Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 32, Number 286, Decatur, Adams County, 3 December 1934 — Page 1
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1 E'S SON lENIES GUILT ■ AS MURDERER Po!«e Promise New Arrekts In Break-up Os Alleged Gang S Js DEATH DONE |]\ SELF DEFENSE Till" i ’>k lu.. Dee. •'> <U.R> 'Philip Kennainer, son of a leKj judge, pleaded not I'uWh ni'l was ordered heal Ifi wiKrit bail when he was i r ; irraLii(d lotlnv on a murder 1 * diarfee brought apainst him ■ in >lj< slaving of John (<orrell. *Ol 19 vear old son of [ii/’if, Franklin E. Kennainer i of the loa tlo rn federal district of surrendered to authorilfl< iieg'laturday He said he killed Got* in seif defense. Will groomed, nonchalant, a defiance in his attitude. xJumer was brought into the court of common pleas judge John i odward by two depu'y HJy .'V i'lmf Mo - an-w. “■? edflp t'oimri! Questions and en'IM rred the anticipated plea of not I I Woodward set the preheld with,.i 0 MjMjm-nding that hearing, t* ■ ’® More Arrests I sti. Okla.. Dec. ,1— <U.R) L ■ )|Merr< in tl’.e break un f an E I ■ -md of amateur ctim nil--5 I "■ - ' '’"i adventure seek inc. B ■ seta urouiinent families wcfe ■ prMised by police today. 'J held I’hi'lip 8 :i::Ar 19. son of federal Judge ■ with rambling .John Gorrell, 2d. ■ Mg. I' ' im mini nt phy -i. i.in. a’ Thomas, of a patronized youths ~1 ON PAGE FIVE' I SUPERVISORS ■met s s turd a y ■ ■ Coi i-hog Supervisors ReI C(1 ’ ? Instructions For I Final Count I ’ y Rumple. presid' n: cornhog .annul ■■TH®' ion, called the corn hog sup- -*■ ends r- into a meeting at Decani: for instructions mak • -■ tinal count of hogs on ■ 198 corn-hog contract. These B men were instructed to visit all 8 eaMra: t farms, make a count of . and make slips of all sales of hogs W •W 1 since the last count. 8 contract year ended al B aitl November 30. 1931. but there ■ still remains the matter of check- , .•••mpliarn before th-' <BBMbt can be made. Agent Archbold anroiin ■ M; fill-- outlook meeting to be held I Dtkbnilier 6 at Bluffton, and it is I jßcted that most of the corn-hog I c W ,,litlt ‘ , ‘inen will attend this | lasting, and from the training ■iS will receive, will be in line Ip conduct outlook record keeping will be I gre itly stressed this year, stated i:!BiaM[ Architold, and arrangements; ■ Vll! be made for schools of into be held in each town- ' TIX ' ,JiE ’D 0N PAGE Frv!?) IM 0 jEVni. Ransbottom I Dies At Bluffton Ransbottom. 6". | Mlit of Welle ccunty for 40 y-ar.s. at 9 o'clock Sunday evening ’■ Whis h me in Bluffton, after a 'B Bf' year illness of tuberculosis. B Hi was born in Adams county on I Jae Henn- tt Ransbottom. lie n, ‘'' 1 ■jurviving are one sister, Mrs. Ida I RlNeuensihwan ler. near Bluffton. B two brothers, Amos Ransbottom. '.:l®l i bus. Ohio, and Adam Ranabot- . I ton Texas; one half brother, Finds ■ W. Bennett. California. I I services will be held a B Id o’clock Wednesday morning at B Mr Bride funeral home, Bluffton. Bw' harge nf Rev T ' Bea,n ' paßtor | Nazarene church.
