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Head-On Collision Is Fatal To Woman Laporte, Ind., Sept. 20 —(U.R) AI head-on auto collision five mile* Inorth of Laporte today claimed lone life and three persons were ' Injured seriously. Miss Rose Norris, 29, teller In a ' I Igjporte lunik, died shortly after I the accident. Iler companion,' I Elmer Ginther, another teller in j the bank, and the two occupants I of the other machine, Gilbert Sny- ' <|er and Warren Daniels, were in ia hospital, witli Daniels not ex- ] irncted to recover. FARM BOARD IN CONTROVERSY Ru sin Selling Short On Board of Trade Is, Cause of Stir Washington, Sept. 20. <U.R) — The Federal farm board entered the Russian wheat controversy to-1 day when Samuel R. McKelvie. I wheat member of the board, ex- ; prtssed the opinion there was an' "ulterior motive" in the alleged ■ Soviet Russian policy of selling I wheat short in th Chicago board' of trade. McKelvie's discussion today followed a telegram sent last night by Secretary of Agriculture Hyde ■o John A. Bunnell, president of the board of trade, saying that investigation has shown a subsidiary >f the Soviet Amtory Trading cor I notation is selling wheat short in h'cago. “It is quite evident." McKelvi? < said, “that this is not being done I in the regulat process in the, future • market, by that I mean tit re is I some ulterior motive. Russia is mpo.ting Canadian wheat through I h r uutheru ports and is selling ,;nly through Iter sonthern ports to Italy and France because it is cheaper to dispone of the wheat in that way than to transport it by a long rail haul through Russia." M« K Ivie pointe ! out the Chicago board of trade would have authority to prevent the Russian sp'cultuion but the rules imposed for that purpose would not necessarily apply to private traders. He expressed the opinion, on ? motive of the short sales was to increase discontent among American farmers. McKelvie was asked whether the Sovitt Russian short selling might not be for the purpose of depressing prices in Canada where the Russian government is a purchaser. Without expressing a definite opin ion, McKelvie replied: “The Russian government through an industrial program which is fairly under way is producing wheat at 30 cents a bushel. This is done witli large scale operations and very low priced labor. o , Attempt New Record Oklahoma City, Sept. 20 —(U.R)— Three weeks more of monotonous flying lay ahead of Bennett Grist in and Roy Hunt today as they circled over Oklahoma City airport in an attempt to set a new refueling endurance flight record. The fliers passed their 161th hour in the air at 9:31 a.m., CST. today. To break the record set recently by Forest O'Brine and Dale Jackson of St. Louis, they must remain up until October 12. — o Guerra Funeral Held Funeral services were held this afternoon at. 2 o’clock at the St. Mary’s Catholic Church for Joan na Guerra; one month old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. oureliana Guerr' who died at the Guerra home, south of Pleasan'/ Mills, Friday moru< ing. Death was due to an infection of the throat. Rev. Father J. A. Seimetz officiated at the funeral services this afternoon and burial took place in tiie St. Joseph Cemetehy. Lad Badly Injured Richmond, Ind., Sept. 21) -<U.R) A six-year-old lad attempted to emulate the example of his older playmates, and in so doing suffer ed probable fatal injuries. Fred, had been watching the older boys slide down a 50-foot feed conveyor cable leading from an embankment into a feed lot. When he made the descent he struck a pole at the bottom and his skull was so badly crushed that physicians said there was no chance of recovery.

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DEATH CALLS DECATUR LADY Mrs. Bertha Tyner Is Victim of Heart Ailment This Morning Mrs. Bertha Tyner. (12, wife of John Tyner. 422 Mcßarnes street.' died at her home this morning at i 7 o’clock, following a several I months 'llness. Death was due to heart trouble, witli which Mrs. . Tyner bus l»een confined to her , bed for the last- few weeks. Mrs. Tyner had been married previously, and two daughters, born to that union, Mrs. Hugh Crumley of and Mrs. Eva Barth of Marion survive. One daughter, Blanche, is deceased. On April 6, 1912 she was united ’ in marriage to John Tyner and they made their home in New 1 i Bremen, Ohio, and in 1915 they moved to LaFountain. Seven years ago they moved to this city. Mrs. ', Tyner was a member of the Puca--1 ; hontas lodge. Pythian Sisters lodge, I the Daughter of Liberty, and the I Womens Relief Corps. She was a ! member of the Presbyterian church • in LaFountain. > Surviving besides the husband, and the two daughters, is a sister, i Mrs. Carrie Ball of Muncie. ■ | The funeral arrangements have | not been completed, but services Monday afternoon and burial wili , | will probaldy be held in LaFountain o WHEAT PRICES IN SHARP RISE Russian Rumor Causes Prices to Advance on Board of Trade s Ch’cago. Sept. 20—(U.R)—Wheat 1 prices advanced sharply on the I I Chicago board of trade today follow . ing the official statement of SecreI tary of Agriculture Hyde that t ’ Soviet Russia had sold wheat short . | on the market here. t ■ The price advances came in the I first few minutes, which was lower . in sympathy witli Liverpool. Scattered buying orders started the upswing By the end of the first hour May wheat had gained 2 cents on buying orders and short covering. Immediate protective measures to guard the' interests of the American farmers, who have been hit hard in the wheat price elumps this summer, were under considi eration by President John Bunnell • ©f the exchange. i A statement later in the day was expected from Bunnell outlining the plans of the board of trade ■ in answer to Hyde's question in : his telegram on “What provision your exchange has made or can make for the protection of our American farmers.” A check in the upturn came shortly after 10:30 with selling offers and short covering and the > prices remained about % cent r I higher. The 10:30 prices were: September 81%, up %: December 85%, ? up 'it March 89%, up %. t o To Shut Off Power s l In order to make repairs at the 1 city plant, city light and power will ) be shut off Sunday from 12 o’clock noon until 12:30 p. m.

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Twenty Babies Visit Local Health Station i TTwenty babies were examined ■ .at the Baby Health Station of Adams County which was held in the I Library Hall. Friday afternoon. Ex-' aminations were made by Dr. Dur-1 othy Teal and Miss Naucy Gibbs, ] R. N. of the State Board of Health The committee in charge of the] | health station this month was -s-1 ,' pecially pleased with the number jof babies brought to the station as personal invitations had not been I issued. The committee this month was ' from the Psi lota Xi sorority an dincluded Mrs. Leigh Bowen, Miss. Dora Shosenberg. and Mrs. Charles; 1 Knapp. The next Baby Health Sta l tion will be held on Friday. Octo--1 ’ her 17. o_ — ANDREE DIARY TELLS OF LAST DAYS IN ARCTIC Lived For Two Months After Being Forced Down On Trip DIARY HAS 142 PAGES i By Frederick Landon, UP. Staff Correspondent Stockholm. Sweden, Sept. 20. — I (U.R The story of Salmon Auguste Andree’s last days, written as he and two explorer companions wandered toward starvation and death in the arctic, is told in a communique issued by the Swedish government, based on Andree’s , 142-page diary. ’ Andree, Nils Strindberg, and Knut Fraenkel tried to fly to the north pole by balloon in 1897. They were forced down and died on ' White Island after more than two • months of wandering through the . Arctic wastes. The flight began from Lane’s Is(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o WILL RETURN BANK SUSPECTS ' Two Held In Chicago Identified As Fort I Wayne Robbers I Chicago, Sept. 20 —(U.R) — Two Fort Wayne Itank robbery suspects • who have been identified by 16 ■ witnesses, appeared doomed to be | ! returned to Indiana despite their i fight against extradition, it was i revealed today. i The suspects, A, Schultz and • William Maecker, are under feder- > nl indictment in South Bend on ] s J)yer act charges, Edward A. Fish- ; er, assistant United States dis- > trict attorney, said today, and in : case their writ of habeas corpus is granted September 26 when it ■ comes before Judge Harry Fisher, , the men will be returned to Soutli Bend. Once in Indiana they may be returned to Fort Wayne without further legal processes, the attorney pointed out. ■ The men are accused of robbing I a Fort Wayne bank, slugging the : teller and escaping with $5,000 several weeks ago.

MONROEWOMAN DIES SUDDENLY I Heart Attack Is Fatal To Mrs. Eliza Andrews Early This Morning Eliza Andrews, 68, wife of Allison Andrews. (Led at her home | northeast of Monroe, this inorn-i ing. Death was due to heart trouble with which Mrs. Andrews had suffered for the last year. She I .had apparently been in good health j this morning and was working about her home when death came.' Tiie deceased was born in Ohio, ] December 30, 1861, the daughter of Alexander and Mariah Lightel. 1 She was united in marriage to Allison Andrews, October 16, 1890, and to this union five sons were born, two of whom preceded their mother in death. The sons surviving are Vernon and Calvin at home; and Willis Andrews of I Monroe. Surviving besides the sons are the husband, Allison, one brother, Sam Lightel of Benton City, Washington; four grandchildren, and a number of relatives Mrs. Andrews was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church in Monroe. Funeral arrangements have not been completed, awaiting word from the brother in Washington,, but probably will be held Monday afternoon at the Methodist Episcopal church in Monroe. EAST CHICAGO BANKCLOSED Board Takes Action After President Disappears From City East Chicago. Ind., Sept. 20 (UP) The American State Bank with deposits of $600,000, was closed today by J. E. Myers, state bank examiner, following the disappearance of H. K. Groves, president. No statement regarding the condition of the bank was available ear l ly today. Thomas D. Barr, assistant state banking commissioner, was notified and was expected to arrive in East Chicago to take personal charge of the investigation before noon. No trace of the missing president could be found this morning. Not Notified Indianapolis Sept. 20 — (UP) — The state board of accounts had not been notified early today of I the absence of H. K. Groves. Lake County treasurer, whose bank at I East Chicago was closed following I his disappearance last night. Lawrence F. Orr, Chief Examiner. was in Lake County yesterday and attaches of his office believed he probably would go to Ehst Chicago before returning to Indiana(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) 0 Monroe Youths Return Gerald Essex, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jason Essex, Jessie Essex, son of Mr. and Mrs. Merl Essex, Alonzo Smith, and Raymond Bluhm, all of Monroe, returned last evening from North Dtikota, where they have been working in the wheat fields for the last three or four months The young men enjoyed the western i trip and saw many places of interest.

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VALUATION OF i ADAMS COUNTY IS INCREASED Gains In Decatur And Berne Offset Several Township Losses COUNTY GAIN IS $232,210 An incrt’tise of $232,210 in the countv’s net assessable J valuation lor 1930 is shown in the < ITicial fiyures coinpil- < <l hv (’ounlv Auditor Albert Harlow. 'l'lie net valuation this vear is $33 1X0,990 00 :>« compared with $33.215.780<M) in 1929. Taxes payable in 1931 are assessed on the 1930 valuation. The city of Decatur shows an increase of alxmt $35,000 while the town of Berne shows an increase of nearly $145,000. Several of the townships show a loss this year compared to figures of a year ago. The figures given are the official totals taken from the abstract sheet forth s year and include all adjustments mode or ordered by the state board of tax commissioners. The valuations in the different taxing units for the two years follow: Valuation Valuation Unit 1930 1929 Union $1,423,360 $1,449,390 Root 2.458.768 2,427,040 Preble 2,253,537 2.123.700 Kirkland 1,738.319 1,737.060 Washington 3.160.85 G 3,099,730 St. Marys 2,041.199 1.978,790 Blue Creek 1,399,394 1,443.660 Monroe . 2.698.906 2,726,710 French 1.497.321; 1.543.920 Hartford 1,544,875 1.588.750 Wabash . 1.943.668 1,955,790 Jefferson 1.283.64,8 1,287,640 Tiecatur Wash. 6.01 1,633 5.987.730 Decatur Root . 530,804 519,980 Monroe Corp. . 237.080 263,270 Berne 2.609.268 2,465.130 Geneva 648,349 650,440 Total $33,480,990 33,248,780 o — Gunmen Names Known Elizabeth, N. J., Sept. 20—(U.R) — The gunmen who last night held up six prohibition agents raiding the Rising Sun brewery here and killed John G. Fienello, are known. Prosecutor Abe J. Davis announced today. He said that the identity of one of the killers had been established definitely and that the other two 'are known, although they have not been identified from photographs. Arrests are expected, he said within a short time. The killers came from Camden, Philadelphia and New York, Davis said. City Officials Return City officials returned last night from Columbus where they attended the annual convention of the Indiana Municipal league. The 1931 convention will be held at Huntington. POLITICIAN IS INDICTED R. B. Bradford Charged With Selling Narcotics At Gary Gary. Ind., Sept. 20—(U.R)—The cry of "political frame-up" came once more today from Ralph B. Bradford 1 , ‘lreform." politician of Lake county, who was released last evening on a $25,000 bond after being indicted by the federal grand jury in South Bend on charges of narcotics and liquor law violations. Bradford was charged with buying, selling and transporting morphine, opium and cocaine, and with liquor conspiracy. Henry Leboeuf was indicted on the liquor conspiracy charge with Bradford. and' released on SIO,OOO bond. Steve Pappas, Chicago, alleged gambler, was the third man charged in the liquor indictment. Last Fall Bradford was credited with engineering a Lake county clean up drive in which liquor and narcotics were the principal tar(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

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| Rebekah Lodge Will Celebrate Birthday K K The Rebekah lodge of this city will give an entertainment and pot-luck supper Tuesday evening. September 23, in the I. O. O. F. hall, following the lodge meeting, honoring the eightieth anniversary of Rebekah-Odd Fellowship. District Deputy president, Mrs. Bessie Howe of Geneva, has been invited to the celebration and will deliver the opening address. L C. Helm of this city will give a talk on Rebekah-Odd Fellowship. Other members of the lodge will also take part in the program, and music will be furnished by the i lodge. Following the program, a pot-' , luck supper will be served in the] dining room. Bunco will furnish I entertainment for the remainder] of the evening, and all members I of the lodge and their families are cordially invited to attend. NEW RECEPTION FOR AIR TOUR Members of National Air Tour Group Relieved of Canadian Whiskey Great Falls, Mont., Sept. 20. — (U.R) — Many bottles of Canadian liquors, acquired as the fliers toured the northern country, were left behind today by the National air tours planes scheduled to fly to Cheyenne, Wyo. A welcoming committee they had not expected met the tourists when , they arrived late yesterday from Lethbridge, Alberta, completing the i day’s flight of the long reliability > tour which is taking them through many sections of the U. S. and i Canada. i In the “reception committee". I were a number of United States i customs agents who cared nothing 1 al all for a widespread belief that nothing would be done about it if the aviatois brought back a few bottles of the "real stuff" when ' they returned across the border. While spectators and members of the official reception committee ' jeered, the agents searched the planes as they landed and from some of tiie most unexpected places they produced enough liquor cases ■ to make quite a fire behind the airport hangar. The ship owners who did not declare their liquor were fined the usual $5 a pint, but those who did declare the goods were merely relieved of it and dismissed. All the liquor was dumped into an old washtub behind the hangar. Spec--1 tatois who attempted to scoop up drinks with their hands were chased away. (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o — Nurse Will Recover Chicago, Sept. 20 —(U.R) —A pretty. blue eyed student nurse, Frances McGann, 23, who has. been kept alive seven days by "artificial lungs.” was believed to be winning her fight for life today. Unable to breathe because of paralyzed chest muscles, the young woman was placed in an artificial respirator a week ago and physicians believed today her chances of recovery were good. Miner Draws Fine Princeton Ind. Sept. 20 —(UP) — A fine of S3OO and costs was assessed against Ivan M. Colvin superinI tendent at the Kings Station mine, south of Princeton, in Gibson cir cult court, for violation of the state law governing break-throughs. The suit, filed by A. C. Daly, state mine inspector, charged that breakthroughs in the Kings Station mine property of the deep vein coal company, Terre Haute were 45 feet aj part, in violation of the state law.-. i Money Is Transferred r ' Anderson, Ind., Sept. 20 —(UP) — . A transfer of Money to the City . General fund from earnings of the I municipal electric light plant, made , it possible today for 160 city employes to receive pay checks which were due on Tuesday. ; The transfer was ma<le following a legal opinion of Harry Neff, City I Attorney. There was a balance of $3,500 in the general fund when the semiI monthly payroll, amounting to sl3000 became due. City officials chargI ed the deficit was occasioned by payment of $256,000 In current debts . inherited from previous administrations.

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70-MILE CALE SWEEPS COAST; DAMAC EGREAT Reports Reach London Shipping Offices For Emergency Aid STORM SAID TO BE SEVEREST London, Sept. 20. — -UR) — .Thirteen vessels were in disIficulty off the English anti | French coasts today as a 70mile gale swept the English channel. Reports of vessels battling the storm poured in during the day, while all shipping was forced to seek shelter. The gale at Folkestone was the worst experienced there in years. Trees were uprooted and roofs dislodged. Huge seas swe ping tho foreshore smashed motor boats and small vessels at Dover. Two freight trains collided in a blinding rain near Reading. There were no injuries, But several cars derailed and traffic was tied up for several hours. The Italian oil tanker Tuscania, was reported in danger of drifting on the Ushant rocks after a tug from Brest had tie- n unable to approach closer than one mile to the distressed vessel. London, Sept. 20.—- (U.R) —A furious gale lashed the English channel and the southwest coast of England today, placing numerous . ships in need of assistance and damaging property ihland. The air ministry issued a warn- ■ ing that the wind was likely to at- , tain hurricane force. , The Italian oil tanker Tuscania, of 7,012 tons, sent out an SOS call • when it became distressed off Ushant. The British steamer Ch sliam, the Yugoslav steamer Hobodak. and the British steamer Templemead also askefl for assistance. The latter, however, sent a lat-r message saying that aid was no longer required. The steam drifter Champion wan wrecked on the rocks near Lossiemouth. Its crew was pulled to safety by ropes through heavy seas. Nearly all the pleasure boats in Bournemouth harbor were sunk by a terrific galo. Hundreds of beach tents and huts were destroyed and telegraph and telephone communications disrupted in the district. Heavy seas smashed a wooden pier at Swanage. Gales were reported from many points in England and the wind reached a velocity of 70 miles an hour at Plymouth. Torrential rains in Durblin flooded basements of houses and stores throughout the city. Storm damage on the Isle of . Man was estimated at $2,500,000 . while crops were ruined in Scoti land and Wales. Furniture from [ hundreds of homes was washed iu- . to the sea and numerous houses were flooded in Pontypool, P.lain- ; ayen, and lower Garmouth. o CENTRAL HAS TWOWRAMS Junior High Chapel Is Divided Into Two Sections This Year Principal Bryce Thomas has started a new plan for Friday chapel exercises at Central junior high ] school. The seventh and eighth grade pupils are joined together for one program and the lower grades have a separate and different program each Friday. Friday morning L. E. Archbold, Adams county agricultural agent ■ talked to the upper grade pupils on ' “Insects.” Mr. Archbold described .■ the two separate classes of insects ’ and gave an interesting talk on tiie • two species of insects and how to i rid plant life of the pests. For the lower grade program. H. t L.. Curtis, Decatur public school •’ athletics director talked to the pupils concerning habits of correct i standing, sitting and walking, as a - measure toward better health a- • mong school pupils. Principal Thomas stated that ; each Friday two programs would i be given at Central and that the ■ various department teachers would aid him in planning the programs.