Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 32, Number 142, Decatur, Adams County, 14 June 1934 — Page 1

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ERO HOUR IS NEAR IN STEEL STRIKE

1/RWAYFOR ■P9SAI.S TO KITE BOARDS K|lran." Agree To Kir Part < >f RooseHelt Proposals If manges ■ I \RE PROPOSED ls| iijoll, JllllC 1 I Kelilu path wtis K,| Jiv for President Ky |s proposals lor boards to deal tin, ati lied steel K„| other possible out- |, controversy. ■ ,i scries ol conler- ■ R( publieaii senators (l u’o dontj "dh the j,.| for the Wag . chances . ■ the proposed ' I: indicated would be accept most part. proposals for the four point program . of labor disputes s Ml"- year limitation a provision de o'ion shall e Imp \ ,-i- 1 proportional < - of workers a ton that mini o. Best I t! 1" ! i«e effective unless "" a . ■ ; posed to be heli! in both a.is rt sealed through and by some senators 1 , thi first to be informed proposal « B ' the Wagner bill who assisted in letting seep out had ll>' d to hear the reaction employers.

' the steel situation .K prevent a strike. issue lias been a tie recognition of 'lie I Association of Iron. ■1 ar T>n workers. or boards which th< ■MI aid permit the Pr?-i 810 would be enipouei' ■and "to inv. st g ' - practices or active ■of employers Os employes 111 les." ■ board could "order -1 cot an election by a of any of the any employer to deter what person or personthey desire to be in order to insure the to organize anil tlu ir representatives t j|l" lr of collective bargain- ■ uni the industrial tecovery was no clear-cut ' bill. lid guard opposed it would, in their opin rather discord. The liberal it did not go ■ e ßllgh, that* labor's rigflits 1 iearly enough defined.

twin Fails In I ■inland Murder Pl"' rewlgfors, Finland. June 14 — assassin who said h" I s • Britisher entered the So' b 1 today and began firing asked to see the minis an 4was refused. he opened fire ami two porters before Im He himself ’ **B'ttly wounded. that his motive ineal. When questioned, himself as Herman ® r9 ' n, a Britisher. For Six I Counties Approved L Weite, Ind., June 14—(U.R> MXWgI of 4,699 corn-hog rediiccor, tracts for farmers in six 'iatles raising the total to 14 '-nUes to date, was announced ttle state board of review, counties reviewed and fbert of contracts in each in'’’•■Tipton, 1,189; Lake, c 5,1 •Biter. 1,064.

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Prolit Os si, 10(1 From Church Picnic Approximately »1.1" o win be ed from the St. Mary's emigre gational picnic held last Sunday in Sun Set park. The net figure today was <1 1” x and one of the ticket ...p. ~ | 11( . not reported It is believed the re-1 celpts will in about two dollars, making the net profit fl.lmt All bills have been totaled and I those in charge of the cougrieu ~, l al picnic wet., confident that the 1 proceeds would amoum to fl.-inn [Appreciation wa- expri'-ed to all , for the patronag' CIRCUIT COURT REPORT GIVEN David D. Depp, Count) Clerk. Gives Report On April Term Fortyseven mor, cases were disposed of than filed in the April term of coni: aecoiding to figutes compiled in county clerk David 1). Depp’s office. A total of BS7 cases are now pending in the circuit court, of which only ”8 a • ■ criminal. Eight criminal cast s were filed last term ami 24 disposed of in tile following manner 17 disniis ed; 6 committed to state farm, ami one mi:- "lianeous Thirtyeight are pending. The civil report shows that 62 cases W ere filed in the Adams circuit court of which 57 originated in file county and five were ven tied from other counties. Seventy two civil cases W< re disposed of in the following manner: four, partition: three venued to other counties: 2d dismissed; 15 personal judgments: 13 foreclosures; one sent to Riley hospital; five nnsomwl mind three divorces, one by wife arid two by husbands, , •anil eight miscellaneous Three hundred and fifty-seven cases are still pending. Five guardianship cases were filed during the last term ami seven were closed. A tidal of 227 are still pending. Thirty-eight estate eases wen filed and 47 were closed. A total of 227 estate are pending. —o -

Bluffton Man On Trial At Ft. Wayne Fort Wayne. June 14 (UP) — Trial of Irwin Wolf. 39. Bluffton, on ' charges of attempting to rob a Fort Wayne filling station last February is expected to real h a jury in cir- . cult court late today. , Both si leu have rested and were arguing the case tills afternoon. Conviction on the charge carries with a 1" to 25 year sentence. Three Men Seize Arresting Officer Davenport. lowa June 14—(I P> Three men believed involved in an automobile theft frustrated arrest ; today by seizing the arresting otI fleer, commandeering an autoni"i bile and its driver ami fleeing town. I Two hours later police still were .searching for traffic policeman. Elmer Schlueter ami Al Schultze, see-j Iretary of the hr al Western League: | baseball club, victims of the sei-; ! zure. — o— FIND BOMBS IN

PARIS OFFICES J I French Police Are Convinced Gang Plans Reign Os Terror Paris, June 14 — (1 ’‘"'J' bombs found in the French mails ( convinced police today that a hand of maniacs was attempting to spread a wave of terror through. F Z e erts were to all post-H in , similar packages with letters sign- t ed "The three judges of Hell, mak jbi threats against the French peo- 1 P1 The first bomb was discovered ' vJterday and injured twopostofIfice employes when it exploded. ibis morn- < I "’Later a fourth bomb was found, , LiXed to a radio station.

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MISSING GIRL RETURNS AFTER WEEK ABSENCE Missing From Grandmother's Home A Week, Had Made Long Trip OFFICERS FREE GIRL'S FATHER Napoleon, Ind.. June 11 (U.RI Gladys Lee Shuter,. 2l>, ('leveland. 0.. missing from the home of her ; grandmother here nearly a week, returned safely today while scores; of peace officers combed southern Indiana in the belief she had been kidnaped or slain. The girl said she had hitchhiked to Raleigh. N. C . and back since her disappearance June X. When she returned today the girl appeared unconcerned by the fact that lier mother and grandmother were almost prostrated with anxiety and her father was suspected of killing her. Miss Shuter said she rode on a moving van to Raleigh and worked in a restaurant there as a waitress’ long enough to liny some food before hitch hiking home Slie returned at 1 a. m bn: auth-, orities were not notified until sev- ■ oral hours later. Search for the girl began Sunday when tile grandmother she had been visiting. Mrs Carrie Crusie. I notified Sheriff Robert Alexander j of file disappearance. State police, under the direction of (’apt. Matt Leach, entered the j case late yesterday. The girl had disappeared afterj accompanying her father, Silas Shuter, 46, Portland. Ore., to a theater in Greensburg in celebration of their first meeting in IS years. , Shuter sai dhe rail out of ga.su 'liam Albrecht. Cleveland.'lihiTsep-' orated when their daughter was two years old and the girl has lived with the mother since that time. Shuter said he ran on of gaso**CONTINUWI> *'N PAGE TWO) FILM LEADER'S WIFE IS ROBBED Mrs. Adolph Z u k o r Is Robbed Os $86,075 Worth Os .Jewelry Chicago. June 14— (U.R) -Mrs.’ Adolph Zukor, wife of tile motion , picture executive, was robbed of I 556.075 in jewelry last night, she reported to police today. Mrs. Zukor. who was in Chicago j waiting the arrival of her hus-1 band tonight to accompany her to California, said she was awaken-j ed about 4 o’clock this morning | by a light flashing in her face. An instant later tile room was, in darkness again and she looked for her small silk handbag, which j site had left on a vacant twin bed. It was gone. The stolen jewels included: A platinum clasp containing an eight-carat diamond and worth $75,000A three diamond marquis woith SB,OOO. A watch jewelled witli sapphires diamonds and emeralds and valued at $3,000. I About SSO in cash. A rosa necklace of 79 matched pearls. Mrs Zukor. who occupied a room on the 13th floor of the exclusive Blackstone hotel, came to Chicago from New York yesterday. A maid. Anita Sachs. 29. occupied an adjoining room but said she was not awakened by any sounds in Mrs. Zukor’s room. Counterfeit Ring Suspect Arrested Fort Wayne June 14—(UP) —Or-1 ville Boyer. 41, Fort Wayne, sub-| ported member of a counterfeiting | ring, was arrested here today on 1 an indictment returned this week by a federal grand jury at South i Bend. , _ Deputy U. S. Marshal Charles F. Bandt. who made the arrest, said that Boyer is believed to be a member of a ring which, for at least six months, has been flooding northern Indiana with imperious five dollar notes. Unable to post $3,000 bond. Boyer was taken to the Huntington county jail, a federal lockup.

