Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 32, Number 230, Decatur, Adams County, 27 September 1934 — Page 1

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LINDBERGH VIEWS KIDNAP SUSPECT

Bice search | ■OR KILLER OF ■DETROIT GIRL ’■ l|U r Insane Hospital Crime I|||| - ~ ! Btkl'ECT FREED AT ■iKUIW. Mil UK. W 27 ,! ~| police, backed w ,u- .Hl < li.ireing M. !ri<h "i'll 11"' """-| Ker d ||-v :ir old Ell I HI 11 | I -oii'Jit him rn Mich-1 IMI | ii L liborim* states; i"iii'il <'l the aid <>l W-n!,'- mother an <1 "■billlitT. ■ of the bos- criminally in-1 - chargmli warrant issued] !■: M ' deputy sup-! ’ "f police, said he | >B. W . .on Ii s wife, Flor-1 kn.w ravishing and! child am! that 3 , ><l ri« h w lien .i. . Week ag.l !!■ mutilated body f trunk yesthe -, believed to have i.,. and slaver she was selling' i tickets for a school > repetition of i;h.' I'..lice Commissioner ’ \ I’cßert asked that an .■ he drawn prohhiting ■ to-di.or selling Station of funds. ' out . Pickert said, them do not end ideally " |M . January "' hospital for crimnt Lima. 0.. where '■• girl, occupied npartnie.it where Lillian's ' NEED ON PAGE SIX)’ -- o— .—_ Taxpayers To Meet Saturday |r ' " Ld s..pf 07 - i|-p i ,.,ii Indiana c tinare ,| to attend a conth,. Hoosier taxpayers’ - ailed by EmMartin president cf the Alassociation. ■ff.'"-' will be chosen. Martin and plans will be made to ' e n-;. , <entatk>n at the next f the state legislature. Brest Gaffer For Assault, Battery Gaffer was .arrested at noon by chief of police Sephns Melon a charge cf assault and batThe affidavit was signed by wife. He was cheduled to be ar-] i before Mayor George Krick this afternoon. |!VE PROGRAM I OF CONVENTION ■ dshinyton Twp. Sunday I School Convention September 30 BThe Washington township Sun- ■ y School convention will be held ■"day, September 30, at the ■ashington Methodist church. lo_ Bled five miles southwest of De- * ■tor. ■The convention will be In one ■’sion only, during the afternoon will open at 2 o’clock. Pro■ss°r j (; Tritch of Fort Wayne. ' ■H known instructor in the bus■ess college there, will be the ■mcipal speaker at the meeting. ■ “"owing is the complete pro■un: ■ Song service—Ernest Foreman. ' I v' Otional8 ~ Rev - O. Hansley. I Music—lmperial quartette. i ■ Address, ’’This Is the Task’’— i ■v/ J ' TcHch. Fort Wayne. ■ Music Imperial quartette. ■ Remarks by county officers. I f 'l )or t of nominating committee. I 'Titering. ■ Hymn by congregation and bene. i ■lotion.

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Lindbergh Before Grand Jury | ' WUT." . 1 —■ — ‘"I"" 1 '■■■P r ..• whl-iPr (/ ■ . r 1 i I ’aS 'IB k W ■ B J A EEafes; . i ' 'sw J »■ J IVA,Wr%K . , — — m 1 Accompanied by Norman Schwartzkopf. chief of the New Jersey I state police. Col. Charles A. Lindbergh arrives at the Bronx county ' .courthouse. New York Citv. to testify before the grand fury in connection with the kidnaping and murder of his son. A few moments I later the grand jury indicted Bruno Hauptmann, held in the kidnaping. | for extortion.

