Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 32, Number 162, Decatur, Adams County, 9 July 1934 — Page 1

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UNIONS SEEK TO CALL GENERAL STRIKE

BRMANY SEEMS HACK AGAIN TO ■NORMAL STATE Appeal Is Made Kundax l or European Peace ■arning issued ■o\ INTERVENTION Kerim, -luiv !• <U.R) Gerseemed back on a northird reich footing today r a week of crisis and a marked bv a Nazi for European peace jKj a pronouncement that Roman Catholic church mittrd its right to wor■miipst Nazi attacks. Hess. Chancellor Adolf HBers deputy in the Nazi party, selected by his chief to make world peace plea, which inalso a warning, patiently to arouse German pa■btn. that Germany would any attack from abroad, Faulhaber, head of the church in Germany. the pronouncement regardreligion to 50,000 persons at Banberg. of the government’s that normality has returned *■ the incorporation by Hess in broadcast over a radio of a review of Hitler’s ; jn in the arrest and execution of the storm troop re-•■R-.cith it was in most details of earlier statements, Mr political importance it oversMdowed the peace pdea. which adji i nothing to previous utteron foreign affairs. The was made at a Nazi party congress at Koenigsberg. Hitler’s activities in the revolt. Hess said: 2 a. m. June 30 the leader Mtleri started from Bonn Airdjjme As soon as he reached he rushed to the ministry B.S-.,',-;.,, p 1(;r TWm |rmers kill I CHICKEN THIEF B(> Companions of Dead ■Thief Are Wounded; Others Arrested hm.,nd. ind.. July 9—(UP)while attempting to steal 1 larenee Walton, 18, was and two champions, Clyde 35, and Miss Marie Hunt, wout: lej last night by two J B a . Ve c •'tel Mins Hunt were taken my** county hospital where their were reported set ions toi ■he shots were fired by Walter and liis brother, Thurbie, lla 1 made an unsirncesstul at--10 capture the chidken Saturday night. stationed themselves near KB ct, ic)u-n house on their farm |^W n "•** ti'.glit An alarm sounded s °tne one stealthily opened d° or Tlie brothers ordered B es . Walton an 1 Miss Hunt to | ~w but the trio fled. The farmers a charge of buckshot from shotguns. fell dead and Hayes ftW'bl»(i to tile ground. The girl I ' n a ' so but manto crawl across a creek to E * a !ting automobile. Hayes stru( 'l ( in the abdomen, legs face. Harry Thornbaugh and |^B'” ,ies ' *'bo were patrolling the B™ a! ' s ' later arrested the girl W Ijawre nce Moore, 19. said Miss Hunt irnted Miss Margaret Roberts and Moore, 47, in the chicken ring. Both were arrested Sata l night. U'ival Services To Open Tuesday IWk - ? ert Williama of the Fort | ® , pel Temple will open a levlvalI evlval meetings for the I ® 0a P 6 ' Tabernacle Tues- ■ ' ng a t 7:30 o’clock. ■in CSB be he'd each even- | yt* a tent on the Steele lot on KM eet - Special music will be ® ath evenin 8- The pulblic Is ■ ea t 0 all services.

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Local Youths Have Honor Os Serving John and David Terveer, sons! lof Mr. and Mrs. Bernard T. Ter-! i veer of this city, had the privilege j of serving the Most Rev. Bishop J.' I F. Noll of Fort Wayne and Archbishop John T. McNicholas of ClnI cinnatl, at the sacrifice of mass, ; Sunday and today at Bishop Noll's J summer home, Rome City. The ' boys are spending a vacation witli ; their aunt, Mrs. Edgar Kilbourne at the lake. Bishop Noll Is host ,to several bishops at his summer i home and the Terveer boys were j asked to serve the bishops when , they said mass. John and David . are servers at St. Mary's Catholic church. PLAN DECENCY LEGION HERE Canvass For Members Opposed To Salacious Moving Pictures A canvass for members in the Legion of Decency will be made in this city in the next two weeks, it was announced Sunday by the Rev. Father Joseph Seimetz, pastor of St. Mary's Catholic church. The Legion of Decency, estab-1 lished by a committee of Catholic bishops, has for its purpose the enrolling of members opposed to the production of salacious moving pictures. The members are asked to sign pledge cards. It is not a movement against local theater proprietors. Father Seimetz stated. “We are not fightI ing local theater proprietors. We know that they must take the pictures as they are produced.’’ Catholics, Protestants and Jews have joined the Legion. • Following is the pledge which members sign: “I wish to join the of • Decency, which condemns vile and unwholesome moving pictures. 1. unite with all who protest against them as a grave menace to youth, to home life, to country and to religion. I "I condemn absolutely those sall acious motion pictcres which, with i other degrading agencies, are corrupting public morals and promotI ing a sex mania in our land. ' "I shall do all that I can to arouse public opinion against the portrayal of vice as a normal condition of i affairs, and againet depicting crim- ! inals of any class as heroes and heroines, presenting their filthy I philosophy of life as something ac-, I ceptable to men and women. “I unite with all who condemn ! the display of suggestive adver- ; tisements on billboards, at theater ; ’ ’CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) o Lions Club Meets Tuesday Evening The regular meeting of the Lions club will be held at the Rice Hotel Tuesday evening at 6:30 o'clock, j As the business is of special impor- ' tance all members are urged to be present. PLAN TO TEST LIQUOR RULING — Retail Dealers Plan Legal Test Os Ruling Against Sale Indianapolis, July 9.— <U.P.) — A legal test of the ruling that spiritous liquors can not be sold by the drink in Indiana was planned today by the Retail Beverage Dealers’ Association of America. Cooperation of the organization with any group interested in clarifying the present interpretation of the law was voted by the association's executive committee. The fight will be conducted un-.j der the contention that the present law gives far more justification for the sale of spiritous beverages by the drink than for draught beer, Wilbur A. Royse, general counsel for the association, said. Sales of liquor by-the-drink was' ruled illegal in an opinion of Attorney General Philip Lutz, Jr., last week. “If the memorandum opinion of the attorney general Is sustained by the courts, it will be the greatest boon the bootlegger has had since adoption of the 18th amendment,” Royse claimed. Royse cited the fact that until 4CONTINUEJD ON PAGE TWO)

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12 PRISONERS ESCAPE JAILS OVER WEEK-END Five Escape Illinois .Jail; Seven Make Break In Milwaukee SAW BARS, BREAK DOORS TO ESCAPE Woodstock, 111., July 9—<U.R)~ Five prisoners fled along a cold, clueless trail today after hacking and smashing their way out of an unguarded county jail. Seven other prisoners in the McHenry county lockup — unguarded at night because of a shortage in county finances—stood Idly by while their companions worked on the steel bars and cell doors. They refused to join the delivery. Among those remaining behind in the wreckage of sawed bars, cut screening and broken doors was Emma Taylor, wife of the alleged leaders of the escaped prisoners. Sheriff Lester Edinger, ruefully explaining that the escape would give him a “good argument” for a night turnkey, said he believed the five men spent several days in sawing through a quarter-inch steel partition between the cells and bull pen. The sheriff recalled that more than 20 years ago the late Eugene V. Debs, the socialist leader, was a prisoner in one of the cel's from which the five men made their esenne. The sheriff, who lives in the front part of the jail building end who discovered the break about 8 o'clock Sunday morning, said he heard an automobile near the jail about five hours, before that. The five men. all of whom were awaiting trial for major crimes were: Charles Tay’or. 53, extradited with his wifn from Portland. Ore., for jewel robbery; John Enos, 31: mnvrrvrFn nv nic.v — HENRY HELLER IS APPOINTED Decatur Attorney Is Named To Assist County Farmers South Bend, July 9 — <U.R) — Supervising conciliation commissioners for 22 northern Indiana counties, 11 in the South Bend division and 11 in the Fort Wayne division, were appointed today by Judge Thomas V. iSlick of northern Indiana federal court. All the commissioners are attorneys. William B. Duff, LaGrange, referee in bankruptcy for the Fort Wayne division will have charge of the Fort Wayne district. The commissioners will attempt to resume relief to farmers under the new creditor-farmer set-up providing for aid in distributing assets of farmers who otherwise would be bankrupt. Each commissioner will act as referee in bankruptcy in his county and also will assist in obtaining loans for farmers from the Federal Land Bank at Louisville, Ky. ... C. V. Condor, LaPorte, with headquarters at South Bend, will have charge of the entire program in northern Indiana. He said loans totaling $10,000,000 have been made to northern Indiana farmers and that many are delinquent and subject to foreclosure. The commissioners probably will help administer relief in such cases, he ad(ieti ' . n™. The commissioners follow. Fort Wayne division: Adams county. Henry Heller. Decatur; Blackford county. Kathryn a ’ dox. Hartford City, and county, Elmore D. Sturgis. _____ O--Regular Legion . Meeting Tonight All members of Adams past number 3 of the American Legion are urged to attend the regular meeting in the legion hall on South B i atreet at 8 o’clock tonight. The°"first nomination of officers > aI to serve during the ensuing’year will be made at tonights meeting.

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Inspects Norris Dam Homes I “W » * F '-r® ' »**■»» * ff&M a-w < * ■** I : f ■FM G few W BMW B £E mia I i ■■ 1 BI W l B*o a smb >: i| I im--? fifi I fir Wik liSS Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt (left) with one of her companions. Miss Nancy Cook, is shown inspecting one of the model homes built for families of Norris Dani workers on the Norris Dam site on Clinch River, near Knoxville, Tenn. Mrs. Roosevelt described the all-electric homes as “wonderful.”

SAYS GANGSTER IN FORT WAYNE Attorney Claims Homer Van Meter In Fort Wayne Recently Fort Wayne, July 9— (U.R) —A ' Fort Wayne attorney whose name is being withheld, today was ~ credited with information that Homer Van Meter. John Dillinger , gang lieutenant, sought money he had on deposit in a Fort Wayne bank, when he returned to his home town recently. The attorney revealed this information to police this week-end after he had lived in fear of his life for nine weeks. He said he was asked by Van Meter to assist him in obtaining a withdrawal : “that he and other members of the Dillinger gang were in desper- i ate need of funds.” The attorney said he received 1 two telephone calls from Van ' Meter in which the latter sought 1 an appointment at a specified ' meeting .place downtown. The : attorney refused. He said that after much conver- i sation Van Meter proved his identity and indicated he had a < large amount of funds on deposit , here. The attorney failed to keep the appointment and hearing nothing further of Van Meter, kept the ' incident secret. r> NATHAN NELSON SEEKS RULING I' _ i ' County Chairman Asks Advice On Nomination Os Auditor Nathan Nelson, Adams County Demo-ratic chairman, has written Indianapolis for advice concerning the nomination of a democratic auditor. The nomination will be made; by the 68 precinct committeemen and committeewomen of the county j in a eetlng in the county court, room Friday, July 13. The question has arisen of haw , many votes will be necessary to name the nominee. It is not known , whether the successful candidate | will be required to obtain 35 votes.! or a majority of the votes cast in the convention. John W. Tyndall, who was named by the county commissioners to fill > the vacancy caused by the death of Glen Cowan and who will serve until a successor is elected, is a candidate. Three others are candidates. ( They are: Winfred Gertte of Root I township, Miss Alice Lenhart of l Decatur who is an assistant in the county treasurer’s office, and Grover Neuenschwander.

Portland Residents Injured In Accident Mrs. Earl Flauding and daughter Helen of Portland were severely injured Sunday evening at 7 o'clock in an automobile accident which occurred at the intersection of state roads 27 and 118, at the west end of Berne. The Flauding automobile was struck by a car driven by Melvin Liechty of Berne. Mr. Flauding and two other children escapea injury. The car was totally demolished. 0 WILL ESTIMATE 1935 BUDGETS County Officials To File Estimate Sheets For Expenses Auditor John Tyndall is sending out estimate sheets to the county officials for the 1935 budgets. The sheets are mailed out early this year to expediate preliminary work necessarj’ before the meeting of the county council on the first Monday in September. The estimate sheets will be filled out in detail by county officials. The estimates when completed will include every expense in the office, in i luding salaries. The budget for 1935 will probably be slightly lower than last year because there will be no election. A total of $5,671 was appropriated for elections this year. The total budget this year amounts to $115,97'6.50. Tlie new budgets will be examined and approved by the county assessments to determine the 1935 tax rate. Dollar Day Bargains In Tuesday's Paper Dollar Day bargains for Thursday will be advertised in Tuesday’s Daily Democrat. The sale will be nearly citywide and merchants have listed exceptional offers for the one day summer shopping event. Merchandise offered in the Dollar Day bargains Include clothing, dry goods, wearing apparel, jewelry, hardware, household furnishings, shoes and personal services. Shopping will start early Thursday morning and merchants were busy today arranging their rtocks for the big event. This Is the first Dollar Day or community shopping day staged by local stores since last year. Read the ads and plan to do your shopping Thursday, when the old dollar will do double work for you.

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WARNS AGAINST RAPID SPREAD OF NAZI PARTY Raymond Moley Testifies At Congressional Hearing Today IS FIRST WITNESS BEFORE COMMITTEE New York, July 9.- (U.PJ —The rapid spread of Nazi influence in American institutions menaces the nation, Raymond Moley, former assistant secretary of state, magazine editor and original member of the Roosevelt brain trust, told a congressional sub-committee today. Appearing before the McCormack committee investigating un-Amer-ican activities, Moley said that a series of articles in his magazine “Today" charging Nazis were drilling here “understated rather than overstated" the situation. He offered to submit photographs of marching Stahlhelms. veterans with Swastika armbands. “Whether an organic connection with the German government is proved or not, any organization that lias the same ideals as the Nazis in Germany is a danger to our country,” he said. Mdfley was the first witness as the Committee opened a series of puiljc ' hearings, Rep. McCormack, D., Mass., is presiding with Rep. Dichsfein, D„ N. Y., and Rep. Taylor, R., Tenn., assisting.. Walter Feiger, a German World War veteran, testified that a group of militia officers urged him to join the National guard and that he was enrolled although he was still a German citizen without even first citizenship papers. He said he joined the American branch of the Stahlhelm on the very day he arrived in this country. Six months later, he said, he enlisted in the coast artillery and was told that his German citizenship rna'e no difference. "Did you ever take rifles home ■ CONTINHWn ON P4GE StX) Polar Bear Cone Shop Will Open The Polar Bear Cone Shop located west of the Niblick store on Monroe street, will open for business tonight. The location was formerly octupied by the Mug. o -————— 15 Tickets For Farley Banquet Omer S. Jackson, state democratic chairman, has sent 15 tickets to the Adams County democratic chair man Nathan Nelson for the banquet to be held in the Claypool Hotel in Jndianapolis, Friday July 13, honoring James A. Farley, postmaster general of the United States. Fifteen tickets were allotted to the county because the county sent 15 'delegates to the state democratic convention. The tickets are on sale in Mr. Nelson's office for $1.25. Persons desiring tickets should call for them before Wednesday evening. o ■■ — — — FIRST LADY ON VISIT TO STATE Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt Makes Motor Trip To Indiana Indianapolis, July 9. —(U.R> —Unexpectedly visiting two of the state’s most famous scenic spots, Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt played hide and seek with an excited Hoosier populace on a week-end motor trip through Indiana. Accompanied by Mrs. Marian Dickerman and Miss Nancy Cook, Hyde Park, N. Y„ friends, Mrs. Roosevelt left the state last night and continued on to Chicago. Riding in Mrs. Roosevelt’s creamcolored sports roadster, the trio arrived in Indiana at the Ohio river toll bridge at Madison Saturday night. Grinning enthusiastically, William Battles, toll collector at the bridge, ushered the nation’s first lady into Indiana with a refusal to accept the customary 50-cent charge. The three women drove on to Clifty Falls state park, ate a specially prepared late dinner and re(CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR’/

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! K. Os P. Drill Team To Give Work Tuesday The third degree drill team of the local Knights of Pythias Lodge i will put on the third degree work I for a large class at the Uniondale i lodge Tuesday. Several kx'al nieini bere will receive their third degree | there also. All members of the I lodge who are planning to attend I. are asiked to meet at the home on i North Third street, Tuesday evening at 7 o'clock. o ARMED GUARDS J PROTECT MINE ► Mine Airshaft Dynamited; Lives Os 350 Men Endangered . i Springfield, 111., July 9. — <U.R> — i Miners returned to the shaft of the 1 Capitol Coal mine today under protection of armed guards following the dynamiting of the mtne air- . shafr while 350 meu were at work L inside. State authorities fearful that the ( explosion might be a signal for rei newal of bloody rioting that lias t flared in the Springefild mining region for two years, ordered the i state bureau of criminal identification to begin an investigation. A few minutes before the deaf- , ening blast, which caused $15,000 in damage, four masked men kidnaped Jack Lee, a mine guard, and held him captive while they set off six charges of dynamite. An emergency ventilating sys- | tem was set up immediately to , provide aid for the 350 miners at work below the surface and there ' were no cave-ins along the various ! levels from the blast. The Peabody Coal Company, ( owner of the mine, said it was con- , vinced the dynamiting was another outbreak between rival unions. The company, largest coal operati or in the state, employes only United Mine Workers and has refused *iCONTTNUWD ON PAGE SIX) . o DEATH CLAIMS MARY TERVEER Prominent Decatur Lady Dies At Home Late This Afternoon Mrs. Mary Terveer, age 83, widow • j of the late B. J. Terveer, pioneer i and prominent resident of this ' city, died at 2:40 o’clock this after--1! noon at her home of a kidnay ailment and infirmities. Conscious up until a few min- ■ utes before she died, Mrs. Terveer ' passed away peacefully. Her children were at her bedside. Last Friday her condition became 1 critical and yesterday little hope i was held for her recovery. However, she was able to recognize ; members of the family and attempt|ed to speak to them. Her condiI tion took a turn for the worse about | noon and she gradually passed into the sleep of death. | Mrs. Terveer, whose greatness ! and lovable character was always ' demonstrated in her home life, was | a resident of Decatur for more | than 60 years. She was born in | Alfhausen, Hanover, Germany, i February 28, 1851, and came to this ; city in about 1872, when she was j married. Mrs. Terveer’s maiden ■; name was Mary Brandeweda. For more than half a century her I home was the mecca and general i meeting place of her children, j grandchildren, great-grandchildren and other relatives. Friends cherished her acquaintance. Possessed of a fine sense of humor, lovable in nature and sublime in character, young and old were privileged to bask under her beaming countenance. She loved children and visits from them. She enjoyed chate with the older ones and always was sympathetic with one’s problems. She was the ideal mother. Mrs. Terveer was the mother of nine children, six of whom are living. They are, Miss Mayrne Terveer, at home; Mrs. Minnie Holthouse, Mrs. Charlie Voglewede, Bernard T. Terveer of this city; ■ Mrs. C. R. Uhl, Toledo; Mrs. Will Dowling, Fort Wayne. A number ’ of grandchildren and three great grandchildren also survive. Mrs. Terveer was a member of ’ St. Mary's Catholic church and of ’ the St. Mary’s sodality. Funeral arrangements have not yet been made.

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NEWTHREATAS LABOR UNIONS SEEK SUPPORT I President’s Special Mediation Board Opens Hearings COAST STRIKE IS IN THIRD MONTH 1 By United Press ' General strikes in three I cities, which would vital'y affect the lives of nearlv 1,- ' 500,000 persons, became a new threat today as kittling labor unions reached out lor added support. In San Francisco, mari- > time workers sought to enF«t other unions in a svmna'hv strike. President ; Roosevelt’s special mediation board opened public hearings. : The waterfront was under martial i law. Seven were dead and 300 ■ were injured as the Pacific coast strike entered the third month. I In Minneapolis and St. Paul, : the truck drivers union sought to ' win support of other organized ■ labor groups. If successful, the food supply of the twin cities ■ would be fmperPed. Peace pro- ’ posals of the regional labor board ■ were spurned. II A tense situation was created ■ at the Seabrook Produce farm, near Bridgeton. N. J., when strik- ’ ers formed a picket line. Nine ’ were arrested to forestall violence as 60 county officers and * donutized farmers patrolled the ’ 5.700 acre farm to protect strike breakers smuggled into the area. An expected st) ike oflongshore- ‘ men at Renssalaer. N. Y„ caused ‘ a heavy po'ice guard to be posted ■ at the nort of Albany lumber term- ■ inal. Reports were that the dock ‘ workers planned to walk out in ' sympathy with the Pacific coast strikers. Open Hearings San Francisco. July 9— <U.R) — Ominous threats of a crippling I general strike loomed in San Francisco today as President I Roosevelt’s mediation board opI ened public hearings to determine true grievances of a maritime ■ workers strike. . The board’s hearings marked first invocation of the new labor disputes act on the Pacific coast. - I tCONTTNTTED ON PAGE THREE) O Tw o Are Injured In I Auto Accident Here Mies Della Marbach, 1104 West ! 'Malison street, received an injury ■ to her upper jaw bone and Bill Kit- ’ son suffered a (broken nose in an ■ automobile accident which took place on Fifth street, at about 12:30 ( o'clock Sunday afternoon. > Miss Manbach's teeth were push- ■ ed into the jaw 'bone. She was taken ' o Funeral Rites Are Held Today . i 1 Funeral services for Mrs. Valentine Grimm of Pioneer, Ohio, mother of Mrs. Welsey Sprunger of Berne, were held today. Mrs. Grimm died at her home Saturday evening. DR. BENSON TO SPEAK SUNDAY Chicago Man Will Address Conference At Monroe Sunday . — — Dr. Clarence H. Benson of Chi- . cago will be the principal speaker at the (A lams county Sunday school ■ teachers conference to be held in i the .Monroe M. E. church Sunday afternoon July 15, at 2:30 o'clock. The conference is open to all I j county Sunday school teachers, Sun ■ Jay school workers and other interested parties. It is sponsored by the ■ Adams County Sunday School , Teachers Association. Dr. Benson is secretary of the 1 Evangelical teachers training asso- • elation and the editor of the All . B'Jble Graded Lessons. He Is director of the Christian Education I course at the Boody Bible Institute I in Chicago and the author of a number of books on Sunday school t work. His subject will be "A Neglected Ministery”.