Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 33, Number 195, Decatur, Adams County, 17 August 1935 — Page 1

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of Italy Awaited ■ Three Power Con- ■ ference: Statement Ex- ■ pefted Soon. ■battle reported Aug r • «»’» — Fr?nch ’ and Kali.in delegates exML todav ■! mat< ment of rnini.jni- "11 K:hi.»pla •’>’ MF. . i «.H give a positive h i' l vituble. Em ree tp: Cf Mussolini a KLm tn- ■ " ,,wer wa .. at a > Mii.btill and deleK.a”.. I’ "aa Jeeided ■L.no inn- 1 •* n > e,i " K lln, “ tn was h -rd '™nl- !■ Report Battle ■bn.e. Aug. !• < UP) -Governreport? from Djibouti in K.\ <ma • "-‘‘'l ,lHt “y that KLmv had • en killed and Kinded at A.adell- when EthioK „bnm..ed the Frencn KsdiUnd botd't and raided the tribeKateranien: ‘ based on in ’ Knition from liarrar. said 20 Knelt subject- «- a nong the Kuiths ■wo Arrested On I Narcotic Charge ■ ■ Waicbi'ster. Ind. Aug. IS—(U.R’ K Randolph dounty physician K a formet Indianapolis policewere arrested by federal Korit: ■ I" f la ’ - yesterday on Krone charges. ■Dr H. (’. Rininger, 35, was held ■y A E Crews, narcftic investiKtor. and Frank A. Holmes, bptr United States marshal, on i charge of issuing fraudulent Lcriptions. Ray Fletcher was arrested on a He charge of possession and fcrepr mentation of nsrrotlcs. H* • released on bond. lOrS’CAMPTO OPEN MONDAY ■wenty-Five 4-H Club Boys To Attend Annual 5-Day Camp Next Week Bbowt 25 Adams county boys till leave Monday to attend the ■nuai camp a.t Boyvl’le, Epworth brest, North Webster, which is frasored by the Adams county ■H clubs. The boys will go in automobiles ithe camp and remain rive days, Kday longer than last year. They ill be supervised by competent ni experienced men. The camp will cost each boy 85. providing .he brings a food r named in the invitations to atM This will be the only cost rthe camp The camp is withithree minutes of a good doctor kl first aid equipment is kept on ltd The officials of the camp have Me every effort to plan for the fety of the boys. During the taming periods three life guards H be on duty and the buddy sys- ® of swimming will be used. The Rev. h. W. Franklin will lr ' f ‘ as chaplain of the camp, •taming will be under the dlrec--111 of Ivan Losier. a certified Red •Ms life guard. The crops class 81 be taught by C.W.R. Schwartz. 1 eta’s in the study of Insects will ! ' au ßbt by Ro'and Reppert. The Rev. Frank Engle who has ! ” n active in the organization of w 4-H club activitites in the lunty will be in charge of the tap.

wv. Gerig Accepts Call To Berne Church Th' l Rev. c. J. Gerig of Woodburn *■’ definitely accepted a call as of th a West Missionary . nrc “ at Berne. He will assume - Pastorate September 1. Rev. * ng screeds the Rev. A. M. CMuGerig and fa.nily expects to Je aer? wltihin a few days. e new pastor is well known Lmtisfer of .people in and near [ He >3 a native of Grabill, L".? 1 ' 5 ' ’ ln d has served as pastor L , Mtosionary church at Woodor years. Ills first charge as at Pettisville, Ohio, where he '•«odbu?“ e year before 80ing t 0

