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SEL WORKERS Sore victory ip INDUSTRY Workers Win In ■ht For Collective -H Bargaining B| industry Inuoi’" i*r<>\ ision 'Bwimion. July 31. | <U - R) r , id 111 : iiin t i'a lion, ml vii'torv lofi its liylit«' v ‘‘ >t«il mill workers ot when the *^K ni |tMn withdrew ;t m (l | inr , .if !iti"ii l»roit " tmmou the Ep. :i in mu.m v mi's "I the [H, .1 E >:! , -!■"!!). at I.r hearings American industry. j^K. r v A.il: Hush a- II -11111 'I lie proEl l .e iM*> with the program resulted in the ~f h.' and steel in- : hastily to delete the provi Kbt at-- immediately was labor the ElB :ts "pal riot if a.id far policy." Eke 'ire bargain L ha been - -in damental tenet ... noli* at ions that the would seek in its code I.E lie prese.it company Eoasar unions had been sharpoiiranized labor. ■The rovi<ion which was with kvn ■'.'!!.|.-* da* restrit*. collecEe firgaitiing by steel workers I Aso .-aii. d * i.mpany unions. I I F.qht Code iCtoit'O. July 31.- U.R—Termk hi milk rode of the najional art an “unrrmstitutional niiaetf governmental authority.” r flependent Milk Distributors of Northern Illinois janned to seek an injunction in kkral court today against fts entrc^fcnt. Nußan Dietz, president of the issued the challenge ) (itej MR A, saving he “invited e th<| firs! direct opposition to program. Washing .a atlhorities. fearing an effort i qasption the roastitutionallty t iff recovery program, have led t i keep their orders courtftepiilk code becomes effective ; ttOßi Dietz said an injunction HB would be filed before ON page POUR) BULLETIN Hprry A. Miller and sons, 17. and Edward, 12, thrown off their wagon, «*Wf their horses had a leg flMn and had to be killed antta truck load of chicken ••ffß were scattered along the when a large truck drivM1 •» Sam Tushman for the BBv St Poultry Co. Inc., the Miller wagon Mi ttate road No. 16, about a wile and a half east of Decathis afternoon. Miller and sons were not injured. Mr. TushH who was driving to De- ***’ attempted to pass the wagon when the acci- ** happened. The Millers living west. The wagon in< * ,eet rack were badly dam- ■- Sheriff Burl Johnson ••■called and was Investigataccident. ifday’s Scores Btional league Scheduled. ■erican league B° rk 100 72 Biaton 300 00 . ‘Ofltez and Dickey; Stewart and B" s — 10 ■<n and Pytlak; Welts and ■ _____ Hrtagy City Confectionery.

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Honor Roll SB ; LIST OF EMPLOYERS who fwvi siCKtu 'if fp| PRESIDENTS REEMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT | te NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION - \ IjS _ Jjr L Assistant Postmaster C’. P. (’heel of Chicago, checking list of “ Chicago employers who have signed the President’s re-employment • agreement in co-operation with the National Recovery Administration. Similar bulletins will lie posted in postoffices throughout tfie country.

TWO NEWSPAPER MEN ARE NAMED Two Mon Are Appointed To State Positions; Effective Tomorrow Indianapolis, July 31 —<U.P) —ApIpulMinm* of two newspapermen •: to state positions was announced • today by I’leas Greenlee, secrei :ary to Gov. Paul V. McNutt. Mark Waggoner, representative lr> the India'.ia legislature and employe of the Franklin Star, I was named director of Information I service in the department of public works. He will succeed , Blythe Q Hendricks, Indianapolis, i who was appointed archives direci tor in the state library. Waggoner will handle publicity for the highway, conservation and . other departments in the division . of public works. I Dudley A. Smith, former report- , er for the Indianapolis News, was i appointed director of research (CONTINCEJD ON PAGE TWO) Finance Corporation Files Report Today Washington, July 31 —<U.R) —The ' Reconstruction Finance Corpora--1 tion reported today to the clerk ‘ of the house that in the month of June ft advanced an aggregate of $119,968,404.78 to banks, insurance companies and others authorized i to draw upon its resources. STATE PLANTS OBSERVE CODE Shorter Working Hours, Pay Increases General Over Indiana Indianapolis, July 31 — (U.R) Shorter working hours and pay increases began for many men and women throughout Indiana today as some of the first industries to cooperate with the national recovery administration started operating under new' codes of fair competition. Additional Industries will start observance of their codes with the beginning of the new month , tomorrow. i Meanwhile, ofTieials of other businesses met to discuss plans for increasing employment and raising wages under their individual agreements. More than' 3,000 signed agreements to cooperate with President Roosevelt’s recovery program had been received today at the office of Francis Wells, department of j commerce representative in Indi- ; ana. Outstanding in week-end recov- ! ery developments In Indianapolis i was adoption of a blanket code by ! representatives of 1,100 food stores. The agreement will be (CONTINUHD ON PAGE TWO)

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I Herne Youth In I Badly Injured I Harry Riesen. 11 year old son of ; Mr. and Mrs. Harve Riesen of Berne ! was seriously injured at 11:30 ' o’clock this morning, when he was ! struck and run over hv an lutomoblle driven by Jess Brewster also of Berne. The accident occurred on East Main street in Berne in front of the "..la£a.Ju>Uto. riding on a 1 truck and jumped from the ffock i into the patii of the approaching - car. He suffered internal injuries and * bruises. I o i STATE POLICE TO OPEN DRIVE r Al Feeney Announces Police Will Stop Flow of Draught Beer 11 i Fort Wayne July 31 —(UP) — First action against unlicensed beer dealers in Allen county rime in city court today when Judge Bert Fagan impos’d a fine of $15(1 and costs oil Arthur Laughlin. Laughlin fs the first person to be penalized here for selling beer with out a license since the new 3.2 per ‘ cent beer became legal. Plainclothes officers testified that when they raided the place Sunday it was filled with customers drinking five 1 cent draught beer. , j Judge Fagan said the campaign | against those selling beer without a liiense would be continued. He added that the case of August Hailfmann, arrested for selling draught 1 beer, but who is licensed to dispense bottled beer, would he kept > under advisement. Indianapolis, July 31. — (U.R) — , State police will start a drive today to stop the How of bootlegged draught beer into Indiana, Al G. ; Feeney, director of public safety, announced. ! Feeney said lie would go to Fort Wayne iate today to "see what’s I going on’’ in wide-open sale of draught beer there in violation of ' bottled beer only clauses in the • state beer iaw. “I'm ordering my men to stop ■ the flow of draught beer across the state line.” Feeney said. "They will find, out who is doing the hauli ing, watch for them, make the ari rests and confiscate the beer, truck i and the whole works.” His announcement was the seci ond threat against draught beer I sellers in Allen and l.ake counties • who have been unmolested since •TONTIN T ITF7n ON’ PAGE TWO) Chris Stengel Resigns As J. P. » , Chris Stengel, B rne, has tender- ; ed his resignation as justice of the - peace in Monroe township to the i hoard of county commissioners. No action has been taken on the resigi I nation, but it is likely the commisi sloners will accept it and appoint 1 some one to fil Ithe caoaacy.

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Decatur, Indiana, Monday, July 31, 1933.

LOCAL STORES 1 PLAN CHANGES Many Decatur Stores Will Observe New Hours Starting Tuesday A number of Decatur stores, representing at least five distinct lines of business, are planning to observe new opening and closing hours, beginning Tuesday. Aug. 1. An agreement was being circulated today among dry goods, clothing, hardware, five and ten cent store* and shoe store merchants, fixing the opening hours for their stores at 8:30 a. m. and I closing hours at 5:30 p. m. on week days. The same opening hour will he observed on Satltrj day, but the closing time will be 1 moved up to 10 o'clock p. tn. It Is likely that the grocery and i meat markets and other lines of retail businesses will also adopt a * schedule of opening and closing hours in the near future. The 8:30 to 5:30 schedule means ►hat the stores will be open nine hours a day. With an hour off for lunch, the proprietors will he complying with the eight hour day for clerks and assistants, as specified in the President's Reemployment agreement. On Saturday, a "stagger system” will - have to he followed or extra clerks employed, so that no one works more than eight hours. ■ The total tfiore hours for the week will he 58 and one-half hours. f The President's agreement speci- - ties that stores shall not cut their ) hours of service under 52 hours a , week. Many Signing Up v Several local merchants, store proprietors an dindividual employ*, t ers of labor, today signed the re- - employment agreement and tiled j the acceptance blank with Postil master L. A Graham. Those who ; sign agree that, no person will be employed more than eight hours 1 a day and that the minimum pay for clprks will be sl4 a week. Those who filed blanks with Postmaster Graham up to noon today, were The Home Grocery. Goodyear Service, inc., Leo Ehiuger. Yost Rros.. contractors; Old 4d- | ams County Rank. Harold Sautter. ' The Morris five and ten cent store, the Schafer Hardware store. Everyone expressed a willing- j ness to cooperate wfih the president In his recovery plan and it is expected that nearly every line of business will have signed the NR A pledges before the end of - August. Group meetings of the different i lines of business will be held this week and schedule of hours ami I adopting of the president’s code will come before the gatherings. i Unemployed Report At County Garage i Al! the unemployed who expect to , receive aid from Washington town , ship next fail are asked to report at the Adams County garage tomo - i row morning at 7 o’clock. They are to bring hoes and be prepared to k help weed the community garden. POSSE KILLS ESCAPED MAN 1 Escaped Convict Fights Off Posse Four Hours Sunday Night [1 Barricading himself in .the basement of his father’s home here Sunday night, Clair Hinkley, 30, 1 escaped convict from Indiana state ) 1 ( | prison, fought off a sheriff's posse of 10 men for four hours before he was killed by shotgun fire. Hinkley escaped June 20 with . another convict from the Michigan City prison. He had stayed tinder cover at the home of his' . father, Fred Hinkley. j Last night he armed himself , with two pistols and went to the , home of Harold Milliman. nearby, ! where his wife lives with their two children. In tlie absence of the Millimans the convict demanded that his wife and children flee the country . with him. . Under threat of violence, Mrs. ,; Hinkley agreed and told her husk hand to wait while she went after the children who were visiting with a neighbor. Meanwhile, an unidentified per*7cONTINUBD* on*PAGE*TWO) *

! Victor O. Lepper Is Buried Today Funeral services for Victor O. Lepper. 52. who died Friday night at the Lutheran Hospital In Fort Wayn \ were held this afternoon at 4 o’clock Jt ttie home of a slcter, Mrs. Mary Grider, 1135 Ktnnuird avenue. Burial was made In the Oak Lawn cemetery at Ossian. Mr. Lepper was horn In Ossian. Surviving are three brother*: George of Ossian; Sidney of Birmingham, Ala., and Paul Lepper of Stroh; and three sisters, Mrs. Ina Lew hr and Mrs. Ada Clinton of To-j ledo and Mrs. Grider of Fort Wayne. KEITH DAVIS IS SERIOUSLY HURT Local Man Is Severely Injured In Auto y\ reck Sunday Morning Kieth Davis of this city is in a serious condition at the Adams County M raorial Hospital suffering from a severe Injury of the .itxjomen which he received in an automobile accident north of Decatur Sunday morning alxnit 1 o'clock. The accident occurred wh n the automobile driven by John Dierkes, also of tliis city, got out of control and went Into a ditch on state road 27. five miles north of Decatur. Dierkes was the only oth-*r oi cupant of the car. He escaped with minor injuries. The car was completely demolished. The mm w*re enroute to Decatur when the accident occurred. The car suddenly got out of control and turned over twice in a ditch along the highway. The attending physician stated * today that Davis condition is regarded serious hut tliat no opera-. i tion has been performed. He was removed to the local hospital iinnie- . diarelv following the accident. — i Davis is employed at tile local i General Electric plant and Dierkes is employed at the Dierkes Auto I wrecking company on Nuttman avenue. COMMITTEE IN SESSION DAILY — Daily Newspapers Are Working On Code For Nation’s Papers New York. July 31 —(UP) — A committee of publishers r, present- ' ing daily newspaper* throughout tlie United States has been in session in New York day and night since last Wednesday morning on a newspaper code. Sub committees have been sent to Washington to confer with general Hugh Johnson on several occasions. and the committee has'-been working with the national recovery association. The publishers attending the meeting, representing all phaslis of politics, ar° unanimous in their I support of the president and his program. They are seeking to iron out certain difficulties resulting from the continuous operation of newspapers. Some d j lay, due to the enormous amount of work confronting General Johnson has ensued but definite 1 progress now is indicated. It is bei lieved an agreement will he com- I | pleted within a few days and sub- j mitted to daily newspapers. —o W ells County Youth Killed In Kansas Bluffton, July 31—(Special)— Ralph Wilcoxson, 20, son of Mr I and Mrs. Jess Wilcoxson of Lancaster township, was killed in 1 Sabetha, Kansas, Saturday. No details of the fatal accident have been received here. The youtli graduated from 'the Lancaster i Central high school in 1930. State W ill Start Own Printing Soon • Indianapolis. July 31. —(U.R) —'The state soon will do its own printing, at an annual saving of approximately SBO,OOO, Adjutant General Elmer E. Straub, lias announced. The work wlil he done in a new bureau to he established in tlie basement of the "tateliouse. Multiple printing machines will be purchased for the work, which will be supervised by Straub. Tlie department will employ about ten persons.

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THREE DEATHS ARE REPORTED AFTER TORNADO Suburb of Dallas, Texas, Is Badly Damaged By Storm Sunday MINOR PROPERTY LOSS IN FLORIDA Dallas, Tex., July 31. — (U.R) — I Three deaths, two score injured and devastation of some 60 houses were listed today in a survey of damage from » tornado that dipped into Oak Cliff, suburban residential section of Dallas. I. G. Searcy. 22. was crushed to death when his home was lifted troni its foundation and collapsed. Hi, mother, Mrs. H. C. Searcy. 55, was injured Critically. Two other sons and a daughter sustained less serious hurts. Thomas W. Henley. 70. was found dead In a small zone the storm freakishly skipped, it was assumed he died of a heart attack. Mrs. Mary C. Stewart, 81, died several hours later at a hospital, j She received a fractured skull in the crashing of timbers. Tentative and unsubstantiated estimates set the property damage at half a million dollars. The tornado swept suddenly into the western area of Oak Cliff yesterday. Its visit was as brief as it was devastating. Torrential rainfall followed, with unofficial guages i recording 2.23 inches of precipitation. Most of the victims were taken to the Oak Cliff Methodist hospital, nearest major first aid station. No Casualties Tampa. Fla., July 31. — (U.R) — A severe tropical storm moved westward across Florida early today apparently blowing itself out after : causing minor property damage and forcing 3,000 persons to evacuate I their homes. No casualties were reported. Sebrlng. southeast of here and almost directly west of Stuart, tlie | ,-ostal city where it hit yesterday, \ reported winds of only 30 to 35 miles per hour early today, and Wauchula, still further along in the direct line to Tampa, reported |no appreciable winds. This indi<CONTINURP ON PAGE TWO) o (live Schedule For Township Meetings The township meetings, in which tit • wheat adjustment plan will he presented to the wheat growers of Adams County are scheduled as follows: Monday evening at 7:30 at Monmouth; Tuesday, August 1, at 7:30 P. M. at the Jacob School in Blue (’reek Township; Wednesday; at 7:30 P. M. at the Kirkland Township High School; Friday at 7:30 P. M. at the Jefferson Township High School. No meeting is scheduled for Thursday evening as the Gold Medal Colt Club committee meets to turn in the club enrollment. DAVE SCHINDLER DEATH'S VICTIM Lifelong Resident of Adams County Dies At Berne Saturday 'Berne, Ind., July 31—(Special to j j Democrat) —David Schindler, 83. a lifelong resident of Adams County { died at his home in Berne Saturday 5 night at 8:45 oclock. Death was due | to pneumonia and infirmities. The deceased whs born in French township, November 9, 1549 ami spent his entire life in this county. He was married to Catherine Schlatter on January 7, 1572. Ten years ago he moved from a farm in French township to Berne. Surviving are the widow and the ' j following children: Xoala, John! Samuel, and Edwin Schindler of j Berne; Menno of Waibash; Joseph of Detroit, 1 Michigan; Simon of Jackson. Michigan; Elizabeth and j Helena at home; Mrs. Henry Winteregg of Berne; and Ellen SchindI ler of Fort Wayne. All the brothers ; and sist-rs are deceis d. He was a member of the Mission-j ary Church. Funeral services will .he held Tuesday morning at 9 o'clock at the home and at 9:30. o’clock at the Missionary Church, j Burial will be made in the M. R. E. cemetery. I

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Honored Twice yjj Carter H. Harrison, former mayor of Chicago and veteran Democratic leader, who was appointed collector of internal revenue of Chicago district by President Rooseveft. He was also named a member of the public works board of Illinois by Secretary lekes. COTTON GOODS WILL BE TAXED Processing Tax On Cotton Goods Will Become Effective Sept. 1 Decatur merchants were concerned today with the information received from federal revenue collectors. that beginning September 1. ) processing tax of .0442 cents a pound on all cotton made goods would be effective. Stocks of cotton goods or hands August 31, must b° inventoried and the processing tax added to the price of the goods or article, effective September 1, 1933. In order to give the shopper and buying public flip advantage of low pric. x. severi al stores are contemplating inaugurating cotton goods sales during August. Cotton made m t li .tidi.se sold during August does not bear the processing tax. To stabilize the cotton growing industry, tlie government lias placed a processing tux on til material ! made from cotton, the grower limiting on reducing his crop for next year. To reimburse him for tlie I acreage plowed undrr, a processing tax is placed on the commodity and he is reimbursed, the same as the wJie.it growing farmer will he through the 30 cent a bushel proi cessing tax on wheat. The merchant has a double duty in comforming with the goverti- . nvtuit regulation. First, he must 1 take an Inventory of all cotton made goods on hands. August 31. pay the tax to the federal revenue collector and then add it to the reI tail selling price of the material. ' TJie> tax is figured by the pound and in the case of yard goods, the extra cost must l>o distributed by yardage. Repair Cable For Ornamental Lights The electric cable for the ornamental street lights tin the east side | of North second street between | the alley and Monroe street, was being repaired today by Site City Light Plant employes. The street was dug up along the curb and the cable repaired. To give service prej viously the wires were strung from | one past to another, j O Slight Improvement In Child's Condition A slight improvem nt was noted I tod i.v in the condition of Richard King, three year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred King, who is a patient at i the Adams County Memorial Hos- : pita! suffering with a punctured stomach. The attending physician stated ; today that the condition of tne child was slightly improved, but remainI ed critical.

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TWO ARRESTED FOR KIDNAPING WEALTHY MAN John J. O’Connell. Jr„ Released Sunday After 22 Days RANSOM PAYMENT OF $40,000 MADE Albany, N. Y., July 31.—W.R* — Two men were arrested earlv today, less than 24 hours after .John J. O’Connell, Jr., heir to the omnipotent political empire of tne O’Connell brothers, was released by his abductors following payment of $40,000 ransom. Authorities let it be known they expected to “break the case” quickly with the arrest of six men. The men were not identified as authorities subjected them to interrogation. District Attorney John T. Delaney, preserving tlie ; Intensive secrecy lie inaugurated j with the return of young O’Connell. refused to say if they were i suspected of being actually mem- ■ hers of the kidnaping gang. O’Connell, little the worse for ■; his 22 days in captivity, was at the i mountain camp of his uncle, Daniel ■ O'Connell where he was returned . early yesterday morning. He had told his story only to members of his family and to authorities. Delaney issued strict orders that he : was not to talk to outsiders. A host of detectives concentrated on tlie hunt for the kidnapers. I Delaney was confident that solution would be quick and certain, predicting he would send six men to the penitentiary for “50 years.” Governor Herbert H. Lehman I prepared a message for tlie special session of thp legislature now in session, demanding increased penalties for convicted kidn pers. Tlie only information concerning ' young O’ConneU's adventure was - in a brief statement issued by his . unefe. Daniel. Tlie youth was well treated by his captors, given an abundance of good food, and was 1 not kept bound or blind-folded all 1 of the Jime. He was attacked from behind in ; front of his home early July 7 and knocked unconscious. When he i (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) Former Residents Hurt In Accident Rev. and Mrs. Fred F. Thornburg of 3029 Webster street. Fort Wayne former residents of this city, re- * c ived injuries late Saturday in an automobile accident on their return to Epworth Forest, Lakp Webste|i for Spiceland. Rev. Thornburg and his wife had gone to Spiceland to attend a funeral and the accident occurred when the car got out of control and ran into a ditch. Rev. Thornburg suffered cuts and bruises and Mrs. Thornburg's collar lione was fractured and she also suffered a slight brain concussion. Rev. Thornburg is pastor of the Simpson M. IE. dhurcNi in Fort Wayne and formerly was pastor of the local M thodist church. AUTO LICENSES AT HALF PRICE License Plates Will Sell At Half Price Starting Tomorrow Indianapolis. July 31 —(UP),—Tomorrow will start i.notli r milestone in the year of the state govi ernment. Automobile license plates wifi be plae d on sale for half price and the day will he last for Gov. Paul V. McNutt to name the three-man . state barb- r examiners board. Another law effective tomorrow | is that taxing trucks $1 per 100 lbs. of their gross weight. For th° remainder of t'.ii.s year. However, l truckmen will pay only half tlie tax Trucks used for hire are subject 1 to the tax with exemptions indud 1 ing tlios operated within one mile of a city or town limit, mail trucks si hool buses, trucks used solely for farm purposes, and newspaper 1 1 trucks. Holders of 1,000 or more separate I Intangibles also will have their last chance to pay the Intangibles - tax tomorrow without penalty of I four times the tax plus 10 per cent.