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•IfN PROGRAM i! 'fc RECOVERY ••■OF INDUSTRIES citbM — — Code Coes Into u °'■Actual Operation: Planned TEXTILES ! l'\ WITH < (>TTO\ working ll " l ul ’\"{’i" ■ter. tlin'iiuli'tin son. industry todiv. major indiistiv. eniIJKK hwork--9,l,iii.iuguia 1 -.1 die :•<!- ? nd policy of hav- I raer r< luted nulus-it-r ir prai l ' i e , , 'of ■, textile ‘’O'D w:h dswised f»r th- . goods inBut in - v " ” r,l “ r — nl£h . < -'■''••lt put ’" I o-xtti- si,k ■ eottun thread under the ■’*■ nereement ("■ a 40-hour |K and minimum of sl2 per _in the senth and s’* :l th<> the are i ~ on Plato '' ‘I" 8 ' u'" 1,1 l ,n,v i ■■ I. emi'i, I’artieu- ; ' l^K ) uir.n i .ni> industry attended to I <' >-r as their rodes are drawn li Johnson <* that as rapid progress as j Pipe,ted is Iwmi made by e : basin He how*',: tiat some- , hr done w °rk ' More . ■ and the sal ( pwp]? who w:'.’. not fool th<* ( of t'.e mi worker's ] pay envelope fie feels that ‘ son '"de coverwho woik • a living. it he in <.. rails or a ■ '"li-.r. ■ the gen- I ■ pubin wi h stead- | retail prices. discuss.-,! matter with Mt Roosevelt ■ tii.-i . p.-ake * ■<« 'he ya.ht It was f° r d 1 " 1 nt ßo at . meeting o'' cabinet.l beard by Seere<>i Coalmen e li.ipet which is t! genera! recovery: it is relate,! to Indus-! M improveme.it. 'j the textile code into j will be a gradual process. . ■matered in a wav calculated y brine distr suffering particular branch of the ■try The other 'extile units inclusion that they * — ■ all move forward together. I “ the next t <■:: days codes of J textile sections, ine wo °l- will be heard. Parproblem-, cf each group 4 manner. ■ wool industtv whose hear- ' !»•••• **••*•«••♦♦•♦•♦♦♦ 1 ■ ~ Is, ROOSEVELT ■BEN DIVORCE '■ e ■ .—_ !c ' ■•’ted Divorce In Ne■da From President’s ' 9 s, 'tond Son Today | Xp ' i,,;:: '" ,v IT—(U.R) I Ix ’" n Roosevelt, Phil- j 9Enr lieiress "'day was grant- c from Elliott Roose- ■ son of the president. ( lurk J. Guild granted ■) to Mrs Roosevelt on nip,;l ' 11 to young Roose- , Sll| t- charging "extreme IH ''' ;| fter 15 minutes . y ' 22 80n nf franklin D. Roosevelt. tonight by air Chicago. There, it was planned to meet Miss (l, ’gihs ( ,f Fort worth, b'ty girl. 9tn t S. repnrt,J d without con9/W' tha ' he and Miss GooKi> r ’° S, ’ VPI! daughter of a. 93 w ”°'. >BPV, ‘"' s ei Bht month KU V ‘ lllani Thinner, did not le trial, she preseut- ■ Dy depositions.

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Many From Here Attend Meeting Approximately ISO Legionnaires and friends from Decatur and Ad ams county attended the joint dis trict conference at Shrinwr Lake Sunday The Decatur drum corps was awarded second prize in the drills. Four other corps were enter ed in the contest. Following the drill, ■ pa rad - was staged and contests for the children were held during the afternoon. (A basket picnic was held in the evening and the program closed with a dance. Eugene Wells, commander of post number 47. Fort Wayne was in charge of th? entertainment. OPEN AUCTION SCHOOL TODAY Reppert National Auctioneering School Opens This Morning The opening session of the Reppert National School of Auc . tfoneering was held in Decatur this morning. The school will continue for three weeks and classes will be held in Bellmont Park. Nineteen students have arrived in the city and attended the opening day of school. Col. Fred Rep pert, founder and instructor in the school, stated that the regular ( auction sales will be held on the Court House square beginning Saturday. July 22. This will lie the first public appearance of the students in the auction school. Included ia the teaching staff of the school will be Col. Fred : Reppert. Col. Roy Johnson. Rev. Harry Thompson of Decatur; Col. Earl Gartin of Greensburg: Col. , Roy Hiatt. Portland; Col. Carl , Bartlett. Muncie: Col. Guy John , Son of Columbus 'Ohio; and Col. I 8. C. Sprungee of Apple Creek. I. Ohio. Several other instructors are expected later. Ten states of the Union are , ■CONTTNPFrTv ON PAGE TXVOt 1 WILL ORGANIZE TO FIGHT CRIME Feeney Announces State Wide Plan To Combat Crime In Indiana - i Indianapolis. July 17. — <U.R) — A far reaching plan to combat crime in Indiana was announced today ( by Al G. Feeney, director of public ( safety. , He proposes to organize minute | men who will be available at a moment’s notice to chase crimin- ( als. They will be notified of holdups, murders or other crimes through the sta'e police radio system now being developed and by telephone. Feeney said he had written letters to local police officers, bank ers and vigilantes outlining the | plan and seeking their assistance, In selecting personnel of the minute men. He also submitted questionnaires to various persons to ascertain their places of employment and how they may he reached by telephone either day or night. “We are going to answer the challenge of criminals,” Feeney said. "With minute men organized throughout the state we shall be able to Hash notice of a robbery, kidnaping or murder to any given spot in the state within a few min utes and have a corps of trained marksmen center on a point or surround a territory where criminals are known to be. "The organization will he strictly non-political in character. "Word of a crime first will be * (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) . ■ ... ■ — — flomer Augsburger Is Vice-President Homer C. Augsburger of Berne was elected vice-president of the International Christian Endeavor organization at the convention held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, last week. Walter Sehonn of Hammond was re-elected president and Mlss Inda Sprunger of Berne was reelected superintendent of the Quiet Hour. The Adams county delegates returned home from the < convention Sunday evening. Miss Doroihy Spuller of this city | attended the meeting.

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R. 0. JOHNSON IS EXONERATED G ary M a y o r, Former Monroe Resident, Not To Blame For Crash Winchester. Ind., July 17. —(U.R) —Three persons were killed and four were injured, one serious, ■ when automobiles owned by Mayor Roswell O. Johnson. Gary, and George Tanner. 49, Saratoga, col-1 lided at a highway intersection i near here yesterday. The dead are Tanner, and Mr l and Mrs. Frank Rex. of Saratoga, riding with him. Mrs. Tanner suf sered a fractured pelvis and broken collar bone but is expected to recover. Mayor Johnson, his wife and their son. Richard, driver of the Johnson automobile, received minor injuries. They were en route to Richmond to visit the mayor's brother. Sylvester, and were permitted to continue after being exonerated from blame. Tanner and the other two victims were thrown from his automobile and died almost instantly of broken necks. A small nephew of Tanner’s was unhurt. Mayor Johnson, former resident of Monroe and well known in Decatur and surrounding territory, visited in Decatur and Monroe Saturday and Sund y. leaving Monroe Sunday a short time before the fatal accident. Mr. and Mrs. JC. >E. Hocker and Mr. and Mrs. Carrel Cole motored to Winchester Sunday night after receiving word of the accident. o BANKER FREED EARLY SUNDAY August Lucr, Held Captive Five Days, Is Released By Kidnapers Alton, 111., July 17—<U.P>~Discovery of a “cold, concrete underground cell," led investigators to believe today they were close on | the trail of the abductors of August Liter, 77-year-old retired financier, who was liberated early yesterday on the “bluff road one mile west of Collinsville. Sheriff Peter Fitzgerald, who with department of justice agents assumed charge of the investigation, announced he had found a subcellar to a garage in the rear of a home which fitted Luer's own description of the kidnapers lair where he had been held captive for five days. The place was i only a mile and a half from where the aged banker was released. “I don't think it was a kidnaping ring that had Mr. Luer, Sheriff Fitzgerald said. "My opinion is that it was some Collinsville ‘punks' and we have a good start in our investigation. We intend to concentrate our search in and around Collinsville.'' Contradictory reports were circulated as to whether a ransom j was paid for Luer’s release. Members of she family, including the *7cON'HNUHD ON PAGE TWO)

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Decatur, Indiana, Monday, July 17, 1933.

Board Os Review To Meet Wednesday A special meeting of the Adams ' County board or review will be i held Wednesday, July 26. at the ; auditor's office, for the purpose of ■ considering several special appropriations. Th. board will be asked to make an appropriation of SI2OO for court i house repairs which includes the' I remodeling and rebuilding of the ’ woman's comfort etition i.. th| I basement of the court house; $l5O for repairs at the jail; SIOOO tor: legal advertising; S6O for per diem | ihie board or review numbers and : S2BO for a calculating machine in I the auditor’s office. This will be the second special: session of the county council to be' call d this year. FIRE DESTROYS BARN SATURDAY Barn And Shed On H. A. Fuhrman Farm Destroyed Saturday Night Fire destroyed.i barn and cattle shed on the H. A. Fuhrman farm, a mile and a quarter west of Decatur at about 11:30 o'clock Saturday night, causing a loss of about $2,000. The fire was noticed by a Belgian beet worker who notified the Fuhrman family. The Decatur fire department was called and the firemen succeeded in keeping the flames from spreading to the 1 house and other out buildings. Water was pumped from two 1 large cisterns and a droven well. Mr. Fuhrman tod'a expressed his apprecitaion of the work done by the firemen. A bank barn, 32 by 40 feet and , an adjoining cattle and straw shed. 36 by 45 feet were completely destroyed. About six tons of old hay. a spring tooth harrow, a breaking plow, corn cultivator, corn planter, a wagon, other smaller farming implements and about a dozen chickens were destroyed. No (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) Large Audience Hears Rev. Gibbs Yesterday' morning the First Methodist Episcopal Church was filled with a splendid audience to hear Rev. C. Perry Gibbs, the. pastor, deliver his first sermon, since returning home from the hospital. All were delighted and happy to see Rev. Gibbs looking . so well. The sermon subject was “The 1 Shadow of His Hand.” The text was “In the shadow of His hand hath He hid me.” Three thoughts were expressed by Rev. Gibbs. First, sometimes He hides in the shadow of His hand that the little flickering light of life be not extinguished. Second, sometimes He hides in the shadow of His hand that life may be deepened and enriched. Third, sometimes He hides in the shadow of His hand in the interests of a larger service. Rev. Gibbs manifested ; old time power with a firm steady voice. Mrs. Dan Tyndall led the choir J of young ladies who furnishedl splendid music for the service. j

THINK CONVICT PLANNED WRECK Investigate Crash Near Shelbyville Which Killed Two Persons Shelbyville. Ind.. July 17.—(U.R) — iAn automobile accident which killed two persons and injured four 'others near here was investigated today on the theory that It was planned deliberately hv ap ex-con-vict. Those killed wee Fred Brown. 'SO, Boggstown. tlv?' was paroled i from the state prison recently on robbery charges, and Freda Davis. 13. j The injured were Florence Davis, 11. Mr. and Mrs. George Reed. Boggstown. and Daniel Brown, brother of Fred. Reed and his wife were stepfather and mother of *<e Davis girls. Sheriff Elisha Crosby ordered complete investigation of the c se after finding a note in Fred Brown's | pocket. The note was addressed to Mrs. Reed and was dated April 29. 1933. It said in part: “Ida. you hav" brought this all on yourself, and I hope you suffer for it as long as you live. If you had let Florence be friendly with me and talk to me she would be with you still today. But as you have chosen to keep her a wav' from me. 1 am taking her away from you for good and I am going with her. There never was a little girl that I liked so well. She has been my favorite from the start because she is pure and sweet, and she , would have stayed that way as far as I was concerned, for I would (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) ITALIAN FLEET TO START HOME Air Armada of 24 Seaplanes Will Start Return Trip Wednesday Chicago. July 17 — i'U.R) —Italy's air armada of 24 sea planes was groomed today for a flight Wed-: nesday to New' York City, the first i stage of the return flight to Orbetello. Italy. General Italo Balbo and his 94 officers and men. heroes of the greatest mass flight in aviation history, received the plaudits of Chicago and the world fair. From i the moment of their arrival Saturday afternoon, after a comparative fast flight by stages Torn Orbetello, they had been feted almost continuously. The airmen planned to spend several hours today going over their shiny planes, in preparation for the flight home. A scheduled trip to Lake Geneva, Wis., was: cancelled. At noon today they were to pay a formal visit to Mayor Edward J Kelly. They planned 'o rest in I the after’oon and attend a 'tinner given by Harry S. New. United States commissioner to the world’s fair, in the evening, and a grand ball at the Century of Progress at night. The fliers were enjoying their *7continupd ON PAGE TWO)

