Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 33, Number 7, Decatur, Adams County, 8 January 1935 — Page 1

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SRNEY GOES I TRIAL FOR LUNGER AID — Piquett, Dillinger er. Goes To Trial Today — JURORS ARE ected AT NOON go, .lan. 8. — (U - PJ —i r - bronzed farmers all business men of- J tenses ranging from teeth to the ntirsKS j sak calf in federal SniiOt'dav in nn eil'ort to mti ini; <m tin; jurv Biiat jll h’ v l ouis P- Piquett. Erriiir < li ; • l -’ ) prosecutor I'4 nund" of the sang. sticky ex bartender, Ti a i f.-deral judge; u. on a charge of !■> aid and shield the ■ Fant jurors had been selected ■ornev general Joseph B. from Washington, was i, attorney H. Preen as the opening] a la.e.'i' who work handwith the underworld. ■■■• HHsistint attorney general who] ;ur prospective the government, saiff he i'‘tßd the jury box would be -<; a waited in the small ■fry a thin; of the regular of 52 men, mostly iniddledism.i s-d when Judge | roiisei.t to their re- 1 —for excuse due to “more ' business." I As he venire filed into the Ijnryt.x Piquet, chewing gun on the arm of his i K|Mral times he interrupted i direct personal gq»e.Ar- at the men in the box i '5- indi- ■ rites will b> l.a-ed unon a con- I that whatever his dealings j I'.Him- may have bean ethical. It he com muni-] with the desperado during i tenths I‘i'ling >r was being IblUtte as the privileged coni- | I (CQfc TINTED ON PAGE FIVE) WILTBIILIBM IS APPOINTED ___ Mfr’ Surveyor Is Named •■ead Os County HighI way System ■ M’..’, ih !<> k fils af te rno n the -minty commissioners had their decision os to of road districts to be tti the county thia year. ■9*’ Mon lav- afternoon the comam unced the appoint--t Walter Gilloni, county .i- c uun :y raad sup3rvi . cm Wil! hold both offices as M** Permitted by law. The con■g? ‘ lo ® tile offices is generally I Kt* “1 iu the snmller counties in I I R.op, the retiring county' filed three .final reports ■ completed in 1934. They i ■Jj the Alllacher drain in Mon-1 frar oWnall| P, and James F. Keefer n Bluf ' Creek township, and Berning drain in Root | i ,„T h ' ? ’ The report waK approved board, Roop also filed u petition that ■«. L 1 ■ nf the court house drain e "? of Madison street Into ■ .RL™'* riVer be ''’’•paired. hoap filed the | ;etitlon ln h , d y . as c!t y engineer. |I S . le?? ° r Deoalur ** coinsiderEg,., ; I"* the lot south of the n, .? aber Co - for ,!fie a The ground been Kn so-?? fr ° m the outlet <( the ■ c'tv dl9tan,:e of about 50 feet. Bes h? Uld like t 0 hav * re- L BrLs re conßld erlng the use B near tbw * for • Parking ' Mr. Roop , aW *" lot?? 11 reDairs are estimatrs unless?,," Ot g " lnt the r€S |! ,r ho C ° Unty council wi “ : le the money. m

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Berne Town Board Selects Officers The Berne town hoard met Monday evening and named the 1935 of- ] ficens. Dr. Myron Habegger was ap- | pointed health officer to succeed Dr. I D. D. Jones. Other officers named tire as follows: Henry Heller of Decatur, . t:wn attorney; David Dubach, town marshal; Andrew Sprunger, street ] commissioner: Alfred Zumbrum, I night marshal; Leonard Biumgarti ner, fire chief; David Stauffer, assistant fire chief. GRAIN DEALERS NAME OFFICERS All Officers of Northeastern Indiana Associaation Reelected Officers of the Northern Indiana Hay and Grain dealers association were unanimously re-elected at a meeting of the members held at the Rice hotel i u this city last eveI ning. The officers are: Amos Snyder, | Bluffton, president: C. G. Kgly, Fort Wayne, secretary-treasurer; Josephus Martin. Geneva, first vicepresident ; Fred Butz, Kendallville, second vice-president. Preceding the election a banquet was served. More than 40 mem- : bers from half a dozen counties attended. Mrs. Dan Tyndall led the group in community singing and also favored the assembly with several solos, her daughter. Miss Mary Kathryn Tyndall, being the accompanist. A trip to the Central Soya company’s plant was one of the feat ures of the Evening. Fred Sale of Bluffton, secretary i of the National hay and grain dealers, presided as chairman in the absence of Mr. Snyder. *”“Wbehalf Os th'e~cnfzeWbf ‘Tiecatur, Mayor A. R. Holthouse, extended words of welcome to the visitors, a response being given by Avon Burk, local elevator proprietor. Mr. Egly read the minutes of the last meeting and the meeting was opened for a round table discussion. Among the speakers were | Walter Krueck. New Haven; Mr. Martin and Mr. Sale. The latter dealt with several topics of inter-] I est to elevator and grain dealers. He explained the action of NRA iu regards to the grain dealers paying the code assessments as coal dealers; the adjustment of power rates by utilities serving elevators in the Northeastern territory and other timely subjects. Mr. Krueck spoke on the raising of soy beans, stating that the industry was in its infancy. He en- ! couraged farmers to raise soy beans. Mr. Egly urged the membership to secure new members in adjoining counties and in those localities where dealers had not yet joined the association. Life memberships were voted to | Maurice Neizer, Fort Wayne and Harry Dinnius of Fort Wayne, former presidents of the association, “who served it faithfully and well." . 1 Henry Egly. vice-president ot the Central Soya company, invited the men to the local plant where they were taken on a trip of inspection through the factory. The program was arranged by Secretary Egly, Mr. Bark assisting in carrying out the details and actling as chairman of the reception committee. o New AAA Contracts Explained At Meet 1 wo hundred and sixty farmers from Adams and Mercer county. Ohio, attended an educational | meeting in the Decatur high school building Monday night. The meeting was held to ae-1 quaint he prospective beet growers with some of the provisions of tho new contracts being prepared by AAA. J. Ward Calland. field manager ] of the Central Sugar company, ; i and L. E. Archbold, county agent, ' gave short talks and answered 1 questions. First State Bank Stockholders Meet The First State bank will hold . Its annual stockholders meeting late this afternoon. At the meet- 1 ing the directors for the coming year will be named The directors I will appoint the officers. '

STATE SCHOOL CHANGES ARE RECOMMENDED Free Text Books For Public School Students Suggested LEGISLATURE WILL CONVENE THURSDAY Indianapolis, Jan. 8 ~(U.R>— Three major recommendations affecting the Indiana school system were submitted to Gov. Paul V. McNutt ! for legislative action today by Floyd 1. McMurray, state superintendent of schools McMurray urged free text books for all public grade and high school students; retention of state school support laws (gross Income, excise and intangibles taxes) and more rigid legislation affecting school bus transportation. Members ot the state senate held a preliminary meeting here today to consider changes in rules of the upper house during the session which will convene Thursday. Rules of the lower house also will be liberalized, it was announced by Edward Stein, Bloomfield, scheduled for selection as speaker. The legislature will convene at 10 a. m. Organization will occupy the first hour and then the houses will meet in joint session to hear the message of Gov. Paul V. McNutt. The school proposals were among a score forwarded to the governor. They were suggested after an ex- ] tensive study of existing laws. Many of the recommendations are expected to'be included in the governor's message. The free text book proposal is not new but it is believed to have ; a Titrtter chsnce for passage than at any recent session of the legislature. Previous arguments have centered around whether the state s ■■ —.— I (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) O GOOD FELLOWS CLUB REPORTS Club Sponsored By Delta Theta Tau Sorority Gives Report The report of money spent by the Good Fellows club, sponsored by the local Delta Theta Tau sorority, has been announced. The club is conducted each year and the proceeds are used to help the needy people of the city at Christmas time. The donations this year totaled $280.31 and according to the report 53 families were benefited by the club and 175 ] children were made happy on i Christinas. Following is the complete report : Total donations —$280.31 | 145 pr. children hose $22.34 • | 37 suits underwear 22.94 '55 dresses ... 31.57 i 22 sweaters 16.38 5 pr. pajamas 3.28 11’.* yds. print 2.35 18 pr. girls bloomers 4.21 28 boys shirts 16 4 s 34 suits overalls and coveralls 23.13 15 pr. pants and knickers . ... 14.55 3 pair gloves 14:{ 4 pair rompers L’* 17 pair shoes 33.28 5 pair galoshes s - 44 48 dolls 16 14 107 games and toys 17.44 105 pounds candy 10-73 1 bushel apples I- 90 15 baskets groceries 23.94 15 orders meat 7.83 Baby shirts, booties 3.47 Total * 3280.31 The Delta Theta Tau sorority wishes to take this opportunity to thank the organizations and individuals who contributed so liberally and cooperated with the sor-, ority in making this project a sue-1 cess. Charity Board To Visit Institutions The dharlty board will make its first visit of the new year to the jail and county farm, Friduy. Members of the board are asked to meet at the jail at 2:30 o’clock and all i will go from there to the county farm. All members are requested to be precent.

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Betty Gow Collapses at Trial Betty Gow, the nursemaid of the kidnaped and murdered Lind--1 bergh baby, is pictured in the Hunterdon county courthouse at Flemington, N. J., shortly prior to taking the stand as a witness for the state in the trial of Bruno Richard Haup’mann, charged with the baby’s murder. Subjected to a battering cross-examination, Miss Gow col’apsed after three hours on the stand, during which time defense counsel made little headway in attempting to shake her story.

MRS. PHILLIPS DIES SUDDENLY Mrs. Isabel Phillins Dies At Home Os Son In Lima. Ohio Mrs. Isabel Phillips 86. one of the pioneer residents of Decatur, died suddenly at t s e home of her son, William C. Phillips of Lima. Ohio,, early this morning. De»’th was due ' to "heart trouibfe. Mi's. Phillips was found dead in her bed by members of the family. She had been visitiing with her son for the past several months. Mrs. Phillips had been ailing sln-e !a>t September when she fell at her L ome hers and fractured and dislocated her right shoulder. I She vo’is a l atient at the Adams County Memorial Hospital for several week's and was later taken to the home of her s n. Jlrs. Phillips was a beloved resident of this city and had the distinction of having resided all her life on one street. She was horn on North First street, and had lived in the old r. Blips home, 216 North 1 F*irst street, since she wills three years old. She w’s a member of the local Methodist .Episcopal church, having Lined the church when a c-hild. and had sung in the first choir organized in the old dhuroh. Mrs. Phillips was also a member of the Pythian Sister lodge. She was born in June. 1848. a (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) HOLD BOY FOR FORGING CHECK Ferdinand Reynolds Cashed Forged Check At Local Grocery Ferdinand Reynolds. Decatur, ageu 16, was arrested at noon to-1 day by chief of police Sephus ! Melchi and lodged in the Adams county jail on a forger:-’ charge. Reynolds admitted to police' officials that he had forged Ju'ius I Haugk’s name to a check and | cashed it at the Home Grocery in I this city. The amount of the check was $3.50 and the boy pur-1 chased 50 cents worth of groceries which he stated later that he had , taken home to his mother. The balance of the money was recovered. The check was cashed at the Home Grocery during the time John Stults, manager of the concern, was home for lunch. When Mr. Stults returned he noticed that the check had been signed and endorsed by the same handwriting. He verified his suspicions by calling Mr. Haugk. The boy was found on Second , street and before being taken to I the jail he turned over all the , money he had received from the I store. An affidavit was filed against i* him in Mayor Arthur R. Holt-i ’ house's court by Mr. Haugk.

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, .January 8, 1935.

Johnson Reelected Conservation Head Roy Jcr nn n was reelected president of the Adams county fish and g*am? conservation league at a meeting attended bv over 200 at Berne Monday night. The Berne and Geneva clubs consolidated with the lootl club making the tot 1 nembership between 850 and 9.0. This makes the local club the largest in the state it is believed. Other officers elected at the meeting Monday are: Charles Knaipp, vice president and Milton Brown secretary trea-enrer. The sfy members of the new board of directors •re Rosis Harden. Clyde Beery, Fr*nk Deßinger, Ben Baumgartner, Davs Duba.h and Herman Lengerich. ADAMS COUNTY ; DAIRYMEN WIN Twn From This County Will Receive Awards At Purdue Jan. 17 Lafayette. Ind.. Jan. B—Fortvsix Indiana dairymen whose herds '•ualified for medal of merit herd inwards during 1934 wi'l be honored at the annua’ meeting of the Indiana state dairy association on Thursday. January 17. during the annual agricultural conference at Purdue university, it was announced today. Seven gold medals. 13 silver ' medals, and 26 bronze meda'« wi’l l>e awarded by the state dairy as--1 soc’ation to the dairymen whose herds oualified with outstanding rroduetion records. In order to qualify for medal awards, it was necessary for a 1 dairyman to have a herd of at ’east ten cows, each of which produced not les--, than 300 pounds of butterfat during the testing year, j Bronze merla’s will be awarded for ! herd production records between ' 300 and 950 pounds per year; silver medals for production records i between 350 and 400 pounds per (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE' ' ]

DON’T MISS THIS THPH T TNG n APING ROMANCE OF “The Lady Dances” THE SOUTH SEAS’ Neither wanted 10ve... but th"v were swept i awav hv the OHS fasHnp’inn of the Sea Islands. —Starts I SATURDAY, Jan. 12.

SUPREME COURT RULES AGAINST OIL PROVISION Leaders Emphasize Need Os Legislation For Oil Control EXPECT CONGRESS TO ACT IN CASE Washington, Jan. 8 — (U.R) —Oil Administrator Harold L. Ickes today said the supreme court decision invalidating the ‘’hot" oil provision of NIRA “emphasizes the necessity for specific and adequate legislation" for government control of the petroleum Industry. Simultaneously administration leaders indicated belief that regulation of the industry would come before this congress. Speaker Joseph W. Byrns said: “1 personally think that congress should pass at this session some oil control legislation.” Indications were that federal officials were considering a move to have congress declare the industry a public utility and give the government complete control over production, refining and market- ■ ing. Admitting the adverse ruling of I the court on section 9-C of NIRA “is a serious setback”, Ickes said: "While we intend to do the beet we can with the means still available to us, the basic remedy rests ' with congress. . "The decision of the court, in my opinion, .emphasizes the necessity for specific and adequate legislation to effectuate a rational conservation program designed to prevent the waste of oil and gas resources and to prevent the demoralization of one of our largest basic Industries." Rep. Wesley Disney, D.. Okla., considered Introducing a house bill which would re-enact in ac- ‘ cordance with the constitution the provisions declared invalid by the ] (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE o Show Opposition To F. D. R. Plans Wa»shington, Jan. 8 — (UP) —- Storm clouds gathered today on t'.ie administration’s congressional horizon. The first <1 p of thunder indicative of the squalls which the President’s legislative program tr.uy be called upon to weather came from Ssn. Huey P. Long, D„ La., in a two-hour senate speech. Too, there were rumblings front organized labor ov.er the President’s $4,000,000,000 (IB) work relief program. President William Green of the American Federation cf Libor demanded provisions for »1 3Nhour week and payment of prevailing wage scales be written into legislation for thelp rogratn. EMPLOYMENT TO SEVEN MILLION N‘*w Dealers Hone to Put This Number To Work Under Plan (Copyright 1935. by UP.) Washington, Jan. 8. —(U.R) —New' dealers are hopeful that President Roosevelt’s $4,000,000,000 recovery and" relief program will provide ' for at least 7,000,000 individuals this year.. That appears to be the minimum expectation from the public works plan if it operates in practise as well as it looks on paper. The emnloyment aggregate would be made up of: 1. 3,500,000 persons shifted from the dole to public works. 2. From 3,500,000 up re-employ-ed privately. The private jobs estimate is tentative. But. it is based on the expectation that every individual directly employed with treasury money on public works projects will require the private employment of at least one other individual to supply him with materials for the public job. Os greatest concern as this unprecedented program is launched Is the possibility that local relief mav not be able to absorb the 1.500.000 dole recipients which are' to be stricken from federal relief (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

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Mrs. George Burk Home From Hospital Mrs. G. T. Burk, well known resi- | dent of thin city Und her daughter Vivian returned early this morning from Wadsworth. Ohio, where Mrs. Burk was a patient in a hospi- ] tai for the last two months. Her husi band. G. T. ißurk, prominent busi- ■ ness man and elevator proprietor of thia city, who was also injured I in an iiuto accident, will be able to return home in about two weeks. Mr- and Mrs. Burk and daughter, j Vivian, were injured in an auto a' cl- ' dent last November. Mrs. Burk received a broken leg and other i severe injuries. o TOWNSHIP FUND SHOWS BALANCE T. R. Noll, Washington Trustee, Turns Balance To Successor — T. R. Noll, who Monday officially ended his term as trustee of Washington township, is turning over a balance of $15,697.21 to his successor, John M. Doan. Washington township’s poor fund is out of the red for the first time in several years. Last year there w-a-s a deficit in the fund amounting to $8,245.89. The deficit was accumulated in the years before federal aid in the form of CWA and FERA work relief was allotted to the county. The balance in the poor fund is now $383.18. Unless the amount needed for poor relief in 1935 is much larger than that needed In 1934, the fund should show a balance next year sufficient to carry it to the June distribution. Mor.? than the estimated current expenses were appropriated this I year. The report filed with the county auditor today doe-? not include the poor fund. This record is kept by the auditor. January 1, 1934, Mr. Noil had $11,112.24 as a balance. During (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) STATEMENT OF FINANCES MADE Financial Statement Shows County Balance Is Over SIOO,OOO Adams county had a balance of $109,541.33 at the end of 1934. according to the financial statement for the year just compiled by ] County Auditor John W. Tyndall. During the year the sum of ] $771,404.70 was received by the county from taxes and all other ] sources. A total of $661,863.37 was disbursed. There was an over draft of $14,293.37 to be subtracted from the balance cf ] $123,834.70. A total of $251,148.59 was receiv-' ed into the county revenue fund ! and $175,457.26 was disbursed. I leaving a balance of $75,691.33. Receipts for gravel road repairs | amounted to $93,328.70 with disbursements totalling $93,183.63, i leaving a balance of $145.07. Receipts for township road bonds and coupons amounted to $123,322.00 with disbursements totaling $86,521.96, leaving bal-1 ance of $36,800.04. The principal and inte r est from the common, congressional and tho permanent endowment fund? used for the schools amounted ro £14.288.75. Disbursements in these] three funds amounted to $26.461.78 making an overdraft ot! $12,173.03. A total of $4,479.22 was carried 1 over from 1933 for the payment of bonds for the construction of county unit roads. Nothing was disbursed in this fund. The amount of $13.48 was re(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) Local U Ac r< *in Held For Violation - Willis Fonner, local barber charg-;. ed with nracticlng barbering without a license, was iirraigned in Mayor Holthouse’s court st 4 o’clock M ndav af’ernoon. Mr. Fonner i nleaded not guity to the charge. He Informed the court that he had aipolied for ,bte license and expected it shortly. The rase was 'set for trial i Monday, Janmry 21.

ASSERT BRUNO NEAR HOME OF KIDNAPED DOY Aged Man Swears To Seeing Defendant Near Lindbergh Home TAXICAB DRIVER ALSO TESTIFIES Flemington, N. J., Jan. 8. —(U.R)—-Two more witnesses today linked Bruno Richard Hauptmann with the kidnaping and murder of the Lindbergh baby. Mandus Hochmuth, 87 year o’d Prussian army veteran and resident of Honewcll, nlaced his hand on Hauptmann’s knee and swore he saw him near the Lindbergh home in an automobile at noon on tha day of the kidnaping. Joseph Perrone, a New York taxicab driver, testified In mid? ] afternoon that Hauptmann was i the.man who gave him a note to deliver to Dr. John F. Condon, intermediary in <he negotiations with the kidnaper. Three persons have now branded Hauptmann as being implicated in the crime. Col. Charles A. Lindbergh already has testified that Haupt-mann'-v voice is the one he heard in St. Raymond's cemetery calling "Hey, Doktor," to Condon. Lindbergh added that he believed ] Hauptmann guilty. The identifications of Hauptmann by Hochmuth and Perrone came as smashing surprises in the courtroom drama, the defense counsel vigorously attacking the testimony. As compared to evidence previously disclosed at the Hauptmann ' extradition hearing In New York and by police investigators the states case now seemed much stronger than could have been expected. Perrone told how a man had approached his taxicab in the Bronx and handed him a note I with instructions to take it to Condon’s home. "Is that man here In court?" asked attorney general David T. Wilentz. “He is,” Perrone replied. "Step down from the stand and roint him out." Wilentz said. Perrone walked across the 30 f°et that separates the witness chair from Hauptmann and clamped a heavy hand on the prisoner’s shoulder. "That's the man," Perrone said. "You’re a liar,” Hauptmann muttered too low to be heard by anybody excent those sitting directly behind him. Hochmuth, the aged and bewhiskered resident of the Sour’and countryside hobbled across the tense and silent courtroom where Hauptmann is on trial for (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) Legion Committee To Meet Thursday The American Legion executive on.iiilltee will meet Tn the Legioa headquarters Thursday night at 7 ' o'clock. - Name Seven Jurors In Ft. Wayne Trial Fort Wayne, Ind., Jan. B—(UP) —Seven of ths 12 jurors who will hear the murder trhl of Charles F. Howenstein, 57, In Allen circuit court were selected before the noon recess today, the first day of the trial. Howenstein, charged on a first imd second degree murder indictment, is alleged to have purchased the potassium cyanide which Mrs. Louise Schmitt, 24, administered to her husband. Urban 'Schmitt, 27, in a gl ss of orange juice last March 23. Mrs. Sohmitt admitted last December 10 that she hud given her husband the poison stating at that time it was Howensteln’e suggestion that she take her husband's life. The widow is expected to be the state’s star witness In the case. ,_ o Legion Drum Coms To Meet Wednesday All members of the American Legion Drum corps are asekd to meet it title Legion hall Wednesday night at 8 o'clock.