Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 5, Decatur, Adams County, 6 January 1936 — Page 1

i vYlI\. No. Five.

lAA FARM POLICY IS INVALID

. ®incW Budget' BEIB Submitted By ONa President Today

Of Relief Costs idauM |(| In Annual ■ wi - upssace \s Given Con- , I UnttHrMtfL REVENUE 1 M * Smß*- Jan «- (uß> '“ PM ' si ' «1 I()( j a v submi'ted t#l*r f*dir»l rxn.n'litiirAS in ,>..fi< .r $1,000,900.- • ■' *llO .nmoiriation to snrine. Ho sa'd. |V that V ■..nri-'-ion wnn’d " I ••far les than the $4 880.000...tiiriess grudingly K test year. - forecast the see. H ■ iarfll annual revenue in fC fi-’''”' v f "" next fi«. 1 4 o U) 00l>. I that income wouM •re him i s■' a "" r * nft svmhis of i reenlsr exnen't'*u r es ■ • the .. J gdi«g flip nro~ n ec'lv<> relief rt"which wi’l b» de terll in March cr , .This w-i showed that seven voart will more than X — from iu 1930 to W 1.000.Roosevelt rs t j iat the jj37 dp.fi. LwouMJ' smaller than the estimated for 1936. — Ht MMf for Sl-000.000.000 for This draft on I ♦’ for men and guns emphasis to his Jan. 3 the threat of war is on Ute world. the bonus. ' reiterated to conmust impose new BSj!sE r -> cas '’ payment or imposed on the ■SlirjrKyond budget items. i •b Asac- vommitied I’resi- ■■ <>>.- nice r-|VE) ■ ■ten Mundhink Os Pneumonia Mundhink, 77. died SatWtvwltig at her home iu Hartafter a short illness Hr hue band Francis f last ]U'e<ln<-s<iay. Su'viving is s<*Mer. Maty Waltz, Springwill held at W a - Tuesday at th ? Union Chanel Wi’h burial in the Alberaon BON MURDER TIAL OPENED Modoc Man Of StepI Daughter Ind., Jan. 6 — (UP) — • 1 Wds murdered by her ■Mil** I)a 'vson. with the help 3?**^B ul)a nd. Ray Dawson, on ' > - ;aU6P B lt p caused ’vaoßß) tween her mother, and "' Xatlian Men WMI a jury in Dawson's iiiiiibeing tried on t:stiDawson, who pb-adi ■( after the girl's death Sjßir ving a ,ife sentence in men’s prison- - Ra’dolph count', yr. is aiding in trial of the aRMB u change of venue to .lay c * larget ' * n I‘la openid« S? l ,1! tllat Hawson helped a caiysule with stry she gave to the daugbLater. Mendenhall held the girl in bed d after violent convuiexplained to the MV the parents had been a month before the (<^B rr ’’CT | ON PAGE FOUR! I

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Modern Van Winkle «l * V. SI •>. . ■ ——— —■ « Only twice in ten year® lias William H. I/ord (above) of Springfield, Mass., been aroused from j what appears to be a hypnotic sleep. Doctors have been unable •to diagnose the ean.se of his i strange illness. He responds only to the voice of his wife. LOCALPASTORS CHANGE PULPITS Prntoatant Minisi«rs Os City Exchange Pulpits Sunday The services Sunday morning at' the seven Protestant churches, whoso pastors exchanged pulpits, j were well attended. This was the first time the exchange of pastors was over at-' tempted in Decatur churches. The i exccbango was made in an evan-1 gdlistic program to inspire the spiritual life of the city. Dy consolidating the efforts of Protestant churches, it is hoped that a spirit of harmony may be, created which will combat the i forces opposing Christianity. ! A prayer service was held by the ministers at 8:30 o'clock Sunday morning. The pastors were then assigned to cooperating churches as follows: The Rev. H. R. Carson, Methodist Episcopal, to the Baptist church; the Rev. Homer Aspy, Baptist. to the Evangelical church; the Rev. M. W. Sundermann. Evangelical, to the Zion Reformed church; the Rev. C. M. Prttgh, Zion Reformed to the Methodist I Episcopal church: the Rev. Oeorge O. Walton. Presbyterian, to the Church of God; the Rev. Glen Marshall. Church of God to the | United Brethren church, and the Rev. H. W. Franklin, United Breth- ; ren, to the Presbyterian church. The same sermon was preached lin all the churches. This was ' “The Vital Message of Saving i Grace.” f This sermon was outlined at a I meeting of the Decatur Ministerial I Association. The individual ministers then prepared the sermons in their own words. Three points were brought out in theo utllnes. These were: one, the message to the individual; two, the message to the individual regarding his relationship to the , church, and three, the message regarding the church's relationship to the community. The text used in all of the services was: Corinthians, third chapter. Hymns were chosen from a list of six selected by the association. i At the meeting of the ministers , before the services it was uiscov- , ered that the seven participating churches have a total communicant ( <CON' p ’VT'E r ' O' T f'CR -r H r !EE) — o < WEATHER h Cloudy, snow tonight and ex- • treme North Tuesday; Heavy ■ snow tonight north portion: much colder tonight and Tues- 1 day; moderate cold wave west i j portion Tuesday.

REACTIONS TO F. 0. R. SPEECH HIGHLY VARIED Message To Congress Draws Down Storm Os Controversy Washington, Jan. 6. — (U.R) —Reaction to President Roosevelt's I message to congress today develop- ' ed a storm of controversy through- | out the nation that promised to continue until the November elections. Administration defenders stood i firmly in their praise of the address against a mounting crescen[do of Republican denunciation. ! Repercussions from the auuress. ■ chook political Washington as few such addresses have. The speech was denounced by the American Liberty League as ' "the most dangerous speech that ever came from a President,” and 1 . by former President Herbert non-! j ver as a message of “war on eai’th ■ imd ill will among men”. Sen. Joseph T. Robinson, Demo-. cratic leader, struck back at the! president’s critics in a statement i declaring that if the President had recited the Ten Commandments he would have been accused ot having ulterior motives. He repeated the challenge of the President to! his critics to repeal new deal legis- j i latlon. Despite the rousing political de- . ate touched off by Mr. Roosevelt's annual message to congress Friay night, there was no indication that his denunciation of “autoi crats” and "intrenched greed" , wouid be followed by an legislative action. The President was scheduled for' an .liter address to be radiocast i Wednesday night to Jackson day (CONiINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o FILE PETITION FOR GAS LINE Corporation Seeks Permission For Natural Gas ' Line In County The Indiana Gas Transmission Corporation tiled a petition this morning with the county commissioners in which they asked per- i mission to cross county roads with a proposed natural gas line. Tne petition was presented by! Herman Myers, local attorney. February 3 was set as the date when the board would conduct a public hearing for the petition. Legal notice will be published. Company officials, with Fred Mills and Fred Kolter of Decatur, have already obtained right ot ways from owners of farms through which the proposed line would pass. It will enter Adams county along the Kirkland township line at the Barger farm and course northeast through Kirkland. Preble and Root townships to Allen county at the Henry Fuelling farm. The company has a contract to furnish the city of Detroit with natural gas by the close of this year. William A. Rolls, company representative, expects to begin laying the pipe in Adams county iu March. The pipe will be a 22incT main. An outlet and meter will be furnished every farmer through whose land the line runs. It is not known whether Decatur will be served by the company with naturceONTTNUED ON PAGE SIX) o Schools Reopen After Holidays The parochial schools in Deca-. tur and the rural schools in Adame county opined after the annual holiday vacation today. The rural schools are beginning the second semester’s work today. Examination papers were graded during the holidays. The Decatur Catholic echool building was cleaned during the va- i cation. The windows were waehed,' floors mop;ed and desks cleaned. The public schols were aleo cleaned during the holidays. The jaaitore of the grade schools asisted in clean-1 ing the Centra! building.

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Monday, .January 6, 1936.

