Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 32, Number 283, Decatur, Adams County, 28 November 1934 — Page 1

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■BABY FACE” NELSON IS FOUND

■'■WE CLAIMS WLS VISITED □WIST CAMP — Bodies Identified By Owners Os Tourist Camp eninol'lj ATTEMPT TO UI W ®i:\TIIO OTHERS t b ■ Carl de, Pa.. Nov. 28.-UU.R) Eife|,inil Mrs. Goodwin Dill Kay ] .lively identified the REjSot three girls found •i as the children who Th f ■ tlieir tourist camp and a man who Kiri V was .1. C. Malone of "’’•JtojD. California. The Dills io go to Duncanseilort to identify ! ®Mle| believed that Malone kill ,i.,. ■is S»b ■ ' • ■ - brought about by ami accentuated ?in& ■ AgKltp of witnesses will be tak. thincansville, where Ke Kies of the man and the held, and to Carlisle, bodies of the children Ke * ■ witnesses operate tour J artlMr C K I '~ "here the Malones or ur Gardners stopped on I across Pennsylvania. If ''Kg* proportion identity tie ... will regard the KqtKvHl and the ease < losed. Nov. 17, a man ami a ami three young girls in Oakland automobile stoppBw irist camp at WaynesJ The man said they were KK|'" ami asked for a redue■'G\l'B ob •' ll "‘ rents per person, BB for accommodations.

Brequest was refused -andlove on. eastward- The man ■tween 35 and 40 years old. ■e-glasses and had a pair of k drawn over a blue serge I same night at Gettysburg, les from Waynesboro, the Baited at a tourist camp opIby Mrs. J. Snyder, paying lAt Waynesboro the man Is name as J C. Cowden, of L The Gettysburg register Ik spotted anti police could but only J. C. , Vallejo. lay, the following day. the ► • • • • • • ♦ • * ITINUED ON PAGE SIX) NO PAPER THURSDAY it accordance with annual tom, the Decatur Daily hocrat will not publish an lion Thursday, Thanksgiving " tur Schools Close For Holiday dur’s public nud parochial • closed today far the (giving vacation. Classes will mied next Monday. URNS FROM DLDING SALES Fred Repnert Sets -ord For Distance overed In Sales Fred Reppert, nationally auctioneer, returned to Deist evening after conducting i the west and setting a new for distance r overed between n succeeding days. Thursday, November 22, lie restock for the stock show Angel s, California. He left igeles on a T. W. A. plane o’clock Thursday afternoon, < at Kansas City, Missouri o'clock the following mornom there he drove to East lie. Illinois in time to consale at 10:00 o’clock Friday g. is a record for distance i between sales on following i it is 2.200 miles from Los I to East St. Louis. In keepIls sale dates, Col. Reppert has tefl every means of conveyance an ox cart to an airplane. hile In California, Col. Reppert ed the many former Decatur lente now living in and around Angeles.

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London, Nov. 2S- <U.R) —Trains, buses and motor cars poured thousands into London today as carpenters hammered the last nails into (he street stands and flags I and bunting were displayed in preparation for the wedding tomorrow of the Duke of Kent and i .Princess Marina. There was a 3,eai uitMttUP ii' a L,

one seemed interested in 1 the popular, pretty Greek princess •I and the duke, the king's youngest 1 son. -' So great was the rejoicing that for comparison people were going ■ back beyond other royal weddings ', of recent years to recall the day ‘' of King George's coronation in ’ I June. 1911. tI - — ; ANNUAL DRIVE ENDS THURSDAY Red Cross Membership Drive Will End Thanks--1 giving Day <' 1 “If the remaining canvassers 1 turn in as good reports as those ; who have completed their 193a l roll call for the American Red ) Cross in Adams county, the drive ' will be oversubscribed," said Miss i Anna Winnes. secretary of the I county organization. > The drive will end Thanksgiv--1 ing evening. The goal sol for the I county this year is SI,OOO of which | half will remain here for local reI i[ e f work. The other half will be I sent to the national headquarters to be used in national and international emergencies. Last year the county organizeI tion received a certificate indicating that it was one of the committees in the United States • which went over its quota. ’ Miss Winnes urged that all solicitors report to their captains Friday morning at the latest. The reports have to be sent to Fort (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) — Legion Drum Corns Will Meet Tonight ' All members of the American Legion drum corps are asked to meet at the Legion hall tonight at 8 o’- ! clock to make plans to attend the ■ district meeting at Fort Wayne Fri- ' day. o One Scarlet Fever Case Is Reported , One rase of scarlet fever was re- ; ported in Adams county in the mor-, i bidity report of the state for the . week ending Saturday, November 24. A of nine cases ww noted in the state for the week compared with the report for the ■previous week. A total number of • cases of the disease in the state for I u,e week-ending November 24 was 179.

The great city seemed so eager to honor the bride and ’ groom perhaps because there was no atmosphere of an arranged wedding. only the appearance of a true romance. The columns of stories in the newspapers wore read avidly. To-1 day the printed order for the wedding .servk-.e was made public.

i As they kneel "at the alThr of ’ Westminster Abbey a few minutes I after 11 a. m. tomorrow, the princess. for instance, will say: t “I. Marina, take thee, George ! Edward Alexander Edmund to be t my wedded husband." Princess Marina scored a trii umph at a Buckingham palace rei ception last night in honor of Former Decatur Resident Dies I Word has been received here of the death of Mrs. Crist W. Walters. <54. of Ohio City, Ohio, a former De- : catur resident, who died at her home at 1 o’clock this morning. ’ Surviving are the husband and following children: Mrs. Fern Sheets, Decatur; Miss Olive Waltj era, Guy, Donald Walters of Fort Wayne; Hugh and William Walters f Ohio City. Ohio. Mrs. Jahn ' Merica of Decatur, is the step- ' i» other of the deceased. A sister, 1 Mrs. Myrtle Parks of Lima, Ohio, ' a half brother, Harvey Lewie and a 1 half sister. Grace I.ewis also stirPUN SEME SUNMYNIGHT Mission Band To Give Service At Zion Reformed Church Sunday The Mission Band of the Zion Reformed church will hold the Thank Offering program at Hie church Sunday night at 7 o'clock. The program for the evening includes songs, readings and stories and a playlet, "A Nickel to Spend" The characters in the playlet .' are As follows: Dick—Bob Hunter Don Phillip Hunter Frank— Bobby Yost Ice Cream Cone —Coleen Miller Lollypop- Lawrence Rash Thank Offering Box —Mary Frank Miss Plum Blossom — Katheryn Yager. The remainder of the program follows: Piano solo —Marjorie Mil,er Solo— Bobby Deitsch Reading. "The Other Way Around” —Alice Yost Solo— Katheryn schroyer Mary's Box —Coleen Miller i A Story —Carl Rash Piano solo—Richard Goldner Song, “Jesus Loves Me" — Mary Alice Beineke, Norma Eady, Janet Goldner, Helen Frank, Coleen Mfller and Virginia Rash.

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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, November 2*, 1934.

herself and the duke. Eight hundred beautifully gowned and jewelled women and brilliantly uniformed men shook hands with her and voted her charming. Crowds in the streets watch eagerly for royalty connected with the wedding. They overflow into the streets and stop traffic until police reserves arrive and straighton the snarl.