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16 LIVES LOST IN STATE OVER LASTWEEK-END Auto Accidents Claim Fourteen Lives, Two Persons Drowned SUMMER TRAFFIC REACHES PEAK By United Press Automobiles took an unusual toll of lives in Indiana over the weekend as summer highway traffic reached its peak. At least 14 persons were killed in auto accidents while drownings accounted for the deaths of two. Near Winchester two men and a woman were killed when their car collided with another. Two persons lost their lives in an accident near Shelbyville Saturday and an aged -coupl? died beneath the < wheels of a train which struck their cat near Whitestown Sunday. The complete list of dead follows: Automobiles Mrs. Lucy Pritchard, 53, Terre Haute. William Mahler. 70. Lebanon. Mrs. William Mahler. 60, Leban- ’ on. George Tanner, 49, Saratoga. Frank Rex, 51. Saratoga. Mrs. Frank Rex. 49, Saratoga. Mary Katherine Barksdale, 18. Paoli. Fred Brown. 50. Boggstown. Freda Davis, 13, Boggstown. Mrs. Frances Liebner, 51. Evansville. Leroy Kahn, 29, Bluffton. Joseph Gansinger, 57, East Chicago. Engelo Semphine, 19. Mishawaka. Mary Susan Jones, 72, Ir.diar'i l ,- olis. Drownings Ira Weidner, 39, Noble, 111. Lloyd Riddle, 20. Uniondale. CONVENTION AT MONROE SUNDAY County Sunday School Convention Held Sunday Afternoon A county convention for Sunday School teachers and workers was held Sunday afternoon at th Monroe Methodist Episcopal Church. IA large crowd attended the meeting over which Miss Lois Fuhrman, j county director of the educational department, presided. The music was in the charge of Miss Frances Burkhalter of Berne and the Misses Marjorie Baumgartner and Elida Flickinger played a ; violin duet. The Rev. Clarence H. Benson, director of'the Christian education I course of the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago was the principal speaker. He ( is also the secretary of the Eva gelical Teachers Training Association as well as editor of the All Bible Graded Lessons and asso- | ciate editor of The Moody Monthly. He spoke on’"Saving the Nation Through Christian Leadership." He j pointed out the great responsibility : I placed upon the Sunday school I teachers. Rev. Benson answered the ques- ■ tions which were presented by various teachers and leaders. The Rev. I Enss, professor of Systematic Theology at Goshen College was present at the convention and gave a brief talk. He also stressed the need of trained teachers in the Sunday j Schools. o Funeral Services Were Held Sunday Funeral services were held for Mrs. Sarah Hammell at the home on South Winchester street at I 2:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon. The Rev. George O. Walton, pastor of ' the First Presbyterian church, of ' which Mrs. Haninr 11 was a memI her. officiated. Vocal selections were su g by Mrs. Willi mi Scha j ter of Indianapolis, assisted by Mrs. Fred Smith of this city at the piano. Pall bearers were the sons in-law a grandson ind nephew of the deceased. Burial was made i i the Decatur cent tery. Mrs. Hammell died • ally Friday morning following a short illness. She was 77 years ot' age and was a life long resident of Adams county.

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1 President Suffers ■ From Slight Cold | Washington, July 17— <U.R) —' 1 President Roosevelt is suffering from a slight cold, it was announced at the White House today. In order to speed complete recovery the president decided not 1 to go to the executive offices but : to work instead in his study. He also ordered that his calling list i lie reduced. The president, it was understood, planned to devote most of the day to a consideration of im- ( portant public works projects In this connection it was reported I that another list of projects was ready. T <>-- — | LEROYKAHNIS FATALLY HURT SUNDAY NIGHT Z.W •< Son of Lee Kahn of Deca- A tur Killed Near Bluff- < ton In Accident HALF-BROTHER IS SLIGHTLY INJURED > I ' Leroy Kahn. 29. son of Lee J. 1 Kahn of Decatur, was fatally injured at 9 o’clock Sunday* night. when he lost control of the car which he was driving and it turn- , ed over into a ditch three miles < east of Bluffton on stffte road 124. i A half brother. George Kalin of I Decatur, escaped witli only minor injuries. The two young men were . enroute to Bluffton at the time of ; the accident and were reported to ; have been traveling at a fast ra.e , of speed. It is thought that some ■ defect in the steering gear caused the car to get out .of control and swerve into the ditch. The car ' turned over three times aad was , badly wrecked. Motorists passing the scene of : the accident found Leroy Kahn , lying unconscious in the road and , George,* lying in the ditch. An , ambulance from Bluffton took the ( men to the Wells County hospital. Leroy's face was severely lacer- t ated apparently by the hard sur- , I face of the road and at the hos- , pital it was disclosed that a ( sharp object punctured the back ( at a point beneath the shoulder blade. This wound together with < possibilities of fractured ribs. ] punctured the lungs. An internal t hemorrhage caused his death two , hours following the Ttccide.’t. George was also removed to the j hospital where he was found to be , suffering from severe bruises, not , serious. He was permitted io | leave the hospital and return to , his home in Decatur this morning. , Leroy Kahn was born at Markle. f February 19. 1894. a son of Lee J. and Carrie Ormsby Kahn. His father resides at Decatur and his ] mother is living in Michigan. £ Two half brothers, George and t William and a half sister, Emma, , I CONTI NUF7D "N CAGE TWO) J LOCAL MEN TO ATTEND MEET , ■ 1 Adams County Merchants Will Attend State Re- , tailers Meeting i Indianapolis, July 17 —(Special) t The direct manner in which th'“ Associated Retailers of Indiana will I dig down into'gover :mental expenditures and endeavor to plug tire : leaks will be studied by several Ad- ! ' ams county merchants when they , go to Indianapolis Wednesday to aid in drafting th? Association’s ’ I„, , I far-reaching program. The Fourth congressional district , which includes Adams county, will have two members on the state board of directors of the Associ (ted ( retailers. The district directors, numbering twenty-four, will be i elected at the (Indianapolis gatheri ing. Several districts already have designated their spokesmen. The meeting in Indianapolis will > swing the (Associated Retailers of i Indiana, already firmly entrenched E ' thioughout the state, imo imme- F i diate activity and the functions acd ! lost.s of every governmental unit — from the statehouse in Indianapolis i down to the smallest township—will come within the ttcope of its I | scrutiny, I

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BODIES FOUND THIS MORNING; POST CONTINUES Two Lithuanians Crash In Germany; Wiley Post Leaves Moscow CAUSE OF CRASH IS UNCERTAIN (By United Press) While Wiley Post, Oklahoma aviator, sped on his record - attempting flight around the world, tnigedy overtook two other airmen who attempted a flight from New York to Kovno, Lithuania. 'l'he bodies of Stephen Darius and Stanley Girenas. Lithuanians, were found in their wrecked plane near Soldin. Germany. They had flown the Atlantic but apparently were lost during the night in the darkness around Berlin and cracked up in the woods near Soldin. alumt 65 miles northeast of Begin. Post was flying toward Novosibirks, Siberia, from Moscow, on the third leg of his round the world flight. Tragic Ending Berlin. July 17—<U.R) The shattered wreckage of a plane and two bodies lying among its strewn mail sacks were found near Soldi::, Pomerania today, writing another tragic chapter in the history of trans-Atlantic flying. Authorities identified the bodies as those of Stephen Darius and Stanley Girenas. Lithuanians, who left New York Saturday morning on an ambitious project to fly to Kovno. capital of Lituania. The plans was found in the woods five miles from Soldin. From scattered reports which came in during the night, the unlucky pair of fliers had wandered about in the darkness, unable to find a landing place, until they eventually crashed, either from motor trouble or because their gasoline had given out. The flight had seemed ill-starr-ed from the start. Taking off' with semi-secrecy from New York, because they lacked authorization, the Lithuanians almost cracked tip at the take-off. They managed to fly the Atlantic, but fog. darkness and perhaps lack of sufficient navigating facilities caused them to be lost almost within reach of their goal. Inhabitants of the village of Berlinchen, near Soldin. heard the roar of a low-flying plane about midnight. Occupants of a suburban lumber camp reported shortly afterwards that an unidentified plane had trained a powerful searchlight on the camp. Moscow, July 17 —(LLP) Wiley Post, continuing his swift flight around the world on his attempt to break the record he and Harold Gatty set in 1931. took off at 5:15 p. m. today (8:15 a. m. CST) for Novosibirsk, Siberia. His next scheduled stopping place, almost midway across Siberia. is approximately 1.500 milee from here. The daring Oklahoman, who took off from New York Saturday, halted briefly at Berlin and Koeningsberg and stopped in Moscow only three hours while minor adjustments were made to his plane. When he left here. Post was 13 hours and nine mifutes ahead of the Post-Gatty record. o Black Funeral Parlor Is Moved The S. E. Black funeral parlor has been moved from South Second street to the corner of Third and Adams streets, in what Is known as the Townsend property, which Mr. Black recently purclmsed. The place has been remodeled and made into a modern funeral home. o Today’s Scores NATIONAL LEAGUE Brooklyn 100 000 00 Pittsburgh 002 030 09 Only games scheduled. AMERICAN LEAGUE Detroit at Philadelphia, rain. Only games scheduled.