Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 32, Number 309, Decatur, Adams County, 31 December 1934 — Page 1

WEAtHtR Cloudy toniaht " nd rain or ' " er eMtr”"" L«m; much cO,d ’ * Tuesday.

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FOUR men are I 1 rescued after plane crashes toupants Os Plane Res- , cued After Being Ma- ) rooned 6() Hours tEPORT ONE MAN BEING INJURED i parties on fool in planes today rescued , mcn - at least one ol ton injured — from th.* 1 mckage of a big passenger , Lj an e which crashed and torooned its occupants lor , jjmost three days in bitter "old on an Adirondack , fountain peak. A toboggan was used to bring ■> the injured man. The men miraculously escaped mh in the crash Friday night i tfer running into a sleet and i til storm only to be stranded B til 9a. m. today in almost conmat danger due to the cold and ; bo» At one time the tempera-' are dropped to eight below aero. - The plane was wrecked not far its regular route over a lickly populated countryside, but marchers on foot and by air were I iHble to find the men until they ltd been exposed to the bitter pt&er for about 60 hours. Even then, it was a difficult tak to plough through snow drifts to the wrecked plaue and to king out the men. The man on fte toboggan was believed either jnat Dryer, the pilot, or his t frother. Dale Dryer, co-pilot. The injured man had a wren lift hip, presumably suffered when ti» plane crashed. In sharp contrast to the speedy lodern airplane in which the men wre carried to the mountain top. ifr ground rescue party was breed to resort to primitive seans of travel. Airplanes, how»w. circled overhead constantly ltd were the chief factor in findiir the plane. Pilots circling low over the ON PAGE TWO) Finish Printing Os Telephone Directory The new 1®35 telephone dire tory »* eotn-leted today in the job deWtment of the Decatur Democrat Co. It will lie delivered to the Citims Telephone Company late this <temoin. The telephone comp ny fl eets to begin th? distribution of the books Tuesday. Twenty-five hundred cl the bool, ■- We printed for this issue. They hve an attractive green cover on the front of which are the directions for -.ailing the ‘police and notifying central in case of fire. The book this year con •liins the directories for De atur. Berne and jfoaroe. As usual advertisements •tre run through the book. MUMS COUNTY FARMER DEAB Rufus Staauffer Dies At Home In Hartford Township Saturday Rufus Stauffer, 60. farmer and lifelong resident of Hartford townghlp, died at his home Saturday morning at 10:30 o'clock of pneumonia. He had been ill since Wednesday. Funeral services were held thi’ tlternoon at 1:30 o'clock at the tome and burial was made at f ennvili e . Nr. Stauffer was born in Hai ford township on January 12. I*l4, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Ames Stauffer. He spent his entire lit' • in Hartford township where he fn >taged in farming. to 1916 he was united in martiage o Mary Brinnegar. who sur'lV“S - together with the following 'hiidren: Hugh, Eugene. Jessie and Ruth, at homo The following ! , *‘to and brothers also survive Mrs Jess Rupp of Wauseon, O.; "to. Ezra Gleudenning, somerset “'to. Rebecca Schenk, LaGrange; ‘Jto. Charles Lindsey and Mrs. t *° Glendenning of Geneva p f oy Stauffer of Berne; Emil of {'troleum and Ainos of West nit y. Ohio. Three sisters and cnfl brother tire deceased.

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Vol. XXXII. No. 309.

Wafer H.GiUiom, Surveyor-Elect, Has naci Wide Experience As Engineer . „ —— —

(Editor's Note)—Following Is the. fourth of a series of short sketches' of the lives of men who will take office in Adams county January 1. The final of the series will be published Tueeday.) Walter H- Gliliotn, the county sur- ' veyor-elect was bom on March 6,' 1900 in Berne where he now makes I his heme. His parents are Mr. and Mrs. Simon Gilllom. Mr. Gilllom attended the Berne' public schools and was graduated from the Berne high school in 1918. He attended I’urdue univer-1 sity where be was graduated in 1922 with a bjchelor of science degree in mechanical engineering. He now has a license to practice In Indiana both as a professional engineer and a land surveyor. For about eight years after his graduation frem college he spent most of hie time with the B-G Construction coxipany, of Berne with whom he was employed as an engineer. He spent the year of 1924 in Los Angeles. California, where he did sub-division work. He spent the w-inter of 1925-26 In Miami Beacfa, where he was employed in the city ' engineer's office Several years ago he -Crew the ' plans and the specifications for the l remodelling of the Decatur light and power and water plants. He 'also acted as engineer and inspe;i tor during the job. For two years from 1931 to the

