Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 33, Number 12, Decatur, Adams County, 14 January 1935 — Page 1

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Kecatur Again Fails To Get Sectional Meet

MY TEAM S riOFORTWAYNE |M BLUFFTON Monmouth To Wayne; Other ! ■earns To Bluffton InUKTIXGTON GIVEN Bgional tourney L.s county is again de- | o f a sectional basketburnament, with the augment of the assignor sectional and regionters for the state tourhade today by Arhur L. pr commissioner of the E. A. A. , Decatur Yellow Jackets ! Monmouth Eagles will compete in the Fort Wayne >al, which will be conducted ,l'!l Side ■ The o'!-’ Adams county Kjgni. il's-ui-. .Monroe. Geneva, Bgirtf J-ff. T-son Kirkland and Ipieas Nlilis>. «!! compete with teams ut The setup for the two is as last seas■L Jr.r ■■ « ■ bust t<> the SHK ! r '" S'\r de tbMmer -e<'i won last The Fort Wayne tourney, present tune, promises to jalw <>f ,h * be '‘’ l!l > ear9 ’ as 1116 TMfc.,rt Warn. bools and DeKcttM appear well matched, with ■ttheocliedrl- li-.-Iv to go a long determ n ng tie- winner. B At . n.l Kii Bwillße the main tin eats to the county Ossian won Kke Ik’H Bluff’" 1 : sectional, but to have little chance of re-, |g this season. Bluffton ap|to have a decided edge over (her Wells county quintets, ional centers will be Attica, D. Bloomington, Columbus, Mlle, Frankfort, Huntington, lapolis Tech, Kokomo, LaLosansport, Mitchell, Muntrchester, Rushville and Wash-; o ATE SOLONS GAIN CONVENE At 2 o’Clock This | Afternoon , .1.,,! 1] upj-Tif legislature convened at f or j.„ fnll wpek JU* session. action to be taken will be passage of election law (■Y n r s t 0 facilitate the special election in the sec■“‘i District Jan.. 29. matter scheduled for tion today is extension of ou sale of tax deproperty for one year. lb calling for the moratorium Mued by both hoaaM l.u.t They provide that the can be extended after executive order of the Chlor. * assembly has 51 tMllu belt. all of which were introwithin two hours last Friday ■‘•K. At least 50 more are exH to be introduced this after- ■ * Bblal rroblem3 due to in- ■ _ institutional needs will bo , ® nia i° r propositions to nt the legislature this week. u .,i, a , te ,n idget committee rexn«, ." clll<ie fecommendations P nditures tor new buildings fovenient of others and at ls nal and correctional insti LT” 11 ! WiH have t 0 b e ruction Order t 0 carry out the Ctlon program. It is belle; - l 9 ?l pen3iona wil ' provide Toblsm'"7? anothpr lm P°rtt hav. J pension bills al■al introdure '> and, OTe are expected.

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Amelia Conquers Pacific HR' I - . . ■ ** } ■ ’ ’1 Amelia Earhart Putnam is pictured above shortly after landing • her plane at Oakland California. Saturday afternoon. Thousands gathered at the airport to cheer Amelia at the conclusion of her darrmrfHeh' from HlMoltihi. She "fs the first flier to make the low hop “cross the Pacific without companions.

DEATH CLAIMS J. D. WISEHAUPT Well Known Decatur Man Dies Sundav After Extended Illness John Dani.J Wlsehaupt, 77, well kntwn former -tty employe and s resident of Adams roiin’y .11 his i life, died at t' is home, 616 Nuttman avenue Sunday morn’ng at 5:15 1 o’clock of oid age and complicaHom. Mr. Wisekaupt had been ill ’or the past year. He was member of th 1 first ,T nited Brethren church in th's c'ty . For 12 yeans he w.:s em loyed as a nluiber by the city, retiring three years ago. Ho was born in Adams county, near Frledh’im and moved 'o Dec’lur in lS r l. He had resi led ■ her-’ sin- e that tint-. M-. Wiseliaupt wai horn Februrv 10. 1857, a s n of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel F. Wise’- ’opt. He w- united in mn’r'ag“ to Limy Jane Hutter of Rluffton Fthrrtry 15, 1877. ant three children were born to ■ e un-' , 'on. Mr» Whehau-t preceded her bua'»a"d In dealt ’even y. a-s ago. Surviving is one .son, Howard, o’ Decatur. A diugbter nd a son ore deceased. Mr. Wisehaput was th? ’ast surviving member of a family of e'ght children. Funeral services will be held a‘ 2 45 o’clo"; Wed esdav afternoon and t 3 r’clo- kat the United Rreth(CONTINUED OX PAGE FIVE) — — .'I '■ "Q" i ■i - r —— Chimney Sparks Cause Roof Fire Sparks from a chi t n y caused a small roof fire at the Charlas S ,h---nitz res'dene on North Second street at 11:15 o'clock thio morning. The blaze was put cut by city firemen. The loss ■ mounted to three dollars. o — Annual Election Beim? Held Today The snnual election of directors and officers of the Decatur IS tv In go and Loan association was being held today. The election of off!tens will be held this evening and officials of tlie • ompany .stated the brord members w.uld be announced with the officers. Paul H. Gr ham. deceased was former secretary of the company.

