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Holy Nairn* Meeting The regular monthly meeting of the Holy Name society of the St. Mary's Catholic church will he held Sunday morning at H:fs o'clock and march to the church to attend the -even o'clock mass and recelw | Holy Communion. Monday evening the members of the society will meet at the K. of C. hall at Mg.it o'clock. H. It. Mi j Clenaliun will he the s;vpaser am) j his subject will he "Sociology and laiw.” Following the program a lunch will t,e served and the members us. Invited to attend CANTATA WILL BE PRESENTED High School Pupils Plan Presentation of Patriotic Musicale in City wThe combined glee clubs of tin-! Decatur High School are prepat-j lug a George W ashington cantata| entitled. "Our First Flag. lie music of which was written by K. S. Hosmer. , The cantata wiii be presented, before the Woman's Club Monduv evening, the Dions Club. Tuesdayevening, and the Rotary (Tub) Thursday evening. It will also he I given before Hie pupils of the 1 C ntral grade school on Monday! afternoon, and will be part of the regular chapel exercises of the high school next Friday morning. | The public Is invited to the: program Friday morning, when a small playlet will l,e given in connection with the cantata. The characters depicting George Wash-, ington and Betsy Ross will tie th» same In both cautata and playlet The * high school orchestra will' play a special patriotic number. .-. story of the musical [iriMlnc tion deals with the making of the ■ first flag by Betsy Ross. The '■ chorus has worked diligently in mastering this cantata which is j short, taking only ten or twelve minutes to peiform, but difficult i for the average high school: singers. The part of Betsy Ross is ably; taken by Miss Sara Jane Kauffman. while Gerhard Schultz takes! the role of Washington. Richard j Schug and Hubert stultz play the parts of Robert Morris and George Ross, respectively. A chorus numbering thirty two! members will be used in most «>fj the presentations next week. However. the entire chorus of approximately fifty will be used next Friday morning. The four main characters will appear in full! colonial costume. Miss tsiulsc Haubold is accopi panist of the Glee Clubs, which | are under the direction of Miss Gladys Schindler, supervisor of, music. The public is invited t to attend the musical program which the pupils of the Central grade school will present on Monday evening. February 22, at the Decatur high j school auditorium. “George Washington. The Fath-, er of Our Country.” is the name of the two part cantata, with music: written IV Ira B. Wilson. The cantata depicts the entire; life of Washington. A chorus of] lOONTINUF.n ON PAGE THREE 1 j AIR PICKETED RY STRIYFRS u i iimbiiv Wage Dispute Continues Among Fliers; No Violence Is Displayed Chicago. Feb. 13—(U.R)—The first aerial picketing in history resulted today from the wage dispute of j 22 air pilots and the Century Mr Lines by whom they were employed before the controversy. Just before the St. Louis plane i of the Century Line arrived al municipal airport, a cabin inono-j plane took off with the legend! ‘‘Century is unfair to pilots i painted In white on its fuselage, j While the St. Tonis plane, on] the only Century route not sus-j pended by the dispute, circled the landing field the picket ship zoom-' ed up and flew in formation with the transport plane. The picket plane flew close enough to the incoming transport so that startled passengers could; (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

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HURLEY GETS MAD;VACATES WITNESS CH AIR War Secretary Leaves Conference of Senate Committee In Bluster SEN. KIND IS ACCUSED Washington, Feb. 13.—<U.R> —-Secretary of War Patrick Hurley walked out of the senate territories committee ;hearing on the Philippines to. iday exclaiming: “You can run your starchamber session without me.” Questions bv Senator King which led to hot words pre--1 ceded the departure of the ist-oretary from the committee room. "I have taken all I can stand,"l tllurley snapped as he left the witfness chair. He accused Senator King of attempting to distort his statements land when King replied that the ji-harge was untrue shouted angrily: "You cannot call me a liar." , Previously Secretary Hurley had been angered by questions of Senator Cutting. Repn., N. Mex„ regarding United States' promises to the Philippines under the preamble .it the Jones act, the organic act J of the islands. Hurley replied at some length with rising bitterness and said: "You are weakening the authority of the United States while you are still making it responsible for (the consideration which will ensue A from this bill." i Pardon me. 1 asked a simple question, i did not expect a stump speech." interposed Cutting. 