Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 32, Number 55, Decatur, Adams County, 3 March 1934 — Page 1

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>ll SIDE IS ■SET VICTIM '■THIS MORNING IlyH ( ciitral Beats ■edskins: Bluffton, Winion Win '"■tTIXSVILLE IS ■ ph i \ ii ’> I <>l >\x WAVNE SCORES HE Semi Final Side 23. Central 21 K, Hiven. 31: Decatur. 24. 22: Harlan, 19. y ett» Cf’t-a'. 36; Woodburn, Side. 32; Monmouth. 8. Side. 33; Elmhurst. 20. ■rroev'iie. 16: Arcola. 9. B BLUFFTON SCORES ■ Semi-Final Liberty Center. ■un, 24: Monroe, 17. Kv. 44; Hartford, 10. 34: Kirkland 24 upsets market! Mpkiv in several sectional throughout luFriday night and tins BT North side Bedskins, ami regional cliamin 1933, were Hie vicnl a sfarlliiig upset bv (■feviiii (ntral, 1!) Io I I "»■! .it Fort Wayne. tented Areola. Hi Aihni- • .mnty teams were I unn tourney play. Jefferson tailing before tieTigers. 29 to 22. ami Center defeating Kirkland. iB-1 at ' liiuffton sectional. U Jeff Loses most lining upset in the ’a- t! defeat of Jefferson l|BUfayr-“. , n , ~f tfop favorites state title Jeff was de Friday night by Battle ■W. 9 to 8. Martinsi 11,. Arlesians. 19:13 thampioi-.s. were defeated by this morning, 27 s o Delphi wa< upset by Hurling b to 15 and Washington of lost to Roosevelt of ■COXTINThi, nX PAGE SIX’! ■OMISE EARLY I TARIFF ACTION ■sessional Leaders ■ I Act Early On RooseI velt Proposal ■‘‘Kington. Mar. 3—(pp). -('on leaders, acting at the b request, prepared tow 0 give right of way to the |B*e'"it trade bargainingtariff r °l bill which would put the on a “new deal" foreign basis. B< President’s reciprocal tariff asked early action. ■J™ er of the house, Henry T. B* i'.', Dem., 111., sa id house acnext week was possible. B. e vital new link in the ad- ■“ IWra tion's recovery program ■ pigned to find foreign markK surpluses by empowering B President to make trade K raen, s with foreign nations K 0 that end raise or lower by ■Z r ccnt tariff duties. E, * >ra ' governmental agencies E “ een studying possible forI Yn* raos* sixT*

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Conservation League Meets Monday Night Members of the Adame County i conservation league will meet Monday evening at 7:30 o’clock at the lAmierican Legion hall. above the Paul Graham office. Roy Johnson, president of the league urged a good attendance and stated subjects of interest to all members would be brought up and discussed. YEARLY BANQUET MONDAY NIGHT Tenth Annual Farmers Banquet Will Be Held At Monroe Monday Arrangements are being made to accommodate a crowd of at least 350 people at the tenth annual farmers banquet to be held in the Stucky building in Monroe next Monday night. Lieutenant-governor Clifford M. Townsend of Indianapolis, will Ate the principal speaker at the meeting , ~ The dinner will be served at 6:15 o’clock by a group of Monroe women and tickets are selling for 25 cents each. Peter D. Schwartz of Monroe township, president of the Adame County Herd Improvement association, will be chairman of the meeting. Other speakers on the program will be: Mayor George Krivtt of De--1 catur, awarding of corn club medals Merwin Miller, county cow tester, presenting dairy herd medals and honor rolls; Peter B. Lehman, representing the Guernsey Breeder’s association; Henry Dehner, awarding of colt club medals; Frank Habegger, awarding of colt show premiums; E. W. Busche. who will give a taHk on the wheat control program; Mis. E. W. Busche. representing the Home Economics clubs; Mrs. L. A. Ripley, a talk on social and educational club work; Otto Hoile, exhibit winner at International Livestock show; Dallas Speller, talk on farm institute work. The public is invited to purchase tickets for the event. Rabbits Released In Adams County; ■ 1 Thirty-five cotton tail rabbits will. be sent to the Adams county con- i servation league at a later date. I

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LEIGH BOWEN IS APPOINTED Decatur Man Named Conciliation Supervisor Os Five Counties A. Leigh Bowen of this city has j been appointed Conciliation Super-1 visor for the Indiana Agriculture, • Advisory Council, he having five j counties, including Adams, under his supervision. i Other counties in Mr. Bowen's district are Weils, Blackford. Hunt- i ington and JayMr. Bowen will act as an intermediary or go-between agent for the I! land owner and the local Farm debt conciliation committee, of which ; Henry Dehner is the chairman He will assist farmers in making their loan and in explaining the pur--1 pose and functions of the county farm debt conciliation committees, i His office is one of helpfulness for the borrower of farmer who is nej Gotaiting a mortgage. Un this county the members of 'the farm df*bt conciliation commit- . tee i.s compose! of Mr. Dehner, J. -; D. Briggs, H. 11. Heller. Noah Rich ; ’Tcontinurd on PAGE TWO) DR. DRIDGE IS ; NAMED PASTOR Former Decatur Pastor Is Temporary Pastor Os Local Church _ | Dr. U. S. A. Bridge, of Fort - Wayne, former paator of the First Methodist church of this city, has . been selected as temporary pastor l of the local church, to fill the ! vacancy caused by the death of J the late Rev. C. P. Gibbs. I Dr. Bridge will begin his duties ' next Wednesday and will act as pastor of the local church until an appointment is made next June at I the Methodist conference to be ! held in Elkhart. Selection of Dr. Bridge to fill I the local pulpit vacancy was i made this afternoon. Members of thd church pulpit committee, composed of W. F. Beerv, F. V. Mills and former Judge C. L. Walters i attended a meeting with Dr. J. Thomas Bean, district superinI tendent and selection of the forImer pastor was made. TcONHNUEP ON* PAGE THREE).

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DR. WYNEKOOP COLLAPSES ON WITNESS STAND Woman Doctor Collapses During Questioning By Prosecutor U RY IS HURRIED EROM COURT ROOM Criminal Court Building, Chicago. Mar. 3 <U.R> Dr. Alice Limisay Wynek.Hip collapsed on the I witness stand today. The G3-year-old physician collapsed while she was being quesi tioned mercilessly by Prosecutor Chas. S. Dougherty about the details of the discovery of the body of her daughter-in-law. Rheta. on the night of last November 21. The jury was hurried from the room as the defendant slumped forward in her chair under the bat rage of cross examination. She is charged with murder in connection with Rheta's death and was on the stand itr her own defense. Immediate restorative measures were taken and Dr. Wynekoop soon regained her composure and told Judge Harry B. Miller: “Don't let them take me from the court room. I want to finish it now." The judge ordered a pillowbrought to cushion the physician’s head while she rested during a temporary recess. Dr. Catherine ~iVj'nekoop, the. defendant's own daughter, was ordered to aitend her mot iter and was asked by the iudge whether digitalis would be necessary. She replied in the negative. “She should be taken to a hospital and put to bed." cried the pretty young member of the Wynekoop family which has long been famous in medical circles. Dougherty at the time of the rCOKTTNT’FTH GN PAGE RFK) SCOUTS DRIVE I REPORT GIVEN Merchandise Valued At $274.75 Will Be Given To Needy Merchandise valued at $274.75 was gathered by Decatur Boy Scouts in the city-wide canvass made recently in response to the appeal made by President Roosevelt in designating a ‘‘good deed" to be performed by scouts in observance of the 24th birthday of the Boy scout movement. The merchandise was turned over to local relief headquarters locate I in the old Moose Home on Thirl street and will be distributed among the needy families. P. Bryce Thomas, local scout commissioner announced that persons’ w'ho had clothing or other merchan : dise which they wish to do-nate should call him and that Scouts | would call and get it. The items received in the canvass follow: Chairs. 1; rugs 1; dtshee 32; pillowcases, 2; blankets, 2. Clothing for men: suits 2: coats. 7-; hats 5; shoes 5; overcoats, 8; shirts 17; socks 17; pants 4; ties 16. Clothing for women: coats 9; dresses 26; underwear 5; aprons 3; shoes 3; hats 34; sweaters 1; stockings 2. Clothing for children: coats 13; dresses 26; suits 35; overcoats 4; overshoes 1; underwear 37; shoes. 7; hats 12; shirts 4; pants 17; sweaters 20; stockings 16; gloves 3; pajamas 2. Members of all four Scout troops served in the movement to help the needy and in keeping with the I iscout pledge to perform one good I act each day. The Annual Banquet Reservations for 22 Decatur people have already been made for the annual boys scout meeting and banquet to be held at Catholic Community Center, Tuesday, March 6. Those desiring to attend from here asked to get in touch with Mr. Thomas.

