Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 32, Number 130, Decatur, Adams County, 31 May 1934 — Page 1

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Steel industry strike threatens

F targe Toll Os Lives Claimed Memorial Day

F&. «T PERSONS REVICTIMS OVER HOLIDAY -i In Airplane i: J B*P S ? Traffic Accidents Frequent ' S©RDUITY MAN 2 burned TO DEATH 'P By JJniied Press irpkmes, automobiles. Ink ps and boats look a lari>e Mi! bf lives . 'ii i-'kiv io .jj mWions of persons who r ,u i<ht outdoor reliel Irmn norial Dav heat. “ gaMfS ot almost every >n|b !<• saw,fi abnormal mininfti of autoi iobile .utitlenis ! h rant totalities. Air linn e mishap brought death to .tram a persons with 15 others ser ly injured ■"* Ire persons were killed by a ■ I which llrmk tl’.'ir autotno near s■>' Mich., as they 1 "''i.T- ‘ B ...j d|tictl I el ' : K. j Kcwifytiiiii it ’"-h \ m t^B* : 'jUI i • andlnjwd three others. iriiie mil. es| ior. 25, and CorKwHnspoor, 26, cousins, wed In West Okoboji Lake, r Arnold Park, la., after their ■ boat Rai sized with seven •rd. Vo ad*Kenneth Rutherford. Sulphur Springs, Ind. and met Woh ton, 27. Hartford t. Ind., pi i e burned to death in their plane caught fire In air and trashed near New tie. Ind. Bother Br.. ii near Cameron. . took the lives of two army nXTTNIBn GN PAM FIVE) \ BY ISSUE } IS CANDIDATE \ rmer | Governor Will ’ Robinson Forpiomination r \

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idianawjls. May 31. — (U.R) ner OMernor Harry G. Leslie sy rnOlrti the race for the UnitJT States Benator nomination, in usitkm to the incumbent, Arthur Robinsob lie Repul lean nominee for the ate wß w >" be chosen at the Smblican [state convention here ie 5. lM lie ana< uneed his candidacy ly withihe statement that he I set up lampaign headquarters ['he dKlool hotel the day t>e- • of tlie former gover backed by Henrv *'I»TW»I Lafayette publisher J, who jp j sett at Ahinson during the s. n ’] rs ,o gain control of the |. l e Commlitt'e in its annual reor I ft iobinsonl sought to oust the H “‘"'NTiwl v |'\.h SIX) j ®cal Man Taken STo State Hospital H es *®WPHtton, former judge of | Adams tireuit court, was taken | the Efcohaven sanitarium at h'lionj this morning for treatfl *k':sShet!iff Hurl Johnson took ft ' the hospital. **, o — , WwHM'st Rooms |At Cort Theater CjConstruction of both men’s and rooms at the Court '■'ter has been completed. Entce to both rest rooms is from theater lobby. Firemen Will Meet Tonight t meeting of the Decatur fire•n be held tonight a 7:00 °ek at the ttre department on y W e!, k

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Vol. XXXII. No. 130.

Papa of Quintuplets B Wk | ML - z V O ’ ■ iWI ——- _ Here’s the daddy of Canada’s I J record human brood —quintuplets, five baby girls, born to Mrs. Ovilia Dionne, age 26. Dionne, a French Canadian farmer, is a small man, but five feet eight inches tall and , weighing only 130 pounds. MEMORIAL DAY ! SERVICES HELD — American Legion Post Conducts Annual Services Wednesday —— Decatur paid tribute to its hero : dead Wednesday. Memorial Day, with Adams post number 43 of the ! American Legion conducting the I annual services. The legion drum corps and tiring , squad first held services at the Catholic cemetery for Ed Radernaker. Similar services were held at the Maplewood cemetery for ! Ivan Baker. While the ceremonies were being conducted at the two ceme teries, the American legion city band presented a concert at the ! court house. Following the concert, the drum 1 corps, members of the legion band, 1 Spanish-American war veterans. 1 one Civil War veteran, boy and i girl scouts and a number of school children marched to the Monroe I street bridge, where services were | held for the Unknown Sailor. The parade then retraced its line I of march to the peace monument in /vztnr* hnnsp lawn, where ser-

the court nouse lawn, wuere oei vices were held for the Unknown Soldier. This service was concludI ed with the band playing the “Star Spangled Banner." At the conclusion of the local ceremonies, the drum corps, tiring squad and boy and girls scouts motored to Berne. Services were held at the Berne cemetery for True Gottschalk. Otto Gase was general chairman of arrangements for the services. He was assisted by Floyd Hunter, i chaplain, Elmo Smith, commander of the tiring squad and Albert MilIler, commander of Adams post. TOKEN PAYMENT OFFERED U.S. Great Britain Will Offer Token Payment On War Debts ' London. (U.R) - Great Britain today gave the United States government the choice ot accepting a token debt payment or 'declaring Britain in default. A note was drafted for the Unit ed States and submitted to the French government for its information offering the token-or-detault l alternative and suggesting a refunding conference. 1 Then after the contents of the I note were disclosed in substance I both here and in Paris, the eatmuk I held it up in the apparent hope that Prco ident Roosevelt would use his knowledge of it to.offer negouations to the United States sll,- . 000,000,000 debtor. It was understood that the note would not be sent before next ' W< The note seemed to leave the £ixai

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HOUSE PASSES SILVER BILL BY HUGE VOTE Silver Bloc Members And Republicans Denounce Measure BILL NOW GOES TO THE SENATE Washington, May 31 -(UPl—The lioiuse passed the silver purchase bill today *by a one sided vote, ilespite denunciations of silver! bloc members that it was a “lemon” and charges by republicans that it was a speculator's bill. The ' measure now goes to the senate. The roll call vote hal been delayed until today under an agreement by the leadership. For eight hours administration forces were busy yesterday fighting filibuster tactics, and succeeded in pushing the measure through intact, beating down a series of opposition i amendments. The bill, result of a compromise I l between the White House and coni gressional silverites, declares it the ' policy of the United fates to increase to 25 per cent the proportion of silver to gold in monetary stocks. The measure authorizes the secretary of treasury to purchase ail- ■ ver, and permits the President to nationalize all domestic silver i stocks in addition it places a 50 per I cent tax on silver profits. Recommends Hanni For Monroe Office Adolph Hanni. who has been acting postmaster at Monroe for several months, has been recommended as permanent postmaster by Congressman James 1. Farley, according to worn received here today. LEAGUE WILL GIVE PROGRAM Monroe Epworth League To Give Program Friday And Saturday The Epworth League of the Monroe Methodist Episcopal church

, will present a program in the hall above the Model Hatchery in Mon- . roe Friday and Saturday nights, June 1 and 2. The program will I start at 7:30 o’clock and admission . will be 10 and 15 cents. Children under six years of age will be ad- , mitted free. The program will include two ; plays, “The Laughing Cure", a two ■ act comedy, and "I’he Color Line”, ! a one-act drama. Between the acts I Mrs. Reuben Myers will play piano I I selections, Mrs. George Smith and I Miss Eloise Christy will give readI ings. a The cast of characters for the j comedy is as follows: ! Dr. Carey Olen Lehman Mrs. Clark Hanson Lohma Hahnert Clark Hanson Max Bahner Mrs. Perry Pauline Buckmaster I Gay Hanson Alma Morgan Jimmy Mason Tom Adler Nora, the maid Drucilla Burkhead ■ Dr. Whitcomb Harold Ray Kitty Clyde Betty Sprunger The cast of characters for the second play is as follows: Barbara McKean Virginia Rinehart Dr. Henry Lawson Marcel Everhart Stanley Preston Buster Morgan ! Fu Chun Kenneth Longenberger Wanda Williams Louise Niles Miss King Margaret Burkhead o Anderson Funeral Rites Held Today Funeral services were held at 2 ' o'clock this afternoon for Mrs. Wil- ’ liam Anderson. 42, who died suddenly shortly before noon Tuesday of coronary thromlbosis. Services 1 were held at the East Liberty church, with Rev. R. D. Smith offi- ' elating. Burial was made at the ij. O. O. F. cemetery at Monroeville. Mrs. Anderson is survived by the husband and seven children, Robert John, Floyd, David, Albert, Millie and Betty. Three brothers and three sisters also survive.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, May 31, 1934.

Race Winner i t fl r ‘ “* -■< r l to# “Wild” Bill Cummings, a native ,of Indianapolis, won the annual < 500-mile automobile race classic i Decoration Day at the Indianapolis speedway. Cummings set a new track record when he averaged 104.865 miles an hour. (July three 1 accidents marred the race, with j no one seriously injured. ASK FUNDS TO i MAKE REPAIRS t City Will Apply For Appropriation From Governor’s Commission Application tor an appropriation for labor to build a new road through Hanna-Nuttman park, the repair of South sixth street and minor repairs to other streets in I the city will be made by the city I :to the Governor’s commission on i ' unemployment relief. Following the Memorial Day par ale Wednesday morning in which ! Mayor George Krick, the council I men and street commissioner H Fred Linn, participated, a trip of ' inspection was made to the park 1 ! and over the streets. City finances in the general fund do not permit the making of the improvements at this time and it is believed that an appropriation for payment of the laibor on the several projects can be obtained from , the state ERA. rrsi. 4 ... rv .. m ♦ nf tlirx alloVC

The improvement of the alleys : back of the business houses on Sec- | ond street cannot ,be made at city ' expense, although the city is will- ' ing to pay its share if the property | owners petition for the improve- . ment. The cost of resurfacing the < alleys, would be small, city officials estimate, if the labor costs were paid through the state relief organization. o DAIRY PRICES ARE AGREED ON Decatur Dairies Agree On Uniform Schedule of Prices Here Dairymen who furnish Decatur . with milk and cream have agreed , on a uniform schedule of prices, effective, Friday, June 1. Eight dairymen signed the price , schedule, covering both the retail price delivered to the homes and , . the wholesale price for milk and cream delivered to the stores. In most cases the schedule of price is not an advance as several , of the dairymen were charging the . standard price. Milk delivered to the home will be eight cents a quart and four ; cents a pint. The retail prices for milk and cream, delivered, follow: Milk, quart, eight cents; milk, pint, four cents; gallon, 28 cents; coffee i cream, halt pint, eight cents; i whipping cream, half pint. 16 cents; coffee cream, quart, 30 cents; . whipping cream, quart, 50 cents. The following dairies signed the ■ price contract: Blue Creek Dairy; Yellow Creek Dairy; White City » Dairy; Lehman Dairy; Dale D. Moses; Fairy Way Dairy; Jacob Graber, and Blue Valley Dairy. ■

ADAMSTHEATER OPENS FRIDAY New Theater, Under Construction Five Months, Opens Tomorrow The doors of the New Adams theater, Monroe street, which Ims been under construction nearly five months, will be formally opened to the public at 6 o'clock Friday evening. Unless one has actually seen the interior of the theater, It Is impossible to imagine what has been accomplished. The writer | was treated to a pre view showing of the completed structure today, and was amazed by the beauty iof the place. At the entrance one observes a rounded, modernistic ! canopy studded with many lights, ito which is hung the attiaction ! board, announcing the current ‘ program. This canopy is done in I a color scheme of mahogany and 1 < ream —this color scheme dominates the decorative motif of the entire theater, and is both lavish 1 and restful to the eye. The richlooking boxoffice and sturdy en ; trance doors are hung with shirr--1 ed valances of ecru colored silk. Lobby Beautifully Designed The lobby itself is a thing of I beauty, with intricately designed ■ mill-work decoration, a vari-color- ' ed tile floor, and lighting fixtures of sparkling brilliance. In the | lobby is located a modern Sweet i Shop, where refreshments will be dispensed. The inner foyer taste-1 . flly carries out the general color ■ scheme and is encircled witli dazzling mirrors. A modern drinking fountain is to be found at the left of the main entrance, and -rich . looking lighting fixtures stud the ceiling. Off the foyer to the left opens the door to the ladies' rest room iin the basement. This rest room, ! modern in every respect, contains ample sanitary facilities, and is ICONTINUI-TD ON PAGE STXI 0 SCHOOL CLOSES FRIDAY, JUNE 8 Dr.D.W. Kurtz Will Speak At Kirkland Bible School Exercises The Kirkland Bible school which (wnon/A.l t ♦ a nlntK ciohnol 114 > l l <1 tr

opened its ninth school Monday morning will close Friday, June 8. I The commencement will be held at 7:30 o'clock and tl;e address will be given by Dr. D. W. Kurtz, president | of Bethany Biblical Seminary in Chicago. The enrollment of 217 this year , is the smallest enrollment for sev- i eral years. The Kirkland Bible I school was organized June 21. 1826 by Mrs. S. L. Cover who has been : the director of the school each year since that time. The first school had an enrollment of 171 students I and has increased in attendance since that time. The largest enrollment reached was 308 in 1832. tin 1928 the school graduated its first class of 14 young people, nine of whom have served the school as teachers since. The total number * 'continued on page five) Dr. Somers To Open Office At Elkhart Dr. L. E. Somers was in the city today making final preparations for moving some of his office equipment to Elkhart, where he will open an office. Dr. and Mrs. Somers moved from Decatur last year and tor sometime the physician has been taking post graduate work. They will move to Elkhart in the next week. —. —o —— ---- - ,— Earl Bienz Injured Wednesday Afternoon Ear! Bienz, 438 Mercer avenue suffered an injury to his right toot, late Wednesday afternoon when a 30 pound plete of steel fell on his , foot. Bienz was working for the ■ Yost Brothers Construction com-1 pany when the accident occurred. He was removed to the Adams County Memorial Hospital where it was found that one of the toes on the right foot was fractured.