'I "Inasmuch as you iTfinlfSfß’Ttttng I say in disagreement with your views is a stump speech. 1 will go i direct to the record." said Hurley. His anger mounting Hurley then ! said, in effect, that since his ap(CXIN I INI’HD ON PAGE TWO) . Firemen .'!?ke Run The city firemen made a run to i Max Moyer residence on North third street this afternoon at one o'clock. The blaze started in some old [tapers and was extinguished I without difficulty. THREE CLAIMED BY BLIZZARDS Cold Weather Relaxes In Northwest; Roads Opened In Most States St. Paul. Minn., Feb. 13.—(U.R)Three deaths were reported today as the blizzard relaxed its grip on it he northwest. | Alton Johnson, Grantsburg. Wis.. was found frozen to death in, a snowbank while he was enroute to j Grantsburg from Siren. He is the son of the Burnett county court i clerk and died when his automobile ' stalled. An unidentified mail was found I on the Great Northern tracks near j Morris, Minn. Apparently he got caught in the blizzard while trying to make iiis way along the track I lo Morris. Donald Campbell, 20, Parks Rapids, was kiiied in an automobile accident near Duluth. Roads in Minnesota all were reported open today although some of those in North Dakota still were delaying motorists. Communication difficulties that followed Thudsday night’s storm also were cleared up. The United States weather bu]reati predicted warmer weather for) Sunday and no snow. Flan Summer School Bloomington, Ind.. Feb. 13. —(U.R) The annual Indiana university summer school will open June 15 land continue for nine weeks, it iivas announced today by Dean H. jL. Smith, director. Following the nine weeks period,] which closes August in. a three, '-weeks’ session of selected courses for teachers and graduate students will be conducted. The university will conduct its !biological station at Winona Lake, ] beginning June IS and ending August 12.

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YOUTH AWARDED $1,200 DAMAGES Huntington Boy, Injured By Auto Is Awarded Damages By Jury I Gayous Brindle, by his next friend j Vera Brindle, of Huntington was {awarded $1,204) damages for person|al injuries sustained when he was | struck by an automobile driven by (Theodore Reed at Huntington more (than a year ago. Tne award was ( made by a jury late Friday in Adaims circuit court. The cause, which asked for $5,000 i was first filed in Allen county. ' Reed’s residence, and later was veni tied here. It took three days to present the evidence. The defense built up the theory of contributory negi ligenee on the part of the Brindle youth because he admitted that he ' ran into the street at Huntington i without lookin : for ap: roa.; hin I 1 vehicles. | 'The jury deliberated for some- ! time before returning a verdict of ! $1,200 for the plaintiff. Sa:n Butj ler signed the verdict as jury fore- ! man. It was not stated whether eithj er side would appeal the findings. — -j o Executive Committee Os Legion Will Meet The executive committee of Adams post. American Legion will hold an important meeting next ; Tuesday night at 8 o’clock at Legion hall. All members of the group ! are urged to attend to discuss important business of the local Le- j gion. G, 0. P. DINNERS OPEN CAMPAIGN Hoover Speaks On Lincoln From W hite House; Campaign Is Started Washington, Feb. 13. — (U.R) 1 President Hoover set off the spark f of his own campaign for re-election • in a non-partisan Lincoln day address from the White House last night. Republican party leaders followed him with less modest speeches | at Lincoln day dinners from coast i to coast. They laid down their j tariff and other issues in true political style and —likening Mr. Hoover's patience in the face of (obstacles to that of Lincoln—calljed directly for his renomination. The Lincoln study from which the President spoke heard no sound. of the applause that rose from Republican rallies at his remarks. The microphone was placed on the same (CONTINUED ON I'AGE SIX)

!♦ ♦ Interesting Story Os Gibbons' Injury Told |( Airs. Ellen Dailey, Toledo. Ohio, (one of our staunchest friends, who ! has read the Daily Democrat ever I since it began publication, sends its the following interesting story: "I have just been interesting news story by Floyd Gibbons, the famous correspondent, now covering the Chinese-Japanese (war and am reminded ol a little lepisode which took place shortly j after Mr. Gibbons lost his eye in • the World War. "At tnat time the Gibbons family; consisting of father, mother, ' Rloyd and his sister, lived in the | same apartment building in Rog- • ers Park, Chicago, with mv daugh- ! ter, Mrs. T. R. Keyes. i "We had company one week-end ■ j—Mrs. Jessie Deam, Mrs. Burt | (-CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) BANK CASE IS BEING HEARD Linn Grove Bank Depositors In Suit To Collect Unpaid Funds Th“ civil case of 20 depositors of the former Bank of Linn Grove, a ;| private concern which closed its I doors more than a year ago, against (the bank, stockholders and Mull ] Lybarger, liquidating agent to colI lect money on their deposits was rej sumed in Adams circuit court after I a month's recess. ( C. J. Lutz and H. H. Myers repI resented the plaintiffs and H. M. DeVoss, F. I. Litterer and VV. H. Eichorn, the latter of Bluffton re|e resented the defendants. Most of this morning was devoted to technical interrogations by Mr. Lufz director at Lybarger. Lybarger had the various bank statements, and oilier hank papers on exhibit. | The cause .is being heard by. Judge D. B. Erwin without the aid of a jury. By agreement of attor(CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) Two Men Are Held — j Plymouth, Ind., Feb. 13 —(UP) — ;Two Indianapolis men were hold . here on suspicion today after being captured at the end of a lli-milp chase by Sheriff Frank Gerard of Marshall county. Both men, giving their names as |j. R. Dennis, 35. and Ivan Mclntyre ,4b, were said to havo thrown auto matic pistols from, their machine as it went o:f the ro'ad on a curve. Sheriff Gerard laid in wait for the men when informed by Enoch Uarlson, filling station attendant at Dondaldson, that he had fired at them as they fled after attempting to break into the station. Three sets of auto license plates were found in the machine driven by the pair.

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BEET GROWERS j RECEIVE NEWS Effort To Compromise In Payment Still Due (Joes Before Federal Court Os great Importance and interest to the beet growers of this section who still have about 30 per cent due them on the 1930, crop, was a hearing In the Federal] court at Grand Rapids yesterdav, ] upon a petition to make a comI promise settlement immediately.; ! The ruling will no doubt be hand ed down In a few days and if favorable will it is believed, satisfy every one. Similar action was taken by the beet growers for the plants at I Findlay, Fremont and Blissfield I and the Decatur Beet Growers ' association with the Indiana Farm i i Bureau immediately investigated j ! (he matter, resulting in the em-j j ployment of the same attorneys! I who had been successful in those cases, to represent them. These attorneys. Tracy. Uliap- , man and Welles, of Toledo, are I now acting in the ease and it is ! believed some de inite Information | can he puWished soon. Colonel ] Gallagher has been a consistent land insistent fighter for the growers and to him much credit is due. He is the friend of the grower and has frequently demon(CONTINUBD ON PAGE SIX) DECATUR GIRL | ON COMMITTEE; Josephine Archbold Named on Important Junior Committee at Indiaan Bloomington. Ind.. Fell. 13 The. committee in charge of the 1932 j Junior Prom at Indiana university | will be headed by Charles Harrell Bloomington, according to ilit* j announcement here today of the I permanent dance selection committee. Tlie Prom is the outstanding j social event at the university each | year. In addition to Harrell, mein- | liers of the committee for the 1932 i Prom will he Josephine Archbold j Decatur; Dorothy Haynes, Indianinapolis; K. Gayle Fitzsimmons. Kojkomo; Joseph Eichhorn, L.luffton: and Lawrence Philpott, Warsaw. I Morris McDaniels, Indianapolis who j Ms president of the junior class, will j also assist the Prom committee. Plan for the dance will be startled immediately, according to Harrell. This year's Prom chairman is a I member of the Sigma Chi fraternity I He is an “I" man. is junior student basketball manager, and is vice* president o fthe junior class. Miss Archbold is president of the Kappa Alpha Theta Sorority. Draw Prison Sentences South Bend. Ind., Feb. 13 — (UP) Prison sentences of 25 years were meted Walter Davis, 36. and Dewitt New House. 