Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 32, Number 287, Decatur, Adams County, 4 December 1934 — Page 1

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IYER'S PAL ■statement 11 TO OFFICIALS | Friend of Young Okla- ■ han tii Submits Motive I For Killing I ewortion PLOT I | BELIEVED CAUSE I flk'- Okla., Dee. 5 <U.R) I Pliil'P Kennamer. son ot a I foW' 1 judge. killed John I frfW-ll because of an e.xlorI tionFuole the victim had I writlen- an associate of the I two Ltilths today quoted the as saving. | ■hbiTl 1.. Thomas, 10, a statement to Hollv I Andefcon- county attorney in I ***• submitted a possible I moth' for the ehooting ThanksS rtvfolF night of the dental college ■ stß®t Kennamer confessed Gorrell, and is held on ■ nuirdet charges. J went voluntarily to the ft coast' attorney's office. He said I hej&u decided to report a converI satioj he had with Kennamer In I a <we client midnight on Thanks|Wß ni sht- ■ told of the shoutine. S Th«as said, and declared he did ausi' of extorti >n I noti' He offered Thomas a soil- ■ cd •tivelope containing three I sheet of script. Thomas ex--9 it said that if Mr. ■ Wile did not pay a $20,000 ranI sum In y were going to kidnap his I dang iter. Virgiriia. He was to I itiewif) himself over the tele--3 phojp as H H. W. As I remem-' the signed Mr. 1 ■ X.' i I “B r . Wilcox" was said to be H. I F-W>l''"X <>il millionaire. ProseS dMs have charged that a rami- ■ An of the Gorrell slaying was I * ®J Pl ded plot to kidnap his I du. students fl SEEK HEARING ■ flir Students Exnelled; I Ball Themselves Huey I Long Victims | Rouge. La.. Dec. 4. —(U.R) 1 "j®ur expelled students of Huey WWir" llg s Louisiana 9 today proclaimed themselve- ■ in a tight for const it tut inn- ■ and demanded limirine the university's board of 1 22 co-signers of a petition ■ Wf s ' inK eensorship of the underfl fißhute publication. The Reveille, — ware reinstated when “iey signed 9 apology. They refused to sign addressed to Hr James -I B S ’" i:l1 university president. ■ MB promptly were expelled. ■ ousted were Sam MonNew Orleans, [resident of journalism class; Stanley Marshalltown, la.; Rad ■ Brookhaven. Miss., and I jBl McGuire, New Orleans. Their I ditoiissal was the outcome of a | lette- critical of Long a student B 99 The Reveille several weeks The student editors had it set 8 flp type, when while the press was I Long’s men arrived, con I fisented the printed copies, and ord- | ON* PAGE FIVE' ■ o —— — IMtal Os $453.26 | Reported To Date I W ,otal of J 45 3 -26 has been turn ' I Mi" t i Mi.su Anna Winner, seer - I ta p of the Adams county American t Cross committee. The two I irgI have come from Dei aI Berne. I ■(’atur solicitors have turm-d in I W l,ta l of $229.65 and canvassers I ftr; Herne collected a total of k sb' 90 - I orginizations which have ■ , are: Union township ecoS Mbnics 'dub, $7.46; Blue Creekj I tow i«hip Village. $2.00. Monro 1 and B better homes club. $lO.I Rcot township economics club Hmß-L Klrkbtnd lailles club. $5.00. 1 B Geneva, the General 8 Cotripany. the Central end a number of solicitors I Decatur have not yet filed, r |Hßr’ r re P° r b ß for the roll call ended Thanksgiving day.

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| Annual Inspection Os Masons Friday Ivory C. Tolle of Lebanon, grand lecturer of the grand Masonic lodge of Indiana will conduct the annual I Inspection of the Geneva and Decatur lodges at the local Masonic hall Friday afternoon nnd evening. At four o'clock Friday the Geneva lodge will confer the entered apprentice degree. This will be fol-1 lowed by a banquet at 6:30 o’clock. At eight o'clock the Decatur lodge will confer the master mason degree. ( Decatur lodge, number 571, will i hold its annual meeting for the election of officers Tuesday, DecI ember 11. Decatur chapter, number 112, win i hold its election of officers tonight. . All master masons are urged to at- [ end this meeting. GIVE CONTRACT ! FOR SUPPLIES — i Fort Wayne Printing Co. Is Awarded County Contract The county commissioners continued In session today, receiving I bids for the furnishing of blank i bocks, ffice records and printing for the county offices. Four bids were filed for the print-! ing. only three being considered. I I One of the bidders failed to file ,'the required bond. Bidders who submitted proposals (were: William B. Burford, Indian- | apolis, classes 1.2, 3 and 4; Fort Wayne Printing Co., Ft. Wayne, I classes 1, 2. 3, and 4: Winchester ' Journal-Herald, classes 1.2, 3 and 4. Mulhaupt Printing Co.. Inc-, Ft. I Wayne, failed to file bond. | The contract was awarded to the Fort Wayne Printing Company. The proposals ot the Winchester Journal-Herald and the Fort Wayue [concern were so near alike that a total was taken, based on estimated requirements on all classes, except class three. The bid of the I Fort Wayne Printing Co., amounted to $2,604.50 and of the Winchester : company, $2,693.05- The Fort i Wayne company has the contract 'this year. I Take Over Homestead Roads James Elberson, president and : Ferd L. Litterer. secretary of the I Decatur Homesteads, Inc., filed a' 'plat of the Homestead division and designation of certain high(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) Special Meetings For Commissioners The board of county commissioners will hold two special meetings this month. The exact dates had not. been decided late this afternoon. One meeting will be for the receiving of bids and awarding contracts for sb ne, tbridge and road material required by the highway ! department during 1935. Allowing the bills before the end ' of the year and completing the docket before January 1. will be done at one of the special meetings. SAYS COMPANIES KNEW WAR NEAR Charge Is Made Munitions Leaders Planned Years Ahead Washington. Dec. 4.—{U.K)—American arms manufacturers anticipated the World War as early as 1908 and organized large sales forces in Europe to obtain orders. Senator Gerald P. Nye, R.. N. D.. charged today at resumption of the senate's sensational munitions inquiry. . Nye, chairman of thte arms investigating committee, read a statement filed wi!h the U. S. internal revenue bureau by Benedict W. Holden, attorney for the Colt Patent Firearms Company, telling of preparations for a sales campaign !abroad. , _ | ••He knew a tremendous conflict ; was brewing,” Holden wrote, i An effort was made to determine whether Colt's contracts with the iUnied States government for deliveries to the British navy were, made before or after beginning of I the World War in 1914. I | Samuel M. Stone, | I '(CONTINUEd’oN PAGE JTVE) 1

PRESENT NRA SETUPCHANGE IS CONSIDERED Officials Discuss Proposal For Federal Charter Plans CODE PRINCIPLES TO BE RETAINED (Copyright 1934 by United Press) Washington, Dec. 4. — (U.R) — Permanent replacement of the present NRA setup through federal Incorporation of large Industries and trade associations under j charters embracing principles of blue eagle codes received serious consideration by high adminlstraI tion officials today. The plan is before the industrial emergency council headed by | Donald R. Richberg, director, and | composed of secretary of interior Harold L. Ickes, secretary of labor I Frances Perkins, AAA adminlstator Chester Davis, federal relief administrator Harry Hopkins and Chairman S. Clay Williams, of the NIRB. If approved by the IRC, the proposal will go to President Rooseh ve’t for submission to congress. Under its terms, industries and | trade associations would take out federal charters containing principles of NRA codes such as collec’ive bargaining, wages and hours. Administration of the charters would be vested with the department of commerce. The plan, it was learned, was drafted by assistant secretary of commerce John Dickinson, and Frank R. D.ldridee, chief of the commercial intelligence division, of the department of commerce. Secretary of Commerce Daniel C. Roper is reported tq_have_ favored I Under it. industries ami trade ' groups operating in interstate i commerce would be given the op(CONTINUED ON PAGE BMVE) o SEALS PLACED I ONSALETODAY Christmas Seals On Sale; Health Bonds Are Again Available The 1934 Christmas seals were pl ced on sale today by county o’.lairnan W. Guy Brown. Proceeds will be use! for the eradication of : tuberculosis. Other county officers are Mrs. E. M. Webb of Berne, vice-chairman •ind Dr. Roy Archbold of Decatur, county treasurer. These officers todt>v pointed out that the majority . of the money collected will be used [ In the county for the use of residents of the county suffering from tuberculosis. The st n-rs will aga'n sell for cne ! cent each. A goal of 50,000 stamps has been set for the county. Organizations will again be offered health bonds. These bonds will be in denominations of $5. $lO. «25, SSO, SIOO. and SSOO. Funds derived from the sale of the bonds will be applied to the same purpose ' as that from the stamps. I The county committee will ask I that the Christmas seals be placfd | on e very letter, package and gift j sent out from now until Christmas. "TcONTi'nUED ON PAGE SIX) No Trace Found Os Missing Marshal No trace has been found of Bert Reasoner, Geneva town marshall ■ and superlntemdlent iof the town water department. Reiasonier has been gone for over three weeks. The town books are also still missing. Harry Karnman, who was recenty appointed by the town council has taken over Reasoner's duties. o — Truck Driver Is Fined By Judge Rollan-l Mulzer, a southern Indiana truck driver, changed bin Plea late Monday afternoon to guilty and was fined $lO and costs totaling ! S2O 70. He was charged with reckless driving in that he allegedly nan a stop sign at Berne. The case was I brought up before Judge Huber M. ' De Voss in the Adams circuit court.

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Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, December 4, 1934.

Figure in Student Slaying » pq r / B (r*" Y ofcj Philip Kennamer John Gorrell A charge of murder has been placed by Tulsa, Okla., police against Philip Kennamer. left. 19-year-old son of Federal Judge Franklin E. Kennamer. According to County Attorney Holly Anderson, the youth confessed. "I had to do it.” after Kennamer l ad been arrested for the alleged slaying of John Correll, right, 23. dental student, son of a prominent Tnisa physician. Police took Kennamer into custody, after Flovd J. Huff, a Kansas City, Mo., flyer declared Kennamer said he intended to kill Gorrell.

ESSAY CONTEST WINNERNAMED Reinhold Kold ewe y Awarded Fees to Purdue Short Course mJ Roy L. Price, Adams county agricultural alumni advisor, has received the following communication from W. O. Mills, field representative of Purdue university. "Mr. Freeman and I have gone over the essays and we have rated them as Hollows: first, Reinhold Koldewey; second, John Schejick; third, Everett Singleton; fourth, Ardon Mosser; and fifth, David C. Wynn." The winner of the contest received as a prize the tuition fees that cover the eight weeks' short course tn agriculture at Purdue university, which begins January 21. It the first named parly does not take advantage ot his winnings, the next man in line i-s entitled to tho fees. The contest was conducted by Mr. Price and L- E. Archbold, coun ty agent. Mr. Price ie desirous cf as many Adams county boys taking advantage of the Purdue short ; course as possible. The following is the essay written by Mr. Koldewey: Farming As A Business '‘Farming is one of the most important occupations in this country and, even though we are experiencing a very severe depress'(CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) Official Church Board Will Meet The official board of the First Evangelical church will meet in regular session at the church this evening at 7 o'clock. _— o— — EARL FUHRMAN TO HEAD GW Evangelical Brotherhood Elects Officers For Ensuing Year Earl Fuhrman was elected president of the brotherhood of the First Evangelical church at the regular meeting of the organization, held at the church Monday evening. OtJier officers chosen are William Linn, vi e-preeident; Frank Lynch, secretary; Coy Martz, treasurer. These officers will also form the executive board an J will appoint officers. Dallas Spuller and the December section had charge of the .program and social hour. O. L. Vance gave an interesting address on the early history of Adams county. Earl Fuhrman gave a review of the work of the organization during 1934 and Martin Zimmerman, In a brief address. compared the brotherhood with a train. The brotherhood will Hive complete charge of the evening services at the church Sunday, December 9. Walter Krick, superintendent of the Decatur schools, will deliver the principal address.

Report Is Made On Flower Sale I As a result of the flower sale' I held lust Saturday by the American Br therhood for the Blind, Miss Margaret Frtsnger. who lial charge, . of the sale, reports that Alice Drake was entitled to the first prize, hav- i ing secured $5.12. The second prize ! was won by Rose Mary Brown, who , | reported $4.13. Other prize winners and th. 1 I amounts they turned In ere as fol-i 1 w.s: Dolores K. Bentz, third $4 00; Hc'en Williams, fourth. $3.24.. Margaret Hoffman, fifth. »1.90: Other ■ workers were presented with passes ‘ from the Adams theater. H The sponsors are grateful to those who worked in the flflnrer sale 'land to the public which contributed I toward the success of the undert'.'.k ! ing. LODGE ENJOYS RABBIT SUPPER 1 Knights of Columbus Hold Banquet And Meeting Monday Night 'About 125 members attended the rabbit supper and program at the Knights o( Columbus hull last evening. i The affair was a great success. I An excellent dinner was served and a program was held following the [ ' meal. | ' iC'eyson J. Carroll, pst grand knight of the council, presided as toastmaster and sailed on several of the members of the lo.Tge for short t talks. The Rev. Father Joseph Seimetz. pastor of St. Mary’s Catholic ehntreh . gave the principal talk. He said that t V| e Knights of Cc'lum’bus should not live ''it past glorito and accomlplishments, but on future endeavors and the rendering of worthy services to state, community and church. Other speakers were A. R. Holthouse, mayor-elect of Decatur; Rev. I Father Joseph Hennes, chaplain of the local coun il: Dan M. Niblick trustee and veteran member and M. J. Mylott, also a former grand | knight. Francis Costello, grand knight, conducted the lodge meeting. Routine business was transaced and a social session followed. Thte supper was served by -Toe Lose and August Helman, local res- ' taurant proprietors. Sixty of 62 rabbits pledged were donated for the supper, several of the members go- ■ ing hunting over the week-end. A collection totaling $8.13 for the St. Stephen's Indian mission in Wyoming was taken. A rising vote of ■ thanks was given to the committee in charge of the supper and program. o ~. — Robert Ehrsam Is County Director Robert Ehrsam will bo Adams ‘ county director of the federal emer- • gency educational program. The ap--1 polntment bls been announced by R. J. Dearborn, state director. A • meeting of representatives ot over 1 20 organizations In the county will he held this week to formulate a ’ program and to conduct a survey ' of thA educational needs ot the county.

SAYS RECOVERY SLOWED UP BY BIGBUSINESS Gov. McNutt Speaks To State Tax Administrators Monday BUSINESS FIGHTS AGAINST REFORMS French Lick, Ind., Dec. 4. —(U.R) —The economic recovery of the nation is being retarded by organized industry in its moves to strangle reforms in state government, Gov. Paul V. McNutt said In an address at the national association of state tax administrators here last night.

I The governor charged that many ; state governments are threatened with chaos because business and | industrial forced 1 are waging bitter campaigns against reforms in government structure, made necessary by the changing economic order. McNutt's address brought to a i close the first day's session during which vigorous attacks were .made i on state tax systems. Principal discussion was on proposals for lower taxes on wines and federal legislation for taxation lof interstate shipments; especially aimed at mail-order houses whose goods go into other states without ' being subject to sales and income , taxes. Re-election of all officers except vice president was expeetd at toi day’s session, which will be eulmiI nated tonight with the final banquet. A. J. Maxwell, of New Jersey, Is expected to be elected vice presi--dent. Frei E. Stewart. Sacramento. Calif, is president, and Clarence A. i Jackson, director of the Indiana I gross income tax division, is seere- , tary-treasurer. | In directing iris vigorous attack on big business. Gov. McNutt said citizens are too quick to condemn reform moves as political gestures. "Tlie average citizen is unwilli ing to see that changes are necesFIVE) Local Lions At District Meet Twelve or fifteen members of the Decatur Lions club ar companied by j their wives, will attend the Fourth district meeting of the Lions club I of Indiana at Topeka this evening. For this reason the club will not L meet tonight. The last district meeting of the i club was held in Decatur several ' weeks ago. The visitors voted that Decatur had presented thte best proI gram of the year. The guests here ' were taken on a tour of the Decatur industries and over the Decatur ' homesteads grounds before tbelng ' given a dinner and a program at the Decatur country chib. The program for the Topeka meeting lias not yet been announced. The distrx t meetings are part L f the plan sponsored by the state J organization to promote better fellowship among the clubs in Indiana. THREE TRAINS arewrecked i Cold Weather, Heavy Snows Are General In Northwest By United Press Three trains were wrecked as winter set in on the northwest today, piling highways with drifts and driving temperatures down to the 14-degree mark. Tile engineer and fireman of an inbound Great Western passenger train were seriously injured when the locomotive struck a snow pile at the union depot yards in St. Paul and overturned. One coach of the eight-car train also overturned but no passengers were injured. The brakeman of a Chicago. St. Paul. Minneapolis and Omaha I freight train was taken to a hosi pltal at Superior, Wls., with BevI eral fractured ribs after the ' I train’s 18 empty cars were derailJ ed near Minon, Wis. '! Wrecking crews worked along I I the snow-banked right of way to 1 clear the wreck. Heavy snow was blamed for a (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

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Collect Canned Goods For Home The members of the Knights of Pythias lodge and the Pythian sisters are collecting runnod fruit and other canned goods which will be shipped to the Pythian Home at next week. I Roth of the organizations have | requested that all the goods be brought to the home on or before next Monday night. The cans will be packed Tuesday. Every member hus been urged to bring at least one can. THURSDAY LAST DAY FOR FILING Final Day For Candidates To File Election Expenses Thurs/uy, December 6. is the last day on which candidates may file their expense accounts for the genI eral ekr tlon last month. County j Clerk David D. Depp warned today. | Candidates for offices which pay i less than SIOO a year need not file | expense accounts. Depp stated. Today f ur city, four township and one county officer had failed Io j file expense accounts. Those who have filed recently ! jre: Elgar N. Wkka. Washington ■ township assessor, none. Wilbert Nussbaum, trustee of ' Monroe townshtip. $9.50. Harvey Tieman. truetee of Root i township $27.00. Frank W. Spade, trustee of Kirk- ■ land township, $2.75. Ac'iurn Haggard, clerk of Adams circuit court, $14.50. Amos Burkhalter, representative f Adams and Wells counties sl4 40. Phil Sauer, commissioner, sls. Floyd Acker, city councilman, $9.75. EJ Macy, mayor of Deeatur. $22. Frank L. Johnston, city councilman. $1.90. FORMER CODNTY TREASURER DIES Jonas Neuenschwander Dies Suddenly Os Heart Attack Jonas Neuenschwander. 74. i prominent resident and former treasurer of Adams county, died at 10:45 o'clock this morning at his home at Vera Cruz. Mr. Neuenschwander died suddenly of a h°art attack. He had been in good health, had visited in Berne Saturday and enjoyed a dinner with his family at his home Sunday. Mr. Neuenschwander had engagled In farming for many years. t having retired about three years I ago when he moved to Vera Cruz. He served a four year term as county treasurer about 28 years ago, and was a former trustee of French township. For many yearn he was associated with the French township insurance company in an official capacity. Mr. Neuenschwander was born in French township in January, 1860, a son of Christian and Barbara Gerber-Neuenschwander. In early life he was married to Mar(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) Q ■. . — ■■■ —. Harry Thomnson To Broadcast Friday

Harry W. Thompson will read sever a of his ■poems over radio station WOWO. Friday morning at the request of Bob Valentine, the "news aster'" for the Btaitijon. Thompson will be on the Breakfast club wblich is presented by the station from 8 to 8:30 o’clock. i Pence’s Condition Is Still Critical

Attending physicians state that John Penre, roofer for the C. L. Sriiust company. Fort Wayne, who fell from the top of the storage building tat the Central Soya Comrany's plant Monday morning, was suffering from a fracture of the skull. Mr. Pence is In a critical condition. He is in a semi-conscious state. He fell nearly 50 feet from tine root to the ground while shlngh ing the runway on top of the bean storage building.

FUEL SHORTAGE CAUSES PLANE TO COME DOWN ) Coast Guard Cutter Races From Honolulu In Rescue Effort PLANE’S RADIO OUT OF ORDER Honolulu, T. H„ Dec. !». (U.R) The attempt of Captain Charles T. P. Ulin and two companions to flv from Canfornia to Honolulu ended at 11:38 a. in. Pacific standard time today when the plane, lost and out of fuel, came down on the surface of the Pacific in the vicinity of the. Hawaiian islands. Since 9:15 a. tn. army ana uavy planes and shore stations, commercial wireless stations and naval and private shipping at sea had been Joined In a frantic effort to give Ulm and his plane their bearing. Something was wrong wlthl theplane's radio fur it was unable Io pick up the radio beacon signals which had been turned on uninterruptedly throughout the night. Ordered To Sea Honolulu. Det. 5 — (U.R) —The United States coast guard cutter ' Itasca was ordered to sea to search tor V’aptain Chares T. P. Ulm and his two companions who were reported to have lost their bearings while nearing Honolulu; on the first leg of a proposed pathfinding flight to Australia. Soon after 7 a. m. Ulm began to > call for weather reports from the naval station at Pearl Harbor, P. H, , The reports were given him (CONTIN'JED*ON* PAGsTfHVEf Change Location Os Gas Office The office of the Northern 'lndiana Public Service company he.s been moved to 225 NorUr Second street. Clarence A. Stapleton continues in charge of the office. With the moving of the Northern Indiana Ihiblic Servicie Company office, all of the utility office* are clwe together, the city light office und the telephone office both being near the loo.lion of the gas company. Supper, Meeting At Elks Wednesday Harold D. Wolf, Wabash, district deputy of Northern Indiuna for the B. P. O. Elks, will make his regular Inspection of the Decatur chapter Wednesday evening. A rabbit cafeterian supper will be served at 6:15 o'clock. This will be followed by the regular lodge meeting when the regular inspection will be male. All members of the local ledge are urged to ■attend the snipper and meeting. Rabbits will be served at tbe meal. POST CERTAIN NEW MARK SET Wiley Post Will Make Second Flight Into Stratosphere Soon Oklahoma City, D«c. 4 —<U.P.>—

Wiley Post planned another stratosphere flight today, to make sure he breaks the world airplane altitude record. He believes he shattered that mark in the Winnie Mae yesterday. Poet flew here last night from Bartlesville, where he made a flight of two hours and 15 minutes yesterday in which observers believed he went up at least 48,000 feet. The second flight, will be made as soon as Post can correct faults in his stratosphere suit which almost coet bls life yesterday. Difficulty with oxygen valves and the altimeter on his ship prevented him from reckoning accurately , how far up he went. A. M. Alcorn, department of commerce inspector, sent the offii cial barograph of the flight to , I Washington for checking to deter- , mine if it showed a mark greater (CONTINUED ON PAGE*i> IX