Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 153, Decatur, Adams County, 29 June 1937 — Page 1

I \X\V. No. 153.

■ICERS SEEK BLS'KILLER ||N CALIFORNIA ■.Fury Spreads After Ijjes Os Three Girls Are Found lle.ood, Calif.. Jifne 29—(UP) l fury spread through this, K in Los Angele" community ■\hile police hunted the | ■of three little girls who : ■ | lliv d from a playground in I Baldwin Hill", ravished and Eted. Ks of three suspects last Ch ~f Whom were soon exon ■ »as sufficient to draw a ■ K crowd of 1.500 persons tot ■ J prepared foi a lynching. K, jail won't be strong j Ek to hold him if the officers Kt." they yelled. L, Williams, deputy Los district attorney, went j K to face them. Evon't do any flood for you j E to gather here," he shout-j ■•(L il take care of the killer ■ ■ V r catch him You can back K when he comes to trial i K go home." Eit half tne crowd disbanded Er rest milled all night aliout El. in an angry, muttering' ■ Williams ordered that any Er persons held for quest ionE the case be rushed iinmed Eto the county jail In Los ■ ■ torn and blood-stained towel, j El pages from a sex magazine I E number of California and La license plates were found I ■ pile under a bridge in the ■ Lin Hills. Walter Burdette. L who discovered the girls’ . L brought the possible new ■to police headquarters. He ■ k r oull d the articles several ■ from the ravine where the ■ were murdered. ■ early police bulletin had L Othel Leroy Strong. 22. of Lena, Calif., as a suspect. He ‘ L probation for a morals Le and was identified from a j ■graph by several persons in Lighborhood as the man who ■XT'NUED ON PAGE FIVE) ■L —o BHWA Y MAP IS PREPARED liter Gilliom Prepares ■ap Os County Highway System Nter H. G4lliom, county surr and highway supervisor, is bin; a 1937 map of the entire (unity highway system. » map, on accurate detailed Nation of all roads in the 0. whether federal, state or lb rapidly nearing completion •ill be released within a short ter personally surveying all i of the county, the highways reproduced on the drawing, f condition, whether unimprovucadaniized or paved, is also ted. legend on the side of the man, ’ponding with the color system e road marking provides this nation. A list of the county fasteners and other data are contained in the legend. this map, county residents Interested persons will be able •d at a g'ance any of the 825 • of roads in the county, as »re at present, and ascertain i their condition. is noted that of the total 825 of road approximately 75 omtinved ON PAGE TWO) 0 toard Briede Is Hurt This Morning nhard Briede, young son of sod Mrs. Paul Briede, of Jef•ii street, sustained a painful ts to his mouth early this ®ing. The young lad drove I’cycle Into the rear of a parkruck. •th his upper and lower lips ' split open from the force of impact. He was treated at °®ce of a local physician. ~7~ 0 Offices To Close Wednesday “ cer ß in the county court house Wednesday afternoon Ww that official may have an °Hun.lty to prepare the records Jeporta for the second quarter U ear - Money collected as fees turned over to the county Or and receipts obtained for Quarter.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