Former Decatur Resident Dies Funeral ervici t f r Miss J <ss;e Glendi using. daughter of Rev. and Mrs. E- J- Glendenning of Somerset. Ind., wet? held .t 1 o’clock this afte'neon from the Union Chapel M. E. church west of Geneva. Mies Glendenning died Friday, folio? ing an illness of tuberculosis. She was abtut 25 years of age. Rev. a-J Mrs. Glendenning formerly lived in Deou'.r. Rev. Glendenning was pastor of the Decatur circuit. The deceased was a tousin , of Roscoe Glendenning assistant .ashler of the First State Bank and had several relatives in and . round Geneva. GYPSIES FLEECE CRIST C. BEER Berne Resident Is Victimized Os SSO Early Sunday Morning Four gyp- les tl eced Crist C. Beer Be: ,ie letired far ; er, of aiout SSO c rly Sunday mprniag. Mr. Beer st ted to friends today that -he bt-liev-d be was hypnotized. ’lh? gypsies stopped in front ot| his home Sunday morning when he was leaving for church. They au.ied him the way to Fort Wayne One of th? gjpsy women then! ■ailed Mr. Beer ov-.r near the car j and asked to shake tends with him for his courtesy. They left imme-, diately. - Mr. Beer thought to look in his . I ocket for his wallet which he c. iri. d la h .3 hip poclet. ~t was there| and h? th nght nothing more of it. Later be told his experience to a friend. The friend told him he had ’better look in the wallet. Mr. Beei | did and found that two ten do.lai bills and two five dolkir bills were, t.lßsing. He slated that he failed to notice any of the people ne rj enough to him to take the wallet out | extract the money and replaco thej wallet. I Sheriff Dallas Brown was nc>ti-| fied an hour luter but by that time he was unable to locate the gypsies. A g-oun of gypsies answering to e general description of those at Eerne were seen in De atur Saturday evening and Sunday morning. They were driving a new V-8 | (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

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WILL ANNOUNCE SAAR DECISION TUESDAY A. M. Tellers From Neutral Countries Are Counting Ballots Today • EXPERTS PREDICT GERMAN VICTORY | (Copyright 1935 by United Proas) j Saarbrucken, Jan. 14— (U.R) —I Tellers from neutral countries, • prisoners under miliiary guard In I the Wartburg hall, today counted the plebiscite votes which will decide the fate of the SOO,OOO people in the 738 square miles of the rich Saar territory. The count was delayed serloitsjly because of confusion in the ballot boxes and the tellers spent 1 most of the day sorting them by districts. They hoped to complete their count by 2 a. m. tomorrow It is to be announced to the world at 8 a m. tomorrow. The vote, held yesterday, w f secret. Interviews with voters selected ut random and giving a cross section of sentiment indicated that from 50 to 75 per cent of the electorate, possibly more, cast their ballote for return to German nationality. There were 539.300 names on the voting lists—Saarlanders and persons who were living in ;he Saar when the Versailles treaty was signed. Estimates of the proportion of eliglbles who voted ranged as high as 98 per cent. There were three alternatives—to remain under the league of nation rule; to become French, or to re(CONTIXUED ON PAGE FIVE)' DIRECT MARKET PLAN APPROVED Direct Marketing of Livestock Is Not Lowering Returns Washington, Jan. 14 — (U.R) — Direct marketing of livestock was given a clean bill of health today in a report by the bureau of agricultural economica declaring the it ractice did not lower returns to farmers. The only fault with it, the bureau found in nearly a year of Investigation, is its adverse affect on stockyards operators and public market agencies, which it deprives of business. « Not only has the growth of the practice not earn ed the returns to producers to be less than they otherwise would have been, but “on the whole, producers rea'ize more on hogs n arketed direct,' the report declared. The bureau recommended several corrective measures in connection with hog marketing in eener 1. but found that d'rect marketing did not, of itself, constitute an abuse. Direct marketing has not lowered the general level of hog prices. , nor has it onerated to reduce returns to producers." Nils A. Olsen, bureau chief, raid in a foreword (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o - Regular K. Os C. Dance Tuesday — The regular K. of C. dance will be held t the Knights of Columbus . hall Tuesday evening. A good orchestra will furnish music and mem- - bens and their gueste are invitesl to , attend. o Ladies To Entertain Lions Club Tuesday The Decatur Lions club will observe ladles' night at their regular j meet at the Rice hotel Tuesday ’ evening. The ladles will present a , program which will feature eater‘alnment entirely Afferent from the ordinary entertainment. Members of the program commit-'] tee are the Mcedames R li h Roon Lloyd Cowens, Burt Mangold, Clyde : Butler and Amos Graber.

