Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 32, Number 250, Decatur, Adams County, 20 October 1934 — Page 1

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■ c 'lny employes ' hPE ADDED TO •fIoCAL PLANTS L He Than 500 Men And ■Wt men Given EmployIKent In l ast Month INGEST INCREASE ■rsi’GAK FACTORY prosperil v has tilturned the corner in K3 <u r js indicated by the ■ in |llrit ' lull' industries and in anti near this city :ll l<l<d ">22 men anti List month, making a J » 7 C mH] todav oi 1,091 now •««. .iii-t ii,-s and pro'.<l from all those K p I . r.! ■n o believed to be of conditions here, increase has been ■„ t S star company and BthelTeniral Sova company. \ k there are 360 per--*|W** 'ii'tt's payroll, numb- only about 60 ' bl Iran. The addiItMl 3*M) men will work until all j>will ■ .Oo in December. ■ • n.pany may then EJ tin- ('entral company's plant which ■ shorni h.- i. ..;• ration about the of employed st ion work at the I “*wßev'soy bean plant. Officials of ■ -innate that the nf these men will be ■ nee led fur th next four weeks. company ■is nw opcr.iting four days a anil hiring about 100 perThis an approximate inof men over a month — _M«f !• Electric plant in iind today that II •• employes will in the next few ' ON PAGE*SIX)* ■CAL ANNUAL I WINS HONORS uB ! jl Published By High School Wins State Prize franklin. Ind., Oct. 20— (U.R) — Be Ravelings, yearbook publishB by the Decatur high school won ■st place in the state it was annnced today at the annual con--I'o'on of the Indiana high school ■’ iation here today. ■Th- Ravelings was entered in ■e class which includes high * Is having an enrollment of than 350 students. Krick was editor m * l be paper this year. , every award in special in both high s hool and yea rb oks, the W.iyne sell ols kd the list of a -^■ orp or more schools which sub- ■ I" 1 "' 1 “"'k in tlle annual contests. he annual meeting will close toafter election f officers. The l^^f nual banquet and dance were last night. Sl,, tth Side Times, ••’ublished the South Side, Fort Wayne, first place in the annual pub■cation contest. The Legend, pub- ■ (CONTINUED ON*PAGE*SIX)* o — South Escapes J Indiana SherilY I> Xashvilie. Ind., Oct. 20 (UP) — freaking away from Sheriff Fref 1 '"” Weddle while being allowed L° *alk unshackled in front of th“ Prawn county jail here. Rusnell r n3s - 18, escaped late yesterday, It r 0 ® announced today. Lines was being held on a charge ,a Pe and had been taken outside i ■* cell to "get some air" the sher ft said. sheriff offered a reward of -» for capture of th fugitive.

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Vol. XXXII. No. 250.