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DOLLAR WHEAT IS REACHED AT ' GRAIN MARKET Continued Hot Weather Prevails Throughout Farm Area CATTLE BUYING PROGRAM STARTS Chicago, May 31— (U.P) —Grain' prices and the thermometer soar’d hand in hand in the drought- | stricken farming area of America I today. Dollar wheat was recorded and prices went still higher. The ! market seemed to be paced by the thermometer which touched 100 in many points throughout the nation's “breadbasket.'' In the terraced pits of the Chi-[ I cago board of trade the market opened bearish on reports that thunderstorms were expected. The lower trend was short-lived, I however. White-coated traders, many of | ! them with collars opened, and with perspiration dripping from their brows, weighed the prospects of rain gaainst the reality :of an almost unprecedented drought and turned over to the buying side. The buying movement became | i almost a stampede as traders i ! fought to fill their orders. Before the market had been going 30 minutes a trader shouted: “One dollar for September.” His hid got prompt takers but not for long. By mid-morning • September wheat sold for $1.02M,. ' July for $1 ,00 7 h and May for $1.01%. The major grain was up' I 3% to 3% from the close Tuesday and trading was at a tremendous pace. Other grains trailed wheat up the price ladder in Chicago and at ! almost every trading center throughout the country similar price advances were recorded. At ■ Minneapolis, which recorded dollar wheat earlier this week, the July delivery sold today at $l.O3 7 s The market reflected a situation so serious that the federal and i some state governments moved io ! provide relief. A federal program for buying i 1,200,000 starving cattle from ti.e ! parched pastures of northwestern I (COWTINTIED ON PAGE FIVE! — o — Hickman Taken To

State Penal Farm — Sheriff Burl Johnson took Charles Hickman to the state penal | farm at Putnamville Tuesday. Hick- ■ was was sentenced by Judge Huber ; M. DeVoss to 60 days in jail and j fined $l5O as a jury in the Adams j circuit court recommended after , convicting him of assault and bat- ; tery, April 25. DEATH CLAIMS ROBERT POLING Lifelong Resident Dies This Afternoon After Long Illness Robert Wilson Poling, 68, lifelong resident of Adams County and Decatur, died at his home at 427 Fornax street at 2:15 o’clock this afternoon. Death was due to colitis and a heart and kidnay ailment. He had been ill for some time. Mr. Poling had been an interurban employe. He was an invalid for the last 12 years following an injury he suffered while employed on the interurban. He was a member of the local I Moose lodge and although not a member of a church, had attended I the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Poling was born in Adams I County on April 18, 1868, a son of i Abram and Sarah Jane Poling. He was united in marriage to Esther | Estella Russel, who survives. A daughter, Mary ’ Poling of Dayton, Ohio, and a son, Otis Poling, of Traverse City, Michigan, three grandchildren, and two '(CONTINUED ON PAGE JIVE)

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Confess Robbery '•■y*' -t , a "TjS * «MMMnmi Arthur Viktora (left 1 and Frank Prohaska, both 18, who confessed they ransacked the home of W. H Lang in St. Joseph, Mich., after binding Mrs. Lang, 77, and her daughter-in-law. They are to be taken back to face charges. The two, named by an accomplice, ’ were seized in Chicago. BANK APPLIES FOR RFC LOAN Liquidating Agent of Old Adams County Bank Seeks Loan Legal notice ie published in today's issue of tile Daily Democrat, that application has been made iby Leo Yager, liquidating agent of the Old Adams County bank, to pledge . or mortgage certain assets of the bank in obtaining a loan fruiu the i Reconstruction Finance" Corpora pion. The money obtained from RFC will be used in making a distribution to depositors. A substantial paymewt. probalidy about 30 per cent will be made. The hearing on the application made by Mr. Yager, representing! the Department of Financial insti- ' * rations of the State of Indiana, will ' ! be held in the Adame Circuit court i before Judge H. M. DeVoss on June 1 ICONTINUEP ON PAGE TWO) LOCAL PASTOR AT ASSEMBLY 1 4 n.v/ivvi kl t’ Xkl

General Assembly oi Presbyterian Churches Held At Cleveland 1 The 146th general assembly of ' the Presbyterian church adjourned Wednesday afternoon at the i Euclid Avenue Baptist church in ■ Cleveland, Ohio. The assembly -1 was in session for the past week, j Rev. G. O. Walton, pastor of the Decatur church, attended the assembly. Approximately 1,000 commissioners representing every Presbytery in the United States gathI 1 ered for the meeting. Dr. William I C. Covert, retiring secretary of , the Presbyterian Board of ChrisI tian Education Philadelphia, was . chosen moderator tor the coming i year. A benevolence budget of two j million dollars in excess of re i ceipts of last year was adopted in the belief that the process of . j national recovery justified this inj crease in expected giving. Following a three hour debate I *7cONTINUED on PAGE FIVE) i _ u Case Is Settled Out Os Court Today I A jury reported to try a case in i the Adame circuit court this mornl ing and was dismissed upon the failure of the attorneys for either I party to appear. i The case was entitled Merle KimI ble and Fred Kimble, partners, doing business under the name of 1 Wayne cylinder grinding company vs. James Cummins, doing business ’ under the name of Cummins Truck- ’ ing Co. Both were Fort Wayne parties and the case was a suit for ' foreclosure of a mechanic's lien. 1 Word was received later in the ’ day from the Fort Wayne attorneys ' that the ease had been settled out of court.

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UNION LEADER SAYS GENERAL STRIKE COMING District Head Says Union Will Order Strike In Convention MANY CRISES ARE UP TO GOVERNMENT Washington, May 31. <U.R> A general strike will he called in the steel industry next week to force President Roosevelt to abide bv his promise of unrestricted collective bargaining, Earl J. Forbeek, president of the I Pittsburgh district of the ! Amalgamated Iron, Steel and ! 'l'in Workers, said today. Forbeek said the union would . I hold a national convention at I Pittsburgh next week and that the convention woultl issue the . strike order. “We believe the | President will go through with j his promise if enough pressure is : brought," he said. He prophesied ! 110,000 workers in captive mines and the automobile industrial . union would join the walkout. Mr. Roosevelt's collective bargaining promise was made yes- ! terday in an executive order accompanying signature of the revised steel industry code which becomes effective June 11. “In order to insure the free exercise of rights of employes,” the order said. "I will undertake promptly to provide, as occasion may demand, for the election by employ’s, representatives of their own choosing for collective bargaining and other mutual aid and i protection.” "We want work, not action.” I Forbeek said “The strike is fav- ! ored by the rank and file and has ! the support of the union leaderI ship." He added that Michael F. Tighe, union president. told I Chairman Robert F. Wagner of I the national labor board that he ! was “tired of being conservative and was for the strike 100 per I cent.” Serious Crises Washington, May 31— (U.R) — Labor, farm and international I crises challenged the administra(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) Kalver Suffers Fractured Leg fl. A. Kalver. proprietor of the new 'Adams theater, will be laid up for several weeks, an X-ray- picture 1 showing a fracture of the leg (below ! the knee and the dislocation ot the ’ ; right knee. | Mr. Kalver is a patient at the MeI morial hospital. He was injured j Tuesday afternoon when a motor I which workmen were pulling up the 'stairway to the projection room broke from the rope and crashel down the steps. It struck Mr. Kal- ' j ver on the right leg. j Roy Kalver ot Chicago, a son, .; will be in charge ot the opening of ' I the new theater here Friday even- ! ing. UNITY APPEAL BY PRESIDENT Roosevelt Appeals For National Unit y In Gettysburg Speech Gettysburg, Pa., May 31—(U.R)— ! The fields of Gettysburg returned | to the status of a national shrine today, after being the scene of a second noteworthy appeal for national unity. In the same place where Abra- ! ham Lincoln delivered his imi mortal address, President Roose- ! velt yesterday appealed for a new j understanding to put down sec- > tional and class ambitions. , One paragraph of Mr. Roose- | velt’s speech was regarded as of ! unusual meaning, a reply in a few words to many of the attacks ’ launched against his administration by political foes recently, i This was: — "It is, I think, as I survey the . picture from every angle, a simple ■ tact that the chief hindrance to (progress comes from three ole- > ments, which, thatfjk GWd, grow 5 less in importance with the growth of a clear understanding of our * *co.vriNL'i:iroN VageYive* ’