Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 32, Number 69, Decatur, Adams County, 20 March 1934 — Page 1

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D.R. TO CONFER WITH AUTO LEADERS

Iheaoers ■E MOST 8E jiffl SOON ■ ve | t \\ mi- Rail way ■rator*. l abor For ■ Early fruce ■KERS DEMAND v ,h INCREASES InniHon. NL.k . 20 I railwio manage-1 anil I;11 11 Iba I unless Wl .|i h|>. •'h agreement u '. „.| U , , ..ntroxersv. it i> mu — ia lur him Io protect the public 1B ._. ....-Ilion was set M i„ r . ■ WF. Tbieholf. I, „f tin ■ oufiience com- )( nian r-’i is. amt A F ; !, cluirman of tin- lU.it- . Xssoeiation lab..r ha- rejected the ... ~i i.. > temporary J. ol |||P present 10 P*> ~i: Ti.e railroads had 0 ihr 1.1.ih ami withdrawn m for a further cut. f, )r ti.Ua . nuntered with nl for a I” r l ent inan,l st .• il'ereaftei the It dispat, !>• d 'he letters. S-iilei;! expressed regret that n.. progress toward mutt 1....’, been made at frr-i... ' . xpressed tile t the <a."'d of the country in- ovei looked. He also* that in stepping into the he mini:' have to appoint lission to examine thorium tl,. I.J er controversy hr that the country may ’ shl nf the merits." President's letter: re been advised of what j ■spired at the conferences! the . • ■ '■ retire comillittee I tasers, representing the i i and the railway lal>or »« a ration. represent 1 employes, which have hi in response to my comion of February 14. 1934. communication I expresshope that the railroads' ir .mill.,yes may be able 1 upon an extension of the ’ Xtreement for at least ths.' expressing also my I on that such an extension * of advantage to those! coni-..rn..i1. and also to the a profound disappoint- > learn that no progress an agreement has been it the c inference. I fear fht is is ing lost of the ■portant factor of all, the ' the country. If no agreeTwuwn ox page six* its Os Columbus In Business Meeting Itiness meeting of the 1 of Coitinibttg was held at . of C. hall last evening. Activities for the after •eason were discussed and xibility of holding an inihere was brought up. A tendance was at the meet--o . ill SALES HE CHANGED °ns At Sale Pavilion n?ed From Satur®y To Tuesday *«ekly sales at the sale paNorthwest of Decatur in the ! formerly occupied by R. .A. h have been changed from ' y to Tuesday evening. r, t sale on the new sched--1 held at 6:30 o'clock. >' Marth 27. Col, Roy Johncbarge of the auctions anpavilion is in charge of ”unt and Luther Fun'k. Stifuoor space and facilities for l ? rp °f livestock and other Property, which owners sell, is available in the pa- ?. are scales for the weighivestock and the managers a 'ilion will be glad to ren--1 e to those who apply. The ' week was larger than antl tllp change in day for H he sste* was made in or10 conflict with other

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Vol. XXXII. No. 69.

PLAN CAPITAL I FOR INDUSTRY Further Effort Made By President To Hasten Business Recovery Washington. Mar. 20 - (U.P) — 1 i President Roosevelt's plan to pro . vide working capital to small inI dustrics today gave new ininorti mice to the place of the federalj ' reserve system ill American fi , I nance and marker! a further effort to hasten business recovery, i The plan, embodied In legists i tian now before congress, was regarded as an answer to critics , who have contended that small I i iisiness enterprises have lu'en , i i neglected by the government. Interest was attracted also be- [ cause the scheme favored the federal reserve system as a mettns I to punch new capital into the ir dttstrial machine, rather than th ■' RFC. The latter suggestion had ■ been advanced by Chairman Jesse ,! Jones of the TIFC. , Mr. Roosevelt, in letters In | Chairman Dnncnn F Fletcher of j | the senate banking committee and Chairman Henry B. Steagall of, the house banking committee, urged prompt action on the legislation for the creation of 12 intermediary credit banks, one in each federal reserve district. The President emphasized two; features: 1. The matter of earing for i the small or medium sized indue trialist. 2. The control of the proposed ' banks by directorates, a majority of which will themselves be industrialists. The proposed hanks would be supervised by the federal reserve system, giving that system broad- , ened powers to control credit by , 'dealing directly with industry and expaxuliug. «M' iwluwwtw cradH sU ! will through the loan policies of i . I the credit hanks. o BECHTEL FOUND GUILTY BY JURY Whitey Bechtel Faces I ife Term For Death of Alleged Racketeer Fort Wayne. Mar. 20 — (VP)— , Verlsell 0.. (Whitey) Bechtel. 34. faces .1 term of life imprisonment as the result of a verdict of guilty of kidnaping by force returned by a jury in Allexi circuit court late Monday evening. Well known throughout northern Indiana as a minor racke<eer. confessed bootlegger and alleged conn terfeiter, Bechtel was accused by the state of having forced William Lewis, fellow racketeer and bootleg-1 1 ger, to accompany (him from the ' home of a mutual friend at the, point of a pistol. It was the last occasion on which Lewis was seen alive, hie bullettorn body having been taken from the Elkhart river near Rome City about three months later, in April j 1933. Bechtel will he sentences! to life 1 by special judge Dan C. Flanagan Thursday morning at 9 o', lock. Evidence was completed at 3 p. m. Monday after Bechtel testified I in his own defense. The case wa< i given to the jury less that; .vo hours later, final arguments having . been given hurriedly. The jury retired at 4:60 p. m. i and was taken to dinner at 6 o'clock returning an hour later to resume , : deliberations. The verdict was' ■reached about 7:30 p. m. and read ■in court at 8 o'clock after the judse ', and counsel had been summoned. , — o Additional Names Filed For Offices |< Another group of candidates files! i . their declarations of candidacy with i county clerk Milton C. Werling to- i ' day. They are. Floyd Fl. Hunter, Democrat, trim i • i tee of Washington township '• ■ ? Frank G. Thompson. Democrat. i! joint representative for Adams and ; . Wells Counties. ' Noah Rich. Democrat, trustee of 1 .! Monroe township, i William Kruetkeberg. Democrat, i • committeeman of east Union. > Harley J. Reef, Democrat, com- I i mitteeman of west Jefferson. Henry E. Windmiller, Republican < ■ trustee of Hartford township. Harry Ray. Republican, trustee of St. Marys township. ’

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Army Resumes Airmail Service fl ’ The army flies the mail again. First to arrive in Chicago Monday with a cargo of mail. Lieut. Herbert W. .Andi 'son is shown here as he brought his ship to rest at the Municipal Airport. H<* flew from Kansas City. The army air mailmen had been grounded for eight days, during which time radio and blind flying equipment was placed in planes. _

