Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 32, Number 135, Decatur, Adams County, 6 June 1934 — Page 1

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OffECTSARE i held in death ' OF POLICEMAN ne In Indianapolis And The Other Is In ■Bedford Jail »YS THIRD MAN DU) HIE SHOOTING Indkiii.i|"'lis. .lime •’> ,UR) nell i I "<>M I .ohm, •I' <■'!>•<l in coiineclioii jib ft. -I iviiiM of ;i Scott Uiity deputy sherill and of a Seymour poviwai Monday luijlit. was uii«6 to stale police hetulurt»- here today for lest ®n i ng. I Feeling High j.dford. Ind.. June 6— (U.R) — tin IjwreiK'e county I bsftn e of high feeling in ittXunty. Robert Neal. 2U., owftfon, was held here to-1 E in ‘un'iei iion with the sh\ ■»l (>f.| S'" 11 -bill ||. pul v -In o:l [ winding of a .Seymour po■KiiMiing of Ralph Shields. IS. j * who was forced to young man to Bedford. ( attributed to the gang. I law enforcement I soitthern Indiami Iyouths implicated B.h nt the latter's bride of I Mrs. Marie Marshall I j.w. Bloomington, luted I | Beefy out possemen swarmed ■nun i nearby woods ami roads kaded to prevent escaping the area. I :'®his arrest Neal made a ■biileje confession, police said, tak. n to Scottsburg first to Bedford io pt. Be plrsible mob violence. ■mplt c ,] by Neal were I’d Ohio, who hail been with the prisoner at recently, and a youth ■Mit'. “Toots" Long. Helms■The|s> •tin h for Neal's yoiine ny PAGE FIVE) o • Condition Reported Better ndition of f. A. Kalver, prof the new Adams Theater, h improved today. Yester- ■ peration was performed on ' ed leg. Mr. Kalver suffered ted right knee and a double of the leg above the knee tiotor fell down the steps in theater a week ago Tuesstruck him on the leg. The was re-set. Mr. Kalver was nuch better, hal a smile 1■ I ked in and s.ild hel ■ He is a patient at the Adt» Oltinty Memorial hospital. BULLETIN Chikago. June 6—(U.P— Harry '■ Belcher of Pennsylvania chairman of the kpuilican national committee tdayl as the party drew into fttla line the guns it plans to l,e in next year’s congression--11 Fl«|cher’s election was unani"ou* at the suggestion of John Hamilton from Kansas, |Mily other nominee. vote was 67 to 25 for on the first ballot and immediately moved to f’ke it unanimous.

fr- And Mrs. A. J. Smith Observe Kolden Wedding Anniversary Here

Mr - and Mrs. 'A. J. Smith., 251 street, promineni r>-.-I,lis c ’ ty for n,an ' v years. their golden wedding ■fsary at their home Tuesday celebration was in the form ■kpen house, Tuesday after and evening, and many I • and relatives of the well I I couple trailed during tin* ■ iniily dinner was served at ' ton hour at the Rice Hotel. I ttittg table was centered will, old tapers and flowers in R with the golden color note 1 were laid for Mr. and Mrs. I Mr. and Mrs. William I’. jfk. daughter Janet and son •**':. Jr., of this city; Mr. anil f' W. Smith and Rudolph E2J°f Richmond. Smith home was beautifully with a profusion of flow ■Buying out the color note o£

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Vol. XX\II. No. 135.

Speaks Tonight ■ ■ - sftL • ■ ' 1'23 The Rev. Father Ambrose Kohne, Goodland. Indiana, will deliver the commencement address at the annual graduation exercises of the Decatur Catholic high school this evening. The exercises will be L held in the school auditorium.

G. 0. P. HOPES HIGHFOR WIN State Convention Functions Smoothly; Three Candidates Opposed Indianapolis, June 6. —<U.R> —With harmony restored in state Republican hanks through the unanimous renomination of St. Arthur R. Rob- | inson at the state convention yesi terday, party members today had | high hopes of a comeback in the ’ November election. ! The convention functioned , smoothly, only three of the 10 can.didatea being opposed. i• ■ HwMtraon’s ri»>mTfilffTiTn by acclamation was made possible through the withdrawal of former Gover- , nor Harry G. Leslie and William |c. Dennis, president of Earlham 1 College, from the senate race. Neither was able to muster ienough pre convention support to I stop the senior Indiana senator, despite his unpopularity among sev- ; eral party leaders. I Candidates for state office who I were nominated without opposition yesterday are Ben H. Watt, Noblesville, state superintendent of public instruction; Joseph B. Kyle, l Gary, lieutenant governor; David ' (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) . o Modify Contracts To Permit Planting Word has just been received by County Agent Archbold that tobacco, corn and wheat contracts have been modified to permit the planting, pasturing, and harvesting of pasture and forage crops except : corn and grain sorghum or any I land, including contracted acres covered by a contract. i The county agent says that this means that if contracted acres at the present time have pasture or hay crops on them, this crop may be utilized as such on the farm, but may not be sold. It also means that if the land is ! being fallowed, it may be planted to soy beans or Sudan grass for hay or pasture. He further suggests that soy beans he given the preference as chinch bugs do not harm this crop and a heavy infesitation of chinch bugs is likely this year.

gold. Among the out of town guests who visited at the Smith home duri ing the day were Mrs. S. F. Ort. Mrs. Lee Isay and Mrs. Kishler of Churubusco; Mrs. Taylor of Portland. Oregon; Mr. and Mrs. Walter I Krick of Van Wert. Ohio; Mr. and Mrs John H. Fonner, Mrs. Rosenberger and Clyde Rosenberger and Mrs. Robaugh of Fort Wayne. Mrs. Smith’s maiden name was Miss Alwilda Fonner and she was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Fonner. She was born and reared in this community. Her marriage■ i A J. Smith of Churubusco in Whlb ley county, took place June 5, 1884 at the Fonner farm, north of Dectur. They have spent their mrried life in this city. One daughter born to the union. Mrs - s Schrock who resides on South . ond Ttreet. There are two grand-. ; children.

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CITY PLANT i ASSESSED BY STATE BOARD Tax Commissioners Fix Plant Valuations For Taxation Purposes CONSTITUTIONALITY WILL BE APPEALED The Indiana State Board of Tax ; Commissioners has assessed the electric light and water departments of the City Plant at $413,270, for taxation purposes, on which municipal plants must pay the county’s and state's current tax ! levies. The assessments are divided as I follows: Electric light and power department, $334,000. Water works department, $79,270. ; The total county tax is 65 cents and the state levy is 15 cents on i the hundred dollars this year. BasI ed on these levies, the tax that the city plant would be required to pay I would be $3,306.16, of which the county would receive $2,686.25 and | the state, $619.91. i Municipal plants throughout the state have appealed the constltu- " tionality of the law to the supreme I court. Only that part of the municipal plant used for commercial pur- ( poses is assessed by the state. The assessments are made this year and taxes are payable next year. 1 according to the provisions of the law passed by the 1933 legislature. The State Board of Tax Couimis--1 ' sioners did not furnish an itemiz- ’ ed assessment roll of the local valui ation figure and tlie council in sessI . . | (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) ANOTHER WELL TO BE DRILLED Water Department Will Drill Another Well On Citv Lots 1 The water department of the city plant will drill another well on the south lot. corner of Win- • i Chester and Studabaker streets, I the council decided last evening. ’ \ The new well which was recently drilled at the southeast corner I of the lot. was brought in yesterday. It is estimated that it will f produce 140 gallons of water per j minute, which is not as large a production as the council desires. It was expected that the well i would produce about 250 gallons •' of water per minute and in that ; case one new well would be sufficient to warrant a continued water supply for the city. The producs tion of the well brought in yesterday can be increased to about. i 160 gallons per minute through the use of a turbine pump. The ■ test made yesterday was with an • air pump. 400 feet at $1.60 per Moody Bros., of Rockford, Ohio. Ytiontinued on page SIX) I 1 .. _ — Methodist Conference Convenes At Elkhart Elkhart, Ind., June 6—(UP)—The north Indiana conference of the 1 Methodist Episcopal church opened here today with Rev. Wallace Brown, Chattanooga, Tenn., presiding. More titan 700 delegates attended ) — Former judge C. L. Walters and Mrs. E. N. Wicks are delegates from the Decatur Methodist church to the convention. Judge and Mrs. Walters and Mr. and Mrs. Wicks ' left this morning for the convention city. Other Methodists are i planning on attending the sessions I the latter of the week. Choir To Present Concert At Berne The Northminster Presbyterian i church choir of Columbus, Ohio, will present a concert of satcred , music at the Berne Mennonlto church Sunday evening at 7 o’clock. The choir is conductel by Harold .' Reusser, a former Berne resident. Mr. Reusser is a graduate of the Westminister Choir school and was ' director of the Berne Swiss men’s chorus when the chorus won first . honors at the Chicagoland music festival three years ago.

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, June 6, 1934.

Authorize Repair Os Madison Sewer The repair of the Madison street sewer which empties Into St. Marya I river at the east end of the street, l t j was authorized by the council In session last evening. tE. A. Beavers, chairman of the, street and sewer committee wae I authorized to engage a steamshovel ‘ to dig up the part of the sewer whl: li is clogged. The sewer is i clogged SO to 40 feet from the 1 I outlet and workmen have been un-.i able to open It. The court house, sewer also drains into the outlet. li CLUB MEETING TUESDAY NIGHT > ! i Lions Club Observes Ladies Night At Regular Meeting •An interesting program was presented at the Lions Chib meeting ' i Tuesday night, at which time La- , dies night was observed. Mothers. I . wives and sweethearts of the club , , members were guests at the meet- ■ r' ing. ■ A delicious dinner was served in I the United Brethren church by the ladles of the church. Following the . ■ dinner a program was presented. : The play “Sarah Perkins’ Hat • Shop" a clever comedy, was given by a group of women The charac--1 ters in the play were as follows: ' Mrs. Sarah Perkins, Mrs. L. A. Cowrjens; Lucille Locke, Mrs. Ralph r Roop: Urelia Borden, Mrs. Burt . 'Mangold; Zelma De-ker, Mrs. Ed. ) i Boknecht; Bridget Kelly. Mrs. C. • R. Saylors; Mrs. Zenia Stubbins, I Mrs. Alva Nichols; Lizzie Isizenger ' Mrs. Ralph Gentis, and Mrs. lona j Bunch, Mrs. W. F. Beery. The humorous parts in the play were interpreted by Mrs. Saylors and Mrs. Gentis in a splendid man , uer. Following the play the wives i of the Lions Club members sang a parody to the men in which the It name of every Lion was mentioned. Mrs. Clyde Butler sang a group ' 'of songs, and Mrs. C. L. Walters , ■ gave the opening address. Dr. Burt | t Mangold had charge of the roll call. | o— County Auditor Cowan In Hospital : t County Auditor Glen Cowan is a patient at the Adams County Memo- ' I rial hospital today. Mr. Cowan took ’ i ill last night and was removed to 1 ; the hospital for a few days rest. i I He carried temperature, but it was believed a rest would restore him I and that he would be able to return r to his home in a few days. — o— —— MORE PROJECTS WILLBUSKED Further Improvement Os ■ City Water Lines 1 Deemed Advisable The further rebuilding and improvement of tlie water lines in this city will be investigated by the water works committee of the council and applications made for FERA I labor to complete several projects, | Joe Hunter, chairman of the comJ mittee announced at the council . I meeting last evening. Extension of I lines and eliminating “dead ends" , in several places in the city will be continued by the departmnt, it a state appropriation for labor costs I j can be obtained. New valves will also be installed [ on several of the hydrants and it is ; possible that the corrugated iron t line on Johns street will be replaced with cast iron. ; All of the work started by the . water department has been comi pleted and in view of the fact that i laibor costs can be obtained for public wonk through the state ERA councllmen think it advisable to to wntinup the repair and rebuildb ing of the projects. At the meeting last evening city attorney Fred Fruchte was ordered to notify the Subsistence HomeI stead department in Washington t that the city had completed its part of the contract in extending the I water mains to the homestead site, . at the south edge of the city, i The matter of constructing the i street approaches to the home site I on Russell, Bollman and Line streets will be taken up with the : county commissioners, the councilmen stated.

BEET PROSPECTS ARE VERY GOOD Dry Weather Has Not Hurt Seed; Season Better Than A Year Ago Desipite the dry weather, the eon-1 1 dition of the beet crop in the terrl- j tory of the Central Sugar company, | I is much better than first expected I i and is in better shape than a year | lago, sugar company officials stat-1 I ed today. Although some of the seed has I i not come up. the extreme hot and I i dry weather has not damaged it. Members of the agricultural de-; ' partment of the Central Sugar | company, point out that the beet I ! seed has a heavy hull and that dry ,' weather does not injure it. Fieldmen tor The company urge . , growers to leave the seed alone, i [The first little moisture will cause I | it to sprout and with the scattered I rains of the past few days, many ,of the beet fields are in better I | shape today than a year ago. Last year, it will be remembered, I the planting season was a wet one ; and much of the beet seed was not I planted until after June 1. Then a dry spell followed and the seed did ; not sprout until after July 2, when I rains were received. Although the month of June last ' j year, was extremely dry and prob- ; ably comparable with the present season, the harvest was above expectations and the crop was one of the most profitable raised by : farmers in this territory. It is believed that the crop this I I year will mature in greater proper-1 tion than a year ago and that the [ I total tonnage will exceed the producion of tlie 1933 crop. Growers are optimistic as to the outlook ami with a few rains this month the ' beet crop will be farther along than in any previous season. PAT HYLAND IS BADLY BURNED Acetylene Torch Explodes Monday; Both Legs Are Badly Burned Arthur "Pat" Hyland was reported resting easier at noon today from the severe burns lie re- j : reived ut 4 o'clock Tuesday afternoon when an acetylene torch he [ was handling in Butler's Garage ; on South First street exploded. Pat was filling the tank of the torch with air when the tana burst, hut ling ignited gas over his body, setting his clothing afire.' He ran across the street and rolled in a hedge on the Gaskell proi perty, beating the flames with a I , rag. Witnesses aiding him in! ■ putting out the fire. He was rushed to Dr. G. J. i Kohne’s office where the burns! were treated and he was then taken to his home on south Fourth i street. The outer epidermis or skin was burned completely off his left leg from the thigh to the ankle. The skin on his right leg was burned off from knee to ankle. No complications have set in and it is expected that he will recover completely. The explosion also threw the burning gas over the floor and a work bench in Butler's garage. Mr. Butler extinguished the flames with a hand fire extinguisher which he kept in the garage. The only damage done was the destroying of an air hose. Mr. Butler placed the total damage at about SIO.OO. The city fire department, which answered a call to the garage, found the fire extinguished when they arrived. o Leo Bailey Has Right Arm Broken Leo Bailey, five year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Pete Bailey of 1015 Russell street, suffered a broken right arm this morning when a trailer on which he Was playing, fell on him. A group of children were engagel in playing on a trailer near the' Bailey home when the accident occurred. The trailer was propped in place with blodks. The blocks became disengaged and the trailer fell on the lad, ‘breaking his arm. The arm was fractured above the elbow. He was removed to the Adams County Memorial Hospital,

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SURVEY SHOWS I 1 OUT OF 318 IS ON STRIKE This Average Is Maintained In Industries Os This Country STEEL STRIKE IS STILL THREATENED (Copyright, 1934, by UP.) New York. June 6. — (U.R) — One i American of every 318 normally ; gainfully employed is on actual; ' strike or committed to walk out of ; his place of employment in the | ; near future, a survey of labor con- | ditions in jhe nation's industrial centers disclosed today. To the tune of riot, bloodshed' and even death some 53,000 work- ' ers have deserted mines, docks,' : factories and shops in recent I weeks. One hundred thousand [steel workers threaten to desert ; their forges, holds and blast turn- ‘ aces in protest against non-recog-i nition of the Amalgamated Asso- ■ elation of Iron, Steel and Tin WorkI ers. Partial shipping paralysis ex- ' [ tenide from the levees of New Or-1 lean< to the docks of San Francisco ,in the strike of 25,000 longshoremen for higher wages and union: recognition. Copper miners in the west, carpenters in the nation’s | capitol, and Brooklyn, N. Y., bar-j I hers have ceased their labors for , ' similar reasons. Labor department mediators of Washington wrangled with 50 j strikes involving 18,192 persons. These did not include walkouts in [ which the national labor board has I intervened, nor the extensive long- j shoremen's strike. The situation in industrial centers today was as follows: York, 2,000 butchers and ((■'GNtinuiod gxj p»oir aixi o Election Board Allowance Fixed The two election commissioners for the primary were allowed $125 leach for their services previous to land during the election. The com- J I missioners filed claims for $l5O I each. The county clerk was not allowed any additional compensation for ■ ' his services, the new salary law ' eliminating any extra fees of such a nature. The commissioners spent coneid-1 I erable time In compiling the list of. I candidates’ namej) and supervising; the printing of the ballots and compiling the returns of the election. MRS.HAUBOLD IS RE-ELECTED Mrs. Carrie Hau bold Is Again Named To Decatur School Board Mrs. Carrie Haubold was reelected a member of the Decatur school board by the city councilin session last evening. Mrs. Haubold was the only can-1 didate for the appointment. She I addressed a letter to the council informing the body that she would accept the appointment for an-1 other year. The annual election of a school j board member takes place at the I first meeting of the council in | June. The vote was by secret ballot and Mrs. Haubold received j every vote. She has been a member of the board since 1922 and j is secretary. Asks Council's Help Ira Fuhrman, a member of the; schobl board appeared before tlie [ council and informed the body! that the school city was going j ahead with the building of a play j ground on the city lot, opposite the South Ward school building. He stated that a soft ball diamond had been blocked off and I the ravine which ran through the grounds had been filled. He stated that the Parent-Teachers club of the South Ward intended to . plant shrubbery on the grounds this fall. Mr. Fuhrman asked the council if the city would erect rest room buildings and toilets on the lot. He also requested that a drinking fountain be placed on the lot. The council ordered a drinking **(CONITNUHD on page sixf*

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i To Give Address I I or wf I Dr. D. W. Kurtz, president of I Bethany Biblical Seminary tn i ‘Chicago, will give the commencement address to the graduating j I class of the Kirkland Bible school i Friday evening.

DR. KURTZ TO GIVE ADDRESS Kirkland Bible School Commencement Exercises Friday Night The annual commencement program of the Kirkland Bible school , will be held at tlie Kirkland com- 1 [munity building Friday evening at [7:45 o'clock. Dr. D. W. Kurtz, president of Bethany Biblical Seminary in Chicago will give the comi mencement address. [ Dr. Kurtz is a graduate of Juanita [College. Pennsylvania, and Yale [University. He was a student at I Leipzig, Berlin, Marburg, and Col-1 lege de France. He has made tour I trips to Europe, two to Egypt.' i Palestine, Syria, Asia Minor, and I one to Japan. Dr. Kurtz was a lecturer at the' world’s Sunday School convention jat Tokyo, Glasgow and Los An-; I geles, and at the International con-[ vention in Kansas City and Birm- ; ingham. He is a member of the! Kansas Authors' Club, American; I Academy of Social and Political j .Sciences and many other similar | organizations. For 13 years he was [ I president of McPherson College in Kansas and held long and success-1 ful pastorates in Philadelphia, Pa., I I and Long Beach, Calif. i Eighteen young people will be I graduated from the Bible school 1 this year. They are Doris Byerly, ’ Grace Smith. Margaret Hilgeman. . ; Mary Fruechte, Geraldine Johnloz. [Virginia Zimmerman. Helen Longlenberger, Cleta Hazelwood, Mary [Diehl, Howard Reinhard, Frank iGrether, Glen Griffiths, Stanley! (CONTINUIN' ON PAGE SIX) 0 — | Busche, Archbold To Attend Meeting E. W. Busche, chairman of the ■ county wheat allotment committee ! and County Agent Archbold have ' been called to Columbia City, Fri- ‘ day, June 8. at 9:30 a. m. to take part in a wheat compliance meet-; ing. V. D. Sexon, a former county agent, now state agent of wheat: compliance for the AAA, will be; 1 in charge of the meeting and give the men instructions on liow wheat I compliance should be taken care | of in their respective counties.

Phrenologist Gets Away With SSOO From Ohio Man; Promised To Double

— City police and Sheriff Burl j Johnson are looking for a phrenoli ogist formerly located here and a j Van Wert county, Ohio, man is looking for SSOO with little possi- ! bility of either being discovered. The phrenologist and the money I disappeared several weeks ago but the story was not revealed until today in order to facilitate capture. The tale begins when a phrenologist located in the old Hensley building soutn of Saylors garage on Second street in this city. She stretched a curtain across the rear of the front room and put up a sign in the window reading “Phren- ! ologist" and by means of the bumps on heads of patrons ptomised to read their fortunes. The lady attracted little business until a prominent Van Wert county man happened to stop in one day. The phrenologist told him his fortune but whether she said a

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PUTS MARKETS UNDER STRICT SUPERVISION Contains Stringent Regulations On Securities Markets PROBE OF MARKET STARTED ACTION Washington, .lune 6. <UP> | President Hoosevelt signed the stock exchange control bill today, placing for the [ first time in history the nation's securities mark et s under strict federal su]>er- | vision. Signature of the bitterly contested and much rewritten bill followed by five davs final congressional action. The law’s genesis was in the protracted stock market investigations of the senate banking and currency investigations in which figured many big bankers, including J. P. Morgan, Otto Kahn, and Charles ' Mitchell. Practices unearthed by the com- | mittee formed the basis for most ! of the stringent provisions of the act. Wall street fought the bill from I the start. At one time in its legislative course Capitol Hill charged that the most formidable lobby of all time was at rayed against the measure. The measure contains 10 major provisions designed to protect not only the investor, but national credit and the federal taxing power. The provisions follow: 1. Appointment of five commissioners to] administer the act. 2. Registration of stock brokers. who may not use the malls |or interstate commerce facilities without approval of the commis- ! sion. 3. Licensing of exchanges after ! their rules and regulations 1 received approval of tlie eommis- | sion. [ 4. Regulation of brokers’ cred■it and margin requirements by : the federal reserve board. 5. Outlawing of fictitious tranI sactions. simulated activity and > spreading of false information to ICONTTNUKn ON PAGE FIl’E) o Order For Support Given This Morning Judge Huber M. DeVoss this morning awarded Mrs. Mary May ;an order for tier husband to pay , $4,000 a weetk for support of her children, during the proceedings in court of her divorce action against Wilbur May. Mrs. May charged in her com- , plaint that, her husband ordered her to leave the home. She charged him i with being guilty of cruel an in- | human treatment. — q Will Repair Fence At Swimming Pool The matter of repairing the fence ! arounj the city swimming pool was called to the city council’s attention by Francis “Pat" Costello and the safety committee of the council was authorized to fix It. Mr. Costello stated that there was a ; space between the fence and ground large enough for children to crawl under it. In the interest of public safety he brought tlie matter to the 1 attention of the council.

I "dark lady will come into your . life" is not known. t \ Then she displayed her best . ; trick. Asking him to give her a dollar she rubbed it between her hands and before bis eyes trans- . formed it into two one dollar bills. The man evidently became enI amored of her powers to double money and offered to bring her SSOO for a wedding trip if she , i would change it to SI,OOO. ( W’hen the lady was given the , money she made several mystic . passes over it and put it back in L the man's pocketbook. She told him to pin it under his coat and , not look at it for three days or the charm would be broken. When the gullible gentleman ( opened the pocketbook three days later he found nothing except a i roll of paper. ( No affidavit was sworn against I • • • • „••••• H (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE).