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SMENCE ■lffl HOUSE ’«|||NW( BILL ■'GE«B ! unit'll- Vrc Added e;i>LiH Is Passed jn, i «. Lon.: Session HBption is gl THoi GUT NEAR , bulletin S June I—(U.R) — ■Kh uk 1 today sent the tax Ba to conference with the 1,,,. without a single vote in ve v ' -lune 1. —tU.Ri ' i'i' l,f ” press, public lammed a sl.a« lax bill through i '"bay in culniin- :., hour session ami surprise. ■■’ Treasury Mills K’.L IT led Press that ■<BtJiilc ' ■ -nice the nation -rs ’ : . ” practical purpains ~ ,iie ' reported in -i ' the budget balane '< tU^^B t " ‘ scheduled Io ,-i.|. nf this cotitroBi measure at .“ llii! tlie senat, ‘ in. Irnost 12 hours to ! th In vii practice to ap p. - ind'ore tile senate Kt lea 1 : d in a national r. 1 ' »*^Br‘"" t 0 11 ,lie Be,,at, ‘ K: tax bill to confereme —i 1 tlic - Id the on way up aionue to Mr. Hooonate disposed oi ter. non-partisan o t l. oil, lumber and L.' s remained in the Kv'->. leiitstries organize.! to no avail. There . conflict of opinion - words were uttered Ti .usury estimates of . rapped by the secreK* appearance before nice committee just Mill- reported that new t'i r cutie had to be found the budget. Income Bl SdM'l. ■ and elect t icit > for light were selected. . advocated the maim HB> sales tax and in his perMWei '.'".ire the sellite Piesii H d he would accept I BJ*' 11 ' so. But tile tin the d 1 the «brs remarked early today left the chamber that Mr. [NI'ED ON PAGE THREE) ft BALLOON AKES RECORD Ship Believed To Be Up Mileage; Alberta, June 1 -(U.R) already assured, the B States army balloon No. 2 ieved to be piling up addinileage today, the only i the national balloon race the air. No. 2's nearest rival, the B r VH, was known to be t the Willard Smith farm, 1 " southwest of Tyvan, 11 port of the Armv |BB’ aillt ‘ b’"in farmers near ■* and Gull Lake. Sask.. H^B"'" 'll having been in with her. Posit ion would assure th" j|W'"'y of vic 'tory, it was calPrevailing winds were Wilfred J. Paul. ■W l "' J. H. Bishop, his aide, however, of knowing ON PAGE THREE)

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Vol. XXX.

No. 130.

[lB Are Graduated At Fort Wayne Hospital Eighteen nuismt were militate ! | from the Methodist Hospital in P i t ■ Wayne, Tuesday night. Miss Mar I g et Mills, a graduate from the De-1 icatur High School was a member | of the graduating cLs«. I The exercises were held in the i I Wayne Method i t Churro. Mr ami I I Mrs. O. P. Mills and son Dickie of , this city attended the graduation sei vices. PONTIUS HEADS 4-H CORN CLUB Hartford Township Organizes Corn Club; Make Year’s Plans Robert Pontius, Hartfo d towns,hip young man was elected president of the Hartfoid township 4 II Corn Club at the annual election of officers held Tuesday night at Hartford t'jwiuship high school. Other officers include:. Everett Mays, vice-president and John Romey, secretary-treasurer. Mays also was appointed chairman of the program committee, and s- on will appoint the committee , members to make plans for the club for the entire year. The following members attended the meeting: Robert Pontius, John' Romey, Harold Zeigler. Sol Mosser, Andon Mos-er, Everett Mays, Charles Mays and Ralph Clark. The Hertford township club is lone of the most active 4-H organizations in the county. • o ——— Bonus Army Proceeds GmjA Ind., June 1 till’) —Five hundred members of another bonus army contingent broke canil.i here ' today and planned to hn-ard 10 rail- i r ad box cars for the remainder of. their journey to Wa llington. D. C. | The men .. lived here from various points in the northwest. The cars were placed at t'iieir disposal I by the Pennsylvania railroad. RIVER LEVEE BREAKS AWAY I Palo Verde Valley Is Believed Endangered By Crumbling Dam ' Blythe. Calif . June 1 (U.R)— A tocsin rang over the Palo Verde Valley today in the shrill automm bile trumpet of W. M. I’fost who rode to warn his fellow ranchers ' the Colorado river levee had crumbled. Flood waters swirled through an 1 IS-foot break six miles northeast 1 of here and threatened 1,000 families in the southern end of the valley. Roused by Hi'“ rancher’s alarm, ' a weary army of 500 persons straggled into this town from isolated farms and ranches. Ihr lives were lost in flood waters | across the Arizona line but littb-i fear was felt here for human lite.' Though 100 men struggl' d to |i place Slll idl',ms about N lhe levee. It was hall again awide as when discovered aft-r seven hours desperate work. ‘ Unless the torrent ol water >- staunched, Pfost estimated the valley would be covered to a depth of four feet. Blythe, a town of 1,000 population, on higher ground, , Is believed safe. , The rancher with his wife am " three children led the exodus ' from the southern valley. Then he ' drove back through the night spreading the news to his neigli- , hors and warning them to seek 3 of the refugees who reach- ’ ed here abandoned their posses- ’ sions and cattle to the impeding flood Thousands of head of r stock, alfalfa and . ON PAGE Frt-E) Meeting Is Called 3 ■ There will be an important meets in» of the official board of the Methodist Episcopal church at the ■ dose of tprayer meeting, tonight ■ it was announced by Rev. 5 Franklin today. Every member is ' requested to be present.

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National Balloon Race 1 i 4, uSE # WMBf >. mW f iwa «■ A view of the start of the national balloon race at Omaha. Nebraska, just as Tracy Southworth, shown in the I (u-kgrouiid, took off. The start was delayed two hours by high winds.

CANDIDATES FILE EXPENSES Total of 31 File Accounts; Thursday Deadline For Candidates Eight more candidates have filed ■ expense accounts with Milton 1 ('. Werling, county clerk, today.] The final date for filing the accounts is Thursday. June 2, and many more candidates are expected to file this afternoon and to-1 morrow. The accounts represent the ex I penditures of the candidates for ] the primary election held May . A total of 34 candidates have’ filed. Tollowing are those who filed; today: Phil Sauer, Democrat for Com-1 | missioner first district, $50.90; j Ella M. Peoples, Democrat, fori recorder, $89.00; Janies 1). Brown. Democrat, fori recorder. $35.10. Otto D. Bieberick, Democrat, for; Delegate to state convention,! none; I H. O. Jones, Republican, for] Congressman, fourth district,] $973.54; I William Hartings, Democrat, for recorder, $53.00; Thurman Gottschalk, Democrat, for representative in congress: from the fourth district. $1,546.79; j August Gallmeyer. Democrat, I for commissioner first district, | $73.05. Frank Funeral Friday i Private funeral serivces will be I held Friday afternoon, at 1:30 | o'clock (CS'T) at the htome for Wil-1 Him Frank. 82. who died at his home on the Fort Wayne road, north of Decatur, Tuesday morning. Mr. F:ank had been ill for the last five years. . The deceased was a member of the iSt. John’s Lutheran Church ( north of Decatur. Surviving are five daughters, one son, one sister, 29 grandchildren! and four great-grand-child. en. CLAIM WALK ER VIOLATED LAW jSeabury Charges Mayor Owned Stocks and Gave Companies Bids Nt w York, June l--fUP)--Sam-uel Seabury, Counsel for the Hos- ; mtadter investigating committee, to- . day charged Mayor James J. Walker with violating a. law forbidding ■ a city Offici il to own stock in any : company holding a city contract. Penalty for such violation, Seabury charged, is forfeiture of office. Seabury showed that Mayor Wal- ' ker had deposited, on December 29, 1930 S6OO worth of coupons from ’ bond’s in the. Reliance Bronze and Steel Company, and that on January 9 1931, this company entered into a coiltract to furnish 105 Bronze lighting standards for disposition along Fifth Avenue. It was the first time Seabury had presented any tangible change against the mayor for which a pen alty is (provided by law. The section which (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE)

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, .lune I, 1932.

Would Re-open Mines Clinton, Ind.. June I—(U.K) —De-1 mauds for renewed attempts to, open union coal mines were made i by thousands of miners at a mass] meeting here in protest against, delay in obtaining contracts to replace those which expired March 31. The meeting was orderly, but the miners criticized John L. i Lewis, president of the United: Mine Workers of America, and other officials, for delay in obtain-i ing the new agreements. It was ' estimated that 5,000 miners joined] ‘ in a parade through downtown . I streets. j 0 Martha Sellemeyer To Be Graduated June 17 ; Mis.-, Martha Sellemeyer, daugh- ■ , ter of Mr. and Mrs. 'Jesse Selle-1 I meyer of Los Angeles, Cal., and , I formerly of this city, will be grad- I | uated from the University of South-1 I ern California at Los Angeles. Fri- ] | day, June 17. A number of Miss | j Sellemeyer’s friends in this city rei ceived invitations to the comi mencement. SAPP TO SEEK j GOVERNORSHIP Huntington Man Will Be G .0. P.Candidate; Seven Now In Contest ■ (Huntington, Ind., June 1. (U.R) j The field of candidates seeking the G. O. P. gubernatorial nomination | was increased to seven today with the announcement of Arthur Sapp, I member of the highway commission, that he will seek the office. Sapp’s formal announcement was a terse statement that his name would be presented to the RepubI lican convention. He made no menItion of his platform. I Sapp began his political career in 1911. when he was elected Huntington county prosecutor. He was re-elected for two terms. In 1930 Sapp was chairman of the state aid school commission and was appointed to the highway commission in June, 1931. He is a trustee of DePauw University and of Evansville college. Sapp served one term as president of Rotary International. Other Republican candidates are . M. Bert Thurman, New Albany; James M. Knapp, Hagerstown; James M. Ogdeu, Indianapolis; Edgar D. Hush, Salem; Lawrence F. Orr, Indianapolis, and Frederick Landis, Logansport. Prayer Meet Tonight Rev. Harry Thompson will have charge of the prayer service at the Presbyterian Church, tonight at 7:15 o'clock under the leadership of the Ladies Aid Society of the church. Every lady of the church and all members are urged to be present. ’ A WATER OFF TONIGHT | Charles Brodbeck, city water ! I superintendent announced to- I I dav that the city water would I | be’shut off tonight from 8:30 ] . o'clock to 9:30 o’clock. All | i patrons are asked to note the | • announcement.

PRODUCTION REMAINS HIGH Many Herds of Cows Retain High Marks In Month of May j Unusually high production was , maintained in the Dairy Herd Imi provement Association during the ; month of May, according to rei ports. The highest was the regis- ’ tered Jersey herd owned by Telfer ] Paxson of Craigville with a record , of 54.8 pounds butterfat per cow. I This record was made on dry wini ter feed of alfalfa ami bean hay and a grain mixture of six jpurts I corn and cob, four parts oats, Iwo I parts wheat, one part linseed oil- | meal and one part ground soy- | beans. | The registered Holstein herd owned by E. 11. Kruetzman of near | Decatur was second with a butterI fat production of 53.1 pounds fat. This heavy milking herd averaged over 45 pounds milk per cow a day. Other herds averaging over 40 pounds of butterfat per cow are: Dan Habegger’s herd with 47.1 I pounds fat; Henry Aschlemian’s j Ayrshire herd 46.9. Sol Mosser of Geneva was next with his Jersey herd with an average of 45.4. The Guernsey herd of Harrs ami Mor,l row at Bluffton with 44.:’: Chas, i Grandlienard's herd of Blufftop also produced an average of 42.5. Sam Williams’ herd at Petroleum averaged 40.7. The registered Jersey cow Jo- ' hanna belonging to Sol Mosser is ' high cow- again for the fourth con--1 secutive month. This cow was ■ fresh last January and is still milking over 50 pounds of 4.7 per cent milk, a day. Nine other high cows in the association are owned by the following: Dan Habegger, 76.9 pounds fat; Dan Lesh, 75.8 pounds fat; Ernest Kruetzman, 75.4; Ernest Kruetzman. 74.5; Telfer Paxson, I tCONTINItEn ON PAGE FIVE) I —o DAMAGE SUIT TO BE TRIED William Stone Seeking $10,500 Damages From Mary Lengerich : The $10,500 damage and personal injury suit of William Stone, Allen county vs. Mary Lengerich of Adams county will open in Adams circuit court Thtlr-day morning at > 9 o’clock. The suit is the result of ■ an automobile accident which oc- ; cu:red in this county September 15, i 1929. II The complaint alleges that i Stone's automobile was damaged to ■ the extent vs SSOO and he also demands SIO,OOO for (Personal injuries sustained, ‘ The accident occurred here in ! 1929. Automobiles’ driven l>y Stone I and Mary Lengerich collided at a I cross-road’s. Stone was badly inj jured in the crash and he was a I patient at the Adams County MeI morial hopsital for six weeks. The law firm of Douglas and Helmke of Fort Wayne represents the plaintiff and C. J. Lutz of Decatur represents the defendant. M. *

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STROKE PROVES FATAL TODAY ' TO LG,WARING Prominent Manufacturer And Financier Is Found Dead At Home BODY FOUND AT 1 O’CLOCK I.tiwrciitt C. Wiirjng, 71, founder of the Waring Glove Company of this city ami prominent in business ami banking circles in Decatur and Fort Wavne for many years, was found dead al about one o'clock this idlernoon in the bath room of his liomc. corner First ami Monroe streets. I County Cormier J. C. Grandstall pronounced death was caused by a stroke of apoplexy. Following an examination of the body, Coroner Grandstaff stated that Mr. Waring had been dead from six to eight hours when found, as rigor mortis had set in. Mr. Waring’s body was found by Robert Meibers, cashier of the! Old Adams County Bank and Dick Roop, who had been in Mr. Waring’s employ for several years. Alarmed over the fact that he did not make his daily visits to his | office and to several friends in the city, it was decided to go to his home. The doors were found to be locked and Mr. Meibers and ! Mr. Roop forced entrance through | the kitchen door. The stillness of the large house _ seemed to throw a feeling among the men that something was. wrong. They went upstairs and entered the bath room. Tiled? they found Mr. Waring, unclad, lying on the floor. Mr. Waring was accustomed to rise early, his usual time between five and six o'clock. It is presumed that lie followed this practice this morning nnd evidences showed that he had taken his shower (PONTINfTEP ON PAGE FTVE) EIGHT GUILTY OF KIDNAPING Illinois Gang Is Found Guilty Bv .Jury of Kidnaping Doctor Peoria, 111.. June I—-(U.R)1 —-(U.R) -Eight of the 11 defendants accused of kidnaping Dr. James W. Parker for $50,000 ransom were convicted today by a jury and their sent- ‘ ences fixed at. terms ranging from five to 25 years. Among those convicted were Janies W. Hetson, former city detective, former candidate for mayor ami alleged ringleader of the abduction conspiracy, and Joseph 11. Pursifull, former candidate for state’s attorney and police magistrate who was accused of being the intermediary in ransom negotiations. QMany Attend Concert A large crowd attended the first Band Concert of the summer session held on the east lawn of the Central ’ school building. Tuesday evening. ' The concert of classical and popular music was presented by the Decitur Junior Band and several local musicians, under the direction of Dave Rice. The unusually large crowd enjoy- . ed the concert, and indications are that the concerts to be held this ■ summer will be quite popular. The next concert will be held next Tuesday evening. Prisoners Transferred i ~ Fort Wayne, June 1 (U.R) Fifi teen federal prisoners in the Allen county jail have been removed to i the county jail at LaPorte, as the > result of disclosures that they i wete enjoyin,? unwarranted luxur- - ies. including liquor. U. S. Mari shal E. O. Hall removed the pris- - oners from custody of Sheriff Fred G. Lunz. I Sanford Bates, U. S. superlni tendent of prisoners, reprimanded - local authorities severely in the letter ordering the transfer.

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Died Suddenly | »3i MB Imwrence C. Waring Prominent Decatur citizen and manufacturer died from a stroke of apoplexy early this morning. Mr. Waring's body was found m the bathroom of his home at about one o’clock this afternoon, following an investigation made l>*y Robert Meibers and Dick Roop, when Mr. Waring failed to appear at his office. 223FNR0LLIN BIBLE SCHOOL ON FIRST DAY - Enrollment In Kindergarten and Primary Departments Is Largest MRS. DOWNS IS PRINCIPAL The total enrollment tor the first day of the Daily Vacation Bible school was 223 children, Mrs. Frank Downs, principal of the school, stated. Several more are expected to enroll within the next few days. The enrollment includes 154 children in the kindergarten ami .primary division. 52 in the junior 11 department, and 17 in the intermediate or graduate division. The classes are held each morning in the Central school building, and the first meetings were held this morning. Children from the various Protestant churches of the city are eligible to enter the school. r Rev. B. H. Franklin had charge • of the chapel period this morning, I presenting the devotionals. Other - ministers of the city will conduct i similar services each morning. The teachers of the school in- , elude regular school teachers. Rev. M. W. Sunderman, pastor of the First Evangelical church, is dean, and Mrs. Downs is the prinI cipal. EARLY MEETING 1 BEING SOUGHT . ■ United States, England To 'i Confer On Economic Problems Soon Washington, June 1 —(UP) —The -two most ipotent commercial nations i of the world, Great Britain and the United States, were united today . in support of an early economic conj ference of the powers to seek . means of raising commodity prices 3 and insuring work, food ami clothing for the common man. Groat Britain suggested that such a conference be held in London. Secretary of state Stimson instructed Ambassador Andrew W. Mel- , lon to say this country thought the British idea a good one provided 1 war debts and reparations were not 'J discussed. That is as far as the plan has gone. y Details wait, presumably, on confe ences among Great Britain, France and Italy Perhaps remember- ' ing France’s resentment when President Hoover presented his moratorium pkm program without ’! warning a year ago, Great Britain has confronted France with no "cut e (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

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LESLIE CALLS EXTRA SESSION OF LAWMAKERS Tax Problem Will Be Discussed At Summer General Assembly CALL COMES AFTER CONFLAB Indianapolis, June 1. <UR> Gov. Hany G. Leslie today called a special session ot the Indiana Legislature lor July 7 to consider the tax situation. The order came a I ter months of consideration during which time Leslie had steadfastly refused to call the session without a pre-determin“d program of tax relief in which members of both branches of the legislature were pledged to agree, ment. The governor likewise insisted that the legislators should pledge themselves not to consider anything but their prearranged tax program. The call came after several days of conference between the governor and political leaders of both parties. Henry W. Marshall. Lafayette publisher, George Stout, Lafayette editor and Ivan Morgan, Republican state chairman had been to ills office yesterday. Agitation for the session has come from various sources including tax relief organizations which have sprung up during the past year and the Indiana Farm Bureau. Relief from the excessive burdens on real property has been the paramount issue in these demands. The committee appointed by Lieut. Gov. Edgar D. Bush and Walter Myers, speaker of the house, drew up a 17 point program -which it was estimated, would effect approximately $35,000,000 in economy. John P. (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) POLICE GIVE DESCRIPTION Detailed Information of Kidnaper Who Collected Ransom Is Issued Hopewell, N. J.. June 1 (U.R)— Col. H. Norman Schwartzkopf has issued a detailed description of “John," the alleged kidnaper to whom Dr. John F. Condon paid $50,000 in the hope of recovering the kidnaped Lindbergh baby.' The official description of "John.” as supplied by Dr. Condon, ' follows: "Age, 30 to 35; height, 5 feet. 9 inches: athletic build; speaks with Scandinavian or German accent; 150 to 160 pounds, rather light eomplexioned: medium light hair; sharp almond eyes, wide 1 space between eyes; high torehead; pointed chin, and when last seen wore a soft brown hat, long black overcoat of light fabric and black leather shoes. i .— ( , Former Local Youth Will Be Graduated i Word was received by friends i in this city of the coming gradtta- > tion ot Gossard Dunn, a son of Mr. ' and Mrs. Charles Dunn of Donuing- ■ town. Pa., and formerly of this city. : Mt. Dunn will be giaduated from i the University of Delaware, Mon- - day, June 13. 1 Bandits Obtain $ 1.000 Chicago June 1. — (U'P) — Fetir bandits, who waited until the bank policeman had gone to lunch, held 1 up the cashier, several clerks and 1 customers in the Main State bank 3 on the north side today, and escaped with $4,000 in currency. Hoover Gets Petition 1 Washington. June I—-(UP) — A ' Delegation from New York Young 1 Republican club tod. ly presented 1 President Hoover with a ipetition 1 demanding the repeal of prohibition.