, Issues Warning i To Aged Persons South Bend, Ind., Oct. 20 —(U.R) A warning to aged persons to ignore demands for fees or contributions from persons or agencies under the pretense of aiding in obI tabling old age pensions WU tied today by Frank E. Hering, South Bend chairman of the na- | tional old age pension commission of the Fraternal Order of Eagles. Individuals and fake organiza. tions are seeking to comercialize on the misery of distressed old men and women by inducing appliL cants for assistance to make a i contribution or pay a fee, Hering I said. "i At tjie same time, Hering out- ' lined the Eugles Lodge plan for ~ legislation by the state 1935 genAral assembly liberalizing the . 1 present old age pension law. He i said the lodge would ask that the I minimum pension amount be in- [ creased, the age limit reduced to 165 years, higher property exempI tion and reduction of the length of residence require. I I _ McNUTT SHOWS EXPENSE SLASH I i Governor Shows Cut In Government Expenses During His Term Richmond, In I . Oct 2'l Dra.s ic , reduction in governmental txpen e I an 1 autwtantoil decrease in the tax i burdn during the Democratic r.i gime in Indiana were shown by a financial report made by <1 vernor I Paul V. Mi XuU in au .xiaress h re ■ last night. G vernor McNutt called attention ■ to savings effected in both the state ■ and local governments of Indiana mid emphatically branded as political propaganda the criticisms of Republican spokesmen. “On January 9. 1933, when the present administnit'i n assumed control, the balance in all fuads was 113,591,634.05." Govern r McNutt stated. "We have administered all fun tions of state govern nent. piid our bills, borrowed no money, sent back td counties, cities, towns an.l schools $26,963 294.34 and had a balance at the end f the fiscal yeur of $17,685,254.78. "All of this has been accomplished notwithstanding th? fact that receipts from property tax going to the state general fund dropped fr m I $7,762,1)84.10 in 1932 to $1,797,595.17 I in 1933 and the additional fact that there is now due the state general fund from c unties uni ollectel tax amounting to $1,644,262.34 ond tax colle ted. but not received by th • state on account of closed banks, in the sum of $329,912.88. "The making of the new liu ’get J for this biennium was marked by regorous frugality without false eco- ’ nomy. Without taking into .iccount the savings under the executive-ad-ministrative Act, the budget was re- ' dur ce l $4,000,000. PIAYLET WILL BE PRESENTED II . Juniors Os United Brethren Church VV ill Give Playlet Sunday A playlet entitled “Visitor For ‘ Rally Day" will be given by the ‘ juniors of the United Brethren church. Sunday morning at 10:30 o'clock in connection with rally day. The playlet takes place in Mr. Barter’s flower garden on one Saturday afternoon. The characters will be: Bob—Richard Schafer. Betty—Vivian Hitchcock. Mr. Ebenezar Bayter — Mr. Abbott. Sue —Irene Light. Fred—Richard Hakes. Jimmie —Jimmie Cochran. Jane —Mary Reed. Ruth—Eileen Johnson Tad—Dan Williams. Nan—Betty Brewster. Ruth Meyers will present a special number during the program. Final rehearsal for the playlet will be held Saturday afternoon and all members of the cast arc requested to be present.

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KIDNAP SLAYER IS EXTRADITED TO NEW JERSEY Bruno R. Hauptmann Is Taken To Jail In New Jersey City APPELLATE COURT TURNS DOWN PLEA Flemington, N. J., Oct. 20. —(U.R) ’ —Bruno Hauptmann was brought to New Jersey late Friday to go on trial for the abduction-murder of Baby Charles A. Lindbergh. Three and a half hours after the appellate division of the New York supreme court turned down his plea to avoid extradition, the alien former convict was lodged in cell No. 1 of the Hunterdon county jail. Guarded by New Jersey state policemen, he was • rushed in an automobile from tlie Bronx jail. - across the Hudson river to this I Jersey country town. Crowds of curious townsfolk, I who gathered about the court house and adjoining jail fully an hour before his arrival, had only l a quick glimpse at the prisoner as. handcuffed to an officer, he was hurried into the warden's office. Without ceremony, lie was led to his cell —a silent, somewhat bewildered figure. Tile jail is about ten miles from the former Hopewell estate of Col. and Mrs. Lindbergh — the home which, the stste of New Jersey contends, Hauptmann stole thej . m*.r's first-born son th!__iiight of March 1. 1932. Hauptman has asserted, in his . alibi, his innocence of the crime and his absence from New Jersey the day it was perpetrated. In an evening session, however, the appellate division in New York . turned down his plea, decided his alibi was insufficient and allowed immediate extradition by upholding a lower court’s action in vacating a writ of habeas corpus. (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) LEGION LEADER DEFENDS VETS Edward Hayes Says Average World War Vet Set Back By Service Miami, Flo., Oct. 20— (UP)—National commander Edward A. Hayes of the Ameriian Legi n cannot) agree with President Roosevelt's assertion that the average war vet- ■ j eran is better off than the av, rage American citizen. j The world war veteran, Hayes; •-■aid, was “set back of the average I citizen by less of time in war Time that was donated to the gov-’ ] ernment with resultant interuption ! of careers, loss of earning cowers | an.l lass of priority. "For tliis reason." the commander added. "We have always contended that the man who gave protec- | tion to this country in the Nation's . I greatest emergency, now deserves < ') the protection of all the other citizens. "This automatically plar es him in I that class which the public g -neral-; ly conceded was due him in 191 < when he was called to war. Hayes said the status of the 4. 000,060 men who served in 1917! should not be judged by the status of 1.000,000 memlbers of the American legion. iHe declared that less than 10 per | Jcent cf the Legionnaires have received Federal aid. The Legion, h?| asserted, is defending the veteran J whose earning • apa. ity has decreas"(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) Osteopaths Plan Annual Meeting Indianapolis, Ind., Oct. 20 (U.R) —A program of entertainment and technical sessions have been ar ranged for the annual convention ’ of the Indiana Osteopathic association which opens here Oct. 24 and 25, it was announced today by Wai- j ter S. Grow, convention arrange-1 ments chairman

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Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, October 20, 1934.

Sugar Company Busy Place | r~ " . 'V- • '♦ • • I f . 1 • Tim Central Sugar company, located just north of Decatur, is a beehive of activity at the present time. The top photo shows the start of excavation work for the new soybean plant, which is tieing erected with lightning-like speed. The lower photo shows the new conveyor ■ I system installed this year to facilitate the handling of sugar beets.

File New Suit On Gross Income Tax Indianapolis, Oct. 20 — <U.R) — A new suit to enjoin enforcement of the state gross income tax law was on file in Marion superior 1 court five today. The suit was filed by the Capital Paper company and seeks to prohibit tlie state from collecting 1 per cent of the gross receipts of its business, contending that the manufacturers’ rate of one' fourth of one per cent should be | tlie assessment. LITTLE CHANGE FOR BUSINESS Gain In Auto Sales Only Bright Spot In Indiana Business Bloomington. Ind., Oct. 20.—(U.R) — A substantial contra-seasonal gain in automobile sales provided one of the few “bright spots’’ in . Indiana business during Septemb- < er, the Indiana Business Review of ! the Indiana University Bureau of Business Research reported today. "There was very little change in the general businsss situation durj ing the month "but there was a general improvement in automobile : sales, the review said. Used car sales made less than the usual (seasonal decline. , After allowances were made for the usual season factors, gain s registered in some lines of trade Lind industry were offset by declines suffered in other types of i business activity, the review reported "With few local exceptions, de- ■ partment store sales improved during September. Trade was favored in some districts “y comparatively high cash income resulting largely from payments on agricul- > Itural adjustment administration * (CONTINUEDON PAGE SIX)

CROWD ATTENDS PARTY FRIDAY Young Democratic Club Holds Party At Country Club Friday Between 250 and 400 persons attended the ipirty given at the DecaI tur country club Friday evening by! the Young I> mocratic club of Adams county. The county township and city candidates led the gran 1 march 'headed by State Senator Thrum-in | Golts'halk if Berne and State 1 Joint Representative Frank Thomp-1 son of Bluffton. Arthur R. Holthouse, Democratic candidate for M.iyor of Decatur was unable to attend because it a slight illness but he sent a letter which was rea 11 by Fred Schurger, who acted as | muster of ceremonies. Congressman : James I. Farley came to the party j later in the evening. The bridge prizes were awarded to Mrs. Harold Satturs and E. W. Whitehurst. The pinochle prizes were won by Mrs. Albert Miller and Hermon Dierkes. A floor show was dire ted by Patricia FhilleiUkamp of Decatur. She was assisted by Miss D nmabel i Fennimore and Miss Rosemary Filllenkamp. Between nets Miss Gretchen Stuckey of Geneva played sev- ' eral numbers on the accordian. Hal > Teeter’s orchestra furnished music j I for the dance. The next meeting of , the club will be hel i Wednesday ” (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) O Regular Meeting Os Phi Delts Monday i All .members ts the Phi Delta Kappa -fraternity ere asked to at- 1 tend the regular meeting Monday ( night at 8 o’clock at the club rooms | on Monroe street. Plans will -be < made at this meeting for the Hallo- i ween porty and the annual Turkey I Trot» which will be held Thanks- < j giving Day. 1