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■ —— — - . --WUl—— Public Enemy ”■ 1 A n America's first woman public 1 enemy — Helen Gillis, wife of George (Baby Face) Nelson, who escaped with a companion after i her husband had been fatally wounded in a gun battle with two | federal agents at Barrington. III.; Mrs. Gillis, who assertedly was 1 armed and took part in the Barrington fight, was being sought by federal ageuts, police and sher- | ifls throughout the middle west. RELIEF CLisS PLANSSTARTED Federal Emergency Relief Classes Proposed For County Plans were announced today by , county superintendent of schools | i Clifton E. Striker for the proposed I federal emergency relief classes which may be organized soon in JTWroiinty. R. J. Dearborn, head of the re- 1 ! lief classes in Adams county will ! be in Decatur soon to explain the | , project. A county council is being , selected for the classes. This j council will in all probability, ' make a survey of the educational j needs of the various groups in Adams county and from this stiri vey plan the type of classes | needed. , Representatives from the foillowing organizations will makeup 'the council: the four newspapers, 1 i Lions and Rotary chibs, chambers ’ of commerce, county agent’s office,: i farm bureau, parent-teacher's ' associations, ministerial associa- ■ tions, Catholic and Lutheran paro- ■ chial schools, superintendents of, : school cities, county school super-, intendent's office, equity exchanges. 4-H clubs, home econornI ics clubs, and federated woman's clubs. Others will be added to the i | council fater. RESUME PROBE OF MUNITIONS Inquiry By Senate Committee Will Be Resumed Tuesday (Editors note: The sensastional inquiry of the senate munitions investigating committee will be resumed tomorrow. The following ! dispatch, written by Senator Gerald P. Nye. R., N. D., chairman, especially for the United Press, forecasts what the public may expect as a result of the invesigaion ) (Copyright 1934 by UP.) Washington, Dec. 3.— (U.R) —Tomorrow we start hearings on the second phase of the senate munitions investigations, with indications that our disclosures will have far reaching effect and result in ’cooperation by the major powers ,to curb the vicious traffic in ImI plements of war. j Evidence obtained by the munit- ' ions committee during three weeks iof hearings last September proved 'beyond question that those who [trade in arms have little or no regard for world peace. | We will attempt to show before congress convenes that munitions [makers are responsible in large 'measures for the failure of nations to negotiate successful agreements I that would halt the mad race for greaer armies and navies that now 1 *(CONTINUED*ON PAGE FIVE) ■
JOHN PENCE IS I' HURT BY FALL I THIS MORNING Fort Wayne Man Falls ' From Roof Os Central Soya Building EXTENT OF HERTS IS UNDETERMINED 11 I At 3:30 o’clock this afternoon, the attending physician stated that the condition of John Pence, injured this -morning in a fall at the Central Soya company, remained critical. The exact extent of Pence's injuries has not been determined and the injured man remains in a semi-con-scious condition. John Pence, 30, an employe of the C. L. Schust roofing company, Fort Wayne, fell to the ground from the roof of the storage j building at the Centra! Soya Com-1 pany's plant at about 8:30 o'clock [ this morning and received severe' internal injuries. Mr. Pence was engaged in I shingling the runway on top of i the bean storage building. He I was working at the north end. i slipped on the wet roof and rolled .off to the ground, a distance of [ [ about 50 feet. He fell on his back and was conscious when picked up and taken to the Adams county i . memorial hospital. Preliminary examination showed no major fracture of the back, hips or legs, but several ribs on the left side were fractured, attending physicians stated. Mr. Pence was suffering intense pain and it is likely that he is j I suffering from an abdominal in-1 : iury. He ie under olntervation and i i X-ray pictures will be taken as [ ■ soon ns his condition permits. [ Physicians were hopeful of his ; [ recovery. The injured man was working ''continued *OX PAGE SIX) JOHN G. HOUK DIES SUNDAY Root Township Farmer Dies Suddenly Sunday Afternoon — John C. Houk, 75, farmer of Root [towrsh'i? and a lifelong resident of Adams >• ounty. died suddenly Sunny afternoon at 4 o'clock. Death was due to a h. art attack Mr. Houk suf-1 [ sered while riding in a car enroute j i to his home fr"m Fort Wayne. Mr. Houk had attended a family! reunion at the home of his daugh-[ ter, Mrs. Floyd W. Lewton of 939 Erie street. Fort Wnyne, Sunday. He had started home shortly before 4 o'clock but suffered the heart attack -when only three blocks away from his daughter’s home. Relatives in the automobile returned to the Lewtori residence but Mr. Houk i was dead before he was taken from the tar. Mr. Houk had engaged in farming in Adams county for .many years. He was a member of the First (Presbyterian church in this city. He was a s n of Benjamin an Sarah Houk who were pioneer settlers in Rotft township. He resided on the old homestead on which his parents settled about 1852. Survivors include the w-id'TW. Mary: two aughters. Mrs. Lewton of Fort Wayne, and Mrs. -E. F. Gillion of '(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) School Vacation Dates Announced The county schools will be dismissed Friday, December 21 and will open again on Wednesday. January 2, in observance of the Christmas and New Years holidays, it was decided at the monthly meeting of the township trustees today. Several other matters were discussed in the regular meeting held in the county superintendent's offlee. .. . Some of the trustees may attend the annual convention of trustees to -be held on December 11. 12, 13 in Indianapolis. The trustees signed and certified the average daily attendance records In the schools for September an October.
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Decatur, Indiana, Monday, December 3, 1931.
Additional Cash Award Will Be Given For Subscriptions Obtained This Week
In order to promote additional Interest among members of the Democrat’s Christmas Club Campaign and increase their activities toward securing new subscriptions, a rare opportunity is offered some member of the campaign to win an additional $25 cash award thia week, and at the same time add many thousands of extra credits to their total standing for the big prize at the end of the campaign. To the members who during the week beginning December 3rd ami ending Saturday night. December Sth, turns in the largest number of new subscriptions to the Democrat, figured on the point basis outlined below, will be awarded an extra cash prize of $25. This extra $25 cash prize will be awarded on a point basis, as follows: For each six months subscription one point will be counted; one year, three points; two years, 8 points; three years 14 points; four years 21 points and 5 years, 30 points. The member having the greatest number of point credits for the week will be awarded the extra $25 cash prize. Best of all. the same subscriptions a member turns in to win the extra $25 prize will each count i thousands of votes toward winning [the big cash prize at the end. as | the awarding of the extra cash I prize has no bearing at all on the [ winning of a big prize at the end. [being a separate and distinct extra
STATE TO PROBE DEATH MYSTERY [Former Insurance Company Head Is Found Shot To Death Springfield. 111.. Dec. 3 (U.R) — [ Inquiry into a mysterious shoot- [ ing to death here Saturday of 11. B. Hill, former insurance company president, to determine whether he committed suicide or was slain bv gangsters, was taken over today by state investigators under: instructions from Gov. Henry Homer. I I'i'l was found shot through the I head, a revolver with one bullet i discharged, dangling from his [ band. He was shunned in the front seat of his Cadillac cedan. | There were bullet holes in the [ front, rear and side windows of the sedan and four other shots had been fired into the ftpholster- ' ing. Theorv that he was slain was advanced by Sheriff William J. Na*terman and deputies who said Hill was “nut on the snot" by [ gangsters to prevent him from I testifying against members of on ! al’eged Chicago band of swindlers [ who had planned to purchase the I--- ■ • • (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) COUNTY NURSES GIVEPROGRAM Public Health Nurses To Give Program Tuesday Evening The puiblic health nurses of Adams county will have fharge of the entertainment program of the Central Parent-Teachers association meeting Tuesday evening at 7 o’clock. The program will be given in the Central school building. Several health talks and a playlet, “A Nurse’s Visit to a Tuberculosis I!lome’’ will comrrise the program. The story of the playlet centers about Jean, a child of the family, who is given a tuberculosis test in the school. It proves to be positive and the nurse makes a home hall. In her visit she discovers another tuberculosis patient. She tells them how to care for a tuberculosis patient in a home until the child is taken to a sanitorium. The cast of characters is ns follows : Jean, a school girl - Miss Florence Anderson. Nurse—Miss Margaret Kiting. Esther a working girl—Miss Winona Fleming. Mrs. Rankin, mother —Miss Grace Coffee. The public is Invited to attend the program and it is hoped that all parents of Central school children will be present.
award for this wiek only. This . means that every member, no matter what they have heretofore ac compllshed In the campaign, has exactly the same chance to get out and win this extra cash prize of $25 for work this week only, since previous effort bus no bearing on : its award- : I While, as stated before there will ; [ be no further extra credits on s3t) clubs, all subscriptions old and new - turned in this week will count just I double the schedule of credits! ■ printed on receipt books. Each one I ’ year new subscription therefore] , counts 10,000 votes toward winning , I the big prize at the end. and at the same time helps win the $25 extra i for this week’s work. The smalb st i worker on lite list is very liable to t get out and win this extra cash : prize this week. And in so doing > they may put themselves up high > enougn to be in line for one of the larger prizes at the end of the cam , • I paign. It's simply a case of winning double on every subscription t (new) turned In this week. i Here is a chance to make one’s chance of winning at the end more ■ secure, and al the same time earn • $25 extra in cash for this week's t work- Bemember, new ones, now ; that all extra credits per dollar t are off. count exactly double the i number of credits that renewals ;' count. Now. If never before, is the . i time to concentrate on getting new i business.
Clerk Issues 420 Licenses County Clerk David D. Depp announced today that 419 resident and [ one non-icsl lent hunting and fishi ing licenses were issue in Adams . ounty during the month of Novent- ’ ber. This wan the largest of the year in terms f number .if license:) issued. The 19.-34 licenses will he invalid after December 31 The w ISU.e I licenses may be purchase 1 now. 'flow, ver, they may not bo used [until after the first of Die year. WALTER KRICK ] TO GIVE TALK r School Superintendent To Talk To Parents And Teachers Walter Krick, city superintendi ent of schools will speak at the [ Parent-Teachers meeting to be held at the South Ward building, ; Tuesday afternoon at throe I o'clock. | A program entitled. "Making i the most of resources" will be I given. Members of the assoeiai tion are urged to attend and the public is cordially invited. Following is the program: [ Community singing — Mrs. Clyde Butler. [ Business and minutes — Misses Helen Sliroll, Mary Suttles, Address —Sunt. Walter Krick | Talk. "Motion Pictures" — Mrs. , **CONTI*NUED ON PAGE SIX) [ 3 , Fort Wayne Woman To Speak Tonight Mrs. C. H. -Smith of Fort Wayne will give an address on “Sacred Art at the meeting - f the Woman's Club in the Library hall tonight at 7:45 o'clock. Mrs. Smith recently returned from the tour of Europe and the Holy Lands. The art department of the club will 'be in charge of the program. i James Harkletts wll sing preceding the address. o Memorial Services Are Held Sunday The annual memorial services for i deceased -members of the lodge -I were held by the B. P. O. Elks at ■ ’ the home on North Second street, -' Sunday afternoon. j -C. J. Lutz, attorney of this city [ delivered the memorial address and the eulogy to the dead. He pai l ! tribute to the lodge's .principal of [ remembering the dead. Vocal «el-e‘:tlons were rendered •I by Otto Kirsch. Leo Kirsch and [ Elmo Smith. Bob White was the i pianist. I The ritualistic wark was in i' charge of T. J. Metzler, exalted ■ ruler, and staff of officers. The services were attended by lodge members and the public.
STRATOSPHERE FLIGHT TODAY BY WILEY POST Famous Pilot Makes Flight Into Stratosphere In Airplane OFFICIAL REPORT NOT MADE PUBLIC Bartlesville. Okla., Dec. 3. (U.R) I —Wiley Post emerged from his plane In apparent jubilation today after a flight designed to set a new altitude record. Airport operatives interpreted his attitude as an indication that, lie itad obtained his objective There was no official report on the ■ matter. | Post took off from the airport here at 8:09 a. m. He brought the Winnie Mae down at Muskogee at , [ 10:21 a. m. The time he was aloft was an hour longer than the round the world pilot had expected to be. The ground temperature was near freezing and the pilot had early! need for the special suit of fabric. [ rubber and metal which he had designed to keep him warm and at normal atmosphere pressure in the substratosphere Post sought to break the record [of tlie Italian flier. Renato Donati, ' who holds the present airplane altitude mark of 8.96 miles. . Scientific balloon flights into the ' stratosphere have recorded altitudes about four miles higher, ascen”ng to around 13 miles, but air- ' planes have been unable to penetrate to the ten miles mark in the 1 past. ’ i Experts, however, have been al- ’ most unanimous in saying that 1 j future travel by plane over long , distances will be in the stratos- ’ phere at speeds of 400 miles an ’' hour or greater. '[ Post, who holds the round the - *-♦ • • (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) Commissioners Hold Monthly Meeting ' A t. tai of $1,878.60 as exi’enses [for the 34 precincet election boards ) on election day was presented to j the >■ ounty commissioners today at [ the regular meeting of the heard in ),the county auditor's office. The commissioners lowered some land in a few cases raised the claims [The total allowed amounted t-> sl.,779.80. This afternoon the board was discussing the claims for the ser- ‘! vices of members of the Adams ’[county election btard during the - general elet tion. '' Each of the three .members. Wali ter Johnson, republican, Clark Lutz. : ! democrat and County Clerk David ' D. D -pp. ex off* io member, had asked for $125. The county council ', appropr'ate 1 only enough money to pay SIOO each to Mr. Lutz and Mr. Johnson and SSO to Mr. Depp. A number of other claims were allowed in the morning session. BERNE YOUTHS SLIGHTLY HURT Two Berne Young Men slightly Hurt When Auto Hits Cows Gl?n Neuensehwander and Stanley Baumgartner, botli of Berne, escaped serious injury Saturday evening about 5:30 o'clock when the Neuensehwander car in which they were riding struck two cows on the federal r,ad 27, 12 miles north of Decatur. The two young men were returning to their homes from Fort Wayne ’ when the accident occurred. A herd of tattle was crossing the road from ■ the pasture field to the farm yard ■ when the car struck two of the animals. , The automobile turned over several times and was practically de- ■ mollshed. Neuensehwander was I only slightly bruised. Baumgartner received a deep gasli on tire head ' and severe bruises, also a dislocated finger on his right hand. He was | taken to the Adams county ntemol rial hospital by Norman White who ( stopped at the scene of the accident. He was released trera tho hospital Sunday. Neuensehwander was the owner i and driver of the automobile. The ■ oows were not seriously injured, It was stated.
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New Bolivian Head A new Bolivian cabinet has been sworn in at Ist Paz under Acting President Jose Luis Tejada Sorzano, who. as vice president, - assumed control in a coup d'etat, bringing the resignation of Presl- ■ dent Daniel Salamanca. The coup, said to have been prompted by resentment against Bolivia's ■ recent defeats by Paraguay, was i accomplished through the aid of army officers led by Sorzano. FOUR PERSONS HURTINGRASH Escape Serious Injury In ('rash South Os Decatur This Morning Four persons escaped serious ■ injury in an automobile accident i four miles south of Decatur on 1 - r. s. highway 27 in front of the Henry Lengerich farm at 12:45 ' i o'clock this morning. Gerald Roth. 20. and Verena Zimmerman. 20. both of Kirkland [ township, were in an automobile driven north when it collided ’ headon with one carrying Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lohsiger of Monroe. ' Lohsiger and Roth, the drivers, : were annarentlv blinded by the I ' head lights of the approaching . ■! cars. All but Verena Zimmerman j were thrown from the automobiles [to the pavement. Roth was the I first to regain consciousness. He picked un Miss Zimmerman and, - carried her into the Lengerich [ ■ home. ' [ Roth returned to the scene of, the accident to assist tho other: injured persons. He found Charles 1 ‘ Lohsiger near his car. Lohsiger - requested him to help his wife. Mrs. Lohsiger was found 20 feet [ away from the car on the pave- ■ : ment. After Roth and Ixtbsiger had carried Mrs. Ixibsiger into the I Lengerich house, an ambulance ‘ was summoned. All were taken to [ the Adams county memorial hosipi tai where their wounds were <x >mined and dressed. Physicians - [ did not believe that any of them will be serious. 1 Miss Zimmerman was the most [ seriously injured. She suffered [ from shock after the accident in [ addition to severe lacerations to [ the head and a possible fracture ! 1 (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) A *■ Merchants Arrange I For Santa Claus To Visit Decatur k o— ' # Children of the community will ' be glad to learn that Santa Claus will visit Decatur next Saturday and on throe other days previous to Christmas. - i Santa's first visit will be Saturday afternoon. His next visit will be Saturday. December 15 and then on Wednesday, December 19 - and Saturday, December 22. Santa announced that he would have a treat for ail the boys and girls next Saturday. He will be located near the court house cor- ' ner and tho children are invited I to call on tho friendly old gentleman. ' [ Local merchants are sponsoring Santa's visit to this city. Invita--1 j tions were extended to n'l the ; children in the community to ’[visit him and make their wants | known, so he can nlan his visit 'ito their homes on Christmas eve. ' | Parents were urged to bring the children here and to have them see and talk with Santa.
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ISSUE ORDERS AGAINST FOES OF GOVERNMENT Assassination Os High Official Stirs Officers To Action SOVIET ENEMIES TO BE EXECUTED (Copyright 1934 by United Press) Leningrad. Russia, Dec. 3. <U.R) — Ruthless extermination of enemies of the Soviet regime was proclaimed today because of the assassination of Sergei Maronovich Kirov, one of the high leaders of communist Russia. A decree of the Tzik (parliament) was made public, ordering prompt execution of persons found implicated in the assassination. The Tzik assembled immediately after the assassination on Saturday and passed a resolution evoking the most important weapon of the dictatorship of the [ proletariat — the summary “red . terror" under which many thouI sands of potential foes of lhe gov- : ernment faced extinction before filing squads in the early years of [ tho revolution. The resolution precluded the possibility of delaying executions .by appeals from persons found ' guilty of terroristic acts. The [ foreign office was instructed to | carry out the sentences of the . "highest measure of social proI tection" without delay, and the i Tzik declared it could not accept I clemency appeals for examination. | The utmost speed was demanded I of authorities conducting the in- [ vestigation of the assassination and the possibility of a conspiracy. Josef Stalin, ruler of Russia, was here in person to mourn his I slain associate and to head the [ inquiry. He was under heavy' [ guard. Despite the widespread investigation. a report was circulated i that Kirov was killed by one of , his personal foes because of a * (CONTINUED*ON PAGE SIX) Local Ministers To Meet Wednesday — The regular meeting of the Deca- [ tlir minieter'al association will be [ held at 10 o'clock Wednesday rnorn- , ing at the court h .use. Dr. Conant, evangelist now conducting services [at the United Brethren church, will 'speak to the association. Officers for 1935 will be elected and ull [members are urged to be present. Ainsworth Home Damaged By Fire The local fire department was 'call .1 the Oscar Ainsworth liomn at 109 South Fifth street Saturday afternoon shortly before 1 o'clock where da rage by fire was es.timat'ed at $5. Tlie fire started from a ibu'ket of hot ashes whi h were thrown en [ the floor of a summer kitchen a !- joining the h; use. The floor and walls were damaged. —— o FORMER LOCAL RESIDENT DIES William True Chilcote Dies Sunday Afternoon At Warsaw ■ I III* —- William True Chilcote, 36. former Decatur resident, died at his home in Warsaw Sunday afternoon at 4:15 o'clock, after a two years' illness of complications. I The deceased was born in ColoI yado July 1. 1898. a »on of Mr. and ’ Mrs. Cote Chilcote. He spent his early boyhood at tho home of an ' aunt, Mrs. Hattie Harmon, east of Wren, Ohio. i He married Cora Drake of this city. He lived ; 4 Wren and Deca- [ tur until four years ago. when ho • ’ moved to Warsaw. ■ | Surviving are the widow, tho > mother. Mrs Alex Klinefelter and < one sister, at Atwood, Ind. t. [ Funeral services will be held at ' the First United Brethren church :[ in Decatur Wednesday afternoon ■'at 1:30 o'clock, with burial in tho Salem cemetery, east of Decatur.