Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 32, Number 264, Decatur, Adams County, 6 November 1934 — Page 1

VOTERS THRONGING TO POLLS TODAY

By off-year H REPORTED MS STATE LyM \ cte For Off-Year fjjffion Predicted In liTYBi ECTIONS i ®D TO INTEREST PR His Nov. r, (U.R) I ■a»>rN from both rur.’l .-f. ,l:l;tn precincts :l n ..-or<l vote for .lion in Intlih. in ' cost toclav. norm.nlprecincts I (■ uting marked the open- ■>!(< in Kokomo, with inKmrently centered In a' Kality race. Most of the I K ri . slow in marking balK ting <■ <> nsl<ie r a b 1 e g) p ited a niu<li hearler ■ in previous oft year; I Koi mg was slow in Pent ( Kii is expected as the day i ■ rural communities re-' ■ bri-k vote in the early' Bounty election workers ■ th" vote was the heaviest j Koory of the county. Reports from Vigo county J u annually heavy K ■ 1 i'i<>n was r't.o.’u in tile VVWMB toting during the J- . i> i »» "vious elect ion. mBHi '..-<.(l more tl’ in . been o'clock. r ' ."rent county would -"waMK - An ni'.oimilv SSs USS’ vo'e [■■■l ire.bc'cd f.. r I ■ 1 ■*■■B ■ 1 med throughout th? «EWIT TO ffITSIII POWER d MR p-ljylcavv Senate And I Majorities Will I Continue 4 u.p' today are electing a congress. ■'MMP tcene .tan. 3 and war KiBBE |"'SS and big bankers relief and PWA icml statutory yi'ivillabor’s masses. "'■ 'iaime-'i some 3'l'»H)._ rs are filing up bigger "F ! '^Kl a ''d senate majorities for today. Port Irfljß i: ''n<>ral .lames A. Fare' Mr. Roosevelt in a final 'i ’ 1 ° r w ll " 1! "' p party would gain ft"^■ a, o seats. Democrats hope house losses to 10. • exnect some ..ena 1 " ■ IHE Rut chairman Henry P. has made predictions of » ,llp house. The top Re-* claim was 60 to 70 seats ~ jSIn as , ' l “ campaign ended. *M|K or President Hoover warnjf^^^B('a!ifornia that prospe.iive Democratic control' S IBf :! ' ! ‘ ss P'ol'ardized American lines arP RCl ’amble«l in this tf^^B at 'onal polling since the Rmßßh ed to rower in 1432. 1 K tBSy-trHes have emerged front fc'JSr' r l’ g crder and may bv next time supplant the old. of party alignments a satisfactory national r»f on the Roosevelt artminis ; 1 RBiTimmo on page six) I

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Vol. XXXII. No. 264.

