Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 33, Number 143, Decatur, Adams County, 17 June 1935 — Page 1

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UL s O'Neill Named To ■RfOiuaiii/.e NRA Under ■Exkii'ioii In Next Nine ■Months. A.m, June 17— (U.R) — i’.lne Eagle revived in after its defeat tn rule with a half months lease on I. O'Neill, former New i and recently control MIA. was named by evelt to have reorganization ■* . \u ncion act passed by K r Lr up the new organiated he anticipates EX I. iiioti to broaden and the present stop-gap ■Mirrttngement. He hinted K)iLl- legislation may be sent ■so tom io there is possibility legislation, it will be Kntr to maintain the general . of ilm recovery adminisWashington and in field to retain those essen■Enb’r> of a trained petvoni.oi be usefully employ said. ■riiei "ill be lasting values in ; ■ appraisal of the two--cm|-lishment of Nit \ ami for permanent use of that experience." ;. acting administrator, -■{l. llboi number of the scv.eiMt \ hi' h expire.! List night, and Prentiss v . ode administrator will nead a braird t > on business and in Mpesk will direct a division of | . cooperation to aid busi■tflri'..- licit desire to imiinlain codes. 1.. Berry, president of |ETl|!i'i . Pressmen's Union - division |KSt" named as assist- | |BbE'•. . |Bonl up an NBA advisory sting of: Philip Murrav. N- il Blair. President | of the American of Libor. Walton and Chariest Edison, NRA to President followed ■* lxi : .. ,| sei oral HH- o Committee ■ I To Meet Thursdax - C'lllilllit!.... will be lleld al school from 7 to S o'clock. ’I" Im: \,. a y,. ;1 ;|y F. Ma; Doug R. N of public healt'i .''lll give a talk. A p’.aj '-all will be given by member" tile ■■r lustd to be pre.-e: is invited. —o ■HIT MAKES liHING ESCAPE |gH| _ i W l '^ r ' Conduct Search BK Daring Kort Wayne iS Bandit June 17— <U.R) ■Wf , "ln.v were hunting a ban|HM'nad<« a daring escape last night by march- ■ Ilian through a crowd |MBt<>wn district at the point was trapped on the °f i tie J. (\ penny company ■Egk"''"ml bandit was sighted the scene. John Link. ■wH l ' le "I’l"''' floors of < stepped onto 1111,1 < ' ove,p< i i l ' lll "hi' or<lel ’ e d: "march." il the officer downstreet and forced him iBBLv M as a "shield" for three lEMf nonK ,n| ndr ds of uns.i !^^^M lfe< lestriane. Street off here," he said

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Held for Murder I? 1 f \ v/ .m'T \ Tk I 71 . ■|-. V //| ’ I iv* j I * i Lloyd Robinson. 18-year-old 'Springfield, Mo., youth, above,' was said by police to have confessed to the torch murder of his father as part of a plot in which he and his mother conspired to collect the elder Robinson's insurance. REPORT URGES AAA PASSAGE House Committee Urges Passage Os AAA Amendments Washington, June 17. — (U.R) —j Passage of the revised AAA amendments, clarifying and extending the, powers of Secretary of Agriculture: Henry A. Wallace, was urged today in a formal report by the house agriculture committee. The report was made public as the house prepared for general debate on the measure with prospect for passage tomorrow. Expressing belief that the measure now meets constitutional problems raised by the NRA decision, the committee paid the new amendments would supplement the present AAA act "to permit the agricultural adjustment program to operate more effectively." The committee said the changes “make certain that the program will be carried out within the limits of the regulatory power given congress under the constitution and that no authority Ho carry out the program will be conferred in conflict with the principle that power cannot be delegated to an execu- [ tive officer unless adequate standards are provided. The report brought out that most ■ of the price fixing features origin- . ally contemplated have been eliminated, tha.' licenses have been re-, placed by "orders” in which the | secretary of agriculture's powers are defined and limited, that marketing agreements can he applied , only to certain named commodities, , that recovery of processing taxes paid in the past cannot be undertaken if the AAA is declared un- ] ™e iWMerRJ>™- , (CONTINUED ON DADE StX) — 0 I Former Decatur Girl Dies Sunday , Peggy Jean Bienz, eight yeor old 1 daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. Lj Bienz of Washington. D. ('■■ forme residents of this city, died Sunday | morning nt 11 o'e ck of connpl <a- ■ tions at the Providence hospital "irggy was 8 PdP* l in the fo ’"" 1 ’ grade of the Washington school. Mr and Mm. Bienz and family re■''S'.' b ! "'; M " , sa X"‘ ■ --rratssK Frederick, Jr.. wi |] M hire, Ohio, i GBLrge !X" Funeral arwnge-u SVve not been completed. It

HOUSE PASSES NUISANCE TAX EXTENSION BILL First Os Roosevelt’s 10 “Must” Measures Passes House Washington, June 17.-^U,R)—The house, operating under a gag rule, today passed the $500,000,000 nuisance tax extension bill, one of President Roosevelt’s "must” measures. House approval of the measure, after 'debate restricted to 40 minutes, left that body with only nine other “must” bills to act on, according to speake" Toseph W. Byrns. A two-thirds vote was necessary for passage under the stringent rule. The bill continues for two years a' present rates, such nuisance levies as those on chewing gum, gasoline and theater admissions, import taxes on petroleum, coal, lumber and copper, and the present 3-cent postage rate. Enactment by July 1 is necessary as most oT the taxes expire at that time. Failure to pass the measure by tnat deadline would deprive the treasury of $1,500,000 revenue daily. Byrns placed 10 bills on the administration's “must” list today and said that he would rush action on them. He predicted that at the present rate of high-speed action in the house, “congress should be able to adjourn by July 15.” In accordance with the President’s apparent mandate to speed up Byrns said the house this week would pass the nuisance tax extension bill and the AAA bill, the deficiency appropriation bill, and the Wagner-Connery labor disputes I bill. These were the first four on the I speaker’s "must’’ list. The others were the holding company bill, transportation regulation, TV A, Guffey coal bill, federal j alcohol control measure and "probably” ship subsidy legislation. Byrns and party whip Patrick Roland, iu discussing tlua uintrpversial utilities control measure. (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) — o MRS. LAISURE DIES SUNDAY Mrs. James Laisure Dies Sunday Morning At Home Near Monroe Mrs. Casta Jane Hahn-Laisure. 72. wife of James Laisure of onehalf mile west of Monroe, died at her home Sunday morning at 8:45 o’clock of complications. Mrs. Laisure was a daughter of ; Jacob and Barbara Hahn and was born in Jay counity September 29, i 1867. She had resided on the farm west of Monroe for 4T> years. Surviving besides the husband are the following children: Eddie, at home; Mrs. Minda Beltz of Fort Wayne; Mrs. May Simon of Portland; Mrs. Rena Christner and I Claude Laisure. both of Monroe, and Mrs. Marie Coffelt of Decatur. A son. Joseph, is deceased. Two | brothers and a sister, Thomas Hahn of Daleville, Abraham Hahn all ,l Rachel Knavel of De<’atureighteen grandchildren and five 1 great grandchildren also Furteral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at the Laisure home and at i o’clock at the Monroe Friends Church. Rev-- Vernon Riley, pastor of the church, will officiate and Rev E M. Morford, pastor of the Monroe Methodist church will singXm .«1 ■» “J" “• s ”“ cemetery, one and one-half mile south of Monroe. The body was returned to the home from the Lobenstein funeral parlors in Monroe Sunday evening and may be viewed until time for the funeral. Hundred Autos Use City Parking Lot About 100 oars were parked on the fne« parking lot, .southeast corner of First and Madison streete, at 8 o’clock Saturday night. John Smith was the attendant In charge, assisted by Chief of police Seph Melchi. The cars were picked In several rows. As soon as the brick, stone and other material is rejnoved from <he front and southside of the ot, •he work ot filling in and covering the r laoe with cinders will -be completed. The lot has two driveways and car owners greatly .appreciated the facilities offered them.

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Decatur, Indiana, Monday, June 17, 1935.

NEW POTATOES * I I Jack. Deininger of this city is | | telling his friends that he has | | raised the firsit new potatoes of | | the year. I Two weeks ago he planted a | , [ large bed of potatoes. Over the | | week-end his son, Joe, decided | | to go on a hike with some of | ) | his friends who ware going to | | take their lunch wiith them. Joe offered to furnish the j | potatoes for the lunch. He | | pulled up 30 seed potatoes, | | thinking than they had grown | a | this year. Joe has no state- | , | ments to make concerning what | - | his father said or did after he | I I saw his potato patch. , * « OUSTED OFFICER CHARGES GRAFT — . Assistant Commerce Sec- ’ retary Mitchell Attacks New Deal Washington, June 17. —(U.R>— Edwin Y. Mitchell, ousted assistant - secretary of commerce, attacked s the new deaj today in a statement s that charged "Improper favoritism - and graft übound” in the depart- ) ment of commerce. At the office of Secretary of Com- - merce Daniel Roper it was stated 1 that "the secretary will make no i reply” to the charges made by Mitchell. t “It is unfortunate but nonethej less true,” Mitchell said, "that the > department of commerce is not the only department in Washing- - ton where the ideals of the new 1 deal have been strangled, Improper r favoritism and graft abound, where - there is apparent evidence of corj ruption, and the progress of the old 1 steal proceeds unabated." si Mitchell’s services were termin- ■ ated by President Roose- ; I velt after he had refused to tender his resignation or accept a subord- -; inate legal position. An official - statement said he was removed to 1 obtain "more effective supervision ■ of certain bureaus of the department of commerce.” < The president nominated John ■ Monroe Johnson, South Carolina . I civil engineer and American Legion offielaj, to succeed Mitchell. An effort by Sen. James F. Byrnes. i D., S. C., to have Johnson’s nomin- | atlon immediately confirmed by the senate was blocked. Mitchell, in making public let- . iters between President Roosevelt I and himself, said he would have a ' further "important statement in a I tew days.” His letters to Mr. Roosevelt re51 vealed he had been in sharp disagreement with Secretary of Commerce Daniel C. Roper for a year. He attacked the Pendergast^ Demo(CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) , 1— —O — 1 Regular K. Os C. 1 Meeting Tonight There will be a regular meeting ’ of the Knights of Columbus this ’ evening ut 8 o’clock at the K. ot C. hall. All members are requested to I be preeent. o t Girl Scout Troop , Three Meets Tuesday ’ There will be an important , meeting of Girl Scout Troop three i at the Central school Tuesday as- ( ternoon at -1 o’clock. All girls planning to go to the lake are asked to be present. — o BREAK GROUND FOR NEW HOME > .— ■ Ceremonies Held Here Saturday For First Model House ! In conformance with ceremonies : held in over 1,000 cities of the United States, Saturday, Mayor Arthur R. Holthouse dug the first spade full of dirt for the foundation ot the mode house being built by Dr. F. L. Grandstaff on North Sec- ' ond street. George Krick, counity FHA chairman, and Leo Kirsch, city FHA ' chairman, presided over the ceremony. Noah| Schrock, of |Berne, one ot the contractors, was present. The ceremony was postponed ’ from 11 a. m. to 1:30 p.m. A small crowd was present. Dr. Grandstaff plans to eredt an $8,500 bungalow on the lot. It will be modern in every respect. Clyde Butler also plans to build : a model home on the Reppert lot • on the east side ot North Second i street. This home will be built under the FHA program this summer.

; TWO BANDITS I FREE SHERIFF ! AFTER KIDNAP — I Dubois County Sheriff Is Handcuffed To StolI en Automobile Booneville, Ind., June 17. —(U.R) — I Sheriff Edward Luegers of Dubois I county, was found hand cuffed toI day to a stolen automobile within » two hours after he was kidnaped -by two hard-driving young bandits. The youths abandoned the sheriff and the automobile after running it into a ditch on state road ■ 61. eight miles north of Boonevile. The sheriff said his abductors I were less than 21 years old but “were bad characters and boasted of being members of the Dillinger - gang." They used his own handcuffs to shackle him and kept a gun pointed at him during their wild ride from Jasper to Booneville, the eherI- iff said. t “I got tired of looking down the d barrel ot that big revolver and was t glad when they ran Into the ditch a and left me," he added. Descriptions of the youths were broadcast over the state police i- radio network and law enforcement I officers of surrounding counties oro ganized posses to search for the y 1 youths. I Luegers was kidnaped tn front >- of the Dubois county jail at Jasper e! after arresting the youths on sust plcion that an automobile they had 1 wrecked north of there was a stolv i en car. r The sheriff had accompanied e Thomas Hoffman, Jasper garage- ■- man, in answer to a call for wreckJ 1 er service.. When the automobile, a Ford V-8 i- ’ stolen from William Farrish. at i- j Bedford, was pulled from the ditch r 1 the sheriff placed the youths under I- i arrest and forced them to drive j him to Jasper. B | One of the youths pulled a gun II from hie pocket in front of the jail :-1 ond forced the sheriff to accompany I them in the stolen car. a The second wreck of the Ford a gave weight to police belief that j" (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) I- 0 I, TWO YOUNG LADS ARE SUFFOCATED 1 Children Os New York ’ Family On Relief Are Found Dead New York, June 17.—(U.R) —George Hoyt was on relief, and didn’t like it. He borrowed money, bought a second hand truck and launched a t moving business. Relief author ities cut him off because a man 5 who can buy an automobile doesn’t s need relief. His business amounted to little. 3 Hoyt solicited jobs 12 and 14 hours a day, but in the last two weeks he took in only $7. His wife, Saturday morning, said; 7 “We have to do something. The boys haven’t had decent food for t three days.” » “We’ll" he replied, "there’s noth- - ing to keep in the ice box. I’ll i sell it.” > i He put the box on his truck and ! drove to second hand stores. None i wanted It. When he returned home he left the box in the truck, planI ning to try his salesmanship again I in the afternoon. , | Mrs. Hoyt served the last of the , beans for lunch. Hoyt whistled , futilely for George, Jr„ 7, Eugene, 5, and Arnold, 3. He and Carl, 2, ! went to look for them. Two hours J later, frantic, Hoyt called police. While patrolmen searched, Hoyt I drove in his truck to inquire at ■ homes ot friends. He drove up and down dark streets, searched ’ (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO' 1 Know Your Movie Stars? k If you do, you have an opportunity to share in a contest that will be well worth your time and effort. It’s easy 1 and you will enjoy it. Turn 1 to page 5. There you will find the contest and the rulee prei tainlng to it. Read them care--1 fully. Start tonight to work on it and mail your entries or 1 i bring them to this office as t soon as possible. This contest 1 was made possible by a group t of local merchants and the Adams theatre and they invite everyone to enter It.

Nebraska Governor Orders Omaha Company And Union Officials To Halt Violence

ADAMS COUNTY TAX SHEETS O.K. Settlement Sheet For Tax Distribution Approved By State Word was received from the , state today that the June settlement sheet prepared by deputies in the county auditor's office had . | been approved. The sheet shows that $219,330.86 , in current and delinquent taxes . was distributed. in addition, . $2,916.85 was sent to the state for school purposes which were collected as interest on school . fund loans. i The abstract showed that there i was due as the spring installment of the taxes $211,117.26 current, > and $50,107.89 delinquent, totaling . $261,225.15. Taxes collected were $205,451.11 current, and $13,879.75 ■ delinquent, totaling $219,330.86. > This left an uncollected balance of $36,228.14 delinquent, $5,666.15 current, totaling $41,894.29. State Distribution The distribution as made to the state was as follows: state revenue, $7,166.49; state school revenue, $9,064.02; teachers’ retirement fund. $2,742.28; World War Memorial, $457.11; board of agriculture, $399.87; state forestry fund, $228.51: educational improvement fund, 88c; Clark Me- ; morial fund, sc; library building fund. 45c; common school fund, interest from school loane, $2,660; permanent endowment fund interest. $158.85; docket fees, circuit court, S9B; and total. $22,976.51. Local Distribution The distribution made to local units was as follows: township, $6,618.09; tuition. $27,373.97; aperial school fund. $32,056.16; school building bonde, $3,730.98; road tax 25c; township poor tax, $16,549.49, general fund corporation. $19.- ! 103.72; library. $1,330.89, and I total, $106,763.55. Poll Taxes A total of 4,242 half year poll I j taxes was collected. Os this i amount 511 were delinquent half J year poll taxes. This collection i amounted to $3,896.46. It was distributed as follows: state revenue, ' $2,128.66; state school revenue, $1,064.33; tuition, $53.88; epeclal school. $160.49, and corporation, $489.10. Macklin Appointment Sent To U. S. Senate The appointment of Phil L. Macklin a.s postmaster ot Decatur was sent to the senate for confirmation late Saturday afternoon. Mr. Macklin’s name was sent to the senate for confirmation by President Roose wit. Mr. Macklin became acting postmaster last February 7. He succeeded L. A. Graham, who served eight years. Mr. Macklin’s uppointment was recommended by Representative James I. Farley. oAUTO CRASHES MARK WEEK-END Traffic Accidents Take Heaviest Toll Throughout Indiana Indianapolis, June 17— (U.R) - i Ten persons were killed and nearly a score of others were injured in week-end accidents in Indiana. The automobile fatality toll was seven. Two other persons were killed by trains. F. W. Millinger, 50, was killed instantly, and his wife, 46, was injured fatally when two automobiles collided 14 miles southeast of Winchester. The victims were natives' of Portland. Four Richmond youths, James Saxton, 16; Gilmore Reid, 17. William Nusbaum, 16, and Harry Shenoweth, 16, occupants of the other automobile, were Injured. Mrs. George Keppler, 63, South Whitley, was injured fatally when an automobile in which she was riding crushed into a machine during a rain at an intersection of state roads 105 and 114, north of Bippus. George Keppler, 65, Mrs. Trudie (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

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Protests Report ” WW 1 A ' ik < S-. ,'■■!<»in *■ - • < Jack Frye, president of the J Transcontinental Western Airlines, who wired protest of Department of Commerce report on MaH con, Mo., plane crash that killed ” Senator Cutting of N. M. and four “ others. Frye offered to appear " before Senate investigating comr mittee. RELIEF WORKER DIES OF POISON t One Os 200 Poisoned In- ! dianapolis Workers Dies Today 1 Indianapolis, Ind.. June 17—(UP) c David Roach. 56, one ot approxi- , mately 200 relief workers poisoned -by food from a federal transient 1 shelter here laat week, died today in City Hospital. Roach was one of six men moat 1 seriously affected by the poisoning, s Four ethers remained in “fair" I' condition at the hospital today, i They were Lloyd Tricklie, Ernest - Gteorge, Rod Rankin, and Harold . Setjar’ . Coroner Wlll'nm E. Arbuckle said 1 he would perform an autopsy on • R. ach’s body immediately and would issue subpoenas for an inquest Wednesday. The wholesale ,poisoning occurred last Thursday. ? Approximatey 206 relief clients working on projects throughout the - city were affected. 3 They began falling to the ground i and writhing with stomach cramps - shortly after mating lunches prcipars ed at the shelter. The first group t of 10 was rushed to City Hospital. As additional victims were reported - sporadically during the next few - hours emergency quarters were set ! (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) o Lad Is Released From Hospital Robert Beery, who suffered a fra tured skull when hit by a baseIbill seven weeks ago, was dismissed from the Lutheran hospital In Fort Wayne Saturday. Mr. Beery was taken to the hcapl- ? ta five we ks ago when his condition became critical. o Complete Planting Community Gardens 1 J. M. Drain, Washington township trustee, ami six FERA laborers 1 completed planting of community gardens today. The township now ’ has 43 individual family gardens, * 51) by 100 feet under cultivation. Also, four acres of sottp beans and about f nr and one-half acres of potatoes have been planted. Forty- ’ five bushels of seed potatoes were required for the planting, which was competed tihis afternoon. i -oFormer Local Man Dies In Michigan ) Mrs. C. M. Ellsworth of Winches--1 ter street received word today of 1 the death ot her uncle, Henry Borne ' 79, who died Sunday night at Ills ’ home 20 miles north of Sturgis 1 Michigan. Mr. Bohne formerly reeid--1 cd there and is well known. Funeral services will be held at the Bohne home in Michigan Wednesday afternoon.

Decisive Action Is Taken After Four-Day Rioting Claims Two Lives; City Under Martial Law. Toledo, 0., June 17 —(UP)— Toledo Edison company operating employes voted 311 to 48 to accept compromise proposals and return to work. Omaha. Neb., June 17. — (U.R) — Gov. Roy L. Cochran today ordered company and union officials to end the bloody trolley strike or “be responsible to the military authorities for obstructing return or normal, peaceful activities In Omaha." Cochran flew here from Biloxi, Miss., where he attended the governors' conference, to direct efforts ot local and national guard authorities to restore peace alter four nights of rioting by strike sympathizers which resulted In the death of two men and the wounding of more than 50 others. National guardsmen under Adjutant General H. P. Paul, sent here Saturday when Lieut. Gov. Walter Jurgensen established martial law, maintained peace In South Omaha where city police with riot guns had battled a mob of prounion men who wrecked street cars ’ and stoned operators ajid officers. In a conference with employes and officials of the Omaha-Council Bluffs Street Railway company, Gov. Cochran demanded that union and company representatives agree on a three-member arbitration commission. The governor demanded restoration of normal street car service I by June 21. Officials of the Amalgamated l Street Railway Workers’ Union, j which called the strike two months J ago, demanding a 20 per cent wage increase and union recognition, agreed to arbitrate. Company representatives asked for time to submit the demand to their board of I directors. The governor directed thaJ each I side name one member of the arbi- : tration braird and to choose a joint i representative for the third position. If the two sides are unable to agree, the governor will name the third member, to act as chair- ’ ma.n. Although 1,800 guardsmen remained alert for trouble signals, no further rioting was expected. Adjutant General Paul ordered street car service suspended at night and closed whisky stores be- , tween 6 p. m. and 8 a. m. The riots started last Wednesday night when police used tear gas to halt a demonstration of strike sympathizers. They became more violent Thursday night, when 25 policemen and guards were ston(CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) o — Plan To Accomodate Crowd For Speech An amplifying system will be set up at Sun Set park on Thursday, June 27, in order that the address of Pleas Greenlee can be enjoyed in the grove at the park. A meeting of th- ticket committee tor Decatur has been set for 7 o'clock Tuesday evening in the city ball. Plans are being made to accomodate at least 1,000 persons at the affair, which will open with n free picnic at 6:30 o’clock. The oddresa and program will be at 8 o'clock and will also be free. Tickets to the dance will be 25 cents a person. MOTHER OF LOCAL MAN DIES SUNDAY I ~ —.—— Mother of Thomas D. Kern Dies At Home of Daughter in Omaha, Nebraska Mrs. Henrietta Kern-Rny, 85, mother lof Thomas D. Kern of Decatur, died Sunday morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. W. Brown at Omaha, Nebraska, according to word receiwd here. ! The body will be brought to Decatur for burial. Funeral arrangements have not been completed ipending the arrival of tihe body. Mrs. Ray had resided at Monroe for a number of years, leaving last August for Omaha to reside with her daughter. She returned here for ! a three week's visit, returning to ' Omaha. Surviving are three sons and a : daughter; Thomas I). Kern of Decatur; Mrs. Brown of Omaha, Nebraska, D. C. Kern of Elkhart, and Alphas M. Kern lof Toledo. Ohio. A son, Edmond D. Kern, is deceased. MS. -»