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ML ACREAGE ■■|fOVER 3,000 ■SIGNED FRIDAY 1 B Response Is Made KGrowers On First ■ Day of Signing ft fc COUNTY ■ U'REAGE heavy M 11 ■ \v. Cailand. general - ■ ivprescnlulive lor tlie ■| Sugar Company. < sti- ■ ■ tmlav that al least ■acres ol be< Is would he ■clot for as a result of ■neeliim ol farmers and ■ trowel's held here I ri■tfleniooii. Cailand slated Hint for more than 22 KI ■ had bet a turned over 1■,,. hst t vciiinu and th d out. tarinthey would mail them r.ni.Ai reage was jn a iuiuilht of nearby impossible Mr. Cailand total th'- exact number of all of O’ l ' blanks had not had forgotten to give the contract cannot lie fully executed. to grow 12.000 acres are wanted by the local and hr tonight. Mr. Cal-,-,m- fourth of that ■t will hau- been secured M|l Heavy In County Cailand stated that the con:ra< :• -I for in Adams ■j was heavy and believed ■|K.i woulc • weed any acreplanted in beets in Ttiis Let was very. Mr Cailand stated that it clearly the fail-.-IS of Adams were supporting most o- ' uv n.'-’it to reop-m ingai factory. was contracted for in and Mercer counties, in Allen. .Jay. Wells, - er-n and othei i-iwni <-s A few conwere i.-> d from farmer s and Elkhart county. aext week. Mr. Cailand ■t Several men will lie hir'd bul.inee <M the conto alter details .-uga l i rritory. It is bethe acreage will b" for within a short time and that stens can in near future U>tfhuildiat' the unloading repairing the local sac"tog two || Little Damage roof fire at the Frank residence on Temti shortly before five o'clock >.insed little damfire is thought to have -I irk form the , Him ■». PORTER WHB'S VICTIM fß*”f (| Unt\ I annerDies ■■‘Honif Near Craig* J 2 ville Friday H** Dickers,,n Porter. 62. well srmer and fruit grower. aw »y Friday morning at r two and one-half miles three months of paralysis in Harrison county, 29. 1870. a son of Adam 4 i*th Sw ,ilow Porter. He * resident of Wei's county |^f* lrri ’B'' to .Jennie 11. Hoover 5 *' 6 at ,iomer ’ ui - <in o<i besides the widow art ■ '"‘Wren. M ar y E Porfer at [■h Porter, Chicago; Porter. Craigville. ami ■EL ' P°r*er, at home Two ■k?“ ren aiso survive. E>’ a^ 1 '* 1 ' 8 "' lrvivil >g are Oscar ■» Ait Jan ' e ° Por’er- botlt of ■|i.... en " 0 Two sisters and ■Kz, 8 are deceased »r-‘- services will be held st Sunday afternoon al the Bln „. all *“F ibnrch In charge « “®* w Johnston.

