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$ JOSEVELT MAY "j|( GOVERNORS I REVISE LAWS T Hcident Considers Ap■?To States To Aid I ■ In Recovery A H>Y STATE LAWS ' BoM I.K T WITH ACT ®Lshingtoii. July 13.—(UPJ MftsiJni! Roosevelt was ■rstood today to be conKy an aj'lieal Ip state r ■rtn.r to cause revision ot ’ Jaws which now are in with the national re■rv act. ■ lie problem has arisen in with legal diftkuL ■ including the possibility action, which 'ace the ad efforts to restore powr through speedy [ of the recovery act. 16 or 17 states have laws K prohibit some of the pracunder the Indusact. These laws re H price fixing, controlled proM,,. and olher practices which be allowed under relaxation Sl>. rinan anti-trust law as in the recovery act. General McKittrick of ■I- uri with other state officials the question with and with Industrial R^Wnistrator Hugh S. Johnson. K Missouri state law prevents fn corporations from entering price fixing agreements or ■ tmetits to curtail production. ■ft isi- ■. of state laws to elimin■ts conflict may be necessary, Et .pinion of administrators of recovery act. To carry this Kiipeeddy .Mr Roosevelt was anto be p anning to ask \ Eure nors of states where the prob- / Ml is particularly acute to call K* legislatures into special sessBcnlfor this purpose. The PresiBM| may act through the gover■B association, it was learned. Truck Code Ready July 13.—(U.R)—A code forlperation under the new nut 'oaa recovery ai t was ready today I to federal authorI* I by the nation's motor truck- [ I ■* l H enforce the code, the AtnerM Highway Freight Association recognized as the national tentative organization. It afnearly 300,000 truck operatClio employ 1,500.000 persons. program adopted, the S 3 11. A must revise its consll■ttfc and by-laws to provide for Emmhtnuep os pa’ge five* - - - 'Be Accountant | In Decatur Friday r ' C. Johnson, accountant for f gross income tax diviwhl be in Iteeatur Friday to persons in filing income Mreturns. Johnson will be loat the auto license bureau Madison street. 'IBB — 11 111 PAVEMENT POU ROAD 124 Plffton Committee To Proposition to ■ lighway Department Ilnovement has been started in I ton seeking to have state road | “Glided in a program for highway paving projects this Under P |ovi3 ‘ons by which J~S||| e de ra ! government will supply <OSf^i on of the funds. Mt'ommittee from Bluffton, head Mayor John Kelley, will pre|W| ,lle Proposition to the state : 7T‘'' commission at Indianapi^K 3 federal government had alr’Jwi the sum of $10,000,000 to be p d towards Indiana paving l- this year, as part ot the to speed national recovthe proposed local paving of the project. inel- Colntnittee will seek to have “PM at leSßt 20 raileß of the . extending from road kW er 27 west of Monroe in Adthrough Wells county road number 5 In Huntcounty. th* 117't' iVe |,rj Po s ition is that '**cr*» e Ui * improved with cone Pavement.

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Italian Air Fleet Completes Hop Sh,ediac. New Brunswick, July 13 j— (UP)—The Italian air squadron i headed by general Italo Dalbo landed here at 3:lft p. m. today. The Scjuadron arrived in fortnaI tlon from the north and planes | dropped down on th waters of the harbor a few hundred feet off the wharves in groups By 3:35 p. tn. the last had landed. IThe weather was perf , t with bright sunshine and no clouds. An enthusiastic crowd greeted the Italians. STATE ROAD 27 OPEN TONIGHT Stretch of Road From Decatur to Monmouth Has Been Resurfaced State road No. 27, north from De-1 catur to the Monmouth railroad' crossing, will be opened to traffic tonight, state highway officials an nounced today. The stretch has been resurfaced with Kentucky rock. It has been I closed to traffic since Monday when work started on the improvement. A force of about 25 men was employed on the job under the supervision of Ora Baker, district road supervisor for the Indiana highway commission. Rapid progress was made from the time the job started and every effort was made to get the work i done as quickly as possible in order to open the road to traffic. A detour over the river road, west of State road 27.’ was established, eonI nection being made again with the , state route from the Lewton bridge. Oiling and resurfacing of state roads number 124 running from the Wells rfmnty line th the Ohio state line through Monroe and on road number 527 southeast of Decatur to Willshire is also in progress. Highway officials announced this afternoon that a speed limit! of 30 miles per hour has been set for motorists on the road for the time being. England Will Not Join Works Program London. July 13 —(UP)- Great Britain today smashed the Unit-d States drea mos an internationally co-ordinated public works program to raise employment. It: a declaration to the economies commission of the world economics conference. Walter Runciman. president of the board of trade, informed th? delegates that (England could not an would not join In any further experiments o ftliis nature. ' —♦ o Fire Causes Damage At Evansville Brewery Evansville. Ind., July 13 —(UP)— Fire raging through a portion of the T. W. Cook brewing company plant here toda ythreat?ned to destroy 50.00) pounds of hops valued at 160.000. (Thc j blaze, believed to have start-' ed from spontaneous combustion in the cereal supply room, still was I-burning several hours after the alarm was sounded. - ——o Today’s Scores NATIONAL LEAGUE Brooklyn 010 00 Chicago 100 20 Beck-Lopez; Warneke-Hartnett. Boston 000 030 000—3 9 7 Pittsburgh 111 000 05x—8 13 1 , Czntwell-Hogan; Smith-Grace. New York St. Louis Game starts late Philaelphia 022 000 Cincinnati 000 021 Jackson-Davis; Derring-Manion. AMERICAN LEAGUE Chicago 100 02 Washington 000 40 Gregory-Berry; Thomas-Sewell. Cleveland 100 200 12 Philadelphia 200 011 10 Pearson-Pytlak; Cain-Cochrane. . St. Louis 000 000 000— 0 5 1 New York 150 510 OOx—l2 9 0 Hadley-Shea; Gomez-Dickey. Detroit 000 002 010- 3 71 Boaton 000 001 010— 2 8 1 Marberry - Hay Worth; JohnsonFerrell. (These scores are furnished through the courtesy of the City Confectionery, phone 16.)

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INDIUM SHARE OF FEDERAL AID IS SIX MILLION This Amount Will Go To Wheat Raisers Who Reduce Acreage COUNTY AGENTS TO AID IN WORK Indianapolis. July 13 — (UP) — Indiana's share of the $140,000,000 Federal allotment under the agricultural adjustment act will be nearly $6,000x000, the Indiana farm bureau Inc., estimat d today. Th? money will go to wheat raisers who reduce their acreage up to 20 per cent, if asked to do so, on 1934 and 1935 crops. They will receive artmut 28 cents a bushel from the Federal government on about 60 p?r cent of their production, th-e domestically consumed portaion. In addition to their market price received. The Federal payments to the farmers will come'from the 30 cents a bushel processing tax impos-d upon wheat, the two cents difference estimated to be the cost of adminisration. according to Jamis R. Moore, editor of farm bureau publications. The law authorizing the payment for reduo d acreages was designed to take prices paid to farmers up to a pre-war level. Administration of the law eventually will be by farmers themselves, Moore explained. A temporary campaign committee composed of county agents, or -mergeney agents in counties without agents, and from seven to -nine farmers will lay groundwork in their respectlv? counties. As soon as their work is under way th<com(CONTINUHh ON PAGE T* *I*EhT O REFER TRAGEDY TO PROSECUTOR Allen County Coroner Turns Death Case Over To Prosecutor Dr. Raymond J. Berghoff, Allen county coroner, has referred for action to Otto W. Koenig. Allen county prosecuting attorney, evidence concerning the fatal wreck at the Allen-Adams county line Monday, July 3. in which David Homer McCollum. 25. of Greensboro, N. C., was instantly killed. Evidence presented at the inquest conducted by Dr. Berghoff indicated that Eugene Fox of Portland, driver of the truck which figured in the fatal accident, was operating the truck without a driver's license and did not stop for the through highway... This evidence resulted in the case being referred to the prosecutor s office. Miss Jessie Shields, also of Greensboro, is still confined to the Adams County Memorial Hospital as a result of injuries received in the fatal crash. Miss Shields suffered a fractured pelvis. Other occupants of the car, Mrs. McCollum, widow of the dead man. * (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) ANNUAL MOOSE PICNIC SUNDAY Family Picnic' Will Be Held At Sunset Park Sunday, July 16 The annual Moose family picnic will be held Sunday, July 16 at Sunset Park, southeast of Decatur, Adam Schafer, dictator of Adams Lodge No. 1311 of the Loyal order of Moose, announced today. Families of Moose members are requested to bring basket The lodge will furnish ice cream and lemonade, Charles Heare, secretary of the lodge stated. Transportation will be provided from the Moose home on North Second street for those who do not have automobiles. Cars will leave the home between nine and eleven o’clock. The committee urged the Moose to attend the picnic and to give members of their families an enjoyable outing.

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Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, July 13, 1933.

Kidnaped Banker and Wife WfiL. if! August Luer, 77-year-old bank president of Alton. 111., who was kidnaped Monday night, and Mrs. Luer, who witnessed the kidnaping. Luer was brutally seized by a woman-led trio of kidnapers who invaded hie home at Alton and tore him from the side of his protesting elderly wife.

INDIANA DAY i IS OBSERVED — Large Delegation From This State Observes Day At World’s Fair Chicago. July 13— (U.R) —The music of nearly a dozen bands: heralded the arrival at the Century of Progress today of a large Indiana delegation celebrating In- 1 diana day at the world's fair. i Musical organizations from Elkhart. Muncie, Indianapolis, Butler. Goshen. Frankfort, Hammond and Columbia City were brought to I Chicago by automobile and special train, to partkipate in the world's fair holiday. Six special trains from various sections of Indiana carried the celebrants who swelled the attendance at the fair hv midday so that I officials expected a total of well over the 100,000 mark by closing 1 time. Favorable weather prevailed. Gov. Paul V. McNutt headed the Indiana delegation. He was welcomed by President Rufus Dawes of the fair and given a military salute both as governor and as a former national head of the American Legion. Following a parade through the grounds to the hall of states the Indiana exhibit was dedicated and all the Indiana bands joined in a mass finale. With the governor’s ’ (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) O Annual Homecoming At Willshire Aug. 6 i Willshire's annual Home coming will be held in the public uark at ; Willshire, Ohio, Sundiy, August 6; and an interesti g program has | lien completsd, including a union' religious service to open at 11 i o’clock Su day morning, and a pie-1 Hie dinner at the noon hour. Th° public is cordially invited to attend this annual home coining.

Difficulty Is Experienced In Translating Old Will On File

• What would you do with "Mobiliervermogenn” or “Fahrende Habe”, is someone bequeathed such things to you? To make it plain let us state that "Mobiliervermogenn " means just ordinary household furniture and “Fahrende Habe” stands for vehicles. These items are not uncommon and tlie English words do not sound like you had anything out of the ordinary willed to you. in high German they are tonguetwisters. In clearing title for a piece of real estate in this county it was necessary that reference be made to the will of Christian Schwarz who lived in Wabash township. Adams county, more than 60 years ago. Mr. Schwarz died February 9, 1874. His will was written November 11, 1873 and was recorded by A. J. Hill, clerk of Adams county, a tew days following Mr. Schwarz's death. Clearing the title of the real estate in question, the abstratcor

Four Injured Near Angola Wednesday — Angola, Ind.. July 13 — (UP) — - Four p-rsons were injured in an ' auto truck crash near here yesterj day. Clay Harpford of LaGrange counI ty suffered cuts and bruises almut I the 11. Jd and the k>ss ot one eye. I He was riding in the truck driven I by John Reider, 18. of LaGrange i county who was cut on o;:e arm. ; Four persons were riding in the automobile. The injur d are Mrs. Edward Morton. 54. of near Angola, fractured collar bone, and Mrs Wll--1 liam Benson, 35. dislocated ' shoulder. o HIGHER QUOTA GIVEN INDIANA Earl B. Adams Receives Word of Additional Quota For Conservation Earl B. Adams, home service chairman of the American Red Cross, lias received notice that an additional quota of 240 men in the Veteran's Contingent of the Em--1 ergeucy conservation work, lias been assigned to Indiana. Mr. Adams is prepared to make out applications for veterans from Adams county who wish to be as-, signed to the government forest l camps. Applications must be made ! not later than July 17, Mr. Adams , announced. i Acceptance stations have been I established at Gary, Indianapolis. Bloomington, Terre Haute and j Louisville, for the purpose of examining applicants for enrollment. , The examining stations will open : July 20. Adams county veterans who wish |to join the forest camps are requested to get in touch with .Mr. | Adams, who will furnish them with I information relative to the enrollment. The notice did not give the quota for Adams county.

-(asked County Clerk Milton C ■ Werllng. who is a fair student and i speaker of the German language to give him a copy of Mrs. Schwartz's ■ will. Mr. Werling began the job iof interpreting the will, ft was ■ written in German ami the words ■ "Mobiliervermogenn” and "Fah- ■ rende Habe' were stickers. Mr i Werling couldn’t get any further ; with the interpretation ajid when . he returned home the other eve- ■ ning called on the Rev. Robert (laiser. pastor of the Preble Luth- ' eran church, who readily interpreti ed the words for him. ) The will reads: “give and be- : queatii to cousin Carl all movable and immovable possessions, includi ing Mobiliervermogenn and Fall- ■ rende Habe.” Students of the German language 1 state that the words are seldom used by native Germans. The will . was an example of the finest German diction. It was witnessed by ■ Peter A. Spruuger and Christian ■ Gerber.