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SEARCH HERE FOR JACOBS Killer Reported Seen In Decatur And Garrett Friday Evening Acting on a tip that Earl Jacobs 20-year-old gunman of Flint, Michigan, was seen in Decatur a second time. Fort Wayne police, Sheriff Dallas Brown, and Night Officer Floyd Hunter made a search of possible hiding points here Friday evening at pbout 9 o’clock. Jacobs escaped from the Richard Baker home on Seventh street here W-dneed»jy evening whfen Fort Wayne police left him unguarded while they went for the assistance of Sheriff Dallas Brown and ci’y police. A first degree murder charge as filed against Jacobs in the Allen circuit court Friday and a warrant was issued for his arrest on a charge of murdering Arlie H. Foster. 43, of 1815 Short street. Fort Wayne, who was killed in his restaurant at Wells and Fourth streets there Tuesday night. Operatives from the United States department of Justice entered the case Friday. They are acting under provisions of a new law which authorizes them to join in the search for a criminal who has crossed state boundaries. Jacobs is believed to have fled to Van Wert. Ohio. Wednesday when he escaped the police net drawn around the Baker residence here. This is the first time in this district that “G" men have operated under the new act. The officers gave up the search in Decatur Friday night after a search of several hours. Fort Way-ria. police also had a report that Jacobs bad been seen in Garrett. Police still express the belief that Jacobs still remains in this vicinity. It is their opinion that he is in hiding either in Fort Wayne or in some nearby town. It is believed that the “G” men will run him down if he attempts to seek safety in the larger cities. Hundreds of pennons paid tribute to the memory of Arlie Foster at funeral servi ‘es yesterday afternoon at the Walter Bonham funeral chapel in Albion. Full military honors were given during the services by the American Legion. A firing squad from post No. 47 fired a volley over his grave in Rooe Hill cemeterynear Albion as he was slowly lowered into it. Past chefs de gare of Voiture No. 37, society of the 40 and S. served as pallbearers. Rev. William Nesbit Vincent, pa.stor of Third Presbyterian church. Fort Wayne, delivered the eulogy. COUNTY'S SHARE OF STATE FUNDS Local Units Receive $175,$247.65 In Past Y ear From State Indianapolis, Aug. 17. — Adams county has received a totaj of 1175,247.65 from the state during the past year, in the distribution of >26.174,884.04 to local units of government, according to figures made public today by the State; Board of Accounts. The distribution to Adams county was divided as follows: To Schools: From gross income, excise, in- | tangibles, school revenue ajid school aid, >77,844.08. To civil units: From excise, >1,724. From intangibles, >1,636.05. From gasoline tax and auto license fees, >85,496.02. In addition, Adams county has been reimbursed by the state for expenditures, as follows: Old-age pensions, >8,547.50. During the next two weeks, local ! taxing officiajs will receive from .the state board of accounts an estimate of the moneys- ‘o be distributed to the va.ious tax.?< units for the ensuing year, and it is pointed out that it is duty of the local taxing officials,’ under the 1935 law, to budget > this estimate in fixing the tax levy , for the coming year.

Hunt Husband in Bride’s Death

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Joseph Meluch Mrs Mcluch Police of Lorain, O„ hunted Joseph Meluch, left, of Lorain, 27-year old correspondence school detective who boaeted lie was “government agent K-32", in the slaying of his pretty, 22-year-old bride of live weeks, the former Dorothy Kline of Dearborn, Mich., right. Mrs. Meluch was found lying face down on her bedroom floor with her skull crushed by a heavy instrument.

