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IMPOST ON INGEROUS HOP [cross ocean Ind the « ,>r K F l ier (Again Hr Ahead I Os Old Recora I' 41) OF OLD f MARK 30 HOIKS 1 - me , AH«k». J“'y 20-(U.R) ■lying at a terrific speed. | Po ,t. round the world ( (lev. over Nome at 7_30 ■ today (10:30 am CST.) ■ aio not stop but P'-‘>«ed-(n toward Fairbanks. 520 (i inland. IbaTWsk, Siberia, July Er, Wiles Post. AmenKntuiul the ''“rjd flier. Kenny aH of the time fc recent (Ways. arrived ■ from Rukhlovo at 8.3 j I(FDT) Wednesday and ■ offal 10:58 |>. in. for ■janks. Alaska, and the Ecan continent. K? onlv for fuel and to ■th. Winnie Mae overhauled. Eerican “iron man" took off (3,000 mile hop to Fairbanks. ( in most dangerous of all ( made to date. 30 hours 16 (, ahead of the reeord he Erold Gatty made two years (record he hopes to better (by arriving at Floyd Ben- , (inert. New York, before ( (m EOT Sunday. ( (made the 640 miles from Evo to Khabarovsk in 4 (10 minutes. ('1 plane and its motor were , (endid condition when he , (from this town in extreme ' E Siberia for a flight over i Ey Orkhotsk sea. across the .1 (ske peninsula, and over 1 (ring Sea into the far inter-jl I Alaska, north of Mt. Me- 1 ( (aa this stretch that broughtj 1 (r to James Mattern, who 1 ■ed Post and after a forced ' I ( on Anadir hay. was lost ■ world for days. It apparently had no doubt < ■hat he would succeed. I left Irkutsk at midnight , ly, EDT after being held ■ ground 15 hours 25 minutes ■ Id weather. He was but 3 124 minutes ahead of the , ■atty record then. ■ ( ■ landed at Rukhlovo next, , ■rriXt'ED ON PAGE FTVR) Kias Store Will Re-Open Saturday ■C A.'Douglas store will open ' ■siaess in its new location in lof C. building on North Sec- <' ■r-et Saturday. I store was moved from the ' ■ein building on South second ,' Ithig week. Formal announce-1 ■ lot the opening is made in a | ‘ |ad in today’s issue of the I Democrat Tony Metzler is ■ ■er of the local store. ■ ( pays Scores [tional league kelphia . 000 00 ■0 003 02 fey and Davis; Tinning and lett. f orl < 200 102 0 | ur 9h 220 000 0 ffaiee and Mancuso; Swift (race. h n GOO 000 00 pati 000 000 00 M and Lopez; Benton and prdl. f 00 F* 00 Rouae and Hogan; Haines pilion. ERICAN league * 000 000 0 l"9‘on 000 000 0 , 9es and Hayworth; Crowder [•well. t“'* ; 400 010 000 Pe'Phia. .. 400 100 000 L* and Shea; Grove and rane. “ ,nd 010 002 OOO— 3 7 0 L° rk 000 100 OOO— 1 3 4 r and Pytlak; Gomez and f ' 000 000 000— 05 0 020 002 01x— 56 0 (I m ind Be|, ry; Pipgraa and rtesy City Confectionery.

