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MOL PLAN ■IS ANNOUNCED ■OEBWDRMS Say Corn I> Bad>SK Menaced With Sod H ' Webworms ■) CONTROLS B*" \RE POSSIBLE .■JU,.-- in Adams county p'p. • ■•<■<! some damage BHK, n '■ r. ,11) sod webworms number have inquired Mining ‘he worms of! \gent 1- E. Archbold. |M Archbold has made a SP,; ~f the menace the last HB'w, Ji- and has issued a . ruing control of ... ms damage al ; corn is plant1,. old timothy bulletin says. , I hcmselvcs ale v.. ll|^Kn U |„| not be character-;..,|-.-Tits of these worms el- pale tan colored millers and are usually around lights and are m be found flying up | th., grass as one walks meadow," the bulletin V '...bis art ide continues two broods annually. H r .ir '!:<• winter being passed I |K parti;, grown larva. These I" -iii' full grown about the, <a" of May and eggs for the : are laid in grass H, the female simply dropping as she tiles over the grass, eggs which produce the overKqjeriag larvae are laid the last and in September. ell irois are possible. The tu break up sod intended for ■, early fall before the middle the spring the plowing should I. so far as webworms until the latter part middle of June. The is intended to remove favorite egg laying places and ■iJXTIM’KI) ON PAGE THREE) M| ° Hlayo Heads Consistory Kuidianapolis, May 28 -(UP) -Edcommander of the Indiana of Scottish Rite at ’lie election here, officers selected wer ■ Lieutenant Commander. Lee ■ Busch; second lieutenant comK. Kruger; chancellor, CilfL Harrod, treasurer, Edward ■ Moore secretary, Fred 1. Willis. Dr. J. C. Branch Visits I His Son In Decatur ■ Dr. J. C. Branch of White Cloud, Michigan, father of Dr. C.H. Branch M this city, arrived here WednesMy to visit until Friday with relaDes. The elder Dr. Branch is a iorMer pastor of the Baptist Church in PMo Cloud, and a prominent phyMcian of that city. ■ During the past winter season. Mr. J. C. Branch was acting physiBan at 64 cases of smallpox at one ■hie. and vaccinated more than 700 ■ersotis. The visiting physician is ■9 years of age, and still has a large ■ractice in his home town. I o MSG WILL BE CHIEF SPEAKER ■Evangelical Men Will I Sponsor City - Wide Meet Monday Night I Congressman David Hogg, Fort Swayne, will speak at a men's meet- | ln s at the a'irst Evangelical church I’ 1 ’ this city next Monday night, l J one 1, at 8 o’clock, daylight sav|iog time. The meeting is being I Planned by the June section of the pvageiieal Men’s Brotherhood and P'en of all Decatur churches have peen invited to attend. Congressman Hogg, is well-known I“> Decatur and. Adams county and always draws a large audience. He I'as spoken on a number of occasions at Sunday school and church rallies. Invitations for the meeting next Monday night have been issued which say "AU men of the Decatur churches are invited to this meeting".

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Widowed by Duel jd Mrs. Joseph T. Loughlin (above), wife of the Brooklyn, N. Y., physicn who was mysteriously slain in what appeared to be a duel with Howard Bridgetts, New York broker, on the "field of honor.” Bridgetts, with a wound in his arm, gave up to police after he had been the object of a wide search. The survivor of the duel said he shot and killed Dr. Loughlin in self-de-fense. z MEMORIAL DAY PROGRAM READY Legion Sponsors Two Services; Second To Be Held At Berne Plans are being completed today for the Memorial Day program to be given by the Auatns Post of the American Legion Saturday, May 30. in this city and at Berne. All Adams County veterans of the Civil War, Spanish American War, and World War will unite in participating in Memorial services honoring the soldiers and sailors who were killed during service and who have since died. Tlte program will begin at 8:30 o’clock Saturday morning with an assembly of American Legion members and other war veterans at Legion hall. At 9:30 o’clock Memorial services will be lield over the grave of a local soldier in the Catholic Cemetery and will be in charge of Rev. H. H. Ferntheil, chaplain. Similar services will be held in the Maplewood Cemetery at 10 o’clock. All school children of this city are invited to take part in the parade at 10:30 o'clock and those who do participate will be given flags to carry in the parade. The parade will form at the Central School building and will inarch east on Jefferson street, to Second street, and north on Second street to Monroe sreet, then east to the St. .CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) 0 —; —9 Orphans Band To Give Concert In This City 0 — o The Reformed Church Orphan Home band ami orchestra from the orphanage at Fort Wayne will make its annual appearance at the local Zion Reformed church next Sunday night at 7:30 o’clock. The programs that the orphan children have presented during the past years have been much appreciated by the large audiences that have attended them. Besides the musical numbers there will also be a Bible drill and a pantomime. There will be no admission but a free-wll offering will be lifted for the benefit of the Home. Following is the program: Serenade — “Old Church Organ ’-! hambers Humoreske — “Saxophone Duet Dvorak. Medley— ~ .... “Southern Melodies Hayes Cornet Quartet — “Sextet from Lucia” Donigetti "Billy Sunday's Songs—Fillmore Overture—- “ Nigh! Cavalry”—Suppe. March— _ „ "Stars and Stripes forever — Sousa Part Two Vocal Duet wth Harp Accompaulment- —Selected.. Bible Drill— “Marching Through the Old Testament". Vibraphone Solo—Selected. Pantomime - "Silent Night, Holy Night".

