Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 32, Number 180, Decatur, Adams County, 30 July 1934 — Page 1

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feISGO STRIKE |S SETTLED BY ■parley boards Strike ■Settled By Mediation ■' Board Today |LGUARDS RULE f l> KOHLER. WISC. I |By United Press) ■one of America’s major Rrikes was settled today and! ■nther appeared near mediEn In two other contro■V however, agreement Knied distant and martial I K‘w resorted to in an esKt to prevent violence and | Eodshed. ■The west eoat s longshore-! L's strike finally was setEaster 82 days of bloody strife | K workmen will return to the Kks tomorrow. Kedtrai mediators predicted early Keement. meanwhile, in the dls- ■ between 800 livestock handlK and their employers at the Krld's largest livestock market Eer in Chicago. A sympathetic ■ikout of M’i'O butchers and meat Kters appeared to have been ■erted ■National guardsmen maintained Krtial law as the strike of 6,000 ■ck drivers went into its 14th day ■ Minneapolis, federal mediators ■epared a new plan for settls- - ■Pickets walked side by side with and settlement seems dieI, in the strike of 5,000 in the ■del village of Kohler. Wis., home ■ the bathroom fixture plant of | ■mer Governor Walter Jam Kohl-1 ■ Funerals were planned for two j ■led in rioting Friday. I Enforce Peace Kohler. Wis. July 30.-(U.R)—Five fcilred national guardsmen en■rted the peace in America's Edel" industrial village today ■lie 5,000 union workmen prepar■<cnvrixt’Kr> hn page pivk) MT LOANS FOR DISTRICT Rome Owners Loans In I Adams County Total $140,000 ■ The Fort Wayne district offices ■ the Home Owners Loan corpora- , ioi which embraced organizations ■ 17 counties, announced today | ■at 3,302 loans have been complet- ' ■ in the district for a total of $7,-r-K Os this amount 86 loans ■ Atas county total about $l4O,r ■ The 17 counties which are includId In the Fort Wayne district are ■Uen. Elkhart. Grant, Howard, Casa ■untington, Miami. Kosciusko. Debit). Noble, Adams, Wells, Whitley pgrange, Blackford and Steuben. Btephen B. Fleming is district mauI August 16 will mark the end of Be first year's operation by the lonization. During this time in iddition to the number of applications received and granted 1.572 seref ere withdrawn or rejected. I The function of the HObC is not Ply to assist distressed home ownf but by this very act to estabf’i) tonfidence in the hearts of the I’ttage home owner that the home l as a real value. I t has also been an aid to banks | a ridding them of some of their proton" assets. I .<athan Nelson, attorney for the r“ a ® s county organization, pointed pt today that the HOLC Is materL‘ ; ailing those closed banks F l!<il cooperate with the governF®tal procedure. Rudolph Schug, p-lver for the Peoples State Bank P* in the process of liquidation, f 1 rM rive over 16,000 from appliptions already approved. I loans are made in the form L n.s which are issued in aK" t ’ as {23 > SSO, SIOO, SSOO and ksh 1 neven sums are paid In Motorist Killed As Cur Hits Pole kS 0!n0 ’ ' :nd " July 30—(UP)— atcllf T. *5. was killed |tro! nt m t<>:iay when he lost cona Btiiit ' S car “ nd Plunged into ®tai» m Pole six ml l® B west of | tlle - ou State Road 26. I

