Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 32, Number 71, Decatur, Adams County, 22 March 1934 — Page 1

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-KE NAMES fcFLLCLMK MOE GANG *«■] Dilline r Gangster In Court 'l\Ki Lima, 0,110 JhiTOK \sks KaW OF DEATH bi i.i ETIN p jglnniubili- caravan of h iKiduna -Lite police cars n-Kdai a filhnir Station at '■point- I" I '•■• at or about rhtii-iku afternoon return trip to the HI Wnri-in al Mo hiuan ( it' “■ Eduard Shouse. Ihl <■ gangster. *.Wh M , taken to Lima, ""■wla' I" against on trial for his the Jr.ini? of Sheriff ; Sarbt-r. Each car in Hiraian contained four all heal ib armed. 3 W);, itlr~~M'i- 22 <UP' on trial !<»r Ins ol Sheriff I Jl.iw oanon, -(' desin r lilies |ln ift here last . kilf a s o h<T as thex '' .lonhii Dilliimer. ■ation was made by shmio brought here • k.ju . from tin- li'ili ’o he a stale ■ in indictment on a one on which '» .ii. ■ ■ • <i anil on which ■ Pci’i. and Charles , j- of ,he raidins rd Maklev entered nliis. to release Dil John H ■ niton and Harry ui- :■.■ inbers of the can '. ,nd Shouse re ■ioi.'-- rnards. he said K'ii.si Botkin said ■mxri::- page fivev ■manstarts i'KIVNG TERM I- Black lidge Serves {“■rstlb\ For Stealing Stop's Affections ■auto. M.u (U.P) - Mrs. — T.-i; 'il.o klidge. forn"-r nf internal revenue, totin- first day of a term in the county jail for Bi lb .cb'i lions of Norman a tall policeman. j wife, Susanne. J >crm mav he length- > six months if Mrs. Not,W 0 can produce enough to pay for Mrs. Blaek- "* r °om and board in jail at | of .du , ,-nts a day. A prerv payment of $3.50 insur- ■ *«k's incarceration. tUai kiidae. who first won sevora! years ago when sxplained to her political ■ <; i Him -lie had lost $50,000 money m a faro game, was ■“'•■r nf a recent alienation of ■lions suit. H.'itry awarded Mrs. Notting*'.soii v,.rdiet. When Mrs. ► was unable to pay the Mi s Nottingham was ■ Uto opportunity to send her ■jail because of a guilty e 0,1 a malice count in con- ■° n with the theft of affecWeek Mrs. Nottingham anox PAGE FOUR)

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Native Os Decatur Dies At Eort Wayne Mrs. Theresa M Flock. 7.3. a native of Decatur died at the St. Joe! ; hospital hi Fort Wayne WelnesI day following a long Illness. Born in ! De at itr, the deceased moved to i Fort Wayne after her marriage to Bernard Block 45 years ago. Survlvj Ing Is a daughter, Eleanor Ploek, at home. i 1 1 Funeral services will he held at I N::ii» o’clock Satin lay morning at i the home, 1323 Swinney avenue and I jat 9 o'clock at St. Paul's Catholic I hitrch in Fort Wayne. APPRAISERS FILE REPORT Three Appraisers Make Report In State Condemnation Suit Emerson Beavers, Frank Hei.man and Thompson Noll, appraisers appointed to find the damages in the condemnation suit of the state of Indiana vs Alma Bowen ! etal and Frank Jovien etal. filed - their report with the county clerk today. The land being condemned will : be used for right of ways for the new roadbed on state road 527 which runs from . real nr southoast to the Ohio hm The road will cut across the Decatur Country Club grounds and the Alma Bowen farm south of it. (’lark Lutz of this city was made a party in the Jovien suit on the Country Club land because ,of his recent foreclosure of a mortgage. The appraisers found the value, of the 3.05 acres to lie taken from the country club land at 3305. The i value of the improvements on the land was found at $069.60 and was tJUJSSified as follows: side walk find approach. s3od: light posts. 615.00; steps, $5.00; shade trees, $82.00; apple trees. $84.00; water tank, $150.00; 84 rods of fence at 40 cents a rod, $33.60. It was setimated that the rest of the property would bd damaged to the extent of SI,OOO by the action, i The total damage then would be i fCONTINUED ON PAGE THREE' —SU o Man Suffocated In Eort Wayne Hotel Fort Wayne. March 22-(CPI-Trapped in his ' otel room here. War I Sweers. 45. was suffocated - from smoke and fumes from a burning mattress ani bed clothing. His slightly burned body was discovered lying on the floor. It is believed ! he had been smoking. _o — Cole Residence Damaged By Fire i The city fire department made a run to the Jesse Cole residence on North Fifth street this morning to extinguish a small roof fire. The ■blaze was caused by a spark from the chimney. Damage was estimated at $5. LEADERS MEET HERE MARCH 28 Purdue Clothing Specialist Will Conduct Meeting Next Week Miss Meta Martin, clothing extension specialist from Purdue, I will hold her first leaders' training meeting for Home Economics leaders at 9:30 March 28, at the: Masonic Hall at Decatur. Her subject for the day will he 'Accessory Ensembles'' which Ihe amateur sewer can make. This is the third year for the clothing project for the Adams County group This ! meeting will also be the reorganij z,ation meeting for the county . officers. The new presidents and leaders for The townships are: Monroe--Ruth Schwartz, president, and leaders. Mrs. Dave Schwartz and Mrs. Eli Graber. M. W. F. Mrs. Dau Lehman, president, and leadI ers. Mrs. Lewellyn Lehman and Mrs. Noah Neuenschwander. Blue Creek—Mrs. Rolla Raudenbu.sh. ; president, and leaders Mrs. Glen Workinger and Mrs. Hiram 33 ittwer. Jefferson— president. Mrs. Sol Mosaer. apd leaders, Mrs. Jim Kennev and Mrs. Dan Bakei. Wabash -Mrs. Nathan Cole, presi*xco«ijKwaß e» JPAMfI

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DEATH TOLL IN I JAPANESE FIRE i IS OVER 1,000 Death List Rises Hourly As Bodies Are Taken I From Ocean TWENTY THOUSAND HOMES DESTROYED Hakodate, lai an. Mar. 22. (U.R) The toll of life and property in the tire which wiped out this seaport city today reached more than l.o'm dead. 2,mm injured and damage of about $7,5011.000. As authorities completed their ( heck of the stricken residential : area, the casualty list mounted. They estimated, that at least 1,000 had perished. The death list rose | hourly as police pulled bodies from the ocean. The panic which followed the devastating rush of flame through the tinderbox houses sent scores running onto the sea. Many seek ing this refuge from the Haute* drowned and today the tide brought their luidies to the shore. Insurance companies estimated property damage at upwards of I 25.mm.im0 yen (about $7,500,000). In addition to store buildings, 20.-1 080 homes were destroyed. The Japanese public rallied im mediately to the assistance of their , unfortunate countrymen. Corporations and individuals gave readily | to relief funds collected in various cities. Merchant ships loaded lumber at many ports to provide , temporary buildings for Hake-1 , date's populace, now scattered on bleak hills or quartered in the huts of neighboring villagers. Hakodate, perched on the far northern Island of Hokkaido, liasl , lUtle warning of the disaster vtjiicli overtook it. Most of the residents were asleep wiien a tall smokestack, crumpled by a high wind, fell into a public bath and ignited the structure. The tiames. pushed by the wind. (CONTINI RH ON PAGE SIX) MORE MEN TO BE EMPLOYED Homestead Crew To Be Increased To 191 Men Beginning Friday .Am additional crew of 91 men will ’ go to work Friday morning on the Subsistence Homestead site, south of Decatur. Harry Thompson, federal re-employment manager an--1 nounved today. The men will be taken from the township relief rolls. Mr. Thompson stated “every able bodied man on the poor relief rolls of the townships will be absotfbod on this project." The men will be in ■digging trenches for the water mains, the bttiMing of electric lines and streets and road approaches i to and on t.ie site, j The extra crew increases the number of men engages! on the pre-1 Liminary construction to 191. Approximately 100 men have: been employed the past week on the trenches and light line exten-1 sions. Connections are being made I to the site from High street on the ‘ least and Russell street on the i north. , Beginning Friday, the new work ; week, the men will lie employed six hours a day, four days a week, or a total of 24 4iours. Announcement has not yet been | made when bids will be received for the construction of the houses. ■ or the method the government will follow in advertising for proposals. - o — Six Candidates File With Clerk Six additional candidates have filed their declarations of candidacy I at the office of county clerk Werl-! ing. They are? (Victor Bleeke, Democrat, committeeman. west Union. Charles L. Well. Democrat, assessor ot Washington township. Charles Morrison, Democrat, committeeman of north Blue Creek. ■Carl W. Heckman, Democrat, trustee of Preble township. J. Henry F'aurote, Democrat, councilman. 2wd-A, Decatur. David D. Stauffer, Democrat, committeeman, Berne B.

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Decatur, Indiana. Thursday, March 22, 1931.

Ready to Receive Dillinger I I— w»"« Will.: IIMI I I 10 * £ 11 ~ i ■ — w. N.’ it L- ■ ■ /.... wHI _. v ... . ...Ae.zyA V It would be just too bad for John Dillinger, fugitive Indiana desperado. if he came within the range of theije determined guardsmen, who are covering the courthouse at Lima. ()., where one of Dillinger's gang, Russell Clark, is on trial for the murder of Sheriff Jess Sarner. The sheriff was slain ivy Dillinger's companions as thev effected the first sensational release of their leader. Two of the gang have been condemned to die in the electric chair.

9.000 REGISTER UNDER NEW LAW Approximately 9,000 Voters Register For Primary Election Approximately 9,000 persons I have registered in- Adams county. , according to Milton C. Werling, I county clerk. He distributed 12. . oflo registration blanks over the county. Twelve appointed registrars have made their final report and checked up in the office. The last day for registering will be Saturday, April 7. Although Mr. Werling will keep his office open until 5 p.. m. that day he is asking all who intend to register with him to come in several 'days ! earlier to avoid a rush on the deadline. He also is asking the regis ! trars to make their final report by April 2. I Persons living in the following ' precincts will not be visited again by the registrars as they have com- , pleted their report: Decatur. 1-B, 2-B, 3-B, 1 A. North Kirkland. North , Hartford. Ceylon. South Preble, : North Preble. North Washington. North St. Mary’s and Geneva A. They may register with the town ship assessors and the .city or county clerks. The county clerk must furnish, by law, the precinct officials a list i of all registered persons in the pre- : cinct and the county chairmen, a ’ list of all registered persons in the county in alphabetical order 20 days before the election. After the primary registration i will be resumed until 29 days before the fall election. H. E. ROWBOTTOM DIES SUDDENLY Former Congressman. Convicted of Selling Post Office Jobs Dies Evansville. Ind.. March 22 —(VP ■ —Harry E. Rowbottom, former Indiana congressman who served a term in prison for selling postmaster appointments, died suddenly at his home here today of diabetes. He was 49. lit was in April 1931, during his third term as representative from the old first district, that Rowhot i tom was convicted in federal court I here and sentenced to one year and a day in prison. He also was fined $2,000. Poetmasters at Boonville, Mt. Vernon, Petersburg and Chrisney. who obtained their appointments through Rowbottom, were dismissed as a result of the investigation. During the trial several witnesses testified that they paid the Congressman money to obtain appointments for them. In his defense Rowbottom said that he had accepted Christmas gifts and campaign funds from several persons seeking postmasterships. Rowbottom's political career *<CONtinuep*onVagF FlVE)’ * )

Extension Engineer Plans Two Meetings R. H. Wileman. extension engin eer. will be in Adams county I Thursday, March 29, for two meet- • ings on plow adjustment. Purdue has done much work in recent years on getting more efficient use out of plows. Wileman will have ' a truck load of implements of varI ions makes and wilt demonstrate 'the adjustments on the plows and I coulters to get the most use out of | them. The morning meeting will be held at 9:30 in the county garage, corn-! .[er of Jackson and First street. I The afternoon meeting will be held in the A. J. Moaer garage,. Berne, at 1:30 o'clock. AH Adams, county farmers interested in this subject are urged to be present. GIVE OPERETTA FRIDAY NIGHT North Ward School Children Will Present Operetta Friday Final rehearsals are being held for the North Ward operetta. "Bluebirds in the Forest Court." which will be presented in the Decatuti ; high school auditorium Friday evening at 8 o'clock. . Tickets are on sale for 10 cents for children under 12 years of age and 15 cents for persons over that age. The tickets may be procured from any pupil of the North Ward : school. Following is the complete program for the evening: First grade chorus: Palmer | Brown. John Brown, Barney Brooks. Jarnos Downs.* Harold I Dodd. Frank Gaunt. William liar , vey. Roger Knapp. Jimmy King, Paul Morgan. Jack Rayer, Ronald Stucky, Roger Staley. Charles I Spangler, Frank Young, Betty! 'Brueck, Helen Barber, Anna Jane Guilder, Rosamond Graham. Kath-i i leen McConnell, Colleen Miller. Hois Mitchell. Jean Roth. Doris' Richards, Phyllis Venis. Helen i Frank. Jean Elzey and Jean Ann i lusley. Recitation—Rosamond Graham. < Operetta. "Bluebirds in the For-. ' est Court." by Otis McCarrington. Introduction: Spring—Carl Moser. ■[ Pussywillow—Alice June Martz. I (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) O Dairy Specialist To Hold Meeting G. A. Williams, dairy extension i specialist in charge of the dairy i herd Improvement work in Indiana, ' will be the principal speaker at a i dairy meeting to be held in the i Monroe high school as 7:30 p. tn. Thursday. March 29. Mr. Wileman will help to analyze the herd record books and will 1 emphasize the need of good pastures in economical production of I dairy production. Merwin Miller, local cow tester. ! has worked out some interesting data on pasture improvements that ' | should be of a great deal of interjest to Adams county dairymen.

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CITY REPORTS LARGE PROFIT IN PAST YEAR Light And Water Plant Shows Net Earnings of $29,430.21 For 1933 GAIN OF SII,OOO OVER YEAR OF 32 The City Light and Water plan. , earned net profits of $29,430.24 for ’ 1933. according Io the annual re i ports tiled by the de;artment : heads with the council. The 1933 profit was approximate :ly SII,OOO greater than the 1932 totals. For that year the two de partments showed a net profit of $18.512 01. In 1933 tile electric light and power departments shows a net j profit of $27,511.21, compared with | $11,699.48 for the year before. The water department shows a profit of $1,819.02, compared with $6,812.63 1n'1932. The net eafnings in both departments for last year are exclusive iof any credits heretofore paid the municipal plant for fire hydrant : rentals and street lighting. These public services were donated by the city plant.. in 1932 the electric light department received $5,000 and the water department $7,000 from tax funds. In the 1933 reports the cost of fire hydrant rentals is listed at $7,000 and street lighting at $6,182.98. Both items are deducted in arriving at the net income for the two departments, as no tax levy was made last year for these public services. The city did not make a tax levy for fire hydrant rentals and street (lighting this year. , The reports show the listed as’sets of the electric light depart- ! ment to be $578,594.67. compared with $548,819.64 in 1932. The water i department shows listed assets of >228,250 02. compared with $224.765.15 in 1932, bringing the total listed assets of the city plant above SBOO,OOO. In 1933 the electric light department set up a depreciation reserve of $24,044.54. compared with >22,159.19. Tlie water department charged off $5,426.57. compared with >5.348.72 in 1932. The electric light department charged off $2 155.69 for had debts in 1933 and $1,117.65 in 1932. The water department charged off $820.41 for bad debts in 1933 and $792.64 in 1932. Total business of the electric light department was $131,735 '3 and $26,715.86 for 1933. The council will probably order the reports printed in their eni tirety in the near future. - The reports show in detail the items of income, expense and net results. The reports this year were compiled by M. J. Mylott, superintendent of the electric igbt departI ment, Charles »Brodbeck, superintendent of the water department and Miss Mary McKean, bookkeeper for the departments. PUBLISH FACTS ON CORN PLAN Figures On Corn And Hog Production Are To Be Published Washington, Mar. 22 - (Special) —Five basic facts from the con tract application of each farmer who takes part in the corn and hog adjustment plan will be published in the local press, according to officials of the Agricultural Adjust merit Administration. The publication, which will be directed by the county corn-hog control associations, is an integral part of the program for local ad- ! ministration of the adjustment es- . fort . It is required in order to ! provide full opportunity for a local check on the accuracy of all production claims. The farmer’s production state- : ments on corn acreage for the base period, number of pig litters fat i rowed during this period, hogs pro j duced for market, and feeder and stocker hogs bought, as well as the number of corn acres contracted to he left out of production for 1934. will be included in the published material. Separate production figures for each of the two base per*7cONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR)

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Gov. McNutt Will Speak At Lal’orte Laporte. ;n 1., March 22 (UP) - 'Gov. Paul v. McNutt will address a ’ third distri t Democratic rally here ' | tonight. Many other prominent members Lot the party, fn.lu lilt- Dr. Carleton iB. McCulloch. Democratic state ' chairman, will atten I. t The governor is exported to renew his attack on Republicans who have Imen bitiUing up the state prison break la-st September and the escape of John Dillinger from the Lake county jail as campaign [ material NEW FIRM WILL OPEN SATURDAY Staley Dairy Products Company Opens For Business Saturday i' The Staley's Dairy Products I Company will open for business. > Saturday morning. James Staley, proprietor, announced today. All of tlie new machinery and , equipment has been installed and . manufacture of ice cream started , today. Butter will lie made Friday , and both products will he placed ~ on the local market Saturday. The public is invited to call a: the plant. 238 North Second street. r An ice cream treat will lie.given to the children and their parents. - Mr. Staley announced that his i company would buy butterfat from the farmers on routes, at stations . or at the plant in this city, current 1 market prices being [aid. 5 1 The name of the butter and ice ■ cream has been tentativey selected by the judges, but announcement ■ will be deferred until it has been t copyrighted in Washington. The judges of the contest in selecting a trade name and slogan were Mrs. : Henry B. Heller. E. W. Lankenati I and L. E. Archhold. The prize r winners will be announced later, f Mr. Staley is an experienced - creamery man. He extends a corI dial invitation to all to visit De e catur’s newest manufacturing plant Saturday. 0 GEORGE YA KE ON : TRIAL IN COURT s a t Adorns Coiintv Man Goes On Trial For Theft Os 25 Chickens t The state anti the defense conr ! eluded their cases at 2 p. nt. this as- .. ternoon in the jury trial of the state .. of Indiana vs. George Yake. f Yake is accused of stealing 25 chickens belonging to Charles . Bentz in Hartford township. May . 28, 1933. The chickens were valued . at S2O. Yake lives near the Bentz . farm in the same county. Hugh El- - ®ton and Marion Barnthouse of ~ Bluffton confessed to ex-sheriff Luster Howman of Wells county shortly after the alleged offense to being accomplices and were sentenced in the Adams circuit Yourt to 30 days in the A lams county jail an 1 I fined SI.OO and costs. They served their sentences. Barnthouse and Elston were the chief witnesses for the state. Both (accused Yake of ( participating in r the theft. Each said they were un- ’ :ler the influence of liquor at tho time. Mr. and Mrs. Bentz testified as to the number of chickens stolen Yake when put on the stand in ' his own defense testified that he '■ was Innocent of the charge. He stat-j '■ ed that he had not (been on the E Bentz farm for five years. He said I he believed that Charles Bentz had (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE)

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EVERY EFFORT EXTENDED TO AVERT TIEUP Fear Strike, If Called, Will Spread Through Many Industries EASTM AN TALKS TO RAILROAD HEADS W.ishini’ton, Mar. 22 ,UP ’ President llooseveji talked ii)tii) to iiitiii today with union lettdei's who hold the Dower to call a uenend strike ol oi’oaiiized labor throughout ; lhe auto industry. The Preside nt fought l> avert a \\a : koiil which, it was feared, tnitfhl spread through ’ lhe steel ami other key industries. He met the union leaders at the same White House conference table where tight-lipped motor manufacturers assembled yesterday. As William Green, president ot the American Federation of I/tbor, entered the White House, he was asked if there appeared any hop" : of averting the strike. He replied: “The mere fact that we are here makes things look more hopeful." Neither side showed indication of weakening in the dispute over the issue of unionization of motor ; industry, stronghold of the nonunion "open shop. ’ Even the White House appeared none too confident. The only expression forthcoming there was an informal statement that the situation was not hopeless. Union leaders went to the White House directly from a long session with Recovery Adminis- . ttator Hugh Johnson and AssistI ant Administrator Edward Mc- * Grady. They asserted confidently that ; 250,000 men stood ready to walk out of the motor plants tomorrow. They tempered this with protests ' that the strike would be a last resort and that they were anxious to avoid such a tieup. Railway Problem Washington. Mar. 22— (U.R) ■“ Railroad Coordinator Joseph B. : Eastman said today that he probable would have propositions of his own to make to railway operj ators and labor leaders clashing i over wages. After a two-hour conference with the railway executives and before going into a session with the union leaders Eastman said he was spending the day “absorb--1 ing information on both sides.” ‘ And after T have heard both sides.” he said, "I probably will have something to propose my(CONTINURr- ox PVGE SIX) o Initiation At Elks Home This Evening Initiation of a class of candidates will be hel.l at t'!:e Elk’s home in this city this evening. Exhalted ruler Earl Adams and staff of officers will be in charge :of t itualisti" work. A social session will be held following the initiation and members are urged to attend. DIRECTORS TO MEET TONIGHT Chamber of Commerce Directors To Plan Membership Drive A meeting of the directors of the ■ Chamber of ( ommerce will be held • at 7:30 o'clock this evening at the : Chamber of Commerce rooms for : the purpose of making plans for the i annual membership drive of the or 1 ganization. It is likely that the city-wide campaign for members will be made the first week in April. Last year 124 persons were en- ' rolled in tlie Chamber of Com merce. The dues were reduced ! from $5 to $2.50 a year. At the meeting tonight the directors will determine what the dues tor 1934 shall he and decide when the annual 'campaign will be stag- ; ed. Dan Tyn'dal new president of ! the Chamber of Commerce, will I preside at the meeting and will outline part of his program for the year. A few of the standing cotnimltlees will probably be named by the president.