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I Visitors Arc Enetertaincd The Brotherhood of the First Ev angelical Church held a very interesting meeting at the church, Monday night, at 7:30 o'clock, .when I they had as their guests 40 mem-I I gers of the Evangelical Church Bro-1 | therhiHid of Celina, Ohio. The mei.i hers of the Celina Brotherhood conducted the program for the evening , consisting of quartettes, duets, comic readings, a trombone solo, ami an address by the Celina pastor. Itev. Overhalezer. The program was enjoyed by the men totaling 80 present, and following the program, the men were in • |vited to the basement where Ion;' | tables were arranged loaded wit h '; good iliings to eat. The food comm | [ Ittee had as its ('hairman, Ralph I , fGh ntis. i i o , GROCERY THEFT I IS FRUSTRATED > 1 Ed Miller Fires Several Shots At Vanishing Bandits *Three burglars. armed with guns were routed in their''effort to loot the Ed Miller North End Grocery at 4:45 o’clock this morn- . ing. Miller fired several shots at the three men as they ran from j the door of the store and jumped , into an automobile carrying an Ohio license. The automobile headed north on 1 ithe River road and a'posse was , | organized immediately, hut neirtw er the car nor the young men who , 1 attempted the robbery could be I located. I Mr. and Mrs. Miller have an I ; apartment at the grocery and beI cause it was late when the gro- | cerv was closed last night, they, ! decided to remain in the apart-! I. ment all night. I This morning Mr. Miller heard trying to get into the i store. He camo to the front room ; of the store and saw three young t men with handkerchiefs covering j their faces. Two were at the north , door and one was at the east, . door. All three carried guns. ’ Mr. Miller took his revolver! ( from the cash register and started i . toward the north door. The men , evidently saw him and started toward their car. When the first ' shot flashed from Miller's gun, one of the men screamed, but Miller ! stated he did not know definitely whether he stmek the bandit. It was only partly light outside , and Miller was unable to get a! good look at the men. He told . officers, however, that he believed | they were driving a Nash sedan' and that he shot several holes In-' to the rear of the automobile as it; disappeared. 0 Martz Heads C. E. Group Edward Martz was chosen president of the Christian Endeavor, Society of the Evangelical church. I at the meeting which was held in i the church last Sunday evening. | Other officers chosen were Paul I Spuller, vice-president; Miss Dorothy Spuller, secretary; Marion . Heare, treasurer; and Miss Esther . Sunderman, corresponding secrei tary. , These officers which form the executive committee will meet this week to arrange the entire . winter’s program qf activities for , the organization. , o— Decatur Girl Pledged To Franklin Sorority Word was received that Miss Anna Elizabeth Winnes, daughter ot Mr. and Mrs. Will Winnes, who entered Franklin College at Franklin, this fall as a freshman, has been pledged to the Zeta Tau Alpha sorority. The pledging occurred last Saturday. Miss Margaret Frisinger of this city is also a member of the eta Tau Alpha sorority at Franklin. I 0 Hoover Attends Game I Washington, Oct. I—(UP1 —(UP) —Otf • to the ball game with a serious economic speech in his pocket. President Hoover today gathered five cabinet officers about him to board , a special train for Philadelphia. o Successor Is Rumored — Washington. Oct. I—(UP1 —(UP) —The ■ names of J. Reuben Clark, former i undersecretary of state, and Dwight ■ Davis, governor general of the Philippines, were mentioned today as i ; possible successors to Dwight VV. Morrow as ambassador to Mexico.

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TOWNS. CITIES IN BANK SCRAP Sharp Division Noted At National Convention Os Bankers BULLETIN Cleveland. 0., Oct. I—(U.R)— Rome C. Stephenson, vice president of the St. Joseph County Savings Bank of South Bend, Ind., was elected president of the American Bankers Association at the 56th annual convention here today. Harry J. Haas, vice president of the First National Bank of Phila- . delphif, was elected first vice j president, and Harry J. Sisson, I vice president of the Guaranty Trust company, New York, second I vice president. Cleveland, Oct. I—(U.R)1 —(U.R) —A spir- ' ited fight between small town bankers and those representing large city institutions was in prospect for today’s general session of the American Bankers' Association in annual convention here. The resolutions committee was expected to submit a report urging that the association commit itself to a more liberal stand on branch | banking policies. The expected battle was to be about the issue of whether the I organization will continue its present opposition to extension of ' branch banking privileges to I national banks. Delegates representing large city banks were prepared to fight for official approval of chain banking, 1 holding that economic conditions necessitate a change in policy, to j the banking industry and safeguard the public. Their views were officially exI pressed yesterday when Rudolph S. Hecht of New Orleans, chairman of the economic policy comI mission and former ardent sup- [ porter of the unit system, urged an i alteration of official attitude. ’ " i Another issue of banking importance was to be treated in a I discussion of taxation by Thornton | Cooke, chairman of the association's committee on taxation. I During the convention several I economists have briefly dealt with the taxation problem, one speaker ascribing mounting taxes as a contributing factor in the period of business depression. (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) o Probe Man's Confession Peru, Ind., Oct. I—(U.R)—Earl F. j McCluskey, 44, of Detroit, perj plexed local police when he asked Ito be arrested on a charge of ; embezzling $2,000 from J. M. Dropp ■ & Co., a contractor’s supply firm l of Detroit. Detroit police said that no one Iby that name was wanted here. The investigation is being contin- | ued. however, through the Detroit ‘ firm and a surety company, supposed to have bonded the man. o FARM BOARD TO FIGHT ATTACK Members Plan Recourse Against Coming Congressional Attack Washington. Oct. I—(UP) —Farm board officals are arming themselves today against an attack they know is to be made upon the board in Congress next winter. Reports from travelling progressive Senators and Congressmen indicate the equalization fee and export debenture farm relief programs will be revived during the short session of Congress. Administration congressmen have intimated the continued depression of wheat prices is a weapon of the grain trade to drive the board out of business by discrediting its efforts to assist agriculture. Extension of credits to co-opera-tives, the purchase of wheat and cotton by stabilizations and such activities have roused in some quarters complaints that the government is engaging in business. All these complaints will have an airing shortly after congress convenes in December, for the board expects to ask for further funds. Discussion of Its activities also will be involved with the debate on futures trading and grain marketing in general, which seems inevitable now since secretary of agriculture Hyde challenged the Chicago board of trade for permitting Soviet Russia to sell xvheat short.

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Decatur, Indiana. Wednesday, October 1, 1930.

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t These two Chicago women. Mrs. Blanche Kent (center) and Mrs. > Leona Dorsett (right), were held to the grand jury on charges of man.l slaughter as the result of an automobile accident Sunday when the ear f they were driving struck and killed two brothers at Westmont, 111. , Both were under the influence of liquor at the time of the accident, j witnesses and police testified at the inquest in Westmont. They are _ shown here as Police Chief Bientema of Westmont questioned them ' i alter the accident.

— FORMER LOCAL MAN PROMOTED 1 J. J. Helm, Son Os L. C. i Helm Is Manager Os Florida Hotels I Word was received here today I I that J. J. Helm, of Miami, Florida. ' l former Decatur resident and son j|of L. C. Helm of this city was nam- ‘ ed general manager of four hotels 1 in the Miami area. Mr. Helm prev- [• r iously had been manager of the ‘ Watson hotel at Miami, which hotel r is in the new chain. , The Pennsylvania Corporation composed ot a group of millionaire manufacturers, is the new owner and has taken under its manage- ' ment four of Miami's largest hotels. Those Included ara the Watson. • Henrietta Towers, The Venitian ami ' William Penn. 1 The organization owns about a * i dozen hotels in Florida and other ’ I southern states. Hr. Helm will be 1 general manager of the four hotels in Miami and his headquarters wfl! 5 be at the Watson. The name will ■ be changed under the new organlza"ltion to the Miami Colonial. t Jennings Love, general manager ' of the entire group also will have the concern’s headquarters at the Watson. Special air lines will De organized by the new company wi'h passenger traffic from eastern cities to J’iami. i 0 — EARLY PROBE IS PROMISED Attorney General Mitchell Says He Will Investigate Letter Washington, Oct. 1 —(UP) —At ' torney General Mitchell announced ’ today that he would comply prompt ’ ly with the request of secretary ot ' interior Wilbur for an investigation 1 of the charges by Ralph S. Kelley, former chief of the general land ot- ’ flee field division respecting dis--1 posal of government oil shale. ’ Mitchell's statement said. "We have received a request from ’ the Secretary of the Interior to examine the charges made by Ralph ' S. Kelley respecting oil shale claim. ' The requests of the secretary will 1 be complied with. The matter has ' been placed in charge of assistant ' attorney general Seth W. Richardson of the public lands division.” 1 It was explained at the justice ' department that Richardson is au- ’ thorized to utilize the services of the department's bureau of investi- ' gation in going into Kelley’s 1 charges that big oil corporations ’ have been favored by the interior ' department in handling oil shale ' claims. The question, it was said, is pri- . (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)

Moon Funeral Thursday Funeral services for O. L. Moon, brother of W, E. Moon of this city, ' who died at his home in Cleveland. Ohio yesterday, will be held Thursday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock at the W. E. Moon residence, 231 North 1 Sixth street, with Rev. B. H. Franklin. pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church oficiating. Burial will be made in the Decatur Cemetery. The remains were brought to this city at 3 55 o'clock this morning and friends may view them at the W. E. Moon home. North Sixth street, from six o’clock tonight until timo of the funeral. o W ilson Returns Here The affidavit for the arrest of Irvin Wilson of this city issued by officials of Auglaise county, Ohio, was quashed when Mr Wilson made a voluntarily appearance before the clerk of the court at Wapakoneta. Ohio. The affidavit was issued by the clerk. The judge of the court had not ordered his arrest. Mr. Wilson returned here yesterday. o DROUGHT AIDS BORER FIGHT Quarantine Area May Be Reduced As Result Os Dryness Indianapolis, Oct. I.—(U.R) —The summer drought was a valuable aid in fighting tile corn borer in Indiana this year. Frank N. Wallace, state entomologist, said today. The borers were killed in the hot. dry weather, Wallace said, and federal government scouts reported there was virtually no increase in the number of the pests. The scouts and highway patrols have been recalled from northern and eastern Indiana, where they worked during the summer. Eighteen townships were added to the infested area this year, in three counties, making a new total of 310 infested townships in 33 counties. The counties added to the list during the past summer were Pulaski, Rush and Hamilton. The ijew quarantine front will not be set until after a survey is made of the regions adjoining the infected areas. “There has been no commercial damage done by the borer in Indiana,” Wallace said, "but every effort is being made to prevent further spread of the pests.” o Shoots At Picture Then Pays A Fine Petersburg, Ind., Oct. 1— (UP) A painting in a Petersburg restaurant reminded Carl Urich. Jasper, of his wife, so he emptied a revol ver at it, Urich paid a fine ot $25 and costs on a charge of drunkeness.

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CHICKEN THIEF GANG IS BUSY Two Biff Hauls Made In County In Last Several Days An organized gang of chicken thieves has been stealing chickens from farms in Adams county and it is believed thev are the same ( who have been working in Huntington and Wells counties. Sheriff j Harl Hollingsworth reported today.! The theft of 150 chickens from I the George Strickler farm, one mile north of Monroe on state ] road 27 occurred last night, and 130 chickens were stolen from the j Peter Myers farm, southeast of this city, Monday night. Sheriff Hollingsworth stated that he had several clues as to the gang, which he believes performed lioth the Strickler and Myers thefts, and hopes to make an arrest soon. He also stated that evidence of these thefts resembles that of robberies being conducted in several neighboring counties, and he believes the gang is an outside gang. He stated that if all farmers would cooperate by reporting parked cars seen along the road during the night that appeared in any way suspicious, the thieves might be caught. In both the Strickler and Myers robberies the thieves pai ked their car on a side road, about 10 or 20 rods from the house, and carried the chickens across a field to the car. At the Peter Myers farm the chickens were carried across a field 10 rods to a car parked west of the farmhouse. Farmers throughout the county are warned to be on the look-out for the thieves, who will probably conduct more robberies unless caught at once. MANY MEMBERS ADDED IN DRIVE Holv Name Society Has More Than 200 New Members In City H. F. Fhinger. chairman of the membership drive of the Holy Name Society was very encouraged with the first reports made today by the canvassing teams. More than 200 members have already been enrolled and less than half of the team captains have been heard from, Mr. Ehinger stated. Every man in St. Mary's Catholic parish is eligible to join the society. There is also a junior division for the high school students and those in charge of the campaign would like to see an enrollment between 400 and- 500. A meeting of the general committee will be held Friday night. o — Rev. C. O. Mosier To Preach Here Tonight Rev. J. 0. Mosier, district superintendent of the Indiana Conference of the Evangelical church, will preach at the First Evangelical Church in this city tonight at 7 o’clock. He will also preside over the Quarterly Conference at the close of the worship. M. E. CHURCH TO BE REMODELED Interior To Be Redecorated And Outside Improvements Made Extensive remodeling was begun this morning on the Methodist Episcopal Church on Monroe street, a brick structure, a’nd the work will include a number of repairs to the outside and interior of the building. The cost of the repairs has been estimated at SI,BOO. The entire inside walls of the church will be redecorated and the outside of the building will undergo a number of changes, the woodwork repainted, new alleys on the ! roof installed and painted, and parts of the root repaired. A nunjber of bricks in the struc- ■ ture will be replaced, and a new , chimney already has been built. The shed located on the west side of the church will be torn away I and rebuilt, and it is planned to make a number of other repairs.

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Plan Member's Drive At a meeting of the Modern Woodmen ot America Camp held at the Yoeman hall Monday night, the members decided to put on a campaign to revive interest In the order. Inspector Fitch of Kokomo was present at the meeting and Inspected the camp's affairs. District Deputy .1. M. Kistler of J.inn Grove was also present and announced that he would be in Decatur and vicinity during the month of October for the purpose of getting new memberships for the local order. Mr. Kistler has charge of Adams, .lay, Wells and - ' Blackford counties. W. H. Engle Is head counsel and Merril Schnitz is secretary of the local order. CLAUDE BALL HERE FOR MEET Democratic Congressional Candidate Greeting Voters In Decatur i > Hon. Claude Ball, Muncie attori ney and Democratic candidate for ■ congress from the eighth district is ; in Decatur today, meeting voters • and opening his Adams county campaign for election to congress. Mr. Ball will give a short address i at the court room tonight at the county campaign opening and stated that he hoped to meet all voters 11 personally between now and Novem- • her 4. k The candidate is a veteran politi- , 1 clan and said that he never saw . conditions look better from a Democratic viewpoint. He stated that r he was confident he would defeat i Rep. Albert Vestal in November. \ The American Legion drum corps i will furnish music which will precede the Democratic campaign open ing here tonight at 8 o'clock. The speaking program will be held in the court room starting I promptly at 8 o’clock. j Speakers include Walter Meyer.1 I Indianapolis attorney; Floyd Williamson, Democratic candidate for 1 auditor of state; Mrs. Faye Smith Knapp of Decatur and Mr. Ball. D. B. Erwin will preside as chair- • man of the meeting. All men and women voters of the county are invited to the meeting regardless of political faith to hear the various speakers discuss the campaign is sues. o FRUIT DRIVE STARTS OCT. 6 Leaders In All Townships Named By Civic Section Head r At a called meeting of the Civic Section of the Woman’s Club the week of October 6 to 11 inclusive was designated as the annual fruit t drive for the Adams County Memorial hospital. Mrs. H. N. Shroll is general chairman of the drive and will be assisted in collecting the donations by the forty ' members of the Civic section. Fruit, vegetables, jellies, and t lard will be collected from families 5 in the city of Decatur, all rural f communities and townships throughout the county, and reports will be published during the week of the drive. Mrs. Shroll announced the following chairmen who will have I charge of the rural communities and townships: for Geneva, Mrs. Dr. Hinchman assisted by R. O. Hunt; for Berne, Mrs. O. F. GilHom; for Monroe, Mrs. E. W. - Busche; for Peterson, Mrs. B. F. Breiner; for Preble, Mrs. J. G. Grandstaff, and for Union township. Lutheran church, Mrs. M. J. Frosch. The Civic section will 1 solicit every family in the city of t Decatur. The townships will be s worked separately from the towns, 3 but all will be completed within f the week of Monday, October G f until Saturday, October 11. s An effort will be made to reach t each family in Adams county, but those who are not personally sob licited may leave their donations a at the Adams County Memorial '- hospital, or Mrs. Alva Nichols - will take care of any contributions a i left at the Nichols Shoe store. I j All donations left at either of | these places will be credited to > I the donor’s particular township or v town. -I At the close of the drive a »J final report will be made by the Y | Civic section. The patronage of 31 every citizen in Adams county is solicited.

