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BORAH DEMANDS RELIEF WASTE PROBE

Decatur Will Stage Huge Exhibit Next Year

approve plan ■POP EXHIBITS <XT SUMMER ■ '[..l gntirtMiastic Approval Is Given At Banquet Jlonday Night H OOWNSEND .\CIIIEP SPEAKER ■■■er* of the Decatur j9HK- of Commerce and ithe/ Pt 1 id' l1 ’ citizens Monlay ■P t enthusiastically approposed plans to :tage a huge agricultural ihow jji Decatur next stunner. „ , AptQval ot the proposed mHKIs given at a big boostheld at the Knights ot . thia4®oine. Repreßrntatives of various farm md othF organizations were pres, ■nt and spoke briefly, promising heir cooperation in making lie fltoe a complete success. Lieot-fio’''rnor M Clifford Townis also agriculture comfor the state ot Indiana, ras the ncipal speaker on the ■ Clubs To Show which will have xhibitslii the show are the calf ■BBI clubs, both boys and :irls:Bl<l medal colt club; home clubs; schools of the '"taiy:(regional Guernsey show: erseffilarish show; conservation r-»gite; End the Cloverleaf dairy ■talks On Fa r ming iipenHic his talk. Mr. Townsend lateßßat he had been interested tor more than 20 he has been a farmer mfMjlv all his life. that agriculture is still MM mdustrv in this state, the “farming to a fine then disiissctEtli'- Indiana state fair, callag it Bp greatest state fair in the The fair is 52 years old. wtVtajttl acres of land and JJ.000.00 WOrth of equipment In 1934. he Mr howed a profit of more SESho m. while in the three prethe fair lost >65.000. 'te 19''5 fair will be devoted to a of agriculture and in. years ago and today. hostility be’ween the business man has been ■■' the speaker stated. WWownsend then gave interB^Br< nnparisons of farm prices "a pj: iction in different years, ■■lull to 1915. the national in ui»»p>as well distributed among » different classes in the coun-T-'W 19 ‘ !0 > far,n Prtces ranked t 1E as compared to the 1915 100. At the same time. indebtedness raised from and taxes from 100 to W. then slumped to 125 miWuiufactured articles to 15'1. PAGE FIVE) o— - — Ks Os Moose Donate To Library of the Moose have doHHa book entitled, "With Banta®|to the Decatur public library, tattle lairing is authoress of the ew rfclume. ■ Young Bandits ■tob Tavern, Kill Man ■blips. Wis„ Nov. 2o—(U.R) ■Baiting bandits who held up a I. near Catawba early todav. And killed William Toban. oo line section foreman, colliding with an automobile making their escape, shooting took place at a near Prentice where the ear crashed into Toban’e |Bine which was parked near ■■armhouse. Mr. and Mrs. Toseveral other couples who SH) visiting at the farmhouse Hp outside 'when they heard ■je bandits previously had ■rd the Cozv Corner tavern ■ Ca’awba of about *ls in cash. Hfal bottles of whisky, candy They forced two to undress and made •tan walk down U. S. highway 8 Be nude.

DECATUR DAIIY DEMOCRAT

Vol. XXXII. No. 276.

lAbor Board Chief lirw JBk k A i' This is Francis Biddle. Philadelphia attorney, who has been appointed chairman of the National Labor Relations board to succeed Lloyd K. Garrison. Garrison resigned to return to his post as dean of the University of Wisconsin Law school. ANNOUNCE NEW BUILDING PLAN Modern Apartment House Will Be Built Here By McConnells Decatur is to have ite first modI urn apartment house. Frank McConnell and sun Fred have engaged Leßoy Bradley, Fort 1 Wayne architect to draw plans for a 26 room apartment house to be built on the east side of North Third street, north ot the new building being built by the MdConnells for the International Harvester Company. i There will be four six room modern apartments. The apartments will be aar conditioned and will be modern in every respect. Each apartmeat will contain a large living room, dining room, kitchen and breakfast alcove, bath and two bedrooms. The old Gloss residence, recently moved to the north of the lot from the site ot the new bueinese building, will form the front of the apartment. It will be remodeled to conform to the new style ot architectural design. The frame is built of 10 by 12 inch solid oak timber and architects pronounce it one of the most substantial buildings in thecountry. The one story addition on the present house will be partly removed and the new addition will be ’(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) WILL DISCUSS MmiNGCAniE Indiana Cattle Feeders To MeefAt Purdue University Friday Harry Reed, of the drought relief section of the agricultural adjustment administration, is to he in Lafayette Friday, November 23 to lay plans before Indiana farmers for moving western cattle from the drought stricken regions in the west to locations . where feed will be available through the winter. Reed is to talk before the Indiana cattle feeders association, which will hold its annual fall meeeting at Purdue university on Friday, starting at 10:30 a. m. According to advance information, the AAA plans to put western farmers, who have cattle but no facilities for feeding them this winter, in touch with farmers in the areas where the effects of the drought were less severe, in order that the more fortunate farmers may have an opportunity to take over the western cattle and to feed them over the winter, and to permit western cattlemen tn escape a heavy loss on their cattle. The Indiana cattle feeders meetON PAGE FIVE) 1