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Hamilton County Exhibit August 11 The Hamilton county colt show and 4-H club exhibit will be held at Noblesville, Saturday, August 11. I Details for this annual event have I been given special attention and , everything points to the most sueI eeesful show of the kind ever held I In the county. The program committee announces that it is expecting a large crowd of people, therefore it is ■ making special proviaione for food seats, and entertainment. The show of horses will occur on the north side of the public square, while the bands, free acts, and Prairie Farmer entertainment will be on adpacent grounds. OSSIAN YOUTH KILLED IN DIVE — Samuel IL Johnston, Masonic Officer, Dies Sunday Samuel H. Johnston. 25, of Ossian died Sunday morning in the Lutheran hospital Fort Wayne of a spinal injury suffered Thursday afternoon when he dived into shallow water while swimming with friends in the Rupright gravel pit at Ossian. The young man. who was past | master at the Masonic lodge of Ossian, was said to be the youngest man to have that honor In the state of Indiana. .He was the son of Mr. and Mrs Rem A. Johnson Sr., widely known residents of Ossian where he had resided all his life. He is survived by his parents and a brother and sister, Rem A. Johnston, Jr., of ■ Bluffton and Miss Mary Johnston ! of Philadelphia, Pa. The young man was graduated 1 from Ossian high school and studied at DePauw University. He was a member'” S'AKe Presbyterian church. ■He was saved from drowning at the time of the accident by Herbert Pensinger, 11, sou ut Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Pensinger of Ossian, who pulled him from the water and I summoned assistance. Funeral services are to be held ! at 10 a. m. Tuesday at the family | home, with Rev. Frank H. Baker of I 1 Anderson officiating. There will be , I Masonic rites. Burial will be in Os-. ! elan cemetery. I iDr. Walter E. Kruse, deputy Al-1 ; len county coroner, said after an investigation that death was due to a severance of the spinal cord caused by the dislocation of three vertebrae. He said the verdict i would be accidental death. ______o Evelyn Miller Is Appointed Miss Evelyn Miller today releeivI e.l her permanent appoinment from I Washington as stenographer and i secretary for the Decatur Homesteads. Inc.. Miss Miller has been working for a month on a temporary appointment. COLONY MOURNS MARIE DRESSIER Hollywood Mourns Passing Os Most Popular Film Actress Hollywood, Calif.. July 30 — \U.R> —lts traditional gaiety shadowed by death of Marie Dressier. Hollywood mourned passing of the beloved actress today while her body I lay in a secluded flower-filled room awaiting simple services tomorrow morning. Countless messages, pouring in from all parts of the country, were mute evidences of a nation's love for the popular “ugly ducklin" who found that fame began at 60. The grand old lady of the stage and screen died late Saturday at 65 In the seclusion of a Santa Bar bara estate. Active until recent weeks, she learned three years ago cancer would eventually bring death. But the end was not hard. Dr. Franklin R. Nuzum, her physician, revealed she had been In a coma for 20 days. There were no last words, he said. A few close friends at her side wept, but she did not hear. Funeral services will be private. Even if the actress had not requested this, her associates would not have allowed public rites. They ' QN PAGE FIVE)

