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■ll REJECTS ■posals OF HOPING BOARD HK ( ontinue to Make CTi To \id Warring ■ Nations Hk MOVES SBrohI’SONW \RI) ■> a ris N'>\. 21.—U.R)—Dr. , the . iiniiicil t oclav KCnii z n e< Is the propnsMjtni- .-i commission of en■rr n M.iiuhuria unless ■ga.kmiiatis her troops Nov. 21.— (U.R) — The Nations council delKfKi.iy determined atKt» ' " ll warfale > n Man-; KA ao<! Japanese delegates. I K-Ar-i.-d last night to wreck; arrangements were less adamant in ■; peace proposals K| R. ' lens were rein w ffcy - 1:1 the Chinese will disK| A Japanese proposal tor a of enquiry to China if M»ten’ed at the plenary sessK«t<! m- tl." Dr. Alfred Sze. delegate, said as he went I ■1 Aferet. with Dawes. ■bl Blit- session of the conn 1 noned half an hour to today. Km| Nov. 21.- (U.R) -The Jap-■Melet-a'i-m suggested today |>Kii ' les P. Sunimerall. I- i inieil chairin ot t In--n of inquiry to 1 conflict. S I'litnerall is a native He is a graduate of the KK ' military academy ■ •Rk- I way up through the - - .i general ot staff. the Philippines cited for gallantry. HBt'li.t i relief expedition w( >n citations, ami HlVe . War, where lie was ' li-tingnisbed service. I" decorated with high 1 Belgium. ’’’inked on page six. IBller Funeral Held services for Andrew! d li.-catur who was killed Wednesday were held at 9 o'clock at the St. Mary's church. Burial was in Joseph Cemetery. BHMilier died of injuries re--88" I ” an automobile st tn k lie was walking on the a mile south of this city road 27, a t 6:15 o'clock ' 1 attempted to miss the his car sideswiped him. fatal injuries. o Ison candy IS DISCOVENEO Receives Box Os ■ndy Conta'ning A I Deadly Poison f castle, Ind.. Nov. 21 - (U.R) — wrapped box of home- ' M fudge candy that had been heavily with deadly plios■fua Polson was received today B* farm home of J. W. Gray. , l»g near Moreland, opened the box and sumhis seven children to share p ets, he said, when he tiea queer odor about the ■J An investigation disclosed ■ n "’ gift waK pojj.onetl. Postal W'’**’ 1 A. S. Kelley began an yiiate investigation. B 9 ar,ner could offer no clues ■<' identity of the sender. He 9 lowever, that someone may ■ n"' 11 p,o,ll Ptcd by jealousy e fact that Mrs. Gray had ■ np reconciled with her bus- ■ only recently following a during which she ■°ntinued ON PAGE SIX)

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| Births Almost Double Deaths In September There were 18 deaths and 35 births in Adams county during the month of September, 1931. aceord- | ing to a report issued by the ln- | diana State Board of Health today. The report gives the death rate as 10.8 and the birth rate per 1,000 persons, 21.5. Os the deaths, 3 persons were under 1 year of age; 1 was from ages of 5 to 15. and 8 persons were over 65 years of age. Tuberculosis claimed one life; pneumonia, one; goiter, one; cancer, two, the bulletin shows. The report is published each month by the State Board of Health and gives the births and deaths for all IrUiana counties, together with the total figures. According to the report there were 2,569 deaths and 4,367 births in Indiana during September. SPECIAL MEETS ARE ANNOUNCED Three Local Churches Plan Thank Offering Programs for Sunday Three local churches will observe the annual Thank Offering and Praise services in Decatur. Sunday, November 22. The services will be neld in the respective churches, and will be sponsored I by msisionary organizations. The Woman's Missionary Soci- ' ety and the Girls'Missionary Guild I of the Zion Reformed Church will I sponsor the Thank Offering service in the Reformed church Sunday night at 7 o'clock. An interesting program has been planned for the event and a playlet entitled. "That Pill Box" will be presented. The Thank Offering service at the Presbyterian church will be In the charge of the Woman’s Missionary Society of that church, and will take place in the church auditorium. Sunday evening, at 7 o’clock. Rev. H. H. Ferntheil will give a talk, and “Voices of the Women." is the title of the pageant which will be presented for the occasion. Tlie Woman's Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Church will have charge of the annual Thank Offering service to be held in the Methodist, Church Sunday morning at 10:30 o’clock. Dr. E. i T. Franklin will be the principal speaker and will give the Thank Offering sermon. Musical numbers will he features of the program. (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWOI o — UTILITIES TO CHANGE PLANS Get Orders to Halt Therm Unit Bases of Rate Making Indianapolis, Nov. 21. — (U.R) Indiana utility companies were ordered by the Public Service Com mission today to discontinue their practice of charging for natural ami artificial gas on tlie Therm unit basis and return to tin* cubic foot rate schedule. The order, written by Commissioner Howell Ellis and approved unanimously, said the Therm method of billing carriers no advantages to the consumer and few advantages to the utility companies in view of the public good will threatened. Ellis said the Therm basis for charges is scientifically correct if properly applied but that other considerations were involved. The decision' was returned following a hearing at which a vigorous protest was made by a number of cities to the Therm ached(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) Gets Beet Acreage Harry Daniels who is soliciting beet acreage in the Van Wert territory for the factory here reported today with 1,540 acres, showing how the farmers of that section are taking advantage ot this opportunity for a market close to home. Efforts in the territory immediately surrounding Decatur should be increased for the smallest amount of acreage has so far come in from this radius.

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Santa Claus to Open Christmas Season Here With Visit Dec. 5

Traveling From Toyland on Sleigh Pulled By Eight Northern Dogs. Here All Day Saturday, December 5; Children Invited to Visit With Him. On Ibc invitation extended by Decatur Merchants, Santa Claus, in person; accompanied by an experienced Indian guide and teams of eight Northern dogs, will visit Decatur. Saturday, December 5.

Santa Claus visited Decatur last year with his reindeer and in writing to the Decatur Advertising Association, which organization sponsors his return this year, stated that he made so many friends here that he wished to return ami renew acquaintances and assist in tlie city-wide Christmas opening. It is planned by Decatur merchants to have an official opening of the Christmas shopping season on December 5 and Santa’s visit -Will make it a typical Christmas event. Santa Claus will leave with his guide and eight faithful dogs,

FRIENDS HONOR DECATUR MAN G. T. Burk Observes His 75th Birthday; Dinner Is Surpr'se Event Sixty-five guests, composed of i grain competitors, banking associates, employes, farmer customers and friends, attended the party given at the Masonic hall last evening for George T. Burk, veteran elevator operator of this city, j observing his seventy-fifth birth- ’ day. • The affair was a surprise for Mr. Burk and was planned by his sons. Avon and Sim. The guests came from various surrounding towns ami from over the county, gathering about 6 o’clock. Under pretense that Mr. Burk was wanted at a special meeting of tlie Masonic lodge, Cal E. Peterson succeeded in bringing Mr. Burk to the hall where congratulations were enthusiastically extended. At 6:15 o’clock a delicious dinner was served by the Eastern Star and served by members of the Burk family, during which a large birthday cake was presented carrying eighteen candles, symbols of the fact he had served eighteen years as Worthy Patron of that order. Mr. Avon Burk presided at the lianquet which opened with prayer by Rev. Lantnan. Short talks expressing the high regard in which Mr. Burk is held were made by Mr. Goodrich of Winchester, Mr. Egley of Fort Wayne, Henry (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO> FAST PLANE IS BEING JESTED Claim New Plane Will Travel 1,000 Miles In Hour; Completed Cleveland, 0., Nov. 21 —(U.R) A Junkers all metal plane, designed to fly 1,000 miles an hour, has been completed and is being tested at Dessau, Germany, according to G. S. Von Heydekampf, research engineer forth? Baldwin-South-wark Corporation of Philadelphia. Von Heydekampf. attending the conference of metals and alloys of Case School of Applied Science told newspapermen that after preliminary tests are completed, the plane will be taken into the stratosphere where maximum tests of speed can be tried. At an altitude of 15 000 meters, the plane Is believed by its designers to bo capable of 1,000 miles an hour speed, the engineer said. He said the super-ship was de(CONTiNUED ON PAGE SIX)

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Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, November 21, 1931.

