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’■SYSTEM Education H ANNOUNCED I niversity ProEJRadical Changes Kirocnt Methods BLIA T IKh \\(,E leader ’gLJL Nov. 20. —(U.R) — ''Ktl ;,, :|v ot Chicago, ;i president in his u oll'ered a plan iK |j, a : pr ovides for radi-jMT-hlr i-. in educational cment that the jEr<t\. ’ l!, ‘ y majinstitution in Hake experi HhjL > : . bring about a ,|r. teaching ■ iMtiiru wus made by I’resiHutchins. MkT|i Irango. Hui. hins will be that an underad of being a Certain miniRfcbl '■ its. will be advanced .. hexamination that the young presi- : will finish their work two years o. tear, due to radically methods cf teaching. . will require more Bf A pr dieted, m.r. «■’"!< in six months ami student-' Hk i work in a year will not the grndn- ' ill become a thing ,qt > ;':i the undergraduate work'd into one that will be divided in il a dean. five divisions will be: physical smem-i's. i mes; humanities. p> subjects as philos i ligion and the langn college. Degrees in the upper divprofessional schools. will permit a stutn.ike an honorable exit after he has passed Bfillmnation,” said Hutchins. " tor those of high deBL® cxi 'Hence will then be higher and mere special Here it is we hope to E^B , her it is worth while. In divisions the classes will ON PAGE TWO) ■in tain area ■eels winter tasters Say Blizzard Heading Toward lidwest Regions |B''. Colo., Nov. 20. — (U.R) — !^B ( ’ky .Mountain region was today from its first niawith winter as a iW which had blown in frem left in its wake blocked F^B’ S ami near zero temperwhich struck this Sunday, sweeping across 1 - Wyoming and Colorado , as far south as Santa 1 - before it began to abate, the entire secticn covsnow that ranged from to several feet in which had been enjoyunusually long Indian sumMas covered with a foot of from Montana to New 'ii both sides of the range M ll ' 1 had whipped up huge the break in the storm, r < temperatures dropped They fell ’to 24 degrees W zero In Denver and eight W ll Waive, Mont., and Yellovvcontinued today in ~y f Wyoming, Montana and northwest. The weathreported another storm ,W"8 at the southern tip of Spie suffered heavily from the ®KTln>je3 ON PAGE SIX)

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Vol. XXVIII. No. 275.

Health Crusader

A IBvJml > i WHM Mrs. Bertha K. Landes, social welfare leader of Seattle. Wash., photographed in Chicago as she stopped there on her way to Washington to attend the Child Health and Protection Conference called by President Hoover.

JABERG NAMED AS ACCOUNTANT Decatur Man Appointed On State Board; Is 111 At Present Martin Jaberg, former Adams County Auditor, who was appointed to the state board of accounts last week, today received notice to assist in the annual examination of the records at the Indiana state prison and then to examine the records in Pulaski county. Mr. Jaberg cannot fill the assignment next week. Last Sunday he took seriously ill and was taken to the Lutheran hospital, Fort Wayne for medical treatment. Mrs. Jaberg stated this morning that he was a little better, but that it would be some time until he would be able to work. The assignment came from Lawrence Orr, chief examiner of the state board of accounts. It read that he and Mr. Wise, also an examiner for the board of accounts, were to meet next Monday at the state prison. Michigan City and then star' on the annual job of examining the records in Puluski county. Mr. Jaberg served eight years as county auditor of Adams county and is recognized as one of the most efficient accountants in the state. He is a member of the insurance firm of Steele and Jaberg. As soon as his health permits he probably will take an assignment with the state board of accounts. K. of P.’s Will Meet There will be a regular meeting of Decatur lodge, Knights of Pythias, at 7:30 o'clock tonight. All members of the committees m charge of the rabbit supper to bo held next Monday are urged to attend tonight’s meeting. Encampment to Meet Members of Reiter Encampment, 214 I- O. O. F., are asked to attend a meeting at Odd Fellows hall Friday night, Nov. 21. Officers will be elected and the delegates to grand encampment will make their report. Following the me ting a fish fry will be held. Calls Day of Prayer Indianapolis, Nov. 20 —(UP)- - Members of the Indiana Womens Christian Temperance union have been asked by the state president, Mrs Elizabeth T. Stanley, of Liberty. to join in a state wide observance of “day of Prayer” in behal. of prohibition enforcement ami furtherance of the dry cause in AmerU Mis. Stanley’s call followed recommentation of Mrs. Ella A. Boole, of New York, National president, that January 8 be set aside for a National prayer day. • State leaders have been asked to make for the "Day of Prayer, inviting citizens of each community to join in the day's program.

