Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 33, Number 62, Decatur, Adams County, 13 March 1935 — Page 1

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IRDER UTILITY “PROPAGANDA” PROBE

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Would-be ‘Hangman’ I r ' J ■ • w ■ ■■■ ■ *■ ■ Sheriff Scott Curtis, of Springfield. Mo„ commended pretty Miss Thelma Rediger. 20, above, on her nerve but denied her request that she be allowed to spring the death trap for Frank “Sonny” McDaniel, condemned Negro. Miss Rediger eaid she had ambitions to become a writer of detective i stories and "wanted to know bow i it felt to hang a man." PROTESTS WILL FILED IN COURT ... IT --T-- —1 Mildred Coolman Protests Will Filed For Probate This Morning Mildred Coolman today filesl a protest to >i will offered for probate I in the Adame circuit court, which is alleged to be the laet will and teetai meat of John T. Shoemaker, who di d at Geneva March 1.. The protest states that a "pre(tended will of said decedent ie n- ■ bout to be presented to the clerk of i this court f r .probate; that said preended will, by its terms assumes to dispose of all of decedent’s estate, real and personal and that this petitioner is not Informed as to the dispoelion thereof ibut does understand that said will do“s not convey said iproperty as provided by law; and that your petitioner and ! the said Faye Shoemaker are the | only beneficiaries named therein ” Thi? protest further alleges thot John Shoemaker “at the time said I pretended will purports to have ; been Hatted w:h of unsound mind J ansi incapable of making a will. The I protest continues with “Said pre- , tended will was unduly executed.” Mildred Co limn asks taat the “pretended” will be declared In<KY»NTINt'EI> ON PAGE THREE) GOVERNOR TO NAME BOARDS Thirteen New Boards And Commissions Created By Assembly Indianapolis, March 12— <U.R> Creation of 13 new boards and commissions was authorized by the 79th Indiana general assembly, a survey showed today. , Gov. Paul V. McNutt indicates he will make many of the appoint- [ ments before he leaves on vacai tlon this week end. I Most Important of the new ■ groups created are the alcoholic beverages commission, the state . police board, the state NRA commission. the state planning board I and the state judicial council. I The alcoholic beverages com- . mission will administer thg l new lisuor control law. It will be composed of four members, fnc'udfnz the state excise administrator. [ Paul P. Fry. excise director under ! the old law. ts holding the admin- .! istrator position at present. I The NRA commission will be , | composed of four members ap- .' .pointed for one year, to adminis(CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR)

