Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 32, Number 99, Decatur, Adams County, 24 April 1934 — Page 1

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' ta CRISIS [is impending SoR FAR EAST II indsOff China KJarations May PreCrisis JilT BRITAIN |B\\ \ITING REI’IA Hi ' lalh->■'•'l'lit crisis of n KJ appcaretl u fcfojinu today from im- 1 Ki. J Japan’s “hands d< clarations. now in their scope, States governL,! vis understood to be ■uAriin,' representations . ■j !I r,in Making definition ■ and reminding treat obligations. Britain awaited a reply I ,r...e.'iiations made stood Io l>e the a terltal message and a reports were that the had officially approved IK Ala;of polit y made . ell B Byla'le at tlie home of the K> nailed by the Japanese : - ui< lluleil the Alltel tlie Dutch Hast India, in addi ■a ■ chin.i. as among those nd t I .pan intended to in maintaining far peace . Crisis Feared (U.R) -Threat " lESI '' H inn incident tn in European capiiKMih ' l; “ ''smt of a world - . Japanese foreign , I |hM a Great Britain. 1 '! ox page THREE) ■Bun Known Here “■8 Hies At Coldwater was received here of tlie V Justine Birkmeyer of Ohio Saturday evening. i visited in Decatur ■•5 evasions ami was .'.ices were held this in Hie Catholic church in Walter Deitsch ■*W ! ,llf * funeral serIK*- —o . _—— Plan Party I Thursday Evening card party and dance for their families will be ' >1 mee home. Thursday April 26, Ralph Burnett. man announced today. yaf parties have been ari'. the entertaining commitBtißtlu lodge for members and This is the second Easter. .on will be charged and their families are invited L WED BANK MBIT CAUGHT I pg Holdup Attempt Round Lake, 111., Is Thwarted Today H Lake. 111., April 24—(UP) ptiniled bank bandit was capRnd sheriff’s officers of Wisan d Illinois counties M in a search for his four I companions after a daring of the First State Bank here four who escaped were forclee empty-handed afteY a gun with the tashier of the bank Dok refuge behind a bullet Klass cage. ■) Quartet jumped Into a waitr and headed north toward isconsin line. Police of An--10 miles north of here, and •> officers of Kenosha and counties in Wisconsin were out in an effort to head off ndit car. wounded robber refused to i a name.

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Vol. XXXII. No. 99.

PARENTS WILL VISIT SCHOOLS Youth Day in Schools Will Be Observed Thursday, May 3 Parents will be asked to do their ■ part in the observance of Youth i Week by visiting the schools on I Youth Day in Schools. Thursday. May 3 The parents may attend the I class rooms or attend the special I programs to lie given at two o’clock ;In the afternoons. Invitations to parents will be sent home with the pupils Wednesday. The program is a part of the national Youth Week which is being I sponsored over the country by the 1 American Legion and in Decatur by tlie Rotary club. Parents, members of the Ameri can Legion. Rotary club, other civic organizations, and all that are in terested in the wellfare and eiluca tion of the youth of the city are in 1 i vited to see the children at work Members of the Decatur Rotary I club have planned special programs i at the various schools. The commit i tee In charge is: Chairman. J. Ward ’ Calland. George Krick. Fred Rep- I pert and Roy S Johnson. Tlie Rotarians who will visit the j schools are: | 'Riley: Chairman A. R Ashbauch i er, Harold W. McMillen. E. W. Lan kenau, Roy S. Johnson and Dr Fred Patterson. South Ward: Chairman. Sim Burk, Wilson Lee. Ward Calland, Fred Reppert and 'Avon Burk. North Ward: Chairman Rev. 'Charles M. Prugh. O L -Vance, T. ic. Smith an I Joe McMaken. Central Chairman, C. C. Pumphrey. O B. Wemhoff. Oscar Lankenan, Bryce Thomas. George Krick. Martin Mylott and Everett Sheets. ! High School: Chairman .At R. Holthouse. Hubert S. hmilt. J. W. ' ft fee and Robert t Lutheran: Chairman. August , Walter. Charles Brodbeck. Leo Kirsch and M F. Worthman. Catholic high school: Chairman. *~7continued on page FIVE) MRS. HECKMAN i DIES MONDAY Mother of Mrs. Tillman Gerber Dies Monday Night At Fort Wayne Mrs. Mary Louise Heckman. 6ti, wife of Charles Heckman of Fort Wayne, and mother of .Mrs Tillman i Gerber of this city, died Monday 'night at 10:16 o'clock at her home, 29.30 Euclid avenue. Fort Wayne. Death was due to cerebral hemorrhage. Mrs. Heckman had been ailing for the last five weeks and had been bedfast for three weeks. She was horn in Preble township. Adams County, on October 6, 187,3, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charlies Zwick. Her marriage to Mr. Heckman took place on April 6. I 1902. Mr. and Mrs. Heckman resided in ' Adams County until 1913 when they moved to Fort Wayne. The deceasied was a member of the Emmaus ! Lutheran church there Survivors include the husband, I Charles Heckman, the mother, Mrs. j Charles Zwivk. Fort Wayne, and the following children. Mrs. Tillman Gerber. Decatur; Mrs. Emil Vioght, Mrs. Ed Franke. Mrs. Robert McKee, und Henry Heckman of Fort Wayne. One son is deceased I Eleven grandchildren and the following sisters and brothers also survive: Mrs. Anna Sievers and Mrs. William Gallmeyer of Fort Wayne; Mrs. Charles Kraft, Allen county; William Zwick. Decatur. Charles and Lawrence Zwick of ' Fort Wayne. i Funeral services will be held i Thursday afternoon at the Emmaus Lutheran church in Fort Wayne with Rev. Fred Wambsanss offi. iatI ing Burial will be in the K’ont ordia I cemetery. The body will be removed to the home on Euclid avenue. Fort Wayne from the Zwick Funeral home in this city this afternoon. o ■ — — Brotherhood To Meet Thursday The Otterbein brotherhood of the First United Brethren church will : meet at the church Thursday evenI ing at 7 o'clock. A program will be ' given and refreshments served

