Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 32, Number 305, Decatur, Adams County, 26 December 1934 — Page 1

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TRAGEDIES MAR CHRISTMAS

pifter Weather ptrifces Nation In Sudden Sweep

■ old Wave Drives Temp- ■ eratures Down; Hits U Without W arning Severest cold ■ WAVE OF SEASON E Chicago. Dec. 26 - iU.R) ■ \ biller cohl wave hit the ■iioi'llierii portion of the I nilK,| Stales todav driving leni■ncralures far below zero as it ■ repl from the northwest ■m-oss the ('.real I-akes region ■md as far south as Texas. £j Temperatures sank to as ■her as 26 below zero at l)u---■nih. Minn., this morning. The < ol<l wave was charaeterz,,,| by its intensity and by the witli which it struck. K, 2 a. nt. it was 28 in Chicago. K- 9 a ni. it was 2 above zero and ■ stiff northwest wind whipped the city. SV Trains were delayed as snow sleet accompanied the in some sections. Relief reported the already |H|oavv holiday demands upon th. ir increased becan-e of cold. RB Subzero temperatures were refrom Minnesota, the D-.il.n---■h*. Wisconsin. Nebraska. Illinois. and Wyoming. In Texas - r Jure fell from about morning to neai fr today. Oklahoma reported and 18 degrees. The cold wave was meving and zero w..:i’,h r expected later in Detroit and east. kS Typical temperatures: Dit’uth Minneapolis 18 below Omaha 2 below; Va'.er.’iti" ■ below; Council Bluffs 8 below: ■cGXTiNUET) ON PAGE PiVE) |s APPIYFOR I PENSION LIST ■ jApnlications For OM Age g Pensions On File I With Board Bl There are now TO app'.i-a:i n old age pensions on file wi'lti county commissioners. M'.r.v them were made earlv thi- v.-.r HBtul were refused or delayed. A of the applicants had . capable of supporting them H'j'- had more property than the la'.Some were refused beof lack of county funds. SI There are now 165 person; reold age pensions ranging ■n monthly payments front five *lO dollars a person. I! is not exthat thf commissioners moke much change in the peti■Bion list until after the legislature Some change! are expo- ’■ in the law. The persons who on the roll will be emitmmd Bl The county now has JIS,Ono apfor the fund next yearjHrhis is an increase of >4.000 over Sort year. The increase was B 1 essitated by the adding of to the list since the first were accepted. SI The county is liable for hosi'imedical care and burin of all persons receiving H|he pensions. •—., „ ■pood Fellows Club I Delivers Baskets ■ ■The Good Fellows club delive’’. d I 'taketee to 53 famill.s in ludin-.’ ■ V( T 150 children Cri tm.H ■pig. The baskets cont. Ined clothing. galoshes, baskets of gr ■' roasts, cart’y. toys and doh ■o every girl. ■■The last report of the did' BB<i that $275.31 had been collected B.jt noon Monday, December 24. The BBomrlete report of the 'litb will ■ot .be announced for several da' ■■ 'The members of the Delta Taet i Bu sorority sponsor the duh each it was generously supporte I ■y other organizations and citizens.

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Vol. XXXII. No. 305.

LOCAL BELIEF UNDER AVERAGE I Per Cent In Adams County Well Under Indiana Average t The per cent of persons on relief I compared to the total population in 1 Adame county is Just slightly over ' half of the average for the state, 1 according to a bulletin just pub- ■ lished by the governor's commission on unemployment relief. The figures Just compiled are ? for the month of October. At that • time 4.9 per cent of the population ■ of the county wue on relief. The I average for the state was 8.4 per I .cent. I In that month 2<>6 families repre- ’ senting 957 persons and 15 single I persons were on relief. It cost the state and township relief agencies >5,034.59 to care for the needy in the county at an average of >22.78 f, a ease. The totul administration I cost was >427.94. - The bulletin states that approxi- - J mately 5.000 young men are now enJ rolled in ti e 26 DCC camps in Ind- ■ iana. Since the first, camp was openi ! ed in 1933, more than ID.Otrt young ■ I men of the state have been enrollI ed. Enrollment is limited to two I periods of six months each .ifter ; I which the men must dr?p out in ■ ’ fasor-af otherjr-pLe-jmrs. — - • I [ Os the 69 PWA projects approved i for Indiana. 35. carrying a total ali jlotment of approximately J3.944.duu I have been put under eonstrw tlon. ' The average number of men employed on these projects during i November was 1162. The GCUR is now receiving approximately $3,900,001 a month ifr.m the fedaral government for I the purpose of administrating -re-. I lief to needy persons in Indiana. ' There arc approximately I 5.000 ■ persons dependent upon t .is money for existence. Decatur Man Sues ’ Wife For Divorce i Alleging that his wife aband ned him. Willi m J. J Be ll lias filed a complaint for divorce against Ruby I. Bell in the Adams circuit court. I The complaint states t.at the| l couple married on March 22 - j 9 1 and separated on October 1 1934 In Octobtr the defendant left Bells I home, stating, according to the complaint, that "she would not live wnh i the pl. intiff any longer", and father stating that the plaintiff sh-auld I not come .ifter the defendant i ! ask her to live with him in the future, and stating further that t... .plaintiff shoitll obtain a dhorcc, that she was through. ELLIS SQUIRE returns home High School Student Is Recovering From Recent Illness Ellis Squier.'lT'year old son of Mr and Mrs. George Squier of this clb-, fe recovering from a sev e coLJ which he encountered on his . trip through the country. He return- j i being a patient in b - ' N O T v«“ » »V“ . parents expressed, their ap piLal- . y ChristThe family wid he maS . P d g t see the country and left without telling hts): nareutl.

iPRESIDENTTO URGE ECONOMY FOR NEXT YEAR Roosevelt Confers With Department Heads On 1935 Budget LOW ESTIMATES ARE PREDICTED Washington. Dec. 26 — (U.R) — President Roosevelt tugged at the government's pulse strings today in an effort to trim the budget toward estimated income for the next year. Hope of a balanced budget in the near future, however, was extremely remote as the President worked over his message to be presented to congress Jan. 4. the dav after it convenes. Estimates of the various departments were placed on the President’s desk soon after his return from Warm Springs, Ga.. early this month. Since then Mr. Roosevelt has called in the department heade for frequent conferences. It has become known that he is urging every possible economy and that every retrenchment that can be made without seriously affecting his recovery program will be made. Several departments have been called upon to pare their estimates sharply. As the budget message has begun to take definite form Mr. Roosevelt has conferred more and more frequently with eecretary of the treasury Henry Morgenthau, Jr. After one such conference Morgenthau said “We are making real progress." Others who have conferred frequently with the President on ffttdeet matters ini'lliff? Daniel W. Be'l, acting budget director: secretarv of interior and PWA director Harold Ickes; relief administrator Harry L. Honkins, and Thomas 11. MacDonald, chief of the bureau of public roads. Administration leaders have (CONTINUED ON PAGE RVB' MRS. JOHN REX BURIEDJODAY Prominent Decatur Woman Died At Her Home Late Monday Funeral services for Mrs. John . Rex. 76. nrominent citizen of De- ' atur and a resident here for many vears. who died at her home. 1044 Norf'.i. Second street Monday afternoon. were held this afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Methodist Episcopal church. Rev. 11. R. Carson, pastor, officiated at the service and burial was made in the Decatur cemetery. S. E. Black was in charge of the funeral. Mrs. Rex died Monday afternoon at 3:45 o’clock at her home following a short illness. Death was duo to apa'plexy. Mrs. Rex was an active member of the looil Methodist Church. She had resided in Decatur for the .past 46 years. Mrs. Isabel Susanah Rupright Rex was bom in Wells county on April 6, 1858, a daughter of John and Elizabeth Ruphright. On April 9, 18(76 she was united in marriage to John Rex, who survives. Four daughters, Mrs. Eid Pastor lof Huntington; Mrs Ethel Ulmer of Bluffton; Mrs. Dale Spahr of WaI hash. Mrs. Edith G ganer, of Elsie, Michigan; two sons, Newton Rex of Toledo. Ohio; Boyd Rex of Flint, Michigan; one brother, W. H. Rttpright, and three sisters, Mrs. Alice White, Mrs. Tillie Summers and. Mre Elizabeth Kreigh, all of Tocsin survive. Nineteen grandchildren and seven great grandchildren also ® urvive - . , . The sons and sons-m-aw of tn decee «ed a tel Pall bearers at the funeral and the granddaughters served as flower girls. — o Four Influenza Cases Reported Four cases of influenza and three cases of scarlet fever were reported in Adorns County for the week end-1 Ing Saturday, December 18, accordIng to the report published by the, Indiana Division of public

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Crazed Slayer and One Victim «■ iflk s /ii Ml k \\ |B. \ \ < M—kt f■■ Mrs. Kathryn D. Schoch, 37-year-old Dunkirk. N. Y . nurse, who. 1 crazed by death of son two months ago. killed her sister at Dunkirk 1 land then went to Perrysville, Pa., home of brother, Walter Dempsey ■ (light) where she shot and killed Dempsey, his four sons, and critic- ■ ally wounded Mrs. Dempsey before committing suicide.

BEET HEARING i IS SET FRIDAY > ■ Growers And Company Officials Will Attend i Chicago Hearing Representatives of the Central ‘ beet growers association and of- ! ficials of the Central Sugar Com- . pany of this city, will attend a public hearing at Chicago, Friday, at , which complaints will be heard from areas on the beet acreage allotments made for 1935. E. W. Busche, of Monroe, president of the beet growers, members of the executive committee and interested growers are planning to , attend. The local beet sugar comI pany will be represented by DabW. McMillen, president ami J. Ward Calland. field manager. The hearing will be held at the Blackstone hotel and will open at 9:30 a. m.. according to notices send out by the secretary of agriculture. Local beet growers will again present their petition for an increase in acreage allotments for . next year. The agriculture department has fixed a quota in the De- ' catur teritory of 9.909 acres. The growers are seeking a quota of 13.500 atree. The formula used bv the government is 90 per cent of the planted 1933 acreage, which reduces the amount in this terri(CONTINUEID ON PAGE FIVE) — o Macy In Charge At Local Ford Agency H. B. Macy has accepted a position with the A. D. Schmitt Ford agency and is in e'jerge of the repair department at the agancy, Mr. Macy has had 15 ye rs evperience having workel for Slianal’an and Conroy and T. Durkin, former Ford dealers, H. L. Kern and John Bright. Mr. Macy will be sent to the Ford training school for instructions.

Dynois Schmitt Deeply Interested In Outcome Os The Saar Election

“I would vote for Fatherland con- : troy”, Dynois Schmitt, prominent I retired Decatur business man declared to a Daily Democrat repreI sentative today when asked what Ihe thought about the election to be held January 13 in tie Saar valley district, Mr. Schmitt is a native of the Saar. iHe was born in Kreis (coun- ' ty) Mertzer, in 1861, during the reign of Kaiser Fredrick I The I province was then owned by Germany anti Mr. Schmitt knows every | foot of territory over which an international dispute has risen. Mr. Schmitt’s brother, Joseph, is burgomaster of Wallerfangen, a ’ city in the Saar valley. His office I Is equal to that of a city mayor in this country. Two other brothers

Three Youths ■ Admit Holdup 1 Lafayette. Ind.. Dec. 26. -4U.PJ— Three youths arrested here yesterday have confessed robbery of a filling station on U. S. road 21. ’ south of Huntington, Sunday night, police said today. The suspects are Harold Guthrie, 25, Lafayette, his brother, Cyrus, 16, Albion, and Ernest Merriman, 18, Zanesville. They were ' traced through license number of • an automobile belonging to Merrl- . man’s mother. Mrs. Bessie Merri- ; man. Zanesville. I Police said the youths would be . returned to Bluffton. o HOW THE WORLD I SPENT HOLIDAY Christmas Observance Throughout Christian World Tuesday (C pyright 1934 by United Press) How thew orll spent Christmas; i President Roosevelt presided at the family’s’ tree in the White House, romped with his grandchild ran, carved the turkey at the family , i.’lnner. King George of Great Britain de ! livered a family talk by radio to his . fcrfln.ig empire. Priests and ministers through' nt the world appealed for peace on the anniversary of the birth of the Man of Peace. Boxb explosions marked Christmas in Havana. Soldiers in the South American i chaco, scene of bitter warfare, hud a light day of fighting, enjoying Christmas tobacco and liquor. Only a comparative few were killed. On the high sea Santa Claus came 1 down the stacks of greut ocem liners, delighting chlldre.n among passengers. Cities throughout the world pre(CONTINUFJD ON PAGE FIVE)

- also live outside the Saar. They - are John and Jake Schmitt. Since coming to this country. Mr. ■ Schmitt has made a couple visits back to the Fatherland. He is ’ much interested in the outcome of the election, which will determine if Germany, France or the League • of Nations is given control of one of the richest valleys in the world. The Saar has great deposits of coal and iron ore. Since the world warj France has been governing the dis-. trict. It has a population of about j 30,000. Mr. Schmitt looks for a close result in the election. Hitler dictatorship is not popular throughout the district and the religious question has also been injected into the ' campaign, press reports relate.

Over 200 Killed During Holiday In This Nation

Fifteen Die In Train Collision; Seven Autoists Are Victims OPEN SWITCH HELD CAUSE FOR WRECK Hamilton, Ont., Dec. 26. — (U.R)—Officials of the Canadian Naional railway today sought to ascertain whether the open switch sent the crack Maple Leaf Hier ploughing into the ’ rear of a Christmas day ex- t cursion train, killing 15 and injuring 32, was faulty or did not have time to close. They pointed out that the flier may have approached so fast that the switch, which is electrically operated, may have not had time to close. The excursion train, carrying 397 passengers, pulled on- 1 to the siding just before the limited. traveling 55 miles an hour, approached. It also was pointed out that the 1 switch may have been faulty and I * remained partially open after the excursion train passed. There were differences of opin- 1 ■ ion among the passengers as to 1 i how long it was before the Maple Leaf roared onto the siding. Some said it was 10 minutes. ; ; ample time to allow the switch to Close. Others said it was only ‘ three or four minutes. This too. would have allowed sufficient time. ( Tlie last two coaches of the ex- » cursion train were telescoped. They were wooden and crumpled ' like egg shell. Most of the dead and injured were taken from the ' , wreckage. None of the Maple Leaf passengers was hurt. Four Women Kill e d Harvey, ill., Dec. 26. ~{U.R)-Sev-en people were killed today when a crack passenger train crashed I into an automobile on a grade I J crossing here. Four of the dead were women. | The train, more than an hour i | (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) I | Mary Tyndall Is Hired As Clerk Miss Mary K. Tyndnll began to. day her duties as clerk in County . Auditor John W. Tyndall’s office. , Miss Mary Cowan will contlnu? as , deputy auditor. Ii o Local Youths At Boy Scout Camp Fredri k Voglewede. Dick Gillfg ( and Dan Ilo'.tli use. left this nr rn . ■ fug for Rome i'ity, whetle they will enjoy a four day outing at the Boy S out camp. About 3'l scouts ( ■ from Fort XVayne ami will camp |. on the island. The ca i p will he in charge of Scout director Ilatchkl. o ( I an,.l other cfficero. o ] FORMER LOCAL : RESIDENT DIES Charles Cole Dies Suddenly Tuesday At His Home In Richmond Charles Cole. 48, died suddenly , of embolism at 10:30 o’clock Christmas day at his home in Richmond. | Mr. Cole was well known to Deca- ] tur people having workel for some ■ time in the old Schaub and Gott- ( omeller Hardware Store here. i , Mr. Cole marled Irene Kohne. for-, merly of this city, who survives j [iMnt. Besides the widow, two sons, James at Miami University, and Roger at home, survive. Two- - Foster of Oxford, Ohio, | and Truman of Toledo, Ohio, are living. His mother lives at Hamil-j | ton. Ohio. Funeral services will probably be i held Thursday morning at 9:30 i o’clor k In the St. Mary’s Catholic i church in Richmond. Burial will be 1 rtiade in the St. Joseph cemetery I here. I '

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MARK HOLIDAY QUIETLY HERE Christmas Is Observed Quietly; No Serious Accidents Reported Family reunions and church services were the predominating features of the Christmas observance in Decatur, Tuesday, as the weather man united in the spirit of the day to give the city its first old fashion Christmas in several years. Christinas eve was an ideal time for Santa Claus to drive his sleigh pulled by reindeers. The second' heavy snow of the year began to' fall early Christmas eve. The Christmas church services ■ were held in the city Sunday morn- i ,ing. The various churches then had I special programs or services until late Christmas night. Several were I held on Chrkrtmas eve and Christmas morning. At the St. Mary's, Catholic church, masses were said I from 5 until 9:45 o'clock Christmas ’ morning. Thursday night the Psi lota Xi ' sorority will bold its annual char-. ity Christmas dance. Carl Young i and ids eleven piece orchestra will furnish the music. The dance will ■ be held at the Country club. I No births were reported in Decatur on the anniversary of the nativity of Christ. No tires were reported to the city tire department on Christmas. This can partly be attributed to the use of electric lights in place of candles for the Christmas trees. GOVERNOR SETS ELECTION DATE Second Congressional Election Either January 21 Or 29 Indianapolis. Dec. 26. — (U.R) — The r.peclal second district congressional election will be held Jan. 21 or 29, Gov. Paul V. McNutt announced today. Sheriffs of all counties in the district will be notified of the election Jan. 3. the day fater congre&i convenes, the governor said. The law provides that notice of d the special election must be posted at least 10 days in advance of the election date. The special election is necessitated by the death of Frederick Landis, Logansport. Republican. I ■He died nine days after being [ elected Nov. 6. Charles A. Halleck, Rensselaer, j lias been nominated as the Republican candidate for the post. George R. Durgan. Lafayette, Democratic incumbent whom Landis defeated in the regular election, (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) Church Brotherhood Will Meet Thursday An oyster supper will be served at the De e.nher meeting of the brotherhood of the First United Brethren church Thursday evening 1 at 6:30 o'clock. A song service and 1 program will be held with John T. > Kelley presiding. 1 Short talks will be given by Earl 1 Crider, R y Muninia >ind (T.iren e 1 Drake. Oliver Mills will deliver t'" principay address, using as his sub- > ject. "A Great Ameri an." o ‘ Autos Collide At Street Intersection An auto driven by Thomas Kern L was struck by another car at the corner of Second and Jackson, . streets this afternoon. Mr. Kern 1 was driving east on J ickson and , the other car was going south on |. Second. Neither car was badly I damaged. I

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Automobile Accidents Take Chief Toll; 24 Commit Suicide CALIFORNIA HAS HEAVIEST TOLL (Copyright 1934. by United Press) Christmas tragedies took more than 2(H) lives in the United States. Eighty-eight peraons died in automobile accidents; 2.» were slain; 24 committetl suicide; lire killed 22; 12 were drowned; 7 died in airplane accidents; nine died of fire-arm accidents and 26 were killed in miscellaneous ttceidenls. California had the most deaths —-25. Texas reported 24. Missouri 21. while 12 states reported 19 or more. Christmas tree candles or short circuits in Christmas tree electric wiring caused a number of family tragedies. Three children and their mother died in a tree fire in Joplin. Mo. Three other children and their mother perished in a ! similar tragedy at Sedalia, Mo. California also led in automobile fatalities with 17. Texas ro- | corded 15. Twenty-four persons chose the ■ most joyous day of the year for j self destruction. .Five suicides • were recorded in New York, four in California, and three each in Chicago and Iziuisiana. Two Chicago deaths were ascribed to killers who chose the holiday to slay. James tSenese. 19. told police he shot to death George F. Erickson, restaurant owner, in a plot with Erickson's wife to collect >2.509 of insurance. Senese said he was to get >SOO for the slaying. Mrs. Ericksen, mother of six orphaned children, denied the story. Police were unable to learn who shot to death Rex Pyle, 38-year-old jeweler at the height of a holiday drinking party. They held his wife and Fred Feiner, in whose home he was killed. Frank Homolka. 72 was killed by a motor car on icy Sioux City, la., pavements while celebrating his birthday and Christmas. James Kain, 30. Sioux City. la., was ehot and fatally wounded by vigilantes at Lemars, la., as he. fled with loot obtained in burglarizing a beer tavern. A companion. Carl Rodgers. 35, was wounded. 0 Church Class Plans Christmas Exchange C'i .'fl number f ur of the Union Chapel I’. H. church will hold its Christmas exchange at the hom» of David and Elizabeth Cramer Friday evening, December 28. at 7:30 o'clock. PROPOSE HUGE EXPENDITURES Engineers Propose Hundred Million For Low Cost Electricity Washington, Dec. 26 —(UP)—Expenditure of >100.000.000 to -supply low cost electricity to millions of mld-weetern farm families was recommended todny by the Mississippi committee of the public works administration. The plan was recommended to secretary of interior Harold L. !cke« by the committee which consists of nine nati tvilly known engineers. They also suggested an outlay of one billion dollars during the next twenty years to develop a mid-wes-tern waterways system and the 31 s'c.tes it drains. Ickes was known to favor financing projects to supply light and power to country sections. Rural elections w.ss believed to have held a prominent iplare in his recommen(CONTINUBJD ON PAGE) SUVB)