Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 32, Number 164, Decatur, Adams County, 11 July 1934 — Page 1

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FARMERS SUFFER HEAVY WHEAT LOSS

BEE PERSONS WILT HURT IN SEVERE STORM loudburst And Tornadd Hits Jacksonville, Illinois kon 000 DAMAGE CAUSED by storm Jrfksoiiville. 11l- July 11. [<U.R>— Three persons were lured seriously, a score L cuts and bruises and EX was damaged to the fct Os n the Llburst anti tornado that L-k Jacksonville and viLtv last nightKe', were uprooted, store winL shattered and the roofs oT [dings ripped off by the force [the wind that swirled blinding L and hail through the city. Cany highways were blocked by L s today and in some places Lr still flooded the roadways. | number of automobiles were Ishd by falling trees and the L f ts were cluttered with Kris. telephone and telegraph repair L worked desperately to reKe communication lines and love the hazard of menacing Ih voltage wires. ■hysicians and nurses worked Irandie light throughout the ly hours of the morning bringI first aid to victims of the ■fficials of the Illinois State ■pital for the insane said that I damage to the institution ■dings would total $75,000. No ■culty with patients was experEed during the storm, they said, ■ost seriously injured by the ■m were Edward Perry, ImUv, ■h an employe of the Sam H. ■ circus, and Mr. and Mrs. J." ■ Hamilton, Jacksonville, whose I was struck by a failing tree, ■ry suffered a fractured skull ■n struck by a shattered teleMae pole. ■ost of the other victims were ■red when they were unable ■each shelter before the swift■tag storm struck. ■he storm struck first at the ■t end of the city and cut a ■p’y defined path through the ■ets. The Dill circus was nearMthe conclusion of its perform- ■ when the wind whipped ■ugh the tents, throwing spec■rs into a near panic. Except ■ Perry, non.- was injured, how■>tn Mix. motion picture actor Baring with the circus, was reBed missing this morning until ■as revealed that he had left ■ other performers for Hanni- ■ Mo., shortly I efore dawn. 11l continue BHEATCONTROL Bfat Reduction Profram U ill Be Carried ■through Next Crop ■fyette. Ind., July 11—(U.R)— ■' that the agricultural adadministration wheat ■ctwn program will be con- ■” tflrnu Kh the next crop was ■’“ today by J. H. Skinner, agricultural dean and ■® an of the state wheat com- ■ e P’an win b P carried on the ■' as n for the 1933 crop, ■ 7 * as 'dvised in the tele- ■ r »m G. E. Farrell, chief cf ■//* wheat section. ■? er ’ will receive 29 cents ■ receiving first nay<Ml,S in Oct °ber and ■'“d r in June, 1935, the ■' wheat processing tax of 30 ■ be ca rried H ——o—- ■ an ‘ Ohio, Man | Dies Os Injuries ■‘Vs' l Uly n -(UP)-Roger KnJ hotel clerk here, died Hos?,’ an '. Ohio h"-apita’ TuesKnn u v en , neck suff «red at Kt o ’ Ind - Sunda - V - The ■ with red whpn Ca,ISS scuf■vn Im 8 f roup of fr'ends, was ■ ‘"to the lake. ■ luT'Z! 1 by his moth « 1 ’ Mrs.

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All G. O. P. Talk Here! - ■ 4 B i JR fa. BdftTl 1A; W i -w tn in iiat iimiii mmmm mu National Chairman Henry P. Fletcher (left) and Col. Theodore Roosevelt, as they appeared in Chicago to assist in affecting a permanent national organization of the younger members o' the Republican party. The new organization w-ill have a voice at the council tables of the national Republican committee.

Franklin College Professor Named Indianapolis, Ind.. July I—(UP)1 —(UP) Dr. E. H, ShiJeler, head of the department of economics and sociology at Franklin college, today became director of rural rehabilitation in Indiana. Hit appointment was announced by the governor's com miss l on on unemployment. iDr. Shideler obtained a year’s leave of absence from Franklin an* will make a thorough study of the rural situation preparatory to drafting a program for the state. He said the type of program will depend on conditions and needs being found in a survey now being conjucted by ten field supervisors. — _o — JACOB HUSER DIES TODAY Former Monroe Township Trustee Dies At Berne This Morning Jacob Huser, "ift, prominent retired Monroe towasliip farmer and former trustee of Monroe township, die' at hie home in Berne at 6:40 o'clock this morning of infirmities of old age and complications. Mr. Huser had been unconscious for the past three days and had been bedfast for several weeks. He was born in the Berne community and spent all his life there. The widow survives, and the following children: Albert, Rufus and Amos Huser, of near Berne; Levi Huser of Celina. Ohio; David Huser of Detroit, Michigan. Vilas Huser of West Unity, Ohio; Mrs. David D. Hibegger of Blue Creek township; Mrs. Amw Kirctihofer of Wabash township and Mrs. Adrian Hawk of Noblesville. •Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at 1:45 o'clo< k at the Huser home and at 2 o’clock at the Mennonite church. Burial will be In the M. R. E- cemetery. —o— Threshers Save Barn From Burning A dinner call on the Dennis Striker farm north of Berne Tuesday noon saved a barn and probably the lives of several threshers. Neighboring farmers gathered at the farm to thresh. The blower on the threshing machine was turned directly to the barn. The machine became hot and several of the men remarked smelling something burning shortly before the dinner hour. After Mrs. Striker called the men to dinner fire was discovered in the separator of the threshing ma- hine. The men quickly formed a bucket brigade and extinguieheJ the blaze. Annual Picnic Is Planned July 22 The annual picnic and homej coming of St. Mary's parish in the ' Irish settlement, east of Geneva, | will be held, Sunday, July 22 at I the church grounds. A fine program has been arranged and members of the congregation invite the public to attend. The Chattanooga band will furnish music. The Irish settlement is located 4 miles north of state road 67, along the state line.

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COLLEGE GIRL IS FOUND DEAD University of Oklahoma Co-ed Dead; Search For Companion Norman, Okla.. July 11.—(U.R) —A fraternity house cook in whose duplex apartment pretty Marian Mills, 20, University of Oklahoma co-ed, w-as found dead today was ordered helc as a material witness in a strange campus tragedy. Search continued for Neal Myeers, 21. student from El Reno. Myers is believed to have been the i last person to see the girl alive. County Attorney Paul Updegraff . said Mrs. Hazel Brown, eoek for : the Delta Upsilon fraternity, has ! told him she had counselled the . youth in efforts to prevent maternity for the girl. The body of Miss Mills, once I chosen university beauty queen by the film star, Frederic March, was j found fully clothed and without • marks of violence on A bed In Mrs. ■ Brown's apartment late yesterday. After summoning a physician, * Myers disappeared. The physician found the body. 11 An autopsy was performed but the findings were not made public. Authorities found after a search ;of the apartment quantities of quinine and castor oil and other i medicines. Mrs. Brown told the investigator that Miss Mills had ; been taking some of the prepar*~7coN'nNuwr> on paoe six> CANDIDATES IN MEETINGTODAY Democratic Candidates Hold Meeting At Indianapolis Today Indianapolis, July 11. — (U.R) — Proposed legislation to revamp Indiana liquor law was the chief topic • of discussion at a meeting of Demoj cratic candidates for the legislature and state offices, holdover senators and present state officials here today. The council was called by Omer S. Jackson, chairman of the Demoi cratic state committee to map I plans for the fall campaign. ! With the recent decision of Attorney General Philip Lutz, Jr., holding that by-the-drink liquor | sales are illegal, the spiritous beverage question took precedence over discussion of repeal of the i skip election and primary laws. I Gov. Paul V. McNutt was the ! principal speaker at the all-day ‘ council. He outlined activities of the present administration and dej tailed legislation which he will ex- ' pect to be passed in order to carryon the policies of his regime. ! Sen. Frederick VauNuys was anj other important figure on the program. He explained the new deal as being worked out in M ashington. , . I Others on the program included • Paul Fry, state excise director; •I Clarence Jackson, director of the Income tax division; Pleas Greeni lee, patronage director; Lieut. Gov. - M. Clifford Townsend, head of the 1 state board of agriculture, and •! Floyd I. McMurray, superintendent |of public instruction.

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GEN.JOHNSON STARTING ON SPEECH TOUR NRA Leader Will Make Month’s Trip To Pacific Coast GENERAL ANXIOUS TO QUIT POSITION Washington, July 11. —(U.R) —Gen- ' eral Hugh S. Johnson expects to- 1 morrow to begin his farewell tour l as evangel of recovery.' His trip will last a month and extend to the Pacific coast. The | hard-boiled army general who made 1 the Blue Eagle pounce on the' "chiselers” and the “dead cats" j will make speeches. The tougli! executive who placed 2,500,000 American businesses under codes of fair competition will receive ( scholastic honors. The weary-eyed man who has worked harder perhaps than any other new dealer, save the President, will rest for a 1 couple of weeks in a mountain hideaway. Then Johnson will return to Washington ready to give the recovery toga to an administrative 1 board Mid to forget the headache i that the new deal brought him. He will come back, ready to return to private life, to the peace and I the security which the last year stole from him. The lines of worry seemed to peel off his face as he detailed his ‘ plans—and his hopes. The plans are indefinite. They depend on I the decision of President RooseI velt. As for his hopes, the gen- ' eral leaned back in his chair and smiled. They are centered on one thing I < CGNTTNUHD ON PAGE -WO I j PLAN ARREST TO TEST STATE LAW Indianapolis Authorities Will Test State Liquor Law Indianapolis. July 11.—(U.R) —An arrest to test the Indiana law prohibiting sale of splrltous liquor by the drink was planned today by i city and Marion county author . ities. The decision resulted from an attorney general’s opinion which held that sale of liquor by the : drink is illegal. Mayor Reginald H Sullivan an nounced that city police would make the arrest. In view of varying opinions of legal authorities on the liquor law. the city administration prefers to test the statute before embarking on a general program of enforcement, the mayor said. If the test case shows the law can be enforc ed. city police will be assigned the task, he explained. Defense in the test case probably will be aided by the Indiana unit of the American Association of Retail Beverage Dealrk. Three Arrested Crown Point. Ind., July 11. —(U.R) <rONT|NVFT> GN PAGE 3,000 Reported Killed In Battle Asuncion, Paraguay, July 11 — (UP) —Three thousand Bolivians are known to have been killed during yesterday’s fierce Sighting in the Fort Ballivian area of the Gran Chaco, it was announced officially today.

Number Os Stores Will Remain Open Thursday

James Elberson, past president of the Chamber of Commerce, called on a number of merchants and store proprietors today and announced that "at least half of the number would keep their stores open until nine o’clock Thursday evening for the Dollar Day shoppers.” Decatur’s first city-wide Dollar 1 Day to be held in more than a year will be staged here Thursday and plans call for one of the biggest shopping events ever held. The Dollar Day sales will open at eight o’clock in the morning and continue throughout the day. |

i Lions Club Holds Regular Meeting The Decatur Lions Clu'b met Tuesday evening at the Rice Hotel to complete the organization for the new year. Standing committees were appointed by the president and the president and the chairman of each committee told of the plans for the coming year. The new president of I the c|ub, Clifford Saylors, was chosen to represent the local club at the Lions International convention which will be held at Grand Rapids, Mi’ hlgan July 17 to 20. TAX PAYMENTS ARE ANNOUNCED — Special Aad Tuition Tax F’unds Are Announced By Auditor Special and tuition tax funds for township and city schools were announced by county auditor John W. Tyndall today. The checks have been mailed out. The two funds are derived from I bank, building and loan, morator- ! ium and property taxes. The money is all collected in the 'tyThe total special tax fund distributed to the 12 townships and i ; two school cities Is $31,865.66. The total tuition tax fund distributed is $38,759.96. The money was distributed as follows: Blue Creek. special $1,947.08, tuition $2,293.29. French ' special $1,763.45. tuition $526.16; Hartford, special $2,102.45, tuition $2,121.43; Jefferton, special! $1,441.02, tuition $908.29; Kirkland, special $1,413.75, tuition $2,386.50; Monroe, special $3.176.56. tuition $3,976.18; Preble, (special $927.05, tuition $479.67; Root, special $1,579.53. tuition | $1,452.87; St. Marys, special $2,-j | '*mV T INI'Pr' OV P4GF «VXI 0 President Inspects Panama Canal Today Aboard USS Gilmer, July 11.— (U.R) —President Franklin D. Roose- ! velt inspected the Panama Canal ' today from the decks of the cruis- ' er Houston on which he Is going to Hawaii. Leaving Colombia, where the, President touched foreign soil yesterday, the Houston and its 1 destroyer escort rped at 22 knots ■ across the Gulf of Darien to Colon. the canal entrance. The Houston was due to reach ! the Pa.-ific this afternoon after a I six hour passage through the canal. FALSE REPORTS ARE DENOUNCED German Government Denounces False Stories About Revolt Berlin, July 11 —(U.R) —An official decree ordering the Reichswehr to fraternize with the people marked today the effort of the government to divert popular attention from the aftermath of the storm troop revolt. General Werner von Blomberg, minister of defense, ordered the army to cooperate with the -Nazi organization which plans recreation for working men in their idle hours. Particularly, he said, the Reichswehr shoula invite workers as guests to barracks and to all festivities, such as shooting conirnNTTNITED ON PAGE FOUR'.

— Mr. Elberson stated that if thel stores remained open an effort; would be made to get the Junior band to give a concert up town in the evening. Advertised bargains were published in Tuesday’s Daily Demo-| i crat and 6,000 copies of the paper. were mailed and delivered to resi- | dents in the county and Decatur trading territory. A large crowd | Is expected for the one day shop-. ping feast. Bargains of all kinds are being ! given by local stores and those | who appreciate values are invited j to take advantage of them.

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CHAIRMAN IS GIVEN RULING ON NOMINATION Only Plurality Necessary For Nomination For Auditor WALTER THORNHILL WILL BP: CANDIDATE The candidate receiving the highest number of votes in the convention of Democrat precinct and vlcecommitteemen, to be held Friday night ia this city, will be nominated county auditor on the Democrat ticket. Nathan Nelson, county chairman today received a ruling from Omer Stokes Jackson, Indiana Democratic state chairman, to the effect that a plurality and not a majority of the votes is required to nominate. The letter to Mr. Nelson reads: •'ln an eleotlon by the county committee of a candidate for auditor only a plurality and not a majority is necessary tonominate. “We are sure that your committee will select a man that will be a credit to the party and your county organization”. The list of announced candidates for the party’s nomination for auditor was increased to five today, with the announcement that Walter Thornhill of Wabash township, was a candidate and would submit his name to the convention. Mr. Thornhill was a candidate for the party’s nomination for auditor in two primary campaigns. He is a former trustee of Wabash township. Other announced candidates are John W. Tyndall, now serving the (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR)

GIVE CONCERT FRIDAY NIGHT Zion Reformed Church Orchestra Will Present Concert The Zion Reformed church orchestra will give an open air ; concert on the church law n Ft iday evening at 7:30 o’clock. The gen- . eral public is invited to attend. No admission will be charged. The complete program follows: Americans We —March Concentration —Overture Gaiety Polka —Cornet solo, John Schiefersteln Blue Danube—Waltz Poet and Peasant —March Willow Echoes—Baritone solo, Vera Porter Chinese Idol—Novelty March of the Brave —Overture New Dawn—Overture Men of Ohio —March. Members of the orchestra are as follows: Violins: Robert Coffee, Joe Kit- 1 son, Mrs. Peter Vitz, Harriet Kunkel, Avonel Beihold, Everett Rice, Mr. Bornes, Katherine Weldler. Comets: Harold Teeters. John •Sehieferstein, Robert Ashbaucher. Peter Vitz, Zulu Porter, Ilene Jackson, Robert Brodbeck, Donald Arnold. , Trombones: Dick Wertzberger. I Rose Fuhrman. Edwin Weldler. Baritone: Vera Porter. Basses: David Kunkel, Rolland: Reppert. Clarinets: James Wemhoff.! Richard Brodbeck. William Schaf-' er, Erma Kirchner, William 1 Bornes, Monica Schmitt, Luella Brokaw. Saxaphones: Lorene Kirchner.! Irene Kirchner, B’rice Martin, Joe Linn, Robert Johnson, Fred Brokaw. Drums: Luther Brokaw, Tad Smith. Piano: Robert Engeler. Director: Bob White. A supper will be served by the ( Sunday school on the church lawn ( from 4 to 7 o’clock, preceding the concert. o Assessors Will Picnic Sunday The annual picnic for assessors will be held at the Lehman Park in Berne unday. July 15. A basket dinner will be served at the noon hour. J. K. Yoder of Geneva is secretary of the Adams County assessors.

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| Public Counselor Fred Wiecking, Hartford City, 1 formerly of Bluffton, has been ap--1 pointed public counselor for the ! Indiana public service commission. Wiecking. who has been chief assistant to attorney-general Lutz, will replace Sherman Minton, who was chosen Democratic candidate for U. S. senator at the fall | election. FREDWIECKING IS APPOINTED Former Bluffton Man Is Named To Sherman Minton's Position Indianapolis, July 11 — (U.R) — Fred Wiecking, Hartford City, chief assistant attorney general, was appointed acting public counselor of the public service commission today by Gov. Paul V. McNutt. He will succeed Sherman A. Minton. New Albany, who resigned recently after being nominated as the Democratic candidate for Uniied States senator. Wiecking, a prominent member of the American Legion and close j friend of Governor McNutt, will I retain his connection with the ! attorney general’s office, the gov- ! ernor said. For several months Wiecking i has been working on the draft of i a new state liquor control law for presentation to the 1935 legislature. He is regarded as the most able assistant in the attorney general's office. The public service position post pays a salary of $6,000 annually. As chief assistant attorney general Wiecking has been drawing $5,000. The pay as assistant i attorney general will be disconI tinned as a result of his new job. o Monmouth Alumni Will Meet Friday The Alumni Association of the Monmouth high school will meet at the Monmouth school Friday night at 8 o’clock. o MOOSE TO HOLD PICNIC SUNDAY i Annual Family Picnic Will Be Held At Sun Set Park — Arrangements have been complet- ; ed for the annual family picnic of ! the Loyal Order of Moose to be ' held Sunday, July 15, in Sun Set i park, south east of Decatur. Invitations were extended to every iMoose and his family to atI tend. A basket dinner will be enjoyed at noon. Free ice cream and lemonade will ■be served the children and the committee in charge hae also arranged a program of entertainment i for the children. IA ball game will be played in the afternoon and there will be other, forms of amusement for young and old. Sol Lord, dictator of the lodge is chairman of arrangements and announced that transportation would be provided those who did not have cars if thye would call number 769. Each year the Moose lodge entertains the families of the members at a family picnic: and this year the 1 committee hopes to make it one of the biggest and most successful events ever held.

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CROP REPORTS SHOW WHEAT IS BELOW NORMAL — ——— Drought Causes Loss Os More Than 200 Hundred Million Bushels PRICES SOAR ON BOARD OF TRADE Washington, Julv 11 — Drought has robbed western soil of 216.000.000 bushels of wheat and wheat farmers of 62,000,000, it was shown today bv analysis of agriculture department crop reports. The onlv income of many farmers this year will be AAA benefit money, paid for I acreage limitation which the ' orought made insignificant. They have no crops to sell. A small number of producers will benefit from the drought and ! consequent crop shortage, which I have caused a price boom. The department revised its : April 1 winter wheat estimate j down 97,009,009 bushels to 483,662,009. Early this year spring wheat land promised a yield of 299.900.909 bushels or more. The I indicated production dropped from 190.000 900 bushels on June 1 to 89,394,090. Some growing spring wheat was whipped away by hot blasts; some withered in the rows. Soil was so dry that farmers only planted 11.511,000 acres to this variety whereas they usually seed about 20,338,000 acres. The estimate of cash loss was reached by multiplying price by bushels which failed to niateriali ize. On the basis of a farm price I of 75 cents a bushel and a loss of 216.000,000 bushels —an indicated harvest on April I of 700,900,000 bushels minus a July 1 estimate of 484,000.000 —vanished potential income approximates $162,900,000. fCGNTTNT'Fm ON PAGE SIX) WHEAT CROP IN COUNTY IS FAIR Yield Per Acre Likely Higher Than Normal; Total Yield Lower The Adams county wheat crop this year will average between 18 to 2 ; 1 bushels an acre in cornparieon to the county normal of about 15 bushels to the acre according to Avon Burk, elevatonnan. The total yield will probably be lower than last year because of the government’s wheat reduction policy. Reports being brought into County agents L. E. Archbold's offiice this week of the wheat crop which now Is being threshed, range from “•above average” to a “crop failure”. A few' farmers report yields as high as 35 to 40 bushels an acre. Many farms have yields of 20 to 25 bushels an acre. The other side of the picture is represented by farms which will have only six or seven bushels to an acre. This is caused by the drought, chinch bugs and failure to fertilize the fields last fall. The corn crop will range from 50 per cent of normal down. There are fields over the county with corn (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) .—o Additional SSOO Appropriated Here To enable the 65 state ERA workers to continue on their approved schedule for the rest of the month SSOO has been appropriated for use in the local FERA office. No additional men will be hired. The new ruling which prohibits more than 48 per cent of the number of men on township poor relief to enable the 45 men now working to continue on the same schedule of this month. The first week of the month approximately 65 per cent of the number of men receiving township aid worked on state ERA projects. The $2,300 which was appropriated for the county was not sufficient to enable the 45 en now working to continue on the same schedule of hours after the heavy payroll of the first week. The extra SSOO will only pay the 45 men for the rest of the month.