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KIDNAPERS ARE STILL HOLDING 2 WEALTHY MEN Aged Banker And Young New York Man Are Still Held Captive BAN KER'S WIFE NEAR COLLAPSE Alton, 111., July 13 <U.R>— An appeal to the kidnapers of August Liter, 77 year old banker and packer, to allow him to communicate with his wife was made on her behalf today by the two "negotiators” appointed yesterday l.y the family. Mrs. Luer is near a nervous collapse, friends said. No word has been received from the kidnapers despite announcement police had withdrawn from the case. Expect Word Soon Albany. N. Y.. July 13 — (U.R) — Immediate developments in the O'Connell kidnaping case were anticipated today as Edward J. and Daniel P. O’Connell, leaders of the powerful up state Demi)i cratic machine, went into complete seclusion to allow their underworld contacts negotiate the freedom of their nephew. John J. i O'Connell, Jr., 24. The two bosses and the youth’s father were stony silent,’ obviously frightened by threats the kidnapers would kill the captive if police or newspapers became too i active A frown from the broth- > ers who control all Albany political patronage from top to bottom, J had its effect on police. Innumerable reports and rumors . circulated among the members ■ and office holders of the O'Con I nell political empire. One of these reports from a person close to the O'Connell family said the family's intermediary, "a character of the sporting world.” was (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) . Bad Weather Halts Lindbergh Flight . St. Johns. NFD.. July 13—(UP) ’ —Bad weather prevented Col. Char- ‘ les A. Lindbergh and his wife from resuming their rout -charting tour of the northland today. ■ A southeast wind near gale force, I with fog and rain prevailed along 1 the southern section of Newfound- ' land. Th- Lindbergh's planned to ■ start for Cartwright, Labrador, as i soon as the w-ather cleared. o— Mrs. Hammell Still In Serious Condition , The condition of Mrs. Sarah . Hammmell remained grave this afternoon and only faint hope was , extended for her recovery. Mrs. Hammell, who suffered a decline in i health several months ago. took seriously ill Sunday afternoon and since then has been- in a critical j condition. Her daughters, brother, and sister from out of the city have been at her bedside. END INSPECTION OF LOCAL BANKS State Bank Examiners i Complete Examination Os Closed Banks W. R. Dexheimer and George Swaim, with three assistants, today completed their inspection of the I assets of the Old Adams County . bank and. the People's Loan a d Trust Company, preparatory to ■ : supervision under the new law which .became effective July 1. They will file their report with I the state department this week and announcements are expected next week as to procedure. The account-1 ants praised the work done so far and expressed the opinion that the ' conditions here are excellent, considering the general difficulties in collecting the past year, it is expected however that they will insist upon liquidation being speeded up as much as possible so that final rports can be mad . The new department will insist upon economy and every prolection. to the depositors and stock holders. Mr. Dexheimer left last evening and Mr. Swaim and Mr. Martin are concluding their investigations today.