STERN PROGRAM OF PUNISHMENT FOR REVOLTERS Greek Government Plans Rigorous Punishment For All Rebels REBELLION CHIEF GOES INTO EXILE Athens, March 13—<U.R>—A stern program of punishment and a rig- ( crous purge of politics were proi iised by the government today as thousands of dispirited rebels, their revolt now merely the basis of treason charges, awaited news of their fate. It was proposed to continue martial law until trial of captured rebels was completed, to dissolve the senate and to hold elections from which communists and all parties supporting aged Eleuther- ; ios Venizelos, rebel leader, would ibe officially disbanded and out- ’ lawed. The government, totalling up the millions of dollars of damage done, faced the prospect of rebuilding its little navy. Elenth n rios Venizelos. leader of the revolt, was a political refugee under the protection of the Italian flag on Cassos Island in the Aegeaa Sea a few leagues from the capital he hoped to enter in triumph. Tearfully, the 71-year-old veteran of European politics said: "Greece will never see me again." Instead of Venizelos. General I George Condylis. the “Greek Cromwell.” entered the city in triumph last night, to receive the greatest J ovation of his long career in three 1 wars and much guerilla fighting. In prison awaiting trial were m»<»sk of thw VeuUelut leaders who I were seized by the government . here. These included former pre- ' miers Cafantaris and Papanaslasiou; Lieut.-Gen. Papoulas. called the leader of all Venizelist fight(CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) JURY RETURNS GUILT VERDICT ~ - - Jurors Recommend $25 Fine, Suspended Sentence For John Eicher A jury in the Adams circuit court Tuesday night at 8 o’clock returned a verdict of guilty against John Eicher. 40. on a charge of possession of cannibis, sativa and Indlca. The jurors recommended a sixmonths suspended sentence and a $25 fine. Judge Huber M. DeVoss announced that he will pronounce the sentence this week. Eicher did not take the stand in his own defense. Through his witnesses Eicher | claimed that he did not own. lease or live in the hottoe in which four I bushels of the drug, valued at ■ about $2,000 was found. The state produced witnesses ' who alleged that Eicher kept j chickens at the house, stayed over , i nights occasionally, and kept a | . ■ garden at the house. The attorneys rested their caees ■ ! about 2:30 o’clock. The argui men»s bv the attorneys ended ! about 4:30 o’clock and the case j was given to the jury for deliber-, I ation immediately. Eicher was arrested last Octo- ’ ber after former sheriff Burl i Johnson and state policeman Ed Rose confiscated a quantity of : “Mexican Hay” which they allege thpv found in ftfe house. He has been free under bond since that time. Mrs. David Wickev Dies This Morning — Mre. David Wickey, «2, died at ■ her home two miles north of Berne I at 7 o’clock this morning of hemor- ■ rhage.s. She hod been ill since Suni dav night. Mre. Wickey wa« married twice. : b ad spent her entir j life in this | ! community. Surviving are the hus- ' | band. 10 Mildren and several broth- ’ i er« and sinters. Funeral services will he h'eld Fri- '; day afternoon nt 1 o’clock at the i ’ home and >burial will be made in the . ’cemetery three mites north of| ' I Berne.

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, March 13, 1935.

Record Shows Roosevelt Adopting Plans Os Both Coughlin, Baruch

Washington, March 13.— (U.R) — ' Troubled citizens seeking comparatively Impartial evidence in the I Johnson-Baruch and lAmg-Coughlin dispute may adopt today A! Smith’s famous campaign strategy: "lAit’s see what the record says." The record reveals President Roosevelt has adopted some of i Bernard M. Baruch's economic program and some measures sponsored by Father Charles E. Coughlin. He also has rejected some of the projects of each. The new deal, in general, hae i leaned toward the priest on money, banking, and spending and toward Baruch on industrial and agricultural reform. Here is the Baruch plan as outlined Feb. 13, 1933 before the "best brains clinic” assembled by the senate finance committee: "If I were writing a program," said Baruch, “it would be: “1. Make adequate provision against human suffering. "2. Put fefleral credit beyond peradventare of doubt. “3. Aids to rapid liquidation of debt. ”4. Plans to encourage rapid ; consumption of commodity surpluses and to control productive capacity. ”5. Determination of policy on DEDICATE PIPE ORGAN SUNDAY New Pipe Organ Will Be Dedicated At First Evangelical Church A new pipe organ will be dedicated at the First Evangelical ■ church Sunday. It is a new. two j manual. Gottfried organ, built by the A. Gottfried organo company •of Erie. Pa. E. B. Bohn, Fort Wayne, mid-western representative of the company, is completing installation and final voicing of the organ this week. The organ is of the latest design in every detail. The action, which is electro-pneumatic, is swift and positive, thereby making the many tonal recources of the organ obtainable instantaneously by the organist at the console. The special voicing and tonal blending as well as the entire specification has been under the personal guidance and supervision of Anton Gottfried, president of the concern which bears his name. Mr. Gottfried for at least the past 45 years has beep considered by the leading organists of the United States as well as throughout the European continent, as a master in ' the art of pipe organ tonal design. Complete provisions have been made to add cathedral chimes to the organ in the future. The organ will be heard for the first time next Sunday morning in the regular worship of the church. E. B. Bolin, organist and organ builder of Fort Wayne will preside at the organ during the services. Mr. Bohn wTU give a recital at 2:30 Sunday afternoon, and in connection with this recital, the form(CONTINUFTD ON PAGE TWO) NORGE AGENCY TO BE OPENED — New Norjre Sales Ajrency Will Be Onened In Decatur Saturday A new Norge sales agenev will be onened in Decatur this coming Saturday, according to an announcement todav by the Gibson comnanv of Indianapolis, distributors of Norge products in Indiana. All Norge products, with recently added lines, including eleci trie refrigerators, both comrnerI clal and domestic; air conditioning equipment, gas and electric ranees, washing machines, and broi’ators will he sold. The aeenev will be located nt 222 West Madison street, .in the rooms formerly occupied bv the Adams county automobile licence bureau. The rooms ire now being remodeled and redecorated to 'll tho needs of the agonev. Installation of eouinment and nroducts is expected to be completed in read Ij ness for the formal opening of the 'ingency next Saturday.

