Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 33, Number 211, Decatur, Adams County, 6 September 1935 — Page 1

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launch Plans For fCity To Celebrate | Centennial In ‘36

lamber Os Commerce ■ T( , Sponsor Centennial, I celebration In Phis fl City Next Year. fl yAME COMMITTEE H, rhinilH'r of Commerce will ■ ’ ' Centennial <eleB 01 ”"' , n p,:;,: and organize the B” , i ,<>< ial • >'!<■. church and flfl''..‘.ori-amzat s in staging the K community observance. K . d: -tors c tin Chamber of ■L mi . r - met last evening at the BXtc ""■> ,h “ H,,g ‘ Klon made by Mayor Arthur K. K,horse, that the organization K. • >„. ■ - planning for K, celebration W |; , ........ nt. was author■m to name a >f five. Ks.- duty >' to ‘ ontact jflL different urbanizations in the |K, it, getting one hundred per uK'petat ll m trom all bodies in Korving th. .u> s founding 100 ago. Kth- cmnniitte. named by Mr. is compos--.I of E. W. I-ank-K,, superintendent of the GenElectric t o I’an Tyndall of B KrH-Tvn-lali T.ie Co; Arthur attorney; Ilan M. N.mmerchant anti Cat! C. Pumph jeweler. K'a 'a.-rmam-ii' organization and commission will be ; plowing the organ K,-.. of a general committee. named by Mr. Rice Kill take th. initial steps in orth" lodges, sororities. Kiii' li societies, dubs, civic and organizations. ■ Decatur's birthday occurs on i Kar h l.v.W Many suggestions' Hive already been made as to the' and ••vlent of activities' K * three days' or week's cele■ration of the event. These sugHmucmo will take form as the comKlttees are organized. ■ A score or more of committees Bill be named to carry out plans j ■r the diff.-r. nt departments and Matures in connection with the I Brthday celebration. ■lt is the purposeof the Chamber ■f Commerce and citizens in genBal to make the celebration an ■standing community event, en■rtaining and enjoyable to all. I MUSTS I ARE RELEASED ■hr e e Organizers At Terre Haute Are Free On Bond i Terre Haute, Ind., Sept. 6—(UP) -Titre > organizers for the socialist j ®d labor defense league arrested I fcre last night in connection with I beir drive against "military dicta(rship" in Vigo county were relrasil today under bond. The men are Powers Hapgood. Idianapolis, socialtet candidate for •termer in 1932; Aaron Gilmartin. Im Moines. Ia„ National executive t retary of the league; and Leo emon. 23-y ur-old socialist organ*er from Madison Wls. T rnon and Gilmartin, who were | Rested on vagrancy charges “tor I’Ntigation." posted SSOO property •ads. Hapgo d, taken when he demand- “ reastno, for the arrest of the t -?M. made a SI,OOO property bond. . was charged with interfering htn an officer. The trio appeared in city court *’lier today and Judge Joseph Wy postponed their* case until - P- 25. They did not enter inleas. t was reliably reported that eight ’’her persons arrested within the 481 ,- 4 hours on liquor charges acuacly were striking workers from "t 4nc4ujs4r l a l plants here, “e -ten were arrested last night ’ A resttaurant owned by Max of the Vigo (OOXTtX’fRp ON PAGE TWO) Johnson And Rose Given Assignment 0 |lr! Johnson, former Adams tn n y sh ( erlft ’ arid Ed Rose of Bluffh- stats | olic-imen. havye been ■igned to Adams and Wells counJohnson became a member of l 6 f ° rce September 1 while Rose s een on the force more than ° yeara - Tl,e s ’ate officers will 'k-i P > erat,e With local an< * founty of■a s in apprehension of criminals,

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COUNTY HORSES GIVEN PRIZES Adams County Belgians Are Awarded Prizes At Indiana Fair Two horses made history for Adams county at the Indiana state fair Thursday. One of the horse, Delphos Gent, i a Belgian mare owned by Henry Deh:, r of (Union township took se.ond plac? in its class, defeated by a mare owned by a millionaire breeder of Danville, Illionis. This horse won the grand championship and Newhouser tropJiy at th? Decatur Free Street Fair and agricultural exhibit. It had taken | fifth at the Illinois state fair and fifth at the Ohio state fair. It was I exhlhit.d by Munslnger and Sons I of Muncie. The other was a registered BelI gian two y.ar old stallion, Brozier, ’ raided by H P. Schmitt of this city and aired by the famous Belgian stallion, Douglas, owned by David Habegg r of Blu? Creek township. This hors-? had already taken second at the Ohio. Illinois, and lowa slate fairs. It took second at the Indiana state fair. Last March Mr. S. hmitt -sold th > stud colt to Ball Brothers. After the colt had taken <r«eond at Illinois and lowa Stat* fairs, it was purchased by the Breed ts’ Gazette, a magazine of national circulation., It will be given away as th? grand prize in a circulation contest sponsored by the magazine, which will ib.gin in So.iteT.ter. The winner will . receive th? colt as a Christmas ,pre- ' sent on December 24. Th’ colt was located in a special stall at the stats fair with a sign over, the gat ■ stating that it was the £rand ,; rize. Th? celt is now two years and three months old. It weighs one ton. Report Liner Dixie Can Be Salvaged Miami. Sept. 6 — (UP) —Marine I engineers inspecting the storm wrecked liner Dixie, aground on Fren h reef. announc?d today that th? $3,500,009 ship probably could be saved. Two a;ecial trains carrying 201 of the Dixi ’s passtngeru and 51 members of her crew were en route to N?w Y rk. They will arrive Saturday morning. Twenty of her passengers weer landed at Charleston S. C. by a rescue ship today and 10 more will be landed at Wilming- i ton. N. tomorrow. A. S. Hebble, superintending engineer of the Southern Pacific stjam ship company, (Th? Morgan Line), owner of the Dixie, announci ed the ship probably could be floatI ?d over the reef and into deep water I I o Lumber Comfipny At Andrews Is Robbed Huntington, Ind., Sept. 6 —(UP) | Bandits blew open the safe at the i Waesmuth lumber company at Andrews today and escaped with S2OO. o ALL DIRECTORS ARE REELECTED Citizens Telephone Company Holds Annual Meeting Here The 41ot annual stockholders meeting of the Citizens Telephone company was held last evening in this city, the earns directors being re-elected. The directors also re-elected the old officers. They are: Leo Yager, president; Sam E. Hite, first viceprasidtnt; Clarence E. Bell, second vi. e-president; Charles J. Voglewede. treasurer; Herman F. E.iin ger, secretary and genrral manag-. r. | Reports of the year’s business I were read by Mr. Ehinger. A net increase of 63 t -lephones was and additional toll business was ehown for the year. The company is not .planning any extensive Incrovcment program during the coming fiscal y ar. During th.? past year the underground :ircui.-3 on Msrcer avenue to the) Homestead site and in Berne were completed. Approximately $15,000was exp.nded for thee? improvements.

F. D. R, WRITES IN ANSWER TO BUSINESS MEN President Announces Wanted ‘Breathing Spell’ Has Arrived Hyde Park, N. Y„ Sept. 6.--(U.R) ; — President Roosevelt announced ; today that his basic program of re- ( form and recovery has reached "substantial completion" and that the "breathing spell" wanted by business men is here. His declaration was made in a I letter to Roy W. Howard, chairman of the board of the ScrippsHoward newspapers. The letter ' revealed that the administration’s modification of the rules of bus- : iness has now been carried practically as far as the president intends it shall go. Howard had written to the president on Aug. 26 telling him that many business men. once supportI ers of the new deal, are now not I cnly hostile but frightened and want a breathing spell. The president i replied under date of Sept. 2. Both letters were released today by the summer white house. The president's letter was in a ; confident tone and challenged political opponents to go before the electorate in opposition to any of his major objectives. Explaining that he entered office pledged to a "very considerable legislative program," the President declared conditions in 1932 required drastic and far-reach-ing action. “Duty and necessity." he wrote, "required us to move on a broad front for more than two years. "It seemed to the congress and to me better to achieve these obI jectives as expeditiously as possible in order that not only business but the public generally might know those modifications in the (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN) TWO SHOOTING SUSPECTS HELD Captured By Police After Wounding Indianapolis Clerk Indianapolis. S rt. 6 —(UP) —Two men stupe: ted of .shooting a drug ttore delivery clerk here last night were ahot and captured today by ‘ city police. Authorities said the gunmen were Frank Klize of Chicago and Gilbert Baker. 27. of Indianapolis. Baker sffersd a slight wound in the left am when the fugitives exchanged shots with a posse in a i cornfield nine miles south of here. Klize wat wounded in the hip when p:;lic? ambushed him at his I rooming house. He had eluded the posse in the cornfield and was arrying a pistol. Ralph Sutton. 25. the drug store : clerk, was critically wounded when he interrupted a filling station holdI up. As he rode into the station on his motorcycle to deliver sandwiches to : Ralph Quinn, 27, stattion attendant i he heard someone shout: “Here are the police. I’ll let him , have it.” Sutton was felled by a bullet which penetrated his livtr. The bandits escaped in an automobile without obtaining any loot. Baker and Hines were on an early morning party with Lou Emma McCain. 18. and Florence Bryant, 18. both of Indianapolis, when their automobile was wrecked, (police reported. The men walked to the near-by home of Claude Forte, who refused io lend them a car and notified the sheriff of the accident. They left Forte’s home and went (.CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) __ c _ Sweet Potato Resembles Duck A very unsual oweet potato Is now being exhibited in the Decatur Democrat window. It was grown in Blue Creek township and raised hy R. E. Lautzenheiser on his farm «embl-:e a duck. o Fred McConnell Purchases Lot The vacant lot at the corner of 1 Jackson and Second etreete has I been purchxsfd by Fred McConnell The bill boards were removed today The lot will be filled in next week. Mr. McConnell stated today that : he was unable to state as to what ■ usa th-e lot will be put. He expects 1 to lease it and will make an announcement in about a week.

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Decatur, Indiana, Friday, September 6, 1935.

Believed Kidnaped F 7 ! KL fl I * -fl w I $ v 2 Police of three stator joined , forces to search for Joseph W. Ady. Jr., prominent mining engineer of Colorado Springs. Colo., whose disappearance, Aug. 30, was attributed to a kidnaping plo-. ANNOUNCE DATE OF CONFERENCES Regional Banking Conference Dates Are Announced By President Indianapolis. Sept. 6. — (U.R) — Dates for the annual conferences of the regions of the Indiana Bankers Association were announced today by B. D. Mitchell. Kokomo, president of the organization. Two of the conferences will be held this month, region one meeting at Fort Wayne. Sept. 25 and region two gathering at LaPorte, Sept. 26. Conferences for the next month will open Oct. 2 when the third region meets at Marion. Region Dix will assemble at Greensburg, Loct. 3. ' Turkey Run State Park will be - the scene of the conference of region five, Oct. 9 and region four. ’ will meet at the Uhlen Country club. Lebanon, Oct. 10. In the final two conferences, region seven will meet at Tell City , Oct. 17 and bankers in region eight will gather at Evansville Oct. 18. Present-day banking problems will be discussed by delegates attending the sessions. Regional ' clearing house association offeers will preside at the meetings. Representatives of the state department of financial institutions, out-of-state bankers, investment house representatives and a legislator will be included on the program of each conference. In addition to Mitchell, other officers of the state association who will attend the meetings are Charles B. Enlow. Evansville, vice-presi-dent; Don E. Warrick, Indianapolis. secretary, and S. E. Long. Jeffersonville, treasurer. NEW RECORD SET FOR ATTENDANCE Indiana Annual State Fair Will Close This Evening Indianapolis. Sept. 6. — (U.R) — With a new all-time attendance record assured, the 83rd annual Indiana State fair entered its final day with tributes scheduled for Indianapolis and Hoosier manufacturers. The former attendance record of 254,587, established in 1928, was eclipsed yesterday when 63,604 persons thronged the midway and exhibits to bring the year’s total attendance to 284,000. A total attendance of approximately 300,000 is expected after today’s closing program. Swine and cattle judging were scheduled in the arenas, with a horse pulling contest as the featured attraction for early visitors to the grandstand. Grand circuit racing at the fair closed with an attractive program . today. ' Four-H club members whose en- . tries won awards in the calf and hog competition placed their animals on the auction block today and were rewarded with choice prices. Scholarship awards were announced today at the close of the state fair girls’ school, which had Jan enrollment of 168 girls from 76 (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)

APPLICATIONS ARE FILED FOR CITY PROJECTS Decatur Applications Filed Thursday Total Over $300,000 Preliminary applications filed by the city of Decatur for PWA and WPA projects total $328,763.14. PWA projects are sewage disposal plant, interceptor sewer, an addition to the city light and power plant and Installation of a 2,000 KWH Turbine. WPA projects are listed under four classifications and include various improvements. The city’s applications for a sewage treatment plant and interceptor sewer, an addition to the ■ building and installation of a 2,000 KW turbo generator at the city light and power plant were filed yesterday with F. M. Logan, state director of the PWA. The estimate of the two projects is $241,506. The cost of the sewage disposal plant and interceptor sewer is estimated at $131,000. The 1 survey and application for a feder- | al grant and loan was prepared by Charles H. Hurd, consulting engineer of Indianapolis. ■ The estimate for the building of an addition and the installation of a turbo-generator, condenser and switchboard at the municipal plant is $110,506. The application for a 45 per cent grant and supporting data was prepared by Bevington and Williams, engineers of Indianapolis. Each application contained a preliminary sketch of the improvements, architect's drawings, financial statements for both the civil (CONTZA’TTED OK PAGE THREE) TWO PROPOSED l I LEVIES FILED Monroe And Geneva Town Budgets Filed With County Auditor Two more certificates of proposed 1936 budgets and tax 1 vies have been til d in the county auditor’s office. All tax units are required to file these in order that they may b? considered by the county tax adjustment beard which meets on Monday. September 16. The Monroe levy of 36 cents is the same as tie one now in effect. Th,e total budget is $1,906.94 of which $407.62 will ba received from sources other than taxation. This I Isaves a balance of $599.32 to be rais d by taxation. It was approved I by the board of trustees consisting of Martin L. Hoffman, Otho Lobenistsin and A. D. Crist. The Geneva levy for 1936 has ' been proposed at $1.63. Tie levy now applicable is $1.54. An increase in the levy will probably be necessary because of the lowered valuaI tion of the town. The county adjustment board may cut this levy. Th?'net amount proposed to be i ’ raised by taxation is $6,859.58. The trustees estimate that the general fund will require $3,165.25 and the water fund $3,703.33. This would require a 75 e?nt levy for the general fund and an 88 cent levy for the water fund. o Van Wert County Resident Dies Harshie Miller of Harrison township Van Wert county, Ohio, died at 10 o'clock last evening. Death was caused by paralysis. He was a . son of William and Margaret Miller and resided in Van Wert county his entire life. He was 73 years of ag?. Surviving is the widow, several brothers and a sister. Mrs. Will . Earkley of Decatur. Funeral services will be held at I the Mt. Victory church at 3 p. m. (EST) Sunday). o Rotary Officers Report Assembly James Elberson, president and | Rev. Charles M. Prugh, secretary, gave interesting reports of the Rotary executives' assembly at Richmond last week at the regular meeti ing of the Decatur Rotary club Thursday evening at the Rice hotel. More than 80 officers of Indiana Rotary clubs attended the two-day ' asembly and speakers of national prominence delivered fine lectures. ' which wen? briefly reviewed by Mr. Elbereon and Rev. Prugh.

Order Federal Investigation Into Failure To Evacuate All War Veterans Before Storm

COUNCIL NAMES COMMISSION TO STUDY DISPUTE Five-Power Commission Will Seek To Avert Ethiopian War Geneva. Sept. 6. —4U.Rh”The council of the League of Nations, with Baron Pompeo Alois! of Italy absenting himself because he refused to sit with the Ethiopian delegate, ■ approved unanimously tonight the ■ creation of a five-power commission > to attempt settlement of the Afri- , can dispute. Italy was listed as refraining from voting, which made it unani- . mous. The committee will be composed .of representatives of Britain, France, Spain. Poland, and Turkey, despite the fact that Baron Alois! previously had firmly refused to consider the participation on it of ■ Britain and France, on the ground ■ that they are interested parties. After a private session, the delegates entered the public council room. Alois! entered with the others. calmly smoking a cigaret, but ’ he disappeared as the session opened. leaving Italy's chair vacant. There was a comedy of politeness as the delegates reached the hall, each trying to bow the others in first. Finally the diminutive Tecla Hawariat of Ethiopia, who had been invited to attend despite Italy's objections, took courage and entered first with agonized bashfulness. Dr. Gaston Jeze, Ethiopia's French advocate, sat at the front of the horseshoe table beside I Hawariat. After approval of the committee resolution, the Ethiopians left and Aloisi resumed his seat. j The disappearance of Alois! was a complete surprise because it had 1 originally been arranged that the council would not discuss Ethiopia today. When the creation of a conciliation committee had been approved, Italian sources said Italy would remain at the council table, provided Jeze and Hawariat did not speak. In the brief debate which preceded passage of the commission (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) Ossian Resident Fatally Burned Fort Wayne, Ind.. Sept. 6 —(UP) Burns (suffered w.hsn a gasolin? tank exploded at hie home were fatal here last night to Marion ! Smith, 38. Ossian. 0 GOV. LAFFOON ORDERS TROOPS National Guard To Harlan County To Suppress Further Violence Frankfort, Ky„ Sept. 6 —<U.R> — Gov. Ruby I-affoon today ordered Adj. Gen. Henry H. Denhardt to ' move national guard troops into Harlan county immediately to suppress what he described as a “reign of terror and Lawlessness." Although the governor's order was based on the death Wednesday of Elmon Middleton, Harlan county attorney, when a dynamite > bomb exploded in his automobile, significance was seen in the fact that it was issued on the eve of the run-off primary for the gubernatorial nomination tomorrow The governor made one reference to the primary in his proclamation. This was the ota.tement I that “the rights of citizens to vote must be preserved and Gen. Denhardt may take any steps he deems necessary that this end may be attained.” Governor Laffoon indicated indirectly he was not satisfied with the investigation made by Sheriff Theodore Middleton, who has arrested four persons in connection witb the county attorney’s death. He gave as one reason for sending troops into the area the fear ' 1 that there might be "an uprising (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

LIQUOR HEARING IS HELD TODAY • Four New Rulings Os State Commission Are 1 Also Announced The application for a beer and wine retailer's license for the A. I and P. store was heard by the Ad-1 ams county al oholic beverages. ! board this morning in a meeting in j the county clenk’s office. I The board today announced four j new rulings which will be applied Jin adition to those already estab- ( llshed One of the rulings dealt with the right of minors (boys or girls under ; 21 years of age) to visit establish- . ments or to frequent the premises of business houses where alcoholic [ beverages are sold. The stat? board in connection ’ with the attorney general has de- [ creed that minors may visit the es- , tablishment but may not .purchase f alcoholic beverages. They may [ purchase other items but will not be permitted to loiter on the premises . . of the building. I The board answer d a Question asked eon rning the rights of parents to alcoholic beverag s for their children to be drunk on the premises. The board has a ruling to the effect that parents , :nay do so. but no one else has the i right. , In relation to the display of ad- , vertising matter, the board ruled , that no display of any alcoholic [ bev?rag? will b? permitted outside J of the building, in the window, or (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) ; o BANGS DEFIES > COURT ORDER II ! Huntington Mayor Defies ’ Order To Discontinue Service [ Huntington, Ind., Sept. 6 —(UP) - —Mayor Clare W. H. Bangs openly - defied a circuit court order today . as Huntington’s “toy” municipal electric plant continued to serve 1 ! 650 customers. The mayor was ordered to disconnect lines to customers of the city plant by Judge David E. Smith, ■ Fort Wayne, who grant ’d the NorthI ern Indiana pow.-r company a permanent injunction to restrain the city from selling its municipal plant product. ’ Th? deadlin’ for t.ie order was 1 yesterday, but the Whirr of over load d generators at the "toy” plant roared a defiance. Claude Cline, city attorney and spokesman for the .mayor, fx.pr-ess-T>d the defiance of th? municipal I authorities. . “The city of Huntington is ready ' for a straight out fight on all legal propositions involved," he said. "We’re not going to disconnect any ’ customers. ’Pangs, who already has served 101 days in Huntington county jail for refusing to post appeal bond after a contempt conviction in an- ' other phase of tha utility fight, said 1 he did not fear further contempt ’ charges by the company. > —, —o > School Principal Killed In Crash Frankfort, Ind.. Sept. 6 —(UP) — 1 Mrs. Hazel H. Hendricks, (principal of the Indianapolis negro grade ’ school, was killed and five pupils j. were injured in a buss-truck crash here last night. Twenty other pupils were shaken up when the bus in which they were returning to Indianapolis after giv- ' ing a musical program here, crashed into an overturned truck. Steven Showecker, 34. Ben Davis, ’ driver of the bus were Injured slightly and William Johnson, 12, suffered minor injuries. Both were in the Clinton county hospital today. The L others were treated for bruises and . shock and later released. o t WEATHER 5 Generally fair tonight and Saturday except showers r Saturday north; not so cool ' tonight; warmer Saturday south.

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Governor Os Florida Also Orders Probe Made; All Veterans Will Be Given Military Funeral. F. D. R. REQUEST Miami, Sept. 6 — <U.R> — Col. | George E. Ijams. assistant veter- ’ ans’ administrator, began an investigation today to determine i why war veterans were not evami- ! ated from the Florida Keys bei fore they were devastated by the hurricune that caused the death I of at least 300 persons and perhaps of 390 others, mostly veterans, reported missing. The veterans were engaged on FERA road-building projects in the Keys. Ijams, assigned to the Investigation by Frank T. Hines, head of | the veterans’ bureau at the request of President Roosevelt, arrived here this morning and immediately called a conference of all federal agencies in the area. He planned to announce his course of action later. Other developments today ins eluded: Gov. Dave Sholtz ordered state's I attorney George A. Worley to conduct an investigation similar to • hat proposed by federal authorities. Ijams announced veteran victims of the hurricane will be given , military funerals here. Feeral work relief adminfstra- ' tor Harry L. Hopkins, in Washington. authorized a $200,000 grant to Florida to speed the rehabilitation program. The hurricane, meantime, after i lashing the west coast of Florida ' and cutting eastward across the j state before swinging northward along the Atlantic seaboard, apnroached New York City today. Its intensity wa.s considerably diminished, however. Property and crop damage in Florida and south Georgia was heavy. D. W. Thompson and his wife were killed today at New Bern. N„ C„ when they came into contact with an eleei trie wire felled hy the storm. I Three outstanding problems presented themselves to relief*workI ers here. First was the matter of sanitation, involving dispos-i.l of the bodies of storm victims. WOKTIKT-ED GW PAGE SIX) o Stolen Auto Is Recovered Today Local police were notified this afternoon by Warsaw officers that an automobile stolen from Leland Smith, manager of tlhe Quality Food Market of this city, had been re- ■ covered on a Warsaw street today. The auto was stolen from its parking space on West Monroe shortly after midnight last night. Warsaw authtorities reported that the ar had not been damaged in any way. 0 LEGAL ASPECTS WILL BE SHOWN Gen. H. Johnson Speaks To Indiana Bar Association Tonight French Lick, Ind., Sept. 6—(UP) —Legal aspects of New Deal legislation will be discussed by General Hugh S. Johnson, former NRA administrator, in an address before the 39th annual meeting of the Indiana state bar association here tonight. He will outline the task of adjusting emergency legislation to proceedure. especially the measures dealing with work-relief. Johnson, present works progress administrator for New York City, will discuss labor problems which resulted from putting the New Deal legislation in effect. He will describe the developements of a controversy which arose in New York when laborers on w'orks progress administration projects went on strike, demanding that the (prevailing wage scale be paid. The subject of his address is “what constitution are we talking about." William L. Ransom, New York, newly-elected (president of the American bar association attended the two-day conclave of the lawyers and (CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN)