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Vol. XXVIII. No. 205.

Eormer Local Woman Expires at Garrett . !. I I (Jarrett, August 29—(Special) — Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock for Mrs. Clara Amanda Ray, wife of Levi Ray, who died last Monday night from apoplexy. Mrs. Ray was born in Decatur where she lived until 18X6 wh?n sinmoved to Garrett. She was formerly Mfsa (Tara Amanda Smith and her marriage to Levi Ray occurred in Decatur. August 24, 1871. Mr. and Mrs. Ray celebrated their 59th wedding anniversary last Sunday. NEW PUPILS TO ENROLLTODAY Principal Brow n Has Charge of Enrollment at High School Decatur high school pupils, who are entering high school for the first time this year are registering today at the office of Principal W. Guy Brown. Rural freshmen will be permitted to enroll any time Saturday until 9 o’clock Saturday night. As each embryo pupil enrolls, he is given a book list and his schedule is arranged so that school will start Tuesday morning on scheduled time. H gh school pupils are requested to have their books by Tuesday and also are asked to have their schedule arranged. The Decatur high school teaching staff is complete, with the exception of a Latin instructor. This vacancy will be filled in a day or two, it was announced. There are t-everal applicants for the place. Superintendent M. F. Worthman, stated that everything was ready for school to begin Tuesday. The city school teachers will meet previous to the opening, Mr. Worth man said. — —o Suffers Broken Leg Novitas Moser, thirteen-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Noah Moser, residing on State Road 27. north of Betne. suffered a fracture to the left leg Tuesday evening when he fell from the hay mow in the Moser barn. REPUBLICANS PLANCAMPAIGN Chairman Rogers to Confer With Senator Watson Saturday Indianapolis, Aug. 29. — <U.R) — Elza O. Rogers, Republican state chairman, will leave for Washington tomorrow to confer with United States Senator James E. Watson and other G. O. P. leaders regarding the opening of the fall campaign and a statewide rally to be held in Indianapolis late in September. Rogers announced the senator is planning a speaking campaign which will include one or two addresses in every district in the state. Watson's speaking campaign will open with the rally in Indianapolis, Rogers said. National campaign speakers who are scheduled for speeches in Indiana include Edwin Morrow, formerly governor of Kentucky; Mrs. Ruth Hanna McCormick, nominee for United States senator in Illinois and Oscar Depriest, Chicago colored representative in congress. Personnel of the campaign executive committee and headquarters staff also was announced by Rogers. The executive committee is composed of Governor Harry Leslie, as chairman, and Mrs. Arthur.R. Robinson as vice-chairman, with the following members: Charles E. Enloe, Evansville; James P. Goodrich, Winchester; Fred A. Sims. Indianapolis; Will H. Hays. Sullivan; E. M. Wasmuth,. Huntington; Arthur B. Ayres, Newcastle; Lawrence Lyons, Brook; E. F. Kitseiman, Muncie; E. W. Bowen, Delphi; Will G. Irwin, Columbus; E. F. Branch, Martinsville; John M. Lontz, Richmond; Eli F. Seebirt, South Bend; Fred Bryan, Bedford; A. M. Glossbrenner, Indianapolis; John A. Royse, Indianapolis; Al(CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)

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MANIAC KILLS GIRL AFTER HE An ACKS HER Search Begins in Two States For Slayer of South Bend Girl BELIEVE MAN TO BE DEMENTED South Bend, Ind,, Aug. 29. —(U.R;—The brutal murder of 8-year-old Marberine Appel, who was kidnapped, attacked and strangled to death started a search through two states today for her maniacal abductor. Authorities believed the child was the victim of a demented man who lured her into an automobile with promises of candy late Wednesday and held her captive for more than 30 hours. The body was found in a vacant lot only- a few blocks from her home. Physicians said she had been dead less than an hour. Neighbors and members of the Appel family advanced no motive for the murder except that Marberine, known as the “sweetheart of the neighborhood”, had attracted the attentions of a mentally unbalanced man. Her mother, Mrs. Eula Appel, a divorce, knew of no family enemies who might have been responsible. Police said they believed the kidnaper was inspired by a similar case at Valparaiso, Ind., last week. The ten year-old girl in that case i was held captive for two days but was found unharmed and her abi ductor was arrested. The body, wrapped in a shawl, : (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) , ———~-o- —: — NEW CATHOLIC FACULTY NAMED I School To 0 pye n Here Tuesday; Sister M. Vera, Principal ThTe new Sister teachers in the St. Joseph's grade school and in the Decatur Catholic high school have arrived in the city preparatory to the opening of the school I term next Tuesday. I There will be new teachers in the | grades and two new teachers in the high school this year. Sister M Vera, who returned this week from summer school at Indiana University will he the principal of the school again this year. -The Sisters who will teach in the Catholic school this year are: First . grade, Sister M. Helene; second , grade, Sister M. Henrita; third grade, Sister M. Dominica; fourth grade. Sister M. Laurita; fifth grade i Sister M. Angelas;; sixth grade, Sister M. Agnes; seventh grade, ( Sister M. Winifred; eighth grade, Sister M. Terese. ’ In the high school the teacher., 1 are; Sister M. Anastasia; Sister < Helen Clare; Sister M. Regina; Sis 1 ter M. Benigna and Sister Vera i 1 Sister M. Edwardine is the new mu- i ’ sic teacher. ■ Register Tuesday 1 Students in the high school are i asked to register Tuesday morning I at the school. Book lists and assign- i ) ments will be Issued Tuesday and : - classes will -be resumed on Wed- i , nesday in the high school. i In theg rades classes will take up 1 Tuesday and all beginners are ask- ■ ed to report on the first day. The < new teacher, Sister Helene who ( will teach in the first grade is an I experienced primary teacher, being ( located at Houghton, Michigan for < 14 years. She succeeds Sister M. t Sophia, who taught in the primary i ' grade here for 16 years. Sistei So- t phia has gone to New London, Wis., to teach. , 1 1 The same hours will be observed- 3 ’ this year, Sister Vera stated. Mass < “ will be at 7:30 A. M. and classes ’ will take-up at 8:15. Adjournment ■ will be at 11:30 A. M. and classes will be resumed at one o'clock P. M. adjourning for the day at three- j : thirty o'clock. , All of the Sisters assigned here ( - are experienced and licensed teach- - ers. All state requirements as to books and curricula are fulfilled in the requirements carried out at the ' school. . Sister Vera urged all former high school students and those who were ' graduated last June from the Eighth ' - grade to enroll in the high school < this year.

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Decatur, Indiana, Friday, August 29, 1930.

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Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and his wife are shown as they stepped from their plane at the Curtiss-Reynolds Airport, scene of the National Air Races. In taking off from Indianapolis, their preceding stop, the Lindberghs narrowly escaped disaster. A backfire from their ship would have ignited a pool of gasoline on the ground below had not the wind blown away the flame from the exhaust.

URGES RETURN TO EDUCATION M. F. Worth man Tells of Importance of Higher Learning M. F. Worthmail superintendent of schools in an address before the Decatur Rotary club urged all boys and girls to return to school next year and emphasized the importance of securing a high school education. “Go back to school next week and secure your education". Mr. Worthman stated. “You will never regret it”, continued the school superintendent. Mr. Worthman addressed the club in connection with the “back to school campaign” conducted every year in this city and stated that as far as he knew most young men and young women were planning to return to high school next week. Mr,. Worthman also gave figures compiled by M. E. Craig of Bluffton concerning delinquency and the figures proved that the per cent of high school graduates who became prisoners in our penal institutions were small compared witli those wfto did not have an education. Mr. Worthman stated that this year there would be 78 Decatu*' young men and young women in colleges this fall. o— Tarkington Is 11l Baltimore, Md., Aug. 29.—(U.R) — Booth Tarkington is at Johns Hopkins hospital again and another eye operation may be n'ecessary, it was learned at the hospital today. The novelist has been at Johns Hopkins twice previously, his last visit being in April of this year. Dr. William H. Wilmer, head of the Ophthalmalogical institute, who already has performed two operations on Tarkington, may decide upon athird.

John Dull Injured John Duff, well-known farmer in Hartford township, suffered painful injuries Wednesday afternoon while unloading hay in his barn. He was rendered unconscious when he received a blow to his head from a pulley, and also received some gashes about the face. A physician was called and the injuries were dressed. NEW LUTHERAN I TEACHER HERE E. W. Boeker to Be Installed Sunday At Church Service E. W. Boeker, newly called teacher of the Zion Parochial school, will be installed with special services at the Zion Lutheran church, Sunday. The installation services will begin at 10 o’clock and will be in charge of Rev. Paul W. Schultz, local pastor. Mr. Boeker comes to this city from Mt. Olive, Illinois, He is a graduate of the River Forest Lutheran Teacher's College at River Forest, Illinois where he has been preparing himself for the past six years to become a teacher in the Lutheran schools. Immediately following his graduation last June he accepted the call to this city. / The formal installation address will be delivered by the Rev. Paul W. Schultz. Musical selections will be rendered by the pien’s (.'horns of the Immanuel Lutheran Church with Prof. Ben Schultz of the Immanuel school presiding at the organ. Mr. Boeker succeeds Prof. W. Denninger who taught in this city during the past year. Prof. Dennin ger has accepted a position with , the Lutheran school at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where be will ‘begin his new duties next week. The fall semester of the Zion (CONTINUED ON FAGE TWO)

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EDWIN IN. REERY ENDS HIS LIFE DY SHOOTING Well-Known Farmer Is Suicide Victim at Home East of Here FUNERAL TO BE SUNDAY Despondency over ill health land worry about financial [ matters tire believed to have prompted Edwin \V. Beery, ! 1(5, we t known Adams county farmer to have committed suicide at (5:10 o’clock this morning at his home, one and one-half miles east of I Decatur. Mr. Beery was in the home with : his entire family when he stepped Into his bedroom. Only a few seconds later Mrs. Beery, who was In an adjoining rom. heard the report of a gun and rushed into the bedroom where she found her husband lying on the floor in a pool of blood. It Is beleved that he held the shotgun in his mouth, when he killed himself. A coroner's inquest was held th s morning and County Cofoner J. ('. Grandstaff pronounced aver'CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) COLLEGES CALL LOCAL PEOPLE Nursing And Teaching Professions Are Most Popular Vocations The teaching and nursing professions claim the largest number of high school graduates who will go away to school next fall, according to a list compiled by M* F. Worthman, superintendent of city schools. Twenty of the 56 students who were graduated from the Decatur public high school last May will attend colleges, vocational schools or take training in hospitals this year. Seven of last year's graduates will take postgraduate work at the Decatur high school. Six of the 19 students who were graduated from the Decatur Catholic high school last June will enter .nurse’s training and univers(CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) PREBLE FIRE LOSSSI,DOO Anto Exhaust Backfire Causes Destruction of Barns, Gas Tank Back fire from an automobile caused a serious fire at Preble Thursday night, when George Bultemeier was in the act of driving his automobile from his barn. Two barns and a chicken house were burned, together with about 150 gallons of gasoline, 55 gallons of oil, a quantity of wood and about 75 chickens. The loss is estimated at SI,BOO. Mr. Bultemeier started his car in his barn, which he also used for a garage, when it back-fired and ignited rubbish in the,barn. He drove his car out of the barn, and the flames reached the tank of gasolitie, which exploded, causing a great conflagration which could be seen for several miles. The flames spread to an adjoining barn belonging to John Kirchner and to the chicken house on the Butlemeier property. All three buildings totally destroyed. The Otto Hoffman garage, located east of the Bultemeier barn, was threatened by the flames. The Decatur fire department was called and a hose line was laid from the pool near the Standard Oil Pumping station to the scene of the fire. The firemen prevented a more serious spread of the flames and saved the houses from catching fire. They fought the fire for sometime and today were commended by the Preble residents for their efforts in keeping the fire confined to the barns which were already in flames when the department arrived.

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4 —_♦ NO PAPER MONDAY The Dally Democrat will not be published next Monday, S- ptember 1, In observance of i , Day. For several years it has been the custom to suspend business on this day. Fac- | I torles, business houses and of- I flees will be closed Monday ; and I here will not be any mail delivery. No special program has been arranged here tor the ; day, but many are planning to I take advantage of the last j ’ holiday of the vacation season, | by going to the lake, playing I golf or motoring. DEMOCRATS TO HOLD MEETINGS !Several State-Wide Meets Planned For Next Week Indianapolis, Aug. 29. —(U.R) — Swinging into fall campaign activity. the Democratic state committee today announced a list of meetings for next week at which party leaders and candidates will polish plans for the campaign. District organization meetings will be continued throughout the week, it was announced. A meeting at Noblesville will be held tonight, and another in Franklin Tuesday night which will be attended by R. Earl Peters, chairman of the state committee and other part executives. Democratic women of Clay county will hold a picnic in Brazil September 10 at which Walter Myersi, Indianapolis, will be the principal speaker. Peters and Mrs. A. P. Flynn, Logansort, vice-chair-man of the state committee, will be the speakers at an organization • meeting in Greencastle, September • 12. A two-day statewide rally will be held September 29 and 30 at Turkey Run state park when Paul V. McNutt, Bloomington, will be one of the speakers. o— Van Camp Funeral Today Funeral services for Miss Dor- ; othy Van Camp, who died at Detroit, Michigan, following an automobile accident list Sunday, were held at 10 o'clock this morning : at the Decatur cemetery witli Rev. A. R. Fledderjohann, pastor of the Zion Reformed church officiating. The body was brought from Detroit to this city yesterday for burial. Hoover Manual Printed Washington, Aug. 29 — (UP) - The long-promised Hoover manual citing the accomplishments of the administration during its first 18 months was made public by the Republican National committee today in the midst of the inter-party publicity war here. Intended as a text book for the congressional campaign, the manual seeks to show that the President has acted to fulfill 34 ot' the 35 platform promises of the convention which nominated him at Kansas City in 1928. POST OFFICE CLOSESMONDAY No Rural or City Deliveries Will Be Made September 1 The Decatur Post Office will be closed Labor Day, Postmaster L. A. Graham announced today. No rural or city mail deliveries will be made throughout the day. The lobby of 1 the office will be open however, tin- ' til 5 o'clock in the evening, star- ■ dard time, so that those who have boxes at the office may get their 1 mail. The mail in the up town district will be collected at 8 o’clock Mon- • day morning, central standard time, ■ at the following boxes: Boston ( Store; corner Second ami Monroe streets; Peoples Loan and Trust Company, corner Second and Madi . son' streets; Rice Hotel, corner Third and Madison streets; Cut Rate Drug Company, North Second ■ street; and the box located in front ■ of the local post office. i Special delivery mail will be dei livered until 5 o’clock in the even ing.