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TELLS METHOD OF DRIVE ON RACKETEERS Attorney General Mitchell Says Numerous Agencies Have Helped GANGSTERS ARE TARGET Washington, Nov. 20 —(U.R)— A concerted drive for law enforcement, aimed at racketeers in Chicago rnd elsewhere, has been waged for several months by a number of federal government agencies. Attorney General Mitchell anonneed today. The Justice department, Mitchell sa'd, had assigned a special agent from Washington to assist the U. S district attorney in Chicago in co-ordinating the efforts against gangsters. Mitchell said the government .is endeavoring to aid local authorities in suppressing racketeering wherever possible, but that Chicago has received special attention because of the acute situation there. The agencies co-operating in the present campaign, Mitchell said, include the justice department, narcolie bureau, immigration service and internal revenue and prohibition bureaus. The forces of each o'' these have been increased in Chicago recently, he added, and there is close co-operation between them. Mitchell said the conviction of .Jack Guzik, Chicago gangster, on an income tax charge, was a direct result of this effort. “We are doing our best everywhere by utilizing federal agencies in co-operation with local authorities to suppress racketeering and •enforce the law,” Mitchell said. He explained the present effort was begun last summer when the administration became convinced the spread of racketeering constituted a threat to the nation's welfare. President Hoover announced at that time the government planned to do all possible to end gangster domination in some cit-

lies. The weapon most frequently (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) REBUILDING ~ IS COMMENCED Oklahoma Town Receives Aid of Charitable Organizations of State Oklahoma City, Okla., Nov. 20. — 'U.R) —Rehabilitation of Bethany, a religious colony of 2,000 inhabitants near here laid level yesterday by cyclonic winds, was started today with every charitable organization in the state lending aid. The death toll stood at 25 with more than 10 of the 100 injured expected to die from serious injuries received when the cyclon, accompanied by a drenching rain, struck the suburban settlement. Damage was estimated at $350,000. The wind descended without warning and cut a 300-yard wide path. More than 100 homes and busin es s establishments were smashed. Residents of the little town where picture shows are prohibited and store keepers are not allowed to sell cigarettes were trapped as they went about their routine tasks. Three children were killed instantly in the Canal Creek school house near Bethany. Quick thinking of Miss Mildred Proctor, the teacher, in ordering them to lie on the floor when she saw the apaproaching cyclone, enabled other pupils to escape. Rehabilitation work was in charge of L. M. Jones, Red Cross official, and Adjutant General Charles F. Barrett, in command of three troops of national guardsmen. The village was under virtual martial law, with guardsmen patrclling the streets to prevent pillaging of wrecked stores and homes. Gov. W. J. Holoway started plans to raise a state wide relief fund. More than 600 persons made homeless by the storm spent the night on cots and in tents taken from here. Emergency supplies of fcod were rushed to the village. Doctors and nurses, many of (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

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Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, November 20, 1930.

j-j — .. —£ Some Tramps Evidently Have Good In Them M M One oft Tie strangest < oincldents ever occurring In Decatur was reported today. Yesterday morning Judge-elect I). B. Erwin went to unlock his office and discovered that his keys were missing. He walked over to the Borling news stand and remarked that he had lost his keys. Paul Briede reached behind the counter and pulled out a bunch of keys, am! asked Judge-elect Erwin if they belonged to him. They were the lost keys. On investigating it was learned that a tramp hail found the keys and brought them Into Berling's ■ stating thye were of no use to him •| The tramp was described to Judgei elect Erwin and he returned to his .' office. When returning home at noon. ■ Mrs. Erwin stated that she had givien an overcoat away to a tramp I that morning, and Judge Erwin asked her to describe the man. The two descriptions matched i perfectly. Ajid so the tramp, who Mrs. Erwin had befriended, in turn befriended her husband. i o BEN F. HAINES '| DIES SUDDENLY J .1 Monroe Township Farmer J Falls Dead Near His Farm Home — l Berne, Nbv. 20.—(U.R)—Benjamin i F. Haines, one of the most primi inent Monroe township farmers, re • i siding four miles northeast of 1 Berne, died suddenly at his home, I Wednesday evening at 5 o’clock. 'I Mr. Haines had gone to the barn 1 to attend to ther stock, and was on ' liis way back to the house when he /fell dead. Mrs. Haines, who ' went in search of him, found her " Itutsband's body lying in the yard. ’ a local physician was called, who stated that death was due to organic heart lesion. J Mr. Haines was born in Dark" ■ county, Ohio, May 22, 1867, the sen I! of Harry and Priscilla Hain' s. He . I was married in 1888 to Ida Taylor, jilsn of Darke county. Ohio. After