♦ ♦ Woman’s Intuition Warned Rogers Not To Go On Last Trip I Burbank, Cal., Aug. 17.—(U.R) j | —"Don't go, Will. Please don’t | I go'” I | This was the plea of Mrs. | | Will Rogers when she and their | | son. Will Jr., were at .the Union | | Air Terminal to see him off as | he took an air liner to meet | | Wiley Post in Seattlee, terminal | attendants recalled today. | They said she pointed to the | II dangers of flying over icy | wastes In Alaska and Siberia | i; and begged him not to make | I i the trip. SEWAGE PLANT DATA OBTAINED Second Engineer Confers With City Officials On Proposed Project More information on sewage disposal plants was obtained by members of the city council and city officials last night, when Lewis S. Finch, consulting engineer of Indianapolis, explained the functions of treatment plants. Mr. Finch is a member of the Finch and Babcock firm. He formerly was chief engineer with the state board of health. The sewage disposal project was discussed from the standpoint of the city making application for a loan and grant through the PWA for funds to build an interceptor sewer and treatment plant. Estimates on a disposal plant and interceptor vary between >75.000 and >IOO,OOO. If the city's ) petition were granted, 55 per cent of the cost would be financed by ' the local municipality, the 45 per, cent being a grant from the federal w-orks progress administration. Next Tuesday, P. A. Uhlman of the Activated Sludge Sewage disposal company, ColumbtM, Ohio, will talk to the city officials. It is likely that the council will authorize the employment of an engineer to make the preliminary petition for the loan and grant and take steps towards acquiring a sewage disposal plant for the city. No definite action has yet been taken So far the city offi-1 cials have devoted their time to; investigations and obtaining in-1 formation relative to the project. ' 0 Milk Prices To Be Cut By AAA Ruling Washington, Aug. 17 —(UP) —j Milk .prices in Evansville, Ind., will ( be reduced under an amendment; to the marketing license signed by ‘ secretary of agriculture Henry A. Wallace and made effective today, I The agricultural adjustment admin-. istratlon announced. Distributors will pay 48*4 cents per pound of butter fat in class one ) milk instead of 53 cents, and 3844 . cents per pound of butter tit in ■ class two instead of 43 cents. Masonic Lodges Are Closed In Germany. Berlin, Aug. *7-(U.R>—Dr. Wil-j helm Frick, interior minister, today ordered dissolution through j the reich of all Free Mason lodges j still existing and confiscation of. all their property.

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Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, August 17, 1935.

LAST GOAT OF PAINT APPLIED 17 Houses At Homstead Site Are Completed; Work Stars On Road Seventeen of the homestead houses have been given the third and final coat of paint this week, H. G. Halsey, the supervisor announced today. Rain halted the crew of 18 men this week. Thirteen men are painting the houses. Five men are painting the shutters. Russell Owens, the working foreman hired by the government, is supervising the job as well as mixing the paint and assisting where necessary. Additional men may be put on I the job Monday in order that the j shutter crew can keep up with the * painters. Several of the homelaie&ders have hired carpenters to j change the shutter swings. They were put on in a stationary position by the government. The black top will be laid on the road as soon as possible. It is hoped to have a crew of 10 men at work by the end of the week. The government is purchasing the material. The equipment has been rented from the Meshberger Stone company at Linn Grove. This company will also furnish skilled road builders to supervise the work which it is estimated will require about one week. The road is owr a mile in length. The government hopes to have the roads built, the houses painted and all necessary repairs and changes done before the end of the month. The actual cost of the individual houses and lots can not be determined until this is done. U. S. MARSHAL IS SELECTED — Charles A, James Os Austin Listed As Choice For Appointment Washington, Aug. 17. — (U.R) — Charles A. James of Austin is to be United States marshal for the southern district of Indiana to succeed Alf Meloy, Indianapolis, holdover Republican whose term expired February 22. James, who is a township trus-1 tee and president of the Indiana Association of Township Trustees, was Jointly recommended for appointment today by Senator Frederick Van Nuys and Sherman Minton. Attorney-General Cummings indicated he would approve James at once and send his name to the White House without delay for transmission to the senate for confirmation before the present session ends, probably next week. Selection of James breaks a dead'oek which has existed six months over the appointment. Thesenators in order to terminate their | disagreement dropped Fred Bays, Sullivan, who had been recommended by Van Nuys, and Richard A. Werneke, Terre Haute, who had been indorsed by the Indiana Democratic organixLalun and recommended by Minton. The compromise was first broached last week at French Lick where Van Nuys and Gov. Paul V. McNutt) entered into a political truce.

HIGHER RATES IN TOWNSHIPS Likely Increases Os Poor Relief Cost To Bring Higher Budgets Many of the township tax Tates will probably be raised in the proposed budgets to be submitted to the county tax adjustment board in September. Many of the trustees are adding several cents to the budget in the expectation that federal money for poor relief purposes will not be as great next year as this year. The government has indicated (work relief through the new WPA | program will be a policy of gradual tapering off of federal funds lin an effort to shift the burden bax’k to the communities where it was before the instruction of the CWA program two years ago. For this reason trustees are finding it difficult to estimate the amount to be needed for poor relief. A new statute which requires the townships to own their own school busses will also cause increases in townships which have previously let contracts for drivers to furnish their own means of transportation. The .’ast legislature also raised the minimum salaries for teachers which will mean an increase in the ’ownship rates. Decreases will probably be made In several of the levies set by the county auditor for road bonds. Many townships have road bond issues in which the last binds will I be paid off this year. KILLER ENTERS DEATH HOUSE Gerald Thompson To Be Executed Oct. 15; New Trial Denied i Peoria. 111., Aug. 17—(UP)— Curlyheaded Gerald Thomson, who killed Mildred Hallmark and tossed iher ravkihed body into a cemetery rei vine, travelled today to the death i house of Joliet prison where he will I be executed October 15. I The 26- year old Jekyll-Hyde mach- ) inLst. centinced to deaih by a cir- ) cuirt court jury two weeks ago, wa«s i ordered removed to the death cell I after trial Judge Joseph E. Daily overrul ed his plea for a new’trial. Ren Thurman, the youth'e attorney, said he would carry the case I into the state sti, reme court. | Thompson, pictured by ibis attorI ney during the trial as a sexual Monomaniac who inherited vicious I Dibits from a degenerate father, betrayed no emotion when told bliat Judge Daily had fixed the date for his death in the electric chair. His thin lipe parted in a smile and he shrugged his shoulders. He appeared more interested, jailors said, in recovery of his diarycontaining boetful accounts of ibis attacks on 83 women, 16 of whom were listed under a heading "successful.” Told that the diary was >part of the evidence in the case and must remain in the court records, Thompson said: “Well, it’s mine, isn’t it? I’d like to read it over again.’’ Judge Daily overruled the new trial motion and fixed the date of Thompson's death after Thurman produced affidavits purporting to show that W. D. Hayes, one of the Jurors who lived in the neighbor hood of Tiiomrson’s home, said before the trial that he would "send Thompson to the chair.” Hayes appeared in court and refuted the claim, saying that his only statement had been a promise that Thompson would receive a fair trial. Thurman also produced affidavits to i show that the mothers of Thomp son's grandparents, with whom he made his home, were insane. ° m F. I). R. Returns To Capitol For Confab Hyde Park, N. Y„ Aug. 17.—(U.R) —President Roosevelt returns to the capital tonight for an important conference with his congressional leaders to map plans for finishing his legislative program before adjournment next week. Mr. Roosevelt will confer with senate and house administrate mi leaders at the White House tomorrow. Parts of his “must” program, particularly the holding company bill, and the TVA and AAA amendments still are in j conference, and the Guffey bill to establish a little NRA in the coal ) industry, is before the house. Adjournment ie expected by i Thursday and Mr. Roosevelt is understood to be eager that all his legislative program gets I through both houses.