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Scene of Dillinger’s Wisconsin Battle i ■"-***■ 1 < ” ' BBfe FtifW'ißß A’' IIHI *3 a — -1- - -aiWp Little Bohemia, resort at Spider Wis., from which John Dillinger and his gangsters poured a murderous fire when federal agents and police attempted to capture them. Two men were killed and four others were wounded in the battle, but Dillinger and his pals escaped. At right of the struct lire, is shown I the balcony on which Dillinger had mounted a machine gun.

EXTRA CLERKS WILL BE HIRED Election Board Orders Additional Clerks In Nine Precincts To facilitate the compiling of the. vote in the primary election. Tnesi ilay. May 8. extra clerks will be emi ployed in nine of the voting pre- | cincts in the county. The order for the clerke was , made UhU*’ by lbe«xuuuty elfiplion I i onnnissioners. comprising C J. Lutz. E. Walter Johnson and Mil- '| ton ;’. Werling. county clerk. Two clerks each will be employed in the precincts where the elecI tion officials deem it advisable to j employ extra help. One Democrat and one Republican clerk will be employed in addition to the regular ; election boards. i I’he piecin', is in which the extra clerks were ordered all had more [than .300 votes in the 19:12 general ! election. The precincts in which ' the clerks were recommended folI low: (•tty of Decatur First ward ‘A". I City of Decatur —•First ward "B" | City of Decatur—Second ward "A” City of Decatur —Third ward "A'' • City of Deca .r—Third ward “B” West Root pre'. inct. Berne "A” precinct II . Berne “C ’ precinct- | . Geneva “A" precinct. '| The election, board also recom- '!, mended to the county commissionI ers that extra booths and boxes be furnished in the voting precincts where the vote would be the heaviest. Extra boxes must also be furnished in Decatur precincts, due to the city election. The city ballots must be kept separate from the j county ballots. Key numbers have been assigned . | i (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) o ——• REPORT SHOWS I GOOD INCREASE — Decided Improvement In Indiana Business During March Reported Bloomington, Ind.. Apr. 24.—<U.R)i ' —A decided improvement in bus-1 iness in Indiana during March, re-1 suiting in substantial gains in employment, was reported today by | Indiana university business research division. The report showed that business conditions were better during! March Ilian at any other time since ! December, 1931. “Total employment was not only far above the like periods of 1932 ( and 1933, but slightly above March ; 1931. the report said. “There was an increase in the percentage of I employees working on full time ■ schedules." “Coal mines were more active during the last few days of March ; than at any other time since the second week of February, 1930. | Steel mills increased their output ; early in March, caused largely through increased activity in the automobile manufacturing busON FAG® SIX).

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, April 21, 1931.

Native Os Adams C ounty Is Dead William ('. Schwartz, 51, a native of Adams county, died suddenly Monday morning at 9:15 o'clock at his home, 1140 Maumee avenue, avenue. Fort Wayne. Death was believed to have been due to a heart attack. Mr. Schwartz was the proprietor of the Fixit garage in Fort W ayne He was born in Friedheim. Adams county and resided here until 17 years of age when he moved to Fort Wayne and was employed in the Pennsylvania railroad shops for sopie time. He started the garage 10 years ago Surviving are the widow. Erilia. a son, Herbert and two daughters, Elsie and Mildred Schwartz, all at ; home, a brother. Charles Schwartz : of Lake Wawasee and a sister. Mrs. | Mary Buuck of Adams county. ' GROSS INCOME TAX DEFENDED Clarence A. .Jackson, State Director, Defends Tax In Speech South Bend. Ind.. Apr. 24. —<U.R'i A thorough investigation of all al-; I ternative measures before asking i the 1935 legislature to repeal the 'state gross income tax law was I ' urged here today by Clarence A. Jackson, state director of the tax. j Speaking before the Indiana Re-, I tail Grocers and Meat Dealers As-; sociation, Jackson defended the' gross income tax and outlined objections to suggested alternative! proposals. “If the income tax was supplant -I ed by a sales tax. the person with i a small income who spends prac-1 : tically all his money in retail stores , would he given a heavier burden." | I Jackson said. "Under a sales tax a 2% or 3-per ; cent rate would be necessary to I produce the same amount of rev- ! enue that the gross income tax is j producing. Jackson termed the income tax.' ! levied on all persons having annual gross income in excess of $1.000.1 ; as having the widest tax base poss-1 ■ ible. i He said a net income tax would I not. produce a great amount of income at the present time and point-1 I (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) I | Chris Eicher Buvs White Property Monday Chris Eicher was the high bidder for the five-acre tract owned by ' Cora White, one mile east of Preble : The auction conducted by Roy ' Johnson, attracted a large crowd, 1 I with the high bid $2,225. Mr. Eicher ! will make his home at bis newlypurchased property. I Joint Meeting Os Lions Chibs Here A joint meeting of the Decatur and Fort Wayne Lions vlulbs will be held this evening at the Rice Hotel. About 7# members of the Fort Wayne Loons are expected to attend the luncheon and meeting. The visiting club will furnish the pro-1 grain. j

MRS. KNAPP IS ON COMMITTEE Arrange State-Wide Program Eor Observance Os Probation Week Indianapolis. Apr. 24 —A statewide program for the observance of Probation Week. May 6-12 has been arranged by representatives of the Indiana State Probation Association and the State Proba tion department, it was aiimmuced today by Francis D. McCabe, de ; partment director. The week is i being dedicated to educational i programs on the value of proba i tion work in the state. i Local probation officers, court j officials and others interested in ! this work in every county of the I state are being scheduled as | speakers before luncheon, service , and community clubs during the week. These talks will bo supplemented by radio broadcasts from I Indiana stations, the series being inaugurated by Governor Paul V. McNutt on Sunday evening. Mav 6. Pastors of all churches in the state are being asked to give suin'' | time to Probation Week in their sermons on the opening day. Members of the Indiana State I Probation Association committee aiding in the program are: Carl H. Barnett. Lebanon: George B. i Walls, South Bend: Carl B. Stroth- ! er. Newcastle; Mrs. Huldah T. j Lyday. Clinton; Mrs. Lillian Kur- | fess. New Albany and Mrs. Mary I E. C. Matthews, Indianapolis. Others on the committee in- ' elude: Maurice L. Pettit. Presi- | (lent Indiana Probation Association; Frank Hostler, East Chij eago; Mrs. Grace Slayhack. LafayI ette: F. L. Cushing. Winamac; j Mrs. Bessie Kellogg, Elkhart; J. , Earl Cunningham. Fort Wayne; I Mrs. Faye Smith Knapp. Decatur. YOUTH IS HELD AFTER KILLING 1 Illiterate F arm outh Confesses To Slaying Aged Man Monday I Jeffersonville, Ind., Apr. 24 — I (U.R) —An illiterate farm youth, ; Jack Fouch. 17. was held on J charges of murder today after ■ confessing that he killed James ! W. Lovins. 70. with a brick. The youth signed the confes- ! slon with the letter "X" because of his inability to write < He said he threw the brick after an argument with Lovins over the loan of a tub. Young Fohch’s mother, who is 1 a half sister of Lovins, found the , aged man in tlie barnyard of his home The Iwo families live half i '-'i>e apart • confession was obtained by Sheriff Luther Childs and Coroner Edwin Coots at an inquest late yesterday. Examination of the body indicated that Lovins died i from a fractured skull. The youth was taken to jail at INew Albany pending arraignment in circuit court here.

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STRIKER HURT WHEN STABBED ■ ATST.LOUIS First Victim of Violence In Strike Os Chevrolet Workers ( LEVELAND STRIKE INCH DES 8,109 St. Louis. Apr. 24 (U.R) —One sti ik»'r was in a critical condition iin the city hospital today, the first victim of violence in the I i strike of workers at the Clievro I let Motor company and the Fisher j Body company here. He was Leo Stanford, who was : stabbed in the left lung when he ! and two companions attempted to 1 stop several men from entering I he Chevrolet plant. Eight men were arrested when] I they threw stones at trucks car-1 ! rying workers out of the two plants through the picket lines. Today there appeared Io I progress in the settlement ot the dispute between the 3,900 stril,j ing union employes and the two j companies. 8.400 Out Cleveland. Apr. 24.— 4U.R) ■—! Strike of Fishei Body Corpora i! tion workers had spread to in I elude more than 8.400 men and women today, bringing a virtual I , i halt to operations in tlie plant of I Cleveland's largest employer of industrial labor. While harrussed negotiations : ! strove for a settlement before the i ! automobile labor board in Detroit. heavy picketing—good-natured but unyielding continued at the big plant here. The walkout became virtually j complete when most of the night shift failed to show up and only it few attempted to enter the plant. Only the crew of 12 engineers, firemen and oilers were given permits to enter to take 1 care of pressure in the boilers. (CONTINUED ON PAGE FO11R) »— o— FAIL TO FORCE DOLLAR LOWER Foreign Speculators Face Heavy Losses In Unsuccessful Coup Washington. April 24 — (UP) — , Foreign speculators appeared today I i to face staggering losses in an tinI successful cope over the week end ' to force a sharp decline in the value | of the American dollar. | Short selling by a group of con- ' tinental speculators in a specula- ! tive “raid" on the United States dollar last Friday and Saturday pushed the dollar below its gold parity in > various European financial market. I It was not until it was officially ■ disclosed at the treasury depart- ' ment early Saturday morning that : i the United States was determined , ! to maintain its dollar at the new gold content of 15 5-21 grams that ; the dollar met support. Almost immediately, New York and Washington financial circles said today I foreign short sellers took fright and I began to cover their commitments. , This was reported accompanied j ' by huge losses today as the dollar j rebounded to around par in the j foreign exchange markets. It fell be i low 99 cents in Paris Saturday, a level at which it would be profitable for Europe to draw on American gold stocks. The determination of the administration to maintain at least tem- . porarily the price ot the dollar a- , broad was disclosed iby the United ! . Press Saturday in revealing that . the treasury was willing to allow , export of unlimited quantities of j gold to europe should the dollar I (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) o_ — Edgar L. Bleeke Is Named Deputy Indianapolis, Apr 24— (U.R) — ■ Edgar L Bleeke. Fort Wayne, will ; succeed J. M. Brown as deputy ' internal revenue collector in the Fort Wayne district, Will H. ■ ®mith, collector for Indiana, announced late yesterday. ■ j Bleeke, for seven years a bank- ■ er at Fort Wayne, and lately an j 1 officer in the Lutheran hospital there, will work with George! . I Rider, another deputy. Smith said. . [ Brown, a Republican, resigned j as deputy collector last week.

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QUARANTINED Mooresville, Ind... Apr. 24.— | IU.RI The farm home of John 11 Dillinger, America's ace outlaw, H was barred against his admittance today by a quarantine d j sign. | j His little stepsister, Doris, has the measles. HICKMAN CASE GOES TO JURY Testimony Concluded In Adams Circuit Court This Afternoon The Charles Hickman rape case, was concluded this afternoon and given to the jury. Hickman is ach used of a crimimnal assault on a minor girl. i The plaintiff based its case on the testimony of the girl and the parents- Two separate attacks were alleged to have occurred during the early part of 1932. The first allege.ily occurred on a side road off ( .state road 224 east of town when Hickman was taking the girl home 1 from school. The girl stated the ! second attack occurred in a garage I in Decatur where the defendant was employed. Hickman alleged that because of an injury he is unable to commit a criminal assault. He also had a number of character witnesses from Indiana and Pennsylvania. Hickman was arrested in Pennsyli vania on a grand jury indictment ; several months after the attack was alleged to have been made. He was released, uncier an SI,BOO cash bond . given by hi\ mother- . o Kendallville Man Succeeds Wemhoff Samuel LudloW, Kendallville, was 'elected chairman of district number two of the Monument Dealers' code authority for the 13 counties of northern Indiana in an organization meeting at Fort Wayne Mon-, day. Mr. Ludlow succeeds George | Wemhoff of this city, who resigned as chairman. Counties represented included Al- ' len, Adams. DeKalb, Blackford, tlrant. Huntington, Jay, Lagrange. Noble. Steiilben. Wells, Whitley and Wabash. o Force Organized For City Cleanup The city street department force is being organized for the annual i clean-up campaign in Decatur, May II to May 5. Three extra men have been emi ployed to augment the regular force of street workers and two of the ' city trucks will >be used in hauling away the tin cans and rubbish from the streets and alleys. Citizens are asked to gather the cans, bottles and other rubbish in boxes or barrels so that the men on the trucks can pick them up Fred Linn, street commissioner will have charge of the campaign. ASK PROTECTION AT MOORESVILLE — Town Board Asks Guards To Protect Citizens From Dillinger Mooresville. Ind., Api. 24. —(U.R) i — A special detail of national ! guardsmen or other officers to pro tect Mooresville residents from violence at the hands of John Dilli inger was asked of Gov. Paul V. i McNutt today in a petition drawn up by the town board in special | session. The petition was in decided contrast to the attitude of tflany residents of the community who had signed a petition last week asking the governor to pardon the desperado and provide him sanctuary in Indiana. At that time the concensus of opinion in this little Morgan county town where the notorious outlaw began his criminal career seem ' ed to be In favor of his continued evasion of the law. The attitude brought criticism | from Indiana law enforcement officers. Al G. Feenty, state police * (CONTINUKD ON PAGE SIX)

REPORTOUTLAW I SIGHTED NEAR MUNCIE TODAY Fugitive And Three Os Gang Also Reported Seen At Fort Wayne MUNCIE OFFICERS DENY KNOWLEDGE Columbus, ()., Apr. 24. —<U.R) ! —Reports that John Dillinger and three henchmen were sighted at 1 p. m. near Muni cie, Indiana, headed toward j Ohio, were received today by the state highway patrol. Muncie police reported the car believed to contain the gangsters was a maroon colored Ford sedan with Wisconsin license number B 455-209. Thu l machine was speeding eastward. This report tallied with one received earlier by state patrol head quarters here from federal agents saying a car of like description had been sighted near Fort Wayne, Ind. i Muncie is about 30 miles from the Ohio border, near Greenville, ' Ohio. Patrol headquarters controls radio station WPGQ here and the bulletins were relayed to state oftices via this and affiliated stations. The reports were broadcast as “by authority United States secret i service." Dillinger, according to the broad 'east was blamed for the wounding of an officer on the outskirts of Chicago earlier today. The car was said to have been stolen in St. Paul ■April 23. Deny Knowledge Muncie. Apr. 24. —<U.R)—Munde i police today said they had received i no local reports that John Dillinger ■land three henchmen were sighted there today. No Verification Indianapolis. Apr. 24.— (U.R) —•Al (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) EXPECT EARLY ADJOURNMENT Tariff And Relief Measures Only Main Bills On Program Washing(on, Apr. 24 — (U.R) — Congress has put on such a burst of speed since President Roosevelt's return from Florida that hopes for an early adjustment, like the spring flowers which border the capitol lawns, are blootnI ing again. The situation today showed the tax bill well on the road toward enactment, the controversial airmail and stock market bills with apparently clear sailing ahead, practically all major appropriation ! measures out of the way. There remained tlie President’s tariff and relief programs. The former, already approved by the house, will be brought before the ; senate e.irly enough so that even ; most protracted debate should be | concluded late in May or early in ; June. The combination of Mr. RooseCCONTINUE'D ON PAGE SIX) ' McConnell Truck Is Stolen Today A truck owned by McConnell and i Sou of this city was stolen in Fort Wayne this morning. The driver, El- ! isha Little, parked the car and eui: tered a store to mke a delivery. . While he was gone thieves stole the i truck, which contained $2,078 worth 1 of tobacco and other merchandise ! A radio call was broadcast to police officials in Ohio, Michigan and Indiana but no trace of the thieves had been discovered late this afternoon. The truck and its load was ■ j insured. Auxiliary Staging Membership Drive I ' The American Legion auxiliary of Adams post nuni'lier 43 is sponsorJ ing a membership drive in A jams county this month. Wives, mothers, sisters and daughters of all I egiounaires are eligible to join the auxi- - 1! liary. Several ladies from this city will I I attend a meeting at Fort Wayne i this evening when Mrs. Blanche 5 Robinson, president of the East Chicago auxiliary will speak.