Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 33, Number 86, Decatur, Adams County, 10 April 1935 — Page 1

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iOSEPH EVERETT GRANTED NEW TRIAL

IR, ASKS Ingress to I back policy ■dent Wants All I‘lanK Legislation To » ass This Session ji M ion, April 10— <U.R> Ht Roos-'Vt’li called on connday to buckle down to on t |) P administration’s legislative program. ras, inclined io toss part program overboard to exadjournment, was told he all planned legislation enlt this session if a* all .Roosevelt fails to get the action from congress. n believed he might apthe country through one of aside chats to bring presI recalcitrant legislators, of his advisers have urged pte. The last such appeal ada last fall when Mr. ilt alternated to rally pubgrt for NRA. They feel talk would revive public of the President, that the President Ino stand firm on his legisgogram was carried to the today by house leaders onferred late last night r. Roosevelt. r hours after he returned is two-weeks fishing trip aoeevelt called speaker of ise Joseph W. Byres. Robtaghton. chairman so the trays and means comniitnd former congressman West of Ohio to the White Ptik In November mgon. April 10— (U.R) —■ it load in the works-relief_ i will be reached in midber. President Roosevelt id todav. that time. Mr. Roosevelt ehoped that the $4,880,000.te to put 7.000,000 Atnerirk to work would be runill blast. Originally. OctoI been set for the peak but • of delays on capitol hill, fer now is the estimate, while, the chief executive I that the administration of gram would be carried out as possible by existing •tent agencies. Paster part of the work. • would be handled by such Kions, pointing out that II have been studying the nd requests for allocations long time. ■oosevelt a’so added, howtbat additional administrafinery w °uld be required HINUED ON PAGE FIVE) IMPS‘HOTEL’ OSED BY CITY s 'cnt ( amp In Macy nveyor Building Is Closed Today ■odglng quarters maintained Clt > for tramps and translate old Macy Conveyor '■ " ortl >west of Decatur, was to| iay. The city took a six rase on the office part of ln ? and supplied coal to room during the winter. e expired tflday. The build- , tank'd by theold Adams it 81 th ntS ..v WerP permuted to e hotel” for two nights. a n „, Mtrenih weather M urn? nigtlts lodging was er ri? h the arrvat of spring td'w . y >. OfrlC,als felt that the ! - 1 the arrival of spring on to warmer dim month. 6111 ° f the room was ighf'Vj 11 ' tram Ps were giv--1 water Blng ln a Btore room [e becamZ OrkS buil<i,ns - Pat ' 80 i' eav y that it ! a chn'/o. f ° r the councl > *o had t/T Sanlt “ry condif than „ *1 CDnil <lered and ng a any money on !s whn t ,ter tor lhe unfortoildln t . aVel6d the road ’ the kt oil K was lea sed. « Place r ev®r d Hunte r patrolM the nil , J ry night and in--8 h| s beat erS 3ev eral times

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Heads May Frolic R I r [ Her personality and dramatic talent won Miss Alma Huth, above, of Alliance. O„ the coveted | I honor of the lead in the pageant , featuring the annual May Day frolic at Mt. Union college, ■ i Alliance. BEET ACREAGE IS INCREASED r i Wells County Beet Acreage Is Increased By 500 Acres Buffton. Ind., Apr. 10. — Through - 4he efforts of David H. Campbell, I ' Welh county fluid asast -tor Uxe Central Sugar company. County Agent M. S. Smith and Ralph Tyndall, president of the Chamber of Commerce, the sugar company, ■ which operates a plant at Decatur, • agreed to increase the sugar beet j acreage allotment in this county’ • 1 500 acres. With about 1.100 acres already [under contract in Wells county, the ! increase will bring the total acre- | age to 1.600 acres. It is estimated that with favorable conditions the .1935 crop will bring over $100,000; ! to the Wells county beet growers. . j Those having had a part-in getting . the allotment increased are deserv- ; ing of much credit for their work. Field Agent Campbell received final word of the increase from I company officials at a meeting Monday in Fort Wayne. He made ! the plea for increased acreage here lon the ground that new growers ' comprise most of those signing con- ! tracts and that such a move will I tend to interest more farmers in I the crop, thus helping him in his I effort to develop the county into one of the best beet growing areas , in the middle west. “In order to carry out this plan," |he said, ‘‘we want to hold down acreage on each farm to five and ten-acre tracts. We are operating ‘ with the cooperation of the U. S. (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) HUNTINGTON CASE DELAYED BY JUDGE Special Judge David Smith Takes ' Under Advisement Motion to Release Customers Huntington. Ind., April 10—(UP) —Special judge David E- Smith of , Fort Wayne, today had und-?r advisement a Demurrer seeking re- , lease of five customers of the City Light plant from contempt proceed- . Ings brought by the Northern Jndi iana power company. The compiny had asked that the > customers, five city employes and . Mayor Clare W. H. Bangs be cited .! for contempt and assessed damII ages for violating an Injunction restraining the city plant from extend- . ing its facilities to the commercial i field. Tlhe injunction wns obtained by : the power company last January i ibut nearly 70 bexmes iiave been con- ■ nected to the city iplant upon the I order of Mayor Gangs. II dn filing the demurrer. Claude j • I cline. Huntington city attorney. < • argu d that the power company did not present sufficient facts upon ■ i which to base its allegations. He ■! also argued that the five customers i were not parties to the original in-. I junction action- *•

SIX INDICTED BY GRAND JURY IN MAIL FRAUD Federal Grand Jury Charges 6 With Defrauding Many Investors Chicago, April 10-(U.RI - A fed- ! enal grand jury today indicted six I officials of the defunct trustees i system on charges of engineering i a $30,000,000 mail fraud in which thousands of mid-west investors were victims. The criminal fraud charges, like those brought against Samuel Instill and Frank (Roy Wizard) Parish, followed ten-figure flights into the realm of high finance which crashed during the depression. Those indicted were: J. C. Corcoran. 51, founder of I the small-loan chain which operated in 10 middle western states i before it went into receivership ! on Oct. 28. 1932. Dennis J. Corcoran. 46. his brother and a dire?tor of the company, as well ae vice president of the trustees system service corporation, holding company for the affiliates. Frank J. Gibbons. 51. president of the service corporation. Frank J. Nicho'son. 45. auditor of all companies in the network. L. J. Medinah, general sales manager. Jacob G. Born. 54. of Birmingham. Ala., director of the holding company with secretary-treasurer i ’ of trustees system. The indictments carry a maximum sentence of five years imprisonment and SI,OOO fines. The grand jury charged that the i six defendants, most of whom are Chicago residents, acquired con-1 ' trol nf 31 loan nunpanie^-■ in- 14 : j states in 1914 and paid dividends I to preferred stockholders when no earnings or surplus existed. It was charged that literature ■ (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) O ABANDON HOPE OFWHEATCROP Western Kansas Farmers' Abandon Hopes When New Dust Storm Hits Garden City. Kan., April 10. — i (y f>)__\Vestern Kansas farmers today gave up hopes of a wheat i i crop. I. A new dust storm, denser and |, more destructive than the dozens which a'ready have swept their. fields, tugged at what vegetation romr.ined and threatened »o leave ] the western third of the state virtually barren. The storm extended over western Oklahoma and the Texas pan- j handle. Meanwhile Nebraska, the Da-1 kotae. the mountain region of Colorado, and Wyoming experienced life-restoring rain or snow. Only a few scattered Kansas communities received any moisture. < The forecast indicated the eastern ( part of the state might receive , rain today. , Here, farmers were unable to get into their fields because of j the dust which made breathing t painful, endangering their health , and stalled their tractors. ‘‘Wheat prospects in Finney county and in that part of the state south and west of Garden ; City are absolutely zero", said L. M Sloan, farm bureau agent. “Even if rain should come now, the harvest would be only one half of one per cent of normal.” , Estelle Groebe, Finney sounty ( poor commissioner, said many families were seeking government aid in order to leave their farms. , where the dust today was J^ ort ,; ' (CONTINUED ON PACE SIX) ( Warns Boys On Causing Damage 11 Reports were made to Chief 0,, i police Scph MelcDi today that boys ' i did some damage in the mens toilet room in the court house basement 1 last night. Piper was thrown about t i the room and damage done to equip- 1 jment. The police issued a warning < |to boys to stay away from the 1 I (place-

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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, April 10, 1935.

Feds Arrest “Duke” ' ■■ ; ■ groih, Ok Named in a federal grand jury , indictment xs the gunman involved in activities on a fake medical diploma mill. George Martin Lindsay, known in Kansas City as the “Duke,” is held at Boonville, Kas., awaiting arraignment. CLERK REPORTS ON COURT TERM David Depp Submits Report For February Term Os Circuit Court The clerk's report for the February term of the Ad>itn.s cir uit court was announced today by David D. Depp, county clerk. The term ended r Saturday, April 6. T ere were 27 estate and one gDirdianship caae filed. During the same period 22 eetute cases and one guardianship ease wer? taken off the docket During the February term there were 46 civil caees disposed of. 59 filed, seven venued here and 428 pending. The civil cases disposed of were as follows: dismissed, eight; personal judgments given, eight parties; foreclosures and receivers appointed in eight; committment to Riley hospital given to one; two were venued from county; one divorce was granted to a husband and five to wives; four persene were found to have unsound minds. Three criminal cases were disposed of during tilie term. One was dismissed, one iperson was fined and one person sentenced to j>iil. Three cases were filed and 46 were pending at the end of the term. The April term began Monday. April 8 and will continue until Saturday, June 8. The calendar for the April term has not been completely set. Attorneys this week have been busy selecting dotes for cases. o Organize Class In Lip-Reading Friday A meeting will the held at 5:30 o’clock Friday evening at the Decatur higit school to organize a FER A class in lip-rending. AU interested persons are asked to be present. I

Hundred. Thousand College Men Will Demonstrate Against War

New York, April 10 —(U.R) —One hundred, thousand college students, a vociferous 10 per cent of American enrollment, will "strike." parade, hold mass meetings and otherwise voice their disapproval of war, for one demonstrative hour day after tomorrow, a United Press survey showed today. The strike, widely advertised by flaming posters calling upon youth to make “solemn protest against the black pall of war that today encircles the world.” will have the sanction of several college presidents, and in many cases will be turned into a dignified chapel service at which resolutions will denounce the makers of war. No single organization has control over the day’s demonstration, and there is no central "authority" for the strikes. Among other organizations, however, which have lent sponsorship for individual programs are the Student

I RECEIVE CHECK FOR HOMESTEAD General Electric Company Gives Check To Beautify Project Roscoe (flenilelliiing, secretarytreasurer of the Decatur Chamber i of Commerce, has received a check for $1,300 from the General Electric company. i The money is a gift from the: I company to the Decatur subsis- ' fence homesteads project and will ibe used for the landscaping of tbe | grounds. Ferd Litterer, secretary of the local board of sponsors for the project, stated today that landscaping j will not begin on the development I until the sewers and cisterns are' ' complete. The grounds have been ! torn up by this work. The donation from the General Electric company came unsolicited. Letters of appreciation were sent by both the Chamber of Commerce and the board of directors of the project. II Immediate occupancy in the houses will depend upon the api proval from Washington of a pro-1 ■ posal to permit the homesteaders' ’ to move in as soon as the sewers [ ’ are connected. If this plan is not 1 approved none of the homestead- ' ers will be allowed to occupy their! ! homes until all the sewer connec-. I tions are made. The 46 homesteaders whose apI plications have been approved, have 1 all signed temporary licensing; I agreements, which will permit ‘ them to occupy the houses until the final contracts are signed. If, after the costs are computed : the government has any money [■money left in the appropriation it ’ | will be used to complete the landj scaping. The government's appropriation originally included a bud-1 . get for landscaping. ; Before the contracts weru_let the i building prices increased and it' ‘, was necessary to transfer a por- » tion of tills money to help build II "• . i (CONTINUED ON PAGE DIVE) O—REGISTRATION OF CCC MEN STARTS i Indiana's Quota in the Civilian Conservation Corps is Set At 2,959 Men , I Indianapolis. Ind., April 10 —Witlh' , Indiana’s quota set at 2.959, registnition of Cilivian Conservation I corps recruits was started today. , Enrollment was ordered by Wayne Coy. director of Indiana em- j ergency relief, after receipt of in-j , structione Hem Robert Fechnes'. I national CCC director in Washing- > ton. ! Fechner asked for Immediate en-1 rollment of 110,000 recruits to ex-; pand the corps to 370,000. ! Os the total figure set for .Indiana | 2,659 will be accepted as junior en- | rollees and 300 special drought re- i lief workers will ibe selected from ! applicants from Northern .Indiana; coirntie.s. The iatt r group will he used in rehabilitation work in Northern i Indiana drought arois. Requirements for admission to; CCC camps are unchanged. Coy I i said. Candidates must be jobless • young men (between the ages of 18 and 25, unmarried and whose fanii- . ‘ lies are on relief or need relief. I Recruits enroll for six months.

League for Industrial Democracy, the National Students League, the Methodist Youth Group. the League Against War and Fascism, and similar organizations. In more militaristic centers, the j paeificts will be answered by i “pro-Americans”, some groups led by football heroes, urging patriot-! ism, protection and preparedness; as a means to end aggression. Many university heads, preferring to let youth blow off steam, not only have sanctioned the demonstrations but have encouraged them. Charges that such strikes; are the work of communists and pinks have been met by student declarations that war is> a de-1 gtructive force to all humanity, and. if youth can find away out of it. so much the better. Approximately 30,000 of the demonstrating students are in southern and middle western col(CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)

NAME SPEAKER FOR GRADUATE PROGRAM HERE J. Raymond Schutz Os Manchester College Is Chosen As Speaker J. Raymond Schutz. A.8.. M.A., professor of sociology at Manchester college at North Manchester, lias been selected to give the commencement address to the seniors !of the Decatur high school on Friday. May 24. Professor Schutz is now extension lecturer in economics and ' sociology at Indiana University. He has talked on several occasions to audiences in this city and has been very well received. He is a graduate of Otterbein college and the University of Chicago and has been a graduate student at tlie University of California and Yale University. During his four trips to Europe he has studied at the University of Oxford in England and at Geneva, Switzerland. Before becoming a college professor he served five yeans as a high school principal. He has been pastor of the First Brethren church of North Manchester for 13 years. Prof. Schutz was governor of the Indiana district of Kiwanis and chairman of the International committee on business standards of Kiwanis International. In 1929 he served as president of the Indiana council of religious education. For two summers be was on a Chautauqua program. He has given more than 4.(H)0 lectures in 17 states in 14 years and averaged more than 30 comI mencement addresses annually for a number of years. His subject here will be “Youth I Building a New- World.” The rest of the commencement program has not been completed. ROOSEVELT MAY TALK TO NATION President May Appeal To People To Aid In Legislative Fight Washington, Apr. 10. —(U.R) —The political ears-to-the ground brigade believes President Roosevelt may take the offensive against congress, perhaps with a fireside chat to the i American people. Congress has passed only one of ! the new deal bills proposed to this , session by Mr. Roosevelt. That ' was the work relief resolution and ! 75 days were demoted to the job. One of those intimate Roosevelt j discourses beginning, "my friends,” might do much to rally popular sup- ; port behind new deal legislation j and prod laggard legislators. The last time Mr. Roosevelt talki ed to the nation was Sept. 30 of l last year. Six and one half months i ago. He spoke then of NRA which | was disintegrating under internal ! and external friction. Now that congress has placed almost $5,000,000,000 in the President’s hands he can risk a fight with recalcitrant legislators. Money in the form of loans or grants is even better than patronage as a party loyalty stimulant. It may increase Mr. Roosevelt’s influence at the capitol. The first step toward restoring new deal control on capitol hill was taken a fortnight ago. A group of house Democrats met to discuss demoting Rep. Edward T. Taylor, D„ Colo., fron) Tils job as acting democratic leader. He is serving in place of Rep. William B. Bankhead, D„ Ala., who has been ill this (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) O Van Wert Man To Speak Here Monday — The Literature department of the Woman’s Club will present as its guest sipeaker at tihe Woman’s Club meeting Monday night. Donald 11. Smith of Vain Wert, Ohio, who will epeak on th? subject. “The Peculiarities of the Presidents.” The meeting will be held in the Library hall Monday night at 7:45 o'clock. Mrs. O- L. Vance is chairman of the committee from the Literature department, in charge of the program.

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Commencement Speaker ■ Tl J. Raymond Schutz, professor of sociology at Manchester college, will deliver the commencement address at the annual exercises of the Decatur public high school Friday, May 24. The speaker has appeared here on a number of previous occasions and his ad- , dresses have been well received. ADAMSCOONTY TO GET SHARE County Will Receive Intangibles Tax Distribution Next Week Indianapolis. April 10—(Sipecial) Adams county will receive $1,900.38 next week as its share of $306,744 ' I in intangibles tax s being distributed by the state, according to Philip . i Zourcher, chairman of the state I board of tax commissi»nera. 1 j Three-fourths of the amount received by the county, or $1,425.29 will be allocated by the county auditor to the schools ae provided iby i law, while the remainder will be ■ivailable for general county use. ■ When the intangibles tax distribu- ' tion is completed, sd'ioole of Adams I! county will Dave received a total of $72,077.29 from the state! ! during the present school year in ! distributions from Indiana’s three! ( new r tacement tax laws — the! gross income tax. the liquor and the intangibles tax. On October 15, $3,482.86 w>ie re-1 ceived from the intangibles tax; on; , (November 1. $8,661.84 from the J liquor tax. and on January 1, $26,-! . 800.000 from the gross income tax. Before the school year closes July j 31, the county’s schools will (nave! received further funds from the li-l > qu-r tux May 1 and from the grpss | .: income tax July 1- Gross income tax . I collections being imade during the I! present .paying period which closes ; | April 15 will be included in the July . distribution. •i >!t was estimated that when dis- . > trilbutions for the school year are J completed, the total will exceed the $170,300.83 distributed during tilje .1933-34 school y-ar, an amount ; j which was equivalent to what ; j would have been raised by a county I L property tax rate of 32 cents on' I each SIOO of prop >rty. o MISSIONARY TALKS AT LIONS MEETING Rev. ' I. P. Sackman Speaks at Regular Lions Club Meeting Here Tuesday Evening, J Th? members of the Decatur I Lions club were entertained at their i regular meeting Tuesday night in i the Rice hotel by a ladies trio from Berne and by Rev. I. P. Barkman, ; returned missionary. The trio was composed of Misses ■ Elaine and Marjory Baumgartner i and Helen Habegger. Rev. Barkman tl'.ien spoke on the subject of “Africa." He discussed the habits and peculiarities of the j natives. He stated that the younger ■ generation, afte ryears of miseion- ■ ary work, is slowly emerging from -centuries of traditional heathen i! ways. , j Rev. Barkman continued, ‘‘the . I younger Africans are coming to ways of enlightment and to a new . civilization with understanding and appreciation for things, religious . and fundamental.” , He spent 15 years in .Africa and . is now on a furlough at his former . bonne in Berne- . C. L. Walters was chairman of the program.

CONVICTION OF ADAMS COUNTY MAN REVERSED State Supreme Court Orders New Trial For Alleged Murderer Indianapolis, April 10— (d.R) —■ The state supreme court today ordered a new trial for Joseph Everett. 59, serving a life sentence in the state prison on charges of murder. He was convicted in Adams circuit court December 6, 1931, for the slaying of Doras W’erling. 27. The shooting occurred June 29, following an argument. In reversing the conviction the supreme court held tliat evidence in the trial was unsatisfactory. “On one point the lower court erred in permitting the court clerk to testify that Everett did not have a permit to carry a gun.” the ruling said. “Such evidence was irrelevant." According to evidence presented at the trial, Everett was baiting a trout lino on the St. Mary's river when Werling approached with two other men. Werling and Everett engaged in a fight which preceded the shooting, according to the testimony. Indicted By Jury Everett was indicted by the September grand jury and the true bill was returned to the court on I October 15. 1931. The trial, one of the few first. ! degree murder trials ever held in j this county, started November 23. The jury received the case Friday, December 4 and did not reach a ■ verdict until after midnight, Sa*- . urday, December 5. The grand jury indictment I charged Everett with first degree I murder. I | o Begin Visitation Week Here Tonight Visitation week will Ibe opened tonight at the local Meßhodist Epis- ' copal church, according to the announcement of the pastor, the Rev. H. R. Carson. Friends nnd constituj ents of the chuch will be interviewed in the interests of personal and community religion. The results of the every member canvass will be tabulated at the i Official board meeting which follows th? devotional service. All captains and lienteronts are asked to be present to make their reports ! personally. Any lieutenant who can- • not be present is asked to report to .his captain by 6:30 tonight. The choir will meet for regular rehearsal tonight nt 7:45 and every member is asked to be present with- ! cut fail for final work on the Easter . music. o TWO COUNTRIES FOR ALLIANCE Report France And Russia Are Near Virtual Military Alliance (Copyright 1935 by UP.) London, Apr. 10.—<U.R)— Reports that France and Russian were about to enter a virtual military alliance brought a last minute change in British plans for the Stresa conference, it was understood today. The cabinet held an extraordinary meeting just before the British delegation, headed by Ramsay MacDonald, prime minister, and Sir John Simon, foreign secretary, left for Stresa. It was indicated, as a result of the alliance report, that the Brit- | ish at Stresa would try to switch France toward erehti mignigreTH France toward either merging its Russian agreement into a broader European security system or surrounding it with other treaties to which Germany could adhere. Such a substitute would be based —as is the reported French-Rus-sian agreement—«n fife penalty clauses of the League of Nations covenant. Just before the cabinet meeting, Simon at a long talk with American Ambassador Robert Worth Bingham outlined the European situation for the benefit of Presi(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)