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INMEN AMBUSH ALICE CAR AND IURDER DEPUTY author Officer Wound- , Prisoner Captured And Slain In (Jang .ling staged BY gangsters hari<-si<>ii. W '• i . !;<!■- (U.B 4g A police car eii te to tho state ixnitenI with a prisoner was '*•■diet! tsarlv today by - gunmen who killed one iitv sheriff and wounded (her, ir. Of’*' • to capture *•* slav the prisoner. b<«& di t’’>' convicted man. ... intMFlater was found | f! ■ ■ abandoned in an 'a ;u Huntington, W. Va. I lie deadly Win <>f revolver I ts which stopped the officers' I shortly as -"I left " B imiXfjvjjP*' Deputy Roy iiblfn, and Kunded Deputy <1 >udiey wh<> W” - driving :R dsad prfec' r was Honor xw, 19, who was under sentof 25 years for armed rote state-wide !search for the rs was started dley gave the alarm, being fntlto drive the car despite his Ida. irper was jsrked from the ilTllil riddled automobile in which vas being taken to the peniary as it came to a halt under murderous fln from the four ictive gangsters ie youthful prisoner was placin the attack- s automobile, h speeded toward Charleston ie gunmen’s fear crept up on officers’ automobile, traveling he same dtrecion. Without Hng a thunderous volley nt S-rpmRD ON P«CK THUKEi rinary Roofs In Need Os Repair irvey Da Fontaine, superin >nt of the Ada- s County infir- ■, reported to the county coun-. lis morning that the roofs on yarns at the infirm try needed War. Mr. La Ms> nr aine stated the • '• gles were Warping and th it attention Mould be given to $ oofs The matter was referred ie county eonimission-rs and ■•ispoetion wlil be made hy the "burned Missionary STo5 To Speak Next Sunday ss Eva fiprunger, a returned kmary froxn China will speak < thank ,offering meeting at h Salem, Stand.iy moning July t cordial Invitation is extended ! who wish to hear her jday’s Scores ATIONAL LEAGUE Firat Game ■klyn 009 OC3 090—3 4 1 ■York 019 000 112—5 8 1 J nge and Lope a: Schumacher Mancuso. iff ff Second Game 11 klyn 001 0 York .... 201 1 i y.|roll and Lopez; Parmalee and cuso. ICf.ihnatl . .. 0 -ouia .— 0 | H and Hemsley: Hallaand O'Farrell. ) F ticago at Pittsburgh, rain, tly games scheduled. _ MERICAN LEAGUE r - I . J First Game HIX' York 000 000 011—2 5 0 on 000 000 000—0 5 0 >mez and Dickey; Weiland and eIL Second Game (York 02$ 20 on 202 50 . Brown and Dickey; L. Brown Ferrell. eland .... 000 300 ago 001 000 Jdlin and Pytlak; Heving and *• -ouia 000 01 Pit 200 21 >llea and Shea;* Bridges and worth. •* ashington at Philadelphia — grounds. City Confectionery.

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Policeman Slain in Chicago Court & l till! IO , >'*’• *5 -'J An < hfi V •ClB/fl w ll n h J K ■aiß’e * 'A- ’ IWIMII—Arft Too late to be of service. Dr. Harry R Hoffman bends over the body of Policema.i John (1. Sevick. 32. who was shot to death in a courtroom in Chicago’s Criminal Court Building, while trying to halt John Scheek. hank bandit prisoner making a desperate attempt to gain liberty with a smuggled revolver. Scheck was shot and critically wounded.

