Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 32, Number 304, Decatur, Adams County, 24 December 1934 — Page 5

fV'f 1 A RECALLING: Bremer Abduction Paris and Austrian Riots— Seizure of Insull—--10 HOLD PARTY VIMJ IVgy VI £i/O4L- Kidnaping and other headline news!

■i \ vW Year’s Eve Party ■ Will Be Heid At S Local Theater |K k i; m.of the Ai.iams theater H',rrana"l to give New Years |W -makers of Decutui and a New Vear'a party, that -Talk of the Town’. 110 fKj-aarcil to have as the guest MV,.', theater ACE KING COLE. H?j,,wn aim uncer of the air t > j.s master of ceremonies om MAV YEARS frolic! KING COLE has asked Mr. |K,... t „ an mice that since he Is Kpg in t!"' regular caia-.ity of a HH." Si II for talent that can Im Kn. Ito sponsors and etator future use as aihstaining |R. mis. — lie wishes while K,.' ■ lition anyone who might Hf,. .< ib'sire to trend the .path of H. , m, i ol.E’s personal recoina iias ,jet ‘ n t,w nil ' ans 1,1 K‘„ fc.v of radio’s present enK.inem being given their start! ar. openings this season fur Kr talent on programs for which ■, Kma - - eking material! From K. an id ions given by Ace King BK - he is a guest at the ADAMS will sole I ten of the best radio H. and build a radio hour for the Kjiiisiit studio party. Ace King K~ (hat it will be a party for ■yryotie, . . • Noise . . .Singing . . . Kuz . . Dues . . . Quartettes Khestras . . . Hill-Billies . . . All ■ .vStai’e at Midnight! Ace King K personally invited two .prom K n t radio acts from Cinintiati Io K. the ADAMS THEATER Mid Kht Partv . . .one is the nationally Kwu WELCH QUARTETTE. Kirh was organized in Venedocia Ko— W ii . have ibeen heard main Kes over the air on the networks. K who state that they will be here Ktlte party, since they are plannbeing home for the Holidays, K the other a TRIO, a surprise Kall of you. Kake the ADAMS THEATER the to spen I your New Year's Kl 10 see U’ e New Year in! You Ke will have Fun! Arrangements Ke been made to supply the auKnce with Favors . . . such as Krr.d Eolloons, Rattlers, SerpenKe. etc. so when Midnight arrives K ADAMS THEATER will be the Ky FUN Temple of the hour . . . Kn on with the show . . . for an Kir ..r more! Kn conjunction with the Big Radio ' Ktlic Party, will be that Grand . Kture . . . PAINTED VEIL, with KeT A GARBO, Herbert Marshall, Ko. Brent; also Comedy and TraBlogue in the NEW Colorton.'! ■ —adv. I MINA COLLIER ■continued from page one ■day night were added to the it today. The Winners The contest winners and the' nount of credits earned by them How: ' First 1500 Credits | j iss Mina Collier 3,340,250 Second $225 rs. Crystal Rice 2.991.750 < Third Prize SIOO rs. Floyd Arnold 2,185,750 Fourth SSO cuiieth Rttnvon 1.644,000 s

Nobles in Paternity Suit "»iir "'A I >z - a- ' w v </’ •&&•?<£#* I Jlr 11M ®V If *<■?■- W <w ' W ™ J' V** ymfew». <| ~ w 3 iStr RP ‘W *£•;■■ iiy ;*% **• - «k' **“”* JBWRe? ifcl v.j.ij- Scherbatoff, Russian nobleFirst published picture of Princess .< i j charges in paternity sv..woman and her daughter, ' vll j Se l /, d ,. nt .J (inset). The Count, son of » filed in Paris, is Count Louis de B ■., oira Uorbes, niece of Ogden French marquis, is the fiance of La million francs and Mllb. „ New York. ti. to-

l ELRI Alt\ _ Ri ut in p (li . ,| ui ., ng U |,,, in g jgai.ct D.dadicr government. T- w l||l¥ •’*' Kip W' 'WfK ' w*' ** — . APRIL — .1 u n 9 MARCH — Nor- MARCH 11,n- Robles, Tucson, APRIL — Samuels Insull, ma Millen tried ry l’u Yi become Ariz., schoolgirl, IL—-9SHKSI Sr., seized in Greece and and convicted at Emperor Kang kidnap cd and APRIL — Ad- extradited to U. S. for Dedham, Mass., Te, “boy” ruler held captive on miral Richard E. trial on charges resulting for participating of Manchukuo, <•■ ert for 19 Byrd departs for from collapse of his utilin robbery which formerly Ma n- days b e fore exploration trip jty companies but later led to murder. churia. freed. tv Antarctic’ V acquitted.

