Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 33, Number 182, Decatur, Adams County, 2 August 1935 — Page 1

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Inspect Sought In Mutilation Murder I Caught In Chicago

L Witnesses Identify! |enge As Man Fleeing [roni Scene Os Brutal Ihicago Crime. luiCIDE A HOAX Lo. Aug 2.- (U.R) — State's Kvs announced today that tfHe W. Zenge. 26. had been ■jvely Identified" by two wlt- ■ as the man seen fleeing scene of the mutilation Lr of Dr. Walter J. Hauer, rejected suitor of Bauer's Fof three weeks, was seized Lt of a taxi cab garage along Lest Madison street tenderLday .but denied any knowlLs the brutal crime. Ln', have anything to do with L subbed, burying his face in Ends as he sat in the center Ercle of questioners. K Louise Shaffer Bauer, 23, L nurse of Kirksville, Mo., Lrried Dr. Bauer three weeks Liter breaking off a seven ■ “understanding" with Zenge, Listed that her rejected suitLt couldn't have committed Laie." Lr, M-year-old chemistry pro- ■ and post-graduate student at Lversity of Michigan, was Ld in Ann Arbor, Mich., Kv night and brought to ChiErhere the barbaric operation ■erfortned by his captor. Ly would 1 do anything to the E" Zenge sobbed to police. “I ■ Louise, more than anything ■ world, and 1 wanted her to »py with him.” ■ (aspect was brought face to Kith his fa'her, J. Andy Zenge, Led dairy farmer of Canton. ■ state's attorney’s office. ■ old man. broken with grief, Ed for a half hour that the ■ was not his son. Lr. however, he broke down ■milted the suspect's identity, ■ing to assistant State's AtE Charles Dougherty. ■ father, accompanied by anI son. Leighton, 24, arrived in Lo last night from Missouri J L said they believed Mande■to be alive and innocent of ■ratal assault upon the pro- ■. despite a suicide note sign■andevtlle" and left in a taxi ■ Navy Pier Wednesday night. ■ 0 I Committee To Meet Tonight k :nb«rs of the executive command department heads of the Bur Free Street Fair and agri■al exhibit are requested to ■at the Ri.e hotel this evening Id o’clock. ■ presence of every member is ■stive as final details regard■xt week’s fair will be arrang- ■ o mon HOPE 'FOR PASSAGE be Again Refuses To p ‘‘Death Sentence” For Utilities phington, Aug. 2.—(U.R)—Adoration leaders, smarting unfr° stinging rebuffs by the I. virtually abandoned hope tofrr a compulsory “death sen- | this session for unnecessary | holding companies. frs for breaking of a senateI conference deadlock on the fer-Rayburn utility bill receivlevere setback when the house ftned its opposition to the F sentence" and then instructs conferees insist "outsiders” ■rred whenever “necessary" [Conference sessions. jute leaders, while 'unwilling Inounce abandonment of the r sentence" clause, did not r optimistic of its eventual gance by the house. They I. however, to saJvage some r a regulatory bill. r" administration leaders took lof the situation and mapped pure both the senate and the I lobby investigating commitAtijourned until next week. A developed, meanwhile, be--1 the two groups for custody ■ Hopson, missing Associat18 & Electric Co., official ! house investigating comrnltt>teied the search tor Hopson “rnard B. Robinson, dapper dealer who de*b'TINUED ON page FOUR)

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WHEAT CROP IN MIDWEST LESS THAN FORECAST Increase In Price, However, Will Net Handsome Profits (Copyright 1935 by UP.I Chicago, Aug. 2 —(U.R) -The American farmer has harvested most! of his wheat crop and put It In the! shock, safe from the tavages of black rust and drought, a survey | of the nation’s breadbasket revealed today. The crop isn't as large as the government last month estimated It would be but prices have gone up commensurate with the decline in anticipated yield so that the farmer will get a check from the I cross-roads elevator large enough. i perhaps, to buy a new automobile j and a new fur coat for his wife. A state-by-state survey through the wheat belt showed the winter wheat crop in the shock, put there with the aid of men recruited from relief rol’s. Spring wheat, which is still in the field in the northwest, Is suffering from the scourge of black rust and its outcome is highly uncertain. • In lowa, Nebraska. Oklahoma, Colorado and Texas the crop was harvested and on its way to the market. In Illinois approximately 75 per cent of the crop has been threshed. Reports from most states indicated yields were running neax the government’s July estimate on ■ (tJONTINUBD ON PAGE TWO) O FT. WAYNE MAN TALKS TO CLUB R. R. Johnson Delivers Interesting Address To Rotarians R. O. Johnson. Fort Wayne, delivered a highly interesting and entertaining address to .members of the Decatur Rotary club at th© regular meeting of the club Thursday evening at the Rice hotel. Taking as this theme, “Two Tonics,” Mr. Johnson said the world i really its sick, suffering from the pains of ipoverty and their attendant ills and maladjustments. The speaker said that so long as a gjjrson can retain hie sense of the ridiculous he will at least keep a level head. Mr. Johnson said, “you | never heard of a man jumping out j an eight-story window with a grin on his face.” Today, the speaker said, governments are not only trying to cure our economic ills but our political and spiritual ills as well. “While our edu'cational. transportation and : other standards are moving for-1 ward, our social standards are reaching ibackward. Our social standards are no higher now than they have been for years.” Mr. Johnson said in closing that the Rotary motto, “Service Above Self,” is the best method of curing our present ills. J. L. Kocher had charge of the program. o Group May Sponsor Tennis Tourneys The Decatur Junior Chamber of Commerce is considering the purchase of trophies for men’s and women's tennis tournaments this fall. The trophies will be purchased if sufficient interest is shown in the contests. Men interested are requested to see Paul Hancher, Mildred Acker will receive the names cf women interested in the tournament. Farm Hand Killed By Lightning Bolt Hamlet, Ind., Aug. 2— (UP) — Michael Herrkik, 25. a farm hand, was killed instantly when struck by lightning in a barn near here last; night. His badly burned body was dniggcd from the burning structure >by Walter Seidentop. his employ-1 er. I The barn was completely de-i stroyed.

Slayer Led to Death Cell i O' ■r x i * JU ® ’ / ■ Er li JL I MML ft 1 Gerald Thompson, sex slayer of pretty Mildred Hallmark, is shown, above, being led from the Peoria, 111., county circuit court, handcuffed to an officer, following his sentence to the electric chair. Thompson sat motionless when the verdict was read and had no comment to make. — i

BANOS FEATURE OF FAIR WEEK Many Musical Organizations Will Enliven Decatur Stret Fair Many hands will be features of I the Decatur Free Street Fair and ■ agricultural exhibit from Auguet 5 j to 10, Oscar bankenau, band chairj man announced today. The Shrine and News-Sentinjel j bando of Fort Wayne, the Erie band i of Huntington and the Wren, Ohio band will be here from out of the city. The Decatur girle bind, the American Legion city band and the Am -rican Legirn drum corps all of Decatur will play. The American Legion band and the American Legion drum corps will be in Decatur all week. The Decatur girls band under the direction of Albert Sellemeyer will be at the fair on Wednesday and Saturday. Friday the Shrine bind of over 100 pieces and the Wren, Ohio, high school band will march and play. Thursday, for the Dairy Day parade tind program several bands have been obtained by the leaf Creameries, Inc. The Decatur high school band, the Erie band of Huntington, the News-Sentinel band of Fort Wayne, the Huntington high I school band, the Van Wert high school band, the Decatur American Legion city band, The Decatur American Legion drum corps, the Bourbon Junior drum corps and numerous other binds will participate. PLEADS GUILTY TO KIDNAPING Man Arrested In Indiana Admits Kidnaping Canadian Brewer L.ndon, Ont., Aug. 2—(UP) —Mit■cheal McCardell, who was arrested in Indiana under the name of James Parker, pleaded guilty before . magistrate C. W. Hawkshaw today ' to <i charge of having participated . in the kidnaping of John Laibatt,: wealthy London brewer, last August He was remanded to jail for two weeks, pending eentence. A charge of armed robbery against McCardell was dropiped after his plea of guilty to the kidnaping charge. McCardell, Norman F. Newton, Crown Point attorney in charge of the case, contended, was the "three fingered .Abe” who signed the ran-| soin notes. He was arreeted by Indiana au-, I thorities for questioning in connection with a series of poultry truck holdups. While he was in jail at Crown Point Canadian authorities were advised that he may have been a member of the kidnap gang.' Labatt identified McCardell. The case of John Bannon of Windsor, another suspect in the case, was adjourned for eight days when he advised the court he was not' ready to plead. Bannon is charged with kidnaiping and armed robbery.' Kingston Murray of Covington, Ky., I lis awaiting trial on the same' (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) I

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Decatur, Indiana, Friday, August 2, 1935.

File Suit To Test Permit Revocation Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 2 —(UP) —Suit to test the 1935 state liquor control act relative to revocation of permits without notice was on file • in Marion criminal court today. The suit was filed by Clifford E. Youmans, looil druggist ,w.ho charged the state alcoholic beverages commission revoked his license ' without notice and then had him arristed for selling without permit, i Youmans was convicted and fined 150 on the charge in municipal. court, on on appeal to the criminal court, the Indianapolis association cf retail druggists filed a .plea of abatement. Judge Pro tern Clyde C.. I Garrer said he would rule on the I I plea August 9. o ISSUES RULES •I UN LICENSES • Most Concessions Must Have Store Licenses For Street Fair In order to answer numerous inquiries regarding the necessity of! , ■ concessionaires at the Decatur .'Free Street Fair and agricultural > exhibit obtaining state store licen-i ses, James Elberson, concessions . chairman, queried the state income tax division, receiving the following information: I “Store licenses are not required j from stands where nothing but food Is sold for consumption there. I If they sell soft drinks, confections, 1 etc., in connection with the food, J then it will be necessary for them Ito obtain a license. Churches and I societies operating such stamds are ; not exempt. "Bingo stands are not taxable under the store license law for the ; reason that nothing is so-'d. MerI chandise is merely given away to ' the winner of the bingo games.” State field agents from the gross I income tax division will be in De- ' catur next week to check all stamds and concessions, according to the following letter: Indianapolis, Aug. 2. — (Special) i —Operators of concessions at the Decatur fair next week will be - checked by field agents of the state gross Income tax division to make certain that they axe complying with the gross income tax law, Clarence A. Jackson, director of the division, announced today. Owners of stands and amusement devices at Indiana fairs, circuses and ca,rniva.’s must pay gross (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) I 3UDays Till The FREE STREET FAIR and Agricultural Exhibit

FILIBUSTER ON TAX RICH BILL IS CALLED OFF Republicans Force Delay On Final Passage Until Monday Washington, Aug. 2.— (U.R) —Re- ■ publicans called off their house filibuster against the tax-the-rlch bill today after forcing an agreement that final passage of the $270,000,000 revenue measure will I be delayed until Monday. "There won’t be a filibuster,” speaker Joseph W. Byrns said ajter conference with leaders. The house was debating the bill | under a plan to dispose of discussion by- tonight and complete reading the bill for amendment tomorrow. Delaying tactics by Republican forces had already slowed down house consideration of the bill to such aji extent that it was doubt-’ ful whether even without the nonfilibuster agreement, the bill cow’d: have been brought to a vote before Monday. Rep. Alan Treadway, R., Mass., bitterly attacked Secretary of the ■ Treasury Henry Morgenthau, Jr., as consideration of the bill pro|eeeded. I Treadway criticized Morgentha.'i’s testimony on the bill before the senate finance and house ways and means committees and charged he "hasn’t any views” on the tax program. Morgenthau, Treadway sa.td in ; caustic tones, "refused to analyze the bill. He refused because he either was ashamed of the bill or l couldn't do it." “He wouldn't state his views be- ’ cause he hasn’t any,” Treadway said. “In aj.' the times he had apI peared before the ways and means I committee I never have heard him express a view on anything. “Whenever he Is asked a question, he smiles politely, turns around and asks one of the experts he carries with him to answer the (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o H. C. Oksen Accepts Michigan Position H. C. Oksen, former superintend ent of the Central Sugar company | of this city, has accepted a (position I as superintendent of the Superior I Sugar and Refining Company at ! Menomines, Mich. Mr. Iksen will j assume his duties next week. He and Mrs. Oksen will leave Wewnes- ' day to rtheir new home. Menominee is a city of about 11,000 population, located on Green Bay. The sugar and refining (plant which Mr. Oksen will operate is one ■ ' of the largest in Michigan, j Mr. Oksen came to Decatur in i 1927 as superintendent -cf the Holland St. Louis Sugar company and served one year as superintendent of the Central Sugar company. He has leased his modern home on South Third street to Mr. and Mrs. Al Schmitt. ■ ■ o JUDGE RULES AGAINST TAX Injunction Against Collection Os Various Processing Taxes Chicago, Aug. 2.—(U.R>— Industry today was one step nearer victory in its fight against the agriculture adjustment administration. A temporary Injunction restraining the collector of internal revenue ' from enforcing collection of the ' AAA’s processing tax on wheat, hogs, and corn was issued late yesterday by Federal Judge John P. Barnes. Eighteen Chicago packers, the Quaker Oats company and the: Washburn-Crosby company, brought petitions for the order. The government not only is enjoined from collecting some $7,500,000 in taxes already owed but also from forcing collection on subsequent accru ing taxes. In making the ruling Judge Barnes said: “I do not believe that it is a tax assessable under either the interstate commerce or taxation power of congress. I don’t, however, wish to enrich the processors by ithis ru'ing. I want the saving passed, along to the consumer." The judge urged that the suit -be carried Into higher courts for a final test. He further warned that any delay by the government in appealing the case for a supreme i court ruling would cause release of his order that all taxes be placed on deposit pending final decision.

H. G. H ALSEY AT HOMESTEAD Succeeds A. A. Watrous, W ho Receives Department Advancement H. G. Halsey of Washington D. C. has (been placed In active charge of the Decatur subsistence homesteads project here. t He replaces Austin A. Watrous, who servrd as project manager from June of 1934 to Thursday night, when his appointment expired. Mr. Halsey has been here several weeks inspecting the houses. Mr. Watrous has left for Washj ingtun, D. C. He has been given a j position as assistant engineer in the department, which is considered an j advancement. Mr. Watrous, as active head of ! ■ the project during the preparations for the construction of the 48 buildings, during the actual work and 5 since has made an excellent record, j both as an engineer and as an ad- i - ministrator. The Decatur project was one of the first completed. It has received attention from all parts of the, country. Government inspectors, have stated that the Decautr de-1 l velcpment is the best of the more 1 ' than 60 projects. Work has not even 1 started on some of the others. Mr. Watrous was largely responsible for the construction of a sewerage system at the local development. The original plans called for septic tanks. Mr. Watrous did not believe they would be satisfactory in the type -of soil at the project. He received the government’s permission to install a system at the project which empties into the St. Mary's river. For more than a year. Mr. Watrous has been attempting to obtain funds for the construction of a black -top drive at the project. Both the city and the county were unable to make appropriations for the purpose. This week Mr. Halsey an- ' nounced that the government would ’ construct a road which would meet state specifications. U.S. ANSWERS l ' HITLER PROTEST ■ Flag Incident Aboard German Liner Is Believed Closed Washington, Aug. 2. —(U.R>— Unit- 1 . 1 ed States-German relations returnI ed to their normal condition to- ’ day. with this country looking frost- : ily across the Atlantic at the nat- ! ional policies pursued by the Hit-, ler Nazi regime. Officials here believed the reply dispatched -by acting Secretary of State William Phillips last night to the German protest over the recent riot aboard the liner Bremen in New York harbor, in which the German Swastika banner was torn from the flagstaff, would close the incident. Phillips’ answer made the German protest appear unnecessary and unreasonable in that he showed that the New York police authities were more than diligent both in the protection afforded the German liner, and in the promptness j with which they had arrested the j perpetrators of the insult to the. German flag. He enclosed with his note com- ‘ ! p'ete copies of the New York po- } lice department’s reports concern-1 ing the incident aboard the Bre-; 1 men, and -backed these up with a stout denial that the American i | authorities had been lax in their efforts to protect the German flag and propery, or were in any way | responsible for the incident. The accompanying police depart- | ment report laid the blame for the | : incident squarely upon the officials j iof the German shipping line be-’ cause of their alleged failure to ' co-operate with police in keeping , I unauthorized persons from boarding the liner before it sailed, despite previous warnings by the police that a communist demonstration had been planned. o None Injured In Minor Accident No one was injured in a minor automobile accident which took place at the Five Point intersection on S.uth Second street, at about j 4 o’clock Thursday afternoon. J The automobiles driven by Wilmer I Steffen of near Decatur and Charles Helm of this city, collided at the in- ; tersection. The front left side of the Steffen car was considerably dam- ' aged. Mr. Steffen was driving north and Mr. Helm was goin south on Second street.

France, Britain In Agreement On Plan To Halt War

Leaves Homesteads • •••• Sk • t I Austin A. Watrous, project manager of the Decatur subsistence homesteads since June of 1934, has been transferred to Washington, D. C. He has been succeeded at the local project by H. G. Halsey, who has been here as an inspector for several weeks. TWO BUILDINGS WILL BE SOLD Abandonded Rural School Houses Will Be Sold By Township John M. Doan, Washington township trustee, has announced that the Washington township advisory board has approved a proposaj to sell two abandoned “little red school houses” belonging to the township. , The buildings, which have not been used for 15 years are out of date and could not pass the re- ; quirements of the state school in- ■ I spectors. They could not be rei modelled for any reasonable amount. Transfers to Decatur and other ; consolidations have made the need I for the schools a thing of the past, i The township has had to pay the | insurance premiums for years. The 1 buildings will deteriorate rapidly in the next few years unless immediate repairs are made. Only the building will be sold j at the Haines school three miles south of Decatur on U. S. highway 27. The ground, consisting of ap- | proximately an acre will be retained. This school is located in the exact center of the township. If the township should ever determine to build a consolidated school this would be an ideal location. The Chaplin school, two miles west of Decatur, and the ground consisting of an acre of ground and a orick building will be sold. There will never be any conceivable use for this school. Mr. Doan pointed out that the [ Chaplin school would make a good home for some one wishing a small I property near Decatur. Several such schools have been remodeled ■ in the county. The building brick in both buildings could be used for the con- ! struction of a new building. One active organiztaion in Decatur is i considering purchase of the build- ’ Ings for material to build a club . house. o Three Counterfeiters Held In New York New York, Aug, 2 —(UP)—Secret iservice agents held three men today as operators of the "most complete counterfeiting plant ever found in the east.” Supplies enough to print SI,OOO, 000 of bills in denominations of sl, $5 and $lO have been seized, Peter A. Rubino, agent in -charge of the special detail of the U. S. secret I service said. The agents, who have trailed the suspected counterfeiters for several weeks, took SSOO of finished $1 bills and iplates for bills of the $5 and $lO denominations when they raided a bungalow yesterday on the Hohonk road, near High Falls N. Y. o WEATHER Local thundershowers proable tonight and Saturday; cooler Saturday and northwest portion late tonight.

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Two Nations In United Front To Dissolve Deadlock In Plans To Avert War. MORE TROOPS Geneva, Aug. 2.— (U.R) — Premier Laval of France told a secret meeting of the League of Nations council -tonight that France and Britain had formed a united front to break a deadlock which has developed in their efforts to solve a dispute between Italy and Ethiopia. The council prepared for a night i session to approve a compromise on which four nations were believed to be nearing an agreement. Capt. Anthony Eden, represent- ! ing Great Britain, and Baron Pompeo Alois:. Premier Benito Mussolini’s negotiator for Italy, precipitated the deadlock when they failed to agree on one clause of a twopart plan to avert war. Mussolini flatly rejected the clause which, it was understood, fixed a time limit for negotiations to end. The stalemate developed as the council optimistically expected a compromise based on favorable reports from a conference of Capt. Eden, Baron Alois! and Premier j Pierre Laval of France, last night. The situation was deemed so ! grave that even private sessions iof the council were suspended and members met in closed execuI tive session to hear Laval explain I the status of negotiations. Further aggravating the crisis wan notification from Prof. Gaston Jeze, legal assistant to Ethiopia’s chief delegate, Tecla Hawariat. that Abyssinia cannot accept any solution based on a 1906 treaty with ItaJy which Ethiopia never . recognized. Mobilize Troops Rome, Aug. 2.— <U.P.>— The government will issue a communique •' tomorrow ordering mobilization of four new army divisions for service in Ethiopia, it was learned on high authority today. The government also will announce a new naval construction program, it was disclosed. Details were not revealed. The soldiers to be mobilized include two additional blackshirts, or Fascist militia divisions. On the basis of 15,000 men to a division, 1 the four divisions will swell Italy’s (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) O Place Flood Lights At Peace Monument Colored flood lihts were placed at the peace monument, northwest corner of Liberty Way and Third streets and in front of Elephant Rock, northeast corner of Second street and Liberty Way. The lights will be turned on Saturday night and every evening during fair week. A request will (be made to the county commissioners to have the water turned on at the peace monument. o HOPE TO START PROGRAM SOON New Works Program May Be Started In County Next Week Forrest Woodward, assistant head of the new WPA program in the Fort Wayne district, announced today that the first of the new work projects will probably be begun in Allen county Monday. The state has issued orders to begin the opening of the projects in the counties surrounding Allen county immediately. Mr. Woodward, stated that every effort is being made at the Fort Wayne office to get the work underway. Most of the administrative beads have already been assigned to their duties. Few of the assistants and clerks have been hired. There is a possibility that the first .Adams county (project may be started the latter part of next week. The social division of the FERA program has not been disturbed. F-or that reason the relief families will not need to be re-lnvestigated. Several projects have been approved for the county. The number of men who will work during the first weeks of the new program will probably be small. It is not expected that the full relief load will be attained until October.