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FINAL PLANS [ ARE MABE FOR K, OFC, MEETING Silver .Jubilee Will Be Observed Sunday With Initiation M. H. CARMODY TO BE SPEAKER Plans were completed today ' [for the joint initiation and the; celebration of the Silver Jubilee of the Knights of Columbus to be held in this city Sunday, May 31. Fort Wayne and Huntington Councils are participating ing in the initiation and both councils have a number of candidiates who will receive the 'degree work, together with the DeI catur men at the K. of C. hall. About 35 candidates will be initiated. The Hon. Martin H. Carmody, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus will attend the banquet to be held Sunday evening at the Decatur Country club. John P. O’Donnell, state deputy, will also deliver an address at the banquet. To Attend Mass Decatur Knights of Columbus, lo- ’ cal candidates and visiting Knights will attend mass at the St. Mary's Catholic church Sunday morning at 8:30 o’clock. It was originally scheduled to have the K. of C. mass at 10:15 o’clock, but was necessary! to change plans today. The Rev. Father Jochaim Ryder, Ft. Wayne, past state chaplin of the Knights of Columbus will probably deliver the sermon. The Rev. Father J. (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE)! .— o Fair Weather Forecast Indianapolis, May 28. — (U.R> — Clear skies and moderate temperatures will prevail in Indiana over Memorial Day, it was forecast here today by the United States weather bureau. J. H. Armington, senior meteorologist, predicted showers for the northern portion of the state tomorrow but believed they would not continue over Saturday. Rain and cooler weather was the forecast for central Indiana today. STATE POLICE TO LEAS ESCORT Governors Will Attend 500-Mile Race; Plans Being Completed Indianapolis May 28 — (UP) — Governors coming here previous to the executives’ conference at French Lick, which begins June 2, will be given an escort of mounted State police when they attend the annual 500-mile auto race at the 1 Speedway Saturday, Grover Garrett state police chief announced. Wallace O. Lee, chairman of the committee on arrangements for the ‘ conference, announced that the executives would be permitted to visit the pits during the race. He also revealed that the Governors will be given an opportunity to see a review of a picture taken from a story by George Ade, Indiana humorist, the movie is not scheduled for release for several months. It will be shown then through the courtesy of Will Hays, president of the organized motion picture industry. Another invitation to the conference was sent Governor Theodore Roosevelt of Porto Rico. Roosevelt .declined one but at present is in Washington. Church Plans Program The St. Luke's Reformed church will present a Children’s Day program at the school, Sunday evening beginning at 7:30 o’clock (C.S.T.). The program will consist of a 4 act tableau. "All His Work." based on Psalm 145, together with songs, recitations and exercises given by 18 children. A short pageant, “The Cup of Happiness," will be given by 4 Juniors and 8 Intermediate girls. An exercise. “The Soldier’s Armour,” will be presented by Junior boys: “Sewing Time,” an exercise, will be given by 9 primary children. Special music, songs, and recitations will be given by other children.

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Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, May 28, 1931.

! MEMORIAL DAY PROGRAM HH K M A. M. AT DECATUR B:3o—Assembly at Legion Hall. 9:30 —Service at Catholic Cemetery. Rev. 11. H. Ferntheil, chaplain, in charge. 10:00- Service at Maplewood Cemetery. 10:30 —Parade. Assembly at Central School. Line of March: G. A. R. Veterans, Spanish-American War Veterans, American Legion, W. R. C., Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, School Children. 11:00 —Service at St. Marys River. Spanish-American War Veterans in charge. 11:30 Memorial Service —Court House Lawn. Address, "Our Covenant with Our Dead” . Rev. H. H. Ferntheil. H « a Xf P.M. AT BERNE 2:oo—Services at the Square. , Address by Senator Thurman Gottschalk. 3:00 —Services at M. R. E. Cemetery.

Twenty-Five Indiana Cities On Hotel List Twenty-five Indiana towns are listed in the 100 places were Tourist hotels are proposed by the National Autohaven Company, Chicago. Bids for the building of the hotels are to be received June 6, accord- ' ing to word received by contractors. The Indiana cities, including Decatur, where hotels are listed are, Angola, Attica, Auburn, Columbia City, Crawfordsville, Frankfort, Fort Wayne. Gary, Goshen, Hammond, Huntington, Kendallville, Kentland, Kokomo, Marion, Michigan City, Mishawaka, Peru, Plymout, Freemont, Valparaiso, Warsaw, and West Lafayette. It is not known where the proposed hotel is to be located. o FARMER KILLS WIFE; MOTHER 1 1 Wisconsin Man Then Attempts to End His Own Life By Poison Mondovi, Wis„ May 28—(U.R) — George Waldebillig, 24-year-old ! farmer, told he was “lazy” when he refused to get a pail of water, I illed his wife and her mother witli a shotgun, and tried to take his own life by drinking medicated alcohol, Waldebillig was revived by Dr.ll A. Amundsen and taken to Alma to await arraignment on murder 1 charges. John Cain, father-in-law of the youthful fartnerl was threatened with death when he tried to wrest i tlie gun from Waldebillig's hands. The older man ran to a highway with the farmer's one year old (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) ■ o Flags Are Available Leo Ehinger, commander of the American Legion here stated today that the Legion still had a few flags and poles, similar to those used on Second street on holidays. Anyone desiring one is asked to call Mr. Ehinger at Lenhart, Heller and Schurger ofice. The set sells for |2.50. MASONSHOLD ANNUAL MEET - Dan H. Tyndall Is Local Lodge’s Representative At Conclave Indianapolis May 28 —(UP) —lra K. Church, Elkhart, new Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Indiana, F. and A. M., announced state appointments here. They were: Grand Chaplain. Rev. Arthur Doescher, Elkhart; Grand Lecturer. Ivory C. Tolle, Lebanon; Grand Marshal, Leroy C. McCullum Elkhart, Senior Grand Deacon, Thomas J. Wilson, Corydon; Junior Grand Deacon, Harley Somers, Fort Wayne; Grand Steward and Tyler, Jacob Rubin, Indianapolis. A. W. 1 Funkhouser, Evansville, past Grand Master, was named to the Masonic home board for a three year term. < Dan H. Tyndall, Master of the local lodge represented Decatur at the annual meeting'. Mr. Tyndall motored to Indianapolis Monday and was accompanied by Mrs. Tyndall. The state meeting is held annual- : ly at Indianapolis and one of the < features of the trip each year is a visit at the Masonic Horae at Franklin, Indiana.

THREE DAMAGE CASES FILED Joseph J. Schwartz And Wife Seek $6,250 In Three Damage Suits Three unusual cases for damages were filed in Adams circuit court today by H. M. DeVoss and C. H. mussleman, attorneys. The suits involve two members of the Amish faith. Joseph J. Schwartz filed two of the suits and Elizabeth Schwartz filed the third. The total damages I asked in the three cases is $6,250. All cases are against Grover Neuenschwander, doing business under the name of Refiners Service Station. The affidavids alleged that in December 1930 a truck owned by defendant and driven by Elroy Winteregg' collided with a rig driven by Schwartz and occupied by Mrs. Schwartz. Mrs. Schwartz asks $5.000 personal injury damages; and i Schwartz seeks SI,OOO expenses in- , curred because of his wife's injur- i ies and $250 damage to the rig. Summons in all three cases are re ] turnable June 8, 1931. ( o Parole Board Meets Michigan City, Ind., May 28.—(U.R) —Trustees of the Indiana state prison, sitting as a parole board, granted 19 paroles, paroled two 1 men to other institutions, paroled 1 two (o other states, rejected 15 applications, and continued seven. ' o STORES REPORT 1 GOOD BUSINESS — Local Merchants Will : Keep Stores Open At Night Friday A steady stream of customers in j Decatur stores all day today mark- . ed the opening of the double doliar ■ days staged by Decatur business 1 men. Almost every local retail store 1 reported a good day’s business. 1 Bargains will continue throughout Friday and local stores will re- I main open Friday night. Decatur barbershops also will remain open until 10 o’clock Friday night and practically all stores will be clos- ( ed Saturday, May 30, in observance of Memorial Day. Hundreds of farmers and their wives took advantage of the numer- j ous bargains offered in every line of merchandise. Many people from neighboring towns also visited Decatur stores today and remained that values here were had at great savings. The Decatur junior band played . an hour concert this afternoon and will hold another concert up town ! Friday night, starting' at 8 o’clock, i There will be no issue of the Daily Democrat Saturday. ( Bible School To Open The Daily Vacation Bible school ‘ of the Pleasant Dale Community, 1 south west of Decatur, will open * Monday morning, June 1, at 8:30 o'clock in the Pleasant Dale Church. The school had an enrollment of 272 last year, and more than 300 pupils are expected to enroll in the school this year. Mrs. F. L. Cover of Bethany Hit le ' School, Chicago, will! direct the 1 school again this year. She will be ’ assisted by twenty efficient teach- * ers and helpers. All children between the ages of I 4 and 15 are eligible to enroll in 1 the school. !

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KIRKLAND NOT | TO GET HEAVIER PRISON TERM Judge Says He Is Not Obligated To Change 1-10 Year Term 1929 STATUTE MAKES CHANGE Vtil|Kiraiso, Ind.. May 28— (U.R) Judge Grant M. Crumjpacker announced today that l “the one to 10 year prison term passed upon Virgil Kirkland will stand.” Judge Crumpacker denied he was obligated to pass a five to 25 year sentence, on ; the verdict of guilty to a charge of assault and battery with intent to commit a criminal attack. In reply to Attorney General James M. Ogden's announcement from Indianapolis that the sentence should have been longer, Crumpacker was quoted as saying that "the attorney general is barking up the wrong tree.” Indianapolis, May 28 —(U.R) — Attorney General James M. Ogden I reiterated today his statement that a 1929 change in the 1927 Statute relative to sentencing of minors, gave Judge Grant M. Cspmpacker in Porter circuit court authority to sentence Virgil Kirkland to from five to 21 years’ imprisonment. Ogden’s statement was in an(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) ' 0 Radio Is Denounced Peru, Ind., May 28. — (U.R> — Denunciation of the radio as an “abomination in the sight of God” and reiteration of a ban on smoking marked the closing session of the National conference of the old Order German Baptist church near here. Meetings, held on a farm, were attended by 12,000 persons. 4-H Club Will Meet Officers of the 4-H Calf Club ’ Frederick Duff, president; Ixirine ' Rich, vicepresident; and Janies Moses, secretary-treasurer met last ' evening with Lorine Rich and ap- ' pointed Helen Mitchell, Reinhold Koldewey, Noah J. Schrock and | Kenneth Hirschy on the program I, committee. Dessie Mazelin was ap | pointed song and yell leader. In or-1 der to assist the program committee, the officers made plans for a meeting to be held at the Monroe High School Friday evening. June 5. The plans for the meeting calls for a response at Roll Call by the var- . ious members telling) what they are doing with their calf. Noah Schrock will then give a talk on feeding the calf. The Lehman sisters, Pollyanna and Juanita will be asked for a song. Frederick Duff will then discuss the need for daily handling of the calf while Calvin Steury will be asked to give a talk ' on show ring manners of the calf. O ' BANK MERGERS * AT SOUTH BEND $43,000,000 Involved In Two Large Mergers Announced Today South Bend, Ind., May 28.—(U.R) —Two bank mergers involving six institutions with assets aggregating , approximately $43,000,000, were announced here today. The First National, Union Trust, Citizens National, and Citizens Trust and Savings Company, all of South Bend, will be combined, with assets of some $30,000,000. Guy McMichael was expected to be president, with E. M. Morris, financier and former Republican leader, (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) Three Firemen Injured Indiana Harbor, Ind., May 28. — (U.R)' —Three firemen were injured here when the roof of a burning tenement house collapsed into the second floor, burying them in the . flaming debris. The victims, Harry Darrell, Frank Schmitt and Joe P.ediove, suffered fractures and internal injuries.

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Future General ■■F 9 W. • ’ i • / : Alfred Ashman (above), Oakland, Calif., winner in the National Flag contest conducted by Hearst newspapers. is to enter West Point Military Academy July 1. Ashman ac-| companied other California flag winners to Washington, 1). C., on an inspirational tour arranged by William Randolph Hearst for successful entrants from all parts of the country. PROPHESIES NOT OFFICIAL White House Careful After Past Instances Clapper Says — Washington, May 28. — (U.R> — Twice within a week the White House has iridicated it detected favorable "factors in the business situation, but there were no dogmatic predictions in either instance, because through disheartening experience tlie administration lias learned that in economic prophecy it is little wiser than the average man. President Hoover, numerous of 11 i s cabinet members, Senator Janies E. Watson, Repn., Ind., and other Republican spokesmen have been criticized for indulging in economic prophecy which time has proved erroneous. Therefore the current restraint, in contrast witli an earlier disposition to predict a (CONTINUED ON °AGE TWO) TREASURY IS BILLION SHORT Deficit Grows Larger And Passes High Mark On May 26 Washington, May 28—(UP)—The treaaury deficit lias passed the billion dollm- mark the treasury records show today. The treasury daily statement issued today showed that tlie deficit reached tlie billion dollar mark on Iday 26. standing on that day at $1,000,792,430.88. On the same day loans made unter the Veterans loan bill paused by the last congress passed tlie billion dollar mark amounting to sl,090.137.402 loaned to 1,950,000 veterans. Applications for loans continue to come in at a rate of 35,000 per week. Advisers of President Hoover are understood to have informed him that about 60 per cent of the money borrowed under the Veterans loan bill has been used to pay off old debts and that about 15 per cent (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o — Meier Funeral Friday Private funeral servees will be held Friday afternoon at 1:30 o’- 1 clock for Dr. Hugo H. Meier, 49, a 1 dentist residing on the DecaturFort Wayne road, who died Wednesday morning at 5:50 o'clock 1 from Uraemic poisoning. Dr. Meier was stricken with 'he poisoning at liis office in Fort Wayne Monday night, and he never regained consciousness. He was re- i moved to the Lutheran Hospital i Tuesday morning. i The deceased was born in Win- i Chester, the son of Mr. and Mrs. , John Meier. Surviving are the wife , two daughters, three brothers, and three sisters. The funeral services . will be held at the residence, with the Rev. M. L. Robinson officiating.

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CHARTS INTACT AFTER LANDING REPORT SAYS I I 1 Landing Is Made Late Wednesday Night According to Rumor RELIEF MEN GO TO RESCUE Innsbruck, Austria. May 28. — (U.R) —The news that Prof. Auguste Piccard and Charles Kipfer, his assistant, landed in their balloon on one of the Gurgl Ferner glaciers was confirmed today. Authentic advices said the landing was made late last night and the two were now descending to Gurgl. highest village in the Tyrolese Alps, to notify their families of their safety. The gondola of the balloon, with the instruments and charts with which the scientists took observations at the great height—perhaps ten miles up—was intact, the advices said. A relief expedition was sent up (lie mountain from Gurgl to meet tlie scientists and was expected to return with them at 5 p. m. An Innsbruck newspaper quoted Piccard as saying the flight was a I great scientific success. Berlin. May 28.—(U.R> —A telegraphen Union agency dispatch from Innsbruck, which was unconfirmed from other sources, said Professor Auguste Piccard and Charles Kipfer were alive and that both met a rescue guard on the slope of Ramolkogel glacier, where the balloon landed at 10 o'clock last night. The unconfirmed dispatch said Piccard told his rescuers he had leached a height of 16.000 meters —52,480 feet or just under ten miles. o Rev. Cover Is Coming Rev. and Mrs. F. L Cover nnd family of the Bethany Bible School of Chicago Illinois, will be at the Pleasant Dale Church south west of Decatur, Sunday evening. Rev. Cover a former pastor of the church, will deliver the sermon, and the congregation will also he favored with several selections by the Adams County Imperial Quartet. The public is invited to this special service. o Dan Schafer Returns For Summer Vacation Daniel Schafer, son of C. C. Schafer of this city returned here todayfront Culver where he is u student at Culver Military Academy. Dan sustained a broken leg in a fall from a pier at Culver several weeks ago, and because of his injury he was given his final examinations a week early and permitted to return home. Dan was advanced from the Junior to Senior class at Culver, having successfully passed all his examinations. His physician stated that it would be necessary to keep ills leg in u east for several weeks and it is probable he will not be able to walk for two months yet. • o FLIERS SEEK NEW RECORDS Non-Stop Attempts Are Started Today; Amelia Earhart Flies Burbank, Calif., May 28.—(U.Rh - Captain Leon Diaz, Mexican aviator, and liis mechanic. Meonardo Enriquez, took off from United Airport at 4 a. m. today on a proposed non-stop flight to Mexico City. The flyers said they hoped to reach the Mexican capita) within II hours. Their plane, the Anahuac, is the one in which Roberto Fierro, Mexican ace. made a non-stop flight recently from New York to Mexico City. The plane was released from attachment only yesterday by Federal Judge William P. James when Rafael de la Colina, Mexican consulate! testified that it was the (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)