Mrs. Paul Schultz Heads AssTM'iation Mr«. Paul W. Schultz was chosen I president of the newly organized Riley .scho 1 Paren'-Teachers club at the meeting held Wednea layafternoon f Rowing scho. 1. Mrs. Joe Hunter was name! vldepresident; Miss Florence Haney, secretary, and Mies Bertha Bunner. I treasurer. A large number of par- ; ents attended the meeting and an interesting program was presented. Mrs. Faye Smith Knapp gave an interesting talk on the organization of the rlub. AUXILIARY IN MEETING HERE District Legion Auxiliary Convention Meeting Here Today Reports of the American Ix>gion Auxiliary units in the fourth die-tri-1 were given at the opening business session of the convention held at the Decatur c un ry clulb. this m rnlng. i Following the noon luncheon a program of dance and song numbers was presented and talks were given by various district officers and plans for the year were outlined. Fifty four women in the district registers! at the country cluS at 10 o’cl ck thus morning. Mrs. Beulah Books, Angola, fourth district president, preside 1 over the business sessions. The meeting was opened with the "preßentatton of the flag followed by the members singing ‘Star Spangle! Banner” and repeating the preamble. Prayer was offered by Mrs. Frank Llniger of this city, chaplain. The district secretary and treasurer gave their reports after which reports were given by the following units: Ang la. Albion, Columbia City. Churubusco. Decatur. Fort Wayne 47 and 82, and Wolcottville. < Committee reports were also given.': n — Fort Wayne Driver Is Killed In Wreck Toledo, Sept. 2?-(UP)—A truck ' driver who fell asleep at his wheel was killed early today when he i rammed into the rear of another i machine here. The man was identified as Ray Muc?i. 35, of Fort Wayne, Ind. Carl i Parker, also of Fort Wayne, riding I with Mucci, received severe head i injuries. John Destafane, New Phil- 1 adelphia. Ohio., driver of the truck I hit by Mucci escaped injury. It

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TWO DEATHS IN DRIVER STRIKE Woman Passenger, Despatcher Victims Os Chicago Violence Chicago, Sept. 27. — (U.R> — Two deaths were recorded today as a i result of violence in Chicago's six weeks old bus drivers strike. Mrs. Mary Kennard. 65, died two hours after being struck on the head by a steel ball bearing hurled through a bus window. James Kelly. 49. dispatcher for the Motor j Coach Co., died this morning ot bullet wounds and a beating indicted by paid sluggers. Three of four men who yesterday dragged Kelly from a street car, beat him severely and then shot him twice as he lay helpless in the street were held for possible] murder charges. Police had no clue to identity of the person whose missile killed Mrs. Kennard except the statement of another t passenger on the bus who said the ] ball came from a passing motor car. Mrs. Kennard was knocked from (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) o WOMEN'S CLUB BANQUETHERE Democratic Wo m e n’s Club Dinner And Program This Evening More than 100 women will attend the dinner an t program to he given at 6:30 o’clock this evening by the Democratic woman’s club in the basement of the Christian church. Mrs. Clara Parrott cf Fort Wayne Fourth district vice-chairman and Francis J. Corbett, formerly of this city and one of the prominent young attorneys of Fort Wayne, will address the meeting. Democratic city candidates, Nathan Nelson, county chairman and Leo Kirsch, city chairman have (been invited to attend the meeting. Arthur R. H’dthouse, democratic < candidate for mayor of Decatur will give a short talk on the city cam- ; paign. The meeting is the first of a series of fall programs to be helj by the women’s organization, one ot the outstanding Democratic clubs in this part of the state. Mrs. Faye Smith-Knapp, president, will preside.

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Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, September 27, 1934.

F. D. R. NAMES NEW BOARD TO HALT TROUBLE New National Textile Labor Relations Board Is Appointed STUDY OF WAGES , IS ALSO ORDERED Washington, Sept. 27. — (U.R) — President Roosevelt acted speedily today to meet a rising chorus ot complaint of discrimination against returning strikers of the textile I industry. The President named a new nat_ [ ional textile labor relations board composed ot the same personnel | as the steel relations board ap-; pointed at the time of the steel strike threat in early summer. He instructed the board to investigate cases of alleged discrimination and take appropriate ac-1 tion. He also ordered the labor depart- I ment and federal trade commission : to start immediately on studies of wages, hours, and economic conditions in the textile industry as provided in the report of tjie Winant board. The action of the President rapidly set in motion the machinery I for studying and correcting the ills which led to the calling of the nation-wide textile strike. Members of the board are Judge Walter P. Stacy of North Carolina, chairman. James A. Mullenbach of ! Illinois, and Admiral Henry A. i Wiley. Stacy will serve only dur. j lug the organization period ot the board, probably about two weeks. The President’s order, however, allows other board members to i continue conciliation despite a vac-

