Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 33, Number 83, Decatur, Adams County, 6 April 1935 — Page 1

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111 VICTORY ■ FORCES OF ||£ PRESIDENT K,,s Billions of DolK To Aid! 'ncmploy- ■ ed Os Nation CUR) The H«ii ■, .. jm, pruvi.!-’ - ::.r,»Hi,oo« H nation's unemployed und H tlw . passed the final ■ m congress Friday. | T end. d its K|' paili through congress ■i of both houses. was 66 to 1". r imlo’-sml the H. . To. after I'li.iir;: lames Ruchanthe appro H. :- ■ • f'.-siii-nt Roose- . aealion H.t:, ... new do ;C“.»-r * ' a- fill-flung pro being begun in the possible time. Mi: was bated and hesenate a;>ideii by Hi i of VirHc. via Opposed ■ Hr < _ quick atthe sena* Tlte oonferlie ..1-Mi from the the set:.,-., where it waitSen Mu.- , i' Long I Dent, t - : ■ : I:;. Hr. • ion and ~,! arguments in HI cf ills ••.-lure-the wealth" as ! mk his seat. ' .loin, \ (lamer put Hft’. ’■ arid tit..re was not a vote, ir appeared that was over hut at the mo leader .losep], T B wtio has een irked hy til-lay, d -Tamle ! "aye" would hay, tlte political |H° f putting on the spot all H wing against the bill, clerk con] l begin callroii. however. Sea. Kimer (Deni i of Oklahoma. a silver omendment scrap; demanded an surd rlie house conferees on the abolition of the ' and tliat senate conH tb ®t the bill would be President unless the Rli o\ VAGFi SIX) vcharacters K OR PLAY SUNDAY Club of Goodland. Direct- ' Rather Kohne, to Give H Pla y Here Sunday HDramattc Club of Goodland ' Kt?®. 1 the three act comedy, , Hth Gouli " in the DecaK, c high school auditorium KM n 's. h! at s o'clock. The ! ■ , been directed by Rev. ' K. , brose Kohne of Good- ' ■ ormer Decatur resident. K. t . re ®. acts °f the play are ' ■ hnm 'I‘ nR TOOm of ,he Qib - ! ■ of characters I„ as fol . ! |;.nSX. “ manufact urer- ( Gihhsons, his ■ * Weiss. t MlUer 8 ' th6ir daUghtet Btner~An7 yl Finnp> '' Gibb <>n»' i Eav7h ° ny 11 Bre ne Clair e motior ‘ I>klure Btar ' Hid Gift „ I m , -John 7 motion plcture d ‘- Krv n°, Zln imer. t B^'~f'ranci'o V youn S Chicago ■ : ■ th Sheldon frlen<i ° f Helen ~ ' K° Zlmmer- ■ driver 1 D - r °thy McGraw. i 1 -uthony Wetli. 1

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President Lin’s Son | Driven from his studies at Columbia University in New York by the noise. James Lin. above, son of Sen Lin. president of China, turned to the mid-west for greater seclusion and is enrolled as a uiminute student at Ohio State ! university in Columbus. MAKES REPORT ON FHA SURVEY Forty-Three Modernization Jobs Are Reported In Decatur Forty-three modernization jobs were found necessary by tlte two ! nlen who are making the FHA j survey this week. Theoe possible sources of work have been filed with the city FHA chairman, Leo Kirsch, and will be available to contractors., dealers and craftsmen. Two men worked full time on the survey last week. One man worked part time. The report was tabulated hy George Andrews. The types of jobs necessary are as follows: carpentry 10; concrete, 10: heating. two: painting. 10: paperhaucing. four: plastering, three, and roofing, four. Leo Kinsch made the following statement today in regards to the FHA program in Decatur: “WBat is the Income from your property? Are you getting all the rent to which you are entitled? “Modernization is a tonic that can rescue many an out-mod'ul dwelling from absolescence. It is a tonic which can increase the occupancy and rental income of business or apartment properties. “Now is the time to do necessary modernizing work The na-; tional housing act has made :t possible for property owners to borrow at the lowest charges ever offered for improvements. “Your local hank and other financial Institutions have been approved hy the federal housing administration. They will be glad to give you information Or you may see the local committee. "No down pavment is repaired on improvements whose cost does not exceed $2,000 and the monthly payments can he arranged to suit your income.” o Coffee Competes In State Latin Meet The winner in division 3 of the ? tlte latin contest finals at Bloomington Friday was Bonita House of Dayton. Robert Coffee of the I>:eatur thigh school was one of the contestants la this event. Mr. Coffee was the winner of the local contest. Several w*eeks ago he won the Fort VVayn? district confects and w> s named the contestant for state honors from this district. He wae ace mpanled to Bloa.ningingion by Miss Clara R-eppert. instructor of I-at in in the Decatur high school. The contest was held under the ausploce of ilndianu Uni-| versity.

G. E. EMPLOYS MORE WORKERS THAN IN 1929 Decatur Works of General Electric Now Employing 350 Persons Indicating better business all over the country, the Decatur branch j of the General Kleetric company j Is now employing more men than j at any time since 1929. There are now 350 persons employed at the plant, of which 275 are men. Approximately 70 persons have been added to the pay roll in the last three or four weeks. The local plant is operating on two shifts a day with about 65 persons working at night. Th» 36 hour week is being followed for all employes* E. W. Lankenau, superintendent of the local plant, stated today Ihat new orders assure the plant of operating for some time at least at this schedule. There are no exceptionally large 1 orders. The large number of small ' orders probably are an index of slowly improving conditions in the , I’nited States. Early last year the local branch remodelled the factory and Install- 1 ed equipment to manufacture a new type of motor. This motor has one quartey horse power. Bolh 50 . and GO cycle motors are now being made. There are 11 different modeds. The result of the increased pay roll Is being noted in the business 1 ’ conditions of the city. Tlte General Electric company this week donated $1,300 to the Peca*ttr ''hamber of Commerce for landscaping the federal subsistence j 1 homesteads project south cf town. I ,{, Another “DiUimrer” Coupon Is Recovered Indianapolis, Ind„ April 6 —(ITPI 1 The fourth coupon from bonds sbol--1 nfn bv John Dillinger in a raid on | a racine. Wifi., bonk ha-s ibeen re-1 1 covered here, police said today. The coupon was found in a local hank w-here it had ibeen left as ee- ’ rurity for a loan. It was clipped from bonds iseued bv the Rundel Manufacturing Co-. Milwaukee Wis., I and was worth S3O. Police chief Michael Morriesey said he knows identity of tfte person who has been cashing the cottnnns but has b en unable to arrest j \ him yet. CHARGE LIOUOR LAW VIOLATION Joo Zarefis of Bluffton Is Charged With Maintaining' Nuisance — Bluffton. April 6 — Prosecuting ! Attorney George E. Gla.se has filed j | in circuit court here the first ipro-i ! ceedings under the 1935 state liquor j | control law, in the nature of an in ! I junction ogaist Joe Barefis, local • cigar store proprietor, alleging that : the latter wae maintaining a common nuieance. within the meaning of the law. at his place of business West Market street. “Judge J. F. Decker issued a tem- , oorary restraining order againet i 7,arefie and eet April 13 as the date i for a hearing on the petition to i make the injunction permanent, i Specifically. Zarefis is charged witth possession ft the purpose of eale and with the sale of spirltoue baveragee in packages, without a • state permit. The prosecuting attorney stated ' that he had evidence of a package sale of alcoholic beverages, or hard ,-impose to file an affidavit againet liquor, by Zarefis. and that it is his • Zat-’fis undeer the criminal section of the law. According to the prosecutor's inerpretation of the law the court ■ may. if he finds Zarefis' p’ace closed ■ i a year or any portion of tiliat period : or may require Zarefis to provide . i bond in the sum of SI,OOO as a guarantee of abatement of the nuisance. I

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Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, April 6, 1935.

To Speak Monday 0 JL. ' Mrs. Elizabeth Blackmore of Baffinland, will speak at the M. E. | (hurch auditorium Monday night at 7 :30 o’cloc k. The program is 1 sponsored hy the women’s foreign missionary society of the church. Mrs. Blackmore spoke here aever- | iul weeks ago under auspices of I the Woman’s club. OFFICIALS WILL FIGHT CHARGES Huntington City Officials Will Fight Contempt Proceedings Huntington, Ind., Apr. 6 —(U.R)— i City officials of Huntington today were prepared to fight contempt ' of court proceedings against Mayor: C. W. R. Bangs and other city employes. The contempt citations grew out of a utility fight between the city \ and the Northern Indiana Power Co. Pity officials are charged with refusing to obey a restraining ord-1 er, prohibiting the city from con- j necting Northern Indiana Power j Co., electric patrons with the municipally owned plant. Mayor Bangs and Cecil McGreg- • or, construction foreman of the city street deportment, late yesterday accepted the contempt citations from Sheriff O. E. Johnson. Hearing on the contempt proi ceedings will be held before special Judge David Smith, Ft. Wavne, in Huntington circuit court April I 9j The utility fight between Mayor (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o — Tractor Overturns, Farmer Is Drowned Auburn, Ind., April 6 — (U.R) — ' Henry Mason, 52, farmer living j six miles southeast of here, was drowned late yesterday in Cedar Creek when a tractor with which Ihe was plowing in a field along ! the stream leaped over the hank ' and overturned pinning him to the j bottom In three feet of water. ;' o | Debolt Trial Is Set For April 12 h The case of Lawrence Debclt j of Washington township, charged with driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, has been set for trial in mayor’s court, , Friday, April 12. Debolt ran into j the traffic signal light at tlhe Monroe and Second street intersection last Saturday. H. R. Me- i Clenahan entered appearance for , him. Debolt was released on SSOO bond. - - — o ——— ’ Seven Barrels Os Flour Are Stolen Thieves broke Into the Geneva , Milling company sometime Friday night. Entrance wae gained by i ] prying open a door to the engine room in the rear of the building. Seven barrels of flour were taken, but nothing else of value was disturbed.

LIQUOR TAXES PLACED HIGH Hard Liquor Taxes Iliifh In State; Many Safeguards Are Taken j (Editor’s Note:-This is the fif'h j of a series of articles on the provisions of the 1933 Indiana liquor | law.) (Special to the Democrat) Indianapolis, Apr. 6—Spirituous liquors, or hard liquor, under the ! new Indiana liquor law is placed i in a high license class and is stir- j 1 rounded hy considerably more | I safeguards in regulation and sale •ban arp wines and beers. Spirituous beverages are defini ed as any alcoholic beverage coni taining more than 21 per cent of | alcohol by volume, and is taxed at | the rate of $1 per gallon. Wine | j containing more than 21 per cent ;is classed a-* a vinous beverage ; but must nav the spirituous beveri age tax. (Stamps are provided for j I bottle containers at the following denominations: 25 cents for each quart: 20 cents for fifths; 12'4 ; cents for pints and C% cents for j half-pin's. The tax atqilicn to all ; hatd liquor except tliat msnufac- 1 tured within the state and sold outside the state. Distillers and manufacturers permits include permission to I manufacture, rectify, transport, sell and deliver out side the s'ate or to any wholesaler or rectifyer inside the state, hut distillers cannot sell to retailers, dealers or consumers. The distillers license fee is $2,000 annually with a SIO,OOO bond. Distillers may also import aleo-. hoi and other ingredients for use in manufacture and may import finished product* for sale to | liquor wholesalers. Distillers are barred from holding interest in any liquor wholesaler or retail place of business I or in any other branch of the nlI coholic beverage industry, such as dealers in beer or wine. The same i« true of the retailers and wholej saiers, in that they are prohibited i from holding any interest in at j distillery. Under the act liquor wholesalers are limited to one for each 50,000 population or major fraction, ami this would limit the number to I approximately 64 in the state. Wholesalers may import liquors and may buv from Indiana distillers and rectifyere. They may sell to retailers and nthpr wholesalers, | but not to consumers. Wholesalers fees are fixed at (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) LICENSES NOT TO BE RENEWED Hundreds Os Retail Beer Dealers Likely Will Not Receive Permits il.ndianapolls. Ind., April 6 —(UP) Hundreds of retail beer permits which expire April 7 are not likely ( I>9 extended unless the holders can qualify under the “anti-saloon” regulations being drafted by the state alcoholic beverage commission. Tlte fact wae made known today by Paul Fry. excise administrator. who announced that he has b on asked Iby the commission to formulate a standard by which permits could be renewed until new application forms were iprinted. The new regulations are expected ty prohibit renewal of permits to establishments whose major bust- : ne*s is the dispensation of beer, i Only those places whose business is largely the eale of food will have their licenses renewed, Fry indicated TV.ie ruling would he in keeping with the purpose of the 1935 liquor law —“To prohibit forever the open saloon. ’’ The commission has taken ( the stand that any establishment ( which operated principally for the sale of liquor is classed as a saloon. Under terms of the new law, permits Issued under the 1933 act may he extended until Nov. 15, at which time al! permits expire. Extension is not expected to be , made for (fiat long a period, how(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

OBSERVE WAR DECLARATION ANNIVERSARY United States Declared War On Germany 18 Y ears Ago Today Washington, April 6 — (U.R) — i Eighteen years ago today the United -States declared war on j i Germany. The nation observed that annlj versary in many ways. In a few i | cities veterans marched behind j j bands that played martial airs, i | There was little jubilation. A ’ spirit of foreboding hung over the f world. Europe appeared drawn as if , under a hypnotic spell toward an- ; other war such as sucked the j ; United States into its bloody vor-1 lex on April 6, 1917. None proi feseed to want war. All feared it j would come. The rhythmic tramp of ntarch- | ing feet echoed over the battle ; fields of Europe where between i 1914 and 1918 9,000,000 men were | slain by their neighbors. The world which President Wilson | sought with the full force of the nation to make safe for democracy was armed to the teeth again. Nations that still owe billions of dollars for the last war. have: j budgets calling for more billions to be spent in preparation for the next. The world’s war bill today is the greatest in peace time hisJ tory. European statesmen scurry from | one capital to another, frantically , seeking some method of at least postponing war. A dozen tinder boxes of potential conflict wait only a spark to send natidns. still war-weary at each others throats. ] Seven principal nations of tho world —United States. Great BritjI ain, Japan, France, Russia, Italy and Germany — spent more than $.5,000,000,000 last year to rearm. Budgets for next year are even larger. The United States spent $543,- : 628,018 for national defense last ! year. Estimated expenditures for the next fiscal year are $875,0(8).- j 000. Congress has voted authorization for an enlarged army, increasing naval and air forces. Virtually every nation has more armed fighters trained for war than just prior to outbreak of the ; world war in 1914. Treaties which ! ended that war have become mere scraps of paper. American world war veterans—whose two billion dollar bonus is ponding with house approval in , the senate—gathered in auditor- - iiuns throughout the country to hear their national commander, j Frank Belgrano, address them by radio. —o Stratostat Balloon Reaches 129,000 Feet Moscow, April 6 — (U.R) — A' l automatic stratostat balloon, rising unoccupied, reached a heightli of 129,000 feet, a dispatch from Leningrad said today. The flight was one of a series ■ of tests, underway for years, with similar balloons. DECATUR LODGE TO ENTERTAIN GENEVA Members of Geneva Odd Fellows Lodge will be Guests of Decatur Chapter Monday The members of the I. O. O. F. lodge of Geneva will be the guests of the Odd Fellows lodge of this city at the regular meeting -of the local lodge Monday evening. This meeting is the second of a series of joint meetings being held once it month by the two lodges. The previous m-eeting was held at Geneva. As a part of ti’.ie program Monday evening the initiatory -degree will ibe conferred by the Decatur degr e staff. A. H. Jenner of Hartford City, district deputy, will be present, and a special invitation is extended to the iB -cmbers of the Geneva lodge, who reside in Decatur, to attend. The committee in charge of the arrangements for the meeting have announced that a lunch-eon will he served at the conclusion of the evening's program.

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Denies Allegiance If wfj 11\Y v - J Jl 1 ■ Citizens of the Irish Free Slate are declared to no longer be stilt- j | jects of the British empire under provisions of a citizenship bill sponsored by President Eamon De | Valera, above. The British govj ernment denies the right of the ! | Free State to take such action. NOTED OUTLAW IS CAPTURED Raymond Hamilton, Notorious Killer, Captured Late Friday Dallas. Tex.. Apr. S.—(U.R) Raymond Hamilton, notorious killer : anil former partner of the late Clyde Barrow, was recaptured late Friday in the freight yards at Fort Worth. Hamilton, who escaped front the death cell at the Huntsville peni- | tentiary last July 22 while awaiting execution for murder, was captured without a fight. Police surprised him as lie stood in a Fort Worth freight yard and he put up his hands without hesitation. Hp was brought immediately to Dallas. Officers said he would he returned to the Huntsville penitentiary, - where the electric chair is awaiting him. Captured with him was a companion. who gave the name of | Glen Allen of Springneld, 111. Officers located him on informs* | tion received from a 19-year-old; J youth, Noland Aired of Tripola, I Miss. The youth was arrested in a Dallas taxicab while allegedly carrying a note from Hamilton to; a friend in west Dallas. Bundled into jail, heavily man--1 acled and chained to two officers, - Hamilton put on a show of bravado. He shook hands with several: ; acquaintances in the crowd of of-1 fleers, newspapermen and curious i and assumed an air of nonchal-1 ance. The chameleon-like death house fugitive, ruthless when first at the j “draw'” but contrastingly meek [ when outwitted, ended a crazy Iflight of months which more than j once saw him wriggle free when ! almost in the clutches of pursuers. He was dressed in overalls, none too clean, with a brown vest over them, and a brown hat. John’s Father Says Wooden Gun Was Used Moorcsvllle, Ind., April S—(UP) John Dillinger, Sr., father of -the notorious Hoosler desperado die-, played snap shot* of a wooden gun today in refutation of department of j justice reports that (hie son had rial weapons in hie break from the Lake county jal a year ago. “John told m© he used a wooden - gnu made from parts of a washboard and we took a picture of him holding the gun." th* elder Dilling■er said. He displayed a snapshot of the gangster holding a sub-ma-chine gun under his arm and a wooden pistol in his hand. Tie department of justice agents - reported to U. S. DiDstrict attorney - James R. Fleming at Fort Wayne that the wooden gun was a myth,

HOUSES BUILT AT SITE GIVEN OFFICIAL 0. K. Federal Government Officials Give Final Approval Late Friday | The United States government I late Friday officially accepted tho j 48 houses built on the subsistence homesteads project here. The government took over immediate possession of the houses and will assume all responsibility for them until the time they are turned over to the homesteaders. With the official notice that the government had accepted the houses as built by the contractors, the announcement was given that the last payments due the contractors, Hoggson Brothers will be made soon. Tlte total bid for the 48 houses after all changes had been made l in the original specifications amounted to $116,157. The contractors have been paid on a monthly basis as the houses were completed. An amount had been withheld to insure the government that the requirements would be met in full in the construction work. The houses were accepted Joint--Ily by Austin A. Watrous, project manager of the local homestead, I H. W. MacGreggor homesteads di- | vision, and John IT. LaDuke, an in|spector from Washington, D. C. I These men were empowered hy I i the government to accept the build- ! jugs at once if the construction work was approved. ■ A thorough inspection of the houses was made Thursday and Friday. At the completion of the Insuection, the men decided that the houses had more than met the - government’s requirements. The contractors will keep a small force of three or four men working at the projpet, cleaning vp for about a week. Government officials announced ; today that the development is not i open to the public. No trespassing signs have been set up and violators will be prosecuted. A night watchman has been employed. Considerable damage was done to a number of the houses while they were still in the possession of the contractors. Windows were broken hy persons who desired to enter the houses. The damage has been repaired. The homesteaders will probably he permitted to move into the houses as soon as plumbing is connected with the sewers. Some . delay has been caused because the FERA labor Is being used is limited in the amount of hours a week j which can be worked. Cisterns are also being installed by FERA labor. Both of these jobs are being done under the direction (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) GLEE CLUB TO GIVE PROGRAM Decatur Hiffh School Glee Club Will Present Concert Tuesday The Decatur high school glee oluh will present a musical program in the high school auditorium Tuesday night at 8 o'clock. ■ The public is invited to hear this program which is being directed by Mies Helen Haubold, instructor of music in the public schools. No admission will be charged. Following is the complete proI gram: Salutation Gaines Little Duck in the Meadow ! j Russian Folk Song Mixed Chorus Amaryllis C,hys Freshman Girls 1 Serenade Badine . Gabriel-Mario 1 Pierrot — Martha Calland Pierrette Irene C’osner Blind Ploughman Clarke ■ What A Day Flagler ' Song of iShipe Flagler Boys’ Glee Club : Drowsily Come the Sheep Proctor • Dusk in a Garden Hamblen i* Piper’s Song Risher Girls’ Glee Club i Sleepy Hollow Tune Konntz • Dancing on the Green s English Folk Dance Mixed chorus,