Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 32, Number 252, Decatur, Adams County, 23 October 1934 — Page 1

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TWO BRITISH AVIATORS WIN AIR RACE

mailyDemocrat Announces Christmas Club

[we mount [spSH TO BE ring MEMBERS L un< f, .>(N of Dollars ('ash fwinflle Paid For Spare Jfi Time Work onA employes T \KF INELIGIBLE iAnm .. nicnt is made in thisP'Ue of a "Christmas .r at ion campaign (oonß' In' started by the ; • in which hun- | Hi ii in cash prizes ■will > I Kip f, j E,| Cffort'- v Period BrnCM 1 III" ■nub t increase lh» : 1 I I ■ the pu ■tributi ■ more »ill agree to I I -Us I ling Bi H . ■ tions " "In* already lv I ■E'.e r ycre to Be Paid must attractive feature of | the I li e Democrat's l | who I | aotee* ~“Bspwl | be a* .ml if one fails to will I oner . iar prizes, lie will ■ bep is’.i cotnmissiim E -'Bon »i - .I.si notion secured. I Thus | paid li isli for efforts at the con- | ilusli mipuign. I IAi";. e Christmas Funds ** li • extremely I to ha : ' 4 . .me tit | gin mas? —■“l T* ■—l iXflt i lub” cam wi afford to anyone who is I will! i liange their spare for check. The I canptign "ill end early enough I tor i plan and execute tint shopping expedition they prubalily wouldn't feel I lik»|a(ti,rdln ß without it. [ Plan Is Simple [|[ Alter reading thus far it is only I natihal that one should inquire: hew I share this big ' awards?" to the advertisemetit in this issue. ■ clip the coupon at tlie bottom of HU it in and send or li tile office ■T* —Hi manager will then ■ V^ T! *'|'e:d ox pack ponti I Bmocratic Meeting I Al Monroe Thursday h-.r. • ratio meeting will lie, a ‘ ilte M. nroe higli school 3 •'a*' speakers for the > n " blank (1. Thompson, rand - i | #" tll! ' joint representative, and i "• Tyndall, candi late I COl ity audit, r. I ■ Guilty, I Reaves Not Guilty Bucenski of Dayton. ().. 1-I.iyd Garwood, of .soiih of (a, ur plead guilty to charges of larceny when brought it, . be I Judge .Hut,er M. DeVos,s ill 111" I *£’•" l irei ‘‘t c, urt this afternoon. are charged with stealing I ¥ 1 a,l| i merchandise from the i 1;l 'mer filling station two mil s of Deiaitir on state r a I K. on Thursday, October 18. Reaves, a Mexican wh ■ gave his name ,:e Stanley ■* moe ? an< l various aliases, plea ! guilt y when arraigned in cir- ■" court t day. He is charged fl :> stealing canned fruit from the of the farm home of I) m ■ Burkhart mar Herne. Judge DeVos.s |V : hls ba ‘l at $25(1 an I he was r • to

DECATUR DAIIA DEMOCRAT

Yol. XXXII. No. 252.