First Student Sale Wednesday Evening The students of the Ileppert's ' auctioneering school will make their Initial nubile appearance Wed- | nesday evening at 7:30 o'cock P. M. I when they will tonduct a sale of all kinds of merchandise in the Erwin : building on South Second street. I Vijl. Reppert, founder of the , scho.l issues a special invitation to I jtha people of this territory to atI tend and help the b..ys overcome : their stage frig.t. LOCAL DFFICE HAS BIG RUSH Auto License Bureau Reports Heaviest December In Years ' J L. Ehler, manager of the Hecatur auto license bureau today an- . nounced that the December busI iness has been the largest in ■ ' history of the local office. . lurday night approximately ~.>OO . mates had been issued. Mr Ehler attributed the large , number of applications for licenses . nartlv to improved business condi -fi- rs, Jmon'wni'b granted for driving | with 1934 plates. Ust , d led in a heavy drive on the last day | O \n h 1934 ei ‘a total of approximately ! 3,300 license plates were issued. I Mr Ehler estimated he would issue 250 to 300 license plates today. N o Extension ~ __ Indianapolis. Pec. .4Reiterating its ,°ie granttno extent ion of time " utoroob ilo ed for the use of W d(1 . TXneeO that .partment tod.. iM tructed 1 thanes! all motorists displaying •Sold plates. stßrting ‘XeaTinall '1 A “ tO T O o? the IC B tat* were prepared ■, sections of h ot motor’X*.S ,I’“‘n "'.“lonw'°“• t main open unt tomorrow, . | state license division. : I>lai ” tiff & Action , h 177 31.-(Specia" '- Elkhart. Ind . » • withdr ew - - LBW K from Augusta 4 his action for < charged by a Somers. ( luetty ; the plaintiff- : SpeCial ,uZion Lutheran '■l 3 ’'TXS f at 7 o'clock tonight today . t . schultz, services will be

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i VW 1“ k K 3 winter of 1 >33 he was employed as engineer and construction superintendent by the Fort Wayne state I echo I in Butlerville and Fort Wayne. Mr. Gilllom is a member of the Mennonlte church in Berne. He is not .carried. Hie first experience in Democra- ! tis politics in the county was when ' ihe made the luce for the nominal tion for county surveyor in 1928 and was defeated. He tarried the county Iby a substantial majority in the general election last fall. Mr. Gilllom is a candidate fcr the office of counity road superintendent. The new l>iw permits the county commissioners to appoint the -county surveyor as county road superintendent. Ralph Roop, the re- ! tiring county surveyor, held both ■posts.

FINAL RITES HEID TODAY Small Daughter Os Mr. And Mrs. C. M. Zimmerman Died Saturday Funeral services were held this I afternoon for Janice Marie Zimmeinian. three year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. <’. M. Zlmmerian of Kirk- ! land township, who died Saturday afternoon at 12:20 o’clock. Services were hel i at 1:30 o’clock from the home, one ~alf mile west and two miles south of Pe erson. and at 2 , o'clock at the Pleasant Dale church. 1 i llev D W. Garber officiated and | burial was mad' in the Pleasant, Dale cemetery. ■ The child was fouxd dead in bed ; shortly after noon Saturday. Al- , though ailing from a heart disease. | 'she had not been ill just prevl-us to her death. She had bean put to bed for a nap an.l was found dead by inerbers cf the family. Death was due to patent foramen ovale. She was born in Kirkland town,9hlp. Febru try 21. 1931. a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Zimmerman, who survive. iErotbers and sisters surviving include Mrs. Ora McAlhaney of Decatur; Mrs. Ralph Wagner of Monmouth; Mm. Arden Arm . old of Kirkland township; Tieraid •f Seattle. Washington: illeen, Ver- ' ena. Walter. Charlo.te, Gregg. Avon and Phyllis, at home. Th- bedy was removed to the . Zimmerman home. Sunday noon from th-- W. H. Zwi.-k funeral home in this city. FREEZING RAIN SLOWS TRAFFIC R °anlVwed°WMce; Many Wrecks Fort Wayne, Ind.. Dec. 31—(UP) ' a, O s n-rtbern Indiana and south- ’ Michigan is being threatened e nh a dang r- us New Year’s eve ■ fi % o ?rain S 'falling since mid morn■a freezing t’P on striking the ( “ “ 'ZI« r ’’“feezing rain extends as far T; ' e f indiancpolis. north lnto f° l,th r Michigan, and approximately IsxrSx* «”> *■«*«• au'.mobile st m being ' °“! b SianapcHs bound bue, out of An n forveling In two see■“_“k’ ■I r‘<» TWO >