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, .lune 14, 1931.

Issue First Drought Relief ( heck % i w V- »« fc l Di E. W. Sheets, national director of the emergency drought sei Vice Ilf tile AAA and Department of Agriculture, turning file first check to be written in the emergency cattle buying program over to I lean W. < Cuffey, regional director, in Minneapolis. Minn Til iheck went to August Hassler of Graceville. Minn., and was fur $47. i uveiing three head of cattle. Left to right, seated: Dr. E W. Slrneis, Dean W. (’. Coffey and Paul E Miller, stat- director. Standing: 11. V Rouse, supervising field auditor; M. C. Mclntosh, field auditor, and 1.. 1.. Robertson, disbursing clerk.

COUNTY LEAGUE PLANS PICNIC Conservation League Will Hold Picnic On Sunday, .Inly 1 The Adams county fish and game i conservation league will hold a pie-1 nic Sun lay, July 1. at the Charley Malley farm, one-half mile north i .u! Monmouth. The picnic will he limited to league members and their families. A ibasket-picnie dinner will the served I at noon, with all attending request- , d to bring well fillet baskets. ; Tables will be arranged for .serving < , in cafeteria style. The grouti Is will be opened at I 9 .a. m. Special contents and games ' will be staged, .such as marshmal-j low contests; -softball and horse- | shoe pitching all day; three logged > race; the national recovery act. I a game for children; sack race, i monologue by Edgar Krukenberg. Target practice will be held at 10:30, with a 10 cent entry fee, pro-! j ceeds from which will be used for prizes. Two classes, open and close , sights. 22 calibre. Firing will be five shots each, at 2.>. ;>0- and >5 yards. With 22 calibre pistol, five shots ear It, at 15, 25 and 50 yards. Arrangements will he made for any(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) — No Diseases Are Reported In County No cases of diseases were report ed in Adams (County for the week ending Saturday. June It. according to the morbidity report published |by the Indiana Division of Public 1 Health. ASK HEEDING OF ROAD BLOCKADE Motorists Asked To Stay Off Roadbed On Highway Number 527 W. J. Wells, state engineer in | | charge of the construction of road j 527 running southeast from Decatur to the Ohio state line, today asked the cooperation of the public in observing the blockade of the road. The work has progressed to the . point where in many cases no traffic whatever can be permitted. | Mr. Wells said. There are, stretches' along the road where. I mail carriers cannot pass, he- ! I cause of the damage done to the I road bed. j Mr. Wells stated stretches of 'the road would be open to farmers 1 along the route as soon as possible. In the meantime he seeks the cooperation of those who are "bottled up” and asked that their j mail boxes be moved to the road ' crossings. Work is progressing nicely I along the road and those in charge are confident that the job ; will be completed by October I. the time specified in the contract, j

Former County Resilient Dead Funeral .services will be held Friday afternoon at Muskegon. MichiI gan, for Reuben 1,. Clark. S'i, for- , mer well known farmer of northleast of Berne, who died at the home jof his son. Rufus (’lark at Muskegon. Tuesday. Death was due to paralysis. He ha'.l been ailing for the past three year s. Mr. Clark moved to Michigan ] from Berne about eight years ago. I His parents, wife and brothers and jsi.sters preceded him in death. Sur-j viving are three sons and a daugh-' I ter: Dewis Clark of east of Berne: I Will Clark of east of Geneva: Mrs. | John Farlow of Ohio, an I Rufus 'Clark of Muskegon. Michigan. GUNMEN MURDER PROMINENT MAN Well-Known Oklahoma Farmer Dies 01' Cunshot Wounds Today — Muskogee. Okla.. June 14. —(U.R) —C. N. Nunn, democratic candidate for president of the state board of agriculture, died in a hospital today of gunshot wounds inflicted by two men who kidnaped him and trussed him to a tree in l the Cookson hills. The gunmen shot Nunn late yesI terday near his home at Porter. . They picked up the wounded man. drove him into the hills and tied him to a tree with wire. Until a few hours before his death. Nunn kept a promise he made to his assailants and refused j to describe them Io police. Police I held little hope of apprehending ' the gunmen on the meagre descrip-I tion furnished by the victim. Nunn was a widely-known cotton farmer and stork dealer. 0 .Japan Thanks China For Aid Civen Consul Nanking. June 14 — (U.R) Japan expressed formal appreciation to the Chinese national government I today for its aid in finding Vice I Consul Kideaki Kuramoto. whose disappearance brought Japanese ■ships of war to the Yagtze. Consul General Sutna bore the message to Gang-Ching-Wei. Chinese foreign minister, thus closing I the international aspects of an incident which threatened to disturb Sino-Japanese relations. Meantime Dr. T. Matsul examined Kuramoto and decided ho was suffering from "nervous debility. ’ | i It was indicated that the consular representative will be sent to Shanghai as soon as ho recovers 'from the privations of four days ! spent in a cave among the historic I Ming tombs in the Purple moult- ■ tains. Van Buren Resident Dies Os Injuries Marlon. Ind.. June 14.—(U.R>- Injuries suffered by Orin G. Willey. ; 60, Van Buren. In an automobile j accident near his home last night, I cairned his death here today.

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SERIOUS PRICE WAR THREATENS COAL INDUSTRY Bituminous Coal Officials Called To Discuss Schedules PROMPT ACTION IS DEEMED NECESSARY Washington, June II (U.FU A serious price war threatening the bituminous coal industry lias cans ■ <-d division administ 1 aim Chari - E. Adams to call all Appalachiafl code officials here June 2.i to dis . cuss price schedules effective July 1. As an aid in correlating prices in various bituminous areas. Dep uty Administrator Wayne Ellis, presidential member of the national code authority, today is meeting j witli coal producers in Chicago. , He plans to hold a similar meeting in Kansas Chy late this month. "An emergency exists which war rants prompt action." Adams (!<• ilar.d in summoning presidential members, aid chairmen of all code authorities and marketing committees in the country's greatest coal producing region to the Washing ton meeting. Tile meeting will lie i asked to work out a temporary arrangement until Sept. 1, pending ! further study of a permanent price system. The bituminous coal industry, functioning under a code signed i Sept. is. has increased production ,62% per cent, according to NRA ' statistics. There has been relative-; ly little labor trouble. All controversies have been submitted for arbitration to labor boards. A serious strike April 1 was (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) Tow nship Trustees Hold Annual Picnic More than 110 persons were in at- [ tendance at the annual 'ownship trustees' picnic held in the Ldiman ; Park at Herne, toiay. A feature of : the picnic was the basket dinner at ! tlie noon hour. During the afternoon a program was presented and officers were to I be elected late this afternoon. State | : Senator T. A. Gottschalk of Berne 1 addressed the meeting of present ami past trustees of A lams county i on the subject. "The C ost of GovI eminent.” Clifton E. Striker, superintendent I of the Adams County schools, had , charge of the affair. _,_r_ o Man Wei! Known Here Dies In Dalton. Ohio Word lias hee.i received of the ! death of Dan Kirchhofer, 75. of Dalton, Ohio. Mr. Klrcnnofer died We i- 1 i nesday evening at his home of ; i heart disease. He was well known in tills comI inunity, having a number of rela- ' fives in Berne an I vicinity. Funeral services will beheld Saturday morn ling at the Salem Mennonite church ait Dalton. MUSSOLINI AND HITLER CONFER Two European Dictators Meet For The First Time Today Venice. June 14 (U.R) Adolf Hitler, chancellor of Nazi Ger- . many, and Benito Mussolini, pre--1 mier of Fascist Italy, who by ■ force of their personalities made I dictatorships of two great woi Id > powers, met today for the first, I time. Hitler, accompanied by a retiI nue of 15, arrived by airplane at the Lido airport at 9:58 a. m. for la conference with Mussolini an-, nounced ns on general political problems an effort to halt an arms race. Two Gorman airplanes, escorted by half a dozen of the Italian royal air force, roared up to the airport ami were greeted with a cheer from massed Fascist contingents that drowned the noise of the planes' motors. Mussolini was waiting. As Hitler stepped from the airplane II Dace" and "Dor Fuehrer"—The Duce and The Loader exchanged greeting amid a sea of arms up(COHMNUBD UN PACKS FIVE),

