Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 32, Number 70, Decatur, Adams County, 21 March 1934 — Page 1

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£ourt Orders Sale Os Local Sugar Factory

Sections MULED BY 1 JUDGE SLICK ’■Midr t" i ake Sugar Affiliated With Went ial Sugar <’<»• W\| |ii ol’l’.R \TE: ■ o\! US I\( I !'• Wayne. 21—dJ R) — .< -..Jge Thomas . -g objections SJ e the Holland St. <„. a . v’v's property received here at the . " < * Mrs. l one J^H, r deputy U S. clerk. S der virtually .. e r approval of Q. plant to the ■ Shore Sugar company M, Kill fol! as soon as ■ ■ e sale order is . signed by judge. nf tli e Holland-St ■ - i •>ll>:tnv in i his ■, I ■ Shore Sugar affiliated with the ' •'■.IKI’IV, I|>er- ■ -f the Im ai plant last api'H'Veu today by .Judge Thomas W. ■it South Bend. SI: order of sab? ■ ■ oerty followed bt Fijeral ■B ’-'-...1 .... niuii.l nf (Irani! BB app! :■ the -ale of the 1..1K.. siiiinJi receivership ■ Sale of tile K'-- in feilerai ■ f -of the ItesolOl i New York ■ Charles J. ■. plaint?!- \s Holland St. Company. S It::'. ■iii.nil and Slick it' 1 . 'Io fi.mid disfavm pl.e .uh inning tile |e an,l iil-o cited the fail- ■ ui to the sale tu B’ ail.. evidence ill Mtc an- ,e organization to B r 'in- - .. - .f.il oper.it ion of ■ Mliair D Remmel of Fort B* '''li, .ins named special - ih.ne . ry for the sale of in I.,ui. received bids on Ba? Sth in this city. The Lake ■ ’■£.. I . in-any was the sole ■run the unmortgaged prop ■ So bid was made on molt ■FHNUED ON PAGE FIVE) ■ — o |ts Mount As Street lights Are Used As targets, Auto Stops yklism ami auto collisions j ■trn th. city of Decatur about | ■this mouth. M. ,J. Mylott, sup■Otietit of the light and power ■ stated Imlay. h have been using the globes fnaniemai light posts and alWts as targets for their air ’ sling hots and arm practice i stones. Twelve new globes i been placed on the posts so I ■is month, Mr. Mylott stated. | llobes alone cost $6.80 each, fl cases the bulbs have to be fcd, adding another 60 cents • cost. ’ ral of the light standards ’een knocked over by motorIn a few cases the driver rethe accident to the city and “ to pay the cost of welding “Sts and replacing the globes, lumber of cases the city has •covered a penny. plant maintains the orn•'“I street and alley lights at wt to the taxpayer, Last year r »' 01 tnaintenance was 12,I'e month of March seems 1 a hoodoo and the cost of rehk the lights will probaMv " to *250. »tur is one of the best light’s in the country, but if the Active spirit to knock out the * c ® n Uniies, city officials state e financially impossible to t»e circuits going. ea was made to report cases ’boys deliberately destroy J™ 19 and action will be taken i s* Public interest.

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Insull Mystery Man Constantine s. Eftax, the “mystery man" in the Insull case, photographed in Chicago Tuesday as he returned to face those who claim he is hut a myth or a figurehead for Samuel Insull. lie de- . nied he knew Insull. NAME ENGINEER TO MAKE SURVEY Huntington Ma n Will Survey Work Projects In Three Counties The appointment of Robert W. Stevens Huntington architect, as district engineer to make a survey of possible work projects in Adams. Wells. Wi.iitley and Huntington counties is seen by local reemployment offi ials as an indication that a successor to the CW.\ program may be announced. The only order the local federal reemployment office has receiver! is that all CW, v work will stop March 31. The feeling his been current that some sort of a program would be planned to follow up the emergency CW A. ■Officials in Indianapolis and Washington have shrouded their Intentions with secrecy. The orders to tay off 51 men each week will be observed here again Friday when the regular CWA pay roll will (be cut to 185. One hundred and forty-one men will be added to the 50 now al work extending the city water mains to the suhsisteme project out of the city. This group is j taken from tlte township relief lists. 1 Robert Stevens was informed at ' **(CONTINrI?I> ON PAGE SIX) o JUNIOR CLASS TO GIVE PLAY Decatur II ig h School Class Will Present Comedy April fi The junior class of the Decatur high school will present the comedy. “Too Many Bosses" Friday i evening. .April 6. in the Decatur high school auditorium. The play ■ is in three acts. The play centers about the life and disagreements of a typical family. Eric Waterman and Fern ! Lakin were to be married and were I building their dream .home. Everything wont smoothly until Fern deckled to have three bathrooms and Eric rebelled. Then their friends and families took sides. The characters in the play are Grandpa, the wise old man; Veda the lovesick sixteen year o»d Eva. the smart, colored maid; Mr. Lakin, the absent minded father; Monica, the dictatorial mother; Mrs. Waterman. t ;e too loving mother; Josephine, the sympathizing friend of Fern’s Garrett, the lover of Jose phine, and Um'le Ramsey, the mainspring of the rebellion. The price of admission is 15 and 25 cents. Tickets may be obtained from any member of the junior I class or at the door of the anditorlium ot. the night of the preseuta-j M?2'

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CHILDREN TO RECONFIRMED PALM SUNDAY Lutheran And Reformed Churches Os County to Confirm 75 Children SUNDAY MORNING SERVICES PLANNED ('ontirmatio)i services will be held for 75 children in the Lutheran and Reformed churches in the county on Palm Sunday. March 25. Special confirmation services will be held in the morning sessions ami tlie names of the children announced. Tlie children, pastors and churches are as follows; Decatur Zion Lutheran Rev. I’. W. Schultz announced tliat eight children would be taken into communicant membership in ‘ tlie church by the rights ot con- ■ tirmation Sunday. They are: Harry Bowers, George Hunter. Orville 1 Fritcha, (.'buries Bebrick, Leona Bauer. Alma Ault. Viola Hunter, and Ethel Mae Westrick. Decatur Zion Reformed Rvv. C. M. I’rugh announced that ten children successfully passed an examination before the membership of the church last Sunday and , will he confirmed Palm Sunday. They are: Vera Frauhiger. Bernice Cable. Esther I.iniger, Betty Hunter. Margaret Hoffman. Ardis Brintzenljofe. Ruth Beineke. iar Vera | Meyer. Fred Kirsch and Dick Scliater.' Magley Reformed The children to be confirmed Sunnay at tile Magley Reformed cTmfcfi according to Rev. David Grether i are: Idabelle Worthman. Margaret Hilgeman. Mary Fruechte, iaila Reinhardt. Mar.hu Straiim. Frank I (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) DECATUR LADY DIES TUESDAY l Mrs. Elizabeth Bosse Died Last Night; Funeral Friday Morning i Mrs. Elizaiiveth Bosse. 72. widow of the late Frank Bos.se. died at her I home at 804 Nuttman avenue, bills city, at 9:30 o’clock Tuesday night. . Death was due to heart complications. Mrs. Bosse had spent most of her , life in Decatur anti Adams County. She was a member of the local St. Mary's Catholic church, the St. Mary's Sodality and the Third Order of St. Francis. She was born in Karpoche Bavaria. Germany, on January 13, 1862 a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph So'.aethe. When she was 10 years 1 of age her parents settled in Ohio at Tiffin, later moving to Adams County. She had resided in Decatur for the last 60 years. Her marriage to Frank Bosse I took place in 1888. He preceded her * (CONTINUKD ON PAGE SIX) Final Lenten Sermon At Lutheran Church The last of a series of six Lenten services will be held at the Zion Lutheran Church this evening. The five previous services already held were very well attended by members and friends of the church. The service tonight will begin at 7 o’clock and will be under the direction of the pastor, the Rev. Paul W. Schultz, who also will deliver the address. The public is invited to attend. — o • Fort Wayne Pastor Delivers Sermon * Rev. Father Francis Quinn, pastor of St. Patrick's Catholic church. Fort Waj-ne. delivered the Lenten sermon at St. Marys Catholic church in this city last evening. Father Quinn spoke on “Catholic Aiction". His sermon was the sixtih of a series given at the local church. Father Joseph Seimetz, pas- : tor, will give the closing Lenten i sermon next week, which week will ! be observed as Holy Week.

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, March 21, 1931.

Facts On Strike By the United Press Salient facts in the impending automobile strike: Issue Whether section 7A of the NRA is being violated: demands of the American Federation of that it be recognized as collective | bargainer for workers: auto manu- . facturers refusal to tn«at with A. I F of L. Factions laibor The American Federation of Labor: Capital—The National Automobile Chamber of J Commerce. Status ■ Both sides agreed to defer deci- . sion pending conference with . President Roosevelt on Thursday. Companies Involved I Hudson Motor Car Co., Buick Motor Co.. Remo Motor Car Co.. Olds Motor Works. Baldwin Rub- . her Co., American Forging and Socket Co., Hupp Motor Car Corp. Dodge Brothers Corp.. Cadillac 1 (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) ( o CITY TO AWAIT ; SUIT OUTCOME Citv of Fort Wayne In Test Case On Tax Os Power Plants i The city of Decatur will wait ■ with other cities in the state on the outcome of the test suit 1 brought by the city of Fort Wayne, against the taw taxing municipal light plants, before making any return to the assessors. Last evening at the meeting of 1 the council, a letter was read from r ilhe Indiana Municipal League, i urging all cities with municipal 1 plants. tl> defer the making o{ ; tax returns until the Fort Wayne suit is tried and decided. The last legislature passed a fjtw taxing that part of municipal plants not used for street lighting and public benefit. The assessments would be made this year I and taxes would he paid next year. The city of Fort Wayne is contesting the validity of the law ft is claimed to be unconstitutional I The local plant would he required to pay a few thousand dollars, officials state, if the law is held valid. Decatur will join other cities in contesting the law and the Municipal league has recommended the employing of two 1 Indianapolis attorneys to fight tlie case for them. Municipal plants would be assessed one-twentieth of one per cent as cost of employing counsel in the suit. This plan would cost the local plant about $55, members of the council stated. JEFF LIECHTY FOR TREASURER Berne Resident Announces Name For Democratic Nomination The race for the Democratic nomination for county treasurer livened up today with the an nouncement that Jeff Liechty. well known resident of Berne had thrown his hat into the ring. Mr. Liechty is the sixth man to enter the race for the treasurer's nomination. The new candidate is an auctioneer by profession. In recent years he has been employed by I A. J. Moser and the Berne Hard ware company In Berne. He is a lifelong resident of Adams county and is well acquainted throughout the county. Other candidates in the race, one of the most interesting on the Democratic slate, are Delmore Wechter. detiuty county treasurer; Truman Goldner, Arthur Rieberick, John Kleeke. Frank Parrish. More for Sheriff Authoritative information was obtained today that at least one and possibly two more men would announce their candidacy for the Democratic nomination for county sheriff. Sixteen candidates are already in the race. Announcements from the candidates are expected the last of this week or the first of next.

CITY COUNCIL HOLDS MEETING i Decatur Council Holds Regular Session Tuesday Evening The turning over to the civil city by the Decatur school board of a sewer built west of Thirteenth ' street ami giving an outlet to the athletic field, corner of Adams and Thirteenth streets. was brought up at the council meeting last evening. 1 The school board has Invested $95.80 for material in building the sewer and a.s it stands, the sewer ‘ is now' a private one. By turning it over to the city, the sewer would become a public outlet and other property owners could tap into it. The work of building the sewer was done by CWA labor. The school board suggested that tapping charges should include the cost of bu'lding the sewer, plus the material used. The matter was referred to the street and , sewer committee and City Attoi , ney J Fred Fruchte ( A. N. Hilton appeared befor-* the council and informed tlie body that water from Eltn street and I the city lot back of his place, - drained to the front of his house. The course of the water was changed when the new wat“r mains were laid along Elm street. The matter was referred to E. A. Beavers, who stated that immediate action would lie taken. A preliminary ordinance fixing the salaries of city officials, as ' specified by state law for cities of the fifth class, was read. Tlie salaries would be fixed for the ! four years from 19:15 to 1939 and . 1 according to law must be done by April 1. 1934 The salaries as 1 fixed by the legislature for DecaI tur are: Mayor. $900; elerk-treas-(CONTTNCED ON PAGE THREE) PLAYGROUND TO BE BUILT City School Board Will Build Plavground On New City Lets I IA playground and school thletic • field will be established on the i > Niblick lots, corner of Winchester ■ and Studabaker streets, ihy the De- i catur school board, according to an i ■ agreement .being made between the ■ school city and the water works 1 l committee of the city council. 1 Recently the city purchased the 1 i Niblick field, extending from Win- I cheater street to Elm street and 1 bound on the south by Studabaker I street, as a site for sinking a new water well. Only t< e west end of the lot will be needed for city pur- ■ poses. More than half of the field tan I be used as a playground and athletic field. The field is located north i ot the South Ward school building . and only a few blocks from the Central school building. lAccording to the agreement filed by Joe Hunter, chairman of the water works committee with the council last evening, the sohool board will take over the part of the field not used by the city and convert it into a playground for the < school children. with the aid of the Parent-Teach- ' ers clubs in the city, the grounds ‘ will be beautified and made usable as playgrounds, soft ball and base (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) ( l j 9 MORE SHOPPING DAYS UNTIL EASTER

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COMMODORES LEAVE TODAY FOR TOURNEY Decatur Five Leaves At Noon Today For National Catholic Meet PLAY FIRST GAME THURSDAY EVENING Eight members of the Decatur (Jumniodore basketball team, ac companird by Coach George Laurent Rev Father Joseph J Hennes, athletic director: Date Baker, trainer and Student Manager Herman Knapke. loft shortly after noon today for Chicago, where tlie local quintet will compete in the National Catholic high school basketball tourney. Members of the team making tlie trip are Braden and Murphy, co-eaptains; Hain. Bill Lose Jim lose. Baker. Don Hess and Koline. Headquarters for the Commodores during their stay in Chicago w'll he the -Sovereign hotel, where all teams will stay during the tourney. Tlie Decatur Daily Democrat will receive reports of all games played by the Commodores. Scores will be received at the half and at the end of each game. Call 1000 for scores The Commodores will play their first game in the tourney at 5 o'clock Thursday afternoon in the final game of the afternoon session. Decatur's first round opponents ( will lie the Ursiline high school team of Tnimisfown. Ohio. The Youngstown team lias won 13 games this season, while losing only three. The Buckeyes have scored a total of 499 points to the opposition’s 411 markers, an average of slightly over 31 points per game to an average of over 25 points 3 game for the opposition According to advices from Youngstown, the outstanding stars for the Ohio team are Favourla, imwivt'pn <->v v>4cif «rvi o , Supply Free Lierht To C. (Ts C. Room A report was made to the council last evening by the electric light committee that free light would lie furnished the ChamJrer of Commerce room a.s long as the place is used as headquarters for the CWA. The CWA headquarters have been established in the Chamber of Conimene room since last full. Free use of the room has llieen given by the organization. Free rental of the telephone has also been given the CWA. MRS. BUCHER IS FOUND DEAD Mrs. John Bucher Found Dead At Home On West Madison Street Mrs. John Bucher, 70. of 515 West Madison street, a lifelong resident of Adams county, was found dead in bed at her home at 5:30 o'clock this morning. Death was due to acute coronary occlusion. Minnie Margaret Knapp Bucher was born in Root township, Adams county on January 9. 1864. a daughter of William and Sophia Neadstine-Knapp. in August, 1881. she was married to John Bucher, who survives. She resided in Root township where she was a member -of the St. Peters Lutheran church until 1921 when she moved to Decatur. She attended the Zion Lutheran church here, transferring her membership. Surviving are three daughters and one son: Anna Woodward of South Bend: Alvina Harkless of Root township; Frances Bowman of Washington township and Edward Bucher of Root township. One son and one daughter are deceased. Two brothers and two sisters. Henry Knapp of the Knapp and Son Hardware store, Decatur and **(CONTINUBD *O*N PAGE SIX) * 1

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Army Air Victim k F &- o > ''' A recent photo of Lieutenant 11. G. Richardson. Army Reserve i Corps pilot, recently recalled to | fly the mail, who was killed when his plane plunged from 1,000 feet near Cheyenne. Wyo., while on a practice flight. This made the 11th fatality since Army took over tlie airmail. RECEIVE WORD ON ENROLLMENT Adams County Entitled To 14 Members In CCC Camps This Year Will Linn, county chairman of j the Governor’s commission on unemployment relief, has received official instructions pertaining to the selection, enrollment and qualifications for the civilian conservation corps. I i.Adains county wi>l be entitl°d to 14 members this year. This is the third enrollment, enlistments cover- ’ ing six niont- s. Final selection of the members is under tlie juris. fiction of the de partment of labor and Mrs. Dale Gaddis, staff worker of the governor’s commission on unemployment Belief. Applications can he made Thursday of this week and Wednesday of next week with Mrs. Gaddis at tlie reemployment office. Tlie instructions read: “We now have relief supervisors in most counties of the state and we wish them to have charge of clearing all applications with relief records, and making home investigations where there is no relief record to determine whether tills applicant comes from a family that needs this support. In this enrollment, it will I not he permitted to accept boys tin- ; less they are from families or have actual dependents that need their 1 support. Allotments cannot lie made 'except to actual dependants. For 1 this reason, we ask our county ! chairmen to refer all questions of the need of allottees tor this sup (CONTINUE! > ON PAGE SIX) Boys And Girls Urged Not To Use Streets As Rinks And Race Tracks Boys and girls were warned by city officials today not to roller skate and play on public streets and state road within the city. Reports of near tragiv accident* have been made to policemen and city officials ami in the interest of , youth an appeal was made to keep the children off the streets and roads. Places used as playgrounds are ' Nuttman avenue, state road 524 ; east of Decatur, the Bellmont park road and other concrete stretches in and near the city. Roller slaters used the payments : as skating rinks an 1 motorists some time cannot avoid hitting them. No one wants to kill a child and many times when tragic accidents happen. the driver is not to blame. With a "please" city officials asked children and parents to cooperate in the plea not to use public I | streets as roller skating rinks and | I race tracks for bicycle riders.

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ROOSEVELT IS READY TO USE ALL INFLUENCE Rail Executives, Unions Accept Proffer of Administration Aid AUTO BUILDERS IN CONFERENCE TODAY Washington, Mar. 21 President Itoosevelt advanced today in his efforts to solve the railroad Mtige controversy and then met automobile manufacturers in the first ot a series ol crucial conferences bv which he hopes to avert strikes that threaten to paralyze his recovery program. Mr. ibiosevilt was prepared to ust all the influence and power at his command to stop the threatened automobile strike and curb labor unrest in other fields. Tlie capital was tense as the automobile conferences began. Mr. Roosevelt said he was davancing no proposals in his initial I discussions. Tomorrow tlie President will hear the labor side of the dispute from President William Green of the American Federation of Labor and a delegation of union leaders ' from Michigan. Accept Offer Washington. Mar. 21—<U.R) Tlie railroad executives today joined with union forces in accepting : President Roosevelt's tender of the services of the coordinator of transportation to help compose differences of wages. Bowing to ’he request of President Roosevelt, railroad labor unions today agreed to accept the : proffer of assistance of Federal Coordinator of Transportation Joseph Eastman in settling their disputes with the carriers. Their stand was made known in a letter to President Roosevelt from A. F Whitney, chairman of the Railway Labor Executives Association. They did. however, decline to enter into further discussions at this time with the carriers repre(CONTlN(’i:i> ox PAGE THREE) COMPLETE JURY IN CLARK CASE Eleven Men And One Woman Will Hear Case Against Russell Clark Lima. 0.. Mar. 21- -(U.R>—A jurv of 11 men and one woman was completed here at noon today for the murder trial of Russell Clark, third Dilling“r gangster facing death for the slaying of Sheriff Jesse L. Sarber last fall. The jury was composed of three carpenters, two farmers, a housewife, metal worker, bricklayer. plumber. wood worker, mechanic and a coal worker. After opening arguments Immediately after the noon recess the state was to begin presentation of its evidence linking Clark with Hie slaying of Sarber during a raid by gangsters to liberate their leader. John Dillinger, from the county jail. Prosecutor Ernest Botkin announced that two “surprise" witnesses would be deputies who said they heard Clark tell Harry Pierpont and Charles Makley, already convicted of the murder, that he probably would “get the same sentence as you just because I happened to lie present." Makley and Pierpont are awaiting death sentences. Word From Dillinger Mooresville, Ind.. Mar. 21—<U.P) (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) Stereopticon Talk At Church Tonight The story of the growth of national missions in the Presbyterian church will be given at 7:15 tonight at the local church. This story is made vivid and highly interesting by a number of stereopticon slides provided by the mission board. Tonight's meeting is one of a series arranged by the woman's missionary society and will be conducted by Rev. G. O. Walton, pastor of the church.