Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 33, Number 6, Decatur, Adams County, 7 January 1935 — Page 1

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BUDGET MESSAGE IS GIVEN CONGRESS

'■E'S NURSE WSTIFIES IN morder trial ■ ■-' —-— (io " • * ursc °* Withstands I Examination ulCHll.l) GARMENTS I I \RE IDENTIFIED ’ niiiigton, N. J., Jun. Cxav. last person i.HidUidi household the kidnaped baby Mt the witness stand unshaken bv a cross 111011 " liich insinuiitlimes that she was ‘llinvlved in the crime. S' re'eaied for the first Miß’linJ the extent ol the fear tli.'t -wept through mountain ■ whel it was discovered the child "'missinv. In quick, sharp ■«ent|tues she told how Col. A. Lin<ib.-igh turned away 1 1 E{tX the empty nursery, looked wife's .yes and eaid: ’ ‘ they stolen our .1 Reilly. chief of de- 1 counsel, brought flashes of I f, in tin Scotch nursemaid time lie* tried to hint that more about the kidnaphan the Undbergha W . suspected. After she had how she found the baby's i 1 HA guard out on the LindIN estate a month after the ’ ler. Reilly asked: ou couldn’t have carried that | iligaard down the **’ and then ‘found’ ft 1 ' ** K, could you?’’ tint." Miss (low said. ■ c.s snanpmu sparks at Hue j I J ~ o -s m.-.v. yon ore a fWjT • _ girl, aren’t you?" am.” courtroom cheered. Gow identified the gar-1 worn by the child on the! nil as kidnaped and the that she found, 1 toßi'y out the sec rets of tier priv-1 ■ life, were c hallenged by the ‘ unci th' 1 court gener-1 ;.tt# sustained the objections. Qmlic Scottish girl, an attractive with an assured manner W no fear at all of debating | ' - I (WXTINLED ON PAGE THREE) ■ ~ •uular K. Os C. I Meeting Tonight |^V U ' Costello today ask’d that all of t1... Knights of Columlodge attend the meeting to be ■ tonight in the lodge room. The 1 will begin promptly at 8 pE.ANKPENROD I DIES SATURDAY ■eneva Man Dies At Loti™ Hospital; Victim of I Blood Poisoning ■ Frank Penrod, 53, of Geneva, died i ■osH^ A c li:ns Coi)nty Mfxoriall ■ lock Lil U,r ? ay eveniQ K 6:30 I ■L* J b ° o<l p irtonin K w hich de-I ■ aped from a carbuncle. ■ Ih/w 1 ? ! nrotl l)eeai ne seriously ill . eek a Rd was removed to the ' |H>tal Satutday morning; j fc’lw emPl ° ye ° f th9 Oeneva inciude the fath *J ■ft'/ tW() brothers, Barger »er Mii'?°r ald Os Munc!e - *"<• a ■-rmaS° f «° H WiU b ° h * ld ■heal; a ‘ ter noon at 2 o’clock at ■»« buEu will 1 ? Bret !" en chur h I ■iil e . w “‘ be made at Pann-1 ■ p " ' o— Court I ■'Ltv'mici^ n ° UnC,ld tOday in the '■ : ■"’todian C f .I’ n rea »D°inted! ■Mrs. Mary Men? hoUi3e aad ■Mes rest , CCJure matron c,f the the Kn °° m ' T!le tia!,l . ri es reBL'iil re’e| V p Mr - Schumacher ■HdCluraZ’' 5 a month ai ‘<l Mrs. ■ W 0 a month.

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TAX REFORM IS i MAJOR PROBLEM FACING SOLONS Indiana Legislature Will Convene In Regular Session Thursday DEMOCRATS HOLD HUGE MAJORITY Indianapolis, Jan. 7 —(U.P) —Tax reform, consolidation of county governmental units and liquor control will provide members of the 79th Indiana legislature with three major problems when they convene Jan. 10. Much drastic legislation is expected. with administration measures being swiftly parsed by the overwhelming Democratic majority in both-houses. , The senate will have 38 Democrats and 12 Republicans whll? the lower house will be made un of 65 Democrats and 35 Republicans. Taxation will overshadow all other issuer, however, since almost every major bill will have: direct effect on the income of state and local units. One of the most drastic plans proposed bv administration leaders Is revision of county government to establish a manager plan. Townships would be reduced or abolished entirely as governmental nnits. Only those offices de- ' manded by the state constitution would be retained. The gross Income tax. passed by the 1933 legislature, will be the subject of another bitter contro- ■ versy. Retailers demand that a . • sales tax be substituted but Gov. Paul V. McNutt opposes their plan. a i.i\ o(jy,jfi#at 2 ! .a p-t. — i (CONTFNtED ON PAGE SIX) o Budget Provisions Washington, Jan. 7 — (U.R) — Major provisions of the 1936 budget and recommendations of the, President in transmitting it to Congress: 1 ( li 1 — “I recommend that $4,000.- , 000,000 be appropriated by the congress in one sum, subject to Allocation by the executive principally for giving work for those unemployed on the relief rolls.” , 2— National defense outlay for fiscal year 1936, beginning July 1. 1935. is lumped to approximately . $900,000,000, an increase of SIBO.000.000 over the current year and $420,000,000 over the 1934 fiscal year. — 3 — President recommended continuation of three-cent postage rate and extension of “nuisance" taxes which would expire June 30. but eaid “I do not consider it advisable at this time to propose any new or additional taxes for the fiscal year of 1936.” 4— "It is evident that we have not yet reached a point at which i'J complete balance of the budget can be obtained. I am. however. I . submitting to the congress a bud- I | get which for the fiscal year 193 u ba'ances except for expenditures i - to give work to the ttnempfbyed xxx such deficit as occurs will 1 be due solely to this cause, and it: , may be expected to decline as 1 rapidly as private industry is able :to reemploy those who now are ' without work." 5— Congress is asked to authorize use of about $900,000,000 of unexpended balances to provide direct relief beginning in February and continuing until new work can be started. . 6— "The broad obligation of the | government to use all proper | efforts to prevent destitution c.i 1 be maintained under more prae--1 tical methode than we are using at present,” Mr. Roosevelt said, I “and the excellent credit of the government will be maintained for the common good." 7 — Budget provides for restoring ' government salaries to 190 per i cent July 1, 1935, at a cost of $49,000,000, Contemplates number 1 of federal employes during 1936 fiscal year will be 820.056, compared with 957,230 this year, and total salaries $1,139,500,909 against $1,160,174,519.

Their Duty—to Decide Fate of Defendant Bruno Hauptmann is li Slil /”■! fTi 01: . • ~ A ■■’k ■' ■■ ■ :/ ■ The jury hearing the trial of Bruno Richard Hauptmann for the murder and kidnaping of the Lindbergh baby is pictured in the jury box of the Hunterdon county courthouse at Flemington. N. J. ''he panel is composed of four women and eight men.

COUNTY BOARD MEETINGTODAY County Commissioners Meeting In Regular Session Today At 2:30 o'clock this afternoon the Adams county commissioners announced two appointments. Fred H. Jvimhoiz. +2. of Herne will replace E. M. Ray of Berne as a member, JjLUlft Vojlßl f f triisterts of the Adana County Ster four years. R y has served since June 1, 1931. Komholz is a co-partner and manager of the Jefferson gange. He served a four year term as a member of the baaru or trustees of the town of Berne. Both rcen are Republicans. Dr. J. M. M'll.r was re pp inted county physitian. He has held this oCfi e for 12 years. He will serve a one year terin. The Adams county commissioners were in session today. The morning was devoted to the checking and allowing of county claims. Severn! appointments which must be made at this session had not been announced at two o'clock this afternoon. A new road superintendent will be appointed to replace Ralph Roop whose term expired on January 31. Mr. Roop held the combined offices of superintendent and county surveyor. dt as understood that Walter <lll- - the now • ounty surveyor. i« a candidate for the office of road superintendent. Apropos I to cut down the num(CONTINUED ON PAG-E FIVE' o DISTRICT MEET HERETONIGHT Hay And Grain Dealers Will Hold Banquet, Meeting Tonight Final plans have been made for the district meeting of the Northeastern Indiana hay and grain dealers association, which will be held in this city this evening. A banquet will be served at the Rice Hotel at 7 o'clock. More than 50 members are expected at the meeting. Amos Snyder of Bluffton, president of the association will preside at the meeting. C. (1. Egly of Fort Wayne, formerly of Berne is the secretary of the organization. Included on the program will be singing by Mrs. Daniel Tyndall- of this city, accompanied by her two daughters, Mary Kathryn and Anna Jane Tyndall. Words of welcome to the grain dealer* and elevator men will be extended by Mayor Arthur R. Holthouse. The response will be given by Avon Burk of the Burk Elevator company of this city. Following the banquet the guests will be escorted to the Central Soya company's plant, where they will be shown through the factory. |

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Church Officers Elected Sunday Officers were elected at the annual congregational meeting held Saturday afternoon at the Zion Reformed chur.h. The following men were named: elder for two years, Mathias Kirsch; demons for two years, A. R. Ashbauctier and David Adams; . trustee for three years, Calvin Yost treaaurer for two years, Leo Kirsch ' se' retary, Peter Vitz. Other officers cf the church are: elder. J. F. Fruchte; deacons, O. L. j Kirsch and B. F. Schroyer: trusi J. H. Graber and C. Beinqke. ! and treasurer of benevolence, H. B. Macy. —oMAR) ZWICK IS DEATHWTIM Former Adams County Resident Dies At Fort M ayne This Morning Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Zwiek, 79, of Fort Wayne, a former resident of Adams county, who died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Emilie Bandt, 2801 Smith , street, Monday morning at 1:40 o’clock, will be held Tuesday after- 1 noon. A service will be held at 1:30 o'clock at the home of the , daughter, and at 2 o'clock at the Zion Lutheran church in Fort Wayne with Rev. P. L. Dannenfeldt In charge. Burial will be made in the St. John’s Lutheran church. Mrs. Zwick had been ill for 17 months. She was the widow of Henry Zwick, a former county commissioner of Adams county and who for many yaars operated a i store at Williams, in this county. Survivors include tour daughters, I Mrs. Bandt, Mrs. Ella Gause of Yoder, Mrs. Louise Hoeman of Adair, lowa, and Miss Bertha i Zwick, at home; three sisters, Mrs. i Sophia Ahrens of Natoma. Kansas, Mrs. Anna Luelletnan of Fort Wayne and Mrs. Henry Gallmeyer , I of Preble township, and two broth- ' ers Ernest Rente of Shelton, Nebraska amfi EKred Reese of Natoma, Kansas-

BE SURE TO WATCH FOR IT! • I “The Lady Dances” by Marge Stanley Starts in the DEMOCRAT i Saturday, Jan. 12 • A lovely romance of the South Seas. '

Decatur, Indiana, Monday, January 7, 1935.

REPORT FUNDS SPENTON FERA Total Os More Than 29 Thousand Doiiars Spent In Adams County FERA funds spent in Adams county during 1935 totaled $29,038.57, according to a report just completed in the work director's office here. The state ERA superceded the CWA in April and so does not include the TfnVWTimont money allotted to the county for the entire year. To obtain this money local units spent $27,825.28. This was spent for material for the ERA laborers to work with or install on the projects. Approximately 100 to 110 persons on relief were employed at all [timed during that period. Fifteen projects were completed. During December the work on 11 projects was still in progress. There are five projects which have been approved but on which work has not yet started. Three have been started but discontinued because of the cold weather. These : will be begun again next spring. The latest project to be approved is a supplement to the home- ' steads project now in progress. The state has estimated this will cost $17,503.06. It is for the construction of sewers to the 48 ; houses. Os this amount $13,888 is to be spent for labor. $1,092 for (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o BANK BANDITS ABE SENTENCED Bluffton Bank Bandit Gang Members Sentenced Today Bluffton, Ind., Jan. 7. — (U.R) — Three members of a gang of eight, arrested here Saturday morning in connection with a purported plot to rob the Old First National Bank, pleaded guilty to a charge of auto banditry before Judge John F. Decker in circuit court today and were sentenced to serve 10 years in the Indiana state prison. Those who pleaded guilty and sentenced to the state prison are: John Mullins, alias Jack Davis, 33, Fort Wayne. George Pifer, 22, Fort Wayne. Mrs. Lena Falk, 22, estranged wife of John Falk, farmer west of here. Lloyd Lee, 22, Waynedale, suburb of Fort Wayne, pleaded guilty to a charge of conspiring to rob the local bank and was sentenced to serve two-to-14 years in the Indiana state reformatory. Paroles of Grenevere Lantis, 21. son of Orve Lantis. Wells county sheriff, and Chancy (Bud) Perry, , 22, Bluffton, were revoked and they were sentenced to serve four years in the Indiana state refortnatoFy. Eddie Swan, 24, Corydon, broth- j er of Mrs. Falk, pleaded not guilty (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) |

Stolen Register Found Saturday The casth register stolen from the Runyon and Sou garage early Saturday morning was found ah ut noon Saturd. y by Perry McGill on the roa-d leading to the county infirmary. The register was in a ditch and undamaged- It was valued at over SIOO. There was about S6O in the cash register at the time of the theft. This money has not been found. Police officials have several cine. Tie money and the ’ash register were stolen while the attendant was ; absent from tfhe garage for ten minutee making a taxi call. It is believed that the thief either hid in the garage c.r found the door unlocked. EXPLOSION IS CAUSE OF FIRE I. B. Stoneburner Home Badly Damaged By Fire This Morning An explosion of a kerosene stove in the summer kitchen at ' the rear of the I. B. Stoneburner ' home. 607 Marshall street, at about 1 6:30 o'clock this morning, caused 1 a several hundred dollar loss by fire. Mr. Stoneburner started the 1 stove to heat wafer for the week’s [ family washing and then went into the main part of the house. Later he heard an explosion and saw the summer kitchen in flames. Tlie fire department was called and one main line of hose was ( laid and a Siamese connection , also made. Firemen were able to keep the flames from spreading!, over the house, controlling the | ( blaze to the summer kitchen and | the southwest part of the building. Mr. Stonebnrner eaid that two I rooms ■ upstairs, and two down-i stairs rooms, including the regu- 1 lar kitchen were damaged by fire, smoke and water. He said that an electric refrigerator and electric washer, table, chairs, a cupboard and other furniture were damaged. A pile of clothes, which had been placed in the summer kitchen | also burned. Mr. Stoneburner | estimated his loss at several hundred dollars. The house is owned by Will Myers. Fire Chief Charles Rob-| enold estimated the loss to the building at not to exceed S3OO. The' asphalt shingles had to be torn off at the rear of the buil 1ing, as the blaze climbed upward and firemen had to make an entrance to pour water on the flames. Cowens Quits As Company Maanager Lloyd A. Cowens, well kn wn lo~al resident, todfi.y tendered his resignation as manager of the Franklin Security company in this city. Mr. Coweno .Plated that he would announce his plans for the future at a later date. Mr- Cowens is a former Bluffton! resident, and has been associated wdth the local office for the past four years. I

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_ - To File Affidavit In Mayor’s Court Another affidavit charging W.ll- : lia Fonner with practicing bartering without u license, will be filed | in mayor’s court, it was learned to-; day. The affidavit will be filed by ! Victor Hood, representing the st ’.te I barber’e board. Funner was tried by : a jury in the Adams Cir uit court a . ( week ago and found not guilty. CLOVERLEAF TO EXPAND PLANT IN THIS CITY Extensive Expansion Program Underway At Local Creamery Plant NEW EQUIPMENT TO BE INSTALLED An extensive expansion program is underway at the Cloverleaf Creameries, inc., in this city, mean ing for the increased production of Cloverleaf brand butter and the consequent employment of addi tional men and women. Much new equipment, including three churns of 2.000 pounds of butter an hour capacity, will be installed in the local plant and abbut : 16 employes, together with their families will move here from Huntington. where they were formerly employed in the company's plant. The manufacture of all regular creamery butter will center at the Decatur plant. W. A. Klepper, general manager of the creameries stated. In explaining the assembling of ! manufacturing operations, Mr. Klepper said: "An extensive expansion program for Cloverleaf Creameries, Inc., is planned for 1935. The Huntington plant will manufacture Kraft Chiffon whipt butter, and the Decatur plant will manufacture all of the Cloverleaf brand butter which was formerly manufactured at Huntington. The latest type of equipment will be installed at the Decatur plant, such as new churns and new driers for the manufacturing of powdered buttermilk. At the Huntington plant an addition will be made to the ice cream department for the manufacturing of condensed milk. "With Chis new arrangement, the Decatur plant will be churning more butter than any other plant in the middle west. The capacity will be three carloads of butter a | day. At the present time, the ; Cloverleaf Creameries, both at Decatur and Huntington are raanu- . facturing Cloverleaf brand butter. • Kraft Chiffon Whipt Butter, Cloverleaf ice cream, powdered buttermilk, powdered skim milk, Ametican type cheese and condensed whey.” The Cloverleaf Creameries now , employ abou t 100 people at the local plant. As soon as the Huntington employes find houses they will move to this city. Mr. Klepper expressed his confidence in the future and said that 1934 proved that business was on the upward trend. The creamery i enjoyed one of its biggest years in I point of production and increased patronage. MEETING DATES SET BY AGENT Cor n-H o g Discussion Meetings VV ill Be Held In County This Week County Agent Archbold states there is considerable interest in the 1935 corn-hog contract, and j that this interest is reflected in ! the attendance at the corn-hog discussion meetings now being held I in the county. I Meetings for the week of January 17 are as follows: Wednesday, January 9. 1 p. m. at the Hartford i i hlgn school. Hartford township, Ralph Myers, chairman. Wednesday. January 9,7 p. m. at the Central school. Decatur, for | Washington township, Lewis Stump, chairman. Thursday. January It). Jefferson township high school, 7:00 p. m., Henry Rumple, chairman. Friday, January 11, Preble school, one mile north of Preble, 7 p. in., August Gallmeyer, chairman., Saturday. January 12. 1 p. m., at i the Geneva high school, Wabash; township, Harvey Ineichen, chairi man. I

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FOUR BILLION IS ASKED FOR AID OF NEEDY President Asks Work Relief Substitution For Present Dole NO INCREASE IN TAXES PLANNED W'tishingloD, .Jun. 7 <U.F!) President Roosevelt today in li',s annual budget message asked congress lor a lump sum appropriation of $1,000.000,(MIO to substitute work relief for the dole in the third year of recovery. Mr. Roosevelt estimated expenditures at $8,520,000,000 and reported he could not balance the budget as he had hoped to do in the 1936 fiscal year beginning next July 1. The $4,000,000,000 represents the cost in the 1936 fiscal year of putting to work 3,500,000 persons now on the dole. There was no recommendation for increased taxes. Expiring nuisance levies are to continue. Mr. Riosevelt eaid relief appropriations for the current fiscal year would be exhausted early next month. He asked congress to transfer $900,000,000 for unobligated emergency appropriations to pay for relief until useful work financed by the government absorbs the dole) horde. The gross deficit in the 1936 fiscal year will approximate $4.r 28.000.000 of which $636,000,000 will represent debt retirement. Administration spokesmen assured questioners this budget was not a step toward currency inflation. The President estimated that 4,000,000 persons had been reemployed since March 1933. The mensag-' estimated that the national debt would increase from approximately $31,000,000,000 on July 1. 1935, to a record high of $34,239,000,000 on June 30, 1936, the end of the next fiscal year. Mr. Roosevelt said the budget he presented today was in bal- < CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) DEATH CLAIMS LORETTA R AYER Mrs. David Rayer Dies Early This Morning Os Heart Trouble Mrs. Loretta Rayer. 66, wife of David Rayer of 410 Fornax street, died at her home at 12:10 o’clock tills morning of heart trouble. Mrs. Rayer had resided in Decatur for a number of years. Mr. and Mrs. Rayer moved from Decatur to Huntington about five years ago, return.ng to this city four weeks ago. Mrs. Rayer was a member of the Lutheran church at Ohio City, Ohio. She was born in Van Wert County. Ohio, July 25. 1868. a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Bonnell. She was united in marriage to David Rayer. and three daughters and two sons were born to the union. One daughter is deceased. Surviving are Mrs. Lizatta Wiseman of Ohio City. Ohio; William Rayer of Van Wert, Ohio; Boy-1 Rayer and Mrs. Helen Singleton of Decatur. Three sisters, Mrs. Rachel Hines and Mrs. Sarah Chapman, of Haviland. Ohio, and Mrs. J. H. W'inters of Delphos, Ohio, and 14 grandchildren survive. Five sisters are deceased. Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 1 o’clock at the residence, and burial will be made in the Woodlawn ceme(CONTTNUED ON PAGE THREE) o — Auto Hits Traffic Light Here Saturday Hubert R. McClanahan, attorney of this city, ran into the foundation of the traffic light at the intersection of Second and Madison streets at about 8:30 Saturday night. MeClenahan was driving north on Second street and claimed that a front tire blew out, causing him to swerve into the post. Roy Beer, who was riding with him in te front seat of the auto was thrown against the i windshield of the car,