35, in circuit court, when they pleaded guilty to charges of participating in robbery of the North Liberty Farmers and Merchants state hank last December 15. GANADAFAVQRS LIMIT ON ARMS Disarmament Conference Hears Pleas of China’s Peace Representative Geneva, Feb. 13. —(U.R) —Canada was pledged wholeheartedly to any constructive project for limitation and reduction of armaments at today's plenary session of the general disarmament conference. Sir George H. Perley, the Can- | adian chief delegate, in an impassionate address declared that Canada believed in the existing dratt convention as the basis for negotiations looking to arms limitations. Immediately, thereafter. Dr, W. W. Yen, chief Chinese delegate to the conference, in an impassioned plea for his people “facing a national crisis." declared that China is wilting to lay down its arms, but "the fate of this disarmament conference depends on the (.CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)

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Rotarians In Contest Indianapolis, Feb. 13 (UP) —A lively contest for the district governorship of Rotary International ■ was forecast for the conference ! here February 22 and 23, among Os - car H. Cravens, Bloomington; Rev. James S. K. M. Michael, Connersvllle, and Carl Hiinel, Portland Evansville Is Unis fur the only city seeking the l:)33 conference. Bloomington, Shelbyvllle and Warsaw have announced they will contend for the 1932 district assembly in August. DEMOCRATS IN NEAR UNISON Forecast of Bitter Convention Dies As Harmonv Shows Itself * Indianapolis, Feb. 13 —(UP) —The ! Democratic race for the governorship nomination appeared today to have resolvd intself into a quiet little al'a ir instead o fa bitter fight between factions which had loomed previous to this week. flhe announcement of Frank Mayr Jr. that he would seek renomination as secretary of stale and rumors that Frank C. Daily, the party’s gubernatonal nominee in 1928, would decline to enter the race actively, virtually has left the field to Paul V. McNutt and Mayor Wood Posey of Terre Haute. George Dale. Muncie mayor, may toss his { hat in the ring, however, and make | it at least a three-way race. The movement behind McNutt, 'the gifted orator from the Indiana I university law school, already has reached state-wide proportions and McNutt-for-governor clubs are being formed in every county. Strength of the McNutt movement was seen at a mass meeting here, formally launching the campaign, which was attended by more than 900 McNutt organizers from all parts of the state. It was this tidal wave of McNutt sentiment that backers of Mayr had hoped to stem and there still remains a possibility that they will put a candidate into the field. Political observers assert that the Mayr faction looked toward Dailey's entrance in the race as an opportunity to create a deadlock in the state convention, June 20 and 21, and thus present opportunity for them to present Mayr as a mndidate and (CONTINUED ON' PAGE .SIX) SECRET TREATY BRANDED FALSE Claim of Russian, Japan Pact Denied By Both Nations Concerned London, Feb. 13. — (U.R) —Sensational charges of a secret treaty concluded between Soviet Russia and Japan, giving Japan control of Manchuria and part of Mongolia, were published in the Daily Express today. The Daily Express article asserted that the agreement was concluded by Moscow as an alternative to war over Russia's waning interests in Manchuria, now occupied by the Japanese. The newspaper said that the desire of some of the soviet leaders to "fight it out" with Japan had resulted in a "bitter conflict” in the | inner councils at Moscow, The soviet government was declared to be pledged under the pact not to intervene In any affair affecting the Pacific coast —a purported stipulation of peculiar interest to the United States. The Daily Express correspondent also said that it had been agreed that the soviet interests in the Chinese Eastern railway, running through North Manchuria, would be sold to Japan. Japan acquired the railway rights in South Manchuria in the Russo-Japanese war in 1904-05. Josef W. Stalin, the soviet dictator, was said in the article to (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) Youth Hangs Himself El wood, Ind., Feb. 13—(UP)— Fear of being sent to an orphanage was blamed today for the suicide of 11-year old Eugene McElfresh. son of Ralph McElfresh who hanged himself from a cherry tree. A playmate found the body.

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JAPAN TROOPS TAKEWOOSUNQ: DRIVE FORWARD .1 Another Truce Shattered At Chapei; Bombs Near Settlement JAPAN WILL MAKE OFFER Shanghai, Feb. 13. ( U-R) ! The Japanese happed CJiin- | ese defenders of VYoosung village today when the v missed a branch of Woosunjj . creek and carried Chinese positions 7(HI yards northwest of the village in sharp i lighting. The battle began til noon. . j Tlie attacking force crossed the ■ | creek al 3 p.m. (2 a .in. EST). i i The maneuver isolated Chines.• i troops defending Woosung village. The attack followed a two-hour (aerial bombardment, and the ohI jeetive was accomplished with j only two Japanese wounded. .. The Japanese succeeded in , bridging the creek during Ilte , I morning. .' It was the first major Chinese . setback In two weeks of fighting. . Tlie maneuver which isolated the Chinese forces defending the , village, cut them off from the i garrison at the forts, thereby , weakening the whole Chinese position In the Woosung area. The Japanese airplanes and t warships rained bombs and shells , over the Chinese lines in a roar- [ ing barrage under which the infantrymen trotted across the pontoons and over the flatlands in a l compelling advance which rout d the Chinese. Sporadic -fighting in Clutpei bej gan at dawn, shattering the I silence of another calm night, ; broken only by the occasional I bark of a sniper’s rifle. There was some excitement at ! 8:30 am. (7:30 p. in. last night I EST) when a sniper threw a hand grenade into the Asumi Hotel, a Japanese Inn, on Seward road in tlie settlement. It did little damt age. No casualties were reported. J At 9:20 a. m. (8:20 p. m. last, ! ! night EST) two hand grenades i fell in the compound of the Jap- | j anese consulate-general, just hack of the American, on Whangpoo ] road. The sniper escapi d. | Nelson T. Johnson, the United ! Slates minister, expected to meet ! Mamoru Shigemitsu, the Japan* ese minister, during the ila\ to i continue tlie concerted peace efforts being led by America, Great i Britain and France Washington, Feb. 13. (U.R)— 1 The Chinese government today reaffirmed its desire for peace an l at the same time pledged utmost military resistance to Japanese attacks. In a statement to the world, the "slumbering giant of the orient'’ . declared: ! "Japan Is closing every avenue , to peace, leaving China no alternative but to continue to adopt appropriate measures of self-de-fense to the best of her ability" To this end China pledged "all , forces at its command." The statement. nearly 2.iim) (CONTINUED ON PAGE KOI'R) G. B. LOCKWOOD, EDITOR, DIES Muncie Publisher Victim of Death; Was 111 Less Than Seven Days Muncie, Ind., Feb. 13. — (U.R) George B. Lockwood, 59. publisher jand political figure, died in Ball ;; Memorial hospital last night after lan illness of less thin a week. He I was stricken with heart disease Hast Sunday. Messages of condolence were received from nationally prominent 1 persons. Including President Hoover. Lockwood was one of Hoover’s campaign managers in 192 s Lockwood acquired the Muncie Evening Press in 1912 and continued as publisher until his death Prior to acquiring the Press lie had I owned and edited the Marion | Chronicle and founded and pubHished the Terre Haute Evening Tribune. His father, who moved (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)