Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 32, Number 167, Decatur, Adams County, 14 July 1934 — Page 1

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MONROE SUFFERS HEAVY FIRE LOSS

I|IER TELLS ■$ STORY OF IIIOODY REVOLT ■man ( hancellor Again lWin» Support Os En- >■ tire Nation ■TEALS FINAL | DEATH TOLL 77 ■rim.. July U. — <U.R) —I eeii 'lavs at ter a crisis: threatened civil war. a-A 'Ke todax realiz■Hh;,i':. !"!■ the first time whm had threatened i |M| a; .d ni<t what they es-1 v realized also tor the the calibre of the : Eml whom millions call "the Head br." how those in the Kroll j Mh. .-- c.tileries sprang spon-1 t > th'-ir feet, shouting he addressed | Nazi reii listag last night, { th'.i. ions cheers from I streets when he drove I Ins .hamellery, may have also w hat seemed an un-1 fact that he had won a' fettkhze.! support for his party nfidence in hiniE w 'T*”'' !l " J ' i " ,iat Hermann his chief aide in the cabi_fcet, railed th- final accounting of of the plot of storm, leaders to reorganize the ■MB' men:. and. tailing his per-1 to assassinate him. ■ n.'.ng which spar-| one -ii. even himself. He the 77 men who died as i of I of Germany. 1 ordered j shot 1 am ready before hts-' ( to accept responsibility for hours of the bitterest de-i of as he said that in ringing that brought his hearers! to their feet, his fist , his. rostrum, he already ( why he was ready to ! responsibility. .. .. -j.al significance ‘ , storm tr.n.p plot as he re- ' it may be summarized I The Nazi party came into be-, < p.-tp.'iual revolution had Kept the country in ever sim e the World war, ■>< suppres-. d i tie revolution SB In the Nazi party itself was ■B'- of perpetual revolt!They were the storm troop , and they were suppress-! left h;s hearers to visualize phase of Nazism as one a united party, rid of a I faction, will proceed to ■bructive tasks. appeal to the nation, and it 1 spec n to the nation in the i .sense in that loud speak- , ii ~ut in the remotest , in luuiitry. was only in- , He presented his case as ; facts and left his hearers i n% - ea<rt.*s7jr* ML ~ ° —— 1 |NY 'FRISCO I CITIZENS FLEE L “ MB'dents Are Alarmed |y Threats Os Famine I And Violence t ■ o —— July 14.— (U.R) — i by threats of famine and ; e vi °l ( ‘nce, residents and ji ■ “ today started an exodus the beleaguered San FranMW s;rikt ' a 'va resembling flight » a besieged city in war-time, tank Merrian prepared to P martial law over the dense- I ■ p l ' a ' f ‘ d bay region as labor ' ■„ plann <‘<l to meet at 10 a. in . W 1 ' a general strike-out growth loody and costly coastwide workers’ walkout. the Clty s union !abor ■ wou , Was on Btrike - Thous- ° Ut in Ualcl and, across euardsmeil . already pan an Francisco's water- ?? Pared to extend their a .7 a lUOniil * radius to ■ deli °° f P ‘ Ckets and as ' ■ C B '/ ° f foods tuffs to San I ,^ ak * and and other bay TINUEb ON PAGE SIX)

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Soviet Minister at Fair ■ l iFx. '' j ii ,sifeA::Bw i;' 'X / I wa / /' M ? fl- i I / J \ Bl - 'I I 11 4 I ’ W’W ' fl jJf v y 1 Kk. -v . i 1 jk : k --i iw 13 ’ Im jSs I ■-rh .s'< y>3at v /e9M»3t3 L i ■ --t ■S3 Alexander Troyanov sky, Russia’s ambassador to the United States. Mme. Tronyanovsky and their son. Oleg, 14. as they arrived in Chicago to visit the World's Fair.

Rev. Charles Prugh Passes Examination VtonlJiae bceiKCfciy-eJ that Rev. Charles M. iPrugh. pastor of the local Zion Reformed church, has passed hte examinations for Doctor of Theology degree at Heidelberg University, Germany. The examinations were in Hebrew. Greek, and Old and New Testament, church history, dogmatic and practical theology. On July 18 Rev. Prugh will go to Oberamergau where he will witness the Passion Play. He is exipecte<j to return here August 9. SORDID STORY : TOLD BY GIRL “Extra” Girl In Hollywood Tells Os Many Wild Parties Los Angeles, July 14.—(U.R> —The sordid story of an extra girl relat ing how ambitious young women in Hollywood assertedly submitted to immoral acts 111 the hope ot obtaining film work, shocked women’s club representatives today as they awaited resumption of the trial of Dave Allen, easting executive. and Gloria Marsh, ‘‘bits" player, on moral charges. The "extra,” June de Long, did not spare herself as she related details of an asserted Babylonian orgy participated in by Allen, Miss Marsh and herself. The girl’s testimony followed that of Mrs. Pearl Owings, anoth er extra, who walked in on the alleged wild party. Miss De Long admitted that she had asked Mrs Owings to drop by on the day of the party, but declared she had no , intention of "framing" Allen in order to obtain film work. The extra described two assert ed acts in which she took part, one with Miss Marsh alone and one with both Miss Marsh and Allen. Cross-examination of Miss De Long will be resumed' Monday. Defense attorneys set out to prove that Allen was the victim of a “frameup" by the girls. o ————— Two Policemen Ordered Held Indianapolis, July 14—(UP) G. Feeney, state safety director, today ordered state policeman Guy Engle, Carbon, and John Hamilton. Sullivan county, to appear July L to answer charges of neglect of duty. The charges are baseJ on escape of a prisoner from custody of the two policemen in Lake county yesterday, Feeney said.

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FEATURE ADDED TO CURRICULA! Science Study Will Be Introduced In Rural Primary Grades A new feature will be added to . curricula of grade schools in the 1 { county this year acforJing to Cllf- { . ton triker, county superintendent of schools. Science study wih be in-' troJuced to the primary grades { throughout the medium of special readers .being placed in the county I school circulating library. The science readers were pur- ■ chased this year to introduce first, | se- end and third graders to the I study of science. The books will not be placed on [ the school book list of the county . { schools but may be borrowed by' the teachers for a period ot four ! weeks. The books are written very sim-1 ply and it will be possible for even first grade pupils to read them at the end of the school term. The theory of the new books are that { while learning to retd the pupils may he taught some of the ele-1 ments of the major sciences. The -bocks are beautifully illus*7cONTTNT T FT» PAOF NR A COMPLAINT BOARD FORMED New York Lawyer Is Named To Head ThreeMan Board Washington, July 14—tU.R)—An { NRA complaint board, which will | continua some of the functions of j the Darrow review board, was | established today, in line with! Gen. Hugh ;S. Johnson's announced ! program of keeping one jump ahead of such critics as Sen. Wilj liam E. Borah. Amos J- Peaslee, New York lawyer, was named chairman cf the three man board, which will; act as a sort of appeals court for I complaining business groups, particularly independents and other ' industrial minorities. Johnson warned in his Waterloo, la., speech in commenting on Borah’s summer campaign against NRA aspects that he intended to make moves which in his opinion ' would leave Borah without grounds for criticism. Part of the functions of the , board, it was said, would be to handle review work formerly em- * ‘(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, July 14, 1934.

VALUATION OF DECATUR CITY PLANT LOWERED State Tax Board Orders Reduction For Electric Light Department H ATER DEPARTMENT VALUATION IS SAME The reduction from >334,000 to i $190,000 in the taxable valuation of i the electric department of the City j Light and Power plant, means a saving of more than sl,loo in taxes, 'jased on the state and county levies payable this year. City officials including M. J. My-, ott, superindendent of the department; city attorney Fred Fruchte, councilman H. M. Gillig and Charles Brod'beck, superintendent of the water department, returned from j Indianapolis last evening where they appeared before the State Board of Tax Commissioners and i remonstrated agiainst the higher valuation. The state 'board did not reduce . the valuation of the water departI ment. It stands at $79,270. The to--1 tai assessed valuation of the elec-. I trie and water departments for taxation purposes now is $26.9,270. Ac-1 ' cording to the law which taxes ! municipal plants on that part of , the equipment used for commercial j purposes, the Decatur plant will! j pay about $2,153.00, in taxes, based I on the present state and county ; levies. The county levy this year is 65 I cents and the state levy 15 cents ' on the hundred dollars. As the tax ! will not be paid until next year, I providing the law is upheld by the ! supreme court, the exact amount I tho municipal plant will be required {to fay is not known. It is expected that the county levy will be lower , next year. { The next step in the assessing 1 and levying of taxes on municipal plants is the test of the law before I the supreme court. Decatur has j joined with other cities in testing ' the constitutionality of the law and , , a de: isiou is exipected soon. 'Local city officials go on the, basis that the municipal plant be-1 ON PAGE TWO) SURE MISSING BOY KIDNAPED Registered Letter Received By Parents of Two-Year-Old Boy Hartsdale, N. Y„ July 14.—<U.R> i —Parents of 21 months old Robert Connor have received a mysterious ! registered letter that virtually es-1 tablished the baby was kidnaped, it was established today. Federal agents were in such complete charge at the Connor home, where the curly haired blonde boy clad in pink rompers disappeared Thursday evening, that they received and examined all mail before the parents. Charles Connor, the father, a moderately paid civil engineer employed by the state who has no money to pay ransom, obviously | placed the case completely in the hands of the agents, depending on | them to get his baby back alive. The registered letter was delivered yesterday. Frank X. Fay. agent in charge, admitted. He refused to divulge its contents and when asked if it was a ransom let-1 ter, replied. “I wouldn't say that it was, and I wouldn't say that it wasn’t.” The letter caused a complete change in the tactics of agents. Before it arrived they directed a wide search of the woods surrounding the Connor home, believing the child might have wandered off The search suddenly was called off as though authorities were con vinced he was in the hands of kid- j napers. oCol. Earl Gartin To Be Instructor Col. Earl Gartin of Greensiburg! will be one of the instructors in the Reppert School of Auctioneering again this year. The name of Col. Gartin was unintentionally omitted from the list of instructors published yesterday. Col. Guy Pettit of Bloomfield, lowa, will also ibe one of the instructors in the school.

Huntington Woman Is Severely Hurt — Mrs. Bertha Collars, 761 Grayston street, Huntington. suffered severe lnjiiri<-« in an automobile accident |' which occurred Friday afternoon on P state road 224. northeast of Decaj tur. She is a patient at the Adams County .Memorial Hospital. 'Mrs. Zollars suffered internal In- ' juries, bruises and sustained a severe sho' k. The accident occurred when the automo'bile driven by Walter Yeri gens of Huntington, son-in-law of Mrs. Zollars. and the car driven i by (Charles Jones of near Decatur, collided at the intersection of state • roa.l 224 and the Piqua road at the 'Meyer Buntman corner. Other occupants of the Yergens ,' car were not injured. I ! —o BEET CROWERS WILL BENEFIT ! FROM AAA ACT Advance Benefit Payments Will Be Made By Government PAYMENT WILL BE OVER $1 PER TON 'j Beet growers for the Central Sugar Company of this city and ‘ including all others in the country, will benefit materially from ' the provisions of the Agricultural [ Adjustment Act, through initial payments to be made to growe-s 1 : by the government. J. Ward Calland. field manager I for the local company, stated that >, the ‘‘Agricultural Adjustment Ad- ' ministration has determined upon I a first payment on a basis that means more than one dollar per • ton on the production of the'Tndfvidual grower.” The advance benefit payments from the government will be in ■ excess of any amount paid by the , sugar company to the grower for {the beets on the company’s 50-50 i share contract. The average production in the , { local territory last year was near- ' iy 10 tons per acre. On this basis. I the grower would receive an iniI tial benefit payment this year, ranging from $lO to S2O per acre, depending on his individual proI duction. As a condition to receive the benefit payments, the AAA provisions provide. “Growers will he required to enter into firm con- | tract with labor in those districts |in which writ<en contracts are ' customarily used. The adjustment ! contract provides that the rate of I payment to labor is to be fair and ! equitable. The initial benefit payI ment to growers this year will { total more than 10 million dollars.' The payments will serve as crop income insurance for farmers in the drought areas and will injci ease substantially the assured income of the beet growers for 1934. Contracts will be offered the growers in the next few months and payment will be made mONTIWWn '■'N PAGE TWO) ADMITS DEATH OF POSTMASTER Young Kentuckian Confesses To Shooting Man During Robbery English. Ind., July 14 — (U.R) — I Arrested in a woods near here a few hours after Lawrence Rainforth, Beechwood storekeeer and postmaster had been slain by an intruder, James Anderson, 20-year-; old Kentuckian, was held in New Albany jail today for safe keep- { ingAuthorities paid he had confess j ed the killing and offered to plead ! I guilty in exchange for a life j sentence. The offer was rejected and the prisoner was rushed to New Albany after it was reported feeling ': was high among Beechwood residents. authorities said. ;' Police quoted Anderson as admitting he broke into Rainforth’s . store in a burglary attempt. ' Rainforth was sleeping in the - store because of recent robberies, i He was awakened by the intruder. They scuffled over possession of , Rainforth’s shotgun and the wea- ' * *(CONTINUE7D ON PAGE SIX)* ’

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JOHN TYNDALL IS NOMINATED BY DEMOCRATS Prominent Decatur Man Is Nominated For County Auditor ’ GIVEN MAJORITY OF VOTES CAST 11 >; John W. Tyr.da'l, retired banker and manufacturer of this city, who 1 was appointed to fill the vacancy a < county auditor until January 1, 1935. due to the death of Glen 1 Cowan, was nominated by the Democrat precinct committeemen and vice-committeemen in conven- { tlon last night at the court house ■ as the party's nominee for county I auditor. ,1 Mr. Tyndall will be a candidate i for election to the office in the { November election. Mr. Tyndall received 35 of the 68 votes cast by the committee- ' men and vice-committeemen. Win- ! fred Gerke, precinct committee--1 man from Root township, well known young farmer and apprabier for the Home Loan CorporaI tion, was the runner up in the . I convention. Mr. Gerke received 31 votes. Four candidates were nomlnat--1 ed. Besides Mr. Tyndall and Mr. I ! Gerke. the others were: Miss . Alice Lenhart, an assistant In the J county treasurer's office; John I i Felty, county assessor, whose I term expires December 31. Each received one vote. Democrat county chairman Nathan Nelson presided at the meeting and stated the purpose of calling it. Committeemen were asked to turn in their proxies and I 68 votes, the total eligible were accounted for. David Adams, _ committeeman from second ward "B” precinct acted as secretary of the meeting. ’l Balloting was by secret ballot I I and W. W. Briggs of Geneva, ‘ j Ernest Stengel of Berne and A. R. I Holthouse of this city acted as 1 1 tally clerks. Resolutions of respect to the ’ memory of Mr. Cowan were read ') by August Heiman, committeeman •! from second ward “A” precinct, , { ('CONTINUED ON p’AGpTsrxV* oFARLEY TALKS TO DEMOCRATS Postmaster General Urges Retirement Os Senator Robinson Indianapolis July 14—(UP) —Re- • tirement of Senator Arthur R. Robinson and election of a Democratic I congressional delegation in vindica- { tion of the new deal administration, was demanded here last night by postmaster general Janies A. Fari ley. Speaking before a “Harmony” din- , ner arranged to bring together opposing factions of the Democratic ' party in In liana. Farley opened the I national administration's drive i against Robinson, severe critic of { the new deal. Rdbinson is being used as a 1 “tool” by his Republican colleagues I according to Farley. “The real leaders of the Republican party did not dare assail the president, tor they knew the country is behind him,” Farley said. “So they cast about for somebody rash enough and foolish en- ! ough to jeopardize his own political {future by doing the thing they dared not to do themselves, and the { choice fell on your senator, perhaps | on the theory that his political future was not worth worrying about (CONTtNUFYD ON PAGE SIX) o Russia Would Join League Os Nations Geneva, July 14 —(.U'Pl—Soviet Russia will officially’ ask for admission to the league of nations within two weeks, league officials reported today. ■1 It was eaid the soviet virtually were certain of election to the League in September, with support of ' France and Britian. Entrance of the communist state • into official membership in the Lea--1 gue long has been considered a vi- ■ tai factor in peace and disarmament negotiations in Europe.

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Wins Nomination ■h' - ■Ha t \ John W. Tyndall, prominent ' Decatur resident, won the Demo- '■ eratic nomination for auditor of Adams county at a meeting of pre- ■ \ cinct committeemen and vice-com- ■ mitteemen held at the court house ■ Friday night. Mr. Tyndall has ■ been acting as auditor since the 1 recent death of Glen Cowan. TAKE JUDICIARY FROM POLITICS * X ’ - 1 Appointment Os Judges J Instead Os Popular Election Suggested • I Wawasee, Ind.. July 14. — f I (U.R)—Removal of the judiciary deI part ment from politics was sug- ) gested last night by Indiana trial , I judges speaking at the concluding I session of the annual alate fear ’ association convention. Appointment of Judges instead [ 1 of election was suggested. “The fudge must now conduct a . personal campaign and the elec- ;; tion of judicial officers is not a ! test of merit but a test of popu- ■ larity," Judge Maurice E. Crites !i of Lake county superior court I I said. . | “The very attributes which tend to make an individual popular may he in direct conflict with his proper qualifications as a judicial I officer.” Judge Albert B. Shipman of Marshall circuit court said the 1 election of judges by popular vote I permits trial iy newspapers. j “Judges, being subject to elec- { tion, do not desire to incure the I enmity of a powerful newspaper 1 and therefore court rooms are { turned into a sort of side show in {important criminal cases,” he said. Other speakers were Judge Milton S. Hastings of Daviess county ' { circuit court, who spoke on the delays in trial courts; Louden L. ■ Bomberger, Hammond; Milo Feightner, Huntington; Bernard Gavitt, dean of the Indiana Uni- '' versity law school; and Justice { William W. Potter of Michigan I (CGNTTNUWD ON PAGE SIX) FEDERAL MEN KILL WOMAN Innocent Mother Is Slain By Department Os Justice Men St. Louis, Mo.. July 14—(U.R) — Department of justice agents who surrounded a house and shouted! “Come on out, John, we've got you,” shot to death the innocent { mother of two small children { when they opened fire last night, it became known today. The woman. Mrs. Dessie Masterson, was shot to death as she slept on the floor of the home she occupied with her husband and two small children. I A strict censorship was ordered at the department of justice offices and queries were answered ■ with “We can't tell you a thing.” Agents refused to say whether they expected to find John Dillinger in the house. Police, however. said the rgfnts expected to { find suspects in the killing of a • state witness at a forthcoming kidnaping trial here. ( Police said federal agents openedi fire “after some shots were fired inside the house." The report, however, said no guns or (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE)

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LARGE DAMAGE DONE BY FIRE FRIDAY NIGHT Three Business Buildings Are Destroyed By Blaze INSURANCE COVERS ONLY PART OF LOSS One of the worst fires in the history of Monroe starting at 11 o’clock Friday’ night (p'tted three of the business houses on the north side ot Main street and damaged several others before it was brought under control by the 1 Decatur and Berne pumper I fire trucks. Total damage was estimated nt -about $15,009. Replacement of ’■ the stocks, furniture, clothing ' and buildings may cost $20,000. ■ The loss was only partially cover- ’ ed by insurance. 1 A list of the buildings damaged ! follow: C. E. Bahner Barber shop, dam- ’' age SIO.OO. The fire did not spread . to this building. J. R. Badder Grocery store, damage by breakage from carrying the stock out from the first 1 floor and carrying out the family's I furniture and clothing from the second floor apartment. Damage probably S4OO. , Otho Lobenslein Funeral Parlor, ’ damaged by smoke, water, and fire. Damage estimated at $3,000 to cask its and stock. The undertaker’s equipment was saved. True “Tabby” Andrews general store, stock, fixtures and equipment, a complete loss from fire. Damage estimated at $2,000. 1 i Buildings housing Otho Loben- ■ I stein Funeral Parlor and the An- ’ i drews store probably a complete ■ loss from fire. Only the walls 1 are standing on the Andrews | store building, owned by the MonI roe State Bank in the process of •' liquidation. Damage estimated at I I $5,000 covered by $3,500 insurance. Hocker Drug store and Hocker 1 apartment completely ruined by fire and smoke. Damage estimated at $1,200 to the Otis Hocker I furniture and clothing, and $2,000 ' to the drug store stock. The Hocker Drug store building I was destroyed by the fire. Damage to it was only partially cover- ’ ed by insurance and will amount to $3,000. Monroe Meat Market stock damaged by fire and water to the extent of SSO. The building owned by J. F. Noble of Bluffton was damaged to the extent of $lO9. Starts In Grocery The fire originated in the Andrews Grocery and General store, about 11 o’clock Friday night. It is believed that it started either ' from an electric refrigerator or defective wiring. The fire was first noticed by Mabel Hocker, daughter of Otis Hocker. She ran down the street and sounded the electric fire whistle. The Monroe chemical truck was rushed to the grocery but was unable to make headway against the blaze. The Decatur, Berne and Bluffton fire departments were notified. Decatur and Berne sent pumpers I but Bluffton was unable to answer { the call because of a city ordin--1 ance which prohibits the fire I trucks from leaving the county. The fact that a large 580 barrel cistern had been built eight years ago by Monroe saved the south side of the town being destroyed by the fire. The Decatur pumper was able to draw water from the cistern j sufficient to stop the spread of | the fire. Two small cisterns (PONTTNT’Ven ON QTX) I 0 Name O’Donnell As Vice-President South Bend, Ind., July 14. —(U.R) —Appointment of the Rev. J. Hugh O’Donnell, C.S.C., Ph.D, president of St. Edwards University, Austin, Texas, as vice president of the University of Notre Dame was announced here last night at the annual issuance of obediences to members of the congregation of Holy Cross. ' Father O'Donnell, former Notre ■ Dame football star, was prefect of ■ discipline at Notre Dame from 1922 to 1930. He served as president at St. Edwards since 1931. The Rev. Joseph McGuire, pastor { of St. Patrick’s church, South Bend, was appointed to succeed Father O’Donnell at St. Edwards.