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MS CAUSE Jjj DEATHS IN ■TH INDIANA W-— Sweep TotrfSoiithern Section I Os State Today ■ek lessened EIjRTIIERN PART t Liainpolis. Mav 15 <U.R) which have claimand caused un- ■ piW” J| ,v in cen- ■ Indi.iii.i swept toward. sn lions of the state ■ wil I"' several days be<^^KlHinns return to ■ WKokoiiio, ludiaiuipo- ■ Anderson, Nobles- ■ 9 ~Tio-i cities which have K st*k'i: during the last few K; |X the water in upper both the While and was receding, decreased in this ■ion ff the state the threat south. ■dkW county was experiene- ■ taWorst flood since 1913. Kite rt' was rising a half an Ilnur. Highway traffic ’■hami I ant! serious damage ■■■done to crops. Kbi 1 locomotive was deI’.tershurg when Pride out part of the the White and reported at stage 1913. was believed reachbut the water was at Shoals where the Ees *f 'i'i families are endangHm|l 1 'tdition was aggraShoals by 4.8 indies of fell 36 hours. river started to recede but showed a rise ■PofEbns. warnings for southern ■■rrp issued by the U. S. bureau at Washington, the southern sec■w Mat' d a greater flood haz- ■ til was expected. Both the ' ■'MiMaiiil Ohio rivers were their banks. At Liß.'. the Wabash was more ■Mg Mile and a half wide in ' BflH was cut off on three water covered the main nv imcf «t\> —o- —

fix PARENT «S SUDDENLY Well Known I)e- - SunSaginaw, Mich. ■sis aVaM T. Parent, age 46. Sagi- . brother of Will and ,edn^ n^Br >!| reut of this city, died Sunday morning followattack. and family had gone "ni«w 'JB 11 alu ' returned home for *' Within an hour followhc kfast he took ill and died heart attack. or H|' K ‘ r wi * ! b “ brought to :m B® JBf Tuesday noon and taken of his brother. Will ,t« West Adams street. I*s|n aren t was bom in Washlj"n Adams county. 18R7. He was the son f Mrs. Joseph Parent, years ago he lived in this to Saginaw, where a responsible nosition if Motors. being in ’ la O of (,lp e lectric department n to moving to Saginaw. ' was engaged with his rot^Bl in the electrical and business in this city In Inarriet * Miss Anna Myers city. To this union Iwo were born. ea the wife, the children, L’.W 811,1 Ted, survive. The folwisß brothers and sisters also Omer, Clare, Mich; Ber‘BtNITEn on PACK THUER' — o Damage Caused M By Fire In Maine i A«tarn. Me.. May 15—(TTP)-A tire farmed by a strong [ Bfcreud through 200 buildings today and still was tinafter doing art estimated j -i-ts damage 1

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'Lobsiger Infant Is Buried Today ! Funeral services for John Lobster, Jr., two day-old son of Mr. | and Mrs. Noble Lobsiger, residing [near Decatur, were held at the S. : E. Black Funeral Parlors on South Second street, at 9 o'clock Monday morning. Rev. Robert Rash of [Willshire, Ohio, officiated at the services and burial was made In I the Ray cemetery. The bbay was born Friday, the ■son of Noble and Dorothy Felty [Lobsiger, and died Saturday night. This was the first child in the family. Surviving besides the parents are the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. [John Lobsiger and Mr. and Mrs., John Felty. o- — SPRING RALLY HELD SUNDAY Lutheran Walther League Societies Held In Decatur Sunday The annual spring rally of the Lutheran Walther League societies of the Inter-River Zone, was held in Decatur, Sunday. The rally was in two sessions, afternoon and evening. I The afternoon program was held in the local church and consisted of a business meeting. The election of zone officers was held and resulted in the following: Harold Reidenbach. St. Pauls Lutheran church at Convoy, Ohio, president; Gerhardt Schultz, Emanual Lutheran church. Union township, vicepresident; Helen Helmke, Christ church Woodburn, secretary-treas-urer. Miss Agnes r.izler of the St. Johns Walther League at Convoy, Ohio, won the oratorical contest and was presented with the prize of live dollars, Carl Bauer, StPauls league, Convoy, won second place. Societies represented were St. Johns and St. Pauls of Convoy, O.; Emanuel, Union township; Zion Lutheran. Decatur; St. Johns, Monroeville; St. Bail's, Gar Creek. New Haven; Christ Church, Woodburn, and Zion Lutheran of Bull Rapids. The afternoon sessions included the reports of district officers and the treasurer, report of resolutions committee and zone chairman, report of election committee and announcements. Rev. Paul W. Schultz of the local church led in prayer and gave the address of welcome to which the response was made by Victor B'eeke, vice-president of

the zone. The seventh semi-annual Fellowship Dinner of the Inter-River Zone f was held at the Decatur Country Club and 313 voting people attended the banquet. The dinner was served under the auspices of tho Zion Lutheran Missionary Society. 1 ■ Arthur J. Keller of this city was master of ceremonies and Chester Hitzeman of Fort Wayne was toastmaster. The speaker at the program was Prof. E. Schnedler of I *7continued on page FIVE) Local Dogs Entered In Auburn Dog Show The North astern Indiana Kennel Club will sponsor a dog show at Auburn next Saturd y and Sunday, May 20 a> d 21. Carl Smith has entered two dogs in the show and will also show a dog owned by George Thoms. One of the features of the show will be the children's classes. CONSERVATION MAN IN DECATUR Dr. M. T. Jay of Fish And Game Division VVill Form Organization Dr. M. T. Jay of Portland, repre-j Renting the flrsh and gave division lot the department of conservation,) was in the city today visiting with hunters and fishermen. Dr. Jay will return here Monday, j ' May 22 for the purpose of forming I a local organization of sportsmen. The meeting will be held at the! Chamber of Commerce rooms and | two reels of pictures wi'l be shown. Any person interested in promote j ing better hunting and fishing prac-1 tices is invited to the meeting. The | department wants a close and helpful relationship between hunter and . land owner and a 'program of this I kind will be carried out. Dr. Jay' ‘announced, _____

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DAIRY STRIKE IS CONTINUED IN WISCONSIN 400 Strikers Ambush Milk Caravan. Dump 20,000 Pounds of Milk OFFICIALS SAY EMBARGO WANING Milwaukee, Wis„ May 15—<U.P) [ I ■ —With violence reported on two ! fronts, striking Wisconsin farmers opened a determined drive today, to win new supporters to tliujr cause while state and county officials asserted that effectiveness of the embargo was waning. A brief, bitter battle occurred near East Troy when 400 strikers ambusbed a southward bound milk caravan, overpowered the drivers and seized the trucks. More than 20,000 pounds of milk was dumped on the highway. Tear gas bombs were hurled, but a strong wind blew the fumes j away so rapidly that they were ineffective. One of the strikers. [ Otto Marquette, head of the East Troy branch of the Wisconsin Milk Pool, was knocked unconscious. A few others suffered bruises as guards wielded milk can tops. The strikers themselves, fearing reprisal from state authorities, did not injure guards or truckers. Barely a hundred feet away, in Waukesha county, stood 35 deputy sheriffs. They were powerless to cross , the line into Walworth county, where the fight occurred. Sheriff G<|>rge O'Brien of Walworth county Issued a call for 100 deputies to prevent further violence. « The other outbreak came in Kenosha ciuiiity where farmers seized a (rin k and poured ouT*lh<’t milk. By order of Governor Albert Schmedeman, strikers were not molested in counties where a majority of the dairy interest favored the embargo. Last night 18 .counties were on the strike list. *-♦

(CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) WYOMING VOTES ON REPEAL LAW Western State Is Fourth To Vote On National Prohibition Repeal Cheyenne. Wyo.. May 15 U.R) — The Wyoming electorate voted on the question of repealing the 18th . amendment to the tederal constitution today. Although voting today was only the first of three steps in which Wyoming will register 1 its decision on the repeal issue, results of the polling will determine definitely into which column the state's choice will fail. Voters, met at precinct conventions to elect delegates committed definitely for or against repeal, to attend county conventions May 18 The county meetings will select representatives to attend the final state repeal convention at Casper May 25. Wyoming was the fourth state to act on the repeal issue, following Michigan, Wisconsin. and Rhode Island which already have gone on record as favoring repeal Both wets and drys today claimed strength, but a definite prediction of the final totals and result was difficult. Wets pointed to the fact that Wyoming last fall favored repeal in a referendum at the polls. They admitted, however, that drys have organized strongly. Legion Post Plans Official Opening Plans are being made for the offiIclal opening of the Decatur Country Club, now operated by Adams Post of the American Legion. The opening will be held Mon--1 day, Jume 5 and a committee has been named to m'ke arrangements for the event. The general com- ■ mittee follows. David Adams, chairI man, Lloyd Baker, Charles Burkee, James K. Staley, Albert Miller. The committee announced that I all detains of the program had not t yet been completed, but that ani nouncement would be made In the near future, giving everyone ample [time to participate in the opening

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Decatur, Indiana, Monday, May 15, 1933.

Bank Holdup Attempt Fails ■ , “ B. . ■ • si ■ ■■ / OfUr"'* F MM ■ H ■ s'' _ 9H aoi I t 1—» ** ■■Ni * • 9 * H oik. 11l IJc irWth c | MS n fp j AJL ipi M graQ Sg S 9 Jr ■[.< \ -9s I -- K *W9wWk ■ 9 . •kt View of entrance to the Lucerne, Indiana, State Bank, the scene of an unsuccessful holdup attempt, when a woman bank robber sprayed a crowd with bullets from an automatic rifle. At left is Lawson. Solders, bookkeeper, whose heroic refusal to surrender foiled the bandit gang, and Everett Gregg, cashier. At right is Miss Doris Minor who suffered a bullet wound in the arm when a stray shot pierced her home.

CHINESE FIGHT BACK JAPANESE Jap Troops Stage Deadly Advance; Thousands Reported Killed (Copyright, 1933, by the UP.) Behind the Chinese lines, Yenlo, North China, May 15. —(U.R)—Poorly equipped, decimated Chinese il'egimeuts held their lines against a deadly Jjpanese atta k today, grimly determined to show the world that Chinese soldiers cou d fight and die. Between here and Peiping, 50 miles to the southward, Chinese were making frantic preparations to check the Japanese advance. In

the front line, the Nanking regulars were well entrenched behind barbed wire. They were hardened troopers, oblivious to bombing airplanes and heavy artillery. Secondary trenches had been dug behind. Machine gun nests dotted the countryside. In the streets of Peiping the garrison forces erected sandbag barricades. I moved through this network of defense from Peiping to the front, and nowhere was there any indication that the Chinese were demoralized or ready to flee. Japanese bombing p anes droned overhead, dropping dozens of bombs into villages. Great masses of wreckage were catapulted through the air, but there were few casualties. Practically all of the civilian popultaion had fled toward the south, ox teams hauling wagons filled with household furniture jammed the rough, muddy roads. i The Japanese moved forward slowly, gaining each mile only after heavy fighting. Their modern equipment of wir inflicted heavy damage in Chinese ranks and the (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) o LOUIS KUNKEL IS APPOINTED Michigan City Attorney Is Named Warden of State Prison Today Indianapolis. May 15— (U.R) — Louis E. Kunkel. Michigan City attorney was appointed warden of the state prison at Michigan City today by Gov. Paul V. McNutt. He will succeed Walter H. Daly, June 1. Kunkel is a graduate of Michigan University and practiced law at Evansville, prior to moving to Michigan City. He served two terms as LaPorte county prosecutor and has been active in Democratic politics, obtaining much patronage for LaPorte county. Daly will he offered a position as deputv warden at the prison, it was understood. He started as a guard at the state prison 32 vears aeo and has been warden since 1925. Kunkel will receive $4,C00 a y«ai ]

