Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 32, Number 229, Decatur, Adams County, 25 September 1934 — Page 1

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NEW EVIDENCE AGAINST HAUPTMANN

...iKfEIIES DIES 111 NEW M IM. ■ . Rockefeller Was —'^K n e Os Richest Men 1" Thc World /eSttle known BY ||(,i:m:r\i. public ILa York. Sept. 25 <U.» ' \ Hmkefeller. 56, iper ot John D Bocketelnt stock market opi in the I nited States, toilav. his office anhis I minus li.ifure in _ the world. Rockefeller h , >•( ’I- '' -s’ kn,,w " nienl -: ,e .Wr his family. owner of one of I""' 1 famous fortunes. ,0 ,-.o corporations - to.kholder in the' scroll! largest bank. ll ’‘*i ,i,f ' llis wea '.th, social 1 and i’oininence in Wall Ho, kcfcl'i' r was quiet and ’ in ,lis mani ' 1 ;I r.. ini oporations, he inhis -liar- of tile SIOO,OOO.- ■ : his father, the late <; hoi kefeller. eo-founder Eiji a iili his brother. p.. into one of the 10 rank,r of America. on of Yale, class of jE I), married tin- former Isabel ... of New York a year ■lit* E'. iu d i .milters and one son . born to the marriage. . k- '--Iler and I.is John !>.. Jr. stepped into fiiiami.il security of their t Htep fajy as conipat atively young ■ -mJ their problems wore not the John Rockefeller was ■ «tst-tfl with the handling of a ' B®W nf ’ a,ri ;lllv doubled and reBMlb'il I'- icy Rockefeller was * with the building up of the Ems iratively small heritage of . about his task i~nming albeit with ’’ skill. tor. ' his hand, those M i>\ PAGE FOUR) Iff (tB i -- -(> g«L BORN TO | ROYAL COUPLE I ■ d Crown I : Prince |HI - '■ I" 25 —(U.R) A pink- ' ol.it.- ribbon fluttered u pilliir of the royal palace tofe bat European toy. ha ’ i " 11 -w ni 'miter Princess '■Ma l’ia. 'mn just before midM Princess Marie "l Belgium. wife of Crown '• ■■ H I’rin,’‘‘ 1 ’ rin, ’‘‘ of Pied. hi i nursery overlooking tile ft®" f Napl--s with Mt. Vesuvius in HpW ,a< ‘ini. in a cradle lined '' S '' s hell, mother of pearl BM sl!u ' l, an ‘l decorated with I l in< ess Maria Pia IK ' ihe first of many official ■■ i: " s she must attend by virB B° f r ,ank h, ' r ini,ial ~a I> NI KI) ON PAGr’slX)’ ■ -o : I Department I I *’ a ' n t Lincs of (he street depart--1 "' < ’ n ‘ Painting parking lines lanes on the streets to- ■ k’up'oyes of the water departfl- hf Hi' l city plant were repairM and lines on North sl 'in the program to have in working order dur- ■ winter months. ~ o - Committee | -Meets Wednesday w- tubers .ct the membership k Adams post number « 'h" American Legion are a-sk-fl meet at the Gladfelter .service t W i,in "’"‘dnes-jLiy eevning at 7:20 of the committee as apis te, i by Charles Massone, chairI B; ar " "'alter Gladfelter, Ernest I 1, < '' larl<ifi Langston, Albert H. V. Aurand, Adrian Baker, fl rtU B*’ 8 *’ ,h ‘ riiil| K. Dave .A-lams, Lew I an d Miles Roop.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Vol. XXXII. No. 229.

Says Hauptmann Told Him Plot ( sF ■ i A ’ o B George Patil. Ohio state penitentiary convict, is snapped in the office of Warden Preston E. Thomas at the Columbus prison, as he re- i lated again the story of receiving a letter, allegedly from Bruno Hauptmann, held in the Lindbergh kidnaping, in which the writer I announced his intention of the crime in code five days before the - actual kidnaping took place. Prison authorities at the time did not I place credence in his story. I 1

ARRANGE PLANS OF CONVENTION I I County Sunday School Convention Will Be Held Oct. 6-7 i Plans are being ma-ce for the . Sunday School convent! n program ’ to be held in Adams County The convention will be held Satur- , day afternoon and evening. October ■ 6. and Sunday afternoon, Ott .her 7. , The Saturday and Sunday 'after- | noon sessions will be held at the Mennonite church at -Berne, and the j Saturday evening program at the i C -mmunity auditorium. Berne. I Discussions 'and talks on child-, ren's problems and departmental i conferences in charge of compe-1 i tent leaders will be features of the j i two day program. The Saturday i afternoon session will consist of i discussion of subjects such as "The , J Value <f a leadership training' I school, ‘The importance of a daily; i vacation Bible school in every comi munity.” “Hymnology and Bible' - memory" and "The place of the • 1 church and Sunday school in the 1 life of every individual.” ‘: A banquet for the young people • an! Sunday sch ol workers and 1 friends will be an event ct Satur- ( ’ day evening in the community audi- ‘ torium followed by an address for 1 young people. Music will also be ■ '■ furnished. ' The final session on Sunday after”(66nt.*nued on PAGE SIX) ( —o - PACKERS WILL RAISE WAGES “Big Four” Packers Announce Wage Increase 1 Effective Oct. 1 • Chicago. Sept.’H’- (U.R) -Wage 1 increases which will exceed $lO,- ’ 000.000 yearly will become efft c-' ' tive Oct. 1 in plants of the "Big j " Four" packers. More than 100,009; 1 persons will be benefitted. Small- ‘ er companies throughout the. ’ country announced similar plans. | Spokesmen for the packing plants, Armour and Co.. Swift and Co., Wilson and Co., and The. , Cudahy Packing Co., said the increase was requested by plant con- j ference boards. The boards are| 1 the nucleus of a company union | I form of labor organization, with j management and employes equally .j represented. | Officers of the four plants estij mated that the average employe! would receive an increase of s per cent in wage, 3(5 per cent more |; L than a year ago and about 5 cents 1 an hour over the scale of 1929. ’ The Topeka plant of John Mor*(OOOTINuiEb ON PAGE TWO)

State, National And International News

Democratic Women To Meet Thursday I Members of the Women’s Demo-1 cratlc t-lub are urged to purchase their tickets at once fi r the dinner to be held Thursday evening in the dining room of the Christian church. All arrangements have been completed for the meeting, which marks the opening of the series of fall and winter meetings of the organizations. Francis Corbett, attorney of Fort Wayne will address the w men -and guests. Mrs. Clara Garrot, Fourth district chairman will speak to the women on organization. BLUFFTON FAIR OPENS TONIGHT Annual Free Street Fair Opens At 7 o'Clock This Evening Bluffton, Sept. 25. — (Special to the Democrat) —This city's 28th annual Free Street Fair, which is ; attended day and night by tremen. dous crowds, will get under way at 7 o’clock tonight and will continue until midnight Saturday. There is every indication this year’s street fair will be bigger 'and better than any other year. Tlie midways —on clean paved streets—are taxed to capacity with exhibits, shows, concession stands, and sanitary eating booths, and the decorations, including the brilliant night lighting, are much more pretentious than ever. Four great free acts will take place every afternoon and night. Two crack bands will play throughout the day and night, and there ; will be daily parades. A feature i event will be on Friday when the school children of Wells county ! march down the midways with their gay flags and pennants. Horse and mule pti’tag contests ; will take place every morning. At 11:30 Wednesday afternoon the tine stock parade will be held. At the ! same hour on Friday the parade I will be repeated, the prize winners I wearing the ribbons awarded them I by judges. Saturday is always known as '"Carnival Day." when everybody ' enjoys the grand wind-up of the street fair. Dancing and sill forms lof entertainment may be had at ' scores of places. New Brick Front At Bottling Works A new brick front has been built lin the'bull Jing occupied by the Josi eph and Lang bottling works on N;rth First street. Improvements have alsc been made to the drivway and the place gives the appearance of a well kept and modern factory. Soft drinks are manufactured and distributed by the company.

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN A DAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, September 25, 1934.

BEET MEETING 1 HELD MONDAY. ( J Field Superintendent ‘ Conducts Meeting For Beet Growers < — i The first of a series of nine i sugar beet meetings was held i ; Monday evening in the high school building here. The others will be I held in the territories of the Cen. | iral Sugar Company’s fields in In ' ] diana and Ohio. The meeting Mon- j day was attended by over 300 Ad i ains county growers. The meet- j Ing was conducted by J. Ward Cal-. land, field superintendent of the; local plant. All the growers ex- ( pressed approval of the 50-50 contract by which the farmers and the i company share alike in the proi ceeds of the sale of the refined , sugar and its by products, molasses and beet pulp. The indications are I that the campaign this year will be about as long as last year. Among the matters discussed at ■ ! the meeting was the necessity of 'getting the beets in on schedule. I Tickets are given to each grower | ion which is the date when the ! beets should be delivered to the plant in order to have the least 1 damage from spoilage. By cooperating in getting the beets in on itime, it was pointed out that both I the plant and the growers benefit. I Growers were also warned to (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) o EXCAVATING AT MILL UNDERWAV Force Os Men Working On Soy Bean Plant At Sugar Company Excavating for the railroad switch from the Pennsylvania 1 tracks to the new soy Sean plant j iat the Central Sugar factory is ' underway, a crew of men being I | put to work today. The new spur is being built east! of the present track and will connect with the main road south of. the highway near the Lenhart saw mill.. A large crew of men is at work ; near the sugar factory excavating ! 1 for the basement and foundation ■ :of the soy bean factory. The site ' ! of the new factory includes part of! I the old lime pond. Much of the' . lime is being dumped ffbar the east ' boundary of the sugar company. property. Farmers are calling for i it, and today and Wednesday j trucks are being loaded free of I ( charge. A force of men is employed in- ' . side the sugar factory repairing' i machinery and getting it in shape for the opening of the sugar mak , ing campaign next month. A new pipe line to the waste water pond 1 north of the factory is also being ’, installed. . The site seethed with activity I' today. Trucks were busy hauling ' , I dirt and lime and step by step plans for building the new factory ' I were taking form. DAGUEINFANT DIES MONDAY — Son Os Sidna Hague Dies At Home Southeast Os Monroe 1 ' - ' Ralph Edward Daguq, infant son ! of Sidna and Irene Dague of Blue- ! creek township, four miles eiast and one fourth mile south of Monroe, I ' | dieJ at his parental home Monday I evening at 5:15 o’clock of kidney ! trouble. j The baby was born at Pleasant Mills on April 5, 1933. Surviving are the parents, and the following bro- ' thers and sisters: Joe .Allen, Glen i Arthur, Gerald William, Marion Thomas, and Dortha Pauline. The 1 grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. David ! Messick of Lima, Ohio, also sur-, I vlve. Funeral services will :be held ■ 'Wednesday morning at 10 c’clock at the Friends church in Monroe ; with Rev. Vernon Riley, pastor, of-1 ; flciating. Burial will be made in the Decatur cemetery. J The body was returned to the j Dague home thie afternoon from j the Lobenstein Funeral Parlors in | Monroe.

Rev. Zartman To Speak At Church Rev. Rutue C. Zartm«an, D. D., Philadelphia, will speak at a special mid-week service at the Zion Reformed church Wednesday evening at 7:30 o’clock. Dr. Zartman ie superintendent of the deportment of Evangelism of the Evangelical and Reformed church. His subject will be "Christian baptism, whence, what and why?” The girls choir will render special music. —o LOARING LIME FREE AT PLANT Central Sugar Company Is Giving Lime To Farmers Os County The Central Sugar company is loading lime free today and Wednesday for all farmers who wish the lime to sweeten the soil. No charge is made for the lime. Many farmers in this territory were taking advantage of the offer today as dozens of trucks and wagons came to the plant to be loaded. Others are expected Wednesday. 1 The lime is being piled up and will be available all winter, even after the campaign has started. However, after Wednesday no loading will be done free as the shovel will be needed in the excavation | of the new soy bean plant. The lime at the plant is equal to ground limestone in counteracting the acidity of the soil, in addition ; the lime at the plant has limited ! quantities of some important ; chemicals deposited in it as a resi- . due from the processing of the I beets, the same as are contained ;in most commercial fertilizers. ■ These chemicals are nitrogen, i phosphoric acid and potash. j Farmers who wish to know whether their soil is acid and requires lime to sweeten it should i visit the county agent. They I should bring in samples of their ! soil. One sample should be from I the top six inches and the other ■sample should be from eight to 10 inches below the surface. No | charge is made by the county agent ifor his services in testing the soil samples. —o POLITICIANS SPEAK MONDAY Republicans Attack New Deal; Democrats Defend Policies Indianapolis. Sept. 25. — (U.R) — I Severe criticism of state and natI ional administrations marked the ■ Republican campaign addresses in Indiana last night while Democratic speakers defended the governmentlai units and outlined plans for new legislation. . Both the national “new deal” and l Gov. Paul V. McNutt were attack, ed by Senator Arthur R. Robinson in an address before a Republican rally at Rockport. Branding the “new deal ’ as "an ' unco.ordinated program of conflicts and contradictions," Robinson said the nation needs a "unilied and definite proram." Sherman M futon. Robinson’s Democratic opponent, addressed a gathering at Knox in which he pledged support to President ! Roosevelt and said he favored ad- ' justment of soldiers' bonus provisions as soon as economic conditions warrant. He said he favored legislation by the next congress to rectify any abases with service connected disabilities resulted from the 1933 national economy act. j The state administration's handling of Indiana penal affairs was attacked by Albert J. Beveridge, ”(CONTINUED*ON PAGE FOUR) Name Officers Thursday Night Members of the Fourth degree of the Knights ct (Columbus have been invited to a dinner to be 'given | Thursday evening >at the K. of C. hall. The dinner will be served at six o'clock. During the evening the elec- ’ tion of officers will take place. H. J. Yager is secretary of the local or- , ganization. The Fourth degree is a patriotic degree conferred on mem- ; bers. A number from the Decatur j council are members of the honorary society.

ForaUha-d By I'altrd Prwa

MILLS RE9PEN AND STRIKERS BACK TO WORK Labor Leaders Report Some Discrimination Against Strikers NATIONAL GUARDS ARE DEMOBILIZED Washington, Sept. 25— (U.R) j The textile scene moved back toward normal today with mills re-1 ' opening and strikers going back . , to work except in scattered areas, j In general, Francis J. Gorman, chairman of the special strike' committee of the United Textile; Workers, appeared pleased at the I comparatively few conflicts that. arose over reopening. Trouble spots were located prin-1 I cipally in the south. R. R. Lawrence, president of the I North Carolina Federation of Labor. charged that 10,000 strikers] j in his state had been barred from j mills which employed strikehreak- 1 1 ers instead. Lawrence escaped from a mys- ; i terious attack when rifle bullets I ' were fired at his automobile 10 , ■ miles east of Charlotte. Police 1 ; dispatched patrol cars to protect, i the labor leader. Gorman urged workers to be ; patient about mill reopenings but 'to report quickly wherever dis- j 1 crimination appeared. He pointed ! out that a week might be required i I to get all the mills running again. J (inion officers in Georgia report-' j ed many instances of discrimina- ’ tion. They believed a lockout of . union members was being attempt’led at such points as Macon. Au- . I gusta. Griffin. Columbus as well j as scattered Carolina centers. I National guard troops received , ' demobilization orders in most tex-; .! tfie areas. Only a handful re- ; I mained on duty in the south and' . one unit at Easthampton. Mass. J In New England, little difficul- ,; ty appeared except at Fall River ' where discrimination was charged. | [ Only half of the 10,000 operatives at Ixiwell, Mass., reported to work. Many of those staying out belonged to a rival union. New England manufacturers claimed loss of hundreds of thousands of dollars in business and ' wages for workers because orders ! for mills in that territory were ' diverted to southern plants which | stayed open through the strike. '. (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) Carl Smith Heads Factory’s Club At a ballot taken this afternoon ‘ at the local General Electric plant 1 ! flarl Smith was named president of ' the G. E. Club to succeed Chet ; Kleinknight. Other new officers are: Hubert Omlor, vice-president; Mary K. I Leonard, secretary, and director, .; Robert Gage. I I The G. E. club is an organization i 1 j of the employes of the Decatur | plant. It holds ni nthly meetings, i —. o HEAR ARGUMENT ON LIQUOR LAW Out-State Brewries Attack Indiana Liquor Law Validity i ■ Indianapolis. Sept. 25. — (U.R) — I Filing of briefs and a second hear. ■ ing before a three-judge federal; court today delayed a decision on the constitutionality of the Indi- . ana liquor law. , Oral arguments on a petition for an injunction against state officials | to .prohibit them from enforcing i the 1933 law and a motion tor dis- i missal of the suit were heard in ; the U. S. district court here yesterday. , District Judges Robert C. Baltzel), of the southern division, and ‘ Thomas W. Slick, of the northern I division, and Judge Louis Fitz- ' Henry, of the circuit court of appeals of Chicago, conducted the hearing. Attacking principally the importer system set up under the act, > ' j three large breweries. PremlerI I Pabst and Joseph Schlitz, of Mil- ] I waukee. and Anheuse-.Busch, St. j Louis, asked that enforcement of * (f’oNT.LNUICD' ON PAGE SIX)

Price Two Cento

Says Son Innocent | '***'“' ' k > ’ i This photo, rushed from Germany to the United States by radio, sliows Mrs. Pauline Hauptmann, aged mother of Bruno Richard Hauptmann, suspect held in the Lindbergh baby kidnaping by Bronx. N. Y„ authorities. The aged woman, who resides in Kamenz, refuses to believe that her son is guilty. WALDO LEHMAN IS PRESIDENT Berne Man Re-elected President Os Sunday School Convention Waldo M. Lehman of Berne was ; re-elected president of the Monroe ' i township Sunday School associa- 1 tion at the convention held Sun- j day. The afternoon program was held at the Springhill church ; northeast of Monroe, and the evening service was held In the Monroe Methodist church. Ira Wagoner of Monroe was re-; named vice-president, and C. H. Musselman of Berne was re-elect-ed secretary-treasurer. Depart- ’ mental superintendents named were: administration. Menno Burkhalter. Monroe; educational, Mrs. Guvtress Eley, Berne; adult, i Brice Batiserman. Berne; voting | peonies. Newell Neuhauser. Berne. ' 1 children. Marguerite Lewellen, I Monroe. Rev. Charles M. Prugh of the Decatur Zion Reformed church ‘ was the principal speaker at the' afternoon meeting and he chose as his subject: "Saving One's Life! by Losing It.” Betty and Glennys Schindler of ‘ Berne sang two selections and Mr. Sprunger and his daughter also ' sang. Rev. H. O. Herman conduct- j ed devotions, the subject of which ! was "Service.” Rev. A. J. (Nenenschwander of I Borne was the principal speaker ; at the evening program and his subject was "The Spiritual Ele-' ment in Sunday School Work.” Rev. Vernon Riley of Monroe had hte devotional service and his subject was "Services the Sunday School Teachers Render." The THREE) CCC Applicants Asked To Report Young men interested in joining federal CCC camps for the six months period are requested to visit the FERA office in the Chamber of Commerce rooms immediately. The allotment for Adams county is four. Young men applying for CCC berths must be between 18 and 25 years of age ,and must come from | families on poor relief rolls or from needy families. Condition Os Aged Woman Is Serious I The condition of Mrs. Bell Phil-' lips of 216 North First street, who is ia patient at the Adams County | ; Memorial Hospital suffering from ; a broken arm. ie regarded as ser- | icus by attending physicians, due to her advanced age. Mrs. Phillips, who is 86 years old, fell 'at her home on First street, Monday, shortly before noon. She received a fracture and dislocation of the right shoulder at the joint. '

PHONE NUMBER OF CONDON IS FOUND ATHOME Lindbergh Case Investigators Claim Their Case Clinched OTHER TELLTALE CLUES ARE FOUND Cincinnati, 0., Sept. 25. —(U.R) —Col. Charles Lindbergh landed here at noon today, enroute to New York from the west coast, to confer with authorities investigating the kidnaping of his infant son. New York, Sept. 25 Investigators of the Lintlbergh murder claimed to have clinched their case against Bruno R. Hauptmann todav with discovery of the telephone number and address of the ransom negotiator written on a closet wall in the Hauptmann home. Bronx county district attorney Samuel Foley said Hauptmann had admitted writing the tell-tale scrawl. The telephone number and address were those of Dr. John F. Condon, who delivered $50,000 ransom money to a man now believed to be Hauptmann. The dramatic announcement that detectives in their tireless search for evidence to break down Hauptmann's denial of guilt had I ripped from the prisoner’s home I a board on which the notation | had been written came afler federal agents had connected the ; prisoner with footprints found j outside the Lindbergh home. | Hauptmann's footprints were I similar to the prints found at the I scene of the kidnaping and at the I scene of ransom payment, experts I decided. Despite claims by Hauptmann’s ' counsel that the defense had been i greatly strengthened by developments today, District Attorney (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) o Decatur Principal Heads Association W. Guy Brown, .principal of the Decatur high school was elected president of the Adams county principals and sugerintendants association at a meeting held Monday evening in the Geneva school building. Mr. Brown wil succeed R. O. Hunt, prm ipal of the Geneva school Other officers are E. M. Webb, superintendent of the Berne schools vice-president; Russel Steiner, principal cf the Jefferson high school, secretary-treasurer. The speaker for the evening was Kenneth Schumaker, who discussed the biographies of three great men of history. The next monthly meeting of the organization will be held at the Kirkland high school building. Monday, October 22. SHIP WATCHMAN GIVES EVIDENCE Night Watchman on Morro Castle Savs Three Fires Possible New York. Sept. 25 — (U.R) ‘ Three separate fires may have been burning aboard the Ward liner Morro Castle the day it was destroyed. Arthur J. Bender, head night watchman, testified today at the department of commerce inquiry. As early as 10:30 p. m. the night ! before. Bender said he smelled ■ gasoline, or a cleaning fluid in i the vicinity of the ship’s writing room where the fire is believed to ! have started. He assumed the I stewards were following their I usual custom of cleaning late the j night before docking, and did not ; report the incident. Early the next morning he heard screams and loud talking on ! the hurricane deck. Investigating, he noticed what he thought was j spray near the port ventilators. When he made a doser inspection he discovered it was smoke. Bender hurried below to "B” deck. As he ran by the radio room he noticed it was 2:35 a. in. On > *CONT.I*NUEIT*ON PAGE SIX)