' ilotels. restaurants and theaters i reaped their harvest. All were filled. Detectives stood guard over big ' St. James' palace rooms filled ' with the 878 wedding presents, of , inestimable value. In 'a special showcase there are a ruby and diamond necklace and ear rings, a pearl and diamond necklace CHURCHES WILL MARK HOLIDAY i Special Services Will Be Held To Observe Thanksgiving Day Special services in the churches i ■ w'll feature observance of Thanks- , ■ giving Day in Decatur and vicinity. Protestant churches of the city . will join in a union service at the ■ Methodist Episcopal church tonight l at 7:30 o’clock. Rev. George O. Walton, pastor of the Presbyterian I church, will deliver the Thanksgiving .sermon. Special music will be furnished i by a choir composed of 30 persons front Hie various churches. Rev. 11. R. Garson of the M. E. church will preside. A special high mass will be said ! at the St. Mary's Catholic church Jat 7:30 o’clock Thursday morning, j The Zion Lutheran church will hold ■special services at 10 a. tn. Thursday. Services for the school children , of the city were held at 2 o’clock this afternoon. High echool students > held services at the school building , and services were held at various • i churches for pupils from the grade schools. | Practically all business houses will be closed Thursday and no eJitl it of the Daily Democrat will be "(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) Sick Man’s Friends Husk Corn For Farmer i Neighbors of E. R. Baker of Un- : ion township, who has been ill for | the past three weeks with typhoid fever and malaria, performed good ■ Samaritan deeds today, when they ■ gathered at his farm and husked corn. The band of Good Samaritans, i composed of 49 men, husked 12 acres of sanding corn and four acres r| ct corn in shock. Thirteen teams , were also furnished. The men were , happy to do the woi'k and Mr. Baker i expressed his apprecia'ion to them for their kinolj deeds.

and bracelet, a ruby and diamond brooch, two diamond tiaras and a sappliire ami diamond tiara, earrings. bracelets and pendants —the last the gifts of the queen. There is a modest lamp shade from Miss Kate Fox, the princess' childhood nursfe and a guest of honor at the bedding. The queen of Holland has a magnificent four panelled screen of Dutch

scenes painted by masters. The prince of Wales, the duke and duchess of York and the princess royal and her husband, the earl of Harewood, gave jointly a suite of Adam furniture. Noel Coward is represented by a 20 volume set of his works. There are presents, simple and ornate, from all over the earth. New Books Received By Public Library Six new books have been received by the Decatur public library. Three of these volumes are fiction and three non fiction. Fiction hooks ■ are: Pitcairn's Island by Nordhoff; Interlude for Sally by Seymour; I Give Me Death by Myers. Nonfiction are: Wine From These Grapes, a collection of Edna St. Vincent Millay’s poems; 100,000,009 Guinea Pigs, by Kallet, tell of the dangers in everyday foods, drugs and cosmetics; The Best Short Stories’ for 1934 by O'Brien. o BERNE TO HOLD DISTRICT MEET Zion Reformed Mission Bands Will Rally At Berne Sunday A district rally of the mission bands of the Zion Reformed churches will be held at the Berne Reformed church Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. Members of ; the local mission band will pari ticipate in the program which will be as follows: Introduction Piano solo— Marjorie Ann Hefner of Huntington Song—Congregation ■ Scripture— Mildred Close of Huntington ! Four sentence prayers — Decatur, Berne. Bluffton. Huntington ’ Song Decatur Mission Band Story Mary Ellen Dro. Berne Piano selection— Marjorie Miller. Decatur Song—Bluffton Mission Band : Piano solo—Richard Goldner, Decatur Vocal solo — Katheryn Schroyer, Decatur . Reading. “The Other Way Around" : » —Alice Yost. Decatur i Playlet, "A Lesson in Annrecia- ' Hon" — Huntington Mission > Band ■ Song—Berne Mission Band i . Song—Congregation j Dismissal.

COUNTY GRAND JURY RETURNS 4 INDICTMENTS Names Os Those Indicted W ithheld Until Arrests Are Made MAKE INSPECTION OE INSTITUTIONS The grand jury brought in four | 'udii tments In its report filed in ! lie clerk’s office today. The names .>. the persons who were indicted i we e withheld until the arrests are | made. From the fact that several resi--1 dents of Ceueva were called into the jury -.vein as witnesses during the session it has beer, assumed that the eas-t of Bert E. Reasoner has been investigated by the Jury. R.asoner, town marshal! of Geneva and saperinlendent of the city water department, disappeared from I hie home two weeks ag>. Since his leparture the town boa.d has been I unable to If cate the town books. The piti oi the report made pubI lie by th? grand Jury ,s the inves- ' tigation of the county institutions. The jury report! d that both the I countv infirmary and the county I jail were “clean and wholesome". The jury commended .Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Lafountaine, who Imve charge of the county infirmary, and Sheriff and Mrs. Burl Johnson, who have charge of the county jail, for 1 the manner in which they were takL1 ing (tire of those under their •' chaige. Tht jury made the following rec- | om r.endatlons fi r the county infir’lmary; “that an elevator be install’led :unning from the first floor to ■ I the third floor and to allow a night 1 - watchnain who ran also act as fireman for the four months during I the winter season. ■j The. jury made the foil wing recI I omniendations for the county jail: ‘ "We would ret mmend the repair--1 i:.g of the floor in the living quar- ■ iters, and that in order to housesafeI ly qang. rotis criminals there should i be two stools and two lavatories ; placed in the cell block, the con"(CONTrNLED ON PAGE SIX)

MACHINERY AT PLANT TESTED Central Soya Company Plant Will Begin Operations Next Week ■I The testing of the machinery at ' . the Central Soya C tn-pany started ‘ today and will be continue I Friday, 1 j and Saturday, preparatory to opening the plant next we.ik, Dale W. j McMillen, president of the company . i state.l. Mechanics were busy completing: the installation of the mhachim ry and everything was a bustle i thr ughout the plant. | L'ar leads of beans were being tin-; I loaded and conveyed to the storag * I | quarters. The large .storage uild-i ing was more than ha'f filled to.ay. iFurmere were bringing in boats jby the tru k and wagon loads. Yes- ■ terday 32 truck 1 ads were received and growers were more than I pleased with the price paid, one dollar a bushel, for the bean.,. This week is observed as .soy Dean week at the plant and a top ' price of SI.OO a bushel Is being pale farmers for beans delivered to the factory. Details pertaining to the opernFIVE) ■ o • Marriage Licenses Are Issued To Four Couples Here Today j iFaiir marriage wptp issued in the Adams county clerk David Depp's office teday for marriages which will be events of Thanksgiving Day. Licenses issued were as follows: Burman Gattshall, farmer. Grover Hill, Ohio and Dorotha Roughia, Cloverleaf Creamery employ. Dec a- > itlir; Menno E. Eicher, farmer, j Route 2, iB ?rne. and Fannie E. Schwartz, Route 2, Berne; Solomon i: Messer, Jr., firmer. Route 2, Geneva and Lolita Blocker, Route 2, Geneva William Beltz, farmer. Route 5. Decatur and Paula Radenbeck, route 7, Decatur.

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Pays Penalty i Iv N v* e. / ■■ George (Baby Face) Nelson, public enemy No. 1, since the death of most of the Dillinger gang, was found dead in a roadside ditch near Chicago today. ’ | Nelson apparently was mortally 1 wounded by the two federal agents 1 ' who died of slu.ts fired by Neilson i and his companion late Tuesday, j His companions are still at large. UNWRITTEN LAW IS DEFENSE OF YOUNGSLAYER Killer of Bride And Priest Will Plead The Unwritten Law ADJOURN CASE UNTIL MONDAY New York, Nov. 28— (U.R) — Joseph L. Steinmetz, former Los Angeles divinity student was indicted by the county grand jury today on charges of first degree murder in connection with the slaying of his 17-year old wife and a Roman Catholic priest with wh;m he found ner. The grand jury returned

three indictments against the apostate Jew who once studied for the Presbyterian ministry. Two charged the murder of Roth Armstisong, his wife, and Rev. Father J. J. Leonard of Lawrenceville, New Jersey. The third charged possession of a dangerous weapon. New York, Nov. 28. —<U.R> —The I "unwritten law" will be the defense offered by Joseph L- Steinmetz, who killed his pretty young bride and a Catholic priest Monday when ■ lie found them in a hotel room together. it was indicated today. Tlte 22-year-old divinity student was held without bail on a murder ’ charge after lift arraignment yesI terday. His attorney, Meyer Mach- ! lis, planned to review the case to. j day. He said he had not yet heard : Steinmetz's full story of the tragi edy. Meanwhile few new details of I events leading up to the double | slaying were revealed. Machlis, however, offered a different version of how Steinmetz obtained possession of the pistol used to (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o One Man Slightly Hurt In Collision Ed Kolter was slightly injured in an automobile and truck collision which occurred this morning about two miles north of Decatur on U. S. highway 27. He was a passenger in an automobile driven by Adolph Kolter a salesman for MoConnel and Son. The car collided with a milk truck driven by R. O. Wynn. Neither the car nor the truck was badly damaged. .■ Q , —— Paul Graham Brought Home From Hospital Paul Graham, manager of the • Decatur Loan Association and , prominent insurance agent of this city, was brought home last even- , big from' the Lutheran hospital, '■"ort Wayne. Mr. Graham whs a pati lent at the h'spital for about two weeks. His condition is better, al- . though attending physicians de- • mend comiplete rest for him. lie will > not be able to see visitors for several days.

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NOTED KILLER FATALLY HURT BYTWOAGENTS Two Federal Agents Are Dead After Vicious (Jun Battle TWO COMPANIONS STILL AT LARGE Chicago. Nov. 28— <UR> — George (Baby Face) Nelson was found dead in a roadside ditch northwest of Chicago today, apparently abandoned by his wife and the companion who joined him in a battle late yesterday with federal agents Samuel P. Cowley and Herman E. Hollis. Nelson was hit by either Cowlev or Hollis, or perhaps by both before he mortally w'ounded them yesterday. His wounds bled so profusely, department officials said, that he had been forced to change his clothing twice. The trail of the bloody clothing led them to the ditch where Nelson had crawled off to die. Thus, the federal sharpI shooters, even at the cost of their own lives, have sent Nelson the way of John Dillinger and Pretty Boy Flovd and have carried out the foremost rule of the federal service — that the killing ot an agent must be avenged. Chicago. Nov. 28 <U p .) — A dving plea of Samuel P. Cowlev, one of two federal agents who fe’l dead before the spluttering fire of George (Baby Face) Nelson’s machine gun. today sent government manhunters into isolated sections of the north woods. Nelson, fleeing with his young wife with dyed red hair and another man, was believed headed for a hideout in upper Wisconsin —perhaps to one of the almost impenetrable spots where he and John Dillinger “holed in" from the law. He fled in the automobile of the slain government agents after a ’(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) WILL CONTINUE AID TO NEEDY ■ • Wayne Coy Promises Indiana’s Needv M ill Be Cared For Indianapolis. Nov. 28— (U.R) — Directing one of the most compact ami efficient relief administration units in the country, Wayne Coy. chairman of the governor's commission on unemployment relief, promised today that Indiana's needy will be cared for during the forthcoming winter. Coy returned this week from Chicago where he gave Harry Hopkins, federal relief administrator. a detailed report on relief requirements in Indiana and outlined the state's hopes for federal aid. Hopkins will confer with President Roosevelt at Warm Springs, Ga„ soon to formulate the national governor’s relief program to he submitted to congress which convenes January 3. More than half a million people, averaging about one out of every six residents, are receiving some form of relief in Indiana at the (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) Newsprint Paper Is Received Here A -ar load on newsprint paper was delivered today to the Diily Deino- ' crat. The car contained 62 rolls of paper, weighing approximately 50.000 pounds. The paper, furnished by the International Paper company. w.;is shipped from Three Rivers, Quebec. It , is the second car load ot paper received by the Daily Democrat this year.