Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 32, Number 248, Decatur, Adams County, 18 October 1934 — Page 1

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■SLAV KING ■ERAL HELD ■his MORNING Mjil, _ < total les Os Many Coun|lrZ Attend Rites lor I H(iim Alexander L E OF IT NERAL |)1r( II IS GUARDED H i • -itlciil, princes, to Kin- Alexander of HEs- lilies, ex-enemies join■l ] r sin ns in paying 1„ soldier king, a hero who. wlii.’e ETI -.rii.il disst-n- • cm,' • ' • •■■ntiiiK Kins Bm. fought with > p. .lii-'o ! Imi . Roumania. . Albert „f Franco: his war minis- ~ Banell ll'rn an Goering, the r of int rior who K< 'ii 1,1 world enemy, were in ifi. ■nt funeral proce - Mob E v.liii e king’s body was the cathedra! to the and thence to away, to be ■ irtei • ..th I ancestors of the ■:..or i ’itch dynas'y. I Tht ■ and i; "tables from 19 ■ther runtr • < were in the pro-j l'«i r ,’tan '-. under the pro-, leitfe rifli f thousands of ■uroAavian Idi-rs there to prejimt M- at'enipt to reIrene Marseilles where , bder and foreign minister J "f France w<-r ■ -d nin dos ago. kin. b .|y was taken at K'" from 'he old city palace' wherb it I. d lain in state while B"'i- et thousands of his subMfiled p t his bier. Barnabas of the JugoM” orthodi \ church officiated ■4 finii'iul service. Only those' Matus were admitted. ls " mte of the proees'RD ON PAGE FIVE) [ME TICKET SALE REPORTED ’®ni! Democratic Club ■Will Hold Party Friday Night ti ket sale lias been re-1 fur ;hp party to be spone re I lining Democratic club f >v county. The party will 'be i ■ ''' the Decatur Country club ■ y Gening .it 9:30 o’clock. f r dancln" will be furnish-\ E; ' Treiers’ orchestra. AI ’h w will be directed by Pat- ■ Fnllenkamp anj will include ■ dancers Aceor.lian soloo will I ■i'rn by Gretchen Stuckey, if! ■H a member of the Fort] ■ne orchestra and well known In ■county. ■ card tournament will be held in [ - 'tion with the dancing pro- ■> and prizes will be given for I ■ stores won by both men and I ■ i ‘ n in bridge, ip'nochle and 50"., E d Sdhurger will be master f ■"ionies.it the dance. He is also ■rman of the committee on ar ißetrents. II Fraud march will be led by the I Pocratie county, township ami If candidotee who w.lll then be Iroduced. Dancing will begin after ■ Brand march, which will start Ipiptly at 9:30 o'clock. Il''' - ' *> e played in the front Ris of the country club. The comI which is arranging this part f'’ H program is comp sed of Mm. r Asthbaucher, chairman, Mrs. F rle9 Use. Mrs. John W. Tyndall | 6S Aleta IHarlow, and Miss MildI Niblick. P' ket?. will sell for 50 cents for ■ *** "it’d 35 cents for singles. : l"y may be purchased at the door I ri| in members of the committees r '"F the tickets. .