which pull his sleigh over the snow and ice from the North Pole to Decatur, in a few days. The trip is a hazardous one, requiring several days time. Last year, it will be remembered that one of the reindeer died on the trip, one or two took ill and when Santa arrived here, only four of the animals were able to come to Decatur. Children Invited Santa Claus would not come to Decatur if the children were not anxious to see him and visit with him. He will be in Decatur all day and wants to meet every child in Adams county and vicinity. He invites the school teachers of the county to have their classes visit with him and his picturesque

Shower Os Stars Is Seen In This County j ♦ ♦ Several people in this locality have reported having seen the shower of stars known as Leonids wlrfeh occurred this week. These meteors which occur each thirty-1 three years, starting November 14 and continuing about a week, growing dimmer each night, are showers from the consteallation Leo. Milton Werling who resides at PrelSe saw the phenomonon Monday night and says it was wonder- , ful. The first meteor starting in I the northeast appeared at 10:35, I shooting entirely across the Heavens like a great sky rocket. The next one the southeast. He saw ten in an hour and a half, all of them traveling from east to west excepting one which started in the northwest and went east. The! shooting stars were brilliant and; Mr. Werling says it was a sight! worth seeing. Those who missed! it this week however will have to wait until 1964 for a repetition. S.O.S. SENT OUT BY FREIGHTER Baron Glen Connor Is In Distress Off Point .lud'th, Report Says New Work, Nov. 21.—(U.R) —The coast guard cutter U. S. S. Woods is proceeding to the assistance of the freighter, Baron Glen Connor, in distress and ashore off Point Judith. The master of the steamer notified the Chatham station of Radio Marine Corporation of his plight in a message received here this morning. The cutter was dispatched at once. The message from the Baron Glen Connor read: "Ashore off Point Judith, position uncertain in three to five fathoms. No. 1 and No. 5 tanks full, all pumps pumping. Dense fog. Griding to slight swell. Princess neck radio compass bearing 235.5." o | Rev. Brumley To Speak Rev. Howard Brumley of Chicago, 111., will speak at the First Baptist Church in this city at the morning worship service, Sunday. He will talk on the subject, “The Crowns trf Life.” Rev. Brumley was formerly of Decatur and lias a host of friends here who will be glad of an opportunity to hear him. Child Is Crushed Fort Wayne, Ind., Nov. 21 —(UP) —Doris Lee, 5, was crushed to death when she darted from behind a street car and into the path of an electric train.

guide, who has traveled thousands of miles with Santa and feeds and looks after the wants of the dogs. Throughout the day Santa Claus will be located on Second street and around the court house square and it wouldn't be Christmas time if the children did not come to visit him. He will tell them about the land of the sun, where his workshop is located and what ho is planning for their Christmas ' happiness. The Indian guide will talk and visit with the Boy Scouts. He is I a champion log roller of the world, is saturated with Indian lore, is ■ an expert hunter, trapper and 1 woodsman and has a message of i great interest for the Boy Scouts. To Be Big Day With all the retail merchants cooperating, the day will be one of the most entertaining and interi eating for the Christmas shopper. Complete Christmas stocks will be displayed in tlie stores and the I holiday shopping season will l>e formally opened on Santa's visit, i it is planned to have the town ■ decorated in anticipation of the happy season and to herald the > visit of Santa.

WAUSTREET UNDER GUARD Threatened Bombings In District Cause Placing of Guards New York. Nov. 21.—(U.R) Wall street, financial center of the world, was under the rule of additional guards, police and detectives added to the increased force already on guard there to prevent threatened bombings. Strangers in the district were stopped and questioned. Anyone carrying bundles within certain restricted areas was stopped and questioned; some were searched. Heavy guards placed at. the offices of J. P. Morgan and Co., inter- ! national hankers and financial rep- | resentatives in this country of the (Fascist government, were increas|ed during the night. The "dead line,” Fulton street between the East River and the Hudson, was enforced more strictly than ever with police and plain-1 clothesmen familiar witli the district scrutinizing all strangers who passed below that street, toward Wall stret. Reason for the unusual activity lay in fear of bombings threatened Thursday before arrival of Signor Dino Grandi, Italian foreign minister for a visit in New York, and fear of violence in the district expressed by certain financial leaders. Some ten years ago the district was shaken by bombs which burst in the throngs that packed the nar(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX. JURY ACQUITS POLICE KILLER F. Guy Sprague Freed By Chicago .Jury In Police Murder Case Chicago, Nov. 21. —(U.R) —Frederick Guy Sprague, 60, former millionaire grain broker, was free today of the charge of shooting to death Policeman Patrick J. Gallagher when the latter interfered with an hilarious drinking party in Sprague’s apartment last April 14. A jury in Judge George Rush's court returned a "not guilty" verdict three hours after the state’s final plea for a death sentence. Sprague admitted shooting Gallagher but insisted he fired believing tlie intruder was ills neighbor, Dr. James Munn, who allegedly had threatened Sprague and who was said to have objected to noise in Sprague’s apartment. Mrs. Nellie Gallagher, widow of the policeman, was led away hysterical after the verdict was read.

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DEDICATION j PLANS START Suttles Names Group of Women to Formulate Day’s Program NAMES OMITTED Through an unintentional I | error the following names were I | omitted from Post Office dedi- I | cation committees: William Engle, Earl Butler, ; program committee. Merle Peterson, Earl Chase, I | Harry Fritzinger, decoration | | committee. ♦ ♦ A committee ot women, composed of Mrs. J. W. Tyndall, Mrs. C. D. Teeple, Mrs. E. D. Engeler and Miss Mary Harris, is preparing an outline of the program to be given in connection with the dedication of the new Decatur post office. The tentative date for the dedicatory program is Tuesday, December 1. It is believed that the building, located at the corner of Third street and Liberty Way, opposite the court house, will be ready for occupancy by that time. A meeting of the program committee, of which A. D. Suttles is chairman, was held last evening at the Chamber of Commerce rooms and plans were discussed. It was tentatively agreed that •the program would begin about one (CONTINT’FD on “AGE TWOI o State Young People’s Meet At Fort Wayne The annual State Young People's Convention of the Church of God will be held at the Sherman and Putnam street Church of God in Fort Wayne, Friday and Saturday, November 27 and 28. A special convention program has been arranged for Thursday evening, November 26, in which Rev. Herman Ast of Newcastle will be the speaker. The convention proper will begin Friday morning at 8 o'clock. Capable speakers have been secured and special music will be furnished. Conferences will be held for leaders of young people. Friday night lodging and Saturday morning breakfast will be furnished for qll those who wish to go. and the only expense is the registration fee of SI.OO. ■Several young people from the local Church of God will attend the convention. INJURIESARE FATAL TO MAN Frank Munch Dies At Local Hospital After Auto Mishap Frank Munch. 53, of Monroeville, who was struck by an unknown driver near Monroeville, last Wednesday night, died at the Adams County Memorial Hospital here at 5 oelcck Friday night, ot injuries suffered in the accident. Mr. Munch was struck by the hit and run drivel Wednesday I night about 9 o’clock as lie was returning to his home on the Mon--1 roeville-Dixon road after having visited in Monroeville. He suffered a compound fracture of 1.1-, leg and a fractured skull. Munch was able to partially describe the car and driver that struck him. following the accident, before losing consciousness, which he did not ri gain. Authorities are investigating the case and Allen county police expect to make an arrest soon, it is undet stood. The deceased was born near Hoagland and lived in that vicinity until three years ago when lie moved near Monboeville. He never married. > Surviving are four sisters: Mrs. Martha Anth and Mrs. Edith Martin of Fort Wayne; Mrs. Anna Hoffman of Hoagland: Mrs. May me Martin of Monroeville; and three brothers: John and Ambrose ot Fort Wayne and Henry of Oakley, Mich. Mr. Munch was a member of the St. Rose Catholic Church at Monroeville and of the Holy Name Society.

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BOY IS SHOT ; WITH RIFLE 1 Junior Ross Accidentally I Shot by Playmate; Injury Not Serious i S Junior Ross, 11 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ross, 806 North Third street, was aecidental- . ly shot in the foot by a playmate, ? Don Reynolds, son of Mr. and Mrs. - Paul Reynolds at 8:30 o'clock this • morning. The boys were playing with a rifle wliin the Reynolds lad accidentally shot the Ross boy, the bullet passing through the right 3 foot. The bone in the right foot was I shattered, but according to the attending physician, the injury is not serious, but is very pinful. The injured lad was taken to his home immediately following the accident. I Wilmer J. Golden 35, of 344 West I Masterson avenue, Fort Wayne, was shot and badly wounded at 7:30 o'clock Friday morning while hunting rabbits at his mother's former home near Wesley chapel, 14 miles northwest of Fort Wayne. He was brought to the St. Joseph Hospital in Fort Wayne where his condition .. was reported as good. Mr. Golden is a brother-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. David Adams of this city. MINERS’ BODIES ARE RECOVERED Twenty-four Victims Cari ried From Shafter After Explosion ’ Doncaster, Eng.. Nov. 21 —(U.R) 1 —Charred bodies of 24 miners were carried from the pit of the ’ famous Bentlqy Colliery today after an explosion and had wrecked the mine. Seven other miners were trapp--1 ed in the pit. There was little hope of rescuing them. ’ Almost 1,000 miners escaped 1 from the underground tunnels after the explosion. More than 30 ■ others were injured. At the mouth of the pit a group 1 of pale-faced women and children were huddled together, watching ‘ removal of dead and injured. r Some of the women were hysterical. Most of them stoically awaited outcome of the rescue work. Most of the injured were in a 1 critical condition. Two died durr (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

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JURY WILL BE KEPT TOGETHER ATTORNEYS SAY Docket Is Cleared Fo r Opening of Trial For Doras Werling Death VENIRE IS SUMMONED The trial of Joseph Everett 53, charged with the murder of Doras Werling, 27, on the St. Marys river bank at Pleastint Mills last June 29, following an argument over fishing and swimming in the rjver, will open Monday morning at 9 o'clock in Adams circuit court with Judge I). B. Erwin, presiding. H. M. DeVoss, local attorney will defend Everett, having been appointed by the Court under the poor defense law. ('. J. Lutz lias been named as special prosecutor to assist Prosecutor Nathan C. Nelson for the state. Besides the regular jury panel, a special venire of 25 names has been drawn and will be in court Monday morning. Mrs. Ireta Beavers Fryhack, in al! probabilt--1 ties will be the first Adams coun- ’ ty woman ever to sit in the jury ’ box. Mrs. Fryback is number two on I the special venire, and it is high- ’ ly probalde she will be called ■ early Monday. When the jury finally is selected for service in the murder case, a special bailiff will be named and the jury will lite kept together at (COXTINI RD ON I’AGE SIX) Dry Agent Suspended Denver, Colo., Nov. 21—(U.R)— Described by his chief as “stupid and brutal," Henry Dierks, federal prohibition agent, was under sus- , pension from the department today. 1 Dierks, who faces murder charges for the killing of Melford , G. Smith. 20. who died after the agent had slugged him in a squabble over three ounces of wine drew scathing criticism from Amos W. W. Woodcock, national . prohibition administrator. He characterized Dierks’ action as i “just brutal forde and no brains. ’’ Dierks was suspended by John i F. Vivian, administrator for this ■ district, on telegraph orders from Woodcock. TWO GIRLS ARE : ACTUALLY MEN ■ Hoosier Farmers Take Steps To Become Men i After 30 Years i Summitville. Ind.. Nov. 21.—(U.R) r —The cloak of femininity that Get - neva and Nola Armstrong wore for three decades was cast aside today for the first time in their lives. The brothers worked on their farm nortli of here in overalls and jackets instead of tlie heavy denini skirts and blouses to which they I had grown accustomed. Their hair | was cropped close in tlie main fashion, replacing tlie wavy, bobbed hair they were used to. Geneva, 30 years old and dark complexioned, didn’t shave this morning for the first time in many years. True identity of tlie men. who j live alone on a 150-acre farm, was * revealed to the world when they 3 appeared in Anderson and asked that their names be changed to . Gene Douglas and Noel. Arthur Call, attorney, who had known since their childhood and , believed them to be girls, scarcely recognized, them when they walked I into his office garbed in male attire. He filed their petition for 5 iCONT'NUED ON PAGE SIXI ’ License Is Suspended Indianapolis, Nov. 21 —(U.R) lnformed tliat the Belt Line Bus _ Company. Inc., operating lietween Gary and Chicago, had abandoned j its service, the public service com- .. mission today n-dered cancella- - tlon of the company's operation permit.