Banquet Speaker ii I / / k —4 ' «■ J M. Clifford Townsend. Ijeulcnant governor of Hie stale of Indiana. who will deliver the princip.il address at the tenth annual fanners banquet, which will be held .Monday night above the Model hatchery at Monroe.

ED BOSSE FOR RENOMINATION Prosecuting Attorney Announced Candidacy This Morning Late this afternoon Charles “Tarzan” Hicks announced his candidacy for the Derrocrtt-c nomination for sheriff. Mr. Hicks is the 12th man to pub- ' licly announce his candidacy, j Hg lives on a farm in Jefferson township, near Geneva, is maried and has one child. He is a former boxer. Candidates liegan to stir around nd politics started to warm up in Decatur and Adams county during the week, a number entering the several contests for county, township ami city nominations on the Democratic and Republican tickets. At noon today the twelfth can | didate for the Democratic nomiir.i---j cion for county sheriff had not yet announced. This race is one of the most interesting of the county contests. 11 men having already entered the field. Announcement was made today by Ed A. Bosse of Decatur that he would be a candidate for the Democratic nomination for prosecuting attorney. Mr. Bosse is serving his first term as prosecutor and according to custom will in all probability be given his party’s nomination without opposition. Mr. Bosse is one of the well known young attorneys of the Adams County bar. His victory two years ago was one of the outstanding races of the election. He is a graduate of Indiana law school and a former county chair(CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) FIVE ARRESTED FOR ROBBERIES Three Men, Two Women Held For Series Os Safe Robberies Paolia. Ind.. Mar. 3. — (U.K) — Arrested by state police in a raid at West Baden 'last night as suspects in a series of southern Indiana safe robberies, three men and two women were held in the Orange and Dubois county jail today. Vagrancy charges were, filed against the suspects pending identification by Federal post office investigators and sheriffs of nearly a dozen surrounding counties. Four of the group are held in the : Orange county jail here. They are Ray Harman, 24; his sisters, June, 33, and Beatrice. 39; and James Little, 44, formerly of Gary. Jearold Yers. 23, i.s held in the Dubois county jail at Jasper. In the raid state police said they confiscated a quart of nitroglycerin, a large electric drill and other safe blowing equipment, several sets oi (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