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Newspaper Charges Adolf Hitler Is Jew Vienna, Austria, July 13—<U.R) — A sensation was caused today by publication In the newspaper I Oesterreichische Abenilblatt of charge* that Adolph Hitler, Nazi ' chancellor of Germany and sworn foe of Jews is a Jew hltnseif. The charges, which long have ’ been the subject of open gossip actually were made public for the first time in the first installment -1 a series of articles purporting to substantiate them. AUCTIONSCHOOL TO OPEN MONDAY Reppert Auctioneering School Will Be Held In Bellmont Park The Reppert National School of Auctioneering will open in this city Monday, July 17, Col. Fred Reppert, founder and instructor of the school announced today. The school will be held in Bell- . mont Park, ar.d regular auction sales will be held on the court ; hous J square, beginning .Saturday July 22, at which time the embryo auctioneers will make their first appearances before the public. Twenty seven students from 11 states of the union are registered in th.- school to date. Over 1600 students have graduated from the | 1 school since its origin, many of ’ them having obtained national prominence in their profession, due to splendid instructions received 1 at this well known school. Harry Thompson of Decatur, has been added to the regular staff of • instructors, coaching the students in public speaking, personality, i voice culture and special instruc--1 tions in psychology. Mr. Thompson is especially adapted for this work. I f The first student to arrive in- the 1 “ city are Harold Albright of Hardt- ‘ ner Kansas, and Cromer Fishel of I Clemmons North Carolina. NO EXTENSION TO 8E GRANTED No Extension of Time Will Be Granted For First Tax Payment Indianapolis, July 13 —(Special! "There will be no ext nsion of tint.for payirg the first installment of the Indiana gross income tax.” Clarence A. Jackson, director of the gross inconv- tax division said today. Jackson point d out that the end of the current taxpaying period is Saturday. July 15, and that penalties are assessable after that date. Every individual or business witli receipts of more than 166.67 for May and June has been requested < to pay Lite tax during the current < ! taxpaying period. Unless full cooperation is given and prompt payment made, it will be impossible to estimate accurately the yield | from the law and thus obtain a neI duction in property taxtes, Jackson said. ‘"The gross income tax division is not going to start with the extension idea.” Jackson declared. The i very nature of this law does not indicate that an extension is neebs- . sary or advisable. We do not be- 1 j lieve compliance with the law will work an undue hardship on any ■ individual or (business. He must i i have taken in the money or he | would owe nothing. Unlike prflf>erty < taxes, which must be paid whether , !or not a laborer is working, the 1 gross income tax n-ed be paid only when there have been actual re- , | ceipts of cash or the equivalent.” Jfederal Government Asks Rate Reduction Indianapolis, July 13— (U.R) — j Utility rates in Indiana and else- 1 j where should be slashed 10 per ' cent, the federal government apparently believes. This was expressed today in a letter received by the Public ServijV- Commission ijrjmi the war' department. It asked that immediate reduction of 10 per cent be made in cost of electricity, gas ' and water service at the New Albany National cemetery. The cemetery now is served by ' the Indiana Public Service company. but unless rates are lowered this service will be discontin-l . tied, the letter indicated.

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JOHN FACTOR IS FREED BY CANO AFTER 12 DAYS Physicians Say Factor In Serious Condition From Mistreatment LARGE RANSOM IS REPORTED PAID Chicago. July 13 — (U.R) — John (Jake the Barber) Factor, internationally nortorious financier, today told the United Press he paid $50,000 in $lO and S2O bills for his release from the hands of kidnapers who held him captive 12 days. It was learned, however, that the $50,000 constituted only the first payment on the ransom demands and that more must be paid later. Chicago, Julv 13 >U.R) Emaciated and famished after 12 davs in the hands of a cruel kidnaping gang. John (Jake the Barber) Factor, internationally notorious financier. returned to his luxurious hotel here today and told a story of torture, mistreatment and threatened death. Barely able to mumble the details of his captivity. Factor was carried into his hotel and immediately placed in bed. Physicians administered sedatives and pronounced him in serious condition The dapper broker's face was black with a matted growth of beard. His features were haggard and weary. His eyes were blood shot and he constantly shielded I them from the light, explaining I he had lieen blindfolded ever since his abduction July 1 from a northwest side roadhouse. His steady nerves, cool even when he traded millions of dollars in LaSalle street brokerage dealing. were shattered and jumpy. He was repeatedly threatened with deatli by machine guns, one at his breast and another at his back, he said, and on other occasions the kidnapers threatened to cut off his ears with scissors which they snapped close to his head. Factor was released late last night in downtown LaGrange, a suburb 15 miles west of Chicago. When asked if any money was paid for his freedom. Factor muttered "no raasom." From a reliable source, however, the United Press understood that a ransom of $200,000 was paid. The original demand, had been $150,000. but after first negotiations collapsed, the amount was increased. During his captivity, Factor said, he was held at what he believed was a farmhouse, a drive of about an hour and a half from ’continued ON PAGE FIVE) —o MAY POSTPONE RATE HEARING Federal Judge Recommends Postponement of South Bend Case Indianapolis, July 12. — (U.R) Postponement of the injunction hearing in the South Bend gas rate case was recommended in Federal court here today’ by Judge Evan A. Evans, Chicago. He proposed that the hearing be delayed until after the Public Service Commission issues a permanent order on the city’s petition for lower rates from the Northern Indiana Public Service Company. His proposal was taken under consideration by counsel for the state and the utility and is expected to be accepted this afternoon. The commission recently ordered a temporary reduction of gas rates at South Bend pending a final hearing Aug. 28. The company countered by asking for a Federal court injunction restraining tin* commission from enforcing the new rates. Hearing on the injunction was scheduled this afternoon before Judge Evans. Judge Walter C. Lindley. Danville. 111., and Judge Robert C. Baltzell, Indianapolis. After the injunction suit was * (CONTINUED* ON PAGE 'five’ *