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ISOBGANIZE Selection iKKIIUW |lk McConnell And ■ ong Kile Petitions Kor Candidacy ■ meeting in ■catvr tonight ■ions were being circuKliy asking that Frank ■elf, wholesale tobacco ' ■of this city and Jake 1" knows Geneva it, hr the candidates g' repeal of the EighAmendment, at the || county election, Tues■ne 6. ■men pledge themselves ■or the repeal of the amend- i Htlte stale convention to be K> 26 at Indianapolis. To i tlilir vote for repeal of the ■ent they must he elected K two candidates opposed ■ Ketchum. Decatur and Edi- ■ Kinger, Berne, both school K are the candidates of the ■hey pledge themselves to I ■•linst the repeal of the ■ent. Kan today a few hundred ■ad already signed the peti■king that Mr. McConnell |, Long be selected as can- ( | Petitions were circulated ■dur. Berne, Geneva and in ■i! sections of the county. | requires that the petitions | least .’>oo signatures. They ■ filed with the county clerk |r than May 6. Several in- ■ volunteered to circulate ■titions. They were being ■v men and women opposed ■sth amendment. ■eting of those interested iu |eal cause will be hrtd at ■lock this evening at the ■r of Commerce rooms. An ■tion will be formed and ■ade to conduct the camnil general election. Wet ■cans will join wet Demo- ■ the cause and the campaign ■ conducted on a non-partis-■is. the issue being for or ■iNI'EH (IX PAGE EIGHT 0 ,— ■ Theater Party ■neinber’ of the senior cl'iss ■ G?n- v i high sclhool. the S'- us the school and guests, ■ing 60, enjoyed a theatre ■t the Adams Theatre in this ■tirsday night. |c Is Held At I Mt. Pleasant School I pupils of the Mt. Pleasant I - d their parents and ■’enjoyed a pot-luck supper isehooi Thursday evening. A ■tn was given by the children ■ the dir ction of Miss Lois ■n. the teacher of the school ■as the closing day program l ■s well attended by-the parftd friends of the children. ■ i—.— p I). Banta Dies At Willshire, Ohio f x D. Ranta, 75, of Willshir.-, la retired mail carrier, died Ph at his home Thursday ■ at 8 o'clock of heart ißinta was born in Decatur ■'“-r 28, 1857, a son of Mr. r rii - Henry Banta. He was |d to Mary Exline of V •County, Ohio who preceded I death. ►as a member of the Maaonic pud the Methodist Episcopal I 1 of Willshire. Funeral serIwili be held Monday after-' r* 2 o'clock -at tits home in lire. Anne Winnes Chosen President r A,lne Winnes of this city, a I at Franklin college, has •elected for two presidencies f coming year. She was electF*ident of the Women’s Self r'lig Association and has Installed ne president of Eta r Phi, honorary classical lauI society. * Winnes is one of the'out- | n . K juniors at Frankklin coli During, the past yea? she pcsldbnt of her sorority, Zola

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Duce’s Emissary l r—•IF £. . 1 w ' I’ Ol 1 Finance Minister Guido Jung, of i Italy, who is on the way to the s United States to represent his country at the series of pre-eco-nomic conference parleys Presi- i dent Roosevelt is holding at Wash- i ington. Interviewed by reporters : as he sailed from Genoa. Jung i said he was under "very strict i orders from Premier Mussolini to do very little talking" before lie i sees President Roosevelt. ADAMS COUNTY FIGURES GIVEN County School Units May Receive’s64,2oo to Aid In Teachers Pay Indianapolis, Apr. 28. — (Special) ■ —School units in Adams county may receive $64,200 from the state of Indiana because of the gross income tax law which becomes effective .Muy 1. Twelve townships and two school corporatHins, ItMcaiur and Berne, will receive S6OO for each teacher if the gross income tax yield is sufficient to make the distribution possible. The city of Decatur alone will receive $16,200, to be used only for the payment of teacher s' salaries. If the money received from the state were to be raised by taxes in Adams county, an average levy of 26 and one-half cents wood be required. according to figures compiled by the gross income tax divjsion from records in the office of the state superintendent of public instruction. These figures are based on an average daily attendance estimated at 90 per cent of the school enro lment. Average daily attendance of 35 in the grade schools and 25 in the high schools constitutes a “teacher" under the law governing distribution of state funds. School transfers, for which transferring townships will bo reintburs ed by townships to which the transfer is made, are not considered in the following table. The table shows, in the first column, the number of teachers to which the school unit is entitled, in the second column the amount of money which (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) FOUR MEMBERS OF FAMILY DIE Father, .Mother And Two Children Found Dead In Automobile Jordan. Minn.. April 28. (U.R) - Mrs. Genevieve Clark. 38, whose insistence on acquittal deadlocked the jury in the notorious Foshay mail fraud case, was found dead with her husband and two children ' in their parked automobile near here last night. Mrs. Clark and her husband apparently had decided to wipe out their family rather than undergo • the ignominy of jail for the wife ’ and mother.* A section of garden hose ran from the automobile’s ex- ' haust pipe Into the sedan in which ' the bodies were discovered. Mrs. Clark was sentenced to jail '. for contempt of court because she ' won a place as a juror in the Fo- ' shay trial without revealing that ‘ she was a former employe of the Foshay enterprises. Her husband, D. D. Clark, went into debt in an attempt to keep her out of jail, but her last appeal had failed. The children who died with the * continued on fagL seven

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BONUS RIDER IS DEFEATED BY SENATORS Vote of 60 to 28 Defeats Immediate Cash Pay- | ment To Veterans SEN. CARTER GLASS ATTACKS MEASURE Washington April 28 — (UP) —i i Administration votes in the senate today belt down the veterans bop- I us rebellion and defeated a rider to \ I the curr npy inflation bill for ini- I mediate c ish payment of upwards I I of two billion dollars to former I soldiers. The vote was 60 to 28. i The vote removed the last serious obstacles to spe dy adoption of the unprecedented inflation plan sponsored by the administration to : raise commodity prices by cheapen- j ing the American dollar. The immediate cash payment| - offered by Sen. Robinson, R. of Ind- 1 iana, is not mandatory. Like other sections of the proposed inflation plan it would have been discretionary with President Roosevelt whe- , ther -to compensate the soldiers. After the inflation section is adopted, two controversies remain i to 'be -s-cttled on the farm bill itself. One is a Republic n attempt to wipe out the commodity price increasing section and substitute the ■ Hoover-Hyde land leasing program, | doomed to speedy defeat. The other I is a motion to eliminate sugar cane and sugar beets from the commodi ties to be aidded. Conservative republicans failed yesterday to tempt free silver men into coalition to remove .from the inflation bill authority for revaluing the gold dollar. The administr'ition prevailed. 53 to 35. in spite of a bitter denunciation by Senator Glass. Dem.. Va„ of President Roosevelt's entire gold program. The Little Virginian began with the gold emb.rgo. side-swiped the executive order compelling citizens to turn in their gold, and wound up with the statement that to revalue the gold dollar would be dis(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) KIRKLAND TO GRADUATE 18 Commencement Exercises Will Be Held at Kirkland High School Tonight Eighteen seniors will receive diplomas at the annual commencement exercises at the Kirkland high school tonight. The address will be given by the Honorable Barton Rees Pogue of Upland. The class presentation will be given by Principal Mann. County \ Superintendent Clifton E. Striker will award the diplomas. The eighteen graduates are:| Mab'e S. Borne. Leah Marcile Griffiths. Glen E. Girod. Mildred B. Henschen, Eugene L. Johnson. Walter D. Levy. Raymond L. Levy. Wendell Manq, Mary M. Merriman. Virgil E. Martin.'Helen M. Mcßride. Mary V. Reinhard, Boyd D. Stepler, , t-ayke D. Seherrv, Meredith J. Sprunger, Frances E. Schlickman. 'Harold E. Warthman. Evan E. i Yake. The complete commencement program follows: March. Invocation — Rev. H. H. Meek-, 'stroth. Vocal solo —Mrs. Ralph Jahn. Address Barton Rees Poguo. Vocal solo —Mrs. Ralph Jahn. Presentation ot class —Principal Mann. Presentation of diplomas—Superintendent Striker. Vocal solo —Mrs. Ralph Jahn. Benediction—Rev. Meckstroth. Thirty-five Members Attend Meeting Here Thirty-five metm’bers of the sec-, ond district of the state funeral directors association attended the dis 1 trice meeting held at the Decatur, ' Masonic hall Thursday afternoon and evening. A b'nquet was served at 6:>30 by ' the Eastern Star ladies. Following Jthe banquet, talks were made by Bert Gadd, 'lndianapolis, state pre- ' sident, and J. B. Flynn. Chesterton, first vhe president. Rev. Har- !! ry Thompson of Decatur gave severaJ readings.

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Rebuked by Bar I HR. fl j. n yfli 11 io jjW - li'-'s is, A-fr-T-ifjgfe I?-;-'- ' • , "-’'-fc .T HL ■- ;i wii T’v i s , ;<• f uKajl t Federal Judge Charles E. Wood- j ' ward of Chicago, who was rebuk-' f ed by the Chicago Bar Association Thursday for the frequent ft appointment of his son's law firm I as counsel in receivership cases. < The association made it clear ’ > that its report was not a reflec- I tion upon the integrity of the judge or the law firm, but con- I demned the practice. GIVE PROGRAM 1 t SUNDAY NIGHT t Glad Chest Program Will Be Held at United Breth- I ren Church Sunday The Juniors and the Jewels of ■ 1 the United Brethren church will < observe the Glad Chest opening Sunday evening at 6:30 o’clock in ' the church. All juniors are requested to bring their Glad Chests to the church at 6 o'clock. The public is cordially invited to attend - the program, which will be as follows: Prelude Ireta Fisher fall to Worship I loro t liy We rt zberger Hymn—'Holy, Holy, Holy" ..Congregation . Song Jewells Prayer Don Williams Response Jewells Scripture Psalm 100 Hilda Williams Hymn—" This is My Father's World'' Juniors Reading —"An Old Woman Who Couldn't Read" Eldora Bakel Scripture Period Six Juniors Horn Duet Maxine Hilton and her father, accompanied by ireta Fisher. Playlet, "Mother Goose and Her Missionary Circle" Jewells Hymn, “We’ve a Story to Tell CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT WOMEN SPEAK TO ROTARIANS Mrs. Chalmer Porter And Miss Eva Acker Urge Organizations Be Formed A plea that Parent-Teachers organizations be organized in j every school or one general organization for all the schools be j formed in the city, was made by ' Mrs. Chalmer O. Porter and Miss! Eva Acker, president and seers-j---tary of the South Ward Parentj Teachers organization, in talks before the members of the Rotary club last evening. Mrs. Porter stated the purpose ! of Parent-Teachers organizations. ! “We are interested in child life: | and the proper rearing of our children. The Parent-Teachers organ- . Izations serve to bring about a! 1 better understanding between, teachers, the pupils and parents and much good is accomplished j through them. We would like to ! see an organization in every' school in the city, or ane organization representing all the school. At the South Ward fine results have come from the co-' ’ Tconti’n Jwd o*N I'AgL’ sTk? ’

THOMPSON TO GIVE READING Rev. Harry Thompson Will Give Public Reading Os Own Poems May 9 The Alpha Phi Delta fraternity will sponsor the first public reading of Harry W. Thompson’s poetry ’ on Tuesday, May 9. The theme of his readings will be "Pure Idealism vs. the Popular Mind." The young peoples groups in a, number of the churches in the city - have been invited to share in the ticket sale with the club and several have signified their intehtions , to cooperate. The organizations - participating will be published later when all have reported. Each will give a musical contribution, making a varied and interesting ! program. Mr. Thompson has been writing verse for the past year and many ' of his poems have appeared in the Decatur Daily Democrat. He has ' given a reading of them only once to an audience —before the Adams County School Principals Associa-, tion Upon their recommendation he was invited by the Alpha Phi Delta fraternity to give a public program.' Mr. Thompson is well known lit ; this city. For several years he was pastor of the First Christian church of Decatur. He resigned from the : ministry because of illness in his i home. Since then he has conduct-' ed adult classes in* public speaking, psychology, and other subjects. Writing verse has been his hobby for some time. He has had to sandwich the writing into odd hours which his radio repair work and classes left him. He now plans to publish his first slender volume of poetry. The program will be in two parts. The first will include lighter selections while the second will be more of a serious nature. Besides his own poems he will include selections from Louise Wheately. James Whitcombe Riley, Eugene Field and Paul Lawrence Dunbar, the great negro poet. David Heller is chairman of the committee in charge of the arrangements and Gerald Smitley is treasurer. Committees will be appointed for the various churches. GROSS INCOME TAX IN EFFECT New Indiana Gross Income Tax Will Go Into Effect Next Monday Indianapolis. Apr. 28.—(U.R) The new Indiana gross income tax law ■ will go into effect May 1 with first payments tailing due July 1. Passed by the Democratic controlled 1933 legislature, the act is ! intended to reduce the burden ot 1 property taxes and enable the state to balance its budget. Manufacturers, wholesalers, coal producers, farmers and poultry and livestock raisers will be taxed one fourth of one per cent. Retailers and individuals will be required to pay a tax of one per cent on their gross incomes. An exemption of SI,OOO is allow- . ed in each instance. The first payments will be computed by deducting $166.67 from each gross income. This is one i sixth of the SI,OOO exemption and 'the deduction is necessary because ON PAGE SEVEN SHOP HERE ~ SATURDAY In the city-wide President’s Day Sale, local merchants offer the shoppers extraordinary low priced values. Practically every line of business has a special offer for the shopper and the thrifty person will save money by taking advantage of the many bargains. This issue of the paper contains the meat market and gro'cery special, together with timely suggestions for the Sunday dinner or the restocking of the pantry and food shelves with fine eatables. Read the advertisements and then de your shopping in De- , catur Saturday. Every effort will j?e made to please you.

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JUDGE RULES BEER CONTROL ACTS ILLEGAL Marion County Judge Holds Major Provisions Unconstitutional RULING IS MADE DURING TEST CASE Indianapolis, Apr. 28. —(U.R) —Major provisions of the Indiana beer control act were held unconstitutional today by Judge Frank P. Baker of Marion county criminal court. In making his ruling Judge Bak- , er likened the'lndiana legislature to Al Capone. The decision resulted from a test case appealed from municipal court by Gladys Townsend, negro, who was fined $lO and costs and sen-; tenced to 30 days on charges of drunkenness. The beer law contains penalties I : for drunkenness and drunken driv-! ing. “The Eighteenth amendment proIvides against any traffic iu intqxi-. eating liquor and any legislature . dealing with intoxicating liquor would be unconstitutional,’’ Judge Baker said. “If the law can be held consti- : tutional on the theory that it deals . with alcoholic liquors that are not intoxicating, then 3.2 beer would . fall under the same classification jas soft drinks, tea and coffee. “Consequently the legislature; i can makke no provision concerning 3.2 beer that it could not make i on any soft drink." Division of the state into dis-, ' tricts with the provision that beer must be handled by importers is 'i an "interference with interstate I ' conjmerce. creates a monopoly, is against public policy and it with- ’ out fort e and effect." Baker’s opin-i 1 ion held. “This law.” he continued, "shows an effort on the part of the legis- ' lature to do by law what Al Ca- ' pone did with machine guns.” Baker's opinion, if upheld by the higher courts, would open the way to draught beer which the Indiana CtINTINCEI) ON PAGE EIGHT Large Crowd Attends Program Last Night An appreciative crowd attended the Julius Caesar Nayphe program . held in the Decatur high school auditorium Thursday night under the auspices of the Methodist Episcopal Sunday School. The program was greatly enjoy - ed by those attending the performr ance. Nayphe was very entertain-' t ing and his lecture Thursday night included a fine interpretation of the Twenty-third Psalm. He was j familiar with his subject, having f been reared in Palestine on his a father's cquntry acres. Nayphe addressed the pupils of j the Decatur high school during the I chapel period Friday morning and 3 his talk and exposition of the cuss toms, and habits of the Far East ,! were appreciated by the students. DEBT PROGRESS : IS ANNOUNCED I e • Roosevelt And Herriot Report Progress on War Debt Negotiations Washington, Apr. 28.- J -(U.R) —Progress on war debt negotiations was reported today by President Roosevelt and former Premier Herriot of France in a joint statement issued !at the White House. This advance in the internationjal attack upon problems which have delayed world economic recovery was coupled with the disclosure that a resolution opening the way for tariff readjustments is ready for presentation in the senate. It was learned also that the 'White House is planning issuance ' later of a communique summarizing all developments of this week's j conferences between President Roosevelt and representatives of Great Britain. France and Canada. The Roosevelt-Herriot statement declared that the debt discussions had proved to ho of value and were | of the most frank and friendly (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE).

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New Navy Chief ■: •■NT' f ~ \ * Vice-Admiral William H. Standley. who has been appointed new. Chief of Naval Operations, the! Navy's highest command, to succeed Admiral William Pratt, who reached the retirement age on' March 1. However, Secretary of the Navy Swanson announced, Admiral Pratt will be retained pending definite action by the Geneva Disarmament Conference, i ARRANGE PLANS FOR BOYS WEEK Interesting Program Is Arranged For Observance Os Boys Week A program, marking the national observance of Boys' Week, will ! open in this city Sunday with the observance of hoys' day in church. The program this year will not be extensive as carried out in former years. Several activities, incident to boys' week have already 'been held, including the exhibit and demonstration given »>y the Boy Scouts last month. On Monday eliminations for the athletic contests will be held. Tuesday evening there will be a Boy Scout hoard of review meeting and the public is invited to attend. Wednesday evening at 6:30 o’clock, a Boy Scout meeting will he held at the Decatur high school * building, the parents of the scouts being invited. A baseball game between the Central and St. Joe teams will be played Thursday afternoon at 3:45 o'clock at the South ward diamond. The winners will be declared city