Slain Bandit’s Pal \ / IpT 77 I Adam Riehetti, pal of Charles j (Pretty Boy I Floyd, is held in the Wellsville, Ohio, jail, closely guarded. Riehetti was captured Saturday night when officers surprised him and Floyd in a camp where ! they bad been hiding. The prisI oner is wanted in connection with the Kansas City railroad station massacre of June 17. Iff?.:!. MRS, ROBINSON DENIES GUILT Wife of Stoll Kidnaper I'leads Not (iuilty In Court Today Lonisville, Ky. Oct. 23— (I’Pl Mrs. Frances R liinson. wife of tlu ’ rnJTTh'e kidnaper" an, 1 Mrs. Alic Speed Stoll, plea el r, : guilty to participating in the crime when she was unsigned today before Federal Judge Charles I. Dawson. H r trial was tentatively set for October 29. The -'efendant, mother of a threeyear old boy. is one of tiiree persons under indictment . n charges of kidnaping Mrs. St 11 from her home Octob r P» *iml holJlng her prisoner for six lays. Tliomas H. R bin.son, Jr., the actual kidnaper, has eluded a government manhunt leading to the Atlan tic seaboarJ. Robinson is father. Thomas H • R binson, Sr., is tinder arr st in Xashville. Tenn., it was to hiss tiome ; that th $50,000 ransom money pai l by the victim's millionaire hiw'»md was sent. After her plea of not guilty Mrs. Robinson was returned to the women's quarters of tile Liberty Street >.til where sh? has ibe n held in ;,-,TvnM'F.l> OX PAGE THREE) PHI DELIS PLAN FOR HALLOWEEN Fraternity \\ ill Hold Halloween Party And Annual Turkey Trot The local Phi DfHa Kappa fra ternity will hold a Halloween partyin the Phi Delt hall for members o! the fraternity, their wives, sweethearts and frleri.u. Wednesday night, October 81. The party will he held following 1 the Callithumpian parade in tins city. At the party, the members of i the Phi Delt s, ftbal team will also be entertained. At the meeting of the organization held Monday night, arrangements were made for the annual Turkey Trot to he held during the . Thanksgiving season. The Tin key Trot this year will mark the eighth annual event. The C. ,H. Young orchestra or Dima, Ohio has been secured for the i dance. This Is the same orchestra ' th.it played during the Phi Delt o i j vention hell here this summer. Herman Omlor will be chairman of the decorations committee and ] he will be assisted by Chalmer De- , bolt, Melvin Collier, Harold He.ler ■ and Everett Sliee's. The Parlors of th esl The Phi Delt parlors will he , equipped for reservations for epe- , cial Thanksgiving parties, it was ann.:-unt'eU. 1

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STRATOSPHERE FLIGHT STARTS THIS MORNING Dr, .1 c a n Piccard And Wife Begin Another Scientific Flight REPORTED SLOWLY HEADING EASTWARD Dearborn Midi., Oct. 23- (U.R) Dr Jean Piccard and his eversmiling wife, Jeanette, drifted southward and upward to the stratosphere over Ohio and Pennsylvania today, almost entirely out of touch with the work-a-dav world. Only thrice since their black-and-white gondola lurched from Ford airport at dawn today beneath a towering balloon have tliev been seen or heard front. The first time was less than an hour after they blasted away their last four mooring ropes. At that time they reu M’*eil all was well, at an altitude of 7,500 feet. l.ater they were reported high over Akron. While their parents sought to solve the mystery of cosmie rays by- carrying aloft the most elaborate array of instruments yet ass, mti'ed for such a p-arnose, Paul Piccard. 10, and his brother. Donald. S. sat at a radio waiting word from them. Thev bade their "tnomniv ard poppy" goodbve at the airport, uivine them two small bouquets of red roses. Then thev ran to their rooms and tinned on a radio. There was no sehool for tlvem Indav. Tie Piccards had hop"il to reach an altitude of 10 or 11 miles be (CON-TINTED OX PAGE POUR) WM. BREINER DIES MONDAY Aged Adams County Resident Dies Last Night At Hospital William Breiner, 92. prominent retired farmer of Root township and one of the oldest residents in the county, died at the Adams County Memorial hospital at 11:45 Monday night, of infirmities, following a fall in which he fracturi d his h'p. Mr Breiner had made his home with his daughter, Mrs. William l,iby in Monroe, for the past three years, and on August 11, lie fell at the I,iby home, and broke his hip. He was removed to the county memorial hospital. He never recovered from the iijuries. Mr. Breiner was horn in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, on April 29, 1 S4'i, a son of John and Thelma Breiner. lie came to Adams county with his parents when he was 13 years of age, and had resided here the remainder of his life. He lived in Kirkland township for a number of years. On July 15. 1865 he was married to Mary Ann Hower. who preceded him in death on October 23, 1930. Mr. Breiner was a retired farmer, and was a member of the Zion Reformed church in Decatur. Mr. and Mrs. Breiner celebrated their sixtieth wedding anniversary on Jul v 15, 1925. Surviving are the children: * (COXTINTTED OX PARE SIX) Baptist Church Plans Program A fireside forum program will he held at the First Baptist church Wei'lneodav evening. The general theiaie will ibe “Dive it through.” The program is as follows: Song service led by Mrs. A. B. Brown; pmyer, Cal Peterson; Open doors of possibilities, Mrs. Harry Th, mas; special music; echoes from the .state convention. C. E. Bell; applying the theme, “live it through," S. E. Hite; Song. Jesus calls us; roll rail by Mrs. William Wirines; co laborers with God, by the pastor; solo, Mrs. Brown.