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Rev, Schultz At District Meeting The Rev. Paul W. Schultz, pastor 1 of the Zion Lutheran church, is attending tlie annual meeting of the; district chairmen of the Lutheran , university association at Valparaiso university at Valparaiso, In- 1 diana. Rev. Schultz is chairman 1 of the Fort Wayne (' district. Among the major topics for dis cusslon will he the formation of a program for the Lutheran institu tlon’s tenth anniversary, which is being celebrated this year. Other business will Include an effort to promote cooperation between the Lutheran Laymen's League, th’ Walther League and the Lutheran, University Association, a program lof unification of the association in its district work, and a plan of activity for the fast-growing women's i auxiliary. EXCISE FUNDS DISTRIBUTED ■—— . ' October Distribution Is Made To School Corporations County Auditor John W. Tyndall! today mailed out 14.643.51 to the ! twelve township trustees nnd the two city school corporal! ns in the ' conn y as the Oct her distribution I of the ex' ise tax. The money is apportioned over I the county on the basis .>f the average daily attendance recorded 'nr ; ing the last school term The over- : age daily a'ten lance in the county w>is >4,497.32 which makes the; ! anutint paid for each pupil t qua!' 1L03459. The m ney wos apportioned as follows. Blue Creek, $159.49: ! French s2o6jt>S; Hartford $223.71; ' Jefferson $17".56; Kirkland. $219. 42; Monroe. $4,060.23; Preble, $215 ‘ •Wtr'Hont st M«ry's'»?4« ' 40; Union. $176.54; Wabash. ss(hl. ! 55; Washington $340.40;" Berne school city. $400.69: Decatur sell ol • ity, $1,078.91. an 1 total $4,643 SI. | The m ney is derives! from the sale of the beer and liquor ovi’r t i - : state and is used in the public I 1 schools systems. The money is mllec e.l over t'l state and sent to the state superin , tend, nt of >t h "Is. The apportion ment is made to each c unty on the ■ I baste of the county’s t al average; i daily attendance. The an liter is required to con fute the amount due j each of the school units in the county. This is the third excise check re ceiveJ in Adams county since the; passing of the excise tax law. The first check was re'eived in N aem I her f 1933 and amounted to $6 115 34. The second check was receive ' in May of this year and amounted t $M,207.3U. o Regular Legion Meeting Monday Alams post number 43 of the American Legion will meet in regu lar session Monday night at S o ! clock al the hall on south Second ; street. All members are urged 1 attend. o—■ Kirkland Democrat Meeting Postponed The Democratic meeting sche tilled for Kirkland township on Oct ) her 22 has been indefinitely post- . poned because < f a conflict in. ! schedules at the Kirkland high ( s'hool building where the meeting ■ was to have been held. - o Twenty-Five Men Work At Homestead Crews totaling about 25 men are, working f r the Decatur h meeteads project today. These n.en are working both for Hoggson Brothers and Yost Brothers. About 36 basements had been dug at noon t day. Crews of men are, now laying footing concr te. base ; ment and foundation walls, build ing forms, and constrir ting temporary headquarters f. r the contractors on the gr unds. Dynamite Safe And Get $4,000 Spencerville. Ind.. Oct. 18—(U.R) —DeKalb county officials today sought robbers who dynamited the safe of the Funk general store yesterday and escaped with SI,OOO in cash and negotiable papers.

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IMPROVEMENT IN BUSINESS IS FORESEEN Pickup In Private Employment Predicted By Government FEDERAL AID IS TO BE(’ONTINUEI) j (Copyright 1934 by United Press) i Washington. Oct. 18 — (U.R) I Some administration advisers are; convinced today that a substantial j pickup of private employment will I develop within a month to help! the government meet a human relief crisi this winter. Federal assistance will be continued this winter through the I emergency work and related FERA j ’ programs which in September cost ; ( the treasury $106,841 000. FERA subsistence homestead I projects, which cost about $1,400 for each stranded family placed lon a farm, bulk largely in the j winter program. President Roosevelt informed i his press conference he would ask congress to approve a housing I program with many ramifications. Conversa'ions with informed officials lead to the conclusion that tiie administration is search-' ing for a ‘ continuing plan" of un implovtncnt relief. That means ' something which, once undertaken ; to meet a winter crisis, need not ; i lie abandoned next spring as CWA I i was put aside. Tito government will continue ! j to contribute large sums for hit-' man relief next winter and for; some time to come thereafter.; But it is hoped perhaps believed that next winter will be the peak ; from which the load will steadily ' decrease through 19.35-TWTT- !■ Mr. Roosevel 's advisers are not agreed on any plan so far nor on i ' the number which probablv will ' need relief next winter. It ap--1 pears definite now, however, that CWA will not lie revived. CWA was created Nov. 8. 1933, !as relief rosters skyrocketed to 1 15.000,000 persons. Mr. Roosevelt ; (CONTINITED* ON PAGE FIVE) o STONE QUARRY MAY BE OPENED Firm From Roselm, Ohio, May Operate Quarries Near Here Schultz and Blosser, who operate •1 st ne quarry at Roselm. Ohio an 1 ! whe have been very successful in ’ 1 that business are considering open ’ ing quarries near this city. Guy Schultz, a member of th" firm has visited here several days the past week and is negotMting for the lease of the Daily farm north of the city near the north bridge.! He an ! his m n are now testing the site as to depth of the stone and [amount . f stripping t be done be-p fore the stone is available in sufficient quantity to warrant the investment in a plant at this point. Mr. Schultz conferred here with! Julius Haugk. a veteran in the! ! stone business and with others and , is n w seeking information >’s to [the prolialile demand f r st ne in: ’ this section, getting power rates ! and otherwise informing himself in order to decide as to hie future actions in the matter Which will he | decided within the next few days. J. D. Dailey accotnp niei Mr. Sch-[, ! ultz here and is representing the I owners of the Dailey farms. The ; I opening of the quarry w.mld pr--[; i vide work for a number of men , j during the opering months. For' : years several quarries were aperat- j ed here. ’ Julius (Haugk. J- s. Bowers, Rob-; [inson and Gillig. E- Fritizinger and ; thers having engaged in the busi- ; ness extensively, but during the past de ade n effort lias been made i to open new territory. Holy Name Society M ill Meet Tonight [ AU members of the Holy Name ( socle'y are requeste.l to meet at the ( K. of C. hall tonight at 8 o’cl ck. The members will go to tne hme ] of the late George W. Tester and , offer prayers for the repose of his soul.

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN A DAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, October 18,1931.

Seized in Stoll Kidnaping *wii»*?*~* - W Mrs. Thomas FI. Robinson Jr., seized by federal agents, in whose company they found and rescued Mrs. Berry V. Stoll, kidnaped wife | of a Louisville. Ky., oil company executive.

NURSE LEADER VISITS HERE Nurse Inspects Work Done In Adams County Miss Alice Funk, advisory nurse [ fr m the public health nursing de- '■ partment of the boar 1 of health vis- 1 1 ited in Adams (’ unty Wednesday j and today. Miss Funk, who super-; ; vises nurses in twenty three conn- 4 i ties of northeastern Indiana repor’s ' that the work is pr gristing nicelv' I here. Miss Florence Anderson and : Miss Margaret Eiting are the local nurses. Tiie federal g vernment through tiie state may not continue th" , ay i f sak ries of these nurses long'er than January 1. Spe'ial effort; twill be made through a well organ-; ized program of publicity to have | the people understand tiie true val-; ; ue of this work in tile few months | that remain. Parents are asked t. study care-1 fully the work of these nurses, and - [taxpayers whose biggest item >f expense is t’ r sickness, should pay . special heed to the fact that health :, recovery must accompany ec .nomic 1 : recovery. '1 “Nurtses endeavor to teach cIiiId*CONT?NUE'D*ON* PAGE FIVE) PLAN LOANS OF CAPITAL GOODS Non-profit Corporation Is Organized As Aid To Farmers Indianapolis, Oct. 18. —(U.R> -Organization of a non-profit corpor- ■ ation to make loans of capital ■ goods to farmers under the federal i rural rehabilitation program was announced here today by Wayne Coy, director of the governor’s 1 commission on unemployment re-, ' lief. 1 Using funds supplied by the federal emergency i'elief administra. 1 tiofl, the corporation will make loans to families who sign notes and contracts for obligations. Money repaid will constitute a revolving fund for further rehabilitation activities. Coy said. [ Officers of the new corporation 1 are Dr. E. H. Shideler, state direct- ' or of rural rehabilitation of the governor's commission; Anson Thomas, of the Indiana Farm Bureau; and Noble H. Benjamin, of ' the governor's commission. Directors are Howard O. Hunter. ; regional representative of the FERA; L. R. Schoenemann. region- : (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) j<

Carpenter, Seekings Taken To State Prison John Seekings and Ira Carpenter were taken to the state prison at n it by Sheriff Burl Jc-hnson where they will begin serving a one to ten year sentence iii po-sed 11 op them by Judge tJ über M. DeVoss 'Shilir [day foil wing their ■ leas of guilty to ; grand tarceny charge. The men were arrested last week by Sheriff Johnson f. 11 wing a number if grain thefts over a period of i two months. Tiie complaint specifically charged them with stealing 80 bushels of groin from Franklin Myers, a farmer living in Adam/. 1 county near the Olli state line. FORMER LOCAL RESIDENT DEAD — Mrs. Alma L. Stephenson Died Tuesday At Brooklyn, N. . Brooklyn. N. Y., Oct. 18.— Mrs. Alma L. Stephenson, 60 years old, wife of the Rev. David T. Stephenson. pastor of tiie First Methodist [Church at Newton, N. J-, died .Tuesday night at the Methodist !hospital after seven weeks' illness. Among her sons is Francis M. Stephenson of tiie ashington staff of the Associated Press. Born in Kenosha county, Wisconsin. Mrs. Stephenson was educated at the Oshkosh Normal school in Wisconsin. Burial at Muncie Funeral services will lie held at 11 a. m. Friday in Newton and burial will he Saturday at Muncie, Ind., where Mr. Stephenson formerly held a pastorate. He has held pastorates also in Trenton. Plainfield. Madison and Newark. N. .1 Other children surviving are Edwin A. and Donald T. Stephenson of New York and Helen M. Stephenson of Madison, N. .1. The Stephenson family lived in Decatur several years when the Rev. Stephenson was pastor of the Methodist church. Mrs. Stephenson was loved by all who knew her. The news of her death has caused much genuine sorrow here. Convict Farmer Os Manslaughter Jeffersonville, Ind., Oct.. 18. —(U.R) —Convicted in Clark circuit court !on a charge of manslaughter in connection with the shooting of Edward Kasse. 21. near Carwood. Dec. 3, George Jackson. 25, Carwood farmer, was under sentence of two to 21 years in the state reformatory today. Jackson testified he shot Kasse in self defense When they met at a drinking party and the latter allegedly attempted to force him to drink. 1

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NEW EVIDENCE CLAIMED FOUND FOR HAUPTMANN Suspect’s Lawyer Checks Testimony Os Two Men Today STATE HAUPTMANN IN NEW YORK CITY New York. Oct. 18—(U.R) - The I story of two new witnesses placing Bruno R. Hauptmann in New j Yoik City about four hours befare [ ! the Lindbergh baby was kidnaped ; I at Hop, well. N. .1.. 50 miles away., was checked today by James M. [ I Fawcett, counsel to the murder : • suspect. The witnesses—E. V. C. Pescia, [ i head of an employment agenev,; : and Joseph M. Furcht, construe- i : tion foreman at the Majestic 1 : apartments Were discovered too late to be of any use in Haunt-, ! mann's efforts to avoid extradi- j tion to New Jersey. New Jersey officials, however, depreca ed 'he importance of, these witnesses, indicating they possessed records showing (hat Hauptmann was not employed on i that day. It was recalled that I when he appeared as his own wi'I ness in the habeas corpus hearing ; he testified that he had spent all ! day of March 1 seeking employ-! ment and aid returned to his, I Bronx home at 5 p. m. At Trenton. Col. H. Norman , Schwartzkopf, s'ate police head 1 who has been active in the in-; I vestigation since the baby was kidnaped, said he bad no knowl- ■ ed”o of the new witnesses. , But in the event tiie defense an- . peal from a sunreme court ruling ! ordering ex radition fails when it ( is argued before the appellate (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) Government Springs Surprise Witness Chicago Oct. 18 (UP)—The gov- ' ernmeir todav snrang h surprise i i witness describe 1 “blind” f A r .stock market manipulations of Sam-, 1 Insull to support its charges that Tnsull and 16 ass :c : >itos direct-