also oi uarne cuuuiy, miuv. , his marriage, Mr. Haines moved to Jay county, where he and Mrs. ' Ha nes lived 28 years. Fourteen years ago tli.sy moved to their farm home near Berne. Surviving besides the widow are the following sons and daughters: Earl, of near Berne; Russel of Monroe; CJI ster of Geneva; Mrs. Forrest McCune, cf Geneva; Mrs. Clarence Fleetwood of Farmland: Virgil of Monroe township; and 1 Lewis and Marvin at home. •CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) o Rev. Deininger Visits Relatives In Decatur Rev. Father Leonard Deininger, who has been a patient at the St. Joseph hospital. Fort Wayne, for the last ten weeks is spending a few weeks with his mother, Mrs. U. Deininger in this city. Rev. Deininger was able to come ' up town a short while Wednesday ■ afternoon and stated that he believed he soon would be able to return to his charge at Logansport. He has been granted a leave of . absence until January 1. —o — — COLD WAVE IS BELIEVED NIAS Weather Ma n Predicts Colder Weather Soon for Indiana ! Indianapolis, Nov. 20—(U.R) —Abnormal temperatures of the past several days were predicted to give 1 way in the fact of a seasonal cold ' wave within the next 24 hours, according to U. S. weather bulletins today. New records for high temperatures this late in November were ' set throughout the state yesterday. . Evansville reported the highest recording, at 80 degrees. Others were: Lafayette, 79; Crawfords--1 ville, Andersen and Terre Haute, ; all 78; Indianapolis, 76; and Fort [ Wayne, 74. Temperatures for tonight were '. forecast by the weather bureau to be somewhat about freezing. 'Prob- . able showers tonight were predicted, with Friday partly cloudy and colder.

WOMAN AWARDED $20,000 CLAIM ON INSURANCE Miss Sanders, Ft. Wayne, Gets Insurance Willed Bv Her Fiancee JURY MAKES ITS REPORT i Danville, Ind.. Nov. 20.—(U.R) —Miss Emma Margaret Sanders, Fort Wayne music teacher, was awarded a $20,000 acc'dent insurance policy in which she was named benei ficiary by Will 11. Latta, by ■ ja Hendricks circuit court jury today. The jury, deliberating 35 mini utes, took only one ballot, acc'ordi i Ing to th jury foreman, Charles B. Worrell, Clayton. To the $20,000 the jury added interest accumulated from the time of Latta's death, June 12, 1829. making total judgement $21,703.33. i Althpugh Alfred Ward, chief counsel for defense of th Unit d States Casualty Company, which issued the policy, was not in court when the jury returned its verdict, E. G. ■ Gulley, Danville, another defence attorney, said the verdict probably w< uhl be appealed. In granting the insurance money to Afiss Sanders, the jury indicated Latta did not commit suicide when, as the insurance company held, he was killed by a train at a crossing north of Carmel. Sets Fire To House Wausau, Wis., Nov. 20. — (U.R) i Mrs. Arthur Mix, farm wifd. set I 1 file to her home in a dozen places early today and killed her four-year-old daughter. Beatrice, with a butcher knife. H r husband, awakened by the smoke, was burned severely while battling the flames. As he fought the fires, Mrs. Mix went to her daughter's bed with ’ the knife and stabbed her. She

