Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 32, Number 144, Decatur, Adams County, 16 June 1934 — Page 1

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DJOURNMENT OF CONGRESS IS NEAR

■EL WORKERS Ke to delay ■ERAL STRIKE Os Immediate Steel Strike Is Ended Wsi BMIT PLANS HM nil PRESIDENT .lune 16. —‘U R> of an immediate steel strike was Ktodav. pending recep- . ...i compromise ■is which are to be ■dirediv before I’resiin WashingffHe" represent mg Association H Mi 11 mid tin \\ <irkI.ibor organization. the proposals to the EKt If the suggestions. I B itail the setting up of a to supervise all trail between the companies men. are rejected, the ■lrii; < ulicjl immediate!) Hiip'.i-ized today that th.is only temporarily It a strike comes. will be to take the i>f tile mills without no •■,. meetings will 1..Tlie leaders already aii'lmrity. voted them I^Blmingl). to declare the :■ I ulie. conservatively pr- of amalagamm pi. tlie compromise B'J Itoosevelt on Munday nsec I. it includes the setting up ial labor board of Bsiuleni,'' which will rule on arising out of al-, ions of section 7 A of B:"i:.i: industrial recovery nun'., closely defines the ,'iiiployes lo bargain col B e l thioimh their own organ chosen by vote “off com B lori . il oratory of William B. ; ■ deni of the Aniei icon of Labor, swung the of the new plan and ■tube a decided atmosphere of and insistence upon an walkout. Green's argu- ■ that the mill owners should to choose their aiul Their own battle tn hl of th" most effective point - Green's proposals, the ■Oh INUWD ON PAGE SIX) ■ o By Home Raided I On Dillinger Tip Biapdis. June 16— lUP) A ot ir, state policemen raid''l between Westfield and last night on a tip that was hiding there, Matt Leatch annoutr.ol to ■ Itdiaimpolis man whose minm was in the house, the furnished the tip. exthat they did not know the of the house. Ilf hitler ETURNS HOME Ban Chancellor Con■udes Conference [ I With Mussolini !■''. June 16.— (U.R>Chancel Hitler, seemingly a bit ■>y it all, left by airplane tothe peace and quiet of after a bewildering ■ visit to Premier Benito which may prove of dipB importance. their two-day discussions, leader and the fascist duce Bd Purely Informal agreement shall maintain its inBence, 'jjFhe European armaments ■fcn should be stabilized bedisarmament is at■F and Germany should be Bt<‘d to build up its arina11J toward equality with its Bors during a six-year period. Bussolinl’s battered four pow treaty intended to bind MGermany, France and Great ■wVjJJ *on Yagm’ BW

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT _____ ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Vol. XXXII. No. 144.

I No Complaints On Tax Assessments No complaints have been made j on tax valuations to the Mamsj county board of tax reviews now I meetinf in the assessors rooms in the court house. The board is now checking and allowing mortgage exemptions] which were claimed by property' owners in the county. It is expected that the board will not complete| review of tlie county assessments until early in July. PHONE COMPANY PLEA IS DENIED Petition To Discontinue Monroe Exchange Is Denied Today Indianapolis, June 16 (U.R) — J I Petition ot the t'itizens Telephone Company of Decatur for authority Ito discontinue its exchange in i Monroe and serve patrons from ! Decatur and Herne was denied by ■the public servile commission ’ today. Action of the commission pre- ’ rented an increase in tlie month- , ly bill of the patrons from $1.50! to approximately $7.50, comrnisi sion counselors said. The latter I charge would be for a private l i line. The order also instructed the , company to repair damage caused i by recent sleet storms. H. F. Ehinger, manager of the I local company, had not received lan official copy of the order at i | noon today. Mr. Ehinger stated that the I company would comply with the ruling and repair tlie damaged I lines. “The Monroe line has been I losing motley and will have to : land "t> •" '. f"'<" M,’ ■ I'bjn? , er"sfafd?l The reference to the $7.50| I monthly charge. Mr. Ehinger exi plained, would be for a private j ] line, the rate being 25 cents for ] I each quarter mile or fraction I thereof. The Monroe exchange I could be served without private I lines, with the same kind of service given patrons out of the I Decatur office, the management I stated. The monthly rate is $1.50 for Monroe subscribers. Samuel Trabue. was the comi missions who conducted the . hearing at Monroe. FISH SEASON OPENS TODAY Approximately 1,000 Licenses Have Been Issued In Adams County Approximately 1.000 hunting and i fishing licenses have been issued ! in Adams county this year. This is the second year that it has been ! necessary to have a license to fish ,I or hunt in the fisher's or hunter s | own county. ■ Tlie open season for a number of I varieties of fish begins today and | several hundred licenses have been , issued in the last 30 days . To facilitate the obtaining of licenses. Mr. Depp has ddistributed; license books over the county. The ll CPll ses may now be obtained at I Nusbaum at Linn Grove and Briggs Hardware at Geneva. ' Tlie open season oday i« for the following kinds off: bargemouth ,black bass, small-mouth Madk Ibass, silver bass, iduegill. Sses clerk's officeHuey Long Wins • Senate Approval p n i!o e ng°s Louisiana political maP. Long of fraiw) and cor . chine not.guHt r rall|f>d t( , S the Kingfisher's eoileague, Senator John H- Overton.

