Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 33, Number 189, Decatur, Adams County, 10 August 1935 — Page 1

K.nXIII. No. 189.

MCHANGES INDICTED IN I fix RICH BILL Lak l ' ik ' lv T ° Th ° r * L, h |y Overhaul RooseI ve lt Measure A " g - lo —<U.R>—A 9 Cmif* today indicated tax P™*™**' may , be jfc|v merl-aul-d before beinw taw. Jl <M1 ‘,.:.„ 1!1 ee.-: actions during dW of executive aeHH- ■ .<1 io coustderution of W... Ibe measure passhouse would be altered befo!. t.tUR brought ■L «eß»te debate. W’L :im e being it was mi.ussifx the committee a sure it. repudiatW*. ■> laxe * • I a MUiseivative drend aly 1 .. voting creased capi-W-nt in the oth- • leader Joseph T. m spi e of the commit-tt-nui’i. -'-ii was confident the would be r-ady for senate KynS!' next Tuesday. i’at ll.ur'.son of the W ..,11.0 the corn■KL back iu'o session today .terlanatioti that lie would K,"*' " k ''-fore was ended. ■k. ... . . hied upon , . regarding ion s. Ihc tun it was learned committee: |m , ~.J jj s. to reject the tax proposal. a^Ky L ..,,j :■< a show ot hands to .a|..'.< '■toclt tax from per iieidrti to modify the excess provisions of the house bill r , ■ j v'e-1 the ’J\ "f 'be ■ 'ax proposals. M I.ai'ollette, It. . • ampaigning ii. l i’am e and '•>'■ was plainly disby the trend in the committee. ft/m th- earlier votM® (.WW"” ■ K FkCE SIX) ||||B - - • - ■ ipptr Ship Ends jg First Leg Os Trip T 11 tug. Id- <UI’) - PM-Atn Clipper ehip ; •; 1 a of a ID.StIO tiny Was- ■ It <>. 1) Spllivan . plan- down ■lb »a’ ■ ni l Harbor at W... -i.il <1 tim • toBmbn Necessity II Os Special Session It l.i . Aug. !•»-—< VP) probably will be able to :al ial se?r;,s a a special - Jp-Mettsaal lac.t night. a tj.esion deiy division of b appli n *'.i - -neral fund is- w;,.. awaiting receipt '. Hal o f t | le bm ix. .i . d vision as ses.-imi. The bill will Mpidied by .Atty. (len. Phillip by : , :1 | opinion on be eaid. - - .. ■l° Overturns, W oman Is Killed ■giianapol’s, Ind., Aug. 10 — : : Millniaker, 26. was ’.a’aliy last night when an in whir,a she was riding •!-‘iridg over a .canal here evert timed. ■*<<! Millirak-r. 26. the victim's suffer d two fractured ■F’ttl head injuries, who was driving the was arrested on a of reckless driving. ■*>°n Services At !j Evangelical ( hurch On evang ? '* s tic serviccß . by the various -churches c dj will continue Sunday SPrviCc win I>r; heW as 'B- H T y al <llur<h with the '■ parson ipreaching the Tl , l>!C:al -rnueic will be renBa'fJT*; services have been ®ll« P w J and a Colxi ial invita- ‘ to everyone. The ‘ *m at 7;30-.

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Express Thanks For Police Aid In behalf of th.e city, Mayor Holthouae today expressed hie nppreciatlon to the etate poll.ee>. Patrolmen Ed Rose and Al Teusch; the Huntington policemen, R. C. Foust R. K. Paul and James Sorenson, tor their services in Decatur during fair week. The three Huntington policemen ae. omjnnied the Huntington caravan to this cRy. The state policemen were on duty here most of the week. Many special patrol and traffic policenwn were employed by the fair association and the city. RECORD CROWD AT EOS' MEET Indiana Editors Start Business Sessions At Annual Outing French Lick, Ind., Aug. Id—XU.R) —A record attendance cheered members of the Democratic editorial association and party leaders here today as they started business sessions at their annual summer outing. The editors were to draft resolutions at their session reasserting their faith in the national administration and hailing Gov. Paul V. McNutt as the official party leader in Indiana. The etate central committee was to discuss plans for the town elections to be held in the state next November, as provided for in an act of the 1935 legislature. Meanwhile, the factional fight, which had attracted unusually large number* to the meeting, vontinued to hold interest. Virgil M. Simmons, director the state department of conservation. emerged as the most likely compromise Democratic gubernatorial nominee. The forces of Pleas E. Greenlee. patronage secretary to Gov. McNutt, and Lieut. Gov. M. Clifford Townsend, still appeared to be at odds, after no compromise efforts, were forthedining. Townsend lias gained a huge following in the agricultural areas of the state, while Green(rnxTTNiTßn on page six) Convicted Slayer Granted Reprieve French Lick. Ind.. Aug. 10—tU.R)—An additional 50-day reprieve was granted Richard Chapman. 22 year old convicted Hobart slayer, by Gov. Paul V. McNutt here last night. Chapman was scheduled to die in the electric chair at Michigan City state prison Aug. 13 for the slaying of Henry Nolte. Ainsworth farmer. The reprieve was granted when it was learned that new counsel had been retained to perfect the youth’s anpeal to the state supreme court, Gov. McNutt said. Wilton Sherman. county pauper attorney, told the gox-ernor that the Northwestern University bureau of criminology has started a study of the Nolte slaying. o Thirtv Entrants For Tennis Tournaments About 20 m n and 10 wom?n have signed up for the c ity tennis tournament which -the Efxiitur Junior Chamber of Commerce may sponsor this month. Some sort of trophies or awards will be given. Persons interested in the -tournaments are requested to see either Paul Hancher <?r Mildred Acker. IDA TEEPLE DIES TODAY Willshire, Ohio, Woman Dies This Morning At Local Hospital Mrs. Ida Mae Tceple. 74, of Willshire, Ohio, widow of the late Samuel Teeple, died at the Adams , county memorial hospital at 7:14 o’clock this morning. Mrs. Teeple had made her home with a nephew, Roy Case, at Willshire, for the past two years. Previously she had resided at Geneva. She was born October 2, 1861. Her husband, iSiamuel Teeple, preceded her in death. Surviving besides the nephew with whom sho made her home, are two M-crle Temple of Geneva, and Floyd Teeple of Wisconsin. Funeral arrangements have not been completed. The body was removed to the S. S. Buchanan undertakers at il»shire.

ROY SMITH IS EXECUTED FOR SLAYING GOOD Former Decatur Man Electrocuted In Ohio State Penitentiary Roy Smith, 34, former Decatur resident, was executed in the electric chair at the Ohio state penitentiary at Columbus Friday night for the murder of Forrest L. Good, deputy sheriff of Van Wert county, Ohio. The condemned man went to the chair without making a statement, iHe made no last-minute effort to escape paying the supreme penalty, making no appeal to the courts or Ito Gov. Davey. Smiih entered the death house lat 8:30 p. m., eastern standard I time, and was pronounced dead by a physician seven minutes later. The only visitor was another convict, his brother Ernest, who is serving a term for -burglary and larceny. Neither brother displayed any emotion during their last meeting. Smith’s execution was only 113 days after the fatal shooting of the deputy sheriff, seitting a new recI ord for punishment in Ohio. Un- : der Ohio law, 100 days must elapse from the time sentence is passed until the execution date. April 18 of this year, R. B. Stev- : ens, Van Wert sheriff, accompanI ied by Good and a government parole agent, went to Smith’s I home in A 7 an Wert county, near the state line, to question Smith I concerning chicken ithefts in the . I county. On the previous night, Roy’s i I brother had been arrested for the I thefts and officers believed the! , older brother was also implicated.; When officers attempted to arrest Smith, the latter whipped out a pistol and shot Good through the heart, the officer dying instantly. The killer was indicted by a I ' grand jury the day following the | slaying. Entering a plea of guilty, | I Smith was tried by a three-judge I court, the judges imposing the: death sentence on April 25. > The- guilty man offered no de-, sense. His attorney’s appeal to i the Ohio court of appeals failed, I the higher court upholding the verdict of the three judges. TRAIN WRECKED BY DYNAMITE Blast Feared As Renewal Os Bloody Illinois Mine War Springfield, 111., Aug. 10 —(UP) — A roaring blast of dynamite, planted along the main line of the Illinois Central railroad, tossed a locomo-' five and 10 freight -cars from the j track today in what appeared to be | a fresh outbreak of the bloody Illi- ; note mine war. Two members of the -train of three-man crew were injured when the heavy locomotive, lifted from the tracks by an expertly timed bomb, bounded over the rails. Conductor W. W. Westerbrook ■ and fireman Ira Fitzgerald, both of Clinton, 111., were brought -to St. John’s hospital here with bruises and head injuries. Engineer Tony Hoff, also of Clinton, tecaiped in-1 Jury. | The war—a bitter three-year fight . among cool operators and rival unions—has claimed 36 lives in the bi- ■ tuminous fields circuling Spring-1 field. More than 200 bombings—trains, trusties, mine shafts and homes — I resulted in damage aggregating | dos.? to a million dollars. H. J. Ross, of Clinton, divisional superintendent of the Illinois C-en- | tral. began an Immediate investigation ot the wreckage. The -I. C. tracks formerly were used by the Chicago and Illinois Midland nailroad for hauling coal. o Transient Jailed After Disturbance George Reynolds a transient, was locked in the Adams county jail this morning by chief of police Sephus Melchi after Die had created a disturbance ut the Erie Rastuarant. Mr. Reynolds told police he -had no home. o WEATHER Generally fair tonight and Sunday except unsettled south portion tonight; somewhat warmer central and north portions Sunday afternoon.

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Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, August 10, 1935.

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Roy Smith, former Decatur resident, was executed in the electric chair at the Ohio state penitentiary at Columbus last night for the murder of Forrest L. Good, deputy sheriff of Van Went county, Ohio.

155 KILLED AT RAIL CROSSINGS State Railway Inspection Division Reports 381 Are Injured Indianapolis, Ind. Aug. 10 (U.R>— A total of 155 persons were killed and 381 injured at steam and electric railroad crossings in Indiana during the year ending June 30j 1 the railway inspection division of j the public service commission announced today. Os the total casuajtles, 132 were ! killed and 354 injured at steam | I railroad crossings, a slight increase I over the figures of 1934. Seventeen persons were killed and 27 injured in interurban crashes as compared with 27 deaths and 17 injured during the fiscal i year ending June 30, 1934. Os the 432 casualties of all kinds at both type of railroad crossings. 275 occurred at unprotected interisep lons, the commission reported ! Eighteen fatalities resulted at protected by gates, 14 at crossings protected by watchmen, 5 prelected by "wig-wag" signa’s, land 37 protected by signal bells. The commission records show there are 10,083 unprotected and I 2,700 protected crossings in Indi-1 ana. The figures will be used by the i state highway commission in its grade-eeparaition program exped - ed to be started soon. Funds totalling $10,000,000 have been allotted Indiana, but have not been granted I ■to specific projects. ° Swarms Os Gnats Halt Paint Work Man fought a losing fight with gnats at the Decatur subsistemte I homeeteads project Friday. A crew of -m<n utarted work FriI dny painting the exteriors of the 48 houses. Myriads of gnats were attracted to the fresh white and cream ipaint. The gnats and other bugs stuck to the paint as though it were fly paper. Only one house was painted l when the men w-ere forced to give j up their work. A second attempt will be made Monday. STATE RESTS MURDER CASE Case Against Alleged Detroit Killers Is Closed By State Detroit, Aug. 10 —(UP) — The state todtay rested ite case against William Schweitzer and three cabaret dancer companions, accused of Clotting the robbery slaying of Howard Carter Dickineon, prominent New York attorney. Three doctors and two police officers, called in rebuttal, completed the state’s case against the dapper Schweitzer and his three companions. Defense attorneys said they would call but one .character witness in rebutal of the state and would then rest their case later today. Recorders judge John A. Boyne, who has sat throughout the three weeks long trial, said two days probably would be required for closing statements and his charge of the jury. Fate of the four defendants will probably be placed in the hands of the jury late Tuesday or early Wednesday.

1937 DAIRY DAY AT HUNTINGTON Cloverleaf’s Bi-ennial Celebration To Be At Huntington Huntington, Aug. 10. — Huntington will be host in 1937 to the biennial Dairy Day program sponsored by the Cloverleaf Creameries, Inc. It will be the second time the event has been held here. Announcement that the invitation of civic leaders had .been accepted was made at the close of this year's program, in Decatur. W. A. Klepper, Decatur, general manager of the company, commented favorably on the event held ' in the city two years ago and described the Huntington unit as one of ithe most important in the organization. Officials ot the company and businessmen of the city will have two years to make arrangements for the next Dairy Day, which probably will be held in connection with the annual 4-H club fair. By tha>t time, leaders hope, facilities for housing exhibits and accommodating the crowds will | have been improved. Arthur H. Sapp, prominent Hunt- | ington attorney and former president of Rotary International, expressed appreciation to officials of the company for the courtesies extended local visitors during the Dairy Day program at Decatur. Huntington wil Imake elaborate preparations to entertain the event in 1937, businessmen and local officials of the company announced today. o Corn-Hog Cheeks For Wells County Bluffton, Aug. 10—Announcement was miido here at tire office of County Agent M. S. Smith that 819 lebscks had bsen received to pay to Wells county farmers on 1935 cornhog control .contracts, and distribution of the checks was started today. These checks are for farhiers disigmted as in group 1 and total $46,000 to and comprise about ons-half of the chei.-ks to be received in first payments to this group. The checks for the remainder of the farmers in this group are expected soon. BODY OF BABY FOUND IN PIT Nine-Months-Old Boy Is Found Strangled To Death In Pit — Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 10 —(UP) —Authorities today sought to identify the body of a nine-months-old boy which was found weighted down with an automobile jack in a gravel pit here. Clad in an embroidered white dress, diaper and stockings, the child had been strangled by a cloth twisted about its throat, Dr. William Arbuckle, Marion county coroner, said. Footprints of the child will be matched with those from the records of hospitals here in an attempt to identify the infant, sheriff Otto Ray said. The body was found by Wilbert Moore, 18. who had been working in a field n.ar the gravel pit. The strip which had been used to strangle the child and another i looped about its waist and the one used to tie the jack to its feet toad been torn from rags which were found on the bank of the pit. authorities reported. The rags were discarded men's underwear, from which laundry and othe ridentificatio nmarks had been removed. According to Dr, Arbuckle, the child's body hud been in the water 72 hours. One Influenza Case Reported One lease ot influenza was reported in Adams County in the morbidity report for the week ending Saturday. August 3. The report is issued by the Indiana division of public health. Auto Is Stolen Here Last Night A coupe owned by Arthur Kumfer, Ossian, was taken from in front of the Catholic school some time last evening. The cur was a black model T Ford with yellow wheels Mr. Kumfer did not know the license plate numbers and his driver’s license was in the car.

STRIKE HALTS WPAPROJECTS IN NEW YORK Continue Strike Despite “Work Or Starve” Edict Issued ■ New York, Aug. 10 — (U.R) — A ’ strike of works progress admlnis- . tration employes against the . WPA "security" wage gained rer cruits today in the face of a "work or starve’’ edict backed by 1 President Roosevelt. action ■ - throughout the country indicated I 1 danger to the entire $4,880,000,000 , - work-relief program. s American Federation of Labor ■ officers predicted New York projects employing 100,000 persons | 1 would be tied up Monday. 1 Estimates of the number of 1 ! men who answered a strike call ‘ I by 36 A. F. of L. unions varied. 1 but there undisputedly were more •' on strike today than yesterday. ’ i Investigators for Gen. Hugh S. 1 lohnson, former NRA administrate 1 or appointed by President Roosevelt to direct the New York WPA program, estimated, 1,100 men had quit last night. George Meany, " state federation ot labor presi-1 1 i dent, said the number was closer '| to 2,500. Work on a huge housing ’ j project was suspended. Meany said all the 8.000 A. F. of L. men employed on New York 1 WPA work would quit Monday and he predicted that 5,000 office workers — perhaps 10,000 — would walk out with them. Since most of the union men are skilled mechanics, federal officials conceded r that a walkout in the numbers j Meany predicted would force t probably 90,000 other men out of ■ r. work. j A statement by President Roosej velt supporting the "work or starve” ultimatum of Harry HopI kins, work progress administrator, sent Mayor Fiorello 11. I-aguardia into hasty conference with members of the city emergency relief board. Hopkin’s order against use t of federal funds to finance home j j ■ relief for WPA strikers presented j 3 | the city and state with the alter- i I natives ot financing a strike I I I against the government—from in-1 adequate funds —or refusing relief to perhaps 50,000 persons. Meany said he had been assured by Miss Charlotte Carr, director I of home relief, that a man on strike would receive the same i treatment aecorded other applicants for aid. • Union leaders made the most !of protests against the WPA I wage scale in more than a dozen > cities. The New Jersey federation ot labor informed Gov. Harold G. i Hoffman by telegram last night j that it would support strikes on every WPA job begun in the i state unless prevailing wage - scales were paid. Alfred Ellis, I head of Massachusetts union I building tradesmen, announced bis 1 . men would refuse to work for i WPA. , o i Represent County At Indiana Fair Miss Pauline Yoss of Wabash; ! ttownship and Miss Kathleen Ken- ’ ney of Jpffenson township have • be.n selected as ihaving ths most I outstanding records in 4-H club work during the past year and ; will go to the state fiiir hanre e.coI I nomies school as representatives i from Adams leounty. Miss Yoss' projects are sth year clothing, 2nd year canning, 2nd year j baking, Ist year junior leadership and 2nd year room improvement., She was also winner of the Ball cunning contest. Miss Kenney’s projects are sth I year clothing. 2nd year baking and 2nd year junior leadership. She also won first place in the modern dress revue. 0 • Blue Creek Farmer Claims Tallest Corn .i‘ A. B. Riley, living in the northwest section of (Blue Creek town-! ship, claims to have grown the tallest .corn in the county. Mr. Riley brought the corn to Decatur today. i the stalk measuring 14 feet, three inches in height. The stalk is on exhibit in front of the Daily Democrat office. Open Swimming Pool On Sunday Afternoon W. Guy Brown, superintendent of i the .municipal swimming pool an-. ! nounced today that the pool will be I open at 2 o’iclock Sunday afternoon.! i It has been thoroughly cleaned and | renovated and is in perfect condition.

Decatur Fair Ends Tonight; Midway I Filled Last Night

CLOWNS HIRED | | I Hiram and Mandy, a pair of I | clowns who have been in De- | [ catur the entire week on spec- | | ial advertising, were hired by j | the fair committee Friday night | ■ for the balance of the fair to | j conduct "ballyhoo” for the free | j acts, rides, shows and concess- | i ions. | SECDRITY BILL - ’ WAITS SIGNING Congress Passes Econ-omy-Security Bill Friday Afternoon Washington, Aug. 10. — (U.R) — When hard luck hits a family In 1940 thp new deal hopes it will be a different story than It was in 1930. The hope is based on the economic security bill passed by congress and awaiting President Roosevelt’s signature. Those in charge of the creation ot the measure like to think of it in the terms of the young printer with an aged father who feels the grip of hard times. The printer ha.s worked steadily for at least i two years. But, one day in 1940, he receives ! the blue slip of imemp’oyment with his $45 weekly paycheek as he leaves his plant. In 1930, with many printers losing their jobs and no new jobs appearing, this 30-year-old father of a family, would have faced almost hopeless despair. In 1940 the news is bad enough. But it has its ray of hope. For ' during the past years his employer has been contributing from one I to three per cent of his payroll to .an unemployment insurance fund ‘ and the jobless man knows that there wil’ continue to be a pay check of sls a week for 16 weeks from the fund. The federal goveminent does not contribute to the fund. For that length of time, he will be sure of fuel in the basement and food in the larder. If times are not too bad he may find another job. The sls payments would cease .then. With security ’ legislation, the new deal hopes | times won’t be as bad as they have in the past. The picture painted by the security experts includes an aged father in the family. He receives only $25 a week as a factory worker. If he loses his job at the same I time, he also will receive unemployment insurance. It will be 50 per cent of his salary on the basis I of one week for each hour he has I worked in the previous two years. I If he has worked steadily for the two years he will receive $12.50 ' weekly for 16 weeks. The federal government con- ' tributes only to administration of i the unemployment insurance plan. Each state must set up its own plan but employers must contribute a percentage ot their payroll figure. 0 District 4-H Camp To Be Held Again Fort Wayne, Ind., Aug. 10 —(UP) ■Ths 4-H club camp will be held j ! again next year for members of the Northeastern Indiana district, it was learned from Hugh S. Heckard, Allen county agent, upon his return from this year’s .camp which closed yesterday at Camp Mack, Lake Wawbee in Kosciusko county. Officers for the 1936 camp were ! Charles Byers, Napanee, Director: Hugh S. Heckard, Fort Wayne I assistant director; Joseph Clark, i Ashley camp manager; C. H. El--1 Hott, Angola, secretary-treasurer: T. E. Meyers, Auburn, assistant secretary-treasurer; and Hannah Goodale, Orland, ichief of commisseary department. Q City School Board Accepts Coal Bids The Decatur school board, in ses- | sion Friday night, opened bids for the coal supiply at the public schools I for the next year. Three low bids were received and the coai will be I bought from these three firms. The low bidders were Carroll Coal and Coke company, the Frank Krick coal company and Julius Haugk.

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Six Days Os Free Street Fair To End Tonight; Crowds Exceed Hopes Os Fair Officials. DECATUR DAY The Decatur Free Street Fair and agricultural exhibit will close tonight at midnight after six full days of noise, confusion and fun. A heavj r downpour of rain early this morning promised to aid in attracting perhaps the largest crowd of the fair proper to Decatur’s midway by night. Clearing skies were in evidence late this morning and with favorable weather, fair officials were anticipating handling another rec-ord-smashing throng. Attendance at every day of the fair has been far beyond expectations of officials of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce, sponsors of the fair. With farmers exceptionally busy in their fields this week, crowds have still thronged to the fair daily. The heavy rain forced a few hours postponement in the heavyweight horse pulling contest and it was scheduled to start at 1 o’clock this afternoon. All four free acts will be given both this afternoon and tonight. All acts have been praised as among the best ever showing on the Deeatur streets and have pleased the fair visitors. Drawing for prizes to be distributed by the merchants of the city, will be held at 2:30 this afternoon. The drawing will be . held at the corner of Madison and Second streets. Big Crowd Friday A crowd approximating that in attendance Thursday, thronged the . midway Friday night. Th© huge . parade in the afternoon drew the , crowd early and most of them , stayed for the evening. The outstanding feature of the evening w’as the Shrine batid and patrol team from Fort Wayne. Following the parade through the midway, the patrol team, with the , band playing accompaniment, staged its regular drill on the dance floor on Madison street, east of Second. A large and appreciative audience witnessed the intricate maneuvers of the drill team, applauding its every routine. The crowds ful’owed the American Legion City bauid of this city to the various free acts and operators of the various rides, shows and concessions reported business the best of the week. , o Farm Hand Starts Life Imprisonment Michigan City, Ind., Aug. 10. — (U.R) —Robert Heather, 17-year-old Hamilton county farm hand, today started a life imprisonment at the state prison. The youth, one of the youngest ever received here for a life sentence, was convicted in the Hamilton circuit court of shooting Mrs. Frances Gifford, wife of an Indianapolis physician, when she refused him the use of the family car. Heather's attorneys are perfecting an appeal to the state supreme court. 0 REV. WERNING ACCEPTS CALL Rev. Walter Werning Accepts Call To Friedheim Church The Rev. Walter H. Werning pastor of Calvary Lutheran church, Calgary, Alberta Canada, will become pastor of the Zion Lutheran ichurch at Friedheim, northeast of Decatur, in September. He has accepted the call extended him several weeks ago by the congregation. Rev. Werning, who has been in the ministry for 11 yeans was graduated from Concordia College, Milwaukee, and St. Louis Concordia seminary. He was stationed at the Lutheran missions in British Columbia for years and at Calgary for seven. Rev. Werning and his family will visit relatives at Newhall, lowa, for several weeks en route to the new charge.