Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 32, Number 91, Decatur, Adams County, 14 April 1934 — Page 1

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JOHN DILLINGER ELUDES OFFICERS

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Vol. XXXII. No. 91.

RE-OPEN WHEAT | ! CONTRACT PLAN Wheat Adjustment Program Has Been Re-op-ened In County The officers of the‘Adams coun-1 ty wheat production control asso-i ’ elation have received word that Ihe wheat adjustment contract had been re-opened and f«-el that I possibly many wheat growers will i be interested in securing the adjustment payments. The contract is re-opened for three groups of wheat producers, as follow®: 1. Those who filled out an ap j plication blank last fall but did not complete a contract. By sign I ing the contract now. they can get I full benefit payments for 1933, 1934. and 1935 | 2. Those who want to fill out their application blanks and con- | tracts now. They will get the last , installment of the 1933 benefit payment and all of the 1934 and 1935 payments. 3. Those who had wheat in only 1932 and 1933. They are enI titled to grow 85 per cent of their 1932 acreage for harvest in 1934. lint their benefit payments are reduced. Any farmer wishing to have information on the subject or wish ing to sign up should see one of the officers in his community and leave his name. Soon thereafter he will be notified "when to appear in the county agent's office to make applications and receive his contract. The officers of the various communities are as follows: Preble - Kirkland — Chairman. James D. Brown, Jr. and Fred A<l , ler and Carl Nuerge. 1 Root-Washington -Chairman, E. IW. Btisi he. and Winfred Gerke and Frank Braun. Vnion-St. Marys —Chairman, J. W. Wakey, and Walter Whitten barger and Howard Mauller. French - Monroe - Blue Creek — Chairman. Edwin Neuhauser. and J. L. Graber and Jacob Kauffman i Hartford - Wabash - Jefferson— Chairman. Ralph S. Myers, ami Arthur Kenney and Ruben Romey. FOUR MEMBERS OF FAMILY DIE Killed When Struck By Passenger Train Near Hamlet, Ind. Hamlet, Ind., April 14 —(UP) — Four members of one family were' killed instantly today when their 1 automobile was struck by a Pennsylvania passenger train on stlte !road 29 near here i Although the bodies were mangled beyond recognition, authorities ■ established their identities as W. (CONTTNtTF?n ON PAGE SIX) — o Demented Veteran Critically Hurt Warsaw. Ind.. Apr. 14 —(CP) — Wounded critically when he resisted arrest on charge of deserting his I wife and four children. Frank la>ng , 55, demented war veteran, was re--1 ported dying today in McDonald Hospital here. Long was captured in Elkhart county, near his farm home at Etna Green, by a posse combing the area tor John Dillinger and a companion who had robbed the Warsaw police arsenal a few hours earlier. — 0 Democrat Women To Meet Thursday The Adams County Demmratic Women's Club will hold the regular meeting Thursday night in the court house. All women of the club are asked to attend the business business meeting at 7:30 o’clock which will include the election of officers for the coming year The meeting will be open to the 1 public at 8 o'clock. This will be candidate night and all candidates are invited to attend. Mrs. Faye Smith Knapp, president of the clulb. will Introduce all state, county and city of Devatur candidates present at the meeting. Mrs. John Tyndall is chairman of the program and has obtained Joseph McNamara, assistant attorney general of Indianapolis as speaker for the evening. Dick Heller of I Indiana-polis will accompany Mr--1 McNamara here.

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Dillinger Raids Indiana Jail a,CsaMMMBMMifcMMBM * ■< - ■' - toT M Mb sb E r.~ ■< jj- , mi.,— • ( Polui-inan Judd Pittlnger examining the cabinet in the Warsaw. Ind., jail from which John Dillinger 00k bullet proof vests ami two revolvers in his spectacular raid on the jail shown at right. ,