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PLANES RACING ACROSS EUROPE IN GREAT RACE Twenty Airplanes Engage In Greatest Air Race In History THREE AMERICAN PLANES ENTERED Milder.hall, England. Oct. 20 (U.R) Airplanes, ranging from giants to midgets, streaked across Europe toward Baghdad today in the Mildenhall-Melbourne race, greatest in aviation history. Twenty planes, three with American crews, started from Mildnnhall within 17 minutes today, and soon were over continental Europe, bound for Marseilles, Leipsig, Rome. Athens or direct to Baghdad — first compulsory stopping place—2.s3o mile* away. Amy and James Mollison. heroes of many flights, were first away at 6:30 a.m. (1:30 a. m. HST), headed for Baghdad in their De Haviland No. 63 Comet. The Americans were Col. Roscoe Turner and Clyde I’angliorn. in a Boeing Transport. headed for Athens; Miss Jacqueline Cochran and Wesley Smith in a Granville monoplane, headed for Bucharest or Athens: John H. Wright and John Polando, iwund for Marseilles I in tlieir little Lambert monocoupe Baby Ruth, smallest in the race. Baby Ruth was the first Ameri- ’ can plane reported. It arrived at Marseilles after a halt at Lyons due to a defective feed pump. ' Wright and Polando. arriving at 12:19 p. m. at istres Airdroma, Marseilles—still in excellent position—and went to work on the pump. The planes were well scattered ) over the continent. No. 58. Britisli Air Speed ASB. landed at Abbeville, France, to wait for rain Io subside. No. 31. British Miles Falcon, landed in a field five miles from ) Le Bourget airdrome. Paris, in a : storm. No. 35, New Zealand. Fairy Fox. (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o : Indiana Town Nearly Destroyed By Flames Rochester. Ind.. Oct. 20 —(U.R) — ) Response of fire departments from Peru. Logansport, Mexo, Fulton. Grass Creek and Rochester was credited today with saving the town of Twelve Mile, southi east of here from being wiped out by flames. Loss was estimated at SS.OOO. The fire spread rapidly through a case and meat market and sevi ered a high tension line plunging the village into darkness. COUNTY MEETS BEING PLANNED Indiana Committee To Combat Crime Plans Wide Organization Indianapolis. Ind.. Oct. 20 —(U.R) —Encouraged by the attendance and interest shown at a state wide meeting here last week, leaders in ! the Indiana committee to combat i crime today planned county meetings for further organizations. : The county meetings are being j held this week and will be contin- ’ ued next week, and are sponsored by civic leaders whot attended the organization meeting here. Among the first county meetings on the schedule are those at Bloomington, Martinsville and Evansville. Jeffersonville will be among the first county sessions to be held, Kenneth Ogle, state chairman of the committee announced Tlie new organization expects to i make a study of crime conditions in the state and draft a legislative program to bring about a divorce of politics and police administration The organization also hopes to effect a reform in criminal procedure to make justice more speedy and certain.

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Scarlet Fever Cases Reported Two cases of scarlet fever were reported in Adams f ounty for the i week ending Saturday, October 13, according to the Indiana division of ) public health morbidity rep rt. FARMERS HAUL ’ LIME AT PLANT 1 ' ■ ~ I 1 More Than 4,000 Tons Have Been Hauled From Sugar Plant Site Officials of the Central Sugar Company stated today that many farmers of Adams and surrounding counties are taking advantage of ; ’ the availability of lime at the: plant and are hauling this hy.pro- i duct away rapidly. More than 4.000 tons of the lime 1 1 have been liauled by farmers since I last spring and officials of the ' company estimate that 40.000 tons are still available. For the convenience of the farmers. a shovel has been hired to ex- i pedit loading of the lime. Abso- I luiSy no charge is made for the I lime but a charge of 10 tents a ton is made for loading. if Many beet growers, after unload-I ing tlieir beets, are returning home with a truckload of the lime as i little time is lost in the loading 1 process. The lime is equivalent to lime- j stone and is rich in plant foods. s 'such as nitrogen, potash and phosphorus. The lime comes from the . , residue of the sugar beets and is 'exceptionally good for enriching the soil. i Farmers of thts section, through ' an educational program conducted i ’ by Purdue university experts and L. E. Archbold. Adams county agent, have only lately realized the ■ advantage of the free offer by the ! sugar companyThe size of the lime pit has been j ' reduced in recent weeks to make' room for the soy bean plant which , ’ is being erected adjacent to the : sugar plant. TEACHERS END ANNUAL MEET i Indiana Teachers Oppose Any Change In State Tax Laws — Indianapolis. Oct. 20. — (U.R) — I Marked with only a few brief slur-j ries of opposition, the 81st annual ; convention of the Indiana State • ’Teachers Association was conclud- : 1 ed last night. ' i Approximately 16,000 teachers in ) ’: public grade and high schools in ; I every section of the state attendjed the sessions held here during) th past two days. While they did not definitely j commit themselves to support of j l the gross income tax law, from i I which comes most of the revenue I paid to local units from tlie state j ‘ support of schools and payment of I | teacher salaries, the teachers went I , on record as opposing ay change in the revenue-producing laws at i , this time. The resolution praising the state) administration for its efforts to I keep the schools open through : I passage of the gross income, in- J {tangibles and excise tax laws, 1 ' passed the convention without a! i I dissenting vote. p A move to bring a consolidation j iof the other teachers' organiza- , ' tions in the state with the state | ( associaion almost turned he har- ’ monious eonvenion into an upheav-1 al. Several teachers paraded to the platform in defense or in op-1 position to the move, and with a j fight looming, J. R. Mitchell, spon*?CQNTIN’UED ON PAGE SIX) _ o Dr. Frohnapfel To Attend Convention Dr. H. Frohnapfel is s heduled to address the sbite chair practice i ojvention at Marion Monday. He will speak on “The Value of X-rays in Chiropractic”. Dr. and Mrs. Frohnapfel will attend the convention which will be held on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday.

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INTENSE HUNT FOR KIDNAPER IS BEING MADE Prosecutor Asks Indictments For Kidnaper, His Wife And Father DENY ALL CHARGES OF DOUBLE CROSS Louisville, Ky., Oct. 20 — (U.R)—Federal prosecutors today asked a grand jury to indict Thomas H. Robinson, Jr., his wife and his father for violation of the “Lindbergh” law in the kidnaping of Mrs. Alice Speed Stoll. They denied any truth in the charge of youthful Mrs. Frances Robibnson that she was "double crossed" after working with the millionaire Stoll family and federal agents for safe return of the victim. Even as the grand jury convenled in special session, an army of federal agents directed from Cincinnati by Melvin Purvis, the man who trapped John Dillinger, searched the entire country for the young former college student and insane asylum inmate who engineered the abduction. Around Kane, Pa., and Wilming. I ton. Del, state and city police iforces continued unremittingly a search instigated by reports that Robinson was sighted in both ) cities yesterday. Simultaneously 'Washington authorities ordered a (watch placed on California border routes and investigated a host of rumors at dozens of intermediate points. In the last 24 hours Robinson | has been reported seen or trailed lin Pennsylvania , Delaware, New I York, Tennessee. Ohio, Indiana. Michigan. Illinois, and Kansas. , federal agents are sure only that he was in Springfield, Ohio, Wednesday morning. The fact was established by discovery of a $5 j bill, part of the $49.5000 ransom I money with which he escaped Tuesday from the Indianapolis apartment where Mrs. Stoll was held captive, and of an automobile bearing Tils finger prints. Many reports that other ransom | hills had been identified by serial inumbers resulted from confusion ) of federal bank notes, in which the ransom was paid, with fither forms jot currency with duplicating numbers. Investigators of the kidnaping ’ believed it probable that their I quarry still was east of the Mississippi river, but refused to comimit themselves further “I don't know where Robinson lis any more than you do,” Purvis ■ said when he arrived in Cincinnati. I Directors of the search here pro- ! fessed themselves just as thoroughlly in the dark. The most promising lead yesterday, one which set (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) 0 MAY USE SALT FOR HIGHWAYS Granulated Rock Salt May Replace Calcium Chloride In State Indianapolis, Ind., Oct. 20 —(U.R) -Ordinary coarse salt of the type known as granulated rock salt maybecome the principal ingredient in highway stabilization work in the future, James D. Adams, chairman of the state highway commission announced today. The rock salt is being used in experiments in place of the more expensive calcium chloride in treatment of gravel roads, and has I resulted in virtually the same stablization effect, Adams said. Experiments are being made on 1 state road 121 south of Connersville i before definite steps are made to change over to rock salt. Approximately 2500 miles of gravel surfaced highways in the state are being stabilized this year by the highway department as a I means of developing a hard-sur-faced roadway which will be dustless and water tight Adams pointed out that common rock salt has been used successfully as a stabilizer in Novia Scotia where roads are subject to more severe weather conditions than prevail in Indiana.