Decaatur, Indiana, Monday, December 31, 1931.

ALLEGE CHASE IDENTIFIED AS NELSON'S PAL I Murder Indictments Are Sought By Federal Government FOUR WITNESSES APPEAR TO JURY Chicago. Dec. 31. —(U.R)—The fed-1' oral government, acting secretly and with great speed, went before , a grand jury today seeking indictments charging murder against John Chase, accused accomplice of I, George (Baby Face) Nelson in the slaying of two federal agents. ■, A little more than an hour after Chase was returned here from California U. S. Dlrstirct Attorney I Dwight H. Green went before the grand jury. Green was accompanied into the jury room by his assistant, J. O. Leaton. it was understood they planned to request indictments! charging murder of Herman E. Hol|lis and Samuel P. Cowley, federal agents, killed in a gun battle with. Nelson. Characteristically, the govern- i ment had little to say about prose- i cution plans but it was expected; it would bring before the jury sev- , eral eye-witnesses of the bloody gun battle at Barrington, 111.. Nov. I I 27 and hoped to obtain indicements I I by nightfall. Should indictments be obtained ’under the new federal law making | the slaying of a federal agent a federal offense punishable by death, j : they will be returnable before Fed- ' (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) o County Board F’inal Meeting The Adams county commission- - ers met today to allow bil-.s and conclude the business for the year. The I new board cf commisHioners will; meet Wednesday, January 2. 1935 • bo organize and make t ie annual• inventory of the county infirmary. FONNERTRIAL | STARTSITODAY Willis Fonner Is On Trial For Violation Os Barber Law — A jury was selected this morn- • ine to try Willis Fonner of this city on a charge of operating a barber shop without a license. The members of the state board testified this morning that Fon- j . ner tiret obtained a license to clip ' hair. This license was revoked when Fonner is alleged to have admitted to the state board that he ( also shaved necks. The state inspectors stated that since that time Fonner has not I complied with the law by installing a city water pressure system. I Fonner, In his own defense, stat ed that he is operating under a verbal permit. He also alleged that he has installed a gravity pressure. I water system which is equivalent t I | to city water. II The members of the jury are I Charles Troutner, John C. Augsburger. William Stepler, John R. 'Gage. Martin C. Bieberick, Glenn ’jWorkinger, Harry Moore. Lawrence Hickman. Fred Scherer. | Harve Beery, Jacob Grimm and j Frank Aurand. Bruno Hauptmann To Be Heavily Guarded Flemington, N. J.. De?. 31—(UP) Bruno Richard Hauptman will sit ’ throughout hie trial shackled to a deputy sheriff except when he goes on the witness stand, in his own de- ' sense against the charge of murdering Charles A- Lindbergh. Jr., sher- . iff John 11. Curtiss revealed today. In a noonday conference with the J press, the last Hie will h:W before Hie trial. Curtiss announced con--1 pletion of arrangements for handling the throng of spectators to jam Flemington’s ancient courthouse. Six state troopers will guard the : court. Two more will guard Haupt- ' mans, from the time he is led . across ths bridge of sighs until he la returned to his cell. The prisoner will be manacled to a deputy, and one trooper will eit at bis right, and another behind him.

Decatur Library To Close Tuesday The Decatur Public library will lie dosed all day New Year’s Day, Mies Ruth Wlnnes, librarian, announced today. Miss Winner also stated that the book, "Great Expectutions." Dickens’ tenth novel is now in the local library and may be had on request. Owing to the simplicity of the plot and to the small number of characters, it possesses great unity of design. These hractere. each drawn with marvelous <lestinctnees cf outline are subordinat’d throughout! to the central personage, "Pip” I whose great expectations from the i ipivot of the narrative. "Pip” is the village bey who longs j to be a gentleman. His drears of i wealth and opportunity suddenly j come true. He is supplied with! money and sent to London to be educated and to prepare for his new station in life. letter he discovers that his unknown benefai.tor Is a convict to whom he had once rendered a service. GROWERS TO BE GIVEN PAYMENT o. I Corn-Hog Contract Signers Will Receive Checks Next Week I 'County corn and hog growers will i | receive checks totaling ayprexi-1 ! mutely {gO.i’OO the middle of next; week, a telegra n from Washington has informed Henry 1. Rumi le, ■ chairman of the Adams coun. y com-1 i mittee. The telegram stated “Ch 63 now : being audited. You may expect pay-, ' ment not later than 14 days." It was : signed by Edward C. Paxton, in i charge of the acceptance unit, corn hog section, commodities, division , Washington, D. C. The payment for the corn will be ' the second and last. It will amount ■ to about 136.949Farmers in Adams county were! ■ paid cn 7.038 acres of corn. This ; represented a reduction of between | |2O and 30 i.ier cent from the averi age of the past few years. The averi ; ge yield per acre is 35 bushels. I Farmers are being paid 30 cenu | a bushel -for the corn wild) the atres taken out of production have been estimated to produce. The > first payment cf 15 cents was made I several months ago. The second I payment will represent another 15 cents an acre minus the cost of ad-; i ministration. The hog checks will represent ; one dollar a hog for each hog which ; i the breeders have agreed to cut I from their overage. They have j been permitted to reduce the numI ber to 25 per cent. On the |'pigs reduce!, the government, at ‘ one dollar a hog. will i,ay out next week to Adams County hog breeders about $55,738. The third and last payment fcr hogs is due about February 1. This I will amount to two dollars for fn h hog reduced under the contract. The expenses of the local admin. . tration will be subtracted from this , payment. SIX PERSONS DIEINSTATE Traffic Accidents Take Toll Os At Least Six Over Week-End Indianapolis, Dec. 31. — (U.R) — Traffic accidents in Indiana caused at least six deaths over the holiday "two"persons were killed in Indianapolis. Mrs. Mildred Southwick 23, was crushed to death when the automobile in which she was riding overturned while spee< 1ing along a rutted street. Maivin L Nichols. 16. died in a collslon. Benjamin Brewster, Sr.. 68, Corydon was killed when his automobile struck a bridge abutment near ‘ Corvdon. Injuries suffered in an automo- ■ bile collision at South Bend a week • ago caused the death of 9rank G. Clark. 52, Mishawaka. Asher Rhudge. 70. retired farmer ' south of Franklin, was killed when • his automobile stalled in the path I; of an Interurban car. ■; The body of Freeman M. Adams, ' 50 was found beside U. S. road 4 . near Terre Haute, several hours after he had been killed by an automobile while walking.

HEALTH BOARD IS NAMED BY MAYOR-ELECT Drs. Daniels And Kohne And Mrs. Paul Graham Are Appointed HOLTHOUSE TAKES OATH OF OFFICE I Members of the city board of health were named today by Arthur H. Holthouse, mayor-elect. Dr. Robert E. Daniels was named ■ secretary of the board. The other ! two members are Dr. Gerald J. Kohne and Mrs. Paul Graham. The law provides that two of the I three members shall be registered physicians, trained in the science , of medicine and hygiene and that i one of the three members be of the opposite political party. Dr. Daniels has ,practiced medi- ■ cine l n this city for the past six 'years. He is a graduate of Indiana University, where he received his M.D. degree. I Dr. Kohne attended Notre Dame i University, where he took preI medic work and was graduated from Loyola University. Chicago. 'He opened his office in this city I more than two years ago. Both I are well known members of the I medical profession. Mrs. Graham is a graduate of , Franklin college. She also attend-: ' ed Wabash college and Valparaiso: university and previous to her marriage to the late Paul Graham, 'taught school in this county. Mrs. ; Graham is the Republican member ' of tlie board. The board will organize shortly ! after the first of the year. Took Oath Today Mr. Holthouse took his oath of office this afternoon. The oath was | administered by Mrs. Alice Christen, city clerk at the city hall. Mr.; Holthouse’s two sons. Dan and Jim ' accompanied him to the city hall (CON'TINI'EI) ON I‘AGE TWO) LOCAL YOUTHS ! UNDER ARREST Four Decatur Lads Are Held In Series Os Petty Thefts Four youths, ranging in age from 15 to 17 years, will probably ■be turned over to Probation : Officer Knapp, following apprehension of two of tlie boys by night policemen Ed Miller and. Grover Cottrell last night. : 1 Two other boys were implicated < in what might be petty larceny j ' charges from confessions given ! by tlie boys to chief of police Sepli Melchi and officer Erman Johnson this morning. Two of the boys were found in ■ the back room of the Daily Demo- ( i crat office late last night by' policemen Miller and Cottrell. | They claimed that they entered I the building to get warm. I Early Hus morning Chief Me'chi was called to tlie Central school . building. Some burned paper was ; , found on the floor and several of I the room-t had been ransacked. It developed that the four boys ; J had been together at tlie Central I building. Police officers were | alarmed over seeing the burned ! paper. The floor of the bui'ding |is oiled and a disastrous tire I ! might have been started. The | blaze died out before damage was caused. The boys claimed they set fire to the paper in order to find their way through the build- • ing. Other petty thefts may lie cleared with the apprehension of the | youths,' police declare. The boys will be arraigned before Mayor George Krick tonight and in nil | probability turned over to the | probation officer. - Revival Services At Union Chapel Evangelist R. C. Hayccck will be- • gin a series of revival meeting at ; the Union Chapel United Brethren ;! church tonight at. 7:30 o’- lock. Services will be held nightly except ,! Saturday and the general public is I invited to attend. , Si.xL’ial music and a kidd.es • I Bible class will be held preceding each service.

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Held As Bride Dies 1 \ J' afc .-'7k Chester Gideon, above, 22-year-old prize fighter, was charged with murder at Wichita, Kes., in connection witli the strange death of his bride of one day, Mrs. Opal i Carpo Gideon. 25. Gideon contends his wife committed suicide following a quarrel. Police, however. asserted it would have been impossible for her to have fired 1 the bullet which entered lier heart, j

