Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 33, Number 161, Decatur, Adams County, 9 July 1935 — Page 1

,1. XXXIII. No. 161.

MANY ROBBERIES ARE SOLVED

Italy And Abyssinia Nearer To War As I Conference Quits

H Commission Fails o Reach Agreement In Any Plan To Halt 'hreatened War. INCREASE ARMY heveningen, Netherlands, July Lpj War between Italy and kinia appeared nearer today ' L a joint commission named ■seuss frontier clashes adL,. ( | in comple’e deadlock. L adjournment wta indefinite agreement even on this one p of the Italian-Abyssinian [te seemed hopeless. Bti liopvi remained—the Meker- i Lie that the league of Nations ; L take effective action and . Possibility that Great Britain , high* find means of dissuadPremier Benito Mussolini j , declaring war. jder the mandate by which i I commission was established. I ■eague of r.aions council is I let July 25 provided that th» , leningen commission has Lr agreed nor named a sis h 1 ler to cast a deciding vote. | I four commissioners decided . Ifer the maser to the Italian i i Lbyssinian governments, and ■ 6 days remain for action. | Call Soldiers ■ne. July 9- (U.R) —ltaly con- j Kd military preparations ■st Abyssinia today by call■o the colors all sub-officers , Koldiers classified as special- . ■or technicians and belonging ■jXTIXUED OX PAGE TWO) ■ 0 - Ikies killing I SWEETHEART li Steadfastly Denies ■ Killed Fiftecn-Year I Old Girl ■ford. Ind. .Inly 9. (U.R) —The Hv-ng ordeal <>f nearly an hour ■i'linsr beside the casket of a. girl he is suspected of failed to shake tlie story of ■ Kinder, 26. tiiat his young ■hem-- had . ..ninnt'ed suicide. ■h"it-Kind.-: maintained his ■tm-e throughout the night of ■utmu'. i’:-.>.-- David Long would silo a first degree hart;.- ■ tin- suspect. Hale. 2-’., and Miss Ix>rpart ic' panto ::i. shooting, also eu. Miss Fianees Prince, n l's al h.-re two hours was shut in an automoon a ioneiy road. She shot through the head R. E. Wynne said her H !la ' l been fru< ■ tied with a ■■instrument. of brass knuckles was Ma. the seen, -. f the shootg,SI - wa s found where Miss sa.nl Hal- l.mj thrown it IM*'*'!' 1 beside a road a few j;:i ■*:>• ip ~f both authorities said. Johnson previously had Prince had thrown the ioads.de weeds after £■''' herself while the two M 5 111 Illp ear and the men down the road. »» ia >'ng her earlier story. - that she and Hale were the car and that 11Nl Kb o\- page eivi.;) ■F-iir Woman M Injured Monday B Kraft 733 Hi « h ,' ,e 1:? " nenl - s in her ■ Wl ” >n Bhf> sli > ■ P going to th . ? bage _ B ll *- th te . larrying a basket w> 116 b °ttom stew. ti,si Haiis\i 6f ' Vl>r '' ,y B** re tractil^' h ' iieve any

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MORE PROJECTS ARE LISTED IN ADAMS COUNTY Total Allotted For Work Program In County Now $144,145 Additional projects were listed at Indianapolis ‘oday for Adams county which will bring its share of the $44.00(1,000 offensive against i depression in Indiana to $144,146. This sum includes both .the federal and local funds to be expended, j The drive in Indiana will em- | ploy 1.143 projects. Work on the ‘ new projects will be begun as ' soon as the machinery can be set , up io administer the huge sum of I money under the new works pro- ; gress administration. Included in the list of projects i for Adams county is an appropria- ; ’ion of $21,809 of Federal money 1 to be used with $7,300 to be raised 1 locally to construct "various log ! dams." As no request has been j made through the local relief . channels it is not known what j will be the sponsoring agency ! which must raise the $7,300. I Wayne Coy. works progress i head for Indiana, has announced 1 tha’ the state plans to build ap- | proximately 8.000 of the struci tures to raise the wa’er level of i secondary streams by at least three fee’, as a means of aiding the propagation of fish and also to provide a continuous flow in the streams. The dams are exi peered to prevent the streams from cutting away their banks. These will be built in co-opera-tion with the s’ate conservation I department, and the first dams ' will be built in the smallest creeks. There will he about 15 men in each crew and it will take about a week to build each dam The dams will be placed in such a ' manner as to prevent he water from backing up to the one above. • The only cost will be where it i Is necessary to buy logs, bu*. in i most instances dead logs found ; along the creek banks will be (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) <j Three Accepted For CCC Camps Three Adams county boys were a<-:i4ed today for enrollment in CCC camps. They .probably will be stationed at Bluffton. The boys are Glen Ray .'nd Wo dson Womack of I) oitur. and Dale Death who lives on a Decatur rural route. NEW OFFICERS ARE INSTALLED

Elmo Smith Heads New Officers Os Decatur Knights of Columbus New officers of the Knights of Columbus were installed at ceremonies held Monday evening at the K. of C. hall. Elmo Smith, well known drug proprietor of this city was installed as grand knight. Arthur Voglewede, locaj attorney was .installed as deputy grand knight. The installation ceremonies were in charge of Henry Hasley, district deputy of Fort Wayne. The appointment of Pat Miller as financial secretary was announced. Mr. Miller has served several years In this office. Visitors from Fort Wayne who attended the meeting included Tony Offerly, former grand knight, John Gierre, trustee of the Fort Wayne lodge and George Alter, chairmaji of the laymen’s retreat at Notre Dame. Mr. Alter invited the Decatur men to the retreat. Decatur council of the Knights of Columbus now has a paid up membership of 275.

LOBBY HEARING IS HURLED INTO UPROAR TODAY

Shout of “Liar” Disrupts Probe At Opening Os Hearing Washington. July 9 —(UP) —The house utilities lobbying hearing was thrown into uproar today by shouts of "you’re a liar" and demands of witn sues that they be allowed to cross-examine each other. The excitement came after Re<p. Ralph O. Brewster, R„ Me., and Thonais Ccrcoran, RFC attorney, told widely varying versions of activity ioncerning tihe utilities “death sentence” and the Paseamaquoddy $35,000,000 pow. r project in Maine. As Corcoran w.s unfolding his phase of the story, Brewster rose in anger and shouted: “Yqu’re « liar.’’ The dramatic etatement plunged the crowded old house caucus room into confusion. Cocoran, near the end of the defense of his activities which instig. ted the investigation, demandd that witness, s be given the right to cress-.(inline each other. The (ingry exchange came after Cor.oran charged that Brewster shifted positions on the "death sentense" Issue. Brewster voted against the cl use after, Corcoran said, indicating that he favored it. Corccnin denied flatly that he had told Brewster .he would holt work on the Passamaquoddy project unless Brewster voted for the death sentence. Corcoran charged that Brewster bad taken part in the fight for the (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) CHARGE CLASS LEGISLATION Organized Business Opens Attack On Tax-Rich Program Washington. July 9 — <U.R> — Organized business opened its congressional attack on President Roosevelt’s .tax the-rich program today with charges that the levies would be confiscatory and would be class legisla'ion. M. I* Seidman of the New York board of trade was the first opponent of the program to testify before the house ways and means committee. He urged broadening of the tax base, rather than taxes on wealth, in order to balance the budget. Seidman asserted that his organization was for increased taxation if carried out all along the line as a means of reducing the national debt and balancing the budget to bolster business confidence. The president’s ’ax-the-rich program. he asserted, had definite social aspects for redistribution of wealth. He urged that the committee adopt a four-point program (OONTTNUEfD ON PAGE TWO)

FORMER COUNTY RESIDENT DIES Funeral Services Will Be Held Wednesday For Ernst Ostermeyer Funeral services for Ernst Ostermeyer. 6S, of Fort Wayne a former Adams county resident, who died st the St Joseph Hoepit 'l Monday, will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock standard time, from the Zwick's funeral home on North Second street. Burial will be made in the Decatur cemetery. Rev. IViul W. Schultz, pastor of the Zion Lutheran church, will officiate ut the services. Mr. Ostermeyer was born in Root township, Adams County, February 5. 1867. He was employed as a laborer and had resided in Fort Wayne for several years. Death was due to myocarditis. Surviving are the following brothers and sisters: Henry and William Ostermeyer of Root township; Fred Ostermeyer of Preble township; Mrs. Louise Kleipper, Fort Wjy’ne; Mrs Minnie Wilcock, St. Jolly, Washington, and Anna Ostermeyer, Root township.

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana. Tuesday, July 9, 1935.

Governor (). K.’s Vice Probe ■■rww! L. M V ” I Nbt « URL J X Gov. Herbert H. Lehman Thomas E. Dewey At conference in Albany. Governor Lehman of New York discusses plans made by Thomas E. Dewey, named special di. rict attorney to investigate vice and racketeering in New York City. Governor’s action forced Dewey’s appointment.

CITY EMPLOYES' WAGES ADJUSTED Part Os M age Cut Restored To City Plant Employes By Council The city council in continued session last evening adopted an adjusted wage and salary scale for city plant employes, effective July 1. Part of the salary cut made a few years ago was restored to regular employes and the hourly wage scale of common labor and street depar’ment workers was fixed at 40 cents an hour. The increases do not raise the wages to the former peak levels. The increases for engineers and firemen a.’ the city plant, who work seven days a week amounted to 10 per cent. Small increases were given to the two regular employes in the water depan'ment.

The salaries of the superintendent of the eleo'ric department and the chief engineer at the city plan,! were also fixed by the council. M. J. Mylott, superintendent, will be paid $2700 and Frank Burns, engineer, SI9BO yearly. The wages were adjusted at thl-s itlme in view of the showing made by plant employes in the operation of the utility. Costs have been reduced and .the efficiency of the plant Increased. The wage scale follows: Plant superintendent increased from $2,415.12 to $2,700.00. Chief engineer at plan.’, $1,980 a year, which is approximately the same salary paid to the late Andy Foos, a temporary wage being paid >’o Mr. Burns during the time he filled the vacancy. Plant, engineers increased from $103.50 to $113.85 per month. Firemen at city plant increased from $86.50 .‘o $95.15 per month. Linemen for the electric light (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) O Control Contracts Nearly All Signed It in expected that the last of the corn-hog control contracts for Adams county will be signld thia week. Monday night the committee for Preble township reported a 100 per cent sign-up. Only group two, three and four contracts remain to be signed. Cbecke have been received for group one contracts.

Daily Democrat To Publish Special Edition The Daily Democrat, cooperating with the committee in charge of the Free Street Fair and Agricultural Exhibit and Dairy Day, will publish a special Fair edition. The edition will be published Saturday, August 3 and is being done to give the big show 1 , a wider spread of publicity. It will be In tabloid form . . . the first ever attempted by the Democrat . . . and will contain the greetings and advertisements of nearly every merchant and manufacturer in the city. Considerable effort will be exercised in printing this edition, and as it will be necessary to start printing of it next week, the cooperation of everyone is earnestly solicited.

Six Hundred At League’s Picnic Six hundred ipereons attended the annual picnic of the Adorns county fish and game conservation league, held at Sun Set park Sunday. A bosket picnic was served at the noon hour and free ice cream und 1 monade were given to the children. The principal address was made by Milton Dysong of the ebate conservation department. During the afternoon games and contests were enjoyed. The bait costing contest was won by Don Reynolds, who wau presented a watermelon.

GIRL SLAYER DENIES GUILT Merton Ward Goodrich Enters Not Guilty Plea At Detroit Detroit, July 9 — (U.R) —Mer’on Ward Goodrich, confessed slayer of 11-year old Lillian Gallaher, pleaded not guilty today at his preliminary hearing on charges of first degree murder before recorder’s judge Thomas W. Co ter. At his eamination dhich followed immediately, Goodrich was ordered held for trial at same future date. So great was the courtroom crowd that Goodrich, manacled to a detective, was taken immediately into lhe judge's chambers, where he made his plea. He was auked it ihe was represented by counsel. “If ihe court will appoint counsel for me I’ll appreciate i’,” he mumbled. Examination was scheduled when Prosecutor Duncan C. Me-1 Crea told the court the s’ate was I ready to proceed. “I haven’t had time — I mein I haven’t been able to get an attorney,” Goodrich interposed. He was dressed in white trousers, blue coat and sport shoes in which he was arrested a week ago today in New York City Freshly shaven, he had apparently not. been able to have fresh clothing sent :to the jail. Apparently confused by the courtroom procedure. Goodrich agreed to waive examination, but (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o WEATHER Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday, probably showers Wednesday west portion; slightly warmer.

Arrests Made Last Night May Clear Up Recent Robberies In Adams County, Fort Wayne

ORDER ARRESTS FOR VIOLATION OF LIQUOR LAW Fry Announces Arrests Will Be Made Starting Saturday Ind’ianapolis, July 9 — (U.P.) Arrest of tavern proprietors who sell liquor by the drink without a s’ate license will begin July 13, Paul P. Fry, state excise administrator, announced today. Enforcement of tha provision of the 1935 liquor law was delayed until the alcoholic beverages commission could act on the thousands of applications for tha’ type permits. Fry accompanied his announcement with let’ers to liquor wholesalers warning them it te unlawful to sell to unlicensed tavern proprietors. He also wrote to mayors of cities in which by-the-drink sales are permi'ted asking their cooperation in enforcing the law. His letters to the mayors pointed out that moet of the money collected from sale of th° licenses goes to the local units for payment of school teachers’ salaries. The s'ate board rapidly is completing its review of applications for the by-the-drink licensee an 1 will have its calendar cleared of them by Saturday, Fry said. “After that time there will be no excuse for anyone selling such drinks withou’ a license,” he said. The 1935 law under which the licenses are issued contains the first provision for legalized sale of liquor by the drink pre(CGNTINt’ED ON PAGE FIVE) Call Rev. Werning To Friedheim Church Rev. W. H. Werning, pastor of Cilvary Lutheran church. Calgary. Alberta. Can., was extended a coll Monday night by Zion Lutheran church at Friedheim, to succeed Rev. C. B. Preuss, who retired recently. Rev. Werning is a graduate of Concordia college at Fort Wnyne, .and completed his seminary work at St. Louie Concordia seminary, ile has been stationed at Calgary for the last seven years.

INDIANA LAWS UNDERGO TESTS Two Victories Scored Against New Laws; Two Are “Ties” Indianapolis, Ind.. July 9 —(UP) — Two victorhs for opponents of new state laws and two ‘‘ties’’ were- recorded today in a survey of yesterday’s court action throughout the state. The victories were scored against the state liquor control law and the state milk licensing law, both enacted by the 1935 legislature. Definite decision was delayed in two suits which attacked constitutionality of the liquor law and the 1935 conditional sales act providing state supervision of installment sales. Major victory against the liquor law was sc red in Shelby Circuit court by C| (tries and Fredrick Koehler, owners of a rural grocery store. Judge James A. Emmert granted them a temporary restraining order to prohibit interference with their selling bottled beer and set July 22 for he ring a petition for a (permanent injunction. They claimed they have a .beer license which does not expire until September, but had been threatened with arrest by state excise depart(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

ADAMS POST TO ELECT JULY 22 Final Nominations Are Made For Legion Officers Monday Night Adams post number 43 of the American Legion will hold the annual election of post officers at the next regular meeting of the organization Monday, July 22. Final nominations for the offices were made last night. Nominees for commander axe Walter Gladfelter and Dee Fryback. Frank Schumacher, nominated for the post two weeks ago, withdrew his name last night. O:her nominees are as follows: Vice-commander, Ed Jaberg. Second vice-commander, Frank Liniger. Adjutant, Charles Weber and David Adams. Finance officer, Ralph Roop and Ed Adler. Executive committee, Tillman Gehrig, Charles Massonee, Charles Burke, Edgar Yoder and Joe Laurent. Delegates, Ottb Gase, TlL'man Gehrig, Herb Kern Albert Miller a.ml Leo Ehinger. Alternates, V. J. Bormann. Walter Gladfelter, Frank Liniger and Ralph Roop. Albert Miller was named chairman to furnish a lunch following the election meeting July 22. USED DEALERS ARE LICENSED All Dealers In Used Autos And Parts Must Have State Licenses All dealers in used automobiles and- paris, regardless of whether these items constitute a major portion of their business, afe required to ob'ain state licenses under a new law which became effective July 1, i' was pointed out today by Dee Fryback, local auto license branch manager

Application blanks for licenses and copies of the law have been received at the branch from the sate gross income tax division, which is handling collection of license fees. Under the law, which was passed for the purpose of reducing the number of automobile thefts by breaking down the market for stolen care and parts, such businesses as new car dealers who take trade-ins, junk dealers, used car lots, garages and repair shops j and all others buying need cars or parts mus* obtain licenses, Mr. Fryback said. All dealers are required to keep a record of used cars and parts received and the names and addresses of persons from whom they were purchased. Records will be subject to inspection by local police, .the sheriff or state (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o Son Os Decatur Man Is Honored Herber B. Fonner of Evansville, son of Willis Fonner of this city was elected president of the Indiana Federation of Post Office clsrks ond auxiliary at the annual convention of the association held last week at Terre Haute. Mr. Fonner is employed in the Evansville postoffke. ♦ q Berne Minister Retains Charge The Rev. H. E. Tropf, pastor of the Berne Missionary church for the past several years, has accepted the call to remain as past'-.-. Rev. Tropt announced his decision to the congregation Sunday. The call was given him several days ago at the semiannual business j meeting of the church.

Price Two Centi

Youngest Member Os Gang Admits Taking Part In Berne Looting; Six Are Under Arrest. LEADER ESCAPES At least 14 robberies in Fort Wayne and Adams county and probably more have been cleared up by the axrest Monday night of four men and two women. The four men taken into custody were Melvin Brewster, 24, William Brewster, 27, and Jack “Red" O’Neal, about 30, all of Fort Wayne, and Robert Brewstbr, 19, who was employed on th© Ralph Schnepp farm ea.st of Berne. Robert Brt water confessed that he was a member of the gang which several weeks ago committed five robberies at Berne which netted them approximately S4OO. Among the places included Ln this raid were the Berne Milling company, the Majn Street killing Station, the Jefferson Garage and the Berne Overall factory. The arrests of the three Fort Wayne men were made in raids of their homes by Sheriff Dallas Brown of Decatur, state patrolmen Ed Rose and Al Teusch of the Ligonier barracks and Detective Sergeants Eugene Bouchard, Raymond Towsley, Harry G-ibson land Horace Smith of Fort Wayne. One Confesses While the raids were being stag- . ed in Fort Wayne, Leo Gillig, Adams county deputy sheriff, and Sephus Melchi, Decatur police chief, arrested Robert Brewster at the Schnepp farm. Robert was taken to Fort Wayne where he was photographed and finger printed. | There he gave information to i Sheriff Brown and others at the I police station, confirming their sus- ! picions tiiat he was a member of 1 the gang which has stolen thousands of dollars in burglaries in northeastern Indiana since the first of the year. Maynard Brewster, believed to be one of the ringleaders of the gang, escaped when a Fort Wayne detective held fire because of the crowd which quickly congregated in front of his home. The officers had learned that he was planning to come to his home in the south part of Fort Wayne and laid an ambush for him. His wife got out of the car and entered the house. Maynard started to drive away when a Fort Wayne policeman leaped on the running board of his car. One Escapes Brewster whipped out a large (Continue© on page two) TWO KILLED IN FLOOD, STORM Four Towns Near Fort Peck Dam Project Ruined By Storms Glasgow, Mont., July 9. —(U.R) — Four mushroom towns near the site of the Fort Peck dam project on the Missouri river were in ruins today, Wrecked by tornado and flood. Two persons, not yet identified, were dead ajid hundreds were homeless. Narly 100 persons were injured.. The villages of Midway, Park Grove, New Deal and Wheeler were reported virtually destroyed by the high winds and flood waters piled up by tWO 'Cloudbursts that struck In the same place hardly 12 hours apart. Early yesterday Galpin Coulee, which drains a large hill region east and west of Fort Peck, became a wild torrent after two inches of rain fell in a tew minutes. Midway, Park Grove, New Deal, and Park Dale — villages which sprang up after the dam project got underway—were seriously damaged. Some 200 families fled to higher ground when passing motorists warned them of the oncoming flood. The water stood five to Isix feet deep in the towns but (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)