Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 33, Number 131, Decatur, Adams County, 3 June 1935 — Page 1

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Takes French Helm ;■ I 11 ! * HI I I HR “ ■ R Mfe> i'-iO ' '"'’W j/ ■■ &- :; 5 ! J Fernand Bouisson. president of ! the French Chamber of Deputies, | who was asked by President I Lebrun to form new government !to succeed resigned Flandin ■ cabinet. AMOS KETCHUM IS SUPERVISOR Named By City School Board As Supervisor Os Local Playgrounds Amos Ketchum has been named by the city school board as super-’ visor of the Decatur playgrounds.] , He will work every afternoon but I Saturday and Sunday. A tentative schedule has been, arranged for the supervised play: ] from 1 to 2 o'clock at the South Ward playground, children from 6 Ito 1 1 years of age; from 2 to .1 I o’clock, children from 11 to 14 years of age; 3 to 4 o'clock, chilidren from 14 to IS; from 4 to 5 o’clock, open to the public. 'i Managers of -the softball teams ! will be invited to arrange a sched-| nle for practice. The civic section of the Decatur | Woman's club has made arrange-1 ments to keep open the tennis courts at the WorthmaJti, -the North! Ward and the South Ward athletic fields all day. There are outdoor basketball I courts at the North Ward and 'the < i South Ward fields which will be I opened if there are demands for them. _ , The civic section of the Decatut Woman’s club is furnishing soft--1 balls and bats for the children. An FERA project has been ap- > proved -to provide three workmen Ito keep the playgrounds in condi-| I tion during the summer. All equipment is to he obtained from Mr- Ketchum. He plans to devote most j>f his tfrneJo the I (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) memorial SERVICE ! HELI) HERE SUNDAY Many from Out of City Attend I. O. O. F. Memorial Services Here The I. 0. O. F. Menr ri l service held in this city Sunday was att tided by a number of out of town members of the order. Menil»rS who P-iu tici.pated in the event met at the ! l-all and mar. h- 'd to the | Christian 'church wl.yre services wtTe 'h?ld* . .1 I The Decatur Girls Band under the i direction 01 Albert Sellemeyer, furl .nushed murtlc forth ‘ P a ™ de ’ Rev J M. Dawson, tpi stor of th church, gave the welcome address and Elmer A. Weeks, grand «ur den. gave the response. The memorial address was given by ■ ■■, Fl-Ids, grand -patriarch. Miss Jane Linn and Evelyn K , i.i-i sang 1 selection, aocompanPd at “ e PMno by Jane Adams. Mra. Neva B. Sharrow sang, with Miss Sylvia Ruhl the The ritualistic memorial c.re mony wan in the charge of L. C. Helm.

F. D. R. MEETS WITH LEADERS ON NRA PLANS Politicians Believe Constitution Will Be Campaign Issue Washington, June 3. — (U.R) — President Roosevelt today felt his way cautiously toward clarification of his NRA policy. As he resumed conferences with i congressional and business leaders, a statement promised for today was postponed. The White House Indicated it would be probably an- ! other 24 hours before the President was ready to reveal his next move in meeting the crisis arising krom invalidation of all codes. The next White House pronouncement, it was said, will out- ■ line what the administration can 1 do immediately within the terms lot the court's sweeping decision, - pending legislative or other remedial action that may be attempt1 ed later. Speaker Joseph W. Byrns was the first White House caller as the President started a fresh round of conferences following a week-end cruise. Mr. Roosevelt also arranged to see the business advisory { council, composed of industrial and financial leaders who act in an advisory capacity under the commerce department. 1936 Issue Washington, June 3. —(U.R) Politicians believe the No. 1 plank of i the 1936 Democratic presidential platform will endorse expansion | of the constitution to assure feder- ' al authority in national social and economic questions on the broad - basis sought by President Roose--1 velt. 1 That means the constitution will be an Issue in the 1936 campaign as it has not been in the memory of any person now active in politics. And it is possible that this issue will lead Democratic and Re- ’ publican parties to the great break (UONTINITFJD ON PAGE FIVE) o TRUSTEES HOLD MONTHLY MEET Adams County Township Trustees Discuss Relief Problems ' The 12 township trustees held their regul r monthly meeting this I morning in the office of C ounty ' Superintedeut i.t’ Schools (.ilfton j E. Striker. The majority of the morning wae (devoted to thediscueeion of the new FERA set-up. Mies Margaret Patch, ERA case work supervisor, attended the meeting and explained the new forms which must be followed. It was