BEET GROWERS TO MEET HERE; |; Federal Plan For Sugar Beet Contracts Will I 1 Be Discussed —u — , The first nueting f or formulating ■. plans -end carrying out the agricul-1 11tire department's contract for, sugar beet growers, will be held in 1 i this city Wednesday, January 2,1 'county Agent l„ E. Archbold.jn-. ' noun- ed today. County agents from the beet , growing counties, agriculture de-; P’rtment representatives, directors' of extereion departments of Ohio and Indiana universities, fieldmen' and directors of the Central Beet-1 Growers Asssociation will attend. the meeting. I Til" conference will lie held in ' the mayor's count room in the city i I hull. About 40 men are expected. • ■Tlie meeting will open at 10 o'clock, j The first benefit payment to | i growers who sign and ccmply with; government’s contract will lie one i : dollar a ton. An additional payment, i . based on the parity pri-e. will be ■ , paid later. This will amount to at j least 25 cents a ton and may go as | thigh as 75 cents a ton for tlie beets ! I produced under the contract. County Agent Archbold seated j 'that ea h contract ha 1 t? lie taken up st, arately. Payments to beel| I growers for the Central Sugar com-1 ' puny will total more than SIOO,POO. 1 Among i'hose who will attend the ' meeting ore: Clarence Oviatt. Lan-1 sing. Michigan representing the; e stern sugar b’et district, departi ment. Purdue: John Stiffer, extern, .sion department, Ohio sta.:e univer-1 sity; E. W Busche, president and I (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) ARRANGE DATES FOR MEETINGS — New 1935 Corn-Hog Control Contracts Will Be Discussed County Agent L. E. Archbold to- ' day announced a series of meetings ' to be held this week in Adams counity The new 1935 corn-hog control ' contracts will lie explained and dis- ! cue.sedT'?e first meeting will lie lield ' Wednesday evening in the county ; agents office at ,7 p. m. for commiti teemen only. I The other meetings will be as folllows: Thursday. January 3. 9 a. in.. I Kirkland gym. Homer Arnold, chairman; Thursday. 1 P- m - toohr| school Union township. Adolph, S.-hamerloh, chalrm n; Thursday. . 7 p. m., Jacoba, school. Blue Crees Itownsh! , William Patterson, chairman. Fridav, January 3. 9 a. m., Monrefl above the Model Hatchery. Dan Kauffman, th irman; Friday, one >p. .3>,. Moninouttir gym. Root township, Theodore Hobrock, chairman; Friday. 7 p m.. Election school 'house, French township, 'Henry Myeiv, chairman.

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F. D. R. MOVES TO STEM TIDE FORPAYMENTS Declares Payment Would Be Detrimental To Vets’ Interests SAYS PAYMENT NO BOON TO RECOVERY Washington, Dec. 21.- (U W — President Hoosevell today sought to stem the bonus tide with declarations that payment of the certificates would be detrimental to veterans’ best interests and ineffectual as a recovery measure. , Mr. Roosevelt's powerful appeal against the bonus was made in a letter to Garland R. Farmer, com- ' mander of tlie American legion j post at Henderson, Tex. Farmer i wrote to the President asking in- ! formation on the bonus. Public®I tion of the letter by the White I House made it in effect a direct | presidential argument to all vet- ' erans and to congress.

Sentiment among gathering members of congress is stronger than ever for paying the bonus with an issue of nearly $2,000,000.000 in new currency. Passage of such a bill by the house appears certain. The administration's hope of blocking it rests with the senate. The President said a survey had shown that 85 per cent of dying veterans leave no other legacy to their wives and children besides tlie compensation certificates, which in effect are endowment insurance policies, now scheduled to mature in 1945. if the certificates were cashed now, the money would be used and the 85 per cent would have no insurance, he argued. “I feel, therefore, that those who advocate the payment of the certificates at this time for the purpose of stimulating business certainly cannot have given the (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) TWO DANCES TO FEATURE NIGHT Business Will Generally Be Suspended In Decatur Tuesday Two dances will headline tha New Years eve celebration tonight. One will be .sponsored by the Tri Kappa sorority at the Decatur • ountry club and the other by the Elks lodge in the 1. dge's ball room. Private parties and family reunions also will be held. Several watch parties are scheduled for to- • night. Eew business holmes will be open on New Years day. There will bo no mail wervi.e. As customary the Decatur Dally Democrat will be published at noon to give the employees a half day holiday. A number of churres In the city have announced special services for the <'ay. I The majority cf the new county ! officers will assume their duties ' New Year’s morning. The township trueteee will not tike over their offices until January 17 he-ouse of a new law enacted to enable the old trustees to complete their reports before turning over books to their successors. The city officers will be sworn in Tuesday afternoon. No special ceremonies will be held In this connection. — —-rO— Thirty-Six Hurt In Saar Riots Sjarbrucken. Saar Territory. Dao. 31 - (UP)-Thirty Nazis, five commnnistH and an anti-nazi Catholic party leader were in hospitals to- ■ day after a riot and a series ol ! fights over the week-end. i The nazle and Communists were I order close police guard. They were . Injured in fights at M-ilstat-Jenne weg when 75 Nazis, forming c “safty patrol,'* marched througk ■ the streets and entered three cases where communets were meeting. Several Nazla were reported tn be badly cut by Communists wellding table knives.