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KE THRONG |[s MILITARY feSUNDAY Ler Michigan Governor <t:ih' Commander Eve ln>i)ii ins- Talks *ES \W VRDED ;■ visiting corps l.euior.n.lires and public to see Hint is done to Hie disabled K ;lll ami I" tbe widows IKorplituis of tbe veterans K|ie World War, Wilbur r. lot nier Governor climaxed a brilK (.'iitlieriiiL’ of Legion{■csinmi buliana. western ind sotilbern Miebiiian. jnspir.itter.il address at th. Kj„ r tri; Club Sunday Bi rio-r's address w.. ■ a' tit" mm held follow bis military parade. (’num it der William ' ■ of A: -1.-ison. also gave the h' rinal talks ar tie .lire anil w<-r.. ' Paul V Jfi-N’uil. ■ commander ■ America: Legion. ■b ms-oL- was a colorful m .. demon nation, six Legion drum corps and color ■flu. state police, horseback dislinrifished guests. Bov ■gs and visitors forming the march ■kt parade proceeded from 'lie of Marshall and Third ■b. east to Second street, ■ion S-. "id street to M.--■k and 'lion to the Countr. Crowd- lined tbe streets to ■tb parade. It was estimated Mat least s.i>ui) neonle turio-d ■Mr the demonstration and ■red die boys of ’l7 and TS ns ■ ;»«”<! in review. B Refused to Ride ■ Sta c Commander Nelson rto ride in one of the lux ■doos and flashy automobil for him. “As long ■mr legs are good. I’ll walk. " BW the Commander. Escort■by Jami's K. Staley, adjuta : ■ Adams Post, the Commander ■orrhed in the parade and to bt club house, a distance of •ore than a mile. * parade passed the rnl<-» -! •tand. in front of the court *• where the fudges. E W bsau. superintendent of the• ml Electric, David Rice, j I director and True Fristoe. Hatt, selected the winners tward-d prizes. The follow prizes were awarded: First., "'ayne. Post 47. band. $35: •d. Van Wert, Ohio, drum fWI third, Celina. Ohio, t corps. sls. Leaders Were Here Commander Nelson, bfaar Brneker and Mr. Green other well known LegionN and state officials ir the ttlrwere: C. L. Ayers. Detroit, of Governor Brneker: J F Went of the American Lil-' rcarc* company and personal Wy, Li Porte, northern Indi-’lce-chairniat; Rob Bushoe. district commander. _ Raymond Springer. Confirst state commander “ e heeion and Republican can e for governor last year: r Faulkner. Montpelier. Ohio: A. Wiecking. Indiananolis. p attorney-general: Ralph Columbia City, all of whom Previously as state comM’rs. J*rman Minton, Indianapolis nv PACE r-’IVE) Suit Sent T <> Fort Wayne Court ["‘it against the Erie Railroad ? a "‘ for SIO,OOO damages as a of the death of Isaac Citron of this city has boon trans-1 from the Adams circuit "’o the United States district "’t Fort Wayne. Chronister was killed by an rolght train at a street cros'rile "Ult was filed by Vida ® ert and O. C. Chronister. 1 tor and gon of tho deceased.

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Ohio Residents Are Injured In Crash Ohio be ?a HaSt, ‘" leir of Paul <ling.| ! I wet pavement and went int, u th. wm tle n ' >,mont r ‘ >ad ' the Willard Steele home. ■. Mr. Hastemeir was enroute to . Decatur when, the acmdent occurred. Ho applied the brakes in an attempt to stop and the car slid into the ditch, turning over on its I side- Damage to the car was esti-' . mated at sbm. it was brought to I the Riverside Garage for repairs, i I CROWD ATTENDS j MIRT MEETING ; Over 200 People Attend ,i' Jersey Cattle Meeting At Sol Mosser Farm ‘This was the best meeting held s j this week. ’ stated H. E. Dennison, : field man of the American Jersey Cattle Club. This statement was | '• I made at the conclusion of a series o I of Jersey meetings held through- i e j out Indiana last week and was in - s, refere .ee to the meeting just con-1 '■ I eluded at the Sol Mosser farm in I . Jefferson township. C The dairy extension meeting! ' held at the Sol Mosser farm was -1 sponsored by the Adams County • I Dairy Herd Improvement Associar tion add its president. Peter D. < Schwartz, was chairman of the : meeting. Ben Mazclin had charge sI of parking the cars. Over 200 I people from sfv?n Indiana and A | Ohio counties attended this meet--1 : ing The speakers were E T. . Wallace, extension dairyman from t Purdue: 11. E. Dennison, field min 'i of the American Jersey Cattle ’ I Club; Linn Copeland, superintendI, ent of advanced registry of proI duction of the American Jersey I > Cattle Club, and Keller Beeson of, II the agronomy department of PurI due University. The local people appeari ’g on l the provram were'Wm. Klepper of ' | the Cloverleaf Creameries. George 1 I Krick of the Krick-Tyndall Tile , i : Cn and Merwin Miller, tester for

■ l 0.. anti .Merwin Miner, tesiei mr the local association. The association plans to meet I next month at the Peter B. Leh’lman farm. Mr. Lehman is eon-! ’ | strutting a double bull pen and a j “frolic" will he held by the association. The date of the meeting will be announced later. o False Fire Alarm At G. E. Factory — The local fire department made t la run to the General Electric com- i pany on Ninth street. Sunday eve- j i ning about 5 o'clock, which proved i Ito be a false alarm. No alarm cal! i (had been entered at the factory. o I, WHEAT PRICES SHOOT HICHER I I \ Wheat Prices Rise M ith ( Terrific Rush In Open- ■ ing Hours > Chicago. June 26—<U.R>— OnP " f the greatest trading days since f the war period saw wheat prices',, leap forward as much as seven 1 ( cents a bushel on the Chicago c Boartl of Trade today with one | a delivery. May. reaching 99 cents fier bushel. • Other grains rose according!) j aid the trading pits of the big: board of trade building was the;2 scene of intense excitement from opening to close. It was a ‘ wild , market with fluctuations wide and sudden. At one time during the v trading, wheat dropped two cents ri per bushel suddenly, then turned f , around to close near the peak point of the day. | v Closing prices ci) the wheat |. Hveries and the net gains: | July 98% P pr up • > S cents per bushel. September 91% 1( cents up 6'%. December 94%. tip 6%. « Mav 99 cents. e The Mav delivery delivery due a *7 O (CONTINUED ON PAGE HM.)

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banker killed during holdup THIS MORNING Cashier of LaCrosse, Ind., Rank Murdered Without Warning BANDITS OBTAIN ONLY SSOO LOOT La Crosse. Ind.. June 211—(|J.f>)--I William E. Tennell, 45. cashier of I lhe LaCrosse State bank, was murdered today by bandits who a tempted to rob the i.istitution. Tennell was shot without warning or provocation by one of two bandits who entered the bank shortly after it opened. The gu'jm n filed with ssOll loot to waiting automobile where they were joinied by two companions. They ■ escaped north on state road 43. Tennell a:td Miss Lillian Youngreen, assistant cashier, were alone m tho bank when the two men entered. Ore of them aimed a gun 1 at Miss Youngreen and said: “This is a sticknp.” “Cm sorry." she replied, “but [ all the money is in the safe which . has a time clock. We can’t open I it.” Tennell was working on some hooks and had his back turned to the robbers. As he turned around, one of the bandits shouted: “The has it locked.” This same robber fired without warning after uttering another foul oath and Tennell fell with a bullet through his chest. He died ! almost instantly. The bandits came into town on the same road they took for their (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o LINDBERGH MAY FLY ATLANTIC Colonel And Mrs, Lindbergh Mav Extend Projected Flight New York. June 2G. — (U.R) —Colonel and Mrs. Ch tries A. Lindbergh may extend their projected flight) |to Greenland acrsxss the Atlantic Ito Iceland and perhaps to Denmark. the United Slates learned | today. The famous flying couple plan to leave within two weeks on a pathfinding flight for a new airway to Europe which Colonel Lindbergh's employer, the Pan-Amer-ican Airways, hopes to use for a regular Ariierica-Europe air service. Pan-American officials believe passenger and mail planes will be flying the Atlantic within two years. Two planes, the largest "fiying boats” ever planned, now are being comitrncted with such a service in mind. The Lindberghs will fly the same Lockheed equipped with pontoons which they used on their flight to China. Friends of the Undberghs said Mrs. Lindbergh was accompanying him because they liked to won, together ml not because her presence would attract attention. Mrs. Lindbergh is a pilot, a navigator, a radio operator, and a photographer. Colonel Lindbergh could find a man who could do any of these better, but could not find a man who could do all as well. It was said. *7cONTINTT'D on PAGE FIVE) Auto Badly Damaged In Accident Sunday A Chevrolet sedan driven by Orville Scott of Williams was badly damaged Sunday night shortly be-1 fore 9 o'clock when the car was | sideswiped by one driven by Or-1 viUe Roop al the intersection of j Fifth and Monro- streets. Don Lalsure. Decatur, riding with Scott, suffered an injury to his left leg. Other occupants-of the two cars escaped injury. The left front wheel on the Scott car was smashed, the front axle badly bent and a headlight smashed. The left side of the Roop car also was damaged.

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Harvey Shell Barn Destroyed By Fire The large barn on the Harvey! Sell farm, located five and one-half; miles Hast of Decatur, burned com- j I pletely to tho ground, a horse was | killed and four loads of hay burn-i ed Sunday afternoon, shortly before ' 4 o'clock, when the barn was I struck by lightning. , The barn burned so quickly that there was no time to call for assistance in extinguishing the fire. Neighbors who heard the lightning crash, ran to the Shell farm aind assisted in removing the farm im1 plements from the barn. The horse was killed instantly when struck by . lightning. CHICAGO SWEPT BY MUCH CRIME Crime And Violence in Chicago Reach Highest Peak In Months Chicago, June 26.— (U.R) — Crime and violence in Chicago over the week-end reached the highest peak i ■n many months, with gang guns, kidnapers and bandits shattering the quiet of a warm summer Sunday, police records showed today. Young Corbett, of California, until recently the world's champion welterweight fighter, was kidnaped with his wife at the edge of the city by four bandits. The boxer [ »nd his wife were held captive a short while then released after the gunmen took $275 in cash and two diamond rings. Corbett, who had been visiting the world's fair, resumed his automobile trip to the coast after notifying police. The fighter said he tried to reveal his identity but that one of the bandits replied: “Shut up. I’m not a numbskull. Corbett is dead.” Sitting on the front porch of her home. Mrs. Mary Morrison. 36, was shot down by a gunman who drove by in an automobile with a blond child riding by his side. Four bullets pierced Mrs. Morrison, who had just returned from church and was talking to a little neighbor girl who had taken communion at the services for the first time. A motive for the slaying was not learned. Two slayings followed an argument between guests at two wedd(CONTTNtTED ON PAGE THREE) O Regular Legion Meeting Tonight The regular meeting of Adams Post No. 43 of the American Legion will be held at 8 o'clock tonight at the Decatur Country Club. First nominations of candidates for the various officers will be made. Nominations will close July 10, with the annual election scheduled for July 24. JURY SELECTED TO TRY BANDITS Choose Jury to Hear Trial Os Four Alleged Culver Bank Robbers Plymouth, Ind., June 26. —<U.R)~ Selection of a jury to hear the rial of four suspects in the Culver hank robbery last May 29 was completed in Marshall circuit court today and Prosecutoi Dan Kitch said pre- , sentafion of evidence woud start immediately after the noon recess. The four men to be tried are John Patrick, alias John Gorman; Leo Patrick, alias Joe Cowen, alias Morris Cohen, brother of John; Emmett Kearns, alias Eddie Mur- | phy, and Walter Grabowski, alias | Jack Grey, all of Chicago. i William O'Brien. Chicago criminal lawyer, will act as council for ' the defendants. The four were brought here under heavy guard from the state j prison at Michigan City today. Dan i McGeoghan, fifth member of the I gang, was left at the prison and will be tried later. The sixth member of the gang was killed during the holdup. I