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i JURY CONVICTS PHYSICIANIN HIGHBALL CASE Woman Doctor In Mississippi Is Sentenced To Life Term FOUND GUILTY OF POISONING DOCTOR Courtroom. Greenwood, Miss, Mar. 3. ,U.R- Dr. Sara Ruth Dean was convicted by a circuit court jury here today of charges that she ' killed Dr. John Preston Kennedy i with a poisoned highball in jealous anger at his plan to remarry ids divorced wife. The penalty was fixed al life imprisonment. I Conviction for the 33-year-ol I ! woman physician, first graduate of her sex from the University of ' Virginia Medical School, came at the end of the fifth week of her spectacular trial. The jury receiv- | ed the cast al 9:03 >p. m. last night. The jury was ready to report at 1110:42 a. m. today, hanging loiuily ion its jury room door. Judge S. F. Davis immediately sent for the defendant. The jury again thumped loudly on the door. A bailiff was • sent in to quiet them but as soon as he left they again set up a pounding on the door panel, obviously ini patient to be done with their labors. At 10:48 a. in. the jury had had the tive week's old ease for 13 hours and 45 minntes. At 10:52 a. in Dr. Dean came in tile courtroom to her pronouncement of her fate. Rendition of the verdict came after an unusual brush between the jury and the court. At 7 a. m. the I jurors arose and asked for some (CONTINUED OX PAG-H SfX)" * 1 “ AWAIT REPORT ON STOCK SALE ■ Republican Senators In Bitter Attack On Mail ; Cancellation Washington, Mar. 3 —■ (U.R) -Republican senators turned to the New York stock exchange todav for new ammunition tn their bitter attack upon the Roosevelt adr ministration’s order cancelling all ) domestic airmail contracts. They hope that publication of short sales in airline stocks prior I to the cancellations will show their was a "leak" in the administration's decision. Rumors circulated in the Capitol to the effect that several per- ' sons who might have had access to official files were included on , the short sale list sale that the exchange has promised to submit to the senate banking and currency committee on Monday. The reports could not lie confirmed. Action to publish the list was instituted by Senator Hamilton F. I Kean, Repn.. N. J., a member of k the banking committee. " Senator Warren R. Austin, Repn.. Vt. who intends to bring the airmail question to tlie senate I floor for lengthy discussion, is awaiting anxiously the exchange report. Austin is preparing an exhaustive defense of former Postmaster General Walter F. Brown, whose handling of mail contract awards in the Hoover id- . (CGNTINT’ETD GN PIGE SIX) 0 i Make Final Effort To Arrange Classes All unemployed high school graduates of Adams county, who are interested in taking extension work from Indiana University, are invit- ’ ed to attend a meeting at the Decatur high school auditorium. Mon- ■ day evening at 8 o’clock. 1 : Efforts have been made to organ- : ize classes, but because of the wide ■ | range of subjects, no definite arrangements have been made. This will be the final effort to arrange • classes, and all graduates interested in obtaining a further education are urged to attend the meeting, Monday evening.

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NOTORIOUS GANG LEADER MAKES DARING ESCAPE AT CROWN POINT JAIL ’ America’s Public Enemy Number One Uses Wooden , Gun to Intimidate Guards at Jail; Aided by Negro Prisoner, Takes Guns From Jail Office; Deputy Sheriff And (Jarage Mechanic Taken As Hostages Are Later Released; Escape Is Made In Private Car of Woman Sheriff of Lake County. Crown Point, Ind., March W.R—Using a wooden gun to intimidate his guards, .John Dillinger escaped today from t the county jail here. It was the latest of a series of daring, law-defying escapades engineered by the desperado whose career in crime i gained for him the title of Amrica's No. 1 public enemy. Within a few hours after the escape, carried out in de- > fiance of the extra guards posted by Lake county’s woman sheriff, Lillian Holley, the car carrying Dillinger aifd a negro i accomplice was sighted near Peotone, 111., east of here.

. > ♦ Breaks Jail Again .. , v jMOr : ‘ ||y \ Sib : alf -' * John Dillinger, notorious gang I leader and killer, escaped from the Lake county jail at Crown Point, Indiana, this morning. Dillinger was held pending his trial on charges of murdering an East Chicago policeman during a bank holdup.

