Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 33, Number 76, Decatur, Adams County, 29 March 1935 — Page 1

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President Leaves On Vacation ***” '"■.” ,, ’ w " 1 ! X .. ■ j ||p I W\: w^v'' aW i ■■ \ I ; S’ ' ’ r .JBk ’ ■ . 12>\' ■.. , T. u“ <\ ’■ "* }>x President Franklin D Roosevelt wtaved to the crowd assembled on the dock when he left Jacksonville, Fla., on the destroyer. Farragut. I to board Vincent Astor's yacht. Nourmahal, tor a 10-day fishing cruise. | Commander E. Buckmaster, of the Farragut, is at the right.

Says Indiana Tax On Wine Too High Indianapolis. Mar. 29.—(U.R)—Indiana's tax of 50 cents a gallon on domestic wines is "extremely restrictive.”the Wine Institute, organization of wine growers and makers of California, said today in announcing results of a nationwide survey on wine consumption. Per capita consumption in Indiana was only .01 per cent of a gal- . lon last year, the survey showed. California, where the tax is hut < 2 cents a gallon, had a per capita consumption of 2.34 gallons highest in the nation. Next to California came New York, with .52 gallons per person. Pennsylvania, where the tax is [75 cents a gallon, showed a per capita consumption of .05 gallons. DR. WHITESELL LEADS SERVICE Former Decatur Baptist Minister To Conduct Services Here — Dr. F- D. Whitesell, a former pastor of First Baptist church of j this city, will conduct evangelistic ’ Testings for one week at th- 1 local i church, from Monday, April 1 to i Sunday. April 7. inclusive. Dr. Whitsell is p stor of the ‘Covenant Baptist in Chicago and is also . rofeAsor of evangelism at the i Northern Baptist .seminary in that city. The former pastor’s .♦ervieee are limited to one week here as he will i cipen on evangelistic campaign at i the Albany Park Baptist church at ' Chicago April 8. Tentative subjects which Dr. Whitesell will (."reach are as f 1k>ws: Monday—" Praying the loot into ( I the Kingdom." Tuesday—''The joy of ealvntion.” , Wed..".. sday —"Reconciliation.” Thursday—ls I were the devil.” Friday—" How the d«ath of Jesus, I Christ 1900 years ago can save lost J ; sinners today.” Sunday morning-“ Evidences of discipleship." Sundoy 3 p. m. —“The fur horsemen of the apocalypse." Sunday 7 p. im.—"A drama of sal-, vatien” Sunday. April 7. will be the home- j coming day for former members; and friends of the church. Services during the week will be i held at 7:30 o'clock, preced d by : a prayer meeting at 7 o’clock. The ; j public is cordially invited to tfteae , services. o Divorce Granted Lulu V. Engle — Eli C. Engle withdrew his complaint in his divorce action and al divorce was granted his wife, Lulu V. Engle, uncontested. On her cross, cr.mplaint. She was granted 12.60 a week and the custody of the 10-1 months-old child. The case was heard before Judge Huber M. DeVoss in the Adams circuit court.