i Two Goshen College Students Drowned Goshen, I: d., May 15 —(UP) — ' Classes were suspended at Goshen ; College today as students and facui ulty mourned the death of Harold Burkholder, 20, Markham, Ont., and . Ellen Hertzler, 19, Heston, Kas., members of the sophomore class. They were drew ed Saturday i night when the canoe in which they i were riding with another couple i capsized In the Hydr. ulic canal, i Their companions, Ferm Miller, [2l, Millersburg, (J., a.id Edwin Gerber, 22. Sugar Creek. O„ were rescued. Abe Martin, who lives near the scene of the accident, removed both girls from the water but Miss Hertzler was dead when she reached the hospital. Bunkholder was ■caught in some wire under.eath the water. His body was r covered.

BISHOP CANNON TO STAND TRIAL Court Rules Bishop Must Stand Trial For Corrupt Practices Washington. May 15 (U.R) The district court of appeals held today that Bishop James Cannon, ,Ir„ must stand trial on charges in" violation of the corrupt practices act in activities during the 1928 presidential campaign. The decision was a reversal of a decision by the district supreme court and was made after the U. S. supreme court, in a ruling last month, held that the court of appeals had jurisdiction in the case. The court's ruling applies also to Miss Ada L. Burroughs, who served as secretary to the churchman during the time he was waging political warfare against the election of Alfred E. Smith for the presidency. Bulb were indicted after nn extensive grand jury investigation and agitation in and out of congress for their prosecution. The legal attack on their activities grew out of a contribution of $63,500 to Cannon’s campaign work by E. O. Jamieson. Now York capitalist and ardent prohibitionist.

Investigation of this contribution showed that Cannon failed to report it in its entirety to the clerk of the house or representatives as required by the corrupt practices act. There were 10 counts to the indictment, each carrying heavy penalties. 0 Township Assessors Make Final Reports All except one township assessor had made final reports to County Assessor John Felty today. Mr. Felty expected the remaining report sometime today. A tabulation of the total assessment of personal property listed this year will then 1 be made. The total will he much | lower than a year ago because intangibles are not listed. The market price of grains and livestock' was algo tower thia year,

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BACCALAUREATE SERVICES HELD SUNDAY NIGHT Services Are Held For 47 Seniors of Decatur High School REV. C. R. LANMAN DELIVERS SERMON Baccalaureate services for the 47 members of the graduating class ■of the Decatur high school were held in the Methodist Episcopal [church Sunday night. Rev. C. R. Lanman. pastor of the First Christian church, delivered the subject which was "Givimg Mountains Away.'' The church was tilled to capacity with parents of the senior class members, relatives and friends. As Mrs. Avon Burk played the or[gan prehide, the graduating class, led by the class officers and the guardian. Miss Blanche McCrory, entered the church. Tlie invocation was given by Rev. M. W. Sundermann, pastor of the First Evangelical church and the ! Scripture lesson was read from the [first chapter ot Joshua, followed with prayer by Rev. George O. Walton, Presbyterian church pastor. The selection, “Fairest Lord Jesus" was sung by the girls choir and Mrs. Dan Tyndall, directed by Miss Helen Haubold. Foilowing the baccalaureate sermon, the benediction was pronounced by Rev. C. M. Prugh, pastor of the Zion Reformed church and the class marched from the auditorium as the organ postlude was played. Rev. Lanman said in opening his sermon: "I deeply appreciate the esteemed privilege that is mine this evening in bringing to you the baccalaureate message. “My subject. ‘Giving Mountains Away,' was chosen because it preJ sents a challenge. Young people like challenges. Young people expect challenges. Young people demand challenges in order to keep an otherwise dull and drab life eventful and inspiring.

