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FIRST FLIGHT Five years ago this morning, I May 20, 1927, Col. Charles A Lindbergh, took off alone In his little airplane, the Spirit of I , St. Louis, on his flight to Paris, j which made hint tlie most fam- j [ ous man in the world. Since , that day many things have happened to keep his name beI fore the public, not the least of I j which was the kidnaping of his j son on March 1 of this year. * * WOMAN STARTS I OCEAN FLIGHT Amelia Earhart Hopes To Be First Woman To Complete Air Trip BULLETIN 1 St. John, New Brunswick, May 2(f—(U.R)—Amelia Earhart Putnam continued for Harbor Grace at 8:23 a. m. Atlantic standard time today, from where she plans to attempt a sclo flight across the Atlantic. St. John, New Bruswick, May 20. i ' —(U.R) —Favorable weather will per-1 mit Amelia Earhart Putnam to' fly to the starting point of her proposed solo flight to Europe. Har-' bor Grace, on the anniversary of, Charles A. Lindbergh's solo flight! 1 to Paris. Lindbergh’s was the first solo | flight across tlie Atlantic. Tlie ' woman flier was the first trans-At 1 lantic woman passengt/r. She hopes to be the first woman to make the i solo flight. , She narrowly averted a crack-up, here yesterday on tlie first leg of ( the flight piloted by Bernt Balch-f en. Commander Byrd's pilot. They I ! had taken off in midafternoon from . Teterboro airport. New Jersey. The crimson monoplane appear-1 nd to be headed tor a fatal crash • as it careened and bumped across the shorter runway of the municipal airport here. The plane was righted and brought to a halt while j I spectators gasped. 1 For anxious seconds the crowd i 'feared that Miss Earhart's plane| 'j would suffer the fate that overtook, Ruth Nichols when she landed here 'last summer. Misj Nichols tua1 oliiiic crashed into the woods injuring the aviatrix. But Balchen. airman who piloted Admiral Richard A Byrd over the south pole, brought his sliip in safely. He was flying at between 60 and 70 miles an hour when he nosed down. A freshening cross wind hooked under his right wing and the Lockheed-Vega, did a perilous dance over tlie runway. Miss Earhart. Balchen. and mechanic Eddie Gorski did not seem tp mind the landing. 1 Balchen said Miss Earhart s chances for success as the first woman to fly the Atlantic solo were ”99 out of 100.” Miss Earhart was in fine spirits and appeared confident. The first J (OON'ITNHW nN PAGII •ivvm , WITNESSES ARE MISSING Stock Market Investigation Continues In Senate Committee Washington, May 20.— (U.R) . More missing witnesses were . named today in tlie senate stock ! market investigation when Wi- . liam A. Gray, committee counsel, . began developing tlie story of distribution to the public of tlie stock of an allegedly bankrupt company. The company was Indian Motoicycle. Gray revealed that committee process servers had been unable to find Lawyence R. Wilder ! and Charles E. Mitchell, who proi sited from the floating of Indian, Motorcycle stock in 1930. i M J. Meehan, nationally known! i broker, sailed for Europe the night before the investigation was resumed and Gray said yesterday he ; had not been able to reach Brad- . ford Ellsworth, a pool operator, who is in Canada. Gray is con! . dent, however, that Ellsworth will . come to Washington. I Walter Sachs, partnerJnjGo'dON CAGE SIX)

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NEW PLAN TO I PUT MILLIONS ! TO WORK SOON Finance Coalition Will Reach Small Borrowers Throughout Nation STRONG BOARD IS ANNOUNCED New York. May 20 —(U.R) — A i powerful coalition of financiers' plans to put to work at once niil-j Hons in cash or alm st three billions in credit in places not yet ! reached by the reconstruction , finance corporation or federal resere credit expansion programs. This will mean, if plans are successful. financial relief for small borrowers in sections of the country far from New York City. Banks in these far sections havf used funds released to them to build up their own cash reserves instead of increasing loans io needy industries, home owners or farmers. The formation of the committee! ! headed by Owen I). Young follow-' led demands in many sections of I tlie country for speeding up the i credit expansion program, for : drastic means of boosting prices. , for speedy distribution of piled up I idle funds in New York, and, ! criticism that financial leaders ! are taking care of the “big felj lows" only. While members of the commit-! I tee of 12 would not comment on j i their plans, because they were not complete, it was indicated that I credit for building and loan socii eties and farm loan banks would Ibe arranged. This would care for | ‘ little fellows" not reached by the i larger metropolitan banks. Criticism, in which at least one I candidate for a presidential nomination participated, had been di- : rented at federal efforts to help (Cox"rTX'('En nv page etvei WAGE ACTION I IS POSTPONED: School Board To Determine Salaries After Books Are Balanced The condition of school finances, at the close of the fiscal year. July 31, will regulate the scale of salaries to be paid school teachers next year. M. F. Worthman, superintendent of schools stated today. At a meeting of the school board held last evening a resolution was , 'adopted as follows: "That the fi-1 nancial condition ot' the School Treasury at the close of the preslent school year, July 31, shall stipulate the salaries of the various school employees for the coming year." School teachers wlj'l be offered jnew contracts with the above condition, Mr. Worthman stated. All of the present teachers, except two will probably return next I year and the complete list will be I released tomorrow. Superintendent i Worthman announced. | Tlie state schedule for tlie minimum daily wage has been the basis for salaries of Decatur school teach!ers. except for special teachers. The highest salary paid is $2,250 per year. Mr. Worthman stated. The minimum in tlie special group is $1,150 per year. Regular teaphers have been receiving from three to 17 per cent., above the minimuni wage law. The ' minimum wage law provided "Class A" teachers with no experience shall receive four and three-quart-ers per cent.on their general average or an equivalent of S3OO for the school term." "Class B teachers with one, two on PAGE SIX) 0 Decatur Men Awarded Four Decatiir men won cash a- ! wards from the General Electric (company for making suggestions ' relative to plnnt operations. Russell Owens received the highest award, of $25 for suggesting that a machine be used in the operation of assembling acorn nuts and bolts. Other awards ot $5 each were won by Solomon Lord, Frank E. Bohnke and A. N. Hilton. Seven Fort Wayne men, employed at the G. E. plant 'there also won $5 prizes.

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Mother Ends Life in Effort |j to Save Boy Slayer' 1 pOiM -■'• A u ' Mrs. Estella Michael (right), who ended her life in her cell in the i, Danville, 111., jail, in a vain effort t,i save her 13-year-old son, Thomas , Michael (left), held on a charge of murdering Dr. Austin N. Irnkin of!. State Line, 111.. November 22, 1931. The state plans to push trial of ( the boy slayer despite his mother's heroic sacrifice. Young Michael shot and killed Dr. Lakin because tlie physician had aliused Ins mother. ! Mrs. Michael was the doctor's housekeeper,

EIGHTHGRADE ? GRADUATES 34 Principal P. B. Thomas Awards Diplomas This Afternoon At School i Thirty-four eighth grade pupils received their eighth g.ade diplomas this afternoon and are now 'eligible to enter high school. The | diplomas were awarded by Bryce ] Thomas. princii|il $ Central I School. Scholarship awards, report cards, and penmanship awards were also awarded to a number of pupils this afternoon. The list of pupils receiving the penmanship awards will be announced within a few days, it w r is announced. Those who received their eighth 1 grade diplomas include: I Robert Ash'baucher, Herbert Banning. Wilbur Debolt. Edwin Eichorn. Robert Engeler, John Espick, Carl Evans, Herald Hitchcock, Clarence Hitchcock, Pale I Lawrence Johnson, Harry Moyer, Robert Myers, Dale Myers. William Schafer, William Schrock, Keith Smitley, Walter Summers, CV'rence Walther, Junior Gephart, Virginia Beery. Madaline Crider, Maxine Drake, Romaine Elzey, Hazel Herrington. Marlowe Hoagland, Eileen Jackson, Mildred Johnson, Lois Mann, Wilma Miller, Agnes Nelson, Ruth Porter, Glenola : Reffey. Helen Richards. Picnic Held The memlbers of the eighth grade and the teachers of Cent, al build-1 ing enjoyed a picnic at Lehman's Grove at Berne, Thursday evening. I Games were played in the after- i I noon a picnic dinner was served ! 1 later. This was the annual eighth I grade picnic given for those who | leave Central building each year. Store To Be Closed The C. A. Douglas store in this city will be closed Saturday until 3 o'clock in the afternoon for the funeral of Mrs. Douglas, who was killed this week in Michigan in an I automobile-train accident. ALBION BANKER IS SENTENCED Walter Gillian Given Two To 14 Years And Fined SSO In Court Today (Albion, May 20—(UP)—Walter Gillion. vice president of the de- j funct Noble County Bank ,ind Trust Co., of Kendallville which was closed in January 1931 was sentenced today to serve front 2 to 14 years in state prison at Michigan City and fined SSO. Special Judge William Endicott of DeKalb Circuit Court denied a motion for new trial and denied Hill. Defense counsel signified its; intention of appealing to the , sulpreme court. .Gillian was found guilty in his . trial February 4, before a Noble | Circuit Court jury. Samuel Jacobs, former New York financier, president of the Noble County bank now a fugitive from justice and his nephew P. J. Jacobs of Kendallville are facing embezzlement charges in connection with failure of the bank which have assets listed at more than two million dollars.

———————————————————————— I1 Rowe To Be Speaker Rev. IA» T. Rowe, general manag-1 'er of the Gospel Trumpet Company | at Anderson, will be the speaker in the Sunday services at the Church of God. His subject for the morning , service will be 'fPifblishitig the Gospel Message," and at 7 o'clock ' Sunday evening he will preach on :"A domlplete Savior." Rev. Rowe is a former success--1 ful business man and prior to be ‘ I ing manager of the Gospel Trumpet Company he was a pistor of a large church at Atlanta. Ga. (He is a gifted speaker and the local church feels fortunate in securing his sei vices. The public is invited to attend. ——o Deadline Is Extended Payment of dog taxes in Washington township ha.s been extended to June 15, it was announced today. | by T. R. Noll, township trustee. The tax is $2.00 for male dogs and $5.00 for female dogs. All delinquent taxes after June 1, will be turned over to the prosecutor fur action, it was announced today. AMOS STEURY BADLY HURT Local Dairyman Bitten By Bull Dog; Several Wounds Inflicted Amos Steury. of the Blue Creek , Dairy, this city, is suffering from I severe wounds, inflicted Tuesday when he was delivering a truck of I Kayo chocolate at the yards of a Muncie dealer. Just as Steury alighted from his I truck he was attached by a large | { bull dog, which knocked him down | and bit him on the arms and one leg. One gash on his left arm was several inches long and required a number of stitches. Owners of the Muncie branch finally heard the yells of the injured I man and came to his rescue and he |is now receiving medical attention here. His physician said this morning that the wounds weie healing nicely and unless something unforseen I prises, will soon recover. .—.— -o — Memorial Is Sunday All Legionnaires, Spanish-Ameri-can war veterans and members of the Women's Relief Corps are asked . to meet Sunday morning at 9:15 ■ o'clock at Legion hall to attend the annual Memorial services to be held this year at St. Mary's Catholic I church. The group will march in a j body to the church, where Rev. Father Joseph Hennes will have charge of the services. __o Will Meet Classes Rev. M.W. Sundertnann will meet Catachitical Classes at the First | Evangelical Church in Regular Ses- : sion. The Boys class at 1 o'clock i and the girls class at 2 o'clock. Report Is Favorable j Washington, May 20 —(UP) —-The Senate agriculture committee today ■ authorized favorable report on a bill I dtatted by chairman Men'ary,, designed to provide extensive farm relief through the operation of the equalization fee and debenture plans, which have been strongly urged by the three great fan organi- ; zations. 1

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NEW ORDINANCE | IS CONSIDERED Law Would Regulate All Peddling, Bill Passing And Hawking The city council will meet in continued session tonight to consider the adoption of an ordinance regulating and licensing peddlers, hawkers, transient merchants, amuse- < ments and about everything not performed or carried out j I by residents or resident mer- j chants. The ordinance contains 23 sections and provision is made that it shn'l become effective immediately after its passage rnd publication. Section one reads: "It shall be , unlawful for any person, persons. | firm or corporation to peddle, sell, expose or offer for sale, bargain, demonstrate or give away from a wagon or other vehicle or from any stand, stall or liootli. or any place - of transient merchandising, or to 1 go from place to place, engaged in ' the business of hawking or peddling or as an itinerant dealer for ■ gain or profit, about the streets, alleys, hotels, business houses, public dwellings or any public or private place, or to offer for sale, for 1 gain or profit, from house to house. . door to door, any goods, wares or 1 merchandise of any kind or character or to take orders for any or all such goods, wares or merchanjdise for immediate or future delivery, without first obtaining a license so to do.” A resident and non-resident ! hawker or peddler is defined as follows: “A resident hawker or peddler under this ordinance is one who resides in the county of Adams for one year prior to tlie application sot license, such residence to be established by affidavit of two resident free holders, provided, however that nothing in this ordinance shall refer to any person or persons to go about the streets of said city from house to house and door to door and offer for sale melons, vegetables and other articles of food produced from field, farm and i orchard or products raised, produced or manufactured by the person offering same for sale." The above provision permits farmers and garden truck growers to solicit patronage in tlie city, if they are residents of the county. Section two regulates boxing or | wrestling matches, except for| school or university purposes, fee $lO. Section three, dancing halls, fee $25 a week. Section four, shooting galleries, (CONTINUED ON PAGE THKEEI M illshire Man Hurt E. Dayton Hurless, 72, Willshire. Ohio, man suffered a fractured leg when he fell from a scaffold at his home, late Thursday afternoon. The man was brought to the Adams County Memorial Hospital where the bone hvas set and where he is a patient. The right leg W|.is broken below the knee and the attending physician stated today that the fracture is a severe one. CREDIT SHOWS IMPROVEMENT Indiana Business Has Best Showing of Recent Few Months Indianapolis, May 20. — (U.R) — Credit conditions in Indiana are more sound than at any other time in recent months, the Indiana Business Review, published today, said. "Tlie rate of decline in commodity prices has been retarding." the Review said. "The federal reserve system has embarked on a program of buying government securities in an effort to place money in circulation with the hope that it will flow into productive channels." General business activity was virtually Unchanged in April, the Review relented. Little change was noted in department store sales, I they were estimated 11 per cent under the corresponding period of i last year. New car sa<'.es, based on deliveries, made more than the usual seasonal gain to a point 55.7 per cent under normal. (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

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* ~ * COMMENCEMENT The Decatur high school com- j niencement will be held in the | high school auditorium at 8:15 o'clock tonight. Those who do not have tickets will be charged an admission of 25 cents Instead of 511 cents as has been rumored. Free commencement tickets were given with invitations by the members of the senior class, ami all others who I I,attend the services tonight | will be charged tlie admission. D.H.S. GLASSES GIVE PROGRAM Annual Class Day Observed At Local School; Classes Dismissed Class Day exercises were held at Deqitur high school, Thursday afternoon, with representatives of the four classes participating. Various scholarship awards were also made. The freshman class presented a playlet, "Ghost of the Faculty;" the sophomore class gave "Romunee of a Busy Broker." by O'Henry. The junior class presented a program consisting of a reading by Miss Minnie Moyer, entitled. "A pleasant Half Hour at 'the Beach," and a playlet, "Troubles of an editor.” The seniors gave a clever impersonation of the high school faculty. IThe senior president. Ger;hard Schultz, presented the spade to Tom Allwein, junior class president with the adomination to "dig” This is an old custom that, was revived a year ago. The Eta Sigma Phi awards were presented to Miss Mary Madeline Coverdale, Miss Betty Frisinger end Dick Schug. This honor is bestowed upon Latin students having an average of “A" during the fourth year of Latin. The Industrial Arts awards were also given out. DEATH CLAIMS BERNE WOMAN Mrs. Katherine Dies Early Today; Paralysis Fatal Berne. May 20 (Special)—Mrs. Katherine Sprunger, 70. wife of Emanuel Sprunger. died at her home on Sprunger street at 2:50 o’clock this morning of paralysis. Mrs. Sprunger suffered a stroke of paralysis last Monday and her condition had been regarded as critical since that time. She was born in Adams county, May 26, 1861. a daughter ot Christian and Verena HabeggerStauffer. She was united in marriage to Emanuel Sprunger in early life ami spent many years on a farm in Monroe township, moving to Berne 8 years ago. Surviving is the husband and the following children: Mrs. Caleb Sprunger. Rufus. Adolph. Sylvan, and Arley all of Berne, Zilla, at home; four sisters, Mrs. C. A. Neuenschwander. Mrs. C. C. Neuenschwander, and Mrs. John Lehman all of Berne and Mrs. Joel Fry of Bluffton: one half brother. Peter Burkhalter of Berne. One sister, Mrs. Jacob Neuenschwander. preceded her in death. Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock at the home and at 2 o'clock at the Mennonite church with Rev. C. H. Suckau. pastor, officiating. Burial will lie in the M. R. E. cemetery. o—. Start Trip To Rome Paris, May 20 —(U.R) — Nine French ocean fliers left for Rome today as a mission of the ministry of national defense Io attend a congress of 52 ocean fliers in the Italian capital. The French delegation comprised . Dieudonne Costes, Maurice Bellonte, Jean Mernmz. Joan Dabry. Leopold Gimie. Jean Assolant, Rone Lefevre. Arineno Lotti and Leon (’hallo. Tlie last named will be joined by the Uruguayan, Tadeo Larre Borges, with whom he flew Hie South Atlantic. Amelia Earhart Putnam, who is preparing to fly across the Atlantic from Newfoundland. also hopes to at lend the congress.

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BRONX JURORS ASK CONDON TO SIGN WAIVERS Lindbergh’s Fri e n d Is Chief Witness In Baby Kidnaping. Murder NO NEW CLUES ARE DISCOVERED New York, May 20 <U.R) „ Dr. John F. Condon, “Jafsie” in the mvslerious negotiaI lions liur ransoming tlie j Lindbergh baby, was ttsked to and did sign a waiver of | immunity today when he went before the Bronx grand jury to tell of his experiences. Authorities in touch with the jury’s proceedings told the United Press that Condon, tlie aged educator who paid ssn,(inn for Coloiml Lindbergh. declared lie "kn-w about that" when tlie waiver was presented. Expressing his readiness to divulge to the grand jury all he knew of the tragic events which ended in the first major disapI pointment of the Lindbergh hopes. I Condon signed the waiver and proceeded with his revelations. It was said other witnesses had not been asked to sign a waiver, but authorities refused to comment on the significance, if any, in this procedure. . New Jersey authorities, the Bronx district attorney. Charles B. McLaughlin and Colonel Lindbergh himself have spoken highly of Jafsie and his work and Lindbergh sent him a letter ot appreciation for his assistance. r Condon's story for the grand . jury is already known in its main " points. After revealing in :.n interview with the Bronx Home News his readiness to spend his own money to aid in returning Hie baby. Condon received a telephone call from a mysterious person. Tlie contact tlius developed grew until Jafsie and the supposed kidnaper were arranging for actual payment ot ransom money. Hopewell. N J.. May 20 —(U.R) ■“ State police want John Hughes Curtis. Lindbergh faker, to face Dean H. Dobson-Peacock whose Norfolk church- members refer to tlie police as bunglers, traffic cops, and not very good traffic cons at that." Colonel H. Norman Schwjirtzkopf. conmiander of tlie police, announced last night that "it is ‘ particularly <(psirable now to coni’ front Mr. Curtis witli Mr. Pea--1 cock." The police want to clear up cer- ’ tain unexplained details in tlie " confession they say they obtained 1 from Curtis, among them a request for a $25,000 deposit as "earnest . money." f Tlie Norfolk minister whose - name and reputation were used - with that of Rear Admiral Guy H. i Burrage to lend credence to Cnri tis' fictional negotiations, has refused to come to Hopewell but lias offered to submit to questioning 1 in Norfolk. > And while the Norfolk negotia- ■ irnx’Tixi’rii ox' i’agu wirm • REV. J. F, TAPPY HERE SUNDAY 1 Orphanage Superintendent to Occupy Pulpit of Reformed Church i The Rev. J. F. Tappy. superintendent of the Reformed Orphan's home. Fort Wayne, will proa li the '.■ermoii ut the Zion Reformed a church in this city Sunday. 1 The order of services will bo , published in Saturday's paper. J. ( Fred Fruchte, an elder in the ,; church stated today. | The selecting of a pastor for the Reformed church, to fill the va- , canny caused by the tragiv death _ of the Rev. A. R. Fledderjohann last Thursday will prdbahly he de I layed for some time, officials of ] the church stated. Rev. Fledderjohann was pa tor / of the local church for several years He was killed in an automobile acs cident a week ago when a New i. York Central freight train struck his automobile near Hamlet. Indiana.