Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 30, Number 68, Decatur, Adams County, 19 March 1932 — Page 1

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|[ ERWIN liIFS IN TWO fa CAUSES ■L W>>'. !>;<iry °l» 9, Restrained I rom Suii'hine ( <>. Ki ( U SES ■ \| \l I I' "EKE ]). B I I XMII in -Ml9ir.;iul mini ruled 9 (l giii-> Miiiu-d here nAllm eoiinly- I" ~le 9„; (I'lloiifkc Insiiraiiee 9, \li.v- l(i'i:i''inee 9, colicci an eontraet. 9 in liiuv'l Inr the 9:ii)l company. 9., 9« , ii |i: '" l " '' Si '"’ 9ftn’ v tv.. Judge Erwin 9th:>l W, ? S his contract with th" ■ c and :■-trained him 9l’ Dairy K v tor ;l I"' 1 f'"’ th,. run-- the contract ~, «jtli f! • plaintiff com- ■( which w is ago. it Mas K ||V th. plaintiff that ■if had a < miliact with <!••- K sail d.-f. nd.mt's insurin \lkn county It Hr «.(< 1 th l '' ilofoni! K , . . mnmission suit »a- to collect th" all' a’ l ': to be tine. It Kronglit "o' in th'“ case, how-K-c p!.eiiift relinquished Kttract. Hth- sect nd l ause. the deKt Wys< sold a dairy tomKu tin l-S' company for ■a and entered into a con- ■ xnh the (oneern not to enHin the (lain business in Fort K for'a period of five years, rtiy total th.ll the evidence id. defendant's father and other persons incorporated Sunshine imncrn and that was the active manager. Erwin ruled that "Defendi'yss was doing indirectly he had agreed directly not i.” and he was restrained further operating the conIS’TINIIPD OX PACK SIX) imsey funeral Held ieral services for Mrs. J. Fl. ty. Decat in woman who died r home Thursday afternoon, laid this attei noon at 2 o’clock e home, sin North Walnut . with Rev. a. R. Fledder- • pastor of the Zion Reformed h ofiiciatlnj. Burial was in ecatur Cemetery. •> Truck Driver Held Joseph, M: higan March 19 — -John Hyan Cary. Ind., truck ■ washeld today c.targed with ent Homicide. Ofticers said 1 truck ran down and killed itte Wires, .-.ti, superintendent City's cemeteries, last night, they said, did not stop and wasted said he did not know 'I hit anyone. MS GOES TO GALLOWS ebeard Killer Dies itb Same Calm Shown taring Investigation ftradsvilie, W. Va.. Mar. 19.— -Harry F. Powers, calm as ’’ the day police dug up five s ’ tehind his garage at Quiet ' was hanged last night for tnurder of Mrs. Dorothy Press(‘tnke of Northboro, Mass. 7 was one of the five bodies, , which bore evidence of been hanged or strangled. 1 raai ' order Bluebeard"—so because he wooed his vic- > mad through a matria agency—was asked if he ‘■'lything to say before he I'. o ', ,* le rc P'ied quietly. A mi * ltr^ n 6 °f lhe lips was , 5 Indication of nervousness. was dressed in a black . 1 1 s pin stripe. He wore a a , ashy blue tie and white he was led tu XTD,’UBU ON PAGE SIX)

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Will Inspect Lodge Miss Nina Mills of . Marion, district deputy of the Pythian Sisters lodge will be in this city Monday evening Io conduct in.jeetlon of the . local lodge . A potluck supper will l>« served I at ti o'clock, anti the temple will furnish rolls and coffee for the meal. Following I tie upper, the an . nnal Inppedion will be held, with J Mrs. Mills In charge. All members are especially urged to be present at this meeting. BRAUN INFANT EXPIRES TODAY > I 1 . Eight-Day Old Babe of Mr. And Mrs. Dan Braun Expires . —■-- ■ 1 la'o Nicholas Braun, S-day-old son , of Mr. and Mrs. Dan D. Braun of this city, died at It) o'clock this ( morning of jaundice. The baby wait ( born at the home Saturday. March , 12. 1932. and was the first child in , the family. , Surviving are the rerents. Dan , anti Frances Martz Braun, the t grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Braun of southeast of this city, and Mr. apt! Mrs. W. C. Martz of Ossian. ; Funeral services will he held Monday morning at 9 o'clock at the I St. Mary's Catholic church with Father J. J. Hennes officiating. Burial will be in the St. Joseph Centet tery. ' DREDGE CASE j IS RECESSED 1 Cas€ Nearing End; Started Last September In i Adams Circuit Court The Wabash river dredge case 1 adjourned this morning until Monday. March 28. Special Judge Henry Kister. who lias been pre--1 siding in the case since last Sep- ' temher. left this morning for his ‘ home at Primeton. , The principal witnesses of ‘lie|| I past two days were Edwaril Hans. | sufk'rintendent of the Bluffton ■ I city electric light plant and M. .1/ Mylott. superintendent of thoi Decatur light and power plant. They concluded their testimony Thursday evening Both superin . tendents estimated that the damage to the BlufHon plant in time of flood would be equal to half J of the value of the plant. The : value of the Bluffton plant was ' said to be 1550.000 and Mr Mylott 1 testified ,f water would flood ' 1 the building the loss would run I from $275,000 to $300,000. Mr. Hans also testified that 1 damage front the flood waters I would run between $250,000 and 1 13W.000. The Bluffton light and 1 power plant is located along the 1 south banks of the Walfctsh river , 1 and if the course of the river is 1 1 changed as proposed and the ex- ( t tra amount of water brought down , from the eastern end of the river, I It was stated that in flood times ’ the Bluffton city plant would be ( Inundated and great damage would ( result. , The case is nearing the end and Adams enunty presented its re- ( monstrance last week. A. K. 1 Hofer, civil engineer of Foil k Wayne, who tnpde a survey of the 1 river appeared as a witness for 1 the county. The city of Bluffton ' and the county of Adams are both 1 J objectors to the proposed dredging 1 of the river and the new channel. 1 Hoosier Editor Dies 8 Madison. Ind.. March 19—(UPI— ’ » Moses Hodge Cochrane, 87. editor t of the Madison Daily Herald for j r more than 35 years, died here today !_ after a year's illness. He was one of Indiana’s oldest active newspaper i t men. j Cochrane formerly was publisher I. of the Columbus Evening RepuliB lican. The widow and -six children surI- vive. e e Admits Two Holdups Columbus, 0.. March 19— (UP)— s Sheriff Haay Paul announced here '• today he had obtained a confession from Harry Fieltfs. 26, to two thea--1 ter holdups at Indianapolis two 6 weeks ago in which $516 was taken. Fields was quoted as saying he ‘ was assisted by Maurice Flauherty, 24. also held by authorities here.

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HOOVER SEES . RAILROADS IN ‘BETTER SHAPE'i' Says Personal Investiga-j tion Reveals Financial Condition Better INDEBTEDNESS MUCH SMALLER Washington, M:ir. 19 <U.R) President Hoover said today that his personal invest!-i gallon of the railwtiy sitna-, tion had shown that the financial difficulty confronting the roads “is of smaller i dimensions than has been generally lielieved or re* ported.” In a formal statement, the|; president said it was estimated I the railroads in 1932 would need 1 between $300.00(>,0fl0 ami $400,000.-1 000 in loans. He said lhe rail ! roads’ own credit corporation; would provide from $50,000,000 to $60,000,000 of this, and that most of the bank loans would be continued "in the normal way.” Mr. Hoover emphasized that the chief problem was "to handle the situation as a whole so as to lay | the foundation tor restored ent-i' ployment on the railroads.” He:| again pointed out that the rail-J roads wore one of the key indns-p tries in the nation’s economic, st met tire. The text of Mr. Hoover’s state-! ment follows: "I have held a number of con-l Terences for survey of the railway)! situation and for determination of! general policies in respect to the I railroads. The elements of these! conferences ate lhe directors nffd j head -of staff, "of the reconstruction finance corporation, members of the interstate commerce commission dealing with these problems. and representatives of the railway credit corporation. ”Tlit- examination of the financial problem confronting the rail(CONTINCRD ON PAGE SIX) HEAVY TAX ON RICH PLANNED House Continues Drive To Force Heavy Duties On Wealthy People Washington. Mar. 19.—LU.R) —The victorious ranks and file of the house carried forward its plan of heavy duties on the rich by proposing today to tap the stock market for upwards of $125,006,000 annually more revenue. Representative LaGuardia. Repn., New York, offered in behalf of the pressiive group an amendment to the tax bill calling for a tax of one quarter of one per cent on all sales of stock. The ways and means committee bill provided four cents a share tax. LaGuardia’s amendment calls for a levy one quarter of one per cent on tlie value of each stock i transaction, but in no case less than four cents a share. "On the basis of the $50,000,000,000 (billion) business in 1931, my amendment would raise $125,000,000," LaGuardia said. "That, of course was an abnormal year.. In better times it would raise more ] than that "Certainly that rate cannot lie considered exorbitant. “As we are anxious to raise the revenue for balancing the budget, this amendment may be considered as another way of producing the money that the sales tax would have produced.” In the face of the continued in(CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) Seven Men Rescued Timmins. Ontario, March 19 — (UP) Seven men, imprisoned in the cabin of their plane when It crakbed durin.? a northern Ontario blizzard Wednesday, were found alive, but injured, by a searching plane today. Carl Ayr, local pilot, who cited the damaged plane, returned here immediately with 11. D. Marshall, who appeared, the most seriously injured, and started back again with two other .planes to bring the restl»aek to warmth and sgfety.

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, March 19, 1932.

Adams County People Asked To Aid Search

I Howard McGray, Columbus, O„ Youth Missing; May Be In This City A pb-a to aid jn the anarch for Howard McCray. 14 year old Boy Scout of (’iplumbus, Ohio, was received today by the Daily Democrat. The letter was written by the boy’s aunt, Evelyn Gcrttllis, 967 College Ave.. Bexley, Ohio, who staled that It was learned that a youth answering the description of her nephew was seen on his way to Decatur. The mother of the hoy Is ill and I lie aunt states that she is grieving over the absence of her sou She appeals to th" boy to return homo or get in touch with his mother. The assistance of the local scout organization, through Bryce Thomas, scout master, was also solicited. The Imy is described as about five feet, five inches tall, weighs 120 pounds, has light brown hair, fair complexion, large gray eyes an<| long eyelashes. He carried an old tan traveling bag. His mother does not know how) lie was dressed as he left the house without her knowing it i He took with him the following. A scout suit with "Troop 68" on I long Grown cloth trousers, a pair!

FUNERAL FOR MRS. FRANKLIN Burial To Take Place At Knightstown This Afternoon Late Dr. W. T. Arnold of .Marion, I past district superintendent of the Methodist Episcopal chureh delivered the sermon at the funeral of Mrs. B. H. Franklin, wife of Rev. Franklin, who died at the Methodist Hospital in Fort Wayne) early Thursday morning. The services were held at the Metho-i dist Episcopal church in this city I at 9:30 o'clock this morning, and. j wore largely attended h.v relatives! and friends. Dr. Arnold's text was “Gott shall, wipe away all tears from their| eyes." He stated that no one can: ever describe the meaning oi' ; tears. Chemists analyze them.! bnt can not express their mean-' ing. He said that tears have enriched the writings of Paul. I David and John, and gave them[ their revelations. He concluded his sermon by giving consolation to Rev. Franklin. and saying that Rev. Franklin's ministry will be intensified in service and usefulness by his deep sorrow and hy his tears. Rev. Thornburg, pastor of the Simpson M. E. church in Fort! Wayne, and a former pastor of the local Methodist church, gave the opening prayer. The ladies quartet, comprising the Mesdames C. L. Walters, E. N. Wicks. Ben DeVor and Dan Tyndall. sang an impressive number. (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) ROYAL POLICE BEGINMANHUNT Double Murder Starts Redcoats On Search To Frozen North Fort Smith, Mackenzie, Mar. 19 —(U.R)- Two rock cairns in the haunted Thelon river hills today started the Royal Canadian mounted police on another manhuntone that may take three years and lead the red-coated corps to the Arctic, ocean's border. The cairns mark the bodies of Edward Olson and Emanuel H. Bode, slain about Dec. 5, 1930, as they slept in their solitary tent on Thelon river, northeast of Great Slave lake in a country called by the Indians bewitched. 1 For the murder police officers seek Tekaluk, an Eskimo last seen a year ago about to start a long journey to the Arctic coast, 300 miles northward. Discovery of the slayings gave a graphic picture of the subartic wilderness where the newest drama of the “Mounties" is being (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

■ , j the sleeve; a scout hat. a pair of . of long brown corduroy trouseri, I a brown sweater, a short blaea I sheeplined leather coat, a black leather helmet, a pocket radio' with ear phonos ami a pair of roller skates. The letter from 4bo aunt reads: ‘’Dear Mr. Editor: "Enclosed you will find information In regards to our missing child. Howard M.Cray. From a traveling salesman, who gave a Scout a lift, wo learmsl that said Scout was headed for your community. It may be our. boy. "Please place an article In your paper, with his picture, and tell him his mother is Very, Very ill and l>"g of him. if he roads it. to) call home and reverse elfhrges. j Also adtl for community papers i to copy. “That plea from your paper ami his call, to assure us of his safety, may save his mother’s life. Wo are all so heartbroken and bewildered. "Wo beg of you to aid us, If you can. • Most gratefully yours. I (Howard's Aunt) “Evelyn Gertillis, ”967 College Ave.. “Bexley. Ohio." Anyone knowing the where-1 j about* of the boy is asked to got 1 ) in touch with Mr. Thomas or this I office.

G. O. I*, Loaders Gather Gary. Ind.. Mar. 19 —(UR) —State Republican lenders gathered here| today for political conferences aml| the meeting tonight at which Vice] President Charles Curtis will be chief speaker. Ivan Morgan. Austin, chairman | of the Republican state commit-, I tee, arrived yesterday. In the groups Jh:rt arrived today were [ Governor Harry G. Leslie: .Mhs i Dorothy Cunningham. national committeewoman: Miss Mary Sleeth. Rushville, candidate for the nomination for state treasurer; Miss Genevieve Brown, Winamac, reporter of the supreme and] , appellate courts. and Gaylord Morton, secretary to ' Governor . Leslie. KIDNAP PLOT IS FRUSTRATED Prowler Is Chased Away From Home of Wealthy New Jersey Resident New Brunswick, N. J., March 19 (UP) —Using methods similar to those of the Lindbergh kidnapers, a man today tried to gain access to the nursery in the home of J. Seward Johnson. Millionaire hospital supplies manufacturer, but was i frightened away by a nursemaid and watchman. Diana Johnson, two months old. was asleep in the room in which the intruder sought entrance. The nursemaid, Albertine Wilialrault, also occupied the room ami saw the j man working to open the screened window. Shortly after the man had been frightened from the home, police detained George Malden of New York after finding him in a south Plainfield. N. J., lunch room. The similarity between the Johnson incident and circumstances of kidnaping of Charles Augustus Lindbergh. Jr... were marked. The ladder had been 'propped against the second floor window and at the base of the ladder a chisel, just as in the Lindbergh case. o— — * Hartzell Law Upheld Indianapolis, March 19 —I UP) — Constitutionality O's the 1929 "'Hartzell" act makin-j the death sentence mandatory for persons convicted of murder while committing robbery, burglary, Arson or criminal assault, has been upheld by the supreme court. The court also ruled it is within the province of the legislature to make mandatory sentences and that they must be carried out by the judge in passing judgment after the defendant has been found guilty. Case in point was the murder appeal of Ulysses Mack. Gary negro, convicted of slaying Josephine Odoriezzi. 20-year-old Italian girl, while robbing her In March 19g9. Mack is to die in the electric chair at the state prison July 1.

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jHENRY MICHAUD. CIVIL WAR VET DIES AT BERNE > Well-known Adains County Citizen Dies at Ajje of Ninety Years WAS PROMINENT AUCTIONEER i Henry Michaud, 90, Civil! Wttr Vclerttn and oldest citizen of Berne, died al his home on .lel'f’erson street, Berne, al 3:30 o'clock Friday > | afternoon of pneumonia and 'complications. Mr. Michaud [had Ix'en seriously ill the ' past two weeks. 1 He had good health until a year ago. Mr. Michaud served in the Civil War. ami was one of the soldiers who participated in Sherman’s famous march from Atlanta to the Sea. He was wounded twice while in service. • He was a member of the 48th regiment with headquarters at Atlanta, Ga. Mr. Michaud was the oldest resident in the town of Berne. For many years he was a well (CON'IINUED ON PACE SIN) LINDY TALKS WITH JOHNSON I' Friend of Nurse Questioned by Col. Lindbergh Friday Night I 1) Hopewell. N. J.. Mar. 19.—(U.R) ' i—Henry (Red) Johnson, sailor who i failed to “keep a date" with nurse ’| Betty Gow the night the Lindbergh 'lbaby was kidnaped, was questioned ''personally this morning by the ' kidnaped baby’s father. It was the first time since JohnIson was first detained two weeks 'ago that Colonel Charles A. Lind |bergh had seen or questioned thei (sailor. It was believed the quesItioning was due to the colonel’s de i;termination not to overlook a |) single possible clue. Earlier in. the night Colonel 11. | Norman Schwartzkopf of the stale I police had announced that “JohnIson is being brought to Hopewell I for questioniirg ami a cheek on his | story." I The sailor, former deckhand on , the yacht of Thomas Lamont, Wail street figure and partner of the late Senator Dwight Morrow, father of Mrs. Lindbergh,’ had been removed secretly from Newark city jail at l:3t> p. m. Friday. He was taken to Jersey City. Why, was not made known. But early this morning a woman with a baby in her arms was questioned for several hours at the Jersey City police headquarters, and immediately two men were questioned. One of them was believed |to be a brother of Johnson. Johnson, it was learned, was to (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) o DEATH CLAIMS WAYNE JOHNSON 15-month-old Child of Mr. And Mrs. Thetus Johnson Dies Today I Wayne Thetiv Johnson. 15 months old son of Mr. and Mrs. Thetus Johnson of Decatur, route ■ 3, (lied at the Adams County Me- ■ mortal Hosiptal at 8 o’clock this ■ morning of pneumonia. The baby was brought to the hospital last ; evening for treatment. IHe was born at the homo east ■ of Decatur. November 21. 1930. Surviving are the i arenLs, Thetus • and Margaret Ward-Johnson and > the grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. . James E. Ward of Decatur, and Mr. ■ and Mis. Jesse Johnson of Monroe. ‘ The baby’s name had been entered on the Cradle Roll of the Monroe ■ Friend's church. , Funeral services will be held - Monday afternoon at 1 o'clock at > .the home and at 2 o’clock at the t Friend's church with Rev. Vernon ? Riley pastor, officiating. Burial will be in the Ray t'emetery at Monroe.

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Police Arrest Three Fort Wayne, March I!) (UP) 'riifee nil'll, believed by police Io lie responsible for numerous roblierles here mid in nearby towns, were under mresl today. Roy Sands, 30, mid Robert Me-1 i Daniels, 30, were am ,sled at tin-j Moose Homo here. Winer Gusseri.| 37, was arrested at the home of i ' Lillian Kelly, in Huntington. !i Police said they were invesligat- ' ing what appeared to he a shallow | grave at the Kelly home. BURDG NAMED COMMISSIONER ( harks A. Burdg, Republican, Named on County Election Commission Charles A. Burdg today was named Republican election • com i mis-aioner of Adams county by Paul !; H. Graham. Republican county I < chairman. Other members of the ; Itoard are Leo Saylors. Democrat ; and Milton C. Werling. Democrat. [< who .by virtue of his office is a J member of the board. ; The board will meet next week I ] it was announced and make preli-|1 minary plans for the primary elec- ) bion. The state law provides tiiat I tlie primary election commissioners shall be general election commas- , sinners and in the general election | the following November. Salaries . of the three members are set by | the county coinmis ners. . i Eight File .ames !< Fight Democrats filed their in- i tent ion of being candidates in the j May primary during the past , week, it was announced by Milton , C. Werling. county clerk. To 1 date no Republicans have filed for) any office. ; The (lead line for Jfiliug J* April 2. and it is expected that a large number will file within the next few days. Candidates began filing March 4. and since that time I 1 I | 21 have filed. Those who filed the past week tpnehidc: William Hartings, Decatur. | Democrat, for county recorder; John Steigmeycr. Washington (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) MURDOCK WILL APPEAR HERE Noted Magician and Ulus-) ionist to Spend Saturday In Decatur Murdock. Master Magician and illn-lonist. will appear in Decatur, Saturday, March 26 and a feature of his theatrical engagement will be a blind old automobile drive during the afternoon. Murdock will appear at the Adains theater during the afternoon and night and will also give a public exhibition. He will visit a number oi Decatur stores and cooperate with local merchants in a sales event during the afternoon. The blindfold drive is one of the most exciting events imaginable. | He will drive through Second street, I I starting from the Adams County 11 Auto Co., and his head will be j ‘ covered in a headgear which prevents him from seeing daylight. The drive will be nuide at one o’clock and the public is invited to see it. Murdock is one of the leading magicians in the country and i his tricks are uncanny and mysti-1 tying. This is the first time Murdock has appeared iu Decatur. He has thrilled thousands of people in large cities and his visit here will , no doubt attract many hundreds j here on March 26. , To Accept Applications The United States Civil Service Commission has announced that ( until April 12 applications will be , accented for the position of Asso- , dated Dairy Husbandman in the , bureau of Dairy Industry, Department of (Agriculture, for duty at. . [ Lewisburg. Tenn. The entrance salary will be ! I between $3,200 and $3,800 a year. Full information may be obtained ■ irom C. E. Hocker, secretary of the i United States Civil Service Board I of Examiners at the post office in . this city.

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UPSETS MARK STATE TOURNEY FINAL GAMES Newcastle Trips Greencastle to Go Into Final Scrap Tonight WINAMAC AND BOSSE MEET o — - o Morning Scores Newcastle. 25; Cicero. 15 1 Greencastle. 24; Connersville. 23. Winamac, 34; Li'bation 31. 1 Bosse (Evansville) 27: Technical (IndfanaWdia). U>. o 0 Butler Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, Mar. 19.—<U.PJ—Newcastle basketball team upset a hard-fighting Greencastle aggregation in the semi-finals of the Indiana high school basketball tourney here this afternoon by a score of 26-18. Both teams battled on even terms until the middle of the second half when the Henry county team pulled away. Newcastle will play in the finals tonight against the winner of the Bosse (Evansville) and Winamac game which started at 3:30 o’clock this afternoon. The final game will start at 8 o'clock and will be broadcast by WOWO. Upsets featured today’s games, and at noon today the field was narrowed to four teams. A pack'ed house witnessed the semi-finals | this afternoon. Indianapolis, Mar. 19 (U.R) - Wtnantae ralliml behind the Sto'tf. brothers to score the second big upset of the Indiana high school j basketball tournament today, d■I feating Ijebanon became a favorite bv virtue of a decisive victory over Frankfort in the regionals. With Lebanon’s defeat went ’he last of the former champions. Three times that school had won the toga, although never since the present system of tourney play was started. Winamac will meet Bosse (Evansville) at 3:30 this afternoon. Winamac took the lead early in the game and maintained it until in the last quarter when LeUmmi tied it at 28. Winamac went back into the lead immediately ami remained there, although never wit It a safe margin. Bosse Beats Tech Bosse (Evansville) provided tlirt biggest upset of the tourney when it defeated Technical of Indianapolis. strongly favored to go to ♦he finals of the state tourney. The southern Indiana school went into the lead early through the great offensive playing of Osborn and Butterworth and never was headed. The score at half time was 13-6 and the final count was 27-15. In the first morning game Newcastle disposed of Cicero 25-15 after the dark-horse Cicero team (CONTrNUEP r’N PAGE SIX) EXPERIMENT IN ORE IS SUCCESS Manganese Is Extracted From Ore In Minnesota Government Tests St. Paul. .Minn.. .March 19 —(UP) —(Successful completion of experiments to concentrate the black. Ferruginous Manganese ores of the Guyuna district in Minnesota ala plant built recently at Crosby wa t announced today by the United States department ot commerce A large tonhage of ore. formerly valueless because of its high silica content, now becomes of value wiili the discovery of methods of concentrating relatively high Manganese content. Over 90 per cent of the Manganese in the iron industry is used iu making steel. United States has been a large importer of Manganese since deposits fit this country a i scarce. No substitute has been found for the element. The daily capacity of the Crosby mill is 500 tons of concentrate 1 (CONTINUI7D ON PAGE SIX)