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN A DAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, October 2.‘L 1934.

Truck, Auto Damaged In Collision Today A truck owned by Hoggs, n Broth ! ors, general contractors at the De- j oitur homestead site, and Irlve.n by Dii k Macklin, was damaged at no ti | today when struck by an auto.no bile driven by William Ron ientmsh of Willshlre. Ohio. The collision centred at the intereectioiCof Second street ami Liberty Way, Ramlenbueh, drivl tg north, attempt** 1 to turn west nml ran directly into the trip k. Both the truck and auto were badly datnngeil. JAMES D. ADAMS TO TAKE PART State Highway Head Will Take Part in Formal Opening of Road 527 James D. Adams. Indiana highway director lias accepted the in vitation to participate in the program marking the formal opening of slate road 527, to lie held at the Indiana Ohio state line. Friday. Xovember 9. Mr. Adams notified Arthur 11 Holthouse, general c hairman of the community good will program to lie held in connection with the road opening, that he would he in Decatur On the day of the ceremonies. () M. Merrell. Ohio liigliway di. rector has also been invited and it is planned to have the two state road officials cut the ribbon, declaring tlie road opened. J. A. Cox of Willshire is chair- : man of the committee In that city arranging a joint program to be given by Decatur and Willshire C. J Lutz of this city is chairman

of the program and details are being arranged by him and Mr. Cox Following the program at tlie state line it is planned to have the caravan visit De atur A drive will he made through Willshire and then the delegations from tlie two states will proceed to this city, where invitations have been extended to vieit the homestead site.' the sugar factory General Electin' plant and other industrial sites in the city. E. \V. Lankenau is chairman of the hospitality committee, i ., Rotarians Will Attend Funeral All members of the. Decatur Ro-i tary cluib are requested to mee: at the Rice hotel We ’.net''ay afternoon at 1:39 o’clock. The club mem- '; bers will attend services at the Zion Reformed church f r Superintendent M. F. Worthman.q mtvn--1 her of the : lub. Murphy Purchases Interest In Shop Joe Murphy, local barber, lias purchased an interest in the Pi,:igry barber .sh e . 233 west Monroe street, (formerly the Pingry and Carroll shop.) Mr. Murphy lias been employed for the past five years at the Frank Young sh, p.

Many Tributes Are Paid To Memory Os Superintendent M. F. Worthman

Students, Boy Scouts, fraternal organizations, clubs, teachers and j associates in educational circles {sent tributes to M. F. VVorthnian, I superintendent of the Decatur j schools who died Saturday night of pulmonary embolism One of the pupils in the Decatur high school, William Schafer, a 1 junior, wrote the following tribute: ‘‘The passing of Mr. Worthman is a great loss to me. Words fail to express what his absence will mean to me and it will be In the future that I will better realize the i loss which 1 have undergone. I will miss that cheerful greeting unu fatherly advice, that he always S gave me. He was never too tired nor too busy to make helpful sugI gestions. I know that everyone feels the same as 1. that we have lost a true friend in the church, the school, and in play." William Schafer. Boy Scouts Mr. Worthman was prominent !in the organization of the present , Boy Scout movement in the city. He was a member of the boys’ comjmittee of the Rotary club which I sponsored the Rotary troop. A Decatur Eagle Scout, Dick Girod, of