ANNOUNCE LIST ! OF GRADUATES Total of 130 Candidates For Graduation In Seven County Schools County Superintendent of Schools-Clifton E. Striker has re- | pleased the names of 130 candi-i dates for graduation in the seven ! 1 county high schools. The first commencement exer- i _ ,■!„,...- W ill !„■ 11. :.; ill H.iriford April 23 The otK"rJrt ’ will follow each day except Sunday until April 30. Kirkland Harry D. Beavers. Irene M. Beer. Eileen Byerly. Robert Ehlman. Mabe! Harvey. Helen F. Hildebrand. Pollyanni M Lehman. Ted Mann. James L. McCul’ough. Glenn L Roth, Marie J. I Scherry Elmer Schrader. Ilene Smith. Lorm A. Warthman, 'ames ('. .Shady. P'easant Mills Robert Hahnert. Carl E. Sheets. I Donald F Hahegger. Edgar Archer. Loia Patterson. Christena Fortney. Agues Luella Tinkham. Fern Marie Voting. Elnora Lucille Manlier. Marcile Cleo Jackson, Rosetta Dueling Teeple. Mary Evelyn Archer, Ronald Byer. George F. Dellinger. John Charles Schenck. Robert L. Nyffeler. Dean Wm. Col--1 ter, Fred Walter Edgell. James Riley Smith. Leland B. Roth. Lor- ' en Troutner. Ponald Byer. Geneva Dorothy Aspy. Pearl Josephine Friend. Arsene P. Bonifas. Chai--1 tner Baumgartner, Carol Lou Huger. Ruth Ford. Helen E. Ford. Esther Ruth Burke, Kenneth E. Hirschy, Dale Thomas Farlow. 1 Herbert W. Fravel. Richard Lewis, Leonard Eckerfey, Herman O. Cook. Delbert A'oss. Harold A. Fenstermaker, Helen Lucille GaltcnNTTNT’ten gn t>agf stx> RUSSELL CLARK TRIAL RESUMED More .Jurors Drawn For Trial of Third Dillinger Gangster 'lima. 0.. March 20—(UP)—-A special venire of 40 names was called today as examining of prospective: jurors in the trial of Russell Clark.: third Dillinger gangster to be tried here, was resumed. Impaneling of the jury was not ; expected to be completed before to-' morrow. The special venire was i needed after 27 of the original ven- j ire of 60 were excused at opening of the trial yesterday. After a 40-min-ute session, the case was recessed at request of defense attorneys. Clark is the third Dillinger gangster on trial for his life in the slaying of sheriff Jesse L. Barber here last fall. Death verdicts were re- ’ turned in the first two trials. A Bimiliar penalty will be sought in : Clark’s case, prosecutor Ernest Botkin aniiour-'ced. Clark revealed he will base his defense on a contention that he was at the home of his mother. Mrs. , Minnie Clark, in Chicago the night | that Sarber was slain. |

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, March 20, 1931.

Rotarians To Hear ' Rev. Joachim Ryder An effort is being made to have a one hundred per cent attendance :ot the members at tlie Rotary' I meeting Thursday evening. The speaker will be the Rev. Fattier Joachim Ryder, pastor of : St. John the Baptist church. Fort Wayne. Father Ryder is also state , chaplain of the American Legion He is well known in Decatur, having spoken here on several oce:a- --: sions. Dr. Frerl Patterson, president of j the club urged all members to at(tend the meeting. Rev. Father Jos- ] eph Seiinetz, pastor of St. Marys tratholic church, will be chairman. TEEPLE MAKES GIFTTOPARK Former Mayor Judson Teeple Donates Material For Citv Park - A real and ' istantial gift for the beaut ideation and general utility of Hanna Nuttman park, northwest of Decatur, has been donated by former Mayor Judson Teeple of this city. About 500 loads of sand taken : from the Teeple sand pit. east of; the Monroe street river bridge, will ; be hauled to the park and used in i making driveways. CWA labor and teams will be; employed in digging and hauling the sand to the park. Parkways have been made in the; park, but dne to a lack of finances the city was unable to carry the] work on further or purchase a sup ply ot sand and gravel necessary, to improve the driveways. in commenting on Mr. Teepie's generous gift, a local park entlius-; last said, "This is an example of ■ public spiritedness That is deeply : appreciated by all those who are! anxious to develop the park and at the same time furnishes a large amount of work to Hie unemployed. I at a time when work projects are! becoming scarce." Sometime ago Mr. Teeple donatied a number of trees from h's land along the river which were used in btiilding rustic bridges in the park, i Additional work at the park will [soon be started in the way of tree, flower and shrub planting, the members of the Civic Section of the Decatur Woman's Club, taking leadership in the movement to : beautify the place and enhance its natural charm. ——————o — Farm Home Survey Project Finished [ Miss Christner, supervisor ! of the Federal Farm Home survey for Adams County, liras completed the work on her project and has closed her office in the Federal building. Adams county is the third largest of the nine counties surveyed in the state. Over 2,600 homes were surt veyad in 'Adams County and Miss ! Christner had fifteen women and ! one engineer working under her ; supervision at the peak of the surI vey activities. The reports and. summary sheets have (been sent to Purdue Univerj sity. Tlbere they will be tabulated. ! compared and released for publicaI tion.