Fifth $25 Miss Mamie Teeple 1,584,625 Sixth $25 Edwin Stoppenhagen 1,240,5001 Seventh $25 Mrs. Milos Roop 1,128.250 i Eighth $25 Mrs. Bernice McMillen 661.000 Mrs. Crystal Rice won the extra $25 prize offered during the campaign for the most new subscribers turned in .during a particular week. The contestants traveled hundreds of miles in the lorn I territory. In addition to obtaining several hundred new subscribers, renewals of old subscriptions were taken. Miss Collier will continue her studies for the teaching profession and will use part of the prize money in paying tuition expenses, sbe stated today. HEAVY SALE OF CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE rigidly enforced. Finney also said the new system of mailing out applications ironi state headquarters to auto owners had speeded up license sales. Sales ol drivers’ licenses are exacted to exceed plate ales by 50 per cent. Finney said. DISTRIBUTION CONTINUEU FROM PAGE ONI? I $398.03; Wabash, $4,397.34; Wash-1 ington, $3,282.91; Berne, $34.25; | Decatur, $5,108.60; total, $30,543.59. . Tuition Blue Creek, $1,856.65; French, i $447.58; Hartford. $1,996.17; Jefferson, $787.54; Kirkland, $2,350.36; I Monroe. $4,081.19; Preble, $446.15; ’ Root, $1,470.01; St. Marys. $933.30; ! Union. $486.77’; Wabash, $3,447.54; Washington. $2,127.07; Berne, sl.325.09; Decatur. $11,071.33; total, $35,876.75. Township Tax Bine Creek, $839.57: French, $825.28; Hartford. $518.18; Jefferson. $355.10; Kirkland, $503.56;

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT Monday, December 21, 1931.

Insull, Jr., Says Errors Honest —__ — 4 i .. I K . -fib I-; | r i i ' ' ■■ • • i v-z. ... z.;z. .z-. - zzz.-> z. ■-. z.. zc«W. • ScAdmitting that he made mistakes, but insisting, like his father, that his errors were honest ones, Samuel Insull, Jr., son of the depo.-ed Illinois utilities czar, is shown with his attorney, Floyd Thompson, as he appeared on the witness stand in the trial of the Insulls and Others in Chicago federal court on charges of using the mails to defraud.

Monroe. $1,993.08; Preble, $456.20; Root. $578.35: St. Marys, $657.06; Union. $574.90; Wabash, $667.28; Washington, $1,199.97; total. $9,198.53. School Bonds Blue Creek, $588.36; Hartford, $1,894.66; Kirkland. $167.86; St. Marys, $44.30; Decatur, $1,49.8.12; total, $4,193.30. Library i f iic SI 1)66.81.

— ijccaiur, *i,vov.o*. Corporations Berne. $5,002.89; Decatur, SB,956.92; Geneva. $2,143.13; Monroe. „ $290.51: total. $16,393.45. Bonds and Interest | Blue Creek, $2,010.24; French, I $711.39: Hartford, $1,493.49; J offerI son, $870.70; Kirkland, $671.42; i I Monroe, $6,250.17; Preble, $1,383.68; i I Root, $3,622.34; SI. Marys. $661.08; I I [ Union, $796.09; Wabash, $4,596.40; I j Washington, $16,295.67; total, $39,I 362.67. Township Poor , [ Blue Creek. $587.91; French, ? [5152.12; iHartford, $690.44; Jefferson. $172.75; Kirkland. $335.72: | Monroe. $1,810.59; Preble, $304.46; ' Root, $1,308.98; St. Marys, | 273.23; Union, $353.80; Vt abash, $2,- | 072.58; Washington, $10,234.13; to- | tai, $19,296.70. I | SON’S RECENT 1i I CONTINI’ED FHOM PAGE ONP?_ I of the chance to I help assuage her sorrow, and I | 'though their house was crowded, I math a place for her by taking I Walter into their own bed. She I was to have slept with Robert. They talked all they could of I cheery things, of Christmas, and I 'Santa Chius' impending visit- Mrs. • Schock suggested a ginger ale ■ 1. “treat” for the children, and she | I went herself to a nearby drug I store and brought home several ■ bottles. I She also bought sleeping powdI era. and dropped them into the j glasses when she poured the drinks. : The family drank. Then, drowsy, ail bill Mrs Shock went to bed. • She explained she had to write • some letters. 1 She wrote lour of them. to 1 i whom it may concern,' sketching . her preparations for killing the 1

family. “Oh, dear God,” Mrs. Shock wrote in one of the letters while her brother and his family slept, “it’s hard to do all this, but I cannot go on any longer. Not to feel my darling boy's arms around me, nor hear his precious voice makes living unbearable.” The four notes written. Mrs. Schock, fully clothed, loaded her revolver and shot Robert and

