Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 32, Number 190, Decatur, Adams County, 10 August 1934 — Page 1

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■LING HEAT ■CONTINUES TO I blast nation Lrnir. nl I a|>hK PreWj ld \o Immediate ■ Relief In Sight <torm ■ i U |> 11 >i r 11\ es ' '0 —U.R>—The ■Lent >i (culture today |H F r.e*3 .1 C ' OP ° nly 'MOOD i ,1S a rest *n of ■'.. r.iv.uf’’- The forecast |K, . smallest since ■ght damage is K,.! t, 'act that the depart st (action estimate |H . paced tne crop at 2,113.Last year. 2.344.- ■, ;v . :■■ ■ " “ harvested. * l, |H|h' heal 111 -'l' ’• " 1,11 "l- ■., . isilv lo<l a v ~ ■J.iH'ii <" ” > m lies ul side. A « hili' J, IP •' li nn .1 cloihlK s s|,\. tik iil lives anti Kr; • ■ i mtv degree Bi. ■ rat pl - xl •• ''ls. seantiu ii' in "'s and instrn- . ntl.-ss con nf Hi- tiagcdy. Me ...... f.dl, but only M ~ who standi - . ’ |"i ll ul S 3 an .. In almost demonfaan, . mnls opened ,n r Morrison. Colo.. ■l Diehl, riikin. at least font H.. '""I dainar... ■l.p,- i man in Texas er.- jured Io of a ba .dit.it before a ■y damaain : ,,f ill- nation's history unal i'. i w airs danced ■joXTiM X PAGE PTE) loPES OF NAZI I PARTY DASHED ■ustrian Nazis In Exile ■ Ordered To Disband I Camp In Germany ■ Muni. Il It. ' .my. \ug 10- ll'l’l ■ Exiled Apmii" Nazis. whose ■ttpes fur pou.-i in Austria were ■nasiiel (by failure of the recent ■wsih." n< ■ .1 a stunning set- ■>... today win n German author■its ordered t i«ir stornt troopers ■ amped in this district to dis- ■»<!. ■ Evacuation of the camps, which ■e in close proximity to the Aus■ian border, began at once. ■ The dirfbamlimmt order was gen■»Hy ai-repi. | ; ls another attenupt ■ heal strain. d relations between ■rniatiy and Austria over Nazi ■ ■ The exact number of Austrians ■longing to the organization was ■ver determine.l, but it was estiyMXl that between 15,000 and 20.■h legionnair. s were housed in ■nips along the Austrio-OVaarian ■order. ■ h was expected in Munich that Austrian government, in a pol ■7 of ■ onciliat ion, would soon pro■iaim a far-reaching amnesty, per Hitting them to return to Austria, ltd that it might engage in relief ’obi to aid some during repatriates. Dissolution of the Austrian Nazi Wys executive council was made evident to outsiders today when lt,! offices near the Brown House Here vacated, and furniture was crated. At the same time, all Nazi propaRhda sheets ceased publication, an ' printed material destined for dispatch to Austria failed to appear. • Q * hemistry .Teacher Talks To Rotarians ft A. Adams, chemistry teacher ft* the Decatur high school, gave * n interesting talk at the Rotary laßt evening. Mr. Adams <*<ed the history of the science mentioned some of the impor--7' dtecoveriets in the laborator- " E Worthman, superintendent 8«hools was chairman of the meeting.

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I # Comparison Shows Local Grain Prices Higher Than in 1933 ♦ ♦ Grains 1933 1934 I No. 1 New Wheat, I 60 lbs. or bettet | ,s:i : ,»7 No. 2 New W’heat, 58 lbs. or better. 82 .98 '(till Oats .33 .45 ’I New Oats 31 .43 White or Mixed Corn . .70 .95 flood Yellow Corn . .75 1.00 Livestock 1933 1934 250 to 300 lbs 4.15 5.20 J 200 to 250 lbs. 1.35 5.10 > 1300 to 350 lbs. 4.00 5.05 I 160 to 200 lbs. .... 4.95 j S 140 to 160 lbs. 4.00 3.85 I I 120 to 140 lbs. 3.00 3.10 f 100 to 120 lbs. 2.70 260 f Roughs . 3.00 3.00 t Stags i. 50 i.m SILVER ORDER IS HAILED BY INFLATIONISTS — $100,000,000 In New Silver Certificates Will i Be Printed SEEN AS STEP TO SOUND CURRENCY I Washington. Aug. 10-(VP) —Na,l tionalization of silver today .sent inflationists and hard money advoj cates into bitter controvei'ey as to whether R constituted inflation. 1 1 Th- government made ready to . print $100,000,000 in silver certifi- ’ i cates a» quickly as possible. President Roosevelt’s proclama--11 Uion and exec utive order seizing all •! domestic silver, except newly mini: ed, within 90 days will mean ieeuan.e us $100,000,000 in new silver : - <‘«rt.Hicates rapidly “aS the presses’ i tan turn them out” secretary of treasury Henry Morgenthau, Jr., . said. | The congressional inflation bloc ’ headed Gy Sen. Elmer I). Thomas, I O„ Okla., hailed the seizure as a i boon for fanners from the stand- j point that it will be easier for them ; to pay off their debts and the making of silver as a "primary” money i with gold. Hard money advocates, however, I i pointed out that issuance of SIOO,- ! ’(00,000 in new silver certificates is a mere drop in the bucket" compared to the nearly half billion dollars I in notes now’ in circulation. Morgenthau would not enter the , controversy, explaining that the ( “treasury prefers to work, on a day ( i to day basis and intends to continue I its present policies of silver certificate issuance,” i i Officials estimate that there are ■ approximately 200,000.000 ounces of I silver subject to the order in which i : the price was placed at 50.01 cents l per fine troy ounce. The treasury's policy is'to issue ■ silver certificates at the cost, hold- , (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) i’ — 0 ABDUCTED MAN IS FOUND SAFE 1 Wealthy California Rancher Found In Palm Springs Hotel ’ i Palm Springs. Cal., Aug. 10. — (U,F>>— Terrorized by two men who ; abducted him from a bos Angeles > . hotel, and told him not "to show 1 1 your head before five o’clock this ! ’ morning,” J. C. Kubic, 40, wealthy , 1 citrus rancher of Edon, was found in a fashionable hotel early tbday. 51 The rancher was rescued by ! Riverside’ county deputy sheriffs i who are seeking Ruble’s two abduc- ’ i tors, one of whom he described as r being 25 years old, short, and blaek- ■ i haired. Kubic said he never saw ■ the other. Deputies from Hndio, Calif., inI formed that Kubic was in the hotel room, raided it and found Kubir I sitting in darkness, with the doors r'and windows tightly barred He i nearly was overcome from fright *, and heat. According to Kubic, he was ac- "; costed on a Los Angeles street yesterday and menaced with a gun. He was given certain definite orders regarding his action during subsequent hours, and later was again 1 accosted by two men, tills time in * (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)

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WOMAN KILLER I IS EXECUTED IN NEW YORK Mrs. Anna Antonio Pays With Iler Life For Hus- | hand's Murder TWO ACCOMPLICES ALSO ELECTROCUTED Sing Sing Prison, Ossining, N. Y„ Aug. lb. <U.R) A frail 29-year-old woman said goodbye to her canary, walked steadily down a corridor. , and permitted herself to be strapp-1 ;ed into a chair. A moment later the state of New York fulfilled its function of exacting a life for a life, except that last night it exacted three lives for one. I After Mrs. Anna Antonio died the ! two men she hired to murder her I busband followed her into eternity. Warden Lewis E. Lawes went from the death chamber to his ofi tice and into an open telephone 1 said: I "It’s all over.” Tlie telephone line led into the i (executive mansion at Albany, 125 j miles up the river. Governor Her-1 bert H Lehman said. “Thank you,” ' ' and went off to bed. satisfied that i lie had performed his duty to