Decatur, Indiana, Monday, January I I, 1935.

Many Subscriptions Renewed Saturday Saturday was a busy day in the subscription department of the D-jlly Democrat. Among those who renewed their papers were: Eistella Mitch, route 5; Fred Reppert of this city; Mrs. F. 8. Armstrong, route 2: ' Geneva; Matthl e Kirs h of this • ity; O. L. Brentlinger. r ute 6; Ad.lph Bieberi-h. route 7; Chris Roth, route 2, Decatur; 11 E. Bax- | ter, Convoy, Ohio; Gustav Bieberich, route 2, Decatur; Fred Stauffer. rout“ 3. Decautr, Mrs. Mallnda Mattox, route 2, Monroe. Jim Gil- , bert, route 2. Decatur; Dan Roop •ind Mrs. Lavina Roop, route 2. M nI roe, W’. M- Shoiff. route 2, Decatur. John Steffen, route 2, Decatur; Howard Bluhm, Berne and S. C. Tinkham, route 2. Berne. COMMITTEES ON BIRTHDAY BALL Committees In Charge Ot Local Birthday Ball Are Listed The chairmen of some of the committees for the birthday ball for the president to be held at the Decatur Country Club on January 30. were announced today. Robert Heller is general chairman and Jesse Sutton. Jr.., chairman of the committee on arrangements. Other chairmen are checkroom and door. Chalmer DeBolt; entertainment, Ed Kauffman; decoration. Mrs. Jesse C. Sutton; flower committee, Ruth Macklin; music committee. Dorothy Young, favors, Herman Omlor, and publicity. Pete Reynolds. Carl Young's orchestra will furnish the music for the affair. The ball here will be similar to those held in over 5,000 cities in the United States on January 30. Colonel Henry L. Doherty, chairman. of the nation committee has written the following story on the purpose of the birthday balls: “The purpose of the Birthday Ball for the President is to create, through the direct help of the citizens of our country, funds with which to help victims of Infantile paralysis and support research efforts to wipe out the disease itself. “This year no part of the funds raised will go to the George Warm Springs Foundation. This is in accord with President Roosevelt’s own suggestion, in approving a recommendation of the trustees of the foundation. “Seventy cents of every dollar (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) MAKE MOVE TO FREE CAPITAL Government More Lenient Securities Regulations Washington, Jan. 14.—<U.R)—The Federal government sought today through more lenient securities regdatinuß to stnsh open the long-frozen fresh capital markets and provide work for millions. The securities and exchange commission promulgated simplified rules for registration of new secur-, ities in hope that billions of dollars of new Issues will be launch- j ed immediately. The new rules apply to "old and 1 seasoned” corporations only. Fresh regulations will be issued soon governing securities ot promotional and new corporations. The rules were the government’s answer to the complaint of financiers that there is too much red tape, expense an<l uncertainty concerning new Issues under the 193.1 securities act. Chairman Joseph P. Kennedy j said, "we must get new financing because that is the kind that puts : people to work.’’ “Reputable companies." an official statement read, "no longer have any justification to refuse to undertake new issues under the securities act.” Kennedy estimated there is at least f 3.000.000,000 in securities’ issues, ready for refunding, which has not been called. Under the new regulations, he i ON PAGE FIVE)

