Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 33, Number 254, Decatur, Adams County, 26 October 1935 — Page 1

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. M LEADER h office | ILES LOOTED '""'A ()f Lobby In- , les&atinK < ommittec Hies Examined ,n << - <U.R) - * ily l,,,lbyi " g i " VPStlgat ’ >' n - Ir.iilled persons broke ,nto ,liR tt |,„ I gM, |»II weeks ago Ifilbeine ,V. rivaled by G men of '4 Vie jll»U‘ il. l'sriinenl. \ curs Lsiliis' <t o,unien,s had Ken star Inn. ~I S lltaillillg detailed ILM.) r( ,j,. |n |i llK lobbying aeHoward Hopson, Asanti Electric Coin--1,,: »as broßen open. K J held documents submitt- ■ brSoi'S'"! al the committee's °f last ku>>> ' Er's hirings. ■Tbe»P»on data included a de■LXoil by the utility million _ E art c> ho* lie spent. $900,000 —JLtfk the r.’ilily control bill. Kgjjjiin th-!, was a complete I H mhA the office. The Iter door was jimmied open i ransacked. G-men he mined the files for finger<1 he planned to resume restigating hearings here eeks with Hopson as the !®ss. Hopson will be askxplain his failure to file source of his income, unreport is made innnedade up to 119,000,000 or 0 a year out of various s he controlled,” O'Con"The report we asked i is now ten weeks overwe want those figures, get them we will examtorouguly.” or said investigators now nng files of the Electric I Share Company to dechat if any, lobbying exs were made. ive also been working on lonwealth and Southern,” o rrested As Murder Suspects [Ot Ind. Oct. 26—(U.R)—Five nenßere held for questioning tolay ■ connection with the gangof Dan Perrotta, "boy Rddei® of Gary whose body Wwund in a ditch near here fhußay -1 i s■«' of the suspects, arrested B in East Gary whore shot guns and revolvers found, were Ernest FanDaniel Lamottet, 31., f '*W ca Ped from jail at Freeport -g Panora Barthole. 38, I Mfiibriel Barracchia, 37. Police y ey found blood stains on £j shirt. ■ tv., other prisoners, whose 5 a l ' l’ olil 'e refuse to reveal. L* * if 10 ' 11 at Crown Point. Aperts Increase in Tax Payments ■ PaymenUi of the November I iojJ 111 County Treasurer John I '^K*“ r al ' im teasing. November I,* w Peii fliwi next Monday, is the . ';’’ ly to pay taxes without ‘-“'‘(■ies. — o—— B Men Killed As ■ Truck Is Overturned Pa., Oct. 26— (U.R) — Mnien were killed and their ew® 8 !? 11 ™ when a Lnrge trail- ' Failed to round a curve Cresson mountain pass and last night. o——— Pfte’s Worldwide Peace Plea Sunday -gCfan City, Qct , 6 _ (UR) _| 9 Plus XI will make a world[ whei t, PP6aI f ° r peace Sunday fod«> 16 ulosea the euchariatic I

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GEORGE CLARK PRIZE WINNER Wins First Prize In Fall Festival Amateur Hour Friday George Henry (Hark won the first prize of three dollars in the amateur hour contest held in connection with the annual Fall Festival at the South Ward school Friday night. The winner played a guitar selection. The second prize of two dollars was won by Marjorie Miller and Kathleen Fryback, who played a saxophone and accordion duel. [ and the third prize winners were' Virginia Lee Kuhnlc and Norma, Keller ’who entertained with n military dance. The third prize, amounted to one dollar. The crowd which attended the' i festival exceeded all expectations and began to gather at 5 o’clock. The amateur hour opened a.t 5:3'1 o’clock with Major Bowes, imper--1 sonated by Dr. Ben Duke of this 1 city, announcing the numbers. The program was broadcast from a platform in front of the school: building hy a lond speaker system constructed by Marcellus Miller. The winners were selected by the judges and applause of the crowd. The judges had difficulty in selecting the winners as a number' of interesting numbers were I given. Food was served during the] [ evening and W. F. Beery presided over the serving of the Mulligan stew. The Decatur Girls Band [presented a concert following the I amateur hour. Various forms of entertainment were provided! for ithildren atui adults. Pony ride s were enjoyed by the children. The Full Festival is an annua.l event at the South Ward school and this year was sponsored by the three Parent-Teacher organiza-1 tions of the city, the West Ward. Central and South Ward school.;. FORTY HOURS ENOS SUNDAY Solemn Closing Os Forty Hours Devotion Sunday Evening The solemn closing of Forty Hours Devotion will take place Sunday evening at St. Mary’s Catholic church. The services will begin aj 7:30 o’clock and a number of visiting priests are ex-1 pected. Last evening the missionary priest. Father Voght. delivered an instructive discourse on the sacrifice of the mass. "Through the mass you pray with Christ, in Christ and through Christ in asking favors from His Father in Heaven," the missionary declared. Father Voght will deliver the sermon again this evening and also on Sunday evening. Father Joseph Seimetz. pastor, gave ihe benediction of the Blessed Sacrament and Father Joseph Hennas, recited tne rosary last evening. Tile Blessed Sacrament is exposed on the high altar for private adora'ion dining the day and prayer hour is held from 2:30 to 3:30 each afternoon. The services have been well attended. Many of the congregation have received holy communion during j the two days and Sunday all will partake of the sacrament. Ma.sses on Sunday will be at 6, 7, 8:30 and 9:45. o— —— Fire Threatens Exclusive Resort ————— Loe Angelas, Oct. 26 — tUP) — Fire fighters fought doggedly today to save Mountain Craig, exclusive Highland resort, from an encircling brush fire. Turned back from Malibu Beach iplayground cf film stars, by backfires and ocean breezes, the fire ate deep into the Santa Monica mountain, menacing expensive lodges and summer cabins. Linets of defense were laid along the crest of a ridge above mountain Crag, which nestled in a thickly wooded gorg a . If fighters failed to hold them it will be impossible to save the resort, forresters believe. 0 WEATHER Cloudy with occasional rain tonight and Sunday; somewhat warmer extreme east and extreme > south portions tonight.

Followers Flock to Hear Prophet A. Picture shows part of the crowd of 5,000 Townsand followers as they listened to him speak in the | ballroom of a Chicago hotel whore they op-.-ned their fits’ annual convention. The purpose of the convention is to pelted an organization of the Townsend forces into a closely knit national body to el •et congressmen who will Vole for the s2o(i-a-month pension plan for .ill persons past 611 years of age.

RECEIVE BIDS ~ FOR BUILDING Notice For Geneva School Building Is Published Today Nolle? to bidders by publication in the DecnJur Democrat, was giv.en today by the advisory board and the trustee of Wabash township for the construction of a new $95,000 school building at Geneva. The bids are to be received at the office of the township trustee, Jess C. Mann until 10 a. m. Monday, Novenmer 18. The bids are to be made in conformance to lhe plans a.nd specification; drawn up by Charles 11. Houck, architect of Muncie. Bids will be received for the . following items general contract, I heating and ventilating, electrii cal, plumbing and sewer, paint- ! ing. Bids will also be received j for any combination t hose ■ items. Each bidder is required to give a, certified chock made payable to Jess <’. Mann, trustee, in u sum equal to five per lent of the amount of his bid as a guarantee j and evidence of good faith. The , successful bidder will be required to give a eiirety bond subject to the approval of the trustee in a sum equal to the full amount of his bid. The contractor is required to do the work in compliance with the terms a.nd conditions of th? emergency relief appropriation; act of Congress of 1935. Bidders may secure a copy of the plans and specifications for private examination by depositing $25 with the architect a> a guarantee for their return. The construction of the school ! house is a PWA project. The gov-1 (■CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) | — 0 — LOWER COURT IS REVERSED Attorney Fees Allowed In River Dredge Case Termed Excessive A case comparable in some law I questions to the Wabash ditch I case here was decided Thursdii" by the supreme court of Indiana, which reversed a decision of the Gibson circuit court which decided for the petitioners. The case wa.s a drainage proceeding for the Wabash, White | and Patoka rivers and some dykes in southeastern Indiana. This trial occupied H» days. Gibson circuit court allowed $50,000 for attorney j fees which the supreme court [ ruled was excessive. Local attorneys stated th?,’ [ this case had little bearing on the | Wabash dredge case which was | decided for the petitioners. Some, of the questions of law raised in! the local case, however, are simi-i lar to those in the Gibson county! case. Henry Kister of Princeton, who presided in the local ca.se. was one of the attorneys in the Gibson county case which was tried before the local case and which was pending when the case was tried here. The Wabaeh dredge case has : been appealed to the state supreme court. A meeting is being held in Ge- , neva this evening for parties int- < erested in the case.

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Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, October 26, 1935.