PETER GILLIOM IS FOUND DEAD Retired Adams County Farmer Found Dead Os Heart Attack ' Peter Gilliom. 86, retired Adams ■ | County farmer, and father of i Arthur Gilliom. prominent South ; Bend attorney and former attor- ! ney general of Indiana, was found ' j dead at his home in Berne at 8 1 1 o'clock this morning. Death was ■ i caused by a heart attack. When Mr. Gilliom did not appear as usual at the breakfast I table, his daughter. Emma went to his room, and found him dead in lied. He was born in Wayne county. 1 Ohio, on October 24. 1547. a son of Abraham and Anna Gilliom. He was married on. December 25, I to Rachel Lehman in Missouri. , They lived on a farm for many j years and in 1912 moved to Berne. Mrs. Gilliom died suddenly about 13 months ago. Surviving are the following chil--1 dren: Mrs. Bertha Bagley. Mrs. • John Eicher. Mrs. Menno Burkhalter of Berne; Edwin of Monroe township; Alvin of Chicago; Mar‘ha and Emma of Berne and Arthur of South Bend; Mrs. Men no Stauffer of Berne; Elmer of South Bend and Noah of New York City. Three children preceded him in death; Albert. Robert and Lydia. Three brothers and two sisters ! survive: Chris, and Simon of ‘[Berne, and Daniel of Decatur, Mrs. Sant Soldner and Mrs. Raber of ] Missouri. Mr. Gilliom was a member of ’ the Men nonite church of Berne, i Funeral services will bo held i Thursday afternoon at 1: 30 o’clock I at the home and at 2 o'clock al i the church. Rev.* H. Suckan ! will officiate and burial will be i made in the M. R. E. cemetery. LEAGUE ADDS NEW MEMBERS —— Addition of 28 Members Brings Conservation League To 228 Twenty-eight new members were i added to the Adams county fish and game conservation league at a meeting held at the store in Salem Monday night. Addition of these names brings the total enrollment in the l league to 228. ' Similar meetings will be held ■ throughout the county in the next few weeks. The Adams county league has set a goal of 504) members , before the membership drive is ■concluded. Five members filed application at last night’s meeting for settings of i pheasant eggs. The state conservation department furnishes the eggs i and pays the local organization 75 IJ cents each for birds at the age of ■ LO weeks, when they are released ■ in the county in which they are raised. i A movement to seine Blue Creek • tor carp was started at Monday's . night's meeting. A state game war- • den will furnish equipment and league members will do the work.