I Thomas, sleeping in the room she was to have shared. She reloaded, walked into the adjoining bedroom, and shot Dempsey, Mrs. Dempsey, 1 Walter, Jr., and David. Then, ■standing by the dresser where the Christinas presents lay. she swallowed the poison and fell at the foot of her brother's bed. Mrs. Dempsey regained consciousness about 3 a. m., arose and staggered to William Heid's home nearby. Heid took her to a doctor [and summoned Joseph Kunz, her brother-in-law, who, with other neighbors, found the bodies. Attempt To Kill Official Failure Athens. Dee. 24—(UP)—An attempt to assassinate minister of ■ war George Kondylis was averted | ! today when explosives inserted in | a book, said to have been a CHurtetmas present, failed to explode when the ,package was opened. An unidentified man delivered the package addressed to Kondylis to the war office. The package contained the (book, written in English. Its interior had been carefully cut out and the explosive Inserted. Kondylis is one of Greece's best I known sobers. Born in 1879. he, was educated in the Athens school [of war and was an officer in the ! Cretan revolution of 1896. Ho was promoted to regimental commander in 1917 and division general in 1923. In 1426 lie organized the movement lor the overthrow of the I'agalo.s dictatorship. o Cleveland — (Ul')-Vcrna. Turner 22. a Cleveland coffee shop waitress. hopes to enter the 1935 National Air Races as a delayed parachute jumper. Woiueu rarely attempt delay ’chute jumps,

"jjjgjjjjjjjjj— ■■■■■■ 1 TgjjjjZT —-gj—IF|Kf MKB jKf -' ■■ HL '• 1 I’iallil'AßY Army lake ou r airmail aft, i fraud • 1 ' probe of private pilots killed IEBRI ARY — King Albeit of the Belgians killed ,/>< crushes. •** mountain fall; his son, King Leopold, enthroned. Wk al Vw ’iKmmJk Mt,.', ilk Jjp ■’ k| Rm. • wßi *’*** l * > “ ~'>-> SlSlife ‘ '.-a JwK- -— — — ■ Stavisky kills self in Bremer, St. Paul JANUARY—hiorello La Guardia Paris after instigating banker, abducted; resworn in as mayor of New York pawnshop scandal leased after paying I’EBRUARi—Many killed and property damaged. City; begins clean-up drive. which led to rioting. $200,000 ran.-mii. ‘ n “ ll; 1 noting in Au Gia.

ALL CHURCHES CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE Christmas services. Each of the three priests will say three masses. The Christmas high mass will be held at 5 o’clock. Father Joseph Seimetz, pastor, will act as celebrant at this solemn high mass. The male choir will sing at this service, directed by Sister M. Edwardine. Masses will be said continuously following this ■service. At seven o'clock Sunday evening the chinch choir of the First Evangelical church presented the cantata: "The Manger Prince.'’ At the same lime Sunday the

Christmas program was held at the First Methodist church. The sesqul-centennial picture of the old-fashioned </. list mas confer ence of 1784 was presented under the direction of W. F. Beery. Treats were passed out after the service. Mrs. L. A. Hidthouso directed the cantata, ''Chimes of the Holy ■Night,"’ presented by the girls choir of the Zion Reformed church at the Christmas vesper service Sunday afternoon. Tuesday at 10 o’clock, the annual Christmas Worship service will be observed at the church with the pastor, Rev. Charles M. I’rugb, preaching the sermon, en-

titled “A Savior which is Christ." Music will be given by the senior choir. The Otterbein home play was given at the First United Brethren church after the iSunday school. The adult department presented the play, “Christ Is Born,” Sunday evening. The Christmas entertainment at the Presbyterian church was given at seven o’clock Sunday evening. The vesper service at the First Baptist church took the place of the regular evening service Sunday. The Sunday school and the ; chorus choir presented “The ; Light of A Star” in a candle 1 Tght service.

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Tonight the annual children’s Christmas program will be held at the Zion Lutheran church at 7:15 o'clock. Tuesday the Christinas services with the celebration of bold communion will be observed in the English language at 10:01) o’clock. The Christmas program was held at 7:30 o'clock Sunday evening at the U. I! .Mission church. Business lu general will foe suspended all day Christmas. o BATTERY CHARGING, I uilding and repair. All work guaranteed one year. New batteries $4 and up. Linco Service Station, Preble. Ind. 302-3tx