FINAL TRIBUTE FORWORTHMAN Funeral of School Superintendent Will Be Held Wednesday A tentativ ■ program fur the fun eral services for Martin F. Worth man. superintendent of the Decatur . public schools, was ,innouneed to , lay by Rev. Charles M. Prtigh. pas i tor of th • Zion Reformed ctiur. li ! this city. The body will He in state at the i church fr m noon until 2:30 Wed I nesday afternoon and will be guard el by Boy Scouts in uniform. At 2 o'clor-k private services w ill be hel I at the lv me on Sixth litre-1. At 2:30 I o’clock the services will he held in ithe church. The music will he furnished by a mole quartet from th? church. The scripture and pray r will be sail by Dr F. H. Rupnow. of Fort Wayne. Dr. Burt Mang Id w'll then ray a short tribute to Mr. Worthman in behalf of the school boat* 1. R-v. Prugh will preach the funeral sermon. The serin, n will to* followed by the M.isonic ring s rvice. Burial will be made in 11i * Decatur • emetery. A short service will be held at the grave. Until the fun ral servi es the Phoebe Billie class of the Zi n R - formed church will haw* charge o; the home during the day, an', th* Rotary club. Masonic, Moose end Knights , f Pythias lodges at night. o— Ask Moose Members To Meet Tonight

All members of the Moose lodge !are asked to meet at the Moose home at 7:3n o'clock tonight to go to the M. F Worthman home in a body. CLUBS MEETING AT INDIANAPOLIS — Federation of \N omen's Club Holding Annual Convention Indianapolis, Oct. 23. — (U.R) - Three addresses by Mrs. Grace Morrison Poole, president of the General Federation of Women's clubs, today featured the opening i of tlie annual three.day convention of the Indiana federation here Mrs. Poole’s talks were scheduled at a breakfast, at tliP meeting of the state federation advisory board, and at a banquet tonight in | her honor. Other special guests for the opening day program included Mrs. K. H. Heller, president of tlie Illinois federation, and Miss Elizabeth Haymaker, president of the Ohio , CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE)

Rotary Troop 61, wrote this tribute : “The scouts of Decatur realize that they have lost one of their j most loyal supporters and boost-1 ; ers. dt has been due to the efforts of Superintendent Wort’/man that scouting has made the progress 1 that it has in our community. He j has always been interested in us and tried to encourage us in outwork. As a representative of the scouts of Decatur I wish to express j our deep regard and love for the I man who has always been our friend.” Dick Girod. Teachers One of Mr. Worthman's oldest associates in the teaching profess, ion in Decatur wrote the following tribute to him: "In the death of Superintendent j Worthman the public schools have lost their most devoted friend. Words can not express the loss that each teacher feels in the untimely death of our beloved superintendent, No teacher ever found him too busy to consider perplexing problems, to discuss better CONTINUED*ON PAGE SIX)

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NOTED OUTLAW ! COMES TO END OF LONG TRAIL (Pretty Boy) Floyd Slain Late Monday By f ederal Agents OFFICERS SEEK CUSTODY OF PAL East Liverpool. <).. Oct. 23. (U.R) F deral agents left Charles (Pretty Boy) Floyd on a morgue slab today and set out again on their ceaseless hunt for enemies of the law. Undertakers worked on the bullet torn body of the notorious killer a-iil bandit, who was trapped and slain on a farm near here late yesterday. JTis mother ami other relatives in Oklahoma are enroute here to claim the remains. ; Melvin Purvis, department of justice agent who led tin* party which brought down Floyd, left tiie region with n.ost of his aides. ! Federal Agent S P. Cowley remained to work for surrender to federal authorities of Adam Riclietti. Pretty Boy's confederate, who was captured by police at Wellsville. Sheriff Thomas B. Basil, of Kansas City, was here to take Riehetti back to the midvvestern city to stand trial for participation in the Union station massacre —one of the most cold-blooded mass killings in history in which Floyd was known to have been the “trigger man.” Sheriff Basil and Cowley were to confer today with police chief John II Fultz of Wellsville. who so far has refused to give up Riehetti until In* is brought to trial on charges of shooting with ; intent to kill growing out of tin* sun battle Saturday during which Floyd escaped and he was ea.pI (tired. Fultz and another officer (CONTINUED OX*PAGE POUR) —o First Os Flks Dances Thursday The first of th ■ fall an*l winter dances will tie hel i at the B. I’. O. Elks home on north Second street Thursday night. Jimmy Hnntine's' j orchestra will play, with dam ing from 9 to 12:30. The dance is f r Ellas an'l their families. Q Library To Close During Services The Decatur public library will close Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock during the funeral services for superintendent of schools. M. iF- Worthman. Mr. Worthman served as secretary on the library board for five years. The libmry will remain close I until 6:3 i o'clo k Wi dii sduy evening. GIVE PROGRAM FOR CONTESTS District 4-H Club Contests Will Be Held Saturday, Nov. 3 Extension specialists of Purdue university have arranged an int ri eating program for the district 4-H club contests at the Hillcres: ach ol near Fort Wayne, Satur ;ay, November 3. The program follows: 8:30 A. M. Registration of contestants. 8:30 a. m. —Setting up ~f class .« { for judging contests by 4 H cluib j leaders and extension specialists. 9:30 —Judging contests in baking | canning, food, preparation, cloth-1 ing, and health projects. 11:30 a. m. — National 4*l ; Achievement broadcast program j furnished by luM'iana. 12:30 p. m.—-Lunch. 1:30 p. in. —Demonstrations 3:30 p. m. — Ann uivt'ement of placings in all contests. Several 4-11 club leaders and Mrs. | Helen E. Mann, county 4-H club j agent, are planning to attend the | (CONTINUED *ON PAGE THREE) 1

Price Two Cent*

Noted Outlaw Killed Charles (Pretty Boy) Floyd, j ranked as public enemy number 1 | since the death of John Dillinger, | was slain by federal agents in a woods near East Liverpool, Ohio, late Monday afternoon. Floyd had' been closely pursued by officers | since Saturday, when he and Adam j I Riehetti were surprised in a camp j in which they had been hiding. j JOHN EiCHER IS ARRESTED Farmer Held In Jail; $2,000 In “Mexican Hay” Confiscated John Richer, farmer residing • ; three miles north an'l on * and onehalf miles west of Berne, was arrested at his home lat M inlay as- ( ternoon by Sheriff Burl Johnson, BJ Rose, st.ite .policeman, and RO>' Dttbach. Linn Grove, d pulv sheriff. ! The officers confiscated approx!- j mately Jl’.ohi in "Mexican Hav," vvlii li Richer ha'i stor d on the' second fl or of his home. The home was searched Sunday i by the officers, af'er obtaining a .search warrant in the Decatur city court. Officers stated that Richer had lie: n under surveillance for the pant 10 months. The greater portion of , the narcotic lia'i been made tip into I packages an 1 was all ready for l sale. Richer will he arraigned inter in *"(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) BANKER URGES COOPERATION President of Bankers’ Association Asks Support Os Roosevelt Washington, Oct. 23 — (U.R) , ! President Francis M. I>a\v opened tin* first general session of thei American Rankers association convention today with a plea for i cooperation with President Rouse- | velt's recovery efforts. Law's address before the 4JM)O delegates started the convention drive of banking leaders to place j the association totally on record tor permanent recovery plans based. Law phrased it. "on liberal * ' sound business doctrine and ra- j tional humanitarian ism." In his annual message. Lawadopted a conciliatory temperate : tone, designed apparently to take f the edge off undercurrents of / banking resentment to various ' phases of the new deal which 1 3 flared into op**n criticism at divi- * sion meetings yesterday. It dear- • ed the way for President Roose-! * velt's speech tomorrow night ‘ which is expected to seek new co- j operation for recovery from the,’ nation’s bankers. Delegates, filling the National i' theater near convention head- ij (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) 1 o i 1 Mrs. Mary Voglewede Is Seriously HI i Mrs. Mary Voglewede. prominent), woman of this city is ill at her home | cn South Fourth street. Mrs. Vogle- ( wede’s illne.se ie bordering on pnett- ( monia. She was reporter slightly ] ! better today. Mrs. Voglewede is .82 1 years , f age and is the mother of j one of the pioneer families in this city.

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FLIERS BREAK SPEED RECORDS IN GREAT RACE First Prize of $40,000 (Joes To Winners Os Long Air Race SECOND PLACE PLANE LANDS Melbourne, Australi.i. Oct. 21 (Wednesday) (UR) Two veteran British aviators slept todav like men halt dead after the greatest airplane speed nice vietorv ever won. while two tr a i 1i n g planes. Dutch and American, followed them across the Australian continent. The victorious De Haviland Comet of (’. W. A. Scott and T. Campbell Black, the American I uilt Dutch “Flying Hotel.” and the American Boeing transport of Col. Roscoe Turner and Clyde Pangborn, all had shattered by days the England-Australia flight record. Tin* Dutch plane an American Douglas air line left Oharievllto, last comnulsorv halt. 787 miles from Melbourne, at 7:40 p. m. time yesterday (4:40 a. m. EST. today). At 6:41 p. m. Melbourne time (3:41 a. m. FIST) Turner and Pangborn left Darwin, 1.389 miles from Uharlevllle and 2.176 mil 's from Melbourne. Seattcied bark of the leaders in the England-Melbourne rare from the Dutch East Indies to continental Europe were 12 other planes, still struggling to comp’ete the 11.300 mile air line (ourse. Black with grime, staggering with fatigure, Scott and Black j climbed from their bullet-like ) Unmet plane at 3:34:48 p. m. yesterday (12:34 am. today EKT). winners of first prize of $40,000 and a $2,000 gold cun in the sneed section of the Mildenhall Melbourne race. Thev had made a week-end trip of a fight half wav around the world with an official elapsed time of 71 hours and 18 seconds — 59 ednutrs and 42 seconds short of three days since they left Mildenhal! at 6:34:30 a. m. Greenwich mean time (1:21:40 a. 111. EST) Saturday. They had Mown almost a’i of tlie last 3,500 miles on one of their two Gipsy VI motors. They had slept lint two hours each on one of tlie most gruelling flights ever made. Thev had no food on the last 2.176 miles. They had spent but 7 hours and 10 minutes aground and had made but five halts, all compulsory under race rules, at Baghdad. Al’.’habrd, Singaport. Darwin and Uharleville. They were 63 hours 51 minutes 3 seconds in tlie air. Forced Down Melbourne, Australia. Wednesday. Oct. 24 <U.R> The American(CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) G. 0. P. LOSES COURT BATTLE Special .Indue Rules Against Placing Kyle’s Name On Ballot Indianapolis. Oct 23. — (U.R) A sui( in federal court here was the last hope of Indiana Republicans today in their fight against the state government reorganization act and to declare Lieut. Gov. M. Clifford Townsend was holding his office illegally. Rebuked twice within a week, representatives of Indiana G. O. P. yesterday saw their chances of placing the name of Joseph B. Kyle. Gary, on the November election ballots as a candidate for lieutenant governor, fade completely. Ruling that Townsend was elected for a four-year term and that should he disqualify himself at any time during hist term, the state senate must fill the vacancy, Special Judge Henry Seyfried In Marion circuit court, dispelled any hopes of the Republicans to place Kyle's name on the ballots. The Republicans had nominated Kyle at their .June convention on *(CONT!*NUED*O?r*PAGE SIxP