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MACKMEN TRIM cardinals bi SCORE OF 5-? St. Louis Ooil its Athletics Bui Kails To Scoie In Pinches 32,0 0 0 SE E FIRST GAME By Innings St. Louis 002 000 000-2 0 0 Philadelphia 010 10l llx—s 5 0 Line-ups Athletics Cardinals Bishop. 2b Douthit, (t Dykes. 3b Adams, 3b Cochrane, c Frisch. 2b Simmons. If Bottomley lb Foxx, lb Hafey, It Miller, rs Blades, rs Haas, cf Mancuso c Boley, ss. Gelhert, ss Grove, p Grimes, p. Shibe I’tirk. Phil;i<lelnhi:’, Oct. 1 _ (U.R) Connie Miu k n*nv p 'l his ace totlav ant! took Ilit' first t’aine of the 1930 vorld series. The Philadelphia Athletics with “Lefty” Grove holding the challengers in check defeated the St. Lo'iis Cards. 5-2. Burlv Grimes was found for only five hits but these were rousine ones, includin'* homers bv Al Simmons and Mickv Cochrane and trinles hv .Jimmie Foxx and Mule Haas. Each bit, the Athletics made counted for a run. and new world series records. The Cards touched Grove, star southpaw, for nine hits but scored only in the second inning. President Hoover was among tin--32.295 fans who saw the Mackmen win the vastly important first, game of the series under sunny skies. First inning Cards: Douthit grounded to Bishop. Adams fanned, Frisch grounded to Bishop, No runs, no hits, no errors. Athletics: Bishop struck out. Dykes struck a ball down the base line and was an easy out. Cochrane walked. Simmons was at bat when Cochrane was out stealing. Mancuso to Frisch, No runs, no hits, no (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) SUSPECT FACES DEATH CHARGE South Bend Youth Returned To Face Murder Os Girl Chicago, Oct. 1 —(U.R) — Harry ■ S|iwinski. Dormer sweetheart of Alice Waltman, 18-year-old South i Bend giirl who was killed as she • slept several weeks ago. was arrested here today, charged with the slaying and, waiving extradition. was taken at once to South i Bend. Siwinski. who disappeared the day after Miss Wottman was slain. ■ was arrested in a southside room--1 ing house and said he had been working for a grocery firm. He was identified by Joseph ■ Ptetrzak. South Bend, who said he ; saw Siwinski and Miss Wolfman . together the day before the mur- . derer broke into the bedroom • where she, a brother and two sis- . tens were sleeping, slashed Alice’s . throat and escaped. The arrest was made by Chicago • police, who were accompanied by . State's Attorney Harry Taylor of I St. Joseph county. Indiana, Chief I of Police John Lenon and Captain > of Police Horace Hamilton of , South Bend. i The Chicago police identified ; Siwinski as having been arrested here several years ago on a statui tory charge. t — 0 Injunctions Are Passed J 1 Eanvllle, Va„ Oct. 1— (UP) — 5 Strikers picketing the Dan River s and Riverside cotton mills today • were forced to abide by two injuncf tions ordering them to refrain from > interfering with non-union workers r wishing to enter. The injunctions, signed yesterday 1 recognized the strikers' right to rea sort to peaceable persuasion, but f enjoined them from Interference, s About 4.500 workers are affected by the strike.