CHURCH GROUP TO GIVE PLAY Play Will Be Presented At First Christian Church Monday Night Group four of the First Christian Church will present a play. "Our Church Fair." Monday evening at 8 o’clock at the Christian : church. The plot of the play takes place at a Sewing Circle. It is in two . acts and promises many laugh-. ' The cast of < hara. lers is as fol--1 lows: — — - I i Mrs. Roberts, who wants to be president —Grace Licht ensteiger Mrs. Henry, young, giddy, fond of novels Mrs. Oren Schultz Mrs. Jackson, president of the society Sylvia Ruhl Mrs. Brett, on dinner commit- j tee ’Charlotte Butler Mrs. la>wis. the minister's wife — Mrs. Elmer Darwaehtqr Mrs. Lawson, plump—Kathryn King Mrs. Brown, anxious to get new church attendants — Kathryn Murphy Mrs. Addison, very inquisitive —Mrs. Henry Neireiter Mrs. Ridgely, sensitive Mrs. Homer Ruhl Mrs. Otis, on dinner committee —Roselyn Foreman Mrs. Thompson, decidedly close ’ —Romaine Elzey Mrs. Drew, just n arried — Gertrude Brandyberry. Miss Mina Collier will have charge of the music. The admisi sion price to the play will be ten cents. The public is invited. THOMAS GRADY IS FOUND DEAD Railroad E m n I o y e Is Found Dead At Home Os Brother Today Thomas .1. Grady, 74, a resident of Decatur for the last year and a | half, was found dead in his room at , the home of his brother. John F. I Grady, 1215 Madison street, at 5:30 ’ o'clock this morning. Mr Grady was found by his bro-1 ther in his room. He was sitting in ; a chair. County Coroner Robert 1 Zwiek investigated the case and ' death was said to have been caus- [ ed by angina pectoris. (Mr. Grady was bora in Ohio on November 14. 1857, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Grady He had resiled in Icei'atur with his brother, John, and sister Emma on Madi- i son street for the last year and a , half. He had been a railroad em- ' ploye for a number of years. 1 • The deceased was a member of' the St. Mary's Catholic chur li. He. was never married. He is survived | by the brother and sister and seven nieces and nephews Funeral services will 1.-e held Monday morning at 9 o’clock from j the St. Mary's Catholic church with Rev. J. J. Selinetz officiating. Burfal will be in the Catholic cemetery at Fort Wayne. The body will be remove! to the , Grady home from the Zwick Funeral home Sunday morning at 9 o’clock-

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, April 14, 1934.

Braille Library Books Available Puth Winnes, the local librarian!, received the fidlowing interesting notice from the Indiana State I.ibr ary trustees concerning Braille library books. The state is now prepared to loan through the local library Braille books to the blind. Ap proximately six hundred titles are now ready. Any blind person in this county may borrow books in embossed print without cost. The books are sent to the local library through the mails. A registration card will be sent to the borrower in this county upon request. This card must be signed by the bor rower and some other responsible person. SENIORS GIVE PLAY TUESDAY Three-Act Coirtedy Will Be Presented At Kirkland High School A three act comedy, "Everybody's Getting Married" by William Russell Moore will be pre- : sented by the senior class of th* Kirkland high school Tuesday night, April 17. The comedy is i presented by special arrangement 1 with the Willis N. Bugbee Com-' ! pany of Syracuse, New York. Reginald D'Arcy is faced with ■ the problem of marrying six women within thirty days for the sake of a dead aunt and a million dollars. The public is invited to witness this clever three act comedy. Admission will be 15 and 25 cents. Following is the cast of charac t ers: Dean Garrett, a business genius Harry Beavers Reginald D'Arcy, a quiet young mao Ted Mann i Viola Compton, his fiancee Helen Hildebrand i James, his valet Roltert Ehrnmn I Mr. Gordon, a Philadelphia lawyer Elmer Schrader | Mrs. Lancaster, a rich widow B ene Beer I Mrs. Hardin, another widow, not so rich Mabel Harvey Marie Blake, a business girl i Marie iSeherrv | Miss Effie Cramer, a spinster Eileen Byerly Dulcey Lane, an actress Pollyinna Lehman: Mrs. O'Leary, an Irich wash woman Ilena Smith Mr. Slickum. attorney. Mr. Garrett's assistant James Shady , Floppy Smith. Tip McCarty, | Spike Jones, three gentlemen of fortune—Loren Northman. , Glen Roth. James McCullough. o—z 0 —z Seek Young Trees For Homestead Site James Elberson. president of De- ! catur Homesteads, inc., has requested that any persons having young trees, native to Indiana, which they wish to donate for transplanting at the homestead site, report to him Indiana trees, such as maple. | from four to six feet high, are want- ; ed. Approximately 650 trees have already been donated by Adams . County residents and more are needed. j

