Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 32, Number 284, Decatur, Adams County, 30 November 1934 — Page 1

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Vol. XXXII. No. 284.

Her Favorite Pose 11 ■ ■ I I k*i HH ■ I ■ ■ — The Duchess of Kent This is the portrait of herself that Princess Marina, bride of the Duke of Kent, selected for distribution to her wedding guests. GOTTSCHALK if ON COMMITTEE I Berne State Senator Is Reappointed To Budget Committee Indianapolis, Nov. 30, — (U.R> Three former members and one new member were included today in the biennial budget committee appointed by Gov. Paul M McNutt for the 1935 state legislaure. Senntor Thurman A. Gottschalk. 1 Berne, and Representative Harry 1.. Strickland. Greenfield, are the Democratic members. Senator I Floyd Garrott, Battle Ground, and Representative William Babcock,: Rensselaer, are the Republican' members. The two senators and Strickland | were members of the 1933 committee. Babcock succeeds Dr. George E Denny. Madison. Preliminary work of the commit- ■ tee, including a tour of state insti- j tutions to determine needs for Improvements already has been done by Edward P. Brennan, state budget clerk, and Olio Jensen, exam- ‘ 'ner of the state board of accounts. The governor also announced that all Democratic members of j the state legislature, which convenes Jan. 10. have been called to j meet here Dec. 8 to organize com-1 (OONTIKUBD ON PAGE SIX) ANNUAL DRIVE ENDS THURSDAY I Only Partial Report Os Red Cross Roll Call Is Available About S3OO was turned in this morning to Miss Anna Winnes, county American Red Cross secretary, as canvassers began to check up today for the 1935 roll call. The reports are very Thcomplete with only estimates being given by four organizations’ outside of Decatur. Workers In Decatur also are not all reported. The amount actually collected is: Decatur, $248; Monroe, $23.70; home economic clubs, $23 71. Berne and Geneva had not reported yet this morning and ojtly three of the home economic clfibs were accounted for by their chairmen. . Although the drive was closed Thanksgiving evening no estimate of the amount collected will be known until Saturday because of the large nurber of workers. The goal set for Adams county this year is SI,OOO. Os this amount one half will be turned over to the local organization for county relief work.

PROGRESS MADE | FOR GIGANTIC HOUSEPROGRAM Housing Administrator Holds Conference With Roosevelt OTHER LEADERS TO TALK TO F. I). R. I Warm Springs. Ga , Nov. 30.—(U.R) i '—Definite progress in the admin is- i | (ration’s gigantic housing program, I particularly in California, was reported to President Roosevelt to-1 day by James A. Moffett. Moffett, federal housing administrator, said he "talked over the | whole scheme of things with the president" and that he obtained "his general thought on the whole program." Coming here for conferences over the week end were Harold b. Ickes, secretary of the interior. Harry Hopkins, federal emergency relief administrator. Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morg’enthau, Jr.. J and Frank C- Walker, former direc-1 ! tor of the national emergency ' council. Hopkins wants to substitute al ' work relief program of large proportions to get away from the dole system of aiding the unemployed. The size ot his contemplated program has been reported as approximately $8,000,000,000. It also was reported that his plan contemplated large extensions of subsistence i farming projects and a major stimulus of home construction through federal housing financing.. Ickes and Moffett also are parties to a huge housing project, though I ! disagreeing on methods of linanc-| ing Ickes favors government finanicing; Moffett the use of private I capital.. Individualism Washington. Nov. 30. — (U.R> — The new deal is developing more rugged individualism than team- [ work in approaching 1935 recovery : problems. During the campaign new deal. ' era were discreet more often than •— ♦ • I (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) HONOR ROLL OF SCHOOL LISTED Alice Jane Archbold Leads High School Honor Students • rMiss Alice Jane Archbold, senior ’in the Decatur high school, led the ,-iionor roll for the school during i the second six weeks period of the first semester, which closed No-, vember 28. Donabelle Fenimore, a freshman i n the school, was second on the ’ i list. The complete honor roll is | las follows: A B Alice Jane Archhold 5 Donabelle Fenimore 5 Marie Grether -4 Albert Keller ■* Agnes Nelson 4 Kathryn Kohls 4 I Faye Martiir 4 I Thomas Andrews 4 i Mary Frances Dodd 4 Laura Fleming 4 Marguerite Staley 4 ! *.«•***•• — — —— — — • j (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) More Candidates List Expenses County Clerk David D. Depp today announced that Thursday, December 6. will be the last day for candidates to file exipense account*) for the 1934 general election. ■Cnndidates for offi.es tjhich pa/ less than $lO5 are not required t" j file expense accounts. Candidates who have filed their accounts in the last few days are. Arthur R. Holthouse, mayor, donation to county Democratic committee, SSO. paid workers. $5.00 total $55. Mrs. Ada Martin. Deoiutr, clerktreasurer, none. Albert Miller. Decatur councilman, $5.00. G. H. Shosenberg, sheriff, $29.10. Jeff Li<i. irty, county treasurer, $9'9.10. Edgar N. Wi-cs. Washington township assessor, none. George W. Stults, city councilman none.

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, November 30, 1931.

To Pay Penalty VT December 7 is the date set for the execution at West Virginia state penitentiary. Moundsville, of Greeley Blankenship, above, of I Peter Creek. Ky„ sentenced to death for the slaying of John ' Christofene, 48-year-old relief worker of Williamson, W. Va.i Blankenship claimed self-defense but was convicted of killing ' j Christofene while the latter plead-1 | ed with his wife not to leave him for Blankenship. CHURCH MEETINGS RE Workers Conference Will Be Held Here Next Tuesday A church .w.h.0l workers confer-' ence, in connection with the coach-: ing conference fur leadens in stand-, ard leadership training school' courses, will be held at the Decatur’ M. E. church TueaJay, Dec ember i 4. The conference is sponsored by! I the Adams county council of Chris-' i tian education and the Decatur min- - isterial association. Three sessions will he held. The; morning session will open at 10 o’clock, the afternoon meeting at, 1:30 and the evening mass meeting at 7:30. Dr. A. H. Backus, state director | of adult work, and Miss Nellie Young, state dire, tor of children’s! work, will be present. All ministers | of the city and all Sunday School' workers and tea. hers are urged to! be present at the morning session • to hear of the new trends in Chris-! tian education. 'Those who are qualifying to lead ’7c6ntjnieid*on PAGE SIX) Name Bowdle To Succeed Krick C. P. Bowdle, principal cf the | Bowling Green, Ohio, high school. | i has been named principal at Van | Wert, succeeding Walter J. Krick, who took office as superintendent i of the Decatur city schools Monday. Mr. B.iwdle has been principal i at Bowling Green for three years.

Office Open Until Late Saturday For Accomodation Os Club Members —

Members of the Democrat's Christmas Club Campaign are advised that they need not rush to get in their reports at an early hour Saturday night. Realizing the great importance of every member utilizing his time fully to accomplish as much as possible this week, the campaign manager will remain at the office just as late as necessary to accommodate those who are really enough in earnest to try to get in every ! possible subscription before this final extra credit offer on S3O clubs expires. This week's final offer is just this: On each and every S3O worth lof subscriptions turned in this week, 180,000 extra credits will be given in addition to the regular schedule of credits as printed on receipt book covers. After Saturday night subscription credits take the greatest cut of the entire campaign and next week a one year renewal will count less than one fourth as many credits as it will count this week. And even new subscriptions next week will count less than one half as many credits as they count this week. Members who are of the opinion, as often expressed this week, that ail of the prospects are "promised’’ to someone are ser- [

(LOCAL GROCER HOLDUP VICTIM Two Unmasked Bandits Rob Simeon Hain Os sls Wednesday I . Two unmasked bandits held up Simeon Hain at his meat market ' Wednesday night at 7:30 o’clock an I escaped with sls in cash, scoop- ! ed from the - ash register. The men entered the store WedI nesday as Mr. Hain was closing his | meat market on West Monroe. One i ot the men forced him into a re- : figerator at the point of a gun. j While there, Mr. Hain was searched I but the thieves took nothing fr ,n I his pockets. The other man rifled the cash register, taking about sls in currency. Mr. Hain asked the men to , leave several checks, which they ' agreed to do. After pocketing the contents of the cash register one ' ot the thieves examine! the office lint found nothing of value there. i The thieves released Hain and ■ fled. Mr. Hain did not observe in , whiih direction they went. ! 1 lain did not report the robbery to the police until Thursday night, j Both chief of police Sephus Melchi i and Sheriff Burl Johnson investigat- ' ed the ease. Both of the bandits were between ,25 any 30 years of age. Neither 1 wore an overcoat and both were poorly dresseel. From the descrip- ! tlon officers believe the men were j transients. Hundreds Visit Homestead Site — I Hundred's of residents of Decatur 1 and the surrounding territory visit- : ed the grounds of the suhsistern-e i homesteads Thanksgiving day , where Hoggson Brothers are fast ! rearing 48 houses. Today the foundations are 100 p"r I cent complete. The superslructme. ’ whi h im lu.les the insulation, is 25 1 per cent complete on houses numb r from one to 20 and 60 per cent I on houses numbering from 21 to 48. I The five houses which have ’shingle siding are being insulate! ! with aluminum foil. The other ! h uses are insulated with a wood i fibre. — Elizabeth Judd Dies W ednesday ! Fun ral services for Mrs. Eliza- ! beth Judd. 72. of WayneJal?, sister of Mrs. Dave Archer of Pleasant i Mills, who died at the Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne Wednesi cay night at 9:25 o’clock, will be held Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock I. it the Klaehn and Sons’ Funeral home at Fort Wayne. Burial will 1 be made in the Decatur cemetery. Mrs. Judd died of pneumonia. She had been a patient at the hospital (since November 20. Surviving are the husband Frank Judd, a daughter. Mrs. S. E. Duffy ot’ Milwaukee. Wisconsin; a son, C. R. Hosier of i Chicago; and three grandchildren ami a sister, Mrs. David Archer of Pleasant Mills.

iously in error. Almost every day subscribers come in to the Democrat office to renew their subscriptions and upon being questioned state that no one has approached them. And several new ones have come in this week who had not been solicited by any of the members. The member who "takes it for granted" that suchand such a person has already been solicited ami does not attempt to secure his subscription is simply laying the ground work for a clear defeat at the end of the campaign. It is granted that most of the roads in the county have been travelled by some one or more of the members; but they have not been thoroughly worked. MemI hers will be surprised at the number of new subscriptions they can secure by selecting the homes who do NOT take the Democrat instead of confining themselves to those who do take it. Besides the extra credits on new ones, they will find that they are exploring an almost untouched element of the county's population. And to reiterate an oft-repeated fact; subscriptions will count less ! credits the final week of the campaign than at any other time durI ing the six weeks’ period.

ROYAL COUPLE I WEDDING STIRS ALL OF LONDON Duke Os Kent, Princess a Marina Are Married Thanksgiving <■ - T SPEND HONEYMOON AT HIMLEY HALL s ■ ( I London, Nov. 30. — (U.R) — The . duke and duchess of Kent embark. . (ed on their honeymoon at I hall in Worcestershire today while i thousands of Londoners nursed ’headaches acquired In making the 1 royal wedding the gayest celebra- . tion since the armistice. J While Londoners crowded hotels,] . restaurants, night clubs, cabarets’ J and theaters last night, the young) ” couple arrived at Snowhille station, j J walked through a triumphal arch, j erec ted in their honor, and motor-’ I ed to Himley hall. ! i Th'ey had left London with j ; cheers and the peals of bells ring- ; ing in their ears They arrived at I tile tiny village at the estate to: [’ I find it in darkness. There are no ; . street lights. Policemen wit h | torches and servants with flares j , , guided their motor car to the es-1 • ] tate. ‘ Only the butler and the house-] ■ keeper received them. They dined at once, and then I : watched a motion picture of scenes ] I of their wedding. In London, the wedding was the] occasion of celebrations throughout] ’ the night The famous statue of Eros in | j Piccadilly was as usual a principal gathering place for west end street ' j crowds. King George and Queen Mary and their royal guests from many countries celebrated with a state dinner at BmTlinghuni palace. 'r The wedding was regarded by [ | everyone a triumphant success as I ■a spectacle and as a true romance. From the moment the young \ couple, the king’s handsome young- .' est son In his navy commander's .! uniform, Princess Marina of Greece ■ (jin her silver lame wedding dress,' i departed in -separate processions ] ■ for ancient Westminster Abbey to ) I the momen their train left for their , (honeymoon, there was not a hitch.] ’ The streets echoed with cheers) 1 CONTINUE' 1 ON PAGE SEVEN (I -° TROUTNERGIRL DIES WEDNESDAY Dorothy Troutner. Entertainer, Dies At Pleasant Mills Miss Dorothy Vivian Troutner, 14 . year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. ) Charles P. Troutner of near Plea-: leant Mills, and well known radio entertainer and mneician. die I at her home Wednesday evening at 9:2i8 o’clock of pneumonia. Miss’ Troutner had been ill for 12 days. ] Miss Troutner had appeared on a number of programs giv.-n through-] out Adams county and Indiana and sang over radio station WOWO. She conn, used her own music and words] ■ and received special re.cgnition for the song she wrote about the Lindbergh baby. "Justice By. and ’ By.” ! 'She was a freshman in the Plea- ■ i-sant Mills high school and was a i member of the Baptist church at 'Pleasant Mills. She was born in St. Mary’s township. one half mile west of PleaON PAGE SIX) Health Nurses Attend Meeting A. group of fifty public health nurses and .• hairmen of the joint county nursing committee ot district tiiree met at Wabash Tuesday for an institute. i Miss Funk, Adams county supervisor, acted as chairman. Miss Un- ■ ger gave the history of refrigeration of foods. Miss Jones and Miss MacDougal discussed the work and problems of the nurse. A lust of foods for a balanced diet tor the people of small incomes was sug gested. The two Adams county nurses Misses Fl. rem e Anderson and Mar- • garet Elting. attended tho Institute.

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Killed in (’lash 1 11 ■ i L X J I 1 W / ft ■ Engaging George (Baby Face) 1 Nelson, so-called ‘‘Public Enemy No. 1" and two companions in a gyn battle at Barrington, 111., , Herman E. Hollis, above, ace ini vestigator of the U. S. department of justice, was shot and killed, i Another federal agent, Samuel P. Cowley, died several hours after the skirmish, and Nelson's body, ' riddled with bullets, was found in i Niles Center. HL, the following I day. STAPLETON IS NAMED MANAGER Clarence Stapleton Manager Os Decatur Gas Company Branch Clarence A. Stapleton, for the ! post five years connected wftli the Fort Wayne office cf the Northern Indiana Public Service company, has been ma le manager of the Dei catur office of the company, it was announced today by Dean H. MitI chell vice-president and general ' manager. In Fort Wayne, Mr. Stapleton has ] been connected with the coke de- ' partment of the company. | Mr. Stapleton entered the employment of the utility in 1912 at l Fort Wayne. He later was manager] of the Waluush office for two yeai» . I leaving that past to return to Fort ] . Wayne at the time of the consolidation of the Wabash office with the 1 Northern Indiana Power company. Mr. Staipleton has become well ■known throughout Fort Wayne and | has been active in community af- | fairs. 'He is married and has two children. Mr. Stapleton succeeds Ferd | O'Brien, who has moved to St. i Mary's Ohio. He will move his fai mlly here as soon as he obtains a ! house. Fort Wayne Man Takes Own Life Fort Wayne, Ind., Nov. 30 —(UP) Fred W. Werkman. 37, manager | of the Fort Wayne Blue Print and j Supply company, committed suicide here early today by shooting him-| self in the head with a revolver No reason for his act was given . I by relatives. BANK WILL PAY CLUB MEMBERS First State Bank To Mail Christmas Club Checks Tuesday Theodore Graliker, cashier of the First State Bank in this city, announced today that checks to membzers of the Christmas clubs would be mallei Tuesday. Deceinher 4. The club has more than 300 members this year and ab ut $6,500 will be sent to them. The membership this year Is within a few of the total for a y. ar ago, one of the rec ords in the state. The new dubs will open next week. The bank has several different classes. The 25 cents a week lull pays $12.50, if payments are made regularly and the SI.OO a week club will pay SSO next December. The local bank anticipates a larger membership in the Christmas clubs this year, in view of improved conditions in this city.

MAN AND WOMAN IDENTIFIED AS CALIFORNIANS Finger Print Comparisons Make Man’s Identification Complete CORONER REPORTS ON GIRLS’ DEATHS Harrisburg, Pa., Nov 30.— <U.R) — Authorities today announced positive identification jof Elmo J. Noakes, Roseville, (California, who with a niece, ; was found dead a't Duncanville, Pa., shortly after the Itodies of his three murdered daughters were discovered near Carlisle. Identification was completed, officials said, by comparison of linger prints taken when Noakes - was in the marine corps at Mare, , ] Island. Vallejo. California Noakes, a widower, shot himself .■ to death after killing the niece, j Winifred Pierce. 18, at Duncanville, 1100 miles west of where bodies of ]' the three little girls were, found. . California authorities, in recon- ' stru ting the crime said Noakes and Miss Pierce, his housekeeper, were i in love and tied Roseville with the three girls so they could marry. Girls Suffocated Carlisle. Pa., Nov. 30 — (U.RF The three girls found murdered near here were ‘‘suffocated by external ' means", Cumberland county coro- | | ner Edward A- Haegele said today. Doubts Identity ‘i Muncie, Ind., Nov. 30.—(U.R>—Uni daunted by identification of the "babes in the woods," as member* ’ ] of a California family, Mrs. Dallas Barker, Muncie, left at noon for Carlisle, Pennsylvania, in an effort to identify the three little girls , found dead on a mountain as her > ] children. Mrs- Barker has not seen her ■ daughters for five years when they ) were taken away by her husband, ' Billy Williams, it vaudeville com- ■ edian. Family Protested Roseville, Cal.. Nov. 30. — (U.R)- — ■ Family protests to a love afTa'. ■ sent Elmo Noakes, 32. and tus 18- ( year-old niece Winifret? Pierce on ■ a long flight which apparently end|ed in the sLAiige "babes in the :’ ’’ *.7t:nued 'on 'page ELKS MEMORIAL RITES SUNDAY Annual Services Will Be Held At Elks Home Sunday P. M. Annual memorial servir es will bo helq at the B. P. O. Elks home on North Second street Sunday afternoon, December 2, at 2:30 o’clock. 'Clark J. Lutz, Decatur attorney and veteran member of the local chapter, will deliver the memorial i address. I Officers of the local chapter, led | by T. J. Metzler, exalted ruler, will I conduct the regular Elks ritual for j the memorial service. 'Special musk.' during the service will be furnished by a male quartet. ‘All members ot the Elks lodge are asked to attend this annual service, when respects are ipaid to deI ceased members of the organizaI tion. o County Control Contracts End The 1934 corn-hog control contra' ts end today in Adams county. ’ The chairmen of the township committees and the county committees were busy today in the county ! agent's office preparing the final I reports. The third hog control check is . still due the farmers. During the i first five days ot next week the ■ committees will count every hog owned by contracting farmers. If it is found that they have agreed with the terms of the contracts the compliance reports will be approvt ed and mailed to Washington. The » last checks should be returned to t the county about Christmas time. Fin»il netports will require the - time cf the various connnittes until * about the first of the year. Early I In 1935 the new contracts will be ready for signing.