TEN PERSONS KILLED SUNDAY Violence Claims 10 Deaths In Indiana; Four At Portland Indianapolis, June 26. — (U.R) — 10 persons met violent deaths over the week-end in Indiana with automobiles claiming seven lives and drawing ore. One was killed'by lightning and the other victim was killed by a train. Three members of a Fort Recovery, 0., family were killed and one was injured when the automob’le in which they were returning home from a family reunion at Huntington overturned near Portland. The dead are William Witters, ) 61; his wife, 52, and their son, David, 25. The son’s wife was in-, jttred slightly. A four-year-old girl was killed at Decatur when an automobile ran wild after its driver had been stung by a bee. Norma Brunner died instantly. Her sister, Wanda, suffered a fractured skull. Joe S. Romizer. 17, Winchester, told police ho lost control of his car after a bee stung him. Sarah Francis Hart, 3, was injured fatally when she ran into the path of .an automobile in- iront of her home at Anderson. Frank Smerdel, 26, was injured fatally and Sam Radakovich, 52. suffered a fractured skull when their automobile overturned near Indianapolis. Radakovich, driver of the car, said he attempted to descend a hill at a high rate of speed. lA.n Indianapolis pedestrian, Washington C. Cain, 85, was killed when struck by an automobile at a street intersection. He was a native of Morgan county and formerly taught school near Martins(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) INFLATION MAY BE FURTHERED Roosevelt Ready to Use Power If Conditions Show Slump Washington, June 26 —(UP) — The administration will make further use of its inflation powers if more than a temporary interruption occurs in business current forward movement, the United Press learned in official quarters today Th-e mere possibility of currency or credit inflation so far has helped bolster prices and promote more normal buying. The administration is reluctant to make any actual extensive inflationary move as long as business carries along without the “shot in the arm " A high government offi 'il, however said “We'll trot out the Thomas amendmert if business goes into a slump.” The Thomas inflation amendment to 'the Farm act gave President Roosevelt authority to reduce the gold content of the dollar iby as much as 50 per eent: authority to issue 3,000,000,000 (B) in United States notes to buy governmental seiurtities; permission t,> accept up to $200,000.0110 in silver in payment <rf war debts, and authorized the Federal Reserve banks to purchase up to $3,000,000,000 IB) in govei nmental securities to ease credit. Only small use has been made of the various inflation powers so far. A number of steps for credit and currency inflation, however, have been taken in varying degrees, all of which have been factors in pro- . moting price advances. These include abandonment of , (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) 1 ■ O Bertha Elston Files Suit For Divorce < Mrs. Bertha Elston filed suit for divorce in the Wells circuit court ( nt Bluffton Saturday, alleging' ( failure to provide for a period of, ] more than two years. She asks the custody of two children and an allowance for support. Her | husband. Hugh Elston, is now serving a 30-day sentence in the Adams county jail for petit lar- ( ceny. •

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CHARLES CARON FACES SERIOUS CHARGES HERE Aged Umbrella Mender Charged With Attacking 12-Year-Old Girl PLEADS NOT GUILTY WHEN ARRAIGNED Ctharles Caron, 74-year-old umbrella mender of ecatur, is a prisoner in the Adams county jail, charg'd witli criminally attacking a 12year old girl at his shack -on j Twelfth street, near the Erie r.iil- | road tracks late Saturday afternoon. *■ Caron was arraigned before Mayor George Krick in city court this morning, and upon his plea of not guilty, his bond was fixed at SB,OOO. The aged man was bound over to the Adams circuit court for trial, which cannot be held until the next term of court, which opens in September. Caroni, who has lived in tlie shack for the past 12 or 13 years, is alleged to have met the young girl downtown and lured her to his home with the promise of a gift. Persons living in the neighborhood stated that Caron was forcing the girl ahead of him when they arrived near his home. The neighbors called Ed Miller, acting chief of police. When Miller arrived at the shack, Caron had locked all the doors and Miller was forced to bleak down the front door to gain entrance to the house. The officer took the- girl to the jail and then, accompanied by Sheriff Burl Johnson, returned to the shack and took Caron into custody. The girl was examined by Drs. J. M. Miller and P. B. Thomas, who stated that the girl had been attacked and badly beaten. Local authorities kept close watch Saturday evening over Caron, as feeling was running high in the neighborhood, as Caroon had lieen feared by residents for sometime. Charges of first degree rape were filed against the aged man by Prosecutor Ed Bosse. Conviction on this charge carries a penalty of 5 to 21 years. J. D. Winteregg At Washington. I). C. J. D. Winteregg left Saturday for Washington. 1). C.. where he will attend a beet growers meeting today. Five representatives from Indiana. Ohio and Michigan will attend the me-ting and Mr. Winteregg will represent this part of the state in lie absence of E. J. Fricke, who is a -patient at the Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne. MURDER TRIAL OPENS TUESDAY Five Men Suspected Os Farmers’ Murders On Trial Tuesday Sullivan, Ind.. June 26—(UP)—| Five of 14 suspects charged with the farm mortgage slaying of 'Andrew and Oral Reedy. Hymera, will go on trial in Sullivan circuit court tomorrow. Charges against eight of the suspects were filed by Prosecutor Rex j Bridwell late Saturday following j arraignment of five others. Those who will go on trial tomor-1 row include five of the six original j suspects. They are Lewis Wells. James Vanderpool, Revelle Van, Sant, Emil Reedy and Frank Vanderpool. The ijixth Is Otis Turner, who was convicted recently on charges of stxord degree murder. The new suspects, prosecutor Rrldwel said, are all between the ages of 17 and 32. They are Edward Williams, Forest Welton. Elston Allen, J well Quick, K rmeth Quick. Leo Morris, Heskel Brown and Ross Peterson. Prosecutor Bridwell said they admitted going to the Reedy home on (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE),

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E. J. Fricke Reported Recovering Rapidly E. J. Fricke, Monroe, district manager of the Indiana Farm Bureau, injured several days ago in an automobile accident at Fort I Wayne, is reported showing grad- [ ual improvement at the Lutheran hospital in that city. Mr. Fricke suffered lacerations of the head and other injuries. He will be confined to the hospital for several more days. BOMB OUTRAGE IN ROME CHURCH Explosion In St. Peter’s Church Injures Four Persons Rome, Jujnie 36 —(UP) —(UP) — A plot to disrupt the holy year celebrations was believed today io have motivated the bomb explosion in historic St. Peter's church yesterday which injured four worshippers. The bomb was contained in a suitease left at the checkroom beside the huge bronze gate at the main entrance to the church. Papal gendarmes arrested a man who aslked the custodian for an investigation. A number of suitcases and packages deposited at the check room and not claimed during the day were seized and searched. Only one of the four victims, Alessandro, 'an engineer of Marina Di Pisa, was seriously hurt but he is expected to recover. The bomb was equipped with'a time device and was charged with plack powder, it contained no metal and injuries being caused by the metal fittings of the suitcase. Dam- ' age was slight. Holy year pilgrims were entering (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVeF . o CAST OFFICIAL I REPEAL VOTES Convention Meets Today; Eggeman Mav Be Named President Indianapolis, June 26. — (U.R) — | John W. Eggeman, Fort Wayne I Democrat, was reported to have | received endorsement of repeal l forces today for president of the i Indiana repeal convention. Reports from repeal leaders indicated he may be selected in ’ place of Thomas McCullough. Anderson newspaper executive, endorsed for tlie position this morning by the committee on permanent organization. Should Eggeman be selected. McCullough probably will be offered one of the two vice-presiden-cies. Vice-Presidents Indianapolis. June 26 (U.R) — ! John W. Eggeman of Fort Wayne I and Henry W. Marshall of Lafayette were selected for vice-presi-I dents of the Indiana repeal con- ) vention today by the committee j on permanent organization. Thomas W. McCullough, Anderson newspaper executive and ; prominent Democrat was recom- | mended for president. He previously had been endorsed for tho position by Democratic leaders. Mrs. Meredith Nicholson, Jr., of Indianapolis was selected for ocretary by the committee and James Morrissey of Peru recTved the endorsement for sergeant at. * j, * * *..* * — • — (PONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o Three Persons Killed Near Portland Sunday Portland. Tnd., June 26—(UP) — Three Ohio residents, en route to their homes near Fort Recovery, Ohio after a family reunion in Huntington. Ind., were killed near here last night in m automobile accident. The victims were William Witters 60, his wife, 52, and a son, David. 25. The first two were killed Instantly and the son, who was driving ran the car into a ditch to avoid striking an approaching automobile.

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NORMA BRUNNER KILLED SUNDAY BY AUTOMOBILE Winchester Youth Looses Control of Car When Stung By Bee OTHER GIRLS ARE BADLY INJURED At three o'clock this afternoon no charges had been filed by Prosecutor Ed A. Bosse, against Joe Romizer, driver of the auto which struck and killed one child and injured two others. County Coroner Zwick and Sheriff Johnson were continuing the investigation. i One child was killed and two others seriously injured at about 11:30 o'clock Sunday mornini* on South Winchester ' street, when Joe Homizer. 17, of Winchester, driver of an automobile, who claimed he lost control of his car when a bumble bee stung him, struck the children as they were walking north on the sidewalk, near the Line-Winchester street intersection. The victims: Norma Brunner, age four, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Oren Brunner of South Line street, killed almost instantly. Wanda Brunner, age 10, sister of Norma, severely injured on the head, possibly a slight fracture of the skull. Norma Peterson, 10. daughter of Mr. anil Mrs. Frank Peterson, 515 Penn street, right leg broken below the knee, cuts on hands and head. The injured girls were resting as well as could he expected today. The Brunner girl regained consciousness shortly after she was removed to the Adams County Memorial hospital and physicians are hopeful of recovery. Romizer is being held at the Adams county jail pending completion of the investigation of the accident. Charges of involuntary manslaughter or reckless driving may be filed if evidence in the case warrants it, Sheriff Burl Johnson, who took charge of tho case stated today. County Coroner Robert Zwick. in the absence of any official charges, returned a formal verdict of “death due to internal injuries received when struck and knocked down by an automobile.” The child died on the way to the hospital. she. her sister and 'he Peterson girl being t'ken there hy Albert Beery, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Beavers, who came upon the scene a minute or two after it happened. At least one wheel of the car ran over the child, crushing the abdomen. Prosecutor Ed A. Bosse was also conducting an investigation of the case. Goinq to Petersons Norma Peterson had gone to the Brunner home, about two blocks distant, to accompany them to the Peterson home. They intended to come up town to see the Legion parade They wore walking on the sidewalk on Winchester street, about 100 feet from the intersection. when knocked down by the auto driven by Rpmizer. Tho youth claimed he v.:i« stung by n humble bee and in trying to fight it off. lost control of the car. which ran up the sidewalk at the street intersection, knocking off a fire hydrant and then struck the three children. He claimed he did not see them unti’ he was “right on top of them” and could not turn his car to avert the accident, one side of the auto riding on tho street, alongside of the curb He was alone in the car and nearby residents did not see the accident until the car struck the children. He stated he was on his way to Fort Wayne to visit his mother. Mrs Vina Miller, 1410 South Calhoun street. Romizer is employed as a farm hand on a farm "ear Winchester. He also is p. member of an orchestra I hat furnishes music two nights a week at Lake Blue Water, near Montpelier. Sheriff- Johnson stated tbe youth was almost hysterical with grief over the accident. Word was sent to his mother and she visited him *7cONrriNUED ON PAGE FlVte)