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Closes Tonight The G F„ Club of the city will have charge of the find program for the Indoor Circus tpnight. An auction sale will be conducted by Ralph Isch and Fred Engle, starting at 8:30 o’clock. Cakes and pies, furnished by the women of the Methodist Episcopal Church, will be> sold at auction. The public is urged to attend. No admission will be charged for the Circus tonight. An interests g program was presented Friday night when the Harmonica band from the Riley School, directed by Miss Florence Haney, played a number of selections, and the German Band from Wren. Ohio also presented a program of music. , The Band was led by Ol Banner. Singing and yodeling by Clyde Troutner and his sister were also features of the program. Henry Fait rote and Adam Kunowieh played the accordian and violin. ' WILL PRESENT PLAY FE8,23 Zion Walther League Will Stage Three Act Comedy At Auditorium The members of the Zions Walther Ijeague will present a threeact comedy. “I Will — I Won't" Thursday night, February 23. in the Decatur high school auditorium. The play will begin at S o'clock. Admission will be 25 cents for adults and 10 cents for children The play takes place in the living room in a girls' dormitory. Dr. Anthony King, the school doctor, calls himself a chocolate fudge doctor because his work as medical attendant to the group of healthy college girls seems idiotic as contracted with bis ambition to establish a hospital for crippled children. Dr. King finds his job more interesting. however, when he stumbles on a dormitory mystery. He is called to attend Lucille Owens, and finds that the injured girl is not Lucille but a stranger impersonating her. Because the stranger is infinitely finer that the spoiled Lucille. Dr. King assists in the impersonation. Complications airse when Mrs. Stevens, a we Ithy and self centered old lady, Lucille’; grandmother arrives.. Following is the cast of characters : Lynn Patton, friend and roommate of Lucille Owen Edna Hollo Glad Howard, a college co-eAI Freida Shearer Joan Stevens and Lncille Owen, granddaughters of Mrs. Stevens Alma Bucher Mrs. Stevens, a wealthy and seif centered cld lady Mrs. Oscar Lankenau Dean Willis, dean of a girls school Mollie Haugk Georgette, the maid that sees all. knows all and tells nothing Florence Sauers Dr. Anthony King, the school doctor Harry Heuer Mr. Howard, father of Cdad and Mrs. Stevens' attorney Richard Mailand I Carney Underwood, a man about town Albert Keller Elliot Fletcher, the campus catch Eldred Frohmipfel o Plav Preliminary Announcement was made today that the St. Joe eighth grade team will tneel St. Jude of Fort Wayne in a preliminary to the CommodoreC. C. game. o ; Broadcast Speech The American Legion club room will be open Sunday afternoon and persons may visit the room and listen to the address by Gov. Paul V. McNutt which will be broadcast over station WOWO from 3:30 to , 4 o’clock. I _ o Signs Two Bills Indianapolis. Feb. 18. —(U.R) —Two new laws were added to the Indiana statute books today through action by Gov. Paul V. McNutt. He signed a bill which permits I Indiana counties io appeal adverse i court decisions without jvosting bond. It was designed for Adams • county but applies to all counties, f An emergency clause made it esI fective immediately. Another bill signed by the governor reduces the pay of circuit, i grand and jwtit judges from $3 per • diem to $2.50 and traveling exI peases.

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NEW TRIAL IS OVERRULED BI JUDGE KISTER Special .Judge Denies New Trial In Wabash River Dredge Case APPEAL CASE TO SUPREME COURT I’he motion for a new trial in the Wahitsh river dredge case was overruled bv Special Judge Henry Kister of Princeton, in the Adams Circuit court this morning. The case \x ill be appealed to the Indiana Supreme j court. 1 he motion for a new trial’ was t iled in behalf of Adams county, represented bv the: board of county commissioners.; '(.through County Attorney Henry B. Heller and C. J. Lutz, chief of counsel for more than 250 indi ! vidual remonstrators. The individual remonstrators did not join the motion for a naw trial. The procedure followed permits the case to be appealed without I filing a bond, as a special law was jtassed by the Indiana, legislature this week, permitting county go.'