Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 118, Decatur, Adams County, 16 May 1936 — Page 1

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jgROES SLAY jIJRIFF AHO dmUHO OTHERS fcoJslain Alter HoldPosse Os 5,000 IT for Six Hours by United Press) 16 XU.P) kill."! a sheriff. SaiKiji fl'" >“4 .rlwling U)' to ■ a ' sun . a barrage I mKmIf 1 i '’' ll '' ts in tll " ir blaz L|Mfe»»uny today. ißrohmi ! ' ! " " li "'‘ I ESN •‘ n " ugh Perm.l ; "" 1J.,, I. ’ ■ of the posse £ the BL M» of the second negro—- ' K«“ later It dragged from I I SK.jrtot ' a"' l to dismember. Kato *< <'' ,! l1 ‘b puties who K, X.-.1 most of the night Kflie negro • Mt the scene OKout •I' 1 -’ -of the Charred r..w'r than 100 KrflK'.ne were orderly. IKo battle raged under the lights trucks. surround■Bttfii'k- f...Uliills with their Kg. citit'ie with pistols and Egims. st.it' and local police K n3>i- ■ runs and automatic Kg «& < n one side, and an Krly Jgro m.in and his sister, Ked wit' nil*.' and shotguns, K on ft f ' other. ninde of ammnK h wet' expended. At times K bMfe' was so terrific it _K)f(i an- re-echoed over the id ' ould be heard for K. dad well- Sheriff William 4 Ker tBI ua and the Kreet-' '• lli.it:< Walles. 60, ami C ora ’ 62. 1 « Bouii I rmlier, Cordon K> Mdy. -.eag' owner of Kfflfe. |e' .' police sergeants “KjteCMT ami S. L. McWilliams. -Ki Gofer V - I.L-, of Culpepp ■ sere tak-c I Diversity hos Bgl at Charlottesville. Kfter Bepr-ahd efforts, volnn[■rs m tin- state police man- ■ 4 to Lt an outbuilding Br theE> at la room frame Kse on ic property of the Gorwhere the ■rws pad isi.rricaded t/henisaturated it with B 06 "' 116 and set it on fire. "'y wi K l> ‘ ‘ "'’"'d set earned ami -Bd. W bullets whistled, the to the house and 1 ■ r - fla fe es were leaping nigh. , appeared at a, window ■I was ri<;.; • .1 with machine gun ; Hfets. A tiioni.-nt later the roof ON PAGE THREE) ■■lEhinjier 1 Has Operation >K 81Ee3 pbinger, son of Mr. and K B ' an Khinger of 609 Went ■Mnratstr... i. was operated on for of bls appendix at the K* ls eo.n.t, memorial hospital ■* ®ori ig. Ho is progressing Hr 0 ■Kollide At | Street Crossing n operated by Charles Mt' Sf l “ lr ''iii Decatur, collided of Third and MonFriday afternoon at Neither man was in|E i 5 l ' damage to both cars Bp than $lO. - - o KPersons £ B> v en Jobs In State May 16— (U.R) — . W ®’ • f°und during the week 2, for 2.066 persons, "mployment service 1,121 were taken by R? B} Public works and 49 witll ,he works pro■■■ministration. KBK* rvlce reported placing K,fT SOns ,lurin R ’be month of pular K. C. | Meeting Monday Krt tL Tesular meeting ,".f the ■ the f Calunibl >s will be held S $ tfet r f: ' llab Monday night ■eaters tmembere are reI attend. MB WEATHER I tonhL nd ,omew bat warmer | a ”d Sunday.

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Coming Events Decatur will be host to many Important meetings during the coming weeks and months. Outstanding. of course, is the Centennial celebration from August 2 to 8, inclusive. Among other leading events to be held in this city are the following •G. E. Foreman’s picnic, Saturday. May 23, Sunset park. • Decoration Day program. Saturday, May 30. • Father Joseph Seimetz’s silver jubilee, Sunday, May 31. • Indiana Grain Dealers' Assn., mid-summer convention, Thursday, June 18, Decatur Country club. • Fourth District American Legion conference, Saturday, July 4, Legion Homes. • Decatur’s great Centennial celebration, week of August 2. • Tri-State meeting of Red Men, Saturday, September 19. DENTISTSTO MEET TUESDAY Gov. McNutt, George B. Winters To Speak To State Dentists Indianapolis, May 16.—(U.PJ—Gov. Paul V. McNutt and George B. Winters, St. Louis, president of the American Dental Association, will be principal speakers at the annual banquet of the Indiana State Dental Association next Tuesday. The banquet will be the feature social event of the three-day 79th annual meeting of the organization which opens Monday. Fifty-four dental clinics displaying the latest advancements in dental mechanics, technique and surgical practice as used by Hoosier dentists will be presented. Dr. N. J. Longcamp. Aurora, will direct the clinical section of the meeting. He will be assisted by more than 50 members of the association, by the Indiana dental school and the dental staff of the Indianapolis city hospital. In---recognition for long service given to the cause of ethical dentistry' the association will confer lifememberships on eight dentists and 25-year scrolls will be presented to 28 others. Dr. A. R. Ross, of Lafayette, secretary, will make the presentations. Recipients of the lifememberships include Dr. J. W. Authenrieth. Fort Wayne; Dr. Julian Seal. Odon; Dr. John G. Hogan, Bedford; Dr. H. M. Thacker. Brazil; Dr. F. P. Adams, Elkhart; Dr. J. C. Eberhart, Shelbyville; Dr. A. B. Price, Richmond, and Dr. Frank Sparks, Rushville. At business sessions of the convention, Dr. M. T. Berkey, Fort Wayne, will be installed as president of the association and a new president-elect will, be selected. Dr. Edward L. Mitchell, Indianapolis, is retiring president of the organization. Delegates to the convention of the American Dental Association also will be named at the meeting here. Members of the Indiana Association of Dental Assistants will hold their 16th annual convention in conjunction with the dental association meeting. o ESCAPED MAN IS CAPTURED Alleged “Brains” Os Oklahoma Prison Break Is Caught McAlester, Okla., May 16—<U.R) —Claude Pugh, said to ibe the “brains” of a bloody break at McAlester state prison, surrendered to a posse near Savanna, Okla., early today. He was the third convidt captured of the eight who escaped after a riot at state prison in which C. D. Powell, prison brickylard superintendent, was slain. Png’!) was returned to the penitentiary and placed in solitary confinement. Ho surrendered, begging officers not to shoot him, Sergeant Robert Bell said. Warden . Roy W. Kenny sa.id he was informed capture of some of the band of five still at liberty wae imminent. The search spread over four counties. „ Officers were given “no quarter orders. Feeling ran high over the slaying of Powell, who was killed (ps 14 convicts fled in a car they commandeered. Officers were on the tra.il of Claude Beavers, who with Claude Fugate and Pugh aesertedly engi(CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE)

i JEWEL ROBBER i GANG MEMBER : IS CAPTURED B — James Dahlhover Caught In Chicago; Two Othr ers Sought Chicago, May 16.— (U.R) —James . Dahlhover moaned today because, f he said, there no longer is honor among thieves. H Dahlhover, last captured memf ber of a gang of “Would be Dillingers'* operating in Indiana and . Ohio, rested his head in his hands while he pondered the pitiful plight of his chosen profession —a profession which led the gang finally to the murder of Sargeant Richard Rivers, an Indianapolis policeman. “We were hijacked,” he said, "hijacked out of our loot from the Dayton, Ohio, job. F “We took Sol Partner, a jeweler over there, for $51,000 In jewels. And then what happened? Some other bums come along and take it all away from ns.” " Dahlhover, betrayed yesterday by his sweetheart, said Al Brady, confessed leader of the mob, facing murder charges in Indianapolis, wanted to make Chicago 'contacts for disposing of their loot. Brady, according to Dahlhover, ‘ contacted George Klotter who put > them in touch with William Ma- ' sonfek. Masonick introduced them 1 to Jack Becker, alleged fence. ■ Through Becker they met Jack Venetucci. ’ “He cased a Dayton job and then ‘ changed his mind about going with 1 us. He said for us to bring the stuff to him. so. and he would give ■ us a better price than Becker. > “We got back to Chicago April 1 12 and went with $51,000 in jewelry ■ to meet Becker. Becker and a man named Frank Scardfni were there. 1 “All at once in comes about J eight other guys, all with guns. f “They line us up along the wall - and take us for everything. They I even take Brady's gun. That’s ? how tough they were.” The gun taken from Brady, he s said, was the one nsed in ttre shoot- - ing of a policeman at Piqua, O. The disillusioned Dahlhover gave 1 — I (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) GIVES REPORT ON ADJUSTMENT Farm Debt Adjustment Cases Settled In Midwest Region L Champaign, 111., May 16. —Better than the March record by 390. farm debt adjustment cases settled ' in the midwest region in April ■ reached a total of 1,403, according to a report issued here today by R. C. Smith, regional resettlement administration director. ' The March record was the high- ■ est of any month since the resettlement administration began ' cooperating with voluntary state 1 and county committees last Sep--1 it ember. "A total of $3,604,676 indebtedness represented by April cases was reduced by more than half a million,” Smith said. Figures from states are as follows: Iowa: 293 cases adjusted with I $1,548,930 in debts reduced to | $1,341,074. Missouri: 336 cases adjusted with $332,899 in debts reduced to $251,109. Illinois: 221 cases adjusted with $660,041 in debits reduced to $556,890. Indiana: 203 cases adjusted I with $464,645 in debts reduced to , $399,916. Ohio: 351 cases adjusted with $598,161 in debts reduced to $527,692. Adjustment made in these five states during April totaled nearly 14 per cent of all adjustments made in the entire country. Os the cases adjusted in this region 972 applied to rural rehabilitation clients and represented adjustment on debts other than for real estate, according to Smith. “Altogether, we estimate that the April adjustments enabled the farmers whose debt adjustment cases were settled to pay $43,260 in back taxes,” he said. ■ -o Church, Industrial Managers To Meet Managers of church and industrial teams in the Decatur softball association are asked to meet at, the Central school house Thursday evening at 7 o’clock. Plans will be made to start the church and industrial leagues for the coming season,

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Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, May 16, 1936.

Confesses Part in Slaying I •V Iw i I I i- j - i i* - ■ ; t yiS| ■ / W "I Hi James Jones, alias Jacobs (above), 39. of Indianapolis, one of the two rum-runners who killed Federal Agent John R. Foster of the Internal Revenue Department near Hammond, has confessed his part in th-' crime. In his confeeeion, Jones named Harlan Crouch, his rum-run-ning companion, as having fired the fatal shot. Crouch, an Indianapolis ex-convict, is now being sought for questioning in the slaying. , ——

MORE MEN WORK AT HOMESTEADS I Additional 10 Men To Be Employed On Improvement Work , The crew of approximately 35 ' men now working on the home- • steads project will be increased by 10 Monday, it is expected. The men are now engaged in laying foundations for the new gar- ■ ages and painting the interiors of 'the 48 houses. Foundations for 24 of the garages will be completed this evening. Monday, an additional crew 1 of about 10 carpenters will begin I erecting the superstructure of the garages. By Wednesday, it is believed. all of the foundations will . be completed ' In a week or 10 days it is expected that approximately 80 or 90 men will be working at the project. Work on the installation of laundry tubs in the basements will begin as soon as the plumbing supplies arrive. All materials for the $15,000 improvements at the project are being purchased through local dealers. Labor is being supplied locally whenever possible. A government regulation requires all labor employed at the homesteads be registered fn thte United States re-em-ployment bureau at Fort Wayne. No charge is made for this service, i Information concerning the proCONTTNUEO ON PAGE THREE) ' 0 TEACHERS FOR I SCHOOL LISTED List Os Ten Teachers Announced For Vacation Church School A teaching corps of 10 teachers was announced today for the Vacation Church School, which opens at the Central School on Monday, May 25. Classes will be held for children from four years of age and older, the public sch-00l grading system being used. The fol'owing is the list of classes , with the names of instructors in charge: Kindergarten I—Mrs. Chas. Brelner. Kindergarten II —Mrs. Mary Myers Primary I (First Grade) —Miss Bernie Franklin. Primary II (Second grade)— MrsLamoille Fogle. Primary El (Third Grade) —Mrs. Paul Spuller. Junior I (Fourth Grade) —Miss Arline Becker. Junior II (Fifth Grade) — Miss Glennis Elzezy. Junior 111 (Sixth Grade) —Mrs. H. I R. Carson. | Intermediate il (Seventh Grade) — Mrs. C. M. Prugh. Intermediate II (Eighth Grade) — Lowell Smith.

Flags For Graves At Local Store Leo Ehinger. for many years in charge of decoration of graves of Adams county veterans of all wars, announced today that flags for the cemeteries are now available at the Peterson clothing company. Any person wishing to obtain one of these flags for decorating a. veteran’s grave, is requested to come to the store as soon us possible. Mr. Ehinger also announced any one wishing to obtain a metal marker for a veteran’s grave, should inquire at the Legion home at Madison and First streets. — -o LARGE CROWDS AT CONFERENCE Youth Conference Is Being Held At Monroe Tabernacle Large crowds heard the Rev. R. E. Mauller conduct the first evangelistic hour at the Youth’s conferenece which opened at the Monroe tabernacle last night and will continue through SundayBlaine ißishop delivered the add- : reas this morning follownig the I chapel period and a discussion session. The feature of the afternoon session was to he the Cleveland colored quintette. | Sunday’s program opens at 6a. m. i with a sunrise service followed by I a union service at 10 o’clock, under the direction of Marguerite Myers. I Dinner will ibe served at the church I from 11:30 until 1 o’clock. Dr. Robert Lee Stuart will eonI duce the afternoon serivce, following the discussion group and a fellowship hour- The final evangelis- , tic hour will be held at 8 p. m. with I the Rev. P.B. Smith in charge- The I session will open at 6 o’clock with a ring service. The U- B. church of Decatur is represented at the conference. The I Rev. H. W. Franklin, pastor of the I local church is uanble to attend, as he is in Sheeboygan, Wisconsin attending the funeral of hie brother, the Rev. James M. Franklin. Q— — — Comment Favorably On Winning Posters i Many favorable comments have I been received on the winning posters in the annual Poppy Day contest sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary, and created by school students of the city. The winning posters of Robert Franz, Ethel Mliler and Irene i Braun will be entered in the district poster contests sponsored by the auxiliary, and if successful there will be entered In the state and then national cofltests, to be held later in the year. Decatur students carried all three prizes in the contest, with students from Berne and Decatur entered. The posters will remain on display until after the sale of poppies, May 23.

OMER JACKSON IS SLATED TO BE REELECTED State Democratic Committee To Be Reorganized Today Indianapolis, hid., May 16 —(UP) —Two district disputes were exipected to be taken up today at the biennial reorganization meeting of the Democratic state central committee. Regardless of the outcome of the k'lcal contests, re-election of these state officers was anticipated. Incui-T.lbent Iparty (leaders fare Omer Stokes Jackson, Greenfield, chairman, Mrs- Emory Scholl, Connersville, vice-chairman, and William Store, Indianapolis, treasurer. Both the locacl disputes, in the third and seventh districts, centered on the three-way battle for the Gabernatorlal nomination. Anti-adaiminstration leaders, opposed •"> the candidacy of Lieut. Gov. M. Clifford Townsend who is considered Gov. Paul V. McNutt’s choice for his successor, claimed victories in both the districts. Paul P. Fry. Linton, state excise administrator, claims to have won the seventh district chairmanship over Frank Finney, Martinsville, auto license commissioner Fry is an ally of Pleas Greenlee, ousted as patronage secretary to McNutt when he became a candidate for Governor. M. Edward Doran, South Bend, who .prefers Green’ee or E. Kirk McKinney for Governor rather than Townsend, claims the third district chairmanship. Doran defeated Rudolph Ackerman. administration ally, for St. Joseph county chairman last week and claims he was elected after a 12-hour tie in the district organization meeting. Ackerman is contesting his position. 0 Finish Compilation Os Tax Payment Soon Balancing of the 1936 current tax payments is expected to be completed the first of next week, I County Treasurer Jeff Liechty stat-. ed today. A less amount of taxes is expect-1 ed to fail delinquent this year than i in former yars, according to re-. ports. Mrs. Alice Christen is assisting Treasurer Liechty an <1 Deputy Alice Lenhart in compiling the figures. New York Lecturer To Talk To Bankers Indianapolis, May 16—<U.R>— Dr. John L. Davis, New York, popular lecturer, has accepted an invitation to participate in the banquet program of the 40th annual convention of the Indiana Bankers < association here May 21, it was announced today. Gov. Paul V. McNutt will be the I principal speaker at the meeting. Dr. Davis will speak upon the subject, “The Echoes of Life." A native of the west, he received his early education in Oklahoma and Texas and graduated from the university. PLANS FUTURE HIGHWAY WORK Survey To Be Made For Future Work On Rural Roads Indianapolis, Ind., May 16 —(UP) —(A. survey to provide a basis for planning of future improvements on rural as well as arterial roads is progressing rapidly. James D. Adams, chairman of the state highway coTinission, said today. Constantly changing traffic conditions make the problem of maintaining secondary roads, commonly known as farm-to-market roads, particularly difficult, Adams said. “Greater weights of automobiles and trucks and higher speeds are responsible for a more rapid disintegration and deestruction of roads,” he said. The highway planning survey now is underway in 33 states, under the supervision of the United. States bureau of public roads. In 1934 congress provided for the earmarking of one and one-half per cent of all federal-aid highway appropriations for the fiscal years of 19.05 and 1936 for the carrying out of state-wide programs. “Indiana has set aside $400,000 to conduct the survey,” Adams said.

Warns Motorists Against Speeding Sheriff Dallas Brown today warned motorists who have been reported speeding at the Decatur I homesteads project. Sheriff Brown announced that arrests will be made if the practice is not stopped Immediately. WALTER KRICK IS CHAIRMAN School Superintendent Named County CMTC Chairman k , Walter Krick, superintendent of the Decatur public schools, has ( been named county chairman of the C. M. T G. camp enrollment for ’ Adams county. The camp will be held this year again at Fort Benjamin Harrison ’ near Indianapolis, from August 1 to September 1. "The purpose of the camp is to bring together for a month's training, young men from all walks of life on a common basis of equality ' and, by supervised athletics, mill--1 tary drill, and instruction in citi--1 zenshlp, to benefit them morally 1 and physically, and to impress upon them the duties and responsi- ‘ bilities of citizenship,” Mr. Krick I 'said. 1 All necessary expenses are paid by the government, including clothes, food, lodging, medical and dental care at the camp and travel1 ing expenses to and from the camp. Qualifications for candidates are: they must be physically fit, of ’ good character and an American citizen, or have taken out first papers for naturalization. They must be between 17 and 29 years of age when they reach camp. A physical examination, inoculation against typhoid, vaccination against smallpox and a certificate ' of good moral character are required. Candidates attending their first ’ camp are enrolled in the basic course, unless they have had previous service in the ROTC, the regular army, or the national guard. [I Physical requirements are: | weight not less than 100 pounds for 17; height, without shoes, not I less than 59 inches for 17 years or 160 inches for 18 years and over, and chest expansion, not less than two inches. o TWO INJURED MEN IMPROVE Men Injured In Blast Friday Improved; Ear Drum Bursts Jack Ellsworth, garage proprietor, injured in the explosion of an acetylene tank yesterday, was reported by the attending physician to be resting easily today at the I Adams county Memorial hospital, ! where he was taken following the accident. Painful cuts and burns about the face, temporarily and possibly permanently impaired hearing, and stomach sickness from shock were suffered by Mr. Ellsworth. Lloyd Conrad, employee working nearby at the time of the concussion. suffered an ear injury. The attending physician stated today that the left ear drum was broken. Lloyd, local boxer, had suffered a I previous injury to the same ear I during a bout sometime ago. Mechanics today attributed the cause of the accident, which 1 wrecked the establishment to a mechanical defect in the tank. “An automatic shut-off valve which cuts the flow of calcium carbide into water in the bottom of the tank, when pressure climbs to about 10 or 12 pounds, failed to work,” they stated. Force of the explosion was demonstrated when Mr. Ellsworth’s cap was found on top of a car about 40 feet away. Hair from his forehead was burned away by the flame. With the exception of a blinding flash at the instant of combustion no fire resulted. o Madge Hite Given Honorable Mention Miss Madge Hite of South Win- ’ Chester street has received honor--1 able mention from Better Homes I and Gardens. She received a cer- ’ tlficate of recipe endorsement for ’ her recipe for orange sponge pie. The recipe passed the tasting-kitch-i en test for dependability, excel- ; lence of taste and family usefulI ness. i Miss Hite was presented with i several copies of the endorsed reI cipe to present to her friends.

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-PRESS SEARCH FOR SLAYER OF r : FEDERAL AGENT Indianapolis Man Admits Part In Agent’s Killing Chicago May 16 —(UP)—Federal agents stood beside the bier of John £ R- Foster, their elain cvMnpanion today while in the field others of their number pressed for the arrest of Harlan Crouch, accused bootlegger slayer. f Foster, slain while he and a fel- > low agent pursued two suspected t runners near St. John's Indiana was r to be hurried at Marion, Ind-, today. E. C. Yellowley, head of the aicor hoi tax unit in Chicago, his chief. 1 and R. E. Herrick, next in charge, 1 were among the mournersA net extending over northern ’ Indiana and Southern Illinois was ‘ thrown out for Grouch after his al--1 leged Companion, Janies Jacolbs, r cracked after hours of grillingHe made a “full confession" Yellowley announcedJacobs admitted being in the car from which rifle bullets which killed Foster were fired. Yellowley 1 said. His “confession" did not say who fired the shots. ' Yellowley said Jacobs admitted ■ the shots were fired ‘‘because we 1 thought the men in back of us were federal agents " he said Crouch was ' with him In the car at the time. Jacobs admitted running alcohol from Chicago to Indianapolis, where 1 it was sold at a profit. Yellowley was summoned from ‘ Milwaukee to supervise the investigation shortly after Foster's death. Foster and Guy Goolin were stationed outside a restaurant, when 1 they spotted the suspected rumrunner’s car. They chased the car at 80 miles an hour, with Foster at t the wheel. Three shots from the rum-runner's car pierced the agents’ machine, and struck Foster. Goodin 3 snatched the wheel as the car carj eened into a ditch, and abandoned the chase to take Foster to a hospi- . tai. j Jacobs was arrested in South Chil cago a few hours later. Officers said . he admitted ownership of the car from which the fatal shots were i fired. In the car were found 200 gallons of alcohol, five rifle cartridges and an automatic shotgun, fully loaded. Jacobs told the officers the shot(CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) , Minnie E. Blocker Dies At Richmond ' Miss Minnie E. Blocker, 33, died at the Easthaven hospital at Richmond Friday evening at 6 o'clock. Death was caused by tuberculosis. The deceased was born in Wells county May 30, 1902, a daughter of Fred and Susan Bierie-Blocker. Surviving are the mother, two sis- ‘ ters, Mrs. Ida Steiner of Wells ! county and Mrs. Elmer Bubach of ' Hartford township, and one stepbrother, Goldie Gottschalk, west of Berne. Funeral services will be held at the Old Salem Evangelical church at Linn Grove Monday afternoon at 2 o’clock. Burial will be in the . church cemetery. o F. D. R. LEADS OREGON VOTES President Polling More Votes Than Senator Borah > Portland, Ore., May 16.— (U.R) — 1 Despite a preponderant Republican registration in Oregon, President Roosevelt today held a slight lead ■ over Senator William E. Borah of 1 Idaho in comparative votes of the Democratic and Republican parties 1 in yesterday's primary. ' Tabulations from 621 of Oregon's 1,627 precincts gave Borah 15,439 ■ votes; Roosevelt 16,016. Both cani didates were unopposed on their rspective ballots. Benton county gave a considerable write-in vote for president on the G. O. P. ticket to Senator Fred- [ erick Steiwer of Oregon. Senator Charles L. McNary, it was conceded today, had been renominated by the Republicans by i a more than four to one margin over his two opponents. . McNary will oppose a Townnendite in the November elec- ’ tions, as Willis S. M'ahoney, Klamath Falls mayor, and Jofan A. Jeffrey, opponents for the Democratic senatorial nomination, axe both Townsendltes. Mahoney had an edge on Jeffrey, on the basis of (CONTINUED ON PAGE THKEE)