"My text is composed of four little words, but words fraught with tremendous possibilities, ‘Give me this mountain.’ The story of this extraordinary request concerns the dividing of the land of Canaan by Joshua among the tribes. Caleb, > his life bosom friend and comrade of earlier years, 'privately comes to him on his eighty-fifty birthday r and requests a certain well-known (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) 0 Final Elks Dance Saturday Night The last of the series of Hlk's I dances will be held in the B. P. O. Eks Home Saturday night. Dancing will start at 10 o'clock and music will be furnished by the Royal Collegers of Fort Wayne. o Start Production Michigan City, Ind., May 15 — Production of 800,000 Indian i license plates for 1934 was started to- , day at the state prison. The tags will have white figures and a dark blue background. DISCORD MARS CONFERENCES Hope of’World-wideEcon-omic Peace Fades Slightly Over Week-end (By United Press)

Debts, disarmament, Hitlerism and war whirled through the minds of European statesmen today. Norman H. Davis. American ambassador at large to Europe, was in Paris, trying to persuade Joseph Paul-Boncour, foreign minister, to make a temperate reply to any 'possible blood and i r on in the speech Adolf Hitler, Nazi chancellor, Is to make on foreign policy Wednesday before tho German reichstag. Hope that Hitler might make a , conciliatory speech was dimmed by tile weekend speech of Franz Von Papeu, vice chancellor, whose tone was indicated by the statement that Germany could not be “robbed" of her vital rights. , The French chamber of deputies meets Tuesday, aid the League of Nations disarmament commission I Thursday. ) As regards debts, there seemed , * IwiliLUHB P*AG hi* six/ ’

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[Show Reproduction At Baptist Church A reproduction of the original I ; world famous Passion Play in mo-■ (ion pictures will be shown at the, I Baptist church Tuesday night. May i ! 16 at 7:30 o'clock. Evangelist J. A. Williams of Dal-j las, Texas, will be the speaker. No admission will be charged but a silver offering will be taken. The motion pictures present the life of Christ from the nativity to the ascension. Many Holy Land scenes will be shown. The public is urged to witness this fine program. GIVE RULES ON PLACING FLAGS National Legion Headquarters Issues Regulations for Memorial Day Leo E. Ehinger, service officer of Adams Post No. 43 of the American Legion, today received a letter from national headquarters of the American Legion, relative to displaying the flag on the graves of soldiers, prior to and after Defloration day. The communication staled that the custom adopted by Arlington National Cemetery, was to have the flags displayed three days prior and not more than three days after Memorial day. Flags are not allowed on the graves of soldiers throughout the year, headquarters stated. The local Legion Post furnishes flags for soldiers graves. The flags and markers may be secured from (he Teeple and Peterson clothing stores or orders can be given there! where they are to be placed. Persons marking graves of soldiers with a flag are requested not to place them before Sunday. May 28 and to see that they are removed not later than June 2. A Memorial day program will be held here, sponsored by Adams Post of the American Legion and visits to the Decatur and Catholic cemeteries will be made during the morning. o STATE TO GET RELIEF SHARE Indiana Will Obtain Share Os Federal Poor Relief Allotments

Indianapolis. May 15. —(U.R) —As 5 soon as the funds are available In- ' diana will obtain a share of federal I poor relief allotments under the > Wagner bill on the basis of $1 for every $3 spent locally, it was said at the governor’s office today. The money will be paid to the state and administered by Gov. Paul V. McNutt's unemployment relief commission. Fred Hoke, chairman of the com--1 mission, said that the money will ‘ go only into counties where the , poor relief bond issue limit has been reached and other government units where all possible means of relief have been exhausted. Hoke has started compiling poor 1 relief expenditures in the state in j an attempt to find out how much of the federal grant Indiana may I receive. He has sent letters to county Schairmen members of the commls- ' slon urging that local shares of : gasoline taxes and auto license fees he spent for road and street build ihg rather than to retire road and 1 street bonds. 1 “Inasmuch as the diversion was i made for the purpose of giving employment, it should not be permitt'[ed to accumulate, nor should it he ' expended on , work that provides 'jonly a small amount of employ- ■ ment,” Hoke said. i o i Jefferson Township Fanner Is Injured Charles Hicks, 23. Jefferson town- ) ship farmer, received a crushed .chest, Saturday night, when the fear he was driving crashed into a parked car on the road. Mr. Hicks was eciroute to Pleasant Mills and , did not see the parked car. which did not have any eight on it. He was taken to the nome of his father-in-law, George Anspaugh in Pleasant Mills, where ms condition is considered serious.

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FAMILIES MOVE FROM HOMES AT CINCINNATI, 0. Crest of 56 Feet Is Expected On Ohio River Late Today DANGER LESSENED IN NORTHERN PART Cincinnati. O„ May 15.— (U.R) Scarcely recovered from the disastrous March flood, hundreds of families were forced to move from their homes again today as the Ohio river overflowed its banks for the second time this year after the heaviest rainfall ever recorded here in ' a 24-hour period. The swollen Ohio, fed by torrential rains which since Saturday have caused three deaths and more than $250,000 damage, readied flood stage at noon yesterday and moved into the industrial water front. A cres‘ of 56 feet, four feet above flood level, was predicted for today. The 24hour rain totalled 5.5 inchse. The latest victim. John Ecker, I capsized in the turbulent Little 63. was drowned when his canoe ; Miami river at Morrow. Warren county. The flooded Ohio river area ex- [ tending from about 50 miles up river from Cincinnati, to cities in Indiana and Kentucky, including Louisville, where a river stage two feet above the danger mark was expected tonight. An even wider area was threatened by flood danger. The weather bureau at Washington gave warning of high waters in Illinois. Missouri, Arkansas anil Western i Tennessee. In Tennessee. U. S. Meteorologist F. W. Brist warned small (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE* —— <j Will Helo Organize Home Economics Club Mrs. E. W. Busche will help to organize a Home Economics Club Tuesday night. May 16, at 7 o'clock in the county agent's office. She will be assisted by Mrs. Mabelle Myers, Mrs. W. Little, Mrs. Gilbert Strickler, and Mrs. L. A. Archbold. All the leaders and the public are cordially invited. o Mrs. Clark Butcher Suffers Broken Thigh

Mrs. Clark Butcher. 224 North Eleventh street is a patient at the Adams County Memorial Hospital I where she is suffering with a brok- > en left femur. The accident occurred Saturday evening, when Mrs. Butcher fell over a chair at her home. o DIRIGIBLE ON THIRD FLIGHT Navy Dirigible Macon Is Taking Third Trial Flight Today Akron, May 15 <UR)—-The navy dirigible U. S. S. Macon, queen of 'the skies, was taken aloft on her I third trial Hight today and soared over northern Ohio on a dawn-to-dusk cruise. On board was Rear Admiral Ernest E. King, who became chief of the navy’s bureau of aeronautics following the tragic death of Rear Admiral William A. Moffett, who died in the crash of the Macon's sister ship. the Akron. Commander S. M. Kraus, who headed the navy's investigation into the Akron disaster, also was , abroad. Before the take-off. Captain Alger H. Dresel, commanding the ship, revealed that three-bladed propellers had been Installed on all eight motors of the ship, and the flight was for the specific purpose of testing the efficiency of the new “props'' as compared with the two-bladed variety used in the ' two former test cruises. At the conclusion of today’s flight the Macon will he made ready for the fourth and most crucial test—the 48-hour endurance cruise. At otal of six test flights must be made before the ship is officially accepted by the navy.