Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 33, Number 18, Decatur, Adams County, 21 January 1935 — Page 1

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HGE WORK RELIEF BILL INTRODUCED

SfclONS OF iStmannon SaRKETSHOWN Show< Bruno Kpplted Heavily On hf IJock Market SHOWS 1,1 Jan. ‘-’I <U.» j ip. .lam. Bruno imdni. <>|x‘ralthe stock ,■ |.i l i<iliei!>h ILX,, ||i r prosecution KFIp nil ickin- the ~~JE”"'"' !•' "I ll ’ ' 1 s * ; it<' j,. ih-om his money *""""Ksfro as ■Ejr.r, Hie bl>by all-: Rfore|William E. Frank, the I .■ f-ls”' for ration h- had traced fIiSC t coffers. "Khich ■ n-i«t<<l n <uii, i, I dti'r up 'hief lh»p K fl I.|. ■ licit Hauptmann BP? fl 11 "' ,,l ‘ >>>!--- his complete that lie lost k iiin.’ '•-- ■■ n was the the • Mh to t 1'i..,1k read off nd BEs-’’ fa’m-s almost. Mjw except when bal- ' 1 ■is - - — ■ONTT D ON PAGE FIVE) ‘ bfSfflltlNC ; URGE IJUOTA eM Men Return From Terence With Secretary Wallace I'd Calland. field manager ■ Central S"gar company of ' and E. W. Busche, presithe Central Beet Grovers, e returned from Washingire with the assistance of ted States senators from and Ohio and Congress--1168 I. Earley, a petition | “sented to secretary of I ire 1\ allace for an in- 1 1 beet acreage in the two ! try Wal’ace received the ; tar representatives very I nd after hearing their I led a man to investigate 1 acre,"go quota could be I in the Indiana and Ohio 8. Mpected that a decision after will be made in the days. Mr. Calland stated, ai sugar fcatory has been nuota of 9.909 acres. The have petitioned that this se<l at least 1.000 acres, ’che and Mr. Calland promts and figures to the “ secretary and an at■’r was given by the cabisman Farley and several ahvee from Ohio joined ,p “ ai to Mr. Wallace to beet acreage increased >a!llr an 'l other districts. •® °r Stealing Money Smith. 32. Bi H ff ton . was to 60 days in the Adam- ! and fined $1 and costs the Adants circuit court Huber M. DeVoss. Smith Jo stealing S SI in f . ash nl loyer, Amoj K. Stone-ii-hland township form r. •’asses Bill Authorizing Loans fton. Jan. 21-(UP)-The; nL?”’ da 1)111 atithork-l bb.bOG ;n crop, feed and I 8 uuring 19.35 »»ure doubles the «,,m a „. or similar purposes Let

