Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 33, Number 26, Decatur, Adams County, 30 January 1935 — Page 1

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lions VOTE MSI COURT If TUESDAY B n |s stunning ■ lor Roosevelt Bjministration ■tix doubt Ktii i .\"i x,,rE Hjnuluii. Jan. 30. (U ") K.. h . ..ilirl-t lice t«> the Kurt IkGinie .1 ■ issi'c (<hl:iv. the el ill l ' C'llll't ■ s uenerallv was beHnit\ii> Hie ' ml el the ■’l .•H'ministral ion’s ■ i Viiieriean Klion. ■ ac -, ■» I" -thirds ■hr " :, i' ■,, Then followed a Kyi nt Wi-rd' Aim K. bv radio. Mr-. Frank- ■ ....- ■ the radio • ■ ■ X. vt.>-> ■ a-,,;, ■ >•' n.akn.a issue ■ tod lid' 1 interest for lb.' ■rh ■ns pro i.nd < ■ns' ■Vote Sttitji. ,i t'A .i 1 ■tsterdar at'- ■ • ■■ wi.- ■ ias '’ali'd t!;. ■uwn short ’he tvothirds ■feat ws< ■him tor u ■ toi-Aa”. ■ the ■t sations. ■»>-..■ ■>'-- V • ■inn. Father Coughlin ■aim: Ir the >. nate. the ■n »a- led bv S>-n. Hiram ■son, R.. Cal.. who has 81..B 1 .. iio ■ participation first was ■ »!'■■ ;i <!•■• ade ago. Bob' »as a “tunning defeat ■Roosevelt administration. ■Me to the «< na’o refusal Br to ratify the St. LawrBVW ON PAGE FIVE) JIWEREST pERAPPED I Banking DenartPronogcs Law f Curb Practices fcooiis. Ind.. Jan. SO—(UP) ■ to curb oppressive prac- ■ un finance comjwwubrokers and similar ftj aßenc ‘ es was recomB t ’ ! h} ’ ’Ue state banking ►'"OK report submitted to F V. McNutt, outlined "AIptacticu C f excess intere^t [ an(i r «ommended that F “ eps taken to proP SB or credit. PWI condemned the chargf rest on discounted loans F actually paid and add IZT rates often are conL 6 Purchase prices of P*‘lcß. Mil investme nt companies KI? under atrto re ">>- L / he Proposed bill. Iwoiiu'k*' 1 and comi »«rcial In Prohibited from hentl an ° ne and onfi[L month on loans of then ° n,y - tbs WMv*° Ul<i 1,6 Permitted or an of future L? Rb ON page SIX) fjnize FEE I At Monmouth h«Xn"v mG V in ’ ° f lhe h hpl ‘l at’ th* 1 V Classes hwsday u Monm °uth block ’’ Jan, 'ary 31, at L‘" Ibose f?t nnty RU P prvis or. to ah„T ted in ad ult r » »hat n ’ eetin R * be offered.

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Helps Sister Elope jr ’ ' I 17 BL ■ ' Mb 1 r1 : ...v., - 1 i a, WBg&i i. t Egjgk «Jr?f 11 I I , Here is pretty Anne De Waldon . Cooke, who h reported to have r helped her sister. Jane, elope with , , the Cooke family chauffeur. George S. Scarlett, an event which stirred Washington society circles. The girls are daughters of Mr. j , and Mrs. Howard De Waldon Cooke, prominent socialites. 1 j BIRTHDAY BALL : STAGE IS SET ■ c * V Plans Are Completed For I Birthday Ball At Conn- 1 j try Club - \ <■ Dans for the birthday ball for ; ■ the President to be held at the , i Decatur Country club this evening t t were completed this afternoon. t ■ The decorations were finished ] i Tuesday afternoon. Informality i will be the keynote. t Tickets will seil for one dollar | < a couple and may be purchased at j the door. Single admissions will be 50 cents. The price will in- | elude everything from the party j I to the last floor show. Carl Young's orchestra will furnish the music. The grand march will begin at 9:15 o'clock. Cards will be played before the grand march. The members of the i card committee have asked that all who wish to play be at the I country club at 7:30 o'clock. The games will start at 7:45 o’clock. Those who come later than 7:45 will be permitted to play cards and will be eligible for prizes. ] They will he handicapped by the possible higher scores of those who began earlier. The prizes for the card games have a’l been donated. Those who t donated are: the General Electric ! plant, Schafer Hardware store. ' Callow & Kohne drug store. Putn- ’ < r (CONTINI.ED ON PAGE SIX) ; o — c HALLECK WINS I < CONGRESS SEAT, ■ ’ Reoublican Wins Special ' Second Congressional District Election , Logansport. Ind.. Jan. 30—(U.R) — ' . Indiana Republicans clung to their ' lone seat in Congress today follow- ( I ing the election of Charles A. H il- , i 1 leek, 35 year old prosecutor of i . Ja.'per county. j He defeated George R. Durgan. , Lafayette, the Democlratic nominee. by a majority of 5.085 votes I in the special second district elec- ,, tlon yesterday. Complete, unofficial returns, as ( compiled by the United Press i gave: Halleck 50,218 Durgan 45,134. 1 The special election was necessitated by the death of Frederick f I-andis. Logansport, who defeated ' 1 Durgan in the general election ' ' last November bv approximately ' 11.000 votp>» Landis was the only Republican to withstand the land- ; slide which sent 11 Democratic a • representatives and the second 1 (CONTINUED - ON PAGE TWO) t

SUPREME COURT ISSUES RULING ON AMENDMENTS Ten-Day Recess of Legislature Mav Result From Surprise Ruling MAJORITY VOTE FOR AMENDMENTS Indianapolis. Jan. 30. — (U.R) — A 10-day recess of the state legislature, to allow members time to digest a supreme court decision drastically changing methods of amending the state constitution, was contemplated today. * The decision, handed down by the high state court late yesterday provides widespread new powers for the legislature and may result in revision of the entire legislative program, it was pointed out. Possibility that a recess may be necessary was expressed by Sen. Jacob Weiss. Ind anapolis, president pro teni of the senate. “The decision was so wide in scope that it may disrupt the entire legislative program, 1 ' Weiss said. The court ruled that only a majority of the votes cast on a proposed constitutional amendment is necessary for ratification.. The decision was a reversal of a ruling by the same court in 1913 which held that amendments to the constitution can be ratified only by receiving a majority of all votes cast in a general election. The decision was such a surprise that legislative leaders were unable to determine immediately what effect it. would have cm. tt)e current session. They were sure, however, that the ruling would revive several constitutional amendments which were believed killed under the old interpretation of the law. Outstanding among those amend ments was one which gives the legislature power to enact a net income tax. Other amendments which may be revived as result of the decision would be: Increase the number of supreme (CONTINUEID ON PAGE FIVE) ALLEGE PLAN 10 INCREASE RATE Former Detroit Mayor Charges Utilities ith Agreement Indianapolis. Jan. 30—(U.R) —An alleged agreement between two large utility holding companies to obtain monopolistic control of gas distribution in northern Indiana and establish exhorbitant rates was charged today by John M • Smith, former mayor of Detroit. Smith, chairman of the newly organized Cities Alliance which is demanding a congressional investigation of natural gas pipe line companies, will testify Monday before an Indiana legislative committee investigating gas interests in Indiana. , Extension of the legislative in- ' quiry into details of the alleged agreement was urged by Smith. He said the agreement wo»’d | affect all larger communities with-; in 50 miles of a line extending . from near Rockville. Ind., to Detroit. including South Rend. Fort , Warne. Logansport. Peru, Wa-:, hash. Huntington, Warsaw. Au- , burn. Kendallville and others. The agreement was arranged by ( (CONTINUED ON PAGE) SIX) o I Callonr] Conferring With Government Men J. Ward Calland. field manager , for the Central Sugar company of | this city is in Washington this week f working with the sugar section of the AAA. Mr. Calland returned from ; ( Omaha, Neb., Sunday and left immediately for Washington. He will t be gone until the Ist of the week j and ' s working with officials rela- ( tive to work out a formula per- , Mining to the sugar beet acreage in the Decatur territory.

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, January 30, 1935.

A Happy Birthday .Si. * IBr • I >" ; A,/ Franklin Delano Rooseve' . President of the United States, will be honored in 5.000 cities of the nation tonight when dances celebrating the chief executive's birthday will be held throughout the country. All proceeds from the birthday balls will be used to further the fight against infantile paralysis.

DESIGN PLANS FOB RAILROADS Six-Point Legislative Program Designed To Aid Transportation Washington, .lan. 30. — (U.R) — Transportation co rdinator Joseph B. Eastman urged upon congress today a six-point legislative program designed to turn America's haphazard transportation facilities into an integrated national system. In a two-volume report bristling with criticisms and blunt statei ments of fact. Eastman said gov- ' eminent operation of the railroads probably would be “inevitable" if congress frowned on the plan or transporation executives balked at cooperating. The laws he proposed would do these things: 1. Put bus. truck, boat, pipe line ! and possibly airplane companies,| as well as the railroads, under strict interstate commerce commission regulation so as to give all carriers a n even break insofar as the government is concerned. 2. Reorganize the interstate com(CONTLNUED ON PAGE SIX) HUGE FUND TO IMPROVEROADS State Plans To Spend Over 160 Million In 10 Years Indianapolis, Jan. 30. — (U.R) — A 10-year state highway improvement program to cost $169,490,000 was recommended in the report of the state planning commission submitted to Gov. Paul V. McNutt. Jan. 18, the United Press learned today. The program calls for improvement of 7,240 miles of roads, including the widening of 678 miles of concrete highways to 40 feet, and the widening of 1,548 miles to 30 feet. It was understood that the program was recommended to the planning commission by engineers for the state highway department. The projects recommended by counties follow: Allen: Widening of 27 miles of roads to 40 feet, $945,000; widening of 49 miles to 30 feet. $1,250,000; building 17 miles of concrete roads in kind, $527,000: rebuild 14 (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE)

College Quartet Here Next Sunday 1 'Henry Bu-sche of this city, who is I m king a tour of northern Indiana high echcols with the Indiana Central quartet, broadcast over radio ’ station WOWO in Fort Wayn- this afterncon. The quartet will be heard Sunday morning at th? Union Chapel church during the worship service and : t the First Methodist church in this city at 7 o’clock Sunday evening. BERNE QUARTET SINGS AT CLUB I 1 Decatur Lions Entertained Bv Berne Singers Tuesday Night —— , The Borne male nuartet enter- , tained the Decatur Lions Club at . the regular meeting Tuesday eve- ; ning at the Rice hotel. Merle . Ellenberger had charge of the ■ program. , The quartet, led bv C. T. Ha- . hegger sang "The Winter Song,” j , "Drink to Me only with Thine Eyes." “Home on the Range," “Go Down Moses.” “Heaben" and 1 ' Mandy Loe.” The nuartet members included Mr. Habegger, Leslie Lehman. Milo Habegeer and Emerson Neuensch wander. The local Lions club has been ’ asked to have charge of the pro-1 gram for the Fort Wavne Lions club entertainment Wednesday. February 13. The local club will i present French Quinn who will aive an address on "Abraham " Lincoln.” f Twelve eounles of Decatur Lions 1 •ind Lionesses attended the dance 1 and talent revue given at the 1 Catho'io Community Center last ‘ Wednesday evening. The Decatur club i« particinat- 1 Ing in an all around championship contest sponsored by Lions Inter-: £ national. The local club has ad- 1 vanced from fortieth to fourteenth ! position in the contest which op- ’ ened November 1 and will close * April 30. o Back Salaries Paid For NRA Violations t . t In 20 cases in Indiana during the porin'! of January 5 to 19 back sal- I aries were returned to 241 ent- s nloyes amounting to $7,311.28 for 1 NRA violations. The cases were t in Anderson. Columbia City, Fort 1 Wayne. Gary, Hammond, Indian- I apolis, Muncie and Seymour. : 1

ESTIMATE COST AT HOMESTEADS Cost of Houses Expected To Be Less Than $3,000 Each Austin A. Watrous, project manager for the Decatur homesteads, is pre: aring a tentative estimate of the cost of each of the 48 houses being constructed here. it ie expected that no house with the lot and 'ill the improvements will cost over $3,000. The estimates when approved by Washington will be u‘sed to make up the temporary contracts. These contracts will be signed by the (prospective homesteader and used until bouses are completed and the exact 1 cost of each complete house is known. The work on the project is pro-' grossing satisfactorily and it is expected the houses will be ready for occupancy by about the last of March. The sewers will be install- 1 ed and connections made to the houses before they will be turned over to the homesteaders. Miss Evelyn Miller, who formerly served as secretary in the local office, has returned from St. Petersburg. Florida, and will begin working in the office here next Friday. The furnaces, plumbing and other features of the interiors of the houses are now being installed. The rooms of one of the houses will soon be painted. This will serve as a model for the others. o— ' Roof Fires Cause Damage Here Today Two roof fires which occurred in : Detatur this morning caused dam- ' ag • estimated at >63. The first fire was at the Bonifas restaurant on Winchester street' and was caused by a defective chimney. The loss was estimated at S6O. The second fire with damage of three dollars was >it the Delma Elzey residence on North Tenth street. The roof was slightly damaged by the fire which started from a s.park from the chimney. o — Ball State Teacher To Be Here Monday Mrs. S. M. Lane, head of the art department nt Ball State Teachers College. Muncie, wil address the j meeting of the Woman's Club to be i held in the Library Hall Monday night at 7:45 o'clock. Mrs. Lane will give a lecture on “Art in Everday Living” together with stereoptical views The speaker has been head of the art department at the college for a number of years and her lecture promisee to be one of the most interesting pre-. sented before the Woman’s Club. The Art department of the local club will have charge of the program. STUDENT ASKS 5T,500 DAMAGE Fort Wayne High School Student Asks Damages After Stabbing Fort Wayne, Ind., Jan. 30. —(U.R) ' —Suit for $7,500 was filed in superior court No. 1 here yesterday in behalf of Henry Elmer Webb, Jr... 19. South Side high school band member Who was stabbed in the abdomen by Ralph Schwartz, 16. a fellow band member, last December 14. The stabbing took place during a heated argument between the boys who after they had been engaged in a controversy for two weeks about who should “play the drum breaks” in the band's performance at the Shrine auditorium the night of the fracas. The suit charges that Webb’s abdominal wall was pierced and an operation rendered necessary to save his life, weakened his gen-i era! condition and endangered his future health. The victim, it was stated, was obliged to remain in a hospital for several weeks, his! medical expenses totaling $538, and he was required to remain away from school while he was recuper-j ating from the stabbing.

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Says Lifer Innocent with R ■ * 11 ysli ■ .<■ So that an "innocent man" j might be saved from serving any more time on a Florida chain gang, Edward B. Kinna, alias Eddie Day. above has confessed to police at Akron, O„ that he shot and killed M. 11. Bedell in a Florida resort in 1930, the crime for which a “Joseph Cook” now is serving a life sentence in the southern slate. Kinna has been arrested on a charge of suspic ion in Akron. Cook also is said to j have confessed shooting Bedell. ROOSEVELT TO SPEAK ON RADIO President Observes 53rd Birthday; To Broadcast Tonight Washington. Jan. 30. — (U.R) — ■ President Roosevelt celebrated his . 53rd birthday today by working as usual in the White House execu- ! tive office. Virtually the only visible evidence of the occasion was a room piled high with gifts and huge stacks of congratulatory messages. They came from almost every state, a great tribute to the President's personal popularity. About the only variance from the usual White House routine was a birthday party scheduled for tonight. Members of the family and a few close friends are to be pres- . ent. The birthday cake is to have only 21 candles. Mrs. Roosevelt explained “it is a custom in our family” that no one ever has more than that number. After the dinner Mr. Roosevelt will return to his study to work on ' details of his recovery program. ■ Later in the evening he will speak ; ' over a radio network, thanking' i contributors to the fight on infantile paralysis. The President's interest centered chiefly upon birthday balls to i be held in all parts of the country, the proceeds to be devoted to wag- I ing a scientific war against infan-j tile paralysis. Last year he permitted his name to be used in connection with similar celebrations. More than $500.-i 000 was raised for the Warm ■ ' Springs foundation which he estab-: lished as a place for victims of the ■ disease. This year 70 per cent of i contributions are to be used in the ( r ONTINUEiD ON PAGE FIVE) ZZTYZimZ - ' 4 . -A FIRST PATIENT 1 ■i ' I i | The first patient from Ad- I ! I ams county and one of the ' i I first if not the first to be ad- | I I mitted to the Riley hospital in | 1 | I Indianapolis was a victim of I I infantile or creeping paralysis. ; ’ | He was Mark Noble, son of Mr. I < I and Mrs. Carl Noble, formerly I f | of WJecatur. At the time he ! i 1 was about 10 years of age. | 1 I Largely through the efforts of I > ' the late Martin F. Worthman I I i and the Decatur Rotary club j i ■ ' the boy was admitted on No- i ■ 1 vember 19, 1924. The Riley ' j I hospital is now being equipped t i I similar to the Warm Springs. 1 1 I I Georgia Foundation where Li I President Roosevelt affected I i j I his cure. The proceeds from I t 1 I the local birthday ball for the 1 President may be used to eend | ! some crippled Adams county I t I i boy or girl to the institution. | i 0— < £

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SWEARS BRUNO WITH HER WHEN BABY KIDNAPED Prosecuting Attorney Leads Mrs. Hauptmann Into Contradictions ON WITNESS STAND MOST OF THE DAY Flemington. N. J.. Jan. 3>(l (U.R) Bruno Richard Hauptmann and his wile completed today lhe story they hope will save Ilaunimann from execution lor lhe murder of Hie Lindbergh baby. Mrs. Anna llaupimann 101 l the witness chair in midafternoon. idler she had «worn to three alibis for her lius1 band. He was with her. she said, the night the baby was kidnaped. He was with her. she said, in their own homo, tlie night the Lindbergh ransom was paid in St. Raymond's cemetery. He was witli her. she said, the night he is alleged to have paid ! his way in Loew's Sheridan Square theater in Now York with a $5 random bill. For the first time since the trial started Hauptmann showed sentiment today. While liis wife was telling how she went to Europe to see his aged mother, the defendant’s eyes filled with tears, and ho reached for his handkerchief to brush them away. Attorney general David T. Wilentz led Mrs. Hauptmann into contradiction*! of her story. First he drew from her the admission that when she testified in the Bronx site said she could not remember whether her husband was with her on the night of the kidnaping. Then he dug into the question I of how the shoe box. which contained the ransom money and which Hauntmann says Isidor L Fisch cave him before •sailing for Germany, could have been on a shelf in a closet in her home almost a year without her noticing it. Under direct examination Mrs. Hauptmann said the shelf was too high for her tn see what was on it. She got down from the witness chais an d demonstrated how I she would have to stretch to ; reach it. Then, under cros*< examination Wilentz forced her to admit that she had cleaned that she’s off three times while the shoe box was on it. He also forced her to admit that a hook on which she hung her apron every day was higher than the closet shelf. Mrs. Hauptmann flashed an occasional smile at her husband from the witness stand, and Hauptmann smiled back. She attempted to explode the testimony given by a neighbor, (CONTINUEID ON PAGE FIVE) FORTY MEN AT "SUGAR MEETING Training School For Sugar Boot Men Is Held At Citv Hall About 40 sugar beet field men and community committemen attended a training school held today in the mayor’s court room at the city hall. J. A. Slipher, field agent for the AAA sugar beet control program in Ohio and a member of the extension division of Ohio State University was in charge of the meeting. The correct method of writing contracts was the chief point of discussion during the meeting. The first contracts were written in this territory Friday and Monday. Today the difficulties met and the errors made were explained. The meeting was in the form of an open forum with Mr. Slipher answering the questions. None of the county agents with the exception of L. E. Archbold of Adams county attended the meeting. All the contracts in the 10 counties in this district will go through the local county agent’s office. Signing of contracts will begin this week. The contracts now being written for benefit payments will affect the 1934 crops.