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ACCIDENTS IN INDIANA TAKE 13 DEATH TOLL At Least 13 Killed And A Score Os Others Are Injured AUTO ACCIDENTS CAUSE OF DEATHS By United Press At least 13 persons were dead and a score of others were seriously injured today as a result of week end accidents. Automobile accidents were fatal to nine persons. Another died cf I injuries received when he was struck by a train. Mrs. Fred Roth. 35, and Mrs. ’ George Poling, 36, both of Convoy. O , were killed when the auto in , which they were riding was struck by a traction car near Auburn. I Both husbands of the victims were Injured and taken to a hospital. A five-year old daughter of i the Polings also w-as hurt. Oscar Markowitz. 23, of Blooklyn, N. Y„ died of injuries received early Saturday by an automobile accident on U. S. road 20. ' Three other men were killed in the same accident. Nathan Markowitz, Rocco Pirrotta and an unidentified man. At Marlon, Mrs. Dayton Martin, ; 52, was injured fatally in an automobile collision at a downtown Intersection. Elwood Rich, of near Huntington. driver of the other car, was held on a charge : of Involuntary manslaughter. David Fitzgibbon of Brow-ns-town died of injuries received in an auto accident near Seymour. Hurt seriously in the accident, ,he suffered additional injuries when the ambulance collided with a truck while taking Utu* U—ahospital. James Patterson, 55, Walton, died of burns suffered Thursday when h? attemtefl to rescue i(v>vnNl’Ei> nv PAGE PIVTCI FORMER COUNTY RESIDENT DIES Mrs. Dora Dee Kidd Dies At Home Os Son In Preble I Mrs. Dora Dee Kidd. 74, of Ply- | I mouth, and a former resident of; Adams county died Sunday mornIng at 6:20 o'clock at the home of her son. Milton Hoffman at Preble. Death was due to complications. i Mrs. Kidd had gone to the Hoffman home on June 6 to visit and i became ill. She was bedfast for three weeks. She was born at Jeromeville, I Ashland county, Ohio, on April 4. 1860 a daughter of John and Rebecca Ernst. Her first marriage I was to Lewis D. Hoffman on Jan- | vary 6, 1880 and four children were ! born to the union, two of whom died in infancy. The surviving children by this marriage are Ervin Hoffman of Fort Wayne and Milton Hoffman of PrebleFollowing the death of Mr. Hoffman, she married Ambrose Hilyard on January 18, 1890 and one son, Milo Hilyard. of Chicago, was born. Her marriage to Milton Kidd took place October 28, 1901. A son died in infancy, and a daughter. Esther of Sagola, Michigan. survives. Mr. Kidd preceded bis wife in death on June 3 of last year. Mrs. Kidd resided in Adams I county for a number of years. She was converted at the Antioch church, later joining the Methodist church at Plymouth. In 1911 she moved to Louisiana and in I 1915 wen* to Marshall county, re-j siding at Plymouth. One sister. Mrs. Joe Drum, of, <rnK’r nv pag-fi — -o Filling Station Robber Confesses Bloomington, Ind., July 30 —<U.R) ( Robbery of a filling station at | Amity was believed solved today! wi*h the confession of Harvey. Foust. 32, Indianapolis, which im-, plicated two others. Marvin Roa?h, 27. and Chester Carson. 22. both of Indianapolis, j were named by Foust as his accomplices. A fourth member of the gang, unidentified, escaped.

Decatur, Indiana, Monday, July 30, 1934.

Fliers Leap to Safety I " ’ I iiL a' a 1• ’ ' *** / e : As Fw Capt. A. W. Stevens (left) and Maj. William E. Kepner, two of the three daring army aviators, whose exploration of the stratosphere was I cut short at approximately eleven miles by a damaged balloon.

SECOND WHEAT PAYMENT SOON Indiana Growers To Receive $585,000 As Second Payment Indiana farmers who are filing : certificates of compliance on their wheat adjustment contracts will receive $585,000 as the second ' payment, it is estimated by the ■ agricultural adjustment administration. A total of $1,289,057 on 24,141 | contracts that have been approved J in Indiana has been paid as the i firs: installment on the 1933 crop ! and mailing of checks on the sec j ond payment will proceed rapidly. ! It is estimated that Hoosier wheat adjustment contract signers will receive a total of $1,874,057. The second installment payment | is to be made at the rate of nine I cents per bushel. From this, each * producer’s pro rata share of the ' expenses incurred by the local : production control association is deductible. Completion of the disbursement of the more than $30,000,000 for second installment payj ments will raise the total wheat benefit payments for the entire country to approximately $98,000,000, as $67,073,7*8 had already been placed in growers' hands by July 1. The w-heat program for the 193435 crop year is planned upon the same basis as the one just completed. The benefit payments have been announced as 29 cents per allotted bushel, the processing tax for the present remains the same, and the amount of the reduction will not be more than 15 'rtnNTTNl’Kn ON PSGE FIVE)

Outlaw's Father, Other Members Os Family Make Stage Appearance

Indianapolis, July 30. — (U.PJ — Showing unusual stage presence for amateurs, members of John Dillinger’s family today opened the second day of a week's engagement at a downtown theater. The act includes the notorious outlaw's father, John Dillinger, Sr., his sister, Mrs. Audrey Hancock, his brother-in-law, Emmett HanI cock, and hfs half-brother, Hubert Dillinger. From the personal appearance, the father hopes to earn enough money to pay his son's funeral ex- ' penses. In the six performances yesterday the audience appeared sympathetic but not overly enthusiastic. A professional entertainer asked the family questions. “Wad John’s death a terrible shock to you, Mr. Dillinger?" the father was asked. “It was,” he replied, “but I'd been expecting it of course. I don't like the way it happened." Incidents of John’s visit to the family home at Mooresville April ' 5 were recited to the audience. "I didn't know that John was

