Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 32, Number 302, Decatur, Adams County, 21 December 1934 — Page 1

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MARTIN INSULL IS FOUND NOT GUILTY

ftfVEN DIE IN ■SESERT CRASH I OF AIRLINER Motherlands Airliner W crashes; Seven Per--3 sons Killed k \ED WRECKAGE ■’ !S FOUND TODAY Paulnlail. Irnk' Dec. 21. Burneti wreckage oi KI Netherlands air liner was fount! todav 10 W,. I,A soli 111 of a lonely block■L. m the desert. Its '■Li occunanls, three pasK,„. T rs and crew of tour, all were killed. " val nil for< ‘‘ ail 'P lall '' s the wreckage of the great fHgriag hotel." an American built tiansport which finish-! i t! the England-Australia i b.lieved the plane might been struck by lightning. I'. smith of Rutbah Wells, a K,-rt bio. khouse fort guarded lo K k selila is the only building 5" miles. The terrain is level, and in normal cir an airplane could easily. liner sent out an SCS tail night, after passing on 'he Palestine coast, en from Cairo to Baghdad. It The scene is a dismal one. Io llitbah Wells ami Baghdad Km is only a furrow ploughed royal air force tractors in IMS th ■di inhabitants are . wandering Bedouins. Aboard the plane were three D. W. Beretty man Hgst dll' mor of the Aneta ITand one of the most prom-m-wspapermen in Java. Has 1 Indies; Prof. Wai; D. Kort. Capt. W. M. Berk n command, with J Va . :n co-pilot. 11. It Waal--engineer and (.'. Van Zaib-I-wireless operator. jEM Be A Good Fellow■Berne Woman Is || (Jranted Divorce |MAdivor e was granted today II Ihm- M. IfeVoes to tile . flfl. ';i;sa tunt, Ida Nussbaum. been sued for divorce by In Bk'.isl. Sam Nussbaum. Miwas awarded, by agi ■■■ of the parties, a lot in I’a to the mortgage ant Nu-■ was ordered to pay s7’>" 30 days. The c mp'.aint filed by Nu .-' that his wife had stated BBa: sin did not live him that she JKtrove" his three children by a so. marriage from the house, thi tailed to live with him. as i and refuse to accompany i.im social functions ami that to go anyplace with the i unless ai'.omp.nied \ The cross ‘complaint alleged that told hie wife that h ■ n ' o red for her, that with the complained of ing without cause, ilia' ■rhas beben guilty of miscondm other women, that a few before the separation he to encumber his property. Be A Good Fellow (■Toledo Armory Is |j Destroyed By b ire IS Toledo, 0., De?. 21 —(UP) A fire punctuated by exof ammunition destroy. U ■he million dollars in government ry supplies were belie' 'I MB Two firemen were injured while Bating the blaze. SB The f l e broke out shortly I" '■ ■dawn. MB Police drove back hundreds of ■vectators when flames reached rounds of ammunition stored I 1 EJ 1!1p building. Sporadic explosions |Bknt the crowd running to safety nearby buildings. ' 1 Be A Good Fellow—— '■College Building ’| Burned To Ground ■ Knoxville, Tenn., Dec. 21— tl’P) aB- Jefferson Hall, a large frame ■Mding on the campus of the 1 ni 3' •aity of Toau«»ee used as an ■ R - 0. T. C. arnxry. w.s only " ■ »ile of steaming ashes today. It Burned to the ground last nig it wit.i ■ever 1100,000 loss, pria.cipally in na ■ lional guard equipment.