Huge Stock Show To Open November 30 Chicago, Oct. 26 — Preparations a,re under way to receive a record [ breaking entry of live stock and farm crops at the 1935 International Live Stock Exposition which will be held for the 36th year at the Chicago Stock Yards. The exposition will take place from November 30 to December 7. The show will bo staged in the mammoth now amphitheatre, con strut ted last year on the sajne site as the buildings that hail housed thio largest stock show on the continent since 1900 and which wore destroyed by fire in the spring of 1934. o— ANNOUNCE PLAN FOR ARMISTICE Adams Post Will Observe Armistice Day, Monday, November 11 The tentative program for the Armistice Day observance. November 11. by Adams post number 43 of the American Legion was announced today by Tillman Gehrig, general chairman. Three bombs will ho fired at 30 second intervals, at 10:58.30. 10:59 and 10:59.30. At 11 a. m. the bugler will sound "cease firing." followed by one minute of silence. At 11:01. the bugler will sound tapa. i Members of the legion will at- ' tend a banquet at the Moose home at 6:30 p. m. The banquet will ;be followed by a speaking progta.m and entertainment. Dancing will follow at 8:30. Hal Teet- [ ers and his orchestra will furnish the music. The complete program and vari ious committees will be announced [ at a later date. o Auto Banditry Here On Monday The auto 'banditry case againet Pernas Clark will he tried in the lAdams circuit court Monday morning. Clark is alleged to be one of the men who bound Mrs. Amanda Ayers to her chair at her home in Blue Creek township and then rifled her house. They tcok nothing of ■ value and escaped in an automobile. ' The regular panel of the jury has been called for Monday.

Process Used Ad Soya Plant Precludes Explosion Dangers

In view of recent fatal explosions in two Illinois soy bean pro- j | cessing plants, Decatur residents i will be relieved to learn there is I no danger of any such mishap at j the Central Soya Co., mill in this j I city. I A totally different process from j i that used here was employed at ' both the Chicago and Momence I mills which blew up with a total I ! loss of 15 lives. At the local mill, oil is extract- ■ ed from soy beans by the expell- ■ | er process in which the beans are ■ first carefully dried, then cracked ! and fed continuously to a large horizontal conveyor-like worm gear which carries the beans through a gradually narrowing tube under high pressure. This intense squeezing is accomplished at an average temperature of 280 degrees and extracts all but a very small per- ■ eentage ot the oil. The resulting' ineal is thoroughly cooked

WILL LET BIDS FOR ROAD 224 Five Miles From Decatur To Magley Will Be Repaved The slate highway department will receive bids for the repaving of 5.232 miles of state highway 221 west of Decatur until 10 a m. No vember 19. The improvement will bo from Magley east to the pavement on the extension of Nuttman avenue at the Decatur Catholic cemetery. Bids are to be made for three materials: r '.nforced concrete, bituminous concrete and rock asphalt. The road is now concrete east of Decatur and west of Markle. The old toad between Decatur and Markle is in very bad condition. State highway men have been keeping the road in as good condl (ion as possible. The notice of contract says nothing about the Erie railroad cross ing east of Preble so iT is assumed that a usual grade crossing is included in the contract for this. Minimum wages on this contract will be 49 cents. 39 cents and 35 cents. It is probable that the highway west of Magley will be improved in one or two other contracts to be let at a later date. Whether or not the road work is to start this winter is not mentioned in the contract. 0 Find Officer Not Guilty Os Murder Chicago. Oct. 26 —(UP) —Jeffery O’Donoghue, 28, suspended policeman. who shot to d ath David E. Cochrane. Jr., an attorney, during a tavern fight, was found not guilty : of murder by a criminal court jury ; last night. The jurors, who deliberated only one hour and ten minutes, agreed with the defense that the killing was a "misadventure." Cochrane was shot early last August 20 when he went to the defense of a itavetrn |. atron arrested by O'Donoghite and Walter Breen, both probationary policemen in plain , clothes. The policemen fled after \ the shooting and were not arrested until Sept. 11 when Breen confessed i his part in the affair.

when properly mineralized is ex- ! tremely palatable for livestock i feeding. The process employed at the [ two plants which exploded with fatal results, is distinctly different, j In both of those mills naptha, benzine or similar highly-explosive solvents were used to soak the oil ■ from the beans with resulting hazards from fire and explosion. Officials of the Central Soya Co.. J when asked about the process used here, said: ‘‘Our method of ; extracting oil trom soy beans is considered absolutely safe as we use nothing of an explosive character. Our process results in a i carefully filtered oil and also a meal which is so cooked as to be attractive for feeding purposes. We invite all interested to inspect our plant and see for themselves 'the clean, safe expeller process we use.”

GANG WARFARE TAKES ANOTHER VICTIM TODAY Youthful Gunman Found Strangled To Death In Apartment House Now York, Oct. 26—(U.P> New York's murderous underworld warfare claimed another victim today when the body of Albert Stern, 21 year old gunman sought in seven recent killings, was found strangled in a Newark apartment house. Police said Stern, oometimes known as Stein and reportedly a "p*id killer," either committed suicide or was choked to death with a necktie. The loom in which the body . , was found was filled with fumes | from an open gas jet. Newark police raid the idenli- ' fication of the body was made through fingerprints. Stern, said to have been en I "imported slayer." first came to ' public attention when police /sought him in the <lea,th of Lewis | "Pretty” Amberg. Brooklyn racketeer chief, whose hacked and burn- . ed body was found in an automobile Tuesday night. Subsequently, police hunted for him after Arthur "Dutch Schultz" i Flegenlieimtr. Manhattan asknowl- ■ edged underworld leader. and j three Flegenheimer lieutenants were shot and fatally wounded in Ii a, Newark bar room Wednesday night. John Hesher Has Leg Fractured John Hosher wan reported as ’ slightly improved mis morning at . rhe Adams county memorial hos- - ■ ipital. He fell on Second street Fri- ! day night and fractured a leg. FARMERS VOTE II ! IN REFERENDUM — Indiana Farmers Voting Today On Corn-Hog Referendum Indianapolis, Oct. 26— (U.R) Approximately 190,000 Indiana [farmers went to the polls through- [ out the state today to vote in the agricultural adjustment administration's corn-hog referendum. The nation-wide referendum was to determine whether production contracts will be renewed for next year. Voting was held under auspices of the corn-hog associations in , j each county. Polls will be open D until 10 o'clock tonight, with re- | suits of the vote being forwarded [to the government agricultural j elation at Purdue University. A final tabulation will bo announce! I! Monday, Purdue officials said. II Indiana fatm barer,'t officials have conducted an active campaign •I for renewal of AAA contracts. 1 1 Lewis Taylor, president of the I bureau, said "sentiment among [farmers favors rUention of the i program." Approximately 80.000 farmer-, signed corn-hog agreements last year and Taylor said indications were the figure would remain about the same this year. AU producers of corn and hogs referendum. o State Makes Liquor Raids At Portland Portland, Ind., Oct. 26 —(UP) •— Five persons were held here today for violation of the state liquor law following a raid hy state police. Bud Steed. George Reichard, George McAbee, and Mrs. Clarence [ Green, all of Portland, and George ! Lake, of near Redkey, were those taken. Untaxed whisky was found in the retablishments of the persons arrested. They will be arraigned in jay circuit court. Charity Board To Meet Next Tuesday The Adams county chairty board will hold its quarterly meeting meeting Tuesday afternoon at 2 [ o’clock. The members of the board [ will meet at the county jail and go from there to the county farm.

Reveal Mussolini Seeking Way Out Os Ethiopian War

JAMES WATSON RECEIVED GIFT l * Income Tax Payments Os Former Indiana Senator Investigated Washington, Oct. 26 —(U.R) Fed--1 oral investigation of income tax J payments by former Senator Janies , E. Watson centers around $73,1)00 in "gifts" received in 1928-1929 from B. J. Grigsby, radio execu1 live, Watson's attorney, Samuel A. King, said today. , King is a brother of Senator William H. King. Democrat, Utah. i He indicated belief the tax inquiry ' would be cleared up soon, and said it resulted from a federal investigation of alleged failure of . Jacob R. Finkelstein, political as- ■ sociate ot Watson Io silo income tax return in the boom years. According to King, Watson re- ' ceived two gifts from Grigsby, "an ■ old friend." One was of $50,000.

[ The other amounted to $23,000. i Each was split 50-t>o with Finkel-: i stein, King said. He denied that ! the money received from Grigsby was a fee for services. All AVatson had done, he said, was introdace the radio executive to Radio i Corporation of America officials. | The introduction resulted in an I agreement between the Grigsby-1 Grunow radio interests and RCA ' ias to the use of patented articles. • Watson refused any comment ’ on statements attributed to Finkel-' ’ stein concerning a $150,000 fee purported to have been received from B. J. Grigsby, radio execu-1 itive. Finkelstein was reported to have , | said that this Tee was divided with I [ Watson. ) !i "The matter is under examin-: : ation," Watson said. “I can’t com-[ ‘ ment further on this angle of the ' ■ affair." r Finkelstein’s statement regard- ’ ing the purported $150,000 fee was understood to have been made in explanation of why he did not owe I the government as large an in- ' come tax as had been demanded |by internal revenue bureau ofti- ' cials. Following Finkelstein’s statement, it was said. Watson’s tax returns came under official scrut-1 iny. o Garage Is Damaged By Fire Last Night Fire nearly destroyed the garage at the rear of the Sam Darkless home on Dierkes street shortly be-1 fore midnight Friday night. The city fire department was called as j soon as the blaze was seen.

o FUNDS ALLOTTED TO POST OFFICE Postmaster Allowed $lO5 To Employ Extra Help In Christmas Rush Washington, D. C., Oct. 26. — (Special) — Anticipating greater Christmas mail than for the past few yea.rs, the postoffice department today allowed the postmaster at Decatur $lO5 for employment of extra help for the holiday I period. No specific relief strings are tied to the funds, but postmasters ’ are urged to give the work to ’ persons who are either unemployed or earning so little as to need - the cash. Pay for the carriers and clerks will be at the full hour rate applying to those in regular service. A similar expansion in personnel and hired equipment is to be made all over the country to assure movement at nearly the normal pace at the peak of the rush. While thus planning for the lastminute increased volume, the department also is preparing to make its usual appeal to the pub-’ lie not to delay mailing gifts and Christmas cards. The large force ; of extra workers is expected to I | assure a full day off at Christmas i j for almost a.ll the employee of the department.

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Italian Dictator Has Submitted His Peace Proposals To France And Great Britain. 1 NOT ACCEPTABLE (By United Press) Official confirmation was given the Ethiopian war which has plunged her into serious economic, and financial difficulties with tl a rest of the world. Premier Benito Mussolini’s African adventure, which has succeeded thus far. apparently led him into a diplomatic blind alley from which he is trying to baric out as gracefully as his position as a dictator will allow. From London <)Bine an official admission that Great Britain has received a scries of proposals for solution of the Italo-Ethioplffi» . crisis. This confirmation of a movo recorded for almost a week came to sustain veiled advices from Webb Miller, United Press correspondent with the Italian armies «t the north, that aaiy further advance was being held in check,

awaiting the outcome of European peace developments. Not Acceptable (Copyright 1935 by United Press I Ixmdon. Oct. 26 — (U.R) —Croat I proposals for solution of the Italian-Ethiopian crisis, based >n I conversations ini Paris, it was sail 1 officially today. It was believed that the proposals were not acceptable either to Croat Britain or France. The proposals were communi* I cated to London by Premier Pierre Laval of France, it was disclosed. They were based on conversations betweai Laval aral Vittorio Cerruti, Italian ambassador at Paris. Official admission of lite proposals, called in Paris a summary” of Premier Benito Mussoj lini’s ideas of a proper sett’e- : inent, came after reports that I negotiations had been brought ' within the framework of the League of Nations for the first acceptable in present form. | It is understood that the proposals include a number of suggestions which have been appealing recently in the French and | Italian press. These suggestions, 1 particularly those made by Virginio Gayda and the Paris Soir. I hitherto have been interpreted as “trial balloons.” Therefore, it is unlikely they will be considered other than as “balloon” plans. The peace proposals, it is understood. will not prevent the exa.ctment of sanctions in accordance with the decision of Britain’s privy council on Friday. That 1 course is interpreted as evidence that Britain is continuing its policy of considering the Italo- | Ethiopian affair as entirely a | league matter even though it ii*

prepared to listen to proposals with a possible view to transmitting them to the league council it I considered worthy of such consideration. o John Barrymore Is Reported 111 Hollywood, Oct. 2G. —<U.R) —John Barrymore, harried by marital troubles, today was under a physician’s care for a nervous condition bordering on complete collapse. Dr. Walter Harper in attendance upon the screen Don Juan said tin- ■ less Barrymore improved materially he would be ordered to a sanitarium for a long rest, before resuming screen work. The actor arrived home last night, his yacht Infanta slipping > into Long Beach harbor after a leisurely cruise by the Panama Canal from Miami, Fla. o Youth Admits Long Chain Os Robberies Warsaw, Ind., Oct. 26. —(U.R) —A long chain ot burglaries in Fort Wayne and Allen county were believed solved today by the confession of Leroy Menze, IS. who is being held in Jail here on an automobile banditry charge. The youth admitted participa--1 tion in fifteen break-ins in the Fort Wayne area. It is believed that the automobile banditry I charge against Menze will ■be dropped so he can be taken to , Fort Wayne to face a charge ot • first-degree burglary.