All PRODUCERS TO BE ELIGIBLE I All Corn-Hog Producers Eligible To Sign 1935 Contracts AU corn-hog producers, whether or not they took part in the 1935 ■ torn-hog program, will be eligible to sign the 1935 corn-hog production control contract if they are bona fide producers, it was ani nounced here today by L. E. Hoffman, who is in charge of the educational phases of the corn-hog program in Indiana. In the cases of 1934 non-signers, or new producers, such as men I who are starting farming operations this year, production allotments for 1935 will be determined by the county allotment committees in accordance with instrue--1 tlons issued by the agricultural adjustment administration and , subject to the approval of the secretary of agriculture. “This ruling will enable new producers and those who have no established production bases to . take part in the program and to I become eligible to participate in . any corn loan programs which ■ may be held next fall." Hoffman said. The 1934 corn-hog production ■ i control contract calls for a 10 to ■ 30 per cent reduction in corn acre- ■ age from the base, or from the ■average acreage planted in 1932 ■ and 1933. and a 10 per cent reduction in the number of hogs produced for market from the average production tn 1932 and 1933 • or from the base established by the county allotment committee. CURRENT BANK REPORT FILED Old Adams County Bank Report Filed In Circuit Court The second distribution for the Old Adams County bank amounted to 122,216.02 acording to a report just filed by Leo Yager, special . liquidating agent. The report is for the last three months of 1934. The inventory assets of the bank ’ on September 22 were valued at $587,915.68. They were divided as follows: mortgage loans, $85,794.92; personal and collateral loans, $303.894.80; ovedrafts, $1,071.46: U. S. bonds, $5,440.48; other bonds and securities, $26,526.47; banking house, $49,000; furniture and fixtures, $9,353.53; other real estate, $88,594.61; due from banks, $78.57: new bank account, $16,444.67; cash ' on hand. $1,716.17, and total, $587,,915.68. The following receipts in cash ! and property were not previously charged to the trust and were collected in during the P’-.ri.d covered by the report: profit and loss assets compromised, $219.36; interest received. $3,137.25; rent received, $1,130.75; miscellaneous re- , ceipts, $18.62, and total, $4,535.98. This makes the total of inventory assets for September 22, 1934, and the additional amount collected since that tiaie amounted to $592,-1 451.66. The following credits were asked for claims paid out during the (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o— Society Attends Church In Body The Holy Name society of St. Mary's Cathltlic churth attend d mass in a body Sunday morning, marching from the school houae to I the church. The members attended j the seven o’clock mass and recelv- ■ ed Holy Communion. The monthly meeting of Lie society will be held at the K. of C. hall this evenlag. Terveer Youth Is II! Os Diphtheria J_hn Bernard Terveer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Terveer, West Madison street, is 11l of diphtheria. The youth took 111 Saturday an examination held earlj' Sunday morning showed the throat infection had developed. The home lias been quarantined.

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Banquet Speaker ■ - n ».j| -w* James D. Adams, chairman ot I the Indiana state highway com- . mission, will be the principal speaker at the eleventh annual Adams county farmers’ banquet. The banquet will be held at the , Masonic hall in Decatur, Monday. February 4. JAMES D, ADAMS TO BE SPEAKER I Annual Fanners’ Banquet Will Be Held In Decatur Feb. 4 James I). Adams, chairman of the Indiana state highway com- . mission, will be the principal speaker at the eleventh annual farmers' banquet to be held at the Masonic hall in this city. Monday, February 4. - - E. W. Busche of Monroe will act as toastmaster at the banquet and plans are being made to accomI modate a crowd ot more than 200. | Reports for the year in the adult extension work will be revived and gold medal colt club, dairy club and five-acre corn club medals and ‘ other prices will be awarded at the meeting. Mr. Adams is a former Columbia City newspaper publisher, being , appointed state highway commissioner in 1933. He is well versed in county agriculture work. Under his leadership the five-acre corn ’ club movement was inaugurated in Whitley county and through his efforts the activities were expanded to a point that enrollment in the clubs was the largest of any county in the state. Mr. Adams visited this county last November when the dedication and opening of state road 527 was held at the Ohio-Indiana state line. Beeler Funeral Rites Tuesday Funeral services for Gertrude I Beeler. 17 yea>- old daughter of. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel E. Beeler, who died at her parental home. I , three miles southeast of Geneva. - Saturday afternoon, will be held Tuesday afternoon at 1 o’clock at the United Brethren church at Geneva. Rev. E. L. Eckerley will officiate and burial will be made in Riverside cemetery. The girl is survived by the par- j ents. two brothers, Daniel and i Corwin, at home. ■ ■ Funeral Services Are Held This Afternoon Funeral services for Mrs. Kath-1 ( ryn Neuenschwander. 77, widow of , i the late David C. Neuenschwander, • who died at her home in Berne , Saturday morning, were held this , afternoon at 1:45 o’clock at the , ■ home and at 2 o’clock from the Berne Mennonite church. Burial j was made in the M. R. E. ceme- ( I tery. Divorce Case Is Under Advisement Judge Hui’ier M. DeVpss has taken j under advis nieut the divor e ease ' of Elroy Winteregg vs. Mrvtle Win- j , teregg. both of Berne. The o oe [: was heard Saturd’j' m-rning and Saturday afternoon in the Adams circuit court. Each party in the suit accused t/’e other of remainpng away from here !>it“ at night. Mrs. Winteregg re used her hus- • I band of striking her on one occai slon. Eath seeks the custody of the ; son. 1

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CLAIM SEEING DRUNO SPYING ONDO-BETWEEN Second Handwriting Expert Names Defendant As Note Writer DEFENSE FAILS TO SHAKE TESTIMONY Flemington, N. J., Jan. 14. —(U.R) Three state witnesses today added the weight, of •heir evidence to identifications of Bruno Rich ar d Hauptmann as the kidnaper and murderer of Charles A. Undlu-rgh. Jr. Hildegarde Alexander, a fa’l and attractive clothing model, declared she saw Hauptmann spying on Dr. John F. Condon in a Bronx railroad station, while Condon was talking to a telecranh operator shortly after the kidnaping in March, 1932. Elbridge W. Stein, the state's second handwriting expert to dissect the ransom notes, testified to his conclusion that they were written by Hauptmann. Albert S. Osborn,, the highest priced handwriting exnert in the world, stoutly maintained h'-s conviction that the ransom notes were “11 the product of the Bronx carpenter's hand, despite a vigorous cross examination by Edward J. Reilly, chief of defense counsel. Miss Alexander's testimony came as an electrlfving surprise to the trial fans, who had settled down to listen to what they believed would be nothing but repetitions and dull handwriting testimony. The state’s first “surprise witness’’ was subjected to a bitter cross examination for 20 minutes by the chief defense counsel but she sweetly nnd firmly insisted Utpon the truth of her story. Miss Alexander related how she bad gone to the railroad station to telephone her mother from a public booth. (She walked to the far side of the waiting room, she said, and saw Dr. Condon talking to a telegraph operator. Hauptmann, she esfrt. was about 50 feat awav from Jafsie,' watching him intently. After she made her telephone (CONTINf RD ON PAGE SIX) o Receives Wnrrl Os Death Os Mother Funeral services were held th’s .afternoon for Mrs. John Schroeder 74. who d'«d Friday night at her home in Usion. Illinois. Word of her death was received here today. Mrs. Schroeder was the mother of Mrs. Fred Kamholz of Berne. Death was due to pneumonia. CARROL LAKE DIES SUNDAY Young- Decatur Man Dies Os Pneumonia After Short Illness C rrol Dillon Luke, 31, employe of the Gener l Electric plant In this citv, died at his horns, 321 North Third street. Sunday night at 10 o'clock folloiwing a short illness. Death was due to pneumonia. 'Mr lake wrs born in Adams County on November 3, 1903. a son of Loren and Fonda He was a member of the Loyal Order ot Moose and of the First Baptist church. He was employed at the General Electric plant in this city. T&e de- eased "'as a graduate of the Decatur high school with the class of 1923, and attended international Business College at Fort Wayne. Surviving are ths parents, two brothers and a sister, Ernest Lake of Indiana street, and Allee and Junior Lake at home. Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon and 1 o'clock at the home on North Third street and at 1:15 o’clock at the Baptist church. Rev. A. B. Brown will offl- late and burial will be made in the Decatur cemetery. The body will be returned to the home tonight from the S. E. Black Funeral home and may be viewed after 7:30 o’clock until time for the funeral.