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I Rotary Club Has ( hristmas Program I The Rotarians were entertained I with a Christinas program last evening at the Rice hotel. Gifts were diatrlhutesl to the members by Bryce Thomas, president of trie club. Members of the I high school glee club sung a group of three Christmas songs, the chorus being directed by Miss Belen Huuboid. I Fred Fruchte, attorney and Pete j Reynolds, of the Daily Democrat, were introduced as new members. Be A Good Fellow MANY BONUSES FOR EMPLOYES Press Survey Shows Christmas Bonuses Are Reappearing By United Press [ Christmas bonuses to employee, which in boom years of 1928 and 1929 totaled hundreds cf thousands j of dollars, are reappearing this year a United Press survey showed toI toy. Various industrial companies and organizations this week announced Christmas gifts to eir,;4oyes. Some stock exchange houses announced i payments to employes. Bonu'-fe it Wall Street came as a surprise inasmuch as securities business his been at >i l:-w ebb all year—Some companies operating in the red—but private estimates were that 25 to SO of the smaller bouses would make Christmas disbursements. The bonuses in Wail Street houses announced thus far general- ' ly are ’.ibout two weeks salary. One CONTIN'I'Kn ON PAGE EIGHT Be A Good Fellow Five Injured Fighting Fire IRoston De<-. 21 —(UP) — Transformed into a floating furnace by a tire in her hold, the coast wise freighter Ontario was beached near Governor’s lei nd in Boston haibor today after a nine hour bittie. Five Tiremen were injured, many voliMteers were overcome by smoke and I fumes, and three other firemen I barely escaped with their lives. Be A Good Fellow North Ward Pupils Entertain Parents The North Ward school pupils entertained their parents and iriends with a Christmas program at the school today. The program consisted of songs by the various grades, recitations and exercises, closing with Christmas carols. Each child was presented with a treat. Be A Good Fellow Pastor’s Class Meets Saturday The pastor's class of the local ■ Methodist Episcopal church wil meet at 1 p. m. Saturday. ■ «o the announcement of the pastor, the Rev. 11. R. Carson. There is still opportunity for others o en,ro All of the boys and girls are , asked to be sure to bring then . membership manuals with them. _ge A Good Fellow — CLAIM BODY NOT LINDBERGH BABE attack On Identification May Be Hauptmann Defense Flemington. N. Dec Attorneys for Bti atio;i >f the will attack Charles A. tiny corse said by • kj(l _ napedson.il involved in tbe not was undemtood from, reßaWe souric> (hat such a move f b X pus de . alleged that ~ ti fied by LindRoge Road and, i eaaurem enW nent cut by poll- have b een i tifi ation was said ’ positive. hattery of Dwyers llaUPtma ""tX by Elbert Rose- , was ' nc 7*’ t i ; instown , president of crans of Bl al .association Warren county bar joined .the force headed ny J Reilly of Brooklyn.

FORMAL NOTICE ON DENOUNCING TREATHIGNED Japan's Notice Against Naval Treaty Formally Signed LIMITATION PLAN FOUGHT BITTERLY Tokyo, Dec. 21—(UP)—Japan’s formal notice denouncing the Washington naval treaty was signed, sealed and ready for delivery today. It will be transmitted to Hiroshi Saito, Japanese lambaeaador <to the United States, for delivery at hie deseretion. Most sources believed Caito will give the formal notifiesI lion to secretary of state Cordell I Hull Dec. 27. Instrurtione as to procedure will go out to Saito at Washington tonight or Saturday from foreign miinister Koki Hirota. The lest official step toward termination was taken today when premier Keisuke Okada's caibinet, in a brief session, announced its approval. Japanese leaders — the powerful n.ilitaristie faction— decided months ag to denounce the limit' tion plan which restricts her to three-fifths of the naval tonnage allowed tlie United States and Great Britain. Newspapers approved the momentous step, which leaves the world without a naval disarmament plan •. fter 133fi. as a "good thing well done," The public, too, gave silent approval in its support of the military class guiding the destines of the empire. Althcugih' the denunciation of the treaty ended the exploratory conversations at London seeking its revision, the adjournment of tha wm not sought by Japan. Rather the Japanese preferred that iWATINUED ON PAGE TWO) ! Be A Good Fellow FOUR INDICTED i BY GRAND JURY ( Charge “General (. hild Delinquency” Prevalent In County Goshen. Ind.. Dec. 21. (U.PJ - Charging that "general child delinquency” existed in Elkhart county, tlie county grand jury today had under indictment four men, one a former deputy county prosecutor, charged with criminal assault, contriluting to delinquencies of minors and keeping gambling places. | James E. Smurr, 32, former deputy prosecutor, was named m six indictments charging criminal as-; sault and contributing to the delinquency of children by giving them | U Three others. Lou Tracy, Robert Dalton and Ruford Lusher all ot Elkhart, were charged with keep- j ing gambling places. Two others, who face similar charges, have not been arrested. Smurr was dismissed from the prosecutor’s office last month by Prosecutor James R. Nyce. The grand jury recommended that law enforcement officers be instructed to visit all Places where intoxicating liquors are: sold and see that none is sold to minors, nor that children be allowed to loite. ‘“Tim Report also, recommended t J t high -hool authorities mspect student lockers where it 18 r *?° i 21 liquor and cigarets are kept Snnirr’s indictment was obtained through information obtained from a 15 year-old South Bend girl, ofqcerß_±ie A Good Fellow— Christmas Program At Pleasant Dale a Christmas jwgram will be giv--,su^;rK^nd 6 t—-i DB ' e am will he in charge of ™ S7 Xol and several 1 i «-iii be presented. tve\. ___2e A Good Fellow First Evangelical Christmas I arty The primary I have'a; Evangelical churc J- ftfter SO o’clock. The children; “m rehearse the Christmas pro Sm and will be given the Sunday, I school treat.