-] ernments to file appeals without filing bond. On Question of Law Written notice was given to the court that the case would be appealed on reserved questions of law meaning that the entire record of the case would have to be introduced. The court granted this request. To have appealed the case on record, would require from six to 12 months time and would have cost from $10,980 to I ,sl2/100 for transcripts, briefs, etc. With she notice of nftpeaimg the . case on reservation of law. a bill of exceptions was also requested The court followed the legal procedure and completed entry in tlie case with the overruling of the motion for a new trial and making order that the bill of exceptions be made a new trial and making order that the hill of exceptions be made within 60 days Tlie motion of the petitioners on special findings of facts and conclusions of law was sustained. Judgement was rendered, th" rnNTTNmim nv picf HOUSE CERTAIN TO VOTE REPEAL Fate nf Prohibition Repeal Aonarently Rests With States Washington. Feb. IS.—(U.R)— The house Republican “wet block,” meeting in formal caucus today, pledget! its united support to the Blaine prohibition repeal resolution which will come up in the bouse for action Monday. The group, numbering more than 90 veteran anti-prohibltioiiists, tints joined with the Democratic majority in pledging solid support to re submit tlie prohibition issue to the states. Democrats already have caucus ed. By a two-thirds vote tiiey Jtonnd their partv membership to the repealer except for 31 memi tiers who availed themselves of the j privilege of pleading “dry’’ commitments to their conslllueaU. Washington. Feb. IS. —(U.R) —The fate of prohibition repeal today appeared to rest with the 48 states. Authoritative polls by house leaders indicated the chamber on Monday will jam through the senate resolution for abolition of national prohibition by a margin of from 10 to 20 votes. Anti-prohibitioniet leaders already are planning an intensive ' state by state ratification campaign. They expect the eastern seaboard ' states, always a wet stronghold, to lead the way. 1 Drys at the same time are preparing a line of last defense In the ’ south and west. They need to hold 1 only 13 states to retain the 18th amendment in the constitution. ! If the house on Monday adopts the repeal resolution as Indicated. ’' Secretary of State Stimson within • a few days will certify it to the states as a proposed amendment to 1 (CONTINUW ON HAGE THREE)

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Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, February 18, 1933.

Assassin in Court W M| jfly: Jaßgja n \\ il jM! \\p - iBl ‘ !■ '• Ti Mr B: > Jjkjwwa Joseph Zaqgara, would-be assassin of President-elect Roosevelt, is shown here as he appeared in court at Miami for preliminary arraignment. He is standing between two detectives.

ROOSEVELT TO NAME CABINET Only Two Weeks Remain To Fill Important Cabinet Posts New York, Feb. 18 —<U.R> A j bare two weeks remained today for Franklin D. Roosevelt to con\plete tlie task of organizing the new federal adminilViAit ion, and the president-elect turned to the task of tilling key offices heedless of the unprecedented guard maintained around his staid, old townhouse. Janies A. Farley. Democratic state chairman, who spent arduous days in Miami conferring with prospective office holders while Mr. Roosevelt was resting, fishing land swimming in southern seas, was expected to make a detailed report on his work to the Presi-dent-elect during the day. The still uncertain make-up of his cabinet occupied Mr. Roosevelt as he got back in harness after his vacation and the interruption furnished in Miami by the , attack upon him by Giuseppi Zangara. The block in E. 65th street off Fifth Avenue, which includes, among its dignified residences, the Roosevelt home, was perhaps | the most carefully policed black in the world today. When Mr. Roosevelt arrive! yesterday from the south, 1,000 police guarded him as no man ever has been guarded in New COyTTNUCn nv '’ICP THRep ADAMSPOSTTO OBSERVE DATE Decatur Legion Post Completing Plans For Washington Day Party I Plans are rapidly being completed by Adams post number 43 of the American Legion for the Washing- . ton Day observance Wednesday , evening, February 26, 8 o'clock at. the Decatur Court-try Club. i Post officers have received from Sam Cleland, of Fort Wayne, an ae- . ceptance of an invitation extended hime to speak. Mr. Cleland stated that he would also bring other speakers with him. , Bob Bushee of Ossian, Fourth district commander, and T. P. . (Butch) Haas of Frtrt Wayne, also , will speak during the evening's proi gram. Invitations are also being extended to all ex-service men whether or . j uot they are members of the legion, to attend the observance. Special entertainment, including , a colored quartet and an, orchestra, , will be presented for the enjoy- , ment of the guest|i. The meeting II will open promptly at 8 o'clock.

WRITES CONTRACT H ■ l i j Dale W. McMillen, friendly and enthusiastic head of the | i Central Sugjr Company, had a happy day here yesterday and | watched the response to his I l appeal for acreage with keen pleasure as several hundred i 4<smed beet contracts. He wrote one himself, the signer being i Robert Yake, a Kirkland towni ship boy. who agreed to raise | two acres and take care of | ■ them himself. “Bob" treasures | the copy of his contract and j | was a happy youngster when J. Ward Calland, field representative accepted it. Mr.. McMillen said he didn't 1 intend to interfere with the field men but just couldn’t rej sist putting his name to this | one. BERNE WOMAN DIES TODA! Miss Martha Depp Dies at Home in Berne Early This Morning Berne, Indiana, Feb. 18 —(Special to Democrat > — Miss Martha Depp. 35, for 13 yeirs a dispatch clerk {at the Bente post office and a prominent person in social and church work died at the home of her sister, Mrs. Gilbert Stuckey in Herne. Saturday morning at 2:30 o’clock. Miss Ix-pp became suddenly ill Thursd y night. S.e was uncoil- ,| scions at tbit time and n< vi r nil pied. Death was due to diabetes, i from which she had been ailing for i the lasi two years. ■ Miss Depp took a prominent part , in church work and especially in the Christian Endeavor Society of the Missionary Fiiurch. She hel I , various offices in the organisation in Berne and tn the eoinity organization. She was horn in Monroe town-! ship, June 14, 189,2. Her parents. I Mr. and Mrs. David Depp ate <lei ceased. Surviving are four sisters • and brother: Mrs. Gilbert Stuckey, • Mrs. Vilas Schindler, Mrs. Omer : Lehman, Miss Leona Depp and David, all of Berne. i She was a member of the Berne rangeinents have not been coinpletI ed but probably will be held Mon--1 day afternoon. Repeat Exhibit i The art exhibit held in the > Beavers and Fryback building on South Second street. Thursday and Friday, will be held over for ! display tonight. The exhibit will r 1 be open to the public from 7 to , I 9:30 o’clock and the public is urgI ed to witness this fine display of ; i art pictures, reproductions of , | great masters. Admission will he •|lO cents. The art classes of the j it | Decatur high school are sponsor . 1 lug the art exhibit. 1

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SENATE MOVES LIQUOR BILLS TO 2ND READING Majority Reports of Committee Are Adopted On Both Bills MINORITY PLANS BOTH REJECTED Indianapolis, Feb. IS <U.P) - Administration bills rci’iilatin.L; the sale and niantiiacIni'e of lu-er and repealing the Wright "bone div” law were sent to second reading in ihe Indiana senate today upon recoin inenda I ion ol' lite committee on public policv. Both bills have passed Ihe house. Majority reports of Hie com-i miltee were adopted in both instances. By voice vote the senate re jected the minority report which recommended indefinite postponement of the beer bill. The minority report on the repealer rejected 32 to 11. recommended substitution of the liquor bill passed by tlie special session last summer which merely would liberalize the state dry laws. To Cut Rates The senate finance commille"] nv pxgr twrwe INCORPORATION PAPERS FILED Central Sugar Co. Inc.. Files Papers With County Recorder Incorporation papers have been ! filed for the Central Sugar Company. Inc., of Decatur, wiih County Auditor Waiter Bockman. The pajrers state that the name of incorporation is the Central Sugar Company, Inc., and that the jmrpose of tlie- business is t> manufacture, sell beet sugar products and by products. The principal office of the company is given as Decatur, Indiana and J. W. Cailand is named as resilient agent for tlie company. The incorporation papers stipulate tlr.it tlie capital structure is composed of 30.<H>n shares of no par value and that SSOO has been paid in as working capital. The directors of tlie corporation •ire. 1). \v. McMillen. 141 W. Jackson Blvd.. Chicago; iS. W. McMillen. 717 Davis street. Fort Wayne; 11. W. McMillen, 717 Davis st . Fort Wayne; D. W. McMillen. Jr.. 141 W. Jackson Blvd.. Chicago; Thomas E. Snyder, 141 W. Jackson Blvd.. Chicago. Tlie officers of the company are not given. Tlie incorporators wore G. H Cooper. E. E. Patterson, E. Koseluh. all of 112 W. Adams street, Chicago. Tlie Ineoi pin al lon papers pro rriNTiviTFin nv pv'.f; ■rFTituyp; DEATH CLAIMS JAMES CORBETT Famous Fighter Dies This Afternoon After Long Battle , ——— New York, Feb. 18—(U.R) —James .1. Corbett. 'Gentleman Jim’’ of tlie prize ring and stage, died at his home in Bayside. Long Island, today. Conqueror of John L. Sullivan, ■ the toughest gladiator of ills time, it was Jim Corbett whose spectacular personality did more than i any other human act to make pugilism "respectable'’ in an ago when tlie ring was scored by I society and outlawed by nearly every state In the Union. Corbett was 67. His death due :to a glandular disorder which induced heart disease, was not unexpected for he had been in a critical condition since January 30. Corbett died at 2:10 p m. in the presence of his wife and two : life long friend?. Dr. G. Willard Dickey, his physician, had made a routine call ' CONTUniBD ON PAGe'tWo' '

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Accountant Here Harry IA. Maddox, of Chicago ari rived here today to take charge of accounting department of the Central Sugar Company. Mr. Maddox i will organize the bookkeeping acI counting system at the local office [and will be here several months, I lie stated It is likely that general ; office records, pertaining to the sugar beet business will be kept ' '.ere, Mr. Maddox stated. Mr. Maddox has been -employed i by Dale W. McMillen in- the Allied Mills offices in Chicago. FIRE TRUCK IN WRECK TODAY City Fire Truck Is Damaged While Making Run This Morning The Stutz truck, of Hie city fire ; department, driven by Ralph “Nig" Bentz, was damaged this morning when it struck an automobile at the ; cornel of Jefferson and Second : streets and then careened over to the east side of Second street, grazing the corner of the house, south [of the Christian church. Tlie truck then ran into the street and back again up over the curb,] striking a large maple tree, where i it was stopped. Several people were ; ]in front of the truck and when it i J struck the tree and they made a mad rush to get away. Pat and Anthony Murphy were in line of the approaching truck when it hit the automobile and by making a jump were able to get out of | the way. Tlie truck was on its way to the Mrs. F. W. Lose residence, 229 South Second street, when the accident occurred. Traveling at a moderate rate of speed, Bentz was unable to negotiate the right-hand i turn without smashing the apiproaehing automobile head-on. Evidently be tried to swing the truck to the left and grazed the other auto Little damage by lire was done to the Lose residence. Damage to the truck was estimated at S6O. Tlie damage to the other car. owned by Jesse Ray. was estimated at about $25. Oscar Ray. a son. was riding wit 11 his father. They were not injured Miss Wemhoff Better Miss Estella Wemhoff of Fort Wayne, sister of Wai and George Wemhoff and Mrs. Theodore Graliker of tills city, who suffered injuries in an automobile accident last Tuesday night, was reported Co be resting easy today. Miss Wemhoff was taken to the St. Joseph hospital in Fort Wayne following the accident which occurred on state road 27 north of Decatur, near what is known as Hie Berning bridge, Tuesday night. She suffered a broken left wrist and her right shoulder was 1 crushed. Her shoulder was set this morning. o Mrs. Franks Dies Mrs." Delia Olive Franks. 74. fos-ter-mother of Mrs. Heil Haley, “16 ( High street, died this afternoon at 2:05 o'clock. Mrs. Franks suffered a stroke of paralysis, Wednesday night, and since that time had been nnconscioits. She had spent practically her en1 tire life in Adams County, and had made her home with her fosterdaughter for the last eight years. Site was a member of the Decatur Churcli of God. Mrs Franks was born in Ohio. July 10, 1858, the daughter of George and Rebecca Ann Carey. Iler husband, Peter Franks, preceded her in death nine years ago. o Monroe Loses After leading 22-14 at the end of the third quarter, the Monroe team was nosed out 28 to 24 by the Gen- , ev i Cardinals Friday night. Nussbaum, Monroe center, was forced i out on personals and three other . Monroe players each had three . fonlds. weakening the Monroe de- • sense in the final minutee. , | o Give Drawings Feb. 25 $ Indianapolis. Feb. 18 — (UP) — Schedules for secißonal, regional 1 and state tournaments of tlie .Indiana high school athletic association will lie announced Feb. 25. Ar--1 thur L. Trester, commissioner, said ’ today. Sectionals will be played March 3 and 4. March 11 and fin- '! als at Butler Field house, Indianapjolis, March 17 and 18.

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MAYOR CERMAK APPEARS TO BE WINNING B ATTLE Physicians For First Time Express Belief For Mayor’s Recovery WOMAN REPORTED STILL CRITICAL Miami, Fla., Feb. 18—.'U.R 1 — Mayor Anton J. Cermak, shot down by bullets intended for President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt, continued to make encouraging progress today. The 9:45 a. m. bulletin issued at the Jackson Memorial hospital said: “Mayor Cermak continues to rest quietly and his general condition is favorable. Temperature, pulse and respiration normal.” Mrs, Joseph H. Gill, the sec ond critically wounded victim of Zangara's wild attack, also showed encouraging improvement today. The arraignment of Giusepp. Zangara, who shot the mayor | and four others in his attempt to kill Mr. Roosevelt Wednesday night, was postponed until Monday. Miami. Fla., Feb. 18. — GJ.R) Anton J. Cermak, who has i spent his life fighting first for wealth and then for political power, appeared today to be winning his battle against the effects of an assassin’s bullet. The mayor of Chicago slept peacefully through the night, . and his physicians for the first time felt confident enough to express a belief that he ' would recover. His five physicians, Inclmllng his • personal medical attendant who came here from Chicago and his ’ ] son-in-law, found his condtiion so .satisfactory late in the night s hat they left the hospital anti sought rest for themselves. They si id that he was continuing his “favorable course.” Mrs. Joseph Gill, wife of a util- [ ities magnate, who was shot down with Cermak and three others by Giuseppi Zangara in his unsuccessful attempt to assassinate Presi-dent-elect Roosevelt Wednesday night, was holding her own hut her condition remained critical. The other wounded were out of danger. Cermak has shown amazing stamina for a mau of his years, amt Conttnttf'd r>N*~P W.R mwo TWO WEEKS LEFT OF LEGISLATURE General Assembly Will Start Final Rush Monday Morning Indianapolis. Feb. IS- U.P 1 The final rush of a waning legislative session will begin Monday when tlie Indiana general assembly enters its last two weeks. Administration leaders will drop the last of their favored bills into tlie iwo houses. Those, along with ! administration hills still pending, will receive preference ns Hie leaders attempt to push them .hrough rapidly. The beer bill. Wright “bone dry" law repealer and the measure legalizing pari-uiiituel betting it I races may see final a -tinn next, week. Repeal of tlie teacher tenure law in township schools as pro- , vided in a senate bill is a subject of indecision with the house education committee. Today, however, it appeared to favor repeal I of the "permanent teacher" provl- . sions for township schools only ( outside incorporated cities and towns. Gov. Paul V. McNutt's new revenue bills, expected to embody sales tax principles, will be introduced Monday. They will number from 'ihree to six. Although in final ■ form today, their contents were ‘ i secret. They wil! be siibßtitntcd for the • sales and income tax bills still ■ held in the house ways and mem s I 1 committee. Principal differences between provisions of tlie two i [ sets of measures is expected to be ■ j in rates carried in the new bills. •| An intangibles tax bill will be among the revenue raisers.