Airplane Carrying Bodies Os Rogers, Post Leaves Point Barrow-World Mourns Deaths

TO BUILD NEW ELECTRIC LINE High Voltage Power Line To Be Built To Central Sugar Company Work will begin Monday on the i) construction of a high voltage i electric power line from the City Plant to the Central Sugar company and Central Soya company • j factories. The line will be constructed by i 'he city. Part of it will 6e underground, running through the alley i between Indiana and Short streets. I From Seventh street the line will i run north to the factory site. ’ The present line is inadequate i for transmitting current to the • two factories, when both are runI ning. Three extra ducts will be i constructed in the underground 1 circuit for lines which serve the General ElectriA works and the ' Decatur Casting company, botn ' ; large users of city power. Future ■; expansion and needs of the indus- ' triee will also be taken Into con--1 sideration in the building of the lines. The cost of the line will be between seven and eight thousand dollars, including all equipment I and a new switch board panel at ' the power plant for the register- ' ing of electric current used by ' the Central Sugar and Central , Soya companies. > The city is guaranteed a minimum of >l5O per month for breakdown guarantee, plus six per cent interest on the total investment and three per cent depreciation , charge, as fixed by the Indiana i public service commission. The . present power rate of two cents ! per KWH will apply on all power , I used by the sugar and soya bean ; company. o Lee Funeral Will Be Held Sunday Afternoon ' Funeral services for Jaaper Lee, 64, of Westfield. Pennsylvania, a for.r r resident of this city, who ) died at hie home Wednesday night, ) will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 ! o’clock the S. E. Black funeral home. The American Legion and th’ j Spanish American War veterans ' will conduct military services. Rev. M. W. Sund rmann, pastor of the I First Evangelical church, will offi- : ciats and burial will be in the DcOitur cemetery. Spanish-American veterans and ) Legionnaires are asked to meet at the legion hall at 1:30 o’clock and march in a body to attend the fun- | eral. GLUES USELESS IN MURDER CASE Ken. A. Morrison Murder Baffles Chicago Police After Clues Fail Chicago Aug. 17 —(UP) —Police admitted today that every clue had been shattered in their efforts to solve the murder of Kenneth A. Morrison. 47 year old assistant ' comptroller of the Chicago park district. “This looks like one of the most j baffling cases we’ve ever run up against; We haven’t a thing,” cap- ) tain (Andrew Barry said after releas- ) ing Mrs. Madge Watson, whom police had believed to be the “other ) woman” in Morrison's life. A 'panic stricken girl found tilie comptroller’s body sitting upright in the rear seat of his parked automobile early Wednesday. He had been shot three times. — o Grain Operator Is Denied Privileges Washington Aug. 17 — (UP) — Thomas M. Howell, Chicago grain speculator, today was denied trading privileges on all American exchanges for two years by the federal grain futures commission. The commiisßion found Howell ! guilty of violating the grain futures act by attempting to manipulate the price of grain by concealing this ■ market transactions, by making false re>ports, and by failing to ne- ■ port hie commitments as required by law.

Mayor in Jail to j ■ r Ur- ■■ " r Clare W. Bangs Clare W. Bangs, mayor of Huntington, Ind., and editor of a newspaper, has been in jail for over thiee months for attempting to substitute munkipal power for imported power supplied by the Northern Indiana Power Co. Bangs has directed his editorial and political activities from jail. MAYOR BANGS TO LEAVE PRISON Huntington Official Will Post Bond In Order To Press Fight Huntington, Ind . Aug. 17—(U.R) —Mayor Clare W. H Bangs prepared today to leave the county Jail cell he has occupied mor" than three months as result of his fight with the Northern Indiana Power company. City Attorney Claude Cline was in Indianapolis to file a >2,000 appeal bond which will permit Bangs to end 100 days of imprisonment. Bangs lost one round of his fight yesterday when special Judge David E. Smith made permanent an injunction prohibiting the tiny municipal electric plan! from serving domestic and commercial customers. The court assessed damages of >5 and gave 20 days in which to disconnect approximately 300 liomse and stores now being served by the city plant. Bangs went to jail May 8 with the declaration: ‘‘l’ll rot here before I'll put up bond guaranteeing payment of a judgment to the Northern Indiana power company.” • Decision to pest the bond with the supreme court, to which he has appealed a contempt of court conviction carrying assessment of >1,500 damages, was made in the belief he could press the fight better with his freedom. Columbia City Man Dies Os Injuries Fort Wayne, Ind., Aug. 17 —(UP) — Ray, 73, Columbia City, died in Lutheran hospital here from injuries suffered Tuesday in an automobile accident. His wife and Mrs. Samantha W. Smith, 80, Columbia City, were killed and four others were injured in the crash. 0 Wine Makers Must Obtain Permission Indiarapolis, Aug. 17 — (U.R) — Persons making wine in their homes must obtain a permit, James E. Scanlon, investigator in charge of the Indianapolis office of the internal revenue division, said, today. Tht permit may be obtained without cost. Homemade wine may be produced in a quantity not to exceed 200 gallons and may not be sold or otherwise removed or consumed other than for family use without payment of tax, he said. o WEATHER Thundershowers probable tonight and Sunday; not much change in temperature.

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Joe Crosson, “Mercy Flier” Bringing Famous Americans Home; Warned Fliers. FUNERAL MONDAY Point Barrow, Alaska, Aug. 17. —XU.RV Joe Crosson, famed Alaskan “mercy flier,” roared sou’h I out of Point Barrow today in a powerful Pan-American Airways plane, bearing the bodies of two friends, Will Rogers and Wiley Post. Crosson took off in the fog,;y darkness from the bleak Arctic seaport landing field at 1 a. m. Barrow time (4 a. m. PST). He expected to make a non-stop flight across the Arctic Circle to Fairbanks over 1,000 miles of mountain ranges and swampy tundras. He believed, with fair flying conditions, he could reach Fairbanks by 8 a. m. (11 a. m. PST.) Thursday Crosson warned Post, two-time globe girdler. of the dangers of flying into the Arctic, but the one-eyed ace only laugh- . ed. , Early that evening Post’s new . red and silver monoplane crashed , on a river bank. 15 miles from Point Barrow. He and Rogers, j cowboy humorist and actor, were killed instantly. (Copyright, 1935, by UP.) I Point Barrow, Alaska. Aug. 17. —(U.R)—The bodies of Will Rogers, salty humorist, and Wiley Post, lone of the world's greatest fliers, were placed revently aboard an airplane today for their return | flight to civilization. | Throughout .the world, saddened minds turned to this remote out-post, 200 miles inside the arctic circles, where Post and Rogers died Thursday evening in the >) wreckage of Post's new- airplane. , i World-famous, Post for his spec- ' tacular aerial exploits, Rogers for ' i his rea.dy, homespun wit, their un ” I timely deaths caused (thousands * to feel an acute sense of loss. Joe Crosson, famous arctic flier, will take their bodies to Juneau s , today. There they will be placed aboard a passenger plane of the t Pacific-Alaska airways and taken • to Seattle. The funeral plane will be met * in Seattle by Post’s widow, who, 1 but for a last minute change of ■ plans, might have been in her hus- > band’s plane when it nose-dived t into a soggy tundra.. Rogers’ . widow, and his beautiful daughter, [ Mary, 23, also were expected to f . meet the plane. ’) Mrs. Rogers and Miss Rogers * .were enroute west from Lakewood. ■ Me., by train and Mrs. Post leaves Oklahoma by plane today for Sei attle. Will Rogers, Jr., 21, was enroute east from Los Angeles by > plane, planning to meet his mothi er in Chicago or New York. i Acting on wirelessed instructions from J. T. Trlppe, president of i Pan American Airways, and Col. > Charles A. Lindbergh, vice-presi-dent, Crosson flew here yesterday t for the bodies. Pacific-Alaska is a > Pan American subsidiary. Only a i few days ago, Crosson, considered the most expert of arctic fliers, bade Post and Rogers goodbye in Fairbanks, where they took off on the flight that ended with, itheir _ deaths. Crosson advised them against the flight, because of bad weather. He braved fog to fly here for their bodies. ’ i Post’s body will be taken to the ' farm home of his parents near Maysville, Okla, where funeral ' services will be held ‘‘beneath the tree’s in front of the house. His funeral, with boyhood friends and the neighbors who knew him be(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) 1 Mrs. Post May Not Fly To Seattle Ponca City, Oklahoma, Aug. 17— i (UP) — Mrs. Wiley Post, grief i stricken widow of the world famous flier, may not fly to Seattle to meet his body which is being brought back, from Alaska, it developed today. A sudden shift in plans today caused her to delay a take off for Seattle, which she bad planned last night. “She may not go, if certain arrangements are worked out, ” said L. E. Gray, Post’s brother-in-law, with whom she is staying. Gray said plans were being considered for returning the body from Seattle to Maysville, Oklahoma, Post’s old home, by airplane.