DRYSHOPETO BLOCK REPEAL Will Contest Legality of Several State Repeal Conventions Washington, July 26 — (U.R) — Prohibitionists revealed today that they hoped to block repeal by contesting tlie legality of state conventions in which the repeal amendment had been ratified by delegates elected at large. The move contemplated by the drys is based on a decision of the supreme court of Maine, which held that delegates to the state convention must be elected by districts. The dry challenge was directed specifically at New York and New Jersey. Canon William Sheafe Chase outlined the reasoning under which delegate-at-largo conventions approving repeal are to he challenged. “I am reasonably confident." Chase told the I'nitedPress. “that the election in all states where the law authorizing them was similar to that in New York and New Jersey will be declared unconstitutional by the United States supreme court. Delegates-at large were preponderant in the conventions as authorized in those two states. “These elections will be declar(CONTINURD ON PAGE FIVE) o • GOVERNORS ARE ASKED TO AID President Roosevelt Asks Help In Far Flung Recovery Program Washington. July 26. (U.R) —Cooperation of state governors was enlisted by President Rooseve t today as the administration moved forward with its far flung program to build tlie foundations of a lasting prosperity. Following up liis address to the nation appealing for united action by all in the drive to end unemployment. the President spoke to the governors in conference at San Francisco, pointing out the course to follow in the period of, economic readjustment. “I feel that one of the great problems before us is to adjust the balance between mutual state and federal undertakings to determine the joint responsibilities of many great tasks,” he said. "I think we are making progress in this direction. There are many *7cONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

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Sievers Funeral Services Thursday Funeral services for Clarence , Sievers. 25, of 1217 Spy Run, Fort ' Wayne, son of Mrs. Anna Sivers of 1 Fre-bhe township and a nephew »4 1 j W. H. Zwick of this city, will be ( held Thursday afternoon at 2 > o’clock, daylight saving time, at tire ; home -and it 2:30 o'clock at the . Concordia Lutheran Church in Fort Wayne. Rev. Walter Klausing will officiate. The body was removed to the I home in Fort Wiyn? from the W. H. Zwick and Sons Funeral Home here this morning. The young man . died at the St. Joseph Hospital Tuesday morning at 8 o'clock from injuries received last Frid y night in an automobile accident southwest of Fort Wayne. STATES PLEDGE KIDNAP DRIVE Governor McNutt Among Speakers At 25th Annual Conference Washington July 26 —(UP) —Attorney general Cummings, after discussing with President Roosej velt today methods of combatting the kidnaping racket, indicated that th? federal government was prepared to finance adequately i drive aimed t stamping out the waive, of I abductions. "The fight must be won," CuminI fng.s said, dding that his department was ready to use all available funds for the drive agtinst kidnaptngs. San Francisco, July 26.— (U.R) — | Governors of the various states l were aligned today with federal , and local authorities in a drive against kidnapers, after a vigorous I speech before the 25th annual gov- ' ernors’ conference by Gov. Fred Balzar of Nevada, who urged the ■ death penalty for abductors. i "It is up to us governors to operate in connection with the national government, or to do something of our own accord," Balzar said. "We ■ governors are too inclined to listen to sob sisters. We're too soft in our treatment of criminals. "I advocate death, rather than a 50-year prison sentence, for kidnap'l era.” ! Governor after governor urged ' cooperation with the federal ad ' (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) Volunteer Firemen To Meet Thursday A meeting of all volunteer firemen of the city will be held at the Decatur fire department on Seventh stre t. Thursdiy night at seven o’clock.

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COOPERS WILL DISCUSS CODE C. O. Porter Will Attend Code Meeting In Memphis, Tennessee A code regulating hours of labor and fixing a wage scale for the Cooperage industry, in compliance with the National Recovery Act, will be discussed at a meeting of cooperage manufacturers in Memphis. Tenn.. Thursday and Friday of tills week, C. (). Porter, president of the Decatur Cisiperage company announced today. “It is the intention of the Cooperage Industries to instill shorter working hours and higher wages just as quickly as the code can be agreed upon and all manufacturers properly notified.” Mr. Porter stated. Following the meeting this week, meetings of the separate branches of the industry will be held in Memphis next week. Mr. Porter stated. Mr. Porter is planning to attend the meeting of the hoop group. The local hoop mill Is running full time, six days a week and is employing an average of 75 men, Mr. Porter stated. The local factory will comply with the code and regulations fixed therein. Since there are only a few hoop mills in this section of the country, the business is largely regulated in the south and the abundance of cheap labor in the southern states creates a difficult problem for northern manufacturers. Wages now paid in the southern mills run from 50 to 75 cents a day, hoop representatives state. o DANIEL TOBIN j IS APPOINTED Indianapolis Labor Leader Accepts -Job As Regional Director ’lndianapolis, Ind., July 26 —(UP) , —Daniel J. Tobin. Indian ipolie. International president of the chauffeurs. teamsters, stablemen and helpers Union, today accepted appointment as regional director of the Federal Public works program. His region will Include Indiana. Illinois, Wisconsin, Ohio and Miohigan. Headquarters will be establish d at Chkago. Tobin’s appointment was in recognition for his work as director of the labor bureau in the Democratic campaign headquarters last year. He h id wanted the position of , Secretary of Libor under President Roosevelt but agreed to accept the less important post. . His appointment was announced in Washington late yesterday. The Indi ma advisory board for the Public Works program now is expetted to consist of Lew G. Ellinghani. Fort Wayne, Cornelius O’Brien, Lawrent eburg, and Charles B. Sommers, Indianapolis. John N. Dyer, Vincennes, Democritic member of the Indiana House of *COyT*XPEP OhTpA GE*TH|7 E E * GRAIN PRICES SPURT BRISKLY Wheat Leads Raise With Gain of Tw o to Three Cents A Bushel Chicago, July 26. — (K.R) —Grain prices spurted briskly on the Chicago board of trade at today's opening, wheat gaining 2 to 3 cents a bushel. A sharp price advance at Winnipeg and news of fresh damage 1 from drought and grasshoppers in the northwest brought a rush of buying at the opening gong. Overnight buying orders sent the figures shooting upward. Other grains followed the trend, corn gaining 1% to 1% cents and oats to 1% cents a bushel. At the opening, wheat prices were: July, 93’4, up 2 cents; September, 96, up 2%; December, 99%, up 2%, and May, 104%, up 3 cents a bushel. May corn opened at 65%. up 1% cents. Wheat failed to threaten the maximum limit set by the l«>ard of trade by 3 to 4 cents. An exception to the general upswing was barely, which dropped 5 cents, the maximum allowed. 1

Col. Earl Gartin Speaks To Lions ' The regulir meeting of th Lions ' Chib was held Tuesday night in the 1 Hi e Hotel. Col. Gartin of Greensburg was the speak r anti I gave :.n optimistic talk on "Revival of Business as Seen by an Auctioneer." W. F. Beery was chairman ' of th? program committee. KIRSCH NAMED BOARD MEMBER Mathias Kirsch Named as Member of Tax Adjustment Board Mathias Kirsch, president of the Adams County Council, was chosen to serve as the council’s mem- ' ber on the Adams County Tax Adjustment board, which will convene next October. Mr. Kirsch will be one of seven members of the county tax board. The other six men will be appointed by Judge H. M. DeVoss of the Adams Circuit court. There will be one each representing towns and cities in the county, the school boards and the townships. The other three men will be named at large. The council in special session this morning allowed all of the appropriations asked for. The appropriations totaled $2,696. and were, for the following purposes: Court house repair, including the moving and remodeling of the woman’s comfort station in the basement of the building and repairing the room on the first floor for the assessor's office. $1,200; jail repairs. $150; legal advertising account, $1,000; per diem of board of review members, s6o; purchase of calculating machine for the auditor’s office. S2SO. The council held a conference 1 I this morning during which they discussed proposed appropriations for next year. The annual swwloil . of the board will be held in Sep*(CONT*NUED ON' PAGE THREE) —O Investigate Sites Eor New City Wells Investigation of the sites for locating the new city water wells to be drilled by the watei- department of the city plant, is being made by councilmen and officijils of the department. Several sites in the south part of the city are bring considered. The wells may not lie drilled until next year, but a site m y be decided upon in the near future. BANKING CODE MAY INTERFERE * - ■ State Bank Code May Be Obstacle To Federal Home Loan Aid Indianapolis. July 26— <U.R> —Administration within Indiana of another federal relief bill —the home loan act—appeared to have met a serious obstacle today. The Indiana bank code passed by the 1933 legislature interferes, it was revealed. The code specifies what shall be legal investments for building and loan associations. It does not mention bonds of the Home Owners' Loan Corporation which had not been, created then. Since a part of the activity of the Home Loan Corporation is to give its own bonds to building and loan associations in exchange for mortgages, the exchange is precluded by state statute. Besides giving direct relief to home owners burdened with morti gages, the federal corporation also will aid them indirectly through taking over mortgages held by * ICONTINtJED ON PAGE FIVE) o Prayer Meeting At Methodist Church The prayer meeting at the First Methodist church will begin this evening promptly at 7:30 o’clock. The meeting will be held in the chapel. The topic will be. “Pastures of Tender Grass and Waters of Rest.” The pastor. Rev. C. P. Gibbs will be in charge. The old songs will be sung. Rev. Gibbs says. “The purpose of these services is to create a deep devotlonlal spirit. Last Wednesday evening fifty people were present. We are expecting a large audience this evening. Invite your friends,”

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ITALIAN AIR FLEET MAKES 515-MILEHOP General Balbo And Fleet Completes Hop To Shoal Harbor ONE PLANE MAKES FORCED LANDING Shoal Harbor, Nfd., July 26. — (U.R;— Gen. Balbo’s Italian air squadron, en route across the ocean to Italy after its epic flight ■ to Chicago, landed here today. The first section of eleven planes came down at 12:35 p. m. E.D.T. The flight of approximately 515 miles from Sliedaic, New Brunswick. was made without mishap except for tile forced landing of one plane on Prince Edward Island. The other 23 planes made a good landing on the waters of the harbor here. Shediac. N. B. July 26—<U.P.) Italy's seaplane fleet, homeward bound after its visit to the United States, left today for Shoal Harbor, N. F„ whence it will fly the Atlantic. General Italo Balbo. commanding the fleet, took off at 8:48 a.tn. EDT in the I-BALB. with the other planes following. By 8:56 a. m. all the 24 planes had risen from Shediac Bay and had formed in their groups of three for the flight across the Gulf of St. Lawrence and along the southern Newfoundland coast for Shoal Harbor. Th> airline distance was about 515 miles, but the plotted course ! of the planes along the coast line /Continued on page three) Stolen Ohio Car Recovered Here A Chevrolet sedan stolen at Celina. Ohio. July 15. was recovered Tuesday afternoon by Sheriff Burl Johnson in the Ed Schamerloh woods nine miles east of Decatur. The auto had been driven about 1,001) miles and is not in running condition. License plates had been removed. o Kentucky Man To Head Grain Dealers Henry Fniechtenieht of Louisville. Ky.. was elected president of the National Hay Dealer’s Association, at the co>nvention held in Lansing. Mich., yesterday. Mr. Fruechtenicht succeeds Avon Burk of this city, who served as president of the organimtion last year. Other officers elected were Lester Lusher. Toledo and Fred K. Sale. Indianapolis, secretary. The convention city for next year’s meeting was not selected. H, ly and grain dealers from all parts of the country attended the convention. A code providing for 48 hours work and a minimum pay of 30 cents an hour for employes was prepared and submitted to General Hugh Johnson, director of the National Recovery At t for approval. 0 — ——. ORDER PROBES OF FATAL CRASH Army Board of Inquiry, Inquest Ordered Into Seven Deaths Oceanside. Cal.. July 26. (U.R) — An army board of inquiry was ord ered convened today at March field and the county coroner ordered an inquest held in San Diego to determine cause of the crash of a bombing plane that caused the death of seven men. Witnesses said the plane lost a wing in mid air and crashed 500 feet to the ground a half mile south of this city. The dead: ,Lieut. Carl H. Murray, Filer. Ida.; Sergant Archie W. Snodgrass, San Antonio, Tex.: Sergeant Bonnell L. Herrick. Warsaw, Indiana; Corpal Walter T. Taylor. Los Angeles; Private Stanley Book. Detroit, Mich.; Private Albert Overend, Coronado, Calif.; Private Vincent Galdin, Green River. Mich. The army ship left March field . shortly before noon yesterday on " (CONTINUED*ON *PAGE FIVE)’* 1

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Slayer r Jl John Scheck. bank bandit, who shot and killed Policeman John G. Sevick in a Chicago courtroom. Scheck was in court for a hearing on a bank robbery charge when he suddenly produced a revolver which had been smuggled to him and killed Policeman Sevick in a desperate effort to escape. Scheck was shot twice and critically wounded. REGISTRATION LAW EXPLAINED New State Registration Law Is Explained By County Clerk Milton C. Werling, clerk of the Adams Circuit court, attended a meeting at Marion last night, at which an explanation of the new registration law. passed hy the 78th session of the General Assembly was given by Walton Stanton of Gary, deputy ia the Attorney ' General’s office. Every person who wishes to vote in the primary ,or regular election next year, must register. Mr. Stanton explained the provisions and pointed out the duties of the county clerks in executing the law. “Th elaw provides that it shall be unlawful for a’.iy person to vote at any general, primary or city election unless the person is. at the time of such election a registered voter. It further provides that the Clerk of the circuit court shall be the registration officer of such county and shall have full charge and control of the registration of voters within such county. The city clerks within the county and the assessor of each township shall be a deputy registration officer for such county. In addition thereto the clerk of the circuit court shall appoint as many deputy registration officers as may lie necessary, the registration officers so appointed shall be selected as nearly as practicable, in equal numbers from the two political parties on recommendation from tlie . county (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) 0 Insurance Claims Os $82,000 Paid According to the annual report of ’lnsurance companies published in The Nation 1 Underwriter. $32,000 was paid in insurance claims in Decatur in 1932. The largest claim paid was to the estate of the late : Rev. A. R. Fledderjohann, former ' pastor of Zion Reformed church of ' this city. The amount was listed in the $25,000 to $39,000 group. Rev. Fledderjohann was killed by a New York Central train in May 1931 near Hamlin, Ind. The claim of Charles F. Steel was listed in the $3,000 to $5,000 group. Other’ ! amounts paid to locil people whose names were not give follow: $13,835; $8,500; thre■ $2,000 claims and five SI,OOO claims. Total payments I in Indiana amounted to $76,100,000. I In Fort Wayne. Dr. ’Albert E. BulI son left $105,000 and Robert M. I Feustel, $77,000 iu insurance. I

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DRIVE WILL BE CARRIED ON TO ALLEMPLOYERS Thousands of Employers Continue To Make Pledges of Help MUST INCREASE PURCHASE POWER Washington, July 26—(U.R) - The flood of telegrams pouring into the White House expressing approval of President Roosevelt's industrial recovery program indicates that it is a success, he declared today. More than 15,000 telegrams have reached the White House, all of them highly favorable in character and conveying to the President the thanks of industry, large and small, for the steps he has taken for national economic rehabilitation. iMy United Press) President Roosevelt’s reeiuplovinent offensive \v a s pushed forward today on every sector. Recovery Adm inist rator Johnson said success of the drive was assured bv advance idedges of thousands of emnlovers that thev would sign the voluntary agreement to spread employment and fix minimum wages for all. But he emphasized there would be no relaxation in the effort to bring every business man, large or small, under the blanket code Preside? ’ Roosevelt asked the aid of all state governors. Urtparations were rushed for intensive campaigning in every city and town. A new report from the federal reserve hoard supported the administration's contention that muss purchasing power must be increased at once. The hoard's figures showed that while industrial production in June was the highest since July. 1931. employment and wages lagged behind. The American federation of labor reported that over 11.000,000 persons still are out of work, although more than 1.500.000 have (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) Plan Co-Operative Dairy In Ft. Wayne Plans ire under way to open a co-operative dairy in Fort Wayne under the name of the Consumers Trading Association, line. Both milk producers and consumers will be owners of the cooperative. It will be Hie first business of its kind established in Allen county and among the incorporators are. Andrew Fuelling. Hoagland; J. D. Wint regg. Berne; Ellis M. Christen. Decatur. Four hundred shares of common stock at $25 a share and 3,600 s’: ires of tlie same class stock at $5 a share are to be issued, with earnings limit d to six per cent and no one holding more than SIOO worth of stock. The Cooperative lias not yet selected a location for doing business. EXPECT FIGHT AT CONVENTION Political Discord Presages Battle At Legion Convention Indianapolis July 26.—(U.R)—Political discord among Indiana members of tlie American Legion today promised a bitter fight over election of a state commander at the annual convention in Evansville next month. The controversy followed announcement of plans for a proposed Legion reception August 6 for Senator Arthur M. Robinson, Rep., Indiana. During the special session of congress this year. Robinson opposed curtailment of veterans’ compensation. He is a candidate for re-election in 1934. Democratic members of the Legion are determined that Republicans shall not gain control of the organization at the convention next month. They fear that Republican control would be used as (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREeT*