Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 32, Number 97, Decatur, Adams County, 21 April 1934 — Page 1

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Il CONVICTS 11 KILLED IN ■SCSPEEFFORT ■ Men Killed By ■aid- \t Arkansas * a te Prison Today ■otim; details KE\ haled ■.bluff. Ark.. Apr 21- ■ (, u;1 I (I s killed two convicts today at prison farm *llllll were Claude ’■ Honl. r>. Wide 1 v p<>li<c < haracter, and JfiXewkrt. 12. who was iwo-vear sentence auto theft. ~ting were i, authorities slain by trusty ...... ffi. iais said, in the miles from the serving a 21 year sent bb.-ry of Southi many at Little Rock. police record. The department said he was in ('olnmbiis. Ohio, for murder of Herman ami in several other : ii-ation in robberthefts. w.m’-il. the prison depart foi major crimes in ami in Arkansas. and Louisiana. "B Dancer Heard H On Kidnap Charge April 21—(UP) — ..f .' tress' hath were no longer today from a judge. seeking preliminary hear h.i'iav Dowling, film ■. should be held for trial on charges. ■ : witness, Mar- -• reeu "extra" ami ■v ml.I a halting story of bee<| by the defend ■ a Yu" Arz... hotel room |Min ain attempt to force ■o marriage. ■ Arrested For ■ Many Bad Checks Apr. 21 — (IT I Sir’" ■ seven mile chase !« 1 leal D Baldock. $7 ’ a charge of passof bad checks 'a ’.ianapolis. drivair .i ol- in which Rali 0 elude cap’lire. tor questioning. m two near .stiles -d them over side ■>' ' -!i fields of Putnam before the capture was ■ Man Fatally K Hurt In Accident ■ I’ I April 21 —( UP) —Un--•aiousness of injur- : automobile wreck |Mt E. Swisher. 45, died in a Rivet -i,.iek late yesterday. wa- injured when the in which he was riding Kilmer. 30, struck a 'hr- two continued their to the river. A S. Newell said Swisha crushed cheat and r “.| lung il>ut stimulation taken previously propair, and kept him |^B e <dtzing .seriousness of his “ —o —• ■A Payroll For ■ W Totals $435.6(1 !■ ' )a^ro " f <,r last week for "orker.s i n Adams County ■E'’ 11 '" to $425 60. The time at ,he local reemploy- ■° co and sent to llndianapothe checks are made out a detj. B c m' an ’ s County reemployE, e is required to maike a actl weel{ of the number of • arp registered at the ofwho are working either on ■ or private joibs. The men Bv. e Pni P lo yed last week ex- ■„ one local industry not ■ a ,' el are FERA m); PWA, ■t PM ind " strieß ' 3? -: Federal •■ „ 011 the Decatur Homeseven.

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Franklin Highway Meeting On May 14 A movement to consolidate all state Benjamin (Franklin assocla Hons with the national association ’ will (be discussed at a meeting to be held May 14 at Van Wert. The Ohio association will meet at 11:00 o'clock and the national association at 1:30 o’clock Merger of all the associations is .being proposed in order to have one strong organization to promote the national highway on an extensive scale. A conference was held at Van I Wert yesterday to make plans for I the May 14 meeting at the offices . lof€. A. L. Purmort, national presipdent. Il was attended by C. M Fetzer. Lodi, state president; U. Jay l | Edwards. Leßoy, state secretary; IE. L. Woosley, Finlay, national sec- > retary, and John H. Williamson, ■'Findlay, as well as Mr Purmort. | o F. 0. R. SIGNS CONTROL BILL :! Bankhead Cotton Control Bill Is Signed By President Today ' ' Washingon. April 21. — (U.R) — ’ I President Roosevelt signed the i Bankhead cotton control bill today ' and embarked the nation on its first experience in compulsory crop limitation. The act restricts this year's cot1 ton crop to 10.000,000 bales by levying a tax of 50 per cen on produc- | tion in excess of quotas assigned by the agricultural adjustment administration. Tax exemption cer- , titivates will be issued to cover amounts within quota limits. i Critics of administration charged that the Bankhead plan in- ’ volws '"regimentation'' and is a step toward national "collectivism.” ’ It is an arbitrarily-imposed padlock on the right of individuals to grow 1 as much as he chooses, they said. 1 The bill's supporters replied that the cotton belt demanded such ’ legislation; that no thought has been given to applying the compulsion principle to other crops, except tobacco; that the act will op--1 erate only for the rest of this year unless producers choose to continue it.. I Farm administrators, it was said. I expect an early court test of the act. Secretary of Agriculture , Henray A. Wallace supported the ’ measure only after questionnaires distributed by the AAA demonstrated the feeling of the cotton * belt. Wallace is not certain the (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) American Dollar Sinks To 99.01 Cents ' i New York. April 21 —(IT) —The 1 American dollar today sank to 99.01 cents in terms of the French Franc and was at a level which would 1 make profitable shipment of gold ' to France from the United states ;on an exchange basis. The franc i touched 6J70 cents up 3% points ! from the previous close and a reels ord high for the present unit. STRIKERS HEAR ■ MRS. PINCHOT ' Mrs. Gifford Pinchot Attacks Johnson In Indianapolis Speech 1 Indianapolis, April 21. (U.R) — " Terming Gen. Hugh S. Johnson. 1 national recovery administrator, 5 the nation's No. 1 chiseler on NRA codes, Mrs. Gifford Pinchot, wife of tTi? governor of Pennsylvania, told striking hosiery workers here last | night that collective bargaining is the salvation of industry. Speaking in the national guard r armory before a mass meeting of „ strikers and sympathizers. Mrs. “ Pinchot said legitimate trade union- '' ism is the true American way of settling problems of industry. She condemned company unions as contrary to the spirit of the ' national recovery acl but found J fault with administration of the , recovery machinery. "We in Pennsylvania are in lav--1 or of the spirit of the measure, hut 1 General Johnson is responsible foi ; all the chiseling that exists and he is chiseler No. 1 himself." she said. .'I “In Pennsylvania some oi the ' worst sweat shops are flying the I ’(CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE)

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COLLEGES ARE DROPPED FROM ASSOCIATION Executive Committee Upholds Dismissal From Accredited List 15 HIGH SCHOOLS ALSO DISMISSED Chicago. Apr. 21 (U.R) —The I executive committee of the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools today upheld the dismissal of seven colleges and universities from its I accredited list. Tlie seven institutions, dropped for causes ranging from overemphasis on athletics to keeping p.Mir records, are: Ashland College, Ashland. O. University of Detroit. Detroit. I 1 McKendree College. Lebanon. i Illinois. College of the Ozarks, Clarks ' I vllle, Ark. Xavier University. Cincinnati. Rochester Junior College. RochI ester, Minn. Regis College, Denver. Only one of the seven made an i appeal to the executive committee i today — Detroit University — but , its appeal was denied and the recommendation of the reviewing board upheld. Detroit University was dropped because of “an athletic situation.” The executive committee also upheld the recommendations for dropping 15 high schools. 10 of ’ which are in Chicago, from the association's accredited list. Members of the committee said that, under the constitution, the ■ seven colleges w ill be dropped imJ mediately and that no application for reinstatement can be acted upon until the association meeting next year. • I o TAMMANY BOSS IS VOTED OUT ■ " •“ — John F. furry, New York Political Boss. Loses Leadership II ' New York. Apr. 21.—<U.R>— Some of the Tammany chieftains who . combined to oust John F. Curry as leader of the hall, will have to fight strenuously to avoid being ousted themselves, the United Press learned today. ; Meanwhile the revamped wig- , warn looked anxiously toward „ Washington and Albany, wondering if cleansing at the top wouldn't qualify it for just a little bit of i patronage. The head strong Curry was hard- . ly deprived of his powers before influential Democrats were talking of a complete reform of the hall from “top to bottom.” A list of district leaders marked for “eliminatfcn” included William F. Kenneally. leader of the insurgents who scalped Curry. Curry's removal as leader was , described as a matter of expediency by which Tammany hopes to win itself back into the good graces of Postmaster General Janies A. Farley, and Governor Herbert H. Lehman. Some talked of former Governor Alfred E. Smith, being placed in com tnand. Smith has been unsympathetic since Curry was elected leader five . I years ago. Plan Community Meeting Tuesday A community meeting will be held in the Kimsey school house in Blue Creek township Tuesday, April ■ 24. The meeting will start at 8 o’clock and is sponsored by the ! county tax committee. Farmers : and other taxpayers are urged to | attend. o Lucille Manlier Is Awarded Scholarship *: — Lucille Manlier of Pleasant Mills has Ibeen awarded a SSO scholarship iby the Central Normal College of ' Danville. Scholarships awarded to ‘ the extent of SIB,OOO were issued iby the college in March. Several are still availaible to high school j graduates who have never attended college-

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, April 21, 1934.

(■rilled V ’ EKS?** 1 - i hi bbv bvb . an William (“Chubby") Gardner, Chicago gangster, who was grilled by federal agents in connection with the kidnaping of the Lind- | hergh baby. At present he is in | Leavenworth penitentiary. to ! which he was recently sentenced l from Boston. MEETING HELD HERE FRIDAY — County W. C. T. U. Institute Held At Evangelical Church Friday Mrs. Elizabeth Stanley, state \ president of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union was the principal speaker at the county institute of the organization held at the First Evangelical church in this 1 ! city Friday. ' i Representatives from the organ- ' I izations in the county were present 1 at the institute and the meeting 1 was largely attended. Mrs. Delton Passwater presented greetings to those present and j Mrs. C. E. Hocker, county president. introduced the state speaker. Vocal selections were sung by Mrs. | Ben Schreyer of this city and Coul- ( man McWhirter, three-year-old child of Geneva. During the luncheon Rev. C. J. Roberts. Rev. M. W. Sundermann. E. N. Wicks and Mrs. Stanley gave short talks and a round table dis- ’ cussion was held during the mornI ing service. Mrs. Alfred Hanni of this city en- , tertained with whistling selections , during the afternoon and Mrs. A. B , Brown sang. Attorney A. D. Unversaw of Berne addressed the i group on the subject, "Does Repeal ■ Banish the Bootlegger and Restore Respect for Law." and Mrs. Stan i ley’s subject was ‘‘Where Do We Go From Here." o New Goshen Bank To Open Monday Goshen. Ind.. April 21—(UP) — Release of approximately $500,900 in frozen deposits Monday with the opening of the new First National Bank was expected here today. The new tank has capital stock of SIOO,OOO and surplus of $20,000 O. M. Kinnison. newspaper publisher, is president CONGRATULATES 1 NEWS SERVICE — President Predicts Newspaper Will Never Be Subsidized New York, Apr. 21.—(U.R> — Presi- ' dent Roosevelt, commenting today on the freedom of the American press, made the prediction in a .' letter to Joseph V. Connolly, president of the International News Service, that the United States government never will subsidize a newspaper or news service. Congratulating the news service upon its 25 years of operation, the President said: “I do not believe it would be l amiss here for me to say that I I personally find high satisfaction in ( the knowledge that it is possible in this land of ours for anyone to ' establish a newspaper or a news service and to enjoy the freedom of operation guaranteed by our ■ fathers and which, I am gHad to say. I still prevails. I am glad. too. that our government never has seen fit to subsidize a newspaper or a news service and 1 dare to make the prediction that it never will.”

