Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 32, Number 132, Decatur, Adams County, 2 June 1934 — Page 1

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ei s IR PRICES IUI # DAMAGE i, HUHS COUNTY Here 30 Per 'entjfGtaiii Prices J Soar PORT 1 BEET ( ROP iGOO > ( OMHTIOX |||||!' wi»te tin <lis» <>iinin< iiK iil iianyß'l H| i s I'Hiulv far i theM' -UL-lit which has Sloped ' li'' midillewest j prowl a blessing 111 <llsII the present esti|per cent loss in I yield of local ■ rill depend largely the r in the next few there are thunderafternoon as preweather bureau and r it is probable that nany crops will not ased on last year n crops is now estive a million dollars, ause of the great d by the drv weatht, wheat has jumped narket from 71 cents IP .lune 934. Ot er rices are followed! suit. I is too rlv tow to determine price Os iv I at when it will be 4' f locßlj for the market. , ftk( i at to fin- southwest is now e. continuance of the ight to the northwest nun ■“ 1 the «■ ■■’ soaring. J. and Avon Burk, local ator me both estimated the ttt daßse by yield in the By to.H>w equal 30 per c.-llt oats wild now will be 50 per I below average. However, y -still. ■ must be qualified i the ><• silnlity of rain. tpectsMbns of high hog mark- —- !i the oimty an- has. d on — fact th th hog raisers of j west are now selling all meat i and eattle possible to con . to a di uni- hing feed <-r<»r t result bit thr present of sellMVTtNWFU> on ptitr mtx) _ HSode Meeting pet* At Ft. Wayne Tuesday ;at ' MV 1,0 lleld at ~le l?Ult to* lodge, Wayne an 1 ■to Mter «tr->-ts. Tuesday. .June Bp. tn. nt -lyliclit sax im'- i r Mitzne: executive secretarv of state I industry, will be I prised speaker. He will be, fisted to -ode and registration llaaatkm jy Fort Wayne mem PW'tlßri'de commi':. b.- ei--I • >|Jiiß Brojan. pli owners ( >f "for hire" trucks in Fteasteri: Indiana are cordially fled to all. nd Vinonm .-in.-:,’ >1 fort Way trucking code regis- . IpiOß braa< h will be made at tinrW |ICNIC PLANS 3 ARE ARRANGED F W) ’s Congregational fl ftenic At Sun Set f . J une 10 y.QB ''♦dttejly all plans are.complete ' l «e St. Mary’s congregational ,; ie to be held at Sun Set park, 1 y iJeecur, Sunday, June 10. 'tohKerii' uts are being made to ■ between 1,500 and 2,000 A chicken dinner, 3*- cents be served at tables Myfl 4» the park. ,() te tha 200 chickens have al ‘V beet. donated. Women of cdßgregation are also donating £ iia-made pies, cakes and pastries assist in serving the lc H 18 |nieal. Dinner will be 11 a. m. until one p.m. * v served from five | and a menu will who partake of the • to the fact that state road Wunder < obstruction, drivers J ( ar» a r6 asked to tatie MlU ] pike ' High I feet, go two miles south, ® turn left, and go two miles ! *®d then a mile north to the PH PAM* ttki Kik&

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Vol. XXXII. No. 132.

Bomb Man Surrenders t ” < • i w ~ : I tE -ST J I flit- , • ” 4 eWtiMTOmiI r t • ■ ' ■ '-2 J * Threatening to blow himself, and possibly many other persons, to bits, “it a false move was made,” Frank Bennett, 42, shell shocked war ’ veteran, is shown in Ids < ar, linked on the Alameda estuary marshes in California, where he surrendered to police Thursday. Inspector Al 1 1 Sturzinger (in plain clothes) and Policeman Jack Bailiff are seen try- ‘, iiig to persuade Kennett not to blow himself to bits with the dynamite. It is asserted his automobile was loaded with 104 sticks of dynamite i and five pints of nitroglycerin.

— Finish Part Os Road Widening P.W.A workers and state high- , way men have completed the widen--1 ing of U. S. road 27 to the Penney!I vania railroad crossing at Monnuiuth. The stretch between this point and the county line is yet to be romp Mett. The Toad when ffn I ished will have a 80 foot right of I way. The pay roll for June 2 according to Doris Stalter, timekeeper was $511.50. For the week-ending May ! 2< the pay roll amounted to $503.90 ! This makes the total pay roll for i the six weeks the PWA workers I have been on the job this spring I equal $2,922.90. TABERNACLE TO BE BUILT HERE Gospel Tabernacle Will Be Built At Marshall And Seventh I Work will begin in the near fu- \ I lure on the erection of a tabernacle I building by the Decatur Gospel Taberna- le, at the northeast corner ot North Seventh and Marshall i streets. The lot was recently purchase ! j from the Weldy heirs and the deed , I for the property was recorded today j j by Harley Ward, representative of the local gospel tabernacle organ , ization. The tabernacle will have a seat- , ing capacity of at least 45b Tentative plans call for a frame building, i one story high, 35 by 80 feet. The tabernacle will be interde-, nominational and assurance has. | been given the local organizers that I good programs will be furnished throughout the year. For sometime the gospel tabernacle has been holding meetings in the homes of those affiliated with the organization. The Speckein | party has been providing a number | of programs. It is estimated that the cost of | material for the building will be: $2 000. Most of the labor will be I donated. Mr. Ward announced. Do-' nations sufficient to purchase the material have already been received. A roof conforming with fire regulations will be placed on the bail ling and the sides will be air-tight, a double siding being constructed. The building will be heated so services can be held in the winter. Mr Ward stated that the building would probably be ready for occupancy by the latter part ot August. Fourteen Cases Os Measles Reported I The Indiana division of public j health reported 14 cases of measles, in Adams county and two cases of influenza for the week ending Saturday, May 26. j.

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FARMER DIES THIS MORNING Theodore Beaty Dies Today At Home Northo east Os Decafur Theodore Beaty, 79. farmer residing on route 3, Decatur, seven and one halt miles northeast of this city, die l at 2:30 o'clock this morn- ! ing at his home, following a seven month's illness. Mr. Beaty was born in Virginia 1 and came to Indiana at the age of I 21. Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Charles E. Shafer, who ! resided with her father northeast of Decatur; Mrs. Amos Bobilya of near Fort Wayne and Mrs. Edward Emenhiser of Boston, Ind., and j eight grandchildren. Funeral services will ne held Mon Jay afternoon at 1:30 o’clock lat the home and at 2 o’clock, central standard time, at the East Llbierty church, two and one half miles I south of Monroeville. Burial will be I made at Monroeville. Rev. Smith | will officiate at the funeral ser- ! vices. n Annual Trustees Picnic .lune 14 | The annual picnic for the trustees of Adams County will be held at the Lehman Park in Berne on I Thursday, June 14. This will be an lall-day event and preparations are being made by T. It. Noll for a ' large attendance and an interesting j program. NEW OBSTACLE FOR ROBINSON ——— Indiana G. O. P. Senator Loses Support Os Jim Watson — Indianapolis, June 2. — (U.R> —A new obstacle to Sen. Arthur R. : Robinson’s candidacy for renomin-. ation in the Republican state convention was seen today with announcement lie would lose support of James E. Watson, former senator. During a brief visit here Watson said plans for him to place the j name of Robinson before the con- ! i ention had been cancelled. “Some of my friends might be j his opponents," Watson explained. Two candidates already have entered the race in opposition to i Robinson. They are Harry G. Les|le, former governor, and W- PI Dennis, Richmond, president of ! Earlham college. 1 Several other prominent G. O. P. 'leaders are being mentioned as possible candidates for the post*7contxn UED *ON RAGE FOUR). ‘

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, June 2, 1934.

GAG RULE PUTS PARTY LEADERS IN FULL POWER Extraordinary Two-Man Dictatorship Is Ordered In House ORDER LIMITED SENATE DEBATE Washington, June 2. — (U.R) - The administration whipped congress ■ toward early adjournment today with an extraordinary two-man dictatorship in the house and limitation of debate in the usual wordy senate. Congress evidently Is under ord- | ers to flflksh Its business and go i home. Republican filibuster in the house has been cracked down and out by suddenly aroused Democrats. Pow ers Uncle Joe Cannon might envy ha.e been conferred on Speaker Henry T Rainey and Majority Lead ler Joseph W. Byrns. Gentler tactics prevailed in the senate. The senate will meet at noon Monday to vote on the Johnson amendment to exclude agricultural and horticultural products from President Roosevelt’s “Yankee trading’’ reciprocal tariff plan. Final vote on the bill is due at 5 p. m. By virtue of an unprecedented gag rule which effectively stiffled the filibuster, Rainey and Byrns are entrusted with autocratic powers for the remainder of the session practically unsurpassed in con- . gressional history. I The benign speaker anj the I cadaverous Tennesseean from now Jon can decide what legislation the ‘ house will consider. They can veto . the customary right of 145 memIbers to force house consideration "|of ’any bill. Their powers are I temporarily in excess of those wielded by Cannon, “Nick" Longworth, or “czar” Reid in heyday of Republican suppression of minor--1 j ities. In one of the most dramatic sess1' ions of the house marked by catcalls, Indian warwhoops, booes and . *(CONT*NUED ON PAGE FOUR/ DEATH CLAIMS j MRS. SCHNECK W i d o w of Abraham Schneck Dies Friday Afternoon At Berne Funeral services for Mrs. Verena Newensth wander-Schneck, 73, of Berne, widow of Abraham Schneck, who died at her home Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock will be held Sunday afternoon at 2:45 o’clock at the Schneok home and at 3 o’clock at the Mennonite church. Death was caused by complications. Mrs. Schneck had been ill for some time. She was a daughter of Christian and Anna Lehman Neuenschwanand was born August 31, 1860, north west of Berne. Her entire life was •spent in the vicinity of Berne. She was first united in marriage i with Aaron Neuenschwander, who preceded her in death two years j later. On August 29, 1897 she was married to Abraham Schneck, well j known night watchman at Berne. ! Twine were born to them, a son |and a daughter. They are Ivan of J Chicago and Mrs. Ralph Stager of i Berne, Mr. Schneck died, on October 24, 1914. Surviving besides the children are a step-son, Albert Schneck of Fort Wayne, and two step-daugh-ters, Mrs. Fred Nielson and Mrs. lira Lee Gregory of Portland, Oregon; two brothers and one sister, Christian C. and David C. Neuenschwander and Mrs. J. F. Lehman of Berne. Welcome Phi Delts to the Tri-State council convention of the Phi Delta Kappa The key of welcome is extended to you and we hope you enjoy your visit to our fair city. i MM■■

' Mrs. Zach Vachon Dies At Markle Mrs. Anna Cline-Vachon, 66, of Markle,, wife of Zach Vachon died I at her home, Friday night at 7:30,1 | following a year's illness Mrs. Va i 11 chon became ill a year ago May 14 j 'and her condition had been serious I for several weeks. Surviving besides the husband, are three daughters, Mrs. France Confer of Crown Point, and Mrs. Bernard Myers of Indlanapois, both former residents of Decatur, and , Mrs. Clark Michaels of Huntington.! i Three grandchildren also survive. ' 1 Funeral services will be held Monday afternoon at 2 o’clock kt 1 the home in Markle with the Rev. 1 1 G. A. Snider officiating, assisted jby Rev. John Eberley. Burial will .| be made In the Markle cemetery. j ALUMNI TO HOLD :| BANQUET JUNE 7 — Catholic High School Alumni Plan Banquet And Dance I The program for the alumni bani quet and dance of the Decatur Catholic high school was announced to-, i' day. The banquet and dam e which : - will be held Thursday. June 7. will . I be the last event of the commence i ment w-eek activities. The banquet will ibe served I promptly at 6:30. It will be follow-, I ed by a dance in the church school / 1 auditorium. Hal Teeters and his ) orchestra will furnish the music for i 1 the dance. The Rev. Father Joseph - Seimetz and the Rev. Father Joseph 1 Hennes will be the guests ot the ‘ senior class. Tickets may be ob ' tained from Agnes Baiker for 75 s j cents. > The 20 seniors marched in a body i - wearing caps and gowns to the St. i Mary's Catholic church Friday . > morning where they attended 7:90 [ ? mass and received Holy Commun - ion. ’ After church they were invited to -a breakfast in the school dining) I loom where they were the guests of ■: the junior class. By a clever arrangement invitations to the an- j 1 nual junior senior recept ion Tues I Jay, June 5, were used instead ot ■ i place cards The invitations were j drawn by Mary Margaret Vogle- j j on page six) O ' Circus Will Visit L Decatur Thursday i Decatur will bq visited by its third circus of the season next j Thursday June 7. The Harrington j | Nickle Plate circus and buffalo i ranch will give two performances | matinee and night, with a free show 1 at 1 o’clock. The circus will be f located on Niblick field. J — —o Ministers Will Meet Wednesday t C I The Decatur ministerial associa- : tion will meet in the office of the ’ I Central echool building Wednesday r I morning, June 6, at 9 o’cloilk This I will be the last regular meeting tor 1 i the summer and a full attendance ! is desired. 1 Charles J. Roberts, president ’ MOTORIST HELD : IN TWO DEATHS 1 f Aurora Man Held After His Auto Kills Two Small Girls J. Shelbyville, Ind., June 2.—<U.R>— 1 ! Arrested here after a chase over ! several city blocks, Walter D. Maj- ■ or, 45. Aurora, was turned over to | Decatur county authorities today ’ on a charge of killing two small ’ ’ girls with his automobile at St. |; Omer. ■ The girls, Jessie Clapp. 9, and her sister, Katie, 11. were killed 1 when struck by an automobile while walking along state road 29 in St. Omer last night. The driver of the car did not stop. Shelbyville police were notified and a detail was stationed at the eastern edge of the city. William i Holland, local postoffice employe i who had witnessed the accident, aided police in forcing Major's car to the curb after a chase. The two girls were carrying a 1 gallon of milk to a neighbor when < struck. The body of one of them ■ was carried 150 feet on the front i ot the car, police were told. i

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LABOR UNREST OVER COUNTRY ABATES TODAY Progress Is Reported Being Made Toward Strike Settlements TOLEDO TROUBLE THOUGHT HALTED (By United Press) Labor unrest which threatened widespread strikes in basic American industries abated today with progress toward settlements. At Toledo, where the conflict | threatened to become a focal point for the nation, capital and labor ' reached an agreement in the threatened strike of union electric I workers which apparently ended (danger of a general tie-up. The workers won pay restoration to the June 1, 1932, level —or restoration lof two ten per cent cuts —but failjed to achieve a closed shop. Settlement of the strike of the AutoLite Company workers was believ- , ed imminent. I At Washington, a tentative program for the settlement of the 'threatened textile strike was reached and final conferences were expected to conclude the agreement j terms today. A wide strike had been threatened because of plans (for 25 per cent curtailment of production. Negotiations continued for settlement of the threatened steel strike, with brighter hopes for success. The strike plans arose out of controversy over collective bargaining. On the Great Lakes, a strike of tugboat men appeared likely to tie I up all facilities unless the workers iare granted a return to the 1929 .wage scale —about $l9O a month — and an eight-hour day. San Francisco hoped to progress in efforts to settle a wage and hours strike of longshoremen. o BLUFFTON MAN TAKES OWN LIFE Arthur P. Kelly, Coal Dealer, Slashes Throat With Razor Bluffton, Ind., June 2 (Special) ! Suffering from a nervous breakdown the last three months, Arthur P. Kelly, 61, prominent Bluffton coal dealer, formerly of Tocsin, committed suicide shortly before 5 o’clock this morning at his home in Bluffton by slashing his throat with a razor. His body was discovered in a bath room half an hour later oy his wife, Mrs. Anna Kelly. Surviving are the widow, three daughters and one son: Mrs. Kenneth Wise, Newcastle; Mrs. Fred Tangeman, Fort Wayne; Mrs. Kenneth Huyette, Bluffton and Arthur, Jr., at home. Funeral services will be held at the home at 2:30 Monday’ afternoon. Burial will be in Fairview. Mr. Kelly was a member of the First Methodist church. He was a member of the Elks lodge and Kiwanis club. ,_x> Bullet Wound Causes Death Peru. Ind., June 2.— (U.R) —A bullet wound, which he neglected I treating thinking it not serious, proved fatal to Harry Strode, 34, at his home here. Strode said he w-as shot while staying at a tourist camp near Cleveland, Tenn., two weeks ago. He said he was shot by an alleged rum runner who mistook him for a federal agent. Instead of treating the wound immediately, Strode drove back to Peru. Peritonitis caused his death. io Former Resident Critically 111 — J. A. Mills of Chicago, a former resident and merchant of this city is suffering from colitis. Physicians ( do not hold out hope of recovery. J. A. Mills ran a grocery store in Decatur many years ago and is well known among the older residents of the city. Fred Mills a brother, who has been in Chicago since Monday, returned home Friday afternoon.

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Set New Air Mark F ’W V' W : t i : W i - isJelhbW i F Jean Batten. 24-year-old English I girl, pictured just before she ' hopped off from London on her record flight to Australia. The daring ladybird lopped five days ' from the previous record, held by I Amy’ Mollison, whose husband taught Miss Batten to fly.