TAX MEASURES ARE UNCHANGED State’s Major Revenue Raising Laws Unchanged By Assembly Indianapolis, Mar. 29. —<U.R) —Except for drastic revisions in the’ liquor and beer taxes. major revenue raising laws were Heft unchanged by Hie 1935 legislature. Taxation, however, will be the major problem considered by the legislature this summer when it I I meets in special session to enact I the state's social security pro- j ; gram. At that time, the administration is expected to recommend enactment of a consumers' sales tax to mest the need for aided funds. It a sales tax is passed, the present gross income tax law will be changed to exempt retailers and increase the exemptions on sal- ’ aries. i A legislative committee is studying taxation laws of other states I and will make recommendations to the special session. A recent supreme court decision which would enable the state to enact a net income tax law may result in that type of legislation during the special session if no I agreement can be reached on a | ; (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) CHRISTIAN VVENTE DIES AT HOSPITAL Farmer Residing North of Decatur Injured in Accident Four Weeks Ago Christian Wente, 51, a farmer residing eight miles north of Decatur, idled at 11 o’clock this morning at 'the Adorns county memorial hospi-l ■ tai. Death was due to peneumonia l Mr. Wente had been a patient at • the hospital for the >past four weeks On Wednesday, February 27, Mr. | Wente suffered a fractured leg when the horses he was driving, ran away. He was removed to the’ i hospital. Mr. Wente was born at Fort Wayne on January 10. 1884. He was ; I a son of Mr. and Mrs. Christian ■ tVente. He was married to Lydia ! Schoepper. who survives, together , 'with the following children: Hllde-j ' garde, Gertrude, Louise. Edgar and 1 Norman, all nt hone. The mother, Mrs. Christian Wente, of Fort I Wayne and two sisters, the Misses I Emma and Minnie Wente, Fort i Wayne, also survive. Mr. W-ente engaged In farming. | ' He was a member of the Zien Luth-1 eran Church at Friedheim. Funeral i services will be held Sunday after-! | noon at 1:30 o’clock at the Zwiek's I funeral home and at 2 o clock at the I Friedheim church. Rev. C. P. Preuss ! will have charge of the German and ■ English services. Burial will be j i made in the church cemetery. I Toe body was removed to Zwick s I funeral home where remains may; be viewed after 7 o clock tonight. I

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, March 29, 1935.

THREE BANDITS UNDER ARREST; HOSTAGES FREE Kidnaped Victims of Bandits Unharmed During Long Wild Ride Chicago, Mar. 29.— (U.R) — The story of a wild ride across two I states with a bandit trio prodding guns into their rilis was given to 1 i police today by hostages taken i ■ prisoner by a band of fleeing bank ; i robbers. The disclosure of the safety of' i the hostages, who were released j unharmed a few hours after a ffus-, trated bank robbery at Mauston. , Wis., came shortly after arrest of I | the bandits. The identity of the kidnaped vic- 1 I finis was not revealed after they ; had made statements to Chief of ; Detectives John L. Sullivan. Reports differed as to whether two or I tour persons were kidnaped. Two of the hostages were released in southern Wisconsin before the commandeered car reached Chicago and the others were freed on Ogden avenue in Cicero, one report said. Sheriff Morg Reiter, of Juneau county, Wis.. who came here to obtain custody of the captured bandits, said it was an erroneous report that caused a small army of peace officers to spread a wide search for four abducted persons. The couple, left behind when the holdup men abandoned the car in 1 Cicero, said that Thomas Stopa. 21. : one of the kidnapers, sat in the rear seat on the harried flight and held a gun against the driver's back. The other pressed a revolver into the s:de of the woman. The other two captive youths are Michael Monczynski, and Edward ' ’ where the Capone gang formerly had its stronghold. Monczynski attempted to escape by leaping ftom the eaves of a one-story house when his home was surrounded by federal agents and I CCONTINCED ON PAGE THREE) NAME OFFICERS AT CONFERENCE Fort Wayne Methodist District Conference Held At Bluffton Officers for the Fort Wayne Metihodist district conference were chosen at the annual conference held at the First M. E church in Bluffton, Thursday. Rev. P. R. Smith acted as host pastor. Rev. F. F. Thornburg of Fort Wayne was elected vice-chairman for the district conference and Rev. D. K. Finch of Monroeville, was ’ elected .secretary-treasurer. Rev. H. R. Cars n. pastor of the i local church, was named on tHw j committee on church location, together with other men of the district. and C. L. Walters also of Decatur. wos named on the area council committee. W. F. Beery is lay member of the location committee and is also a district steward. A dinner was served at the church Thursday night at 6 o’clock at which C. L. Walters presided. At ; the dinner Dr. O. U. King of Wari ren gave an address and Glenn V. Fuller of Fort Wayne spoke at the same meeting. Dr. M. C. Wright of Auburn presided at the night session with the I principal address given by the Rev. ! W. M. McLean of Huntington. The convention voted to hold its 19.>6 meeting at the Monroeville Methodist church, of whidh Rev. D. K. Finch is pastor. The conference went on record on the question of redistricting the | North Indiana conference in favor of retaining the six districts instead of reducing them to four. __ o Legion Auxiliary Carnival Night The American Legion and auxiliary will stage carnival night at the local roller skating rink tonight at 7:30 o'clock. Various contests will be held. Including a balloon race ' for the ladies and a wheelbarrow i race- Prizes will be awarded win- | ners of the contests. Fred SJhurgf r will act as master of ceremonies i and the public is invited.

Noted Author Will Broadcast Sunday Washington, Mar. 29. Walter B. Pitkin, author and lecturer, whose novel “Life Begins at Forty”, gained widespread attention, will be the speaker on the federal housing administration radio program, Sunday, March 31st, at 12:15 p. m., EST. His subject will be "What Home Means to Me." This Is one of a series of twentysix broadcasts donated to the federal housing administration by the General Electric Company, supplementing a speaker nationally prominent. The program will be heard jover all stations on the red net , work of the National Broadcasting | Company. DISCUSSES SOY BERN INDUSTRY Harold McMillen Gives Interesting Talk To Rotary Club Harold McMillen of the Central Sugar company gave a highly Interesting and instructive talk on soy beans and the Central Soya | company of this city at the regular weekly meeting of the Decatur Rotary club Thursday evening at the Rice hotel. Mr. McMillen stated that the soy bean industry is comparatively new in Indiana and the United States. While soy beans have been used extensively by natives of Asia and ’ China for hundreds of years, the crop was first raised in Indiana in . 1910. "When first raised in this conntry.” the speaker continued, “soy ; beans were produced more as an ■ experiment or a hobby by farmers. Production increased by 1924 and i in 1928, the first extracting plant I I was constructed. > “To show tire rapid growth of| ' the new industry, 10 million tons lof beans are being processed this ' year. The previous high total in any year was four and one-half i million tons. "The crop reduction program as instituted by the federal govern- < I ment has been a boon to soy bean raising, as many acres previously planted in other farm products, are now unavailable for these other crops. Also, soy beans are a chinch bug resistant, suffering little damj age from this crop devastator. Soy 1 i beans are a new cash crop for the farmer, which he has not had be- ; fore. “Soy beans can be used in in- ' numerable ways. The oil is used in paint and enamel, and products made with the oil hold color longer than ordinary paint. "Soy bean meal is used not only for livestock feed, hut also for human consumption. Flour is made, the meal is used extensively by physicians and hospital for special diets and a special milk is also prepared. Other products made from soy bealis are salad oils and dressings, soap, synthetic rubber and linoleum. "The price of soy beans does not always follow the market prices of other farm products, but is governed by the price of cottonseed oil and meal. There is now less cottonseed oil and meal on the (CONTTNTTED ON PAGE THREE) O County Council Is • In Special Session The county council bite this afternoon had only tentatively approved the petitions f'r extra appropria- j tlone. They (began this afternoon a ccmeideration of the road budget submitted by Walter Gillion, conn- j ty road supervisor, and the county commissioners. Because of the number of items which, will demand their examination and investigation it is probable that they will not conclude their special session until Saturday. o Read Weekly Farm Notes On Page 5 A new angle on agriculture in Adams county is presented in this weed's issue of the farm page. A numlber of prominent business and professional me.n were asked whether they considered investment in farm property in Ad>nm< county better than securities. Ths best answer was. ".If you have money to spend for stock put it in live stock on an Adams county farm.” For their complete answer and other agriculture mews read page five in this issue of the Democrat.

PREMIER URGES BELGIUM DROP GOLD STANDARD Devalued Managed Currency Is Urged By Government Official Bruss Is, Mnrch 29 —(UP) —Prei mier Paul Van Zeeland proposed to ' parliament today that Belgium leave : the gold standard for a devalued I managed currency ipending an international stabilization agreement. The gold reserve would be revalued at 25 per ont below the present fixed gold value of the Belga. a portion of the proceeds to be used for an exchange equalization fund. After an international stabilization agreement, he would re-base Jhe Belga on gold at a maximum devaluation of 30 per cent. The national bank's obligation to exchange gold for bank notes would be suspended. He asked state guarantee of bank d posits in order to reassure d-eposi-I tors against fear of frozen funds. What the .new Premier called “the intermediate currency regime” would start Sunday. He asked special 'powers to govern during the economic crisis, with occasional consultation with parliament, and he proposed recognition of Soviet Russia. The new Premier's proposals I mark a split in the europ-an gold I bloc headed by France and includi ing Switzerland and the Netherlands. For tf.at reason they may ! have international repercussions of great importance. Van Zeeland is an admirer of President Roosevelt’s New Deal and i his proposals are along the line of IMr Rixwevelt's action in devaluing the dollar. His statement was .made in a 45 . minute ministerial d elaration in the Chamber of Deputies on the occasion of his first iippearanee in parliament as Premier. He took office Monday. A clerk read the dec(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o TWO MEN AND WOMAN HANGED Three Are Executed In Canadian Jail For Killing Man Montreal, Mar. 29. —(U.R) —A woman and two men were hanged in Bordeaux jail yard today. Mrs. Tomasina Sarao, 51, Leon Gagiardi, 38, and Angelo Ebnofrio, 19, a high school student, died for the murder of Mrs. Sarao's husband. She was a stoical figure on the gallows. Her hanging was bungled. The rope was too long, permitting the body to drop 18 feet before being jerked up on the rope’s end. The three of the jerk decapitated her. Her body fell 12 feet further, thudding in the snow below. The Bordeaux jail has a central nucleus with cell wings radiating from it like the points of a star. Gallows were set up in the yard between the points, one gallows I for the two men, a private gallows for the woman. A macabre ceremony preceded ; the executions. In formal process- | ion the condemned and their at- ; tendants marched out of the pris!on. across the snow covered yard ! —first a guard carrying the crown, i the symbol of the authority by which life was being taken. Then a row of four guards. Then Arthur i Ellis, the hangman. Then more guards. Then the condemned, i flanked by their confessors. The school boy was calm. He looked at the sky, held his head high. His gallows mate. Gagiardi. (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) — 0 Roop Services Will Be Held At Rockford Funeral services for Joseph W. Roop, 69, of Hillman. Michigan, brother of Mrs. Samuel Acker of this city, will be held at Rockford. Ohio, Sunday afternoon, according to word received here. Th-3 body will be returned to Fcrt Wayne today or tomorrow and taken to Rockford for funeral services and burial.

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I Former Pastor Here ItL r Dr. F. I). Whitesell, former pastor of the First Baptist church of I Decatur, will conduct revival services at the local church from Monday. April 1 to Sunday, April 7. (Services will be held each eve- i ning except Saturday, with three! I meetings Sunday. DECATUR QUOTA OVER $50,000 City’s Quota In Federal Housing Program Is $54,138 Indianapolis, March 29. — Quotas for the' total amount of modernization and repair work expected to be done under the Federal Hous- • ing Administration program in 71 ; I cities and towns of Indiana by the end of this year were announced ; today by R. Earl Peters, state dii rector. The quotas for a number of the towns are: Decatur ? 54,138.00 Auburn ... . 53,424.00 Fort Wayne 1,206.933.00 Garrett 46.494.00 Hartford City 7Ti.436.50 Huntington 140.910.00 j Portland 55,398.00 Muncie 488,764.00 Gary 1.051.473.00 I Indianapolis I Tlie 71 communities having quotas are those in which house-to-house canvasses for investigation of building improvement possibilities have been or are being conducted. Others will be added to the quota list as rapidly as the house-to-house surveys are arrang-' ed. The total quotas for the seventyI one cities and towns, set on the basis of population at an average jof $1(1.50 for each inhabitant, is $14,224,379. Mr. Peters said. This figure was determined on reports from the Federal Housing Administration in Washington, that the national average of modernization and repair work up to this time is (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) o ADJUSTMENT BOARD FOR PENNSYLVANIA Board Will Settle All Differences Between Employes and Management of Railroad System Indianapolis. Ind., March 29 — (UP)-Establishment of the s-ev-entl'.i system hoard of adjustment for the settlement of differences between employes and mronageLm.ent of the entire Pennsylvania railroad system was announced here today at divisional headquarters. The agreement establishing the | new board as a court of appeals is j signed for the employes by Jesse i Clark. Terre Haute, General chairman cf the brotherhood of railroad I signalmen of America, and for the ■ management by f-mir regional gen- ’ er 'managers. The jurisdiction of the new board covers the 3.000 signalmen, signal maintainers and their llielpers through the Pennsylvania system, i including the Imng Island Lines. This brings the total number of employes .whose relations with the manageiwent are now handled through system beards of adjustment to nearly 100,000, or 85 per i cent of the entire force. The hoards previously formed included the engine and train service I men, maintenance of way employes ■ | shop crafts, telegraphers, misoelI laneous forces and clerks.

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DEMAND MADE FOR REVISION OF WORK BILL Administration Officials Demand Measure Be Further Revised Washington, March 29.— (U.R) — High administration officials held up house action on the $4,880,000,. 000 work relief bill conference today. demanding that the bill be further revised before it is passed on to the White Huse. Secretary of Agriculture Henry Wallace and Secretary of Interior Harold Ickes were reported responsible for failure of the house leadership to call up the conference report today. House approval of the report previously had been expected without controversy since the silver bloc which supported the Thomas $l,000.()00,0u0 inflation amendment, had decided not to wage another fight. The Thomas rider was struck out in conference. Speaker Joseph W. Byrns refused to say wliy it was decided to postpone house action, but it was i learned from an Ertithoritatlve I source that administration officials want the measure sent, back into ■ conference. Wallace conferred secretly with Chairman James Buchanan of the house appropriations committee shortly after the house met. One house leader said that "we might as well adjourn congress as to let them run things downtown.” He referred to the last minute activities of cabinet members. It was understood that Wallace was protesting against retention in I the final bill of the George senate > amendment permitting use of relief I funds for the AAA. Senator Wal- • ter Gerge. D.. Ga., made a heated attack in the senate yesterday on Wallace for his vigorous opposition of the amendment. House parliamentarians said that 1 it would not be a violation of rules for the bill to go back to conference. . However, it would be an i ((CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) o GEORGE ALAGNA TRIES SUICIDE Assistant Radio Operator Os Morro Castle Likely To Recover New York. Mar. 29.—(U.R) —George I. Alagna, assistant radio operator of the liner Morro Castle around whom sensational charges revolved in the investigation of the vessel's disaster at sea. was found unconscious in the gas filled kitchen of his home today. Attaches of Bellevue hospital said he probably would recover from what police termed as suii tide attempt. Police entered the apartment of ' the 26-year-old radio operatori after tenants complained of a strong odor of gas. On a table near Alagna's unconscious form they found a note apparently started by him but left unfinished. It was addressed to “dear Ed,” and it contained the words, “now my mouth is feeling dry.” Police declined to reveal the entire contents but said the writing near the end was an illegible scrawl. Alagna was clad in his ipnjamas when an ambulance surgeon burst iin the door. Two jets of the kitch- | en range were open. A policeman and the surgeon at- ' tempted artificial respiration after (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) o Relative Os Local Residents Is Dead Funeral services for F. V. Haney, 43, were held today at his home in St. Catharine, Ontario, Canada. His step-mother, Mrs. A. D. Haney and his step brother, Maurice Haney, \ both of this city attended the funeral services. Mr. Haney died Tuesday. Surviv- ■ ing are tlhe widow, two children. Fern and Lowell, the step-mother, and three step brothers and sisters. ■ Maurice and Florence of this city and Douglas of Fort Wayne. His ■ daughter, Fern, has visited in Decatur,