YOUNG PEOPLE MEET SUNDAY Christian Endeavor Meeting Will Be Held At i St. Paul Church The Christian Endeavor young people of the St. Paul, Zion, and , Craigville churches will meet Sun day evening at 7:30 o’clock at the , St. Paul church, south of Decatur. Following is the program: ■ Music —Miss June Martin. Lucile Winteregg and Laverne Sprunger. , Opening song—Congregation. . Prayer Woodrow Wilson i Vocal solo —“My Task.” . Piano duet. 86th Psalm Janies Shady • Vocal duet—“ Beautiful Garden of Prayer.” , Violin solo. Reading Romaine Raudenbush Song. Piano solo. Mixed duet —"1 Love My Savior Dead.” ; “Why Should I Be Discouraged” Rev. Smith Vocal solo—“ When They Ring the Golden Bells.” Election of president for three socities. . Closing song, offering, benediction. Mother Os Decatur Man Buried Today Robert Mcßeth attended funeral services in Detroit, Mich., this morning for his mother, Mrs. Robert Mcßeth, Sr., who died suddenly Wednesday. Surviving liesides the son are the husband, three daughters and five grandchildren.

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k Earnest Blunt, the guard i who was intimidated by Dill- ' inger’s make-shift imitation of a gun and who was taken with the desperado in the ; sheriff’s car. was released near Peotone, 20 miles south of Chicago. Blunt was unceremoniously , thrown out of the car and was I found by Ed Rust, a farmer, who 1 took him to Peotone. With him ! was the night mechanic at the ’ Main street garage, from which j Dillinger and his accomplice stole • tiie sheriff’s ear. The two immediately joined a • hurriedly organized posse and 1 started in pursuit of the despera- | d - The sheriff’s car was a Ford i sedan equipped with a siren, col--1 ored headlights and red wheels. It bore Indiana license plate number i 679-92#. The car was believed I headed toward Morris. 111. , Illinois state police converged around this section of the state. Previously Gov. Paul V. McNutt of Indiana had announced that all the resources of the national guard in that state would he made available for the hunt. In Chicago five squads of police were mobilized with orders to “shoot to kill.” At Lima. 0.. where Dillinger broke out of the county jail in a delivery that brought death Io a sheriff, a sandbag barricade was I thrown up to prevent possible def livery of other members of his i gang who are held there. 10 Blockades Fort Wavne, Mar. 3— UR)--Ten ' road blockades were in operation 1 over northern Indiana today -n ‘ the hunt for John Dillinger, notorious Indiana gunman who escaped from the Lake county jail at Crown Point, state police announced here today. Edwards To Rescue r Marion. Mar. 3— <U.R) --Mayor Jack Edwards of Marion, accompanied by a deputy sheriff and policeman, left for Gary in th“ mayor’s private airplane this afternoon to assist the search for John Dillinger. All three were heavily armed. Edwards said he would turn his plane and pilot over to Indiana I state police if they wished to use I them in the search. Story of Break ■ By Lew Baker . Deputy sheriff and warden of the county iail. . (Copyright 1934 by United Press) Crown Point.. Ind.. Mar. 3 -<U.R) John Dillinger escaped by using a wooden gun. None of the guards in the Lake county jail is allowed to carry a gun and when Ernest Blunt, guard in Dillinger’s section, was confronted by what he believed to be a deadly weapon in Dillinger’s hands, he submitted to the desperado. surrendered his keys and allowed the escape. We found later that the gun fCONTTNTTWn < nN^PAQK ,- KTXr * —O- .. . Judge Rutherford Speaks Here Sunday Judge J. F. Rutherford, leader in a fight for unrestricted use of the radio in speaking on religion and topics pertaining to the discussion of it. will speak at th” Moose hall. Sunday afternoon and evening. His subject is "Armageddon, What is the way of escape." The programs will be held at 3:30 in the afternoon and at 7:30 in the evening. The meeting is free. ■I Judge Rutherford attracted attention recently in speeches made on religious creeds.