CONVENTION IS OPENED TODAY Phi Delta Kappa Fraternity Tri-State Meeting Today, Sunday The tri-state council convention . lof the Phi Delta Kappa fraternity [ | opened in this city this afternoon i'and will continue throughiut SunI day. The states included in the group ('are Indiana. (Illinois and Michigan. [ Although the Ohio chapters are not i in: luded in the tri state council,' : they have been invited to attend j 'the social activities planned for the two days. Registration was held at the Phi : , ; Delt hall on Monroe street and a , ,igeneral round table discussion was; J planned for this evening from 5 to! I 7 o’clock. I A general business meeting will ' | be held Sunday afternoon and the ritualistic work, initiation and drill team competition will be held at the Decatur country club Sunday I i morning. Max Shields of Michigan City. - i second vice-president and candid ate s for national president, and Eddie ; Granland of Fort Wayne, national ('auditor and candidate for third ', vice-president and other national : officers outside this council dis-; ; l trict will attend the two-day meet-' ' ing. H The outstanding events of the I ’ convention will be the cabaret. [dance at the country club tonight, ’■ at 9 o’clock with music by C. H. I [Young's orchestra of Lima, Ohio: I i and the blind bogey golf tourneys ! ■ | scheduled for Sunday. I; Swimming will be enjoyed Satur- I I afternoon and also following the [dance Saturday night. An 18 hole! [blind bogey golf tournament for , I (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) . O STOCK CONTROL BILL IS PASSED i Securities Are Brought Under Strict Federal Control Washington, June 2—(U.R) —The battle of the stock market control bill expected to go down in the legislative history as one of the stiffest of recent years was over today but for the President’s signature on the act. The measure, a keystone in President Roosevelt's arch of new I deal legislation, was filially ap-1 proved by both house and senate I yesterday with only a few final words ot discussion. The chief executive will find j the bill on his desk when he reI turns to Washington Monday. ' Taking effect July 1, it brings for I the first time the nation's securities exchanges under strict federal control. It represents the administration's strongest effort to protect Investors against wild speculation and sharp practices. A compaii- ’ *(CONJ *NUED *ON *PAG*E SIX)* *

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BURNING HEAT WAVE SWEEPS ON EASTWARD Some Rain Friday Night; More Showers Predicted Tonight OVERCAST SKIES FORECAST RELIEF Chicago, June 2—JU.Rl —Grain prices dropped sharply today as traders read weather forecasts indicating rain over the weekend may break the drought. Wheat was off as much as 3 3 4 cents with July going under the dollar mark and closing at 98 cents. Other grains followed [ wheat down. 1 (’.hii'.r ii. June 2 w.lB \ ' death toll of at least 10 already has been claimed by [the burning heat wave that < swent eastward today after | driving temneratures in the middlewest Io unnreeedented heights. A survey showed fatalities in 12 states due either directl ly to the torturim? sun or to I drownines incurred as the popu- ! lace sought relief in lakes and , swimming pools. The heaviest tolls was recorded [ in Uowa where six heat deaths were reported. The total due directly ! to heat was 21 while 19 deaths by drowning were recorded. i Illinois had four heat deaths ' and four by drowning; Michigan | four heat deaths and one by l drowning; Wisconsin two heat deaths and two drownings; Indi- ■ ana one drowning; Missouri one [heat death; Minnesota one beat : death; Virginia two drownings; I Kentucky three drownings; Ohio | two heat deeths 'and six drown- | ings. and Pennsylvania one heat j death. The loss of life added to the I crop damage from drought to lend the prevailing hot dry I weather the aspect of a national /rnN-riNiTy-n on page stX) ADAMS THEATER OPENED FRIDAY Crowd of Nearly 1,000 Attends Opening Os New Theater A crowd estimaled at approxi- ! niately 1,000 persons attended the i opening ot the new Adams Theater on Monroe street last evening. ! Floral decorations in the form of : a large horseshoe from 47 Decatur 1 merchants and baskets of flowers [from Decatur organizations and i friends of Mr. and Mrs. I. A. Kal- ! ver decorated the foyer and the I stage. The first-nighters expressed , their approval of the decorations , and the acoustics of the new theater. Although the thermometer registered from 80 to 90 degrees on tlie outside, inside the theater the patrons found the atmosphere quite comfortable. For several hours Friday night the crowd could not be accommodated and filled the foyer and lined up in front of the box office. Mr. Kalver said today that if business warranted it he would construct a balcony in a horseshoe shape at the rear of the theater and extending along the .sides which would seat about 200 more customers. Tlie only unfortunate occurenc) (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) 4) ___ Monroe Community Meeting Wednesday Tlie Monroe community meeting will be held at the Monroe high i school auditorium on Wednesday night, June 6. at 7:30 o’clock. The following program has been arranged: Community singing. Invocation Guitar music—Arlo and Waneti McKean Play, “Jonathan's Daughters’'— Misses Eloise and Elaine Christy and Mary and Doris Andrews. Violin and piano selections —Mr. and Mrs. Adam Kunowkh. Address —State Speaker. Refreshments will be served and the public is cordially invited to attend'.