world economics, disarmament and debt.” Baruch proposed, specifically, immediate balancing of the budget and reduction of the annual cost of government to $3,000,000,000. He opposed all so-called currency inflation schemes. "Delay in blancing the budget is trifling with disaster," he said. “With the budget balanced we can approach other problems with more assurance of success. Without it all must fail." Father Coughlin, meantime, lias I advocate currency expansion, abgndoment of the gold utundard, federal spending for relief and the ere-1 ation of jobs—the exact opposite of Baruch’s fiscal program. True, the priest offers many projects rejected by the administration. But Mr. Roosevelt abandoned gold. The President did not balance the budget but is moving the national debt by billion dollar leaps toward a new forecast maximum of $31,000,000,000. Father | Coughlin and Baruch might find agreement in provision against human suffering and aids for the liquidation of debt. In his Monday night broadcast, the priest remarked that within 24 hours of his latest plea for debt (PONTrNUWI ON PAGE TWO) Father Reinig Gives Sermon Father Reinig. assistant pastor ■ of St. Mary’s church, Fort Wayne, delivered the second of the series ; of Lenten sermons at St. Mary’s i Catholic church in this city last evening. Father Reinig took for his text a quotation from the book of Genesis. "This is no other but the ■ house of God. and the gate of ’ heaven.” discourse dealt with 1 the parish church. The Rev. Father Joseph Seimetz gave the Benedictiou of yiess- ■ ed aa- rament, following the eer’j mon. The litany of St. Joseph was recited by Father Joseph Hennes, the sermon. BEET ACREAGE 1 FIGURES HERE I — Sugar Beet Acreage Allotments Filed With County Agent ■ Th? 1935 AAA sugar beet acreage ■lallotments f r sugnr beet farmers ■ j in the Decatur district are now comHiPleted and are on file in the office of County Archbold, it was announc- , 'ed today. The factory district acreage quo- ■ ta han b?en pro-mted among the AAA contracting growers in accordance with the beet history of the farms in the district. Figures on each farmer’s acreage allotment have also been mode availab)? to the sugar beet company and this information is the basis upon which purchase contracts will be offered to growers by the company. If ii grower is offered a purchase contract for less than his initial official acreage allotment, and if he wishes to plant his full acn age allotment. ihe may bring his cnee to the attention of the production conmittee of which E. W. Busche is chairman. Such cases will then be investigated by the committe? and the field representatives of the sugar section. If, after investigation, it is determined that the producer’s situation warrants the offer of a purchase contract for the full amount of tills Initial allotment, this will be brought to the attention of the processor for further consideration. If a producer’s initial allotment is adjusted downward, the unused ucreage may be allotted to other growers- However, any transfer of acres to other growers this year will not affect the allotment to any producer for 1936. n , . ~ Bonus Consideration Is Reported Delayed Washington, March 13 —(UP) — House consideration of the soldier bonus bill be delayed until next week, administration leaders said today as a flat? up over procedure developed serious proportions. Chairman John J. O’Connor of the house rules committee announced that failure of the wnye and means committee to file its formal report on bonus legislation would prevent tlie bonus from being brought up tomorrow as previously planned.

FLOOD WATERS FORGE MANY TO ABANDON HOMES Missouri, Illinois And Arkansas Residents Are Threatened NATIONAL GUARDS PATROL PROPERTY By United Press Flood waters from tributaries of ' the Mississippi river today con-1 tinned to menace thousands of i farmers living in the lowlands of ; southeastern Missouri, lower Illi- 5 nois. and Arkansas. Red Cross workers, who reported they had the relief situation undre contro’, estimated about 6.000 persons were removed from the flooded areas. State and private agencies, assisting in the care of refugees, indicated the rivers and streams throughout this territory had passed flood stage. No estimate of damage could be made but fears were felt for buildings. equipment and livestock in the lowlands, where highways and fields in most places are under several feet of water. The Mississippi river is rising, slowly but weather bureau officials at St. Louis believed the situation was not serious. Workers of the midwest divi-i sion of the National Red Cross reported the flood inundation along the Black and St. Francis rivers in southeastern Missouri as "very • acute." The Black river at Poplar Bluff reached flood stage yesterday. More than 800 families were removed as waters flooded the area east of the city. Water was 3 to 7 feet deep in homes and public buildings at tie ea-stern edge of ,the city. About 100 boats, under the command of Mayor J. C. Allen and national guardsmen, patrolled the flooded Poplar Bluff area. Some farmers were rescued as they stood waist-deep in water in their homes. Refugees are being housed in buildings on high ground and lare being fed through the cooperation of FERA camps. Four companies of national guardsmen were ordered to the stricken area in southeastern ON PAGE THREE) Assessors Will Meet At Berne The trustees, assessors and all deputies will meet in the First Bank of Berne building in Berne Saturday morning at 9:30 o’clock. A number of pi-reons ere under the impression that real estate will be reassessed this year. Ernest J. Worthman. Adams county assessor, stated today that there would be no re-assessment this year. Inquiries in regurd-s to the federal taxes, should not be directed to the local county assessor. Mr. Wortbman has requestsd that all persons in tlie county cooperate with t( i? local assessors as their time is limited. o ESCAPES JAIL THIS MORNING Slaving Suspect Breaks From Wabash County Jail Today Wabash. Ind.. Mnrch 13 —(UP) — Robert Finkenbiner, 19, suspected of slaying Howard “Pete” Holcomb in tihe county jail here, escaped from the jail early today. Finkenbin’er escaped between 3 and 4 o’clock by picking the lock of his cell, authorities said. He climbed through a. second story window, dropped a few feet to the roof of the .porch at the rear of thle sheriff’s residence and then jumped nine feet to the ground. Heel prints of toe .prisoner were found in the soft earth at the rear of the residence. The escape was discovered by <|»orge Kellam, turnkey, investigating grating noises and shuffling of feel. The <3?11 door standing open, Kellam said. Three state policemen from the Ligonier barracks joined Wabash police and sheriff’s officers in the (JCONTINUED ON PAGE THREE)

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Lady Astor To Quit I i » ' ’ >/ Lady Astor, of Ixmdon, native . daughter of Virginia and the first doman to sit in the British parliament, has indicated that she will retire from public life at the end j of her present term. She has j represented the constituency of ; Plymouth since 1919 and has been one of the most publicized j liberals in the English house. DECATUR LIONS RIAN PROJECT Local Club Will Build Camp Along River For Boy Scout Troop Definite action on a major Boy Scout project for the Lions Club troop was taken at the meeting of the Lions club held Tuesday night i in the Rice hotel. The local club has been planning for several weeks on the project to build a camp for the Lions troop, probably near Pleasant Mills. The site is near the banks of the St. Mary’s river, and a cabin Is located on the grounds, which the Lions plan to rebuild for the scout troop. ! Several new activities of interest are being planned for the Lions troop. In addition to the camp project, 1 the club decided to send a Lion , scout to the Jamboree to be held’ \ in Washington. D. C„ during the j summer. . 1 Clifford Saylors, president of the Decatur Lions Club referred | • the final details of the club’s boy' scout activity to the Lions scout: and major activities committees. ‘ Mr. Saylors asked that a complete , report of this activity be given the club for its final approval at the next general meeting on March 19. Members of the Lions scout and i major activities committees are Dr. Burt Mangold. W. F. Beery, j Alva Nichols. Walter Krick, Andy i Appelman, Clyde Butler and Ed Boknecht respectively. The club's j scoutmaster is Lowell Smith. Preceding tlie business session , last evening a program was pre-! sented. with George Rentz in ..xti XI i:i . < X PAGE FOUR) o Homer Arnold Is Vice-President Homer Arnold was elected vicepreeident of the corn-hog control association at the meeting of the townehiip committees Monday in the county agent’s office. By virtue of ■his office he ie <ilso a member of the county allotment committee. Mrs. Ralph Roon Undergoes Operation Mrs. Ralph Roop, wife of Ralph Roop, city engineer and civil com- . miesioner, underwent an operation for the removal of her appendix at | the Adams County Memorial hospital hist night. She was resting well today and reports from her bedside were satisfactory. o Regular Meeting Os Elks Tonight ■ The regular semi-monthly meeting of the Decatur lodge of the B. 1 P. O. Elks will be held at the home ' on North Second street at 8 o’clock ’ this evening. All memibers are urged to attend.