DOLLAR FALLS BELOW PARITY Administration M a y Authorize Gold Exports To Europe (Copyright, 1934. by UP). Washington, April 21. — (U.R) Authoritative sources today de- ; scribed the administration as de- I I termined for the present to pre- . vent the American dollar from ■ falling below its gold parity even though it may become necessary to I i permit gold exports to Europe. Recently the American dollar has shown weakness abroad. Yester- I day in Paris it fell below its new ; gold parity of 15 5-21 grains of i ■ gold. This raised the prospect of ) early support of the dollar either directly or indirectly by the United States government, should the J decline continue. ' The federal government was un1 derstood to have made no change in its policy announced last January by Secretary of Treasury Morgenthau that it will sell gold ■ at $35 per ounce for export to for | eign central banks whenever the ( dollar reaches the “gold export point.” The “gold export point” is the level of the dollar in terms of the French franc or other gold curren- . des at which it would be profitable for persons to turn their foreign currencies into dollars, buy gold from the United States government at $35 per ounce, and ship the ‘ metal back to Europe , A decline of only a few cents in ; the foreign exchange value of the dollar might make export of gold ' i profitable. The dollar in Paris yesterday slipped to around 99% 1 cents of its new parity and a further decline might call for American support through gold exports. This is expected to be the policy ’ of the administration, at least tor the time being, rather than use of ’ its $2,000,000,000 stabilization fund ■ [ (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) INSULL PLANS FREEDOM FIGHT :i Samuel Insull Is Planning Defense Against Fraud Charges Aboard S. S. Exilona, At Sea. ‘ Apr. 21—(U.R)—‘Samuel Insull, re--1 gaining his vitality began planning his defense against federal I fraud charges as the steamship Exilona neared the Atlantic to- | day. From his attitude, it was clear I that he believed implicitly he r ; would be freed. As the Exilona approached the .! Straits of Gibraltar Insull eomI mented \liat his airplane flight , from Paris to Athens, when he I ‘ was seeking refuge from AtneriI can extradition proceedings, was • his first. I ! "I enjoyed it immensely,” he i said. “I would like to fly to South Africa.” Casablanca, on the northwest Atlantic coast of Morocco, is the Exilona’s last scheduled stop before it steams for Boston, where Insull will be turned over to federal authorities. Insull spends much time in writ1 ing letters to his friends in the United States, to be put ashore for mailing when the ship touches • a port, or scribbling batches of notes which he stuffs into his brief case. He shows no desire to reenter business, expresses a longing to \ travel when he is free of the present charges. 1 To a fellow passenger who 1 commented on the length of the Exilona’s round trip cruise, he said: “What's nine weeks? I have 1 been idle for a year and nine months, and I certainly am not ! anxious to get back in the saddle.” » — o i Special Lecture ! At Local Church > I > The lecture “Around the World i in Forty Minutes” by William B. i Lippard will be given at the Bap•!tist church Sunday evening at 7:30 , o'clock. Tliis lecture will be ills* t trated with 60 beautifully colored t j slides showing the work of mis i! sion fields over the world. The pub--1 lie is cordially invited to attend this service.

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PRINTING OF BALLOTS TO BE STARTED SOON Election Commissioners Will Begin Press Work Next Week EXTRA CLERKS ARE TO BE REQUESTED The task of printing Hie ballots ' for the primaly election will start' next week, the board of election ; i commissioners announced today. In all of the voting precincts io 1 I the county, except Decatur, there' | will be only one ballot, the township candidates being printed on ' I the same ballot with the county: ' candidates, changes being made ' according to the respective town-: 1 ship tickets. Delegates to the I slate convention and committee men will also be printed on the: : same ballot. In Decatur the candidates for I city offices will be printed on a ' seperate ballot. The election commissioners I have selected the colors of paper Ito be used for the ballots. The. 1 Democrat ballots will be printed ' on pink and the Republican ticket on yellow colored paper. For i sample ballots, a buff colored paper will be used for the Democrats and a light green colored I paper for the Republicans. The | | Decatur ballots will correspond i with the colors used on the | county tickets, pink for the Demo-' ( rats and yellow for Republicans, i To Request Clerks The election commissioners ■ will request that an extra set of clerks be employed at each voting ' precinct in Decatur and at one . ; or two. of the precincts in Berne. . ; A request will also be made to . j install additional booths at (he precincts in Decatur. Berne and ‘ at places where the vote is hear- ! lest. In some places a fifty per | cent increase will be asked. The law permits a voter five minutes to vote and in precincts j where there are between 500 and , 600 voters, it will be a difficult i job to accommodate the voters at i the rush hours, unless extra I clerks and additional booths are I available. The voting places open at six 1 i a. m. and remain open until six p. in. Rotate Names Where these are more than four i candidates for an office, the names will be rotated on the ball CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) , Schafer Funeral Rites Held Today Funeral services were held today ' at Lima. Ohio, for Jacob Schafer. 54. of Lima, who died of a heart at“l tack Wednesday night at 11 o’clock. ' The deceased was a brother of Mrs. Mary Keller and Adam Schafer and ’ I son of Jacob Schafer, all of this '! city- His mother, brother Carl Scha--1 fer and sister, Mrs. Janies Duer are deceased. Mr. Schafer was employ ‘ ed as a (boilermaker and had resid- ' ,ed in Lima since his marriage. NOTES MAILED TO PRISONERS Notes May Be Part of Plot To Free Pierpont And Makley i Columbus. 0., Apr. 21. — (U.R) — ■ Notes mailed to Harry Pierpont, Dillinger gangster in Ohio peniteni tiary, masked in promises of divine ■ deliverance, today were studied by ' Warden Preston E. Thomas as possible evidence of a plot for ‘! wholly worldly rescue of the doom- ‘ 1 ed man. Pierpont and Charles Makley, ' sentenced to electrocution July 13, were convicted of killing Sheriff Jesse Sarber of Lima in freeing Dillinger from Allen county jail. Fears have been expressed Dillinger may try to return the favor. “Have no fear: Jesus has come once, He will come again." read a passage in one letter mailed to ! Pierpont from Chicago. Dillinger allegedly plotted esI I cape of Pierpont and other convicts ‘ ' from Indiana penitentiary several months ago. i [ Reference to “My Father’s house" * (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

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Approval Voted Os Profit-Sharing Plan —■» 1 ■ At their annual meeting held In I Schenectady, the stockholders of I the General Electric Company votled approval of the profit sharing .plan recently submitted by the Board of Directors. Announcement was made last month that the hoard of directors had taken the action needed to submit the profit .sharing plan to the stockholders. The board of directors and chief executives of the hud 1 been working upon the profit shari ing plan for a number of years. The I oming of the depression delayed I consideration of the plan, but improved business conditions have now made it possible. SERIOUS VIEW OF STATEMENT League of Nations Officials Concerned Over Far East Situation Geneva. Apr. 21—(U.R) — Japan's startling "hands off” Chinese declarations may be raised in what will amount to a world con- ! ference when the League of Nations committee on Manchukuo meets here May 14, it was indicated today. League of nations officials, already chagrined over the complete defeat of the league’s efforts to curb activities of Japan in . Manchukuo. frankly took a most i serious view of the latest Tokio I statements. Confronted with a new step forward in Japan’s aim to assert full I leadership in Eastern Asia, league officials seemed inclined to favor a showdown and to welcome a I general discussion of far eastern ,: affairs at the May 14 meeting—- ,! the first in nearly a year of the ! Manchukuo committee. From the standpoint of the 1 league as a body, there was no doubt that a strong stand against ’(•OXTINUKP ON PAGE THREE) PLEASANT MILLS RECEPTION HELD Junior-Senior Reception Held Friday Night At High School The junior-senior reception of the Pleasant Mills high school was held Friday evening at the Pleasant Mills school auditorium. The reception was in the form of a banquet and program. The Misses Martha Elizabeth i Calland and Louise Haubold of this city presented the interesting program. Miss Calland presented the dance and whistle numbers and Miss Haubold was the pianist. Following is the complete program: Whistling SoloDream of Coppelia Fairy Pipers Toe Dance — Three O’clock in the Morning Champagne Waltz Piano—Popular group: Coffee in the Morning Everything I have is Yours I Sophisticated" Lady | Classic Dance — Parfum Piano—Classic group . Poem —Zdenko Febich ‘ Reverie—Louise Haubold Theme from an Imaginary Ballet—Taylor Whistling solo— Moon Winks Soft Shoe Dance — ’ You Ought to be in Pictures (Sweet Melodies ' i Piano —Semi-Classical group ! Indian Love Call ’ I Desert Song The World is Waiting for the Sunrise Tap Dance — j She Reminds Me of You. Tom Haubold In Honorary Group Tom Haubold, .son of Mrs. Carrie I T. Haubold of this city, and a Sigma Chi at Indiana University, ! Bloomington, has been initiated in- ' i to the Skull and Crescent honorary j fraternity, according to word re- ’ | ceived here. The two most outstanding fresh- ', men front each fraternity on the ' campus are chosen each year as I candidates of the honorary frater- ' ity.

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LEADERS SEEK MORE TIME TO DISCUSS PLAN i - Railroad Labor Heads Refuse To Continue Under Present Plan WANT IMMEDIATE RAISE IN WAGES Washington. Apr. 21 (U-W Railroad labor leaders to- | day refused to accept itnniediatelv President Roosei veil's proposal that workers I continue under the present J 1(1 per cent wage reduction ! lor six months. When .loseoh B. Eastman, i federal coordinator of transi pollution, called upon union leaders for an answer, they discussed ' the question (briefly and said a final decision could not tie reached I until they had further instructions | from workers. I "They just weren’t in a position I yet to give their answer." Eastman said after the conference. Tlie coordinator lias spent a large part of his time during the last two months trying to settle the dispute between labor and rail- : way managements. Eastman said he would confer : again with the leaders whenever I they were ready foi further dis- , cussion. Such a meeting might [ be arranged late today, he indi- , , cated. Labor heads, who have been ■ j here for weeks fighting for re- | l storation of full basic wages Itns | mediately, did not learn of the President's letter to Eastman i until last night. It came as a snri prise and they immediately began I hurried communication with local > i union heads throughout the coun- ! try. . Labor officials said tension for , immediate nav restoration has increased heavily among union members and that they were bringing “heavy pressure" upon their executives. The lenders 1 were represented as feeling that ) the delay might cause strike bal- ! lots to be taken by the unions. | President Roosevelt meanwhile ; had announced appointment of a : cabinet committee to study the I whole railroad situation and said ■ he believed a method to reduce I and reorganize their capital structure was necessary if government I ownership was to be avoided. At the same time he addressed ,;a letter to Rail Coordinator JosI eph H. Eastman again outlining 1 i the general terms on which he ■ j felt solution of the wage contro- . ! versy might be effected. f| The President suggested: J (COWTTNTHim OV P4GE «TX> Lodffe Will Snonsor Dance Tuesday Night : ' l The K. of C. Lodge will sponsor a dance Tueeday nighs at 8:30 o’clock the K. of C. hall for mem■hers of the lodge and their familiesRoyce Indians will furnish the mu- | sic for the affair and tickets may he procure! at Heimann’s restaurant. o REPUBLICANS HOLD MEETING Committee May Nominate Candidate For Lieutenant Governor Indianapolis. Apr. 21- —(U.R) — A motion to nominate a candidate for lieutenant governor at the Republican state convention this summer on the supposition that Lieut. Gov. M. Clifford Townsend is ineligible to hold office will lie presented this afternoon to the Republican state ' committee. Sponsors of the plan contend that Townsend became ineligible to hold his elective office when he accepted the position of head of the state * department of commerce and in- , j dustry. The department was created by j the 1933 legislature under the state ’ reorganization act. The law pro- . videv that the department shall he headed by the lieutenant governor. Townsend receives a salary of $6,000 a year as head of the des! partment. f Should the motion be adopted I the convention will nominate a can- ’ i ON PAGE SIX)