Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 32, Number 134, Decatur, Adams County, 5 June 1934 — Page 1

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SENATOR ROBINSON IS RE-NOMINATED

Ht BRITAIN Il DEFAULT Hr PAYMENT ■ Lal Refusal To Pay JOth- Nations Ex|Lcte<! To Follow WILL PAY ■ROMPTIA IN FULL IBy B< United Press lltttßiiU* ills 1,1,1111 a ”' (hut it would I its ■ ugXent to the United I apt* 11 ,1 "‘ l<»‘' ,unfcEjK, ;ill tuitions to 10-11 II I'o iKjjK ini-.-is jammed tNin hopes thai flgtfSl- :.i-u would explain lebt ’ Frit. li cabinet members Li E '>t payments appear that France would K Brit Jin s example. Hill inpl.it> il no lth, k i Finland's an io pay her d -lit Lily w in full. ilie British note to IfcsjtMi the dollar st renet hImm. in terms of the but Paris in t<> Action on i I'BDw' AJ<I >l "' "' st 1,1 11l, ‘ .. ' B> tM Atlantic to see w lint ; Sian proposed to do K lao appeared be Kg n the present. » the I null notification ■ f ■WHIP Ft> ns - PAGE FIVE! ■ATE LIST ISIANNOUNCED ' IpBI Eighth Grade Exer- ■■> Wednesday l<ef I. V.-ia. principal of the ■dtyßl ■ ■ - in in. fireim ut ex tti w ' graduates of tin 1 ' grade would he school 6. ifteW .-rade graduates this In4W William Vol .■ a.-n . Richaid Eiling i Edward T>-eple, Herman Ruhl Meyer, t'arl Geels, Paul Rich: Louis Wul .1. Miller. Jerome Heimann. William langerieh, Mon Ethel iB-jaiihn Virgene l iman. 1 'Jt-I Lucile Brann, .loan ■ x.cmii Schultz. Iris M >h- Kohne, Cebsle Hblthouse. Es 1 "' Frances Koenig. HB iii Bernardine I ..hi . ®:,'4>- Rumschlag I.am i iry Fullenkamp and f Watur chapter of the Tau sorority will a scholarship to the St. Joseph eighth As the grades lot wVeraged yet the winner 10t t- announced until later ’ *T ; - h Resident ies At Montpelier I, i • been received here of Montpelier of Mrs. Luv < former Decatur real- ! , Huhley operated a gift 1 "!' in this city, leaving |B f,ur years ago. Funeral held at 4 o’clock this Montpelier. SKr —* O ■ne Inmates ■ County Infirmary WPthly report of 11 P. La ■ superintendent of the infirmary, shows 41 g th? institution. There ’ eu and 13 women at the ' ■?’’ Jane 1. K

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Vol. XXXII. No. 131.

\ olunteer Firemen To Meet Wednesday The Decatur volunteer firemen I will hold a meeting Wednesday I evening with the regular firemen j to determine how many will be sent from the city to the 29th an nual convention of the Northern Indiana Industrial and Volunteer' Firemen’s association to be held at Dunkirk June 8 and 9. It Is expected that 40 or 50 com patties will attend the convention. | There will also be a number of bands although Decatur will not send one. FOUR CHURCHES ARE AFFECTED Churches Will Be Affected By Reformed-Evan-gelical Union —« Four Adams county Reformed J churches will he affected by the union of the Reformed chur li of ; the United States and the EvangeI li.al synod of North America which I will be voted upon by representatives of the synods and cla.-sis at a . conference of the two d -nontinations to be held at Cleveland, Wed- ■ nesday, June 27. | County superintendent of schools Clifton E. Striker, a member of the Cross Reformed church at Berne, will be the lay delegate for the 25 churches of the Fort Wayne : classis which includes Northeastern Indiana and part of Michigan. Dr. F. H. Rupnow, pastor of Si. John's Reformed church in Fort Wayne I will be the official clergy delegate , for the classis The four Adams county churches I included in the merger are: the ' Zion Reformed church in Decatur; the Cross Reformed church in Berne; St. Luke's Reformed I church in Kirkland township and jthe St. John’s Reformed church at Magley. The nearest Evangelical Synod church is the one near Wren, Ohio i The new denomination will be 1 known as the Reformed Evangel!'cal Synod church. I The union of the churches, which together have more than 600.0 W , members, has ibeen approved by a I joint meeting of commissions from ' the two churches held. February 12 I OM PAGE FIVE) o Sister Os Local Residents Dead — Funeral services for Miss Etta i Reed. 50, of Fort Wayne, who die! at a Fort Wayne hospital Monday morning at 9:30 o'clock, will be -held Wednesday morning at 9:30. ; Burial will be in the Mentzer -eme- ' tery at Dixon, Ohio. Miss Reed had been ill for the , last eight days. Surviving are three sisters. Mrs. Sarah Reed ot Dixon, -Ohio; Mrs. John Thomas ot Decatur. and Mrs. James Jewell of BarI berton, Michigan, ami one brother, Wilson Reed of Decatur. GIRL SCOUTS TAKE OUTING Troop Three Leaves Today For eek s Outing At Adams Lake Girl scouts of Troop 3, which Is sponsored by the clubs ol Deca tur, left today for a week s outing at Adams Uke. They will be under the leadership of the patrol leader, Miss Glennis Elzey, teacher in the public schools The Misses Evelyn Kohls. Christen and Gertrude Brandyberry Xo accompanied Miss Elzey as assistants for the week The group of girls were taken to the lake by j Mrs. Charles Knapp. M " • I Porter. Miss Eloise Lewton and home Mrs. Ralph Yager Mis. < V IL ! Ashbaucher ami Miss Grace will furnish cars. The g.rht g ealb , LX "X and cX! wh"-h°mad» it possible for them to for the outing were Mary and jet Girod, Maxine and ' Betty Foughty. Betty Bro . E Rubv MBler, Mary Annabelle Rupert. Elizabeth Reynolds and Clara Mo gan.

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HALF BILLION APPROPRIATION FOR SUFFERERS — President Will Recommend Huge Sum To Aid Drought Area S( ATTERED RAINS BRING LITTLE HOPE Washington. June 5. — (U.R> President Roosevelt will suggest i l that more than a half billion dol I lars be appropriated for relief of drought sufferers in the parched states of the west and middlewest, it was learned unofficially at the White House today. It was expected that he would recommend )>525,000,000 at least be set aside for augmenting the relief 1 work now being carried on by sev- . eral government agencies. A group of senators and con- i gressmen as well as the members | of the house and senate agricul- . ture committees were summoned i to the White House today. The i president’s ttrst order of business was an outline of the drought re- i lief plan worked out yesterday in I ! a series of conferences. The president, Harry Hopkins, Federal Relief Administrator Rex-1 ford G. Tugwell, assistant secre-1 tary of agriculture, Chester C. Davis, of the AAA, and Gov. Wil--1 Ham I. Myers, of the farm credit administration, collaborated. It was expected that the new administration program would provide tired sums for various phases of relief. ’ Reports were that $100,000,000 in a new appropriation under the Jones-Connally act would be ask--1 ed for purchase of additional beef 1 and dairy cattle in the affected re--1 gions; also $100,000,000 for the 1 processing of cattle and other products for direct relief; $100,000,000 1 , 1 (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) NEW PROJECTS ARE APPROVED Several New Projects Will Replace Work On I Homestead Site Several new projects have been 1 begun this week which will re- ,! place the homestead project which Consisted of laying water mains and extending electric lines from ■ the city. Most of the state ERA men will be absorbed on the new work. Three new projects were appro)'- - ed this week and men will begin working on them as others are ' completed. The new projects will i be landscaping the new city play ' ground; grubbing the banks of the St. Mary's river, and repairing and maintaining the county roads. The six women who are engaged in the repairing of the books in the Decatur public library will finish | their work in the next several I weeks. The six new projects which were begun this week are; Hanna-Nutt-1 man Park, IS men, repairing old '' and building new drives, grubbing and leveling park; installing water! j lilies, nine men under the direction , !of Charles Brodbeck, lines install!ed on Line, Oak, Washington and j nth streets; light lines on homesteads, 16 men; repairing approaches to bridges and repairing county roads, 18 men; constructing hospital drain, 10 men, and , working on homesteads project, 16 men. • i —— o -—————— Illness Delays .Jury Trial Here j i Because of the illness ot the defendant, Bettie J. Lefevre, a case | in the Adams circuit court was con- . tinned today and the jury dismissed , after reporting. The case was a $lO 000 damage .suit filed .by Geral'iJine C. Campbell of Fort Wayne 'against Bettie J. Lefdvre, doing business under the name of the Betty Jean Expert Beauty Shop. The case was venued from Allen ( county. i The complaint alleges that the operator in the shop applied the heat carelessly in giving the plaintiff a permanent wave with the result that her scalp was burned, her hair fell out in places and her beauty was marred. No date has been set for the trial.

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, .lune 5, 1934.

Slayer And Victim Hr f- -*.f v'” _j » ■ JL r T ”J * | ' ** S Louis Rude Payne (lower left), son of a St. Louis business executive, who has confessed that he murdered his mother, Mrs. Carrie L. i Payne (right), and his brother, in their luxurious Westwood. Los ■ Angeles, home. The youthful matricide used an ax to hack his victims ito death. I _ _ _.

ANNOUNCE MENU FOR BIG PICNIC St. Mary’s Congregation Picnic At Sun Set Park Sunday The women in charge of preparing the dinner for the St. Mary's congregational picnic to be held Sunday in Sun Set park today ani nounfed the menu for the meal. I The< women also stressed ’l at the public wat invited to the picnic and suggested that families p irtake of the home cooked meal. | which will be served at 35 cents i ' per plate. The menu follows: i Roast chicken, dressing, mash- ! ed potatoes, gravy, noodles, cold I slaw, choice of pie or cake, coffee. I The dinner will be served at ! i tables in the park and girls will ’ I assist in waiting on table. Gen-' | erous helpings will be given, the women announced. Serving of dinner will begin at i 11 o’clock and continue until one I o’clock. The serving of supper ! will begin at five o'clock. Preparations are being made to i j entertain a large crowd and it is I , expected that about 2,000 meals ' will be served. Mrs. Charles Lose is general i chairman for the eats committee , j and groups of women are prepar ing the chicken, noodles, salad,; pies and cakes for the dinner and ; supper. This is the first congregational j , picnic of its kind to be sponsored ■ by St. Mary’s tongregation. A 1 program of entertainment has; | been arranged for the children Lt ' : the afternoon and every family in ■ l Decatur and vicinity is cordially invited. HEAVY VOTE IS i CAST IN IOWA Democrats Poll More Votes In Primary Than | Two Years Ago Des Moines, la., June S.—(U.R> —' lowa Democrats saw in lowa's quiet primary election a strong approval i of the "new deal” as more returns | from yesterday's ballot showed the ! Democrats had exceeded their | ' strength of two years ago by at j I least 25,000 votes. Republicans, on the other hand, i I apparently polled, on the basis of : 1,286 of the state's 2,452 precincts, ■ about 35,000 less votes than form- j erly. Although Rooseyeltian policies were scrupulously avoided in the eight-week campaign preceding yes- j terday’s primary, and most Demo-, crats, including Gov. Clyde L. Herring, did not take the stump at all, i | the Democratic vote appeared to exceed 140,000. Two years ago it , was 126,000. The election was a disappointment to the Republican minority, > seeking a return to office after being swept away by the 1932 Roose-; velt landslide. Returns tabulated i ’’iCONTINUOI ’o*N* PAGE SIX) i

Ohio Citv Band Gives Concert Here Today The band of the Ohio City, Ohio schools presented a musical program on the court house lawn here * today, under the direction ot' Myron A. Pearce of Van Wert. Ohio. The band advertise! Van Wert's third annual Poeny Festival whi'h will be held Wednesday. June 6. Included in the program for the Jay is the gland parade which will terminate at the school campus where the coronation ceremony will he held. A children’s party will be held at 4 o’clock and the gran 1 evening parade will be at 8 o’clock followed with the Queen's ball at the V. W - C. A., sponsored by the Hi-Y an 1 i the Y-i Hf. A square dance and a 1 round lattce will also be held out 'of doors. —o GIVE PROGRAM FOR EXERCISES County Eighth tirade Commencement Will Be Held Saturday The program for the 28th an ; nual eighth grade common school commencement, to be held in this ■ city, Saturday, June 9. was an i nounced today by C. E. Striker, county school superintendent. W. J. Bosse, of the state board ! of education, will deliver the ad ; dress at the exercises, which will be held at the Decatur high school • auditorium, at two o'clock. Diplomas will be awarded to 260 graduates, the largest group ' coming from Monroe township. Following is the program: Music Orchestra I Invocation Rev. David Grether ' Music Quartet I Class Address W. J. Bosse I Music Quartet ' Announcements C. E. Striker ' i Presentation of Diplomas Township Trustees ! Benediction M W. Sondermann I i Music Orchestra The township trustees are: Arthur Blake, Union: Phil , Schieferstein. Root; Ernest Worth- | man. Preble: Daniel Scherry, i Kirkland; T. R. Noll. Washington; I Orlen S. Fortney, St. Marys; 1). !D. Habegger, Blue Creek; Noah Rich, Monroe; Edwin Beer. 1 French; A. F. Baker. Hartford; | Ed Stahly, Wabash; Charley Ab- ■ net. Jefferson. Noah Brvan Taken To State Hospital — Sheriff Burl Johnson took Noah , j Bryan to the Easthaven sanitorium lat Richmond todoy. Bryan was or-! derad to be committed to the hospi-; j tal for treatment by Judge Huber M. DeVoss. i — —. Lutheran Children To Picnic Sunday The school children of the St. I i Paul’s Lutheran church will hold I their .annual picnic Sunday afternoon June 10, at Grote’s Grove, lo- | cated one halt mile north of Preble. A program has been arranged i with the American Legion city band ! furnishing the music. The St. Paul’s j church is sponsoring the picnic.

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POSSE OF 600 I HUNT KILLERS OF POLICEMAN Two Bandits Kill One Officer And Seriously Wound Another ONE OF BANDITS COMMAN DEERS CAR (Scottsburg, Ind.. June 5--(U.R) . Spurred by the report that one of ’ their quarry had escaped in a commandeered automobile, a posse lof approximately GOO policemen land vigilantes today widened ' their starch for bandits who shot ! and killed one ptdice officer mil 1 seriously wounded another. Bloodhounds were enlisted in! i the search of a dense woods near i ! Underwood where the bandits i were last seen. Meanwhile law j enforcement officers formed road ; blockades on the report that one) 'of the bandits had kidnaped Ralph Shields. 20, of near Under-1 ! wood and forced him to drive | I north , Police wire advised by Shields' ' parents that they saw their son! halted on the road near their I home. The man who halted young: ! Shields emerged from a ditch , along the roatl and produced i ■ I revolver, police were told. With the two men in the small coupe it disappeared in the direc- 1 tion of Salem. The bandits were believed surrounded in the woods after seriously wounding Patrolman John Pfaffenberger, 30. Seymour, and killing Deputy Sheriff Harold ■ Amick, 24, Scottsburg. j iSitate police under the direction of Capt. Matt Leach, sheriffs of > surrounding counties and Ameri-1 i i can Legion members and vigilan ! tes in the area were included in i the posse. The search concentrated on the : I forest, at the edge of Underwood ■ : after the bandits had wrecked ! I their car in flight and mortally wounded Amick Closely followed by Clev> Red-i man, night marshal at Scottsburg, I and Lee Gladstein, a resident of ! Scottsburg, the bandits sped into I nv o Commissioners Fail To Award Contracts The county commissioners In session again today had not awarded i the contracts for furnishing coal ! : at the court house an ! county insti- 1 tutfons. Awards will probably be made this afternoon. Several bids were filed. Purdue scholarships for the 1934- ’ '35 school year were awarded to Charles D. Ehinger of this city and ; Ivan Kizer of Hartford township. Bills were allowed by the commissioners yesterday, including the i paying of election board members. 1 WAGNER LABOR BILL OPPOSED — Determined Effort To Block Labor Measure Is Developing Washington. June 5 —> (UP) —IA ! determined effort to -block the Wag-: ner labor bill developed today, with indications that congress would be I | in session indefinitely if President Roosevelt insists ttpon its passage. Opposition to the Wagner bill,! ; which prescribes a formula for i carrying out the collective bargaining provisions of the National Recovery Act is taking form In Republican filibustering tactics against all measures coming before j the senate. With the reciprocal tariff bill dis- ! posed of after nearly three weeks of senate debate, the obstructionist : methods would be carried over to j I the administration's silver bill, the 11 i senate's new unfinished business. !: Administration leaders felt last' i week that congress could be aili journed by June 9. After conferring | with the President, however, they I said this would not be possible unless measures which Mr. Roosevelt now appears to w-ant are s rapped. The leaders are plainly nettled at a situation which finlls them, ( weary from a grinding session of * JCONTIWUEd’ on PAGE FIVE), 1

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I Special Meeting Os Chamber Os Commerce A special meeting of the Decatur I'haiuber of Commerce will be held in the Chamber of Commerce roonnt on MaiJlson street at 7:30 o'clock ! Thursday evening. Representatives of the American Eagle Aeroplane company will be present. They wish to locale their factory in this city and will display models of their product. The office is located in Richmond anid the mechanical shop in Centerville. All persons interested in securing tliie factory for Dec atur are urged to attend this special meeting. PARTOF COUNTY RECEIVES RAIN Rain And High Winds Are Felt In Portion Os Adams County Rain fell in abundance in Berne and vicinity this afternoon. The rainfall was measured as 2.17 inches. The rain started at about 1:15 p. m. and continued for nearly an hour. The fields were standing in water. A sprinkle fell in Decatur. Storms with high winds and hail in this vicinity brought only temporary relief to Decatur Monday at- . ternoon. A few drops of rain ' which fell in the city at two o’clock ! yesterday with the attendant ! clouds caused the temperature to I fall seven degrees. Comparatively heavy rains were reported at Preble, Monroe and Monmooth. Wind west of Monroe iin Kirkland township did some I slight damage. At the Fred Rhine- ' hart farm in Adams coonty south- : east of Vera Cruz a hog shed and j corn crib were blown over. Hail iulso fell south of Cralgville. Herman Ehinger, manager of the i Citizens Telephone Company, reported today that no wires or poles (CGNTINItwn ON PAGE SIX) THURSDAY LAST DAY FOR FILING Expense Accounts For Primary Election Must Be Filed Thursday, June 7, will be the last day to file expense accounts for the 1934 primary election, David D. Depp, county clerk, announced today. The penalty under the 1934 elec- | tion laws for filing in the prescribed time is: "Any person violating or failing to comply with any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than S3OO nor more than $2,000 or imprisoned for not more i than one year or both fined and im- : prisoned in the discretion of the | court or jury trying sail cause.” The clerk is required by law to file the name of violaters within a ten-day period following June 7 and the prosecuting attorney is required to instigate proceedings be i fore 15 days after June 7. The law requiring candidates to file their expenses does not apply 'to "candidates for county council, township advisory board, road supervisor, constable or candidate for any office the emoluments of which are less than one hundred dollars per year.” A number of candidates filed in the past tew days. Their expense accounts are: Roy Runyon, city councilman, $13.30. Charles L. Estell, Washington township assessor, $4.00. Earl Martin, trustee of Kirkland (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) — o Children Will Meet At Church Wednesday The children of the Zion Reformed Suni lay school are asked to meet at the church Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’clock at practice for child ren’s day exercises. Decatur Ministers To Meet Wednesday The Decatur ministerial association will meet in the office of the Central school building at 9 o’clock Wednesday morning. All members are urged to attend the meeting.

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INDIANA SOLON IS UNANIMOUS : CHOICE TODAY r ’ Renomination Os Robinson Is Made By Acclai mation Today t! • ONLY NOMINEE CHOSEN SO FAR Intlianttpolis, .lune 5. On n platlorm containing nianv of his pel theories, I Senator Arthur R. Robinson. Indianapolis, was renominated bv acclamation by the Republican state convention here today. As (he (i. O. P. choice for United States senator, Robinson will head the party’s ticket in Indiana in the fall campaign and election. November 6. Immediately alter the 1,671 sweltering delegates had roar-.l out their endorsement of Robin- | son the senator leaped from Ills I seat on the platform and delivered ■ a brief speech of acceptance. "I am grateful and moved by j tills evidence of support," he said. "For nine years 1 have tried to I the best of my ability to represent the position of the Republican party. “Grave questions are facing th t 1 country, and tremendous issues ( are involved, which may threaten 1 the life or death of our country. > ; 1 propose to treat these questions I and present these issues in every - ! city in the state. I will cooperate 1 ■ and work with the state eommits I tee to the best interests of party 3 i harmony, party solidarity, and - ' party victory.” The nomination by acclamation 1 definitely buried intra-party ani--1 mostly aroused last month when the senator attempted to oust > present state committee leaders During the speech Don Irwin, i I state party chairman, stood with (CGNTINtTPIi ON PAGE SIX) _o Former Superintendent Os Citv Schools Dead . Fred V. Mills received word this ' morning of tlie de.ith at Richmond of E. E. Rice, former superintendent of the Decatur city schools. Mr. Rice was superintendent here from 19<i9 to 1'912. He had been a teacher in the Richmond high school for several years. Funeral I services will be held at Middlefork 1 : near Frankfort. Wednesday afternoon at 4 o’clock. . _ o — Fire Extinguished Without Any Damage A fire along the St. Mary's River was extinguisliel without damage ' by the city fire department this : morning at 12 o’clock. The blaze 1 : was started in the trash pile in the 1 ' filled in portion of tin- bank north ’ j of Koeller's Lumber Yard. The fire ! was started when some oiled rags were burned and it was feared the blaze might spread to the nearby ' buildings. CONVICTS GIVE ■ UP AFTER RIOT Prisoners Surrender After Authorities Make Tear (Jas Threat Nashville. Tenn.. June 5. —<U.R> - Convicts who seized a prison guard and barricaded themselves in ! a cellblock in the state prison here shortly after midnight, stirrenderj ed today when authorities threatened to use tear gas. W. C. Smith, the guard who was ! held hostage, was released tin harmed, prison authorities an ! nounced. ) Tite mutiny, officials said, was ! engineered by three desperate life I term convicts. The mutineers, led bj’ Lonnie Taylor, Carl Pentecost and J. i Raines, surrendered as 100 guards Sand Nashville police officers deployed around the cell block, preparatory to an attack. While the officers took up their positions, a convict appeared at the door, a note in his hand. The , note, from Taylor, said that the prisoners wished to surrender and , that he had been shot in the leg. 1 * Icontinued’on’page ’five)