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Shriner Band Will Give Concert Here The famous Sh rimer band from Fort Wayne, one of the best of Its kind in. the middle west will give an hour and a half concert at legion Memorial ptrk In this city, tomorrow evening. Plans have been completed to make it a delightful evening and the committee in charge. Jam s Elberson and I. A. Berstein with Robert Helm, Master of the Decatur Masonic lodge today extended an invitation to every one so desiring, to bring his supper an dmake the -vent a community picnic. The band program will open about eight o'clock and the Fort Wayne delegation will include about fifty pepole. Those who listened to the cone rt given by this band last year were delighted and it is expected that a large crowd will attend tomorrow evenings entertainment. Stands on the ground will dispense ice cream, lemonade, pop and other refreshments, the proceeds ftom this being used for the fund for crlppl d children, sponsored by tl»» Shrine. URGE FUNDS FOR RIVER PROJECT Decatur Citizens And Organizations Send Wires To Washington Messages to President Roosevelt and Hon. Harold Ickes, secretary of the interior, urging allocation of funds for the Wabash and White river projects, are proposed by Mrs. Virginia E. Jenckpe, congresswoman from Terre Haute .were sent today by several local citizens and organizations. Mrs. Jenckes has made application for slß.ouujjou. to .De spent In river improvements and flood control along the Wabash and White rivers in !n“ana. Since a stretch along the Wabash river from Wilshire, Ohio, west through Adams county to the Jtmtown bridge has been ordered by Judge Henry Kister of Princeton, special judge in the Wabash river case lias been ordered dredged, the movement to have the government improve the river is of great interest to people in this community. The project as ordered by Judge Kister is estimated to cost more than 3125,000. in addition to the cost of building several bridges over the river. At the hearing it was estimated that the bridges would cost $40,000. If the government would authorize the appropriation and begin work on the river, local officials and attorneys believe that the Adams county project could be included in the government recovery measure. It would mean a saving of about $200,000 to farm owners and the county government. Mrs. Jenckes has taken an active interest in presenting the river improvement program before the President and the Department of Interior and has written Mayor George Krick and other officials in this city, urging them to support her effort to have the allocation of funds made. o NEW NEWSPAPER ORGANIZATION Daily And Weekly Papers In Indiana Forming Organization Indianapolis. July 20 —(DPI A constiuttion for a new organization known as the Hoosier State Press Association, open to ail daily and weekly newspapers in Indiana, was being drawn today by a committee of five men. The commitlee, composed of John D. Deprez, Shelbyville. Ed J Hancock, Greensburg; Curtis Hostetter, Rockville; E. C. Gorrell, Winamac, land E. C. Van Valer, Gas City, was appointed at a preliminary meeting here yesterday. A stecond organization meeting will be held Monday at which the committee will made its report. The organization will operate for the Mutual Benefit of all newspapers In the state, it wjs said. ; Policies would be excluded Possibility of a newspaper code under the Industrial Recovery Act was considered. Wray Fleming, Shelbyville, rep- ’ (CONTINUED* ON*PAGE FIVE)

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GENERAL BALBO GIVEN WELCOME AT WASHINGTON Commander of Italian Fleet Is Greeted By More Than 10,000' ROOSEVELT TO GREET LEADER Washington. July 20.—(U.R) —General llalo Bal bo. hero of the Italian air armada, arrived here at 10:25 a. in. today to receive a nation's homage for his brilliant flight conveying the good will of the Italian government and people on the occasion of the Chicago Century of Progress exposition. General Balbo came to Washington to pay his respect to President Roosevelt. A White House reception of the Italian fliers was scheduled for 1:45 p. m., when Balbo was to be greeted from the portico of the executive mansion in tlie same manner the President greeted the foreign premiers during preliminaries to the world economic conference. Balbo arrived at the Bolling Field tn a navy Amphibian plane, piloted by Lieut. Don Owers, U. S. N. The plane originally was built for the use of President Roosevelt. A crowd of more than 10,000 and a large party of officials greeted the fliers as they arrived. The five transport planes which accompanied the navy plane from New York settled on the field within four minutes after arrival of the leader. A salute of 19 guns was fired. Balbo was greeted by Lieut. Col. B. K. Young, commanding officer of Bolling Field. Several other officers of the Italian rmada emerged from the ( which hrouglM the general. crowd had gathered at Bolling Field an hour in advance of Balbo’s arrival and long lines of automobiles rimmed two sides of the field. Secretaries Roper and Swanson were among the earliest of the official welcoming party. Tile scene was brightened by the varied military and naval units, which included Italian-American (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUP) — o ROOSEVELT IS SUREOFREPEAI Farley Reports President Believes Country et By Christinas Washington, July 20 — (U.R) — President Roosevelt believes that the 18th amendment will be repealed before Christmas. Postmaster General Farley, his chief political lieutenant, reported today. Farley went to the White House to tell of the success of his southern campaign in the interests of repealing the dry taws. He told Mr. Roosevelt that prohibition would be a thing of the past by the Christmas holidays. "And the president agrees with me,” Farley said. "The country is safe for repeal.” "Repeal of the 18th amendment was the first thing that 1 took up with the chief." Farley said. "I told him that we would have repeal by Christmas.” he said, slapping his knee with emphasis. "What did the president say to * (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) Two Accidents Are Reported By Cop Ed Rose, Bluffton, state motorcycle policeman, reports two auto accidents Wednesday night. Cars driven by L. V. Ptddock, Portland. and Elisha Cline. Pennville collided at Reiffsburg on state road one at 6 o’clock Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Cline suffered slight scratches and bruises. Both cars were damaged. The other accident occurred four miles northwest of Linn Grove at 11 p. m. Cars driven by Fred Steiner, living north of Linn Grove, and Marjorie Pusey, Geneva, collided at a road- crossing. Mrs. Steiner sustained two fractured ribs. Mr. Steiner and daughter, Mary Elizabeth, escaped injury. Occupants of the other car were Edith Moser, Geneva, Walter Fenstermaker, Geneva, and Jay Arnold, Anderson. Both autos were badly damaged.

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Betrothal Denied z v - - y it » iR * } W Ata Miss Ruth Googins of Fort Worth, Tex., society belle, in whom Elliott Roosevelt, son of the President, is reported to be romantically interested, interviewed in Chicago, young Roosevelt said he would l et everybody know in due course if he ever intended to get married again. He was divorced Monday by Mrs. Elizabeth Donner Roosevelt.

TENNESSEE IS CASTING VOTE Another of Traditionally Dry States Votes On Repeal Question (By United Press I The canipaign to repeal the 18th amendment by Christmas, advancing rapidly on the momentum of a series of 18 victories and no defeats, today entered Tennessee, another state of the so-called "solidly dry” south where a 19th victory seemed probable I Oregon passes on the issue tomorrow and there was the strong ' est likelihood that it would become the 20th state to approve ratification of the 21st (repeal) amendment. Thirty-six states must approve before national prohibition is ended. If all states in which elections will be held between now’ and November 7. vote wet. repealists will be one short of their goal. A special session of the Utah legislature received a proposal that the state hold its repeal election November 7 from Governor Blood yesterday. The Virginia legislature meets early in August. It was most likkely that if not Utah or Virginia, either Louisiana, Oklahoma, or Montana would hold an election this year. If any one of these states voted wet it would provide repPalists with the 36th state needed for ratification. In Arizona, dry forces admitted (CONTINUED ON PAGE ITA E) RALPH ROOP IS MAKING SURVEY County Surveyor Measuring Monroe Street For Correct Width Ralph Roop, county surveyor and road engineer is today measuring Monroe street and will provide a blue print which will be forwarded to the state highway commission ; immediately, urging them to correct ‘ the record regarding tlie width of I Decatur streets. Those who have measured MonI roe street claim the street is forty : feet wide from the river bridge to Eighth street and that in official measurement will verify the figure. If only a thirty-six foot width is required to secure the Federal aid in improving city streets over which U. S. roads are routed, the i improvement can be provided through Decatur without serious damage to trees and property” as tlie state records now show. H. Fred Linn, chairman of the city council’s street committee will [assist Mr. Roop in making tlie suri vey.

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Ed Hower Bitten By Venomous Snake Ed Hower of this city was bitten by a venomous snake, believed to 1 be a water motesin. Wednesday while dipping water from a pond at Krick and Tyndall’s Tile Mill to carry to his plants in the community garden. Hower stooped over to dip the witer when the snake dropped off of a low-hanging bush a: d struck i him on the left arm below the elbow. The attending physician rji garded his condition as serious for . a few hours yesterday. However, ■ quick mediutl attention saved his life and Hower was abl - to walk uptown today. The snake was killed. LOCAL FACTORY RUNNING GOOD La Fontaine Handle Co., Unable To Get Enough Timber As Needed The LaFontaine Handle Company is operating five days and could run six days a week if timber cbuld be obtained. C. E. Bell, president of the company stated to- . day. The p'ant has been running stead- ! i ily for several months, tlie only in--1 terruption in the regular work schedule being due to the lack of timber during season when farmers find it impossible to cut or haul it. More than 20 men are employed at the factory and the five-day a week schedule will be maintained as long as timber is available and orders keep coming in. The Ash Handle Association of which the local company is a member, is adopting a code in compliance with the National Recovery Act and all factories will operate under it, Mr. Bell stated. The code will provide for shorter hours, probably 40 hours a week. ' with an increased wage scale per hour, Mr. Bell stated. The price of timber has been fixed by the | national, association and the wage and employment code will be ad- | opted in the near future. Two Autos Collide Near Berne Wednesday 1 i ■ A slight accident occurred on State Road 27. ore half mile north of Berne l ite Wednesday afternoon' i' when the automobile driven by ! 1 Miss Louise Herman, daughter of • Rev. and Mrs. Herman ot Berne was ■ struck by the automobile driven by I Miss Esther Steury. daughter of i Mr. and Mrs. Dtvid Steury, also of i [ Berne. Both cars were going north on ■ the state road. Miss Herman turned I east off the main highway and the - [ Steury car struck her. The Hernwn j car was badly damaged.

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EXPECT EARLY PROPOSAL OF RECOVERY AID Administration Reported About Ready To Issue Call To Employers PLAN WILL RAISE BUYING POWERS (By United Press) . The administration was nearly | all employers to shorten worklhg ready today to issue its call for hours and establish minimum wages in order to obtain quicker results in the drive for recovery. Industrial Administrator Hugh Johnson expected to lay before President Roosevelt the completed draft of his plan for a voluntary blanket code setting minimum wages of sls a week for office workers and 40 cents an hour for industrial labor. Hearings were started on two more individual codes those for •the lumber and women’s cloak and suit Industries. Hearings on the shipbuilding and electrical manufacturing codes continued. Independents in the electrical and oil industries charged that larger concerns framed the codes for those groups in a manner that would stifle small competitors and tend toward monopoly. Official quarters viewed yesterday’s precipitate break in the , stock and commodity markets as a normal reaction. They hoped it would check speculation which some administration leaders had feared might endanger the recovery program. Aid Buying Power (Copyright 1933 by United Press i Washington. July 20 —(U.R) —The national recovery administration s plan for a voluntary and bla.iket agreement of employers to raise wages and shorten working hours is aimed »particularly at increasing the purchasing power of the “white collar’’ classes, it was learned today. Administrator Hugh S- Johnson : has put the plan into virtually *7conttnued on PAHE TWO) ——O_ Reppert Speaks To Local Lions Club Col. Fred Reppert gave an interesting talk ‘before the Lion’s Club at the meeting held Tuesday in : the Rice Hotel. Ralph Yager had charge of the program for the ingo— Complete Plans For .Annual Elks Picnic P ans have been completed for the annual Elks Stag picnic, which will be held at Sun Set Park, south east of Decatur on state road 527. all day Sunday, July 23. A feature of the picnic will be. a chicken dinner, served from noon to 2 p. m. All members of the American Legion have been invited to attend , the picnic. F. J. Schmitt is general chairman, assisted by L. A. Holthouse, and Earl B. Adams, exalted ruler. Tickets may be obtained from R. C. Ehinger, O. W. : P. Macklin or at the E ks Home. o YOUTH WOUNDED THIS MORNING Earl Blyth Is Accidentally Shot While Practice Shooting Earl Blyth, 421 North Fourth street, was accidentally shot in the left elbow this morning about 10:30 o’clock, while he and Monroe Fuhr- : man were engaged in target praci tice. The two boys had been camping ; on Ben Schroyer farm this week and were practicing shooting with a 22 calibre rifle this morning. The Fuhrman boy was about 50 yarsd away from Blyth when he disebarg- ’ ed the gun, the bullet striking Blyth in the left elbow. The bullet entered on the inside iof the elbow and lodged in the muscle. He was removed to the Adams County Memorial Hospital where an x-ray picture was taken and the bullet removed. The attending physician stated stated that the wound is not serious and unless complications set in, Blyth will recover rapidly.

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Casting Company Makes New Product A new product was made this j week by the Decatur Casting company of this city—cast iron trays ion which steaks can be kept hot while being served. Last evening a half dozen couples gathered ut the Ira Fuhrman cabin in Bellmont park addition for a steak dinner, the occasion being a birthday surprise for Mr. Fuhrman. James Cow -ii. ni'anager of the casting plant brought out the trays, heated them over the outside oven .and H P. Schmitt, the chef, prepared (he juicy and delicious steaks. The trays were placed on the table, the , steaks keeping piping hot while be- 1 ing served. A large ice cream cake was furnished by W.A. Klepper of the Cloverleaf Creamery. Inc. HIGHWAYS ARE IN GOOD SHAPE 9,000 Feet of County Roads Have Been Oiled This Summer The highways in front of every rural church in Adams county have been oiled by orders of the county commissioners and in those places where a school or parsonage is owned in conjunction with the church, the improvement extends beyond those buildings. it is a convenience, and according to reports from all over the county, one of tlie services most appreciated of any that has been rendered. The work was supervis d by Ralph Roop, county engineer and the total of road thus oiled is over 9.000 feet. Tin- county commissioners are well pleased with the saving made this year in building five miles of county roads out of the funds and I expect to continue this. A-member of the board made the statement . toda that within three years, the present plan will have every farm j residence in the county out of the mud and at much less cost than under any plan so fir tried. There will be no issue of bonds and the roads will be construct d only as the funds on hand permit. KIDNAP VICTIM BADLY WOUNDED Philadelphia Rea! Estate Dealer Shot By WouldBe Kidnapers Philadelphia. July 20— (U.R) — While two men who attempted to kidnap a wealthy real estate dealer were sought by local and federal authorities today, their intended victim. Frank A. McClatchy. 44. lay seriously wounded in a hospital. He was shot through the chest, by one of two men with whom he had fought desperately late yes- ‘ terday in front of an unoccupied suburban estate which they had asked to inspect as prospective buyers. The would-be abductors, it was revealed, had planned to kidnap McClatchy’s brother. John H. McClatchy. millionaire head of tlie real estate firm When John was > found unavailable, Frank, sales manager, drove the pair to a suburban home at Andover Road in his automobile. The two men attempted to seize I McClatchy as they entered the vacant house. He knocked them i off their feet with his fists and : as they jumped up. one held the pistol to his chest and fired. The two fled in his automobile, which was found abandoned several blocks away. McClatchy walked to the roadway. A passing i motorist took him to Misericordia Hospital where the bullet was removed. No Trace Found Os Missing Auto No trace had been found late this afternoon of Robert "Red” . Hesher, who this morning stole a . Rockne sedan owned by Doe Fry- > back. Tlie auto was taken from in front of the Riverside garage, i Some reports stated that Hesher j was seen driving out of town on 11 Monroe street' but State Policeman - Ed Rose, who attempted to trace LI Hesher, found no trace of the missing man or the car.

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GRAIN MARKET IN BEDLAM AS PRICES SLUMP Today’s Session Is Wildest On Board of Trade Since 1929 Panic STOCK MARKET IS ALSO LOWER Chicago, July 20.— <U.P.) —- The magnificent wheat pits ot the Chicago board of trade turned to bedlam today in the midst of terrific gyrations in wheat prices that plunged 26 cents a bushel below yesterl dav’s close before the decline halter. At the close wheat was 13 >2 cents lower, corn 12 to 13 cents lower, oats. 7% cents lower and rye 21% to 25% cents lower than yesterday’s close. Perspiring brokers peeled off their coats and rolled up their sleeves as they fought to unload hundreds of thousands of bushels of grain on an almost bottomless market. So intense was the confusion that different quotations were being offered simultaneously in various parts of the pits. The session was the wildest since the panic of October. 1929, and the war markets of 1917 and 1920. Rallies occurred from time to time but so terrific was the flood of selling orders that brokers labored under a veritable avalanche in attempting any effort to halt the decline. The close came at the day’s lew point. July wheat futures at Chi- ' cago sold at 90 cents, September at 91 cents. December at 95% cents and May at an even $1 a bushel. Corn prices toppled at 40 cents a bushel for July. 53 cents for ’ September. 56% cents for December and 63% cents for May. Oats was down to 35 cents for July. 34% cents for September, 37 cents for December and 41 cents for May. Rye, which made the widest drop, plunged to 69 cents for July, 67 cents for September, 72% cents soDecember and 81% cents for May. Trading came close to an alltime record for volume. Yesterday’s session handled 210.827.000 bushels of grain. The volume today was even higher than yesterday which was the third largest in the grain exchange’s history. It was believed it came within a few million bushels of tlie record and was known to have exceeded all business since 1925. Markets Crumble New York. July 20 — (U.R) —The “new deal” markets crumbled today as General Johnson warned of 1 a crisis ahead. Stocks crashed four to 23 points in a giant turroer with tickers far behind. Alcohol issues again were weak features. Their losses (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) o Willard Baumgartner Given Bus Contract Noah Rich, trustee of Monroe township, announced this morning that Willard Biumgarti er of Berne had .been awarded the contract for bus driver of route 1, Monros townsi.ip. EXTENDS SALE TO ROADHOUSES State Excise Director Authorizes Legal Sale Os 3.2 Beer Indianapolis. July 20.—(U.R) —Sale of 3.2 beer in roadhouses was auth- ' orized today by Paul P. Fry, state " \ excise director. Roadhouses had been prevented from handling the new brew under 'a section of the state beer control law which provided that restaurants ling beer must be located t within an incorporated city dr town. > “This section is descriptive only ■ and does not constitute a limita- , tion.” Fry explained. He defined a restaurant as any , place where food is furnished habitually to travelers regardless r of whether it is within or without t city limits. ! Fry he'd that beer may be served at tables placed outside restaur- , I ants but that curb service is pro- * (CONTINU ED*ON *PAGE FOUR) *