State, National And Intrrunilonnl Newa

Delegates Vote to Delay Strike I 4wl i 1 i n iS/jiwr-' dflyb ■ lIEiW s .... . \ X * ® Top photo is a scene in the Elks convention hall, Pittsburgh, as delegates of ; ciation of Iron. Steel and Tin Workers of America, convened for a direct ™ a * e " e ™’!l f Tighe ing refusal of the steel operators to recognize the union. Below, left to right, are Micha . . president of \inak-ainaifd: Leonard, secretary, and Edward W. Miller, vice president.

SET GOAL FOR i SCOOT DRIVE Annual Boy Scout Drive Will Be Held In County Next Week A goal of $925 has been set for I the annual county boy scout drive • which will 'be held next week. A , total of SBOO will he aske.l from I the city. , U a meeting of solicitors held in ' the office rooms of the General Electric plant Friday night ft was explained that more money probably will be spent on -scouting in the county than is given in the | ■county. Tlie troops here have the I privilege of applying to the area ! council for supplies, equipment and I funds. Representatives from the four '.sponsoring organizations in the city I land from Berne, Monroe, Geneva ’and Pleasant Mills attended the ; meeting Friday. Carl Bimel of Portland. chairman of the area finance committee; L. L. Hotchkiss, executive of the area council, and Leroy Lane, area fieldman were also pre- - sent ami talked. Several of the city boy scouts pre- . *7cONTfNUED ON PAGE FIVE) THIRD BANDIT FOUND GUILTY Bloomington Youth Is Given‘Sentence Ot Life Imprisonment Jeffersonville, Ind., June 16.—(U.P) —Robert Neal, 26, Bloomington, was sentenced to life imprisonment ! last night, just 10 days and two companions had killed two southern Indiana peace offl- ■ cers. Neal went on trial in Clark cir- ! cuit court yesterday morning on I a murder charge in connection with I the shooting of Deputy Sheriff Harold Amick, Scottsburg. The jury I deliberated only 12 minutes before returning a verdict of guilty. ! The two others charged with the slayings, Ed Coffin, 22. Greenfield, | and “tell 'Toots' Long. 23, Helmsburg were convicted a week ago today in a similarly speedy trial. Coffin, accused as the actual slaver was sentenced to die in the electric chair Oct. 9 and Long was sentenced to life Imprisonment Amick and Patrolman John Pfaffenberger were shot down, the FAG® F*VH), 1

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, June 16, 1934.

Moose Membership Dues Are Increased By order of the Supreme lodge ot the world ot the Loyal order of Moose, the membership dues of Ad ami County Lodge No. 1311 were’ increased from sl2 to sl3 a year. The local lodge pays si k bene-j fits of $7 a week and the Supreme lodge provides that in such cases the animal dues shall be not less than sl3 a year. The quarterly dues are $3.25. The new rate is effective I with the July payment. o SHOW METHOD TO KILL BUGS Chinch Bug Demonstration Will Be (liven Next Wednesday L. E. Archbold, county agent, has arranged for a chinch bug demonstration on Wednesday, June 20, at 1 p. m., on the John Baltzell farm. 4 miles south and miles west of Decatur, or 2 miles north of Monroe on U. S. road 27 and 2miles west. B. K. Montgomery of Purdue University will assist in | this demonstration. The method suggested is turning a plow furrow along side of the ’ corn field in the line of direction of travel of the chinch bugs. Then drag a pole in the furrow to smooth the bottom and dig post holes flared at the bottom, every IS or 20 feet in the furrow. A creosote lino I should be run on the corn side of the furrow. This line should be renewed about every 12 hours. The ! chinch bugs will make their way into the post holes and can be killled with kerosene, crude oil, or waste motor oil. The federal government is furnishing the creosote tree of charge I and the supply will be shipped to Berne in care of the Adams county farm bureau. o Tax Valuations Os Utilities Listed Indianapolis June 16- (UP)—Tax atlon valuations of 260 municipally owned utilities totaling $35,714,650 were announced today by the state tax boand. The appraisals were made under a 1933 law which makes municipally owned utilities taxable for tin I first time in history. The protests against the valuations will be heard iby the board In July. The valuations Included: Decatur, electric, $334,00, water $79,270; Bluffton, electric, $171,700-; water, $63,700. Fort Wayne, water, $2/600,000; electric, $2,794,110.

COMPLETE PLAN OF CONVENTION Christian Endeavor Convention At Fort Wayne June 21 To 21 Plans for the 46th Indiana State j I Christian Endeavor Convention of be held in Fort Wayne. June 21 to I 24 have been completed under the i direction of Lisle Hodell of Fort f Wayne, general chairman of the convention. The program has been released to state, district and county union officers. 1 Highlights of the convention i will be addresses by prominent : speakers and educational confer- f • ences on ten subjects. W. Roy Breg, a trustee of the | International Society of Christian f Endeavor, has been named as the principal speaker on the Saturday i ■ f morning session. Mr. Breg had i • served as executive and field see-1 . retary for Kansas and Texas and I as tlie General All South Secre- ’ i tary until his alignment with the , i I Allied Youth group. The conven- ■ I tion program will also feature ■ such headline speakers as Rev. i Vere W. Abbey of Bangalore. India, who will speak on Thurs- ’ i on PAGE FIVE) INSURANCE MAN IS ARRAIGNED Echoes of Capone Bootlegging Racket Are Revived In Court - ■ South Bend, Ind.. June 16—(U.R) , Echoes of the bootlegging regime, i of Alphonse "Scarface Al < apone , Chicago gang lender, reverberated in northern Indiana federal disj trict court here yesterday with | arraignment of Jesse R. Vande | vere, former South Bend insurI ance agent. With tlie docket Including :>2 ‘ I persons named in 37 indictments • returned by Hie district grand ) jury last week, arraignments were i I continued today. Vandevere was accused of post-r-ing $250,000 worth of fraudulent - bonds wiih the U. S. district mar- ■ shal two years ago to obtain re j lease of 23 Capone henchmen 1 held on liquor law violation charges. Admitting his guilt. Vandevere pleaded for leniency on the contention he was tricked into post- ’ ing the bonds by Harry Engel ami I (CONTINUED, Oil PAGE FIVE),

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GOVERNMENT OF I CUBA MOVES TO END TERRORISM Effort To Assassinate President Mendieta Causes Action DRASTIC MEASURES ARE TO BE TAKEN Havana. June- 16—XU.R) Roused | by an attempt to assassinate] President Carlos Mendieta, the | government today moved to end terrorism by setting a deadline of j June 25 for delivery of all fire- ] arms larger than .38 calibre and , extending the death penalty ,o cover a wide range of offenses. Death was prescribed for any person guilty of an attack, wheth- [ er successful or not, against per- 1 sons or property, by means of i explosives. Six to 12 years' imprisonment ! was decreed for any person who j placed a bomb with criminal in-' tent. Even smoke bombs, intended merely to cause fright, were ineluded. Possession of rifles, shotgum, j revolvers or pistols of more than [ .38 calibre or machine guns of any sort was prohibited through-! out the country. The government | offered to compensate persons j who turned in such weapons. Such offenses as selling fire-1 arms, inciting to riot, participation I in disorder, sabotage of public | services or slander of a govern-] ment official or foreign diplomat] were made special crimes. Mendieta, slightly wounded in ] the hand by the bomb which ex-1 ! ploded behind him at a luncheon i ! yesterday, announced he and nil i i cabinet members would attend the I funeral at 4 p. m. today of the ' two men killed when the bomb ex- ! ploded. The victims were Lieut. Manuel i Poloman, of the navy, and a sea- . man guard, Manuel Matis Tapia., Twenty-one persons were injured ! i including Mayor Miguel Mariano i Gomez. Maj. Menendez Violloeli, i chief of staff of the navy, and j . Lieut. Hector Aguilera. Mendieta's | 1 naval aide. The protographers and some i other civilians were held as susfCOVTINTTED O\ T PAGE FIVE)

DEATH CLAIMS ELEAZER BIGGS — Civil War Veteran Dies At Home of Sons In Williams Today Eleazar Biggs, age 87. Adams I county Civil War veteran, died at j the home of his sons in Williams, | seven miles northcast of Decatur at 11 o'clock this morning, follow-1 i ing infirmities and a stroke of I paralysis. Mr. Biggs was one of six Civil war veterans living in this county on last Memorial day. He served about 14 months in the Union army and was a reserve at the battle of Nashvlllle. U(e served under General Pat Thomas. Mr. Biggs was born in Indiana. July 19. 1846, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Biggs. He lived in Madison township, Allen county until about 56 years ago when he ’ moved to Williams. Children surviving the war vetl eran are Amos Biggs, of this city; Will ot Petersburg; Mrs. Alice Shooknuin. Fort Wavne and Ades and Homer of Williams, with whom he made his home. His wife, formerly Elmira Parker, died in 1895. Two brothers. Timothy and Simeon Biggs of the state ofWashington also survive. The deceased was a member of the Lutheran church. Military funeral services with rCONTTNTTtItD GV PAGE SIX) - - — - — — Fort Wpvne Woman Has Disappeared Indianapolis. June I'6 —(UP) — Jewelry valued at $2,750 was worn by Mrs. Jean Edna Borwn. 27. Fort Wayne, who disappeared while enroute from Fort Wayne to Indianapolis, her husband. Theodore Brown told police today. Brown said bls wife has been under care of physicians recently for an ailment affecting her mentality. The police were informed of her disappearance when Mrs. Brown tailed to meet her husband.

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[Striker Will Head Township Trustees Superintendent of county schools Clifton E. Striker will serve again as president of the Adams county I trustees association. He was reelected at the annual trustees’ picnic held at Berne. Thursday. The secretary ot the organization will be decided by the winner in the Washington township trustee race this fall. This officer automatically becomes secretary. John M. Doan, received the republican nomination in the primary and will I oppose lira Fuhrman, democrat. APPROVE PLANS [ FOR HOMESTEAD Federal Architects And Engineers Approve Local Project The plans for the Decatur Sub-1 I sistence Homesteals. Inc., project: have .been approved by federal architects and engineers in Wash-! ■ ington. according to a letter receiv- ' I cd here from Charles E. Tynchon, j 1 general manager of subsistence | j homesteads in the United States. | Mr. Tynchon wrote Ferd L. Lit--1 terer, attorney for the local pro- [ |ject, stating that the plans would I be received soon by A. A. Watrous, : local project manager. Bids will he invited on the project as soon as the plans, specificaI (ions and special printed forms are I received. The time to be allowed : for the examination of the bids by j the contractors will be determined iby the board of directors at an; I early meeting. All that remains before the invit- ■ [ ing ot bids is the cutting of govern- ] . mental red tape. The work has been slowed by the necessity ot following governmental routine. E. L. Middleton. who is in vharge of the homesteads in this territory and who has spent several days in Decatur this week has left to attend to other projects. He express- ‘ ed approval of the progress an,d the ! cooperation in Decatur. Headquarters for the company , I have been established in the fed- j ! eral rooms in the basement of the post office. A. A. Watrous, project' manager and George Andrews, pro- ] ject accountant, are now located: there.