Prison Uniform Found In Bushes ! Indianapolis, July 30 — (U.R) -' A prison uniform believed abandoned be one of five convicts who escaped from the state prison last week was found in some bushes near a farm on toe Rockville road w-est of here, it was disclosed today. City po'ice took charge of the . uniform but refused to discuss the. matter. The es'-aped prisoners are 1 Maurice O'Flaherty, William C. 1 Jay. Joe Burnett, Kenneth Rogers, ' and I,ouis Crail, all of whom were ■ serving terms for robbery. RUMOR CHANGE IN PERSONNEL Rumors Os Shakeup At ) I Indiana State Prison Are Prevalent — Indianapolis July 30 —(UP) —Despite denials that a major shakeup in personnel of the Indiana state . prison will result from the escape of five convicts last week, rumors persisted at the state house today that a penal expert may succeed Warden Lewis E. Kunkel. The penologist, it was reported will be recommended 'by warden Lewis E. Lawes of Sing Sing and Sanford Bates, director of the federal bureau of prisons. They now are engaged w-ith other nationally known penologists in conducting a survey of Indiana prisons and correctional institutions. The investigating commission will make recommendations w-hich 'prtNTrNTnen -"*n page two>

home until April 6," Hubert said. , ' “Father took me by the arm and said he had a surprise for me. We : went into the kitchen but I saw ( nothing. . 1 “John said 'boo' and stepped from ( behind the door. He acted just t like he always did." t Mrs. Hancock said she didn’t ] know John was at the farm until j April 7. : "He was lying on a couch read- \ Inga magazine,” she said. i “I was so happy. I went right j home and baked some cocoanut « pies. John was so fond of them." e The elder Dillinger appeared in i his shirt sleeves on the stage. He wore a new pair of suspenders and £ his hair was slicked down. i He drew applause from the audi-! ( ences when he told of an offer of ; SIO,OOO he had declined for his. ( son’s body. c ‘There isn't enough money in the £ world to buy John’s body," he said. emphatically. ! i Noticeable was the family’s sud-! £ ' den change of attitude toward i t , * ’continued ON PAGE TWO) ‘

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NEW FLIGHT TO STRATOSPHERE IS CONSIDERED ■ I Huge Balloon Crashes From A Heighth Os 60,000 Feet THREE MEN LANDED SAFELY IN CHUTES: Kearney, Neb.. July 30 —<U.R>— Still hopeful they may have added to science’s archives, undaunted by their failure to establish a newrecord for height, the crew of the ; wrecked stratosphere balloon explorer wree puzzling today over possibility of another attempt —j the sooner the better. Believed intact was a specto- i graph, cast off from the gondola of the balloon on a small para- > chute during the downward plunge of the great bag. The crew—Maj. William E. Kepner, pilot; Capt. Albert W. Stevens, observer, and Capt. Orville A. Anderson, co-pilot — believed one, and possibly two, other instru- . ments, salvaged from the wreck of the gondola, might be intact. The crew spent last night here, 35 miles from where their balloon | crashed. Majority of their salvaged instruments were brought here by national guardsmen. Main thought of the trio was i whether another flight would be sponsored soon. They agreed it would be several days—perhaps weeks — before results of their flight could be de termined by examination of what instruments survived the unscheduled drop from 60,(X)0 feet. One thing was certain—they all were grateful to the ’chutes which functioned perfectly when they i jumped at heights from 2,000 feet ‘ to 500 feet. Hope For Flight Washington. July 30 —<U.R) —The National Geographic Society, cosponsor with the army of Saturdya’s ill-fated voyage into the stratosphere, hopes to back another stratosphere expedition, of | ficials indicated today. Plans for another attempt to better the world's altitude mark are vague so far and it is expected nothing will be done definitely until scientists make a thorough study of the wreckage of the balloon which ripped while at an < mv'Ti vT’Tim nv ha aw «stx) Indianapolis Men Held For Thefts Kokomo, Ind., July 30 —<U.R) — Orville Snyder. 22, and Raymond Moon, 38, both of Indianapolis, were held here today following i their confession of the theft of , two automobiles, chickens ami church property and the holdup of a local filling station. < They were arrested in an automobile police said was stolen in Goshen and used in an oil station holdup here July 13. MRS.VOTAWIS j DEATH’S VICTIM Msr. Doris Votaw Died At Local Hospital Sunday Morning 'Mrs. Cona Votaw, 46, of w-est of , Geneva, died Sunday moining at j 9 o'clock at the Adamjs county , memorial hospital. Death was ,caus- j ed Iby tumor. Mrs. Votaw was ) brought to the local hospital for an ] operation for the removal of the ] tumor but her condition became critical before the operation could be performed. Mrs. Votaw was born ill Jeffer- - son township on April 6, 1888. She was a daughter of Charles and Al-! meta Duer. She was married twice. Her first marriage was to Frank ( Stump, from whom she was divorc- i ed. Her second arriage was to Dorie ] Votaw. 11 'Surviving ibeeides the husband | and mothe-r are the following child- j ren: Charles Stump and Mrs. Hilda ( Crabtree of Fort Recovery, Ohio; < Mrs. Rose Baker of Cincinnati, t Ohio; Walter and Michael Stump i of Bryant. Five brothers and sisters < also survive. Fhineral services will be held i Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’clock < at the Geneva Methodist Episcopal < church. Burial will be in the River, 1 side cemetery. <

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Production At G. E. Increases Productio nat the Decatur works of the General Electric company is steadily increasing, E. W. Lankenau, superintendent, announced today. About 250 persons are now employed at the factory. Several new employes will be hired this week, Mr. Lankenau stated. WHEATCONTROL HEADS CHOSEN Community Chairmen Elected; County Committee Named The Adams county wheat control association held elections Friday night, July 27, and the following men were chosen in the various communities: Preble-Kirkland, James D.Brown chairman, Charlie Neurge and Fred Adler; Root-Wash-ington. E. W. Busche, chairman, Frank Braun and Winfred Gerke; Union-St. Marys, John W. Blakey, chairman. Walter Whittenberger, Howard Mauller; Hartford, Wabash and Jefferson, Ralph S. Myers. chalrmaA, Reuben R. Romey and John D. Mason; French, Monroe, Blue Creek, Edwin Neuhauser, chairman, Jacob J. Kauffman and Sam E. Kaelir. The chairmen met in the county agent's office on Saturday night, July 28, and the following men were elected to the county committee: E. W. Busche, president; James D. Brown, vice-president; Ralph S. Myers, secretary, and John W. Blakey, treasurer. Ralph S. Myers and John W. Blakey were elected to serve with E. W. Busche on the allotment committee. They also set up the budget which totals $Bl5 for the ensuing year at the rate of two cents a bushel. It is uot anticipated that the ex--1 penses will be as heavy for the coming year as for the past year, and any unexpended balance on the budget will be pro-rated to the growers with the last check on this contract. JAMES M. RICE DIESSUNDAY Well Known Decatur Resident Dies After Long Illness James M. Rice, 80-year-old resident of Decatur, died at his home, 219 North Seventh street, Sunday evening at 5 o’clock following a several month's illness. Death was due to complications. Mr. Rice had been ailing since January. Mr. Rice was the proprietor of one of the first livery stables in Decatur and was a well known horse dealer. He was associated with Dan Railing in the livery business, known as Railing and Rice. He bought horses for Beery Brothers and also worked independently as a horse dealer- Abe Boch, Dan Beery and Mr. Rice organized the Decatur Horse Sale company here. Mr. Rice conducted livery stables on North First street and on Jefferson street for a number of years, retiring from the business with the advent of the automobile. He was a lover of horses and was considered one of the best judges of horse flesh in this part of the country. Mr. Rice was born in Root township, January 29, 1854, and spent his entire life in Adams county. He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Rice. He was united in marriage to Mary Kern who preceded him in death two years ago. Mr. Rice was a member of the local "(CONTTNT’Fn ON PAGE SIX) Fourth Accident Victim Is Dead Columbia City, Ind., July 30. — (U.R) — Oscar Markowitz, 23, the fourth victim of a head-on ‘automobile collision on U. S. road 30 near here Saturday died in a hospital here yesterday. Others killed were Nathan Markowitz, 62, Brooklyn, N. Y„ his father; Rocco Plrotta, 32, Bronz, N. Y., and an unidentified man whose name is believed to be Rosenthal, of Brooklyn. The only survivor of the crash is Tom Stevens, Baltimore, Md., son of John F. Stevens, vice-president of the Batlimore & Ohio railroad. His condition is reported improved.

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NAZI REVOLTS BEING CRUSHED BY GOVERNMENT r Kurt Schuschnigg Is Named Chancellor Os New Government I MILITARY TRIAL STARTED TODAY By United Press i A new cabinet, headed toward fascism and monarchism, look over today in Austria. , , The Nazis were crushed i and except for scattered vioi lence fighting virtually had ; ceased all over the country. » Military trial of arrested . Nazis with many hangings s possible, started today. Total casualties were estimated ,! at from 200 to 250 dead and more ; than 1.000 wounded. , I A serious International problem existed over Germany’s nominai Hon of Vice-chancellor Franz von Papen as special minister to Aus--1 tria. France and Italy were re- , i ported to be urging Austria not to accept von Papen unless Geri; many gives guarantees against i Nazi interference in Austria. . Berlin was perturbed and annoyi ey by Austria's hesitation. Confesses Murder r Vienna. July 30—(U.R> —The new ’ fascist and monarchially-lncllned I government headed by Chancellor ? Kurt Schuschnigg mopped up today on the remains of Nazi oppo- ! sition. I One group of Nazis, defying the government's stern drive, made a bo’d raid on the Ranci clinic in s an effort to rescue Anton von Rintelen, former envoy to Italy, held as suspected leader of the plot to ncoasstnate Chancellor Engelbert e Dollfuss. ’: Rintelen shot himself in the e lung when arrested and is in a ‘ serious condition at the hospital. 3 Forty Nazis, armed, forced their way into the building and tried to ; get Rintelen from his bed. , A nurse gave the alarm and police responded. The Nazis were routed and several were arrested, 1 although most of them escaped. Those arrested said they wanted (mVTTVT'W nv n Artis OTX) o—_ , ■ r Three Aviators Killed In Crash San Jose, Cal., July 30 —(UP)— . Department of commerce inspectors today investigated the plane , crash In which three San Jose men j lost their lives Saturday. j ‘ Those killed when a biplane own- > ed by the San Jose flying cluh crashed from 600 feet were Arthur [ La Odriere 27, pilot; Stephen Berti ! 21; and Milo Griiflfith, 39. i Frank Orell, who saw ‘he accii dent said I.a Odriere apparently - tried a “wing over" which turned . into a spin. SUSPECT HELD : FOR SLAYINGS ! Steel Worker Is Suspected Os Killing Three From Ambush Steubenville, 0.. July 30 —<U.R) — ■\ A 49-year-old steel worker, sus- ■ i pected of being the “phantom • killer" who slew three men and I wounded another from ambush, was held in Jefferson county jail i under heavy guard today. D'Agasani, police said, had refused to admit any connection with the shootings, muttering "I don’t know” to most of the ques- [ ions. He was arrested as he sought _ to steal back into the steel mills 5 after he had gone off duty shortly . after midnight Sunday. ) The revolver was found in a . holster strapped to his body, and a bag of extra shells also was . found in his clothing, police said. Authorities, searching the man's room, said they found several , newspaper clippings giving details of the mill murders. He was David D’Acasanl, ar- , rested in the Wheeling Steel j Corp., plant early Sunday after t one of the greatest manhunts in this region. Police said he had in his possession a .38-calibre revoI(CONTINUED* ON*PAGE Vive)*