Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 32, Number 163, Decatur, Adams County, 10 July 1934 — Page 1

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JAGINGWARIN SOUTH AMERICA via And Paraguay pck Forces In Major Battle PORT FIGHTING FIERCE, BLOODY Lenos Aires, July 10.— L Bolivian anti Paraguaylorces were locked today ii major battle, which [ indication of detennintho victor in the bloody h Chaco war. hrtv thousand Paraguavhroons were attacking Bil’ivian, stronghold of Bolivian forces near the Pil-k-o and key position tp the k Chaco region. L Bolivian defenders were kicked men of the army and [orders to defend their posi[o the last man. [hting was fierce and bloody. L Paraguayans advanced one [etre —five eights of a mil* — igh the thick line of advance Bios before the fort. This I it possible for artillery to pee within range of the fort. Ming to Paraguayan official I petal Jose Estgarribia. French led. graduate of the famous [yr Academy, pursued his favtactics by attacking from I 'han one front. While his I force beleaguered Ballivijuj, Is were detaued to make secfry attacks on the El Carmen [Canada strongest positions, fraguayan official reports of | the fifth major attack on frian and the first to show [ess. described the one kilob advance as having overbied the third line of the •••«. ♦ « « « iVTJKT’pn r»W PAQP PTVE) I o beer Funeral Rites Thursday fceral services for Mrs. Mary [er. well known Decatur wo"ho died late Monday after- [ will be held Thursday morn[t nine o'clock at St. Mary's [lie church. [olemn requiem high mass will [lt-brated Rev. Father Joseph r'z. pastor will act as celebrant. I Father Ambrose Kohne of [and will be deacon and Rev. [r Joseph Hennes will be subIn [ body was removed this after[from the Yager Bros., funeral [ to the Terveer home, corner i and Madison street, where r s may view the remains up [time of the funeral. [ndsons of the deceased will F pal! bearers. Burial will be [ in St. Joseph’s Catholic cemeMCE AGREES CONCESSIONS [arded As Great Step Pward General Peace In Europe pkht 1934, by United Press) paon. July 10—(UP)-Frame P" ,c ated her readiness to grant pant arms concessions to Phy and legalize reasonable [an i earmament, informed obsaid today at the concluL. two days of Anglo-French psat one on European probP ' onversations were regarded [ ng achieved a vital step in I consolidation of European F Reliable quarters .-aid the r IV results had been attained. I« itam agreed to assume a piently neutral att(dude t(j . I e ranco.Rnyj 8 , scheme to? F ®rn European pact of mutual np.'s / 0 inc ' u de Germany. KHtaln was understood to ° n ’ e , nt6d the French proL. ng Ru ssia into the LeaI 1 N&tiomj, she might I’TINUED on PAGE THREE)

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Test Equipment for Stratosphere Flight EwRBI: ‘ <“.3,! ra mh • sbm ww <— s-a Capt. Albert Stevens and Maj. William E. Kepner. entering the gondola which is to bear them on their flight to the stratosphere for the sealing test. After the gondola was sealed the men made their own atmosphere by spilling liquid oxygen and liquid air from fltisks while chemicals hung in bags absorbed the harmful carbon dioxide which was exhaled.

Home Owners’ Loans In Decatur $125,000 Home Owners Loan Corporation's loans ift. the city total nearly $125,-, 000.do,'Nathan Nelson .attorney for tiiw --wmpswy announced- -todny.-e Over 60 applicants have been successful in obtaining money to refinance mortgages and debts on ckty property. Mr. Nelson asked that all persons . seeking loans should make their insurance policies over to the HOLC. In vase there is no insurance the HOLC will pay for them ■providing the policies are given at the time of the approval of the loan, i It will also be necessary to make j a record of all outstanding debts on June 13, 1933 if the loan is to be approved. GIVE COST OF I POOR RELIEF Estimates For Six Months Higher Than Actual Relief Cost Estimates of poor relief funds in the 12 townships in Adams coun- ; ty exceeded the actual relief expense for the first six months of this year by $2.4(13.85, according,, to figures compiled in county auditor John W. Tyndall’s office to- 1 day. However, there is a deficit in most of the townships caused .by insufficient appropriations in the last i three dr four years when poor rethe expectutlons of tax boards. ,A portion of tlie deficit in the townships is being made up each year. According to law each township must pay all bills for poor relief whether there is money appropriated -to cover the expense or not. Sinee the degression poor relief has risen abruptly in most of the | townships. Washington township, with a to- ' tai of $7,346 86 spent on relief, has ! the largest bill for poor aid. Preble ' (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) —O Former Berne Lad Dies At Ft Wayne Billy Baumgartner, 10, formerly of Berne, died Monday n-lght at the 'Lutheran hospital in Fort Wayne. The lad underwent an operation for a ruptured appendix last Friday and had been in a critical condition since that time. The deceased was a son of Mr. I and Mrs. Willis Baumgartner. Surviving besides tho parents are two brothers and a sister, Jimmy, John! and Barbara. He was a grandson of the late William Baumbartner, former Adams county official. Funeral services have not been arranged.

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PLAN PROGRAM FOR TEACHERS Bishop Francis McConnell Will Address Convention Oct. 18-19 Bishop Francis J. McConnell, New York City, has ibeeu obtained as one of the principal speakers at the annual convention of the North- ! eastern Indiana teachers' assotiaI tion, to be held in Fort Wayne Oci tover IS and 19. His selection was announced following a meeting of ' the executive committee Monday. A former presi ienlt of DePauw . university at Greencastle, Bishop McConnell is widely known both as i a speaker and author. He was elected a bishop of the Methodist Episi copal church in 1912. He has been i president of the religious education i al association and president of the | federal council of chur.hes of Christ in America. According to present plans, Bis- | hop McConnell will a ldrees both , morning and afternoon sessions of the convention, probably to be held in the Shrine auditorium, Friday, • October 19. The convention, which will be attended by approximately 3,000 (■teachers representing practically all counties of northeastern Ind-. [ * * CONT I NURD <>N PARK FIVE) 0 LOUISIANA MOB LYNCHESNEGRO Mob of 3,000 Lynches Alleged Attacker Os White Girl Bastrop, La., July 10. —(U.R) —The body of a lynched negro was cut down from a tree in the public ! square today. Sheriff J. F. Carpenter said he recognized no member, of the mob which stormed Parish | prison last night. District Attor-; ney F. W. Hawthorne, who told the 1 mob he sympathized with its attl-' tude, would not say what action he planned. The negro, Andrew McCloud, 26, was suspected of an attempt to at- | 1 tack a white girl Saturday. The mob of 3,000 began forming at nightfall last night. It tore down a telephone pole and used it to ! batter locks from, four doors. McCloud was dragged out with | a noose already around his neck. He was limp and blood gushed I from a knife wound in the neck, i He was lifted to the top of an automobile, the free end of the rope tied to a limb, and the car driven * (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

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Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, July 10, 1934.

CLAIMS WOMAN PAID S3OO TO KILL HUSBAND Widow of Slain Man Denies Complicity In Husband’s Death SLAIN MAN A HORSE TRADER _ Milwaukee, July 10 — (UP) — Harry Moore, 54. who told police he received S3OO from Mrs. Pearl Schill for killing her husband, was charged with first degree murder today. Mrs. Schill who denied complicity in the killing, was named with Harold Soper, 32. in an adultery warrant at the same time. Mrs. Schill said she gave S3OO to Moore, whose tavern she had frequented but instead It was merely a loan. Police quote! her as saying: 1 “1 never wanted to cut anyone's heart out like 1 do that rate Moore” The slain man, John A. Schill, a well to do horse trader, was found shot to death In his stables May 18. Soper was his former employe and live! at the Schill home. Moore had insisted until today that 85 cents taken from SchiH's pocket was all he had realized from the crime. He previously had told police that he shot Schill in the belief r that the horse trader carried a large sum of money. Mrs. Schill was present when Moore confessed and, according to police, jumped up and cried: ON PAGE THREE) CBULLETIN The Berne American Legion junior baseball nine, champions of the Fourth district last year, was defeated in the first round of the tourney, held at Fort Wayne today. Berne was defeated by the Archer Truckers of Fort Wayne, 9 to 8, Fort Wayne scoring five runs in the final inning to win. In the first game of the tourney, Bluffton defeated Ligonier, 5 to 4. NAZI ASSEMBLY i MEETSJRIDAY All-Nazi Reichstag Summoned To Approve Hitler Acts Berlin, July 10.—<U.R>—The allNazi reichstag was summoned today to meet at 8 p. m. Friday to give its formal blessing to the acts of Adolph Hitler's government in suppressing the Roehm revolt. Ten minutes after announcement of the summons. German newspapers were ordered to make no meni tion of it. It was explained that the meeting had been summoned as announced, but that the time might be altered before Friday. The chancellor himself is ex(CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE’

Turn The Dollar Loose If You Want It To Work The advertising pages of today's paper will give you an idea of the hundreds of bargains offered by Decatur merchants in the Citywide DOI,LAR DAY SALE to be THURSDAY, July 12. Practically every line of business is represented in this early summer shopping event and those who appreciate real bargains will profit by taking advantage of the offerings of Decatur stores. Seasonable merchandise is offered and many exceptional bargains are listed. The old dollar will do its work if you turn it loose I Thursday. No outside attractions are offered to get you to do your shopping Thursday. The stores "say it with BARGAINS.” The following stores have Dollar Day bargains listed in today's

paper: Name Page Riverside Super Service 2 ! Cozy Beauty Shop 2 England’s Auto Parts ... 2 Sprague Furniture Co 2 Nichols Shoe Store 3 Dixie Queen Markets 3 Callow & Kohne 3 B. J. Smith Drug Co 3 Decatur Laundry 3 Linco Station 3 Cort Theatre 4 Adams Theatre 4 Vance & Linn _... 5 Winnes Shoe Store 5 Decatur Electric Co 5

I+ - - W ells County W oman Will Observe 102nd Birthday This Month Grandma Elizabeth Speheger livi, Ing west of Decatur in Wells CounI' ty, this month celebrates her 102nd I birthday. The exact date of her I birth is uncertain as the records ' were lost in a fire which destroyed ’ i the family home many years ago, I but she claims she was born in July 1832. Grandma Speheger is one of the I very oldest living persona in Indiana. She is still able to go about 'I the house where she Ilves. She makes her home with a son, J. C. ,'Speheger. She knows little English, but speaks German verv f.uently. ! Her health Ls still fair, considering ‘ I her age, 'but her eysight is failing 1 now. During the rerent hot wea- ' ther she was forced to take it easy ' and has been unable to do any hard i work for some time, ibut is still ! active around the house and is aible to do a little work in the garden. I Her full name is Elizabeth FrauI higer Speheger. She was born near Berne, Switzerland, a daughter of John and Elizabeth Eggeman Frauhiger. When she was about eigh- ; teen years of age her father died,, so she and her mother and a broth- ! er set out for America. They came to Wayne County, Ohio, and it was there that she met John Speheger. Whom she later married. Mrs. Speheger has lived in this commun- : ity more than 70 years, moving to Wells county from Ohio, She has I five children living, but no brothers . or sisters. a—, PRESIDENT TO VISITCOLOMBIA Roosevelt W’ill Visit President Os Colombia ( Today Aboard U. S. S. Gilmer, July 10. —(U.R)—The Cruiser Houston roll- , ’ ed through heavy seas along the , Colombian coast today, taking President Roosevelt to his visit of courtesy and good will at the old , port of Cartagena, where President Enrique Olaya Herrero of Colombia awaited him. Lookouts watched for the two | Colombian destroyers that will join ' two American destroyers in the Houston’s convoy, and for 30 Colombian army airplanes that were 1 to form a more spectacular guard , of honor at the Houston approachI ed Cartagena. Abandoning his study of reports on the situation at home, and particularly on the Pacific coast strike, 'CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) — — Receive Bulletin From State ERA A bulletin just received from the state headquarters prohibits any person holding an administrative office in the FERA work to have any activity in politics. This ruling includes foremen and all persons except laborers. Political office holders, seekers and workers may do common labor, but not hold j posts of foreman or superintendent.

Name Page Kroger Store 5 Zwick Funeral Home 5 Elberson Service Station 6 E. F. Gass " Teeple & Peterson 7 England’s Auto Parts 8 Morris 5 & 10c Store 8 C. A. Douglas Co 8 Economy Store 9 Lee Hardware Co 10 Pumphrey's 10 Niblick & Co 10 Holthouse Schulte Co 11 Lankenau's 11 The Scnafer Store 12

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CLAIM DOING BATTLE WITH OUTLAW GANG Wisconsin Officers Engage In Running Battle W ith Gang SPURS MANHUNT FOR DILLINGER 'Fond du Lac, Wis. July 10 —(UP) , 'A grey automobile containing gangsters who outdistanced a squad I of deputy sheriffs in a running gun , battle yesterday, was reported seen in various parts of Fond du Lac ' county today. Federal agents were investigating the possibility that the gunmen were led by John Dillinger but apparently found no evidence to support that .belief. The theory that the gunmen haJ abandoned a bullet riddled car found near here yesterday was discarded today with the arrest of two youths at Appleton, who admitted ! police said, that they had stolen the automobile and fired Into it before leaving it by the roadside. Fond du Lac, Wis., July 10.—(U.R) —The story of an undersheriff and two policemen that they engaged in a running gun battle with gangsters fleeing with the body of a dead or wounded companion todayspurred a new manhunt for John | Dillinger. The officers, forced to give up j the chase when machine guns spat at them from the bandit car, said one of the men in the front seat | looked like the Hoosier outlaw. • -A few minutes before the excit- , ing chase a wrecked car, splotched with blood and bearing the marks of bullet fire, was found in i a ditch five miles east of here. Farmers said the automobile plunged over an embankment and a second car drove up. A limp body was pulled from the wreckage and placed on the running board of the car which sped away. The Wisconsin lake regions have (CONTINUED ON PAGE. TWO) 0 FEAR VIOLENCE IN SO. INDIANA Two Sheriffs Make Frantic Appeals For Intervention Bloomington, Ind., July 10.-—(U.R) —Prompted by fear of severe violence unless labor difficulties in the Oolitic limestone district are settled Immediately, frantic appeals for intervention by the national labor board were made today by sheriffs of Lawrence and Monroe counties. The violence will result if union ! members carry out scheduled plans I to begin picketing mills and quarries in the district Thursday night, law enforcement officers said. Sheriff Lester Bender of Monroe county and Sheriff Frank Swango of Lawrence county each sent telegrams to H. L. Kerwin of the labor board asking his immediate intervention. Union officials are agreed that violence scarcely can be averted under present conditions, the sheriffs said. Ttesumption of picketing, with 2,500 men participating, was voted last night at a union meeting at Bedford. One man, whose name was not learned, was beaten severely in a disturbance at the Hooeier mill (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) North Manchester Man Dies In Crash Columbia City, lnd„ July 10 — (UP) —'Injuries suffered in an automobile accident where fatal last night to John E. Baslcker, 21, North Manchester. His automobile collided with a car driven by Clarence F. Daughter)’, Huntington, at the intersection of roads 14 and 9 yesterday noon. Baslttker'a brother, Elbert, 19, and daughtery suffered minor injuries.

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Ruling Brings Protest Hr jHk j ( . I W iniiijX. I s • Here is Justice William C. Ives whose action in setting aside the jury's $15,000 verdict against ' Premier J. E. Brownlee, of Alberta province, Canada, won byVivian MacMillan on charges of seduction, has aroused wide protest in the dominion against "star I chamber methods.” STRATOSPHERE FLIGHT READY Thousands Throng South Dakota Tow n To Witness Takeoff Rapid City, S. D„ July 10.—(U.R) i —Tourists and sightseers swarmed the streets of Rapid City today, eagerly awaiting the takeoff of the giant .balloon "explorer” far its stratosphere flight. Major William E. Kerner, pilot, and Capt. Albert Stevens, scientific observer, and members of the ground crew marked time. Adi verse weather reports delayed sett- ' ing the hour for the ascension. A steady stream of cars rolled up the 11-mile grade to the shelter i ed bowl in the Black Hills where the 3,000,000 cubic feet bag was l ready for inflation. V. E. Jakl, government meteorologist from Kansas City, checked reports from points many hundreds of miles from Rapid City. Three low pressure areas in the : immediate vicinity made it inadvisable for tlie balloon to take off today as originally planned. It was estimated it would take j 12 hours to inflate the balloon, which will tower as high as a 27story building when filled with gas. Major Kepner and Captain Stev- ! ON PAGE FIVE) ORDERS SECOND UTILITY PROBE Grand Jury Will Again Investigate Northern Indiana Utility Gary, Ind.. July 10 —(U.R) —A second investigation of the Northern Indiana Public Service company. I six of whose officers were freed on charges of embezzlement and larceny last week, was anticipated today following calling of a special grand jury by Judge William J. Murray of Lake criminal! court. 1 1 Judge Murray ordered the grand ■ jurors to convene July 16 and said' he expected they would make a new investigation looking toward re-indictment of the men. Indictments against four of the defendants were dismissed by Special Judge M. E. Crites, East Chicago, in upholding a defense plea in abatement on grounds that Judge Murray had made "inflamatory" remarks during the first grand jury investigation. The four defendants were Samuel Instill, Jr., former chairman of the company; Morse Dell Plain, (CONTINUED ON

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LABOR UNIONS STANG GROUND OVER BISPUTE One Policeman Is Killed During Rioting In Seattle MEDIATION BOARD WORKS FEVERISHLY By United Press Striking labor stood its ground today in widely separated sections of the country, refusing to compromise differences with inanageI ment. Threats of violence hung , over three strikes. The maritime workers on the Pacific coast refused to I consider an armistice. A special ' policeman was killed in Seattle rioting. The national guard on the San Francisco waterfront was reenforced. Strikers at the 5000 acre Seabrook produce farm. Bridgeton, N. J., prenared to map a new offensive to win increased wages. Meanwhile the inactivity was feired "the lull before the storm.” Workers labored unmolested for : the first time in 16 days. Federal mediators were busy. Women formed picket lines at the world’s largest onion patfh at McGuffey, O. Some marched with babies in their arms promising “to raise plenty of hell.” In the twin cities of St. Paul and Minneapolis the drivers’ union prepared to demand a general sympathy strike if their proposals wore not accepted by tomorrow n’ght. Limestone workers at Bedford, Ind, withdrew pickets as they awaited a ruling by the national labor board. In Fort Worth, Tex., traction company employes gave management another chance to meet their rrONTTNTTED DM PACE FIVE) TO COOPERATE WITH ATTORNEY Federal Alcohol Tax Agents Given Orders By Judge Baltzell Indianapolis, Ind., July 10 —(UP) —-Federal alcohol tax agents were under orders today to cooperate with Dist. Atty, Vai Nolan in prosecution and arrest of prisoners. The orJers were issued 'by Judge Robert C. Baltzell of the Southern i district federal court on Nolan's I complaint that five alleged violators of the law have been held in jail here since May 1 without a hearing. The prisoners. Jacob Trau.ni, and Theodore Choleva, Clinton; Buell Favell and Homer Logsdon, Evansville, an! Frank Pierce. Terre Haute, were taken into court after Nolan presented his complaint. He charged that he was not notified of their arrests and that the evidence against them had not 'been turned over to his office. As a result, the men have been denied their right to a trial and their bonds were so high that they had no chance of being released, (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) (j — Columbia City Firm Submits Lowest Bid Indianapolis July 10 — (UP) — Bids on 17 projects for bridge construction, paving and structure widening were opened today iby the state highway commission. Low blds on the projects totalled $222,435 as compared to department engineers’ estimates of $256,173. Blackford county — structure widening on 8.40 miles on state road 26, Hartford City to Jay county line; low bidder David Jenkins, Terre Haute, $19,878. Adams and Allen counties — Structure widening on 18.25 miles on state road 2*7, Decatur to Fort Wayne; Tri Lake Construction company, Columbia City, low bidder, $21,576.