ed a <143.000 000 trail iw'ndle. Jesse D. S' heinmsn, I a.Salle stret 1 broker, estified that in October 1920 | r?s>ntze 1 a hr Cuwre firm and aided the 74 year old instill in push- 1 ing tin the price of stock of the 1 corporation se unties c mntny. 1 $25 Damnere Is Caused By Fire Damage estimated at about $25 , | wtos done bv a fire which broke' out in Motz Place on north Second Street at 1:30 o’clock this afternoon. The fire was caused by a leaking oil st ve. The blaze was onicklv extinguished bv the city fire ■ dcnaUment bes re the fire had ■ spread to more than stock piled in the back of the room. SCOUT LEADERS AT FORT WAYNE Bov Scout Conference Will Be Held In Decatur. December 11 Mo-e than 300 Boy Scout, leaders and troop committeemen atI tended the sconters’ conference of the An hony Wayne area council I which was held Wednesday even-! ' j ing at 7:30 o'clock in the Chamber i of Commerce auditorium in Fort ( Wsvne. The next conference of a simi- 1 ' lar nature will be he’d in Decatur i on December 11. Scout leaders, troop committeemen and all sconters of the area will be invit- ’ ed to the coni’etence. The conference last night marked the first ! meeting of its kind in the area ! and it was decided to bold the ,'mee'ings every two months. Nine counties in the area wore represented at the meeting, including Adams, Jay. Wells, Huntington Allen. Whitley. DeKalb. No'de and Steuben. The program was called to > order and a short explanation of ♦ hte conference was given by Judge Sol A. Wood, area scout (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

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W. T. U. Meeting At Berne Friday The three Women's Christian Temperance unions of Adams county, Gepevu, Berne and Decatur, will meet in tiie Reformed church at Berne. Friday night at 7:30 o’clock. Reports will be given by the various delegates who utteniled the convention at North Manchester retetilly. A program han also been arrange I. CLOSE SCHOOLS I FOR INSTITUTE Public School Teachers Are Attending Annual Meetings Fort Wayne Oct. 18—(UP)—Har- [ ry LeWallen, Warsaw, superintendent of Kosciusko county schools, was nominated for the presidency of the Northeastern Indiana teachers association today for election during convention here. LeWallen is the present vice- precident of organization. James H. Campbell, Fort Wayne, was nominated to succeed LeWallen in vicepresidency. M. F. Wcrthman, superintendent of Decatur city schools to succeed himself as secretary-trea-sury. All the public S' h 01-s in the county are closed today and will remain [ closed Friday While toichers attend tile annual institutes. Tiie majority of the teachers aratending tiie sessions o f he Northeastern Indiana Teachers' Association held at Fort Wayne. Although the township trustees an.l school teachers attend tiie Fort Wayne inistitute a few are at Indianapolis wh re a similar institute is being ! held. All the teachers are require 1 ■to attend one cr tiie othgr of th ' institutes. Tiie annual business meeting of the association will be li id at 4:30 ' :■ lock this afternoon in the courth use assembly room in Fort Wayne. An election of officers will | be held at this meeting. Incumbent officers are: O. M Craig of Bluff on president; Harry E. LeWallen of Warsaw, vice-president; M. F. Worthman. Decatur ,s cretary- treatCONTINUED ON PAGE THREE!

ELECTION BOARD MEETS TONIGHT Ballots For General Election Will Be Printed Next Week The election comlmissioners of Adams county. David Depp, c unty clerk and C. J. Lutz and Walter- ■ Johnson will meet at the clerk's office tonight to begin w. rk on prewiring copy f r the county. city and I township tickets, which will be printed next week. Mr. Depp will go to Cndianap I's Tues lay to secure the .state tick- ! ets and within a week or so all necI essary arrangements for st": plieI for the coining election will have been completed. The county lol! t will include the i Democratic, Republican and Socialist candidates, J hn S. Patee, from Kendallville having filed by peti'tion as a candidate for congress on | the socialist ticket in this istrict. The state ballot will be composI ed of five tickets itr. hiding the Dem- | erratic, Republican. Socialist, Proi hibition and Communist, and will be headed by the f Rowing candidates for U. S. senator:- Sherman Minton. New Albany, Democrat; Arthur : R. Robinson, Indianapolis, Republican; Forest Walker, Veedersburg, i Socialist; Albert W. Jackson. Attica I’r.-hiliitiouist and Wengel Stocker, Hammond. C mmunist. Ea - it voter will be handed four tickets when he enters the booth, the state, county, city and township (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) Peoples State Bank Os Berne Will Pay Rudolph Schug, liquidating agent of the Pe tples Slate Bank of B rne announced today that a 15 pt*r cent distribution will be made on October 29. This will amount to appr.► xi.rately $lB 000. With the 15 per cent distribution to be made the 29th. 40 per cent will have been paid. The last distribution was made June 2 this year.

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MRS. ROBINSON AIDED RESCUE OF MRS. STOLL Car Abandoned In Springfield, Ohio, Thought Kidnaper’s AIDED AGENTS TO DELIVER RANSOM ' Springfield, 0., Oct. 18 — (U.R) — A Ford V-8 two door sedan, believed to have been ’ abandoned by Thomas J. Robinson, Jr., alleged kidnaper of Mrs. Berry V. Stoll, Louisville socialite, was found here today, Police Chief George . Abele announced. The auto bore Indiana license 504,519, Chief Abele . said. , I Chief Abel said federal agents were on their way to Springfield .) to check fingerprints on the car. The auto was abandoned at a . I Springfield home on the National I highway, the chief said, after a ~ young man answering Robinson's , | description had rented a room . there Monday or Tuesday " "I’m sure the man was Robinson," said the officer. "After renting the room, he said he was taking a bus to Columbus. Whether he actually took it, we don’t know." The man signed the rooming I house register as “Jerry Dobson," ' with address given as South Bend. Indiana. ! I Previously. Robinson had been reported in a Ford V-8 sedan or 'coach, with Illinois license 331-700. This morning. Springfield police ’ were advised that Robinson had ‘ [ been seen in a Chrysler car with | Indiana license, 113 627, at Elkhart, ' Ind. Issued To Wife ' i Indianapolis. Oct 18. — (U.R) — Auto license plates 504.519. found ['on an automobile abandoned at 'Springfield. ().. today and believed used by T. H. Robinson, Jr., Louis- ‘ [ ville. Ky., kidnaping suspect, were ! issued to his wife. Records of tiie auto license department here show that Mrs Robinson bought the plates for a 1928 (Chrysler while living at the Mar-

(CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) .— — —o , Fort Wayne Man Given Sentence Fort Wayne, Ind.. Oct. 18.—(U.R) —Louis Tagmeyer. 56. found guilty • on a grand larceny charge in circuit court here was sentenced to serve one_to-10 years in the Indiana state prison by Judge Clarence R. McNabb late yesterday. Tagmeyer, a professional lumber buyer, is alleged to have removed several trees from the farm of Mrs. Gertrude Foss, a widow of i near Huntertown. 1 It was stated that Tagmeyer had been arrested and convicted on i two previous occasions on similar ' charges, but was placed on probation in both instances. SHORT COURSE IN FARM CREDIT Farm Credit Meeting Will Be Held At Muncie October 31 Muncie, Ind.. Oct. 18. —(Special) —A short course in farm credit is available free to Hoosier farmers and all others interested, in the open forum to be conducted by of- ’ ficials of the farm creddit adminis- ! tration of Louisville here on October 31 at 1:30 p. tn., according to . L. A. Pittenger, who is in charge of local arrangements. "The meeti ing will be held in the auditorium at Ball State college, starting promptly to allow all the time required for discussion and for quesions and answers on all phases of farm credit." states Mr. Pittenger. "The purpose of the meeting is to inform Indiana farmers further I concerning the credit facilities of the farm credit administration of I I Louisville, which are maintained ’ j and operated solely for their beneT fit. Although Indiana farmers are making large use of the loan facil--1! ities of the Federal Land Bank of 1 1 Louisville- and are financing their I ’(CONTJNUEd’on’pAGE FOUR)