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UTILITIESTO WAGE FIGHT ON PROPOSED DILI Senate Resolution Orders Probe By Federal Trade Commission COMPANY LEADERS BEFORE COMMITTEE Washington, Mar. 13 (U.R) — A resolution calling upon the federal trade commission to investigate “propaganda” regarding holding compiny legislation wae approved today by the senate. The resolution was offered by Sen. George W. Norris, R.. Neb., and-was a reaction from President Roosevelt's smashing special message yesterday calling for abolition of utility holding companies. The resolution was adopted without debate. It directs the federal trade commission "to investigate and report” concerning the "origin, purpose, methods and expenses" of the “propaganda now going on over the nation regarding federal legislation on the subject of holding companies.” Battle In Prospect Washington. Mar. 13— (U.R) — The White House and the power- ! fui utilities industry locked horns i today in what promised to develop I into the next spectacular fight of i the new deal. The battle, which began with President Roosevelt’s fighting 1 message to congress demanding ’ abolition of utility holding com- ; panies. will be launched tomorrow i when tiie utilities present ohjecI tions to the Ravburn-Wheeler bill designed to outlaw’ holding comj panies by 1940, before the house I interstate commerce committee. The tone of Mr. Roosevelt s message left no doubt, that the new deal staked much on the success lof the Rayburn-Wheeler bill or legislation similar to it. Utilities continued marshalling their forces here for the committee hearing, and their leadere issued defiant statements, pledging a finish fight. “The right to express opinion, even when opposed to an administration measure, has not yet been abrogated," Philip H. Gadsden, chairman of the committee of public utilities executives, said. "The utilities have endeavored honestly to inform investors and I the general public as to the dis- ’ astrons effects of this legislation. "The President states that he is i as ‘unimpressed’ by these protests ias he was by similar protests ' against the securities exchange ! bill last spring and that ‘the sej curitiee exchange act is now generally accepted as a constructive measure.' We would respectfully point out that what made that act at all workable was the opposition that developed against the original bill which forced the adoption of drastic changes in the legislation as finally enacted. “We will not be deterred from ! our purpose in submitting to the congressional committees the facts | involved in their true light, convinced in the belief that in due time the justice of our opposition i will prevail.” o McNUTT NAMES TAX COMMITTEE Gottschalk And Thompson Named To Map Tax Revision Laws Indianapolis, Mar. 13 — (U.R) — The task of mapping revisions in the state tax laws to be made at the special session of the Indiana legislature next summer was placed in the hands of a special legislative committee today. The committee, composed of five members from each house was authorized in a joint resolution I adopted by the assembly on its closing day this week. Membership of the committee was completed today when Lieut. Gov. M. Clifford Townsend named five senators, all Democrats. They are Thurman A. Gottschalk, Berne, Walter S. Vermillion. Anderson; Floyd V. Hemrner. Huntingburg; Charles Koslern, Terre Haute, and Hubert Wickens. Greensburg. The house members, named by speaker Edward H. Stein, Bloomfield, are Frank G. Thompson, (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)