announced at the imeet- ! ing that after July 1 the trustees | will have full charge of .ill pensons on direct relief. Previously ERA in- ; veedigat rs have interviewed every (applicant for direct relief and made recommendations to the trustees. The ERA office will continue to have charge of all persons on work relief. It wos also announced that 1 new policy will be in force in Adams county regarding medical attention, i No .pltysician in Adams county herenfter will be paid for medical attention unless the patient brings with him a written order from the trus(tee authorizing the services. In .cases of emergencies the physician must report the case within 24 hours utter care is given. The trustees also discussed the annual eighth grade commencement which will be held in the Berne auditorium on June 15. The graduates have not yet been announced by Mr. Striker. Schedule Os FERA Classes Changed W O Little, Adams county su- | pervisor of the federal education program, announced today that until further notice, Mrs. Violet Myers will meet her FERA piano class from 6;30 to Bp. m. Tuesday with the chorus class following’ from Bto 9. All her other Decatur classes are discontinued. At Bobo, Mrs. Myers’ chorus class will meet from 7:30 to 8:30 Wednesday evening, followed by the piano class from 8:30 to 10.

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Boulevard Lights On At Homestead The ornamental boulevard lights in the Decatur homestead division were turned on Saturday I night for the first time. Nine of ) the 11 lights were on. The cable circuits on two lights were cut by ditch workers and repairs could . not be made in time to hook up the lights Saturday evening. The city is furnishing the light standards and globes and free electric current. Ornamental lights will also be installed at the j north and south entrances of the 1 grounds. ] ——• ■■ ■ —-o REVIEW BOARD : OPENS SESSION Adams County Board Os Review Holds First Session Today 1 , The Adams County Board of Re- , view held the first of their sessions ■ this morning in County Assessor - Ernest Worthman’s office. Coun'y Assessor Worthman is s chairman of the board and County s Auditor John Tyndall, secretary, t by virtue of their offices. County I Treasurer John Wechter is a third . ’ member of the board by virtue of his office. I The other two members are . Noah Rich, Democrat, Monroe . township, and Daniel Sprang, Republican, Decatur. These men were appointed by Judge Huber M. . DeVoss. f The board will spend the next 1 week or 10 days examining the j schedules turned in by the deputy . assessors for clerical errors. I During the latter .part of next I ■ week the board will hear com- . plaints against the assessments made by the deputy assessors. A I schedule of dates when tax payers 1 of each unit may appear before the - board for this purpose will be an- . nounced soon. , The last work of the board will . be to equalize valuations in differ- ; ent taxing units in “ie county. The board is subject to call in August for the purpose of equalizing the taxes in Adams county with those in other counties in the county. « Sugar Beet Meeting Set For Wednesday County Agent Archbold 'has re- ) ceived word from L. M. Busche, who Is in charge of the sugar beet control plan for Indiana, that a meeting will be held at Van Wert Ohio, Wednesday, June 5. He I asked that J. Ward Calland and E. .W. Bus-he also be invited to attend this meeting., L Suit On Account Given To Jury ’ The case in which the American ( Cauket Company of Cambridge City io suing Willintn Wells of Geneva for :.in account amounting to slßl.- ' 78 went to a jury in the Adams cir- ’ cuit court at noon today. TAX COMMITTEE MEETING TODAY Indiana Legislative Tax Study Committee Considers Cuts I Indianapolis, June 3 — (U.R) — Plans to consolidate townships as a means of reducing government- ' al costs were to be considered again today at a meeting of the “ special legislative tax study committee. The. committee, named from the 1 two houses of the 1935 legislature, has! been making a study of governmental costs and proposed tax legislation since the close of the 1 regular session of the general |' assembly last March. Its report will be made to Gov. Paul V. McNutt and in turn draft- , ed Into bills to be introduced either at the proposed special session of the legislature or the regu , lar assembly in 1937. Under plans being considered, the committee has suggested that . smaller and poorer townships be combined. An even more radical change which would eliminate all ( townships and set up a county . government unit also has been (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR)

Decatur, Indiana, Monday, June 3, 1935.

I TEACHER STAFF i IS ANNOUNCED r Teachers Fo r Decatur f i Public Schools Are Announced Today t Walter J. Krick, superintendent I of the city schools, announced to- | day the names of the instructors _ 'in the public schools for the 1935- | 36 term. Because of the reduced budget the school board does not contemplate the hiring of additional instructors to fill the vacancies left | by the resignations of Mrs. CharI les Briener, third grade teacher at II the North Ward and Miss Helen l Shroll, second grade teacher at the | South Ward. f; Some of the classes will be consolidated or some teachers given ' additional classes. Principals in the schools will re- ■ main the same next year. They >-|are; high school, W. Guy Brown; 3 Central, Bryce Thomas; Riley r building, Nell Winnes; South Ward, I Eva Acker, and North Ward, John 3 ' R. Parrish. y High school instructors next year will remain the same and are: y W. Guy Brown, social science; q Blanche McCrory, commercial subs Jects and home economics; Sigurd Anderson, commercial subjects; e Deane Dorwin. history; Clara Repe pert, Latin; Eloise Lewton, Eng- >. lish. n Hugh Andrews, mathematics; R. I A. Adams, chemistry, physics and biology; Verneal Whalen, English; t Amos Ketchum, manual training e and mechanical drawing; Helen y Haubold, music; Kathryn Kauffman, art; Jeannette Clark, physical t training; Herb L. Curtis, physical t . training, and Albert Sellemeyer, 3 band. \ Several transfers are expected s in the grades and Central. For e this reason the schools at which !- the instructors will be assigned can not yet be announced. H The teachers are: Margaret Mor- -. an, language; Electa Oliver, aritlilinetic; Edward Jaberg, arithmetic d and reading; Eleanor Pumphrey, ~ i reading and hygiene; J. Lowell lL Smith, geography; Glennis Llzjq 0 (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) O—YOUTH IS HELD FOREXTORTION Fann Youth Near Tipton 'i Taken Into Custody By Federal Agents Indianar olie, June 3—(UP)—Donald Ma,pie, 21, Tipton county vegetable farmer, was arrested on a ■jharge of attempting to extort $50,f 000 from a wealthy Tipton county canning factory owner, it wns re--1 vealed today at the youth’s hearing y before United States commission j, Howard Young. . | Maple denied the charge and was L ! held in defalut of SIO,OOO bond pend(ing grand jury investigation. — Tipton, Ind., June 3.—(U.R)—Donald Maple, 21, farm youth, was i taken into custody last night by -(federal agents under circumstances f | indicating he was an extortion susi The seizure was reported to Sheriff A. Cardwell by young C Maple’s father. The sheriff said ! he confirmed the fact that federal agents were holding the youth but denied any further knowledge of the case. Young Maple was captured when he stopped at a roadside at the northern edge of Tipton county to ■ examine a package which appar- ‘ ently had fallen from an automo--8 bile. As the youth picked up a package a large sedan containing six ’ men roared up, the father said. (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) f — O —— a Report Increase In 1 School Enrollment Enrollment at the Decatur vaca- ' tion church school, which opened 1 lar>t week, was increased this morning to 242 pupils. Officials ’ of the school announced that Wednesday of this week will be ’ the final day to accept enroll- ’ ments. ’ The moving picture show' given 1 last Friday evening was well at--1 tended and another will be pre- ? sented Friday of this week at 1 7:39 p. m. Parents of students are invited to attend.

ESTIMATE 145 I I DEATH TOLL OF SEVERE FLOODS Midwest States Ravaged t By Floods; Property Loss In Millions Junction City, Kan., June 3. —-1 t 1 (U.R) — Floods smashed their way - through the midwest today from 1 ( almost a dozen sources, spreading I death and destruction. In their wake were an estimat--1 ed 145 dead, property loss of mil--1 lions, shattered hopes of thou- > sands of fanners, and the threat of disease ami pestilence. Upon thio town, five miles from ) the geographical center of the | United States, rushed two raging - rivers. The Republican, with 81 ' deaths already charged against : it. swept down from the north. I From the west the Smoky Hill .. surged in. its flood-tide increased I I by torrents from the Solomon and i Saline rivers. 1 | The rivers converge here to : i form the Kaw and then sweep : eastward 150 miles to the Missouri ' river. In that stretch through 1 fertile acres, villages, towns, and • the state capital there is a flood threat in every mile. The crest of the Republican will reach here today. From Nebras- ' ka. where its receding waters left 1 | behind the worst havoc ever ' ! wrought along its course. It cross!l ed into Kansas yesterday. By 1 ! night it had inundated Concordia ‘ | and added to its list of victims ! an estimated 10 more lives. Deaths from the floods which ’ started with Thursday's cloud- ! bursts in the Colorado Rockies, include: ( Colorado 19 I Wyoming 7 Nebraska (bodies recovered) 40 (PONTTNURD Of’ PAGE TWO) -I n MATHIAS KIRSCH i FUNERAL SUNDAY — Funeral Services Are Held Sunday Fcr Prominent Decatur Citizen Funeral Bcr/ices for Mathias I Kirsch, ipromin-ant Decatur eitizen (whose death occurred Thursday. , | were held at 2 o’clock Sunday afternoon at the Zi n Reformed church. The Rev. Ch rl.s M. Pritgh, pas--11 tor. officiated. Verses of scriipture which were read at the funerals of Mr. Kirsch’s father and mother, were read by Rev. Prugh. Vocal selections by Mrs. Dillas Goldner and Mrs. L. A. Holthouse were given and the congregation joined in sing--1 ing two favorite hymns of the deceased. Pall bearers were Otto and Her- ( aid Kirsch, sons of the deceased. ' Leo Kirsch, Edgar Mutschler, Rol- ' (and Reppert and Fredrick Schroyer. IBurial was made in the Decatur 1 cemetery. Mr. Kirsch served WJiny years as a trustee of tire cemetery association. o MAY ADJOURN BY AUGUST 1 [ Speaker Byrns II olds Conference With President This Morning ( Washington, June 3— (U.R) — , Speaker Joseph W. Byrns after conferring with President Roosevelt today said he expected congress to be in session until prob- . ably August 1. He said proposals for an early congressional recess followed by a special session were ‘’out," in ids opinion. Byrns said lie personally believed “some sort” of NRA bill [ would be necessary, but that all plans of the administration for revising new deal legislation in view of the supreme court decisions apparently still were nebulous. He said it was planned to bring , up late today if possible the commodity exchange bill, companion piece to the securities act. under 1 suspension of rules. This would make a two-thirds majority necessary to pass the bill. "There is nothing definite on , the NRA,’’ said Byrns, “but it (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

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Kidnaper Guilty ’I • j Volney Davis, arrested in Chicago by federal agents, pleaded guilty to participating in the I $200,009 kidnaping of Edward G. 1 Bremer, when arraigned in federal court at St. Paul today. Sentence was deferred. FIRST LIQUOR BOARD MEETING Three Applications Are Considered By Local Control Board The first session of the Adams j County Alcoholic Beverage Board waa held this afternoon in the eoun- | ty clerk's office in the court house, I Burr Kelly, stute appointed member | presiding. The two other me.na'ier.s of tlie , board are Leo Kirsch, representing the city and Dallas M. Hower, rep-1 ’ resenting the county. Three applications were on file! ( before the board. They were B. J. ( Emith Drug Co., and Kohne Drug' 1 Co., liquor dealers; Robert Rnmeeh lag. .beer dealer. The session scheduled for 9 o'- ! clock this morning was postponed ■ until 1:30 o’clock this ifternoon, j because Mr. Kelly was delayed in | (getting to Decutur. ' i In opening the meeting Mr. Kelly | I announced that the board sought the cooperation of the public. He also stated that it should be under | i stood the local board did not grant I i or refuse permits. The oral board (acts as the “eyes and ears of the ( stute board" and merely recom- .! mends, Mr. Kelly declared. Answers given to questions pro- • f unded by the board and filled in ' on questionnuires were under oath. . Mr. Kelly administered the oaths to the board members and appllI cants. He also state-d that if any 1 person wished to testify as a witness for or against any apljicant (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o— —; Blind Youths To Present Program Reginald Clifton, formerly of Decatur, and Hugh Windle of ’ Columbus. Ohio, graduates of the Columbus state school for the blind, will present a program of i vocal and instrumental music at i the First Evangelical church in this city Tuesday evening at 8 ( o'clock. The program Is sponsor- ( ed by the Loyal Daughters class i of the Sunday school, and the public is cordially invited to at- ( I tend. No admission will be | charged but an offering will be taken. o Masons Asked To Meet This Evening All members of the Masonic lodge re requested to meet at the hall; this afternoon nt 5 o'clock to attend the funeral of Curtis Grand-1 staff. Fire Department Makes Two Calls The city fire department answered two rails Saturday evening. One was a false alnrm. At 7:30 o’clock a stranger reported to the fire department that ho had seen a fire at the Lawrenoe Roop house on South Ninth street. The city truck we.nt to the house and found Mr. Roop smoking meat in a shed behind his home. A second ctall was made at midnight Saturday When an automobile caught fire near the Riverview Gardens on U. S. .highway 27 north of the city. The blaze was extinguished with little damage.

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VOLNEY DAVIS ADMITS AID IN BREMER KIDNAP Meanwhile,State of Washington Is Searched For Lad’s Kidnapers St. Paul, June 3 —(U.R) —iVolncy Davis pleaded guilty today when arraigned before Judge M. M. Joyce in federal court on charges of participating in the $209,090 kidnaping of Edward G. Bremer. Davis, arrested by Melvin Purvis in Chicago and brought here by airplane, was a member of the notorious Barker-Karpis gang and was wanted for questioning in connection with the abduction of George Weyerhaeuser in Tacoma, Wash. He was arraigned on the Bremer charge within a few hours after arrival here. Sentence was deferred. Haggard and holding his hat over his face to avoid photographers, Davis was taken into federal court under heavy guard. United States District Attorney George F. Sullivan, who prosecuted the case which convicted five former allies of Davis in the Barker-Karpis gang, moved that he be arraigned on a charge of conspiracy. Judge Joyce Instructed that the 1 indictment be read and then asked Davis if he understood the meaning of the true bill. Davis ! replied that he did. Asked whether he pleaded guilI ty or not guilty. Davis answered, > in a low voice: “I plead guilty." Davis was jailed to await sentI ence. It was understood that five . others would be sentenced with him. They are Byron Bolton and Elmer Farmer, both of whom pleaded guilty during the Barker trial, and John J. (Boss) McLaughlin. Harold Aiderton and James J. Wilson, who were found 1 guilty with Arthur (Doc) Barker and Oliver Berg. Barker and Berg previously were sentenced j to life imprisonment. All those to be sentenced late this week likewise face like (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) — O '■■■«- Regular K. of C. Meeting Tonight Election of officers will be held at the regular meeting of the Knights of Columbus tonight at 8 o’clock. A report will also be given for the state convention and ail members are urged to attend. o C. C. Directors To Meet Tonight The board of directors of the Chunjber of Commerce will meet at (the Rice hotel this evening at 7:45 ( o’clock. Chairmen of t,!ie various lommittee.s for the cattle and club show to be held here in August, are ! also requested to attend this meetj ing. o REORGANIZATION OF HOSPITAL PLANNED — Fort Wayne Methodist Hospital Seeks Unencumbered Title To Institution Fort Wayne, June 3. —The general plan of the Fort Wayne Methodist hospital for the formation of a local corporation and raising SIOO,OOO to bring about an linens ( cumbered title held by the Metho- ( dist Episcopal Hospital Association of Indiana, will be submitted to the hospital's board of directors here Tuesday noon by the institution’s executive committee, it was announced last night. The local hospital has two years to draw up a new corporation and raise the necessary funds for the transfer of title and asking the North Indiana M. E. conference in its 1936 meeting at Kokomo for financial assistance. Members of the hospital executive committee are Dr. F. F. Thornburg, president of the hospital board and pastor of Winchester M. E. church; Dr. Fremont E. Fribley, district M. E. superintendent; Earl S. Reeves, Attorney L. B. Harper, and Dr. E. T. Franklfff, superintendent of the hospital. The board ■ will be asked to consider a form of articles of incorporation. k