Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 32, Number 235, Decatur, Adams County, 3 October 1934 — Page 1

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K HAUPTMANN] ucßrial oate for Bn THURSDAY ®dher«h Suspect Will ra Tried 1,11 Extortion Wt’hanie N<M Week U ILL ■ kwmim m spelt Yo-t. <>•'■ 3 <U.R> I II IIII'IHMIIII, -hhl-i C.IM' Mlspcct, Will ««> r .,| Hi I’i'""' CiHllllv < >ct. i,i| S (■|rq' , 'c'l with extol ti.ii‘i S.MItHMI I- 'IISOIII of (.<>l. ■ . |^Kr |es l.lioll" i_h. (.Ollllly .fillies X! BlIITel dell fodav. Build Up vase i “ Pl Xew and N- '■ Y-rk worked _ ry ,.'v b'C rapidly today to t un ' ' ,is..u against r ttie Lindlodnai"' Y >rk to yield its £ig^^K IIIJI . r ■. \ > when and t ek>i> murder Hp in that New Jersey say ease will be I ■■ ■ ■■ i.'t Attorney J Fn'. \ •..•■..■d to secure { ma’. n-.'i. who would not ■ swayed by nationalistic or beliiu: the German. ; .. ■ y. « sought a sen~f i! : tments covering and dostechnical loopholes. not overtwo for ea.'h and for the defense. ■ to examine the sullen «'>•■«• to determin-1 his mental state. u .I --. oithorities were ■ in 'he story of Ben ■ a I’i ou eton university | who is positive that ho iiauntniaan driving a Dodge with i ladder in the back the lam- leading to the] : at Hopewell o'., day of the kidnaping. Woo >'u hs story early ' investigation. 1 1 -' aiai wa- be questioned today. He said ho recogd ’ fiom the m w-- ' e,l - arrest. Sentenced For e Stealing Hogs n. • i Special»' Gay Kilgore. . ■ (; ran t Johns n. guilty to grand larceny senten, to serve 1 10 years state prison by Judge J. F. Tuesday. men .i-lmittel stealing three from Alfred Rudy, Welis '■'■ farmer .1 M Kilgore, father MB’he sentetic-d man. is at liberty B***- Rjs ... a i | )at . been s<? ( f or BHORTER week I» HE OPPOSED | 80-Hour Week Will Be I Opposed In New I NRA Setup E 'Copyright 1934 by UP.) "ashiflgton. oct. 3.—(U.R>—Un■“althed opposition to legislation . r a 30-hour labor wc.rk week was I today as part of the adHatration s program in the re■°“»truction of NRA. «!„{. y that p WMent Roosevelt is | O Pared to tight just as hard to * col ' ectiVe bargaining the tin-1 B/X °'"‘ d right ot all American now and next J u “e 16 E‘ administration will draft and Ktt g Nna WUI pass le K |sla,i ‘> n to Erho <A on a Permanent basis.. 1 national Industrial recovery I EL. appointed to overhaul Gen-1 . "” ;1 Johnson's recovery Eav IDery began its work yester- ■ A ■ald R e u ergency cab * n et with Don■ine n Ril “ ,lber K in charge is shap. ■l n ew N RA Policies and co-ord- ■ ■li ' ni! , llleln wltb agricultural re-. ■ related new deal projects., ■ (continued on page thriee) '

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Samuel Insull (Joes to Trial I m|L iMr I® ’ j M . 'WI C ; 1,4 IF ■ '' ? ? I ■< * : - W JS 5- j -- u S Samuel Insull (left), fallen utilities king, with his attorney. Floyd Thompson, as they entered the Federal Building in Chicago where the trial of Insull and sixteen others, including his son. got under waybefore Federal Judge James Wilkerson.

Haugk Objects To Skating License — Julius Haugk appeared before the ■ c|tv cuuatiU. iwt evening and Ob- | jected to the paying of an annual ' license f |3O for operating a skat- ' ing rink. Mr. Haugk operates a rink on the , second floor of his building on Madi-1 son street. He stated the rink operated only five months a year and ' the |3O license was excessive, ide ! said the license was as much as [that charged for picture shows I which run the entire year. The mati ter was referred to the judiciary I committee for investigation. DELAY HEARING UNTILFRIDAY Battle Over Vanderbilt Child Mav Be Settled Out Os Court New York, Oct. 3. —(U.R) —A hint jthat the legal battle of Mrs. Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt for custody of {her ten-year-old daughter might be I settled out of court was seen today in announcement that the hearing in supreme court had been put over until Friday. Coincident with the •announcement, it was disclosed in exclusive United Press cable advices from Europe that Prince Gottfried Z’.i Hohenlolie.l.andbenburg. named in the case, and Lady Furness, sister of Mrs. Vanderbilt, wer- ready to aid in defense of Mrs. Vanderbilt s I name. In Paris. Furness said she would sail without delay for New I York. The prince, disclosing that , his engagement to Mrs. Vanderbilt ' was broken because of her attachment to her daughter, considered sailing to aid her in the court ac-l {tion. He is now in Germany. The first indication that the postponement was due to plans for ('CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) — oRobbery Os War Veteran Solved Sheriff Burl Johnson said today he had solved the robbery in which ! over S6OO had been stolen from Howard Parr of east of Berne. An affidavit charging the alleged thief i with grand larceny will be filed in 'the circuit tourt Thursday. The I name of the party against whom the affidavit will be filed was not ’ {revealed. The m:ney was stolen from beneath Mr.. Parr’s pillow as he lay asleep on his bed in the T. M. Parr farm. None of the faml'y was awakened by the robber an 1 | none of the doors was locked. All ot I the loot but -i $65 Civil War pension check was in cash.

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DOCTOR GIVES HISTESTIMONY Phvsician Testifies In “American Tragedy” Murder Trial Walesbarre. Pa.. Oct. 3 —(UP) — A middle aged country doctor told the jury in the “American tragedy” murler trial f Robert Edwards today that the defendant’s sweetheart Frieda McKechnie, died of a "slashing blow on the head” which produced a wound “deep enough to admit four fingers.” Edwards, young mine surveyor, {sat besides his council as the state witnesses attacked his story that Frieda was drowned while they were swimming in a lake and that her heal struck a submerged rock. A blackjack, presented in court, could have caused the wound. Dr. H. A. Brown, the witness testified. Mrs. George McKechnie, mother of the girl, sobbed audibly during testimony concerning Friedas pregnancy. Shedrick Dodd, uncle of the victim, told how the defendant was quickly ordered off the McKechnie h me when Frieda s body was found ’ (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) NAME MEMBERS OF COMMITTEES To Complete Arrangements For Democratic Rally Saturday Nathan Nelson. Democratic county chairman today named members of two arrangement committees to complete plans for the Democratic rally to be held in this city Saturday night. . ~»n The committees will meet at i .30 o’clock this evening at headquarters in the Erwin building and name assistants and arrange the proTwo members of the national house of representatives will speak at the rally Saturday. They are Jame 3 I. Farley of Auburn, congress from the Fourth Indiana district and Gordon nessee. They will speak at the Cath olic high school auditorium. ' Judge H. M- BeVoss of the Adams Circuit court is chairman of the re eptiun committee. Other member 9 named to select the bab »“* * the committee are C. J. hutz and Arthur R. Holthouse. The entertainment committee is com » < *2f h °? R . a. Stuckey, chairman, Albert Miller and Robert Heller.

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, October 3, 1934.

INSULL TRIAL | IS PROCEEDING VERY RAPIDLY Jury To Try ex-Utility Heads May Be Completed Today TRIAL IS LIKELY TO TAKE MONTHS Chicago. Oct. 3.— (U.R? — Speedy ' selection ot a jury to try Samuel Insull and 16 others on mail fraud charges proceeded today as the I prosecution offered another panel 'of four prospective jurors, i Defense attorneys for the greyi haired former magnate, who directed a $2,000,000,000 utility empire that extended from coast to coast, questioned each venireman briefly. as selection ot a jury went rapidly I ; forward. i Dwight H. Green, U. 3. district • attorney and chief prosecutor, said I he anticipated completion today ot the Jury which will listen for months to the story of one of the, biggest financial collapses of this{ depression. Mrs. Stanley Field, wife of one, of the socially prominent defend-' ants, sat near her husband. She' wore a short fur coat with a red : muffler contrasting with her black i i dress and hat. Mrs. Insull was not in the court-1 i room. Although more than 600.000 persons owned stock in Insull utility, j companies at the time it was valu- { I ed at more than $2,000,000,000 only ’four of 38 prospective jurors were;' ! challenged yesterday for that reas-{i {on. A fifth was dismissed because’ I his sister once held a few shares. ' ,■ The four jurors accepted are i i George Barkeley, III., former sheriff; Walter J. Cassidy, I 'fliicago. insurance saJesman; Wili liatn Austin, Richmond. Hl., farni'er. and Louis Bending, Woodstock,’ 111., grocer. i Insult, to whom the eyes of 250' i spectators shifted constantly as his ■ {attorneys jousted wi.ii the prose-, I cutors, showed in the first court.' room hours what a strain the trial is to be to him. I As he entered the courtroom, he appeared to have recaptured his - — - : (-CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE, | o RECEIVE GRANT j FOR SIDEWALKS FERA Appropriation For Labor On Sidewalks Is Given Approval Pr (perty owners who wish to i build new sidewalks or repair old .{ones, under the FERA plan, where-- ; by they pay only for the material used, are askeJ to get in touch with Mlles Roop, project manager. An appropriation for labor has been made here for the work. AH lab r is paid by the FERA and the city of Decatur will furnish the con- { crate mixer. E. A. Beavers, chairman of the I street and sewer committee of the 1 ( city council, informed the council I last evening that material men estimated the cost of material for a five foo-t concrete walk at $26.6) , for a ®6 foci front. On a four foot walk the cost of material is estimated at $20.20. Harve Kitson appeared before the council and stated he and several other persons who owned property on Mercer avenue intended to build concrete sidewalks. The council authorized a five foot walk. Walks can be repaired as well as built new under the FERA plan an-J (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o Evidence Heard In Local Court A hearing of the evidence was{ conducted in the Adams circuit court today by Judge Huber M. De-V-oss in the case in which four for.nier deputy assessors are attempting to compel the County council to -pay them for back pay which they { alleged is due from 1932. 1 ' The deputy assessors who are bringing the action against the county are Lee Stults, Leigh Bowen, Charles Marshand and Jay Cline i They claim that they worked seven i : (days claim that they worked seven | I pay. At three dollars a day lhey are I asking s2l.

| Official Copy Os Order Is Received An official copy of the order made by the Indiana public service {commission, relative to the status of the watchman and flasher signal at the Erie rallr -ad crossing on Winchester street, was fll(Al with the council last evening. | The commission waived juristic-{ tion in the matter, for the reason { that the law provides that town { councils have the power to regulate I the manner of protection at rail-. road crossings. The Erie maintains the flasher lights and also has a { watchman on guard during the day. I 1 The council has refused to dispense , 1 with the watchman and the Erie ap- ' {pealed the case to the Indiana Public Service Commiisslon, the order being made last June. The official copy was not received until this week. FIRST LOAD OF BEETS BROUGHT — Lawrence C r o s b i e Os Wells County Delivers First Load — The first lead of sugar beets was { • delivered to the Central Sugar com- i pany today by Lawrence Croshie of ! 1 Wells county. Mr. Crosbie, who farms his father's farm, was in Decatur before eight o'clock. The scale house did , . not open until noon and at 11 o'clock nine truck loads of beets were in line. I C. S. Tumbleson. trucker was the second one in line. -He had a load of beets grown by W. O. Black of near Wren. Ohio 1 Mr. Crosbie has about 13 acres | of beets this year. The crop is good an-J it is expected the average will be more than 12 tons to the acre. i The Crosbie farm is located one and one-half miles south of Mrrffton ’in the territory supervised by David Campbell, fieldman for the ■sugar company. Ed A. Ashbaucher is in charge of the weigh room. The trucks and wagons drive ■ n a platform on the {west side of the scale house and are weighed by automatic scales. lOn the east side is located the weigh-out scales, the tare weight ’ TcONTINUFi'bN PAGE FIVE) o School Will Hold Halloween Festival A Halloween festival will be held at the Kimsey school Friday night. { October 12 at 7 o’clock. The pr> { gram will be sponsored by the | young people of the Salem church. The program will include a box social, a play and a bazaar. The . i public is invited to attend, j o Elks Hold Regular Meeting Tonight i The regular meeting of the 18. P. 0. Elks 1 -dge will be held at 8 (-o’clock tonight at the home -on ' north Second street, Business of importance will be discussed and all members are urge! to be pre , sent.. o PASTOR SPEAKS I TO LIONS CLUB Rev. A. B. Brown, Baptist Minister, Gives Address Tuesday Rev. Arthur B. Brown, pastor of the Baptist church, spoke to the Lions club Tuesday evening, at the Rice Hotel. The pastor used as his subject his earlier experiences on the ' western range as a cowboy. He I spoke of the practice of fair play {and good sportsmanship among the rangers. Rev. Brown applied the cow boy’s parlance of being "bucked and battered" to practical everyday life. He said the wholesome psychology of his theme was “learning to ride the horse that throws you.' Brice Butler was in charge of the program. Plans for the fourth district] Lions day at the Decatur country, I club are goi’g forward. Local Lions will go out in pairs this week to visit the ten Lion clubs in the; {fourth district Slid to extend to' (them the local club's personal in-1 { vitation to attend the district meet-j ing here October 30..

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ADAMS COUNTY FARMERS VOTE ON REFERENDUM —— Corn - Hog Adjustment Program Is Favored By Voting Farmers SECOND QUESTION I VOTED DOWN HERE Voting on the question of "Do yon favor an adjustment program dealing with corn and hogs in 1935?”, 328 Adams county farmers voted "Yes" and 289 voted “No" lin referendums tabulated this ! morning by the 1934 corn-hog con- { ttol committee in the county agent’s office. The referendum is being taken 'i this week all over the corn-hog] { area of the United States in an I effort to discover the desires of i | the farmers on this important ! I question. It was considered significant by ' i ng'icultural leaders in the county { I today that nearly one third of the farmers voting who did not sign , ( contracts this year favor the sign- ’ { ine of contracts next year. The second question, on. "Do ( you favor a cne-ccntract adjust- i 1 ment program dealing w ith grains | :-nd livestock to become effective in 1935" was voted down by almost the same vote cast on the I first Question. The vote on this was 305 opposed and 224 favorable. One township. French, had not, reported this morning, but as , | there were only 67 signers of con-; ] tracts in the township its vote I {likely will not change the final’ I result. The referendums were held by J the township committees Monday (und Tuesday nights. The votes were counted by the committees and reported to the county committee this morning and tabu'ateJ. There were 1.044 men considered as contracting farmers. The' ■ vote indicates that less than 60 per cent of the contracting farm- { ’ ers were interested enough to { take part in tire referendum. In the 11 townships reported ( ' (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIX’D) HERMAN MYERS TO HEAD GAST Main Characters Os “Crazy Politics” Arc Announced Today Herman Myers, well known lo'cai attorney, is to head the all-star . '■ cast for the big master stage show. “Crazy Politics.” Tills hilarious comedy is being staged Oct. 11 and 12 for the benefit of the Psi lota Xi sorority.. I Mr. Myers, as Pat O'Donnell, the ' wise-cracking newspaper reporter, is forced to masquerade as the woman candidate for mayor when ] she fails to arrive on scheduled ' {time. This female impersonation is screamingly funny and calls for versatile and clever acting. The setting of the show is the! I headquarters of the People's party. When the show opens Fred Schurg-, er, who plays the role of Jim Fra-; {ley, chairman of the People's party ‘ ! is holding a meeting of all the! j prominent men to discuss the situation in Centerville. The hoodlums ■and gangsters have gained control. There is a committee of five composed of Judge Fisher, played by Oscar Lankenau, Doctor Jeffrey, (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) Local Officials Attend Convention De’-atur city officials and depart{ment heads are planning to attend the 35th annual convention of the Indiana Municipal League, which ■ {■opened in Fort Wayne today. { A letter inviting the officials was read at the council meeting last evening. The convention continues {until Friday. Among the speakers {will be Frank Dailey, attorney of Indianapolis, employed by municiI. prl plants -to represent cities and towns in the fight against the law ■ which taxes municipally owned > plants. •I A trip through the new filtration I plant in Fort Wayne is yne of the features on -the urogram.

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J- - ■■■ —■ - — •»— Wins Opener In h |J Jay (Dizzy) Dean Dizzy Dean, St. Ixruis* ace hiirler, led his team to a running start in the 1934 World Series today, defeating the Detroit Tigers, 8 to 3. JOHN HAMMITT DIES OF BURNS Jay County Man Dies At Adams County Hospital Tuesday Night John Hammitt. 60. former state . representative from Jay county, died at 7:30 o'clock Tuesday night at the Adams county memorial hospital from burns suffered when I coal oil exploded as he attempted ' to start a furnace fire. Mr. Hammitt took an active ’ part in the Republican party and served two terms as trustee of 1 Jackson township. Jay county. He was a member of the house >f representatives from Jay county and was a candidate for joint senator from Jay and Randolph counties. Mr. Hammitt died from burns teceived Monday afternoon at his home in West Liberty, two miles { west of Bryant. He was engaeed in cleaning out the furnace at the time of the accident. The upper part of the furnace was filled with waste. When Mr. Hammitt threw l kerosene on the waste, a quantity ' of it spilled on his clothing which { he did not notice. He set fire to the waste and the 1 kerosene exploded, igniting his clothing. Mr. Hanrmitt ran into I the yard and rolled on the lawn *-•«••• « « * * -*«-•» (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) 0 Annual Fruit Drive Will Ooen Oct. 11 The annual fruit drive for the Adams county memorial hoe-pital. .spo-nsored by the Civic section of the Woman’s t lub, will open Thursday morning October 11. The entire city and county will be canvassed for canned fruits and vegetables. Persons having canned foods to donate may take them to- the hospital or to the home of Mrs. C. K. Champlin, 313 West Adams street. Every person in the county is asked to assist in this drive which is conducted each year by the Civic section. GRAND JURY TO QUESTION YOUTH South Bend Boy Will Be Questioned Regarding Slaying Os Girl — South Bend. Ind.. Oct. 3—(U.R)—’ The St. Joseph county grand jury will meet in special session here | tomorrow to consider the conflict-, ] ing statements of Marvin Ark Day, j 15, in connection with the slaying I of eight-year-old Marverine Appel, { here four years ago. The grand jury investigation was ordered after a conference of city police officials with Prosecutor John M. Raab and Coroner B. A. Bolka. Police Chief Horace Hamilton said none of the officials wanted the responsibility of releasing the vouth although nono of them believed he was implicated. The youth confessed the foi. ■ year-old slaying when arrested nt Memphis. Tenn., last week hut repudiated his statement when "(CONTINUED* ON PAGe"fIVE)

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TIGER ERRORS EARLY IN TILT PROVECOSTLY Five Detroit Errors In First Three Innings (Jive Cards Start GENERAL CROWDER LOSING PITCHER Score by innings: St Louis 021 014 000—8 13 2 Detroit 001 001 010—3 8 5 Today's Lineup Cardinal* Tigers Martin, 3b White, cf ■ Rothrock, rs Cochrane, c 1 FTisch. 2b Gehringer, 2b Medwick. If Greenberg, lb ’ Collins, lb Goslin, if Delancey, c Rogell, ss Orsattl. cf Owen, 3b Durocher, ss Fox, rs |T. Dean. p. Crowder, p. ' Umpires: American league, HarI ry Geisel and Clarence Owens. I National league, John Reardon and William Klem. t Navin Field. Detroit. Oct. 3 — <u.R) — Jerome (Dizzy) I Dean this afternoon made good his word. The Nation- “ al league’s ace hurler led the 'I St. Louis Cardinals to an 8-3 victory over the Detroit Tig--1 ers in the opening game of {{the 1934 world series. 1 | General Alvin Crowder, Washington castoff, Manager Coch- ■ lane’s selection as starting hurler, 1 was the victim of terrible fielding f on the part of his teammates in » the first three innings, the Cards f scoring three unearned runs. The / only earned run off the genera! t was Medwick's round trip blast i into the bleachers in the fifth. In the sixth frame. Marberry 5 relieved Crowder and was knocki ed off the mound before the ini ning was over, the Cardinals I ' scoring four times. , I The Great Dean had little . { trouble with the Tigers, bearing down in early innings with men on base but apparently easing up late in the game with his long lead. First Inning Cardinals--Martin out on first 'Pitch, Owen to Gieenberg. Rothrock flied out to White. Frisch safe at first when Owen fumbled his grounder. Medwick singled to left, Frisch stopping at second. Collins flied to White. No runs, one hit. one error. Tigers—White grounded out, ■ { (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o Excavation Work Not Yet Started I The contractors for the loeal homesteads project made no announcement today as to when they would begin the excavation for the basements and foundations of the 48 houses to be built here. Earlier this week they requested Austin A. Watrous, project manager to have the grounds naady for them to begin excavations. From this it was assumed they would sub-let his contract. However, today no contractor could be found who had received the sub-contract. The contractors will open an office in a (building in the business district of Decatur. It is expected that this office will be ready to hire men by either the later part of this week or the first of next. Only the construction superintendent of the ■ contracting firm will take applications. Robert Cole Named District President R'-bent Cole of this city was electled district president of the Fort | Wayne district of the Preebyterial young people at the semi-annual . 1 rally meeting held in the local Presbyterian church, Tuesday evening. The rally was in the form of a { banquet and evening service. Approximately 95 young 'people from the Fort Wayne churches, Huntingington, Qirrett, Ossian, Bluffton and Detatur churches attended the meeting. Missionary projects were outlined . for the ycung people to sponsor in ' their meetings. Dr. Cullen of Fort { Wayne spoke at the evening proI gram on the subject, "Crusaders of 'the Cross."