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CONFINE GIRL TO APARTMENT FORTWOYEARS Sixtecn-Year-Old Indianapolis Girl Rescued By Officials PARENTS ARE HELD FOR CHILD NEGLECT Indianapolis, Nov. 2b— (U.R) —A frightened, 16-year-old girl, clad only in a dirty, torn blanket, was rescued from two years of imprisonment today, when policewomen and juvenile court attaches raided a west side apartment. The girl. Helen Mack, said she had been kept imprisoned in that manner for two years by her ■! father and stepmother. Mr. and : Mrs. Harry Mack. The parents were arrested on ■ charges of child neglect. The raid reportedly was made ■ on complaint of Mrs. Mack’s father. Walter S. Troutman, who said the parents told him the girl wis locked up for stealing. When rescued from the apartment, the girl was too weak to walk. Her hair was matted, her | eyes wide with fright and she appeared emaciated from mistreatment. policewomen said. b Juvenile court attaches said they had ascertained the girl was i taken from school in her final , year of the grades despite the fact that she was a diligent pupil. Both the father and stepmother are employed away from home [ and during the two years ot im- ■ pffsonment* the girl had been fed , | only twice daily, she told poiice--1 (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) HOLD JUBILEE FOR CARDINAL ! I ’ Silver Jubilee Os Cardinal Mundelein Celebrated Today i Chicago. Nov. 20. —<U.R> —The ail- ■ ver Jubilee of George Cardinal ■ Mundelein was celebrated with col- • ortnl pageantry and impressive - services today by dignitaries of the : Catholic church from all parts of I , the world. The jubilee celebration began • with a majestic religious procession that moved from the rectory “ to the Holy Name cathedral •' The’ cathedral is situated on Chi- > cago's near north side not far from the lake front. The line of march for the procession was kept open by hundreds of smartly-uniformed police. They kept back crowds of thousands that lined the curb and tilled adjacent streets. i The site of the great jubilee cele. i bration was lavishly decorated. > The motif was the papal colors of yellow and white bunting. Flags of these colors covered the front ) of the cathedral and two immense pillars which rose on either side of the entrance. The celebration ot the 25th an niversary of the elevation as a ‘ ; bishop of Cardinal Mundelein pro--1 vided the greatest Catholic service 1 in Chicago since the eucharistic congress in 19261 Heading the long list ot church ’ dignitaries were Patrick Cardinal 1 Hayes of New York and the Most i Rev. Anileto Giovanni Cicognani, “ papal delegate to the United States. 1 Seventeen archbishops, eighty-sev--1 en bishops, ten abbots and 800 1 priests joined them in the tribute ■ to the archbishop of Chicago, A. & P. Store To Hold Open House Wednesday Leland Smith, manager of the 10-1 1 cal A. and P. store, announced to- ‘ day that the stone will hold open ’ house Wednesday evening. The store dpened for business Monday [ I morning in the new location. In the ' 1 building formerly occupied by the ' Voglewede shoe store and O. K. ' i bartier shop. ' Mr. Smith Is in charge of the grocery department and Glen Koster the meat department. The public Is invited to inspect the new I store Wednesday night. 4

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN A DAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, November 20, 1931.

Christmas Club Manager Announces New Extra Credit Period To Nov. 24

Members of the Daily Democrat [Christmas Club campaign hitve alI ready been notified of another extra I credit period, for one week only, | which is in effect until Saturday night, November 24. affording them . further oppoHunfty to cash in thousands of extra votes on their uncol- ! lected premises during this period. If tail memibers of the campaign will get out their pencils and do a little figuring, they will immediately see Just how important these 'extra credit pt<rlods are to them. Just figure it otrt: A one-year subscription this week counts (if new). 5,000 credits. It also counts 7,000 extra credits per dollar, or 21,000 oredlts. That is a total of 26,000 credits for a three-dollar, new, payment. The final week of the campaign the same subscription will ' count about one-third as much. The campaign manager has full I realization of the difficulties of immediate collection from every prospect. But if the prospect is interested enough to help at all. a definite and full explanation of the difference in credit value should make ! him strain a point and pay his subscription now while it will do the most good. Members should not overlook the difference between new and old sub-

CHICAGO BANK SUEDJY RFC Charles G. Dawes One Os Stockholders Named In RFC Suit Chicago, Nov. 20.—(U.R>-Stock-i I holders of the Central Republic Trust Company, headed by former . Vice President Charles G. Dawes, today faced the prospect of having to dig up $14,000,000 from their; own pockets to pay a part of $60,-. 476,437 due the Reconstruction I Finance Corporation. The RFC tiled suit in federal dis-1 trict court late yesterday, asking appointment of a reevver to col- • lert the $14,000,000, equal to the trust company's total capitalization, under the law providing double liability for bank stockholders. The sum due the federal loan. agency is the unpaid balance of j the famous $80,000,000 loan nego-, tiated by General Dawes in 1932 for the Central Republic Bank ft I Trust Company, of which he was chairman, shortly after he retired . as head of the RFC. A prolonged run forced the bank . to close two months after the loan was made. Deposit liabilities were : assumed by the City National Bank and Trust Company, the Central | : Republic paying over out ot the ! | RFC loan an amount equal to the | (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) WORKRESUMED AT HOMESTEAD Rapid Progress Is Being Made At Decatur Homestead Site Work which was halted Monday | by rain was resumed today on the j 48 houses being constructed here by iHoggson Brothers. All the major cement work has ; been .laid in the iproject. This includes the basement floors and walls and the foundations. About 40 carpenters were at wonk today sawing the lumber for the houses. The majority of these men are employed in the warehouse | rented by .the contractors at the corner ot Jefferson and Eighth streets. The superstructures ore heiing raised to the second floor. As fast as this framing is erected it is being insulated. The Schafer whole sale company of this city has been awarded the contract to furnish the hardware for the 48 houses on the project. Arnold Gerberddng. in charge of this department for the wholesale company, today announced that solid brass and bronze lock sets will be used. The hinges and other hardware are of the most modern form.

; scribers. The purpose of the cam- • palgn is to secure new subscribers i and It is merely a concession that , \ they are allowed credits on old sub- ■ scribers. A startling of subscripi lions has already been secured from ■ every section of the county, but the • sanre teritory may be covered by . another member and meet with . equally good or better results. . 1 iCredits will be greatly reduced ■ next Saturday night. The member who had a good start during the . first period, and can maintain that • standing during his week, will be , well on the way to the major prize I In the campaign. And ssuo as a I Christmas gift is not to be sneezed I at. And now U word to those laggard , ■ members who have secured prol mLses and are not following up to collect: We shall publish within . a few days an appeal to all sub- ■ scribers to not consider these pro- ■ miaes valid unless called for this ■ week. Many who have completely > dropped out ot the campaign are ■ holding up promises which, other- ; wise, some other member could get. ■ In all fairness they should notify s such promiesw that they are out of the race and to pay anyone else ■ they wish. That is only fair to those ■ who are going ahead with the work.

Moose Members To Go To Van Wert About 50 members of the I.oyal Order of Moose wiM go to Van Wert this evening to attend a joint meeting ot the Van Wert. Napoleon and Decatur lodges. iLocal memibers lire requested to ' meet at the home at six o'clock. Transportation will be furnished those who do not have cars ' I The Van Wert degree team will i initiate a class this evening. ASHBAUGHER IS I GIVEN CONTRACT I — Local Man To Install Furnaces. Other Work At Homestead The contract for furnishing fur- ; naces. sheet .metal and spouting for ! the 48 houses on the subsistence [homestead site, south of Decatur, has been awarded to A. R. Ash- | caucher, local Majestic furnace ' dealer and tinsmith. Mr. Ashbaucber received the con- , tract from Hoggson Bros., geneiul : contractors for the houses. His bid ' was accepted yesterday, in compe- ! tition to several score proposals i received by the contractors. I Majestic .standard furnaces will ' be Installed in the 48 houses, Mr. Ash'baueher stated. In the smaller houses a 20 inch fire bowl will be used and in the larger houses 22 1 inch fire pot furnace will be used. Mr. Ash'baueher and has force of mechanics will install the furnaces. Wonk will begin as soon as the first house is under root and the jobs will be completed as rapidly as possible. The spouting and sheet metal work on the houses wil be installed bv Mr. Ashbaucher. Construction of the houses is proceeding rapidly and carpenters stated last week to erect the frarne- | work. Many local mechanics are I employed on the job, the contractors giving preference to Decatur bric*k masons, carpenters and other ! tradesmen, — O Mission Band To Sponsor Program The Mission Band of the Evangelical church will sponsor a pro- ; gram at the church Wednesday I night at 7 o'clock. An interesting program of songs, instrumental music, readings, and a playlet will be presented. The program will be as follows: Piano solo—Phyllis Kolter Solo, “This Is My Task” — Patsy McConnell Duet—Ruth Hammond and Betty Melchi Solo—Atola Jane Eady Missionary readings—Evelyn Jane Graber, Ruth Hammond and Billy Joe Spahr Playlet, "The Love Doll Offering." A special offering for missions will be taken. The public is invited to attend.

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NEW INDUSTRY TO BEGIN WORK ON DECEMBER 1 Central Soya Factory To Start Operations First Os Month — ■■ — — CONSTRUCTION IS FINISHED EARLY — The Central Soya Bean factory will -start manufacturing operations about December 1, officials of the company announced today. Construction of the plant, including the storage quarters, was completed ahead of schedule and the machinery is now installed. Indications are that the proc easing of the beans will begin about the first ot [ the month. Tlie company today quoted a local martlet iprice for soy beans. The I price .today is 90 cents per bushel for No. 2 yellow beans. This is the , grade to 'be used by the mill. A daily .soy bean market quotation will be carried in the Drily I Democrat. The price this year is . considered good and is higher than ' a year ago. The company is receiving large ; shipments of soy beans, preparatory Ito manufacturing operations next month. Carload shipments are arriving daily and large quantities are also being trucked to the plant. The price quoted is for beans dei livered to the plant. , .Oil and meal will be processed ?rom the beans and a fort e of men [ will be employed in the operation -•■ot Decatur’s newest factory. I' Walter Glads Iter of this city has been employed as grade tester at jthe bean .plant. Mr. Gladfelter recently returned from Chicago where he completes! a course in grading beans under the supervision of the i' U. S. department of weights and i measures. Excavating for .the now buildings started September 20 and pouring of concrete for the foundations and • walls began about October 1. All ' construction work was completed . last week. The Indiana Engineering 'and Construelion .company of Fort , 1 Wayne, had the general contract i and a record was made in rushing I the factory and storage bins to completion. Grand Jury Makes Annual Inspection 1 . The Adams county grand jury . ' met today and made the annual ; ' inspection of the county institui tions. Oscar E. Price, the member I of the jury who did not appear Monday, stated that he had not been served with a notice of his selec- ( ■ tion. There are no criminal charges ; for the jury to investigate. SCHOOLS WILL ■ OBSERVE DATE — Indiana Schools M ill Observe 300th Anniversary Os Founding Indianapolis. Nov. 20.— (U.R) — ' Twelve'public school officials, rep- ' resenting each congressional district, who will serve on a committee on arrangements for the state s observance of the 300th anniver- | sary ot American high schools, were named today by Floyd I. McMurray, state superintendent of ■ public instruction. ' The respective district chalr- : man are to organize county, town. 1 ship and smaller committees to 1 assist in the state-wide observances 1 to be held early in 1935. The observance is to be nationwide in commemoration of the ' founding of the Boston Latin school in 1635 and in respect to ’ the American tradition ot public, universal and democratic high school education. ! Pageants and schoolroom proI grams will constitute the majority of the celebrations. ' R. Nelson Snyder, principal, i South Side high school. Fort • Wayne, was named fourth district chairman.

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Successor to Farley? iR < > -’7 * IL ... j J Kl Postmaster General James A. ■ Farley is reported to be planning to resign his post within six months, with the intention of remaining as Democratic national | chairman. In the event of his resignation, he probably would be replaced by W. W. Howes. Huron, . ;S. D., lawyer, now Farley's first . assistant. BONUS PAYMENT WILL BEURGEC ————— American Legion Leaders Reaffirm Stand On Cash Payments ' i Indianapolis. Nov. 20 — (U.R) Leaders of the American Legion . today were definitely aligned to a program of vigorous lobbying at the next session of congress to I obtain immediate payment of the ! soldiers' bonus through outright payments rather than by inflationary measures. Meetings here at national head- [ quarters, department commanders, adjutants and other high officials of the legion, including National Commander Frank N. Belgrano. Jr., reaffirmed their stand that they will fight for full . payments and cancellation of interest charges. In connection with the bonus, Belgrano said: “I will not only go down to I Washington and fight for that ! resolution but I shall inform the . I people of the United States about I [ the stand we take for its passage in congress”. . i “We are not ashamed of this resolution. Under the present , ! program of our government, we have every right to ask that an , ' obligation which must be paid ; sometime, can be paid more pro- ■ fitebly today.” “You will hear the contention that we are not entitled to the interest on our certificates. Can I take you back to 1925 when coni gress agreed a debt was due. The i dollar at that time was a hundredi cent dollar and on the basis of the lower valued dollar today I say I we are not asking for a cent more • than that to which we are entitled.” Protection of widows and de(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o Rev. C. R. Lanman Will Broadcast —_ Wbrd hae been received here ■ that Rev. C. R. Lanman of Ormsby Village. Anchorage, Kentucky, former pastor of the Decatur Christian church, will broadcast over radio station WHAiS as Louisville, Ken- • tucky at 3:15 p. m„ November'2l ' and 29, December 21 and 31. Town Council To Name Successor l — i The Geneva town council will meet i tonight to name a successor to Bert E. Reasoner, town marshall and i superintendent of the town water department, who has been missing for more than a week. The council at noon today was still unable to locate the books . of the water department, although members reiterated the statement that they d.id not believe Reasoner's accounts were short.

SENATOR SAYS HUGE WASTE IN RELIEFJUNDS Thorough Investigation Is Demanded By Senator From Idaho FIGURES CITED BY REPUBLICAN Washington, Nov. 20 <U R ) — A thorough investigation of federal expenditures appeared assured today after a spi-ech bv Sen. \\ illiaui E. Borah. 8.. Idaho, listing specific instances of what he asserted was “shameless waste” in administration ot relief funds. Borah asked a strict accounting of every dollar spent. He asked “a thorough, searching and dispassionate investigation by disinterested parties.” He predicted a “breakdown” in the relief system nnd heaped denunciation upon any man or group that “wastes relief funds and makes for deeper hunger and distress.” Borah did not hit directly at relief administrator Harry Honkins, with whom he is working on preliminaries of the proposed inquiry. Blit he said that the in- ' j vestigation should he more than j a departmental matter and should i attract the attention of congress. “Those in authority in different . I sections of the country, through pressure or desire, seem to place 'I a wholly unnecessary number of ' persons on the administrative I payroll at salaries beyond what ; the service justifies.” he said. ; “The payroll becomes clogged and padded and the cost of administration run* in totua instances from 25 per cent to 50 per cent I of the sum administered.” ; ! Borah said that in one midwest ; ; city “of perhaps 200,000 population there are 806 administration em- > ployes in the central office” at a >! cost, together with expenses, of \ $1,500,000 a year. Another midI western city has 1506 employes at ' a cost of about $2,000,000 a year, ■' he said. •I “In another state," he continj tied, “it was discovered that it cost $628.15 to administer $125.72 . I in one county ” Other instances cited bv Borah - . (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o Two Mon Taken To State Penal F'arm 11 — I Sheriff Burl Johnson took Ed Gaffer anq Jack Briede to the state penal farm at Putmanvilie today. Ed Gaffer of this city pleaded guilty J Friday night in Mayor George Krick's court to a charge of assault and battery and was fined $1 and sentenced to thirty days at the penal farm. Jack Briede of Detroit | was given the same sentence recently on a public intoxication charge. LEADERS WILL MEETFRIDAY Home Economics Club Leaders Will Meet Here Next Friday On Friday, November 23, at the Masonic hall, above the Shafer building at Decatur, the project leaders of the local home econom- | ics clubs will meet for the last 1 training school meeting ot the ' year. At this time reports on the achievements of the work in the I local clubs during the past two months tfill be given. Miss Meta E. Martin of Purdue university will ' be present and conduct demonstration work on variations of the ; Mastern pattern. Miss Martin will show how tb use one well-fitted pati tern in the creating ot many | dresses of different designs A j number of garments made by this plan will be shown. They will I range from a foundation slip and ■ ! gown through dresses and suits to ; a winter coat, all made from one well-fitted pattern. i All leaders are urged to be on j hand early as there is a big i study planned for the club during t the coming winter months. A potluck lunch will be served at noon.