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SAWS BARS IN BLUFFTON JAIL AND ESCAPES Kenneth Cobbum, 27, Is First Prisoner to Escape In Years TWO OTHERS FAIL TO LEAVE ’ Bluffton, Aui». 2!) — (Special) Kenneth Cobbuin, 27. returned to Wells county August 12 from Minneapolis where he was scheduled to 11 face a charge of child neglect 11 sawed his wav to freedom from the Wells county jail eady this morning. Cobbum used oil on the iron ; bars which he sawed, to deaden the sound. Two other prisoners in the jail stated they did not hear the man working with his raw. Three bars of a window in the ■ general cell were sawed and the - window was forced open. The . man apparently escaped in an f awaiting automobile. Wells county officials did not 1 learn of the escape until about 5 1 or 6 o'clock this morning. An immediate search was started, but t as yet no clues have been rei ceived. Several offcials are of the opin--1 ion that Cobbum had a confedert ate waiting outside the jail for (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) ' -o Local Young Man Is ‘j Fast Bicycle Rider I Eldrid Frohnapfel of this city, set B the bicycle iecord in this part of '• the country this morning when he '■ rode from Fort Wayne to his horns II in one and one half hours. n Eldrid left Fort Wayne at 6:15 r o'clock this morning and arrived in this city at 7:45 o’clock feeling none 1 the worse for his rapid riding. Eld ‘ rid has been employed in Fort 1 Wayne for several months and re--9 turned to this city today to prepare for the fall term of school. o r Miss Sellemeyer to Give Address Here Miss Esther Sellemeyer, of this city, who recently returned from a B ten year’s service in the Christian ’ Schools of China, will deliver an ■ address to the congregation of the 3 Presbyterian Church and the public, ■ next Wednesday evening at 8 o'- ' clock. Miss Sellemeyer will take as r her subject, “My Lite and Work as a Missionary in China.” Tlie public is invited to attend the service. Miss Sellemeyer’s address will begin at 8 o’clock, following the annual birthday dinner of the Pres--1 byterian Women’s Home and FprB eign Missionary Society which will j occur at 6 o’clock that evening. The members of the Society and r their husbands will attend the birthday dinner. No addmission will be charged B for the address, but a free will ofI sering- will be taken. t 0 ; CITY POOL TO CLOSE SUNDAY j Swimming Season Will End at 5 o’clock, Sunday Afternoon _ The Decatur municipal swimming pool will close next Sunday afternoon at 5 o'clock, after the most successful season since the big tank was built several years e ago. The water will be drained u from the cement pool and it will il be cleaned and left empty during e the cold months. Thousands of children and adults *’ visited the pool this .summer, and ’’ during the weeks of the intense e heat wave record crowds took adr vantage of the free pool. During the middle of the season, ‘ after it was found that the water ' in the pool tested only fair, those ’ in charge changed the watering p system and sent regular city water t Into the cement basin, making it j. much more attractive and cooling. , r W. Guy Brown has been in it charge of the pool this summer and also has conducted the locker it room and refreshment stand at the entrance. ?- Large attendance is predicted for i Sunday afternoon, as it will be the final day of the season.