BROAD TARIFF POWERS ASKED BY ROOSEVELT President Asks Power In Special Message To Congress SECOND MESSAGE GIVEN TO CONGRESS Washington. Mar. 2 - (U.R) President Roosevelt in a special messagd to congress today asked lor broad powers to adjust tariffs. The move is preliminary to a new effort to expand the T’nfted States' foreign trade through reciprocal commercial agreements. The President asked congress for specific authority to enter into executive commercial agreements with foreign nations "within carefully guarded limits to modify existing duties and import restrictions in such away as will benefit American agriculture and initustry.'' , The President's decision to ask for these extraordinary powers had been indicated clearly in recent days. But back of it was months of controversy among administration leaders and Democratic chiefs in congress as to the best methods of trying to revive XT. S. foreign trade. The administration already has organized special government banks to help finance exports. Some of the President's advisers in congress had been inclined to dissuade him from seeking action bn tariffs at this time. The tariff issue, always a troublesome one in congress was likely to lead to prolonged debate, they feared. Mr. Roosevelt, however, felt the action was necessary at this time

(COaTINCRD ON r\GE =lNi PAY SLASH IN EFFECT TODAY Adams Count y CWA Workers Will Be Given General Pav Cut Foremen on the local CWA projects have been notified by Harry Thompson, employment manager, that a reduction in pay both for unskilled and skilled labor, will be effective from today on, in compliance with the order received from state CIVA headquarters. Mr. Thompson stated that no scale was determined upon, but that the minimum for unskilled labor would be 40 cents an hour, the price I fixed by state headquarters Final determination of the scales will not be made until the project engineer visits here next week and fixes the scales for the different classes. Complying with an order receiv ed a few days ago the CWA employment list was reduced 85 today, i This brings the number employe! on all projects, except PWA work to 338. 'A week ago 58 men were ordered released from the payroll. The payroll for the week ending March 1, was >4,982.24. the local office announced. Checks were distributed this afternoon. — o Redecorate Adams County Courtroom Painters and workmen are busy redecorating the court room of the Adams Circuit court in the court in the court house. The walls and ceiling are being repainted. The walls were first washed and then painted. About a half dozen men are employed. The corridor on the frst floor will be repainted, The walls have been repaired and are rea iy for the first coat. The large steel doors which formerly hung at the doors of the county offices were removed sometime ago. o The Daily Democrat office will remain open Saturday night until 9:30 o'clock to accommodate subscribers wffb wish to renew their subscription at the reduced rate extended to those who receive their paper by mail.

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Stockholders Name Board Os Directors Hammond, Mar. 2. (Special)--Stockholders of the Northern Indi ana Public Service Company held their annual meeting today and elected a board of directors. Those named to the board were; John N. Shqnnahan. Morse Dell Plain, Howard H. Adams, Dean H. Mitchell, Samuel E. Mulholland and laiurenee K. Callahan. Bernard P. Shearon wtls chosen a director Io succeed William A. Sauer, who died recently. TRIAL DATE OF THREE IS SET FOR MARCH 27 Alleged Killers of Former Wabash Pastor Are Arraigned THREE DEFENDANTS PLEAD NOT GUILTY Indianapolis. Mar. 2. —(U.R) In a courtroom packed with curious spectators. Judge Frank P. Baker today set March 27 as date for the trial of Mrs. Neoma Saunders, Ma-sil Roe and Theodore Mathers, on charges of killing Gaylord V. Saunders. former Wabash minister. Pleas of not guilty were entered by all three defendants. Attorneys tor Mathers announced that they would enter a plea of insanity on his behalf. Before setting the trial date Judge Baker overruled a motion to qnach the murder indictment against Mrs. Saunders, widow of the slain minister. Her attorneys argued that they would not be satisfied with any charge other titan "accessory before the fact." She is charg-

ed with first degree murder. Mrs. Saunders was dressed in a brown fur coat and black dresss. During the arraignment she sat in the front row ot spectators with Roe and Mathers at her side. She | displayed no sign of emotion while ! Roe. who is charged with tiring the ■ shot which killed Saunders, moved restlessly about in his seat, craning his neck to see the spectators The three principals in Hie slu murder plot here taken back to their cells in the Marion county jail immediately after araignment.. Saunders body was found in his automobile parked on an Indianap olis street Feb. 2. He had been -shot through the back of the head. The slaying occurred two weeks after Saunders had resigned as pas- . tor of a Wabash Methodist church to attend an embalming school here. He met Mathers. 19-year-old student from Coalmont, and they (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) I o GODE HEADS TO CONFER MONDAY National Recovery Administration Is In Period Os Crisis Washington, Mar. 2—<U.R) —The , anniversary week of President I Roosevelt’t inauguration finds the j I NRA, spearhead of the recovery drive, entering a period of crisis, i Protest meetings which began ' here Feb. 27 in a public forum of ! discussion of NRA shortcomings are dwindling in attendance. But I I the NRA situation as a whole will challenge public attention during i j the next few weeks. Major de-1 velopments are: 1. Hugh S. Johnson, administrator. concedes the Blue Eagle drive has lagged and must be re-, vitalized; that hours of labor must be reduced and wage rates increased. 2. A general conference of code authorities has been summoned here Monday to hear Mr. Roosevelt and Johnson outline their NRA reform and new industrial empiovment campaign. 3. The Weirton Steel Co., defied national labor hoard efforts to compose a dispute involving a company union and the justice department lias been requested by (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE)

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WOMAN DOCTOR TESTIFIES IN CHICAGO COURT - Accused of Killing Daugh-ter-In-Law, Fights To Save Self GIVES VERSIONS OF GIRL’S DEATH (j'i.miiuil (lomt Buihliitß. ’ (‘.hicaßo. Mar. 2 <U.R) Di". Alice Liitdsav \V y n e k o <> p (old Iter story todav of the events that led up to discovtrv of her son's wife, lying nearly nude ami dead ol ti bullet wound on :m operating table in the basement ol the Wvnekoop home. The recital was given tn a trembling voice before a tense and crowded courtroom. The state charges Dr. Wyno- ; koop with murder in connection with her daughter-in-law's death. The 63-year-old | hyslcian sought I to show today that, even though she can't prove how Rheta died, •'tere are two aVrn'atives that ! fit the facts Itetter than the ease drawn by the prosecution. They ' are: 1. Murdered by a burglar. 2. Suicide. On three occasions the Wynekoop property on West Monroe i street was burglarized, with both cash and drugs taken, the 63-year-old physician testified under the \ friendly questioning of her attorney. W. W. Smith. This set the ' stage for her contention that Rheta' may have been murdered by a burglar. To support the suicide possibili ity Dr. Wvnekoop said that Rheta had a “terrible fear" that she would die of tuberculosis a fear that amounted to "an obsession." Addid to this was “a difference" that had grown up between the pretty titian-haired violinist and her handsome husband. Earle. With this defense built up in ■ the minds of the jury, the elderly j physician took a sip from her glass of water and launched into a detailed story of her actions on the day of the mysterious Wynekoop tragedy. That day was ' last Nov. 21. "I had arranged with Dr. John M. Birger to perform an operation on a patient at Garfield Park hospital," she said, ‘and I spent the entire morning there." “I returned home about 1 o'clock and had lunch with Rheta. She said a friend had asked her to go walking and I encouraged " ’(COXTINTRb ON PAGE SIXI Mrs. McMaken’s Father Is Dead Adam X’hrig, SI. father of Mrs. Joseph McMaken of this city, was found dead at his home in Fort Wayne at S o’clock Thursday night. Death was caused by a 1 heart attack. Six other daughters and three sons also survive. Month Os February Exceptionally Cold The month of February was one of the cohTetft on record and with, only one exception the coldest since i IS9B. Tlte average temperature for .the montit was 15.6 degrees compared with 18 degrees in February 1914. In February IX9S the temp erature registered 19 degrees below zero. This year on February 9 the ■ temperature registered lb degrees : below. This month brought 14 cloudy I days, eight tliat were partly cloudy I and six that were clear. One hundred sixty-seven hours of sunshine were recorded out of a total of 292 hours possible. The total movement of the wiud as recorded in miles reached 6.307 while the average hourly velocity i was 9.4 miles. - 1 1 —• 0 Bth Grade Tourney The invitational eighth grade tourney got underway at the Decatur Catholic high school gymnasium at 1:30 o’clock this afternoon. St. Joe of Decatur and nine Fort Wsyne teams are entered. Two games will be pilayed tonight, with ; the semi-final and final games scheduled for Sunday afternoon and night. Scores: St. Andrews 22. St. Peters 20. | (Overtime). 'Cathedral 24, St. Hyacinth 21.