o" ♦ NOTICE—SUBSCRIBERS The wpecial price of |2.. r >o of. j fared to county subscribers of > the Democrat during January, | February ami March of the past two years owing to the low j I price of farm products, will not | i be offered the coming year, | I since general conditions have | | improved and the increased cost 1 |of publishing a newspaper ; makes it impracticable. Subscribers are urged to give • their renewals to members of the Christmas Club campaign I with Hie assurance that the | ' price of $3 which has existed | : for many years will be in effect in the future. This Is less than | a l.enny a day for your home | | paperSCOUT LEADERS TO HOLD MEET Training Course Will Be Held At Fort Wayne This Week-end Scout leaders from Decatur pro- : bably will attend the training course for men over 18 years of age who >tre interested in the Cub program of the Boy {Scouts of Ameri- ' ca. The meeting will be held Saturday and Sunday. November 10 an. i 11 in the Chamber of Commerce rooms in Fort Wayne. The Cab program is an organiza- ' tion of boys of t'he ages of 9, 111 and 11 years to precede regular scout training which has a mini mum age limit of 12 years. Cub troops are now being formed all over the country and are proving as p pubtr as the older organization. An intensive course of physical. mental and spiritual training is being i. r< pared for the younger TBojW i The Fort Wayne area council of the Boy Sc uts of America is spons. ring th- program in this port of Indiana. To better explain the proposition a special training course haj been arranged in Fort Wayne. Bryce Thomas. Adams county Scout executive, stilted this morning that in all probability at least one troi.p of Cubs will eventually be organize! in -Decatur. The s.hedule for the two day j I training course will include pre- , prganizution program at 2 o’clock Saturday afternoon and a dinner at, 5: 30 p. m in the Chamber of Commerce rooms. The evening program will -begin at 7 o'clock and will consist of lectures and demonetrntion.s The Sunday program will begin at 9 o'clock Sunday morning. At noon Sunday a dinner will be served in the Chamber of Com-. merce rooms. The last session will begin at 1:30 o'clock. I Credit on Scoutmaster keys and scouter training award will be given for a specialization course. Certificates will be given to those completing the course. —_— o Young Democrats To Provide Returns Complete election returns will be ■available for the guests at the Young Democratic club's open house to be held in the Masonic i Hall tonight. Hal Teel r's orchestra will provide music for the affair. The party will be open to all members who have paid their ten i cent voluntary assessment. MemI bens who have not done so may ipay I at the door and receive credit on the permanent record. The admis- ' sion for non-members will be 25 . cents a person. Miss Grace Hurst Has Leg Fractured Miss Grace Hurst, daughter of | Mr. and Mrs. James Hurst, West: Adams street, broke the bones in | j her right leg, above the ankle, in a ' fall at her home yesterday. Miss ; Hurst, whose sight is impaired, j tripp d over an open oven door of ■ the kitchen stove. . I Lester Morningstar Is Fined By Mayor ———— • Lester Morningstar. 21. of Kirk- , land township is serving out a fine ! of one dollar and costs in the Adams county jail. He plead guilty in Mayor George Krick’s court to a charge of stealing two tires from a trailer belonging to Fred Kauff- ; man of Bluffton. He was arrested I Saturday afternoon by Sheriff Burl I Johnsen.

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FIVE PERSONS KILLED DURING ELECTION RIOTS Machine Gun Assassins Fire On Democrats During Parade KIDNAPERS HOLD CHICAGO WORKER (By United Press) Sporadic violence taking a toll | of five lives in the last 24 hours punctuated an important off year ! election today when voter* turueil out in record breaking fashion •■) . cast ballots in the first test of I national sentiment since the New !: Deal. Disorders were reported trom Pennsylvania, Chicago and Mis- ' souri, but for the most part fed- : eral state and local police in b i large numbers preserved order 'and guarded against voting ' frauds. The centers of serious violence l were Kelayres, Pennsylvania. ' where three were killed. Steele, Missouri, whore one was killed; Philadelphia where one was killed before a polling place: Pitts burgh where less serious disord- 1 ers were reported and Chicago ■ , where one outbreak was marked with shooting and kidnaping of a ‘ camnaign worker. Democratic hopes of victory mounted during the day as fair weather brought out a huge vote iin many states of the midwest. ' The east also voted heavily despite rain In New York. New Jersey, parts of Pennsylvania and elsewhere. In general, predic-' tions favored a victory for the New Deal and a consolidation of . the Democratic control of con- : gross. President Roosevelt voted this morning at Hyde Park. It was raining when he cast his ballot. ! The first towns to report re•”rns — New Ashford and Mt. Washington. Massachusetts -i showed gains for Democrats over! I the last election. Purcell. Oklahoma renorted 112 for the Demo-1 I cratic gubernatorial candidate and : 19 for his opponent. Machine Gunned Hazelton, Pa., Nov. 6— (U.R) i Seeking machine gun assassins, who opened fire on a Democratic ! parade and killed three marchers i end wounded '23, state police today j arrested Joseph Bruno. Republican boss of Kline township, and 13 members of his family. The shooting occurred last night in the mining town of Ke- ■ : *(CONTINUEI7’oN*PAGE SIX) F. D. R. CASTS BALLOT TODAY President And Members Os Family Cast Ballots This Morning Hyde Park. N. Y„ Nov. 6—(U.R) -—Motoring to the town hall in a heavy downpour. President Roosevelt. with members of his family, cast his ballot for Governor Heri bert H. Lehman and others on the Democratic ticket today. It was at 10:44 a. m. when the chief executive, with his mother. Mrs. Sara Delano Roosevelt, Mrs. Roosevelt, and a group of close personal friends entered the hail: where voting machines had been | set up. along with the bright j ' lights and cameras of photograph-1 I ers. “How do you like working under I kleig lights?" the President, asked ■ a woman election inspector. Her reply was “name please." Everybody laughed and then the j President w’alked to the voting! j booth, snapped shut the curtain! and cast his ballot. | "Did you vote the straight Democratic ticket?"he was asked. ‘‘My reply to that is ha ha ha." I he remarked. Mrs. Sara Roosevelt was the first member of the family Io vote today. She was followed by the President, then Mrs. Roosevelt. Miss Marguerite Lehand, the President's personal secretary, Mrs. Malvina Scheider, secretary to the first lady, and Nancy Cook, who, with Mrs. Roosevelt, operates the Val-Kill Furniture fac*7c6NTIKUED*ON*PAa® SIX)

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Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, November 6, 1934.

Australian Conquers Pacific - i Flying two hours ahead of schedule in an American-made plane. Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith and his navigator. Capt. P. G. Taylor, arrived in Oakland, Cal., after conquering the west-east passage of the Pacific from Honolulu to the United States in 14 hours rfnd 59 min- ■ utes. Apologizing for “being so early." Kingsford-Smith is shown at top. right, upon his arrival. The plane Is pictured below as it swooped suddenly from the skies at Oakland municipal airport.

VERA CRUZ MAN IS FOUND DEAD I L i Michael Henneford, Father Os Mrs. Dan Niblick, Found Dead Michael 1.-lenneford, 82. prominent : retired blacksmith, and father of Mrs. Daniel Niblick of this city, i I was found dead in bed at his home I in Vera Cruz this morning. He was i feund by a granddaughter, Mar-i i jorie Henneford. Death was caused by a heart at- . tuck sometime during the night. He i had informed members of his family early Monday evening that he ; ■ was feeling fine. The deceased was born in Germany May 6. 1852, a son of John ' and Anna Lutz Henneford. He tame ' to this country when 12 years of j age. i He married Lena Biberstine in i 1872. Mrs. Hennefcrd died October 17, 1930. i Surviving are six children: Mrs. Daniel Niblick, Decatur; Mrs. ■ Emanuel Joray and Martin Henneford, Vera Cruz; Mrs. Fnincls Mej Farren, Bluffton; George Henneford Fort Benton, Mont.; Harold Henneford, Olympia, Wash. Two sons, * (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) ' - —- -O 1 ■■ —————— Reports Collection Better Than Spring — John Wechter. Adams county ■ treasurer, today state.? that, •’.om indications the tax collections for the second half of this year will ■ be better than the spring collee-; tion. Monday was the last day to, pay tayes without the penalties set ] by iaw for delinquencies. Because of the large amount of • money and checks brought and ■ 1 mailed into the office with post- ] day it will be impossible to de-1 i termlne the actual figures for several days. The checks and money mailed into the ocice with postmarks dated on November 5, 1934. are considered not delinquent no matter when they are received in I the office. Riley School P. T. A. To Meet Wednesday The Parent-Teachers Club of the Riley school will meet at the school ( Wednesday afternoon at 3 o’clock. The meeting will be in the form of a tea at which the teachers at the building, the Misses Nell Winnes, Florence Haney, Ruth Vizard and and (Bertha Bunner, will entertain. An interestiug program is being arranged. Mrs. Charles Langston is •chairman of the program committee Al! mothers are invited to be present.

Erect Stoplight At Second And Madison The city light company and the city street wvtteoa this morning began the installation of a modern safety light nt the corn r ut Second and Maths in streets. ( The light will be similar to the one 1 at the corner of Second and Monroe ' streets. i The new lignt is being erected in the center of the intersection. Jt i will have a concrete base with a metal frame for the red, omnge and green lights. i IHow the light will be synchronized with the Monroe street and Five Point lights could not be determined this morning. The Monroe Street light, changes every 30 seconds. It was suggested that the Madison street light be set to permit a 45 second stream of traffic to g.i north and south with 15 seconds for the east and west traffic. MOOSE WOMEN PLAN MEETING — District Meeting Will Be Held At Fort Wayne November 14 A district conference will be held by the women of the Moose Wednesday afternoon and evening. Nov- 1 i ember 14. at the Moose hall, Wayne 'and Webster streets, Fort Wayne lit was announced Monday of the , Fort Wayne chapter No. 222. Large ’ delegations are expected to attend I the confer nee from Angola, Auburn ■ Bluffton, Columbia City, Decatur. I Huntington and Kendallville. The 1 Huntington officers and the degree ! team will exemplify the ritual in I the evening and initiate a large ■class. Mrs. Felger announced. Oscar Bieberich, director of lodge I No. 222. .L. O. M. A., will open the meeting at 2 o’clock Wednesday aft- | ernoon with an address of welcome. A r.-suonse will be made by Miss Katherine Smith of Mooseheart, 111, grand recorder, who is to be the ! honored guest at the conference. | Sha will give instructions on var- ! ious phases of the ritual. Mrs. Allen S. Courtney will talk ! on the Needle Work Guild of America as it pertains to social ser-’ vice. Miss Alice VanZanten,' circu-j lation head of the Fort Wayne Publie library, will give an address on the library work of the Women of the Moose. Miss Mabel Holland, primary supervisor of the Fort Wayne public schools, will speaik on child care and training, and Mrs. Teresa Pail-. mer, state librarian for the Women ' of the Moose, will be the conference | | leader for the day.

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47 STATES ARE CASTINGVOTES One Os Most Important Off-Year Elections In History (Copyright, 1834. by I P.) Voters in 47 of the 48 states today participated in one of the most important off-year elections In the country's history. The vote served as the first nat-ion-wide poll of popular political sentiment since President Roosevelt took office and lauhched his spectacular rr covery program and ! ihe results may have wide spread I effect on the future of the new deal and of ail political parties. Chief interest centered in the ! races for the senate and house of j representatives. Thirty-one states j elect 35 senators and the 47 elect j 432 of the 435 representatives. Con- : tinued Democratic majorities in both houses appeared likely with Democratic leaders claiming six j additional senate seats This would | indicate a continued popular sup-1 j port of the new deal. In addition to these national of. | i flees, 33 states elect governors and j | other officers and involved in alii ■ states were a multiplicy of minor ■ 1 offices. First reports from throughout the| nation indicated generally good ' weather, a heavy vote, and very : I little violence. I In Pennsylvania where the new Ideal-old deal issue had been sharp-* ! ly drawn in a bitter campaign, the 1 election was ushered in by a ma- ♦-*♦♦• • ♦ • • I (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) REPORT SOON ON SHIP DISASTER I I Spontaneous Combustion Likely To Be Verdict Os Board l , Washington, Nov. 6 — (UP) — ■ Spontaneous combustion —not communist bombs, arson plots or lightning—probably, caused the Morro Castle tragedy, Dickerson N. Hoov- : er, assistant director of the U. S.' ,' bureau of navigation and steamboat ; .' inspection, will say in his report this week. ( The United Press learned today ' that Hoover has submitted his 117 page formal report on his findings of the disaster to Secretary of Com i , rnerce Daniel C. Roper. A copy of the report was hushed by a special agent to United States I attorney Martin Cornboy of New ‘ York, for study in connection with i possible ■criminal proceedings. The criminal division of the de- ! part.ment of justice here is working I i with Cornboy in analyzing the re-' ■ port and the result of Comboy’s own ! i inquiries into the tragedy, which I took 124 lives. They are seeking' ‘ to determine whether there are . grounds for criminal proceedings ' i gor alleged negligence. The findings, it was learned, will advance the 'theories that the fire I ■ started from spontaneous combus- ! ■ tion either in the hold, where hides and other commodities were stored, ior in the famous library locker, where testimony at hearings in New York developed inflammable fluid and rags were kept. Hoover's report will discuss the possibilities of how the flames sped so rapidly through the structure of (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o Annual Father And Son Banquet Held — One hundred men and boys attended the Father and Son banquet i held a-t the First Evangelical church ■ Monday night. The banquet was sponsored by the brotherhood of the i church. The men served the dinner ■ prepared by women of the church. D. O. McCombs, superintendent of schools of Allen county was the iprinc'ipal ppeaiyr. Mr. McCombs urged that fathers seek closer rei Mtionships with their sons by going ■ hunting, playing ball and engaging in other activities enjoyed by the sons. He stated that above all the j father should be the spiritual leader and tltalt the son should honor and revere his father. The closing message was a pledge of allegiance for the father to the 1 soa ana the son to the father, given | by Martin Zimmerman and his son Harold.

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I* FIRST TO REPORT ' New Ashford, Mass., Nov. 6. | 1 —(U.R) New Ashford, tradition- | I ally the first town to report re- | in state and national elec- j tions, today gave Gaspar G. Ba. j | con (R) 22 votes for governor, j compared with 10 for James M. | Curley <D) and one for Frank | A Goodwin (Independent). In the U. 8. senatorial contest j i the vote was: | Sen. David I. Walsh (D) 19. | Robert M Washburn (R> 17. | Bacon's margin over Curley j was three votes smaller than | that polled by the late William | S. Youngman <R> over Gover- | | nor Joseph B. Ely (D) in the | I guhernatoritl election in 1932. '|| Walsh's two-vote margin over j I Washburn represented a big j | Democratic gain, William M. | ■ Butler (R) having polled 29 j II votes to four for Senator Mar- | j cus A. Coolidge (D) in the sen- j I atorial race of 1930EDUCATIONAL WEEK OBSERVED Decatur City Schools Observing National Education Week — The city schools are observing National Education Week by programs in the individual schools. The week is sponsored by the American Legion. In announcing the program for I the week the American Legion comi mittee stated: "Sduoatlon is the I cornerstone upon which the future I I of this nation is built. Where there , are good schools we a'.s » find the . good citizen. Education is the first : requisite of good citizenship and II it's the first of the three major obI: jectives of our Natioaa. American-, i ism program. “It was a pitiful sight to witI ness some of those young fellows ; holding a news paper from home,, I standing around with longing e\e.s i hesitant to ask somebody to give , j him news because he could not ■ read. More than one tragedy result- : ' id from the inability of a soldier to ; understand properly the orders of officers." j ! .Separate 'programs are being held ' in each of the schools in the /city. All the programs will lead up | ■ co the main program to be held Friday in observance of Armistice day I which this year falls on Sunday, November 11. 1 At the Central grade rchool. Low- . ci! Smith will deliver the main J address at the chapel program Fri- i I dcy on "Quickening tne Sense of * (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) j LEGION LEADER OUTLINES PLAN New National Commander Outlines Plan For Coming Year Indianapolis. Nov. 6— (U.R) A drive for the largest membership ; in the history of the American j Legion, a strenuous campaign * .against “un-Americanlsm.” a demand for immediate and full cash payment of the bonus and a taboo on partisan politics were outlined today by Frank N. Delgrano. Jr.. iSan Francisco, Cat., new national commander of the veterans' organization. Increased members!)!)) and a revival of patriotic interest are the two major points in Belgrano's I personal program for the legion. But. he is not going to let them overshadow the bonus demand and | rehabilitation program of the i legion as outlined by the recent [ Miami. Fla., convention which ■ elected him. he said. A quiet, soft-spoken man. short ! of stature, handsome with black j hair and ruddy complexion, vice ■ president of a Sen (Francisco bank | and officer in two insurance companies. although only 39 years old. Belgrano, pledged himself to a "two-fisted business administraI tion of legion affairs." He betteves the legion's education program will not only draw a record membership but will enlist the aid of citizens not eligible to join the organization. The membership drive already is well underway, with paid up *7c6ntinukd~ on'page’six)’

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OVER HALF OF REGULAR VOTE IS CAST EARLY Decatur And Adams County Voters Flock To Polls Early MAY NEAR TOTAL TWO YEARS AGO More than hall’ of the regular vote had been cast at two o’clock this afternoon in Decatur ami Adams county anti predictions were mafic that bv 6 o'clock this evening file total would be near the record high of two years ago. In Decatur 1.433 votes had been cost at 2 o’clock. Ihe six precincts reported the following: First ward “A," 290; “B" 159; Second ward “A" 280; “B” 144; Third warn "A" 279; "BT’2Bl. Nathan Nelson, Democratic county chairman, after making a tour of the rural precincts announced that 50 per cent of th > vote was out at noon. , Rain vesterdav and ideal weather today was given as a reason tor the large number of voters turning out today. Two years ago about 9.0n0 votes were cast for the presidential candidates in the county. I Decatur cast about 2.700 votes. Voters are electing a United | States senator and state officers, i including judges on the statn ticket: congressional and , representatives and county offii cars on the county ticket: towni shin officers on the township I tickets and in Decatur a mayor. I clerk-treasurer and members of i the city council are being elected. . In the precincts outside of Decaj ter voters express their choice on ! three tickets. In Decatur the citv election necessitates an additional , ballot. The no'ls close at six o’clock j and elc''tion hoard officials ex- ! nected the usual rush between four and six o'clock. Workers were busy todav assisting in get- , tjno- tpe voters to the noils. The Dailv Democrat has arrang- | ed to receive and give out the returns as ’■nnidlv as thev are received. The returns will be read at Democratic hesdoi'artors in the ■ Frwin b'ffldirz. The United Press wires will bring reports from over i the nation and resnlt.4 of the Indiana election. o Seek Bids For Star Mail Route Bids for the handling of the star ' mail route between Fort Wayne and j Portland ar? being sought by the i jwstofffce department at Washington. They will be received until January 15. The new contract will ba effective from Judy 1, 1935, to June | 30. 1939. The star route is as follows: From Fort Wayne vi»s Decatur, i Monroe, Geneva to Portland, 49 miles, six times weekly, one way ! only, leaving Fort Wayne daily ex- | cept iSunday at 7 a. m. arriving at * Portland by 9:15 a. m. present pay $1.61'0 annually. o ...— Elks Lodge To Hold Open House Tonight •Officers of the B. P. O. Elks announced today that open house will be held at the club house on north Se-ond street tonight. Special arrangements have been made to receive election return. Elks and their friends are invited to make the club their headquarters tonight. — o Grimm Is Fined For Public Intoxication i 'Lafe Grimm, arrested early Sunday morning by night police, entered a plea of guilty to public Intoxication when arraigned before j Mayor George Krick in city court Monday evening. Grimm was fined $1 and costs and chose to serve out the fine in the Adams county jail. 0 4-H Garden Club Play Postponed Announcement wsis made today that the Decatur 4-H garden club play, which was scheduled to be presented at the high school auditorium tonight, has been postponed until November 12.