Local Pastor Has Reached Germany The Rev. Charles M. Prugh. pas-| | tor of the Zion Reformed church in j this city, landed in Plymouth, Eng-| | land, June 8. He sailed from New ; ! York on May 30. From Plymouth he proceeded to Heidelberg Germany, arriving there June 11. Mrs. Prugh received a let-' ter from him written at Plymouth j and a cable when he arrived in j Germany. Rev. Prugh will study l at Heidelberg for the next six weeks and obtain his Th. D. degree. PWA Payroll For Week Totals $5lO The PWA payroll for the week [ ending June 16 will amount to $5lO The men are working on U. S. highway 27. ESCAPED MAN IS CAPTURED Convicted Luer Kidnaper Is Taken At East St. Louis, 111. — East St. Louis, 111., June 16. —! (U.R)—Randol E. Norvel, escaped I convict who was serving a life I term for the kidnaping of August Luer, was recaptured here today by St. Clair end Madison county authorities working with Warden Joe L. Regan of the state penitentiary at Chester. Norvel was captured at daylight in the three room cottage of Peter Couch in a surprise raid led by Regan. Jerome Muny. sheriff of St. Clair county, and Peter Fitzgerald, shot iff of Madison county. Norvel surrendered peaceably and offered no resistance as off! cers threatened to "come and get you with a machine gun.” He appeared or the front porch barefooted, dressed only in a pair of cov'rails. He was taken Immediately to the county at (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) ~4.

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ROTH HOUSES RUSH ACTION ON MEASURES Senate Passes Housing Bill; House Approves Deficiency Bill LABOR DISPUTE BILL PASSES ONE HOUSE Washington, June 16—(U.R) — Senate majority leader, Joseph P. Robinson, in a mid afternoon plea for adjournment told congress today that it need only pass the labor disputes bill and the pending conference reports to complete its work for the | session. Wtisliiiiifton, June 16 <6.R) ■ Congress, in a bill-a-ininulc ■ burst of speed reached the 1 litill way mark in today’s adi journinent race shortly after 1 p.ni., when the senate passed tlie administration one billion dollar housing bill ] and the house completed i lef'is’alive action on the sl,715,000,000 deficiency approprlaI tfon. Adjournment tonight' seemed certain. The senate immediately began consideration of the laibor di.sputes bill designed to prevent a steel strike and generally to calm restless labor. The house continued through mid-day to lead the senate toward I adjournment. Strict house rules j discouraged discussion. Only tlie ] forebearance of senators prt vent- • ed windy debate. Representative Tom D. McKowen. D., Okla., tossed into the house miil a controversial and complicated bill to aid bankrupt farmers. It would amend the Itankrupt'v law to permit farmers to avoid foreclosures by small payments over a six year period. Labor Measure Washington, June 16 — (U.R) — , The house approved today the I administration's proposal for deal- ’ ing with the rapidly widening j threats of serious labor disputes. I The joint resolution now goes to the senate where it was first In- | troduced after days of wrangling as a substitute for the highly controversial Wegner labor disputes' bill. The house considered the hill ] only about 10 minutes. The leadership brought the measure up unexpectedly In the j hqnse, previously having indicated 1 senate action should come first. The resolution authorizes the [.President to establish a board or boards to deal with capital-tabor | controversies developing out of interpretations of the famous ; "section 7-A” of collective bari gaining provision of the national recovery act. A board under the resolution would be empowered to order and conduct secret ballot elections for collective bargaining purposes in industrial units. I House passage of the resolution left the chamber in a position to agree to conference reports on other "must” measures having completed passage of the long list of legislation demanded bv the administration tills session. Great Record The 73rd congress has established a record as one of the most (rnVTTKT’PT DK T» 4HP XJTY* Two Men Escaped From State Prisons Indianapolis. June 16 — (UP) — Two prisoners escaped from Indi tana penal institutions during the : last 24 hours, local police were advised today. Arcadia Cisnerous, a native ot Mexico, escaped from the state reformatory at Pendleton and Patrick Hamilton. 25 disappeared from the state penal farm at Putnam ville. Meat Cutters And Butchers May Strike Indianapolis, June 16 —(UP) — Threat of a strike hung over the Kingan and Armour packing plants here today after members of the Amalamated meat cutters and butchers union voted to authorize a • walkout. The employes are demanding rec--1 (ignition of their union. The union will ask Gov. Paul V. McNutt and Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan to intervene in an effort to avert the strike.