the state of New York as he saw it. j Until the very last minute Leh-' man waited at the telephone on the possibility something might hap-, pen to justify a new reprieve to his official conscience. He had wrestled with that official conscience because to him it was "distressing" for the state to execute a woman who also happened to be i the mother of three children. The law made no distinction betwe«<i sexes, he said in a formal statement; therefore, he, as an of-! fleer of the state, could not make I the distinction of commuting her; sentence to life for no other reason than her sex. Only 12 hours before she died, ’ Mrs. Antonio was having hysterics. But as her time approached and it fWNTINUED* ON PAGE TWO)’ MARY STEELE ; ' DIESTODAY I Well Known Decatur Woman Dies This Morning Os Pneumonia Mrs. Mary E. Steele, 79. a resident of Decatur .for the past 50 years, died at the Adams County | Memorial Hospital at 10 o’clock this morning following a seven week's illness. She resided at 362 South Third street. "Death was due to pneumonia, fol-! ■ lowing an operation for the remo-1 I val of Mrs. Steele’s left leg. Mrs. | Steele suffered gangrene in the left foot and the leg was amputated 1 above the knee. I Mrs. Steele was born in Montpe- | lier, Ohio, on November 19. 1854. I She was a daughter of Mr. and >Mrs. 1 .1. F. Barnhart. She was united in ; marriage to J. H. Steele who pre-; ceded her in death 20 yeans ago. Surviving are two sons, Morris | j of Decatur and Frank of California. I I A son, Jesse is deceased. One bro-' ther and a sister also survive: Hen- i |ry Barnhart of Monon, and Mrs. [ Hattie Case of Montpelier, Ohio. Mrs. Steele was a member of the local Presbyterian church. Funi eral services will be held at the I I S. E. Bia k funeral Home on Ad-1 ams street Monday afternoon at I 2 o’clock. Rev. G. O. Walton will I i officiate and burial will be in the [ De-atur cemetery. The body will remain at the | Black funeral home. The casket will remain closed. o FERA Payroll For Week Is $574.30 The 66 men and two women on ; the FERA payroll will receive $538.30 this week. The four men on non- j relief projec ts will receive $36 for i the same period. The men and women are divided over six projects this week. One, the washing of the light globes In the city will be completed The projects are: Homesteads, 40 relief and four uon-relief men; South Ward Athletic field, five men county roads, 10 men; washing city light globes, two men; sewing garments for the needy, two women, cleaning schools, nine men.

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Decatur, Indiana, Friday, August 10, 1934.

Message to Nation ’ -A. k <L Bl V, \ ilt WK President Roosevelt shown as he addressed throngs at the Green I Bay. Wis„ Tercentenary celebiation. He declared the "New Deal" I was here to stay, and that the old order must not come back.

EDITORS MEET AT FRENCH LICK Democratic Editors Open Annual Meeting This Morning I . — French Lick. Ind., Aug. 10.—<U.R). I —lndiana Democratic editors asI sembled here today for their annual summer outing and the formal opening of their party’s campaign. The first day of tlie convention ' was devoted largely to play but ’ tomorrow tlie editors and high ■ ■ party officials will get down to the j I serious business of formulating I , plans for the drive to which they ■ hope will carry them to victory in the November election. Guests at the meeting included i Sen. Frederick Van Nuys, Gov. Paul, |V. McNutt. Sherman Minton, can.! didate for United States senator, j and candidates for congress and i state offices. Minton will open his campaign at a banquet tomorrow night. It! will be his first official campaign 1 speech since his nomination by the i Democratic state convention last j June. Interest in the approaching cam paign largely is centered on the fight' for United States senator.; Minton’s Republican opponent is ‘ Sen. Arthur R. Robinson, staunch ‘ foe of the new deal. A victory for Minton next No(CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) o — PAINT NUMBERS ON CURBS HERE Funds Will 'Be Solicited For Work; Donations Not Compulsory 'Explained as a plan to give work 1 to the unemployed, an effort will ! be made to paint corresponding j houise numbers on the curbs in front of each property in the city. The plan ie sponsored by Mr. and Mrs. Augu-st Sa lies, who have been In charge of similar work in other citks. Mrs. Salles stated that re-, quests had been made for nine men | through the FERIA office and that j work would start immediately. No fixed charge is made for the [ painting of the numbers on the' curbstone, but solicitation for a donation will be made. Mrs. Sailas stated two-thirds of the money raised would go to the men working ou the job and the other third used for materials and her expen-■ ses. The numbers are to be painted j in aluminum color with a black background. Mr. and Mrs. Salles were given no permission to solicit for the work and city afifkials stated there ' was nothing compulsory about the I proposition. |

4-H Chib Camp Closes Today Thirty boys are att nding the 4 H club camp which closes today at Lake Webeter. The boys are expected home late this evening. Boys from Adams, Allen and Van Wert counties attended this year. The boys from Adams county are Junior Drake. Robert Fuhrman. LeRoy Huffman, Harold Hitchcock. Russel Freidt, Donald Drake. Dale Fuhrman, Frederick Shamerloh, Arthur Poling. Lester Mazelin, Victor, Lautzenheiser. Melvin Mey rs and Laurence Morand. AWARDING OF BID DELAYED Governor McNutt And Highway Head Dispute Over Materials Indianapolis. Aug. 10. — (U.R) — Awarding of a contract to widen and resurface U. S. highway 31 be-, I tween Greenwood and Franklin was ! delayed today pending settlement i of a dispute between Gov. Paul V. I McNutt and the state highway comI mission over the material to be ! used in the project. That Governor McNutt and the ' commission were deadlocked over ! the materials to be used in the j pavement became known late yesterday after James D. Adams, chairman of the commission, conferred with McNutt. The governor told Adams he, wanted the contract awarded to a contractor who would agree to use Indiana brick, it was learned. The highway commission favors bituminous concrete. Tlie highway commission is sup- ) ported in its stand by a large number of farmers’ and other residents along tlie pavement. Petitions voicI ing objections to tlie use of brick have been filed with the com mis- ; i sion. 1 Petitioners claim that a 20-foot ! brick pavement would cost as much ! as a 30-foot concrete pavement. According to specifications drawn i up by highway engineers, the road would be resurfaced between the I south city limits of Greenwood to ' the north city limits of Franklin, a distance of 8.384 miles. Bids on the project were received July 31. The low brick bidder ' ftIUNTINUED ON PAGE THREE) —— 0 —— —■ — Rev. Schafer Will Preach Here Sunday ■I I — Rev. Kenneth G. Schafer, son of ! Mr. and Mrs. John W. Schafer of j this city, will preach Sunday morn- | ing at the Presbyterian chuflch. He , is now the pastor of a Cincinnati church. Rev. Schafer was a member of j the local church when he deterniin- | ed to study for the ministry. He is ' a graduate of Wooster College and | the Presbyterian Theological SemiI nary of Chicago.

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AWARDS MADE IN CALF CLUB SHOW AT BERNE Huge Crowds Are Attending Annual Exhibits In Adams County GERHARD SCHWARTZ WINS BLUE RIBBON) Gerhard Schwartz was awarded | I the blue riMion for displaying the : I best showmanship at the calf club ' exhibit this morning as a part of , i the 4-H vlubs and home economic, ’ ( lul u exhibits lining held at Berne, j The exhibits opened Thursday ' and will continue until Saturday. ' it is estimated that 8.000 persons 1 attended the exhibits and programs last evening. Concessions stand line . tlie main streets, much in the manner of the old time street fairs. One I i of the popular attractions is the, 1 ferris wheel. Heading the entertainment last night were the 4-H clubs fashion review iu the Berne Auditorium and and the concert given by the Berne band. Another concert is sehedultd , ’ for this evening and a fashion reI view by the county home econom-1 ' ics clubs. Judging of the colts be- 1 ' gan at two ok 10. k this afternoon. I I’h placing in tne calf show this morning will not be regarded as , final as tlje record books of the contestants, winning the first three places in today’s event, will be considered in awarding the cash prizes and the trips to the Purdue University round up. The judging ! was done by E. A. Gannon of Pur-' : due University. The results of the judging of ' calves are: Junior Holstein Calves: 1. Bertha Schwartz, 2. Roy Schwartz, 3. i Alvin Nussbaum. i Senior Holstein Calves; Chester Schwartz, Leßoy Schwartz, Joe Hafbegger. Junior Yearling Holsteing, Gehrig Schwartz. Huldah Steury, Roy Schi wartz. Senior Yearling Holsteins, Ray- ' mond Kolter, Daniel Habegger, Roy i Schwartz. Junior Jersey Calves, Glen Griffith. only • alif exhibited. Senior Jersey Calves, Ardon Mos-1 ser, David Moeser, Catherine Mos- i I ser. Junior Y’earling Jersey, Kenneth ; ■ Arnold, Glen Griffith. i Junior Guernsey Calves, Ruth Hirschy, Richard Moses,, Kenneth (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) Sacred Concerts At Berne Sunday The Berne Community Chorus will present two concerts of sacred , classics at the Mennonite church in Berne, Sunday, August 12. The afternoon concert will be presented at 2 o’clock and the evening program at 7:30 o’clock. Tlie musicale I will ibe directed by Harold Reusser.; o ESCAPES FROM BLUFFTON JAIL Columbia City Lad Walks Out As Sheriff Forgets To Lock Door Bluffton, Ind., Aug. 10. — <U.R) — ; Ernest Householder, 20, Columbia ! City, who confessed to officers yes--1 terday that he and Carl Low, 20, : ' also of Columbia City, robbed a; tilling station here Wednesday es- i caped from the Wells county jail last night. Householder walked to freedom ) when Sheriff O. C. Lantis failed to I lock the door to a bull-pen from which he was transfering another prisoner to a cell on the second floor of the jail. All nien held at the jail are quart- ! ered in the bull-pen in the daytime i and taken to individual cells at j night. Sheriff Lantis was taking the prisoners one by one to their i cells w’hen Householder broke from the bull pen. j Householder and Low r were arrested in Columbia City Wednesj day and brought here charged with ’ second degree robbery and petit larceny. The escaped prisoner was parolI ed recently from a state institu- ■, tion where he served on a term of robbery.

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- —- - * I NEW STORY SATURDAY Beginning Saturday, the i ' Daily Democrat will publish ’ the first installments of a new | ‘ seriul story. “Caroline,” by | Ruth Dewey Groves is the sea- | Hire novel of the season and ! readers of this popular fiction | are invited to start reading it | ' with the first issue. An install- I I nient will appear dally. LOCAL FIRM IS NAMED IN SUITS McConnell And Son Sued For Damages Resulting From Wreck Three damage suits totaling $32.- j | 500 were filed today in the Adams ’ : circuit court against Frank McConI nell and others doing business un-1 I der the name of Frank MWonnell | ) and son of this t ity as the result of an automobile accident last spring ; in Fort Wayne when two persons I were killed, including one of the ' I company's salesmen. The complaint alleges that the fatal ax-cident occurred at 2 A. M. [ April 3o at the intersection of state ! road 322 and Parnell Avenue in the north part of Fort Wayne. The car was driven by Albert , Wolke, aged 24. of Fort Wayne, who had been in the employment j i of McConnell and Son as a sales- ' man for about six weeks previous ; to the accident. He was seriously injured in the accident and died in . a Fort Wayne hospital three days | later. Wolke’s fiancee, Miss Mary Herring, aged 26. of Fort Wayne was killed instantly. Other passeng- ; : ers in the automobile, according to > the complaint were Alfrietti Dim-, | mitt, Wallace Whitman. Charles Felts, and Mkss Erma Cowen. Felts is asking $2,500 damages. ( and Miss Dimmitt and Miss Cowan, $15,000 each. The complaint alleges that Miss (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) PLAN PROGRAM FOR LAND USE Officials Os Indiana And Kentucky Map Land Use Program Indianapolis, Ind.. Aug. 10 —(UP) I ( A land use program for Indiana and Kentucky to die presented to the National ißesouF.e board in Wash ; ington was mapped at a meeting of ■ officials of the two states here to- i I day. Proper usage of land and possi-1 bility of designating certain areas . for uses other than agriculture was 1 ; discussed by conservation and gov- ; I ernmental officials of the two | states. Use of land where erosion ■ lias carried away fertile top soil | ! making the area unsuited for farm-1 ing was tlie major topic under con- j i sideration. Sub marginal land which may bei I forested to provide future timber > | supply and which can be developed : i to provide a continuous supply of j ! lumber also would fie placed in that : class, officials said. (Indiana conservation department: officials, Dean L. Skinner, of the Purdue Agricultural division, rep- j resentatives of the Governor's com- j mission on governmental economy j and members of the state planning board attended the meeting. F,. W. Tinker, Milwaukee, Wis., { regional forester of the U. S. forestry service, was a special guest. o — Warden Kunkel Named In Suit iLaPorte, 'Tnd„ iAug. Id—(UP)—j Warden Louis Kunkel of the state . prison was named defendant in a $1,400 suit filed in LaPorte superior j court today charging him with failure to pay a South Bend federal employe for work in a private investigation of the sensational escape of U) prisoners last September. The suit was filed by Harry Plumlbetck. He charged that Kunkel hired him to make the investigation | of the prison break and when tlie report failed to exonerate the warden, the latter refused to pay for the services. Plunibeck said his expenses were paid during the investigation, but that he still has wages of $lO per day plus attorney fees due him.

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LONG VACATION TRIP IS ENDED BY ROOSEVELT Nation’s Leader Plunges Into Multitude Os Work Awaiting PRESIDENT IS IN EXCELLENT HEALTH Washington, Aug. 10 ( U R > President Roosevelt returned 1 to Washington tixlay, buoy- | ant in health and ready to tackle the problems facing . his administration. A small but enthusiastic i crowd cheered the President as he was swept out of, the station yards in a White House motor car at the end of his 10,000 mile, seven weeks i vacation trip. The President appeared to be in the best health he has enjoyed during his administration. Those who accompanied him on the trip ' raid he had gained several pounds I and was feeling fit and strong. Dressed in a seersucker suit and jaunty Panama hat, Mr. Roosevelt reflected vigor and good spirits as lie left ids train. He prepared to plunge immediately into the administration's problems, coping with which will ■ bring the new deal into another phase of its eventful history. He arranged a conference for 3 p. m. with secretary of treasury, Henry Mogenthau, Jr., who was one of I the three cabinet officers to meet I the train. Aboard Presidential Train Enroute to Washington, Aug. 10. — i <U.R) —A 10,000 mile inspection tour that took him over tropic seas and across the deserts and ( fertile valleys of the entire nation, | ended today at President RooseI velt neared Washington. The chief executive who has watched a vast panorama of newdeal activities returned in fighti ing trim ready to carry through tlie even greater recovery proI gram he promised in his final (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) o Everett Funeral Rites Saturday Funeral services for Mrs. A nice Everett. 53, a resident of theiAdams County Infirmary for the past four ' years, who died at the infirmary ' Thursday morning, will be held Saturday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at the county farm. Burial will be made in the Tricker cemetery. Dale Braun Quits Position At Berne Dale Braun, who for eight years has taught the eighth grade in the , Berne school resigned last evening ) to accept a similar position at Alex- : andria. Mr. Braun is well known in the county, having coached the i Berne junior high school basketball team which won the Adams county championship three consecutive years. -— ■— COOLING WINDS BRING RELIEF Little Rainfall In Decatur; Cool Winds Give Some Relief Decatur receivAl more relief from the cooling winds than it did from the amount of rainfall last I evening and early this morning. Temperatures dropped to the low eighties last night, from a high ' point of MW to 102 in she afternoon. The amount of rainfall was measured at less than one eighth of an inch or .12, Walter Gladfelt er local river and weather observer stated. At noon today the mercury was going up under the rays of a hot sun and indications were that it would reach the high nineties by afternoon. At Berne a good shower was received and farmers there said it soaked into the ground about two inches. Between five and six o'clock last evening every indication was for a severe storm and heavy rain. The heavy clouds passed over the city and only a few drops of rain fell.