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■0 BANKS AT ■RT WAYNE IN Barge merger •u Rational, First And .loin to Make ■$36,00(1,000 Bank ■ officers ■ ARE IN CHARGE |^L : Wa\ lie. June 24.— U R I f the Old National ■ am! First & Tri State | ank and Trust < '■ ■in- ' a ■ < ombined t han s.‘>s.O<Hl,(Mhi, H:.!:’-..need here today. two institutions will temporarily under Frank H. Cutshali. ■rt: "f the Old National, and r I’aul. chairman tors of the announced. Ki, ■ was president Tri State. l described as .Hie middle wst baiikmc for the purpose ~t strength, and a'l : ■ ■ avoid expenditure ot p.hi n a building expan-ion win. ti would have j. r the Old National, - . will be s3,sim.Omi. said. New capital will be Miii-i National was organ/.’-i fMg. ,md the other bank tlal.-s .-I. a long list o' no-ig-changes to 1863. merged institution will be as Old First National rt '* ■ .-sident of t he llnl association. - —o Bureau Holds MB Meeting At Monroe ... I mil and so. mi f.,i r i. s. liool last \ being in charge. by the Kirk ■ ip impel ial - - l-irtlest Fol It . ■ tier. George Yam |H< " Mann, winners of 'le- :. t Indiana urogram last year II .1 - ■!■. Bloomington. -im 1.- . Program' uNeil. social and e.l . director of the Imremi. Ml'-.i. "Making Our Farm ol Tomorrow Secure." .kots were 11 H. Not ■ bureau di: ■ •>' ’ii .some Things You M-' Miss Fern Dilling gal” interesting readings, were served by composed of the .1-< ■Bro Byerly. Harry v- . Lehman, Dav.- Rolli .user and the Misses Byerly and Fern Dilliim (’rownover ai ted ■ —o ■wan dies I FOR MURDER < Weai-Okl Convict Is At State Early Today ’ll. City, Ind., Juno 24 Ignacio Sarrage-za. 2'l. was |^B' o 'Ui’'d today in the In-liana for conviction ot killGlafcke, a Mkhigan was strapped in "2 a. m. and pro 12. 111. His parents, who I.a Barca, Jalisco. '.Mexico, know he was to be ex.-cut have never been told he bad a crime. Numerous made by Mexican anti gain clemency for him. tondeniued man's last r>“as that the prison bam! play national anthem f<» >S This was done yesterday at For hours last night be execution he entertained by playing the anthem mi j|^B Mll >onica. He appealed . alm walked to the chair and made

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| Pope Pius Protests Against Treatment Pon! UCan , Clty ' JHne 24 ~<R)-The POP* protested publicly today iGhAVH the treatment accorded I j the Vatican by the Italian govern- | nrent, shortly after the government had delivered its reply to the Pope’s latest note. . In an address to 90 pilgrims from Naples who had just returned from a pilgrimage to Padua Assisi and Loretto, the Pope said- " The situation is bad. Things are not going normally and today are not tending to return to normal. The pYesent situation is paini ful and abnormal. Both the Pope i [ and Holy See are not being treated as we deserve to be treated.'’' , o —_ D.V.B.S. PLANS COMMENCEMENT Public Is Invited To Annual Exercises at D. H. S. Gym Thursday The closing exercises of the Daily i Vacation Bible School will be held], on Thursday night at 7:30 o’clock L (D. S. T.) in the Decatur high, school gymnasium. Clever invita- , tions have been issued liy the pupils I inviting the parents to be present I at the exercises. On Friday a picnic will be held at American Legion Park which will be the final session of the school. The total enrollment this year is 269, which is larger than that pt last year. The public is cordialy invited to attend the closing program tomorrow night. Following is the program: Processional Opening Remarks—Rev. A. R. Fledderjohann. Flag Salutes —Primary and Junior Departments. i Invocation —Rev. H. H. Ferntheil. Response to Prayer by School. (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) BUY MORE LAND FOR STATE PARK Seven Hundred Acres Purchased In .Jackson County For Park Indianapolis. June 23 —(UP)— Indiana's 13,706-acre chain of state' forests soon will be enlarged by ac | quisition of 700 acres ot' Jackson I County knob land, which also will be used as a site for a 100-foot fire observation tower, Ralph Wilcox i State forester, announced today. Although all of the land, to be | identified as the Jackson County State forest, lying a mile and a half east of Brownstown, has not yet been purchased, it has been ’ contracted for, Wilcox said. The observation tower the first to be erected under provisions of a 1931 act, will be built on the high- ' est knob in the 700-acre plot. Observations over 1&0.060 acres of ' forest land in Jackson, Washington Clark and Scott counties will be possible from the tower, Wilcox said. The state now owns and maintains five watch towers, and with the new one, 700,000 acres of Forest will be brought under the protection of the state fire control system. Because of lack of sufficient protection, 175,000 acres, much of it privately owned, were burned over last year, according to Wilcox. Ot the land, 2.000 acres was reforested ■ with trees from state nuseries. Man Killed By Express Train i Hammond, June 24—(UP)—One man was killed and another injured probably fatally, when a Chicagobound express freight train left the track on the New York Central line . four miles west of Crown Point to- , da Theodore Tattah, South Chicago, was killed instantly and Henry OGrady, South Chicago was not expected to live. Both men were riding a .op a boxcar which jumped the track with ten other cars. Spreading rails apparently caused the accident. o u. S. Steel Reaches High Price Today New York, June 24—(UP)—United States steel common stock today sold at SIOO a share, the first time it has touched that figure since May 22.

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Poison Plot Victims JB •• -Jr-.j I t-. '■■tli' 1 1/' 'Wm ■ raraßoJ -1 _ --rjiiWMWk Members of the Simmons family of Greenland, Ini., two of whom were killed by poisoned sandwiches served at a family reunion picnic held at Lebanon, Ind. Left to right: John W. Simmons, Virginia Smimons (dead). Dale Simmons, Elizabeth Simmons, Alice Simmons (dead) and Mrs. John W. Simmons. It is believed a maniac is responsible for the homicid il conspiracy.

GIVES ORDERS ON FIREWORKS Chief Melchi Warns All Dealers And Celebrators of New Orders It is illegal to buy or shoot firecrackers in Decatur before July 1 nml Chief of Police Sephus Melchi today stated that a violation of this order would be followed by; prosecution. Several yonng i>««q»k*i have already violated the order and Chief Melchi stated he had the names of several of the violators. Several brands of explosives have been barred in Indiana this' year. They include victory flash salutes, K. O. flash salutes, radio salutes, spit devils, sons ot guns, devils of the walk, and glitta cracks. According to Alfred Hogston. state fire marshall, a chemical analysis of these firecrackers showed them to be dangerous. Another new state regulation makes it a violation of the law to I shoot fire crackers or fireworks on ! streets and sidewalks. Children under 12 years of age are not perI mitted to purchase fireworks in Indiana. HUNK ANDERSON HAS BREAKDOWN Notre Dame Coach Who Succeeded Rockne Goes To Hospital Chicago June .24 —.(UP) —Heartly (Hunk) Anderson, Notre Dame's head football coach succeeding/he late Knute Rockne, today was enroute to the Mayo Clinic at Rochester to be treated for serious sinus trouble ami a general breakdown. Accompanied by Mrs. Anderson, he passed through Chicago last night and made the change ot trains in a wheel chair. He was in intense pain from the sinus attack. Mrs. Anderson said he had lost 14 pounds in the last five days. Anderson had been treated daily for the past five weeks, it was revealed, hut he concealed his illness until the end of spring football practice at. Notre Dame. Thursday he was ordered to bed and yesterday Dr. John Mohardt, Mayo Clinic Doctor and a former Notre Dame halfback, advised h|m to Igo to Rochester for an examination anil treatment. The coach has concealed an engagement as instructor at the two weeks summer football school at (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) Decatur Gets Meeting The Misses Mildred Worthman Lillian Worthnian, Bernadine Roller, Marie Kolter, and Helen Kirsch Rev. A. R. Fledderjohann and' Cyrus Cable attended the Tri County Christian Endeavor Convention in Bluffton, Tuesday night. The next fall meeting of the Tri County organization will be held in Decatur.

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Man Tied To Bed To Stop Suicide Efforts Alexandria June 24 —(UP) — George Dollar. 71. confessed slayer of Herbert Gooding, and who wounded three others before attempting to take his own life, will be manacled in his bed in the hospital here to prevent him from continuing his attempts at suicide, it was said. Dollar was recovering here from self inflicted bullet wounds after he i had laid down on a blazing mattress , following the killing. He attempted • *o finip from an upstairs window in j ,I another suicide attempt here and ' Sheriff Bernard Bradley decided to , | fix manacles to his bed. LIONS'ANNUAL BANQUET HELD Local Club Entertains Wives, Sweethearts At Dinner And Bridge ' Members of the Decatur Lions club entertained their wives and ' sweethearts at a dinner and bridge , party at the Decatur Country Club Tuesday night. The banquet room was decorated with garden flowers and the evening’s program opened with a three-course banquet. Following the evening meal the affair was turned over to Herman | H. Myers who presided as toastmaster. Marjorie Scheuman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Scheuman entertained the audience with a rec- ' Station; The Misses Patsy and Rose Mary Fullenkamp, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Fullenkamp presented several clever dances; Luella Frohnapfel, daughter of Dr. and Mrs H. D. Frohnapfel delivered a re’eitation and Mrs. Faye Smith Knapp ■ presented a reading. Rev. Benjamin Franklin, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church de--1 livered the address of the evening. His talk dealt with modern condi- . tions and Rev. Franklin received a hearty applause at the conclusion of the address. ■Following the program, 'tallies were aranged for bridge. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Gentis received high score for the evening and Mr. and Mrs. Perry Short were awarded low ■ score. o z Find Money On Man Michigan City, June 24 —(U.R) — George Leonard, Wabash ‘‘man of mystery,” proved himself an expert at hiding money when admitted to the Indiana state prison ( here. Sheriff Malott had removed $570 from Leonard, and believed it was all the money that the man possessed. Just before he entered the institution, however, $1,600 was found hidden in Leonard’s clothes. It consisted of three SSOO bills ami one SIOO bill, rolled tightly and sewed in his shirt. He had been . searched three times by officers. Leonard, who said he was “From down in Texas or anywhere,” and had no home, asserted he had i earned the money. It was deposltl ed in a bank here pending his release.

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FUNERAL HELD FOR TWO GIRLS Poison Probe Continues Following Funeral Services Today Greenfield, June 24.— (U.R) — A double funeral was held at the lit--11 tie farm home of Mr. and Mrs. John j Simmons at 10 o’clock today for' '! Virginia and Alice Jean Simmons, ' ' victims of poisoned sandwiches ' they ate at a reunion in Lebanon Sunday. Burial xvas made in the Simmons’ family cemetery, near the home. The services were brief and simple. The two white caskets I rested side by side in the front I room of the brick house where the family has lived for many years. Only a portion of the large number , of persons present were able to ’ j find room inside the home to hear | the services. I Many others, drawn both through curiosity and because the Simmons i family is prominent in this region, I were grouped on the lawn and road. Mingling among these were officers of Greenfield and Boone 1 and Hancock bounties, who halted i — . (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE! o LETTERS FAIL TO SOLVE DEATH I Letters Said To Be Written by Starr Faith full Are Released i New York. June 24—(U.R) —Despite two letters said to have been I written by Starr Faithfull to Dr. G. Jameson Carr, for whom she professed “a mad and insane” . attachment and which indicated i her intention of suicide, the bait- ! ling death of the beautiful Greenwich Village girl seemed no neari er solution today. I The two missives, presented to i the Nassau county grand jury yesI terday by Dr. Carr, ship’s doctor t aboard the Cunard liner Franconia, told of her unrequited love for I him and told of carefully laid plans by the eccentric 25-year-oid girl to end her life by means which would prevent frustration. However. District Attorney Elvin f N. Edwards, who has clung to a . theory of murder since the girl’s . body was found on Long Beach ) more than two weeks ago, declared he was still skeptical that Starr ) had taken her own life. 5 (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) ’ Seeks Bond For Peace i ■ An affidavit for surety of the 1 peace was tiled by Nathan Nelson, 1 prosecuting attorney against Jesse 1 A. Ray. Tuesday afternoon. The affidavit was filed with Justice of the 1 Peace, A. C. Butcher, who resigned 1 jurisdiction because he has acted 1 as counsel for the defense. Ed. A. - Bosse, attorney was appointed spe- ’ cial judge. The case will be tried Friday.

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TWO COUNTRIES ACCEPT HOOVER DEBT HOLIDAY France Accepts With Reservations And Italian Cabinet Agrees FRANCE WANTS GERMANY TO PAY Paris, June 24. —(U.R) — The French acceptance of President Hoover's war debts holiday, with reservations, was approved by the cabinet today. It lauds Mr. Hoover’s initiative but, as expected, insists on the continuation of the "unconditional annuities’’ from Germany as provided in the Young plan. The reply stressed that the government, however, must gain the i approval of parliament liecause the Young plan was voted a law last year and the cabinet can only approve the Hoover plan ‘‘in principle.” The cabinet’s defeat in the chamber of deputies was anticipated Friday, when it asks parliament’s approval of its action. Parliament, hostile to the Hoover plan has insisted that it be consulted prior to dispatch of any reply to the American proposal. The text of the French reply will be communicated through Walter E. Edge, United States ambassador, to the state department in Washington later today. Italy Accepts Plan Rome, June 24 —<U.R> —The Italian government today announced acceptance, in principle, of President Hoover’s war debts holiday proposal. The American plan had bpen favorably received, and acceptance was expected, although one condition indicated was that Germany give up the proposed union with Austria. WILL ATTEND NATIONAL MEET Two Local Delegates To Attend Sorority Convention This Week Miss Florence Holthouse and Mrs. Luzern Uhrick will attend the national convention of the Delta Theta Tau sorority which will open in Huntington, Thursday, June 25, and continue throughout Sunday, June 28. The convention will be held in the LaFontaine Hotel. Thursday evening the sorority members will enjoy a swimming party, and a banquet will be a feature of the Friday's program, and the convention ball will be an event on Saturday evening. A number ot persons from this city will attend the convention. Miss Holthouse will leave Sunday morning, June 28, for Caney Creek Kentucky, where she will attend the dedication of a mountain school, . sponsored by the sorority. She will return via Chicago, where three Delta Theta Tau chapters will unite in entertaining. A Swimming party and luncheon will take place at the Edgewater Beach Hotel, and a dinner at the Medinah Athletic Club will be enjoyed by Miss Holthouse. Miss Charlotte Niblick, formerly of this city, wil act on the enter- ’ tainment committee for the special ' events in Chicago. ——o —— Uprising of Farmers In Mexico Staged Mexico City, June 24.—(U.RV—An uprising of farmers who attacked the tow’n of Patambarillo was reported in a dispatch from Las Pie- ' dad, Michoacan state, to the news- ’ paper La Prensa today. The dispatch said 19 persons . were killed in the surprise attack, and three seriously wounded. The farmers descended on the town during the absence of the mayor, to avenge an old grudge, the report said. o — Letter Carrier Walks 144,600 Miles On Route , Goshen, June 24 —<U.R> —Alvin O. I Sutsman, this city's oldest mail I carrier, will retire August 1 after nearly 32 years’ service. He esti- . mated he lias walked 144,000 miles, I thp distance of nearly six times around the world.

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'Boy Is Killed By Shotgun Discharge Word has been received of the death of Bobby Dicer, 12 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Dicer of Cincinnati, Ohio, formerly of this city. The boy was shot ami •killed Monday afternoon at his home, when a rifle, with which a group of the boys were playing, was accidentally discharged by one of his playmates. The deceased was a grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dicer, former Decatur residents. Mrs. Dicer taught school here for a number of years, and Mr. Dicer was a cigar maker in this city. , ■* n PROGRESS MADE AT POST OFFICE I New Building May Be Occupied By October 1, Graham Says Postmaster L. A. Graham stated today that he believed the new postoffice building in this city would be ready for occupancy about Octo- ' her 1. Work is progressing on the building and the pouring of concrete for j the first floor will probably start | 1 Thursday. The plans call for a five I inch concrete floor with a wood 1 floor laid on top ot it. The plumbing system installed by a Union City contractor was ap- ' proved Saturday by the government ' inspector. The sewer system and ■ connection have also been made. The brick and stone work is under way and much progress will be ■ made in the next few weeks on this 1 part of the building. The suggestion has been made by r several local citizens that a program be held here at the time of the i opening of the new building. Post- > master Graham suggested that the- . matter be turned over to the Cham- ■ her of Commerce or to a civic organization. planning for an appropriate dedicatory program and the matter will probably be investigated ( by the proper bodies between now and the time to arratute plans for the event. i Anderson and Company, Chicago are general contractors on the building and their contract specifies that the building shall be completed by the last of November. Death Claims Well Known Physician Dr. L. P. Drayer, well-known physician of Fort Wayne, died this i morning at Battle Creek, Mich., I where he was a patient in the hosI pltal there. Dr. Drayer had been ’ ill for several weeks. He was well I known in Decatur. STOCKS MAKE i ANOTHER GAIN 1 , Advance From 1 to 12 [ Points Today; Tobacco Shares Lead Spurt New York, June 24—<U.R) —The I ' stock market advanced from 1 to I 12 points today, adding,two billion I dollars to market values, in an active session that saw more than i million shares traded. r The swinging forward of the market today brought up the paper , value of listed securities six billion dollars over the closing quotation ] Friday. Incentive to buying was furnished at the outset by conditional acceptance by the French cabinet I of the Hoover moratorium proposal. While the market in general ! moved ahead, interest attached to various groups with tobaccos was the outstanding feature. Tobacco shares rose 4 to more ’’ than 12 points, American Tobacco issues making the widest gain, s o Hoosier Youth Missing 8 B Washington, June 24. —(U.R>—No , word had been received here today by relatives of Robert E. Mclntosh. 21, regarding his whereabouts. McIntosh, son ot R. L. Mclntosh, city councilman, disappeared from a ? training school he was attending in Akron, O. It was said he start- ). ed to go swimming Saturday night il and has not been seen since. It r was not believed, however, that he i' was drowned. i, Mclntosh was expected here tos morrow and planned to be married Sunday to Miss Hazel Hunter.

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POST AND GATTY SPAN ATLANTIC WITHOUT MISHAP Continue Flight From England To Germany; Time 36 Hours in Air SECOND PLANE ON OCEAN FLIGHT Harbor Grace, N.F.D., June | 24 —(U.R) — Another plane, the i second within 24 hours, soared into the air here today and started out across the North Atlantic toward Europe. Otto Hillig and Holger Hoiriis of New York departed at 3:24 a.m. E.S.T. for Copenhagen. A west wind helped them at the start. Weather conditions were favorable. Berlin, Germany, June 24. —KU.PJi-The monoplane Winnie Mae, flying around the world, arrived here at 8:30 p. m. from Hanover, Germany, where it made a brief halt after span- ■ ning the Atlantic during the ! night. The fliers, Wiley Post, and Harold Gatty, brought their speedy craft down here before proceeding to Moscow. They were utterly exhausted after nearly 36 hours ot almost continuous flying. The flight of 750 miles from Chester, England, was made in 6 hours, 25 minutes, elapse time. Liverpool, England, June 24 — (UP)—Wiley Post and Harold Gatty after a successful flight across the Atlantic, landed their monoplane Winnie Mae at the Sealand airdrome, near Chester today and proceeded on their way around the world after a brief halt. The daring fliers came down at i the airdrome at Ip. m. but despite the strain ot their dash from New York to Newfoundland and across the Atlantic in little more than 24 hours, refused to rest but took off with the intention of flying at least as far as Berlin and perhaps to Moscow. Chester is 16 miles southeast of Liverpool and 20 miles from the Irish Sea. First word that the fliers had made the year's first crossing of (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) —; ~~Z. Boy Mistaken For Thief Shot By Father Newcastle, June 24 —<U.R) — lYenzil Thompson, 19, was near death in a local hospital today from buckshot wounds inflicted by his own father. Sain Thompson, who mistook his son and a companion, Howard Hedrick, 18, for chicken thieves. Hedrick was wounded seriously, but was expected to recover. The boys said they heard a noise in the chicken house as they returned late last night to the Thompson farm near here, and went to investigate. The elder j Thompson heard them and fired at ' short range as he saw the figures near the coops. BOOM CRAVENS FOR STATE POST Veteran Legislator May Be Candidate For Lieutenant Governor ' Madison, June 24 —<U.R> -Demo--1 erats of the new ninth district today were prepared to support Joseph M. Cravens, veteran legis--1 lator, for the nomination for lieutenant governor in the 1932 election. A proposal that Cravens carry the party flag in the race for second honors on the state ticket > was greeted by cheers at a parlov ' of state and district Democratic . leaders here. William Storen, state treasurer, ' opened the rally for Cravens, who i has been a member of the k’gisla- ' ture for 25 years. In 1924 he was ■ the parly's choice for governor. He I was presiding at the meeting when t his name was boomed for State i post. Paul V. McNutt and Frank Mayr - Jr., considered the party’s strong--1 est contenders for the gubernatorial nomination, also were present.