Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 32, Number 68, Decatur, Adams County, 19 March 1934 — Page 1

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Mrs. Baumgartner, Daughter Injured Mrs. Dora Baumgart iter. 7.1 of Bertie and her daughter, Ada. 15. were injured in an automobile accident which took place cast of Fart Wayne on S. highway So. Salm day night. The women were taken io the St I I Joseph's hospital where their in- 1 juries were dressed. They received I minor 1 icerations. DELAY ACTION ON SILVER BILL House Action On Remonetization Measure Delayed On Request Washington, Mar. t a (U.P.) House action on file Fiesinget silver remonetization bill ha been c '■t'JOned at the request of the White House, Speaker Henry 'l' Ra'ney said today. Rainey previously had indicaled that he was ready to permit a vote on the nieasuri before ad loumrnent tonight. Instead, the house will vote only on the Dies , bill which provides for silver pay nients for agricultural surpluses sold abroad. Rainey said that he had conferred with the President on the Fiesinger bill and added 'as a re suit we are not going to bring up the measure for the pn-sent on , account of the Pneaident's decision to investigate the silver i question.’’ The treasury announced earlier that Prof. James HaTvey Rogers. I monetary expert, was going to, china to study the effect of silver on foreign trade. Rainey denied that a vote on the Fiesinger hill, which provides for > purchiuivs of up to l.'uo nuo.iKm i 1 bUUk i-iUUlimuAw !»*•* > rem h I lie 1 fen; p-i ,|. «<>,ild b.post polled indefinitely. “Will you delay vote until after (CONTINUED ON PAGE TTVI-D MEMBERSHIP OF 200 REPORTED Conservation League lias Membership of More Than 200 Here The Adams County Fish and Game Conservation league has grown to a membership of over 200 in the first month of its drive according to Harold Harvey secre- ■ tary of the organization. At the present the organization j is making a drive to get members to raise pheasants. The state conservation department furnishes the the eggs and pays the local organization 75 cents eaoh for birds at the age of ten weeks. They are released in the county in which they are raised. The eggs must be hatched under bantam hens. It is beat to pla“e the nest on the grounds. As the young pheasants are very small it Is necessary to erect a fine netting I around the nests. The pheasants raised in trtie voun;ty are in addition to the regular quota released by the state each fall. The local group is attempting to secure the release of wild tin keye in Adams county next fall. It is believed that the woods here would make an ideal location for them. Dean Dorwin Named Discussion Chairman Bloomington. Mar. 19—(Special) —D. T. Dorw'.n of Decatur has been named Adams county chairman for the state high school discussion league contest conducted by the Indiana university extension division.. Virgil Wagoner of Montpelier is director of the contest for the third district, which includes Adams county. “Resolved, that the United States should adopt the essential features of the British system of radio con- ’ trol and operation,“ is the subject for this year's contest. County meets are scheduled for March 23, district meets April 1" and the final s'ate meet will be held April 27 at Indiana university. At this time the champion high school orator of Indiana will be selected Gold, silver and bronze medals will be awarded to winners of first, sec-1 ond and third places in the state | meet..

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Army Air Mail Chiefs ’lOFir ■r V "3 . I W 1311* 7 J*®®’’ iiww «tp»rv«' Major General Benjamin Foulois (second from left), chief of army air corps, shown with three commaudeis <u army air mail operations as they arrived in Chicago 'l‘riday. In picture, left to right, ar Maior B. Q. Jones, eastern zone; Gen. Foulois. Lieut. Cid. It H. Arnold, western, and ( 01. Horace Hick am. eeliliul. Cell. Foulois is making a tour of inspection of army air mail equipment.

WILL FINISH i SURVEY SOON Corn-Hog Control Survey Likelv To Be Finished This Week The permanent township com-! ,mittees of the Adams County cornhos control association, which form the county appraisal board, . probably will complete their survey this week. Their reports will then be turned over to the county allot’metit commWree. ----- _ -At a meeting of the appraisers in the county agent’s office Saturday afternoon information was given on the staking and measuring of the at reage to be taken out of production. j The advice of Claude R. Wickard : assistant chief of the corn-hog section of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration, at Purdue University will be followed. He recoin mends: “Stakes marking the land taken out of production tinder the cornhog reduction contract, should bo set before the appraisal comm’ttee does its work and .shall be used for the informaton and guidance of the committee. “Care must be taken in marking the land taken out of production. Farmers will be held responsible for sompliance with the contract, which in other words, means taking the full amount of land specified in the contract out of production and marking the land as indicated in the administrative rulings." According to the administrative rulings sent out by tliie AAA all land taken out of production must be definitely marked by substantial visible posts or stakes, or in such other manner as the county allot- - '• (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o FORMER LOCAL RESIDENT DIES Robert Christen, Former Deputy County Auditor, Buried Today Funeral services for Robert Christen. 84, a native of Decatur, and a deputy county auditor of Adams County for 12 years, who died at his home in Marion early Saturday were theld this afternoon at Marion. Mr. Christen had been in poor health for a year or two and death was caused by infirmities of old age. He had resided in Marion for about 35 years where he engaged in painting and paper hanging. Mr. Chrioten was born on the old Christen farm near Decatur and spent his early life in and near this city. He was the last surviving member of a large family. .Survivors include the widow and three sons. Fred and Ralph of Marion, and Otto of Anderson, filial Rose Christen, Mrs. Ruby Durkin and Mrs. F. E. France of this city ! are nieces of the deceased. Ed 'Christen is a nephew and Mrs. A. J. Smith is a sister-in-law,, • Mr. Christen served as deputy I county auditor under his brothel , Godfrey Christen and L. C. Miller.

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Mrs. Wm, Beineke Dies Os Injuries Word has been received here of i 'the death of Mrs. William Beineke. I 157, of Twelve Mile, near Peru, who j died at her home at 1 o'clock this morning. Death was the result ot i injuries rei-eived by Mrs. Beineke I in an autonutbile accident one utile I east of Peru tive weeks ago. Surviving are the husband, and i two daughters. Mrs. Marie Abshire | and Mrs. Mildred Green of Twelve Mile. Two granddaughters also sur- ( ■ vive. The deceased was a sister ’ in-law of Charles and John Beineke iof Decatur. Several brothers and | sisters residing in Fort Wayne sur Ivive Mrs. Beineke spent her early Hlfe in anti near Fort Wayne. ' Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 1 o’clock 1 at the Beineke home at Twelve Mile.. DEATH CLAIMS LOCAL WOMAN — Mrs. Marv Ellen Fisher Died Saturday At County Hospital Mrs. Mary Ellen Fisher. 75. of 1020 Patterson street, a residenj . of Deeitnr for the last 46 years, .'died at the Adams Comry Memorial Hospital at 3:45 o'clock Satur- ‘ day afternoon. Mrs. Fisher had been removed 1 'to the hospital at 4 o'clock Friday afternoon. Her death followed just 12 hours after that of her sis-1 ! ter, Mrs. Anna Rebecca Emery. ' who died at the hospital early ‘ Saturday morning. I Mrs. Fisher was born e near 'Salem on July 16.1858. a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Mi-Cardie. ! Her first marriage was to tain 's , Albert Crawford and on October 7. 1894 her marriage to Joseph I Clinton Fisher took place. Mr. i - Fisher preceded itis wife in death II about seven years ago. I The deceased was a member of the Decatur United Brethren ! ! church. . Surviving are a son. Albert A. : Crawford of Payne. Ohio, and the [ ; following step-children: Frank i Fisher, Tom Fisher and Charles I Fisher, and Mrs. Malt Ladell of . Decatur, and Lew Fisher of Van , Wert, Ohio. One brother, Lilbert , McCardle, of ! survives. Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at the S. E. Black Funeral home . on Adams street with Rev. C. J. | Roberts in charge. Burial will be , in the Reynolds cemetery, northeast of Decatur. To Paint Names Os Towns On Buildings i —— i As soon as a supply of paint ar- ; rives CWA workers will paint the nantee of all the towns in Adams I county on the top of flat buildings. The program Is being carried on • In 400 cities in the state, according i to William H. Book, state CWA dir- ’ ector, Charles Cox, in charge of CWA aviation affairs, Is directing ■ j the project. CWA workers on the homesteads project south of town were unable . 1 to work today because of the cold . j weather.

MART KOENEM AN IS BADLY HURT Adams County Farmer Sustains Fractured Legs When Hit By Auto | Martin Koenentau, 59 of route 1 Decatur, is a patient at the Adams iCounty Memorial Hospital suffering from severe injuries received Saturday afternoon when he was struck by an automobile, while I crossing the road, north of Decatur. I Mr. Koenenum was ret tuning tothe Martin Schroeder farm, south of the St. John's Church on state • road 27. nortih’of Decatur, following funeral services held for Ed Bultcmeyer. As Mr. Koenentan stepped out of the automobile and started across the road he was struck by an automobile driven by a woman from Richmond. Mr. Koenentan received vulnerable compound fractures of both legs and a fra. ture of the right hip. , also minor ruts on his hands and face. He was removed to the Adams County Memorial Hospital. Continue Search For John Dillinger Port Huron, Mich.. March 19 — (UP, - The intensive hunt for John Dillinger in this vicinity continued today although authorities expressed doubt Chat the gangster had been here with Herbert Youngblood, his pal who was slain here in a gun bat- ■ tie last Friday. Youngblood, who escaped with Dillinger front the Crown Point. Indiana. jail told authorities when he was dying that the widely sought outlaw and two other white men dime to Port Huron with hint. BECHTEL CASE ' IS NEAR JURY — Trial of Fort W ayne Man On Murder Charge Nears Completion Fort Wayne, Mar. 19 — (U.R) — Trial of Verdsel O. (Whitey) Bechtel, 34. facing charges in i Allen circuit court here in connection with the alleged one-way death ride of William Lewis, for- ‘ i merly of Hartford City, may reach | a jury late today. ’ | Although the defense has made j no definite announcement, indicaJ tions are the last witness will he ■ called sometime ttys afternoon The state contends Bechtel forced Iw wis cut of a Fort Wayne i residence into a waiting automobile and took him on a wild night . ride from which he never return- . ed alive. , The state alleges Lewis was slain because he had "squawked i to authorities concerning alleged activities of a northern Indiana j liquor ring to which he and tie -h- -->' tel were attached. , Bechtel was on the witness ' | stand for the first time Saturday. J He denied every piece of evidence , the slate It id introduced so far I against him. He reiterated his ‘"tCONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE),

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INVITE PROBE OF DILLINGER PAROLE GRANT Gov. McNutt Invites Investigation of His Parole To Gangster JUDGE, VICTIM ASKED PAROLE iliulianapolis Marell 'lt U l‘i Inviting an invextigution into his parole of John Dillinger, notorius criminal, from the state prison, Gov. Paul V McNutt today accepted the challenge of republican forces to make the Dillinger case an issue in tliie next campaign. N merous editorials in Indiana newspapers and comments from republican leaders charging McNutt with having fulfilled a “campaign promise to free Dillinger" brought forth the statement from the governor. McNutt blamed Dillinger's career of crime on the fact that the former Morgan county farm boy had been given too long a sentence on a first offense. ■ Dillinger's crime career probably is caused by his having been ; given a lo to 21 year term for a crime which an older man. acting as pardner was given only a two to U year sentence. "If we believe that men are sent io prison for punishment and that in some manner the punisihment will fit the crime committed, then we should do .away with the indeterminate sentence law and our parole system." McNutt said that a parole was recommended for Dillinger by* the clemency board in “good faith." He pointed out that both the trial judge (CON'I'INVI-ID OV PAGE SIX' SELECT DATES FOR EXERCISES Commencement Dates Are Set Eor Adams County High Schools The commencement dates for the high schools in Adams County, have been announced by Clifton E. Striker, 'Adams Count.' superintendent of schools. The first commencement exercise will be held at the Hartford township school on April 23, and the final program will be at Kirkland on April 3t). Following is the complete list of commencement dates: Hartford—'April 23. Pleasant Mills —April 24. Jefferson—April 25. Wabash—April 26. Monmouth —April 27. Monroe —April 28. Kirkland—April 30. o — David Hogg Again Seeks Nomination i David M. Hogg, a former congTesaman front this district, mailed I his declaration for the office of congressman of the Fourth district to county clerk Milton C. Welling today. Mr. Hogg is a republican. He won ! l.iie primary election two years ago but was defeated by James 1. Farley in the fall election. Additional Names Eiled Eor Offices Several additional declarations for candidacy were filed with county Clerk Milton C. Werling, They are: Moses Augsburger, Democrat, 3rd commissioner. Janies iAi. Hendricks, Democrat, county council. Walter Thieme, Democrat, committeeman, east Union. James J. Hurst, Democrat, Washington township trustee. Otto Hoile, Democrat, clerk of Adams county. Hubert Codliran, Democrat, sheriff. laurence Braun. Democrat, precinct committeeman of south Washington. Charles E. Marsband. Democrat, trustee of Washington township. James M. Foreman, Democrat, committeeman of south Blue Creek, i David Hogg, Republican, repre- ’ senative of the 4th Indiana district. Robert J. Zwick. Democrat, cor- , oner. | Edwin Beer, Democrat, trustee of French township.

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(’('(' Worker Finds S 1,200 In Current} Fulltirsburg, 111., Mnrch 19 (UP)i Curiosity seekers poked about tliej ruins of the century old Katnmeyer : grist, mill today where Stanley Wo ptysiak. 37. civilian conservation corps worker, found a cache of cur rency said to amount to $4,200. Wojtyiak. with other workets was ens-agel in razing the mill stntci titre. He was chopping at the crumb- ( ling brick wall when a tin box j dropped front a newly opened cav-1 ily to the floor. Wojty iak look lite Ihix to bis barracks and counted Lie money, which was said to be in old i style $1(1 and S2O bills. MAIL SERVICE IS RESUMED BY ARMY AVIATORS Army Air Pilots Resume Mail Service On Eight Routes ELEVENTH FLIER KILLED SATURDAY Washington, Mar. 19 RJ.R)—The army lacked the words Safety First" onto the cherished slogan, that the mail must go through j and today resumed the service interrupted aftei in young men hail given their lives in the sacrifice to the original creed. An eleventh flier was killed late Saturday near Cheyenne while steeking to familiarize himself with a route to which he >vas; assigned. As the first pianos roared to their takeoffs, administration advisors were busy redrafting the bill which will retire the army i front its emergency mail-carrying J 'service and neslore the htnetion I to private bands. The first of the army planes to : takeoff followed eight routes de sienated for the initial flights j with improved facilities and safetv of the pilots a paramount consideration. In most parts of the country, weather was favorable. The army snips, withdrawn from airmail 'service at President Roosevelt’s! 1 insistence that the wave of fliers' deaths cease, have been equipped with additional flying instruments and twoway radio. Only the most experienci ■'< pilots were assigned to the :f t runs. Mai. Gen. Benjamin D. Foulois. army air chief, today completed a tour of inspection of the eas'ern flight zone and was assur- : ed that every precaution against ' new deaths had been taken. . This, coupl'd with cessation of I the hazardous weather which was blamed for many of the first fatalities. was hoped to insure as high a degree of safety as was • possible in civilian operations of the airmail. The revision of the new airmail bill which were being undertaken ■ followed a .Sunday conference at the White House called by Pr‘*si(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) W, H. GILLIOM FOR SURVEYOR Berne Engineer Is Democrat Candidate For County Surveyor Walter IL Gilliom of Berne, today announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for I county surveyor. Mr. Gilliom is a licensed engineer with 12 years of practical experience in surveying and construction work. He is a graduate of Purdue university and has been a registered professional engineer for the last nine years. Mr. Gillont was formerly employed by the B-G Construction Co , st Berne. He was also employed b> the Decatur council in drawing plans for the remodeling of the water works building. During the past two years he has been retained by the Fort Wayne State School to make plans for and I supervise the work on their 1933 improvement and construction ptogram. This is Mr. Gflliom's second second race for the nomination, he being a candidate six years ago. ‘Mr Gilliom is the second man to enter the contest. Ralph Roop, present surveyor announcing recently.

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UNION HEADS THREATEN TO CALL STRIKE National Automobile ('. Os C. Refuses To Deal With Federation RAILROAD PROBLEM ALSO THREATEN ING By the United Press The effort of the Federal government to prevent a paralyzing strike in the automobile industry that might prove a threat to the entire national recovery program, was complicated today by the blunt assertion of 1h e National Automobile Chamber of Com imerce that it would not deal with the American Federation of Labor. In New Yotk. the code authority lof the automobile industry met under the eye of General Hugh S. Johnson, NRA administrator, to consider Johnson’s compromise for settlement of a dispute o'er the i exercise of collective liargaining within the industry. A. F. of L. I unions threaten to strike Wednes day unless Ute question is satisfacporily settled. In Washington, representatives lof railroad management and labor met lo consider a compromise wage proposal. Secret Council New York. Mar. 19. (U.R> The general staff of America's automobile industry met in a critical secret council today lo determine the issue between peace and war with organized labor. Executives of every large motor car company in America, with the exception of Henry Ford, sat at the I oft ices of lite National Aiitomobile i Chamber of Commerce discussing 'plans for meeting the threat of a strike, 48 hours away intended to paralyze operations of 250,000 work (CONTINITFm ON PAGE SIX) THIRTY-THREE LOANS APPROVED Home Owners Loan Corporation Completes 33 Loans In County Thirty-three loans totaling approximately $60,000 have been completed by the Home Owners Loan Corporation according to Nathan Nelson, ttte local attorney. Os this number seven were granted in Berne, an I two in Monroe. One in Geneva will be completed as soon as some minor technicalities i are ironed out. The rest were in Decatur. The loans are given on property in the incorporate limits of a town or village. Mr. Nelson said there was still some misunderstanding concerning ' insurance provisions. The corpora Itioni requites insurance on the pro- ' pet ty for the amount of the loan. In case it is impossible for the borrower to pat for the policy the corporation will do it. However, the corporation will not pay nor accept policies lot more lhan the amount I of the loan. Mr. Nelson said another requirement was a mortgage clause made out to the Home Owners organiza- : tion for tihe amount of the loan. He i has the blanks in his office and is prepared to take care of the appll- ■ cants. a _, Slightly Colder Weather Forecast Indianapolis,. Ind., March 19 — (UP) —Slightly lower temperatures for Indiana, except along the Michigan border, were promised by wea- : ther bureau officials here today. I From 72 degrees Saturday after ! noon ti.ie temperature fell to 10 above in Indianapolis today while ' uany other cities experienced al- | nost as radical drop in temperai tires. Fort Wayne and Terre Haute ea h reported 12 above this mornI Ing. Driving rain turned into snow ; early Sunday morning blanlceting the state with three inches. The sudden drop in temperature combined with the rain made driving ■ conditions extremely hazardous but only one fatal accident was attributed to the storm.