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k WRECKS Gilding in fafiOTODAY Lore. Barber Shop Lished by ExplosE Early Today ’ Lrby killed, Ro GIRLS HURT L Sept I—<U.R>—A P"*t, "recked a KB.UW , Lrn on ’he South west t F, killed a passerby and i K o girls who were asleep i Ep across the street. L,ere unable to determine ' E th e bomb was thrown < Easarby "L” platform, set L, the building or tossed Etutomobile into a store t I * L f i M p was the destruction K, impossible, they said, L. bow an explosion ’ fa set off. ( faidHtified man who was , Cpist at the time of the ( fa killed instantly. All his [were ripped to shreds, fcaught fire from flames Ifto from the debris. The fa burned beyond recogniIpatroni, 15. and her sister, , I IT, who were sleeping in ( Ibome across the street. ( fared by flying glass. All,, Ls in the vicinity were rock-11 k their casings. | Itaiidiog. at Polk and Paul- i fats, housed a drug store ' I barber shop. Police said fa bad been used by John J Bolton, gangster, as a fa Bolton formerly had s ■ oa the second floor, but. ■ been closed. ■wes said the first flash" ‘ M to come from the drug Iwned by Tony Valentino, ■ere was a terrific blast as I was hurled In all direcjfy Padorr. owner of the k. said he knew of no | tor the bombing. Police Bey would investigate a re- ' Bit Bolton had rented the it room for communist', kt then hrd received! ■ after refusing to let it be! Mio for that purpose. L We To Try I For Official Record Itad. Sept. I—(UP)—Major AH Doolittle, who set an unI World's land plane speed I with an average speed of I miles an hour yesterday, ■to take his stubby red and F" Bee racer aloft today for pi record. pie's mark failed to meet I standards although he M through the air at a speed I P m hour faster than the 1 I record. Hds plane was not | p with a barograph nor was i Hiother plane aloft to take’ bind dive heights, as the! pane. I

sago’s Secret Six Tangles In Hot ponalßow And Spy On Each Other

Sept. I—(UP)—The fa pewet »ix" and the state's r s hjve been spying F Jther for months and each p w »s found some sort of a P tc< >niing to charges hurled f fourth today by the two Fffbung organications. r e u.ly j s funny ' e x c ) a j mei j L ’ a ® Randolph when inF the two principal opEL 0 crime Cook county L~ up somehow and r fo’estlgating each other wires and arL , c . “ther's operatives. Is the only one of the bean ** 108e identity ever r 18 Public. Both he and . ’ De y John A. Swanson h. lr Urpri9e w!|6q became boor ,J entß been warrFtts'L.*" 118 ’ chte f Investiga feat h ' ecret ,lx ’’ abated the bsa al ! nc ’Unclng that he 18 fn' Sli k dtHlg Swanson's h and had f oun<i Criminal Caba •‘ltorneyt’ r ° llowe <i that k, *Phon e had *«i«*tlo B rM ° f the Bec

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SCHOOL HEADS HOLD MEETING Adams County Principals Meet With Supt Striker Wednesday Afternoon Seven principals of Adams County schools attended the special called meeting which was held In the Decatur high school gymnasium. Wednesday afternoon. Clifton E. Striker, county superintendent of schools presided over the meeting. The elementary school teachers met with Supt. Striker Thursday afternoon at which time final in structions were given and routine of work for the year was planned The elementary school teachers include those teaching grades one to eight. At both meetings, the school lists were distributed and rules for conducting the various schools were discussed. The rural schools of the county I will open Monday, September 5 and the city schools will begin the fall school work on Tuesday, September 6. An institute for all teachers of the County, Herne and Decatur will be held in the local school gymnasium Friday. September 2. The program for the day promises to be interesting and instructive in every detail. Public Invited The teachers of Adams county will meet in the Decatur high school gymnasium Friday for the annual institute. Dr. Albert E. Wiggam of North Vernon, wellknown lecturer and writer and Dr. Earl E. Harper, president of Evansville College will be the speakers. CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX STATE EMPLOYS ADAMS CO. MEN • Will Conduct Traffic Survey of State Roads in Adams County The State Highway commission has employed five Adams county I men to conduct the traffic survey of state roads in the county. Arthur ;D. Suttles. Jr.. Clarence Beavers of ! Decatur. James Halberstadt. Jr., of ' Pleasant Mills, Ira Lehman and i Cordon Liechty of Berne, together I with a young inan from Union City 'will have charge of the traffic survey in this county. The young men will begin their duties Monday and the survey is expected to be completed in 24 days. The five Adams county youths will meet with state highway officials at the Rice Hotel in this city Friday, at which time final instructions and explanation of the survey will be made. The survey is made in cooperation with the Bureau of Public I Roads which will share half the icost. Traffic on all state roads in the county and on selected county 'and township roads Is checked, i Seventy-two stations will be placed 1 CONTINUED on' PAGE

a- ‘‘l welcome the investigation g l Swanson answered Jamie. "As to a Political-Criminal Caimi, I am in tog tai ignorance of it." 11 The "joke" of the situation, Rana dolph revealed, is that the secretd six" and state's attorney’s operao ttves who have been spying on each other really are all one force. Swan d son, Randolph said, helped organize i* the "secret six" and its specific pur- ?- pose was to aid the state’s attorney y in his work. d A spokesman for Jamie revealed >r how the wire-tapping charges origr- inated. He said that several days ago "secret six" operatives dise covered that telephone wires into ir one of their offices were being d tapped. They traced the tap and n arrested two men who turned out e to be detectives from Swanson's ’- office. The state’s attorney s men, it de- »- velotped, were trying to run down ea blackmail ring were told that e "suspicious persons” were in a car's tain office, tapped the wires and d found too late that the “suspicious 11 persons” were "secret six" operait tires. d Jamie refused to enlarge upon his c- charges that, a political criminal alliance exists.

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Eclipse as Viewed in Decatur Region bSSSSSm mSSmSSSHEm ™ ,r ■■■»——* Three views of the eclipse of the sun Wednesday afternoon. Picture at left was made at 1:30 p. in.; the one in the center at 2:00 p. m., and the one at right at 2:21 when the eclipse was at its nearest approach to totality in this region.

TROPICAL STORM SWEEPS INLAND High Wind Accompanies Storm Which Lashed Gulf Coast Last Night Mobile, Ala., .Sept. I—(UP)—A, tropical storm that lashed the coast i all night, moved inland west of here j today, imperiling lives and property 1 A howling wind that reached a velocity of 75 miles an hour, blew down communication lines and sent gulf coast residents rushing to cover. No casualties were reported early today. Coast guard patrol boats spent a hazardous night of rescue work, six men and boys were rescued from a small craft in Mobile bay. Another catbin cruiser was reported I in distress and two coast guard, boats that left on the rescue trip l had not returned. Smaller communities wer» iso-i lated, with communication lines gone. The center of the storm appeared to be passing Bayou Labatre, Ala., at 6 A. M. A 75-mile an hour wind swept the town, followed by a calm, and further furk-us gales. Miami, Fla. Sept. I—(UP)—The second tropical disturbance of the week centralized today 150 miles northwest of Porto Rico still is 900 miles southeast of the lower Florida coast, R. W. Gray. Miami weather forecaster, announced. If the storm continues its present course Gray said, it will be Sunday before it | reaches the coast. REV. GEO. KEHL TO PREACH HERE I Indianapolis Minister At Magley Reformed Church Next Sunday The annual Mission Festival of the Magley Reformed Church will be held Sunday, September 4. SunI day School will be conducted at 9 o’clock followed with divine worship at 10 o’clock. The Rev. George P. Kehl of Indianapolis will preach. Rev. Kehl will also speak at 2 o’cock in the afternoon. He will tell of his visit to the Holy Land Henry Schuster of Fort Wayne will talk on his experiences in the City Rescue Mission of Fort Wayne. The evening session will begin at , 7:30 o’clock and Dr. Kehl will be the speaker. During the services throughout the day special vocal and instrumental numbers will be furnished. All meetings will begin on central standard time. Special offerings will be lifted for missionary interests. The public is cordially invited. - Former Local Man Is Named Manager , Brice Bauserman, formerly of : this city has been promoted to the managership of the Allen County Farm Bureau Co-operative Associai tlon’s business at New Haven. Mr. Bauserman accepted a position with . the Farm Bureau last June and at , a meeting of the directors last night he was elected manager. The appointment was announced ; I t day by E. J- Fricke, field manager i for the Farm Bureau, who stated i . that Mr. Bauserman was one of the j youngest managers employed by the' i Association in the state. He former-I 1 ly was employed at the Old : Adams County Bank in this city. <

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, September 1, 1932.

301 New Firms Are Started In State Indianuipolis, Sept. I—(UP1 —(UP) —The , business digest said today that 304 I new business firms were started In ' i Indiana during August. Twenty-two business were ex- j ! panded, 78 moved and 52 changed owners, the digest said. Os the I total of new enterprises, 75 were | opened in Indianapolis. Two Children Hurt When Hack Upsets Logansport, Ind.. Sept. I—(UP1 —(UP) — Two children were Injured near here today when a schoc4 bus enroute to Kewanna overturned. Isabel Lamb, 13, and Ralph Bruce 14 were treated by a physician, Their injuries were not serious. j Albert James was driver of the! bus in which 26 children were riding. TEXAN TO LEAD BONUS FIGHT Rep. Patman Will Press Bonus Payment W hen Congress Reconvenes Washington. Sept. 1— (U.R) — I American Legion leaders are now being forced by popular sentiment in the ranks to espouse immediate payment of the soldier bonus in the opinion of Rep. Wright Patman. Dem., Tex., who led the bonus fight in the house last session. In a message sent last night from Sacramento, Cal., where he is attending the convention of the veterans of foreign wars. Patman made known his intention of pressing a soldiers bonus bill when congress reconvenes next December. I His opinion on the likelihood of bonus legislation when congress reconvenes was asked because of the protfability of the American Legion advocating full payment at Its coming convention. “Immediately on the convening of congress in December.” Patman said. “I will urge passage of house bill 11,992 which is identical with the bill passed by the house June 15. In the meantime I expect to conduct an educational campaign over the nation." The bill he referred to provides for payment through issuance of 12,000,000,000 in new currency. "People who understand our cause are with us.” ratman said. THIRD SUSPECT SURRENDERS Elver Foreman Arrested This Morning; All Three Released On Bond Elver Foreman, of Fort Wayne, third susipect sought in the attempt ed holdup of Mrs. Amanda Ayers on the night of August 17, surrendered to Sheriff Burl Johnson this morning. Following Foreman’s surrender, the three suspects were released on SI,OOO bond each. The other prisoners are Foreman’s wife, Mrs. Florence Foreman, who was irrested at ! Indianapolis August 25. and Bernice Clark, arrested Tuesday afteri noon near Rockford, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Foreman and Clark asked further time to enter a plea I in the ease and this extension of I time was granted, with no definite ! date set for the hearing.

BERLIN WANTS TO REORGANIZE Germany Wishes to Reorganize Army Along Lines of Economy Berlin, Sept. 1. — (U.R) —Germany! stands ready to withdraw from all future disarmament conferences if France rejects her demand for military equality, it became apparent ■ today. If current conversations between diplomatic representatives of the two nations fail to yield a new I agreement, permitting the reich to | reorganize its military forces, the J cabinet of Chancellor Franz von Papen will consider the military clauses of the Versailles treaty as | abrogated, the United Press was i informed. The move on the part of the gov-. ! eminent is viewed here as a logical | constinuation of negotiations first conducted between former Chancelllor Heinrich Bruening and premier [Andre Tardieu, and then between | Rudolph Nadolney and Premier Edouard Herriot. ' | Germany has advised France, it jis understood, that she wants to reorganize the army along lines of economy and efficiency. This ap- . parently means a reduction in the term of military service from 12 to i six years, and a decrease in super fluous cavalry in favor of other ’.branches of the fighting forces, ‘j The reich likewise wants to forti’lfy the nation's eastern frontier, it *[ is understood. It has been explain- ’ ed that Germany does not intend 'to increase military expenditures. : but to reapportion the outlay of ’ funds in the interests of efficiency. s I ! BISHOP PUZZLED ?ON HOOVER PLAN i i r 1 Bishop Blake Requests I President To Explain Stand on Prohibition II 'i Indianapolis Sept. I—(UP) — Am1 .plificatb n of President Hoover's »I ( proposed guarantees igainst return i of the saloon under his plans for . modification of the 18th amendment ; was asked in a letter to the PresiI dent from Bishop Edgar Blake of the Michigan-Indiana area, Metho- • dist Episcopil church. The letter was made public here. "Many of us who have supported the 18th amendment are sorely perplexed as to the effectiveness of your proposed ’guarantees," the letter said, “We will remain so until we know the means by which they 1 are to be made effective." ’’How do you propose to regulate this traffic that has never rendered the slightest clbedience to any law" Bishop Blake asked, pointing out that since at present "the liquor traffic is outlined, its evils sarcely will be lessened when allowed to ' operate openly." Eclipse A Piker Compared to 1869 j , Indianapolis, Sept. 1 — (UP) — John W. Safer, who witnessed the partial eclipse of the sun through a smoked glass, doesn't think yes- ! terday’s celestial display was a 1 good a show as the total eclipse he ' saw August 7. 1869. "Back then,” John recalled, “It : came about 3 o’clock in the after- . noon. Chickens went to roost on our '' farm. Some of the neighbors were >' scared, thinking the end of the ! world had come.”

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RESIGNATIONS OF IMPORTANT JOBSTENDERED ‘Hanford MacNider Resigns Canadian Post; Pole Quits Treasury Job LETTERS SENT TO PRESIDENT HOOVER Washington, Sept. I—<U.R1 —<U.R> —The ! White House today announced the resignation of Hanford MacNider as United States minister to Canada. Announcement was made in the form of President Hoover’s letter accepting with regret MacNider’s resignation. The minister had informed Mr. Hoover he desired to I return to his private business. “In accepting your resignation," ‘ Mr. Hoover said, “I need mention I but one great service which you I have performed during your term ! of office in Ottawa—the building lup of mutual understanding be- ’ tween our government and the I great government to the north. “By the cooperative spirit which ' you have been able to invoke with officials of both governments you have contributed in large part to the consummation of the great treaty for the development of the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence waterway. It is a notable service, and one of which you may always i*> i proud.” MacNide was appointed to Ottawa two years ago. At one time he was national commander of the CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE BROTHER DIES IN ARKANSAS John Geels, 74, Brother of Local People, Dies at Scranton, Ark. Funeral services were held today for John Geels, 74. of Scranton, Ark., brother of Mrs. Alphonse Kohne and George Geels of this city. Mr. Geels died at his home Monday night. Death was the result of a heart attack which he suffered Monday. He had been ailing f r the past year. The deeased was born in Holland, September 2. 1858 the son of George and Johanna Geels. The family came to this country in 1872, making their home in Fort Wayne. In 1886 they moved to Arkansas. Surviving are the widow, five daughters and three sons. One sister. Mrs. Kohne of this city and three br thers Mr. Geels,, Herman CONTINUED ON PAC-E SIX ■ -a — -—■ Farmers Refuse To Stop Picketing Des Moines, la.. Sept. I—(UP1 —(UP) — Striking lowa farmers appeared as Lath today to leave their roadside posts as they were three weeks ago to establish them, for although a truce had been declared many pickets remained on duty along the highways. It was a week after the farm strike was called on August 8 before active picketing was begun and it appeared today tnat several more days may elapse before the truce declared last night is entirely effective. SLIGHT RELIEF FROM HEAT WAVE Weather Bureau Promises Only Slight Relief; Forecast Rain Friday Indianapolis, Setpt. 1 — (UP) — Only slight relief from the intense heat which has prevailed over Indiana during the past three days was promised for tonight and tomorrow in the forecast of the U. S. Weather bureau here today. The mercury had climbed to 79 i degrees in Indiinapolis at 9 o’clock five degrees lower than the reading at the correpsonding time yesterday and was expected to maintain that ■ difference throughout the day. i Indications for rain for the cen- > tral and south portions of the state tonight or Friday were forecast.

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(Mrs. F’erguson Wins Texas Nomination Dallas, Texas, Sept. 1 —(UP) — Unofficial returns today showed Mrs. Miriam A. Ferguson to be the I Democratic nominee for Governor I of Texas. The election bureau announced she had a lead of 2,398 votes over Gov. Ross S. Sterling, with only about 150 votes yet to be ’ counted. Sterling issued a fcrmal state- , ment indicating he would contest the election if the official canvass September 12 declares Mrs. Ferguson was the victor in the runoff pri- , maty last Saturday. The election bureau reported Mrs. j i Ferguson received 476,750 votes and i i Sterling 474,352. * • o ROOSEVELT WILL : SPEAK IN STATE IN SEPTEMBER II ! Candidate For President And Others to Visit ■! State In Campaign ' STATE TOUR BY ! VanNUYS-McNUTT I t Indianapolis, Sept. 1. — (U.R) —A > carefully plotted speaking program - that will bring even the party’s I presidential candidate to Indiana >! was announced today by the state I Democratic committee. The date and site for releasing » of the first state campaign blast i was not decided, but R. Earl Peters, state chairman, assured that Franklin D. Roosevelt, presidential nominee, will deliver several addresses in Indiana. Peters Roosevelt would visit the stat', probably the latter part of Sep--1 tember. I! Final arrangements Xoz- the cam- | paign opening will be completed at la meeting of the state committee ’ here September 11. four days after Republicans formally open their 1932 fight in Fort Wayne. It was intimated, however, that the opening will either be a central meeting in Indianapolis or four concurrent rallies at Indianapolis, Evansville, ( Fort Wayne and Gary. Speakers Named , The tentative list of speakers for the campaign includes: Roosevelt. Governor Albert C. Ritchie, of Maryland. Governor Joseph B. Ely. of Massachusetts, Claude Bowers. New York editorial writer and key- ' noter at the 1928 Democratic convention. a native of Rockville, Ind., Mayor Jlames M. Curly, of Boston Mass., and former Governor Nellie ' Taylor Ross, of Wyoming. Mrs. Ross, vice chairwoman of the national committee, will speak ’ September 14 at New Albany. The afternoon of September 15 she will 1 speak at the home of Mrs. Helen Mathews Kreekler, Hazel Bluff, in Vermillion county, and that evening in Terre Haute. The Terre Haute meeting will be given in honor of Mrs. Virginia Jenckes, congressional candidate, i and Miss Emma May, candidate for . reporter of the Superior and Ap- ' CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE

Clouds Mar Perfect Vieu) Os Eclipse And Scientists Report Varied Results

I Boston. Sept. 1. — (U.R) —The last . total eclipse of the sun to darken ( the eastern United States for 31 years was history today, history that cost 4»-odd scientific expeditions an estimated $7,000,000 with varied results. Some reported excellent success, a majority had only moderate luck, i and a luckless few felt failure had been their lot. i Clouds, forming a mi tley pattern over the New England landscape, did the damage, spoiling months . and even years of preparation. The clouds prevailed where they had been least expected. Broad expanses of blue sky delighted observers along the frequently foggy ’ seacoast. • Ironically, the Franklin Institute ' of Philadelphia, making its obseri vations at Conway, N. H., the • eclipse expeditions’ capital, had the • biggest camera, the biggest army of workers, and the biggest hopes. • Its accomplishments, balked by a t thin haze that all but blotted out I the eclipse, were reported trifling, r James Stokley. director, said his 1 skilled workers had accomplished “something but not much.” Pro- - fessor William H. Barton declared t its photographs were “little more | than mementos of another eclipse

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YEGGS FIRSTTRY TO ROB HIM AND KIONAPJHILD lowa Banker Uses Fists to Beat Off Bandits; Posse Will Shoot to Kill SAME PLAN W ORKED IN SOUTH DAKOTA — Ponchatoula, la.. Sept. 1— (U.R)—\V. E. Mount, Ponchatoula banker, today fought oil with his fists two bandits who first attempted to rob him and then returned to kidnap his. (laughters, and sent them fleeing into the woods with a posse close behind. a L ~ . Mount, president of the Merch- ; ants and Farmers Bank first defeated the bandits when they attempted to hold up him and his two daughters at their home. Using only his fists, the banker bleat off the robbers who fled into i the woods shooting as they went. An hour later the bandits returned and attempted to kidnap Mount and his two daughters from an automobile in the street. Again Mount went Into action with his fists and again beat off the bandits. A posse was recruite'd hastily and bloodhounds called in for the hunt. They had orders to shoot the bandits on sight. Whitewood, fi. D., Sept. I—(U.R) —Two bandits invaded the home of Guy A. Bailey, cashier of the First National Bank today, forced him to open the vault and then kidnaped him as they escaped with $2,500 loot. They forced Bailey to use h's own automobile to drive them to a rendezvous with a third companion who was waiting in another machine for them. Q Suspect Held In Officer’s Slayinj? New Orleans, La.. Sept. I—(UP)1 —(UP) —Chief of police Frank Massey of Muncie, Ind., was reported enroute here to view j prisoner known as William Gray, 31, believed to be Fredericck Wildeman, wanted in the slaying of policeman James O. McCracken, in Muncie, last April 24. Floyd Lipscomb of Indianapolis, arrested with Gray last night, was ' held as a suspect in the slaying of a policeman at Springfield, 0., Both men said they would fight extradition. Widow Acquitted Os Murder Charge Chicago Sept. 1 —(UP) —Dorothy Pollak, pretty 26 year old widow, was acquitted of the murder of her husbind in a decision late today by chief justice Harry M. Fisher of criminal court. The trial was heard without a jury. Both sides waived closing arguments at the last minute and the trial swept to a precipitate conclusion.

t failure.’’ i A contrasting report was offered at North Truro, Mass., on the tip of Cape Cod, by the only expedi- , tion headed bv woman astronomers. It was led by Miss Margaret Harwood of the Maria Mitchel observatory of Harvard University. Her I principal assistant was Miss Marjorie Williams of Smith College. Both wer Q ccutident tliat their camera-telescope on 55-foot higli . Aldrich tower had recorded perfect photographs of die corona, at its . awe-inspiring best. They were to take the plates to Harvard obser- . vatory today. In accord witli age-old Polish astronomical theories, the Univer- , sity of Posen set up its equipment . at Amesbury, Mass., directly on the > line of partial and complete eclipse. , It was rewarded at the time of to- , tallty by finding the sun and moon in the center of a blue patch in the t sky. t Wesleyan university’s expedition at Center Conway, N. H., reported s through its director, Frederick j Slocum, that it had carried out its complete program, exposing 40 j plates, hut that the partly obscured sky probably would make results 3 CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO