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i SUSPECT ■ORDER CASE r SOUTH BEND ■ Mnliauaka. K lie Knows \nyKng of Murder ■rested K V! K'HUHIO I Ind ■ yaw-. Kerr in-t nulit in unin ■ th,, atliuk i murder Kral Mm ApP-l. Rrnil. ihuii' d l.nowl- ■ girl polic<> ■rZ'iairtly I- ■'>» l"- ■ had l! for police - il l. but had ■ g 'ii,..- jiu nipm ure ■on about the .rime. was are - "u suspiK h . it was learned that Ids Hembled the i't which K> C il was seen shortly ■ lor death. Spots. which ■jolieved to be -tains, ■und on the fn nt seat of ■ Fear Violence ■ Bend. Ind. An- - <F?> ■ . pussilih II b '■ uiloiiee to ■irderer <>: . idtt y.ir-old ■Appel today led police to ■to disband -of cir■bn Ila.i ■ on ‘ting ■a! -s. it: iditlg ’wo ■r uress, ,li lied Krly woman, w-: • held for ■tin:. Women and rirls re- ■ close to their In.ines. how ■-- announced the ■lay-r probably a native of ■etui, still was free. ■tn- r inves’i■i: 'in i am near ■ft.-. ■«h V.irvim 's mis■body «as TliursUay ■u hour after -.... was killed ■tins and nth -r evidence ■to the l a'u indii 0.0. l it was Knceo ON PAGE TWO) ■>——— o—■plete Construction ■ton. Ind.. Any. Un-The B■struction company which ■diuiujilet rd y,. Now tfraud ■ building will start building ■itor for the <ni.s Elevator ■f at Cleveland. The B-G ■ction company is a Berne ■ Hurt In Accidents ■ Haute, Ind . Aug. .10—(UP) ■ men. injured in automobile Ms in and near west Terre iftiday night, were in Terre hospitals. toil, y, both sufakull fractures which may fatal. Ms Crynes. 40. was taken MPital with a fractured skull injuries anoiit the head oulders after Ids car left the nd overturned down an eraHLHis condition was regard lerious. tal Buy, 70, suffered a frac•hull and brain concussion * »as run down by an autodriven by a girl whose name learned. It was reported ■stopped after the accident wicial report was made. I RECEIVE IBENTRIES ““Opened in Cham--01 Commerce Rooms n Madison Street ,! or the agricultural exbhv J! Decatur Kr ee Street! ? a(k> trom Tueß< lay •aJ of next week, L. E. ■ county agricultural diftj eneral chair man of the ... .’ ann °unced today, i in 7?* next week wl!1 be the Chamber of Commß?k ln x he Peoples Loan Ibe mna , building - Entries M time ° 1,1 ad departments Ailments’ 11 charge of his year's r a “ d ind ications Ur er tb nn show win be o ' 1 the one held connection with the « B i ed to<iay that hum tag various plannln « on animals in . producta and lu the various ex-

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ALVIN LBURDG, DIES FRIDAY Prominent Decatur Man Dies at Home on Mercer Avenue Alvin L.. Burdg, 70, a resident of Decatur for over fifty years, died at his home at 634 Mercer avenue, Friday evening at 5;30 o’clock, following an illness of five years duration. Mr. Burdg suffered with paralysis which caused ■ his death last evening. He had been seriously ill with the malady for the last two years. The deceased was born fn Adams county, east of Berne, July 15, 1860, the son of William MJ and Mila Ann Burdg. both deceased. Forty-five years ago he was united in marriage to his wife. 1 Jesse F. Juday-Burdg who survives him together with two daughters and four sons. * He was a barber in Decatur for more than fifty years. He was a member of the Knights of Pythias and Yoeman lodges, and for a number of years lias been a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. He- was also engaged in the milling business in New Corydon. and Willehire, Ohio, and is well known throughout this sec(CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) o DEFENDS WOMEN HOLDING JOBS Women’s Bureau Head Says Women Should Be Retained Washington, Aug. 30. — (U.R) — Women, either single or married, should not be discharged from their jobs in order to provide work for men during the present unemployment situation, Miss Mary Anderson, director of the labor department's women's bureau, said today. In a Labor Day statement, Miss Anderson made an appeal for a shorter working day and against any sex discrimination which, she said, would only render conditions “more warped" than at present. "Finding immediate remedies for our present slump is the urgent business confronting us," Miss Anderson said. "In planning a program of industrial betterment the most obvious feature to be discarded is not this or that class of ' workers, but the long work day. "The truth is that women as well as men are needed in the ranks of wage earners. It is not (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) 0 Beery Funeral Sunday Funeral services for Edwin W. Beery, who committed suicide Friday morning, will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock (Daylight Saving Time) at the home one and one half miles east of this city with Rev. B. H. Franklin, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church officiating. Interment will be made in the Decatur Cemetery. Friends may view the remains from 2 o’clock this afternoon until , 8 o’clock tonight.

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K'uuir iivuii. .n id u in 11 Local Woman's Uncle Dies In Jay County James Peterson, 66, of west of Portland, an uncle of Mrs. Paul Phillips of this city, died at his home Friday morning at 4:15 o'clock. Death was said to have been due to complications. The deceased was a well known Jay county farmer, having spent his entire life in the community in which he died. Surviving are the wife, Maggie Peterson, one daughter, Mrs. Roxie ! Hoagland, west of Portland; four ' sens, Russell near Dunkirk; John 1 Hartford City; Henry J., south of ' : Redkey; and Fred at home. Funeral* services will be held Sun- ' day afternoon at 2 o’clock in the < i Hopewell Church, and Jmrial will I take place in the Claycomb ceme-1 tery. I o EX-PRESIDENT HELD IN PERU Held At Prison Where He Banished Many of His Own Enemies Lima, Peru, Aug. 30 — (UP) — Former president of Peru Augusto B. Leguia was held today in the prison to which he had banished many political exiles. Leguia and his son Juan were removed from the warship Admiral Grau to the island of San Lorenzo late Friday afternoon. Lieut. Alfonso Llosa was in command of the heavy guard placed over the ex-presidenta nd his son. Llosa served one year of a sentence in the island prison, imposed upon him by Leguia, and was released only when the movement headed by Lt. Col. Luis Sanchez Cerro overthrew the Leguia regime. , Leguia will be held for trial, i Sanchex «Cerro told the United < Press. i Lt. Commander Harold Grow, . who resigned from the United States navy to become head of the s Peruvian air force under Leguia, t must also face a court martial, t Sanchez Cerro said. He alleged ’ that Grow flew to Arequipa with an airplane loaded with bombs. 1 Grow was safe and there was ! no need to worry about his wel- i fare, the foreign office stated. i Another American, Charles W. Sutton, was brought to Lima from I Lambayaque and placed in prison. 1 His detention was not explained. 1 Sutton has been a resident of Peru ’ for many years and developed the most extensive irrigation projects ! in the history of the country. Bank Funds Correct Albion, Ind., Aug. 30. —(U.R) —State I bank examiners, following an investigation at the Farmers State Bank whose cashier, Abel Barnum, committed suicide Monday, an- ' nounce the tragedy had no con- s nection with the affairs of the J bank. ' —— -o : 1 Offer Dollar Rewards , ■ « Warsaw, Ind., Aug. 30. —(U.R) —A t one dollar reward was offered to- ( day by Mayor Lewis J. Bibler and t Chief of Police Judd Pittenger for f every slot machine found operat- t ing in Warsaw. (

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Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, Autfust 30, 1930.

tri i ici'Dii tvnvit iiiuiutfi . AGE LIMIT FOR “ PUPILSIS SET All Children Becoming Siv Years of Age By Sept. 2, Eligible All children, who are or will be six years of age by September 2 are permitted to enter the first grade of Decatur public schools, Superintendent M. F. Worthman stated in an order to all school patrons. Public schools will open J Tuesday, September 2, and school lists have been issued. 1 AKI books should be purchased before Tuesday and classes will start on regular scheduled time. Classes will begin at 8 o’clock in the morning. Daylight saving time will be used in September and aftjr the first month regular standard time will be in force. Mr. Worthman stated that a date for children who became six years of age between September 2 and February, would be announced later and that those pupils would enter school at that time. No child under six years of age will be permitted to enter school now, according to school board rules. 0 STATE FAIR IS OPENED TODAY Annual Exposition Is Squaring Away For Week’s Festivity Inianapolls, Aug. 30 — (UP) — Cloudy skies had only a slight effect on the thousands of visitors to the annual state fair today and exhibit building and carnival shows were filled with enthusiastic sightseers. Showers last night settled dust and brought relief from sultry weather. Although today was expected to remain cloudy, no precipitation was expected. Nearly 10,000 persons were expected to pass through the fair gates today, paying tribute to Hoosier youth in whose honor the opening day was dedicated. Judging of exhibits of boys ami girls clubs, including swine, beef, poultry, cooking, sewing, and other divisions of 4-H club entries, was the chief event of the day. Judging of the other exhibits will be started Monday. Two hundred boys from fifty counties will assemble Monday (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) Final Union Service To Be Held Sunday The last Union Sunday night cfiufcit servitee Sor the summer season will be held at the Presbyterian church on Sunday night at 7:30 o’clock with the Rev. Benj. H. Franklin, pastor of the Methodist church preaching the sermon. These united services have been conducted every Sunday night during the months of July and August and the attendance and interest has been gratifying. Beginning with the first Sunday in September each participating church will pursue its own individual church program.

Ft. Wayne Street Car Fares Are Increased Street car fares will be Increased in Fort Wayne on September 7, to 10 cents for a single ticket and four tokens for 30 cents. The present fares are seven cents for single ticket and four tokens for 25 cents The weekly pass remains $1 a week. The new rates were allowed by the Public Service Commission today. - o DELLA BEER IS DEATH'S VICTIM Prominent Farmer’s Daughter Dies After Long Illness Berne, August 30 —(Special)— Miss Della Beer, 36 life long resident of Adams County died at 11:20 o'clock today at the home of her parents, C. C. Beer, in Berne. Death was caused by tuberculosis of the throat from which she had been suffering for the past two years. She had been bedfast a I'ttle more than a wecx. The deceased was born in Monroe township, June 25, 1894 the daugh--1 ter of Christian C. and Sarah Ellen-berger-Beer, both of whom survh e. She spent her entire life at home with her parents in Berne. The following brothers ar d sis ters survive: Mrs. Fred Pickford Mrs. Noah Roth of this city, Mrs. Edwin Spehiger of Linn Grove, Mrs. Henry Nussbaum and Mrs. Ed Rich of Monroe township. Mrs. Floyd Schindler of Berne, Ermin Beer of Berne, Elmer, Merlin, and Raymond Beer, all at home. Two brothers, , Harve and Jesse Beer preceded the deceased in death. Miss Beer was a member of the Reformed church at Berne. Funeral [ services will be held Monday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Reformed I church at Berne. Interment will be I made in the M. R. E. Cemetery WIFE KILLER ENDS OWN LIFE Texas Attorney Fin d s Unique Way to Kill Self In Jail i 1 Amarillo, Tex., Aug. 30.—(U.R) — A. D. Payne killed himself in a county jail cell early today by exploding a tiny bottle of nitroglycerine — much the same manner in which he murdered his wife with ' a bomb two months ago. Authorities said the former prom inent attorney apparently had put off his suicide for six weeks so his children would receive his life inI surance. The explosion occurred only a few minutes past midnight, when the suicide clause in the insurance policy expired. He had carried the explosive by a string about his neck for six weeks. He had lain face downward on his cot and discharged j the explosive against his chest. Three other prisoners had been in the cell a few minutes before the explosion, but two ot them left when Payne said he wanted to be alone. The attorney’s )rhest was crushed by the blast and his body was torn. Payne’s cell-mates were R. L. Condor, Commodore Pulliam and Vernon Churchill. Condor said Payne had tehown him a tiny bottle which the attorney said contained nitroglycerine and which he had carried for a month and a half. Pulliam and Condor were in an adjoining cell when the explosion occurred, but Churchill was sleeping on a cot near Paynje’s Churchill was uninjured. The jail cell was partly wrecked. Since he confessed to killing his wife, Payne had said he hoped for the death penalty. He insisted that no defense be prepared for (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) o Quartet Enters Contest The Adams county quartet composed of Ernest Foreman of Decatur, George Yaney and Russel Baumgartner of Kirkland Township ami i Clifford Mann of Root Township, ■ will represent the Adams county i farm Bureau in the state Farm Bur--1 eau quartet contest at the Indiana state fair to be held in Indianapolis, i The young men will leave for In- ■ dianapolis at 7 o’clock Sunday i morning and will sing in the contest at 10 o'clock Monday morning.

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OCEAN FLIER STARTS TRIP TO AIR RACES Will Take Lindbergh’s Place at Famous Chicago Air Circus VON GRONAU IS LATEST HERO I Curtiss-Wright Airport, Chicago, Aug. 30—(U.P.)— The most recent of the trans-Atlantic fliers was sailing westward toward Chicago today to take the place of honor at the tenth annual National Air races which Col. Charles A. Lindbergh had just vacated. , Announcement that M. Von Gronau, the young German aviator who recently flew from Europe to North America, would come to the races, was received late yesterday at almost the same time L’ndbergh and Mrs. Lindbergh took off from the airport for Detroit. Jimmy Doolittle, famous stunt- ’ er, and Fritz Loose, German ace were en route to Niagara Falls, N. Y., where they planned to meet the German fliers. They planned to accompany them from Niagara Falls to Chicago. Doolittle and Loose took off here last night and were to be met when they arrived back with the German fliers by a squadron of planes. Capt. W. Von Gronau and his , party were flying a sea plane which could not land here. The plan was for the Doolittle squadron to lead tire Germans in a salute flight over the field and then guide them back to Lake Michigan for a landing. The fliers were scheduled to i arrive at the airport about noon. Shortly after lindebgrgh’s departure, the fifth accident of the air races, which end Labor Day. occurred. and the third person was killed. Flying a radically built plane of his own design, George Fernic, Roumanian designer, crashed from a height of almut 150 feet, completely demolished his own plane, wrecked another, and was instantly killed. The plane in which Fernic crashed was an odd machine with an extra w'ing in the front and a single large wheel directly under the motor. He claimed it was practically impossible for the ship (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) o GASOLINE TAX FUNDSGROWING August Revenues Are Largest In History of State Gas Tax Indianapolis, Aug. 30. — (U.R) — ■ Revenue from gasoline tax collections in August totalled $1,866,390.58, the highest amount ever i collected in the history of the gas ■ tax department. The figure represented an increase of $202,144 ovet; collections for the same month last year, and an increase of $13,481.76 over the previous record of $1,852,908.82, established in September of last I year. Tax collections for gasoline sold during the first eight months of the year totalled $11,575,295.45, a gain of $1,864,548.44 over the same period of last year. 0 Seek Check Forger Authorities are seeking a Kokomo man who issued two bogus i checks in Bluffton this week. One • check for $3.22 was issued to Fred [ Miller for chickens and the other . for $9.78 to Cyrus Williams for grapes. The man is also wanted as a suspect for auto stealing. Authorities in nearby counties were notified to be on the look out for the man. 0 Hall Is Moderator Newcastle, Ind., Aug. 30. —(U.R) — ' The Rev. Alvin Hall, Monticello, was named moderator of the First j Church of God in annual conference here. Other officers include . C. H. Holliday, Newcastle, assistr ant moderator; Frances Eilar, New- . castle, clerk and J. A. Cromer, . general treasurer.

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-w . » wsaa»_ I I James E. Jewel, lawyer, stock I I breeder and farmer of Fort Morgj an, Colo., who was elected com-mander-:n-chief of, the Grand Army . of the Republic ,at the sixty-fourth encampment of the organization . in Cincinnati. TAX RATE WILL i BE SET TUESDAY l Present Estimates Show ’ Increase of 14 Cents On Hundred Dollars , Tax rate® collectable next year I will be fixed by the different taxing s units next Tuesday when the ■ boa t ! will inept, adopt budgets i > and figure the rate. Estimates so far published would ■ increase Decatur's tax rate 14 r cents on the hundred dollars. ■ This increase would boost the rate ■ from $3.55 to $3.69 on the hundred dollars. f The proposed increase includes , four cents on the civil city's levy, i nine cents on the county highway • repair levy and one cent on the , county general fund levy. These' - estimates may be pruned when ; the city council and county coun- : cil meet next Tuesday. i It is practically assured that the i county highway repair levy will ’ not be increased nine cents, i County Attorney Henry B. Heller, > stated when the estimate -and budget was published. The present rate of the highway repair fund is 25 cents on the hundred dollars and it is believed that the county council will keep it at that figure or reduce it a few cents. | The bill sent to Adams county i Ijj- the Indiana state highway ' commission, amounting to more than SB,OOO and carrying with it another liability of about SIO,OOO, 1 creates another possibility that the county rate may have to be increased. The county does not have an appropriation sufficient to pay this claim and it is not known ■ what action the county council ■ and the commissioners will take ■ on it. The school city levy, fixed at • $1.42 on the hundred dollars will not be changed. This is the same - rate as in effect this year and the i board has practically decided that I there will not be any change or ■ boost in ■ the levy. , In several of the townships the township rate has been reduced while the increases proposed are I small. These rates will be fixed > by the township advisory boards i on Tuesday. 0 Confess Seeting Fire to Paulding, O„ Home In an effort to collect insurance - Norbert Rayman, 17 and his sister i Mrs. Wilma Winkelman, 20 of « Paulding, Ohio, have confessed that 1 they set fire to their farm home on ■ August 2. The loss was estimated ■ at $2,500. The house was owned by i Brady Brothers of Payne. Q To Dedicate Boulder Bluffton, Ind., Aug. 30—The large boulder which will be a permanent marker and memorial to the first white settler in Wells county and to the first white child born in the ’ county was placed in position on 1 a base just south of Murray, Thurs--1 day afternoon by employes of the • Kelley Monument Works and the ‘ Grove and Baxter garage, with - Postmaster Ralph Thomas also as- - sisting. The date for dedication of , the memorial has not yet been set but it likely will be in October.

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'PROJECT MUST START AT ONCE; ECONOMIC AID President Has Conference With Under-Secretaries In Charge BUDGET PLAN IS DISCUSSED Orange, Va.. Aug. 30 IU.P) —The necessity of s|>cediiig on the government’s $568,000,000 public buildings urogram as an aid to employment and business in general was stressed today by President Hoover during a conference with two departmental undersecretaries in charge of j that work. The president’s action was in line with h’s new policy to move forward more rapidly than had been planned with all government construction, including flood control work, inland waterways and road building as well as public buildings work. Shortly after breakfast at his Rapldan camp. Mr. Hoover called in Assistant Treasury Secretary Perry Heath and Fourth Assistant Postmaster General J, W. Philp to discuss with them the methods to be employed in expediting the program. As in last week's flood control conference at his week-end camp, Mr. Hoover talked over ’ prospective budget estimates for next year. Congress gave $265,000,000 for public buildings th s year and despite the pressure of decreasing government revenues, the president has indicated a desire to I maintain at least this figure for 1 next year. ,The building program, begun two years ago, originally contemplated a fixed annual outlay for 10 years, but this year congress increased tlie appropriation, fn anticipation of slack employment. It is conceivable now the program may be concluded in eight years, or less. Before leaving Washington late I yesterday, the president received ' from Secretary of Agriculture Hyde information indicating 11 per cent of existing unemployment was due to the drought. After this morning's business conference, the president planned to spend the rest of his week-end visiting friends who are guests at the camp. o — Both Houses Dissolved Warsaw, Poland, Aug. 30. —(U.R) —President Ignacy Moscicki dissolved both parliament and the senate today. Dissolution followed the recent resignation of the government of Premier Valery Sluwek and the formation of a new cabinet headed by Marshal Joseph Pilsudski. President Moscicki. acting on the instigation of Pilsudski, announced that parliament and the senate had been dissolved because he had lost all hope that parliament might be able to make the necessary changes in the constitution for the election of a new parliament on Nov. 16 and a new senate on Nov. 23. FOUR INJURED IN AVALANCHE College Students are Near Death In California Today Mineral King, Calif., Aug. 30. — (U.R) — Four students, dangerously injured in an avalanche high in the Sierra Nevada mountains, lay near death today with only th crude surgery of a mine foreman to save their lives until help could be sent in by airplane. The airplane left independence, Calif., early today to bring two of the youths — Donald Griffith, 19, and Robert Rankin, 21, back to a hospital in San Francisco if possible. The other two —Edward Jordan and Donald Downs, both 19, were so dangerously hurt by the avalanche it was throught removal would prove fatal. Reports reaching here said the foreman of the construction gang the youths were working on dur(CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)