Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 32, Number 128, Decatur, Adams County, 28 May 1934 — Page 1

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]®wes Wovisions flfej GODES LrTiße And Price-Fix-I iwW°^' u,n '' re I Hispended j FRESIDEM 28— (U.R) I cord with President ixecutive order. Renistrator Hugh S. ay suspended fair e sections of codes ndustries Including dyeing. ■lied service trades re motor vehicle d parking, barber rebuilding, bowling s, advertising distion and advertis■Washl'oi), Miv 28. <U.R) ■e NRA|b< -nt its first major slreat Win tin- attempt to Lulate Aim ric:m economic KMI the interest of busifes tixlav at the Kier of Pl' '•lih'lit Kooseveli. IWitlHllioke of the latest ■tile — that of the Barrow . hovering over p Blue Maule front, the Presifair trade and prieeprov Sions of service IndusjS codesiau-1' ’d at the discr—fe ot|W Hugh S. Johnson, fey SO loing. the Piesident nt ~fe strjK satisfied many of the "■perest ■> 'iaint-i made against fe NRAfend removed from the fesrery igent-v its greatest adlifeiistratite burden. Criticism fe in recent weeks, ■fenaieiwy last week's Darrow ■Child tel >r. minimum wage and hour regulations rerfein ini force throughout all ►few W try. [■The Pr* '.dent's action was the set stepl in what is seen as a Ireful mdj'istment of the NRA ■ ths dnfcrest of eliminating tinlorkable Beat ores. It marks, in■entallyl a return to the original ■neept o the Recovery act as fecentrat i: on the 30 or 40 fee infest l ies which employ fei 70 ko SO per cent of the ■The next step is expected to be jorganialtion of codes under peril’s <>f major groupings I administration ami icOWHNI'ED ON PAGE FIVE) len®esidents I | Buy Greenhouse fer. and Mrs. G. W. Rentz of Peru F e Wife laced and taken possesP n «C tjm Vaughn's greenhouse fe> and Mrs. O. L. Vaughn fe operated the plant for The new owners 111 run the greenhouse under the |®» Jrticy. A new name has not [Mr. Shd Mm. Vaughan have not kiWßhat they will do in the futhe time being they will pudnfe this city. IEBESS WILL [jEEKtIIVORCE Ira Hutton To Seek orcc From Her usband Prince 1. May 28—<U.R> —Barbara Lmerican five-and-ten cent ress. intends to elude her prince, Alexis Mdivani, r father arrives here, and ' the United States to obdivorce, it was asserted reliable authority. a’s father, Franklyn L. B sailed from New York I sfe ln the "ner Bremen. It that Barbara intended fe*^fe>P a ny her father home. l rta x rs h ave ' asen frequent that was an unhappy one F’-arr and her prince, who title as a former res! f s f Os the Soviet Russian repub- | : |B eol 'gia, where princes used married in Paris last been confirmed that 1 ■ left for London after reword which gave him con his daughter's WBtUWBD Ln’paJjJ YveP

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| Move Equipment To New Theater Wonk was started late Sunday night on moving the equipment of the Adams theater to the new locai tion on Monroe street. Last night's I show was the last In the oi l location The new theater, which is one of the finest in the country for tills city, will be formally opened Fri- ’ day night. SERVICES ARE HELD Slf HDAY Legion Holds Annual Memorial Dav Services At Local Church Annual Memorial Day services I of Adams post number 43 of the American Legion were held Sunday morning at the First United ’ ; Brethren church in this city. R. A. Drummond was the only Civil War veteran who was able Ito attend the services. Spanish- ’ ' American war veterans. American I' Legion members and ladies of the I •' Women’s auxiliary of the legion i marched in a body to the church ■ {and heard the pastor, the Rev J . I Charles J. Roberts, talk on . , "Patriotism and Peace.” . I Rev. Roberts used as his text ! t Christ's statement to the Pharl'l sees, "Render unto Caesar those • things which are Caesar’s and tin- ’ to God those things which are i • 1 God's.” As the ex-soldiers and their; ’ I wives marched to the auditorium j the combined young peoples and I adult choir of the church marched ’, to the choir loft sjpging. "The I I Heroes Come.” The choir also I “ : sang “The Ivory Palaces." ’ I An impressive rite closed the ■ 1 1 services. The large audience ' ' stood and .sang "America” after 'I which they remained silent while i I muted "taps'' ware -eeuaded. Rev. j Roberts pronounced the benediction after which the ex-soldiers ' and their wives marched out with the audience still standing. ! ■ Rev. Roberts used in connection ‘with his text the verse from ‘ Romans 14:19 which reads as fol lows, "Let us therefore follow . " after the things that make for 1 peace and the things whereby we 1 , may edify one another.” *! He opened his sermon by sayI ing. “I think I am in hearty sym--1 i pathy with you soldiers because 1 » • * * * • • * ♦ * • • • • • * • • * — ♦ 1 i (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) PROBING DEATH AT INDIANAPOLIS — , Civic Theater Plaver Dies Os Injury Suffered ! At Hotel 1 Indianapolis, May 28. — (U.R> — ' Evidence obtained by detectives of ‘ the Indianapolis homicide squad was presented to a coroner's jury today as investigation was cont in--1 tied in the death of Thomas Sar gent, 38, civic theater player who 1 died from injuries receives! in a fight at a downtown hotel. Frank Gardner, proprietor of the Spencer hotel restaurant, is being held in connection with the death. Police alleged that he struck Sar- ') gent over the head with a black--I;jack. ;jack. ■ Gardner was released under $5.1000 bond after a murder charge placed against him originally was I reduced to manslaughter. Sargent's death was caused by a fracture of the skull. Coroner William Arbuckle reported. The actor was found dead in bed 1 by his wife the morning after the 1 fight. He had gone home from the hotel, apparently none the worse • for his experience. 1 Witnesses said that Gardner ob- ‘ jected when 'a woman member of 1 Sargent’s party started to sing. Sargent engaged in an argument • with the proprietor and the slugg--1 ing followed. 1 Sargent played in the original *7continued on page R) Fraternity Will ) Meet Tuesday Night All members of the Phi Delta 1 Kappa fraternity are asked to att tend a special meeting Tuesday evening. Final arrangements will Ibe t made at that time for the tri state - council, which will be held here ■ next Saturday and Sunday. A com- ’ plete program for the convention ' will be announced later this week.

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DISAGREE ON ATTORNEY FEES Mrs. Lena Lunz And Attorneys Unable To Collect Judgment Mrs. Lena Lunz and her attor-: I ' neys. Peters. Leas, Campbel! and Jasper of Fort Wayne were in town today to collect z judgment ! for alimony awarded Mrs. Lunz from her husband Fred G. Lunz, sheriff of Allen County. Mrs, Lunz and the attorneys were ! unable to agree upon the amount of the attorney fees and as there was a lion against the judgment tiled by the attorneys, county . lerk i David D. Depp refused to make I payment until the argument was settled. Unable to de ide upon the i amount, Mrs. Lunz and the attor- i neys returnt'd to Fort Wayne. It is I possible that a suit may be filed ■ by the attorneys to collect their i 'fees. The judgment was rendered in ■ the Adams Circuit court November 3, 1933, after a jury had granted Mrs. Lunz a divorce from her husband. Sheriff Lunz mailed a check jto the Adams county court for the [ $5,000i judgment and the court costs j several weeks ago. BEINEKE CHILD DEATH'S VICTIM Daughter of Elmer Beineke Dies Early This Morning Dorothy Mae Beineke, four year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer H. Beineke of Preble township, died at her parental home at 1:45 o’clock ' this morning. Death was due to complications. The child had ibeen bedfast for the last two weeks. She was born in Preble township on September 7, 1929, a daughter of Elmer H. and Lillie Snell-Bein-eke. She was a member of the Magley Reformed ChUF.h. Surviving are the iiarent.s and the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. S. |W. Beinefce of Preble township. Funeral services will be held I Wednesday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock at the home and at 2 o'clock at the Magley Reformed church. Burial will be made in the church cemetery. Rev. David Greiner will officiate at the services. The body will be removed to the Beineke home from the S. E. Black funeral home late this afternoon.

Decatur, Indiana, Monday, May 28, 1934.

Former Decatur Resident Dead Word has Ibeen received here of l the death of Mrs. Oscar Besser of Hammond, slater of Mrs. John Kelly and Mrs. Frank Teeple of Decatur, and a former resident here. Mrs. Besser died at 6 o’clock this i morning. Surviving aie the husband, a daughter Viola and a son Roy. Fun- ■ eral services will be held Thursday ! morning at the Catholic Church in Hammond. MEMORIAL DAY SERVICE PLANS Adams Post of American Legion To Conduct Services Wednesday All Civil, Spanish-American and World War veterans and wives of veterans who expect, to take part in the Memorial Day services are requested to be at the American Legion hall on South Second street at 8:30 o'clock Wednesday morning. From the hall the party will be conveyed in automobiles to tlie Catholic cemetery where services will be held at 9 o’clock. Immediately afterwards the party will journey to the Maplewool cemetery where similar services will be conducted. | While the veterans and their wives are at the cemetery the American Legion band will give a con- •' cert at the soldiers and sailors monument in the court house yard. ; The band will meet the party in J the court house yard. The band and drum corps will ■ lead the veterans to the Monroe street bridge where the usual Memj orlal Day services will be held which will include songs and throwing flowers into the St. Marys river. The veterans, their wives, boy and girl scouts, and school children ••-•♦* « ♦ ♦ » ♦ (CnNTTNUF?n ON PAGE SIX) 1 — •——o —* More Candidates File Expenses Several additional candidates filed their expense accounts for the piimary held May 8. They are. Grove Tope, trustee of St. Marys township, >3.50. IXirphus L. Drum, county treasurer, $27.06. C. F. Troutner, trustee of St. Marys township. $7.50. Wilbert Nussbaum, trustee of Monroe township, none John G. Pyle, sheriff, $4.50.

! MANY BILLS TO J BE CONSIDERED - Doubtful If Congress Will Adjourn Before i June 16 Washington, May 28 — (DR) 1 Congress was moving fast todav toward the hectic pre adjourn \ ment period will) the usual last minute rush of legislation whicli . ever-hopeful spongers wanted to ■ jam through. Officially administration leaders 1 continued to predict adjournment b■ by June 9. But no one would be surprised to see the session lasi | a week longer. The senate, with its deliberative | 1 tendencies was the center of the jam with the tariff bill still under debate. The Republican attack, however, was drawing to a close 1 with a vote expected without j „ much more delay. 1 Both houses and senate are exI pected to approve the stock mars ket bill finally this week. The II compromise reached by conferees t is considered satisfactory to Sen. - Carter Glass. D., Va„ who had been nursing plans for a bitter (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) ■ DELIVER NOTE TO GOVERNMENT r r I Great Britain Is Unlikely To Make War Debt ' Payment ' London. May 28.—<U.R> —The Unit--3 i ed States today delivered a note to ' the government, reminding it that 1 the British debt installment of SBS.- ■ 670.000 would be due June 15. The note was delivered through ' Sir Ronald Lindsay, British ambass--1 ador. who received it Friday. ’ i It contains a statement of the amounts due on the June and December installments of last year, on which Britain made token pay■i ments, as well as the advice that the June 15 payment should be • made either to the treasury depart- ■ ment at Washington or the Federal Reserve Bank at New York. '■ \ The United Press learned, immediately after the note was re- - ceived. that It had not altered the government’s present policy, which is to default the June payment unless the debt situation is altered. f At present the government is Jagainst making even a token payI ment.

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PEACE REIGNS OVER SCENE OF I TOLEDO RIOTS Strike Settlement Is Believed Possible By Tonight SOLDIERS AT WORK CLEARING DEBRIS Toledo, 0., May 28 —<U.R> Labor, ! hoping for Immediate and favorable settlement ot grievances, withdrew | shock batalio.is from the district surrounding Hie shattered Eelectrie I Auto-Lite Company plant today. Mediators of one of the worst i capital-labor outbreaks since the I Blue Ekgle was run up over Amer- * lean industry, had reasons to feel 1 settlement was probable and not I far off. A busy Sunday and Sunday | night of negotiating brought both i sides to a favorable view of the I other's position and for more than 24 hours complete peace had reign- ' ed over the ten block sector around ! Ihe plant, scene of three days and ! nights of fighting between National i Guard troops and rioters. Rioters, two ot whom were killI ed by soldiers and scores wounded, had withdrawn from the district. Nearly 1,000 soldiers, still on guard, were put to work clearing tlie debi ris of the prolonged rioting which ' began last Tuesday and continued . with renewed ferocity when the soldiers arrived Thursday. The troopers had established | military law over the district and i will remain encamped there "until : life and property are out of danger," Gov. George White announced. Like tlie rioters, the guardsmen counted casualties —a lieutenant . shot and a score of men injured by ! flying bricks. Among the soldiers were boys of +■- fCONTINUWD ON PAGE SIX) Fifteen Children Enter Bible School — The Decatur Daily Vacation Bible is: hool opened thesectonGweelk of school this morning with an increase attendance. Fifteen new children are enrolled in the school. Friday has been designated as visitors’ day. Visitors will be welcomed to visit the school in the Central building anytime Fri ay morning from 8:30 to ll:15 o’clo. k. TWO DIVORCE GASES HEARD — Two Cases Heard In Adams Circuit Court Here Saturday Two cases resulting from divorce 1 proceedings were heard in tlie Adi ams circuit court Saturday by ’Judge Huber M. De Voss. The first case was against Archie j Smith, who is charged witli contempt of court for not paying $5.00 a week support for his wife and three children as ordered by tlie court when an order was granted his wife restraining him from molesting her and tlie three children pending the result of the divorce i proceeding in tlie court. ' Smith stated that he was unable | to pay the support money because of the fact that lie was unable to find work. Judge DeVoss continued the case until next Saturday and ordered Smith to bring in a list ot' places he has visited seeking work during the week. A divorce was granted Vilas Dale Elzey from his wife, Ethel Elzey. The case had been pending in the court since April 4. 1931. Elzey said that his wife left him, taking the two young children, six or seven years ago. He said that he had made an agreement with her to buy the clothing for the children, providing she bought the clothes. Judge DeVoss granted the divorce and ordered Elzey to pay $3.00 a week support for the children until further orders from the court. o Junior Bund Will Practice Tonight The Decatur Junior high school . iband will practice tonight at 7:30 o’clock in room It’ll in the high : Ibuil'Jing. A short business meeting . will be held after the practice at 8:30 o’clock.

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Rabbi Tarshish At Bluffton Tuesday Raibbi Jacob Tarshish noted radio speaker and public lecturer, will speak at the Bluffton community I building. Tuesday evening at 8 o’I clock. The meeting will be conducted under the auspices of the Bluffton chapter of the Knights of Pythias. Admission price of 50 'i - enta will be charged. REQUEST MADE FOR TROOPERS AT DISTILLERY I Labor Trouble At Pekin, Illinois, Results In Call REGARD SITUATION AS VERY SERIOUS Pekin, 111., May 28. — (U.R) — A ! crowd of approximately 300 men . i swarmed over the lawn in front of the American Distillery Company plant here today, blocking the high- , way leading to the factory and ' causing such concern that a request for state troops was sent to the state capital. The management ot the company ' apparently had placed the call for t I troops hut none of the officers of j the concern would discuss the mat- , ter. At mid-morning the only violence reported had been the breaking of I i a bus window for which a youth I was arrested but later was releas- . ed on bond. i It was understood the disagree- , ment between the management and some employes resulted from an . attempt to unionize the plant by I outside labor organizers. f The controversy gradually has become more acute although the American Distillery Company lias been operating daily but on a slightly curtailed basis. I Late yesterday a plea for re-en-forcements to the local police was . sent to Peoria and nine state high- ■ way patrolmen were sent here. In . addition Captain Americo Bonjean ■ of the National Guard was ordered i to the scene to report to the state s ; adjutan general. Request Received . j Springfield. 111., May 28.—(U.R)—A request for state troops was received by Adjutant General Carlos E. Black here today from the state’s (UDN-rINUED nN PAGE FIVE) o Barber Violation Case Not Heard Yet The case of the state against Wil- ' lis Fonner. local barber, for viola- . i tion of the barber’s license, has not I yet been set for hearing. Mr. Fonner stated to lay he did I not know the case had been filed | and denied that he had been arreeti ' ed. ■ i He also warned persons he claim- ' ed were going to throw rocks through his barber shop window, “' that he had a shot gun in the house ■land it any attempt was made to ’ wreck his place, someone might II walk away with a little lead. > I o TWO ARE KILLED : IN GUN BATTLE k ) Two Die of Wounds When Officer Attempts Arrest Sunday < Mt. Vernon. Ind., May 28. —(U.R) I A revolver duel between a police -i officer and a man he was attempt- . j ing to arrest resulted in the death , of both men late yesterday. t Felled by bullets fired by Steve t Hempes. a state highway worker, r Robert Randolph, acting police - chief, drew his gun and killed his s assailant instantly. Randolph died several hours - later from shock. He had been t wounded in the kg. - The shooting was witnessed by . W. D. Lawrence, regular police chief, on leave of absence because of an injury. Lawrence said Hempes was in toxicated and the acting chief t ordered him off the streets. Shortly afterward the two policemen 1 saw the highway worker again ) and Randolph started after him ’ Hempes resisted arrest and the, > shooting rcslted. t Randolph had been a member of the local police force for 25 years.

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MOTOR TROUBLE FORCES FLYERS TO LAND TODAY I Trouble Thwarts Flight From Paris To San Francisco ANOTHER OCEAN FLIGHT IS MADE Flovtl Bennett Field, Xew 'York. May 28. — (U.R) - Troublesome wing and niot- . or vibrations todav I’rustratI ed tlie attempt of the French ’ aces, Captain Paul Codos and Lieutenant Maurice Rossi to I fly non-stop from Paris to the Pacific coast of the I nited States. , 1 They landed their huge five 1 year old Bleriot monoplane here j at 2:37 p.in. EDT. 38 hours and 27 ' minutes after they had hopped off i from Leßourget, near Paris. They t j were approximately 3,000 miles ■ short of their goa'l. The only otii--1 er westward flight from Paris to I I New York was the epic aerojourney of Lieudonne Coste and Maur- > ! ice Bellonte, iti 1930. who crossed in 37 hours and 17 minutes. The monoplane appeared unex- ■ pectedly over the airport, circling ' ; slowly and dumping gas as she . maneuvered for a landing. Indications that Rossi and Codos . fought a battle in 'he air on their ■ trans-Atlantic flight were reporti ed by mechanics who examined . j their plane after the landing. I The generator had been burned out and it was believed a fire exI { tinguisher had been used on it. In a brief radio speech in , ' French to the American people, I Rossi explained that 3,000 litres , of gasoline remained in their , tanks as they arrived over Floyd 4 1 Bennett field. Most ot it they t I dumped before landing, to pre- { vent a possible explosion if they j landed badly. j “Both ot ns are heart broken.” I Rossi said. "We were forced to come down by vibrations of the > wings and motor. “But for that we could easily k I have reached San Francisco. "After our long and elaborate ; preparations it is a great disapI pointment to fail because of such I I comparatively small matters.” Across Atlantic Rio de Janeiro, May 28 - (U.R)--IPONTINURD ON PI GF fWK) , DEATH CLAIMS JOSEPH MOSER t i Farmer Dies This Morni ing At Home In St, Mary’s Township Joseph R. Moser. 79, a resident of i ’ St. Mary’s township for 60 years. . ) died at his home one and one-half “ j miles east of Pleasant Mills at 9:3(1 > I o’clock this morning. t | Mr. Moser had been in 'falling I health since the death of ids wife I four years ago. The deceased was : born in Willshire township. Van | Wert county, Ohio, moving to Adlams county when a young man. He i was well known throughout the i southern part of the county. ■ Surviving are two sons. Oscar | Moser, Portland; an J Charley MoI ser, who made his home with his I father. Definite funeral arrangements have not been completed but services will he held at the United Brethren church st Wren, Ohio. ’ Burial will be made at the Wood--3 land cemetery, Van Wert. o 1 Regular Legion Meeting Tonight ; Adams post number 43 of the < American Legion will meet in regular session at the legion hall on s South Second street at 8 o'clock ) this evening. Tlie legton boy scout troop, led 'by Ed Jaberg., s outmas1 ter will give an exhibition of scout a I work. o Fort Wayne Choir f To (Jive Concert i The St. Johns Reformed Church u choir of Fort Wayne will present a sacred concert at the Zion Rcformb ed church here next Sunday evening at 7:30 o'clock. The concert will f be present under the direction of i. Fred Bloemker.