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t-H Calf Club To Meet Friday Night The Adams County 4 II Calf Club ; will meet at the Monroe High' S hool Friday evening. June 15. A •special program has been arranged. I Senator T. A. Gott st’ balk of Bertie : will give the main address of the | eveniiig. Care and feeding of calves' i will be discussed. Demonstrations • I will be given on the making of calf i l.blan'kets and on the mixing of feed i ratlaas. .Music will be furnished by local , • people. DILLINGER DAD | GIVEN OFFERS Father of John Dillinger Gets Vaudeville, Coney Island Ollers Mooresville. Ind.. June 14 tL'P) i —John W. Dillinger'.'' 7'3-year-odd I farmer and father of Hie nation's ’ most sought criminal, today was , considering two offers to appear In llie east, one as a vaudeville attraction ami the other as star of a , concession at Coney Islaaid. The vaudeville offer < alls for . ssm> a week w hile thei 'oiley Island promoter promise,! slim a week. The elder Dillinger replied to the’ Coney Island offer. "1 have my crops to think about” | he wrote. "'lf 1 were to leave the farm I would have some one liar i vest them. "Somebody would have to look aMer my two daughters and 1 would , like to know what living expenses ' would be at the resort, so 1 eoul I , estimate the probable profits.” lie has not replied to the vaudeville offer, wishing to have more i time to consider it. "I've aiever been in New York and I can't imagine what Coney La- | laud would be like.” lie explained to friends. "I guess though, it would be pretty much like tile midway at the obi Chicago world's fair.” CONDUCT DRIVE FOR NEW CABIN Shelter Cabin For Boy And Girl Scouts At llanna-Nuttnian Park The new proposed shelter cabin to be constructed at the HarunaNuttman park for boy and girl (.scouts will be started in a lew w»n?ks if the drive next week for fund*; i.s successful. It i.s hoped to I have the new camp in shape for i over-night and weck-en I trips this .summer. A meeting of the committees of . .solicitors from the four city organizations which are sponsoring scout troops ha.s been called for Eirday evening at 8 o’clock in the General i Electrii office rooms. The names of donors and prospective donors will be dividel equally ' among the organizations Before the drive boys scouts will personally deliver letters explaining the purposes of the drivis which is <to i pay current expenses of the city i boy scout troops as well as for construction of the new cabin. Organizations which are ponsoring the troops are the American Legion, Rotary (duh. Lions club, land the boys work commit lee tor the St. Joe Catholic school. The proposed , ahin will be con- ; i strut ted of wool. The walls will i be covered with siding and the roof 1 H’( )XTINBED ox PAGE FIVE) _, . O Presbyterian Sv nod Is Concluded Today Hanover, Ind.. June 14 - (UP) — i Committee reports ami addresses by Will H. Adams an 1 Mrs Anne Elizabeth Taylor, New York, today j concluded the lour lay meeting of I the Indiana Presbyterian Synod | and Hie women's synodical society i held jointly at Hanover college. Mrs. \V. F. Bockemeyer, Gary, was elected presideitit of the synodical society In Hie annual election yesterday. i o Error Made In List Os Honor Students In the list of honor roll students in the county grade schools, an error was ma le in the name of one of the leaders on the list. The name of Thurman Andrew should have been Thomas F. Andrews.

