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JifORTHMAN A-FLECTED ! > TEACHERS B U r School SuperinIs Re-elected "Kn -Treasurer ::?Hfayne man ■^|> D PRESIDENT EdW the Decatur public — r.-. lected secreitl ■treaAirer of the North-, ft '-Kn Indiana Teachers As-, ..jMfafor it li -val year pt -■7K t v . yaal business ire Allen county. ;i ftnbly room at ..JWlfaviie Thursday. Mr. has served as sec-: the associa-1 , Merle .1. Ah bet t jE'.~Wfeyn« public schools was t;i *■Lutes 11 Mahan of the Hunt- -.< In.ols, was named The elections} were no other nominman. Mr. Worthman ' !*■» Sium W. re both re-elect- ■ - jfcliPir :■ - with Stipermajib> " i •••■dim? M. 11. H-iiiiip.il "f the North ■high chool. »swt at was adopted during Keeib. ; yesterday authorizing ■jtMMt as the new president Kwcition. to endeavor to link : of the ■ wt■ i: the Indi-' .-. association and ■teaci >rs’ groups. It was sug-i ■■, 'oposed affiliation ■ Ahi: v for the Jy te <o-operate th. the .-jfctsAors programs. jMfoule Maintain Standard

■mi mitlee. head- > if Kendallville.' a resolution. ■ n : ■•■ d. whereby the Teachers as- : indorsHk »• ’lie. i lie greatest el■fa th' p.O't of all school men Bp to make the schools as during this t We to the cause I jßpqy'n oi the end that the! Hfc < generation shall' ■BBl'i'lv-d ci the opportun] rightful heritmaintenance - ’he children of the p .ised to increasienev. ■R.' e opposed to shortenB^B 1 '' I '' <Prm. Not only does - tiie educational of children, but it m tease juvenile deiinSp’ ( ,f the prolonged ' "d vacation periods. opposed to ellmin- ' on p’agVTolir** ■ton speaks A ROTARIANS ||BI , ’ r i:in Pastor Talks ■Rotary Club MemIggpers Thursday _ George 0. Walton, pas- ' v save an istructfve talk ■B 1 ’ 1 '- '•!< ms of Guidance”. at IKW 8 ' 1,4 ,11P Decatur Rotary evening. n stated t'h.it the pre|BßP" l, nm' condition increased . JBh'ulties of eAeudlng .the to the youth of BSc ' r> advocated that u 1,1 guidance be placed in |DB r ' ls “The church is one of mediums in lending g><id.inee and a haling hand of the country", stated stressed the inipuBr ■' higher standard of vocagWnielleetual and moral gui|wnbmioning that the school ■ lfl ' wer ‘‘ the principal sacIhß lea hniig thorn, aside from where the first steps in |MKPidance should begin. *l® act4) d as chairman

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Teachers Choose State Officers Indianapolis, Oct 21 -(UP)—Rob- | ert Houghum, Johnson county school superintendent was elected ■president and E. W. Hart n. Muncie ‘school superintendent, vice-presi-dent of the Indiana Teachers Ansociatian at the annual business .session of the convention here today. Miss Blanche Feuque of Terre Haute and Russel Earl of Frankfort were named delegates at large. GOLI EXHIBIT ! WELLATTENDED i Over 600 Attend Gold Medal Colt Club Show At Berne Thursday Sixty-four colts were entered in I the Adams county colt show which , was held at Rerne Thursday. A ! I large crowd, estimated at more than 600 persons, attended the show, which was staged under the auspices of the Adams County Gold Medal Colt Club and County Agent Archbold Everett C. Parker of Noblesville acted as judge of the show. Ribbons were the only prizes. Included among the large crowd present, were many buyers from various sections of Indiana ami Ohio, who were greatly Interested I in the show. Prize Winners Noah Augsburger won the sweepstakes prize on grade colts, ; and Frank Habegger was award- | ed sweepstakes on purelfread colts. Twenty-nine grade fillies were | shown. The first five placings . were as follows: Ist, Noah Augsburger; 2nd, Amos Lehman; 3rd, I G. C. McCune; 4th, Jake Yoder; sth. Chas. Brunstrup. Twenty-one grade foals competed Ip this class with the following placings: Ist. G. C. McCune: 2nd. John J. J. Moser: 3rd. Burki hart Lehman; 4th. Everet Hawk-

CONTINUED nN PACE TWO PETER STEINER DEATH’S VICTIM — Retired Farmer Dies At Home of Son In Hartford Township Today Peter D. Steiner. 79. retired farimer, died at S o’clock Friday in inning at the hrime of his son, Albert Steiner, in Hartford Township. Death was caused by paralysis and C’onitplications. He had been ill for several m nths. The deceased was born in Adams County, November 27. 1852, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Steiner. He was united in mariago to Barbara Moser, who preceded him in death. Surviving are the ehihlren: Amos of Farmland: Levi of Dalton, 0.; Ezra. Sam. Albert and John, all of Hartford township; Mrs. David Amstutz., Wabash Township; Mrs. Cyr . us Lhamon and Mrs. Fred Llechty, b-th of Berne. Three children are also deceased. Two sisters surviving are Mrs. John S. Moser and Mrs. Leah Brenchy of near Berne. Funeral arrangements have ti :t been completed. i Walther League To Present Play i The Immanuel Walther League will present "Madam, the Biss." a comedy drama in three acts written by Robert J. Shenman. Saturday and Sunday nights, November 5. and 6. at the Bleeke School in Vni ion township. The play will start - each night at 8 o’clock, standard time. The place of the play is a prosper us middlewestern city of Ken- • dall. The first act takes place in I Higgins' political headquarters. The * second act is in the office of the ’ Mayor of Kendall. Music will be 1 furnished during the eve.nings by 1 Ted Barr. ’ • 0 ; Elks Will Stage Dance October 28 A dance will be held in the Elks . Home next Friday night, October ■ 28. tor memubers of the lodge. The | affair will be a Halloween dance, - and will mark the opening of the i fall and winter social activities of i the organization. Tickets are on sale and may be i (purchased at the Home or from the | ccimimittee in charge-

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Plan Rebuilding of U. S. Industry «■«—i . a»s .v— B IRa I, I : - - y-. ■/ .w *' x * ‘ . J ’ ■ 1 A . V I". ■ W /. a* a..... < -A »*."Ab » Members of the National Committee on Industrial Rehabilitation as they met in Chicago Wednesday! to map plan for modernizing equipment in manufacturing and other industrial plants in lowa, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and Indiana. Left to right; A. W. Roltertson, of Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company; James D. Cunningham, former president of the Illinois Manufacturers' Association; John W. O'Leary; at rear: Malcolm Muir. New York publisher, and F. O. Hale.

GANG KILLINGS NOW TOTAL SIX Guerilla War In Chicago Believed Responsible For Latest Deaths Chicago, Oct. 21. — (U.R) —Bulletriddled bodies of two more victims in the latest tiare-up of guerilla war among gangsters were found by police today, bringing the -toll to six dead in three days. The body of a man identified as Tony Jerfita, a bootlegger, riddled with shotgun slugs, was found in the tonneau of an expensive automobile parked in a bleak prairie near Franklin Park. He evidently had been beaten over the head before a shotgun charge was fired behind his ear. . In the lapel of his coat was tied la pass to sportsman's park race |track. It evidently had been used I yesterday. Coroner's police, summoned after a dairy milker noticed the automobile while driving cows to pasture. believed Jerfita was another casualty in the strife for beer, gambling and vice privileges, intensified by the depression. Today’s other victim was a welldressed man of apparent Italian descent. He was found dying in a new automobile of inexpensive make in a northwest side alley. He ' had been shot with a pistol in the left eye and the left side of the head. / Yesterday a tamale vendor was

slain in typical gang fashion in 1 Niles Center. Throe were slain , Wednesday, one a young driver for a west side gang, another a beer runner and the third a recluse believed to have operated an alcohol ’ "recooking” still. SAM INSULL JR. LEAVES PARIS Utility Official Leaves For , London; Says His i Plans Unchanged i ' Paris, Oct. 21.—(U.R)—Samuel In- • suit, Jr. departed for London to-i day after issuing a typed statement t saying his trip was private and 1 that his plans to return to the United States in November were • unchanged. Instill travelled in an ordinary 1 train, spurning the luxurious Golden Arrow and saving slt). > His mother remained at the Ho- > tel Lincoln here, where she has ' been since Samuel Instill, Sr., left France for Athens. He is fighting extradition to Chicago on embezzlement charges in connection with ' the collapse of the Instill utilities interests. Samuel. Jr., said he would spend ! two weeks in London, making head- ' quarters at the Park Lane Hotel. He refused to comment on any ' phase of his father’s affairs. • Insull. seeking to break the seige of his hotel by reporters and photographers, typed a set of rules for ‘ the press, announcing that he would CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, October 21, 1932.

Poll Shows Hoover Leads In 7 States' The fifth report in the Literary! Digest presidential poll shows President He over carrying only seven states and Governor Roosevelt leading In 41 states. (Hoover has 97'3j367 votes and | Rosevelt 1.573.446. Based on elect, ral votes Hoover Ims 57 votes and Roosevelt 474. I< requires 266 elec- • |toral votes to win the election. 11 IHoover is leading in Maine. Ver•'moiit, Nhw HaiEfißhire, Massachu- . [setts, Rhode Island. Connecticut ;! and New Jersey. Roosevelt is leadlin oil ether states. In Indiana the i fvote' is. Hoover 33.592 and Roosevelt I 45.677. In New York the vote is, I ! Ho ver. 148,796. Roosevelt 159.428. FALL MEETING HERE TUESDAY l Adams County Clubs Will Meet at Decatur Library Tuesday Night The fall meeting of the Adams J County Clubs will be held in the i Library auditorium Tuesday even--1 ing, Oct her 25 at 7:30 o'clock. J The youngest organization, the ! Adams County Choral Society, unJ der the direction of Mrs. L. A. .’Holthouse will take part in the I program. The public is cordially in- '; vited to attend this meeting.

i The following program will he 1 (given: 1 Song, “America, The Beautiful’’ —Clubs. ’ Reading cf Collect of Federated < Clubs—Mrs. Fred Fruehte. Reading of Collect for Economics < Clubs —Mrs. John Maglsy. Selection —Adams County Choral ' Society. R.ill call of depart,inent chairmen. Report, "What Economics Clubs' have been Doing Since Inst April” —Mrs. E. W. Busche. Report, "What the Federated I Clubs wil IStudy this Club Year." I Mrs. HB. Heller. “W rk of the Civic Section of the Woman's Club lor the Past Year. ’| ’ —Mrs. C. K. Champlin. Report, "Our Plans for Junior Club This Year,” — Miss Dorothy Young. Retport, "What our 411 Clubs ' Have done in Six Months Time- -! I Miss Erma Gage. I J Selection: Adams County Choral! Jsciety. ( II Secretary Report—Miss Kathryn , Hyland. ■ ] I Monroe Seeks To I Extend Its Lines i Indianapolis, Oct. 21 — (UP) — Permission to extend its electric , i lines two miles west from he town . i of Monroe along the Monroe and I. Washington township line was ask-! I ed in a petition filed with the Pub- ■ lie Service Commission today on . behalf of Monroe. The town purchases its power i from the Decatur municipal light ; ’ plant but owns its own lines, the i • petition explained. The proposed new lines would 1 parallel those of the Indiana Service corporation. ,

FARLEY VISITS INDIANAPOLIS Democratic National Chairman Will Speak at Capital Tonight Indianapolis, Oct. 21.—(U.R)-The Democratic drive to carry Indiana for Franklin D. Roosevelt brought James A. Farley, national party [chairman, to Indianapolis for a cam- ‘ | paign speech tonight. His visit followed by a few hours [ | the speech in Monument Circle of [ I the Democratic nominee. Farley planned to confer with j i party leaders this afternoon and ilay plans for the final two weeks! lof the campaign. He will speak at . Terre Haute tomorrow. Predict Victory Bold predictions of a Democratic I victory in November were made by Indiana party men today as they I looked back to the reception given I Governor Roosevelt. Old timers I estimated that the largest political | turnout in the state's history greetI ed the New York governor upon his ’ 1 arrival here. Every available inch of standing

room in the circle was filled when Roosevelt stepped upon the speak- j ers' latform on a baloney of the Hotel English. Following the address, other members of his family took up the task of persuading Indiana voters to help elect Democratic candidates for state and national offices. Mrs. Roosevelt talked briefly to women who packed the Riley room of the Claypool hotel. Her son, James Roosevelt, addressed a gathering of young Democrats. Meanwhile, the father and husband was FIVE

SEEK TO BLOCK DEBT PAYMENT ■ French Parliament May Block December Payment to United States Paris, Oct. 21. (U.R) —An attempt by parliament to block the Decern ber payment of the French war debt to the United States, ami a tfiovi for debt revision after the American elections appeared likely today. These developments were directly opposed to Ihe interpretation of a speech delivered by Premier |. Edouard Herriot to the foreign affairs commission of the chamber yesterday. The press received the definite impression that France was willing to pay 1400,000,000 due on the commercial debt but would; [seek cancellation of the money borj rowed during the war. French overtures to Washington after the American election, the United Press learned, will be based on a supposed distinction between commercial, and what it calls a “political debt.” France will seek to bring the American debt arrangeinvents into harmony *with the Laus-J anne reparations conditional upon reduction of the allied debts to the i United States.

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COUNTY BOARD I PLACES DEVOSS' NAME ON BALLOT I Election Commissioners, Agree To Proceed With Printing of Ballots THREE TICKETS ON COUNTY BALLOTS Members of the county board of election commissioners agreed this morning to go ahead with the printing of the county ballots for the November election and to place the name of H. M. DeVoss, Democratic candidate for judge, on the ticket. The members of the board are| Milton C. Werling, county clerk, I chairman; Leo Saylors, Democrat I member and Charles Burdg, Re-; I publican member. | A controversy arose Wednesday' j over placing Mr. De Voss's name, on the ballot because of a filing; date on the back of the certifi-1 cate, filed after he was nominated' by precinct committeemen as the, democratic candidate for judge. | The election board agreed to ac-j cept. the entry on the clerk's jour-1 nal book as the formal filing| date, wh,ich djal(e> complies with the law. There will be three tickets on the county bihllot, namely the Democratic. Republican and National Party ticket. The latter party has only one candidate on the ticket. He ’is Leroy H. Swartz, candidate for congress from the Fourth district. The Democrats and Republicans have complete tickets. The town ship tickets for advisory board members will be printed on separate tickets. . The candidates on the Demo- ! cratie and Republican tickets for CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE O GREET NOMINEE AT SPRINGFIELD Thousands Cheer Gov. Roosevelt at Shrine of Abraham Lincoln State Arsenal. Suringfield, 111.. Oct. 21—(UP)- Fundamental cures . which he ;proposes for relief of the . farmer were outlined in a speech by Gov. Fran’klin D. Roosevelt of New York, Democratic candidate for president before an audience here today of more than 6.000 Dem- , carats. Roosevelt arrived at the ' anmory just before noon after his visit t' the Lincoln tomb. At his request the visit was made 1 as inconspicuous as p ssible. He de-

..... ........ .. .. J,. V. elined to have photographs taken inside the tomb. Before entering however, he was welcomed by Gov. Emerson to whom Roosevelt declared lie had always drawn inspiration from the "immortal Lincoln..” Springfield, 111., Oct. 21.—(U.R) — This shrine of Abraham Lincoln today became a mecca for thousands who thronged here to greet Gov. I Franklin D. Roosevelt. Democratic ( presidential nominee. The first event on the governor's program was a visit to the tomb of the martyred Civil war President to be followed witli an address at the state arsenal where Roosevelt intended to discuss the farm moi t-1 gage question. A heavy day of campaigning among the discontented downstate Illinois farmers wa s planned. Roosevelt’s special train arrived at midnight last night from Indianapolis. He will speak tonight at St. CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO o — Legion Meeting Tuesday Night Dr. Fred Patterson, Decatur dentist. will speak at the regular meet- ] <ng of Adams Post No. 43 of the Aimericain Legl<®. This meeting has been changed from Monday nighit toy Tuesday night, and will open at 7:30 o'clock. The Berne American Legion junior baseball team will he presented a trophy for winning t'he county | championship during the past season. A light luncheon will be served 'following the meeting. New jeekets for the Legion drum corps have arrived and will be w m by the corps In its next public aippearanee.

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Rev. Schultz Home From Conference The Rev. Paul Schultz of the Decatur Zic,n Lutheran church lias returned from Logansport, where he i attended the North (Indiana Pastor|al conference of the Lutheran | churh, comprising ministers from 'the entire northern section of Indliana and the adjourning territ ry I |<:f Ohio. Rev. Schultz delivered an extensive essay, choosing as his sule ject “Unionism”. The Decatur pastor was also nominated for the chairmanship of the conference but was defeated by a margin of eleven votes by Rev. Emil Reuter, <if Lo- ■ ganspert Other cfficers elected ,‘Rev. G. Hentschcll of Hobard, secretary; and Alfred Boester. of near • Fort Wayne, treasurer. The 1933 i conference will be held at Hammond. COMPLETE PLANS ‘ FOR DEMOCRAT RALLY MONDAY il ! I Mrs. Ruth Bryan Owen Will Speak At Berne Auditorium Monday :l MONSTER PARADE BEING ARRANGED Rufus A. *Stuckey, Decatur chair- , i man for the Democratic rally to be J held at Berne next Monday night ■ requests that members of the local . i delegation meet in front of Democratic headquarters in this city at .16:30 o'clock Monday evening and i then proceed to Berne. I Ruth Bryan-Owen, congresswom- . an from Florida and daughter of the late William Jennings Bryan . will be the principal speaker. James • I. Farley of Auburn. Democratic (candidate for congress from the Fourth district and Mrs. Samuel Ralston, widow of former Governor Ralston will aslo attend the meeting. Both will give short talks at the meeting. The meeting will be held at the I Berne Auditorium at 7:30 o’clock ' and Will be preceded by a monster parade. Mr. Stuckey announced the following line up: F'ag bearers riding horses. Motorcycle policemen. Decatur Merchant's Band. Speaker's car and distinguished guests , Automobiles. 1 Uncle Sam and a 1932 Tramp rid- ’ i ing two black mules. J Spirit of 1776, fife and drum corps a i The big six foot cheese. ; | Hoover’s auto in 1933. Wagon of 11-cent oats. ? I American Legion drum corps. Marchers carrying torches. ’ I Wagon of one-quarter a cent , - pound cabbage. Berne Band.

Bluffton, Geneva, Monroe, Linn Grove and Decatur delegations. Mr. Stuckey invited all Demo- i "cONTTNUKD ON PAGE SIX O Monroe Twp. Cluh To Hold Festival The Monroe Township Better |Homes Home Economies Club will! sponsor a Halloween Festival. Sat- ; urday night. October 29., above the Model Hatchery in Monroe. Prizes will be awarded to the best masked man and woman Music, games and contests will be features of the entertainment. o Monmouth Youth Aids In Capture David Kunkel, 16. a junior in the .Monmouth high school ami son of Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Kunkel, was instrumental in capturing a fugitive from Justice Wednesday afternoon. Sheriff .1. E. Lovitt of Jackson county. Michigan, was returnir|! , the fugitive. Mitchell Wheat. a| parole violator to Jackson and stopped at the Monmouth garage. The prisoner escaped while the sheriff was in the garage. The sheriff notified a number of boys and young Kunkel and several other boys took up the chase. The sheriff informed the boys the • man did not wear any socks. Kunkel saw a man walking south on ♦he railroad tracks and caught up ■ with him. He noticed he did not’ wear any socks and socked him i ove the head with a hall bat and s held him until Sheiff Lovitt arriv-i ■ ed. The boy was given a reward . for capturing the man.

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PRISONERS ARE THREATENEDBY FOOD SHORTAGE Guards Will Enforce “Starvation Siege” To Break Revolt MUTINEERS TAKE THE POWER PLANT ‘ Kingston, Ontario, Oct. 21 — (U.Rl—Guards tightened their lines around the Kingston penitentiary today to enforce a j “starvation siege” against 210 mutinous convicts still holding out after a series of riots within! the grey walls of the i prison. Kingston, Ont., Oct. 21 — l (U.R) Kingston penitentiary i guards and mutinous conI victs waited quietly today, i but readv for action alter tbe I second ma jor riot this week j within the prison walls. The big Dominion prison beside Lake Ontario was I quiet. Officials had announeI ed the troops and guards had i the situation well in hand. No one had been hurt, they said, during the all-night bedlam in | which the mutineers were reportI ed to have captured the prison ! power plant. ' I Steel - helmeted troops armed with machine guns considered a gas bomb attack to force surrender of 210 revolting prisoners barricaded within the penitentiary I where 40 guards had been reported held as hostages. ' i Gunfire and a call for shock, f troops to help the guards late yes--1 terday gave residents their first ’ news that a second outbreak was under way in the big penitentiary. The rioting started about 1 o'clock. ! Early today the troops and | guards were reported in full com- ] mand of the situation. Their position, however, was precarious, and the Honorable Hughe Guthrie, ! minister of justice at Ottawa, ad- ; mitted the situation was “serious.” It was from Ottawa that residents first received reports 40 guards were held as hostage. The reports were not confirmed, and the best information available here was that the guards were not. 1 held. A strict censorship made quick, accurate verification of many rumors and reports most - difficult. One report that the rioting convicts had captured the penitentiary power plant apparently was true. The prison was in darkness all night long, a night broken by intermittent firing The troops were reinforced t shortly after midnight by several truck loads from the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery stationed near

*"*’ CONTINUED ON* PA GE TWO TEACHER WINS 12-YEAR FIGHT Indianapolis Man Whose License Was Revoked Finally Wins Suit Indianapolis. Oct. 21 —(U.R) — A. school teacher who took up study of law so he could fight through court u decree revoking his teaching license today won a 12year i'attle when his permit was restored. Fulfilling a mandate of superior court. George C. Cole, slate superintendent of public instruction, issued an order reinstating Floras W. Shaddy. Indianapolis. Shaddy fought his long battle single handed. When his license as teacher in Whiteland school | was revoked in 1920. he set out to I right what he termed a "grevious wrong." He spent long hours scanning law volumnes. In his preliminary skirmishes the .ourt decisions were against him. He went back to his law books and started again. At last Superior Judge Clarence Weir upheld his petition, giving Shaddy a victory over trained, experienced legal authorities. Judge Weir mandated the state board to grant Shaddy all licenses ■ for which lie had prepared. As II i result he will receive a first grado ■I high school certificate, and principal's, grammar and rural licenses, | all effective for life.