Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 32, Number 77, Decatur, Adams County, 29 March 1934 — Page 1

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JEW RELIEF SETUP EFFECTIVE APRIL 9

tenate Follows House In Overriding Veto

•BENEFIT Ml INED Bl ■.■.OS C . MARGIN lay - *. Debated S e v e n H)-. Wednesday BeHre (listing Notes inerß ■r may ask I EGISLATION , | .tdniiliistrablit uiisii.;Mk fi.Jii tn uphold I’resi\l It’s veter.'H s' < :il(‘(l |od:l> 'IS I | or two voles which. ■i. would Irive turned 4 Illi' < rushiiu' <i« -•! •! I \ idiuillislr I ■ H^Kw<' s ' dramati- \ a'.- on behind Q K, - ' note itself exciting comJ crowded to voted -? Mr. Roese7 added to the — the bonce ■ day It meant' f c li3 Ks dd.ng $228,009.estimates in inO'. ' Hi-..fits .iml pav C K' work- ** emoted '. reversal. Mr. tmt the same fate] fn I’ . .dents Coolidi-.’ too had vetoed - alien only to he congress. bad regained of pension rolls. ’'■■ ••< • vt It economy t . .v n\r,E Twnt ;t wynekoop ■KENTO JML I I — ■”i' Doctor, Convict- '■’• BOf Murder. Starts Sentence Mar. 29— (U.R) —The end of a lifetime of . ; i" l-nal honors and - .lime today to aged I.md-my Wynekoop ns a 1 ' in fainting cotuli b»‘i in a 25 year prison for ihe murder of her in-law. Rheta. in an invalid’s chair co-iatv jail where she , c ’li' last three months, lay witii her eyes MBwiiile tlie jail physician r son. Walker, lifted her k '" whi, h ■ nia,l, ‘ "ll’ to the womens ■ Dwight. I„ r, | the Chicago jail rallied tly woman only slightly lethargy which Dr. Frank -’’a said “probably will her continually." A dark hnwed on her left cheek, n said she fell this morn- ® dressing. once before entering the '•hln which physicians exto spend the rest of her Dr. Wynekoop rally her figor. Her thin mouth ■g. she said positively to and her daughter, Cathho followed her tn Dwight nt do it. Your mother is nrderer.” e Woman Is Awarded $11,200 ”• *nd„ March 29—(UP)— n Wells circuit court last arded Mrs. Pearl Johnson. *11.2(H) damages . against Tormohlen, state senator f county, for injuries rean automobile accident at oi >s In 1932. complaint, Mrs. Johnson ’hat she was permanently, v ide riding with the senahad asked for 125,000.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Vol. XXXII. No. 77.

Visiting President WF Stenio Vincent. President of the I Republic of Haiti, pictured as he arrived at New York for a brief i tour of the United States. He was welcomed l-y a delegation from the I U.B. state department ami Haitian 1 officials. STORES CLOSE FOR SERVICES Retail Stores Will ( lose During Good Friday Services Tomorrow Retail 'business will cease for three hours Friday afternoon, from ' 12 to 3 o'clock, as the community observes Goo 1 Friday. A union service of the Proestant churches will be held at the Methodist chnreh. beginning at 12 o'clock and continuing until three. Tlie Tre Ore will be observed at St. Mary’s Catholl church during the hours when the world contmei morales the death of Jesus Christ on the cross. The ministers of the different ' churches will participate in the t’n--1 ion church service. At St. Mary's Church the Way of the Cross will be made by the congregation at 12:15, 1:45 and 2:45 p. in. Today at St. Mary's church Holy Thursday was observed. On this day the church celebrates the institution of the Holy Eucharist. A period of mourning for the death of Christ is observed from the time of • ; Gloria in the morning mass until : Saturday morning. No bells are ■ 'sounded from today until after ■ mass Saturday. The mass of the presanctified 'will be celebrated at 7:30 o'clock .Good Friday morning at Si. Mary's ■ Catholic chureli. CONTESTS FOR NOMINATIONS Bitter Contests For Congressional Nominations Are Expected 'I Indianapolis, Mar. 29. —(U.R) Vig- ' i orous contests over congressional I nominations in at l£ast three of 'I the 12 districts in Indiana during I the May primaries were promised today as the filing period neared a 1 close. Candidates have until midnight. April 7, in which to file their petitions for places on the spring balI j lots. Terms of all congressmen | expire March 4, 1935. In all but two of the districts—i the sixth and the twelfth—incumbents have filed for renoniination. Mrs. Virginia Jenckes of Terre Haute. Indiana's only woman memi ber of the lower house, has yet to file her candidacy. She has announced her candidacy for the sixth district nomination, however. J Louis Ludlow, representative i from the twelfth district (Marion * *7cONTiNCmToN*PAGIi: TWO)

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FORMER UTILITY HEAD RELEASED ON BOND TODAY Martin Instill Is Freed I When $50,000 Bond Is Given In Court SAMUEL INSULL IS STILL ON STEAMER Chicago, Aar. 29 <U.R> Martin J. insull, who ruled a vast empire of millions with his brother, Samuel, two years ago, stood I meekly before criminal court I Judge Philip .1. Finnegan today I while Ins attorneys won his reI lease on $50,000 bond. | The ' prince" of a vanished em- | pile smiled wanly as guards I brought him into the courtroom | from his cell in the county jail I where he spent the first night of | Ids return to Chicago. His shiny blue serge suit, be- | speaking the poverty of the man. ! carried Hie pungent odor of jail fumigant. . The $50,000 bond, a. flaw in . which prevented InsuJl's reunion f with bi* family when ho was i brought back from Canada last night, was posted by an old i friend. Judge Finnegan after approving tlie bond assigned Insull's trial on charge-’ of stealing $304,720 from the Middle W<A«t Utilities t ompany to Judge James F. Partly. I Trial of the t>s-yeara»ld Instill l probably will not be started for a month or m?fre. Guard Against Landing Istanbul. Turkey. Mar. 29—<U.P) ' The steamship Maiotis, chartered by Samuel Instill in his effort to escape extradition to the United States, arrived at tlie entrance to the Bosporus today and cast anchor. 1 Seamen of the ship guarded the (CONTINVEP ON PACK FIVE) DEATH CLAIMS C. C. MILLER t Retired Farmer Dies Wednesday After An Extended Illness , Charles Christian Miller, 74. retire! farmer and a resident of Ad- . ams County for a number of yearn. , died at the Adams County Memorial Hospital at 11:30 o'clock Wednesday night. Death was due to f complications. He had been in sails ing health for the past year. I Mr. Miller was born in Pennsyl- , vania. April 14. 1559, a son of James - and Mary Reinhart Miller. When he was 16 years of age he came to I A’.iatns County, residing here since that time. His marriage to Theresa ' Springer took place in 1882, and she preceded him in death in 1921. Mr. Miller had engaged in farming for many years and had retired a year or eo ago. He was a member of the Calvary Evangelical 'Chur.t h. He had made his home 1 with his son. Clarence Miller on I route 8. Decatur. Surviving are three children: Clarence Miller, Mrs. Vai Schnepp ■ and Curtis Miller, all residing on route 8, Decatur. One son, Pran- , cis. is deceased. Three brothers and "JcONTTNIIED ON PAGE THREE) o More Candidates File For Offices 1 Several persons filed their declar--1 ations of candidacy with county | clerk Milton C. Werling today. They are: ; Edward S. Christen democrat, committeemen. west Root. 1 D. Ernest Foreman, democrat, ■ committeeman, south Washington. Charles J. Jones, republican, trustee of Blue Creek township. Elmer E. Winans, democrat, committeeman, south St. Marys. Daniel Scherry. democrat, trustee ' of Kirkland township. Edward Zwick. democrat, trustee 1 of Preble township. 'Charles Troutmer. democrat ' trustee of St. Marys township John W. Kraner, democrat, committeeman, Ceylon.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, March 29, 1934.

Teachers “Insane?” "1 JK Dr. Emil Altman, chief medical examinei of the New York Board 1 of Education, who created a, sensation in the pedagogic world with a statement that 1.500 teachers ill New York public schools arc either insane or emotionally unbalanced. Some of these cases, lie says, are liable to become violent at any moment. INJURIES ARE CAUSE OF DEATH 1 Martin Knenemann Dies Os Injuries Sustained In Accident i' Martin Koenemann, 59. farmer, i and lifelong resident of Adams I County Memorial Hospital at 12:15 > o'clock this afternoon of injuries received two weeks ago in an automobile accident. Mr. Koenemann was seriously injured Saturday. March 17. when he was struck by an automobile, driven by an Evansville woman, as he was crossing U. S. road 27 north of Decatur. He was returning from the Ml Bultemeier funeral when I the a. ( Went occurred. Both legs | were broken in several places and he has been a patient at the local hospital. . He was born in Preble township, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Koeneinann. He was married to Mary Berning who preceded Jiim in marriage 29 years ago. No children - were born to the union. Mr. Koenemann had made his home witii the . Martin Schroeder family, seven ■ miles north of Decatur, on road 27. He was a member of the St. Johns i Lutheran Church. Surviving are a brother, August Koenemann of New Haven; a half ■ brother, Lawrence of Port Wayne. 1 and a halt' sister, Mrs. Adella Wehr- ' man of Springfield. 111.. Two broth--1 ers preceded him in death. ‘ Funeral arrangements have not ■ been made. The body will remain ' at the W. H Zwick and eon funeral home until arrangements have been i (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) i I JUNIOR CLASS : TO GIVE PLAY .. Decatur Class M ill Present Comedy Friday Night, April 6 The comedy, "Too Many Bosses.” ■ by J. C. McMullen will be presented by the junior class of the Decatur high school In the school audi- ’ . torium Friday night, April 6. The scene of the cilever plar takes place in te living room of the Lakin home. Admission prices are 15 and 25 cents. Tickets may be purchased from any member of the junior class or at the door of the auditor- ■ ium on the night of the premeditation. Miss Verneal Whalen has direct-, ed the play. Mass Evelyn Kohls will be the pianist. Charles McGill, the , business manager and' Calvin Magley, the stage manager. FoWowing is the vast of charac- ■ ’ |ters: i Vida Lakin, the lovesick sixteen i ' (CONTINUED ON FACIE FIVE),

CITY TO ADOPT SALARY BATES City Council Will Adopt Salary Ordinance At Meeting Tonight The 1933 acts of the legislalure- ' provides that certain city officials "may be paid additional salary" tn a-idttlon to the civil city allowance, in cases where the officials manage and operate a municipal plant. The se-tlon governing salaries in cities of 5.00(1 to 7.000 population reads: "Mayor. $900; clerk-treamur-er. $1,200; city attorney. $500; members of the council, SIOO ea> h; county auditor for services in col-li-ctins taxes. $75." Section 21 of chapter 233, on classification of civil cities reads: "The salaries as herein authorized shall be in full for all services per formed for the city including services for any public utility or utilities owned and operated by such city; except that the common councbuncil of any city which owns and operates a public utility or utilities shall, by ordinance duly enacted on or before the first Monday in September, 1933. and thereafter on or Wore the first day of April in the years in which elections for election of city officers are hell, provide that the mayor, city attorney, city civil engineer and city controller of such city may receive, from the funds of such utility or utilities a salary in addition to the annual salary herein otherwise authorized, whioh additional salary shall not exceed the sum total of per year.” The acts also provided a minimum salary for city officials. Section 24 reails: “Wherever, by any provision of this act. it is provided that the .common council of any city shall fix the salary of any officer or employee at an amount not exceeding the amount herein prewcrile ed such provision shall lie eonstru(CONTINI’ED ON RAGE FIVE) ADAMS COUNTY REDISTRICTED Election Commissioners Apportion Delegates For State Conventions The Adam,s county election board met at the county clerk's office Wednesday' night and appor:ioned the delegates for tlie state conven- ; lions. The Democrats received 15 delegates this year and the Republicans seven. The number is based on tlie number of votes cast for tlie secretary of state in the last general election. One delegate is given for each 400 votes. Tlie election commissioners this year are Walt Johnson, Republican, and Clark Lutz, Democrat. The districts are: Democrat First—East Union. West Union. I East Root. Second West Root, North i Preble. | Third South Preble, North Kirkland. Fourth — North Washington. ; South Washington. Fisth —North St. Marys. South St. | Marys. North Bine Creek, South Blue Creek. Sixth — North Monroe, French. South Kirkland. Seventh — East Jefferson. West (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) 2 1 MORE SHOPPING DAYS UNTIL EASTER I

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COMMITTEE TO CALL EDUCATOR FOR TESTIMONY House Rules Committee Would Summon Supt. Wirt To Washington WIRT REAID TO (JIVE EVIDENCE Washington. Mar. 29. U.R -The house rules committee today approved a resoution to bring Dr. William A. Wirt before a special investigating committee and “require" him to reveal his “red plot" informants. The house itself was expected to adopt the investigation resolution later today. Byrns indicated Wirt probably would be summoned before the .special committee early next week "If there is anyone in the govern ment who made tlie alleged ‘revo lution' statement, they ought to be tired." said Byrns. "I think that anyone making such wild statements should be stopped." Byrns said Republican sugges tions for an inquiry beyond Wirt's charges "becloud the issue." "There is no sense in having an investigation into the efficacy of the Democratic program," lie add(CONTINI'EI) ON PAGE THREE) 0 Library To Close For Good Friday The Decatur public library will remain closed Friday afternoon until 3 o'clo k. Miss Ruth Winnes. librarian, announce! today. The library will be closed in observance • of Good Friday. — o Courthouse Closed During Services All offices of the Adame County courthouse will remain closed Friday afternoon from 12 o'clock noon until 3 o'clock in observance of Goo I Friday. Workmen Rapidly Clearing Decatur Os Storm’s Debris A warm sun today melted the ice which covered the lanfscape since the cleet storm Monday night. The work of clearing the walks and sidewalks of broken tree limbs continued and crews of men were engaged in restoring communication and electric light systems in the city. Officials of the Citizens Telephone company expressed hope that long distance service would be resumed tomorrow and Saturday, the toll line to Fort Wayne being repaired as rapidly as possible. City plant employes worked diligently onx the job repairing the electric lines and hoped to have all the circuits in service by this evening. TARIFF BILL IS TO BE AMENDED Reciprocal Tariff Bill To Limit Bargaining To Three Years Washington. Mar. 29. —(U.R) —The house Democratic leadership lei cided to amend the administration reciprocal tariff bill today to limit ■the new trade bargaining policy to ;three years. The move, sponsored by Democratic members of the ways and means coinftittee, came as the ' leadership drove for passage of the bill before adjournment. Opposition to the bill on grounds that it would embark the nation on a permanent trade bargaining pol- | icy was silenced by the decision to | limit the measure. Under the proposed amendment ’ the act as well as trade agreements made under it would be limited to (three years after enactment of the bill. The Democratic members of the | committee also decided to offer an ' (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE)

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First May Queen '> * o w* F w ' k 1 To beautiful Susan Sheppard, daughter of Senator and Mrs. Morris Sheppard, of Texas, belongs the distinction of being the first of the annual crop of May Queens to be selected. She will be crow ned May Queen of Duke University at ceremony to take place May 5. CONSIDER FOOD FOR PRISONERS I Ruling By Attorney General That Board Will Be Checked To Sheriff The matter of feeding prisoners at the county jail will be taken up by the board of county commissioners in session next Mon- ■ day. The state board ct accounts contends that the money paid to the sheriff for hoard of prisoners comes under the head of "fees" and the 1933 legislature enacted ■ a law eliminating fees from the sheriff's pSy. An opinion on the question has been given by Attorney General Lutz and the state board of accounts lias sent instructions to county auditors. A ruling was, made that the amounts paid to theriffs for the months of January, February and March, would be allowed. Beginning April. 1. , any sums paid to the sheriff for boald of prisoners will be checked back against the sheriff, the instructions stated. The law provided that tlie sheriff should receive 20 cents for each meal served inmates of the ' jail. The sheriff must furnish 1 ihe f(M)d and have someone prepare it and serve it to the prison- : ers. No extra allowance was | trade for a cook or the work connected with serving the meals. Sheriff Burl Johnson and former Adams county sheriffs have fed | the prisoners about the same kind j of food as was prepared for their ■ (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) I Offices To Close At Noon Saturday All the offices in the court house will close at 11:30 Saturday morn-; ' ing. The officials will spend Satur- j day afternoon making out their quarterly reports. o Motion Overruled By Judge DeVoss 1 Judge Huber M. DeVass overruled today a motion for an arrest of ' judgment in the case of the State! (of Indiana vs. George Yake. Yake's j ! attorney then filed a motion for a ' new trial which has not been ruled upon. Yake was convicted last Thursday by a jury in the Adams circuit ■ court on a charge of stealing chickens from Charles Bentz. He was sentenced to six months in the state penal farm and fined SIOO and , j costs. He is being held in the Ad-i ams county jail.

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PLAN TO NAME RELIEFUNITS IN EACH COUNTY Relief In Indiana Is Completely Reorganized By Commission (JIVE ORDERS FOR STRICT ECONOMY lii<li;iini|>olLs, Mar. 29 Complete reorganization of government reliel in Indiana to take the place of the civil works program which ends Saturday night, was announced todav by the governor's commission on unem- , plovment. 'the new setun, effective Anril 9. was worked out bv relief executives and Gov. Paul V. McNutt late yesterday. The plan, effective wherever ' federal aid is to be made available, either through the works program or direct relief, provides that county relief units are to lie : appointed in each county. In most cases the county relief ( administrator, who also has been 1 the CWA officer, will continue to ! administer relief. In those instances where tl.e relief administrator and CWA officer are two individuals, the CWA administrai tor will be released. Provision is made under the ! new setup for co-ordination of all ( relief investigation through a case-work department and township trustees will be requested to ' cooperate with the division. If the federal program is not i accepted in any township, federal ! aid will be withheld under new I regulations of the federal erneri gency relief administration. Strict economy in the adtninis- ; (ration of relief was ordered In the new setup. The commission | pointed out that allotments heve 1 been reduced practically 75 per ’ cent, and that only persons In destitute condition are to be given help. A total of $1,300,000 was allotted Indiana for April relief under the ' FERA nrogram. At the height of tlie CWA program during the past winter, as much as $1.500,0k) , went out in CWA payrolls and materials for projects in one week, lite commission figures showed. The plan as worked out by *he commission yesterday lias three major divisions. They are: 1. A plan of work for cities and towns of more than 5.009 . population whereby employment sufficient to provide necessitiei of life will be made available. (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) o Measles Prevalent In Adams County Adams county had an epidemic of measles for he week-en ling March 24, according o the morbidity report published by the state board of bealt'i. Fourteen cases were reported for that week. Two cases of scarI let fever were reported for the same period. There were no cases of diphtheria reported. GIVE CANTATA HERE SUNDAY Easter Cantata Will Be Presented At Methodist Church Sunday T'ie program for the cantata to be held at the Methodist church ' Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock has been announced. Singere from various churches in the city will take part. The cantata is entitled “Life J Everlasting" by H. W. Petrie. Mrs. Dan Tyndall will direct the cantata (and Mrs. Carrie Hauibold will play |the organ. The program is as follows: Scripture—Rev. Charles M. Prugh Prayer—Rev. George O. Walton. Duet. “Come Only Salvation” — Mrs. Dan Tyndall and Helen Hau- , bold. "Ye Slow of Heart’—Mrs. Dan Tyndall and choir. “Life Everlasting''.—Choir Offertory -Rev. U. S. A. Bridge. Solo, "lEarth Could Not Hold Him—'Helen Hau-bold. “Crown the Risen King" Choir. (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)