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WORKERS MEET AT PITTSBURGH TO CAST VOTES Believed Only Direct Intervention By President Can Aid NO VOTE LIKELY BEFORE TOMORROW By The United Press Zero IltillC approached today in the threatened steel Slril." Major developtncids: I’ittsbnri'h: Deleifates to a special convention ol the Aniaipaniated Association ol Iron. Steel and lin Workeis union met Io contirin their April decision to strike on .lune 1(> if their union is not n cognized bv employers. It was : believed that only direct intervenlion by President Roosevelt con’d avert the strike. New York: Tlie American Iron • tind St»"'l luslituie claimed more than 85 per cent of the employes of the major steel companies op- : posed a strike and favor the i pr< ■ ent company union system of ' dealing with emrlovers Institute I dir' < tors meet in New York. Washington: f'ongresslonal lenders studied a proposed resolution, inspired bv President Roosevelt, providing for mediation boards to handle labor disputes. it wou'd be anplbablr to disputes in anv 1 imliistrv. but probably in the first • instance to steel. Gary. Ind.: Extra police, deputy sheriffs and private guards mobilized lo cope with possible disorders in the Indiana-Illinois steel district if strike materializes. Adjourns Few Hours Pittsburgh June 14 (UR) The ' Amalgamated Association of Iron. Steel ami Tin Workers adjourned .shortly heAtre noon today until : 3:3(1 p in. lEDT. I to allow a close check on delegates' credentials. The short morning session was occupied exclusively with International President Michael F. Tihe’a address and part of the roll call. The adjournment found the roll call only partly completed. and I Tihe ordered delegates who- e names were not > ailed to remain in the convention hall Tihe had a tough fight on his i hands atti niptiiig to keen the delegates under control. Thor chafed against hi." rulings, and lie (rox-'TNt'Rn ox pagf pivui Father Os Decatur Resident Is Dead Mr. and Mrs. Joe Brennan and son Janies left this morning for Ladoga, where they were called on account of the (loath of Mr Brennan's father. I’. 11. Brennan. 72. who died Wednesday night, following an extended illness. Funeral services will be held Saturday morning at 9:30 o'clock at the Catholic church at Crawfords ville. Besides the widow, tlie following children survive: Mrs. liartold Conroy of Fort Wayne; Ray- • moml Brennan at home and Joe Brennan of Decatur Seven grandchildren also survive. ENROLL AGAIN IN CCC CAMPS — Governor’s Commission Issues Call For Enlistments July 1 Indiainapolfe, Ind.. June 14 -(UP) —<’all for enlistments in the In 1iana civilian conservation corps army wa.s issued today at headquarters of the governor's commission jot' unemployment. Approximately 1,750 places will be open July 1 when CCC members who have completed one year's enlistment. will be discharged. Each county will be given a quota, the figures being based on numbeis of families on relief rolls. Applicants will enroll with county relief chairmen, and will be examined as to their physical fitness, character and acceptability to work .•■amp conditions. Enrollment is limited to unmarried men 18-25 years of age. with families or other dependents in need of support. .Each camp member is given a monthly allowance of S3O. the most of which is sent to dependents.