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Decatur, Indiana, Friday, December 21, 1934.

Intangible Stamps Good Until Jan. 10 County treasurer John Wachter ! has received notice that 1934 intangible tax stamps can be sold ' up to January 10, 1935. This is 1 done for the purpose of stamping i intangibles bought up to Decem- | her 31, the law providing that the I owner shall have 10 days to stamp the documents. CLUBS SPONSOR BIRTHDAY BALL I Young Democratic And Republican Clubs Are In Charge The Young 'Democratic and Young Republican clubs of Adams county will jointly sponsor the Prel sident’s ball, which will be held in this city Wednesday, January 30. Robert Heller of Decatur ha>s beeia named <• tinty chairman of the •Affair. Jesse Sutton, also ot Decatur will serve as chairman of the ticket committee. The parties will be held in every county in the United States on the president's birthday. Tlie proceeds ot the affair will all be used for the relief and cure of infantile paralysis sufferers in the United States. This year 70 per cent of the proceeds will be used In the counties in which they are collected. Where there are no acute cases callable of reacting to treatment the money will be held intrust . Thirty per cent of the proceeds will be sent to the Warm Springs, Georgia, foundation for the treatment ot children suffering from the disease. The sanatorium there is built where President Roosevelt effected his own cure. Last year all the proceeds were sent to Warm Springs. Adams coun-ty had one of the best showings in the state. Be A Good Fellow Would Remove Tax Exemption On Bonds Washington, Dec. 21 — (UP) — Legislation to remove tax exemption on future federal, state, and municipal bonds will be urged of i comgress tby secretary of treasury 1 Henry Morgenthau. Jr., the United Press learned today. Now outstanding are $35.000,000,-! ' 000 to $50,000,000,000 in tax exempt i government securities. The exemption on tease could not he removed but future issues would be affeetel under the plan. The tax-exempt security problem was believed today the most important subject in a comprehensive tax survey ordered yesterday by President Roosevelt to determine means | of elimiita-tiag taxes and more economical methods of collection. Be A Good Fellow Church Will Give Special Program The Mt. Pleasant Methodist Epis- i copal Sunday School will present | a Christmas program at the church , Sunray evening, following the reg-1 ular worship service. The program will be given by the children and the church choir will sing. Be A Good Fellow ANNUAL DRIVE NETSOVERS6OO Total of $655.95 Has Been Collected By County Red Cross Miss Anna Winnes, county chairman of the 1935 America, Red Cross roll call, announced today j that $555.95 has been collected. | The Central Sugar Company has not yet reported. A total of $3lO was collected from Decatur, $194.90 from Berne $22.80 from Monroe and $99.54 from Genieva. The Blue Creek, Union, Monroe, Washington, and Root township home economics clubs 'and the Kirkland ladles club turned in a total of $655.95 to the fund. The money will be divided equally ! between the county and natlonui j committees. The local budget will I be used to provide clinical care for ‘ children and do other work not acj complished through the regular reI lief channels. The county committee has appronrlHted the funds for local use as .follows: Berne. $75; Decatur, $l5O and Geneva, $75.

BURNS BACK IN ! STATE PRISON Captured Dillinger Gangster Returned To Michigan City Michigan City, Ind., — (UP) —i Josepfi (Jerry) Bunns, captured Dillinger gangster, was returned teday to the state prison from which he escaped with nine other convicts on . the afternoon of September 26, 1933.1 Burns was placed in solitary con-; l finement immediately after 'being ' "dreesed in”at the prison. Chief Clerk Howani C. Crosby sold It had not been determined when .the outlaw would he subjected to questioning in an effort to 1 learn further details of the prison break. The 41-year-old outlaw, his 15 months of harried liberty at en end. entered the familiar greystone gates of the prison in custody of federal postal authorities. He was captured in Chicago last Sunday. He will serve out a lite sentence, imposed insarly 14 years ago f r the staying ot a bystander during a bank holdup. Decision to return Burns to Indiana was made when eastern authorities were uwuble to identity him as a member ot the gang that staged a $427,000 armored car robbery in Brooklyn. N. Y.. tast Aug. 21. South Bend police also failed to identify the despenad > as a participant in, the holdup of the merchants’ btnk and the killing of policeman Howard Wagner there last July. Accom: anying Burns and the government authorities from Ohicjgo was Warden Louis E. Kunkel of the prison. I T.:e capture of iflurns left only two of the 10 men who participated to the prison break at Liberty. They are John (three finger Jack) Hamilton, Lieutenant to John Dffltngt'r. j land Joseph Fox. Be A Good Fellow RELEASE YOUTH WITHOUT BOND Masil Roe, Witness In Saunders Trial Is Freed From Jail Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 21—(UP) Masil Roe. 19, Coalmont, held in jail here more than .nine months under indictments o’-targing complicity in the slaying of Gaylcrd V. Saunders, former Wabash methodist minister, was released today on hia own recognizance. The release was ordered by Judge Fiiink P- Baker in criminal irourt upon recommendation ot deputy prosecutor John J. Kelly. Roe was a state’s witness in the 'murder trial of Mrs. Neoma Saund- ! ers. 35. widow of the former pastor, which endj'd in her t.cquital in Boone circuit court last Tues lay. Mis. Saunders had been accused of conspiring with Roe aand Theodore Mothers, 19, Coalmont, to have Saunders slain because of an alleged illicit love affair between the I widow nd Maithers. The jury decided she ' ad -.onspired in tlie slaying I but ruled she was not guilty be--1 cause of temporary insanity. Mathers, high school chum of j Roe and roommate of Saunders at ian Indianapolis embalming school, I is under indictment in connection with the slaying. He is to be tried in Boone county on a change ■ of venue. . Saunders was found shot to death . I in his automobile on the Indianapolis street Feb. 2. Police claim Mathers did the shooting with a gun bought by Roe with $lO furnished by Mrs. Saunders. , . _ I Release of Roe today was interpreted as the first step in dismissal of the inJictment against him. During closing arguments in (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) Be A Good Fellow Central Soya Plant Has Beacon Light —— Decatur has a heacon in Hie skies, a string of electric lights being placed arouind the top ot the C ential Soya company’s building in the north part of town. I The li® its are 100 feet above the grounl and when turned on at night may be seen several miles from Decatur. The factory operates at night and is lighted to the roof.

PUSH FEDERAL FIGHT AGAINST UTILITY RATES Over 260 Million Dollars Advanced For Construction TO BATTER RATES TO "FAIR LEVEL” Washington, Dec. 21. — (U.R) — I President Roosevelt has “just be- ’■ gun to tight" for lower utility rates, administration leaders said today us they pushed forward with a fed- 1 eral program backed by millions of dollars of PWA money. Secretary ot the Interior Harold L. Ickes, who as PWA administrator holds the purse strings in the war against excessive utility rules, emerged today as the spearhead of the administration's attack. 1 Ickes announced more than $260,000,000 already had been advanced from PWA funds for construction ot federal and municipal plants and indicated there was "plenty more where that came from." Applications for more loans are under consideration. Under plans announced by Ickes federal loans will be used to batter down utility rates to a "fair level.” The policy of the PWA, he said, will be "to refuse financial aid to municipal plants where private utility rates are reasonable.." “We haven't begun to touch the market for power," Ickes said in contradiction ol the industry's con--1 tention that this country is over- ; supplied with power. Tlie announcement that huge amounts were being expended for ; municipal plants and on federal power projects was the administration's answer to an attaeck by private utilities on tlie Tennessee vat- . ley development project. | The administration plans to pnsli : its power development program through to completion, leaders said. It has under way now. or will start shortly, live major power developments to cost $146,250,000. j Millions of dollars are being I>oured ijito "yardstick'' dams in the south, northwest, and the Rocky mountains. These are tlie Bonne-; Ville and Grand Coulee dams and CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT Be A Good Fellow Four Members Os (Jang Sentenced Duluth, Minn., Dec. 21. — (U.R) Four minor figures ot the broken John Dillinger gang, convicted ot harboring fugitive outlaws, awaited transfer to federal prisons today. A federal jury convicted Thontas Kirwin, Wiuiam Gray and Mrs. ' Marie McCarthy last night ot shielding Homer Van Meter, slain gunman, for almost a year before his death. Marie Conforti, once ; known as Dillinger's sweetheart, 1 pleaded guilty to similar charges and gave state’s evidence against the other three. Judge Robert C. Bell sentenced Kerwin to two years in Leavenworth penitentiary and a $20,000 fine, Gray to IS months and a $5.000 fine and Mrs. McCarthy to 18 months in the reformatory at Ali derson, W. Va. Be A Good Fellow HAROLDDEVOR HEADS K. OF P. — Local Dentist Is Elected Chancellor Commander Thursday Dr. Harold V. DeVor was elect-j ed chancellor commander of tlie knights ot Pythias Thursday night to hold office for the first six months ot 1935. Dr. DeVor will succeed Don Farr. Other new officers chosen are: vice chancellor, George Stultz;: prelate, Dan Christen; master-at- ; arms. Robert Shraluka; inner' guard, Robert (Heller; outer guard. Albert Beery; keeper ot record and seals tor one year, Joe Hunter; i master of work for one year, Dave, Adams: trustee tor three years. ! Elmer Chase; master ot finance for one year. James Bain, and master of exchequer. W. A. Lower. The officers will be installed at a meeting in January. The date; ' was not determined at the meeting Thursday. Marlon Hoagland was elected as the installing officer. The lodge will give initiatory work next Thursday to a class ot four.

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11 Good Fellows Club 21 Previous Ttotal $ 212.81 A Friend 5 'i'k Decatur Homo Economics I Club -TOG A Frienil .. -s'* Total $221.31 Be A Good Fellow WOMAN IS HELD FOR KIDNAPING i Young Indianapolis Woman Kidnaps Four-Day Old Infant — Indr naip-lis, ind., Dec. 21 —(UP) —A strange attempt to regain the affections of her estranged husband was related to police today by Mrs. Dorothy Mars’i, 19, in explanation of her abduction of a four-day-old boy. The infart was returned unharmed to the home of its parents. Mt. and Mrs. Joseph Robbins. The fath-1 er is an FERA worker. Mrs. Marsh was held in jail in default of $5,000 bond on a kidnaping charge. Hysterical when arrested, she had been taken into city hospital for mental examination. Physicians found her sane and returned her to jail. The abdu.tion was carried out late yesterday as part ot an elaborate plan to regain tie affections of ( a husband who left her last August Mrs. Marsh told police. The husband. Porter Mareh, a local garage worker is in Plymouth hospital with a broken back received in an automobile accident two weeks ago, she said. "1 thought 'that if 1 made him. believe I had become a mother I , could win his love back,” Mrs. Marsh sobbed to police. The kidnaping was effected > te ; I yesterday. ; f Posing as a cliurt'.i social worker Mrs. March -.ailed at the Robbins] Be A Good Fellow FOURTH VICTIM OFUIDJOIES Farmer Dies of V\ ounds Suffered During Race Rioting Shelbyville, Tenn. Dec. 21—(UP) ' —The death toll in Wednesday’s race rioting here rose to four to-| day when Pat Lawes, farmer, died lot' wounds suffered when national i guardsmen fired into a mob that stormed the court house in an attempt to seize a negro assault suspeet. Authorities at the hospital where Lawes died revealed that another, j but milder, outbreak of violence oc-1 cunei 1' st night. Attendants were removing the; i body of Gilford Freeman, the third i fatality, and a negro orderly attempted to assist. A man drew a knife and was prevented by a nurse : from stabbing the negro, who fled to a distant part ot the hospital and , Men hunts and town officials I were ts meet today an l take a vote ion whether to request that national 'guardsmen be allowed to remain i here through Sunday to maintain I °‘ n 'was feared that holiday drinkj ing might lead to more trouble. Be A Good Fellow Church Founding Will Be Observed Local Methodists will observe I the sesqui centennial of ing of the Methodist Episcopal church at the Christmas conference 'in Baltimore to 1784 at the eve-1 ning hour, Sunday, Dec. 23. H will ibe a part of the Christmas pro[gram and pictures ot the early leaders and Incidents of the founding of tlie church will be shown by it he nastor. | Thomas Coke landed in America I Nov. 3, 1784 and after meeting Francis’ Asbury, leader of American Methodism, sent 'Garrettson out to call the 84 Metho dist ministers then in the United States, in six weeks time ho lode I I 2 00 miles in calling the conteilence which met in the Lovely Lane Meetinghouse in Baltimore on Christmas eve. Here the Methodist Episcopal church was founded and ! this conference was ever after call led the Christmas conference. It adjourned on J an - having finished its task.

