Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 32, Number 66, Decatur, Adams County, 16 March 1934 — Page 1

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Uo Remodel G. E. Plant; Build New Motor

WHINERf lILLREPLACE I in equipment I Type Brushless Mot[To Be Built: Work ■ Starts April 9 11MK PRODUCTION [about may 11th ■ nt'« t.'l"'’ »iore efficientl Kional iiorse-|Miwer motor! ■be manufactured at the fcur Work' <>f the General | ■lrif Company and work ■stalling tin- new niachin■will begin April 9. E. W. ■kenau. plant supenntenF announced today. ■ Ut h of the old machinery ■be torn out and more Khu rtiiiipinnfi■ will be install ■ the final plain. The work of Ks mn the obsolete machinery Krrin April ’• The rebuilding ■be plant will require about a K and 71 is hoped to resume j Efatliiriio; operations about [l4. ■ (»<•* of about 60 men will Ire Kred in installing the new ma | K;r. Mr. I..iek• ■ r>a: 1 announced. I Kgtior. will necessarily be j Kkl during time the change | ■ tb" old tor. know nas KijA ! ■to new KU design is being j ■1 nstg nun intierv has already ■ tnkwd ate: will lie delivered ■it time for installation. Mi .' ■man stated that he believed ■ayes would be called back to ■ either the week of May 7 or ! ■ud that a normal force of i ■t T>ti would start, tills being , ■med as production of the new ■t progressist. ■Mientins on the changes to i ■idi. Mr. I.atikenau stated: i ■r more than twenty years, the ■of motor used principally on I ■hg machines, but also for i ■ other purposes (designed - ■erly as the "SA' 1 and recently BSA'i, has enjoyed a great j ■hrity and has been found ex-1 ■he me in the trade. ■ the earlier years it was pro-1 wholly at the Broadway Bt. Fort Wayne, but since 192 u ■major production in this line ■lm at the Decatur Plant. ■ lime pas-.es many things we Its everyday life are improved ■•te them cheaper, more effeclaid more convenient, or to ex- ■ their field of usefulness, old ■M being replaced by new. ■ like manner, the KSA motor. < ■ t squirrel cage stator, a wound I collector rings and brushes. I ■ktg superseded by the KH ' ■ eliminates the two later f BB an<l has a wound stator PbTINUPD ON PAGE SlX)*"* ! II 1 f Association I Holds Meeting ■' Ben Duke addressed the of the South Ward ParentAssociation Wednesday P 0 »n His subject was "The i F and was preesnted in an inphng manner. F rles Champlin, Jr., played a f 0 ap ' e tfton and a report on the f ßt movie was given. r re Candidates ! File Declarations adi tional candidates filer! I. <le< ' ,a! 'ations of candidacy pnunty clerk Milton c WerJ f a,e Thursday afternoon and pwning. are . f Mo9ure - Democrat, Joint senF Adams, Wells and Blackford f h. Vanve, Demorat. mavor peatttr, L." , B - s, »h‘‘burner. Democrat. I [ ‘ of Washington township. L'arn" Democrat, tomK nT f Nor!h St ' o'hnger,. Democrat, conni ■'■’oSHOp. R’en ’ f ' l,locra l. trustee . l' T «nch township. 1

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Mason City, lowa, Bank Robbery < -** ~ 11 *Il Utt I " * I . ... ■ >■ n I’pper photo shows crowd gathered around the First National Bank of Mason City. la., utter tlie Isink was raidt-d by seven machinegun bandits Tuesday and robbed of $52.b00. Lower photo allows four of the homages taken by the hank robbers. Ijeft to right: R. E. Wiley, ' assistant cashier: Miss Lydia Crosby, investment department; Francis De Sart. teller, and Emmet Ryan, paying teller.

Mr. Wisehaupt Much Improved Today Howard Wisehaupt will leave the later part of the week for ('harlot tesviile. Virginia, to fulfill an engagement with the Daily Progress. Front there lie will go to Staunton. Mr. Wisehanpt whs vailed home on account of the serious illness of his father, J. D. Wisehaupt. who was suffering from a kidney infection. Mr. Wisehaupt is notch ini proved and his son stated he was on the road to recovery. ROAD EXTENSION TO CITY LIMITS North End of Road 527 To Be Resurfaced With Asphalt Macadam William .1. Wells, engineer in charge of ths construction of road 527. running southeast from Decatur to the Ohio state line has received orders that the asphaltic macadam will extend entirely to the Decatur city limits. The new Improvement will also include shoulders on each side of the old concrete road, making it the same width as the rest of the stretch, twenty feet. The road is to be one of the tinost in this, part of the country and the extension to the city limits will add to the improvement. The concrete road is in excellent condition and will make a perfect base for the asphalt. Mr. Wells reports that the work of building the grade is going along with dispatch and the road is now torn up from the Ohio line to the Engle property, south of town It is expected the cuts and fills will he complete and the grade ready for macadam by the middle of May and the hot asphalt will be added as soon as the weather is right, a high temperature being necessary. o Governor Says It Is A “Malicious Lie" Indianapolis. March 16.— (U.R> — "Dirty politics" were charged against Indiana Republicans today by Gov. Patil V. McNutt in answer to a report that he is a first cousin to John Dillingor, notorious critn Inal. McNutt was born in Johnson I county and attended school in Mori gan county, also the home of the Dillinger family. The governor branded the attempt to link him with the muchsought criminal as a "mallcous lie invented by my political enemies.’

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WOMAN DIES AT HOSPITAL Mrs. Homer Liby Succumbs To Complications At Hospital Today Mrs. Mary <l. Liby of Belmont j 1 ]urk. route 3, Decatur, died at the I Alams Comity Memorial Hospital i 'at 12:20 o'clock this morning of j complications. Mrs. Liby had been i a patieni, at the hospital for the i last 23 days. I Mrs. Liby was born in Kentucky on October 28. 1897, a daughter of ' George and Ida Ogg. who survive. Her marriage to Homer Liby took I place November 25. 1926. Mrs. Liby [ had resided in Decatur for the last 14 years. She was a member of tike Baptist Church. Surviving Itesides the husband and parents, are three' children, 1 ; Phyllis. Doyle and Rolland, and a brother and three sisters: WoodIson Ogg. Mrs. Bessie Roop, Mrs. Uris Kohne and Mrs. Pearl Potts. ' all of Decatur, and a half brother, ’ Perry Ogg, of Fort Wayne. • Funeral services will besheld SunI day afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Baptist church with Rev. A. B. , Brown. i»astor. officiating. Burial ' will be ma le at Honduras. The body will lie in state at the S. E. Black Funeral home on Adams street, and may be viewed until , 1 time for the funeral. JURY PROBE IS STILL UNDERWAY Score of Witnesses To Be Questioned By Jury In Dillinger Case i .Crown Point, Ind., Mar. 16.-<U.R> i —With nearly a score of witnesses still to be questioned, the Lake t county grand jury today resumed 1 > its investigation of John Dillinger's 1 ! escape from the Crown Point tai). I Showing effects of the strain < she has undergone since the notor- I ions desperado bluffed his way to 1 freedom with a toy gun. Sheriff Lillian Holley occupied the spotlight s ' among. witnesses summoned yes- i ■ terday. The sheriff's testimony was be ’ ' lleved to have dealt with adminis- ' tration of the jail. It was also understood she was questioned regarding her petition to Judge Wil- , itam J. Murray of criminal court , ' for Dillinger's transfer to the stale , ' ON PAGE FOUR) i

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, March 16, 1934,

SAMUEL INSULL CAPTURED BY GREEK POLICE — Eormer Utilities Head Fails In Attempted Escape From Athens BROTHER WILL BE DEPORTED \lhens, Greece. Mar. 16. U.R) — , Samuel Insull, racing for freedom across tile Mediterranean on a fast freighter, was overhauled by a Greek destroyer and captured off Egypt today just as he was about to slip from the dutches of the Greek officials; it was a fantastic and melodramatic climax to Instill’s tong tiattle to escape trial in the I'nited States. The aged utilities'operator, subject of an unprecedented international manhunt, was within an ace of freedom when the destroyer bore down on his ship, the Mentis, and ordered it to tieav ho The Mentis was about to enter Port Kesser, not far from Alexandria, and would have been outside Greek jurisdiction. The wily Insull. 74 years old and in poor health, was reported by wireless to lie prostrated with grief and chagrin over the failure of his well-laid plans to escape from Greece, which hail ordered him expelled after a long tight against extradition to Chicago. The Greek government, infuriated by Insttil's flight front the country despite the fact that he had been under Tirders to get out imi mediately or be thrown out — had sent peremptory wireless orders ! crackling across the Mediterranean, demanding that the Mentis return. The Meotis ignored the commands. The destroyer, in rapid pursuit, sent repeated calls to halt, but received no replies. Insull will be brought back here ’ ’continued’ on’page Vive’ ’ POST OBSERVES 15TH BIRTHDAY Legionnaires Met Here Last Night To Celebrate Legion Birthday (Adams Pout No. 43 celebrated the 15th birthday anniversary of the founding of the American legion with a party at Legion hall in this city last evening. About 75 Legionnaires, including a numilter of the charter members attended the meeting. Features of the program were talks by members and an address by Paul Grahaan. A large birthday cake was cut by Commander Albert Miller of the Adams county post. Commander Albert Miller presided at the opening of the meeting and gave a short, talk mentioning that the post now had 115 paid-up members. 13 being obtained this month. Elmo Smith presided during the program and told of the organization of the local post. Application for a charter was made August 22, 1919 and the first meeting was held at the old Elk's hall. A history of the local post was given by Joe Laurent, first secretary of the organization and short talks made by Albert Colchin and Howard Wisehaupt, the later visiting here with his tatllier. Paul H. Graham, former poet commander, sketched the organization of the American Legion in Paris 15 years ago. He told how the veterans of the world war gathered there and in meeting adopted by-laws and a constitution for the Legion. The Legionnaires sang old war songs and took part in the social program that followed. Week Os March 19 Independence Week Indianapolis, Mar. 16. —(U.R) —The week of March 19 to 24 was designated as financial independence week by Gov. Paul V. McNutt in a proclamation today.

Interesting Talk On University (liven An interesting talk on Leland Stanford I'niversity, at Palo Allo. Cal., was given by Mervin Hostel | Iler, principal of the Monmouth I i high school and a former studenl I at the university al the Rotary I meeting lasi evening. Mr. Ilostettler sketclusl a brief 'history of (he university. Il was founded l»y Senator Leland Stanford in memory of his son who died when he was 16 years of age. Mr. Ilostettler staled that the 'university was probaldy tlie most I I! unique amt progressive institution! lin t.ie country, it lias an enroll-! 1 ment of about 4.mm students, under I 'graduates being limited to 3,tmo and is controlled largely by a student council. August Walter was chairman of the program. i GOVERNMENT IS ! MEETING TOPIC : -— „ Democratic V\ omen Hear Talks On Duties And Purposes Os Offices Tlie Adams County Democratic I Women's Club held their March meeting Thursday night at the city hall, with Mrs. Faye Smith Knapp, president of tlie club, presiding. The meeting opened by the club repeating the “American's Creed.'' After a short business session. Mrs. John Tyndall, chairman of the program committee, gave an interesting and jnstructive talk on «ounty officers and the duties of county officials. Mrs. Knapp explained tlie classification of cities and towns, duties of city officials, members of school and library boards. Mrs. Ada Martin, city treasurer, gave a brief summary of work connected witli the office of city treasurer, and Mrs. Alice Christen, city clerk, explained the duties of her office, salaries paid city officials of a fiftii class city. Mrs. Dan Tyndall explained the registration law and urged every one to register on or before April 8. Several papers on local govern ment, established of councilmanic wards and the combination of city offices of clerk and treasurer were read. > The next meeting will be :r can didate meeting and wifi lie held at the Adams County courthouse on April 19. City and county candidates will be invited to attend this ■ matting and a speaker will be se- > cif'ed. i o Increase Shown In Contagious Cases , The state's morbidity report for the week ending March 10. lists two cases of diphtheria in Adams . County. The report also lists two , eases of measles and two cases of scarlet fever for the week o R.EARL PETERS I TO VISIT HERE Candidate For Democratic i Senatorial Nomination Here Saturday Announcement was made today by C. J. Sterling of Fort Wayne, 1 that R. Earl Peters, former Indiana ' state diairman and candidate for the Democratic nomination for U. S. ! Senator will visit Decatur Saturday afternoon. 1 Mr. Peters will make his headquarters at the Rice hotel and Mr. ' Sterling extended an invitation to 1 his friends here to call on him. The former state chairman is on a tour of 52 of the 92 counties in the state in the interest of his can--1 didacy for the senatorial nomination. This is his first visit to Decatur since he announced his cancandidacy. Mr. Peters is one of a il-.alf dozen candidates who seeks the detnocra- ■ tic nomination for the highest elective office in the state. He is a for- • mer resident of this city and began i his career as a reporter for the Decatur Daily Democrat.

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FAVORITES WIN ! FIRST GAMES IN STATE CLASSIC Logansport, Hartford Citv And Jasper Emerge From Morning Round Rl( HMOND BEATS BEAVER DAM FIVE I Indianapolis March 16—(UP) 1 —Beaver Dam. considered a ctiong contender for the state title, was defeated by Richmond a tupposed weak team AO--12, in the first of this afternoon's games. Richmond led every period. The score by quarters was: 6-0. 15-4, 29-9 and 40-12. ! Indianapolis, Mar. Hi.—*U.R) i —Logansport, Hartford City, and Jasper, three of the favorites, won their way into the ‘ second round of the state high school basketball finals in the three morning games in Butler field house here today. Playing before a crowd of approximately 14,000 that 1 nearly filled the site of the annual basketball classic, Logansport ' eliminated North Judson. 31 to 20: Hartford City defeated Princeton. ’ 31 to 26, and Jasper downed North Vernon, 30 to 15. As a result of their victories this '. morning, Logansport and Hartford City will meet in the second round elimintaion in the first game tomorrow. Jasper's second round game tomorrow will be against the winner ' of the Reaver Dam-Richmond con- ' test this afternoon. One Former Champ Indianapolis. March 16.— (U.R) — 1 Finals of the 23rd annual state high 1 school basketball tournament opened here today with only one former I (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) ACTIVITIES HUM AT HOME SITE State Forester Assists In Park Project; Work On H ater Line Starts A representative of the state forestry department was in the city today in the interests of Subsistence Homesteads. He was shown native Indiana trees and shrubs in , Adams county woods by Virgil ' Krick and Dent Baltzell. local nat- , uarlists. It is planned by Janies Cowan, ! a director of tlie local company and James Elberson, president, to build . a park or grove in tlie Homestead site. Indiana trees and shrubs will also be planted in the lots and along tlie streets and boulevard. A crew is working under Miles Roop, an engineer for the city, staking the lots this week This I work is being done now in order to j determine where the water mains and erect the light polies shall be placed. , Forty-seven men began the digging of a trench along High street today. This trench will be used in the extension of the city water pipes to the project. Fifty will begin work Tuesday. These two gangs will alternate, each working 24 hours a week. Two similar ■ crews will be put to work as soon as the pipe arrives. Another crew of men under the (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) Pile Os Old Tires Caught Fire Today IA great deal of smoke was caused by a small fire at the Maier Hide and Fur Company’s junk yard at one o’clock this afternoon. The blaze (burned a pile of tires which was awaiting shipment. City firemen who answered the call were able to extinguish t.lie fire with a loss of only $25. No insurance was carried on the stock as it was out of doors. It Is believed the fire was started by a lighted match dropped by someone in the yard.

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Must Live on $5,000 a Month to* t W - J * < S A, “M .r v S’ , Miss Nancy Leiter. 17-yeurold Chicago heiress, daughter of the , late Joseph Leiter, millionaire capitalist-sportsman, will have to confine her living expenses to $5,000 a month hereafter. Probate Judge O'Connell of Chicago gave Nancy’s mother. Mrs. Juliette loiter, authority to spend $5,000 a month on Nancy until she becomes of age November 14. when i she will inherit approximately $1,800,000. (PUPILS TO GIVE PROGRAMMAR.IB St. Joseph’s Day To Be Observed by Pupils of Catholic School A St. Joseph Day program will be presented by (he pupils of the St. Joseph Catholic school in the school auditorium Sunday night, March IS'.lil 8 o’clock instrumental music will be furn--1 islred by members of the advanced 1 music class. An interesting pro- • gram has been outlined for the evening, including an operetta. "Laiki” in three acts. Following is I the complete program Precious Letters .Girls, grades 1-2 Little Chinamen Boys, grades 12 All-American Baseball Team Boys of grade 3 . An Indignation Meeting Pupils of grades 4 and 5 ! Top O' the Morning ! Pupils of grades 4 and 5 I Scarecrow Round-up Boys of grade 6 Laila —Operetta in three acts Synopsis of the play Act I —While .a group of raounI tain children spend the day in the I woods, a beggar woman and her I children approach them. When 1 (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) COL. LINDBERGH GIVES OPINIONS Testifies A rm y Is Not Equipped To Fly Air Mail Over Country ' Washington March 16 —(I.TP)' — ! Army Air corps pilots were sent aloft with the air mail without sufficient preparation or proper equipment tor the Job. Col. Charles A. Lindbergh told a senate committee today in one of three coincident congressional inquiries into various phases of airmail problems. , He explained that the army equipment is not deigned for mail service. Lindbergh concluded his testimony before the post office committee at 12:22 p. m. # The committee then adjourned 1 until 2:30 p. m. After identifying himself as a $H6,000-a-year aviation adviser, and also a stockholder in companies with air mail contratts, the famous flier raised his voice to protest that "these contractors should (have ilveen "(CONTINUED UN PAGE SIX)

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SHERIFF KILLS YOUNGBLOOD IN BLOODY BATTLE Net Spread To Capture Dillinger, Believed Near Port Huron, Mich. NEGRO CONFESSES PART IN JAIL BREAK Port Hiii’soti, Mich., Mar. If>. —(U.R)—John Dillinger, notorious outlaw, was believed trapped in the thumb district of Michigan today. County, state and federal peace officers converged on this area immediately after Sheriff L. W. Van Antwerp and two deputies shot and captured Herbert Youngblood, i negro, who escaped (tie Crown i Point. Indiana, jail with Dillinger. Youngblood died in a hospital a I few hours after Hie was wounded. |As the negro lay gasping in his i hospital bed, tie whispered to Prosecutor iaotrie (). Telfer that he had seen the outlaw, Dillinger, and two companions last night; that Dill iuger had a V-8 Ford sedan (sim ' ilar to the car in which he fled from Crown Point). ’ Under-Sheriff John Cavanaugh ' and Deputy Howard Lohr, each shot through the alidomen in the gun battle with Youngblood were given an even chance of recovery. 1 Sheriff Van Antwerp's bullet wound j in the arm was not considered ser- ' ious. Eugene Fields, negro, store clerk, received a minor bullet wound in the right shoulder. Sheriffs in adjoining counties were instructed to place road blockades to halt the fleeing Dillinger should he still be in the area. I i Meanwhile William Larson, spec- ! ial agent in charge of the division ' of investigation of the department of justice at Detroit, ordered his agents into the area to cooperate Jin apprehending Dillinger. State police rushed squads from Bay City. Flint. Detroit, and Lansing. The cars were loaded with riot guns, machine-guns, and tear gas bombs. 1 Advised by telephone that the negro at the store answered Hie description of the fugitives, the offi ■ cers drove hurriedly to tlie place. Opening the door the men rushed in. Youngblood fired blindly. The ' officers returned the shots. Deputy Charles Lohrstofer. fourth officer, left on guard outside, beard the fir • in.g, saw Cavanaugh stagger (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) MENTION MEN FOR CITY POST Republicans Look With Favor On Three Men For Mayoralty Nomination The names of three men were suggested as candidates for the Re publican nomination for mayor of Decatur at a meeting of precinct committeemen and party workers held at tlie Chamber of Commerce rooms last evening. The men most prominently nien- ■ tinned for (the nomination are E. B. j Macy, retired post office clerk and ! Spanish-American war veteran; E. I W. Lankenau. superintendent of .the I General Electric Company and Jess J Rice, hotel proprietor. A committee was named to confer with the men and if possible to obtain consent from one of them to accept the republican nomuation. J. M. Doan, city chairman, stated that it was assured the republicans would have a complete ticket in the city election. Names mentioned for the city council include such well known men as Robert Helm, Forrest Elzey. Sim Burk, Floyd (Acker and Frauik Johnston. The nomination of clerk-treasurer will in all probability be extended to Mrs. Horace Callow of North ' Fourth street. No other name was associated witih this office except that of Mrs. Callow. ! It was announced that another meeting would be held in a week or 10 days for the purpose of finally ' determining the question of nominations. following the reports to be 1 made by the committee after Inter viewing prospective candidates for i the mayoralty and councilmanic I nominations.