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STOCK MARKET BILL FAVORED BY OFFICIALS Treasury, RF(’ And Reserve Board Officials Approve New Bill COMPROMISE BILL SUBMITTED MONDAY Washington. Mar. 20 (U.R) Treasury. RFC and federal re-i 1 serve board officials are in complete agreement on provisions of : ihe ir w sMi k market regiilatiun bill. Ren. Sam Rayburn. D.. Tex..! said today. "There was one point in disagreement Sunday night. ’ Chairman Rayburn told the house inter-j state commerce committee, "but I assumed responsibility for that provision and now everyone is, agreed on the bill. .“In this new draft we tried to' meet the legitimate criticism of the original bill. We do not hop.’ to pass a bill that will please everybody." Rayburn introduced the com promise substitute late yesterday.. It was believed the new draft would be much more acceptable to the banking interests than was »he original Fletcher-Rayburn bill which drew vigorous opposition from Wall street and department-, a! officials alike. Thomas Corcoran. RFC attorney. appeared before the committee to explain features of the new bill. Rayburn said he planned to hear representatives of the trea-, snry and the federal reserve hoard . . and then dose the hearings. He hoped to be able to report the | proposal to the house within a i'short time for early consideration (CONTI N't’Em ON PAGE TWO) i WOMAN FLIER IN TESTIMONY Amelia Earhart Putnam Opposes Strict Aviation Regulations Washington. Mar. 20— (UR) -- Amelia Earhart Putnam, first woman *o fly the Atlantic alone,! rppvaled to a senate committee; today not to "kill aviation with strict regulations before it has a chance to grow." Mrs. Putnam, fifth in a string ; of various fliers who have testi- ; tied on a proposed bill to return ! airmail contracts to commercial operators, asked the postoffice ; committee to "consider plans for the future." “Aviation is a very young in-! dustry." she said, smiling. "Any bill you have in mind should be; very simple. I think it is urgent, however, to do something for j aviation immediately." Wearing a brown tweed sports j suit and brown hat. Mrs Putnam arrived early and waited about 10 minutes for Chairman Kenneth D. McKellar and other committee-; I men. She gave her name to a steno- : grapher, and said she was vice i president of the National Airways. "1 think the bill should entail; competitive bidding, at least at j the beginning.? she said. “In my mind that is necessary (mVTix’r'pn nN page =txv — o Former Assessor Out For Office J. A. Cline, former county assess- j i or. today announced his candidacy for the democratic nomination for' assessor Washington township. Mr. Cline is a life long democrat I and now resides in Decatur on Rugg ! ■ street. He served as county asses- j ; sor for four years. Mr. Cltne is one ; of three candidates who have an- ' nounced for the assessor nomination. — o ) Methodist Pastor In Decatur Today Dr. U. S. A. Bridge was in the city today calling on friends and parishioners. Dr. Bridge announced tfeat he would be here Wednesday night to attend the regular weekly prayer service at the First Methodist church and would return to Decatur again on Thursday. Dr. Bridge is acting pastor of the local Methodist church, succeeding the late Rev. C. Perry Gibbs.

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('ompliai)ce Board Chairman Reports No Complaints Here I. Bernstein, chairman of title lo j cal compliance committee of the NRA stated today that the board h is received! no official complaints ; since its organization. The purpose of the board, according to Mr. Bernstein, is not that ol ' a “snooper". It is not expected to i investigate the affairs of private! concerns without orders from ! Washington. The only compliants which re j reive consideration are those filed with Hie post office. The report is j , i ien checked by state and national i NRA officials. Because of the in-1 irica ies of the codes of many industries and businesses it is almost ■ impossible for the average person to judge the merits of a complaint. ■ls the complaints are considered I justifiable they are sent to the lot il . compliance committees for final inI vestisation. The decision of the local committee is generally considered final. REPORTER IS SUMMONED IN ESCAPE PROBE Lake County Prosecutor Orders Chicago Newspaper Man To Appear STENOGRAPHERS TO GIVE TESTIMONY Crown Point. Mar. 20.— (U.R) — Newspapermen encamped here for three weeks investigating the “toy I pistol" jail break of John Dillinger were under investigation thrmI selves today by the special grand jury und’er States Attorney Robert ' M. Estill. Determined to find the source of a leak" in the grand juries deliberations a Chicago newspaperman 1 was subpoenaed to tell the basis of information he published. Estill said other reporters would be call- 1 ed. Crown Point. Ind., Mar. 20.—(U.R) Tlie summoning of two stenographers to testify before the Lake ! county grand jury investigating John Dillinger's sensational jail break here, today revealed Hie real motive for the alleged kidnaping last week ot Ernest Blunk, suspended Lake county deputy sheriff. The stenographers, Mrs. Virginia Thorbohn and Miss Lorraine Vphouse, employed in the office of Attorney General Philip Lutz, Jr., were to submit to the grand jury stenographic reports of statements' made by Blunk while held in In- ■ dianapolis/ In this manner, it was pointed I out, evidence given state investigators by Blunk while held incommunicado for two days, will be placed before the grand jury with i out the necessity of granting the former deputy immunity from indictment to whit h he would be en- ! titled if he appeared before the in ; ’ ’tCONTINCFNI ON PAGE SIX) SEEK TO DELAY SILVER ACTION Administration Seeks To Sidetrack Issue At This Session X I Washington, Mar. 20.—(U.R) —The administration struggled today to side track the silver issue at this : session of congress. Opposition by President Roose- ! velt was successful in persuading Speaker Henry T. Rainey to hold up a house vote on the Fiesinger silver remonetization bill. But the administration attitude did not prevent the distinctly silver-mind-ed house from rallying to pass the Dies silver measure by more than a two-thirds volt. This bill which now goes to the senate authorizes acceptance of foreign silver at a 10 to 25 per cent premium in exchange for American farm surpluses. Silver thus accepted would be used as backing for additional currency. In contrast to the house action. Mr. Roosevnh’s silver plans appear unchanged since his monetary message to congress tn January. **(CONTIN UED ON PAGE SIX)

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PRESIDENT TO MEET LEADERS AT WASHINGTON Labor Leader Urges j Union Heads To Accept Truce Proposal NAME COMMITTEE FOR CONFERENCE New York, Mar. 20 Cit neral Hugh S. Johnson to(lav advised leaders ol the automobile intlfistrv that President Roosevelt would confer with them in Washington tomorrow on threats of a strike in the industry. The manufactuiers, who have been meeting here in an effort to •vert the threatened strike, starting at 9 a. m. tomorrow, announced appointment of a commiti tee to meet with the President. Urges Acceptance Washington. Mar. 20 (U.R) — ' President William Green of the American Federation of Labor today dispatched a telegram to Detroit union leaders urging them to accept President Roosevelt's proposal for a truce in the auto- ; mobile labor controversy. "1 seVit my telegram to William i Collins, pur Detroit representative, as soon as 1 had learned that Mr. j Roosevelt has extended his inviI tation for a conference. I urged Mr. Collins and his associates to accept. I “They will consider the invita- ! tion at a meeting in Detroit today .at sp. m. They will make their decision at that meeting." By the United Press | A final decision by America's automobile leaders to make peace or fight tomorrow's ssheduled strike in the industry was anxiously awaited today as labor unI rest spread in many widely-separ-ated sections of the country. The crisis was described as a 1 vital test of the administration's recovery program and watched closely by President Roosevelt. 1 who may intervene. In Detroit, center of agitation (CONTINCRIi ON PAGE SIX) SENATE PASSES LOAN MEASURE No Record Vote Taken On Bill To Guarantee Corporation Bonds Was'iington, March 20 —(UP) — Fate of the Home Owners’ loan corporation bill guaranteeing the principal of the corporation's bonds and authorizing expenditure of $200,000000 for rehabilatting, modernizing and extending existing homes was in the hands of the house today, after passage by the senate without a recoi'l vote. 'As passed by the senate the bill carried an amendment barring political consideration in apportioning the thousands of jobs ot the far flung organization. The amendment was offered and foug it for by Sen. George W. Na.r ris, R. No., who succeeded in putting sinh a provision into the Ten . nessee Valley authority law The Norris amendment was adopted after a bitter partisan fight : punctuate i by Democratic charges j that the best jobs were going to rej publicans. Norris warned the Democrat - that unless they corrected the evils they challenged in Republicin ranks “you will have another Republican President sooner than you expect.” He reminded them that many of them undoubtedly owed their jobs to progressive Republicans who supported Mr. Roosevelt in the last, campaign. — —o Roosevelt Approves Grain Exchange Code Washington. March 20 —(UP) — President Roosevelt ihas approved the grain exchange code and it will become effective March 31. secretary of agriculture Henry A Wallace announced today. The code is designed to prevent [extreme fluctatione in grain prices. Minimum Margin requirements are : laid down. Continuance of the preI sent limitations on daily fluctuations is provided.