Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 32, Number 106, Decatur, Adams County, 2 May 1934 — Page 1

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Bess men & ROVE ACTS OF ROOSEVELT liteq States Chamber of Koiwieice Find New I ■ Deal Sound I fccoi vr PROGRESS BY <OI NTRT I ’/'ist |k CU-i Stutis clijiiilhi 1 S eopmit today pul Roosevelt's new Kai SidH the tuieroseope K fouio! it. lor the most lit sihiikl. ■M<w than 2.1MM1 leaders in ■in® l ' l husiness asseniEsi in th. chamber's mayWhite House, to hear Henri I Harrinron outK ,nil.er's 21st annual ■ t< non of Indus ■ ■ lune bright K n the United Mate* ■i world, he said in K, While ■[' ■ older ■ B utlook was K recounted the ■ ade by thi Inc ■■ ■ . idership of Pres ■■ nd asked I (new deal poli- ■ : pel HUinenl and 11 ■ ' It OWJi Ill’eslioll. ■ believed ■ national recovery ■ were of great ■at the agriculture adjust-, ■dministration had been i ■cm! oi.i half failure ami - ■annut solve our economlcf I- ng li.u k or liv F • OM PA<*BS|*X* hULESTO I VEIN PRISON [McNutt Announces k Rules To Avert I “Walkouts” — ■Polls. May 2.—<UJ>>—Four r designed to prevent es [trusties at the state prison Binate privileges which per-, [them to have dates with [in Michigan City were an-i [ today by Gov. Paul V. Me- j Irides were drawn up by' »r and Warden Louis Kunk-' yesterday after a discussion | scape of five trusties recent-1 investigation of abuses of es. 'event escapes with outside ' of the rules orders disconi king automobiles m drive of the prison. A lot for employes will be west of the garage and lot for visitors will be cast of the prison, system of guards in the and at the gates was ! W to prevent trusties from I City during leis-| ■riNUED ON PAGE POUrT* ~—■ —o —— ■ C hurch Plans Special Services B av May 6, will be Youth in the First United Brethnrch in all services of the the young people will super•he Sunday School and will -very class in the school. Juniors will present a play 10:30 o'clock service and the i Peoples Choir will furnish 1 ÜB l<'. In the evening the and intermediates will give and the Junior choir will music. les Barnhart Dies At Hammond 1 has been received* here of . lt h of Charles Barnhart, 60, tniond. a former resident of 1 ty. who died at Hammond ' y afternoon at 3:30 o’clock, irnhart was an employe of mdard Oil company. ae born south of Decatur and i ‘ • greater part of his life in 1 unty Surviving are two sons ’ Bt'vo daughters. Funeral ser-| ■ ivlli be held Friday.