(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) GYNTHAMARTZ DIES THURSDAY Mrs. John T. Martz Dies At Berne Last Night Following Stroke Berne. April 28. -(Special)—Mrs. John T. Martz. 82, for many years a resident of Berne, died at her home here at 10 p. m. Thursday of paralysis and complications. Mrs. Martz suffered a stroke early Wednesday morning. She had been in poor health for several years. Mr. and Mrs. Martz celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary on April 5. The deceased was horn in Darke ! ! county, Ohio, July 20. 1852, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lorenzo ; Hughes. She was united In marriage to John T. Martz. April 5, 1868. They lived several years In Monroe township but for the past 53 . years have been residents of Berne. Surviving besides the husband ate three sons, Charles and Hosea Martz of Berne and Christian, of Fort Wayne. One sister, Mrs. Nor- ! man Jacobs of Berne also survives. Two sons, one daughter and two sisters and four brothers preceded Mrs. Martz in death. Funeral services will he held as the home at 1:3(1 p. m. Sunday and at 2 p. m. at th Berne Evangelical j church, with Rev. M. O. Herman officiating. Burial at the M. R. E. i cemetery. o — Missionary Service At Mount Pleasant A special missionary service will I be held at the Mt. Pleasant church l Sunday morning at 16:31) o'clock. | Miss Pearl Galloway of Van Wert Ohio, will be the speaker.

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GOV. HERRING ISSUES ORDER AFTER OUTRAGE Judge Bradley Badly Beaten By Masked Men Who Threaten Hanging PROTEST ACTION IN FORECLOSURES Des Mbines, la., Apr. zß.— (U.R)—Gov. Clyde L. Herring today issued a proclamation declaring martial law in Plymouth county, where 200 National guardsmen have been ordered as the result of farm unrest. The governor dispatched Col. Glenn C. Haynes of his ! personal staff to Sioux City by airplane, with orders to mobilize a machine gun company ot 100 men and take charge at once of the Le Mars area under martial law. “I want it expressly understood,” the governor said, “that this gang which outraged Judge Bradley is not a representative group of lowa I farmers. It is composed entirely of hoodlums." Nearly Hanged Le Mars, la., Apr. 28, — (U.R) —• lowa farmers' revolt against mortgage foreclosures burned at tinder- ' box tenseness today, kindled to white heat by two attempts of masked men to hang a judge whom they dragged from his courtroom. The veteran jurist. Judge C. C. Bradley, was beaten, mauled, smeared with grease and grime and jerked from the ground by a noose as 150 vengeful farmers shouted their protests against his foreclos- : ure activities. The judge, past 60, whose sterling character upheld . the law even as the noose choked I i off his words, was recovering at , i his home today. Only a prayer for Divine guid- , ance which Judge Bradley uttered ! as he knelt in the dust of a count ! try road sobered the mob and saved his life, witnesses said. Sheriff Ralph E. Rippey of Plymouth county, who himself was I subjected to threats of violence ! and hanging, could not be reached I at his home or office. Other auth- , orities regarded the attacks on Judge Bradley and Sheriff Rippey as the first open revolution in the , smouldering corn belt resentment • against foreclosures. They express(•O.NTI.Nt'EI) ON PAGE EIGHT 0

Asks AH Veterans File Applications Raymond Kohn, service officer of Adams Post No. 43 of the American Legion, urges all veterans receiving compensation or those believing themselves eligible to pensions, to communicate with him at once. Mr. Kohne has been asked by state headquarters to compile this list hy May 1 Only a small percentage of Adams county veterans have tiled these applications with Mr. Kohne to date and lie urges immediate filing of these claims so that they may he sent to headquarters at Indianapolis. Those who have never filed are required to show army discharges when making application. ORGANIZATION IS COMPLETED State Highway Department Reorganization Completed hy Adams Indianapolis April 28 —(UP) —Organization of the state highway department under the new Demo cratic administration was completed today. J ntes D. Adams, commission chairman, announced the changes. They include appointments to the state house office staff and completion of reorganization of the field engineers division. Salaries have been cut an average of 12 per cent. Adams said. (Adams announced that six maintenance. six 'bridge and eight construction district officers will be i.ombini d into the six district headquarters offices. District engineers and their assistants named included: Fort Wayne — Roy Binerstine, Wells county, engineer; J. F*. I’ark'er of W> Iks county, construction I assistant.