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Decatur Members At Moose Meeting Scvepil Moose from thin city attended the 25th anniversary meetI inc of Fort Wayne lodge number 200 at Fort Wayne Sunday. A program was .held at the Mooee heme and Paul J. S-.hmitz, director of age relief at .Moosehaven. the home tor the aged, was the principal speaker at the banquet. Among those from Decatur who attended were, Sol Ixird. dictator of Adams lodge; Charles lleare. aecreI tary; Ralph Burnett, W. H. Foughty, Casper Dilling. J J Hamrick. ’ John Gerber. An iniitiation and pro i gram was held during the day anil several hundred vleitiag Moose attended. MAKE PAYMENT ON CONTRACTS Corn-Hog Checks Are Received At County Agent’s Office „ About one-half of the Adams county corn-hog checks were received today by the corn-hog committee of County Agent L. E. Archbold’s office. The checks total $26,364 12. A total of $55,544.16 has been approved. The checks for ,the northern half of ' the county may be had immediately. The other checks will be in Berne and Geneva Wednesday. The other checks will be received soon it is expected. All have been approved. A delay in the mails is thought to lie the reason why the checks have not been received. County Agent 1.. 15. Atchbold stat'd today that as soon as the other cheeks come into his office he will notify the i growers through the Decatur Democrat and other papers in the . ci hi nty The cheeks which have been received and are now available at tho county agent’s office are' Kirkland township from "A" to Dan Stepler: Washington townI ship from “M” to “Z", and all of St. Mary's township.. The checks for contractors with names beginning with “B" and to those with names beginning with | “W” may be had Wednesday at the First Rank of Berne. The following checks will be available Wednesday, January 23, at the Andy Briggs garage in Geneva: Hartford township, checks from ‘D” to “’Z ”; Wabash town- : ship, checks from “A" to "Y ", and all of Jefferson township. The checks represent the second payment of one dollar on hogs an'l fifteen cents on corn. There will be another payment of two dollars for hogs. This is the last corn check and ho the cost of administration has been deducted. COLD WEATHER HITS INDIANA Temperatures Drop As Much As 30 Degree Within Few Hours Indianapolis. Jan. 21 — (II.R) A severe cold wave sweeping in from the west struck Indiana today, dropping temperatures as much as 30 degrees within a few hours. By night the temperature is expected to reach 10 below in northern sections of the state and zeto ;n central and south portions, according to J. H. Armington, met eorologist at the U. S. waether bureau here. A blizzard which accompanied cold weather farther west will miss Indiana, it was expected. Skies will clear this afternoon and the weather will remain fair until tomorrow night, tho forecast said. Armington predicted there would be no break in the cold for at least 36 hours. Terre Haute was the first Indiana city to be hit by the cold. The temperature there registered 16 above at 7 a. m. and wae drop-1 ping rapidly. In Indianapolis, the temperature fell from 50 at 2 a. tn. to 20 at 9 a. m.. a drop of 30 degrees in seven hours. Freezing weather. following | heavy rainfall, made highways and streets extremely hazardous. Traction cars were expecting to I have difficulty in maintaining their schedules because of sleet on trolley wires and tracks. Motorists were warned to proceed cautiously on highways.

TWOGANGSTERS SHOOT WAY DDT OF POLICE NET J Alvin Karpis And Harry Campbell Wanted For Kidnaping TWO WOMEN HELD FOLLOWING RAID i Atlantic City. N. J.. Jan. 21.—<U.R) —Department of justice agents today pressed police of a score of i cities into a » arch for Alvin K rpis and Hurry Campbell, !a.st «ur- j viving members of the nortorious Qai pis-Barker gang, that extendI ed along the Altanttc searboard j from Washington to Boston. Karpis and Campbell are wanted for the kidnaping of Edward G. Bremer of St. Paul. Local police in towns along the coist and oh far west us Chicago were instructed to shoot to kill If they encountered Karpis. now puls . lice enemy No. 1 because federal . agents have killed or captured smarter and more desperate gang sterj. He proved hie right to the succession yesterday when he and Campbell machine-gunned their way through a police trap in a hotel • and escaped in a stolen motor ear. Although more than 200 shots were exchanged, the only one injured was Dolores Delaney, 22, one of two women the gunmen left behind. Miss Delaney will give birth ' to a baby this week. She was said' to be Karpis sweetheart. I I iFederal agents felt th j y had fled Atlantic City and the vicinity, heading either south to Wasshing- ' ton and Baltimore, west to Chicago. ' or north to New York and Boston. ( CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) 239 STUDENTS ABE ENROLLED Classes Under Federal Program Are Started In County ' There are 239 students now enrolled in the 33 federal emergency educational classes in the tounty I W. O. Little, ocunty silfervi-or an- ■ noun- ed today. I I iClasses have now begun in Decatur, Bobo, Pleasant Mills. Monroe. 1 Preble. Genevo. and Hartford town 1 i ship. They will be held in the even--1 ings. Mr. Little also announced the 1 schedule of class s for the county. It in: Decatur Monday: music Chorus) Mina Collier, 6:3ft to 8; music (rale Thorns) Mina Collier. 8 to 9:30; German. Emmerson. Wheeler, 7 to 8:30; health, Emerson Wheel r, ■ 8:30 to 10. Tuesday : psychology, Fan y Reynolds. 8 to 9:30; cooking. Fancy R. yn:,ld.s. 6:30 to 8; German, Em- , ers n Wheeler, Tto 8:30; ’ Thursduy: music (piano, Mina Collier. 8:30 to 10; English, Benjamin Teefde. 6:30 ta 8; dia.naties Mina Collier, 6:30 to 8; chalk talks, | Edythe Chew, 8 to 9:30. Friday' p. nmanehip, Edythe Chew 8 to 9:30; sewing. Fancy Reynolds. 6:30 to 8 p. m.; psychology. Emerson Wheeler. 6:30 to 8 o'clock; Bobo Wednesday: arithnifi-tic, Beiijamin Teeple, 6 to 7:30; musi" (chorus), Mina Collier. 6 to 7:30. Pieasant Mills Tuesday: arithmetic. Benjamin Teeple, 6 to 7:30; English, B nja-1 min Teeple. 7:30 to 9; music j (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) Volunteer Firemen Will Meet Tonight The Dicatur volunteer firemen will meet at the engine house on Seventh street tonight at 7 ociock. All members are urged to attend. — — o Adams County Men At Short Course Four Adams county y ung men are taking the eight weeks’ short course at Purdue University this year They are as follows: Harold Smith, who will study dairy manti-1 facture; D vid Wynn, who is also i taking the dairy manufacture , course; Ardon Mosser. dairy (production, and Reinhold KJdewey. animal httfibandy. The course started today. I

Decatur, Indiana, Monday, January 21, 1935.

Sees Kidnapers Rounded Up Tfl l (Jisnn ,4g. Ik’ 1 ' Edward G. Bremer (right). St. Pail) banker and brewer, poses a year after his kidnaping by the Barker-Karpis gang and on the same day Arthur (Doe) Barker (left) is brought to St- Paul to stand trial. Barker's mother and brother were killed a few days ago by Federal agents in Florida. Only one of the gang is still at liberty.

RECEIVE FUND DISTRIBUTION County’s Share of Common School Revenue Is $4,231.48 A check for $4,231.48 was received today from the state by County Treasurer John Wechter. It is Adams county's share of the common school revenue. This fund is built up from fines and forfeitures paid the stat". Each county is allotted a certain amount of the interest from the fund. The county's allotment ibased on the total average daily attendance. The average dally nt- * tendane" here is 4.487.32 and computed on the total average over " the state the county will recieve 942984 for each pupil. The money was distributed to-, day in County Auditor John W.; Tyndall’s office. The distribution to tlie 12 townships and the two city school cities is: Blue Cr°ek, 1*164 47; Fceneh. $188.33: Hartford.: !$203.84: Jefferson. $155.69: Kirk-; 'and. $199.94: Monroe. $419.37:1 Preble. $196.07: Root. $205 70; St.) x’arvs. $222.71: Union. $160.87;! Wabash. $456.10- Washington. ; $3lO 18; Berne, $365.12; Decatur. $983.09. With this distribution the con-; I gressio-al e- bool int rest was also, ! paid. This money was originally i i made by the sale of the 16th see-; i tion of each congressional town-! shin. The amount raised by the' original sales has been kept intact ; but the interest paid each year to i the schools. The distribution for one half of, the year as computed in the I | county- auditor's office is- B''io ! Creek, principal, $1,200, distribu(CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) ORGANIZATIONS s SPONSOR DANCE Lejrion And Auxiliary To Hold Sunper And Dance Thursday The Decatur American Legion! and Legion auxi'iary will jointly' snonsor a pot luck supper and j dance at the Moose, home on north i Second street Thursday night of! this week. All proceeds of the dance will ] be used to further the child w»l-1 fare and rehabilitation program I conducted by the two organiza-! tions. The supper and dance will be ; for legionnaires and auxiliary: members, their wives, husbands; and sw-eethearts. On'v members > and their guests will be admitted. I The supper will be served at 6 o'clock. All attending are asked to bring a covered dish and table, service. The dance will start at 9 o’clock, i Admission price of 50 cents per counle will be charged. A good : orchestra has been obtained to j furnish the music. Tickets may be obtained at the I door or from the following mem-l-e’-s of the organizations: Albert Miller. Charles Massnnnee. Nick Braun. Vernon Attrand, Ti'lmnn Gehrig, Mlles Roop. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Miller. Mr. and Mrs. V. .1. Bormann, Evelyn Gladfelter, Helen Weber, and Mrs. Mary Yoder of Berne.

Annual Report Os Church Made The annual statistical report of| St. Mary’s Catholic church, ehows there were 47 b ptksms and 19 deaths in the • ongregation during 1934. Marriag -s numbered 11. Holy i Communions received numbered 43.-1 100. The financial re,; rt shows re-1 c ipts of $32,479.78 and expenditures of $31,415.19. leaving a bal-, once of $2.163 48 on hands. January! 1 1. 19(15. The report shows SIO,OOO wa ) ! p id on the school house and $4. 421.75 in interest during th 1 year, i The report was read by Father J. J. Seimetz. pastor, at the Sunday I masses. The contributions of parish ! ionu'S are listed in the printed re-j i port. NO DELINOOENT TAX SALE HERE No Delinquent Sale In County For Third Straight Year For the third successive year n > : delinquent tax sales will be held in Adams county, County Auditor John l W. Tyndall announced today. The !-.’ounty officials are acting under I the athority of a bill passed by the Indiana genera! asseanbly last week, i Several counties will advertise; l ditch and Barret law assessments which Adams county officials will not do this year bee use of the i small number. | It was stated that the moratorium holds good for taxes assessed I in 1933 for 1934 and will continue in effect in 1936. provided taxes are i paid this year. However, if current 1935 taxes are not p id, the prop- ' erty involved will be offered for j I sale in 1936. i Despite th? m ratorium. a three; I per cent penalty and eight per cent I interest from the date of the delin-| quen- y will be eb rged against all delinquent taxes. ! The act authorizing the tax morai torium, known as ‘ Enrolled Act No.: I 18 Senate." is an emergency act, effective immediately aft ■ rits pas- ! sage- Excel, rts from the act follojv: “Section 1. Be it enacted by the I general assembly of the State of In ! di-ina, that none of the lands and ' lots returned and remaining delin- ' quent for the non payment of taxes. !as -h wn by the Isis prepared and I re -orded by the county auditor or | (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) Financial Bill Passed By House Indianapolis. Jan. 21—(UP) —The! j administration bill amending the j 1935 financial institutions act wa.s p.ssed by the house, 90 to 3. and Is'ent to the senate today. The bill will make possible the I release of three million to four mil-1 : lion dollans of deposits fr zen in ; several northern Indiana banks. o November Term Os Circuit Court Ends The November term of the Adams circuit court ended Saturday afternoon. There will be a two week’s vacation and the February term will he a two week’s vacation and the Febru ry t rm will begin Mon- ’ <’> v. February 4. The clerk is nowpreparing a report of the case-, handled during the last term. Only 12 cases have sofar been placed on, the calendar for the it xt term. I

ENTIRE NATION SUFFERS FROM COLD WEATHER Snow, Sleet And Rain Mark Severest Weather Os Winter FLOOD FEARED IN SOUTHERN STATES By United Press A blustering cold wave that blew its ley breath over more than threefourths of the I’nited States and . extender! deep into the sunny south moved in full fury toward the eastern xeaboard today. Snow, sleet, and torrential rains ! added to the nation's suffering in the worst weather of the winter. Temperatures dropp d to more than 3(1 degrees below zero. Traffic virtually was at a standstill in | many sections with highways a I glassy glare of ice. Transportation lagged far behind schedules as locomotive wheels ■ churned without taking grip on ice1 coated rails. Huge snowdrifts iso- : lated wide areas of the northwest and elementary schools in St. Paul were closed when the temperature fell to 18 below zero. Service on ■ the nation's airways was irregular. The belated cold wave, sweeping ■ out of the Canadian Rockies, drove the temperature down to 34 degrees below zero at International i Falls. Minn., the coldests spot in . i the United States. It was 32 below Jat Devil's Lake. N. D. Temperatures in Minnesota were between 20 and 24 degrees below zero, in . North Dakota between 24 and 32 . below, in South Dakota about 20 below and between six and IS below I in lowa. The cold, extending to the Pacific coast, sent temperatures to the zero mark in Missouri. Kansas and ( Oklahoma. It was six above at St. Louis but in the northwestern cornier of the state St. Joseph reported readings of eight below. Freezing weather was reported at many points along the west coast. 1 It was 21 below at Soda Springs in ’he California Sierras and 14 be-: low at Spokane. Wash. Ranchers in the citrus groves of , Arizona and southern California , burned smudge pots to save ripening fruit. Ten deaths were recorded in the (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) o Two Diphtheria Cases Reported Two rases of diphtheria were re-1 ported in Adams county for the | week ending Saturday. January 12 i according to the morbidity report j publ shed by the Indiana division : of public Dealt It. A total number of 52 cases of the dise se w»is report- . ed in the state, an increase of 13 over the preceding week. o SIX PERSONS OIE IN STATE Four Killed In Traffic Accidents As Fog Blankets State Indianapolis. Jan. 21. —(U.R) —Accidents caused the deaths of at least six persons in Indiana over the week-end. a United Press survey showed today. Four persons were killed in traffic crashes as a heavy fog blanketed the state. James L. Collins. 30. Gary, was killed when he drove his automo- ! bile into the side of an Elgin. Joliet and Eastern railroad train. Mrs. Elmer Morris. Tipton. was killed and her husband was injured critically when he drove his automobile into the side of a Nickel Plate freight train near their home. Mrs. Ora Browning. 65. of near Indianapolis, was killed instantly and five other persons were injured in a head-on collision of two automobiles at the northwestern edge of Indianapolis. Injuries suffered by Walter H. Rogers, Jr.. 13. Lafayette, in an auto-train craslt Friday night caused his death in a Lafavette hospital. His sister. Mary Louise. 12, : was killed instantly in the accident. Lester Kimmel. 37, Kendallville, drowned in Bixler Lake while fishin a through the ice. Carbon monoxide poisoning caused the death of Frank Mason, 45, Delphi, while working on his auto1 mobile iu a closed garage.

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Factory Orders Show Increase ■■ -it —- Orders r<v elved by the General Electric Company during 1934. ! amounted to $183,660,303 oompared with $142,770,791 for 1933, an In crease of 29 p-r cent, according to an announcement of President Garard Swope. Orders for the quarter ended December 31, amounted to $51,046.740 | compared with $37,985,790 for the larit quarter of 1933, an Increase of 34 per cent. (Sales billed and earnings for the : year 1934 are not yet available. The complete annual rep rt will be is-: sued in March. HUGE NATIONAL FORESTTO BE ESTABLISHED 300,00(1 Acre Forest In Southern Indiana Is Planned SUBMARGINAL LAND TO BE PURCHASED Indianapolis. Jan. 21 (U.R) Expected action today by the Indiana legislature and a special congressional committee will speed establishment of a 300.(MM>acre national forest in 11 southern Indiana counti 's. The program recommended last week by the state planning commission is being approached from two sides. In th.> legislature, a bill giving authority to the federal government to purchase lands in Indiana for conservation purposes was ready for passage by the senate. In Washington, tho special land acquisition committee of congress was scheduled to approve the recommendation of the national forest service, providing for o<penditure of $2,500,000 to purchase 300.000 to 500.000 acres in southern Indiana. The congressional appropriation already has been approved, and i action by the land acquisition committee is merely a formality. The legislature bill is expected to go to tho house today where it will be ushed through to executive signature. Under the plan, farmers living in Monroe. Lawrence, Brown. ; Floyd. Harrison. Jackson, Martin. Orange. Perry. Crawford and Washington counties would sell submarginal land The tracts will Ibe purchased only from farmers willing to sell, it was announced i by Virgil Simmons, director of the state conservation department. The entire tract will be reforested. Much of the land, now worthless from an agricultural standpoint, will be valued at S3OO to S6OO art acre within 30 years, it was estimated. Besides establishing a national forest tract, the state and national i conservation divisions will join forces tq establish wild life refuges , and game preserves, state and national forest areas, recreation: areas and camps for underprivii leged workers. Purchase of the land would he , spread out ov »r a 25-year period and each tract would be developed into its socialized use it is acquired. the state planning board suggested. In addition to increasing the i value of the land in the section the government hopes to raise living standards and reduce taxa(CONTTNUED ON PAGE THREE) Double Funeral For Fort Wayne Couple Double fun rd services will be held Tuesday afternoon at Fort Wayne for John S- Blakesley. 69. who died at his home at 2535 South Lafayette street. Fort Wayne, Sunday .morning, and his wife. Mrs. Ltr la Blakesley. who died last Friday. Services will b? held at 2 o’clock at the Klaehn and Sons' funeral home and at 2:30 o’clock at the Third Presbyterian church. Services at the funeral home will be private. Burial will be made in the Lindenwo d cemetery. Mr. and Mrs. Blakesley were both well known in De' atur, having visited here frequenty while their son was manager of the Central Electric company in Decatur. Mr. Blakesley was active in the Masonic lodge. Surviving are two sons, George R. Blakesley of Fort Wayne and Lyman Blaksley of Los Angeles, California.

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FINAL FORM OF MEASURE GIVES BROADTOWERS Bill Provides Nearly Five Billions For Work Relief F. 1). R.’s WISHES ARE CARRIED OUT Washington, .lan. 21 < U R ) llie administi’ation’s sl.XXO.tKMUMMI work relief bill was introtluced in the house todav by Chairman James Buchanan of the house appropriations committee. The measure in its final form gave the President the broad relief powers he had requested and lacked any provisions earmarking the huge fund. Speaker of the House Joseph W. Byrns admitted that there was "considerable sentiment" for earmarking the relief fund. "But it is absolutely impracticable to do that.” he added. * Under the plan the bill will be brought up tomorrow for general debate and passed under a gag rule either late tomorrow or sometime Wednesday. Last minut•? changes may be made in the bill as a result of i hearings being held today by the committee at which secretary of treasury Henry Morgenthau. Jr., and budget director Daniel W. Bell appeared. Os the total. $880,000,000 is set aside for immediate relief purposes. The $880,000,000 will come from present unexpended govern- : ment balances. I Washington. Jan. 21 — (U.R) —A ; smashing dem metration of admtn- > istration power was planned by I leaders today as a signal to the ■ ■ country that President Roosevelt would have the full backing of i congress in his legislative program for the present session. i This strategy, consisting of a I series of operations with the house i leadership holding a tight rein over its membership, was designed to dispel any feeling that congress might run rampant and enact "wild" or “half-baked” leg- . islation. The guiding hand of Vicespresi- . dent John N. Garner, past master . at such parliamentary maneuverings. was seen in the congressional setting for this week. Garner has been active in timing legislation for the newly born congress and his advice and counsel are playing an important part in the legislative planning. House leaders planned to pass, with a minimum of debate and under a strict ruling prohibiting unwanted amendments, the administration’s $4,880,000,090 work relief bill. The administration has insisted this legislation be approved without testricting the use of the money to certain projects. By putting a prompt stop to any "log rolling'' —a legislative game by which sectional Interests have been satisfied in the past through vote trading—the leaders hope to show the country that ite (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE' HUGH T. HOGAN IS FOUND DEAD Fort Wayne City Controller Found In Basement Os Home Fort Wayne, Ind., Jan. 21.—(U.R) —Hugh T. Hogan. 36, city controller under the Republican nekime for the paast three weeks, was found dead from strangulation and a possible fractured or cervical vertabra in the basement of his home hero last night. A rope used for a swing in the basement, on which Hogan exercised, according to Mrs. Hogan, was fastened tightly about his neck. Members of the family advanced the theory that he became entwined in the rope while taking his exercise. He is survived by’ a widow and four children. Mr. Hogan was well known in Decatur, having visited here. He was a brother of Harry Hogan, Fort Wayne attorney, also well known in this city.