JUNIOR LEADS IN HONOR ROLL I Twenty-Five Students On Honor Roll At Decatur High School Alice Jane Archbold, a junior in 1 the Decatur high school led the honor roll for the second six weeks ( of the second semester, it was announced today. Tlie names of 26 student; in the high school appeared on the honor rool. 11 of whom were seniors, six sophomores, six freshmen and three juniors. , Following is the complete honor I roll: i Alice Jane Archbold 5A Virginia Dole'll 4A IB Marie Grether 4A Barbara Krick 4A Rosie Moyer 4A Agnes Nelson 4A William Tutewiler 4A Mildred Andrews 3A 1141 Richard Andrews 3A IB Pauline Hakey 3A IB Albert Keller 3A IB Helena Rayl 3A IB William Schafer 3A IB Marguerite Staley 3A IB Margaret 'Campbell 3A IB Wilma Andrews 2A 2B Jeanette Christen 2A 2B Meredith Cline 2A 2B ('harles Ehinger 2A 2B Marcella Gilbert 2A 2B Faye Martin 2A 2B Joyce Riker 2A 2B Helen Suttles 2A 2B Corolene Townsend 2A 2B Mary K. Tyndall 2A 2B Harold Zimmerman 2A 2B 0 PRESIDENT TO MEET LEADERS Will Urge Speedy Completion Os Legislative Program Washington. Apr. 14 — (U.P) — ! President Roosevelt, in fighting trim, was ready today to call in I Democratic leaders of the house and senate and urge speedy com- | i pletion of tl»e administration's legi'dative program. Cheered by favorable economic i reports of General Hugh S. Johnj son and others. Mr. Roosevelt was anxious to consolidate and hold I these gains by close Adherence to the original schedule outlined , when congress convened. His views were to be communi- | rated first to party lieutenants in I the senate who were summoned to meet with him at the White House this afteiaoon. Tomorrow night house leaders will have their inning. In each Instance the entire legislative picture to date will he surveyed, and the importance of each problem weighed carefully. , Reluctant to discuss Capitol Hill developments until he has a bet-! i ter picture of what has happened | since he left on his 10-day vacation the President was reported i by some friends to be concerned , over several pending measures. It was generally agreed that he | i ON PACjE TWO)

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SAMUEL INSULL BOARDS SHIP TO UNITED STATES Former Utility Magnate On Way Back To Face Serious Charges FACING TRIAL ON CHARGE OF FRAUD Aboard S. S Exilonu, at Sea, Apr. 14.—(U.R) Samuel Insull. asleep in his cabin aboard the passenger cargo ship Exilona, started back to his adopted country today to face trial on fraud ehaiges. In the cabin next to Insull, as the Exilona sailed from picturesque old Smyrna at 12:30 a. in., today, was Burton Y. Berry, third secretary of the American embassy at Istanbul, detailed to accompany him on tlie 5.000-mile voyage to Boston. Mass., where it is due May 6 or 7. Berry planned to alternate in watching Insull with Captain Wenzel Ha'bel, master of the Exilona. who was detailed as joint custod ian.. Insull. his utility empire a memory. his millions evaported. facing a return under arrest to Chicago where a few years ago he was a lavish patron of grand opera, regained his nerve when lie realized liis 18 months tight to evade extradition was over. From the moment the 74 year-old naturalized American left tlie detention house at Istanbul where he had been held, he became alert and smiling, and seemed years younger than the bent, complaining man who had said at Athens only a month ago that he was dying of heart disease. A little packet took him from (Istanbul to Panderman, therminus of the direct railway to Smyrna. He belli up well on a tedious, utiICONTTNURD ON PAGE SIX) GIVE PROGRAM SUNDAY NIGHT Berne Mennonite Choir Will Give Program Here Sunday Night The large chorus choir of the Berne Mennonite Church will give the following program at the F’rst United Brethren Church in this city Sunday evening at 7:30 o'clock. Invocation—Rev. Chas. J. Roberts Song. "Lift Up Your Heads” — Ashford—Chorus. Quartet, "Hear My Prayer" — Schuler—Baumgartner. Ilahegger. Liechty, I.iechty. Boys Chorus. "I Want My Life to Tell” —Lorenz. Vocal Duet. "Despised and Rejected- — Dorcas Liechty. Lores Stucky. Song. “Halleluiah. What A Saviour"—Bliss—Chorus. Violin Quartet—Selected— Baumgartner. Burkhalter, Hahegger, Lehman. Vocal Solo, "Make Me A Blessing” - Miss Mildred Habegger. Song, "Christ Mv Soul Will Keep” —Ackley—Chorus. Reading. "The Colonels Word Shall Stand" Vivian Ix>hman. Song. "Jesus Paid It All” —Beazley—Chorus. Offering. ’ Choruses led by Mildred Habegger i Boys Quartet Selected — Stu?ky. Nussbaum. Sprunger. Lehman. Girls Chorus— A "Jesus” —Hall B "Onlv Glory By and Ry” — Loveless. Instrumental Trio — Selected — Stucky, Steiner, Stucky. Song, "Saved”. Hickman—Chorus. Benediction—Rev. C. J. Roberts. Motz Scthcr Onens New Store Tonight Motz Sether’s new nlace of business on North Second street, opposite Miller's bakery, will open to the public tonight. This store 1 has been attractively fitted out with handsome furniture and fixI tores and Motz will carry a comI plete line of candies, soft drinks. I cigars, cigarettes and lunch. Motz 1 invites all ills old friends and I every one else to call and inspect j his new stand, promising exceli lent service and a cordial welcome.

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Decatur G. E. Plant Boasts Fine Record This week's issue of the Works I I News, publication of tin- General! [ Electric Company, contains an i 11 item relative to the record made in ih,. Decatur woik In nol hav j iiig a fire at the local plant since, 1928. The item reads: “ "It was on April 25. 1928, that ' : the Decatur Plant last had a I lire that entailed any loss. The! I loss in that case was hut $lO, | j so it can count only nominally. "Six consecutive years in a I large manufacturing plant with-, i out a fire loss must be account-1 'ed "some fire loss record.” This | means, as the record now stand:),! 2,179 days in a long row during . which no blaze ate up property I ( and threatened disaster. "This record was made only by . good housekeeping and constant . : care on the part of all. It is a fine record, one to he prfiud of i and worthy as an example. , | "Congratulations. Decatur, and may you keep right on deserving < them.” > FIVE WOUNDED IN GUN BATTLE FRIDAY NIGHT l Find Body of Man Believed One of Those Attempting Holdup TRIED TO HOLD UP FILLING STATION i i , Hoopeston, 111., Apr. 14. —(U.R) — I' Surgeons fought desperately today to save the lives of five men woundI * ' ied in a savage gun battle. A sixth 4 ; victim of the duel between a courageous deputy sheriff and three bandits was one of lhe outlaws who was carried away by his compan- 1 ions. In a plot to rob the Webber filli ing station two miles from here ’last night the three bandits enter- ■ ed an adjacent lunch room. Fhere were 13 persons in the tiny room, including William Heist who is a tilling station attendant and also a, ’deputy sheriff. • Body Is Found i Williamsport. Ind., Apr. 14. —(U.R) I —The body of a man with three ' bullet holes in his hack and believed to have been slain in a holdup 1 near Hoopeston. 111., last night, was > found today along the highway near > here. The man was identified as t Clifford Holycross of Bismarck, linear Hoopeston. Police believe Holycross was ; dumped from a bandits' car after - three robbers escaped during a gun ; battle in which four other persons _ were wounded. Simultaneously . with discovery of the dead bandit,' Danville police arrested a suspect | > at Danville, but refused to give any information. CONGRESSMEN FOR INFLATION 131 Representatives Sign Petition To Force Vote On Measure I Washington, Apr. 14.—(U.R) —Tlie identity of congressmen who are 1 sponsoring the house currency in--1 flation drive is revealed today by ' l the United Press in a list of the 131 ' i representatives who have signed a petition which would force a vote on the Frazier-Lemke bill. The Frazier-Lemke bill which provides for currency inflation of as much as $2,500,000,000 through the refinancing of farm mortgages by issuance of currency backed by | bonds representing the farm propj erties is one of several measures ’which administration forces are , fighting vigorously. t A total of 145 signers to the peti- ’ tion is necessary to bring a vote on the measure. A similar petition " j was circulated on the McLeod froz--1 en bank deposit "payoff bill". This * was sidetracked by the Democratic 1 leaders through a parliamentary maneuver. '! In the case of the Frazier-Lemke ' 1 petition, the total of signers at one time reached 139. only six short of ’ the number needed to force a vote April 23. Democratic leaders, armed with a “secret list" of signers, (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR)

