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■OSS SHOWN tSESSMENTS JOE By STATE ion '~~~~ Hos Banks Unities, dlHroad> Prop More A Million ■fcES FOR H)i MA UECEIX ED r «( '■■ : st.lh’ ' |SS< ssIlK llt <>l nilro.ol' and utilities <"'11)1' dropped ■ S^K UI | ~n< million dolvc.ir. .iccordini* I" •, o d l'\ * omilv -'^^K r Albert I iai low. cmiiparcd with ~ ■;7J.(Hi. last war. I llis , about l“*"i- . .. n«'<l in <ompil- ( W ; ■■ • .i-sissments ■ c The it.-1 valuation figure' - in Adams !- apiii! $27..753 »43.<»0. with s:l2 .000.00. a ... :iK^^K.-'- ■ the se p. "" this rear. I '* <«l i omph-t.-d The following !:I ,r ’’diti.-d 1 ago and year: ion m» * ''■■'•■■"" * 7 r > io r, o 575.932.18! ■ ■ s 4 "" GM>. ~ 664.159.50 Bti •■> 1<i::.443.ii0 -fi’O 36.872.00 • 4"o 155.399.15 j . ::.' 512 0o 25.003.061 h'.'Ul.oo 7.978.001 < PAGE THERE ill TO SETTLE MER'S strike 19 — of Miners And Meet; Form ? l[ - ' ' \ua 15 (U.R) f 01 ’■’■mini: Indiana's coal j rested • i onimittees r ' “0” • I ’tors after suh>oth groups failed H Olli niittees, were enas niHt ’ ,iis morn ' coniessions of ; ’’iiniiiiee meetings, "ffri’-’l to take wage re- ■ 1,111 demanded that they Xgj a h:lsi ' equivalent to the i taken in Illinois. They the $5 scalp set in uli . that because of| "’i: 1 ions, the reduction Ml "'paratively greater ■gk ana. nn t| lc o |} lpr hand, BE* " 1P scalp but balked ;^B‘ l, ’ hour da y proposal. ’^■ ers h ave been on a strike of 1931 contracts. o>t' a scale of $6.10, last 1 Blockade in Illinois ■ j orvil,p : HI . Aug. 15 —(U.RF - B -in ties prepared to blockM r ° at ' S I,a dtng into ChrisKJ , u,lts today in defense KI,. a "’leatened march on K« m' PS here by 2 ' ooo ftr'UnK Kj* ”as the new union wage H rifT Charles H. Wtenke Bit. T ng 1000 c >tl«en» to 8 . I<)rces ' Business men K e lm ri , Can members wl in hastily organized Bm u a,l( ' t par Bas bombs were 11 J° ttle n atr <>lß who H '"- t 0 res,B t any efforts R miners from southern KT 10 p nter t his area. Mjfjnithern miners are attemp-ti-'LEu on page two

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L J People And Events I By the United Press II Valley Stream. L.1.. Aug. 15. — j (U.R) —The "Flying Boudoir" swung | i over Long Island again today in I the second attempt by two women' 11 fliers to break the 123-hour wo-! I men's endurance mark set by j j Bobby Trout and Edna May Coop|er in 1931. Mrs. Louise McPhet-l 1 ridge Thaden and Mrs. Frances' i Harrell Marsalis took off at 2 p.m. j Sunday. Their first flight, started | Friday, ended Saturday when they Iliad to land for repairs. , Bombay. India. Aug. 15- <U.R) . A large snake which jumped from a tree to the deck of a ferryboat ’ near Kolhapur, caused a panic iu which more than 100 persons died. The passengers all rushed ' to one side of the craft, causing It to overturn. Vienna, Aug. 15 —(U.R) — A son was born today to the Princess lleana. daughter of Queen Marie of Ronmania. and wife of the Archduke Anton of Hapsburg, to whom she was married in 1931. The child, to be named Stefan, CONTINI'EP ON PAGE TIIKKE WOMAN INJURED INACCIDENT Mrs. Charles Spade Seriously Injured When Auto Turns Over Mrs. Charles C. Spade. 54 of 1023 North Second street, is in a serious condition at the Adonis County Memorial hospital from injuries in an automobile accident Sunday night on state road nuifiber JfaeftuE" about seven miles north of DecaI tur. The accident happened at 9:45 i o'clock near the nurrow bridge which spans the road, as Mr. and Mrs. Spade and their grandson, Fred Conrad. Jr., aged 11, we e returning from Fort Wayne. Mr. Spade was driving east and mother i car refused to pull over to the side and forced Mr. Spade to head his ! car into the ditch in order to avert I a collision he stated. The identity of the driver of the other car wa> not learned. The Sphde auto turned over ano Mrs. Spade was pinned beneath it. | Examination today showed that her ' right leg was broken above the ! knee, her right arm fractured and | she suffered numerous other i bruises and cuts. The heavy uutdI moAiile was lifted off of her by five j men. Mr. Spade suffered a scaln wound and a bad cut on the chin. The grandson received slight b-uises. Both Mr. Spade and his grandson were brought to the hospital but were tnken to their home this morning. Mrs. Spade was brought to the hospital by an A. B. C. bus, which was coming to Decatur behind the Spade automobile. The car was damaged, having the rear wheel torn off and glass in » the doors broken. Merchants Warned Against Fake Bills Local merchants 'are warned to be on the lookout for counterfeit $lO bills which have been passed in neighboring towns and cities during the past few weeks. An official warning was »eceived today by Sephus Melchi, chief of police, from the Secret Service division of the state Treasury Department. The notice describes the . counterfeit $10.99 Federal Reserve Notes of a crude viriety which should be easily detected." ♦ ♦ THE HATLESS GUY ' I Paris, Aug. 15. —(U.R) —People , who don’t wear hats are likely | | to become criminals, commit | suicide or organize revolutions, ' | Dr. Edward Toulouse, chief of I the mental department of the I Rousselle hospital, said U>day. “The sffn,” said Dr. Toulouse, j "actually may cause increases 1 | in crime, suicides and revolu- ■ tions. It is noticeable that in | the summer time drivers who 1 I do not wear hats are a danger ' | in automobile traffic. 1 | "The sun excites certain brain • cells. It numbs others and | | thus upsets the mental bali ance.”

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18 KILLED BY HURRICANE IN WEST TEXAS Winds Abate Today,Leaving Death And Destruction Along Coast Line DAMAGE ESTIMATED AT ONE MILLION Houston. Tex., Aug. 15—(U.R)-A j howling hurricane which swept i north from the tropics to rake the Texas coast line and rush inland to West Texas, abated today. It left in its wake 18 known dead, scores injured, and property damage of more than $1,900,000. Whole fishing settlements were destroyed and boats swept out to j sea. Houses were unroofed. Streets of small towns and cities were cluttered with debris. Hospital wards were crowded. Galveston, many times the victim of fierce storms sweeping in from the Gulf of Mexico, was saved this time by its high sea wall, erected after more than 10,000 persons had been killed in former i floods. The Houston airport was deI stroyed. A hangar and eleven planes were swept away, with property damage of $250,000. The winds, foreseen by govern-! ment weather bureaus, struck I Saturday at nightfall and continued until early Sunday. They lashed gulf waters into! huge waves and drove them rushing and eddying against the shore-' line. They whistled inland to] strike small towns, leaving a trail at suffering and daaolalion The storm, working its way into West Texas—a full 300 miles from the coast—was abating. The victims were killed without warning. Some were pinned in ihe wreckage of their homes. Others were struck by flying debris. TJ»e deaths of Henry Suggs. West Columbia, Tex., constable, his wife, their young daughter, and his mother-in-law were typical. All four were killed when the wind took their home in fierce CONTINI'ED ON PAGE THHE7E o HOOVER CALLS BUSINESS MEET Asks Executives to Assist In Battle Against Depression Meet Aug. 26 Washington, Aug. 15.— (U.R) — President Hoover has called on private business to join hands with the government in the greatest. drive for better business that has taken place during the depression. The offensive is to be launched at a conference of nearly 299 industrial and financial leaders here August 26. The attack will he made on "all fronts.” as forecast in the president's acceptance speech. Improvement of business, agriculture anti employment form a triple objective. Drawing on his experience as war time food administrator. President Hoover is moving again to secure the voluntary cooperation of private industry. His object is to induce it to take full advantage of millions of dollars of available government credit and government fnaehinery set up under the emergency program. Mr. Hoover announced the following subjects "will Re considered and definitely formulated" by the conference: 1. A canvass of the means, methods, agencies and powers available in the country for general economic advancement. 2. Wider expansion of credit facilities to business and industry where consumption of goods is assured. 3. Coordination and expansion of livestock and agricultural credit facilities. 4. Coordination and expansion of financial facilities for the movement of commodities into consumption. 5. Expansion of programs for repair and maintenance of the railways. 6. Creation of organization for *"* CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO

Decatur, Indiana, Monday, August 15, 1932.

What We’re Coming To 4Mf3IKM» - ■ wk? 1 X i J 'M' I * JS . -W-Jr T i i V' v wi ' _ - ijii.ii^wyn l i.. l hji ■ Here is John Pane-Gasser, the tenor, in the outfit the well-dressed man will wear this Fall if the New York designers have their way. i He is showing it to Jane Glaser (left), Birdie Gingiss and Nova Rice (seated I at the current style show being held in Chicago.

TWO BERNE MEN ‘ DI E D SUNDAY Edwin Heller, 75, Dies In Berne; Abraham Wahli Dies In Geneva Berne, Aug. 15 (Special) —Edwin Heller. 75, well known Berne citizen died Sunday evening at 6:45 o’clock at his home on Van Buren street following an eight month's illness of complications. He was born in Wells county. September 21, 1856, a son of David I and Mary Heller. He was formerly a carpenter and later entered the hardware and dry goods business at Linn Grove. In 1906 he moved to Berne where he was en-1 gaged in the grocery business. He served as town clerk and treasurer of Berne during 1919-1921, and was a teller of the Peoples State Bank of Berne for two years. Mr. Heller was united in marriage on November. 28. 1880 to Sarah Miller, who survives together with three children, who are: Bert of Buffalo, N. Y.. Oliver and Mrs. Orva Smith of Berne. The funeral will be held Tuesday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock at the home and at two o'clock at the Berne Evangelical church. Burial will be made in the M.R.E. cemetery. Abraham Wahli Dead Berne, Aug. 15 (Special)— Abraham Wahli, 58. formerly of this place, died at his home in Geneva, Sunday evening at 6:45 o’clock of (-TINTINITCH ON PAGE THItEE

Presidential Campaign Gets Underway As Parties Open Offices In New York

New York, Aug. 15 —(UP)—The two major political parties today began a nationwide merchandising canipjign to “sell" their respective presidential candidates to the voters. Their campaigns, of course, have been under way for some time but not until today were h th parties permanently “at home" in national sales heudquarters in New York. On the sixth floor of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, in a suite of seemingly endless connecting bed-rooms Republican Eastern campaign headquarters swung into action this morning. Its efficient machinery answers the challenge of democratic national headquarters, which has a suite on connecting salesmen sample rooms in the hotel Biltmore. Between these two hotels—-separ-ated by a few short blocks of swag ger Pank Avenjue—one may sap how a president is made. No national advertising agency, No public relations counsellor, ever approached a job with more efficient zeal, shooled technique or

Has Old Tax Receipt Mrs. Nicholas H. Wagoner has a copy of her receipt for taxes for the spring installment of 1886. That year she married Mr. Wagoner and they bought 40 acres in Washington township, where Janies Anderson lives on state road No. 27 south of Decatur. The taxes were $3.41, which Mrs. Wagoner vouches is quite a difference from the amount paid now. Os course the improvements now are better, and there are roads and schools and other things which cost money, but there is a lot Os difference in the amount of cash ! necessary she stated. Andrew Gottschalk was treasurer of the county at that time. WAR VETERAN DIES IN OHIO Francis M. Taylor, Last of Willshire’s Veterans Died Sunday Willshire, Ohio. August 15 —(Special) —-Francis Marion Taylor, 86, the last Civil War Veteran residing at this place, died at his home, Sunday moning at 11 o’clock of senility. Mr. Taylor had resided in Willshire for the past seven years. Prior to that time he lived in Illinois. Surviving is the wif? and one son. Short funeral services were held at Willshire, Sunday evening at 8 o’clock. The remains were shipped to Brockton, Illinois where burial took place today.

elaborate machinery than do the gentlmen of the hotel suites out to sell their candidates to the people of th United States. Democnatic or Republican, the basic technique is essentially the same. Each has its nest of connecting rooms, busy with typewriters, conferences and bustle. Each has its multiplicity of publicity bureaus speakers bureaus, mailing rooms, conference rooms, women’® divisions. But there the similarity ends. The republicans do the thing in the stately new Waldorf, with poise, mediated voices and noiseless typewriters; the Democrats do it in the brave and gay old Biltmore with more dash and excitement. Discreett. tempered and well-in-formed. Republican headquarters takes its hills in silent second, has floatingpower to spare on the strait away, belies, with factual information, the faintly perfumed atmossphere in which its works. In these quiet halls, Senator CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO

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WILL NOT ACCEPT COMPROMISE ON WRIGHT REPEAL Author of Bill to Repeal Wright Bone Dry Law Will Not Take Substitute SENATE HOLDS FOR A REFERENDUM Indianapolis, Aug. 15—(U.R) Representative ll ow a r d Grimm, Repn., Auburn, a member of the conference committee on the bill for repeal of the Wright "bone dry” law, said today there was “hardly ti chance” that the committee would concurj in widely - varying amendments. "I will continue to demand that the bill call for repeal of the Wright law,” Grimm said. Jacob Weiss, Dem., Indianapolis, author of the measure, was represented as having the same view. Senate’ members of the committee, who pushed through the amendment substituting for the repealer a demand for a referendum vote rtext fall, said they I would not yield in their stand against inclusion of a repeal clause in the hill. The committee was to meet after adjournment of the morning session. o Local Man’s Niece Killed In Accident Marcella Hollingsworth, 16. daughter of Martin Hollingsworth of Oblong, illlinois and a niece of Harl Hollingsworth of this city, was killed Saturday night in an automobile accident between Vincennes, Indiana, and Lawrenceville, HI. Miss Hollingsworth was riding with four other companions, two of whom were killed. Their automobile struck a concrete abutement and three of the occupants were killed. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, Mr. and Mrs. Hollingsworth and Miss Alice Hollingsworth left today for Oblong to attend the services. Q Band Concert Will Be Given Tuesday j The merchant's weekly band concert will be given Tuesday night at eight o’clock'. The concert will be given by the Decatur band and Miss Mildred Wolfe of Willshire, will! play the xylophone. A number of the stores will remain open Tuesday evening and the public is invit- , ed to attend the concert and visit the stores. o Farm Sold At Auction Joe Brunnegraff bought the Eliza J. Smith farm of 49 acres, located five and one-h'ilf miles east of Decatur. The farm was sold at Public auction this afternoon by Col. Roy Johnson. SHOT FIRED IN FARMER'S WAR Pickets Prevent Farmer From Taking Milk To Market; Strike Effective Sioux City, la.. Aug. 15 —(U.R) —■ The first shot in the farm strike was fired today at Sargent Bluff to halt a farmer who sought to run the gauntlet of pickets and bring milk here. The shooting was reported to Sheriff John A. Davenport. Roads leading into the city were picketed by more than 1.500 farmers determined to prevent livestock and milk from being delivered. Truck operations here were virtually at a standstill. Food centers, produce depots an|d stockyards all reported greatly reduced receipts except by rail. No trucks were alloWed into the city by pickets save those bringing milk to be distributed gratis to the needy. Farmers enlisted in the selling holiday which began its second week today walked the roads by CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE

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Feast of Assumption Is Celebrated Today The feast of the Assumption of| Blessed Virgin into Heaven was, celebrated today in the Catholic church. It is a holy day of obligation and one of the principle feast days of the year. Masses at the St. Mary’s Catholic church were held at five, seven and nine forty-five. Many received Holy Communion at the masses. Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament was given following the last mass. o GOVERNOR CALLS WITNESSES IN WALKER CASE Roosevelt Takes Step In Bringing Out Mayor’s Stock Transactions HERRICK TESTIFIES AS TO THE DEAL State Capitol. Albany, N. Y., Aug. 15 —(U.R) — Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt today began calling his own witnesses to substantiate testimony against’ Mayor James J. Walker of New York, now being tried on removal charges. While Walker waited his opportunity to resume the witness stand and deliver his own defense, the governor summoned Walter R. Herrick, former New York park commissioner, to corroborate his previous evidence against the mayor. Roosevelt plunged into details of a stock transaction in which tbree hundred shares at the lalerstate Trust company were set aside “for the mayor’s account,” only to find their way into the hands of three backers of the Equitable Coach Company, which then was seeking a city-wide franchise. Herrick testified that he made the purchase, that he received the money for it “from city hall." and that he sent the stock certificates to the Mayor’s secretary. H’e believed. he said, he was acting for the mayor. o 10 LIVES TAKEN OVER WEEK-END Six Meet Death In Auto Accidents; Boy Caddy Killed at Portland (By United Press) Ten persons lost their lives through violence in Indiana over the week-end. a United Press sur-, vey showed today. Six of the deaths resulted from I automobile accidents, one drowning was reported and a golf caddy was killed when struck by a golf ball. One man died of poisoning and a woman was killed in a fall from a balloon. Rushville, Ind.. Aug. 15.— (U.R) — One man was killed and two others were injured, one serious, when the auto in which they were riding collided with a truck at a crossroads near here. Tall corn obscured the vision. T. O. McAllister, 66, Rushville,] driver of the car. will killed almost instantly. Rev. Francis Schaub, pastor of the St. Maary's church here, suffered serious injuries. Muncie, Ind., Aug. 15.— (U.R) — Mrs. Glenn Smith. 25, Muncie, was killed instantly when the auto in which she was riding with her husband, struck a culvert near here. She formerly was physical education teacher at Orville, 0., and Auburn, Ind. Aurora, Ind., Aug. 15. — (U.R) — Joseph Moore, 25, Aurora, was killed instantly when the auto in which he was riding collided with a truck near here. Carl Kaster, driver of the auto, was injured slightly. Nineteen persons on the truck were unhurt. Louisville. Ky., Aug. 15.—(U.R) — Death toll of an auto accident near Scottsburg Friday mounted to three with the death of Hugh S. Ross, 50, Indianapolis, and his daughter, Margaret Jane Ross in a hospital CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR

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EFFORT MADE TO OEVISE NEW TAX RAISING METHOD Program Calls For “Weeding Out” of Bills; Senate Kills Truck Law UTILITIES LAW HELI) INVALID Indianapolis. Aug. 15—<U.R) —With the future of the | Wright “Bone Dry” law to be decided in the conference | committee of two dry flena- ] tors and two wet representaI lives this afternoon, both I houses of the legislature [ settled down for a final “weeding out” of bills for final action. The outstanding accomplishment this morning was the senate action which killed the house bill for a ton-mile tax on trucks and busses. After a bitter argument on the floor the vote was 22 to 25, less than a constitutional majority. The bill would have assessed a ton-mile tax of 1 mill on motor vehicles operating as common carriers. Both houses concurred in the conference committee report on a house measure which would virtually take away from the public service commission control over municipally owned public utilities. After holding up for several days, Gov. Harry G. pre- . sented to both houses a request ! from the United States government for legislation on the question of eliminating the Lame Duck ! session of congress. If a majority , of states ratify lhe proposed , amendment congress will be called into regular session January 1. A senate bill which would declare a moratorium of five years ..*• on issuance of gravel road bonds by county councils passed the house under suspension of rules without a dissenting vote. Bill Unconztitutional Indianapolis. Aug. 15—(U.R) —The Hoadlqy bill which would give cities the right to condemn public utilities and operate them on rates set by their respective councils was held unconstitutional today bly Attorney General James M. Ogden. Ogden’s opinion was to be handed to the governor this afternoon. A conference committee immediately went into session on a house bill that has passed both houses and is similar to the senate measure. It was expected that a report on it would be returned at once and that it would be sent CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE — o Arrest Follows Argument Between Man and Woman Dan Death of Dierkes streel,. thicity, was arrested Sunday evening by Policeman Ed Miller cn a charge of assault and battery, filed by Mrs. Dolly Gunnell. He was taken to the Adams County Jjil and will be arraigned before Mayor George Krick. Death resides at the Gunnell residence and the fight started following an argument between the couple local police stated. GAME WARDENS MAKE ARREST Two Adams County Farmers to Appear in Court For Alleged Violation 'Martin Bultemeier and Paul Reiter of north of Decatur, were arrested Sunday by Game Wardens Fred Finkenbiner and Harl Anderson of Huntington on charges of hunting on Sunday. ' 'The men were caught hunting on Mr. Bultemier’s farm north of here They stated they had been shooting at crows. The wardens refused to accept this explanation and ordered the men to appear in Mayor George M. Krick's court, Wednesday evening at 5:30 o’clock for a hearing. The penalty for violating this section of the game laws is a fine from $1 to SSO and coats, local authorities stated today.