Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 32, Number 168, Decatur, Adams County, 16 July 1934 — Page 1

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■lice seek Elocdhounds I TO HUNT BOY 'Ply Islres Os (’lues Prove Os 'Kittle Aid In Search | For Lad Kung man held ; I IOR EXTORTION <K,W Yelk, .lulv 16 <U.R) -1 t‘>r bloodllOUllds ■Rid in th'' search for 21'lnwiths ol<l Bobbv Connor for ■> nivsterious m ddl'T presi nee in the case |ij* t-ed 'ears that the child E|S |pvn kidnaped, was sent York state police j runs last night drenched I I Jwooded area surrounding the [ I cM ’ Hartsdale Manor home but believed there still reI mji ed suffiei'-nt scent for welld<*s ,n follow. The hoy last Thursday night, and Mrs. Herbert I Let lan called upon the child's I |ir- >ts. Mr tnd Mrs. Charles H I Car-' assure them that every

:e resource of the state was g thrown into the search. i in the unsolved mystery of Lindbergh baby, scores of s poured in to police head■ters but none proved of, lequence. The mysterious Iler police said they were iing was seen in Hartsdale lor Thursday. Several house>s said they were frightened his mutterings of "ether pills le and royalty.” slice said the peddler appary was near the Connor home ftlv before the child dlsao-' red from a deserted road 15<>t from his home. apt. Christopher Kcmmler, in* rte of state police, revealed only one ransom demand had I i received. He said it demand 150 and was written by Ber-1 d Seidenbcrg. 19, a former i* usher. Seldenberg was ar-! cd and was to be arraigned i r the Lindbergh kidnaping todav. Police said they werel tinned h» had no connection 1 1 the child’s disappearance' merely had seized upon an! ortunity to capitalize on the d's disappearance. rs Richard H. Murphy, the 8 maternal grandmother, it<p d io a belief the child was fd by a hit-skip driver and his F secreted. freshment Stand At Softball Diamond ‘ refreshment stand has been, on the new city lot in the ■h part of town near the softliamonds. The proceeds of the I " d ’Till be turned over to the' 00l athletic fund to be used In moving ana beautifying the ■III rnos Ketchum will be in charge the ® tand - The usual refreshes will be soli during soft-ball les. HHT DIES THIS MORNING — I ' nOf Mr. And Mrs. Hans “runs Dies At Fort " ayne Hospital °snn A . lbert Bruns - four months • arM>M « Han» Bruns j ck tb! rt Wayne ’ died a ‘ io o’-1 until? m ° rili “K at th e Lutheran ,tn u ° rt Wayoe- Death wae 'h» ? ‘ruction of the bowels.! ur,d a y had ' been 111 ®«nce| mi tkl y 1 a , nd Was remove <i to the | J 41 ,ht ’ morning. tJruVrv 1 ■u Wa ,l bOrn In Decatur on ns ana n th 8 year ’ a son of Ing h d ?a e ma Raker Bruna ' Surv? 8 ?® 8 ‘he parents, are a miMr^ at home ’ and the ‘Ma enta, Mr and Mrs H n v r , u and Mr. Dy Ma ’ Hienrich Brune of Ger-. ‘2 SerViCM wtU be held afternoon at 2 o’clock ld» lnT* o ßnd bnrlal wlll ,be 2 Peters Lutheran rhfi tedy Win o h “ townsh,p ’ H J be remove d to the tur T * bome on Route 8, De'l Zw- y mornill 8 from the “ Z»wk Funeral home.

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RIGHT OF WAYS MAY BE EXEMPT State Highway Head Says Lands May Be Ruled Tax Free Indianapolis, July 16. — (U.R) — Lands acquired for the widening or relocation of state highways may be exempt from taxes under Indiana law, James D. Adams, chairman of the highway commission said today. Adams replied to many queries which he has received from land owners throughout the state. The question of payment of taxes on land taken for highway use is encountered dally by right-of-way agents, he said. The majority of the land acquired by the highway commission is by easement rather than by deed, Adams said. The easements provide that the land so designated is for highway purposes and reverts to the owner when it is no longer used for that purpose. In some cases where the owner prefers, the land is secured through deeds, but such cases are tew. Adams said. o Man Shoots Three In Fit Os Anger

Muncie July 16— (UP)— Earl Simmerman, 35, Eaton, a victim of epilepsy, was held on a charge of assault and battery to.ay pending outcome of wounds he inflicted on three persons yesterday when angered because a member of his family turned off the radio. The victims, Jacoib Simmerman, 70, his father; Ralph D. Simmerman, 25, his brother, and Lorie Haynes. 32, a neighbor were brought to Ball Memorial Hospital here. HoSpHal attaches aaid Ralph SimniarwiTi Ln critical condition. The father suffered only slight cuts on the jaw and arm. Ralph and Haynes were shot in the legs by a 12 gauge shotgun. CLUB LEADERS HOLD MEETING Home Economics Clubs Plan For Exhibit During 4-H Club Fair A meeting of the Home Economics leaders and presidents was held Friday at the home of Mrs. E. W. Busche, county home economics chairman, for the purpose of organizing the home economics program and exhibit, which will be held in connection with the 4-H Club fair at Berne August 9. 10 and 11. The clubs represented at the meeting were as follows: Monroe Better Homes, Union, Berne. St. Mary’s, Kirkland, Decatur, and the Blue Creek Friendship Village. Mrs. Helen E. Mann, committee chairman of the Home Economics club and county 4-H club agent, read the requirements for the exhibit. These were established as follows: Each club is to exhibit three cakes of home made soap made by one lady or three different ladies. A children's dress revue will be held in two classes, new and made-over. Three dresses for women’s dress revue and three for wall exhibit are required, but as many more as desired may be exhibited. The divisions of the dress revue will be as follows: School or sport dress, wool suit, best dress, and party dress. A hat revue will be held of the hats made this year. Each club will put on a special feature. o Class Returns After Outing Seventeen members of the Ever Ready class of the Methodist Sunday School have returned from Webster Lake where they spent a week’s outing. During the week the Rev. H. R. Carson family and husbands and guests of the members visited at the lake. A Sunday School session was conducted at the Methodist cottage Sunday morning and C. L. Walters taught the class. Mrs. Walters Is the teacher of the class and Mrs. R. A. Stuckey le the president. The members also attended the camp meetings at the lake during the week.

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CLAIMS RETURN TO PROHIBITION > Anti-Saloon League Says Drys’ Battle OneThird Won Valparaiso, Ind., July 16. —(U.P>— ■ One year of legal liquor traffic has 1 ' brought such a change In senti- ’ ment that the battle for return of I prohibition is one-third won, L. E. York, superintendent of the Indi- ■ I una Anti Saloon League, told the congregation of the First baptist 1 church here yesterday. 1 He charged that pre-repeal prom1 \ ises of lower taxes, decreased intoxication, no drunkenness and no I crime had not been fulfilled and j outlined the league's five-point program of liquor control to be ofI sered the next state legislature. | "In the campaign for repeal we I were promised many benefits it liquor was legalized," Dr. York I said. "Members of any fair minded » jury would submit an unanimous verdict that these specific promises did not materialize but on the contrary the reverse is true to an extreme degree. "It has been years since we have ’ witnessed such disgraceful scenes ■ and as much debauchery as is now ' visible at the various roadhouses, ‘ night clubs, taverns and restaur- ’ ants." I I Dr. York said that 8.988 retail ‘ I licenses have been issued in Indi- ’ ana for selling beer and there are an equal number of illicit estab- ’ I llshments, making an average of ' almost 200 such places for each ' ! county of the state. 1 1 The Anti-Saloon League's legis- > \ (CONTTNTTED GW PAGE FIVE) DEATH CLAIMS ' ORVILLE LORD r i i Former Decatur Resident Dies This Morning At Fort Wayne r Orville 11. Lord, 41, of Fort ' Wayne, a former resident of Deca- ‘ tur, died at his home, 1620 Jessie 1 street. Fort Wayne, Monday morn--1 ing at 9:15 o'clock of complications. Mr. Lord had been ill for ’ the past two years. Mr. Lord was born and reared 1 in this city, moving to Fort Wayne 18 years ago. He had been em-1 ployed as a winder at the Dudlow factory there until his illness. ' j Surviving are the widow, Mrs. ’ I Nina Lord, a sister of Mrs. Jess '! Leißrun and Mrs. Vida Lammert ' of this city, a son. Dale, daughter 1 Marjory, father. Bert Lord, anil i three sisters, Mrs. Russell Cowan, "Mrs. Jack Jonas and Miss Margaret Lord, and one brother, i Elmer Lord, all of Fort Wayne. Funeral services will be held ■ Wednesday afternoon at 1:30 > o'clock, daylight saving time, at. i the residence. 1620 Jessie street,] i Fort Wayne, with the Rev. Shirey . officiating. Burial will be made ■ in the Decatur cemetery. i The body will be removed to > the home from the S. E. Black, Funeral home Tuesday morning, j

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Seek Flashers At Erie Road Crossing A petition has been filed by the Chicago anJ Erie Railroad company for approval by the Indiana Public ervlce Commission for the installation of flashing highway signal lights at the intersection of the Erie tracks and U. S. highway 224, . several milee west of Decatur. A public hearing for the petition has been set in tne Public Service I Commission room number 401 in the State House at 2 p. m. Thursday August 9, 1934. Under the 1933 staue Adams county will not be required to pay ■ any portion of the Improvement, the expense being born equally by the state highway department and j the Erie Railroad companj. LOCAL RESIDENT DIES SUDDENLY GodfreyNesswald Dropped Dead Late Satururday Afternoon Godfrey Nesswald, 74 year old resident of this city, anJ sexton at the Catholic cemetery for 31 years, died suddenly at his home, 519 Marj shall street Saturday evening at 14:45 o’clock. Death was due Jo heart trouble. ’ Mr. Nesswald had not been ill. He was w’alking about his home when he fell suddenly, suffering the heart attack. Mr. Nesswald was a member of the St. Mary's Catholic church, the Knights of Columbus lodge, the Holy Name Society, and was one of the cemetery trustees. He had been sexton at the Catholic cemetery for 31 years, retiring in recent ] years. Mr. Nesswald was born in Bavaria, Germany on March 23, 1860. 1 When he was 23 years of age he] came to this country, settling In I Decatur where he had spent the re- , ! mainder of his' life. On November ] 20, 1888 he was united in marriage' to Anna Appleman, who survives. The following children also survive: Anthony of Fort Wayne; Sister M. Odelia of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin; Cecelia, Agnes, Christina,] Rose, and Anna, at home. One; grandchild also survives. Funeral arrangements have not been completed. A daughter. Miss Rose Nesswald, together with a party of local people ,i« on a tour of the Western states and relatives here have been unable to notify her of the death of her father. The party Is expected to arrive in this ] city Saturday evening. Funeral services will be held upon Miss Ness- ] wald’s arrival. The body was returned to the Nesswald home from the Yager] Brothers Funeral parlors Sunday, afternoon. o Toledo Dairy Co. Robbed Os $20,000 Toledo, July IS — (UP)— Three] men held up and robbed the Page ! Dairy company, here today and es caped with approximately 320,000.! Henry Page, company president, j fired several shots at the fleeing , bandits, and believed he wounded one. One shot was tired at Page, but he was not hit.

SHOOTS THREE AFTER LOSING 8 Loses Money In Poker • Game; One Reported Critically Hurt ' Bicknell, Ind.. July 16. — (U.R) — ! Three men were suffering from bul- - let wounds today after a poker game at the Bicknell Eagles club. < James Crenshaw, pool room pro- • prietor, fired the shots while craz- , ed with drink, police said. Norman Keith, 25, Bicknell brick mason, was shot through the abi domen and is in critical condition iat a Vincennes hospital. John Madaries, 45, and Kenneth Pinki staff, 24, a pool room employe, were I less seriously wounded. , Madaries was shot in the side and Pinkstaff in the leg. Police said that Cranshaw lost money in a poker game with the I three men. iHe was taken home ’ * *(*OVTT*'t'Er>* ON * PAGE FIVE) -— o Fort Wayne Salesman Is Fatally Injured i] —. — Fort Wayne, Ind.. July 16—-(UP) —lnjuries received early Sunday when his car sideswiped a truck ! four miles west of here on U. S. | road 30, were fatal last night to‘ : Lester C. Sorgen, 29, Fort Wayne ■ salesman. Carl Aller, Columbus, O, driver ] of the truck, his companion, Mrs. Marie Lewis, Dunkirk, Ohio and three other Fort Wayne people who accompanied Sorgen, were treated ] for minor hurts. .I o — YOUTH KILLED DURING HOLDUP Three Companions Are Under Arrest For Attempted Robbery Terre Haute, Ind., July 16. —(U.R) —Glen Anderson, 21, Clinton, was l shot fatally when he attempted to ] rob the White Rose inn north of Terre Haute. His companions, Carl Todd, 18, Clinton, William E. Todd, 21, Terre Haute, and Virgil Polson, 18, Clinton, were arrested and held on charges of robbery. Gerald Hayes, 19, Clinton, also was arrested and held for investigation. He told authorities that he was not with the group when they j attempted the robbery. George Chisler, operator of the ' inn, who shot Anderson, told police that the youths had entered ' the inn Friday night and attempt j ed to take the slot machines. They i found the machines bolted to the ] floor and left, telling Chisler they [ were "only kidding.’’ The group returned Saturday ! night. Chisler salt he sat down in a chair arid invited them to help themselves. But as he sat down he grabbed a revolver hidden in ! the chair and ordered the group | out of the inn. Chisler reported that as the bandits were fleeing he fired two shots. One shot hit Anderson in the back.

