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iTri-County Meeting To Be At Montpelier The Tri-county meeting of the Pythian Sisters lodge will be held in I’he Knights of Pythias home in I Montpelier. Tuesday, August 11. An I all day meeting will be held, with a pot luck dinner at the noon hour followed with a program. Adams, Wells, and Blackford counties are included in the meetins. and members of lodges in Bluffton, Decatur, Tocsin, Ossian. Roll and Montpelier will attend. — o LINER STRIKES ROCK; DAMAGED No Lives Lost When Ship Loses Route In Intense Fog Rio de Janeiro, Aug. 8. — (U.R) — The Munson liner Western World, )en route to Buenos Aires, from i here, lost direction in a fog and hit 1 , a rock at Ponta Do Boi near San- ■ toe. according to word today. Slight; damage was suffered and thete • were no casualties. The passengers were taken aboard the steamship General Osorio, after the crash, which occurI red yesterday. The Munson line local manager’ I said the Western World hit the I rock early in the morning, suffering no serious damage, but as the ship , was leaking slightly the passengers were transferred to the General Osorio which remained alongside as a precautionary measure. The only source of information has been the radio of the General | Osorio and reception has been dis-. ficult. The government dispatched two | destroyers and one tugboat to give aid if necessary. o Cramer Reaches Island Copenhagen, Denmark Aug. 8 — (UP) —Parker Cramer, American flier on a route-mapping tour, left the Faroe Islands at noon today for Bergen or Stavenger, Norway. He readied Sydeto Island last night after a forced landing at sea on his way from Reykjavik, Iceland. DIAMOND RESTS IN DRY TRIAL Defense Completes Testimony of Famous Gangster of the East New York, Aug. 4—(U.R)—The defense in the trial of Jack (Legs) Diamond, racketeer, and his lieutenant, Paul Quattrochi, rested today. contending itself with an alibi in Its effort to beat government charges of a prohibition conspiracy. Diamond, who is known in the underworld as the jackal or bullying type, did not venture onto the. stand. Instead he chose to end his defense after presenting documents to show his presence in a hospital | victiifl of enemy guns or abroad at the time he was accused of building up a beer business in the Catskill mountain summer resort territory. Three character witnesses testified for Quattrochi this forenoon. o Court Considers Stay — Terre Haute, Aug. S—(U.R) —Judge Albert Owens, who denied Prosecutor Charles Whitlock a petition tor a temporary restraining order to prevent the Kentucky Natural Gas company from laying pipes in Terre Haute, said today he was considering a 3(£day stay against the company. He said the 30-day order might be given while Whitlock appealed the case to the supreme court. Judge Owens previously ruled that Whitlock had no authority in the case. o— Convention Adjourns Terre Haute. Aug. B.—(U.R)—The forty-seventh annual convention of the Indiana Federation of Labor ■ adjourned here after adopting a resolution favoring a six-hour work- ■ ing day and a five-day working week. The convention also went 1 on record favoring use of Indiana 1 products wherever possible in the George Rogers Clark memorial at Vincennes.

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I • THREE KILLED IN MONMOUTH CROSSING CRASH I - I 7 ir 1 - ■,tl fl - ' ”, -'‘ r '’»r—-S’>?* ; ■-» - -. . . - ■ . V-. • . > Se- ‘ ! -*— K ‘ K-A X -V? ' — < ■ ♦ >' __Z_* -■ > - ~ Above is photograph taken I,V Paul Edwards. Edwards Studio, Decatur, of what remained of the automobile in which Harry Broddy, his wife and child were killed at the Pennsylvania railroad crossing at Monmouth Friday afternoon. The picture was taken shortly after the tragedy occurred. The largest part ot the automobile is located on the east side of the road, which leads investigators to believe that Broddy turned his car to the east in a last effort to avoid the collision.

LINDY. WIFE CONTINUETRIP 1 Famous Fliers Leave Aklavik Friday And Trave! 535 Miles Point Barrow. Alaska, Aug. 8 — (U.R)—This far north settlement <,f about 250 Bskimoes and eight adult whites received its greatest thrill when Colonel and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh landed their monoplane in a lagoon here at 2 a m. P.S.T. today. The flying couple, en route to Japan on a leisurely vacation Jaunt, made the 535-mile jaunt from Aklavik, .N.W.T., through fog and against headwinds in six and a half hours. Natives came out in their skin boats and flags were flying in the village to welcome Colonel Lindbergh and his wife as he brought the scarlet and black monopl/!>’ to a graceful landing. It was foggy and misty, but it did not hamper the enthusiasm of the natives. Colonel Lindbergh and his wife also api>eared particularly happy to reach Point Barrowafter their enforced wait at Aklavik. The Lindberghs left Aklavik at 7:35 p.m. P.S.T. Friday after be-| (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o RETURNS HERE FROM RUSSIA Fred Chronister Visits Parents; In Russia 18 Months Ferd Chronister, Decatur man, < who has been in Russia for the past 17 months arrived home this afternoon for a visit with his parents Mr. and Mrs. George Chronister, 516 W. Jefferson street. Mr. Chronister was employed by the Foster-Wheeler Company of New’ York city. He was engaged in the lumber and engineering business and has seen much of the romantic land of the Soviets. He was stationed at Batum, a city bordering on the Black Sea. His father does not know what his future plans are. He arived in this country yesterday and was expected home late this afternoon. o To Sponsor Scholarship South Bend, Aug. B.— (U.R) — A $5,000 American history scholarship fund for Indiana University was provided in tile will of Dr. Charles Stoltz, who died at his home here Monday. Dr. Stoltz made the bequest in memory of his son, Charles Raymond Stoltz.

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Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, August 8, 1931.

Union Services To Be At Christian Church The next union Sunday evening I | worship service of the co-operat- | inging Protestant churches of the I city will be held at the First Chris- | tian Church tomorrow night at 7:30 | o'clock wi:h the Rev. A. R. Fledderjohann. pastor of the Zion Reform-' ed church preaching the sermon, i The subject of his message is "The . Plowman's Grip”. Rev. C. R. Lan-1 man of the Christian church will be! in charge of the program witli the. other pastors of the city assisting? A cordial welcome is extended to ■ all. o ‘SOUTH SYSTEM' PLAN REJECTED! — Public Service Commission Rejects Utility Concern’s Plan Indianapolis, Aug. B—<U.R8 —<U.R) —The proposal of the Public Service | Company of Indiana to base ratesj in its entire "south system” on a I group valuation plan was rejected; 3 to 1 by the public service com-1 mission. As a result the present! method oif determining rates on j the valuation in each community I will continue. Commissioner Hjrry Cuthbert-; son voted in favor of the Instill; plan. Commissioners Howell Ellis, Frank Singleton and Jere West 1 voted against it. Cuthbertsons! 90-page order approving tire plan, I however, will lie handed down as a dissenting opinion. The plan was the outgrowtli of a petition by the city of Bloomington for a reduction in rates. The utility company filed a cross peti-l tion with the commission, asking| an adjustment in the entire "south i system." Bloomington is one of 27 | xzxzxzxz --xz^’• (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) Tickets Still On Sale Tickets are still on sale for the ; annual Methodist Episcopal Sun-j day School excursion to Toledo and j indications are that the trip this year will be attended by a large: crowd. The bigxtrain leaves Decatur, next Wednesday morning. Tickets [ still can be obtained from J. T. Myers and Co., Home Grocery; Nichols Shoe Store; Vance and Linn and Beavers and Fryback. Former Commander Dead Vincennes, Aug. B.— (U.R) — Knox county authorities were making an inquiry today into the death of James Reel, former American Legion commander and deputy sheriff Sheriff A. B. Taylor said lie believed Reel’s auto had collided witli another, and that Reel suffered a skull fracture in a fight that followed.

FORMER LOCAL | WOMAN EXPIRES Mrs. Mary A. Lock. 67, Dies At Indianapolis Private Sanitarium I Mrs. Mary A. Loch, 67, wife of Noah Loch of 2801 South Calhoun | street, Fort Wayne, and former . Decatur woman died Friday afternoon of pneumonia at a sanitorium I near Indianapolis, where she had been a patient for several years. I Mrs. Loch was born near this city | the daughter of Charles and Caro- | line Fuhrman, and resided here for j 35 years. She was a member of the Evangelical church of this city. Surviving is the husband, a ! daughter, Mrs. G. C. Hoffman of Fort Wayne, a son, Charles of Chi-1 cago, and 4 grandchildren. Three sisters. Mrs. Sophie lludnett, Van Wert. Ohio; Mrs. Sarah Jackson of I Fort Wayne, and Mrs. J. W. Wil-1 liams of Provinceton, Mass., also i survive. The body was brought to the S. E. ' Black Funeral Parlors where it will I remain until the funeral services I Monday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at the parlors and’ 2 o’clock at the ! Evanvelical church of this city. Rev. I M. W. Sunderman will officiate and | burial will be in the Decatur Cemei tery. Friends may review the re- ! mains tonight after 7 o'clock and i Sunday afternoon. MUSSOLINI TO VISIT GERMANY Agreement Is Reached On Economic Points Os Two Nations Rome, Aug. 8 (U.R) —Six hours of conferences between Germany’s and Italy’s leading statesmen here i resulted today in agreement on | economic points and the need for I world disarmament, and accept- ! ance by Premier Mussolini of an ; invitation to visit Berlin. Everyone concerned emphasized i that the 36-hour Rome visit of Chancellor Heinrich Bruening and Foreign Minister Julius Curtins had culminated in perfect ItaloGerman cordiality. As the conversations of yesterday and today came to an end, Mussolini received representatives of the German press and expressed pleasure over the results of his meetings with Bruening and Curtins. "Germany has within itself the force to adjust itself present difficulties." lie said. “All peoples have passed moments even more difficult than those of the present, (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

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GERMANY MAY BUY WHEAT OF I D.S.FARM BOARD Would Buy 500,000 Tons To Be Delivered Next Spring WOULD BUY THREE GRADES Berlin, Aug. B—(U.R) —The German government lias offered to I I l)iy 500,000 tons of United States ' wheat for delivery in the spring I I of 1932. The United Press learned today 1 that such an offer was handed ; yesterday to Frederic M. Sackett, j American ambassador, to be forwarded to Washington. i The offer envisaged purchases I of three grades of hard wheat on I a basis of a three-year credit bear- | ing interest at per cent. | The German offer originally sugI gested a fluctuating price-scale, it I was learned. Subsequently it inI eluded terms fixed in advance, but price was understood to Be still a ! matter of difficulty. The federal farm board’s rejection of the German cotton purchase offer was communicated to the German government today, and the government had the message under examination. Washington's alternative scheme as embodied in the communication would enable the (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) Paving Contract Let Indianapolis, Aug. 8. —(U.R) —Two ! paving contracts were let by the | state highway commission here. i One was for an eight-tenth mile •project on road No. 2, near North I Hayden. Lake county, let to the C. W. Bridges Company, Coatsville, on a bid of $18,581.13. The other was let to the David Renfrow comi pany, Lafayette, for paving one • mile on U. S. 52, near Lafayette, iand two miles on road No. 43, also near Lafayette, on a bid of $57,1107.03. CORN BORERS ARE SPREADING Survey Shows 20 New Township Infestations In This State Indianapolis, Aug. B.—(U.R)—Corn I borer infestation has been found in 120 additional townships of the state, it was revealed in a report lof Frank N. Wallace, state entomologist, to the conservation department. Except for two townships in Franklin county, all w r ere in counties in which there was previous infestation. Included in the new townships reported were: Cass, Dewey and New Durham in Laporte county; Greene and Union in Marshall county: Morgan and Center in Porter county; Clay, Union, Peru and Harrison in Miami county; Jackson in Howard county, and Springfield ami Blooming Grove in Franklin county. Wallace’s report indicated that corn borer infestation was moving in a southwesterly direction across the state. — I ■ ■ l$- ——— - . To Investigate Death St. Louis, Mo., Aug. 8. —(U.R) —An inquest today was expected to determine the cause of the death of 1 Harry P. Mammen, former head of i the Parks Air College, whose body . was found after a two-day search, propped up against a tree in a L clump of woods. Beside the body was a battle, i with powdery substance at the bot- , tom. Mammen, according to friends, I had been worried over business as- ( fairs and under care of a physician. Search for Mammen started after his widow reported him missing Thursday. His abandoned car later was found, and a search near ' Gray Summit yesterday revealed I the body. Mammen with Oliver L. Parks organized Parks Air College, but on purchase of the enterprise by the Detroit Aircraft Corporation in , 1929, Mammen severed his rela- ( tjons, and later was affiliated with , a radiator shield manufacturing company here. He leaves his widow and an 11-year-old son.

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James Hendricks Shows Improvement Today Berne, Aug. B—(Special)—JamesB—(Special)—James Hendricks, 18, who suffered a broken spine when he dove into 18 inches of water near here, Thursday night, is considerably improved today. The attending physician stated his chances for recovery are good. Mr. Hendricks body was paralyzed below the injury immediately after the accident, and the physician stated if he recovers he will probably be paralyzed. DIRIGIBLETOBE CHRISTENED World’s Largest Airship Dedicated Today At Akron, Ohio Al;|ron, 0., Aug. B—(UP8 —(UP) —The U. S. N. Akron, world's largest dirigible will be christened today by Mrs Heibert Hoover before high government ot'icials and an estimated 100,000 spectators. A flock of 48 homing pigeons, substituted for the traditional bottle of Champaigne, will be liberated at 2:30 P. M. high in the ship’s lyill by Mrs. Hoover. As the birds fly away the building supports of the huge airship will be removed to allow the Akron to float free in the airdock, two brief speeches will be delivered, and then the craft will be re-moored for finishing touches before it is pronounced fit so» flight. The maiden voyage is planned within the nexi fortnight. Employes of the Goodyear-Zepp-lin company builders of the Akron moved the ship to the mouth of the hangar last night, floating the 221-, 000 pounds of metal and fabric to the christening point with apparent ease. The twelve gas compartments I of the ship were inflated with just enough helium to lift it. Flotillas of airplanes from the U. S. S. Langley, the army's posts and Selfridge, Chanute, and Wright and from many unofficial ports a lon,g the Natipn’s airways were here. More than 50,000 of the spectators will be inside the giant airdock for the christening. Othejr thou-‘ sands wil be on adjoining grounds. The ceremony, which will be broadcast, will be preceded by an exhibition of aerial warfare by the many visiting planes. Christening of the Akron marks the climax to the government’s plans for a superlative dirigible, plans that date back seven years. The Navy’s two prize aircrafts then were the Shenandoah and the Los Angeles which had just been delivered from Germany. With no definite prospects for a new craft but to keep abreast of progress. preliminary work was started by the bureau of aeronautics to design a superior dirigible. When the Shenandoah encountered disaster in southern Ohio, the necessity of a replacement was felt and in 192 G congress authorized construction of the Akron and her projected sister-ship, the ZRS-5, which may be started soon. Costing more than $5,000,900, the Akron offers superlative figures in almost ever department of design. It is powered by eight gasoline motors with a maximum speed of 84 miles per hour, and carries sufficient fuel for a round trip transAtlantic fliglit. It is 785 feet long, (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) 0 Gambler Still Held Gary, Ind., Aug. B—(UP)—Secret8 —(UP)—Secret negotiations were reported being made today between the kidnapers of William C. (Cully) Flanagan, reputed Gary handbook “‘Czar’'and Flanagan’s partners who were said to be willing to buy his freedom “at any reasonable figure.” o Lamb “Spills Beans” Indianapolis, Aug. 8. —(U.R) —The . innocent bleating of a lamb in a • coffee shop here resulted in its • owner being in city jail here today, ’ charged with operating a blind tig- ’ er. I Raiders who were searching the coffee shop managed by Romen ) Ramanoff, 60, were having little L success until they heard a rnourn- ’ ful ba-a-a from a back room. They I found the lamb, tied to a table. As - they watched, the lamfc reared its i head toward the ceiling and gave ; forth another ba-a-a. Taking the tip, the officers hur- - ried to a room upstairs and found a supply of home brew.

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BODIES WILL BE SENT EAST EARLY SUNDAY Broddy’s Mother Gets News of Family’s Accident Near Here HUNDREDS SEE CAR’S RUINS While Coroner J. C. Grand;.staff, Sheriff Burl Johnson land State Policeman Hart | Hollingsworth continued to I investigate the automobile- ■ Pennsylvania train crash I which claimed three lives at j Monmouth Friday afternoon, plans were heinij completed i to ship the bodies of the victims to Vineland, N.J., where Harry Broddy's mother resides. Dr. Grandstaff stated that he probably would complete his inquest today and that the bpdies could then be placed in the custody of the .funeral directors, S. E. Black and Dobenstein and Doan. A member of the firm of Blossom and Co., paper brokers for whom Broddy worked came here today to aid in the investigation. Mr. Blossom, owner of the concern communicated with Dr. Grandstaff late Friday night. Money amounting to $25.98; a Scottish Rite fraternity card and a number of business cards were l found in a pocket-book of Broddy's. A telegram was received here from Mrs. R. Broddy. mother of the man, asking that the bodies be sent to Vineland. it is understood the three bodies will be sent in two caskets. Huni dreds of people visited the scene of the tragedy Friday afternoon and evening and Frank Rumschlag. who resides on the farm in front of which the accident occurred, stated that people were still filing into his barnyard at midnight to see the torn and broken pieces of the automobile in which the three were riding when killed. Sheriff Burl Johnson aided Dr. Grandstaff in gathering the evidence and Officer Hollingsworth investigated for the state police department. Officer Hollingsworth stated that his department would co-operate with county officials in completing a report. Rumschlag stated that to his knowledge yesterday's tragedy was the first crossing accident at the Monmouth crossing but he said that many automobiles had narrowly averted the same fate by turning their machines into his garden at the right of the road, where Broddy evidently made an effort to drive his car. An Orthodox Jew Mr. Broddy was an Orthodox Jew. He was a member of Mecca Shrine, New York City, of the Masonic lodge. Ral4>i Herman Price of Orthodox Temple, E. Wayne street, Fort Wayne will conduct funeral rites over the body at the Black undertaking parlors at five o'clock this afternoon. Tile body was cared for according to Jewish ritual. Mrs. Broddy was a Gentile. Were Early Witnesses A man and women driving in a (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) YOUNG PEOPLE TO CONFERENCE Six Presbyterian Young People To Spend M eek At Winona Lake Six members of the Presbyterian Christian Endeavor Society of this city will attend the annual summer conference at Lake Winona next ■ week, it was announced today, i Those who will attend the cont'eri ence are the Misses Helena Rayl, . Betty Frisinger, Mary Jane Kunkel, ■ Margaret Campbell, and Dick Schug and Tom Burk. ) The conference will begin Mou- ) day August 10 and continue through ) out the week. The daily program in- • eludes classes and assembly programs during the forenoon sessions • with recreation and sport during the ) afternoons, in the evenings various s programs will be presented. The young people will stay at ■ Kosciusko Lodge. Cecil Melchi and I Bud Townsend of this city will motor the delegates to the conference.