BAND CONCERT TIME CHANCED Boys’ Band To Play At Concert At 8:15 p. m. Wednesday Tlie free baud concert Wednes day night will be moved up t«, * la. 15 o clock. Albert Sellenieyer,' | the director, announced today, ini J order to eliminate conflicts with prayer meetings. It will be held ' ! on the court house band stand on i Liberty Way. The Rev. George (). Walton, president ot the Decatur minister lal association, stated today that a majority ot the churches have been | contacted and that all these have [ so arranged their programs for Wednesday nights that the prayer meetings will be over by S o clock, 111 order that the concerts may be attended. It was impossible to I I reach a few of tne ministers this I | week. Kev. Walton stated the ministers 'contacted had expressed their ap 1 preciation of tne free band con- , certs sponsored by the Decatur (Junior chamber ot Commerce as 1 a constructive work, both from | the standpoint ot musical instruc- ■ lion for the boys and girls and the I wholesome entertainment lurnisiied free to the public. All School Bands All Decatur school bairns are be ' ing used this year on the summer ' series. Wednesday night the Decatur' boys band will piay its first public : j concert. New uniforms were pur i chased for the band through the ' tag day held several weeks ago. As a special feature there will I be numbers by the German band, I a popular organization, composeu ot several members of the girls' band. Program The program tor Wednesday is: i “March, Activity" Bennett I "March Teamwork Ribble i "Waltz Marjorie” Loos ! "March, Imp of Luck " Wells . "March, Our Favorite" Jewell I "Serenade, At Evening Time" Jewell i "March, American Boy".. Wells ! Selections by the German Band. ' “March, Project" .. . Bennett I “Ovetrure, Zenith" Beuuelt “March, Band Boys" Chenette ine final practice of the boys band will be held this evening. The first practice of Decaturss I largest band in recent years, the ' combined boys’ and girls' band, was Feld Monday evening. Theer are now 75 members, all uniformi ed, in the organization and all of I whom have had training in the other school bands. Combined Band ] The first public concert of this I band will be Wednesday evening, July 7, on the court house band stand on Liberty WayJ As a special feature on this program will be , i the United Brethren church orchestra, directed by Bernie Franklin. City officials stated today that) persons driving automobiles on Liberty Way may back into the parking spaces on Hie south side during the concerts. In this way 1 they may remain in their cars and still see the band. As has been done in the past the street will be blocked off dur- j ' ing the hour of the concert, will be', open immediately before and at- ; ter. This prevents distractions from the music caused by the confusion of cars driving through the ( crowds. Persons arriving before 8:15 o'clock are at liberty to park their cars on the street, but aie asked to remain during the entire program. HEATING PLANT BIDS PLANNED Receive Bids July 21 lor ' Court House Heating Plant < The county commissioners will receive bide Wednesday, July -1 for a new heating plant in the ; county court house. The bids must be made accoidIng to the plans and specifications ( jas prepared by K. W. Nolan , M. ( E.. consulting engineer and now ( on file in the county auditor s ot- , ( tice. 1 I a certified check for three per ( ' cent of the bid must be furnished , I with each offer. The new heating system was made necessary when it was leainled that the holes had »ee n rußtad in the pipes of the present .plant. , Repairs would be too face of the fact that they cou.dJ only temporary, experts have old- - commissioners. A new. circu StTug system in place of the old I one way pipes would save bills, the commissioners have learn- e | ed. 1

Y DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

ROBERT IRWIN INDICTED BY GRAND JURY Three Indictments Charged Against Triple Killer New York, June 29 'UR) Robert Irwin was Indicted for murder three limes by the county B*and jury today- once for each Os the three persons he strangled and stabbed on Beekman Hill last Easter Sunday. 1-ess than 40 minutes after it began hearing the case the jury presented the indictments to Judge William Allen in general sessions court. Prosecuting officials sought to obtain the consent of Irwin's attorney to an immediate ari raignment. The indictments charged the forliter insane asylum Inmate with strangling artist's model Veronica Gedeon, and her mother. Mrs. Mary Gedeon, and slabbing with an icepick Frank Byrnes, who boarded with them. 1 he grand jury heal'd only seven witnesses. Medical examiner Dr. Thomas Gonzales described tne wounds that caused death and four detectives and patrolmen told of various phases of the invesligai tion that fastened the guilt on the 29-year-old sculptor. The most dramatic witness was Mrs. Ethel Gedeon Kudner, sister of Veronica, for whom Irwin cher- | ished the mad passion that drove him to murder when she married another. Still pale from weeks ot living in constant fear, she supplied the grand jury with the motive for the slayings. It was understood she told of letters from Irwin in which she was threatened with death If she persisted in marrying Joseph Kudner, who corroborated her story as the seventh witness. The sculptor lias confessed he killed the three while waiting in the Gedeon apartment to murder Mrs. Kudner. All doubt that Irwin will plead insanity vanished when his attorney. Samuel Leibowitz, assented to immediate arraignment and (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) GIVES WARNING ON FIREWORKS Chief Os Police Issues Warning On Handling Fireworks * With the first legal day for the oale of fireworks drawing near, ; Chief of Police Sephus Melchi today | issued a warning to all local celeI brants of the Fourth of July to observe caution in handling the pyroi technics. Local stores handling the fireworks have cooperated with the police department in following the laws and regulations regarding their sale and exhibition. i Chief Melchi listed the following safeguards, which should be practiced when handling the fireworks: Do not permit youngsters to handle the fireworks. They should be handled only by older, more experienced tpersons. Do not smoke or strike matches where fireworks are sold or are being prepared for exhibition. Do not discharge the wireworks near inflammables, such as gasoline at a filling station and other locations. Do not toss the fireworks at a vehicle or at a ipedestrian, Serious injury often results. Safeguard rigidly against the occurance of accidents, but in the event of an injury consult a physician at once. Safeguard against a fire, but it one should break out, call the firo department at once. Musical Recital At Library Tonight The pupils of Miss Louise Haubold will present a music recital at the library tonight at 7:30 o’clock. An interesting program has been arranged. No admission will be charged and the public is cordially invited to attend. Tschannen Funeral Services Wednesday Funeral services for Fred Tschanuen 64. who died Sunday night after a long illness, will be held at o „ m Wednesday at the home, one mile north and four miles east ot B Hete" survived by the widow and seven children, including Mrs. Martha Baumgartner of Adams coun y.

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, June 29, 1937.

Model’s Slayer in New York

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Surrendering in the office of the Chicago Herald and Examiner for the triple murder of Veronica Gedeon, New York artist model, her mother and a boarder, Robert Irwin, right, was flown to New York in a police-chartered plane to face murder charges. He is shown on arrival at police headquarters with Detective Crimmina, left. I —■ -

I — CLUB MEETING IS HELD HERE I Gold Medal Colt Club j Committee Plans 1937 Enrollment The Adams county gold medal I I colt club committee met in the . i county agent's office receifUy to I I make plans tor the weighing of I the colts enrolled in the gold med- - al colt club last year. The mem- ’ bers of this committee are: Henry Dehner, chairman; Ed Neuhauser, I j Erank Ilabegger, Leon NeuenschI wander, Dan D. Kauffman, Wm. j Neadstine, Winfred Gerke, Everett * Singleton. J. Frank Merriman, I k Leonard F. Sprunger, and Archie | ' Smitley. Any colt that was enrolled in the j gold medal colt club last year and has made the required gain of 650 pounds or more is eligible to be, shown in the gold medal class at the horse show, which will be held e in connection with the Decatur I free street fair the first full week | v in August. The 1937 enrollment of colts will ] i- be taken during July. Any one, h may become eligible to enroll in, this club by joining the Indiana, e livestock breeders association. This | ~ i is done by paying a fee of 50 cents j s which is sent to Lafayette and I , helps pay for medals. Anyone in- i terested in Joining this club should ! , I inquire at the county agent’s of- ’ flee or see any of the above men-I tinned committeemen. o— WEATHER Generally fair tonight and Wednesday, slightly cooler Southwest and extreme south tonight. GENEVA MAN TO; ; REFORMATORY John Duer Starts Serving Sentence For Theft Os Grain t j ■ John Duer, young Geneva man, was taken to Pendleton this morn- | ing, where he will start serving a I 1-10 year sentence in the reform- j . I atory for grand larceny, after I pleading guilty before Judge Huber] M. DeVoss in Adams circuit court. The sentence was imposed by 1 Judge DeVoss after Duer admitt--1 ed to the theft of 75 bushels of 1 corn from the farm home of Rob--1 ert *Glendenning, near Geneva. 1 Duer's father, Charles, is now 1 serving time in the state prison for a series of thefts. The Glen- : dening theft was among those list- ’ ed in the series. Two men are also being held in ■ the Adams county jail to await] • hearings on insanity charges, retlcently filed against them. One, , of the men was apprehended last) I night after he had, among other I I things, allegedly carried a knife I [ “to protect himself against a man, who at the point of a gun, wanted , | to borrow $10.”

I Amelia Ready For 2,550-Mile Flight I Lae, New Guinea. June 29. —(U.R) ' —Amelia Earhart, American wo- ■ man flying round the world with ' Fred Noonan as navigator, landed today and prepared to take off to- | morrow for a 2,550-mile flight to i - Howland Island in mid-Paific. Mies Earhart was tired but en- ' thusiastic over her flight. She said she wanted a good rest before she and Noonan took off for the 18-hour flight to Howland Island, the tiny American possession; j where WPA workers have laid out; tlie only airport within 1.000 miles. , No plane has landed on the island. TOMHAEFLING ; DIES SUDDENLY Adams County Native I Dies This Morning Os Heart Attack Thomas Haefling, aged about 57, I prominent Indianapolis citizen and ; ' native of Adams county, died sud- ] denly this morning at the city hosj pital in that city, as result of a | ] heart attack, according to the i word received here. The deceased was born east of . this city, the son of Mr. and Mrs. I George Haefling. His father was for years superintendent of the I county infirmary here. At the time of his death lie was ■ a member of the board of traffic I control in Indianapolis, a position I which he had held for some time, j While living in this city, he was I engaged as an electrician. j We was married to Mary Elizai beth Vbglewede, of this city. Some years after their marriage the I couple moved to Indianapolis, i The deceased was a charter; | member of the B. P. O. Elks lodge in this city, transferring his membership to Indianapolis in 1919. Surviving, besides the widow, ' are three cMldren, George, Dor(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) Hunter Appointed To State Excise Force Floyd Hunter, a member of the Decatur city police force, has been appointed a member of the state j excise department force. Mr. Hunj ter has been ordered to report at | the office of Hugh A. Barnhart, head of the excise division, Thursday morning at 11 o’clock, to be assigned to his duties. Hunter has been a member of the local police force since 1935 and was appointed by Mayor A. R. Holthouse. a Venue Damage Case To Wells Circuit Court The $3,500 damage suit of Raymond L. Jones against William 1 Franklin Burns and Clara Burns haa | been venued from the local court to j the Welle circuit court. The suit I is the result of fatal injuries suffered by Edna Lou Jones, 19, daughter of the plaintiff, In an auto accident December 4, 1935, in Wabash county. 1 I

Johnstown Steel Plants Are Forced To Halt Operations As Water Lines Dynamited ■I -1

Governor Townsend Says Peace In Steel Strike At East Chicago Is Up] To John Lewis. REFUSES TROOI’S Indianapolis. June 29. (U.R) Gov. M. Clifford Townsend said this noon thut "peace In the steel strike at East Chicago all depends upon John L. Lewis and his organization—whether they want to accept our proposal." This assertion was made after the governor talked by telephone to his state labor coniinissiouer, I Thomas Hutson, in Washington al- : tempting to convince Lewis, head I of the committee for industrial ori ganization who is directing the I steel organization camaigu, that he should accept Townsend s proposal for a "truce." Unless Hutson sees Lewis and obtains his intervention with CIO leaders at East Chicago, the plant may open tomorrow without the truce, and all parties concerned fear bloodshed. Refuses Troops Indianapolis, June 29. — (U.R) Merchants of East Chicago asked Gov. M. Clifford Townsend today to send national guardsmen to pre--1 serve order in their city, tense I over potential violence hi the steel strike, hut for the third time the governor refused to declare martial law. Townsend himself revealed this morning that the merchants had telegraphed hi in appealing for troops,- supplementing two pre- . vious requests by Mayor Andrew Kooney. The governor emphasized again, however, that no such action would be taken until the situation warranted it, emphasizing that in his opinion such action would be wholly unjustifiable now. Hutson went to Washington, I). ' C.. last night to complete details [of the "truce" between the Inland ' Steel and Youngstown Sheet and , Tube company, striking members of the steel workers organizing committee, and non strikers who are desirous of returning to work I ‘in the two closed East Chicago I 1 mills. They employ about 22,000 men. Townsend's truce plan was acI cepted by the Inland, which delayed reopening its plant at the gov- ' ernor’s request, but struck a snag with the strikers. Hutson is try- [ ing to bring the S. W. O. C. into line through pressure from its high- ' est officials, it was believed here. Townsend said he had no ap- ' pointments on the steel strike today, adding that "the while picture has shifted to Washington." The governor called a second I press conference for 1:15 this noon (CST), indicating he expected to 1 hear from Hutson by then, and said: "We hope to have an announcement to make which will be satisfactory to all concerned." o Geneva Man Fined in Portland Court Wallace Shoonover, of Geneva, ' was fined $5 and costs in Portland city court Monday, when he pleaded guilty to a charge of public intoxi--1 cation. LOCAL MAN'S FATHER DIES August Hollman Dies Monday At Lake James; Funeral Wednesday ■ j August Hollman, 87, father of ’ j Herman Hollman of this city, died iat his summer home at Lake James Monday of senility. Born in Germany, the deceased ■ moved to Fort Wayne at the age of 19. He retired as a carpenter : contractor about 30 years ago. He was a member of the St. Paul’s Lutheran church and the i B. U. V. society. Surviving are five sons, Herman jof Decatur, William of Delphos, ! Ohio, George of Flint, Mich., and ; Louis and Charles Hollman at home; one daughter, Miss Adelia Hollman, at home; one grandchild and two sisters living in Germany. The body was taken to the home, 1224 East Washington boulevard, Fort Wayne, where private funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’clock, CDST. Burial will be in Hie Concordia Lutheran cemetery. Friends are j asked to omit flowers.

OVER 500 BOYS AT BOYS' STATE Two Local Boys At ( amp Sponsored By American Legion Indianapolis, June 29. (U.R) — Lloyd C, Wampler of Spencer took office as governor of the Hoosier Boys' State today as the organization's general assembly prepared to adopt the Indiana constitution and laws as the basis for Its own organization. More than 500 boys from throughout Indiana are gathered at Butler university fieldhouse for tlie seven day camp meeting which is a course in government sponsored by the American Legion. A colorful inaugural parade led by mass colors and standards and the Indianapolis Newsboy's hand highlighted yesterday's elections in the fieldhouse. Officers elected in addition to Wampler included William Hare, Evansville, lieutenant governor; Norman Benedict. East Chicago, secretary of state; Tom McDonald. Speed, auditor; Samuel Wells, Scottsburg, treasurer; William Good, Hammond, superintendent of public instruction; Frank Gregory. Princeton, cerk ot supreme and appellate courts. In his inaugural address, Governor Wampler promised his admin istration would concern itself with problems of the club without dealing with state or national problems. "We have enough problems of our own to keep up busy," he said. John McConnell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe McConnell, and Robert Eichorn, son ot Dr. and Mrs. C>. F. Eichorn. are attending the camp. Their attendance at the camp is sponsored by Adams post (CXJNTINUWD ON PAGE TWO) FRANCE FACES MONEY CRISIS Financial Markets Closed, Gold Payments Suspended Paris, June 29—(UP) —France has been drained of gold to the extent of billions of francs and is in a critical position which calls for devaluation of the franc from its present level, George Borges Bonnet, finance commission of the the chamber of deputies today. Paris. June 29 (U.P.) The popu lar front government, with financial markets closed and gold payments suspended, demanded emergency powers from parliament today to deal with a grave crisis which it feared would imperil the franc and national recovery. A government declaration out lining the cabinet's aims was read to the chamber of deputies and senate. The government staked Its life on adoption of the program, insisting that it be approved l>y noon tomorrow. Premier Camille Chautemps I 1 read the declaration in the chamber and Albert Sarraut, one of the three ministers of state, read it in j the senate. Vice-Premier Leon ’ Blum, whom Chautemps succeeded, was scheduled to read it in the senate, but objected at the last minute to doing so before the ! body which caused the downfall I of his government last week by ■ refusing his request for much milder powers than those now I asked by Chautemps. . The chamber listened coldly to • the declaration, only the radical (OONTINUHD ON PAGE TWO) ■ 0 Adams County Youth Injured In Accident Raymond Fields, son of Mr. and Mrs. P. O. Fields, living on the Adams-Jay county line, is recovering from Injuries sustained Sunday afternoon when the car he was driving overturned in the southern part of the county. Fields suffered a multiple fracture of the right leg and a severely bruised left leg. Phillip Green, riding with him at the time of : the crash, escaped with minor cuts and bruises.

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I — —— Three Arrested At Warren In Connection With Plot To Blow Up Properties Os Steel Mills BOARD TO REPORT Johnstown, Pa., June 29 'U.R) Dynamiting of two water supply lines forced a virtual suspension of operations today at the giant Cambria works of Bethlehem Steel corporation. Six thousand men. who returned to their jolts during the last few days despite the strike callee against Bethlehem by the commit, tee for Industrial organization, were thrown out of work and the company announced that, without sufficient water supply, “we must shut down our main producing units." The explosions occurred early today in tlie mountains which encircle Johnstown. Pipelines which dally carry millions of gallons of water from the Quemahonlng dam and the Border dam into the eight-mile long plant were broken and the water gushed down the hillsides into Stoney Creek. Prior to the blasts, the Cambria plant was lielug returned slowly to normal operation. Bethlehem having been granted permission to reopen Ils mills last Friday when inartful law was revoked. Janies Mark, leader of the strikers, who arc demanding a signed contract, "deplored" the incident. Gov. George H. Earle, upon whose order the plant was cloaetl’ June 20 to prevent violence in the strike area, ordered Major Lynn G. Adams of the state police to begin an investigation immediately “with the idea of finding the perpetratora.” Arrest Three Youngstown, 0., June 29- (U.R)— Police sought today the C. I. O. chieftain who called a geenral industrial strike at nearby Warren, 0.. last week, on charges that he was the "brains” of a "terrorist” plot to Idow up property at or near strike bound steel mllli. Police Chief B. J. Gillen, of Warren, swore out a warrant for arrest of Gus Hall, local strike I organizer, and two other men after arrest of three alleged bombers who were said to have confessed preparing for a series of nitroglycerin explosions around picketed and militia-guarded steel plants. The three men arrested were named by police as George Bui'das. John Boraweicc and Arthur Scott, all described as strikers from the Republic Steel corporation plant at Warren. They were charged with possessing explosives and held under $25,000 bail. Police said Hall had hot been seen for 24 hours. Three explosions In the Warren area have punctuated the 33-day old strike which kept 80,000 men idle in seven states until mills <»egan reopening within the last few days with militia and police pro ; tectlng returning non-sirikers. The explosion occurred on a bridge near the center of town, on the Pennsylvania railroad tracks and at a power line pole near the Republic plant at Niles. The ppwer line explosion, lat(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) LAWYERS TAKE HALF HOLIDAY All Law Offices In Decatur To Close Saturday Afternoons AU law offices in the city will ba c'osed Saturday afternoons, during the summer vacation of court. The new schedule will be effective immediately. The Saturday afternoon closing was decided by the Adams county bar aeeociatlon in a recent meeting. Summer court vacation rung . through July anj August, in Sep- ' tember, the lawyers will return to the original schedule. The lawyers are the last of the professional men In the city to decide on a half-day holiday each week. Physicians and dentists have been operating under the plan for t-oine time. Many stores in the dty have also . t een closing a half day a week. All clients are asked to note the change i .:n the schedule of the lawyers i and arrange their calls in accordance.