Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 32, Number 288, Decatur, Adams County, 5 December 1934 — Page 1
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|N GILLIS Sin custody OF OFFICIALS IpW of Slain Gangster ■ Been Held For Nearly A Week Bbe RETURNED ■ madison, wise. ■liiag?, Dec. S.—(U.R) —Hugh Ciegg. department of jus■Sbficial. denied today that jf Hamilton I* in custody as * »f the killers of two fedj&tn at Barrington, Ills■bd whether Alvin Karpis, bjurpected of having par(pat' in the batttie, was refused to comment. — Mkg'i, Dec. s.—(U.R)—lnH. H. Clegg of the ■States department of today that Helen Gillis will be re- ■<> Madison, Wisconsin, K for action on charges ioßting probation. ■ announcement came Bneously with a declarHv Judge Patrick T. gSfri the Unital States disKt in Madison that he will Hbor Mrs. Gillis’ return, of George (Baby I leTson, fatally wounded In ;ill with federal agents eight Ko appeared to have escapof complicity in the H/ two officers of the deKt of Justice. a term of IS months federal prison un|Kcat;on of her probation. ■> H Purvis, leader of the Kent's "Dillinger squad 1 ' in Hd)e west, held Mrs. Gillis |sSnrevealed hiding place topersist d that anot'hler Mon of the slam Nelson, perMu Hamilton or Alvin KarWNTJED ON PAGE SIX) IICE REFORM lANSSTUDIED Sana Crime Study ■nmittee Considers Drastic Changes Bbapolis, Dec. 5. — (U.R) — ■nr reform of police organKin Indiana cities of 10,000 Me population and cjentral■of authority under a state ■board was considered today b Indiana committee, volun■rime study group, for prelon to the 1935 state legis ■ proposal was drafted by ■ J. Robinson, of the Indiana Mity School of Lar.. vice ■an of the committee. ■her proposal for presentaI the legislature providing exje changes in organization of Band criminal courts was knended by a subcommittee ■ilnlstration of justice of the Bommittee on governmental by. Bose of the police reform ire is to divorce police work By from politics, one of the bal objectives of the Indiana It tee, Prof. Robinson explainl<‘ and city police departments |be drawn into a single organp. supplanting present Indl- | units. I centralization would be manI for all cities in first, second, kind fonrtth class and would kional for smaller cities and Itrol would be vested in a M body of nine members. JTINUIEID ON PAGE FIVE' | —— o pry Party Planned By Club lictory pnrty is being planned )e Young Democratic club of la county. The party will prob>e held In Decatur on We’nesJeeemder 12. this meeting plans for the conlion of the organization will bussed. An invitation to apeak b party has be n extended to lackson, chairman of the Demlc state speakers committee s tue recent campaign.
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GOOD FELLOWS CLUB Delta Theta Tau S4O Al Schmitt 10 ( Total S SO I The Good Fellows club of Decatur will again distribute Christmnl cheer to the needy in the form of • necessities, food and clothing, toys and candy for the children, if general Good Fellows donate a few dollars to make the purchases. Members of the Delta Theta Tau sorority, originators and sponsors of the Good Fellows club in this ’ city, announced that the club is now open. The club has functioned here for the past 10 years. The sorority started the fund with a generous donation of S4O. Al Schmitt of the Ford Motor agency swelled the amount with an additional donation of $lO, a total of SSO for the start. year more than S2OO was donated by individuals, clubs, lodges and sororities, every penny being spent for the needy. Miss Helen Holthouse, president of the sorority announced that committees would begin investigation of needy cases next Sunday. The sorority girls will visit the homes and list every family in need and ascertain their wants. Boxes will be placed in several up town stores where donations can be placed. MEETING HELD HERE TUESDAY South Ward PTA Meets; Superintendent Walter Krick Speaks A meeting of the South Ward Parent-Teachers association was held* in the South Ward school Tuesday aftternoon. Mrs.' Clyde Butler directed the music. The meeting was opened witht the national PTA song and the creed. During the business meeting. Mrs. Don Lutes reported on a meeting of the club committee with the school board iji regard to the playground at the South Ward school. It was decided to buy shrubs and trees and to plant them. Announcement was made of a ioint meeting with the Central and Riley school associations on January 30 when Francis D. McCabe, state director of provision officers, will be the speaker The annual school dinner will be held December 21, at the noon hour. The mothers of the school children will cooperate with thio teachers in serving the moil. Superintendent Walter Krick talked on closer cooperation of home and school and cited the juvenile problem which is the result of the lack of cooperation. He also stressed the direction of energy and activity of children in their leisure time. Mr. Krick commended the organization on the work of the playground. Miss Eva Acker, principal of the South Ward school, talked on the subieets taught in school aiding the adult to enjoy a more complete life, and the importance of reading which is the fundamental of interest taught Ln school. She also men(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) ADAMS COUNTY ENTRIES WIN Honors Are Won In International Livestock Show At Chicago H. P. Schmitt. Lloyd Bauman. Pete Lelercin and Charles Friend attended the international livestock show in Chicago yesterday. Others from this county who attended file show yesterday were Henry Dehner. Otto Hoile, Lewis Sprunger and Ed Neuhauser. The five year old Belgian mare belonging to Henry Dehner won .sixth place in the international exposition. The mare was in competition with the best In the country. Otto Hoile won at least six pl>icIngs in the Chiaster White hog show. One first place, two seconds and one thirl plare was given to the bogs exhibited iby Mr. Hoile. He had 28 head in the show. The livestock show is held in the new million dollar amphitheater. This year's exhibition is one of the largest ever held
An ACKS MADE ON UTILITIES ON TWO FRONTS 11 Need Os Holding Companies To Exist Is Questioned Today — CONGRESSIONAL PROBE HINTED Washington, Dec. S—(U.R) —Two new challenges to private utilities were issued today, one question- . ing the right and need of holding i companies to exist and the other proposing congressional investigation of the natural gas industry. The federal trade commission. In the fourth and most Important ' report to the senate of its 6-year i inquiry into power publicity and I propaganda, struck at the holding company syst»m. The other attack came from I Senator Gerald P. Nye, R„ N. D.. 1 who said he was referring data on alleged monopolistic practices in the natural gas field to the senate Interstate commerce committee. The commission charged utilities launched a nationwide campaign against municipal and federal ownership. The reference to holding companies was the first made by the commission and caused belief that I later reports will recommend strict federal regulation. "Although the investigation into the financial setup of holding companies has not been complet- > ed." the report said, "enough has been disclosed to raise very seriously many questions not only relating to certain practices of I holding companies but to the basic , reasons for their existence." I Nye’s statement was in connecJ tion with a brief scheduled to be 1 ’(CONTINUED* ON* PAGE FIVE) COUNCIL GIVEN NEWPETITION New Petition Is Filed For Alley Imorovement In City A new petition for the improvement of the alley back of the business houses on the east side I i of North Second street, was filed , 1 with the city council last evening. | The petition asks for the imi provement of the alley between ■ Jefferson street, running north to , j the south side of Monroe street, a distance of two blocks. The . stretch north from Monroe street to Jackson street was eliminated and all of the east and west alleys except a half block between Monroe and Jackson streets. This stretch is between the McConnell wholesale tobacco and the Staley ’ Dairy products buildings. A petition for a light on Elev- , enth street, near the Elberson gasoline storage tanks, was filed ' and referred to the electric light committee. Ferd L. Litterer. secretary and attorney for the Decatur Homesteads, Inc., appeared before the council and presented agreements and deeds conveying back to Charles and lona Case ground I which the owners aoriginally deeded to the city and the homestead I division. The homestead division will not need the additional ground, covering a stretch 25 feet ' wide and about 398 feet long, which is part of the Case farm. The matter was referred to the judiciary committee and the city attorney and the deed will be I ’(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) City Not To Rent Lot For Parking The city of Decatur will not take , over the Weber lot on North Seci ond street for a free municipal parking lot, according to the report T.ide to the council last evening by the safety committee. .' The committee reported that, "in view of the small size of the lot, II able city would not be justified in /putting it in condition an. J mainl tainlng it.” . The lot le about 66 by 132 feet , and it is estimated that about 30 cprs could be parked. The owners i wonted at least SSO a year rental for 'the ground.
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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, December 5, 1934.
In Custody Since Nov. 29 V / ■ 'W''' Ar Federal authorities revealed late last night that Mrs. Helen Gillis, widow of George (Baby Face) Nelson, was arrested in Chicago the night of Thanksgiving Day. Nelson was killed in a gun battle with federal agents ’ait week, a battle which also took the lives of two government officers. Mrs. Gillis has bcm questioned relentlessly since her arrest in an effort to learn the identity of her other cortipunlon at the time of the killings.
TEACHERS AND PARENTS MEET Central Parent-Teachers Association Holds Meeting Tuesday The Central Parent-Teachers Association met for the regular session Tues ’ay evening <it the Central school building. The meeting was opened with a playlet entitled, "Tuft's Bq rder,” a humorous farce which wan cleverly presented by James Christen, Robert Stalter, Doyle Le , Margaret Hoffman, Florence McConnell an! Barbara Jane Burk. 'A short business session followed during which Mrs. Joe Hunter reported that the. Central PTA bi d more than doubled Its membership in the state and national federation this year. Mrs. Charles Knapp, chairman of the org| nizatlon. announced a union meeting with the South Wal'd and Riley schools on January 30 with Francis D. McCabe, director of provision officers for the state of Indiana, as speaker. Using "Today's Child is Tomorrow's Citizen” ps her subject, Mrs. Knapp emphasized the fact that there is no citizen in the community who is not affected iby the schools even thlough he is neither teacher nor parent, for the school is the bridge between today’s child an 1 tomorrow's citizen. Miss Funk, state advisory nurse of Indianapolis, explained the work of the public school nurse and told what had been accomplished by the ’(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o Arrest Mexican For Intoxication Lorenso Ramirez, a Mexican of route six, Decatur, was arrested at 5 o’clock Tuesday evening on a charge of public intoxication. He wasl edged in the Adams county jail. Chief of Police Sepuus Melchi was called to the Charles Patton home on Grant street when Ramirez came to the door and refused to leave the porch or state his business. -
Daily Democrat Christmas Club Campaign To Close On December 22
"If about a half dozen of the leaders in the Democrat's Christmas club campaign could see just how close the race is thus far, there would be far more excitement and activity shown this week.” declared the campaign manager yesterday. He declared further that at the! present time three of the mem- [ bers were wrangling in a death grip for first position, and three others just as closely contesting for second place in the race, the others bringing up the rear in the race for the prizes of SIOO on down. "It's really getting thrilling," he declared, “and right now I wouldn't bet a plugged nickel in favor of any one of the three leaders as winner of the first prize. Every week so far, since the very beginning a different name has perched in that enviable top position, and goodness knows what the end of this week will bring, with the double incentive of increasing one's lead for the big prize at the end and at the same time getting a $25
Hours Provisions Os Code Changed The national industrial recovery board has approved a stay until January 1. 1935 of two of the hours provisions of the retail trade code, , to permit an additional eight hours weekly overtime tor skilled workers in packing and alteration de partments in cases of emergency during Hie holiday season. Tho i stay is retroactive to November 1. • 1934. and applies only to skilled . packers and alteration liands. : The order stays sections 1 and .4(d) of Article V. which sets basic ‘ maximum weeks and allows eight • hours weekly overtime during . specific peak periods. The order requires that the ad- ' ditional eight hours weekly overtime be paid at time and one third I the regular rate. Overtime' in any ■ one day is limited to two hours. 1 o DATE SET FOR SPECIAL MEET I County Commissioners Will Hold Special Meeting December 18 • The Adams county commissioni ers will hold a special meeting on , ■ December 18 in the auditor’s office .to receive the bids and let the contracts for stone, bridge and road material required by the ' highway department during 1935. Another meeting will I>e held to allow the bills Incurred before tho end of the year and to complete the docket. The date for this meeting has not yet been announced. It is generally held on December 31 but may be held I I earlier this year because of the i holidays. ’ I The county road superintendent and all other persons receiving appointive jobs will he named at ■ the first meeting in January. It is probable that Arthur Gilliom. ! county surveyor-elect will be ' named road superintendent. Ralph Roop, the retiring surveyor, has I held the office tor six years and ’(continuejd’gn’page SIX)
I salary for the work this week.” ‘lf any member wants sincere j advice based on twelve years of campaign experience.” he continuled. “it is to concentrate from now out o.n securing new business. This is especially true this week when j a $25 extra cash prize is to be won ’by someone. And in the long run : and in the final count, it will be found that the member who turns in the largest number of new subscriptions will be the one who will [have a nice SSOO check after the judges count the credits at the end.” Inquiries have been made as to just how the winners will be determined at the end of the campaign. Three reputable business men of Decatur will be asked to serve as official judges All bus- ; iness secured by members during the final week will he deposited In a sealed “ballot box", and not even the campaign manager will know its contentts until the campaign is ON PAGE FIVE)
URGE CHANGES IN LIQUOR LAW OF THISSTATE Indiana’s Liquor Law Became Effective One Year Ago Today MANY REVISIONS NEEDED IN LAWS Indianapolis, Dec. 5 ■ (U.R) Indiana's liquor law, a big success as a revenue producer, but less successful as model legislation, was one year old today. The first anniversary of the return of liquor and strong beer to Indiana came as tlie state's drinkers clamored for a “new deal"; administration leaders admitted that a complete revision must be made and nnti-repealists com plained that the eet up is "worse than prohibition days.” After negotiating its first year I on wobbly and immature legs, the I ■ liquor law now stands on the , auction block of public opinion I snd awaits virtual execution at I the 1935 session of the general - assembly. Beer and whisky dealers are ’ ' busy trying to draft a new sot of regulations beneficial to their j interest.). Stale authorities have studied the results of their own J law and and those of other states, i and legislators are framing their ’ j own conception of what the now J law should include. ! i Leaders In tlie liquor revision movement. Including Jacob Weiss, Marion county Democratic senator \ who directed most of the work • in framing the present law. have I several major recommendations. ■| The legislature will be asked to ’ provide tor an entirely new regu--1 1 la lory and enfoieement setup and ■ (CONTINUED* ON* PAGE* FIVE) Neuensch wander Services Friday Funeral services for Jonas Neuengchwan.’er, 74. prominent Vera Cruz 1 resident and a former Adonis coun;ty treasurer who <lie<l Tuesday .' morning, will be held Friday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock at his home l.tid at 2 o'clock at the St. Johns > Reforme l church' in Vera Cruz. Burial will b? mode in Vera Cruz. . I □ Condition Os John Pence Is Unchanged ' The condition of John Pence of Fort Wayne who -suffered a fracture of the skull Monday morning ’ when he f 11 from the top of tho ' j storage building at the Central Soya ‘ company pliant, was reported to be ''unchanged by the .attending physi- ’ | clan today. Mr. Pence is a roofer for the C. L. ' : Sehust companyof Fort Wayne. He fell from the top of the storage i building, a distance of 'SO feet. His ! condition is regarded as d’ritfriil. o PLAN MEETING FOR KIRKLAND l . Community Meeting Will Be Held Thursday ( Evening A Kirklar.d community meeting will be held in the Kirkland gym , nasium Thursday evening at 7:30 j o'clock. Pictures showing the oper- . I ation of the cooperatives in Swed- ,; en and Denmark, taken by Mr. Hull, /president of the national cooper- ! ative association during liis recent ! trip abroad, will be shown at the ,! meeting. J A cordial invitation is extended ; [ to all social and educational units .[of the county and to others interI j ested, to attend the meeting. A /lecture will also be given together , i with the showing of the pictures- | The election of officers tor the I coming year will precede the pro- ' i gram. Following is the program for the meethfg: Community singing — Louis ' Worthman. leader. Devotions. ’. Music—Double quartet, Kirkland '; high school boys. ' Cornet solo— Blanchard Sprungl : . er. Address and pictures —'Mr. Fled--1 derjohann of the state department I of the farm bureau.
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Credit Association Will Be Organized S. I* Rhodes, representative of the National Rating association, hae been organizing the business and professional men of this city In an association having for its purpose the minimizing of losses through bad accounts. The National Rating association publishes semiannually a red book listing the names of all those who have abused credit privileges among local merchants and professional men. Mr. Rhodes stated. o —- EDWARDS HOME ROBBED OF $l5O Jewelry And Money Stolen From Paul Edwards Home Thursday A "second story worker" ransacked the H*ul Edwards home on south First street Tuesday .afternoon anal escaped with about $l5O in jewelry and money. Th-t thief entered the house through one of the doors which ! Mis. Edwanls ha*l left unlocked ' after she had taken her daughter to school in the afternoon. The burg'i r evlently entered the house early in the afternoon and leisurely ransacked thle building. Nearly every drawer and closet was opened and the contents piled on ! the floor. In Mrs. E.’warda' room the thief found a diamond riag valued at .ibe ut SIOO and a watch worth approximately SSO. file also stole a few iollars in curr ncy. When Mrs. Edwards returned to i her home about 5:30 o’clock in the fternoon she found the doors open anil several windows open indicating that the thief had prepared the house for <i quick get away if snr(CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) COMMITTEE TO | STUDY TAX LAW Gov. McNutt Names Committee To Study Gross Income Tax Indianapolis, Dec. 5— (U.R) — Personnel of a committee to recommend changes in the state income tax law was made public today by Gov. Paul V. McNutt. The recommendations will be submitted to the 1935 general assembly. Organizations representing business, professional and labor interests have a voice on the committee while five members were selected from the house membership and five from the state senate. “I have always believed that j the gross income tax is in no way a political problem,” the governor explained. "It w an economic problem and discussion of it should be kept on i that basis. "Various groups have expressed dissatisfaction with some phases of the present law and are advocating changes or the substitution (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) o Floyd Acker Is Named By Masons Floyd Acker wa.s elected high priest of the Decatur chapter number 112 of the Royal Arch Masons Tuesday evening to succeed Arthur Suttles. The other officers were re-elected at tins meeting 'and are Charles i Helm, king; I Bernstein, scribe. C. j A. Dugan, treasurer, and IHa.rl ■ Adams, secretary. o Officers-Elect Attend Meeting The city councilmen-elect attendel the regular semi-monthly 'meeting of the council last evening. The councilman remained throughout, the session end later met wltth Mayor elect A. R. Holthouse. Mat-' ters pertaining to city affairs and apuolnt'menta were discussed. Mrs. A’a Martin who will assume office January 1, as rlerk-treusurer of the city also attended the meet- j ing. The proceedings of the regular council meeting were reported by i Mr. Holthouse for the Daily Demo-| crat.
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INTENSE HUNT IS BEING MADE FORAVIATORS No Word Heard From Capt. Ulm Since Plane Dropped In Ocean STEAMSHIPS JOIN SEARCH FOR MEN Honolulu, Dec. f> <UR) Sea and darkness shrouded the fate of the missing plane Stella Australis and its crew of three early today. Not since. 9:33 a. m. vesterdav (3:30 p.m. E.S.T.) has there been word or trace <>l the monoplane which dropped into the ocean within a few hours' Hight of Its destination. Honolulu harlxir. None new in whith direction from here the plane fell or if it had sunk, carrying (’apt. T. P. Ulm. Leon Skilling, and George Littlejohn to death. i The plane's radio sputtered into silence with its final appeal of ' “come and get us” after the fliers ! iiad lost their way and had exhausted their gasoline supply. 19 hours out of Oakland on the start of a trail blazing flight from California to Australia. The U. S. Navy pressed virtually all of its mobile equipment into ' search, which began with the first I "pan"—distress call of aviators—- : sent by the fliers. In ever-widening circles within , a 250 mile radius of the coast of Oahu submarines, minesweepers, destroyers and coast guard patrol | boats deployed, their lookouts scanning a calm sea for a light which might guide them to the (CONTINUED* ON PAGE FIVE)* Steele Residence Damaged By Fire Fire danuiged the Morris L. Steele n.sidenee, 362 South Third | street, to the extent of $lO Tuesday afternoon. Jack Friedt, local fire chief announced today. The fire started from a defective flue and burned the floor of the second story of the house, between the celling of the first Hoor. The fir? strrted about 4:30 o'clock. Organizations Buy $lO Health Bonds W. Guy Brown, county Christmas seal chairman, announced today that the Decatur Woman’s club and the Tri Ka.ppa sorority have each purchased $lO health bonds. As usual the school children are selling the seals which are to be placed on <ari!i) letter and package sent out until Christmas. Organizations are buying health bonds. The funds derived from both the seals and the bonds are used in the cami aign to free the United States of | tuberculosis. HEAR CHARGES AGAINST LONG Senator’s Interference Mav Cause Dropping Os College Atlanta, Dec. s.—(U.PJ—Louisiana State university today faced the possibility of being dropped from the list of accredited American colleges because of its alleged domination by Senator Huey P. Long. j As thte executive committee of I the Southern Association of Col- ! leges and secondary schools resum--1 ed its hearing of complaints against Long’s relations witht L. S. U., | distinguished educators attending Itthe convention condemned political interference with college administration Such men as Dr. W. P. Few, president of Duke University, Dr. R. E. Blackwell, president of Ranj dolph-Macon college and Dr. Thur--1 man Kitchens, president of Wake i Forest college, expressed concern at the charges that Long exercised a harmful InHuence over the college's affairs. Asked for comment. Dr. Few said he felt as the late Calvin Coolidge [did when asked for an expression 1 (OONTINUHD ON PAGE SIX)