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DEATH TOLL IN STATE IS SIX OVER WEEK-END Traffic Accidents, Drownings And Heat Take Six Lives LOGANSPORT MAN DIES OF ATTACK Indianapolis, July 16 — (U.R) —j Traffic accidents, drowning and intense heat caused at least six deaths in Indiana over the week end. Scores of others were injured In traffic accidents as vacationists and week end tourists crowded the highways seeking relief from the heat. Four of the deaths resulted from auto accidents. The victims were: Olga Zevsky, 10, Whiting. W. J. Bailey. 42, Chicago. Mrs. Catherine McGuire, 22, Noblesville. Leslie Sykes. 36, Brldgeort, O. Otto Prill, 28. Chicago, drowned I when seized with cramps while I swimming In Wolf Lake at Ham- | inond. Clayton Powlen, 44. Logansport , contractor, died of heat prostration. Injuries suffered in an accident I a week ago caused the death . f i the Zavesky girl in an Indiana Harbor hospital. Bailey, a Chicago salesman, died in Mercy hospital in Gary of injuries received in a collision four days ago. Mrs. McGuire and Sykes were killed instantly when an automobile driven by Sykes overturned I into a ditch on state road 32. ! northeast of Noblesville. Sykes had been working in Kokomo recently. Five others were injured in the wreck. They were Earl Spray, Tipton; Luella McGuire. 13, Dedric McGuire. 15, Laveta Swank, 17, and Ruby Cass, 21. o DECATUR LADY DIES SATURDAY Mrs. Mary Smith. Lifelong Decatur Resident, Is Dead — Mrs. Mary Bosse Smith, 78, a lifelong resident of Decatur, died Saturday night at 7:15 o’clock at. the home of her daughter, Mrs. Margaret Lose, 229 South Second street. Mrs. Smith had been ill tor the pasF six months from heart trouble , and complications. Mrs. Smith was born November j 25, 1855 and spent her entire life 1 in this community. She was the daughter of Herman and Margaret Holthouse Bosse, who were among the earliest settlers of Adams county. She was united in marriage to: Joseph Smith, who preceded her In death some years ago. One child, Margaret, wife of the late Dr. Frank Lose, was born to the union, and together with four grandchildren, Dick, Phyllis Anne and the twins, Barbara and Tom Lose, sur-1 vived. Besides her immediately family, she is survived by one brother, J. W. Bosse of First street, eight nieces and eight nephews. Two brothers and one sister and the parents are deceased. One brother died in infan'cy, the other was the late Frank Bosse and the sister, Mrs. Catherine Conter. Mrs. Smith was a member of St. Mary's Catholic church, the St. Mary's Sodality, and the Third Order of St. Francis. The body will lie in state at the Lose home on Second street where it may be viewed until time for the funeral, Tuesday morning at nine o'clock at the St. Mary's catholic church. Rev. J. J. Seimetz will official and burial will be made in the Catholic cemetery. Th> body was removed to the Lose home from the Yager Brother funeral parlors Sunday afters noon Voters’ Assembly To Meet Wednesday The voters' assembly of the Zion Lutheran church w4U hold a special meeting at the church WedYieeday evening at 8 o'clock. All voters are specially requested to attend this meeting.

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Two Illinois Policemen Shot Chicago July 16—(UP) —A man and a 19 year old girl were arrested today as suspects in the shooting of two state policemen by a machine gun gang. The shooting, ait first attributed to Dillinger gangsters, later was charged to a gang operating a still discovered near the scene at Des Plaines. The wounded officers, Gilbert Cross. 28. and Fred McAllister. 32, were shot down when they stopped to question a number of men grouped around three cars parked at a dark highway intersection, last night. The gunmen opened fire without warning as the two policemen approached. PROPERTY OF COUNTY SHOWS SOME INCREASE - — Taxable Property Shows Increase From Valuations Made FIGURES GIVEN FOR EACH TAXING UNIT — Taxable property this year in Adams county increased $161,553 over last year according to an abstract of the valuations examined ' and approved by the county board i of tax review. The abstract was completed today in county auditor John W. Tyndall's office. The total valuations were computed from the findings of the township assessors in their canvass of the county this spring. ’ Only personal property was assessed this year. Changes were made in real estate valuations ‘ only where property holders could prove to the state board of tax | commissioners that there was an error or that the valuation of their 1 property this year was not correct. The corrected township asses- ’ sors’ books and the abstract prepared by the auditor will be used as a basis to set tax levies when : the various taxing units meet next month. The final tax levies will be unified by the tax adjust-' meat board which meets the third week in August. The portion of the abstract covering real estate valuations which i are nearly the seme as last year Is: Acres 217,676.01; value of lands $9,072,614; value of Improve-1 ments $3,301,636; value of land and improvements $12,374,250; average value of lands $41.67; average value of lands and improvements $56.84; number of city lots 4,633, value of lots sl, 370.413; value of Improvements $3,094,885; value of lots and improvements $4,465,298. This year there are 3,496 persons assessed for poll taxes as ICOKTTNI’Fn OV PAGE FIVE) O NONE HURT IN TRAIN WRECK Freight Train Derailed Near Bloomington; Cars Destroyed Bloomington, Ind., July 16—<U.R> Nine cars were damaged and three were destroyed by fire yesterday when a northbound Monon freight train was derailed near the Harrodsburg station 11 miles south of here. Damage was estimated at between SB,OOO and SIO,OOO. None of the train crew was injured. Several hoboes were aboard the train at Mitchell but were believed to have hopped off at Bedford. No bodies were found as the wreckage was cleared away. A broken flange on the rear wheels of one of the lead cars was believed by Walter Gebard, Bloomington, engineer, to have caused the accident. The wheel spread the rails and the car left the tracks, pulilng others with it he said. Only the engine and four cars remained on the tracks. As the cars toppled over, gasoline in a tank car was ignited. Three box cars were destroyed by the flames. The train was made up at (Louisville Saturday night and the ~ (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

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20,000 ONION MEN ON STRIKE THIS MORNING Militia Stand By To Maintain Peace In San Francisco OTHER TROUBLES ARE THREATENING San Francisco July 16 —(UP)— To the accompaniment of scattered guerilla warfare and hoodlumism carried on by roving bands of strikers and sympathizers and with 4000 militiamen ready to answer a call to riot duty San Franciaco carried on today despite a paralyzing general strike National guardsmen, mobilized in the city 4,000 strong, during the night, an hour and a half later began moving into the wholesale district where business had been at a standstill since Thursday. They took over production of an area bounded by Sacramento, Sansome, and Jackson streets and the Embarcadero, a district about a half mile square San Francisco’s general strike spread todav as more state troops were rushed into the citv. A lood shortage affecting 1,250.000 persons i in the bay area was threatened. Bv nightfall 6,00 0 guardsmen were expected to ; he on duty and strikers were likely to reach the 60.000mark. Portland faced a general tieup jby Wednesday. Recovery Administrator Hugh S. Johnson, there, blamed the west coast longshoremen’s strike on absence of a shipping code. Houston, Tex., cleared the docks of longshoremen pickets after I three negro strike breakers were killed. New Y’ork labor leaders threatened to call a general shipping } strike. Minneapolis truck drivers prepared to strike tonight, threatening a general tie-up of all foodstuffs. ' Alabama was threatened a strike of approximately 30,000 textile workers who are demanding higher wages. 40.000 Out San Francisco, July 16 —<U.R) — San Francisco’s general strike I became a reality today while ' militia stood by to guard the i peace. At 8 a m. 20,000 union men joined 20,000 already on strike in the San Francisco bay area, completing the paralysis of the city and of much of the nearby area where i live a total of a million and a ; quarter people. No street cars were running. There was no tranportatlon of any kinds. Hundreds of shops were closed —business was in confusion. On the embarcadero 4,000 mili- | tiamen, half of whom had been rushed here during the night In a thrilling 225-mile dash from Morro Bay, Calif., rested on their . arms awaiting a call to duty. The I formal orders, it seemed certain, would be issued by Gov. Frank F. Merriam before night. Meantime public officials — the mayor, the police commissioner and others — issued stirring appeals to the citizenry to “stand by organized government" and promised that the ‘rights and lives of citizens" would be protected. There were indications that as 'CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) * 75 Terre Haute Meat Cutters Back To Work Terre Haute, Ind., July 16. —(U.R) —Seventy-five meat cutters returned to work at the Valentine and A. Rowe & Sons packing plants today. The return followed an agreement between employers and union meat cutters, the first break in the strike which crippled the meat packing industry here nearly four weeks. Recognition of the workers’ union—The Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America —was granted by the Valentine and Rowe plants in their final negotiations with the strikers. The agreement also included the policy of seniority rights and a 5-cent per hour wage increase.