was arrested and ordered to undergo a mental examination. 0 LAW WINS WAR ON GANGSTERS Two Sentenced to Death In Chicago; Third Faces 15-Year Term Chicago, Nov. 20. — UR) — Jack Guzik, notorious gangster follower of Scarface Al Capone, today faced the probability of a 15-year prison . sentence and a fine of $30,000. Guziek’s conviction at 11 o’clock ' last night on charges of evading payment cf $229,000 income tax came just a few hours after two ether gangsts rs, Frank H. Bell and ' Richard Sullivan, were found guilty of murder and sentenced to die ■ in the electric chair. 1 It rounded out a day which assist- ■ ant state’s attorneys declared was notable in the history of Chicago crime in that it demonstrated the definite turn <4 the public mind against criminals in general and proved for the third time within a week that gangsters no longer could escape punishment. Guzik, who is one of the 26 men IJ listed by the crime commission as “public enemies,” was found guilty on three counts by a jury in FedI eral Judge Charles E. Woodward's court. The jury had been out seven hours. The charges were that he i vaded payment of income tax in 1927, 1928 and 1929. years when, it was testified, he managed Capone gambling resorts and made personal 1 bank deposits totaling approximate- ’ ly $1,000,900. 1 The maximum penalty he can receive is five years imprisonment mid SIO,OOO fine on each count. At- ’ torneys predicted that with the ■ gangsters “on the run" and public ' sentiment- taking such a definite 1 turn against them the maximum penalty would be demanded. ' Bell and Sullivan were found guilty cf killing Christ Patras, a restaurant owner, during a holdup last June 16. ’ Bell is the man who “confessed'' he helped kill Alfred Lingle, Tribune reporter. He also accused (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

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iGRAND JURY IS STILL MEETING I County Probing Group May Finish Its Work Late Friday I I | The Adams county grand jury I continued its investigations today land there was no indication tha’ the probing body's work would be completed today. It was learned 1 ! from an authoritative source that unless something unexpected arose i the group would finish its work tomorrow by inspecting the county ' infirmary and jatl. ■ No intimation has been made l whether any indictments would be I forthcoming, following the report of the jury. Several cases have been ■ investigated and u number of wit- , nesses have appeared before the body. The jury met all day today, examining witnesses most of the time Prosecutor Nathan Nelson left the jury room about 11 o'clock and statI ed he would return about 2 o'clock this afternoon. In the meantime the jury continued investigations ' and did not adjourn until noon for dinner, reconvening immediately after 1 o'clock. 1 Several school officials returned ' to the jury room today as witnesses. 1 County probation officer Mrs. • Maude Dorwin also was among the witnesses called. ’ It was regarded this afternoon as highly probable that the county probing group might complete its I work Friday afternoon or Saturday . morning. . o Revival To Continue Rev. J. C. Canen is holding revival meetings at the Antioch church. Interest is increasing in the services. and souls are getting saved. The meeting will continue indeiini itely. The young men's quartette will , sing special music number at the church services, Sunday morning and evening. The quarterly meeting will be held next Sunday, with Ehler W. H. Moore, presiding. o BULLETIN 1 Indianapolis, Nov. 20. —(U.R) — Raymond D. Brown, president of

the United Post Offices corporation, this afternoon was appointed receiver for the Postal Station State Bank, by Judge William S. McMasters, of Marion superior court. The Postal Station State Bank, a eub-sidiary of the City Trust Company, closed its doors at 3 p.m t October 23, the same day the City Trust Company closed by action of its directors. Newspaper Suspends Tallahassee, Fla., Nov. 20. —'U.R) —The Florida State News today issued a special edition announcing its final publication and the bankruptcy cf Fred E. Eberhardt, < ditor and publisher. Simultaneously, a $50,000 libel suit was filed against the, Daily Democrat of Tallahassee for pub- ' lishing a recent statement by Governor Doyle E. Carlton, attacking Eberhardt. BARBER W CHANGES HANDS Service Shop Purchased By Charles Lose; Melchi To Have Charge A business deal was announced , here today in which Charles Lose, owner of the Lose barber shop becomes the owner of the Service barber shop on west Madison street The shop formerly was owned by ' Therman Stanton of Warren and was managed by his brother Fred Stanton. Mr. Lose stated that he would continue to conduct his shop and that Cecil Melchi and Russel Melchi could conduct the Service shop for him. Mr. Stanton said that he ’ would enter business with his bro--1 ther at Warren. ' The shop will continue under the ’ present management until next ' Monday, Mr. Lose sta'ed today. Starting next Monday when the I two Melchi brothers take charge i the shop which for several years - has been a unn-union shop, will become a union barber shop. ■ Both Russel and Cecil Melchi . have had many years experience in I the barbering trade. The shop will continue to be known as the Service, Mr. Lose said.

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Dad-In-Law Comes to the Rescue i ' F I* L \ t: 1 ■ L I. g Mrs. Harry K. Curtis, daughter-in-law of Vice President Curtis, when faced with the problem of raising SBOO immediately or being evicted from her flat in Chicago, I took the matter direct to the Vice President at Washington by telephone and got S4OO at once. Mrs. Curtis' husband was out of town when a court bailiff visited her flat and threatened to evict her unless back rent was paid at once. The S4OO brought about a compromise until the Vice President’s sou returned home.

DECATUR LADY EXPIRES TODAY I Miss Mary Fonner Dies at Hospital Following Heart Attack Miss Mary Adeline Fonner, DeI catur lady, died at the Adams County Memorial hospital this ; morning at 9:4t» o'clock from ■ heart trouble. She had suffered • with hear: trouble and was an invalid for the past fifteen years. I For the past several weeks she had • been in a critical condition and was taken to the local hospital this morning, a short time before , she died. Miss Fonner was born near this city. July 27, 1864, and was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Fonner. who are both deceased. Since the death of her mother she had lived with her sister, Mrs. A. J. Smith at ' 251 South Second I street, this city. Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. J. R. Christen of Marion, and Mrs. | A. J. Smith of this city, and a ' brother, John H. Fonner of Fort Wayne. , The deceased was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church for many years. Friends desiring to view the re- ’ mains may do so Friday afternoon , from 3 to 5 o’clock and Friday evening from 7 to 9 o’clock at the A. J. Smith home. I Funeral services will be held I Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the A. J. Smith home on South I Second street, with Rev. B. 11. I Franklin, pastor of thq Methodist Episcopal church, officiating. In(l terment will be made in the Deca- , tur cemetery. — Q Auditor Pays Bonds County auditor Albert Harlow is . busy this week paying road bonds > and interest coupons. M6re than ■ $75,000 worth of bonds are redeem i able this month. A majority of the • bonds and coupons are presented to the county auditor through the i local banks. Up until la t year all i road bonds were made payable in 1 May and November. Bonds issued - Inst year and thereafter are payable in July and January of each year.

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ASKS HOOVER TO EXERCISE FLEXIBLE RULE Plan May Be Taken to Congress By Chairman of Farm Board ADVANCE TO COVER SPAN Washington, Nov. 20 (U.R) Chairman Alexander Legge of the federal farm board advneated today an increase of 12>> cents a bushel in the • irill dntv on corn under the flexible provisions authorizing the president to increase tli° dutv bv .”>(1 per cent. The rale on corn now is 25 cents a bushel, and I>>gge said the increa. e to 37>£ cents would cover th<> spread between Buenos’ Aires corn price and quotations in the United States. Tariff revision either under the flexible clause or by congress to provide greater protection for other coarse grains would be also desirable, but corn faces the most serious competition from abroad, Ix>gge added. The farm board in its current wheat buying program has not yet. placed a limit on the amount of whea it may buy or on the price to be paid, the chairman said. • Russian siiipments of wheat were described by Legge as a vital factor in the present world market. He said Russia lias shipped 50.000,000 bushels o' wheat this year which was far more than they had l>een expected to have for export. The problem of the United States' wheat surplus may be solved by increased feeding of that grain to livestock, especially hogs, Legge said. He said one shoat eats as much wheat as a family of five. There is no presi ent surplus of hogs and he believes that eon-ideralile wheat could lie fed by hog raisers this winter. If the normal amount of grain wore fed to livestock this wilder.

it would virtually wipe out the large wheat surplus, Legge said. Owing to isior prices for livestock. however, farmers are not feeding as much grain ns usual. Legge said .the board would make no recommendation to congress for changes in the agricultural marketing act. Nor will he propose any changes to the cons nnce of farm leaders called for next week by Chairman McNary of the senate agricultural committee. A plan for farm relief through (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) JAMES VANNETT IS ARRESTED Charged With Failure to Provide for Children And Wife James Vannett, Decatur, today was charged in a criminal affidavit with failure to provid for his wife and children. Vanm tt was scheduled to be arraigned before Judge J. C. Sutton some time this afternoon. it also is highly probable that the Vannett ease will he taken tb the grand jury before it adjourns this w.eek. Those familiar with the case are of the opinion that the six children of Mr. and Mrs. Vannett should he placed in the custody of the board of childrens guardians and the court. It is said, from a reliable source, that Vann tt t efuses to work and has comp lied his wife, who at present is seriously ill. to earn a livelihood for the family "any way she can." Those who have investigated the case say the woman is in a serious physical condition and that her chances for recovery are slight. They also state that the children arc not properly cared for and that the husband refuses to provide for them. Vannett's bond was fixed by the court at SSOO and it is highly probable that if the man pleads guilty late this aft'moon, sentence will i be deferred until it is learned what actio utho grand jury might take