Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 33, Number 135, Decatur, Adams County, 7 June 1935 — Page 1

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Vol. XXXIII. No. 135.

Rotarians Report State Convention Interesting reports on the recent i state convention at Gary were given at tf.ie weekly meeting of the Deca- ! tur Rotary club Thursday evening ! at the Rice hot 1. The Rev. Charles M. Prugh and James Elberson, both j of whom attended the two-day meet- i ing. related highlights of the con-i vention. Announcement wae mode that the Lions club hae accepted the duallenge of the Rotarians to a nofthall I game. The contest will be played | ut the South Ward diamond next Wednesday evening, June 12, at i 5:15 o'clock and will go six innings, j Proceeds from th. collection will be given to the s x.ut troops of the ' t wo service chib;-. CHILDREN DAY PROGRAM LIST First Evangelical Church Will Observe Children’s Day Sunday The annual Children's Day pro-; gram will be presented at the First I Evangelical church Sunday morning. during the worship period. The program will include recitations, dialogues, songs, instrumental music and exercises. Following is the complete program: Organ prelude. Scrip ure and prayer — superin- [ tendent. Recitation —Esther Foreman. Recitation Norma Johnson. Dialogue. "His Lambs”—Jacquelin Warren. Roberta Swygart and i Roseline Myers. Recitation—Jack Reynolds. Recitation —Jacquelin Lutz. Recitation Roger Gentis. | Song, "Praise Him" — Primary group. I Rqgitatiou— Lawrence GaUugy. Recitation- Hubert Feasel. Piano solo—Doris Adler. Recitation Richard Cottrell. . Recitation -Marjorie Linn. Exercise. "Five Keys" — latis ! Chronister, Jimmy Brown, Dale Smitley, Leo Bailey, and Phyllis ‘ I Ann Capehart. Recitation Howard Foreman. Recitation Carl Kolter. Piano solo —Ronald Stucky. Dialogue, “Fearless" Roger and Richard Knapp. Recitation Karl Johnson. Exercise, "Living Cur Verses” . Kathleen McConnell. John Spahr, ' Naomi Brown, Leroy Bailey. MaI tilda Speakman. James P.runne- ■ graft', Marjorie Linn. Kenneth Me- ■ Connell. Donnabelle Roop and Richard Cramer. Recitation— Margaret Ellen Baker. Recitation Marjorie McAllianey. Dialogue, “When Im Grown ' j Donald Bj ttnnegraff, and Clarice Ruth Anspaugh. • Piano duet—Kenneth and Kath- ' leen McConnell. Recitation—John Doyt Spahr, i Exercise, ‘ Bible Women" Nao jmi Brown. Doris Adler, Dorothy . I Hammond, Betty Gallogy and Alice Owens. . I Offering. Song, "Our Childrens Day is , Over.” Benediction. PLAN FLAG DAY 1 CEREMONY HERE , Elks And American Le--1 gion Will Hold Joint Observance June 14 >| Announcement was made today s that the Decatur lodge of the■ ~iO. Elks and Adams post n tu f 43 of the American Legion v.l J t in an icbserv'.in e of Hag Dy . Friday, June 14. The ceremony will be tield ■ < ■ . p. nt on the lawn nt the Elks homo ‘ Will be in Charge of the ol>smwanee. rXi aemertbe Partial air to the proceedings. Both , the Elks and the Amenu 1 will conduct ritualistic ce> 3 as a part of \ he .. Special .music is also gngP gen r ed for the event, to wn ■. eral public is invite

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PRESIDENT IN BRIEF OUTLINE OF OBJECTIVES Roosevelt Defines Social Objectives Os His Administration Washington, June 7 — <U.R) ; President Roosevelt today defined i I the social objective of his administration as increased security, happiness, greater distribution of wealth, recreation, and an honest i chance for business to go ahead I with reasonable profit. Mr. Roosevelt’s definition was given at his press conference in response to a question asked hy Robert Cromie, editor of the van- | couver Sun. "What would you say wae the ' social objective of the administration,” he was asked. The President replied: "That is a difficult subject to 1 , discuss, offhand. It would take 1 an hour or two hours at least. "The social objective, I should say. remains just what it was. 1 which is to do what any honest 1 government of any country would ' i do; to try to increase the seettr-1 ity and the happiness of a larger number of people in all occupations of life and in all parts of the country: to give them more j of the good things of life: to give them a greater distribution, not 1 only of wealth in the narrow ' terms but of wealth in the wider L I terms; to give them places to go ! in the summer time —recreation; 1 to give them i nsurance tint they are not going to starve in their old age; to give honest business I a chance to go ahead and make a reasonable profit, and to give' everyone a chance to earn a liv- ' I ing. "it is a little difficult it and I suppose this is a very - | — | 11-irixi'Hl> <>v I’4GE I’otßD I 0 FEENEY HITS POLITICIANS State Police Head Scores Selfish Political Interests Evansville, Ind . June 7.—<U.R) — A scathing verbal attack on poliI ticians whose “selfish interests, were ruining the morale of .the state police department,” was made by Al G. Feeney, state safety director, in an address to the Indiana police chiefs convention here yesterday. The annual session was concluded last night after Terre Haute was selected as the 1936 conveni tion city, and Julius G. Harolor, Seymour, was named president. "The battle against crooks is being won,” Feeney said, but a big J ger battle looms against selfish politicians wi h selfish aims.” Referring to his reported dis- . missal, Feeney said: "I am not threatened with the ouster for failure to cooperate or to carry out tny duty. I never have I failed 0 carry out an order of Governor McNutt; nor has the governor ever criticized men or rescinded an order tiiat I have made.” , “When 1 took my position in 1 1933 I prepared to build a police 1 department as free from politics as nossible. 1 was told it couldmt " 0 Holy Communion At ’ St. Mary’s Church The school children and many ; members of the parish received Holy Communion in observance of ' the first Friday at St. Mary s Cath- ‘ j o ii C church this morning. The , mass was celebrated at 7:30 0 clock. None Injured In Auto Accident A car elid into a ditch and turned over five miles south of Decatui on , tllP Piqua raid Thursday night No ,' ( ,ne w s injured. Several cars stopp- , ed at the seen > of the accident and tJe occupants helped turn the car ' ver on its wheels. The driver of .the car was -said to be from Van Wert The narniee of the occupants ' X'mM reported to Sheriff Dallas I Brown.

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, June 7, 1935.

Brothers Are Executed I ' 1 ■ j fW fWF f q f Murton Millen, left and iiis brother, Irving, w ■re executed at midnight last night for the murder of a policeman during a hank robbery at Needliamm. Mass. Murton's bride is serving a year's term in prison ■ 1 for complicity in the holdup.

BOARD FORCES ' SWEITZER OUT 1 Cook County Treasurer Ousted When He Fails To Pay In Full _L—_ < Chicago June 7 —(UP) — The 1 ount v building in tie heart of Chit oigj’s loop took on the appearance of a fortress under s ige today an i sHeriff John Toman and 150 armed ( , deputies held foe office of county ( i treasurer. The deputies, .patroling the corri- : dors, had ordered to repulse any j attempts by Robert Sweitzer to regain the office from which he was ejected forcibly last night. Chicago. June 7. (U.R) Robert l M. Sweitzer, cigar-smoking, hand-! j shaking professor of the Big Bill; Thompson school of politicians. , iI ousted as Cook county treasurer,, I stood his ground today and vowed I I’m not lirotigh with this thing' yet.” I After he was forced from office | last night by the county board of I commissioners when he failed to ■ make good his promise to pay ' | bi $335,000 of the $414,129 shortage ’ with which he was changed during 1 , ■ his 24 years as county clerk, he | ’ issued the following statement: 1 “We regard the action of the ’ ■ board as illegal. It is the advice ( of counsel that they acted with-; ’ out authority. I am under the law; » the constitutional county treasurer I ‘ and I expect to hold that office in > accordance with the law. The offlee of county treasurer will be I (CONTINITED ON PAGE SIX) O ————— REVOKE PERMIT | AT FORT WAYNE Action, First In State, Taken Because Os Wrong Location t Fort Wayne, Ind., June 7.—(U.R) j —A beer permit issued Wednesday j ' to Joseph Liebig under the new state liquor law was ordered reI voked today on the ground that his : place of business was not properly I located. The revocation, the first since II new permits have been issued, t’ol-j 11 lowed a personal investigation late > t yesterday by Paul P. Fry, state ex-. ■ cise administrator and Judge David ; 3 A. Myers, member of the state al- . coholic beverages commission. “The commission found that the character of Mr. Liebig was excellent and that his place of business] f was worthy of a permit with the' I exception of the location qualiliI i cation," Fry said. The law gives the commission] ! the authority to issue permits to .I sell beer in places located in, or j in close proximity to, an unincor- ‘ porated village which has been In »I existence more than ten years. I I Following numerous telephone 1 calls questioning the permit they 3 found on investigation that the 3 — (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR)

Robert Lankenau Is Awarded Honor — Mrs. E. W. Lankenau and Mrs Foul Hancher motored to Indianappolis Thursday where they attended the graduation exercises at the State Sch ml for the deaf. Robert Lankenau, son of Mr. anil Mrs. Lank: nau. a sophomore at tl.ie scho.l, received the unusual honor] of scholarship award for the year] 19341935. Miss Bertha Lucille Spratt of Indianapolis, a member of the graduating class, received thscholarship award for the girls. Robert also led his class in lion-1 ors. It is an unusual h nor for an und. rcla. sman Lj receive the s<tmla rah ip award. PICNIC PLANS ARE COMPLETE Transportation Will Be Provided Persons Without Cars Fre 1 transportation will be pr vided for persons wishing to attend the second annual St. Mary’s Catholic thtirch picnic, which will be held «it Sun Set park, southeast of Decatur on state read 527. all day Sunday. Those desiring to attend the picnic nd lacking mean's of fransportation. may report at tihe Catholic 1 school any time after 10:30 a. m. land they will be taken to the picnic 1 grounds in private care. Those unI able to go to the school, may obtain transportation by culling George Andrews. The pavilion at the park has been arranged f r the serving of dinner land ommitteeu in charge of the I picnic announced that they will be l able to serve more than 1,500 persons. Chicken dinner will be served, starting at 11 ‘.i. m., and continuing j until all are accomodated. Supper ; will be served caf. teria style beginning nt 4:15 o’clock. Hopes for good weather increased fc day when the United States we th r bureau predicted fair i weather and rising temperatures ! for the week-end. o .Jury Commissioners Ordered To Report Otto Hoile and Bert Lower, Adame county jury commissioners re- |, ported to Judge Huber M. DeVoes ■ this morning. They were ordered to (report late this afternoon wh n instructions will be given by the court in respect boa new method of drawing names for both t'he ipet.it and grind juries. o Grass Seed Given To Homesteaders Fortyelgf.it packages of grass i seeds are being given the homesteaders this week. The seeds were purchased over a year ago from SI,OOO expropriation by the old CWA. The seed is all blue grass. Clover seed will probably be purchased by some of the homesteaders to make a better lawn.

WOMAN, FOUR I 1 MEN EXECUTED THIS MORNING' li Mother And Son Hanged On Same Gallows; Three ' Die In Chair Georgetown, Del.. June 7 — <U.R) ' —A mother and her son were executed on the same gallows at dawn today. They were; Mrs. May K. Carey, 1 55; her eldest son. Howard, 27. i They murdered Mrs. Carey's i brother, Robert R. Hutchins, for , his insurance. Another of her I sons. James. 23. is serving life. . iHe was an accomplice. Her third . son. Lawrence, 21, Is in jail for I I burglary. The executions took place in ■ j the yard of Sussex county prison ■ where Lawrence is confined. From the trap. Mrs. Carey call- j ed in a loud voice: “My way is clear. 1 have noth-, ing else to say.” Tlie mask was tied over her ; face, the noose adjusted, and at t 5:07 a. in. (EST) the trap dropp- < ed. Seventeen minutes later she ' was pronounced dead. 1 Like his mother, Howard mount- \ i ed the 13 gallows steps without ; (assistance. On the trap, he licked his lips, and said in a trembling < voice: “What I did was against my i will. I feel sure any one in my j; place would have done the same . < thing. I hope to see my little i ones on the other side.” Die In Chair State Prison, Charlestown. Mass June 7— (U.R) —Three murderero were executed in the electric chair early today. They were the brothers Millen Minton, 25. and i Irving 22 and Abraham Faber, I The nature of their personal ' lives, rather than their professional activities, wliieh constiluted robberies and the slaying of ■ any person in the way, made i them loom large in public inter- , (COX’TIN’TTEn ON PAGE SIX) O Berne Men To Attend Church Conference The Rev. C. H. Suckau and E. W. Baumgartner will represent the Berne Mennonite church at the I 27th general conference of the j Mennonite churches of North America at Upland. California, August 3-11. F. J. Weins, manager of the Mennonite Book Concern of Berne will also attend the conference. o— — Postoilice Repair Work Started Today H. V. Cain. Chicago painter, has begun the work of retinishing the interior of the poet office. The job will request a little over a. week. The contract was given Mr. Cain by i officials in Washington after bids i were accepted at the local office. o ■ — BLONDE SOUGHT IN KIDNAPING Platinum Blonde Central Figure In Weyerhaeus- i er Case • * (Copyright 1935 by United Press) j Tacoma. Wash., June 7 —(UP) —| A (platinum iblonde today became | the central figure of the spreading j (search for tfie gang which held: George Weyerherser, son of a Ta- . comn millionaire, until $200.0(10 ran- . soni was paid for his release. , Botli federal agents and police > want to qu?sti>> na 25-year old wo- - man and her male companion, o » suspect in fraud games. 1 The couple ure believed fleeing t acro-'.s Utah and Wy ruing, riding in a 1929 Cadillac Sedan. A Cadillac iied'-n was reported seen near the scene of the kidnaping. The woman and her companion ’ i entered the Weyerhuetvser case offi'dally yesterday when a service station operator at Brigham City, Utah. , reported an attempt to piss a $lO j federal reserve ransom note. It deI velopid the bill was n t one ot tilie | ransom notes, but search for the r couple was (pressed anyway. v The sedan carries Washington p license plates issued to the woman. ' (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR)

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I Newest Electric Device Installed One of the latest diviees known I to electrical science has been In availed by the City at the Decatur Homestead division. It Is a iphoto-electric "ell switch j which controls the boulevard lighting system throughout the grounds. The switch is calibrated with the meridian. It openites coincident , with the change of aun light. It is so calibrated that the light . ewitch is thrown on aut< •na’ieally 15 minutes before dark., -es and , <uts off 15 minutes after sunrise The instrument faces Uie north. The switch was constructed by the General Ele: trie and engineers of ( tiiat company timed it. ASK CONCRETE ON STATE ROAD Petitioners Seek Concrete Pavement On Highway Number 224 Petitions signed by land owners along the route and taxpayers | throughout the north part of t)be county asking tiiat state road 224. west of Decatur to Uniondale be improved with concrete were filled with the state highway commission I at Indianapolis yesterday. Th • local committee insisted that concrete be used in imiproving the ! road. Statements were made tiiat the land owners along the route signed the easements witfi the tinderstanding tiiat c ncrete would be! used. Tlie committee stated that the | •omiMunity would rather wait a year longer for the p rmanent ini-, provenient, than have it improved this year witli a black top or any other material than concrete. The highway commissioners informed the rommittee t:lut it was a lack of funds that prevented a ; oencrete pavement. Homestead Road Tii ■ committee r.-presenting tlie Decatur Homestead and county :commissioner Frank Martin were ini formed that the highway dep.rt(ment had no authority to spend its funds for any road ex-.-ept state i roads. Th? committee petitioned <he 'c mmission for funds to finish the roadway at tin- hoi: stead division. The county's appropriation tiiis i year is exhausted ami th " commissioners are unable to 'COtni vlete (the raid. About $6 500 has already been expended ami an additional $3,000 is available for the second course f stone. Tlie commissioners lack about $2,500 for asphalt top. The matter wil probably he taken up with the Homestead divitfion ut WurihiDgton. Erie Officials Visit In Decatur W. M. Sporleder, superintendent and Frank C. McCarthy, division freight agent of tlie Erie railroad, with offices in Huntington were j visitors here today. The railroad officials called on a I number of local shippers. Mr. Spor- ( leder stated the Erie would coo: erate in every way with the Chamber of Commerce in aiding laca Ishipp- . ing facilities. They exptj) sed their pleasure ! with conditions in this city and greatly admired the expansion of I industry. Named Manager At Dixie Queen Market Ralplh Elliott hi.s been named manager of the lo.’al Dixie Queen market to fill the vacancy caused I by the resignation of Mi's. Roy Leli- ( man. who has managed tlie store since it opeti'.'tl in Decatur. Mrs. Lehman resigned on account of ill i health. Mr. Elli' tt was formerly employ- ’ ed iby the Dixie Queen markets in Piqua and Greenville. — Safe Crackers Are Given Sentences Huntington, Juno 7 — Richard Foreman. 21, Fort Wayne, and for merly of Decatur. John Clifford. 42 and Earl Pebernat, 32, both of Alien county pleaded guilty to second de ■ gree burglary in the Huntington clr ' cuit court today. — Each man was sentenced to servt 3-10 years. The men were cauglt ' in an attempt to ctuck the safe a the Elks home here. They confessei 1 to numerous robberies in tlhls sec ■ tion of the state, including two a Decatur,

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MACDONALD IS SUCCEEDED BY CONSERVATIVE Tory Party Leader Succeeds Former Labor Chieftain As Premier London, June 7—(UP)— Stanley Baldwin, staunch conservative and 1 leader of the Tory Party, succeeded ( James Ramsay MacDonald, former I labor chieftain, today -as prime mini ister of Great Britain. Tlie change of leadership was (simple and efficient. MacDonald, in morning coat and top hat, visited Buckingham Palace and drank tea wifi the king while lie submitted iiis resignation. He stayed sightly ! more than an hour. Tlie king accepted the reeigna1 lion and. on MacDonald's suggestion, called in Baldwin and offered him the premiership. Baldwin stayed with the king only 17 minutes, hurried to Downing Street, the gov- ‘ ernmental center, and quickly I formed his caibinet. MacDonald will remain in the (cabinet, it was expected, but more or ess in an advis ry capacity. Stani ley Baldwin, stocky leader of the party, will take over the reins of tf.ie National Union : government, comprising repreeenta(livts of all parties except the straight labor, until the general election hte next year. Few new faces are expected to I appear in the next cabinet. Th? retirement of the Scottish (statesman, a man win rose from e niparative poverty to leadership of a great empire and who figured (in the greatest Internationa events of these stirring times, was greeted with mixed emotions hy the Brit- '' ish public. | His former tabor party associates, wlliom he deserted, scorn him. He is merely t .leiated by the conservatives. But there are millions through the .country who still revere him as a great lead -r. MacDonald, in top hat and morni ing coat, drove to Buckingham palac;> from the .prime minister’s residence at 13 downing street, where he repaired from the house of commons after making his final speech as prime minister. Commons adjourned until June 17 for the Whitsuntide recess. 1 Large crowds gr eted him outside 10 Downing street and Buckingham Paia e. and he was symupathetical- : ily heered. ' ’ Accompanied hy the king's pri- ’ i vate secretary. Sir Olive Wigrain, ( he was conducted to tlie king in the council chamber adjoining the king's workroom, and submitted his . resignation. RURAL ROUTES TO BE MERGED Monroe Will Lose One Route; Decatur Route 7 To Be Merged J I Washington. D. C., June 7- ! (Special) Rural mail route consolidations at Bluffton. Monroe and Decatur (Ind.), scheduled by the p n e* office department for t July I. will result in an annual saving to the government of about il! $3,800, it was learned today. ii | The Monroe and Decatur conI ( solidations will accompany the i-!coming retirement ot George A. e ( Hahnert, route 1, and James W. ;. j Andrews, route 2. Monroe. Each II will have had 30 years of service j June 30. ■- ( Route 2, Monroe, will be disconn (tinned, as will be route 7, Decatur. Route 1. Monroe, will absorb the route 2 territory, being increased from 41.29 to 73.35 miles. Tho territory of route 7 will bo adjusts ed among the other six Decatur I routes, which will all be increas(l ( ed. The total cost of the present r ‘' Monroe and Decatur routes is $26,932.10, while the cost of the 11 proposed routes will be $24,420.20, &• resulting in a saving of $2,505.90. r- Harry 8. Crownover, route 5, Decatur, will be given route 1, ® Monroe, and Hubert E. Zerkel, it route 7. Decatur, will be given it route 5, Decatur. 'd A later delivery ot mail will be ic- the only chang# in service accomtt panying tlie consolidations, it was claimed.