UTILITY HEAD ONTRIALFOR EMBEZZLEMENT Case Concluded At 1 a. m. After Three Weeks Os Evidence DEPORTATION MAY FOLLOW ACQUITTAL BULLETIN Chicago. Dec. 21— <U.R) — Martin J. Insull. on trial in federal court here on embezzlement charges, was acquitted by a jury late this afternoon. The verdict was returned at 3:25 p. m. Chicago. Dec. 21— <U.R> — While a jurv nrgued excitedly over evidence charging Martin .1. Insull with enihezziling $344,720 todav a group of noliee officers waited in Judge Cornelius J. Harrington's criminal courtroom to take Instill into custody for '•enortatjnn in tlie event ol h'« tieouittal. The jury, which received tlie | case shortly before one o’clock this morning, remained deadlocked at noon. It was reported the jurors stood nine to three for acquittal. Insull, a British subiect who came to this country in 1888, was extradited from Canada last spring to face the state charges of embezzlement. He was returned on a presidential warrant March 28 after lengthy negotiations by the Cook] county, 111., state’s attorney’s I office and the labor department. Although immigration officials i refused to discuss their procedure j ft was indicated that the 69-year-old Insull—if he is acquitted on i the embezzlement chargee — will I be returned to Detroit, where he I entered the United States last I spring. To re-enter the country he will be required to make application 'to the labor department under regular immigration regulations, It was explained. Tiie trial's end was a striking contrast to the scene which marked the tempestuous final moments of the recent trial ot Samuel Insull, Martin’s 75-year old brother, on federal charges of j mail fraud. (Fewer than 20 persona remain--led in the courtroom when the jury filed out of the box to begin its deliberations. Snow whipped lat the courtroom windows with 1 whispers plainly audible in tho narrow room and the judge’s words echoed from empty benches. The tall, emotionless 70-year-ohl > defendant left the criminal court 1 building alone after a bailiff led I the jurors to their quarters. Through the preceding three j hours he had slouched calmly on a courtroom bench, joking with | his brother and newspaper rc- | porters while he waited the word i that might send him to a peniCONTTNTTEn ON PAGE EIGHT Re A GooH Febnw INDIANA RANKS WELL IN NATION State Ranks Favorably With Others In Total Indebtedness Indianapolis, Dec. 21 — (U.R) Indiana ho'ds an enviable position in comparison with most other j states of the nation regarding inI debtedness of various governmental units, according to a report of L. S. Bowman, research statistician of the Indiana state chamber of commerce. Only three of the 48 states have less governmental indebtedness than Indiana, the report shows. Quoting figures for the fiscal year 1932-33 as the latest available from the United Slates department of commerce. Bowman reported that gross indebtedness of the 48 states was in excess of sl9,ooo.<Hta,ooo. indianas shure was $201,210,000 representing 1.5 percent. The report pointed out the indebtedness percentage was far below the state’s position ot 1.2 per (CONTINUED ON PAG® TWO)