Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 25, Decatur, Adams County, 29 January 1936 — Page 1

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Many Gross Income Returns Are Filed Doo Frybeck. manager of the uuto llcenetie bureau, stated today that nore greas Income tax r«; orU have i Deen filed to date, thou were filed j last year up to the deadline. The tax report a must bo filed on ' or before January 30; thoao poet- 1 murk d after midnight of that date becoming delinquent. Robert Kindler. of 'Huntington. field man for tide division, wpent Monday at the, local branch aiding the taxpayers to make out their reports. As there are but two days remain- 1 Ing, the local branch le anticipating I at last minute rush, despite the fact I that such a large number have | already fil'd their reports. ARRANGEMENTS COMPLETE FOR BIRTHDAY BALL Birthday Ball For The President At Country Club Thursday The stage is all set and the 1 plans all made for the gala celebra-1 J tion of the year, the President's Birthday Ball, at the Country Club Thursday night. The third Birthday Ball will be ushered in at 9:15* with a grand march, following the card games in the clubrooms. The ball promises to be the crowning social event of the year, with President Roosevelt, the honored guest speaking to the dancers. ' near the close of the entertainment. The decoration committee, under the direction of Clarence Beavers, chairman, will begin the work of beautifying the hall tonight at 7 j o'clock. The room will be hung with red. white and blye streamers and the American flag will wave i from all corners, in keeping with . the spirit of the event. The executive committee, conI slsting of chairmen of all the com- i mittees reported that their respec-1 tire groups are in readiness and every effort has been made to! faithfully carry out their duties, i This committee was comprised of i Edwin Kauffman, Virginia Dolch., Clarence Beavers, Mrs. Charles, Breiner, Ralph Kenworthy. Rose-1 mary Ilolthouse. Bud Townsend ' and Charlotte Elzey. The tenants of the club started I tiring the furnace this morning and | will continue heavy firing until after the ball, so everyone can be i assured of warmth and comfort, I despite the cold weather prevallI ing. The music lovers of the vicinity I will be treated with the mdsic of Frankie Schenk's orchestra and ■his charming vocalist. Thelma Tre- ‘ inalne. David Heller and Dorothy i Young, co-chairmen of the entire event, asked to remind the people I once more of the use of the funds I derived, in the battling of infantile paralysis, to which the PreslI' (COXTINITED OX’ PAGE FIVE) 0 MINERS DEMAND 30-HOUR WEEK — United Mine Workers Also Seek Curb On Supreme Court Washington, Jan. 29—-<U.R)—The Uni t’d Mine Workers, most powerful single union in the country, todev approved a basic list of demands including the 30-hour work week for industry and curbing the powers of the supreme court. The demands were in a review of officer reports which was approved unanimously by the 1,716 delegates from the nation's coal pits met.lng in dignified Constitution Hall, home of the Daughters of the American Revolution. The basic demands: Continuance and defense of the Guffey coal bill. Continui'.nee and defense of the Wagner labor relations act. Enactment of the 30-hour work week bill. ■ Restriction of the powers of ( supreme court in declaring acts j of congress unconstitutional. , Support of unemployment ami , old age pensions legislation. Adequate low-cost housing pro- ( gram. 1 Protection of constitutional , rights of free speech and a free press. ( Samuel Caddy, Uoxlngton, Ky., president of district 30, a.sked the ( convention to support a bill now j pending in the Kentucky leg* ( (CONTINUED ON TAGE FIVE) 1

ANTI-NEW DEAL CONVENTION IS OPENED TODAY Georgia Convention Hall Only Sparsely Filled At Onening Municipal Auditorium. Macon, Ga.. Jan. 29—(U.R)—Gov. Eugene Talmadge of Georgia was endorsed for president today by two thousand cheering "grass root” Democrats who attempted to read President Roosevelt out of the Democratic party. — Macon, <la„ Jan. 29 — (U.R) — I Democratic grass roots delegates iipened their anti-new deal conpention today before a sparse . audience that failed to fill a hall i with a seating capacity of 3,509. | Standing under flags of tho 17 | states invited to send delegates lio this format revolt against ■ President Roosevelt, Hugh Howell < hairman of the Georgia Demoi cratic executive committee, rapped the convention to order. Also absent at the opening of * | the convention was the Rev. Ger-‘ I aid L. K. Smith, organizer of tho ' late Huey P. Long's "tdiare-our- i wealth" clubs. Earlier he insisted I he was going to make a speech. I explaining to tho delegates "that ' phe mautle of Huey Ixmg has fallen on my shoulders." Later he took hie place on the ; platform smiling. Governor designate. Richard T.eche of Louisiana, said in Baton 1 i Rouge that Smith was not auth- ' orized to speak for the followers j of the late senator. Over a late breakfast of oat- I lineal Smith replied: "The mantle of Huey P. Long | j has fallen on my shoulders. The confidence that 10,990,(hh) people had in him passed on to me at | the grave over which I pra.yvd. I I speak for no elected official. I (GONTTNiTRn nv PAGE FIVE, o - STUDENT SALE STOKES LISTED Local Merchants To Cooperate With Seniors February 8 The committee for the Student Day Sale to be held on February 8 today announce da partial list of the merchants cooperating in the sale. Each store participating in the sale will have a large sign placed in front of the establish- ‘ ment, signifying participation. The i partial list of those signed to date | are Adams Theater, Economy Store, Maier Hide and Fur Co., I Northern Indiana Public Service Corporation. Morris 5 and 19c Store, Lankenau’s Boston Store. Quality Food Market, Gerber's Meat Market, Staley's Confectionery, First State Bank. Sprague Furniture Store. Ashbaucher's Tin I Shop. Commercial Print Shop, Elberson Service Station. Peterson and Everhart Co., Gamble Agency [store, C. A. Douglas Co.. Edwards [studio. Decatur Electric Shop. H. IP. Schmitt Meat Market, “. & P. Tea Co., B. J. Smith Drug Co., noilhouse Drug Co.. Miller's Bakery. Winnes' Shoe Store. H. Knapp * Son, Niblick & Co., Mutschler's Meat Market, Holthouse-Schulto & Co.. Kohne Drug Co.. Nichols Shoe Store. The Kroger Grocery Co., Miller & Jones Company. The Brock Store, Pumphrey's Jewelry Store. Keller's Jewelry Store, Vance & Linn, Newberry 5 and 19c Store, Bob’s Confectionery, W. H. Zwick and Son, Lee Hardware Co., The Schafer Store. Goodyear Service, Inc., Hite’s Grocery, Erie Grocery. Cash Coal and Supply. England's (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o Narrowly Escapes Serious Injury An unidentified man narrowly escaped serious injury and possible death, when the car he wax driving was struck by a fast 'passenger train at the Erie crossing near Preble last evening. The train struck the rear fender of the car. throwing it clear of the track. While the rear end of the automobile was damaged, the man was able to drive away from tho ecene of the collision. The stranger etopped at the Green Kettle in this city and reported his narrow escape, but drove away before anyone wae able to. learn hie identity.

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, January 29, 1936.

Slain In Prison A ”' i£ Mi. jhfc-L Richard lx>eb, 29, co-slayer with Nathan Leopold of young Bobbie Franks In 1924, died in tho Illinois state prison at Stateville Tuesday from wounds inflicted with an old-fashioned straight-edged razor by I James Day, a fellow convict, in a prison itrawl between the two. Day, a former Chicagoan, is serving a one-to-fourteen-yenj- term for robbery and larceny. Picture shows u profile view of Richard Loeb, left, who was cut and fatally wounded by James Day, right, a fellow convict.

PLANS ANNUAL [ DINNERPARTY I Executive Committee Ol Democratic Woman’s Club Holds Meeting The executive committee of the Democratic Women's club held a meeting at the county probationer's office in the court house. Tuesday afternoon. Plans wore made for the annual Washington's [ birthday dinner party to be held ion Thursday. February 20. Tho I exact lime and place of tho dinner ' will be announced at a latter date. Mrs. Herman Meyers was ap- ! pointed general chairman of tho ■> , 'air. and will tlo assisted by Mrs. Herman Ehinger, Mrs. Vincent Bormann, Mrs Lee Bowen, Miss Mildred Niblick. Mias Alice Lenhart. Miss Bernice DeVoss, Mrs. [ H. R. De.nlels, Mrs. Harve Baker, Mrs. Lawrence Green, Miss Anna | Nesswald. Mm. Genrge Snniers, and Miss Bernice Nelson, all of Do- ' cat u r The ladies from Berne on tho 1 committee are Mrs. Arthur Zebr [and Mrs. Albert Reusser, and i those from Geneva are Mrs. Hazel Widdows and Mrs. J. A. Long. A guest speaker and musical entertainment are promised as a mart of the program. This is the first of a series of meetings, decided upon at the last meeting of the club in November of la<st year. The club has been active in the political affairs of the county and is steadily increasing its membership. Anyone, though she may not be a. member, who is interested in the activities of the organization is especially invited to attend the affair. Tickets may be secured by making reservations with any memlor of the committee. fiALPHEWRYOF PORTLAND DIES Prominent Jay County Attorney Dies After Short Illness Portland. Jan. 29. — Ralph W. Ewry, 47, Jay county attorney, and prominent Portland citizen, died at Jay county hospital Tuesday night after u two-day illness of septic pneumonia. Mr. Ewry was stricken Sunday noon and removed to the hospital Monday. His death, physicians said, was "due to pneumonia, sec- 1 ondary to a septic infection to the right foot.” Born in Portland on February 7, 1889, to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ewry, he waa educated in the local schools and later 'attended TriState college and Indiana university. Hio father was the pioneer hatchery man of Indiana, and Ralph became allied with the hatchery business, ajthough he never engaged actively. When war wae declared, he was captain of Co. G. second regiment of the Indiana National Guard. Ho went overseas as captain aaid supply officer of the 113th ammunition train, Cyclone division. Ho was a member of the Robert Guy Ayres American Legion post, No. 211. of Portland, and of the JayBlackford county 40 and 8. Following the war Mr. Ewry for ia time was editor of the Portland Sun and later became a member of the Moran and Ewry law firm, | (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) |

Farmers Institute Is Well Attended Tim farmers' institute hold at Monmouth Tuesday, was well attended. The speakers, Maurice P. Shierllng and Mrs. W. C. Roberts, gave inspiring, as well us educational talks. The newly elected {officers are: Philip Strahm. chairiiuan; Hugo Boerger, vice-chair-man; Mrs. Erma Owens, secretary- ' treasurer. The evening entertainment was 1 . featured by an amateur contest I , limited to Root township contes- ■ tants. Tlie judges were Frank O. i Martin, Henry L. Dehner, and H. I Beineke. The master of ceremon- ■ ies was Ernest Curtis. The win- ■ tiers of this contest were: first. . Marciti Garner dnd Lewis Murphy: - second, the Brite family; third. I ) the Geels family: fourth. Herbert ’ Feasel; fifth. Pleasant Grove (5 in t group); sixth. St. Peters school; ’ seventh. Harold and Martha • Strahm. LIONS LEADER : ENTERTAINED I 1 District Governor Is Eni Rv Decatur Lions Tuesday > The Lions club entertained the district governor, B. E. Greenwald and bin secretary. Robert McPlier- ’ son. at the regular meeting in the Rice Hotel last evening. i A groun of voung girl tan dancere from ♦h , > Kniehbi of Pythias production “Minstrel F'asheo" entert-sf-ed the members with several novelty ' numbersMr. Greenwald, in his address to the members, stated that the main i objective of the club in the com- | i ing year, would l>e the furthering of , ■conrrunitv snirit and coopereatlon, | | and that the Lions Club would sponsor and approve any social event, 1 produced for the attainment of this goal. He also gave a short resume of i the cluh'a activities during the past year, including tho gift of 1,100 ralrs of roller skates to the children of the school for tho blind, in Indianapolis, by the meimbens of the Lions clubs in the state. Paul V. McNutt, governor of Indiana, sponsored the building of the special ring designed for blind children. The rink was built flat on the bottom with grooved sides and guard rails to direct the skaters and pre- 1 , vent injuries. He also cited the activities of the club in the rebuilding of airports and other civic enterprises. Tho Lions club state convention will be held in Fort Wayne on May 16 and 17. Plans are already being made for the annual celebration? in'eluding the assurance of ten bands to furnish the music. George Rentz, local florist, had : , charge of last night’s program. Moose Let Contract To Decorate Lobby About forty members attended the regular meeting of the Loya! Order of Moose last night at the 1 home on Second street. During tho business meeting a contract was let to Ray Eyanson, local plasterer, for de?orating tho lobby in tho home. This decorating is a part of the plan to make the local home ' one of the most modern Moose lodges In this part of tho state. ' Following the business session a i banquet was held for the members 1 present. Plans for the initiation : j ceremonies, to be held at a later i [date, were also discussed.

CHANGE TITLE TO HOMESTEAD FOR TAXATION To Vest Title In Private Corporation For Tax Purposes Title to the subsistence home stead property, south of Decatur, Including the land and 48 houses will again be vested in a piTvate, taxable corporation, according to information received by Fred L. Lltterer, local attorney who represents the resettlement administration. Tho United States government will transfer Its title to a separate holding corporation, details of which have not yet been received, so the entire homestead project can be placed on the Adams county tax duplicate and property taxes collected in the usual manner under Indiana law Dr. Walter A. Terpenning, regional management adviser for the ! resettlement administration, with | offices in Champaign. Illinois, advised Mr. Litterer that the government had adopted the policy of transferring titles to all Homestead projects to separate or private holding companies in order to dispose of the tax question. At present, the title to the ground and 48 houses is vested in the United States government of America and consequently all the property is tax free. Tenants In the 48 houses, however, are assess--1 ed for their personal property and I household goods. When the government first bought the laud, title was transferred to the Decatur Homesteads, Inc., and at that time it was be lieved the ground and 48 houses would be taxable. Later the government had the title transferred ' back to the United States and the j local corporation passed out of ' existence. The question of taxes | became an issue in every com--1 muuity and state where homestead I projects were constructed. Many plans were suggested, agreements ‘ made by tenants to pay their pro- ' portionate share of taxes, but always it was found that no state or {taxing unit could assess taxes against the federal government. With tho transfer of the title to : a private corporation or holding agent, the land and improvements can be placed on the tax duplicates, assessed in the usual manI<'"NTINUEL) ON I'AGE FIVE) o New Bakery Will Open Here Saturday Mr. and Mrs. Jamee Wall announced today that the formal opening of Wall's Bakery at 117 North Second street will be held Saturday. January 31. The bak:-ry has been completely redecorated, and new ovens and modern equipment have bean installed. The firm will feature bak- j ed goods and pastries. BONUS PAYMENT TOBE RUSHED Six Million Application Blanks Mailed Out Os Washington Washington, Jan. 29. —(U.R) —Still undecided as to how the soldiers' bonus is to be financed, treasury officials today rushed preparations to begin distribution of 38.000.090 baby bonds by July 1. Six million application blanks intended’ for 3,5'0,000 veterans were placed in the mails last night. A vast amount of work, requiring 2,500 to 3,000 extra employes, must be done before tho first veteran gets liis money. President Roosevelt said congress’ ordered for immediate payment of the $2,237,000,000 bonus had been marked "rtio’a” but that he aoubted it payment could begin before July 1. Earlier it had been hoped to begin distribution of the bonds by June 15. Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau. Jr., said nothing has been decided as to how the money is to be raised. The administration may decide to borrow it and add it to the federal deficit, or push new tax legislation through congress. Congress, which overwhelmingly overrode the president's veto of the bonus, showed no indication of initiating new tax legislation. The president had warned congress in his budget message that new revl (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

Register Workers Here Next Monday A rcpiesentutivo of tile national reemeployment wrvice will be at th Decatur relief office Monday, I February 3. at 10 a. m. for she purpose of registering workers living in Decatur and vicinity. SENATOR BORAH IS DEFINITELY A CANDIDATE Idaho Senator To Seek Nomination; Landon Next In Line New York. Jan. 29. (U.R) Son. William E. Borah's big-brimmed black hat was irretrievably in the Republican presidential ring today, | tossed there by tho bluff Idahoan ; himself along wiut platform material from his own private workshop. ■ Declaring his candidacy forthrightly for the first time, the perennia) G. O. P. rebel said in effect last night that he would like to run for the presidency on a plat- . form advocating: Strict constitutionalism. Control of monopolies without control of production. A liberal old age pension. Neurtailty by isolation. "Economic justice." He asesrted. launching his tight for the powerful New York delei gallon to the national convention, that the Republican party easily can win the November election but will find, If it adopts reactionary poll'ies, that "the American proI pie prefer government regimentation rather that) monopoly regimi entation". He spoke in Brooklyn in Kismet ■i Temple, jammed beyond the capacity of its 1.900 seats, under auspices of the Borah-for-President committee headed by W. Kingsland Macy, former ehairman of the state Republican committee, and William Ziegler, Jr., former committee J ((CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) SNOW BREAKS COLDWEATHER Cold Weather, However, Is Forecast For Most Sections By United Press. Light snow broke the midwest's prolonged cold wave today. Temperatures were above zero in nearly all sections of the nation. The mercury hovered from five to ten degrees above zero throughlout the area which experienced I temperatures! of from 20 to 30 degrees below during the 'past week. lowa residents, in danger of intense suffering as the result of a I coal shortage, welcomed the com- ! paratively mild weather today but | feared a forecast of "colder tomorI row.” Five familiees at Bedford, la., were without fuel. Residents of many other cities reported their supplies would be exhausted soon. .Emergency committees were set [ up to expedite distribution of fuel j and dealers iprorated their supplies. (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o Special Church Nights Planned Tonight will be "stewardship night” at the Decatur Methodist Episcopal church, according to the announcement of the pastor, the Rev. H. R- Carson. This is the first of a series of church nights which will continue each Wednesday evening at 7:30 until next May. The leader tonight will be W. 0. Little and and he will use a teext enetitled, "It Is To Share” which has just come from the Methodist press for such discussion groups. The pastor will be in charge of tho service. o To Receive Bids For Police Car Thursday The 'board of public wroks and . safety will receive bids until 5 o’clock Thursday, January 30, for the furnishing of a two door sedan to be used as a police car. The bids will be tabulated by the board and re- , ferrod to the council for action next Tuesday. The blds are to be filed with the clerk-treasurer at the city , hall, according to the legal notice published. o WEATHER Light snow, somewhat colder wext tonight; Thursday partly cloudy, somewhat colder east.

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RICHARD LOEB KILLER REFUSES ANY EVIDENCE "Perfect Crime” Convict Horribly Slashed By Fellow Prisoner i Joliet. 111., Jan. 29. (U.R) -Jat>i''s i Day, 23-yt-ai -old convict who slaslii ed Richard Loeb to death in State. ville prison yesterday with a razor refused to testify today at a core- ' ner's inquest into the murder. When told what tue proceedings were, Day declined to answer questions. Then he si reamed suddenly: "I've been miserable ever since I have been here." He was led back to his cell, semi-hysterieal. From other witnesses, events following the fatal assault on Loeb were traced, ('apt. Eames Humphrey. prison guard who was called to thte scene by convicts who were carrying away Ixieb's body, testified that he saw Day emerge i from the shower bath room. “He handed me a blood-stained I razor,” Humphrey said, "and thou fell forward on his face as if in a. i deep faint. I ordered him taken to the prison hospital where I talked to him later. "Day said that Loeb had gotten , him his job in the prison correspondence school which Loeb was conducting. In the shower hath in ' the correspondence school rooms ■ Day told me that I.oeb tried to commit a perverted act upon him and that in the ensuing struggle ' he slashed Loeb with a razor." Humphrey was not questioned concerning who carried the razor into the shower room or who stole it from the prison barber shop. Warden Joseph Ragan of the prison testified briefly, but flared up when he was asked by Edward G. Powers, investigator for the 1 state’s attorney's office, why he had not notified county authorities 1 when the attack occurred in tho ' : prison Powers revealed that coun- ' ty officials first learned of the incident by reading of it in newspapers. "We were trying to save a man's life," Ragan replied heatedly. Dr. John A. Larsen, a resident | prison physician, testified that Day I was not insane hut emotionally unI stable. "He has a panic reaction to epi- , sodes,” Dr. Larsen said. ’ Two previous mental examiti. ations had been given Day. one oa July 7. 1934 and the other in May 1932. which discTdsed he had an "egocentric personality” and was treated for hysteria. Day screamed hysterically in the detention ward after the fight with Loeb, Dr. Larsen testified. Day's left eye and left kidney [ were bruised and he had a long scratch on his right arm, Dr. Lari sen said. He testified that in his opinion Day showed no evidence of being abnormal sexually. Dr. Joseph Dully anu Dr. Frank Chmelik described Loeb's si> wounds to the jury. A’ a suggestion from Ragen, Powers asked Dr. Chmelik if tho i man carried from the prison dead was the same who had been in tho fight with Day, Dr. Shmelik responded “yes." This obviously was in answer to (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) CHURCH SCHOOL OPENS TUESDAY Community Training School Holds First Session Tuesday The community training school opened last evening in the Decatur high school building with an inter. ested group of church workers who are interested in learning how to be of more service to the kingdom in their respective church fields. After a brief statement of the pur. ♦ pose of the school by Dean Carson the classes convened for opening I sessions. . It was voted to begin the school . at 7 p. tn. for the remainder of the > school which would make dismiss. [ al possible by 9 p. tn. Two classes) . of fifty minutes each are to be held ; each Tuesday evenbig with a I twenty-minutes chapel and recess r between classes. > Enrollment will continue next Sunday in the churches and will close next Tuesday evening. Any who still wish to take any of tho courses for crdTT.t can do so by attending all of the remtffalng five Tuesday night sessions and are corially invited to enroll at once.