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Band. Drum Corps To Attend Convention The drum corps of Adams poet number 43 of the American Legion | and the American Legion city band will attend the fourth district legion at Bluffton Sunday. May ti Herb Kern is manager of the drum corps, with T. H. Gehrig drum major. Bob White Is director of the ■ local band. More than 300 legionnaires and : auxiliary members are expected to 1 attend the convention, which will also lie attended by stale and na- ' I tioii.il officers. CITY MOIL HOLDS SESSION Decatur Council Disposes Os Routine Business In Meeting The city council met in regular •ession last evening and disposed •of routine matters. Approval of the agreement with I the Nickel Plate railroad to cut [Under the tracks at the High street crossing with the city waler mains to the homestead site was approved by the council. A letter from Francis Wells, ex-1 ecutive secretary of the state NKA ■ board, informing the council that a code had not yet been approved relative to the hours and wages of I civil city employes was read and tiled. The street and sewer committee was empowered to sell the old coal unloader and motor located near the Nickel Plate tracks. The lease on the ground where the unloader is located expires May 9 and the city does not wish to renew it. The council authorized Mayor ' George Krieg to give a letter to • 'Marshal Hollingsworth of the Sal ■ valiuti Army, granting the organ ization permission to call on local people in the effort to raise funds for the woman's service of the ■ ■ Salvation army. Charles Brodbeck. superintendent ' |of the water department reported that about two-thirds of the work jon extending the mains to the homestead site was completed. Councilman E. A. Beavers re ■ported that property owners tiled I complaints with him about persons keeping pigs in a garage on Grant ■ i street. The matter was referred to' I the city health officer. Mr. Beav 1 ers also reported that he had visitled the Brady stock yards on Elm street and that sanitary conditions were good there. Bills were allowed by the finance committee and the session adjourned. 0 s Garden Lots For Unemployed Ready The garden lots tor the unemployj ed at the hospital are ready. Persons who have been promised use | of the lots are .asked to report to William Linn and be given num- , bers of the lots they will cultivate i this year. FILE REPORTS OF WIRT PROBE — Partisan Reports of "Red Plot” Charge Given To House Washington May 2 (UP)—The house investigation Into Dr. William A Wirt's famous "red plot" | charges wound up today in partisan reports to the chamber. Democratic members of the inquiry committee termed the Gary teacher’s allegations “untrue”. Republicans' criticized “suppression of information.” The majority report held that: 1. The evidence showed Wirt’s charges of a "brain trust, plot, in which President Roosevelt was only the Kerensky of this revolution ;, were "untrue." 2. The six "satellites" named iby Wirt as his informants at the dinner party last September had ; "clearly shown’ by their evidence I that they did not make such state-1, ments I; The minority: 1. Characterized the investigation . a "repudiation of all precedents” ( and indicative of intentions to “suppress all information" which might , directly involve the brain trust. | ( 2. Reference to the testimony of. , *XCQJ<TXNJJfiR ON PAGE FIVE). 1

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DONN ROBERTS I UNDER ARREST FOR VIOLATION — T — Former Terre Haute Mayor Charged With Violating NIRA Code 1 ' —— RELEASED UNDER BOND OF SI,OOO Indianapolis, May 2 —<U.P> The | first prosecution in Indiana on a ] charge of violation of an NIRA code was under way today with indictment and arrest of Donn N. ' Roberts, former mayor of Terre ' : Haute. Roberts, operator of a chain of, filling stations in Terre Haute, was arrested there late yesterday I on an indictment returned by a i federal grand Jury here a few j hours previously. He was released under SI,OOO bond pending ariaignment before Judge Robert C. Baltzell in federal court here tomorrow, Vai Nolan. U. S. district attorney, i said. Seventeen other persons charg-1 ed with minor offenses in indictments returned by the spring grand jury will be arraigned at the same time, Nolan said. The indictment against Roberts is the first criminal action inaugurated by the federal government in Indiana since the recovery act went into effect last June. j I It is the second federal charge i against Roberts. The indictment charges the former Terre Haute mayor with failure to pay $4,000 in state gas ' oline taxes. The national petroleum code lists failure to pay i taxes as an act of unfair competition. Conviction carries a maximum fine of SSOO for each offense and ’ each day of failure to pay can | be counted as a separate offense. ICONTtNItED ON PAGE FIVE) j I —0 GLEE CLUB TO GIVE PROGRAM High School Glee Club Will Present Program Thursday Night A program will be presented in the Decatur high school auditorium by the school Glee Club Thursday j night at 8 o’clock. The concert will be given under the direction of. Miss Helen Haubold, music in- ) structor in the school. No admission will be charged. Miss Mary Kathryn Tyndall will le the accompanist and the girls trio includes the Misses Margaret I Campbell, Helen Suttles and Mary Kathryn Tyndall. Following is the complete proj gram which will be given: The Stars Are Gleaming Rhys-Herbert Wind on the Hill O’Hare Mixed Glee Club Dance of the Pine Tree Fairies Forman ' 1 Passed by Your Window Brahe Girls’ Glee Club j Hark, Hark, the Lark! Schubert ’"•fCONTWURD ON PAGE SIX) 0 Senate Committee Favors Tariff Bill Washington. May 2—(UP) —The senate finance committee today voted a favorable report on the administration's reciprocal tariff bill giv-| ing President Roosevelt broad powers to negotiate trade agreements with foreign nations. Chairman Pat Harrison, Democrat, Miss., said he would report the measure to the senate later today. There was no record vote. Sister Os Local Resident Is Dead James Hurst, retired contractor of this city, received word this morning of'the death of his sister, Mrs. James Palmer of Petrola, Canada. Mrs. Palmer died early this morning of a heart attack. She was about 68 years of age. Mr. Hurst and sons, Jesse and Ed Hurst, Mrs. Jeese Hurst and daughter Mary will leave Thursday morning tor Petrola to attend the funeral.

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Method Os Nominating Candidates For City Council Is Explained — ~ ... ..

There is still some confusion or misunderstanding among the votI ers about the method of nominal 1 ing candidates for the city council | in the primary election next week. Here is the plan that will be fol- | lowed: Candidates will be nominated by I districts, but the whole city will I vote on the candidates, tin the case of the first ami second councilmanic districts there is opposition The | candidate fe; eiving the largest vote ! from the entire city will be nomiulated from his respective ward. In l first district the candidates are Herman Glllig. Charles A. Heare,

WILL REGULATE CLOSING HOURS x_ City Council Will Pass Ordinance To Affect Beer Dealers ,An ordinance fixing closing hours and regulating road houses within the*city and places where beer is sold will be drafted by city attorney Fred Fruchte and submitted to the city council at the next meeti ing. Last evening at the meeting of the councllmanic body, the matter was ibrought up and on motion of Councilman Joe Hunter referred to ' the city attorney. Several t itles have already passj ed ordinances fixing closing hours for beer stands and night clubs. In most cases 1 o’clock a. m. has been I the hour set In cases of eating houses, special provision is made for the serving of food, but a ban placed on the serv--1 ing of drinks. f The questions of passing an or- : dinance regulating road houses within the city limits has been dis- . i cussed since Herman Myers, retired ; farmer, started to build such a ! place on state road number 27, i north of Decatur, on the Haugk stone quarry property. The ordinance will be prepared . i by the next meeting. Several of the I ' beer dealers and refreshment par- i Hors have requested that an ordin-1 anfe be adopted which would fix l the closing hours. Question Girl In Mysterious Death Chicago May 2—(UP)—Police to- i day questioned a 10-yearlold girl [Josephine Zator. about the mysterious shooting to death late last I night of Theodore Moskola, 16. Moskola’s body was found in a North Side alley, a short distance from the home of the girl, where he had spent the evening. Patrons of a tavern less than 100 feet away said j they heard no shots. Josephine told police that Mos-' kola and two other youths told her I when they stopped at her house that they just h.ad been accosted by . three men in an automobile, who i tried to persuade them to enter it. ) FORD ACENCY OPENED HERE Al D. Schmitt Will Conduct Ford Automobile Agency Here A Ford automoibile agency will be opened In this city by Al D. ! Schmitt, who recently returned to I Decatur from Los Angeles, Cal., where he and his family resided for a number of years. Mr. Schmitt has leased the Wilhelm building on South First street and the place is being remodeled into a show room and general garage service quarters The new Ford models arrived in the city today and Mr. Schmitt Is building a sales organization to introduce the car to prospective buyers in this community. lit has been several years since the Ford car has been sold in thia city. With better tithes at hand, several new auto agencies have opened in Decatur and a representative list of the best known care are now sold here. Mr. and Mrs. Schmitt and daughter returned from California last week Mrs. Schmitt before her marriage was Miss Marcella Kuebler of this city.

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George W. Myers. Although only one of these men will be nominated to represent his district, the entire city will east a vote on the nominee. The ballots are printed with the names of the candidates arranged by districts and the voter can vote for only one candidate each district. Eai h party will nominate four andidates and in the November election the five receiving the highest vote will be elected, assuring at least one member from the opposite politi. al party

Will Present Play In Decatur Tonight The Freidheim Baseball Club will present a farce in three acts. "The Clay's the Thing” in the Decatur high school auditorium tonight at 8 o'clock. Admission will be 25 and 10 cents. The first art of the play takes place in Jack’s and Jerry’s study at Eldorado College and the second and third acts take place at Dudley Brigg’,: summer cottage at Atlantic City. Persons taking part in the presentation include Fred Buuck. Arnold Stoppenhagen, Edgar Doehrman Herbert Blomenberg, Gertrude Buuck. Linda Scheumann. Dorathea Blomenberg, Velma Buuck. Robert Buuck. Hilda Buuck and Erwin Buuck. Music will be furnished by Springer’s Live Wires. | , o Women Os Moose Meet Thursday The women of the Moose will meet at the Moose home. Thursday evening at 7:30 o’clock. Plans for holding the annual Memorial sei vice for deceased mambers will be made at the meeting. The memorial service will be held Sunday. May 6 and the program will be arranged at the meeting Thursday. NEW SPY RING i IS DISCOVERED French Secret Service Arrests Principal Agent Today Paris May 2 —(UP)— Another sensational spy case in France was revealed today when secret police announced officially they had ar- ! rested as a spy George Sybert. a former Polish colonel, now allegedly a member of the German spy 1 service. Sybert carried a German pass- ■ port under the name of Grotte, and ! also used three other names. — (Copyright 1934 by United Pressl Paris. May 2—(U.P.) The secret : service has discovered a new spy i ring working with one of France’s closest neighbors and quietly ar-1 rested its principal agent this afternoon. Warrants for others implicated were prepared. The utmost secrecy was maintained but the United Press was informed that an even greater roundup is in prospect than in the case of Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Switz, whose arrest revealed an extensive espionage ring qlrected from the United States and other countries. Albert Sarraut, minister of the * _ *<CONTINnRP ON PAGE r i NO CLOUD i I' Fort Wayne. May 2 —<U.R) | The weather man here today | | was busy obliterating an erron- | | eous entry he made Sunday . I which read “partly cloudy" as | | a result of Bluffton’s 35.000 I I gallon oil tank fire. I "From the weather bureau | window the smoke looked like I a big black cloud covering I about four-tenths of the south- I | ern skies. W. Howard Ulsh, | I first assistant at the bureau, . I said as he scratched away at 1 I the record. "1 thought It was i funny, but it looked like a | cloud to me, so 1 marked it | down." | Ulsh estimated the pillar ot I black smoke reached an altiI tilde of between 10,000 and I ' 12,000 feet, visible over most | | of northeastern Indiana. ♦ *

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, FORMULATE NEW PLANS TO TRAP I DILLINGER GANG: I Several Raids Made In , Chicago’s North Side 1 Last Night 1 REPORT GANGSTERS IN SMALL GROUPS; Chicago, May 2 —4U.R) —Like jig , 1 saw puzzle workers fitting togeth- ' er interlocking pieces, federal [ detectives today used new details ■ of the $200,000 kidnaping of Ed j ward G. Bremer of St. Paul to formulate new plans for appre | ' hension of the will o' the wisp j . ; John Dillinger gang. With a confession obtained! ■from John (Boss) McLaughlin.! 1 i pudgy Chicago political leader. ! ! that he handled $53,000 of the 1 Bremer ransom money, and with three other men under arrest on ' conspiracy charges in the case,; the government sleuths turned , their efforts toward capture of the j 1 actual kidnapers. A half dozen raids were made ' secretly on the Chicago north side ! 1 in a search for Alvin Karpis and j ‘ Arthur (Doc) Barker, named by | 1 . Attorney General Homer S. Cum- ‘ tilings as the men who took Brem ' er. hanker son of Adolf Bremer. : friend of President Roosevelt. ' ! from an exclusive St. Paul resi- j' dential street and held him 22g i days. [' , Both Karpis and Barker are >! known to have been affiliated ' I with Dillinger since his "toy gun" |' escape March 3 from the Crown | Point. Ind., jail. I St. Paul authorities said today j! I they had learned that Dillinger's crew has split into two factions , as a result ot the "heat" since a series of gun battles a week ago near Spider Lake. Wis. Despite the fact that Karpis and Barker were believed to have i deserted the gang, leaving Dilj linger supported only by a hand- ; I ful of his "old guard," the federal agents hoped that tips regarding | whereabouts of Karpis and Barker | might lead eventually to the Indiana outlaw leader. Legal action was to he taken today in St. Paid against both (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o Youths Attended Council Meeting i! Several members of the Peoples ~ party, successful organization in , the Youth Day election, attended . the meeting of the city council last . evening. They are planning to know jail the details of the city government when they take it over Friday. ( 'May 4. , Today is Youth Health Day. No ■ programs of any sort have been , arranged by the committees bei cause of the time that has already f ; been taken from the children’s stud- \ ; ies by Youth Week activities. P.am- j | phlets and folders on health were . | given to aJI school pupils GUNS STOLEN FROM ARMORY Thirteen Pistols, Other > Equipment Stolen At Warsaw Warsaw, Ind., May 2. — (U.R) — Fearing that gangsters were responsible for the theft of 13 army I calibre pistols and other military ' equipment from the national guard armory last night, county and city , police today kept a close watch on ! banks and other financial institu- j tions. In addition to the guns, the j thieves took one pair ot army field I glasses, six model 1923 aiming de- j vices for rifles and a self illumin J ating sight. The equipment was locked in a < chest and was used by Company L < of the Indiana National Guard. Police also expressed the belief < that petty thieves rather than an ■ i organized gang might have been J responsible for the theft. i | Capt. Milo Snyder, in command 11 of the guard unit, valued the stol- i en equipment at SI,OOO. i Only recently, John Dillinger and ! a company raided the Warsaw po- ' lice arsenal here and stole four : bullet proof vtsts. i

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Will Establish Fire Route In This City It was announced at the council meeting last evening that an ordinance was being prepared establishing a fire route in Decatur. It will be the purpose to specify certain streets over which the city fire trucks will travel in going to a fire Other traffic will be required to stop and cars will not be permitted to follow within one block of the fire truck. The council and city attorney Fred Fruchte will draft the ordinance and bring it up for passage at the next meeting. THOMASSPEAKS ON YOUTH WEEK Bryce Thomas Talks On Special Week to Lions Club Tuesday !] Bryce Thomas, principal of the . Central grade school, talked to the. . Lions club last night on "Youth'. Week.” W. F. Beery was in charge of the program. Mr. Thomas traced the growth ; and development of the movement.! Boys’ Week originated through the Rotary club in New York City in ' 1920. in 1921 the following cities carried out Boys’ Week: New York,! 1 Baltimore, Kansas City, Chicago 1 and Newark. In 1922 the week was j ! celebrated in 207 cities and in 1923]' by 608. ■' By 1926 the movement was gen- ■ leral throughout the United States : and Canada, in 1927 cities in Aus-> tralia, Canada. Cuba, Great Britain, Japan. Mexico, New Zealand. Porto 1 Rico, South Africa, the United ! States and South America put on ■ extensive Boys’ Week programs. I The program was observed generally throughout the world In 1931. Since that time the week has. been combined with a newer week | Girls Week and Is known as Youth Week. The object of Youth Week is to j ON PAGE FOUR) I BOARDS NAMED 11 FOR ELECTION Republican Election Board Members Are Announced Today The republican members of the ( election boards for the primary election Tuesday, May 8, were an- 1 nounced today by Ralph Yager, Ad- ■ ams county chairman Extra clerks will be used in nine 1 voting precincts in the county. Pre-11 icincts in which extra clerks have been ordered are 1-A, 1-B, 2-A. 3-A ' and 3-B in [Decatur; West Root, Geneva 'A and Berne A. and C. The complete list ot the Republican iboard members follows: East Union Judge IW. C. Beard Clerk —Fremont Bowers. Sheriff—C. N. Miller. West Union Judge—Ross Harden. Clerk —Alpha Barkley. Sheriff —‘Wilbur Sutnan East Root Judge—Frank Kitson. Clerk —Ralph Rabbitt. Sheriff —Frank Harkless. West Root Judge—-C. D Kunkle Clerk Norval Fuhrman. Clerk —Margaret Miller Sheriff —Ernest Tumbleson. North Preble Judge—Reed Gaston Clerk —Martin Blomenberg Sheriff —Alfred Rupright. South Preble Judge rTheodore Ewell Clerk —John Newhard. Sheriff —Walter Peck. (CONTTNTTWD ON PAGE SIX) j | 0 Children Inspect World’s Fair Train The school children and many 1 other residents of the city examined the “World’s Fair"’ train of the ' Pennsylvania railroad which was on exhibit at the Ideal station this morning. The visitors were permitted to I pass through the cars, which are! modern in every respect, and to ex-1 amine the giant K-4s type loco- ! motive which hauls the train. School was dismissed this morning. The automatic counter showed that 1,726 persons visited the train this morning.

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GIRL CLOSELY RESEMBLESTHE MISSING CHILD Woman !-> Held By Federal Agents In Goose Creek, Texas AWAIT SIGNAL TO PAY OUT RANSOM Goose Creek, Tex., May 2. —(U.R)—Department of justice agents held a woman here today for questioning in connection with the kidnaping of June Robles, six, of Tucson, Arizona. A child, said by the woman to be her daughter, closely resembled the missing Robles girl, officers said after telephone communications with Tucson authorities. The similarity was both in physical appearance and in intelligence, Department ot Justice Agent Murnry of Houston revealed. There also was similarity in the name ot the child and the Robles girl. Ready To Pay Tucson. Ariz., May 2. — (U.R) — Bernabe Robles, wealthy grandfather of June Robles. 6, was believed awaiting a signal today to make a second trip into the Mexican state of Sonora to negotiate the girl's release from kidnapers. Tlie child has been held captive since a week ago today. Within 24 hours Robles was expected to leave for the border with $15,000 ransom money. The United Press was Informed by a close friend of the 73-year-old 1 retired rancher that he hoped to pay over the money at a secret i rendezvous in return for informa--1 tion disclosing the girl’s wherea- | bouts. Yielding to family pressure, police activity still was suspended. I Department of justice agents and state, county and city authorities withdrew from the case shortly after Robles returned Monday night from a secret mission to Sonora where he was said to have established first contact with the kidnapers. Withdrawal of officers was one of tlie main conditions imposed by the abductors in dictating terms for June’s surrender, the (CONTINUWr) GN PAGE SIX) — 0 Tickets Are On Sale For Masonic Meeting Tickets are on sale by members of the local Masonic lodge for the lodge meeting and dinner Thursday night. Tickets for tlie dinner may aleo be procured at the door of the hall. The Summit City Masonic lodge of Fort Wayne will confer the Master Mason degree on a group of candidates at 4 and 8 o’clock. Members of lodges in surrounding towns and cities are planning to attend the meeting. Judge D Burns Douglas of Fort Wayne will be the principal speaker. o MAGAZINE WILL CONDUCT POLL Literary Digest To Conduct Poll On Roosevelt Policies New York, May 2 AU.R> Fifteen million American citizens will be asked to answer yes or no to the question: “Do you approve on the whole the acts and policies of Roosevelt’s first year?" The Poll will be conducted by the Literary Digest and will embrace the entire country. A million ballots have Deen distributed in the New York ana and the remainder will be sent out shortly. The poll, the tenth conducted by the magazine, will employ the mailing list of 15,000,00(1 names used in the previous surveys. Voters are not required to affix their names or addresses. They are asked only to name the state in which they live, to aid in classification. It) addition to the vote on the I new deal, the poll will ask: "For whom did you vote in 1932?” followed by the names Roosevelt, Hoover, any other. A comparison of the number of ’*CONUNVHb *ON *PAG*E* 3GK)**