‘(CONTTNTIED*ojTpAG.E FIVE) o Rebekah Lodge To Meet September 28 The»semi-annual meeting of dis- . . 1 trict number 31 of the Rebekah j lodge will be hel l at Harts rd City Friday. September 28. Sessions will i lie held in the afternoon and even- . ing. In addition to the business meetings, degree work will be given. A number ot Decatur lodge mem- ■ bers are planning to attend. PASTORS JOIN ASSOCIATION Two Pastors Join Decatur Ministerial Association This Morning !, Two new members were taken :ni to the organization and unanimous I approval given to the proposed : community standard leadership training school to be held next winter in one of the churches in this | city at the regular meeting of the ] ( | Decatur ministerial association this morning. Rev. J. W. Dawson, pastor of the Christian church, an.l Rev. W. H. Franklin, new pastor of the United | Brethren church were voted mem- , berships. It was decided to hold the union i Thanksgiving service this year in the Methodist church on Thanksgiving eve. The possibility of having a union chorus at the service was also discussed. The committee on religious edu cation, consisting of H. R. Carson, G. O. Walton and C. M. Prugh. brought in its report on a standard 7c6nTLX’UEJD*ON PAGE FIVE) o Mooseheart Film To Be Shown Here Adams lodge No. 1311 of the Loyal order of Moose has obtained the > film, “Tomorrow’s Citizens”, a story if Mooseheart, which will be shown at the Alams theater, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of next week. The Mooseheart film will lie shown in conne-tion with the regular show, without any additional admission price charged. The film shows the great city ot childh'cod maintained by the Moase 1 dges at Mooseheart, Illinois. Several Decatur children are nowbeing educated at Mooseheart. The picture depicts operation of the Institution and other interesting points.

I Seri. Robinson Will Talk Here Saturday W. A. lx>wer, general chairman of I the committee which is arranging] for the opening of the fall repub i lican campaign in the county an-1 [ nounced today that Arthur R. RobI inson, United States senator and re- ' publican candidate to succeed himself, will speak at the Decatur Catlv olic audit.rium at 7:30 o’clock Saturday night. Avon Burk of Decatur will be, chairman of the meeting Saturday, i Speeches will be given by David II I gg republican caudilate tor United States representative for the ; > fourth district, and Atwood Huck-1 I m aster of Montpelier, republican candidate for state joint senat r from Adams. Wells and Blac kford ; counties. JUDGE AWARDS $5,000 DAMAGE Russell, Margaret Wells Awarded Damages In Circuit Court A total of $5,000 was awarded Russell and Margaret Welts as damages resulting from an automobile accident in Van Wert. Ohio, on August 16, 1932. when Mrs. Wells was injured while riding in a ear i driven by Beulah Myers an.l owned by 'Arthur Myers of thie city. The sum of $13,081 was asked. When the defendants, Arthur and Beulah Myers defaulted Saturday and failed to appear in the Adams circuit court Wednesday, Judge Hubert M. DeVoss awarded the' damages. Twq suits were filed. One case was file] by Mrs. Wells in which she asked $5,000 in damages. She received $3,000. She alleged that the defendant, Beulah Myers went to Van Wert on the

day cf the accident to collect claims for Arthur Myers, her hits i pand. As she did not know the ad-ci.-esses of some of the persons, she asked Mrs. Wells to accompany her. The complaint further alleges that Mrs. Myers approached the intersect!'. n of Washington and Sycamore streets in Van Wert in a *(CONTINUED*7>jT PAGE FIVE) o Berne Woman Is Named Secretary Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. 27 —(UP) —lnstallation of Mrs. R. B. Meckstroth, Huntington. as president of the woman’s missionary society of the mid west syncil of the Evange- . lical and reformed churches, ai l i other officers ‘brought the 14lh an- ] nual convention to a close here today. Mrs. Medkstroth succeeds Mrs. , John F. Hawk, West Point, Ky., ! who was elected first vice president. Other officers included Mrs. J. N. Naly, Waukegan, HL, second vice i president; Mrs. Carl Gallrein, Jes- ; fersonville. treasurer; Mrs. G. S I Englemann, Freeport. 111., record- ; ing secretary; Mrs. Mynnie Ehrsam tPerne, c rrespon ling secretary, and Mrs. George Wolf. Lafayette, hisI torian. DECATUR LIONS PLAN MEETING Fourth District Meeting Will Be Held Here October 30 The Decatur Lions club was chosen to entertain the fourth district meeting here on October 30. The local club was chosen by reas n of its excellent position as a club in the district. Clubs which wil participate in the fourth district Lions meet include Angola, Auburn, Pleasant Lake, Fort Wayne, Garrett, South Whitley. Waterloo, Kendallville, Topeka, Wolcottville and Decatur. The local Lions expect a large delegation fr in over the district and are enthusiastic over the coming meet. At the regular club meeting heli Tuesday night, Robert Zwick was in charge ot the program and gave a. talk on the district governor’s relation to the local club and to Lions International. He told how the Li. ns district governors were chosen from leading Lions in their district who have served well in various capacities in their local clubs.

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PRESIDENT TO SELECT BOARD TO GOVERN NRA Roosevelt Will Name Board Os Five Within Next 24 Hours NO INDICATION OF MEN TO BE NAMED Washington, Sept. 27. — (U.R> — President Roosevelt will announce within 24 hours th£ personnel of a board ot five to head the revisled NRA. the White House announced today. It was explained that the PresL ] dent was working on the personnel i situation now and it was even possible that bis announcement i would be ready before he left his : desk late today. It was expected by close observ|'era of the reorganigatlon situation i that the board would be entrusted with the task of developing other phases of the revised recovery picIture. i No indication was given by the ■ White House as to the men the ■ President has in mind for the five . jobs. To questions, however, as i to whether Bernard M. Baruch. ' New York financier, would be a I member, it was said that such an appointment appeared unlikely. The same applied also to Donald I Richberg. chief NRA counsel. Johnson Busy i] (Copyright 1934 by UP.) Washington. Sept. 27. — (U.R) — Gen. Hugh S. Johnson hurried to- ; day to finish the story ot' his NRA i amid early rumblings of the big • fight due when congress meets to -: create a successor to the famous i recovery unit. > Johnson was far from the Wash(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) X oConservation League Meeting Monday Night The regular meeting of the Adams county. • onserva'.ion league will be held Monday evening, OctoI I her 1, in the auction schcol room | at Bellmont park. In esse of unfavorable weather, the meeting will be in the American Legion hall on south Second -street. All members . are urge! to attend this meeting. o — DEATH CLAIMS JOHN BADDERS Prominent Monroe Business Man Dies Wednesday Afternoon John R. Badders, 70, well known ] (business man of Monroe, died at his home Wednesday afternoon at 2:41 ] o’clock i f paralysis and complications. Mr. Badders had been ill for ] several months. I |H’e was a prominent business ] man in this section, operating a grocery and filling station in Monroe for a number of years. He engaged in business in Monroe for m re than 38 years. Mr. Badders was born in Jay county near Blaine and resided in I Monroe for 55 years. He was a son | cf Moses and Mary Ba lders, decreased. He was born on March 24. 1864. and on December 15, 1900 was p united in marriage to Cecil Miller ' at Monrce. Two children born to the uni n died in infancy. The widow and one brother, William H. Badders of Fort Wayne, ' survive. Funeral services will be held Sat- . urday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the ' Monroe Methodist Episcopal church i with Rev. Elbert Morford officiating, assisted by Rev. Vern n Riley. II Burial will be made in the Ray . cemetery. White Funeral Services Held __— (Funeral services were held at I Willshire, Ohii, today for Miss Elsie I White( .18, of route 1, Willshire, I who died at the Adams county memorial hospital Monday night. Miss White had been a patient at the hospital since Wednesday, September 19. ] She had undergone an operation for the removal of her appendix .and was apparently recovering when a blood clQt formed on the brain and she died instantly.

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Found Slain IT H i >I f , dpi I J ■ ♦ | IP R II Lillian Gallaher, 11. of Detroit, j Mich., who was found on her' eleventh birthday, apparently strangled to death and her body stuffed into a trunk. CAST VOTES ON TWO QUESTIONS Corn And Hog Producers To Vote On Adjustment Program Plans — I "Do you favor an adjustment program dealing with corn and i hogs in 1935?" "Do you favor a one-contract- ( per farm adjustment program deali ing with grains and livestock to | become effective in 1935?” These are the two questions which are to be brought up for discussion and vote at a series of community meetings for corn and hog producers, both contract sign- ] ers and non-signers. which are to i be held in Adams county shortly. . according to Henry Rumple, chair- , man of the Adams county corn- . i bog allotment committee. The first question relates to the principle of adjustment of produc- . tion to demand to bring about fair* i exchange value for farm products . and does not involve any expresI sion of opinion concerning any ' specific program. "In other words.” said Countv Agent A. E. Archbold, “it means | only. Does the voter favor some | sort of control to bring about pari ity prices.’ and does not relate to I anv program yet planned.” Question number 2 is being askI ed to determine whether producers of grain and livestock would favor a single control program I covering all their grain and live- ■ stock production to bring about i parity, or whether they would prefer different contracts covering , 1 different crops and various types of livestock production. Since | there is not sufficient time to . work out such a unified program as is suggested by this question , for 1935, the question related to (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) o— — BERNE GIRL IS DEATH'S VICTIM Berneta Reusser, High School Student, Dies This Morning Miss IBerneta Elizabeth Reusser, 16 year old Berne high school student. died at the Adams county memorial hospital at 1:55 o'clock this I morning. Death was due to peri- ] tonitis which developed following ;an operation for the removal of her appendix Sunday. A second operation was performed Wednesday night in an effort to save her life. Miss Reusser was born in Berne on Grtober 27. 1917. a daughter of ■ Walter and Lilly Ehrsam Reusser. | She was one of the most popular girls in the Berne high school. She was a senior this year and todk an active part in the school activities. She was a nlember cf the Borne Evangelical church. Surviving are the parents, a brother. Wayne, 18, and a sister, Patty Lou, 6. Funeral services will probably be held Saturday afternoon at the Evngelical church in Berne. Burial will be made in the M. R. E. cemetery.

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HAUPTMANN IS ARRAIGNED IN COURT TODAY Bond Set At SIOO,OOO After Prisoner Enters Not Guilty Plea DISTRICT ATTORNEY QUESTIONS SEVERAL New York, Sept. 27 <U.R) — Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, disguised in grey cap and | horn rimmed glasses, studied ' the pale face of Bruno R- ' Hauptmann for 10 minutes, I and. a few hours later, ticcon liny to District Attorney Samuel Foley, was described a s bei. n g convinced that Hauptmann was one of several actual kidnapers of Lindbergh’s son. Foley also was quoted as saying he believed Hauptmann was the ' “man or one of the men" on the ladder which the kidnapers put up at the Lindbergh house to climb into the nursery. He was ] described as uncertain whether Hauptmann alone was on the lad- ; der or whether Hauptmann enterI ed the nursery. Lindbergh’s action in confront- ' ing Hauptmann was at his own ' reouest and came as a dramatic ' prelude to the prisoner’s arraignI ment in Bronx county court on i charges of extortion. He was held on bail of SIOO,OOO after a plea of ; “not guilty.” i After the arraignment Foley reJ surned questioning of possible witnesses including Anita Lutzeni berg, a friend of Hauptmann, and | officials in the district attorney’s II oil ice said that Foley was con- . vinced of Hauptmann’s participaj I tion in the abduction as well as the ransom negotiations. , The persons questioned today ’ I had little information of value, it 1 1 was announced. ’ For the first time, Foley declared his belief that more than one person was involved in the case. “Hauptmann was not a lone ' 1 wolf.” he said. It was known that federal agents already were seek- ] ing an alleged accomplice. Before Hauptmann conies to ' i trial here. New Jersey is expected (CONTINUED ON*PAGE FIVE)* 0 MURDER TRIAL DATES ARE SET Separate Trials Will Be Given Fort Wayne Man And Woman Fort Wayne, Ind.. Sept. 27. —(U.P> —Separate trials will be held here for Charles Howenstein, 57. and Mrs. Ixmise Schmitt, 24. his alleged paramour, on charges of murd. ] ering the latter's husband, Urban I Schmitt, last March, with a glass ]of poisoned orange juice. The widow’s case was set late i yesterday in Allen circuit court for ] October 24. Howenstein's trial ( will follow November 20. Both Mrs. Schmitt and Howenstein. an eccentric, pleaded not guilty at arraignment before Judge Clarence R. McNabb, who denied them certain preliminary motions. Howenstein asked to have indictments against him quas-hed completely. while Mrs. Schmitt sought to force the state into producing a statement she allegedly signed at the time of her arrest. In that statement, the prosecution claims to have her admission that she ga-e her husband cyanide in a glass or orange juice the night ] ’(c6NTiNUW*ON**PAGE* FIVE) o Three Planes Forced Down At Fort M ayne Fort Wayne, Ind., Sept. 27 —Three • giant TWA Duglas high-speed 11 transport planes, carrying a total : [ of 31 passengers, mail and six crew - were forced down here last night In » bad weather. The three ships made safe lanJ- -' ings at Municipal airport within an - j hour and a half. Two of the huge transports were ■ ] westbound to Chicago, while the > other was enroute to eastern points. 1 Passengers and mail were trans- - ferred to train for the remainder of the trips.