OFFICERS FAIL TOTRAPOUTLAW IN OLD HAUNTS Bankers Take Precautions Against Possible Gang Holdups POLICE CAPTAIN AIDS IN SEARCH Warsaw, Inti., Apr. 11. (U.R) Hope of finding John Dillinger in northern Indiana's kike region was abandoned today bv hundreds of police, vigilantes and sheriff's officers whom he eluded ! idler raiding the Warsaw police arsenal. State police planned to oontinue a search of summer cottages where the elusive Indiana outlaw and one of his henchmen, ' Homer Van Meter, might have taken refuge but it was feared j they had returned to their old ! haunts in Chicago. Meanwhile Indiana bankers took added precautions to guard against possible holdups by the gang. The bold removal of four bullet proof vests and two revolvers from the Warsaw police station can mean only that Dillinger is planning another series of raids lon mid western banks or other i financial institutions, police he- { lieve. Jud Pittinger, Warsaw night ’ patrolman who crurageously tried to capture Dillinger, was recovering today from blows on the head which were administered by Van Meter after the officer had shown ■j "too much fight.” Pittenger was walking his heat near the station when accosted by Dillinger and Van Meter. Recog- , nizing the Indiana gang leader at i once, Pittenger grappled for a ICONTtNIipn ON PAGE SIX) BOARD MEMBER GIVES RULING State Election Commissioner Issues Ruling On Withdrawals Fred G. Gause, member of the state election hoard, by long distance telephone Thursday afternoon gave Clark J. Lutz. Demo- ; cratic member of the Adams county, election board a ruling on the placing of names of candidates to the state convention on the ballot. According to Gause's opinion, it lis impossible for candidates to withdraw their names from the , ballot within the period of thirty days before the primary. The deadline was last Saturday. However, an amendment was made to the law which applies to delegates for the state conven- | tions which makes it possible for i them to file up to within twenty days before the election, or ten days after the deadline for eandi- ; dates on the regular tickets. The portion of the law which I deals with withdrawals of state delegates was not amended. Thus it is possible to file declarations I (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) o Phi Delts To Hold Special Meeting The Decatur chapter of the Phi Delta Kappa fraternity will hold a i special meeting at 2 o’clock Sunday afternoon at the fraternity rooms on West Monroe street. Several pledges will be given the initiatory ’ work. All members are urged to at- ’ tend this meeting. o W. C. T. U. Institute Next Friday. /Apr. 20 The Adams County Women's Christian Temperance Union annual institute will be held In the Evangelical church, Friday. April 20. The meeting will be in two , sessions, morning and afternoon. Small Roof Fire Causes $1 Damage > i ' A small roof fire caused damage estimated at SI.OO at the Harvey Brod'betk home on Dlerkes street, I Friday evening about 5 o'clock. The ■ fire was caused by a spark from the ehiinuey.