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MEN! WILL IfAL CLOSE ■0 5100,000 l.ikeb Will Be , lM a hle lor I‘as inent Tw t> " eeks Bent on basis |K| S7.IH' I’l-'R TON Ml Hal Mich., April IK; a ithorized f. ..■ crop old llolland'’"lit the niotibe availi , within < r ■ I ■ I Isl II ' ” :it:i<nin' dmE .. i^fl. • .; tn erinand tie’ll fni lei’ ’J inforniat:oii h 1 ' the > bt !>•■ lur I >ne i' Ilf ope: I tin- More I deiiveli it j- i be made ■ I lie tile Ims WOMEN |HI CONVENTION fl id 22nd Annual Confl Ilion of Sorority At I Indianapolis t”' ■ fi 1' lier’n epenei! in »>:••• »'• ‘ ' ”ni" t hrouglioiit A Um Farr, presifl 1 sorority. a deleb the < ention. !r "' this city who left 1,11 ' In■ M.--isl ’•> I’-ll .1 W ird U .Hand. M Burk nut I. M . Macy. ')' fl til 'ires pltmii- i h,. convent ion fl *». inlorma i ■ ,ls entertainment. ~ Iran ,n ’l and an exhibit. ■ iprinmies ~f the state will meetings Saturday from i) to jo o’clock, and fl * ai "l" ”1 nd dance will be fl lf *s nt tl. Friday night profl ‘ Harry t; Leslie, a Tri Kap ill be Hostess to the convenand visitors at I her home. tsport of the convention will VPn to U|,. members of the at the meeting TtlesMrs. Farr, the dele- ■ will present the report. f!«lany Will Not Leave Gold Standard tlin April 21—(UP)—Under no distances will Germany aban- “ le gold standard, an official men ‘ of the Relchsbank said nian officials look <1 on the nation of the dollar with con- * views, i °ne hand it was feared there 1 a detrimental effect on a, iy’« exports. ‘he other hand, it would facilirePayment of dollar debts. *as clearly pointed in the s tank statement, the preimA 'hic.h said meager reports Ptcvente dr aving whether the rd States wds directed.

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Commencement Speaker w, < Jr Barton Reese Pogue. Upland, who will deliver the commencement addresses in the seven Adams county schools, beginning next Monday evening. The first commencement exercise will he held at Geneva Monday evening. The Jefferson exercise May 1 will close the series. DISTRICT MEET HELD AT LODGE Several Delegations Attend District Knights of Pythias Meeting Delegations from about lb lodg”« ’ attended the district Knights of Pythias meeting in this city last evening, nearly 100 men being present. Edwin Thomas. Fort Wayne, grand chancellor of Indiana and E. D. Gray, district deputy, were presen' Carl Mitchell. Indianapolis. grand keener of record and seal was unable .3 come. Grant Fry, chancellor commander of the local lodge and staff ot officers presided at the opening of the lodge session. Initiation ceremonies preceded the program. Words of welcome were extended to the guests by O. L. Vance of this city ami response was made by John Sowards of Bluffton Deputy Gray called lhe roll and delegations from Bluffton, Ossian. Tocsin. Monroeville. Geneva. Warren and Phoenix lodge of Fort W :yne, responded. Grand Chancellor Thomas addressed the assembly, opening his talk by paying tribute to the memory of the late Judge Dore B. Erwin, a former grand chancellor of the Indiana Knights of Pythias. Mr. Thomas discussed membership in lodge circles and stated that during the past year 600 new members were initiated into the order. He made mention of the K of P. lodge at Bethlehem. Indiana, where a year ago the lodge had a membershill of 24 ami now has KIRKLAND TWP. RESIDENT DIES Mrs. .1. A. Hower Dies At Home In Kirkland Township This Morning Mrs. J. A. Hower. 70. a resident of Adams Com I' for 47 years, died at her home in Kirkland township Friday morning at 5:30 o’clock, foli lowing a short illness. Death was due to complications. Mrs. Hower became seriously ill ; a week ago Wednesday, her condi- ’ tion becoming critical about 3 o’clock thi® morning. Sb was a member of the Christian Union Church at Craigville. The deceased was born in Van Wert Comity, Ohio, December 5, 4562. a d’Ughter of Jonathan and Rebecca Most. She was united in marriage to Mr. Hower on December 24, 1885 and since that time had made her horn in Adams County. Three children were born to the union. A son is deceased. Two daughters, Mrs Ed Kolter of Magley and Mrs. G ttys Parmer of Decatur, survive. 1 (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX)

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FACTOR YOUTH IS RELEASED BY KIDNAPERS Chicago Youth Freed After Being Held Captive For Eight Days FATHER DENIES PAYING RANSOM Copyright, 1933, by UP.) Chicano. Apr. 21. —(U.R) Jerome Factor. 19. studious young son of John (Jake th” Barber) Factor, mie-thne bootblack who boasted he gambled with th? Prince of Wales, was released early today by kidnapers who held him eight days for 150,009 ransom. The youth whose father had called in remnants of the powerful Capone gang to aid in obtaining his freedom said he had not been harmed in his captivity. The abductors freed young Factor at the very moment when his father was limiting the underworld in search of the youth. Young Factor appeared at the home of his mother, Mrs. Leonard Marcus. Factor's first wife. It was on the steps of this house that he was seized a week ago Wednesday night by the abduction ring. "The kidnapers kept me blindfolded." said young Factor. "It was hard to tell where they took me. 1 didn’t recognize the spot where they released me. I was in a daze. 1 walked down the street until I saw a cab. I got in and came here. Mrs. Marcus screamed and he came hysterical when she saw her son He was unshaven but appeared in good health. Capt. Dan Gilbert immediately went to the Marcus home to question the youth. He said young Factor appeared uncertain regarding the details of the abduction. "lhe kidnapers told me they didn’t get any ransom but were bringing me back home just the same." young Factor said. His father confirmed this statement and swore he had paid no money for his son’s release. A belief per(CI iNTINTRH ON I’Al’rF SIX) C. E. STRIKER TALKS T 9 CLUB County School Superintendent Gives Address To Rotarians Thursday “Our schools are the hope of the nation." (Tifton E. Striker, county superintendent of schools stated in a talk before the Rotary dub last evening, while discuss- ■ Ing the subject of education and giving a short history of the 1 origin of the school system. The pedaogist dealt with the origin of the school system and sketched a word picture of how it grew to its present standard and purpose. 1 **Tu< atTon is d. -. rilu din many 1 ways, but it does no: merely consist of book learning or the classics, Mr. Striker stated. The moral, spiritual and physical de- ' velopment of the children is part ■ of education, the school superinc’dent emphasized. Despite reduced budgets. no school in Adams county had to curtail the required school term 1 this year, Mr. Striker stated In a few of the townships the.teach-; ; ers have not received their pay for a month, hut they are not protesting and are Willing to serve . until funds become available. Mr. Striker paid 'tribute to th” . teachers and members of the pro--1 session. citing the teachers in Chicago as an example of those who thought more of their duties Tian the dollar. The program was in charge of , Wf'son Lee. chairman. New Store At Monroe 1 T. M. Andrews has announced the opening of a r«w cash grocery store in Monroe. The opening will take 1 place Saturday and special prices will be fe.Hired. Mr. Andrews formerly resided in Monroeville, where he was iu busi- ' nes®.

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Loan Application Deadline May 1 i Applications for crop production loans must be mailed not later than midnight May 1, according to .m announcement made today by John F. Wailiritton. field supervisor for the . St. Louis office, Applic itions should ' not be withheld because waivers or other necessary information is missing, but should be sent in prior to midnight May 1 and necessary papers obtained later. BACCALAUREATE SERMON SUNDAY Rev. Charles Prugh Will Deliver Sermon At Kirkland Services The baccalaureate s-rrnon for the graduating class of the Kirkland high school will be delivered Sunday evening April 23 at 7:30 o’clock in the Kirkland t’ommur.ity building. The sermon will be dslivered by Rev. Charles Prugh pastor of tilie Decatur Zion Reformed Church. His subject will be “Guarding Life's Treasure". Comm mcement exercise- for the ' 18 applicants for diplomas will i>e held Friday night, April 28. The names of the graduates are as follows: Boyd Stepler, Eugene Johnson, Leah Griffiths, Mary Merriman. Met dith Sprunger, Evan Yake, Mildred Henschen, Harold Worthman. Layke Scherry. Wendell Mann, Mabie Borrte. Mary Reinhard. Glen Girod. Helen Mcßride, Virgil Martin, Frances Schlickman Raymond Levy ami Walter Levy. The program for the baccalaureate service follows: March. Invocation —Rev. H. H. Meekstroth. Soig, “I Want to be True,” by Rodenheaver —Young Men's Chorus ot' the Zion Reformed Churcr. Decatur. Sermon. "Guarding Life’s Treasure." —Rev. Charles Prugh. Song. "Th? Lord is My Light," by Carrie H. Adams Young Men's Chorus, Zion Reformed Church. Benediction —Rev Da. iel Grether. Jefferson The baccalaureate services for the Jefferson township seniors will be held Sunday evening at 7:15 o’clock at the Bethel Brethren church. The commencement will iCONTTNI’ED ON PAGE FIVE) Work Progressing On New Theater Work Is progressing rapidly on the new Cort theater, located in the Rice building on North Second street. The new front has be?n built and the work of plastering stuccoing it will begin at once. The decorating of the interior will begin next we- k Jess Le Brim stated and the opening of the place will be held somietime during the first week in May according to present plans. DECATURMAN'S SISTER DIES Mrs. Mary Wagner, Sister Os Thomas Baltzell, Dies Thursday Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Margaret Wagner, 74. of Fort Wayne, sister of Thomas Baltzell ot this city, who di d at her home at East Suttenfield street. Fort Wayne, early Thursdiy morning, will he held Saturday morning at 9 o'clock at the St. Peter's Catholic Church at Fort Wayne. The Very Rev. Msgr. Charles H. Thiele will officiate and burial will ibe made in the Catholic cemetery. Mrs. Wagner died at 2 o'clock Thursday morning al her home. She was a member of the St. Peter's Church, the Christian Mother® Society of tliei church and Io the ladies’ auxiliary to the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. Surviving are the husband, Henry E. Wagner; three sons. John F. and Dent H. Wagner, both of Fort Wayne and Clarence J. Wagner of Peru. Two brothers. Dayton Balt- ' * SlX)** '

Decatur, Indiana, Friday, April 21, 1933.

SPRINGER WILL SPEAK MONDAY Raymond Springer. Prominent Attorney, Will Speak At Banquet Raymond Springer, prominent Connersville attorney, will be the principal speaker at the Phi Delta i Kappa fraternity banquet at the Phi Belt hill on South Second street Monday ‘Venin-g, April 24. at 6:30 o’clock. Mr. Springer was the Republican ' candidate for governor of Indiana I at the 1932 general election, being ; defeated by Paul V. McNutt pre; e t incumbent. Mr. Springer also is a former state commander of the American Legion, serving as commander during the first year of the organization in Indiana. Mr. Springer has long been active in Phi Delta Kappa circles and ills address here will undoubtedly be well received. He is recognized as one of Indiana's ablest young men. One hundred men will be served at the banquet, which will be prepared and served by the Decatur chapter. The meeting is open to the public and many Decatur business men will attend the meeting. De-le- ' gations are expected from chapters at Portland. Huntington. Garrett and Fort Wayne. Mr. Springer will probably be accompanied to this city by Patil s Deaton, also of Connersville, national secretary-treasurer ot’ the organization. Mr. Deaton will make a 1 brief address and several local business men also will give short talks. Rev. Charles M. Prugh. pastor of ttie Decatur Zion Reformed Church, will give the invocation Milton C. Werling, clerk of the Adams circuit court, will preside as j toastmaster. The Epsilon Chi, Phi Delta Kappa ; chapter was organized three years ago and h is mail tallied a membership of 38 young men during that i time, at one time increasing to nearly (k) members. Herman Lankenau is chairman of the social .committee in charge of preparations for the binqnet. He is assisted by Ralph Yager and Joe Elzey. The committee announced that a smoker will be field in th fraternity rooms following the banquet. COURT OF HONOR HELD THURSDAY Badges Presented to Bov Scouts At Rotary Meeting Thursday A Boy Scout court of honor was held at the conclusion of the Rot iry meeting at the Rice hotel Thursday evening. First ami seiond class awa.tds ami merit badges were awarded to a number of scouts. Dr. Fred I. Patterson, chairman of the Court of Honor fining in charge. Four first class, eight seco d class and 11 merit badges were I awarded by Dr. Patterson. The scouts who received first class awards were: William Coffee Rich oxi Gillig. Patrick Murphy. Fred Voglewede. Badges were awarded to the following second class scouts: Orville Irwin. Robert Maloney. Gilbert Egly, James Krick Donald Bixler. Eugene Friedt. James Highland, Robert Lehman. Merit badges were awarded to the following: Lewis B ery. Harold Himmerman, Arthur Sunderniaiin. ' Vernon Affolder. Lawrence Anspaugh, Donald Arnold. Billy Hunter Da.: Holthouse, Leo Mill r, M reel his Miller, Bryce Thomas. Dr. Patterson announced that the i regular court of honor is iheld on i the third Monday of every month at the Central schixrl building anil J th .t Hie public i- invited to attend the ceremonies. Lindberghs Arrive In Saint Louis St. Louis April 21 (UP)—Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh arrived here at 1:25 P. M. today from Indianapolis on their transcouHnen- , tai tour. A “home coming crowd" of several hundred persons including city officials was at Lambert-St. Loui® airport to welcome lhe flying I couple.

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MACDONALD DUE IN WASHINGTON AT CONFERENCE British Prime Minister Is Scheduled To Arrive Late Today FIRST CONFERENCE ON ECONOMIC PLAN Washington, April 21.— (U.R) - l President Roosevelt welcomes the ■opportunity to talk on a frank, informal “brass tacks" basis with Prime Minister MacDonald who arrives late today. This was made known at the ■ White House as the distinguished ■ visitor neared Washington. , Concerned over angered feelings abroad where some construed President Roosevelt’s sudden aban- ! donment of the gold standard as a : diplomatic maneuver to obtain a l bargaining advantage on the eve ’of the international conferences. i friends of the administration insistied that he was moved essentially by a desire to lift domestic prices ind head off unwise and extreme inflationary measures advocated in congress. President Roosevelt was fully recovered from his cold today. He was eager to settle down with ! the British Prime Minister for intimate personal man-to-man talks lover the acute situation. He is especially anxious that diplomatic sparrffig be disposed with I in the conversations both with Mr. MacDonald and with former Premier Herriot of France who arrives Sunday. Domestic problems, pressing as I they are, will be pushed aside. ; President Roosevelt wants to de- | vote himself entirely to talk with the European statesmen. Col. Loui® McHenry Howe, senior secretary to the President, will I represent the White House at the station when Mr. McDonald arrives. He will escort the party to the executive mansion where the President and Mrs. Roosevelt will greet their guests. Arrangements have been made to 1 give President Roosevelt and Prime Minister .MacD. nald practically an ; entire Sunday to talk out their problems. They will begin at breakfast and continue practically until bedtime. In order that he can have perfect quiet without interruption Hie President plans, if weather is good, to take Mr. MacDonald aboard Hie Sequoia, White House yacht, for a cruise down the Potomac. o Loaned $309,000 Washington. Apr. 21. —(U.R)—The Reconstruction Finance Corporation lias made a $300,06(1, five and one half per cent self liquidating loan to Michigan City. Ind., ton use by the city in modernization of its water system, filtration and storage plants and water mains, it was announced last night. EXERCISES AT GENEVA MONDAY High School Commencement Will Be Held Monday At 7:30 I*. M. Twenty-six members of the senior class of the Geneva high school will be awarded diplomas at the I annual conjmencement exercises Monday evening, April 24. The exercises will be held at the Geneva Methodist church. The Honorable Barton Reese Pogue of Upland, will deliver the ; commencement address. Principal R. (). Hunt will make the class pre sentation and diplomas will be . awarded by Trustee Ed Stahly anil Superintendent of Schools ('. E. Striker. Miss Ruth Brennan is valedictor- ( ian of Hie class and Miss Ida Sommer is the salultatorian. The 26 members of the graduating class are: Wilbur Kirchhoffer. William E. , Heeler. Kenneth A. McKissick. , John H. Mason. Marjorie H. Havil(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

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Speaks Monday LU f ■ Raymond Springer, who will be ; the principal speaker at the Phi Delta Kappa banquet in this city Monday evening. Mr. Springer, a Connersville attorney, was the Republican gubernatorial candidate in the 1932 election and is a former state commander of the American Legion. WM. GAHMAN DIES TODAY Farmer Dies At Home North of Craigville Early This Morning William H. Gahman. 75. firmer, died at 12:30 this morning at his home north of Craigville. He had been a resident of Indiana 31 years H J was born in Mahoning county ' Ohio on Mari h 25. 1858. a sou of Mi. and Mrs. Samuel G ihman. His marriage to Mrt. Nancy Brenneman Griffiths took place on January 31. 18S4. Surviving besides the , widow are the following children. Mis. Ftank Bright. Tocsin: M irtin, at home; Ottoman, Detroit, Mich., Mrs. Chari < R. Hogg. Bluffton. 1 Floyd, New York City; Mrs. Clar- ■ ence R. Abbott. Vaa Wert, Ohio; Mrs. O. C. Odell. Lima, Ohio; Thomas Griffiths, of Decatur is a stepi son. Funeral services will be held ?t 9 o'clock Monday morning at the ' U. B. Chinch at Craigvill- and bur : ial at Lima. Ohio at Elida cemetery. LARGE CROWD ATTENDS PLAY Junior Class Play Presented At High School Audit ori u m Th u rsd ay ! The Junior class play. "Be ’ Yourself," which was presented in . Hie Decatur high school auditorium Thursday night, was witnessed by a large and appreciative audience. Tile clever three act comedy was directed by Miss Vernea.l Whalen, instructor in the high school!. In a very capable manner. Max Zimmerman was business manager and Charles Ehingej' and John Heller Were the stage malingers. Between the acts music was furnished by Hie Misses Zula Porter ; and Mary Kathryn Tyndall. The play takes place in a penthouse apartment in New York. Leslie Ferris and Beverly Lane, played by Helen Suttles and Helena R lyl. respectively, are two . girls who are employed by Madame I Francis, an interior decorator. , Madame. played by Margaret . Campbell, asks the girls to occupy the apartment tfhich is to be oct cupied by the Prince and Princess Luverne, so that the girls may , absorb the proper atmosphere (CONTINt'ITII OX PAGK SIXI 1 0 Pleads Not Guiltv * • 1 Bloomington. Ind . Apr. 21. (U.R) ' Pleading not guilty when arraigned in city court, John Davidson. 48, was bound over to Monroe cir- ’ cult court late yesterday for trial on charges’ of involuntary manslaughter. He is accused of making his son, ■ Robert. 7, drink whisky. The boy ' died from acute alcoholic poison- ' ing. "' Bond was set at $1,090.

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BILL REPORTED AS AMENDMENT TO FARM RELIEF Banking Committee Reports Favorably In Administration Bill SEPARATE BILL BEFORE HOUSE Washington, Apr. 21. —‘U.R) — The senate banking and currency committee voted today to report favorably to the senate the administration’s six billion dollar currency and credit expansion program. The disputed proposal goes now to the floor where its opponents are reported organizing a filibuster against it. Chairman Fletcher said it was his intention to report the bill as soon as possible and take it up in the senate this afternoon. The committee voted to report the inflation measure favorably as an amendment to the farm relief bill but adopted a resolution recommending that it be withdrawn on the floor to lie treated as a separate proposition. Meanwhile Republicans of both senate and house were organizing under the significant direction of .former Secretary of Treasury Mills for a last ditch fight to stave off passage of the inflation program. Separate Bill Washington. April 21. —(U.R) The administration .currency inflation program was today introduced to the house in the form of a separate bill by Representative Rankin. Democrat of Mississippi, leader ot the house expansionist bloc. The Mississippi congressman explained he hud taken the precantion of introducing a duplicate measure "so w’e may take it up and pass it in case the opposition in the senate should prevent its ad- ; option as an amendment to the farm bill." Q —————— Carl Smith Purchases Additional Kennels (' .rl Smith has purchased the MtLeli'.inon dog ki nels fiom John Joseph of this city. Mr. Smith has combined He kennels witli his own. located on North Second street. Included in the purchase were five Boston terriers, giving the Aha Ke. nels, under which name Mr. Smith operates. 17 fin canines. The purchase also included "Speed King", state fair prize winner .mil winner at several other dog shows. Mr. Smith intends to ,-xhibit several of his dogs at the Aubur., show. Dirigible Macon Begins First Flight Akron. April 21. (U.R) The navy dirigible U. S. S. Macon, largest lighter-than-air craft in the world, was taken into the air today on her maiden flight. Braving the skies that hurled her sister ship, the Akron, to destruction in Hie Atlantic ocean, the huge silvery ship swung slowly upward from her mooring mast at Goodyear-Zeppelin airdock here nt 6:oi a. m. Weather conditions were ideal. SOCIETY WILL PRESENT PLAY Young Peonies Society Will Give Play At St. .John Church The Young Peoples Society of the st. John Church, located north of Decatur on state road 27. will 1 present the three act farce, "Poor Father.” in the St. John school auditorium. Saturday and Sunday nights. April 22 and 23. The scene of the play is laid in the living room of 'the Tompkins’ home. Music will be furnished between the acts. Following is the cast of characters: Wiliinm Tompkins, a han, pressed father Herman Bulniahn Clifford Tompkins, a student of psychology Harold Bultnahn Harold Caldwell, always in the wny Emit Reiter Sidnev Dunnnel, a wealthy bachelor Henry Schuller : George Washington Brown, a (CO.NTIXCED* ON * PAGE ** VE* *