Board President asT ' ■’ ' i Phil Sauer. Union township, was elected president of the board of Adams county commissioners at the annual organization meeting 1 today. Frank Martin, vice-presi-dent and Moses Angsburger are other members. COUNH BOARD ELECTS SAVER Phil Sauer Named President Os County Commissioners —— i Phil Sauer, Union township farmer beginning hia second term as i county commissioner, was elected president of the board cf county commissioners at the reorganization meeting this morning. Mr. Sauer succeeds Frank Martin. Washington township, as president. Mr. Martin was named vice--president- Moses Augsburger is the third member ot the board. The commissioners named Walter i Gilliom., county surveyor as countycounty road superintendent. Mr. Gilliom has held the combined job of county surveyor and county road superintendent since he took office as county surveyor on January 1. 1935. The commissioner re-appointed James Briggs, Democrat of Geneva, to a four year term as trustee of the Adams county memorial hospil tai. Other members are: Charles I Voglewede. Democrat of Decatur; Adam J. Smith, Republican of DeI catur, and Fred Kamholz, ReipubliIcan of Berne. There imust be, according to law, two Democrats and two Republicans.The board re-appointed Dr. J. M. I ■ Miller as county physician to the ' infirmary and jail- This is a one i year term. The commissioners set the county (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) MOST PURCHASE STAMPS JAN. 10 All Intangibles Stamps Must Be Purchased By Friday According to an order just received by County Treasurer Jeff Liechty all intangibles stamps for 1935 must be purchased before ( January 10. These stamps are required by' law on all notes, mortgages and othei 1 instruments of value as defined by the act. They are purchased and affixed to the instruments each year at the rate of 25 cents on the SIOO. If these are not purchased each year a $1 penalty per year is added to the regular 25 cents tax. County Treasurer Liechty pointed out that the failure to purchase ( stamps on or before January 10 would result in a total cost of $1.25 per SIOO to owners of intangible property. ' Mr. "Liechty must send all 19351 stamps to the state tax commission on January 10. Under the act, notes, mortgages and other instruments are not collectable unless the proper stamps are affixed to them. More complete information as to I the types of instruments to which stamps should be affixed can be obtained from County Assessor Ernest Worthman. Mr. Worthman ■ will also place values on instruments of doubtful value. • ■

WOMAN IS HELD FOR DROWNING INFANTBABY Insane Woman Suspected Os Pushing Baby Into East River New York, Jan. 6 — (U.R) — A toothless, giggling woman paroled three months ago from an insane asvlum where she had been confined 20 years was held today under suspicion of drowning a 10-months-old infant. The missing baby. Jacob Horowitz, was kidnaped in his perambulator yesterday from in front of an east side tenement. More than 400 policemen and thousands of neighborhood residents searched the district all last night. While searchers dragged the East river and investigated vacant buildings and tots, Gussie Friedman, 45. laughed through leering lips at the moans of Jacob'o mother and the tears of his father, and gibbered unintelligible answers to police questions. Police believed Gussie pushed the Horowitz baby, asleep In a carriage, into the fee-dotted East river. Sikspicion fastened on her because she had been found, less than an hour after little Jacob disappeared, wheeling another in- | fant with frenzied speed toward the river. Four high school boys hunting Jacob stopped her less than a block from the waterfront. Gussie surrendered the child, Doris Maslin, 2. without a struggle. “You can have the brat," she screamed at the boys, and’then laughed. Jacob, son of Mr. and Mrs. Max Horowitz, was left asleep in I (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) COALITION OF PARTY LEAVERS Coalition Leadership Os Indiana Democrats Is Predicted Indianapolis, Jan. C — (U.R) —A coalition leadership of the Democratic party for the 1936 campaign ■ in Indiana was predicted today. Gov. Paul V. McNutt, U. S. Senator Frederick VanNuys, and R. Ea.-l Peters. Fort Wayne, for- ! mer state party chairman, will head the new organization, it was indicated. James D. Adams, Columbia City, chairman of the state highway commission, was considered acceptable to all three for the gubernatorial nomination. The coalition was urged vigorously by Democrats opposed to Pleas E. Greenlee, ousted last ■week aa executive secretary to the governor. Antagonism of VanNuys and Peters toward the state administration was directed specifically against Greenlee. The patronage secretary's dismissal now makes it possible for the three leaders to combine their efforts and present sufficient strength in the state convention to nominate a candidate for governor of their own choosing. Greenlee was dismissed ostensibly for his avowed intention of seeking the nomination. The governor was opposed to the patronage secretary using his powerful state post to line up delegate? to the May convention. The coalition movement has Teen gaining momentum since the Democratic Editorial Association outing at French Lick last August. (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) ? A COLONEL I I | William A. Klepper, general I manager of the Cloverleaf j I Creameries, Inc., is now a col- | onel. Mr. Klepper has receiv- j ! ed bls comm.ission as a colonel on the staff of the governor of Kentucky. The commission was formally presented to Col. Klepper by Col. E'dwa.rd Moriarity and Col. Frank Dalton, both of Cincinnati.

Supreme Court Rules Entire New Deal AAA Farm Policy Is Invalid; Financial Burden

NEW CONTRACT ~ MEETING PLANS Series Os Meetings Scheduled Under Corn-Hog Control Program The Adams county corn-hog control association today began a ser- ' ies of educational meetings for | the new 1936-37 corn-hog contracts. The schedule for the meetings at which an effort Will be made to contract every corn-hog grower in Adams county is: Monday. Jan. 6—Monroe township, Model Hajchery, 1 p. tn. Tuesday. Jan. 7 —Hartford township. Linn Grove school. 7 p. m. Preble township, Preble school, 7 p. m. Wednesday, Jan. S — Jefferson township school. 1 p. m. French township. Election school, 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 9 — St. Marys township. Pleasant Mills high school. 1 p. m. Union township, Immanuel Lutheran school, 7 p.m. I Friday. Jan. 10 —Kirkland township, high school building, 1 p. m. Blue Creek township, Jacob school. 7 p. m. Monday, Jan. 13—Root township , Monmouth gym. Ip. m. Wabash | township. Masonic halL Geneva. 7 p. m. Tuesday, Jan. 14 — Washington township. Central school building. | 7 p. m. In these meetings the new con-j tract will be thoroughly explain-: ed; applications will be taken on I cards that only require the answering of two questions and a signature; applicants are entitled to vote on their choice for the I -— —. i (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) o Lecture At Riley School Tomorrow — — Lester Lehman will give a lecture at the Riley School. Tuesday evening, JaJnuary 7, at S o’clock. This will be a beneficial and educational lecture on the power of natural food and its relation to our health. Mr. Lehman wil lexplain the new and simple method of retaining the important vital elements in food. All fathers and .Tiothers are especially requested to attend for the sake of their children. Admteion will be free. o — PEACOCK HEATH MYSTERY GROINS — Arrested Suspect Believed Cleared Os Any Complicity Chicago Jan. 6 —(UP) —Mystery surrounding the brutal muder of Dr. Silber C- Peacock, prominent child specialist, became more baffling today after tpolice spent 10 hours questioning the euspect. Arrest of Arthur S. George Thompson, 41, a chiropodist, was first hailed as a major break in the case but questioning of the suspect only served to complicate the in-1 vestigation. Chief of detectives John L. Sullivan said he was satisfied Thompson was not the slayer and announced the man would be released. Thompson admitted he was intensely jealous of a “Doc Peacock” whom he believed to be associating with his estranged wife, Arlene Johnson Thompson, now living in Minneapolis. He also admitted he visited Dr. Silber Peacock last Octover and was forcibly ejected from the doctor’s office when he accused the doctor of playing attention to Mrs. Thompson. Several days before Dr. Peacock was found beaten and shot to death in his automobile last Vriday he had told a friend about “throwing a man named Thompson out of his office last October,” police revealed. (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

Philharmonic Leader Eugene Ormamlv (above), formerly with the Minneapolis Symphony orchestra, has been engaged Ito lead Philadelphia Philharmonic orchestra during two-thirds of 193637 season, succeeding the noted Leopold Stokowski, who will now devote his attention to “research work” in music. COUKTYTAXES ■ TOBE HIGHER Total Taxes Payable In 1936 Are 15 Per Cent Higher The total tax bill payable in Adams county in 1936 is $65,884.91 higher than that levied for 1935, a table prepared by Harry Miesse.' ; secretary of the Indiana taxpayers association shows. Adams county is one of 75 connties in the state that has a higher ! tax bill payable this year. Seven-' i teen counties are lower. The 1935 tax bill in this county] totaled $423,062.21, compared with $488,947.12 this year. The per cent of increase is 15.5. The bills in other nearby counties, payable in 1936 follow: Allen, $4,789,795.76, a decrease of $233,079.93; Blackford. $359,973.60, in-’ crease $31,684.52; Huntington,; $883,495.73, increase, $64,061.49; ! Jay. $488,370.64. increase. $50,722.-' 12; LaGrange, $409,457.03, increase $17,094.39; Kosciusko, $874,136.23, increase, $62,814.07; Noble, $725,383.67, increase, $68,822.70; Wells, $522,371.47, increase. $83,216.11; Whitley, $516,971. increase, $95,575. "About one-fourth of the general increase is due to the necessity for providing for elections throughJout that state this year.” Mr. Miesse explained. “Other addition- 1 al expenses that governmental units had to meet were poor relief and old age pensions. In some counties budgets were cut off balance and that explains the need for higher taxes. Decreases were due to a variety of causes, one of them being the maturing of road i bond isues having been authorized ' and as former issues are redeemed there is less outstanding indedebtedness to draw interest,” Mr. Miesse stated. o Brother Os Adams County Man Dies Henry Springer, 77, life-long resident of Allen ounty, died at hie home three milee north of Ossian Sunday following a serious illness of seven weeks. Mr. Spr’nger was born in Allen county, November 16, 1858, the son of Michael and Mary Krouder Springer. He was married on November 14, 1880. to Mary Lahrman. Surviving besides the widow are three daughters a son, eighteen grandchildren, five greatgrandchildren, seven brothel's and four sisters. One brother, Charles Springer, resides near Decatur. Fun- ' eral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the St Mark's Lutheran church with burial i in the church cemetery.

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Ruling Regarded As Most Important Politically In Years; Amendment Is Seen As Only Out. NO COMMENT Washington, Jan. 6. — (U.R) —The supreme court of the United States. in a decision of vast consequence, today held the new deal AAA farm policy wholly and completely unconstitutional. I The court’s opinion, presented by youthful Justice Owen J. Roberts, was a condemnation of the new deal keystone so sweeping that it carried with it: | The whole scheme of AAA crop ■ control and reduction. . The Jones-Costigan sugar control act. The Bankhead cotton act. The Kerr-Smltth tobacco act. The newly enacted potato control law. Only by constitutional amendment did it immediately appear possible for the new deal to repair i the gaping hole rent in its recovI ery structure. As a breathless audience listen'ed in the marble pillared court, 1 room. Justice Roberts, speaking with only a glance or two at his opinion, condemned the AAA as a statutory plan to regulate and conI trol agricultural production, a matter beyond the powers delegated ■ to the federal government.” Not a listener in the quiet elegance ot tne chamber was in doubt, of the significance of the opinion as Roberts with rising voice said: “The tax, the appropriation of the funds, the direction for their disbursement, are but a part of the plan. They are but means to an unconstitutional end." “The act inveighed me reserved I right of the state.” Crushing Burden The court’s decision placed a I crushing financial burden upon the administration on the very day that President Roosevelt, with optimism submitted a 1937 budget ] that was within balance except for relief expenditures. It meant that the government is obligated according to latest AAA estimates to pay $602,000,00b. which it has contracted to give to farmers under the AAA scheme. • To meet the payment it must find I some new form of taxes as the whole system of processing levies I under AAA was swept away. In addition it meant loss ofl some two hundred million dollars impounded in federal court pending the supreme court ruling. President Roosevelt met the (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) DEATH CLAIMS DANIEL STUCKY Prominent Berne Man Dies Saturday After Short Illness Danie Stucky, died Saturday at ] his home in Berne of paralysis. He was a retired farmer and also was one of the organizers of the Berne Lumber company. Born in Allen county August 27, 1857, a son of Jacob and Barbara I Stucky, he had resided practically ! his entire life in and near Decatur. He married Marianna Sprunger September 25, 1881. Surviving are the widow and the following sons: Otto, manager of the Berne Lumber company; Wai- , ter, Florenz, Jacob and Ira, all of Berne; Elmer, Syracuse; Erwin, manager of the Monroe Hatchery; Martin, Willshire, 0., and Howard, Kokomo. Also surviving are a , daughter, Mrs. Mark Moser, Berne; ■ one sister, Mrs. Peter Liechty, I Berne; one brother. Rev. D. C., Doi troit; 38 grandchildren and six ■ great grandchildren- • Funeral services were held at 1:30 o’clock this afternoon at the I Berne Mennonite church, with burial in the M. R. E. cemetery,